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PREFACE.

"THERE is, jierhaps, (says Dr. Johnson,) no nation in which it
is so necessary as in our own to assemble from time to time the
small tracts, and fugitive pieces, which are occasionally published j
for, besides the general subjects of inquiry which are cultivated by
us in common with every learned nation, our constitution in
Church and State naturally gives birth to a multitude of per-
formances, which would either not have been written, or could
not have been made public, in any other place." This remark of
Dr. Johnson not only holds good when applied to pamphlets and
other small tracts separately published, but may justly be ex-
tended to all works where the commimication of opinions or
statements is concisely given, or where it does not necessarily
involve the publication of the author's name ; where sentiments
may be delivered, and questions argued, without any fear of repu-
tation being hazarded, and where, perhaps, the first spark of truth
may be elicited, the full importance of which cannot be accurately
ascertained, nor the extent of the future development, perhaps,
suspected. How many essays and controversies on subjects of
Art and Literature have appeared for the first time in the pages
of the Gentleman's Magazine, which, afterwards, having been di-
gested into order, and expanded into a full exhibition of the argu-
ment, have formed volumes of standard reference necessary to the
inquiries of the Scholar and Antiquary. Thus one advantage
which a Magazine like ours possesses, is, in many cases, to exhibit
the rise and progress of opinions, to be the means by which
prejudice may be dissolved, error disentangled, and truth re-
r overed.

For enabling us to gratify the curiosity of the public in that
portion of our Magazine which is set apart for the reception of
original communications, we have to thank many intelligent and
friendly correspondents ; while we, as Editors of the work, are
answerable to the public for all diligence and inquiry, and careful-
ness of selection.

As concerns another branch of our work, some one has classed
*'the Reviewers of books among the disturbers o{\i\im«(v Q^"fc\.;^*

but this censure, we trust, is hardly applicable to us, whose
endeavour has been rather to select proper objects for the atten-
tion of our readers, than to anticipate their judgment by any
censure of our own. Everything that is in excess defeats its own
purpose ; and the malignant severity of the critic will soon be
harmless to all but himself.

Our Retrospective dejjartment is formed on the conviction that,
while modern books are multiplied without number, there is much
still left in the learned volumes of our ancestors tliat has been put
aside by more attractive novelties, or forgotten for want of earlier
records, like our own, which could separate the more valuable por-
tions of a work, and point them out to attention, while they as yet
formed ^ the literature of the day. Time too stamps its value on
things of no intrinsic importance ; and many a worthless pamphlet
and forgotten tract has become suddenly immortal, by its acci-
dentally throwing light upon a passage of Shakspeare,

As regards our Obituary, (a portion of our Magazine which has
always stood high in public estimation,) our memorials of the de-
ceased, and our estimate of their characters, must, from the very
nature of the subject, be sometimes less copious than we could
wish — in a few instances perhaps erroneous, since we cannot
always depend upon our materials ; but we can say, that there is
no part of our Magazine which is attended to with more punc-
tilious care than this ; that we search extensively for the collec-
tion of our materials, and that we endeavour to bring the most
unbiassed mind to the survey of the characters and lives of those
who have earned in different ways an honourable station in th^
annals of their country.

SYLVANUS URBAN.

THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

JULY, 1838.

By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent.

CONTENTS.

MivoR CoRKSspoNDSNCK. — Aothor quoted by Lord Hailes ? — fiirds found in

Ireland — Some less obvious Etymologies S

LocKH aet's Life of Sir Walter Scott 3

Notirea of the Family of Furbour or Furber 31

Letter of Mr. H. N. Coleridge to Mr. Daniel Stuart 32

Anecdotes of Coleridge and of London Newspapers 33

Stourton CRnRCR, Wiltshire ; and the Sepulchral Memorials of the Family

of Hoare (VtVA a Pte/eJ 34

The Welsh, Irish, and Gaelic Languages • 31

A Visit to a Monastery ot La Trappk 34

Admission of a Vicar by the Commissioners for Pnblick Preachers, 1657 40

Ecclesiastical Changes effected by the Church Commissioners 41

Sonnet by the Rer. W. L. Bowles, on receiving an Ear Trumpet 44

On the Presomed Intercourse of Ducks and Toads 44

Kf.tro8pkctiti: Review — Old French Literature. — Mysteries of St. 6ene-

Ti^ve — Romances of Robert the Devil, and King Flore, &c 45

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Remains of Rev. R. H. Froude, 49. — Faber's Primitive Doctrine of Justi-
fication, 54. — Gibson's Etymological Geography, 55. — Gaily Knight's Nor-
mans in Sicily, 56. — Nichols's Beaucliamp Monuments, 60. — Keightley's
History of England, 64. — Restoration of Edward IV. (published by the
Camden Society), 66. — Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 69. — Lymps-
field and its Environs, 70. — Miscellaneous Renews 73

FINE ARTS. — Drawings in the Royal Academy. — Came's Constantinople .... 73

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.
New Publications, 75. — Roxbuighe Club, 76. — Unirersities, 77.— Royal, Lin-

nean, and Electrical Societies, Royal Institute of British Architects .... 7B

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES. — Sodety of Antiquaries, 80.— Greek

and Etruscan Vases 63

H1.ST0RICAL CHRONICLE.— Proceedings in Parliament, 83.— Foreign

News, 87. — Domestic Occurrences , 88

PromoUons, Births, Marriages......... 90

OBITUARY ; with Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand ; Sir C. H. Fklmer,
Bart. ; Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. ; T. A. Knight, Esq. ; Rear-Adm. Tobin ;
Col. A. Hamilton ; Capt. Barker; Commander Ptynn 93

Clergy Deceased, &c. &c .',.,, 104

Bill of Mortality— Markets— Prices of Shares, 111. — Meteorological Diary-
Stocks 112

Embellished with a Vieir of Stovrtos Cnvncn, Wiltshire, tad tbft lUias^QWiMl.
of Sir R. C. Hoabb,

2

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

*

*

J. M. inquires to wbtt jxililicnlion
Lord HulcR alludes in the following noU<,
which occurs at p. :2C7 of hia " Inquiry
into the SecondHry Causes which Gtbbon
usilpied for the rapid Growth of Chris*
lianity:" — " Bytheaidof Uarheyrae Ihnve
diicovercd the sentiments which Auguntu:*
entcrt&iaed on this subject (i. c. the rapid
progress of Christianity) .'" Although ab-
surd enough, they do not seem to be such
as Mr. Gibbon asitigns to hiui. / have
tatehj dinovrrrd that a very ingmioia
pemon hat madt ihf same obttrvation,
end /lax pointed out a want qf accuracy iu
Ihe hitlorian whom he admires. In the
same critique he has hometliing of Sar.
eaitnt which ia (lingular enough. The
treatise here alluded to ought to have
been entitled, "Essays on Female Celi-
bncy." Its present title is much too ludi-
crous for a trea-tise written, as may be
presumed, with a grave purpose.

J . M.S. sends the following additions
to his account of the birds found in Ire-
land:—" Black-backed G\iU, Larui mari-
MM .* shot at Larnelough ; — rar«. Horn
Owl, Strijc OtM; very rare ; sliot near
Carrickfergus in the summer of 1837.
Goosander, Meri/u* irrrator. shot on a
dam at Carrickfergus in Jan. 18:iM. In
the winter of 183G-T, n Pochard, Ana*
/erina, was wounded and taken olive on
the Antrim shore of Carrickfergus bay.
It was a male, and the wound being soon
healed it became domesticated with the
common duck, to one of which it became
particularly attached. When let out of
the house iu the morning it emitted a loud
whistling sound, and remained witb the
docks until stolen in April IB3H."

Wc shall bo happy to receive Mr.
M'Skimin's Sketch of the Ancient His-
tory of the County of Antrim.

Mr. GtTKST's letter shall appear in our
next Magaiine.

J. W. B. will feel partictilartv ..i.i;«^.i
to any one who will point out t'
of a view of Ostcrley House, in
M it appeared previous to the cicciiou t.i
the present mansion.

I In W. Babmbs's
June:
P, 694, line I, for '• Nwitanelo,
Neotaneho.
— /„„ u. .u,,u Lib. ,„, f^\j
X.
"- , ' /»i fhc fioilcm I

" Parrot," i-f-
— /**f to. i /^y

taow,"refff/r; Know

communication in

rtotl

H.

i/7i"i-

;iity

He sends a few less obTioua etymolo-
gies :—

Alkuran. Arab. Al, the, and kHrtm
rending : the reading.

Austria. A Latinlicd shnpe of the Ger-
man name Otierreich : ititrr, east, and
rtich, kingdom.

Uender. >iame of sr.vcTal towns in the
east. Bandar, the port.

Bedouin Arobs. Arab. liadun, a De-
sert ; and Bfidweeun, an inhabitant of tlie
Dc«ert.

Caravan. Pcrs. Carvin,

Caravanscra. Per*. Carwant a coin
pany of trarellcrs ; and lura, a house or
an inn.

Corban. An offering to God, The
word is found with this meaning in many
of the Eastern languages. Mairee jiin ti'ij
pur kiirbuH hojeeo : " that my life could
be an offering for thee.'* Hindoo Selec-
tions.

Divan. A council in the East. Arab.
Deewanvn.

Emir. A governor, particuLirly la
Arabia Felix; Arab, ameerun, a mler.

Hindoostiin. Pern. Hi ' ■ ' ' '■. and
ttdn, place ; the place ot

Hejira. The flight of Al J from

Mecca, A.D. ti'2^. Arab, si-tujratwt, Ui
departure.

MaeUtrom ; the whirlpool near Nor
way. In Swedish, 3/ii/«frvnt, Molestraroe^i
a whirlpool.

Algesira ; the ancient Mesop(^tan1ia..
Arab, al, tlie ; jexeerat, island j io rr.fcr-i
ence to its being insulated by the rive:
Euphrates and Tigris.

Mahommed, properly Mohammed. Arab
iftifinvimniinn , the l)lV^5fll, or [imised
fl"i" r iirnisc.

Rusg. Meicr^
ncn , ■j,„„., . own.

Otter of ro- i^Tr, prrfume

Parsi'e* ; fu^ ';, '■' '" India, ike,

Pcrs. Partee, a Fenian ; their ancestoratj
the nnfirnt Persians, having been ftre

ii|ioi of Roasia. Rum. ttepi

n

ttock, a clc

■nf A rhiitrf I

i"!
A:

;'Mii.. I iri! wrmtiriii m me cRir. Ant
tiUhtn, a thread.

Bothd
propoBt.

ac«cpteUi,

THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

LOCKHARTS LIFE OF SCOTT. TtoIb.

SOME few years have now elapsed since a funeral procession was seea
winding along the banks of the Tweed, and darlcening its waters as it
passed, carrying the mortal remains of the great Minstrel of the Nmth
to repose in the monastic sepnlchre he himself bad selected. Thoi^ the
private tear which was given freely to the rememlnvnce of Sir Walter
Scott's domestic virtues may have now ceased to 6ow, the popular grati-
tude and curiosity are still alive ; nor would they, we think, have been
satisfied with any thing less than the copious narrative and the minute and
faithful details of the life of their great and favourite viriter that have
appeared in the work before us. Indeed it is impossible to have wished that
the important task of communicating to the public a full and accurate ac-
count ^ the eminent person whom they so admired, had been placed in any
other hands. Mr. Lockhart united to all the familiarity of intimate acquaint-
ance, those talents which have enabled him to appreciate and delineate the
genius of Scott with accuracy and discrimination ; and he alone possessed
those ample and confidential records, which enabled him to give a finished
and full-length portrait of the departed Bard. For ourselves, we must
express our cordial satisfaction with the spirit and manner in which tbn
very interesting Inc^raphy is composed : less, as we observed, would not
have satisfied the public mind ; and it must have been additional matter
of extraordinary value which could have made the portrait of Scott's private
and social character more complete. All has been gained that could be
desired, without breaking the sanctity of private intercourse, or unlocking
that hidden drawer in ivhich the confidential secrets of all families*
repose. We see him in every varying situation of his active and ener-
getic life, in " the musing rambles among bis own glens, the breezy ride
over the moors, the merry spell at tbe woodman's axe, or the festive
chase of Newark, Femiglen, or Delorain, the quiet old-fashioned con-
tentment of the little domestic circle, alternating with the brilliant phan-
tasmagoria of admiring and doubtless admired strangers, or the hoisting of
the telegraph flag that called laird and bonnet laird to the burning of the
water, or the wassail of the hall."

The whcde portrait we consider to be most satisfactory, not only to the
friends and relations of Scott, but to all who love to cherish the belief of tbe
firm alliance between genius and the high moral qualities and virtues of tbe
heart.t Scott is seen in Mr. Lockhart 's pages under the full blaze of the
domestic lamp ; and few indeed are the parts of his character that require
to be softened or drawn into the slightest shade, t We view bin in

* " I never thought it lawful to keep a jonmal of what passes in private Mdety ;
so that BO one need expect fnm the sequel of this narrative any deteiled record of
Scott's familiar t»ai."—Lorkhart't Ltfe, toI. n. p. 150.

t See p. 413 — tI5 of Mr. Lockhart's seventh Tolome for interesting remarks en
Scott's rdigioos feelings and virtaoos conduct.

t See the eoadnaioB of Banl Hall's Diurj, voL v. p. 4l$— 4\«, tomni «a\&»
duiacter oiScott't cbMncter.

these contidentini pagrs in many A'arlfliis situations and relations,
under nmny chaiipcs of fortinif. Wc sec liim at one tinir rising to tiic full
summit of worldly honour and prosperity ; and we sco him, too, i)H>r»^
suddenly thrown down by a calamitous reverse of fortune : w«- we liiia
now commanding fresh creations for ever to rise at liis bidditif! ; and a^ain
wc iH'hoId him bending in dismay over the ])Owerfnl crucible which had
been in an instant shattered to pieces, the fires extinct, and the ftimncci
cold.* At one time wc see him in the frank joyousocss and the briglit hopes J
of the gayest and most commanding spirit ; and uc view him, too, in later j
years, when care had eaten into that iitdde heart, and sorrow had bioketi (
down tliat (K>werful intellect. ^Ve view him in the full posHC^sion of hiii
gigantic powers, when thought and lalwur, tliat woidil liavc overwhehne<l
ordinary nien,t were borne by him as the light amuKLMncnt of a summer
day ; and we see him when the Imw he alone could bend was broken, and
its now useless strings were trailing on llie ground. At one time he ap-
]>eitrs stauding like an enchanter in the centre of the wonderful and ima-
ginary creation which he had raiscil ; and again he is seen w hen the sceptroj
of comuiand had dropimd from his hand, ^\hen the loagic palace wasj
ciupty, and his empire for ever gone.

It is imj>ossiblc not to watch with great interest the ])ri^cS6 of Scotti
from the time when his name first appeared in the Htid of literature,
witli arms and device as yet unknown to fame; to the peilod when he
subsequently came into the li.sls to claim still higher honours, cased in
armour, dark and mysterious ; an<l when he retired, amid the enlbu-
siasui and in<juirics of the spectators, his vizor still closed, hid iiauic
unheard, and his features unknown.

The purpose which wc have in view in this our brief mention of Mr.
Lockhart's book, is neither to recapitulate the circumstances and events
of Scott's life, which will be read and known by all in the original work;
nor is it to enter into argumentative dettill and analyses of his writings, <
which have been the subject of much able antl ingenious eritlcism froiaj
niaoy writers of eminence ; but rather to show from the original cvidcnci
of his owu works, and the attentive observation of his friends, whnt
were the foundntions on which his genius had built this lofty and ex*
tended fabric — to mark the original and native powers v\ith which he wi
gifted, and the improvement which these powers received, as well as frot
the habits and pursuitii of hid active life, us in the seclusion of his .^tmlioiii
hours. So that, however extraordinary, and ab'jve all common cxertionl
and ability, were the cmauationK of Scott's getiiui ; yet we have the sa-'
tisfaclion of nndcrstaudiiig and a.'sccrtainiiig thoir growth, — of u ttne8sin|
the first collection of materials, — the choice and disposition of ihcm; an«
of acknowledging that an originnlly ricJi ami niitive genius, united with
those resources which welUdircetcd study and Inimrious research could give*,
were iUone equal to the noble undertakings that he achieved.

The constituents of genius h»i>e been genrrally supposed to be — first!
« rapid instinctive tact or feeling which seizes u|>uu tlumghts and iden
and appropriates them ; — secondly, u bright imagination which rcilects aii^

for two years ; in-

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vhiie tVtcUiUog x» huu. f , vii. j>. 41.

1838.] lAtckhart's Life of ScQil. 5

(niots tbem as in a mirror ; — thirdly, a sensibility to impressions, tender or
powerful ; and a syuopatby which enables the author to catch the opinions
ami feelings of others. These, Scott apjieared eminently to possess.
To the first, he owed the rapidity of his ideas, — the readiness of his com-
binations, and the happine88x>f his analogies and allusions. To the second,
the clear and distinct manner in which he carried out of bis mind the images
which were created there ; the variety of his allusions and illustrations,
and that versatility of fancy which could turn from grave to gay, from
the sublime and terrible to the pathetic, the festive, or the tender ; that
conld invest the outline of form with the richness of the most graceful
drapery ; so that all parts and provinces of external nature seemed open
to his incursions ; that sometimes he could come sweeping down to earth,
at others soar aloft to heaven. The third enabled him to give such
dramatic powers to his scenes and pictures of social life ; to enter as by
right into every feeling and passion of our nature ; to catch the most im-
portant features of character, and the deepest shades of thought ; to re-
flect the fertility and humour of the bright and overflowing spirit, or to
pour forth the despairing voice of nature crying from the tomb. Scott's
was emphatically a picturesque imagination, and what is called an outward
and objective mind.* He had not the power given to him which Sbak-
speare possessed, of carrying the torch into the deepest abysses of the
human heart, and of throwing a light, unseen before, on its darkest and
most profound retreats. He had not that eagle gaze, (never seen again)
which, like the scalpel of the great surgeon, was said to penetrate even
mto the awful and secret springs of life and death. But all but this was
given to him ; and in the fertility of his resources, — the rapidity of his
combinations, — the variety of his scenes, situations, and characters, —
tlie life and spirit of his narrative, — the force and beauty of his descrip-
tions,— the minute and living accuracy of his delineations, he must claim
the title of a great original genius— of that which does not borrow its
materials from what has been collected and used before, but works rather
like nature from its own resources, and derives life and motion from itself.
To this we attribute the excellencies of his finest creations, — the true
splendour and sublimity of his descnptions, — the copiousness of his lan-
guage,— the richness and profusion which rarely encumbers, but far more
often adorns ; and we must add something of still higher value, — prin-
ciples uniformly just, and sensibilities always virtuous ; a rooted dishke
to all that is dastardly and selfish, and an admiration of all high and heroic
desires. Mr. Adolphus has marked the correctness of morals as well as the
propriety of manners, by which these novels are distinguished. With Scott's
great and masculine understanding, he achieved great purposes and at-
tuned an imperishable fame ; and we now will trace, as we proposed, a
few steps of his intellectual progress, with the ^issistance of the narrative

• " I do not compare myself in point of imagination with Wordsworth for fruit,
for his is naturally exquisite and highly cultivated from constant exercise. But I
can see as many castles in the clouds as any man, — as many genii in the circling
smoke of a steam engine, — as perfect a Pcrsepolis in the embers of a sea-coal fire." —
Diary, vol. vii. p. 5. See also, — " I have worn a wishing cap, the power of which
baa been to divert present griefs by a touch of the wand of imagination," &c. vol. vi.
p. 180. To this prevalence of the imaginative power, we must ascribe what
Scott's friends called " a blind enthusiasm for the dreams of bygone ages." — voL iv.
p. 156. See tUs illostrated in the account of the opening of the R(^«li» Qf ^cki^*
Uod, p. )19.

Lockhavt'$ Life of Scoic.

[Jaly.

before aa, and reserve for the end some olwcrvBtions on the species of
writing in which he so eminently excelled, but which he did not a[>pcar
himself to estimate according to the delight and admiration it so widely
diffused.

Scott's mother, we are informed, had a turn for literature quite an-
couimon among the ladies of that age, and encouraged her son in his pas-
sion for Shakspeare ; so that his plays and the Arabian Nights were often
read in the family circle by Walter: this was poets' food. In another
place Scott himself says, —

** My week-day tasks were more agrce-
«blc ; my lameness nniJ my solitary habits
bud mnde cne a tolerable reader, and my
bourN of leisure were usually spent ia
reading; oloud to my mother Pope's
TroiisliitioTi of Homer, which, ejtcepting
a few traditionary ballads, and the songa
in Allan Romsay'is Evergreen, was the
finest poetry I perased. My mother
had good natural taste and great feeling :
ihc used to make me pause on those
^^■aanges which cx|>re!taed generous and
Vrortby sentiments, and if she could not
divert me from those which were de-
scriptive of battle and tumult, the con-

trived at least to divide my attentioB ba<*
tween them. My own cnthusiann, how-
ever, was chiefly awnkened by the won-
derful and the terrible — the common
taste of children, but in wLirb I luve
reiumued a child even uulo thiii day. I
got by heart, not as a task, but obuost
without intending it, the pa!«sAges with
which I was most pleased, and used to
recite them aloud, both when alone and
to others, more willingly, however, in my
hour.M of solitude, for I bad observed some
auditors smile, and I dreaded ridicule at
that time of life more than I have ever
done since."

Scott describes himself as ncqatriug a great acquaintance with the old
books describing the early history of the Church of Scotland, the wars and
suflerings of the Covenanters, and so forth, ^^'ith a head on fire for
chivalry, he was early a cavalier and a tury ; he hated presbytcriaiia, ami
admired Montropc with his victorious highUndcrs,

" I took up (be uys) my politics at
that period, as King Charles the Second
did his religion, from an idea that the
cavalier creed was the more gentleman-
like persunsion of the two. In the mean
while my acquaintance with Kuttlish lite-
rature was gradually exti n ' It'; in
the intervals of my sch 1 Lad
always perused with Bviili;_, '- nf
history, or poetry, or voyages -i
■8 chance presented to me, no! j.
the usual or rather ten times Lito usual
quantity of fairy tales, eastern stories.
roiii '' 7" - . . ■■. .

tliuu^..: . ...
play or p<xi
that she mi.

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f.

in,
ft I

Ih'' iKn

UwMti
I VW It

lll}lLc). Hlliuil liC

the oiijHiftumtv

posited since nine o'clock. Chiince, how-
ever, threw in my way n poetii-al preerp-
tor. This was no other than the excel-
lent and bcDcvolcnt Dr. Black lock, well
known at thnt time as a literary charno-
ter. I know not how 1 attracted his at.-
ten'' ..... ... r,iin;»

mu I -iu It

wa.i, ... -: - ... -.-- .. ... , ired

guest. The kmd old ma . mc

the stores of his library, ; . li hla

recommendation 1 became iiitimatc with
Ossian and Spenser. I wns deliKrhted
'-' ' ' ' ■ ■• • -' • , ^ {!,,

I tha

I her

ted

• 1 . . : read

tin tvui. Tuu juuui4 tu Uoulik' luyscU

about the allegory, 1 considered all the

knighti aad ladiea as dragon* and giants,

in their outward and exoterlo •«nM>, and

l.f.A

r.ln I. I

>.•-

.(. ticrl.(r,< I ..-

ill my tutiutuy v>t.
ins, the iiuAiklilv I

18S8.J

Leckiart'9 Li/e qf Seott.

Mb acted nereiy upon iti own cajnidont
■othes, and aaiglit haTe enabled me to
idopt old Seattle of Mickladale'i answer
mkm complimented hj a certain rererend
dinne on the strength of the same faculty,
' No, sir,' answered the old borderer, ' I
liare no command of my memory. It
only retains what hits my fancy, and
probably, sir, if yon were to preach to me
for two hoars, I would not be able when
Ton finidied to remember a word you had
been saying.' My memory was precisely
of the same kind, it seldom fiiiled to pre-
scrre moat tenadonsly a fiiToarite passage
of poetry, a play-house ditty, or above all
a border-raia ballad ; but names, dates,
aad the other technicalities of history
escaped me in a most melancholy degree.
The {ddlosophy of history, a much more

With BQch an early store of knowledge, hastily gathered, and with an
appetite for fresh acquirements indiscriininating as it was indefatigable,
Soott left the High School of Edinburgh for the country ; but the pr(^res8
of his opening genius, and the account of the works which fed his young
imagination, must be given in his own interesting language.

important subject, was abo a sealed book
at this period of my life, but I gradually
assembled mnch of what was striking and
picturesque in historical narrative ; and
when in riper years I attended more to
the deduction of general principles, I wan
furnished with a powerful host of ex-
amples in illustration of them. I was, in
short, like an ignorant gamester who kept
up a good hand until he knew how to play
it. I left the High School, therefore, with
a great quantity of general information,
ill arranged indeed, and collected without
system, yet deeply impressed upon my
mind, readily assorted by my power of
connexion and memory, and gilded, if I
may be permitted to say so, by a yivid and
active imagination."

"Among the valuable acquisitions I
■ade about this time was an acquaintance
with Taaao's Jerusalem Delivered, through
the flat medium of Mr. Hoole's transla-
tkn ; but, above all, I then first became
aequaiated with Bishop Percy's Reliques
of Ancient Poetry. As I had been from
in&ncy devoted to legendary lore of this
utnre, and only reluctantly withdrew my
attention from the scarcity of materials
and die rudeness of those which I pos-
sessed, it may be imagined, but cannot
be described, with what delight I saw
pieces of the same kind which had amused
my childhood, and still continued in secret
the Delilahs of my imagination, con-
sidered as the subject of sober research,
grave commentary, and apt illustration, by
an editor who showed his poetical genius
was capable of emulating the best quali-
ties of what his pious labours preserved.
I remember well the spot where I read
these volumes for the first time. It was
beneath a huge platanns tree, in the ruins
of what had been intended for an old-
bahioned arbour in the garden I have
mentioned. The summer-day sped on-
ward BO fast, that, notwithstanding the
sharp apjpetite of thirteen, I forgot the
hour of cunner, was sought for with anx-
iety, and was still found [/ound ntill]
eatnaced in my intellectual banquet. To
rand aad to remember was in this instance
dw same thing, and henceforth I over-
whelmed my schoolfellows and all who
would hearken to me with tragical reci-
tationa from the ballads of Bishop Percy.
Tke ftnt tiue, too, J eoaU terape a few
iUBimgr tvgotiigrf which wag aota com.

mon occurrence with me, I bought unto
myself a copy of these beloved volumes,
nor do I believe I ever read a book half so
frequently or with half the enthusiasm.
About this period, also, I became ac-
quainted with the works of Richardson
and those of Mackenzie (whom in later
years I became entitled to call my friend),
with Fielding, Smollett, and some others
of our best novelists. To this period also
I can trace distinctly the awakening of
that delightful feeling for the beauties of
natural objects which has never since de-
serted me. The neighbourhood of Kelso,
the most beautiful, if not the most ro-
mantic, village of Scotland, is eminently
calculated to awaken such ideas. It pre-
sents objects not only grand in themselves
but venerable from their associations.
The meeting of the superb rivers the
Tweed and the Tcviot, both revered in
song, — the ruins of an ancient abbey, —
the more distant vestiges of Roxburgh
Castle, — the modem mansion of Fleurs,
which is so situated as to combine the
ideas of ancient baronial grandeur with
those of modern taste, — are in themselves
objects of the first class ; yet are so
mixed, united, and melted among a thou-
sand other beauties of a less prominent
description, that they harmonize into one
general picture, and please rather by
unison than by concord. The romantic
feelings which I have described aa predo-
minating in my mind, naturallv rested
upon and associated themselves with those
grand features of the landscape txtrasA
me ; and the histoTlcal Vndistits ox tc«i&*
tjoaal legeikds connected idlfti Tnaavj tA

Lockharl's Life of Scott.

[Jnly,

our fathers' piety nn<I splendonr, b«cain»
witli me nil insatiable paesioD, whicli
if circutiiataiiircs li.ml pciiiiiU«<l, W-oulill
willingly have gratilird by travelling ovtt I
bull' I be zlubc."

thera. gave to my aJmirntion • aortof
intense impreaisian of reverence, wliicli at
times iiiiide my henrt feel too big for my
bo8<iui. Front III is time the love of na>
liiral Ijcniity, more especiully nben com-
bineJ witb ancient ruins, or remains of

It appears that of Greek Scott kiictv, and cared to knoAv, notliing ;
and to cover his retreat with the iippoarance at least of a reasonable
detemiinntion, he Burjirised and nflTeiuk'.! his master with an essay firoving
the superiority of Ariostoover Homer. The Latin chissics he also eschewed,
118 tlicy were ihoiiplit too miicii akin to the (Jreck ; but the languajie of
Rome he endeavoured to preserve in his memory, by an occfisional porniuil
of Mattliew Paris and Buchanan. Professor Dalzell prophosiod that
dunce he vas. and dunce he was to remain: a prediction as accurately veri-
fied aa most others made about the future fiuit of genius, ere the blossom
has begun to act. The following confession, accompanied as it is with the
very Ix'st and most salutary advice, does credit to the manliness and can-
dour of the author's character : —

sion even for on idle workman who had
BO narrow a foundation to buUJ upon.
If, however, it should ever fall to the lot
of youth to peruse these pogcs, Irt auch n
reader remember that it is with the deep-
est regret that I recollect in my mnnhood
the opportunities of leoming which I
neglected in my youth ; that through every
pnrt of my literary career, 1 have fell
pinched and hampered by my own igno-
mnce, and that 1 would ut this moment
give half the reputntion I havo had thu
good fortune to ttcquire, if. by doin^ to,
I could rest the remaiiiinK part upon
a «ound foundalion of learniDg and aci*
ence."

*' In other nudies I was more fortunate.
I made .soiuc progress in Ethica under
Professor John Brurc; and was itelei^trd
n.s one of his students whose progress he
approved, to read an essay before Prin-
cijml Robertson. I was further instructed
in Morid Philosophy at the clasft of Mr.
Dngald Stuart, whose striking and impres-
sive eIoi|ueqce riveted the attention even of
the most volatile student. To s«m up
my ocadcmical »tudie.i, I attended the
rlftjs of History, then taught by the prc-
ticut Lord Woodhousclee ; nad, as for an
1 can remember, no others, riccplitig
those of the Civil and Municipnl Ln\r. So
that if ttiy learning be tlimsy and inuccu-
rnte, the reader must have liome oom|KUi-

We trace Scott's early path still winding deeper into the land of ro«
niantic poetry and lepcndary fable. Tressan's romances, the Biblio*
th^tpie IMcuc and Bibliotheqnc dc Uotnana, liecamc familiar to hint;
and he wa8 intiaiate with the works uf Dante, Boiardo, Puici, and otliersj
of the eminent Italian poets j he fa.steijs, to nse his own language, " like]
a tiger" on every collection of old sonf;5 aixl romances, which chance^
strewed in his w.iy. Vcrtut's *' Knightti of Malta," a b(K)k which as it
hoverctl bi'tween history and romance, was exceedingly dear lo him ; and
as he had again a love of the study of history as connected with niilitaryj
rventa, Orme's e\celh'nt " Histor)' of Indostun" w:ifl highly esteemed l>yl
liiio. Scott aUo delighted iu travelling. It wa* a prupensity, he iiHy",|
which he sometimes indulged so nn'lnly ns to alarm and vex hisl
parents. Wood, water, wilderness itself had an inexpressible charm fori
him, and he had a dreamy way of <;oing tnueh further than he intended,
iiu that unconsciously hit* retuin was jirotraeted, and hix parents Itnd !tunie<
times cause for unensincst. His father told him that he thought he wa
itoru to he a stmlling |tedlnr. and even nnder (hat cottccit, Scott d'lri
not diklikc the vagrant liberty it seemed to prcHiinu?.

*' Tlie pHoripal object (he *aya) in ing romnntto arenery, or what alT<inii .
thf& pjicuniionM wu tlic j)lcaaurc of ceo- me at leaat ^{ual pleainre, the placrta

1

ujtou llie c'i'lri>r.ilt:tl liuiil-
\he battteiuenlB of Slirltng'
n not by any meoiia jufcr
id to the feeling of pic-
•- "M »Vp {•oiitmry, few-
nil e6r«ct« ; but
ye of ■ painter,
ifious (mrt^ of tbe scrue.4,
nd bow the one bore upon
estimate the effect wliioU
s of the view had in pro-
'•-'■ "•• ' '.-i-nernl effect, I
ipable of doiii^
.'ty, though my
lavc led iiie to amend and
^•iii!i! ide«f< nn the kubjeet.
Ach I long
of these
iioui a defect

Jin'il illlflvsltA* llir

of vye or hand, was totally ineffectual.

After long ^tiidy and many efforts, I was

nmWe to Hpply the effects of perspective

or of ihade to the scene before me, and

■".'1 to relinquish in despair an

I was most anxions to practise ;

. ... me an old castle or a field of

battle, and I was at home at once, filled
it tvith combstantj ta their proper cos-
tume, and overwhelmed my hearera by
the enthusiasm of my deacription. In
ct'oggiDg Maxjton-Moor, near St. An-
drew's, the jpirit mored me to give a
picture of the a«iMaaination of the Arch-
bishop of St. Andrew'* to some fellow
travellers, with whom I was accidentally
ajsOciated, and one of them, though well
acquainted with the story, protested my
narrative had frightened away his ni^ht'i
sict'p. I mention this to show the dis-
tinction between a senae of the pictu>
resque in action and in scenery. If I
have since been able in poetry to trace
with some success the principles of the
latter, it has always been with reference
to its general and leading features, or
under xotne alliance with moral feeling,
and even this proficiency bait co»t me
study.''

lu mu»!c, Scott says, it was still worse ; the defects of his voice and
car soon drove his teacher to despair, and it wss ouly by long practice
that he acquired the power of selecting or dlstiDgtiisliiiig melodies. About
1788, he says, he began to feel and take his ground in society: a ready
Viil, a good deal of enthusiasm, and a perception that sooti ripened into
tact and ubdervatiun of character, rendered him an acceptable companion
to maay yoong men whose acquisitions in philosophy and science were
' '' ■ ' f'Crior to an\thing he could boast. The quantity of ponder-
< llaneous knowledge which he really possessed on many sub-
jctts, v»as not easily condensed, or brought to bear upon the object he
wished jMirticularly to become master of. Yet there occurred opportuni-
tir- 'is " odd lumber of his brain," especially that which was con-

nri the recondite parts of history, did him " yeoman's service."

" y y of events was like one of the large old-fashioned stone

cam lie Turks, very difficnlt to load well and discbarge, but making

powerful effect when by good chance any object came within range of its
»hot." Snch were the natural propensities, the inherent genius, and
tliC early acquiremculs of the future master of romantic fiction. He
tays, that his consciousness of exL$teuce dated from Saudy-Kuowe.

i

4

i

" How deep and iiulciible {addi Mr.
Lookkart) wu the imprreKiua which its
ranantif lofalitleff had Wt "n his iroagi-
aati.' reader of

M>; "hu. Od

tt* ■■•niK .... ii overhung

Hit fiuvi "' round tuwer

of Smaili <>f that tine

b*Dad I and tli. .' takes in

a wide erj'afl-i lo which,

■a I' Ij aaul, fvirj' JJtM hoj* ils

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mm

battle and every rivulet its song. Mertown,
the principal seat of the Harden family,
with its noble groves ; nearly in front of
it, across the Tweed, T the cota-

paratively small but <ble and

st«iciT •'•-■■'• ..••1-1 u.icburB;

unil ih, Eur-

roiin .Tit as it-

self, s^ccui to 111- uitiioat bcluw tbe feet of
the spectator. Opposite him. rite \!kk«
purple peaks of Eildon, V\ie Vt%)i&\iDMi\.

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mmM

i^m

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Lockhart's Life of Scoti.

[July,

scene of Thomas the Rliymer's interview
with the Uu«:u of Pacrit! ; l)«hiiul nre the
blasted peel, which the »on of Ercil-
doun himself inhabited, — the broom of
the Cowdenknows, — the {mstoral valley
of the Leader, and the bleak wildcrnessi
of Lammennoor. To the eastward the
desolate grandeur of Hume Castle breaks
the horizon u the eye travcU towarda
the range of the Cheviot. A few miles

Mr. fjockhart, as appears to us, very candidly thus suins up the measore
of Scott's actiuircuietits in literature, when he was setting out on active
life, and commencing the profcHsion for which he was intended.

westward, Melrose, like some toll rock
with lichenH grey, appears Hasped amid
(he windings of the Tweed ; ana the dis-
tance presents the serrated mountains of
the Gala, the Ettrick, and th« Yuitow,
all famous in sonj;. Such were the ob-
jects that had painted the earlie«t* images
on the eye of the last and greatest of the
Border Minstrels."

"' He had no pretension:) to the name
of on extensive, far le^i of on accurate
Latin toholar ; but he could read, I be-
lieve, any Latin anthor of any age, so as to
catch without diiticulty \nn meaning ; and
though his fnviiurite Latin poet, ns well as
historian in later days, nua Buchanan, he
hod preserved, or Bubsftjiipntly acquired,
B strong relish for some others of more
ancient date; 1 may mention in particu-
lar, Lucan and Claudian. Of Greek, he
does not exaggerate in saying that he had
forgotten even the alphabet, for he was
puzzled with the words i<fi3«f and »(ii*iti«,
which he h&d occasion to introduce from
tome authority on his table into his intro-
duction to Popular Poetry, written in April
1830, and hap]>ening to be in the house
with him at the time, he sent for me to
insert them for him in his MS. Mr.
Irving has infonned ub of the early
period Bt which he enjoyed Tafso and
Ariosto. I presume he had, nt least as
soon M this, enabled himself to rend Gil
Bhu in the original ; and in all probability
we may icfer to the same time of his life,
or one not much later, his acquisition
of as much Spaniiih as served for the
Giierras Civiles de Graniida, Lozorillo de
Tormes. and,' above all, Don Quixote.
He read all these lani^ages in after-life
with iihout the same facility. I never but
once heard him attempt to speak any of
Uiem, and that was whrn some of the
courtier* of Charles the Tenth came to
Abbotsford, «oon after that unfortunate
prince took up his rcsideia'c for tlie second
time ot Uolyrood House. Fiuiling that one
or two of these genlleiuen could speak no
Engliith at all, he mode fome eirort;; tn
umuse Ihciu m thi-ir iiwu Imrj
the cbampngnc lind becit ptis
round the tnljie, 'umI i « .- ■
morning with the '
party, who, alludiii_

in which he seemed to have chiefly occu-
pied himself, said, ' Mon Dieu I comme
il estro(^ait, entre deux vina, Ic Pran^ais
du bon Sire de Joinville.' Of all these
tongnes, as of German somewhat later,
he ac(|uirnd as much as was needful for
his own purjjosc, of which a critical «tiidy
of any foreign language made at no time
any jiart. In them he sought for inci-
dents, and he found images ; but for the
treasures of diction, he won content to
dig on British soil. He hod all he
wanted in the old well* of ' English unde-
hlcd,' and the still Uving though fast
shrinking waters of that sitter idiom,
which had not alwny.4, as he flattered
himself, deserved the name of a dialect.
As may be said, 1 believe, of every really
great man, Scott was self-educated in
every branch of knowledge which he ever
turned to account in the works of bis
genius ; and he has himself told us that
his real studies were tho£c lonely and de-
sultory ones, of which he has given a copy
in the first chapter of Wnvcrlcy, where the
hero is represented as * driving Ihrongb
n sea of books like a vesgcl without pilot
or rudder;' thatis to^tav, obc\-ing nothing
but the strong breath of native inclina-
tion. He had rend, and stored in a me-
mory of uncommon tenacity, much curi-
ous, thongh ill-arrnnged information. In
English litcratnnr he was mn^ter of Shak-
spere and Milton, of our <■ 'i .uotic
authors, of mnny pictnp' inte-
resting piiiisagcj from oiid .wiical

chroniclers, nnd was p:irticular|y well ac-
i|uniiite4l with S|ien<u<r, Drayton, and
"tluT port* who had exercised Ihriiiselre'i
on romnnf ic licfion : ' "fsU thine* thf most

.,1jc.

'Ives
tital

tl.»

I

L* Two others of Scntt
mother and tutor, L)r.
marks of Pope^s Homer ii

|;K'2 ami I7«4:). preserved by hi;
p. !>r>— #i. They boar strdn^e

1838.] LoeUart't n/e of Scott. 11

Decajneroii, Fhrinart, Bnntome, Dela- striking drcnmsUnee by which it maiks

nem, and the duTalroiu and romantic the rery early date of these moltifarioas

lore of Spein. I haTe quoted a passage studies."*
so wdl knowp, only for the sake of the

Bat not even the fascination of his favourite authors detuned Scott from
the living fmins of Nature, from the active exercises of the field, and long
sammer excursions to every spot consecrated by the memory of historic
fame. Sometimes he wonld be seen climbing the Cheviot hills, or copy-
ing Roman inscriptions among the old farm-houses in Northumberland ;
sometimes making a raid in Liddlesdale, exploring every rivulet to its
source, and every ruined peel from foundation to battlement. " For oot-
doors amusement," he says, " I have constructed a seat in a large tree
which spreads its branches horizontally over the Tweed. This is a
favourite situation of mine for reading, especially on a day like this,
when the west wind rocks the branches on which 1 am perched, and the
river roUs its waves below me of a turbid blood-colour. I have moreover
cot an embrasure, through which I can fire upon the gulls, herons, and
OMin<x«nts, as they fly screaming past my nest."t To these rambles
among the fastnesses of the descendants of the moss-troopers, and of those
who had followed the banner of the Douglases, Scott owed much
of the materials of his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, and not
leM of his intimate acquaintance with the living manners of those
unsophisticated regions, which constitutes the chief charm of one of
the most charming of his prose works. But how soon he had any
definite object before him in his researches, seems very doubtful. " He
was nuJcin lumtell a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed, " but he did na
ken, may be, what he was about, till years bad passed. At first he thought
o' little, 1 dare say, but the queemess and the fun." Mr. Lockhart found
a note-book of Scott's for the year 1792, contaiuing a variety of scraps
and hints which may help to fill up our notice of his private studies during
that year. He appears to have used them indiscriminately. Now an
extract from an author he happened to be reading ; now a memorandum
of something that had struck him in conversation ; a fragment of an essay ;
transcripts of various poems ; remarks on various cases in the old records of
the justiciary court : in short, a most miscellaneous collection, in which tliere
is whatever might have been looked for, with perhaps the single exception
of original verse. One of the books opens with Veg-tams Koitha, or the
Descent of Odin j with the Latin of Thomas Bartholine, and Gray's ver-
sion ; with some account of the death of Baldor, both as narrated in the
Edda and as given by the Northern historians— i4«c/ore Gualtero Scott.
The Norse original and the two versions there transcribed, and the
historical account appended, extend to seven closely written quarto
^ges. Next comes a page, headed Pecuniary Distress of Charles the
First, and containing a transcript of a recei|)t for some piate lent to the
King in 1643. He then copies the " Owen of Carrou ' of I^nghome j
the verses of Canute on passing Ely j the lines to a Cuckoo, given by

* At this period of his life, Scott was much enamoured of the poems of Langhorne
and Mickle. The Elegy of Cumnor Hall, after having dwelt on his memory for forty
years, suggested the subject of one of his romances ; and his recollection of some lines
of LaJnghome was recorded with a look and word of civility from Bums.

t Wordsworth says, when he first saw Scott, that he attached much \eu m^xVsncft
to his literary Isbonn orreputation, than to bis bodily sports, «x.tTc\Mt, m^ VXM^
aawmeoAk

18 ^^^r LocUiai-t'n Life of Scfilt. [July,

Wartou as tie oldest speclaien of English ver»e ; a translation by a gen-
tlemau of Dcvonsliire of tlit- dcatliaong of Regiier Lodbrog^ and the beau-
tiful quatrain omitted in (tray's Elegy —

" There seated oft, the earliest of the year," &&

After this wc have au ItiUinn canzonet on tUe praises of blue eyes ; several
pages of etymologies from Ducange ; some more of notes on the Morte
d'Arthur ; extracts from tlie books of a journal about Dame Janet
Beatouj tlic Lady of Brauxomc of the Lay of the Last Minstrel, and her
husband ; Sir Walter Scott of Buecleuch, called " W icked Watt ;" otiier
extracts about Witches and Fairies ; various couplets from Hall's Satires; a
])asange from Alhania ; notes on the second sight, vvitli extracts from Aubrey
and Glanrille^ a list of ballads to be discovered or recovered 5 extracts from
Guerin de Montglave ; and after many more similar entries, a table of the
Ma'so-Gothie, Anglo-Saxon, and Runic alphabets} with a fourth section
headed German, but left blank. Of original composition in poetry Scott
had as yet given little notice of his powers ; when he translated Burger's
ballad of Leonora for Miss Cranstoun, she wrote to a friend — " Upon my
word. ^ValtL■r Scott is going to turn out a poet, — something of a cross, I
think, between Burns and Gray." And two other short poems, written
about this time to the ladye of his first love, are given in Mr. Lockhart's
pages.* But it was in his romantic retirement at Lasswade on the Esk,
after his marriage, that the true, bold, and pure character of Scott's lyric
poetry first appeared. Here he spent some happy summers, amidst soine
of the most romantic sccner)' that Scotland can boast, the haunt of his
boyish rambles : he enjoyed the familiar society of Lord Woodhousclee and
of Mackcu/ie, the Man of Feeling ; but

i
I

^^lio knovr( not Melville's beevhea grove,

And Roslin's rocky glen ;
Hatkeith, wbJch nil tbe virtue* love,

And daasic Uawtborndea ?

4

" Amid these delicious sohtudes (says Mr. Lockhart) Scott produced the
pieces which laid the imperiahable foundation of all bis fame. It was here
that, when his vvarm heart was beating with gay and happy love, and lii»
whole mind and spirit were nerved by new motives of e.\ertion j it was
here that, in the ripened glow of manhood, he seems to have first felt
something of his real strcugtli, and poured himself out in those splendid
original ballads which were at once to fix Ms name."t

It was at this period of his life that Mr. Lockhart considers Scott's
character to have been completely formed and settled, — it liad passed
unmoved through the first blandishments of worldly applause, and no sub-
sequent trials of that sort could ever shake it from its early balance. His
calm delight in his own pursuits ; the patriotic enthusiasm which mingled
\\\X\\ nil the best of his literary efl'oits : his modesty as to his own gcneial
merits, combined with a certain dogged resolution to maintain his ov,%
first \\eyv of n subject^ however assailed ; his readiness to interrupt h;

• V<.: •

t T\- < orifinal han«i!», na BAtliwrll nuJ iJie £b«)ihrrd*« T«!e, m |

I V- --.. ■ ;....^

■ rprvadiBg oakt ia tUac grew out of that Utile parent acorn 1

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LockAarf's Life of Scott.

19

own tasks by any drudgery by which he could assist those of a friend }
his steady and (fetennined watchfulness over the struggling fortunes d
genius and worth — all assisted lus rapid advance in literary fame, and in
the knowledge and esteem of persons themselves eminent for genius or
talent. Mackintosh welcomed him to town as an old friend ; and Samuel
Rogers and Stewart Rose were added to the list of his acquaintance. The
indefatigable Douce assisted his antiquarian researches, and his most
accompushed and admirable friend George Ellis then first heard the Lay
of the Last Minstrel, yet imperfect, read to him under an old oak in
Windsor forest.

We have now accompanied Scott to that period of his life when the
fmUs of his various studies and acquirements oegan publicly to appear }
when his genius bad arranged its nch treasures of information, and was
presenting them to the world, beautifully set and heightened by rich
additions of his own. Of his Minstrelsy his Biographer says.

" To the tuk of selecting a standard
text among nch a diversity of materials,
he bron^t a melange of old manners
and phraseology, and a manly simplicitr of
taste, anch as had never before been united
In the person of a poetical antiquary.
From among a hundred cormptions, he
seised with intaitive tact the pristine dic-
tion and imagery, and produced strains
in which the unbroken energy of half-
dvilised ages, their stem and deep pas-
dona, their daring, adventurous, and cruel
tragedies, and even their rude and wild
humour, are reflected with almost the
brightness of an Homeric mirror, inter-
rupted by hardly a blot of what deserves
to be called vulgarity, and totally free
from any mixture of artificial sentimental-
ism. His introductory essays and notes
teem with curious knowledge not hastily
grasped for the occasion, but gradually
gleaned and sifted by the patient labour
of years, and presented with an easy
unaffected propriety and elegance of ar-

Sment and expression, which it may be
ubted if he ever materially surpassed in
the happiest of his imaginative narra-
tives. I well remember when Waverley
was a new book, and all the world were
pozxling themselves about its authorship,
to have heard the poet of the Isle of
Palms exdaim, impatiently, ' I wonder
what aU these people are perplexing them-
lelves about; have they forgotten the

At length the poem appeared which Mr. Lockhart calls the bright
consummate flower in which the dreams of Scott's youthful fancy bad
found expansion for their gpirit and beauty. Genius not only follows no
other or inferior path, but even makes its own as it proceeds. There*
fore, as our object is not to give any history of Scott's life, or any regular
account of his works, — not to lead our readers into the long giillery of his
finished works, but, taking them witli us into the studio and the workshop,
to observe the progress of the author's chisel and the powVug Oi^N^^-
ment of liaiboagbt9,-~'we shall trace /rom the biography /m t\u SxaXaaoLCft,

prose of the Minstrelsy ?' It is not to be
denied, however, that the Minstrelsy of
the 3cotti8h Border has derived a very
large accession of interest from the sub-
sequent career of its editor. One of the
critics of the day said, that the book con-
tained ' the riementt qf a hundred Hit.
torical Ronumcet,' and this critic was •
prophetic one. No one who has not gona
through its volumes for the express pur-
pose of comparing their contents with his
great original works, can have formed a
conception of the endless variety of inci-
dents and images, now expanded and em<
blazoned by his mature art, of which the
first hints may be found either in the text
of those pristine ballads, or in the notes
which the happy rambles of his youth
had gathered together for their illustra-
tion. In the edition of the Minstrelsy,
published since his death, not a few such
instances arc pointed out, but the list
might have been extended far beyond the
limits which such an edition allowed. The
taste and fancy of Scott appear to have
been formed as early as his moral charac-
ter; and he had, before he passed the
threshold of authorship, assembled about
him in the uucalculating delight of native
enthusiasm, almost all the materials on
which his genius was destined to be em-
ployed for the gratification and instruc-
tion of the world.*'

14

Lockfiart's Life ofScolt.

[July,

the small beglnuings and gradual progress of the design nf the Lay of tli
Last Minstrel ; in the formation of which, all that Scott lias derived froan
natural gifts, and all he had acquired and added by well-directed researcl
were called into action. It burst, as we remember well, upon the publi^
mind with a sudden and brilliant effect ; but, like all other valuable thing
it was long prepared, and formed of thoughts, images, and a^sociationa
which composed part of a body of poetical literature that he had long and
rightfully made his own.

Thus was the poetic fabric raised ; by so many fairy links of hints and
associations and analogies were its component masses joined. Impriroisj
the Countess of Dalkeith hears a wild rude legend of Border diablerie
and sportingly asks him to make it the subject of a ballad. He assent
and casts about for some new variety of rhyme and diction. Sir Johl
Stoddart's casual recitation, a year or two before, of Coleridge's uii4
published Christabel, had fixed the music of that noble fragment in bi|
memory, and it occurs to him that by throwing the story of Gilpin Horn«
into somewhat of a similar cadence, he might produce such an echo of th(
latter metrical romance as would serve to connect his conclusion of th<
pristine Sir Tristram with his imitation of the common popular ballad it
the Grey Brothers and the Eve of St. John. A single scene of fuudal3
festivity in the hall of Branksome» disturbed by some pranks of a non-
descript goblin, was probably all that he contemplated ; but his accidental,
conhnemcut in the midst of a volunteer camp gave him leisure to meditate
his theme to the sound of the bugle ; and suddenly there dashes on hit
the idea of extending his simple outline so as to embrace a vivid panoramil
of the old Border life of war and tumult and all the worst passions, witt
which his researches in the Minstrelsy had by degrees fed his imagination!
until every the minutest feature had been tiken home and realised with
unconscious intcusencss of sympathy ; so that he had won for himself in
the past, another world, hardly less complete or familiar than the present
Erskine or Cranstoun suggests that he would do well to divide the poeii
into cantos, and prefix to each of them a motto explanatory of the actioiij
after the fashion of S|)enser in the Faery Queen. He pauses for a moment^
and the happiest conception of the framework of a picturesque narrativi
that ever occurred to any poet— one that Homer might have envied — th<i
creation of the ancient Harper, starts to hfc. By such steps dl<l the LayJ
of the Last Minstrel grow out of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border,
The intelligent biographer of Scott closes his account of this original and]
beautiful poem with the following remarks, which, though called forth by]
that, arc meant to apply to the spirit and charnctcr of all hia works :— '

" The nrrli altasion$ wbicli run fhrotigtk
the introductions, witfiout in tin- least in-
tfrrupting t)ic Iriilh und gr«ccful putho

of tlicir roniii ijiiprti>»ion, seem to tnc osilv. witliou' le

eqaally cliwactcrihtir of Scolt, whrne de-
light anil j/ndf it iron to filay with the

gmiU9 H'Aicti nrrrrt/irleti mattcrnl Aim at

teill. For in
to all bin wii:

bui ,.

osily. witliou'
feeling* ia tli t

Such out(>ar$t» ctxuc Imili ilmui
in all lii« writtnr* : but in Mm- int«5
• ■ t.

«■!;

mil Ui uJi «ji(KMiitUii ill.

dictlun ana aetitiment i.

U i»a lxau>i>«reutoufr."

Among the cJttficest pmti tutd [mmti^vi uf tUu Life vf ^colt^ noo^

1838.3

Lwkhnrfs Lift qf Scott.

II

Iconvey wore interest to our miud than tie account of Lis h&bits nnd occu-

f|ation<t, wliicit, uniting tvitii tL»: fiivonrite subjects of his study, formed

I the entire character of the poet aud the novelist, inspiration, and that

iif llie purest and brigljtcst kind, came to Pope and to (iray in the stu-

rlioua Rectusion of their libraries, and among the artificial refinements of

wrtMl life ; but Scott's poetry breathed the wilder and more enthusiastic

Rpirit of th(^ ancient time. I'he poet diffused his own character through his

, poetry. He lived among the scenes of his own creations j he not only

ica<i books, but studied men, and worshipped nature. Tiie man of active

life vras Dot lost in the student ami the recluse ; and he is probably the

fir*t grrnt poet, who ever planted, built, felled timber, hunted, shot,

coiir««d, 8|)eare<l salmon, waded fords, leapt torrents, commaudcd a troop

of cavalry, presided at niatt-.hes of football between rival clans, and whose

poetr)- vras the rCHult of the active powers of his luind, an well as of its

ibtlity aud rtfinement. The blood of the borderer and the luoea-

.*r was miugled in his veins with that of the poet and the knights of

d'Arthur.* Scott's Life was indeed a jjoetic action going on

Hts changes. Speaking of Marmion, Mr. Lockhart says :—

' Tb«re ill a knoll with eonie tall ashes
on tJie ailioinifig funn of the Peel, where
Scott was v«7 fond of sitting by himself,
•nd it »till Ueara the nnvae of the S/ierifTs
Kuovti another fAvourite seat waa bC'
oealh a liage oak haril by the Tweed, nt
tbr nctremity of the hoigh of Achestiel.
It WM here that, while meditating his
«ene«, be used

To «tray,
Aod mste tlie solitary day, &c.

He frrqneTitlY wnndered far from home,
hov ■ inlybyhi* dog, and

woij I the ereaing, having

let li...iiii .11.11 uvji-- slin nwny among the
•oft and melauchuly wlldi-riic«ses where
Yarrow {Trcitft from her I'lniiitains ; but
whrn tlic ibetne waa of a mure atirring
order, htr ritjoyed parsuiug it over brake
' frll at the fall fpeed of Ilia Lieute-
I well remember hif sijia^, as I
with him acroaa the hilla froD\ Ash-
atiel to Newark, ooe day in his decli.
ufatg years, — 'Obi man, 1 had many a
frud ff*Uop among tlieM braen when 1
thinWug of Marmion ; but a trifling
nuit aerve me now.' Hi*
ne, however, informs me
-inrc energetic dcscrip-
ily that of \hf battle
ruck out while ho was
in (]iiartrr» again with his cavalry in the
tHtnmn "f \ffyi. In the intervals of
4j\f lyg, Scott used to delight

111 ■ ■ |»owerful bl.-ick steed up

«».! " !' • ^jcllo

Sn: ;i«id

bis Kjiurv, and go oil as if at the

charge, and with the spmy dosbiug about
him. As we rode back to Musselburgh
he often came and placed himself beaide
me to repeat the rersea he had been com*
posisg daring these pauses of oar e;x-
crcise.

" Mr. Morritt's testimony of Scott's
character harmonizes with the preceding
account. He describes lilm as the friend
and neighbour of every Selkirkshire yeo-
msD. He carried us (he says) one day
to Melrose or Newark, — another to course
with mountain grcyhoands by Yarrow
braes or St. Mary's Lodi, repeating every
ballad or li-gendary talc connected with
the scenery ; and on a third we must all
go to B fanner's harvest-home, to dance
with border losses on a bani-tloor, drink
whisky punch, and enter in all the gos-
sip and good fellowship of bii neigh-
bours.

" At this period (says the same ac-
complished and observing friend) his con*
versatjon was more equal and animated
than any man's tliat I ever knew. It
was most characterised by the extreme
facility and fuu of the illustrations drawn
from the whole eocyclopsedia of life and
nature, in a style sometimes too exuberant
for a written narrative, but which to him
was natural and s[iontnneou«, A hundred
stories, always apposite, and often inter-
esting the mind by strong pathos or emi-
nently ludicrous, were daily told, which,
with many more, have since been trons-
plnnted, almost iti the same language,
ir>to the Waverley novrls and his other
writings. These and his recitations of
Ikoetry, whjuh can never be forgotten by
those who knew him, made up the charm

Lockhart's Life of Scoit,

that hS>i honodlesg memory enabled him to
cJtert to tlie wonder of the i^piii; lovers of
TronJer*. But tquully exprcsdive ond
powerful was the language of his wnrm
heart, and equally wonderful were the
oonclasioos of his vigorous under^taudiiig,
to those who could return or appreciate
either. Keenly enjoying literotarc a* he
did, and indulging his own lore of it in

Mr. Lockliait beai^ testitnony of Scott'a capacity for practical dealing
and rule among tnen.

perpetual composition, he a] way a mmin<
tsined the same estimate of if a« iabordt«
natc and auxiliary to the purpose n( \i(r
aud rather talked of men nnd events Ihag
of books and critieijm. Literary fanip^
he always said, waj a bright fcnthei* in tfa^
cap, but not the xubstontiol corer of i
well-protected head."

"I do not think (he laya) he h«d
much in common with the statesmen or
diplomstiats of his own > ' r.ntry ;

but I am mistaken if S<- r hare

played ill other days eitli.; .'.... _ciil or
the Gondomar ; and I believe no man.
after long and intimate knowledge of any
other great poet, has eter ventured to say
that he could have conceived the posfii*
bility of such pnrfs being adequately tilled
on the active stage of the world by a per-
son in whom the powers of fancy and
imagination had such predominant sway
as to make him, in fact, live three or four
Uvea habitually in place of one. I have
known other literary men of energy 'as
restless as his ; but all such have been
entitled to the designation of Awfy-froiiw.-
whereas Scott, neither in literary labour,
nor in continnnl contact with the affoiri
of the world, ever did seem aware that ho
was making any extraordinary exertion.
The machine, thus gigantic in its impetus,
movod 80 easily that the master had no
perception of the obstructionB it over-
came— in fact, no means to measure its
power. Compared to him, all the rest of
thepoetspecies that I have chanced to ob-
serve nearly, with but one glorious excep-
tion, have seemed to me to do little more

than sleep through their lives — and nl
best to fill up the sura of dreams ; and
am persuaded that, take all ages am
countries together, the rare examples ol
indcfutigable energy in union with seren#
self-possession of mind and character
such as Scott's, must be sought for in the
roll of great sovereigns or great captains,
rather than that of literary genius. I
the case of such renowned practical mas-
ters, it has l>een usual to account for their
appnrent calmness amidst the stirrin
troubles of the world, by imputing to thei
callousness of the anections. Perha[
injustice has been done by the supposition $
but at all events, hardly could any on
extend it to the case of the placid man oi
the imaginative order — a great depicter ol
Man and Nature especially would seem
to be, cj' 1*1 terrmini, a profound sympa-
thiser with the passions of his brethren,
with the weaknesses as well as with the
strength of humanity. Such assuredl
was Scott. His heart was as ' rammei
with life,' to use a pbrtuse of Ben Jonson'a,
as his brain, and 1 never saw him tried i:
a tenderer point than he was during th
full whirl of splendor and gaiety tl;
aecmed to make every brain but hia diziy
in the Edinburgh of August l«"2'2."

I

It is, tlieDj to tbls ready aud poweiTuI memory, to tltis ever-acUtr^
iisagiuation, to tins profound aod poetical ecnsibilit)', to the welUiUTBDged
tnasses and groups of \m knowledge, arid to the quickness of his ussod^
tions from which he could command and distribute theui, that we nrc
attribute the otherwise almost marvellous r«]iidity of his invctitions. Th«
two last volumes of Waverley were written in three weekii. Mr. B. HbU
says.

" It h well known, or at least genr-
rolly, and I have reaxon to helicve truly,
admitted, that Sir Waltfr Scott compose*

this works just ns fast as he can write ;
that the manual labour is all that it com
i
t/i,

When Mr. B. HatI turns from th
opinion of Scott'a chamctcr :—

SlrW-.n-

him, for his thoughts (low spoi
He never correct* the press, i>i •
fo at all, it is verr slightly ; and in
his works come before rht- public
they are written."

'n't'-r to the man, ho thui gives

■Itogrther unimuiKii v^ t
tfi« wboltf civilised wvr/d.

!• jjipiau'vi.' or
//r if stil! AS

iiour Hi iiii pffuiin I
world wu auwin

hehA-
ivn? w lirn

his enumioi

-niiyi

mioo^B.

1838.]

Lockhart*s Life of Scott.

17

powers. If any man can be said to have
• right to be presumptuona in consequence
of poaaessing acknowledged talents far
above those of his company, he is tliis
man. Bnt what sagacity and intimate
Imowledge of human nature does it not
diapby, when a man thus gifted and thus
entitled as it were to assume a higher
level, undazxled by such enormous praise,
'bears steadiness of head enough not to
be made giddy, and clearness enough

of moral vision to discover that so far
from lessening the admiration which it
is admitted he might claim if he pleased,
he augments it infinitely by seeming
to waive that right altogether. * • •
On no occasion bos be betrayed the
smallest symptom of vanity or aflfectation,
or insinuated a thought bordering on pre-
sumption, or even a consciousness of bis
own superiority in any respect whatso-
ever."

Before we put a concluding stroke to the portrait of this eminent per«
SOD, we must make an extract from some observations which Mr. Lock-
hart has very judiciously and fairly given, on what may be called the worldly
part of Scott's conduct.

" I dare not deny that he set more of
bit affections, during great part of his life,
apon worldly things, wealth among others,
nan might have become such an intellect.
One may conceive a sober grandeur uf
mind not incompatible with genius as rich
even as his, but infinitely more admirable
than any genius, — incapable of brooding
ipon any of the pomps and vanities of
Ufe, or caring about money at all, beyond
what is necessary for the easy sustenance
of nature. But we must, in judging the
moat powerful of minds, take into account
the iniluence to which they were exposed
daring the plastic period ; and when
imagination u visibly the predominant
faenlty, allowance must be made very
largely indeed. Scott's autobiographical
fragment and the anecdotes annexed to
it have been printed in vain, if they have
not conveyed the notion of such a training
of the mind, fancy and character, as could
hardly fail to suggest dreams and aspira-
tions very likely, new temptations pre-
sented, to take the shape of external
active ambition, — to prompt a keen pur-
suit of those resources without which
vidons of worldly splendour cannot be
realised. But I think the subsequent
narrative, with the correspondence embo-
died in it, must also have satisfied every
candid reader that his appetite for wealth,
after all, was essentially a vivid yearning
for the means of a large beneficence.
• • * I must say one

word as to the matter of rank, which
nadonbtedly had infinitely more effect on
him than money. In the first place he
was all along courted by the great world,
Bot it by him ; and, secondly, pleased as

Scott himself, in his journal, confesses the prevalence of the imaginative
power in his mind.

he was by its attentions, he derived in-
finitely greater pleasure from the trusty
and hearty affection of his old equals and
the inferiors whose welfare he so un.
weariedly promoted ; but he made acute
discriminations among the many different
orders of claimants who jostle each other
for pre-eminence in the huge andcompli>
cated system of modern British society.
His imagination bad been constantly exer-
cised in recalling and embellishing what-
ever features of the past it was possible to
connect with any pleasing ideas, and an
historical name wot a charm that literally
ttirred his blood. But not so a mere title.
He revered the Duke of Bncclench, but
it was not as a Duke, but as the head of
his clan, the representative of the old
knights of Branxholme. In the Duke of
Hamilton, he saw not the premier peer of
Scotland, but the lineal heir of the he-
roic old Douglases ; and he had pro-
founder respect for the chief of an old
fiighland clan, without any title whatever,
and with an ill-paid rental of 2 or 30002.
a-year, than for the haughtiest magnate
in a blue ribbon whose name did not call
up any grand historical remembrance.
Sir Walter's own title came unsought ; and
that he accepted it, not in the foolish
fancy that such a title or any title could
increase his own personal consequence,
but because he tliought it fair to embrace
the opportunity of securing a certain ex-
ternal distinction to his heirs at Abbots-
ford, was proved pretty clearly by his
subsequently declining the greatly highea
but untransmissible rank of a Privy Coun-
«Uor."

" My life, he writes, though not with-
out ita fits of waking and strong exertion,
kaa been a tort of dream spent in cbew-

GMirT,3(Uo. VoL.X.

ing the cad of sweet and bitter fane^.
I have worn a wisVung c&ip, tV^e yvnet cK
which has been to dWett pt«KuX. \scwS»
B

18

Lockhart'$ Life of Scott.

[July.

I

hj a toncli of the vand of iniudnation,
and gild over tbc future by pro-* "' - '-r-
fnir than can t>e renliscd. -
it is ii«i(l, thiit ih\i i-asti
tins wielding of the unreal trowel, ia tatai
to exertions in actual life. I cannot tell —
I have not found it so. I cunnot «ay,
like Madame da Gcnlit, that in the imagi-
nary scenes in whiiih 1 have acted a part, I

rvcr prepared myielf for anything whick^
artually befell me; but 1 hnvf —-' "' '
fu»liiuned out niuoh lliat mnJc '
hour pass pleasantly away, nii'l
haa enabled me to contribute to tbe antiue-J
ment of the public. Since I wa« fivaJ
years old, I cannot remember llie tims]
when I had not Bome idenl part to playj
for my own solitary amusement."

ntliefl

Mr. Lockbart's observation on Scott's mental powers, iu another part of ^
the work, may be considered a just commentary on the foregoing con-
feseions.

easT security of «way, beyond wltat
find it pOMible to trace in any ntlir
artinVi recorded character and history ||
but he could not habilunl?- "■ - " 'u in(a|
the region of dreams 1 1 long

series of years, and vri ^ S ta

find a correipondip- n m Itcnd*

ing them to the Icr- itinsidera.

Uons wliich the ciiL-uiuat.ini-i.i of any biii
man being's practical lot in thin worW
must present in (ihundanoe. The training
to which he nccustoincd himself, ooulfl
not leave litm as he was when he beg
lie must pay the penalty, as well as rei
the glory of this life-long abstraction
reverie, this self-abandonment of fair
land."

" We should try to picture to ourselves
what the actual intellectual life must have
been, of the author of such a series of
romances. VTe should iisk our;selves
whether, filling and discharging, so sober-
ly and gracefully as he did, the common
functions of social man, it was not, never-
theless, impossible, bnt that he must have
passed most of his life in other worlds
than ours : and we ought hardly to think
it a grievous circumstance, that their
bright vi-sions should have left a d&zzlc
sometimes on the eyes which he ho gently
re-opf ncd upon our prosiiic realities. He
had, on the whole, a command over the
powers of his mind ; 1 mean that he could
control and direct his thoughts and re-
flections with a readiness, finnness, and

Sncb was ibe person and stich the wonderful combination of rare an^
eminent intellectual qualities uliich enabled him, with comparntive e.is
and inconceivable rapidity, to gratify and instruct the public mind witlt
series of romantic fictions and ideal creations, such as no single mind,
far as wc know, had ever poured out before. Unlike the productions of otiic
authors, which have to be planned with care, and elabonited with vigilar
and delicate attention to everj^partof the structure, Scott's were emphati
cnlly like the magiial creations of the enchanter, which rise up at once witU^
out any labour uf fuuiidation, and unite and harmotiise without atiy .-irtful pre
paration of incident, by the all-pervading and ^-iv'ifyinij furce of genius. Hi
says that he has not the slightest idea how such a story is to be wound np n
a catastrophe j* iic m-vcr could lay down a plan — or, laying it down, qqv<
could adliero to it. Personages were retidcrc<l important and inHignlfi
not according to the origitt.d agency of the piece, bnt according to the i
with which he could bring them out His object was to make his writiu]
Uverting and iuterebting, and leave the test to its fate. W'heu

lind was strained to acquire ideas, the vivacity t»f the original conccptic
lishcd, — the poetic landscape became c(Ai\ and spiritless, and the stii

int vrsKA to nnimatc and gild and harmonize the bcnntiful ciratioii, li

'"altogether ilisappeared. Thus, then, not only by the effect produced ujx

us by his works, bnt by the manucr in which those works that inter

«u, were crentcdj do wc Kckoowlodge tlic banil of tliu master, — the crcat«

.1 chapter, knaming no mo

I8S8.] Lockhart's Life of Scott. ig

—the man of original genius, who stands altogether removed, not only in
degree, but in qaallty and order, from all his imitators, whose flimsy pro-
ductions might indeed be described in the words of a French critic,
"C'est an ouvrage compost aujoard'hui avec I'erudition d'hier." *

We have only one reflection more to make before wc conclude, and that
has taken its rise from an observation more than once repeated in the Life
of Scott, alluding to his works, but probably confined to bis romances and
novels, — " You know I don't care a curse about what I write, or what
becomes of it ;" and he in other places declares his dislike of looking into
his own works of Action. " How is this ?" doubtless, many of his admiring
readers will exclaim : — is this, then, the severe tax laid on the sons of
genius, that they shall even loathe and abhor what is the desire of all
other eyes ? — is there no reward after such mental toil in contemplating
the fabric of wisdom and learning successfully raised by this powerful
will ? — or do they alone know the mockery and emptiness of the creations
outwardly so glittering, and which look so fair to all beside ? — do their
keen eyes pierce through the semblance of life and animation that adorns
the lovely '* region o' the element," and gives it an appearance of hu-
manity ; and can they at once recognise the poor, common materials from
which it is deceitfully made ; and behold, where others see the roseate
smile of angelic beauty, and the warm voluptuous breathings of celestial
lore, nothing but a few grains of common earth — a handful of vile dust
and ashes, the cheap unworthy instrument of the enchanter's skill ? — or
rather is not the very facility with which works of fiction are created, the
cause of the transient pleasure they aflbrd ? All will acknowledge a dif-
ference between such works as the novel and romance of modern days,
and poems of high heroic devices — such as the epics of Homer and
Milton ; though both contain a history, both are built upon a prepress of
events and the conflict of the passions, and both arc so constructed as
to affect the feelings, and awaken the curiosity of the mind. But the
poem attains its end by different means. It does not depend, as the novel
or romance, on the rapidity of its movements, — on the surprising nature
of its changes, — on the breathless surprise with which we are hurried
onwards from action to action, and event to event, till the wheel of our
glowing imagination catches fire, and even the coursers of setherial race are
panting and breathless with our speed. He who has skill to construct
a probable and well arranged fictitious narrative, and genius enough to
invest it with the realities of life, literally commands the empire of
another world which he has created, and wc become for a time its in-
habitants, and obey him. But then this creation, so wonderfully and
suddenly formed, cannot long endure ; the seeds of rapid decay are
within it ; every time we gaze, the colours that enchanted us become
more faint and dim. AVhen curiosity is satiated, — the feeling of no-
velty passed, — the incidents known, and coming events are no longer
in obscurity, then the illusion rapidly disappears, and the power of
the enchanter with it altogether ceases. It is not so with the
Poem ; its power over our passions is at first far inferior to that
of its rival, — its characters less bold and prominent and full, — its

* Chamfort, (Euv. i. 3oa. See Diary, toI. vi. p. 386. " They have to read old
booki and consult antiquarian collections to get their knowledge. I write, became
I have long aince read such works, and possess, thanks to a strong memory, the in<
fwmation which they have to seek for," &c.

20 LocUarl's Life of Seofl. ]

incidents less daring and romantic ; there is little In it tnerely to
gratify the curiosity of tlie ardent and inquisitive. Poetry is slow o.
inovement compared to fiction. It is surrounded witli such a stately
train of sentiments, images, and reflections — with such graceful descrip-
tions, and such delicate analogies, that the rapidity of its motion is im-
peded : it marches also to the cadence of its own measured harmony. The
very rhythm of poetry- is as a golden fetter that impedes the full freedom
of its step, but docs not mar the gentle elegance of its movement. Thero
is, too, a harmonising, modifying power, which softens and subdues the
violent contrasts, and dazzling lights and shades, iu which the novelist
delights to dwell. The Iliad keeps no rea<ler in breathless astonishment
at the marvellous grandeur of its incidents, nor hnrries and impels him with
insatiable curiosity from one surprise to a greater still. The story of the
/Eneid hardly moves a passion, and scarcely ever commands a tear ;
yet though the empire of the poem is far weaker at (irst (for nothing can
for the moment etpial the impulse of curiosity) than that of the romantic
Jiction, it is nevertheless otie which improves in the same ratio as the other
decays, which receives at every perusal fresh accession of strength, and
the power of which, when established and acknowledged, never can decay.
Who ever thinks of the fable, of the invention of the successive events,
when he takes up tiic .iEneid ? — Characters more attractive than that of
i'Eneaa or Turnus, and incidents more affecting than the death of Dido,
can easily be imagined. If that poem delights ns from youth to age — if
its beauties never pall ujwn ns, it surely docs not ari.<!e from any suj>erior
illusion it creates of the reality of its fictions. In that respect it yields
to the most vulgar production of the day, and Macbeth itself is inferior to
the Mysteries) of Udolpho. Poetry, therefore, it is clear, retains itfl power
over our minds, not so much by creating an illusion, by w hich its fictions arO
made real, but by the more sober and chastened delights which it impart*
to the cultivated taste, to the imngination, and the liner sensibilities of
the mind ; by the beautiful associations it awakens, and the pure, select
thoughts, images, and feelings to which it gives rise. To these we can
assign no date when they shall no longer i>lca.'ic ; and a hoc poem may be
read for the thousandth time with the same delight as at the first ; nay,
as our taste becomes more refined, and our poetical sctisibility wore deli-
cate, new beauties will waken and start up lliat wc had not heforo
recognised. As wc move on through the poetic landscajjo that blooms
around, its verdure and fragrance will be more and more attractive >
flowers of a brighter colour will be springing round our feet} gleams of
richer and more purpureal lights will invest the scene -, and wc shall catcU
at inter\als, as it comes swelling on the breeze, from the enchanted horn
tones that we nc\er hoard before, of a s«iftcr and more surpassing beauty.
These observations being we l>elieve true, wc fihall Jipply them to tho
case of Scott in the words of n vci-)' ingenious writer which wc Lave jusC
met with, rather than in those we had ourselves prepared :

" Person»l indul^rcncc i» a 6ufficient cun fwl mucli inlrrwt iu Ute ternum»l»o»j

«i -r *|

dir ■ (ittli

tiblc ixilUlc : It* lutcc ^ilt III I -liu \i\i» ITttAnK't) il, IU t<jl

tojj ittllic cDnerfition : hoiW//^ I'lv kiiow h"n- if ho* hem ^

inrfil/r^M «'(// '
iMfrik(i*iu, (

4

1838.3

7%e Family ofFovrbour or Furber.

21

ficsdon to the accomplished story maker ;
bat even this consists rather in antici*
pating the effects they are likely to pro-
duce on others, than in the contemplation
of an abstract tendency which he can en-
joy by himself — ghosts, murders, haunted
passages, and all other ingredients of the
honible, can in themselves be no greater

objects of interest to their compounder,
than gunpowder and saltpetre to the
maker of a skyrocket. And, indeed, the
two cases are in many respects similar;
except that the latter may, in common
with others, witness the explosion he is
preparing, while the former, alone'of all
men, is precluded from enjoying it."*

* See Remains of Rer. R. H. Fronde, vol. L p. 156.

Mr. Ubban, Berwick, Jan. 12.

I have just noticed the paragraph of
INDIOA.TOR Hbbaldicus respecting
the Furher family in the Gent. Mag.
for Sept. last. I cannot tell what
arms they bore, but I have much
pleasure in giving you references to a
few authorities in which the surname
occurs.

In 5 Ed. II. Johannes Fourbour was
a " seutifer ad arma " with Joh'es de
U Moille and others in the garrison
of Berwick. (Cotton MS. Vesp. c.
XVI. f. 4.)

A branch of the family was settled
in Berwick during the reigns of Bnis
and David II. and possessed property
there. In the reign of Alex. III.
Iliomas Horsbo was seised in fee of a
messuage " super le Nesse " (a street
still so called) in Berwick, which be-
came forfeited to the English Crown
when Edw. I. took the town in 1296.
That monarch gave the tenement to
Henry de Deen, who was amoved by
Robert de Brus when he got possession
of the town, and he gave it to John de
London, who conveyed it to Stephen
Fourbour. In 1333, after the battle of
Hallidon Hill, Berwick was again cap-
tured by the English, and shortly
afterwards Edward III. restored the
tenement to Adam Horsho, the heir of
the said Thomas. (I Rot. Scot. 270.)
Stephen Forbour at the same time lost
two " places of land " in Briggate
(mou: Bridge-street) in the same town.
(Ibid. 400, and 2 Rot. Scacc. Abbrev.
112.) Another messuage at the corner
of Briggate and Narougatc. (Ibid. 400.)
and another tenement in Uddyngatc
(the site of which street is now un-
known.) (Ibid. 492.) In 1327, this
Stephen, then a burgess of Berwick,
C'Steph's diet' Fairbur' B'gens. de
B'aico sup' Twcdam ")confirmed to
the monastery of Aberbrothoc certain
lands in Dundee in Scotland. (Regis-
tromMoiMSteriideAberbroUioo f' iS,

a MS. in the Library of the Advocates
in Edinburgh.) He also obtained
payment of adebtof 26/. 13«. 4d. which
David II. owed him. (I have lost the
reference to the authority for this, but
I am certain it is in " the Chamber-
lain of Scotland's Accounts ;" an un-
published work by Mr. Thompson of
the Register Office in Edinburgh.)

William Fourbour, probably the son
and heir of Stephen, gave rents issuing
from his tenements in St. Marygate
(still called by the same name) and
Sutorgate (nunc Church-street) in Ber-
wick, for the support ofBerwick Bridge;
(I Rot. Scot. 492, bit.) and David 11.
gave him a sum of money in aid of his
marriage. (Chamberlain's Accounts, ut
supra.)

Stephen Fourbour, temp. Edw. III.
had also lands in Nether Lamberton,
in Scotland, about four miles north of
Berwick. (I Rot. Scot. 264.) In
1336-7 his son Thomas was an hostage
to Edward the Third for the fidelity of
the mayor and community ofBerwick.
(Ibid. 486.)

At a prior period a Richard le Fur-
bur was a merchant and burgess of
Roxburgh. He obtained letters of
safe conduct from Edward I. in 1291. (1
Rot. Scot. 2.) and be occurs in 1296 as
" tenons Joh'is de Soule vie' de Rokes-
burgh." (Ibid. 35.)

Robert Furbure, a merchant of
Scotland, in 1358, was licensed to
trade in England, &c. (Ibid. 830.)

This is all the information I possess
of the family, save that which your
correspondent has supplied. Should
he meet with any further information
respecting this northern branch of the
family, I shall feel much obliged by his
communicating it to me. 1 am en-
gaged in collecting materials for a
History of Berwick, and it may conse-
quently be of much use.

Yours, 8ic, RoBT,y]«AT)S.u.«

22

[July,

THE LATE MR. COLERIDGE, THE POET.

»

*

LSTTBR or Mil. II. N. COLKRIOOE
TO Mm, STUAltT.

Lincoln' t Inu,
Sir, May Alh. 1838.

I return, with my compliments, the
Geatlcman's Magazine which you hnve
Bent to me, having peru&ed those pages
in it to which I presume you intended
to call my attention.

I have a few words to say upon the
sabject.

Id answer to an application mode
by mc to you three or four years ago,
to know if you were willing to com-
municate to Mr. Coleridge's represen-
tatives any of his papers in your pos-
session, you w^rote to mc a letter con-
taining, amongst a great deal of matter
in which I was not personally con-
cerned, two complaints against mc in
particular. One was, that in the
Tabic Talk. I had published as a re-
mark of Mr. Coleridge that you were
"a ver}' knowing person." In reply
to this (I speak from memory, not
having any copy of these lettersj, 1
expressed niy regret at having caused
you any pain by publishing the words
in question. I assured you, as was the
fact, that Mr. Coleridge meant nothing
offensive by them, but was speaking of
your quick insight into the ways and
characters of political |>ersonagc3 ; and
1 promised, if I remember rightly, to
remove the expression which had given
you offence upon the first opportunity
which should occur. Within a few
mouths that opportunity occurred,
upon tlic publication of a new edition
of the book. In that edition T altered
the passage in such a manner as fully
to show Mr. Coleridge's intended ap-
plication of the phrase. See p. 164,
"Table Talk," 1836.

The other complaint was, that in the
same woi! ' ' - ' - ililished a remark by
Mr. Col " he had raised tho

sale of III.- ........iig Post from some

small number to 7'^Mi in one year." In
answer to this 1 sniti n* wrll as I can
recollect, that I pu" at at the

time I believed U> it; that

you, howe%-i.T, wer« of course A con-
clusive authority upon fhr r:iritT> r of
the sale , that I n \y

UIld«t«luod, UOt li '>'gc

only, but from others not interested in
the question, that his services of one
kind or other to the Morning Post and
Courier had not been so very trifling
and inconsiderable as you represented
them to be ; but that personally I had
at that time little or no means of judg-
ing of the point in dispute. Never-
theless, that 1 might give you every
satisfaction upon this subject also, I
expunged the whole passage from the
3nd edition in 1836 ; see p. gO.

Further, with reference to your de-
(ailed statement of your intercourse
and dealings with Mr. Coleridge, I
told you in precise terms that I was
not writing, nor intended to write, his
life ; but was simply collecting ma-
terials for a publication of his literary
remains in one particular class. You
wore also informed who Mr. Cole-
ridge's executor was, and it appears
that you have long since known
who intended to be his biographer.
Under these circumstances permit me
to ask how you justify your now
speaking of me in print as having re-
fused to do you justice, with regard to
the only points ou which you overbad
a right, and, after my letters, could in
fact have expected, to receive any
satisfaction from me i If the satis-
faction on these points promised and
rendered was in your opinion insuffi-
cient, it was your part to Lave said so.
You were silent for two years. If
you sent your pages to the Gentle-
man's Magazine without making any
inquiry on the subject, where slept at
once your feeling of self-respect, and
Bcnse of justice to another, a stranger
to you, of which you so constantly
speak f If you did make the inquirjr,
in what language do you think an in-
genuous person wouldcharactcriseyour
silence as to the result: I

Having. 6ir, never introduced your
name in public except upon the single
occasion before nienlioncd, having
tendered you amends for so introduc-
ing it, ami f> '
you, 1 nu
that f'jr 1
at [■
wh. 1
tonv. Ihi
to the pu

WIf,

...iul
\{j\u coolribution*

1838.]

J%e late Mr. Coleridge, tie Poet.

23

So mach for mjrself— one word for
another.

To the soDndness of your judgment
in " not setting much value " on Mr.
Coleridge's " letter to Fletcher " and
"on the Spanish war," — to your gra-
tuitous and mistaken statements re-
specting his intercourse with Sir James
Mackintosh and Messrs. Wedgewood ;
to these and the like I say, as they re-
quire, nothing. But allow me to sug-
gest tiiat at one time in mentioning as
if you believed a report of " Mr. Cole-
ridge or his family at least being starv-
ing."— and at another time in speak-
ing directly of his " starving in Mr.
Gillman's garret," you in both instan-
ces forgot your own express aim and
intention of "wounding the feelings
pf no one ;" and that in the latter in-
stance at least, if not in the former,
you said that which it is most extra-
ordinary you should not have known
to be in letter and spirit untrue. For
surely you are not ignorant that Mr.
Coleridge lived with Mr. and Mrs.
Gillman as with an affectionate brother
and sister ; and you might in conse-
quence have known that, with every
room in a charming house at his com-
mand, he chose for bis own conveni-
ence what you so kindly and tastefully
denominate a garret — such a garret
and so regarded by a great man's sur-
viving friends, that the memory of its
exact size, shape, and furniture was
thought worthy of being perpetuated
by the hand of a superior artist.

Sir, there is that in this publication
of yours which might provoke and
would justify a near relation of Mr.
Coleridge's in addressing you in a
graver tone. But remembering that
you were once kind, and having no
interest in heightening the painful
contrast which you now voluntarily
exhibit iu this respect, I close the cor-
respondence for ever, in the charity of
a smcere regret that it was ever com-
menced.

I am. Sir, your obedient servant,

H. N. COIERIDGE.

Mr. Ubban,
My reply to the above is, that in a
letter. 34th Sept. 1835, Mr. Henry
Coleridge says, " I can be sure that /
at least made no mistake ; my ancle
certainly always eDtertaioing the be-
li^ bowerer emaeoas, tbathia writ*

ing, or the reputation of his writing,
had actually been a principal mean of
the rise of the Morning Post."

In answer, under date the 22d Oc-
tober, 1833, 1 complained at lengdi
of Coleridge's misrepresentations, for
reasons already described, and acquit-
ted Mr. H. C. of any intentional mis-
statement : but before he published his
"Table Talk," 1 said Mr. H. C.
should have consulted me on the points
in which I was personally concerned.
This was a long letter, to the effect of
what I have already published in your
Magazine. With that letter I delivered
at Mr. H. C.'s chambers a large parcel
of copies of Coleridge's letters to me,
that he might be rightly informed ;
but still in the second edition of the
" Table Talk " he says nothing to cor-
rect the mistaken opmions he had im-
bibed from Coleridge. He cuts the
matter short. In a letter to me dated
7th November 1835, he writes, —
" With regard to all the matter which
is contained in your letters concerning
Mr. Coleridge's services to the papers,
I have nothing now to say. As to the
money statements, I do not exactly
understand the precise character which
you may intend to give to them, be-
yond the making known the simple
fact of advances made to Mr. C. by
yourself. If any thing more definite
be meant, I trust you will not consider
it cither offensive or indecorous in me,
as a near'relation of Mr. C, to mention
that Mr. Green of Lincoln's Inn Fields
is his sole executor."

By the above, it appears, Mr. H.
Coleridge declined to notice my repre-
sentations of the exaggerated accounts
of Coleridge's services ; but when he
referred me for a repayment of money,
though in such civil terms, I thought
he was laughing at me ; and there
ended my attempts and expectations
of having that done by Mr. H. Cole-
ridge, which I have been driven to do
for myself in your Magazine. I no
longer communicated with Mr. H.
Coleridge, whose qualification of the
phrase " knowing person, " and omis-
sion of the passage asserting the rise
to 7000 in one year, shew Mr. H.
Coleridge well knew what it was I so-
licited. Whether he was writing a
life or not, he was publishing such
things as usually com^o^e ^\V[%, «i:^\
it would not \ixit. \>e^ii xticoukvxXkdX
with them, toba\e y\«yce^«.mQ\i% V)Dtsici

*

84

Anecdotes of Public Newspapers.

[July.

•

tl«c representation 1 wished. Nay, he
•was confiriniDg the vcr^' misstatements,
which in his uncle's Literary Biography
gave me uneaaine&a. " He would have
uotliing to say respecting Coleridge's
services to the papers." But he had
had to say in "The Table Talk" re-
spectingthem, and had said that which
was untrue. lie was bound either to
apologize or persist in his statement.
A silent nmisaion in the second edition
was insufficient. It might have been
made by the printer or by accident, or
for some other reason than the real
one. Mr. H. C. no doubt preferred
his uncle's representations to mine.
He reproaches me with not consulting
him before 1 sent my pages to the
Magazine : I reply, why did he not
consult me before he published his
"Table Talk," in which I, having
been Secretary to "the P'ricnds of the
I'cople," was made to appear as if I had
betrayed their secrets to Fox ? Secrets,
oa I have already said, they hud none.
It was not the assurances of Mr. H.
C. and of Mr. Gillman that Coleridge
always spoke well of me, nor the para-
graph to that effect in Mr. Gillman's
booK : all that was not to the point.
Coleridge had printed that he had
made roy fortune while he had re-
ceived but a very small recompense.
That assertion was in substance re-
peated by Mr. H. C. and Mr. Gillman
in print, and in print I determined to
place my reply. For this purpose I
chose a Magazine of an Urhane charac-
ter, as a repository preserved in libra-
ries to which future writers could at
all times refer.

Mr. II. Coleridge must have read
over hastily the article in the Maga-
zine. I did not say his uncle was
starving in Mr. Gillman's garret ; but
that the "Literary Biography," and the
publications of Mr. H. Coleridge and
of Mr. Gillman, might lead future
commentators to say, while I was
riding in my carriage, I left Coleridge,
who had made my fortune, to starve
in Mr. Gillman's garret. I am well
aware of the kindness of Mr. and Mrs.
Gillman to Coleridge, of the romfort
he enjoyed rn their house, whert*. I
may say. he was master of every thing
tlipy i>o~s< -^.il ; where he coold and
did I friends, as if the whole

Jinn- ly thing in it. Imr! !;rcn

19 own. 1 will add, tO(
red, tUiJ I bvliere, iVj, .

skill and attention prolonged his life
many a day, and that his sense of
this and his gratitude were unbounded.

When Doctor Curric published the
works of Burns, upwards of thirt}'
years ago, some one (probably Mr.
Southey) applied to me. to explain a
charge or insinuation in the work
against me or one of my brothers. I
did so ; and proved that Doctor Curric
had been misinformed. My elder bro-
ther Peter, who started the first daily
evening newspaper, the Star, now ex-
actly half a century ago. in conse-
quence of the increased facilities of
communication by Palmer's mail-coach
plan, then just begun, had written to
Burns, oiTeringhim terms forcommani-
cations to the paper, a small salary.
quite as large as his Excise-office emo-
luments. I forget particulars ; but I
remember my brother shewing Burns'
letters, and boasting of the correspon-
dence with so great a genius. Burns
refused an engagement. And if, as I
believe the " Poem written to a Gen-
tleman who had sent him a News-
paper, ondJofTcred to continue it free of
expense," was written in reply to my
brother, it was a sneering nnhandsoroe
return, though Doctor Currie saj's
fift)'-lwo guineas per aunum for a
communication once a week was on of-
fer "which the pride of genius dis-
dained to accept." We hear much of
pursc-|)roucl insolence ; but poets can
sometimes be insolent on the con-
scious power of talent, as well as vul-
gar upstarts on the conscious power of
purse. In 1795, my hrtillier Peter
purchased the copyright" of the Oracle
newspaper, then selling SfKi daily, for
80/. There were no house or ma-
terials ; and I joined in purchasing
the Morning Post, with house and
materials, the circulation being only
350 per day, for GOO/. What it was
that occasioned such a dep of

newspaper property at ' I

cannot tell. TTicn it wa^ i . .i.ir
again offered Burns an l-h : v , mdit,
OS appears by the account cil Uuriik'
Life, which was again declined. Burns

I-,,.

^\\-\f ibl Sifilt

-h P.u.lri-

n uiKrit. I\o>v, cunsulcnng ihai
was cut u^m 0:i( duuiwcUT of

11

1838.]

Anecioiei of Public tJew$paper».

25

my brother Peter by ill-ioformcd, bat
honourably-meaning. Doctor Currie;
1 find io that circumatance on apology
or a public jostiiication of my own
conduct to Coleridge, in explanation
of the misstatements of the ill-informed
Mr. H.Coleridge and Mr. Gillman. At
the time of the Star in the years 1789
and 179c, my brother Peter engaged
Mr. Macdonald, a Scotch poet, aa^or
of the plaj of ' Vimonda,' an accom-
plished literary gentleman, with a
large family, in very distressed circum-
stances. My brother rendered him
important pecuniary services. But his
poems attracted so much notice, that
the Morning Post tempted him, after
a time, by a large salary, to leave my
brother. Burns might have bad such
an engagement. It would surely have
been a more honourable one than that
of an Excise ganger ?

I think I have already shown that
with my purse I was liberal to Cole-
ridge to excess. A circumstance has
occurred to my mind, which, still
more condusively, negatives Mr. Hen-
ry Coleridge's assertion, on his ancle's
authority, that Coleridge raised the
Morning Poet in one year from a low
number to 7000. The last time Cole-
ridge wrote for that paper was in the
autumn of 1802, and it was well
known that he wrote for it, and what
it was he wrote. I recollect a conver-
sation at that time with Mr. Perry,
of the Morning Chronicle, in the smo-
king room of the House of Commons,
in which Perry described Coleridge's
writings as poetry in prose. The
Morning Herald and the Times, then
leading papers, were neglected, and
the Morning Post by vigilance and ac-
tivity rose rapidly. Advertisements
flowed in beyond bounds. I encou-
raged the small miscellaneous adver-
tisements in the front page, preferring
them to any others, upon the rule
that the more numerous the cus-
tomers, the more independent and per-
manent the custom. Besides ; nume-
rous and various advertisements in-
terest numerous and various readers,
looking out for employment, servants,
sales, and purchases, &c. &c. Ad-
vertiaements act and re-act. They
attract readers, promote circulation,
and circulation attncta advertisemeuta.
The Duly Admtis0r, wbicb sold to the
pablhlbr two-peace balfpeoay, alter
jwA^s stmwp duty of three halfpence.
Ommt. MSao. Vol. X. f »

never had more than half a column
of news ; it never noticed Parliament,
but it had the best Foreign Intelli-
gpDce before the French Rievolution.
The Daily Advertiser lost by its pub-
lication, but it gained largely by its
advertisements, with which it was
crammed full. Shares in it sold by
auction at twenty years' purchase. I
recollect my brouier Peter saying, that
on proposing to a tradesman to take
shares in a new paper, he was an-
swered with a sneer and a shake of
the head, — " Ah ! none of you can
touch the Daily." It was the paper
of business filled with miscellaneous
advertisements, conducted at little ex-
pense, very profitable, and taken in
by all public-houses, coffee-houses,
fitc. but by scarcely any private fa-
milies. It fell in a day by the scheme
of Grant, a printer, which made all
publicans proprietors of a rival, the
Morning Advertiser, the profits going
to a publicans' Benefit Society, and
they of course took in their own
paper ; — an example of the danger of
dependence on any class. Soon after
I joined the Morning Post in the au-
tumn of 1795, Christie, the auctioneer,
left it on account of its low sale, and
left a blank, a ruinous proclamation
of decline. But in 1802, he came
to me again, praying for re-admis-
sion. At that time particular news-
papers were known to possess parti-
cular classes of advertisements : the
Morning Post, horses and carriages;
the Public Ledger, shipping and sales
of wholesale foreign merchandise ; the
Morning Herald and Times, auc-
tioneers; the Morning Chronicle,
books. AH papers had all sorts of
advertisements, it is true, but some
were more remarkable than others for
a particular class; and Mr. Peiry,
who aimed at making the Morning
Chronicle a very literary paper, took
pains to produce a striking display of
book advertisements.

This display had something more
solid for its object than vanity. Sixty
or seventy short advertisements, filling
three columns, by Longman, one day,
by Cadell, 8cc. another — " Bless me,
what an extensive business they must
liave !" The auctioueera to Vbivft ^^
stipulate to have aU then «ANet\A«ft>
ments inserted at once, ti!hA!t \2ive} i&Kf
impress the public 'wititi gt«tiX V^tsM
of their extensive businms. tYiT!

InfMotes of Public Neit'spopfTi,

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will not have them dribbled out, a few
at a lime, m the days of sale ap-
proach. The journals have of late
years adopted tiic same rule with the
aarae design. They keep back advcr-
tisements, till up with pamphlets and
other stuff unnecessary to a news-
paper, and then come out with a
awami of advertisements in a double
sheet to astonish their readers, and
strike them with hig!i ideas of the ex-
tent of their circulation which attracts
so many advertisers. The meagre
days are forgotten ; the days of swarm
are remembered.

The booksellers and others crowded
to the Morning Post when its circu-
lation and character raised it above all
its comjietitors. Each was desirous
of having his cloud of advertisements
inserted nt once in the front page. I
would not drive away the short mis-
cellaneous advertisements by allowing
space to be monopolized by any class.
When a very long advertisement of
a column or two came, F charged enor-
mously high, that it might be taken
away without the parties being able
to say it was refused admission. I
accommodated the booksellers as well
at I could with a few new and press-
ing advertisements at a time. That
would not do ; they would have the
cloud: then, said I, there is no place
for the cloud but the last page, where
the auctioneers already enjoy that pri-
vilege. T!>e booksellers were RflFiont-
cd, indignant ; the la^t page ! To ob-
tain the accommodation refused by the
Morning Post, they set uj) a morning
paper — "The British Press ;" and to
oppose the Courier, an evening one —
•' The Globe." Possessed of general
inrtuence among literary men, could
there be a doubt of success.'

As it is common in such ca«es, they
took from me tny thief assistant.
George Lane; supposini; that, having
got him, Ihiiy got the Morning Post,
and that I was nobody. Mr. Lane,
us he owned, was in<l( hted to me for
all he knew of newspapers. At first
he was slow and feeble, liut his Ian.
guagc was always that of a scholar
and a gentleman, rather tame, but
Irce from anything lo^v, scurrilous,
or violent. AJfter frcvcral years of in-
•IrtJCtJnn by me — I mr.y ^nv, edura-
*'"' ' iiar-

yj^f. ,,,^.

the best writer of jevx tCetprit, sliort
paragraphs of three or four lines. I
ever had. With poetry and light pa-
ragraphs I endeavoxired to make the
paper cheerfully entertaining, not filled
entirely with ferocious politics. One
of Lane's paragraphs I well remember.
Theatrical ladies and others were pub-
lishing their memoirs. Lane said they
would not give a portrait, but a bnit.
Legat, the eminent engraver, came to
me in raptures and pointed out tlic
merits of the paragraph during an
hour's expressions of admiration. I^oc
had little knowleilge of politics and
little turn for political writing j but
he was a valuable assistant. He re-
sided near the office, was ready
and willing, at all hours, to go any
where, and report any thing, and he
could do every thing. Sometimes I
even entrusted the last duties of the
paper, the putting it to press, to him :
an important and hazardous oSice, in
the discharge of which he was growing
more and more into my confidence.
Of the corn riots in 1800, he and other*
gave long accounts in leaded large
type, while the Times and Herald had
only a few lines in obscure comers, in
black. The procession proclaiming
peace, the ascent of balloons, a great
fire, a boxing match, a law trial — in all
such occurrences the Morning Post out-
stripped its competitors, and its suc-
cess was rapid, Lane was my chi*f
assistant, and no wonder the book-
sellers thought they had got the Morn-
ing Post when they got Lane. But
they never thought of ("oleridge I 1 !
though he, as we are told. rai«e<l th«
paper in one year from a low numl>er
to 70(X> daily! and though it was
well known he did write, and what he
did write, us Perry's remarks to me in
the House of Commons tvio months
before Lane wm taken away prov'6,
Coleridge's Inst writings in the Morn-
ing Post appeared in the autumn of
I H05 • a few months afterward* the
booksellers set up a rival journal and
took from me n»y cliiff I'-c-innt,
but they never thought ■ :e j

no offer, or riint of n « iJe

to hiia. < re

very " kn uly

knowing on sucl) v.alijt> rg^

papi'1'3 and aulhura.* 1. >: I

• Sir Richaid WiUUp* wt* \V»e it><M
active Of Ike bookMUcn uit the occuioik J

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18^8.]

Anecdotes of Coleridge.

i7

knew him, Coleridge bad published
▼olumes. I recollect his telling me of
his offering a collection of poems to a
bookseller in the west end, who re-
commended him to write some warm
love pieces as the most saleable.
Coleridge did not follow the advice,
though much distressed for money at
the time, and spoke of it with indig-
nation. I can add nothing stronger
to show that Coleridge did not pro-
duce any great effect on the Morning
Post, than the choice the booksellers
made of Lane and their neglect of
Coleridge. Neither can I add any
thing to his own letters in your last
Magazine, Mr. Urban, to shew that,
as far as money went, he was much
overpaid for any thing he ever did for
me. It was not between os a ques-
tion of profit and loss. I regarded
him as a man of extraordinary endow-
ments, shipwrecked by habits, a baby
in worldly affairs ; and \ had a pleasure
in assisting him. I inserted in the last
Magazine Coleridge's letter about 802.
between him and Wordsworth. 1
never paid or gave Wordsworth any
money for services. What that letter
alluded to, I cannot tell. I published
it to shew the confusion of Coleridge's
memory on money affairs. He never
thought of money except when a ne-
cessity for it occurred, and then he
applied to the readiest quarter, often
to me; and such applications never
failed, except twice ; once when Mr.
Street, as half-proprietor of the Cou-
rier, must have paid half the 50/.
mentioned in the last letter in your
last Magazine ; and once when Cole-
ridge resided with Mr. Morgan, near
Chippenham, 1 being at the time far
from London and much engaged.
Coleridge never kept money a day.
When he received a sum, it went to
pay debts ; it was dispersed as if it
werea troubIesomeencumbrancc,about
which he could not bear to have his
mind disturbed.

This subject leads me to an import-
ant feature in his character. When
he went to Germany, the Antijacobin
poblications accused him of deserting
Lis wife and children. In his" Literary
Biography "he alludes to these charges.
He never deserted them in the sense

and Mr. Lane, a few months ago, was
condncting a daily newspaper. I desire
nothing to be takes on ajraiagle uaet"
Hem, ■

which the words imply. On the con-
trary, he always spoke of them to me
with esteem, affection, and anxiety.
He allowed to them the greatest part
of his income, but that was sometimes
insufficient for their comfortable sub-
sistence, and he himself was usually
more distressed for money than they
were. This is the impression made
upon me : Coleridge could not endure
the cares of a family. Money was
often required, and hints were as often
given that he might earn abundance
by his writings. In excuse for his
retiring from his family, then at Kes-
wick, he said to me one day, among
other things, that he was worried
about domestic affairs : that he was
perpetually teased, among other things*
about the cow ; the cow this and tiie
cow that, he making two syllables of
the word (kee-ow) ; the X;ee-oio was
unwell; the kee-ow was going to calve,
&c. he pronouncing the word peevishly.
He never liked what may be called
tavern or large dinner parties. A
small quiet domestic circle, that he
enjoyed ; to be in a family where be
could read and think and write, and
walk and wander, both in body and
mind, without care or calls of duty.
I at times passed successive days with
him when we were alone, and I never
heard a sentiment or a word from him,
either on morals or religion, that was
not of a mild, honourable, a charit-
able kind, such as would have become
any clergyman. He regretted that
the Church of England did not yield a
little to include in its bosom many ofthe
Dissenters, who differed slightly from
it ; but he was full of horror at the
thoughts of Catholic ascendancy, the
evil consequences of which he pointed
out by reference to principles, and still
more by reference to history.

*,* Thus, then, I have disposed of
the two assertions that Coleridge made
the fortune of the Morning Post and
was insufficiently rewarded. In your
next number, Mr. Urban, I will give
some anecdotes of him highly honour-
able to his memory, and in themselves
of public interest.

June g. Daniel Stuabt.

Ebratuh. — In the last Magazine,
p. 579, first column, fourteen lines
from the bottom, for, " as to its mem-
hen, and told Fox so," read, " «& \o \\a
lumhert, and told Fox «Q." 1V)M v%
nateriAl to the metaung.

STOURTON CHUR
(WUA a

THOSK who have once visited tbe
fitlage orn4 of Stourton, will not for-
get its pleasing and delightful appear-
ace. Tlie housee, nil inhabited by
It mairied senants, or immediate
tdependant;!, of the tnsteful lord of
"itourhead. have been generally re-
built or remodelled ; and, covered with
roses, jessamines, and various kinds
lof clematis, they breathe of sweetness
|«Dd of peace. In the midst is the
Ivillage inn, where the same benevolent
Mipirit, with a truly public hobpitaiit^-,
i&s provided a large accession to the
I conveniences generally afforded at a
[small village, and where the tourist,
[aitiacted by the beauties of the adja-
[cent domain, most liberally thrown
I open to his footsteps, is placed in the
[most convenient situation for enjoy-
inK the objects of his pursuit.

But, above all. the neatness of the
[Church, and the charms of iu situ-
[ation, enhance the delightful associa-
[tions of Stourton. The churchyard
[possesses a beautiful prospect from its
Iinclosure, extending over a wcll-
^'ooded and undulated scenery, thickly
covered with laurel.

The Church, which is dedicated to
iSt. Peter, consists of a nave eitending
[from the turret to the belfry forty-
Lthree feet six inches; and from the
{choir to the altar twenty-eight feet
[sine inches: its total breadth a, thirty-
lone feet from the north door. It has
[one side aiblc to the north, and a
[family pew projecting to the south,
jits exterior appearance will be seen
[from the Plate; in the interior its
loriginal architecture is encroached
Ivpon by alterations in the Grecian
I Btyle.

It contains many memorials to the
family of Stourton, which are faith-
Ifully recited iu Sir Richurd IloarcV
lliifttory of the Hundred of Mere. On
lone tomb are two effigies sculpt^ircd
fin btooe, and recumbeut uu a richiy-
lecorated base ; of which the histo-
8;tve« a plate. There is
■'" '.ine, representing

led in on anti(]ue
-' ' an the
- nprth

w of btoartoo ii*ti lirid for «9

CU. WILTSHIRE,
Piale.i

many centuries, llieir sepulchral mi
raorials naturally formed a sei|ucl
those of their predecessors ( ' r'

Stour. or these, the foil
within and without the Wmo >j> lIjc
parish church.

Henry Hoare, with Jane Benson his
wife, were buried without the walls of
the church ; and, till within these few
years, iheir tombstones, exposed to
the weather, became dilapidated, and
threatened decay. They were, how-
ever, restored, and placed under cover,
with a sarcophagus on each lonib, by
the late worthy Baronet ; who also re-
stored the ancient cross, and elected a
family mausoleum in the churchyard
adjoining, which are both seeo in our
view.

The name of Henry Hoare, the firBt
settler at Stourton, has been thus re-
corded by an iuacription placed to bis
memory by his widow :

" To the pious memory of Uenkt
Ilo.vHK, E«({uire, sou of Sir Riclianl
Hoare, »amctiiiic Lord Mayor, President
of Christ's Hrispitnl. antf Meoibcr of
Porliitmcat for tlic City of London.

" His rhuractcr ix »oii|b;ii '•-

scribe"], and yet too gooii to :
ills love of '■'"' ■■"') maul...... -.. ,. ,-o

ardciil tliat . II o|iportuuitie$ of

hunouriug ti> ' doing good to the

olher. Uu was btfictly piuas hiui-sclf,
vrttbonf beinsr cen.'Oriuu* to others ; fruly

ju..,,., I:'

out r- -T

good l]. ' . ■ i;-.; ; ■,' .'(1

by couvrrsing with the best bookii tkltd
niiest luen, and by a congtont coane of
scriuna medit&Uon. He lived uikJer a
»irilled linbit of privhtr cliaritic«, and

I, -- r I I - I- :- -11 .1 ..l.hr

mcuia of God. iiencr ho
with the f'tefm f»f nil ~nmj i

111- rit . I i . 'il

tlifrtfcirr ' 'u

(\i»,i llitinr' .::__, I . ^ _ _ oi

I

by !ii^ lfl*f will Iwn tli<tti«!*Bd

the Uolj b)bU, Uw Cvuuava fmicr. ud

18383

Stomrton f^hnrch, WiUthire:

tbe Whole Doty of Mu; and left one
tboiuand three hundred poondi to other
charitable uaea. Uia soul vent to God
March the l$th, 1724, in the forty-eighth
rear of his age.

" He married Jane, daughter of Sir
William Benson, Knight, by whom he
had eleven children, of which two sons
and three daoghters now Burrire. This
monument was erected at her expense,
being now his monmfid widow, as she was
his most faithfol and affectionate wife."

After the death of this manificent
and public-spirited citizen, his widow
resided at Stonrhead, and, in the same
spirit of charity which breathed so
fenrently in the breast of the husband,
she made several charitable and reli-
gions bequests in favour of the parish
of Stonrton. She was interred in an
arched grave without the eastern wall
of the church, where a simple memo-
rial records her birth and death : —

" In the same fituation, and parallel
with the grave of hi* mother, was depo-
rited, by his own special order, the body
of her son, Henry Hoare, Esquire, whose
memory is commemorated by a handsome
monnmental tablet and inscription within
the church , erected by order of his executor
and 8on>in-law, Kr Richard Hoare, of
Bam Elms, Bart. — In the year 1817 these
tombs, by a long exposure to the weather,
became so dilapidated, that Sir Richard
Colt Hoare, in gratitude to his grand-
ftther and generous benefactor, ordered
the tombs to be repaired, and a porch to
be built over them,

* Sie eineri gloria tera venil ." "

Oq the same wall, and adjoining to
the aforesaid monument, within the
church, is the following inscription to
the memory of Henry, son to the late
Henry Hoare, Esquire : —

" Henry Hoare, Esquire, to whom this
memorial is erected, married, first, Anne,
daughter of Samuel Lord Masham, by
whom he had a daughter, who died in
1735, aged eight years. By his second
wife, Susan, who deceased in 1743,
daughter and heiress of Stephen Colt,
£squire, he had three sons and two
daughters : 1 . Henry, who died soon after
birth in 1739; 3. Henry, born S3 De.
cember 1730, who died at Naples in 1753;
3. Susanna, bom 13 April 1733, married,
first, to Chisrles Lord Boyle, afterwards
Lord Dungarvan, ddest son of John Earl
of Cork and Orrery ; secondly, to Thomas
Lmd Bruce, now Earl of Ailesbnry ; she
died in February 1783 ; 4. Colt, bom 11
Mommber 1733, who died in May 1740 ;
5. Aime, bom 97 June 1737, who. being
mutied to Bkhard Hoare, of Bam Binu,
is tt« vernn^ ci l^uit^, Stqutn, «d

having given birth to two sobs. Hears
Richard, boro and buried in 1757, ana
Richard Colt, bom 9 December 1759,
expired on the 5th of May 1759, leaving a
lively image of many amiable virtues im>
pressed on the hearts of all who had the
happiness of knowing her gentle and en-
gaging character."

The above inscription is placed oq,
a large tablet in Stourton church, and
decorated with two cupids or angels,
one of whom is represented entwining
a wreath round a sepulchral urn ; the
other, weeping, holds a funereal torch
in one hand and a scroll in the other,
on which are the following lines*
written by William Hayley, Esquire :

"Ye, who have vicw'd in pleasure's choicest

hour
The earth embcllish'd on these banks of Sfarar,
With rratefUl reverence to this marble lean,
Baised to the friendly Founder of the scene.

to find

A sweeter Eden in a bounteous mind.
Thankful these fair and flowery paths he trod.
And prized them only as they lead to God."

The third and remaining monument,
which is placed within the rails of the
altar, records the memory of Hester
Lyttelton, daughter of William Henry
Lord Westcote, since created Lord
Lyttelton, and wife of Sir Richard
Colt Hoare, Bart. :

" To the memory of the Honourable
Hester Hoare, wife of Richard Colt
Hoare, Esquire, of Stourhead, in tha
county of Wilts, and daughter of tfao
Right Honourable Lord Westeote, of
Hagley Park, in the county of Worcester,
who died on the i33nd day of August, in
the year 1785, in the twenty-third year of
her age."

This beautiful monument was sent
from Italy, and represents a sarcopha-
gus of Egyptian granite, surmounted
by an urn of foreign marble, with two
weeping boys.

The excellent Baronet, whose death
wc have now to lament (see the
Obituary of our present number), —
alike estimable as the paternal land-
lord and the munificent patron of
literature and art, was interred beneath
the Mausoleum erected in the church-
yard ; upon which is placed a tablet
thus inscribed :

Hoc Sepui-chretum

SiBI ET POSTSBIS

RICHARDUS COLT HOARE

VIEBI CUBAVIT

Ammo MDCCC^UX.
We tnut w« diaU be «ttWKA.*ui «^

lourton Church, Wiltshire.

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pending to tbis article the following
extract from the hitherto unpublished
History of the Hundred of Frustficld,
contributed to Sir Richard Hoore'a
great work by George Matchain. K«|.
LL.D. After recording the dostructiou
of a stately and venerable mansion,
situated in a village street, the writer
remarks :

_ " The sohtary grandeur witli whioh the
rich and noble now aspire to be sur-
rounded, ia Uttle consonant with the feel,
ings and habits of the ancient baronage
and gentry of the realm. The viltagt was
tktir pride, 04 well a^ their own habita.
tioii I and if they valaed the gi|^antic oaks,
which witnessed so many generations of
their race, they held in still greater esti-
mation the attached tenantry and pea-
santry, who produced their revenues,
maintained their rights, and shored in
the pains and pleasures of their lives.
But these days of mutual depeoiUncc and
intercourse, In too many instantreii, have
long since passed away. Tue lord of the
manor is now rarely contented with Ids
local distinctions, and according to his
means and abilities seeks the honours and
amusements of the Court, the town, and
more frequently the all engulphing wa.
tcring.place. The easy communication
which tcuipts away the master, brings
discontent and new desires to his retain-
ers ; the di5|>en9ers of misrule, both civil
and religious, occupy the deserted post,
and too often the carelessness, extortion,
and disregard of one party, is met by
coldness, distrust, and disresiiect in the
other. Hence probably then the love of
seclusion and excluKion among our higher
chuses is generated an<t fostered, and the
extent of the mischief gradually spreads
into wider circles."

These observations form the text to
the following very appropriate note:

" That many instances to the contrary
«3iist, the face of the country, and the
knowledge of individuals, prove alike; and
all, perhaps, may point out one or moi'e,
where the imaginution itself i» satisfied,
with the scene of comfort and beauty
wliieh such villages afford. Can I then
in this place, with the rccollcctioa wliich
■O many aunnal lisitb have itremfttifnci',
forhcjir to record my otrit in
cslhng to mind the picture of
of Stourtoii, in all its ctm'" ' , , „(

situation, propriety, nir ma-

mcnt .* Its church, (pin I • vcr-

dant knoll, bftckcd by wixiii,/ rich in
Gothif drcor.i'ion, trnr in iU pri'pnrtinn'f,

awaiting congregation — the tombstones of
the \illttgcrs, mossy and ancient but na|
ruinous — and thp mausoleum of Ihc lordi
of the soil : — at its termination the lakfl
glistening through the foliage, which sur-
rounds the magnificent cross, restored '
with the care due to a ' monument of
kings ;' the dwellings scattered over (he
sides of the narrow valley, duly varied in
9Vte and character with the degrees and
employments of their inmates, but each
exhibiting the carefulness of the roaater
for the comfort of all, and the grorea
which clothe the heights where the man.
!<ion of that master stands? Can I pass
over the moral l>eauty of this scene, or]
the happy effect whicii the residence of"^
a great and beneficent landowner is hers]
shown to produce on the face of nature, j
and what is of more consequence on tha4
human face divine ? To one individual 1
alone, I trust, I need apply for this in-
dulgence ; and let liim excuse tlie expres-
sion of that which so many others have
felt for years, must pass away before hii
works cease to S])eak for theraiclves, and
before the name of ' Sir liichard' will,
fail in calling up to that neighbourhood I
those feelings of rcflpectful attachment (
which it now imparts to it. To those
who, Uke me, hiive occasionally been do-
miciled in these scenes, the character of
.\tticus has probably recurred : ' Elegaoa
non magnificus, splcndidus non sump-
tuosus, omni dihgeutiH niunditiem nou i
affluentem affectabat . . . Mendaciuui
ncque dicebat, nequc pati potcrat. Itaque
ejus cotnitas non sine severitnte erat,
nequc gravitas 5irie fucilitate, ut difficile
esset intellectu utrum eum amici magia
vcnereutur an amarcnt, Nunquam sus-
cepti negotii eum pertspsum est; suam
enim e.tistimationem in eA re agi putabat
<|ii.^ nihil babcbat carius ... ex quo ju-
dicari potuit non inertili, sed judicio fU'
gissc reipublico; procnralionem. Nemo
in cooviviis ejus oliud acroama aadirit
quam anagDOsten, ncque unquam sine
aliquA lectione apud euro coenatum, nCJ
uou minus onimo quara ventre roovivic
delectarentur ; namque eos vocabat quo-
rum mores a suis ncv ^ *■ ■■'■■• Mo-
ris etiam majorum - fuit
— nulla enim lex, ir , ; . 'jeU
lum, neqne rc'i illuslrta c«i pupuh Ro-
mani quie non in eo. suo tempore aic {

notita ; ct <|U<
miliarum orip:
clatoniin ••■
cere.' I

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link

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;u umuiri

ordiiit'S,

iiTini «r-

^llOfVB !«• . . May

llK>e uicfui iDd etcgnnl pur»uiU retain

Ibetr iaitttit till thr InttfSt p«iioiI ot

esistCQC*. and when that sliall

" Ami JlioH
WitacM, Clpian T<>n)p<'of:^oL'ftiije/i.b'
(A) ' not t.r^ .iii-u^. Kith htRDil ami Kcntlr Hmilr,
A(t.t

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B.-I..
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lit— ihv lilx^ml Mii.<it«r spreftiU
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' >i of CIldStoub,
ilip nnigc
njl;—

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MibraaUtjOtlnslxirimgli,
otn llie xilent w»ll» —
..Hr "i| iT-»iv^t tmii lovp,
•nt. mill criirrou* Hoauk,
■ • •■ • ■ -• ' ,te«(l,

; fall,
■ . i'i(-e!"

IkiwLU's Dag* Dtparttd.

M*

futi^v. May 15.

t together some notes in

> OuAEL, but the appear-

cond letter induced mc

my communication until

1»l

ariv

to ■.•

thia time.

I have to repeat my dissent from
the protestation of your correspon-
dent, that he will listen to no " opi-
nionii of others," but will adhere to
fueti only. The decision from foots
Is " ' ' best way to deter-

iti': I. but 1 submit, with

al ' ■! Ittto the

f)| — writers

wi ,.o. ,.iv,.,^its for ob-

tn II, is much toocxclu-

■ i riTiainly few have

«\ . vo a mode

ol '! ' liave any

been able to carry it wholly into effect ;
even KioK GiiAET. himself cannot al-
ti -I the impulse, but quoted

Stt i I iotham, Elalbi, and others,

wtih u^ iiiucii npparctil satisfaction,
a* ! »ln»iil'l U.ivc 1ki.ii inclined to do,
. ivcd thoHC iwtihnrUivi JV-
idduccd. Jmice*l be ex-

(ipinioQ n( Geseniua coincides with his
own."

The learning of Gesenius* must be
admitted, but was his knowledge of
Gai^lic eufficicut to enable him to give
BO decided on opinion ? The professor
delivers his dictum, ^x cathcdrd, that
the Irish being of a Celtic origin hatii
no affinity with Hebrew, and wonders
that there are still those who do not
sicken at the revcriea of Vallancey.
TTie authority of Fioa Guael on this
subject has much more w^eight with
me.

The " triad" of comparison which
FiOH Ghael is desirous of entering
upon, ia not, to ray apprehension, ex-
actly the mode to be adopted; I shall,
however, endeavour to meet his views,
and present sovrq facta which, I trust,
will be more satisfactory than reitera-
ted "theories and authorities;" but
1 must first remark that if the affinity
of many languages was to be judged
by their grammatical construction,
brought to its present state, as most
of them are, by the inventive genius
of successive grammarians ; some cog.
nate speeches would appear to have
no relationship. According to Balbi,
upon whose authority Fion Ghaei,
lays some stress, the copia verbo-
rum proves the radical affinity of laa»
guages.

I shall take then tlie five verses of
St. John'» Gospel as Fioa Ghaei. haa
given them, but I shall adopt a more
just manner of comparing the two
langruages. Fion Ghael has given
some instances of difference between
the Gaelic and Irish versions of the
Bible, in the use of words altogether
dissimilar in sound and orthography,
yet perfectly synonjTnous. With all
ilue respect for the authorised transla-
tion of Scripture, I shall for the sake
of exemplifying my position substitute
another, the orthography of the words,
which I hope Fior GuaklwIII allow
to be correct Gaelic, showing a much
clo«er identity with the Welsh ; and
I have thought it necessary to give
several of the corresponding words in
both, orthoepically, for the benefit

^

• " GescUus'wasalapnUf^Vvc^AtQfia
not having on oppoit^mil^; ot c«<i\m\> ^m
left aacort«cted.

m

mm

i

I

of readers unacquainted vflih tliose
tonguc-s. To save tlic space of your
Magazine, I shall (Ji-*pcnse with the
re-inscrliuii of tho Ciai-lic verses, refer-
ring to Feb. p. 142, where they appear ;
anil the dispassionate reader will ac-
knowledge that, instead of there being
three words only that hove a resem-
blance, there Is in realitv a vcrv great

Ifftftlffff.

[Jnfr.

I

An SoUt/eul a mir Ruin,

I. Ann an *teaekdttad bhA a 'GhairM,
ttiu o Gfiairm bba *euid ri Dia, agiu
Wia b'e Gbairm,

8. So yA«j» mn an (eachdread bba
fuid ri Dia.

3. pjVi'ff m' ehfti' ^dheanamh 'gacb
htth; affu» aK(!o es ni dhravamh, dad a
ihtcmadh.

• 4. *Aun do es tiha *btatha ,- ngus Ai'a ■
bheatka wl ^^dhaahif.

S. Agua ta' n t **eola* a •'/*»> /f»i*i# an
^doille, agni ni'ur ''MmpAaAA an (for/<« e.

Here we see something more than
a word of similar sound and import
occurring occasionally in the two lan-
guBgrs, The orthoepy will draw closer
their afBaity.

1. TeacFidread. pr. teaghkread, the
i;h having that guttural sound so diffi-
cult to be emitted by Saxon organs of
speech, Tfuchd read, otherwise ruld,
the coming of ihltx^B—ergo the be-
ginning, Dcchriuod.

2. G-' ■, cry; a calling, a
proclain a/, a w^ord, vexbum.
G air iu i;<iMi 1^t'oh and Gai^hc signify
a shout, report, resounding.

3. Cuid ri. Cuid, a. share, ri, with.
FiOR Ghai'.l must know that the Sax-
onauseic where the Ciai^I and Ciimri use
p and c, which are convertible Jettpr* >
ej>. Gallia, Wollia; Cuid, Gyd, Wid,
With, 8cc.

4. Fhein. one's own self, is pro-
noonced hein and hin throughout the
HigMantls.

=1 Irid, thr' ■:, ft,

aci . of na, th' lorm
of ht, lum.

$. Dhpanamh, pr. Ycaiuiv, cSoljIg,

Acting.

7. Oaeh. pr. goch. tach. in^ry 5 hith,

Kfc- ' — ' • --

of ii. .(.-.». uoL. .!-.<! ii!v j".'.tti»e when
aopn^che atidtUooa] tnevuna u r^«"«n
to it, "

afSnity, and should any Welah scholar
take the trouble to give us another
version of the f'umrneg, there ean l«.«|
no doubt but that altinily will ap|H.-ar {
fltill more striking. This is my own
conviction, and I cooceivc 1 have token
the most rational mode of determining
the question.

Yr Effntfyl y» 0/ Sont Joan-

I. J'n y deehreuad yn oedii j Oeir,
oedd gyd a Dhw, a Dtiv, oedd y Omr.

3. /r«m oedd jfn j dtehrruad ff4 t
Bum.

3. Tnpyddo tf j ffwnaftkpvryU poll
pftk ; at hfhddti ef ui tcnopMpwyd dim
a'r a wma^Mpwyd.

4. Vnddo ef yr oedd byvyd: a'r bywyd
oedd oimm di/nion,

5. A'r go/eani sj'dd jm tUtpychu yn
y tyvylhvch ; a'r tyiti/llwch nid oedd yn
ei iniigyjfred.

9. Bealha. life.

10. Dhaoinp is often pronounced
Dine. It is the plural of Uuine, man,
and without oBering much violence tu
common usage, it might be formed
like a regular noun,^Uuineait instead
of Daoine.

II. Eal and t>ntai, mental light,
which i*, I belicTp, the meaning of the
tett. Otilcan, is learning.

12. Lrir, visible. An leir dbuit el
Does it appear to you/ LeirachodB,
throwing light npon.

13. Doill^, daliadh and dallachd,
darkness, from dall, applied to one
who is blind,

14. J'mrhndh, or unwidh about, 'or (
around you, cmljracc. Thr '•"• — irlct '
seem deficient in giving tl ■ m-

bracing, as used in the L. i-.jjh-

lands, to this word, which occurs iti
somr <>1f1 ^T?S., as umghahh ; umfhasg,
Ir. 1 iracf.

I ' ■ • is hrr* n<> i-iTii( •Imln-

ing. to further my pat •.-».

Of cnvsrsr cvrrr onr ti.-: 'ind

tba' \]^<t

tW'i :ini.

oat mcrv. miuiia^ af chaoca i

or •

I
til.-

It \-i uri'i.-lnir

ability with v
luirhvitablv «iim, i u^

■pn-
me

I > u\nv^i<

1838.]

The Welsh, Irish, and Gaelic Language».

■ttack upon Llwyd and Rowland, I
wholly deprecate as an unwordty
aspersion on the characters of those
writers. To be told that the man who
wrote not only a Welsh Dictionary of
high repute, but one of Gaelic and
another of Irish, had not sufficient
honesty to record his conviction of the
non-affinity of those languages, is
somewhat startling ; it is, to use the
mildest expression, a severe reflection.
Sorely such animadversions savour
ver^ strongly of that " national pre-
judice" or literary bias, which Fiob
Gbabl so becomingly repudiates.

As I formerly stated, languages
most have borne a closer resemblance
to each other in remote ages, than
when in the lapse of time they become

Goll mesr mileats
Ceap ns crodhachta
Laimh fhial arachta
Mian ns mordhasa
Mar kim lanteinne
Fraoch nsch bhfaarthear
Laoeh go hm ndealbhnsigh
Reim an richaraibh
Leomhan Inatharmach
A leonadh biodhbhaidh
Ton ag tream taargnin
GoU' nan gnath iorgoil
Nar diraoch a threin taehar
A^ gan fbarachnaigfa
Buial aig meadachoaigh
Laoch gbacha lamhac
Leomhui lonn ghniomhach
Beodha binn dhuanach
Creasach comhdhalacb,
Eachteacb iolbhuadhach.

It is quite unnecessary to mark the
coincidences in the above. It may be
simply observed that bh and mh in
Gtelic have the sound of v ; h placed
alter d and f aspirates those conso-
nants, and dd, in Cumraeg, has the
power of th. LI has a sound peculiar
to the Welsh, the nearest approach to
which is the Spanish 11. I would
have given an English translation,
fornished by an eminentWelsh scholar,
bat my conununication is already get-
ting too long ; it may be furnished at
another time, and the terms will be
found to agree precisely with the
Gaelic.

I mast now conclude, thanking Mr.
Urban for allowing his columns to be
the vdiiele of a discussion both inta-

OaxT. Ma9. Vou X.

33

refined and lose their primitive sim-
plicity ; and in my work on the Gael,
of which F. G. does me the honour to
speak with so much favour, I diUted
considerably on the subject ; under the
necessity, at the same time, of citing
many authorities in defence of my posi-
tion. The following old Irish frannant
of poetry, has been rendered into Welsk
by the late Dr. Davies, author of
" Celtic Researches," &c.;* and if it
does not beyond dispute prove these
languages to be as closely allied, as
diflfcrent locality and long separation
could well permit, I must confess my
judgment to be so warped that I can-
not come to a lucid or reasonable con-
clusion.

Coll mAr milMdau
Cyf y crenddogan,
liawhael aradia
Myn y mordasan
Mur-Uam llawntandde
Gmgiawg vuarthawr
Lluch Dawn dyvinaidd
Rhwyv 7 rbiwraidd
Llew-vin llwth arvawg
A ellynoedd bnddraidd
Ton a thrtn terwyn
CoU J gnawd orchwyl
Nid trecb yn trin taehar
Ag anhwyndig
Maelawg mywedig
Llach a gwycblawiawg
Llew-vin llawngniviawg
Biwiawg, bendannawg,
Cresawg, cyvdalawg,
Eigiawg boUvuddiag.

resting and instructive. I hope that
enough has been brought forward to
reduce the confidence of Fioa Ghakl in
the rectitude of his opinions ; to con-
vince him I can scarcely hope, but I
am fortunate in having met an oppo-
nent whose oriental knowledge is so
profound, and whose style of argu-
ment is so respectful to me personally.
This courtesy, it seems, he has ex-
tended in my case, to one who has the
honour of his acquaintance.
I am. Sir, yours, &c.

Jambs Looan.

* " The Claims of Ossian considered."
The competence of this writer in Kaltie
dialects is unexceptionable.

F

34

A VISIT TO A MONASTERY OF LA TRAPPE.

*

, tio

^ foi

k

BINCE the restoration of the Ca-
tholic religion in Franccj the govern-
ment hsis sanctioned the re-establish-
ment of many of those monastic or«lers,
the members of which devote them-
selves to objects of public ulilitj-. The
services of the Sisters of Charity in the
public hospitals were of too much
value to Napoleon, for his wounded
soldiers, not to be encouraged and
fostered by him. The courage and
utter abandonment of all velfigh con-
siderations, which distinguish these
excellent women, not only in times of
aangutnary wars and epidemic disor-
ders, but in the ordinary routine of
their duties in hospitals and poor-
houses (displayed, too. as they some-
times are, by persons of noble birth
and refined education) obtain for thero
universal respect and the highest ap-
probation of tbc administrators of
charitable institutions, who in their
reports speak of their services as in-
estimable, such as money could not
procure, and which can only be in-
spired by the purest sentiments of
religion. When Louis the Eighteenth
visited the hospitals in London, after
expressing his admiration of the ge-
neral arrangements, he qualified his
praise with the observation, " Mais
Tous n'avez pas nos soeurs griscs."
Services aa painful and as exemplary
are rendered to the insane by the nuns
of the order of Le bon Sauveur. while
the Ursulines and the Frircs des Ecolcs
Clir^ticnncs devote themselves to the
education of the poor. All theseorders,
distinguished by their ecclesiastical
dfcsses, arc to be seen iu every large
town in France ; but the parsing En.
glisb traveller may not be equally aware
that some of the severest monastic
institutions, characterised by mysti-
ciam, niortiScation, and self-denial,
have crept in during the Restoration,
and, surviving the unfriendly Revolu>
tioD of the Three Days, are still to be
found in the midst of the general
frivolity and scepticism of our neieih-

'.■ as the nationrtl '

-, not only froi
t i.%v:ii iioro serious rciigi<ju!> <.>i>-
aervance.

Til.- TT>->«+ »rvr.rn r.l" ♦1,(>SC Is thC OUlCT

or 1 the most rigid

»b- ! :__ ^._ — usion adds the
MbBoiute denial of e;>eech to its mem-

bers among each other. A moniutwy
of this order has been established
about thirteen years, near the small
town of Briquebcc, in the Cotentin,
about five leagues from Cherbourg,
where a farm of moderate extent had
been bequeathed to it. Being in that
country, and finding that strangers
were admitted, curiosity to observe
the austerities of this far-famed order
with my own eyes led me thither. I
found the convent on a riding ground,
in A rough and woody waste ; a sub>
stantial slated edifice is replacing the
old thatched buildings of the farm, in
the midst of which rises a recently,
erected church, with a Gothic tower,
imparting a conventual character to
the whole mass. I entered under a
stone arch surmounted bv a cross, and
knocked at a dnor on which the pil-
grim's scallop, and the cypher of the
cross and Roman M arc embossed.
The door was opened by a bare-headed
lay brother, clad in a brown robe,
fastened by a leathern girdle, who
directed me to the strangers' waiting-
room, where I was shortly joined by
one of the brothers of the choir, a
young man of about 25, of a florid
complexion, which abstinence had re-
duced to the traiisparent white and red
of a sickly female, and his eyes were
feeble from night watching; his hair
was clipped close, except a small circle
round the centre of the skull j he waa
clothed in the scapulary, a white dress
with a long band of black down the
back ; he afterwards appeared in tlia
cowl, an ample loose robe of whit«,
with a conical hood hanging on hi*
shoulders. He letdily consented tQ
my request to sec the cstahlishracnt»
and to dine with the brothers in the
refectory. To a question aa to hit
country, he replied that he was not
permitted to give any information per-
sonal tu himself or nny of the monks,
and that in the cloisters, chapel. dor>
mitory, and refectory*, speech was for*
bidden, as he would indicate to me \tf.
placing his finger on his lips. Il«
further informed me, that even if I
four- ' - ' -^ - ' - - ' — -

or

thi.

cvti ,,.....

conducted mc through tbc eloiitcri

I

Wis,]

A Visit i9 « Monastery of La Trtqipe.

m

tb« cbiprl, "whtr*. Aflcr prcicntiitg ine
with boJy w««'-r >if f'liircd himself oq
kuiklHnbci ir. The chapel

U tpAt'iuas : ill lows at each

tSi! lie, a

p»<' ifier^

of &t. liefua/ti, in thi: tircss of (he
kr. and cm oae side the altar, St.
Archangel. Several of
were oo their knees in
stalls t^r thp choir ; one of them,
wiU) his heai) reclined on his should*
en. and his eyes halt' closed, appeared
to be in a religioas ecstasy, reaem-
btiOf the portraits of saints by the uld
From thence my guide con-
me to the library, where the

r of books is but bmall ; there
sects, but benches round the
wills. We next ascended to the dor-
Bitoty) this is a ton;: rooni, down
r«c)i aide al which the cells are sepa-
nttad tnm each other by wooden par-
titkias ! over the tatrance of each,
which is closed by a white linen cur-
taia bwtrad of a door, is writtea the
■MB* of it» inmate — Abbas or Nonnus
I^Uus, Johannes. Placidus, hidore.
Stanislans, &c.; their conch is a straw
t fe^ inches thick npon
St on this they lie in their
ckithes. From thence we proceeded
to the refrctory. where my conductor
by aigo* appeared to direct that I was
to be reeerved as a guest ; he then
left m* in the garden, desiring me to
aeeopjr Bmelf there, and in seeing the
nlll, till tne hoar of dinner. I foand
IBM of the lay brothers suprrintending
tiM Btll, and another employed with
a workman in sawing a beam. At
SOOO the chapel bell toiled, and 1 pro-
C0C>ded t' -tury, where I found

audi m water in his handit

6o'<< 1 ; k'd at the wall

Wti-. e prayers were

■hasiLcu m L>aiJ[i, niui then lay place
painted out to me at the high

•t which eat two persons, one
oftfaaa a priest, these were " pos-
talana*" ueraons residing in a distinct
put of the batlding with the view of
trytn^ whether they could habituate
tflBOarivta to the mode of life. The
frlfiM de chtKur arranged themselves
«t two tables against the walls, the
Mm* eottverts < lay brothers) at a cen<
tral table paraUcl with the others, and

at another facing tlie high table. The
former were clad in white cowls, the
latter in brown, apparently the natural
colour of dark wool, and their heads
were covered by their hoods. The
number at tabic was about thirty.
One of the brothers of the choir, sitting
at a de8k, during the repast, read pas-
sages from scripture in Liatin, and
some extracts from the rules of the
order in French, inculcating the ne-
cessity of utter abstraction from the
world, and the conduct to be adopted
by the members towards each other.
On the walls were inscribed sentences,
pointing out the vanities of the world,
the eicellence of abstinence, and the
shortness of life : — such as, " Laboar
not for the food which perisheth, but
for that which endureth for ever" —
" An austere life will be more conso-
latory at the hour of death, than one
passed in pleasure and delight," flee.
Acts of penance were performed by
three of the monks daring the time of
dinner : two of them remained on their
knees, with their arms covered by the
cowl, stretched out to the full extent j
the third, in a still more prostrate
position, with his handoon the ground
and his head touching or nearly touch-
ing the floor. The person who con>
ducted me to the convent, on one of
hi? visits had seen a monk extended at
full length, with his face on the floor,
at the entry of the refectory, so that it
was difficult to pass without treading
on his prostrate body. The dinner
consisted of soap made of bread, cab>
bage, carrots, and other vegetables, a
second dish of Hour and water, dark
but sweet bread of wheatcn and rye
flour, and at the high table a small jar
of butter, and some cyder. Before
each monk was placed his portion in
an earthenware vessel, with a napkin
and a wooden spoon. This is the sole
repast in the twenty-four hours, ex-
cept two or three ounces of bread iir
tlic evening. At the ringing of a small
bell an interruption of eating took
place, and a pause of a minute or two (
when dinner was over, prayers were
again said, the friars proceeded to the
diapcl and commenced the chant,
the ffircs du chceur in the stalls, the
lay brothers kneeling in front.* I
shortly joined my former conductor.

. right heun of the day and night in prayer and ekanttng in \^c <^'^\^
art aOff^vrf fvr rest, tincf they retire in wintu M WXCDi Va

■

A Visit to a Monaileri/ of La Trappe.

I

I

the frere hfilelier, who showed me a
part of the building in which are very
neat apartments for the postulanis or
novices, and for priests who may wish
to ptsa some time in retirement, and
an apartment better furnished for the
bishop. I requested the further hos-
pitality of the monastery for the night,
and having been introduced to the
superior, who appeared to me to be a
man of talent, he waved the objection
against me as a heretic, and conducted
ne himself to my chamber, on the
door of which was affixed a paper
with words to the following effect : —
" Those whom Divine Providence may
conduct to this monastery are most
humbly requested to take in good part
the information which ia offered to
thero on the following points. Per-
petual silence isenjoined in the cloister.
If a stranger requires any thing in the
monastery, he should address himself
to the steward (fr^re hotelier), be-
cause the brothers, who are required
to keep strict silence, are not per-
mitted to give any answer to those
who speak to them. Nothing is re-
quired in return for the hospitality
and simple fare, which is offered as a
duty enjoined by the order." A little
before two in the morning the bell toll-
ed, and the same brother came with a
lantern and conducted me to the chapel,
placing me in a stall opposite to where
stood the abbot with a crozier before
him. There was no light, save one
lamp fronting the chief altar. Af^er a
chant of some duration, the monks
fell on their knees, and remained in
utter silence about a quarter of an hour;
candles were then lighted, and the rest
of the offices were chanted from tlie
breviary, and concluded at four, when
the monks retired, and re-assembled at
seven : then the abbot, in the em-
broidered robes of the priesthood, read
the morning mass, some female pea-
sants attending in a part of the chapel
divided by a grating. A few years
back a ceremony used to be performed
which is now discontinued as not be-
ing required by the rules ; it has been
described to me as one of exceeding
eolcmnity : as soon as the monks
assembled at the night service, thry
fell on their knees, and with their arms

extended like a cross, in a low deep
voice chanted the 50th P*alm — " Mi-
serere mei Deus, secundum magnam
misericordiam tuam." All who have
been present at the performance of the
Miserere in the Sixtine chapel, at
Rome, during the holy week, agree in
representing it as a most imposing
ceremony. When the last candle is
extinguished, and the choristers bur«t
forth with voices attuned by long prac-
tice to the most perfect harmony, the
impression on the mind is most affect-
ing; yet the solemnity is much dis-
turbed by the struggling uf strangers
for places, and by the presence of the
Papal guard in their dramatic parti-
coloured dresses, and I can well con-
ceive that the chant of the Miserere ia
a monastery ofTrappists must be far
more imposing. Ail the concomitant
circumstances are of tlie most gloomy
character; the solemn hour, the glim-
mering light, barely making darkness
visible ; above all, the conviction that
these are not hired chorisls affecting
the harmony of sweet sounds, but
men utterly abstracted from the world,
who even deny themselves the use of
speech, except in these supplications
to their Maker — mistaken, as most will
think them, but undoubtedly sincere ;
all these circumstances tend to make
this service, as an act of deep humili-
ation and penitence, the most imprea-
sive that the heart can experience.

In answer to such inquiries as my
conductor was permitted to entertain,
and from information obtained in the
immediate neighbourhood, I gathered*'
that the number of member* of thi
community is at present thirty-eight
— that they ore supported by the pro
duce of the farm and garden, — by
dues paid in kind for grinding cora-
their mills, — by sums put into th
common fund by those persons of pro
pcrty who join them, and by payments
made for the mosses reul by those who
are priests, and for their prayers,
amounting probably to a conbiderable
sum ; as by many zealous CathoUci
they are considered in the light
saints. When sick, the scrcrity of the
discipline is relaxed, the ndxire of a
physician is iformitltd, . ' " 'i an^
even meat allowed, if i y bin

4

no

»( ciglit, «nd rise r>>r th« »ervicr »t two in the morning; thr rest of tlicir time w»
divided between ri* ligioux miding in the Ubrary and labour in the fum aod gitrdci
iud«cd thdr stlfuttalcd fnunn caa long cupblc them to lupport bodil/ «K«rtioo<

A I'uif to a Montutery of La Trappe.

»

I
I

iDd drsired by the patient, probably on

llip rinnntiir llirif hp is llic bcst judgO
»i flic. At OtllLT

t>rn , : h«a [TOssessed

life mny be t«i(en as fno«1, Whca the
boar o( death approaches, &ome ashes
arc Bprcaul, covered with a little straw,
and oil Uiis the body of the expir-
iog taoflk is placed to await his last
•fony.

Thoogfa there are examples of sorae
prrsoos who attain a very advanced
we, yet in general the Uvea of the
Trappists are shortened by the seve-
rity of the discipline, the eifcct of
which is strongly marked on their
conotenances. In fact, they raay be
said, in the language of BufTon, hardly
to !ivr. but r.)t>ior to die each day by
an (th ; and to expire,

n<!' 1 live, but by comple-

ting tiic act of death.

Many romauitic incidents have roark-
the early annals of La Trappe, and
occunrnce of similar character,
which happened a few years back, was
related to me by a lady to whom it
was communicated by the present su-
perior of the monastery. The reve-
Kod father nn doubt considered it a
•plendid instance of the triumph of
religion over all worldly feelings;
many will contemplate it as the sacri-
fice uf the most tender charities of
lifr to the spirit of inexorable fanati-
ciam. Tlicre was living at Caen a
V 0, who had formed a mar-

ri-^ irdon mutual affection ; both

of ibcm were of serious tempcrBment,
aarf in moments of mutual confidence
the husband confessed to his wife that
he bad formerly wished to enter the
order of La Trappe, and the wife on
her side laid that, though confiding in
his love, and happy in her present
•tate, she too had ntpired to a reli-
gious life. On one occasion when
the bosband repeated strongly his for-
mer views, the wife replied that, as
there was so powerful an impression
On both their minds, it was essential
to their salvation that the advice of
r»Ugious persona should be taken.
Amr confession, and consultation with
•evtral priests, a separation was dc-
lennincd on: the wife retired to a con-
ytat of the ordrr of the Visitation at
Caea> and * 'iid was conveyed

to »l»e TO' f Trappists at

firtquebec Iroiu that day they were

utterly dead to each other, except that
the superior on his visits to the con-
vent at Caen, in passing the nun,

whispered, "Brother is well ;"and

on his return to his monastery, in like i
manner, communicated to the monk,

"Sister is well." The onlyanswer

of each was. " Deo gratias." After
six years' residence, the constitution of
the young man gave way under the
severity of the discipline ; and at the
hour of death, no thought of his for-
mer partner found utterance: his only
expression Avas, " How happy I am to
die a monk \"

My visit to this monastery produced
in me very painful sensations ; though
the first impression, so different was all
I saw from the transactions of life,
was that of a scenic representation
rather than actual truth. It requires
a little time to realize to tlie mind the
awful and chilling fact that this same
unvarying scene is acted day by day.
with no change in prospect but dealb.
Surely when Providence has opened to
us in the world an almost unbounded
field of exertion for the benefit of man-
kind, it is a strange perversion of the
understanding to imagine it can be
grateful to him to abandon those of
his gifts which are granted to ub for
utility, even if we think it for our spi-
ritual good to renounce all the plea-
sures he has vouchsafed to smooth our
path in this life. Some will indig-
nantly exclaim with Rausscau — " C'est '
reuonccr a sa qualite' d'homme, aux
droits de I'humanitc, i ses devoirs."
TTjis, however, would be too severe a
sentence; an unjust one, indeed, on the
modern Trappists, who have done good
service to the state in reclaiming waste
lands, and in introducing an improved
system of agriculture among ignorant
peasants, and who exercise an exten-
sive and not indiscriminate charity in ^
their neighbourhood. Rather let us
admire in the abstract the sublime I
principle which leads man occasiooallf]
to despise and trample on his mortal
nature, in aspirations to the Unknowa]
and Unseen ; and let us lament the
wont of knowledge in the applica-
tion of this principle, which, not ap-
preciating the intimate union of ourj
corporeal and spiritual natures, not on Ij
shortens life, but frequently dea<lens1
and debases the faculties of the %qm
ia proportion to ihc ^to^UaXx^vx QiI xSuT

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bodily powers, — a result which may
be much apprehended from a totnl
cessation of the faculty of speech.*
In sucli a case, happy are they, who,
from want of physical strength, fall
early victims to the system.

The extraordinary nature of the es-
tablishment I had witncBscd. induced
me to refer to a work which gives an
account of the institution and progress
of the order. Rotrou. 2ad Count of
Perclie, during a voyage he made to
£ngland in the year 1120, with his
wife, and William Adeling, son of
Henry the First, escaped from the
shipwreck in which they perished, and
ia consequence erected a church to
tlic Virgin, according to a vow he had
made in 1122, and endowed an abbey
attached to it ; the site was a wild
valley, called La Trappe, in the forest
of Perche, near the town of Mortagne
on the borders of Normandy. Many
of the dependents of Kotrou and the
nobles of the country made donations
to the abbey, which received a charter
from St. Louis, and the special pro-
tection of the Popes by several bolls.
The rules of the order were founded
by St. Benedict and St. Bernard. The
original charter is lost, but an ancient
memorial of the abbey thus relates the
foundation -. — " Dignum est memortie
commendare, et litterarum roonumcn-
tis consignare, quo modo raonaste.
rium istud quod dicitar Domus Dei de
Trapit, fundatum fuerit ; cum autem
A. o. Mcxx Rotrodus quondam Comes
Pcrtici transportaret in Angliaro, cum
uxorc SU& Matthitde, Willelmo, Hen-
rici regis Anglorum filio, et proce-
ribus Anglix, navis qui vchebantur
Mtorragium fecit: eed pred ictus Ro-
trodus, in tanta positus anxietate, Deo
promisit, si intcrcessione beatae Vir-
ginia Marite prescns rvaderet perJcu-
lum, ut ecclesiam in ipsius honnrem
edificaret. tncolumis el in [latriom
redux votum solvit anno mcxxii. et
in tanti beneficii recordationcm, voluit
quod ecctesia inversw navis formain
rcferret," &c.

From the fifteenth century till lfifi2,
the abbey had ceased to be inhabited
by a regular abbot, and had been held

in comrocndaro : it had partaken of
the general relaxation of monastic ee-
lablishmcnts, and degenerated from
its ancient austerity, when an event
happened which effected a complete
reform, and raised it to a degree of
celebrity for severe discipline un-
equalled in the Catholic world. Ar-
mand Jean le Boateiller de Ranc^ was
born in the year 1 026 of an ancient
family, holding high situations in the
magistracy; by favour of the court
he obtained, at the early age of ten
years, various ecclesiastical benefices
producing a revenue of nearly 20,000
livres, among which was the Abbcf
of La Trappe, held by him aa hhht
Commendatairc. He early distin-
guished himself by his classical attain-
ments, and in 1639 published an edi-
tion of Aracreon with notes ; when
he attained manhood, he was equally
remarkable for his talents and his dis-
sipation : his abilities raised him t9
distinction in the church, and to the
office of almoner to Gaston Duke of
Orleans. He passed his time between
the pleasures of the capital and the
chace at liifi patrimonial estate, and
he formed an attachment to the
Duchess of Mont Bazon, one of the
most distinguished women of the age
for beauty and accomplishments. This
connexion began during the life of her
husband, was continued till her death,
which took place somewhat suddenly
from malignant fever, and was fol-
lowed by circumstances which exposed
t]ic lover to a trial, perhaps the most
severe to which a man of ardent feel-
ing was ever subjected. He was in
the country, and bis servants fearing
to make the painful communication to
him, he arrived in Paris in ignorance of
what had happened, went immediately
to the hotel of the Duchess, and using
the privilege of a favoured lover, pro-
ceeded to her apartment: the first ob>
jert which met his eyes woe a coffin
containing the headless body of bit
mistress I It would appear that the
eofiin provided having proved too
short, the hirelings employed had,
with a bni can ill cooccivet

severed tii in the body;«ad

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>tberfaood would lubmit to statistiosl in<iain(«« tlivy night be aUa to
:if«na«tiffi M to the lilcut ^stem aa4 the dietary n penltcatiarici m4

i8sa.]

A VbU to a Mmuttry tfLa Trappe.

fte doth, whidi had been careleuly
thrown over the former, having fallen
off, discovered to him her features dis-
figared by blood. This appalliog sight
produced the effect 'which might be
expected on the Abb^: he wiudrew
from the world, and strove, by acts
of penitence and prayer, to atone for
the licentioosneas of his former life.
The same ardonr which had distin-
caished him in his career of worldly
distinction and pleasure, became ap-
parent in his reform ; he sold his es-
tate, and gave the proceeds to the hos-
pital of the Hdtel Dieu at Paris ; he
resigned into the hands of the King
all his preferments except the Abbey
vS La Trappe, of which he became
re^lar abbot by election, and by ap-
phcation to the Pope obtained per-
mission to bring back the monks to
tiie strict observance of the Cistertian
rules: he found the buildings in a
state of dilapidation, and the number
of inmates reduced to seven, leading
most irregular lives ; he restored the
buildings, and in a few years raised
the number of monks to eighty, and
so completely did they share their
bread with the poor, that besides the
daily distributions, the convent gave
alms twice a week to from 1500 to
2000 jpersons. Subsequently, the num-
ber of brothers increased to 150, and
it is said that, at one time, 6000
strangers received food and lodging in
the course of a year, attracted thither
by the fame both of their sanctity and
their hospitality.* La Ranc^ lived
thirty-six years in the full observance
of the austerities he had restored, and
died on ashes and straw in the 74th

irear of his age, a. d. 1700. The fol-
owing passage from a petition, which
be presented to Louis the Fourteenth,
when he had met with opposition in
his plans of reform, will snow the im-
portance he attached to the sanctity
of monachism, and may cause some
surprise in a former courtier of the
seventeenth century.

" Sire, — ^During the time that monks
and those who lived in solitude pre*

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served the perfection of tiieir orders
and the purity of their rules, they were
considered as the visible and guardian
angels of monarchies ; they have been
seen to defend towns against nume-
rous armies which attacked them : by
the power which they obtained in thie
sight of God, they supported the great-
ness and prosperity of empires ; they
have gained battles and victory which
they had previously prophesied, and
Christian emperors have had more
confidence in their prayers than in
their own valour and the power of
their arms. It is well known that in
Spain, at the end of the last century,
a holy nun, living in solitude, knew
in the spirit what passed in the me-
morable day of Lepanto, and that,
even during the time of the combat,
she obtained, by her tears and inter-
cession with Crod, advantage and suc-
cess in favour of the Church."

In the year 17S9, on the motion of
M. Talleyrand de Perigord, Bishop of
Autun, the National Assembly decreed
the suppression of monasteries; an
effort was made by the council-gene-
ral of the department to preserve that
of La Trappe (an indication, surely, in
the then state of public opinion, that
they were not considered useless mem-
bers of society). Two commissioners
were sent to examine, but on their
report it was determined that the in-
stitution was so anti -social in its cha-
racter, that its preservation was in-
consistent with the principles of li-
berty and reason. The commissioners
found ninety members, viz. fifty-
three priests and thirty-seven lay bro-
thers. They were separately exa-
mined, and a large majority desired
to continue their accustomed mode of
life, having no thought but religion
in their souls. Some were still in a
high state of enthusiasm ; others sunk
into quietude, which may probably b«
translated — stupidity and deadened f^-
culties; one was reduced to a total
state of idiotcy, and another of in-
sanity, said to be in consequence of
the severe reproofs they had under-

* It Is but justice to say, that tiie Trappists of Briquebec are not chargeable with
these mistaken views of chio^ty. They are said to be judicious and discriminating
in their almsginagi and to .encourage labour ia their poor neighbours rather than
Idle paiqperism ; one of their modes of relief to them is grinding their com at a T«-
duced price.

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gone; a third was confined in the
prison for having attempted to escape.
What a aatl picture does this present
of the final result of self-devotion and
enUiusiasm too highly pitched, for no
complaints were made of compulsory
introduction into the order.

" When the time for their depar-
ture arrived," to use their own words,
"they left in profound grief the re-
treat where they had been so long
permitted to pray and to suffer ; they
raised from the tomb the bones of De
Kance, and found n refuge in La Val
Sainte in the canton nf Friburg, in
Switzerland ; a more profound valley
than that they had left." From thence
they were driven by Napoleon in 1812,
when an asylum was offered them by
Mr. (since Cardinal) Weld, at a farm
in the woods of Lulworth, Dorsetshire.
In 1817, they embarked at Weymouth
on their return to France, where they
took possession of the ancient Abbey
of Meilleruy, in the department of La
Loire Inf^rieure, about twenty leagues
from Nantes. They brought from
England the most improved agricul-
tural implements, obtained a tlock of
merinos, and the best breed of oxen, and
introduced all modern improvements
with such success, that it was pro-
posed to consider their establishment
as a ferme raodelc, and to send young
men to it for instruction : this, how-
ever, the government refused, from the
fear that the pupils might imbibe no-
tions injurious to their future pros-
pects as citizens. After the Rcvolu-
tion of 1830, they interfered in poli-
tical matters during the revolt in La
Vendue, and were dissolved. I re-
member meeting one of them in a
steamer on the Loire, in 1833, who in-
formed me, onasked, who he was, and
t}iat he was a native of Dorsetshire,
and seemed to have no objection to
osiug his newly recovered liberty of
speech ; be was serving a church in
Nantes. Another convent of Trap-
pists exists near Amiens ; and to Judge
from present appearances, that which
I have described at Briqucbec seemx
likely to become of cousiderabk' im-
portance.

Jdmiaaim of on Incumbent prtsnttcd to
the Cvnmhiionfrt for the Approba-
tion of Minuter* 1C57.
KNOW^ all Men by these presents,
Tliat the five and twentiolh day of
Aprill in the year one thousand six
hundred and fifty-scavcn, there was
exhibited to the Commission" for ap-
probation of publique preachers — A
Presentation of James Howston Cleikc
to the Vicarage of North Feriby in
the County of Yorke, made to him by
his Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector
of the Com 'on Wealth of England,
&c, the patron tliereof, under the great
Scale of England. Together with o
testimony in the behalfe of the said
James Howston of his holy and good
conversation. Upon perusall and due
consideration of the premisses and
finding him to be a person qualified
as in and by the Ordinance for such
approbation is required. The Com'is-
Bion" above menc'oned have adjudged
and approved the said James How-
ston to be a fit person to preach tJie
Gospell, and have granted him admis-
sion and doc admitt the said James
Howston to the Vicarage of North
Feriby aforesaid, to be full and per-
feet possessor and incumbent thereof,
and doe hereby signifie to all persons
concerned therein, that he is hereby
intituled to the profitts and perqui-
silts, and all rights and dues incident
and belonging to the said Vicarage,
as fully and effectually as if he had
been instituted and inducted accord-
ing to any such lawes and customes
as have, in this case, formerly been
made, had, or used in this Realme.
In Witness whereof, they have caused
the Com'on Seal to be hereunto affix-
ed, and the same to be attested by tlie
hand of the Register, by his Higlines
in that behalfe appointed. Dated at
Whitehall, the five and twentieth day
of Aprill, one thousand six hundred
fifty and seaven.

CSiepirdJ Jo Nye, n>Jf^

The seal it St. George's Croi», in
an ornamented shield, round whirli is cha
initcription — " The Senlc for «)
of I'uLlick Preachers." It i» noi li

in Vcrtuf'g Edition of Simon'a ScaU , Iht
Oiumeter — two inches ; no Reverse.

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41

ECCLESIASTICAL CHANGES.

THE following is an abstract of tbeim*
portant parts of iJl the orders in Council
ratifying schemes of the Ecclesiastical
Commissiouers for England, which hare
yet been gazetted.

No. 1. Oxford and SaKtbury, dated
Oet 5, 1836. — The whole county of
Berks, and those parts of the county of
Wilts which are insulated therein, form-
ing together the archdeaconry of Berks,
transferred from the diocese of Salisbury
to that of Oxford ; and the right of ap.
pointing the Archdeacon vested in the
Bishop of Oxford.

No. 2. Salitbury, Exeter, end Brutol,
dated Oct. 5, 1836.— The whole county
of Dorset (except the parish of Stock-
land) and the parish of Holwell, in the
county of Somerset, forming together the
ardideaconry of Dorset, in the diocese of
Bristol, and the parish of Thomecombe,
in the diocese of Exeter aad county of
Devon, hot insulated in the county of
Dorset, transferred to the diocese of Sa.
Uabory, said parish of Thomecombe in>
dnded in the archdeaconry of Dorset and
deanery of Bridport. The parish of
Stocklaad, in the diocese of Bristol and
b the county of Dorset, but insulated in
Che county of Devon, transferred to the
diocese of Exeter, and the right of ap-
pointing the Archdeacon of Dorset vested
in the Bishop of Salisbury.

No. 3. GloHce$ter and Brutol, dated
Oct. 5, 1836.— The wh<rfe diocese of
Bristol, except the archdeaconry of Dor-
set, united to the diocese of Gloucester.
On the first avoidance of the see the war-
rant for the election of a bishop to be
issued to the chapter of Bristol, and af-
terwards alternately to the chapter of
Bristol and that of Gloucester.

The deanery of the Forest in the dio-
cese of Gloucester, but within the arch-
deaconry of Hereford, transferred to the
archdeaconry of Gloucester; and the
deaneries of Bristol, Cirencester, Fair-
ford,and Hawkesbury,in the archdeaconry
of Gloucester, separated therefrom, and
tMether with all parishes within the city
ofBristol, which latter are to be included
in the deanery of Bristol, constituted the
new archdeaconry of Bristol.

The site of the episcopal palace at
Bristol to be sold, and the proceeds, toge-
ther with the sum lately recovered as da-
mages for injury done to the said palace,
tiansferred to the Ecclesiastical Com-
mmionent to be applied towards the pur-
ehue or erection of a second episcopal
lendeooe at or near Bristol.

No. 4. AwufsMm af JtgwH, dated
Oet. S^ IBM.— The eolfe^te ebarcb of
ffMjfT. Mas. Vot. X.

Ripon constituted a cathedral church, and
the seat of a bishop, within the province
of York. The dean and prebendaries
styled dean and canons, and to be the
dean and chapter.

The town and borough of Ripon, and
all such parts of the deaneries of the
Ainsty and Pontefract, in the archdea-
conry, county, and diocese of York as ad-
join to the western boundaries of the li-
berty of the Ainsty, and of the wapen-
takes of Barkston Ash, Osgoldcross, and
Staincross respectively, and all that part of
the county of York which is in the arch-
deaconry of Richmond and diocese of
Chester, and the whole parish of Aldbo-
rough, constituted the new diocese; to
be divided into the archdeaconries of Rich-
mond and Craven ; the former to consist
of the deaneries of Richmond, Catterick,
and Borougfabridge, and so much of the
deanery of Kirby Lonsdale as is in the
county of York; and the latter of the
deaneries of Pontefract and Craven.

No. 5. York, Durham, and Endow-

ment cf Ripon, dated Dec. 22, 1836

All places within the peculiar jurisdiction
of Hexhamsbire, in the diocese of York,
but locally situate in the county of Nor-
thumberland and diocese of Durham, in-
cluded in the latter diocese, and in the
archdeaconry of Northumberland and
deanery of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The
deanery of Craven, transferred from the
diocese of York to that of Ripon. The
parish of Craike, in the county of Dur-
ham, but insulated in the county of York,
included in the latter diocese and in the
archdeaconry of Cleveland. Certain es-
tates at Ripon belonging to the see of
York, transferred to the see of Ripon.
All the estates of the see of Durham
situate in Howden and Howdenshire,
Northallerton and Allertonshire, Borrow,
by, Brompton, Romanby, Osraotherly,
and Sowerby Grange, co. York, trans,
ferred to the see of Ripon ; the Bishop
of Ripon to be entitled to the rents and
profits from the day of the death of Wil-
fiam late Bishop of Durham (21st Feb.
1836). The Bishop of Durham (for the
purposes of the Act 6 and 7 William IV.
c. 77, and so as to leave him an average
annual income of 8000/.) to pay to the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng-
land the fixed annual sum of J 1,200/.

The average annual income of the
Bishop of Ripon to be 4500/. and to that
end the Commissioners to pay him and
his successors, out of the same monies,
the fixed annual sum of %KOl. Xxi^ %
further annual sum of SOOl. vtnlvX «cv «^\»-
copal house of resideivce »Y«lW\>« 'pxos\4»<l.

42 ^^^^■~ Ecclesiastical Change*. ^^^^ [J"b''

The sdvoweon of tbe vicsn^e of Bir- /fon, dated June 21. 18^.— Augmcnu.
stall, CO. York, tran(>rerred trom the Arcb- tion» of tKe following poor bfnefices, which
bishop of York to the Bishop of Tli|)Ot>. the lute William BiNhnp of liurham bad
The ftdvowsons of the rectoiy of Birkby, iigrecd to %ra.ni. but which he left un-
thf vicora^ce of Osmothorly, the vicanine completed at the liin*" of bis death, viz. :
and perpetual ciirucy of Leak and Nether Ksh, 1?5'. ; ^t. Hulcii's Aueklund, 82/. ;
Siltofi, in the county of York, and of the Etherley, WVM ; Shildon, 225/. ; and
rectory of Craike aforesaid, transferred Esconih, 120/ ; to commence from the
from tbe Bishop of Durham to the Bifthop 21st Feb. lH3ti, Ihe day of the bishop's
of Ripon. death. Certain Innds. which bad been

No. 6. Lichfield and Worttster, dated 6,et apart for the purpose by the late

D«c. 22, \KVi The archdeaconry of bishop, permanently annexed to the per.

Coventry, in the county of Warwick and petual curacy of Etherley, in addition to

dioreie of Lirblield and Coventry, trans- the above payment.

ferred to the diocese of Worcester. The ^o. \0. Payment* f tern certain Largtr

remaining part of the diocese nf Lichfield Sefi, dated June 21, 1837.

and Coventry, named the diocese of Lich- The See of Canterbury to pay j£7.')00

field, and ibe bishop thereof ttvled Bishop — York 1100

ofLicbficld. ■ — London ,. .. 5000

The right of appointing the Archdea- — Wiiicliesler . . 3G00

con of Coventi7, and the advowsons of — Bath and Wells .. KKM)

the rectory of St. Philip, and the \tvT- — Woriwsler ,. 2;100

petual curacy of Christ Church, BirmutK- towards the auirmentation of the income*
fwm, transferred to tbc Bishop of Wor- of the smaller bisihopric*.
ce«ter. No. 11. LichfiM ttee Augmentation,

No. 7. Lincoln, NoTwieh, and Ely, dated July 12, 1KT7 — In unle r to rarse
dated April 19, 18^. — The archdeaconry the average annuul ituome of the Bishop
and county of Dudford, and bo much of of Lichfield to 1M01., tbc fixed annual
the archdeaconry of Huntingdon as is co- gum of SaO/. to be paid to him.
extensive Willi the county of Huntingdon, No. 12 Chichrtter See Augmenlation,

transferred from the diocese of Lincoln dated July 12, 1837. — In order to raise
10 tbnt of Ely. The parish o1 Rirkiug- the Hveni^e annual income of the Bi«bop
ball Inferior, in the deancrj- of Bliick- of Chichester to 42tX)/. the tixed »nnuiil
bum, the deanery of HartisniiTe, and that sum of tioO/. to be paid to him
of Stow, translerred trom the archdea- No. l.H, S'almbvry, Ghttcenter a%d\

eonry of Sudbury, to that of Suffolk, in Brittol, Bath and Weth, and Warcnter, 1
the dioccsu of Norwich, and tbe remain- dated July 19, IB37. — Tbc deaneries ofl
der of tbe nrchdeiiconry of Sudbury traiks- Cricklude and Malmesbnry, in the countjri
ferred to the diocese of Ely. mid nrchdeaoonry of Wilt* and dioeese ofl

Tbc deanery of Camps, in the diocese Salisbury, transferred to the dioecne ofl
and archdcuconry of Ely, included in the Gloucester and Brit^tol and the archdea.
■aid urchdearoiuy of Sudbury. conry of Bri»tol. Tbe deanery of i'ot.

The right of appointing the archdeacons tern, transferred from the archdeaconrH
of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Sudbury of Salisbury to that ol WelU. Thu pariMaj
ve«ted in tbe Bii^Lop of Ely. of Shenington, in the county and arch-

Tbe Bishop of Ely (»o u« to leave tilm deaconry of Gloucester, and ditH'ose o(
an aveiui^e annual income of 5500/.) to Gloucester and Bristol, but lornlly <itnnt
pay to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners between tbe counties of Warwick and
the fixed annuul sum of 2500/. Oxford, and in tbe deanery of (.iamp

No. 8. Welch Ijanr/uage, dated May den, transferred to tbc diocese
10, 1837. — Approval of a epecial report archdeaconry of Worecsfcr and deancr
of tbe Commissioners, to abstain for the of Kineton. The parish of Iceouib. ii
present from — ■•mi: nny scheme for tl'i' ■ " ' ' ■ ■

carryinn inc. provisionii of sec- A\ i f|

tion II. ot I J iind 7 Will. IV. GI. . ^ -^

c. 77, for preventing the appointment of arclidcHConry ul U I

any clcTnyman not fully eonvcrsmit wiih erv of Stowc. J i

tbe Welch languocp to any b i ^ter, in the duK-en' t>l liuih «iiti Wrt

cure of (ouU in Wales, in ui nnd In iLe Hrrhdrnronrv of Hath

anmisaioner* are to keep %tt
No. 'J, Durham Benrjten Augmtnla.

I '.If arrfade
No. li. IahcuIh, lMJ»r*lt and ifiovcrt-

1833.]

EccUalattlcal Changes.

43

ttr md Brittol, dated July 19, 1837.—
The parish of W'lifori, in the diocese
of Gloucester and Bristol and archdeacon-
ry of Gloucester, but insulated in the
eounty of Oxford, transferred to the dio-
cese and archdeaconry of Oxford and
deanery of Witney. The archdeaconry
of Berks haTing been annexed to the dio-
cese of Oxford, with the consent of the
Bishop of Oxford (vide No. 1. aniea),
the fixed annual sum of 750/., to be paid
to him bv the Commissioners, during
his incumbency of the See of Oxford.
With the consent of the Bishop of Lin-
coln, already signified, and upon the first
avoidance of the See of Oxford, or before
such avoidance, with the consent of the
Bishop of Oxford, the county and an-h.
deaconry of Buckingham, in the diocese
of Lincoln, to be transferred to the dio-
cese of Oxford. On the next avoidance
of the See of Oxford, in order to raise
the average annual income of the bishop
thereof to 5000/. the fixed annual sum
of 3500/. to be paid to him. After
the archdeaconry of Buckingham shall
have become part of the diocese of
Oxford, the right of appointing the arch-
deacon to be vested in the Bishop of
Oxford.

No. Id. Dmrkem Cattle, dated July 18,
1837. — The Bishop of Durham to hold
the castle of Durham in trust for the Uni-
versity of Durham, subject to such right
of access as the clergy of the diocese then
had to Bishop Cosin's library within the
precincts, and to all right of way to which
the same premises had been theretofore
Imlly subject — to the right of all such
officers of the see or diocese or of the pala-
tinate as had performed for thirty years
then last past and still perform the duties
of their respective offices in any building
within the precincts, and to the enjoyment,
by the bedesmen of the cathedral, of the
almshouses wherein they reside, until the
warden, masters, and scholars, shall have
provided, to the satisfaction of the bishop,
sufficient buildings elsewhere ; and as to
the offices of the palatinate, so long as any
of those duties remain to be performed by
officers who held their offices at the time
of passing the act for separating the pala-
tine jurisdiction from the bishopric of
Durham. Certain apartments described,
with coacb-house and stables, to be re^
served for the accommodation of the
Bishop of Durham, as visitor of the
University; and to be at all times ready
for his use, on three da^' notice of his
wish to occupy them. The warden, mas-

ters, and scholars, to maintain and reiMir
all parts within the precincts, and to in*
demnify the bishop and his successors
against repairs and dilapidations.

No. 16. Hertford Hee Augmentation,
dated Aug. 21, 1837 — In order to raise
the average annual income of the Bishop
of Hereford to 4200/., the fixed annual
sum of 1400/. to be paid to him.

No. 17. York, Uneoln, and Peter-
borough, and Augmentation of the latter
See, dated Aug. 21, 1837.— With the
consent of the Bishop of Lincoln, already
signified, and upon the next avoidance of
the see of Peterborough, the county and
archdeaconry of Leicester, in the diocesa
of Lincoln, to be transferred therefrom to
the diocese of Peterborough. And after
such avoidance, in order to raise the ave-
rage annual income of the see of Peter-
borough to 4500/., the fixed annual sum of
1 150/. to be paid to him. Al the time of
such avoidance, with the consent of the
Archbishops of Canterbury and York and
the Bishop of Lincoln, already signified,
the county and archdeaconry of Notting-
ham, in the province and diocese of York,
to be transferred to the province of Can-
terbury and diocese of Lincoln, and the
right of appointing the Archdeacon of
Nottingham to be vested in the Bishop of
Lincoln.

No. 18. Carliele and Chetter Sees Aug-
mentation, dated Aug. 21, 1837. — In
order to raise the average annual income
of the Bishops of Carlisle and Chester to
4500/. each, the fixed annual sum of
2000/. to be paid to the Bishop of Car-
lisle, and 1450/. to the Bishop of Chester.

No. 19, Palace for the See of Ripon,
dated Dec. 11, 1837.— Lands containing
109 acres, of the annual value of 80/.,
part of Bramley Grange Farm, held by
Miss Lawrence of Studley Royal, under
the Archbishop of York, transferred to
the Bishop of Kipon, as a site for an
episcopal house and demesne. The sum
of 1111/. 5«. 6</. granted for the purchase
of Miss Lawrence's lease.

No. 20. Lincoln See Augmentation,

dated April 3, 1838 In order to raise

the average annual income of the Bishop
of Lincoln to 5000/., the fixed annual sum
of 1250/. to be paid to him. The epis-
copal house at Buckden, which is not
now within the limits of the diocese, to
be partly pulled down, and the materials
sold; and a fixed annual sum of 500/. to
be paid to procure a temporary residence
within such limits.

44

ON A TRUMPET FOR DEAFNESS.

Ritamrumded by Mr. Soulhty, %pho $aid " Voti u-ill aijain htat tht birdt timf,
the btei hum, and the watvrtJIinrJ"

FAiTHroL interpreter of j.oun«ls — to me
How faitliful ! for I hear, indeed, the birds
Sing, and tlie low of home-returning herds
Once more, and murmurs of the morning bee
Id summer lanes ; but ah '■ too faithful, spare.

Nor let me hear that song, — those chords that brittff
Back the loved music of life's picaaant spring, —
Lest, rapt in tenderness by the Eweet air
That charm '<i my youtii. of my gretit MASTza'a Hbst
I be forgetful or repining, now
Age's cold baud has character'd my brow ; —
\NTio calmly waits, shall serve that Master best.
Forgiven, if one soug of old he hears.
That swells his heart and fills his ej'es with tears.
Bremhill, IH.IH.

Ox TIIS PnXSUMKD tNTBKCOUaSE OP DVCKS AND T0*0«.

AN ingenious and friendly reader
of our Magazine 1ms sent us the fol-
lowing very curious renmrks on a cir-
cumstance mentioned by us in our
review of Mr. Bucke's work un "The
Beauties and Sublimities of Nature,''
(Feb. p. 55), of the presumed hyme-
neal union of the toad and the duck.
It is more authentic than anything we
liave before read on the bubjcct ; and
i^ worthy of preservation.

" I remember a farmer bringing from
his residence of Thomas I,ane, in the bo-
rongb of NVdkefield, to Mr. Itenlianit,
druggist of Waketielil, a dend toad with
part of a duck shell adhering to its bai.'k,
and so hatched by one of biM diickg, as
he averred ; Ilenhardt kept I he tend
many yeoi-s in spirits in bi» window. I
once «rt a lii-n on thirteen ducks* egifs.
When the Knie nf ini'ubittion Imd cs-

pireit, inys<'lf ■■•• ' ' ■ -■ ' ' •'

nest. Our

nhell siiil n _'

it. The neikt iu(>rnui§r ■■■oiiiirr I'

8h<*11. t»nd Bn'>tl»<'T dr«i1 fotirf ; boiii

%■ -..1. 1

IHJSI

tticm

I

contained the rii
or duck, nor j"'
blaekinb matter nmnnliliujj
I «L11 Bot svcr that the two

by the broken *hcUi, and erideatly broitt
by the hen, were batcbeil lu tfaeoe «he1lA*l
though the contents of the eleven which 1
I broke seemed to •ivi}iporl that opiiiion.
My theory is, that the toad hns no inter^
course with the duck ; the idea is ridicu-
lous, but, as the drake earrirs on his flir-l
tstion in the water, whirh mny. at th»|
time, contain a great ijuantily of toaili
vpawn, some of that spawn may find ad>l
mittance in utero anatis. If rny recoUf
l,.,-.:.s.. ,.._.... . .,...,.11 .-..nlje found ill aj

dii the Newspaj

Olli I Leeds."

With regard b> what the same cor-
respondent say on the 'rook,' ifh«
does not believe u<, let him order sorol
rooks to be shot, and look into the'
crops. ThiM will be much more rea-
sonable tiiaii continuing this appa-
rently endless nig,uiii>>nt ; if he ttndl
■ •' r~ but grubs — why then,

■fJITl's."

JO tiic ikcsire w-

ariHl'"iij;l(.< iinil C' ;

RcTBo*PBCTivs Rbtisw. 45

Rceived their names ; and then the maid) ? But why Is not the memum

ersatures of the watery element took seen as often as the mermaid f — simply

similar ones, whenever a fancied re- because, that those who believe they

semblance would appear to warrant see them, are males, — the sailors and

the application. Thus we have a sea- fishermen. Were those who live on"the

lioD,asea-horse,a sea-cow, a sea-calf, a great sea," women instead of men,

seadog- fish, a sea-hog (porpoise), a sea- we should hear far less of mermaidt,

unicorn, a sea-otter ; and many more and more of mermen ; the sexual feel-

which we do not recollect off-hand : — ing affecting even this question. Our

whatwonder we should have a sea- man correspondent, whom we thank, is

and a sea- woman (a merman andmer- T. T. L. L. of West Yorkshire.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

OU Fimeh Literature. — Mytteriee qf St. Genevihe — Romaneei of Robert th»
Devil, and King Flore, tfc.*

WE have been hindered during several months from continuing our notices
of the various foreign publications on Middle Age literature, by a press of other
matter, and in the mean time they have been collecting on our table until they
are become rather numerous. On the whole, in France the publication of
early French and Anglo-Norman poetry has not been so brisk as it was some
months ago ; but we are happy to say that there are several important works
now nearly ready, among which may be enumerated the Romance of Witi-
chind. or the Conquest of the Saxons by Charlemagne, edited by M. Fran-
cisque Michel, and the works of the trouvdre Rutebeuf, as well as a new Col-
lection of FabUaox (supplementary to the volumes by Barbazan and M^on), both
by M. Jobinal. We have the two first volumes of the Chronicle of Benott, by
Michel ; the Brut of Wace, by Le Roux de Lincy ; and two volumes of Paulin
Paris's useful Catalogue ctf the French MSS. of the Bibliotbique du Roi ; to
each of which works we intend successively to devote a separate article.

The Collection of Mysteries edited by M. Jubinal from the MS. of the 11-
bnry of St. Genevieve, is a very important addition to our materials for the
early history of the sti^e. On a former occasion we noticed at some length
the first volume of this work, whose contents came more properly under the
title of Miracle Plays : the present volume contains four rather long mysteries
founded on subjects taken from the New Testament, viz. — The Nativity of
Christ — The Play of the Three Kings — ^The Passion of our Lord — and Hie
Resurrection of our Lord. In their general style these dramas, which are
printed from a MS. of the 15th century', are similar to the ordinary run
of our English Mysteries, and they are not embellished with any episodi-
cal scenes. The clownish conversation of the shepherds in the play of the
Nativity, the swaggering of Herod and his soldiers, with the wrangling be-
tween the former and the women whose infants they come to kill, in that of

* Mystires in^ts dn Qninzi^me Si^cle, public pour la premiere fois, par Achille
Jnbinal, d'apr^ le MS. uniipie de la Bibliothdque Ste. Genevieve. Tom. 2, 8vo.
Ptria, Techener, 1837.

Le Roman de Robert le Diable, en Vers, da xiii' Sitele, public pour la premiere
fois . . . par 6. S. Trebatien. Paris, Silvestre, 4to. 1837.

Le Roman dn Roi Flore et de la belle Jeanne, public pour la premi^ fois . . .
par Frandaqne Michel. Paris, Techener, 13mo. 1838.

Lettre an Directeor de I'Artiste, toachant le MS. de la Bibliothdque de Berne,
Mo. 354, perdu pendant vingt-hmt ans, snivie de qoelques pieces inedites da 13'
ritele rdativea ii divers m^ers dn moyen Age tir^ de ce manuscrit, public par
Adiflk JnbinaL Paris, 8to. 1838.

All tlwae publications ma/ be lud in London of Mr. Pickering.

! Three King?, the bullying behaviour of the soldiers in the play of the
sion. with their cowardice at the tomb which they ore put to guard, are
a relief to the otherwise serious character of the dialogue.

The play of the Nativity, aa well as that of the Resurrection, commencet
with the Creation. The Creator is introduced reflecting on his works, and in
conclusion resolves to make man, in order to occupy the Paradise which Lu-
cifer, by his pride, had forfeited—

•' Pour reoovrer de Paradi*
IjCS sii^-g<es dont jay jadis*
Luoifer, par son grant orgueil."

' To recoTcr of Paradise
The Beat4 from which fell formerly
Lucifer, by his great pride."

I

I

The process of creating Adam and Eve is managed in a very ingeniotu
manner, and is a curious specimen of old stage machinery. While the Creator
is making the introductory speech, Adam and Eve are lying down on the
stage, each of them covered with a blanket. After the speech is ended. " God
takes some mud and pretends to make Adnm " (Cy prcingne Dieu du limon
et face semblaut de faire Adam), who thereupon jumps up from under his
blanket, and praises his Maker. Soon Adam becomes sleepy, and goes to lay
himself down by the side of Eve's blanket; God approaches him, takes him
by the ribs, and Eve rises from under her covering behind him.

Eve, from the moment God leaves her with her husband, begins to wish to
eat of the forbidden apple tree, and to wonder why it is forbidden. A devil,
called Betgihus, appears beside the tree and tempts her. She eats of the
fruit, and, after some conversation, persuades Adam to do the same. TTie
apple sticks in Adam'i throat (a circumstance from which is derived a popular
name for the protuberance of the throat, Adam's apple, pomme d'AdamJ, and
he cries out —

Ha hay ! je suy mat Avoiez :
C« morcel ne puis nvoler.
Las doolercux ! qu'il est amerl
Eb la gorge la cnort me tient.
HdUii ! trop a t*rt me soavient
De la parole que me dist
Nostre Seigneur quant il [ me J
fist," Sec.

" Oh me I T nm in a scrape :
Thi» tnorBcl 1 cwnnot «wallow.
Wretch that I am ! how bitter it is!
It sticks in my tbrost, and will ht

the death of me.
Alas I 1 betliiak nie too lute
Of the speech which made to roe
Oar Lord, when he created me," Sec.

Then God comes forward, and causes Adam and Eve to be turned out of
Paradise. Adam asks what they are to du, to keep themselves —

'* Orprcni h ii. mains une besche
Et la terra foiii* et beseUe,
Bt tc veste de robe de honte.
Ton p6chie tout autre surmonte :
Ta peoi oases gdmir et plourer.

Adam.

Eo terre me fanlt labourer
Sam plas ateadre.

cy prttgne une betche et Mourr.

Eve.

II me convient aussy entendre
Sans delay k faire beaotf ne,

" Tfike n spade in your two hands,
Aud turn up and dig the earth,
And go drcas yourjctf, for aha
Thy gin surmount* all others :
Thou mayest groan and lam
enough.

Adam.

In the earth T must labonr

Without any more ado.

Here let fiim take a $pad* and dig,

Eva.

I also must learn

Withoat delay to do aoroe bnainMa,

* Ml Jubinal prints this line thus : —

" Lea si'ijjes dont j'ay { jetf) jadia,"
«uppo«ing the word JHJ \a have bfcn overlooked by the scribe. The addition nf

^f,r-> !■ ■•" • - -I I' ...■•>- ''•-■ -'I.-,, "t the liiif, and we »mlurti to sugirr*! ihst the

"" idy a rariatlon of rA«», fell. The »enfenc« *

1838.3

Romance of Robert the Devil.

47

Et filler tantost ma qneloigne
Pbnr faire Arvpa et cnTechiex,
Nappes, tonailles, et omiliez.
Faire le fault quant le convient,
Car tel ovraige m'apartient."

And to spin immediately my distaff,
To make cloths and kerchiefs,
Napkins, towels, and pillows.
I most do it, since it mnst be so,
For such work belongs to me."

And so "Adam delves, and Eve spins."* There were inoumerable legends
abroad, in the Middle Ages, concerning the holy cross, one of which appears
in this Mystery. Time has passed on, and Adam, in his advanced age, is
dying. He sends his son Seph (Cep) to Paradise, to pray to God for him.
God orders Raphael to give him a branch of the apple-tree.

" Qr V9U Rapkatl h dtp, et /y bailie
la branehe, et die :

Cep, beans amis, entens h. moy :
Dien le pdre m'envoie ii toy,
Et par moy t'envoie ce raio,^
Qpa est dn pommier, pour certain,
Dont ton pire menga la pomme.
Va- t-an de cy, congi^ te donne,
Et quant ton p^re sera mors,
Dedans sa fosse, suz son corps,
Le planteras, Dieu te conunande ;
A present plus ne li demande.
Car de Iny plus n'enporteras."

" Here let Raphael come to Seph, and
give him the branch, andtay :

Seph, my good friend, listen to me :
God the father sends me to thee.
And by me sends tbee this branch.
Which is of the apple-tree, for certain,
Of which thy father eat the apple.
Go away from hence, I give thee thy

leave.
And when thy father shall be dead,
Within his grave, over his body,
Plant it, God commands thee ;
At present ask nothing more of him,
For you will get nothing more from

him."

Seph plants the branch, as he is ordered, and in course of ages out of it
grew the tree which furnished the wood to make the cross on which Christ
was crucified.

Before we leave Jubinal's book, we will observe that it contains an interesting
preface and notes, in the latter of which he has printed the Songe d'Enfer of
Raonl de Hondatng, and another ancient poem entitled A dispute between the
SjfJtagogue and the Church.

The curious old Romance of Robert the Devil (a name which has been
rendered so famous by the opera of Meyerbeer) is printed very elegantly in
quarto, double columns, with the beautiful fac- simile of the old gothic type
which was cast at the expense of the Prince d'Essling. To produce a still
more close resemblance to the ancient MS. the ten illuminations which adorned
it have been re-produced in so many wood-cuts which are given in their
several places in the poeoi. it is altogether a very beautiful book. The Eng-
lish reader has become well acquainted with the legend of Robert the Devil by
the re-print of the Old English prose translation in the three volumes of Early
English Prose Romances by Mr. Thorns. M. Tr^butien has prefaced his edition
of the French Metrical Romance, which is of the thirteenth century, by a long
and curious introduction, in which he examines the historical allusions which
it is supposed to contain, collects the popular traditions concerning it, and gives
a list of the different forms in which the romance has, from time to time,
appeared.

The name of Robert the Devil is still preserved in traditions and names of
places in different parts of Normandy. One of the towers of the Tower of
London, now called Devereux's Tower, was, in the reign of Henry VIII. known
by the name of Robin the Devyll't Tower. We think that M. Tr^butien has
misunderstood the words of Britton and Brayley, who confess themselves
ignorant of the origin of this name. They could scarcely be ignorant of the
legend of Robert the Devil, but they might be uncertain why his name came

* See the proverb illustrated both by a picture and a song, in our Review of
Wfigfat's Early English Poetry, Gent. Mag. May, 1837, p. 518.
t Rain, a iran«i, from the Latin Ramms.

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Retro8pectivk Rkview.

[July,

I

to be given to the tower, a difficulty which the present editor of the romanc
has not cleared up by saying it it derived from the narae of his hero. The reoH
solution probably m, that in the reign of Henry VIII. some room in this tower'
was fitted up with tapcslry representing this curious legend.

The beautiful little prose romance of Kiny Flore and the fair Joan,
edited by M. Franeisque Michel, is written with much noire// in a very rustic
dialect. Its plot resembles that of the Roman de la f'ioletle, which wi
noticed in Januury. 18:i5. The father of Joan was a knight who lived
the borders of Flandrrs and Hainault. He married her to his favourite esqaicc
whom he knighted on the occasion, and gave with her a rich dowry. TIw
squier, whose name was Robin, proceeded to fulfil a vow which he had iiiad(
to go in pilgrimage to St. James of Composteilo before he consummated hi|
marriage ; and one of the knights at the court of his father in-law made him
wager that before his return he would obtain the favours of bis wife. The falsf
knight bribed the old woman who attended on the lady, but no persuasioul
could prevail, and news had already come that Rubin was on his way baclc|
when the knight, fearful of losing his wager, was secretly introduced by tlv
old woman into the house when Joan was naked in a bath. He seized upoq
her, and, while carrying her to the bed with the purpose of obtaining what sh4
denied by force, he observed a mole on her thigh. Unable to efl'ect his pur-
pose, he retired with disgrace ; but by describing to her husband the molc
which he had seen, he persuaded the latter that the wager was gained. RobinJ
in disgust, leaves his wife and home, and goes secretly to Paris. The faithfu
Joan follows him, and in disguise lives long with him as his page ; till they returnj
Robin challenges and defeats the false knight, recovers his wife, and lives^
happily with her to his death ; after which, as a reward for her many virtues,
she is married to the rich King Flore. This little volume is a beautiful ai!di>
tion to the various forms in which appeared this popular story, until at last M
was embodied in the Cymbctine of Shakspeare, and therefore it is one of ihosfll
books which should be in every Shakspcare collection.

The last book which we shall notice at present, is a tract by Jubinal relating
to a valuable MS. of Romances and Fabliaux which had been long missini
from the library at Berne, but whidi has been recently discovered at Paris, u\i
finally restored to its ancient repository. The first part of this tract isareprinl
of a letter to a periodical, giving the history of the MS., with the circumstance
connected with its discovery and restoration. This is followed by five poemi
on the different trades of the Middle Ages, taken from the Berne MS. Thi
several trades that are celebrated in these poems, which are curious illustrao
tions of the manners and costume of the thirteenth century, are the Chaugers,^
the Shoemakers, theClothicrsi, the Butchers, and the Rope-makers. Aneitrae
from the second of these ])oems, will shew us how great a point it was wit
the gallants of those days to be bien chaiut^a.

Ne chevancber ne porroit
Nus prodlom s'il axa piez estoit,
Qui de plufor nc fust g-abt^
Ainz qu'il fust gaires loin al^ ;
Que j*«i v^u, si com moi sanble,
Qant oele gent sient ensanblo,
Que aucuns passe par In voie
J^ n'i aura nui qui lo voic.
Qui ne I'esgart devers Ips piez
Se il e*t bien on mal cbauci^.
For ce di-je, selon nion san.
Qoe niinaz vaiidroit, «i con je pans,
Avoir nn ]m> mnm'r vcsti'arc

Neither could a respectable person

Ride out if lie were bare-foot.

But he would be mocked bj everybody

Before he bad gone far.

For I have seen, as it seeini to me,

When tbfise peopl<» sit toijptlier,

If any one jiass !■.

Tbt*r^ is not oni: > o see hi

V '■ ■ .'■-■ i not look ..,v. , liii feet,

I 'iHJ or bud shurS.

' ' ! si\v. in mv ■'pitiKni

Tiiiil it will.
To 111? « bf

Et
Car

Que I nil
' Qui bieri >

The last wuwk

lire : ', -

pcHt, !

rfuprit : "t Mill I- Mju

■ , n>»t pas noa-' " 'Howboli
M. Jubinal's tract is a table of
MS., frith the two first Jinrs of each pirce.

I cat and small,

- - ;- — rt!».

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REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

I

I

Kiwain* of /Ac iaif Itn\ Riehard Hnr-
rrti Fronde, A, At, '2 vob.

WE hmro been inorr than usually
tnterrstrd in lh«se volumes, nnd very
grateful to the editor for having in so
jadicioQS nnd affectionate a manner
pcrfonncc} his act of duty to his friend's
mmiar)', and p;iven us so true and
Irirely a |.iicture of his profound pipty,
his lirillinnt talents^ nnd his accurnte
fend varied knowledge. The author of
t)tc volumes was the eldest son of the
iJie Vewrable R. 11. Froudc, Arch-
OvwoD of Totnes, and was Iwm and
died in the parsonage house of IJart-
ington. Devon. Hewaa born in 1803;
ira« at Otley free school, in the family
of ibc Itcv. George Coleridge ; went
b> Eton in 181 G; resided at Oriel as
• eommoner in 1821 ; took a high
dcfire of Bachelor of Arts in 1S24 ;
wu elected Fellow of hia college in
infij in 1S27 took his M.A. degree;
Uw Mme year he held the office of
tutor till lS30j and he was ordained
in I8?8. The disorder which termi-
nated bis life showed itaelf in 1831.
He therefore pnssed the winter of 1832
in Italy, and the shores of the Medi-
termnean ; and the two next winters
in the West (ndies. He dicdofcon-
saniption on the 28th Feb. 1836, when
he was nearly thirty-three years old.
The two pre«CDt volumes are formed
from |>a|KTS. left behind by the author,
hut never prepared for publication.
Tlie editor ju.«tly remarks, that if an
•polog)' 13 requisite for the magnitude
of the ndlection, it will be found in
the truth and extreme importance of
the views to the development of which
the whole is meant to be subservient ;
artd also in the instruction dcrivalilc
from a full iihibitioo of the author's
character us a witness to those views.
The editor, after hnviog eii)rcssed the
nalural reluctance which all persons of
dtt ^'. f<>el in having the fami-

liii and habits of those wiUi

i^i '; t:(l unreservedly

ri iilic eye, makes

a I .. I..- .niitgutanty of the

ri> ^ toJuMlfy it. He says,

'- uet mm lujipote n perron in the
GMtrr. Map. Voi, X,

prime of manlinod, devoting himself
ardently and !>ol»erly to the jjiUMdliou of
the line t/reat catue, writiiii;, tliiiiking,
iipeakin;; of it for years, as excbiiiivcly sa
the needs and infirmities of humsii life
Would allow ; but dying before Le could
bring to |>erfection nny of the plans which
hud suggested themselves to liim for its
advancement. Let it be certainly known
to his friends that he was firmly rrtscdved
never to shrink from any thing not mo>
rally wrong which he had good gronnds
to believe would rrnlly forward that cause ;
and thot it wa« re.il )>ain and distjuiet to
him if he sow his friends in ony woy post-
poning it to his supposed feelings and in-
terests. Suppose furtlier, that having been
for weeks and months in the full consci-
ousness of what was soon likely to befall
him, he departs leaving such pnjiers as
make up the present collection in the
hands of those next to him in blood, with-
out any express direction as to the dis-
posal of them ; and that they, taking
counsel with the friends on whom he was
known chiefly to rely, unanimously and
decidedly judged publication most desir-
able for that end, which was the g<iide of
his Ufe, and which they too esteemed
paramount to all others. Imagine the
papers appearing to them so volanble,
that they feel as if they lisil no right to
withhold such aid from the cause to which
he was pledged ; would it, or would it not
be their duty, as faithful trustees, in such
CISC to overcome their own scruples ?
The case of a person sacrificing him.Hclf
altogether to one great object, is not of
every day occurrence. It is not like the
too frequent instances of papers being
rnnsaeked and brought to liffht, because
tlie writer was a little more distinguished
or accounted a httle wiser and better than
his neighbours. It cannot be fairly drawn
into a precedent, except in circumstances
ecjually uncommon."

It was impossible that the editor
could puss over unnoticed the probable
expression of a feeling, that many of
thu sentiments and expresBions encou-
raged a dangerous tendency to Ro-
manism ; and he has succesafully met
it, from the author's own repeated de-
clarations.

" The view," he taya, " which the

author would probobly take of his own

position is this : that ho was a ministCT

not of any human K«toJ»li»hrHeT»l,>i>xX ol

U

3

4

RsyiEYf.— 'Remains of the Rev. R. H. Froude.

tbe one Holy Catholic Church, which,
among other pUccs, is allowed hy her
Divine Master to manireit herself locally
In England, and Vta in furmrr tiincH been
endowed by the piety of her mcniberv.
That the State has but secured by law
thOMt endoicment* which it could not neise
without nacriUgt, and in return for thi*
8U|)|)oged liuoD, hag encumbered the right-
ful j>o»ie»sion of them by various conditiorui
caiculated to bring tbe church into bond-
age ; that her minitterti, in con«e<{Ucnce,
are not bound to throw thcin»elveg into
the spirit of isach enactments ; mther are
bound to keep tliemaelTeii from the «narc
and guilt of them, and to observe only
■ttch a literal acquiescence as is all that
the law requires in any cose, all that an
externa] oppressor has a right to ask.
Their luyalty is already engaged to the
Church Catholic, and they cannot enter
into tbe drift and intentions of her op-
pressors without betrayinij her, For
example, they cannot do more than sub-
mit to the stjitute of premunire; they
cannot defend or concnr in the present
sua)>ension in every form of the Church's
synodal powers and of her power of ex-
coinmuuicatiun ; nor can Ihcy sympathize
in the provision which hinder their cete-
bratingfiet out n/theaereH daily »ervieft,
which ore their patrimony equally with
the Romanists. Af^in, doublleas the
spirit in which the present Estahlishmcat
WHS framed, would require an alTectionatc
admiring remembrance of Luther nnd
others, for whom tliere is no evidence
that the author of these volumes ever
entertained any reverence."

This extract will pnt the reader in
possession of the great object of the
Author's wiiibes and hopes, nnd the
constant employment of his thoughts
and writings — the rvtloration of the
British Church. And when we look
around at the desolate and decayed
aspect she now presents, despoiled of
her ancient patrimony, shorn of her
ancient privileges, and deprived of her
ancient power ; when we view the
effect this has produced on the habits
and feelings of the people; the low
opinion they form of her station and
her righta ; the cool apathy and indif-
ference of the laity who otill adhere
to her forms and ordinances ; tht in>
suiting language uf the sectaries to-
wards her; tlic manner in which this

fn,

^1 wl ■ .

t' nrTy'sgratniti
waa • tpee<

* Wc rf.-

church, so weakened and disfigured,
has been placed, with all her sacred
offices, her mysterious gifts, her holy
claims, at the feet of a semi-laic
commission ; when we find the verj"
persons who, by virtue of this tenure
of office, have a disposal of her emo-
luments, and should be the jealous
guardians of her rights, taking praise
to themselves l/ccawse they are not hot-
tite to Iter ; when in fact we see the etil
produced throughout the bodv of tho
people by the disuse of chnrcn disci-
plino.and thclossofherspiritual autho-
rity; when we contemplate the wretch-
edly cold, lifeless, hopeless indifference
and carnal-mindcdness willi whicit
tho !ierrice$, as they nrc called, of the
church are partaken of by the people ;
the diiihonouring of the sncramenta ;
the exaltation of the s$crmun, and the
rage after Gospel- preachers ; we say<
considering such things, we want no
apology for the expression of the very
strong feelings wc meet with is our
author's writings, seeing, that if we
go not with him to the full vKleat of
his opinions, — and that not so much
differing from him as to their sound-
ness or correctness, ad by reason of
their being hopeless to nccoraplish
under present circumslancos, — we are
yet convinced of the rectitude of bis
judgment, and of the absolute neces-
sity of many of the changes and re-
storations he so fondly advocates. At
present, however, the Ap|H>intment of
political biphops, and the institution
of political parsons to the Crown
livings, and the new tiihe-bill, and
the church-rate question. Are all tend-
ing the contrary waj*. We know
what end what we called tiUrai men
come to ; and it will not be difficult
to forelel the end of a librrol cAiircA.
As a specimen of the extent to whicit
this psoudo-churily has reached, even
among the watchmen uf Israel, we
heard a late- instituted bishop declare
that his pride should be to adhere to
the steps of his prcdecetsoi ; and yt>l
we know that this predecessor hod
declared ovei and over again tliat he
would live and di« in the opinion* of
Hoadly ! •

n

, be

jKii iii.t jrifujc 111 uider

KmriBW. — tttmaiiu of the Rtv. R. H Froude.

$i

I

The first Tnlamc of this work con-
t«in», ihtr IVivalc Journal of the Au-
thor— I^Ufrs I" Frioutl's — and Oc-

cit- ' T' ■ '=,. The joii,
f: a which i

t! if his thciugni- and

a 1 ncc with the precepts

>'> his attention to the-

T' ■■! [»rilj'i'r niij fatliinj ;

hi >i with the atatc of

li induct: while a con-

h*' of fcrentricity and

Biagular thoughts And confi^^gtons.
morL-or lc5$, pprvndc the whult-juurnal.
We must give a short specimen of the
Orra>*inttnl Thoughts, in which many
»" Mtifcted with religious faith

.1 1 with great clearness and

po<v* r ,.,! rcajoaiag. but arc too long
to transcribe.

" Fcfa. 19- He remarked in a sermon
yntrrday that, in the name sense as the
Jnr* were nadOHa/li/ tiecled into fiod's
lu>UM>hiiliI before otLcr riatioas, aud likc'
wi"- s.iinr- (Ir-ntlirn nation** before Dtlier^,
Ml othrr iimi.iriMil or o«Mi:ni,il

fr " the ymii /ilro'nrr of (•dti,

we all have hv«n indiriduaUji ttrcttd,
insmnnch ■< no reason ran be aissiKned
for cm r 1 ' n Iwrn iit o Chrifitian

eomklr) u a IteutlR-n. cxL-cpi

ih'- "■"■ -. : uf (iud. In tlitfc sense,

ill I one, can the- 'Oalliug' and

' i ( individuals be railed arbi-

triujr. Wlicther in the other sense we
arr rirct, dopendu on what we ourselves
or ri leanini; nil the arm of

I- to helji all to whom it

h.i ^.i .. .„..„, on fon<litioo that they
tnti loan on it. It is Gtul that workeLh
io na It tt^iU nwl <ln of hi» good plea-
sure, bnt not so ns to leave ns nothing
Io do ourselves -, while it is Ae that will,
We haie Ikr powtr not to will.

" June. Awof<«», about Absolution,

Am«'I -'• •'<.. When our Lord breathed

U)' he said to thfiii, ' Ue-

ci- <ili08t, \Vhosc»oeTcr

akas yc tcuiii, they are remitted unto
ibcm ; and whosesoever sbis ye retain,
tiwy an rttained.' What are we to under-
ttaa4 WM the nature of the power com-

manicated unto them ? Was the viUiUt|r
of their sentence to depend upon th«
truth of its grounds ? — It is not eaaj to.l
CQUceive the contrary : by it, sopposing f
thcfu to be correct, wc Whete that I
tlieir elTects would follow ibeai tndepeH'
dent of any authoritalive assuranor. So (
that a scoffer might say. What does tho j
sentence of the Church come to ? for yoQ j
do not seem to assert its validity except
in cases where you would allow the sen-
tence of any one else to be equally valid :
its authority doca not ensure its execu-
tion, unless without authority it would
have been equally executed. It seema to
me altogether a very pu«ling difficulty :
an exeomniunicated person is either worse
off) or not worse off than he was before.
If be is not, how can it be looked upoa
as an evil and a punisbment.' — it degene-
rates simply into a matter of expediency."

So far the author, from which we
must remark that if the remission or
retaining of sius by the Apostles were
accompanied by any acta of power,
such as readmiitiou. into the Church, or
ejcr.ommunicatioh, the clTect of that
power tniijht be very different, frota
the simple convictiuo that pardon or
punishment would hereafter follow,
according to the religioua diflpensatton
of God with Man and the declarations
of Scripture. But if no act of power
further than the announcement, au-
thoritatively declared, of the spiritual
state of the person follow ; then it
might be considered as a gift bestowed
on the Apostles to corroborate their
faith, and convince them of the high
powers bestowed on them ; and also as
a proof of the power Christ had be-
(]ueathcd to his Church here on earth.
In both coses a distinct and important
object is gained.

We end our brief extracts from these
Occasional Thou{i;ht9, with the con>
eluding passage : —

" The ' array of talent ' which has mar»
shi-dlcd itself on the side of tlic Roraaniita
ns regards their political claims, is pointed
out to us as a two-fold argument for

aad wm» and hsuj^H himself.'

I

Such we •tippose was the tling of thefaceiia Grgy-

t." ■ " ' .it that time a B^^hop who heard

II t have answered, if hi:* Christian

|r. ....<>„..;.,., „f Durham, had given

dv r which bus been cal-

til iry office,'! which Lord

(;, Olid tiicijdt, Cvc. Now, whose house was in best

n , ids wore spoken when such persons as tlie present

Arr.h)>Ulioi> ol ( ..iiurl>ur), the Bishops pf L«ailaff| ftietfiTi CUetXCCt VX^ ^t 'VtNt

Uabop of Durham, nere ou the Bcwb.

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52

Review. — Remains of the Rev, R. H. Froudc.

[July.

*

*

alMDdooiag our position. Tlie iotelli-
gcfice of their BUpportcrs is urged as on
authority to whioh we ^lloulJ in common
modeaty defer ; our inability to do icilh-
cut them a» a reiuon why we should court
their services on their tenns. I do not mean
to admit the power of cither separately ;
hut what 1 Bbsert i^, that both together,
they are utterly untennble. When the
authofiljf of these persons is used, their
friendship is as.-iumed, while their threat-
ened detertion supposes them disaffected.
A» to the first point, it is here presumed
that they are quoted against us, not to
thake our principle!), but our miflaken
way of supporting ihcni. The weight,
then, i^bich wc should attribute to their
advice must depend on their attachment
to our principle. We must know what
they intend to support, before we can
rdy on them as supporters. Next, it
wonld be no very consistent display of
Bttarbment to abandon tlie prineiples
themselves, to punish the deluded ob-
stinacy of their unenlightened adherents.
No folly which wc can show will alter
the chAracter of the endi we have in
view ; and he who will not desert theiu,
cannot desert nt, \ shnll assume, then,
that whatever may be the inexpediency
of oar present line of conduct, no part
of that inexpediency arises from the
chance of delaehing from our cause any
true frfend, however enli(;htoned. They
who support the Romanists, to advonct
the interests of the Church, will not ad-
here to them, in spite of its interests;
nor suJTer it to sustain unnecessary injury
because they cannot benefit it their own
way. On thcae grounds, then, it seems
to me quite evident that those whose
services must be bought by concetiriou,
can have no authority as advisers. It
may be true that ' all the talent of the
country ' hold the safety of the Established
Church second to their theories of politi-
cal convenience ; and to such talent wc
may submit as conquered enemies, bat
we can never coalesce with it as allies,"

His opinion on church matters may
be gathered from many such thort
passages and hinta as the following :

P. 250.—" All the Methodists in these
p&rta are cocking up their ears at tlie
new* of his approach. May he r»capc
becoming « Gosjiel mimrter. 1 hav«« read
the lives of Peacock and Wickliffc in
fjtryjie ; but must rcml niueh mont nfMiut
them and their timet before I undcritoud
them. At present 1 admire IVncock ami
■lislikr WifkJiffe. A i^rr.it dclcrioraUun
seem* to have taken pliti-e in the spirit ot
the Church after Edttard IheTTiirxl's dbith.
. . Iliargbccavery idlclately. bolliAvc

taken up Strype now and then, and have
not increased tny admitatiou of the Re*
formers. One muAt not speak lightly of
a martyr; so I do'not allow my feelings
to pujis the verge of scepticism ; but I
really do feel sceptical, whether LAtimer
was not something in the Bulleel line —
whether the Catholicism of their formule
was not a concession to the feeling* of
the nation, with whom puritanism hod not
yet become' pojmlar, and who could
scarcely bear the alterations which bad
been made ; and whether the progreis ttt
things in Edward the Sixth's minority
may not be considered as the jobbing of
a faction. I will do myself the justice
to say, that those doubts give me pain,
aud that I hope more reading will ia
some degree dispel them. As far as 1
am gone, I think better than I was pre-
pared of Gardiner and Uonner ; certalnlj,
the ^fot of the Reforniatiun is to me a
terra incoffnila, and I do not think that
it has been cJiplaincd by any one that I
have heard talk about it."

Again,—

" I have been looking into Strype's
Memorials and Bumct a good deal with-
out finding much to like in the Re-
formers, but ] do not see clearly the mo-
tives of the different parties. The sin-
cerity of the leading men on both sides
seems so equivocal that I can hardly SCO
what attached them to their neapectiTe
positions, I have observed one thing,
and uiily one, in favour of my gucsscd-
iit theory, that h, that Cranmer had a
quarrel with Gardiner about admittiog
poor people's children to a fotudalion
school at Canterbury ; the bitter inaisting
on their czclotiion. Certainly, this was
a change in the tone of the high church
party since A^'iUiam of Wykchum's lirac.

The only /*.»0«)<»ij on which 1 can

put my hand, as haxiog resulted from my
trnvcU, is that the whole Christiiui system
all over Europe — ' tendit vi<iibililer od
non esse.' The same process whicti Is
going on in England and France is taking
its coarse everywhere else, and the clergy
in those. Catholic countries »eeni as com-
pk'tcly to hate lust their iullucuce, and
to submit as tamely to the StatCi aa cvei
we con do in England."

But we inu»t change the kubject.
In a letter from Rome he tnakes an
obscrvatinn on tho u&e of coloured
stone in orchilccUire, which wc trur-
belvfs had strongly fell when wc firat
cnlcnd St. I'uuI'b with the rtcuHec*
lion of Si. IVtfi'ft fresh in uur mihd.

" Dtforc I came here ) bad so idea
o( xJu; cfcct of cultfurcd «looc w orcbi*

1838.1

Rbtikw.— IZffMttiff of tie Rep. R. Iff. frevde.

53

tactore ; but the lue M. Angelo has made
of it in St. Peter*!, ihowa one at once
kow entirely that a^le ia designed with
reference to it, and how abswd it was
in Sir Christopher Wren to copy the form
when he conld eopy nothing more. The
coloured part so completely disconnects
itself from the rest, and forms snch a de>
ddcd and elegant relief to it, that the
two seem to be independent designs that
do not interfere. The plain stone-work
has all the simplicity of a Grecian temple
and the marbles set it off, jost ss a fine
scene or a glowing sky would. I obserre
that the awkwardness of mixing up arched
and nnarched architectore is thus en-
tirely avoided, as all the arched work is
coloured, and the lines of the nncolonred
portion are all either horizontal or per-
pendicolar. So Michael Angelo adds his
testimony to my theory abont Gothic ar-
chitectore."

One more quotation, and we most,
per force, abstain :

" P. 306. Monseignenr , the head

of the College, who has enlightened

me on the snbject of our reUtions to the
Chnrdi of Rome. We got introduced to
him to find out whether he would take
us in on any terms to which we could
trust onr consciences, and we found to
oar dismay that not one step conld be
gained without swallowing the CouncQ of
Trent as a whole. We made onr ap-
proaches to the subject as delicately as
w^ could. Our first notion was that the
terms of communion were within certain
limits under the control of the Pope,
or that, in case he could not dispense
solely, yet at any rate the acta of one
Council might be rescinded by another ;
indeed, that in Charles the Rrst's time
it had been intended to negociate a re-
conciliation on the terms on which things
stood before the Council of Trent. But
we found to our sorrow that the doctrine
of the infallibility of the Church made
the acts of each successive Council obli-
gatory for erer ; that what had been once
decided, could nerer be meddled with
again. In fact, that they were com-
mitted finally and irrcTOcably, and could
not advance one step to meet us, even
though the Church of England should
become what it waa in Laud's time, or
indeed what it may have been up to the

atrocions Council, for M admitted

that many things, e. jf. the doctrine of
mass, which were fixed then, had been
indeterminate before. So much for the
Council of Trent, for which Christendom
has to thank Luther and the Reformers.

dedaiea, that ever since I heard

thia, I kave become « ftanodi Protegtaut,

which is a most base calnamy on his
part, though I own it has altogether
changed my notions of the Roman Ca-
tholics, and made me wish for the total
otherthrow of their system. I think that
the only tovm now — is 'the ancient
Church of England ;' and as an explana-
tion of what one means,— ' Charies the
first and the Nonjnrors.' "

There are in the volumes, besides
what we have already mentioned, some
very good Sermons, and an exceed-
ingly ingenious and interesting essay
on Church Architecture and the Rise
of the Pointed Arch. A few pieces of
poetry are also preserved, from which
we make the following extract :— •

" DAMIBI..

" Son of sorrow 1 doom'd by late
To a lot most desolate,
To joyless youth and childless age.
Last of thy father's linesg^—
Blighted being I whence hast thou
That lofty mien and clondless brow ?

"Ask'st thou whence that cloadkss
Bitter is the cup, I trow ; [brow I

A cup of weary, well-spent years—
A cup of sorrows, fasts, and tears ;
That cup whose virtue can impart
Snch calmness to a troubled heart I

" Last of his father's lineage, he.
Many a night on bended knee.
In hunger many a live-long day.
Hath striven to cast his slough away ;
Yea, and that long prayer is granted.
Yea, his Soul is disenchanted.

" Oh I blest above the sons of men.
For thou, with more than prophet's ken.
Deep in the secrets of the tomb
Hath read their own eternal doom ;
Thou, by the hand of the Most High,
Art sealed for immortality.

" So may I read thy story right,
And in my flesh so tame my spright,
That when the mighty one goes forth,
And from the east and from the north
Unwilling ghosts shall gather'd be,
I, in my lot, may stand with thee."

We leave these volumes with every
feeling of respect to the author's me-
mory. His mind was strong and ably
exercised ; he had a powerful intellect
and a discriminating taste ; while
every page of his writings bears wit-
ness to the virtuous principles which
regulated bis conduct, and the strong
religious faith which it was the ob>
j«ct o[ his life \fi mwaVMU tasfi V> ^-

£4

RKViEW.^Faber's Primiihe Doctrine of Jmtiftcation. [July,

fu.sc. Fortunately, the manuscripts
left by the author have found an editor
who has performed his Bomewliat de-
licate task with the very qualities
which it waa desirable for him to pos-
sess, but so diflicult to find — affection
for the author's memory, similarity of
sentiments among important questions
touched on, and an intimate acquaint-
ance with all the points connected with
their discussion.

The Primitive Dudrine uf JuDtiJicatiou
inve3{iy<tlfid, Sfc. By George Stanley
Faber. B.D.

THIS volume has had its origin in
borae opinions advanced in the works
of the late Mr. Knox, on the subject
of justification, which Mr. Faber was
solicited by some of his clerical bre-
thren to examine, and to communi-
cate to them the result of bis inquiry.
The subject itself, it is needless to say,
is of the greatest interest that can
possibly come under invc3tii;ation ;
those who maintain the diO'erent sys-
tems arc persons of eminent learning,
piety, and character ; and the- argu-
ment is conducted with such feelings
of respect as are due to the sanctity
of the subject and the rcs|icctability
of those who are conscientiously ex-
amining it for the discovering of truth.
Wc must give a vcr^' short outline of
it in Mr. Fabcr's own words; —

"The one system (th«t of Mr, Knox
and big follower*) i^romiils our justifica-
tion ujion our own intrinsiic rightcoua-
iiess iofased into us by GotI, Ihrougb our
faith in tlie I^rd JrauK Clirtot ; the other
system grounds onr justification ujKjn the
extrinsic righteousness uf Christ, appro-
priated and forensically mmle our own
by foith, Oh by an appoiiitfd instrument.
The unc leaches that we are not only
roputvd, hut actually matle righteous to
oil amunnt sufficient, tbroueh this precise
mt-diuin, to procure snd effect our justi-
fli nlioi) hefore Clod ; tlic oilier tcftfhc*
that we ure justified only on ttee«iunt
uf llie perfect rigblcousne«s of Christ,
tliroui^b the medium of foilb, which wc
barf iuipiiled to n!t (n« the apustlc speaks),
instead nf n -^ whidi «c hare
H'A, 'Die <- ■■ the riRhtcous-
II -^ -- ' ^ ■'. - -' •■(

inliiniil; tbc other riirciiilly liixlin-
giiltttr^ both io office ao<l uhnrai^Ucr and
order of lUccCMloa the pcr&cl risUleous-

nesB of ^'tur/i/ica/toa. which is Cliriiit'«, an4|
the iniixrrfect il ' *' '.■,'<<•/». 1

lion, which i> i lin.

lainn that thi i., ...... ..but I

inherent righteousness of Baoctiticntirm |
jtuti/ift those, who, before the infumoa I
of that heavcn-boru, but in the world]
sin • intermingled cjuality, were ainoAK I
the impious and ungodly; it
maintiuns chat, although tbr

and inherent rightcousne:$s of i.^

tion is erer pretent (as the wntcr of |
the Homily s|ieaks) with those that ara
jujitilied, yet it has no band in procuring |
and efftcting their jostilicatinn, inas*
luurh as the one follows after the otJier,
and therefore iu the very nature of Ihin^
cannot be its antecedent cause ; for each
aystein alike the authority uf Scripturw |
is claimed,"

Mr. Fabcr, in the fullowing section,
shows with what just impressions of]
the subject, he enters oa the inquiry :

" So far IU I om able to judge, a dif*
ferenoe thus nmiked, and thus impor- J
tant, requires for each individual's own J
satisfaction, a sifting as complete aa au
union of honesty and labour can render
it; and this sifting is the more neces-
sary, because the difference lies tiot be-
tween rcLigioa and irrclitpon, — not be-
tween seriousness and profancncss, — not
between caution and carelessnest, — not
between n strong iuteut and n rrtl indif-
ference,— not between a holy regard of
Gml's word m\A an unholy disregard of{
it; but between men alike impressed with i
the importaaee of the Roapcl,— alike
aimiiit; in all »iiii-crity nt the pr-icticc of
godliness, and alike cliiimiug Christ aa
tluir only L4)rd nnd Siiviour : in a word,
between the departed piety of Mr. Koox I
united with the living rxccllencc of Lta |
adherents, on the one band, and the de-
|>artL'd piety uf Hooker united with tba j
living excellence of Hooker'* cUseiples, on (
Uie other liand."

In St. Paul's aense, says Mr. Knox.
" to be justified, is not simply to be
ncciiuuletl riyhleoui, but aUo and in i
the first insUince to be made liciii, ,
by the implunlulion of a nn!
ciplr uf Hifihti-fivtnfss." Thi-:
Mr. Fabcr thinks was first propouttdcitj
br Peter Lombard itv the i'ilh ccn<
tury. nnd Thomas Aquinas in tU^ rith.l
and adopted by Ibfc' tridcnfinc iti-
vine*. Tnc diffcicncc I" twaj

schemes lies in t/w vr,
Ju.'' Mr. litio

dci 1), uitd t;

tuHkc lUv |>tocuiing cau»v ui ju^auji.

1838.]

RiTRW.— 'GilMflo's Etpiuhgiatl Geogr^hy.

55

caltionto be our own uifiued and thert-
Jwt imhermt or tafrmme JRi^A/fomiieM.
The Cbarch of England and the Re-
formed Churchea make the procaring
canae of Jastification to be the ex-
trinsic RigkttDmmeaa of Chriat aippre-
htmiti ami ofpropriated Im the inalru-
untml hamd of FaUk. With respect
to the necessity of holiness both in
thought and word and work, as an
indispensable qualification for the
Kingdom of Heaven — all parties are
agreed, but when thev come to trfcat
of the place, which, in the economy
of justification, is occupied by holi-
nesa, they differ considerably and in-
deed essentially ; for (Aw, in truth, is
the hinge on which turns the whole
controversy ; the one party make jus-
tification and sanctifiration substan-
tially the same. Man's sanctification
by an infusion of inherent righteous-
ness being no other than his intrinsic
moral justification, and on the ground
tftku imtritme wtoral jtulifieation, as
Mr. Knox theologises, man's diief hope
is to be viewed as resting, or as the
divines of Trent speak, the inherent
righteousness of moral justification is
properly called our righteousness, be-
cause, though it is inherent in us, we
are justified. The other party, widely
difiering from their opponents, make
sanctification altogether, in point both
of place and ideality, distinct from
justification ; inasmuch as they define
justification to precede sanctification,
and thence, of course, maintain that
Sanctification, instead of being identi-
ctl with, and indeed the very essential
constituent of Justification, follows
mfter it, and in truth never appears at
all until the man shall Jlrit have been
freely and forensically justified by the
alone perfect, and relatively to our-
selves entirely extrinsic, righteousness
of Chriat. Mr. Faber deeming the
views of Mr. Knox not only erroneous,
but hufkfy dangeroiu and e$»entiaUy un-
teriptmral, and thinking it to be his
duty to answer the respectful appeal
made to him, produced the present
work in answer. From the inherent
importance of the subject, from the
authorities in Scripture which are
cited, from the opinions and doc-
trinee of the Fathers illustrating the
scriptural text, and from the fairness
and closeness of the moral reason-
ing throoghoot, this w^ork of Mr.

Faber's will be of the highest interest
to all serious minds, and to those
versed in scriptural interpretation,
whatever may be the result of the
discussion on their minds. We only
withhold giving our opinion, from
seeing other works on the same sub-
ject under course of publication, which
we have not had an opportunity of
reading.

Etymological Geographf : betHg a elastim
fied list of temu entering into the
eomporition of Geographical Nawtea.
By T. A. Gibson. Edinburgh and
London. 1835.

IN imparting a knowledge of Geo-
graphy, it was thought heretofore
scarcely necessary to give the etymo-
logies of local appellations. It is.
however, highly advantageous for the
student to be made acquainted with
the derivation and signification of
names, especially in Europe, where
the Kelts designated natural objects
by terms expressive of their appear-
ance, position, character, qualities, &c.
The combination of this knowledge
with Geography would improve the
science ; for it would not be merely
curious to trace the etymologies, but,
as Pliny observed, the old words being
so expressive, the name of a place de-
scribes its character, as mountainous,
marshy, woody, watery, black, red,
grey, green, &c. and, as Mr. Gibson
remarks, " the appellation given to a
settlement not unfrequently indicates
the degree of advancement in civiliza-
tion to which the original founders
had attained."

It is remarkable that the primitive
topographical appellations have been
retained through so many successive
generations, and among different races.
In England innumerable names ap-
plied by the Britons, have remained
unchanged by the Saxons, Danes, or
Normans. In Scotland and Ireland
also, local terms have been generally
retained and incorporated in the dia-
lect of those who were entire strangers
to the language in which they are sig-
nificant ; but we recollect cases where
the original denominations have given
place to names recently imposed.
Sometimes indeed the new appellation
is a translation of the old, «& \^« ^«x-

5G

Keview.— Knight's Normans in Shilj/.

[Julj-,

*
*

*

lin Know, for Knock Caillcach (ihe
old woman's hillocii) ; Fidinburgli, for
Dun eidap, &c. : but in many cases
proprietors, from affuctcd delicacy of
ear, have altered the designations of
their estates, sinking the barbarous
titles of their fathers. Thus Balgorkar,
for which the less harsh sounding
* New Mains/ is substituted ; and
Ashcorisliclet, which gave way to tlie
more euphoniua ' Flowerbank.' A
Mr, Orrock purchases the lands nf
Culpna, but he gives his own name to
the estate, and is now " of Orrock," or
that ilk. But these corruptions ap-

Certain more to the province of trie
eralds.

We do not like this nicety, but for
our own parLi would rather adhere to
the original name, however uncouth,
than adopt one which loses all smack
of antiquity, and sounds to our ears
like " the Clarence cottages," the
" Victoriabuildings," "George IV. ter-
race." and other familiar designations
imposed by retired citizens of Cock-
aigne on their little doU's-house-look-
ing boxes.

Mr. Gibson, who is known for some
other works, and is master of Cauvin's
Hospital, Edinburgh, has very properly
given "to geographical names in the
British islands ttiat decided promi-
nence which their relative importance
to the youth of these countries seems
to claim ;" but he has incorporated
some Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Ger-
man words, " recommended by their
frequent occurrence in systems of
Geography," There is still on exten-
sive field before our author, and we
hope that he may meet the encourage-
ment which he says will induce him
to reprint the work with extensive ad-
ditions. It ought to be in every school
library.

Some of his etymologies are inge-
nious, if not altogether satisfactory.
" Aberiicthy in IV-rthshire." he says.
" derives its name from Nethan or
Nechtnn, a Pictish king, who made it
his principal residence." Of Aber-
nethy in Strathspey he gives the
proi>er etymology, viz. the confluence
of the Nethy (with the Spey). The
nrtilicinl mounts of Duinipace, he tells
us. With le&s discrimination than he
urually evinces, are from »' - 1 I'-n
Duni pacis — a pleonasm.
" Hills of Peace : " but sure I }

is Dun na bus, the "mounds of death,"
appropriately so termed, whether an-
cient moot-hilU, or sepulchral tumuli.
He conjectures LivprpnnI In siRnify
" the port of the river." No more
probable etymology has presented it-
self to us than the fnol where ves»rU
are livereil. i. e. unlnadod, di-dvercd.

Thf NormiiM in Sicily. By Hcnr\'
Gaily Knight. Esq. M.P.

IN his preceding work, bearing the
title of "An Architectural Tour in
Normandy." the author has taken a
view of the architecture of the Nor-
mans in France and England ; the
present is dedicated to a survey of their
operations in the third scene of their
conquest and dominion, the island of
Sicily.

The annala of this adventurous and
chivalrous people fill but a compara-
tively brief space in the volume of
historj' ; yet that space is bright and
glorious : it shines as a luminary
amidst a general gloom and darkness.
At the time when the Normans rose
into power, the (Jreck empire, sunk in
sloth and effeminacy, had preserved
only the lunury of imperial Rome ; the
energy, the valour, and the talents of
the conquerors of the world had de-
parted, and the learning of the Au-
gustan sera had retired to the seclu-
sion of the cloister. In the Western
branch of the Roman Empire, anarchy
and disorganisation were fast paving
the way for civil and religious despo-
tism.

A precarious sovereignty in a Bmall
portion of the former Western Em-
pire atill remained in the imperial
diadem of Byzantium; but even half of
that scanty dominion had been wrested
from it by the conquering Saracens,
who seemed to threaten to raise the
standard of Mahomet upon the ruins
of the ancient empire. During this
period, and while the Mahomedan
power seemed to be faskt gainin;;
an ascendancy, a band of little mnrt*
than forty Normans returning from Je-
rusalem landed at Salerno, and joinrd
the Greek commander in repuhine an
nttack of the .Saraccn«. Tin '
nnd discipline of the Norm.i:

them powerful v!-. I ^...i. ^^,

and their Itol. rm.

ployed asstipt: , >...^.„.;jtcd

n

IR38.]

Revikw,—K digit's Norinan$ mSicilff.

bf TvprnTctl fniierrittons Troni tht irown
til' ' '. iK'camo the so-

^- iliriA, nnilSicily,

tl neesof tluWi-st,

I . ((jK-aratJceofthU

bftijJ of ijilgjinii, n Aonnan ruler go-
Wfiiwl the firsl-iiaojeil province, and
during Uw two < ivluch wit-

nessed tkedurnti' <rmaiisway

ih"'- 'irps ^I'lf on -.--1.-11 wiili ago-

>• ; above what theyliad prc-

\> . .1 ■....! .-.c. ,tely bettor

ti . Az(.*al for

Xf . ^ . J — — _ uided ii>le-

ration — t devotion to the line arts — o
liid and to a certain extent a reprc-
feDtative government — and, for the
ricwl, even i peaceful sway— clmrac-
teitsrd the Norman dynasty. The
aob«licving S«rar«<n enjoyed equally
ivith the schismatic Greek and the
urthodox Catholic-, the benefits and
privileged of a regidnr government,
and the (n'ople knew not what it was
to bow to the absolute sway u( one
man. It wa? re&erved fot S|iani»h

in' ' ' •- to destroy the first benefit,

("■■ iesputism to lend its aid

vv the lalttT.

Jlo excellent «uinniary of the hls-
r\ iif ill.- Norraao period forms an
ai lircfHce to the architectu-

rill . I ilii» work, and it shews

titc todurncc which an energetic but
IMtjfective government has ever cxer-
ci*ed u|ion l)ie tine arts.

The ►M?nfficial influence of the Nor-
ta:, •' couutry will l>c readily

ar 1 when the mullitiule of

cbutilu'^ auiJ the vast number of other
works are taken into consideration :
what ihey eflected for these Italian
provinces in shewn by the same de-
scription of CTidenccs,

The uutliur made a personal survey
of 111.' r. miini.Kf arihitcctural speci>
ni lans, with the view

of , iL lurrect chiiracteTof

th' : building. The result of

Lr- . i i» given in the following

luminary.

•111.. i.Tiiiif,

p..

ma

•jn
it ■

tie

mi

f ; aciil, Srd, thnl

.•.•tl5. But

not Sara-

arches, it

it« I'lliMTt unit canitiilfi,
%'ot.. X.

Byzantine in its cttpolas and mos
Normnn and Greek in it* enrirbments ',
coinbiniition only to be found in SirilyJ
■mi natural there, from the mixture of tli«
dilti-rent notions."— (I'. ;j.l>.'.;

From this it will be seen, thot, in the]
author's opinion, the Pointed arch waa]
employed in the works of the Sicilian |
Normans at an earlier period than in <
the buildings of any other European '
nation : this naturally leads to an ex- .
position Iff hi9 opinion upon the origin
of the arch itself, to which he assigns
an oriental parentage. We preltr
giving his arguments, which ore in-
genious and forcible, in hia own lan-
guage.

" Having seen that the Sicilian Nor-
raans employed the Pointed style, and
that they adopted it from the Samceas,
we must not exactly leave t lie matter tliere.
How came the Saracent. of Sicily by it : —
wan it invented by tliem or for tliem ia
Sicily, or did they bring it with them ?
.Sicily at the tlnse of the Saracenic In-
vasion was exclusively occupied by the
deflcendanti of Greeks and Romans, who
invitrinbly ailbered to as close an imita-
tion of Llie Uoman style ns the state of the
JirtA enabled them to accomplish. It was
not in -Sicily, therefore, that the Tainted
arch could be found by the Saracens.
Sicily was cour|uered by the Saracens ia
H'S'i. By Hint time the Arabs had eX'
tended their empire over Persia, Syria,
Egypt, Africa proper, ond Spain, nnd
whcruvcr they went had become great
builder!!. The Arabs, therefore, had
already had n eousideralile practice in
urchilectufe, and were likely to have
acquired a predilection for some pnrtieu-
Inr forms. The earliest Siinicenic build-
ings, of which the date is accurately
known, are to be foutnl in t'airo. The
Nihimeler was rebuilt where it now stands,
and as it now nppeur<t, by Motawrtkel,
lUth Kuliph of the Abassides, in mi).
The Mosi[iie of Teyloua was built ill
HT!>, and the Mosque uf Hakeni in 10(13.
The dates are recorded in C'upbic in-
scriptions titill exi.5ting on the widlHoflhe
buildings, nnd in all the buildings the
Puinted arch appears. Tluit the Painted
arch was the form which pletised tlie
Arabs, and fur which they acquired a de-
rided preference, ia sufficiently proved by
tlii-ir having used it evc-r nAerwards, and
introduced it wherever they went — in
Pendu, at Uyxaitliuni, in Syria, and in
India. I'itiJiog the I'oiutcd arch, there-
fore, emjiloyed by the Saracens '«i ^^^»
at a period bo nearly Hia«\lantov» irvtS
I

rigfii

■il&MMH

I

58

Kkview. — Knight's Nortnans in Sicily.

[My,

I
I

the Saracenic conquest of Sicily, «nd that
it «'«« iutroducrd by the Sarai-eos wTirrc-
ever tliey went, musit we i»ol believe tbut
it was employed by the Sjiraceii-i uho
coiHiuered t>icily before they pussofiEieJ
thut iiilatui, anit that thry preacribi-d it to
the architects of the conquered UAtion,
in the same vrny as tlie Norman con-
queror« preecribed the Norman zig-zag?"
—(P. :I4».)

If tlie (Jatcs given mark the period
of the actual erection of the structures
in question, they go far to establish
the claims of Kffvpt to the invention
rif the style ; but the inscription may
only record the founder of the institu-
tion, and the mere restorer or repairer
of the structure has been overlooked,
or they may liavc been preserved from
an older pile. As antiquaries, wc knovv-
the excessive difficulty of reconciling
dates, the more so when all record of
subsequent alterations and reconstroc-
tions has been lost.

The following description of the
Cathedral of Messina will assist us, in
the examination of the specimens of
early Pointed work. Of this structure,
Mr. Knight says,

" The most ancient architectural work
in Me«sina is r porliun of the present Ca-
thedral. This was bci;uu by Count Roe;i'r
in the latter years of hiK life, about lOLiH,
and finished by the king hii< son. As
this was the first Norman building which
1 saw in Sicily, I was nnturnlly induced
to compare it in my mind with the con-
temporary works of the Normans in
Frhnre, Mid found it to be constnicted on
very different principles, but containing
many points of re^emblnnce. It is of
considerable si^e. Tlie plan is the long or
Ifdtin basilii'a. It has a largecrypl. The
arches of the origiual work (witli the ex-
(M'pliou of those of the crypt) are varied,
with a tdight inclination to the horse-shoe
Jo the fiinn of those of the nave. The
windows are round-headed and undivided.
The windows in Uic apses have on each
side the small niccssrd Nnrmnn pillar,
and riiriehed nrLhitrnve.H, in which the
Norman zig-xug n|i|H-nrs ns well as on the
iopost. The parnpet u «upporfed on
Norman brackets. f)n the othet h/ind
there is none nf that (frandeurnnd solidity
ill the building which I had admired in lite
early work of fhr Nonnun* in Frsnce,
' " ' " ' ' -I to

of

■ ■.. .>.iM'

iill in iroiirsov),

• t upon «inglc

of gnuuUf, i<»ikvu from ewlier

bnildingv, with rapitals, however, of the
time; to a rertain degree altetn|>ting to
imitate, but still widely depurlini; frotn,
the Roman model.ii. It ifi, however, mani-
ft'Kt, that pcrvons intimately acquainted
with the arrliitectuvo of France, must
have been concerned in the work. The
Nonnan cn))ita]«, the brackets, and above
all, the cl>evron moulding, must hare
come direct from Nonnandy. In this
church, though internally there is a trans-
verse aisle between the choir and the nave,
there is, externally, no appearance of
transepts. The arches of llic vault of
the crypt are olliuttly Pointed, and an-
su|)ported by short columns with Norman
capitals."— (P, 120.)

The appearance of circular and horse-
shoe arches in this church agrees
with the date which Mr. Knight bos
assigned to its erection ; but the exist-
ence of pointed arches in the crypt,
which must of necessity have been the
older portion of the structure, seems
either to mark the workmanship of a
Inter date, or to show that pointed
architecture prevailed at an earlier
l)eriod in the Norman works in Sicily
than in the buildings of Northern
Europe: but in a note appended to
this description, it appears that in
liCO the church was called the N«v^
St. Mary's. Now, unless it is con-
tended that this appellation means
nothing, this latter date appears more
likely to mark the true aee nf the pre-
sent building than the period of its
first erection by Count Roger ; the
destruction and rcbuildifiR of a church
in forty years was no uncommon tc-
currencc in those times. If this latter
date be the true one, the point^ij arches
are not earlier than many examples in
our own country.

Another objection to the supposition
that the pointed style ciiislcd at an
earlier period in Sicily than eUewhcre
in Europe, may he discovered from
the architecture of another church at
Mosbinn. This is descrilied as

'• A., r.iiii.-,. «],jp), ffo<>* (•ejiro,hu)»» Hie
P<'i'' the north, imd of whiah

the I . Is would, if it stood In

Ennlund, .i>,igM to thr church of San
Fr«iii<-«"v> The dair of fhr rHgn of .fnhn.
But ' : ■ ■ !., ■ ,.,„,

cxp, I..,.

•"^' ..th

4;i'iitury. Ilsf.in .^J

at Napirs hy I in

1254."— (P, ISTi .

18S8.1

Hbtibw.— Kniglit's tforma»»h Sieity,

Tbis bmlding is evidently behind its
contemporaries in England^ and would
rather offer an argument that its point,
ed architecture was derived from the
north ; and if so, the backwardness of
its architectural features would be rea-
dily accounted for by the lapse of time
occupied by the importation ; the same
cause which always occasions an exotic
fashion to be posterior to its original.

Sen Giovanni degli Eremite, at Pa-
lermo, is another early example of the
use of the pointed arch ; but its date is
not early enough for the author's
argument.

" This church and an adjoining mo>
nastery were built by King Roger, and
they most have been finished baore the
year 1 13S, becaose in that year he wrote
to William, Uie head of a congregation of
hermits at Monte Virgine, in Apulia, to
request he would send him some of his
fraternity to inhabit the monastery. The
church is again mentioned in a diploma
of King Ro^ beating the date of 1 148.
It has so oriental an appearance that, if
its history were not so accurately known,
it might have been mistaken for one of
the mosques of the Saracens, afterwards
converted to Christian uses. The dnga •
larity of its exterior arises from the num-
ber of its little cupolas, in shape exactly
like those which are seen all over the East.
It had originally five cupolas, three over
the nave and one over each transept. Of
these, four remain. The cupolas are sup •
ported by a curious process of corbelling
at each comer, the necessity for which
expedient arises from the imposition of
a circle on a square. The whole (cupolas
as well as walls) is constructed of squared
stone. The bcdlding is in the shape of
the Latin cross, with three apses at the
east end: it has no side aisles. It is
plain throughout, with no traces of mosaic
on the walls, and is by no means large in
use ; affording a proof that it was not
usual for the Normans of Sicily to build
on a great scale in those days. The
arches under the cupolas are pointed, as
well as the doors and windows. About
this building there is more character and
peculiarity than any we have hitherto
seen. There is nothing at all like it
either in France or England. The dissi-
milarity arises from the oriental manner
which the Normans acquired in Sicily."
—(P. 258.)

The most strikb^ peculiarity in the
Sicilian churches is that mixture of
style, which so completely bhews the
•tate of the country, and presents
ftoch tompiete Mad iatereatiag woau-

59

ments of the history of the period.
The church last noticed is a fine ex>
ample of these structures, and the fol.
lowing is another, upon a grander
scale : —

" Monreale (cathedral), which was
begun in 1174, is the latest and most
splendid of the works of the Norman
kings. Latin in its shape, Roman in its
colonnade, Byzantine in its mosaics,
Greek in its sculpture, Saracenic and
Norman in many of its mouldings, fea-
tures, and details, it exhibits a most
curious combination of styles, and is one
of the most splendid monuments of the
middle age8."—(P. 391.)

The castles erected in Sicily by the
Normans partake greatly of the cha-
racter of similar erections in £np;Iand.
At Paterud was a castle, built by
Count Roger in the latter part of the
eleventh century.

" The keep is the only part which re-
auuns. It is a huge, oblong pile, very
lofty, and perfect to the top. The walls
are extremely thick, built of nibble, with
ashlar coignes. The door, which seems
to have been the original entrance, is
small, on the second story, and was pro-
bably approached by a moveable stair-
case."—(P. 160.)

This feature is seen in Guildford
castle, Surrey, Conisborough, &c.

" At Ademo is another lofty keep,—
square, and built of rubble, like the one
at Patemu. All its original walls and
doors are round headed. Out of the great
hall, in the second story, opens a small
chapel, in the pointed style ; the arch,
however, of its little apse is circular. The
principal entrance is an insertion. It is
pointed, and of a late character."—
(P. 165.)

It appears from this chapel that it
assimilates closely with the keeps at
London, Ilcdingham, and elsewhere.
The existence of Arabic inscriptions
in several of the churches, might lead
to the supposition that they were
originally built for musqucs; but this
circumstance alone cannot be adduced
as evidence of the fact, as various
causes may be assigned for their pre-
sence in such structures. Sometimes
they have been removed from other
buildings, as in the following instance:

" The Arabic inscriptions on either
side of the principal entrance, and which
gave the church (^La Hunx\ale\\a, a\.'M,«»-
sina) the reputation Qf YuaVvn^ \>cc«k «w

Rkvibw.— Nicbols's Beauchamp MottumetHs. [July,

b

^

jsque, if nothing but tbe frugmcnls of
itoc S«ra<:enio ImildinK. Tht-y iirc" to
le honour and glory of "McssiJa, ihv snn
Ilaram. n HBu-ncenic chief; but the sense
the inscription is incomplete, aa part of
h wanting."— (l*. t'.i4.)
An inscriptionon the pillars attached
to Ihc portal of San Francesco di
.ssessi, at Palermo, has evidently
eo taken from a mosque : —
" On each piWar is inscribed, in Arabic
,jb«rai:ter*, nn extract from the Koran.
[(One uf these inscripUons recites the UBual
iMaliomeilan profession of faith—' Tlicru
lil no God but God, and Mahomet li \m
prophet."'— (P. 31.)

Or ihcy have been placed there with
the view of conciliating the Saracenic
.|>opulation, as in the ensuing in-
ttance : —

" The roof of the Capcliu PalnJinn (hI
Palermo) is of wood, fashioned and orna-
Btenlcd in the Saracenic nisuner. The
centre is coroiwstd of a scries of large
toacd and stars, with pcndunts between
each -, and on the edges of their coiupiirt-
menU are inscriplioni in Cnphic cha-
racters, associating Midiomcdan recollec-
tions with a Christian teinplc."— (P. ^43.)

This chapel was built hy the Nor-
man King Roger, and was finisbtd in
1132, after the dominion of the Sara-
cens had ceased. Tbe same cause may
have produced the succeeding inscrip.
Uon :—

" Chi two of the pillars of this rhnnb
(La Mortorana, Palermo) nro inscriptions
in Cuphic chnracters, but cipreRsivo of
sentiments that belong to the Chrislinn
as much aa to the Mahomedan. It is not
therefore neceswiry to conclude that Iheoe
pillars eter formed part of a inostiue ; it
being equally probable that tJ>c in»crip-
tiQUB were placed there by the Christian
founder, at a time when Arabic wa;. com-
monly spoken in the country. This b

»J.p _! ,J,..1.1,. n- l>i.- :l,.| nf <-H(lnW.

m" ^■»-

prt-: •'■,''"»

• ti,„l ji all yuluciKul uiid jiiupiticm?

to thoic who pHl lUei/ trust in hiin.'"—
(P. «64.)

We conclude our temarks with an-
other extract : —

*' On thr niit»id*< of (he chnpfl '<he

Greek, and Arabic ; another proof iliati
"m those days the three longnagcs ''crjj
equally employed it) Sicily. The Laliaj
insoripticn is.

Hoc opus horologii pncccpit fieri
Dominus magnificas ReJf Rogcrius,
Anno Incamationis Domini 1 N'2,
Anno vero re«ii ejus 1.1 feliciter."

(P. tf444
We presume the date has been al-
tered in the copy, aa Arabic numeraU
did not come into common use until
three centuries subsequent to the above
date ; if the figures arc in the original,
it deserves great attention. But we
have no means of ascertaining the fact
beyond Mr. Knight'a book.

The student of ancient architecture
is indebted to Mr. Knight for hringing
bcfcrc his notice a class of buihUnfts
of a highly interesting character, which.
in common with the structures t»f the
middle ages, arc valuable monuments,
admirably illustrating the history of
the period in which they were iiictcd.
A portfolio of plates, bcaulilully
coloured, in imitalion of the original
drawings which were made by Mi.
Moore, an artist of great talent, and
well known by his accurate and nrlibl-
like views of foreign buildings, arc
published as nn accompaniment to the
work of Mr. Knight : they represent
various structures referred to in the
work, and, independently of ibclr um!
03 illustrations, form a very fine coU
lection gf architectural drawings.

k

in I

I"'

A Dftcriplion of Si V' ' '"'vrh,
ll'ancick, nml //' "»-

ptl. ^yJohn Gou|;ii .Mi.tiui->, / -^.A'
Ho. tti^'im falio jilafe*.
An Ahridgmrnt t\f tfvf Somf, l2wo.
iri/A a F\rontitjtitct.
TO the honour paid to the illualfi-
ous dead in fwrmer ages arc we in-
debted for some of the most splendid
eramples of architecture and «kcoia-
tion in this ro-.t.M,- \i,,,ni- thtin.
the Bcauchaii ng-

p\nrc i>f till ; j»r-

wii 'n the 1" iitk,

suTj^ < ')■ by the I.: iiiiq-

ftoleum of Ucnry i^ 'i W<6l-

mlnJtrr. Of tliit ' its mo-

. Mr, (iuL, lid a dc-

', flh!>'trnti ' '■•I. taU<n<

Jtt,CTV.tiouiiii» lhrwhuisua<jtii,-UtAU, huMu^ Uctii iyng out ui i<iin., tiic

1836:]

RsTiBW.-^NiclioIs's Beanckamp Monumenis.

<>1

vut of aa «(leqnate account of this
noble munumcnt of the fifteenth cen-
tury has been regretted by the ia-
qairipg visitor. To sup{>ly this defi-
ciency ha« been the object of Mr.
NicboU' description ; and, although
the plates previously used in the " Se-
pulchral Monuments" are retained,
the literary portion of the work is en-
tirely new. The deficiencies in Mr.
(iough's work arc amply supplied, and
the inaccuracies corrected.

The church of St. Mary, to which
the Beauchamp Chapel is an appen-
dage, is for the greater part modern.
The western portions were destroyed
by fire in 1604, and the tower and
main body rebuilt in 1701, and de-
signed in a corrupt pointed style by
Sir Christopher Wren. The new works
are marked by a degree of grandeur
which they owe to the necessity the
architect was under of following the
proportions of the former edifice to
suit the eastern part which had es-
caped the fire.

" The details," it i* observed, *• are
tastelcM, incongruous, and deformed;
and seem strongly to demonstrate into
what total neglect the pointed style had
fallen in the augnstun age of Anne.
To the Kra at large it may fairly be
ascribed, for its luostC eminent architect,
the great Sir Christopher A^'rcn, waa
cuunscUed on the occasion ; but that il-
1a»trious man, whose mind was occupied
with the simple grandeur of Greece and
Rome, is known to have despised the
' Gothic' style ; of his ignorance of which
he gave another practical proof in the
towers of Westminster Abbey."

Mr. Nichols does the justice to the
memory of our greatest architect to
remove at least a part of the disgrace
which the present edifice seems to
cast upon him, as he informs us
that " the drawings still remain among
bis architectural designs in the li-
brary of All Souls College, Oxford,
but it is said they were not adopted,
except for the tower;" and adds, " that
the immediate supcrintcodant of the
rebuilding of Warwick Church was
John Smith, a native architect of some
repute." Sir Christopher W^ren was
attached to the classical orders of ar-
chitecture to a degree amounting to
prejudice; yet there exists evidence
that he wu not blind to the beauties

of Gothic architecture, although, fol-
lowing the spirit of the age in which
he lived, and the opinions of the men
with whom he associated, he dis-
dained to study the style in detail,
and hence arose the mixture of Italian
ornament with the pointed form, which
is displayed in the Westminster towers
and in Alderroary Church, London,
in which a fine design, containing
many excellent features, and show-
ing what he might have eflectcd, is
marred by the presence of the deco-
rations of the " Louis Qoatorze" style,
it follows, then, that there is little for
the architectural antiquary to admire
in the church of Warwick ; but in the
Beauchamp Chapel his most enthu-
siastic feelings will be fully gratified.
Of this structure, Mr. Nichols gives
a full description, together with the
remains of the painted glass, which are
but small when compared with the
quantity which has been destroyed. To
the eastern window many fragments
have been removed from the side ones t
and although the general effect may
be an improvement, the antiquary
cannot but regret the removal of sucu
memorials from their original situa-
tion, which always tends to create a
confusion. The glass had been de-
scribed by Mr. Gough, but, with the
rest of the chapel, in a meagre and
hasty manner. Mr. Nichols takes as
his guide, Dugdale's notice of the win-
dow in its original state. The figure
assigned by Mr. Gough and his copy-
ists to the Founder of the chapel, ia
iihown by the help of Dugdale s en-
gravings to have been, in truth, the
portrait of the Duke, his son ; the
Earl occupied a higher light in the
window, and his statue is now sup-
plied by another figure. A number
of inscriptions remaining in the win-
dows arc given with far greater cor-
rectness in the present work than in
its predecessor.

The monuments arc minutely de-
scribed, and, in particular, the unri-
valled tomb of Richard Earl of War-
wick ; the fine collection of heraldic
decorations are blazoned and appro-
priated ; supplying, in this respect, de-
ficiencies equally in Gough and the
description published in Blore's " Mo-
numenUl Remains;" and the statue
described by GoQ(U «ft Mint QA»Vi>

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62

taguc) wife of Richard Earl of Sails-
bury, Mr. Nichols shows to be Anne
Countess of Sahsbury in Iter own
right, the grand-daughter of the de-
ceased, the former having no claim to
the arms of Bcauchamp ; aud the
bearings on the shield being qviartcr-
inga and not impalements. The in-
scription 50 curioualy interspersed with
the family badges of the bear and
ragged staff ia more minutely correct
thaii in either Dugdale. Cough, or
Blore. In fact, the latter author con-
tents himself with copying the first.

It is here necessary to remark that
it is far from our wish to disparage
the works of the older antiquary ; the
labours of Mr. Gough have been of
the moat infinite service to the student
of our national antiquities, for no
writer perhaps has done more to create
a love and veneration for our national
antiquities, and a zeal for the in-
Ycstigatiou of their history, than the
author of the " Sepulchral Monu-
ments." When it is recollected that
the study of the remains of ancient
architecture and decoration was in
his time neglected, and when the in-
creased facilities for acquiring know.
ledge of this branch of antiquities
which have arisen since bis day, are
taken into consideration, it cannot be
a matter of surprise that a work now
written should avoid the errors into
which an older author has fallen j we
only mention these discrepancies to
show that Mr. Nichols has not con-
tented himself with blindly following
an authority, however respectable (not
even his own giidfather the learned
editor of Camden), but has read and
investigated before taking up his pen,
and hence arises the greater accuracy
uf his work.

Ill addition to the monuments at
Warwick, Mr. Nichols has followed
Cough in api>endiiig Ui his work the
description of the Chantry Chapel nt
Tcwkeabuiy, commemorative of the
conMirt of the founder of the chnjict nt
Warwick. A remarkable direction in
the Counte*h's will has given rise to
some discu:*sion. lUr words .irc, that
her tomb should di5>play "'
all nuked, ami nothing on n.
liiinG hair cast latkwaid." im ,

Mr. NifhoU says, " « c:<tr«oidiimry,
if uttdcrstooil R»'uiiplyiug to Ihr whole

[July,

body, which Dugdale and others have I
done," and with which we arc Inclined j
to agree, having met with an example of*
the same kind, which, although of a
later record, will serve to illustrate the
Countess's intention. On the brass
of Katharine Incent in Bcrkhamstcad .
Church, Hertfordshire, the deceased
ia represented in the same manner a*
the C<iuntes8 wills her statue to be,
a naked figure, the hair thrown back-
ward ; it lies on a shroud which is
drawn across the middle ; (be only
difference is, that the garment of Mor-
tality is gathered upon the head of Uie
figure, which, it ia to be remarked,
represents the deceased not aa a ca-
daver, but evidently alive, and was in-
tended as a representation of penance
and humility, not uncommon in old
monuments.

The very curious agreements for the
monument of Earl Richard are placed
in an appendix, and several corrections
have been made in the copies already
published from a MS. copy lent to the
author by R. B. Wheler, Esq. the his-
torian of Stratford-on-Avon; and from
the same source has been printed, for
the first time, an equally curious docu-
ment, being "a bouke collected of the
chardgcs of the chapell in St. Mary'*
Church in Warwicke, called the Ladyc
Chapell, builded by the executors of
the Earll of Warwicke Richard lieau-
champe, there buried, takeu out of the
accumpts of Thomas Iluggeford, Esq.,
Nicholas Rodye, gent., and Sir Wil-
liam Barkeswcll. present executors of '
the said Earle."

These accounts throw light np«*n
the wages and prices of materials at
the time of the erection of the chn^H.-!
and tomb. It is to be regretted that
they have not been so minutely kept,
or arranged, as to show what wa»
the entire cost of n "great image of I
latten," lying on the tomli, which
William Austen, citizen and founder,
of London, conlractrd to cost and
make for x/i. atid Martholomew Lani-
bcspring, Dutchman, tuid goldsmith of j
Londun, agreed to gild, burnish, nod l
poli!«h, for a auui not exactly defined. I
but conBJdcrahly above the c«>»t ofj
founding the hlatue. Who the i.rul(«. _
lor wa» whu druigucd and finished |
till- eflicy, and what he wai paid, i»j
I Obi tn ublivioii.

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tliA

wide ; diril

Another valunTite appendix isncatJi-
lugur of tliP successive gencrnttons of
tbc Earls of Warwick, drawn in n
chr- ' ■ <, with a statpmenl

of I I lulture and existing

iiiiiifin> I iM», though a simple
obviouf arrangement, wc believe
oot been done before ; and it
Id bt so useful if applied to the
it of the ancient peerage, that wc
«Iiall extract >l, in order to make the
piaii more generally ktiovrn -.

" SfriH t^ tht Htnutu qf Dtamchawp,
fitrille, end Planiaijtnet , Eartt (j/'
M'tnrv/r*. w(7A the placet t^f ihfir
irfialtiirr antl moniimeittii. (Ttie (lomnn
fiip>rr» tlvuote the GeneratioDa.)

:.nrap,lhe rtrst of
i:V; died \2(i»,
1 1.11 •> ehureli, Wor-
Countcss, siller niul
iliuUuit, Earl of War-
buried in Cokehill nun-
iMTT, Wnrt^Htershire.

" II, William de Beauchamp, Earl of
Warwick : died l"2S8, hurierl at the Grey
Fri- " ner. Matilda (Fitz Gefl-

r*"! VS6! died i:iOl, buried in

the - . . ... is' church, Worcester.

••111. tivj de Ueauchanip, Earl of War-

wiek ; died I'tlo; buried at liordesley

Abbrj, ro. Woreesier. Alicia (Tony) his

('ountcAK fremarried to Willium ile la

f "" . r, buried at Tewkei-

.(1 secondly Aiinnor,

L , uf Gloucester, widow

d the Second's favourite Hugh
Dcapnwr) ; she died 132.'i.

" IV. TLoroas de Beauchamp, Earl of
Warwirlc. K.G.; died I.JO!*, buried in St.
Mlly'* churih, Wiirwiik. (MuHiimrnl in
Plal^M I, and II.} Kalhiiriiir Miiiliiin-r)
hi* CiMcif-^ .i;..| l.i(J!J; buried with
hrrhu»l tin Plate I.)

'•IV.> iii.-hariip,K.G. younger
brother U> lutrl Tluimna ; died i:Jb'0;
buried »t St. I'nnt'o ixlhedral. London.
fEO' ■ " 'ite'ii St. Paiil'tj
imp (eldest tion
»t l^.. i , ijjl; buried at

liopa (1
Mirvivrd him. nn<l look an <inth of per-
petiud rhnsfity. ( liraxx fi/alt iti AW/oa
cftnrch, Hnffnlk ; eiigravril in Cotmani't
Suffolk JirtuneK.iJ

" V. Thomas de Beaufdinmp, Earl of
Warwick, K.G. died I4t)l ; buried in 8l.
Mary's, Warwick. (Brann FHi/iire in Plate
II/.J Marijaret (Ferrar*) liis wife, died
Uuti ; buried in St. Mary's, Warwick.
(Fiywe IB tame Plate.)

"VI. Richard Eaki- or Warwick,
K.G. Regent of France, died I4.1P;
buried in the centre of the Bcaucliamp
Chapel, wliich was erected for that pur.
pose, and the subject of the beautiful
Effir/y in Plate:) IV. and V. EUzabeth
(Berkeley) hiij first Countess; buried ut
Kiiigswood Abbey, Gloucestershire.^ Isa-
bella (Despenser) his second Counten ;
died 143!}; buried at Tewkesbury. (Monu-
mental Chapel in Plate VTI.J

" VII, Henry Beauchamp, Duke of War-
wick ; died 144G ; buried at Tewkesbury
(no monument). Cecily (Neville) his
Duchess; died I4.'i0; buried at Tewkea*
bury (no monnment).

" Vlll. Anne their only daughter, died
1449, aged 6 ; baried at Reading abbey. $

" VII. Anne (Beauchamp) Countess of
Salisbury .nnd Warwick, sister and hetre«i
to Duke Henry; died 14.. Richard
Neville, Earl of Salisbury and Warwick,
K.G. ber husband ; sUin at Barnet Aeld
1470.

" VIII. I«abcl1a(NevilIc1 their daughter
and heiress, Duchess of Clarence ; died
147(>; buried at Tewkesbury (no monu.
ment). George I'lantagcnet, Duke of
Clftrcnee, K.G. Earl of Warwick iu right
of his wife, murdered in Ihe Tower 1477 ;
buried ut Tewkesbury (no in(mumcnt).

" IX. Edward Plantngenet, Earl of War-
wick ; beheaded I4!)!> (being the Inst mule
of that royal bouse) : buried at Bishnm
abbey, Berks.

" TVic Family of Durllep, Earlt of fToi'-
leicit, Leicexter, i(C.

" 1. John Dudley, Duke of Northum-
Ijerland, and Earl iif Warwick, K.G. ; lie-
headed l-'ij^ ; buried at St. Peter's

4

•

• There wa* a monument for biin then', with " his sUtue on it finely carved, and
01*1 hU hnrn.-*" n ■urrost of arms " (DuK<l.tle), licnring this inscription — " Icy gist
!„,,, i " ■ :,ip, cinne lieux de tres noble ct puissant home mon-

*, (1, conte dr; Warrcwyke. Mnveschal d'EnRlrlcrre, qui

lit ,, , . : ,, . ..i.j jour d'Averill. Priei pur Tame dc U."

\vitl iierceive we have added this monument; of which, it

V tnml>c of miirble be erected in the Abbey of Km<{«wood,
,, grave of Elizabeth my first wife."— Will of the Earl.
i Ucu'^ 'N " ir.! lu William de U Pole, Earl of Suffolk, she died a\ hva tnaaw ^l

Uarpe&dcn, in UcrtforJjdIiifr,

Review. — Keigbtley's ffhtafj/ of England.

[July,

i! will

■ self

I

chapel, Tower of I^ondon. Jnue (Guil-
ford) his t)iiehrs!t t died 1 5.*i.S ; burird at
Chcis«s, MiddU'srx ; imiriunu-nt llicrc,
with a small bl-itsx jilati- rcJiiMeiiliiig lirr-
seir Mild lour d.iui;hU-rs ; niiutlit^r ivhii:h
reprcaimted her husband mid eom liciiig
(Engrnred in FautiinT'x Chrhea.)

«• II. Ainhiose Diidli'y, RnrI of War-
Mclc, KM.; died iri^b"; eflficty in the
Beaui-ham]) Chapel (dnrribed hffitrt),
Anne, Whorwood, his first wife. Eliza-
beth Tailboys, his second vrife. Anne
Rusi!<-ll, his ihird ^^ill■', married I.Sb'i'i ;
died l(i04 ; effigy at C'lienies, Bucks.

"11. Robert Dudley, EiH of I^iceatcr.
K.G. ; died I.W«; t\\\%\- in the Besu-
cluimp Chapel CJe-t^bed tnj). 2\J. Amy
Roboart, hi* first wife ; died l.*! — , buried
at Cutnnor, Berkshire (no monument).
Lettiee KnoUcs (dowager Countess of
E.1IU-X), his •lei'ond xvife ; died 1G;i4; effi-
gy in the Henuehnmp f'hiipel.

" in. Robert I-ord Denbigh, his only
legitimate *(>\\ ; died l.'>8-4 ; effigy In the
Beauchamp Chapel.

" III. Sir Rolu-rt Dudley, base eon of
the Earl of Leieestor, by Dnuglaii dowa-
ger Lady Sheffield ; created a Duke by the
Emperor Ferdinand II. and slyled Uuke
of Northumberland ; died l(i."»0, and
buried at Florence. AUee Leigh his wife,
created Duthe<s Dudley, by Charles II.
inl6(>e; died Ititil), aged <)0; buried in
StonetrJgh chureh, co. Warwick, (liffii/y
thtre, eni/rated in Dttgdtile't Warviek-
thire.)

" Their children • —

" IV. Liidy Ali<in Dudl.y, died |li'»l ;
buried at Stoneleigh. (Rffiyg irifh Aw
mttiher't.)

"IV. Lady KalhaHncwifeofSirnicbard
I.evcf<OM, K.B. ; died lOTI. buried iit
Trenlham, StalTnrdMhlre. (Tabltl in the
BeattehaiAp Cfinpel.)

" IV. Laily Frrince.*. wife of .Sir Clilbert
lCn3n?elon, of Mcrca^tou, co. Derby, Bart.

'* IV. Lady Aune, wife of Sir Robert
Holborae."

It will now be secti that tlii.s publi-
cntion is not only to be viewed in the
liKht of B guide to the Beauchamp
(Jnapel, but as a work replete with
antiquarian informution. It is highly
Creditable to the author to have givcii
£0 much valuable matter in the coin-
posB of forty pages : and much is it
to ' ~ — ' 1 that etcry structure of
■ - I re may receive an equally

abii ...,.i;i>o.

Hittury n/ Kuj/huil, vol, I , Ry Thoouu
Kcightlcy. iSfuo.
IT 19 of importance to the ititfrf»t»
of literature to have comjicndiou» >iim-

maries and abridgments of its g^reat
and valuable works. Tho learned will
use llicm as aytiopticftl tables n( re-
ference ; the common rc.vleis will find
in them a? much ns they desire to
know, perhaps us much a's they can in-
vestigate with advantage. The Greek.i
and Romans, our masters of the his-
toric style, had numerous abridgmcota
of their larger works ; and several
very judicious and elegant coronen-
diums remain, bringing with tnem
the additional advantage of their
being representatives of great origi-
nal histories that have |ierished. In
our uwQ country, though we abound
in most curious and useful histories,
from Ikde and the Saxon Chroniclers
downwards to the present day ; and
though we have many original works
of great iriti'lligence and research, yet
we have been sadly deficient in uhurter
and mure succinct relations : many of
the books of this kind used in schcKjIs
and seminaries, bearing a> much re-
semblance to real histories, as a daub
upon a jupnn lea-board does to the
inspired creations of a Claude or L'a-
racci. But granting that we possessed
such a work composed half a century
<iince. and supposing also that it |>08-
aesscd the required merits and quali-
fications to recommend it. — it must
every day be falling back and becom-
ing less and less useful, as the stores
of historical knawle<ige nre every day
receiving fresh accessions, and ns new
facts must materially alTect the npi.
nions that were formed, and the cnn-
ciusions that were previously drawn.
Since the days of Goldsmith the acces-
sion to the stores uf history from the
fuhlication of State Records, Family
'apers. Memoir*!, l^etters, to say
nothing of large and lubnrious historivA
like those of Henry, l.aing. Turner,
and Lingard, htm been far greater Ihnn
at any previous time ; and without the
additional knowledge which they have
imparted, and tlie views they have
Bugji • ' ' ' ., of our

con \ would

he ii.-.-v ,„,,..,.,, >. I .,, '■■•Ttum

Mr. Kcightley has no a or

rntlur 1, ill til,' :ii t of bU, , i^, , Jiiid

wr . tine to whom we

coil ly '. 'loiniit »u hon-

ourabLe and n ta«k,

wlictbcr wc CI. lal abili-

ty with which his piwiuu* works nn

1838.1

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65

execDted, his diligence in collecting
materials, and his judgment and in-
tegrity in using them. We do not
know' who first said " that an historian
should be of no party ;" but whoever
he was, we neither envy the originality
of his observation, nor agree in its
propriety and truth. He who is of no
party has formed no opinion, and
whoever has himself not formed any
judgment on the great points of im-
portance that have come before him ;
on the motives, the influence, and the
consequences of human conduct, on
the principles by which men have
been guided, and the ends they have
desir^ to attain, would be but a blind
and sorry guide through the varied
field of historical information. Facts
•re of no value, but as they furnish the
materials of opinions ; what we want
in a historian is, that he should
represent the circumstances he engages
to narrate with veracity, collect them
with care and circumspection, and
comment on them with temperance,
and without any fraudulent and so-
phistical perversion. With such pro-
visoes, let him hold what opinions he
may, it matters not, for the cause of
truth will advance, and the great and
useful purposes of history will be ful-
filled. We have read Mr. Keightley's
volume, and we pronounce it to be
eminently the best, we almost mean
to say, toe only compendious History
of England that is extant The author
has availed himself of the labours of
all his predecessors, and we see little
that has escaped his observation. His
reflections are candid, sensible, and
judicious ; his sentiments on contro-
verted points expressed with that pro-
priety and moderation which alone
command respect and attention; his
style is clear, plain, and suitable to
the subject : and we think that a just
and sound coiuHtutional feeling per-
vades the work. All wc have to ob-
serve on particular points are most
trifling indeed.

P. 125. For Famham in Suflblk,
we believe the author ought to have
written Fornham St. Genevieve, near
Bury St. Edmnnd's. There is no place
called Faroham in the county.

P. 330. "We are told of a dilemma

nied by the Chancellor Morton on

this occasion, which some called his

fwh, odiCir* hia erm/cA." Here Mr.

Ommt. Mag. Vol. X.

Keightley has followed Hume and
others in an error arising from igno-
rance of an obsolete expression. Crutch
is not the proper word, but crotch,
which is a fork, and is used in the
eastern counties universally in the
present day ; — a crotch stick, a crotch
branch of a tree, the crotch of the
human body, are words of daily and
hourly occurrence. We have seen
this mistake in many histories copied
one from another, and it is as well to
put an end to it. We do not know the
original book from which the phrase is
taken ; but there crotch and not crutch
will undoubtedly be found. Those
writers who used the old word, used
crotch: those who adopted the late
form of expression substituted fori,
but they meant one and the same
thing.

P. 413. "He now openly aimed at
the Queen." This was Queen Katha-
rine Parr : but Mr. Keightley has not
previously mentioned her name or
marriage, and the reader is at loss to
know to whom he alludes.

P. 449> " A more humane and en-
lightened historian," Why not give
his name ?

P. 465. We are glad to see Mr.
Keightley summing up the character
of Gardiner with more candour and far
better judgment than most of his pre-
decessors. There was much (not
something) in his conduct to respect.

P. 512. We do not quite approve the
idiom in the sentence, "but liberty was
offered to her if she would resign her
crown, or associate her son with her
in the government, Murray to have the
regency during the prince's minority."

P. 515. "On the moral virtues of
the regent," the less said the better :
he himself, in his last hours, confessed
and lamented the great looseness of
his life.

P. 557. " The Queen animated her
aoldieri," &c. There is reason to
suppose that the English soldiers,
mostly raw levies, would have been
totally unequal to the desperate con-
flict that would have ensued with
the veteran legions of the Prince of
Parma and of Spain. And it was the
strong confidence in their own tnilitmy
superiority that made the Spaniards
approach our shores with all uxelx^i^-
pared inaigDia of \\ct0T7. TVvu'b ^Sto
storm that dispersed VYic KxmaAv^ "^Vb

Tut. Camdkn Society.— WesfomrJon o/Edmrd IV. [July.

indeed providential ; for who could as-
nign a Itmil to lliedianstcrswliich would
have ensued, had llit'bc exf>«rit'nced
nnd warlike troops once landed, under
the conimand of their brave and skilful
leaders.

Hitlorie of the Arriinll nf F.dward JV.
in Kni/Uiiid and the FintiU lieco-
iierye of his Kiut/domrt from Ilfitry
VI. A. D. M.CCCC.LXXI. Kdi-
ied by John Bruce. Esq. F.S.A.
[Hring thf first jnihlication of thv
Ciinden Society.] Small 4to.

THE formation of the Camden So-
ciety, which we announced in our
Magazine for April, p. 407. haa been
attended with such happy auspices —
the list of its members hn3 (illrd so
rapidly, and at the same time with so
many dislinguishcd names, that its
present success and its powers of use-
fulness need no longer be doubted ;
nnd all that can be wanting to its en-
tire and permanent prosperity, is a
judicious selection and a well-sustain-
ed succession of interesting works, to
support ns nearly as possible the ex-
pectations to which its early anoounce-
mcnts have given birth.

The first publication of the Society
is a short but very important histo-
rical narrative, relating to one of the
most critical periods that occurred
during the struggles of York and Lan-
caster. The editor, in some intro-
ductory observations, has discussed
its merits, and pointed out its value,
in a most judicious and satisfactory
manner. After noticing that the five
principal historical authorities for the
period under consideration oie the
Second Continuation of the history of
Croyland. the chronicler Knbyan, an
anonymous writer in Leland's Collec-
tanea, Polydore Vergil, and Philip de
Coroines, whose various (|ua!ities lie
describes, Mr. iimcc proceeds to re-
mark:—

" The jire«ent narrafive bits higher
rlnims to nuthority Ihnn nny of those I
haTc noticed, It was wiitteu upon iKe
iijtot ; immrdintoly itftrr rtic rvrnts to
wliicli it trlntr.* ; by mi< \>i<»-

BCHIIfd ilf full IIICAIIM ■>!' . iin<|

it •v-ll 1 Ii-' •' >■ ■ "•••I

■u n ;

ciUtrr tfiittutitvd livm parttaan* ut ' ihv

adverse faction/ or were written after
the subsequent tnnmph of llir Koiue of
Lancaster, when it woulil nof hove bcrn
prudent — jjerhnjis not snfc — to putilikh
any thing which tcndetl tn relieve the
Yorkists from the weight of populur
odium which attached to the real or sup-
posed urimrs of their l«'n<ier». We h»vc
here an authorised rc-lnlion put forth by
the Yorkists themi^elves, ami (pvinj; their
ow^n account of the events upon which
many of the heavy charges brought against
their ' house ' have been founded.

" The author says of himself, that he
was a servant of Edward the Fourth, and
that he 'vr •' -„v in elTcft a great
parte of 1 -, and the rcsydcwe

knew bj t . u of them that were

present at every tyme;' — fp. 1.) and
these assertions arc corroborated, not
merely by the narrative itself, which
poiisesses all the eharaeterisrics of n re-
lation of an eye-witness, but in a sin-
gular manner also by a communication
made to the Society of Antiquaries in the
year 1«30."

The document here nlluded to is
pre9er\'ed in the records of the town
of Ghent, and there is no doubt that
it is a copy of the communication
transmitted by King Edward himself
to his friends on the Continent, and
that communication proves to be an
abridgment (though " lifeless, unin-
teresting, and almost useless for his-
torical purposes") of the more impor-
tant work now published.

" If we inquire further whether its con-
tents be of sufiicicnt im|)Ortttnce to jus-
tify its publication, the result will lie
most satisfactory. Tht; events to which
it rclitcs have few jmrallels in hintory.
A fugitive and nn exile, Edwar«l IV. it
the eomincncemcnt of the year 1471,
seemed t<j have lost nil present ihance at
resloratiuii. Tlie ini'- • il^'v i,f iho nrtu.il
monarch was ninply '1 by the

vigour of thu Earl i>l ' 'I'e prin-

cipal Regent, n noblL'uittn whose import*
nnee bnib pnrti"? in llie utate had by
turn i 'te.

lilHl 111-

eiciki ..1 1. .. iiirh

he \va^ prxjiareJ to ilrOnd Ihp thnm« he
had raised. The inhabitants of the eiwt.
efn lon-il, fn>TO the Thame* to thij bor-
der* i»f SciftUnd, wefii rni«e<l nnd arrwyrd
to iipiiofc any 1 ''nko

of ( l.irencr, <•>■ ri,

■- • 1 1 ' liy

ni

Mdk

in the rrifoncy, by • uiarrugu *t»th War.

1838.1

Rsvisw.'^Rettoration of Edward IV*

67

wick'i dder daughter, and by a parlia-
mentary entailment of the crown upon
him, in exclusion of his elder brother, in
case of fulore of the descendants of
Henry VI. ; and the new order of things
was farther strengthened, and the three
great families of Lancaster, York, and
NeriOe bound together, as it were, with
a triple cord, by the union of the Prince
of Wales with Warwick's younger daagh>
ter, the sister of the Duchess of Cla-
rence. Nor was there wanting that
fnily sore foundation for the throne —
the affection of the great majority of
the people. The simplicity and meek
piehr of Henry; the generous hospitality
of Warwick; the hard fortunes of the
youthful Prince of Wales; the licen-
tiousness of Edward the Fourth's life;
his undignified marriage; and the un-
popularity of his friend Worcester, ' the
butcher of England;' all these circum-
•tanoes, operating upon irarious classes of
the community, produced a wide- spread
feeling in favour of the cause of Henry
VI.

" The aspect of affairs upon the Con-
tinent seemed equally encouraging to the
House of Lancaster. The Di^e of Bur-
gundy, the only prince to whom Edward
could look for support, was little likely
to enter warmly into his cause ; for, al-
though married to his sister, he was con-
nect^ by relationship with Henry VI.
and was invoWed in a war with France,
which would become doubly perilous if,
upon any opposition to the Lancastrian
party, the influence of England were
thrown into the scale against him.

" Whilst CTcry thing seemed thus se-
cure and prosperous, Queen Margaret
and the Prince of Wales prepared to pass
into EngLind. Warwick went to the sea
coast to receive them ; and, if they had
landed at that time, their progress to the
capital would hare resembled a triumph.
Detained on the coast of Normandy from
February until April by the unusual bois-
terousness of the weather, they at length,
with some difficulty, secured a landing
at Weymouth ; and what were the tidings
with which they were greeted? That,
amidst the temjiests by which they had
been detained, Edward and a small band
of followers had landed in the north
among6t a people up in arms to oppose
him, but whom he had deceived by false
representations of the purpose of his
coming ; that ho had obtained possession
of the metropolis and of the person of
the King; that Clarence — 'false, lleet-
ing, perjured Clarence ' — had deserted the
cause of Lancaster; that a great battle
had been fou{^t ; and that Warwick, the
centre of all their hopes, bad beta de.
fttM tad kUkd,"

From the battle of Baroct, at which
the King-maker closed his versatile
career, the narrative continues, de-
scribing the decisive field of Tewkes-
bury, the assault of the bastard Faucon-
berg upon Loudon, and the death of
the deposed King Henry, concluding
three days after his death with the re-
ception to King Edward's mercy of
the rebels in Kent. This was on the
26th of May, and the narrative com-
prehends altogether a period of nearly
three months.

Edward had first sailed from Flush-
ing on the 2d of March, and after a
perilous passage of twelve days, at
length landed with a handful of fol-
lowers at Ravensparn, on the north
bank of theHumber, "even in thesame
place where sometime the Usurpowr
Henry of Derby, aftar called Kyugc
Henry the IV. landed, after his exile,
contrary and to the disobeysancc of his
sovcreigne lorde Kynge Richard the
II." A gentleman of Holdernesa,
named Martin at Sea, or De la Mere,*
was at the head of the armed forces of
the district, in the name of King
Henry, but he failed to make any re-
sistance, in consequence, as is acknow-
ledged by this Yorkist historian, of
Edward and his followers deceptively
concealing his purpose of recovering
the throne, and asserting that he
merely came to claim his hereditary
dukedom of York. On similar grounds,
the citizens of York and others per-
mitted the invader to pass : the Mar-
quis of Montacute, then lying in the
castle of Pomfret, did the same, being
even supposed to be secretly favourable
to the cause of Edward, though he
was the brother of the Earl of War-
wick, and shoi-tly after slain with him
at Barnet : and what is said of the
tenants of the Earl of Northumber-
land, is particularly curious as illus-
trative of the feudal dcpcndaoce of the
times :

" Grete partye of [the] noble men and
comons in thos parties were towards
th'crle of Northumbarlond, and would
not stire with any lorde or noble man
other than with the sayde Earle, or at
luaste by his commandement. And, for

* We may remark that in Thompson's
Ocellum Promontorium is an engraving uf
a monument in a neighbouring church, as-
cribed to this in<tivldual,\>ut\.YL« «t3V6Q\V(,\
arviiitcctarc U in rea^tj q1 uM^Vuex ^^«

liK-viRVf.—Reitoration of Edmrvt IV.

[July>

mache n he sat

liat jff the :\T

iilill, in «uchc wise

olile have done bis

«ine« to bkd them in any

r qp.ii liar for liis love,

they bare hym non, iie for any
dement of higher auctoritie, tbey
woldc iu no caw&e, ne qwarell, liavo
;«iated hjni. Wherein it may right well
pcrc, that the said Erie, in thia liehalfe,
fyd the Kynge right gode and notable
and, tA it is deemed in the con-
ipts of many men, he cowthe uat har
me hym any bcter ger^^ce, ne not
thow|;he he had openly deflarcd hyro sel/e
lextremly ]t»rtp.takar with the Kynge in
litis rit: ivU, and, for that cntent,

J>8vi id assemblyd all the peo-

ihiii in ii.itiii havo made; for, how b«
loved the Kynge trewly and parfect-
_ »« the Kynge thenuf had cerlayne
Icnowltdge, and wolde, as of hiniflclfe and
all his power, havo serred hym trwely,
yet was it demyJ, and lykly it was to be
irewe, that many gentlemen, and othar,
■whichc would have be arayaed by hfm,
wouMe not uo fully and eitrcmly have de-
termyned ihetn seile in the Kyug's right
and qwarell as th'erle woUle have done
hyraielfc, havyiigciri theyrfreshe remem-
hrauncc, how thot the Kyuse, at the first
cntrie-winning of his right to the Royme
" Crowne of Engluiid, had and won a
t hnltaiie ill those «nme parties*, where
Maiistar, th'erlls (athar, was slayuc,
tnnny of theyr futhare, thcyr sonns, theyr
brilheme, nnd Vynscinen, nod athar many
of theyr neighbowrs, wherefore, and nat
■without cAwte, it waa thowghl that they
cowthe nat haveborneverrcyjfood will, and
done thcyr best service, to the Kyiice, at
this tyme, and in this (jiiarell. And ko it
may be resonably judged that this was a
noiable good senice, and poliliquely done,
by th'erle."

The " great batlaijc " here referred
to was that fought at Tovrton ; the
mentioD of which, aod the general sub-
ject of feudal dependence, leads us to
notice a remark of Dr. Whitakrr in hin
History ofCraven. that "I^ord Clifford
must have heen accompanied to Tow-
tOD by the (lower of Craven ; yet,
though one half of the Lanca>trinn
army was ciit off, I cannnt discover a
Craven name amon^ the slnin " hoH
Clifford wa« -'
battle by «ii ■

ami ' M -

rn:i t -v a!>

an iiii. > i.iL ■.. iMi \ juni
iHlion. and the rvtiii nl

the aumviog followera k,. - , ,

\teiniTv U> cwleboitc \u» ob*c<2uica,"

But is not the circumstance that this
observant historian has pointed out,
that the name of no folluwcr of the
Cliffords occurs in the lists of the
slain, a presumptive proof that the men
of Westinerlaud, when they had lost
their leader, no longer deemed it in-
cumbent upon them to join the Ijin-
castrian army, but rather leit it to he
their duty to carry homewards the
remains of their departed chief }

On the tragic deaths of Edward
Prince of Wales, at Tewkesbury, and
of King Henry at London, which have
given rise to such well-known " his-
toric doubts," and so much consequent
discussion^ this Yorkist chronicler
states,

" Edward, called Prince, w«« taken
fleingto the townewards and slnyae in the
fieldc;"
and of the latter event,

" The eertnintie of nil whi"' " '"'' " '''"I
events at Tewkesbury] cniiii-
ledge of the sayd Henry, lati:' t. - i- , is
being ia the Tower of London ; not hnv-
ynge, afore that, knowledge of the said
raatars, he took it to so great dibpilr, ire,
and indignation, that, of pure di»ple<iSMro
and melencoly, he dyed the XJtiij. day of
the monithe of May."

Mr. Bruce remarks upoa these aub-
jccts : —

" The deaths of the Prince of Walea
and Heury VJ. are popularly considcmd
to consilitute deep blots upon the escut-
cheon of the House of York; nnd, al-
though the acutencsB of some modern
writers ha« a little shaken the general
faith in the jnstice of the ihnre in thme
deaths attributed to (' '' ' ' ' lu-
center, it has uotnt uli '*t

universal beliel' 'i'' • ■ f#

murdered — audi "•

strumenfalitv of I >>f

York. • ' •

• • la

Iwvp tiroTieht tnirrther »li«i

but.

<wr.

^^ itii
curioua

i.d
^>ll

b«
!)(.tin-

. the

:l*t

'tit

1 a

try, if aot by uobluvhiog miutitr, U •

1S3S.] RBViEW.—BMWOrtlf's AHglo-Ston Dictionary.

siogalar eiample of the deep and gross
auperstitioa of the times : —

" On the Satarday, the Kynge [Ed-
ward] , with all his hooste, Game to a towne
called Daventre, where ^e Kynge, with
grcate derocion, hard all divine service
upon the vome, Palme-Sonday, in the
parishe «^nrche, wher God, and Seint
Anne, shewyd a favre miracle ; a goode
pronostiqne of good aventnre that after
■hnid benll nnto the Kynge bj the hand
of Grod, and mediation of that holy matron
Sejfnt Anne. For, so it was, that, afore
that tyme, the Kynge, beinge out of his
realme, in great trowble, Uiowght, and
herines, for the infortwne and adversitie
that was fallen hym, full often, and spe-
cially upon the sea, he prayed to God, owr
Lady, and Seint George, and, amonges
otbar saynts, he specially prayed Seint
Anne to helpe hym, where that he pro-
mysed, that, at the next tyme that it
ahold hape hym to se any ymage of Seint
Anne, he shuld therto make his prayers,
and gyve his offeringe, in the honor and
wor^ipe of that blessyd Saynte. So it
fell, that, the same Palme Sonday, the
Kynge went in procession, and ail the
people aftar, in goode devotion, as Uie
service of that daye asVethe, and, whan
the proceasyon was comen into the churche,
and, by order of the service, were comen
to that place where the vale shalbe drawnc
up afore the Roode, that all the people
shall honor the Roode, with the anthem.
Are, three tymes begon, in a pillar of the
chnrche, directly afome the place where
the Kynge knelyd, and devowtly honoryd
the Roode, was a lytic ymage of Seint Anne,
made of alleblastar, standynge fixed to the
]nller, closed and clasped togethars with
fonr hordes, small, payntyd,and gowynge
rownd ahowt the image, in manar of a
compas, lyke as it is to see comonly, and
all abowt, where as snche ymages be wont
to be made for to be solde and set up in
churches, chapells, crosses, and oratories,
in many placis. And this ymage was thus
shett, closed, and clasped, accordynge to
the miles that, in all the chnrcUs of
England, be observyd, all ymages to be
hid from Ashe Wednesday to Estarday in
the momynge. And so the sayd ymage
had bene from Ashwensday to that tyme.
And even sodaynly, at that season of the
service, the boras compassynge the ymage
about gave a great crak, and a little
openyd, whiche the Kynge well per-
ceyved and all the people about hym.
And anon, aftar, the hords drewe and
closed togethars agayne, withowt any mans
hand, or tonchinge, and, as thowghe it
had bene a diinae done with a violence,
with a gretar night it openyd all abrod,
■ad 10 the ynufe stod^ opea and diMCO-

vert, insyghtof all the people there beynga'
The Kynge, this scinge, thanked and ho*
noryd God, and Seint Anne, takynge it
for a good signe, and token of good and
prosperous aventnre that God wdd send
hym in that he had to do, and, remem-
bringe his promyse, he honoryd God, and
Seint Anne, in that same place, and gave
his olTrings. All thos, also, that were
present and sawe this worshippyd and
thanked God and Seint Anne, there, ud
many offeryd ; takyng of this signe, shewed
by the power of God, good hope of theyr
good spede for to come."

We shall only farther give oar opi-
nion, and we cannot express it better
than in the Editor's own words, that

" The interest which attaches to the
persons and situations of the chief actors
in these events; the controversies to
which the events themselves have given
rise ; the picture they present of the state
of moral degradation to which the Baglifh
people were reduced by the long ciril
war, — to which alone Edward's rapid
recovery of the throne and the success of
the deceptions and crimes by which it
was accompanied are to be attributed, — '
are quite sufficient to justify the addition
to our historical authorities of a writer
whose means of information were more
ample, and whose narrative is anterior in
date to any that we possess."

A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Lan-
guage, containing the Accentuation,
the Grammatical Itiflexiont, the Irre-
gular tVorda, 8fc. S(c. with a Preface
on the Origin and Connexion of the
Germanic Tongue$, a Map of Lan-
guage; and the EtientiaU of Anglo-
Saxon Grammar. By the Rev. J.
Bosworth, LL.D. Royal 8vo. Long-
man. 1838. ;)/).ccviii + 722.
WE are very glad to see that, at
last, the great difficulty which lay in
the way of a more general study of the
Anglo-Saxon language is cleared up
by the appearance of a portable and
useful dictinnary. The volume we have
now before us is, we believe, the work
of many years, during which Dr. Bos-
worth has been most industriously col-
lecting together and incorporating not
only all that has been done before, but

I

he has also added much from his own
collections, and from the private col-
lections of his friends. All the old dic-
tionaries, of which there are oul^ otte ot
two, are so incomplete u to b&^ '<(«n
little use to echolatB va tke Vu^gsuMiit,

I

*

70

Review.— iy»7;.»/feW, and the Old Oak Chair.

*

*

Dot to Bpeatc of their great rarity, with
the excrplionof thcexpcnsiveandcuni-
bcrBomc dictionary by Lye and Man-
ning, which also is not without nume-
rous defects. Dr, Boaworth's diction-
ary, at a very moderate price, and in a
must convenient form, contain:^ ail tliat
is requisite in the former dictionaries,
not excepting Lye's ; and we should
judge, by the hasty examination which
we have yet been able to bestow upon
it, nearly twice as many words.

To his Dictionar)', Dr. Bosworth hai
prefixed a long introduction of upwards
of two hundred closely-printed pages,
on the different branches of the Ger-
manic tribe of languages, in which
there is very much curious and valu-
able matter brought together, which,
from being spread over many expen-
sive volumes in our own country, or
contained in rare volumes in foreign
languages, is otherwise inaccessible to
the general reader, besides much that
is entirely new. What is also of great
utility, he gives the history of each
language, with lists of the works
wrillcn in it at different periods or in
different dialects, and of the books
which treat upon it. Thus, under the
head of Anglo-Saxon, wc have spe-
cimens of the chief English provin-
cial dialects, with a copious list of
books which have been published con-
cerning them. The long trcaliae on the
Friesic language, and its comparison
with ihe Anglo-Saxon, by the author's
friend Mr. Halbertsma, is exceedingly
curious and valuable. There is strong
reason for supposing tliat a portion of
our An e:lo- Saxon forefathers, and par-
ticularly the men of Kent, came from
Frieslind, and on this account it is
very desirable to know jonicthing of
the Old Kentish dialect. Fortunately
there is in the British Museum a MS.
of the fourteenth century written in it,
and we hope that before long it will be
published.

The account of the Frie?ic tongue is
followed by that of the rest of the Low
German languages; the Old-Sa.\un. in
which was written, in the carlv part
of the ninth century, the lieliivnd, nnd
at a later period the famous poem of
ilciiu'ku Vos (Kovnard the Foi) ; and
tlu- Dutch, in all' n f ;

ronioa the Gothic.

Lhrunwt with m. ..; iiuumuu;

literary productions and its different
dialects.

This part of the introdnction closes
with the chapter on the Scandinavian
family, the Icelandic, the Old Danii^h,
the Swedish, &c., and is followed by
some chapters on general philology. A
second introduction contains the essen-
tials of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, with
an outline of the systems of Rask and
Grimm.

At the end of the volume are some
very valuable indexes. On the whole,
we recommend this Dictionary strongly,
and we hope and trust that there will
soon be a call for a second edition.
We ought to mention that, in order to
make it as accessible as possible, the
Dictionary may be had without the firot
Tntroducliun, at only one half the jiricc
of the whole.

Lympujirld mid its Eiiviroiui, and the
oil Oak L'/iuir. George, Wtster.
ham. 8 to.

THIS is a series of views of inte-
resting objects in the vicinity of a
Kentish village, accompanied with
brief but tasteful descriptions. Its
original was a MS. illustrated with
drawings, contributed to a fancy fair
held by the ladies of Lympsfield in
1632} this pleasing volume was pur-
chased by the late Samuel Welch, esq.
of Donsdale; upon whose death, as it
was likely to leave the neighbourhood,
the bookseller of Westerham obtained
permission to multiply and publish
the cnpies, of which one is now before
us, llic drawings, now printed in
lithography, are chiefly representa-
tions of the residences of the neigh-
bouring gentry ; and the subjcctn arc,
Dunsdale, Lyinpaficid village, TitAcy
Place (once the scat of n branch ot
the Grcshrvms, those Barinss of on
elder dayi. Sijuerries, L'hnrt's Fdtjc,
Barrow-Green House, Tan- : v.

Rook's Nest, Tenchlcy's, . ,.-..

field church. In his notice ul tlutt'e
Edge, the writer speaks witli extra-
ordinary freedom of the pur»tut6 of
" Mr^ Aoti'iuary Sli-ealftild." a li-

1838.] B.Krn\if.^L^ftfleld, and the Old Oak Chair.

" erection of r Gothic wing at Chart's
Edge, designed to contain the works
of literatare and art which its owner
has accumulated beyond the means
of accommodation in his present li-
brary," than in the labours of his
History of Kent We trust, however,
that he will now have " ample space
and verge enough" to arrange all his
valuable materials, and pursue his
great work without inconvenience.

71

" The chief value," it is well remarked
in the prefaw, " of this little volume will
consist, not in any statistical or topogra-
phical information, which it might be
expected to contain; but in the moral
and social picture which it gives, of a
district, rich alike in the beauties of na-
ture, and in the cultivation, among its
residents, of those qualities which enhance
every other attraction, and the absence
of which nothing could compensate."

However, we shall quote one of the
descriptions, as a specimen of the
playful grace with which they, as well
as the drawings, are sketched.

" SacEKKiKs. — The family which af-
fixed its name to this estate, became ex-
tinct in the male line in the reign of
Edward IV. when Margaret Sqnerrie con-
veyed its inheritance to the Crowmers of
Tnnstall, in Kent. The next family which
made it their residence for any length of
time was that of Beresford, from a younger
branch of which sprang the Earls of Ty-
rone, &c. In the convulsed times of the
Rebellion andRevoIution, it was in the tran-
sient possession of those of Strode, Lam-
barde. Leach, Crispe, and Villiers ; and
probably during the ownership of the lat-
ter, saw the present noble fabric replace
the ancient mansion. We say ' probably,'
for tradition assigns the building to Secre-
tary Craggs, who does not appear to have
be«i in possession ; and the arms on Ba-
deslade's engraved view of it, suggest
still another family in the rapid succession.
Of this trick of casting its riders, we arc
pleased to find it broken :* a branch of
the old baronial family of Warde, having
now maintained their scat for upwards of
a century. The park is dignified by forest
trees of great age and beauty, and scenery
unrivalled in any tract of equal magnitude.
The interior of the house is graced by
many works of the highest rank in their

several classes of art. An attraction,
however, paramount to every other, is
the picture dispUyed by iU owner of the
Old English Country Gentleman, moat
celebrated, perhaps, as a sportsman, but
by those who know him best, most valued
for higher qualities."

With respect to the ballad of " The
Old Oak Chair," which has no other
connexion with the other part of the
volume but identity of authorship, we
must take leave to transfer it at once
to our pages, as when it is read,
neither the composition nor its moral
vvill stand in need of our commenda-
tion. We need only premise that it
is illustrated by four designs by George
Cruikshank, conceived in his truest
and happiest manner :

TRB OLO OAK CRAU.
I.

My good sire sat in his Old Oak Chair,

And the pillow was under his head.
And he raised his feeble voice, and ne'er
Will the memory part
From my living heart
Of the last few words he said -.—•

" When I sit no more in this Old Oak
Chair,
And the green grass has grown on my
grave,
Andlikearmedmen, come Want and Care,
Know, my boys, that God's curse
Will but make matters worse
How little soever you have.

3.
" The son that would sit in my Old Oak
Chair,
And set foot on his father's spade.
Must be of his father's spirit heir.
And know that God's blessing
Is still the best dressing.
Whatever improvements arc made."

4.
And he sat no more in his Old Osk Chair,

And a scape-thrift laid his hand
On his father's plough, and he cursed the
air,
And he cursed the soil.
For be lost his toil ;
But the fault was not in the land.

The lands in Berkshire," says Fuller, " are very skittish, and often cast their
which 1 impute not so much to the unruliness of the beasts as to the un-
skilfulBess of the ridera." Ihis reference is necessary to vindicate us from tho
laspatatioa of plagiariia.

MitctTtamoua Ttnvie

CJoIy,

And another sat in his father's cimir,
And tnlk'd, o'er hi»li<junr, <if Inwi^;
Of the tyranny here rind the kmr-rrr
there,
Till the old bit of oak
And the drunkard broke ;
But ibo times n-ere not the cause.

6,

But I hnve rcdeeni'd the old rickety chtir,

And trod in niy fnlhcr'a wiy«:
UtiVL* turn'J llic furrow with liiimWr
|jrayer
To nrofit my neighbourf ,
And prosper my labour* -,
And hind my ahcaircf with praise.

I

I

Hitiorinl View of the Poor and Va-
grant Lawitfrom tht earllevt period upon
record to the pretettt lime. 183B.— A
pamphlet full of the most ample and
intcr«;!itiiig information, accompanied with
views upon the subject which iu our mind
are truly correct. We disiapprove entirely
the removing the poor from the local con-
trol of their own parishes, and the care
of their own raogittrates, cler^, and oc-
cupiers of the soil, and pbiciiig them at
the tender mercy of a paid board of At-
torneys and Coromitssioners. We depre-
cate the system which thus destroys all
attachment to tlirir native places, and
weakens all respect to their mnstera and
employers. We disapprove of the substi-
tution of Union Houses for the Old Paro-
chial Work-Houses; wedeny the propriety
of the rule which forbid* nut-of-dimr relief;
we consider the offer which the New Lnw
makes to parents to enter their childrcu
into these Unions as an insult on paren-
tal feeling and a mockery of the spirit of
christian charity ; in fact, we argue, that
ovr legislators had no right to turn round,
aa they have done, on a people educated
under one law, with the increased severity
of another. Should we wanf commenta-
tors and Interpreters of thin declaration,
we shall find them, iu the great d'ulrni
which we can answer lias been brought on
the most industrious and worthy part of
our population by iVi ' ' .11 of

this law. But we 1 fher

opportunity to cnl:..- _ -..liject,

and lay our opinions beforo ova readers.

The Lowly Slntion dignified , n Sermon
prtfwhfH at SI, James'a on behalf iff the
liur' Jig the Rev. K. C.

Cov hoir very acnsiblc and

fOfL....^ »..<.. »k...>'. ^u the fame subject as
the lost.

Relifiota Eduention, a Sermnti preached

9t CttrHel C*#fN«/, flv Urnrr Melnlle.

18S«,— A .ucd,

and BIO!-' r, to

Whif-'- ' 1. of

al! ' n-

ticii! ■'r\.
Tile author jii-
tion rt^n hi;

I <t//iy

a people, to fiimiah tlmn with variova
kinds of knowledge, but to leave Ihevt to
mate a Ihenlogg for thevurhrM, it a far
teorte thing than the .' them to

ignorance. I prefer ! 'I savage

to the well-infonneii 1,,,,.^^ , iie is not
half so dangerous, und twice as noble.
Educate on the principle that yon edur»te
for eternity, deal with children as with
immortal beings, let the Jlifj!" !»<< the itr»t
hook in the list of instruct i ' uot

the ereat vital truths of C'li be

wcateaed, diminished, or om

popular vicivi or secuhir . iid

sooner or later the richest ii : na-

proved and regenerated people will reward
the labour."

II Ti'aduttore Italiano, By A, Cm-
sella, R,8.G. — This is an instnicti»e and
amusing cuUcctiun uf cxtrricts frutu the
cla«sinul prose authors of iLaly, preceded
by short literary sketches of the dilTen'at
writers. The selection upp<<ar»i good, and
the difficult words and idioms arc well
translated into both the French and En-
glish languages, which renders it a desir-
able work for the young Italian scholar.
By means of the table of contents the
name of the author of each extract may
be ascertained; but we should recommend
M. C'asscUa in his nest edition also to
attach them to each extract, that the
young student may be aware whose pifti
he is reading.

Mr. Gei/.Leu'it'ii .1 he ManU'

faetureri on the fttbji ili'in,ifc.

— A very sensible aw] n«il- writ ten pamph-
let 00 the importsnoe of instrui'doii Ut

youth to .'i
Kills, an>I

rant
by

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thr..-.'

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livi

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fh.rp

in.

.rU

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value of mntiy b
turiTis indn'<lrv,

of 111- ■

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of

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thv:

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lost

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the dcsrri

Ic.

73

PINE ARTS.

AKCHinCTUBAL DKAWINOS IX THE
HOTAL ACADBMT.

THIS is a portion of the annual exhi-
bition which baa never received from the
coandl of the academy the attention
irtiich the subject* demand: either the
dcaigDs sent in are deficient in nombera,
or a want of judgment most have in-
flneneed the selection of those which are
exhibited. This fault was Tery ^parent
in the former gallery ; it is not remedied
in the present. The room appropriated
to the architectural drawings is not suffi-
ciently large to disfday them to advantage,
and even the brief space which is allotted
is still incroached upon by another class
of subjects.

If any designs have been rtjected. it
would be a curious speculation to endea-
vour to ascertain the causes which led to
such a step ; for among those which are
exhilHted we notice some which had better
have been left out — ^puffs for railways,
which will never be heard of out of the
shan>market, and the fittings-up of rooms
by paper-hangersi neither of which de-
acr^on of designs have any business in
the exhibition, however oscnil they may
be as advertisemeats.

We ^ve priority, both on account of
it* originality and artist-like character,
to a fine drawing by Mr. C. R. Cockerell,
R. A. entitled,

nil. Dribmie to tie memory of Sir
Ckrittopher Wren, bemga eolleetion qfhii
primdpal work*. — The principal, if not all
the known works of the great master, are
brought t<>gether and grouped in a pyra-
midu form with great taste and skill.
The summit of the eminence is crowned
with the grand masterpiece of Wren, St.
Paul's ; on one side, the towers and intend-
ed spire of Westminster just show them-
selves; belowthecathedral, Greenwich and
Chelsea are exhibited as examples of pala-
tial architecture, and the observatory seen
in the distance of the domestic class ; the
vast collection of London spires spring iqp
in the foreground and middle distance,
eaeb with its proper elevation, and every
one distinctly marked in detail ; the in-
terior of a church or two in section , the Ox-
ford Theatre, and the dome of the Phy-
udans' College, are also shown : the en-
tire composition forming one of the most
s^ndid architectunil groups imaginable.
The weQ-lmown epitaph forms an appro-

etc motto ; and the whole is worti>y of
deepest regard, not only as a collection
of toe ardiitactnral ol^ects, but as a just
tribste to a wonderful exmsise of human
geains. WJuttwoaldbetbefeeliamofti
6mkt. Mao. Vol. X.

stranger to Wren and London when he wit-
nesses this ag^egation of beautiful objects,
to be told that the whole were the produc-
tion of one individual ? — What powers of
mind must that man have possessed — what
an inexhaustible fund of imagination must
have been at hia command ? We hope
Mr. Cockerell will not omit to engrave
this design.

In ecclesiastical architecture, there are
many subjects ; but the minority do not
rise above common-place. Of this class
the following are examples :

1063. View qf the Catholic Ckurek qf
St. Edmund at Burp. C. Day.

1199. The Catholic Church qf St.
JVonctf Xavier, Broud-ttreet, Hertford.
C. Day. — A plain unbroken body or nave,
with a recess on the principal front, in
which is placed two columns, is the lead-
ing feature of each design : the first is
Ionic, the second Doric; both are of
Grecian architecture. In the second de-
sign, a cupola peeps above the roof, an ex-
cessively correct addition to a Grecian
portico : the cross alone marks the charac-
ter of the edifice ; remove the sacred sym-
bol, and the design will suit any other de-
scription of building for which it may be
needed — an assembly or auction-room, a
court house, or a mechanics' institution.
— Why was not the Pointed style used ?

1084. The new Church erecting on the
Tinter-ground for the Meiropolit Church
fund, by Wyatt and Brandon. — A plain
structure with a diminutive spire set on a
square tower. The chief fanlt is an at-
tempt to produce more than the means
of the architects allowed.

1157. New Gothic Church ai approved
by the Metropolitan Church Commitiion'
ere, and now commencing in the New
North Road, I»lington,from the derignt
and under the tuperintendance qf Meur*.
W. and H. W. Inwood.—W. Inwood, H.
W. Inwood, and E. N. Clifton.— An ex-
ceedingly bald elevation, showing a square
naked wall for its principal front, in three
divisions, the centre being carried up to
form a tower. And what a concentration
of talent is necessary to raise this pile 1
We here witness three architects coqjoined
in building a brick wall : a century ago
one was deemed sufficient to design and
execute a cathedral.

1349. Model qfChritt Church, Alston*,
now building in theparieh qf Cheltenham.
R. W. and C. Jerraud.— An attempt at
Gothic architecture ; a genuine meeting-
house set off with a stock of pinnadM.
It would be desirable to know thib vaAa
bj which joint-stock ptodac&oWvu&it^'-
tectare are created. Ate Ux« deAC^^^!^'*

Fine Aria,

[July.

I

ilividaallf the vork of more than one
hand? Or does the plurality of names
merely denote n partnership in trnde ?

lOHS. llenij/n »eleeteJ by the Cotnynit-
tte for the New Church lo be ertcled
ON Black fiealh Hill. J. W. Wild.—
Thi» is n lancet] Gothic church, the
cut end polypuinl, situated between two
towers crowned with f-pires ; to he grand,
such a design should be executed on n
large scale, nud with a greater depree of
expense thiin i« likely to bo allowed to n
church built by i-ub!tcrii)tion. The de-
sign ia foreign: towers in fiiuU a siiuntion
nro exceedingly rare in England, nnd the
ridge ornaments »eeu on the roof are in
thi« country confined to a solitary ex-
ample.

W'Jii. The Kni' Pari»h Church of St.
Martin , Jktrking, Surrey. W. M . Brookes.
— One of those structures which seems
to make the ftntiqnnry the more keenly
regret the loss of the older church. So
much of the preceding stracture as exints
tends to give an ecclenia.stical ap)u-Br»nce
tn the pile, but the tower and trnoMCpts
Uc marred by the long ugly body with a
"itcd roof, which serves n*. the nave.

1221. Sketch t^f the Roman Catholic
Church, ftroponetl to te erected iu SI.
Ge<frije'i Field*, i. Newman. — A cru-
ciform design in the lancet style, with a
central tower and spire ; it ajipears to
possens chorocter in the general design,
but the sketch docs not show the detail
sutficiently.

I'i26'. The ChuTcTijusi erected at Honi-
Ion, C Fowler. — A Norman design, but
too lofty in Its proportion.^ : a plain i^pirc
is intended, but it is not yet completed.

There ore hut few dc»i^n« iu Grecian ar-
chitecture ; among which the most im-
portant are the following : —

View of the Prinrijiul Front of Down-
ing t'ullrr/e, Cambridt/f, nvv in Prtiijrrxx.
W. WilV'ino. U.A. )//•>. /.W/w-

i/i« Colleye, Mil at ' VV.

Wilkinx, R.A. — These <li ... .r.^;- ..j.^.tnrto
be pliicej in juxtn poitition, to show how
far an r»rri'diiigly comiiion-jilnceil de-
sign Can l>e varied tn Huit two build-
ing*, a very jjnouritc pniccsn witli mo-
dern iiri'liitci-ts, The n.-cond jk the p.T-
rrnl design ; a long line of front broken
by (liree portiniex. one in the centre of
llic di'xign, the others in the wings —
r(|uidiRtant finm the centre, 'llie same
Arrangement appears in the Cambridge
Cnllrsre. e»<'ept fhnt tv.o liicm! (iiirii-

Hit I t>l ' 111- [>l>l 1 1. -H ^

it* right pinre nl llir
buihlini.'. but nil nil' ]

side — the common fault of • modem
Grecian example,

In street architecture the following de-
sign is marked with origitialiljr.

1198. irOyley'n Warthoute, Md,
Strand, corner of y^ew Wellington Street,
now re-building. S. Beajtlcy. — TIic style
of the decorations is that of tlie ngc of
Loui.<; XIV, npon the whole u bad school
to follow, but in the presctii instnnce it is
very well adapted to an extensive shop and
warehouse.

IM.M. T7etP IB Albemarle Street of
the new Front of the Roi/al futtitvtion of
Great Britain. L. Vulliamy. — A clever
ndnpfjiiian of the principal elevation of
the Uogann at Rome to an older building:
the principal variation from the original
is in the divicion of the pilasters in Ibe
attic.

10i>«. An Atternpl nt a Potyehrowie
liettoralitin of the Choroyic Monument (f
Lyvierate*. C. Vickcrs. — The principal
restorations consist of the golden tri.
pod raijietl on the beautiful tinial wliich
crowns the tholus, the volutrj nf whiitli
arc strengthened by goUleii dolphins rett-
ing on the marble scrolls which still exiiil
on the monument. Colour i* applied to '
the frieze, and has a very plea»ing effect.

U.l.'t. Sketch nf a Jirtiyn for a fMtt-
Iron Necropulii, adapted fur f'hurrhyardt i
or other Cemeteriei. J. f^audy, A, — We
mistook it for n retort house, in ^omej
extensive gas works; packing the undis-
tingniiihed dead in cast. iron pipes and i
laying tliem one upon another in rows,
and those of more importance in vats |
and boiler(>, would crentc ludicroun sen-
sations, nnd give rise to nny but pro|H»r j
feelings.

1 lo.i. Wexlmimter and Creenwich Rail-
way, View of the Teitninut adjacent tai
the fool of Went minuter Bridijt, Surrt]f\
tide, 3, I). P.iine.

l'il>t. Went minttrr and Grentirirh RaiUi
vai/. Vietp of the lirido'' crotriai/ /A#]
h'rut lioad neer .* " .. j_ jj.

I'ninc. — We nrv jn .-quaiutedJ

with both these Ui; i . I are nos
writing in the latter, yet hare nc«rl
seen either nf these object*, A^'by t« fnn-^
gunge employed to givf to •
whose erection in extreinrlv pro'
lb. '

I Ii' 01

«ri I, . ..., . .^ if th4

III'

Hall at trigh Oi^l
'./• Hit/ht Hon.
\V..I. Donthoen.

1838.1

Literary and Scientific Intelligence;

75

dmet tf B. Ferrejr.— The above we
■pecimoM of the timber roofed halls of
oar oM mansions : the roof of the first
named consists of arched beams of oak,
but more light and slender than ancient
timber worii ; the hall is embellished with
a large window of stained glass and
paintings on the walls. The second ex-
ample u a portion of the same des%n
which speared in last year's exhibition ;
it possesses more decidedly the character
of an old hall, the principals are larger,
and the smaller beams between them
marked bj the ornamental detail, usually
met with in such situations ; the windows
are of the Tudor description, and the
hall is furnished with an orieL The ar-
chitect does not state in what part of
Sorrey it is to be erected.

1070. The Rtetory Howe, KingtwoT'
iAjf, Hiamp$kire. J. Buckler.

\v:\.Couey Hail, Norfolk. J. Buckler.
— ^The rectory house is a pleasing struc-
ture of red brick in the Tudor style of
architecture ; the chimnies and gables
are introduced where they are required ;
they form, it is true, ornamental acces-
sories, but are not merely ornaments
without utility. Couey Hall appears in
one of the many points of view, in
which this very picturesque mansion shows
itself to so much advantage, the view
comprises the magnificent oriel windows,
the great tower, and the chapel. Both
these structures arc highly creditable to
Mr. J. C. Buckler, from whose designs.

with the exception of the chapel at Cossey,
both structures were erected.

The Turkith Empire illtutrated, bjf
Vieict of Constantinople and the Seven
Churches, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With
an Historical Account of Constantinople,
by the Rev, Robert Walsh, LL.D. and
Descriptions of the Seven Churches, by
John Came, Esq. 4to. Fisher and Son. —
If beauty and fidelity of graphic illustra-
tion, fulness and (iiscrimination in histo-
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ness in price, will insure extensive patron-
age and popularity, " Fisher's Constan*
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amongst the host of cheap and elegant
publications of the age. It shows the
boldness, the liberality, the enterprize of
a London publisher, and at the same time
manifests the resources within his power
in the combination of literary and graphic
talent. At no other period in England,
and consequently in Europe, could such a
work be produced as that now under no-
tice. Combining, as it does, the most
exquisite productions of the draftsman,
Mr. AUom, and engravers of the first
skill, with the literary essays of such a
traveller and scholar as Dr. Walsh, the
reader and purchaser may safely calculate
in seeing a work replete with the excel-
lencies of art and literature. It will con-
sist of twenty-four monthly numbers, each
containing four engravings, with appro-
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Litentiy and 8cienii/ic Intelligence.

77

D.C.L., B. BoMeld, Esq., Rer. T. F.
Dibdin, D.D. V.P., H. HalLun, Esq.,
Rer. E. C. Hawtrej, D.D., J. A. Lloyd,
En., J. H. Muidand, Em. JVeanrer,
J. D. Fhelps, Esq., and T. Ponton, Esq.

The President laid before the Clab a
proof copj of the " Gesta Romanonun,"
edited by Sir Frederick Madden, which
will shortly be ready for diBtribntio&.

Sir S. Glynne produced a copy of the
" Owl and Nightingale," a poem of the
13tli century, as his contribution to the
Club.

The work next to be printed by the
Clob will, we understand, be a republica-
tion of " Le Nere's Fasti Ecclesite Ad-
^icanB," brought down to the present
time. A copy of the original work has
lately been obtained by the President,
enriched with a very large body of valu-
able manuscript notes.

CMITEBSITIS8.

Oxford. The following are the suc-
cessful candidates for the Chancellor's
{vizes for the present year, viz. : —

Latin Verse — Hmmibal, patrite defen-
rionem nueepturut, a& Italia accitus —
Ftands Charles Trower, Scholar of Balliol
College.

English Essay— 77ie Teti* qf national
yntperiiy eontidered — Thomas H. H ad-
dan, B.A. Fellow of Exeter College.

Latin Essay — An reete dicatur caruiut
veteret ea forma concilii publiei qua te-
Ueli gtudam pro univernt itatuuntur ? —
Wm. Dickinson, Student in Civil Law,
Scholar of Trinity College.

Sir Roger Newdigate's prize — Tht Exile
of St. Helena— Joa. H.Dart, B.A. Com-
moner of Exeter College.

The subject proposed to the Members
of the University for the Theological
prize (an English essay not exceeding the
ordinary limits of recitation) is, " On the
Conduct and Character of St. Paul."

Cambridge, June 8. The Person prize
(for the best translation of a passage from
Shakqpeare into Greek verse) was adjudged
to Thomas Evans, of St. John's College.
Subject, — Henry V. Act IV. Chorus, be-
ginning

" Now entertain conjecture for a time."

And ending —

" His liberal eye doth give to every one,
Thawing cold fear."

The Chancellor's gold medal fpr the
beat English poem was adjudged to Wm.
SpicerWood, of St. John's Coll^je; —
Subject,— JLn/Aer.

ftOTAL SOCIRTT.

Jfdy S4. Franda Bailr, eiq. V. P. and
Tnmtanr in &e chair. — Hia Imperial and.
Jtcjal Mvettjr Loopold U, Gnad JDnkc

of Tuscany was elected a Fellow. The
reading of the paper by Mr. Ivory, on the
theory of Astronomical Refractions Was
concluded.

Afay 31. Davis Gilbert, esq. V. P.

Read, 1. Researches in connexion widi
Rotatory Motion, by A. Bell, esq. 2. An
Experimental Inquiry into the appearance
of Nitrogen in Plants, and its effects upon
their growth, by Robert Rigg, esq. 3.
Remarks on the theory of the Dispersion
of Light as connected with Polartzation,
by the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A. F.R.S.

June 14. The Duke of Sussex, Pres.

Read, 1. Researches on Suppuration,
by Mr. Gulliver, Assistant- Surgeon of the
Horse Guards ; 3. Tide Researches, ninth
series, by Professor Whewell.

June SI. Mr. Baily in the chair. — Mr.
Whewell' s paper was continued ; and the
titles of the following papers were read :
An Inquiry into the Medulla Oblongata,
by Mr. Hilton; Experiments on the Vi-
bration of the Pendulum, by Mr. Frod-
sham ; Experiments on the Blood in con-
nexion with Respiration, by Dr. Davy ;
on the Structure of the Teeth, &c. by Mr.
Thorns : on the Evolution of Nitrogen in
the Growth of Plants, by Mr. Reid ; on
the Action of Light on the Colour of the
River Sponge, by Mr. Hogg; Experi-
mental Researches in Electricity, 16th
series, by Mr. Faraday; Researches in
reference to Binocular Vision, by Mr.
Wheatstone. Adjourned to Nov. 15.

LISX.SAN SOCIETY.

At the anniversary, the Bishop of Nor-
wich was re-elected President. Her Ma-
jesty has become the patroness of the
Society, and has inscribed her name on a
leaf of the Society's signature-book. The
sign manual is written in the centre of a
wreath of flowers, exquisitely painted
from living specimens, by Mrs. Withers,
flower-painter to the ciueen-dowager : the
flowers comprise specimens from all parts
of her Britannic Majesty's possessions.
The right reverend prelate intimated that
the soiriet, commenced by him last season,
would be continued during the next

ELECTRICAL SOCIETY.

May 29. The first anniversary meet-
ing took place, J. E. Johnson, esq. in the
chair. "The report of the committee re-
viewed the proceedings of the year, enu-
merating the papers read, and those
selected to form part of the " Transac-
tions," and congratulating the Society
upon their present position and prospects.
The formation of a library, and tiA csh-
JectioD of suitable vj^^paxatou, utm ^•
ciufed. Varioxui a(>iUi!kAOii& irac« «br

I

I

of the workc of Mr. Wilkinson , bat thought
the fumier gentleuien had paraniount
claim to the honuiir of' election.

Mr. Donaldson defended the rccorn-
mendation of the rouni-il, coutending that
the claims of the candidates should not be
judged by the cxcnvationn they had effected
or the rescarcliea they hod made, unless
they mnde the results of their labours
public, lie instauted the choice of Mr.
Willis and Mr. >Miewell, who had been
elected honorary members on account of
Ihcir excellent work» on gutliic architec-
ture. Mr. Burton's work, the Eii^rjita,
wiu A mere transcript of the Hierogly.
phics, without ciplanatioa ; he contended
that the author was most entitled to the
honour fvho had published his researches
with explanations, in which the mind of
the writer was shown, and which conveyed
information to others. He instanced m
a specimen of Mr. Wilkinson's rescorcb
the stupendous plan of Thebc."), published
b; him. Eventually Mr. Wilkiiisun woa
elected.

Mr. Runton continued his icctorei on
the properties of iron.

June 11. 1". flardvrick, esq. V.P. in the
chair. Tlic Earl of Aberdeen was elected
nn Honorary Fellow. A letter was read
from the Riijah of Tanjore, iiccomponying
drawings of temples and other buildin|^
in hi» dominions, made under his High-
n«%<3's directions for the Institute. Mr.
Bebnes presented a bust of the Ute Mr.
Nash ; and Mr. Owen Jones a cast of a
portion of the ornamctitnl pnniu'lling of
the Alhambra, coloured in cinrt confor-
mity with the nriginjil. A further dona-
tion of origin.-il Itnli^tn DrawiriK* Wiis re.
eeivcd from Sir J. D. Stewart, and the
S'ecrelniy anuounccd the recent deatli of
(he donor at Paris. $it[nor Campanari
exhibited several trijiods and » v.tse, «
portion of his coltf'clions. Mr. rioldeoutt
read a pnpir ilhistrnlive i>f .-m ' ' . nea

uttriliu(ed to I'juilo ^■t■r^lln Ijud

been recently removed froTi> I un

ItAlinn villa : he took n su< nf

this branch of art, so little j" tlie

present day, and pio^'cedi-d toilcstiibcthe
proccMk (lufsucd by liiiiiii \rtldi to remove

Hs. This was j
i •! covered with i

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^id mnil« I

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ivvg''//tkn:*. Mr. Irci/iai nj'oka i^ghiy iutuly hied va the cutVM ftvpareU to re*

BOYAr, INSTITUTZ OV ORIT. ARCU1TVCT8.

Moy 7. The anniversary tnecting waa
keld at the rooms of the society, in Gros-
Tcnor-itreet ; the Right Hon. Earl de
Grey, President, in the choir.

Mr. Donaldson, the secretary, read the
report of the council, which announced
that since the Ust .tnnivcrsary the society
had acquired stability and im|iortancB
from the charter of incorporation gr.iiited
by his late Majesty William IV. and that
the Queen, with that love for art and
science which has distinguished the tirst
yesj' of Her Majesty's rei^, hoi been
pleased to become the patroness of tho
Insticote. During the lost year the so-
ciety had not to deplore the loss of auy of
its members, whilst they had an Dccession
of seven fellows, fourteen tissociatcs, eight
honorary fellows, and ten honorary and
corresponding members. A considerable
increase had necessarily taken place in
the expenditure, from the removal of the
apartments, but the council were fully im-
pressed with the necessity of keeping the
current expenditure within the income.

JifaySl. H. E. Kendall, Esq. V.P. in
the chair. An interesting letter from
Athena wa.s read, giving a lively account
of the operations now goini; on fur the
restoration of tlie metropolis of Greece,
accompanied with a periodical journal of
the di.-> COY erics on the excavations made in
the city, pubhshed by the Government.
Among the donations was a farther col-
lection of drawings by Uibi.-ina and other
Italian architects, presented by .Sir John
Drummond Steward through Mr. Barry.
A donation of -id/, from Mr. Rhodes was
announced in aid of a contemplated fund
for travelling stuilents. Signnrs Caniua
ondVoliedicr of Rome, and Hen liessler
of Frankfort, vserc elected honorary fo-
reign corresponding members, and Mr.
1. G. Wilkinson, the autlior of the pnpulnr
Work on Egypt, was recommended by the
council for election as an honorniy mem-
ber. \n uhjcction was rai.sed to this gen-
tleman by Mr. .Scoles, a member of the
Institute, on tlie grouiuU of a want of
conformity with ll\r lnw« of the Institute,
and also on t'
Hnyaud Mr. I

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LUeraty and SdeM^c InttlUgence,

79

eei«« them, to which they h>d been fixed
by a strung cement of lize. The paintings
exhibited consisted of two large and three
small subjects, representing allegorical
and mythologiod designs ; they are well
preaerred, and are still in the same state
as when first taken from the walls ; no
Tarnish having been applied. Mr. Griffith
commenced a series of lectures on Chemis-
try as applied to Architecture. Various
specimens of paper for rooms, of French
manufacture, were exhibited; one of which
was copied from Mr. Shaw's work on
Ornament. SeTcral ornaments and small
ttatnes in p^Aer machit from France
stood on the table ; in this composition
the Parisian manofacturers suceessfuUy
imitate the precious and other metals,
prodncing suits of armour bearing an
exact resemblance to the original.

mOTAL MILITARY COLLKOE, SANDRXTKBT.

At the recent examination, the board-
room exhibited a foir display of the works
of the officers in fortification and mili-
tary surveying. Among which was a plan
of the country on the line of the Roman
road to Bath, in continuation of the parts
prerionaly determined (see our vol. v.
p. 535, yol. IX. p. 19S) ; and a surrey,
both military and geological, of that por-
tion of the Mendip range which lies be-
tween Wells and the Bristol Channel. It
may be obserred that on a former occa-
sion Capt. £. H. D. £. Napier, 46th regt.
and LJeut. G. Grey, 83rd regt. had sur-
veyed a tract of ground exhibiting nearly
all the varieties presented by the tertiary
strata in the county of Surrey ; and the
object now proposed, in addition to the
usual exercise in military topography, was
that of affording a practical lesson respect-
ing the secondary formations in the south
of England. For this purpose Lieut—
Capt. D. S.Cooper, Royal regt. and Lieut
C. Ready, 71st regt. voluntarily under-
took to execute the task. The extent of
the survey is about seventeen miles in
length and six in breadth, its direction
coinciding with that of the central ridge
of old red sandstone which forms the
antidinal axis of the chain. This district
is an elevated plateau, from which the
sandstone rises about 300 feet above the
general level of 1000 feet above that of
the sea. The mountain limestone through
which that ridge of rock protrudes covers
the flanks of the latter on the northern
and southern sides ; three places of junc-
tion at the upper surface being marked by
deep combes 'or ravines, rich in veins of
lead and lapis caliminaris . and from the
exterior sides of the covering masses long
Imttrenes of the same material project

from the central chain. The bases of
these are covered by the new sandstone
formation, and this, on a lower level, is
overlaid by the alluvial deposits which
constitute the soil in the valleys of the
Axe and Yeo. The portions surveyed by
Capt. Cooper commenced on the western
side of the Cheddar cliffs, and extended
northward to Burrington Combe; from
whence that officer pursued his researches
to the west as far as Bream Down, on the
Bristol Channel. From Wookey Cavern
Lieut. Ready surveyed the southern ridge
as far as Cheddar, and afterwards followed
the northern limestone chain to its termi-
nation at Beam Hill. The plan is accom-
panied by a section crossing the chain of
the Mendips from Draycotto Burrington,
and showing the geological positions of
the strata; the heights of the ground
having been obtained for this purpose
from a series of barometrical observations
made by Lieuts. Symonds and Ready.
Both the vertical and horizontal dimen-
sions in the section are set out from the
same scale as the plan, which, being of
four inches to a mUe, is sufficiently great
to allow the various strata to be distinctly
expressed.

The remains of antiquity within this
district are no less interesting than its
geological circumstances. The Roman
road from Old Sarum to the Port which
once existed at Uphill on the Bristol
Channel, pursued its course along the
central axis of the chain, and was pro-
tected by numerous intrenchments, whose
remains still crown the principal summits
of the hills. The portion included within
the limits of the present survey com-
menced at a point where it crosses the
existing road from Wells to Brutol, and
from thence proceeds in a rectilinear di-
rection to the foot of the hill, near Char-
ter House, Hinton, where the vestiges of
a Ronmn town have been discovered.
The neighbouring country abounds with
sepulchral tumuli and the remains of an-
cient mines. At this spot the road makes
a bend and skirts the southern side of
the long ridge called Black Down ; near
the western extremity of which is an in-
trenchment commanding an extensive
view of the country. Subsequently pass-
ing by Sbipbam and Banwell Hill Camp, it
ascends Bleadon Hill, from whence the
line may be distinctly traced in a recti-
linear direction tending towards Uphill
Church. Arriving near this spot, how-
ever, the road makes an abrupt bend,
and is carried through an excavation in
the rock down to the place where 'the
ancient harbour is known to have been
situated.

Another highly cTedil«k\»\e civov^^ oil

Antijuarinn Bfienrcluft.

[July,

I

military topography wis bUo exhibit-
ed; viz. — a plnn of gi.Ttwn square milps
of J'ounfrj surroiiniling llodk in llnrnp-
shire, and sliowing the jirefeiit sliito of
the cutting's for the London and .South-
ampton Railroad, which cnleri tlte plan
at Sbapley llMthr and crossing the Lon-
don and Kjieter Road near Hook, pro-
ceeds by Nrwnham tovrard.s Dasingstoke.
The cut* are principally made throngh
the plastic and London riny immediately
bordered to the ewtward by the mass of

the nppor marine land, and repoiinf (i>
the smith on tl' ' " ' rnjation ot Odi-

hnm Jind it» < I, IVoni wKictt

several interiM , m| sea rKinniin

have l)een exlrftcied.cspccinlly ue«r Nmn- \
hiitn, where a splendid Rprciinen of the '
nautilus was found. This plan reflect*
l^reat credit on the officers employed,
v«. — Capt, S. Y. Martin, fiTth regt. ;
Capt. J. R. Brunker, 1.1th regt.; Capt.
B. E. Layard, Ceylon Rifle Corpt; and
Lieatenant R. Pctley, ROlh regt.

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.

»

I

■OOIKTT OF AKTIQUAAIKS.

JtfdyS). HudBoa Gumey, esq. V.P.
ia tlie choir.

SigTi^if Campaoari exhibited on Etrus-
cau helmet, very perfect, having the real
fur fixing o crest, and the dependant ear-
pieces ; also a very beouliful hroazc ves-
iicl. in the form of a large bosun, but made
for suspensijon : it had been gilt within,
And u purtiun Is still by tlie gilding CD*
Urely preserved from corrosion,

J. B. Nichols, esq. F.S.A. exhibited a
rcmarkublc little bronze tigure of on ele-
phant, resting on its ImuncheH, found in
IB3(*atToddington, Bedfordshire, and now
in tlie possession of W. C. C.
It i» apparently of Roman wo:
and WHS jicrlu'i"' '"'''i"'''' to b^ . .1 ...
the weiRfat to Other Roman

antiquities fi><. lingtoa are no-

ticed by Mr. Bi,tntlr<:th iu the ArcbKO*
login, vol. xxvii. p. )o:J.

FrancU .Sharp, esq. of Leedi, commu-
uicatcd on account of the di»coTery uf a
very extcuMve huard of coiufl made in
February l«.'«6 ot Wykc, in the pariah of
Uarewood, Yorkshire. This hoard so
clooely revembled tWt found at Tutbury
in \\iA\, anil deRcrilied by Mr. Hawkin.s
in the - ' ' ' ' ' r..httolf>gia,

that a t'.' ^vas in a

great u.. ^ t.,.. .,., and Mr.

Sharp thiTctore very judiciously pro-
ceeded on the plan of arrangement there
laid down, noticing the new rarietica, in
which ttt«k he has been a^gisted by his
friend Mr. Haigh, also of Leeds. From
the period of the coin», and particularly

«)p,« f.^r..,,.n tr.rlnvc rl... ,l,,fp of tjjg

de; I 'ecu early

In 1.

';■ Mr.

St' M<«n

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tvij .. /Jii i.i_, ..1 ;_.i. I., i .. ■. ,.i..j

(>miidinf^, amott^ which In »til( rtfoiaiaioff

the hall in which, from several
cburlers, Sic. it is ascertained tliat the
Norman exchequer was held.

The .Soricty adjourned over Whitsun.
tide to June 14.

June 14. Hudson Gumey, esq. V.P.

The Rev. Thomaa R.ickett, F.S A. ex-
hibited a seal of the Honour of RieU-
mund, bearins (he arms of Sir Thumon
Stan' ■■ P- ' nf Derby, impaling those of
his ret Countess of Riclimund,

anil ; , Hiffillunt rf'jii el ftue liber-

tati* honons de lUchemitHndi. The matrix
was found among the muniments uf the
Earl of Wicklow in Ireland.

W. Jerdan, esq. F.8.A. cxhibitcJ two

I 'i: and beautiful Roman armlets,

■'-, found last year near Dmm-

' --tie, Pertlisliirc, the seat of Lord

and Lady WiUougliby d'Eresby. Tliey
were discovered in a tidd, about a foot
under the surface, where the soil rests
upon a »haly rock, and ia so thin as to
forbid any idcn of ? '' ' ' '

deposit. Tliry art

rings, and the i:la>p^. i

medallions, on which two different forms
of crosses arc wrought, in red nud yellow
colours. Their weight is nearly four
pounds each, and, brtwnen the ringM, cu.

noua wires, hm

much to the ;

pattern. Mr. .i ...

nuthoritlcs to show

were common t.i a

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81

of notice that their name for collars was
Ttkt, not far from the northern l\trqu«it.
They were also Daaish and SSaxon forms
of honour and devotion. The Scalds
often mentioned them. A S.-u[on mo-
narch waa styled the bestower of armlets :
and when Alfred granted peare to the
Danes, they swore to observe it on the
Holy Bracekt. lliese and many particu-
lar cases, proved the universality of their
wear — that they were frequently votive
offerings — that they were inscribed in
epitaphs and bequeathed in wills, &c. &c.,
among all the races of mankind. The lo-
cality where the present armille were ob-
tained added much to their interest ; for
it was only a few miles from Agricola's
famous camp at Ardoch {/Jndum) ; and
not more distant from the camps of Hi-
ema and Victoria, near which the memo-
rable night-attack was made on the ninth
Roman legion, which led to the great final
battle in which Galgacus and his brave
Caledonians were obliged to yield to the
discipline and valour of the invaders.
From the situation and other circum-
stances, Mr. Jerdan supposed it probable
that these were the last relics of a Roman
warrior who had perished in the wild fo-
rest which then covered the land, and
made the Ochils and Grampians even
more defensible by the natives than they
would be in our day. The armlets were
mnch admired by members of the SoriKty,
and, through the liberality of their noble
owners, presented to the British Museum.
Mr. Jerdan also exhibited a specimen of
fresco painting from Pompeii. It con-
sisted of three figures — a male and female,
one of tliem with wings, and a Cupid rid-
ing on a leopard. The composition is
very elegant, and, as a sample of the early
arts of the buried city, it excited great
attention.

John Gage, esq. Director, communi-
cated an account of the opening, in April
last, of another barrow at the Bnrtlow
Hills, Essex. It was the southern tumu-
lus ; which is more than 100 feet in dia-
meter, and was found to be formed, like
the largest barrow, of earth and chalk
in horixontal strata. In the centre, a
wooden chest of about .*)} feet square, and
2 ft. deep, had been li^d nearly on the
natural soil, in an artificial bed, the sides
of which were washed with chalk that
formed something of a cement. The ob-
jects found were very similar to those dis-
covered before, near the same place, and
described and engraved in the Arcbseolo-
gia, vols. XXV and xxvi ; and were as fol-
low : I. a square glass urn, with a reeded
handle, one foot high, filled witli burnt
human bones ; 3. a bronze prKfericulnm,
with an elevated handle, the lower cod of

Gcvr. Ma0. Vol. X,

wliich terminates in the claw, and the np>
per in the head of a lion ; 3. a bronze pa-
tera, with a strait handle, at the junction
of which with the vessel is the head of a
ram, and it is otherwise ornamented with
masks, &r. showing the remains of silver
and enamel ; 4. an iron lamp, with a chain
attached, by which it was evidently sua-
peuded to the top of the chest ; 5. an ob-
long gUss vessel, with reeded handles ; 6.
a glass vessel, of the jar form ; 7. frag-
ments of a glass lacrymatory, or cup ; 8. a
yellow .spherical earthenware urn ; 9 and
10. two vessels of red earthenware, of the
form of a cup and saucer ; 1 1 and 13. two
small earthenwai-e urns, one red, the othor
brown. Some bones found in the saucer
proved to be those of a cock, a bird which
was sacrificed to various divinities, and
which have also been found among Ro-
man remains at Christchnrch and at Can-
terbury. Fragments of cloth or linen ad-
hered to the sides of the priefericulam ;
and scattered in the tomb were the remains
of leaves, which are pronounced by Pro-
fessor Henslow to be those of box, biucua
temperviren*. The same gentleman also
informed Mr. Gage that a skeleton was
lately found in or near Chesterford church-
yard, together with a Roman urn, about
which box leaves lay loose in the soil.
By this investigation further (though
scarcely requisite) proof is afforded, that
the Bartlow tumuli are of Roman origin.

June 21. Mr. Gumey in the chair.
The following gentlemen were elected
Fellows : Samuel Cartwright, esq. of Old
Bnrlington-street ; Thomas Bacon, esq.
of Lincobi's Inn Fields; the Rev. Jolm
Regnet Wreford, of Birmingham ; Wil-
liam Bromet, M.D. of the 1st Life Guards ;
John Robert Daniel Tyssen, esq. of Up-
per Clapton ; Charles Lane, esq. of St.
Thomas's-street, Southwark ; Benj. Cof-
fin Thomas, esq. of Malmesbury ; Thomas
Baylis, esq. of Prior's Bank, Fulham;
Lechmere William Whitmore, esq. of the
same place ; and Thomas Smith, esq. of
Stony-gate, near Leicester.

Charles Roach Smith, esq. F.S.A. ex-
hibited two brass or copper basins, found
together la.st year in Lothbury, and appa-
rently of the same age. They were beaten
into shape from a sheet of metal, and the
inner surface engraved with outline figures;
which in one represent an animal appa-
rently a rude representation of a lamb,
four times repeated; and the other a
Queen in the Anglo* Saxon tunic and
crown, bearing in each hand an orb.
This figure is aliBO four times repeated, and
from its costume cannot be later than the
reign of Henry I.

An essay on the cuneatic latcilvtifina
of Babylon, by Isaic Calftvawite, t*\. ■«%»

Antiquarian Researchtf.

[July.

then read ; it had particular reference to
an InscripHon presented to Sir Hi ' ' ' ■
by Mr. Harford Jones, and ecu
Mr. Cnlliraore to rontain a li' ..
Cbaldenna. The Society adjourned to
NoTcmber.

I

»

GRRKK AND ETRDSCAN TASKS.

/uuf M. A «ale of these serii* of an-
cient art took place nt tlie amrtion rooiuv
erf Mr. Leigh Sothcby, in Wellington
Street, Strand. Tlie followring is an enu-
nieratioD of n few of the principal lots.

30. A round vaae of purple glass, co-
vered with flowers of different eolonrs.
The lower part of thcTase is eomposed of
blue and yi^llow glass, and the rini of the
upper part ornamented with white opaque
lines ; an ciccetliriKly rare object ; 4i
inches in tUameter and 4| inches high —
.■•>/. 7«. Hd

33, The head of a female, the upper
part forming the vase and handle, 74
inches high — I/. lfi«r. Of a shape that
has not been ])ublished.

.14. A wine cup, the side ornamented
with the code, two symbolic eyes, and
two birds, which are of blaok colour on a
yellow ground, A inches high — "I, lOt,

4.T. A Tazzn, elegantly forined. On
either side arc three figures, intendei! to
represent a riinnin- »"• !■■''■ Tnd under-
neath each is on .i " G reels ■ 8
inch's in iliamcter, ■ _ 'igh — I/. 4f.

4G. A vase with two handler. On one
side is represented the combat of Achilles
and Memnon, the one heing urged by
Thetii and the other by Aurora, their
mothers, Mho are arcninpnnitd by the at-
tendant, On the other side is another
comb.it between two w.irrior«i, whose names
arc unknown ; they are each attended by
a female. ITiesc fifjnrcs arc painted in
yelhiw, dark preen, black, red, and while,
on a yellow ground. On the shirld of one
of the warriors i* a swan with extruded
win|i;«, and to all of the fienrrs i>n cither
Mde i« on inscription in flfcek; l;J| inches
lugh— 14/. 14«.

.fl \ tn*e, yellow ground. Ob dllier
sill I lie combat of Herrnleti with
tin on, nud on either Kjde, un-
d.i ,- , ,-- .

thiE. The numerous figures v
in MneV, whiti', rprf. nmi i i,

col. ' I ■ liji.

.tn<l rotor.

tion. These figtires, all In yellow, nnon
a dark green ground ; 214 inches high —
I,W,

."i". A vase, yellow gronnd. On one
side Uector and Paris consulting with
Priam, and behind the two former, Helen
apparently in grief. On the other tide,
Hector, supporting over his left shotddcr
the dead body of a wnii '' 'ii is

preceding them, walking ■ nod

holding her arms over lu-. .. ... ;:i lUn

greatest grief, while Fans is tullowing
behind, also in grief. Tliese ligares arn
all finely painted in various coloora ; IA| '
inches high — 51/.

Ul. A vase with three handles, black
ground, la front of this Tnse is rcpre>
sented Peleus <'iMu-.iin,r Hjs bonds ronnd
the waist of T ^c conntenance.

on obscrring i I action of her

lover, betokens great ,iilminition. The
head of Peleus omameuted with a wreath,
and a diadem incloses the hair of Thetis,
who holds in her left haud a lis^h These
figures are mast elegantly det>igned, and
most bcButifully eieeuted in yellow; 19
inches high— 3oV. l.q». 6d.

(>7, A rase, with three handles, dark
green ground. In front are «l« fignre-<«,
the two centre ones representing a femalo
sented, before whom is a young man

offering in his right hand >' ■ 'inenl,

taken front a cn.«solcttc « i .U in

his left. The others ar' ; i-nd-

anta, each holding an omnnicnt ui dresii.
These figures arc all dclicntcly exeeatcd
in yellow ; 17 inches — 19/. l.'>#,

Panathenaic vase. On nna

,_. ... . .... V,...,. ,..:.,, ff,.

7ti. A
side is r- - ' ' *' ^■"'
ceslus; ■

lifted shiL 1 . , : .

two columnsi, the top of <
with a cock. These sul>
painted in tarious colr>uta, mi a
ground -, 'iH inches iiigh — 2H/.

pr.
thi

Col'
Pc.

rill'

«p»

th.

with three handles, dark |

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B3

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.

HocBE or Loans, Mai/ 21.
Lord Melbourne moved the order of
tbe day for the second reading of the
FooE Relief (Ireland) Bill; and
stated that it was nn application of the
act of 1834 to the circumstances of Ire.
land, with such alterations as the peculiar
condition of that country required, and
such amendments as the experience gained
by tbe working of the system of England
had prored to be prudent and expedient.
—Earl FitswilHttm objected to the law ;
in parts of Ireland, the endeavour to ad-
minister it would only add to the diffi.
cnlties of the people. He considered the
gOTemmentruh indeed when they applied
the English poor-law system to Ireland.
Tbe fact was, that the improvement in
the poor laws of England was a step to
having no poor law. His noble friend
\n this Bill would legalize the right of
tbe labouring man to parochial relief— a
principle which, in his opinion, would in-
terfere with the growing prosperity of
Ireland.— The Duke of Wellington sup.
ported the Bill. He did not expect the
measure to work wonders suddenly, but
be did expect it would improve the social
relations in Ireland. The state of pro-
perty would be improved. He expected
It would induce gentlemen having proper-
tjr in Ireland to look after the persons
hving on their estates and under their
protection, and there would be a better
state of things. — The Marquis of £o«-
dondeny strongly opposed the Bill, and
moved that it be read a second time that
&y six months.— Lord Lyndhvrsl also
denounced the measure as a delusion, the
effect of which would be to heavily tax
the small farmer, and at the same time
subject him to all the annoyance of va-

Eancy. But he did not expect any en-
rged measure of relief could come from
the present government, which was in
reality a government that lived as it were
from band to mouth — a government that
had neither time nor inclination to pay
attention to so great a question as this.
Unless the Bill were materially altered
in committee, he should vote against tbe
third reading. — Lord Brougham, in a
speech of great length, objected to the
Bill. It \ns absura to suppose that the
introduction of poor laws into Ireland
would remedy the evils of that country.
Let them goresm Jrtkad djaaeetij—ltt

them govern it as it had been governed
under Wellesley ; as it had been governed
under Lord Anglesea. Let them ettle
the tithe question. Let them settl the
ecclesiastical question altogether — con-
duct the afiairs of Ireland with unremit-
ting kindness — with a steady, manly,
equal course of policy — in absolute good
foith — without chicane, favouritism, or
shuffling — govern Ireland thus, and they
would see her wants diminish, her com>
forts increase, tranquillity established-—
and the crafty priest might intrigue, and
the ruthless agitator disturb in vain. — The
House ultimately divided, when there ap-
peared forthe second reading, 149; against
It, 20.

House of Commons, May 21.

The resolution of tbe Committee of
Ways and Means was reported — " That,
towards making good the supply granted
to her Majesty, the sum of 18,U00,000/.
be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the ser-
vice of the year 1838." Agreed to, and a
Bill ordered to be brought in by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring.

May 23. After the presentation of
numerous petitions for tne abolition of
Negro Apprenticeship, Sir E. Wilmot
brought forward his motion on the same
subjeet. He contended that the planters
had not fulfilled their part of the appren>
ticcship contract. Women had been bru-
tally flogged, the allowance of food had
been reduced, parents had been illegally
separated from their children, and prsedials
and non-prsedials had been unjustly con-
founded. The honourable member then
moved, " That it is the opinion of thia
House that negro apprenticeship in the
British colonies should immediately cease
and determine." — Mr. Villier* seconded
the motion. — Mr. Blackett thought the
recent Government Bill would secure all
the benefits contemplated by tbe original
act. — Sir H. Vemey would vote with Go-
vernment, believing that course best cal-
culated to ensure real benefit to the slave.
— Mr. Hume should support the Govern-
ment in opposition to the motion, as he
considered Acts of parliament ought to be
binding. He admitted that in many in*
stances the contract on tbe pert of the

Elantcrs had not been observed in spirit {
ut this could not be aaid of tiki« ^usvXsn
uoirersally,— 2tc. B« L, Bmlwer NratenA

ParUamentnry Proctedingt,

[July.

I

to keep faith indeed with the plm»tei«,
but contviiiied thut Initb was Ane likewise
to Ibc otlitr pnuics ccneetiied — to tlio
negroes, aiiii tu ibc Engli&b |ii>(iptc. '1 he
house then divided, for the mutioii, JNj ;
agaiiitit it. 93 : tniijohty '.i. Lord Juhn
Rutseil uftcnvurds stutwi tlml tho leiulu-
lion could only be onrnod into elTect by ii
Bill laid before (hi- Hoiih-, a nieii&urc
which it would he for the hoiioiir»b)i.' buru.
net to introduce if he thought jiropcr. If
such B Bill was brought in, the Govein-
roent would consider it their duty logive it
their mod stn'nuous nnd diitenulncd op-
(lotition.

May 2i. Mr. PlumplremovvA the order
of the day for the (loiisu guin^; into fuin-
mitiec on the Loru'h-DaY Bill, lliii only
object was to suppiCMS iradinf^ on the 8imi-
diiy, iirid in order to carry that into clTt-cl
be would be glud to receive ««y !>ug),'es.
tion that was offered him. He wasnriked
it hi6 Bill went to nffcet tnivcUing? It
waa not his intention to uiieet it in siny
way; and if it wa.< thought n proviso euuld
make tliut intention more cleiir, he would
not object to it. — Mr. O'CuitneU did not
see wiiat necessity there was for the Bill.
There wus iiu country in whieh the
Lonl's-duy was so decently observed h;.
in this c-oiintvy. — Sir E. SiitjiJfn Aliould
vote HjjTiinbt the Bill uiile^.s ic wa»^ con-
fined strictly to Iwirler and trad**, lie le-
commended that the Bill should now bo
cotutnitted pro forma, to nffonl time for
the introduction of the requisite aueiid-
mcnta. — '£\ik Attorttt}/ Central fcug^eslcd
that the Bill should be vvitlidiiiwn, und n
new one biougbt in without theobjcclioii-
able clauses. A peiml measure ought
strictly to define wluit tvii!> to be penul,
and not be bweeping and general in iit>
pruviiHonii. k whs better tu leave the
observaiire of the Subbaih to the good
feeling of the uomumuity. — The C/iaa-
cellor q/" tht E:fi:fie<{uer bud very eoiisi-
deruble doubts whether the Bill could lie
so liiniied as to become prHcticnble. lie
believed the progress of upituuu at the
pr«t«nt inoim-nt «vu5 strongly in fu>
vuur of all the pruiticul obiects which
the honuuritblc member wmglit to elleet,
Mud if the Bill could be put irtlu » *hape
I'onsistent with the opinions he hud cx>
presM-d he fbould bt- icaJy to *upj>urt it
either in the L'oninuttcc or cUcwhcru:
but he »o much d»-spnircd of ever oltain-
iufr ■ ■ ' ■!

liii

the

Ironi
.1 htr

■jb;l-ccd with tllo Kxht ''' "t'e-

■nun thut the iiublic di thi»

r/ttt<f//*>n bad been a/Iemini '.mim i-vrl ;

[(^0t mu owing to the temper in whkii

the di.<ic(itMDn» had been rairied on. He
objcclcd to legisldlion upon iiue-ttlonk o(
this kind, bccnube lie wi^llcd (o avoid
L^ivint; ri»e tu tcxut(uu» lili^Jiliotibrtwceii
uciKbbours und iiitrrlcrenee with [>eculiar
reli){ious uniniouh. He lliuuKhl (hut it
was drMrotfle to put 4 «iop (o fair* and
markets upon the Sunday, and also to the

>t NiiojiH on tiie part
iriidcs, when public i

ILirticular irndcs, wlieii pulilic convenience
did not ri(|iiirc it. After »uinc further
diHciii^sioii, the (Joiiiinlttec wn» h<I-
jouriied,

Ji/fly V8. 8ir G. Urtif' "f*"'' » l«>'>g
nnd able tiddie!>s, hubniilled to (be Houf^e
resolutions on the iinpotlMut subject
111 Shivery, the (lurport of which wu.t, that
the resolution curried by Sir K. Wilmol.
on the 2'iA May, tor the inimediute aboli-
tion of the Nkuiui Ai'i'iir;Ni'i( r.sHii',
oii^ht not to be ctirried into operation ;
but that all menii» <iui;hl to be adopted
for securing to the ;■ criviltRc*

to \khic.li llie Sl.iMi .\<'\s bud

entitled them, nnd lli.i , .ble alteii.

tion >liould bo directed to tlicir cnndition
on the nriivdl nl their jieriod of eiiliiit
freedom. The Hon. punt. rrtii«rked, th«l
the (pie«tion had not, on the present oc.
eii:>ion, lircn fiiiily put to the country —
the ijuestion bciiij,'. not between slavery
iind apprenticeship — for the latter hud
been ^ub^tttiitialiy redurcrl more than one
half »iiice the pciiod when xluvery had
laen abolished — but simply one ol lime ;
nnd lie Nubmilled thut it w(i«i M-areviy
worth while to ygitate the ijuctition of a
iciuporary abrid^i-irient of the peikod ol

Hppreiiticohip, whin r.'nl ■■•■' Mts^hl

so much better direct v nnd

/eal toward* the ricKio '. <>p-

pre>sed, with a view In the aiuciioration
of their perniaiieiit condition, and the et-
tabli.shmeiit of a »ociul Mstein in the
colonies, and thus ttut only to exhibit u
luetnoMlile coniiuiit between what would
follow nnd (he piit^t diitk history of the
colonie«, but iilho lu refute the npprchen-
Monn ol those wliu tooled n ith lear tiud ,
liostility t" 'I"" pieiil rliHli^ elfccted 111
ihr year '< /•'. Wilrunf liutited

ihat the i I <i not xliillily itself I

by resell ^ '■' i-'.cd mi ilie

TM ill .M I'lopoMUgi

rm nil .. K i* iIki I

opinion o< ihM ItoiiM'. iliMi the rcxtitulioii .
{>a*ird "I the S^Vd i>\ Stny xhntild Im' nu-

I-iiivB^I
\ tol

I"'

inri
by ,
Mr. I
Allet

1&38.J

Porliamenlart/ Proceedings.

85

dran«4 the Houm, — Sir Robert Peel
complained of the conduct of Sir E.
Wilmot, who, having carried his ]iro|)08i-
tion by a small mRJority, bnd involved the
Hoiwe in difficulties for which he had no
iolulion. If the huii. f^'ntleman felt coii-
%inced nf the justice of his resolution and
the feasibiliiy of its execution, he ought
to have beeu prepared with a Bill. For
himself, he thought that it would be
neither wise nor just suddenly to termi-
nate the period of apprenticeship in the
coionirs. It could not be doubted that a
rootrart had been entered into by Parlia-
ment, that in compensation for the loss
of the labour of the slaves, there should
be first a pecuniary grant made to the
masters, and, secondly, that proprietorship
in their labour as apprentices for a given
period should be awarded as part of the
compensation. After the best consider-
ation he could give the subject, he could
not bring himself to the belief that there
had, on the part of the whole West India
body, been such a violation of their duty
aa to justify an interference like the one
propoMd Iw the resolution of the 222d of
May. If Exeter-hall was to take upon
itself the functions of the House of Com-
mons, there would soon be an end to that
moral influence which Parliament bad
heretofore exercised so advHntagcously.
It was material, too, that they should set
such an example on this great subject to
foreign states as they might lie likely to
follow, — a peaceful example, proreeding
steadily to its close, not the alarming pre-
cedent of an abrupt and perhaps tumul-
tuous termination. — The ametidmcnt was
supported by Mr, O'Connell and Dr.
Ltuhirngton i and the original motion met
the warm approval of Lord Stanley.
When the House divided, there appeared
— For the motion, 250; for the amend-
ment 178: majority, 72.

House or Lohus, Mny 31.
The House resolved itself into u Com-
mittee on the Irish Poou-law Bill, tak-
ing up an adjourned debate on an amend-
ment moved by Earl Fltzwillinm, to the
effect that it shall not be lawful for the
guardians to receive i n to the workhouse any
poor person, unless he shall be blind, deaf,
or dumb, or deprived of one or more of
Us joints; or if a man, above the age of
sixty vearn; or if a woman, above the age
of finy years ; or if an orphan, under
twelve years ; and that if a person, not of
the above de8cri]>tions, be admitted, any
three or mure of the ratepayers may
appeal to the quarter sessions, and such
rate, if the case be proved, be iiunshed.
On a division, the original clauses were
canicd by ■ majority of WJ aguiut 411.

House or Commons. June 1 .

The House went into committee
on the laisii CoKroKATioN Bill, when
Lord John Rtusellsfiid, that the Govern-
ment eonld not, after the fullest con-
sideratiou, consent to the franchise pro>
posed by Sir Robert Peel, which was
much too high. — Sir R. Pee/ could not
give way on this subject. All his amend-
ments were founded on the |)rinciplc of a
high franchise. — Mr. O'Connell said, that
a Bill with such a franchise would be
thought no boon by the Irish people
His wish was, not that the houses in the
larger towns should be actually rated at
10/. a year, but that where a rent of 10/.
\ns paid in such towns, it should be taken
for granted thnt the premises were worth
that sun). With respect to the smaller
towns, he should support a 5/. franchise,
similar to the one which he had suggested
for those containing a larger population.
After a good deal of discussion, the ques-
tion wns put to the vote, on Sir Robert
Peel's amendment to the Gth clause,
when there appeared — for the amend-
ment, HI; for the clause as it stood ori-
ginaily, 137; majority for Ministers, 26.
The proposition of a 51. franchise for
the smaller towns was then agreed to,
after a good deal of discussion, in which
Sir Robert Peel entered his protest against
any other than a general franchise, found-
ed upon an actual rating to the amount
of 10/.

June 6. Mr. Hume, in moving the
second reading of the (^ounty Ratks
Bill, said be understood the principle
of Reform to be that there should no
longer be any system of nomination, but
that there should be election. The Cor-
poration Reform Bill had most advanta-
geously established this principle in bo-
roughs. He was anxious that individnala
paying county nites should have the same
priWIeges as were now etijoyed in tho
boroughs. There were large county re-
venues, but those who paid the rates had
no control over the inanogcment. He
proposed that the county rate payers
should elect the persons to manage not
only the taxation but the use of the pro-
duce of the taxes. He meant to leave to
the magistrates all matters connected
with justice, but he meant that individuals
appointed solely by the Lords Lieuten-
ants should not Iwvo the control of the
finances. There was at present no check
or control. — Colonel sAtAorp had read
the bill, and he had never seen a greater
chaos of nonsense. Its object was to
degrade a meritorious body who bad dis-
charged great services without remunera-
tion. He moved, as »n amen&xncnV, y^anX.
the bUl shoald be tm4 » •econii^ksnft t&nx

Parliamentary Proceedings^

[July,

day as months. On a dlvuion the num-
bers were, 37 for the bill, nnd 106 for the
amcnduieiic.

Jn tUc committee on the £\(>i;n8es or
Et.BCTiON3BiU,ColoDelSibthorpQchi(?ved
a second triumph. Before nny proj^rcss
had been made in coriftidoriiif; tliediiUJifa,
the (^allniit colonel divided the Louse on the
question timt the chaiinuui do ]e»ve the
chair, >\ hen he wus in n tnujority of 71 to 13.

The AlAaHiuo Woman's Bill vms de-
feated, by a majority of 61) to 21, on the
raotiou ot Sir E. Suffdmi, tliat it b« read
a. iteeoiid time that day three monchf.

The High Sui:IilJ''ios Bill experienced
a similar late at the hunds of t '
General, whose moiioii to | ■
commitment for three motiihb i.„. ^^...1...^
without n diviuon.

Juu« 8. Lord J, Rutseti moved the
order of the diiy lor going into commit*
tee on the BtNEi ices' Pi.URALini:» But..
— Mr. Ilmre* moved, us nn nniendnHnt,
Ibut the biil Sihoiild Lc re-eornniittcil, for
the piirpoiic of striking out uU thu^c
clttusen thul wcie objectionultle. Smce
tbe question bad been before ibe house,
litost important petition had been pre-
nted, signed by suty-three clergymen ;
■nd they stated that ibey were B^ain«t
the noble lord's bill, because there were
no i.--^'i>i." "J«K)0 livings within the limits
pi ihii* bill. Mr. C/oy seconded

tlu 'lit. — Lord y. Rutieli under-

iitoo^l ibe proposal of the bon. member
to be, that the bill shouhl be re^eoinmit-
ted, with the view of abolishing jilurvli-
tios altogether. This que'stioii hitd been
discussed already, and more pju liculorly
by the hon. member lor Kilkenny. The
hon. Kt-'Ktli'ninx ^n-ii, let (bert be no
plunlitic*. Suppose a living of 301,
or cren UU, o-year, and nobody «bould
be found to fill it, tbc ncce«»nry conse-
quence would be, thnt it would lie in-

ettiv' '• • I- i.'ip to ask some

Til ' to do (he duty,
wl 'Uct to perform.
II liible It wuK (0 iiboliish plu-
- the hoii.meraLrT pr«»(iii«("d
•ri of the '■'■
:iblc overv

^y

pulation of such two benefices do n«
exceed 3000 souls, and the united in^
comeis of such two bc:icfirt>i> amount tc
IcKS than 7o<)/. per annum," — iMr. Hum
seconded tbc amendment, — Mr. C'tiuf^
bum said, be should t>e the first to throv
out these provi^ions of the bill, if he con
sidcred their cU'cct would be to benef
tl„ ' ' ■ : : .; Ihl

n.. : ilifl

bt . ,1 ..^ .-...^-. per^^

roittcd tor the instructiou ot the people.
It wui> quite a mii^tdkc to suppose that
the present bill would merely tend to i_
rid of B amuil number of plurulitici^; i|
' • ' V could not get rid i

r \si(hout greater in.«|
^'^: < — '-vcn injury to (he in-
terests of religion than retiiiuin); thenvl
could ever producv. lie thought tlmtJ
in the present stiKe of church livings it]
WH» much better to have a cumtc pcrnm.
iiently resident than an ' ' ' liv-

qucntly chunking. — Lord lullyl

ngreed with those who li be-

iieiices .should never be li ''ityti

but lUi there were ii nunili il liv-

ings incupttbic of maintuiiiing a i>i-idei)t'-1
clergymen, he (hougtil, when such bene-
hccs nerc Hitiiute widiin ten niiles of J
each other, bestowing them in plurnlii]r|
was ab^olutily iieces^Mry, uideM meunij
could be iouiid for inci'ca»ing their value.
The house divided, nnd the nunilK-ni \
were — for the motion, 53; nguinst it, u7, .
Tbc clauses are therefore r<fained on thei
bill. The re 1 1 ucre theu

agreed to. — 1' 4 lor ibc

introduction ol .. . Iionii

Rtamp duty ull m < tcdj

with the admission r (be

annual rolue of VOOi, — Load J. JiuM*f{i\
Raw no rtwuoo fur i"<tPMdini^' this induU
gence to ' ). He did ^

not deny ilic stump ,

duty burd. ■■ ,.>.i .,., ■ ...,..i..

claim Ull equal share ot i

tbc thiug might go on ui

be no revenue at all. 7 be- huu*e (bvn i

divided, — lor the *-lmt«i*. Vti; ngninxt ii.

ill JJ. I'rmry

words — " And

cUn,-i, uud tin: ituttcd j^u-

^j^

cceding leu hi
(tftfr ♦>!«' d»M-

I iiliicv It vn

^(i;k iL 1 b\: iivudc ir«iit into cvn-

1838.]

ParliatMHtttfy Proceedings.

87

uittee on the Ibibr Mitntopal Cor.
lOKATioN BUI, and tbe committee hav-
ing arrired at tbe sixth clause, Sir Robert
Peti, in a long fipeech, again brouglit for.
ward bis proposition, that in the case of
the eleren principal toxms in Ireland,
eontaining a population of more than
15,000, to which corporations were to be
conceded, and in all other instances where
eoqwrate privileges were conferred, there
abould be established an uniform fran-
chise, whereby the voter should possess
■ honse or tenement of the clear an-
nnal value of 10/. to be determined by
■n actual rating. He jvas not proposing
what was unjust or insulting to Ireland,
bat only what was necessary to insure the
good local government of the towns, and
tbe application of corporate privil^es to
their proper purpose — not subserviency
to factious interests, but the promotion
of tbe welfare of the boroughs on which
they were conferred. He had not made
Ida proposition with a view to give a pre.
poDdennce to a party, or to establish a
■Moopoly in fiivour of any sect. — Lord
Jailii Rtuaell expressed his sincere regret
that th« hut speaker appeared to be de-
termined to persevere in n proposition to
which it \na impossible for bim to assent.
Such a proposition would, if adopted, in
the present condition of tbe large towns,
beep alive the feeling that an invidious
distinction was attempted to be maintained
between different classes of her Majesty's
rabjectB in Ireland. The House divided,
for the clause, 286: for Sir R. Peel's
Amendment, 206: majority for Minis-
ten, 80.

House of Lords, Jvne 12.
The Lord Chanetllor moved the third
reading of the Imprisonmk.vt for Dkbt
Bill, which had been considerably altered
in the select committee. The bill origin-
ally abolished arrest for debt on mesne
process, and on execution. In the com-
mittee there was no doubt as to the pro-

priety of abolishing arrest on nteme pro.
cess; but great difficulty it \na found
would attend the abolition of imprison*
nient for debt on execution. The bill
would give tbe creditor power, under a
\nit of elegit, to take the whole profits
of the debtor's estate, &c. instead of one
moiety, as it was at present : it rendered
property in the funds, with various other
descriptions of property not now so avail-
able, applicable to the discharge of the
debt. This bill would, therefore, ^ve
the creditor the power of putting into
operation the practice of the Insolvent
Debtors' Courl^ by which the debtor's pro.
perty could be secured. — Lord Brougkam
thought the bill a great improvement on
the old law, and su^ested its extension
to Ireland — Lord Abinger gave his con.
sent to this bill, although he had great
doubts of its good effect, and fears that
it would not answer. The Ull was read
a third time and passed.

House of Commons, June 15.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer
submitted two resolutions, relating to
the Sugar Duties. He considered that
the present amount of drawback was
more than it ought to be. When the
subject was under discussion on a for.
mer occasion. Lord Althorpe directed a
series of experiments to be made t^ Dr.
Ure. I*Yom those experiments, applie*
able to British sugar, there was one re-
sult, namely, that the entire drawback
paid on renned sugar was greater than
the duty on raw sugar. His proposition
was that the drawback on double refined
sugar should be reduced from 43». 2d. to
36«. and on.singlc refined sugar from 36*.
\0d. to 30». Agreed to.

June Iti. Lord John Rtueell moved the
third reading of the Souor and Man
Bishopric Bill. — Dr. C. Luthington ob.
jected to the motion. After a division
for the third reading, 69 against 5, the
bill was read a third time, and passed.

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

The trial of Hubert, Steuble, and
oUiers, charged with a conspiracy against
the King of the French, was terminated
on Friday, May 2a. The jury brought
in a verdict of guilty against five, and ac
quitted the three others. Hubert was
•entenced to transportation for life ; Ma-
demoiselle Grouvelle, Steuble, and An-
vX, his accomplices, to five years' im-
nriiooraent ; and Giraud to three years.
Tb« verdict of the jury excited the most
violent uproar among the prisoners, the
bur, and the whole auditor)^, Hubert,
dnwiiy a icnife, attempted to stab bim-

self, but was disarmed by the two muni,
cipal guards seated by his side. The
President ordered the guards to remove
Hubert, but the accused offered a most
desperate resistance, and it was with the
utmost difficulty they were at last able to
execute the orders of the Court. Groans,
histies, and cries of " Murder! " were
heard on all sides, and the President was
obliged at last to call in the guards, and
cause the boll to be cleared before he
could pronounce judgment.

CANADA.

Lord Durham ucivedtt Q,uft\xcoiiV!b«
27th of May. Fout day« tftet, <L\Nn!9iX&.

89

Domestic Occurrences.

[Jaly.

of United S(«»te« pirated nnd refuK<?e
CttnHiiiftti Iruitors aeizctl upon ond burnt
the Sir Kobt. Pfct steniner, lying pcitce-

»bly at aiicbor in the riv»r St, Lawrenc,
or iiikc Eric, nl a riik-ttnoe uf about spyt'it]
iiiileK from hrrnch Crtek (Erie).

DOMESTIC OCCURRKNCES.

Mai/ II'. Rir C Price's Tiirpenlitie Sir Wm. C<iiirtciiav, but wlioso rptil nnm«
Work^ titiiali^d at Mill-wnlU LimebouM', wns Joliii Ni<-h<)ll 'f horn, u nntivi-or ("oni.
■n'tTL* lolally drstroyed by lire. On the \v.ill,bnil bei'ii iKuntiine t' " ' ' ,

nrriviil of the cnKines I lie distillery (ii
building of upwiirds of 7t) fi-ct in leiijjih
and cA\ in breadth) wiis wrapped in one
sheet of lire. The distilUrry contuined
MX boilers, all of which were full rhnrgcd
luid nt wurk. There »°ere nlso four large
utilU, which were full uf lirpior, reiidy to
Iw buik'd itir, ihi ihc sluge of ihr dis-
lillery were 2M barrels of rurjicntine,
ready to be removed to the store bouses.
The distillery is dindcd Irom the store-
bouses and wnrehoHses by n niirrow road,
known m the Ferry-wiilk. but they are
eonneeted together by a funnel under the
road. l)u eaeb side of this pM!i«Hj,'e wero
bnrreU of turpentine, piled in he(i|is, iiiul
the outsLdes had, by the tiiric in question,
b«eii scorobed by the lIuincB, when the
firemen, uC the risk of their lives, coin'
menced digging up the earth, and com-
pletely blocked lip the tunnel, and to tliis
t'ireuui.<!tiiiiee Mloric the pti-siervation of the
5lore« may bi- saiJ to be ow ing.

Mttif 10. The annual nieetint: of the
Britinh and fhreif/H TrtH/france Sveieif/
WM held at Eitrter Hall, the Earl
Stanhope in the ehnir. 'J'hc number of
inetiiltcrs who hnve joined the *otieiy
during the year i;) hi,87H, inukini; n lolul
of 13.11i!. Amongst ihosir " '■■' '"•^>'
joined in the punt ycur are two >j
ministers of various deni>iuij:i
which, with 5*J() who hu\e joiia U wthir
societies, make upwnrdk of 7llU ; medienl
men, 'M ; lawyers, :i (luuj^htci ) ; officers
in merrbont vessfl«, i'i ; mochei>, nursing
on the system ^11 tchecr»^; larmerv,
]%>; publicniiii and tavern-keepers, ll
(Uughter) ; rnultAters, 1 1 ; and wioe and
apirit-iiiLTt'liiinis, (>. The nuuibor of re-
claimed drunkard>< its 9fli>7-, riu'laimed
driuikurds in.'ilt >i|ind fo>i 'itr«o.

cietii"^, from wtiom no rr, iveil,

1411; uiiikiiii; a toral <ii ..... .. .urined

drunkuids ; iiliKtainerx, but not mend»en«,
lfi7(l ; dikliilery nftppped, I -, brewerie«
stopped, li; public iiounes Kluit up, iH;
ujul e»ci>«'n»en ditrontitiueij, )l. The re.
i^fiptt o) the society for iV
toVHll. Il«. 1(1./. Th,

lltnt -iiMi MiilllK ^'!/ irii
n t<ir tlir" I'

t- iibjprt of t

/ Mf'fM'yiJiii ,

. 1 (// lllll\.l'

lllllll' llll II

nilioiii^ the rustics in the
ii{|;uinNt the opi ration of I lie , . .. .. , ....J,
other grievancea, until at length lie
setnbled a numerous lioily of followera,]
<.>!■ Monday, Muy iJH, they sallied fortli]
from the village pf Houghton, where!
they boui;bt bread, and prixeeded to ihfl]
bnuse of Wills, one of the piirly, mar]
Fairbrook. A hutf wns broken usntider, f
and placed on a ]iule, with a llu^' ol white i
and blue, and a rampant lion, Thence |
they proceeded to]l>oodnesfone, near Fn- \
vei^hum, producing throu;;hoiit the whole I
neif;hbourhood the greatest excitement, i
and adding to their num^terx by the haran.1
gues oera.sionally delivered by this illfatetl j
madman. At this fojin, (Jourtenoy stnteili
that. " he would strike the bloody blow j " j
and they made an ineffective attempt 1
to Net fire ton bciui-otack. They next pro.!
ceeded toafarm at Ilenu-hill, where ( "ouite- j
nay requested the inmates to ttid hi<i
friends, and the request wu!> imtiiediaielyl
complied with. Their next visit vvoi at
Uar^Bte-coiumon, where Sir William, tmk- I
ing oH' hi.'i .^hoeK, Kaid, " 1 now ^tand on I
my own lM»tlom." Byhi.s desire, his poor]
i(elude<l followerK then fell on their kiu-es
and lu prnyed lor half un h<nir; they then
procccdcil to IJossendcn-tnrm, where tlwy |
Kupprd, nnd slept in the barn. At three j
o'clock un Tuesday morninj; they left,
and proceeded to SittiuKbourne to break'
fast, where Sir William paid iwcnty-fivM |
shillings; they then nsifcd Ncwnham,
where a <<in)ilur treat was g^wvn nt the {
tfCorKe. After VMiting Kasding, Throw,
ley, ^eldwi(■h, Lcps, and Selling, and oi'»j
coiiionly addrc<-sinK the populace, holdin|(l
out to them hui-ii inducements as aref
usually tnaih> by persons deairous ori
cre.iiJM^ a diilnrlwnce, he liidted in nj
i-lmlkpit t<i rett, and ou Wednesday
evening relumed In < ulver't larm, at
Uu««i'iideli. A fanner under tlie hill,
Mr. (jurliriy;, tiaving bad hiK men«edur<Hl
from theu' emphiynieiit, at iIiik tlhie uuid>*
an ap)ilii-wtion for fheir ap|ireheu«lfin,

. aod. Oil '
. i«. be iMtii

illd »\u>{ 1oill,UMi'l \Ml|l-|i Irr

1838.]

I(itt>. .in.J

iiulli-fi (1 ft v» iiiiinl upon liim willi
• '■ 'iiiM? of some of

ti'' . llii-n rhri'iv lln'

l»" Tl.e two otliiT coii-

•' tx)tU Imi'k to the iim-

CI-- . 1 . ; i; ,ii, i| the fnpts. Tlip

ecu. I' - v ;■ :i(,,', II u • iti< of KU-nt ulunn
ariit rxi III in. ii(, iiii-i It v.iij deomcd cx|)C-
dient to tvml u» < anft'rbiiry lor a party
of miDtnry I5y tlii« time llic whole body
i^'- ti.i (I d«?ep mid sequestered

pu! vood. Mlicre Sir Wiliinm

•1' ' ' ■ Ibcrcms to

In I thudi to

•1' ' , ■* ^ ihefoldierw,

^ ith tbe prente^t santffroid,

»«' ■ .- ly shot. Iii'forc tlie men,

Litut. iiciiiitJtt, of ihc kith rcgt. who was
in •dTiTicc of his party, and who fell dead
upon tlic spot. Tbe solditrs then iin-
ni«'diat*ly fired ; Sir William was one of
the fir«t killed, and in a few inoiiients
ten lives were suicrificed, and Nercrul
md^rrcd mpple« for the refoutnder of
their diiy«. An inquisition on llic l>ody
of NirhuliiM MfBfs was held on Thursdny
M>d Fri''- • ■ ' ■' .' jury retiirix'd a vef-
diet 01 (Icr aiETaini^t six per-

*0D», tiii; ^ lain Percy Honywood

C«(irleniiy {^atiat John NiuhoU Thorn),
Wm Hiirfnrd, William Price, Thomas
M Ivlcr, Alexander Koad, and

On .^aiiiiiniy an inquest was held on
iW body of Lieut. lienry Boswell Uen.
aett, and the jury returned n vcrdiet of
wilful murder iigainst Wni. Courtuniiy,
Edwftnl Wmipht Ihe elder. P^dwiird
Wnugbt the youn(.'er, Thomo!; Menrs
oKiu T^ler, James Goodwin, Wni. Wills,
Wm. Forstrr, Henry [{iidlow, Alexander
Koad, I'liiriciiH lliirvi.y, John Spratt,
Stephen Huker, \S ilhuui Burford. Tho-
miM GriKifs, John Siik, George Bmn-
rlictt, Kdwnrd C'urling, Geo. Griggs,
Olid Win. Kye. Of thosp, Courtenjiy,
Foster. Baker, Burford, 1'. Grieg*. G.
Oriim'. E. Wr«i(jht, Ilnrvey, and Brnn-
ebctt were dend. Thomas M«?ars alim
Tyler, who was cuu»in to iliu niiirdeu-d
eoostalitr, was wounded. Alexander
Fniid, who it a fiirmer, posseising a free-
Itold of M arres, and in very ronifurtuble
rimimstaneen, n-aa severely wounded, Of
thf 'together eight were sluiit

01.' (even wounded — two of

till. - 'j' *-^f those who opposed

thfui in Dupport of the Imw two were
killed Hiiri one wounded, Twenty-three
privoiiert were coininitled to Fcvershnm
gaol.

^' '' ', inquest was held on

tl) ('dtt, who wii« shot

ill ^ ■- verdiet was that the

At' -hvt \jy tteeideiit by tbe mU

sr

litnry in llic execution of their duty.
Inqiiest>i were then held on Courtenay,
alioi 'J'hiini, the iinlinppy euiise of ttll thia
nielunrUoly loss of life, and the eighC
otIuT dend rioierii. In nil the ease* ver-
diets ol jnstifitiblo homicide were re-
turiifd,

Sir W, Courtenay first appeared at
Canterbury in the Michaelmas of 1838 ;
and the first rumour wits, that nnercentrie
charaetcr was living at the Hose inn, who
p.i!<sed iiinler the name of Ck)Uiit Roths-
child. His eountcnance and attire denoted
foreign extraction, while his language and
conversation showed that he was well
acquainted with almost every part of the
kingdom. He often decked h\* person
with a gay and imposing costume. In
December of the same year he surprised
the citizens of Canterbury by proposing
himself as a candidate for the representa-
tion of the city in Parliament, and created
an etitertrtining contefit for tbe honour
long after the sitting eandidules had com-
posed iheinselvcB to the delightful vision
of an unexpensive and unopposed return.
He was also a candidate for tbe eastern
division of the county, hut polled only
four votes ; still he studied with more
ardour and vigilance than before to capti-
vate the affections of the lower orders in
the rity. He made it known that his
condescension was as great as his rank
and wealth, and that he should be willing
to accept of invitations to visit the burn-
blest fiimilies — to eat and drink at the
licasant'j and the labourer's table — to
make one of a larger or smaller party at
tho lowest public house — to enrol bi.s
name in the meanest society. So nume-
rous were his cngugements, that be was
obliged to run or ride from bouse to
house, taking a slight repast at each, and
gencnilly concluding the day at a. banquet
prepared by a number of his new friends
jn some obscure club -room.

In Feb. 1833, on the examination of
Rome smugglers before the mngistmtes at
Iloehester, Sir William made his appear-
ance, aliired in a grotesque costume, as a
knight of Malta, and having a small cime-
t:ir suHpended from his neck by a massive
gold chain. On one of the men being
examined. Sir William became bis advo-
cate; but the man being convicted, a
professional i,^eiidemaii defended the next,
and Sir William presented Liuiself as a
witness ; when be swore that he taw the
whole transaction between the revenue
cruiser and smuggler'^, and wa« positive
that the tub':, stated to have come from
the latter, had been floating about in the
sea all the inoiniut:, and were not thro\^n
overboard from tfuit ve*%el. The %«\\.-
citors tor Ute c\islom«,, \itvv\\\^ \v\Aq!mX)V«&

n

^"'^'"^^■^-

'90 ^mi^m. Domettic Occurrencet. ammmm. [July,

evidence that thU testimony woi Wse; in wliich he was insnrrd, 3.000/, — a sum
determined to proceed ngninst the indivi. far boyund what it wns thought he coutd
dual who liad been Riiiltytif sircli h public leiptimntcly be possessed of. Some two
and daring act of p«;)jiiry. The trial years nfter he freighted a vessel to Liver-
came on at Mnid<itaiie on the ilAh of i>ool with a large quantity of malt, which
July, IHXi, when he %vs6 found guilty of he followed and diitposcd of, slid iben
wilful and corrupt perjury, and sentenced became a waiiderin;^ adventurer,
to imprisonment in jail for three ralendar Mr, Ain«worth haa made him the ori>
months, and to be transported for the ginal of a iryp^y rharnrtcr called the
term of seven years. Before, however, " ruffler," in bis novel of llookwood, pub-
the three months' imprisonment had ex- lit>hed u few ireara ago.
pired, it was found that Sir William was It appeara'that the delution among the
completely out of bin aensen ; and he was peasantry wa* no great thnt they would
sent to the Kent Lunatic Asylum, at hove attacked two thousand soldiers.
Banning, where he has been confined having been peraiflded by Courrenny that
until, oil the application of his father, ibey could not be shot. He blaspliiN
through the interest of Mr. Turner, niously styled himself the Saviour of the
M P. for Truro (with whom he had l>een world ; he also represented himself a* in-
sevcnyeari head clerk) find Sir II. Vivian, vulnerable to steel or iiboi, uiid had
Bart, be was released in October last, deluded numbers into the belief (hat,
Ilia father engaging ,to be answerable for though he appeared dend, he would
^^ hia rondurt. __ rise again on the third day, and lend his
^K Sir \V. H. P. Couttenay, Knight of followers on to victory. A woman of
^P Malta, as the wretched man styled him- the name of Culver had been told hj
^^ aelf, was no other than Mr. John Nicholl this impostor, that if she got some water.
Thorn, the son of a small farmer and and placed it on bis mouth, in r'a<>e he was
maltster at St, Columb in Cornwall ; and sljot, he would shortly revive. On hear-
fifteen years since cellannan to the highly iiig of hi ^ death, the woman filled a vt-ssel
^^ rcapccted firm of Pluracr and Turner, with water, walked half a mile with il,
^K wine-merrhniits at Truro. Some ten and, in compliance with IiIm instructions,
^f years since he himself commenced the placed it on his lips. She was appre-
I trade of a mBlt»ter and liop dealer, and for ncnded by order of tlie magistrntei,

three or four years conducted it with The body of Courtenav was buried at

^H apjiarent respectability. At that period Hemc-hill. as alto were those of most of

^H his premiset were destroyed by fire, and the other t^lain rioters they having Ik'cu

^M he claimed and received for lua alleged cbiet)y inlinhitants of that phue and Dun-

Ion of propeny from tlic oftni utd officea kirk.

^^H PUOMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c.

^^^^ Gazette Promotions. ^.<"""- '--''•' r-- - -■ md «

Uran ity.

April y». Ijrut.-Ol. GforK-J! finwler to be CIiat , rfy

Governor Snd (V.Tnnir.n.l, r.iii..lii. f Hi Snuth Vtl I -i.mmi|i], >'• lli(.

AiiKlralm; Join rnur coiii .

aaU Commam^' -.trS' ./„ ;iel,io lieGnxjni

^_ lit i atU] Henr> I ..;.rRllll m Ui.i.i;ii; >.> .>: , ..w.m -l^

^K CouiiMiider-in . inn. June \i. John Ixxizc, of Uo«Uilln, fo. Tar-

^H i/n* 2S. J. r le Kxon or n»r»nf4, f«.|. in rj-MK-*' »"•'"• intuKirv of hN

^H Corporal of I In > ■' — •' ,„.(<.

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^H lUlrauriluiiu-y i' .-j

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Uer .^....i. , .,,„„, •'"'•

Ha< : nt l>ulilin, WtlUam Leeson, «*q.

X;^' .■-... ..,. ■' ri.w. ,,p|>oiDt«0 tslirr to the Orxt«r of W.

Ch' l^rnrk.
J' »Too«l, e»q. Koii anil brir

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fr js^ugai, la tctrpt ilw Jatignu ot Knff ht cano i UruJ. (J. Drew, lo the llan*r.

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Preferments.— Birlhi and Marriages.

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' to terre in ParUumtnt.

' ■ ' Ksq.

EcCLCbUITICAl. Vl L K^.

„ t. H, Hunttni:ford to tic * OiDon of livn-

■•• '• -^ l.'r»an, St. Paul's eiiiacotwl

i> 1 jnicloii P.C. CUeshlre.

K<-». f.iiiu uuiivr, (uwirk K. Nitrlbtk.

Rrr. C. J. r*rtiirrl?hf, Hwkiiionawik* P.C.

R. " ■ ■• ' ■ ' ■ • • •■

i( -et.

H

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M. Al UlilllUMllIi' IM . I limb.

Wclfurd Willi ."iiUbertoft V. co.

JU-T t I.IK iiTiPld. Grrit Liiitoril R. Uuckii.
Her. D. F. MMiham, Urtnt llorkpslvy U.

R. ■ " ■■ ": '.Vnrc.

K

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, HolUim, R,
U Norfolk.
P.C. in tlie

R' . -.11.

K .;:fonl.

IC. M»Vo.

Ri-. \^ It 1'. >viii.i, (.-,111411)11 MUi'iice R.

I>ur*<-t.

lu r 1 Wdftnn. T'oi1f|lTi:ftoij V. CO. N'lrton.

II ■ •■ r.i. Ynrk.

!■ 1 V. CO. N'pii.

11 Jill nilli XJIiJii^haDi,

U' \ iitdiiATa, Frlliritrfce ud Melton

Ion ICR. Norfolk;

CHArtAINS.

Rtr. C DaniH tn tlm Mnrr|Tti<i nf Slifro.

R/ ' ■■ •' ciuconsbcrry.

jl . - rry.

rivTi PnrrmwrvTu.

I'll onJinary

.1 rresidcnl of

M.A. to Ik> Hicti
-il, ikiid Mr. C.U,
I .lilt Mustpr.
'I ii> Iwitiiril Mastrr

t»iit MAAtor

iJ.
. ;.oter uf Andu-

vc» fntutuM Kliwi.

BIRTHS.
t, TlM* wiff at tlii< R^«. R. A'Conrt

V. .. ..!■ f .. .r,, ^ j,u ,s_ In

■rtr, iJtc wife nf K.

n. IM At Ik'M-ll

ley, t »ou. 2i, Jn E.ilon -su. the L_

Byng, « d«u. M. ITii' wife of Jokn (

i!si|. of UMlmp'iH'uurt. IhToii, a duo.— I
In Wiltoii-rrMrtMit, Mrs. Tolleniiiche. a 80

31. Ill .*^t. James's-9<j. Lady GrorgiauA

(.'. Grey, a dau.

Laltty. At Wyfold-aiuji, Oxfordshiii', .MnJ

Arnot, a son. In Dublin, tbc bdy of Sir BJL

R. Boroujb, Uiiri. a son, Ijidy Conrteiur*

a d&u. At Brighton, Lady Jane Knox, •

dau.

June 1 . In Park-plare, Ibe OuchMS of neJUb,g

fort, a dau. 3. In Portlaod-pbu-p, the will

of J. WiitraiD, e«q. a son. J, At Kilto(

Housr, Glouf . the wife of the Rev. A. A. Dau

l)»ny. B aou. At Jennings, Kent, ibe wife i

K. B. Curtets, I'liq. a son and heir.-
At Ile<llyni.-b Houiie, tlic vtff of Tliomn

^'illiani Coventry, rw. a son. The will

of the Met. P. J. Courtenay, Rnrtor o

North n"' i>"-"i, n sou. h. The wife (

the \\.r\ ■ '..ondeii, Rector of Ea«t'^

wrll, K' — ^7. At I.iOn^(>a,

LtdifieUi, ....

n ilou. «. I hif will

.Master of Christ's (
13. At Ganington, o^,
VV. B, l>u»«y, a 8011.

'<■■' -ii'inrt Mi\jpntiie^1
lir. Graham^l
■ a d.iu. — --}
...cuf the Bcr,

^1 the Ni-w \ iUn<(>. I
I tlie Htv. Charles \Vi

aiARRIAGES.

Ajarit 23. At Hori-ncc, llie Pnke Hs St. Lea,^

ex-King- of Holland, to tlu- .Siunora 8tTX>ul.'

24. Ac St. I'aiicnui, Stephen Hall, esif.

M.D. of KeniiiuKlon, to Ann, .uTond d
tlir \-M.- fh.-ii-l,., rii,. iir i-v,i i.f M.lii..iiir<
G. K

A\ I

shay, tsu. ui Odncy Uatili. Al St. Ji

Westminster, Jainea Kerr R>Tnrt, ax\,

('iril .1«r\'irp, to Ocorgiaiia, eldest dau. vr^m

Rer. KiJward R<?pton. At St. James's till

R»;». Clift«t. (-'larki', ddcsl son of Sir Chas. M.
tnarke. Uart. of li.irin". (....r., v..iinik, to
Ro>tt Mary, d' r, c»f|,

of tA)rk-st. •. Johq

Panloe, U.A. t.i i .... .orife

lliornhill, <,»q. .\l. Iv .'-'1,

linn.-**!!. Viscount 0.1 i.ii.'-i,

only dau. of K0I ■ n i .|. uf

Frystone Hall, '1 v, the

Rev. ThoR. C\ M,ina»

Child, eso. of 1-1 . , . .;.:^, datu

of J. Fieldi-r, vst>\. At Ir'uihain, Ifaomaa

Vxcia Pennm-, e.sij. Jan. B.A. to Mary Anne,
youiifest diu. of the Ute G. O. Ko«s, es,^,

of th<s Cat* of Good Hope. .\t Saint

Marvlelione. Thomas Williams, of B^-rbice.^
j.A,|i,. \i .1.1.1. ,.i,!.,.t .i„„ .,f « J. IMttar, of^

*■ nrk-st. OM|.

bx: lien, B.A. to

Jiiii.. ;, ■ 1 ., . . 0. .\. lArob, .

n.I>. Kwtor of lilvii, riui4ii. 26. At Si,

Marvlobone, the Rev. II. T. Parker, Vicar of'

HI,Hfl'.li..'.l Il..r.,-r, I,. .I;,r,,.. x.uutf^mt daU. of ,

til. M, eo. Kent.

— I'apt.Harrr

Kyi , ..,.. ! the Ute W. '

Parker, c- 1 -xj. WilUam Talker,

i.-«u|. of II DartfonI, to Klizalietli,

dau. of III, .„. li Talbot, esij. of r

Castle. At bray, Berk», F. P. Harfop

late of the 3d Gllard^•. to lyouisa-Rliu-I
ff.f.,.,,.1 ii'oi ,.r Ti.. I k.i' 1,'..^ 11 1. I

nil '

111 15

Wi:.;... ■

ii;;i-r nf ■ lliain'

Weill., . Mai-

well, «i.l., . I.. .... .ill,

IJerka. 27. At Killnrry. U«f-ir.- Co. th«|j

Earl of Cloumcl to the Hon, Annette Burgh,/

tM^^tk

JHUBMh

9i

Ittnrrh

mt>es.

[July.

cKlMt 'Uti. of L«r<l rv.

AMirv clmri li, ttalh, I.

a. At Uie
. IM Krii-
g«l LigM Cnv. I« Anw I ' i-iiic. t-lilost

nau. of Li'-ul.-Col, KirkntKid, oi' L'asllctdwii,
CO. Sliffo.

J/oy I. At Furehnni, the K»>v. P. TlirMhrr,
M.A Xo EliMl»etli, rldeM lUii. of tlic Kcv. W.
Harrison, Vicar of Furchaiii, iiml l'rcl>, iif

Wjiich«r»lcr. At IVort-hmstcr, Vvv(\. Tlios.

Millrr, r!>(i. lu Mnnnnli Miiria, only cliilil uf
thp HcY. uv«ii Davieh, Rector of All .Saiulf, in

that lowii. rrt'ilcrii-k PiilsU-y, «*sti, M.l>. fii

flora Amir, •irruiirl ilau. of the t(«rv'. Joliii

Willis, Ri'i iiir of Sontli Ppitoii, rvirsrt. At

St. litor^f'*, Dublin. T. I'akfnliaui, ctn\. lair
of Bengal Civil s^^^rvicc, to .Snnih J.iiir, rrll<t of

AV. Johnston, csii. SIst rcirt. At llroiiilry,

Kent,- the llev. William llilUjanl, Kci|..r of
-Mnrliet Pcopinc, to Htii)liia, fiinrlh il.-m. of
the late RcT. Jnlin Hlldvinl, ^'ii-ar of Honliy

and Horkstow. ro. Linrolh.^ At All ^oul*',

Mtrylcbotie, >'. S. Kliint, f so. of Craldicll, Sus-
sex, to Mary, only <]aii. of tlic latr Itcv. Jolin

Oianrller. Rector of Whitley, .''urrcy. At

>'ulbam,S. .Sladp,esi].to Hanhn)i,)oiiiii;(>stilaii.
iif the late Riyht Kev. R. titanser, V.l). (drincrly

}Ji*hO|> of Nova Scotia. 2. At .Mortlakc,

the Rev. Horace Oore tMrrie, to the Hon. Char-
lotto Adilin^-tou, thin) ilaii. iif Ijinl \'iw. Sid-
mouth. — At ."^t. Leoiianrs-on-lhe-Sen, .Sairiuel,
son of 8. Newton, esq. i>f Crnvton-nark, Canib.
In Kliul>etli, <lau. of t'hoiiiLf St. (iniiilin. cs').

of Ilatley Park. ,1. At Hru«MlN, riios. Uoth-

ncll, e!>i|. of hlark-ca.itlr, ro. Mcatii, to I'i-Ance5
.Siilncy, third ilau. of the late Hon. and

Rev. 'Arthur Vesc). At Trinity (.'hurch,

Marylehijiie, the Rev. Fl■Bnci^< lI<iil;,'-.on. Arrh-
•leacon of Derby, to Kli7..ibetli, lenintl dan. of

Uinl Denmaii.' At Fonliii?liri>lKfi Hauf.i,

Jame.i Ale.x. Soton, eaq. late of lit UrHcuuii
Ouanla. to Anne Snsannah, eldest <Lna. of John
Wakefield, mi - \t river Itrun^iiton, Notl.'<,
llie Rev. \i r, Uoftor of llccliley,

Snssex, 111 Minni,'vst dnn. of llie

Rrv. J. Iliii ipf <»ver Hnioffliiun.

At Lcaniini^tjii, Uu lltv- Jainc* S[in', liicuin-
Itenl of \Yc»t UroniMirh, to Rcbeira, relirl of

Henry Hunt, esq. of the Brade^. AtTich-

♦ielfl, Capt. James \. MiuTay, R.X. <inn of the
late I/jrJ W. Murray, to Julia, il.iii. of the late
J. L)clmc>, e.sn. of C'Riii<<hHll, r.ireham, llant^.

M Cricklionel, U. J. Lucas, ciq. M.l>. to

BliMbeth, eldest tlau. nf theltev. G. J. Devan.

^S. At Cheddttn Filtpaine, Sim. the Rev.

Kohl. .Moore, yonnijest stni of the Rev, Koht.
Moore, I'reb. iif Cinterbury, to Cliarlutte, third
d»U. nf llic Kev. Dr. Whn., I'ul,. of WrIW,

ami Reitor of Oicdih .Vt St.

GeorKeV, Hanover-s4j. I irr, >-mi. uf

Itorde-hill, Susaex, to i .>r the l.ite

John Dent. esq. M.V. - a. S. ll.'^jdon, esq.
only son of W. HnyiUm, esq. of .Mill-niraii-
hnuae, near Ciuihlfnrd, to Faiiuy, fttth dan.
of the Rev. n. Ik-lhell, Fellow of Uton.

Worplcsdon. At Trinity

Mil , till- l(.i. .1 I. t;,»lii.n,
1 • 'iir^,

M'll-

w.

urt,

■iiie»

It).

'irpr,
ftr,

Cl«} U*U| W J«U« AltUi hiiUii iUu. Ul ^UlUU

Pryor, rv\. of Rahloek. At Uuildfonl, C.

Mnnirer, enq. I',. I t'o.'f" Service, and of tinern-
rtc>. Ill Julia, oldc-tt dan. of the Kev. C. Itelin,

Head Ma.ster of the (.uiildfoni School. ^John

I'lnnitain KIwin, esci. iit rili.roy-st. to KliM-

betli. dmi. of l,«dy 11i.-.Ml(,«i» Hli),'li. IS. At

Floreme, llie lU'V. John Jaiue'i. Rector t)f
Rjiniimr^h, Yorkiihtre, >ion of John Jninea,
t-M\, of l.ydnev, filmic, to Throdosla Mary,
dan, of till.' late \Viii. Tennant.r'iq. of Uriglilvn,

and niece to the I'Jirl of Yaf|jiiniii(h. M

Norlti .MooNis, :li,' lli.il. r.liouiiit I'r.iii|ia,
broti > l.,r».

Mr* • lin

t'nnip' ' -Ma.

- — -At l.tinnHO[ili, n NiLl.idl,

esi|. of tlie Mid^Ile T' .ill Jmir,

eldest dun. of the Kev. < > li. At

^1. (je()iffe'.«, llulmu, Mjii.i Ui; • r, tlie Rev.
('hnrlcfi ¥. Ilalilnin, St. A. second son nf l^
llaUlwiii, es(t. of CiroVf Hill, r.iiol..rv\. II. to
}{elcci Jane, eliliiit dan. nf Jolr .of

Hnline. Joseph, son ol Mr ' n-

tiill, of Staiioiiei-s'-hf>II, to V^^ii. i ""d

dau. of Richard Kykyn, esq. ufrrcmrli liiid.

At St. Ueorin?*!<, llaiiover-.si| the Kev. H.

S. Ptillaid. M.A. second son of R. H. Pollard,
esq. of Mretiiell-house, ltroiui>lon, to Anno
liatiella. dati. nf tbi- Inlo W. t'nasif. e^i, of the

i'tland of St. Vimi-iii. \l ^t. NliT:\liii<.ne,

Arthur Martin a' I' n of

Wm. a'lkNkell, > mA

Ixjllls!!. I Ml ^l il:. > in,

e-iq. I'l "f-

ton, > lira

dau. • _

AIM \* His. of

Whi. it dan. of

the l; -I I'hiliii'a,

Uu'UMiul, llu- Ula. j. h. ll.ui.Uton, M.A.
Vicar of Sheeiwlieil, Leic. to Ann, ynuni^eat

.i.-"!. .>r ti.. n- 1, •nllM,,.^^ n..iii. m.a. -At

Nirl;
Elil..nli

hall. Al liiiiity Cliuiili, i l

Fryer, esq. of Wiinborne, to I i ,

only dau. of J. Kuliai.K.

and of Hagley, Wore. —
rhnrch, J. Williaiiix, so

•n: of R,

1. to Ann
t M illen.

I. » W.

I I i.-irea,
.■•ice,

to Kniiii
ofK.
sq. .1
betli, 1
llroinjitiio
21. .Vt St. 1
cleik. r,ii
|i:ntn-
Iniriii

il.i^i.i.f .

1-

93

OBITUARY.

PjllNC-C Tai.i.j.yiiam).

J/ay 17. At his boU-l in the Rue de
HoTMitio, at Paris, iit hit, 8kh yL-ar,
Prime Tallcyraiid.

Cliarlc» MnuriccdcTiillcyrand PerigorJ
i born ut Puris in 17jl. lie ivns dc-
]ed from one of llic oldi'^t ond most
Mrioui houses of France, which, during
t!ic middle ages, were lords of «lie district
of Qucrcv; and nt an early age, as a
roungiT btolhcr, \va« destined for the
church. His ecclesituticul education wb*
lormrd ut the kcminary of St. Sulpice,
»nd hi9 laleiils for public business were
iilrc»dy so strongly developed, that in 1780
lie W8S nsiiic'd ^\fe'cnt. General for the
cU-rgy, In 17»8 be WHS eoiiseiruteJ Bi-
shop of AiKiin, and the ycnr iifler wus
eltHrti'd deputy of the clergv of hin diocese
lo I' ffcnci-ttl. At thiit nioinen.

If'^ jnbeau pcreeivcd the extent

of L. . ., and fiijnnlizcd him its one

of the mon powerful and versatile of the
mtn of genuis who then abounded in
Europi'. He proposed several important
niniiiircfl to the State9, anions; others the
tapprrtsion of tithes and the appropria-
tion of the property of the clergy lo the
nantiul the public treasury. In 1790 he
wms njiined President, find in the same
tear ofliciHted .it thealtar in theChump do
Alaiit on llic Any of the Nulional Federn-
tioti. He sulifif(|ni'ntly consecrated I he
til ■' ■ • ' V .' , ,11(1 for this

H. PiuB VI.

Hi .. „ „. ..„, ..c of Autun,

•nd his circlioii ns) n mi inber of the direc-
tory for the department of Pnris, followed
«oon mflrr. He was left by Mirabcuu na
one ol'his executors, nnd in \Tii2 wnssent
irif " ' "on II >ccret mission, together
»i :\clin, the uniliiLbnaddr. The

f'< uistratJoii under ^Ir. Pitt,

af' ily receiving the French eii-

*■' uHily ordered them to Icftve

ihe cuuiiuv within tMeiity-four hours.
M. d« Tulleynind ntumtd to Purih, the
day a/ter the 1 0th of Au^ni^^t, and wns
indebted to Da II ton for a narrow escnpc
from a«Kn$sitiation. He then left Frnncc
for the United Stntes, and remained there,
mcaged. It is said, in commereiul specu-
lations (ill ITHG, when he wua recalled by
a decree of the Convention. In 175/7, nftcr
ihi- I8»h Kru<t ' ' I- appointed lli-
nintt-r of Ft'ii and supported

wilti 111'' ii-n- itilc *nn{/ fnjiil

Xh im bv:)ll parties.

T»' ■ H?th IJruinaire

occuiTtfl. Nujiijliiiii became First Con-
sul, and M. dc Xallcynuid vvntinueil us

Foreign Minister. lu ISOii a brief from
Pius VII. releused the ex-UiKhop of
Autun from his ccclcitiaBticHi ties, and he
shortly after married Mudume Urandt, of
Ilumburgh. The rivalry of Foiicbe and
M. de Talleyrand then followed, iind to
the ultimate advaniiige of (he hitter, who,
on Kupoleoii becoming Emperor in I60<i,
waa elevated to the rank of Prince of Be-
nevetito, and Grand Chamberlain of the
Empire. The next year be was sue
cecded as minister by al. dc Chunipa^ny,
Duke de Cadore, nnd wiis named Viee-
Grund Elector ; but from this period his
alienation from Napoleon may lie dated ;
he dis)ip|>rovcd of the Emperor's ng^ri^.
sions ill Spitiii ; mid in 1814 was upiioiiited
president of the provisional government
of France, until the arrival of the Comtc
d'Artois. He was PVcnch Commissioner
nt the Congi'e^s of Vienna, and on the
tinal return of Louis X V'lll. in 1BI5, he
resumed the portfolio of Foreign affairs
as President ot the (ktuncil, but resigned
before the oid of the year, from his dis-
approlMtion of the tendencies of the go-
■\eriiment. From this period he remained
near the person of the Sovereign in virtue
of his title as Chuniberlain, and ultimately
became the lender of the opposition in the
Chamber of Peers. The revolution of
lH;{n found him, though advanced to ■
vencrublc age, not too old for the service
of his country, and he proceeded to Lon-
don as Ambusstidor, where be remained
till 1835. After this time the Prince has
rested under the shadow of his diplomatic
laurels, ample enough to include within
their branches the treaties of Amiens, of
Luneville, and of the quadruple alliance.
The nature and the greiit gift of Tulley-
mnd was to perceive where power and in-
fluence were likely lo centre. Even in
the turmoil of revolution he was still the
courtier, aiming at eirectiug nothing him-
self, by either study, or eloquence, or la-
bour, but seeking to fasten on the greatest
personal chanicter of the moment, in order
through lilin to wield inlluenee. llelirst
atLiched himself to JVlinibeau, whose exe-
cutor he became. His secret mission to
England, under Chauvelin, followed.
But the limes became far too menacing
and troubled for such spirits as Talley-
rond, |)Osscssedof more finesse than force,
tolive or prosper in ; ntid he wisely turned
his buck upon Europe until the eomliMt
of brute force should have tcrwiimtod,
nnd the stage be left once more open to
those qualities uiid powers which be pos-
Ks«cd. He tctuiucd vu li'xM>x\^<i visAv.\

OoiTUAKY. — Prince ThUepraitd.

[July,

the Directory. Tlie utter instability of
an exeoulivc without talent, honesty, or
honour, soon induced bim to look out for
one of those rniistcr-spiritti under the
bhadow of whose success he might hold
more duruble and liononmble influence.
He chose Napoleon, «nd contributed bv
his couneiU to the revolution of the iHtfi
Urumuirc. From that period M.de Tal-
Icymnd wus Forcii^i Alinistcr of Frnnee,
during seven or ei^hf of the iT)i>«it impor.
tant years that ever oeeupieil diplomftcj'.
He was the obedient, the approving nil-
luster of the Emperor, until the Intter
bad reached the utmost height that arms
and policy could bestow. Tiillcyrund
then would Luvc hnd him rest, telling the
KmpiTor that the ascent was over, that
he had reached the mountuin.top of his
fame and power, and that further progress
must be descent. The re«lle«s spirit of
Naiioleon disliked and spumed the advice.
Tulleynmd «as overthrown, and the first
dilTteulty which the Fmperor experienced
iminedintely after from the resistance of
Spain was pronounced by his ex-minister
to be the commenctment nf iht end.

At a moment when the military fame
of the empire gave way, all eyes turned
to M. de ralle}Tand in his retreat. His
eminenre proceeded from his standing
ntmust iilone usn I'lench stittcsmnn, Honu-
pnrte having extinpuished the class and
the race. Could Napoleon, in<leed, have
trusted him, regained his confidence, and
so far yielded his imperiiil will a.* to enter
into his views, France mijjht have con-
cluded other treaties than those of 1814
and 181a. Uut Talleyi-nnd soon flung
himself into the other f>(»tle, and was,
more than any other person, influential in
bringing about the Restoration. Except,
however, in the negociutions which fol-
loAved immediately the triumph of ibc
allied jHjwers, the Prince wu<; able to re-
cover no permanctit position or authority.

From time to time, indeed, he made
his inttucnee felt, and showed himself in
that prominent light which he was am.
bitious to appear in. But every one per-
ceived, and he perceived himself, that he
■"■ ■ ':■ the minister of a consti-

|lo iicnt, foi which he wanted

' , the churartcr, and the
neculiar taleni?.. Conxidcrnble obloquy
fell oi\ the French crovcrnmrnf after Jttly
for 11

for firnmess of char.u-tcr as for a Mmpre-
bcns-ive mind. His powerful influence
having been cxcrci jcd in varying situations,
and over destinies: the most onposrd to
each other, iind he wu» naturaliv char^'ed
with having been as chanKenbie a» ihc
events of hts time. Nevertlielets, In the
apparently fluctuating character of hi*
existence, one prevuiling sentiment may
be remarked — an unalterable attuehnient
to the icvuluiion of 1789, and a deep feel,
ing of nationality, fur lew men have felt
BO strong an interest in their country's
greatness. On the important occasions
on which he was employed, his con^stant
study was to derive some admntage for
France from the diflicult situations which
were not his own work, and no man wtis
more capable of turning them to belter
account. His rare firmness of elmraeter,
and hLs iuiperturbiible tang/roid, enabled
him to assume over others at least some
portion of the empire which be exercised
over himself. It was impo»»ible to exert
more inHueneo over an assembly of (Uplo>
matists than that for which Talleyrand
was indebted to his *u[>erior mine!, his
infinite resources, and the clcganco of his
language. To give an idea uf the effect
produced by his style, which after him
will probably find no efficient imitator, wc
may eoinniue his eonverwition to the
prose of v^'lt.iire. He frc(jucntly gave
way to a natunJ nonchatancf, and on such
occasions spoke but little ; but w hea he
at length shook off this rnenlal indolence,
his conversation was enchanting. His
habitual chit- chat tone w;is one of grace-
ful levity that skimmed lightly over the
surface of eveiy subject, hut which, when
serious business was the theme, gave way
to an extraordinary depth and force of
reasofung. It Im.i been often imagined
Ihiit he lived, as it were, only iniellcctually,
and that his heart found no room for the
feelings of affection ; but those who were
admitted to hi.s intiintiey know that his
kindness was uneipiulled, and that its cx*
presaion not unfre<|ucnth- pi-tiffrnlcd even
through the immoven' ich

disconcerted so many

The fJ^^' iiit

which call -i"-

pearcd »ix il- _ - . - 'he

was ic'iM-ii vvkIi a ^lllvcring lit aitcnded

by ropcftfi-d vomitings. He nnderwent

n at the lov us

Kirtitude, i ■■.;,

11 r \\ I.

Having

i-hl ll,. ^

I* li;iUiuki;il in tli.;

Id. dc TttUoyrund

iiowabic,

.ut

cure
strvi
tliut
that

pcr-
i>ki'd

...lid

Ms

eg

;.ii;s> tli I'jJer,

-: to do but to

Obitoaby.— Pnrt<y TaUtytM

95

I

>iti] rii Iii' Iir:i1i1i. ]t is said that be
ivritU'ii mid o<l<lri"St«cfl
.tticiBof hi'< roiidiict ut
■ iiy of tlu* ri'iItTQtiortf
' vpiscopkl onli nation,
' ' ■' ' dcmocriktic
■ny. Tlu"
- , : :..: the retrnL".
tMtion mmie by iIil- Ptinc'e wnt> in the
form tif a letter, M^idrcssfd to lliir Fo]>i',
which liiul Ihh-h written six months. In
it lie relructcd the part which he took in
i'<iii»ti(ucional mass, celebrated on the
ol ihe I'edeintion in the thamp de
; and lUs with a copy was inclosed
by him to ibe Archbishop of Paris, who,
■ccordin;; to tbi« journal, did not visit the
frincc. When the arrival of the King
■ud Madiimc Adcluide wwt nnnouncc-d 10
tbcdyin^cum' ' >;d, " I'liia is the
ireatcs; lioim -. ever rocoivod."

H« I '■<•<. i.r, , : Aliyesty his phy-

i>i< .11, und valet in uttfiidnrice.

rluck Iht/ Abhi^ Dnjiiiiilou]!,

lidd out ielt the I'rinii' lor several

luttninifftercd the snorainciit of ox-

• •n. The Prance mentions

m death had taken plncv,

.,,. ... i, wi» adinitUdinto the room,

and tb«t he kissed the hand of the corpse.

Another journal ^ayt(, that M. Rover

Collard reiniiiiied by the bedside of the

•uffeter iiHill III' ex|iired.

" Wi- ' i!," ftiiyi tbc Memager,

- that lit of I'rinee Tolli-y-

rn"' '■ ■ ii up his letter to the

1 months ngo, is incorrect,

i i s that he did not yield till

aliei three duy-^' rcsiistance, and only on
thf dny of hi* dpnih, to the Bolicitations

n:- ' At lliis time

th (T only the Ahbi'-

L>i,,„....^..,,, w.u i.\.v... !5 do Dinoiind her
daughter, the Duke ile ViilL-iic.iiy, Dr.
Cuvvilbier. Dr. Cogny, his. plty^iciiin in
•tdinarj, and M. de Uacourl, o friend of
the family,"

Tbu«, after n lon^ and eventful life,
cs|iired Prince Tulliyraiul, in the lull

prt • ' •■>'. 'I.-' ....-..'...•"! facul-

t. ;. and

«. ' under

t' « more eAtrnoi'liuuty than,

e fnllen to the lot of any
jiter. With some
. of his sincerity,
,.,...,..1,1... ).,. sur-
■•• elio-
. s the
, cieuiiiL'ftS of hh
rs. and, nbovc all,
■ new of

:ly uc-

'Site yrituv'ii/um-rnttookplncc on Tucg,

day. May 22, at tlie church of the Aa-
siimption. Af he belonfred to nn an.
eient >overeij;n fiimily. iind hiid been j|
dignitary of the church, the oocustoined
draperies of black iind silver were not
used, lint the mourning tviis in violet.
The colourt. of liib tamily liveries and es-
cutcheon!*, with 111! tho cjiittrteritigs of bia
ulliiLiiccs, were displayed biith in tho
ebiireh and ut the hotel. The whole was
arranged with the strictest observance of
etiquette. The coffin lay in state for
an hour before its removal to the chtirch.
The privule friends of the deceased, and
deputiilioiis from the Chambers of Peers
and Deputies, from tbc Institute, and
other public bodies of which the deceased
wna a member, with nearly all the nm.
bassadors and other personugeii of the
corfif liiplonta/ii/ur, ike. asgembled >oon
after ten o'clork. At five minutes past
eleven o'clock the eorttye began to moT« i
in the following order : —

A Deiiichmcnt of Hussars.

Municipal Guards,

Suppers.

Music of the ICth, playing solemn »ir«,

nnd the drums inufUed,

A Detachment of the 7th Regiment of

Infantry.

The Mcnrse. druwu by six black horses,

richly and superbly caparisoned, with

silver ornament!!, as well as the

Hearse, w i th pi umes, Sic, and

the pall supported by

Marshal Soult, llaron Pnsquier,

Count Mole, and the Dtikedc Uroglie.

After which

Deputations from the Institute, the Peers,

Ministers, Dupiities, AmbuModors,

and different corps.

Scr>-ont8 in Roynl Livery.

A Detachment of the Kith of the Line,

The Prince'.s Carriiigc.

Six Mourning; Coaches.

The Duchess of Diiio's C«rrtage,

followed by

Four Mourning Coaches,

Seven Royal Corringes,

Thirty Private Carriages in Liveries,

eloiied by a

JlctHchment oi Municipal Guards

on foot and horseback.

The hearse arrived ot ihe church at half*
past eleven, wht-ii I he funeral service im«
mediately commenced. The body woi]
lowcrcil into a voult, where it will remuinj
a niiinth, and then he tnm^^ported to V'a-
leii9ay, together witli the bodies of thai
brother and tbc great-nephew of the de«
ceased. His brother, the Duke Archum«J
bnult de Talleynuid l'eT\(;ini\, wsJi x^
fother of the Uukc Ae \3u\o, <iwiv\ v^w
Sfetb of Avrii, ftl St. ti«tt»aw« , ia%«^1

nuTOARY.— SiV C. //. Palmer, Barl.—Sir R. C. Honre. [J«ly.

I

I

The Prince's \v\\\ lias been laid iH'fore
the I'rrsideiit of the Tribuiml dc I'rc-
niiere Instance ; lie has appoinled fa)<;
niere, the JJuchess dc Dino, uiiiver«al le-
gatee, and tins left a nnmbi-r of speriPic
)eft««<'ics to the Duke de V'alcn^Hy, his
gnind.ne|ihi'w. At the end of tbi.s will,
whirli is entirely in his own handwriting,
there is u deckration, also written by
himself, in which he espoRes the political
principlei which have guided bi^i runduct
under the different governments which
have succeeded since 1789. It is gnij
that this derlnrntion, trhieh he ordered fo
he rend to his fiimily iilong- with his will,
contuins some curious exposures on the
nature of the political crises in which he
hu<t been culled to [ilny a part. This de-
claration, as well as the u'ill, ii dated in
1830. There is also the most complete
prohibition mnde to his heirs from publish-
ing bia memoirs, which are, it is said, de-
posited in England, before the liipse of
thirty years from the day of his death,
and he orders them to disttvow till which
may be published in his name before the
expiration of that period. He expresnea
R desire to be buried at Valen^-ay, iind
conrludcs bis testament with a declara-
tion that be dies in the Ilomaii Catholic
faith.

VV'c believe wc may nRirra, saya the
Cotutilutionnel, that his Majesty conti-
nued to grant to Prince Talleyrand, out
of the civil list, the allowance of Uttl.OOOf.
which he enjoyed under the llestoration us
Grand Chamberlain.

Prince Tulleymnd was invested with
most uf the principal order!: of Kurope.
He was u Knif^ht of the Holy Ghost,
(irnnd Cross of the Legion of Honour
from its tirst creation in J8<Jj, a Knight
of the Golden Fleece, Grund CroS's of
the Orders of St. Stephen of HiuiKiiry,
the Elephant of Denmark, Charles III.
of S{Miin, the Soteer of (Jreece, the Sun
of Persia, the (kinception of PortUKnl,
the Black Kaylc of Prussia, St. Andrew
of Kussia, the Crown of Suxony, and St.
Joseph of Tufcuny. It has been remark-
ed ivi sinj^ulur ihiit, notwiilistunding be
took an active ])art in ihc formation of
the cnnstitutional government of Bel-
gium, he had not received the Order of
Leojiold. " ■ f the AcA-

d# mic d' Lettera,

and the A..... ^ .....a Morale*

rl Pnlitii|ne<.

Sin C- H. pAi.Mra, llAnr,
Ln(et)f, Age»l 7H. Sir Clmrleti Harvourt
Palmer, Hart, of Dotney Court, Buck*
in)ihum>htn'.
One oi till' aldfsf tilht ot the boronet-
' /** benvme fxthwt by the dtitth uf
i'J

this gentleman. It vms ronferred by the
Founder of the Order, King James the
First, in I(i2i, on Sir Thomas Palmer,
who had ticen knighted in the expe-
dition to Cadiz ; he was seated at Wing-
ham in Kent, and was descended from
ill) ancient family which hrid long flourished
in that county and Sussex. The elder
branch of the family tenninated in heir-
esses, on the dea h of the fourth Baronet,
in 1723 ; viz. Mary, married first to Sir
Brook Bridges, and secondly to the
Hon. Chiirlcs Fcilding; Elizabeth, mar-
ried to the Hon. Edward Finch Hfitton ;
and Mary, married to Daniel Kurl of
Winchelsea. The title then devolved on
Sir Charles Palmer, great-grandson of
Sir James Palm.-r, Knt. (thirtj son of the
first Baronet,) by bis wife Martha, duu.
and heiress of Sir Willinm Garrard, of
Dorney Court. Sir Charles married
Anne daughter of Richard Harcourt, esq.
by Elizabeth half-sister to Simon first
Lord Harcourt, whence the late Baronet
(their grandson) derived that name.

Sir Charles Harcourt Palmer was the
only son of Charles Palmer, e»q. an offi-
cer in the East India Company's service,
(only surviving son of Sir Charles,) by
Sarah, daughter of Thomas Clack, esq,
of Wnllingford, and sister to Frances
Viscountess Courtenay.

Sir Charles succeeded his grandfather
in the title Nov. H, 1773. lie has died
without legitimate issue, but haalelt three
sons born out of wedlock, between whom
he has left a large property, the accumu-
lations resulting from an uno^entatious
style of life.

Siu riicHARO Colt IIoare, Bart.

May 19. At Stnurhcad, in his Ktth
year. Sir Riclmrd Colt Home, Bart.
F.R.S. F.S. A. F.L.S. the amiable, be-
nificcnt, and very diligent Hiatorion ol
Wiltshire,

Sir Kichiird was Iwrn on the Otb o(
December, I7;><. the eldest son of Sir
Kichiird Huare, the Jirnt Baronet, by
Anne, second duu. uf Henry Hoare, of
Stourhead, esfj. and of Snsnnnn, daughler
and heiress of Sti-|ilM*n C^)ll, cmj. h\
a mo<lc«t biogmphx-at vtcpjch, wittch br
JiaK dmvvn of 1 —

" In my youth J .^^.

sincKS of •"■'• ' • ,,,,». ,y xmiid-

fnthrr rem mi if, and gave up

111 nir, dun - iiiiw, nil lii- t.iinlwl

property, an iJirlv
ti) bii«inc» indiicri i

null, i luiiik

dcnrt, 1 tiuw, in my MivanccJ age, frvl

1888.]

OBiTrAHY.— S^/r R. C. Hoare, Bart.

97

the benefits of an early liabit of appli-
catHMi."

In 1783 he married the Honourable
Heater Lyttelton, eldest daughter of Wil-
linn- Henry Lord Lyttelton. She died
in 1785, leaving issue a son, Henry. To
alleviate his grief for her loss, he resolved
to travel. In September that year he left
Eaahnd. passed through France and
Itafy to Naples, and after exploring the
duaie ground in the vicinity of that city
and Rome, returned bv Genoa to the
South of France. He then visited Swit-
zefhmd, afterwards made an excursion to
Barcelona, repaired a second time to
Rome, and afrain reached England in
July, 1787. This year, by the death of
hia ftither, he succeeded to the baronetcy.
In 1788, he left England a second time,
paased through Holland, the Austrian
Netberiands, Hanover, Prussia, Saxony,
and Bohemia, to Vienna, where he ar-
lived the same autumn. Thence to
Trieste, exunining the most interesting
objects on the coast of the Adriatic. He
d«Toted a considerable time to the exami.
mtion of Rome and Naples, and their
vicinity ; visited Sidly, Malta, and Gozo,
O^ri, lachia, and Elba; and returned
through the Tyrol to England, which he
reached in August, 1791.

In the course of these tours, as he him-
aelf observes, " portfolios were filled with
drawings of the most interesting objects
that occurred: an account of which I
waa induced to record in print, for the
gratificarion of my family and friends,
thns recalling to my recollection the manv
agreeable hours I had passed in search
of pleasure and information." These
Recollections formed four volumes, the
substance of which was afterwards con.
densed and published, in 1818, in " A
Classical Tour through Italy and Sicily,
tending to illustrate some Districts which
have not been described by Mr. Eustace,
in hia Classical Tour." At this period
he bad several offers of being brought into
Parliament, which he uniformly declined.
Latterly he has often been heard to say,
« I Aa/« politics."

" Durmg the convulsed state of Eu-
rope," be omerves, " when a veto was put
<Hi all foreign travel, my resources were
confined to my native country ; and Cam-
bria prcfented itself a« an object worthy
of attention. But as travelhng without
a pitrsoit becomes tedious, I resolved to
take Giraldua as my guide, and to enlist
njaelf as one of ms followers, through
his Ittr taborUuum. This work, illus.
tnted by nnnwrooa plates, and very hand-
aondy printed by Bnlmer, waa presented
to the publie in the /ear 1806.
** AnoAu obifect of amusement, in the
Ommt. Mag. Vol. X.

same district, occurred soon aftervrards,
in making the Tour of Monmouthshire,
with my friend Archdeacon Coxe, and in
furnishing drawings for his description of
that interesting county.

" The principality of Wales having
been traversed in every direction, my at-
tention was next attracted by the neigh-
bouring Province of Hibemia, which I
visited in the year 1807, and published
an account of this short excursion, to af-
ford my countrymen the information I
had gleaned, in a country so little visited*
and so much deserving of notice.

" The next and grandest object in view,
^vas the History of my own County, in
which the remarkable relics of British
Antiquity were situated — namely, Abury
and Stonehcnge. From a neighbouring
antiquary, Mr. W. Cunnington, of Heytes-
bury, who, during his rides over our open
Downs, had made many new and impor-
tant discoveries, especially as to the his-
tory of our ancient British inhabitants,
I became infected with the mania of an-
tiquarianism, which increased to such a
degree, as to enable me to complete, in
1831, two folio volumes of the History
of Ancient Wiltshire."

The labours of all former writers upon
British Antiquities and Roman RmmIs
bear no comparison to those of Sir R. O.
Hoare. The first volume of this 'splendid
work is confined to South Wiltshire, and
to British Antiquities ; and includes
several plans, elevations, &c. of that in-
teresting monument Stonehenge. The
second volume commences with North
Wiltshire; Part I. of which is confined to
the British sra ; and a full account is
given of that wonderful circle of Abury.
Part II. of the second volume is allotted
to the Roman period ; and an accurate
survey is taken of oil the Roman roads and
tesselated pavements in the county.

» Being still blessed," continues Sir R.
C. Hoare, " with a tolerable degree both
of health and energy of mind, I am anxious
that the Modem History of our county
should be the sequel of the former work,
and am now, in this Hundred of Mere,
laying the foundation ofa structure, which
I earnestly hope a future generation will
see advanced to a happy termination."

Of the Modern History of Wilts, the
parts published consist of, 1. Hundred of
Mere, 1822; 2. Hundred of Hey tesbury,
1824 ; 3. The Hundred of Branch and
Dole, 1825. In this portion of the work
Sir R. C. Hoare was associated with
the Rev. John Offer, whose untimely
death, Dec. 23, 1822, was a seriona
loss both to Sir R. C. How* naSi \ft
the History of WfttoUt*. Wt. Ott«f%
labours e&Te a nrom^ ot \BK*& *!&■

O

I
I

ccllence iii this JepBrtment of litcrntiire.
These three jiortions form the first vo-
lume, under the title of the " Vule of
Wily." 4. Hundreds of Everley, Am-
bresbury, nnd Undorditch, 182ti : 5.
Hundred of Dunworth and Vale of Nod-
drc. by James Edwnrd Baron Arundi'll
and Sir K. C. Hoiire, 18'29; C. Hundred
of Wcstbury, by Mr. Ilichard Harris nnd
Sir R. C. Hoare. 1830; and Hundred of
WHrminster, by Henry W«n8ey, e«q. and
Sir R. C. Hoare. 1831 ; 7. Hundred
of Clmlk, by Charles Bowles, esq. and
Sir R. C. Houre, 1833 -, 8. Hundred of
South Humcrhnm, by Wm. Henry Blurk,
esq. ; Hundred of DoMUton, by George
Miitclmra, esq. LL.D. -, Hundred of
Cavvden, by Sir R. C. Hoare, 1833.

This g:reat woric, which mu^t entitle
Sir Ricbord to a distinguished pluec in
the first rank of Tojiogru[ihir:il Hi>ito-
rians, was not completed to tlie extent
he at first contemplated. Notwithstand-
ing bis own exertions nnd example, he
WBB ot length, for wont of coadjutors,
obliged to Confine his views tu the His-
tory of South Wilts. His latest wish,
to see that work completed, was nearly
gratified. Of the part* still unpublishcrf,
the Hundred of Alderbury has pussed
through tbe prees; that of Frusttield (by
Mr. Matcham) w also nearly printed ; and
the account of Old and New Sarum is
we understand, so far advanced by the
joitit labours of Robert Benson, esq. the
present Recorder, and Mr, Hatcher, aa
to be nearly ready for the press.

Sir Ricfiard bad suffered much from
rbeumntie gout, and for some years had
been afllicted with deafness. His me-
mory mid sight were, however, little im-
paired by the fldviince of age. He was
always cheerful and rei>iRned,and he con-
versed with vivacity and pleasure on bis
antiquarian pursuits, and un tbe improve-
ments he bttd made in his beautiful and
iiicttiresi|ue demesne. In reenrd to his

lieiilth, I: ■'•■-: --' • -, •, npre-

bensioii .and

on the I ^ ^ tl his

lone, bonoiii'uble, and useful nireer, in bis
HOth ycKf.

His life hittcrly Imd Wen quite retired,
from the suvete attacks of his compLiint,
which so cnfoeliUd Ms frame, that he
sank into the arins ol death with the
Cht4«tian re^iiiiiuijun nnd culm pUcidity
of oi\e who fdt that he wn» »unimnn«|
to another ntid r\ |icf(,.r (vnf!»l. llr it
d.-^- ■ • . . .

(In

tl,,. .,.„■

h'

1 /y ' ■ '- ^*-

■fiuu-t, iui itn iiiiittitlual, wtU iaiig iiw in

the memory of thoiU! who knew faiin
best. As Q writer, and patron of lilKinil
pursuits, be took tbe most lively interest
in tbe history and antiquities of the coun-
try generally, and of his own district in
pnrticular; and his purse, his advice, his
assistance, were always ready to promote
any attempt, however humble, tor their
elucidation. In this, as in other respects,
no man better esempliiled bis own re-
mark, " We oufflit to consider ourselves
aa existing not solely for ourselves, and
to bear in mind tbe non ribi »ed posterit;
we should leave as a legacy for jiosterity,
M hatever useful information we have been
able to eoUeet, during tbe existing period
of our lives."

In roniiequencc of the recent death of
his son, Henry Hoare, esq. the baronetcy
nnd landed property devolve on his eldest
half brother, the head of the eminent
banking-house in Fleet -street •, and his
personal property on his grand-d.nightcr
Anne, who is married to Captain Muthew,
the Member for Shaftesbur)'.

Sir Richard Hoare, who was always
exeeediufjly liberal in presentation copies
of his published works, printed several
for private distributioii only. Of these
We have extracted the following list from
" Martin's Catalogue of Privately Printed
Books."

On the Architecture of Walca. 4to.
1800. A portion of his edition of Gi-
raldus Cainbrensis : twenty copies.

A Cjitaloguc of Books relating to the
History and Topography of July, col-
lected during the years 1786, 17M7, 1788,
178!^ I7fw. 1812. Svo. pp. lOvJj twelve
copies. 'Jbc whole collection described
in this catalogue was most lil)endly ])re.
senttd Ijy Sir Richard to the British Mu-
seam, in IB'^o,

Journal of the Shrievalty of Richard
Honre, esq. [Sheriff <if London and
Middlesex] in the years J740— II.
Printed from a M.S. in hit own hand-
writing, 1«1,>, royal t ' :-..

A Catalogue of i
History anil

Wales. ScoiImi

pp. 3<!I. 'l\\

|: 1

17)- I

<<i^ (0 the

h^ngland,

1815. Svo.

.lid,
'|iii>.
.Ihi'oud, in the yeor*
yu. Kl. V vol*. 8vo. 181 j
— I b I -'. \ 'I ihe two fonner only twenty.
live copies were printed) of the iwoi

lutli r i'':i-

f

Hi-
ton,
com

rom
W,
rev

till' famiiie* of Hore, of]

lievon; Hoare, of Wi-l-i

iiiiii. iiurks; HoiiTe, of Irfjndon,!

ALd.lle«intj Uinrv, of Mtfeham,]

. om.

^ur-i

- - ■• . ••• i-' • "•■ I.1.4I3C

I9IV, i\o, fp.Ui> tiiit« itorttaiu.

1838.]

OfliT0ABY.— r. A. Kntgkt, Esq. F.R.S.

Monasticon Wiltunense : containing a
List of the Religious Houses in North
and South Wiltshire : compiled chiefly
from Bishop Tanner's Notitia Monastica.
I821,fol.pp.54..

Monastic Remains of the Religious
Houses at Witham, Bruton, and Staror-
dale, Somersetshire. 1824, 4to.

A Letter stating the true Site of the
uident Colony of Camulodunum, [viz.
»t Colchesterin Essex]. Sro. 1827.

Registnun Wiltunense, Saxonicum et
Latinum, in Museo Britannico asscrva-
torn, ab anno Regis Alfredi 898, ad annum
regis E^wardi 1045. Nunc deraum notis
iUnstreTenuit J. Ingram, S.A.S., Sharon
Turner, S. A.S.,T.D, Fosbroke, S. A.S.,
Thomas Philhjpps, Bart. S. A.S. Richard
Coit Hoore, Bart. S.A.S. Suraptibus
B. C. Hoare. Typis Nieholsianis, 100
exemplaria impressa, 18S7, folio.

dmniGon vllodunense : sivc de VitA
et Minculis Sancts Edithic Regis Edgari
fifi* carmen retns Anglicum. E codice
unico Cottoniano in Museo Britannico
■dMrrato, nunc demum in lucem editum ;
cnri G. H. Black. Sumptibus R. C.
Hoare. TypisNicholsianis, 100 exemplaria
impressa, 1830, fol. pp. 141.

The Pitney Pavements, discovered by
Samuel Hnsell, esq. of Littleton, A.D.
1888 ; and illustrated, with his Notes, by
Sir R. C. Hoore, Bart. 1831, 8vo. pp.
20^ sixteen plates. Since re -printed, for
■ale.

In 1883, appeared " Hungerfordiana ;
or, Memoirs of the Family of Hungerford:
collected by Sir R. C. Hoare. Of this
elegant little volume only 100 copies were
printed ; 50 as presents, and 50 for sale.
And in 1829, " Tumuli Wiltunenses ; a
Guide to the Barrows on the Plains of
Stonehenge; by Sir R. C. Hoare" — a
•mall tract of 50 pages, printed for sale.

Sir Richard Hoare made the following
communications to the Society of Anti>
qoaries: in 1817, "An account of a Stone
Barrow in the parish of Wellow, at
Stoney Littleton in the county of Somcr-
set, which was opened and investigated in
the month of May 1816," printed in the
Arclueologia, vol. XIX. pp. 43 — 46,
with three plates ; in 1823 an " Account
of Antiquities found at Hamdcn Hill,
with fragments of British Chariots,"
printed ibid. vol. XXI. pp. 39 — 42, with
three plates ; and in 1827, " Observations
upon four Mosaic Pavements discovered
in the county of Hants," printed in vol.
XXII. pp. 40-54.

Among bis communications to the Ocn«
tlcroan's Magazine were, in 1823, an Ac
count of ft Roman Bath found at Farley,
Wilts, printed in vol. XCIII. with a
ptate} in 1887, so tecoant of a Hoaiaa

99

villa at Littleton, Somerset, printed in
vol. XCVII. with apian; and in 1830,
an account of the Roman villa at Pitney,
Somerset, also accompanied by a plan, m
vol. C.

T. A. Knight, Esq. F.R.S.

May 1 1. In London, at the house of
Mrs. Walpole, one of his daughters,
in bis 80th year, Thomas Andrew Knight,
esq. F.R.S. of Downton Castle, in Here-
foidshire, the President of the Horticul-
tural Society of London.

The following biographical notice of
this lamented gentleman we extract from
the Athenmttm .- —

" Mr. Knight was bom at Wormsley
Grange, near Hereford, on the 10th of
October 1758. He was the youngest son
of the Rev. Thomas Knight, a clergyman
of the church of England, whose »tbec
had amassed a large fortune as an iron-
master, at the time when iron.works
were first established at Colebrook Dale.
When Mr. Knight was three years old,
he lost his father, and his education was
in consequence so much neglected, that
at the age of nine years he was unable to
write, and scarcely able to rend. He
was then sent to school at Ludlow,
whence he was removed to Chiswick,
and aflterwards entered at Balliol College,
Oxford. It was in the idle days of his
childhood, when he could derive no assist-
ance from books, tliat his active mind
was first directed to the contemplation of
the phenomena of vegetable life ; and he
then acquired that fixed habit of thinking
and judging for himself, which laid the
foundation of his reputation as an original
observer and experimentalist. He used
to relate an anecdote of his childhood,
M'hich marks the strong original tendency
of his mind to observation and reflection.
Seeing the gardener one day planting
beans in the ground, he asked him why
he buried those bits of wood ; being told
that they would grow into bean plants and
bear other beans, he watched the event,
and finding that it happened as the gar-
dener had foretold, he determined to plant
his pocket-knife, in the expectation of its
also growing and bearing other knives.
When he saw that this did not take place,
he set himself to consider the cause of the
difference in the two cases, and thus was
led to occupy his earliest thoughts with
those attempts at tracing the vital phe-
nomena of plants to their causes, upon
which he eventually constructed so bril-
liant a reputation.

'< It was about the year 1795 that Mr.
Knight began to be publicly knQ\«n «& «k
vegetable physiologist. In V\»X. '^ea.t \v%
Jiid before the Roy«l Socv«l| \iu ci^«

100

Obituary. — liear-Adm. TuOin.

[July.

brtited paper upon tbc iubcritaiice uF du-
cftse nmoiig fruit trees, niid the propagu-
lion oi dubility by cTiifiiitg. 1\m wu»
succeeded bjr accounts of expcriuiL-iital
researches into vpgrtnble fecundation,
the n5cent and descfiU of sap iu tree$,
the phenomena of germination, tbc in-
fluence of light upou leaveF', und u grent
Vitriety of tiiinilar subjects. In nil these
rcsfiirches, the originality of Ihc enperi-
xncnls wns vi'ry reniHrliiible, and I bo cure
with whirh llie r«-sulls wore given vvus so
grcnt, (ttal the most captious of subsc-
<|uent writers hicve iidinittcd tbc nceuraey
of the fuels produced by llr. Knight,
however uiuc'h they miiy have diflVrci!
from him in the conclusions which they
draw from tliem.

" Tlie great object wliieh Mr. Knight
set Ijelure himself, and which he pursued
through his long life with undeviating
8t«iMliness of putjiosc, was utility. Mere
curious speeuhilioiis seem to have engaged
iiis attention but little; it was only when
fuels had Mitne great practical bearing
that he ajiplied hiniBcIf seriously to inve*-
ligxte the phenomeuR connected with
them. For ibis reason, to improve the
THces of domesticated plants, to establish
import ' - ; ' iition ujion
sound to increase

(be uuu^:.... I. i:iiiy be pro-
cured from a given spare of land, all
oflbetn subject* closely connected with
tlie welfare of his cDiintry, are more
especially the topics of tbc numerous |»a-
pers communicated by him to \-arious so-
cieties, especially the Horiieuliund, in
the chair ot vvliieh he sneeeeded bis friend
Sic Joseph Hunk*. Whoever calls to
inind what gardens were only twenty
years iign, and wlwit I bey are now, must
be sensible of the extranrdirtary improve-
uient which hiis taken place hi tbc nrt uf
hortieultuie during that [itriod. This
change is unquestionably traceable in a
more evident maiutev to the practice and
writings of Mr. Knight tlian to all other
causes combined. Alterations tir»t sug-
gesied by him-iclf, or by (be [principles
■** ' ' ' ' inner.

" ■, have

ill . ; ,v I , •

the most cxtiu»ive in

rciil f.ri.'in of which liij

1' -is in Hiicli caHt'B, been t'or-

w pt by flmsf who nre fitmiliiir

will; ; ' :"':■"

know '

ii^'

were once conliueil tA tbc great uud.l
wciiltby. it is to Mr. Knight, far morttf
than to any other person, that ibcgruti*]
tude of tbc country is due. I

" The feelings thus evinced in the len.|
dcney of bis scientific pursuits, was ex-J
tended to the olbces of private life. Never
was thero a man possessed of greater I
kindness and benevolence, and whose b>s»|
has bctu more severely felt, not only bjrj
his iuiracdiare iauiily, hut by his nume«.j
rous tenantry and dependents. And yet, f
notwithstanding the tenderness of bis of-l
feetion for those around him, when itj
pleased Heaven to visit him, some year*'
since, with the heaviest raiauuty thiitj
could befal a father, in the sudden death
of an only and much beloved son, Mr, I
Knight's ]>hilosophy was fully equal Ut\
sustain bim in bis trial. I

" ]\Ir, Knight's political oi/uiions wereJ
as free from ])rcjudices as bis scicntilio]
views; bis whole heait wiw v\ith the li-l
beral party, of which he was all bis life •!
s(re4iuous supporter.

" It is no exaggeration to add, that, grei ^
us is the loss sustained by his conniiy imt
his friends, it will be equally diflicult loj
fill his vacancy in science. No livinn
man now before the woilt ' .id tal
rink with hiiu in that i and

of iciincc to which his ;... voted.

"J. I..

RlCAR-An.MlRAL ToilIN, C.B.

April lU. At Tpignmouth, I>«von
afaire, aged 6!>, Ketkr-Adiniml Grorp
Tobiii, (J.li,

This r'rii.-' ■'»•.- - 'It .!id s«

of Jam iilU

man ot ' He.

was born ul iSalisbuiy on the loth iJecJ
17(58; and entered the naval utirviee iiT
June 1781). I! ' L'l

late A dm. l\

man on boarJ .> ^

funning part ol thi.' < hti!:
in nn-i that bhip, then lc_

dpi. r'ansUawe.aceouipaiiiL-il .Sit G. -
Roifncy to Ihc Wc^t liidie*, where ».h

paid utl iti cuniic<iuc!iK-« ul ib« general

peace.

TV - yl

n

1838]

Obituary. — Rear*Adm. TobtM.

101

be completed bia time as a midshipman
OD board the Leander of 50 guns. He
also served some time in the Assistance
SO; but, on that ship being put out of
oommission, he was, lilce otner young
officers, without employment in the time
of peace, and in consequence accepted
tbe situation of mate in an East India-
man, and made the China voj-age between
1788 and 1790.

On the Spanish armament he joined
tbe Tremendous at Chatham, and was

?romoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
lor. 82, 1791. In the following spring
be was selected to accompenr Capt.
Bligh as Third Lieutenant of the Pro-
vidence, commissioned on a voyage of
discovery, and to convey the bread-fruit
from Otabeite to the West Indies. Being
an excellent draughtsman, be employed
himself in making surveys, and sketch-
ing the most remarkable scenes of that
interesting voyage. All these were, on
bis return, given up to the Admiralty, and
be could never obtain their return, though
frequent applications were made.

Previous to his return to England,
Lieut. Tobin received letters informing
him that Capt. Horatio Nelson, who had
a few years before married a relation of
his mother, Mrs. Ncsbitt of Nevis, had
kept the Third Lieutenancy of the Aga-
memnon 6i open for sonic time, in the
hope of his joming that ship. But being
out of the way, he could not avail him-
self of the opportunity of being under
the command of our great navuJ hero;
who, in a letter written in July 1797, re-
marked, " Had be been with me, he would
long since have been a C^iptain, and I
should have much liked it, as being ex-
ceedingly pleased with him."

Lieut. Tobin next ser\cd in the Thetis,
a. fine frigate cruizing oif Halifax, from
which be was removed into the flag-ship,
tbe Resolution 74 ; and tbcncc promoted
iu Aug. 1798 to the rank of Commander,
and appointed to the Dasher sloop of war.
Having commanded that vessel for twelve
months on the American coast, he con-
voyed tbe bomewordbound trade, and
was then placed under the orders of Sir
Thomas rasley at Plymouth, and was
chiefly employed on the coast of France in
the irksome and ]>erilous service of inter,
ceptii^ the coasting trade of the enemv.
The Dasher was paid oflf at Plymouth,
Oct. 10, 1811.

_ While on shore, Capt. Tobin chiefly
directed bis attention to the fine arts, and
was very useful to the celebrated marine
painter, Pocock, in directing him to give
effect to the more minute nautical shades,
iu he has since done for the late Mr.
Laing, the eminent uuriae fainter st
TeigJuaoaA,

In the general promotion, April 89,
1808, Capt. Tobin obtained the rank of
Post Captain ; and in Sept. 1804 he was
appointed to the Northumberland 74,
bearing tbe flag of bis friend the Hon.
Rear-Adm. Cochrane, off Fenol. He
was actively employed on tbe coast of
Spain until tbe Northumberland went in
pursuit of the French fleet which had
escaped from I'Oricnt to the Westlodiea.

In Sept. 1805 Capt. Toinn assumed
the command of the Princess Charlptte
frigate, of 38 guns. In tbe night of tbe
4th Oct. following, while cruising off
Tobago, he brought to close action the
C'yane French corvette of 20 guns, and
the Naiade brig of 16 guns ; after a con-
flict of above an hour, the former was
taken, and the latter escaped, from its
superior sailing, but was aftcrvvards cap-
tured by the Jason.

In the summer of 1806 the Princess
Charlotte convoyed the trade fleet home ;
and after refitting at Plymouth, joined a
squadron of frigates sent in pursuit of an
enemy's squadron which had done great
mischief in the Greenland seas. This ex-
pedition xna defeated by very tempestuous
weather, in which the ships were ciip«
pled, and some even dismasted.

In 1809 tbe Princess Charlotte escorted
a fleet of merchantmen to Barbadoes and
Jamaica ; and, on her return, was sent to
St. Helena to bring home the East
India fleet. The vigilance and attention
of Capt. Tobin in keeping tbe ships to<
gether and bringing them safe to England,
was so highly apfireciiited by the East
India Company, that they presented him
with 200 guineas for the purchase of a
piece of plate, and the Commercial In.
Eurancc Company of Dublin ah>o pre.
sented him with a piece of plate of 100
guineas value, accompanied by a flattering
letter in acknowledgment of bis services
in saving tbe ship Maria, one of the Weat
India convoy.

During the remainder of the war, Capt.
Tobin was actively employed on the
coasts of Spain and France, where he
captured several of the enemy's armed
vessels, as well as many mercluuit ships,
and did great injury to the coasting trade
by constantly harassing them with his
boats. In Jan. 1812, the frigate's name
was changed to Andromache, the present
Princess Charlotte, of 110 guns, being
then laid on the stocks at Portsmouth.

On the 23rd Oct. 1612, tbe Andro-
mache fell in with a large Dutch frigate.
La Trave, mounting 44 guns, which sur.
rendered after u short action. He after*
wards proceeded to Passages, and joined
the squadron under the late Adm. C
Penrose. On t]be ^i\i tfiaxed YS^C^

Obituary. — Rcar-Adm. Tohw.-^Coh A. Hamilton.

[July,

Captain Tobiii was selected to lend the

fli'ct in forcing the passage of tlic Girondc.

tvhjcli w»!i executed in llie ino*>t skilful

and giillunt uiaiiiier under a lieAvy tire

from the liattcries. TLe oJlicers and men

(it the Andromache were employed with

^—lliOM- of I he Egruont 74, and other ships,

^■d reducing the fortn and cnpturing the

^^feipa on the river, until the Ut of April,

^^vbcn the information of Ni)|K)lpon'8 ab-

^HBcation, nnd the restoration uf the Bonr-

^Tjons, arrived. Nothing could exceed the

joy of the French on the banks of tiie

■Uiruiide on this event; they received the
afficers and men of the English ships with
every demonatration of friciidtihip and
delight.

In Jan. 1814 the Andromocbc was one
of the fleet assembled at Spilhead during
the visit of the Allied Sovereigns.

IVlfter the service she proceeded to Dept-
fbrd, and wns put out of commission.
[ After this long-continued course of ser-
vice afloat. Capt. Tobin retired with lii^
praily to Teigntnouth. On the Hi h Dec.
Ibllowing, upon the extension of the fJrdor
pf the IJftth, ho was T>c»miniifo<l i« C^int-
panion of that most huiiouruble Order:
and some time after, the J^onl? (Com-
missioners of the Adniintlty, without
Kilicitation, appointed him Captain of the
rince Regent j-Bcht, which command
! retained until his late JMajcsty pre-
nted that vessel to the Imaum of Mna.
^ut, ^vben he \v-Q!i promoted to the rank of
Rear-Admiral of the White.

Admiral Tobin was an officer of high
accomplishments and attainment;. He
was one of the best amateur marine
sinters in the kingdom ; a wit, and a
rholar; exemplary in all the reliuions of
life— an excellent husband, father, and
lend. He had the most chivalric xcnsc
af honour, and could ncvor condescend to
scafiness in the acquisition of money.
Lt sen he was o moat anxious and vigi-
Aut officer, and managed his frigate with
, skill which mure than once saved tiic
»hip from being lost with all hands— when
[the most able seaman oit bourd had given
Fnp all hope in their Commander and n
mercilul Pro>ndencc. Generous, kind,
Rnd l>enevolcnt, he was beloved by hit
officers and men.
He married in IW>V Dorothy, dnugbler
fof C*pt. Gordon '^- "•• '" '^' ' ' v;,j
[drowned at sen :>' i>f

I JUujor William I > ., nt,

VBhe snrvivM him, with one xun, Gcurg«
[y'ebbc Tobin, emi}. lutu of the iad An-
goon gtiarda.
[Abridged from a lunger memoir in
'the L'uitvd Service JounioJ fur June.]

C01.0XCI. A. Hamilton.

June 4. Colonel Alexander Hamilton* j
late of the 30th regiment.

The grandf'nther of the deceased, Ates*l
ander Hamilton of Ballencricf, es^|. M.l*.^
for the CO. of Linliibgow, and Posimristcr«
genenil of Scotland, was the rcpresenta^j
tiveof the family of Iimer^vlck, descend*
ed from the family of the Earls i)f Ha(U^
dington, and died 17th Nov. 17*>H, H(
married Lady Mary Ker, daugliter of Wi
Hum Marquis of Lothian, sijitcr of tlia
Marquis of IiOlliiuii, Anne Countess
Home, Jane Ijudy Cranston, and ElizaJ
hcth Lady lto»«. By this lady be had 1
daughter Jane Douglns, married to Alex.]
Hay, of Mordiiigton, mother of Sil
Thomas llay, Bart, and four sons: Ist^^
^VllIiam Henry, who died young; inii
Jiinies, keeper of tlie Btorcs jit ( "huthntu
afterwards at Woolwicli, and died 17119, ■
leaving issue by his wife Agnes, dau. of
Dacs, a son Alexander and a daughter;*
3rd, Alexander; ith, Colonel Archibald
Humilton, who died 170.5. leaving issue
one sun, .Alexander Murk Ker Hamilton,
now a Lieut.- General, and a daughter,
Alary Elizabeth Jane Douglai Hamilton,
married to Fmncix, eldest sun of the Hon,
Mark Napier.

The third son, Alex.<undcr HaiiiiUon,
was Fort Major iit Sheurness, and dying
1786, left issue two daughters and one son,
Alexander, the subject of this memoir.
Entering the army young, hu received
a Licuteiuutcy 2-2nd March 1701. He
WBi at the landing of the Ilrilitih troops
at Toulon in Aug. 1791, at the »rorming
of FiUTon heights on the 1st of Oct. and
severely wounded the lllh of the Mtiiu
month at Cape Brune. In Jan. 179i bo
was employed in the expedition to the
Lland of Cort>ica, nnd led da* attack on
n fortified tnartcllo tower on tir»t liuuling,
which wnii carried. He wus uL^o em-
ployed at the storming of I 'onvention re-
doubts, taking of St. F'> i nt tho
>iege of Buiitiii in the - He
wiis present in two navni y nun-. \Mth the
enemy (then serving on board His Ma-
jestyV ehip Terrible, in command of a
detachment of the 'Mth, then acting as
marine*) on the Hth Mnrch and i^iid
July l?U3, under f
now Admiral (?.iii

lltttC CnuU(jb to be (.'i ^i^'ii. u>m31hiii;i: jii

• From the churchyard of Charllon,
KcTtr. — Agnes Hamilton, Jsrohi H.
i\or, obiit luth
ilton, muter cjn

I. mil

1838.] Obititast.— -Co/. A. Hamilton.— -Capt. J. Barker.

103

aoelHng • mutiny on board, and thanked
for his exertions on the occasion.

He was made a Captain 2nd Sept.
1705, was employed at the siege of La
Valette and the reduction of Malta in
1800^ when Brigade Major to Gen. Gra.
ham, now Lord Lynedoch. Was em-
ploytd in the expedition to Egypt, and
in the following actions, viz. the l3th and
21st March, also the 17th Aug. 1801, and
thanked in pablic orders for his conduct
in the latter engagement by Lieut.-Gen.
Sir John Doyle. On the 30ch of April
1804, he received a Majority.

After his return from Egypt he was em-
ployed in Ireland in the command of
Mveral light battalions, and superintended
their formation and exercise under the
oidersof Major* Gren. de Rottenberg, and
received the thanks of that General and
certificates relative to the General's sense
of his useful services on that duty. He
was afterward employed at the siege of
Cadiz, and commanded the battalion in
the action of Fuentes d' Honor, the 5th
Mar 1811.

Being raised to the Lieut.- Colonelcy
of his regiment 4th June 1811, be com-
manded the battalion in the battle of Sala-
manca on the 22nd July 1812, and in the
action of Villa Murial 25th Oct. On
the army going into winter cantonments
afher the retreat from Burgos, he was
appointed to the command of a provisional
Mttalion consisting of four companies of
the'SOth and 44th regiments (the remain,
ing companies of each being sent to Eng-
land), and it >^'as particularly noticed by
Major* Gen. Sir F. Robinson in what a
high state the battalion was brought.
Mnien ordered home, he joined the Depot
of the dOth at Jersey, where he vi'as
enabled from the recruiting service to re-
organise the battalion in less than three
months, and was inspected by Lieut.-Gen.
Donn, who expressed the greatest surprise
at seeing the battalion so strong and in
•nch perfect order, and reported them so
eligible for service, that an order arrived
directing the immediate embarkation of
the battalion on the 2nd Jan. 1814 to join
Gen. Graham in Holland, where it as-
listed in the blockade of Antwerp, and
afterwards resisted for several hours the
attack of a line-of-battle ship and a num-
ber of gun-boats at Fort Frederick, in
which the battalion lost a number of men
and defeated the enemy's intention of
landing. He was employed in various
operations and service m the command of
the battalion in the Netherlands in 1814-
1815 ; and he commanded the battalion in
the actiwi of Quatre Bras, 16th June
1815^ where he was severely woandedy
and afternwuEr received the taenia ot Sit

Thomas Picton. Having accompanied
the battalion to Ireland Rafter the surren-
der of Puns), he served in command of it
there until its reduction, 24th April 1817,
when he proceeded with a detachment of
it to India.

On the return of the regiment, being
now full Colonel, and finding his health
impaired by a long residence in India, be
sold his Commission, and after spending
a life in the sernce of his country, he re-
tired to seek a repose which his enfeebled
constitution did not permit him to enjoy.
He has left behind him two sons and a
daughter, the fruit of a matrimonial alli-
ance formed with a very amiable lady at
a time when he was serving as Major in
Portugal. 1st, Alexander, Lieut, of Ar-
tillery, bom 1812 ; 2nd, William, Lieut.
3rd Regiment foot^ bom 1815; 3rd,
Louisa, bom 1819.

Capt. Jaues Barker, R.N.

May 4. At Seymour Villa, near Bristol,
Capt. James Barker, R.N.

He entered the Navy in June 1780, on
board the Solway, then commanded by
Capt. Everett, and which, on the lOth of
the following December, when off the
Isle of Wight, captured, after an action,
the French privateer Le Comtc de Bu-
sanoura, carrying 20 guns. He was
wrecked during an action off St. Kitt's,
in the West Indies, when serving under
Sir Samuel Hood. He served in the
Prudent, &l, Capt. A. Barclay, in the
action with Comte de Grasse, onthe 25th
and 26th Jan. 1782; also in the Russell,
74, on the 28th and 29th May, and 1st
June 1794. He was with Capt. Payne
in the Jupiter, 50, and sent by him to the
yacht which brought the Princess Caro-
line of Bmnswick from Cuxhaven to
London. From that period he served
with Sir James Saumarez in the Orion,
74, until made a Commander in Oct.
1798 ; during which time he was in the
actions of 23d June 1795, under Lord
Bridport, and assisted in the capture of
three line-of-battle ships ; also at the de-
feat of the Spaniards, 14th Feb. 1797,
under the Earl of St. Vincent; and at
the memorable battle of the Nile under
Lord Nelson in August 1798. Subse-
quently be commanded the Moireston
armed ship for the protection of the trade
between Bristol and Swansea; and was

Eosted 12th Aug. 1812, since which be
ad not any public employment.

COMUANOBB P. PbYNN, R. N.

April 19. At West Looe, suddenV),
retired Commander P. Pr|TOv,¥l..t^.

He first joined t!he aerrice m Vm% ia «
Midshipman, and aerred voficewKt^i ^A

I
I

*

104 Obitcart.— rommnnrfrr Pryitn. — Chrgtf DfCMiti. [July*

t)iat cnpncitj in the Adventure, Crcsrcnt,
Mopnreh, Queen Cbnrlottc, aiul ilvHiiia.
In \795 lie wnsatllie lakinjr olrlie liiitch
s'|inulruiiiLt the Cupcof (•nod Hope, iituliT
Ijord KeitI). He also served in y\mericiiaiid
in the (Ihanncl. I" ITO.'* he received nil
ncliii;; order at Lieutennnt from his Cop-
tain, the {[on. C. PH^et, of the Peiic-
lope, stntiuncd at the Western Isles, In
I70y lie acted by a similar order in the
Brilliiint. under Sir E. Pellew, at New-
foundland and (jin'beroii Bay ; and in
October 18(^0. the Admiralty, in eonsi-
derolion of services, confirmed him in
his rank of Lieutenant, and appointed
him to (he Uiirukil, in which ship he was
ordered on the expedition to Egypt ; wms
at the landing of the tronps, and on libore
with the army in the battlen of the I3th
and 21st March: he afierNxiirds volun.
tocrcd and served up the Nile in gun-
boHt.s, until the surrender of (Truiid Cairo,
on which oetujiion his conduct was warmly
acicnowled^ed by his superiors, and the
Urnnd Seigneur presented him with a
gold mcdul. In 18U5 lie was ap)iointed
to the Achilles, Sir R. King, ns Second
Lieutennnt, and afterwards First, in
which capacity he wa< at the battle of
Tralulgar, where he received t^TO wounds.
'I'hc lu^t shin he served in was the
Esjiieulo as First- Lieutenant ; and he
retired on half-pay when ]>aid ofTiii liUfl,
At the general promotion that took place
in 1H30, he obtained the rank of retired
Commander.

CLERGY DECEASED.
March 19. At Botulph Claydon. Buck*,
i^ged 72, the Rev. Edmund Milward,
Rector of Furthinghoe, Northampton-
shire. He was formerly a member of
Bra?enosf- ■ ■'! — (i>i.r,i. ■■■■,| ■vvfl'i pre-
sented fr by Lord
Grey dc ^ I was of a
very ceceiurie character ; he was seldom
seen by any one, even by his domestics,
and never inid any vitiits. He had not
been shaved fur a long time previous to hia
leccase, and very rarely put on a change
of linen, See.

March 2\. Air..l 7\. the Rev. /oAn
Jfannfth of B bighshife, and

MAesyoedd, M i-.

UrrcA 23. Age. t-tn

Reetor of ~ md

many years aniiin.i ' -

that roimty. He
^ Camb.B.X 17)51,
^H time. M
^H Semer in
^m March i\. Ai
^H Mrei, agcA ft-'i. the
^^/ttvtor of LU:omb, A.
^meuiMttd .ot Oriel wlJef^e, Oxford, ia

of liner
I Mari

^K tfannnj
^H Maesyi

Wtt»

, llw

1791 ; was elected Fellow of All Soula,
and gindimted B.A. 1705, M.A. I?I9.
U.L>. t«>fl. He wu» presented lo I'l-
Comb ill IHIO.

March 25. Aged Gl, the R«v. Rnhtrt
Porler, Rectorof Dr.iyrott, ^(aflTordshirc.
He w.H the son of Williiim Porter, esq.
of VVigaii in Lancashire: vva« malrieu-
lated in nfW at Bra<enosc college, Ox-
ford, gruduated B.A. 171Hi, M.A. 1798;
and wa« presented (o Draycott in ItiOU.

MareA 2ti. At Oxford, of small -pox,
couglit ill the faithful disehai'ge oi his
ministeriiil dutie<i, in his lifoth year, the
Rev. John (iamifr, FtllOiV of Meitoii
College, and Cufuie of St. Eblie's in
that city. He was a son of the Rev.
Thomas Gamier, Prelwodury id Win-
chester; entered a« a Commoner of Exe-
ter collegr' in 1831 : took the degree of
B.A. IKW; Was elected a Fellow of
Mcrton in IWo, and ;■■• ■ "-i I M.A. in
1837. He wholly d. if to his

parochial charge, to ' u>n of the

poor, and the instruciiuii ut cluldren.

March 'iiH, At Ipswich, aged 31, the
Rev. John Jiitck, Fellow of Christ's col-
lege, (iuinbrid^je, on the Norfolk founda-
tion. He giiidiiuted B,A, I8IIH. as Rth
Senior Optime, ALA. IHll. He left
his home tu lake his u«um1 walk, and two
days after was faiind drowned in a pond.

At Rome, aged 30, the R«v. John
Southwell Ijfll, M.A. He was the third
son of the late Benjamin Ifill, e*'j. of
Barbadoes, entered a Commoner of
Worcester i<>lJe|,'e. Oxiord, in 1^};
removed to Mngdiilcn liall in IK3I, and
graduated B.A. la^a, M.A, 1834.

A/irrrh W. Aged 71., the Her. int.
liimt Hriinr/n Ritrnxrlnn, Hector of Great
Stuiubridge, Vinir of Little Wakeriiig,

Es».x, and V'in^- ■ ' ' - '^ -^.Ik.

He wrt* of C' A.

ITH'iiifl 15th S.-i, , -vS.

B.D. 1812, was presented to Croxtvn in
I7<J7 by his colli'ije, to Smm'n-id?*- in
18(JI, by the C irr

House, and to J i ?,

by the Oovernoi.T •.■i .^.. jj.muoii'iiitjvv'a
Hospital.

At Hunnington. &l:< d (;.'). the liev.
John Tiidd, for thirty , Curate

of Frank ley and St. J. tore.

At Gwtiirar, C< -.H,

the Rev. H'illiirm Vc -v.

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the iT'i.i'

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Obituary.

103

Marek 31. The Rcr. Htnry WUkin.
Mm, Head Master of Sedbergh Free
Gnunmar Rchool. He was formerW FcU
low of St. John's college, Cambridge,
where be graduated B. A. 1814, as second
HFraiwler, and second Smith's prizeman,
M.A. 1817.

Jpril 3. At St. Alargaret's, Here-
fofdshire, aged 77, the Rev. JotepA Ste-
pkem Pratt, B.C.L. Prebendary ot Teter-
Doroiigb, and Ute Vicar of that parish.
He vnt of Trinity hall, Cambridge,
IjL.B. 1805; and collated to his preben.
dal atall at Peterborough, by Bishop
Madan in 1806.

At SherifT Hutton Park, Yorkshire,
the Rer. Edward Thompaon, Vicar of
Asnatria, Cumberland ; youngest son of
O. Xi. Thompson, esq. of Sheriff Hutton.
He waa collated to his living last year,
by the Bidiop of Carlisle.

April 5. At Ludlow, after an illness
of four months, the Rer. John Hinde,
Head Master of Ludlow Free Grammar
School, and Afternoon Lecturer in the
parish church. He was formerly, for
■bore three years, Master of the Gram-
mar School at Peterborough, and Curate
to Mr. Pratt at the parish church -, and
from that city he removed to Yaxley,
and waa Chaplain to the barracks at Nor-
man Cross. In 1813 be married Jane
Berthon, step-daughter of the lute Rev.
Robert Lewis, Vicar of Chingford, Essex;
and be has left a numerous family.

April 6. Aged 70, the Rev. John
Hidkmt, Rector of Woodmancote, Sus-
sex. He was of Jesus college, Cam.
bridge, B.A. 1790, M.A. 1795. In his
living he succeeded his father in 1793,
who had held it from 1755. The patro-
nage is in the Crown.

In Upper Baker street, aged 58,
the Rev. Gtorge Wheeler, for twenty-
fire years Curate of Shipton Moyne, co.
Glouc. Mr. Wheelerwas a nativeof Bath,
the son of George Wheeler, esq. of that
city. Heentcredat St. Edmund ball. Ox-
ford, 1796; proceeded B.A. 180:2, M.A.
1805. In 1812 he married Margaret,
aister to Sir Compton Pocklington Dom-
nle, Bart, by whom he leaves issue one
aon, George Dom rile Wheeler, B.A. scho-
lar of Wadbam College. Mr. Wheeler
was a sound and accomplished scholar, a
deeplv-read divine, and an exemplary
narocnial minister. But for his retiring
mUts, and utter dislike to obtruding,
even bis just claims, on those who were
able to reward his scholastic attainments
aad professional diligence, Mr. Wheeler
would probably have obtained prefer-
nest, and there was no man more likely
to baTe reflected credit on his patron, or
to hare proved a greater onuuBeut to the

Osm Mm0. Vol. X.

Church, of which he was a most zealous
and attached son and servant, than him-
self.

April 12. At Leamington, in his 60th
year, the Rev. Richard George, Vicar of
Wolvcrley and late of Stoke Prior. He
was of Trinity hall, Cambridge, LL.B.
1807 ; was presented to Stoke Prior in
1815 by the Dean and Chapter of Wor-
cester, and to Wulverley by the same
patrons on bis recent resignation of the
former living.

At Cheetham Hill, near Manchester, in
his 80th year, the Rev. Clarke Preieott,
for 52 years Vicar of Downton and Bur.
rington, Herefordshire, to which be waa
presented in 1786 by Lord Chancellor
rhurlow.

April 13. Aged 73, the Rev. Georae
Carjtendale, of Harwood Chapel, iu the
.parish of Middleton in Teesdale, having
faithfully discharged his duties as school-
master and reader of the chapel since the
year 1789, and with equal usefulness and
propriety those of his sacred office since
nis ordination in the year 1808. Hia
whole stipend, which be received from the
Duke of Cleveland, tat the performance
of his ministerial duties, was 40 guineas
a-year. His realised property, amounting
to 200/., be has left m the bands of the
Bishop of the Diocese, the Rector of th«
parish, and Churchwarden of that part of
the parish of Middleton in Teesdale, as
trustees, to lay with it the foundation of
an endowment for aperpetuid successor to
himself, that the inhabitants of that desti-
tute part of the diocese may be constantly
supplied from the Church with a resident
minister, and provided with a burial
ground, the distance of the burial-place of
the parish, from the chapel in Harwood,
being lO miles. The name of George
Carpendale, therefore, deserves to be bad
in perpetual remembrance, not only in the
remote district in which his lot was cast,
but as an example throughout the Church.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITT.

April 9. In Castle-st. Lcicester-sq.
aged 3Q, by suicide, Monsieur Caiman
Duverger, the engineer and architect.
At the early age of 18 years he was an
engineer of the Luxembourg Palace;
subsequent to which be made a voyage
into Syria and Asia Minor, and vinted
Palmyra, Balbec, and Babylon. On hia
return to Paris be was employed by the
government to draw up a work upon the
roads. In all philosophical researebes he
was a great orator, and argued greatly
upon the crime of suidde. He intendea
to become a candiAite to i^igtVaxlat ^^
erection of tbe Royal 'ExcYAnm.

OniTUARV.

CJ«»Iy,

I

Muy 5. At tlifi New lliimmintis llotcl,
Cuvuiit-Goi'iicii, i»gc«I 68, Johii Onl, csij.
Kolieitor, of Yoik,

Mas/ '■^' ^" < "nml'ridge-st. Uyi!c Park,
Anne Maria, (hird dmi. of the late John
Henry P,ik('uhnm, Caj)t. Int. limgoon

May 16. In I^niirence Poiiiitncy-lanc,
aged 30, Horatio Riplpy, esq,

Ma^ i3. At Clapbum Rise, oged 7(i,
D. Bond, esq.

A(red 70, William Armstrong, es^j. of
Pimlifo, J4 years in his Miiji'^ity (reorpe
the Third's library, and lute of the liriti^h
Museuin.

May S4. In Bedford. aq. nf;ed IG,
Elizabeth Mary, only ddu. of T. \V«kley,
tssfj. M.l*.

At Giouwster Terrace, Citimoii-ft..
Rosd, iipcd 70, Mr, John I'nrkcr, formerly
of Lant street, Soutlnvtirk,

Jtiajf 2t). At Noiting-hill, aged 73,
Humphrey Boche, e«q.

Ill Coniimight-teirnie, aged 82, the
widow of the Rev. T. Robinson, Vieur
of St. Mnrj's, Leicester, and prcvtuiuly
of the Rev. James Gemrd, D.D. Wurdcn
of Wadham C'olle}fe, Oxford, mul alter-
wards Rector of lUonkd' Risburotigh.

May 27. In GrQ!(vcnor-Eq. iigcd 60,
the Right Hon. Suaan Countess ot Har*
roWbr, aunt to the Duke of Siitberlund,
the Duke of Beaufort, the Eur! of C>ir>
lidle, the Countess of Gidloway, the
Countess of Surrey, the Countess Oros-
veiiur, &e. &c. She was tbi- tixth dau.
of Umiiville Isl Marquis Stafford, by
Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter of Spro|»e
firxt Duke of Bridgewaler ; was married
in I71).5 to rhe Hon. Nathaniel Rydci,
now Karl of Hnrrowby, and had is<iuc ihi-
Ule Viscountess Kbringtun, Viiaeonnc
.Kuiidiiti, tbrn; other sons, and four othci-
daughters.

Jn firosvenor-st. the Right Hon. Surah
Countess Amherst and Countes* dott-iiger
of riymuuth. She wax the duii. and
co-heir of Andrew st-coiid and liisl Lord
Ait'hcr, was inurricd in I78H first lo her
eniiMii Olhi-r-lliikniiin lilth Karl of
Plymouth, who died in 1799, linving had
i»»ue (besideii three children who illed
young) Other. .'Xrcher the xixth nnd Itite
Earl, ihc .Man-hioiicsRof r . .iinl
I^rfidy lliirrlet ('live. She mild-
ly, in INXl. William-Pitt i \m-

herst. and luid issue Laily Samh Kliwi-
lieth Amhernt, Viscount Hnlincsdale,
and thr^'c other ehildrcn now dereated.
Her bi>dy wh» n-n^ovcd for intci-ment lo
the new 4-hH|ict, Uivi'rlicnd. 'I'he L'liil
of l{ilNI>uioiigh, N'lx'DiMil liiilnn'vdnle,
Hun. H. i'\i\r :>r..l H,m. k k. Clivi*

WKtif ninnitf! and (lii<

nvnitwie wm« i of Lim.

don by the cuninge« of Eail Amherst,
the Marquis of Downshire, tbc Hun, R.
(Jlive, Mr. Mii^sgrave. the Earl of Ply.
innuih, Hon. E, U, Clive, Earl Powis,
the Bishop of Ctirliuli", the Diiche>;« of
fJlonreKtcr, the Duke of NorthumbiT-
land, the Marquis of Camden, Earl De
in Wnrr, ^'is^•ount Clive, Lord Mareiis
Hill, Ijord Manners, the Countess of
Bridgovatcr, Lady Colcbesbtcr, and Sir
George Taunton, Ijnrt.

May 2ti. At Pentonville, Thomns
Busby, esq. Mus. Dw. Author of a
translation of Lucretius a Hislory of
Music, the Propbtcy, a xaered Oratorio,
and other literary and musical workfl.

At Pro^ndence^row, aged 78, Andrew
Johnstone, esq. secretary to the Royal
Jennerianand London Vaccine Institution.

May 2f). In Hyde-»t. Bloointtbury,
aped <>0, iMr. Edwurd Gwyn, eldr^t son
of the late Mr. Edwurd Gwyn of Long
Acre, citizen^ ironmonger and piiinter-
titaiiier of London. He wnf) n diligent
antiquary as far as regarded his own im<
mediate vicinity, u skilful mechanic, and
kind friend.

Ill Vork. terrace, aged 78. Thomflii
Borough, e»q. of Chetwynd Park, Salop.

Lately. In Cunnon.-tlrect.road, St,
Georgc'^in. the- East, aged iG, S. Slalter,
eiu\. the eminent inusoM of London-biidge,
Woolwich Uotk Yard, and many other
place?.

Jvnf 1. At the residence of Benjamin
Ridge, esq. Putney, aged 4S Wiltiain
Thomas, esq. of Hussell-plai'e.

At Stamford.hill, Mr. Tliornas Win-
dii.H, of Bi^hop<^nte.8trect, rldcAt «ion uf
Thomub Windiw, esq. K. S.A.

June 2. At Brixton-hill, aged Gi>, J.
Dobree, esq.

In (.londuit-strret, aged hi, Margaret-
Exthcr, widow of J. Dewliery, e»q.

In Hans [dace, Sluane-f^t. agvd 3G,
Margaret, only duughlcr of (i. H. Uruin-
inond, es(|.

\'inicni V^nughnn, esq, nf Belle-holob •
hou!«c, tlenh'y-iipoii.Thiinic«.

Jnne :i. At Chelsea, Elirabeth Ijiiiric.
fonnerly widow of W, BrII, efq. Aylet-
ham, Norfolk.

June V. At his sonV hou»e. Mutwt-ll-
hill, ajjcd HI. W. Rf.i M-

In the Old Kcr, I i,\, J.

Nfwman, e«q. lute ■ ri, many

years clerk to the of ib*>

rowu-liall, SoiilhwA was lli<r

eldckt vuivivinp son ol ihr lulu W, L.
Newniun, ■■■q. Mlicitor tu the CorpurR.
lion (il IxMidiui.

Jtim- 7. In Allti'iunrle »(, MC«d 69,
Ann., filiit of 1. (J, rullirii^L I'sq.
iiinl )>l^■l>•r to iW Ute Ijieiir-Hen. Artkut
\V|i«'ilintn.

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Obituary.

107

In Eburyst. Pimlico, aged 16, James,
tbe eldest son of R. Chalmers, esq. senior
CootBUttee Cleric of the House of Com>

•lime 10. In Carlton-gardens, aged 12,
Logiaa Jane, daughter of Mark Mil-
bwike, esq. and grandson of the Duke of
Ckfdand.

Jmu 11. At Higfagate, aged 1 1 , Dul.
dbdia Cediia, youngest daughter of Sir
£. Wiknot, Bart. M.P.

Jmu 12. At Dultrich, Rachael Catha-
rine, wife of the Rev. Robt. Morgan,
dMi. of the late Dr. Nicholls, of Uinton
hone, near Reading.

At Woolwich, aged 30, Caroline, the
wiftof Lieut. Harness, roral eng.

Bichard Perii^, esq. of Exmouth.

la Tafistock-it. Covent-garden, aged
68^ Mr. Matthew Young, medallist, M.
Nwn. S. In conjunction with his father
be kept a shop many years in Ludgate>
atcwt, whence he removed to High Hol-
born, and afterwards to Tavistock.strcet.
These two last residences were the resort
of the most eminent collectors, by whom
be was highly esteemed, and will be sin.
cereiy regretted for his quiet, amiable
manners, his honourable dealings, and
bis willingness and skill to assist them in
tbeir pleasing pursuits. We believe be
was iiv^uently assistant to Mess. Sothcby
in forming the Catalogues of Coins, sub.
mitted to their care for sale.

Jwu 13. In Cbarlotte-st. Portknd-
place, aged 72, John Fielder, esq. of
Duke<st Grosvenor-sq. solicitor.

Ju»e 11. At North-bank, Regent's-
park, aged 21, Martha, second daughter
of W. Rayner, esq. of Stradishall-place,
Suffolk.

In Grafton-st. Mary, wife of the Right
Hon. C. W. WiUiams Wynn, dau.of the
late Sir F. Cunliffc, Bart.

Jwne 15. Aged 70, S. Gilbce, esq. of
Leadenball-st. and Tottenham.

Berks.— 3/ay 27. At Binfield Villa,
aged 48, Elizabieth Amelia, wife of Col.
Kenah, C.B.

Jtnw II. At Mortimer, Ann Helena,
wife of Major- Gen. C. Bro\vn, C.B.
E. I. Co.'s. ser\icc.

BvcKS. — June 13. At Beaconsfield,
aged 73, Hester, widow of the Rev.
Robert Norris, Rector of Tatterford,
Norfolk, youngest dau. of Harvey Sparkes,
esq. of Kinstouu Hall, ca Northampton.

Dkvon. — May 21. At Devonport,
Capt. Archei', late of 16th dragoons.
Ma^ 82. At Exeter, at •» airawed

age, the relict of the Rev. William Tan-
ner, Rector of Meshaw.

May 25. At DeIamore,nc«r Ivy-bridge,
aged 76, Susanna, widow of T. H. Hays,
esq. sixth and youngest daughter of the
late Very Rev. W. Cooke, D.D. Dean of
Ely, and Provost of King's College,
Cambridge.

May 27. At the house of her nephew,
S. C. Culverwell, esq. Charmouth, aged
83, Mrs. Mary Culverwell.

Lately. At Lympstone, W. C. Cal>
low, esq. M.D.

At Haslar Hospital, Lieut. Warlett,
R.N. commanding her Majesty's steamer
Defiance.

At Brenscombe, Lieut. M. Hill, R.N.
chief officer of tbe Coast Guard Service
in that district.

Do&a«t.—May 25. At Weymouth,
the wife of Gen. Gore Browne.

May 27. At Sturminster, aged So,
Capt. Thomas Moore, late of the £. I. S.
He was nearly the last surviving officer of
the army which conducted the war against
Tippoo Saib. He distinguished himself
in many engngements, and was once cap-
tured, and incarcerated for three years and
six months in one of Tippoo's dungeons.
Till within a very short period, he, had
joined in field-sports with a zeal scarcely
known at the age of fourscore years.

June 9. At Blandford, aged 65, James
Florancc, esq. Barrister at Law, and
Commissioner of Bankruptcy for the
county of Dorset. He was called to the
bar at Gray's Inn, Nov. 20, 1809.

Essex. — March 17. At Harwich,
Capt. Carruthcrs, 67th regt.

JuneS. At Great Bardfield, Essex,
aged 70, Anne, widow of William PoU
lett, esq. of Dor-street.

May 31. At Mascolls, near Brent-
wood, Richard Gardner, esq. of that place,
and of Billericay.

Gloucester. — March 28. At Bristol,
aged do, Ann, widow of Thomas Blaken.
more, esq. of Westbromwich, co. Staf-
ford, and mother of Richard Blakemore,
esq. M.P. of the Lcvs, co. Hereford.

^pril 13. At Cheltenham, retired
Commander C. Sheldon Timins, R.N.

May 7. At Cheltenham, Martha
Elizabeth Ann, wife of R. Hurd Lucas,
esq. of Griiuley, AVorc. and Clifton Hall,
Bucks.

May 20. At Gloucester, aged 52,
Alexander Walker, esq. co-proprietor of
the Gloucester Journal.

May 28. At Clifton, Sarah Tbeodm^,
third daughter o( t\i« \«X« 't\i«o^Qt%

108

OaiTumv.

[July,

Foulks, e«q. of Jamnicai and late of the
IaIc of Wight, and Dale Park. Sussex.

Mafj 29. ^t Clifton, aged 71, Samuel
Lloyd Harford, esq.

At Bristol, aged 62, Mary, widon- uf
Lieut. Young, R.N.

Lot fly. Afc'ed C9, W. Cotfaer, esq. of
Longford, near frloucester.

•/Mne 3. At Cbelteiiliqro, HgedGl, the
Right Hon. Frances- Isttbtlhi duwagor
Lndy Southamptoji. She wus tho .^ceond
dan. of the iHte Lord Robert Seymour,
aunt to the present Marquis of Hertford,
by bia first wife Anne, dau. of Peter
Delink, esq. ; beciime, in 1S02, (he second
wife of George- Ferdinand gnd Lord
Sou(hani|i(on, and was left his widow
irt ISIO, having bad i^ue the present
Lord, the Hon Henry FitzRoy, and the
Hon. Mra. Allen.

Jtinc 3, At Gloucester, aged 01, Re-
becca, relict of the Rev. Joseph Bonnor
Cheston, duughter of the lute Thynnc
How Gwyniic, esq. of Buckliind.

Hants. — May 23. At Colmar Itettory,
aged 73, James Fowler, esq. late of Bris-
tol and of Filton, Somerset.

Laltly. At Catislield, M. Uawker,
esq. Jubticc of the peace for Hants.

HtnEFOBX). — Jane, wife of the Rev, J,
George, Rector of Grosraont.

Hrnnonn. — May i'^. At Wall Field-
bouse, near Hertford, ugcd bO, Mias
Fmnces Hatton, third daughter of tlic
bitc Sir T. Hatton, Bart, of Long Siim-
ton, Cnmb.

JtiHfii. At the residence of bcr son,
Jatnc» Duneomhc, Woodcock-hill, Eliza-
beth, widiAV of Brandreth Duncornbe, e»q.
of Norcott-Hill .

./««* II . At Hertford, aged 8.S. Daniel
AlMfdnll, esq. for many years stcw:trd to
Uie Miirejuis of Salisbury.

Kt.vr.— jl/aylO. At Tunbridge Wells,
f]dward Lewkenor, eldest son ol VAw:
Knight jun. esq. of Cbawton hotise,
HanU.

JitM )t. At Tunbridge Wells. ftir«>d
70, Sarah, widow of Ri
ThomHs, esq. of 'J'ootiiii; L»<\

June. H. Ai I. ...,;,,...- ..,
ing been li<
lotlf Lydia, '
CiJileis, esq. ol
Rtid v'lunirr^t dill:
H •

Jj.

lUlern month* from the Dtb

LAKCAeHiKE. — JUay 89. At th« lUfv.
T. V. Bnyne's, Wurrington, aged 13,
Jobn-Allunby, eldest son of John Burvs'ls,
esq. of Woodstock, and grandstvn of the
late Rev. J. Guteh, Registrar of the Uni-
versity of Oxford.

LtNCOtK.— Jwie 4, Aged T8, Francis i
Chaplin, eK>{. of RiRebolm, a mngintrvtc
for the parts of Lindscy.

lately. — At Louth, aged 87, Martha,
relict of the Rev. Satnuel Yorke, Rector
of North Thorcsby.

M rDDLKS£X. —Afay 28. Aged S7, Gd-
Avard, second eon of the late G. Sliurt,
esq. of Sutton-boiisc, near Hounslow.

JuntrW. .\t Hampton- ' ■ —il 117,

Charles Clicster, esq. of ( icks,

couain to Lord Bagot, uii> <> ilku

Countess dowager of Llvefpool.

MoNMoiT^H. — ^y^H/ 0. At Newport,
aged osf, Mary, w'w of Mr, .lames Haw.
kins, and dun. of the bite John NichoU,
c«q. of Cnerleon.

June 7. At Court St. Lawrence, near-
Muninonlb, n^vd 7i>, Robert Vaiix, enq.
also of Tottenham, ]Middlcsu.<t.

Northampton. — Junt \. Aaed 7U»j
M'illium Tyler Soijth, esq, of LittlVl
fiutif;l>ton.

Jiiiif 2. Aped 85, the Hon. Datbata,
relict of the Hon, William Cockayne, orl
Ru^hton-hall.

NoTrivcriAM. — Lately. In the I'nioni
H' ' ^'.ttlnffhum. oped 93, Mrs.J

Sill . >lie was miiiiii-d to the i

gr(.'.4 i, the king of lln" -ii'-ii-^

Ti years since. He died at
camp, at Eabtwood-park, in i ' 1

was interred in Fa»>twcMjd Oiurrh-
His qnceii was Boon after chMrtfeali
Selston parish, nii'l " '^si

Union woikbou-e, ■

out in j\liii.'l< l.i..t ... .1

the Not: um Hospimli on k<

count of vss.

OxfuhD, — /»»<• 'Z, A% Bufcot, In hl«

< rood aoq

'- ;...., ^ .,. ... ; -'itlingion.

-KMiMiHiT. — HJiiy !T. ^t tlip Palace

.^^/v 18. A' •- " ■•"I'—' vaiprj

BgcdSf?, Hen

iMUly. A >

K. Parker, e»q. Uau. ut iLvkkio bir Ufnih

1838,]

Obituaby.

109

Sbellf, Bart. oF Castle Goring, Sussex,
•ad aunt to Lord De Lisle ana Dudley.

Jl/iiy 9. At Edingworth.faouse, East
Breot, Sophia, wife of George Henning,
H.D.

SosKEY. — May 23. At Famham, aged
7(X Anne Frances, relict of the Rev. T.
W. Barlow, Prebendary of Bristol.

Jlay^S. At Petersham, aged 79, Eliza-
beth, wife of General David Douglass
Weinyss, of Cumberland -st.

Jvme 10. At Banstead, aged 93, Mrs.
Marr Howorth, eldest sister of the late
U. Howorth, esq. and Lt.-Gen. Sir E.
Howorth, K.C.B. and G.C.H.

Junt 14. At Stoke, next Guildford,
aged 63, R. Sparkes, esq.

Sussex.— Afay 27. At Brighton, the
Right Hon. Margaret Countess dowager
Poulett Her ladyship was the only child
of the late Ynyr Burges, esq. of Eastham,
Essex. She married, first, Sir John Smith,
Bart, of Havering Bower, v.ho took the
name of Burges ; and, secondly, in July
1816, John, fourth Earl Poulett, who
died, without issue by this bis second
wife, in 1819.

May 28. At Brighton, aged 21, T. C.
Helps, youngest son of J. Helps, esq. of
the Westminster Life-office.

Atay 29. At Brighton, a^ed 89, Susan-
nah llacclesfield Jones, rehct of the Rev.
L. O. Jones, and sister to the lute Sir
W. Jones.

Wabwick. — At Leamington, James
Alacdonald, esq. late Capt. 79tb High-
landers, only son of the late Donald Mac-
donald, esq. of Springfield, Morayshire.

Wilts. — May 31. George Grove, esq.
of East Hayes, Scdgbill.

June 7. In his 22i)d year, William
John, eldest son of John James Calley,
esq. of Blunsdon-house.

WoBCESTKR. — June 9. At Malvern,
aged 84, P. Frost, esq. of Cheltenham,
late of the Hon. East India Company's
Home Establishment.

YonxsmuE.— ^pn7 28. At 'Whitby,
a^ed 37, John Yeoman, esq. solicitor,
after a long and severe illness, borne with
fortitude and pious resignation. His kind
and courteous manners, his generous and
hospitable disposition^ his many amiable
and excellent qualities rendered bim re-
spected and beloved by a laige circle of
acquaintance. The societv which he
moved in and adorned has, in his death,
suSbred an iirepanUe loss.

May 23. Mary, wife of the Rev. Geo.
Mar^vood, of Busby-hall, Cleveland.

May 31 . Aged 42, Ann, wife of Ro-
bert Keddey, esq, of Myton-hall, near
Hull.

Lately.— At Cantley, aged 33, Katbe-
rine, dau. of the late Ueneral Chester.

Wales. — At Cappel Cerig, Camar-
vonsbire, aged 103, Mrs. Elizabeth Pritch-
ard. She has left behind her four daugh-
ters, thirty-four grand children, seventy-
four great grand children, and two great
great grand children.

Scotland.— 4i>n7 8. At £dinbur;pb,
in her 80th year, the widow of Sir Patrick
Warrender, of Lochetid, Bart.

Apnl\^. At Edinburgh, William lUgby
Murray, only child of the Lord Advocate.

April 11. Aged 72, Robert Ainslic,
esq. W. S. the intimate friend and cor-
respondent of Robert Burns, with whose
bic^raphy his name will ever be honour-
ably associated. He was the author of
" lleasons for the Hope that is in us,"
and his contributions nave for 40 years
enriched our periodical literature.

May 11. At Joppa, near Edinburgh, in
his 1 10th year, John Wright, sergeant.

May 23. At Cardross-park, Dum-
bartonshire, Alexander Sharp, esq. late
of Virginia.

May 24. At his house in Fifeshirc,
William Ferguson, esq. of Kilric.

May 27. In his 80th year, Dugald
Stuart, esq. of Balachelish, Argyllshire.

Ireland. — March 25. At Dublin^
Ensign Acton, 53d regt.

^pril 5. Austin Cooper, esq. one of
the most extensive land-agents in the
county. When ]>rocceding.with G. Wey-
land esq. in a gig from Kilmore to the
fair of Tippcrary, they were fired at by
eight men who were in ambush. Mr.
Cooper was shot dead, and Mr. Weyland
severely wounded in the back.

April 13. At Umey, co. Tyrone,
Lieut. John Sempic, late of the Royal
Irish Artillery, and Brigade- Major of
Artillery.

April 18. Lieut.- Col. E. Browne, of
Breafy, Mayo.

Lately. At Lame, Lieut. A. Murray,
R N. chief officer of the Coast Guard
service in that district.

In Dublin, R. H. M'Naghten, esq.

At Harold's Cross, Dublin, Lieut.
Sullivan. R.N.

At Lisrcnny, co. Louth, Katty Sloane,
in her 1 lOth year. She retuned all her
faculties clear and acute to the last day,
and was only confined to Vine ^wi^ % mi
weeks before bee destiki.

OfliTi;A.Ky.

[Joly.

At Newbridge Mills, Judith M'Giiirk,
in her HlUtli yi'ar. For the Iiist fuwyeiirs
hbc wa^ forifiiii-d to lit-r bi'd, but could,
to withid u »iiurt linti; oC her di-iith, dis-
coui'se on any sulyL-ct she hnd ever kti(>>t'ii ;
and her Kigbt was up to llic lust liotir no
good that «be rould sew without g1tis<«c.s.

Culhariiie, relict of E. Shcil, esq. and
mother of 11. L. Shoil, esq. M.I'.

Thomas Burke, esq. son of Mwjor and
Lndv Matilda Burke, and nephew to tlic
Ef«rl of tlowth. His funeral in the bu-
rial ground of Tuam catlicdral on the
Hth Muy was the occaMon of n riot, in
consequence of it« having been rumoured
that he had died a Roman Catholic.

Mav 5i«. Ap;ed 72, UnbclU, relict of
the Rev. D. Little, of Killelcagh, Ire.
land.

I East 1ndu:s,— Oc/. 0. On the EjisI
' India station, Mr. Hyiiian. A]id.«hipniKa
on lioard her Majesty's ship Wolf, son-
in-law tu B. H, Hoydon, hi^^toricnl
]winter.

Dei: ;». At Madra.<«, aged 3.5, Capt.
George Jubling, of the ;I«t native veteran
battalion, youngest son of the late JdHh
Jobling, esq. formerly of Newton Hall,
Nortbuiiiberland.

Jan. \i. At Moulmein, in the Bar-
man Empire, aged 27, Ctipt. Henry Uo-
ilnirt Moore, 62nd regt. eldest son of Lt.-
■ Col. Aloore, half-pay I4th foot.

Jm. 17. At Delhi, aged lH, Lieut.
W. E. Ilees, of the engineers, son uf the
rlate W. E. Recs, esq. Bengal Civil Scr-
fvice.

Fe*. 7. At Calcutta, aged 18, Helen
Anne, wife of Arthur fjrotc, E«q. uf lite
Bengal Civil Service.

Feb. 13. At Bombay, a^ed '2,3, (ioorgc

WftddelJ, esq. of the E, I. ('. civil »er-

■vice, and only son of the late George

1 Waddell, esq. for many years on the same

tcstablisbmcnt.

March (>. At the C*ipe of (iood llopo,
Irol. J. r. Boileau, comiuaiiding the
pfengal Hiirse Artillery.

March II. At Mymrn^ing, iJeiigal,
iged ?7, Matthew Willium« Carrnther*,
«q. ofthc Civil Servitv. wmtid son uf
the late David Carrutl

Miireh \\. At
fj<" r-...> i:^.>r..H H,.,,

M.P.
■ i, aged

i.y. 3ith

r Kon <ir Siirauvl
■'-^ auclioiier.

Atrno^M — S'pt. ?'i. At (jeucva,
'' !.itfi, fruly Mu-iivmu

' , mid K^'i'dwii of

IL

maim were inteiTed In the (ainily vault
Ht St. Mirlmera church, Toxteth Park,
Liverpool, a.iil Nov. IHST.

JiiH. I", On board her Majesty's ■sui-
veying vetscl, Raven, off the western
coast of Africa, aged 2-1, T. R. Sykr>i,
esq. R.N. eldest son of the lute C«j>t. J.
SyLe»i E. I. Co. 'g service.

Feb. 25. At the Cape of f iood Ho|>e,
aged "H, John, eldeiit Kori ot John
Sncwell, esq. of York-iilare, I'ortniau-
square.

March \h. At Port Elizjibctb, South
Africa, Joseph Sturgis, solicitor of the
Cape of Good Hope, where he had been
for nearly twenty years a resident, second
son of the Hev. Joseph Stnrgis, M.A. ot
Sibl>ertotl , Nurthamiitonshire.

March .'JO. Al (Jape Town, aged 1 1.
Alajor William Henry Foy, Bombny an.

Ai>ril 15. On hi« pasiMure from the
Mauritius, Lieut. F. W. B. M'Lec^d,
.'ijth regt. only son of C'flptain W.
M'Leod, of the Royal Hospital, ('lielaca,

Ain-U l"-*. At Rome, aged 13, Loui»H
Kntiinrine, youngest dan. of the lati- Hon.
A. Cochrane, Capt. R,N. and niece to
the Earl of Dundonald.

'^pril 2S. At Madrid, Cntharinc, wife
of Lieut. -Col. Connolly, eldest dau. of
the late L. M. O'Brien, c»<i. of Sant-
under, Consul of the United Statea of
America on the north coast of Sp«in.

May 2. At I'isa, Robert John ({rcw«
Lawrence, esq. of Montagu-square, Loii-
duii.

May 5, At Uoulogne-sur-Mer, Eliza
Anne, wife of Franciis Drake, esq. and
Kinter to Sir Digby MackworlJi. Butt.
She wah the only dau. of .Sir llerlieri the
first Baronet, by the Hun. Juliana Digby,
diiii. of William jth Lord Digby.

May II. At Ala I to, on his rctuni to
Eiiglttiid from India, Capt. F. Pigott,
't5th regt. second (ton of J. Pigott, e>q.
late Lieut.- Col. R<^iynl Buck« Militia.

At the Hague, aged 5^1, Williiim
Henrj-, son of George Amhony Sawyer,
esq, of hon Hill, Hcnbnry, and gntmUon
of the late George Sawyer, caq. ol Jtaih.

At Trieste, a^ed 4H, M. [gtiax Von
Rudhart, lute Minister from Bavaria to
Grecre, a native of Wui'ontam, in Upper
Fiancoiiia.

May 13. Ai p.fi.. :t.-,..i -:•. <U.- ii,,,,.
France* P ■,

dan, of the I

May 17. At AbbevUlv. .i,;.il Ml,
rtmiles Poole, cftq. late of the Gitivr,
Sfammiri",

May VL At U»l»'«id, Liiiit. W. C. II.

^u K. Dutmrlly, ii.C.i'

1 838.] BUI of Morldlty. —Markets.— Prices of Shares,

111

Lately. At Milan, on her journey
from Naples to England, aged 76, Mrs.
Marianne Starke, of Exmoulli, authoress
of Travels in Italy, eldest dau. of the
inte R. Starke, esq. of Epsom, many years
Governor of Fort St, George, Madras ;
•lao at Dinah, in Britany, in his 3ltii
year, Richard John Hughes Starke, esq.
acpbew to the above, and eldest son of
tke late Lieut.- Col. Starke, of Laug.
I»nie Castle, Carmarthenshire.

In Paris, Mr. Samuel Penley, pro-

prietor and manager of the Windsor
Theatre, and formerly a performer at
Drury-lnne.

At New York, Mr. Peame, the engi-
neer of the Great Western steam-ship, iu
consequence of a severe scalding which
he received shortly before her arri\-al.

At Fonteiiay-sous-Bois, aged 64, the
celebrated P'rench comic actor, Potier.

At St. Jago, Cupe de Verd, the Bri-
tish consul, Mr. Eagan.

BILL OF MORTALITY, from May 29 to June 19, 183S.

Christened.
Females 712/****

Buried.
Males G52
Females &U)

J1292 1^

WberMf have died under two years old.. .258

H

2 and 5 196 I

5 and 10

83

10 and 20

52

20 and .30

91

30 and 40

132

40 and 50

139

20 and 60 125
60 and 70 155
70 and 80 84
80 and 90 28
90 and 100 9

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, June 23.

Wheat.
M. d.
62 11

Barley.

t. d.
30 10

Oats.

$. d.
22 7

Rye.
t. d.
33 3

Beans.
«. d.

sn 0

Peas.
t. d.
35 4.

PRICE OF HOPS, per cwt June 22.

Kent Bags

Sasaex

Kaniham (Ane) ..

M. 10*. to
JiL 0«. to
..11. 0». to

5/. 5».
0/. 0«.
8/. lOt.

Famham (seconds) 01 Ot. to O;. 0«.

KentPockeU AL 10*. to 5/. 0«.

Sussex SL 10«. to M. 6*.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, June 23.
Smithfield, Hay, U. 10s. to 5/. 17»._Straw, 1/.18*. to 2/. 4*— Clover, 5/. Ot. to 61.

SMITHFIELD, June 22.

Beef. 3». Ad. to 4*.

Mutton 3». lOd. to *f.

Veal As. 2d. to 5#.

Pork At. 8<i. to 5#.

To sink the Offiil — ^per stone of 81bs.

2d.
8d.
Ad.
Ad.

Lamb 5*. 6d. to 61. OJ.

Head of Cattle at Market, June 22.

Beasto 887 Calves 420

Sheep & Lambs 10,910 Pigs 450

COAL MARKET, June 20.
Walls Ends, from 20*. Od. to 23*. Od. per ton. Ofher sorts from 10*. 8J. to 25#. 6rf.
TALLOW, per cwt.— Town Tallow, 50». Od. Yellow Russia, 40*. Oi.
CANDLES, It. 6A per dos. Moulds, 9*. Od.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, BaoTHERs, Stock and Share Brokers,

23» Change Alley, Comhill.

Birmingham Canal, 221. Ellesmere and Chester, 79. Grand Junction,

206i. Kennet and Avon, 25}. Leeds and Uverpool, 640. Regent's, 15|.

-Rochdale, 104. London Dock Stock, 63. St. Katharine's, 108. West

India, lOa Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 206. Grand Junction Water

Worica, 594. West Middlesex, 95. Globe Insurance, 145. Guardian, 354-

Hope, 51. Chartered Gas, 5U. Imperial Gas, 50. Phcenix Gas, 22.

Independent Gas, 48J. General United Gas, 31. Omada Und Com-
pany, 30. Reversionary Interest, 133.

For Prices of all other Shares inquire M above.

112
METEOnOLOGICAL DIARy, dy W. CARY, Strahd.

From Ma;/ 26 to June 22, 1838, both incluiive.

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DAILY PKICE OF STOCKS,

Fnm May 28 to Jvnt 21, 1838, both ineituite.

28

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05 09 pm.
70 08 pm.
69 71 pm,
7O07|)m.
07 G9 pm.

69 74 pm.
07 fjy pm.

67 70 Jim.

70 (is pm.

68 70 pm.
68 70pni.
m 70 pm.

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69 70 pm.
69 71 |im.
71 pm.
7l0epn.

J. J. AJiNULL, Stock Broker, 1, Btnk BoiMLngi, Comliili,

lata RtcUA.aD80«, Goooixcv.. «a4 hSMVLU

THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

AUGUST, 1838.
By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent.

CONTENTS.

PU

171

MtcOR CoRRKSPOffDENCK.—PrixyTithM.— Hydrophobia, awu 8(0..., lU

Listxk'i LifK 01' Clahrxdox MS

AJiccdote* of Ciileridgc tlie Po«t, and of LoiuIod Newspjtpen 1S4

CHAtTRbtON, Rod his use of BAilejr'i Dictionary ..,.,.,,. 138

-Paoio Sasi'I : hi^ nharetn tUe Cgiispirncyof the Spaniard! against Venice

in IGl 9 i and Iuk rinitn to the discovery of the Circulation of the Btood. . . . 134

itu» rtiiii lli-liL'ious Toleration 141

Ancittii I ' of th« ("hurehe* of St. Peter and St. Nichula*, at Biddes-

tun, ' ffi WoodcuU) 142

Gtrnt't Hiitnry of Euglith Rhythms, and the Anglo-Saxon ControTcray 143

The Succeias of Sir Humphry Davy 150

The old Koyol Uardcnaat Ken&ington.. 151

The PniTvr nnil Homily Sooiety ; and modera Greek Stbolarslup ^•

PoKTBT.— Infan« An^idus loijuitur »•.... >>>• l^'^

RBVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

» Calvin** Life Jvnd Theology, hy Samuel Dunn, 153 ; Babbogc'a Ninth
Bri.!;: itiiic, 15.i; Thotns's Book of the Court, ISH; M'alkrr'«
Smii ! Miinor House, Iti'i; Wright's Mrraoriols of Cambridge,
lfi< ; >!i ' " 'liiofnipliical Poems, by C. A. Brown, 164;
Moody'* iiimar ; Slade's Colloquies, IC^!; O'Conner'a
_ I"---'- - '''■n'« Prose Works, Briti.ih Diplonaocy and
■ re and his FricndE, Fitzhrrbcrt, Sue. 169;
■ ! IS, Kennedy's Siege of Antwerp, 170;
Uruwuc'i, Dull) liifivici' ,
FINE ARTS. -Stained Glaw at Oscott, Oxford, and Newtown, 171.— Sir

ChnrlcR Coote'« Pii-turcai, Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds. 173

L1TER.\RY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nirw Pul»lii-ation», 174. — Universities, 175, — Public Schools, 17(». — Etruacan
Anlifjuities and Fossil Remains purcha»«d for the British Muaeam, 177. —
Institute of British Architects, 178. — Architectural Society 179

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.— Kom.m Rcm.iins at Cirencester. Tomb
in I'liivnix Park, Dublin, 179. — Roman Road iit Lincoln, Sec. 180. — Rocnan
Coiaa found neaj- Hndderttield. — .Sculpture in lllngsin Church l)iU

IIISTORICAL CHRONICLE— Proceedingu in Parliament, 18,1.— Foreign

Newa, !*<(>. — Domestic Occurrences, 1H7. — Th* Cuuonatiom , IB8

Promotioos, Births, Marria{;es , ...••(•«,,,,, 304

OBITUARY ; Willi Memoirs of th« Duke of Leeds ; the MarqniB of
OmiuQiic t Baruii FukcI ; Count Sommariva ; Chief Baron Joy ; Lt -Gen.

'*•''''' " — '' ■'" ■ *■■■■ 'thics Pcrgrusson, Bart. ; Sir Digby Mack-

. Bart. ; Sir R. C. Glyn, Bart. ; Major
' iieral Wynyard ; Major-Gen. Barry • Hart
Logan, hK\- M.P. ; Jnnii-B HaUi-. Esii. M.P. -, Lieut. -Gen. Sir E. Barnes;
Coirt. W. S. Parkinson ; .M. Teisicr ; Tliomas Slock, Esq. ; W. D. Wilson ;
Rev. Dr. Martilitnau ; A. Athc, Es(|. ; Mr. John Gale Jonca ; Dr- Watson ;
Mr. JamiFi llroiul , «<nij

Clkkoy I , Ac. tkc , "2V9

Bill of .M >luket»— Price* of Share*, 231.— McUoro\oftlc%L Dvan—

Stork*...,,, , »»,4«»«, ,,,,,,,, ,»... . *S*!

MmbcllLUxedmtbaPl^ of the C«^v.i.p,t Ga.d.n »tK«>.%WCTO» ;
Vitw, of two UcifOMai JBi»p«,TO.v, WUU, &c.

114

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

b

rference to the term " Privy or
Tilheit," Bircady diiciused in our
vol. It. i>. IIJ, vol. III. p. ?.:<H, a coiTiD-
poiidcot makt-a tlir following romurk.t :
" The origin of the term vras thus. At
the time of the Eccksiastical Survey (I. i.'M)
and previous iJicTfto, that if", in monastic
times, when the tithes of apariish belonged
to the |iul)lic community of priestn mul
monks in a monastery, the tithes, fvhich
■were tfonhlesotnc to collect, and which
we now generally call finiall or Ticjirial,
were left to maintain the %-icaror oHicitiling
minister in the privale local ]>arii«h where
thcjr arose, nod were frequently called
•priva(«e dccimic,' privy or private tithes,
in contradislinctiim to the gtcnt tiihis,
which the public fommunity in thcraonns-
fcry took care to keep to thcm»elvc.<. By
referring; to the Erclesinjitical Survey, na
printed by order of the King in I817rit
will be found that tiic term ' privatB
ilecimie,' privy tithes, occurs most fre-
<{uently in the inidknd counties, lis in
the diocest:* of Worcester, GloucesttT,
and Hereford ; and in the snnic return,
where the vienr ia mentioned ua having
• in privatis deomis,' worth fco and to,
very fretjuently the exprciision ' et in aliis
miniitia dccimi*,' follows, which is a re-
dundancy of expression, and iiii:relr refers
to small trifling tithes hardly wortli notic-
ing, which (he ' ]<rivatie dceiwK,* in
fact, included. If a distinction could be
made between the privatir decimie aiid
the minutie decim», it was this. The
privatie dccima: referred to the more snb-
Ktantial pftrt^ of what we n'jw rail the
vicarial tithe.s, and ttuch ns a^o^e from the
land, as fruits, potatoes, turtiipa, hop«,
lamb, wool, milk, calves, ac;islnient, A.c.
TTie minutie deciinie referred to the tri-
fling tithes of piga, geeBC, epi;a, honey,
wax, &c. which were things that farmer*
might have, or might not have.

*• A» moniwteries and the ^rent lithe*
that belonged tu them have ladnl in our
Tiew, so has the term privy tithes become
Br.ore and rooie obsolete, and the more
correct definition of small or virariol,
which comprise and miao i ' 'nics,

become general. And i 'iou

that this i« thi- correct i ,..^. I will

here briefly quote what Mr. Jufticc Black-
stooe oars, who may be c:allrd the best
anthoritj that could be rpiutcd on the
»ubject. Aflrr rrfrrriMK tu the abuee* in
moh I'd the rstnlilis.hiiient of \i-

cai • -.in viil, i. p«j;r :I7;», eliaju

ter »-,..Li- '• •■' ■■ ••■••

rai^en ha^r >:

wmonage, MOtI n fiHrliraim niiuir ul llie
S»j wiuch the Mjtjint/ifiatorB found it

most troublesome to collect, and which
arc therefore qenerully called privy, small,
or vicarial Ivthe.t.' Eaijle, in hisTrcatiae
on Tithes, vol. i. page ','J, in »praking of
the endowment of vicarage*, aays 'They
were endowed with what arc generally
called privy or small titbea.* Lek."

IlrnRoninni.v and Canink Pa-
thology. \ very extensive in<|uiry has
been recently made on the Continent into
several canine diseases commonly con-
founded together under the name of Ay-
liropliohia. In this innniry the naiiit-s of
Karon D'llanens, Dr. Forsler, and others,
occur ns leading physiologists ; the (diject
has been to a.scertain the proiMirlionalc
number of real to false cases of that dis-
ease, and the result has proved highly
satisfactory, for it sitnis that out of lfM>
reported cases, not above one real one will
be found ; that the true contagious hydro-
phobia is a very rare disorder, and that
the eufccs so often inisiakcu for it, which
cause the death of so many hei'mlcss doga,
ia a complaint quite innocent in its cha-
racter. Another important fact is, that in
the hot countries of the south of Europe,
where dog* swarm in the streets in an
almost wild state, canine madneai is un-
knovrn, which «hews that heal has very
little to do with the canse of the disorder.
The true canine loadne'.* is found chiefly
in those countries when- tlie cruel practice
of dog-fighling prcvnil-i, uud \s totally un-
heard of in Turkey, where Hiiimala are
kindly treated, and where hghting them
for amusement is forbid. The strongeat
prcd)<t|>onent to the disorder, ton, has
been )irovcd to he /tar of it* ncrurrenc,
iiuil for tliii rca»oD, in countrir.» where
thete is a censorship of the |>ress, it has
been Ibrbidden to rr|iort casei of tiiu dis-
order.

It appears by Queen Eliwilieth'n Wood-
ward's account, tluit 'JiK» oaks were de-
livered to Sir Walter Raleigh towards the
building and structure of ship.s, by gift of
the l.ndy Eli/al)eth the Queen, by vir-
tue of a wnrrant umWr the hand of the
Lord Treasurer of Etvgland, tiated xtb
April I5H(;.

Addendum to June, ji. 507. In I'.Hi,
Mr. Hugh .M'Kcon ol Lavenham, pub-
lished, An Inquiry into the Birthplace.
Parentage, l.lfc. and Writing* ottheR««.
William tiiiiiicll, M.A. fornu-rly Krctwr
of L«>riihain in SiifTolk, and Author of
the Christian in ('odiplelc Armour.

\l M.. ,.l,.. I ...1. . 1 ■

4 and A. for

<i:>, at II n» &
iiotutlir' ' panah in i»uX-

^

GKiXTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Ufe and Admininl ration of Edunrd first Earl of Clarendon .- with Ort
nal Correspondeacc and authentic Papers never hr/ore published.
T. H. Lister, Esq. .i vols. 6vo. Lond. 1838.

•' PUT not your trnst in Princes/* is pcrLapa the moral lessoti whlcji
i« tlie most frequently inciilcatod Ijy liislory, aJitJ certainly not lei
frrqiieiitJy bv our own Mstory tliaii by that of otiicr iiatiouH. WolseyJ
More, and ^^lrafford, arc conspicuous instaiicea from our own annuls ; buT
C'larcndun, llio .Huhjert of the prcsfnt work, stands amongst the kuoH'i
victims of royal ingr.-ititndc as the most obvious and eminent example*
A gliincc ut his biography, to the consideration of which these voiniuc
"invite n«, will prove the truth of this remark.

Cdward Hyde, born on the IHth February 1609, was the third son
enr)' Hyde, of PlhUin. in the county of Wilts, a gentleman of small
tate, and a descendant of the llydes of Norbury and Hyde in C'lieshiroJ
fter receiving the ladiments of c<lucation at home, he passed, in lrt22^
the prccocions age of fourteen, to Magdalen Hall. His; first destination
as the Church ; but some disappoiuttnents at Oxford, and the circum»l
nee of Ids haviug iuHuential family connexions in tlie Law, occasioucdj
_ alteration in his views; and shortly before the 14l[i February 1026,
when he t<H)k his degree of bachelor of arts, he entered of the Middle Templei
111 health and an attach ment to gay society rendered his first three years
little mlvantajire to him as a lawyer ; and, probably, in the hope of his beini
ilDore determinedly lixed in the study of his profcs.^ion. his father conscntc
> his marringe in l(!'J5>, iK'ingthen underage, to a daughter of Sir GeorgC
yliffc of Gretenham in \Vilts. His wife caught the small-pox, miscarriedjl
id died, within six months of their union ; and in I (132 he married hii
c.ind wife Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury, Master of tk(
}•' \iid of the Mint — a gentleman whose character is placed in I

>' 'lie light by a letter respecting his daughter's marriage, printed

in the third volume of the present work. (P. 3.)

U'ithiu A few months after Hyde's second marriage his father die<
Middenly, and he then came into possession of property sufficient to s«
him to n certain extent above the necessity of "' labouring in his vocation.'^
He cnntinoed indeed to practise the Law, but it was not in that p>crse
vering way in which alone men can become great lawyers. They ar
plants which thrive best in a poor and barren soil ; take from them il
eaily life the necessity of working for their daily bread, and they ma]
iK.iunie Clarcndonei, hut never Kldons. Hyile devote*l " every day sot
hour^ to general hterature .... With meuibers of lii» own profession h^
li\ed little .... but ere he had attained the age of twenty-seven, coul^
''■ annung his intinmie associaten many of the most emineol
, the kingdom — pei8onn distinguished not merely by rank ani

l.i..\( I, l,ut by their characters, abilities, and acquirements It '

probable, " snys Mr. Lister. " that he then entertained hopes of futur
pulittrnl or literary distinction " (I. N) If so. he judged wisclvj. TV
cfxirke he tcnik soon led Uiin into the lIou.se »)f Coiuawu%, '*vv^ \vc vVvJ
at lAOCi' tfecnaie conspicuous, if not eminent.

UG

Lister*! L\fe of Clarendon.

[Aug.

»

I

He was first retnrned to the Parliament which met on the 13th April
1640, and was mshly dissolved on tlic 5th May following;. During that
short session, Hyde entert'd warmly upon public busint'Ss, and oven
ventured into the field in opposition to Hampden- U|xin the vitnl ques-
tion of a su])ply, he endeavoured to steer a middle course between the
temerity of the King's advisers and the craft of the popular leader ; and,
if lie had been supported by the former, all mi^ht have gone well.
Abandoned by them — through the treachery of Vane, as has been said^
the question of supply was adjourned, and a dissolution followed in anger.
Although opposed to Hampden in that particular instance, the Journals
contain ample evidence that Hyde entered upon public life as a reformer.
The next Parliament was that one which has been immortalised in our
history as ''the Long Parliament." It met on the 3rd of November
1640, and Hyde was returned for Saltash. In all the early measures,
Hyde cordially co-opcratcd : he instituted an inquiry which put an end
to the Earl Marshal's Court ; he assisted Lord Falkland in the impeach-
ment of Lord Keeper Finch ; he preferred the charges agaiast the Barons
of the Exchequer ; he conducted the proceedings for the suppression of
the Council of the North ; and, Hnally, he tooK an uctive share in the
prosecution of Strafford. We say " finally," for there ended the career of
Hyde as a reformer. The fall of StraflTord, which animated the extreme
]>arty to bolder exertions, seems to have brought Hyde to his senses.
They proceeded in their straigdt-ouward course to despotism ; he stood
for awhile aloof, as if stunned by the recoil of the blow he had aided in
Qtrikingj ntid, as soon as the Church became the object of attack, passed
over to the ranks of those who made a vain attem]>t for the conservatiou
of the monarchy. In his secession from the reform party, he preceded his
friend Lord Falkland, but only by a. few weeks. Falkhind supported tho
bill for deprivang the Bishops of their scats in the Mouse of Lords, under
the impression that " it was the only expedient to preserve the Church,
aod that, if this passed, nothing more to its prejudice would be at>
tempted." (I. 110.) He wassoou convinced of his error, and thenceforth
the two friends, ranged side by side, continued a calm aod steady although
entirely unsuccessful opposition to the ii>roads of democracy. Hyde's
defence of the Church attractc<l tltc attention of Charles, who made an
opportunity to return him his thanks in person ; and when the celebrated
Remonstrance was published by the Commons — the first of that long
series of papers by which each party sought to make the peoj>le the judgeti
of their quarrel — Hyde, wh«) had opposed its publication iu Parlinment
with more than ordinary vehemence, prepared a reply to it, «lncli was
adopted by the King, and published as *' the Kings Answer with the Ad-
vice of his Council.' It is correctly described by Mr. Lister a» " firm,
temperate, and judiiious, retorting without acrimony, condescending with-
out meanness, nnd blending conciliation with reproof. It tended to ex-
pose the anti-]iacific intentions of the Parliamentary leaders, and to place
the King in the right." (1. 1.38.)

Prom this time Falkland, Colei»eper, and Hyde, were the principal
tagers for the King In the House of Commons ; and it would have
»n well if he luid acted entirely by their advice ; for, even yet, his cause
8 probably nut quite desperate. Other counsels urged him. howevcfj
that singular ,-ict of folly, tin ' (o seize tl. ' !iich

instantly followed by the ; n by the I ,ity

the roynl forinstfen — a boJtl usurpation tt» which lUcy i^tulusduii to tic

1S3B.]

Lt«ter*« Life tf Clartnion.

driven, tn self-dcfeocc, by t>ic Kind's wanton and inpxrns&blc invnstoo
their iirivilegeti. Tlie die wns now thrown ; war linrl become inevitablt- 1
but l)eforc the sword \ras aitu.illy dmwn, botli parties appealed noniinnll]
to c-%cli other, but renlly to tlie ])eoplc, in various addresses, rcplici
petitions, answers, ines<iage«, declarations, and many other descriptions
Stnte Papers. In the royal portion of those papers, the King was assist
by Hyde — the ni<j«t important of thcn> were prepared by liim — and
certainly better serriee has seldom been rendered to a sovereign than
endered to Charles in the composition of thoee celebrated documents^
They were too liberal, too cohciliatorj', too straight-forward to satisfy sncl
(MSA those wlio induced their sovereign to enter the House of Com*
MM} but they gained him many friends amongst the better classes of tlttl
people ; and tliey did more — they continue to gain hjai friends down KxX
the ppesf'nt hour, and will continue to do so through all time. They ar^I
V- ags in the great clause which was ultimately decided in tlifl]

\ rt of Justice for trying the King, and every one admits that th<

ca»e thcv make out is in the King's favour, and, conserjucntlV) that tlifll
decision in that court was unjust. " It is impossible," as Mr. Lister rC'*!
narks, "to compare these royal manifestoes with those of the Parliamenti
ritbout being sensible of the superiority of the former, both in the argu<<
Bcnts employed aud the ability with which they were enforced." (I. 177.
L'fore the King set up Lis standard, Hyde joined him at Yorki
and a few months (iftcrwnrds he was ap[K>intcd Chancellor of the]
Exchequer, and in that character followed the person of Charles^
until the Prince of V^"ales waa sent into the West, when he was appointed]
oiombcr of hie council, nud on the .'>th March 16-15, ju^ previous to hifj
eimrture in the company of the Prince, had his last interview witl
liar|e>( I. at Oxford. Twelve months afterwords, the whole of the wea
Enghmd was in the power of the Parliament, and the Prince and ht|
l&nte, of whom Lord Cnpel, Ijord Hopton, and Hyde, now Sir Ed*]
t, were the priucipnl, took refuge, firft in Scilly, and afterwards ii
ftTsey, frt)m whence the Prince passed into France in 1646. Hyde^
|Ca{ic1, and Hopton, disapproving of the Prince's removal into that
gantry, remained behind at Jersey ; and Hyde, released from otiier duties
Bt himself to the composition of his History of the Rebellion, which Iw
bad bcgjui in Scilly. He and his two friends lived and kept house togethc
in St. Hilary's, whore, having a cliaplain of their own, they had prayer
every day in the church, at eleven o'clock in the morning ; till which houi
they employed themselves as they thought fit; Hyde in his literary purw
•iijti ; the others in walking, riding, or reading as they were disposed
but at the hour of prayers they always met, and then dined together
the Lord Hopton's lo<igings. ''Their t.'ible waa maintained at their joint
expense only for dinners, they never using to sup, bat met always npoil
tlw sands in the evening to walk, after going to the enstle to Sir Cicoru
tCuterctt who treated them with extraordinary kindness and civility, anti
eat much time with them. ' During this period Hyde's industry wal
"^iBoet exemplary.

" Between hi» linoks and his papers," says Mr. Lister, " he rarely sjier
lc!u» than ten hours a day. It is uncertain how much of that time wa
df-roti'd to h!i Histor)'. Three hours a day, he tells Nicholas, were aa
^; I writing, but much more might have been given

II n.ition of authorities, hi addition to \Vi\% c»i\»\aNw\tx

lie appUcd hiuim-]/ to the improrcuivut of bis knowledge oi YxeiicV V\X.c

I

p

18 Lisiet's Life of Clarendon. [Aug.

tiire, and still more to classical studies. ' I have,' lie said to Dr. Sbel-
doii in Aujfust 1G-I7i ' read over l<ivy, and Tacitus, and almost all TnUy's
works ; and liave written since 1 came into tliitj l»les3e<l isle near 1500 large
sheets of paper in f liis delicat<! hand ;' and ' he wrote «lai)y little less than
one sheet of large paper wttli his own hand ' during the two years that he
remained iu Jersey." (I- 301.)

After some time Capol and Hoplon quitted him ; the one going into
the United Pronnccs, and (he other into France, and both meditating a
return into England. Hyde then removed into Ca.stle Rli/abetli, where
tSir George Carteret gave him an nsyiuui, and there he remained until
other duties called him to a more active life. Whilst at Jersey alone, the
company of his «ife ami children would have been a solace to him, but
poverty kept thiin asniitler. Lady Hyde remained in England, '* hearing
licr part with miraculous courage and constancy." " We may, I hope,"
he writes to Nicholas, " be able to live some time asunder, but I am sure
we should tjuickly starve if we were together ; yet « hen starving cornea
to be necessary, to be more feared than hanging, we will starve by the
grace of <«od together." "My man is at last returned," he said, in a
previous It-tter to Lady Dalkeith, " with great good news to me, which is
with incredible stories of my wife's courage and nmguanimity -. and that,
though she be like to want every thing, she will be cast dowu with
nothing." (Lister, I. 304.)

When Prince Charles remove<l from France into Holland, the King
transmitted his commands to Hyde to give the Prince the liencfit of his
assistance. The simmions was received in June 1648, and Hyde obeyed
it instantly. After some very annoying disasters in the course of his
journey, he rejoined the Prince at the Hague upon hi.s return from his fruit-
less attempt to take advantage of the revolt of the English fleet. From
that time until the restoration, Hyde continued in the service of the exiled
Prince, and, m itii some few exceptions, as during an embassy into 8j)Biu,
and during t-'harlt's's expedition into Scotland, was constantly about his
person, and had the principal management of his aftiiirs. 'I'he labour and
the annoyances he underwent in that service arc scarcely credible :
harassed by the oj»po.silion of the Queen Dowager, and the perpetual diii-
sensious in the mimic court of the exiled monarch ; bni-thened by the duty
of provirling as far as was |>ossible for the daily want.s of Charles's honne-
hoM, which was often a task of extreme dilhcultyi and, above all, lor-
meuted by the frivolity of Charles's character, his imlolencc, and the im-
]>ossibitity of making him feel an interest iu any thing of a higher chnrac-
ter than an intrigue, are all very strongly pourtrnyed in Mr. Lister's
volumes. Hyde's wife and family passed over to the Continent, and took
up their reaideiice at .Antwerp, where they suflTered as great hardships im
himself. " At this time," he writes in IS'ovciiil)er UmJ, '* I have neither
clothes nor lire to preserve me from the sharpness of the season." At

I another time, " I am so cold that I can scarce hold my i)en, and have not
three sous in the ivorld to buy a faggot." Again, " 1 have not been
master of acioun these many months, am cold for wntit of clothes and fire,
ftud owe for all the meat \vliieh i have eaten the»e three months, and to a
poor woman H ho is no longer able to trust ; and my ptKU family at Antwerp
(uhich hiralA luy heart) is in as sad a ntute n% I nin. ' (LiMtcr, I. liTH.)
Vet murk how he spurns the notion of i.^ . i.is«ion. " 1

AvM>H' mtother counsel to give you than, ' !, I mean to

'//A'jf taywjf. which is to Hubniit to Ciod'b pk-u^uu' ktud judgaieot upon

I

1838.]

Li&ter'ii Life of Clnrendun.

Ill

we, aiitl to ktarve rtrnlly «utl literally ivltli the couifort of liaviug ei
tlcuvourcrl !o avoid it l»y itit lioiicst iiicaii», ninJ nUher to Ix'ar it tluiii dj
any tliiit4i i.-i)iitmry tu my duty. C'oiiipoiindiiig is a thing 1 do ii(
uiidn^tiind, or h(»vv ;i iiinii ci»ii do it lo sjive one's life. \\c luiis
pla> nut the game ivilli tlmt cnnrajic ms bccuiiie:) |raiiic$ters nho ucrfl
liibt eiic;agcd by n»iisticnie ngaiust all iiiotivi.'s and interest, and
j;tinl lu let the world know that we were carried on only bv conscience.'j
|.<Iii«ter, I. 3(33.)

But brighter days a|>pru:iched. Cromwell's death was followed by
l^liiirt seafion of eoufusion, niid lli:tt by liie Restoration, to whieh Hyde con^
trihntrd by the preparation nf the eelcbrated declaration from Breda, anil
the foy;d Ifttirs to Monk and the Army, to the two Houses, to the Navi
and to the City of 1/ondon. Hyde entered London in the train of Charlt
and on the third day afterwards iooV his seal in the House of Loads aitl
Ihc C^iirt of Chaneery as Lord Chancellor — an ulTiee to whieh he had had
^appointed at Bniges on the Ivitb January KiiiH. (Lister, 1. 1 tO.) Earljj
lln Ihc year after the restoration, Hyde was created a Baron, and, at tl
^conniation, an EarL He iv.is also offered the garter, but declined it
*)i«g, that " there were very many worthy men who well remeniberci
liim of their own condition when he first entered into his [the King sj
fctlicr'a service, and believed that lie was advanced too much bcforj
Iiem." (Lister, II. til,) About the same time he received from Charles,
ift of Jll.OdO/. and was oflertd a grant of land, whicli he declined, iipc
fihe ground that it was the iluty of his olTiee to insj)eet such grants, " vvhici
rdiachaige of his duty could not but raise him many enemies, who sliould
[Hot hn^e that advuntagc to say, that he ul)structed the King's bouutj
jlowards other men, when ho made it very profuse towards himself," (If

m.)

For six years sub.Ncqueut to the Restoration the goyernincut of tli^
country leslcd upon the shoulders of Hyde. The settlement of tl
|church and state, — the Itxiogthc royal revenue, — the disbanding the Coi
nioniveaJth army, — the abolition of the feudal tenures, — the punishmcni
of the regicides, — the marriage of the King, and the task of endeavouriiii
lo restrain his extravagances, curb his lieeiiliousness, and iiuiuiate 111
ulloth, all fell upon Hyde. That he accomplished these vaiious objecls,-
kUut he put together again the broken fragiiienls of the machinery of tiM
■ Oiouarehy, and, buiMing upon llie old foundation, eonstruete<l a fabric in^
finitely more liberal atiil more consonant uitli freedom than the one whicl
had been destroyed, is a theme for no slight ptaise; mc who look at l!
ricsults may see, or fancy that wo see, defects in llie new superstnictur
'and it is easy to give vent to veiy line dcelamafioii in favour of our owi
"more enlightened " notions ; but tiiuf the remodelling was as lil>eral
the times would bear is strikingly proved by the circniustanec that, ii
linost every instance. Clarendon's schemes were narrowed, and not exH
*lendc<l, by the pailinroents to which they were submitted. He was, at anj
cvcot. too libcial for them.

And now we pass to the last act in the drama of the Life of Clurendon

1^* U'hut exiled Hyde.''"' has been asked by mnny iucpiirers both liefoi

fid MuiT Dr. Jolinson ; but without entering into <lispntcs upon the sul

Jcet, wc will set forth the matter as it appears in the pages of Mr. Listel

[Clarendon him$4>lf knew but tcMt well the .'ilip|K.-rino.ss of his iiosttiue

r'The confidence the King had in him," he says, " besides the a»i'4\ira.\\«

lie hod of his integrif;- atn\ industry, I'roccedcd ujotc tiutaVvvb wwwsvi'

ISO

Lister's Life of Cbtrendou.

[Aug.

I

be troubled with the intricacies of his afl'airs, than from any violence of
afTectiou^ whicli was not so fixed iu liis naturu as to be like tu transport
him to any one person }" and that, however serviceable he might render
himBelf, he innst not depend upon a continuatice of the King'd favour.
Others wiglit nlway.s ^ain credit with him by huding fault with what was
done, "it being one of liis Majesty's greatest infirmities that he vvaa apt
to think too well of men at the first or second sight." (Lister, II. 84.)
Lender such a. sovereign it is to be wondered that a man of piety and virtue
maintained his ])ost so long rather than that he fell at last.

The temper of the people was soured. The nation had been viaitH by
the plague, the nietropoUs destroyed by fire, and the shore insulted by
the Hect of a victorious enemy.

"The enthusiastic loyalty of I SCO," remarks Mr. Lister, "had gra-
dually subsided, and had been succeeded by apathy or disgust. 'I'he name
of ' courtier' became again unpalatable to the electors; and frequently
was Cromwell commended for 'the brave things he did' and the resjjcct
he inspired in neighbouring princes, and wsis contrasted with Charles now
bo fallen from ' the love and good liking of his peoj)lc,' ' that it is a
miracle,' s.iys Pepys, ' what way a man could devise to lose so much in so
little time.' The sins of the court were denounced from the pulpit, and
even a royalist, like Kvelyn, could tell an official friend, like Pepys, ' that
wise men do prepare to remove abrnjid « hat they have, for that we must
be ruined, our case being jiast relief; the kingdom so much tu debt, and
the King minding nothing but lust.' " — (II. 385.)

In this state of things it was determined that some one must be
tlKcd upon as a scapegoat, and both court and |H:oplc turned towards Cla-
rendon.

"On Clarendon . . . was poured the odium of every measure and
•vent, uhich, whether justly imputable to him or not, the public at that
moment regarded as a grievance. The war, which he had originally op-
posed,— the division of the flL'ct, which he had not snggcstcd, — and even
the want of royal issue, which he could not have foreseen (the Queen hav-
ing recently miscarried), were nil laid to his charge. Ohl topics of com-
plaint were revived by the pressure of a calamity with which those topics
had no connexion : and in the midst of the panic and rage of the pupu-
Ihcc, at the alarming news that the Dutch were at Cravescnd, they broke
the windows of Clarendon's house and painted a gibbet on his gate, accom-
panied with this rude rhyme : —

' Three sight* to !n) seen,

Dunkirk, Taagicrs, and a barren Qiiccn.' '* — (!I. 3%6.)

Clarendon might h.ive laughed all these ebullitions of popnbr feeling '
scorn if he had been protected by the head of the state, but at co»»rt
,was even more obno>inus than amongst the people.

Not oidy was his |Hisitioii greatly weakened by the retirement uf Ni-

cholns nnd the death of Southampton, the Lord Treasiiret, both of whom

had been succeeded by men whose opinions upon party iincstions were

frc'iuently opposed to tbc«c of Clarendon, but there were others, nud, un-

I fortunately, even iu Charles's court, luure innnrntial pcrnortii, whu were

[Cbn'udon's avowed enemies — tlie King's {irulligntc associates uf both

Uexes.

"Tlw; C4)mtuauding tuhitls and acknuwledged services tif the Cliaii*
aufeti by the mug'ic qS old aumocintioiui, Riid Charles's iiatuts of dc-

LUter'a Life of Ctaremhn.

ference to a well-cstablisbcd asrendancy. lia«I long been the only circ
stances nbicb ^avc to tlie minister n potent voice in tlie councils of
King." (11.31)1.)

The King's deference to Clarendon, »vhil»t it seemed to cement
power, served to inuke the minister " too little mindfiil that they no
longer stooii on the nncient Uw>Xw^ of pupil and of master, and that the
Restoration, thoujfh it also added to his own impottance, had destroyed
for ever that proximity which youth and broken fortunes harl jirodueed."
(11.3'Jl.) Clarendon wiui apt to be somewhat Uh) o|>en in bis reproof
of Charles's inattention and imraoralitj', " too {)eremptory in his demands
upon his time."

" Circuujstances like these affordeil a handle for those intriernera who
MWght to lessen the influcnee of Clarendon, aitd who artfully wrought
u|>on that feeling so common among weak men — the fear of seeming to be
govrmed. ' If the King,' said Clarendon, ' would go sucli a journey,
or do such a trivial thing to-morrow, etomel)ody would lay a wnger that
he would not do it) and when he waa asked why, it was answered, that

tbe Cliancellor would not let him.' The aid of ridicule was alao

summoned to undermine an influence of wiiich the King waa tbn» made
jealous and ash.imed. The wits of the Court (and foremobt among them,
Buckinirham and Killigrew, the former of whom was a political rival)
made the absent Chancellor a frequent subject of their mirth in the King's
presence. Mimicry w:is successfully employed ; and they ventured, for
tlie amusement of Charles and Lady Castlcmaine, upon the broad buf-
foonery of exhibiting the mimic Chancellor with belluws and fire-shovel
carried tx'fore him, like the purse and mace; a jest which was perhaps

heightened by some ostentation on the part of Clarendon These

atlack.s hud weakeneil the inHuence of the Chancellor and made his sway
9eem irksome to the King ; when his suspecte<i opposition to Charles's
pleasured.*' in effecting a marriage between Miss Stewart and the Duke
of Richmond, with a view to prevent Charles from procuring a divorce and

itrt^

marrying that lady himself, " filled full the measure of royal rcsentmeni
(H, :WA )

"Clarendon had also a powerful enemy in the King's implacable a<
imperious mistress. Lady Castlemainc knew that he had systematically
ende<avoiired to counteract her influence — that he had op|>u8eit her admi:)-
sion to the post of Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen, and the etevti-
iian of her husband to the Earldom of Castlemainc. He had sto])pcd
grants made to her by the Kingj and, though her f.ither was among the
oldest friends of Clarendon, and the first cousin of his first wife, he would
show her no courtesy but such as w.os unavoidable, and would not aUow
hi» wife to visit her. He had avowed and justified this conduct in an
interview with the King, in which he told him, ' that as it would reflect
ujion his M,'»jc8ty himself If his Chancellor was known or thought to be
of dissolute and debauched ma/iners, which would make him as incapable
as uow'<»rthy to do him service ; so it would be a blemish and taint upon
Itim to give any countenance, or to pay more than ordinary courtesy and
unavoidable civilities, to persous infamous for any rice, for which by the
laws of God and man they ought to be odious, and tu be exposed to the
judgment of the church and state ; and that he would not for his onn sake
and for his own dignity, to how low a condition siK'vcr he might be reduced,
Ht04>p to such n condescension as to liave the least comiu^tcc ox \m Y(i«^<A
tlio ;' -Ion of a visit to any such person, for aiv^ ViCuelKl ov a.A\"A\A.\v^"a
th^ii hring to h'm. He did btscccL Uia Maiest-y uoX. Vo Xx^v:.^
Uxftr. i^J.io. Vol. X, H

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tlmt he liutli a prerogative to ideclait! vice virtue, or to qualify any person
M'ho lives in a niit niifi avuns it. ngaitist wliirh Cuxl liiniRolf liatli prononnced
daninatiun, for tlic company and conversation of innocent ami worthy |>er-
sons ; and that viliatevcr l«»w ol)cdience, wliicli uas in tnitli gross flatlfr\',
some people iniglit pay to wiiat tlicy btlieied would lie i^ratefnl to liift
IMajcsly. tliey liad in their hearts a perfeut detestation of tlie persons they
made address to ; and that for his part he was long resolved that his wife
should not be one of those courtiers, and that he would himself uhioIi less
like her comp)any, if she put herself into theirs who had not the same
Jnnorencc.'" (11.304 — G.)

\Vhilst Clarendon stood thus surronndcd by enemies, and, moreover,
whilst he was visited with a most ]>rofound aflUctiou in the sudden death
of his second wife — the mother of nil his children — the King, incite<l
by Lady Ca^tlemaiue nnd Buckingham, took the first step towards his
degradation. He sent to inform him that he had had secret information that
the Parliament intended to impeach hint at their next meeting, and he reconi*
mended tlitit he kIiouW appease their wrath by an immediate surrender j>f
the Cireat Seal. Clareiulon expressed confidence in his innocence and
Integrity, ar.d defied anv such an .-ittack. He sought an interview with the
King, and demanded what fanlt he had committed ? The King disclaimed
having any thing to object to him, but advised him to appease the Parlia-
ment by resignation, which the King said would enable him to preserve
him, and to provide for the passage of his own buJiiness and the obtaining
all he desired. Clarendon replied, tliat he would by no mt^iis suffer it to
be believed that he was willing to deliver up the seal, that he had no
fear of the justice of Parliament, and that he relied for prcsenation u|K>n
his own innocence rather than upon the protection of his Majesty. The
interview pleased neither party, and was rendered esjioeially uupropitious
at its close by some uncointierlikc allusions made by Clarendon to Lady
t!astlemaine. Both parties separated in ill humour ; a strong endeavour
to bring about a reconciliation was afterwards made by some of Claren-
don's frietids. and " tlie business seemed ti> cool/' until Castlemaine
" nearly luclorcd the King out of his wits," and induced him to send a
warrant for the seal oji the 30th .'Kugust Kifi?-

'J'his was the opening of the tragedy. On the 10th Octolwr the Piir-
liamrnt met, and in the King's Bpeech credit was taken for the recent
change in the administration, and a hoi>o expressed that it nunhl Iw a
foundation for a greater confidence Ix'tween the King and the Pailiament.
The hint was «'agerly received by the Commons ; thanks were returned for
the dismissal, nnd tiic King, in his reply, pledged himsvlf never to employ
Ciarendou again. 'I'hc nevt Kl<'p was to inipeaeh hint ; a conimittee <»f
intpiiry re|H>rted seventeen heads of accusation, but the takmg the
proofs wah neg;itived. nnd no trensim eoidd be discovered in any of the
alleged charges. Ultimately, Lord \''aughan moved an aildition to the six-
teenth article, which w;is then dcel.ired to amount to the rle«ire<l oH'cuce ;
and a general impraehmeni of treason, in conformity with the eajies of
JStraffoni nnd Laurl, and without specifying particidars, wan preferred
'against him. The l/onlx were then reipn-stcd to commit him to custody.
l)ut declined to do so, willumt first Iteing saliifu'd a% to the nature of the

litarticnlar ehnrgr. The CoaimoiiH tonU this determination in high dudgeon.

I I'hey voted the condoet of the I^ords " an oti>truetii<n tii public jn.'<tiee,'
»;>d a scrioiin routest between the IlousPfi neemrd prmlini;. »t a time when
buHi'ness vf thr jindori inUri] i- ■ >ii

f/wf .7 s/ap to tills fhiU' of f hi

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Lister's Life of Clarendan-

dttccd by messages from the King to wlrhdraw from the country, au ni
tJiktng tK-irifi: pivcji him that he shouM not aftorwardfi bo prosccutidiT
sufTi-i' (lurirti; his absence in honour or in furlnric. lie left iK'hind liitii a
written vindication or reply to the pretended char;;es against liini, addressed
to the Ix>rds, whicii ssia treated vvitli the utnio»l contempt, voted to be a
libel, and ordered to be burned by tliu hangtuiui — " a childish substitute
for refutation not uncommon in that century.' The Parliauient further
Aignificd their unjust aversion to hiui by passing an act by which, uilhout
even a shadow of proof of his guilt, he was bunislied for life, and i-tu-j
dcrvd incapable of ])ardi)n without the concurrence of Pailiamcnt. j^H

Pcisecutcd ; deprived, for a long time, by the mandate of Charles^Bfj
th« ttuciety of his children \ by the saiuc mandate driven from pLice to
place ; in sickness, and in any thing but wealth, Clarendon passed seven
year& of exile in the most persevering literary industry ; and, after com-
pleting his masterly nndication of the ungrateful Stuarts, died, at i^oiicti,
on the nth December 1674, in the C."»th year of his age. He rests in
Westminster Abbey without a monumcut, and even without au inscription
to mark the place of his interment.

Mr. Lbtcr deserves great commendation for the mode in wliich he has
treated this noble subject. He has dj-lineated the character, judged (he
conduct, and estimated the works of C'larendon freely, and, in tlie main,
fnirlv. ^\'c verily believe he has endeavoured lo write iiji[iartially, and wc
think that, with some few exceptions, he has succeeded. J lie Mork is
deficient in bibliographical information respecting the writings of Claren-
don, and tlure arc some repetitions and passjigcs not intimately coimectcd
viilh the main subject, the omission of which would have mucli improved
it J but the.>se arc companitively trifling drawbacks, and sc^ircely detract
|H.*rceptibly from the value of what we consider a nmst acceptable addition
to our historical and biographical literature. )\'e should like to have seen
the character of Clarendon- in the hands of some one who would have laid
greater stress upon his affection for the Church of England ; but Mr. histcr
writes respectfully, although not warmly, upon tliat su[)ject — he rather
touches than culcj-s upon it. U'itbout directly mcntinning the ungenerous
attack upon Clarendon's character made by the late Lord Dover — au attack
quite as unworthy of the talents as of the taste uf that lamented nobleman
— Mr. Lister has made his book a most triumphant refutation of it. \\\
the slanders of gossips and newsmongers vatiisli into air upon the approach
of the daylight which Hows from historical investigation when fairly
conducted.

The third volume of Mr. Lister's work consists of original papers, pre-
viously, with one or two exceptions, inedited. They .ire priix-ipally derived
frum the Clarendon papers in the Bodleian (the history of which Air. fjistcr
>hould have given), and llic greater number of I hem relate to the transac-
tions between Holland nntl Great BriL-iin subsnpient to the Restoration,
III these it »p|»cars how averse t'larcndon was from the tnifortunatc DutcU
War, and how he sought to curb the indiscreet violence of Downing, tha
Eugli.<)h ambassador at the Hague, 'riicre are also some imporUmt letter^
rclutiog to the King's marrisigc und one (\>hieh however has been pubJ
lt«hed before) respecting the appointment of Lady Castleiaainc lo thd
Qin'cn's BrdchamF>cr, the writing of which is one of the grcitest ble^
rai'hes upon the conduct of Charles. There is only one way uf accounting
for n letter so ilircctly in up|>ositioii lo Charles's urdiuut^ cVwi4,\A«i\. \3\
llie whole, the book 2/*> oQv Acartiest couitucuUaVwu.

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[Aug.

THE LATE MR. COLERIDGE, THE POET.

AT one time I drove Coleridge in
an open carriage to Canibriilgi-. Wc
slept at Biiritingfortl, and i^ometliing
ibrotigkt tu hiw miud bis enliating intu
[the army, lie .said tiuthtng uf his dif-
[iiculty in riding, nor do 1 suppose he
[vu a bad horseman, as he at another
told me of a visit he made to, I
link, Mr. Pollen, in l^sex, who
lounted him on a handsome horse
id rode out with him. Mr. Pollen,
man of fortune and a familiar
friend, remarked on Coleridge's shabby
Irefs, and jokingly said, his character
fouhl suffer by having a visitor with
such a sorry wardrobe. " Uh," said
"iJoleridge, " never mind mc ; say I
ra your servant." "Servant!" re-
plied Mr. Pollen — "To keep a?.ervant
Ircssed as you are would totally ruin
ly character ; — ray servant must al-
rays be better drcwscd than I am."
Phc only complaint Colcridpc made of
embarrassment in the light-horse,
ras the difficulty he found in pulling
tie hairs out of his horse's heels : that
^e never could accompliiih ; and some
»f his fellow soldiers, whose kindness
him he spoke of with much feeling,
d it for hiro. A small Cirei-k book
^c was reading was discovered in the
llohterti of his saddle, and that led to
diticlosurc of who he wob. Steps
vere then taken for his discharge;
id now he did no duty ; but the men
icd pleased, and treated him with
rent respect ; lilt the fame of his
tuation spreading, and he w^.is noticed
persons in the neighbourhood, par-
ularly by Mr. Claggct, whose daugh-
tr, a handsome girl, walked about
rm in arm with him, when he thought
lie soldiers eyed him with some dc-
ree uf envy.
At Cambridge he fell much pleasure
going about and recognising old
pqualntnnce among the townspeople.
le told nic many occurri'nces, must uf
rhich I now forget; for I never at-
iplcd to draw from him gossipy
sriej. He described to mc the scrape
got into by «(iplBuding Mr, I'Vend
I making Uh defence in the grand
iol befnrr the h<'!n1«! "f hod^es, I

pnm-

. icular

9er, ■■ I hat the fjcof ncrc tcvneed

of their allowance." The pamphlet
was censured as being against the
t'liurch, and scditiou.^. At some pas-
sage of .Mr. Frend's speech in his de-
fence in the public Hall, Coleridge
applauded, by clapjiing his hands ;
there was an inataut cry to bring the
ofTendcr before the tribunal ; Uic pro-
per officer inquired, searched, and
seized a wrong person, though Cole-
ridge said he well knew the right one,
took the person before the judges,
when it appeared he had lost one hand
and had an iron hook in its stead.
The discovery of this raised such a
laugh, that the affair pa'ised off. Dut
I suppose this and other such oc-
currences led to Coleridge's n-tiicmeut
from the University, and the ruin of
his prospects ; events which should
teach young men at college not to be
rashly vain of making discoveries wheu
they have penetrated only skin deep.
Throughout the remainder of bis life,
Coleridge seemed to struggle in jubti.
lication of himself against his Cam-
bridge fate. lie was frequently reading^ '
theological works and German meta-
physics, and was often lost in abstract
reasoning about religion, tic perused
such books in all languages, and pus-
bCBsed a prodigious power of reading
rapidly, and becoming permanently
master of what he read. Such things
as the Morning Post and money never
settled upon his wind.

Mr. Gillman in his book has de-
scribed the circumstances attending
Coleridge's enlisting into the lighU
horse. At that time in London, alone,
penniless, he sent a poem of a few
lines to Mr. i'erry of the Morning
Chronicle, soliciting the loan uf
guinea for adintrcssL-d author. PerryJ
who was generous with h\^ ninnejr|<
sent it. and ( .1 .i.Iti. ..n. n ..>..r.>irinc
this, when 1 ' wi

&lludc<l to, 1 , dc<

gratittide proportionul to lUc *ever»l
ilistreM which tliat small sunk at lb#,
moment relievetl,

I have t.ixeil my memory to rfitcfttpr
on whi'.' '^ could nr ■ •

ridge 1. ' If on o-rt

or waa mi: . '

have been
lu hia letter 01 June 1011, ue •{h-ak

1838.]

Anecdotes of Mr. Coleridgt, the Pofl.

125

of the nnt Society of the Friends of

the Peopli-. I knew notliin^ of that

f»ocicty, and had forgotten it ever ex-

pbtrd. It c ' ' ♦>(: with reference

{to it I WH I to cotnniuDicatc

ffctiy thiou ij I'll, lux, who died in

IHOIi. The '■ Friends ot'the IVople."

liated for l*arlinmentary Reforra^of

Mr. loow Kail) Grey ■was the

jiiiioiiini (i in tlie spring of 17l>-'i.

tAnding that it would

^ . and it never did again

et. 1 had very lilcely told C'ole-

Mdgc tliat the uoRibera of the othcr

•Dcielics, whose co-opcrulion it so-

I licited, were much exaggerated. Several

>bonk« with a printed derlarulion in

I Ikvour of Parliamentary Reform, and

with many blank leaves annexed, I, by

[desire of the Society, gave to Thomas

jliardy, the Secretary to the London

Corresponding Society, then keeping n

ttaker's shop at the east end of

iilly, that he might circulate

through his divijsions to obtain

'•ignaturea in favour of Parliamentary

rm. lie did so ; hut very few

un-s were procured. The Friends

Pci>ple con»iste<l of some peers,

aany moiid>ein of the House of Com-

Imons, and about 130 other geatlenten

.of equal station. The London Corre-

• •ponding Society consisted of mecba-

'bici*. labourcrB, porters, coal -heaver.*,

[*ud perHons of tliat class, divided into

|-club« in various parts of the town,

[ftnd corresponding with other such

iclubs in various parts of Uritain. I

fhuvc heard Joseph Gerald, the accom-

Slished scholar, the favourite pupil of
kKtor Parr, describe his visits and
lliarangnes to those clubi; in 1793.
Hardy, in a letter to the Statesman
|>aper, about twenty years ago,
L's the rise of those clubs in the
'the year 1791. about the time of
^tfac kppearance of Paiue's " Rights of
Man." At that time the society began
llrith only seventeen members; but
flh'-y >M}««ted of, and their principles
»: ! •^'•ertion, Uiatthcy

of thousands alt
r members of

I P^fty were

L ftimiTiCNi, aiju tin"imu Im.y could guidc

"' is popular riiMunotion frum errors

Im^'i---'- - M— -,^e

of wkjch MMii Grey itm tJie chief.

The present Duke of Bedford, Mr.
Sheridan, Mr. Tierncy, Mr. Erskir
Mr. Whitbread, &c. &c. were men
bers ; but Mr. Fox, and his friend
Fitzpatrick, St. John, Hare, the the
Ouke of Bedford. Karl of Derby,
&c. never joined the Society. Mr. Fo
disapproved of it, as playing into Pitt'S
hanils favourably for him with the
Alarmists, — the Duke of Portlanti
Earls Spencer and Fitzwilliam, Mcssr
Burke, Windham, &c. The Whig
divided into three parties; the Parlia
raentary Reformers, the Alarmists, at
the Middlemen — the Foxitcs — whfl
as Mr. Fox said iu debate, stood in tl
gap. But the London Correspondit
Society, while it accepted the count
nance and protection of the Friend
of the People, never intended to
gnidcd by them. It was with them, i
Home Tookc said : " I have no ok
jcction to travel in the same stage
coach with one going only to BrenC
ford, though 1 may be going to Wintf
sor." After the acquittal of Hard]
Horne Tooke, &c. of high treason,
met in the Strand the secretary of a
political society at Coventry, with
which the Friends of the People were

in correspondence. lie exclaimed,—

" How fortunate it was that Mn^^|
Hardy made away with the drawd^|
under her husband's cutting-board in
his shop window, when the police
oihcers arrested htm, and immediatcll
conducted him into the back parlour !
In that drawer were letters and paper
that would have ruined all : amoe
others, a letter from this secretarj
asserting that 200 in Coventry wcf
already enrolled and pledged to tal
up arms speedily for the recovery
the people's long- lost rights. In faclj
the Friends of the People did not gui<j
ur control those corresponding socii
tics, though they laboured to do sd
and thought they did. Of these tliini
i talked at various times with Cole4
ridge, shewing how few of the Cor
Bpondiug Society joined the Friend
of the People ; and out of these coi
verbations, 1 8up|>ose, arose the asscr
tion that Mr. Stuart, a knowing pcrj
son, told Foxof tlir lies of the Friendl
ofthc People about their numbers.

Again : — During three years at tl
time of the overthrow of (Wut\Qi,\A
the Courier, by SltccVi mbVc Tn»sv« _
meat, «gld ftUiftdtl^f u^inuOa o^ %^]^

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B to I

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per day ; during one fortnight it sold
upwards nf lo.OOJ daily. Il is there-
fore probable at the time Coleridge
wrote for it in 1811, it sold /OOO. This,
I suppose, he confounded with the
IVIorning Post, which never sold more
than 45U0 ; but Coleridge's own pub-
lished letters show lie never rendered
any services to the Courier. Out of
such a jumble of error and confusion,
mistakes, it eccius, are to go down as
histor)'.

I have no doubt Coleridge thought
his writings bad been a leading cause
of the prosperity of the Morning Post,
notwithstanding his denial of this in
Ills letters to mc previously to the
Literary Biography. It is sometimes
difficult to say what it is that occasions
the success of particular enterprise!,
and it is common for every one who
has assisted to claim pre-eminent merit.
I couitl mention .several others who
put forth such claims. Sir James
Mackintosh never did ; but my own
brother Peter and others did for him,
though witli less reason even than for
Coleridge. Some day I may make a
statement on that point; which, if I
do, jtwill^bc curious, intcrrsting, and
honourable to Sir James. Coleridge
had a defective memory from want of
interest in common things, as his let-
ter about Wordsworth and the SO/.
shows. At the distance of twelve or
fourteen years he might think he had
made the fortune of the Morning Post.
Such an assertion was an answer to
those who accused him of having
wasted his time, and it laid a foun-
dation for a claim on Ministers for an
appointment, which he afterwards so-
licited.

A morning paper, I find with regret,
has rc-publidhcd from your Magazine,
Mr. Urban, some of Coleridge's letters
to me. and introduces the last with
the pregnant remark, " tliat it is full
extravagance and shrewdness, — of
us and judgment." That letter

ys, 1 by my writings in the news-
papers renderrd as much service to the
nation as the Duke of Wellington. I
well undei stood the passage, and
placed the same character upon it
which every reader will ]i!ace who
reads the irholr of the letter. 'I'be
•• shrewdness " nlluilid to by the
JounialmX may refer to Coleridge's rc-
fuesf fvr tidy pound*, bit prepantory

to extravagance, and to mv
weakness in so often complying with
such requests. liut there mioht be a
deeper design in Coleridge's mind,
which the journalist might have guess-
ed at from the circumstances 1 had
published. Coleridge nii'dilatcd au
application to Government for an ap-
pointment ; and his claims roust have
been irresistible if 1 had rendered as
much public .service as the }}ukc of
Wellington; he himself, Coleridge, hav-
ing rendered all those services, I having
been only his publisher. He made the
fortunes of the Morning Post and Cou-
rier, and in praising me, he was but
praising himself. In his Literary Bio-
graphy he comjilains of the neglect of
Cioveriimcnt. If 1 was a* great a
public benefactor as the Duke of Wel-
lington, Coleridge was a greater, and
the neglect of his services by Ministers
was highly criminal.

Coleridge was easily moved to resist
oppression. It was he who brought
the affair of the Beauty of Buttermcrc
into notice. He sent to mc a long
account of it. on which, it being rather
a private domestic story, I placed no
value. It filled upworda of three
columns in black letter, (that is, tech-
nically, not leaded,) and on a hungry
day I placed it in the back page, as
mere stuffing. It produced uo ulTect
on the paper ; but the story worked
its way through society, it was so
romantic and interesting. Many old
bachelors were deeply in love with
the unfortunate girl from Coleridge's
description of her; and some fj^aux
pitHsea whom I could name, men of
eminence and fortune, pointed to the
Lakes to become her champions. Cole-
ridge took a deep and an active inte-
rest in the affair. He read all the
letters and papers of HatQeld, by which
it appeared a greater villain never
existed. In the South of Kngland be
had (ravelled about under false names
(assuming those of noblemen), in a
handsome chariot with a servant in
splendid liver)', and hud insinuated
himself into the confidence of several
respectable families, where, by religi-
ous musings, !>' i.t .>•',<,,. -i...! , — 1,,.„
he had won t
the r ijiak'i. I

m(i' I ri. — I

onii " :thBa|

wa« worae ibau'ihurtvUor Ir'iinnticrDjr,]

1839 J

Anecdotes of Mr. Coleridge, the Poet.

127

«r

Had tti« Beaut V b^rn n linswoman of

(• ■ . ■ ■ ■ . M not linve taken a

I. in her fate than

f liiij -. iin[j i>ut 1/1 thn exposure of

ilivotc families, ho would have given

account of IlalficUI'shasenesa which

luld liavc shocketl and astonished

»c world.

Ahoiit twenty or thirty years ago,
tli^ridge came to me, agitated, to
mplain of the cruel treatment of
c Jones. Jones had been bred to
he medical profession ; he was a man
education, an elegant writer, and
an eloquent speaker; a leader of the
Jower class of politicians, then called
Jacobins, now called Liberals. Jones
had got into n scrape, and was impri-
|-toned in the Cotdbathfields prison for
■ libel. Some of the weekly papers
Itrnied with the most horrible accounts
of Lirt treatment. Dungeons, chains,
loriure. (logging, lashing, fitashing,
•tarviiig ; there wa^s nothing the mind
rruild invent of cruelty tiiat was not
practised on poor Gale Jones. Cole-
ridge came to me and said thid was
nuiit atrocious. If the accounts were
true, the government should be in-
iurmed and attacked ; if false, the
IhUeliood should be exposed and con-
derniied. " What's to bf doner Some
ahuuldgoand investigate," "Well,
go. if vou will go with roe." He
d'. Off we set for the Coldbath-
Ids priion, told Adkins the gaoler
we were, that we wished to see
the prison ; but said nothing of Culc
Jones. Adkins readily complied with
our reiiuest. and appointed a man to go
ri>und with us. We wore well satis-
fied witli w)iat we saw. Last of all
Wr inipiired if there was not a person
caIIviI Gale Jones in cu-strely .' " Oh,
ycsl" " Wc wish to see him." Wi?
were aikherrd up into the room, wliere
be was sitting, the best rnum the gover-
nor had, a« good n room as the draw-
ing-room of any nhopkceper's house;
¥ri*n rurnidhed, carpeted; flowers in
' ws ; the sun shining in ; no

. of bars or a prison. 1
I doubt Gale Jone> had n<) such
me. well-furuii-luvt, th.-i^rful,
'" I'tison, Hut,
iiut had (>e<'n
u- :■' Mill-, of the ill-
lary Rich, a little un-
i.u.. u.ri ia this prison J untl \n
s, Mr. MainwHriug, M. IK for

ionec

Middlesex, said she was better oflf
there than at home. Upon this sprang
up all the seditious uproar of the Mid
dlesex elections, which for seve
years inflamed the metropolis and tei
rified the kingdom. Hut Gale Jon
was certainly better lodged than ever
he had been at home. ^Ye took seats,
told him who we were, and the object
of our visit. Wc put questions
him. He said he was as well treat
as any man could be, that he had no
thing to complain of, and that the
accounts in the newspapers were
falsehoods. Wc returned to the Goa-
rier office, and I wrote a long account —
three columns — of this investigatio
which was published in the C'ourid
The day after, came the Rev. M
Thirlwall, of Mile End, one of t
visiting justices of the prison, in exta-
sips of delight. I thought he would
have kissed us all, so charmed was he
that the justices who had charge of
the prison were thus rescued from the
calumnies long heaped upon them.
He re-published in a pamphlet, with
some additions, the account in the
Courier. 1 searched to find a copy of
this pjimplilel to send it to Mr, GilU
m.-in, but without success.

Uponanotheroccasion, I forget what,
Coleridge exposed in conversation some
improper part in the Duke of York 'a
conduct. I wrote an article or essay
on the subject in the Courier. Two
or three papers were allowed to go oft"
early, every day, to the government
offices. About four o'clock up came
•an alarming message from the Trea-
sury, that if tli.it paragraph went for
the ministry would be ruined !
cancelled :i'>0O sheets and expunged i
and I made Street promise to acco
of no pecuniary remuneration for ao
considerable a loss, that it might no;
be said wc had done this to ext
money. The paper at that time
supposed to be so much under mini
tcrial direction, that certain high pei
sonages would not have believed tf
paragraph was not sent designedly
minintcrs tn tlte paper for a crouki
purpose.

Early in ISI1 Coleridge had som?
private business willi mc. I called on
him at f'harlea Lamb's cliatnbers ii
the Temple, and we aiVymvne^
tavern, wlicrc we ^tt\Vic(\ onct \\\«
i>f the day. 'n^erv: vJOis aV \\\aX

er
ts.
>ct

he '

■re

a-

i

m

m^jtum

m

Chatterton, and Bailey's Dictionary.

[July.

¥

dispute in Parliament about the con-
dittons on which the Prince of Wales
should accept till- Rrgeiiry, and it haJ
been authoritatively, nslentationsly,
gravely boasted, that the Uoyal Bro-
thers haJ met, anil had all agreed it
should be a Regency without restric-
tions. Coleridge [lolnted out that this
waa a most unconstitutional interfer-
ence : that the constitution knew no.
thing of an assembly of princes to
overawe the legislature. I wrote an
orliclr to this effect in the Courier,
referred to the Germanic constitution,
and censured the attempt to establish
"a (!oi.i.8aB ofFuiNCEB" in Kngland.
The Duke of Sussex took this up in
high dudgeon, and made a long angry
speech in the House of Lords on the
subject. He thought evidently that
the article waa a ministerial manifesto
from the cabinet in Downing-street ;
little knowing that it was only a
tavern concoclion, of which ministers
knew nothing.

At this time a struggle was going
on, whether the Regent should be a
Whig or a Tory, and important letters
were passing between his Royal High-
ness and Mr. Perceval. i\t midnight
George Spurrett, the porter, who slept
in the Courier Office, waa knocked
up ; a splendid carriage and splendid
liveries at the door ; a portly elegant
man, elegantly dressed, wrapped up in
acloak, presented himself and inquired
for M r. Stuart ; for, as 1 was abused
in Uio ncwspnprrs as the conductor of
the Courier, the merit of which be-
longed wholly to Mr, Street, I was
the person inquired for by strangers.
George said Mr. Stuart lived out of
town ; but Mr. Street, the editor, re-
sided on the Adclphi Terrace. A
packet was delivered to George, and
he was enjoined to give it speedily to
Mr. Street, as it was of great import-
ance. This was a copy of the corre-
spondence between the Prince of Wales
and Mr. Perceval. To be sure of ita
being genuine, Mr. Street went imme-
diately to Mr. Perceval to inquire?
On seeing it, Mr. Perceval started back,
and eiclairne<l. " This is dune to ruin
me will) the Prince ! If it appGors in
the Courier, nothing will pcrMiodo
him I did not TMjhIiEh it AS an apjieal
to the ) iiist him I It must

net he fiv " No !" caid Mr.

"' ft; •• it /« a very good article for

the paper!" Mr. Perceval explained
and entreated ; Mr. Street still remark-
ing. It is a very good nrtirle for thp
(mper, and what will partner Sluait
sny if he hears of my suppressing it }
" Well,"' said Mr. Perceval, who held
it fast. " some news shall be sent to
you as an equivalent." Accordingly
a copy of the official despatch of the
taking of the island of Bandy, in tiie
Ka.st Indies, was sent the same day.
and was published in the Courier, be-
fore it appeared in the London Ga/ette.
1 knew nothing of this till the evening ;
when I dined with Street at Kilburn.
where we had a hearty laugh at these
occurrences. 0. Stvakt.

Mr. Ubb.\n,

Trtreife, Corn-
wall, Jan. 35.

MANY years ago I addressed a let-
ter to your Magazine, in which I at-
tempted to shew that the argument
against Cliattertnn's bi-'ing the real
author of the poems ascribed by him
to Rowley, from the impossibility of
such a youth being master of the
Saxon tongue, has really no force,
since it is evident that be turned his
modern English into old by the help
of a glossary. I am aware that this
argument was not a new one ; but it
appeared to me that I had made the
remork more obviously true by shew-
ing, that, if a person had a glossary at
the bottom of the page, there was
scarcely a line which he might nut
readily read off without hesitation
into modern Knglish ; the number of
syllables and the accent on them in
the adopted Saxon word exactly cor-
responding with the modern word,
which had been displaced. He did
not t/tink in Saxon : he was not a
master of that language. He worked
wonders, but not impos!<ibilities.

My attention has been lately drawn
to the subject by the Life of (.halterlon,
lately published by Mr. Dix ; in which
a particular passage has attracted my
attention, and led mc to a search, the
result of which is curious and in-
teresting.

Mr. nil quotes from a work by
Mr. Gardner, published \a 1708, tba
following passage : —

" J hmnl hi,u "'• -■■-'--' - - '^Wfm
that it u<)i» rr irte

k«tl studied QHi a, ^ - aftf

qf booMt uhieA kf eoulU »Mm», ta eofip I Air

Chaitfrton, and Bailey's Dkttuaary.

I

»fy/c of our auriml ptteln jw e.rartly mat

" 'initld tiot be

Ut, not Mr.
U«y>-' «• All iiien-

litmimij ''iiiki, ithiv/i

VMM tu I t/ie hurntd

world.'

1 never snw Mr. Ganlncr'a book,
aiid ir I linil I waR nut then so oc-
rjuatnted with iho mortis of Bailey's
Oirtiofinry as l<i lie imluced to look
into it. Mr. Gardncr'a liook did not
attract my attention, as the title of it
did not imply that it had any reference
to Chatterton.

The passage above quoted led me to
reftr to Baitcy. 1 knew that Bailey
ii» full yf explanations of heraldic terms,
and at first I referred only to Ihcm ;
l>ut Ima)j;ine my surprise when I dis-
covered that Bniley had evidently been
the source from whicli Chatterton had
taken the word^ of which I subjoin a
\nl. Observe. I refer to the expres-
sions which are to be found in the
tjuotations from Cliattcrton's writings,
which are exhibited in Mr. Dix'a
pages. These bring proof enough
wil)iout waiting for an edition of
Chatterton's poems, which are not at
present within my reach. It is sufli-
cient for mc to give the hint to some
future editor of his works, who may
induced to complete the search,
in his glossary to mark the words
to he found in Bailey with his initial.
How curious is the discovery that the
account ol' the burning of the spire of
SI. Mary's Church, of which the
learnml Bryant asserted there was no
record till a publication of William of
Woicesler's work in 1778, was known
to Chatterton from an engraving which
• bung in the parlour of a friend, and
~ "iich wtti published in 174(i. Tlie
try print is now in existence. I
know not whether Mr. Dii is the (irst
recorder of the circumstance. Now
with ri^spect to Bailey. Mark the as^
HOciatiun of ideas, the connecting
thoiiKht in Chatterton's mind while
»peakiiig to Mr, (iardner. He men-
lions Mr. Walpolc. and his power to
drerive hy the help of Bailey, in the
Ii. [n April 1 7C9 lie writes

r. Walpole. (see Letter 6th,
I ..... ,^^j 1^^ ^^^

I Mg research

'Miiiiiii;.! flz/iUN/rtg^gravify,
I. ir I wiatuke not, was
v.,,., .V.

im

used by Occleve, Gnwer, and Lydgate
n the same sense na by Rowley, and
tlie modern ' gloomy ' scemH but a re
finenient of the old word. Glumrainj
in Anglo-Saxon is the twilight.'
After refrrring to the terms in heraldry
in which Rnilfy abounds, and which
evidently had been sources of infor-
mation to Chatterton, the first word;
which I referred to- was this " Glom
ming," and there 1 found an explana-
tion of the learned and solemn informa-
tion, which the young Bard so
pleasantly conveys to Mr. Walpole,
Gloomy (says Bailey), of Glomung,
Sax. the twilight, dusky, dark, cloudy.
Imagine the glitter of Chatterton 'a eye
while solemnly penning thi.s letter
about King Alfred, Abbot John, &c.
Plca.=ied with my success in this word,
I pursued the enquiry, of which I sub-
join the result, requesting you to ob-
serve that my examination refers only
to such passages as are quoted, and
they are very few, in Mr. Dix's me-
moir. Chatterton had borrowed of
Mr. Barrett, Skinner's Entyniologicon,
and Benson's Saxon Vocabulary. My
sole object at present is Bailey, perhaps
Chatterton's first book, being a com-
mon school dictionary, and containing
in the introduction a Saxon Alphabet.
This is a particular circumstance, and
it is not improbable that the Saxon
alphabet and Lord's Prayer were Chat-
terton's first introduction to the know-
ledge of old words, and perliaps con-
tributed to his turn for reading. My
eilition is that of l"-*?-

While writing, as above, Chalmers'
edition of the PoeU has been put into
my hands, published in the year 1810.
In the preface is the following passage :
" Kven Bailey's Dictionary has been
proved to have afforded him many of
those words, which the advocates for
Rowley thought could be known only
to a writer of his pretended age."
'l*his passage does not induce me to
throw aside my obecrvations. It shews
that I have not discovered anew mine,
hut am only digging in an old one ;
but at the same time I may l)e throw-
ing up some ore which has not been
found before. I would call the reader's
attention to what I have observed oi
Chatterton's letter to Walpole : but
let me proceed w»\.UC\\fc.\uveTa. \w\vi
second page , noVw"vlV^sta.tvA\w^\v\%TiQ^A«^
of Bailey in K\a \>tctac«, xWv \%, >»&

II

rfuHiM

i

ISO

Chattetton, and Bailey's Dictionarij.

[Aug.

life of Chatterton. he gives a long note
from Mr. Tyrwhitt on the word " cftlk-
ed." in which Mr. Tyrwhitt shews that
Chntterton had mistaken Skinner and
used "calked" for "cast out," in-
^_ stead of " calculated " or " cast up."
^B if Mr. Tyrwhitt bad looked in Bailey
^H he would have found the very word
^H with the meaning given to it by Chat-
^rterton. "Calked, cast up or out."
The line is inChatterton's first eclogue
"calked from evrych joy." In the
second eclogue Mr. C. gives a very
long and elaborate note from Dean
Mills, who refers to Olai IWHii Lexi-
con SHeO'Crothic, for the meaning of
the word grow, and thence to shew
that it meant ijroimd, solum, and that
the "Gronfer" wa.s not an ignis
fataus, for which Chatterton intended
it, but an earttujuake with volcanic
eruptions. O shade of Scriblerus !
surely thou art hovering over my pen,
when I refer to Bailey's Dictionary to
the word " gronna," n bog or quag-
niire> For the word bevel or " hevyle,"
^^ Tyrwhitt (as quoted by Chalmers)
^H refers to Kersey. Tlie word is ex-
^f plained in Bailey. " The olakied form
' of kind." Chalmers derives the ex-
pression from Olakie. to open : in Bailey
the real derivation may be seen," olake,"
naked. " Rode," meaning complexion,
is in Bailey. " Aljeste," according to
Rowley, humbled or bronght down ;
BO quotes Cliftimers ; ay 1 and so
says Bailey, but the latter spells it
" abessed." But now let us proceed
to the tournament. Here Mr. Chal-
mers gives a long note (1 believe from
Bryant) on the word " adventnyle,"
absolutely eagrossing three quarters
of a page. Du Cange, Skinner, (rawin

IDougUiJs, Rymcr, Warton — ore ail
quoted relative to a word, which Chat-
terton found in Bailey. Poor Chat-
terton is accused of inserting the <i
ignoranlly. tie found it exactly so
apelt in Bailey. " Gutte de songuc."
Chalmers gives the explanation of
these words \ '" "an

heraldic alius ' . lus

of that age." ihev aiL' vchmhiiii in
Bailey. To the word " bodykin "

»ChAlacn aulijoinB the fon ■•••■•- • note.
"TUa (Unuoutive was r \ a»

• m«re tVMigiyat of iu < >>

Dean MilUa MldaoW G<
I'his oath canoot Im n-c
tteaoe." No J but BvUy wiji fxpUin

for us " bodykin, a little boy." Chat,
terton personifies Content in the form of
achild. " Agroted " (in j-Ella) Chal-
merfe says " Uy. sick, quasi mgroted,
or agreated." The note is put without
a name, therefore 1 take it as being
made by Chalmers, liefer to Bailey,
" Agroted," " surfeited," here used as
"oppressed." The following line is
evidently misunderstood, indeed not
comprehended.

" Sbappe fuullic thos hnthc snatciicd
him away." — jElln.

Chalmers adds as a note, " shappe,
Qy. hap :" (My education near St.
John's College, Cambridge, makes the
remark that this is indeed a hnp-hazard
conjecture irresistible..! Look in Bai-
ley, and there you find " nlmp," fate,
destiny; and the line, which is other-
wise unintelligible, is clear:

" Fttte fuully thns halh soAtehrd him
nway ;"

and poor Chatterton Is rescued from a
sad mis-hap.

We now come to a uote that is rich
indeed. Sec Chalmers' Poets, vol. xv.
p. 412. I would intreat you, Mr. Ur-
ban, for the amusement of your read-
ers, to quote it at length. Chatter-
ton is describing the robe of llo|>e,
and he says that the Sun, and Sum-
mer, and May appear depicted ou its
skirt as she is sweeping through the
sky :

" Depyete trith shy lied bomlo upon her
wide aumere."

Now for the note of a page and half,
but which I must abridge, by Tyrwhitt,
who says the word does not occur in
any of our ancient poet* except in
Chaucer's Homaunt of tiie Rose. v.
2271. A long passage is here quoted,
and Skinner is referred to, who, says
Tyrwhitt, probably did not think of
consulting the original Roman de la
Rose, ami supposes "aumere" to fa«
bomething InMonging to gloves, and so
at a venture expounded it a " frinf^e or
border." Tyrv ' Miat

" aumere" wn -• ;

hut Dean Milhv on

i* treated witli .<i»

a "girdle." — '- .».<.,..... »..,.., nf
Hxcter ! in the well-stored library of

vmir (-:it1ii't!i r<t I liiij vnn f^(. rr.iw of

lid

_.-'.,. . ' . _ . ■ 'If-

<kr/' And (he dMcripiion of Hope with

h

1838.]

ChallertM, and Bailee's Dklionary,

I.

I

th« skirt of Iier robe swceptag through
the sky (and oot with her gloves on),
b complete.

In the next pag;e " fonnitt" is noted
as a word of unknown origin. Bailey
t«lls you that " Ibnncs" are devices,
and that to " fonne" is to be foolish.
[■|.n!ir.i-fr.n uses it in this sense. I
w . a quory : — Is not " fun"

di-- i i.jin this word? — Manca, a
Saxon roto, is found in Bailey. Chal-
ment notes "aftcrte" as unintelligible ;
Chattertoa interprets it "neglected."
Bailey gives " astert" to k-t gu ; and
in this sense Chattertoa uses it. " Ai-
mer." a beggar, unintelligible and con-
trary to analogy, says the note in Chal-
mers. Not at all so : Chattcrton
forms aim-er from alma, as palm-cr
is from palm.

" Oloromcd : A person of some
note in the literary world is of opi-
nion that glom and glum arc modern
cant words ; and from this circum-
stance doubts the authenticity uf Row-
ley's manuscripts. Glommontj in the
Sajion signifies twilight ; and the
modern word 'gloomy' is from Saxon
orisin." This is the note by CLalrocra ;
I luoted from Chattcrton —

oi iiTton's fonnes. Sec Bailey.

"Aluhte:" Mr. Bryant and Mr.
Tyrwhitt agree that this woid has been
~ by R mistake of Chatterlon's for
tc:

" And on him laie the racer's lakewamt
corse.
That Alured could not hrmsclf <i/v«'e."

Chattcrton. in more than one instance,
blB coined wortls by affixing a letter
or a ayllable, or rather lias made new
Coins ap|>ear nld by addition of a little
rust. In Bailey wc find " litsf ;" a
ship is said when it Iean.«, to have a
"lust" to one side or other; and 1
vrnture to conjecture that Chnttcrtnn
formed the word to signify that the
knight could not aluat himiclf; that
is. could not move to one side or the
other. His struggles to get clear would
exactly resemble a ship lustimj. Here
Chntterton makev a verb from a sub-
vc root: sometimes he did re-
in Bailey he found " be-
fttuikc," to betray ; from which he
formed br»loikcr (see ^lilla). a be-
iraypt. 'I-, '• ' •.

tertnn. Bail
MUnC« I CoUiij Huu inADy wluuo Io

m^^g^^

my present list, but these arc sul
cient.

When t took up my pen 1 had not
seen Chalmers's edition ; and when i^M
referred to it, by the rccoromendatio^^f
of a friend, and perused in his pror^™
face the reference to Bailey, I imagiued
that my obsersations had been antici-i
pated, and any remarks of mine would
be uitelesB. nay, ridiculous. ImaginI
my surprise in finding io an edition
of Chatterton'a poems, prefaced bj
such an ackuowledgment of his ac
quaintancc with Bailey ; — an edition
which, from its nature, does not admit
of any extraneous matter which thi
editor does not deem to be of essentia
consequence; — imagine, I repeat, mj
surprise, in finding the notes on " Ad-
ventayle" and " Aumerc." I began
with Mr. Dix's book, and instead of.
being stopped in my course by Chal-
mers, I shall proceed under the idcfl
that 1 may be in some instances turn-
ing up new ground ; or, at least, if
Mr. Uix or any other person (C
Southey ! have you time r — I knoi
you Lave will for the task,) should
publish a new edition of Chatter-^
ton's poems, that he may lind the
ground better sifted than it had been
before.

Now, then, in Chatterton's first and
acknowledged production, the openin|
of the Old Bridge, there is only on«
word of antiquity, which is nut to
found in Bailey.

Alb, caldcrmen, dight, chaprronJ
(the escutcheon on the foreheads ol
horses,) as given exactly by Chattcr-
ton, citrialc, guitar, anlacc, forloyncaj
Cungcan is the only word not to b«
found in Bailey.

In the Romauntc of the Knight, we
have rounce, dribblet, astert, morgiaie,
bwyth, merk, enchafed, din or dyu^l
fuir, wote. All in Bailey.

In bis letter to Walpole on the Ryse|
of Pcynctingc, his own uudoubted in.
voDtiou — (.k't us drop the word /<jrgerw}
— hateful word ! we do not talk oi
Walpole's/orj/inyOtranto) — in this let-
ter we have auntlers, (I suspect auntei
in Mr. Dix's book to be a misprint,)]
iohyld, kystc, blac, wark, paramcntt,
raaint, slc-ar. forslagcn, foigard, em-^
moise. All these in Bailey.

VVc find in the same book, verl, »em*
blable, ncdvr*, ncmvLiUcv^^^iW^**^

ChatterloH, and Buileif's Dkllonai'y.

[Aug.

I

¥

I

quaint (skilful), bcment, i'ibible,6wotc,
vernage.

Now let us refer to Kcca Bishop of
HercforJ, " a gooiic poet whom I
(Chalterlon in person of Rowlic) thus
Knglyshc." Here we have faylours,
mecs, nedcrs, levin, shcpster, besprcn-
ged, ujcrk, immcngcd.

Aflcr this, in verses by Abbot John,
whom Ruwiie thus Englyshith, we
have forwyned, bcnient, unsclincss,
and veruage. All in Uailey.

Last of nil, let nie give Challcrlon's
letter to his fiicnd William Smith be-
fore he had quitted Mr. l^ambert's
oflace. See Uix's Life, p. 214.

" Infallible Doctor, — Let lliis Jipoln-
giio for long silence •. your request would
have been long sinee granted, but I know
not what it is best to compose, a Lcnde-
c«8yll«bon carnu-n bexastichon. ocdustieb,
tctnunrtrum, or septennHritis'. Vou must
know that 1 have been long troubled with
a poetical eepbaloplionia ; for 1 notiooner
begiu an acrostic, but 1 wonder into a
threnodia. The poem roiis thus : The
first line iin aenUtlertns ; the second an
uti»lngin of the first ; the third an aryro-
logitt ; llie fourth \\\\ epanalepsis of the
third; fiflli.adiapytosLsof beauty : sixth,
a ttiaporesis of snccess ; seventh, a brachy
i-utuli-eton ; eighth, aii ccphonesit of c.\-
jdeiis. In short, an enpynion eonid not
contain a gn-aler syneliy^iiit of such ac-
cidents without syxigia. I am resolved
to forsake the I'arnnssi««n Mount, and
would advise you to do so too. and attain
the mystery of composing smrgnin. Think
not I make a mystcrisnnis in mentioning
smegma. No I my Miieiiio!<yne will let mo
see (nnless ] bave an amblyopin) your
great services, which shall be always re-
membered by

"Fla*«iot Eychaoritt."*

No, Chattcrlon ! there i» no mys-
terismus in thy mentioning smcgmn,
for thou didst find it, and fourteen uul
of seventeen of these hard words, in
Bailey's Dictionary!

I have a conception that I can trace
in the same book the origin of thy
pseudo-name Rowley. No such name
19 found in the Annals of Bristol, nor
has any one attempted to trace the
origin of it. By any other name his
poems would have smelt as sweet ;
but It may be curiuu« tu truce the pio-

• •«•'-- •• '•■'■" '■••'- -'-nbt,

\» " ' TT,

in •■ ' Iter's

inm two iituim an cvauiuod. tvn.

babic cause of his choosing. I'he truth
of my conjecture cannot ever be veri-
fied. True; and therefore il maybe
said that the inquiry is idle and vain;
but when wc have seen what use he
made of Bailey's Dictionary a^ a glos-
sary, it may not be uninteresting to
trace from the same source not only
the dress of his poetry but the title of
it. We know t'liatterlon's fondness
for theold-Kng1i»h character, and that
his eye was likely to Im; attracted by
it. There is no doubt that Bailey's
Dictionary was a source of instruction
and amusement to him generally, in-
dependent of hi<> particular aim in
referring to it. It is not improbable
that Bailey's Dictionary first gave him
the idea of disguise, before he borrowed
Chaucer and other helps, as wc know
he did. But to the point : in Bailey's
Dictionary, the thirteenth edition, pub-
lished in n^H, the edition then in use
when Chatterfon was a boy, at the
top of one particular column (each
page is divided into two columns) is a
proverb in the olil-lMtglish character,
and it is the only cultimn in the whole
book which is so hradod. It caught
my eye, as 1 have no doubt it did the
eye of C^hatlcrton, who was induced
to peruse the whole of the column, as
it contains the history of Rowcna the
daughter of Ilengist the Saxon. It is
under tlie letters RO, and at the
bottom of the page is a humorous
story why King Charles was nick-
named Rowley. 'J'hc particular reason
tor the name was not unlikely to fix
itself on Chattcrton's memory, and
was pcrhn]is associated in hi« mind
with the piuverb itself at the top of the
page, the purport of which corrc-
bpoudcd with the scheme tlieu in his
mind, viz. "To look one way and row
anollicr ;" i. e. to prnctisc a disguise.
Ilis mother's friend, Mrs. Edkins,
seems familiarly to have called his
parchments his " oltl I' ' " nid
Chatlerton perhaps smi lly

when he heartl her usetlu ^-y, --.on,
and when the nickname and all iti»
a»«nciationM were thus recalled to bis
recollection.

Oocc more let me rrn. nt tKit I
know not how far I an i>a

beaten ground. If Ch; uld

publish such notes in 1*>I<J, anrt'ly
Bailcv has been rather hinted nt than
i-xamiucd. Here I give fiufflcicat guid>

1838.]

Chatterloii, and Bailiy's Dictionary.

139

I

t. if not iostruclion, lo any future
Ilor. i do not i^rctenJ to do more.
How is it possible for any one to
doubt that Chatterton was tlic autiior
of llie poeras? He was a wonderful
liov. Wc are by such researches only
exAininiiig the composition and struc-
ture of the winps on which he raised
bimself. He mounted high in air, but
nut by au|iernatural mean.i. It h
pftinlul to look back on the language
vs'hich was used towards him. and I
niiiy say which a still used. Mr.
L'lialnieri. breaking of his fatal end.
^s, " lie might wish lo seal \m secret
{ih bis itcath. He knew that he and
How ley were suspected to be the same,
&c. He might be struck with horror
at the thought of a public detection."
Detection ! what a word ! Detected
(ifrcmaining for a longtime the " Great
Unknown '." I really believe, poor
feiluw ! that he hod heard the words
forgery, detection, impostor, &c. so
oftcD used, that his mind twcamc
oppressed. Instead of applause he
found reproach, instead of fame dis-

5 race, instead of riches want of bread.
lis mind was overwhelmed, his heart
Kank ; he became mad. He waslook-
ingforlhe momentwhcn, amidst bursts
of applause, he might tear off the veil
aod make himself knotrtt. That mo-
ment never came. Nay, he lost all
hope of its ever coming ; for he beard
of nothing but impostor and forger.
Well might he exclaim, as he did in
bitterness, " Who wrote Otranto t"
I will not say that Walpolc deserved
all the blame which has been heaped
upon him, hut forgery was a sari word
in his mouth, and with such an infer-
cucc as he accompanied it — cruel.
When Chatterton b«gan to write, he
thought of Otranto and its fame ; but
the words forgers-, imposture, detec-
tion were so common in his car, that
he b«gan to dread discovery, and of
being; coDvictcd of a crime ; and he has
bren by too many spoken of as a cri-
minal even in his grave. Justice, how-
ever, is being done to his memory.
The above observations and extracts
have been made to add weight to the
incontestible evidence that Chat-
ton and Kowlcy arc the same pcr-
Tioa, and lo shew the tools with which
ho worked. Surely they arc not su-
p«rfluoa»« wbca we see the last editor

of hia works (I believe there is not a
later than Chalmers) quoting Dean
Millcs a.<< a commentator.

It is reported that the inhabitants of
Bristol are preparing lo creel a monu-
ment to the memory of their I'oet ;
and 1 regret to learn that the most
appropriate spot, that is, the ])lacc ou
the hill where he used to recline and
gaze at the spire of St. Mary RadclifT.
is destroyed by a railway. Some other
spot which he was wont to frequent,
and in sight of the spire, may be
found, aud if within the usual prome-
nade of the citizens of Bristol so much
the better.

I am glad to sec a picture of Chat-
terton in Mr. Dix's book, and may at
a future day make some remarks on
it. Mention has i'recjuently been made
of the wonderful boy's eyes, of their
great brilliancy, and that one was
brighter than the other ; but no one
has recorded the particular circum-
stance, that one was so much biightcr
than the other as to ajtpear larger.
The fact was well authenticated to rac.
Their colour was grey, and it has been
observed that Chatterton is the only
poet who gives n beauty grey eyes.
The peculiarity of one eye appearing,
from its ijliti<>rin(j (such was the ex-
pression of niy informant), larger than
the other, is also recorded of Lord;
Byron.

Bristowans ! Chatterton was for a '
time, alas ! alas for him ! your Un-
knpwn.

I remain^ Mr. Urban, your constant
reader, C. V. Le Guice.

P.S. Permit mc to ask whether the ,
house where Mrs. Angel resided, and'
where Chatterton died, in Brook-
street, Holborn, can be now pointed!
out ? The story of his remains being {
re- interred at Bristol is perfectly ab-
surd. His remains were deposited iaj
a pit which admitted of many bodies,
prepared for those who died in the
workhouse of St. Andrew's, Holborn.
The admittance for the corpse was bj
a door, like a horizontal cellar door.;
So it was pointed out to me man]
years ago. I wished to stand on hii
grave, the precise spot. " That,
the sexton, " cannot be marked.

wi'-^'wz -iie-.

I

134

Sarpi and the Con^hracjf of Venice,

iAug.

Fra-Paolo Sarpi.

*

Mr, UltHAN, Cork, June 8.

NOTWITHSTANDING the Indus-
try and research bcotowed by British
writers on the life and sentiments of
this memorable personage, some par-
ticulars, in direct and influential con-
nexion with his political conduct, as
well as scientific fame, and not foreign
either to European history or English
letters, have. I conceive, been over-
looked, or inadequately, if not errone-
ously, represented in the delineation
of his character. Believing, therefore,
that these circumfttances arc of suffi-
cient moment to be acceptable to your
readers, 1 solicit from your Avonted in-
dulgence a short space for the obserAa-
tions which they may sug^e^t. These
regard, 1. The share attributed to this
celebrated monk, in the conspiracy r^f
the Spaniards atjainxl {'mice in I6l8 ;
and 2. his claim to the ditcovery of the
circulation of (he blood, *

One of the occurrences to which ita
association with our drama, aa well as

with continental literature, has impart-
ed a degree of interest far superior to
whal its narrow sphere oflocal operation
or intrinsic importance could entitle it,
is the alleged plot to overthrow the
government of Venice, entered into by
the Spanish ambassador to that state,
Don Alfonso de la Queva, Marciuis of
Bedemai', in conjunction witn the
Duke of Oasuna (Pedro Giran, or
rather Acuna y Pacheco. according to
Saint-Simon, M^moires, tom.19. p. 14,
ed. 1830;, the renowned Viceroy of
Naples, and Don Petlro <le 'ioledo,
Marquis of Villa-Franca, Governor of
Milan ; three noblemen pre-eminent in
that age for ability and entcrprizc.
The narrative has enriched France with
a work — " La Conjuration des Espag-
nols contrc Venise en 1618." by the
Abbe dc Saint-Real — unsurpassed by
any historical essay in her language—
not inferior, perhaps, to the master
productionsof Sallust — and the avowed
source of our Otway's Venice Prt'
ttrwd.f That the plot, aa related in

• A 'recent biogmphv of the learned Servile, (" Biografia di Fra-Pnolo Sarpi, par A.
B'lAnclii Gioviui. Zurich, 183(3." 2 vols. 8vo.j has been reviewed in the London and
Westminster Rcvicn', No. (fO, with gre/tt ubility, though certainly with partial leul ;
but neither the Spanish Cnn«pir»cy, nor tUe prior claim of Servetus to the iliscover)- of
the circulation of the blnod, are uoticf il in the article, otherwiise elaborately minute and
critical. The title of the work of Jlf, A. tie T>omini>i, cited by tbc Reviewer, at p. 1-17,
1 would observe, i» " De Republicfk Ecclftiaificd," not CArittiand (^I vol*, fol, Lond.
KilT — IG'.'ll) ; and the letter in which Fnt- Paolo Ia stated to have ootuplanicd that
this arclibi«liup had printed his History u( the Council of Trent without his consent,
could nut have been dated iu Nov. IGO.'), for that celebrated |)roductiQn woii nut
publiKheil until ten ycnr« after. Tlie three ample folios of De DomiHU have kunk into
oblivion; but his slender volume, •' Dc Rndiis V'isOs et Lucis," (IGll, 4to,) re-
mains a proof of his ]>luloi»ophical sagacity. It is still referred to among the
early monuments of optical discovery, shortly after so much advanced by another
though mot« constant Jesuit, F. M. Griiaaldi,— to whom we owe the first exposi-
tion of the phenomena of the inflexion of light, in his book, " Physica-Matheais
de Lumine," tec. 1663. (See Montucia, lllst. dea Math<'ainticjues, vol. i. p. 703,
ed. 179;)— 1802, and Sir D. Brewster's Life of Newton, ch. viii.) De Dominis
was scarcely inferior in IcanuDg to Sarpi himself; both were intimate with Dr.
Bedel, bishop of Dromorc, as we learn from Burnet's life fvf that prflnte, who
corrected the work of De Dominis, Dc RepublicA E< .i-d.

Such name*, with those of L'/fottt, to whom naval le,

at originator of the grand tnanoeuvre of cutting /Ac em/ny .- .m. ica

Navnlr*, I7'.'7, folio), arc to much inclclited ; ol Lana, iu no

deir Arte Maestro" (Brescia, Hj'TO), the first lu.iititil ii< u iit ii»-

coverable ; of RiccMi, CaiM, L« Sueur, ' •Vc. arc well

colculntcd to rescue the Jesuits from the '- 1^ n("<truc>

tion des Jcsuitcs, &c. I'tiT, t^iu' li,

p. l.'if!), tAat tht order could not reri .i-

tion " '■ -' •• • '- ■ ■ •■■ *■ i I. Ml of

Fat by fHf

loo L

+ Not unly wna the bngliitii trn: 'ryi *"•* ''»*

ManttHt VapitoliHUi of Lu Fussi*. tl" > oa an ■ppo'

\natij dlwimiJflr lulgcct, it cOMtracltU ou tUu couiu uiaiauU. iu i*\1, ^ PJa«c«

1838.]

Sarpi and (he 0>tuipiracy 0/ Venict.

*

tfa« brilliant pages of the French au-
thor, ever eiieteil. is more than dubi-
ous ; for it tfnin on the very tligiil
ConN-mponiiii ' nrity ni n Icl-

tpr ficitn a u thpn resident

at Vftiicc. (iaffij iiio ^'ist of May I6I8,
and inscrtfd in the Mfrntrp de France
for tliut year (torn, v, p. 3S) ; and
nlrndcr indevd are the mnlerials which
that solituiy original document sup-
plies for tlie elegant hut frail supei-
•trurtnre so ingeniously raised on it.

** Qu* bene M etlinle quAiBTi* diiposto fr-

rsntvr,
tj^nga uniil tiaien ■ vera rationr rrpalM."

LirrYt. lib. il. 643-
"On c»t f&ch<?," says the editor of
Saint-Rcal'a Work, (l^aris. 1781), "de
D« plus trouver qu'une fable oil Ton
•imoit k voir un cve'uement r^el."
Nor does any distinct advertence to
tlia event occur, I apprehend, in any
native writer, before J. B. Nani pub-
lt»hed his " Historia della Republica
Vencla (I67(J, 2 vols. -1 to)," where it is
fir»t mentioned, lib. ill. p. l.'iG; but
this woik, though undertaken by de-
sire of the Senate, and estimable for
iU general accuracy, exhibits little
cvidrnre that the secreta of state — the
mysterious <loings of that body — were
onreservedly revealed to the chosen
annalist. Besides, except the first
l»ar1. fembracing the early periods of
th« republic, which had originally ap-
pealed in 1662.) it is posterior in date
to Saint- Real's narration, published
in IC74, and of which it consequently
Could not have formed the ground-
work. The Spanish historians of that
Kra arc not more explanatory of the
transaction, of which, like the English,
the later writers seem to have derived
their information almost exclusively
from the French author, whom Wat-
•on, or his continuator, (Life of Phi-
lip III. book v.) implicitly follows, or
rather transcribes.

Of a subject so involved in obscu-
rity, the truth must be of difficult at-
tainment ; and doubt is the ncccsi^^ary
result — "Che non men chc savrr,
dubbiar m'aggrata" — (Danle, Inferno
xi. 93); but it opened, of course, a
wide scope for hypothesis and conjec-
ture. Among those, however, whose
attention has been mo-st laboriously
directed to its elucidation. Monsieur
J. P. Groslcy, a learned advocate of
Troves Cthe capital of Champagne),
and equally esteemed as a citizen and
a writer, was the first who produced
Fha-P.\olo on the stage, and assign-
ed to him a prominent part on the
occasion. In I75G. this gentleman
published a refutation of Saint- Real's
story, which, after some controversy,
and n second journey to Italy for the
purpose of local investigation, he con-
siderably enlarged and appended to
his work, " Obscrvation.<i de deux
Ctentilahomme.s Suedois sur I'ltalie"*
(Lond. 1775, 4 vols. I2mo.), under the
title of" Discussion Historique el Cri-
tique sur la Conjuration de V'enise."
His chief guide, as well as induce-
ment, in undertaking the inquiry, was
a manuscript, composed of contem-
poraneous documents, in the- library
of the Mar(|uis de Paulmy, whose an-
cestor, Rene d'Argcnson <Voyer de
Paulmy), had amassed these vouchers,
while ambassador at Venice, where
he died in lC53. This precious ma-
nuscript, as the editor of Saint- Real
designates it, is now, I believe, in the
library of the Arsenal at Paris, with
the general collection of the Marquis's
books, which, on his death in 1785.
were bought by the late Cliaries X.
then Corate d'Artois. A copy is also
in the Royal Library.

From this mass of original evidence,
so viewed at least by M, Grosley, he
arrived at the conclusion, that the
conspiracy had no real existence, but

k

,lj_ ...,...,. _f T--- v--^ „„j Other English worki, arranged Otway's play for
tl" same title, " Venise sauviL-c." La Posse's tragedy

i" '' - -il-i- l^ino. 1747). nnil preferred by Voltaire to Otway's;

bat bo«h nrr irtfrriiir to their originol in the estimation of Prcnrh critics. A Iran*.
ktion of Snint.RiMl has, I see, just appeared at Boktoo (U. S.) Addison's opinion
0/ ' ' or. No. :iy, U worth consulting.

tree writer, judged it prudcat to let hi» Travels appear
*i: ' I "odon in place of Paris, lie certainly was not

■" i> aguin&t .Sarpi. A ///A ^olwoifc-Wft* iVtMi-fiua,

Uvu :. -. -,. .- , -.;; i,. GrosJey's Travels iu tngjaad Y»ftj\ ^q

vofot, ihpufb ii# couUJ not apeak the iaoguacv.

iliMlHi

Sarpi and the ConRplraey of Venice.

I

^

was th(! concoction of the fertile brain
of Sarpi, who persuaded the Senate,
(of which he was the soul atul orncle.
and by whom he was "trusted with
the most important secrets," as Bur-
net, in his life of Bedel, snys, ever
since the great contest with Paul V.
in ]C07.) to magnify into a btate-plot
an accidental ebullition of discontent
among some foreign mercenaries, in
order to remove the Spanish Ambas-
sador, by imputing it to him.* This
person, whom Saint- Rial describes as
" un des plus puissants genics et des
plus dangereux esprits que I'Espagnc
ait jamais produits," had long been
a peculiar object of dread and aver-
sion to the Republic, whose intrigues
he detected, and whose policy he op-
posed, as insidiously hostile to his
sovereign, Philip III. when lately at
war with Savoy, and not repelled, he
conceived, witJi sufficient energy by
that monarch, one of the feeblest of
liis race. To Bedemar was attributed,
at the time, the famous "Squittinio
della Liberta Vcneta," or Scrutiny into
the Liberty of Venice (1^ Mirandola,
11JJ2, 4to.), as to Burke were gene-
rally ascribed, on their appearance, the
letters of Junius, because he was
deemed most capable of the composi-
tion; and Bedemar alone was sup.
posed to possess the deep information
which that volume unfolded on all the
elements of Venetian government. No
book had a[)peared so pregnant with
truth or so virulent in spirit, nor one
which, consequently, created a more
dea<lly hatred of the presumed author,
who laid open the darkest recesses of
the State ; the overweening pretensions
of which to maritime sovereignly, li-
berality of principle, and territorial
independence, he exposed or derided.
In Saint-Real's opinion, also, Bedemar
was the parent of this libel, as he
tcnns it (page IfiC) ; but it is now
more generally considered the produc-
tion of Welserus, of Augsburg, whom
a long residence at Venice, and other
paita of Italy, had made a perfect

[Aug.

master of the subject BAd language.— ]
(See Bayle, article Velserua, and Plac-
cius de iibris anonymis, llamb. 1707).
A French translation, under the title
of" Kxamen dc la Liberti- Originniie
de Venise." by Amelot de la Hous-
sale, forms part of his work — " Sur
Ic Gouvcrnemont de Venise" (Amst.
1714. :JvoIs. 13mo.)j forwhich, incon-
sequence of its freedom of thought
and expression, he was committed to
the Bastille. He had been Secretary
to the French Ambassiador at Venice,
where, he states, that nil intercourse,
more especially after the event of
1GI8, was most rigidly interdicted be-
tween the nobles and foreign minis-
ters, and which he exemplifies by
some ludicrous instances in bis own
person. " Si un noble," he says, "sc
rencontrait quclque part avec un gen-
tilhomme, ou quelque autre personne
dc la maison d'unnmbassadcur . . . -
il ne serait pas en vie deux heures
apr^s." J. J. Rousseau likewise ad-
verts to the Squittinio, in his Cuiitmt
Soridl (denominated by Voltaire, Con-
trat Imocial), liv. iii. chap. xi. ; and
Monsieur Barbier also treats of it in
his " Dictionnaire des Anonvmea" —
(1824).

But. whoever was the author of the
book, the ascription of it to Bedemor
is at once a presumption of his ca-
pacity, and declarative of the Senate's
anxiety to be freed from his obnoxious
presence. Sarpi's device was effective
of its purpose ; and the ambassadiir.
after a residence of eleven years, though
he indignantly repelled the imputa-
tion in an audience of the Senate, with
difficulty escaped the excited rage of
the populace. His subsequent for-
tunes were singular enough. In 1622
he was raised to the purple — then ap-
pointed Governor of the Netherlands,
whence he was removed for his seve-
rity, and was successively Bishop of
Palrstrina in Italy, and of Malaga in
Spain, where he died in 1065, aged
above eighty. The name in Spanish
ia Bedmar, not Bedemar, as written

* "Ler^mihat dc evtte discuAiion est qu'il fi'y • aueunc preuvc d'une consptra-1
t!un .... qtU! le saut«'veinptil qui n ititiinr liru » i'idrc d'une ronnpimtioo, n'etoltl
«|n'iin mc'contrnfrmrnt snn* obji't An qurl<|«rn Bv«"nl«rifr« ; (|ii(" Is Rt^nMiqnr ellf-
in. . riient j\ ctt^ I .

/ .... e)l.

fie "r ii'-ii<iri Oil '^i.niiuii <ir JiAlcinar, llum 1 11-11 \i>;ii,iiii i.-iiMit »r-« i nil

oiaoufu%'rcs poUtique»."-~(Pntmi:v to L9 Conjuration df Vcwtw, PorU, I7«l.)
3

18380

Sarpi, and the Conspiracy of Venice,

b^Sstnt-R^I, whom, however, I have
folluwed, a? it is to his work 1 more
pntticularly refer.

Meanwhile, the governments of
Ijiain and Venice nppenrt'd alike soli-
itous to wrap in darkness the whole
nsaction, of which no official record
fe« ever been discovered; and the Se-
Ate issued ft proclamation, prohibit-
g, under pain of death, the imputa-
n of the plot to the Spanisli mo-
chy. It is easy to understand how
nyitery may have remained un<
'ed under a despotic state ; but
e *efrecy which shrouded the deli-
rations of 80 numerous a body as
the Senate of Venice has always been
a source of a«toni&hnient. Consti-
tuted, in some degree, after the model
of that of Rome, and reckoning, in
like maaoer, about 300 members, who
were divided into various departments
of legislation, seldom did the object
or result of their deliberations tran-
spire, until the Council or Executive
gave it effect. " Non dicam unum,
$ed neminem audisse crederes, quod
tarn multorum auribus fuernt com-
mi»3um" — (Valerius Maiimus, lib, ii.
cap. 2), is an observation not inappli-
cable to the circumstance. And simi-
larly in Rome, when Euroenes, King
of Pergamus, disclosed to the Con-
script Fathers the secret preparations
of war by Perseus, nothing was known
of the debate for five years — (U. C.
580 — 585). " Haec oratio raovit Patres
Conscriptos : ceterum in prxsentia
nihil prceterquam fuisae in curia rc-
gem, scire quisquam poluit ; eo si-
lentio clausa curia erat ! bello dentquc
perfecto, qua;que dicta ab rcge. qua'que
respousa cssent, emanavcrt." — (Livy,
lib. xlii. cap. U, and De la Houssaie,
ut supra.)

M. Grosley, 1 think it right to oh-
nerve, has also offered a second solu-
tion of the enig:ma; in which he as>
cribos the principal agency to another
celebrated iiiitnk, the Capuchin Pere
J<j«rph (Lc Clcrc), who subsequently
become the subtle instrument of Car-
dinal Richelieu's intrigues. His ob-
ject, it would seem, was to eicile a
crusade against the Turks ; but the
attrmpt was quickly defeated and pu-
nished by the Venetian Government,
just then particularly desirous of peace
•\vnli flif Ottoman power. Count
1 v«r, at once rcjecls this

•i ^0. Vol. X.

version of the occurrence as improb
bie. His own exposition of it, as de
tailed in his valuable History of Ve
nice (7 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1819), after
the most diligent investigation, to
which he has devoted his thirty-fir
book (tome iv.), is equally declarator
of liedcraar's innocence. The rei
conspirators, according to this saga^
cious writer, were the Duke of Oa
sunn, and the Senate of Venice, in se^
cret league to wrest Naples, of whic
the ambitious Duke was Viceroy, froi
Spain ; but the project immaturel]
exploded, and as these high partie
were too powcrfnl to assail, even
suspected, the subordinate agents or
du|)es were as uaual sacrificed as vic-
tims of propitiation. In fact, as Mu>
ralori (Annali d'ltalia, Milano, I7^9t
ad annum 1GI8) observes, and the re*
mark is confirmed by the laborious
compilers of " L'Art de verifier lea
Dates." (torn. xvii. p. 493, 8vo. ed.),j
the sole deducible certainty on the oo|
casion is the execution of several oba
scure individuals, chiefly foreigners,'
necessary to impart a semblance and
colouring of existence to some plot,
whether the contrivance of Fra- Paolo ■
or the enterprise of Ossuna. But ihe^
whole still remains an unsolved pro-
blem, and well may it be said, in re-
ference to it —

" De 1m C09BS maa seg^nras.

La mas segura es dudkr,"

" Solum certum nihil esse certi,"—
Plin. Uiat. Nat. lib. ii. 7.

With respect, however, to the part
assigned to Sarpi in D'Argenson's
manuscript, though more creditable,
it must be confessed, to his ingenuity
than to his morality, it presents no-
thing inconsistent with his habits and
general character. Nor does it fall
under any impeachment of veracity
from his writings, even if wc admit
the disclaimer of his friends, as to the
authorship of the " Memoria Presea-
tata al Senato," though generally at-
tributed to him by his contemporaries,
and translated by the Ahb^ Marsey
under tlie title of " Le Prinrc de Fra~
I'nolo," (Paris, 1751, 12mo.) He
was not by any means a novice in
combining or unfolding stale intrigues ;
and few indeed, in his day or in hia
country, would, from conscientious
scrunlus, have recoiled from the act
T

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Sarpi, and the Compiracy of Venice.

[Aug.

I

oscribpcl to him. To eschew gratui-
tous evil, was the utmost stretch of
their politicat morality ; but when
deemed iieccssory, tlicy were not very
delicate ia the means of achieving their
purpose. " Non partirsi dat bene,
potendo, ma saper entrare nel. male
necesBitato," says their great oracle
(Del Principe, p. 41, cd. 1550) ;• and
this is not the worst maxim of that
Italian code, which the Great Fre-
deric undertook to refute, while medi-
tating the practical illustration of its
principles. t

It cannot be too much to assume,
that Father Paura potjtical doctrine
was not less ef|Utvocal or more scru-
pulous than hii^ religious sentiments.
*' He had," states Hurnet, in his Life
of Bedel, ivhn hadl intimately known
him during a residence of eight years,
as chaplain to Sir Henry Wolton, our
ambassador at Venice, " He had a par-
ticular method by which he rather
quieted than satisfied his conscience."
Upon whicli, M. Armand de la Cha-
pclle, the Protestant editor of the Bib-
uoth^que Raisonnee (tom. xvii. p. 143)
indignantly exclaims — "Que croirons
nous done du Pi;rc Paul et du P^re
Fulgcnce? leur profession ne fut-elle
qm grimace, et qu' hypocrisie.'" In
politics, too, we find that he was not
fastidious in attaining his object, and
that no instrument of delusion tn ac-
corapliahing it was unacceptable. Bur-
net relates that, during the memorable
collision with Rome, ia 1G(>7, a Jesuit
published some theses with a dedica-
tion to the Pope, " Pattlo T. — (Ice
Dm," the numeral letters of which
words, as Bedel observed, exactly made
the number of the beast of the Reve-
lation (666). This grand discovery
was exultiiigly communicated by Fra-
Paolo to the Senate : — " It was enter-
tainetl," says Burnet, "almost as if
it came from heaven; and it was pub-

licly preached over all their territo-
ries, that there was certain rvidemcr
that the Poj/c was Antichrist !" That
Sarpi partook not of the credulity
which he thus made instrumental in
inflaming Ibc popular mind, needs
scarcely be insisted on ; nor would it
be difficult to adduce similar instances
of unscrupulous political mauceuvres
on his part. Granting, also, that his
patriotism was warmly excited on that
occasion, it was not, we may easily
believe, unmingled with personal re-
sentment against the Roman Court.
In 1600, he had been refused the see
ofCaorle, a small island in the Gulf
of Venice, and in lCO-2, that of Nona,
a maritime town of Dnlmatia, by Cle-
ment VHI. though recommended to
each successively by his government—
a repeated humiliation, which, work*
ing on a spirit that was necessarily
conscious of its own superiority, could
not have been without influence on
his feelings. Suspicion of sentiments
not quite in accord with those of
Rome, was the cause of the papal re-
fusal, which, if they did not precede,
they surely followed. Nor can it be
denied, that his habitual expression,

05 wc learn from his biographer and
disciple, F'ra-Fulgenzio (Vita del Fra-
Paoli, p. 43. Ven. 1(377). — *'ll futuro,

6 non si puo apere, o non si pu6
schifFare," savours of fatalism ; while
his resolution to prevent the seizure
and abduction of his person to Rome,
if attempted, by Ruicide, is little recon-
cilable to Christian principle, though
it may sound well in the mouth of a
Roman.

" Nous svons en tio« mains la (in de not dcra.

leurs;
Et ()Ui vent bien mourtr, pent liraver les mal-

taenrs."— CorMr</{«, Ilarac ill. S.%

Friends and foes have, however,
united in the acknowledgment of bis

^B is clu

* " What curious books I hsva," writes Lord Chesterfield to hia son (March 19,
17S0) — "they are, indeed, but few— shall be at your »er\lce. I have some of the
Old Collana" (Italian translations of the clxssirs) " anrt the Mochiavel of 15.50. Be-
ware," his lordship adds, " of the bibliomanie ." and ends, as usual, with the recom-
mendatjou — j^nptrti — ;^«ipiret.

t In 1741 was published his " Anti-Machiavel, ou Examen du Prince de Ma-
chiavfl," one volnmc, 8vo.

I Another priest, somewhat in discord also with Rome, the Abb^ de Saint-Cyras
(1. da Verger de Ilnurane), the friend of Janaeaios, and most aealous propagator of
hia doctrines, witli which be imhnod the Amauida and other inmates of Port-Royal,
is cliacged with maintaining, that there are no less than thirty-four justjijuig causei

I

great tAl«xits and Fx'ratrdinary ac-
qaircm«nt«, th. -?nt in the

extreme have i opinions as

to the use and ajjiijitiaion of these
tdvaoti^s. His raiiicl un«l memory
gr*«pf(i, in their most comprvhensive
range, alt the departments of existing
science ; but hi* literary taste or dis-
CTtminfttioii was signally obtuse or
paradoxical ; for to him Homer ap.
peared. it is asserted, no better than
an old chronicler, or at best a mere
hiMtoriaa ! Of the numerous fruits of
hia f*n, his Hii^tory of the Council of
Trent, (Londra, IfilO, folioi neeessarily
assames, holh from it? subject aud
execution, the foremost place. It is,
douhtlr'^s, a masterly production ; but
" fhat dictates, and the spirit

t' " s it, harmonise ill, indeed,

^" .abifoal submission, more

t : \;eraplified in his last mo-

jncn^j., tu all the forms of the church,
which he undermines or assails with
eoiMumtfiate art, ■while in the exercise
of h«r most important functions, and
jo§t then, as Mr. Hallam observes,
(Const. Hist. vol. i. p. 05S) " effect-
i0g tnch considerable reforms in her
discipline."

Sarpi's dying ejaculation — Esto PrT'
pftp«, allusive, it is supposed, to Ve-
nice, has not, as I observed on a
fomer occasion, (Gent. Mag. for Sep-
tember 18.^7,i received the ^auction of
heaven ; for

and

Her tltlrtroii i. , done,

Maks lihcn -■ . .. ...I. . .... rose!"

Vltitilf t/iiroftt, IV. U, 13.

or* ia Um clsBsiral strains of hiscoun.
Uriaan Sannazaro (Elegia in Oper,
Aid. 15.35. 8vo.)
" n qoerimiir dto si nostrc dsts (euiport

Di/RtT- mors »)<ilrnf« niplt :

Pj4a ttm: -r ; fiitiN ur)r|>iitlliti!t,qrl>e*

Bl ^UimU iiuii|u< I via »uivrpi l^u ilifl."

What a contract with the proud and

palmy days of Venice, which her citi-
zens vaunted as the special work
the Most High, "Opus £xcelsi/'ao
superior to Rome herself!

" 91 pplapo Tybrini pni'fers, orbeiB aspftf
utraimiae ;

Illatn hotiila).-s dievs, hanc posuisse Dmm.**'
JHfm Simna*.

As for the second portion of m]
subject, " the consideration of Fra
Paolo's pretensions to the discovery
the circulation of the blood;" or,
least, iho.se urged by his admirers,]
though more warmly by the English]
reviewer even than by the forelgAl
biographer, it is of cosy decision, be<j
cause resolvable by clear and unanv*!
biguous evidence. It will be sufficient]
to shew that, in a work ocutemp(W|
rnncouswith Sarpi's birth — one, roore^]
over, with which, though on ditferenl]
grounds, all Christendom resounded '
on ils publication, — the fact appeared !
stated, if not in full and lucid, at least 1
in intelligible, language. Fra- Paolo
was born the Uth August 15j2, and i
a few months at\er, early in 1553, i
issued from the press, tlie Christia*
MSMi Restitvtio of the ill-fated j
ServetDS, in which a passage, that I
shall presently recite, unequivocally'
indicates, in the opinion of those most i
competent to determine its conetruci
tion, the circulation through the lungs }
thus evincing the earliest perception of 1
the truth, or the nearest approach to
it, before its complete development
seventy-five years afterwards, (1553—
1628) "by Harvey, in his work " D«
mota cordis et sanguinis." But, a4
the suppression and supposed de-
struction of the book — at once the
cause and instrument of the author'^]
death, for it served to kindle the
flames to which he was condemned
for its heterodoxy, — make it most pro.
bable that the Venetian had no know-
ledge of his predecessor's incidental
view, rather than professed exposition
of the great discovery, fie may be ab-
solved from the reproach of unfounded
assumption or plagiarism. Just so

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of STifride ! ?f» BnTl«* ''article St. Cyrsn) statct, grounded, it appears, on the Abb<^'a j
Uttlt rolamr. Mile, \f. I (>'<)<>, I'imo. ;" but Bayle had not seen tha ,

book, whiel< ms naicrt biu been misrepresented, as alio his " ,\po<

\ap9 poor >! " ■■' - ' ' • -' •' ■ -i to

■nHbyceel' vs ia.

diacrcDAQce v> . .._ .„ . ',-,tMO%J

h ' frtTHtAnrtiitu, ttomttcb prucd lormwJy by hia BQ«V«n«iiA, U w« ^^vasJ^'i

iij. ^.

^^1^

iifa

tbd

■ HO

Skrpi, mi the Circulal'um of the Blood.

[Aug.

in the coDtroverey oa the inveDtioo of
fioxions, though, a» FontencIIe ac-
knowledged, the original discovery was
due to Newton, yet, as it subsequently
beamed on the genius of Leibnitz
without previous rommunication, it
has been judged the fruit of equal and
independent, but not simultaneous,
•agacity in both. Fra-Fujgenzio (Vita
del Padre Paolo, p. 64, ed. Vcnez.
1677) says, that Sarpi reflected that
the blood from its specific gravity
could not remain suspended and mo-
tionless in the veins, " scnza che vi
faase angine che la retinesse e chiu-
sure, ch' aprendosi 4 riserrandosi, gli
dassero il flussoe i'equilibrionecessario
alia vita." 1 shall now transcribe the
words of Servctus. premising that
occasional expressions arc found in
the writers of antiquity, which would
seem to denote some dark and distant
glimpses of the truth ; but nothing in
the remotest degree approaching the
light thrown on it in the following
passage, which I extract from De
Bure'a " Bibliographie Instructive,"
torn. i. p. 421.

" Vitalis spiritiis in sinislro cordis vcn-
triculo suuni origineu habct, juvantibus
maxime pulmonibui ad ipsiut perfectio-
uem .... Generatar ex faclA in palmone
commixtioiie inspirati iteris cum elabornto
«Dbtili san^ne, qaem dexter vtruhiculus
siiiistro cammunicat. Fit autem com-
isuniratio biec, nnn per parietem cordis
mrdium, lit vnlgfi creditur, sed mag^u
artiAciD a dcxtro cordis veutriculo, longo
per pulmonea ductu agitator sanguis eub-
tilis ; k pdlmonibus prtepnratur, flavus
efficitar, et il venA urtcrioHA in arteri.iin
Tenosam transfumlitur. DL-mdc in ipsik
arteriii vcnosA, in!<pirato Heri miscettir, et
exipiratione k fuligine exjmrgntur, atquc
itu tiindein a siniKtru cordis ventriculo
totiim mixtum per diatitolen attrahitur- •
Quod ita per piiJinones fiat communicatio
et prcparatio, docet conjunetio varia, ct
communicatio venie arteriole *;«m nrterisi
venosA in pulmonibus. Cnnfirmat hoc
magnitndo insigais vcnte arterio»H, qute
neo talis nee tanta facta esset, nee tantum
A cordc ipso vim puris.timi songaiuis in
pnlmones emitleret, ob sulum eorum iiu-
Iriuirntum ; nee cor pulinnnilma hftc ra-
ttnnc serviret, cum pripscrtim aatea in
erubrionc solcrcnl piilmnneH ipsi nltunde
•lutriri, tib inrmbraiuilnK jllus, gcu valvulas

I cordis usinic" ail liorum nativitalem ; ut
docct Galfnus, &c. Itaque illc sjnri(u«
a sinistro cordis ventriculo arterias totius
vorpoiit deinde tnuufaaditar, &Q."

Upon which the writer of an able
article on the subject, in Reel's Cyclo-
piedia, remarks, that it incontestably
proves that Scr«'etus knew the minor
circulation. He laid the foundation
of a building which had baffled all the
cflforts of antiquity. He indicated the
route through which the blood passes
from the right to the leA ventricle;
and it only remained to be shown that
all the blood takes this passage, and
that it returns again to the heart from
the arteries through the veins. As
for the claim of Fra-Paolo, this writer
considers it so destitute of foundation
as scarcely to be entitled to notice.
At all events it is demonstrably pos-
terior to that of Servetus. which it is
my object to establish. Some further
advances, intermediately between the
incipient light of Servctus and the
conclusive work of Harvey, were made
by Realdus Columbus, Arantius, Cses-
alpinus, and the great anatomist
Aquapendcnte (or Fabricius). This
last-named physiologist's pretensions
have been specially insisted on by his
disciples ; but Fulgenzio stonily con-
tends that liis views were derived from
the communications of Sarpi (" del
padre"} .

But, though not unconscious of
having already trespassed too far on
your indulgence, the celebrity of the
work of Servctus, to which it has been
necessary on this occasion to refer,
and the peculiar interest which con-
comitant circumstances have commu-
nicattd to it, induce, and will, I trust,
excuse, a few addiliunal observations
on it.

There does not appear any certainty
of the existence of more than one copy
of the book, which, as 1 have said,
Avas consumed with its author. " Fc-
mori auctoris alligatus futt, et cum
ipso combustus," asserts Meerman,
(Origincs Typographicsc, 1705,) and
Mr. Pcttigrew (BibliothecaSussexiana,
p. -JOS,) confirms the fact. This copy
had been surreptitiously preserved by
Collardon, one of the judges of Serve-
tus, and successively parsed through
the hands of Dr. Meade, M. dc Boze,
M. Gaignat, and the Duke dc la VaU
liere, at whose sale, in 1783. it was
purchased for the Royal Parisian
Library, not at the priceof381(Hivrcs,
as represented by Mr. Pcttigrew, (p.
S92i l«t port,) but for 4180 livres;

1838.]

Servctus and Religious Toleration.

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nor had it cost the duke nearly 400
gvincast as Mr. P. affirrns ; for he
had bought it at the sale of M. Uaig-
nat in 1769, (No. 509t for 3810 livrcs,
or 1&2/. Sf. 1 have the priced cata-
logue of each sale now before me in
proof of this statement ; and I may
alao observe, that Mr. Pettigrew (p.
448) describes the Sixiinc Bible of
1590, as pnblishecl, in accordance with
the decree of the Council of Trent,
tevtmtftn years before , but that decree,
establishing the authenticity of the
Vulgate text, was passed in April 154G
(Fra-Paolo, Istoria del C'oncilio Tri-
dentiuo, lib. xi.i or, forty- three years
antecedently ; and the Council closed
its sittings in December 15G3, iirenly-
Mvea years before the Sixtine Bible.

Servetas, states Mr. I*cttigrew, (part
2, p. 410) is said to have been up-
wards of two hours in the fire, " the
wockI with which it was made being
greeo. and small in quantity." It was
ihas that the pagans thought the fires,
which consumed the piimilivc Chris-
tians, too mild 1 "to m'p qv avnilt i/n/^-
p6t> TO re>v cnraBwv docraviauv," (tlui-
nart Acta Sincera, p. 1(J'20, Ainst.
1713) ; but, as I have heard the cele-
brated Dttgenette* (who so nobly re-
fascd to hasten the death of the jwiti-
J&(t at Jaffa, the 2 1st May, 1/99)
remark, the dense smoke of the green
wood iDu«it have obridgcd, by suffo-
cation, the victim's sufferings, in place
of prolonging them.

Chauffepie's Diclionarj', as Gibbon
baa observed, gives the best life we
possess of Servctus ; but he erroneous-
ly supposes that the passage on the
circtilatioD of the blood was in the
work " De TrinitatisErroribus" (Ha-
geno». 1531) instead of the " Cbris-
tianibmi Restitutio." The purpose of
Cbauffepie in that article is to vindi-
cate the act of Calvin, by proving
that the persecution of heretics was
the aniversal and obligatory belief of
the age, aod that, to the reformers not
less than to the catholics, they ap-
peared objects of abomination — " dcs
monstres & ctouffer," as La Chapelle,
another zealous Calvinist, expresses it.
Every reformer of note signified, with
emulous haste, to Calvin, his approval
of the execution of Senetus ; nor did
Melancthon withhold his sanction. la
his letter of Hth October 1554, he
■wrote to the great tefonaer^ (of whom

it may be said — "cu immittor quia
toleraverat." Tacit. Annal. i. cap, 20),
"Affirroo etiam vestros magistratua
jastc fecisse, quod hominem blasphe-
muiD, re ordine judicata, ioterfeceruot."
Nor was this the only instance of in*
tolerance on the part of the mild Me-
lancthon, whom his colleagues, not-
withstanding, arraigned of indifference,
in various publications, " De Indiffe-
rentismo Melancthonis," (Mosheim,
vol. iv. p, 388). Even .Servctus when
under trial, in his petition to the
Council of Cieneva, acknowledged the
principle, and only denied the degree
of punishment, which he limited to
exile, — " taquclle punitiou a cst^ de
tout tenqis observ^e contre les herd-
liqucs." In fact, however otherwise
variant in doctrine, every sect viewed
intolerance as a principle, and pcrsecu>
tioD as a duty. And

*' Priiua vift sAtutiii,

ljuud luiuimc rcris, Grnii |uiiiilctur ab urbc."
Virgil, ^-Eit. VI. Jf7.

Catholic Maryland presents the first
example of genuine toleration! "Tbere,"
asserts Mr. Bancroft (History of the
United States, vol.i,) "religious liberty
obtained a home, its only home in the
wide world ;" and the fact is confirmed
by Judge Marfaiial, in his Life of Wash-
ington (vol. i. pp. 108 and lC4).

Calvin's defence of his conduct ia
intituled " Dclensio Orthodoxae Fidci
de Sacr4 Trinitatc contra prodigiosos
errorcs M. Servcti," &c. (Olivse, 1554,
8vo,) and, with the addition on the
title iji the French edition, of "Oil il
est raonstre qu'il est Itcite de punir les
licrt'tiqucs, ct qu' k bon droit ce mes-
clianthommca ustc' cxe'cute." (Geneve,
1.t54.) "lam more deeply scanda-
lised," says Gibbon, (vol. v. p. 5.38)
" at the single execution of Servetua
than at the hecatombsi which blazed at
the aiito9 da fit of Spain and Portugal.
A catholic inquisitor yields the same
obedience which he requires j but Cal-
vin violated the golden rule of doing
as he would be done by." And to
this observation Gibbon, anxious to
show that the great and churacteristic
inculcation of the Gospel had been an-
ticipated by a pagan, subjoins a quota-
tion from Isocrates of similar import, —
" 'A naaxnvTft a(f>' irtpav opyi^ttrOf,
Tavra rnis oXAnif /iij nmtTt" (in Nioclc.
lorn. i. ]). 93, cd. BaU\c» \1\^) \ \\\X
the recommeitdatm o{ Ihc ^itt^s^x^i^Vj

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rician became a divine command — a
condition of saiv&tioD to the followers
of Christ.

In 15:i5 and 1541, Servelus revised
and published at Lyons two editions
of a Lntin translation of Ptolemy's
Geographjr. In (he former he says
that be had seen the King (Francis I.)
touch several persons for the evil, —
" Vidi ipse rcgein plurimos hoc Ian-
gore corrcptos tangentem ; an fuerini
Wfutti wow rirfi," but in the later edi-
tion he is more courtlVf and differently
expresses the result " pUrosque tanatas
passim audio." An article on Pales-
tine in this work, rather at variance
with the scriptural representation of

the Hoiy Land, coastitated one of the
charges against him. He asserted
that it was a literal copy of an anlcrior
edition printed at Basil in 1525,
when he was a mere boy (probably
not above fourteen years old) : anU
the volume, how in my po3s«snoH, placM
the fact beyond contradiction ,• but aa
he could not directly produce the book,
his defence availed liim not. Copies
of his own publicaiion were also em-
ployed to inflame- his funeral pile ; bat
not to their entire destruction (with
one exception) , as with the Chrittiani*-
mi Reatitulio, before mentioned.

Yours, &c. J. R.

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Ancient Bril Turrett of thp Churches nf St. Pciet and St. Nicholas,
at Biddeslon, filKi.

BY the favour of Mr. Walker wc
are enabled to embellish our pnges
with views of two singular turrets at-
tached to the above churches, and
which form part of the embellishments
of his able illustration of the mansion
of the Longs at South Wraxball, re-
viewed iu the present Magazine, page
IGO. Mr. Walker's description of the
turiets is as follows : —

" It will be seen that that of St. Ni-
cholas Is, in point of style, much older
than that of St, Peter's, which Litter
comes Under tbe denomination of /'erj/m-
dicutar EMt/lixh ; while the former, from
the striug course under the spire, down-
wards, is decidedly Norman. The one
seems to hnve been copied from tlie other;
and, most probably, the ori^pnal design
was executed on the old church of St.
Teter's, which must have l>een pulled
down, anil has thus hvvu ted.

Wiietber this was the (>ri:' > of

the bell turret in Suoati be

a carious iminiry, and nor ,,tt>.

rest. Id pi, xxxii. of the r m.iIc

of St, Elbclwold, engraved lu >ol. x.xiv.
of the .\rclk«colngia, is the representation
uf a bell turret, coDtniDiOj^ t>cv<.<ral bells ;
and the luitn of the open part, in which
thij bells me liuDg, is by no mejinu unlike
these -, »nd at Biusey, near Oxford, is a
similar one, ' part of which.' Ini:! <im .■rii\ f.
* may be older tlinn the
quest.' There sr? two •
In r
Bill

sham, and one at Boxwell, in the came
county.

" The attention of the author was called
to these churches by C. W. Loscombf,
Esq. an ingenious antiquary, who con-
siders that they were of Saxon orifjin ; be
says, 'Finding churrhe* wr' 'i.-,. -^(•.
culiar charncteristics jo «^ cd

over the conntry, all of tbi i inp

ornament* of the earliest period, and dif-
fering so roach in general from those wc
know to be Norman biuldin^, the infer-
ence I draw is, that lliey iuukI be referred
to the fashion of a time, and not of a
locality, and that this must be the Saxon."
—Page 19.

In the design of these bell tarreta
the ingenuity with which the archi-
tects of oor ancient edifice* encoun-
tered every difficulty is fully display-
ed. To raise a steeple, or c»en a
turret uf the smallest description, over
an acutely-pointed gable, is. to say
the least, a task requiring the ei»t»
cisc of considerable ingcnoity: it baa
been a matter of great perplexity to
modern architect*, aa many of the new
churches plainly evince. But, etinoua
as the workmanship and design of tha
turrets is, wc cannot go ao far as to
attribute to cither of them an anliuuity
BO high as the Saxon pericKi. it i«

' '^"ult to say whnt "^ ' (rii

' bell-turreta u: ir

> ,.r "v,. , .

trntcrgJuTr, betwvca iiadauatoa aud Cor* in Uic latcrior, aoil

II

uiU

tiio Window

Bell TwrHt ai Biddetton, Wilts.

I

wldcb is iATiriably seen high «p
l« %hf fmbl«, have been conntrttct-
rd to ftllow of the egresa of the
sounil. We do not rccollcrt nn in-
stance of an orie;inal Norman bell
tnrrrt. The well-, ' Norman

at N'atcl> ingraved

Mag. tA. . i:>jii, J), 3fi3,

fdern bell-turret of wood, and
-,.i-.ii,. ,..-^f.-.^t Norman

chorch Little

try ir .; - -I asimilar

d*» rd, in Ls3«x, baa nn

olil on the apex of the

roof, with a dwarf spire ; and the
rained church of Maple«combe, in
Kent, in common with most of the
■mailer Norman eiamplee, has a win-
dow ta the upper part of the gable, the
prtMncg of M inch seema to forbid the
. .-felon theapex. Tiie
■rman church of Bar-
iity, has no bell
in . In f^truc-

Mnivii ninj ftlsO of Nor-

ATchitecture of early date, a belfry
H very common, ^'1-'-"^^ of one,
two, or even three -, covered

with a gable, and i . .her on the

wall of the we^t end of the nave, or
that which divides the nave and
1 such of the*e turrets as have
under oar observation are of
fwialfd architecture, and their simpli-
city Mcoia to indicate an earlier period
than the more cla'jorate turrets of Bid-

As before observed, the designs shew
the ingrnuity with which the ancient
architects accommodated different
fonus to each other, cither in plan or
■ectiuD. The architect appears to have
wiabed to add to hn church a small
■|iii»,aadasbifi funds only allowed that
h tdMlU be raised on the wall of bis
«ihvdl» mad not founded on the earth.
bt Mt ibovt the execution of his object

eori-

6«HOO,

turret '

in tlie most ingenious manner. The
plan of his structure was of greater
breadth than the superincumbent wail,
which circumstance led to the neces-
sity of corbelling the buck and front of
the plan to make it unite will) his walls.
TIjIs he efl'ectA not only with great in-
genuity, but with an economy of ma-
terial, by forming the elevation in two
portions, the lower being cruciform in
plan and so carried up until the point of
the gable is cleared, when the octagon
ffjrm is commenced and carried on to
the summit of the elevation ; the
result has been the creation of a very
picturesque design, as will appear by
the perspective views above given. The
measured drawings of Mr. Walker clear*
ly establish the ingenuity and science
for which so much credit is due to the
ancient architects.

It does not appear to us that
there is any great difference in the
age of the turrets ; St. Nicholas's
may be anterior by a few years
to the other, but we cannot assign
either to the Norman period. The
torus workeil in the angle of a pier is
a feature ctjually of early pointed archi-
tecture A» of the Norman style ; it
would therefore appear that no neces-
sity exists for referring the turret of St.
Peter's Church to an earlier period
than those port ions of the existing struc-
ture, which Mr. Walker says, shew
' ' the early Engl i^h arch and ornament."
The spire may have partaken of tlie
repairs and alterations to which the
rest of the church has been subjected.

In a design for a church, by Mr.
Walker, now exhibiting at the Royal
Academy, the belfry has been judici<-
ously composed from these turrets ;
the adoption of a form at once novel
and graceful, reflects great credit on
the taste and judgment of the archi.
tect. E. I. C.

TUE ANGLO-SAXON CONTROVEESY.

UsBAJi, Thnplfi, June \6.

your last number, 1

iriy embarked • in " the

:ontrpv«'rsy.'* It was

niched the con-

II which had

veil n-i: I" s') much angry

ut I could not Well avoid it:

and I hoped that a temperate di9ca»>
sion of the points at issue would be
tolerated in a stranger, if accompanied
with the courtesy which I felt to be
due no less to myself, than to the gen-
tlemen with whom I differed inopinion.
In this hope, however reasonable, I
have been disappointed.

See Htriew. " Ouest's History of finghsh Rhythms." Jutit, v» ^%.

Miik

144

The Angh' Saxon Controversy.

In one passage 1 am repreBented as
sneering at a particular phrase. Now,
as the chapter was written after a
perusal of " the Controversy," and
printed off immediately it was written,
I feared that some of the acrimony
which distinguished that dispute might
possibly have insinuated itself into my
pages, I do not. however, find such
to be the case. The phrase alluded to
occurs in a long quotation from Mr.
Kembic, some parts of which are
brought more directly into notice (by
means of Italics}, as containing opi-
nions afterwards tu be canvassed.
Then comes the following sentence,
" That I differ from several of the
opinions here advanced, may be partly
gallicrcd from what has gone before ;
but 1 think it due to a gentleman who
has laid Anglo-Saxon literature under
some obligation to state uiy reasons
more fully," &c. Surely there must
be an unusual degree of sensitiveness*
to discover a sneer in a line of simple
italics, followed by such an ocknow.
ledgment -, more especially when, Trom
a feeling of delicacy, no mention waa
made of the author's name or of the
work from which the extract was taken.
May not such conduct on the part of
the writer be favourably contrasted
with that of the reviewer, who, while
he carefully conceals all the reasoning
uf his author, denounces it as errone-
ous, and every dozen lines drags his
name before the reader.' As that
reasoning seems to be wholly untouch-
ed, and moreover tu have anticipated
all the objections of the reviewer, per-
haps I shall be excused if I quote it
at some length.

" Our modern editors take the liberty
(without any warning tu the render) of
altering the text in lAree particulars.
They chaii|;e the accents, which in cer-
tain cases are used to distinguish the long
vowels; tbeyconipound and resoKe words ;
oud they alter the stops and pau^s — or
in other words, the punctuation and ver-
sitiontion — at their pleasure.

" With res|H;tt to the accents, llask
profcssc!' to have been i^ided by the
authority of printed Aoglo.Soxnn works,
aided by a coiuporison of tbekiudrrd ilin>
Icrts. I do not inquire if he acted up to

these principles ; but under the circut

gtnnees (unable as he was to prucu
Anglo-Saxon MSS.) none better couli
have been followed. The editor of Cxd«
mon informs us, that in the acctntuatioa,
which confirms, in almost every cai>e, thih
theory of Profes.4or Rask, he has followed
the authority of MSS., and, except in of
few instances, that of tiie MS?. of Ciednio«j
himself. I will not stop to nsk what
constitutes the theory of Rosk, or in what,
coses this gentleman differs from hi« fricadfl
but I have compared his edition with thel
MS. at Oxford, ta\d iind accents omictedl
or intruded without authority, at the rat«|
of some twenty a page — by what licencaj
of language can these be colltd a/rto in-l
stances ? '

" If the reader ask, what theory bat
been followed after this bold departure
from the originol ? — on answer would be
ditficult. The very same words are found
in one page with long vowels, and io,
naother with short, as if the accent wer«l
inserted or omitted, as the whim of the]
moment dictated. J

" To the edition of Beowulf theMl
observations only partially apply. The!
editor has shown more deference to hia
reader, and has distinguished betweeaj
theory and fact — between his own accents, I
and the accents of his MS.

" I cannot help thinking, however,
that, in the present state of Anglo-Saxon
Sfholarship, all these speculations ore pre.
mature. Here is a language with whose
accidence ond syntax we are very imper- ,
fectly ncijuaintcd — the nature of whose
dialects we have not yet investigated. — and
we ore endeavouriag to measure the length
of its vowel-sounds with a nicety, to which i
they who spoke itf made no pretension.
It is probable that the quantity of the
vowels varied with the dialects ; if so, J
their peculiarities should be first studied.]
It is almost certain, that the quantity waa '
sometimes indicated by the spelling; if
so, the system of AnKlo-Sii\.u. ..rfiu
phy should be first ascert.i

" If we look into Aii^!' ■ ^I(^^

we find some without nuy acc«nl* ; and
few in which thev have bi^cn sy»temati-
CJilf; ' • ' '■ ■ " if MS. the

Wh'
to I

'( lUkuunC]

,1... Mv.

of C'irdmon, ilicy were jii
sparingly used ; but wert ;
by the same hand that coirccir.! (iie MS,.i
" To cluiryc these eonrticling urages]
upon the ignorance erf the writvni, ii a

♦ I<
nenD U|
t TJu
Smxoa.'

rose Ihol Mr. Kembic himself wonid have felt the. least sensitive-.
1 ^ ; refers me to the OrmuJnm. I would oik, did Ormio apeak As^-i

J%e Anglo-Saxon Controversy.

145

t«»k.

r(*dy tntlbotl of colringr ■ very difficult
QOntion. That ^ouif of uur An^lo-Saxon
II8S. have been rart'lt-i^sly triLiisirilipd,
nw h/- ,..i„,itr«,i i,ut I ciuiuot alio* lliat
•'I ' charuf ter. Miiny of

tli>- . illy written, aiid have

uluuu <:uirtctiuu!t, which bhawr tbpy Iiavc
hctru rrriuMl with nr> less cure ; and these
M*-'" 110 better tbnn the others

«!' ly that bat yet Iwcii starleil

j^' : of Anglo-Salon orthogra.

To pare down their iMn^uliaritieH to
rel with German critic^isrn is *n easy
c, bat one, I think, that i.s little hkely
kid the progress uf Anglo-Saxon schci-
Ur»hi[i.

" Another licenceTcry comniunly taVen,
is Uikt of compounding and resolving
wunU.

•' la Enirliih we write some words eon-
tinooUKly, «« rnlbreatt; others we split,
aa it Were, Into distinct words), as eoat
mi»f ! or link tojtethrr by means of the
hyphen, as jirar-lree. The hyphen was
unknown tn the Aniclo-Sosung ; but com-
pounds wc:re fre<(iii'ntly resolvt'd into their
cienutntji, und written an though they
filmed distiurt words. Now there is no
uhjerriioi to the hyphen, if it be used only
to 1 1 I the scattered elements of

• ' for, even if there be hinn-

d*-i 'istruction of a p«s*njj<<, and

WO! : liat jrAt>u/i/ be separate, yet

ih'- j --lesse* an easy remedy — he

has inrrely to strike out the hyphen and
the real text is ttefore him. But ilie case
M widely different when the hyphen ia
«ard in the retoiutian of words. He
muat thru rest cnntent with such read-
inga as are i;iven him. The editor ih
•ri'iire from criticijm.

" Mo«l of our modern editors take this
double lioence. The reader may think
that the hyphen is oeeoaionally used to
prop a fat«e Irauvlation, or that it aorne-
timea man the rhythm of n section ; but
be miut have a ip-ealer confidence in the
souodnesa of his opinion than would be
generally warranted by the present state
of Aaglo-Soxou srholariihip, if he venture

an objection. lie mny be quarreling with
the oric;inal when he thiukii be has only
the editor to cope with. He cannot be
iiafe unless he have his fluger on the
manuscript.

" What is the object proposed by this
resolution of words, is far from clear.
Few of our editors follow the oame plan,
nor are there many of them consistent
even with ihemselve.s. .Sometimes the
prcfi.<[ \» separated tVoni it.s verb ; some-
times linked li>it by means of the hyphen ;
sometimes Ihe two are written continu-
ously.* The common adjectival com-
(Kiunds generally take the hyphen, but iu
many hundred instunres they are sepa-
rated into distiuct words, as wiere Jlod,
i/'td eyninij,f &.c. So that not only i% the
integrity of the manuscript violated, but
the reader gets nothing in exchange, not
even a theory.

" The versification of our MSS. haa
been treated with little more ceremony
than tlieir system of atxents.

" I have ulrcady ujentiuned that Anglo-
Saxon poetry was written continuously
like prose. In some mannscripts (as in
that of Ctedmon) the point separated the
sections ; in others (as in the Dunstan
Chronicle) it separated the couplets ; in
others (as in the Bi^)W()lf MS.) the point
was nsed merely to close a period, and
the versitication had nothing but the
rhythm to indicate it. X The point was
often omitted ; and sometimes, though
rarely, it was misplaced. Now it would
seem easy enough to copy the MS. cor-
rectly, and to mention in the notes the
omissinn or the false position of the points ;
and it is matter of regret that Ihe confi-
dence rejtosed in some emtivent gramma-
rian has too often led our editors to ' re-
store ' the versification, without inform-
ing the reader. The alterations which
have been thus made are, I fear, but too
numerous, and more than one scholar haa
thus impaired his u.selulness, whose ser-
vices, in other respects, may well deser
our thanks." §

• " Tl)-- f'-'?'"!! reader mtist not consider this a mere question of ortfaograpby. It
aomnim' : Lat an adverb is tacked as a prefix to a verb, and not only the

rtiyibm i>t i' even its sense destroyed.

t " The hyphen i* very commonly forgotten when an adjective and a cubttautiTe
■ra compoanded (even in cases where change of accent points infallibly to a com-
pound}, unlei* the peculiarities of the tyntax be such as cannot be got rid of with-
out it.

t " The writer generally leaves a sliicht interval between bis sections ; but, as might
be cxpe<rted, this is often forgotten. The editor should have mentioned the omission
of the dot, and have Jet his reader know that be was, to a great extent at least, answer-
able for the rersilication.

( " Tlie evening before 1 examined the MS. of Csdmon, 1 marked down between
twr.. ty cases of doubtful ;>rosody. Inerery one of tt^e4e'\ftrt«aw\\i>J^^3««l>

lb* ' -■u ttJtervd.

{**-><. ^-jjij/. Vox.. A'- \J

4

I

I

errm

^1

iMi

i

146

The AnglO'Saxon Coniroveray,

[Aug.

I

The gentleman who reviews these
observations is, I believe, a Mr. W —
B pupil of Mr. Kemble, who has fur-
nished the magazines with much criti-
cism on these subjects, and from whose
criticism I have, on more than one oc-
casion, found it necessary to dissent.
He is ambitious of ranking as one of
" the New Saxonists ;" and inge-
niously puts the phrase into my mouth,
though it was written by me as a
quotation expressly to show I neither
gave nor adopted it. As Mr. Kemble
and Mr. Thorpe (the only members
of " the school." whose writings en-
title them to notice,) avowedly* act on
different systems, the title nlways
seemed to me to be as improper as it
was unnecessary.

This gentleman considers roe " un-
acqoainted with the well-established
fact, that almost to a rule the most
beautifully written MSS. are found to
be infinitely the worst and moat incor-
rect, because the transcribers were
good writers but bad scholars — in fact
they must be looked on as artizans."
My ignorance on this point is, I find,
partaken by not a few of my brother-
antiquaries. The reviewer has evi-
dently reasoned to his conclusion ; and
(arguing, as is usual with him, from
too remote analogies) he has ascribed
the habits and usages of one age to
another and far distant period. In
the fourteenth century, the copyist
was a drudge, or, if the phrase be pre-
ferred, " an arlizan ;" but, in the
Anglo-Saxon times, an accomplished
penman was the boast and glory of his
convent, and the most splendid manu-
scripts were written by the most
learned scholars. Eadfrid. eighth
bishop of Lindisfarne, wrote the Dur-
ham Uible ; Alcuin the magnificent
volume lately added to the treasures
of the Museum; and other siK'cimens
of calligraphy are still extant, written
by the hands of Bede and of Saint
Dunstan.

In p. 62G. I am referred to the
Ormulum, as deciding the much dis-
puted question relating to the long
and short vowels ; and am asked, if I
have paid any attention to a work
from which I have made such long
extracts. I suspect I have studied it
rather more deeply than the reviewer ;
for in its pages I have found some of
the strongest arguments against the
very theory it is said to support. The
" etymological ignorance " of our old
writers is also proved by this con-
venient MS. ; and we are gra\-ely
assured thatUrmin wrote "goddspell
(gospel) with a short o — not because
sucit was the received pronunciation
of his day, but — because he mistook its
etymology, and supposed it a com-
pound of the word God, instead of the
word good. I will not adopt ihe re-
viewer's style, and call this the *' most
absurd mistake" I ever met with; I
wdl merely nsk. why may not jjotp^l
come from ijond, jast as rradily na
scholar from school, or yoxUny from
tfooip? Is there also in these latter
cases an etymological blunder }

Price (to whose general usefulness
as an Anglo-Saxon scholar I have
borne willing testimony) fabricated a
text for the Brunanburgh War-song,
out of the different manuscript copies;
taking, for example, one word from
copy A, the next (without any no-
tice to the reader) from copy B, and
then inserting (also without noticO
some emendation of his own, A
translator would doubtless, in many
ca.^es, find such a mode i>f editing his
manuscript very conrenimt ; but it ap-
peared to me very objectionable, and
I gave a text from what seemed to be
the moat correct copy, and merely re-
ferred to the other copies in the notes.
By such means, the reader was placed
on the same level with mvMelf, and
bad every opportunity of correcting
my errora of translation.

This mode of proceeding, which may

I

The motive for thp«f phnngrs was, tn general, obrimis t-nnn^b : it wns tn bring

■ two alliterative nyl 1 1 in; ortoli. flip

cMfflfttfT, aa lln ^ -rt si>mc 1 of

tUi ' fa

•tn- ' ■ ■■■«1

' (itat, Alag. Auir Her, *«i. it. p. Ja.

------- — , -. ^.-wo

Misa. The mull has been moch mom

7%^ AAylO'SaJioa Controversy.

147

At lc&»t cUim the praUe of honeaty, is
difcAiifirnvcd by the reviewer ; and he
iatrodaccs cnc as spcakiiiK " in a tone

itive (pre-
<r to think
.0 MS. by
there are

•U'

oi

ac' . _ . -Jcr much from

oci . any one of them would

do ''j^h, for we can manage to

m*ke sonii! m-iisu of it ; 7 * shall take
the one which sccma lo me bc&t.
yiow, did it really never occur to Mr.
Gae«t, tlut if the copies uU varied so
much, only odc could be right i in
which case all the otliers must be
wroDg ^ &c." There ia io this aen-
troce a confusiou of ideas, which it
would take oome time to uoravel. I
will merely observe that I never ob-
Jtcted to the eiuendatitm of one text by
another, firovid^fd the editor let hia
reader iuto the secret, and fairly laid
his authorities before him. One MS.
amy coolain a northern, another a
•touthertt vei^ion of a '>ong: one a
valuAblc, aj)Oiher a worthless copy ;
and we have a right to know from
which uf these sources a particular
re*diag iuis been taken. I do object
to au editor bliodfoUliog hia reader,
and tlien fabricating a text, bo as to
suit hit own peculiar notions, whe-
ther as respects the translation, or
criticism in general. A reader may
have little confidence in his editor's
judgment, or may have a theory of
own, v^hich he wishes to lest ;

(according to modern practice) be-

lyaod his editor's theory he may not
penetrate — n rondern edition stands
like a screen before the manuscripl.

To show more clearly the folly of
•ditin,; 'itu manuscripts /iii/^u//y, the
rc' les a Latin song of the

tei. ., and then exhibits cer-

tain of ;U btiinxas with such corrcc-
tioiu aa an editor should apply. Now
it might be objected, that no fair ana-
logy could be drawn between the
11 ' ' ' principles

I d as the

J^LU-oa\uii , uui 1

^Mii lake the

iaaue as tendered, and must state it

as, my opinion, that an editor who
should trajistatc a monkish song into
classical Latin, would very ill dis-
cbarge his editorial duties. Surely
I need not inform on antiquary that the
Latinity of the middle ages was dis-
tinguisfied in almost every century by
some peculiarities of orihographv ;
and that a knowledge of such peeuii>
arities has often furnished most im-
portant aid to criticism. During the
seventh and eighth centuries, thcLatin-
islsofour Northern school, in some
cases, substituted i« for the classical
ending m — writing, for example, Jo-
luinni* instead of Johannes. Need I
point out the beautiful use which has
been made of this peculiarity by one of
nur modern antiquaries ? It forms the
strongest link io that roost curious
chain of evidence, by which Mr.
Raine identified the body of Saint
Cuthbert.

" At the end of his second Tolume, Mr.
Guest gives what we suppose muKt be con-
sidered Ab his most inatiire opinion of the
mode in wbieh we ought to edit works from
MSS. " ' I would take this opportunity of
n.g»in pressing upon the reader the im-
iiortance of copying our hlSS. ftiH^ully,
I inean not uuly to the letter, but so as
to Hbuw iheir peculiarities as regard*
punctuation, composition, &c. It is oa-
toiushiui; how much light way thus be
thrown npon the stnicture of our lan-
guage. For example, many Anglo-Saxon
AISS. join Ibe pre|K)8itiou to the sub-
stantive, and thus point to the origin of
a numerous class of adverbs, aJo/l, atletp,
aground, Ike.. Hnderfoot, underhand , un-
derueath, &c. today, tonight, tomorrnte,
8tc. Again, in some MSS. several of the
common prefixes are car^'ullg (?)t sepa-
rated from their compounds — gticute,
for example, being written ge ttnx»e, or in
Old EngH«h, y irinjie ; and it is from
these scattered i-lenit-nts of an adverb
that modem sdiolarship has monnfac-
lured a verb and pronoun / \eiM. Again,
in many Old English MSS. the genitival
ending is separated from its noun, thu»—
Saint Bentf u »curge, St. Bennet's
scDorgc, — a practice which shows ua the
origin of those phrases to be met with
in our Liturgy, and other works of the
same date, Chrut ki$ take, God hit love.

TUr reviewer is dexterous in the use of his italics ; and he has occasionally iutro-

l|ui'i-<l (lii'iii

vtower.

into my fientenceH, mi as wholly to pervert their meaning. Here the
- own, and he wa," iit full liberty to dcid with it os he thought projicr,
,c4 and the mark of LutcrrvgatiQU, I need hardly (ay, belong V) t,h!&\%>

The Angio-Saxon Controversy,

[Aug,

He, Otber in«t«nccs of the ad\anta{;es
likely to accrac from a more careful edit-
ing of our manusuripts, might be e«sily
collected.'

" We quote this pase«ge, hocausc, had
we not found it in Mr. Guest'* own book,
we might have imagined it to have been
written by some one, as a satire opon hi«
system of philology .• Supposing the in.
■tance* he give* to be correct, yet let uf
ask of any of our readers the simple
qaestion, whether we ought to preserve
in our editions all the acknowledged
blunders of some bad manuscripts, be-
cause one or two of them raiglit have

rtUt, a bfye, &c. In com, bt rufi, hi
rial, &c. for lord, fur luft, fltc. ; and
these peculiarities of ortbugrnphy —
or if the reviewer «"i7/ have it bo,
these blunders — Sir Frederick Madden
has transferred fiom his inBousrript
to his letterpress. Tlie example of
this able antiquary t have ventured to
recommend for general adoption.

From the second chapter of ihe
third huok the reviewer carries us to
the last chapter of Xh\i fourth, a mode
uf reviewing which may remind one
of the worthy gentleman who pro-

given rise to blunders in the Eton Greek (juced a brick as a specimen of his

I
I

and Latin Grammais, these being the
grammars in common use ?" S<c.,

Re&Uy a very short ansAver may suf-
fice for such criticism. Certain pecu-
liarities of orthography are pointed
out as having exerted a permanent
influence on our language; the re-
viewer calls them " acknowledged
blunders." Now the orthography
adopted at a particular period, or in
a particular district, may be opeu to
objection— our modern orthography by
many is considered most barbarous —
but surely it is a very ditfercnt thing
from the blundering of the copyist.
By calling these peculiarities blunders,
the reviewer assumes the very thing
he has to prove; if they be blunders,
our dispute is at an end. I have
stated and believe them to be /lecu-
liariiiea of orthotjrnphy.

The reviewei asserts that the reso-
lution of the genitive, which is met
with in such phrases as t'/iri»l hiitnkv,
fitc. originated among the cunlempo-
raries of Ben Junson. lie is ntost
certainly mistaken. It may be found
at least as early as the fourteenth cen-
tUTv, and may be traced, in n series
of MSS., from thence to the six-
teenth— the ending (J being gradually
replaced by Mm. The se^>aration of
the prefix ^which is also denounced as
a btundrr) is found in a MS. which
may perhaps be quoted with advan-
tage, inasmuch as it hat boon most
carefully edited. The MS. of Wd-
Uam and the Werwolf furniches us
with numerous examples ; a trake^ a

house. I IV this chapter was given
list of our Anglo-Saxon poets, with
some account of their lives and works.
It was the ^r^^ attempt of the kind,
and, I need hardly say, was attended
with no ordinary difficulties. Some
names were introduced doubtingly ;
and, in other casts, the reader was
left to draw his own conclusion, whe-
ther the individual mentioned were
author of the poem, or merely trans-
criber of the MS. These doubtful
cases are selected by the reviewer;
and it is atnuiing to see how his con-
lidence rises, in proportion to the dif-
fidence with which some opinion is
ailvanced. " Heorren seems to us to
be a mere shadow," says he ; 1 wonid
refer the reader to Vol. ii, p. 3'28.
n. I ; " 13eor himself may be hut a
ftratige bec>tt .'" vol. ii. p. 405 j "and
Wullwin CJada, as we conceive, no-
thing but a transcriber," vol. ii. p.
WG. In vol. ii. p. 1/3, i ventured
<contrBry to the opinions of Tyrwiiitt
and^of Scott) to refuse Krccldoii ■
place among our Fnglish poets ; the
reviewer waxes bold, and (ironounces
him to be an " imaginary being,"
One Leofric is known to hnve written
a poetical account of Hercward's tx-
ploits ; and 1 vcntoicd to rcmaik that
*' the songH, relating to llercward,
which (as u tontcm|iornry liistnriau
informs u») were sung in the streets,
and at the alcstakc, were, in ntt prO'
Imbiltiv, the production of this poet-
ical chnplftin." Tlii<> conclukiun is
"very inconsequent; waa there nohodx

4

• The reader muol not Infur tlu«t f Unrr luid rinim to «ii» •• ^ysttrm of pinhilogy ;*•
the reTifwer Iib« Ipv. Mtun

him unawjirc^, li ■ ii«,

iiufrsrt of talkinj; ul .v. .^„, , ,,,>i,,„ ),, , ,.. j.i,, i.t,iibrr

0 decent ^iccidnct ot tht luagwgK. 1 caa aaittr* lh«m Ihe-y much want »w

The Anglo'Sasoa Controvemt/.

in England but poor Letjifric who could
write « song?" Sec. All this ia very
i!«ff. fery (>iMy. nnd vrry trfocliant
Hilly much more
. iiuiJy than by

crit.

I lifttora rjf the Bit»le,

fiAiiirii liiOvM-n. ascribed "' tfap Tiir-
awnent of Tottenham" to a Gilbert
Pilkington, vrhosc name he found sub-
scribed to another song in the MS.
and wlio had beon, "as surnt- have
thought." rector of Toitcohacu. This
seemed to nc reasonable enough ; but
the reviewer, " with all due respect
to Mr. Gue6t, conceives that it has
been looj; ago shown (namely by Mr.
W. himself, in one of our Magnzinee)
wc have the identical MS. which
Iwell used, and that MS. shows
pif 'v that the whole of Bed-

«• ("M wa.s a simple dream of

hti I, 'AH, ^■c. I fear Mr. VV.'s me-
mory is full a5 treacherous as hia
judgment, for an examination of the
MS. bus convinced mr, not only that
~lr. W. has altogether mistaken its
, but also that there arc tio cii -
■stances connected with it, which
warrant this infeieuce — no circum-
stances which contradict, or throw
even the shade nf a suspicion upon
fiedwell's statement.

A song was found in one of the
Harleiao MSS. introduced by a stanza,
which may be thus modernised.

He that will of wisilom hear,
ftvm wise lleHdimj inajr he learn

I. That was Marcolfs son)

Good princi)>lcs and fiur mnnniTs —

Tliem to teach to many a tilirewnrd,

For such was ever hig wont ;

I, on the strength of this, I vcu-
turcd to rank U»uiin<j as an Knglish
po«t. Now there is, 1 am given to
aodcrstand, a collection uf Anglo-
Saxon proverbs, in which the name
of Marrolf occurs ; and I am told
that Mr. Kemble has (with a view to
P'l" ■ traced these proverbs in

tl. and Gorman^ Whether

Man I'll invn be "the dcvil that Hylcd
with King Solomon," as the reviewer
aiaerta, nr merely an old author,
whose name has gathered fable and
mjtVtrl around it, may be beat set-

tled when the labours of Mr. Kemble
are laid before the public. I would,
however, observe, that Ksop and Ho-
mer, who weic spiritualisc<l away some
few years back, arc now fast recover-
ing their humanity; an»l I suspect the
" imaginary beings " which haunt the
reviewer will prove after all to be
mere tlcsh and blood. If Marcolf hf
a non-enlity, the phrase " Mnrcolf's
son" will of Course mean only, that
Hending succeeded to his reputation.
The phrase vUain, which is substi-
tuted for Ihnding in the French ver-
sion (the reviewer styles it the ori-
ginal !) shows us the rank he tilled in
society.

The reader nay now see how ge.
nuinc was the reviewer'^ astonish-
ment, that " any one, who had dipped
into middle-age literature, should have
been ignorant of a legend, whith was
popniar in all shapes and in almost
every language in Europe." Who
would suppose that the writer of this
sentence gleaned all his knowledge of
Marcolf and his sayings from a friend,
whose researches un ibis obscure sub-
jcct arc still in manuscript • What
will be said, if he never saw or heard
of Heitdiiif/'t name till he opened the
work, which he thus ventures to cri-
ticise ?

Had I a better opinion of the re-
viewer's scholarship, I might feel some
little pride when I view the result
of his criticism. Hut I must not
measure my success by hit failure. I
cannot disguise from myself, that in
a work, which ranges over thirteen
centuries, and embraces subject* so
varied and novel and ditlicult, there
imut be numerous errors uf dctaiP, and
in all probability «o»(e errors of prin-
ciple. I can only ho|>e that the scho-
larship, which is necessary to detect,
may be accompanied with a candour
not unwilling to excuse them.

If this iliscussiuQ be continued, I
would recommend it to the controver-
sialist, both as a more satisfactory and
a more manly part, to subscribe his
initials. The number of those who
arc interested in these inquiries is so
limited, that all hope of remaining
anonymous must be vain.

Yours, &c. K. G.

i

150

The Success of Sir Humphri/ Davj/.

[Aug.

I
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Mn. Ukdam, April 17>

SIR Frauds Palgravc, in his " Mcr-
cbant and Friar," speaking of the
physical inventions whicli cooatitutc
sras in the history of civilisation, and
questioning whether they have been
produced by llic strict analogical in-
ductions of rcoiioning, or rather,
whether in almost every ca^e all great
inventions do not seem in their first
impression to liavc been independent
cither of volition or of intellectual
eicellence, goes on to say, —

" And why will intellect refuse to learn
hnmility from her own aunnlg? 'ITie
ehemitt promises with exulting confidence
to apply hi* kmiwledj^e for the benefit of
the nAvi^ator, mid to give hiiii m new
oceaa-triamph. The vessel, covered with
the oombiaations of xinc and ei>p|>er,
whose golvxaic uetion is to defeat the
corroiiive jiropertics by which the hletul
is consumed, Kuils gaily from the port,
and rehirns hrsvy as o drifting log; the
keel a mass of zoophyte*, sciircely able
to drHg through the wavei). Planned ac-
cording to the strictegt deductions of
science, the *nffty lamp is held n\t a« the
proud trophy of philosophy rendere<l Bub-
servient to practical utility. It ronsti-
slateit the theme of the esmy aud the
subject nf the speech, and is dung aside
by the workman, who fiuda he dares not
trui«t ilii uncertain aid. Such are the
resultii of the reasoning powers as ap-
plied for the purpose of discovery by hioi,
who was among the most gifted of our
generation, and trhn finally earned ho
othrr meed ./V*&»« Ifie trortd't /riendifiip,
except Ihf eald ni/mpafAy of fttnrreal
praite, when, a ditappoiuled tiile , ht WMt-
ed into the tomb,"

What authority 1$ there in the his-
tory of Sir Humphry Davy's Life for
the assertion Umt closes the quota-
tion? NVith regard to the experi-
ments of applying zinc to the bottom
of ships to prevent the corrosion of
the copper, though highly ingenious,
it mu6t be allowed to have failed ;
but the disuse of tJic ii(\ffty lamp, I
have always understood to have arisen
ratlier from the cartUanni-as and indif-
ference of the workmen ili.iti from
any distrutt of its a/Toi ity.

But how can it be sa: i II.

Davy " earned do tueed oi the
world'* frieud»ltip, fscept lit* cold
sympathy of funcieni praise ;" when
bis life wa« oue coutiuucd career of

good fortune and proapcritv and bo>
nour ; when he rose from the obscu-
rity of a little remote village of Corn-
wall tu be the leading man of bcience
in the country ; when he was the
friend equally of the illustrious by
birth and fortune as by talents; when
he received from his own sove-
reign the honour of a baronetcy, and
from another, the privilege (on ac-
count of his high station in the
walks of science) of seeing the Conti-
nent of Europe o|>en to him aione.
when all his countrymen were for-
bidden to set a foot beyond their owD
shores; when he was elected Presi-
dent of the Itoyal Society at home,
and received witli open arms, and
grateful and friendly attentions by the
members of the Foreign Institutes?
Surely these arc " marks of tlie world'a
friendship " of the roost honourabic
and gratifying kind, and in compa-
rison of which all gifts of fortune
must he considered as of no account.
With regard to the c(jncluding words
— " when, a disappointed exile, he
wasted into the tomb," tliey appear
to me as little correct as the former.
... A man who takes a summer
tour for the sake of fishing in the
Lakes of Styria, and examining its
natural history, cannot well be called
an exile; and Sir Humphry Davy
was never absent from home for »
longer period than a few months, ex-
cept in his Italian tour with Lady
Davy. So far from being a "<fL>n/>-
poiutfd cvile," he speaks with dehght
of the band of friends whom he al-
ways found ready to welcome him on
his return to London; and with re-
gard to "wasting into the tomb."
his biographers have shown that the
proximate cause of his death was ob-
scure ; but that his health was in-
jured by the effects of tlie laboratory
and his chemical researches and ei-
perinjcnls. Certainly there are no
marks in his biography of any sorrows
or di - ■ - • ■ ' ' •• the

opiiM ,jf

hislii,. 'ii<i|

he had made ug

their riw.iiil. 1, as

lUK .W

cvcti '_ iiud

fortunf, as be cotii' : to all

hia UcaLTus; &iid be . is in the

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The old Royal Gardens at Kensington,

131

best and foremost cluses of society.
On the whole, hia life appears to me
to have been one of unusual pros-
perity ; and 1 do not find Sir Francis
Palgrnvc's surmises at all supported
by ihf autliority of the biographers of
this illustrious person.

Yours, &c, M,

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Mr. Urban, ChfUaa, April 5.
HE ornamental Garden at Ken-
ogton mentioned by your corre-
pendent J. M. usee Gent. Mag. June,
p. 3J6.) wa» situate on the north-west
of the great Green-house, an<i imme-
diately next to the Palace on the north ;
ita »itc is now occupied by the large
and beautiful promenade called ' Veu--
tr*e it'alk.' and in some older plans,
tirastm/ttce Walk. The plot anil ar-
rsngemcnt of XVi^ part of the garden
i» bhown in the accompanying wood-
cut, extracted frorn John Kocque's
" Plan of the Royal I'nlace and Gar-
dens of Kihsin^lon," engraved in
1736. in which by a figure of reference
it is de8igi\atc<l as the " Old Graril
Pit." la a drawn plan of Kensing-
ton Garden*, in the royal collection
in the Uritish Museum, about the
die of the lost century, this gar-
i* cleared awav, but it is still re-
pt^oented as " The I'itt."

The whole extent of the Gardens of
Kensington when fiist inclosed and
planted by King William, was about
lwen»y-six acrea ; they were laid out
in the prevalent formal style. In
Kip's Views of the Seats of the Nobi-
lity and Gentry, arc many representa-
tions of the tiresome uniformity of the
gardens nt that period, long and straight
gravel walks, with rli|)ped hedges rx-
trailed throughout, only varied by
giADU. animaU, and monsters in yew
or holly. The hollow bason and
mount, and plantations which excited
the admiration of Addison, were all
Blled up and levelled by Queen Cn-
rolin«i who altered this and many
other parts of the gardens to the state
in whirh we now see them. The
great open ma»»e« of trees on the
east of the palace are said to have
heen originally planted by command

,.f «.•.,...-„.-. ,\... <.., I tf, ,'.-.nr.-i,-nt an

„ =um-

A' the

rays of the setting sua, they present to
the admirers of forest scenery, by their
lively and countless tints, a most ma-
jestic and beautiful appearance, not to
be equalled in the vicinity of the Me-
tropolis. Many particulars of the
gradual extension and inipruvcment of
these gardens will bv found recorded
in my History of Kensington.

Youra, Ace. Thomas KauLKncn.

On the Prayer nnd Homily Society, and
the ModtTii Greeks.

THE critical accuracy of the modern
Greeks may be judged of by the fol-
lowing circumstance :

"The Prayer and Homily Society sent
nie 80me polyglot Liturgies of the Church
of England to present coiries to thv dig-
nitaries of the {jreek Church. My object
was to give them some ideas of the prny-
crs and doctrines of our Church, with
which lliey were entirely unattjuainted ;
and so better dispose them to form troiis-
Utions of the Scriptures, to which some
O])poaition had been shown. I cnlted,
among others, on Cbryjianto, Uishop of
Seres, who was afterwards elected Pa-
triarch, nnd presented him with one in
Ancient Grct-k. His critical eye at once
detected iruiny errors. The firist was in
the Rubrii: of the genernl confes.tioo.
• HiTc'said he,'nr<- two faults: the lirst i<»
/In I'Aov rov f>)i.iknv, it should be oXuv tdv
\anv.' I recollected that this was a literal
traiialntiori of our Rubric — 'the whole con-
gregation,' and told him so. 'Then,' said
he, ' (iXrii/ IK snperfluouH, for it is contained
in ifiiKov, ' Agnin,' said he, ' fiira^v
TiS(VTU)V is not Greek.' I said firra^v go-
verned a genitive case. ' Yes, 'said he,' but
Tidtiniiiv is the genitive absolute, nnd has
the form of fitffu^v.' I now happened to
0|>en at the I'rnyer of St. Chrysostom,
which he rati his eye over, and said —
' Here is another error, ;|(a^i(ro/if»>or
should be j(npifo/Mv<<r, not the future,
but the present tense.' 1 said, I believed
the first was the word of .St. Cbrysostora
himself.

' ' The bishop took up his own Li.
turgy, and referred to the prayer j it was
vapt^OfitvQS. It should thus apjicar that
tlie modern Greeks ntudy their ancient
Ungnai!^ with the same care and still re-
tain some of the criticnl niminen fur
which their nucestor* were distinguished."
Walth't Conatantmople, ii. JOI.

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152

INFANS ANGELUS LOQUITUR.

In lies Henens Ucitig stille RaOine

Mu8!i da flifhcn auit dM Lebeu's drang

Freiheit Iclit nur in deni rt- icli dt- r Triluuie

Und das Srhdne blalit niirimgesang. — ScHlLLEK.

Oh ! let me go 1 — I cannot bear
To dwell amid this cruel scene,

Where Sin and Misery and Despair,
The enemies of God, have been.

Oh! let me go! — Earth's phftntoma
here [wild ;

They wear an aspect strange and
I know not — but all fills with Tear

The bosom of a little child.

Where are they whom in heaven I knew r
Alas ! the angels dwell not here !

But ghastly fiends of mortal hue
Kule o'er the earth — Hate, Shame,
and Fear.

From scenes like these of pain and woe.
Oh 1 let me. Father, pass away ;

I cannot, must uot dwell below.
Araid these children of the clay. —

What means this sky so stern and cold.
These restless winds that ever blow;

Trees that no glittering foliage hold.
And earth beneath her pall of snow ?

Does Nature for her children grieve.

And mourn the eternal death within;
Or is she too without reprieve.

Closed in the fatal curse of sin ?

Each form the spectre Misery wears.
Of crime and folly, guilt and care ;

And each the varying vulture tears.
Disease in some — in some despair.

And woes there are that never speak,
Yet bear the silent spirit down.

Like hers, that flower so pale and meek.
Who fades beneath a tyrant's frown.

And who is he. whose care-worn brow
And cruel eye and visage cold,

Now in delight, in terror now,

Hangso'erhis heapsof hoarded gold ?

And one there lives, whose hand is red
With blood of Christian brethren
slain :

Whose throne ia built upon the dead : —
Oh ! take me hack to heaven again.

Why linger here ? p«rpeiual tears

Arc all this tuiuM earth can show,
D^luHire hupf9, und cruel fears.
And every varying siuipe of wue.

4

I hear no voice cherubic breathe
III whispers to my waking ear;

I see no hands angelic wreathe
Celestial roses round my hair.

I hear no hymns of glory rise.

No harps their voice sympbonioua j
join;
No duteous hearts, no grateful eyes ;

Ah ! this can be no world of mine.

Then let me go! — My heart would
break,

Iniprison'd in this dungeon-gloom;
M id these, the wretched ones who wake

To witness in their life, their doom.

Oh ! Father f let me leave this race
Of earthly hearts estranged from
thee ;

And let thy child again embrace
His little brethren pure and free. —

'Tis heard ! — Methinks I seem to bear

The rnstling of angelic wings ;

J catch from yonder sunlit sphere

'I'he echoes, as a semph smgs.

1 hear their voice — their forms I know,
The shining-ones in bright array j

They glide adown the emerald bow
To bear me in their arms away.

Children uf Beauty! from their birth
Each with his star of radiance
crown'd ;

T)»ey come — while o'er the enamour'ilj
earth
Celestial fragrance breathes arouiul.

And tens of thouF.ands spirits pure.
With roseate lipslhat breathe of lovr.

Will hail their lost one now secure
Araid the guardian thrones above.

And when of earth they hear — and all

Man's sufferings there for w«tlth

and fame ;

Tears from those cheruh eyes will faU« 1
,\nd even- brow be red with slnime,}

And ever)' Utile hand be raised

In prayer fur tlieui the unforgivvn {]

Oh! LordofMcuy! U»ou art prBis«il|
By every sainted child of heavto i

-((, Afay 1838.

J.M.

153

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

I Thf-oluyy. tcWM tiy
inih u Life vf Ihe

IF there is a disadvantage attead-
lag abridgments, and other locaos oF
teeilitmting a ceitaia knowledge of
•abjects which, in their full extent, re-
quire learning and patient application,
by affording only a partial and imper-
feet view, as well as by encouraging
too discursive methods of reading; —
by flnUering a vague curiosity and in-
<], ■ ' .;t iodotence which is sure to

I. Iicn we relax aught of the se-

ven. HDii puioful study which can alone
enable us to acquire the knowledge be-
neficial to ourselves and others ; yet,
on the other hand, it may be Bald, that
they serve as it were to open the gates
of knowledge, leaving us to our own
option to extend our progress, — that
they stimulate us by provoking curi-
osity to the iovcetigation of what we
otherwise should have relinquished in
igooraoce of its value, or in despair
of our powers of mastering it, — that,
well used, they may serve .as grammars
and introductions of elemental know-
ledge,— and lastly, that because it is
i!!! . lisible for the mind to acquire a
■ ry over every science and every
urAuch of knowledge, it does not
/oilow that it ought to remain content
ia its entire darkness ; that what \s
not Bofficient to enable us to teach,
l^y yet be beneficial to learn, — that
ivanety uf attaiument will give rich-
ess of illustration and variety of al-
[ji lat it will feed the fancy

[v ified images, and supply the

_ jioft with new analogies : so that
irhrn we have once selected that branch
[t>' "ost congenial to our facul-

[li latcd iuto its recesses, and

UUitticil Its principles, wc may safely
ad proGtably indulge ourselves in ex-
'he frontier of our know-
[h I follow the bent of our

■ iiu- vs 11 iiuut danger, and. as cuiiosity
•ajr prompt, into inquiries perhaps
,m nr:r tiwn. Now, for such
I all frel the benefit of

.1 act like pioneers in
±iag the \ny before u$, wfao
F. IfAa. Vol. X.

will give ua views and vistas of th*!
extensive landscape which we cannoM
hope to travel, and select for ua oulf
of a large repository of intellectual J
wealth, what is most striking for ita
beauty, most estimable for its value,
or most convenient for its use. Somei
of these observations will apply to thsj
work before us, of which, for the'
reasons we have given, we entertain
a favourable opinion. And we think a
two-fold advantage may be derived^
from Mr. Dunn's volume; it maj
either lead those to the study of Cal-^
vin's works, who but for it would'I
never have had courage or curiosityj
to open their pages, or it may tQ
others present a certain knowledge of]
the opinions of that very learned and.j
acute man on the great cardinal poinUi^
of disputed theology. In both case
an useful purpose will be answered.^
Dead to all curiosity must be be, whc
is content to have heard the name
Calvin without any wish to knowT'^
upon what foundation of piety and']
learning his universal fame is built ;T
nor can he show any laudable anxietyj
to coinprebcnd the great fundamen-
tals of his religious faith, who w^oul^
remain ignorant of the sentiments
one who brought to tlie study of]
them at ooce as acute and subtle as
intellect, as wide and as profound anj
erudition, as tirm and deep-seated a1
faith, and as laborious and patieat'l
an application as ever conjointly |
threw their light on the most imporJ'
tant of all subjects. And yet, wherel
are the students of modern days what]
would not shrink from the toil of in-
vestigating tiuth through fourtee4l
volumes, folio, of Latin theology Fl
Surely, therefore, one ought to b«|
grateful to Mr. Dunu for prcscntinl
us with a few shining apples from thv
spacious orchard, and giving us
opinions of this wise and good tas
upon feulijtcts where an tipinioo
some kind or another must be forme
by us. To thin he has prefixed a ver
judicious and well written Life of CaU
vin, and a chronological list of hi"
works. Wc o\)aer\e, vuvitt \Vt Vft
of HumiWty, \», 1K^, «^ cwc\ow ^vaiwff

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relating to Sir Thomas More. Cnl-
via is speaking of worldly pride and
presumption, and the judgments that
jllow them.

" Nay, it gometimca falls out that the
Lord suffer! thetn not to be buried in
their tomhs, but sends them to the ffai-
)«( and the ravens, of which we have
lany examples in the hi&tories ; neither
int we some gpertacles hereof even in
own times. But as often as I bad
bis plan, a like example unto this cotncs
ito my mind, and is the nearest in af-
lity to it of all other* — of one, Thomas
loore fVIore), who had such an office as
this Shebna had ; for as it is well known,
[be was chancellor to the king of England ;
: was a sworn enemy to the gospel, and
ersccuted the faithful with fire and fag-
st. This man also meant to get himself
[-name, and to set up a monument of his
elty and impiety. To which end he
lused the praises of bis virtues to be
Agraven in a fair sepulchre, which was
built in a most stately mnnner.* Then
be sent his epitaph, which himself had
made, to Erasmus to Basle, to got it
printed ; and withal sent him a palfrey

I for a present. So covetous was he of
glory, that he meant to taste the renown
and the praises in his life-time, which he
thought should have lasted when he was
dead. Among other praises, this was the
chiefest, — that he had been a great per-
secutor of the Lutherans, that is to say,
of God's children. But what became of
him ? He is first of all accused of trea-
son, then condemned, and lastly beheaded;
and thus, instead of a tomb, he had a
^^ Bcaffold. Would we desire a more mani-
^ft fest judgment of God thau this, by which
^V be punishes the pride of the wicked,
^^ their insatiable desire of vain glory, their
brags that are so full of blasphemies r"

Of Calvin's person and character
the following samroary is given.

" Beta, who for sixteen years was inti-
mately acquainted with him, infornis us
that his stature was of a middle size, his
complexion dark and pallid, his eyes
brilliant even till death. His dress was
plain and neat, while in food his modera-
. tion was known unto all. The portrait
^B of biin is expressive of gravity, ttcutf ois>,
^H and decision ; but his intellectual and
^H moral endowments were not exhibited to
^^1 adrantage by his external a)ipcariince.
^V To have a correct view uf these, wc must
' look at bis writing<i. Ifi* niiml wat nttt

prrhapn of the terij firtt nrr^rr, lie bad

• ' L'hurth. 'ly

of ti Kfit and itt t M in

tAe O'caticiimu 's Magazine fur Vw, li-i-i.

not much genius, attd his imagination wat^
neither powerful, sublime, nor beautiful.
His element was not the lofty nor the
vast, his conceptions never rose into sub-
limity, nor expanded into grandeur. But
if, in originality, elegance, loftincsa, and
comprehensiveness of mind and in splen*
donrof imagination he was inferior to sot
of his contemporaries, and to many of li
miphty men of the following age, — i
perspicuity of understanding, solidity c
judgment, acuteness in reasoning, he hi ^
been surpassed but by few. The ten-^
dency of bis mind was to the abstract,
and subtle in the deportment of rea-
son, which enabled him to unravel with
fncility the tangled web of sophistry,
and to construct from the con fused ma-
terials a system of his own. The freedom
of his writings from the various errors of
Popery, in which he was educated, is truly
astonishing. If asked, therefore, wlmt
we consider the peculiar individuality by
which he was marked, wc should unhesi-
tatingly answer, a sound and dinerimina/-
intf judgment. In confirmation of this,
we may observe, that in the numerous
volumes which he sent into the world, he
seldom or never contradicts in one part
what he has asserted in another ; and if
we except what he said ou the doctrine of
unc'jnditional predestination, there is a
remarkable exception in his writings from
bold and nuhallowed speculation. Tlie
times in which he lived, and the scenes
in which he moved, must also ho taken
into the account. Theology was by no
means of such easy acquirement then as it
might be at present. He and the other
refonners had to grope their way ; their
lights were few and obscure ; the intcl-
Icctuul eye had long been shut ; divine
truth was laid under a load of lereraoniea
and imposture, and the doctrines which
were clearly revealed in the Holy Scrip-
tures were, in those days, almost unknown
throughout Christendom. The learned
Joseph Scaligcr mentioned among other
things, as a proof of Calvin's good aense,
his not having ventured to write a com-
mentary on the Revelations, His me-
mory was quick and tenacious. It is said
that he easily rcii ht- had

seen but ouce r: that,

when he wa> di. :,..,.., •..., ...iiLir, and
happened to be tntcrruptcillor some hours,
he renewed the thread of the discourse
without having to he reminded where he
had icfl. off; and, indwd, Unit he svldom
forgot anytliing that was entrusted to hfci
memory.

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h«nil &nd a conunuidiDg power, together
with a finnaeM and inflesibilitr of |itir>
pcte«, which bound hiru to the cause be
h*(i ««poas«d with & devotcdncss which
no opposition could oTercome, and which
ao Wcissitade could thake. It has b««n
jtuUj obfer\cd, that hia faults primarily
roMilted from tJiose rery energies wliich
^v' '■"■' V- I'lnincnce. Indomitable
t: a certain sternness to

Uj _ .!id not unfrequently de-

geuerates iutu a spirit of persecution.
Bayle »aj« that, ' onr Reformer was
frightened at nothing.' He was naturally
of an irritable temper ; and this wns no
doubt increased by hiji sedentary habits
and his numerous bodily ailmentii. His
Ungual^ is occasionally bitter, and he
employs epithets, when speaking of his
opponents, as knave, dog, liar, «atan,
impostor, serpent, plogue^ hangman, buf-
foon, &c. — expressions which, though too
common at that period, would not be
tolerated in the present day."

Mr. Scott, when speaking of the
temper of Calvin, say?, —

" He is not like Melancthoo, one of
those characters whose exquisite loveli-
ness continually holds out a bribe to our
belter jude:inent in deciding u]ion their
tenets niid their conduct. The sentiment
he excites is rather that of veneration
for a «upcrior intelUgeacc, than of affec-
tion for a captivating fellow mortal."

We cannot close our narrative with-
out giving an Lnatance of the disinte-
restedness of this great and primitive
character, with a wish that one or two
such characters had found their way
iMfu the late Church Commission.*

" Eckius, the Pope's legate, one day
knocked at Calvin'^ door, which was
opened by Calvin himself. Eckiusiuquir-
ing for Monsieur Cnlrin, whs told lie was
the|»erson. They soon entered into cou-
verialiun on the subject of religion, when
Kirkius inquired of him why he left the
Rxim'«Ti rhnrch, and ofTercd some argii-
lucehtuito return; but they
' nee on the mind of Calvin.
'.^' ' 'i him that he would put

\i id ; and then aniJ, that

lit ' . liie Pope's IcjjBte. At

this l^'aiTia was not a little surprised, and
btggcd pardon that he had not treated
him with the respect due to hi* qiinlity.
Eckius returned the compliment, and told
kltu that if he would come back to tha

• Wc have Hern n letter from a Bi:<h«p
In tltu odious Commission, boostinu of

ll'-''"''- '"«! he liail <;iven up, nitbout

K ivord o/' nliiit to a mucU

// ut be ha4 nxvirvd,

Roman Church, he would certainly pr
cure for him a cardinal's cap. But CaJv
was still immoveable. Eckius then aski
him what revenue he bad. He told tt
cardinal that he had that house and garde
and hi} livrcs per annum, beside on annc
present of some wine and corn. Eckis
promised him a better stipend if he won
come over to them. But Calvin assure
him he was quite contented with what
had- After dinner Eckius wished to i
the church ; and coming out of Calvin'l
house, he drew out a purse with about I(
pistoles and presented it to Calvin ; b«i
Calvin desired to be excused. Eckiu
tuld him he gnve it to buy books as we
as to express his respect for him.
they were quitting the church, Calv
took out the purse of gold, and said
the syuodics and officers who were pr
sent, that be had received it from thi
worthy stranger, and that now he gave ilj
to the poor, and he put it all into the poor-
bo.x that was kept there. The synodicfti
thanked the stranger, and Eckius admired]
the charity and modesty of Calvin. Oi
reformer then walked a mile with him ou
of the territories of Geneva, where in
most friendly manner they took leave ofJ
each other."

D'AIcrabcrt said of Calvin, " Calvin
justly enjoyed a distinguished reputa-
tion, and was a scholar of the first
order. He wrote with as much ele-
gance in I-atin, as a dead language
admits ; and the extraordinary purity
of his French style is now adroited by
our skilful critics, and gives his writ-
ings a decided superiority over the
greatest part of his contemporaries."

TTke Ninth Bridgwater D-eatise (b frag'
mnit). By Charles Babbage.

THE author of this ingenious and
scientific work makes, in his Preface,
some rciiections on a position which
Mr. Whewell had advanced, and
which indeed has often been made
before, that habits of deductive reason-
ing disqualify the mind from duly ap-
preciating ll'ie force of that kind of
evidence which alone can be adduced
in favour of Natural Theology. Mr.
Whewcl! says, —

'• Wc may thus, with the greatest pro*
priety, deny tu the mechitnical philoso-
phers and mitlhcmnticians of recent time*
any authority with rcgurd to their view*
of the administration of the universe. Wc
have no reason to ex|>ect any help from
their s^icculatiotis, viWu «c i\*citvv»\ \.« ^^
fiibt cftuse aTi«\ suyitmt xvjNtt o\\X\txw
Tcric. Uul wc Ui'igVit, t^xW^*, ^q \ms'"

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lld(u«sci't that they arc in some respects
t8 likely than men employed in other
raiut» to make any clear mlvsncctowords
Meh a subject of specoLslion." (p. 331.)

Mr. Babbage says hp should be rc-
Bctant to endeavour to invalidate the
iflueace of their coticlusioDs by any
Iquiry into Uieir moral and intellec*
lai character. Reasoning is to be
3nibatcd by reasoning alone. Dut it
ippcars to us that Mr. Whewell simply
"snies the pfobabilily of such persons
easoniog accurately on a subject
rhich requires argument of another
bind than that which is employed on
le subject of this one peculiar study :
IAs he might have said, that a mathema-
lician will not reason correctly on the
ISnerits and constituents of fine |)oetry.
[orofits sister arts. Mr. Babbage asks,
"'Who that has studied their works ever
[Reamed of an inquiry into the moral
\9T intellectual character of Euclid or
Archimedes? " Certainly no one, for
jtio reason exists why he should : but
(■when a mathematiciau enters on a sub-
set not mnthematicnl, and discusses
[the force of religious proofs drawn
\irom nature, we arc surely at liberty
[to inquire, not whether he has rca-
: aoned correctly, but whether he is
likely to reason correctly, knowing
I tlie line of reasoning he has been used
[to, and the proofs he has required to
I Ibnn his unvarying conclusions in his
own abstract science. Mr. Whewell
in his letter to Mr. Babbage, says, —

" I have BttemptPil to arronot for rases

in which views of an irreli^iotis mind have

been entertained by |iprsuDs eminently well

; Instruc[e<i in all the discoveries of modern

'times, no less than by the superficial and

the ignorant ; ' nnd this I have etxlca'.

^Toured to explain, bj pointing out that

i«tt habits of mind mat/ lead men to

itute f\>r the Dei/y certain ajiomi

I £r»l principle* as the caiue t(fall. . . .

thrust gome mechanic cause into the

jluce of God, instead of raiaiog their

iiews, as great scientific discoverers have

done, to some higher canse, some «ource

of all fofi'fs, laws, and )m ' '

eannot think that a doctrin

^Vbether my nDalvsis of th-

[be right or wroni?, i- I.;.

in the longunge v\' !r

If the man of sciftn
•nitlil, hit Uait a pn

the mathematician set ont on religioas
rcasixringK, tbiaVing that his mathe-
matical knowledge alone must bring him
into a nearer proximity to hit Maker and
Master, be will, I fear, find that the road
is Lnternipted by a wide chttam, and he
may perhaps turn back frustrated and
hopeless. It is only by rising above his
mathematics and physics — by recognising
the utter di-Mimilaritif of mural and re-
lifiaun groutuU of MieJ", from wfl/A*»
matical and phytical reattminp* tipoa
established laws of nature, that he eaa
make his way to theconv- ■■■ - ■ ' n moral
constitution and provid' iDicnt

of the world; and if tl)' 'u'«4 or

physical philosopher to habituate his
mind, that it is difficult for him thus to
elevate himself into a higher region than
that of mathematical proof and phyiical
couscqueDce, I cannot bat think he does
damage to his power of judgring on thoM
subjects."

We roust add another paragraph
from Mr. WhewcH's letter :

" The strongest 8rgum<'n(s borrowed
from the sciences in support of religion
appear to ine to be, not those borrowt^d
from any specific analogies of numerical
or other mathematical laws, but those
founded on considering how various are
the kind* of law, and yet how connrct«d
all these kindit are — how phydical con-
nexions graduate into pliysiii'' ' -r-nl

these into moral relations;
existence of a purpose in n id
faculties is as certain as in hi» Ijodiiy or-
gans, and final causes part of the same
scheme as phvKical rauites. You h*Ti!
spoken of the impropriety of my endea-
vour to invalidate the infln- •' ■\\e

couchisioiiti of any men bj ry

into their intellectual or U101: lt.

Ki 1 believe that reUgioas cunvirtiouHt
founded on scientific views, rei|utrci in
order to be settled and Ijenrfirial, a dis-
cijdine of the mind, and as the incul-
cation of this Imtb ap[>eared to iitc an
iniportjiint point in my task. 1 did not
conceive that I could avoid on endcMVour
to dlustrate it ; and still I do uoi |M'r-
ceive how I could have cxrlnintr! the
effect of such a discipline (ih '>,-

bituitl occupations and r«»i : • r

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Uoi«*ri* work* Hirough " th* abT«s of

vents perhnps thou-

rv they wid occur,

i; as single events

r side by a count-

jihera bearing no re-

itm--

saD
anil
«ur

l^aa in LI II ii.ui]i_- ij

laUon to them.

h

'■ ' ■ liar events

we < as much

in ' ire a* it*

nril (we will

wy I uiiHioD«

«t)Ota tlcatii xhould c-oasii^D for ever to
ihc InmH, it WB« a purt of the original
plan ><>r, tliat a secnmi life should

o^v ii ; in the same way as in

tbt ~ hiiie, when the wheel

is' ' ii:i(iiral niiiiibcrs will

tori: , I ji In a fitindrei} mil-

Hon, tn an anbroken ohain. Pew per-
tuns thrrvforv' would donlit but that it
wottld proceed in as rci;ulnr succei-^ion na
it betsan i and k> tliciie:it tiicrccdinir tuni
wUl be fl hmiif -' ' but

tb«n the conii' , mil

the next, I oatL'u i : .. .. . ■ mil-

lion and two, id a hundred inilliun ten
f*o«#ffftrf nnii two. The law which Htemed
at !'• rn tbia icience, foils nt the

bur II and second tarn,*' Stc.

No one will deny the ingenuity of
thiaappiication, bat many probably will
deCQur aa to its correctness ; for it id
founded oo that which cannot be grant-
ed, because unknown to us, vi^. that
the Creator ha* pre-arranged from the
beg' ' the future order and suc-

ce- ' :iLs, and that they arc not

hui icgulated and constantly

mi' immediate and pruacut

WK.. .. .... legard to the notiona we

have of the po'.ver of the Creator, we
Ihiok that they are not altered by tlie
diffiereiit form in 'which that power
is here displayed.

Chapter the fourth relates to the
account of the creation in the first
chapter of Genesis, compared with the
geological opinions on the ages of the
M.rth. On this subject the author
iD4k«9 some sound and interesting ob-
servation* ■, but when be asks " what
means do wc possess of translating
book of Genesis.'" wc answer,
the Hebrew language is so sim-

iiad'^' - •: 1 i|] its phrascolopy,
I 'ibscrvcd, alino-^t all

!lW)f- ''•'' ^' '" tie found

in the I I if Gene-

•I*. It'- - - :, , id the vo-

cabolary ui (Jtvueaa, it la cicAi XiuA Uie

Bible itself is written in characters dim
and anknown to us. We Ibink, how-
ever, on this subject, that the fear
which existed in the minds of some
pious and conscientious persons, lest
the discoveries of geology should af-
fect the testimony of the Mosaic ac-
count, is passing away ; and that the
disinclination tn admit the conclusiona
of the geologists which still exists,
arises rather from a doubt of the sound-
ness on which their principles are laid ;
some being at variance with others,
and ^o^]e recalling and modifying their
former sentiments on many of the
most essential parts of the argoment.
This is the ground which the Dean of
York has taken in his late pamphlet;
but at the same time wc must say, con-
sidering how lately the study of geo-
logy has risen into a science, now
difficult of access are many of its phe-
jiomcna, and from how small a field
of actual observation the process of
instruction is to advance over time and
space of immeasurable extent ; we
think the theories advanced by its able
supporters to have been distinguished
equally by the cautious and logical
method in which they have been form-
ed, and by the obtiervation and experi-
ments on which they are built.

We are not ignorant that on such a
subject, notwithstanding the learning
brought to the interpretation of scrip-
ture, and the scientific zeal and know-
ledge which have explained the pheno-
mena of the earth, — we have not yet at-
tained to the disco very of any thing more
than a general supposition of the truth.
We have only opened a few of the
smaller chambers which contain the
treasures of geological knowledge ; but
when Mr. Lyall says " If the ex-
planation afforded by the professor of
Hebrew (see Dr. Buckiand's volume)
be admitted, those who adhere to it
must still have some misgivings aa to
the effect of new discoveries in na-
ture, causing continual occasion for
amended translations of various texts ;
whcreaj>, should the view which has
been advocated in this chapter be found
correct, instead of fvaring that the
future progress of science may raise
nddilional (li^ficaltipt in the uuiy uj' re-
rruM ri'liiiion, ter nrc at onro rflitn'tui
/mm all doiihl on Ihr subjrcl," But we
mu»t add, how ^Nv: wc x«;\vt\'iA,\. t.
by confossi&g \hft\. \s c Aq UQ\,>wwyfi Ww

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to translate the book of Genesis ; for
if Mr. Babbage's argument is true for
the first chapter, it holds good also for
the whole book. This way of getting
rid of difficulties is certainly complete ;
and resembles the Irishman freeing
himself from a bad guinea by placing
it between some halfpence which he
paid. \Vc have gained the geological
discoveries, but we have lost the in-
spired testimony of scripture. On the
subject of future punishments, Mr.
fiabbage says Id his r2th chapter,

" Wlielher we regard our future pros-
pects as connected with a for higher
acnteness of our present senses, or as
purified from our exalted feelings, or as
guided by intellectual power, surpassiug
uU wc contemplate on earth, we equtdly
arrive at the conclusion, that the mere
employment of such enlarged faculties, in
sun'eying our past existence, vill be an
ample puninhmenl qfallmr errurt. While
on the other band, if that Being who as-
signed to IIS thesu faculties, should turn
their application from the survey of the
past to the inquiry into the present, and
search into the future, the most enduring
happiness will arise from the most inex-
haustible source."

That our own improved reason, and
purified moral feeling and knowledge
of good and evil, will be tl;e cause of
deep remorse and anguish at the incon-
siderate folly and persevering guiltiness
of our lives, we believe ; and that the
convictions of an enlightened judgment
will ratify the sentence pronounced,
we know from the authority of scrip-
ture ; but Mr. Babbage's philosophical
view of the subject is not supported
by revelation. We cannot permit our
deep sinfulness in the eyes of God to
be called errors, nor speak of our im-
proved moral judgment revising our
past life, as an nmplopuuisliment. Cer-
tainly we know, not only that part of
the language of scripture on this nwful
subject is iigurativc and metaphorical
(as for instance the expression of tiic
day of judgment, and perliaps " where
the worm diclh not and the fire is not
quenched."} in the dcsciiption of the
condemned, as also the intrcduction'of
HtuMifal instruments among the joys of
the ble&sed ; but enough remains that
will cot permit ui- to receive Mr. Unli-
ba? ' ■-■inn J and we must

rri ho look on himself

thi J. -,.,,. w,. u.i uursinii, andiM^ererf

/MT a Man, aaffctcd ao% only io »gooy

of mind, but of body. At the real
picture of the Cross, all the philoso-
pher's vain and fantastic speculations
at once fade and disappear.

The Book (\f the Court ; exhibiling thr
origin, peculiar dutiee and privikges
of the several ranks of the Nobililg
and Gentry, more particularly of ilie
Great Officer* of State and A/ewAer*
of the Ruyal Uouaelwld; u:itA an
Introductory E.uay on Regal State,
and Ceremonial, and a fuU Aceottnt
qf the Coronation Ceremony, ifc. By
William J. Thorns, F.S.A. Lond.
8vo, 1838. pp. 487,

THE contents of this comprehensive
volume are accurately indicated by its
title page, which we have therefore
given at length. " It addresses itself,"
says its author, " to two great classes
of readers — the former comprising
those who do go to Court, the latter
those who do not. The former,'* he
continues, " will find in it, if not all
the necessary rules for their guidance,
at least many useful and available
pieces of information ; and the latter
that knowledge which, if it answer no
other end, will at all events, to a cer-
tain degree, contribute to their escape
from the * parlous state * in which
honest Touchstone demonstrated alJ
those to be who have never been at
Court." (Pref. p. vii.)

The work opens with an amusing
Essay on regal State and Ceremonial,
in which we have presented to us a
sketch of the progress of court cus-
toms from the time when it was for-
bidden " to give the Queen a blow,
or snatch any thing from her with vio-
lence," and the King was restrained
by law from parting with three things,
— " his treasure, his hawks, and —
horresco referaia — his breeches," down
to the present hour. Charles V. seems
to have been the great patron of courtly
ceremonial, and his influence and ex-
ample sulliced to spread it throughout
Europe. Our own Henry VIH. fol-
lowed in his Hicps con amorv, Eliza-
belli possessed not only her father's
love of splendour, but oJso a womati's
regard to the iicrsonal appearance of
her household. She would "admit
none about liri ' rivy

chambcrmen, ,»r-

vers, cup-bcai^,-, ..„.,.. ,,xv. Imt
pcreuM of «ta,tur(4 tUcogtb^ ftod binh»

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159

r«f\iMng to one her consent — because
the wanttd a tooth ;" and Bishop (Jood-
FTnan, (kscribing the splendour of her
[court, says, that in her time, " ut the
rKrast of St. George, when many of
[the lords were present, and every one
[liad a multitude of servants, and all
\a( tfacro in their chains of gold — I
^iSo believe that at some times 1 have
near tmthoutand! chains of
ing."» (p. 20.) Charles II.
I antruuuced into England the etiquette
< well u the moraU of France, and
Ihe House of Hanover imported some-
I thing ijf the Gerraan atateliness ; but
rur political inbtitutions and the home-
liness of Cleorge III. have gradually
modified these foreign fopperie?, anil
[have led the way to the present prac-
(tice of our court, in which but little
iinore of the ancient state! iness is prc-
serrcd than is necessary for the main*
[icoance of regularity and decorum.

.Spain, the country of Europe in
[which etiquette flourished in the
[^Inoet estaordinary manner, has fur-
Thorns with several amu-
lotes. of which the following
ikcD as a specimen ; — how
I much of it is true must be left to be
•ettled by Messrs. D'Isracli and Cor-
I ney, to whom it has already furniahed
subject for "illustration:"
" Pliilip 111. was gravely seated by the
Krc aide, the fire-maker had kindlcit «o
\a qnrintity of wood that the uunorch
^nearly sutfocated with heat, buf cti-
would not allow him to ri«e from
Bair ; the domestics could not pre-
I to enter the apaitmeut, for etiquette
[forbade them. At length tKe Miuiiuis
rde Potat ap]>eared, and the Kin.; ordered
f l>im to damp the fire ; but he txcuHed
f himself, alleging' that he was forbidden
1 ■ ■"■in such a function,

U»seda ought to be

i his busiocsa. The

jiJokc WM Ronc out , the fire burnt more

elr, and the King endured it rather

\ aeroi'nte from his dignity by a vio-

' \ of cliqnettc. But hlx Iduod was so

■■ 'tlowing day he was

Id III the head, and

.- ••■ (p-'^:».)

From court ceremonies, the author
leads us to the consideration of the
component part* of the court itself;
Ind Ute Sovereign and royal family.

the nobility and gentry, the orders of
knighthood, the houses of Parliament,
the great officers of state, the royal
household, and the ambassadors, are
all drawn out in review before us, and
every one of this goodly company is
anatomised and dissected ; the origin
of his office is laid open, his duties,
his privileges, and in many instances
even bis emoluments and his olfjcial
costume are explained ; and all this ia
done in a pleasant, readable manner,
and enlivened by many very amusing
anecdotes and historical passages. In
this latter respect, indeed, the volume
before us is highly deserving of com-
mendation. Tlie useful information
with which it abounds is set oflTand
rendered doublj' attractive by the au-
thor's agreeable mode of communi-
cating it.

The lost division of the work relates
to Coronation Ceremonies ; but the au-
thor's intention of treating the subject
generally having been anticipated by
Mr. I'lanchu's pleasiuit volume of
" Regal Records," he has properly ab-
stained from entering a tield already so
well occupied, and has confined him-
self to an account of the coronation of
our last Queen Regnant, with the ad-
dition of the Earl Marshal's programme
of the ceremony which has so recently
made " all England ting from side to
side."

The work seems to have been con-
cluded in some haste, with a view, we
suppose, to its being used as a Corona-
tion Companion; and this circumstance
probably accounts for some few verbal
inaccuracies, which will no doubt dis-
appear from future editions. The real
value of the work is to be found, how-
ever, not in that part of it which re-
lates to the Coronation, but in its
popular, readable explanation of the
peculiar duties and functions of the
OfHcers of State and the other com-
ponent parts of the machinery of our
Government. In that respect the de-
sign is unquestionably a good one ;
there is no similar book in our lan-
guage ; the information crowded into
this volume is eminently useful, and
practical, and great diligence appears to
have been used in getting it together.

* It would have been intcrcwting to have had brought before u» the VraoaWkm Ixoni
th» court of the Stnarti to that of the Plrotecfor, and wc hope in «Qm« tuVuxt c^'uaA

tbc atiUior will enUrge thi^ portion of his work.

M

160

ReviKw.— ThOniS's Book of the Court.

[Aug.

I

It is diffionit to select from a work
ofthis character, all the parts of which
ore 80 ilovc-tailcd together that they
can only be properly judged of in their
combination; but the lollowiog extract
will escmpliry the pleasant manner in
which Mr. Thorns combines anecdote,
antiquarian information, and useful
practical details. It is rather long,
but will be found well worthy of
pcruaal.

" The Veomen of t/te Guard,

" The corps of the Yeoinea uf the Guard •
was r«i»ed by lleary VII. at Ids corona-
tion in 14^.'), upon the pretext of giving
additional splendour to that ceremony,
but in reality for the greater security of
his person ; ' the crown upon the King's
bead,' as Lord Vemlam expresses it,

* haring put perils into his thoughts.'
' Wherefore,' says Hall, the chronicler,

* for the safeguard and presenradon of hi<i
•wn body, he constituted and ordained a
eertain number, as well of good archers
u of diverB other periious, being hardy,
strong, and of agility, to give daily at-
tendance on his person, whom he named
yeomen of his garde ; which precedent
men thought that he learned of the French
King, when be was in France ; for men
remember not any King of England before
that time which used »uch a furniture of
daily soldiers.'

" The Fretuh model here ollnded to
■ras. * la petite garde de corps,' formed
by Louifi XI. in 147 ."i (only ten yours be-
fore) by aeparating from the /itcn de Car-
bin, or Hundred Geutlemeu, the two
archers by which each of these were at-
tended, and erecting them into a distinct
corps. That Henry might have received

from this corps tha id«a of estnbliihing i
fiimilar one iu England, t$ highly proba>
ble ; and he might be cunlirmed in hia!^
in(^liaaKon to do .10, by the ' '
ihiil n somewhat similar i:orps !

part of tt»e royal retinue in y.

reigns.f

" In the reign of the fir«t founder, thel
number of the yeomen of the guard iaj
said to have been limited to fifty ; but it
seems, soon after the acceiiion of Henrf 1
VIII., to have increased to two hundred, j
of which ntuuber one hundred were to]
have hordes, t

" The first instance of their taViog aal
active part in the military operationa ofj
the time was at the siege of Terouennel
iu 13l:i, when, according to Hall thai
chronicler, the King waa attended by 4
great number of noblrinen, and ' six hun-
dred archera of his guard, oil in whitsj
gaberdines and caps.' They were alMJ
employed during this reign io atiachlnf |
the unfortunate victims of Hcnry'ii jealous (
policy. In the cajse of .^' " inUc cif j

Bucluughun, we aretohl, 1 put {

into the hands of Sir li.^., .i.ij-iiey,
captain of the King's guard ; and after-
wnrd«, when ia his barge, going from
Westminster towards London, ne was met j
by an hundred yeomen of the King's
guard, who, to use Hall's words, * with«
out abode boarded the duke's barge, and I
him in the Kin"'-- »■<>.>.. .attached.' Aodl
again, with re : ey, after he wa«]

arrested and y custody of th«|

Earl of Shrewsbury . .St«-t» ard of the Honse-
hold, the King sent ,Sir William Kiogslont I
oaptuin of the guard, to fetch him from J
Shetfield to the Tower, and * when the Car-

diuul ii!i\^ 'I (»iii of the guard, Iw '

was soil tor then he perceived

great tro .1 him.' 5

* This term, Ve&meu, was chosen, no doubt, witJi reference both to their natttrali
rank in society, for they were to be composed of (arsons next below the order of
gentry, and to the classification of officers in thr royal household, almost every branch

0fwhichwa9f0r1nerlydividedinloacrje.il' ' «^ .. - ^ .--

•• Holy and Profane State," ch. x^iii. ip
the ore, whon ■' ■ '

t These m
the Crown 1
0>tte4tl,
nrptdi'
but %».

of Or.li;

Tl^- ■
F

Olr

III.-D, and yeomen. Fuller in bit
yeoman is a gentleman inj

>ok of the Household, Yeomen of |

/!<• F-iiwiiril''. Sliiliitr-) lU,-i.f wi-

.it;.'' Ill tilt: »auii: i^
Houseliohl of Edv

■ '■ nme on his

<> Itif.'i vicit Im

k

Atn*j. I'tt:.
§ It it reUtrtt thai oni> »Hac of Wolaey*s lr«ublM WW Ua Wttef been wvmd t<l|

RsviBW.— Tboou's Book of the Court,

161

*' In thr niga of Que«n Eliubelh, we
III:' .!>fet of Uie Yeomeu in ortli-

l«x rwo hundrrd, anri that of the

ri -■ "le hiinilrcd anil seven ;

■ I. ance of the Yeomen of
X\\' .;^ lip the rnyul diunrr
O'' ■ mgii. Hentzner, who eaw
£l>, I'C in public in the yeiir lb9S,
telLi u;> that the dinner was served by
Ute Yeomen of the Guard, bareheaded, *
fln-v - .i ... -riript^ v^itJi n gulden ro«e oo

tir

u the subjert of this part of
the dnty al the Tcomen. which contistit
of rftfrrinjf op the dishes to the Sove-
N-i and which continues tf» be

• : I heir duty to thisi day, it will

wi II ill t'ise )iome DiTouot of the origin
their popular ooDie of " Beef-eattrs."
'uvc imputed this to their urcii-fed
a; 'then have derived it from

till uf the French, but with u

Uttlc rcoiyu, seeing that they have never
had aught to do with the ancient cup-
botrd, or more modem Beauftt, which
ha* atway* been u ruler the charge of a
gentleman uaher, es<)uirc of the body, or
•owe other officer of superior rank. The
tmel tc«(ni to be, that it ha.i it* origin in
t vi«tt paid to the Abbot of Reading, by
«ar bluff Harry, in the chanicter and
hi-' ■ '' '^ I of the Guard, a cb«-

n idge by hU looks, he

■ Hi -.- -.-. ju to support to the life.

The itory is told by Fuller, f and is to the
foUowiog effect :

"The KJug; bring hunting io that
ueishbourhood, dix^uised hicnself as one
of his yeomen, snd in a frolic, paid a
visit to the Abbot about dinner time.
Xlir IIP) ~fiii.ll bulk of the King could well
«i: '->< liupport the character.

Til' riding it uecei«»ai7 f perhaps

tbri>U|[b fear; to he civil to such a guest,
iavited the tupposed yeoman to dioe al
his own table, where was a large piece of
beef, ot which the King, hungry from the

chaae, ate rather ToraciouAly. Upon ob-
serving this the Abbot cried out, ' Well
fare thy heart I and here, in a cup of
sack, I remember the health of his Grace,
1 would give an hundred pouuds on the
couditiou that I could feed so heartily on
beef as you do. Alas I my weak squea-
mish stomach will hardly digest the win^
of a small rabbit or chicken.' The King
(or rather the Beef-eater) took his leave,
and, in a few weeks after, the Abbot waa
committed close prisoner to the Tower,
and fed for a short rime on bread and
water -, at length a piece of beef was set
before biro, for which the Abbot did not
then want a competent inclination, and
while he vras thus regaling himself, the
King came intentionally into the apart-
ment, in proprii peraooA, and demanded
the 100/. for having restored to the Abbot
bis lost appetite for roast beef. The
Abbot might, perhaps, think the remedy
severe, and the physician's fee rather
large ; but Dr. Fuller vouches the truth
of the story, and says the money was
paid before he had his release, after
which it is natural enough to conceive
that the Abbot henceforth would never
see any of the Yeomen of the Guard,
without annexing to him the idea of a
Beef-eater ; and the story, when circu-
lated, might very fairly entail that nick-
name upon them.

" But to return to the Yeomen of the
Guard. In the reign of James I. they
are found at two hundred in number; and
it was not until the regulations made by
Charles II. in 166^, that their number
was really lixed at any settled standard ;
At IhJA time it was tiled at one hundred,
at which it now remains. J Six of these
are called Yeomen Hangers, and two
Yeomen Bed-goers; the business of the
former being to place and displace the
tapentry in the royal apartments when
the King removed from one palace to
another ; that of the latter being, ou such

^B in Si
■^Eahe

ixvarv of Kinfiton, which till then he had interpreted to mean the town of KingctOD,
Surrey, on which account he always avoided passing through it on has way from
' er to London. Howard, " Defen<iative against Prophecies."
" That they should appear bare-headed on such occasions does not strike one at
, aa the Ouceo was not only served but even spoke to kneeling ; neither should I
sue'"' ' -I- - -' 'r circumstance, but thst at present the yeomen never
taka aP \ presence, nor even should the King tipeak to them.

The aaiii ,^ ^ i ud by the coachmen and footmeu, when they wear Ibeir

eayt ((/' hofniuri ihougli both these and the jeouen touch them en mititaire."
PegjTr. • Ciiri.ilin,' pt iii. 31,

■ book vi.

Worders of the Tower, which, having been originally forty,

'ni^rii to twenty-four, was increased by William III. in 1GB9 to

I Icillowing year further enlarged to forty, which has been the com-

Gkkt. Mao. Vol. X.

HIlMlM^ilM

A

162

Rkview.— Walker's South WraxhaU Manor House, [Aiig.

*

removals, or in roynl |*rogTc»9es, to Ukc
tlie i-harge uf the beds on the roads, and
the care of putting lliem «]> and talcing
th«ni down.

"When Geori^e II. went to Hanover
to take the coiuinaiid of th« ormy iu the
year 174:1, tlie six Yeomen Hftngcrs an<l
two Yeomeu bcil-gocrs were called to this
duty, nud had the CJ«re of all the royal
baggage, and particularly of the Kiiig'n
camp, equipage, and bed. The tcul was
not artuully pitiht-d; but Pegge, on the
authority of one of these very yeomen,
telU us, thnt tlu* Hangers ami Uedgoen
were prepared to have erected the pa-
vilion, to have himged it properly, nud
placed the lied. They, however, eo fur
ijerfoniied their duty, as to put up the
Kiug'K l»ed every night on the road ; and
at all timed when the King halted took
their poxls as yeomen in ordinary, for
i»hich latit purpose they carried with
them their partisaufi, though, in their
other cnpocities, they were armed with
carbines.

" A yeoman usher and a party of yeo-
men now compose the gtinrd that attends
in the Great Chamber on levee days and
drawing-room days, their oflicc being to
keep the passage clear, that the nobility,
who frequent the Court, may pa-M with-
out iiicoi»venien*:e. Tl»e usher Is posited
at the hend of the room, close by the
door leading into the Presence (Miambcr,
to whom, when persons of a certain dis-
tinction enter from tlie stairs, the lower-
most yeoman, next to the entrance of the
chamber, calls aU>ud, ' Yeoman Usher I '
to nppritie him of such approach. To
Ibis the ii.iher makes anywcr, by audibly
crying 'Stand by!' to warn all indif-
fereul iter^ms to leave the pass clear.
These ore colled the honours of the Guard
Chamber, which arc conferred on Peers
and Peeresses of the three kinitdoms, on
Privy Councillors, Knijihts of the several
orders, ou Ainbn.stuulors and ('hnrgi^s
d'Affuires, on the tireut tJfficers of State,
nod on the Coplnin nuil Lieutenant of the
Bond." (P. 3C.1— K.)

By this plca.sant iriterniixtiire of
facts, trn<lili<(iis, and practical details,
gathered from a variety <if sources,
nnd blended with consuUiftblc skill,
Mr. Thoins lias cotupiled a vohmic
which deserves to ocrupy n |>erroiinrnt
place iu uur lilr('u,lure by llie side of
our Pe>>rage!9 ami boukh ot that class.

The Hiatary and Aiiliquilin i>f Ihr
Manor House al Sonlh H'raxhalt,
and the Church t>f Si. I'ftev, Hid-
dcntim, IVilh. h»/ T. I.. Walker,
ArrhH^ct. Fol.

THE present subject conslilulos the
third part of Mr. Walker's " Kxani-
ples of Ciothic Architecture," the pre-
ceding portions of which have already
come ur^dcr review in our pngcs. The
author has, in this instance, cho^n
for illustration a mansion possessing
cunstderabic claims to atleiilion, as a
fiue example of the residences of the
old English gentry. The representa-
tions on |mper of such a structure are
not only iulL-rusting and useful to the
architect, but arc equally valuable to
the student of history, as illustrative
of the domestic manners and habits
of former limes, It is salibfactory
to witness a subject so replete with
interest, treated by the author with
equal ability to that which is shown
in the former portions of his work.

We have already engraved m per-
spective view of the mansion from a
drawing hy J. Buckler, Esq. F.S.A.
and wlitch is accompanied by a de-
scription from the pen of Mr. Walker
(Gent. Mag. Marcli 183S, p-a.*;:) ; *o
that the mansion may in some regard
be considered as familiar to our lea-
ders, and in consequence a particular
reference to the history of the llou^e
is al present unnecessary.

The plates consist of a general view
of the mansion, shewing the whole
extent of the structure, and exhibiting
in several geometrical dr.i wings, the
various apartments for display and
convenience, distinguishing the works
of different periods with ckaruess and
accuracy.

The interior of the hall, divetlcd of
a modern ceiling which at present
conceals its timber mof, .ip^icnrs to
groat advantage in the various re-
prcseiilaliuns which arc given of it
na a whole and in detail. It diflfers
from the generality of ancient struc-
tures of thc> same cIuhs in having no
oriel window at the upper end; but ita
place is. in a measure, supplied by
two rcccssrd apartmenla approach»«l
from tlie hall by nrvhe*, winch at<-
pear to i ^.dl acalc.

the an.' m; aad

I«3k.]

Risvisw. — Wright'u Mcmor'utls of Cambridge,

I

what i« rklbrr uncommon, is the ab-
fteiicc of 8 lottvre in Ihc roof. The
wtlhtlrawing routn ia attached lu one
coil of the hall ; it ocfU|iii;9 the site
of nii older building "f the bbhic dc-
bcriptina, and i« a rich 8|iL-cimen of
the architecture of the age of Jan»c5
the First. The interior of this room
in exhibited in a very correct and
t4t&tcful iitrspeclivc view, shewing ihc
present ceiling, which is highly orna-
mented in one of the elaborate in-
terlaced patterns of the period; it
conceals an older roof of timber in
the 8t)'le of the hall, but subordi-
nate to it in point of height and dc-
Kiratiun.

A number of shields arc carved on
the corbels of the ball, containing the
Marshall's lock, the badge of the lorda
of the manor of Draycott, with va-
rious armorial bearings. The form
of liie shields is somewhat remark-
able : tliey arc in some instances paral-
ielof^rains, in others irregular bexa-
mt, the dexter and sini&ter sides
eing elongated; they exhibit early
examples of a fanciful shield, era-
ployed for heraldic bearings ; and as
one of the fonns might be mistaken
for a banner, the sculptor has taken
care that in each of the examples, the
notch or sight hole on the dexter side
should be carefully represented,

'llio "gap mouths," carved in the ex-
Icrnal cornice of the hall, arc also very
remarkable; one of these represents a
lion's bead gorging a small child;
another, a similar head ejecting the
child, head forwards : there would ap-
[lear to be some meaning in these ic-
prcseutations. A lion devouring a
child wa(i the armorial bearing of the
Moutftirds, which family docs not
appear to have been at all connected
either with the Longs, or with the
present mansion. It was, however,
ill probability an ancient badge of
the latter family, the meaning of which
ts forgotten, although a distant resem-
hUnce to the bearing seems to be re-
tained in the following notice of a

tnt of a crest.

SirrTenrrf/^nse, Kniirht, wss present

Ri ' ■.|>iinied

I' !..|b of

I. P.I ,11. .Mr.- a Rid-

V ini', in I'uaidjr, in

til , "lien ■ new civ»t,

cvoswtuig ot a Uvn'f liead wHA a m<tn'$

hand in itt mouti, was granted to him/*']
p. :).

The sculptures in question are the I
work of the century preceding this
grant, and therefore cannot have had
their origin in this crest ; it is Iherc-
fure highly probable that the device
was connected with the family from a
much earlier period.

The Church of St. Peter, at Bid.
deston, is also illustrated in the same
volume; it is a small but pleasing
structure of pointed architecture, si-
tuated in the neighbourhood of the
mansion, which is chiefly remarkable
for a singular bell turret, which, with
the church, is shewn by geometrical
drawings, and by one of the two wood-
cuts which, by the kindness of Mr.
Walker, we have been enabled to lay
before our readers in the present Ma»
gazine.

The plates by Le Keux. it is only
necessary to observe, arc executed in
the same style and with equal care and
fidelity to those which have illustrated
theformer publications of Mr. Walker;
and it is just to say that the admirers
of the ancient domestic architecture
of lingland are under great obligations
to Mr. Walker for having preserved a
recollection of another of the interest-
ing structures of ancient times. It is,
however, satisfactory to add lliat the
present edifice is neither neglected like
the Vicar's Close, nor raoderntsed like
Great Chalficid, nor left to perish in
common vvith so many of our best ex-
amples of ancient architecture, but ia
safely prcscrvid by the proprietor,
Walter Long, l£sq. M.P., who has the
good taste to value and appreciate ila i
merits and beauties.

MemoriaU of Camhridgf, bj/ Tliomaftj
Wright, M.A. F.S.A. Not. IV. V, ]
and I'l.

PROCEEDING upon the plan ofj
Dr. Ingram's Memorials of the sister
university, this publication has de-j
dicatcd to Trinity College, as one ofj
the most important, a larger space]
than will be allotted to the nthcr cs«
tablishroenls. In the account of thiM
college are printed several curious do*j
cuments from the Lnn.vlowne MSS.i
aff'ording a smgulai illusttatiott

Review. — Brown's Autobiography of Shakespeare.

I
I

I

count of the expenses of the unfor-
tunate Earl of Essex, the favourite of
Elizabeth, drawn up by his tutor,
Robert Wright, who waa a fellow of
the college. The expense of furnish-
ing the lodgings of this nobleman
amounted only to 7/. and lOrf. ; and
those of a week, apparently occupied
by hrs journey from London tu Cam-
bridge, to 5l. 17*' 9^- The tutor also
complains of the " extreme ncces&itie
of apparel" which the Earl laid under,
fearing that the young nobleman
would not only be " thred-bare but

Rgcd." Tailors were not so pro-
fcl of credit in those day9> w-e ap-
hend, as at present. His lord-
ship's wants were, indeed, moderate :
as all the apparel which his thrifty
guardian (no other than Lord Burgh-
ley) was required to furciish was "a
fine gown for holidaies ; two dublcts ;
three paire of hose; two paire of
uether stocks ; a velvet cap ; a hatte,"

The engravings display, in several
views of the college, the architecture of
its building from the first foundation
to the works uf Wren and Wilkins.
A wood-cut is given of a niche in
•which the statue of Henry the Eighth
has supplanted that of a far nobler
character — Edward iheThird; thearms
of the last monarch occurring beneath
the niche plainly indicate the usur-
pation, and serve the useful purpose
of stripping the intruder of his bor-
rowed plumes. In this case, the
great value of significant ornament is
shown : the presence of armorial bear-
ings in an ancimt building are so
many historical documents conveying
Information which in many instances
can be derived from no other source :
here, the existence of such a docu-
ment speaks plainly to every spec-
tator that the credit of erecting even
the present college is not solely attri-
butable to the monarch whose statue
appears in the niche.

Wc arc by no means pleased with
the engraving of the statue of Newton,
either lu the expression or the execu-
tion ; and wp were surpiised to see the
name^ of Mackenzie and Le Keut
affixed to the plate.

Tlic sixth number c<i- iii*t'«

College, which Ii:i- Mi of rc-

rordttig am' ■■! its 4cho-

Ur» tJiat v Au old mul>

berry-troe. said to have been planted
by the poet, is preserved with great
care, and forms the subject of a very
beautiful vignette.

This College also possessed a re-
putation for dramatic entertain-
ments. It seems at an early pe-
riod to have been famous for the
acting of comedies and tragedies.
We are told that so far back as 1544,
was performed there a tragedy called
Pammachius, translated by the cele-
brated John Bale. Somewhat later,
about 1506, was first performed " Jn
Christen Colledge " the singular old co-
medy of " Gammer Gurton's Needle."

We regret to see an advertisement
attached to the present number, an-
nouncing a suspension of the work
in consequence of the ill health of
.Mr. Le Keux. He states, however,
that nrarly all the drawings are made
for the work, and a great number of
the plates and wood engravings are in
a state of forwardness. We trust,
therefore, that the publication will
soon proceed to completion on so
satisfactory a style as to form an ap-
propriate and pleasing companion to
the Memorials of the sister University,
so respectably and ably edited by Dr.
Ingram.

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Shaleijifare't Au/obiogfaphical Pofmf.
Beitiy hin Sonnftt clearly dei'f loped :
with hit C/iarrtrter drawn chii/lt/ from
hit If'orJex. liy Charles Armitage
Brown. \2m(i. 1838.

SO much had been done by the
critics of the last century for the illus-
tration of the life and writings of
Sbakespear, that the opinion has very
generally prevailed that little remained
to be done, and especially that the
search for particulars in his own per-
sonal history must be pursued under
the disheartening persua-iion that tho
isfiue roust be disappoints ■ "•\\ we
imagine that all pcr>>tiii- ;'ari?

the aunolution which ^,,. .......cottl

hB>» annexed to his edition of the twi»j
play-J Hamlet and As You Like lt,j
with the annotation in any of the vari-

OTum editions, will be
ackuowlcilge that in tin
what m:iy 'n' callril \'>
cism, t)
the jubii

llt«l)M'sll

tal

RsvtEW, — Brown's Aulnbiography of Shakespeare.

165

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err

oroiir own -
ridge, will
tbe departni

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or thr et|»lic«tion of some obscure pas-
ta.7- 'ill room for future

vens, Rccil, and Ma-
to write ; and that
renmrks of Schlegel,
'1 ' 'f.andCole-
■e that in
1 .m iiii.nif criticism
there waa also much to be done. We
o«._-l.i i,,-,t t., (,,r .,t nt the same time
to u amongst those

wK supposed dege-

oerate, days of hhakrspear criticism,
or rather in this suppon-d exhausted
Mate uf it, have very successfully ex-
hibited the very extraordinary |>ower8
of this matchless genius.

Tlir truth is, that the writings of
."^1 «» « subject of criticism

at luslible as his mmd wus.

()ui fKiui is that, after all that was
done by tfaoae laborious men whow
acrumulaled labours ore by some
thought to have overlaid the poet
whom tbcy prufcssed to cherish, at
laat as much rcmaitia to be done as
tbcy have accnmpii&lied, to say nothing
of the sweeping away a vast mass of
matter which is cither wholly irrele-
t, or which has arisen oat of the
wapprebensiunsorerroDcoustheorieB
Vt particular commentators.

Mr. Malone is the only person who
tttr act himself in the true spirit of
that kind of minute research for which
we have no better name than anlifiua-
rum, by which men ditcovrr and pre-
pare the materials on which minds of
a more philosophical cost may berc-
aAcr work, to the rtcovery^f facts in
tbe life of Sbakespear. Rowe's Life
of him is very uunatisfoctory, because
he neglected many sources oi" inforran-
lion then more available than now,
d delivered to us his few facts with
lo iiHic rare of supporting them by
:• that almost every one of

«l iiceii Cjoestirtcid by modem

wejiUcifUi. Yet before Malone, who
was there that devoted himself to this
roquiry ? Malone was a very close
•earcher, but not na accurate traa-
Bcriber or an able reasoncr. Yet his
materials ore good. Uut unfortu-
nately he died when he had brought
his hero but to the threshold of ftublic
]■'■■ — ' what is called his Life of
J^ , instead of being the work

«'.;. ..... ,...)mi8es, is but hiH e*say on

the chrouologicai order ofbia plMya, iiis

mm

commentary on Spenser's Colin C!oat
(ingenious and beautiful, but quite out
of place), added to an account of the
poet's birth, infancy, and youth, and,
at the end, some other matter of little
value most negligently put together,
and where, we must take the liberty
to say, that his literary executor, of
the agent employed by him, have not
done what respect for their deceased
friend ought to have been felt by them
to impose as a sacred obligation. In
fact we have no Mnlimf's Liff ofShakf.
tjmar, for the whole of the period of
his life from the time when he left
Stratford and entered on his theatrical
career in London. What is worse, the
materials collected by Mr. Malone for
that period (which is in fact the part
of bis life which is most important to '
us) arc lost ; nt least not known to
exist. Yet, beside Mr. Malone, who
is there that has sought fur facts with
a pel severing assiduity, who has pur-
sued the study of the life of Shake-
sfiear as an object ? We arc sure that
no such reseaiches have been mode by
the persons who have given us Livei
of Shakespcar in these later times.
Dr. Drake's immense volumes arc a
singular instance how a large book
may be made ui) out of the labours of
otlier men, without a solitary contri-
button of an author's own. There ore,
however, several beautiful little com-
positions of which the Life of Shake-*
spear, as generally known and popu«
larly received, is the subject, such h»
Dr. Symmona', Mr. Scottowe's, and,
very recently. Mr. 'Hiomas Camp*
bell's. Mach contains lemarks original
and ingenious, but we search in any uf j
tliem for new facts or new corrobora-
tions of old facts in vain.

In fact, wliatevcr information abso-
lutely new has been brought to light.)
in these times, has been but as it wcr» [
incidentally discovered, Mr. Hoadenj
Mr. Wheler, and Mr. Collier seem Ut\
have been the mo«t fortunate.

Enough has, however, been don«j
in the way of incidental discovery toJ
encourage persons favourably situated]
for the purpose, to undertake direct J
researches in the manner pursued bf I
Mr. Malone. .1

If anything were wanting to shoW]
that there is still something left tfl_
reward diligcactt, vV -wttxAii V ^u^«
plied by Xht Iw\> v\ivt\i •iX ■*!>&!» Yvj*

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altcndcd to the course which tlie il-
lustration of the poet's biography has
taken in the last few years, must have
perceived, that neither Mr. Malone,
Mr. Chalmers, nor any of the cri-
tics of the old school, had the small-
est suspicion of the true nature and
character of the Sonnets of Shake-
spear, and the light which they may
be made to throw on his life. No-
thing can exceed the extravagance of
some of their conjectures, except the
state of darkness in everything respect-
ing them in which they were involved.
In fact they knew nothing concerning
them ; neither when written, to whom
addressed^ or whether they were mere
sports of a poet's fancy or arose out
of relations actually existing. And of
course, except that here and there
were a few lines frotii which it
seemed that .some nptnion or sentiment
of the author might be collected, it
was not attempted to extract from
them matter for the poet's biography.
Waldron, indeed, in a too literal mo-
ment, inferred that the poet was lame,
from two expressions, which are plain-
ly metaphorical. It was a great step
ia Sbakcapcar'a biography when it
was ascertained to whom they were
addressed. This was known to a few
persons long before Mr. Boadcn. in
the pages of our Magazine, first openly
divulged the truth ; but it seems to
have been nursed as a favourite dis-
covery not to be brought hcfoie the
public, till (I) it was establislied by
such a strength of evidence that no-
thing cnuld countervail it ; and (2; till
tlie other truths and facts which .■>|)ring
out of this fact were gathered in.
There are minds which are over-scru-
pulous, dreading to commit themselves
to any thing which is short of that
perfection they think attainable, and
some arc too apt to forget the short-
ness of life, and that a literary
executor may l^ no better than
Malone found in Bos well. However,
Mr. Boaden having arrived at the
same truth by his own independent
researches, first communicated to the
world, in the number of our Magazine
for October 1833 (Vol. cii. p. 30S—
314), that the Sonnets wcr< addressed
to William Herbert the third Earl of
Pembroke of the new creation ia tlic
JJerberts,
Mr, £o$deji comniuflicAted at the

same lime the grounds of this opinion.
They are, we think, sufficient, though
more and, [Hirhaps, stronger evidence
might be produced. Mr, Brown, in
the work now before us, treats the Son-
nets as addressed to this young no-
bleroan ; but we look in vain fur the
train of reasoning by which he ar-
rived at this conclusion, and we regret,
that a writer gifted and original as he
is. has not produced one fact t^ »up-
|)urt a truth which hod eluded the
most laborious and must sagacious of
the older commentators. VVhy, wc
ask, does Mr. Brown suppose them
addressed to this I'larl ? Wc do nut
admit that while his father was
yet alive his usual designation was
" Master William Herbert," corre-
sponding to the " .Mr. W. H," of the
mysterious dedication. Yet this, as
far as appears in Mr. Brown's volume,
is that on which he chiefly relics.
Son, as he was, to a preceding Earl of
Pembroke, his proper designation was
" Lord Herbert." and so we know by
innumerable proofs he was called by
liis contemporaries; not, as Mr. Brown
alleges. "Master William Herbert."

The author, however, has not been
anticipated, as furas wc know, by that
perverse class of writers, who w^ill
persitjt in saying before us that which
we meant to say at tlie proper lime, in
another circumstance of iliesc hitherto
puzzling compositions. He regard^i
the sonnets, not as being pro|)erly son-
nets, each a distinct poem, but as a
series of poems in the sonnet
stanza, each with its own "itfiy, like
some of the poems of Spenser. And
as this is the great discovery of the
book, and is, according to the motto
as the title page, "the key by which
every difficulty is unlocked, and wc
have nothing but pure uninterrupted
biography," we shall present the dis-
tribution proposed by Mr. Brown to
our readers. It is no small advance,
wc can assure them, in the progress to
the right understanding these poems,
and the farts which are obscurely sha-
dowed forlh in them.

" Pirsl Poem, StnnrBS I to 2G. To
lii> fficnd, (Hint ib, the Earl of Pttuibrokv,
tliffi lH)rd Herbert,; persuading Itim Iv
mnrry.

•• Sefiiind Piirm, Sunms I", f« io. To
hi* friend, wlm h»<l rubbed the poet of
hi* liu|t(««t, (urgiTiog him.

1838.] JlrA'tr.v,'.~BTOv:n'& AutobtograpFn/ of Shakespeare. 1(57

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•• Third Pofm. Stanzas Id to 77. To
(ricncl, complaining of bis rol<1ucss,
warniitg liim of life's decay.
Fuurlh I'ocui, Sliinza^i 7K to ]01.
To l»i» I'ricnd, cumt>liiitiiii$ iliut he pre-
fers anutlicr (Kiel's praibc*, luid re|iiiiV-
ing him for faults that may injure his
oh>r»rlcr.

" Fifth I'oeiu, S(nn*ns 102 to IW. To
his friend, picuitinjj liimsiOf for having
bcTD «t>r ' lit, And disclaiming the

charfr ' M'y.

♦• Hix... :.;:..:., Stan*n» 127 to l.'i''.
To his miMtrttt, on hrr infidelity." — P.
47.

Such is Mr. Brown's arrangement.
uid thougli he is obliged to displace
or lo reject two or three nf the Sonnets.
it ia an arrangement which will proba-
bly be accepted by his more curious
readers with slight, if any, modifica-
tions.

By this way of considering them
they may certainly be regarded as
"autobiographical," that is, they re-
late to actual positions in the Poet's
atTairs ami connexions with the people
around him. Still there are many
which are barren in every thing of
this kind. Hut they cerlaialy disclose
mnch both of fact and ri^elJog, and
•omething w^hich for the honour of the
poet we could xvish not tha.t it were
unknown, but that it never had ex-
isted.

Wc, {leihaps unreasonably, had pre-
pared ourselves to expect a far larger
eduction of incidents and circumstan-
ces in the poet's life from the Sonnets,
after llie announcement in the title-
page ; and the rather, because when
(he Sonnets, or the poems in the
sonnet stanza, are understood, they
are found to contain no small amount
of information respecting the poet's
relations to other persons beside Lonl
Herbert. aiiJ the Phrync to whom ho
is supposed to have attached himself.
'I*bc allusions arc obscure, and are
only tu be cleared by looking at the
hi»tory of Lord Herbert. When Mr.
Brown writes " they are all oddresseil
to one person ; and that person must
have been very young, and of high
rank ; if not Afnster IVilliant Hvrhtrt,
tank* olhi^ of kit iti/f in 1.^97 or 8. and
fif kit eundtliou," we beg to assure
th' * i ' 1 , 1 liave Ji stronger
f}i, k-ibiTt; and nut

rirgH'u >>i> " ' (■• ^'sacypher when
any other \eltrn vrouU do as wcU, be-

fore he will apprehend half the facts
which are rrniched in these poems.

Wc cannot, however, withhold the
tribute of our sincere mlmiration of
one of the most original and elegant
of the volumes which have nppciired in
the department of Shakespear criti-
cism. The writer views every subject
witlt an eye of his own, and he hoa
evidently a mind richly cultivated, and
enthusiastically devoted to the study
of our greatest poet. The Sonnets,
and the conclu.'sions from them, form
in fact but a small portion of the
volume, the rest consisting of distinct
disquisitions on many points, all of
interest, connected with Shakespear
criticism, or of remarks on several of
the plays, which are at once original
and |ilca&ing. One of the disquisitions
is cntiiled " Did he visit Italy ?" The
author has lived much in that country,
and his testimony is of value. He
thinks it .ill but impossible that the
manners of Italy could have been hit
ofTso felicitously. had there not been, at
some period of the poet's life, ail
actual jiprsuiial acquaintance with them.
In the disquisition on "His Learning,"
the author takes what appears to us
a. rnucbjuster view than that taken by
Dr. Farmer, whose lively essay, we
suspect, has been supposed by many
to place the learning of Shakespear
lower than the doctor, who himself,
however, rated it at a sufSciently low
price, intended to place it. In the dis-
quisition on " His Love of Fame," he
combats the opinion that Shakespear
was careless about his writings, and
intimates that it was probably his in-
tention to prepare an edition of them,
when living in the latter part of his
too short life at Stratford, and that he
was prevented from executing the de.
sign by the disease with which he was
surprised hurrying hira to ao early
grave.

One remark, near the conclusion, oa
this subject, contains so exalted a com-
pliment to Shakespear, and illustrates
so happily the high tone of criticism
taken in this volume, that we must |
transcribe it,

" No one has remarked thnt -Shakt'
8|iear invariably placed his scene away <
from his own times. The nearest ap-
proach to English monnen in his da^ , i* {
iu HeHty (AeEiyfdh. Viia&\ve.iv"«wft>^i
the more genettiA Viw Vv^:^ o^ \iLiiTO*vio

iik

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MitcellaMous Remewt.

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unrestricted by time Or place, the mora in*
driible inust be hi< fame ? A suppnui-
tion lian crc^ned my rnind, that, liad lu'
lived 10 prepare Lis n-orks for publication,
be nould liiive aunutled every allusioa
to the Heetinj; maimers and rustoms of

his day. Havioj;; terred his purpose (or fe
while on the stage, I think it probable
tlicy would have aftemrardt been erased.
As they now >^tand, they ai-e unconuected
with 11 tiingte incident, or with the apirit
ur the feeling of the dialogue." P. 304.

^ew Eton Grammar rendered into
Bngiith, with additional matter. By
dement Moody, one qf the Junior Maii-
ttrt of Tunbridge School. — We ha»e rend
this |p*amniar with attention, and have no
heaitatign in jironouDeing it to be the
best guide to the young scholar in the
Latin language that we have met with.
Mr. Moody has done much to make the
Eton Ciramraar more useful and con-
venient by trannlatingit, <ki a» to facilitate
its comprcheasiou by the younger classes
of a school, and by adding such note.i,
(collected from the higher grammars of
Schiller and Zumpl, or uriginai), as will
be of great senice to thoue wore advanced
in their philulogiral studies. He has thus
united in n great degree the advantages of
the two kind of grammars, which hitherto
have been kept distinct, much to the dis-
•drantage of the learner : and the pre-
■eat grammar will be a very sufficient
guide and awistant to any scholar in
nil progrc*s, until he bait acquired such
a mastery over the language, as to de-
felope its principles, analyse itn struc-
ture, and explain its analogies for himself.
Of Mr. Moody's oriyinal observations we
have just room to give the following on
the subject of the EUipsiB, p. x. '• It
would be easy to demonstrate that many
writers 00 the Latin language have made
a lavish mijuippticatiou of the figure Ellip-
sis, from not bearing in mind that the
cases in all their various combinations
with every part of hpeeeh, preserve owe
wnyform rtlaliun, primary or secondai'y :
a MOgle example will suffice. The M.
of Port Royal hold the dictum that the
genitive CMC after the verb always de-
pends on some substantive, expressed or
implied, e.i\ gr. inemiai malorum. sapp.
memoriam tualorum ,- but surely there is
n wide dilfereni-e ))etweea a thing and the
recoUeotam of a thing ; and the act of
roiaemhering is mentioned at originating
in the ' maUtrum,' the e^ils themselves,
ttud not in the recollection of them.
Pbiloltigista, we arc laid, in general go a
step further, and contend that the geni-
tive, nil muKcr what kiod of a word it
iw», can only be i^ovuriird by a noun
itive. Th« ' Avidua !/l»ritt* is to
tpliined by an Kllip-ii" "f in nftjiitio,
refipitr. or r<iM«d. >• '
• grmt paituUty for
wA»t tCfptUai la the jireseni intioacr.

and adds that the genitive follows, viz. in
the order of construction, nouns tubstan-
tiven and adjectives, prononos, verb*,
though it may be ifuettioned houifar it u
ffovenud by them. In the midst of all
these needless uncertainties, how simple
and easy do the above and all similar ex-
pressions of the same kind become when
tried by the principle just laid down.
Memini malorum, ' I remember the
evil* ' — the evils occationing my remem-
bering. .-tvidiM gloriar " fond of glory'
— glory being the soui'ce of the fondneas.
Pudet me enlprr, ' I am ashamed of my
fault' — I fi^el »hnme becawte of my fault.
As well might we consider all transitive
works governing a genitive by a similar
cause. Percuntatoret /ujfito, vix. rnn
or negolium percontatoris^a position
which the most fanciful theorist would
not venture to take. Such misconcep-
tions can only arise from grammarians
losing light of the analogy of structure
which sulM<ists between the Greek aad
Koman languages ; the latter correspond-
ing with and belonging to the Greek, and
holding the same relation to the Greek aa
a child to its pai-ent"

So satisfied are we, after a repeated
perusal, of the cleame.M, accuracy, and
general merits of this little work, that it
is our intention to recommend it to all
masters of schools. It is of the utmost
importance that the grammatical elements
of language ahonld be tsught early and
taught correctly, for there is little time
or ini'liiiotioD in ofter-IiCe to supply what
is defective, or rectify what is erroneous.
We may say of the youthful icholar —
' Cum ad »tiluw tieccdet, cum g«o«rabiL
ipse aliquid et eompouct, tuiu iuchuarr
aliiec studi vel uon vacabit, vel non
Ubebit.'

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Slade's Cothquiet between a Pkrenvh*
gi»t and Dugatd Stuart. — We do not
think that this volume hne thrown any
new light on the abstn' ' mi which

it treata ; nor do we i ihe real

but I

rmer we ur

k

.... /...) r.- . 0..7 r--y->- h,f 11.

C)' •rCKll

>1 I iitjin

Mooti ilui t» >i>j$euii>U9 sml well rtaaoncd,
and murh just and arute (-riticism on Uie
■peca1«liorii> uf furiner writer*, ns ilanie,
nro*nr. Polejr, A.i'. The third Essuy
dc— — '■' ''• ''"■ ■■:'>■ r's power of argu-
B>' -. of his religiout

»>>• ■ ■ .■ipecimoii of his

akill Atiii kauwleilg«. 'ilieri- urc other
p«rtt whirli wc do not 9[)|>rove, and we
■rr c Archbishop Magee treated

»iv I nut »irh disrespect. We

ol, ■ •'■• T-'iment on * Sncri-

Si . I. '.-11 »o notice of

Ui'- lit treatise on the

•nbjrct by tlic Ute Mr. Davikon, which ia
««|| iturthy Ills attentive peruital.

Duhop Ken's Pr^ie Worht, cnlhctedby

T. Uonnd. 8po. — We are obliged to
. Kound for having collected in this
Vrnicut volume the scattered }<vtblica-
tiont of thi« amiable, excellent, and intcl-
ligcnl (iiclate. The greater ])urt of the
preieat collretion wn* |>ijblii>hed in xrpn-
nl* pi<ee» by ltifibo|i Ken in his lifi'ttme.
Ml' " ■■ ' :n hi* entertaining nndexccl-
le>< 11. (irinlcJ fiuiue letters for

tb> : other*, t)ic editor has been

enabled Ui add from the lioilleian and
from Dr. Williams'^ roUcrrion, while
Uie library at Longlcnt fumitihed liim
with the articles of visiurion and enquiry.
pp<'ftr» that several works which have
printed from time to time ttis Ken'*,
Hilt aHlhtntic. The four following
Lave l>een rejected oa epurious.

I. A Letter to the Author of A Sermon.

i.\ 'llie Ketired C'bri«*tian.

:\. The RovhI Sulferer.

* '■ ■ ' ' :.- on the Complaints of
>pd.

reprinteil Mr. Hnw-
kjni'a Lite of Ken ; he ho» then given uti
many interesting letters from Ken, W.
Lloyd. an<l [Jr. T. Smith ; three .Scr-
mnna. with an etcellent Manual of Prnyer,
and Letters or Chorgcb to the I'lergy.
Tbe volunir will W t;<'>>tifiilly received
Uy all who love the iiieniory, admire
the piety, and este«m ihe ubilitiei of thia
rtcellent man, and will foriu uii Hdniira-
ble euinpaiiiou to Lla liiography by Mr.
Bwwlr«.

tl

M.

ri/<>A Diplomttey itnd Turkith Intte-
\4lt».rf lyiH' — The uulhur eiilertaiu.i
1 the ninbilioos deugiis of
- iid» the po*»e»Kion of Tur-
key, uud hei fuidier view* of orJenUl
cuncjunt ; and he uftfts the union uf
Tui". ■' I' land, as the best

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Shak\jiturt and hit FrifHih. .1 wit. —
We i.-uiiaider this cla^a of writing to be
very dirtii'ult in theejLeeution. First, be-
cause it iieeuis to prouiise tbe expectation
of talent, similar to that suggested by tbe
subject of its story ; for no one would
druinatize the chnraeter of Shakjtpeare,
but ou the supposition that the glory of
that great name would not be inipalred in
his hands ; and tliit when Shak.tpeare
(peaks through him, he loses not "a drop
of the iminurtal mou." As the author
selects the highest model he could find,
lie must Hoar liira»clf with no uneiiual
power of wing. Secondly, wc nre st) little
tte(|iiaiiited with the thoughts and jcnti-
nicntj of our forefathers, we know no little
of tUcm except in the public page of his-
tory, that to throw oneself into their
iMLionis and form lieulimcots, reasonj, and
thoughts fur them, in the familiarity of
rominon and doinestic intercourse, would
be a task thnt only genius it.ielf like Scott's
could hope to e.Xecutc. Thirdly, the luieof
nntii|ualed language, such as would be the
fit vehicle for the expression of the senti-
ments of iiuch characters, persisted in
through a whole work, is always tiresome;
even Scott Ims sometimes failed in this
point. Lastly, for the rcnHuii before titated,
there i& iu such works, as the present, little
solid matter compared to their bulk and
ronipnss. Tbe author is so fearful of hi.4
ground, and is ko little acquainted with
the thoughts and ideas tlial liiii chnrncterk
should pussciiji, that he conAnes himself
to colloquinl nud favourite expressions,
compliments, descriptions, dialogues with-
out purpose or result, general and vague
statements, half-contradictions, prosy ex-
cuses and long hnrangucs, while tlie stream
of narration, being impeded by these ob-
Mtanlcs, sullenly and slowly proceed:). We
say this of the book before uh and of
otherti of the class ; though there is cle-
verness both iu the prose and poetical
partH, and some few of the scenes are
correctly and forcibly drawn. But what
.luthoricy has the author for making Queen
Ehznbetb apjtear iit a pHhIic theatre ?

FiUhtrlttrl, or Lorer* ami Fortune-
Hunters, By thf Aut/wrritt of Ihf Bridt
uf Sienna. '.\ rol». — Notwithstanding, as
it nppeans to us, two fuults in this novel,
which nre, that tbe plot is not a very happy
ouc, and thnt there is a tendency to over-
charge some of the scenes ; yet it has very
con.iiderable merit, is written with spirit
Biid elegance, the eUaracters arc varied
nud contrasted, the iucideiitt amoaing,
nnd the dramatic part, or dialogue, very
well imagined and executed. We cannot
offord time tu t^ive an ut«.\^»& q\ >A(k« ttorv; ,
wliith ufler aV\ ^o\j\A \>c, %\.t\'^Y'^ «V

UiUI

Jl

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[Ang.

^letaila and of its drapery, f xccediriRly uii-
iovUing in our haiidii : but n-c ran a«!iarc
those whose fatotiriiig "^tur ullows them
leisure to delight id »uch work« a<i these,
that they will be ouiused with very clever
jMrtmiture in many of the character? ;
•nd that they will see variouB pas-
ijons and interests, deep and lif^ht,
trsgirikl anil ludicrous, sketched off «-ith
eicellciit elfecL The character of Miss
Mathews, bating a little extravagance
here and there, ag in the Ekating scene, is
very comic, and so true, that she may
stand for the f/mutof the tribe she rcpre-
Bcnts. Her friend Mr. Shuffle is a fine
specimen of the scoundrel aftomey, such
M drove poor Sir Egerton Brydges out of
his country and his wits. Then, again,
the Sullirau fiimily is excellent ; and some
of the scenes first-rate; from the worth-
less mother to the Piccoletto And the
dirty oldcountesn. Mm. Syntax is a true
portrait in another tine ; while a just
relief is given to all this impudence, igno-
rance, roguery and crime by the fine
natural and virtuous chnrnctem of Fanny
Hobson and her brown husbnml ; and the
aSectiog narrative of Julin and Walter
Mandeville. The rival heroines, Emily
Harland and Camilla St. Clair, are placed
itt snflicient and not too atrong a contnuit.
We do not think much can be cnid in
favour of the hero of the tale, Fitiher-
bertj for the infidelity which lie shows,
arose ont of a levity that ha* no alliance
with the manly virtues ; and we are glad
Mr. Aubrey was ready to set all matters
right ; knowing welt

" It is best to be off with the old lore
Before we are on with the new."

On the whole, the fair authoress must not
think us dt-firient in gnllnntry, or cold in
our appriibation, becaiiise we do not i)Uote
some passages from her pages a« Mpcci-
mens of her power. We assure her that
wc have no space at liberty for such pur-
poses, or we should know where to go
wltliout difficuUy to select scenes tliat
wof' ' '■• •' '■■ i-ratify nil of our readers tin-
dci ; as fur instance a .^k,''lch i>f

the ^' III other fiimilie:), In mliich

Emtly resiiled as govemess. Dt-icriptiiins
snch ft* the«f> nrc very faithfutlT wrou'lit
onf. fitfully cirri '

dli! ic dctoiln.

' n«(4w. Ouradthv i» to pprseverc m Ucr

course, ami hy reading and remark get as
manyfrcxh shades of character out of the
mass of Mjciety aa she con j more aho
cannot cJti)e<:t to obtain j but every paa-
rion, well obsei'ved, will afford some in-
dividual traits, as the same water will
receive a rhonge according to the local
diversities of soil it passca in its ronne.

Tht Chriitian Fathtri qfthe fivti and
tecond Centurien, Sec. ( hatulaiedj hy the
Ilev. E. Bickersteth. — lu this volume arc
comprised translations of Clement, Igna-
tius, and Polycarp ; followed by tlie valu-
able Dialogue of Jut>tLn the Martyr, and
part of Athenagorai. Theae treatiaet,
coming so closely as they do to the apos-
tolic age, and some even mixing with it,
are of great value indeed, ns tlnv .ilTi\ the
8Cul of antiquity on the gri ■< of

our faith, und form an au(l' tu-

tary on the ajmstolic writing.-. Tlicy arc,
too, ill themaelves moat interesting com-
|M)bitions to the biblicol scholar. Mr.
Bickersteth has in this work one more
claim to our respect.

The Siege of Antverp 1 atrai/edi/. fly
William Kennedy. ]MH, — W'v will fairly
inform the author what we think is the
defect of this play ; vii- that we are more
interested in the event of the 8ieg« of
Antwerp, and the public tran^action«, and
the result of the plan for breaking the
blockade, than in the character and for-
tunea of the persons who are engaged in
the plot on cither side. There is no one
character of predonilnating interest ;
none to which we attach our wiuhcs and
interest* ; none possessing qualitJeii to
engage and delight us — yet (iiainhelli and
CnswMa are good fkctchea, which want
bill little to place them in a brighter and
fairer view. But there is no action in the
drima, and Giambelli is only distingaiKhed
a* the plnnn'r "f n "x-betiie to "Njitroy a
briili' '" -no

lic\l ."Ot

of tlir tE^uiri mill ^ no

cftt.istTnphe, the re-' 'th

and Richard, of pr^ , > . ■ i ^onc

conclui$ionit. The efl"e«;i on the whole is
Iicrrrr. 3Tul the •tnr' Tn'>ve* St lanrnidly

in

yrti^

-n b tlie first tctat, not

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171

being tiled op in the same nuinner in
aabMqiieat parts, is a defect, and should
be altered in another edition.

Tke DaUy Service; a Sermon preached
M Lkuobt'tlitH Chapel. — By the Rev. R.
W. Browne, Jf.il.— The object of this
diaoporae is to advise and promote the
ree^armtioti qf the Early Service every
monting throttghout the year in the
Chigtel qf Lincoln' e Imi. The author ob-
serres that it most be a matter of satis-
&ction to all who wish to see the Church
retvming as nearly as possible to the

practice of the apostolic times, to know
that this example has been set at lin-
coln's Inn. From a treatise called Pie-
tat Londinenti*, published early in the
last century, it appears that there were at
that time daily prayers in no fewer than
71 London Churches and Chapels, ex-
clusive of Westminster Abbey and St.
Paul's. In the sentiments of the author
we cordially agree, and we gladly bear
testimony to the ability and zeal with
which they are developed and iuforced
in the present discourse.

FINE ARTS.

STAINKD OLA88.

A stained glass window has been lately
executed and erected in a Romish chapel at
Oecott, near Birmingham, which is scarcely
surpassed by any modem production of
the kind. It contains upwards of 1 70 feet
of glass, the whole of which is vitrified,
and all the colours most to be admired,
bat now seldom seen, are in great truth
and perfection : the ruby, ultra-marine
and maxarine blues, sea green, violet, ver-
milljon, azure, and all the neutral and
rare tints prevail, and are disposed
throughout the whole work with great
taste and harmony, equal to the best spe-
cimens of the earliest period.

In the centre compartment, or altar
window, is the Virgin crowned and splen-
didly draped, bearing the infant Jesus in
her arms: a profusion of jewels, exqui-
sitely imitated, decorate her crown and
robes, and in her right hand she bears
a sceptre surmounted with the Eastern
star. On her right she is supported by
St. Katharine, the patroness of all theo-
logical and academical learning; and below
her is St. Gregory, (in nhose papacy St.
Augustine was first sbut to England to
preach the Gospel,) in a kneeling posture,
clothed in pontilicalibug, the alb, dal-
catia, and tiara : he is supplicating the
Vii^gin, and bears a scroll inscribed, " Oro
pro populo ;" his pontifical crozier is in
nis right hand, richly studded with jewels.
On the left of the Virgin is seen a figure
of St. Cecilia, the Romish patroness of
all sacred and choral music, with her ap-
propriate symbol or emblem : this figure
Is beautifully designed and executed, and
especially marks the artist's good taste
and talent. Somewhat below this figure
is seen another, of St. Thomas. ii Becket
(the martyr of Canterbury), kneeling also
and supplicating, with a scroll inscribed
"interveni pro dero:" the saint is ar-
rayed in pondtlcalibus, with his gorgeous
xaun, pastoral ttaff, and the instrament

of his martyrdom; the mitre and pastoral
staff exhibit jewels that, for colour and
painting, equal the work of Quintin Mat>
sys. On the right and left of the whole
are two smaller figures kneeling and sup-
plicating : the one is a lady (the donor
of the window), and the other her son;
the former habited as a nun, the latter as
a knight, both bearing their coat armour
on their mantles or surcoats. These seven
figures complete the subject of this com.-
partment. The background of the whole
is beautifully irradiated with a glory pro-
ceeding from the figure of the Virgin, in
alternate rays of ruby and azure ; in the
clouds are depicted groups of angels.

The two side windows each contain six
figures of the twelve apostles of the
Christian Church, with gothic pedestals
and canopies, exquisitely designed from
examples of the fourteenth century : each
figure is appropriately draped, and distin-
guished by its proper symbol of martyr-
dom, where necessary. We have no hesi-
tation in stating that twelve such figure*
are not to be tnet with in any of the
ecclesiastical windows, either at home or
abroad. The principal figures are more
than four feet high.

The ante-chapel of Wadham ColUgOf
Oxford, has been enriched with two
splendid windows of stained glass ; and,
judging from the specimens of some un-
dertakings by others of modem, date, we
are confident the artist, Mr. David Evans,
of Shrewsbury, has, in the present in-
stance, both in harmony of colouring,*
tasteful execution, and brilliancy of effect,
most successfully grappled with the finest
works of the old masters in this ancient
and beautiful art, and for nicety of sha-
dow has io many points even excelled
their best efforts. The windows contain
three figures each, from designs by John
Bridges, Esq. of Oxford ; a brief descrip-
tion of which is as follows : —

King David is clothed in a ri<:licni&«

ly'2

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I

son robe, with n green rest, one hand
rrslmg on n golden haq>.

King Solomon, n fine s|itrileJ figun',
beva in his right hand n ^rrptre, unA ju
the left a plnn of Ihc Trni|ilr of Jcril-
f:«leiti : he i» rind in royfil |iiirplo, liiird
with ermine, baring a riclily dia|iiTcd
tunic.

Trb PRonirr Rujah, with hi* right
hand upliftfd, in in an attitude strikingly
expres^ivp iif llir iliiirrirli-r lie MUfitaiiied
ns the *' Mnn of (.Jod ;" nud the fold* of
the rion-ini; drapery of liis Idiic mnritle arc
most taittrfiiUr niun»gcd.

St. John tiik Baktist is represented
in white raiment and " uiiniel'ii hair,"
over which bangs loone red drapery, lined
with blue. la his left hand i» a wand
forming a cross, hearing the unual f-rroll.

St. Mauk, a venerable figure, Ixddti an
open Gospel, wliilc the sober tint, of bin
vestment forms a nmrkcd coulrubl with
the rich green and red drapery of

St. Lukr, who is in the act of attcn-
tiTely wridng on a tablet with an ancient
•tjle.

Each of the liipiri-s are iiurinounted by
canopies of exquiitite dclicucy of orna-
ineot, and stand on pedcstalii atler that
exubernut thongh peculiar and fantastic
style of decoration whirh prevailed about
the time of James the l''irst.

The front of eaeh pedestal contains the
armorial bearings (us Visitors of the Col-
lege) of the following Bishops, impaled by
those of the tec of Bath and Wells : —

1. Ckkigiitom. £nnine, a lion nim>
paol Azure.

2. Mews. Paly of six Argent and
Azure, on a chief Gules three crosa«« for-
nixes of the Firnt.

:i. Kk>'. Ermine, three crencenta Gales.

4. KiDDRR. Sable, n saltire cmlwllled
connterembattlcd Argent.

5. ilooPKR. nyronnynfcii;hl Ermine
and Aznre, over all a custlc Arv;ent.

6. WvN>'E. Gules, a lion rampant
Argent.

lo the upper dirlsion of the windows
are the arms of Bishop Blauon, Sable,
three linneeU passant Emiine, with
human faces in profile Pniper, l>rtwi-eii
four crosses pattces in jiale Argent ; and
of the present Bishop Law, Krntiiic, un
a bend engrniU-d bi'twecn two cocks Gules
three mullets Or.

Other windows, we understand, are in
progress by ibu same artist for this col-
lege.

The corporation of Ntwtnwn having
hefh ' ' ' ' •' '• ' ''ill, it was

der. . u( of Inst

yeiir. .1. iiidi'd

by llie libeml ••• -ni,

tttrt. Mid tJtc u i iv>

conslmct the i>arish churcb. which t/uk
has been ably prrformed under the direc-
tion of A. F. Livesiiy, e»t|. the iirebitcct.
The style of urchileitture adopted is of
the KutU'; diite as thi> original building,
vix. IliJit in UHi' in I he latter part of the
reign of Henry tlip Third. The church
is lighted by a large triple window at the
west end, with pinin lancets, and at the
eaist end nHtli a double light window di-
si<led by a mullioii, with he\iigonal rose
nnit pierced i<pandrils in the iwch, being
siioilar in rharaolerto the choir aisle win-
dows of Westminster abbey. The fore-
going remarks are made with the view of
noticint; the painted glass with which the
east window of the church has been filled.
It was prn]ioscd last summer, when the
church wa:< nearly completed, lo pal up
in Ihc window a plain coloured border
with a dove and the letters I H S in the
nrch ; but Mr. ('. Edwyu Gwjlt, who wm
applied to, made an oniameulol design in
a (ttylc appropriate to the charaeter and ap-
parent ag,v. uf tlir building, and having Ijeen
previously informed of the probable diffi-
enlly of procurini; funds to execute the
same, named GU gnincas> aii a price, not
half its real worth. This sum was stilt
thought more llian was likely to be raised,
and it was therefore then agreed that n
mi>dified design should be eAceutcd for 4U
guineas.

Mr. C. E. G. bos made the early En-
glish style his favourite study : pursuing
the subject with the feelings of an ama-
teur, the desire of producing r revival of
an ancient and bcMutiful xlyle of art
caused him to throw aside pernniary con-
siderations, nnd he hns romplittcd, at his
own risk, nn eUlMirute but olinstr window,
which, ot a nuKUrale cstimiite, is worth
l.'iit guineas.

The two light.ii are enrh 9 ft. 6j inc.
wide by U> ft. U», inr, high, .vidnre Ailed
with traeerv pjittrrns with i-nlourcd roM»

and It ' - '* — ■ -' in-

trotl' I he

pritJ

l,y a

In the first

marginal tx>rdrr ot tr.icery.
division of tlie («o light* clie following
inscription is introdnced : " This painird
glu9s, in the national style of the I3(h
century, \\ ' ' y aub^.Tijitiim, hut-

cessfnlly ; '■■\- A. F. 1.iv>'>»av,

es'j. aud >- .I'.d and rxrcnlcd by

C. E. GwiLT IM.17.H." In the second
divisions of both lipbtr are the tracery
patterns above ' In the thii^

division of the I i <.' the arms of

the... ; ' -• „,»,

oil I i >.lllt

Or. in

the I ltd

1838]

Jlwf Arts.

173

flax of lite (ttir<t, tUe moito " S. conintis

(rontMHNifatui lie FrcachuTtUe <le Lik

I rfr M'jrht," U introiiuu-d a« a borilcr tu

lb« pAtU'rn or titi' frhielil. Tttr^e ariiii

- ■ ' ' - ■ : : ■ ■ 'cllllv) 1(1 <i'conl

"lul I lie cud ul'
_ , , ■ ucli, whouiiiler

I cof or o\ night snrpriKeil and took the
(lUcT : from which, however, they wero
mnii • licat. The rc&l m«fan-

Ui^ - thtfrft toicn. Oa

R li '' ills ji) the sfcnn<l

lieJii ■>f Viirborough,

*it. , ire, three pfli-

rans Arg. Pcllia.iti, J and .< (iuIcA, two
brIU creel, bucUlcs, fciruled aud friugc
Or, — tUe moltn " Nee ttrinerc iikc. timiile."
Brlow (hcM iwii ('.o'lta uf Mrms is another
ditiaion of Lnii-«ry in each light. In the
fifth divininn of the tirsl tight, tlie arms
nf I^dy Simeon's father, the late Sir
Fltswiiliam Barriugtoo, arc introduced,
TU. qaartcrly 1. Argent, threxj chevronels
OiiJ«(, a label of three points Azure, Bar-
ringtOD, 2. Party per pale Or and Sable,
a toltirc engrailed Couiiterchnngrd, I'ole,
1. the arm* of England and France (|uar-
trrly, Flautiiganet, A. (iulcs, a ^altire Ar-
pcnt, a lahel of three points Ar^nt and
\tare, Neville, — the motto "Toutungdu-
r«n« mc tie." (>i« a level with this coat
in thr Hrcand liji;ht arc the arms of the
Hon. Willium Henry A'Court Holmes,
Yi». i|iurtcrly, I and -l. H:irry wavy of t.\x
Or aud Azure, on a cauti>n GuJes, a lion
royal Or, in chief a rose Gules, HolmeB,
'I ODtl 't. I'aly of six Or and Ajiure, each
metal charged with three Ermineai, on a
cbkf of the first ao eagle Sable, debruisod
by two elie»runeli AfKent, A'Court. The
*ixt)> anil lust divitton uf each light is
the prinripal tracery rose ])attcm repeated.
Tlie hetuft"'!^ rose in the crown of the
arch, which is ;l ft. I inc. in diameter,
and three gpanrlrils, are filled with tracery
of eorrcsponiling charncler to that in the
lighU below.

The ghui ii worked as well as designed
io aeconliff ■• '"'i' .iH.i.nt i-t uiipleiiiandit
iPtAllediii lies, which

niiike .1 n. ^ ully bring

out the^ pjitUfiii. : tin: trati:iy is in thick
outline, neiirly opatiue, the >vhoIe being
•ccuTrly barut in. The eotouicd ]>ortion5
are tronaporent [xjt metui, flatbed gloss,

of (p'cat merit huvc been lately
. with the colours gemi-trans-
(Mfcut, or burnt on the svirfacr of white
glaM : bn( for the iniitntion of ancient
I "at colours are cer-
tair ict — tho ruby red ijt

tt<

I of many hun-
ili-c ^ joined with lead,

so arranged that it forms part of tlie de^
si);n : thiii, it is presumed. iiauad«.\nlAi;e
over the modern syiitciii of glas:; painting
oti the score of strength and .s^rtirity, for
should the glosti receive a blow hy » «tonu
or otherwise, a small piece or fraction
only is ilestroyed, und which can he easily
replaced, whereaji in the modern system,
which arc very large pieces, should the
MiRie receive a blow, the chance is that
the work it entirely destroyed.

When only a third of the window was
fixed at the consecration of (lie church,
high encomiums were bestowed upon it,
cspeuially by the Bishop of Winchester,
who desired to be introduced lo the nrlist.
And we nre gralified in bring nliiti lo state
that in cousecinencc of the execution of
Ihe present window, Mr. Gwilt received a
commuud to execute others for a chii|>el
in th« church of Calbourne on the island.

6111 ciiAULM cooTK's ncruats.

AIaj/9,Hi, 11. The sole uf the splendid
collection of (he works of the old niiistcrs,
the property of Sir Charles Coote, took
iilure lit the Koyul hinh ]ii8ti(u(ioii, Dub-
lin. Tin,' picdires were disposed of at
tiiiusuully low prices. Albutto's Cupid
sold only for 'M guineas, and (he works
of Vandyrk, Heiidckocter und Cuyp, of
Foiissiii iiiul Puul I'otter, i<n»rcely ave-
raged 111/, each. The works of several
artists of lesser note went fiir beneath
their intrinsic value. The hiboiirs of
Salvator Kosu, Ostiidc, Murillo, Wat-
tcnu, were never before no badly CMti-
mated. The Nativity, by Mcirillo, which
Air. Harrington purch;ised a few years
since in London, for r>2/. wb.s knocked
down for 19 guineas. Guido's Magdalen,
produced a low price. Hobbinia's, AU
biiiio's, and Teniers's works went at re-
duced sums also,

I'OBTjiArr or giii josiil'a iiEWoi.ua.

Asu part c)f the moveables belonging to
the late corporation of I'lymptoii, which
have, oceording to tlic new regulation of
such bodies, been " sold up," wu find the
following iiiinuunccmcnt in a catalogue of
ftlesirs. Christie and Manson :— " y>ir J.
Kcynulds. 173. His own (wrlnkit. Thiri
picture sva-'* presented by him to the cor-
]>onition of I'lyiniiton when he was elected
mayor of that borough. The picture has
hung ill the dlning-rtKim of the niayoralty
house at I'lyiiipton ever ^ince the receipt
of it until the present time, and is now
sold by order of the mayor and corjiora.
tion." !iic IramtU i/hria mnndi. The
(iiie arts must be at h low ebb at Pl/inp-
toot!

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-•. KturyclopjEilin

Urtt*3iiii' 1 15)1' i;. t( Avnti>, esq. and

'WtuiAM IIailitt, tv\. ISnio.

TTie Committer of The Chrislinn In-
fluence Society announced that thf Rer.
Dr. Dr»ltry onil the Rev. Professor Scbole-
'ftflil haTe •<l>inlfi:r>1 the pri/r iif two hun-
' ■• vW. Wil-
n\, as the
„ , , ■.• ^ I'" *h<' I^"-

tiex Mies of Chrlstii\ns in

the ' uT ClasstH of Society

In this IJouiiify, iu regard to the Employ-
ment Iif their Time, Substance, Inliuence,
Mental Attaioincuts, and nil other Tnlentii,
in forwirding suitable Plans for the Spi-

Titn!«' '■•- • ■■" "•"' MfBcfit of those

Imt^' 'V Subjects who

trr ! TL Darkness and

In t uf the Shadow nf Death,

will: espcciallv to the lustru-

ment.ilit', ui (lir Established f'hurch ; and
to mch tnei«nres, of itri tnliri^ed and com-
pr«hea*ire character, as ihaU be pointed
out in the Essay, for the uttainment of
thr desired end."

Dr. Thnmaii Foriter, who is just rc-
twTiei) frdni sn eTten«ivc tonr in Earope,
f« n r . ; ; . for a work iu

■whi liilic an account

Or 1 latBrus-

wli 'I <' , . 'k OD biin

on the tuiiji'i^t ol C rtiiclary Influence;
knd » *hr>rt f*hilo«o|)hicnl Rom.incc in
thi- I ' ■ , entitled Ijo VUivne

Ml' lie of which is placed

in J ■• " lie haa

al»< >{ hin late

full II as having

«i;f4iiii|wtiird liiiu lur ue*rl> nine years
In hi* four in F.ofope.

^T I Bartelloni hai lately

pul the third volume of

hi? lun of Mr. Sharon

Til 1 jtory of the World.

Hi» tries were the tranala-

tionw iif liw tiriil volume of the Kn^^lish
irtlrlr. The eopy of hi^ thifl. which h»(^

UNIVKRSITIF.S.

OJtfnrd. — The following «uhjecti are
proposed for the Chnnccllor's Fritet for
the msuing year, tij. : —

For Latin Verse — [' Marcus Atiliug
Re^ilni Adem hoittibua solvit."

For nn English Essay — *' TheCLtssical
Tavte and Cliaracter compared witli the
Romantic."

I'or a Latin Eway — " QuRnstn aint
erga Rempublienm Acadirmiie officia.'"

Sir Roger Ni ' ' Prize, English
Ver-ie — " Saljci Kanta."

Mrs, Dcayti-. 1 H,;i-al Prizes —

"On tUc Justifteation of Man before
God only by Chhist, proving also that
true Faith must be accoinpanied with
Good Works."

" On the Necessity of the Two Sacra-
ments retained in the Church of England,
and that they only are necessary to be
retained."

Vambridge. — Sir William Browne's
Medals have been adjudged as follows : —

liAtin Ode — Edward Bnlston, Kin^^'s
College. Subject — " Acaderaia Cantabri-
giensis Repinie Victoriie solium avitum
conaceudanti i^ratalatar."

Greek and Latin Epi^ams — Philip
Freeman, Trinity College. For the Greek
Epigrams — *fo»Ti(irTir ixirittftf.

For the Latin Epigram — " Sni amans
sine rivali."

Greek Ode. — Not adjudged.

By advertisement, premiums arc offered
for a Memoir of the Founders of St.
John's College, in this University, to bo
awarded ne.\t November ; and for an
Essay on the Obligations of Literature to
the Mothers of England, to be awarded
in Nov. 1K39.

IjmilQn. — A stop has been put to all
business in the medical department of
the Loniiun University, by the noraina*
tion of Dr. James Somerville to a sent in
the Senate. His appointment was made
by Lord J. Rus.sell. iit the instigation of
Mr. Worburton, without any communica-
tion either with Lortl Barlington, the
Chancellor of the University, or with
other membera of the Senate ; and this
proceeding, which, under any cireum-
stnncen, rould not fnil to be recffirded as

1

with the

..rk.

uuc»i professor

<>?, is preparing

Traiuuation of

dcavoured to (dttce his nominee in Utc
subordinate situation of Registrar, Uie
proposal was met with an opjvosition so
general and determined, on the part of ius
colicttgues, a& lo cotn^cX \\\xa,\«iu'«nw

176

Literary and Sckntific InielUgenee.

reluctantly, to abandon the ntteiuiit. It
kos itut been found jiossible to asei-mblc n
qnorum of the. ni«diral fomwittep »ince
the 'i4th of A]>ril last. The committee
luis isint'e b«en dissolved, nnd IcClcr.t have
been addressed to the ci-ilernnt mcnihers.
in(|uii-in); whether they will conKent to
act if re-elected, An^wets have been
alrendy rereived'from many of them, to
the clfect that the iimne circuingtance
which ha:» recently prevented them from
ntteiuliui^, would, if it continued, still
rqunlly indace them to nbgcnt thenisclves
even if re-elected. An excellent letter
wsa sent to Lord Burlington by Dr.
Ruget, and a most spirited remoDBtniDce
by Dr. Loco4:k.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

St. Pan/'*.— On the IGth of May, at
the annual apposition, prizes were award-
ed for Greek trimeter iambic verses on the
subject " Divus I'huIus vipcram cxcutit,"
to Harriott ; and fur Latin hexameter line.<i
nn " Marc Atlanlicum " to Webb. The
High Master'* prize for nn essay, on the
tiubjeet •• Artihus ct Sricntiis in Hritan-
niam illatin, libertiilis diininum uonipcit-
Mvit Agrieola," wna assigned Co Stoketi.
Several passogCH from eln^sieul authorH,
chieHy (liologne«, were afterwards recited
by the senior scholars.

Merchant -Tayliirt'. — On the election
dny, June II, for the first time for nine-
teen yc.nr«, there -was uo vacancy at St.
JiihnV ndlege, Oxford. After the deli-
very of the orutiouc, prizes were presented
to H. L. .Manuel, for the br»t composi-
tion in English ver«e ; to E, Venables, ['.
I'arnell, nnd T. .Spink*, for prolleicney in
rlns.>»ics nnd mafhrnintic.) ; nnd to L.J.
UernayD, for proficiency in luathemutics ;
U well as to M'vernI of the junior boys.

Rugby, — In Gonforniity with a regula-
tion introduced for the iirst time this
year, the recitation of the prize eompoM-
tions took place on the loth June, iuatuid
of, oa hcrelofiire, on the \Veiliic.<diiy «if
Easter week. The following is a lii|t of
the MUl-ceisful candidates : —

Doxat — Latin iijisay. " Quem rrruni
(latum, (inules populi mores, <|uam fclix
literiirum et scientiR atudium, (icoririas
Tertiua Urilniinie rex priiuo priucipatus
fttiuo invenerit."

Ewart — Latin Verne. " Carulus Quin-
tus traperio »c nbdicat."

Tickcll — Greek Verse. " K#»(Ta^ 3»Xe.

Rwurt— Rnirlii*h I's^ay. " On thn In-
ri 'I < .iLioil,

Fiftli Form — Arnold, Miy. — Latio
Verse. '' l)ist<ipatie religiosormn sorio-
tates, direptie douuin."

Uarmv, — The «peeclic« were delivered
to a numerous a.-<scniblage of visitors;
di.^tinguislifd fur rank as well as Icarnigg
on the Ith of July. Tiiey were, as usua
extracts from various authors, nncicni
and modern, in Greek. Latin, and En
gli^■h, interspersed with piiie eompo»i'>
tiona. The latter were recited in thfl
following order : —

1. The Latin oration for "the Pea
Medal" (3 magaiticeDt fiAA vavxlaXfM
founded by Sir Robert Peeli, by G. U. W.i
Ommanncy, son of Sir Francis Omman*
ney, one of the two successful randidatci
for seholarahips at the prccedint; Kajite
examination. Subject — " In Perieleia,!
pestilcntiie vi interemptum, Oratio Fune*
bria."

2. An Alcaic ode for the " Governor**
Prize," by J. B. Hlackett.— " C. Cilnium
MKcenatem, fato sibi crcptum, deflet Q.
lloratius Flaceus, paueorum menaiitnd
spatio superstcs illi futoros."

'.i. A Tmnslntion into Greek iambics,!
for the "Governor's Priie," by Georg
Butler. Subject — " Tituin'* a rr4Don-l
strancc with her F.iiry King Consort,!
Obeion, from the Midsummer Night's
Uit.im, Act II. Scene II."

•1. A Tmnslnlion into Greek prose, fori
the " lliij* Prize," from " Lord Baenn'sl
Advancement of Lcaruini;," by Wm,/
Millti, son of Frederick MillK, Esq., ofl
the Home driLirtment. The prize liadl
this year been founded by Alex. J. Be*
resford Hope, E»<|. of Trinity Co1Ice«]
Cambridge (son of the Viscountess Uere«.
ford), out of the proceed)* uf 11 foiindntion-l
8chalnr.-<hip gained by him last yctr, whea '
on Hie )Mjint of <|uiltiug Harrow for the
university.

From the upccrh-niom U}c company
proceeded in a body to the (|tc>t selecleill
lor the site of n Chapel, to lie built by]
C K. Cockcrell. Ev). the archiu-et by I
Mho^D prolVji.><ionnl taste and skill. snotdJ

twenty years n i..- ., i.,..,i i...,i.t,..|nr wa«.|

much eitlargi'i pre*

sent niate of ' < . nui|(

omln^llishmenl. Thu gmuud iiad ltc<^u trS'

cuvated in the form of an «mphitbo»lrf-, 1

III accomnioilate the u'l .

number of special ors. A

of prayer, pic]'.".! •■■r 1

rftad by the

worlli, the •■•. i

of lite school. '- tti iiie>trr

the V,»r\ of ' '.f i.f the

TCI

H'.

laiU

1836.]

Litrrarjf and Scimti/c InteUigenfe.

17 f

tovinS inacription, on n gildrd bri<4

UEORUIVS . C011E9 . OE . AnHttPKKV.

I* nan . gviyriL . a . • ciaocccxxwiii.

rv!m» . ciacvMsTAXTivM . rnEtiBvji

AB . ntvu . optiuru . maximym

Ttl . OOBFTA . J-KOSPRHAnCT

•ACKILI

VCBOtJlB . RARAOVTVjrSIS

riKTATi . roVCNDAK

DRSTISATI

lAPISIM . AVSFICALEM

STATVIT.

ip I ben addressed the as-

ilarlylhe boys ol" the school)

-.1 force and elegance,

irnfrp'xivo hv ifs dig-

•V the

i'»und

■ .1 » nil [iL 11 1 ■, -MM|.iiiliy in

-•ottcn feelings of bis jurc-

T
■r
in
en

• the e*tim-

liAve given

'^:i, require J to

British Museuui

•Mitioii the eollec-

tiou a{ Eiruscau Atitiquicies belonging to
8!f nor C'Ampiiraiu ; itAmcly, GOO/. The

itorrhui* U founded on a report, made in
'nnr, lK37i of which the following is a

pjir'- -

I M lays before the Trustees
▼icir of one of the amrco-
>'>r Campiinari, and n pencil
I'her, together with a cata-
luiite of the value
'[; by CampanAri
■iir iidlention is «X-
We httve sculptured
/ , nnoand in terra cofta
of rery large dioiensions, illustrating the
cojtflmr »nd the <>tate of the art* at the
per : may be, in which the

to: We have arms, im-

ji!. '1-; of bronze, res.iels

of ''1. nnd iTory, oma-

Hi' 'y '■C'rked m gold ; all

{<■« r, and showing to a certain

d- V of art^ and uiaaufiicturea

in !lie same periotl.

T' iiga are al«o eit-

ticuiTiy • •IM..1H1, uu'i me whole together
p»e a Tcrj dt-ar idea of the mode of sculp-
ture ai;i-'ri;;-l a people \rhosi; history it a
«u '>' deep interest at this mo-

' the archeeologiHts of Eii-
._■• ot the i'
il interest

.-on-
- ■; col-
V creal lo the Muaetnu ■ il«
, ,. Vol, X.

ae<jni«Jtion would confer an additional
T«lue and infcrc»l nj)On the vases and gol J
ornaments we already poi^scss, ahewing
the nature of the ploi-es and circumstances
where they are generally found, and (he
con' — ' — v'-ius state of the arts in vari-
ou- Such s:ireophagi are ex.

tfei. 11 any country; the British

Museum does not ]}Oii6egs one ; the sculp-
tures with which they are adorned furnish
an interesting link in the history of the
.schools of different nations, and supply a
great deficiency in the Museum series of
ancient monuments. The pecuniary value
it is very ditficult to ascertain, as no si-
milar objects have ever b«en brought to
sale in this conntry- It is possible that
half what is a«ked ( 1,. 900/.) would be ac-
eepted, and Mr. Hawkins cannot thiak
sncb a sum too much for objects bo singu-
larly interesting and rare."

Another grant hos been made for the
purchaBC of Mr. Mantell's collection of
Fossil Remain;*, on which the folioning
opinion wa.s given by the most influential
member? of the Geological Society, in a
memorial presented to the Trustees :

"The collection of rocks and fossil*
belonging to Mr. Mantell, and lately ex-
hibited in the rooms of the Sussex Scien-
tific and Literary Institntionat Brighton,
ronsisti of between 20,fHM) and 30,000
spccimeus, acquired during the lost twenty
years, chiefly from Kent, Surrey, and
Sussex, and particularly ada}iteil to eluci-
date the physical structure and fossil or-
ganic remains of those counties. The
specimens are inch a* the mere industry
of an unscientific collector, however great
his zeal and pecuniary resource*, could
never have assembled together. The os-
teological remains, for example, procured
from the Wealdon strata, consist in great
part of the relics of a variety of large
saurians, of which the bones were scat-
tered far and wide through the rockx, few
of those belonging to the same spcciei) be-
ing fuuud in one spot. To re-unite these
into a whole, and to refer to each skeleton
the parts which once belonged to it, with-
out confounding the different species to-
gether, wa.s a ttti)i. demanding no common
degree of .ikill, reflection and judgment,
and B]i intimate knowledge of the lawa
governing the analogieit of structure, and
the relations of the diflferent genera of
vertebrated animals. For the aucccsa
with which Mr. Mantell applied his
knowledge of comparative anatomy and
' ' ' , in followiii " ■' ■ in-

. ' council 1 1 , ical

., , 1. J to him, ill J .- Wol-

laston gold medal. Another portion of
this great collection, which i» no Ib«%
niiiiiue, relates l& ttvc "EiTk^VaV t\ui!«.. -, «xA,
IK

i

msk

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Literary and Scientific Intellujence.

178

unong the rarious cImbcs of fossils pro-
cured from this rock nre sjtepiuieiis of
foBnil fishes, of the greatest interest, and
quito unriTnllcd. The citraordinary »tate
oftlicir jireservnlion conid only have been
brought to light, by the skill -vrhich Mr.
Mantcll \\M acquired by long experience
in the dissection, if it may be so termed,
of foMils from amidst the matrix that con-
ceal* ihem. It waa necpssary most care-
fully to remove the chalk by dclicnte in-
stntDieiit.i, and by applying much time
and labour, as well aa anatomical know-
ledge to the task. Not only the bones
mid scalcii, but in some instances even
the skin or capsule of the eye, and the
niembrane* of the stomach, arc Jtill prc-
nervcd.

' ' The scientific value of these speciinenii
has olfio been greatly enhanced by the la-
bour bestowed on them by M. Agassiz,
the celebrated ichthyologist, «lio has
studied them with care, and accurately
determined the character of every speci-
men. The same author has devoted
twenty folio plates to the illustration of
tlirse chalk fossils from IVIr. Mantell's
rolleetion, in his work entitled ' Recher-
ches sur les Poiasons Fossiles.' We
earnestly hope that the Trustees will a-vail
them<ielves of the opportunity now
olfercd them of purchosiing thij collection,
b«ing fully assured that the acquisition of
these treasures by onr great national niu-
seoni would tend essentially to advance
the progress of geology, pnleEOnt<i]ogy,
and other branches of natural history.
(Signed) Charles Lycll, Ph-drcy Egerton,
Cole, Win. Hunry Fitton, Richard Owen,
Woodbine Parish, F. Chantrey, Rod. I.
Murchison, M'm. Buoklnnd, Northamp-
ton, Samuel Turner, Adam Sedgwick.

INSTITUTB OF PR1TIRII AMCIIITKCTB.

•/«««■ '2.>, 1', F. UoMiisou, V.I', in the
chair. In consequence nf n w^^h of the
rounoil to j>osse.«« a bust of Her Majesty
the Patroness of the Inotitute, it was an-
nounced that the President Lord de Grey
had written to the Marquis •>fL)in>dowtie,
eTpressint! the ■ ■>"'■:! request of the
ronnc-il that II Aould allim ofn

MdingloMr. I -I'lilptor. ntid re-

qupstiiig his Lor<l.i)ii|> tu lay before her
!\l»jr<)ty the dutiful wikIipb of (lie Iritititutr.
ThiM l«:(ter,nndtln.-rL-|>U-,wusn"ml, iitHhich
the noble Marquis xdited tliil lIcrMjyci-
ly had received the intimation most
grarioHiily, and kindly pronii«<Ml to sit to
the above genllrmnu : Iml .i~ MrrMnjetty
had already f\\'*'\\ b' ■ Sir Pmn-

eig rhnntny fur A - i, it would

Li I \ iiii ii .iiM«i (be preee-

.t. .1

[Aug.

seaflblding ttsed by him in the fmetioii •]
of the Devotiport Column, and explained
its construction.

Mr. Griffiths continued his course of
lectures on chemistry.

Jvttf 9. Mr. Robinson in the chair.
An announcement wati made of a legacy
of SCO/, which bad been bequeathed by
Mrs. .\cton, in confnnnity with the wishes
of her late husband, to the -Society for the
Encouragement of Arts, for the puqjose
nf encouraging architectural studien ; the
Society bad, in consequence, offered a
gold medal for an e«say on " constructive
carpentry." In each alternate year civil
and iiavid carpentry were to be the subjects
for which it wnuld be awarded, k bill
constituting an incorporated company for
the improvement of Westminster was laid
onthe table, and several specimens of stoue
from the Heddon Quarries, which supplied
the materiol for the Roman wall m well as
for many ancient and modem buildings at
Newcastle and elsewhere.

Mr. Donaldson, Hon. Sec, read an ab-
stract of the contents of the three num-
bers already publiiihed of the proceedings
of the ArcliKological Society of Athens,
which had been translated from the modem
Greek by Col. Leake, tlie well known
author of various works on the antiquities
of Greece. The work contains an ab-
stract of the proceedings adopted by the
Government for the discovery and prt<«er-
vntion of the natianal antiquities ; it de-
tails the excavations made, and records
the discoveries. In excavations made
in the neitjbbourhood of the Parthenon,
many portions of the celebrnti-d friete
whieh are wanting in the Museum col-
leclioo have been brought to light, par-
ticularly n part of the eastern |>or-
tion, wliich would occur between Noa.
IH and I'tuftlie British Museum; another
portion, representing men in long gar-
ments, leading oxen, and appearing to he
the second stom; of the Northern freixc
following Nil. 31 of the Museum, and
four other portions containing; chariolit,
one of wlitcb was a quadriea. At the

end of lM.1.3, .M<" ' ' ' ! • ires,

and fourteen \'\ ihe

Ixini^ war, bad ' '14,

the excaviitions made to the north »i the
Pineus brouEht to light inriimn «rpul.

ehrnl remains. 'ITie reiim

ilie

Parlhi'non and Thc^einn

'"g;

in (1- ' "^- > .-.1 >i-

'. Is

rcn<!

the

rem

h.

A •ci;i)tid nirkiillic! i .

• en

placed at Hn'-nrlypfr

Iteil

to IT ''

m-

pir

ind

1, Hi. .

.M ..t the

Lkerary and Scientific Intclliencc.

AnexcaTitliou litis been made
■^'-' side of Ihe Pnrthenon,
■■• -a to the original rock ;

h; > J many fragment!! of th«

f0tiii<.r iWiii'.ifju, desCroyed by the I'cr-
•biiK, iinJ which hul been ii8«J iu form-
ing tile foundation of tlic prcscut slnic-
turc in its re-crection by Ptriclcs. The
rf... -..i..!,^ -,t ii... iv..,.vi. j.,|, prodticeil
ti nuist ciiiire,

e '■ ':iJi Museum.

Uetwucii Ot.tulit:r I's.l.i oiiil lU.'iG thi;
oortb'Wrtt aideofthat structure irasclenred
of its modern matonry, and f<tpps were
discovrrtd. In 1W7 the Krvcthpion was
ed, Aod portions rebuilt, reudered dc-
Ary in consequence of the altt-rationtj
c in its structure on the conversion of
the trmple to' the purposes of a church.
The fifth Carintide was discorered, which
bH!i hitherto beeu supposed to be contained
in the Var.i<'aii, proving the xtatuc iit that
cQUMcum to have bclouged to some other
building ; it was broken into pieces, and
Ute whole has sot yet been found. Two
the culumni) of the weatern portico

ire also been erected, and ah erroneous
opuion of Stuart on tbc level of the
ancient floor has been corrected. A
carious discovery of an entn«is existini; on
the floor of the portico of the Erecthcum
wu aotitred.and it was remarked that the
convrxity of Uie ground wa» met by a cor-
r«s[K*nding concaiity iu the architrave.
Mr. Donaldson colled the attention of the
■tad«Dt5 of Greek architecture to thii
feature, and also remarked tliat from ad-
meASurvmcnts of the columns of Grecian
temples hr bad ascertained that the axes
of culumuu in the flanks were not iitrictly
Mqicudicular. an arrangement which un-
uoubtediy held gome connexion with the
enl«)>i<i.

Mr. Griffith- ■ ■ - v,i «iti, i,ij geriei

of lrc-turc» on

Julyli. I , y, President, in

the chair. A letter was read by his lord*
•hip from Col. M'Lean, Itritish Resident
at the Court of the Ilajah of Tmijore,
nccompojiying several drawings and plans
mode by order of the Rajnh, of ancient
bnildtugs in his dominion^. A Map of
the island of Sheevas Moudxani.by a nntive
artist, rxcited great attention. This island
was k sacred spot, and contains various

Eagodos, with a religious community of
irohuiaus. A letter was also read from

tl,.. 1- ,1. ..... :. . 1 : .1 ..,l5^ ti, t|,e

III I'Krliiitlrtrs

o( ' ^ I : one of

Ihrse, the puRodn nn the fort oi Tnnjore,
ap|mtrH hv i"<(-riptioii» on its base, to
hiT ' .ibout oV'j! ycors ajyo,

i^ 'I the consent of the

liuuLuvi: !>• >Mii< iitlly Iu llic Rajah in

reply, and also to allade to the ingcnion
artist who had made the plan, who,
though his name was unknown, was high]
eulogized hy the noble chairnaon as
iutelligt'ut and wortliy man.

Mr. Donaldson described u drawing of
a Turkish Uatb at Bergaino, and illus-
trated it with a plan of the Bath of Cura.
calla. His object was to shew that the'
oiu-icnt Roman system of bathing existed
without chnngr, either iu the manner of
administering or in the construction of
the requisite buildings, in the Turkish
dominions at the present time.

Mr. GrifStlis concluded his course of
lectures ou chemistry.

The noble President proceeded to take
a retrospect of the proceedings of the In-
stitute during the season. He s|>oke witlt-i
feelings of satisfuvtion ou its improved]
state, and the degree of consequence and.l
respect it was attaining. He urged tho i
members to active exertion with the view
of raising the Institute to the highest
degree of cxccUcnec. His lordship an-
nounced that a negotiation had been com-
menced with the Architectural Society for
the union of the two bodies, and he had
the warmest hopes tlint an event so desir-
able would take place before the ensuing
session. Ou his vacating the chair, a vote •
of thanks by acclamation was carried ; to
which his lordship responded in a brief |
but very neat eiiepcU. The Institute '
then adjourned for the season.

AaCBlTECTUn.A.L SOCIETY.

June o. .At the concluding meeting for
the season, the President, W. B. Clarke,
Esq. F.S.A. distributed the following
prizes :

To Mr. Thomas Morgan, for the best
measiued drawing of the gateway on each
side the quadrangle of Somerset House,
Sir W. Chontbcrs's Civil Architecture, 3

TOls.

To Mr. George Rutherford, for the best
essay on the History of the Arch, Hope's
Architecture, - vols. ; to the same gen-
tleman was likewise prusi-ntcd Ihe work
annually given by Mr. Muir, V. P., for
the greatest number of approved sketches
during the Bea.son.

To Mr. \Vm. Nunn, for the most
approved drawings of the garden front of
tho Travellers' CIub-liou.se, Mr. Owen
Jones's work on the Aihombr.i ; and to
Mr. G. B. Williams, another copy of
the same, his drawing^ being considered
nearly equal to Mr. Niinn's.

R. R. Kcinagle, K.A. communicatrd to
the society the formnllou of a snriety for
supplying London with water, and the
erection of fountains in vuxioui ports of

i

180

Antiquarian Researdies.

[Aug.

For tl>c first i>ri?e olTcred in the d8*8 of
desiini there was bo cumpetitioo.

1 '< Dl Aftrrwfirdii <lc)iTcrc(l ail

e\' . -iS, iu wliicL he pArdcularlj

dill! U'<i UM' iiiicntion of tbe students to
A more cartful study of correct and chaste
geoinelricdl drawiu^ ; ccDSuriDj; those

fACtitioQs shn4lo'W8, and artiGciol effects,
which he attributed to the uuion of the
Bchoola of architecture and painting iu
the halls of the Royal \oademy, and to
which he otcribed a perverted taste in
Brcbitectiirol drawing, couducive to atill
more material evils.

^yVTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.

KOMAN RBMAIN8 AV CIRRNCGfUTF.K.

Some important additions have re-
ceully hcen made to the rclie* of Roman
art digcovered at Cirencester (see the
sepulchral monuments engraved in onr
Magazine for June ltJ3Ti p. 686, and the
laat volume of the Archirulojjia). On
the 2'2d of last June tiornc labourers iu
Mr. Gregory's exteusive nursery disco-
vered, about a foot below the surface of
the ground, two large and finely-sculp-
tured atonea, which had evidently formed
parts of two capitals of the Corinthian
order. One of theui, with the abdcus, ia
a frcestuue, of grayish colour, forming
the lower port of n capital, and exhibiting
the uj^ual tiiTii of aciiiithus- leaves boldly
sculptured, eight in each tier, and abovt
them, at the top of the stone, inJicntioua
uf hnoda and bru.-tRls of a human hgure.
The diameter of this stone at the bottom
ia two feet, and its height two feet two
incfaeii. The other stoue is a cross-
grained ithell-limestone, one foot uiue
Inches high, in form of the abacus or top
of another capital ; the diagonal of the
top from comer to corner is four and a
half feet; and it i«, therefore, probable
that it was supported on a shaft more than
two feet in diameter, and about i'i feet
high. Tlic four corners are a little be-
velled downwards from the horizontal top,
DO as to leave a circular bearing. In the
centre of each of the four concave sides
of the abacus is the upper part of n hu-
man figure briefly described below. This
stone is now fiied upon the other, which
u placed upon a plain pedestal in front
of Sir. Gregory's residence. On its north
aide is a fare, with smooth forehead, and
with drapery hanging across the breast
from a button on eiich shuulder ; the hair
is parted on the forthcad nud curled elo»e,
and a bort of flat cup is close over the
hair, and ornamented »( ■ ■• !■ i-.. .1 k
aemicirculur flat object ;ii
the left -Imtiliffr. Tlic s
»i'i ■ I* Bwcohu-

1( 1 baiich nl

II, , ■ . _

or top of a aeeptrc. The drapery of tliia
tigure hangi from the left shoulder. Tbe
mole figure on the aouth side support* a
curved horn with bis right hand in supi-
nation ; the small end, which is formeii
like the head of aome nnimal with ears, ia
placed to the riglit corner of the mouth,
which i« partly open, and the Urge end of
the horn ia shown in perspective. The
face has an ample beard and a low fore-
head, with deep horiaontal furrows. Tha
male figure on the west side holds in his
left hand an olive branch, the hand being
on a level with the shoulder, .\bove the
right shoulder appears a bipennis, or
double battle-axe, crescent-fihaped, the
handle of which descends obliquely ia
front of the shoulder ; the face ia like-
wise amply eiupplied with bcord and witli
mustachio's, and has great expresaion.
The length of these bearded faces is nine-,
and the greale»t brcadili six iuclies. Every
one of the heads has an omameut oearif
as wide as the face iu place of a cro«n|,
with tbe top on a level with the upper,
eurface of the abacas. Mr. Gregory de.
serves great ])raisc fur his taate and cart
in preserving these and other curiooa an-
tiquities.

TOUB IK racE.VlX park, DUBLIN.

May S.3. A Cromlech, or ancient tomb,
was opened in the Phucnii Park, Dublin,
near tljc Hibernian .School. It coniista
of a large lime-stone slab, rough as if just
taken fri^m a quarry, supported by fdx
Icf'^' ind surrouuded on all sicle4'

by ' -.which hnd evidently bcea

reui., i.!ic bed of the Litfey. M'beu

the earth was withdrawn, it wa* found to
contain two nearly perfect human skele-
tons, with a portion of another skeleton,
and one Hctk*, Kiippr>iied to l>e that of ts

I

dog. All
state ol

were in
teeth

111 ycui'6
vercd a
coajt I
duun >iii

Ladiii I

he'tp nf 111

hi2h'

ncarljr

II were ,

'I'CT.I

ilucoil

III till

■' t'

1830.]

Antiquarian Reieurcheg.

181

gie /r«irAw« sh«H was likewise obscrred.

pi-»rlv 1 usiiiiur i.r Yiliioh WU OS pcf-

(be sr.*-«hore ;
kr 1 arrow. The

(omb n;. - Mii^ a new

r Olid 11 Oil' '.of earth,

15 fe<t biirii, I'jrijuiiK lut Bi-s"iexit of a
iphere. ono hundred aiid twenty feet dia-
meter. Tlie interior of the Cromkcb
meuuret «iT feet by Ave. It is of an irre-
^ultr iMfxicin form. T''p original jitnic-
lurc of tl' E to have

been <oil. iperations

of r.- ' - I lie, it had

,k»«n i>,Qt of a

tpUk .red in this

jiaix A white ioit tubjitjuicc, phot phate of
lime, pairt of the deL'uui|iu.scd bones.

CJtOMLKCB VKXU. BOUUAY.

>» fV... nif'Pting of Uic Royal Irish
At . on the 9th of April, Sir

W)i 111 read a letter from Dr.

llibb«jt Wajrc, describing a cromlech dig-
COfcred near Hnmbay, by bij sou, and
-embleu the croinleidi
} K in Kent. Into the

,,. ... ...^... of these mouuineuts

four *Unes enter, which inL'iitie townrds
aae .inuthct, and ore surmounted br one
Ur,- .1 itone. From an inquiry

oft ., including information re*

crirni ujiDn I tic sjiot, Mr. Ware learned
that thete reinaiusi are tombtt of ancient
date : and hence he infers thi%t from
analogy it is prob<ibIe that such ])ile$ in
Kn^land were erected more ns M-pulchral
slonea than for other uses. It is affirmed,
that fhe pr?»ent structures were never
rai- ' noui purposes. The crom-

ler found in the north of Gu-

ri the very summit of a ic-
aa Sj5borg, in hi:^ system*
< pointed out, and in this
ouc, it appears more Ulce an occasional
•ppcodu to the cairn, destined, from its
pceidlar ftructure, to the celebration of
Mciiflees in honour of the dead. Mr.
Wa» M aatisfied, however, tbtit the crom-
iMh odgtnaUv subsisted mot^t fre^juently
independently of any cairn whatever ; and
if, in this isolated state, huinau asbea
have nrcasionally been discovered in cou-
nrxioti with it, other iQ.xtauccs uiigbt be
(Hied, in which very careful excavations
not affoii'- ' ■■ •■ -idence that this
innient h.! : -at use. He ia

reforp i>f , 't the cromlech

1 ino«t freijupiitljr comierti'd with pur-
poM*f of tntermt-nr. Alt)iougb not necoB-
Mi Ml gcaerml it wu raised

foi

In pvrsuins the excavation in Ht|;h-
itreet, Lincoln, fgr the porpoac of luyiog

II tunnel from the Butchery to the river,
the workmen bared • portion of the old
Roman road. It is nearly a yard below
the prcaeut syifocc of the street, and great
difficulty woi expcricDced in breaking
through it. It Vfoa about 10 to N inchea
thick. ' I ." ' I I I "I. on a layer of

grav ' : the material

of wl , irmed appears

to be irleau jiiuiie rubble, gravel, many
sheliii, and fernu^uuus ashes, run together
with hot lime, as a concrete or grouting.
The moss was so thoroug;hly compact,
that itj gravity was heavier than tlie gran-
ite paving stones of modern days ; and a
large mass, when rubbed down smooth,
presented a surfai:e not dissimilar to com-

iioct marble. In the mid«t at' some of the
umpf . fragments of manufacturers' wa«te
were found ; in one a piece of a hone-
shoe, no doubt brought with the a«he9 ; •
fragment of leather van sticking in an-
other piece,

A fine and perfect specimen of a Roman
sword was lately ploughed up in a Aeld
at Litlington, Cainbridgebhire. It is
formed of the celebrated bronse metal, is
about 1» inches in length, two-edged, and
of elegant form, and in an extraordinary
state of preservation, considering the long
period it has been buried. Mr. Deck,
chemist, of Cambridge, poiscuet this cu*
rious relic.

As Mr. Williotn Shanks, of Brandei-
burton, Yorkshire, v.os excavating in hit
oulground, he lately dug up a large-sized
.riug of sterling gold. Tlie top part of it
is square, with a beautifiil representation
of the Virgin Mary and the child Jesus in
her arms ; on the round part of it are
engraven several words, with roses at a
regular distance.

A workman lately employed in pulling
down an old house in St. Margaret's*
street, Uochester, belonging to Mr. Hedg.
cock, grocer, found iu the brickwork of
the chimney a wash-leather bag, contain-
ing 158 pieces of silver coin, of various
sizes and thicknesses, some of tbem beiug
no bigger than a siapence, and others at
broad as a half-crown. Some of itiem ore
of the reign of Philip and Mary, bearing
the date 15.^4; others bear the names of
Elizabeth, James, Edward VI. and
Charles j and the weight of the whole i«
one pound and n half. The bog is a«
fresh iu colour nnJ sppearoncc oa when
it was fiisl deposited in the place, in

which it must lm\c befit ' 1 for

near tnu buiidicil years, ' bog

is a Hiuull |M)cket, probabi'
receptacle for gold.

I:

i

tfib

mni

m

jk

Antiquarian Researches,

[Aug.

nOMAN COINS
rOUND NKAR UUDDEIl6rii;l,D.

As II Ubouring man w,i.s lately tliggiiig
in a liclil nut fur from Tlior^tonland, a
few miles from ilmidersfield, he met with
a large rollcctiou uf KomsD coin»; but, as
M uftcu the case iusuch discoveries, hi'ing
a strangiT to their value, \\c uun iiiducfd
to part with them for a triHinj rvmuiitra-
tioD. Thej aniountei] in nunibur to about
.*»»•<>, and were principally copp4'r, though
a few were »ilver. As far as can be ascer-
luiiird froo) detached |Mirtioiu of thein,
they appear to hare consisted chiefly of
coins of the lower empire, a considerable
numbtT hearing the heads of Cfinstaalino,
Constantius, Licinius, and, in theopiuioii
of sonte, of Victurinus. But the coins of
Caniugiua, who possessed himself of Bri-
tain as Emperor under Dioclesiaii, are the
most numerous. Theiuscription in many
of thciu is as fallows, imi'kratob ca-
itAU8i(i8 riU8 rcLix APGi'HTVs ; and
on the reverse, pax augusti. These
were probably stamped after he had
cleared the British sea of the pirates.

A few years ago, a iplcuiiid gold Roman
coin, l>earing an im])rPB«ion of the head of
('Arinus, was found at liolmtirth, within a
few miles of the same place. Thi:i is unc of
tlie few gold coins of that en)])erar dis-
covered in Britain. The monarch whom
it represents, it is well known, was one of
the most worthless in hiatory. The coin
is in a state of excellent preservation, and
the inscription as follows: on the obverse,

MARCrS AURELIUB CARIN17S NOBII.I:!!

CESAR, with the head of Carinas with a
fillet round it ; and on the reverse, " vic-
toria AUGVSTi," with an image uf Vic-
tory standing upon a. globe, iu tJie act of
presenting a laurel crown.

It is remarkable that in the luwnnhip of
Lingards, about four miles from Hudders-
fidd, a large quantity of coining moulds,
or impressions upon cby of Rutuan cm-
perorK, were discovered some time ago,
principally represeatingthc same emperors
ns those above described at Thurstonland.
It d<n's not appear that any other Roman
remains have Ix^n recently found near
lliurstonlaud, though, above forty years
ago, several Roman coins were found near
Ilenley, which is at no great dixtanoc.
No uniB or tiles have been dug up, and
no vestiges of n Roman road have, bct-n
ti.ii'ett. Rut though there is no probabi-
lity yf there having been any Rutnaii town
near the tiiot, yet it in c*lrt:mrly proba-
b|p (lint it has Ik'cii nn aii;i)li»ry Ktalloit,
sub«rdinale to the nmio utaliim ut t'am-
boduDum, which wc now know wn* within
the modern p^iriiili nf liuddcr»5«ld. It
was usual willi that people tu hmve uunur

»ta ions nt ronvenirnl distances from tl
principal one ; and it luu been eufficieat!
fhewu by Dr. Walker of Huddewticld,
an essay on this subject, read before th
I'hilutophicol Societitts both at Leeds «c
Sheffield, that there were various «ue
stations within &ix or eight milc^ of Can
bodunum. It is ruthor rciniukable tlu
though Roman coins have been found i
many phiccs within a few miles of CaniL
dnnum, so few have been found on tt
site of the place itself. Dr. \MiiUk<i
was of opinion that the Romans very
abandoned Cnmbcdununi, in consequent
of its bleak and barren situation ; but i
this^opinion the doctor was incorrect, i
inscriptions of a very lat£ dote have bra
discovered there, which shew that it wi
garrisoned by the imperial troops at
very late period. Within a few moult
back, some tiles were diacovcred by DrJ
Walker, ou the site of the ancient Ca
bodunum, bearing the inscriptiou
"coH. IV. BRET." the fourth cohort
the Britons, which there is every reasa
to believe formed at least a part of til
garrison of Cnmbodunum, as many nativi
troops were in the pay of Rome. It ii
hoped, however, that the late discovery i
Thurstonland will rouse n spirit of irujuir
on this subject, that may lead to furthc
discoveries interesting to the antiqaa
nud calculated tu throw additional ligi
on the history of thi:i important district
J. K. W\

SCrLFTDRE IN ILI.OGAN CHURCH.

Some workmen employed in repairin
the interior of lliogan Church, Cornwa'
have discovered a piece of sculpture, tap.
posed to represent an abbot, abbess, and
nuns habited in the vestinvots of their
orders. They are knijcling before
altar covered with drapery, and on whtc
D book lies open. Three oi the tigur
are on one jtlub of Bath stone, about four^
feet in length and about three feet wide |
the other is on a elab of the same stone
of about 13 inches long, and of a cor
ponding width with the above. Th
figures are elegantly foruicd, and thei
vestments, with the drapery of the nlL
and the book, sculptured in a chaste an4
elegant manner. There i:an Iw no tloul:
but that tliey liave occupied their pre:$ei]
position ever iiince thn chureli was built

For a long time t)i<-» ''-'v- i ^

by n large marble

memory of Dr. ,1.. :,>|

been for several year* il,e locwitbnrt '

the rectory. This slab will now be tt

moved. Bad Uio hgum left wposctl

vie*.

163

HISTORICAL CHKONICLE.

P P O C EE D I N G S I N PARLIAMENT.

I

Smith sliould oppose tlie bill in nil its
stages, and every clauso of it. The mea-
fiure WHK levelled boIpIv ogninfit tbe poor.
It wns absurd to say that no refreshment
should be purchased on the Sundnv. — Mr.
Goulbum said the bill wns a bill solely

for the suppression of Sundny troding

Ijord Ihinffannon observed tlmt he could
not Kiipport this bill, because he con-
liidered that it wua n subject that coidd
not be legislated upon. — On Mr. Jervis's
nntendment, the numbers were — for, 39;
Bguinst, 118. Other dirisions on motions
to report progress took place, but on both
orrdsioiis the majority was in favour of
proceedinp.

June 22. Lord J. Rtutell having moved
tlmt the order of the day for the second
reading of the Ikish tithes Bill have
jireeedcnce of the other orders of the day,
■ — Lord ^iA/fy proposed as an amendment,
that the House proceed with the lirst order
of the day — the second reading of the
Factohils Recitations Bill. He had
no other opportunity but the present of
calling the attention of the House to the
statement which he was reiinested to make
on behalf of the children employed in the
factories — to the repeated violiitions of
the provisions of the bill which had Wen
suffered to pass unnoticed, and to the
total neglect and contempt with which the
(lovemiuent had treated all the represen-
tations and remoiiKtrances which had been
miide to them upon this subjeot. He
hoped tliat the House would be convinced
of the pressing necessity of providing Kime
remedy this session- L<ord J. Ru-tttll
defended his own conduct, and that of hi*
colleagues. The postponements were all
iifthem inevitable; and the questions to
be settled are, in themselves, of the most
formidable character. 'I'be friends of the
factory children arc anxious to shorten the
hours of labour for adults, as well as fot'
children ; — whilst the manufacturers again
represent, that interference with " supply
and demand," in the case of labour, must
destroy our sources of trade. — Mr, Govt-
bum condemned the course of argimient
adopted by the Home Seeretnry. What
had the dilliciiltles of (be subject lo do
with the condoet of Minister*? If they
frit the difliculties of the subject to be
ovcrwhclinini;, why did thev not leave it (
til tii«niible friend f' Lord Asfiiey)? Whjr |
lie bill. Mr. I'erjmn did (hey prevent him ftom bringing for*

y.MOSfi, Jitnf IS.
r/1 uiiived the third
iot KAi-irifs A.N'D Bkne-

rtcti Bill, which, after the discussion of
vmriotj? nrrit-ndments, was finally passed.

1 lARY Brar.HS (SroT-

uir. la second time, after

a <3r ition by Sir H'. Rat;

will 'I for the second read-

inp. , .W.

> Hatentn then moved the

»eci - ijf the Party Processions

(lati.AMi^ liill. Me proceeded to make
ohaemitioiiR on the alleged partiality
tltovsTi by the Irish goveniment towards
tbe Liberal party, and the rigour with
which the Protectants were treated when
tliet met for public purposes. The House
divided. There appeared for the second
mding, 74 ; ngaiust it, 10: majority M.
Junt 5ifl. Air. F. Baring, in mo^-irig
tlie •ecniid reading of the Ntw Zealand
Bni« rnt<'ri-d into a history of the pro-
CMding^ of the New Zealand Coloniza.
lion Society, it was a matter of indtlfe-
rence. be naid, to the society whether the
gaTemment of the colony remained for
7, 14, or 21 years in their bands; and as
to tho«e who i^id that government itself
kliould undertake the coloniiationof New
Zoilaiid. he would only observe that it
not likely that the house would grant
iim nf iflli>,tXtO/. for such u purpose,
•bt be the fate of this Uill,
H"; stop the current ofemigra-

tioi. ,'- -v Zealand. Sir C. Grpy

begged leave to move as an amendment,
llwt the Bill should be read a second time
thkt day »ix montha. There afipeared
lor the second reading 32,8^810$! Xl'i'i: ma-
jority 60. The bill wiw consi/qiieritly lost.
Air. Senrcant JV^oun/ postponed till thai
Jav r!ir*.. nidiiilis the further considem-
ti< I'VaiGiiT Bill.

yirt moved the rc-eommittal
I he .S.vuiiATii OasEftVANCF Bill. — Mr.
fard moved that it be read again that
ntb«., but on n division it wa«i
\ l>y a majority of 75 to 53.
t I'lRUse Mr. John Jerr'm
moved, sk aii iiinrndment, that the fiillnw-
kiig wordn Ih' iimerted — " That no person
ill do, or raiiike lo be done, any manner
work whatever on the Lord's duy." —
■\ oppa«e the intioduc-
li. .as they would destroy

Parliamentary Proceedings.

[Aug.

ward n measure, for which iUey had. ob-
viously, no relish iheinsdvM? — Mfi P'jh-
htt TAumnou compliiiru'il of the misrcprc.
senlAtiuns eniiiloyed by Mr. Guulbuin.
Ministers liuil never jircvctucd Lord Ash-
ley from briii^iiiK forward lii* Kuctoiy
Bill. Thut nuble Lord's bill difTored
mItoRcthcr from llic bill introdiicrd by
Government. Lord Ashley advocated a
rcdui'tiuii ill thi? hours of labour for itdultK,
no lc«s th«ii for children. The whole
question wm, in point of fnct, one of the
most tremendous import. It was a ques-
tion BflTeeting the very existence of our
manufacturing^ Ru|>eriority. If Inbour
were restricted by FHriiamcnt, cnpitiil
would quit our shores. Even now the
march of oompetiiiou on the purt of
foreign manuracturers vhs of the most
alarming kind, lie entreated the Ilou&e
to pauxe, before legiiilHting rashly on such
matters. — Sir R. J^eel observed, that lie
did not lean to the popular view in this
matter, still the very importiinco of the
questions involved rendered it advisable
that the House should, at once, put n
stop to delusion* on the subject. If the
President of the Board of^ Trade were
concct in bis views, the House miKht rest
aasured, that, compared with this question,
all other questions were uniniportunc. If
the interests of hiuuunity should he found
to require a curtailment of the hours of
labour, the House ought, undoubtedly, to
rccoguise these interests ut all hnzords ; —
but if on the other hand, it should be
found, as he (Sir U. Peel) believed it
would be found, that a more enlargeil
humanity dictated abstinence from inter-
ference between labourers and employers,
still the House ought not to shrink from
tha duty of proclaiming it4 convictions to
tl>e world, — The House divided, and the
numbers were — For the original motion,
119; for the amendment. 111; majority
for the original motion, 8, — The Irisu
Tithe Bill was then read a second time.

On the motion of Lord J. RutHtU, the
Cou.NTY CoL-aTB Bill and the Ecclksi-
A8T1CAL DiTiKB AND RevKNUts Bill were
both deferred for six months.

Jun« iib. l^)rd J, Riittetl having moved
the third reading of the laisH Mi'McifAL
CoRPoaATioNB Bill, Lord F. E^erlon

Eroposcd am an ampnilmpitf, that th? bill
e read atbii<^
— Lord J?/^ry^
•d opinions, ..
must Vfjti' foi >

bft<l .!..•".. .- ,

hi:

of tlit; aJuclioiJ^iiui:
been ulviptcd ; aint
frwn the fir»l, tnMUru n

g

•it lux rra.
.-III. Nime
■a had
Ijitd,

r y/.J lldll,

the boHofidt 10/. qualification, was obsti'
mitoly refused. The House divided,]
when iheri- appcan-d for the third readinifJ
IG'J; for the amendment, l.'i4: inajority,
35.

June 30, On tho motion that th«l
Vestkieb ts CntJBcticfi Bill be re-com-
mitted, Mr. Haweti moved it? rc-cora«
mittol that dny six months. Mr. //iin««l
seconded the umendmciit. — Lord JoAni
Rattttl admitted thut the Bill made
changes in the ancient cuMoms of
country, and was likely to put
imrishes to ^eat difficulty. It wouU
throw (treat burihcti!^ on many pitri»hri|l
by ennblinf; vestries to go to almost an|
expciiKc for fbc erertion and alteration
biiihlings and the purchase of land, andi
by allowing the debts thus incurred to bel
thrown upon the Poor-rates. — Mr. t'iofl
opposed the Bill at some length. VestrM
meetings had been held in churches fof I
000 years, and tiu inconvenience bad evcffl
before been complin iied of. — Lord />im«i
gannon only regretted thit the Bill diA|
not go further, und do awny at once withf
all vestry meetings in churches. Thai
House divided ; for tho re*(-ommittal
the bill, 141 i for the amendment. 70i[
majority, 71, — The House then for t1
short time resolved itself into a committer (
on the Bill.

July 6. Mr. Gillon moved " (hat ■]
humble address be presented to Vktt MimI
je^ty, praying that she will lake into faelj
gracious consideration the parliaraentarvi
allowanue hitherto and ut present eojoyeq '
by bia Royal Higlmrss the Duke or
SuaaEX, as compared with those en^
by the other members of the royal
with a view to recommend ^r^inr aJ^
to them." .Mr. Oillon v Mfi

income of the Duke of .'- **il.y\

wa* less by G.tXKJ/. than :
member of the royal Ian:

eiinistunced. The royal Jl;.. ..i,

all his life to the promotion ol scienci' an<j
the encouragement of literature; and al«l
though his income bad been more limitetl]
thiin that of any of his royal brothers, h«1
had never he-ir • ' •' ■ utmost of hirl
means in for- -y undertakini^ 1^

honourable to ' / and beneficial j

to our species. When he xaid that ib«
Uukf of Sii«seT was n\ the hrnd of mil

vtlCrflliK l/iCu
brunrhrs of il

Orif.M.M. Mlin

■ .ip-'

Crown. — Sir R. Pt*J conrurred in this
mvr. After some i]i«cussioii, tbe House
divided uit it : ior tiiu niotiun, -k<t; jkgniiist

In • roinmiltee of Sii'I-i.y tlie Chan-
ttilor t^f tk» P rnt,. •,.„,;■ brought forvvHrd
k moliition ' ; to Her Mnjesty

TW.OOtW. on icr ■ Inte C'oroiintion.

Tltis W9S nf^icc^i tu, u& were grunU of
T'lyjUti/. to dcfi°uy the cx|M-n$(; of the
kl pabK-fs ; 12,CNXIf . to Kiii;;«ituvvn bnr.
4I4W. to the Holyhead-road ;

lyOWi/. to tbu new biiiUlingK in the
Bhtitih AluseuD), up to Murcb IR'i9 ;
i378/. to tlie works required in the Na-
tHiiihl <i»ll«ry and tbu Roya) Armleiny;
%nA atno'ig several others, ICX),000/.
(oniird<i I lie expenses of the new Hou!>e9
of Farlianient.

HorSE OF Lonos, July 9.
On tbe motion that the Iiiisu Pook
Law Bill do puss, the Marquis of Lon-
donderry moved tliat the Bill be rejected.
—The Earl of JAmerick, the Marquits of
CImnricnrdf, und the Kiirl MoHufccu/iel
oppo&ed the Bill, the latter lord desorib-
ing it M one miculated to ercatc relR-llion
and revolution. — Lord Brovyham &aid he
U'as Its. much opposed to the Bill u» ever,
tnd all tbe arguments be had benrd on
both sides had rather incrensed bis ob-
jections to it ; more cspociHlly tbe dis-
inclination to adopt it which existed in
Ireland led hiai to tbiii conclusion. He
■r^e^l ngainst the Bill as culeuluted to
introduce n vicious system, by teaching
tbe people of Ireland to go to the work-
bou»c, in>tc-ud of relying on their own
exertions and resources. — Lord Meibounie
did Dot ^ve credit to the grcnt opposition
•lleged. The owners of lHri;e estates bad
dcflwvd that it would smoIIow rents ; and
bf'nce, hit feared, the poor had been in-
dueed to express the repugnance tbey
would nut hiire done bad tbe bill Iheen
hirly described to them. He admitted
that it ^vu« more expcrimenlul than the
£nKli>ib bill, and consei|Ui-iiily it would
be more dillicult to rarry it into elfect,
but he niuintoined that no measure hod
•ver been more generally called lar by all
rties than tlii» bill. — Lord Plunk ft was
f opinion thnt (hib was an experiment of
St peril, but that Ireland wii-s in such
N »tatc that it vin» jitteriy ioipoisible to
leave her in her present condition. The
J{nu«e divided on the question that the

LRill do pa**; ContentSy, present 69—
pro%ie<« "iV, Nun-contentK present 2'i,
— profiea B^ luujurity 6)1. The Bill
then ptts««d.

Hot'ir or Cu»imon:s, Jtilji 1 1.
Mr. A'. L^nrf moved the second resd-
GftXT, Mac. Vol. X.

ini; of the PAnocniAr. AiSKSSMirNTB Bill.
Hi<> object was to place the law on u more
satisfactory basis, and to put an end tu
the dissatisfuction which prevailed, owing
to tlie introduction of a principle of ratin^f
lately. Avhich had never before Ix'en heurd
of. It had been laid down by tbe judges
that per«onal property was to escape rating.
Tbe Purocbiid Assessment Act passed
in 1830 did not conduce to equality of
rating ; the only good derived from it was,
that it gave a cheap mode of appeal to the
special sessions. — Mr. Goulburn opposed
tnc measure, as inconsistent with the law
for the commutation of tithes which bad
passed two years ago : that act was in tbe
nature of n bargain which the present
measure tended materially to niter. Every
principle of good faitb required tbem to
adhere to that arrangement, and not im-
pose an additional tax upon the clergy.
If this bill was passed, every clergyman
would be taxed more than was just. He
concluded by moving that the bill be read
a second time that day three months. Tbe
Allornttf -general supported the second
reading of tlie Bill, He admitted that
there were several points in the Bill which
might require adjustment, but these, be
thought, might bo done cilicicntly in coiiv>
mittee. The fact was that the law as it
nt |>reseiit stood was so loose that it was
open to endless litigation. The House
then divided, when tnere anpcared for tbe
second reading 104 ; for the amendment
42 ; majority iyi.

Sir W. Jtae moved the third reading of
tbe Small Debts (Scotland; Bill, — Mr.
Wallace moved tbat it be read a third
time that day three moiiilis. The amend-
ment was carried by a majority of C3 to
15.

lIoi'SK or Lonus, Juljf 12.
Lord Melbourne moved tbe committal
of the Mu.NiLii'AL Coin'oRATioNS Bill.—
Lord Li/niihurtt, in an able speech, an-
nounced the nature of the amendments he
intended to propose. In the <)tb clause
he proposed to strike out the words
" rated to the relief of tbe poor," for the
purpose of adding after the words *' of
the " the words " yearly value of not leas
than 10/. to be ascertained und determined i
as hereinafter mentioned." The opera-
tive words he proposed were, " and thAt {
such yearly value be uscertained and de-
ternu'iied in manner following, and not ^
otherwise ; tbut is to say, such value shall |^
be composed of the net annual value of
the premises occupied by the persons, and
rated as they arc hereby required undei ,
un set passed for the relief of the poor in I
rbc present sea-iion of Parlinment, and of <
the landlord's repairs and insurance, as

I

i

I

CBtiinKtcd and stated in such rate." This
aoicndnient waa rcsiitcd by the Ministers
on the ground that a J/. frunchise nas not
too low ; liut the coiiiuiittoc having di-
vided. Lord Lyndburst's amrndmeiit wa§
oarhed by a mnjority of til), the numbers
long 96 and 36.

, Julif 19. The AFFiaMATioNB in lieu
of Oaths Bill (Lord Denman't^), wot
thrown out on n division ; the contents

I being 16, the non-contents 3^.
lost
7*
•ho

I

House or Comuons, JuJj/ 19.
The Vr.BTn.iKs tn CMi'RCur.a Bill was
lost on a division, there being 7U ayes and
78 MM. Dr. Nicholl declared that he
renetv tlic bill nest session. — In

Committee on the Titbss (Ireland) lavue
of Exchequer-bills Bill, Lord J. Rvtxell
moved that a sum not exceeiliiii; .'JOO.OtX)/.,
the residuu of the l,t»0O,lX)()/. oripinuily
advanced as a loan to the clergy of Ire-
land, should be issued in Exchequer-
bills, and in payment of the arrears of
tithe. — Mr. Hume moved, as an amend,
ment, " that the pant of 1*40.000/. ad-
vanced to the cleip)' and lay proprietors
of tithes in Ireland, also the additional
grants of UlO.tJOtV, and of 260,000/. now
proposed, makinn; the whole 1,000,000/.
sterling, will be highly unjust to the peo-
ple of Kngtond and Scotland." I'bc
numbers were, for i^ord J. KumcII's re.
solution, 170; tor Mr. Hume's 61.

•rAtN.
'A sanguinary battle took ])luce on the
SOth of June. Esiwrtero, on the 19tb,
of>eiied his batteries oji^inKt the Carliat
fort of Penacermrta, and having effected a
breach in one of the outer defences, the as-
sault was commenced. Thegarrison, how-
ever, drove the as«nilants back with a loss
of 400 men hofn dt combat. The main
attack was opened on the 20th, and at
length Espartoro occupied the place,
though ut a consideruhlc ^aeri{ir€ of men
and ammunition. Subsequently he has
retired, and it is again in the possession
of the Carlists. The new Carlist Com-
mander-in-Chief, General Marotto, has
entered on his functions, commencing by
effecting an entire re-organisation of the
army. A large force has been posted in
the outskirts of Estella, to ol>serve and
check the movement* of E«partero. The
head-quarters of Don Carlos were still ut
Elorioon the Ist July.

Wi:ST INDIES.

The Colonial Legislative Council* of
Barbadoes and St. Vincent's have passed
sets to put an end to the state of uppreii-
riceship on the 1st of August ; and ie»o-
Intions to the same effect hiive been
adopted by St. Kitt's. At Nevis, Tor-
tola, ami \I.,nli..rr..r tl,.. ...,., I

pie bad

Mid the ^

would follow tlie exxuiflv : •iiiiJ. iit ieiiKtb.

Janwica, where a <>troii|;r fo-lin?- eontinui'd

to prevtil uai i ' '

flf mfifiieme\ -

coaiMk by u ui . j...... ^.o-

kturr on the 7tb ol J une.

CAVAUA.

On the I si i)( June, the Karl «f Dur-
Iwin, di« nmr Oov«mor>0en«tm], dio*

FOREIGN NEWS.

solved the Special Council, and on the
2nd Nummoned the foUoning gentlemen
to form a new Executive Council: — Air.
t'harles Uuller, M.P. Chief Secretary;
Mr. T. E. M. Turton, Secretary; Col.
(reorgc Cooper, K. H. Military Secre-
tary ; the Provincial Secretary, and the
Commissary- (iencral. His Excellency
the Governor- (jeneroJ has also been
pleased to make the following uppoint-
menls: — To be attached to the High
Commission, Lieut. -Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, of her Majesty's 7 Ut Regt.
To be Inspector-general of Hospitals,
and of all medical, charitable, nnd literary
institutions in the province of Lower Ca-
nada, Sir John Doratt, Kni. AL1>.

The celebrated Generals Sutherland
and Tbeller, Colonel Dodge, and seven
other state prisoners, ai'e on their M'ay to
England, whence they will be Imim-
jMjrled.

SOtrrn AMKIUCA.

The ports of Mexico bavo been in-
vested by a FiencU <.i[U)idron with an
active blockade, which commenced on tlie
lUtb of April. It \!> ^aid that the Mexi-
cans have consented to pay the (Bdcm-

mty. the refusal to s
original cause of tli

Id cede, il i>
nuiinccil that ii.>

(iiitt ul \ li'jjdl !il>ii

.-t next. J I may

..,,v,..,., whi-'>- • ■' ■■ '
•Uciigth 10 lli.i

the (liiiiiHi ii:'
senr

'1 ;

ria, U (Ji'a'l. and Milh lu> lituOi end* tho

was the
; but the

ri'H to
-Icr
tuse
' lollv au-
;id block-
, ou th<- tBth
be doubted,
uittcicnt
' agaiust
i> r»pre.

Oil.

i)t. Frsn-

Domntic Occurrences.

18383

meet ringulsr ^rernment that ever exist-
ed. His slavish adherents, dreading the
vengeance of the inhabitants of Ascen-
•ioD, have left the country and fled to
Monte Video. This singular man has left
several nnpublished manuscripts, one of
wbicfa is « Proof of the character and the
nmplicity of the Spanish Americans, and
the means which a governor must emplojr
t« make himself necessary to them."

187

The inscription which he affixed to his
portrait is as follows : — " Despotism
IS increased either by having in a country
very numerous laws at variance with each
other, or no laws at aU. I have chosen
the latter course, because it is more
adapted to the franknera of my character,
and to the bad memory of the people of
Paraguay."

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

On Whit-Sunday the parish church of
Cumbtnewth, near Alford, Lincolnshire,
was re-openeid for divine service, having
been rebuilt in the decorated style of Ed-
ward the Second, with a cupola and spire
Con the plan of those at Sinzig, on the
iUiine), rising ^cefuUy and forming a
conspicuous object to the surrounding
neighbourhood. The expense of rebuild-
ing the sacred edifice has been defrayed
almost entirely by the incumbent, the
Rev. John Lodge, M. A. Librarian of the
University of Cambridge ; and his pa-
rishioners, in humble imitation of his mu-
nificence, have cheerfully subscribed to
purchase a handsome chandelier.

/me 16. Atageneral meeting of the sub-
scribers to the fund for erecting a Monu-
mtmt to Lord Nelnn, held at Freemasons'
Hall, the Duke of Buccleuch in the chair,
a report was read, stating that the present
exertions of tbc committee were to in-
crease a fund, raised for a similar purpose
in 1805, which then amounted to 1330/.
and which, with dividends, had been in-
creased to b5^5l. 19«. Reduced Three
per cents. Her Majesty the Queen has
subscribed 5!^. and her Majesty the
Queen Dowager 200/. which, with other
subscriptions, presented an additional
5000/. The Duke of Wellington pro-
posed a resolution — " That the meeting
highly approves of the situation selected
for the intended monument in Trafalgar,
square, and they derive the greatest satis,
faction at the ready compliance with
which her Majesty's ministers had appro-
priated BO eligible a site." His Grace
said, it was a matter of astonishment that
the subject under consideration bad not
beat carried into execution at an earlier
period. It was to be hoped that on the
present occasion every obstacle would be
removed. Her Majesty the Queen had
set tbem all a bright example — the Queen
Dowager bad nobly followed the Sore.

reign — the Government had done every*
thing that could be expected from them
in order to enable them to carry their
design into execution in a manner deserv-
ing the occasion, and it now only remained
for the meeting and the public to do their
duty. The list contains, amongst many
others, the names of the Duke of Wel-
lington 200/. the Duke of Buccleuch SOO/.
the Marquis of Anglesey 105/.

June 2\. The new church, called Tri-
nity Church, situate near Gough-sqtiare,
in St. Bride's parish, was consecrated by
the Bishop of London. The Goldsmiths'
Company presented the ground to the
parish. Its erection and furnishing have
cost about 5000/. After the consecn*
tion service had been performed, the
Bishop preached a sermon in aid of the
fund required to pav off a debt of 700/.
still due on the outlay for the building.
In the course of the appeal his lordship
spoke of the deplorable want of churches
to accommodate the immense population
of the metropolis. He severely com-
mented upon the government of the
country for not advancing liberal funds
for that purpose; and further insisted
that it devolved upon individuals to come
forward and freely to contribute accord-
ing to their means to supply the great
general want.

On the 5th July, the new church of
AU Sainte, King's Cross, which is the
second completed out of three intended
district churches within the parish of Is-
lington, was consecrated by the Bishop
of London. It is calculated to accom-
modate 1000 persons, to nearly 300 of
whom are allotted free sittings, and
the whole cost of the building will not
exceed '.12001. 1000/. of which is sub-
scribed bv the Metropoliun Churches
Fund, and the remainder by the volun-
tary subscriptions of the parishioners.

188

The Coronation.

THE CORONATION.

THE Coronation of Queen Victoria

performed on Ihe ''Hth of Junr. It

%U conducted in most respects after the
r^rmed model of that of her immediate
Predecessor; the walking I'roccssion of
all the estates of the realm, and the Ban-
quet in 'Westminster Hall, with all the
feudal services attendant thereon, being
wholly dispensed with; not, however,
without many complaints and various
pubLc atruggles, an well on the {lart of
the Tories, as on that of the tradesmen
of the metropolis.

To meet in some def^e« the general
wishes expressed for a Coronation more
stately than the hut, the exterior caval-
cade was increased in r^plendour aitd
numbers, and a much more extended line
of approach was adopted. It wa» thus
brought to resemble, still more closely
than on the former occasion, the proccs-
aion through the meCropolif which wa^ for-
merly considered a necessary ])art of the
solemnities of the Coronotion,* but which
was last performed by King Charles the
Second. The main difference was that
the modern procession wns not through
the city of London, hut through that of
Westminster, a city now much larger, and
far more magnificeiit, than ancient Lon-
don. The utmost eagerness was shown
to furnish nil the accommodation for
spectators that the space would allow,
and there was scarcely a house or a va-
cant spot along the whole line from Hyde
Park Corner to the Abbey, that was un-
occupied with galleries or scafiblding.i-

The ceremonies of the day commenced
by the firinft of a royal salnte at sunrise
by twelve pieces of artillery (nine-poun-
ders) stationed within the inclosure of
St. Jamcs's-park, to the north of the or-
namental water (where they had been
encamped during the night). At six
o'clock the 20th regiment of fool and
Ihe 5th dragoons entered St. Jamcs'a-
park, and took up their station in front
of the palace, together with the second
Life Guards. The E division of police was
also in attendance.

Soun after half-past nine, detachments
of the Blues and the Life Guards, accom-
panied with their respective bauds, ar-
rived opposite the entrance gate of the
palace, and their appearance was quickly
followed by that of twelve of her Ma-
jesty's carriages, together with the state
coach. The carriages of the Duchess of
Kent, with those of the Duke of Cam-
bridge, Duchess of Gloucester, and the
Duke of Sussex, next reached the royal
residence in rapid succession. The whole
of them drove into the court- yard.

During (his proceeding the various
Foreign Ambassadors formed into line in
the Birdcage- walk. Their ccjiiipBges ci-
cited the greatest admiration, eB|)eciallyr
that of Mnrshol Soult.J

At the Queen's departure a new royal
standard (measuring :50 feet by IH) was
hoisted on the marble arch, where il
will in future be kept displayed when-
ever her Majesty is resident at the Pa-
lace.

• By King James the First this procession was made some months after the Coro-
nation had taken place, the .solemnity itself having been ]>erfoitned as privately ta
possible, on account of the Phigue.

t The seats obtained various prices, from ten sbillings to five guineas, and by many
of the speculators large profits were realized. Many persons let the fronts of their
houses for given sums, varying from 5ii/. to :WH. In .St. Jamcs's-strecl several
houses were let for the day for -HXV. and, after all exjienses were paid, more than
double that sum was acquired. The front of the hnu*e lately occupied by the Reform
Club-house in I'all Mall was let for VOO/. and upwards of .HH)/. realized. Enormous
sums were expended in Ihi* way ; and yet it is a singular fact, that on Constitution-
hill, where Ihe whole procession might hnve been »ecn to the best adtantage. there
was very liitle crowd, and the most timid might have witueaecd il with perfect fa-
cility and safety.

J Marshal Soult brought to England the frame of the carriage nscd on occasions
of state by the last great ?rincc of Ihr House of Cond/-, the father of the Dne do
Bourbon. It wns ornamented ani'w with the ntmo*t rejimrcM of art. The Count j
StroKonoff bought, for IGtfO/. (he carriage which the Duko of Devonihirp had built

y to S:t. 5'. ' ',
*'' . and rc-i

fu- . , . too late in , I

hired KluTitis rarnagci, which were newly emblaionrd for the occnaiuu.
Uidr ElceUencicc gave .'OO/, for the u«v of it carriage fur M« day.

It cost]
lith pro-
looght or{
Oik or]

18380 Tki Coronation. 189

The procesnoB moved, at ten o'clock predaely, in the following order :

Trampeten.

A Squadron of the Hoosehold Brigade.

Canugei (rf their Excellencies the Foreign Resident Ministers, in the order in which

they take precedence in this country :

The Charg^ d' Affaires of Mexico, Colonel Almonte.

The Charge d'A^ires of Portugal, Chevalier Rebelho de Carvalho.

The Chaigd d' Affaires of Sweden, Baron Rehansen.

The Saxon Minister, M. de GSersdorff.

The Hanoverian Minister, Baron Munchhausen.

The Greek Minister, Prince Michael Sontzo.

The Sardinian Minister, Count de PoUon.

The Spanish Minister, Chevalier de Aguilar.

The Minister from the United States, Mr. Stevenson.

The Minister from the Netherlands, M. Dedel.

The Brazilian Minister, M. Galvao.

The Bavarian Minister, Baron Cetto.

The Danish Minister, Baron Blome.

The Belgian Minister, M. Van de Weyer.

The Wflrttemberg Minister, Count Mandelsloh.

The Prussian Minister, Baron Bulow.

Carriages of their Excellencies the Foreign Ambassadors Extraordinary,* in the order

in which they respectively reported their arrival in this country :

Marshal Soult, Doc de Dalmatie, from the King of the French.

The Duke de Palmella, from the Queen of Portugal.

The Count Lowenhielm, from the King of Sweden.

The Marquis de Brignole, firom the King of Sardinia.

The Count Alten, G.C.B., from the King of Uanover.

The Prince de Putbus, from the King of Prussia.

The Marquis de Miraflores, from the Queen of Spain.

The Baron de Capellen, from the King of the Netherlands.

The Prince Schwarzenberg, from the Emperor of Austria.

The Count Stroganoff, from the Emperor of Russia.

The Prince de Ligne, from the King of the Belgians.

The Count Ludolf, from the King of the Two Sicilies.

[This part of the Procestion wag under the direction of Colonel JVemt/t», Equerry to

the QKeen, attitted by J. Coeum, Esq. Second Clerk of the Queen'i Stablet.}

Carriages of their Excellencies the Resident Foreign Ambassadors :

The Turkish Ambassador, Sarim Effendi.

The French Ambassador, Count Sebastiani.

The Russian Ambassador, Count Pozzo di Borgo.

The Austrian Ambassador, Prince Esterhazy, G.C.B.

Mounted Band of a Regiment of the Household Brigade.

A Detachment of the Household Brigade.

Cakkiaoks of thk Branches of trb Royal Family, each drawn by six horses,

with their proper escorts of the Household Brigade :

The Duchess of Kent and Attendants, in two carriages.

The Duchess of Gloucester and Attendants, in two carriages.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Attendants, in two carriages.

The Duke of Sussex and Attendants, in one carriage.

[Tki* part qf the Proceesion wa* under the direction of Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry

to the Queen, attitted by W. J. Goodwin, Etq. Inspector qfthe Queen' t Stablet']

* Of these high functionaries Marshal Soult was the only one noticed by the po-
pulace, and he was loudly and heartily cheered along the line. AU the Royal Family
were warmly greeted ; and when her Majesty made her appearance, the sky was con-
tim»Uy rent with the joyous shout of the midtitudes. Within the abbey the Duke of
Wellington was welcomed by an enthu^astic thont of applanae. Martial Soolt waa
•too tlwre moit cordially chtered.

IfO ^^^PV^^ "^^^ Coronation. l^^S'

StoQufed Bund of a Regiment of the llotucbolil Brigade.

The Qneeu'a Barge Master, and the Queen's forty-eight Watermen

Hea Majkrty'8 CAaaiAUKs, cooTcyiag:

I. — Two Pages of Honour, James Charles M. Cowell, Esij. and George U. Ca
diah, Esq.; two Gentlemea''iuhcr8, Major Beresford, and Cnptain Green.

[S. — Tis'o Pages of Honour, Charles Ellir«, Esq. and the lyird Kilmarnock; two
Gentlemen-naherii, the Hun. Frederick Byng, and Charles lleneoge, Esq.

3. — Two Bed'Chamber Women, the Lody Theresa Digby, and the Lady Charlotte
Copley ; two Grooms in Waiting, the Hon. George Keppel, and Menry Rich, Esq.

4. — Two Bed-chamber Women, the Lady Harriet Clive, and the Lady Caroline Bar-
rington ; two Grooma in Waiting, the Hon. William Cowper, and Sir Frederidi^H
Storin, K.C.B. fl

5. — Two Maid* of Honour, the Hon. Miss Rice, and the Hon. Miss Murray; the
Groom of the Rubes, Capt. Francis Seymour; and the Clerk Marshal, the Hon.
Col. Cavendish. ^_

6. — Two Maids of Honour, the Hon. Miss Lister and the Hon. Miss Paget; Keepo^H
of the Privv Purfte, Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.U.; and the Vic«-Chamberhdn, thd^^
Earl of Belfast, G.C.H.

7. — Two Maids of Honour, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, and the Hon. MissCocks(
Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey ; ond the Comptroller ^of tli
Household, the Rt. Hon. G. S. Byng.

H. — ^Two Maids of Honour, the Hon. Miss Dillon, and the Hon. Miu Pitt; two Lord
in Waiting, the Lord Gardner and the Lord Lilford.

9. — Two Ladies of the Bed-chamber, the Lady Portman, and the Lady Borham; t«
Lords in Waiting, the Lord Byron, and the Viscount Falkland, G.CH.

in. — Two Ladies of the Bed-rhamber, the Lady Lyttelton, and the Marchioness
Normanby; two Lordji in Waiting, the Viscount Torrington, and the Earl of Ux-

bridgc.

1 1 . — Two Ladies of the Bed-chamber, the Countess of Charlemont, and tiic Marw
chioncsH of Tavistock ; two Lords io WaitiDg, the Earl of Fing&Il, and the Marque
of Headfort.

13. — The first and principal Lady of the Bed-chamber, the Mvohioness uf Lans*
downe; the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquesa of Conynghom, K.P.; and the Lor~
Steward, the Duke of Arg7ll, G.C.H.

A Squadron of the Household Brigade.
Mounted Bund of a Regiment uf the Household Brigade.

[TAi* fart qf the Proeenion ivat under the (tirection of Cot. B»cklry, Eijurrrjf to the
Queen, ansitted 6y R. W. Sjtearman, Ekq. Sec. to the Matter qf the Jiorte.]

'■"it.i;eHi|
AdjuUut-g«a.

Military Stafl' and Aides-de-Comp, on horseback, three and three, .attended by tliaj
E(|uerry of the Crown Stables, Majur-Gen. Sir G. A. Quentiu. K.C, ii. and the
Queen's Geutlemon-rider, J. Fozard, Esq.

Deputy Adjutant-gen. Major-Gen. John Gardiner, C. B. ; Depute
Royal Artillery, Major-Gcn, .Sir Alex. Dickson, K. C. B. ; Qi;
Licut.-Geu. Sir J. W. (jordon, Bart. G. C. B. ; Military Sccrrin
nmnder-in-Chirf, Major-Gen. Lord Fitzroy Sofflereel, K. C. U.
Mnj'ir-Gen. Sir John Macdunald, K,C.B.

The lloyal Huntsmen, Yeomen Prickers, and Fureiter*.

till of her MAJesty's horsc«, with rich trappings, each horse led by tun Rrnnnu.

The Knight Marshal on Lorarhai^k, Sit C. M. Lamb, tlnr

1Vlar«halni«n in maka of (b«r.

Tlie four Exona of tlie Yeomen of the Guard on hora^Vack,

Oat hundred Tcvuca »r the Guard, four and four.

^

1836,]

The Coronation .

191

Tbft Clerk of tht Cbeoqoe, Enilgn. and Lieateoant of the Yeomen of lh« Guard,

OD horseback.
The 9TATC CoA7H. drnwn tiy eight cream -coloured hor«e«, attended by a Yeoman of
llif On' 1, nnd two Footmen at each Juor, and, oa either aide, by

l^r r>i Stick, Visctjnnt Combermere, G.C.B. nnd the ra|itAiii of

tb« TnjuiKi III III! ■T.,,.rd, the Earl of Ikhester, riding on either side, attended by
two Grvoint each ; conveying

HER MAJESTY' THE QUEEN,

ats«adcd

by the Migtrcss of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Master of
the Horse, the Esrl of Albemarle, G.C.H.

n* Captain-General of the Royal Archer Guard of Scotland, the Dnke of Buc-
clench. K.G. on honteback, attended by two Grooms.

The Sn»er Stick in Wsuting, The Field-Officer of Foot Guardi in

Colonel Richardi-uii. Brigade U'aitiitg, Col. Premantle.

A Squadron of the Household Brigade.

111 *"'

yL Ti

B Piter

Tbe whole of thii procession was under
the dtrei-tion of the Ala»ter of tlic Horse,
the Earl of Albemnrlr. G.C.H. and was
funned in St. June^'s-pnrk, at H o'clock,
nd iDOTrd from the Palace at 10 o'clock
pcecuely, up Coustitation-hill, along Pic-
okdilly, St. Ja(ne»'B-9trret, Pall Mall,
Cockspnr-vtreet, Charing-cross, White-
hall, and Parliament-Mreet, to the West
door of WestmLMOtrr Abbey.*

The Peers. '^' " - -. and

Vttretaei. in . and

other*, auutuiiji- I , . . . ^ ,, coni-
d to be present at tbe solemnity, were
iducteil to the placex asiigned to them
In We»li«io*ter Abbey, previously to the
arrival of Her Majeaty j the Lords Spi-
ritnl on the north nAe of the area or
tbe Lords Temporal in the

south transept ; and the Peeresaca in the
north transept.

The Great Officers of State, the Arch-
bidhopt o{ Canterbury, York, and Ar-
magh, the noblemen appointed to carry
the Regalia, all in their rob(» of estate,
and the Bishops who were to support her
Majesty, a-i well as those who were to
carry the Bible, the Chidite, and the Pa-
tina, ajisembled in the Jerutsalem-Cbam-
ber, adjoining the Deanery, before ten
o'clock ; where the llegalia, having been
previoujjly biiil oo the table, were deliver-
ed by the Lord Chamberlain of the
Household to the Lord High Constable,
and bv him to the Lord Wilioughby
d'Ere*by, as Lord Great Chsniberlain,
and by his Lordship to the Noblemen by
whom the same were to be borne.

4

•nvc arranirements in the interior of the Abbey were nearly the same as at the
prr ' ' ' 11, and as are described and represented in some views iu the Gen-

tli lor Sept IM.'M. Thi^ orchc-«ifru, with a large temporary organ, was

It.. ■.-. L end of the choir, supported upon an open colonnade or cloister of

te*! arches ; the gnllcry was calculated to contain 400 performers, more than
.ble the number cngHged at the Coronation of William the Fourth. The gallery at
tbe eaat end of the church, beyond the altar, was appropriated to the House of Com-
mons, and afforded accnmrnmlatinn for 600 persons. Below it, within St, Edward's
Chapel, was formed the ' : ' Tnvcr-jc aiul retiring closets. There was a second

gallery above that of tli , and a third, at a great height, for the trumpets.

The Royal Box was imu <., -Jjovc the sacrarium on the south, and next it,

towards tbe east, the EnrI .Mai»linrH ; up) iir^ite to the Royal Box was that appro-
ftriated to the AmbossAdors, and next it the Lord Chamberlain's. In the north tran-
" t were plsced the Peeresses, m the south the Peers, and behind both those ad-
ted with Peers' tickets. In the Choir were the Judges, Knights of the Bath, Ai-
rmen, fitc. The Bishi ; ' ' ••rdinory place on the floor of the sacrarium
to the north, and the I: i the Prebenilaries of Westminster opposite
tb«'i" 'ri... .i...-ArnM,,r.. ,. „[ u)dio)stery BHd screen-work (and particu-
1.1 1 A- altar) were in l>etter and more appropriate, as
v ' on any former occasion. The temporary weeteru
tf 1 llic p;iiuud iM:rt:t:iL», were, on the contrary, by DO means so chaste
nt the precwlinjt Coronation ; though their execution, by Mr. Tom-
■ ■' n of stone, was very perfect. The royal clioir of,
111, with arms of lion's heads. Tbe Coronation
.. ..^v. ;, ■ ... . .iicealcd, we hope for the ia«t time, with a veil of

mum

mamm

jr

The Sub>Dcan and Prebendaries of
Weatminster were iu the nsvc, in readi-
ng* to join the proccssiun, immediately
before the OflRoers of Arms.

lier Royal Highness the Princess Au-
gusta, the Prince George of Cambridge,
Ibe Princess Augusta of Cambridge, pass-
ed to the royal box, on the south side of
the sacrariuia, before the arrival of the
ttueru. His Iloyal Highness the Dake
of Nemours, the Princa of Uolstein
Glueksbourg, the Duke of Coburg, the
Duke of Nassau, the Prince Ernest of
Hesse, G.C.B. and the Prince of Leinin-
gen, K.G. were also, by her Majesty's
command, conducted to scats in the royal
box. The Foreign Ambassadors and Mi>
nisters, upon their arrival, were conducted
to their tribune over tlie sacrarium.

On arrival at the west entrance of the
abbey, her Majesty was received by the

Great Officers of State, the noblemen
bearing the Regalia, and Ihe Bishops
carrying the Patina, the Chalice, and the
Bible ; when Her Majesty repaired to her
robing c1ianibi-r, con^truotcd on the ri(;bt
of the platfonn. The ladies and officers
of her Majesty's Household, and of the
respective households of the Princes and
Princesses, to whom duties were not as-
signed in the solemnity, immediately pass*
cd to the placets prepared for them re>
apectively within the choir.

Her Majesty, having been robed, the
Proces:sion then advanced, in the follow-
ing order, up the nave into the choir
(the dioristers in the orchestra, under
the direction of Sir George Smart, Kiit.
Organist of her Majesty's Cbajiels Royal,
singing the authem, " / wan glad uken
thttf laid unlo me, we will go into the
House fff the Lord," fcc)

I

Prebendaries of Westminster : —
John Jennings, M.A. Henry Hart Milman, M.A.

Archdeacon H. V. Bayley, D.D. James Webber, D.D. Dean of Ripon.

W. H. E. Bentinck, M.A. Thomas Causton, D.D.

The Sub-Dean of We&tminster, the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord John Thynne.

Pursuivants of Arms, in their Tabards : —

FitzAlan Extraordinary, Albert William Woodn, Gent.

Rouge Dragon, T. W. King, Gent. Blucmoude, Geo. H. Rogers Harrison, Gent.

Rouge Croix, Robert Laurie, Geut. Portcullis, James Pulmnn, Eaq.

Heralda in their tabards, and collars of SS. : —

Chester. Wolter Aston Blount, Esq. Lancaster, George Fred. Belti, Esq. K.H.

York, Charles Geo, Yonng, Esq. Windsor, Francis Martin, Esq.

Richmond, Joseph Hawker, Esq.

Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household,

the Earl of Surrey (attended by two gentle-

uien), bearing the crimsoa bag with medkb.

Somerset, Jos. Cathrow-Disucy, Esq.

Comptroller of Her Majesty's
Household,
the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng.

Her Majesty's Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of

Belfast. G.C.II. (actia« for the Lord Cham-
berlain) attended by on Officer of the Jewel-office,
William Martins, Esq. bearing on a cusliion the
Ruby Ring and the Sword for the offeriug.

The Lord Steward of Her Majesty's

Ilousehold,

theDukeof Argyll. G.C.H.

hia coronet carried by a Page.

The Lord President of the Council, the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.U.
his coronet carried by a Page.

The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Lord Pluiiket,
attended by his Purse-bearer ; his coronet carried by a Page.

The Lord Archbishop of Armagh, the Right Hon. Lord John George Bcreaford, D.D.
in his rochet, with hia cap in his hand.

The Lord Archbishop of York, Edward Hareourt, D.C.L.
in his rochet, with hi* cap in his hand.

The Lord High Chancellor, Lord Cotteuhaiii, attended by his Pane-beirer;
bis coronet carried by a Page.

Tlir LuiJ Archbishop of Canterbury, William ilowley, D.D. tn hia I'ocbct, i
hit cap In hia hand, attcDded by two Gentlemen.

let i<«yul I |i 1 "
velvet.

L«d> L.

10

pur

bold i bo- curoDct boiiio by Viicoant VUiieri

183«.]

Coronation.

11

In Ba]r«l ntghii«u the Docaxta or Kknt, in a robe of estate of purple TelvetJ

Kod wearing a circlet uf gold on lior hcflj ; her train borne by Larly Flora

lltutiugs, assisted by a Gentleman of hor Houseliolil ; her

coronet borne by Viscount Morpelh-

Ivf Rojral II!ghne<s the DucirKSB or Gloucestkr, in a robe of estate of puqd(|

wltet, and wearing a circlet of gold on her head ; her train borne by Lndy

Caroline Leggu. atiiated by Col. Sir Samuel G. Hi^Kiu», K.C'.ll. ;

her coronet borne by Viscount Emlyn.

. Mwtrd's Stair,

Tbb Rkgalia, viz.
The Golden Simrs,

The Scpptro with the CroM,

borue by llie

Duke of Cleveland ;

bis coronet carried

by a Page.
The Second Sword,

borne by the
Duke of Sutherland ;

I bjr the borne by Lord Byroni

'Roibiirgfae; (aa Deputy to the

coronet carried Bsroness Grey de Rutbyn) ;

by a Page. hij coronet carried by a Page.

The Tliird Sword, C'urtana,

borne by the borne by the

|tiia of Wcatminster; Duke of Dcvomtbirc, K.G.

their coronets each carried by a Page.
Black Rod, Deputy Garter,

Sir Aogustus W. J. Clifford, Knt. C.B. Sir William Woods, Knt. Clarencenx, K.
The Lord Willoughby d'Bresby, as Lord Great Chamberlain of England ;
his coronet borne by a Page.

|i* Royal Highnejs the Dukk of Cambridgs, K.G. in liia robes of pJtate, carrying

hi« bdlon as Field Marshal ; his coronet borne by the Marquess of Gnuiby ;

his train borne by Major-Gen. Kir Wm, Maynard Gomm, K.C.B.

His Royat lliijhness the Duke or Sussex, K.G. in his robes of estate ; hit coront

carried by Vise. Anson ; his train borne by the Hon. Edward Gore,

assisted by Viscount Coke.

The High t:onst.able of Ireland, The High Constable of Scotland,

the Dnke of Leinster ; the Earl of ErroU, K.T. ;

hia coronet borne by a Page. his coronet borne by a Page.

Tlie Lord HighConstoble

The Earl Marshal

of England,

the Dnke of Norfolk, E.G.

with his baton,

attended by two Pages.

The Sceptre with the Dove,

borne by (he

.J)vke of Kiohmond, K.G. ;

hia coronet carried

by a Page.

The Patin*.

Chrisi

L'.D.

The Sword of State,

borne by

Viscount Melbotime j

his coronet

earned by a Page.

St. Edward's Crowni

borne by the
Lord High Steward,
Dnke of Hamilton, K.G.;
attended by two I'ages.
The Bible,
borne by the
Bishop of Winchester,
Charles Richard Sumucr, D.D

of England,

the Duke of Wellington, K.

with his stalf and baton

as Field Marshal ;
atteaded by two Pages.
The Orb,
borne by the
Duke of Somerset, K.G.
his coronet carried
by a Page.
Tlie Chalice,
borne by the
Bishop of Lincoln,
John Kaye, D.D.

THE QUEEN

in her royal robe of crimson rclret,

The Bishop furred with ermine and bordered with The Bishop

of gold lace ; wearing the collars of of

Bath and Wells, the Orders of the Garter, Thistle, Bath, Durham,

George flenry I>tw, and St. Patrick .- on her head a Edward Maltby,

D.D. circlet of goU ; D.D.

Her Majesty's Troin borne by
'irret. Lady CaroliDe>Amclin,<Gordon t>enooz.

,nlwth Towper. Lady Mury-Alethea-Ucotru Tulbot.

«nt. ■ " Arilliam. Lady Cath.-Lncy-Wilhelmitia Stanhop

a Grimstou. Lady Louisa-Harriet Jenkinson.

1^. . L .crUiuof the Household, the Marqueu Conyngbam, K.

(Tiu coronet home by a Page), followed by the Groom of the Robe*,— Capt. Fr
Ga.x' Mid. Vol . X. 'i C

M

mtuM

194

The Coronation.

[Aug.

Seymour. On dtlier «ide of her MajcBty walked ten GenflemrtJ at Arms, with their
Lieatenant, Standard- Bcnr<*r, Clerk of the Checqiie, and Harbinger.

The Dachcss of Sutherland, Mistress of the Uobcs.
Murcbioness of l^nsdowne, Fir»t and Principal Lady of tlie Be<lcUftuibcr.

Tidies of the Bedchamber, vix. Marchioness of Normanby, Marchioness of TavigCoi'k,
CouatesK of Chnrlemont, Lndy Lylti'lton, Lady Ijarham, and Ludy Portman.

Maid» of Honcur, viz. Hon. Marpiret Dillon, Hon. Harriet Pitt, Hon. Caroline Cocks,
Hon. Mi»« Murray, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Miss Cavcndiaii, Hon. Mii>s iipring
Rice, and Hon. Miaa Lister.

Women of the nedchannber : Viscoantess Forbes, Lady Theresa Dighy, Lady Harriet
Clive, I>ady Caroline Barriugton, Lady Charlotte Copley, Hon. Mrs. Campbell,
Hon. Mrs. Brand, and I^ndy Gardiner.

LThe Gold Stick of the Life GuariU in The Master of the Horse,

Iting', Viscount Combcnncre, G.C.B.; the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H. ;

hi» coronet borne by a Page. his coronet borne by a Page.

The Captahi -General of the Royal Archer Gnard of Scotland, tlie Duke of Duccleucb,

K.G. ; his coronet borne by a Page.

The Captain of the Ycninen of the Guard, The Captain of the Band of Gentienien at

the Earl of llcbester ; Arms, I^rd Foley ;

his coronet borne by a Page. lug coronet borne by a Page,

The Lords in Waiting: Marquess of Headfort, Earl of Fingall, Earl of Uxbridgc,
Vucount Falkland, G.C.H. , Viscount Torringtou, Lord Lilford, and Lord Gardner.

Keejier of bor Majesty's Privy Purse, Major-ticn. .Sir H. Wheatley, G.C.IL
Ensign of the Yeomen of the Guard, Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard,
G. Houlton, Emi. Sir Edwin Pearson, Knt.

Exoos of the Yeomen of Clerk of the Checrjne Exona of the Yeomen of

the Guard, to the Yeomen of the Guard,

Samuel Hancock, Esq. the Guard, Sir Thomas Horslcy Curteis.

William BeUaira, Esq. .Tohn ElI<;rthorpe, Esq. John Purkc-r Nuttall, Esq.

Twenty Yeomen of the Guard.

The Prebendaries entering the choir, of their Royal Higlinusses, wi»nl to the
ascended the the.-itre, and paired to their
station on the south «ide. of the altar, be-
yond ihe Queen's clwir. The Lord .Stew-
ard of the Household passed tn his f^eat as
a peer; and the Vice-Chauiberlain and
Comptroller of her Majesty's Hou.-iehold
passed to the seals jirovided for tlu'ni on
the south side of Ihe choir, and the Trea-
surer of the Household to u se^t on the
south side of the sacrai-ium. Tlie Lord
ArchhiBhops of York and Armagh pa.ssed
to their seatA on the north side of the
sacrm'ium, and the Lord Chancellor of
Ireland to his seat aa n peer. The Sub-
Dran of Westminster (oflicialing for the
Ocnn), the Great Officers of State, vis.
Ihe l^ird High Chancellor, the Ix)rd Privy
Seal, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the
Lord IliRh Conitahlc, the Earl Marshal,
with the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury,

fuded the theatre, and stooil •'••

St !,i)Ulli-ea(»l jiillar. 'I'lic <

*Wie blood Hot III, and the nt<'
hfir Royiil Hishne->*es, were comlarUiil
hy I lu: officers of arni< to ihe rrvnl lux
nie Primrrs of ll
conducted In their -

ntttcer* of aruii ; hh" mi- im.ihi .n, n n,...
carried Hip cvruneta, uud the trutnbrarrrs

places provided for lliem. The High Con-
stables of .Scotl-tnd and Ireland were eon-
ducted to their places, as peers. The
pnges of those noblemen not bearing the
Regalia or having duties to ])«rfam), upon
ascending the steps of the theatre, deli-
vered the ci>ronets and staves, which they
had carried, to the respective noblemen,
and went to the scats provided fur them ;
where they rcmaincil until nfler the return
of the proecflsion, which they itid not join,
but proceeded to the Jtvru.iatem Chandler.
The Gi-ritlenien at Arms, who gttarded
her Majesty, remained at the foot of the
stcp& ascending to the theatre.

The Queen, aiceniUng the theatre,
pasicd on the south side of her throne,
to linr chair of state. On the south-east
side of the theatre, bring the Rkcukni.
Tin>f Chaih, and, after her private devo-

tion (kne«'lin? on he
Kent ; the BishopK, l<
ing on each side ; Ili>
the Poor Sword k on lirr ^
hnnd, the Swnvd "f Stntr I

took her
<, stand-

, I..

I'linng

to

i '■ I ■ira-

on

the Nohletnrn bearing the Regalia, the

1838.]

Thf Coronation.

IM

Sab. Dean of ^Ve»tmmstcr, Deputy Gar-
ter, and Binck llod, standing n«tir Ihe
^ucen'i chair ; the Gi.ibops Iwurini; the
liblc. the Chalice, and the I'utina, stootl
ear t^ [ '-■ - ,' t' ■'■ ■ vrg, the
»() < Ul, nnii

rtbeGi I Majesty.

The Mistress of the Kobcs and the Im-
die* of the Ucilehaiiibcr poascil to the
«L« prrparcd for tlicrn oa the sorth side
' the sjicrarium, at the west end of the
sbopi' bencbeK ; the Mnida of Honour
ad the WomcD of the Bedchaiubcr went
the teats provided for Ibcm oa the
lutb tide of the choir. The Master of
Horse, Che Gold Stick, the Captaiu*
leneral of the Archer Guard of Scotland,
i Captain of tl>e band of Gcntleuicu nt
rms, the Captain of the Veomcn uf the
ruard, and Use Lords in NS'aitin)^, passed
their »eats aa jieers ; and the Keeper
her Majesty's Privy Parse to a seat pro-
ided fur him on the south side uf the
lioir. The Officers of the Yeomen of the
}uard and the £xods stood within aud
Kr to the choir door ; and the Yeomen
the Guard stood in the nave on the
itaide of tlie entrance to the choir. Aa
lie procptsion passed up the choir to the
keatre, the Queen's Scholars of West-
er, from the Lower Choir Galleries,
her Majesty with repeated shouts
Of** Vi VAT Victoria Kegina."

T8K RECOONinOK.

Upon tbe conclusion of the anthem,

the Archbishop of Canterbury advanrt-d

from his station at the south -ca&t pillar,

and, together nith the Lord Chancellor,

the Ijoril Great Chamberlain, the Lord

|Digh Constable, and the Earl Marshal,

preceded by Di'puty Gortftr, moved to the

St side of the Tlieatre, where the Arch-

ifkisbop made Uic Recognition thns : —

** Sirr, I here preaicnt untii you Queen

VicToniA, the undoubted Qvken of this

Realm ; wherefore, all you who arc come

this day to do your Homage, Arc you

uillia^ to do the same?" and rci>catcd

'Jh« aame at the south, west, and north

idea of the theatre ; during which time

Br Majesty stood up by her chair, snd

nod towards the jieople on the side

which the Recognition was made :

lie people replying to each demand with

»ud and repeated acclamatiunif of " Gou

HVBEJ* Victoria ;" and, at the

dtioo, the truropeta sounded

'♦!»»• fif.r«. h.".r Ti." i^earers of the

»1i ion remained

Bdi.

Her Mt^esty thtn rcsunivd bor seat ;
and the Millie, Cbalioe, >in<) *hn Pxliiia

I

i..v v...at

Officers resumed their station near hf
Majesty. Two Officers of the Wnrdroll
iben spread a rich cloth of gold, and Is
a cuitliion on tlie snme, for her Majetity I
kneel on, .-it the stepN of the altar. Tt
Archbishop of Canterbury then proceedj
to the oltnr, |)Ut on his cope, and stoi
on the north bide. The Uiiihops who rci
the litany ako rested themselves in the
copes.

TlIK riKBT OrFEBINC.

The Queen, attended by the two Bishof
her supporters, and the Sub-Dean of Wcs
minster, the Great Officers, and the Nc
bicroen beariuij; the Rcgnlia and the foil
Swords, going before her Majesty, passed
to the altar. Her Majesty, then knceliii_
npon the cufshion, made her firiit Olfcrin|
of a ]iaU or attnr-cloth of gold, whicli wn
delivered by an officer of the Wardrobe tQ
Uic Lord Chfimberlnin, by his I^rdshi|
to the Lord Great Chamberlain, and
him to the Queen, who gave it to tb
Archbishop of Canterbury, by whom
was placed on the altar. The Treasure
of the Household then delivered an inga
of gold, of one pound weight, to the Lor
Great Chamberlain, who having ]iresen(c
the same to the Queen, her Majesty deliJ
vered it to the Archbishop, who put ft
into the oblation-basin.

Her Majesty continuing to kneel, the ^^
prayer " 0 God, who ilwfllett in the Aijfit^^
and holy place, ^' fee. was said by th^^|
Archbishop. At the conclusion of the
prayer, her Mnjesty arose and went, at-
tended as before, to the chair uf stale on
the south side of the area. The Uegalii
except the Swords, were then delivered
by the several noblemen who bore thj
same, to the Archbishop, and by his Grac
to the Sub-Dean of Westminster, to ba
liOid on the altar ; the Great Officers of
State (with the exception of the Lord \
Great Chamberlain), and the nobk<mcl~
who had borne the Uegalia going to tlio
respective places on the sonth side
the altar, where they remained until tlid
Inthronizatiun ; the Bishop of Duiha
rcmaioiiig on the right band of her Ma
jesty, with the noblemen carrying thg
Swords ou his right hand ; Ihe Bi<ihop
Hatli and Wells ou her Majei<ty's luf
hand; and, near him, the Lord Gres
Chamtierlain . The noblemen bearing tlid
Swords continued to stand on the sout
side of the area until the liithroniutiou

The litany was then read by the Bishop
of Worcester and St. David's, kneeling i
ft f.ildfitool al>ova the steps of thf- lluatrq
iu the centre of the cost side thereof,
choir reading the responses. At the cor
ilusiiMi of the litany, the Bishops resuma
thfir beats on the bench along the uorti
side of the area.

at-

e^H
th^H

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I

t

*

The Commvmtoti Senice (^irtTiously to
which the choir sang the Sancltir —
" //o/y .' Holy : HoUj .' J^rd Gnd nf
Jloth."') was then commeaced by «h<j
Arcbbishfip, the Bishop of Rochester
reading the Epistle, and the Bishop of
rnrlialr the GoBpcl. This piirt of the
service being concluded, the Bishops re-
tomed to their $eat«.

The Seraion was then preached by Itic
Bishop of London. During the sermon
lier Mttjejty continued to »il in her chair
on the south side of the area, opposite the
pulpit ; supported, on her right baud, by
the Bishop of Durham, and, beyond him,
on the came side, stood the Noblemen
cAiTying the Swords ; on her left, the
Bi»hop of Bath and Wells, aod, near him,
the Lord Great Chamberlain. Tlic Arch-
bishop of Canterbury took his seat in a
purple velvet chair on the north side of
the area. Deputy Garter slandin^ near
him. The Sub-Dean of Westminster
Btauding oa the south side of the area,
east of the Queen's chair, and ueai the
altar.

THE OATH.

The Sermon Iwing concluded (and her
Majesty having, on Monday the itHli day
of November, 18.17, in the presence of
the two Houses of Parliament, made and
aiRned the Declamtion), the Archbishop
of Cantcrbary advanced totrard« tlie Queen ,
and stOAding before her, ministered the
questions prescribed by the service ; which
having been nn^wcrc<^ by her Majesty, she
arose from her chair, and, attended by
her Supporters and tlie Lord Great Cham-
berlain, the Sword of State alone being
borne before her Majesty, went to the
altar, where, kneeling upon the cushion
placed on the steps, ond laying her riifht
hand on the Holy Gospels, tendered to
her Majesty by the Archbishop, she took the
Coronation Oath, kLiisedthe book, and to
a transcript of the Oath set her royal sign
manual, the Lord Chamberkin of the
Household holding a silver statiifish for
that purpose, delivered to him by an
officer of the Jcwcl-OfRcc.

The Queen then returning to her chair,
where her Majesty hud tat during the
Sermon, on the south Hide of the area, the
hymn was sun« by the choir, the Arch-
bishop rending the fii^l line, " C'owr, holy
GhQitf our Souit inspire," &c.

TBB AXOIXTIXC.

r,.

Ar.-i.
the

the
to

v/>.

mns'

Prophet*;' *tc. At tJic
iUI» prayer, ll«c choir aaii.

" Zailfth tkf PHnt and Nathan Iht
Pniiihet," &c. At the conimeniTdient
of the anthem, the Qncen an i ''t-r
chair, and, attended by hi' n

and the Lord Great Chamu. riim, tlie
Sword of State being borne before her,
retired to her traverse, where she was
disrobed of her crimson robe by the Mis-
tress of the Robes.

The Queen, returning from her traTcrtFt
then proceeded to and sat down in St.
Edward'* Chair, covered with cloth of
gold, and with a faldstool beforr it. placed
in front of the aitor ; four Kuights <.f the
Garter, viz. the Dnke nf Rutlaml, the
Marquess of Anglesey, the Marquess of
Exeter, and the Duke of Bucelench (sum-
moned by Deputy Garter), holding over
the Queen's head a rich pall or cloth of
gold, delivered to them by the Lord
Chamberlain, who received the same from
nn officer of the Wardrobe ; and, the an-
thrm being concluded, the Sub-Denn of
Westminster took from the altar the .\m-
puiln containing the consecrated oil, and
pouring some into the Anointing Spoan^
the Archbishop anointed her Majesty on
the head and hands, in the form of a cross,
pronouncing the words, *■' Be T^ou anoint-
ed,^' dec.

The Queen then kneeling at her fiild-
stool, the Archbishop, standing on the
north side of the altar, pronounced tli«
Prayer afcer the Anointing ; when her
Majesty, arising, resumed her seat in St.
Edward's Chair ; the Knights of the
Garter returned the poll to the Lord
C'hambcrloin (which was by him re-
delivered to the oflScer of the Wardrobe),
and returned to their seats.

TUB spun 8.
After this, the Sub-Dean took the Spora
from the altar, and delivered them to the
Lord Great Chamberlain, who, kneeling
down, presented them to her Majesty, by
whom they were returned, to be Lud upon
the altar.

THR fiWORD.

The Viscount Mi-lhourae, carrying the
Sword of State, now delivered it to the
LordChamberiain, and, in lieu thereof, re-
ceived from him another Sword in a scab*
bard of purple vplvct (presented to the Lord
Chamberlain bv an Officer of tlie Jewel.
'"" • • ■■ ' ' •' '- Hof

<o

'■"•,

and said the Prayer, ' ' Hear otir /V«y«r»,
<■' f 'trii, Vf- l}tirf->-rh Tftf^. m/t .m tfirtvt

iricaiNC or TBR SWORD.

1>ir ()iMva, then risine up, went to Llie

}' ^' •■ -Twc.l the

N ig it to the

, [: the attar <,

! tbm Rttimed to nnii Nit down in 8t,
W««id'« Chair : the «word was thro re-
4ecnMl for one faatidred shiUioga by Vi«-
coaal Melbourne, who re«"iveJ it from
Uk Sab. Dean ' ' ' — the

imiiii^er of ' HrAt

(jfavn U out ..f ! . . '.vored

ihr !i officer of tbe Mwdrobe.

Tit' M'>pa and UishopA, who had

>»ux1l(1 liunng the Offering, r«;tiimed to
thrjr fiikcen.

THE ixvcanxc with rnt maxtlk
Akd oklivcry or the obu.
T '"' 'icT Mnjesly

WT, I with the

Itl 1^ '>f-, of

rl" rticer

of' aber-

hi

. down, the Arch>
ivcil the Orb froin tbe
i it into the Queen's
•Hp M iiij, ■ ' Reeeiee lhi» Imperial

H '." &c. Her Majesty then

Orb to the Sub-Dean, who
I tt nn the altar.

TRC XING.

The Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's

loxjtchi*iW thrn receiving from the officer

the Ruby Ring, de-

I the Archbishop, who

It It iMi un T'Mirtri finger of the Queen's

rlglit hand, saying ^* Jlecfivt ihi» R'mg,^'

ate.

TUB SCEPTRKS.

TTu? Siih-Dean next brought frora the
M' i (re with the Crosd and the

?■ the Dove, and delivered

t' irchbishop.

:i time the Duke of Norfolk,
as l^iru cii the Manor of Worksop, left
hU »iwit, and (ip)»roai.'hiiig the Queen,
kn««ling, presented to her Majesty a
Olflire, for her rv{ht hand, i-mhroidercd
Wth thr inn? of Howard, which her

' tlicn delivered the

rijj[ht hand.

ftcriilif." \. . ., . :i

t' ml, saying, " He-

r- y," i\c. ; and the

• ' .|i|uiiU;d hci Miijcsly's

r' id Ihc Sccptrv m oc-
Ca*iuu rc'juiicii.

THE CROWNING.

Tlic Ai '■' ■ !!iig before the
;Aitar, and .- I's Crown he-
fore hitu, I .■■■■.. liito his hands,

consecrated and blej-«cd it, witli the prayer,
" O God, v>hn crownfit (hf/ faiil{ful Str-
rnnlt trtth Mercy," &c. Theu the Arch-
bishop came from the ultar, assisted by
the Archbishops uf York aud Armagh,
with the Hinhops of London, >Vinchester,
and other Bisliops, the Sub- [Jean of West,
minster carrying the Crown, which the
Archbishop took and plticed it on her
Majesty'ii head ; when the people, with
loud and repeated shouts, cried, " Gon
SAVE THE QtiKKS :'" and immediately
the Peer* and Pcercsae* present put on
their coronets, the Bishops their caps,
aud Deputy Garter King of Arini> hii
Crown ; the trumpets sounding, tlie
drums beating, and tbo Tower and Park
guns tiring by signal.

The nrclamation ceiuing, the Arch-
bishop pronounced the exhortation : " Be
tttronij and of a ijood courage,'''' &c. The
choir then bang the anthem, " Tht Queen
ihall rejuke,'"

THE HOI.Y BIDLG.

The Sub-Mean then taking the Holy
Bible from the alter, delivered it to the
Archbishnp, who, ntteoded and atsiited
by •' ' i«liop8 and Bi8ho])S m

bell 11 the Chiecn, saying,

" 0„, w,.,.,.,.,., i.{;rrn," &e. The Queen
returnBd the Bildfi to the Archbishop,
who gavT it to the Sub-Dean, by whom it
WB!i replaced oo the altar, tbe Archbishops
and Bishops returning to their seats.

THE BKNXDICTION AND TE PECM.

The Archbbho]! then pronounced tbe
Benediction, the Bishop and Peerb follow-
ing every port thereof with a loud Amcn.
The Archbishop theu turning to the peo-
ple »aid, " And Ihe tame Lord God Al-
mighty grant," &o. The TV Drum was
sui4g by the choir, at the commencement
of which the Queen removed to the Re-
cognition Chair on which her Mtgestj
iiriit sat, on the south-east side of the
throne, the two Bishops her Snpportera,
tlic (ircnt Officers of State, the noblemsft
carrying the Swords, and the uublq
who had borne the Regalia, coming j
their respective places and attend
Majesty.

THE INTI1RONIBA.TIOM.

Te Deum being ended, the Queen as-
cended the theatre, and was lifted into.

I,,-, rl,,.,,„ I,.- i;,.. \,..|,l,i.l„..,. U.-hopg,

Ving,;
>.. : , - 1 •., ofl

Suite, tilt; uuOkiitiu lH;Aau^ ;lic 6wiird«,
oud the noblcmea who had borne tho^

othw Rag«ii«, itood vouoU abott i^i

HyH

am^

198

The Coronation.

[Aug.

steps of the throne : ivhcnthc Archbishop,
Btandiog b«forc the Quceu, pronouaccd
the ezhortatioD, " Stand firm and hold
fast," &c.

TIte UOMAGB.

The exhortation being ended, Her
Majesty delivered the Sceptre with the
Cross to the Duke of Norfolk as the Lord
of the Manor of Worksop, to hold the
same ua her right hand, aud the Sceptre
with the Dove to the Duke of Richmond,
to hold the same on her left Uond, during
the Homage.

The Arehhishop of Canterbury then
knelt before the Queen, and, for himself
nnd the other Lords Spiritual, viz. the
Arcbbi^bops of York and Armagh, nnd
twenty-one Bishops, pronounced the words
of Homage, they kneeling around him, and
Baying after him. The Archbishop then
kissed her Majesty's hand, and the rest
of the Lords Spirituul did the same, and
retired.

Then their Royal Highnesses Augustas-
Frederick Duke of Sussei, K. G. nnd
Adolphus- Frederick Duke of Cambridge,
K.G. ascending the steps of the throne,
and taking off their coronets, knelt before
the Uueen ; and the Duke of Sussex pro-

nounced the words of Homaj^c, the Duke
of Cambridge saying after him. Tlieir
Royal Highnesses then severally touched
the Crown upon her Majesty's head, kissed
her left cheek, and retired.

Then Jlernard-Edward Duke of Nor-
folk, K.G. ascended the steps of the
throne, and, tokingofT his coronet, knelt be-
fore the Queen, and, for himself and other
Dukes present (in number sLitecn), pro-
nounced the words of Homage, the othrj
Dukes putting olT their coronets, kneeling
with him, and abonthlni, and saying after
him. The Dukes, fluocessively and ac-
cording to tlicir senic'rit)', then touched
her Majesty's Crown, kissed her Majes-
ty's hand, and retired. The like cere-
mony was then performed by George
Marquess of Huntly, K.T. and twenty-
one other Marquesses there present ; by
John Earl of Shrewsbury, and ninety-
three other Earls ; by Henry Visuount
Hereford and nineteen other Viscount-s; by
George-Edward Lord Audley and ninety-
one other Barons.* During the jwr-
formancc of the Homage, the choir sung j
the anthem, (composed for the occasion
by Mr. Knyvctt,t the Organist to th«l
Abbey,) " TAit it the day which the LardS
hath made," Stc. and theTreajiurcr of her I

* The names of all the Peers and Pceresisea present are recorded in the I.,ondonl
Gazette, No. 19,'jJv. The whole nttmber of Peers of the three Kingdoms (before the J
creations made at the Coronation) was about .^-iO, of whom 'J43 or more than three-
■evenths were present. At the Coronation of William the Fourth there were present I
only I6<i oat of .SIO, or not quite one-third. Many of the Peers of Ireland are still I
not legally entitled to their privileges, from not having proved their titles before tho j
Honse of Lords, though very many have done so during the past reign. Tlie]
Marquess and Marchioness of Normanby appeared in their new rank ; whilst Ltird atid j
Lady King (now Eorl and Countess of Lovelace) were ploced only iu their former I
grade. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had been introduced to the House of LnrdaJ
as B Marquess the day before. The Duke of Wellington was very generally cheered j
when he performed his homage. The next Peer so noticed was Earl Grey, and thai
only others were Lord Melbourne nnd Lord Hill. When Lord RoUe came in hi«l
torn, an incident occurred which called forth loud plaudits, as evincing a most kinitj
and ami-ible condescension on the part of the Queen. His Lordship, from his reeblsl
and infirm stale, fell in ascending the steps ; whereupon h<;r Majesty rose from her seat]!
crtendcd her hand to him to kiss, and expressed a hope that his Ijordship was not huruj
This act of royal and gracious kindness was instantly felt and appreciated by ail th«
apeetators, who loudly and zealously applauded it. When the Peers had done theii
homage, the House of Commons, determined not to be outdone in the nianifedtalion
loyalty, immediately gave, every man, nine loud and hearty cheers, acconip.inied witlil
reiterated cries of "God save Queen Victoria!" The simulrnn»:nu«. bin t *■ ' .j'
feeling teemed as if it had been provided for in the programme. The .issi ^^
tiludes in the galleries and vaultings were not behind "her Majesty's faiu;
mens" in their enthusiasm, but caught up and repeated the shouts until the vanlfr
roof and arches of the whole sacred edifice mnpr with one universal nrrlaim.

■f The performance of the music : : lion j and <:

— Mr. Knyvelf* antliem, and Sir i 'xs or»d K'

mandments. — werr " ' - ^-^istcil nt .i-

►' I was glad ;*' II and "Tl

jllil-C;" no\.'r'. , . ; !lfini> - ill* li

1' itted lorih'

<i - . Pith the • iU

vl the Uha|icLi ilt^jai, wlio tYurt Lhcii ulUcuU scarlet costumv.

»

lUiaty* HonMhoWl tlireir about the
Caconatioii MedaU.*

Tbe PeersMei present, bende* the three

of the Blood Roysl already

HMnrtmiol. vcre dcvea DnchetMS (in-

■rtfUt^g the ilowigei' Oachesis of Rich-

nond). tea Marchionesses (one dowager,

Coajnfham). fifty-ctx CouatHseaf (in-

inj tia dowagers), thirteen Viscoant-

(two dowagers), and aixCy.eigLt

(screa dowBgen).^

TH> BOLT BACSAMKVT.

tiie anthem, the Bishops of
f*giHilfi and Rochester, who had read the
Bplatle and Gospel, received from the
alUr. by the hands of the Archbishop,
the Patina and the Chalice, which they
carried into St. Edward's Chapel, and
hronght from thence tlie bread npon the
Patina, and the wine in the Chalice. Her
Majesty then delivered the Sceptres to
the Dnkes of Norfolk and Richmond,
and descended from her throne, attended
by her Supporters, and, assisted by the
Lnrd (ircat Chamberlain, the Sword of
State being borne before her, went to the
altar, and, taking; off licr Crown, delivered
it to the Lord Great Chamberlain to hold,
'■■' Rishops delivered
into the Queen's
' , y gave thcin to the
Archbishop, who, liaving said tlie prayer,
'• BitM, 0 Ltrd" &c. reverently placed
the same upon the altar, covering them
with a fiir hnen cloth. The Queen still
kaeeling, then made her

CECOND OrrBRINO,

(a PuT<e of Gold) , which tlie Treasurer of
the IIr>usehold delivered to the Lord
Great Chamberlain, and hu Lord.^hip to
h*r Majesty, from whom the Archbishop
reeeised it. The Arrhbiithop then rend
the Pruycr, " O Um\, whu d-wtllnt ,^'' &c.
when hrr Mojcsty went to her chair on
il; Me of the aren, and knelt at

V :.

1... ...iJibishop and the Sub-Dean,

with ttic lii»ho|>« Assistants, namely, the

Preacher, and those who had read th«
LitAoy, and the Epistle and Gospel,
having rominunicated, her Majesty ap-
pmacheJ the altar, and received the Socra-
roi'ni, the Arrhhjshnp ndniinis'tering the
bread, and the Sub- Dean the cup.

The Qneen then received the Crown
from the Lord Great Chamberlain, put it
on, and repaired to her Throne i taking
again the Sceptre with the Cross in her
richt hand, and the Sceptre with tha
Dove in her left ; bciu;; there sup])orted
and attended as during the Inthronixation*
The Archbishop proceeded with tlie Com-
munion Service, at the end of which, the
choir sang the anthem, " Hallehjah !
for the Uiri Gad Omnipolent rtigueth .' "
fee. ; and the same being concluded, the
.\rchbbhop read the (iual prayers, and
pronounced the blessing.

The Service being concluded, her
Majesty, attended by the two Oisfaops her
snpportors, the great officers of state, the
noblemen bearing the Pour Swords before
her, and the noblemen who had carried
the Regalia then lying upon the nltor,
descended into the area, and passed
through the door on the south side into
St. Edward's Chapel; the noblemen who
had carrii'd the Regalia, receiving tlicm
again from the Sub-Dean as they passed
by, who thereupon also passed into tbo
chapel ; the organ and other instrumenta
all the while playing. Her Majesty being
in the chapel, and standing before tlie
Altar, delivered the Scej)tre with the
Dove, which her Majesty had borne iu
her left hand, to the Archbishop, who
laid it upon the altar. Her Majesty was
then disrobed of hrr royal Imperial Mantle
or robe of state, and nrraye<i in her royal
robe of puqile velvet. The Archbishop
then placed the Orb in her Majesty's left
hand. The Noblemen who had carried
the Gold Spurs, and St. Edward's SUlf,
di-iivered the same to the Sub-Dean, to
be by him deposited on the altar in the '
chaitel. Whilst her Miyesty wns in St.
Edward's Chapel, the Officers of Annaj

* Tlir Coronation Medal bears on its obverse a profile head of her Majesty ; oa \

«1 - - '• the Queen seated, and three female figures, representing the three King-

.1 cr stretchinc; forth to her a crown, corresponding with the inscriptioa

II) :>uttiLK RKONL'M; behind the Queen':* throne is the Kritiib liun«

tping n thunderbolt. The design is goi)d. though the attitude of the females is
rl«t«<i n pnro'ly of David'H picture of the three Horalii, nnd thr crown tlcy offer
t^ " I iTown ; the execution i« generijl'' ly in« ,

(. In! drapery, nnd even Sijrnor I'isli ,) tOf

B.l <l, n I'ircijiniiljiiici' nHrrilM^d hy tlic . '■..... ,v .i,..;,>ii th#|

Huuic of I '■• the Siifimr having been seised with illn<'sa fur a fortnight

before dm iiri i.d for the deliviry of his work.

t AnoDg till- C ountesses wns the Counters of Essex, late Miss Slrphcni.

t The name of the dotvager l^dy liendlevhaui is incorrerlly omitted in the Oa«
zetle, Bi is that of Lord <.rufton. Tlie total number of Peeresses It \M; a( th#|
Corvoalion of William IV. only Co were preseut.

IMW

imiiMi^itt

imn

200

The Coronation.

tAng.

arranged the Procession for the return,
which movetl at the moment whrn the
Queen left the ch«i>el.

Her Mnjesty tlieti returniog from St.
Edirord'8 Chnpel, ])rocecile<1 through the
choir, to the west door of the nbbey;
wearing her Imperial Crown,* and bcarini;
in her right hand the Sceptro with the
Crosn, and in her left the Orb ; their
Royal Highnesses the Princes and Prin-
cesseB wearing their coronets. The Four
Swords were borne before the Queen, in
the same order as before. The Sub-
Dean and Prcbcnd&ricii, and the Bishops,
who bad carried the Bible, the Chalice,
ond the Patina, remained in the choir.
The Noblemen who had severally carried
the crown, the Orb, the Sceptre with
the Dove, the Spurs, and St. Edward's
Staff, walked in the some places as before ;
those who had staves and batons carrying
the same ; all Peers wearing their coro-
nets; and the Archbishops and the Bishops
supporting her Majesty, wearing their
cops ; and Deputy Garter his crown.
The Swords and Regalia were received,
near the \Veiit Door, by the officers of the
Jewel-office appointed for that purpose.

Her Majesty wearing the Crown, bear-
ing the Royal Sceptre and the Orb, ac-
companied by the Princes aud Princesses
of the Blood Royal, returned to the
Royal Palace with the same state, and
by the same route, as in proceeding to
the Abbey.

Her Majesty entertained a party of one
hundred at dinner ; and in Uie evening
witnessed from the roof of her Palace the
fireworks dischari^ed in the Green Park.
The Duke of Wellington gave a grand ball
at Apslcy House ; for wliich cards of in-
vitation were issued to '^OLM) persons,

Thescreral Cabinet Miiiislers gave offi-
cial state dinners on the next day.

We mtut now add a few lines on the
popular festivities. For the gratification
of the multitude, at the solicitation of Mr.
Hawes, M.P. for Lambeth, a fair was per-
mitted to be liolden in Hyde P.irk for two

days, Thursday and Friday, to which two
iij«- ■ '»"*i"-lf\y and MoTi>' "■ ••"■•"'ubtet
q\h I. The ai' rotn.

pr: . -inc-third ■ ; \, ex-

tendttiK t'fou) near tlic maigiu of ihe Scr*l
pentine-rivcr to within a snort distance? off
Grogvenor-gatc. To the inti^'
were eight entrances, the main ■
wide, aud the others 30 feet c.i. ... i ..it ,
area within, measuring about 1 (■()<) hjl
1400 feet, was occupied by lhcatre%J
taverns, and an endless variety of exhibi*
tions ; and the centre appropriated to]
lines of stalls for the sale of faucy goods,!
sweetmeats, and toys. On Friday tho faif|
was visited by her Majesty in person.

Soon after two o'clock, on Thursday, j
while the Coronation ceremony was
progress, Mrs. Graham ascended from]
Hyde Park in her balloon, accompnnied'
by Cnpt. Currie. No aeronaui i '
was ever so long over the me: :
the currents of air varied so n>
yet so light, that it waa found imp
to get away, or to rise to any com
ble height, owing to the condenaation
the gas, and after discharj^ug all the i>al-
last, with every moveable article, with th4
exception of the grapnel, and having r««
mained in the air upwaril« "*■ ■■•• '-•"ir anC
a half, they descended r > iryle

bone-lane. Much damagi - to I

balloon and netting, on account a( the oa
rownesB of the passage where they feilyj
and a man in the strvct woa so sevefelf
injured by the fall of a coping stone, a|l
to occasion his death, after lingoriug tnorn^
than a fortnight.

The illnmiaations n( tli< i>uhlic officc(|J
and generally throu 'c principa

streets, were very > •, and pr

bably altogether on a far lojver seals 1 "
bad been before seen in ttie metroc
lis. The fireworks, which wcr«
charged at eleven o'clock, were also pra
vided on the most liberal scale. The
were tlic same in Hyde Purk and in tli
Green Park, the former being under tfa
direction of Lieut. -Col. Dyneley, fire
master of the Royal Laboratory, and mail

• The new State Crown, made for her Majesty by Measrs. Rundell aud Cri.lu

'" I. The old crown, made for George IV. wi

V s lift much too large for the heoil of her prtwi-

luc 111 '' ' pounds. It is .

rilver. licf blue, ■velvet

pletcl> .-.. ■ ii -"'i! ■' i-'i ■
moods, and
!t3 ccntrr a -

. Ill tiR' >

JUS genu.

by SoQtbby, the Utter nnder the direc-
tloit of WillikiB CAffiii, esq. aod made by
WEntMt.

All the theatres in the metropolis, and
other plac«R of pablic amuiiemFnt (vith
the MCeption of V»usha1l and (hp Surrey
/oolofical Garden- rs of

which were dwfwujtl • de-

ad*,'i were, by 111 I :.<..jr-t> 7. Ki"<-iou8
Rtaod, opened ppituitousjy for that
■od at all nf ih«m «uch excelleat
Bta bad been made, that no ac>

cou . " In the cen-

tre of oaoh { <nitj. the

: damuu. ..-■.. .■...- ■■. i-mUHc rcjoio-
[ plftoe. In pvcry quarter public
maU to the poor, processions,
Ulumiiiatious were the order of the
At liiverpool was lii\d the first atone
of - 's hall. The English at

P.-i iMic dinner, presided o»er

by >w .-.^.i.r> South. At Leghorn was
lotil the first stone of an English prates*
tatit chA|>el. From no place, honerer,
ai faooe or abroad, hare we received ac>
tiounta of the eelebration of the day in
■ maaner more remarkable or on a more
loa^ifirent scale, than from the town of
Cambridge. Not leM than l.'i.OOO per-
sona were feasted on one spot, in the
open field called Parser's Piece. In tKe
esntrc waa raised an orcheHtra, for KM
maaician*, which was surrounded by a
gallery for I'JOO spectators. Contiguous
to this va« a green belt called the Inner
Circle or Promenade, capable of contain-

ing 6000 more spectators. Encircling
the Promenade were placed three rows of
tables, appropriated to the school chil-
dren ; and from them radiated, Iflte the
spokes of a cart wheel, the main body of
the tables, 60 in number and 1S6 id
length. Beyond their outer extremity
were added 2h others in an outer circle,
and outaide the whole another Promenade
was roped in, capable of containing 6000
more spectators. The circumference of
the area wa« one-third of a mile. The
spectators were even more numerotts than
those who dined ; and the whole was ac-
complislied with the most perfect order
as well ns enjoyment. Of this remark-
able scene n representation was given in
the Cambridge Chronicle, and, at ovir
reqaest, Mr. Brown, the publisher, haa
permitted us to make it the tailpiece of
our present records.

Whilst the Coronation decorations re-
mained in Westminster Abbey, a Musical
Festival waa held, the rehearsal on Satur-
day June 30, the performance on Monday
July 2. The mu.iic consisted of the tlirec
anthems as performed at the Coronation ;
of a selection from Moiart's Requiem,
from lUydn's Creation and Handel's
Israel in Egypt, He. We are happy to
add that this Pestirai waa very productive
to the charities for whose benefit it was
declined — riz. the Westminster Hospital,
the Westminster Dispensary, and the Na-
tional Schools.

I

202

Domestic Occurrences.

[Aug.

I

On the 9t}i July k grand review took
place in Hyde Park. The troops on the
grvund (acnountinff to nearly oOOO men)
were the 1st and 2d Life Guards, the
Royal Horcie Guards, the lOth Hussars,
the I '2th Luncers three batteries of Field
Artillery, the 1st and 3id battalions of
the Grenadier Guards, the Ist and ^d bat-
talions of the Srutch Fiiv'iliers, the 1st
and 2d battalions of the Kifle Brigade,
and three troops of the Royal Horse Ar.
tillery, having two guns each. The line
was commanded by the Marquess of An.
glesey, the artillery by Col. Rogers, the
batteries by Lieut.- Col. Cleveland, the
cavalry by Sir C Dalbiar, and the Foot
Guards and Infantry by Alajor-Gen.
D'Oyly. A little before twelve o'clock
her Slajesty's party arrived on the ground,
in four carriages, with ■ numerous suite
of Bttendant.4 on horseback. The evolu-
tions of the troops then commenced,
each regiment inarching past the Queen
in slow time, the cavalry in close column,
the infantry at quarter distance. A mi-
niature battle then commenced ; the ca.
valry advancing, attacking, retiring, and
again forming line in the rear. This
manfsuvre having been completed, the
infantry then commenced tile tiring, and
this having ceased, both lines advanced in
parude order, and saluted. It is thought
that not less than I JC),(XH) persons were
present. Marshal Soult had just arrived
in the park when his sttmip broke. His
attendant was immediately despatched to
the iiaddlers to the Ordnance, Messrs.
Laurie and Co. of Oxford-street, who
sent him the identical stirrups used in all
his campaigns by Napoleon Bonaparte.

On the 13th the Corporation of Lon-
don gave a grand dinner in Guildliull to
nil the .'\mbuisudoni Kxtraordinary and
other illustrious foreign visitors. The
Archbishops of Canterbury and Armagh
were also present ; several of the Bishops;
and from each sides of both houses of Par-
liament, fifteen Lords and seventeen
Commoners. In all about GOO persons
were present. The Duke of WeflinK'ion
and Marslinl Soult were toasted together,
and they lK>lh acknowledged the compli-
ment with the greatest cordiality.

A pruclamatiijii duted ib« 5th of July,
announces the issuing of a AVi/> Coinage,
in Gold, Silver, and topper. The first
will consist of, J. Five-pound pieces,
weighing £5dwt. I6gr, ^ 2. Double-so-
Tcreigns, weighing 10 dnt, 6J gr. ; 3.
Sovt»rei«rn«, weighing 5 dwt. 31 in". ; 4-,
11 k' .ui|;hing '/ riv. i r:

all lor the ul

Q'-.- ■'■ '-

TOftiA

year; n-.:

(norial of Uie Unii«>ii KiiikUimk, coitlisiu^

in a plain shield surmounted by the royal
crown, and encircled witbalaurel wreath,
with the inscription, BarrANNiAaoM as-
niSA. riD. Dtr. having the united rose,
thistle, and shamrock placed under the
shield ; the two larger coins to have on
their edges the words OKcuaETTin'AMEtf.
ANNO RiiGNi and the year of the reign ;
the three smaller a grMJni'd edge. The
silver coins to consist of. I . Crowns ;
2. Half-crowns; 3. Shillingt; i. Six-
pences; 5. Groats, or Fourpences ; the
tirst to resemble exactly the five pound
pieces; and so also the serona. but
with a grained edge ; the shillings, the
same obverse, but on the reverse the
words ONE slill.lJ^'c within the wreath:
ond so with the Sixpences. The
Groat or Fourpence to have for the re-
verse a figure of Britannia holding the
trident in one hand, and having the other
placed upon a shield impresscil with the
union cross, and round the dgure the
words roufirF.NCs and the date of the
year below. Also certain other pieces
of silver money, called the Queen's
maunday moneys, of Fourpence, Three-
pence, Twopence, and one Penny, each
having the same obverse as the shilling,
and for the reverse the respective figures
4, 3, 2, I, with the date of the year placed
across the figure, and encircled by an oak
wreath, surmounted by the royal crown ;
with a plain edge. The coppi-r mone^ to
consist of, 1. Pennies; i. Halfpennies;
3 Farthings; each having for the obverse
the Queen's eflBgy still as before, lUid for
the reverse the figure of Britannia, as on
the silver Groats, with a plain edge. On
the lamentable poverty, or rather defi-
ciency, of invention displayed in this moet
uniform set of British coins, we do not
know bow to express our diMppointmeitt
and regret.

The new Great Seal of England, juat
made by Mr. Benjamin Wyon, chief en-
graver of her Majesty's seals, is said lo be a
beautiful specimen of art, retiecting high
credit on the talent, skill, and taste of tLe
artist : — Obverse, An ciiuestrinn figure
of her Majesty, attended by a page — the
Queen is supposed to be ridirvg in state ;
over a riding habit she is attired in a large
robe or cloak, and the coIIsj of the Older
of the Garter ; in ber rifthi huml ^he car- |
ries the sce))tre, and on bur heiid is placed
a royal diadem ; the attcnilant page, «^-ith
hat in hand, looks up lu the Queen,
whilst gently restraining the itnnaticnti
horw», which ii" riclilv defOfatrrt with^

i^Teen tbc
<he reverse, lite Qiiv»«n» n«>allf rabed

I

■n*i crMwnpd, holding in her right band
lh« ireptre, and in ber left the orb, i»
•<<*trd u|>on tbe ibrone, beneath a rich
GotMr rHriopy ; on either side is a figure
of " iiid Religion; and in the ex-

r royal arms und crown ; the

v.Im,,c ' >.< lU'ltd by a uruatb or border of
oak and roses.

An Art of Parliiiinent has been paj;sed
lot tlie re-edifu-atioi» of the Royal Ex-
ekanot. Provision is made foraconsi-
^rwly extended »iile ; and the UiuAs will
\te principnliy derived from a tax laid upon
the coals entering the port of London.
Early in April n twlc took place of the

itcriukol' the old structure. The porter's
e handbell (rung ever}' day at half-
pMt lour, p.m. to warn the merchants
Hid oti>cr« that 'Change ought to be
i.|,.....i v.iti, the handle coiwumed, valued
M' ' sold for 'At. 3». ; the two

c... I. IIS, holding sihields of the

C'li; MruiK, ]ie.vt Cornhill, fetched 30/. ;
the two otrved grilfin^, holding shields of
the I'iiy arin», facing (he quadnuigie,
JU/. ; the two buMii of Queen Elizabeth
raited, but really intended for the

ir)(in'is bead, the arms of the IVIercers'

uipany) on the north and south »ide,
Mi. ( two others on tbe east and west
»idea« 10'. 15*. ; the copper gra!*shopper
Tine, vritb the iron upright, was reserved
by tlie committee ; the alto-relievo, in

•Tf"^ ' ««<>iie, by Bubb, representing

V l)cth proclaiming the Royal

>. 'I /. ; the corresponding alto-

fciievu, r«pre<Hfntini; Britannia seated
unid^r th«> emblem* of Commerce, ac-
C" ' I " :i-iice. Agriculture, Ma-

rii /. ; the carved embic

iiiu..y... ;,,.,,...-..,. Europe, Asia, Africa,
and v^niiTJca, 110/. The whole of the
rnatcriiiU in tbe quadrangle were f>old for
)!3(i/. : the tower was sold for Ml. ; the
Carved tigures of Europe, Asia, Africa,
and Aniericii, were knocked down fur 8(1/.

At a meeiinp of the C/ourt of Cotnmon
Council, 51r. R. L. Jones (the chair-
man), on bnnging up the report of
the Royal Exchange Committee, stated
that the government were not willing (u
t»»ist in the object with money, but ap-
proved of the incHni of raising fundit, hs
•tuted in the report, which was ax fid-
lows : — •* Thai the duties on coal, &c.
now cxi«ting under the «ct» of the lOth
Gcon^e iV^ cap. 136, and the 1 1th
Gt'orge ] V. cup. (»V, be continueil to the
feu 1859, being tbe period tor which the
aaoi«, in coniunctioh with tbe sum of
ll,.5tJU/. charg-cd upon the city entuteii,
«rr .,ir..^v t-ngiiged. The aggrcgHte
tti. ^ colnuliited would be »ulTi-

cn ty to ruiae thcreuo al that

time tbe sum of 300,000/. for public im>l
provements in the metrupolits, of which4
150,000/. should be appropriated to thej
corporation of tbe City for the Royal |
Exchange, «o soon as the plans shall bej
examined and approved by the Eoana
Commissioners of her Majesty's Treusu.,1
ry; and tbe remainder of the sum tof
such other public improvements in ih(
metropolis us m»v be sanctioned by Par.
liamcut." Looking at the question on I
all sides, be (Mr. Jone») considered thaCJ
the court had reHson to congrutulate.f
themi^elves upon the result of the appli.
cation to government. He trusted that
they would be able to accomplish still-
greater improvements. The buildings''
to be taken down to the westward will
include the site of tbe Bunk CotTee-j
house in Bank-street, Sweetings-rents, |
and all the buildings eastward, including |
the west side of Freeman's court to^
Comhiil and Tbreadiieedlc-streei, oppo''
site the North and South American Cof-
fee-house, leaving the church and church j

Ctrd of St. Bennett'? Fink, which is to
.■ inclosed with an open railing.
Jviy 18. The first stone of a ncW'
church at Blackheath was laid by bee
Royal Highness the Princess Sophii
Matilda. It will be dedicated to the
Holy Trinity. In this parish, in a po>
pulutjon of 2o,(KX>, not more than onc-
hfjh are provided with cluirch iiccommo.
datiun. 'i'bere is no parish church neuret
than half a mile uf the new site. The
church will be built in the Anglo- Nor-
man style. The principal front will look
towards the east, iit)d will be flsnked by i
towers of equal altitude. It will form it'l
very conspicuous object over an extensiv6
country, and vvtll ho an ornament to the
landscape. The estimate of the expense
is 4300/. of which IIXXJ/. have been granted
by her Majesty's ComrniNsioncri' for Build>
ing New Churches, and 500/. by the Incor^
ponited SiH'iety for Promoting the Build-
ing and Enlargement of Churches. The
church will accommodate 12(X) persons,
of whom bidf will have free sittings.
Mr. Wilde, of Albeniurle-strect, is the
architect ; and the contractors have engaged ^H
to complete the edilice in fourteen months. ^H

Tbe ancient refectory of the College
of V'icars at Kxeter, has undergone
thorough repair. Little else was found
except Nuremberg tokens and some
pieces of no ancient date, and man v hu-
man bones. The cypher of John Hvse,y
treasurer of ibe Cathedral, installed Jan.
10, 1517, is on the old (ire- place. Tb«
arms of Bishop Oldhum are over the
adjoining passage. The original Vicars'
CoUtTc w'us completed in 138M, \hal
spot being called the Kiiieiidiir huie.

a

Id -

i

PKOMOTIONS, PllEFEKMENTS, Ac

Gazettk Promotions.

IMC 13. Col. the Hon. John Miitlkud, and
Lieut. -C(il, G. \. Wflhcmll, t« t>c Coniiwuiion*
ei the imlcr of the Hath.

4/1UIK K. Kniffhlcd, Cuptain Houston, Eti-
Hiipi uf Ibif Yooiueii of thf Ciii&nl, Ainl T. \.
Ri-fVf, eni|. St.iiidnnl Heartr iif the Hon.
CoriK* of '. '- \rm.H.

June TJ >|il. J. O. Cluitie to b«

Majifr.— i;i or T. Hull to be Lieut.-

Coloiicl.— 3;mi ii'ijt. Major ?ir R. Brac'k«-a-
l)ury to be .Miyor.— Brtver, Mak« 8ir E. Bmck-
piibtirv to dr" I.i<>tit.Col. in ifie .\riny ; Copt,
IL f ■ ■ ' Il(iy«l Kiiir. to hiivL' the local

nifil. 1. w^lilL> employed ou a Bpe-

I'ial . Col. Lai-y, in bp&in. — Jlst

KiHii, MA\"t w. H. El&ott TO b^ LiciU.-Col.}
C»i>t. K. MainwRrini; to l*c Major.

June M. Veers of thr UnilcMl Kincrdoni
rreatwl oo the Coroiwtioii:— Constnntiiic-
Henry Earl of Mulg^rave to be Marquis of
Nomianby, CO. York; William Bapcin Kiiiit to
l>e VI»4-oinif (Jckfiani.of (H-khnm, co. Surrey,
aiiil E«rl of Luvelaiv; Laurence llaron Ixili-
tlas to be K«t1 of ZelUixl; Xnthony-Ailnan
Earl of Kintorr to be Barnii KInture; Cortie-
liua Vi.-H-oiint I.ismore l» be HaniD Lisinore,
• f .SbMibally CaiiHe, co. Tipperary ; VVnrner-
Williani ilimn Uo.^^more to be Baron Kv->!t-
Bioit, uf the t-ouiitv of Modiuhsin ; Uob-'rt-
ShapluiiH n.irnn rnrcw tfi he B.iron Carew, of
Cast the Hon. Wll-

lUn: ii<y to be Baron

De .\i I nr^pt ; i*ir John

Wroti."-ii'\, Hiui. I.) i.< 11,11 -v. of

Wrottcsle'), CO. StnfTord ; < I'ury

Traoy.rsr|, tnbo flrtnin Siirlfli • Ion,

CO. !'■ ■ ' ' ■'• iiiijc!), (-..ii. to be

B-ir. CO. Wilts.— The

Mu lonwl BA BAron

Benjamin Hall, of Uanovcr^ourt, co. Mott-
month, es<|. ; K.isf Gronre riftyton East, of
Hall-plBcc.. ' .^Crofton,

of Lonifforil _

To be < 1- Sir T.

Sanuiarei. iiinipiKll t niiaiifVr, .i.>. »>undera.
Sir W. .M. I'rnfocko, K.c, John Pare, Sir
Charies Wale, k.c.b.. Sir J. O. VaTnieletir,
C.C.B., C. P. I>on?la!i, R. II. '" ^. J.

Gi.Wie, «r R. H. ;?lieaire, Han ■ e

Ihitr, Sir R. >< H<if!»;(!i. k imi n,

Sir fJ. T. \V. I ; '.»!-

2mple, B:i- '•-

mrraU,M ■"-

iiih Herbert. .l< ' .Mr 11 ivinif,

a.(.-.B., .Sir Wni 1 •■ <•■«-, Sir Jolm

MaciloiMiW, K.r.i, I'rntt, a c.B,,

Hon. J.K. R.d'Neili.Aiitli.un r ■ ' my

WnLsli, yiT Wm. Jobnuton. 1 'Is

^Srx^h,■^^, I>, F Blomnirt, - .i»-

l.lniiitiM, .■^i:' I \'.in I jmh
Wilson. K.C.B., Sir t', V.
Sir John CollMirne, o t n .
Bart. o.c.B.. .Sir T. M'Vni .n,
.Sir Alexander Woodford, a.c n

1 ii...-ir J. C,

H.. .Sir K. D.

k^r. Sir O. A.

, Sir John

II. K.C.B.,

I ampbell,

ttllt. B.C.H.,

.. Sir T. At-

biithnot, KX.»., Sir H. V. lU)»iverie, K.C.B.,
Lord Biirjfher.sh, K.c.li., Uird litiroy J. H,
S<mipr«iet, k.c.h., L«)ni Charh"* Mannir*.
K.C.B.— Tobe .Ifu/or-f.'oK-rii/jf, L'olnn»ls Henry
Jl'Oylv, .-Jir V. II. Ihnyh'. Bart- William Gray,
Kdw Darley, W. V. Hompcsch, Sir Gt"orif«
Tcesdnl.-, <1iri>;f. Mnmilton. (i. J. R>-eve«,
Hon. 1 - . ,|,p^

John ' 'O.

K.r,... i-'T,

Ihoinar l.\;ii>.- IVi he {.uiun-u. Ln-m.-v olo-
nels J. A. Mein, AJm. Wedderbum. Peter
Dumas, MiMmru F.inc. Jnhn Martin. V,. H.

i

J83«.]

Promolions, ^c.

10*, U. f. G. u'Oonii
JohfKTnnr. VT. A. 1

t..-

Liit Stril«ir, Joba

Praiicis Westenra,

- " -V and Ho)al
vet —To be

A , 1 Hiu-

t . , L. A,

11 nu(i|i>'ia, C. J.

S. I, W. M. Uosset,

Ii, rtson, W. K- I/vh,

I']. iirt.Hne WO'. " '.<.

\., ,M, F. \V. w

\\ ..leraOli, Clia:.
Crmrli-^ Kivrrv t. R. Thomson, Auuii-i ?^

Wneiii. H. Y wn«ih»m.

(Iff, T-. .if thr Unyiil MnrinM tf> fnke rnnk

tn I ■ ■ ' : iirnila

J I .lf»ji>r»,
i'-

, nf l),r M 1 [tro-
ll, To lie .4r/,j, Klu«,
V of till- KMi 1 '-. "T
It. . K.C n.. Sir J 1
IV, ..O.H., — I'o \>e. i'i< '
I!. .\(ImlmI>- nf flir
W

r.

V,.

roti', kill., ^ir Iv \* f

«,c.M'i Sir Ueonce Scott, k.c.b., Sir Tboma*

DuimI.^, k.. n.. Sir J. T. KittUl, K.C.B.— To btj

\ 1, .. Uluf, Biw-Aiirairals of

II,, - Livinjitston?. Hart., Sir

^. -if F. \V. Austeu, K.C.B.,

f.u r.B.— To lie ft^"!--

,t ir-Admirnls of the

VM i-j c. St M. and o.,

B*jl.j(i uiin P«rkrr, K.C.B.,

Sr K. I (l<?orKe M'Kinloy,

Sir Cli.; -'■ -tn tie R.'nr.

!l. IC.I'H, C.ii., Mr

.V. Fiine, Hon. Gei>.

. r.n., K.r.ii.— To

I the White,

;i.iary Hcalh-

K. (iwen, K.C.B.,

K.C.B., SirThomu

Rii-harvj C.<>|>cUn<l, Chirlrit Ri<-h, i>.>t\n RotxTt-
»on (A), KoTxrrt DvAn:'. W. Kirhiiril>on (k). G.I
C. BI*Vc, M. H. Mweney. \V. P. HUuley,
Willmm Holt. W. II. Futsoii, J. J. Tuckrr,

John K.itf.-conil>e. Uruii»«ick Pophflm. Williuii j
>-. (tel*, Geor ■ \V. "

' ard Kc&iie, .' W

1 .'. F, N«'», •-•"

joiiii i'l, . ,' l>atiii»il. t!

Russell I l.iu-kri^. J '

JwuwII. •ilhiM, F r

H.T. Auviii. ■,
SUnU'v.— To 1p
(i. Mi'all, Jus. I

Henr)' Stroud, H. M. i niMi.ii. ll. > . iiuiiin-
Hcorr Frwlcrick Penke, C. J. f. Nenton, Krwli '
Wood, Francis f;rt>vp. .1. H. Wnnl. r„ T.

Jni\r<i. K. St. L. f " .Win.

Dicki'v, <Ui4rl>' inlet,

John lUlhorti. , , ltor>

ton, Richard Burn, i.'c. v-r Ireil.

Hutton, Hinl Allen, F. W. ii hranl '

Horiirtt, J. IJ- WnfMltli'T].' . unon,

Vf.V. fiiiUott, .Sacket H>y\w. icu n. n.,i.insi>ii,

J. V. FIftcluT, J. \. Lt'jrartl, T. L. .Mas.sic,

Wonrlfonl Williams, Robfit Kerr, A. L. .Mdiil-

•^a.iniiel Mi-rx-er, Wni. Loui-, Uichard

i; S. Rohiiison. H. R. H»-iiry, R. T.

. lion. A. A- Murray, J. II. WliidhAiu,

Ijoij. >. T. Cannxic, Henry lla^ot, C. G. K» j

Napiw, Henr) Church, ami \Vm. Hubbard (a).

U,,: ■■. • - : - • .■ ■-. ■ ^ K- ■ -

M.Tjiir. -Torli I I, Mnjur.!. hci^;ill t I

Col. ; brevft Major T. Reed to be Major.—
'JTth F"i>t, Major J.C4iin|iliell to l>e Lieut, -Col, j
Mtijor N. U Uarrah to he Major. '

. Earl Bruce sumraoneil to the Huune \
M Baron Bruce, of Tottenham, Will9« |
July r,. 1st Foot Guards, Capt. R. W,
AsteU to be Cant, and Lieut.-Col.^SSth Fool, J

Capt. Wtn. -SaiJIeir to We Major. Outh Fool, .

Major W. T. Coi-fcbuni to be Major. 71»l

F(K)I, Capt. Lord Arthur Lennox to l)e Major,
— H9th Foot, Lieut. -Ci>l. J. U. Itasdcn to I14 j
H.-Col. : Capt. A. 8. H. Apliii to be Major.

Julv 10. Roval Artillerv. Lieut. -Col. P.
Cs III '"'till I tn b.' rnTonrI; fViut. and Hrerctj
r.j be Uent.-Col.— I
to be .VssiatanI |
lids. — James Loiil-
lart, (>i, ti' !>!• --rn-i.uy, lei^trar, and clerk j
of the council, anil clerk of the enrulineiit.^ io '
lioriiinica.

Julf 13. Edward Hay Dnimrnond Hay, e^.
to be IVeaiurer of Trinidad. — I.«t Foot. Capl.
Du^ald M Nicul to I.' M.ili'r —lath Fcmt, Lt..
Col. Lord Charl, to l>e Lieut. -Col.

—Staff, Major 1; ,ald, to be deputy

.\djuunt-)fen. < - ui Uombay, «rltn j

thii rank of Lieut, < "I.

Jttly 16. The reiiruing Duke of Saxe Cobar^
and Gotha eletti^t K, G.

jHlv'ti. Sir \^ . K.R. to be Garter

Priiici|i«l Rinii liiiund UAe,e, esii.

K.H. 10 be Cl»/' . cif .Vruis ; Joseph ,

Hawker, e*). to In- .VmiMV Kiiie of Anns;,
Jaini'!t Puluinn, esii. to be Richiiionil Hernlil }
Albert Win. Woods. e<ia. to be IVjrlcullis I'ur-
4tiivant.

[In cumequeitrr of fAe grtat leitjith of ih* ,

Pr, I'.-rintntt Incident to Ihr Coronation, tre arti\

'•■(I tu tirfrr to nert «hmi/A ti<Mcr rt^l

iHr Otdtr of the Ihttk ami tkt &aitli

■Hce]

M^mher» relumed tn irme in Parliament, j

-• • ■ I '. -•.-'^ • -• I I )•. WreStcpluij

'.iiid.

itall (now]

Preferments, Births, tmd Marriages,

[Aug.

ECCLCBI&STJCAL PbEVI^KMENTS.
Eev. James Bowstcad, D.D. to \te liuhop of

potior and Man.
Kev. T. Aiuory, St. Tethf V. Cornwall.

f. C. Aw«lry, New Samnfonl R. Kss«x.
. H. Avling^, (iuild/ord KR. Siiney.
. J. Uiuli'V, .Stiikf Hulv Cross V. \urf.
. W. Uoriieo, Brixton Ueverell H. Wilts.
Rev. R. S. Bvton, He)>lian> R. Law.
Kj'v. Hitibert Bmuey, U.C.L. Nt-wlrary R.

Rev. F. J. Blandy, Nrth«niTon V. Wilt*.
Rev. — Bluiidv, Orayton Btaorhaiiip R. Ducks.
Rev. W. Hoyle, Fr<"»hfiird K, stoiucTset.
Rev. H. Briiunt, Liltl"' Kiiiililc R. Burks.
R«v. F. Bryony, H«<kf..r(l V.nn'»hirc.
Rev. J.Ci. Bull, ' ' -V.Murivy.
Rev. H, Bull. L HurWs.

Rev. T. H . t'.ar , lU' Ch. .MidtU.

Rev. R. Colli), I iiM.iii. li. .\in-fulk.
Rev. ii. J. CoovHT, Old Windsor V. Berks.
Rev, G. J>«vy, St. IVtor'!. Ch. MaiOidone.
Rev. Jolin Laric, luu. Au)(lilou cum Cottiny-

witli I'.C. Yorkshire.
Rev. C. B. F.llit>tt,Tatllii(p>tone K. Suffolk.
Rev. J. L. Flititiiis, at. Malthi-wiTi. Liverpool.
Rev. W. Klciwi-r.jun. .-<. Hykeham R. Line.
Rev. IL Freemnii, bolkswortli U. Hants.
Rev. Anth. Grant, Romford V.C. K.i«M.
Rev. Jamc» Haworth, frtixton V. Norfolk.
Rev. J. O. Hill, Wtiotton Underwood P.C.

Bocks.
Rev. W. M. Hurlock, Stoke by CUre P.C.

3uflbUt. ^

Rev. T. Uutchinnon, Harpurley newCh. Lane.
Rev. Joliii Jolln^Oll, Oulwi'll R- Norfolk.
Rev. Cbas Kimii. Ludlord I'.C. Heref.
Rev. John Kyle, lnchiii{«;lB R, Cork.
Rev. C. \V. Ldnivroll, Bradley parva R. Suff.
RfV. Henry Law, (.\rchdeacon of Wells) Bath

R, Somerset,
Rev. F. Ix«, ijtanton Bury V, Butks.
Rev. E. U. Lei;h, St, Botolpli's Alderspile R.

London.
Rev. R. .VIeek, Richmond R. Yorkshire.
Rev. C. Mortlauut, Hndrwortti R. .Somerset.
Itrv. H. G. fill- ' ncrain?IC Devon.

Bar. C. Rolfe, IL Kent,

lev. p. Si. Gill. 1 R. (Jk)rk.

Sev. J. ThwavK.-. I niiiiv i' C. Carlisle.
Rev. W. H, i'urner, Hanwell V. Somertet.
Rev. J. M. Wli«lley,Slaidlmru R. Yorkshire.
Rev. Jacob W«iod, E«:liam V, SurriTf.
Rev. K. G. Curtei<> to be Chaplain to the Marq.

of Uuct'nvlierrv.
Rev. Joseph TwiKife, M. A. to be Ctiaplaiu to

Kensal Green Cemetery.

Civil. Pat>EBMENTB.

Alil.-rnini-, ■niimitL- \\.")J and Jaines White to

R.

ft

I Middlesex,
ipoi uf KiDgWil-

l. .i.id H. W. Fhlllott, B.A. to
d lliird .Masters of Cttartcr-

UIRTH8.

Mm 3t. M HopUnd Hall, SudTulk, the wife
uf Kunnrd beat lies, tm\. a dan.

Jum* I. .Vt S>pye I'ark, the wife ut J. E. A.
Stitrkry, tm. « "vn. 1. AtCliff Hall, Warw.

Ulr wlf.' of T » C«vr, e^n. K ^'•fl. IH. In

Gr.

V.-

|„. ri,nv

k, I. Ill4-

vtii. — ^At

Wliil.Ttion>p Whitchuri-u, int- wiiirur ilioScT.

T, Tyn»Jiitt. Prebendiiry of Sarum, a ilaiu — —
Jl. .M Lambeth Palace, the wife of Win. KtnfWr
mill. esq. of 8ydmonton, It *

heir. In GroMVcni]r..si|. tli.

a son, still-born. — 22. .\t .- i

of W. B. Bnxlie, e»<j. M.I'. » .;.i" ■-';!. 1 U'-

wife of the Rev. 8ir Htibirt Oftk- ley, Bart.

a dan. 'ifi. In Old Palace-yard, the wifeof

John JerM«. raq. M.P. a dau. 27- At Ring-
stead, Norfolk, Mrs. Frrdorick FiU Roy, a

son. 29. In Lower Scylnour-st. the mokt \

Sirs. CanieETie, a diiu .\t Haltoii ParMB

the Ytife of the Ri'v. John Lyiieo, a son]

iieir. 30. .\t Torquay, UevoD, the Hon.]

W. T. Law, a dau.

LaMv. At th€ Kims, Wore, the wife Of

Rear-.\dni. .Maliiip. a dau, At l>owiiton-

hall, iifar Ludlow, thi- Udy uf .*"ir W. E. Rou.'«e

Itnuffhloii, Itart. a d*u. .\t UmKwortli, the

wife of R. B, Plullipps, eb*i. Hitch" Sb^nff of

CO. Hereford, a dau. The Hon. -Mrs. .Ma^e,

■ son.

./«fy 3. In Paris, the wifif of the Hon. St.

John Biitler, a son and heir. 4, In Nntttnp-

hani-plarc, Viscounti-ss Hood, a son and heir.

At Xortbbrook House, Hants, tjidy Marw

Anne Saundersuii, a dan. 7. At G»rinan<

ston cnstle, the »vlfe of the Hon. P.. Preston, a

dan. H. In Great C'umberlaud-place, IjwJy

Jaue Ugiivy, a dao.

MARRIAGES.

Jan. 13. At Vizianai;ram (East Indiesi, W.
Poole, esq. fourth son of J. K. I'oole, esq. uf
Rridfrewaler, !*<>m. to Klleii, elde»l ilau. of tha
lair x>ir G. H. Hall, Bart.

Aprii 17, ,\t llymuiith, Henry Yoiin^, es«-
Inilla Civil Service, third son of the late Sir S.
Younc. Bart, to Catbarini' .\iine, eldest 4lau.

of J. H. F/-.les, esq. IS. At Trinidad, K,

Jarksun, ewj. actine .\tti>rm'y-»ri'fi. to Maria
Ale.tandrina, eldest dan. of Audrt Ulasiiii,

esi|. 19. At .Moreham. B<"rk«, the Hev,

Henry W. Bowlra Ban' f Col. Dau-

beuey. of Bath, to I'l 'Um. of the

late Benj. Morland, ■■! House,

e!s<|. W. .\t Charles' - loir. n. i l>inout1i, S.

W. Pndf«ux,e.Hi|. of IJartniouth, to Henrietta,
dau. of the Ute K. J. CoUins, cm|. of KJnip^
bridii^.

Mif 17. At Hampiitead. William Viurd,
esq. M.A. of Linnnn's Inn, to Mi'<"' Maria

Jeffries. At Kloreni-e, tli' ' luanl

Victor de la Vi>re. to ^■ iHe,

yoiinir'°"'t dRii. of llif l»»f Al' ■•'"!

ofct ' • '■ ■ '

U<,\.

to i

mark. i.. m

L. Swainwm, 1. os

to Harriet, reli' 'i

Sandonn. 2i t

Rev W. J, Me. "I

to itarali M.irw.i

V. Y.atio.H! ■■ •. — T

Rev. J, l( Mrv IHj

non .of ( . t" Am

eldi-st dau. .>i .

A, Chapman, • ^<

the n-y P. K I

lat.-l •■ )..

of ■ ri

tan «

t'

ft..

R.'i;

Vicilf 01 I'auouri, lunt-

Marrhzes.

207

»

lUn. ta ITm! late !Uv. T. P. WilllnnMn. IVrp.

ijIrrrcluT. t
1. of T. <>. 1.

.il, l« KuM-

i I. U-a, H.N.

.1.-.. . . .|. Major-lien.

il. to >l*r>-, widow ofCapt.

. B.N. At -it. Marlis,

^^ "< P»iky,ol'<i»klisiii,
r tlif latr R?v. Win.

III. K. H. Saw-

!nte Ri-v. J..''. Saw-
', Bfrks, ti) Fanny
Iw. i)rjd«rinaii, esi|.

i:.)lk. 31. At s*t.

. the H^v. M. A. Wowl-
rMurhtoii, Wore. t<i Maria,
I Mr iiifonj, •>sn. of York-
Ik. til.' Rev. I'hilip
rva .\niip, yonnirp<it

, . ;.....rh, Bart.— — <!lauile

-ij. of brulon-strcel, to M&r)-,
of T. R. Uuckwurth, esq. of
• I .11 Vi,i-f,,ri. .

I, tlie Rev. Horatio
iMleton, Oxf. third
iir, lo Pcnelope-
I K. I'oolt-, ejMj. of
I Hepworth, ewj. of

..i^'.iwc, to (NU^h <^>pe,

. I the Rev. O. Allott, Vicar of

^^> •■ . 5. At Wendover, Buck.s.

K »'•■ vouri(f«it son of the Hon.
a. ') Elizabeth. Hdest lUu.of
til .ie, eiH|. of IK'iiicrara.

1,- ir H...,.|r.. l''vT.t, »>Sri. of

1' of the

|: -*<]. to

ia..„...,„. ..„.. I .. I'iirl\tt,

IXU. FcriMrlual Curate of V«iiL«liinluiry.- 7.

tyte Hi"*. Henry Lujinixirc, \ uar of liam-

^lary Jane, eldest dan. of Rear-
>■ -.KX East Teijjrnmonlh. J. W.

I 11 of Iho Ifti* Vii-f.Adin. Penrd,

Iti V «,. \iiifii!ita, dau. of the Kev. W, V.

hichardH, D.C.U. Hector of Abbot'<toke, Itons.

.Vt lirntield. Sussex, the Rev. Cliarles

I '■ ' " ' •■ t>-— - 1 -lau. of Win.

I; !\, WMttiiin-

.• I Caiil. Ilirli.

... ... , ,,..j; Park.Camb.

L Jane, oidy dau. of the late

esq. of Dorking. At St. Cle-

,ir".i «>„ %ii-holiu, e«q. of
r Edw. Steplicnson,

mcnwt. AtWftl-

.,., ....I.. I, Kehaiiitt-n, fh&r^c
tlic Kiap of Sweden, to Maria,
!>■ }. Soaue, esq. and ijrainld.'in.
,..„„.. 11... ,„.i,. ,..,.(. \i Ht.

Marjcoii, ftq.

<n of tbe Rev.

'" '" Letitu

i.'indon,

.Uihn's,

.. , I ...w. .., o.sii, tn

I. of ihe late Rev.

laatirlla liporpann. )rumi(i;c?it dau. uf ilii- tflle
Robert lAiiniitoun, esq. of that ilk. U.

lolu.

-Ill tiuern-

At St. Gconre's, Hanorer-wj. Gabriel Stone I

J'.u.ln ...ri i.l.l.-m -it.n of J. R. I'oole, p*q. of]

■;:i, yoiiniiest dau. of Sir (

-At IxK'kinge, Bprks.

.1 : . !. ;!.iirv. Will*, esq, to Cliar>

ioUf bill v. only dau. of the lato Rev. Wyatt '

Cottle. Vicar of Cholsey. At Holton, \)\T,

\riiuir VnnMley, escj. second .son of the Re*.
Nnuesley. Rector of Clifford, <;iouc. to^
\>re, dan. of the Rev. T. G. Tyn-

., . lor of Holton. At f'nmjM^fonl, oti

tJHiidi. L . b. Ucnnard, esq. son of Sir T. B. "
Lennnrd, Bart, to Elizabetb-Amelia, elde<t '
dau. of the late Robert NirhoKun, esq. of ]

Bradley, co. Durliam. At Kdmonti>n, Clanda j

Wilde, esq. ehletrt 80n of Mr. iSerireant WildP, j
M.P. to Luey, youngest dau. of the late Robt.

Rjiv, e!<q. \l Kteler, Capt. F. E. -Manning, ^

Beiijral Army, to ^lusanna, relict of Sir Henry \
Farrineton, liart., and second dau. of the Ule i

R/ilit. Kekewicli,e«q. l.V .\t Uroadclisrt, Mr.

.lohn Rflteliffe, <linefll descendant of the Jaat j
liarl of Derwcntwater,) to Mary .\nn, only dau.

of Mr. Himiln^ham. M lit. Mary'-i, Bry.

aa!<toii-!<q. J. I). Sinimit, e*q. Miriceoii, Royal
Marine .Vrt. second son of tbe late R«-v. I)r, '
Simniie, of Rnthisinsy, HajilTshire, to Julia. ]
eldest dau. of the late Ctil. Clifford, C.H. aitdj

K.H. At Malta, the Baron Hector Icslafer-

rata Aliela, to Mary Ramsay, third dau. of the
late Alexander .Vn'denMin, esq. of Cha|>el-Ht.

I'ark-lane. 14. Baruch Toojfood, csri. of ]

Torquay, to Anne Elixalieth, only dan. of Peter ]

Henwoixl, eiq. of Wells. AtCainlierwell, J,

J. Tonrishend Bowen. e»q. of Trinidad, to'
Jeodie, yoiinfent lUu. of T. C'ourthope, esq. of]

Feckhani-ifrove. At Waritrave, BerkN, the

R«v. U. Price, Rector of Romaldkirk, Vorksh. ^
Hon of Barrin^on [*rice, esq. lo Elizabeth
Harby, youn^at dau of the Rev. W. IMdiOir

of Hare Hatch, Uerkin. At .Sl. Mat t hew 'a, |

Brixton, Ale\. rrft.*er, e?iq. of Fl.inistead Bury,
Herts, to Mary Ann, elilest dau. of John

niidfre, esq. At Newark, J. J. Bipsley, esij* \

1I..M. to Caroline, sixth dau. of the bite Rev,

J. Beevor, Rector of Claypole, Line. 19. At '

Pari*, the Rev. Henry Ridls, Rector of Aid- j
winrle All Saint*, to Snrah Anna, only siat«r
of W. B. Rolls, esi]. of the firm uf GalipianI, '

and Co. rarJ!.. At Ealinir, Edward Henry I

Noel, <t^\. fonrth son of the Rev. Ttios. XoeC J
to Frances-Isabella, dan. of Col. (^rlo JosepB j
l>oyle, Lieut. -Gov. of Grenada. — -At St. Bar.
thi)lomew-lhe-I>'s.'», Geor^fe TroUope, e»*\. of 1
ClinstVs HuspitAl. lo Alicia, ilan. of W. W. (
Wilbv. o-.' .' <t i<.rii„,i,,nieMf'» Hoapital.
At W'lXi.i "d, esq. of Steven^]

ton, H.11 I . Disced, M<j. '

Sarali All of the late Josep

Cotton, etq. of Wooiliurd-briilue. At .SUl

Mary's, Bryanston->q. Clia*. W>keliani Man.!
tin, esq. eldest son ■" •■' ^i^' Mnrtin, esq. ofl
Leeds Cjistle, KimiI. -econd daiuT

of the late .*iir John I '. III. All

the Cjitholic Cliaiwl ' Hi'M Hon.]

lord Arundellj loth- I 1 Lii

Stoiirtiin. The Ri M.A4I

Rector of Oarforth, \ :. , umrthj

dau. of the Rev. Jaiueii iiiudoii, Vicar

Aberford, Yorkshire. At Wakefield, Fred

Ibbotson, of CroftoD Hall, esq. to Marianne

only dan. of G. U. Barker, es4i. At

Georjfc'i, Ilunover-sq. T. R, Aufdjo, e*q.

Minna ti
Von Scl;
ret's, ^^

\i i> t,.

,i,K il.iii.

Mr^i

dau. u( Hi^bfiiurv Skeatu, vaq- l*^ Uf|{auiJbt I
the Chapel Royal, W iiidaor-

208

OBITUARY.

*

*

I

The Dukc of Lfxds, K.G.

JuJy 10. In London, ag^ed nearly 63,
the Most Noble Georpe William Frede-
rick Osborne, sixtL Duke of Lecdii (1694),
Alarijuis of Cannartlien (1681*), Earl of
Dmtiby, ro. York (1G74-), Viscount Lati-
mer, of Danby, and liaroii Osborne, of
Kiveton, co. York (1673), Huron Coii-
yere, of Hornby Cwtle (by writ. I5()9),
all titles in the English peerage ; iiftb
Viscount 0»borne, of Dunblane, co.
Perth (1675), and the sixth Bnronet, of
Kiveton, co. York (l«2(>) ; « Knight of
the Garter; a Privy Counnllor, Lord
Lieutenant of Che Nt»rth Riding of York,
Governor of the inland of Scilly, Ranger
of Rirhmond Forest, Constable of Mid-
dleham Castle, &c. &c.

His Grace \vwi born July 21, 1775, the
elder son of Francis. Godolphin the fifth
Duke, by his lirst wife the Rt. Hon.
Lady Amelia D'Arcy, Baronet Con-
yerx, only daughter and heiress of Robert
fourth and last Earl of Holdeitiesse.
His mother (whoie marriage \n» dis-
solved by act of parliament in 1770) died
during his minority, Jan. 86, 1784 ; and
on his cominp of age, he presented a pe-
tition to the House of Lords, claiming
the barony of Conyers in right of his ma-
ternal descent. On the 37th April, 1796^
the House resolved and adjudged that
the petitioner, George- William -Frederick
Alarquis of C'Brmartben, bad made out
his cUim to the title, honour, and dignity
of Daron Conyers ; and he immediately
received bit writ of summons accordingly.
He never, however, took much interest
in polidcs, and when a young man spent
a considemble length of time in Italy.
He usually gave his vote in Parliament
with the Tory party.

On the 3Ut Jan. 1709 be succeeded
bia father in the dukedom, and in the
same year he was appointed Lord Lieu-
tenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire,
On the 4.th M»y 1827 be was tippoinled
Master of the Horse, and on the lOth of
the same month be was swoni ■ Privy
Councillor. On the latter day also he
was elected a Knight of the Order of the
Garter. He resigned the office of Master
of the Horse with the Duke of Welling-
ton's administraiion in Nov. IBS'. At
the ceremony of the Coronatinn "* K.-.r-
William IV. Sept. «, Iftai, 11.
Leeds was one of the fnui Kir
Garter whobtid ov.
ptill of f;nld at the > '

m'

miiu a }<uturii ('.■■

.Inf. IW.IM, No. I '2.

right and honourable. It should be borne
in mind that to the northern turf he was
essentially devoted, for he seldom sent
horses south of Doncasicr. The in-
fluence of his chamcter was great in the
best sense of the word i for in his own
neighbourhood he was truly " the fine old
English gentleman," and sought not to
be great from home.

In 1811 his Grace pulled down the
ancient munHion-bouse at Kiveton, which
up to that time had been the prinripnl
residence of the funiily, from the reign of
JanieA the First (see Hunter's History of
South Yorkshire, vol. i. p. H'2). It waa
tjuitied for the more magnificent cnstle of
Hornby, in the same county, the seat of
his mother's family, the Uarons Conyera,
and Earls of Holdemes.se.

His Grace wna present nt the Corona-
tion of the Queen, though his Duchess
was prevented from attending by serious
illness. He was taken ill only three days
before his death. His body was interred,
on the l6th of July, under '1 rinity Church,
Osnaburgb -street. Regent's Park.

He married Aug. 17, 1797, Lady Char-
lotte Town^hend. sixth daughter of
George first Marquis Townshend, and
aunt to the present Marquis ; and had
issue two sons and one daughter : I . the
Most Noble Francis- Godolphln-Datey,
now Duke of Leeds, born in 1798} 2.
Lady Charlotte-Mary-Anne-Georgiam,
married in X^'iG to Sackville Lane Fox,
esq. of Bnimham Park, Yorkshire, and
died in 1836; and a Lord Conyen
George Thomas William Osbonie, who
was accidentally killed in a struggle with
a young friend, when a member of Christ
chorch, Oxford, Feb. 19, 1831.

The present Duke formeriy sat in Par-
liament (as Marquis of Carmarthen) tor
Uelston ; but has not been a member of
the House of Commons since the passing
of the Reform Act. At the Coronation
of her present Majesty be was (only a
few day* before his father's death) eafled
tip to the House of Peers in the Iwirony
of Osborne. He married April '24, 18:^8,
Louisa- Catharine, third daughter of
Richard C^^ton, of Maryland, esq. widow
of Sir Fclton Elwell llalliurst Hervcy,
Rart. and sister to the Murchioncus of

U'„II,>>1.T>, IN. ll,,.r I... I, 1... I.., no

Duke s only brother.

Tnc Map ^

.Vay 18. Ax ' : ilin.

after an illnetk u; .;...;vi.. u.,.. (...>i:uc«d

183^0 Obituahv. — Marquis of Ormonde.— Ear

;• wtcfw colli. mH 63L tlir Mo«t Hon.
P ' ' - " f Onoondc

: ■ ' "O; I l-''^i),

lit Ibutlcs, eo. lifipi'rary

•'e<!of *!in kiniciluiii of Ire-

' ' of Llan-

tipcnurc of

.!. ...1

iriim ot the
i ijf the Kil-
.. utiil mi AtJk'-dc-rarnp to
r the militia, &r. <^r.
ii|> \\M horn July Ij. 177-1,
of John the 17th Y,m\ of
,(_) • A line, daughter and sole

liii Earl of Wandeslbrd.
. was returned to Pitrliamciit
. one *>i tbo knights for ibc county of
Kilkenny ; for which, having l>ern re-
tkrtcdiri 1«16, 1S07, lfiI2, and 181«, he
mx until his huoces^iiion to the pevinge.
In 16115 he voted in furuur of the cluinis
of the Irish catholics.

Ai the Hon. James Butlrr, he took an
active and meritorious part in the defence
of his native connlry, on the (onnation of
tlie yconiunry corps. He himself com-
RUUiiicd the >V(>!>Aghdtliceii and tbp Custlc
C"(>i>ii r ii,t iiitrj', together with the Kil-
k.

Lath of his brother Walter
Miir<iuix of Ormonde. Aiijr. lU, iRJiO, he
xucceedcd to the titles of Eurl of Or-
mondc iiitil Os.*or)", &c. the ninnjuisatc
feonfcirf-d on his brothiT in 1810) niid the
Britit^h barony of Jjutlcr of Ltantliony,
(conferred in 1H)I ) then bcoomin:: extinct:
but at the shortly suliscqiient coronation
of King •"Jfori.'i- the Fourth, he w;is
rre-.ilvd a British peer by the title of Biiron
Ormonde of Llaiithuny, July 17, Itf^l ;
and Oil. 3, \Vi^, the dignity yf Murrjuis
of Onoonde whs again revived in his
fiivonr. He was nominated a Knight of
St. Ttttrick in I8':il.

In E'arliamt'nt he sided with the Wlii({
p»rtv. anij lie K?ivp hi* vote in favour of

th. ■ • '^r.

I Oct. \^, IS07,

tiu..,-i » ,..i. of the Ki|»ht

Hon, John .Stapti-s, of the county of
TjTone, bv Harriet, dau^lirei mid ro-
heirrv, of Itichurd ViEcount .Molesworih ;
aiid by tliut lady, who survives him, lie had
live ^on* and five djiupliti'ni : I, the
Bl Hon. John now .Mnrtjms of Gr-
anite, tiiini in 1808, and at tiii'Keiit niu
marrliwli "i- I'Ody Hurrict-KlL'aiior-Wjiii-
ili'aforri, ninrrii'din IWI \o HolMTt Knwlrr,
va4|, rlili'stfon of Uobert Lonl nixhoji of
OMory ) 3. Lord Walter WandMilord
Butirr, an officer in the army ; J. Lord
UtM. AlA(i. Vpl, X,

Jsraef Wandcsfurd Bniler. also in tli»j|

anny; '■ ' ' ' " "' '

ford: 7

dt^ford J . _.

ford Butler ; '.». Lady EliiaUth ; and lUI.|
Lady Aiary-Cbarlotte, born in l8iJ3.

Babon Fagei..

Lnlflj/. Henry Baron Fagel, formerly
Amba^i^ador from Holland at tbc Court
of Great Britain.

He «-as tbe grandson of the Secrefary of
the States General of Holland, who died
in 1790, ut the age of 1^1 yean, of whicb
fifty-six had b<-en employed in •dininis*
tration. Tbe late Baron was sent, in
Nov. 1793, to Co{>eiibageii, on a M-erct
mission to engage tbe Court of Denmark
to join with the other powers couleoced
against the French republic, a mist^ion in
which his zeal dtew upon biiu tbc hatred
of the rcpublicaiiioniolland, who wished
to overthrow the family of Orange- In
July 1701. he >ipiicd, at the bead <in!irter5
of the Prince ot' Cobourg, the treiity of
alliance between the States- General and
tbe Kings of Fru»!>ia nnd tireiit Hritiiin,
to the formution of which bis able nego>
ciiitions had muteriully contributed.

/\fter the conquest of Hollmid by the
FfL'nch, the Baron pkrcook of the miii-
forluiios of the boute of Uinngc, and
withdrew from the country. After re-
turning with llie Stsdtholder, bccounter-
signtrd the mniiifesto of tbe 2ist Nor.
1813, ill which the Dutch were invited to
niiiie in shaking olT the French yoke.
On the Ibth April following he concluded
in London a convention relative to the
restitution ofccrliiin Dutch colonies, con-
quered by Great Britain during the war •
on the 10th May 181.5, having been np-
pointed a Councillor of State, he signed
aiiotlitT convention with Greiit Uijtuin
and UiisHii), relative to the Russian loan
in llollund.

I

i
i

Count SoMiiAnivA.

Latfly. At Foris, Count Sommnriva,
w-c1l known as an enlightened ]tutron of
the fine vts.

He wu« a native of Milnti ; nnd nt the
period when the French invaded Lorn.
Iiiirdy, was in high repute as a barrister.
He declared in liivour of the revolution,
was successively appointed to several ofli-
ces, and was at length iniide ijecrctary.
general of the directory of the (.'isiilpine
republic. When the Austrn.BiisiiiNiit
overrun Italy, in I7f»1», he took refuge at
I*Hris, with nmry of hi-* conipatrioN.
Alter the battle of Marengo had rcKtortd
tbc repiiliiicun order of things in Italy,
Siiintii.iriva became one of the director*,
and this situation be held till tbc ettab'
3£

^

llibrftffali

lishment of the {ireKidenUliip, when be
was chosen & member of ibc col)cf;c of
pottidenti or projirielors. J lib tulfiitt
for public afiuirs were of the hi^lieiit
order, nnd were cininently c'otii«{>LcuuuK
whilst be was in aiitbority. He wiu iiu
less excellent ua an orator thuii as a states-
man ; and the speech which be pronounced
0(1 resigning the Rovenunent into the
binds of Count Meizi wus considered a
initsterpicee of eloiiuuiR-c.

Subsequently O^unt Somniariva re-
sided at Paris ; where bis hotel was the
•brine of a %-aIiiab1e collection of pictures,
ajid above all of tlut chef-d'oeuvre of Ca-
nova, his unrivalled Magdalene.

210 Chief Baron Joy.— Sir T. Dyer, Bt.—Sir J. FergustOH, Bt. [ Ang.

Lt.-Gen. Sia TiiQMA» Uyeb, Baht.

ApriH2. In Clargcs-street, Sir Thos.
IVicfiard Svviriiierton IJycr, the sixth Ba-
ronet ( 1 678), a Lieiitciiunt- General in the
Jiritisb and Spanish services, and Kuight
Grand Cross of the orders of San Her-
mencgildo and Isabel la Catolica.

He was the onlv son and heir of Sir
John Swinnertoii Dyer, a Colonel in the
army, and Groom oi the Hedclnimber to
the Prince of Wules, by a daughter of Mr,
Vicary. He was appointed u Lieat. in the
7th foot, June 28, I7B3; Captain- Lieut. in
May 1791, and Lieut, and Captain in the
first foot guards iii 1793. He seived the
cunpaigns in Fland«rs ; in 17U7 was ap-
pointed Major by brevet ; in 1799 served
in the expedition to the Hcidfr as Atsist-
ant AdjutanC'gcncrulj Cupiainaiid Lieut.>
Colonel in the fool ^uordi, Oct. 25, 1790 ;
and in J80U and 1801 served in Egypt.

He succeeded to the title on hiis father^
death Mai-ch31, 1801.

In June 1806 Sir Tliomas was sent on
a military mission to Spain, where he
remained with the army of the Insurgents
under General Cuesta, ond returned to
England in July. He was sent on another
mission to Spain in the Sept. folloM-ing,
and returned in December: ■' ■• ' ■ was
appointed Assistant-Qutiii ri«.

ral at home, in which .situ.:- '>nti-

nued some time. I^le was appointed
LieuL- Colonel of tbe York rangers,
March 31, lb08. Colonel by brevet \W9,
Miijur- General 181.3, and Lieut. -Geiieial
Itfc^i.

He married Ebmbeth, daughter of tbe
late James Standervvicke, of Ovington-
house, CO. Hants, esa. but had no isaue.
He is succeeded in his title, we believe,

Ka cousin, n son of the late Thoinu
f€T, esq, who died in 1 SOU.

Chief Baron Joy.

June 5, At Woodstown. co. Dublin,
ii<fed 71, tbe Rt, Hon. Henry Joy, Chief
Baron of her Majesty's Excliequerin Ire-
land, and a Privy Councillor of that
kingdom.

Mr. Joy was called to tiie Imr in Tri-
nity term ITbH; ami lie enjoyed high re-
putation as an able lawyer, and much con-
aideration as an advocate. There was a
quiet ready playful nest of manner about
him, which enabled him to make great
way with a jury, or when replying to the
arguments ot a rivol orator. Lord Nor.
bury once was asked by Mr, Hone, tbe
attorney, to wait a few minutes for Mr.
Joy, his leading counsel, in ti niti priui
case just then called on in the Court of
Common Plear. He did so until his
•mall stock of patience was exhausted ;
theu exclaiming, " Hope told a Ibittering
talc, that Joy would foom return," ordeiea
tbe next number to be proceeded with.
Mr. Joy succeeded the prescut Lord
Chancellor as Attomey-genernl for Ire-
land, but never took a scat in P.-trliamerit,
although ircijncntly pressed to sit for a
northern borough. When i^ord Guilla-
morc retired from the Exchequer in lfl3l,
Mr. Joy succeeded to the office of Chief
Baron, in which he always displayed tbe
utmost impartiality, with a decidedly con.
stitutioual sense of inllexible justice and
humanity. He was never married. lu
urivate life he was n religioutt, bighly-
noinoumble. courteous gentleman, andM'iU
lowr be regretted by ey/ery man of Bimilax
fiMunpi in the profes<ion.

On the 16th Jiim ' Milled

in the great room o! I, to

deliljoiate on the pr..,;,,, > .., |.jm .,• some
tribute to hik niiiooiy. It i» |>iobublt:
that a flplejiilid munil iiii'juiinriit. in
white marble, will Im' eri'c:
of Monkstown, in tbe >
bis remains were depositeJ.

Sir James Fkbgl'sson, Bart.

April \l. At Edinburgh, aged 73, Sir
James Fergusson, tbe third Baronet (1 703)
of Kilkerran, co. Ayr.

Sir James was the nephew and heir of
Sir Adam Ferpusson. LL.D. formerly
M.P. for ' ' ''■ -flsforthc
rily of Ivi '111 of the

Earls o( (- — iic unsuc-
cessfully claimed in ITttb. ^ir James
succeeded lus uncle in tbe baronetcy Sept.
^ 1813.

He was twice married : first, in ITM^ ,
to Jcun, st'COdi! ' '" ' '"' ''u^id
lialiytiiple. III 1 Lie

li.ltt our .iitl. WO

' in

■iW-
111^ yi.il tlii; iiuu. tut,

second daughter of .. > >>at-

aH^ and atst«r to the jircscuv X^ari «C

f'wnpfrdiiwn. Br that Mv, wlio >ur.
' e had is8ue eight sons nod
fi.

i ... " n^iiniii f, now Sir Ch»rle»

IhUf^Tir 'if lloilcii is !in

LadvociiN bitr, nitd miirried

in litsiVi iUL-u, 8^tt.>iiil (ludgbti-T of ilie
Ht. Hon. Ihis-til Iloylr, Lurd Justice
Qerk.
wot

,] OfliTVABT.— Srr D, Mackwor(h,Bart.'~8ifJ, Copley, Btrrt, 211

fatb«r of Ladv Ilowick, great-uncle to
the MarrjuiB of Abcrcorii, and brother-in.
law to Lord M«iiiurs.

He w«.s the younger son of Sir JiHeph
Topley, the first HBrciiict of the ««cond
creHtioii of 1778, by Aliiry, daugLt(>r of
John Francis Duller, of Morval in Corn.
wnll, Bart, rateriially, the firtt Sir Jo*
i^eph M'lis of the ftiiiiilv of Moyle, of
Uukc, in that county j but through the
f»nillies of Copley and Fit*WJlliaui, the
liaronct now deceased was bcir of the
body and lineal representative of Albreda
de Lizouris, heiress of Sprotborough ia
the reign of Henry II. (See Hunter'a
History of South Yorkshire, vol. I. p.
313.)

The late Baronet succeeded to the title
on tlie decease of his brother Sir Lionel,
who died unmarried, April li, 1801. He
was formerly in the anny, and attained
the rank of Colonel.

Sir Joseph Copley married. May 23,
179!), CeciC eighth diiughter of the Hon.
and Rev, Georf^c Hamilton, fourth son
of James second Earl of Aberconi. Her
Lady§hip's first marriage with her coutin
John James Marquess of Hamilton, K.G.
(by kvliiiin she was mother of the preient
Countess of Wicklow) bad been dissolved
by art of Parliament in the preccdinff
month. The Marquess's first wire
(grandmother of the present Marquess)
bad been Sir Joseph Copley's sister.
Lady Copley died June 10, 1819, leaving'
issue one son, now Sir Joseph William
Copley, Burt, born in 1804 ; 2. the Rt.
Hon. Mnriii Viscountess Ilowick, mar*
ried in 183:2 to Henry Lord Viscount
HoMick, heir apparent to Earl Grey \
and 3. another daughter. Sir Godfrey's
funeral took place ou the 26th May at St.
George's, Bayswuier; the hearse wiis fol-
lowed by the carringes of the cabinet
ministers, and those of many other friends
of the deceased.

StaDtfisr Mackworth, Bart.

Mof £. Aged 71. Sir Digby .Mack-
wartli, tlie third Bart. (1776) of GnoU
OuUe, cu. Glamorgan.

Jfr was bom May 14, 1766. the younger
of Sif Herbert the first Baronet, by
H>^>|, Juliana Digby, daughter of W'il-

in null i .nrd Digby. He «"a* formerly
a I Commoner of Magdalen

C" lord ; and after^^'ards, for a

short time, in the Royal Navy, In MQX
be succeeded to the baronetcy on the death
of his brother Sir Robert Humphrey
Mackworth, who died without issue, but
left all bi« estates to bis widow, who re-
Burricd Caijci Hatibury Leigh, of Pont-
y.prol. rn. Slonmoulb, eso. In 1798 Sir
li no Lieut. -Col. conimundant

o: Oxford loyal volunteers, iind

hereci'i ' ."vrury degree of U.C.L.

fmn tl: )' June 18, 179V. On

iIm reiii . ... -! . '- wur in 1803 he again
■cvepted the command of the Oxford
nqpnieni ol volunteers, but resigned it in

Sir Digby Mackworth married first, in
1788. Jane only daughter and heiress of
(be Rev, Matlbi'w Deere, by whom he
had issue four sons and seven daughters :
1, Sir I>igby Mackworth, who has suc-
ceeded tu the title; be was born in M&d,
is m Hajor in the army, and married in
US8 Sophia-Noel, daughter of James
AAanni esq. and grand- daughter of Sir
BotMM Maim, Bart. ; 2. Herbert ; 3.
dwlotte- Harriet; 4, Artliur. Francis-
Jnhnt b. WLlliani-Uarcourt-hham : 6.
Frances- Juliana; 7. Mary, married in
1^10 to the Rev. Dr. Cieavfr, eldest son
of the Archbishop of Dublin j 8. Au-
fufta; D. Anna-Mariu, who dicdin 1819;
\0. Georgiana-Lucy ; and II. Alatilda-
Jane.

Having lost bis first lad^ in 1808, Sir
Uigby married secondly, tii 18:21. Pbi-
lippa, daughter of the Kev. James Affleck,
Prebcndwry of Southwell, and sister to
Ibe prp» ■ • ■' ^^ Sir Robert Affleck,
Bsri. i ..f York. We believe

■be aim- ic him.

8ift JoSCTH ropF.FV, Bart.
Afcy fil. In \V' Vord, in his

"TOtb year. Sir Jc ■■. the tliird

^tn, <»778) of Sp.^.„..^.u^b, CO. York.

Sir R. C. Glyn, BAar.

April 27. In Arlington street, aged
83, Sir Richard Carr Glyn, of Gautits^
CO, Dorset, Bort, late an Aldennan of
London, and Father of ibc City, Presi-
dent of Bridewell and Bethlehem hos-
piuls, F.S,A. &c. £(0.

He was the eldest ion, by the second >
marriflge, of Sir Richard Glyn, Lord
Mayor in 17^ and who at the close otA
his mayoralty in I75f< was advanced to «(
baronetcy, which is now enjoyed by hie ■
grandson (by his first wife), bir Leweni
Powell Giyn, of Ewell.co. Surrey, Bart.,
His mother wa*; Elixtibetb, daughter and J
co-heiress of Robert C^irr, esq. brutherj
to Sir Robert Carr, iif Etiill, co. Nor-
thumberland, Bort.

Sir R. C. Gltfn,Bart.~^Major-Gett. Sir J. C. Sntytft, Bart. [Ang.

Sir Richnril Cai-r fSlyn wnstalmttkor in
London. He wfis elictetl Alderman of
Bi»l)opsKUti' Murd in 1700, and in tiic
>«iHf yt'ttr served tlie offiec of Sheriff of
London mid Middlesex; and in l7'Ji<-9
that of Lord A'Iii)T)t. At the general
election of 17% he was returned to I'ur-
liamcnt for the horough of St. Ives, (or
which be «it until the dissolution in 18ltt.
He WW created a BHronet by pAteni
dated Nov. 22, I80t1. In 1S25>, on the
detth of Sir William ("urti'«, he bi'cnnic
the Father of tho Corporation, nnd was
removed to Brid(:;e Wnrd Wirliont ; but in
1H36 he wholly reRigncd the uldemisnic
gown, iuid was succeeded as father of the
City by Sir Cluudins Stephen Hunter,
Mart.

He married Jiilv 2, 1785, ALiry, only
duiigliter of John f'lumtrec, of Notling-
lutin. nnd of Fredville in Kent, e«q. and
Ly that ludy, who died in 1832, he had
i«sue six !^nns and two daughters: 1.
Alary Klizubeth, nmrried in 181 1 to Ed-
ward tJrealhed, of Uddinj^s house, eo.
Dorset, esq. ; t?. Sir Uiehard Plumtree
Glyn, who ha^ succeeded to the title,
bom in I7b7, and now or hitelya Gentle-
man of the Privy t^lmmber; 3. Robert
Thomas John Glyn, e.^i. who died in
IBatj, leavittg issue bv bis « ife Frederica
Eliziibclh, third dmiglittr of Henry Har-
ford, of Down Place, in Berlcshirc, esq,;
i>. Thomas Christopher Glyn, e*cj, who
died in MiVl, leaving issue three son* by
bis wife Juliu-Ciriice, duu|:;liter of the lulc
Thomas Charles DiKg. of Benton Houm,
CO. Northumberland, C!i(|. ; 3. Carr-John,
who died an infant ; (i. (iriin;e Qirr Glyn,
esq. who nmrried in ]&iti, Muriannc,
daughter of Puscoe Grenfell, of T/iplow
house, Herks, esq. and has is.>ue ; 7. the
Hev. Carr John Glyn, Kector of Witeh-
nrnptun, co. I)or«et, who married in
IH3I, Au^uAtn, dtiuj^hter of John (iran.
ville, esq. but hi-eame « widower in 18y7 ;
and 8. Fliz.ibeth, who died in IHttr), in
her ibiid year.

M*.ioh-Gfn. Siu J. C. Smith, K.C.H.

March 4'. At < Innip-houie, (Jetiive.
town, fiuiann, aged 'j8, At.tjor- General
Sir Jnines Cnriiiieliael Sinvth, Bart, of
NutwiMid. Surrey. K. ( I.H., ( :. B., k.M.T.
nnd K.Si.W., Governor of Briiiah Gui-
Biia und ()emerai».

He was dex-ended (rum the bnrient
Seotish family ol Cannielmel. utid Wh«
the repre»entfttivefif ilie Hiilnimlily bmneh,
being the onlv ^o\\ i>l Jmum-v t'tfrmir-hnrl,
nh., ' ■
ad fill

I-
i.ii<.'iitfiu>nt

in the Royal Engineers March 1.3, 17©5 ;
First Lieutenant, March .'i, 1 7fJ7 ; Cnp-
inin, July], iHOi; Lieut^Colonel, Oct.
:?(), 1813; Aidc-de-Camp to the Prince
Repent nnd Colonel in the Array, June
29, 1816. He served iu command of the
Engineers iit the battle of Waterloo ; and
in consennence received the order of
Mari:i Theresa from the Emperor of
Austria, and the fourth elass of that of
St. Wladimirfroni the Empcrorof Rus.<<ia.

Sir James (J. Smyth was created A
Baronet by patent dated Aug. 2Ji, lft2L
Jn 18ii he >vfts promoted to the rank of
Major- (iencral. ^

Id June 1833 he was appointed (io-
venior of British Guinmi ; nnd on the
occasion of his death the government and
opposition pnpers of that colony were alike
enthusiastic in the pinise of his persona!
virtues. From the former we make the
follo\sinp^ cxtrnets :

" His Kxcellcncy's senatorial and legis-
lative abilities, together with his admir.
iihle prudence in preserving universal
tranquillity in this province, have gnined
for him the high approbation of the inu
periul legislature, und billed forth on
many occasions the culogiiinis o( the so-
vereign whom he represer^ted. The public
acts of his uncompromising justice and
benevolence have left indelible trnees
upon many hearts, nnd have made the
poor within bis benign indnence Jeep
debtors to liis impurlial pliilunlhropy.
Cumiptiuii and ojipression Lave had their
roots almost severed by his strong and
welUdireefed strokes ; und the widow
und the fatherless, who hud no help in
man, in him foui>d sutety and piote<Tiion.
HiA anxious solicitude for the well-being
of all i'ln«:M-s of this province is abundantly
evident from the muny iiistiiriccs ifi which
he biii destroyed sinecures, redui'ed ex.
travagiuit salaries, and enacted impartial
laws for ihegovernment of rich and poor."

in the tatter paper it is renuirked :

" It cn'iiHit be clenied that to our late
(fovernor this Colony is indebted for
very many high bene(ii'i;il tnensurei. On
the eventful ehnnge which took pliiee in
Aug, IKSi, it i<i ut least certnin that he
«ncce<'dcd in currying throuj:1i fhii mea-
sure with a* little of poi>ii 'ion
und human nulfering u» tip line
could li.ivi- ■■'■■■■ ■• ' ' ,• of
gre.-iler ci .ral
rime won. I -till
our iipinioii. Th«f rrxult, iiowrver, if not
as salinfaelory at (I wni (lo^^iblc f.t \\n\t
ri'lideir'd It, K, i ,. to
eluKn (iir Itix l'> >iiy,

as It I '••■ i|ie'

liiil la-

ti(ii> -;,,,.' . nrj.

1838,] Gtn. Wtfti^ard. — Major-Gtn, Barry.^^E. H. Logan^Esq. 213

iKilding tills imme on his- cenornph a» >
fnrtor of liis kind, lie iiifii!M.'il into
dir cotinciU uf biBuiluiiiii^uatiuii it dei^cc
of entrry »rnl a sjiirit of reForm uliicli
crtiiM Ui>nt liave oriKen from a Btrong
miiul and nn nhlx bitkd like hi8 own. Me
•rruck n< ' . whi'revcr lie met with

it with ;:it>ing df teriuinotiun ;

be rrfoni.. ail list in a Kjiirit of

rigid but tnir ocononiy, mid he abolished
v-AfioiM 6inrcure offices which Itad hitherto
cuftied but as source* of comi|it |>a-
tii>n*»^."

S f '. Smyth imirriod. Altiy 28,

1^1 . only chihl of the liitc (reii,

Rot.t V-, hy whom he hajsleft i*sm?

Sir Jkuius Kobcrt Smyth, the present
Barviiet, born in It^l7.

UKKKRAI. WVNYAHn.

April 3. Ill L'jijjer BriMik-stieet, nped
76, iienernl Henry Wynyard, Colonel of
(I,,- ti-'il, f Mi„p„i^ and oiiL- (if the Con-
K>l il of Geiienil OJlieers.

1 1 juiintcd an EiiMigii in the Ist

foot ^tMrUi> lit June 1779; and in May
179-*) I'ifiiicnuiit vvitli the rank ul Ctiiitaiii.
Ill T' ' I ihe latter year he eitibitrked

Vii ide of guards for ilolland,

■uU il wiili ihc army through

t'laiidrr*. In May following he returned
to Engluud, hu\ing been promoted to a
nMnpuny with the rank of Lieut. -Colonel.
In Nov. 1791 be rejoined llie Uritiali

■y in the neighlioiirhiXMl ofArnheiin,
after the retreiii of (htit winter eiii-

ked for Knglund at Uremeii Lee- Me
received the brevet of Colonel, Mny 3,
l75Mi; snd early in 1798 was appointed to
ibe commitiid of a Hank ballallion, farmed
from tho groimdiors of the briipide of
guards; and in Aug. IT'lt) landed at the
Heider under Sir f^alpl' Abercroniby.
lie ivtts present in every ni'tion in tluit
rjQMrdilion except the last ; in that of the
t^ Sciii. he wns wounded. He attained
tbe r&iiK of Miyor- General April 29,
iBOi; and in M.-»y MMtS be wuis placed

»n the (.tJifTof (Jreiit iiriiain, and ap.

itted to the euniiiiniiil of a brigade of
ds in the sf>uthern di>ilriet. He was
promoted to be Lieut.. (iciiend May 2o,
IfMH ; in June to tlie emiiniurid of tlic
MUtb-west difttrict of Indmid ; and on
ihc litb Scp». to the Cotimelty of the
<Jkh foot, from w hieli he was n-inoved in
April l»l(j to that of llie 4(lth reKirnent.
He lerred for some yenrs upon the slalF
■t Edinburgh, miiil rvn>i>ve(l in Marrh
I8JC, on the KUceeMion, as a nuranure of
rronorny, urMnjor-taeiicrals to ^tafl'situu-
lioji* iiivleod ot l.ieiit..litiiciiil-H. He re-
friv,..i .i,,,i.,...., , ..(i:i.|„.,al Aiif.'. I?, |H|i>.

( ■ ! Avuv l*ir many years

K (<i Jchuinber to hi» Uoysl

Highness the Duke of ('umb«rland, the
present King of Hanover.

He married, in I79.'i, his cousin I*ady
Matilda West, sister to the late and pre-
sent KntU Dctuwarr, and the youngett
child of John second Karl I^elawurr, by
Mary, daughter of Lieut.- Gen. John
^Vyllyllrd.

Majob-Ukn. H, G. Daeky'.

May ll. At Ballyclough bouce, co.
Cork, nged 68, Major- GeneriLl Henry
Green Burry.

Thisoflieer obtained aii Eii&igncyin the
15lh foot in 1789, and n Lirutcnaney in
1791. He joined his regiment at Do-
minien in the fpring of 17",)2, and returned
ill 1795. In May 1791 he was promoted
to n troop in the 7tb dragoon guards. He
served in Ireland during the rebellion,
and ueted as Aide-de-ruinii to MRJor-
Gcii. Sir W. Myers. On the HHrd Jan,
mo], he was removed to n company in the
^x^^\^ foot ; and in July following he was
promoted to a. majority ill the 5Jlh; from
which lie was rtniuved to the 1.0th foot
in Octolier of the same year, and in
March following promoted to the Lieut. -
Colonelcy of the same regiment.

In Jan. 18t»5 he went out to the West
Indies, whence he returned in June i8<M.
He received the brevet of Colonel in
1810, and that uf Alnjor. General in 1813.
He sithnei^uently served for some time on
ibc atalf of Ireland, and wii.s stutiutied at
Dublin, and Nubsei|uciitly at Limerick.
He had rciired from the army some years
ago, retiiining \m rank,

K. H. Logan, E842. M.P.

^yrii Vi. In Pall Mall, ORed CC.
Robert Hart Logan, esq. of Kent well
Hall, Suffolk, M,F. for the Western IJi-
vitiion of tlut county, and a Magistrate
and Deputy Lietitcnunt of the lame.

Mr. Logan was u merchant of London.
He had nut long possessed the fine old
nian<.ioii of Kentwell Hall ; we find that
in Itit^-t, when Neale piibiiiibed a view of
it ill bis Gentlemen's Seats, it belonged
to Rieh.ird Moore, esq. He served the
office of High Sheriff of Suffolk in 18V8.
At the general elcetioti of iKii be first
iM'caine a candidate for the Western divi-
sion on the ( 'onservative interest ; but
was nrisurcessful, the numbers being,
H. Wilson, csii. I7;i3

Col. Hushbrooke . l(3o5

.Mr. Logan .... l.'XH)

Mr. Hales iai<)

At till- lust election in IB.17, he was re-
liiriacd at the head of the pull, the niim*
beis being, for

214 Jas. Nalse, Esq.— 'Lt. •Gen. Sir E. Barnes.— Ct^t. Parkinson, [Aug.

R. H. Logan, esq. . . 8217
Col. KusbbTookc . . 8173
Sir H. Ilunbtiry . . . 1500
H. Wilson, esq. . . . lj<)5
Ir. LoBun ImH been nppointed, with
es»r». Bliss, Guuld, and Gillespie, at
[■jlepiitfttipn, with some gentlemen from
Qucliec and AloiUren), to give the Oo-
Ternment inrornuition un Canada nlTairs,
and urge the tiniuti of the Provinces. Mr.
Logan WHS brought up iit the College of
Montrenl with Papineau, with whose
ebamoter be was m-cU acquainted, and
whom he always described as tbc greatest
cownrd, and siniost a* great ■ linr as be
CTcr met witli.

Mr. Los«n marrird, inl8l8, Nancy,
dniighter and co-heiress of [Robert Ser-
vice, esq.

jANfES l^Ai.eE, Esq. M.P.

May 14. In Reptnt-street, in his 70lh
jrear, James Halse, esq. M.P. for St.
Ires, and u Magistrate for Cornwall.

This gentleman was one of the most
enterprising and successful adventurers in
mines of the present day. He was Lieut.-
Col. commandant of tne St. Ives volun-
teers, formed .'JOth June 1W>3. He was
first returned to Parliament for St. Ives
at the general election of 1886, and he bad
continued to represent the same borough
fruin that time, with the exception of the
ahoit parliament of la'JO. In Lis i>o]itics
he >vas a moderate Whig.

LiKfT.-GfN. Sir E. Barj'es, M.P.

Mafeh 19. In Piccadill)', sf^ed G8,
Lieut. • General .Sir Edward Baniea,
G.C.B., K.Al.T., K.S.A., of Beech-
hill Pork, near Bonict. Colonel of the
31st loot, and M.V. for Sudbury.

This officer was appointed Major in the
99tb foot Nov. IG, 1794, Lieut.- Colonel
in tbc army Jan. I, 1800 ; M^jor in the
79th foot Feb. 17 foUowine; Lieut.-
Colonel in the 46th foot April 23. 1H07 ;
Colonel in the array Iftll), Major-tJcniTul
81.1, and Lieut.- Genoral lfr2o. Ik-
ed on the statfin Spain and Portugal,

which he was appointed in 1818; and
commanded a brigade nt the iMtttles of
Vlttoria, Pyrenees, Neville, Neve, and
Orthc*. He also served with the nnny
in the camimitni of 1815 in the Nether-
lands and Fi . . , .

and was tcw'

Waterloo. 1

sion lit- received the Austnau order of
Maria Tlu rrin, tind tJir Htis«:i;in nrdrr tif
St. Ai
oukIv, <
tl,. i-

Aug. 85, 1882; and of the 3)st foot,
Oct. ]<(, lB3<t. He vras raised to the
rank of n Grand Cross of the Bafb, Feb.

24, is.'n.

In 1819 be was appointed to the staff
in Ceylon, and in June 1831 he was
appointed Commander. in-cliief in the
East Indies, uht-rc he had the locnl rank
of General. He was alterwurds Gover-
nor of Ceylon.

He first contested the borouffb of Sud-
bury in July 18.34, on the death of M. A.
Taylor, esq, when, the number of vote*
being equal, the mayor as relinjil'
exercised a privilege which he i

to belong to him, of making his n...^ .....t
between the two candidates, and rerumed
Sir Edward Barnes. A petition was in
progress when the general election of I
1835 ensued, and be then lost his seat, ,
the nunil " .

Joli' .. Tj. . . 2S5

Bern. .;..,tb, esq. . 8.51

Sir E. Bames .... 841
L. Stephens, esq. . . . 887
and the two former were consequentlf I
returned.

At the last election be contested the
borouph a third time, and was returned
by a large majority, the result of the poll,
being, for

Sir Edtrard Bamea . .
Sir Jsmcs Hamilton, Bart.
Benjamin Smith, enq.
T. B. Turton, esq. . .
Sir Edward Barnes was n ronscrvBtive
in his politics. His portrait, from a pic-
ture painted for (he i.iland of CVylon, bjr t
John Wood, esq. will (shortly be pub* {
lished, engraved on steel in meuotinto, i
by G. T. Payne.

372

348

151

10

Cakt. W. S. Parkimsok, R.N.

Miy 19. Aged m, Capt. William
Standway Parkinson, R.N. of Nutford-
place, Edgvt are-road.

This officer is said to faave been " ons J
of the earliest followers of Nelson," toJ
whose notice he w-ns recommended bf
Captain (the late Sir C, M.) Pole. He
received his &rst rommiasion in 179i;,
served as junior Licuieniint of the Dld»|
88, in her gallant action with In MincrvflJ
frigate, June 84, 1795; and wa« third of
Nelson's flag-ship, at the defeat of tbflj
French fleet in Aboukir boy, Aug. 1.
1708. His promotion tn the rank o
Commander took plttcf A<"^ i-' 17^*9,

C^apt. Parkinson snl '^tn-J

iflnndfil the Zi"hf.'ibf>ni(i:i 'lOp,!

Fa-I
Ucx.!

T'

Tefti«r.— TAotnaa Stock, Etq—W. D. WiUoH, Esq.

■Bueynrvrintr the «nrr*»n»fcr of the Dunisb
Wf ' " t. 9,1808.

I ' ' uiily ddiiKliter

.. L.^,.u,.. ,.,uikf, of Uckficld.

M. Tcss:i:u.
Dee, Al i'mris w^ed iH, M. TcKsier,
DurcHor oC the Koynl dorks ut Kiun-
twuilkit B kniKtit ul tlic le|j;u>ii ot honour,

an<! ■■' ' ''■•■ '•■• '■■■

.^ i)<l of liif

lite ' lUurc as a

lomctf, noli rendLTL-tl lui iujportant ecr-
vice to his country by intrudiicing (lie
sb«ep, in doing nbich be was
Louis XVI. Diuiiig ibf pe-
Brehy eugendcreU by I be French
icvolotioii, M. Tesisier lived in retirc-
in Noroianiiy, without ceaidng,
10 occupy biineeif with his (a-
pur^uit. When order was re-
i, b« ri'-appeiircd in Pari!;, und \va«
1 with entbuittDsin by bi« ancient
eoUeaKues. He was tbe editor ot the
Annals of PVcncli Agriculture, a very
t>ciiu»dicttl work, wbtcli wns
in 171^. To faitn Frniice is
ted for Georges Cuvicr, whom
I'ttaier, the tirAt to digcovir bis
t*lcnt», invited to Paris, ond introduced
to tbe 6c-i«nu/tc world.

TuOMAS StOi'K, Ei^ii.

27. At his rc$idciii'e »t Hen-
near ilristol. »ned 10, Thomas
, psq. one at her Majesty's Justices
of tbe Pence lor the county of Gloiiivsier,
and a Mneutrate and Alderman of Bris-
tol.

No ordinary (jiitt]itie«> coinbiricd to form
the character of tlii» rxcelleiit tnnn ; und
Ikis native city will bold bim in long and
lonate remembrance. His firm but
olcnt .idminisinitioii of bis duties as
tr— ■■- ' and as Governor of St.
Pi' t^ ; liis iiitflligcnce as a

Disi' ^s, conspicuously developed

when Preeident of the Chamber of (Joni-
rocrec - bi"< ehcerful comfiliiincc with the
n(f iliials who

aoi ! his judg.

nil .1 iviijj;ious and

rd. 1 the expanded

di-j to honour piety

and intejfniy, wlierevei to be found, se-
cured to .^^I Stock the warm esteem of
a i>< ■> of bis fellow>citizen», and

a 'itcte (il attached friends

Ik - '' '• '■■■:"•■ ^ '•■

In/l

lui^x ...

taimng thu tor buuteii, he ni:vvt <lciiu-d

to othcri the same privilege. In early

life tvdulously dcvotcii to buiiiieMi b« (o

a great extent in after years gratified a
naltifftl thirst for knuwlcdne by extettsive
reading, and the enjoyment of the society
of literarj' :i' ■' ■• •" 'nformeil men. He
hud tbe li.i i honour to have the

personal n < .>t the hite eminent

und excelieui liiiltop Jebb, who had fre>
quently been a visitor at Air. Stock's hos.
pituble abode, and who, in the following
iiiisfuge (exiruetcd troni his interesting
Lifei.bear'i honourable testimony to tbe
many excellent <|ualities of this gentle-
man:— " Mr. S. is one of those charac-
ters nu-ely to be found, in wbicb are
united strongly discriminative judgment,
with the most ready overfloiving wit ;
deep ehrii^tiun seriousness, without an
atom ot cant ; strong nntnrul self-culti-
vated povver>4, without a shadow of the
coarseness or self-suflieieriey, which too
commonly are the drawbarks on Bucb
qualities. His convert^ation was a con-
tinuui rich and intellectual feast,"

The remains of Mr. Stock were in-
terred in the family touU at Henbury,
and the high esteem and ref^pect in which
be was held by all elasiscs were on that
mournful occasion most amply developed.
On the next day (Sunday) an excellent
sermon on the occasion was preached by
the Kcv. Mr, Gray, in the pnri.sb church
of Heitbury ; and at the Mayor's Chapel,
Uristol, the event was alluiied to in the
most impressive atid touching manner by
tbe H«v. Mr. ttocket.

4
4

W. D. WiLHON, Esq.

I^teli/. Aged .^1-, Wilson Dobie Wil-
son, esq. F,B.S, Edinb.

This accumplisbcd und amiable gentle-
man was horn at Grarigevale, near Beith,
on 30th Nov. 1803. By t)»c death of his
maternal uncle, in April 1622, he came
to the ]>ossessiun of a very handsome for-
tune. While prosecuting his studies at
the University of Edinburgh, he resided
in the house of tbe lute Kcv. Dr. Fleming,
minister of Ludy Yesters church. He
afterwards travelled through a consider-
able part of the continent of Europe, and
vixitcd most of those scenes which have
been celebrated for their natural gniiideur
or beauty, and most of those place* which
are enriched with the triunijihs ot ancient
and modern art. On his return to hi»
native country, he became a member of
the Honoui-Hble Faculty of Advocates;
but -. iiny intention of following

tbi —ion, he roticed to Gleiutf-

'■■ i.Miiiilly romantic residence on

of the Clyde, tthere he spent
Ills time in tbo prosecution of
iitei«ry mid philosophicid subjects. Ili>
knowledge ol Uioks was aceuiate and ex-
tensive, and be bad collected with gre«t

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Obituary. — Rev. Dr. Marsham. — Mr. Andrew Athe.

[Aug.

jiidgmcnt and taste one of the best pri-
vate libraries to be met with. He was
intimately ncqiiaiiited with ihu litcniture
of Fruiii.'e and Italy, as well as with Ibnt
of Ei)gliiiid ; bad paid lon^iiderublc utteri.
tion to the study of Angio-Suxon, und to
the philosophy of laiigunges in general.
But iiifi fiivourite»ubjee(s were the history
and aniiqiiiliea of his native country. In
illuatratiun of thcfie, be had carefully
studied llie kindred •ubjects of heraldry
and architecture. He had Intuly been
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh, and he had previously been a
member of the Council of the Maitland
(Mub. In Jon. 1833, bo married Geor-
gianu Sumner, daughter of the present
eminent Bi!<hop of Che8ter; and he has
left a Hon and ii duughter.

His sudden and tiielaricholy death took
place while be was on ii visit to his mother.
Immediately after drcss^irii^ for dinner, he
fell down und instantly expired. His
death will be long and derply felt, not
only by his afflicte<l widow iind relatives,
but by a wide circle of attached friends.
Li all the relations of life he acquitted
him»elf with great propriety. A true
Christian, he was not only reguhir in bis
attention to the external observances of
religion, but strict in the dischariLje of its
practical duties. A kind liuRbanrl, a duti-
ful son, an affertioniiie brother, und a
faithful friend, his sudden reinovitl from
the etijoyinent of every thing that can
render life desirable, is one of those pain,
ful lessons which are necessary to teach
us to set our affections on things above.

Rev. Dr. .Maebhmas.

Dec. 7. At Seranipore, oged 69, the
Rev. Dr. James Marshniiin.

He was u native of Wesibury Leigh in
Wiltshire, where bis father and mother
died u few years since. He was one of
the missionaries dispatched to India by
the Uuplists to preach llie gospel to the
Hindoos. He arrived in India in ll'M,
and settled ut Serumpore with his com-
panions. For three years he diligently
studied the Bcngnlee and Sanskrit; after
which he applied to the study of Chi-
nese, for tlie purpohc ot transUilirig the
Scriptures into that language. Ry dint
of iiieesfiiiit lubuur, und u^sihtcd by three
natives of ilic eoimtry, he •ibtaincd a per-

Lfect knowledjje of that difficult loni^uc.
He lrar>»lAted into it the Gospels of Mat-
thew, Alark, mid John, the b)|iistlFM of
St. Paul to the Romnn-v ntid ('orinthi;ins,
and the Rook of (iciii;:«is. He was the
author of •• A Di-isertMi ' ' ' ..
ractcr* and .Sounds nt :
rui»RC,"ito. mW\ "'111. , k -
ludui^ containing (be orifniAl lext, wuh
L^

a trnnslation," 4to. 1811; and " ClaTia
Sinica; Ktements of Chinese GrHinmsr,j
with n jireliininiiry dissertation on tli
chunicteris .-iiid the collo<iuiBl medium of
the Chinese; and un Appendix, contain*
ing the 'J'a- Hyok of Confucius, with a1
translntion," 1«H. These work^ Iny Eu-
ropean literature under everlusting obli-
gations to the learned und laborious trans*
lutor.

Dr, Marshmnn was the last survivor
those devoted men who were the founderti
of the Senimpore mission. At home, Sut*
clifle, and Rylnnd, mid Fuller have been
removed from the church on earth ; ii{
India, < 'arey and Ward, and now Alarsh.
man, have ceased from their labours,!
" The fathers, where are they? and tli»|
prophets live not for ever." The li
Iwurs of Carey, Marshman, and Wan
will be more fully appreciated now the j
are gone, and the tale of their gigantiol
achievements will be handed down to fu»|
ture ages with more commendation frotnf
the wise and the good than they receired^
while living.

All the missionary bretbren in Cal-
cutta, of iili denominations, who were atJ
liberrv, came up to Seranipore, end foUl
lowed the remains of Dr. Marsh man to]
the tomb. He was interred in the saro*]
burying ground in which the mortal re<
mains of bis two beloved colleagues rc-<]
pose. Only two days before Dr. .'Vlarsh-
man's death in India, a union was effected
between the Seramjiore mission, and ibc
Baptist Missionary Society.

Mr, Anorkw Aa(i£,

Aorit. ... At Dublin, jiged 82. Mr.^
Amlrew Ashe, the ctlebruted intisician.

He was born nt Lisbtirn in the nortk]
of Ireluiid, und educiited nt Woolwick
where ul the early age of nine ho sliowej
a great disposition for mutic, and devote
n portion of his weekly alluwiinee to pa|
for lessons on the violin, which he re*
ctived from the muster of the Royal Ar.
tillery Imnd. When be wus, tuelve yeur^l
old, u lawsuit, which hod be>-ii mi
for many years between » n
nobleman and his grandfather, i- i

so niui'h to the di»adviinlHge nt Ihu Udcr,
thut it became inconvcitient for your
A^hc to be continued »it io illKtiittt
*fho<.il, and he was oeruiiloigly teralird K
Iiclund. Previously, huwevtr, to hiss proJ
posed removal, it hitppened that Count
Bcntinek, a meinbrr of thr< Duke
I'oriliinds fiitnily, ■• n, tin

Hrilish scivicc. \h ■ will

hJH tllMi' ' t

und in ■

houike, ..- .: J -r-- -^ ...

him to Aliflorca, wberc his regiment Ui«

I

*

Ucl; ,

■a much tiiai he >riL% »oon looked upon its
t nju<tc»1 prtxlipv for Vii<i aije. iie next
U'C" ' r in a long tour

thr I'nuice, nndGer.

nui )iy -vtui'ii with him on his

niii !and. Here young Ashe's

edt!' - particularly dtrecte4i to the

object oi kis becoming a confidential ser-
vikfiC on the Count's estates; but the boy
mi» too far advanced in mu^ic, and too
devoted to it, to permit hirn to pay the
attention requisite to complt'te bimidf
for the intendt'd office of land steward.
He lind now acquired n pretty geneml
knowledge of various wind instrument*,
haring attended the regular pmctice of
hi« p3tron'!i rc^mcntul bund; and nboiit
thit time be ehowcd an evident (li<^p0'«ition
for the Hute, but it viiA then co liniiteil nii
injatruinent, that uftcr roiuiderabie Appli-
cation he relimiuished it, in consequence
of its great imperfeetioni.

Shortly alter this, the Sieur Vanhall
arrived at the Hague from London, bring-
ing a flute made by Potter, and oimounced
a conrcrt, in which he was to perform a
concerto trith «> H-tyt. It being the tii'st
of th«f>e improved instruments that had
rmrhed Holland, a general curiosity was
tsnriled to see where thc»e keys could be
plared un ■ flute, and no one was so ar.
ttvely curiou<> in this respect as young
Jkthe, who lost no time in oiTering bia
ice* on the violin, ai>d promising the
nt'« patronage of the concert, which
he accordingly procured for Vanhall.
These addittoual keys on Vunball's date
were in Mt hands only ornamental, as he
bad not acquired the use of them ; but
when young Ashe tried them, and found
that tljey produced all the half notes us
full and round u« I he tones natural to the
inotruinenf in it» unkcycd state, be miidc
lip hi« mind to have this flute. cohIp gui
KHtr . which he accomplished at a con-
•jdeiable price, by the Count's indidgence.
was about the latter end of ]771y
Aibe had not attained lii» sixteenth
From that period he gave up the
in and dedicated hiis entire alieiition
hi? nrwiy acquired purchase. After
upplication, the celebrated
i-essor to Quartz, the king
i~!' r, cam*.' to the Hague,
\-iif hm! «otne lesKuns;
■'■■ visit, >\'ciidling told
■ .!'« a bad one, thni the
;tom joint »f>oiled the
' the «iniill key* were
ily in quick pavMiges.
ut iheiniiotrr not cor-
high ideas and cxpec-

• •■ - the scholar entertained of it«
\ induced him lo iliseontinue
.: jiis as soon ;is a proper respect for
such a dt»tinguijihcd professor wotdd per-
mit. Our young asjurant had then re<
cour&c to his own natural genius and,
after a few years' incessant application,
became the admiration of Holhmd, chiefly
from the uncommon fulness of his tune in
tbosc more abstruse keys in music, which
could not be produced from the flute then
in general use, and which perfection was,
erroneously in a great measure, ascribed
to the pertormer, without allowing a par-
ticipation in this honour to be due to the
great improvement in the construction of
his instrument.

Flushed with the admiration which he
bad experienced, Ashe now became de-
sirous to launch into the world ; and bis
benefactor, on hearing his wishes, per-
mitted him to go, on a handsome salary,
as mu»ician to Lady Torrington, then on
the point of removing from Holland to
BrugseU. He afterwards removed into
the household of Lord Dillon, who also
resided in thcsarac city. That nobleman
was a great patron of the opera, and
wished his musician to hove the situation
of first flute in the opera orchestra, to
which a demur was made by the Brabant
nobility and Mcmisb subscdbers in gene-
ral. Parties run high ; but there being at
this period, 1778 and 1779, a great num-
ber of English at Brii«s«ls, who were a
material support to the opera, they de-
manded a public trial of skill between the
resident flute of the opera and young
Ashe, which accordingly took place at the
first rehearsal of tbe season ; and, although
it was admitted that the Sieur Vanhall
was by fur the most experienced muBirian
and flute player, yet Ashe gained the
general approbation and situation by his
superiority of tone, for which he had to
thank tbe impiovemcnt of his additional
keys, in all probability, more than any pre-
ference of emftoTic^eiir. In this school of
musical improvement our young flutist
remained for a few years, when an Irish
gentleman of the nome of Wbytc, a great
amateur of music, expressed the intention
of making a grand continental tour -, and
OS Ashe was by this time a general lin-
guist, in addition to his flute playing, Mr.
Whytc proposed to take Ashe with him,
which was too congenial with our young
traveller's disposition to be declined.
After, however, reliiiquishing nil his en-
g»gfmenl«, letter* called Mr. Wbytebeck
to Irrlatid, and Ashe, having long had a
hankering after the land of his birth, from
which ho hiid iH'en absent since his in-
fancy, willingly accepted Mr. VV^'J'J.e'*
offer of accompanying him to "^ "
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Dublin.

>BTTtrAllT.*— Mr.

Kot lonR after hit srrival he was cngaped
lor the Kotiinda conrcrts, which were then
briUinntly supported. Here Ashe re-
mained n few years, and llie ^reat applause
his performance always met with, was a
stimulus 10 bis further improvement.

His celebrity having for some time
reached England, the late Mt. Salomon
(who had, in 1701, brought over the im-
mortal Haydn for his concerts in Hano-
ver-square, and was anxious to have a
Huitable orchettn to execute that imcom-
parable mnster'a sinfonies, which were
com|H>sed expressly for these concerts)
suspended the engagement of his princi-
pal flute until he htid the opportunity of
hearing Ashe; which was nflbrdcd him
the Mine summer, he being engaged to
perform at the Rotunda eoncerth, with a
celebrated violoncello player of the name
of Sperut. Salomon was so highly plcueed
with A^ibe's intonation and tone, that he
gnvc him a very liberal engaf;ement for
Hanover-Aijuare; and accordingly, in 170:^,
he made bis first pubhc appearance in
London, at SaloTDon't second concert, in
L inanuscnpt concerto of liia own coinpo-
ition, which wasrvplele with such novelty
'■M to excite very coiiniderahle admiration.
After this favonruhle tii'^«l he became and
remained the reigning flute, both as an
orchestra and concerto player, at all the
established concerts in London, Upon
the abdication of Monzani, Ashe wna ap-
pointed principal tlutentthe Italian opera,
which situation he held for several years.
He next, on the demiiw of Kituzxini, in
1810, was unanimously elected direc-
tor of the IJoth concert;, which he con-
ducted with great ubiiity for twelve ycara;
but. in conRcfjiience of the times being
unpropitious for public undcriulcings, was
induced to reliiiqiiiKli their miinngemcnl in
the winter of l8-jil.-,i; bwving lost a con-
siderable sum by the last four yeura of bis
direction.

In 1790 Ashe married a pupil of Hans,
■ini, whose vocul ezcelletice (na Mrs.
" »bc) ii generally kiiowii, '1 lipy had u

lumerous fumily. and -i ■r.' >' ,-,f

bis daughters have bee .,■

performers, bothusvoi-- ,.

formers on the harp und piitiio, Tiw
eldest is married to a genilcinan of pro.
perry iii the Kent Indies. Mr. Asbr's
funeral took plrtce on (lie 30tb April at
Jklcrriou, neiu' Dublin,

Ma. John (;*tt Jo.vni.

^firil 4, [n Somers I'o'
Mr, John Gale Jones, the cJi
omi'ir.

!!«• wa» by buainpsa a surKron and
•pmh^mry, and was bred to tlmt prpfr*.
■on bj- Mr. North, of CbWava. When

the breaking out of the Frenrh revolution
inflamed the conceptions of many politv
ciuns in old England, be took a lead in^
the debating societie»<, where bis eloqiicncsl
and zeal made him a distinguished |ier-
former. He was a member of the eel
brated'* London Corresponding Society,'
which at one time threatened the destrutu'
tion of the must valuable institutions
this country. He possessed great p<iwcr<]
of declamation, and took ati active part i^]
Westminster politics during (he neri
when Sir Frnncis Burdett rendered him-!
self so conspicuous. His connexion witk]
the British Forum,where questions of (
most ticklish nature were openly dic'
ensued, brought him into collision wi '
the House of Commons ; he was coni:
mitted to Newgate, Feb. VI, 18IU, f<
the publication of a scurrilous handbill
and after two unsuccessful motions (or III'
release made by Sir Ffiiiii:is Burdel
(amended by .Mr. SheHdaiiland Sir S,
llomilly, he was only lil>erHicd by t
prorogation of Parliament on the ^Ist
June, which was the same diiy that Si
P^rancis Burdett by thesamccircucDStani
was released from the Tower.

In Is I II was published " A Warning
the Frequenters of Debating Societies
being a History of the Hise and Progri
of those Societies, with a Kejiort of t
Trial and (/onviction of John Gale Jon<
the Manager of the British Forum."

The following ar** the titles of Mft
Jones's publications: — Sketch of a Spce<
at the Westminster Forum, nW.
Political Tour through Kent for the piif,
pose of promoting the cause of Parii:
mcntary Reform, 1796. An Oration
the character of Washington, 171)7. Ob-
servaiiuns on the Tussis Convulsiva, or
Hooping Cough, 17«t<. Invofwtion Ci»i
EilwHid Quin, esq. Ih04. Five Letti
to the Right Hon. G. Tierncy, 1800.

A satirical poem, with notes, on t
raenib^rt of the Society of the Ecccntri

I"

ut thirty ye«r.< a^o. gave con
[ice ut the time to the

His style '
vatirig. ills
word-s ut will

and

' was very caut

^(iihI, ami III) liiM

it, H* Air, Fox sail!

a cch'i! «[if-rfh ought never I" ri-nd

111- were ki1|i. >t.

•J> I -.IS, the reii

.v»f> iM 1, .,, ihcrn. 'I
wim tickled by a concai

...... ..I-, U\- l.,l!,v,. .,,

tjllLl Ul tin:

lime Mr. IIji'

otlM>r» were (inn imn.

H« hmi long ivsidk'd at Sompn T«

1838.]

Obituabt. — Dr. Watson. — Mr. Jamea Broad.

219

mA for manjr jcnra bad taken no part in
politiea. In private life Mr. Gale Jones
H described as cbecrful, amiable, and un>
■Mnming ; inatructire in his conversation,
aadioiar, and a gentleman.

Db. Watson.

Fit. 18. At New Yoric. aged 72, James
Watson, wbo in 1817 was tried for High
Treaaoo, together with Tbistlewood,
Preston, and Hooper.

The features of the conspiracy with
wfcicb ther were charged will be found
fsSij detailed in the Gentleman's Maga-
sin^ Old Series, vol. lxxvi. ii. 556, vol.
LZXTU. i. 560, 625. It originated with
si society calling themselves Spenceans,
wbose otgects were an agrarian law and
eqnd dinaion of property. The means
by which this end was to be effected were
toe arming of the discontented artisans
of the metropolis, and the seizure of the
Bank and the Tower. The assemblafces,
as is well known, took place in Spa
Fields, a site which shortly after became
a part of this vast metropolis ; their
operations proceeded no further than the
tMmj of several gunsmiths' shops.

Watson was a chemist and apothecary,
and therefore called Doctor -. be resided
in Hyde-street, Bloomsbury. His son
was also one of the most violent and ac-
tive confederates. The riots were brought
to a crisis on the 2nd Dec. 181G ; on the
evening of which day Dr. Watson was
apprehended at Highgate, being sus.
pected to be a footpad. His son effected
his escape. The trial of the prisoners
did not commence till the 9th of June,
1817, when it was detei mined that the
trial of Dr. Watson should take place
first. His counsel were Mr. Wetherell
and Seijeant Copley (since Sir Charles
Wetberell and Lord Lyndhurst) ; and
after the trial had lasted a whole week,
he was acquitted, when the Attorney-
genrral declined to proceed with the pro-
secution of the other prisoners. Hooper
died at the end of the same year in St.
Thomas's Hospital, when Watson and
his other associates attended his funeral
(see Gent. Mag. lxxvii. ii.635). They
continued their seditious meetings at in-
tervals, wi|h the aid of their friend
"orator Hunt," the late M.P. for Pres-
ton, until the capture of Thistlewood, at
the head of the Cato-street conspirators,
in Feb. 1820, and his capital punishment
in the following April, at length dis>
solved the unholy alliance.

Watson was not implicated on that
ocearion, but ha shoitly after retired to
America, where he endured man^ vicis-
dtndes, living, at different times, m New
Ozleaiu, Looinua, Mississippi, Ala>

bama, Florida, Charleston, &c. His
widow was at St. Louis, unaware of the
death of her husband, who died in the
New York Hospital, and was followed
to the grave by a few friends on the 1 4th
of February. His son, who was sus-
pected of shooting Mr. Piatt, in Beck-
with the gunsmith's shop on Snowhill,
during the riots of 1816, died two years
since.

Ma James Broad.

July II. In Drury-lane, aged 53; Mr.
James Broad, furnishing coach-iron,
monger, a member of the Numismatie
Society, and a man of infinite taste as a
collector of Greek and Roman coins.

His knowledge on numismatic subjects
was scarcely inferior to that of his friend
the late Mr. Matthew Young ; whose loss
to collectors, had it pleased Providence
to spare Mr. Broad, would have been in a
great measure supplied, could he have been
prevailed upon to change his business
from that of un ironmonger to a dealer in
coins. As an amateur bis collection was
venr extensive, both of coins and books ;
and will shortly be submitted to public
competition. It may be added, that the
immense collection of coins of every de-
scription, the Numismatic Library (one
of the best in Europe), and the fine collec-
tion of prints, formed bv the late Mr.
Matthew Young, will also, during the
next season, pass under the hiunmer of
Mr. Leigh Sotheby.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Aged 42, the Rev. Robtrt Walker Ram.
ford, B.D. Vicar of Bishopton, co. Dur-
ham, to which he was presented in 1825
by the Governors of Sherbum hospital,
and a Minor Canon of Durham cathedral.
Many admirable papers on Educational
and Religious Statistics, which have ap-
peared in the periodical press, were bis
compositions. These and his Scriptural
Dictionary (the result of patient toil, and
of that rare steadiness of purpose which
was his characteristic), have lightened the
labours of thousands engaged in collecting
information and giving instruction, who
never knew to whose pen they were in-
debted.

Aged 52. the Rev. John Bayley, late
Fellow and Tutor of Emanuel college,
Cambridge. He was first a member of
Trinity college, when he took the d^;ree
of B.A. 1809 as fifth Wrangler, and,
having been elected a Fellow of Emanuel,
proceeded to the degree of M. A. in 1812.

At Cockcrmouth, the Kev. John Benn,
Ute AssisUnt Curate of St. Nicholas'
chapel, Whitehaven. He was a natireof
Bliadletown, near Whitehaven. ■

220

Clergy Deceased.

[Aug.

Aged 73. the Rev. iViUiam Bi»»il,
Vicnr of Whisscndine, Ruiliind$hire, and
Reclor of Folkcsworlh, lJmninndoi>jhirc.
He wiwof St. John's collpge, (7anibridge,
B.A. 1786, M. A. 1791 ; wus instituted
to the' latter living in lUO.S, and to the
torroer in 1820.

Aged b\^ the Rev. Rowland Blaynfy,
for 43 yenrs ineuinbent of the donative
chapel of Bircli, in Wanington, near
Manchester.

The Rev. Thoiuat Jffiucoine, VicHf of
Newcastle, Rector ol Alichselston-le-Pitt,
and Rector of Barry, all in Glamori^an-
shire, fie was insltliited to JVlicliikeikton
in 17BI, to fiurry in 1792, and to New.
cnstle, on the preNentatioii of the Lord
Cluncellor, in 179.5.

The Rev. Jo/in (j'lutl/tvtia llandcnck.
Rector of Annaduff, co. Leitrim ; nephuiv
to Lord Viscount C-B&llemaine. He
was the third son of Richard llandeork,
imq. by Anne, dau. of Arthur French, of
Freiicu Park, co. Roscommon, ts)|. ; and
he married in 1827 France^- Flood, dau.
of J. H. Jes»op, of Doory-hall, co. Long-
ford, esq. and niece to Sir Fred. Flood,
Bart.

Aged 70, the Rev. Robert J/oMeman,
for more than forty years Perpetual Cu-
rate of St. Anne's, Lancnstcr, which
chMpeirj' he resigned in IS;i7.

The Rfv. D. John Janft, Curate of
jMerthyr- Tydvil, Glamorgunsliire.

The Rfv. Thornan Martin, late Vicar
of Moorliy, Lincolnshire, to which he wan
presented in 1798 by lir. Vernon, then
. Bishop of Carlisle.

The Rev. Thomai Meade, Rector of
I'cmpletnna, eo. Cork.

Aged 5;j, the Rev. Walter Poole, Vicar
of Monlton, near Northampton, to which
be was presented in 1830.

At Bariislapli.', aged G7, the Rev. Out-
iHjjAoruf S/ierri Saundert, M. A. formerly
Curate of A&bford.

At. i'ariii, the Rev. P'rancit Roach
Sprufjge, late Vicar of Coinl)C St. Nicbo-
lus, Somerset. He was formerly Fellow
of Queen's college, Canibridije, whore he
gruduaU-d B.A. IS08, as 13lh Wrangler,
M.A. If^.ll, and watt presented to his
living in 1 Bv'a by the lute Jii!>hop Ryder,
0* t>e»ii of M'ells.

'I'hc Rev. Joifph Stnrk, Fellow of
T. " v*e, Dublin, ;. - " : .n much

(I I for h\s as a

LsH-i li highly respt. ..V. .^. i.i.s qua-
lities lu tt man.
Aged '^J, the Kcv. Thomat Taogarl,
M.A. CuiHtv of Dundonsld, co. Down,
inland.
The Rev. niUiam TrfrntRherf, fur VG
yruu \1cu[ of Mudron with Murvul|
Cvriiwall.

March IC. At Hoby, Leiceatcrfthire,
aged 78, the Rev. Hettrfi Brvtene, for
^i years Rector of that place, and alto I
Rector of Aylestone. lie was the fourth]
mentbcr of his family who had in &ucce»-|
sion held the rectory of Hohy, from the]
year 1722 (sec Nichols's History of Lei-j
cestersbire, vol. iii. p. 21)7), and succeeded j
in 1784 his uncle the Rev. llenry Browne,]
on his own petition. In 18:^ he watl
presented to the rectory of Aylestona
(worth more than 800/. a )Tttr) by tbc
Duke or Rutland.

April Ik At Townhead, aged 80, ih*]
Rev. //enry U'igletvorth, for 6C y«r
Rector of Siaidbian, Yorkshire, to whiel
he Avas colluted in 1782, on his own p«ti<
tiun. He was of Sidney college, (.^am-
bridge, B.A. 1781,0* 9th Senior OptimeJ
M.A. 1781.

April IJ. Aged 29, the Rev. DaM
Richardt, Vicar of Aberuvonand Baglarig^
Glamorganshire. He was the eldest ton
of the late Mr. John Richards, of McrJI
thyr Tydvil ; who presented biin to his|
living in 18!J2.

April 18, At Rottingdenn, Sumok
aged 75, the Rev. Thou. Redman Huaktf^
D. 1). Vicar ot tlmt pfiri*h. He »(a> boru|
in London, the son of Thonius llooker,|j
esq.; entered at Oiicl college, Oxford^
17(50 : graduated B. A . 1 71*1. M. A . I ■;
B. and D.D. 181(1; nnd was presented t<i
Rottiiigdean in 1792.

Aged (A, the Rev. Peter lnet,hali\
LL.U. of Adwick-hall, near Dofieo8>tcr. f

At his fnther*s residence, ('a&telhnuwr|]
in the parish of Trclech, aged 31, th«
Rev. David Jamet, Curate of Wenve
and Merthyr-dovBii, (tlamorganAbire.

At Newton Valence, Ilunt<', in hi»8t)lll
year, the Rev. Edmund IVAitf, Vica
of that pnri^h, with Kuwkley. He wall
matiictilatcd of t)riel college, Oifor
in 1782; graduated B.A. I78G, M.A^
1789 i and was instituted to his li>infi il
1 79.'} on his own peliiton.

April 19. At Bridgwater, the Re/J
John ])a*cr«, formerly Master of tin
Cratnmar School in that town.

April 2(1. Aged 78, the R«>v. Johi
Knipe, for fifty • three yenrs I'erni'iualCti^
rateof Middtefon, Wesimorland, to whlc
he was prtsenied in 178j by the View*
Kirktiy Lonsdale,

April 22. The Rev, Iiaar Kilch* ,
Rector of St. Stephen's. Ijuwich, to wbic^
he was instituted iti 18,1;}.

April 23. At BiiiKlield, co. C^vm]
Ireland. i« bis 50th year, tbc Rev. Jmc^
Story, Rector of Cnran.

Afinl-i't. Aged .W, the Rev. ry^r
r,, r ■
il

\:vJ , <v.f

18380

fferpy

noMvcil to Emknori college, Cambridgic,
nhr- > • ••'"'■■ * «« A K.<i MA.

ISi am,

^firW :^. Acv'idi-niaily liruwiicd in
the C3inal nhich y>^«*4?> llirouijh hi* parisb,
wbco pn- Kev.

C««bri>if...-<>'. c of

the bandrvd *-; » justice

of the peace t(< t J^orlolk

uid Lincoln, uid liie I»te ui L'ly. Ue
w»i of Corpus Cbristi colI?gp, Carobridgc,
B.A. 1799; was collated to Outuell in
1803 by Ur. Yorke, then Bishop of Ely.
A/dy 1. Aged 94, the Rev. Fi-anci*
Bamt*^ D.D. for titty vwir* Ma«ter ol
St. Peter's college, Cambridge. He wns
eduoUed at Eton ; wus thence elected
to King's colle<t;v, Cninbridgc, in I7<>3;
proceeded to the df^rccs of B.A. 1768,
M.A. 1771, B.n. \l^l, und wns some
ij^,.. I ,,r,.t.. (,f Wattishnin, one of the
(. . cs in Suffolk. In 17aU lie

H:. "t the I'niversity. and in

I71jj;i bv UU8 (fleeted Muisterof Peter,
houte. The senerable gentleman also
held the ProfcMorsbip of Cusiiistry, to
which be wns elected in )8l3. Dr.
Barnes vm an clcpint scholnr, and wus
endrared to all who knew htm, by the
cheerfulness of his disposition, the easy
urbanity of his manners, and bis ready
kindness to all, of whatever rank and
r, who could bencAt by his a^Mst-

Uay 5. At Slelcotnbe Bingbam, Dor-
aet, aged b-i, the Kev. (ieonje Biiigkum,^
son of the Rev. ^^'illillm liinghuui, of
C^ely, Soinerset, and grandson of ibc
late Col. Archibald Bingham.

Nay 6. At Derby, aged 7^, the Rev.
Thvimu ConttMiraite, late Vicnr of Crich,
Derbyshire, to which he was presented
in 18(JI by Sir Wra. Dixie, Bart.

Maj/ 7. At Hereford, a^d 77. the
Rev. JoAn Clullon, D.D. a Canon Hesi-
dentiary of that Calhcdml, for bity-tour
years Rector of Kinner^Iey, and Vicur of
Lugwardine -, and a very active and uic-
fiil f!v"'-"-ift<. He VV.1S a son of Henry
( of UinningbaU) ; was nia>

til I St. JolinV collcKc Oxford,

in 177!>, graduated B..A. I7H2, M.A.

11789. B.D. leoy, D.D. 1810; wa* pre-
sented to Kinnersley in 1784 by Mrs.
M. C. Clarke, and to Lugwaitline in
1831 by the Dean and C:hapter of Here-
ford. Hi» b(Mjy was interred on the
Idlh May in (he family vault at Kin-
nenlvy.
At Eaton Oisbop, Uerefordnbire, aged
3^ the Rev. //eary St<mfiou»c Viyor,
IlectuT of that puriili, and Prebendary
i;f LcdbuT)'. lie uub the vlde»t son g(

I

the late Rev. Timothy Stonhouse Vigor,
(son of the late Sir James Stonhouse,
Bart.) ; and wa* preat.nepiiew to ibe
Lite Dr. Huniingford, Bishop of Here-
lord, by wbotn he was collated to tbe
rectory of Knlun Bisbop in IKA). He
married a daughter of J. Taylor Gor«
don, M.D. Lite of Clifton.

Hay lO. The Hcv. Jotfjth Fayrtr,
Vicar of St, Telhe, Cornwall. He was
u son of the late JoM-pb Fayrer, esq. of
Harmony Hill, Milnthorp. He was of
Clare-hall, Cambridge, B.A. 18D0, as
second Senior (Ipiime, M, .A. 1817; and
was collated to his living in 1830 by Dr.
Carey, then Bp. of Exeter.

May 13. At Brisley, Norfolk, aged
(>7, the Rev. John Mavl, Prebendary of
Lincoln, Rector of Brisley, and Vicar of
Galeley, Norfolk. He was formerly a
Fellow of Christ's college, rambridge,
where be gntduated ii.A. 17113 as lUlb
Wrangler, M.A. 1797; and he was pre-
sented to bis united livings by that So-
ciety in 1814'.

May 17. At Colne, Lancashire, aged
71, the Rev. William Hi/*iiMon, formerly
for many years Cnrutc of that chapelry,
which be was obliged to resign about
thiitv years ago, on account of the losa
of his sight.

.t/(?y Tl\. At Guildford, the Rev,
Henry Purr Beloe, Rector of St. MaryV,
in that town. He was tbe youngest son
of the lale Rev. W. Beloe, the well-
known " Sexiigennrian," who died in 1817,
and of whom a memoir and clmrHcler are
given in Gent, Mag. old Scries, vol,
LXXAVii. i. 371, ii. tkj. Mr. Bcloc re-
ceived (he name of Parr, from tbe learned
Doctor, who bad been his father's school-
master, imd was then his intimate friend.
Mr. ii. was of Corpus Chris(i college,
Cambridge, B.A. 181^; and was presented
to bis living iu 1824 by Lord C haiicellor
Eldon.

May 22. At Portlock, Somersetshire,
aged W, the Rev. Anthony J ant ft Clarke,
Rector of that |>arish. He was tbo
youngest i>oa of (he la(e NatbunielGood-
ing Clarke, esq. barri^ter-at-iuw, of (ho
Midland circuit, and brother to Natb.
Richard Clarke, esq. now Recorder of
Lincoln. He was of Christ's college,
Cuinbridgr, B.A. 1614, M.A. 1817; waa
formerly Alinister of St. Peter's church,
Biriniiighuin; and was presented to Port-
lock in 18.'il by (be Lord Chancellor.

May -2G. At Tor, l>evoushire, aged
3i!, the Kev. J. T. Kilson.

May ^. At Balh, in his Blltb year»

the Rev. Gforgr ifealty Btldwiu, LL.D.

Rector of liu'hcgeela und St. Paul's, Cork.

June 1. At Lamlionic Place, Berk*.

tbe il«Vf Utnry Uiiijutlty, laic I'VUosf

4

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k

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of All SouU' college, Oxtonl. He wm
the ioii of the Rev. Mr. Hippeslcy, for-
merly Rector of Stow in the Wold, (ilou-
cestershirc. He took the degree of M, A ,
ml Oxford in [W'J. He married the dau.
of Mr, Ravvlinson, of Chedliiigtoii, co.
Oxford J and some time &tnce iiurcceded
to a cousiderahlc |)ropcrty at liniiibortic.

June 1. Ill the Clo«e, Lielitk'ld, aired
76, the Rev. John Sruling, t^anon Re-
sidentiary of thHt culhednil, Rector ot
Uitcfaiiighani, Norfolk, and Chaiilain to
Viscount Sydney. This excellent and
aocomplithed man was formerly a Fellow
of St. John's college. Cambridge, where
be graduated B.A. 1785, m 12th Senior
Optime, M.A. 17W*. B.D. 1797; was
presented to the rectory of Ditchingbam
in 180S by the Duke of Norfolk on the
nomination of St. JoIhi'm college ; and to
hit ranonry at Lichfield in lbt)7,

June 2. At Drayton Beaurliamp,
Buck», uffed 42, the Rev. Charlei Samuel
Woodil, Rector of that narish. He was
the eldest son of the late Rev. Uoail
Woodd, and was presented to his living
in 1831 by Mrs. S. Manners.

ytine 4. In London, a^ed 44, the Rev.
Jokn .indprton, late of L)im6<]Ble, Staf-
fordshire. He WB8 the fourth son of the
late William Anderlon, esq. of Moeelcy
Wake lireen ; was matriculated of Wad-
Lam college, Oxford, in 1807 ; and gn-
doated B.A. 1810. M.A. 1813.

Aged B7, the Rev. Thomai h Beckett
IVrwr, for fifty-six ycum Perpetual
Curate of Wootlon L'ndenvood, Bucks,
Chaplain to the Duke of Bucking,
ham, and the oldest magistrate of that
county, lie was the tson of Thomas &
Beckett, esq. of West Lavington, Wilts,
and assumed the name of Turner ; ivaa
matriculated at Brazenose college, Ox-
ford, in I7ti8; graduated B.A. 177*,
M.A. 1778 ; and was presented to Woot-
ton by the late JMar(]uess of Buckingham
in 178*. Mr. Turner performwl the
duties of his church until ^vithin three
years of his death, and wuh much beloved
and respected by all his )>arisbioners.
Thi- '•■•■■- ■ 1. 1' very little N-olue, not more
thii iinnum. The IVIttr<|uis of

C) 'led W\* funeral, nnd it ia

underKiiiuil chat tlie I^uke, his futhLX, hus
expressed his intonrion to erect a monu-
nent to the i i the decca*ed.

Mr. Turner il: h in estates and

per*----' ■ ; ■• • '■■ :ithed

•od,

;>l A

■ter,

bury, torujcii) \ lo.i u! .S{, Llelen'a,
"on.
0. Ill bia ?>'- •— "-' H«y.

Clergy Deceased.

[Aug.

William Homer, Vicar of Wolfliamcote,
Warwickshire, und Second Master of the
Free (jruinmar School at Ureat Apple-
by, Leicestershire. He was formerly of
Christ's college, Cambridge, where he
graduated B.A. 1789 as 17th Senior Op-
time, M.A. 1703.

At his father's house in Nottingham,
aged 34, the Rev. ThomoM y^iron,
Viear of Great Dalby, Lcicetitershire.
He entered as a Commoner of Lincoln
i*ollege, Oxford, in 1823, graduated B.A.
1827, M.A. 18jJ9, and was presented to
his living by Sir Fnincis Burdett, Bart.
on the resignation of the Rev. Charles
Nixon,

Jun« 9. The Rev. Thomat Ihfvm*,
Vicar of Lydden, Kent. He wb» of
Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, B.A.
17(M as 3d Junior Oplime; and ivas col-
lated to bis living by the Abp. of C-mnter-
hury in 1814.

In Woburn-place, Russell -square, in
his 80th year, the Rev. Francis Etlit,
Rector of Rockland St. Mary, Norfolk.
He was formerly Fellow of Quet-n's col-
lege, Cambridge, where he gniduated B.A.
1785 as llih Wrangler. ALA. 17K8. B.D.
1796, nnd wiis prcAcntcd to his living by
that Society in 1818.

At Reu»clieath, Cheshire, the Rev.
Henry Tumkituon, V'icnr of Acton and
Itector of DHvcnham in that county. He
was the ."M sun of Henry Tomkinson, of
Dorfuld, esq. by Anne, dau. and heiress
of John Darlington, of A.i^ton, esq. ; w«*
of Trinity hall, Camb. LL.B. 182?, was
presented to Acton in 18*) by Adm. Tol-
Jemache, and to Davenharo (where he suc-
ceeded his uncle the Rev. Jamef Tom-
kin^on) in 16^.

June 10. At Osmotherley, near North -
ullerton, nged 74, the Rev. Jamei Br9vn,
Vicar of thnt piir»f>b, to which he wu*
collated tu IHUS by Dr. Van Mildert,
then Bishop of Durham, By the late
transfer of Northallerton and Atlerton-
shire from the dioeew of Durham, the
Bishop of Ripon has now become the
patron of this living.

7f/ne 12. AtH -^ ■- -■• M..-"'„r).
the Rev. Benjr. of

Nonhleigh, 0\, itial

Cnrute of Appledrum, Su»»e». He was
of Queens college, Oxford. M.A. 1801 (
wa» presented to Northleigh in 1810 by
Lord Chancellor Eldoii, unJ to Apjtle-
dnim in l82tJ by the Dean and Chapter
of Chichester.

J*me 15. A;r«l U, the K.v. TTimam
f/ed, VintTot I ire.

He wTif of ,lf '','ei

ike

VI i^V"»-«aut'.

CUrgy DeceasedT

Jimt \9. At f"':''"vn njyed flP, the
R«T. Mark A'u/ twenty-five

TMiri Prr«id<'nt ■■ um coIIprp,

iDAriMdocs. Hcw-as (lie son of Air. John
NlchoUon. «f Bolton in W«tni<:rlund ;
« i'lteil of Queen'* college, Ox-

I. 1, ond graduated Q. A. 1705,

M .

June 17. In Monti n<f ton - Crescent,
Mm p^TiHiI Road, Bgpd 48. the Rev.
r /jy, MiniKter of Percy Cha-

I lam Court Road. He was

of I -Mi>.a!iti> hall, Cambridge, B.A.IS??,
M.A. IK...

Jun& 22. At LlewMOg, near Dcnbipb,
Ibe H*v. Pre<ieticik Griffith, Rector uf
LUnKV, CO. Merioneth. He entered n«

Comitioiier of Jcfus college, O-tford, in

lb, and took the deurce of B.A. in
1; bt tto llntrd to his livinc

imr»iSi. ..... — I'-hp, po. WcK-

ford, iifji-d 74 , tliv 'i MUUr.

y»/i«- i4. At I iionr Porti-

moiitb, itgL'd 7(», tlii; lifv. /l. //. Cumi/H»,
for fiiHjiv v>-ars s ri'sident in Poft»ea, und
i! .lied minister of Saint

t ifterwardK curate of St.

.'.i . ,,L,.. uiid latterly, from ItttH,

lit" v:i ^.nurj' Chspel, Landport. Seve>
ml -cT'ii- riu'n of the towni and neighbour,
hfxxi, who weie bis scbotan wben be
kept ih»» rjTqmmar School in St. George's
.■^ : Kid reniain'* to the grave,

! a tablet to bismeinor>'
li i|ipl.

•K), the Rev. A. Itmlrm,
!■ : petuiil Curate of Nor-

wucjil, iWidiilL-six, und lor the tiiinc period
V'imr of (»n(rtc)l>oroiiv;h, Bucks.
July '6. The Rev.'j^oAn BithOy, Mi-
(.^•non nnd Prerentor of <jioure«tcr,
Viciir of St. Mnry de Lode in that
ile WM ■ native of Gloucester ;
Dfttricutated of St. John's collejfc,
Oxford, in ISO.'}, then removed to Pem-
bmke •'oll^re, und 'ook the degree of
I; il to bit. Pe-

I M/fe he gra-

4l. ,-•••,, u^ ^' M ,, Miiior Opltnie,

He wiis presented Co the
1 Miifv-(1.'.I»de, by the Deiin
*terin)8'28. By
iniin the Chapter

-: , Msrinl i..hl jntcl-

,.,.| II,.- >ci( :■ ;. of the

' ' .iiiiuililc nnd

in^cnnuii^ '

.lull, I .

lion.

..Ill Penzance

lu ntieticl H Cliureh Mi<<*ion-

»h«? Mvv Cfmrlpt \frt, for-

■ ' I lie Ca-

Hl-

.....,,......,„. IK 1,'ceived

■ concusiiiun of the bruin, and expired in

n few bouire. He hiu left a widow atij
one son,

Julj/ 5. At Southoe, Huntingdon*]
shire, pged 7^1 the Rev. Roliert PointH\]
Reetor of Southoe w-ith Hail Wesnoir.f
K- . " .Nworth, Cambridgeshire, anJ

0 of Lincoln, He was

Sii.... . ....,vf:e, Cnmbririge, B.A. I783,J

M.A. 17b7, He wan in»tituted to Box-
wonb in 1791, to Southoe (in his ownl
patronage) in 1797, and to the Prebend]
of Welton Westhall, in the cathedral J
church of Lincoln, in 1803.

July S. At Bwckley, n^ed 43, lb
Rev. Antelm Jonet, Vicar of Stockton onr|
the Forest, Vorkshire. He »vii* of Trirt.
coll. Camb. B.A. IH18. M.A. 1821
and was presented to hi» living in It
by the Rev. T. B. Woodman, Prebendaryl
of Biigthon>c in the cKthedtal chliroh of'
York.

At Wellinp, Kent, the Rfv. 8t».
pht}i Tiicktr. Vienr of Borden in tb
county, and Rector of Markiihall, Ba
He was of Trinity college, Camb. B. A.I
17H5, us iSih Junior Optinie, M.A.I 7S6;'
WM preaented to Borden in MVfl, and to
Marktball in 1800.

July f). At Newbury, Berks, the Rev.
James Hue, Rector of that parish, and
for more than fifty years Perpetual Cu-
wte of Dorchester, Oxfordshire. Ho '
of Brnzenose college, M.A. 1703;
instituted to Dorchester in 1787.

Jul)/ \'2. Aged 70, the Rev. Jamt
SaHMdcm, D. t'.L. Rector of Kirtlingtuq
Oxfordohire. He wos formerly Felloir]
of St. John's college, Oxford ; where
graduated B.C.L. 179C, D.C.L. 1800 1
and was preieoted to his linng by that
college in 1810.

Jiili/ ]j. At Huxham parsonage, De>
vonshire (the residence of bis »on-in-law
the Rev. J. Jolland), aged 71, the Rev.
Bttrihulnmew (Jnt, Vicnr of Boston, Lin.
coliishire. He was of Catharine liallj^
Camb. B. A. ITOOh* 13lb Junior Optim«^
M.A. 18^'2; und was presented to BoBta
in 1817 by the corporaliun of that towi
By the death of Ihi- •-■•■•'f tfinri, the pr»>1
tcntation tu the vn >ston lapi

to the Bishop of t . . the town.'

council not having been enabled to aoll
the living, owing to the ditliculty of afic«r-
taining its actuHl value. A ntemorial '
favour of the Rev. M. Robinson, sx^nt
by upwards of 300 personn in two dayi^i
has been forwarded to the Hi.ihop. I'la
vicarage itself ix of trifling value, but ili
corporutiun usually uppointed tlic Vici
for the time bcinj; to be one of the I'rei
byters who are endowed by i>'
and whu«e hti|iL'rii|p< are |>ai<i
charity lands, thuo adding i<|>,).
200/. B-ycar to llic income ot the irurar

mm

bent. Now, however, tbe corporation
und tbe charity trustees nre distinct
bodies ; tbe Bishop, so far as tbe presentR-
tion to the Living is concerned, i^titnding
in tbe place of the former, and the trus-
tees retaining tbe right to appoint who-
ever thoy may please (whether Vicnr or
not) to the office of Presbyter or Lecturer.

July 17. Aged 75, the Rev. Jo An Ofer-
ton, Ivector of St. Crux and St. Margsiret
in the eity of York. He was of Msgda.
len coH. Camb. B. A. 1790, M. A. 1803;
nnd was presented to both his livings in
York in 1802 by the Lord Chancellor.

July Tti. At Brighton, the Ilcv. Robert
Colleit, of Westerbam, Kent. He vm
of Trinity coll. Comb. D.A. 1803, u -kh
Senior Optime, M.A. 1«06.

Jul;/ 2a. At Seal, Kent, aged 7'K the
Rev. Gemot Whitehead^ Vicnr of Kem-
sing-eum-Seal, and Vicnr of Alt Saints,
Cambridge. He was formerly Fellow of
Jesus coll. Camb. where he graduated
B.A. 17HJ, as 1 1th Senior Optime, nnd
ad Chancellor's medallist, M.A, 1788; he
was presented to his church in C^ambridgc
in IHlWby his college, nnd to that in Kent
in IBHi by the Earl of Plymouth. He
was Chaplain in ordinary to tbe Intc
Duchess of Dorset.

Lately. At Oldbam, oged 02, the Rot,
William Winter, for forty years Mini.^ter
of St. Peter's chapel, Oldham, for twenty-
seven of St. John's, Hey, A»hton-under-
Line, und nineteen yeurs Master of the
gmmmar school at Oldham . Tbe chapels
It that town arc in the presentatioa of tbe

fRectot of Prestwich.
March 26. Aged 20, M. S. Milton,
e8«|. author of " The Ocean Bride,"
" The Songs of the Prophecies," fltc.
^on of John Milton, esq. of Highmour
Cottage, near Wigton.
Afuti 13. In fMarges. street, Piccadilly.
I after a long and severe iilnets, borne

with cxemplnry patience and resignation,
j ngeH 7(1, Zncbary Maeauley, esq. F. R.S.

1^ &c. For more than forty years the de-
^H cea«ed dedicated his eminent talents and
^^ active encfRirs, in conju;; •' Mi tbe

late .Mr. UiJberforce, SI- . Mf.

Buxton, and other distu:;^ , bilan-

thropistR, in tbt ipiesrionot .s|» very Abo.
bUon, and, like .Mr. Wiiberforre, lived to
sec hiK efforts crowned with succcin. He
wan father to Mr, Thomuv. Uabingttm

t31feCH«i)ey, esq. late one ol tbe Supreme
Council u( India.
M«y -iX. At his bouse in Lowrr
Clapton, aged %, Williuii Clark Boyd,

DEATHS.

LOKDOK AND ITS VICIXITY.

esq. whose deeply regretted and sudden
death was occasioned by locked-jaw, from
the injuries received in a full from his
horse.

May S2. Aged 38, Joseph Foster
Burhnm, esq. of Queen Ann-st. Stock-
bridge-house, Hants, and Tricwm, Pern-
brokeshire; son of tbe late J. F. Bar-
ham, esq. M. P. for Stockbridge, and
Lady Caroline Tufton, sister to the pre-
sent Earl of Tlianet. In l83"<i he unsuc-
eessfully contested tbe representation of
Westuierland with the Lowtbers.

May 30. At Walworth, Francis Tal-
bot, esq. eldest son of the late Captain
George Talbot, R.N. It is stated that
he was descended, in n direct line, from
tbe Duke of Shrewsbury ; if so, of course
his descent was iilegitiuiate.

Juuf 2. In Bethtchom hospital, Jona-
than Alartin, tbe man who set fire to
York aiinster, on the 2d Feb. 1829.
His death was sudden, caused by a disease
of tbe heart. For the last two or three
years he had been very quiet in bis de-
meanour, and spent a great portion of his
time in reading Fox'a Book of Martyrs,
to which be was particuhirly partial. He
was a native of Hexham, and brother to
John Martin, so deservedly celebrated
for his magnificent pictorial creations.
Jonathan was between 50 and 60 years of
age.

June II. In Sidmouth-st. Regent-sq,
aged iiX', W. Sbilleto, esq. of Jamaica.

June 12. At the Old Hummums, Co-
vent Garden, from apoplexy, Richard
Pering, esq. of Exmoutb, formerly Clerk
of tbe Cheque at Sbcerness and Ply.
mouth, an active magistrate of the coun-
ty of Devon. He possessed considerable
literary and scientitie acquirements and
obtained scverul patents for valuable in-
%-eniions, purticularly that of the improved
anchor known by bis name, ivhich is used
in every ship in her Majesty's Navy, and
has been the meuiis of saving many thou-
snnds of lives, and property to an immense
extent. He was a gentletnun of high
honour nnd inlegrily, and universally es.
teemed.

June 1.1. In SI(Mn«.flt. Martha, relict
of S. Ty«sen, e«q. of Narborough*h«ll,
Norfolk.

June \l. At St. Gcor ' " ihal,
nge«l C>h, I'ol, Michurl I up.

Inrll, who was found wonii_i!. ..ii'd-

ing, five day* before, near the Knights.
bridge-l»«mit'k)r. There was no doubt
that the <! xl, under the influ*

cnce of w lown where he wtu

found, Mini tiiiii me fall had produeed
roncu«tiion of ihe bruin.

June \!t. At W.ilworili ]..?. ii K-< <•

PirrriiiT.

I., of m.

I

I

I
I

r

In (Jmveii-sc. ugLtl jb, WUluim Frezcr
Price, esq. lumv ip»»nf.

^■M» J6. -^ter.pl. W. Mor-

tiffler, enq, rl<: -la* laic O. Mor-

timer, es<|. ut I .....i.,j„.

j^ged H6, Alary, relict of John Orif-
iitll, t»q, of Teddington.

Jmut 17. At York-tcrracf, Rcffent's-
parir, agerf C5, Janies Rix flotTrnflnn, esq.
^June 18. j\ttbe Portland Hotel, aged
David Clark, e*q. Intc of Calcutta.

AlClapham, aped 37, Mr. Som. Rixon,
la/» of Cock«.|)ur-st.

Jtae ifO. At Panon's Green, aged 25,
Ji^n, onlj son of Jobn Daniel, esq. Hi;
MtvNd as Commoner of llhrist Church,
Oil' ■ 1H31, and proceeded B.A.

G; oiinder, June 6, 1835; at

thi ions, in Easter Term in

th : vas placed in the 3d Class

in ' irribus.

Jmne i3- At Kensingrton, aged 36,
ThocMS Hard nick JMerrimaii, ciq. of
Souihanntoii-st. Bloom«bury.

AgtA W, J. Greenwood, esq, of Ln-
yn^^.. y.u rjapham.

' I Houw-terracc, aged 73,

ilk' tion. Georgiana Churlotte

dewgar Marchioness Cholmondeley,
ioinC Hereditary Great Cbamlierluiri of
Bpffttli. Her ladyabip was the younger
thl^htfr and cvetituallv co-heir of Perr-
grin* third Duke of Ancaster, by Mary,
dau. uf Thomas Panton, esq, ; was mar-
ried in 17fll to George -Jaines tir*t Mar-
quew Cbolmofideley, and left hia widoiv
in I6B7, having bod insue the present
llafnuess, Iford William Henry Chol-
mondeiey, and one daughter, now de-
caaavd, who was married to Col. Hugh
Seymour, in right of her hidysbip, her
husband, in the rci^ti of (>eorge the
Third, and her son m that of William
the FoiiTTh, hpld the oftice of Deputy
L<ir.; id of England.

IJ'- . y a Lady of the

Bt-iii 1 iiiuM 1 ■"' nil- 1 iiiicess of Wales,
to which (ilEcc, and the .Mur(|ucsa (then
Earl) to that of Chambeiiutn of the
Household to the Prinee, they were
appointed on their Royal HigbnesKe^'
uwrriagc in 1795. (See u memoir of the
Biarquets in Gent. Alag. vol. Lxxxvu.

Jumf 25. Aged .'U, Mananne, wife of
Dr. Roberts, of New Bridgc-st. dau. of
Mr. Pindar Simpson, of Old Burling-
tOH'.stre^t.

lr> til' 1 lapt.

GUo. R : his

fint COtDniiuKin in M'n>, ,imu k.'M It leg

Okmt. Mao. Vwu X.

whilst serving as serond Lieut, of the
Thames .5?, in an action with the Uranie,
Oct. !f't, 1793. He was promoted to the
rank of Commander in 179^ and in i79<>
obtained u pension of 01/. 5#,, increased
in 181fi to 2*10/.

In GlouceMer-pl. Juliana, dnu. of tb«
lute John Thresher, esq. of Farebam.

At Higliliury-terrace, in his 8Sfd year,
Banister Flight, eaq.

June id. A t HoUoway, agvd 8U, Wil -
Ham Lungham, esq. for many years a
respectable solicitor in Bartlett's-build-
ittgs, Holborii.

Ill Burton. St, Alargnret, relict of Wal-
ter Trevelyuri, esq. of Nethcrwitton, Nor-
thumbcrland, and dau. of the late Rich.
Hichens, esq. of Poltnir, Cornwall.

In Devonshire-st. Charlotte, wife of
Sir Molyiieiix Hyde Nepcan, Bort. of
Loders, Dorset. Her nmideii name waa
Tilghmaii, and she was married in 1813.
Also on the \6th July, at Eartharn in
Sussex, aged 22, Charlotte, their eldest
daughter.

At Hyde-pcrk-terrare, vied 7, Oeoise-
Harpur, second son of Sir O. Crewp>
Bart, M.P.

In 8avillc-row, aged 86, Lieiit.-Col.
William Allen.

June 21. At Bayawater, aoed '18, the
relict of Major Blewitt, of Llantarntm
Abb«y, Monmouthshire,

June 28. At Kensington, John Fisber,
esq. of Dorset-sq.

At the house of her son-in-law Wil-
liam Kew, esq. in the \V'nndsworth-road,
aged «7, Sarah, relict of Edward Hodges,
esq. of Clapham Cottage.

June 29. On the day after the Coro-
nation, after riding that day in ibe pro-
cession, in his Olid yeiir, Mr. William
Lee, High Ckinslable of Westminster.
He had for many years fuUillc-d his ar-
duous public duties with a zcul and in.
tegrity which must be known to all wbo
bave hud occasion to attend either the
bouses of Parliament or miblic meetings
in Westminster. Before he became High
Constable he carried on business at Char-
ing <'ro<>s as a hosier and hatter, and
was highly respected by all vho knew
him. He was the author of a volume of
poetry.

In Great Ormond-(t. in his 30tb year,
Charles, third son of VVentworth Malim,
esq. of Southampton-row.

Lately. Aged 6(1, Capt. Nith. Chad-
wick, Vith Light Int. brother to Captain
Cbadwick, of Stamford. He had recently
returned trom India, where he served for
many years. Few mcu of bis age had
seen so much active service : he was at
WaJchereii, Corutma, Java, Islcot Frauct^
2 G

4

m

Wuterloo, Bhurtpore, nnd raany other im-
portnnt cnffogemeiits, and was universally
Deloved by bis brother oflirers.

At Stoke Nfwington, Anna, wife of
the Rev. K. Aitken, dau. of the kite Lt..
Col. Evres, of Wiirrington.

At 'fumham Green, aged 82, Henry
Hewetsot), esq. n native of RjivenRtone-
dale. in VVestmcrinnd. He died worth
nearly a milliun of nioney.and among*)! va-
rious legaeiefi, bequeathed to six nephews
and nieces, residing in bis native parish
and the Btijoinin^ pariith of Orton, the
8iim of one hundred and fifly thousand
pounds.

Henry Templer, esq, for mnny years
an extensive merchant in the East India
free trade, and lately owner of Buckhind
Filleigh, Devon.

July 1. At Poland-st. nged 68, Lucy,
widow of C. Aston, esq.

JtUi/ 3. At the house of her niece
Mrs, Purke, in Howlnnd-st. Mary, widow
of Rev. Tbornafi Exnn, Vicar of Creech,
SoDi.

In the Fleet Prison, after many year*'
confinement, nged 73, Mr, Howard, late-
ly of the well-known firm of Hownrd and
Gibli!), annuity and money agents. He
was for many years a hair dresser in the
High-street, Oxford. For some years
he Jived in great style in London, and at
one time had accumulated n large property,

July 4. At Canonbury.pl. aged 72,
Thomas Swain, esri. of Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry, an eminent solicitor.

July 5. At Russell.sq. aged 70, Eli-
zabeth, wid. of Jos. Stodart, esq. F.R.S.

In Beaumont, street, aged GO, James
Hugo Greenwell, esq.

In Gloucester-terr. oged 78, N, Palon,
esq.

In Soutb-st. Finsbury-sq. and of Ba-
Kingball-st. aged 5.'i, H. Hu(;he«, esq.

July 7. Mrs. Catharine Fox, of Alon-
tagv.plaee, daughter of the late Rev. J.
Fox, of Etton, Beverley,

Jtily 10, In I'pper Brook-st. aged 10,
Jane Newman, eldest dau. of the Hon,
William Best.

Of malignant scnrlet ftver, aged 8. Au-
mra, third d»u. and on the 17th, nged 10,
James, second son, of C«pl, Spiller. Royal
Art. Woolwich, great-grandchildren of
(he late Earl of Cavati.

July 11, Aged 3.'j, I^opold Henry
Alicbele, e^q.

Jiilv !♦. At the College of Arms ir>
his fcfijd year, Sir R^lph BigUnd, Knr,,
Oartrr rrincipaJ King of Arms. HewaH
born on thp |«t Muv I7.'t7. Hit origiiml

ed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant by patent
3 Dee. 1771; Richmond Herald, «Oth,
April 1780 ; Norroy King of Ami«, 5tli4
April 1803; Clarcnccux, ith June 1822;
and Garter, 26th Nov. 1831.

At the house of her father in Duke-st.
WestrninMer, Mury Ann, wife of B^
Marwood Kelly, esq. C«pt, R.N. onlj
child of Richard Price, esq. of Highfield4 j
Lodge, Sussex.

July 10. Aged 7fi, John Walter, eso.
of Catuion-st, London, and Forest-bill,
Kent.

July 18. In Guilford-st. Mary Anne,
relict of William Aloore, esq. of Doetora'-
Commons, and eldest dau. of the late Sit\
Chas. Price, Bart. She was married in I
1803. and left a widow in 1828.

July 19. At Cbesham-place, Sarab,
eldest dau. of the late W. Randall, esq, .
of the Retreat, Batter&ea.

Berks. — Lalely. At Mortimer, Ann
Helena, wife of Alaior-Gen. C. Brown,
E. 1. C. S.

Juli/ l>. In hia 79th year, Jeremiah
Pilcher, esq. of Winkfield, Berk*.

July li. At Englefield-green, Sarah,
widow uf Rear-Adiii. Sir C. Brisbane,
K. CB. She wna one of the daughters
and co-heiresses of Sir James Patey, of
Reading, knt. and was left a widow ii|
Dir. 1829. (Sec a memoir of Sir Cbas.'
Brisbane in Gent. Mag. vol.c. i. 615.)

Bucks. — Jnur 2. — At (rrendon, aged
G5, William Pigott, of Doddershall, esq.

CAMnniDr.E.— June 16. AtBottithani,
in bis 70th year, H. King, esq.

July 3. At Cambridge, aged SI, George
Alexander Seyniour,e8q. scbolarof King's
college, eldest son of the Rev. G, T, Sey-
mour, of Tyntertield, Somerset, Hii
remains, followed by the resident Fellowa
and Scholar* of hia college, were deposited'
in the chapel.

Ckfsiiire. — Jitlu 8. At Park-place,
near Frod^bam, Ellen, wife of i). Ash-,
ley, e*q.and sister of the Bishop of Ely,

CoBNWAi.i.. — Lalely. In his 62nd year.
Win. Bazelcy, esq. of St. Ives.

Ci MHF.iii.ANn,— -Jwne 5il. In the car •]
riage of her son-in-law the Hon. J. H,
('unon, of Derwent-Iodge, of apoplexy|
the widow of Col, James Hodgson,

Dr.vos. — Match 4. At Torquay^'
Thomas Hilcliffe Kyler, e«q. a Mogistrate

4

for Mid'll.
her of '
and fjtl 111
\>"i(i til l<L

H.- was formerly o mem-
\ Oxf. M.A. 18l3tj
lit for CoTcntry froii

L

At Telirnmnutb, Catharfn^J

Obitua<v.

22^

of the first mm in tlu wrestling ring in
the Western counties.

JUHf 6. At Wooflbury, oged 77, Jacob
Bu(ter,esi]. father of Dr. B. of Plymouth.
He prMctised the ini'dicnl prufet^ioti lor
ne»Tiy W years, with great credit,

June 13. At Exeter, Sanh, seconi!
dau. of the Ittte Rev. John Podgcr, U.D.
of BridgcwHter.

Jut)e 17. At the residence of his mo.
tbef, K»ettT, Rged 33, John Kingdon, esq,

Jimelb. At Dttwlisb, aged 8>j, Eliza-
beth Ann, relict of Peter Churchill, e«q.

June'iti. .At Axminster, aged 02, Eli-
nbcth Nickleaon, wife of \VilliuiD Col-
lins, dan. of the late John Jctl'rev, esq.
MP. for Poole.

Lctfly. At Uideford, aged 7j, Miss
Sarah Bartictt, sister of W. fiartlctt, ct>q.
Barrister.

/a/y t. At Cniddock-bou«e, L'fli'ulm,
Med 75, the residence of her son John
New, esq. Mary, wife of Dr. .lohn New.

Jvti/ j. At Penhnle-hoiist'. uged 37,
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas D. Clark, esq.

July 10. At Bideford, Charlotte, eldest
dan. of Vicc-Adm. Cochet.

Jul^ 11. At Ivedon, Snrah Mary,
relict of the Rev. Herman Drcwe, Rector
of Combe Raleigh.

July 13. At Newton Abbot, aged4^),

^T. Hugo, esq. Lieut. R. M.
DuHHAM. — Juue 18. At Seafon t^arew,
Barbara Isabelln.rclict of the itev. Marm.
Lawson, of Borough-bridge Llall.
Lately. At Barnard Castle, ugcd 61,
MiM laabella Robinson, sister to the late
Lady Cotterell Dormer, of Rousham,
Oxfordshire.
I Ebskx,— June U. Aged 3»i, T. Kd-
^onds, esq. bite of Loxfurd-hall.
June^. At Mistley, aged 67, Wil.
luni Silke, esq. surgeon.
\M.—Apr\l H. At Chel-
t< - Sflllh year, William (Joriiig,

111.... „.. .1 Willum Greaves, esq. of
MHytiuld-hall, Staff.

April -A). At Cheltenham, aged 61,

Ca|it. Charles Sheldon Timing, E.I.C'.S.

June lU, A(red 78, Isaac Leonard,

of Porll.i ■ Bristol.

June \\. (jlonoester, from

i'l"" MhooKJnbii JGth

\\ I rice Shipton, son of I.
>l ■ "I ''"d grandson of the late

Rev, Dr. £>hii)ton. Rector of Portishcad.
Jim* 23. At Gloucester, Frederick
Thomas Allnutt, infant son of Col. Sir
C- Dance, K.H.

June 'Hi. John Allis Hurtlaud, esq. of
Tetvkusbtirv. banker, a member of the
Society of t'tiends.

June ^H. At Gloucester, aged 78, OB'
luel Cox,ca<|.

Jime 30. At the residence of his aunt
Miss Grosett, Clifton, in his 21st year,
Albert Henry, fourth son of J. M, Gro-
scit, esq. of Jamaica.

Lately. At Cheltenham, aged 89,
Euphcmiu, widow of Re:ir-Adm. J. C.
Searle.

July 5. Rebecca, wife of W. R. Todd,
esq. of Bristol, sister of the Rev. C. D,
Isdell, of Winchester.

July 10. At Cheltenham, aged 7I|
John Parkes, esq. of Bath.

IlAMP^iHiKi:. — May 2A, At Linwood,
ngcd 2,'J, Margaret Barr, a remarkable
specimen of the human fonn in miniature.
She stood thirty inches in heigbr, and
(with the exception of the head, which
was rather large) her frame was not out of
proportion. No reason can be a-ssigncd
for her stinted growth. Her mind had the
imbecility of u weakly child of two yeara,
and in ber last illness she had the feeble
uppeamnce of extreme old age.

June 13, Aged 83, ElizulK'th, relict of
the Rev. J, Covey, Rector of Selbourne,
Hants,

July II. At Southampton, Mary, wife
of Mr. Kdwnrd Lomer, eldest dau. of tha
late E. D. Bridgcr, Esq. of Chilcombc,
near Winchester.

HiiiiKionij. — July t. At Hereford, in
her 70th year, Elizabeth, widow of the
Rev. F, Coleman, Vicar of Leominster,

HiiKxroiUJ. — Ji'tif 17. At Hertford,
aged 89, Mrs. Day, dau. of the Rev.Wra.
Day, Vicar of Roydon, Essex, and chap*
lain of St. SaviourN, Southwurk.

June 18. At Hazlewood, Lydin Pwyne»
widow of Henry Botham, cstt.

June i!2. At Bishop's Stortford, in
ber 80th year, Mary, relict of Mr. James
Summers, only dau. of the Rev. John
Heath, master of the Grammar School,
Chelmsford, and rector of St. James's,
Colclietiter.

June 28. At Bengeo Vicarage, the re-
sidence of bis son-in-law Ciipt. Beit,
aged 87, Thomas Sibley, c«q.

Lately. Lucy, wife of the Rev. C.
Hardy, Vicar ot Walden.

July 5. At Frograorc Lodge, neat
Watton, aged 32, .lo*L'i)h Henry, kccoild
son of William Hudson, esq.

July 11. At Hertford, aged 70, Morf
Peck, wife of J. DiilUnger, esq. and mo-
ther of J. F, Stephens, esq, Prcs. E.S.

Kent. — In the Downs, off Deal, on his
return home from Swan River, Lieut. S.
Jone», R.N. second sun of T. Jonea,esq.
of Cheltenham.

At Deal, retired Commander John
Clayson, R.N. 18:49.

July 1. At Dover, the Lady Sarah,
wife of the Hon. C. B. C, Waudcslorde,

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to llie Eurl of (Jnrrick and tlie Countciii;
of Beltnoiv. She was tli« 44b dau. of
Hen.-Tbomns l^d Eiirl of C*rrick, Itj
Sarah, dau. uiid coh. of £dw. Taylor, esq.
was piarriod m lH\i, and hns three sun»
and oitc daiightiT.

Juljf 14. At Bromley, the wife of
Lieut.- Gen. Sir J. Kcane. K.C.B. G.C.H.

Lasoashiiie. — June 27. At Liver-
pool, Capt. Jolui Peck, late of tlie Och
foot.

June 30. At Liverpool, aged 84,
Hciirj'-Hoiieywood, eldest 8on of the Rev.
H. A. Hu);hes, uf Zeul AJuriachunim,
formerly of flouiton. He was connected
with the Conservative Press in Liver-
pool ; and, by his tsuperior talents and
univeriiity education, shewed both tb«
ability and inclination to do good service
to the cause.

Li:ict:BTi:B. — June 17. Aged 46, John
Crndock. c«4. solicitor, of Loughborough.

Julif ^. Aged 4rl, Llixulx-tli, wife of
John Stockdule Uurdy, esq. of Leicester.
Ardent in her piety, unaiiNuming in her
demeanour, and amiable in the various
relatioTu, of life, «he po«<«e88ed the fervent
esteem of her friends and acquaintiince.

Lisroi.N. — June 15. Aged 44, Mr.
AJd. Luke Trotter, uf Lincoln, a meiubcr
of the old corjionition, in which be showed
BO liberal a spirit that he was chosen into
the new town-council, in which be became
8UCce«t>ivL'1y elected an aldcrtnun, und a
governor of Christ's School.

June 2b. At Bruceborougb, in lii.s70tli
vcar, Thomas Markby, esq. son of the
late Tbomaii Minkbr, escj. of Cambridge,
and formerly of Trinity hall, Camb.
LL.B. 1790.

MoNAioiTii.— ^«/y 9. At Newport,
ngcd a^, Winifrede, wife of Jcremia.
Cainis, e<q.

MiDDLEStx. — y«ne 20. At the resi-
dence of her son-in-law H. Wilkiiis, c«q.
Harrow, in her 73d year, Hannob, relict
of George Fisber, esq. uf Bristol.

NoKfoi.K. — June 21. Jane- Davidson,
second dau. of John Velloly, esq. M.D.
of Wood ton -hall, and on the following
day, Alary, his ^iitb daughter.

Jiili/ 8. Chftrlotte Lloanor, wife of
John Ualton, esq. of We«t fiilney lodge.

NoiiTMAiirro.N. — Ml/ !j». At Sprat-
tor '" '" ■ vife of Henry Hayue,
i'^ ol ThoniiLS Slack, «!-c|.

ut _• ■, V . Berks.

NoHTHUMnKai.AND. — June 8&. At
Culkn-rars the « tfe uf Henry Hawitton,
• ■■■■II lloiue.

o. Aged 6a, James

Ac the not.

wood, aged 76, M'\k EltaUieCb Cottl«( i
d.iiigbter of the late Tbomaa Cottle, eiq.
eolicitor-general of the ioUnd of Si. Chris-
topher, and fiiater of (be Utc Thomas
John Cuttle, eiiq. president of tbe itiland
of Nevis, and of Tboinns Mark C/oUlv,
esq. of Bath.

June 1.3. Mn. Dolmuge, relict of '
Adam Dolmage, e»q. of Beaufort- house i
Bath, and of Jamaica.

June 19. At Bath, aged 61. Mmj,
wife of tbe Rev. Jame« Pears, Rector of
Cbarlcombe, Mister of the late Rev. .fohn
Raddiffi', M.A.

June 20. At Knowlc, aged G6, Tbo*.
Jefft^ricK, esq. late of Stanton.

June ill. At the Old Vicarage, North
Petberton, aged 85, Mr. E. Acranian,
one of tbe largest agriculturista in Sooier^
setsbire.

June 2I-. At Wilton Coftsgc, near
Taunton, in hcrtioth year, Hurriet, widow
of Lieut.' Gen. Walter Clitic, und daa.
of (ren. Sir Anthony Kurringtun, Bart.

June ^. At Sand House, the reel*
dencu of her son-in-law tbe Rev. Wm.
White, aged 66, Elizubetb, wife of Benj.
Tyley, esq. of Wcdmore.

Lately. At Bishop's Lydeurd, ageii
60, Mrs. Miirtha Winter, dau. of thclat»|
Edmund Winter, cfiq. of Tintinhull.

At Bath, aged 8.3, Mrs. Catharine']
Baldwyii, only dau. ul the late Cliarlef|
Buldwyii, e«q. of Aitnalate, Staff.

July 9. At Btith, aged f-i. -
Klizubetb, elilest dau. of H. ■
Touker, esq. of Norton Hall, ...
grand-dau. of the late Jurocs M
esq. of the Moat, Soham, Coml
shire.

STArroao.— «lUy 10. At Gnislof
Hou.se, near Wolverhampton, ngcd 11,
Joseph Pi-urson, esq.

SruaKY. ^ -I,,,;/ : At iinii'trord,
Bgcd 57, Hciir 'ieut.

iSd foot, iitU'i iiigbtj

on diiri'' > ma tropica] climate, I

and grfi. - when a prisoner iuj

the Isle oi i' i.iiHi'.

Juli/ 4, At Mitcbam.agcd 70, Jaroe*
Louis Du Mout, esq. formerly of Austini
fnans.

Julif 6. At Milton Court. n«ar Dorl
ing. aged 46, Robt^rt Augustus Colli
rsq. late of Furnivul's Inn, und Hanipi
MuIdluscA.

Juljj 0. At Richmond 'gri<un, aged 18^
Lucy, cidcitdau. of BcnJ. Coben, esq.
Wyndhnm. place.

Juti/ \l. At Bostilll, nrr,r Dortin^
aged 1^, iVIary..\ i

dau. of tbe Hev. J
of ' "V

Jm» I5> At WestgAte-boose, Chi-
rb^cer. iged 66, Thoti, iluuipbrr, esq.

Jmn* ^. At Firiichlori, in bis i^Lh
ynr. Dr. WilliBin Andersoti, of F«ir-
mUc, Cubhdfii, Surrey.

jMiy J. At St. Leonnrd's. uged 19,
CdwM'd Law, e:>q. Kcllow Coniinontir of
S(. John's I'ollege, Cuuibrid^e, iow of the
Hon. C. E. L»\v, ai.P. llccorJcr ol
i^ondon i hUu July — , aged 1 j^ iSeliiia>
Ut /ourtli duiigbtt^r.

/f 2, At Brighton, aged 8, Lloyd,
sou of William Morgan, juii. esq.
Sutton, Surrey.
Jtity \t. Anne Aljiry, wife of lIiTcules
jjjinf '— ' '■>■ < > ■kl;ii..U, eldest dttU. of
rli ''.izoti, Burt, by

A I ■ i\X. Hon. Sit

Ci i\, iiua. .ind >>i»l«r to Sir

Wii >;on. Biirt. M. P.

V V '' • 1 71. Jo*.

Sii' :>\or(h.

. , - of being

thr- Janic6 iicau'iek, e»4.

Mi' liam.

y«rur 4. At Uiuuiiighuoi, Phoebe, wife
of Lt.-Col. JVIoxon, fortoerly n resident
for mitny ycar» in the East Indies.
/«jia 13. A^ed 78, (ieorgc Glorer
I, ewi- of Alveston.
/y 2. A^ed 47, Mndunic dii Cbas*
LiMly Abbet>« of Frineetborp Nun-
neiy.

Jv^ 10. At Edgbaston, Sanb, widow
of J ■']. of Aston ; diiu. of

tl4. '•. esq. of Binningham.

,/„.y ,1. ... .'arwick, nijed J8, Mr.
Joseph FhilljpH, plumber und glitzii-r, an
Alderman in the late, nnd a Councilman
in the present, Corpomtion.

Wii.Ta JvMt ii. At Upavon, Anne,

wib of R. tstrutton, esq.
/mm lO- Vere, wife of Robert Haynes,

lord House, Anna- Maria-
Sc! "I Wadbani Loeke. esq. only

d«u. uf tlie late Francis Powell, esq, of
Hurdeott (teeour vol. n , p.GOti; vul. riii.
|i. (Mil).

WoRCEBTCii. — Junt 9. At Malvern,
ug«d ^, Peter Frost, esq. iin old and
worthy inhabitant of Cbeitenhitin, und
fofiiiLiU uf i!ii- Knst India CoMipuny's
Iji i :. By hie death the

»;i -tittition^of Cbelten-

li:,i Mr.

ii'icty

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Qlouoestrr
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rnd'iwnietir rf

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St. John's

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duration for sucb as have been educated
at the said asyluoi, 100/.

June 17. At Hampton, neur Embaiiiy
WffiA 46, Daniel Buzalgette, esq,

JuM 21. At Blukes-ball, Abel L«w,
etq. of Kiddertniiister.

July 3. At Evenlode Ilectory, Es*
tlier-C'urrntber.f , wife ol the Kev. ('has.
Juiue!', Rector.

Jutff 4. At Worcester, aged 3*, Thos,
Garden, esq.

Jii/y 6. At Persborc, aged 9b, Samud
Hui'kett, esq.

VoiusHiBK. — April 2. At Ovington,
near Gretubridge, ngcd 73, Ann, wife of
Mr. J. Rninc, and mother of the Rev.
Jumes Ruinc, ol Crottk Hall, Dnrhani.

Jultf 1. Aged 76, John Matiterman,
c«q. one of tlic senior mcoibcn, of the
Trinity House, Hull.

yu/y 3. At Obwaldkiik Hull, Mnry,
relict of Rich. Oakley, et.q, of Pen Park,
L-o, Gluuc.

Juljf 11, At Uowden, aged 73, John
Watson, esq,

Vf Alts.— June Vi. Aged 08. R. Peel,
c«q. of Tiiliurit, Oaermartbensbire.

Lately. At Swansea, G. Wilkinuon,
esq. formerly of Great Coraui-st.

July !). At the residence of her son,
Minydon, Carnurvonsbircaged 77, Patty,
relict of Rieh. C.'lough, esq. of Glan-y-
wern, co, Denbigh, second dau. and cob.
of the late James Butler, c^q. of War-
ininghurtit Park, Sussex.

Scotland. — June 4. .At Edinburgh,
aged 7j, Lt.-Col. Alex. Loraine, De-
puty Governor of South Sea (.^ostlc. He
was appointed Ensign 4'2d foot 1778,
Lieut. i7«l, 9th foot 1780, Capt. 1793,
Major 1799, Lt.-Col. 9lRt foot IftOl.
He served four campaigns in America,
Iwtween live and .six years in the West
Indies, and was at the capture of the
French West India islands. He alao
served on the continent of Europe; was
an Assistant Mil. Secretary in the Coni-
mander in Chief's office for seven years,
and aubeequenily one of the Commis.
sioners of Barracks. Having served 2!)
vears when he accepted civil employment,
lie wus allowed to sell his Lieut. -Colo-
nelcy, but retain bis rank,

June 8. At Arniston, R. Dinidos,
esq. His father was Lord Chief Bnron
of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland.

Jane 21. At Greenock, aged 21, the
wife of James Mac Bride, esq. third duu.
of T. C, Houn»«ll, esq. of Wykes Court,
near Bridport.

iMttly. At Greenock, LLeut. Dun*
can Bluir. R.N.

July I. At DiuiraggeL, Wigtonsfaire,
aged ''m, Amiv, wile of Sir James Da].
rympie Uiiy, Bait. She wac a daa. of

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George Ilatborn, esq. of London, bcrsnic
the ft'fond wife of SirJiiines H«y in \b£li,
and lins left sovcral children.

Jeksky. — Mau ]>?. Major.Gen. Ar-
cbibuld Campbell, C.B. I'iLMii.-tiovemor
of Jersey. Ho wii-s appointed Capt.^lth
foot I7S>J, Major in ilie army 180j, in
bitb ISI)7. Lieut.. Col. -Ith ('cylon n-pt.
1810. 6tb foot 181;;, brevet Colonel 1819,
Major- Gen. 1830. He served in West
Indies, particularly at the conquest of
AiiU'tiiii<iue, and in the Peninsula, and
teoeivcd a medal and one clasp for the
feittle of Vittoria.

lai.L.\VD.—Mar. 26. At the house of
liis brother-in-lnw (.'apt. Sa«(fe, J. i*.
Hnglajis Wood, the Very Rev. Dr. Cole-
man, vicor-general of the Roman Cittho.
lie ehurcb in Ltuiitin.

Lately. At Galway, aged 4fi, the
Hon. and Rev. NicholuN Ffrench, brother
to Lord Kfrcncb ; in holy orders of the
church of Rome.

At Clontarf, dronned by the upsetting
of a crazy punt, into which seven gentlc-
inen ventured, Mr. Kure.snlf Johnson,
Mr. Hoey, and Captain Whilcy, of the
hjilf.pay.

Aged 41, the Hon. Ricliard Wcstcnm,
second eon of Lord Russmore, by his
lordship's tirst miirriagc. He married in
16^ Henrietta, only child of Owen
Scott, esq. and hu lefti.sijue thive daugh.
tcrs.

East iNurts. — March 9. At Meernt,
near Delhi, af;ed 30, Lieut. John Whit-
worth, of the 3d Buffs.

March 18. At Calcutta, Charles Fred.
Young, esq. formerly of the China Es-
tablishment, and late of the Bengal Civil
Service, third son of Sir W. Young, Bart.
East India director, by Lticv. youngest
dau. of Col. ChnrlcB I'icderick.

March 'iO. At Chin surah, Bengal, ii>
his 'i'JA year, Lieut. Alex. Cooke, Otb
regt. second son of the Rev. A. C-ookc,
of Loversall, Yorkshire.

March 23. At Ciileutta, aged 27, Wil-
littin Luvic Malonc Toone, civil service.

April 1. At Sumbulpore, Capt. Geo.
Abbott, 1 jih Bengal niuive inf.

ytfitifiQ. At Mndnis, aged 18, En-
sign K. Podmore, 1st Madras N. Inf.
son of Mr. R. Podmore, of Stoke New-
ington.

Lately. At Octacmund, Lieut. John
Harvey, 11. AI. 51th re^t. son of Vicc-
Adm. Sir T. Harvey, K.C.B.

At Villoie. East Indies, Lieut, .Fohiv
Biie^, 16th Nat. Inf. eldest son of the
Hcv. W. U. Buc^, and of Mn. Buct-,
U(e of Bath.

June II. On his {lossage from Indiiir
•gcd2&, Lieut. Snell, tih Modnu Cavslry,

Wr.ST IsDUS.— April 89. At Demf>
rora, in his 20th ycur, James John Bigg;,
esq.

May 4. At St. Thomai, aged 38,
Walter Stubbs, esq. son of the late Rev.
J. P. Stubbs^ M.A, of Wa%'ertree, Lanr.

AmoAD.—Feb. 12. At Paris, aged 6.'i,
Libon, the viuliiiitil. He wus n tavourilA
pupil of the celebrated Viotti, uiid quitted
bis master to be engaged as first violini.st
Rt the chapel of John 11. King of Portu-
gal. He subsequently held the same
plucc at the Court of Madrid, under
Churlcs IV. He returned to Paris in
IVOli, and was successively lirst violinist
to the Empresses Josephine and Mnri*
Louisa, and to Charles X. He was the
composer of several studies which M'cre i
much admired, and a greut number of
musical works played at theConservatoire.

Match 5. At the establishment of the
Australian Company, in Is'cw South
Woles, of which he was the superintend-
ent, Lieut.-Co]. Henry Dumarcsq, He
was appointed Lieut. 9th foot 1808, Capt.
1813, brevet. MBJor 1815, Lt.-Col. 1817.
He served in Spain and Portugal, was la
1813 Aide-de-camp to Miijor-Gen. Ro.
binson, and Deputy Assistant Quarter*
master-gen. ; afterwards served iu I'Tan-
ders, and was present at Waterloo.

April 16. At Paris, aged 52, Capt,
Lewis Sfaepbeard, R.N. He was made
a Lieut, in Jan. 1797; Cooiraander Jan.
1808, and afterwards appointed to the
This.bc 5^5, in which he took Lt.-Gen.
Whitclockc to (he Rio de la Plata in
18U7, and to the Braxen sinop, ot the
Jamaica station from 1808 to Oct. lUlUw
when he attained post rank.

May 7. At PhiladelphiB, aged 05,
Thomas Bradford, successor to fienja.
min Franklin, and the oldest printer in i
America,

May 20. At Paris, aged 29, H. C\
Watson, etiq. of Trcmaton, eo. Devon.

May 22. At Alontrea), in <i duel,]
Lieut.-Col. Warde. 1st Rovals, eldest son''
of iheUtc Gen. Sir Htiiry\Vurde, K.C:.B.

June 8. The Cardinal Fuhrizi, Ali-
nisterof Warot hL- Holiness the Pope.

June 18. At Aluiiieb, aged ?8, Tbe^
Ba\*arian minister of state, Count Maia«f
milian de Montgelas. He acted a eon-j
spicuous part in the a/Toirs of Bavaria be*
twcen 1779 and 18I7.

June 17. At Btoii<, Mnry, widow
Capt. C. W. Hotchkys, R.N.

Ju7it2<i. At Florence, William Frcdc
ric, inlant son nf rhc Hcin. .Mr Irl.

Juneau,
Hkkev, esq. <

He was the Koii m i m^iii inrkcH,
vf Richmond, co. York, wm nuttier

1838.]

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of Lincoln college, Oxford, in 1783, wu
elected one of Lord Crewe's Exhibition,
era; proceeded B.A. 1788, afterwards
entered at Brasenose college, M.A.
1818, grand compounder.

Ltiefy. In Omada, aged 26, the Hon.
Wm. Crofton, the 85th light inf. brother
to Lord Crofton.

At sea, on his passage from the West
Indies, aged 54, Lieut. Fortescue, Com>
mander of H. M.'s packet brig Nightin>
gale.

At Seville, aged 75, the Chevalier de
Cevallos, formerly minister of foreign
aflairs for Spain, and successively ambaS'
sador at Naples, Lisbon, Vienna, and at
the English court. The manifesto which
he published when Napoleon invaded the

Peninsula, made a great impression in
Europe. The Marchioness d'Espeja,
wife of Maria Christina's ambassador at
the French court, is the daughter of M. de
Cevallos.

Aged 72, M. de Massabiau, Librarian
at Sainte-Genevi^ve,authorof an excellent
work, entitled, « The Slavery of the Mid-
dle Ages ; ' also of a very useful book,
named ' Esprit des Institutions Poll-
tiques.'

July 2. At L^born, aged 65, J.
Robinson, esq. of Curaberland-st. Bry-
anstone-square.

July 5. At Havre de Grace, aged 88,
Helena, widow of A. Hunter, esq.

July 16. At Boulo^e>sur>Mer, Ca>
tharine. Countess Mazzinghi.

BILL OF MORTALITY, from June 26 to July 24, 183a

Christened
Males 7241
Females 725 j

1449

Buried.

Males 629 ) ,<y-c>

Females 643 ] ''"^

Whereof have died under two years old ...292

2 and 5 149

5 and 10 63

5. , 10 and 20 57

B/120 and 30 124

30 and 40 135

40 and 50 149

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50 and
60 and
70 and
80 and
90 and 100
103

60 109
70 90

80
90

81

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AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, July 27.

Wheat
«. d.
66 4

Barley.

t. d.
31 4

OaU.

t. d.

Rye.
s. d.
35 2

Beans.
t. d.
31 6

Peas.

36

PRICE OF HOPS, per cwt. July 28.

Famham (seconds) OL

Kent Pockets 3/.

Sussex 3^

0*. to
lOt. to

OL
61.

0«.

0*.

Kent Bags 3/. 10«. to 51. &$.

Sussex 0/. Ot. to 0/. 0«.

Famham (fine) 7/. Of. to 8/. 10«. Sussex 3^ 5«. to 3/. 16f.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, July 28.
Smithfield, Hay, 4/. 15«. to 5/. IS* — Straw, 21.2$. to 21. 8f.— Clover, 5/. 10«. to 6/. 10*.

To sink the Ofifal — per stone of Slbs.

4(f. I Lamb St. Od. to 6«. Oi.

Od. Headof Cattle at Market, July 27.

44. Beasts 567 Calves 410

2</. I Sheep & Lambs 10,940 Pigs 450

COAL MARKET, July 27.
Walls Ends, from 16«. 6<^. to 22«. 9d. per ton. Other sorts from 15«. 3d. to 27f. Od.
TALLOW, per cwt.— Town Tallow, 46». 6d. Yellow Russia, 40*. Od.
CANDLES, 7«. 6d. per doz. Moulds, 9*. Od.

SMITHFIELD, July 27.

Beef. 3». id. to 4«.

Mutton 4t. Od. to 5t.

Vml 4f. id. to 5*.

Pork 4*. 2d. to 5i.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, Brothers, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Comhill.

Birmingham Canal, 221. Ellesmere and Chester, 80. Grand Junction,

203. Kennet and Avon, 25|. Leeds and Liverpool, 670. Regent's, I5|.

Rochdale, 104. London Dock Stock, 61}. St. Katharine's, 102. East

and West India, 107. Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 206.— i— Grand June-

tion Water Works, 61. West Middlesex, 94. Globe Insurance, 143.

Gnaidian, 34}. Hope, 5|. Chartered Gas, 55. Imperial Gras, 49|.

Phoenix Gu, 23. Independent Gas, 48. General United Gas, 29. Canad«

Land Company, 29. Reversionary Interest, 132.

For Prices of all other Shares inquire as abore.

METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, by W. CARY, Strand.

From Junt 23, 1838, io Julif 25, both incltuivt.

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Prom June 27 Io Jvlp 27, 1838, bath iiteluthe.

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78 pm.

78 76 pm.

78 76 pro.
77 79 pnr

79 7!lpm

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70 72 pm.

71 73 pm.
73 71 pni.
73 71 pm.

71 73 pm.

72 74 pm.
72 74 pm.

72 75 pm.
75 73 pm.
75 73 pni.
75 73 pui.
75 73 pill,

73 75 j.m.

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THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

SEPTEMBER, 1838.

By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent.
CONTENTS.

MiNOB ComBSBPowDKNCK. — Barisl of Excommunicated Feraons. — Rev. J. S.

Pratt.— Jos^h Barham, Eaq. — Sir R. Bigland, &c. &a 234

WitKINBOM'S MaKNUS AND CUSTOKS OF TBK AkCIKNT EoYPTIANS. . . . 335

DiAftT or A LovxR or Litkraturs, bt Thomas Grbkn, Esq 249

The Spirit of the French and German Langnagei 254

On the AiBnIty of Langoages : Non-affinity of Welsh and GaSUc 263

The Writers of English Hexameters 266

Hall and Church of Temple Balsall, Warwickshire (tritk a Plate) 268

The Coronation Medal (with a Cut) 272

Anecdotes of PnUic Newspapers — the British Press and Globe 274

Destruction of Lady Place, Hurley, Berks 276

Rbtrospbctitk Rktibw — ^The Phoenix Nest, 1593 277

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Tyler's life and Character of Henry the Fifth, 261 ; Poema, by John Ken-
yon, 284 ; Pinney on Disease and Health, 286 ; Abrichts' Dirine Em-
blems, Luther on the Psalms, 287 ; Billings's Temple Church, 288 ; Le-
count's History of the Birmingham Railway, Railroadiana, 292 ; Forbes's
Theory of the Differential and Integral Calculus, 294 ; Beet's Rondeaulz,
295 ; Practical Evils of Dissent, Gordon's Present Sute of Controrersy,
Biddnlph's Baptismal Regeneration, 296; The Cicisbeo, Oxford in 1888,
Elensinia, 297 ; Miscellaneous Reviews 298

FINE ARTS.— Hie Art Union, 300.— School of Design, &c. &c 301

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

New Publications, 302. — Winchester CoIImc, British Museum, Geological
Society, Gresham Musical Library, Crosby Hall 303 — 306

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES. — Proceedings of the Numismatic So.

dety, 306. — Remains on the Downs near Deal 308

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.— Proceedings in Parliament, 308.— Foreign

News, 314. — Domestic Occurrences 315

Promotions, 317. — Births, Marriages 319

OBITUARY; with Memoirs of General A. L. Hay ; Gen. Coffin; Lieut. -
Gen. Sir T. Brown; Colonel Hicks; Rear-Adm. Daniel; Rear-Adm.
Hayes; Capt. Paterson, R.N. ; William Mellish, Esq.; Samuel Thornton,
Esq. ; G. H. Sumner, Esq. ; E. P. Bastard, Esq. ; C. R. Blundell, Esq. ;
C. J. Clavering, Esq. ; J. H. Thursby, Esq. ; Dr. Francia ; Rev. T. T.
Biddulph ; Rev. Canon Newling ; Henry Tyrwhitt, Esq. ; Mr. W. Clarke ;
Mr. G.Watson 321

CLBRor Drccabed, &c. &c 336

Bill of Mortality— Marketa— Prices of Shares, 343.— Meteorolo^al Diary-
Stocks 344

EmbclUslted with a View of Tsmpls BA|.tALL, Warwickshire, ftc. fte.

234
MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

*

*

Wc are sorry to find that from s slijjht
and apijurcnlly uniinportnnt nmission on
the jiurt of our jirinttr, some rpailcrs* Lnvc
supposvd that the letter of Mr. H. N.
Coleridge to Mr. Daniel Stuart, which
WAS iniierted iu our Number for July, and
replied to by the latter in the same num-
ber, bad been communicttte<l to us by Mr.
Stuart, and Qot by Mr. Coleridge himself.
We beg to say that the letter, a« sent by
Mr. Coleridge to Mr. Stuart, had a FoRt-
script to this effect : " A copy of this
letter will be sent to the Gentlenaan^a
Magazine :" and it will lie seen in our
Jane number, p. .SIX), tbnt the receipt of
that copy was then publicly acknowledged,
though we had not then room for ius in-
sertion. Thus Mr. Stuart was doubly
apj>ri»ed of its proposed publication, first
by Mr. Coleridge, and then by ourselves
(in public) , and therefore he desired uh to
Impend to it his reply.

An anonymous Correspondent is in-
debted fo a friend in the West of France,
an antiquary of considerable reputation,
for the following carious fact. After
observing that iu the l!3th and I3th
centuries, Popes' Legates, and even
Bishops, frequently pronounced excom-
munication, not only against princes and
Other lay persons, but against the clergy,
a consequence of which vna the refusal of
christian burial in consecrated ground ;
and that to elude in some degree the
rigour of this law, the mode wag some-
tifflei resorted to, of depositing in snrco-
phagi above ground the btidies of those
whom it was forbidden to bury in holy
eartli ; ho relates that there exists at
Nay, a am.ill parish near Pcriers, in the
diooeae of Coutance^, a stone cofbn of this
kind with its flat cover, which in placed
near the church on the south *idc. Iu
this, according to the common tradition
of the country, was deposited the body of
the Cun' of the parish of Nay, who was
bound to pay to the Pope an annual rent ;
having delayed the payment to<i long for
transmission within the proper tin»e, he
made a com|)iict with the devil to carry
hira to Home, •' itt qnifk ns woman's
thought," and as the reward of this ser-
Tice, nromiicd his body a« soon as li was
buried. But the \^:
for the devil, lor I

body mhoulil br |

JOS, wliifh never
I put under ground.

exprcssiou of I.
in-nphj^ijn^ i« of t ■

uiing

<hat

'I ( .1 1.1 iiii;< Miirro-

wu* mid never will

if wi- i:(l lie had to

in. The

ii.iUf, so lU

amde on Itir
to allow a WHii

they conld, within thesnroophagug, in order
to be cured of intermittent fevers. A late
Curt' of Nay, a man of good sense and in-
telligence, assured my friend that he had
frequently used all his means of persciiasion
to root nut thi>i Huperstilioii, and that he
had only been able to succeed with the
inhabitanta of his own little parish. This
sarcophagns lying on the ground, is the
only one in the present churchyard of .
Nay. History informs us that Pierre dc
Vilaincs, Bif.hop of Bayeux in the year
13G0, having (ailed to pay hi* debt to the
court of Rome, died under cKcommunioa-
tion ; not being able to receive christian
burial, his body remained de)X)sited in the
episcopal palace 80 years, /probably in a
leaden eotfin) and was not interred till
14'10, when tlin debt was jmid by Zanou,
one of bin successors. The policy of
Rome probabljf tolerated this degree of
relaxation in Ine severity of it< spiritual
judgments, since it gave an opportunity
to the piety or benevolence, or sense of
propriety, of heirs and succeasorh, to make
up the losses occasioned by the careleas-
uetti or insubordination of some of its
tributaries.

In the number for July, page 10;^, the
Rev. J. S. Pratt is represented by a typo-
graphical error to have «lied in Herrford-
i/ilre instead of Hertfordshire, in which
county he held the living of St. Marga-
ret's ne«r Stanstead. The Re^■erend

gcnf' - '" i:r!y Vicar of the parish

of S 1 Peterborough ; and

in 1 - ; , .ilume of " Short and

plain bennons tor reading in Familica."
He was an eminently pious and benevolent
christian minister i and his decease will
be lunj; and deejily lamented.

P. -'^4. Mr. Barham's n^— ■ ""' 'olm,
not Joseph. He Nat in for

Stockbridge in tM.ll, and )' ironi

tl»c death of James Brougham, esq. in Feb.
IKM to the dissolution of 1H.17. He was
.Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1M4, and
married in that year Lady Catharine
GrimstoUr eldest dau. of the Earl of Vcrn-
lam.

P. i'iii. The 1 '»'• Sir Rsliili IliL-Und
was llie«nn of ' '^al-

ford I) Mr M.'i by

Eli.- .'er

of); bw

af .^; . in

Car- ;'ii(.

tnnii, , ■ 'I '•"'
Ut« name of liigland by rwyal bcfsoe ifi {
the year ITT-I.

EnnAT*.— P. «1. Hci ' I lin

RiiynuJl W'reford. then i>l "n,

and Mow of Brintol; p. Ilia, l<», /vr
forty -thrw, rrail forty •four.

THE

GEi\TLEMANS MAGAZINE.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
By J. S. WiLKiNBov, F.R.S. &c. 3 vols. Hvo.

THE earliest and most faithful lecords which we possess of Egyptian
history, luust undoubtedly be found in the writings of Mo«cs ; who gives
a very curious and faithful picture of the state of that country in his day.
Yet, OS his mention of Eg)pt only arose from hi$ eonnexion uith the history
of the Jewish people, that country being in early ages their habitation
aud house of bondage and of trial, no full or continuous account can be
expected from the Pentateuch : still, what we possess in the scriptural
narrative is very important, and, as a history, superior to all others. Of
the profane or classical authors, Herodotus stands pre-eminently in
the foremost place. He was in Egypt abont half a century after the
throne of the Pharaohs had been overthrown by the Persian conquest.
He received his inforuiation from the priests, who possessed all the
learning and preserved the traditions of their country ; and no doubt
he had faithfully delivered to us the knowledge which he received from
them : but how far they themselves were acquainted with their early
annalsj and from what tource their information was derived, is a point
not to be overlottkcd, when we place our confidence on the fidelity
of the venerable father of history Mr. Wilkinson thinks that there are
marks in the narrative of Herodotus, which shew that, when in Egj-pt, he
was nut tultnilled into the best socicly ; — a remark, perhaps, a little invidious
and indiscreet, as it would seem to intimate that he had no letters of
j_utnMlueliou from the fJreek nierchaut«, and was confined to the couvcr-
u of the cleryi/. The knowledge which the priests possessed in the

lye of Herodotus of the early history of their counti7, must have been
from traditions preserved iu hieroglyphical characters : bat as that
language, both iu fulness and completeness as well as in precision, is
amazingly inferior to the alphabetical ; and as it could only be opened
by a key Mhich was in the exclusive posisession of the priesthood, who
certainly had tlie power of adding or altering at their own will, as national
pride, or professional interest, atid prejudice suggested ; aud further, as
Uicae sculptured monuments— these alphabets of stone — admitted an
allegorical interpretation, and consequently might be misinterpreted ; aud
as we further know that it was customary with the priests in the time of
Herodotus to conciliate the Greek and Egy])tian authorities ; we cannot
therefore, witli these citutious in our mind, place such coufidencc in it, as
to suppose it to be a strict historical narmtive, or mukc it the basis of
our reasonings aud calculations. Diodorus visited Egypt about 4U0 )car8
sub*equtnt to Herodotus, and collected his history from the documents
shown to him by the priests, from their oral instruction, and from the
account* of the elder (ireek historians. The third li-ading authority on
tliis subject isi Manelho, who was a high-j>ritst at Hciiopolis in the reign i

of I*tolciny, about 2(i() B. C. His catiilogue of the ancient regal succtssiou ^|
is preserved in the works of Kusclnus aud Syncellus; and his authority, ^^
once so dcRpised, has received a great confiimatio", us the names of the
Pharaohs mentiuned by him have been jlecyphercd on the Eg>|»tian monii-
mcDts. " It is," says a rtcrman writer, "worthy of observation, that iu
Herodotus we have the documents of the priests of Memphis ; iu Diodorus,
those of the priests of Thebes i iu Mauetho, those of tic ptiesta of

I

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Heliopolis : — the three principal scats of sacerdotal learning." Certainly
the history of this iiatiou is most worthy of our research, if we consider
only tiie liigh antiquity which it elaims. Egypt h called " the Mother
of Nations ;*' and the very first page we open in her history, the first
glimpse we gain of her institutions, shews a nali<m far advanced in the
arts of civilised life. Its political civihsation must have commenced at
the earliest period to ivhich scriptural traditions will permit us to ascend.
Abraham had presents from the King of Egypt ; and in the time of Moses,
its government was regularly organized : there was a brilliant court, an
influential and learned pricstliood, and an industrious, ingenious, and agricul-
tural people : the arts of life were known, and the instruments of luxury and
splendour possessed. " Many circumstances (says Mr. U'ilkinson) unite
in proclaiming the civilisation of Eg^pt at least as early as the eighteenth
century before onr arra. How far does this throw us back into the infancy
of the world ! at least, of the world peopled by the descciidaula of Noah :
and when we recollect that the pyramids of Memphis were erected within
300 years after the icra assigned to the Deluge -, and that the tombs of
Beni Hassan were hewn and painted with subjects describing the arts and
manners of a hiijhly civilised people, about 600 years after that event; it
may occur that the distance between the Deluge and the construction of
these pyramids and tombs, is not greater than from the present day to the
reign of our own Elizabeth, or Henry the Third." * It might, indeed, be
asked, whether the civilisation of India did not accompany or even precede
that of Egypt : but on that subject only some casual inferences and imper-
fect deductions could be made. Voltaire, and subsequently G. Vico, have
laboured to proi^e the earlier claims of the Chaldean history ; t but supposing
M'ith them, what cannot here be discussed, that the great Babylo-('h:ddaic
Empire rose at the same early dawning of the days that succeeded the retiring
flood, wc cannot lielp admiring how diflercnt has been their fate. Babylon
has fallen : and lier boasted bulwaiks, her aiirial terraces, and her towers
that seemed to defy the heavens, and to mock the destroying power of tbf
earth, have shrunk into an obscure heap of mouldcriug clay — a ruiucd
mound of shurds and rubbish. The lion and ihc serpent couch in dark
aud obscure dens where once glittered her sumptuous palaces ,■ and the
Euphrates, as it rolls through its sedgy solitudes, seems to mourn a desola-
tion, which itself was (he fated instrument to make. Thebes, too, has
suffered from the hand of violence and time ; but it preserves in its granite
bosom the traces of its former greatness. Those gigantic iwrtals, that once
rolled open to admit its military processions and its august ceremonies
of religious worship, are still standing to receive and icpay the crowd of
niodcrn travellers whom an enlightened curiosity leads to her shores.
There we still behold the iuiperishable monuments of her former wealth,
magnificence, and glory. There, in long sucression of pictured annals, are
seen the wonders urought by the hand of her Jiving inhabitants; and
there, still more suqirising, exist, seniblaut even now with life, the very
bodies of the dead, to which art has given a second existence after nature
failed i — an existence which, though it yielded to death, defied his com-
panion the worm, and has equalled in duration the \cry pynunids ihetn*
selves.

" Tlirre llic drend futn on Nile"* fomKkHi •Itorr,

M'lirr

direlt.*

• Vol. ii). p. '.'t'.o.

f "TnnUdit .F.jcyi'lij Balivlui.. .Esvpiui .AcUui*." ( rmr. Ltl-'k

Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians.

237

The next source of attraction towards " tlie Ijaiid of Egypt," is to be
found ill its close comiexion with tlic Sacred History ; " for Israel dnxlt
in the Land of Kgypt ami had possessions thereiij -, " and its being the
tiieatre where the wonders of the Alnii},d»ty powers in mercy and in
Tengmnce, were disjilnyod upon cartii. The Scriptures arc full of the
*' wuniters tliat were done iu Egypt ; of tlic mighty hand and the stretchcd-
out arm ;" of tiio " angel whom the Ixird scut to deliver them from the
boose of bondage ; and when the reproach of Egypt was rolled off them :"
or iu the later days and nnder the darker laugunge of the prophets, when
the atigcr of the Lord was kiudled against it ; when lie made the land
utterly waste and desolate from the towers of Syenc even unto the borders
of Ethiopia; when no foot of man or beast was to pass through it;— >
" when there shall be no man or prince in the land of Egypt, when the
pomp of her strength shall cease, and her daughters shall go into cap-
tivity," Ijastly, we iiiiglit contemplate it with reverence and curiosity
as the land always cekbraled for its early wisdom and its accuuiiilated
treasures of sacred and profane knowledge. Indeed the wisdom of ibo
people was proverbial, and was held in such consideration by other uations
that we liud it taken by the Jews as the standard to which superior learn-
ing iu their own country was conipaied. *' And Solomon's wisdom ex-
celled the wisdom of all the children of tfie cant, and all the wisdom of
Egypt," And Moses had prepared himself for the duties of a legislator
by becoming versed " in all the wisdom of the Egyptians."* The supe-
riority of their legislation has always been nckuowlcdged as the cause of
the duration of an empire uhicli lasted, with a very uniform succession of
hereditary sovereigns and with the same form of government, for a much
longer pcrio<l than the generality of ancient states. To them the sages of
(Jreece, as Thalesand Plato and Eudo\iu5, repaired as to schools of science
and repositories of divine and human learning. Here Solon went to gain

ich a knowledge of their civil polity and the structure of their govcrn-
nt M he might introduce into his own country ; and Pythagoras resided
Wre till he seemed to have imbibed the dark and mystic spirit f of their
tbeolog)', and adopted the gloom and melancholy of their religious austerities,
as well perhaps as aomethiug of the jugt;]ing arts and grave impostures of
the hierarchy with whom he associated. J To the eyes of the philosophers
of Greece, Egypt must certainly have presented a spectacle full of interest,
and in strong contrast with the country which lliey had left for its shores :
— the domestic habits of the people j their division into castes ; the
colleges of priests j the sacerdotal aristocracy combined with monarchy ;
the riches and splendour of the empire ; the >ast public works and colossal
monuments ; the great Pelusian rampart ; the fortified cities ; the artificial

♦ See WilkinBoa, vol. H. p. 23.

•f Wc lake this opportunity of observing, that as the nacreJ btan of Pylliagor«»
occ4uiir>netl inm-h doubt and difficalty among !(chalar» as to llie inteution of the
■nd tbe «electiun of the plant, tbe iolutioD we beg to give ia as followii : — when
P)thu;oraa wi» iu Eg^ypt he found that the nympkien nelurnbo was a sacred plant ;
now the McdA of thu iiclumbo vtry much resemble heatm, and when he returned to
Greece, a« the njmj>hira will not grow in tlinl cljniale uor counfry. he ndojitcd the

pl»i>i » fi-. iMl.liiiK it, These jeeil* or t>eans of the marcotia it was kinfiil to

e. xTc under the influence of Typhoo, a cruel deity, and hateful to

' .iu»e he »nallovtd up tlit-ir Nile,
^'i'ltir ii»<lit(i;tiuu i>r l')'(liai;orB« ivu3 founded on tlie F.fiypUun system: it wat
term and exoteric. At Crotona, the eollrgi* of Fylha^oras h«d six bundred
tlircn. lie Uogbl lUau Kt Agrigvuluin and Ubr)(iuui : but wu iutauce«saful
Old Greece.

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canals and protecting dykes ; the inecbanical and mathematical science
necessary- for their foriuatiou ; and, more than all, the sight of that noble
river the Nile covered with sails and crowned with cities, which was
the source of Eg) pt's early civilisation and wealth, long before their o«'n
Ilyssus had received a name, ur any sounds but the murmurs of the
dove or the whisjicrB of the pine>grove had been heard round the
fountain of Callirhoe. The Greeks must have obsencd with surprise,
also, the quiet and nionotonou'* charact^'r of their institutions ; the
good order and tranquillity of their municipal regulations ; the soft,
gentle, and feminine disposition of the people, so htted for the habits
gif artificial hfe ; the brilliant court of the kings j the skilful and ad-
ranced system of agriculture ; and, {)erhaps, more than all, the regular
caravan trade with ^^thiopia and India, returning with all the curious pro-
ductions and remote riches of the east, laden with " spices and silk, and
{leacocks and ivory :" — all these must have been subjects of the highest
interest to their active and inquiring minds; and we can believe that
when conducted by the Hierophant through dark and subterranean galle-
ries into the sacred recesses of their temple, they looked np Mith awo
and admiration never felt before, as he pointed out to them tbe mysterious
characters, in which the nnaiq)roachablc greatness of the deity of theix
country, llie source of all these blessings and prosperity, was auuounced
to it« worshipjM-rs. " I AM THAT WHICH IS— I AM ALL THAT
HAS BEEN AND THAT SHALL BE ;— NO MORTAL WILL EVTER
LIFT MY VEIL."

Now to Mr. Wilkinson, and his most curious, interesting, and learned
work, from which we shall draw — first, a few observations un the history
of the country, and then tiif flucidations he offers of the customs iind
trades, and the various arts whicli supplied the uants or minislered to the
elegance and luxury of a people accustomed to a re5ned and indulgent life.

" Egyptirm history (he ob»ervc«) and
the nuutners of one of the niojit ancieot
nation* cauiiot but be iuU'rcgriiii: to every
one, and so intimately connected are they
with the acriptural Accounts of tbe Irraet-
itn and the events of gncceetling ages
relative to Judca, that the name of
Egyj>t need only t>e mentioned to recall
the caily impression* wc have received
from the study of the Bible, .\notlier
itrikiiig result derived from the esamina-
tion of Egyptian history i« the cQn>'iciioD
tliat, at Uic most remote period into
which wc have l>cen able to penetrate,
civilised cominnnities alre<idy existed, and
society (wssewed all the fwituros of later
nge«. We have t>een enabled with a suf-
licient degree of precision to fix the
boiidnj^e of the Iiraelitc« and the arrival

^ Joat-ph ; and though these erenta took

' pe in an axe when nntiont ore kcdc-
«nppni(c<r to have been ill their in-

tion as at any aabaequent period of their
hiittory. They had the same arts, tha
game manners and custonia, the same
style of architecture, aad were in tJic
same advanced «(ate of rctiuement at in
the niga of Ramese« the &e<:uiid ; and
no very remarkaltle change* Couk place,
even in evcr-varying ta»t«, between tb«
ncccBsiou of the tirsl Osirtascn and the
denlh of that conqueror who waa the
last monarch of the IHth dynasty. What
high antiquity does this assign to civilita-
tion I Tbe most reaiote point to whicli
we can see, Opens with a nation possess'
iug all the arts of civilised life alrejidy
matured ; and. tlmugb ji.u. far

into the early liiiituiy of .vc

tiud that fl"'' iiii.ituv ,,i in

state is p' .ur

reach ; mil ,,f.

''> Ot IL» bclug tll£
»■■• h«i»e anv jvijl.
■ , Ira
111*

We shall now give »n outline of the plan on wbii-h Mr. Wilkinson hiu
fonuod hii work. The first ctiaptcr contains remarks un the corl^ «t«lo

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of Egypt, with the list of kings given by Manetlio, Herodotus, Diodoriis,
and other nothoi-s ; arid a coiijoctiirc is nlTcred on the origin of the Sfippherd
Kings, U'horu the author supposes to have coine from Assyrin, and tnken
|iosa(-tii/ioti of Lower K^'vpt about the period of Scn»iratuis's reign.* The
second ehn])ter comprises the history of the country from the accession of
the first King Menes to the conquest of Egypt by Alexander. As great
obscurity prevails in the early part of Egyptian iiistory, previous to the
reign of Osirtasen the First, the nutbor Jias drawn up au account of the
iDonnrchs who ruled the country from existing monnmcnts, aud introduced
that part of the same period given by Herodotus and Diodorus, tohich
cannot be made to accord with the monuments. In the third chapter the
author shows that the people m ere divided into four great classes, rcsem-
bhng the castes of India, with uumcroos subdivisions : first, the sacerdotal ;
then, the soldiers and peasants ; the third, the burghers or townsmen j and
the fourth, the plebs or common people. The anthor then considers the
laws and government of Egj'pt in early times. The fifth chapter is em-
ployed in a description of the houses, villas, gardens, vineyards, &c. and
the process of making wine and beer are described. Tlie sixth contains
an account of the furniture of the rooms, the musical instruments, and
dances j and the following the games, exercises, amusements, the serving
of dinner, and other interesting matters relating to their domestic economy.
'IIjc eighth chapter treats of the chase of wild animals, fowling, fishing.
Tlic ninth is of great interest ; respecting their arts, the early me of glass,
and (hose manufaetures in which the sculpture antl ancient writers show
them to have excelled ; the mode of engmving and sculpturing hard
itoiics ■ their lino linen and other sttiflr*! j the papyrus, and manufacture of
paper; potteries: Iwats and ships euiplnyed in war; and the use of tin
and other metals. The tenth and last chapter treats of the style of art
at various epochs, — the early use of the arch, the mechanical style of the
Egyptians, their dresses, customs, and study of medicine.

Nearly half Mr, Wilkinson's first volume is employed on the very diffi-
cult and disputed subject of the early chronology of the country j a sub-
ject too remote and obscure ever to bt^ cleared up ; ajid in which the
authorities themselves arc at variance with each other ; while the inter-
preters of those authorities arg also op|K)Scd in their facts, reasonings, and
conclusions. ^Vithout discussing at length a subject so elaborately obscure
aa this, we shall just observe that many points of much interest appear
rising here and there, some directly and some incidentally on the stream of
Mr. Wilkinson's narrative, on which we may touch. The author considers
that the Egyptians, in feature and language, shew decided marks of an
Asiatic and not of an African origin : a marked distinction is knoivn to
exist b<.twccii the heads of the EgjTptians and the Negroes. " In manner,
language, and many other respects," says Mr. Wilkinson, "' Egypt was
certainly more .Asiatic than African: and though there is no appearance of
the HiufJooand Egyptian religions having been borrowed frotu one another,
which many migiit be induced to conclude from their great analogy in some
|Miints ; yet it is not improbable that these two nations may have proceeded
from the same original stock, and have migrated southwards from their
pttreot country in Ceutral .Asia." Whetlier Eg)pt was originally governed

• Ob the plea of the«e invaders beiaf « patlorni people, while the Anyriuis were
•n tgriemltural oation, Mr. W. *af« they might be looked for among the madtriag
liunlc* v( Ana, and hnve becD a Scjrtluau tribe.

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by n hienrcliy or monarcliy is st!ll a question. Mr. W. thinks, from tlie
circumstance of tlie earlipst names inclosed in ovals being preceded by
tlie title of priest instead of king, \vc might infir tlic probability of a
priestly form of government ; and that like Judea, before tlie time of Saul,
Egypt was ruled by a hierarchy until the accession of its first King Mcnee.
The kings of Egypt ure arranged bv Manetho* in 26 dynasties from the
time of Menes to the invasion of Cambyses, which happened B.C. 525 ;
but it ia doubtful whether any dependence can be placed on the names
and number of the kings before the 18th dynasty. The oldest monuments
of Egypt, and probably in the world, are the Pyranuds to the north of
Memphis ; but they have no hieroglyphics nor sculpture which could
enable us to ascertain the period of their erection, or the names of their
founders. t The first Osirtascn probably lived about 7-10 B. C. and was
therefore contemporary uith Joseph. Previous to his accession there is
little to guide us upon the monuments of Egypt ; the pyramids and
tombs in their vicinity were anterior to hitu, and only a few broken
columns at Karnak and two obelisks bear his name. As regards the
dynasties themselves, we shall leave them to the curious in chronology-, as
they are given in Mr. Wilkinson's pages ; and omit all mention of the first
class of kings who ruled before the creation of Adam, and the second who
preceded the Deluge, and even of Firuoun himself, who was so exceedingly
drunk when the deluge came, that he was sn allowed up and drowned
without knowing his danger. W'c must pass over Nephercheres, in whose
reign the Nile Bowed with honey during seven days ; and Scs6chris, who
was five cubits in height and three in breadth ; and Tosorthrus. who
patronizeil literature before the lime of Abralmm ; and Athelthis, who
wrote anatomical books about the same time ; and Chons, or Cechous,
who made the Mendesiau Goat, a god ; and Phiops, who began to reign
at six years old, and reigned till he completed a century ; and Boccboris,
in whose reign a sheep spoke ; and one who was distinguished by the
euphonetlc appellation of Misphragmuthosis ; and others belonging to
dynasties which Mr. ^^'ilkinsou thinks unquestionable. Amasis or Ames,
the leader of the eighteenth or Theban dynasty, is supposed to be the
" King who knew not Joseph ; " and it was in the fourth year of the reign of
Tbothmes the Third that Mr. Wilkinson dates the Exodus of the Israelites
from Eg)'pt. The reign of Ramescs the' Great, or Remefies-mi-aroun,
the Sesostris of antiquity, was conspicuous as the Augustan npra of Egypt,
when the arts attained a degree of perfection which no after age equalled,
and the arms of Egj'pt penetrated further into the heart of Africa than
under any of his predecessors. J As the early history of Egypt, where it
connects itself with the sacred history and mingles with the Hebrew
records, becomes doubly intereating, we stop here to observe that our

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• The lum of yean from Menw to the Persian invasion, tmr^--*-"" •'> Mutetiio,
mmoont!* to 47^0, without reckoning tlic Nth dyuaity I and i account,

■who was tsinred hy the pritsts th«t IKO kings suocpcdrd th«t jn i, irf», on an

averagp "f 1-^ yeois to a reign, iilwut 4f).'i)i ycori for the tiuiie {H.-ijuii i A «iniilar
objection applies to thr xtatrincntu of Diotlorus, which would ituafuustl aU received
chronology* "'"^ ^^"^"^ '''^ "/' '''• ' fsetf.

f Prom all thnt c&n be collr. lieaJ, il iiiiicart llial Suphi*, and bit brother I

H. i . • "J w»M

tk* cvHjintt <(/ ^ypt,
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author Iim introduced some learned and iugenions remarks on the date of
llic Exodus by tJiat accoroplislied and zealous traveller Lord Pntdhue,
nlticb arc too long for us to detail, but whicli tend to place tliat great event j
In the reign of Flhalimen or Ptliamtnoph, the last king of the eighteenth |
d} nasty; consequently throwing back the dates of these monarchs about i
200 years. With the close of tlie reign of the third Ramcsea,* the most
glorious itra of Egyptian history teruiinatcs. The thirst for foreign
aquest was satinficd, and the grand military expeditions whicli had cast
splendour on the reigns of the two Rameses and Oscrei. were now
abandoned. It was in the reigo of Necho (about 600 B. C.) that an
expedition was fitted out under experienced Phoenician sailors and pilots,
on a voyage of discovery along the coast of Africa, with orders to start
from the Arabian Gulf, and come round throiigli the pillars of Hercules
into the North Sea. and to return to Egypt. Tlie well-known voyage of
Hanno was of subsequent date, and therefore the honour, for such indeed
it was, whether we consider the motive of the undertaking, or the skill
and success with wliich it was accomplished, of being the first to equip an
ex^Krdition for the purpose of making this discovery, belongs to the Egyptian
monarch, who thereby ascertained the peninsular form of Africa, about
twenty-one centuries before the Cape of (Jood Hope was seen by Diaz, or
doubled by Vasco di Gama.f

tion that the sun when rising was oa their
right hand, though so improbable to Hero-
dotus, ia highly satisTactory to hig modem
readem, who are indebted to him for thus
expressing his doubts, aud the proofn of
a fact which might otherwiiie have beea
called in questiuu."

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''In mentioning tlie e.\pedition (sajs
Mr. W.) sent by Necho, Herodotus maVes
one remark, which is singular from its
Gonfinaing the troth of the statements
detailed to him of the Egyptians, for it is
endent they could not have passed the
Cape of Good Hope without observing the
pheoomcaon he mentions, and the asser-

The rcigu of Amasis was one of the most flonriahing epochs in the
history of Egypt. The country boasted not less than 20,000 well
inhabited cities. The arts were patronised, the commercial interests of
the couiitrj' i)rotected, and the military forces improved. It was in this
reign that both Solon aud Pythngoras visited this land, the ancient
mother of knowledge and the cradle of civilisation, to study its laws and
government, and perhaps with a desire to penetrate into the mysterious
sciences, the religious tenets, and the profound secrets of the Eg\-ptian5>
which were veiled from foieign eyes. It was at the close of this reign,
that by the invasion and conquest by Cambyses, Egypt became a province
of Persia, though the hated yoke was afterwards thrown off j only again to
be more heavily felt when Ocijus or Artaxerxes the Third reduced the
whole country, and among other persecutions, enormities, and profanation
of religious rites, had the sacred bull Apis slain and sened up at a ban-
quet, when the tyrant and his friends partook of this desecrated beef.

'llic arrival of Alexander the Great, in the year .332, pot an end to the
domiuion of the Persians. It was greeted with universal satisfaction ; the
Macedonian army was received with the strongest demonstrations of
friendship, and their coming was considered as a direct interposition of
the Gods ; and so wise (says our narrntor) and conciliatory was the con-

* This was about 1235 B. C.

t Barthol. Diaz discovered it in Mg', but did not Innd, and named it Capo
Tonoentooo, in the reign of Jola the Second. Emanuel, liis successor, sent Vascg di
Osma ill I4£r7, with orders to double it, and proceed to IndiM>
Oknt. M^io. Vol. X. 2 1

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[Sept.

<lijct of the early Ptolcnilcs, that the Egyptians almost ceased to re|;rct th«
]»crioil ivlicn they were goven»ed by their native princes.

Before mc give a few notices, for scanty must be the gleaning we c«aj
make of so rich and abundant a harvest, from the pictorial history of thi
country> so fortunately j)rescrved and so faithfully deliueatcd in the work]
before usj we may as well observe that Egypt, properly so caJled, is that]
portion of the valley of the Nile lying between lat. 24" 3' and 31«> 37',
or between the island of Phila- and the Mediterranean Sea. The avera^j
breadth of the valley is only about seven miles, and that of the culti<
vable land scarcely exceeds live miles and a half. The whole arable land j
may be computed at about 2,2.']5 square miles. From the constant deposit
of the river, the extent of irrigated land is greater now tijan in ancient j
times ; and this increase, the author thinks, will continue, in spite ofj
the few local impediments which the drifted sand may occasionally i
ofTer.

We shall now make a few extracts from different divisions of Mr. Wit«
kinson's work, in the order generally in which he has judiciously placed \
them; and which will serve in many cases to shew the extraordinarily i
minute and accurate knowledge we have gained of this ancient people]
by !i succession of paintings, which have spoken far more vindly and clearly (
than the pen of the historian could have done ; and which gives nfl [
the san)e intimate acquaintance with ancient Thebes, aa we have recelTedj
of Roman life and customs from the discovery of Pompeii. Under the]
article of

Trade. — We observe that the princi-
pnl objects introduced in early times from
Arabia and India were 8pice» and variona
Oriental productions, required eitlier for
the service of religion or the purposes
of luxury ; and a number of precious
stone!), lupia lazzuli and other thing'*,
brought Trom those couotries, are fre-
quently iliacovered in the tombs of Thebes,
bearing the namcji of Pharaohs of the eigh-
teenth dynasty. The mines of this one de-
JLiert iiupjilicdeiueralds, and they were work-
ed at l(<a$t as early a^ the reign iif Amii-
uuph (11. or \4i^ B. c. ; but many other
slunes must have come from India, and
Bome plants, as the uytnphieA nelumbo,
could only have been introduced from
that country. Tbi« interesting plant was
certainly not iadi^noua in Kgypt, from
the care that was thought neceiMry in

planting it, and it i* now totally un*!
known in the volley of the Nile. Anolberj
source of wealth was derived from thtTI
gold mines in the upper country, anA.1
which are ttill known to the Arabs in th0|
moontaias of the Bish&riCh. The gold
lieti in veins of quartz, and was ncrparatcdj
by washing, as is represented in tba]
raintinga of the tombs of the ancieutl
Pharaohs. The silyer mines also pro-j
duccd an immense sura, as well as those ]
of cop[ier, lead, and Iron. Thus, theri,|
we can acoouut for the scriptural alia*
sious to the ' greater riches than thfll
treasures of Egypt,' and the propbetin]
allusion to the pomp of Egyiit, and the|
jewels and gold which the Hebrews bor
rowed of the Egyptians, and the descrip-'
lion of tlie poet is correctly drawn —

how the emeriUds glow'd

Wlere flush'd with power and conquest Phnroob rode, kc*

The Army. — The strength of the army
consisted in archers, and the number of
war chariot' ftppe>ir5 to hate been great ;
but it I i; we have uo n>

prcscii: "^1 or catialrjf m

the nciiii''»ii ;., iuuui:ii lltey arc too fre-
fjuently noticed in history l4i tidmtt •

doubt of their cmploymeut. ' Put uutl
thy trust in Egypt for chariots and for
hor*fintm.' At .l.irob't funmil a great
mil ■ ijonit'

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Cimi IIM-, |iiu •<ii II liK' i-iiaiiiiis (lU tlu

ie«vin£ I^gypt, The trluniplul song

• Sec Ep, llcb. xl. S6 ( Kfclt. aiKli. 1? ; Exod. jdL U. lleber's •• Puugt
lUd 8«a,*' fidt Pmuns.

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243

Mowa mentioiu the ' hone and his rider,'
iwd mention is made of Egjrptian cavalry
in other parts of Scriptore. It is cer-
tmnlj diorefore singular that it should
aot he ibvnd jn the scnlptores; but other
■milar omissions occur, as that of the
eme/, oi which, though the animal was
known as one of the oldest and most
naeftil companions of man in the earliest
ages, * we beliere no representation is
giren in the Theban sculpture or paint-
Jngi. The armour defensiTe and offen>
jive resembled that of the Greeks in
■any particulars ; bat the Egyptians, like
the did English archers, in shooting,
bron^ the arrow to the ear, the shiJt
ir*""C measured a line with the eye,
«faile u>e Greeks adopted the less perfect
-mode of placing the bow immexliately
before them, and drawing the string to the
body abreast.f Their mode of carrying
the quTar also differed from that of the
.Gneks, who bore it on their shoulders,
.<Hon. 0. A. 45.)

T^ ifUHiriv txtiv, dfufnip*<f)€a re
itaperpiiy.

and firmn that of some Asiatic people, who
soqiended it vertically at ueir back,
•fanost on a level with the elbow; the
eoatom of the Egyptians being to fix it

nearly in a horisontal position, and to
draw out the arrows fire>m beneath his
arm. One other wes^n we must men-
tion, which was the carved stick or dab
(now called Luum) which experience has
shown to be an efficacious weapon in close
combat. To the Bishareen it supplies
the place of the sword ; and the Ababdeh,
content with this, encounters the hostile
Maazy, whom they frequently defeat,
though armed with the matchlock and
dagger. Its length was about two feet
and a half, made of a hard thorn wood,
as the mimosas, which are still used for
the same purpose.^ Of the chariots we
have no room to speak, bat they much
resembled those used by the Greeks and
described by Homer.f Bat Mr. Wilkin-
son observes that ' the fact of their hav-
ing at the earliest period of their his-
tory invented and used a form of /wie,
whose introduction into our own country
bears date only between thirty and forty
years, shows Uie advancement they had
made in that remote sra and the skill of
their workmen. It is rather aingiilyr
that no exterior trace was found neces-
sary to confine the horse. No instance
occurs of chariots drawn by more than
two horses, and none of one furnished
with shafts and drawn by a single
horse.'

"Cedant arma togee^" — let as pass onward to tbe arte of peace,|| tbe
discoveries of science, and the gentler employments of domestic and so<
dallife.

The Money of the Egyptians was
in riitga of gold and silver, and it is re-
markidile that the same currency is to
this day employed in Sennaar and the
neighbouring countries. What was the
test of their purity and value does not
appear, for none have been discovered
in the ruins or tombs of Thebes, though
40 frequently represented in the sculp-
ture.

Pastors — ^including shepherds, ox-

herds, goat-herds, and swine-herds. It
is well known that this class of persons
were ' an abomination to the Egyptians ;'
they were looked on as a degraded caste ;
and Pharaoh treated the Hebrews with
that contempt which every Egyptian felt
towards shepherds. When Joseph re-
commended his brethren to seek to
dwell in the land of Goshen, it might be
not only for the sake of its pasturage,
but that they might be apart from those

* See Gen. xii. 16, where we find the camel existed in Egypt in the time of
Abraham.

f See Hom. II. A. 123. 'J^evptjv fiiv /ioC^f irtkvuriv,

X In Mr. Wilkinson's picture, No. 47, the leading soldier has very much the
appearance of one of the Chinese infantry with his bow, arrows, and silk petticoat.

( For the "plaustnun," or travelling car, see vol. iii. p. 179. Only otte instance
of this carriage being represented has been found.

II Mr. Wilkinson mentions in this place an ingenious remark of Mr. W. Bankes re-
specting the choice of the olive as the emblem of peace. After the devastation of a
country by hostile invasion, and the conseqaent neglect of its culture, no jilantation
requires a longer period to restore its previously flourishing condition than the olivo
grove, and this tree may have been appropriately selected as the representation of
peace. *' Paciferaque mana ramum prtetendit olivte."

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[Sept.

who were not 3lie]>herds like tkemsclves.
That this strong fwling of the Egyptians
did not ari-e solely from contempt for
a low and humble occapiition must be
evident, an occupation which for its tran-
quillity, ita leisure, its comtnunion with
the scenes of nature, and its separation
from the labours and toil of life, has
been the theme on which the poetic fancy
has ever loved to dwell, and which the
Greeks so highly esteemed as to make
it the occupation of one of their most
resplendent deities while sojourning on
earth ; an occupation which we n^isociate
with the beauty of Arcadian valleys,
or the flowery plains of Enaa; which
was followed in the primitive nges of the
world, 'by the patriarchs dwelling in their
tents,' and which in a tine climate and
plentiful country seems to nalise as much
of tlie animal enjoyments of life as can be
rationally expected. When we also find that,
according to Herodotus, the goat-herds
of the Meudesian nome* were held in
honour, (ii. 46") we must tht-reforo sup-
pose another and more powerful cause to
have arisen from the occupation of the
country by a pastor rncc ; und that the
reign of the Shepherd Kings was marked
by cruelty and oppression. The artists
both of Upper ajid Lower Egypt delighted
in representing ttiem as dirty and un-
shaven ; and at Ucni Hassan and the
Pyramids of (.ieezeh, they are caricatured
OB a deformed and unseemly race. Hero-
dotus says that the swineherds were the
only people not permitted to enter the
templet of the deities f

TiiiKVES. — The Egypdana had a cus-
tom resnecting theft and burglars, which
shews the opulence of the coimtry, the
dexterity of the offenders, and the conse-
quent impossibility of repressing the crime
by municipal laws, or protecting property
by the agency of the police ; those who
followed the proftmon of tki^, gave in
their names to the Chief of the Robbers,
(the Shckh el Hara meih of Constanti-
nople and C airo) , and agreed that he should
be informed of every thing as soon as it
came in'llieir possession. The goods were
thus traced, iilentilied, and, on a payment

of A quarter of their vatne, restored. That
the ancient Egy))tiQUS were very clever
and expert in their profession, like their
successors on the Nile and in India, it
known from ancieut BUI hors. Tbcocrittta
says, Id. xv. 4B.

<»8ftf KOKOfpyot
AoXdrat rby wvtq, vap*fmu¥ AJyvrr-

TMTTi."

Marriage. — It is singular that not
a single pointing exists of the marriage
ceremonies among the Egyptians ; but as
Diudorus informs us that the women were
indulged with great and unusual privileges,
and that part of the agreement entered into
was ' that the tvi/e *hould have control
over the htubani!, and thai no objection
should be made to her c</tnrnandi trhateeer
they titiffht ie,' we mny believe that the
artists of the other sex were not much
inclined to ]>erpetuate the testimony of
their own submission and inferioritj.
Certain it is that the Egyptian women
were not secluded in the manner of the
Asiatics and of ancient Greece, but went
abroad with the husband and children, in
a comfortable and christian manner, and
more worthy, as Mr. Wilkinson has it, of
n cinlised people. Joscphus states, that
Potiphor's wife onght to have been out at
a public feast, when she pleaded ill health
as on e.\cuBe to remain at home, and plan
her criminal designs on Ujc unsuspecting
secretary.; Tliat the Tbeban ladiei
abused the privileges which they OBaerted,
in other respects beside the one alluded,
we dare not say ; yet onr regard for their
reputation leads us to regret that they
kept -the key qf the cellar in their own
possession. We hare met with some
drawings that we cannot contemplate with-
out pain, and indeed can hardly believe
the evidence of our sight. Certainly the
painter has sacrificed his gallantry and
respect to that revenge to which inferior
minds, when subject to another, are too
apt to indulge ; and, must we say it .* has
described ladies in such situations, oa
we never beheld since the days of Osiris,
' Ludisque et bibis impndcns." Some ore
calling out for their servants to support

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* Mutton was unlawful food to the inhabitants of the Thehoid ; and Plutarch says,
" no Egyptians, except the Lycopohtes, cat the flesh of sheep ;" but aa large flocks
abounded in Egypt, they must have been kept for their wool. Beef and geese were
tlieir principal food, and a profusion of vegetables. When Juvenal Mys, Porrum et
ri(!|>e itcfas violate et franuere morxu, he ouitht to linvc cunftned the prohibilion (o (he
jiri«Mn"</. wIm '-''--' ' ■ >- i> .i-,— ..- i,,j treatise d« Abstineniia,

lib. ir. gircs >

t "• Aijrii-t':^ ^ i the government of Egyiit

was directed; and thr king, pnotii, iirid military iiad an equal abuo ta tliC |in>da04
vf (he soil," &c. Hamilton'! Egyjitiacui p. i6\, »cq.
V. Jusephi Antiq. u. -1 9.

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them as they sit, others with difficultf
prerent themselves from fallinf; oa tho«e
Whind tliem ; a basin it brovghl too late
£y a rtlvctant maid; nnd the wine t)f
Meroe, or more probably that called
it^Xat, (the Ecboloda of Pliny,) is flung
too Tisibly oo the taioted floor,

et mero

Tin^it Pavimentam supcrbo.

HodSKs. — Tho streets appear to have
been laid oat regularly, without any ad-
muture of large houses and low hovels, as
in Turin. The streets are narrow, as ia
all eastern cities, and noue but the |>riDci-
pal ones could admit a chariot. Aa heavy
rain iras a rare phenotnenou* in Upper
E^y])t, the use of crude brick, baked in
the sua, was universal. These bricks
appear to have paid a tax, and were marked
with the King's aeal. Foreigners were
conatantly engaged in the brick hclda at
Thebes ; and the Hebrews of course were
not excluded from this drudgery ; but to
mttt with the Heltreu't in the *cufjiturea
tmnol rraMOnably be ejjiected, since the
restains iu that part of Egypt where they
Bred have not been preserved ; but it i«
enrious to discover other foreign captives
exercised in the same manner, overlooked
by similar taskmasters, and performing
the same Inbours as the Israelites de-
scribed in the Bible ; and no one can look
on the paintings at Thebex, representing
brickmakers, without a feeling of the
highest interest.

In the interestiag picture Mr. Wilkin-
lon has given of the operation of brick-
nuking, he says,

• ♦• It is worthy of remark, thot more
bricks, bearing the name of Thothmes the
Third (whom he supposes to have been
King of Egypt at tho tim« of the Exodus) ,

have been discovered than of any other
period, owing to the many prisoners of
Asiatic nations employed by him, inde-
pendent of the Hebrew captive3."t The
arrangement of the houses consisted
generally of a court and corridor, with a
set of rooms on either side, not unlike
many now built in oriental and tropiciil
countries. Of the small houses, that
interesting little ancient model, which
belonged to Mr. Salt, and which is now
in the British Museum, gives an excellent
representation. In the chamber on the
top of the house, and in the remotest
nook, the master of the mansion is sitting
OS for the purpose of retirement, while the
couftdential cook or housekeeper is em-
ployed below ; and his situation and ap-
pearance at least reminds us ' Tliat it is
better to dwell hi the comer on n house
top, than with a brawling woman in a wide
house.' The small quantity of wood iu
Egypt, led to the invention of the arch.
It was used in the tombs as early as the
year I-S-IO B. C. and it seems to have been
knon^n )u the time of the first Usirtosen,
contemporary with Joseph, (vol. iii. p,
.'117-1;!). Cedar and deal were imported
from Syria, and we find these exotic
woods, oa Well as sycamore and mimosa,
in the tombs of Thel>es. Rare woods, as
ebony, were part of the tribute imposed on
foreign and conquered nations. On the
houses were terraces, serving both for
shelter by day and repose by night, which
were covered with a roof, snpportcil by
columns. t Tlie shops were open in front,
reserablijig those now seen in Naples and
in all eastern towns, and not unlike our
coach-houses. $

Gabdens. — Of these, from its being
impossible in the drawings to distinguish
the species of the trees, it is difficult to

I

• Herodotus (iil. c. 10,) says, it never rained at Thebes qfter the Persian invasion.
A continued storm of heavy rain for a whole day would be of rare occurrence ; but
showers Ml ab6ut five or six times in the course of a year at Thebes.

t The Egyptians adopted the same character of features for all the inhabitanta of
Syria in their drawings, and those brickmakers have not even the beard so marked
on the people of Syria, and the prisoners of Sheshenk.

t It i* not always safe to depart from the literal text of an authority : ex. gr-
ilwodotuf says, " that the inhabitants protected themselves from the gnnts at night,
by the Mame net with which they fith by day.'' Mr. Wilkinson hoj altered this to a
■NMywIo netf instead of the one he mentions, which would be a poor protection from
audi erutt inteet*. But Herodotus, after all, may be right ; because no tly will posa
through the meshes of » net, howc\-er large, if a dark surface is against it ; and thus
they may be prevented from entering shops, &c. Piukerton (Geog. ii. .>3.5,) mentions
that the Gunranis wear " * 1 of clothes, perhapt to keep ttff thejtit*. Mr,

Saulhcy adds, as Mr. ^^ I, " ai if those bloodsuckers were to be krpt off

by 0|>en nct-work !".(v. >•' ., - Works, vii. \M.) Let the Laurcato try the plan,

we will unsA'cr for its succcts.

{ Sec vol. iii. p. 15B ; and Lane's Mod. £gyptiuu, vol, ii. pp. 9, lU, wood-crat«.

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)ciiow the details. In the plan they ap'
pear to resemble Homer's description of
the garden of AlcinoUf ; Ihey Were laid
out iu regular walks, shaded by trees,
planted in rows ; whether the trees were
truumed and modelled by the topiarii,
from the nature of the drawings, we can-
not say. The palms are well designed ;
and the A(Ma.i. or Theban palms may be
easily rccogni/ed, but the other trees and
plants would puzzle Linnceus or Dr. Lind-
ley himself. Witl* the cjireptiou of the
dale and doni palm!), sycamore, tamariiik,
and acacias, Egypt [iroduccd little iirood.
The eycatDore .ind persea had the rank of
aaered/rtiil trees. The latter tree, now
acarce or unknown iu £gy])t, was so
esteemed by the Roniano, that there ex-
ists a law, Dc PiTzetis per yKgyptum
non excidendis vel vendendis. The vines
were trained in bowers, or iu avenues
formed by rafters, like the pergolas of the
Italian gardens, or attached to trees. In
one drawing, No. 13B, monkics arc repre-
sented afi aiisistisg in gathering the fruit,
and handing down the figs fi-om the syca-
more trees to the gardeners below ; but
the artist has not failed also in poortray-
ing them as amply repaying themselves
for the trouble of their occupation. Our
author adds, that in Abyssinia, at the prc-
aent day, monkies, among other accom-
plishments, are taught to officiate as torch -
oearers during supper, and seated in a
row, they hold the lightj« until the depar-
ture of the guests, and wait their own
lepaat as allowed for tlieir nervices. It
is however by long persuasion alone Uiat
they engage in this delicate office ; and
somctirat.-:!, if we must speak the trutJi, an
unruly and bidf-cagte oiuiikey will throw
his lighted torcli of discord into the midst
of the unsuspecting guests.

FuRMTiTRE. — The manner of rej)Osing
used by the Egyjitian-s, seems partly Euro-
pean and partly Asiatic. They sntt- on
chairsaad fai tiuils, sometimes using »loolg
and low scats, and some sat cross-legged
upon mats and carpeti. While conversing,
they did not recline upon div&ns, like the
£aatcm people, nor, like the Romau.i, lie
recumbent, supported by the elbow on a
trioliuiutn or coucb, '■ -•: — ^tIs : though
douches and ottoni • part of an

Egyptian aalooo. i : urs were of

most elegant forms, and formed of ebony,
iTory, and the rfire?t -n-nod'. and covered
with the ricli' 1 the

sculptures on < V wc

havf aulllorlt^
tixaf. likctbi
for, jits Philo ol;--- - ■

(ained his brethren, he ordered them to
nit according to their agtrs. A wooden
pillow for the support of the head seems
to have been of universal use, however
inconvenient it may appeair to us. At
meals, as they had neither knives nor
forks,* nor any substitute answering to
the ehopttickn of the Chinese, they ate
with their fingers, as the modem Asiatics,
and invariably with the right hand ; but
sponus were introduced at table, where
soup or li<juids required their use. That
they scrupulously wnshed themselves be-
fore and after meals h evident ; but there
Is no evidence of soap having been used
by them. As it is the practice of the clergy
of the prejent Jay to saitctify the feast with
a prayer ; so die Egyptian priesLs gave to
the conviviality of dinner a rdigious
&s|iect, by introducing the figure of a
mummy, to remind the guests of their
mortality ; — ' mcnsis exsanguem hnud
separat umbram.' litis, Mr. W. calls a
salutary lesson, deserving of commenda-
tion. Of their wines we have no room
to give an account in this place. They
made a kind of beer of barley, vrhicfa was
much drank, and flavoured with tupintt
instead of hops :

' madido sociata liipino

Ut Pelusiaci proritct pocula zythi.*

Gamkb. — We have no room to enume-
rate these, some of which resemble the
games of the Greeks .ind Romans ; but wo
traiis<'rtl>e a. passage for the sake of remov-
ing an old error in natural history. In the
toy of the orocodilf wc have sufficient
evidence thut the erroneous notion of
Herodotu>-, who statci- Hiat this animal
does not move Ibc lower jaw, and is the
only ojiima] which brings the up|HT one
down to the lower, did not originate with
the Egyptians. The motion of the head of
the rrncodile is mii«laken for that of the
upper JRW. Like other auimads, it moves
the lower jaw only, but when seizing its
prey, the head being thrown up, givea the
appearance of motion in the upper jaw,
and leads those who see it into this erro*
neons coDclosion.

to be an '
everr og'. -
sued with ever.
deiianc« of tlaii.; >

of pr»»y. The Kg;, puaui.
FportA of the Aeld, ami i>

iiise seem*

of men in

. ..jiiate, pur-

>t device, every

r cverv specie*

I - the

the

* Wc btiierv tlut m/ork haa ever been found at VomptiL

1838.]

Wlkimon's Ancient Egt/ptians.

241

at
Har

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^1 mere

1 iecoi

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tlie F/ist.* well described by Somerville

in I Poem of the Chaae; and

pi. in ancient Italy, aa we find

ffiitii II f Virgil and Stu-

lius. ■ ne c-ing^uut,' i.

Thry II ■.. . . ,,r, perhaps like the

Prr- .!> .;i . . Mn.lit, in the o]H-n plains,
the r t M AJa^in liia chariDt ; as

wc ' iieen Anne used to hnnt

uue-horse chaise, while
iQi^i >c. Jolin rode in attendance.
3. They employed the looji or lasio of the
South Americans to catch the iben or
wjU 01. -1. They trained the lion for
their assialance in the chase, as the tall
leopard or cheeta is now used in India.
5, The lion was freqnently brought up
fffme, as it ig now, we believe, in Abysstniii
and some parti of Africa ; and frum boate
«<..,li,f,ir,.i; -if Thebes we find the favouritt,-
li' lying the monarch to battle.

Ml. -ijii saw »ome tame lions at

Caitu; ttiiU it ia a fact, however, to be
recounted for. that animals are more eaHily
cod «|nickly lamed ia hot climates than in
Europe; for which, see what M. La
Martine aays on Lite horses and birds of
Palestine, in the very elegant and eloquent
narrative of his travels ; and our author
ranarka how much more tractable and
attached the cat is in Egypt than in oar
of the globe. The animals banted
the gaeelle, the ibex, the oryx, wild
•tag, kebsh or wild sheep, hare, and
porcapine. The fox, hyaena, wolf, and
jaekat were destroyed as beaats of prey or
for their skins ; and the ostrich was
held in high value fur iU plumes. It is
singular tliat the chase neither of tho wild
boar nr the wild ass, though both aniiiial$
are common, and are tlie usual objects of
pursuit in the East, are to be seeu in the
•colptures.f The monsters that we meet
with in the sculptures and among the
hieroglyphics, are generally unnatu ral corn-

bins tioni of parts of the foregoing animals, ;
Denon ha£ justly remarked on the com-
parative size of animals common to Europe
and £§^7)1, that the latter are alwayit
smaller than o\ir own ; this is strongly
exemplified in the hare and the wolf. Thft
giraffe was not a native of Egypt, bat
Ethiopia ; where it was brought with apes
and other animals as a tribute to the Pha-
raohs. The camel is never seen in sculp-
ture, as we mentioned, nor either fowls or
pigeons among the domestic poultry. The
cat and dog were sacred animals, and to
kill them was a capital offence : ' Oppida
tota CanetH venerantur.'

Arts. — One of the most remarkable
inventions of a remote tera, and with which
the Egyptians appear acquainted as early
as the reign of Osirtasen (350(t years ago)
is that of GlaM-liloirinff. The process is
shown in the paintings of Beni Hassan
(v. pi. 349]. Many glass bottles § have
been found in tlie tombs of Upper and
Lower Egypt ; and a glass bead, bearing
a king's name who lived about 1.500 B. C.
of the game gravity as the crown glass now
manufactured in England. In a hot
country, and under a burning sky like that
of Egypt, glass was not used for windows ;
bat their method of staining it, and
counterfeiting in it precious stones, as
purple amethysts and green emeralds,
have never Iteen etjuaUed by modern skill
of Europeans: II and a n'cklace of false
stones could be purchased o' hired for oc-
casion at a Theban jeweller's, as at Lon-
don or Paris.

" Among the many bottles foand in
the tombs of Thebes, we may suppoce
that none have excited greater curiosity
and »ur[iri»e than those of Chintit manu-
facture, presenting inscriptions in that
language. Mr. Wilkinson has seen seve-
ral, two of which he brought to England.
Another is described by Professor Roael-

When the Chinese emperor Cang-hi went to his great hunting expeditions on tha

wers of Tartary, a hundred thousand horsemen and sixty thousand men on foot

WCoropanied the march, for the purpose of sweeping the country and inclosing the

t In vol. iii. p. 3S, No. 32.9, is an animated and spirited drawing of a chase in the
Deaen of the Thebsld, from a painting at Thebes. The hippopotofUM was destroyed
in the same manner as we do the whale, with a haq>oon and rope attached.

1 An Austrian nobleman a-ikcd an English ambassador at Vienna, whose arms pre-
sented n eriffin and other mousters common in English heraldry, " In what forest
(},, i, r" Tu which the ambassador answered, " In the same where you

n . 1 heads."

4 1 III. > ..t 'I .-=. und broken bottles have been discovered at Pompeii.— V. PUn. N,

\theDBus, lib. V. says, the Egyptians pitt gl.'js*. Prom on epigram of Martial,

we may suppose the Egvptian drinking irl 'he manufacture of Ttad^.

' Tolie, Poer, calicea, 1 ifn Nili

Et mihi tecnrik poeula trnnc ninun.'

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Wdkinsons Ancient Egyptians.

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lini, and found by liim in a previously
UHOpen^ tomb of uncertain date, wbich
be refers, bowever, to a Phaniouic aera.
A fourth is in tb« Musrum of Jersey ;
another at Alnwick, and others sre in the
possession of individuaU ; they are about
two inches high,* presenting an iniicrip-
tion, which, interpreted by Mr. Davis, is,
' The floorer 0|)ens, and to 1 another
year.' The quality of these bottles Is
inferior to what the Chinese manufacture
attained to in after times. They were
probably brought to Egypt through India,
and contained some ingredient valuable
and nrc ; and they seem to afford a proof
of the early trade of the Egyptians with
the nations of the Indus and the Ganges.
Indeed, that the productions of India came
to Egypt so early as in the time of Joseph,
U evident from the spices which the Ish
maelites were carrying to sell there ; and
the amethysts, lapis lazaull, and other
objects found at Thebes of the time of the

third TLothmcs and the succeeding
Pharaohs, argue that the intercourse was
maiatAiued.

Papyrijs. — Pliny wm in error when
he supposed that the papyrus was not used
till the time of Alexander, for we find it
in the most remote Pliaraonic periods, and
the samt mode of writing on it is shewn
to have been common in llie age of Cheops,
t]ie builder of the great pyramid. It is
uncertain till what period paper made of
the papyrns continued in general use ;
but there is evidence of its being employed
to the end of the seventL century, when
it was superseded by parchment. All
public documents under Charlemagne and
his dvuosty were written on this last, and
the jiapyrus was then given up. It is
stiU occasionally made as a cnriosity in
Sicily from the plant which grows in
the small rirulet farmed by the foontain
of Cyane, near Syracuse.

There arc several other snbjcets of great importance and curiosity, which
we are obliged to omit for want of space j but wc recoinaicnd our readers to
pemse tlie valuable chapter on the use of tin and other inetuls, and to some
ver)' curious observations c*i the bronze tools of tlic Eg^'ptians, and the
success with \i'Lich they lanrkcd with these the hardest granite of the
country. It certainly is curious that among the many arts, occupations
and trades represented id the paintings of fhebes niid Beni-Hassau, not
one is found relating to this process. As regards the art« of design, in
painting and sculpture^ on, which Mr. Wilkinson makes some learned
researches, it certainly is curious and marks the genius of the ]>eopIe,
that no accidents were ever capable of changing their fixed reverence for
prescribed forms : nor do we find, after the Greek and Romau cunquestSj
that any deviation from established custom was tolerated, or tl>at any in-
novation was introduced from communication with these foreigners, liow-
ever superior their proficiency in the arta. After the accession of the
Ptolemies, Greek art became well known in Egypt, and every oppor-
tunity was given to the artists to improve from the best models ; but no
change was eflectcd from this intercourse with the Greeks ; and «hen
Adrian wished divine honour to be paid to his favorite Antinoufl, and
statues to be erected to his meiuor\', no form wait admitted but that which
religious usage had established atid Egyptian models prescribed. The
epochs of Suphis, of Osirtasen, of the early part of the eighteenth
dynasty, and of Osiris aud Rauieses the Great, may be looked ujwu ns
the four known gradations through which the arts passed, front mediocrity
to excellence.

\S^e find in the tenth chapter, some interesting observations on the intro-
duction of Colovr, both in Kg)°ptiati and Gniek architecture ; by which it
appears that certain parts of the Gnck temples, of tlie oldest and liest
periods, were painted, bk well as the st.-itucs.f Of the mechanical skill of the

■ Sec Plate No. 3S1. whan iluw m Aeurcd.
t Red and blue were UM# fSA'VM ground, and thp»c, with green, were the chief
colonn inuoduecd. See Truttctloiu of I he InsUtute of Brit^b Arcbitccta OB the
2

Ditny of a Lover of Literature.

U9

Efyptiann as employed in *rchitecluTe, and ihe success with wliich they
employed its powers in moving enormous and ponderous weights, our
aathor olfers some curious examples. The obelisks transported from the
qoarries of Sycne to Thebes vary from 70 to 90 feet in length : they are
of a MtiL'h^ <^trtnc, and tlic larfjeM in Egypt in the temple at Karnak may be
»b '.as broiigljt about I '10 miles, A Colossus at the Mem-

B" ''MIS; but the monolitliic temple markofl by Herodotus,

is . and weighed l'_'00 tons. Tlie skill of the Kgyjitian? and their

kr , of mechanism is shown also in the erection of obelisks, and in

the position of large stones raised to a considerable height, and adjusted
•ith the utmost precision, and sometimes in situations where the space
witlnot admit the introduction of /Ag inclined plane. The k»fty doorway
lading to the Imll nt Karnak is covered with sand-stone blocks 40 feet
bag fend 5 feet square. M. Lcbas, an eminent French engineer, who
reiaoved the obelisk of Luxor, now at Paris, has paid a just tribute to the
skill of the Egyptinna.*^ Upon the whole, the mass of information so sur-
prisingly preserved to this day, from an age little subsequent even to the
Deloge, on the mnnnera, customs, the domestic life, the progress In arts,
the legal ordinances and social habits, has thrown a strung light upon the
luNtory of this remarkable people: — iV is a whole nation sitting for its
portrait : but still we must observe that sufficient data cannot be expected
fipom the sculpture of the tombs to enable us to form an accurate opinion
of the whole extent of the knowledge, or the vast variety of their inven-
tions. The objects buried with the dead were mere models of tliosti they
ascd, and varied in quality according to (tie disposition, feeling, or wealth
of tiic parties ; but the best found iti the tombs arc of inferior quality,
and not equal to those descrilH'd in the paintings. The paintings also
indicate a very sm.ill portion of their inrcntitms; many which we know
they were ncquaintcd with arc omitted ; ami tlic same remark applirs to
some of their common occupations, the animals they kept, and the ordi-
nary pro«luctions of the country ; and we find ample loom to be cautions
in drawing inferences, from the absence nf any particniar object in the
paintings and sculpture, of their not existing, nr not being known ; and
also, their want of skill in depicting certain objects, .-viid their conventual
style of drawing, have left many parts of the subjects delineated in much
obscnrity.

DIARY OF A LOVER OP LITERATURE.

{Cbutimtd/irom vol. IX. p. 469.)

181.3. Jultf 3. Mr. Mitford called afterdinner; sate during the evening
in agreeable conversation. — Parr renewing his charge of embezzlement
againut Mackintosh. — Mr. M. discovered an original copy of Tbomfon's
Sea$ons, from which it appeared, by his hand-wiiting, that Pope had in-
comparably amended and improved these poems from the ^rst edttiou.

■Kosi

Poiychrmny of Gr<*k ArrhiterhjTe, from tlie Oennsn of Kngler, by W, R. Hainll-
ton. |i. r" ' ' ' ■ ■" 11 colours; vide p. 301.

• p,<: more the obelisk »t the Vatican,

\h<. iiiL.. 1...... .. V . .. v.j^U I'u:— .. .^ ... J. ....^..oji,

Qm»T. Mao. Vol. X. 2 K

Diarjf of a Lover of Literature.

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which was very bald and uncouth in parts, and had much of n Scnttitb
provincialism. The review of Clarke's Travels in the last Qunrterly, by
Southey ; t)>at of U'arlmrton iti a former iiunil>er by U'liitaker, of Craven.
July 1. Road Fox's Correspondence with Wakefield. Fox has llu; sim-
plicity of a man, Wakefield of a child. The former seems always guided
by UBlive, spontiuieoas goo<l sense, and just taste. The latter's reprehen-
BioQ of Fox for shooting, and his occasional ebullitions of self-complaccncy,
are vcr\- characteristic. I certainly side with Fox (though he really seemft
shaken) in instinctively rejecting the idea, that the Iliad is a collection of
Bhapsodies by different Poets. Such unity of design and execution ne^-cr
could result from such a process. Ovid* (letters 25, 26) seems rated not
only much higher by Wakefield, but by Fox, than I should have expected.
Wesley has the same predilection. Tertility of invention and variety of
pathos he undoubtedly possesses in a superemincnt degree ; but they
are perpetually debased by those infallible symptoms of a little mind-
conceits. Wakefield's character of Person (lett. 27) is highly curious.
In the 29th letter he mentions 500' solid and nervous words from Miltou
alone, omitted in Johnson's Dictionary. There are perpetual traits of
bonhommie ia Fox, which arc very delightful : but is it {possible that he
should have thought our political condition so deplorable as he frequently
reprcbenta it, or our politicians the dupes of their party-feelings ?

Aug.2'l. A writer in the Monthly Magazine (No, 1, of this year)
considers that a ford, still discernible between the Red-house and the
bank near the site of Rauclagh, Chelsea, to be the point where Cssar
crossed the Thames, not Coway Stakes, near Chertsey : he would, no
doubt, cross it at the lowest point where it was fordable. Aubrey states that
the first person who planted hops at Faraltam, in Surrey, brought his
husbandry from Suffolk, about the end of the ICth century.

Juff. 26. Voltaire (Hist. Univ. c. 120) thinks it a part of natural law.
that if a wife proves barren a second may be taken, and quotes to thi«
effect a decretal of Grey, ii. 726. He mentions I^ord Chancellor Trevor,
of England, who, in the reign of Charles the Second, married a second
wife, with the consent of the first.

Sept. 8. Mr. Austin s.-\tc with me all the morning. He reminds me
wonderfully of Syinonds in the vigour and comprehension of his mind, and
the disposition fearlessly heurter au front whatever stands in tlie way of hia
favourite theory : like him he appears to have philosophised away with the
weaknesses and prejudices all the more ripened sensibilities of our nature.
The great defects of the political economists seem naturally enough to be.
to reject all that cannot be weighed and measured. Mr. Austin spoke
highly of the convivial powers of furran ; — full of exquisite and felicitous
fancy. Complained that Burke ran into too great lengths in conversation.
A. had conversed with many Austrian ofliccrs present at the battles of
Wagram and Aspcrn. The .An-hdnke completely overpowered by Bona-
pane's complicated, but masterly and decisive manoeuvres. Spoke highly
of the Neapolitan cliaractcr, and the felicity of llie Italian language : ho {
considered the jire-emiuent probity of this country, asgenernify and highly
revere*!.

Oct, 19. — Looked into Norlhcofe'g fj/e nf RtynoJds. I perfectly agre«

• La llBqic (Cour ile Liiterature) rrnuirki that Virgil matt have etiittil, to coo.
vincc ua of the imperfections vf QriU'* ktylt*. Eo.

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with GoldsDiitli in ]iia censure of the allegorical accoropauiincuts to
B«attic's fjortrait. Voltaire, Reviiolds confesses to be among the Demons ;
aod seems not displeased with another being taken for Muine. Burkc^ as
WM oatiiral, disliked Gibbon's stylcj said it was affected, — mere foppery
Hud trifle. Reynolds observed of a man who was dying, " that we are all
nnder sentence of deatlij but that his warrant was signed." Considered
the art of colonring as completely lost. Northcote takes from all quarters,
but nnytlting is better than his own style.

Oct. aO. — Pursued Aubrey's Letters. The Vicar of Bray was Simon
Aleyn, who had that Vicarage from l.i^O to l.'>88. Lord Bacon, it is
said, died from a damp bed. He and Borkcnhead, it is stated, had their
topics of local memory from Chain ber8,&c. Butler's is a good observation,
" that the ({nibbling with sense, in >V'allcr'8 manner, will be in time ex-
ploded as the (juibbling with words."

Oct. 21. — Finished Northcotc's Memoirs. He affirms that Charles
Fox .wid that Shakspeare's fame would have stood higher had he never
written Hamlet. Notwithstanding the unaccountable defects of this
drawa^ such are its transcendant merita that 1 can hardly give credit to
such a criticism from such a quarter.

Oct, 22. — Pursued Aubrey's Lives. Dr. Edward Davenant could not
f odure to hear of the new Cartesian philosophy ; for, sairl he, if a new
philosophy is brought in, n new divinity will shortly follow. This is
very characteristic. Dr. Harvey, it appears, lost much of his practice
from indulging \.h<i fancy that the blood circulated. He spoke Itghtly of
Lord BacoT), whom he knew, as a philosopher. He writes philosophy, he
would say deridingly, like a Lord Chancellor. There is some foicc in this
censure. It appears that the inscription on Ben Jonson in ^^'estminster
Abbey svas purely accidental. Jack Young, who was passing through the
Cathedral at the time the grave was covering, g;ivc the fellow eightt-oi
pence to cut it. Aubrey's minute, familiar, and circumstantial touches
Jirc wonderfully interesting* when applied to such men as Jonsou and
Milton •, and bring out the himiour of Ralph Kettle (known only through
them) to the life. " He dragged with his right foot a little, by which he
gave warning like the rattle snake of his coming." ^\'hat a touch ! I
cannot help pitying Milton's first wife, she must liavc led a wretched life,
embittered by contrast. I have no opinion of his fire-side coraforls.

Dec. 7. — Salmon mentioned that Dr. Drake said of Patches' projected
work, — " He undertakes a dicfionary of the English language, wtiicli is a
couipound of all languages, without knowing any thing but English, and
of English only the dialect of Suffolk."

Dec. 1 1 . — Read the criti<pie e" M. de StaiTs AUemagne, in the Edinburgh
Review (No. xlmi.), au elaborate revision of a most superior work ; the
gliiopses afTortled of the authoress are most iuvitiug, the moral delineations
seem exquisite. Nothing can exceed in truth and felicity that in which
she traces and exhibits the subtle and evanescent lineaments of good
French conver^ation, Of German literature they remark at the beginning,
that it united the qualities of the childhood of Art, with those which usually
attend on its decline. The whole concludes w ilh a magnificent endeavour,
by an cjdarged and comprehensive view and liberal exposition, to reconcile

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ioTestigttioo. Those rcgnrdiiig Hen Joniou tml Slinkiipcarc have been almost entirely J
dia|irovci], and the; are a fair sample of the re»t. Etiit,

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and unite the eystcois of Bcntimeiit and utility in morals } of prudence and
etitlmsinain in the conduct of life, and of scvpticism and dogmatism in nie-
tiipltysifid speculation. The tendency of German nietaphvitica they con*
sider to Ik' to regard thought, n«t as the produce of objects, but the agent
which exhibita thcin ; while the Ficnch school, fastening on Locke, neg«
iects mind itself as the source of thongiit, and attends too exclusively lo
iiupressious from without. The hIioIo of truth they take to be compati-
ble with aud coalescive with the whole of virtue ,- but detached portiona
may jar, aud therefore the truth of particular doctrioes cannot be properly
tried by a reference to their immediate tendencies and results.

Dec. 21. — Mr. Auetin called after breakfast ; interesting discuasion on
law, metaphysics, political economy, and the principles of moinils. Re-
commended in philosophical disquisition to lay the ground-work in terms
as generic and natural as possible, and as nearly a])proaching to Algebraic
notation j and then to work up, embellish, and enliven with metaphor: —
a judicious hint,

1814. Jan. [). — Began extracts from Grimm's CorratpoHdence, replete
with entertainment. His criti'ims on Vuung's Night Thoughts (May
1770) admirably just. Diderot, in his observations on a pamphlet called
Garrick, coutonds that it is not necessary that au actor shuuld /eel what
he represents.* On the contrary, that to feel his part would disqualify
him from giving that siKX-ies of conventional imitation of humart manners
and passions which wc expect upon the stage; which is entirely different
from wli.nt occurs in real life, and which can be ac(|uired only by the ex-
ercise of the nicest diseiimination and !>electiun, uopervertud by sonsi-
bilityj and he extends the same remark to the poet, the orator, &c.
There is uudoubtc«lly some truth in this |)arado$, aud it will be at once
a curious and instructive speculation to ascertain how much, aud where U
lie«.

Jan. \2. — Mr. Austin called ;— observed that the great bar to the iiO'
provement of mankind wa3, that there were truths which can only be
effectively accpiired by experience. Pursued Griinurs Memoirs ; he doubts
(Dec. 1771) whether the must virtuous would remain coMtaui, if life were
much extended. An original thought. The character of Jlelvetius is very
full and interesting. Why should he have been 6«) indulgent \o private
frailty and intolerant to public misconduct ^ the same principle of judg-
ment in n wise man should surely govern both.

Feb. G, — Finished the last voliituc of (Irimm's Memoirs. The account
he gives of hie visit to London (May 17'J0) is above meiusure interesting.
Nothing can be more delightful than to observe how a foreigner of his
scuteuess and discernment and knowledge of the world is struck with us ;
his impressions on the whole are more favoun»ble than I expected. Hu U
struck at once with our manner, iiidicutiug rather an '* aasuruuce reflec-
tive ■' than the " aisauce nafurclle ' of the French ; with the frankuCM
aud decision in the character and manners of the [lorlcrs, postboys, &c.
exacting what is fair, but wheedling for no motn; \>ith the air of
comfort iu the dress and cottages of the peasants ; with tlic neatness
and regularity of the streets in Loudon ; with the daxxling splendour

* This accords with Gcrrick'i own rrprrscntatioos to Dr. Ocattle. Sec IkAltlc't

EtM^k, 4tO. ed. p. '^11. " I ri'iti<>liJl<'r III M-LlMi' <iiiriiiL !•<>» ll M L'i<. |in«i.iltil- fof

f)»« who felt M be ■ feet

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of Die shops; and alxive all, with the peace and order which reign
amid the bustle of its cjowdcd population: " Diirant Ics ([uinze jours que
j'w demcunii ^ Ivondrea je ii'ai cc8s<? de courir du matin au soir ; et daus
les Ueux dc la villt; Ics plus ficquentcs, j'y ai rencontti- moins de bruit,
uKtitis d'accidcos, nioins du ((ucrclles que jc n'ai vu trop souvent k Paris
diua nnc seuie matinee." He h viithcr dissatistied, as 1 have heard
jy^ptbcr foreigner e&preas, with tltc dre;>s and air of our woiueu, as wauting

"t J but to my surprise, is quite content with omv fare."— '" 3e uo

nius rien dont on sc nourlssc mieux, ct dont on sc lassc raoins que
da bon btcf ifeak, dea potatos, de royal plum-pudding, et de I'excellent
fromsge de Chester." He notices afterwards Burke's Reflections (Dec.
1790), which he thinks "plus profondcrnent peuse " than anything
that hus appeared on the French Kevolutiou ; and is pleased at nnding
many sentiments congenial uith those he had himself expressed : the
whom concludes with an admirable satire by Baron liolbach on the quali-
fications of a courtier. Upon the whole, I part with (trimm with senti-
■MBts of re8i>€ct and regret. \Vithout any pretensions to genius, he was
a sfBsihl** and clever fellow ; and the endowments he received from
n;i' ir to have been cultivated to the highest postiible degree, by

v.ii aag, extensive conversation, and a perpetujd habit of re6ec-

tioo.

Feb. 9. Went to a party at Miss Buchanan's. Introduced to a Mr.
Morley, once intimate with Parr — his amanuensis during the time of Lord
Chedworlh's correspondence respecting the livery and the plate. Parr
CoorDiOQdly fond of the latter couunodity. Morley, thongli now at variance,
believed that Parr was not in the least disappointed at not linding himself
in bis lordship's will, and that his subsequent proceedings in that business
w«ie in the spirit of perfect sincerity. Parr dictates with great fluency,
iost as he speaks ; is overbearing, and intolerant of all opposition ; — breaks
la this way with all his friends : — Mrs. Parr prophesied that his
acquaintance with Morley would not last ; he thouglit himself so useful,
that it must J — but she proved right. Mis favourite adage, '^ Let popu-
hition thrive." '* When you die, Mrs. Parr, in six weeks I shall marry
again ; and you may do tlie same." Mrs. Parr a very masculiae woman ; '
Parr extreme to censure and to praise.

Feb. 1 0. Read Byron's Corsair : found two Hat linee exhibiting a tr€* '
Btendous Bull.—

'* None saw bis trickling tears — pervbanc«, if seen,
lliat useless fluotl uf g^rief hud never been."

May ». Began Forsifth's Excursion in Italy ; exhibiting the remarks of j
most original, vigorous, powerfid, and tveil-fumished mind, but of a
most severe and caustic tone of character. There is forever a stem]
and trenchant austerity in his observations, under which my spirit perfectly!
quails. His incidental remarks and strictures, generally severe, rarely]
encomiastic, but enchanting in these gleams, display uncommon depth and]
force, and arc most vigorous. His descriptions, when he indulges in(
dcKcriptions, as of Naples, arc inimitable. In liis exquisite account ofj
Tivoli, he observes that "^ the beauties of landscape aie all accidental }|
Katuiv, intent on more important cods, docs nothing exclusively to please]
Ihr eye." ^iilpiu has a remark to the same effect. The passage of icrt/rr,
F s, has been so constant a source of quarrel between statcffj

ai . that the word "Rivers," he thinks, bccuuie the rootj

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ADMIT that our primary know-
ledge of things is derived from their
apparent properties ; that our notion
uf any subject or substance is first
formed in the scnsorium by a logical
association of ideas, and may be arti-
culately expressed without being the
matured offspring of experience ; grant
this proposition, and there can be no
doubt that the earliest vocable uttered
by any human being, in an untaught
state of nature, would be an adjective —
that is, a word denoting the most con-
spicuous property of the object in view.
Accordingly wc fully concur with those
philologists who are of opinion that
the original words of any pristine
tongue were onomatopcnaa, imitations
of certain sounds in animate or ele-
mental nature. For instance, the Ger-
man • word hund (dog), was probably
in its birth merely hu ! an oral copy
of the animal's bark, and descriptive
of a single but singular quality in a
single creature then, perhaps, for the
first time encountered by man.

After beholding a creature previously
unknown to him, a barbarian would
naturally connect the individual animal
w ith the one conspicuous and distinc-
tive quality displayed by it ; we there-
fore conclude that Am.' was primarily
a nomen adjectivum proprium. But as
the human mind on further acquaint-

ance perceived additional canine pro'
perties devclopc themselves, the imita>
tivc hu .' ceased to merely describe the]
characteristic bark of tiie dog, and
became elevated to the rank of a sub-
stantive, comprehending the entire,
range of qualifications found in that
animal. At length, when rtcognizeiii
as a numerous and domestic race, ex.
hibiting through all its varieties marka]
of a common kind, their representative]
hu.' again changed its state from aj
nomen proprium into an apprllativtun,!
or a word designating a peculiar order!
of useful quadrupeds. To set this'
view of the gradual growth and cxteu>
sion of a native vocable in a stronger]
light, we shall adduce some corrobo-
rative facts. In the first place, it is \
certain that the language of a people \
yet but partially illumined by the sua i
of civilir-ation, contains comparatively ]
very few common and abstract nouns» ,
but abounds in those denominations ',
for individual objects, w^hich arc termed '
by grammarians concrete substantives, |
especially applied to such subjects as
present themselves to roan in tbej
early stages of his intellect, and are
most frequently seen and soonest ren- I
dered available to either hts profit I
or his pleasure. On the other hand,
as the tongues of nations arrived at
their meridian exhibit more commoaj

• We m«y notice, by-tbe-by, that whether " German" should be DenttcA or Ttultek,
is a question of very sUght importance. The orthography of a language mnst nrcet-
aarily be of much later inveatioQ than the discovery of its organic sounds. Varying
in its progress with the changes of chance, caprice, and fashion, but little rehance can
be placed on the spelling of a word, as dctemuaing its primitive pronunciation. We,
however, would certainly prefer the <i, since we conceive there are good grounds for
believing that the words Devlsch, Tent, Tfiuisco, Thaut, Zens, (!iii], Devt, A-c. fcc.
arc all derived from detilen (to show, sigiiif}') ; Gr. itUt, Si/ov/xi, !iiir>uw. FroraSiiVai,
and the German dmteti, we have yot the Roman digitus (finger), which leads us
directly to the original sense of dcuteu, equivalrot to an inder; to indicate tomethtmg
with the finger — in fact, tlie well-known S^ : likewise analogous to the Roman MO
itrare, from mamu, to thow with the hand. In some cases we find a variance, as in ,
the German bleiben (to remain), derived from l>ei and leitie (at or near the body), ,

le the Roil-" - ' ' -■ !•■> ■' •: -^tmi) means to bt: at hand. Krom the

', hint (to - r), and titc tierman dac/itrl, dachtein,

ojadeultH •• . .ind finally :cit/eu ; for cUariging thai

sialod, (as done iu /ietu and t>eu») wr have the Greek lunv. The j>rining<^tiial nounil
seems to offer itsrlf In the advevhium loci, da .' (thcrr) wigin.iIlT .'in ctrlnmntinji
when pointing at • ith the fiuger. Tlii^ ^

cavB rise to (») \\\ ■ , die. dai, and Ihp dm

dtJii,., !- -- : --.- , - - , - . ■, , . -•"

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tbkn proper nouns, the double con-
daaion surely showsi. that, the fur-
ther a language ndvancrs in cul-
ture, the greater the change of pro-
per into common nouns. It is well
known that the individual or proper
nouns of mankind long preceded the
generation of family nouns or sur.
names. In the NtebcltiHgslitd, we find
the following constructions, voitmelsen,
or/nmA, po* trorieg hagene. Here we
see the family nouns, von met:en and
vom tronrg, serving, according to the
spirit of the German construction (of
which we shall fully treat in the se-
quel), as adjectives, or modifying parts
of speech to the proper nouns orlewin
and haaent.

We Icam, too, from hiBtory and es-
pcriencc, that the common nouns
importe<l by semi-savage nations from
more polished languages, were no
sooner transplanted than they were
traoaformed into proper nouns. Thus
in the instance of the sage Phoinician,
l»ho, about A. M. 2400, introduced
fetters into Europe and built the city
ofThcbcs, in Boeotia ; the Greeks, then
only emerging from barbarism, saluted
him with the nomen apptllativum pa-
tmwmiaim, Kaft^v^, the Eattem (from
th» Hebrew Kadam. the East).

The members of the German trade
fratemitirs are still in the habit of
designating each other by the name of
Uieir native places, as Brvdcr It'iener,
Rntdrr A¥y»burgi<r, 8fc. If we mis-
take not, the modern Americans, have
their personal " Down-Easter." In
Scotland, at thr present day, it is
oioal, !>' ■ parlance, to address

anj mil tated yeoman by bis

£femmoiii;il distinction, in preference
> his family patronymic. Instead of
accosting Mr. Davison, his friend
shakes bands with Benxyycuk. Among
the man- '"--v-^!^ classes and lowest
ranks > . society, nicknames

derived i, .... ...oitv. local, or fortuitous

circumstances, are notoriously so ge-
neral, as frequently to supersede, if
not obliterate, an individual's real ap-
palUtion.

To return. The ailjeelive obtains,
in all languages, a three-fold exprcs-
sion : first, in the proper and imme-
diate sense of a >vonl denoting a cer.
taib quality in a certain subject, as,
Ihf yvotf man : in this form we term
it Simply the adjective. Secondly,

when it appears in a logical sentence,
OS the predicate of n subject, as, the
mtm ia good, we style it predicative ;
and in its third shape, when used to
modify either the adjective or the pre-
dicative, as, the good-hearttd man, or
the man ia good hearted, we name it
modicativc.

We have before observed that the
adjective, in its origin, was solely a
nomen adjectitntm propritim, denoting
one property in one subject ; and thus,
in the German language, inseparably
interwoven with the subject, it pre-
cedes immediately the noun, so as
almost to form the two into a com-
pound word, as der gute voter. When
it becomes an adjectivum appellativum,
or ahatractum, denoting a quality com-
mon to many subjects, it assumes the
post of the predicative, and takes ita
place behind the subject and copula,
as der cater iat gut ; but as the modi-
cative, it stands in the same relation to
the real adjective, or the predicative,
as the adjective does to the noun, and
must therefore directly precede that
modified adjective. These variations
in the form and sense of a single
identical word, arise from its double
condition as absolute and personal, or
relative and common.

To illustrate in some degree these
capacities, we will take the word hau»
(house). Now if that word stands
alone, totally unconnected with any
other word, it appears in the full ex-
tent of its meaning and office, without
any modification whatever, distinctly
a mansion ; but let it be placed in
combination with another word, as
roth haua, or haut rath, its sphere is
specially limited in the first instance,
and singularly extended in the second.

In the form ofra*AA«ia (town house),
haua being modified by rath, the phrase
denotes a house where, as in this coun-
try, civic meetings are held and public
business transacted. But in haua rath
(household furniture, &c.) the transpo-
sition serves to modify th|! condition
oi rath, reducing it to household, and
depriving it almost entirely of its own
proper and individual value. Thus the
vcr^ degree of the decrease in its ori-
ginal importance, depends on the very
place the word occupies in the combi-
nation. To explain the whys and
wherefores in question, we must first
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between the German and the French
languages. Proverbial wisdom asserts
that tiie character of a people is mani-
fested in their language, and vice vend,
that the spirit of a language evinces
it«elf in the character of a nation. To
understand the full force and truth of
this philosophical adage wc should
ascertain the intrinsic meaning of the
term " spirit of a language ;" a phrase
that of course cannot apply to the sub-
jects chosen, or the doctrines promul-
gated by any definite or indefinite
number of literati, however celebrated.
Genius is ever a citizen of the world,
too often miscmpluyed in self-aggran-
dizcmcDt, and trampling on truth in
the pur&uit of fame. True, genius may
at once adorn and desecrate its father
land ; but the works of one author, or
of one hundred, can no more charac-
terize the innate spirit of a nation,
thaji the apparent virtues or vices of a
monarch can stamp honour or obloquy
on the deserts of bis people. The
tfirit of a language, then, roust be
sought in the mode of expreuion pecu-
liar to the country and inseparable
from its tongue. That [peculiarity, as
we shall endeavour to show, may in-
deed throw some light on national
character in particular points, since
language, being the offspring of the
mind, should grow with its parent's
growth, follow the progress of intel-
lect, and advance in correspondence
with what is termed tlic spirit of the
age. We note, in every language,
matter and form. By the former we
understand the existing stock of wonls.
by the latter the various combinations
into which they may be cast. Both
these requisites differ more or less in
different tongoes. In one, the mate-
rials may be found lively, clear, and
flexible ; in another, inanimate, ob-
scure, and rigid, &c. But tlie most
important article towards estimating
the worth of a language, is the con-
stmction of sentences, or pUrascolo^-
in its most comprehensive sense. From
this fruitful branch we shall soon copi-
OQslv srlrct such examples, in Oermao
atv . as may very well tprak

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The ruual marked distinction be-
twesD the two lanxuaees is the almost
uiji' , ',"■■■ '•'■ ■, . ' ' "' ^' for-

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various forms, according to the mo.
mcntary impulse of thought or the,
settled impress of the mind ; wbiN
the French construction admits bat
one method, and arbitrarily restrains,]
in many instances, the intellectual per.]
ception from adequately expressing it*
self, since it is not suffered to arrangvl
the component parts of a sentence ia
the order most suitable to the exposi*
tion designed. Language, the garb off
the mind, is, with the Germans, so [
ample and elastic, that the intellect |
has plenteous room to move under its
folds gracefully and at ease. But the
naturally volatile genius of France is
so " cabined, cribbed, confined, bound
in, "by the self-sufficient rules ofwhim>
sical custom, that it is scarcely possi-
ble to uttier two consecutive sentences
in the language, without feeling your
fetters, or transgressing against de.
spotic laws founded on that most illi>
beral and moth-eaten maxim, " I'tuag*
eit le aouvpraitt mattrt !"

To the test. A German ran say
either die eitbederkten Schw^ieerbtrge,
or rfip bcrge dor Srkwei: brdecki mit eh,
or dit SrhiDriicrh'Tgv mit pit bederkt,
or, at last, die berge der ScUweix mil eia
bedfcki. The Frenchman has only, Iri
montagne* de la Suitte vmirertet de
glace. In German they tell you, der
voter it gut. or gut itt der rater, accord-
ing to the emphasis required in the
expression, as seen in the sentence,
gvt i»t der voter, otier eimeenig eigeniin-
nig ; but in French, one order uni-
versally prevails, and tlie speaker
must content himself with, le phe eat
bon.

Again, the German tells yoo, <dk
war gettern im Sclunupitle, or getitnt
wnr ich im SchoHtpiele, or im Sc/tuui-
fiele var ich gettern. From the French-
man you will have merely, je fn» hirr
attx upectarlet. A German may tak*
his choice of, ieh vuiueklc data suii
voter Zuriick kehrie, or dais mein vattr
ZuTHck ke/irte, tfiintchte ich. The
Frenchman has ilob«uii'« choice iiv—^>
voudrais que m«ii pirt rrrint. Only on<>
sample mnrp : in nprmnn
he.-*
di,

will
is

tet.
tel :
Fr.
J« jiivrrnis rt la iviirnr.

' gild, to

.»• Inltrrie

'irr. In the

de I'arffml, .

The Spirit of the French and Gorman Languages,

I

laotlier odrantageons qnaiity in the

ko language is, that the wordis

ta of speech, from the simplest

ipound to the most complicflted
■entences and lengthened periods,
■ucceed one another after au esta-
blished principle, drawn from nature
and reason ; but the ruk-a of the
French tongue are so disfigured by
\uage, that there is scarcely an essen-
tial precept without an interminable
sequence of exceptions, and the order
somctimpa varies, not only in similar
logical phrases and periods, but even
in words of one and the same part
of speech ; as — re chim nnir, and cet
Aamme brave; again, la veriu lublime,
■ad la sublime vertu. Of the great
differences existing between the two
langnages, not the least consists in
the order given to the modifying ad-
jective or noun, which in German
always precedes the subject modi-
fied, as frejw ftasche, (wine botHeJ ;
while in French it constantly follows
it, as bouteille h viti. The German
irwM/rwein (brandy) is in French,
«n« de lie, &c. &c. There is, how-
ever, no doubt, that the construction
of the French language has under-
gone many alterations in the course
of its passage to the present time.
Thus, among the elder French au-
thors, we find in Malherbe quite a
German construction : " ki ventt, qui
te$ ch£nii3 combatteHt ;" — " Valois, qui
In damet aime, drux couroniifs potseda."
Instead of leM ventt qui combatlent let
cMnttf and Valois, qui aime let damet,
potteda deux couronnct. In Gerroan,
the rule fixing the order of tlie modi-
fying and modified parts in a sen-
tcnce seems to have started into ex-
istence with the very elements of the
language. Even the modifying and
determining genitive, (which, in de«
fiance of every innovation, has hald
its station, and according to Canpe
forms one of the ornaments of the
tongue) as — det I'utert haut, instead
of d(u haut del Vatfrt, was common
to the German long before the era of
Charlemagne. We thus read, in^et/a
d» mensibwt Avghrum,' not only ha-

legmonath, but also Kynlyrfyllylh (win-
terfiille), and moadreiiach (mutter-
nacht). There are preserved in Schll-
terf extracts from translations of the
statutes of Saint Benedict, and a trea«
tise by Isidore of Seville, composed
in the earliest period of German learn-
ing, wlierein we see the order of the
modifying and modified terms ob-
served with a rigorous strictness, pass-
ing the practice of modern times. We
give below a short extract from the
treatise, in proof.

Aware of this singular and cha-
racteristic distinction between the two
languages, the literati of France have
named their own an anahgoua, and
the German, a transpositive tongue.
The Encyclopedia (T, 19, p. 574, art.
Langue) says, " Les langues analo-
gues sont celles dont la syntaic est
soumisc ik I'ordre analytique, parce
que la succession des mots dans le
discours y suit la gradation analy-
tique des idees. La marche de ces
langues est effeclivement analogue et
en quelque sorte parall^le a celle de
Tesprit m^me. dont e(te suit pas il
pas les operations. Les langues trans-
positives sont celles qui dans ['elocu-
tion donnent aux mots dea tcrminai-
sons relatives k Tordre analytique, et
qui acqui^rcnt ainsi le droit de Icur
faire suivre dana Ic discours une
marche libre ct tout-i-fait indepen-
dante de la succession nattirelle des
ideca. Le Francois, I'Jtalien. I'Es-

fiagaol, &c. &c, sont des langues ana-
ogues ; le Grcc, Ic Latin, I'Allemand,
&c. &c. sont des langues transposi-
tives." (Analogous languages are
those, the syntax of which is sub-
mitted to the analytical order, because
the succession of the words follows
in the discourse the analogical gra-
dation of the ideas. The march of
words in these languages is truly
analogous, and somewhat parallel with
the march of the mind, whose opera-
tions it follows, step by step. The
transpositive languages arc those, the
words of which have terminations re-
lative to analytical order, and thus
acquire the right to transpose tlie

I

I.

• LeibniU, X. i. p, 44, 45.

t TheMur. Antiq. T. I, p. ?. " Suohhcmes nn anur in Dhemu sKlin heilrghin
ebisrrilie dhc»« selbun Dhrinigja. In Deinu eristen dher Chuuimjo Boobo »u» iit
ckimiUio chi»cribnn : qnlmd Dsrid Itaii Sunn quhad gomman dhcmu izs cbibodan
uuard umbi ChrJstsQ Jakobet Gotet dher trchao Sangheri Ifrahelo."

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words without following the nataral
order of ideas. The French, Italian,
and Spanish language?, 8cc. &c. are
analogous; the Greek, Latin, and
German, &c. &c. are transpositive.)

Assuredly, there can he no doubt
that our ideas first spring from the
modified subject, and gradually as-
cend or descend to its attributes or
modifying terms, as accessory and de-
rivative thoughts : and so far the
writer in the Encyclopedia is indis-
putably correct in styling the French
an analogous, and the German a
transpositive language. But, since
thinking and speaking are not pre-
cisely the same, we have yet to de-
cide whether in rcprescating a mental
image, our words may more advan-
tageously follow ot lead to the crea*
tive theme. Language is the magic
instrument by which we not only
communicate our thoughts to others,
but at the same time assist others to
think. Ideas are the words of the
mind. A nascent notion, if not orally
bom on the instant, generally expires,
but how often are we obliged to alter
our words and re-model their order
and construction to facilitate to the
mental vision of others those views
we ourselves entertain of a subject?
After adjusting, in conception, our
own ideas, a few leading words re-
membered or noted might probably
prove a sufficient memorandum for
our own use, but would never suffice
to create in others a parallel train of
thought. To originate in a hearer's
understanding such a chain of ideas
as had spontaneously linked them-
selves in our imagination, we must
choose the aptest words, and employ
the construction best fitted to the par-
ticular purpose. Our thoughts flow-
ing to and re-iasuing from any tan-
gible or visible subject, form and ex-
pand themselves agreeably to its na-
ture and qualities, its indefinite and
abstract properties, and thence pro-
ceed to the association of indirect and
accessory images. Surely then, we
are justified in deeming all those mo-
difying and determining terms and
circumstances constituent [uirts of
the genuine nature and very essence
of our ideas, since our expressions, if
not accurately significant and appro-
priately placed, may convey an rrro-
neoos, an imperfect, or at least, an

impoyerished impresaioo. To recur
to one of our simplest illustrations : —
hi tnotUagn^a de la Suiste coitveriea dt
nfige. No one will deny that here
the obvious subject to be modified is
montagneM, and all the accompanying
words of the sentence, including the
copula and predicate, are mete mo-
difying and qualifying terms ; but
though we, likewise, readily acknow.
ledge that the order of our thamgktM
must descend from montaffnet to
Sm9$e, thence to cowfrtf*. and finally
to nfige ; nevertheless, as we have to
explain our relative knowledge, our
qualifying appendants to that separate
subject, is it not more naturally em.
phatic to commence with them, and
so reverse, in speaking, the footsteps
of thought, just as we do thoae of
action when descending a staircase
which we have previously ascended ?
May we not afhrm that it ia perfectly
proper to think, as the Frenchman
does, —

The French construction has, more-
over, the disadvantage of rendering a
sentence incomprehensible if (as is
often the case) the first word should
bapf )en to be inau J i bl e . For instance,
once more, mimfoynet. the positive
theme, being lo$t, iXa attendant mem-
ber* become totally useless, since they
refer to an object which escaped vour
ear. As the modifying parts, wnich
generally require to be enunciated very
distinctly, are, according to the p«.
culiar mode of construction in the
French language, ploccd at the close
of a sentence; to that custom w« may
fairly attribute the unnatural pro-
grcMive riling of the voice so obser-
vable in tho speakei*. The utterance

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259

thaipeouig u it proceeds, the last
word is oecesMriiy the shrillest ; so
that the complete sound of the sen-
tence may be compared to the crow-
ing of a cock i whilst the German in-
tODBtJOD, commenciog with the modi-
fj-ing parts and concluding with the
main subject, resembles the crj'' of the
cQckoo. Thus the French colonel vo-
calizes:—

gick ri - gihk.

?^=y=

1^

And the German

cou

cou

£

4=t

Acht • ungi
it French cur^ concludes

: tlie Gcxmat) pastor

-Ok-

A - total

Looking to the same cause, we dis-
corer the reason why the Anapettl
i* the predominant foot in both tike
yroee and verse of the French {'"'),
while the German equally speaks in
Trochees ( ' •"' ) ( f « ), Dactyles
I"'' ), Iambics { " " ), and Cboriam-

bi£»( ),

We anticipate something like a good
nomonred sneer on our reader's coun-

tenance, poasibly signifying a doubt
whether the German cou-cou surpassea
in harmony the Gallic ijickri-gihk.
Wc shall do our best to satisfy him in
that respect by touching on a psycho-
logical point in language, hitherto, we
believe, unnoticed by our best philo-
logists,— the influence of the breath
on the mechanism of language. Breath
i^ to the organs of speech what the
bellows are to an instrumental organ ;
it imparts life and vigour to the won-
derful divine machine, and regulates
not only the rise and fall of the voice,
but also the length or shortness of
the syllables, as we proceed to demon-
strate. The breath is continually ri-
sing and falling, and the operation
which we term taking breath is per-
formed, according to some physiolo-
gists, by healthy persons, once in
four pulsations, if force or design do
not interfere to impede or quicken that
action. But the rise of the breath
requires more time than the fall, so
that, out of the four pulsations, more
than two are necessary for the rise,
and less in the same proportion for
the fall of the breath. Our ear thus
regulated by the operation of the
breath must necessarily find the ]
time in music the most natural as
regards both melody and rhythm ; and
the very vigour and force which vocal
and instrumental performers impart to
the first fourth of the measure, is
founded upon the simple and natural
time- beating breath, which has itself
greater force in the first than in the
second quarter. This distinction is
so incorporated with our nature, that
the very sounds of a church bell, or
the echoing steps in a military march,
appear to diminish in force the quicker
they proceed in time. Thus far of
the rhythm of the breath; let us
now speak of its melody. The na-
tural and free scale or gamut of the
breath runs from the Prime up to the
Quinte, and from the Quinif down to
the Prime:

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But it may be raised by force (as
witnesacd in the strong nasal respira-

tion of sleepers, or in persona &f)«r
having run very hastily) to the octave:

*

m

^^^

^

^^

H

Now, since the Gtrman construc-
tion requires the modifying parts which
demand forcible pronunciation in a
sentence always to precede the mo-
dified subject, those parts conse-
quently falJ in the first quarter time
of the breath, and ought naturally to
accord with the sound of cou-cou:

sl=

da?

Acht • ung I

The regulation of the German ac-
cent has almost invariably been in
Bucb strict accordance with the mea-
suring operation of the breath already
described, that even the foreign words
received into the language (previous
to 1795) were compelled to undergo
an orthographical process, in order to
render them conformable to the Ger-
man quantity and modulation. What
scholar does not see in Fenater, Ft-
nettra? In Spirgel, Speculum?' In
Mmster, Monatteriumf and in /TircAe,
XvptoKif:

The English accent is based on the
same principle, and is preserved even
in the words introduced into the lan-
guage from tlie Norman-French after
the Conquest, as in Officer, GentrSl,
CardinU]. The Germans, it must be

b, 11

o - - h.

owned, have shown tliemsclves lets
constant, as they adopted during the
last French invasion each of those
words together with their foreign ac-
centuation, Niliniur in Vetilnw .' J

There arc, however, a few servile
German particles, in company with
the article, which in spite of their pre-
cedence in place, are pronounced short,
as ; be, jff, ver, rer, ent, and others.

It follows from the foregoing pre-
mises, that the most natural metrical
feet in German, are : the Trochees,
fWaltzer), (" ") j the Dactyl, (""');
the Iambic, (' ") ; for words beginning
with the above-mentioned servile syl-
lables ; and the Choriambics, {' " ~).
The last-named measure is the most
popular among the multitude, no doubt
from its most faithfully according
with the heaving of the breath. The
Spondee (" ") does not answer the
operation of the breath, and is, there-
fore, not in favour with the Germans :
and whatever efforts the sons of Ger-
roania's Parnassus hare made, and not
without some success, to cultivate the
Ileramtter, it will never be admired by
the nation in general : nalurnm exptl-
lot f urea, tantfn utque rerurrit. You
will never make a perfect iponder of a
German trochee. Try the experiment.
Recite to a mere peasant, or sturdy
farmer, one of the masterly odea of
Khptiock, in hexameter. Observe
how oddly he will stare in your face,
and what impatience he will manifest
at its length ; but change your mea-
sure, begin to sing one of Gellert's
poems, in iambics and trochees.

s

-/=:r

:ic=jn

'^:

:«?^

m

Wenn'ii im-mcr, wvutrs iui-met, wrnu's im-nicr lo Wiir, &c.

tear* of delight will gluten la his
tym, and ere long you will bear him

n

break in with a voice like thunder, ami I
tuatily atamp the lime to it with hill

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foot.* We shAll now attempt some
iaqniry into the came of this striking
discrepance in the constiuction of the
two languages and, no doubt, shall
discover it in the circumstanceii attend-
ing the origin and rise of each. Lan-
guagea are usually classed as original,
or mother, — and after, or derivative
tongues. The first moiety includes
all those languages which uninstruct-
cd children of nature have formed out
of the most simple materials and pri-
mitive sounds in animate and ele-
mental uature.f Such lang^uages, the
rough productions of rough workmen,
of course gradualljr augment in body,
and improve and refine in form, as the
mental powers in roan dcvelope thcm-
•ehes. A native language is truly
the mirror of the mind, and receiving
a higher polish with every advance in
civilization, reflects, in turn, a nation's
progress. On the contrary, in a deri-
vative language — a language derived
from some pre-existing and previously
civilised tongue, all the refinements
effected are outward and artificial.
The adopted contexture being of exotic
production, we may varnish the ex-
terior, but cannot add strengtli to the
substance. Derivative languages stand
in the exact relation to mother tongues,
that a piece of furniture, manufactured
from any valuable wood, does to a
floiirisbiDg tree of the same species.
The one, au imported material, per-
haps unskilfully worked up ; the other,
an organic livmg product of nature.
Your rose-wood or mahogany table
may be complete and finished in itself,
but it is incapable of any growth from
within. Your best exertions can only
alter and diversify the form by orna-
mental decoration and fashionable
earrings, whilst the substance, instead

of increasing, diminishes the more the
older it grows. The rubbings and
srooothings to which it is subjected,
lessens the intrinsic value, and it thus
grows poorer by the very means em-

filoyed for melioration. J An original
anguage, like some coeval native
denizen of the forest, waxes in stature
and strength century after century.
Decayed leaves and carious fruits fall
off. but are abundantly replaced by
others, young in beauty, and conge-
nial to the advancing season. It bears
its nutrition within its own bosom,
and as long as it is judiciously tended
will never fail to improve both in sub-
stance and form.

Derivative languages may be com-
pared to buildings composed of old
materials, accidental wrecks, and ga-
thered fragments from antiquated struc-
tures, requiring much artificial sup-
port and extrinsic fastenings to keep
together the tottering parts. With the
progress of civilization, and the cor-
responding accession of ideas, mother
tongues increase in wealth of words,
and new modes of speecbfor the ad-
vancement of knowledge. Thus every
native Germsu scholar creates and ^
forms expressions suggested by and ;
adapted to his personal individuality,
without being in the least restrained]
by academical rules or usages. Tha
German language, as the true offspring I
of nature, glides with a free and easy]
bent from the tongue or pen of a na>
tive. spurning and defying every effort
made by pedantic laws to impede or
control its lofty flights; thence itt
sometimes soaring into the cloud-captJ
regions uf metaphor and abstrusenesa. f
It cannot be denied that the continual]
increase of new words and construc-
tions somewhat disfigures the surfac«l

i

4

• It U remnrkable that the Greek vocative U also often accentuated Ukc the Gen

iDsa, a« : rrdrrp from n-arqp, and thus in all the dialects except the Attic,
t Herodotus (b. ii.) relates, that " Psninitichus, King of Egypt, had confided to

the care of a shepherd two nevrlj;born children, with an injunction never to speak
gle word in their presence. Tbey were ^hut up in a hut, and there nursed by goal
itjl the age of two years, when the shepherd once fntering the hut, wns met by ti
drea, crying out beka, beko. This (he shepherd reported to the Kine ; and hi
, after due investigation, ascertained thst beka wnt the name for bread, iu t!
rygian Linguage. After this discovery the Egyptians were compelled (o ackaow<

ledge tJie prior antiquity of the Phrygians."

If any foundalion renlly existed for this tale, we woold saggest that the poor
ildrcn meant neither bread nor butter, but instioctifely imitated the language
eir narsei. ^

I Tlte Dietiomairt de l*Acadimi< of 176 1 coaUiiu lets nateriaU than tbepreocdisf

editioo.

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of a language ; and in this respect, de*
rivative tongues have the advantage
over original languages, their super*
ficies being kept constantly smooth
and glossy by carefully varnishing the
stereotyped forms and existing phra-
•e«.* But though the elder tongues
labour under this seeming disadvan*
tage, it is really vastly overbalanced
by their abundance of words, suffi*
riently 1]ciibie to supply every grade
and nuance of thought with a distinct
and peculiar expression, in which the
fall extent of any idea is as clearly
displayed as if the words were framed
on purpose for it. What German
student who has passed over the slip-
pery ground of etymology can refrain
from paying the homage of his fervent
admiration to the luminous faculties
illustrated in the copious and lucid
language of Herrman, Luther, Klop-
stock, Schiller, Goethe, Leasing, Her-
der, Fichte. Schlegcl, Jacobi, Schleier-
macher, and the thousands of philoso-
phers, poets, &c. who adorn the wide
area of German literature 1 Is there a
single spot in classical learning
throughout the arta and sciences
where room may be found for a sug-
gestion on the particular subject, that
you will not find it in some German
work, beside three-score other sugges-
tions, good, bad, and middling? Hard-
ly baa a notion or hypothesis crossed
tne brain of a German scholar, than
he instantaneously fiuiis a proper ex-
pression in bis language to commit it
to paper ; and however abstruse and
abstract it may appear to a stranger
when he undertakes to dress it in
another language, it is not the ob-
scurity of the idea, but the insufficiency
of the alien tongue that baffles at-
tempts at translation ! ! ! What words
ba& the Frenchman for the German
I. gehittmn, 2, meislei-in, 3. WiWtt-
beherr-icherin. and 4. kebst, all these
words, conveying, as they do, different
distinct notions : — we ask again, what
words has he for them i In sooth,
but one, ruditretaef With tl>e single
word dFlicatestf. the Frenchman aea-
BODB, 1. let alimeiu, 2. lei tentimtna,
and 3. Ujugeme%t ; while the German

has die femheit der ijieiteM, die zart»
heit der g^uhl^, and dit lekiir/e dn
urtheiU. Take the German laden, to
how many families has it not given
birth ! ladung, latten, hit, Idtfig,
laatigkeii, latter, I'dttem, latterung, and
probably also leiden, are all its de-
scendants. Now what has the French
to show against that extensive race,
simply charger une charge, for uieons*
mode, vire, and medUauce, belong to
quite different roots. What has the
PVench to produce for the mutnat of
the German ahladen, abladung, at{fla'
den. aualtiden, behdem, btiladin, MkA-
hden, umladen, Uberladtn, 9trladei»,
einladcn, vorladen, zuladat, rukut, a&>
latten, auftoiten, heUuten, belattigtn,
beliUtiyung, entladen, verlaatem, Per.
Idtterung? Sfc, S(c. What aays the
French to all these wuawce* f Why just
de'charger and turihargir ■' ■' .' Voltaire
must certainly have been impressed with
the truth of his sarcastic remarks, wtien
he called his language b ^netiM oryueU*
UuMe! (the proud beggar). We bare
in the outset of this article obaerved,
that as soon as a nation t>egin6 to ad-
vance in civilization, it feels the ne-
cessity of converting the proper into
common nouns, and thus arraying the
whole range of nature into various
categories and systematic classea.
This process, however, cannot be
effected without materially effecting
the body of the words, and deforming
their primitive and natural shapes.
Yet sufficient generally remains to
trace the original sound, even ander
the crippled state in which time and
circumstances have left the child of
nature. What German peasant when
he hears the sound of latter (vice), bat
thinks on la»t (burden) or Iddjm (to
burden), in spite of ail the scholastic
definitions given of that word. The
people who receive a language from
another nation — probably by compul*
sion, since no one would willingly ex-
change, his mother tongue for a foreign
one — receive all the common nouns,
without analysing their original sense,
much as a school-boy, to meet bta
master, learns his lessons by rote,
without regarding their import. Tlic

* The Emperor Charles the Fifth oied to sty, cb' c^li purle ebhe Francece sd lu
BHsino, luliauo alia si^ora, Tedesco ik c&valli, Sp Dio, ed Inglese i

tu!««lU- (Uc wouldspe&k French with hii friends, lu: .£au»Uc«»i Ccrauu

«l& kli kottw, Spwish iritb God, and GogUih with hu LiiOs,)

%

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On the Affiniiy of Languages.

I

vt^xxrf, "bowever, ^onld he of no greet
nomeot, if the words were not. Tittle
by little, mutilated in spirit as well as
body ; n con&eqaenre almost unavoid-
■blc, even in mother tongues, and
BOch more sn in an adopted language,
where the best imitation of a foreign
sound always remains what it always
is — a had imitation. Who can yet trace
ia dUcB the barking of the dog 'i*

Whftt is of still more importance,
(ke very sense and acceptation of the
conmon nouns often become altered
■I toon OS they ore transplanted into
another climate, and placed in strange
society, where different shades of cir-
cumstance, relations, and ideas prevail.
How the French notion of patron
varies from that of the Roman palronuM !
This evil in derivative languages leads
to one Btill greater — the vague and
uncertain signification of the words
commonly called homompnt^i, arising
from a doubt what was originally the
meaning of those words which abound
in the French language, and almost
characterise the people by the facility
of their jfnx dt met* ; while, in the
German, as we have already observed,
e^ry varying shade of idea is so limit-
ed to accuracy in word and expression,
•a to render the language such a re-
pository of supposed (there ore no
real) synonymes, that their plenty is
an actual inconvenience, the writer
or speaker being at a loss which word
to prefer, so many arc at hand for the
mo«t simple purpose. As the common
nouns were formed (as before stated)

trior to their modifying adjectives, it
\ no wonder to tind them, in the
French, more mutilated than the lat-
ter, OS : ckien from rania, and canicu-
tairtt from canintiarei ; yeui from »culi,
and oeuUtir^ from oculatiu ; pri» from
prtHum, and ftrccieux from pri-tiotut ,
while, at the same time, occupying the
first place in a sentence. The common
abstract nouns were the first words ■
the ancient Gauls learned from the
Romans, and being accustomed to
combine them in a sentence without
th« mid of other definitive parts of
■peech, the sense must necessarily
have remained uncertain and ambigu-
on«. Nor could the later introduced

modifying and determining parts sup>
plant the nouns in the occupation of
the fir&t place in a phrase.

Observe how well our Parisian friend
can manage without an adjective ; be
does not say. like the German, goldntr
ring, nor as the Roman aureus annulu$,
but bague d'or— a noun and again a
noun I

Mr. Ukbaiv,

I AM afraid that the discussion re-
specting the ancient languages of out
country, now pending between Mr.
Logan and myself, may in the end
become tiresome both to you and
your readers. ]t is for this reason
that I wished Mr. Logan to restrict
himself to actual observation tiRti facta
rather than authorities ; for of opinions
and authorities there is no end. Were
our dispute concerning the languages
spoken in Carthage, Memphis, Persepo.
lis, and Mathura 3000 years ago, then
the opinions and authorities of others
would be everything ; but with us the
case is very different — the Gaelic and
Welsh are still g|>oken — yea, they are
both immortalised by the divine art of
typography. Dictionaries, grammora,
and various compositiona in verse and
prose exist in both languages. All
that remains to be done, then, is to
lay aside prejudice, and, as the French
say, en pitiloaopkf to compare the one
with the other. To me this mode
seems the shortest and most direct
path to the temple of truth } the grand
goal at which to arrive is, I have no
hesitation in saying, the sincere desire
both of Mr. Logan and myself,

Mr. Logon says that, "according to
Balbi, the copia verborum proves tlie
radical affinity of languages." I mUst
say that I cannot find such sentiments
in Balbi 's work ; and if there were
such, it is easy to shew that it is not a
sound criterion. For instance, there
are many pieces of English composition
which at first sight would lead one to
suppose, from the copia verborum, that
our language is a dialect of the Latin,
whereas it is decidedly Saxon. I may
also add, that three- fourths of the
words of the Persian and Hindustani
languages arc pure Arabic; of which

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I

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* If you change in the Lstin can-U, the c into b, as it often the caa«^for instanee,
flroa Oalti, or Chatti, his been formed Hatti and Hasai (Hessians) — with that
i, joa have han, another imitation of the canine bark.

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On the IFelsh and Ga'^lic Languages.

[Sept.

I

fact Mr. Logan may satisfy himself by a
mere reference to their respective dic-
tionaries : yet the former is a sister-
tongue of the Sanscrit, and the tatter
one of the numerous progeny of that
venerable and elegant language. As
a further illustration, I may observe,
with what facility I might ;jroce, by
mch a mode, that the English is a dia>
lect of the Latin. I take the first
verse of St. John's Gospel, which is
pure Saxon, and without straining the
■ubject nearly so much as Mr. Logan
does in the specimen he has given of
what he is pleased to call Gaelic,
I shall be much more successful : thus,
" In the commencetnent existed the fo-
cahle, and the vocable was conjunct
with the Deity, and the Deity was the
vocable." Now Mr. L. may see that
all this merely proves that wc have
engrafted, or may engraft, ad libitum,
a multitude of Latin and French words
upon our own Saxon stem ; still our
idiom is and ever will be Saxon. Mr.
Logan's proposed version would there-
fore prove nothing even if it were
Gaelic ; but as it it, it cannot for a
moment be admitted in the way of
argument. I appeal to all the Celts in
Scotland and Ireland, whether Mr.
Logan'a five verses be intelligible to
them, or whether they convey the real
meaning of the original. In fact, they
form a, fair specimen of " the unknown
tongues," and would no doubt, be
duly appreciated as materials for lextt
among the disciples of the late Mr.
Irving, particularly as the spirit ap-
pears to be rather shy in that quarter
now-a.days. But, joking apart, let
us examine Mr. Logan's first verse:
be substitutes teachdread for toiseaeh,
Now teachdread docs not exist in the
Gaelic language ; it is purely a creation
of Mr. Logan's own, and a very far-
fetched one it is. The word yairm in
Gaiilic means a call or summom, and
consequently will nut do for the logot ■
of the original, la fact there is a
word in Gaelic spelt like the Welsh
yntr : but then it means lauyhter,
which, 1 suppose, in this case does not
suit Mr, Logan. Lastly, ntid in Gaelic
is a substantive, and mean? portion or
«A(ire, whereas the ^Velsli yyd is
nothing more or Itss tlian the iiaxon
preposition with in a hettitehed stote.

It it needless fur mc to notice the
remaining vertics ; for we most take the

languages as they really are, and not
a4 Mr. Logan think* they might be.
The fact is, that tiic Gaelic and Wetslil
have several words in common likn
English and French, which proveaj
that there was once an iotercoursej
between those who spoke them. AgainjJ
the main featuics of each langu
and. above all, the essential
and what may be called the grc
work of each, are totally different ;1
which clearly proves that the Gael
and Cimbry ore of different races.'
This is a fact which unprejudiced'
scholars of the present day admit.

There is a prevalent idea among the
learned, that all languages are sprang
from one source, and consequently]
that they have all, more or less, re-
semblance to each other. Now vcryj
little reflection will shew that this |
opinion is utterly groundless, being in I
direct opposition both to Divine reve- i
lation and to facts.

At the building of the tower of {
Babel all mankind spoke the same
speech. By Divine interposition the
language was then confounded ; and
to answer the purpose intended, the
confusion must have been total. An
indefinite number of distinct lan-
guages was the result, from which
afterwards sprung various dialccta.
At the same time, we have no proof
whatever that any vestige of the primi-
tive tongue remained. How absurd,
then, are the pretensions of those who
tell us that Irish, or Welsh, or Hebrew,
or high Dutch, (ail of which have,
in their turn, been set op as candi-
dates for the honour) was the language
spoken in Paradise !

Again, if wc examine facts, wc shall
find that languages were as different in
early ages a.<i they are now. Mr.
Logan mentioned in one of hia com-
munications the bright idea of some
leaned sage, that about 1500 years
before Christ all the people of the
earth might or could understand one
another. In that case where was the
occasion for stopping the building of
Babel? This opinion, by the way, is
one of the many that are hastily
adopted without a due examination of j
factn. It is the quotation of these
sad reveries on the part '■( '^•'- I ■•"fi'i
that I am particularly "
and I trust that he w»;i , ,

mc alt such inflictiona. Just mark

1838J

On the Welsh and Gaelic Languages,

I

how a simple nnd ascertained fact sub-
»rrts the whole fabric ! The Laws of
Menu ia Sanscrit, and the Pentateuch
in Hifiipw were both written some-
i" u the 17lb and I2th ceu-

ic- Christ, and do two lan-
Bgcs under the sun caa have less
emblance to each other than San-
ftcrit and Hebrew. The Chinese lan-
guage, judging from its structure,
seems still older tlian cithrr.and totally
difl'ercat from both. After this brief
eitpcKt^, 1 trust Mr. Logan will eicuse
me if 1 admit none of his authorities
except such as I perceive to be founded
on /acts, or such as 1 am unable by
farl^ to refute.

Speaking of facts, 1 may mention
the specimen of Welsh given by Mr.
Logan on the authority of Dr. Edw.
Davies as a translation of an Irish
frej^ent in your July Number. To
the «ye there is, indeed, a resemblance
between the Irish and Welsh. I
shewed it however to a Welsh scholar,
who assured rue that it was choice
H'eUh, but still he coutd not tratiglate
oae line of it, that I might compare it
with the original. I must therefore
claaa Dr. Davics'a Welsh, in this in-
stance, among the uuknown tongues,
until such time as a true translation
be forthcoming. It is my thorough

^ conviction, that it is of a piece with
Mr. Logan's gospel : that is, the WeUh
words arc forced so as to resemble
the opposite Celtic without the least
n^ard to sense. This is not all ;
Kveral of the Welsh words do not ab-
Mlutely exist in the Welsh dictionaries
uf Richards and Owen ! !
These are facts which require no
comment, except the total inutility of
oar attempting to getile this dispute by
merely referring to the theories of Celtic
and Cimbric etymologiats, of whom
there are but too many whose writings
display a great deal more of eathu-
siasm than judgment. They stem too
much attached to preconceived notions
of their own, and sliew a wonderful de-
ficiency in Bourul learning and logical
reasoning. Tlie works to which I
here chiefly allude are those of Vnl-
lancey, of which I have already said
mote than the subjftt is worth — " m-c
habet victoria lauckm," O'Coiiuoi'a
Chronicles of Eri is a sample of tlic
UfcXT. Mag. Vol, X.

same sort. O'Brien's " Round Towers]
of Ireland" ia an elegant and highljri
jioetical work ; but then it provea '
nothing, the author having mistaken'
rhetoric for logic. The compilers of]
the Gai3lic Dictionary under the aus-
pices of the Highland Society of Scot- !
land, have set out with a wonderful]
display of Semitic words apparentljf
borrowed from Vallancey. Strange j
to say, however, after the fourth or I
fifth letter of the alphabet, the Hebre^v
and Arabic roots seem to have made
a strike of it, to use a vernacul.-ir
phrase ; and they afterwards appear.
" rari uantes in gurgiie vasto." Now,
how are we to account for this state
of things? Was it because Vallan-
cey's Dictionary is copious only in the
first letters of the Al[)habet r Or. waa
some one charitable enough to hint to
the compilers that they were display-
ing more zeal than wisdom in the af-
fair? 1, of course, need not weary
your readers by contrasting a long list
of such Gaijiic and Semitic words as
have been yoked together in this per-
formance : suffice it to point out the
following : — G. Asal — an ass — Chal-
daic atiel, piger — lazy. Now this is
ridiculous enough ; for the om was a
very respectable beast among the Se-
mitic people, and was never pecuiiar-
ised by the epithet alsel. Under the
G. word Ceud we have the wonderful
information that the Semitic root
Kadam, preceding, is made up of the
Celtic monosyllables ceud am, Hrst
time ! One word more, and 1 fioish.
TheGaiilic word Crig denotes a kick, to
which is appended in the Natkhi letters
the Arabic Keik — foolish. Now the
ri'latinnship between Ceig, a kick, and
Kvik foolish, except in mere sound, is
beyond my comprehension, unless it
mystically intimatei> that the fuolisk
oiifjht to be kicked. So much for the
affinity of the Gaelic and -Semitic. I
could add hundredb of equally absurd
specimens, were it not wa.ste of time.
Of Cymbrian ctymoluuists I have
perused thriic, atid dip|>ed into several.]
First and foremost ia Lhuvd, possessed I
of profound learning and candour — 4
noble exception to the others. He ex«
amines fuctii, and n-ai^nns accordingly; i
lie admits, with the greatest naiveto, I
that there is an infinite number ofej^^

English Hexarm-tcrg.

[Sept.

*

otic worda, besides Welsh, to befouod
in the language of the GirydheU (\. c.
Gael). In the preface to his work,
addressing his own countrymen, he
saya, "To me it seems most probable
that they (the Gael) were here before
our coming into the Island 111" I
wish, Mr. Urban, I were capable of
translating honest Lhuyd's Welsh
Preface ; I verily believe it would de-
cide our controversy. The other two
writers to whom I allude, are Mr.
Rowlands and Dr. Davies, whom 1
may briefly and correctly describe as
Vallancey and O'Connor in IVaka.

There remains yet a Cirobro-Breton
Abbe named I'ezron, of whom I must
say a few words. In a book entitled
" Antiquities of Nations," this author
attempts to prove that Greek, Latin,
&c. are derived from the Celtic ; to-
gether with sundry marvellous things
besides. What the Abb6is pleaded to
call Celtic, is the melnmje, — half Welsh
half French, spoken in Britanny,
commonly called the Armoric : how-
ever. Welsh or French, it is all fish (i.e.
Celtic) that comes into the learned
gentleman'^ net. As a specimen of the
Abbe's ingenuity and learning, he says
that the following Latin words, kahi-
lit, honeatui, ratio, and rpnina, are
derived from the following LHtic words
respectively — habil, hunett, raison and
rmuin ! .' .'

Of course I need not add a single
word of comment here ; I am merely
doubtful whether your readers will
believe me; and I con only assure
them that the fact is as 1 have staled
it : tit tha hook, viz. the " Antiquities
of Nations, by Pezron," book iii. ch. 2.
Yet this author is praised up to the
very skies by Rowlands as the most
learned and the most accurate of Anti'
quaries. I have been somewhat dif-
fuee on the Celtic and Cirabrian ety.
inologists and soi-disant antiquaries,
to convince Mr. Logan that I have no
wish whatever to adopt an " exclusive
or arrogant " mode of controversy ;
and I »till submit, that where facts are
at hand, authorities are of little con-
sequence. Mr- L. must perceive that
avlhoritttt are liable to be subverted,
whereas /ac/j are permanent : this re-
fers more particularly to the opinions
of such writers OS 1 have above specie

fled — writers whose ill -supported theo-
ries and shollow lucubrations are (with
the sole exception of Lhuyd) enough
to bring Celts and Cimbrians, and ety-
mological research itself, into ever-
lasting contempt.

With these compare the profound
and strictly philosophical researches
of continental scholars such as Ge-
senius, and Bopp, and Balbi, and
EichofT;* and in that case, Mr. Urban,
ynu will admit that both Celts and
Cimbrians will be found wanting in the
balance. For my own part. I believe
I am perfectly indifferent to all pre-
judices resulting from coantry or tribe :
I merely reason upon facts as 1 find
them, and wherever I meet with the
crude and inadmissible theories of
either Celt or Cimbrian, 1 will freely
and candidly expose them, so far as
facts bear me out. "Tros Tyriusve
mihi, Dullo discrimine agetur."

FtOil GUARL.

^

ENOLISH HEXAMETEBS.

" With so little knowledge of facts, and"
so little regard to accuracy, are con-
fident assertions sometimes made."
Dr. Soutktp.

BISHOP HALL, in the 6th Satire
of his first book, " laughs," says War-
ton, " at the hexametrical version of
the Roman Prosody, so contrary to the
genius of our language, lately intro-
duced into English poetry by Stani-
hurst the translator of Virgil, and
patronized bv Gabriel Uarvey and Sir
Philip Sidney."

A writer in the Censura Literaria,
from some slip of memory, when re-
ferring to these circumstances of poeti-
cal history, inadvertently substitutes
the name of Spenser for Sidney. And

* The Chevalier F. G. Eichoff has
lately published at Piiris a valuable work
entitled, " Parnllele ile« Langues de
rEurope ct ile I'lnilc." The anthor with
vaat learning and sound research ruterg
into a compariion between the Sanscrit
an>i the leading langin"''-'! nf Knrope, the
(Jai^lic and WeUh 'i -. By a

careful pen<«al of Hji ! Tx^gan

will find that the Gallic i... are

(to UM tb« terms of nati. ibe

inmrfffnnt, but nut of the nninf tj.trtn.

ulmSm

Oh English Hcjeamciers.

«67

I

upon this he is vijited with the above
wlemn cJacDlatino rrom the Laureate,
vho, as if to prepare an additional
weight for the iudiaputable truisui, has
given ao instance within a very few
pages, that even a fatailiar acquain-
tance with a common error, and a
vigilance to detect it in others, is not
sufficient to preserve us at all limes
from falling ourselves into ita snares.
Dr. Soutbey, in his Preface to the
Vision of Judgment, recently published
in the intb vol. of his collected works,
assures us, that Harris of Salisbury
originally pointed out the 1st verse of
the 2nd Psalm to be a natural and per-
fect hexameter.

Harris of Salisbury did no such
thing. This plain fact had been
noticed many years before by Dr.
VVallis, in his Grammatica Lingua:
Auglicamc (first published in 1653).
And Wallis not only observes that this
first verse spontaneously flows accord-
ing to the laws of the Latin hexame-
ter; but that the whole psalm may,
with very slight change, be reduced to
the same laws. He submits his own
performance of the task. He does
more than that ; he transforms the
same psalm into Sapphic metre.

1 subjoin four hexameter lines and
the correspondent Sapphic stanzas : —

1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing ?

2. Why do the kings of the earth conspire with princes among them
Thus conspiring against the Lord, and against his Anointed :

if Let u> asunder break their bonds, and cast wc the cords off.

1. Why do the heathen furionsly rage, and
Why do the people meditate a vain thing ?

2, Why do the kings that are on earth uuitc, and
Princes a'scmble ?

Jointly conspiring thus against the Lord, and
'Gainst his Anointed ? 3. I'be'r uneasy bands wcc'l
Break all in sunder, and the'r heavy cords wee'l
Cast away from us ?

It \f, not ray intention to dispute
with Dr. Southcy whether the failure
of preceding writers in English Hexa-
meters is to be ascribed to tlie metre
or to their own mismanagement ; nor
ahall I venture to criticise his exertions
to recommend it to public favour.
That Stanihurst's experiment was so
very ridiculous as to appear more like
a travestie than a translation, was
fully seen and unequivocally declared
two hundred years ago, by one whose
aaroc and memory ought to be pre-
served, if merely as the teacher of the
author of Paradise Lost. Speaking of
Stanihurst's translation of Virgil, Gil
says, " Ita tamen inconcinne conca-
tcnantur numeri, ut risum captasse
videatur potius quam poetam vertisse."
Gil, however, is far more favourable
tnSidney. " At divino Sidneii ingenio,
et diccndi copia sic omnia (luunt, ut
Latinos ingcnio su[>cras6i\ tcquasse
facuodia." He app<ars by the ex-
prcMion " ita tamen inconcinne," to

have attributed, as Southey docs, the
failure of Stanihurst tu himself; but
the learned master of St. Paul's will
lose perhaps something of his authori-
ty with the Laureate by his partiality
to Sidney, whose verses the latter pro-
nounces to be uncouth and difficult.

Neither Dr. Southey nor Mr. Guest
seem to be acquainted with the speci-
men of English Hexameters published
by Mr. Odell upwards of thirty years
ago.* Mr. Guest has fixed upon the
same passage for his exercise, the
first fifty-two lines of the first book of
the Iliad, which Odell had previously
translated, in proof, as he himself
says, that the Homeric Rhythmus is
not inexpressible in English. Mr.
Guest appears also to attribute to
Harris what is due to Wallia.

BSTVLA.

2G8

[Sept.

TEMPLE BALSALL, WARWICKSHIRE.
CHIIA a Platt.J

b

BALSALL w»s a member of Ilatnp-
lon in Anlen, and was given to the
Knights Templars by Roger Moubray,
tbe sou and heir of Nigel dc Albini,
Lord of Hampton nt the time of the
Domesday survey. Dugdale, under
the title of this place in his Warwick-
shire, takes occasion to introduce an
account of the fraternities of Knights
Templars and Hospitallers in general ;
but the particulars be gives imme-
diately relating to Dalsall are very
scanty. Indeed, besides his statement
of the original gift, they consist only
of this, that J'ihn Uraufitz, esq. Es-
chactorofthe county, was the resi-
dent " fermonr " at the prccpptory in
the reigns of Edward IV. Henry VI,
and VII. and that alter the dissolution
it was (granted to Quern Katharine
Farr. The existing remains arc thcre-
f()re left almost entirely to speak for
themselves.

The preceptory of Temple Dalsall
waa situated in a retired spot, about
two miles from the turnpike road
between Warwick and Solihull, and
is approached only by winding country
lanes. The site was formerly moated,
and there is still considerable inequality
of ground, and indications of the
ancient fishponds. The course of a
considerable brook is close at band.

No other remains exist of the Pre-
ceptory except the church and the
hall, which are little moie than forty
feet apart. The latter, however, is
not at right angles with the former,
hut inclines suroewhal to the south.

We will describe the Hall first, aa
tlie most remarkable, if not the older,
edifice. Its breadth is thirty feet, and
its length seventy. Whether it was
formerly longer* is unknown, and ran.
not be ascertained from its external
appearances, as the walls have been
entirely rebuilt of red brick, a remark-
able proof of the stability of the ancient
timbers and roof, which must have
stood alone at the time when the walls
were changed. It has been stated
that the walls were formerly of wood ;
their foundations, which arc proba-
bly original, arc of stone. At the
western end, but not exactly in the
centre (see the Plan), still remains a
very massive stone chimney, project-
ing five fret from the western wall on
the outside, and measuring eight feet
in width. It rises from a sloping base
which projects another foot on each
side. A large stem of ivy has dis-
ruptured this base in a remarkable
manner.

■M not

Dr. Thomns (lu his edition of DnRdste's \'-

t Bnrn containit eight lar||;«t l>«yi of buildii>.

r foot wide, thirty-eight toot hii' i '

owe of Warwickshire, 183.5, p. '
" the annirnt IleJ] or Refectory," i^L
born." TU\i is not the case; it looks like a cottage, as .
prrBume Dr. Thomas's measuremeiitt apply to «u actual
notice on our visit.

!0, p. f»69,) states,
ired jinil forfy foot

The

Ion;,

n' •" hi»

!>>ni» " to

.. ■ .if n l*ri»»

lit view. W»

ti w« did not

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Hall at Temple BaUall, iVarwicksA'tre.

269

It will be seen by the plan th&t six
of the wocxlen pillars Which supported
the roof* remain ; and if the hall was
uriginally the whole length of the plan,
four others have been removed. At
present the building is at this end car-
tied up into another story. At the
6aiiw time its width is narrowed, and a
party wall divides it from the remaining

portion of the hall. The sqaarc room
thus formed on the ground floor, and
which ia called the Parlour, is now
used for the courbt leet and courts
baron, and their nltendant dinners ;
the hall itself is occupied only as a
lumber room.

Two of the timber arches still remain
complete, presenting this appearance.

I

There are also lateral beams from arch
to arch. a.s shown by the dark shading,
and which arc supported by bracket
pieces from the lower dark spots, ex-
actly as the centre beam appears in
the cut. At Nursted a pointed arch
resembling those at the side occupied
the central division ; and it is highly
probable that the same was originally
the case here ; and then the only diflfe-
fence was that here the pilars, instead
of being columnar, are square, with
chamfered angles. There can, indeed,
we tJiink. be little doubt that the
two tic-beams and queen-posts arc of
modern construction. Though the
walls are new, the stone pavement
appears by no means modern.

Roand the walls of the parlour are
placed a range of painted shields.
They arc uniformly encircled in a
wreathed border of black and white
ribbons, with architectural trefoils or
Tudor dowers at the four corners, and

they seem to have been made for the
bosses of a panneled roof. They are
nineteen in number, but comprise only
five varieties : —

1. Gules, a cross Or.

2. Or, a Saracen's head, wreathed.
Proper. The crest of Prior Weston.

3. Gules, an anchor Sable, crossed
Or.

4. Thesame, surcharged with a tnn,
inscribed lihfrf, evidently a rebus of
the name of Likeston. (See the cut
werlenf.J

5. Quarterly : 1 and 4. Ermine, on
a chief Azure five Bezants Or; 2 and
3. Argent, three camels passant Sable ;
the whole surmounted by a chief Or,
charged with a cross Sable. Tliis is the
coat of William Weston, the last Prior
of St. John's before the Reformation,
which shows the period of the forma-
tion of these coats. His mother was
Katharine, sister and heiress of Joha
Camel of Shapwick (see the pedigree

* The various existing examples in England of the roof of • hall lupported by
pillars, which is supposed to have been the original plan of Westminster hall, were
enumerated in our MagazlnG for April 1037, when ■ view of Nursted hall, Kent, wag
given. Baggitey Hall in Cheshire, of which an interior view will be seen in Ormeroirs
History of that County, vol, «. p. tW, is another very curious and iDicresting
specimen of a roof sup[>urted by {.ointed timber arches, though differing in plan and
arraBgement from Nursted and Temple Bolsall.

^l^dflK

gUjgl

I

nf Weston, of Sutton by Guildford, in
Manning and Bray's History of Sur-
rey, vol. i. p. 135), and he here
quarters her coat of the camels.

It ap|M;ars from Dugdalc that there
■were formerly these further varieties,
then described as " arraes paynted on
the seeling in a chamber of the
house:" —

6. Azure, two foxes in pale Or.

7. Gulca, a long or passion cross.

8. Gules, the foramon heraldic cross
Or (as No. 1) surmounted with a chief
charged with a cross (as No. 5>.

It is added by Dr. Thomas, that
" On the great beam over the old
kitchen chimney is cut in wood, a
chevron ingrailed between three fer-
maux, in chief a Jerusalem cross, with
this motto. Saw Bara." This was
the cont of Sir Thomas Docwra, the
Lord Prior preceding Weston -. but in-
stead of "fcrmaux" (a species of he-
raldic buckles) we should read " Plates
each charged with a pallet," the coat
of Docwra being Sable, a chevron en-
grailed Arg. between three Plates each
charged with a pallet Gules, as they
appear on his standard (Coll. Arm.
Vine. Camb.) and in the Parliament
Roll of 6 Hen. VIII. publi.shed by Mr.
Willement. The same coat occurred
no less than six times on the gateway
of Clerkenwell Priory (represeuted
upon every number of theGentlefnan's
Magazine) ; see the accurate engraving

of the shields thereon, in the Gentle-
man's Magazine for Ckt. IJSB, p. 853.
In one instance there, it impaled ■
cross flory, the chief with its cross
surmounting both coats*; and in
another (according to a plate in Gent.
Mag. for Dec. 1749) >t impaled three
lions rampant, the chief then being
placed only over the dexter side. The
chief, it is evident, is the usual dis-
tinction which was added to the family
coats of the Lords Priors of St. John
of Jerusalem.

We will DOW proceed to the Church.
It is built of a red sandstone, and is
a rectangular structure of a single pace j
in its exterior dimensions exactly one
hundred feet long, and thirty-eight
wide. The walls arc 4i feet thick.
The architecture is of the best style
of the reign of Edward the Third.

There are three windows on the
north and three on the south sides, one
at the east end. and two at the west,
namely, a Urge one of five lights im-
mediately above a door, and a circular j
or wheel window in the gable. The
character of the tracery, which is bold
and florid, will be seen in the view.

To the north wall are five buttresses;
the intervening space next the west is]
a dead wall ; the next bad a window]
of three lights ; the next one of four,
below which is a small door, now]
closed ; and the last one of three im«
mediately lighting the altar.

Probably intemVd for »?t?

Prior's brother James Uocvrrn, E»q. wbo nuirTiiiil

'•-Ideti. of MordctiL, co. Cambridge 1 the co«i of

rjr Sublr— (Vmc. Comb. p. i'A)) the chief bci

Church at Temple Balsall, Warwickshire.

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The east window is n mognificcDt
opening of five lights. On either aide
of it, on the outside, are small brack.
ct6 for btutues : and above il is a round
opening to the interior of the roof, in-
closed in a square panel.

On the south wall, the first window
next the east is shorter than the rest,
oo account of the priests' seats in the
interior; the next, of three lights, is
closed in its luwcr part with modern
cement ; there is a small door by its
west side ; the next window is of four
lights ; and in the last space is a door,
which was formerly covered by a stone
porch, of which the springings of the
groined roof still remun. 'fhe entrance
to the church was moved at the last
repair from this door to that under the
west window ; the ancient hinges be-
ing judiciously preserved, In the
sooth-west corner of the building is a
circular staircase to a perfectly plain
bell turret, as seen in the view.

Of the exterior it remains to be men-
tioned that over the west door is a
range of brackets, evidently left for the
support of beams, and showing that
that door did not originally lead into
the open air, but into some contiguous
building. A range of grotesque heads
adorns the cornice of this front.

On entering the church, the stranger
is struck by its peculiarity of being a
spaciona room, perfectly disencum-
bered, not merely of galleries, but
ereo of pews. There were formerly
three ranges of pcwa, with central and
side passages ; but the whole were re-
moved about fourteen years ago : now
there is only one pa&sage duwii the
centre, which ia neatly paved, and
ranges of open unfixed benches are
placed on each side.

The altar is raised three steps, but
without rails. In the centre of the
charch is placed a small octagon font,
carved with paneled tracery, which
has the appearance of having been
newly sculptured; but it seems that
il was formed out of a piscina which
•tood at the south-east corner of the
chapel.* But the ancient font still
remainA, though not erected on its
base. It is to be hoped that it will

agoin bo reared, where there is abun>
ilant space, near the west door, as it
is really a very handsome piece of
bcuJpiure, and far more accordant
with the general style of the church
than its slim and comparatively in-
significant substitute. It is of the
bowl form, about seven feet in cir-
cumference, very boldly and elegantly
sculptured with foliage. It is well
worthy of being re-erected.

To the south of the altar, is a pis-
cina, formed within the wall, and a
recess for three officiating ministers^
having a fine florid triple cunopy.

There are no monuments of any
importance: and only two or three
mural tablets and some inscriptions
on the floor to the stewards and tenants
of the manor.

On the north wall are fixed two
hatchments. They are those of Lady
Kathut inc Leveson and her sister Lady
Anne Ilolbourne, the daughters of
Robert Dudley (the natural son of
Queen Elizabeth's favourite Robert
Earl of Leicester, and who was created
Duke of Northumberland by the Em-
peror,) by Alice Leigh, created Duchess
Dudley by King Charles II.

1. Azure, three leaves Or, Leveaon:
impaling Or, a lion rampant double-
queued Azure, charged with a crescent
Argent, Dudley.

2, Quarterly, 1 and 4, Argent, a
fess Sable charged with three crescents
Or, and in chief two falcons rising
Sable, Uolbournp; 2 and 3, Azure,
three lions passant Argent; impaling
Dudley as before.

Lady Katharine Leveson was the
foundress of a Hospital for aged fe-
males, which stands a little to the
west of the Church. It is built of
red brick, on two sides of a quadr-
angle, and at the upper end is the
residence of the Master, who is also
the Perpetual Curate of the Church.
This house has recently been rebuilt
by the present incumbent, the Rev.
John Short, who was instituted to the
perpetual curacy in 1794.

There are now thirty alms-women,
who are taken either from Temple
Balsall. which has the preference;

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" TUb WW the case when » set of drawings of various paria of this structure was
ouda by the late Mr. Thoiuns Piither, P.S.A. whose original sketches arc now in the
ponCHion of William Staunton, Esq. of Longbridge House, near Warwick.

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[Sept.

from Long Itcliingliam in Warwick-
shire, fnmi Tri'iilliam in Slaffortl-
shire, nr Lilleshall in Shropshire; "the
poorest and lamcat" being pointed out
by the t'oundress as the preferable ob-
jects of her bounty. There is also a
school ; and daily prayers arc read to

the alms-wompn in the scliooUroomj
The present iucuin« of the charity
nearly 15001. per annum. A very cx4
celleut house near the chapel bclooj^
to the best farm, and the old hall uiajj
be regarded ns one of its oulbuildingsj
J. G, N.

IV24S!

M H . U R B A s, Cork. July Id.

THE Coronation Medal represents
on the obverse the profile bust of Her
Majesty, wearing a tiara, and into
this, at the back of the head, drapery
is twisted, which falls, covering also
the back of the neck. Inscription, —

" VICTORIA. D.O. BKITANNIAUUM Blt-
OINA P. D."

The workmanship of the forehead,
face, and neck, is good ; the outline
clear and delicately rounded off the
surface. The general aspect is stern,
and has an older character than our
Sovereign possesses. The nose is cer-
tainly much too large, not merely for
the original, but for the usual propor-
tions and the rules of beauty, which
an artist of taste, without sacrificing
resemblance, would endeavour to fol-
low. The hair is extremely bad : it is
merely scratched in. without any truth
of nature or beauty of arrangement to
compensate for its charp wiry ap-
pearance ; while the drapery from the
tiara nearly covers the ear, and falling
on the bock of the neck destroys the

beautiful outline which may be givel
when it is left uncovered, and in m]
judgment injures the general effect, b)
destroying its lightness without iQ<
creafiing its dignity.*

The reverse represents Her Majest]
with the globe in her right hand, and
the sceptre in her left, seated on
cube and elevated two steps from thai
floor. Before her stand Britanuia«|
Scotia, and Ilibernia, respectivcl]
designated by a rose, a thistle, and
shamrock placed upon their helmets
offering a crown (though Ireland, omi«
nously enough, clutches it as if she
rather intended to keep it) ; but as hf)X\
Her Majesty '» hands are filled, it dneal
not neeiu very clear how she is to takal
it; and skulking behind the throne,|
we sec a lion holding a thunderbolt*
In my estimation it is a bad design,
badly executed.

Mr. Hamilton in his letter defend-
ing this work of Pistrucci (vide Tha
Times of the 25th July) informs anA
that the design was given to
engraver of her Majesty's medals,!

* la justice to Pistnicd, we shall here quote what baa been given in approbatioa

of this part of the design : " The head is crowned wlib « ti«r», md Tcildd, whir"

realWi'^ «n sereenWe btiH hippy manner — the tecliiiit with whirh "n ancient coins th<

Ik Minted, in,.: ,| character i tlif

^i in which ■ >i cuds appear o>

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And wliat is this " pt^rfc^t compn^i-
tiua," as Mr. Hamilton deems it )
The three kiiigiJoms bio nJjWinij a
Cnien to Queen Yictijiia. This dc
Biga night be very appropriate fur the
coronation or inauguration of Oliver
Crumwell. Loois Philippe, or Leopold,
who were raised by popular coraran-
tioos to thrones to which they had
preriousty neither claim, right, nor
title. But Queeu Victoria ascended
tlie Ihroiie of theac realma in conse-
quence of h«r own legal and inherent
birthrights, the luoinrnt her uncle
ceased to breathe ; and the raoraent it
wan known that William the Fourth
was dead, all the authorities of tlic
empue Hocked to swear allegiance to
her ja$t rtyhtn, and not to request her
acctptanee of Ibr Suverniu;ntv. A more
^^propcr ft erroncouA de^iign could
rccly have been (levised.f Then,
to the composition : — look at the
three fcnjules. Britannia is a heavy,
corpulent, andungracetut figure. Each
female ha» her icfl foot on the lower
»tep of the throne, but neither the
lines of the limbs nor the draperies
five either elegance or effect. And at
this time, so ostentatiously peaceable,
why iotroduce an idea of war ? G rant,
however, the necessity, there is not
classical authority to place a thunder-
Mt with any other delegate of Jupiter
than the eagle, and the catlike animal
who nov r.^i, ...,.., it, seems (unworthy
rcprcsc. iic'Old British Lion!)

to bcwi. ... ., : .-.I'p liirasc'lf ensconced
ill the back ground^ and to take pro-
tection from the throne, instead of
being its defender. The only merit in
the design, is the ease of her Majesty's
Bitting figure, which is very pleasing.

On the workmanship of the Re-
verse, as Mr. Hamilton says that it
is unfinished, remark is unnecessary;
but wc may a^k, should it have been
so? as the engraver of Her Majesty's
medals had only this one work to
execute; and from the day of the
Queen's ascending the throne, it was
known that a Coronation must follow,
and a medal be engraved ; though I
should not have put this question,
bat for Mr. Hamilton's sneering ob-
servation, " that the engraver has
taken a whole year to bring out some
of the common coins of the realm."
Of these I have seen in circulation the
fourvarictie.softhcMaundymoncy, the
groat, and the sovereign — six coins.
What progress others may be in,
neither I nor Mr. Hamilton can tell.
Selecting the sovereign as the largest
coin, 1 am (|uitc satistied to place its
bust in competition with the bust on
the Coronation medal, for elegance of
composition, correctness of resem-
blance, and ability of workmanship.
Both are now before the public, and
to their judgment and impartiality I
confidently appeal.

Mr. Hamilton has thought proper
to insult and calumniate tlic memory
of the late chief engraver of the Mint,
Thomas Wyon, by asserting that .Mr.
Pistrucci was brought into the Mint
to correct his blunders. It is a cir-
cumstance perfectly well known, that
the busts (not portraits) called George
the Third's, which Thomas Wyon en-
graved for the coinage of 181G. he
was obliged to copy, by the orders of
the then Master of tlie Mint (now
Lord Maryborough) from Cameoa en-
graved by Signor Pistrucci; and that

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t Id thi* opinion of our corresponJeat, and in his line of reasoning upon it, wo by

no nirnn* coineiJt*. His urgniueuts would Ije equnlly adrcrste to thr ceremony of Ihe

Coronation nlto^etlicr. The spirit of that ceremony is a romj)art with Ihe people,

and tn the fnmc sipirit is (lie design of the Coronation medal conceived. Modern Inws

hnv ,' C'urouiuion a mere ratification, if not a mere pageant; but in the

' of oiir history, the Coronation wits in fact the actual acccstiun of the

:n I ii. iiii ..!-.,-•, i:,.! I i ■, :.!■, ! , 1. its (iceomplii^lniient he V ■ '• "-

ItLi '. I - : , lit hi.ttorical rc.ii-irilit - ira

-'> V' 11 ',1111 iliL j,.> iji llii-ir coroliiilioti, nud r tlio

The t'oronfttion cercmnuics commence with rnn hecoo-

I'eoule ; who are three tirars nslct-il •' Arc T'i'i ••■tfliftc to do

I xtply to each dcniaad with lon^l ^ of

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they were faithfully copied by Thomas
Wyon, may be easily ascertained by
referring to the Cameos themselves,
which, as the public paid for, we may
presume became public property, and
have been preserved. Le Sage, in
" Lg Diable Doiteux," tells us of a
surgeon, who, not having much prac-
tice, used in the dusk of the evening
to stab persons passing in the neigh-
bourhood of his shop, then most hu-
manely to come to their assistance,
and "for a consideration" in due
time cure the wounds he had himself
inflicted. Admitting Mr. Hamilton's
assertion on this occasion to be cor-
rect, theSignoc's appointmcut to cor-
rect blunders of hia own creating
was something analogous to Le Sage's
surgeon ; though I entirely acquit Mr.

P of the surgeon's premeditated

intention.

Had Thomas Wyon (who died at
the age of only twenty -five years)
been left to his own unfettered taste
and judgment, (and we have abun-
dant evidence in his works that he
needed no foreign assistance or in-
structor), we should have had a coin-
age io 1816 that would have been
equally honourable to himself and his
country. To refer to the Waterloo
medal, one of the most accessible of
bis works, as there roust have been
nearly forty thousand of them struck —
the head of George the Fourth on
that medal, in all that constitutes
merit of design and execution, will
stand in successful rivalry against any
bust of that sovereign executed by Mr.
Pistrucci. Mentioning this medal
also suggests an inquiry, — Is the
Signer's Waterloo medal finished ?
(Mr. Hamilton says that for ten years,
be had not a single order from Go-
vernment), or — will the public ever
see what they have paid so much for i
Yours, &c. R. S.

k

Mr. U«BAff, Beilford.tl Strand.
Aug. 6,

MY attention has been just calk-d
to an article entitled " Anecdotes of
Newspapers," in " the Genltcmao's
Magazine" of Jaly last, in which the
conduct of the booksellers in connexion
with me is represented in terms that
demand an explanation. In that arli.

cle Mr. Daniel Stuabt states that,
the booksellers having determined to
set up two daily newspapers, the
British Press and the Globe, in direct
opposition to his papers, the Morning
Post and the Courier, " took" from
hia employment George Lane (mean*
ing me), his chief assistant, supposing
that when they got me " thev got the
Morning Post, and that he (Mr.
Stuart) was nobody."

To this charge of a corobinatioo
against him, urged in several pas-
sages in hia statement. I answer, that
in my first interview with the book-
sellers on the subject of their papers,
1 inquired the motives for their new
undertaking, and, in answer, they
stated their object was not pecuniary
profit, but the protection of their trade,
which suffered from the manner in
which the existing newspapers were
condncted ; that their advertiscmenta
were frequently thrown into the back
of the paper, and there mixed with
others of a gross and offensive charac«
ter; that frequently their advertise-
ments were refused insertion, or if
received, their insertion was attended
with injurious delay, as happened
upon occasions of important parlia-
mentary debate or other interesting
matter requiring considerable apace*
and this in cases of new literary works
prepared at great expense; and that, as
a remedy for these grievances, they
proposed to have a morning and even-
ing paper of their own, the columns of
which they could command. These
were the views and motives they pro-
fessed, and I firmly believed them ;
and 1 further declare that I never had
cause to suspect that they had any
other, or that the papers were intended
for the unworthy purpose alleged by
Mr. Stuart; nor did 1 ever conduct
them in that spirit. Mr. Stuart refers
to Sir Richard Phillips as a voucher
for his statement; but at the time the
booksellers applied to me the late Mr.
Debrett, of Piccadilly, was the only
member of the trade with whom I bad
the slightest acquaintance. Sir Ri
chard Phillips I did not know until
after I had made my engagement, whei
I found him a member of a committ
for managing the financial affairs
the concern, with which, however,
had nothing to do. and I conduct*
the papers entirely according to my

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own jadgment, perfectly free from all
uadue influence. A new newspaper
ia, 1 conceive, as legitimate a specula-
tioo B9 a new bank or a new insur-
ance office : and that the booksellers
were perfectly justified in setting up
their papers for the purpose I have
stated. A new paper docs not create
new readers ; its circulation is derived
from the existing stock, and must ne-
cessarily affect the whole, though, per-
haps, not each individual in the same
degree ; but that the new papers were
•et up particularly in opposition to the
Morning Post and the Courier I deny.
If they were likely to affect any indi-
vidual paper, " the Morning Chroni-
cle" would appear, on Mr. Stuart's
own sbowipg.to have the greatestcause
for apprehension, for he says, " Mr.
Perry, who aimed at making the Morn-
ing Chronicle a very literary paper,
took pains to produce a striking dis-
play of book advertisements ; while
horses and carriages constituted the
particular class of advertisements in
the Morning Post. This much may
su£Sce in vindication of the booksellers.
1 now proceed to make some observa-
tions in vindication of myself.

Mr. Stuart, while he gives me cre-
dit for merit cf various kinds, which,
without betraying excessive vanity, I
could not arrogate to myself, says,
I owned that 1 was indebted to him
" for all I knew of newspapers," that
by his instmctiuo, he might say edu-
cation, I had become valuable in va-
rious ways, and that I was his chief
■asislant in his morning paper. This
1 readily admit. His statement is
perfectly correct and true. I was a
total stranger to newspapers when he
accepted my proffered services, and
any knowledge I possessed of news-
papers was acquired in his office. But
I will go further than the bare ad-
mission of this part of Mr. Stuart's
statement in its most extended sense.
During my connexion with him he
uniformly treated me with exceeding
kindness and great liberality, of which
the following particulars may convey
an idea. He proposed to me to enter
into a written engagement with him
which 1 declined. My reriisa) ap>

feared to surprise him, and he said if
felt any cause of dissatisfaction in
the establishment it should be re-
moved. 1 answered there was none ;

liltfi

I was pleased with every one in it
and every thing about it. He then
said if I did not consider my salary
sufficient he was ready to increase it ;
to which 1 answered that I was per-
fectly satisfied and felt myself amply
compensated as I stood, but that I
wished to hold myself a free man.
This conversation took place at an
early period of uur connexion ; and
upon that footing I remained until its
close, during which inten^al he added
more than once to my income, but not
at my instance or request. The ad-
vance always came spontaneously and
unsolicited from his own will. I may
add that I never heard any member
of the establishment complain of
want of liberality on the part of Mr.
Stuart. He wished to have hia busi-
ness done diligently, but he was uni-
formly liberal in compensation. These
are facts not now disclosed, or sen-
timents not now expressed by me for
the first time. In every company in
which 1 ever heard his character and
conduct alluded to, I have uniformly
borne testimony to his liberality, and
expressed myself to the same effect.

It will now occur to the reader to
ask bow it happened that I, so highly
favoured, should withdraw myself
from an establishment in which 1 had
80 much cause of content. Mr.
Stuart bad ropeateilly communicated
to me his intention to retire from
conducting his paper, and to confide
the management of it to me ; and the
period was now approaching at which
he proposed to carry his intention into
effect. About this time the project
of the booksellers became publicly
known, and a proposal, totally un-
foreseen and unexpected, was made to
mc to become their editor, to which
I gave a prompt and decided ne-
gative. On the very next day I
learned that Mr. Stuart was desirous
to dispose of his paper, and it may
be conceived that the information pro-
duced in me surprise and disappoint-
ment. I was not so unreasonable as
to expect that Mr. Stuart should con-
tinue to carry on his paper for my
sake; and his uniform kindness would
justify an expectation that in a nego.
ciatiun for its sale he would endea-
vour to stipulate favourable terms for
me : but this was not the [wsition to
which I had been taught to look ; 1

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may have bc«n too faslidtous. hut,
whetlior the ferling wan right or whc
tlior it was wrong, 1 did not rcliah the
idea of being trunHt'erred like & (ixluic
with the cooccra to slraD^vrs, This
feeling was aggravated by a little oc-
currence not now nt'cessory to revive,
but which iSIr, Stuart probably re-
members, when just at tbis critical
moment the proposal, which 1 had so
recently rejected, was repeated and
pressed upon me, and 1, in a discon-
teuled frame uf mind and with reluc-
tance, cnnsented to entertain it. If
then 1 left Mr. Stu.-ut it was not
until after I funnd be was ready, if
opportunity offrncii, to pAit with noe ;
if, as he ch.ircrs. "the iKJikscilen.
/oo* me from biai," it waa not until
he was rf-.'wly to jjivt; rve away. I
continued wiib him ncniK-two muntha
aAer I bad apprised hira of the en-
gagement I had contracted, ojid dur-
ing that time he never ndverled to the
subject, nnr had I cqnsc to learn, ex-
cept from big reserve and the culdnesa
of his manner, that 1 bad excited bis
displeasure. 1 could have had no
mean, sordid, or unworthy motive for
leaving Mr. Stuart. iMy terms wllb
the booksellers were not, in a pecu-
niary point of view, more advan-
tageous than those Mr. Stunit had
proposed for me. 1 was exchanging
a life of comparative ease fur one of
incessant labour and anxiety ; 1 was
Icavitiy friends to whom 1 was afTec-
tionatcly attached to commit myself
to straogLTs of whom I knew nothing.
I was leaving an established flourish-
ing paper to embark in a new specu-
lation of uncertain issue. What mean,
sordid, or selfish motive then could I
have had to encounter so frarful a
change? Mr. Stuart exclaims, "the
booksellrrs being possessed of geucrnl
influence among literary men, cnulj
there be a doubt of success?" Mr,
Stuart greatly overrates the literary
support and pntronnge which the
new pa|)ers received. The actual sale
at the ctimiuenci'ment did not exceed

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from \unuu( tiiUBi-B,
|i off. Mr. Murray, now

of Aibcitit^rlc-slfcet. then a very j'oung

man, was the mo»t nctivr. lilirral. and
valuable among them, but he with
Mcssri. I<ongmau, C'larkp of Portugal,
street, Dntterworth, and many utbeia
of the greatest iadQcncc and impor-
tance, after n short time withdrew i
and I was left to contend with diffi-
culties and under the most discou-
raging circumstances, in which the
fortune of the [lapi-rs appearrd dt-sjie-
rate, and their very exiritcnee bung na
it were by a thrpad, bcfon: I f.uc-
cecded in esUblitbii > on

safe grounds, at wi .tr*

than two botiksclU'r; uit'iiitx.u |i.uiiicis
in it.

These remarks will, I ! Mnif

a satisfactory answer to i nt

of Mr. Stoart, from whirli •' wkhIiIIk'
inferred that the booksellers, in Metlin(i(
up their papers, hml formed a roniLi-
natinn to injnre, if not destroy, the
property of a f^enllemnn who bad, by
his prudent coniluct, industry, and
talent, raii^ed himself to an enviable
state of affluence, and that I, a dis-
tinguished favourite, deeply indebted
to his kindness, had consented to be-
come a vile instrtiment in their liands
for carrying their purpose into effect.
I repeat that the Imokst'llers' papers
were not set up for the anworlhy pur-
|x>se alleged by Mr. Stuart. For my-
self individually I do declare', that m
spite of tlip diffcrencfs that subse-
quently arose between him and me,
and which have ever bei-n tn me a
source of |)ainful reflection, I have
never ceased lo entertain P^r btni the
highest regard and respect. No in-
ducement could have tcmpl^'d me to
leave him had I not ftit conlident that
he meant to dispose of his (Mptr.

Yours, Sen. Okurce La.nk.

Mr. Urbam, .fio'j. li.

AT the conclusion of a very iotc*

res^i'

ofvu... :-,
remarked

. 'iii;t of
, ill a
..^iizine, y-
'thattb

1...

nt

.. at
.uu.

past repair us a i.:

nor is its future destLnattun at piT%nit
known."

It was will- .IK

more than c< i.t

UmI regret, that on i i;

* Gent. Ma|. Jan. 1831, to which fa |ii«fixr<l • correct visw ui ik*

thia old Bpot, I foand that the man-
•ion had entirely disappeared. In the
centre pf the lawn where so late stood
that ooble pile, was a heap of bricks
aad stones, while beneath small por-
tions of the arched cellaring were still
standing. On inquiring in the village,
I was told that the house had been
palled down last year, the materials
having been sold by auction ; and that
daring this work of destruction some
of the floorings had given way. bury-
ing a portion of the dwelling in the
vaults below, and with it the walls of
the great saloon, reputed to be the
work of Salvator Rosa.

We have often heard of a state of
melancholy repose ; and when, previ-
ous to thedestruction of Lady Place, the
visitor entered on the lawn with its
long rank grass, and beheld a large
mansioa, which at the first glance ap-
peared as if never touched since the
days of Elizabeth, while around it
^me magnificent spreading cedars still
pointed to where the pleasure grounds
bad been ; and then passing along its
Tast marble hall, equalled by few for
ita grandeur and proportions, and
through innumerable apartments, their
walls attesting much of their original

Rbtbospbotive Rsvibw.

277

splendour, but in none the slightest
token of habitation .or the smallest
mark of furniture, all alike silent and
desolate, — this feeling was experienced
in a very extraordinary degree.

It is a little curious to mark the
chances and changes of this place and
its inhabitants. Of the piety of the fair
Lecelina, the foundress of the priory,
and of its peaceful and sluggish inha<
bitants for near five hundred years, the
destruction of the establishment and a
noble mansion arising on its founda-
tions from the legalized piracy of a
successful and noble * Buccaneer, while
his gallant descendant f by his secret
counsel, held in a vault perhaps overtho
verjr spot where lay the mouldering re-
mainsof the fair foundressof the priory,
successfully urges the complete over-
throw of that form of worship of which
she appears to have been so zealous
and pious a supporter. With the ex-
tinction of the family of Lovelace, the
glory of Lady Place appears to have
departed, and one tomb in the little
village church, t though crumbling in
decay, attests something of the former
magnificence of the Lovelaces Lords of
Hurley.

Yonrs, &c. Wiccam icus.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

THE PHOENIX NEST. 1593.

A COPY of that very scarce miscellany of poetical rarities, 7%e Pkcnix Nett,
4to. 1593, coming to my hands lately, I was curious to ascertain how far the
impression of it in vol. ii. of Heliconia; eomprUing a Selection of English Poetry
of the Elizabel/um Age, 4 to. 1815, was correct. I compared the original and
the reprint with great accuracy, and found, until I arrived at the poem headed
" A most rare and excellent Dreame," &c. that the variations were chieflv
literal and not importantly affecting the sense of any of the passages in which
they occurred. Here, however, I met with most singular omissions, air whole
ttanzaa, in different ports of the poem, being wanting in the impression in Heli-
conia. How to account for this defect I know not, for the late Mr. Park, who
edited the work, was very accurate in his ovm transcripts, and where he did
not copy the pieces himself, I believe, he usually went carefully over them.

• Sir Richard Lovelace, first Lord Lovelace, of Hurley, a companion of Sir Francis
Drake. He built the mansion with the money gained in his expedition. To this
nobleman Shirley dedicated his " Lady of Pleasure."

t John, third Lord, an early friend of the Revolution, was taken prisoner going
to join the Prince of Orange. At the aocesaion of the Prince he was made Captain of
the band of Pensioners. He lived in a most prodigal and splendid style, which in-
volved him in much diflSculty, and at his death a great part of the estates were sold.

X A view of Hurley church, and a fuB description of its architecture and sepulchral
memoriios, is in preparation for an early munbar. , &mx.

me

H

Retbospective

There are not two editions of TV Phanix Nat : the only one known is that of
1593, which Mr, Park professed to follow ; but it is possible that the stanzas
may be found in one copy end omitted in another even of the same year. Such
variations, it will be admitted by those who are acquainted with the original
copiPB of the produclions of our ancestors, are now and then to be discovered ;
and an instance of the kind came to my knowledge only the other day, which
it may be worth while here to point outj before I proceed to supply the defecta
of the impression of T^e Phcenix Neat as it is reprinted in Hrliconia.

The work I refer to is a volume of a character not very dissimilar to that of
Thf Phamix Nest, viz. a poetical miscellany, though the contents of it were
probably all written by the same author, H. C, whom I believe to have been
neither Henry Chettle according to Ritson, nor Henry Constable according to
Warton. It is called 77ie Fnrretl of Fancy, 4lo. 1579 ; and I take it to be quite
clear that there were not two imjiressiont of it, although two copies t have
examined of the same date differ very materially. One of these was the pro-
perty of the late Mr. Bindley, and the other was sold by Evans of Pall Mall a
few days ago : the latter wanted the concluding leaf, but all the rest was
perfect.

The variatioD between these copies was two.fold. Directly after the title-
page of that belonging to Mr. Bindley came " The Epistle to the Reader;"
whereas in the copy sold recently by Evans, after the title-page followed foor
pages of verses, viz. 1. An Address from Fancy to the Buyers of the Book ; 3.
Some stanzas headed " The Authour to the Reader ;" and 3. A copy of complin
mentary verses to H. C. entitled " R. W. to the Reader in the Authour's
bebalfe." There is no great merit in these preliminary pieces, but one of them
gives the information that the work was originally sold for a shilling. Another
remarkable difference between the two copies is, that Mr, Bindley's, near the
end, contained an epistle from " T. O. being enamored of a ritch yong Gentle*
woman," &c. which is entirely omitted in the other copy of 1579. 1 could
mention other minor dis$(mhlanet>t (if I may use the word), but the above will
be Buflicieut, and they afford a curious point of bibliography connected with a
work of the utmost rarity, and intrinsically of considerable value.

I DOW return to The Phimu Neat, 4to. 1593, in order to supply, for the in-
formation of the readers of the Gentleman's Magazine, the tuc ttaniat wanting
in the reprint in Heliconia, either because the copy used by Mr. Park had
them not, or because the transcriber he employed unluckily omitted them,
the important error never having been till now detected. '^Tbat less than his
usual care was bestowed by Mr. Park upon this work is evident from the fact,
that although he professed to give the whole vfrbativt «t literatim, in the
" Dreame" alone there arc not fewer than between eighty and ninety aber-
rations, more or less trifling, from the original.

The first omission occurs on p. 47 of IMiconia, after the line

*' I finde all words inferior to their woorth,"

where the following charming stanza ought to be inserted :
" The gsnnents wherewithal! she was attyrde
But ilebder in account, and yet were more
Than hir perfections needfullye rrquyrde.
Whose every part hath of contentment store ;
But ks it was, thanks to my dreame tbereforet
Who causde the apparition to be wrought,
As all lay open to mine eies or thought."

Af\er this lapsus the transcriber went on pretty accurately for two stanzas,
when we come to an omission of as many more ; and there is nothing in the
wording to explain bow it happened. If two ditTeicot stanzas terminated with
the same word, a person might possibly mistake one for the other j bat here
hiivp 110 excuse of the sort. Heliconia, p. 47. after the line —

'« And as they settled, backe ogaine retier,"

thtse Iwu stanzas bhould be inserted :

4

,^ggy

1838.]

The Phcaux Neti.

" Next neighbor heeranto in due discent
Hir b«lU« plaine, the bed of munelegs blisse,
Wherein all things appeere above content.
And paradise is nothing more than thu ;
In which Desire was mor'd to doe uoisM,

For when hi<t cic« upon this tree waa cast,

O, blame him not if he requirde to ta«te.
" Whut followed this I cannot well report :
The tawnie Cyproua that forehangiDg fell
Regtraind mine eies in most malidous sort.
Which of themselves were else affected well :
Although ss witiies nought thereof I tell,

I doubt not those that fine conceited be

Sees somewhat further than mine eiei might aee.**

The reader will now please to tura to p. 50 of HeUeotua, and Le will t
find a stanza thus ending :

" The rest of that my toong had left unspoken."
After this line the following stanza ought to have found a place, bat did

" As soone as sighes had overblowne my teares,
And teares alhiid my aighiugs vehemence,
Aud&citie, expulser of those fearei,
Gave to desire at last preheminence,
Who SAW it now to be of consequence,

Sauced hJB talc with dutic and respect.

And thus began, or to the like effect."

Without this connecting link the poem is not intelligible, and a quotation
commenced without any information who is the speaker. The mere reading
over of the proof-sheeta, and the finding of them inconsequential nonsense,
ought to have led to the detection of this omission. On p. 52 of Heliconia one
of the stanzas clones thus : — •

" To let all things run in commnnitie,"

which from the inverted comma would seem to be the end of a speech, while
the next st&iua beginning,

" With favor, ladle I give me leave to speake,"

reads aa if it were the opening of a new address by the lover to his lady ;
whereaa the subsequent stanza, which ought to have intervened, establishes
that the whole was one continued supplication.

" An easie thing for you to overcome

(Faire Ladie) him that is so deepe your thrall ;
For every syllable from your lips that come
Beares wit and weight and vehemence withall,
Under the which roj subject spirits fall.

If you do speake, or if you nought expresie.
Your beautie of it selfe is conqueretse."

Therefore. ! am authorised in saying, either that Mr, Park re>prrnted from
ft copy of t/ie Phoenix Nest which was in itaelf strangely incomplete, or his
impression, instead of being moderately accurate, is a melancholy mutilation
of a Aoe poem. 1 have supplied Jive of the missing stanzas, and what followa
ii XA« tixth, which ought to come in on p. 58 of Heliconia : the lioe

" Aa not to have my good but in a dreame,"
•bould precede it.

•• Why art tbou not (O Dreame) the same you seeise,
Seeing thy visions our contentment brings ?
Or doe we of their woorthines misdeeme.
To call them shadowes that are reall things.
And falslie attribute their due to wakings *
O, dot bat then perpetuate thy sleight,
And 1 will sweore thou workst not by deceit."

difa

280

Rbtbo«pective Rbvifw. — The Phirnii Ntft

The above forms the pcmiltimate stanza of the poem, and could only have
been omitted by the extreme of carelessness, unless ray other Buppo^ilion
■well founded. Ifowerer. it is useless not to admit that Mr. Park here exeeuti
his task with too much haste, and in bis notes he now and then commi
singular errors. Tlie word " mlsdeeme " in the foregoing stania reminds roe'
of one of them, which it may be worth while to point out. It is in reference
to a poem on p. 130 o( the Pfupnix Nett io Helkonia, which terminates with
this line,

" Such life leads LoTe, entangled with nii»detnu».'''

Now, it is very true, as Mr. Pork observes (p. 155), that "misdecmes"
here " used as a substantive." but it is not " u*«l in the sense of mindoingt/
but of mitappreheHtiatti, as is obvioua not only from the line itself but fror
the whtile context. The error is quite aa remarkable when he letU ur (p. 151)
that "Gramcrcy" is " contracted from Grunt mp men-y." The blunder w«
originally Dr. Johnson's, but Mr. Park ought to have been better rtail in
Chaucer than tu have fallen into it.

While upon TJte Phtrnix A>»/ allow me to advert to some of the poems ii
it .".ubscrihed *' T. L. Gent." which ore from the pen of Thomas Lodge, an^
by Ritson erroneously asserted to be taken from Lodge'* Euplium fioldrn Krijarir^
meaning his Rosnh/nd, first printed in 1590. Many of thero arc in fact to be fonixf
in Lodge's PhillU, 4to. 1593, a work of excessive rarity, of which 1 never sat
more than one copy, with which I collated the pieces in The Pha'nur Neit .
that collation has enabled me to point out sundry mis- readings, mis>printii|,
id other variations, a few of ihcm may be subjoined for the information
ich as are interested in matters of the kind. On p. 62 is a poem without]
litle, beginning,

" Muses I heipe me, sorrow swanneth,"

in the third line of which. " Haples," as reprinted in The Pfurnir Ntat, oogi
to be Hi-avii! according to the original La PhiUu. The lost stanza, on p. C3
of Heliconia, in Phitlia, reads thus : —

" Lovely Swaine, with luckie guiding.
Once (bot now no uir)re) so Trended ;
Thou my ducks ba.st lind in mindingr.
From the mome till day wu ended."

I own ijieeditig and feeding, as the words stand in Tlie Phimix Nf$tl
to be an improvement, but that is not according to Lodge's copy. On p. 641
of Heliconia is an important misprint, making nonsense of the whole passage ;

" Philip's son con with his finger

Hide his/por. it is so little,'' Ifcfl.

Tlip true rending is fimr, which, being printed with a longs, was misrcfl<j
fvnr; in PUillis it btands Matrf, which could not be so mistaken. On p. 75 of
Urlirania occurs another poem by Lodge, also extracted in Thr Phmix N^
from his PhiUis, 1593, which begins —

" Now 1 tinde thy lookes were lainod/*

and the second stanza contains the following couplet,

'* All thy words I counted witiie .
All thy smyles I deemed pHU(

which may be tlir ' ' ---.-}-- ' / '-, '* ' ' :

If you consider i

»me new and i ......i ..,.

junta morv valuoblc poetical

i

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ice ^n

281

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

*

I

7enry of Monmouth : or Memoir* of
thf Life anil (karartvr u/ Henry llie
F\fth, II* Princt of if'alet and King
of England. By J. Endell Tyler,
h.D. 2 voh. 8«;o. Lond. 1838.

JOVEL trutbs in matters of his-
may be promulgated in two very
ditferent ways ; either, by simply
eaounciiig them, together with their
proofs, and then leaving them to make
their own certain way ; or, by attack*
ing and vanquishing the leaders of op-
posing systems, and establishing tne
new opinions in their stead. The
former mode is that of the apostle;
he goes forth to bear witness to the
tnitlh, he is careless how it clashes
with preconceived opinions, and never
paases to consider bow it may be re-
ceived or whom it may affect. He
speaks what he knows, he testifies
what he has seen, and is unconcerned
as to what may be the consequences
to the great Diana of the Ephesians.
The latter mode is that of the contro-
Tcrsialist; his course is a perpetual
warfare, he builds upon ruins, and
must drive out before he can enter
and enjoy. Now one of the great
faults of the present work is that
it partakes too much of the contro-
versial character. The author fights
his way to the establishment of the
immaculacy of Henry the Fifth, over-
lurning, or fancying that he over-
tnros, as he proceeds, Shakspearc and
Hall on the one hand, and Fox the
mortyrologist, and Hume, and Lin-
gard, and Sharon Turner, and Milner,
and Nicolas, and a host of smaller
try, on the other. He writes, indeed,
like the Irishman in the disturbed dis-
tricts, with a sword in one hand and
a pistol in the other, and his book is
a lung quarrel, or rather a succession
of quarrels, from beginning to end.
We give him credit for using his
Weapons, except in the instance of
Hume, with all possible politeness ;
but not even the urbanity of Mr, Tyler
can make " a duel in tne form of a
debate" otherwise than extremely dis-
agreeable, nor, as we think, any thing

GixT. Mao. Vot. X.

woKom^

but a sery inefficient mode of arrn
at the truth.

The author's opinion of " Henry of
Monmouth," as he somewhat roman-
tically calls bim throughout his work,
is, that

" He was bold and merciful and kind,
but he was no libertine, ia bis youth ; he
was brave and generous and just, but he
was no persecutor, in his manhood. On
the throne he upheld the royal authority
with mingled energy and mildness, and
he approved himself to his suhjecti as a
wise and beneJicent King; in bi» private
individual capacity he was a bountiful and
considerate, though strict and firm mas-
ter, a warm and sincere friend, a fuitbful
and loving husband. Ue passed through
life under the habitual sense of an over-
ruling Providence ; and, in his premature
death, he left us the ejamplc of a Chris-
tian's patient and pious resignation to
the Diviae Will. As long as he lived he
was an objirt of the most ardent and
enthusiastic admiration, coutidence, and
love ; and, whilst the English monarchy
shall remain amongst the unforgotten
things on earth, his memory will be ho-
noured, and hi« name will be enruUed
among the noblk and the oooo." (Vol.
I. p. xi.)

These extreme praises, which arc
frequently reiterated throughout the
book, are well known to be much at
variance with the commonly received
opinions respecting lS\e youthful irre-
gularities of the Conqucrorof Aginconrt
— opinions immortalised by Shak-
spearc. and delivered down lo us by a
long succession of historians. On which
side lies the truth — with Mr. Tyler ?
or with the historians ? That is the
question debated in these Memoirs.

On the part of Mr. Tyler there ii
abundance of negative evidence. There
is no mention of the Boar's Head on the
Rolls of Parliament ; the adventure on
Gad's Hill is not to be found amongst
the fragments of the Proceedings of the
Privy Council; Mrs. Quickly'* name
does not occur upon the Pell Records ;
neither Poins nor Doll Tear Sheet is
alluded to in the letters from Prince
Henry to the Council; nay, although
the Prince was once accused of a little
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[Sept.

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I

"bit of peculation, the charge seems to
have been unjust, ami there really is
no evidence at all that he ever acted
upon his fal friend's advice lo " rob
the Kxchequer." As far as it goes,
this is all well enough ; but Mr. Tyler
pushes the value of this description of
evidence very far beyond the worth
usually ascribed to it. Equally com-
plaisant is he to the little positive tes-
timony he is able to adduce. Some
letters of Hotspur's, in which the
Prince, then a boy of thirteen, is men-
tioned in the way in which it is
usual to speak of royal youths, are
liberally considered ns conclusive proof
of his valour and kind-heartedness ;
a despatch in the prince's name ad-
dressed to the Council, and detailing
the savage barbarities practised upon
the estates of Owen Glendower by
troops nominally under the command
of the Prince, then a boy of fourteen,
is adjudged to breathe the spirit of a
gallant young warrior full of promp-
titude and intrepidity; his filial duti-
fulness and affection, as well as his
pious and devout trust in Providence,
are held to be estabbshed by some re-
ligious phrases in two or three letters
written at the age of seventeen ; whilst
his humanity rests upon the unques-
tionable fact of his abstaining from
sending to his father a prisoner who
was so badly wounded that he could
not mount a horse ; moreover all his
virtues are vouched for in the pre-
amble of the Act of Parliament by
which he was declared heir apparent ;
and Lydgate assures us, that

— — " he hathe'joy and great iliiiuly
To read in books of antiquity
To find only virtue,"

and that — " he is both manful and
virtuous ;" and Occleve, when anxious
to obtain his favour, describes him as
" benign and demure to sue unto,"
with a " heart full-applied to grant."
Upon the strength of these varinut)
testimonies, and one or two others of
less moment, and upon the ground,
also, that no contemporary historian
haa handed down to us any definite
act of profligacy or lif-.-iifum-npis,
Mr. Tyler rests satiated t : , .va*

a yoDDg gentleman nf tn tries

Qntaduoa school from hi* birth —
" Wt VBdftuatvd warrior nnd triumnh-
•nt hero ... the comiuerur of him-

self, the example of a chastened mo-
dest spirit, of filial reverence, and a
single mind bent upon duty ... A
combination of moral excellencies . . .
a sincere and pious Christian." (Vol.
I. p. 223-4,)

"The reply of the historians lies in
a nutshell. Mr. Tyler may amuse
himself by the discovery of anachron-
isms in Shakspeare — the glory of the
Bard's reputation is rather heightened
than sullied by proof that his imagi-
nation outstripped the facts on which
his enchanting plays upon the His-
tory of Henry the Fourth were
founded ; but as lo History, which is
Truth, what has she to do with the
inventions of the dramatist? — No-
thing but to admire them for their
singular resemblance to what she her-
self might have been.

The fact that Henry in his youthful
days was "addicted to courses vain,"
from which he suddenly withdrew
upon his accession to the throne, is
vouched for by a body of historians
of his own days, and of the period
immediately subsequent, so numerous,
that, as Mr. Turner properly remarks,
" the fact cannot justly be questioned
without doubting all history." Mr.
Tyler proffers some very unsatisfac-
tory criticism upon Walsingham'a aa-
sertions, and endeavours also to com-
bat those of Hall. But. if Walsing-
bam were got rid of, the fact still re-
mains iu the pages of Thomas nf
Elmham, and Titus Livius, and Otter-
bourn, and Hordyng. And why take
the trouble of combating Hall, who,
in that partof hist.'hronicle, is merely
a translator and amplifier of Folydore
Vergil, who states the fact clearly
enough, and so do others. None of
them, indeed, enter into particulars, but
they have told us with what descrip-
tions of persons the Prince passed
his days " in wanton living-." and,
when we consider the time at which
they wrote, was it to be expected that

■ lid have gn: 'U-

facts of ^h

iiiiiMitiiU'd "wanton lujrii;. mi =iioll

we doubt that Prince Henry was a
rake, because, altb"- ■■'• "'l »--».iry
ti'lls UB that he wu ily

ha** f.ii fiir^ii liK II iliid

he <i It. Tyler

wen 14 great

achievement* to posterity* would h«

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Review. — ^Tyler's Henry of Mmmouth.

iink it necessary to cater into the
)et«il8 of his }'outhrul profligacy, or
Ircam that some worthy gentlemau,
tcr the lapse of four hundred years,
roulJ call \a question the troth of
\t. Tyler's general assertion, because
he had not gratified public curiosity
by writing a scandalous chronicle ?
~Ir. Tyler is compdied to admit that
^e only really serious definite charge
" tt the Prince is to a certain ex-
boriie out by the facts. He al-
m" (vol. i. p. 302) that, for some
iuse or other, near the close of the
ife of Henry the Fourth, the King
id the Prince were at variance ; that
jc Prince was dismissed from the
Council, and his younger brother ap-
linted in his stead; that the heir
jparent then gathered together his
etainers in a riotous manner and led
liem to his father's palace, where the
iaarrel was, somehow or other,
Eushed up. Mr. Tyler sees nothing
all this but filial affection, and the
jealousy of designing people who en-
vied " the sweet Prince," and he en-
ertains a strong suspicion that Queen
Fohanna, Henry the Fourth's second
i^wife, \\&a at the bottom of it. Mr.
Tyler, indeed, has an evident dislike
that lady; for no other re&son, that
bre can perceive, than that Henry the
rjfth used her very ill. That cir-
Scomstancc affords prcsumptionenough,
the estimation of Mr. Tyler,
>at she was quite capable of all
^c mischief he can set down to her
ccouot. But Mr. Tyler has omit-
led to notice that Henry's conduct
to this unfortunate Indy weighed hea-
vily on his conscience, and that he
endeavoured to make Iker a beggarly
death-bed amende for his ill-usage.
"lilher this fact has escaped the re-
earch of Mr. Tyler, or he has omitted
givi» it due weight ; and as the evi-
nce of it is curious and little known,
will place it before our readers,
isting that Mr. Tyler will take a
[>roper opportunity of imitating the
induct of his hero by doing all he
to repair his injustice to Queen
Joan.

On the I3th July 1422, six weeks
efore his death, Henry, being then in
'rsnce, wrote to the .\rchbij>hop of
* \ , aud to the Biahops oi'

r and Dorhani. his Chan-
cellor and Treasurer, in England,
thtui—

'' Ryglit worshipfull and worshipfull
Faders in God, oure ryght tj'usty
welebelovcd. Howe be hit, that we hx%
do take into cure bandc, sich a certcj
tyme, and for suche causes as ye knov
the doaairs of our Moder Qnene Johsnr
except a certeine pension therof yerel_
whicbe wc assigned for tl>e expens resoun
able of hir, and of a certeia meynif
shold abide aboute hir ; We, doubtyng In
hit thuld be a cltarf/e unto ourecoHtciene
for to occupit forth lentjtr the taid douc
ill Ihit u'ite, the whiche charge we
ovitid no longer to her in our coiuclene
vol and charge youe, that as ye vi
atuwere to God for na in this ea»,
ttondt dtteharged in yourt oven coiuc
ence alto, ihat ye laake delirerance nnl
onre said Moder the Quene, hooly of
said douoir, and sufTre hir to reiciffe
as she did bereaforc. .A.nd that she ma
hir officers whom hir lust, so tLay be our
liege men, and good men, and that the
fore vre have yeve in charge and coi
mandement at tltis tym, to mak hir pldp
restitution of hir douair above said. Fef
thennore we wol and charge yowe, th4
hir bfddes, and al other thyng luevrihleijl
thftt we had of hir, yo dclivcre hir nreinfti^
Anil ordeineth hir, that the hare qf.^
cloth, and 0/ mche colour, ot the \
vi»e hirself, v. or vi. gonnei, gucki
meth to were: and because we
she wol sou remocve from the pla
she is nowe, that ye ordeine hir also 1
for ii. chares, and Jat hir remoeve thca
iuto what oyer place wythin owre roiauE
that hir lust, and whanne her lust,
Writj'n the xiii duy of Juyll, the yere
oure reigne tenth."

Wc are not quite sure that
Tyler does not owe a little reparatiojl
also, to some other persons. Wha
for instance, is to be said about
following, which is one of many bitt^ll
passages against David Hume?

" Hume is no authority on any di>-
putcd point. An anecdote, of the ac
racy of which the author hns no doub
throws a strong suspicion on the work 1
that writer, and marks it as a history 1
which the student can place no depen^
ance. Hume made applicatiou at one 1
the public offices of Slate Records
permission to examine its treasures. Nd
only wns leave erADted, but every fact
wns air ' ' ' ilie doi-ument^ bearil
ii|iuii ' '. immediately in hall

were .-.i . . .; 1 placed inn room fori

exclusive u»'5. He never came. She
nfter, lii» wuik appeared: and, on one 4
the o(fii;era eiprctsing his surprise
regret that he hnd not paid his promis
visit, Hume said, ' 1 find it far more ea
to consult ])riutcd vrorks, than to *\

MH^

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b

I

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tnjr time on manuscripts.' No wnnJer
Hume's England is a work of no aatba<
rity." (I. 360.)

We know not where Mr. Tyler found
this anecdote, but it bears evident
marks of exaggeration and untruth
upon the face of it. David Hume, we
will answer for it. never stultified him-
self in the way represented, and Mr.
Tyler must have strange notions of
the sources of English history, and of
the mode in which the value of Hume
as an historian ought to be estimated,
if he thinks himself entitled to pro-
nounce judgment ci- cathedra in this
flippant manner, or imagines that the
creditof oneof the most justly popular
works in our language ought to be
summarilydisposedof upon the autho-
rity of such a paltry uoautbenticatcd
" aiiecdote."

Mr. Tyler fights for his hero after
his accession to the throne just as
vigorously as during his princedom.
He was a reformer of Papal errors, he
was no persecutor; he slaughteri-d his
prisoners at Agincourt. but " he was
brave, he was merciful" — "all the
virtues under heaven" were too few for
"Henry of Monmouth." "Thaddcua
of Warsaw^/* and the fine old heroes
of romance, arc the only beings with
whom he may be compared.

Mr. Tyler's determination to make
Henry the Fifth a mere " faultless
monster," is particularly to be re-
gretted, as he has bestowed pains and
research upon his subject, and has pos-
sessed advantages which, if directed
by a proper critical spirit, might have
been most ufefully applied. He has
had unlimited facility of access to the
Pell Records, and the acknowledg-
ments scattered throughout bis vo-
lumes imply that other more important
documents were equally nc.cessible to
him. All these advantages have been
sacrificed to the one great object of
making the world believe that Henry
■was a sort of angcl-mortal.

Some letters from Henry the Fifth
to the citizens of London, written
during the King's absence in France,
with a reply sent to him under the
city seat, arc probably the greatest
novelties in Mr. Tyler's volumes ; but
there is such a waul of refrrences to
aathofitirs, that we are by no meana
certain that even these have not been
priottd before. The book is indeed

very defective upon the subject of re-
fcrence.«. and papers evidently copied
from printed works, a^ the procecdmgs
of the Council and Ellis's Letters, are
frequently referred — when there is any
reference at all — to the primary instead
of the secondary sources. Mr. Tyler
prints also translations of documents
instead nf giving us the originals,
whichought tohavebeon insertcdeither
in notes or in the appendix. This is a
practice sure to lead to mistakes, even
with men of learning. A conjectural
emendation of a document printed in
the original French in the Proceedings
of the Council (vol. ii. p. 262), and in
a translation by Mr. Tyler (vol. ii. p.
266), and the rendering of the papal
title " saint pier," by " Saint Peter,"
instead of "holy father" (Tyler, vol. ii.
42, 46), sufficiently prove the danger
of depending even upon Mr. Tyler.

We regret to speak thus unfavoufo
ably of an historical work emanating
from a gentleman evidently possessed
of a well-cultivated mind, and we have
no doubt an ornament to the noble
church of which he is a member; but
if, to apply his own words, we had been
" tempted by morbid delicacy, or fear,
to suppress or disguise" the fact that
his book is a failure, we should have
erred against the princi[ile he himself
lays down and beautifully expresses — a
principle equally applicable to our task
and to his — " the poet is dear, and
our early associations are dear, and
pleasures often tasted without satiety
are dear; but. to every rightly-ba-
lanced mind, tuutb is nsAUEa than

ALL."

Poemt, by John Kenyon.

THE immense body of poetry which
issues in a constant stream from the
press, can scarcely be known only to
those persons called Reviewers; who
see the long and endless battalions file
off before them. Of course the greater
part of this multitudinous mass must
consist of w^eakness, folly, ignorance,
and coxcombry of every kind. Books
arc now written by the ignorant for
those more ignorant than themselves.
A (loctiral robbler has a coterie of his
own, .iii'l ilipr." ;= .1 Lmi.! n.r im^^r.
cuii ing

can.' .r ^ atly.

wc presume, to iccurt lh» puUlJshci

RsvJEW.— i*oe»w, by John Kcuyoiif

from loss. We presume that a good
deal of modern poetry ofDyTaa and
Moore, and perhaps Wordsworlh, ia
reaJ among the mechanics and hum-
bler classes, and now and then such
leading falls into the way of one who
can aUo write ; and when be docs.
the strange defects of hia early educa-
tion, with the acquired routine of
poetical language he has caught, form
le of the most strange and anomalous
lixturcs that can be conceived. Wc
have one of these poems (not Mr.
Kenyon's) now before us, in which
after passages in which grammar and
syntax have been violated in the grossest
manner, rhymes rendered laughable
by their otter absurdity, words wrong-
ly spelt, wrongly accented, wrongly
used, we meet with a few lines like
the following : —

Tlte rnn roic Iii^li Miovp f\\f ltilt«i. Cff llf

111 •■<■.

S I liright ;

A ^ flight,

.«, : trees j

>n (vhite,

li<-Iii rl~nl^' ii'rr iiic iiiniini'- iiy -luw <\rette*,

Auil hiililifn woixIIrihI brooks diil sidjc their

T' I (lit, with cresis of rirliest hue,

j! iiiTfaflinir leaves did soort nndcall,

/t 11, r ti,,->vnvini' I, -irirhes tUruuxh,

A iterfall.

•1 vitytall,

pB..,, .. i.ijetiic head,

iail like a In lirlit and licauteviis rnldeii t>all,
ligh rode the sun, his biirnisird Htrramers
spread, rand red.

Aad tin|^ the sea and woods with aiiiber deep

Now who could suppose that a per-
son who had taste and education even
to write such lines, should also be so
^norant as in the third line to spell
%oaghl — sought, and so on through
the poem ? From such writers wc
turn to the one before us, who appears
Lto be a gentleman of education, taste,
_nd learning; speaking in our usual
plain and honest manner, we must
say that the spark of divine genius is
not very brilliant or large. In the
car that bears the poet along, we can-
not say that the steeds have necks
clothed with thunder, or that the
whecU glow with lire; but Mr. Ken-
yon has executed with elegai.cc and
./ancy the stjlc of poetry he has
■•doptcd. We do not like his intro-
Juctory poem called " Moonlight" so
tVrell 33 *omc others, an thinking it
Siraiiting in interest ; but the ver^ifica-
tion is excellent, ud the poetical

language shows discriminating and
just taste. Parts of it remind us
the manner of Mr. Rogers's Italy ; witi
which wc think the author is familiarj
Sadfet we are not very fond of. Thei
are most ditiicult of composition, re
quiring a combination of so man]
qualities, that it ia hopeless often tt
Hnd i in fact, we have had no satir
worth a farthing since the days
Pope. To our minds Byron's Englis
Bards can only boaist a few vigorou
lines ; and Gltford's Baviad ia a forced
unnatural fire — " killing buttcrfliea
upon a wheel." The poems he attack
with such malignant virulence wer
worthy only of a contemptuous smile]
but subjects in his doys were scarce
and he had determined to be a satiria
For such a character wc think Mf^
Kenyon too amiable and too welUbredl
and accordingly we find, in his poeE
so designed, lines more fitting for
pastoral.

Now dou1)ly sweet such refuf^e fuund wii

booVis,
To stray with tnild Piacator up the brooica,
With Cowley mnse beneath theereenwood tree.
Or taste old Fuller** whi- sinipliritv ;
Or, if Ills \VorlbieM, thou);h reino>c<f tiieirspani
Sioark yei too stronel) of the living oiao,
Then backward tiini to question Hotner o'er,
Or dreaxn of storieil ares roU'd before,
Faiot-glijuinfrinK now, Uke far-off beacon-

liifJit
O'er misty ocean, srarcely read aright.
nut if, pcrples'd by history's fabliiig theme,
Vex'd thourtit would float entire 6u fancy'

st renin.
To lue more dear than all the East e'er cave
Thc«e iiiiflilly tale*. Arabia> pifl, I crave:
With Sinba'l let iii«' uaiuler, sailor bold.
And hear his r . -Is ten tiroes told,

Or read a«;aiii i, who

The robbcr-rlii < rling dagger slew.

Or fondlier lini(ciiu^ Llirough clurm'd turnip

prolong
Of Thalab.i the wild and wondraus aongr,
TUricc suoimon'd, scarce I quit those Oenii

bowers
Most loved, as most unlike this world of oi

From these very pleasing lines,
turn to the miscellaneous verse
among which arc many highly fane
ful and elegant ; it is as difficult
know which to select for presentatiol
as we used in our early days to fi«
it to chose our partner among til
blooming roses of beauty that sat wii
blushing cheeks and beating hea
around; let us make our bow to "'~
Moorland Girl :"

True I «he had been in city gay,
And seen whate'er its iiomji could show
To win her youthful heart away,
The courtly ball, the flattering beau,

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I

And tlic iuih fonn and face as fair
As sculpture asks, or painting wills ;
Yet, spite of all that flattcrM there,
Uer heart was mid her native hilln.

Once more amid those native hillu,
A Moorland Girl, heboid her bound,
While all her heart with pleasure liUa
At rural sight or rural sound ;
Whether she lift her eye to note
The kite, high circling; in the gale,
Or pause to catch the tuues that float
From hidden cushat down the dale.

Or if she climb the mountain sid«
To pluck her favourite heatli again,
Or down the alder- valley glide,
Or linger in the fir-tree glen.
In bliss — the haunts of pomp and pelf
May never know — each moment wneelt>,
While »i:>ters, spirits like herself.
Share and enhance the bUss she fceU.

Sweet bud uf beauty ! Mourland Girl I
Still, still hold on thy dream-likc race.
Far froDi the city's heartless whirl
And all the tribes of common place,
Still mould thine own wild paradise,
Enjoying — livini;— loving thus, —
And wheresoc'er thy prwence is,
Shall still be paradise to us.

We have room to add one more : —

Mwtic.
Awake I thou harp ! with music stored,
Awake ! and let me feel thy power ;
Fling forth in turn, from every chord,
The thronging^ notes in ceaseless shower!
Following thy measures as they rise,
Uplloaling forma of every hue
Shall flit before my half-closed eyea,
And I will dream the visions true.

Breathless I lint the streamini; wires
Reaponsive to the minstrel-hand,
While faded hopes and young desires
Come stealing back, a pensive band.
Ah ! now I know the sounds too well
'Thy murmuring strings are fain to move,
For when may memory cease to dwell
On her who loved that lay of love ?

For she could win thine every key,
From itmins that suit a lady's bower
To fits of wildest miastreUy
. From moonlight glen or lonely tower.
Bold swelling notes of war — yet such
Their sound as told of pity near,
She loved them all — and every touch
Rd-ollj. my waiidrring thoughts to her.

Vain drc.'i!. nuod,

NoVr let ri : ;

, No oiorr 1 i , r ,.^....1

Tg mix, «wTCt haqi, thair vptWt with
Uiinv.

Like one who drifts in idle boat
Unonr'd, and heedless whither bound,
Thus languid laid, oh ! let me float
Adown thy silvery stream of sound.

'Tis joft as evening's dewy sigh.
Sweeter than summer's balmiest breath
Half-conacious — half eutranced I lie,
And seem to touch the verge of death.
And thus beiruiled, how bleu'd it were
To cross that dark and fated sea !
Then just escaped this world of care
To wake and — Nea 1 dwell with thee t

The AUemaiive, Duenae and Prnrnaturr
Death, or Health and Long Ltft.
Hy J. Pinney, Esq.

THE observations we have made on
Mr. Johnson's work will apply to the
present volume of Mr. Pinney's. To
both gentlemen we are obliged for the
interest they have taken in the pre-
servation of our health, and some
forty or fifVy years hence we shall
hope to review a ninetccDth or twen-
tieth edition of a work that has ena-
bled us to pursue our pleasing avoca>
tions when plusquam octogenarius.
In the meanwhile we must inform
Mr. Pinney that, when at p. 7'2, he
advises early rising with the sun and
exercise, however suitable bis observa-
tions may be for more genial climates,
there are few seasons in England in
which Aurora does not arise with too
cold and damp a countenance to be
at all agreeable : we conceive a pro-
menade aprei df^eun^ to be far more
advisable. Secondly, at p. 84, Mr.
Finney says, the unwholesomeness of
London air is seen in the stunted
shrubs, trees, &c. Not so hasty! The
carbon with which the air of London
is loaded acts prejudicially on some
plants, by mechanically stopping up the
pores, but not by any unhealthy ^a«ef.
A few years ago, the inhabitants of
Gower-street had fine crops of peaches
in thctr gardens ; and even now the
fig-tree grows admirably in the con-
fined yards of Bedford-row and even
of the city. The plane-trce is totally
uninjured, and is more luxuriant in
Cavendish and Berk> ' : s than

in the bleaker and v.. \ situ-

ations of the country, i in ■ Ims and
limes in St. James's Park arc injured

n,,! hv .rnoL-.. »...- I..- .1 1 Ipp/fr,.

a« to

:.^uri?h, or

4

183fl.3 Review.— Abrichts' Emhlfm». — Lnther on the Psalms. 287

that appear injured by the confined

lation, and how far it affects blos-

i9,fruiti«ig, &c. Thirdly, ut p. 1 1 1 .
vtc must inforDQ Mr. Pinney that Alex-
ander the Great did not die of drunken-
nm, as he asserts, bat probnblv of a
malignant fever, occasioned by tlie ac-
tion of the marsh miasma of the low
plain of Babylon on a constitution
affected by great exertion of body in
so deleterious a climate, and great
anxiety* of mind. The story of his
dninken debauch is a talc got up in
later times. His body was conveyed
in a magnificent hearse from Babylon
to Alexandria, where it was deposited
in a coffin or shrine of solid gold ;
there lay, not the carcase of a drunk-
ard, but the sacred remains, the mor-
tal tenement, the decayed robe which
ooce contained a mind so noble, an
intellect so commanding, a will and
courage so unconquerable, that have
never before or since been possessed
by any one, in whose hands the
sceptre of dominion has been placed.

I lied, my antic swain pursued.

And would ng&in tuive woo'd ;
I Ktopt mye^rs, Jind all bis law^ withstood.

IV.

1 nought Bethcida'i fount of fame.
But found iti waters " still :"

L watch'd — no friendly angel came
To agitate the rill.

Distracted o'er the earth I roam ;

I 've dared the ocean's foam : [home?

Do tell me, if thou canat, my pathway

V.

Oh ! I am weary, sick, and sad ;

My half-clad limbs ar; cold.
No good I 'vc known — no peace have had

Since I forsook the fold ;
But thorny paths and flinty roads.

And chilly, damp abodes, [forebodei.
And — worse than all — dismal and

VI.

BvangelUt. — The Prodigal, repentant
Waa welcomed hom« with cost : [grown^

Thy gentle Shepherd knows Lis own,
Although the mark 1>e lost.

I/e left th' perfect ninety-nine

r th' fold, and did incline [vine.

To seek the " truant one " with love di.

r

Dkinv Embkmt, qfter the Fashion of
Q/iarUf. By Jobann Abrichta.

A CLEVER, pleasing little volume,
dressed in a quaint, antique garb,
such as would have captivated Charles
Lamb and his Sister, and been their
companion during one of their long
auromer-afternoonB.

EMBLBH X.

I.

|i ,... f-niild I trust you, antic swain,
i cap and bells, and toy?
jilanet, sure, did turn uiy brain
To catch St such decoy.
With him, to keep fool's holiday,

I frambord far away ;
I follow'd where he led— he led astray.

II.
Tlum^MteM we pass'd Mount Sinai :

T I iiierings smote my ear,

1' ' " mgs glared before my wan-

ili.. .,n .«<ui in the glare. [ton eye,

1 took alarm — on feet of thought
Jordan's pore stream I sought:
r found a stt rile country — parch'd with
drought.

III.
I tan'd ray step* to Betbsaida,

Ihit found no waters fair —
Nq port — no Uhuiaelitish trader

Bidlttd his eameia their.

Soul. — Say, is there hope, when I return,

To scape the righteous dart ?
Bvangelitt.—Y^ '. if hi* lore did ever

Within thy wayward heart. [bura

This pothway leads to yonder gate,

There loudly knock — thougli late,
Thy Shepherd stands prepar^ to fold the
runagate.

I

Lulltfr an the Psatmt.

WE are obliged to the Rev. Mr. H.
Cole for this little work, which he has
judiciously selected, and it appears tO'
us carefully translated. All the works
of Luther more or less breathe of the
greatness of his mind and chiefly the
strength of his intellect as well aa
his fervent piety. This is one of his
practical and devotional treatises, in
which the subject and contents of^ all
the Psalms are given and elucidated
in a manner worthy of his great repu-
tation. The short letter from the
great reformer to his friend, which
precedes the Commentary, is highly
illustrative of his history and cha-
racter.

" y fart in Luther to hit Primd.
" I nm nuwilling to acknowledge that
you are right in being ao industrious
to publish abroad my poor pruductiona.

T mac I

ions a« ^J
ctiona. ^H

Rkvirw.— Billings's Temple Church.

I fear you are actuated too much by fa*
vour towards me. As to myself, I am
wholly dlBsatiiified nith my works on (hc^
Psalmv, not so much on account of tlie
tense I have givea, which I believe to be
true and genuine, as on account of the
verbosity, confusion, and undigested chaos
of my commentaries altogether. The
book of Psalms iv a book, my commen-
taries on which, from want of time and
leisure, I am obliged to conoeive, digest,
arrange, and prepare all at onre, for
I am overwhelmed with occupation. I
have two Sermons to preach in a day ; I
hare to meditate on the Psalms ; I have
to consider over the letters which I re-
ceive by the posts (as they are called),
and to reply to my enemies. I have to
attack the Pu])e's bulls in both languages,
and I have to dcfcud myself. (To say
nothing nbout the letters of my friends
which I have to answer, and various do.
mestic and casual engagements to wliich
I am obliged to attend.) You do well,
therefore, to pray for mc, for I am op-

Sressed with many afflictions, and much
indered from the performance of my na-
cred duties. My whole life is a cross to
nc I I have now in band the xxii
Psalm — ' My God, my God !' and I had
hopes of completing a Commentary on
the whole book of Psalms if Christ should
give us a sufficient interval of peace, so
that I could devote tny whole time and
attention to it ; but now I cannot devote
a fourth part of my time to such a pur-
pose ; nay, the time that I devote to it
is but a few stolen moments. I'ou do
right in oilmoniiMntf me of my want nf
moJetatioii. I /eel my dtftcieney r»i/se(f,
but I find that I hare not command over
my own mind. I am carried away from
myself, as it were, by a certain vehement
teal of spirit, while I am cousi-ious that
I wish evil to no one, tliough all my ad-
versaries press in upon me with such
maddened fury ; bo that in fuct I have
not time to consider who my enemies are,
nor what various treatment they rcouire.
Pray, therefore, the Lord for mc, that I
may have wisdom to speak and write that
which ihaU please him and become me,
and not what may appear becoming to
tbera. .\nd now farewell io Christ !
•' Witttnbery. a. o. isai."

Architfctural JUwIration* wiJ Aeamnt
of thf Temple Church. I^ndon. By
Robert William Billings. Afiocinle
of the IrmtUute qf Bnti$h Anhitettn,
Ho. 1838.

MR. Iliilinga, who is Well known aa
an architectural draughtsman, pab>
tiabcs iliia Tolume with the view of
7

developing the beauties of one of the
most elegant examples of pointed
architecture in the land, one which is
distinguished by lightness and elegance
above its contemporaries, in an age
when those characteristics were the
leading features of every ecclesiastical
structure.

A considerable portion of the work
is assigned to an essay by Mr. Clarkaon,
being an inquiry into the truth of the
alleged idolatry of the Templars, which
cannot be passed over without observa-
tion. The object of this essay is to esta-
blish the fact that the Templars were
guilty of the charge of idolatry, and
that their church furnishes symbolic
evidences of the truth of the charge;
but as we are not my stagoguea sufficient
to fathom the hidden meaninga con-
veyed in particular numbers or ma-
thematical forms, all we can do
is to attempt the csaminatioa of
the evidence which Mr. Clarkson con-
siders to exist in the Temple Church
of the alleged idolatry, and to glance,
as we proceed, at the history of the
chivalric order of soldiers to which it
owes its foundation. In doing this, we
intend equally to avoid the romance
which tale-writers have attached to
this and other institutions of the mid-
dle ages, and the speculations which
have arisen from the dreams of Ger-
man philosophers.

The wealth of the Templars was the
real cause of the absurd charges which
were brought against them by an un-
scntpulous despot, aided in hia ava-
ricious views by a time-serving poa*
tiff. Philip and Clement dared not
meet the Templars in llie light of
day in a free and open court of law,
hence they sought in the gloomy depths
of the dungeon, by the aid of cruel tor-
tures, to establish charges which would
have only met with the ridicule of the
world, if they had attempted to have
sustained them by other 1 ^on

the confession of the accii- i ct

we see that when the limbs ui int m itve
and valiant knights had recovered from
the pains of the rack, and the «oles of
their feet no longer felt llie eii'ccta of the
fire with wliicli tlu-ir tormentors wruug
out their ns. the p«rsectited

soldiers licd the chnri^

whir' 'ad

coni' ■ ■ .'>! J

and A« Ibid l<'»t wouid have v»tAUibh«4

Rkvikw. — Billings's Temple Churrh,

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the innocence of the order, it was of
course denied: the boldestofthc leaders
were silenced by means of the flames,
Knd the rest of the brethren either
co«ied or frightened into a renewal of
their con fesBions. But what, Af^erall,
did the charge of idolatry against the
order amount to ? why, that they
worshipped a wooden head, renoUnc-
Ing at the same time the sublime
truths of the Gospel ; and this head
Mr. Clarkson identifies with the Calf
Behemoth, or Apis of the Egyptians.
The rorslic number five was sacred to
this idol : "' 25 (5 times 5) was his cycle
of life and death." Thus having led
the reader into the depths of ancient
E^ptian mythology or magic, Mr.
Clarkson leaves him to infer that the
Templars were imbued with sufficient
knowledge of the ancient Egyptian
rites to enable them in a comparatively
dark lera to understand the depth of a
subject which has wonderfully puzzled
the learned men of the present enlight-
ened age. But the crime of idolatry
not being sufficient, the author turns
to another charge against the Tem-
plars do wit), that they were iden-
tjeal with the well known Assassius,
which, resting on the evidence of the
ktmilar organization of the two bodies,
the resetiablance of certain circular
buildings of each order, and the custom
of the members wearing a white robe
with ft red badge, shews l»ow easily
coincidences may be discovered in very
opposite institutions ; as this charge,
however, docs not depend on archi-
tectaral evidence, we pass it over, and
turn to the proofs deduced from the
building; in the language of Mr. Clark-
son, " the majonic meaning and sym-
bolic design which crowd upoii the eye
from every portion of the Temple
Church." We will examine these cvi-
deoces in succession.

" The first singulnrity which strikes
the visitor on entering the circular part
of the Temple Church, is the harmonious
•tgnifiojincc at design which charscterizes
•▼ery feature of the structore. Six fo-
iurn ■ t.viJed into four, >•■

Cf 1 vo of the connec < ■

art ...... ;ii.a> the others, u.i;. ., li

tfl^thrr 00 the line of the cirrte. The
two imalleT r4]lanina of Uie fourfold com-
biBatioo are anterior to, and posterior to,
th« line of the circle. The object of the
«ri 1 veara to have been to exhibit

I irelve colnnioB twice over.

<jii.^i. ..jao. Vol. X.

These columns are connected by spring
arches, with a larger circis of twelve co*
lumns, which are attached to the lateral <
wall. The extraordinary coincidence of I
these two circular ranges of pillars with \
the DruidicaJ circular ranges of pillarsi i
cannot fail to impress the most iaeiperi» i
enced observer at the first glance.'' — P. J). (

Now let not our reader feel disap*
pointment when in plain terms w* I
shew what was the real intention of]
the architect in the arrangement of j
these columns, and which is so obvi^ '
ous that any one the least conversant
in our church architecture will at once
perceive that no hidden mystery exists
in their constiuction, but that the
design of the architect is palpable and
consistent. Premising that our anti-
quarian readers at least arc aware
of the fact that in the detail o(\
its architecture, the Temple Church ,
differs not from any other coeval struc-
ture. The only singularity is the cir-
cular form of what may be styled
the nave. The rhoir is only remarkable
for the lightness of its architecture )
but in this regard it merely possesses-
features in common with other strub^
tures of the same kind, to instance
the Lady Chapels of Southwark and
Salisbury.

The architects of those times had a {
bold conception, which roust appeal*
even presumptuous in the eyes of their
degenerate successors of the present
day : they aimed at sustaining, oF
rather balancing, the greatest weights
on the smallest points of support,
and bearing this in mind let us exa-
mine the works of the architect of the
circular part of the Temple. He had
conceived the idea of making the
clerestory of his church rest upon
the clustered columns which were
then in vogue. With regard to the
number of the clusters, he could (
accomplish his object only by using ^
neither more nor leas than six ; lesa
than that number would have beea .
useless, as he could not place four in
a circle, and five would have inter-
fered with the passage from the en-
trance to the choir; for the same
reason seven would be rejected, and ,
eight would have stood too close to]
each other : he therefore was compelled j
to adopt six. The number of the co-
lumns in each cluster was determined
by an eqaallv rational process -. \\. 'vk
1V

M

dtti

I

290

REVtew.— Billings's Tentple Church.

[Sept.

I

I
I

veil knotvn to the architectural anti-
quary that each of the colleclion of
small pillars which consliluteis a cluster
in a cathedral or other church of
magnitude is not without its use. Tl>e
largercolumns constitute thcsupports of
the wall.4 and roof, the smaller are but
accessories, from whence the mouldings
of the arches and the ribs of the ceiling
appear to spring : however conn plicated
it may appear to a casual observer, a
practised eye can easily dissect each
cluster, and shew why the form of the
pier waa adopted, and why the exact
number of columns were selected. To
apply this to the Temple Church, the
architect appears to have formed the
bold idea ofsustaining the clerestory on
pillars composed of two comparatively
small shafts. How then was he to
arrange these pillars in the best man-
ner to enable them to sustain their
load ? Certainly not by placing them
transveraely with regard to the wall, but
exactly as Mr. Clarkson states he has
done, namely, " by coupling them in
the line of the circle ;'* the other two
pillars in the cluster were intended to
sapport the groins of the ceiling, the
internal one those of the clerestory and
the outer the ribs of the aisle. These
pillars were in consequence more
slender than the others, from the com-
parative lightness of the mass they
are required to support ; and as the
objects which they were designed to
sustain were respectively " anterior to"
and " posterior to" the line of the
circle, these smaller columns are of
necessity placed where they are found,
and could have been placed in no other
position. The object of the architect
was not to raise a mystic circle, but to
aupport his building in the best way
he could according to the fashion of
the day ; and we have shewn he
adopted the only means in his power
of carrying out his ideas. The resem-
blance between the Temple Church
and the Druidical circles is no further
than one circle is like another.

But we proceed to another of the
eridenres : — " Four doorways, three
on one side and one on the other, and
eight windows, perforate the exterior
Wall." The niytttry, we presume, is
that the two ailded toi:ct)it.i i>ioduce
twelve: unfortunately I' i nee.

there were originally ; . one

of which Mr. Clarkaoa iiova uol »ecm

to be aware was filled up at the laat
repair ; and nine windows, the eight
long ones nnd another of a circular
form, whirh is now filled up. Thi*
eviiJence therefore falls to the ground.

\Vc DOW come to another mysterious
number, seven -. — " In the inlercolum-
niatingof the twelve exterior columns,
there appear minor columns, arranged
in sevens. This arrangement proves
that the exhibition of all the ucrvd
numbers pervaded the design, and
prompted the execution of the archi-
tect." " There were various cycles in
different nations : some of ten years,
some of twelve, some of twenty-one.
some of sixty. We have a cycle of
one hundred, the Mexicans of one hun>
dred and four ; with them the ancient
Etruscans agreed. It is therefore not
improbable that some cycle was also
implied by the architect of the Temple."
— " All the columns of the exterior
and interior circles on the ground,
added together, whether combined or
ancombined, amount to the precise
number of the ancient Etrurian cycle."
— P. 12. This number does not appear
clearly on the ground plan, but admit-
ting it to be so, the author is unfor-
tunate in this evidence, for the axua-
ber of columns in the exterior circle
is greater now than in the original
state of the church. The completion
of the cycle rests with Sir Robert
Smirke, who, in tilling up the doorway
and continuing the arcade over the
wall, little thought of the mystery that
he was unconsciously creating.

" The visitor of the Temple at the
present day has to pass through two
dogs, just as the Egyptian visitor to
the Egyptian scene of noviciate and
trial passed between two dogs in an-
cient times." Where are these dogs ?
We must confess we have entirely
overlooked them. Tlie prototypes of
these fancied dogs guarded the "apple-
tree of knowledge, and the Hesperian
frtjeof life;" and here,in this "extraor-
dinary temple, theie is, in fact, a rj-pru-
sentulion of the firit man looking i
mnurnrully at the apple by vrhich he
fell." If this Ir one of the symbolic de- ;
signs which, ncctir-i"* •• "iir author.
" crowd upon thi ■ very}>or-

tion iif tl]i' Tomplt.- '- . it i«. vcr^l

o\i it tbould * die I

ni' ! i rit of a "r< 1 iould*J

ing 00 the soifiii " of onr u( the small]

1838.]

Review. — Billiugs's Temple Church.

291

arches in the btank arcade of stalU
rhich surround the wall of the aisle.
be representation of this apple and
lie first man by Mr. Billings iu one of
iiis plates, plainly evinces the share
rhich fancy has had in the elevation
"the sculpture into a mystic symbol.
A curious structuie existed on the
louth 6i(Je of the church which was
'tDOst wantonly destroyed in the ill-
•tarred repair of the church in 1827;
but this edifice difTcrcd not very grcatly
frora others of the same period ; it re-
sembled a chapel built on a crypt, and
was either the chapter-house of the
brethren or the private chapel of the
ster. It w^ill be recollected that
lost every chapter>house is built on
crypt ; and indeed such a mode of
building was universal in the Norman
; but when a comparison is vaguely
{lanced at between this building and
" the central room of the pyramidal
ereat lodge of the Mosaic tabernacle
tn the wilderness and of the Temple of
Jffiolomon," we must feel regret at the
Ibbtuseness of our perceptions, which
}nly lead us to see that the sole point
(•f resemblance in all these structures
I, that the plan of each was an oblong
^uare; but then " the crypt was
Fdescended into by five steps', and U
Ikd into the upper room." Our plain
fkiatter-of.fact understanding would
ead us to account for the descent
from the accumulation of earth out-
side, subsequent to the original con-
struction of the building, and to sup-
pose that the architect made as many
stairs as were necessary to reach the
upper floor, regardless of any meaning
cttached to thi^ number : if Jess would
have sufficed, he would have made
them ; if he needed more, he would
have supplied the requisite number.
The building had beeu mutilated on
its conversion to a dwelling. It has
been since utterly destroyed ; what
therefore was the exact number of
•tops in its origioal state is little better
than a matter of coiijccturc.

We can only hint at the grand
repetition nf ibe mystic seven ou the
pillars of the choir; and as this can
only be discovered by the process of
measuring and planning the columns,
it can scarcely be deemed an evidence
which can be said to obtrude upon
the attention oFtbc obsencr.
Another still further ccrnccalcd evi-

dence is adduced to shew that the
architects were throughout imbue
with the symbolic masonry derivi
from Egypt and corrupted by tl
"Gnostic heresy," and this is tl
"vesica piscis;" but let it not
imagined that this figure, about whic
so much has been written, appci
visibly on any part of the structur*!
quite the contrary. The only mode iff
which it is detected is by Mr. Billings'!
ingenuity in drawing certain circle
on the plan of the church, which cut
ting and intersecting each other, pr
ducc the figure in question. Now Mi
Kcrrich has abundantly exerted
same fancy long ago, and has shev
that by seeking it out in this mann«
the vesica piscis may be found in
plan of almost any church. But as it u|
necessary to measure with accuracy tt '
building before the discovery can '
made, it is evident the architect mui
have been imbued with an overpowef
ing regard for occult matters, sine
he has concealed the most striking evl
dencc of his freemasonry even frol
the eye of the initiated, who coul^
only discover it by a long and lab
rious search.

We fear our readers will have foua4
their patience exhausted by the ii
quiry which we have been led int
and which has occupied more snai
than we expected, although we ha'
strictly conformed to the evidences i
legcd to be afforded by the structur^
of the Temple Church. Our spa
will only allow of one other remark,

" We have," says Mr. Clarksol
" in our possession gems, commonlj
called Basilidian, found in Templa
houses'. They carry with them the fu
evidence of the Gnostic or Egyptia
heresy." Is it to be inferred, theJ
that the mere possession of the
gems afford evidence of the belief of
the Templars in such heresy? Now_
OS the age of these amulets is to
fixed in the early ages of the Christti
Church, prior even to the Dioclesii
persecution, and there is no evidenc
of their being manufactured in afl4
times, the finding of some of thc«
gems in the posaeBsioii of the ord«
affords no prw)f wliutcvcr that the Teni
plars. were idoloturs. We can eosi'
account for a degree of reverence havir
been blindly paid to ibeiC stones frc
the foci that ignoiaulandaupcrstitioll

mm

H^ri^MM

Rfaiew.—TJic Binningiifon Railieay,

persons always regard with veoeration
those matters which ihcy do nut under-
stand ; for even so late as IT^S, one
of such gems was found among the
baggage uf Prince Charles, captured at
CuUoden, who will scarcely be accused
C>f being a Gnostic heretic.

The illustrations of the work cou-
sistofSl etchings, drawn and engraved
by Mr. Billings, which exhibit the
general character of the building by
perspective views, and the construction
and detail by means of sections. A
good plan is given of the Church : one
half of which shews the base of the
wall, the other is t»Len at the win-
dows. The varied capitals to the co-
lumns of ibearcadeorstails are depicted
with great lidelity, and seven plates
are dedicated to representations of the
grotesque heads on the spandrils of
the same arcade. It is to be remarked
that all these heads are modern, and
although they may have been accu-
rately enough copied, it it to be re-
gretted that, as the original were
executed in Caen stone, some attempts
were not made to preserve such as
were perfect, instead of indiscrimi-
nately devoting the whole to destruc-
tion.

Among those heads which arc en-
tirely new, are two which nrc evidently
intended for portraits of King Charles
the First ; the other new busts are
only copies of some of the older ones.
As the majority of the plates are
geometrical drawings of the buildings
and details, the work cannot fail to
prove acceptable to the architect, who
will derive great instructiou and infor-
mation from the study of this curi-
ous building, which, independently of
its historical associatiuas, is, as a
specimen of architecture, deserving of
more than ordinary attention.

HUlory o ' ''
and Ln

Lecouui, f. /I. .1.-3,
and Thomas Roscoe.

■■/* /Ac London
ly. By I'ctcr
ii'»/ Enuineer,
8po. Part L

Railroadiana ; a nru' llittoi-y of Knglauil ,
or Piclurtsque, tiionrupkical. IHmIq-
^H inn

■ -' '"^

^^H thr h'lii/r/in^- . ftis! ,'rf t'-ji, i^nniloH

^H and Bu'miny/ittm Hailway. 800.

^m IN th« fgrmtr of these workt it is

intended tu combine views of the most
interesting features of the Birmingham
Railway, with a history of that gigantic
undertaking, and a description of the
scenery of its course. The plates are
executed in the best style, with the
application of the like talents to depict
the triumphant productions of human
science which have formerly been cm-
ployed on the sublimities and beauties
of nature. It promises to be a very
beautiful as well as interesting series
of plates. The authenticity of the his-
torical narrative is in<^ured by its being
supplied by a gentleman who has been
connected with the Railway from its
commencement, and, making allow-
ance for a little professional high-
flying, which, under the circumstances,
is very pardonable, we have to return
Mr. Lecount our best thanks for the
information he affords us. lie shows
by mathematical calculations that this
triumphant work of George Stevenson
beats hollow both the Chinese wall
and the Egyptian pyramids, and proven
to demonstration that all the opposi-
tion it encountered arose from preju-
dice and ignorance ; that when com-
pleted it will afford the utmost advaa-
toges to all the country through which
it passes ; and that the only sutfercrs
will be the contractors (and the pro-
prietors :) He also promises that tra-
velling will be cheapfr hi well as more
expeditious : we wish this promise
may be fuhilled ; indeed, we seriously
hope that the legislature will provide
against travelling mnnopotiM. Air.
Roscoe's part of the work does not
commence as yet, but his former de-
scriptions of scenery aie a snfficieot
guarantee of its satisfactory character.
Of the second work, the " Nnr HU-
lory nf Englund," we can say nothing
in commendation. ^Yc do not insiat
uimri the obvious conclusion that the
ambling pace of our equestrian aD>
cestors, in the days of Roger Gale,
Browne Willis, and Dr. Stukeley, was
far more favourable to antiquarian
investigations than the untiring and
undevlating career of thi^ 1 iirlitmng
stenm-engine i fur, a^ wl- > .Id

that the traveller may si- , 'j>w

many will;j at any " station " lie
please?, flii' nuthnr woutd rontrivc to
fstu' ise

for <!' of

railroad, aspic iiiviu Iwok-mukufl have

1838.]

R^visw. — The Binamghum Railway.

^r dilating on the vicinity of tbe course
of the Thames or our other rivers, &c,
Itc. It is certainly not to be denied,
that the iuvestigator of all local beau-
ti«9 and rarities, natural and artificial.
will enjoy, in tbe approaching facili-
tiea of communication J very great
atlvrii-iia'/i'* over his predecessors of
aerations ; and the antiquary
I ii the reit, take his flight upon

ladroaii wings, and pounce down at
once upon the object of his pursuit.
lift will not, however, take the present
author for his guide. And if the an-
tiquary du«6 not, — alas ! who will have
compassion upon his farrago of Ro-
Btao pottery and black-letter inscrip-
tions?

Let it not be supposed that we are
averse to the study of antiquities being
rendered popular. We know nothing
more desirable, as calculated to pre-
serve what has been often destroyed
or mutilated through igooraacc, and
a& likely to increase the general stock
of knowledge. But the blind cannot
kad the bliud< If there is no royal
road tn learning, there is certainly no
railroad to the n1a7.cs of orcba-ology.
This book is not worth an examina-
I tion at any length ; but we must give
a few specimens of its quality to justify
our censure. The tourist begins with
iiarrgw, when he cictaims, " Who
Would dream, in the present day. of
asking to be directed to Ilcrga super
Montem, — Harcnc atfe lIulU>, or Jierijvt,
— yet by all these names ia Harrow
known to history, and mentioned in
ancient records." Hartw altf. llullc
would certainly have " puzzled thcna-
tivea" at any time; but it is quite a
new, not an old version, and we think
that Harewe utte Hulh, which is the
original of that falte orthography,
would be tolerably familiar to them
even now. In p. 12 is introduced on
anecdote about Archbishop Bccket be-
ing insulted at Harrow by two of his
own clergy ; and it is added, " It is
but fair towards Becket to give the
names "f these milittint priests. Rigel-
lus de Sackvillc and Robert de broc."
Why this should be fair towards
Becket we do not perceive; but it
would have been much more fair to
the reader if the author had first given
the name Nigel correctly, and Uien
stated that Matthew Paris, who has
preserved the ttory, mentiom him

w.

S93

as " the usurping Rector of Harrow."
whence his grudge towards the An "
bishop, and that Iluliert de Broc
his curate. From the church we ha''
this lucid copy of an old epitaph ; —

" 'Ton mrD'o marmort mtinini^ orbint

jt(iim Cum U (at
'!5arlit quoquvtoirttiic iti^xi t fumrrc trie

tuccirur."

— which is left to the decyphering of
the ingenious.

In pp. iG and 101 are Norm
French in&criptions scarcely more
telligible.

In p. 32 we have " Dorothea
Morriason," insteadof "DorothieL
Morrison." In p. 70 we arc told
monk named " KdmunJi Cook ;"
the Latin of" Jesus Son of God,'
" Jesu fili die ;" and that attother per-
son died " in annum dicto."

So thickly strewn are the specimens
of the author's scholarship ; but, what
ia more important to the ordinary
reader, his compilation ia not derived
from the best authorities, but from
very worst. Instead of Chaun
Cluttcrburk, and Lysons, he qu
Hughson's Pcramburatioos, the Bei
ties of England and Wales, and Lewi
Topographical Dictionary. Hughs
we believe, was only the Hvm-de-gi
of a former literary hack ; he is, how.
ever, the grand authority of the work
before us, so true it 4s that " like will
to like." With a compiler so easily
satisfied we cannot be surprised that
he has not met with either edition of
Parry's History of Woburn, nor w;
the more recent publication of Britti
Caahiobury. That most sumptu
work. Todd's History of Ashridge,
not. of course, come within the m
distant echoes of his range ; ood,
seated as he is amidst the smoke gf
the last railway carriage (or. pcrh
after all, in his back garret in Gr
street), he has not descried even a pi
nacle of the very finest house in
whole district he has pretended to
scribe, the Countess of Bridgewa*
at Ashridge ! ITie latest iaforma!
he has acquired regarding the pi
is the dc.>4lruction of the old house
isri'2 '. If this be railroad intelligence,
commend us, say we, to the pedlar and
his pack. Wc do not expect to sev
another "' series" of this very extr
dinary " New History of England,'

'n of

i

1

Review. — ^Forbea's Differential and Integral Calculus. [S€i)t.

Wc should not be disposed to deny

' the utility of a pocket companion that

i might afford the traveller satisfactory

information respecting the objects that

\ he can actually descry from the line of

I railroad : and indeed we see by several

i advertisements, that the booksellers

promise the public an ample choice of

such guides ; one already published,

' the Iron Road Book, by Mr. Coghlan,

appears, on a hasty glance (for it has

not been submitted to ua fur review),

to be a scientific, sensible, and useful

production.

I

71i« ITieory of the Differenlial and In-
tegral Calculu$ derived synthetically
from an Original Principle. By John
Forbes. D.D. Minitter of SI. Paul's.
GUuyova.

FOR the last fifteen or twenty
years, the progress of mathematical
science in Britain has been distin-
guished in one grand feature. We
mean our freely and fearlessly avail-
ing ourselves of all the rchned re-
sources of the modern analysis, and
our adoption of -whatever is good in
the researches of the mathematicians
of the Continent. In no department
of tlie mathematics is the improve-
ment more conspicuous than that of
the Differential and Integral Calculus,
or as we used to term it — FluTions.
The profound train of thought which
led Newton to the discovery of this
highest branch of the tree of science,
happened to have some relation to
bodies moving with different veloci-
ties in different times. He therefore
explained to us the principles of the
science under those views in which
they occurred to himself. It did not
follow, however, that these should
prove the roost obvious to future in-
quirers ; and accordingly the doctrine
of Fluxiom and Fluents has proved
nn iosupcrnbie barrier to many a con-
$rieMtiau.i lover of knowledge.

By the comcientiout, we mean those
of ordinary talent and industry, such
AS Bishop Berkeley, who admit nothing
which they do not llioroughly under-
stand. Now iu the elementary ptin^
ciples of Fluxions, such as pruvaiird
nniotig us till of late, there is buch a
bewildering maze of ideas rc^pettini?
time, tyace, and rrtotrity, and iiijiiutrly
tmall qi*.9ntttie$, that the begiuncr is

rendered quite desperate, and shuts
up the book in despair. Indeed we
have heard it pronounced, "ex ca«
thcdra," that the student is not ex-
pected at first to understand Flux,
ions, — that he must believe that all it
right, — and persevere in the applica-
tion till at some auspicious moment
he becomes thoroughly illumined. The
conscqnence is, that a great many
mediocre mathematicians apply the
doctrine of Fluxions to the solution of
problems, as a mechanic uses his
tools, without troubling their heads
with the scientific principles which
regulate their art. The doctrine of
Fluxions and Fluents, then, is upon
the whole calculated rather to re-
tard than promote the cause of
science ; and we sincerely hope the
day is not distant when it will b« utterly
exploded.

Some ten or twelve years after
Newton's discovery of the method of
Fluxions, I.,eibnitz invented the Dif-
ferential and Integral Calculus — dif-
fering from the former merely in name
and notation. Since the time of Leib-
nitz the science has received vast im-
provement from the mathematicians
of France and Germany, yet in all
their works there is wanting an easy
and natural transition from Algebra
and Geometry to the threshold of the
Differential Calculus. Perhaps the
simplest method is that of the appli-
cation of the doctrine of limits adopt-
ed by Mr. Wbewell and other emi-
nent mathematicians. But, unfortu-
nately, this method is not general in
its application ; it is tnertly well
adapted fur isolated and individual
cases ; whereas we require a broad
and universal principle as a founda-
tion for such an important science ns
the Differential and Integral Calculus
— a science which connects earth with
heaven — whose power extends to the
confinrs of space nnd time, and whose
dominion embraces nature and na-
ture's laws.

Dr, Forbes, in the work now before
us, seems tg us to have proved moit
successful in su|iplying the de»iderA-
tum tu which wc have jubl alluded.
He commences with a few general
'"" imnion nlgcbrrt, which

in a manner at ones
'i'^ '• .itgunt; Wi- mojc par-

Uculaily alJud« to his "Nvw form uf

1838.]

Review.— Best's Rondeaulx.

99fl

I

the fiinomial Theorem," which wc
Tenture to say will be admired by
every mathcnialician in Europe. We
are thence led by easy gradations
through the experimental, lognrithnair,
circular, and Taylor's theorems, after
which tho student linds himself in the
Tery citadel of the Differential and
Integral Calculus. The great merit
of the work is, that the learn* r is
enabled clearly to see his way through
every step, provided he pay the same
degree of attention tliat he had oc-
casion to do in passing from one pro-
position of Euclid to the ntxt. Uvea
Bishop Berkeley himself could tiad no
fault either with the hyic or conclu-
rions of Or. Foibc£'» treatise ; and,
bad it appeared in the days of that
acute prelate, wc should never have
enjoyed the perusal of that clever
Tractate yclept the "Analyst."

It would be of course foreign to the
nature of a periodical like ours to
give any extracts from a work of this
kind. In fact, to be appreciated fully,
it must be seen as a whole ; and to
such of our readers as take an interest
in these sublime investigations wc
•incerely recommend it. Let us, in
conclusion, express our hope that Dr.
Forbes will be induced to complete
the task he has so auspiciously begun,
in presenting us (as is hinted in his
prefacej with a more extended treatise
on the Integral Calculus. That he is
well quatiHed to do the subject ample
jnitice is futly proved by his present
work, a work in which the precept
of the late venerable Laplace — the
master mathematician of Europe — is
strictly followed and its correctness
established :

" Prt^fd'-rei. danii renseignenient, les
m<'-thudes g^nf'-reles ; att:ir-heK-vous k lea
pr^euter de Iti mani^re la plus simple-,
et yona Tcrrez en nu^me temj)!* <|u'i-llp!i
■ont prcsque toujuttrs les plus facilc.i,"*

Rondeaulx : from the black-letter
French Edition o/ 152?. liij J, H.
Best, E»q.

WE will give the firjt Rondeau
that wc meet with, in order that its
atructure may be maiJe known to our
readers :

* Laplace, EcoIca uorni. torn, 4,

Utif toh RonHtau,
A i;iK)il Ronilrau I wm iiKtiicml to show
Tt» tliri'c fair I.aJl<:H some short timeairo,
Woil knowing their nbjlitv nnd tMie;
I axk'U,— sbould auKlit bi< aililetl or pflbfnl,
AdU pray'd that every fnulc tiirj'd make me

know.
Tlie first (lid her most anxious CAre bestow
T(i impresn one point Troin which I ne'er should
go,—
" Upon a ^ooil heeiniiine, muKt lie based
A f^ooi Kundeau."

Zeal IiiJ the other's rhoicest Jancrtiaj^e flow-
She softly said — " Recount your weaj or woe—
Your ever)' auhjtfl free from pauAe or haste ;
Ne'er let yniir hero fail nor lie disrrac'd,"
The ihint— " With varjiinf enipaaaU ahoultl
flow

A yood Rondeau."

Depui* KM Peu,

Some short 'wliile *ince I fell in lave ania ;—
A love, uot only of tbe heart, but brain ;
It nake» me feel almost a» in a tmnce :
For still does Meniury rast its wilhiii; fiance
To these |>erfrction» I mi)(bt not retain.

She's niudcst, plamf, fair,g^nu:efuLl, haute— not
vnin.

And tUat I kiion hnvrtnie'M thia fervid straia,
1 love her more than all the maids of Krance
Some short while since.

As sul)je<"t, slave, hound in Hojw's flittering
I'll fl«rhl her minrrels, aid in every riaiii [rhain.
With" stron^h and wealth, while 1 can holJ a

lance.
She ha.s my jilrd^e this prtimi.*e to enhance —
1 made her of my heart the Chttelaitte,
Some short while since.

Je MOH vutil point.

I'll none of it!— take back your tempting' giafe.
Nor tUiiik by wiualiiif words my heart to

eiii^axe-.
Fur, lliaiiks luGodvyoiirwealth I nep<I not share;
And, what is mure, I've alwayst Uad a rare

To be, Rtid e'er have been, a .Maitleii 8ag;e.
If you would shew yourself a Man, jfo wai^
Far difTerent vtar, nor hope uiy heart to
eii^Bffe ;—
Lost time to (jfFer what I ne'er shall weart—
I '11 none of it '

Tho* jroiinK. inrlenl, may lie my early afe,
Uy h('art'Knorfli|Chty,nor hair'riefNtohfl«aa|^,
llMt I waukl aueh't but iiwdeHt ^irl «p|>ear.
Snoftisyou woulcTteinjil me. saying, "Here I''
1 shall reply — " Bestow it on your page ; —
I '11 none <if it ; "

T'eti irat tu ^ — (Limlj) iprnitt.)

Whai, wilt tliftu c^i ?— anil wilt thou rcaljy dare
To leave my binklin;; youth to rrief audcare— '
To iiiiiurn and lan^iiNh sorrowTiii; and low? —
I w ho did neVr deceit nor cunnitiir know.
Nor nwn'<l«ne serrot wish but thuii wast there?
Thine am I— as l»equeath'd thy heart to ihare !
tHi! dearest friend 1 to whom 1 liendmy prayer,
Say I must I perish ■'—perish by thy blow f—
What, nilt tlioH po ?

Already ilo my rheelix le»s rose* wear,
Kroiiid'read tu thiuk uf >\httt V\h duoni'd 1o bear
If all deserted and abandon'd *a.

Wh'. I pray God that thou mayst never know,
Man or uustendy heart, such black despair I
What, wilt tJiou go?

I

I
I

PracticnlErilio/Diuent. ByitCltrgy-
wan. — Wr itronply recommend this cheap
little volume to the attention of the public:
its Blatements are fair, clear, convinciiui;;
iti arguments and inferences juMit and
Bouitd. 1 1 places the que^lioa betwt:en the
Church and the Dissenters upon it* real
ground ; for the author seems well ac-
quainted with both parties and their vicw».
That a most virulent hatred tovrard^i the
Church exists in the minds of the great
body of Dissenters, we too well know, —
their magazines, tracts, — their {>etitions,
their refusal to pay rates, their political
speeches, their private declarations prove
this ; and that this has been increased a
hundredfold by the opening which the
Reform bill has given them to declare
their sentiments by partisans in the House
of Commons to support them, and by the
hope of at la^t destroying their great
enemy, we also know. We should only
say, let not the Church feel an uneonfiding
aaxiety on this matter. Let us preserve
the purity of its principles — its sacred uud
venerabli; institutions, — let its doctrines
be sound, its discipline just and right, —
let it continue to be filled by learned and
deTont ministers, superintended by kind
and conscientious bishops, and supported
by an honest, honourable, and enlightened
govemmeat, — and let it leare the issue
fearlessly in the hands of Him to whose
glory it is dedicated, and for whose service
it was instituted.

Tht preieni Sfatf qf Conlronernf be-
tween tkt Proteitant and /ioman Catholic
Churehn. fiy II. Gordon. lH;i7.— Mr.
Gordon conceives that at the present time
the Roman Calbolic religion is receiving
converts to her doctrines and makiii); nn
inroad on our reformed foilh : and be
trftOM this to the abuse of private judg-
ment, discrediting reason, a» so remark-
ably shewn of late years in the German
Lutheran chtirche* ; which by common
reaction induces men to fly frc^m these
wild and alarming speculations to the un-
changinf stiliicsa, the unmovrable tted-
liMCa«S«i the calm repose of the Roman
Catholic faith. Mr. Gordon consider*
that the root of (he evil lies in the omis-
«ion of the reformer* und their succcisors
loMtabliihanddeAne the provinccof right

M^OV^ ^i> ri^Ui'inn • .lriil Ki- I'ltnsiiJiTi rltftf

the)

lof7 Hhu It Irenes »i the |. - oi

I reason ; of the Kopport whi. uU
and alMunda with the rencrks of oar who

has studied and is well netjiuuated with
his subject.

The Doctrine of liaplimmal Regentrv.
tion. By the Rev. T. fiiddulph, il.A.—
Tbe author says, that in consequence of
Kome doctrine* contained in " Tracts of
the Times," now publishing at Oxford,
which doctrines he considers un»criptural
and allied to Fopery, be has been induced
to re-publish, with alterations, this vo-
lume. The doctrine in dis])ute is one
which has been of^en argued, and parti-
cularly in the present day, vis. whether
spiritual regeneration be a necessary ac-
oompaniment of the rite of baptism, or
rather whether it is the grace included in
it — in fact, its essence and its worth. Mr.
Biddulph argties that regeneration used
to precede baptism (when only adults
were baptized), and those only were ad-
mitted, or demanded the rite of baptism,
who felt regenerated in their hearts and
spirit ; and that the outward rite or form
of baptism is only a mark or symbol of a
Christian separation from the general or
carnal world. And then this opinion in-
volves, as it* necessary corollary, that
buptism is not necessary to salvation ;
and that unbaptised infanta and other
persons may be admitted to the mercies
purchased by Christ. The adverse opi-
nion is, that the externa) rite of baptism
carries with it of necessity the gift of re.
generation. That all that are baptised are
regenerate or new-bom nnto righteous-
ness, though they may fall away aft«r-
wards from the blessing which they hare
received. We do not think this disagree-
ment on a great and vital point of religion,
likely to be soon terminated ; for it would
seem to invoWc in itsrif »cntiments on
cither side that extend beyond the limits
of the particular question. The origin of
the dispute seems to have arisen from some
of the early writer* of the church cmploy-
ini; the terms of baptism aud reeenera-
tion, terms which s|K-( I " ' ■ .he

outward visible sign ati ule

grace, as expressions ui .... ....,^ri.

Thus the sign and thing signified were
etpmiiHfd by a common term. Mr. fiid-
ilulph's present work, though it may not
convince his opponents, is written with aU
commendable tcmpcranco .1.. iu-ty

of manner, as becoinen a Cij <e,

ri'xii.rnnir »hc clmrari'-- • of

iits ; and id

ureworlliy... ugU

lu rcjttUug thf authnntj ot Ihe Uthers
(p. I0<4), he htm tnk^m nw«v a medium

■ i»t basil

adjust-

1838.]

jMUcflla/ieous lievicws.

TA* Cieitieo, A Trcfffdy in Jive acU.
lB37. — The poets of the presetit day
•ceiu lu a^rvr witli a b'lnirli wrilrr i —
C'Ml wiriu ilite de* riens, <jui.' de rica
Jire '' — It is btlter to talk nouscusc, tlian
tu huld your tongue. Tlie |ir<-»ent uaiur-
lejs nuliior has avjiiled hiinst-lt' ti) tUe full
of tlit« privile^^e ; for evsry pnge tf pirii
with altiiirdity — which is ill full blu^som
eten at the opening leaf; for there we
rvkd with horror a motto from the Bible
allixed to this moss of verbosity niitl folly :
" W'heicforc doth my Lord thus pursue
after his senraut ? for what have I done ?
or what evil is nunc hand?" Next
cones a dedicatioa froiu a immoiesi
Mphew tn a nanielesis uncle, whom he
professH not to name " from a dread of
onnnectiog his name with a perfuruiancc
unworthy of his patronage." After this
follows a preface ; in wliich the writer
advUr* poets " never to thiuk of Shnk-
•]>«are, or work pot-valiant upon him or
any other writer." We rannot profess
to detail the plot, if plot it can be* called,
of thin precious piece of fatuity ; but wo
will pick oat a plum or two; as p. .^
one fri«od describing another reading ; —

" His eye did br»ni

J8o>i" '• • i f!i,-it I quailM

't wsi liJH i<|i)ril freetl,
-uidieil, front the llesli
Itn .|uniiv id'iiMii my vniii intrusion)
It was « sight 1 urVr woulil see sgsin."

Of the same gentleman it is said, —

" He woiiM I'c readiiiit

Tliclivin^pati^e whii'heAitr<rr'i< 'uraili Ids eyo,"

Of the niphlin^iile it is observed, —

•• Ai.il niiloni.-l .lilt <ilf,hrr vr\U of love, [ear,
s , '■!>{ «Iiri<?k« atssilM mine

\: ii<>art to heave and wnthe

w , ■'■<."

A genlleman oliwrvcji he hus not a
mnKti^Ftl vnt.'c :—

••I ■. I's my lips 'iwixt tore amlsense

Tl' .■ harmony, itiai wJicii

I Y... ., -...lien are not tliriti'd, /»«/ tutfte,

l>«rtsruu ><itb *o\it IcMiks, I'lii uiit of tune,'"

'I'o ntrprite is given the followLiig novel
and i^reful action :

" Tltoui^h I call him frietul.
^iTVtioe, that dutb the wonderful pra|HianJ,
Woahl nevsr HMUffrntr."

An allusion — distinKulshed for sense
and propriety I —
" WUM ' Cecil »lwp to dote upon a R-irJ '

Sooner, methinks, St. Paul wmild Uo it."

Eli'sr.iiit figure of rhetoric .
•I I ' ,1 a dog irAdtr nait MiUl itrunk

t /-uifciti't ivtal, tluin call him

A bulv'ji observation to her maid : —

r.

]n i»ai f mill 'i"" lu'li-, 1 1

i»ai f mill 'i"" lu'ii', I II.; •<-

Gll^fT. Mao. Vol. X.

> m*

ClIWll llKJllS."

A qttestian : —

" CitH (itHlitt tjraffn (fi ill from Iht flTMH m9<m\
I'/itiH tvfh ntlfrrtHift '"

Simile : —

" I'll be 3-s sure he's woriUieas,

A^ Go<l, before be ileliun^il l{jirth, wa.4 4ure
"rwas justly done, ere frciity biitntlim soul
nii» plMi/ffinii rrrerrncf shall lie withJlrawu."

So much for " The Cicisbeo," and w* I
reromuiend the anonymous uncle to get'
hix .inonymous ne]il)ew, the author, u (
soon a£ he conveniently can, placed safety '
in Saint Luke's, In the care of an anoDy-
mous keeper.

Oxford in l«ft«i, a JrayMtHlary ditam.
By a Sub-Utopian, Ike. — A very clever
and amusing prodaction, under the mask
of a dre:im or tictiun, proposing many
judiciou-: alterations, commentini; on manr *
antiquated errors, and perhaps anticipating
many improvements that will be adopted ;
while occasionally «omc sly satirical shaft
is let loose, on here and there an opinion
too pertinaciously held, or a custom that
has outgrown the cause in which it origi-
nated. In moiit of the sugKcstious of the
dreamrr we folly a^ree, and feel tiiat he
dreamt with his eyes open. His architec-
tural improvements arejudicioux (p. G3-5) ;
but we would form Christ Church Meadow
into abeautifiillawD, with walks and nmta
for " retired leisure ;" for thii it is emi-
nently fitted, and no doubt in IttHB cow«
will be superceded by canons, and where
milk maids carried their pails, masters of
arts will be seen discoursing in learned
pairs, and " un»phering Plato" beneath
the shade of their suburbaji elm.s. Thera
is nothing said about a botanical garden
worthy of the name, which we have no
doubt will erelong uplift its " wall of ver-
dure," and within which the lectures
will be given on that science. But we
will not, by any unwise suggestions of our
own, anticipate a s<'cond dream, which we
are sure is not far off ; and in which the
dreamer will no doubt be favoured with
important rommuaications from the
spirits of intelligence ; who we think will
require Mine improvements in Greek and
Latin graminarv and dictionaries, recom*
mend the early study of Quinctilian aa
well a<i Ari:<tutle, and give, what in much
wanted, a Incid and accurate account of ^
the Plutonic writings, including their'!
moral sentiments, metaphysical specula-
tions, and political reasonings.

EInhnia, 1836. — This poem has fori
its subject the nature and aifections of th« |
human soul ; but we do not thiuk tha|
plan well adjuiited, uor do the parts folio*
i« proptT iliyisioii and order. This —
3Q

mm

ijk^il

i^^lK

298

Mi»ceUa»cou8 Revietes.

[Sept.

the more necessary, as the sabjrct itscK
«M nitstrusc, and re<|uir(?(l, we Itiink, a
l)roa<1 simple outliix', nifli nil the illus-
tratiuna whii'li limrriiiig laul fancy rould
supply^ Altlumtilt wo own thoi rlicrc \s
much poetical talent in the volume, yet
are tbere also rnftrk« cither of an unhiiished
ta^te, or of n negUgriit excoution : aa
p. 31, tlie line

" Pity— *iid be thankful— doth eMh broimer
jilue "

In, to say the least, very inharmoaions,
ff not unmetrical ;

"And I will (mp me full of shadowy tliouirht."
is vulgar and uiigrammatical. Doei the
author lay, breakfast me — and luncheon

P. 55—

"Andf^abbles in tlu'sunKhine bis f*e finders."
Wee is not an £nglii«h word : it is tkcither
in Sbakspearc, Milton, or Pop«, but in
Burns. It is usoii a^aiu, p. 'i),
" And waves tliBt seem more hug-e, while the
icfe »ea-liinl di[>^."

To onr e«rs it is very disagreeable ; and
we should as soon think of meeting one of
the IHokwick Club at Almack's, kjt ibis
word in a grave English poem.

P.«l-
" Like Mmnc aoft r.iile plnut from its fair
rliniatfl rsst,"

We do not use the term an exile man, or
exile girl ; thus making exile an adjectire.

P. 123—
" Tlie ffl«mer0tu crsmp rolJM gathering like a

P. 151—

" Pecrlng'on — on throuj-li Ih' infinite — HII oA !
But what ore wp to think of the following
laa, p. 10.0—
I here Petnirca ' lie wm alt for nie'

t was he

■I ••<!

> M<(e,

M- -uimy

Ami (luu liitil barter'd IwrtK htt iiie — though
twtrc as wrtdf."

ThU polyglott Htauzn, we think, in us
bod taste us can he : and ne conclude by
■ayiog that, in our opinion, the poem
want« a severe rerisai by the author be-
fore he places it again before the public.
There are sufficient indicatiunii in Ihtj
work of his power of improving it, but

" Kon satis est palcra e«sc poemsta ;— ditiriii
sunto."

I,

Reprini df the Roman tnJeM JCifWsy«-

lori "■ '•-'■■ >: I'.i.-.. -i-.i.

bin
Of

Oi. ..jof,

not oflly of the restless Interference and
the •' " ■ 'domination of the Romish
Cb'i -.1 of their wicked -lyntem of

frauii .111,1 iiMi;, ry.

'* Noil aoliiiii Iwrctiros, verum el proscrrtiit
IYiip>iirnatore.«|uc »uos— [aniii-os

(^muluresiiur olios rabidua quos continot

For it may, a* the editor observes, with
truth be said, that in the editions of the
works of the Fathers, "ubiKomaiii, ibi
vitia." Dr. James has noted IH05 plac««
in which the modern editions of Gregory
the Great exhibit tlie text corrupted. In
the some manner are the works of St.
Austin treated. Well, then, might
Bishop Jewell a*k — *• Is their rending,
suppreesiitg, maiming, and burning the
writings of the ancient Fathen an arga>
locnt of their reliance on antiquity .'" —
We thank Mr. Gubbins for making pub-
lic this most melancholy proof of eccle-
siastical tyranny, cmftiness, and guilt.

Oh Bdueatiun .- from the German pf
J. C A. Heinriih. — This little elementary
work contains tunny judicious obterra-
tions and enlightened views on the sob>
ject of the discipline of the mental and
mural p(>wcr«, and is worthy of nemao).
The kind of G'errHon air about tlie tncnights
aud expressions, adds to its interest.

AfH/calypti* Skentt, an o/jcning o/ tAe
Myttn-yoftht Tabtmaclt. fly John Vi-
sard.— This little work contains a speci-
men of a Commentary oti the first <^ight
verse* of the 'l^lh. chupttr of fixodus ;
and is executed with learning and tast«.
We hope the author will continue his pro-
posed plan.

Sttmley, or the In/idtl rfel«in»etl, tmd
»tker Pormii, by Jsmes C. Fyler, Jitf.
Af.A. — These poems arc correct and

pleasing, wiilio ..,..-. 'ird uf the

tire of genius. i!;Ir» the

soft twitter uf 1 itian tbut

of the " I r ' #*•. yr.

Mler* Liir

Uresth-

A hi. I

Till-
Me.

R<>i>
Trill

Th.'

Tin

'nntjir, miJ

in<1)

>ii<l
lit;

rMnoJns,—

.suit- Uf •tUu.

clow

iiytf

Miscellaneoms Reviews.

Plain Parochial Strvtotu, by thf R^.
D- P«r»onB, — This little volume is intro-
duced hy » very judicious and wcU-rca-
'" ' : ~ ' i the relation wliicli our

1 l» bears to the tiu-

11^- ; i -ilsocls, and partiouliirly

to the kirk 01 Scutlaud. " The Cliuroh
of Illlif;1itnd," he observes, " is rgxenlially
Cslholic, aeriilmliilly IVotcBtant, uud Ai
»ach is a rcfiirwcd church ; but in no way
connected witli the Coutirtciitiil reforma-
tiont, or witb tbcir ort'-shoots in Scotland,
Ireland, an-i rr...!,„,l; iria.sinnch as the
CoatinentuJ n and their ofT-

shcKit* are c- Trote^tant and not

Catholic.' • Agttui, • • The Church of Eng-
land IS not a Protestant church (csgeu-
tUUy } , and the other <-hurchc» (so rnlled),
aucb lu the Ivirk and Dissenting so-
<:>ctie», arc destitute of that which is es-
sential to the exifltence of any branch of
the church of Chritt, npo»iolic.iI ordi-
nation, and on other |toint4 do not teach
the Catholic doctrine." Mr. Parsons
k4lien diatinctly sbown that the principal
bjccf* on which the Church of Eng-
id t(uu:bu Culliolic doctrine, and other
Protestant churches (so called) teach
4ilEer«n(ly, are thc.-<e : — 1. Apostolical
Sacc«ssioti. ^. Baptism. 3. Confirma-
tion. 4. The Eucharist. 5. The re-
lation of the Sacraments to other p.irts of
duly and life. G. The power of Ab«o-
,luUon. The Sermons themselves are
irery good, nnd such in doctrine and in
It should be preached from every
I pulpit. It should be kept in mind,
er, that the languor of the pulpit
I« rendered intelligible to the common
lieople, as much by the tones, manner,
n ' " " e of gesture when

'■ V used, OS by the

i ... ..-.., ..I ity of the words

thenuelvcs. We do not apjirove of ejr»
ttmpore preachiug ; but wc strongly ad-
vocate such a familiarity with his <lis-
eonne as may enable a preacher to deliver
it frith freedom and ease.

Riddell's Lettfrit of a Gnd/alher, \c.
— Thiji little work consists of a scries of
Letters containing advice on reliifious
•belief and conduct. They are written in
• plain and «'>niewhat farailliir style, and
'' ' MC such 01 must be ad-

lovcd. Wc wish, how-
.1,... ;.. .,..,,{ ,,)• (juotinf;
'u, hud con-
' ^ of our grcut

dtirtncin, ireing that there is no argument
nor cnpinitinn wanted by him in illuslr»-
tion <■•' "iiic tiiot could not havf

lnTn lom thcin. not only witli

a powii iiiui {incision of language, but
with a weight of aulhoiity, which aurcly

neither WiUon nor Wilberforce coat«
claim. We think it of high imiiortancoj
not to let our old lheolos;y be 6upcr«
tieded by quoting the authority of lipinf]
writers on subjects wiiich have beeji(
discussed, ejcauiincd, euforced, and illas-
trnted by minds of far superior powcrCiJ
HV should be ashamed to My that wt
had not read the works of Hooker, Tay*
lor, Barrow. South, Waterland, Sc. but
we arc not the least unwilling to declarfti
that we never read n line either of Mr.]
Wilberforce or Mr. Wilson's writing, oaA
this principle, — that life is too short t^J
be employed on works of s«condAry audi
disputed esLcellcnce, — that our old bodji
of theology is one of the richest store*]
of learning, sacred and profane, of pow«
crful argument, noble invention, devouti
feeling, all delivered iu a .style grave^
masculine, and eloquent, that can
possessed, — of which we have nothing
that ciin bear the slightest comparisoil]
with it ; and further, it abounds in work! J
of practical ability, as well as of recon.
dite erudition. Why then are we
quote Mr. Wilberforce lately dead, and
Mr. Wilson now alive ? Our old fricnfl
Dr. Parr, once the ornament of the plac
from which Mr. Riddcll dales his work|J
often told us that he liked neither tbi
spirit nor the doctritie of Wilbcrforcc'l
work ; unless therelore we could gaia]
from it something hoI to he got e/«ej
irhere, — which we much doubt, — we aha
decline its perusal. We arc afraid tha
such works and a thousand others
now read by clergymen, as well as
the laity, to the escluaion of thoge vfl
Inmea over which our forefathers oso
to bend with delight; and what is the
stilt? L>iok nt the numerous volumes i
modern sermons flowing for ever fro
the prcas. Can anything be more poa
dry, jejune, and unprofitable to til
imderslntidiiig than nine-tenths of the
arc. Modern sermon:* Coleridge, v'
read every thing, declared he could
rent}, heciiusc they are not illustrated
rich store?" ot learning, nor adorned byj
free and copious invention and fancj
they have nothing to attract or detain ^
attention. Compare one discourse
Donne, or Leighton, or Reynolds.
Rarrow, or Ilowe, with the ] - ' ■ '
any other sermons of the i
and if a reader does not at u
ditTmncc, it will not matter to hi
what book he reads. Pcrh.ipii this slrili
IIS more strongly, as our thcologlual st
dies were early directed, mid siucc
linucd B'dcly «niong th(>=e gicut
vin.-s, jointly with the old InlherB of
early chtirclt ; and wt- can only l>r
oursclvca to delight i« those diacourKd

iBJ

360

Fi»9 Arts.

[Sept.

the present day whiob arc composeil aftu-r
their spirit. To Mr Davison's Warhiur-
too lectures, to Mr. Benson's lectures, to
^Ir. Miller's discourses, aud lastly, (o
^Ir. Newman's incomparable scrinonx,
we are ready to pay the bonmge due to
them. They look on as with the coun-
tenance of old times ; nnd the mantle
which Taylor and whirh the ftmntly
Lcighton left on eartl), has fullcn if any-
where into their hands.

I
I

Tht Bea»l aud his Image, bif the Rtrv.
F. Fysh, A.M. — Wo consider thin as a
very u.^tcfal and ingciiions conimenljiry an
the tliirleentli t-hnpler of the RevL'tntions.
The author gcncrully iipret-s with Bi.nhop
Newton ; but has nvailcd hims4?lf of the
opinions of other i.'oniiiicuttiCor:<. and has
also exercised his own judgment on dis-
puted points. \Vc firmly believe that the
prophecies of the [toman Church are
halting to an accomptishmeat, and the
more we ari^ awakcnt^il to n sense of the
deep corrnjitions of that Clinroh, the more
anxious shall we be to gnard our own
against its delusions, and take warning by
ita errors and crimes. Tlie chapters on
the Jesuits are excelleatly compiled and of
great interest.

The Difteetin Sltatutf* nf the Jtoinan
Ctitholic Bhfiopn iif the iiforiuce if I^in-
iiter, r.rartli/ tr/ninteil. /fy the Ilev. R.
,1. M'Gbee, A. IJ.— The Roman Catholic
Clergy .ire ver\' nuwiUing that these
volumes of ^.tatutes issued by the authority
of their bLnhops should get beyond their
rcaeh, ajid it appears purchase them at
almost any price. We arc obliged to .Mr.
M'^Ghec for iniiking public the one here
described ; and thui eonlribnling to ex-
tend our knowledge of the carnal arts and
unholy practices of the Church, under
whose power more than six millions of
people are brought up in ignorance, dis-
ufTection, and crime.

The Nature nnd Pronpectt of the Ada.
mite Rare, in connrelron trith the Scheme
of Chriilianity. Mfo, — The object of this
trearise is to cstabliiih the two great
trutlis, inseparable from each other, on
which the christian scheme of salvation is
founded. The one, " Mnn's utter ina-
bility to establish hb own rightennsneas ;"
the other " Man's full nnd free jnstitica-
tion through Christ." The discourse
it.<ielf is argued with clearness, and from
icriptural authority, and is written with
force and elegance. The author need not
have suppressed hii name.

FINE ARTS,

k

TRR ART UNION.

This association held its general meet-
ing at Mr. Raiuy's fiaiUTy, in Regent St.
on the l."ithMay, Benj. UjodCahbelUesq.
F-R.S. in the chair. Tiie subscribers have
increased this year from ih'i to .iGB ; nnd
the total amoimt of their ^<ubsc^iptions
was 7^1 guineas ; still the position of the
Society is far from adequate either to the
extent nnd irajMrtance of the objerta in
view, or to the wealth und cliaractcr of
the British metropolis. The anDuiiI in-
come of the Soci«;tt: des Amis des .\rts in
Paris is more than seven times, nud even
the Edinburgh .Association for the same
object is more than four times the largest
sum yet sul>s<-rihed in Loudon.

The Art Union has drtcrmincd to de-
vote ■ portion of its funds to the purpose
of engraving some work of art which shall
have been purchased by tlic .Vssoeiation ;
each member to be entitled to one im-
pression, and the proofs distributed by lot,
in the same w,iy as tlie rii;ht to trlerl
pictnres. The sum of l.'iO/. wm. .-.......<

for this Ipuniooc (llic siil

selected in Mr. C»bb<"ir^ v

wwrk of W. Simson

•hie aum of •l,V»/. w:

miltri* into liftecn )"iitiiin>, in.l iili. i

the atlutineot of the twenty juwft of lh«

engraving with the letters, ten with the
engraver's name only, and ten before the
letters, the scrutineers proceeded to draw
the lots fur picture.-;, and the fortunate
members were as follow, almost all of
whom have added to the amount of their
])ri7cs, in order to purchase pictures of
greater value : —

Prizet of 10/. Mr. J, Ball, who se-
lected from the exhibition of the Society
of Britisli Artists, " The Miser alarmed,"
by II. E. Dawe. price 21/. ; Mr. Hoflaud.
" Sussex Coast, near Eastbourne," by J.
Wilson, price 10/. 10». ; Mr.Legh, " Dead
Game," by G. Stevens, "i.i guineas ; Mr.
Ackermann, " Quiet Enjoyiuent," byT.
Woodward, 30 guineas.

Prite» of '201. Mr. F. Barry, not yet
selected. Mr. Prenti^. •" OhI House at
Aberdoun, Fifeshirc," by \. Naswyth,
iO guineas ; Mr. Uwins, " Omnium Ga-
therum," by W. D. Kennedy, '^ii i^uineaa;
Mr. Ssss, " Sli ' ■ :ind BM'

smiio," bv D. I m,

'' '-'■ •■ V (•«.

' ihe
W.

.^Iiiisijii, fii-tct tmr h ijttt'

Hen* : Mi . f'Inrk, thej

Li->' " (dry,

Fi' \c.

18S8,]

Fine Arts.

301

Sctrborough," by John Tennant, ^3 gui-
neas ; Mr. Cole, " The Persian," by S. A.
Unrt. A.H.A.S.W.

I'nitu of 50/, Mr. Matthew, " Scene
from Anne of Geierslein," by Edw, Cor-
bould, />.)/. ; Mr. Godwin. " Rehearsing
for the Frolic," by Thomns Clater, 60/.

J'riif 0/ lliO/. Mr HarrtBOD, "The
Death (if Leousrdo do Vinci," by Willinui
Fi$k, from the exhibition of the Royal
Aoileiny. |>riec UKi guiaeos. The auras
(iddcd xmuuDl to •i\(il, \0s. making the
total sum e«|>eaded upon the painters
titrottgb the interrentiou of the Society,
6Jti/. 10«.

SCHOOL or OKSIGX.

v/wy. 1. The first annual meeting of
this institution was held at its rooms
in .'»omcrsct-hoiise, when the premiums
awardfd to the »ucce$«ful competitorg
were distributed by the Right Hon. C.
Poulctt Thomson, M.P. President of the
Board of Trade. The school bag already
been pruductive of valuable re.<ult«, as
Ap[)ea.red by the numerou.s beautiful spe-
cimens of art submitted for inspection.
The prixe* were five guineas ench, and
were awarded oa follow : Silk Hangings,
JMr. W. Cheseliug Wild ; Ribands, Mr.
John Mongford ; Shawl, Mr. E. C. Clark-
son ; Carpet, Mr. C.Gardner; Architec-
tural Fricv.c. Mr. W.C.T. Dobson ; Ten-
cnp, L'olfre-cnp and cover, and saucer,
Mr. Wyatt A. Papworth ; Chintz Muslin,
to Mr. Thomas highum. lu several cases
, testimunial of a])probalion was given to
, second competitor. Mr. Papworth has
rcMgued tlte direction, aud is succeeded
by Mr. Dyce.

•T.\IXED CLASS AT CAMOaiDGK.

The beautiful nnd spacious hail of King's
LCoHegc, Cambridge, has received a splen-
lid addition by the tilling of three of the
Jaorth-west windows with stained glas«,
[presented by the individuals whose armu-
ITinl bearings it represents, or by thcii-
Jcneciitors or friends. The work is eic-
.cutcd by Mr. Hcdgelond, of GroTC-place,
Lisfon Grove.

Each window contains the arms, 8cc. of
MX indiriduaU. Tlic first is appropriated
tlo thone of Peers and Statesnu-n, educated
[•t the College : — In the first compartment
•re the arms of Sir Robert Walpolc, Earl
of Orford, Prime Minister to George I.;
in the 2nd those of the Right Hon. Ste-
phen Poynti; .$rd, Horatio, first Lord
,' Walpole, brother to Sir Robert ; -Ith, the
ite Lord Dolton; olh. the Right Hon.
'Sir Stratford Canning. G.C.B. ; and <itb,
the Utc H'Jfl of Curlislc.

Tin- »eL-oud winilow contains the tirm*
of Bi^hopK and Hejiiln of CoUegfn, niimdy,
*— I>r. Luuooorc, late Bishop of St. As^ph ;

Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Chettcr ; and Dr.
Bcthell, Riiihop of Dangor ; Dr. Goodall,
ProTost of Eton College ; Dr. Thackeray,!
the Provost of King's ; and Dr. Cooke,|
late Provost and benefactor.

The third window consists of the armi
of divines and benefactors, in the follow*
ing order: — lat. Dr. Rennell, Dean
Winchester ; 2nd, Dr. James ; 3rd, thj
late Rev. Dnniel Gnches ; 4th, the lat
Rev. John Manistre ; 5th, the late piou
Olid Rev. Charles Simeon ; tith, Dr. keaU

The several compartments contain, toi)
gether with the armorial bearings, scroll
or labels, inscribed with the names, &c^
the shields being decorated, according
circumstances, with garters, collars,
other Appropriate emblems ; the wholi
reposing on rich diapered backgrounds <
a subdued tone, affording the oecess
relief to the brighter colooring of the hs
rtfldic deviceti.

LOriS-HIIILirPK'S At.Bt;M.

The following is a summary descriptiol
of the splendiit nibnin presented to tb
King of the French on his Majesty's f^t<
day, containing highly-finished drawing
in water-colours of the scenes at Fontaina
bleau, and the f^tes given by the Hotel
Ville and the national guards of Paris, o4
the marriage of the Duke and Duchei
of Orleans. Baron Taylor, under who8
direction this beantiful work was got upj
wishing that it should be done with tk
utmost accuracy, caused sketches to
made at the time of all the features of til
places and actions at each aceae, and fro^
which the drawings were made. The mc
striking subjects ore — " The Review
the Camp at Fontainehleau by the King,'J
finely executed by Messrs. Justin Ouvr
and Victor Adam; the " King on ib
grand Staircase of the Cour d'Honnet
at Fontainehleau," by Messrs. Dauzill
and Bayot ; " The Civil Marriage," in tb
Gallery of Henri II. by Messrs. Dauzal
and Grcnier ; " The Catholic Marriage,*
in the chapel, by M. Eugene Lami ; "Til
Protestant Marriage," in the new galler
by Messrs. Dauzats and Eugene Lan
" The Royal Banquet" and " The Ope
at Versailles," by M. Viollet Leduc ;
" The Castle of LudwigsltLst," by
Ou\rio. The total number of the dra«
ings is '■2'2. The album is bound in
morocco, relieved with dark green, a|
enriched with finely wrought gold orn
mcnts nnd ]irecious stones, having
Majesty's cypher in the centre in diamoui
Slid i-ubic.-i. The binding was execub
by M. Simicr, ufter designs by M. ^'i<.•ll
Ix'diic. It wiis presented to the King "
the Count de M<>ntulivet, und received hj
hik .VInjc>ty with warm exprctjiaioat of
pr»t4C and admiraUva,

302

[Sept.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

b

NKW PUBUCATIOMS,
Hlttory and Biography,

Memoir? of Monk, Duke of Albemarle.
By M. GnizoT; trwislated, with addi-
tional notes, by the Hon. J. Stuaht
WoRTLEV. Rvo. 12«.

Correapondence of William Pitt, Earl
of Chatham. Edited by the Executors
of hia son, John Earl of Chatham. Vol.
I. 8vo. 1H#.

Speeches of Henry Lord Brougham,
with historical inlroductious [by him-
self] ■ and a critical dissertation upon the
Eloquence of the Ancients. 4 vol*.
8vo. 'U. ««.

A Jewish Calendar for sixty -fonr years,
detailing the New Moons, FcstiTalsi, &c.
with the sections of the Uw as read in the
synagogues every Sabbath. By E. H.
LtNDO. Bvo.

Memoirs of Admiral Lord de Saunia-
rcit. By Capt. Sir John Ross, R.N.
C.B. "i vols. ftvo.

Tlie Life of Hannah More, with notices
of her Sisters. By the Rev. H. Thomp-
son, M. A. Post8vo. 12».

Lives of the Literary and Scientific Men
of France. Vol. I. By Mrs. Shf.llbt
and others. (Lnrdner's CyclopiediB, vol.
CV.) 6».

Literary and Scientific Mm of Great
Britain. Vol. III. Principal Drama-
tifts. (Lanlner's Cyclopedia, vol. CVl.)
<i*.

Travttt, Toposfrajihy , ke.

Expedition of Discovery into the Inte-
rior of Africa. By J. E. Alexanoxr.
is. post 8vo. 'il*.
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adventures during a residence in the

country between 1831 and 1837. By J.
S. Poi.ACK, Esq. a vols. 8vo, 28t.

Tour in tlie North of Enrope in 18.'{G-7.
By the Marquis of LoNUONDKRRY. 3 vols.

Bto.

Travels in Europe. By W. FisK, M.D.
(ITiiited Sutes). 8vo. 21*.

The Spirit of the East, illustrated in a
Jounial of Travels through Roumcli. dur-
ing an eventful period. By D. L'Rau-

BART, Esq. 2 vols. <JV0. '*'8#.

Letters on Egypt, Edom, and the Holy
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Dictator Prancia. By J. P. and W. P.
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The City of the Czar ; a visit to St,
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Observations on the Ncilghcrrics. By
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Physioloiprnl Observations on Mental
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Sermons preached at Trentham. By
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Mendelssohn's Jerusalem, a treatise on
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A new illustration of Daniel's Last
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The Wife Hunter, and Flora Douglas,
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Historical Tales of the SonthamCoun-
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A Romance of Vienna. By Mn. Trol-
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Poems and Songs, bumoroua and aali*
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A Pliil !n\ Statistical His-'

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anci«<nl and un < tun-

facturr mid n uira,

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< u „ ;, > lu T

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VOEKICN LITERART IMTSLLIGINCB.

The lale of the library of the late

ince Talleyrand has just taken ploee,
Imt presented nothing remnrkuble either
ia quantily or 4uality. The <-itttre coU
Isettini did uoc exceed .tuuu volumes, and
included a Duail>er of almanaot, pam-
phlets, 0CC. Part had been kept back l>y
thf family ; and it will be recullecled that
obortlf after the restoration, llie prince
di»p^»^' ' ' nili^n of u Urije library

throu;: ictin of Mr. Evhiih, the

auctto-.i' '.-.'■ :> nccouiiti for the &mall

number ot books now luld. On the pre-
sent oeoasioii the books, good and bail<
, b- ' prices; and aiiiorig them the

liomcnura" used by the pri&oo

iriuk; Ills residence in tlm Semnuiin de

. Sulpice, Mil sold high.

It hofl long been desired by oriouta
scholars that the Ethiopic MS. of the apn«
cryphal book of Knoi-tt, brought by Hrui's
from Abyssiiim, and deposited in Ili4
Bodleian Library, should be piiblishrd ii|
the original. No one, howevi-r, sroined
disposed for such a task, until tln< present)
Archbishop of Cashel, formerly Rcgiw
Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, and well
known by his many valuable and leiirned
writings, has set about the work, wbiel
is now in the press. By a singular eoin^
cidence, it happens that Dr. Hoffman^
of Jena, has also just announced a sitnili
publication of the teit of Enoch, from
manuscript brought to Europe by Roppell,
a traveller.

A manuscript has been found in tbi
Vatican Library, which, amung othefj
things, rontaina the songs of Abelard, witf
their musical notation. The celebrnte
Abbr Rsini is about to give a moderil
dress to them, whirh is to be edited by
German now in Rome.

The King of Sardinia having in 18.1J
created an hi!>torieal association, for tb4
purpose of pnblishing unedited or rar
documents relating to Piedmont, the lir*
Tolume has appeared under the Vice Pr«
sidency of Count Babbo. It is entitlrd|'
" Hii<toriii! Putriie Monuments, edita jiissii
regis Carnti Alberti," and contain-t Id^U
documents, the dates of wtiich lie betwee
the years SOS and I lf9'J.

oxroms univkkbity.

Two splendid portraits by Owen, .
the late I.ords Eldon and Stowell, pre
seutcd by Lord and Lady .^idmoutb to
L'nirersity, have been placed In the Pig
ture Gallery.

It has been unaniiuously agreed iu coiij
vocation to grant copies of the theulogica
works in the Greek, Latin, and Englii
Unguagct, printed at the L'uiver.iity piesta
to the clergy of Xjvwt Canada, towar'
fanning a diocesan library.

WIMCHCiiTKR COLLROB,

July 10. The llev. Dr. ShuUlewor
Warden of New College, Oxford, aeoonJ
pniiied by Messrs. Treinenbeere
Wither, tlte Posers, vibited Winrhest
College, and were received as usual at
gates by the senior schoUr, who addrMi
tlteni in a Latin oration. The neit daj
the compositions and speeches weTe
cited in the school, in pi^sseuoe of a na^
uierons Dudienoe, aftor which th« prL
were adjudged, as follows—

Bishop Maltby's pri», Grmk
—from Richard II. art-l, sc. i. C. Bui<

Gold Medals, Lntin VerM — " Sln|
.\ralri<us." J. M. Myers. EtifU»Ji Pr
— " The Influence of Climtte, Cvuiitr

^^i

Literarjf and Scientific JnielUgence.

*

and lostitutiono, on tlir Forinntioa of Nn-
Uornil Clwrmtf r." S. G. Srlwyu,

Silver Medaii", Ltt/ht Spttch — " Ilati-
nibulis ad Militcs Oratro." E. Williains.
Eai/litM Spetck — " Canning at Lisbon."
C. Barter.

In the evening a very numerous party,
oonxisling of ihe |>rincipal ladirs and gen-
tlemen resident in the city and neiRhbour.
hood, and many from more distant jiartw,
visited the Collci^e to hear " Uouiimi"
sung. The itpacious room, at St. John's
House, was crowded with about ^00 of
the most diittlDfruished gentry in the
county, and danoing; was liuttained with
much spirit till the dawn of day.

THE BRITISH MVSKUM.

The select committee of the House of
Commons, appointed to inquire into the
plftns and estimate.s for the completion of
the British Museum, in their report state
it as their opinion, that " the combined
considerations of public economy and
pnblic convenience strongly enforce the
expediency of authorising contracta and
making provision witliout delay for the
completion of the buildinf;g mentioned in
the report of Sir Robert Smirke, of which
the following is the cjeneral summary: —
" The north-west building, for
the print-room, library, Hcc,
estimated at 19.000/, and since
enlarged by direction of tlie
trustees .. ,. ,, £'20,iiOO

The sooth-front building, e:(tend-
ing between the wings, with
the porliL-o, colonnade, &c. . . 82,000
The .vjuth west building, and the

colonnade adjoining it, Sec. . , (iO,4IOO
The gallery at the western extre-

laity of the south front . . 10,000
Arrangements proposed in the
upper floor of cast wing for the
reception of the zoological and
botanical collections .. .. l.dnd
The officers' houaes, with the se-
cretary's offices and buildings
connecting them with the mu-
seum 3ti,00fl

Probable expense of the iron iia-
lisading along tin? south and
east fronts, entrance lodtj**,
dwellioifs for the attend nils
and others, guard-house, f.n ru-
ing and pavia« the front qua-
drnngle, &c. .. .. ,. U.OOO

" It will be sffii »l,.n .villi Hie addition
of 10 per cent, i ncies, the total

cstinxated chart;' '">/., to he xprend

over the period ot lia: or six yearn, that
Ihn prolidble time which will bi<
ed for ttia projier execution of the

works. Tothissumof SSO.omt/. there must
be added the sum which will be required
for the purchai»c of certain houses, 10 ia i
number, and the site they ot'cupy, the pro-
perty of his Grace the Duke of Bedford."

GEOLOGICAL SOCIF.TT.

JuHt ti. Read, 1. An account of Spiro-
linites in chalk and chalk flints, by the ;
Marquess of Northampton, F.G.S. ; iJ.
A note to accomi)any specimens of quick-
silver ore from the mine of San Unofre
near the town of El Doctor, Mexico, by
John Taylor, esq. Treiii- G. S. ; .5. Re-
marks on the formation of Obsidian in the
mountains of Real del Monte, Mecico,
from letters by Mr. Fred. Edmonds ; 4. A
notice of the Oar's Rock in the British
Channel, by R. I. Murchison, esq. V.P. t
.'>. On tiie discovery of Fossil Pishea in
the BogshoC Sands at Goldworth Hill, by
Dr. Bnckland ; (!. On the discovery of a
Fossil Wing of a Neuropteroua Insect in
the StonesAeld Slate, by the Mine ; 7. On
some species of Orthocerata, by Mr.
Stokes. Adjourned to November 7.

INSTITCTION or CIVIL EN0IKKKR».

The Council of this Society have girea
notice that they will award, during the
ensuing session, Telford premiums to com-
munications of adequate merit on the fol-
lowing subjects : — The Nature and Pro-
perties of Steam, especially with reference
to the quantity of Water in a given bulk
of Steam in free coiumunication with
water at dilTerent temperatures, as de-
duced from actual experiment.^ — The
Warming and Ventilating Public Build-
ings and Apartments, with an account of
the methods which have been moat suc-
cessfully employed for ensuring a healthy
state of the atmosphere. An Account
and Drawings of the original construction
and present state of the Plymouth Break-
water.— The ratio, from actual experi-
meut, of tlie Velocity, Loa<l, and Power
uf Locomotive Engines on Railways, 1st,
ujKin Levels ; i'nd, upon Inclined Planes.
— ^Thc Sewage of Westminster. Dmw-
ing!< and description of the Outfall of the
King's .Scholars' Pond Sewer, and of other
j>rincipal Outfalls of the Westminsfter
Sewage ; also, the inclination, dimen-
sions, and forms of the .Sewers, and the
observed velocities of water in them. —
Drawings and descriptions nf the Sewage
iiMiler the ConuoitiMo!' " " i-el,

especially of the outi ird.

— nrawin?" "ii,( ,\,-. i.|.»i

Machine ' i a

Koad, an<l jou

of diflcrciit iuiui;>.' «.nd

itupravt<ment» in Ui —

The uploaion of tttcnm itL>iii'it i (-{leci*

LUerarif and Scieniijic Intelligence.

I the

^H plot;

•II7 « record of facts connected with vaj
tq>lo«ioos which hare taken place; also,
a deacription, drawin^Ji, and details of
the BoUer, both before and after the ex-
ploaion, — Drawings, sectiont, and dc-
Hriptions of Iron Steam VcsmU. — The
parative advantages of Iron and Wood
I empluycd in the conatruction uf NCenm
MmU. — The advantages and diaadvan-
tagw of the Hot and Cold Blast in the
BUaafacture of Iron, with statements of
the quality and quantity of the materials
employed, and produce thereof. — The
causes of and means of preventing the
changes in texture and cumposition which
Cast Iron occasionally undergoes when in
continued contact with Sea Water. — The
Properties and Chemical Constitution of
the Tvious kind* of Cool.

^

GKK8HAU ML'SICAt, LIDUAnV.

Edward Taylor, esq. the Greshara Pro-
feMor of Music, has issued an address to
the patrons of the art, the roemhcrs of
the profefiion, .vid the public, on the
want of a Musical Library in the metro-
polis. We make from it the following
eitrai:ti : — " Some rare works on mu&ic
arc to be found in the Oritish Museum,
but they are comparatively few in num-
ber— «o few as not to be tlinught worthy
a distinct classitication ; and it forms no
part of the plan of that institution to de-
Tote it« fund« to their increase. Tlie lit
place for such a Library is an inittitntion
whose permanent existence is secured by
a sufficient tndowmcnt, and to which a
Musical Professorship is attached. These
requisites are united in Cireaham College,
which is the only College in the kingdom
which contains any pruviiiioa for musical
instruction.

" To the student, works of established
aad deserved reputation ore not only in-
teresting, but of priumry importance'; yet
half a life is often spent before even the
■iwnty rudiments of n mu»ical library arc
collected. Many valuuble collections,
within the remembrance even of the pre-
sent geticration, have been dispersed ;
many interesting and voluabh' composi-
tions irretrievably lost t The splendid
libraries of Dr. Bever, Mr. Bartlcman,
Mr. Parker. Dr. Arnold, Mr. Greatorex,
with many others, are all scattered; and
thoae which are now in the progress of
accumulation will probably share the same
Perhaps no person now living pos-
Bk a coioplcic lupv of till- works of
ilnndel or I'urri-ll ; nnd tiiose of
illustrious coiii|io!.rrs who adorned

I Birr nf Klixnbi'tli ii wi>uld be extremely
UciL-t. Of the long list of
ly the first Grc»ham Pro-

3r ut MiMu: — the celebrated lit. John
asNT. Mm. Vol. X.

Bull — scarcely any remain. Other com-
positions, possessing a strong national and
historical interest, are lost, such as the I
original music to the songs in Shak«
speare's plays, all of which has perished ;
and the compositions which are especially
connected with and illustrate the history
of our dramatic mudic, are of very rare at-
tainment, and no collection of them ia
known to exist.

" Yet more difficult is the attainment
of tlie compositions of other nations. No
complete collection of the works of Pales-
trina, for example, exists in this country,
and I am not aware that any one of his
compositions, of which thirty-eight vo-
lumes are extant in Rome, or those of hia
illustrious fellow-labourers and disciples,*
could be purchased at our music shops.
The same may be said of the Flemish
composers of tliat period, many of whose
works arc now in the course of republica-
tion in Germany.

" A well-assorted musical library ought
to contain the works of the most eminent
writers, extending, at least, through three
centuries, comprising those of Italy, Ger-
many. Flanders, France, and England,
and including the best music of every
class, sacred us well as secular — vocal as
well OS instrumental. It is worthy of
note, that while fc« hare been wholly un-
mindful of what I will venture to call the
national duty of preserving those compo-
sitions which to Englishmen hare either
an intrinsic or an historical claim to re-
gard, agents for the Royal Library of
Prance are employed in obtaining them ;
and, at this moment, one of the best col-
lections of English music will probably
be fooud there."

Mr. Taylor solicits, particularly from
the citizens of London, and her corpora-
tions, assistance, either by pecuniary do-
nations or the presentation of musical
works — of munical compositions of ster-
ling and unquestioned value, as well aa
of musical treatises and elementarv works,
and all works either expressly written on
the Art, or publications or documents of
any kind, tending to illustrate its history,
lie proposes to plai*t.> all pecuniary contri-
bution.^ in Mie hands of W.S.Hale, esq. the
Chairman of the City of London School
Committee, who has consented to act aa
Treasurer ; and in their application vriU
avail himself of the advice and assistance
of the organist of f^' !'...i- Cathedral
and the organist of \ > Abbey.

The name of every l.^- ill be r«-

• Probably the Aocst collection of the
works of LucB Marenzio, in fourteen
volumes, is to he found in ibe PitzwUliam
Library at Cambridge.
2R

m

mm

^^

30G

Antiquarian Regearches.

[Sept.

|istered aad preserved, and the state of
lie fund announced at the ooacluxion of
the Inst Music Li-rturp of RTciy term.

We have the satisfiiction to add, that
the }jlnu herein contemplnted is not alto-
gether prospective, but that it has actually
comruenced, under the high('st uuspices.
The tirst donation to the Musical Library
of Gresham College wn« mode bj her
Majesty Queen Victoria. A set of the
works of Mr. Taylor's higlily respected
predecessor, Mr. Stevens, has been given
by Messrs. Coventry and Hollier ; for the
purchase of which a sum of money was
iubscribed by the professional lady and
gentlemen who assisted at his Commetnu-
ration Lecture, and the audience who
attended it, but which now still remains to
be appropriated to the purposes of the
Library.

The Grcsham Lectures, it is well known,
are open to the public. Since the demo,
lition of Gresham College, by an Act of
the legislature in I7(>H, it is true that this
advantage has been rather nominal than
real ; the patriotic and comprehensive
design of Sir Thomas Gresham having
been shamefully violated by an act of un-
paralleled barbarism, and his professors
driven to lecture in a chamber of the
Royal Eichangc ; but the liberality of
the Committee of the City of London
School has given them the temporary oo-
cupiition of a spacions theotre, in which,
during the last term, 3046 persons at-
tended their several lectures. But with
the destruction of the Royal Kxcliange
perished, for a tiijie, the endowment of
Gresham College, and thus its trustees
are now deprived of the power of contri-
buting to the present object. Subscrip-
tions and Donntionii of monev or hooks
for the Gresham Library will be received
by the Secretary of the City of London
School.

CROSBY HALL.

The venerable hall uf Sir John Crosby,
now restored in some degree to its pris-

tine beauty, has been reeently emplc
iu a very suitable and highly agreeab]
manner. On the morninf; oi Thursdi]
July 1", sever.ll distinguished vocal per
formers were assemhlrd there ; whcfl
after the performonec of .Stevens's se
tctte, "' The cloud capt towers," aa|
Spohr's " Blessed are the departed ;" tt
Gresham Pri/i- Anthem of 1837, " M|
Soul doth m.ignify the Lord," by the Rci
W. H. Havergal, M.A. was very suece
fully executed ; and the Rev. Henry Msc
kenzie, B.A. then recited his Essay
" Offa, King of Mercia," which gain*
the prize for l^-tT, founded by Mr. Aide
man Copeland, during his mayoraltyj
The second part of the music, ronsistii '
of several glees and madrigals, then fa^
lowed, and gave great pleasure to all pr
sent. The hall is found to be highly fa
vourable for music.

On the evenings of Tuesday and Thur
day, August '2\ and '23, a similar music
performance took place ; together wili
the Gresham Prize composition for th|^
present year, for wliich an anthem frofi
Psslm Ixxx. 14, 18, "Turn thee agaia,J
thou God of Hosts," by E. Dearie, Mi
Bar. had been unanimously selected,
the former evening, Mr. .Mderman Cope
land's prize fur IM38, " On the Life
Times of Robert Baron Fitzwalter," wa
recited by its author, G. W. Johnson, es
barrister-at-law.

\n honorary premium of ten guinea
will \h< awarded in Nov. IH.'JB for the '
Historical Memoir of Margart f
Countess of Richmond ; and in
for the best Essay on the Obli„...iu^
Literature to the Mothers of Ki

The next Grcsham gold modal

guineas' value will he awarded in Se
ia?« by Dr. Crotch, Mr. Horsley, Miti
B. and John Ooss, esq. Organifit to S(
Paul'F, for the best coinno'iitiiiti in Ssi-rc
Vocal Music, the words to he selectn
from the Holy Scriptures, and to be ■<
for Three, Fonr, or Five Voices.

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.

ICPMISMATIC SOriETV.

March 15. Mr. Bollaert read a Memoir
■ the Circulating Medium of the New
Torld. The Mexicans, though pos.'^cssed
Mnfinite riches in gems and the precious
metals, used as coin the rocoa seed from
which chocolate is made ; while the Pe-
ruvians applied the pii<l of the uctiu, ii
large species of copnicuui, tu the »atiie
purpose. In Brazil, t;old m ' •-,■■-
stones were known to the n^i
as ornaments. After the ' ,
these conutries, the Spanish sciUcra rt-

sorted to gold and silver, beatm nut

thin strips, sad rut into pieces, weighiD

each obout an oud' ' di '

a cross, Thrse ph

Plata Macuijuina, i.: .

fiollaert stated, that so >

he saw some of Ihrip

Peru and Chilt. i li,

shape, was form<i ik to tiki

•luuiewhat larger than > tatlhinf , and wni

Antiquarian Researchet^

*

ikufactured, it is supposed, iii BirmLng-
The first mint wu established at
M«rico ; snbseqnently mints were set up
at Potoii, Chili, Lima, SantA Fe de Bo-
got*, and Guatemala. The coins then
adupt«d were the following : — 1. La onza
dc oro, or doubloort, weighing about 17
dwt«. 8 gr». BTeraging in value from
31. 3*. Gii. to :U. At. iMi. ;— 2. La media
onsa, hair the foregoing ; — 3. La quarta
de onxa, escudo, or quarter of an oance ;
— and 4. La media quarta de onza, or
half quarter of an ounce. On one :iide
was the portrait of the Spanish monarch ;
on the other, the arma of Castille and
Leon. The silver coins were: — I. £1
pMo doro, piastre, hard dollar, piece of
eight or Spanish dollar, value four ahiU
lingc ; — i. El medio pesa, half a dollar
or four rial* ; — 3. Dos reales, or two
rials; — ). L'n real, one rial; — 5. Media
real, or half rial; — <j. Un quartillio, or
quarter of a rial : the latter had, in the
place of the boitt, a lion on one side, and
on the reverse, the value of the coin. The
gold coins were alloyed with silver, the
silvtT with copper ; but of late copper has
been used in alloying the former, being
found Ipm expensive, and rendering the
coins less liable to wear.

Another paper was r«ad by the Rev.
I, B. Reade, on the Roman Coin Moulds
discovered at Lingwell Gate. Its object
was to show that the Koman emperors
themselves resorted to casting, to supply
tlieir eihnu:iti.'d military coffers.

April 26. The following papers were
rtwJ: — I, Remarks on thcC'oin» of North-
umbria; by Edw. Hawkins, esq. F.R.S.
F.S,A. The w^ritcr commenced by pro-
pofing that certain coins which have been
Mcrib«d to Egbcrgth, King of Kent, bear-
ing the name kotbekcutus, probably
belong to Eadbert, King of Northumbria,
who reigned from 737 to 7^8. Another
to Alchred, monarch of the same kingdom
from 76.> to 774. He concludes with a
lilt of the Northumbrian kings, with the
Mveral coins which have been found be-
lOAging to them.

3. Ktimarks upon the -Skeattn; and
Styca mtrihuted to Huth. King of North-
iin.K.., .i.ri by Mr. Hawkins. HulU
is 'Ik occurs only io Brompton,

till _ i.on being onllcd Eric by the

i>tlier chroniclers, Mr. Hawkins does not
think that the existence of the name is
•tipportcd by lite coins iu question ; the
ttfca he ajtaigna to a moncyrr of Eanrcd
n«Ti~ ' •» ■ ■ TiiEo (instead of hi'ai> rkx).
T <nn of the skcallK aie still

Ui ' iie.

3. A inrmoir on the coins of Melilo ;
by Mr. J . U«lfuar.

4. Nvt«» oa the Cuituge of Modem

Greece, by Mr. L. J. H.Tonaa- The coins
issued by Cnpodistrins were in copper, I.
the lepton (about one twelfth of a penny) ; j
2. Five Icpta ]uece ; 3. Ten lepta piece.
In Silver, the Phcrnix only, worth one '
hundred lepta. The coins of King Otho {
are in copper, as before; in silver, the
drachm, of the same size and value as the ,
PhcenLx, viz. Hd. also pieces of 6 drachma,
'2 drachms, a } drachm, and a ^ drachm.
They bear the head of Otho, and on the '
reverse the arms of Greece, viz. Azorc, a |
cross couped argent, pierced with the |
chequers of Bavaria, barry bendy azure
and argent. This coinage has been all
struck in Bavaria.

5. An account of gold coins of James L
and Charles L found at Southend, near
Lewisbam, by James Dodsley Cuff, esq.
F..S.A. Of this discovery an account
was given in our March number, p. SfW.
Of the 420 coins found (all pieces of |
twenty shillings) 13G were of the last
coinage of James I. with his bust laure-
atcd; and the remainder of Charles L of
three different coinages. Mr. Cuff par-
ticularised the several mint marks. His
time did not allow him to examine the
reverses ; aud after the whole had been
delivered to Mr. Maulc, the solioiror to
the Treasury, it is to be regretted that
they were consigned to the crucible with-
out having been submitted to the eiami-
natiou of the officers of the British Mu-
seum. From the mint marks it is conjec-
tured that the coins were buried in 1646.

May '2A. Mr. Hawkius read aDisserta-
tiou upon British Coins. It included a
critical examination of the passage of i
Cxsar relative to this subject, the resnlt
of which is, that Mr. Hawkins prefers
the reading of the Museum MS. 10084,
" LUuntur aut Krc, aut nummo aureo,
aut anulis fcrrcis ad certum poados eia*
minatis, pro nummo ;" and translates it
thus, " They (the Britons) use either
brass money, or gold money, or, instead
of mouey, iron rings adjusted to a certain
weight." The number of coins found in
Britain, and only there, arc sufficient
proof that the Britons had a variety of
coins. Mr. Hawkins thinks that thej \
were executed .it home by native artists, (
with greater or le»s skill, according to
circumstances, after Macedonian originals, I
the knowledge of which was obtained |
from barbarous imitations derived Iroia i
Gaul ; that a metallic currency of struck
money existed lo Britain before the days j
of Julius Ca^ar ; and that CKsar, in thai
puitiJige n'x.ive cited (which has been so J
much corrupted and ho much misunder-
sto^id) correctly ai^scrts that the BritoniJ
used money of copper and of gold. — Theri
was also read ■ proposal for the iotrodoc*

308

Antiqvarittn Rcsearche$.

tlon of the Decimtil Diviiroii in Money,
by J. P. Cory, esq. Tlie writer proposed
to do tbifc without disturbing the presient
circulation, or n single contract or HC-
couDt, by striking two new coins in silver,
oni^ equnl to two shillings, and tbe other
to one tentb of the same, or tea farthings ;
the grent penny of George the Third to
pass fur fi\e farthinKs (its actual intrinsic
vabie), and the smaller jienny .still to cir-
culate for four farthings, Wc have not
room to <juote Mr. Cory's arguments in
favour of thia change, which are not nn-
known to those who are aware of the rea*
sonn whieh have led other governments
to adopt a decimal clivision.

The three excellent papers of Mr.
Hawkinj, and those by Mr. Tonna and
Mr. C\ilT, have been published in Aker-
man'!i Numismatic Chronicle, No. I.

aXMAlNS ON THE KENTIVH DOWNS.

Ak the farm-servants of W. Nctbensole,
CJiq. were employed in dia^ng chalk from
A pit in one of his lieldK, at Weot-titreet,
about four miles from Deal. Kent, they
0]>ened into a otnicture which hears evi-
dent marks of design and nianun) labour.

Before the men noticed any thiug pecu-
liar, they had openeil the structure at one
side from top to bottom, and what tirst
, 4truck their attention wan the large blocks

clwilk which were much more denne
id compact than that in which they pre-
■viously had been digging. They now «aw
that they had opened a cavity in the chalk
which descends perpendicularly from the
srirfuce to the depth of l)ftwccn four and
five fret : this was filled with the common
mould, and was removed with the grentext
Otre, when the blocks of chalk were ob-
served to be continued all round tbe in-
terior, go that the cavity must have been

built in the manner of k dm w- well. Be*
Iween each stratum of lie chalk-hloci
was interposed n layer of tile. The iH^
menisions of each block are aboat tev
inches thick, somewhat wedgt^-shape*
and varving from eight inches to a f(
in breadth and depth.

Tliey are united to each other by too
of a clay colour, which now is le*< frai
gible than the chalk. Refore the stnii
tnre was injured, there must havs
about twenty squore liolen in the
of which were filled with monld 1 tl
funned by the blocks of chalk being
and there plneed to n Aistmnri' of *\x
seven inches from earli
hand can be thrust into t
of about 10 inches. Thi^ :....,^ ^.,.
something of the appearance of the Inti
rior of a pig\»on-cot.

Tbe cavity Is sue feet in dbimete-r,
tween four and five feet deep, ami I
middle part of the boltoin is h' " i

to about ten inches loorc. i ]

which the cavity contained, v,^.- ^ ..1

examined, and a number of bone* wei
found, belonging to the pig, sheep, and ra'
bit, but not sufficient to form the «kelet<
of the animals. Beside* these, were fnum
some old iron nails, which are uxidiz
through nnd through, about four inch
long, ai< thick asalitllc finger, and with vei
broad heads. .Some bits of luarble wr
found, which are slightly concave on oi
side, and convex on the other, like fmi
ment$ of a broken vessel. There
two lumps of Kentish rag, which, althougl
they did not tally, soeraed to belong
tlic same vessel, and most have
much like a utensil onoe nstd fur grimi'
ing com, if not tor tlw Tcry purm*i
called in Scotland, a fuAaim, and in En
loud a quern. Ki.viriMtiS

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.

HoL'»E or Lords, Jufy 23.
The Bem ncF.8 aj^d PuruALmEs' Bill
was read u third time. On the question
that (he bill do pnss. Lord Porfman suid,
it wus in his judgment a bill which, at no
very di<-(urit period, would (bree upon the
Rjirlit Kev. Bench a complete and entire
CO ' II of the whole subject of

c! oraliti^K J it was not so full

try laboured. It «"»» inic it went to i
force residence — 8 priivl»iori which ba

hailed with •■•••'-» '•■■• <■

feared whs iii ;
that could bf I ;
passed.

Jnh/ 2fl, The tjnr4 (^enftlhr more
tin '• ■'■■■ : ;, ■-; ,-

ol

ll.-

1" ■ ' . -

property <.•! putroii^ ; il ^uve t<iiouu<>u>i
to the Bishops, while it Mit'orded
ill remedies fur tbe |B^evmnc«s
liich the incuiiibctita of tida coun.

jtislice ol a 111.

nil that nowei

the Hunopa ot iiic i iiuiL-b ai<,j _ __

Arclibiahop of York to one court, tLt

1838.]

Parliamentary Proceedings.

Coort of Arvbei ; be proposed that it

f tbuuld be mil ■ third tiin« timt dny six

toonthn. — The Arcfabidiop nf Cnnterbiiiy

defended t!ie h\\\. — L,ot A lirouy ham op>

Iraaed it.— The Disbop of Lincoln spoke
D its nupport. — Lord IVyn/onl rccom-
tnended it« witiidrewvl for the present
I wsMon, {lointing out several objectiormble
I points in the project wliiili required ulter.
ktion. — The Duke of n'cUinijton decid-

i ircomniriid««d tli ■■linent of

•sure.— The .^ "( CVm-

«nid, thnt ii>'' . .: ho hud
' lipard hnd f>hnken his o|>inions respecting
tbc desini!i!fnf»«< nf its pnssing into Inw i
of thr Hou«e seemed to
ItS' I'l. he would consent to

Its betliL; oKiiuiuWn.

In the Hoi'dE of Cu>n(ONS, on the

^ ot-der that the Ijush Titmf. Bill should
be read tbc third tlinc, Mr. IJillon firoime,
vitb a view to its total defeat, aioved, by

I w»y of amendment, that the third reading
fhould be |)08tponed to that day six
monthtt. — Sir R. Petl said, that, coiicur-
nng a& he did in the inuin principle of the
tull, the ronversion of tithes into rent-

|ch»rgc, and the relief from nrroars, he
would not, because he diOered as to the
condition* annexed to the grunt of tbc
money, refuse to pass the bill, und by that

! rcfuHkl incur the uiischiefof leaving the
question, not only un.^ottled for the pre-
•cnt. hut without pro«pc<.t of settlement
for the future, lie retjiiiied his former
opinions on the mode of dealing with the
UTearr; and if Uovemtnent were reaoWed
to make the extinction of those urrenrs
eompulKor^ on the tithe owners, instead
cf leaving It to each man's option either

' to eoforcv Ida tithe or to accept the com.
poution offered by the r..fgislature innlead
of It, he thought that sti.'!!!- ought to have
tlcea takeit for uM'trrimninp; the total

^ amount. The bill \vti.s eorried bv a majo-

I lity of 1 18 : there being for ttic third read,
iag. 146 i againtt u, 3(1,

House or Louita, July 27.

Lord MelbfiHme nio?cd the third read>

Iti); of the Mi'NiciPAi. C<jHiN>RAriONS'

. (Irklanb) But., which ltd to some ani-

|SiBted discusaion. — Lord lirouyham coav-

blained that any qaalification \vm intro*

liired into the bill, n^ the Fngjish act

Ii ■ '■ •! so well, pi' " !.>|Uillity

. — The I'l .'linfftoH

•u.-j ■,,.,L i.o hod from i..» f>>r

!nittiiig an end to the Irinh ' -,

n<.tc;i(l of retaining them «? • •>(

n ind that he could not jotii in

t; .ric ou the working of tbc

^^^tiab 0«ipw»tioRs' Act, tot ha b«.

lieved it to have produMd squabbling »U
the year round, and to have as little pr ~
moted the security of property aa t\
pence of social life. The bill was re
the third time and passed.

Jrilj/ 30, The Custody or IstAtn
Bii.l. was, after an interesting discussic
between Lords Lyndhurst and Broughat
rejected by a majority of 2: for,
against, H.

HocsR or CoiLMONe, A»f, 2.
Lord J. Ruttell moved the consider
tion of the Lords' amendments to

CoftPORATIONB (lULLANll) BlU.. He '

very glad the House of lA>rdi> had lU
adopted the course it pumued in 1&36, '
sending' back a bill stating that the peo{
of Irelniid were not tit to enjoy the lilj<
ties that had been Kiven to the people
England and Scotland, In tlie pre
instance they had admitted that corpor
tions might exist to a certain extent
some of the towns of Ireland, at the saa
time they had innde such extensive nltc
ations in that bill that in its present sha|i
it could not be accepted by the House i
Commoo*. By the clauses introduc
with respect to charitable trustees, it W4
proposed that the powers hitherto enjoyq
should he preserved to the members
the old corporations till parliament shot]
otherwise determine. By another, tt
present town-counciU were allowed
mortgage the property of the eorporatia
to pay debl«, and the probable result (
that would he, that the whole of the colj
poration property would be mortg
All tboseamenduientswhichwcutto mail
lain to the members of the present bod
corporate certain authorities which tb<
now possessed, and which were not in
English act, he should propose to dis
to. It never could be admitted
lliey were proposing to reform corpor
tions, that they should grant cxtcnsit
power to those very parties they propose
to supersede. With regard to the claus
conferring corporatioriit only on a sma
number of towns, he did not propose
lii !'li the principle of that alte

■.y . the twelve towns in schedii

A ^, . , .uns, and placing others in scfa

duie b, upon the understanding that nt |
future period they might apply tor mun|
cipal rights. With respect to the bout
daiy clauses, he did not propose to <
tUeni ; but be would propose that tfa
Lieutenant in council, upon appM
should have power to add suburb* il
cases, and to alter the wurd:^. With reg
to the fianchiic, a very important alter
tion bad been made in the bill by
Lords. The 5/. rating franchise
beeo changed lu a \0t. rating franduK'

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and twelve months' occu]>flnc7 was re-
quired. He proposed that a sum should
be estimated in lieu of rqiairx, insur-
ance, rates, and taxes, B^ that plan
an 6/. rating would give h (lualiiiea-
tion of 10/.— Sir R. Peel defended the
Lords' amendments. The old corporators
were contiiuied only in the chnritable
tni.Hls. The noble lord's own bill pro-
vided that the clmrit.Hhle trusts should
continue in the present bands till the Lord
Chiincellor should appoint ocheri. He
did object to the Lord Chancellor of Ire-
land— who must of course be a political
character — nppointing all charity trustees.
Sir R. I'uel |)rocecded to show that many
others of the umendmenta were not essen-
tially different to the original bill, or to
correspondent measures of the present
govemmeJit. With respect to the fmn.
chise, there was an irreconcilcable differ-
ence between them. His belief was that
the Lords acted in a spirit of fairne.<!>, and
that the noble lortl's charges against them
were without foundation. Whether the
noble lord meant to reject the bill, and
keep alive agitation, he could not tell. He
hod endeavoured at every possible sacri-
fice to bring this question to a settlement;
but if his endeavours should be rendered
abortive, after the efforts he had made,
be should not bold himf^elf nor those
with whom he acted responfibic for the
event. — The house then proceeded to con-
sider the Lords' amendmcntii. — Lord J.
Rutitll propo!ied to give to the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland the power of altering at
his discretion the boundaries of boroughs.
This was strongly resJRted b^ Sir R. Peel,
Mr. Shaw, Lord Stonley, SvJamet Gra-
ham, and Mr. Covlbum , but carried on
a diiHsion by ill to 103. On the 10/.
riualifi cation clause, as restored by the
Lords, Lord J. Rwsell moved that an
allowance of one-fourth per cent, should
be made to the occupier in lieu of charge«
for repairSi insurance, and other expenses.
UeBubmitted that the effect of this amend-
ment would be to reduce the qualiticntion
from lOi. to about 6/., but he felt that it
was necessary in order to secure the more
effectual operation of the bill. By the
division which ensued be had a majority
of 1 5; the number votin(j in his Javour
being 1G9, that voting against him IM.

Hoi'ftt or Lords, <<a^. ;J.
Lord Melbourne moved that the house
go into commit lee on the TiTHJ'.g (InK-
t.ANpj But. The priiieiple of ibis bill
was to convert lith«-s in Ireluni] into a
rent-rhanre. ""d, in order to eive if h fair

vote of l,tX)U,000/. in discbarge of arrears
due to the cicrpy, which sum, added to
the arreart due by l»y impropriators, would
anirmnt to about jOO.IKK)/. or 7U per cent,
on the arrears due. — Lord Brougham said,
nothing could Ijc more monstrous than
that a church should be amply endowed
at the expen.sc of the whole community,
for the support of the religion of ojie in
ten. He had nothing to object to the
arningcraents made for the better security
and payment of the tithes : he objected
to the measure on the broad and general
ground that it was totally at variance with
religious liberty. — The Bishop of Derry
said that he was lon^ of opinion that a
speedy $<etllement of the tithe question
was essential to the peace of Ireland. It
was with this view that be urged upon
their lordshi]>8 the propriety of adopting
the second reading of the Tithes Bill in-
troduced by Lord Allhorp. Had their
lordships done so, ihey would nut have
heard of those melancholy and distressing
scenes which bad of late affected Ireland.
— The Earl of Manitfield did not think
this bill woidd settle the question of titbea
in Ireland. It would only produce a hol-
low quiet. He contended that the clergy,
even under existing circumstances, ought
not to have their incomes reduced 'ib per
cent. In Lis opinion a reduction of 10
per cent, would be auflicient to meet the
justice of the case. He admitted that
tithes were injurious to the cultivation of
the land, and thinking this, be was always
favourable to commutation ; but suck
commutation should bo founded upon jos-
tice to all parties. But although be \n%
decidedly opposed to this bill, he yet gave
his assent to it because be understood the
clergy of Ireland bad given theirs. — Vis-
count Melhnurne said, the alterations that
had been introduced, particularly the mea-
sure for reducing the number of bishops,
had contributed to the inrreaserl security
of the Established Church of Ireland;
and be believed that the bill now before
their lordships wa.s not ' il forand

warranted by the i-i' - of the

country, but that it i. ,-..... ..■lertse the

security and promote the tranquillity of
the church. The house then went into
coniinittee on the bill. — Lord IVxgrrald
and tV.vci proponed as an mufttdmcni, that
the 13th clause 1 I !" " ' Iif«

preparatory ton:. tcr

the p.K'.liii- ■.( 1 cd

for I re-

coutM the

nieasiire. — l.«nj Uroitg/iam v)i^>y»vd the
biucnilniiMit. — I'kiH IVlarqutK ot f'lanri-

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vations from Lord Lyndhurtt, Lord
Pluii-. iL' or two other noble lords,

th« I • ■!. when there u|ipent'i-it —

for II. I lui.i-., 3i* ; for tlie nmendmi-nt,
77 r mojovity tor the iiiTieiidinciit, 39. — it
\VB» then apreedi on the motion of the
Marquif of Clanrieardt, that the time for
bearing* appeals ihuuld be extended to the
l*t of October. The remaining cluuses
were then ogreed to.

HouBK OF Commons, ^ng. 4.
The Chancellor ttfihe Exchtqun- moved
th«t the report on the duchy of Cornwall
Tin UuTii'.s be brought up, and the fol-
lowing resolutions be read h second time :
— " I. That the duties of customs jiajiible
on the importation of tin and tin ore sbnll
ccue, nnd, in lieu thereof, the following
duties shall be pnid^tin. the cwt. 15*.;
tin ore, for every KKW. of the vnlue, 10/.
2. Thnt the duties payuble on the coinage
of tin in the counties of Com\>'Bll and
Devon shall bo nbolishcd. 3. Thiit, in
lieu of the eoiuRge duties, the Comrnis-
aioners of the Treasury be nuthori/ed to
issue to her Alajesty, or the personage
entitled to the revenue* of the duchy, an
iinnual sum out of the Consolidated t'lmd
equal to the net average annual amount
of the dutief. 4. That the Commia.
sioners of the Treasury be authorized to
make compensations to all oflicers and
others employed in relation to the duties,
for any loss they may sustain by their
abolition." — Mr. Hume objected to the
reaoliitions, as authorizing the tin pro-
prietora of Cornwall to rob the Exche-

3uer for their own private benefit. He
id not object to the reduction of the duty
on foreign tin from S0«. to I^ ; but he
did object to paying the Crown out of the
Consolidated Fund the amouTit of the
duty BO reduced. He concluded by mov-
ing thnt the Kesolution« be read it second
timt that day three months; but they
were Anally agreed to without a division.

HorsK or LoaDt, Any. R,
The Lord Chancellor moved the com-
mittre upon the Fhibons Bill. The ub-
ject wax to form priHons in borough towns
naving sessions of their own, and tn put
them upon the tame footing with the
"Jjrisons of the county ; and also to give
the liaruuf;h justices within their icspcc-
tire jurisdicliuiis the sante (lovvcrs witJi
reapect to the prim)n»i ns the county
Diagiatrates had. — The Mitrquis of Salit-
^tiiy conipliiined, that a bill uf ssuch great
extent and importance, involving so many
interests, and which hod been three years
under the contidemiion of the Under
Secretary of State, should have been
brought before tbeit lordships at so lute a

oo«

period of the session. Tbe bill vrua ob-
jectionable in many respects, and
should move that it bo committed tl
day three months. Ixirds Lyiulhu
W'hanicliffp, aiid nrnxujhatii were of the
same opinion, and aft nr the measure '
been supported by the Duke of Riehm,
and Marqiiis oi iMitnlowue, the hoi
divided — Content, 32; Not Cont
33; majority I. The bill was coi
qucntly lost,

Aug. 7. The House proceeded to t
into consideration the alterations made
their amendments to the AIunicifal Cok-
poRATio.vs Ireland Bill, when the quali-
fieation, fiwng the amount at 10/. rlear of
all deductions, which had been moditied
to nn 8/. rate in the Commons was in-
sisted upon by their lordships, and the
amendment of the Commons rejected by
n division of 144 to 67. The clauses re-
lating to the administration of charitable
trusts, and some other provisions, w
reintroduced %vithout dniaions, and
committee appointed to convey the in
ligcnce to the Commons in conference.

Aug. •!. Two conferences were held
the subject of the Irish MuMcirAi. Bill,
at the conclusion of which, their lordships
having avowed themselves resolved to i
tist on the most obnoxious of their all
rations, Lord John Rusitell said, in
Hous£ Of Commons, that he considered
the question of the franchise of such im-
portance, that he was not inclined to
make any further concession. He thought
it better, therefore, to let the subject
drop till next session. The amendments
were then ordered to be taken into con-
sideration that day three months. — Mr.
O'Connell was rejoiced at the unceremo-
nious way in which the liill bad been
thrown out. As it came from the Lords,
it was, and was intended to be, an insult
to the people of Ireland.

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In the HoiTgE op Lords, — Lord
Brougham moved the second reading of
a bill introduced by him, " for declariag
the tna- intent and meaning of an
passed in the present session of Pari
ment, intitled ' An Act to make t
poniry Provision for the Government
iiOM'iji Canada ;' and fur indemnifying
those who have issued or acted under a
rertain Ordinance, made under colour of
the said Act." His lordhhip strong con-
tended for the illegality of the ordinam ^
adducing some curious instances of
blunderiii).' uiannci in which it Lad 1
cunicd into etU'Ct, as fur as regarded
Homing of the culprits. — Lord Ulenely
posed (he bill, a^ inconsistent and uueulij
for, although he admitted that the or
nance could noC )>e carried into eifecUl

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Lord LyndhurtI condemned the course
pursued by the Canadian government, and
decLired tne ordinance to be illegal. — Lord
Aleibourne udniilted the illegality as re -
garded Bermuda ; but after tbe support
extended to tbe act giving extraordinary
powers to Lord Durham, he was not pre-
pared to hear censure a|>piicd iur the exer-
OM of such powers. — The Duke of }rel-
liMffton complained of tbe charce thus
conveyed ; though lie had been willing to
strengthen the Government as regarded
Cani^a, he denied that either be or his
friends bad any part in tbe regpunBibilily
of tbe proceedings done under the act. He
denounced the idea of tbis country per-
mitting bunishinents without trial. Their
lordships then divided on the question.
The numbers were, fur the bill 5i ;
against it 36 ; majority in favour of tbe
bill 18.

Tbe House then proceeded with tbe
consideration of the Titiieh (Ireland)
Bill, which wus eventually p»s*ed.

Tbe fiecond reading of the Po8T>
Office Bill was ojipoaed by tbe Duke of
Jtiehmoml,an(i negatived : — Tbeayeft were
85; the noes 32; majority against it 7.

j4uff. 10. Lord Brougham moved the
third reading of the CouaT or Skssion
Bill of Scotland. — Lord Haddington
moved the omission of the words which
enabled either house of Parliament to re.
Bcind the acta of $ederunt of the Court of
Session. On a division, there appeared —
For the umiiidment. ^; against it, 13;
miuoritv 7. — Tbe bill then passed.

On the motion of the Earl of Hadding-
ton, the CommoriK* amendments to tbe
SuEuur's CoL-nr (Scotland) Uill were
rejected, and tbe bill uiterwnrds passed
both houses.

Tbe FiusoNS (Scothtnd) Bill was read
a third time, and on the question that it
do pass, the Earl of Mantfield opposed
the Dill altogether. The House divided,
and the numbers were — Non-contents,
l&i Contents, 11; majority against the
passing of the bill, 4.

Any. M, The Trading Co.mi-akies'
Dill was rejected, on the motion of Lord
Brougham, after a division of 10 for, and
18 against tlie third rcAding.

In the HoUBE or Comuona, oq tbe
same day. Lord J. Rnitell ■ ' •' ■—• ■'■
intention of Government •
the Canada Isdi-.mnitv j;
from tile Lords, reciting, as it docs, the
illegalii)" ff tlie ordinance, hut indomni-

iy . ii'j have Jul'. :

.1' score of •

deportation of eight prisoners to the Bar.
mudas. Tbe more startling passage,
which denounced the penalties of high
treason againsl each of 1 j fugitive Cana-
dians in the event of their returning to
their country, was not, in his opinion,
unlawful. — Lord StnnUy gave full credit
to Lord Durham's motives, but could not
approve bis measures. The conduct of
Sir J. Colborne presented a iavourable
contrast, both us to the anpointment of
bis council and as to the cnaracter of bia
ordinances. After animadverting on
Lord J. KusBcU's extruordinar7 aaaump.
tion of credit to Lord Durham for baring
abstuinfd from tampering with juries, be
argued that the ordinance wus the less
necessary, because juries would have done
their duty ; as, indeed, the culprits must
have apprehended, or they would not
have pleaded guilty. — Air. ieader thought
a ccn.surc would have been tirter than an
indemnity, lie denied tbiit the men de-
ported to Bermuda bud even pleaded
guilty, Tbey bad confessed themselves
to have rebelled, but it was against the
bad government of the colony, not against
the person or government of her Majesty,
and they bad no wish for a separation
from England. — Sir W, Fallen insisted
that, large as Lord Durham's powers bad
been, h« had exceeded their scope. He
had not been intrusted with power to de-
cide on tbe guilt of accused men, without
jury, witness, or defence ; and on his own
tinding, to banish, to imprison, tu execute.
Those powers were greater than Parlia.
ment would have intrusted to anv man's
temper or discretion ; and if tlint had
been understood to be the meaning of the
bill, it never would have passed. The
intention bad been merely to substi-
tutc a temporary legislative power du-
ring the suspension of, and in subhtituliuti
for, the ordiiiuiy legisbtture ; and if the
ordinary U-gisialure would not have had
power to pass such an ordinance (which
DC urgucd they would not), then neither
could this power beloi • '' ' ,ttd
authority. — Tlie Alt' . id,

in giving up tbe Bert!;_ ; 'he

ordinance, he insisted on i of

tbe remainder. — SirB. Snyi led

that the whole of the ordiisuni*. wus ulike
illegal. — Sir R. Ingli* prof>o«ed a special

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nion be said be xn* confinned by the
contrariety of the legal opiiiions wLicli had
been delivered. The bill then went into
committee, and having pit<ssed tlirough
that stage without amendments, was re-
ported immediately, and ordered for a
third reading.

Aug. 15. After some discussion, the
Canada Inorunity B\\i was read a
third time and passed.

On the motion of the /ittomey General,
the further consideration of titie Lords'
amendmenta on the Rkoistration of
EuicTORa Bill, was postponed till that
day three months.

In the HousK or Loans, Viscount
JfMiotinie moved the third reading of the
CoKNWALi. Tin Duties Bill. — Lord
Jjyndhurtt said that their lordships were
aware of the nature of this property as
regarded the interests of the unborn Duke
of Cornwall, and Parliament had always
been extremely cautious of interfering at
all with the management of property so
dreumstanced ; and their late Majesties,
George IV. and Williom IV., actually
refused to assent to any bill of this sort ;
he must, therefore, move that this bill be
read a third time that day three months.
— Viscount Melbourru said that he was
perfectly aware of the nature of this pro.
perty, and he should certainly not have
advised the introduction of any such bill
unless the rights, not only of the Crown,
but of any future Duke of Cornwall, liad
been well secured and guarded ; at the
same time that ample compensation was
given to the Crown, the bill would ope>
rate to do away with the present incon.
venient and vexatious system of collecting
that revenue. — The Duke of Wellington
opposed, and the Marquis of Lantdovne
supported the mooKure. Their lordships
then divided, when there appeared — Con-
tents, 27 ; Non-contents, 2G ; majority 1.
The bill was then read u third time and
passed.

Aujf. 16. The Parliament was this day
prorogued, when her Mnjosty in person
delivered the following Si)eech :

" 3^ Lord* and Gentlemen,

*' The state of public business enables
me to close this protnirted and laborious
session.

" I have to lament that the civil war in
Spain forms an exception to the general
tranquillity. I continue to receive from
all foreign powers the strongest assurances
of their desire to maintain with me the
most amicable relations.

" The disturbances and insurrections
which had, unfortunately, broken out in
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promptly snpprps<;cd, anl I entertain a
contident hope that firm and judicious
nieasurpK will empower you to restore a
constitutional form of government, which
unhappy events have compelled you for a
time to suspend.

" I rejoice at the progress which has
been made in my colonial possessions
towards the entire abolition ot negro ap-
prenticeship.

*' 1 have observed with much satisfac-
tion the attention which you have be>
stowed upon the amendment of the do-
mestic institutions of the country. I
trust that the mitigation of the law ot*
imprisonment for debt will prove at once
favourable to the liberty of my subjects,
and safe for commercial credit ; and that
the Established Church will derive in-
creased strength and efficiency from the
restriction of the granting of benefices in
plurality.

" 1 have great pleasure in giving my
assent to the Bill fur the Relief of the
Destitute Poor in Ireland. I cherish the
expectation that its provisions have been
so cautiously framed, and will be so pru-
dently executed, that whilst they con-
tribute to relieve distress, they will tend
to preserve order, and to encourage habits
of nidustry and exertion.

<■ I trust likewise that the act which
you have passed relating to the composi-
tion for tithe in Ireland will increase the
security of that property, and promote
internal peace.

" Gentlemen of the Jloute of Comnumtf

" I cannot sufficiently thank you for
your dis{>Htch and liberality in providing
for the expenses of my household and the
maintenance of the honour and dignity of
the crown. I owe vou my warmest ac-
knowledgments for the addition which you
have made to the income of my beloved
mother.

" I thank you for the supplies which
you have voted for the ordinary public
service, as well as for the readiness with
which you have provided means to meet
the extraordinary expenses rendered ne-
cessary by the state of my Canadian pos-
sessions.

" My Lordu and Gentlemen,

" The many useful measures which you
have been able to consider, while the
settlement of the Civil List and the state
of Canada demanded so much of your
attention, are a satisfactory proof of your
zeul for the public good. You are so
well acquainted with the duties which now
devolve upon you in your respective coun-
ties, that It is unnecessary to remind you
of them. In the discharge of them you
may surely rely upon my firm support,
and it only remains to mnn a bumble

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hope tlmt nivine Provi«Jcnce in»y watrh
over IIS nil, and |iro«|icr our tttiiica L-fTorts
for the ivelfnrr of our roiirurv,"

Tlie Lord (Tlnnci'llor nnnounccd thnl
l)ie rarliaiiifnt ittood |ii'orogui>d lill Tliiirw.
day, lllh ol October.

FOREIGN NEWS.

KRANOE.

pet'li nddrcssi'd to the notahln
n«scnibled to elect tlit' judges of the Tri.
biirinl of CommiTce for the enming year,
the prefect of the Seine gives a flattering
ttoeount of the progT<?6s and prosperity of
the Freneh capital. All people with
shops, or ill busines<>, pny a certain tux or
patent. The number of patent-piiyeTS in
i'aris in 1831 was nearly 'lo.OOO ; it Imd
increased to TO.OlK) in 18."J6, and toTJ.lXKi
in 1837. The highest iiotnble» or putcnt-
pnyers had iiicrensed in the Bttme propor-
lions, The octroi, in consequence, having
|>roportiunnbly increased, had allowed the
diminiition of eertuin duties, e^peciully
that on coals. Schools nnd asylums for
rhildren had bi'en foundt'd in great niini-
ber»; nnd Paris in i8.'17, compared with
Paris in 18.%, leoves certainly no occasion
of regret for the revolution of 1830.

POnTlGAl.,

The power of the reigtiing Sovereign
lia* iR'cn materially Btreiiptbeiied by the
defeat of Ihe Migiiclist rebel banditti, who
huve so long ravaged several provinces of
Portugal, and the capture nnd execution
of the noted chief ftemecliido. He was
eiieouiitered ul Portclla, where he loy in
Riitbush with -l^ men, most of wboin
were deserters from tlic amiy. They lost
b6 killed, and their chief was taken
prisoner, tried by a eotirt'murtial, and
!ibut at Furo un the 2nd Aupusit.

HOLLAND.

On the .'Ird Anp. the church at Hoom,
one of the largest and hund«uiiic>t in the
kingdom, whs »c<JdciitaUy burnt down,
from tlie mtii|«ssni-j;s of Mime plunilier^.
Some pupcilPitid the communion plate
were saved, but of the m«Kieipicccs of
tut. the steeple, with the Ulls, llie orpin,

\« ■'•■' ■ ■• •■ •"•■■ ■■' '• 'vhieh

wu nnd

Si I . -, ;ji)o

feel Utug, i'ilt brinid, untl ii'^ iiiijli. Tlie
*ti«eplr wa« 179 feet, Imd rrmnrknbly
bi-' irid u fine The

or^ '\t\s very l. iilt in

the ;....., 1 . H— 1777. 1„. ,. ■ •-

enliniated at uboiii )(Nl,(llK> florin*.

rmr ■

On the llth Ju

in fli.' ni.1,1; Sr.

III.

and \.\\\j MiKilK't v:-ilt,

wrtckcd un Ibg coast, ai»

war stranded, ond supiKised to be irrc-
covernble. It was beliewd that not fewer
thnn thirty Kiifisian ^hipg wore put httr*
dt combat. The garrison of the fort of
Sooteha, having made two <u)rtie« U> jiro.
tcct the wreck* of tin- two corvertea, w«a
attacked by the natives, nn-' : •■■ " d to
retreat with thi< loss of |i' t of

the 1 UK) of which the part) ted.

The C'ircu6tiiuns. after plundering the
corvettes, set tire to them, and burnt fuinr
other veoscU, under the very guns of the
fort.

EOVIT.

Egypt h fast becoming of moment in
the opinion of other nations. Five year*
ago there wos not a single stcam-ve<«el of
any niition plying from her ports ; now,
those of England, Kronce, Aitftria, and
Egypt, number IH regular opportunities
to nnd fro every month from Alexandria.
When will our government build the
"Great Kastem," of 150(3 tons, to go
direct (both way») between Plymouth ojid
Alevandrin in !.'> days, with India mail«
ond possengers, ond thus keep the Kreiu'h
und Austrian lines from our Indian cor.
respondence ?

On the evening of the Slat June n fire
broke out in C'oiro, which '■ ' 1 (he
morning of the V.'nh. Tli ited

in the IJitholic chapel, nnd — .i,j,. .;^ of
two entire street!* were consumed. Some
of the IJgyptinn f^oldier* were seen kind-
ling the tire, and on the Sf'^nd, in the even-
ing, \>hcn It WTI« hoped thnt the cantlngm-
lioii w««. at un end, the pci ' ' d to

enjoy the (ipertncle ot ' ">n,

which they considered a\- nim

heaven. On the ikb K iidi,

fearing that the fire migli nHt*

itself to the enllie city, ntll<jil ))ui ulj the
troop«. repaired in perimn in ilu- Hf-«<n«> of
dev;i ' ' HifM-r

yf I the

ll«ir I lie

rati. 'led

by ' lied

HiiNsriii liey lo limio \\i 'ifiry

power*; Ir M-»« tn'llevi»il ' ii>^»

■ ' l.ud

' In-

nuulmu'i' liuil bci'ii fo

mil

t Im-

11

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•fif,

niii

Domestic Occurrences.

1838.!)

CANADA.

On the 28th June the Earl of Durham
issued an ordinance, setting forth that
Wolfred Nelson, II. S. M. Bouchettc,
and otbera, now in Montreal gaol, having
acknowledged their treasons and submitted
themselves to the will and pleasure of her
31^C8ty, shall be transported to the
Islands of Bermuda, not to return on pain

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of death ; and the same penalty is to be
incurred by Papineau and others who
have absconded, if found at lar^e in the
])rovincu. The murderers of Lieuteiunt
Weir and Joseph Chartrand are excluded
from the favourable pro\isions of thii^
ordinance, (^^or the reception of this
ordinance in £nf;

in Parliament).

iiglandfScu the Proceedings

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

May 29. The Chapel at the Catholic
College, at Oteott, in Staffordshire, was
consecrated. The service commenced at
10 o'clock in the morning by a pontifical
high mass, which was celebrated by the
Right Rev. Dr. Walsh, bishop of the
midland district. Dr. Weedall, president
of the college, officiated as assistant

5 nest ; and the Revds. J. Moore and J.
fickolils officiated as deacon and sub-
deacon ; the Revds. G. Jeffries and J.
Moore as assistant deacons, and the Rev.
J. Browne as master of the ceremonies.
There were present, in pontificalibus. Dr.
Baijies, bishop of the western district;
Dr. Briggs, bishop of the northern ; and
a body of Catholic clergy, above seventy
in number, from different parts of the
kingdom. They entered the chapel, pre-
ceded by a thurifer, who was followed by
two acolytes, a subdean with the cross,
six torch-bearers, sixty-eight clergymen
robed, the master of the ceremonies, the
book-bearer, subdean and deacons, assist-
ant priest, assistant dean and subdean. Dr.
Baines, in his pontificals, with attendants,
Dr. Briggs, with the same, then the
officiating bishop, with crosier-bearer, and
his attendants. The music was all from
Mozart and Haydn. Mr. Sharman, of
Birmingham, presided at the organ, a
very fine instrument, built expressly for
the chapel by Parsons, of London. The
sermon was preached by Dr. Weedall, ex-
tempore, from Ezra vi.

The church or chapel is exceedingly
beautiful. It was built by Mr. Potter,
of Lichfield, the architect too of the im-
mense pile of the College. The interior
decorations are by Mr. Pugin, well known
for his skill in church architecture. The
form is a parallelogram. The altar-end
is, as usual, raised a step or two, and the
immediate space above groined in stone,
terminating in a fine arch. The windows
about the altar are beautifully executed in
coloured glass, by Warrington, of Lon-
don (and were described in our lust
number, p. 171). The altar is covered
with a ||>rofui>ion of gilding, and there are
some lindy executed paintings in its
panellinga. In front of the aanctuaiy an

stalls for the clergy on either hand, and,
midway between, an eagle carved in wood*
with expanded wings, for supporting the
book ot the official. The walls of the
church are in imitation of Portland stone.
The roof of the body is of wood, the ends
of the beams turning the arches, resting
upon figure brackets of cherubim busts,
and a species of scroll cornice surmount-
ing the walls where the arches spring ; the
roof itself is panelled; the borders are
designed to be gilt. The organ-gallery
is at the lower end of the chapel, as is
customary. The pulpit is in an angle of
the building formed by the arch in front
of the altar ; it is of white stone, panelled,
and the cornices in pale gold, with carved
work andscrolls very chastely touched with
the gilding, and the whole supported by
the bust of a winged figure, partly nit,
which stands out from the wall. The
entrance to the pulpit is from a small door,
the stairs to which are without the body
of the chapel. There is much beautiful
carved work in oak, particuhirly the rail-
ings before the high altar. Over asmall
chtipcl on the south side is a large ruci-
fix in a similar style of workmanship, and
again, facing a door entering the college
from the chapel, is a statue of the Viipn
and Child. The oi-gnn gallery rail is of
massy brass work, supporting candelabra.
Jul;/ 2(i. The first stone of a new wing
to Bethlehem Hospital was laid by the
President Sir Peter Laurie, and gover.
nors. It bore the following inscription : —
** The extent of the present building,
erected Anno Domini 1812, for the accom-
modation of One Hundred and Ninety-
six Lunatic Patients, being inadequate for
the reception of the numerous applicants
for relief from uU parts of the United
Kingdom, the Governors of the royal hos-
pital of Bethlehem, desirous of supplying
this deficiency, and being enabled to do so
by a careful administration of the funds
confided to their trust, by roynl bounty
and private beneficence, rvbolved to erect
buildings fur the admission of One Hun-
dred and Sixty -six additional I'utients, in
order to extend those benefits which, under
Providence, have hitherto attended the

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Domestic Occurrences.

[Scjit.

*

endeavours made to alleviate thp calumi-

I tits of iliuir k'lJow-creatiirts." The oiit-

fliiy is i-nlculuted Ht ubutit 2l!2,0()0/. A-

mong'-t tije comi-uiiy prosotit wvrv, tlii;

Aivlibishop of Canterbury, the Marfiuis

of DttlntntlM (>on of Muishiil Soulij, E.itl

, of Shuftc^ibiir)', Lord John Rii».sell, Capt.

iMsB^er. M.P., Air. Kimble, M.P., Sir

Ihivid Wiikio, Col. C'iirlierow, sfvtfnil

diittingiii^hi-d forcij^ner^, tbu blicriffs, and

UKiuy of cbv Hldermen.

Jul!/ 3C), Purtiuanl to a notice issued
from (Miildhall, tht- fruit and votfrtHbli'
trade liillicito curried on in Nu-wgHtc-
inarkft >v«» rcinovi-d Co I^'iirriiiKdon-niar-
k<!t, it being intended to iiicreasu ihc tu:-
fonimodations for the buichors in tbc
former.

Auff. 9. At the Assizes III Maidstone
William Price, apal 'JO, und Thomas
Mears, alias Tyler, \vercindictt.'d,»bHrged
with the wilful murdtT of Nicholas Mcars,
at Ville Dunkirk, on tin- 3Ut of May
last. (Seep. 8S.) The indictment charged
John Thonis, alius t'ourtcnay, as principal
in the first degree, and the prisoners at
the bur as principals in the second degree,
by aiding atid abetting the dccojiscd
Conrtcnay to commit the murder. In n
Bccond Count the parties were all charired
ns princinuU in the said murder. 'I'lie
l^lon.C E. Law, .Mr. Sergeant Andrews,
Mr-Clinnnell, and Mr. Bodkin, appeared
for the prosecution ; Mr. Slice and Mr.
JJeedcs for the prisoners. The jury, after
iin ub.tence of half an hour, returned with
H verdict of .W Guilttf on the first count,
but of Cuilljf on the second, with a strong
recomuicndution to mercy in con6Ci|ucnct'
of (he infiituution under which they I'l-
Iroured and were ledastniy by tiic inHdman
Courtenuy. Ix>rd Derunaii thin proceeded
to pas-s jR'Utcncc of death ininiedintcly. in
order to take the opportunity ol saying
that it would not be carried into effect.
On the next day, the trial of J^everal other
person*, followers of the uiocU ^^ir Wil-
iium (.^MiilenBy, was proceeded with, viz. :
— W. WilU, T. Mears or 'IjKr. E.
Wraight, A. Foad, E. Curling, T.firiggH,
R, l-orniBH. C. Hills, and VV. Fo«id. On
being arraigned, the prisuncru nlended
*,*^uilty," and after tlieir counsel Imd nd-
d the court, witncsbes were called
the characters of the ronvicts*. Lord
Desiman then passed sentence of death
ngniust the whole of theiu, b;it iintncdi*
Htcly added that their livci would be
tpaicd. The lolloxfing Ht'titences liuvc

since '' i ' -cd . — Tliomau Mi-nr?,

oilii I. and Wni. ^Vjlls, to br

irnii , life ; Wii. I'll, . . i,if tfTi

yrani , and Kdw, ' ilcr

■ id, Edw. Curhii -t,>,

be imprisoned for one ycnr and ktpt to
hard labour ir» llic House of Concction,
one month in solitary conliiicmeiit.

The line old church of St. Mary,
Wiillon Vmhredffc, is undergoing consi-
derable repairs. There are fouradditnuud
arclies in progress of erection at the cii»t
end of the nave. It w ill also \k rc-pcwed,
by which the number of sittings will be
very matcriully increased. This church
possesses the spl'-niUd organ given by his
.Miijettr. King (Jeorge 1.. ti> the church
of i>t. .Nlartinin-tbe- Fields, nn its erec-
tion. The original cost of this fine in-
stnunent wu.« K.K)0 guincos. It i« in-
scribed on the front ot the case ; — '• Thn
gift of his Must Sacred Majesty. King
George, llid."

The Wiwheiter Nar Coni-Ej:chanpe
occupic.-i, with its appurtenances, ul>uut
an lUTC and a <ptnrter of ground. The
piiucipat frortt towariU (he street presents
a fai;ade of about 1:?S Icet in extent, and
is flanked on cither "-ide by a liandi<uinc
iion gate, with stone jiiers, &c. forming
the two principal entrances to the area
intended for the Cattle .Market. In the
de:iign of this front, the architect (!VIr. U.
h. Carter, of Winchester) endeavoured to
avoid the flimsy elfectol the modern Gre-
cian school, und to keep in Wew the roorc
legitimate style of design inculcated by
Pulludio in Italy, and at home by our own
countrymen, Jones and Wren. The prin.
ci[)al entrance to the Corn Market is in
the centre of the facade, under n hand-
some portico of the Tu.scan order, ns de»
scribed by Vitrtivius and practi-^ed by
Jnigo Jones, in the far-famed church of
St. Paul, CVjvent-gBrdeii. The columns,
pilastcrr., steps, and landing, are all of
I'oitlund stone, as are aKn the dressings
of the doorway and windows under (bo
portico, which is surmnunti'd by n hn«d-
soinc bell turret, about M tect high. On

eilhcrside of the portico arc t' - I T-

hcudi'd windows, of good p • "A

llie front is terminiitcd at < v «

puvilioti, ^i feet sipiare, \>'ith bold rusti-
cated angles, dour and urchitrnves, \c. of
I'urtland slonc, and in a style eorre»pond-
ing with the portico, I'he whole of this
trout is built of white IJxImry brick and
Portland stone, with the cxeiption of the
plinlli, which it of I'tirbcik slonr, hmI
ulxiul four foet high. The interior «c-
rvtminndatinrt' arc of the lic-^t dr^rripfion,

lU

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3\f

PROMOTIONS, PUEF ElliMENTS, &c.

CiAzrrTi; rKoMorioNs.

JiHtf an. Knij^litnl, ThiMiias Xrwlr-y Rfrv*.

esq. Sl.iiKlAi-d l6-nii>r of (tie ri)rj»» of Ccrillc-

nifii »t Aiiii« ; iiiitl ik-nj. :3iuilli, e^|. ^ellillr

inri<iln<r of lli)< SAntr.

.lnHt 23. list Kool, Cjjit. J. P. Bo'lK to Iw

" ijor.

/imrili. Od'irpi-^ tif tlic EMt India Com-

r.iiicK tr. tiiKo cTiiiK iiv T.rf'T.'f iii liir

M.. i .Iv.— To

Marlf>,

i, H.C.II.

~\<j Ij.j ti.ul.-d'ti'inl, M.-i;.ir-(.:i ii. .I.'liu Ciid-
inphAinr.— To be Maior-<ir»rrnli, CiiloiieN

U|.VK1^■^ K.'iii..Mt, Willi.-.iii liiiH's, .l.>l:r. I'.

1^ I ■ r.

I

IK < ■ I . ' i-

liiuii, \V. .■^. U.:alliiu!i., K. II. Vatu-, Juliii
kUvnr, Atilliom' .Monin, William Saiidwidi,
M""ri,. Il,u.l, .li.liii M'Imies, J. V- Salter, Sir
I f . I'ntrirk Hvfn», Williftni

! 11 tnrltflit. II. G. A. Taylor,

\ I .lameH Sut)u*rlniiil, K. !..».,

Ilii'.'il llumii. .\ii hil^lil V'ufson, >Villiaui
l>i, l-^iiii, J, \\ . Kii.vl, W. r. l>rifo, ,lamc3
l)ii):iiit, Rxilit^rt Huini.icn, J. S. Harriott. U.

U. I'wil.y, lleiir* IIoiIlt K. 1>. tl.ilUtityiu-.

I*. J. T. J.phii-.!.'.H, \\ . G. IVars. , Sir H. H.
Ci/rihir. , lliur, \S ("U(>tiniii, J. 'I'rii'iLittl, Joliii
\' ' Iwards, Tliurrins VVi-lislcr,

I 1. Smith, K. M.fi.ShowiTii,

W , ,■, Henr^ I'anl.nill. F. \\.

UiU.ii, J. luniij.1, J. H. I \Va\iiil),

l'»lri<-kCiiin<-'roii, Joliii ( ■IWest,

ijrriTgi' Jiick!s<iii, Samui-I ■, <'. A.

W«lVfr. R. .V. \Mllw, KiuUjuIv Uoni's, J..S.
Frawr, l^asic Kicinorsl<-y, I'eter Ih-lsniottp,
Henry Hullmnilp, W. C. KnitliCiill. llM'tiias
WilKoii. Y. V. lUiicr, tiporgc .~ ■<•

Pull<H-k, .Vlex. Linosay. J4liie^> .\ i^

Kiiin,.,iv u I) <;iii..it. i. r. - . If Mil

1 111 ltl>l«'il.V>ll,

\ •■ , I'rtpr L/kI-

v.. _,...:.: -..i. 1 •■. I'. H.Siiiii»-

Buii, ,lajii'.-n Hk Kelt, lliuiDii^ Nenton, J. A.
Bier*. K. H. Bcllttsj't, Willi.iin Nott, Ciwirife
i',M,..^r, ?< H !...!.; .I„l,,, Itn-,-,, Harry
I' .. ■' ' hii Wil-

I r, John

\'. , (...., .:_..;.^. James

ManMJii, i I l'o»t?ll. Will,

Rurlluii. H. ! Piik, Itsviil

Metiliiiv *^ ■ . . C Hlllllf^.1y^,

J II. ' licr, Jiibii ,\tii£elii, 4-

O. ill Williatn-t, William

H' make. U. L. Aiistru-

I li . Uodi.Tirk Ki>licrt>,

\i_, 'T lUtviilMiii, v.. v..

t ..I... I - \l;ii .l.;ill

Fmiiiett, K, P. fldwan, .T.Tmc'; Allm, .1

Irwin, JfiliK ( . i

W. H. Wilt. I

Hiiilil, f'ntnik .

Flowilrn, Joliii l"ir/-p i^lil, Jnnir- oiiiilin

Frani-is ;!<(ratt>n, J. i. t'mlerwiKHl, J. M.lloyi.

W. r. r'.rrv, C. ^t. Waile, O. W. lUmliH

Ti" (;. H. Iloliiriiioji, Hiiifli

{, . ;;nr, Alci. Lawe, Cliarl

ll., .AW-.\. M'Artliur, Willi ,

rri'scuit, J. T. Ill f[, <'?i»rle<i Waildinifloii, W"^
II. Terraiieau, Fred. Hluiidell, ClmrlcH Waliali
Stiinrt CorlH-tt, (J. ¥. I'-tiI- v. J. .•<. H. Westn
Jidiii Wynch.W. J. I ilimiiiroy Hay^

Mnlcoltti Slicliolsoo, I . H. H. He

dcrsiin.T. B. .r-rM- . , llenrj- IM

dell, 1>1«. Hii' - Liftivford. Hcnr

IMafo'^e, J. r

Jiilil \i. y<\ I nil Kovill, of Ci-ofl

<M?>lle, "'i>. Heii'furJ, ail luf.int, in cuinpliand
«itii the Mill of his luaternal jframUlltha
.Siinorscl navies, of Croft ca-Htle, ewi. to lalf
the name of Davies after Kevill, m<1 bear tb
amis (jiLtrforlv.

Julfl Ift. VAv. Lloyd, of Aber^venny an
Great <'oratn-*t. ^cnt. second .son of Inlc JoM
I.loyd, of Uaiitilio Cres-<fnny. m. Mnninimllr
in coiiii»liancc with the will of Hiiich rowel]
of I.l»nvili«iiijrel conrt, ro. Monin. c<«|. Trea"
of St. Itertholoinew's Hospital, to take
natue of Powell after IJoyd.

7w/.¥ IS. Knijrlite<l, Jelferv I
e«u. 'AUjor-Geiiprai K. 1. Co. ■■
.Mil. Ainlitor-ifen. at Madi-»i, Al
esq. >l.l). of MkI I/}lhi>ln, N.U. .-lua (jvoiuli.^Jlj
M\. Mid<lle»e-x, late I're". H. Coll. Physiciana
Kdinb. ; l)un<a<i Mar Dousal, esii. late LieutJ
Col. 70th llifi:hlaiK|pr>. K. St. K.; Major Henn
Hayly, K. II , .Major Win. LloviJ, K. I. Co.fl
.service : Chiirlcs :?liaw, esq. K. t. .«. K. St. P.^
i:iias. Fred. VVilllaiiis, of I/<nno\ lxHl;^r, Hay
(intr, Hants, and IpiH-r Hedfurd-nlace, iMidilll
rsri. ; l'>l«. Johiitoii, of firex'iiliill, Wej
es'I. K. C. Ill.j John Kirklaiul, of
and I'all .Mall, i9«|. : William Newhig
K. C. t*. and R. S. of lilihbnrif h, esq. ;
Ptarson, F. R. 8. of (TUipliaui, Surrey, i
Major Kdwnrd .Mexnnder C«nipbell, CU.
ifiil ('Avalry.

Julii 19. To he extra KniflkU Grant! Cro
of the llath :— ,\ilm. Sir Win. Sidney Sniitl
K.C.D.; Lt.-Gen. 8ir John I ■...)
U.-Gen. llif Hon. Sir Ri''
K.c.n. ; Archiliald, Karl of i

Willianj Rn^^ell, Knvoy 1. la

Kine of PriiMia; Lord Hu«ird ile rta|.l«
Knvoy Kxtraurdiniirv to Her Most Failhfl
Majesty.— To be *,'/>'"'■'• '' ""ii">w'Vr*.— AdO
John Lawford, itv] Andrew

kiii|i;ton, c.n., Johii < ■'■, Sir Arth

lleii|. Clifton, c.n. I mch, c.B.,

WillouffUbv Cotton, c.i>.. Sir John Geo. Win
ford, t B.. i^ir Patrick LindeHav, r.D., Cliarli
1,. V . .....r , II., Sir Kvaii John .Miirmy MJ

: C.B., Kdwarii fJihh*. c.n.,
c.n-f the Hon. ijereulcs
. .... i.n.. Sir John IlifM. Joiie.s. lU

John llanrey, c.n., riirLeonanl Gre<
H,. Sir Rolierl Heiirs- Hick, c.n.,

,...1 .. .... 1>. ..- V.l'i.. <iP I. .1.1.

linlitke,
M, Johu

, .i .. M ,■ '.■->; J. M.

!«}, R. O. i'vlTvUcic, ivtia Cluitbciljii, Waiiuu

< ►riier :- Captaiiin jiir K. T Ik
i:.-.r(. C. F. I>«lv, K. P. Hrenl.iii. Hic

• > >> '1 V* '; I ■ Mjl

Gootltuan, tUflMOl Vi'^wiiM'i, viwti|,t ^v

1838.]

"Preferments^ Births, and Marriages.

319

ClIAPI.AIN9.

Xev. II. CrUtborp, and R«v. T. S. Bowstcad,

to tbc Bp. of Sodor and Man.
Vev, R. C. Burton to tlip Rarl of Canlifnw.
Kcv. J. K. Ureetliam to tlie Karl uf Ei;romont.
Kev. W. J. U. Ilooke to tlie Duke ot Cainliridgx'.
Rev. T. M. dymonds to the Countess of Carys-

fort.
Rev. W. Turner to the Duke of Richmond.
Rer. W. 6. Eaton to Cheshire County Gaol.

Civir. Prefermentb.

Lnd Dancannon to be Lord Lieutenant of co.

Kilkenny, Hon. John Ponsonby of co. Carlo*.
C. Cooper, esq. to be Chief Justice in South

Anstiralu.
Mr. Nicholls to be Commissioner of Poor law

in Ireland, resident in Dublin, (salary 3500/.)
Mr. Forstcr Owen to be Hi^h Con.<itablR of

Westminster.
Mr. Alderman Thomas Johnson is one of the

new Sherifb of London and Westminster

(not Aid. White, as inp. 206).
Rev. W. Whewell to be Professor of Casuistry

at Cambrid^.
Rev. Philip Kellard, of Queen's coll. Camb. to

be Professor of Mathematics in the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh.
J. H. Christie, esq. Sec. R. S. to be Professor of

Matliematics in the Royal Military Academy,

Wo(dwich.
Rev. J. P. Lee, M.A. to be Head Master of

BirminirbAin grarainar-school ; John Abbott,

esq. B.A. Mathematical niaxter; and Mr.

Oeorxe Movie, Il.A. an ansistant master.
Rev. Mr. Willis (late thinl master of Shrews-
bury school) to be Head Master of Ludlow

school.
Rev. C. Penny to he master of Crewkerne

school.
Rev. J. Riclmrdson to be master of Appleby

school.

MARRIAGES.

BIRTHS.

June 30. In St. James's-place, the Lady
Sondes, a dau.

Julga. At Sanwell, Staff, the Countess of

Dartmouth, a dau. 10. At the rectory,

Abinjrton Pi^tts, the wife of the Rev. C. F.

Mffott, a son. 13. In Katon-pl. the wife of J.

W. Childers, estj. M.P. a dau. 14. At

Houghton, CO. York, the wife of the Hon.

Charles l^ngiMe, a son. 13. At the Bishop

of Uxfonl'M, Monta<u-s(|. Lady Cli.ts. Thyune,

a son. 18. Ill South Amlley-st. the Hon.

Mrs. Geon^e Hope, ason and liCir. At Merst-

ham, Lady Jolliffe, a dau. 23. At Clifton,

the wife of H. Gore Langrton, es<i. a son.

23. At Wobum Abbey, Lady Cliarles Russell,

a dau. 25. At Brirhton, Lady Rivers, a son.

^At Acton, the latly of Sir A. 1). Croft, Bart.

a soil. 3fl. At Biickwurth rectory, the wife

of the Rev. John Dunrombe Shafto, a dau.

Latelg. At Bo\ley, Kent, the Lady Marfra-

ret Maniham, a dau. At Cheltenham, we

Hon. Lady Williamson, a son. At Ballin-

loufi^h House, Uoscomnion, the wife of the Rev.

John Le Poer Trench, a son. At Fareham,

the wife of the Rev. Sir H. Thompson, Bart,
a dau. At Maidstone, Lady Kathcrine Hai-
ders, a son and heir.

Awg. I. In St. James's-pl. the wife of Wm.
L. Winett Chute, es«|. M.P. a son and heir.

6, At Sudbury, Harrow, the wife of W. K.

Ferrers, esq. a dau. 6. At Staplehurst-place,

the H(«. Lady Mary Iloare, a son and heir.

7. At Ketton Hall, Rutland, the wife of

Qtam Sowerby, esq. a son. 9. The wife

of William Bam, esq. M.P. a dau. II. In

WbitetaaIl-faraens,Rijrht Hon. L«dy Vernon,
a dau.— ^fn Herrforf at. the lady of Sir Col-
ling Smith, • wn.

Maj 10. At K\sotL Bay, South Africa, Edw.
M. Gore Clouj^h, can- son of the late Dr.
CIouKh, of Bcrners-Mt. to Ann, eldest dau. of
Henry Loveniore, esq, of Bushy Park, WpML

Bay, 23. At Cheltenham, Capt. J. Norman

Campbell, C.B. of the Royal Navy, to Geor-
giaiia, only dau. of the late Georf^ Martin,
esq. E. 1. C. Service.

June 13. At Malta, the Baron U. T. Abdi,
to Mary Ramsay, third dau. of the late A.

Anderson, esq. of Chapel-st. Pu-k-lane. 14.

At Nackin^on, near Ouiterbary, F. Pembroke
Jones, esq. late of the -tth Dragoons, younf^t
son of Lieut. Col. Jones, of Lowestoft, to
Knima, eldest dau. of Wm. Delmar, esq. of

Nackington House. ^At St. Luke's chapel,

Norwich, Capt. T. Mathias, R.N. to Emilyr
fourth dau. of the late Rev. John Taylor, Rec-
tor of Hainford. 19. At Gretna Green, and

on the 19tb of July, at Ingleton, Yorkshire, the
Rev. Slinxsby Ouncombe Shaito, B.A. to
Frances, sixth dau. of Joseph Hunter, esq. of

Walbottle. ^The Rev. Percival Bowen, Head

Master of Sheffield School, to Mary Anne,
sister of the Rev. John Hand, Rector of

Handsworth, Yorkshire. At Trinity church,

Marylcbone, J. H. Williams, esq. of Bedford-
row, to Isabella, dau. of the late W. Stavers,

es«|. 20. At Cheltenham, J. Pratt Tynte,

esq. of Tynte Loflge, co. Leitrim, second son
of CoL Pratt, of Cabra Castle, and erandson
of Lady Tynte, of Tynte Park, co. Wicklow, to
Geraldinc, second dau. of William Hoplunn
Northey, esq, and granddan. of lieut.-Gen.
Xorthcy Hopkins, of Oving House, Bucks.
At Wilton, Somerset, the Rev. John War-
ren, B..V. to Jane Mary, second dau. of the late

Sir H. M. Farrington, Bart. ^At Northtaw-

tun, Fred. Wm. Cornish, es4i. of Gatcombe
House, Devon, and of the Bengal Art. to
Sarah-Baker, »nl> child of Wm, Urclurd, esq.

of Ashridgr House. 31, At Maidstone, J.

Pegus, esq, Lieut, E. M., son of Capt. P. Pe-
gus, late 88th regt. to Ellen Rosa, dau. of 8.
Hood, esq. late of Llanelly, Carm. cousin of

the late air S. Hood, Bart. At Brussels,

Muna, Auguste Charles Joseph dc Janti, to
Katherine, widow of Richard Elwcs, esq.
eldest dau. of the late Isaac Elton, esu.

of Stapleton House, GIouc. At Liverpool,

George N. Prior, esq. Bombay Army, to liurhi
Louisa, ilau. of the late Beiu. Way, esi|. ot

I)enliam-place, Bucks. At Kensington, the

Rev. Thomas T. Lewis, M.A. of Aymestry, to

Miss Ferguson, of Yattoii Court, Heref. At

Wirkswortb, co. Dcrb. the Rev. N.IIubbersty,
M..\. to Margaret Emma, third dau. of K.

Hurt, es<]. At Leamington, the Hon. W.

M. Vau^lian. brother of the Earl of Lisbunie,
to Louisa, dau. of Edmund Wigan, v»[. or

Lapley, Staff. At St. George's, Hanover-sq.

the Rev. Wm. Horatio Walsh, to Anne, second
dau. of Edmund Treherne, esq. of St. George'a

terrace, Hyde Park. At St. George's, Hano-

ver-si|. Capt. G. I). Patcrson, 98th regt. to
Augusta, youngest dau. of Sir W. P. Call,

Bart. ^33. At St. Mar)"s, Marylebone, Sir

Dudley St. Leger Hill, K.C.B. Governor of St.
Lucia, to Mary, widow of Mark Davis, esq. of

Tuniwoo<l and Holiiest, co. Dorset. At the

Cathetlral, Peterborough, the Rev. R. Water-
ficld, B.l). Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel
('«II. Camb. to .\nne, eldest dau. of the late
Rev. R. T. Cory, D.D. formerly Master of that

(Allege. At St. George's, Qucen-aq. the

Rev. II. Ward, of Burliuigton Quay, Yoiksh.
to Jane, eldest (Uiu. of H. Stndwitn, M.D, of

Great Ormond-st. Rev. J. T. Pine Coffln»

M.A. of Portlegc, Devon, to Frances, dau. or

William Speke, esq. of Jordans, iiom. M.

At Torr. Devon, Edmond Maria Charles Connt
de RoQUre. of France, to Anne, dau. of lato
General wm. Scott, of ThorpC) aui.v«».

320

Marriaoes,

[Se|>t,

<')i»rlM Ali>x. Wood, f<i<). spfomi »on of Cnl.
Wooil, of Lidltloi), M.r. IoS<ii>lii», i-liliiit ilnu.

of J. S. KrowiirijrsTi *•*><)• At. I'. At liriifliKin,

11. J. Kiilt.esq. oiil) son ori>i>t. UutI, U.N. to
9*itti\i UiMi*, tliini <lxu. of T. M<»>i< , is., <.r
IJor^i-t-'«i. Utiiilnii. At .''t. lie.

-'Ml. I

aon iir flip lAtc iit-n. Sopnour, (><

v»r-s<i

1

A. fw-ymour, 49Ili i:

»

Liiclii, t» Misf ijusctta |{pe<i, iiu'iu ui' llr.

E1m>ii, of l/ower Grosvcnor-st. M lAniilon

OmIc, Clmrlff* Henry, Mq. OijjI. .Wtli n-fl.
urptiew to tlie Duke (if U'liisttT, tn llii- l.a<ly
S^liim-Curistaiitia, daii. of the Intf Mnriiiiis of

Hasliiies. 26. At Uucmloii, K-sfv, the \iv\ ,

G. R. "luck. Rertor of Wnllinglon, Herts, to
Marianne, only ilau. of the Rt-v. Jolin l_'iilliu,

Rector of Uuendon. At Rirluiioiiil, JaiUfi

Murmy, fsi|. of till' I . tothailotti",

itou.ol J.G.Kav{■n^l . hinnnU.

At Kington St. MilIi . Rev. RoW.

KUvcrt, Rector of llarULiiluiisli, to TlKTinii-
tbi«, eldeat dsa. of Walter Colrnian, eau. of

LaiH7)«y Kiunrm'. 27. At Mon-ton I'orbot,

SliropsUirc, tlii- Rev. P. Wynter, H.l). I'n>s. of
St. Jolin'Sj OAfortt, to Dinna .\nnc, only ilnu.
of the Rev. M. I). Taylor, of Lymmc Hall,

Cbeatiirp, Rector of Slorelon Corbrt. At St.

G«in{<''9, niooinsliury. Die Rev. T. L. Glca-
(lowe, .M.A. of Rouchton rectory. Line, to Uar-
ri<?l, yonnifi-it dan. of llie lalt- W. Andt-rson,

esq. of Nfwlmin, C-anilK At tlif VaU'Cliiircli,

GneruHev, .\uiruHtus Frci). Ilolirrp, f*<\, of
RAtici'val, to Marjsrnret, stvonil <lau. of the late
Rev, Thos. Le Mr^iirier, Rector of HatiKlitoii-

U'-Skemi', Durham. 3<). At St. G«>r?r'5,

Hanovcr-sij. f'apt. riir K. W. C. Astit-y, H.N. to
Klien, i-ldp^t (Intl. of lUi- late JonnsToby, e.^nj.
of Parlinnicnt-!>l. and Richmond.

LaiHi). J. Beresfonl Gahan, e§q. ('apt.
E. I. Cii".'* Ser^'ic?, to Hannah, dan. of the Very

Rt'v. Vnttrr Ijre, Dean of Waterford. Major

H. G. IlolM.>rt», lioDiliayArmY, to Julia, tlau. of
the Rev. R, N. K»iki"», Vitar of lvOniflin|M',

Gloiic. At f;..wf,,,-fi, f|„. Hov, E, ivmbLT-

tou, of JVIrhhii t -sex, lo Sarah, <Un.

of the l»tf >V ->|. and sister of Sir

II. Le Henii .\t Worlicld,

Shropshire, W 'lil<«, rldetit .vin of

Wm. .\iwlice, • l.'vwiMid, to HelLMi,

Uilrd dan. of J,.,,,. ..... ,,. , ..-sij. of Chesterton.

At Diildin, Lorenzo M. Stewart, es/). son

of the late llrv. A. A. Stewartj consin of the
lUrl of IV)nonK:lirnorr, to Kniily, dan. of the
late R, Ijiiinton, <-A<|.- — 'At llorence, Sir Wni.
W. KuiK'hton, IU.rt. to rrienieniinn, d.in. of

John Jameson, ei>«|. of Edioburirli .\t M.

Gi^>r\ir'*, llanovrr-M|. the Rev. W, ('. rnrdon,
Virar of jjivlev, Warw. to .\uf^-<ta, onlv cliiln
of the late Rev. G. F. and Lady A'l.'.". , r,, ..i

At (treat Sfainton, iitar Dai! i

BUnshard, ti.i«(i. of the Indian A;
son of RichnnI Blaii-' — ' —
ton, to Eniilv, dau. <

Inr^otland, Foi

Ctpt. R.N. rtth iKMi
Cun!«iil-Keneial of i:
McMnnhi, Lite of tl..
rastk. I ' • " '.'
ami Rfv
Ule \V \

v-r--- ... . ...,„M„.

c>. . «<i>. to .Mary ,Vnnr.

At St. Oi-orff'i, HanOTer-«Mi. Henri Ciwiii

de Cicala, of Safdinid, li^ Aiiii>\ ilni nf

Itaron, r%t\. 4if Roiin !

At St. (..-.irKc'is, Uhi ,1

.••.,,^ .-M.- I ^ f S. .fj

', '.lilll. uf Jjj

. ;■!. At .Sf

I • I I ,()f Linrolnii

Ji.M, i-.>.|. 11. A. lu Mill), htciiia drtU. of till
Inte Maliir lliornden, K, \. t n.'s [iferv ice.
.t. At KiiriihiiM, Surrey, the Kev. \V. \\,
iilieri.'i, (""iirale of Cliolihain, Surie>, lo fara
line, third dan. of \\. Urniiip, esij,-
Hatnpsitend, liv the- IUltIi; ll.pti. .iml R.v^
Lord llernors, H. K. '
hatu, N'orfolk, to Cii .
J. .Morri-i, eso. of Ain;
Tlie Rev. W. U. .Mai-n. Vuur of
llieKhiie, to itsncm, third dan. of tt
and Rev. L. Powys, Becior of Titchniar
\t St. Georice's, Hanover-*q. the Hon.
Thellusou, lo Eliia Charlolte, widow of
Duff, e5n. eldest dan. of SirG. rrr<M-olt, UartJ

At Ludlow, the Rev. f. J. lliirlton, td

Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Geonje Aiulenioq^
e«q.— — \l Gloucester, the Rev. Kdw 'I1irup{i,j
.M.A. to Katharine, dan. of VVm. Stewart, e* _

of .Seapark, co. Antrim. At .Mlon, Hants

Frederick Smith, esit. of Horsham, to lv*~"
Ortavia, yonnjrest dau. of the late Rev^j

Jauiei, IJ.U, I'lelj. of Worcester. Atf

thonie, Vorksh. Alfred Homti.. i)jiri<'v,i
Klvmirton Uall. near York. '
dan. of John Clervaus CIm

nithorne Hall. 1. At (

Gray Rountl. eii<|. >M', (•■>
Kniiiia .'^milh, second dau
PM). of .St. Mary's, t'olclit.-i. . .
cc-ster.rullen Forth Word-iwurlh, esf),
bcth Mary, elilrsi d.iu. of the late Helir
born, es'i. of I*"'" " V"ii".-i - "
Witrhinj^liani ' " m. If3

M. Sutton, «•<•. ' I'nr

to tjeorjjina, '. '•' '

Tompson, est) ■

F. W. G. <v

Marv Marthit, ■
W. ftoberfs, R.

narvon. At ^

w«i. M.I', lo Ithp...- > ,

Sir Henry Onslow, Itari. At Lea

Priors, Capt. H. V. MnrVay. of the lull

leii DraL' - •■'•• - ■••■ -■• " ■

Macl>a\ .
dau. of 1

i;»pt. R. I.. ;.. ..... .

sell, voiiiier^t (tail, ol Itiis^ell I1<i»lhy,

I'lcailim-ineadnw, co. nurliani. At Stil

cra,«i, Williaiu llion. Spiire, ".-<q. of
place, Hullolk, only s-on or the late W.
Squire, esq. of Pelerliorourh, to Anne AlW
..I ^» ..i.l. ., .1 .,, ..I I, wi.....,., i-»i^^m

r1M\. of I
Rev W I

all "■
III i
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u.

brn^ji'ii". ifk I -111 i.nii.-, ,hi» *i o.Hti iti *» uijihi. .,
ew]. of Ur»rriUo|M.' Hall, and Kirhklll, co. York.
11

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321

OBITUARY.

Gkk. a. L, Hav.

Lately. Aged 80. General Alexander
Leich Hay, of Ramies and Leitlt hnll, co.
Aberdeen, a Deputy Lieulenant and
^■^wdce of the Pence for that eounty.

Be »'»» born Dec. i\. 17.08, the second
M of John Leilb, of Leith bati, esq. by
Hurriot, daughter and heiress of Alezunder
Steuart, of Auc-hlunrart. He succeeded
lii« elder brother John in 1778; and in-
Jierited the estate of Rannesin 17b9 upon
the detiiise of Andrew Hay, es<|. when
he aHsurtied the :idditional suniume nnd
jiimt of Hiiy : being descended from that
>ugb liis putenial grandmother.
1 c'/r brother was Lieut. -Gen. Sir

Juutea liuy, G.C.B. K.T.S. Govenior
of Barbiidoes, who died in I81ti.

The late General Hav was appointed
Lieutenant in the 7tb dngoons, imme-
diately upon hit birth ; Cnptain June 8,
17(36 ; and Colonel in the army March 1,
17M. In that year he raised a regiment
which was called after his name, and
numbered the lOOlh ; his commission to
be its Colonel was dated Oct. 1, M'M.
He was promoted to the rank of Alajor-
Oenerwl in 1796, to that of Lieut. -Gen.
i803, und full General ISIS.

Uetierul Hay married, in ITH^t, Mary,
fhughter of Cbarlefl Forbes, esq. of
SalTogie, and hnd iasue two sons and four
daughters. The former arc 1. Lieut. -
Col. Sir Andrew Leith Hay, now Go.
Vurnor of Bermuda, and late M, F. for the
£lgin district of Burghs ; he married, in
J8I6, Mary Margaret, daughter of Wil-
liam Clark, esq. of liucklaiid bouse ; 2.
I John, n Captain R.N. The daugbtent
'are, 1. Harriot- Cbri»tian, married to Sir
Harry N. Lumiden, Bart, and died in
18:^ : 'i. Mary, married to Major
Mitchell, of Ashgrove : 3. Eliiabcth,
Married to Alexander Forbes, eaq. of
BUckford ; aitd i. Margaret.

Genehal Cornw.
June IS. In New Brun»vick. aged
87, General John Coffin.

He was uncle of Adra. Sir Isaac Coffin,
Bait. K.C.H. being the third aon of Na.
thaniel Coffin, ecq. cashier of the customs
at Boston in America, by Elizabeth,
;htcr of Henry Bamea, of Boston,
nl. He commenced bis niilirary

i.........r at the battle of

'I roi«e to the rank
inge Kangen, from
I. exib»n((ed uito the New Vork
eri in 177t». At the battle of
SttviiKiiiili, tttlbat of Hobkiik's-bill, under
f'tM. Maii. Vol. X.

er
Ik.

Cui

\ nUili!

W«^^

re ffl

Lord Rawdon, at tbe action of Cr
Creek, near Charleston, and on var
other occasions, be conducted bimcelf
most gallantly. On the btb Sept. 1781,
tbe battle of Eutaw u-oii commenced by
brevet Major Coffin, who greatly distiiv
guished himself, and drew forth the admi'
ration of the American General Green in
his despatches to Congress. He w»
hereupon appointed Migor of tbe Kir
American regiment by the Coromund
in. Chief, Sir Guy Carleton. At

Ijeace of 1783 Major Coffin retired
lis family to New Brunswick, where
bus resided ever since, and where he filled
tbe situations of representative to tb»
House of Assembly for King's county^^H
member of ('ouncil, and chief mafpsujj^H
of that district for many years. He waa
appointed a Colonel iu ilie British army
Jan. m, 1797, n MHJor- General 1803,
Lieut. -General I&09, Colonel of the New
Brunswick Fencibles 1813, and Genewl
1619. Tbe veteran was scarcely
distinguished in private life than in
public capacity. He was active in bu
ness, and ever attentive to the clairaai
the poor,

lie married Anne, daughter of Willii
Matthews, of St. John's Island, Sou
Carolina, and had issue four son<: I.
Guy- Carleton, Major B, Art. who mar.
rie4i in lIsOH a daughter of tbe late Wi
linin Laikins, esq. of Bluckbeath ;
Nathaniel, who died young ; 3. Job
'i'ownsend, a Po!<t Cauisin K.N.
^. WilUam-Hcnry. UN.; and lb
daughters, \. Caroline; 2. Elizabell
married to Capt. Kirkwoud ; and 3. Anil
married to Capt. Pearson.

Aew
nei»^^

otS^I

Lieit.-Gkn. Sir T. Brown, K.C.

Ma^ 19. At his residence at Than
Dilton, Lieut. - General Sir Thun
Brown, KC.B. of the East India Com-
patiy's Bengal establishment.

This officer entered tbe Company
service as nn Ensign of infantrv in Sep
1779. In 1789 he went as a volunteer I
Bcncoolen, and in 1793 be succeeded
the command of tbe troops at Fort Mail
borough, with local rank. His prude
measures had tbe cifrct of presemng
fort, when it was threatened in tbe fd
lowing year by a squadron of four Fr«nc
ships o> war.

In March 1797 Cjipt. Brown was re-
moved to the cavalry, and upuointcd to
the 4th regiment, with which be wt ""
Benares, on the tumult excited by )
Ally. In 1796 be was removed to U
ST

mmik

Mom

mmM

OaiTtrAHY. — Colonel Ilicls, C. B,

[Sept.

rrr^iment of covnlry, nnd employed in

_Oii<lo against the rcliols whom ^'^ilier

klly hud stirred iii>. Jri OrtolicT of llie

following yciir ho rommanded tlie escort

jhich. nt ronsidemble risk, conveyed

Miicr Ally nrisontr from Jey]ioor

1)rou)>li the Rlahruttn territory to the

irilish conip nt Futtehpurh. Tor this

erviee he received the public thanks of

(the Marciui* Wellesley,

He ottiiincd the runk of MHJor in 1800,
Ind of Lieut.- Colonel in I§U^ ; and on
the latter promotion was posted to the
rortd eavuhy, which be commanded
riindiT Lord Lake during his first cflm'
Ipai^, nnd in the second eampuign had the
Icommand of a bripide. Under the walls
Lof Deeg he commanded a brigade with
IlilHJor-Gen. Fnuer, who was mortally
'frounded in the action.

In 1807 Lieut.- Col, Brown was re-
moved to the command of bis former
[regiment, the 1st cavalry ; and in IWO be
Dined the force usseinbled at Uiindleeund,
oppose Aleer Khan. In the following
lyear he was detached to oppose a popular
Ihjarauding chieftain, named Gopal Sing,
Ind spent nenrly two years in pursuing
knd harnsFing that active leader, whose
"orccs, whenever Colonel Brown nt-
lempted to draw tliem together, were dis-
lersed. At last Gopal Sing was so
ircaried out with Col. Brown's incessant
pursuit, that he rame and Eurrendered
•imself to the Govemor-gcneral's agent.
~ " Brown receivedrepeofedly the thanks
fof government for his judgment nnd exer-
jtions in this very fatiguing and difficult
vice i and the Court of Directora after-
■rds expressed their high approbution
a letter which was published in geneml
trdcni.
He received the rank of Colonel in
mi, and lit llie siege of Cidlingcr, in Jon.
i, he coinoiiindcil n (.ovcring force.
tT the place fsurreiidcred, his regiment
gent to Muitm, where Col. Brown
imnnded ; and in the Mine year he wns
led to the government eomninnd of
Mutlnt and A^ra frontier, which he
L-ld until hih einlKirkiiliiin tor Furupc iit
he end of 1811'. During this time he
ruF appointed <recoiid in coinrnund under
Mnjor-Gcii. Mnrsliull, of n force ossem-
i ogainst the Rojoh of Aiwuiuttd. fie
i>inoted to the rank of .Major.Gene-
tnc 4, 1814.
A"-' !>-"• ■'■'.•- •• •,, •-•

nd n|)p<iMite<l tu I'uintiiuiiil u iliviKiuii of

be army III the fn-til. At tlif »ie(ri> of

latran In Peh. 11^17 he con

kvalry ; and in Oct. Ihl .

lMr«{ucts uf Haatiiigs tv<>«. • ■..■^

Bgninst the Pindarriei, he was appointed
to command the centre diviMon of the
grniid army, with which his Lordship fixed
his lieod i|iinit('r^. From this siniatioii
he wa« selected to command n light force,
chiei^y of cavalry, with which he wan de-
taehcd to the westwnid. In Jan. |SI8
he iiiicc(g»ively took the townM of Ram-
poomli and Juwnd bya.ssault. The hitter
Bcbicvement wuii of most essential ser-
vice ; no it deterred many of the native
chiefii who were inclined to be triromere,
from secretly favouring the Pindarriea.
Lord Hastings thanked Gen, Brown in
public orders for his services in this de.
tnclied command ; nnd soon after, the eam-
puign in that quarter being over, the centre
division of the grand army was broken
up, and Major- Gen. Brown returned to
command the Cuunpoor division of the
army. He subsequently commanded the
Dinapoor division. In 1822 he returned
to Enfjiand ; since which period he had
been |iroinoted to the rank of Lieut. -
General ; and on the 2Gtb July 162^ wa»
nominated a Knigbt Commundcr of the
Bath.

COLOKEL HlCKStCB.

^pril 18, At the Abbey bouse, Mal-
vern, Colonel John Hicks. C.B. late ot
the 3i?nd foot.

He entered the army by purchasing an
ensigncy in that regiment in Feb. 178<3 ;
joined Rt Gibraltar, and served there until
17B8, when he >vas sent on the rerniiting
service to England. In Nov. 17.89 he
purchased a Lieutenancy, and in 17yl he
re-joined at Gibraltar. In 17'J.'J he was
again ordered to England on the Mme
•ervice as Ih'fore, and in 17i4 he joined
the regiment at Jersey. In Feb. I7!»3 he
purchased his company; and in Feb. )7()(>
etnbiirked for the West Indie«<. nnd served
nt St. Uoraingo nnd New Pioviclence.
In 1799 the regiment returned, nnd in
1801 went to Ireland. In IWH, being
promoted to a majority, he joined the
second battalion of his corps, then form-
ing at Launreston. He \Mi.s afterwards in
Guernsey nnd Ireland, tinfil, in June Ifclll,
haWng received the brevet of Lieut, -
Ctdonel, he sailed with iln- iii-Lini/tit for
the Peninsula. He \s nt (he

invp'itmrTit pf r'iuHtid !: . latdc

,, In
' it jMirt

.IJIiti. :IIIJI 1)11 IJIC

.il I hi- FyMiioes,

I ' ,, Mini tiiliv Mi.lHl.ll.ll,

iiie euitiiniiiid of the i< -]

iiptMi ihii officer, who,

1838.]

OfliTCARY. — ReQr'Aclia. W. H. Daniel.

under him. Two days after, be led the
regiment when it was ordered to drive
the piiem)' from the villogu of Sorausen,
wkivb it imtnodialcly accomplished, and
for ibat service Lieut. Col. Hii-ks re-
ceived a medal. On the 10th Nov. he
commanded the regiment at the battle of
Nivcllc, where he had his horse again
wounded under him ; and for his service
on thnt occusioii he received a clnsp. In
Dec. 1813 he npiin commanded it at the
battle of the N'ivc ; and in Feb. 1814 at
the battle of Orthci^. On the peace he
soiled with tlic regiment from Pouillac,
near Bourdenux, to Ireland.

At the hitter end of April 1815, the
regiment under his command embarked
for tbe Netherlands, and he had the
honour of commanding it at the battles of
Quatre Bras and Waterloo, in both of
which it was actively enf^nged from the
commencement to the end, chnruing the
enemy several times, and uniformly with
»ucce*s ; and when the 'S2t\d regiment
made their last chaiTge, late on the evening
of the 19t!i, it completely routed the
French, who never rallied again. On
these two days Lt.- Col, Hicks's horae was
five times wounded under him ; twice on
the Itith, and three times on the 18th;
several bulls also passed through bis eout,
feiid one ffrazed his forehead.

He afterwards commanded the repiraent
on the advance of the army to Paris ;
where Lieut. -Colonel Hicks was ap-
pointed by the Duke of Wellington one
of tbe commandants of tbe city, and he
held that appointment until the treaty of
peace on tbe iOlh Nov. 1815.

For commanding the 32nd foment in
th« four general actions of the Pyrenees,
Nivelle, Nive, and Orthes, Lt.-Col.
Hicks received across, and wb.s nominated
a C<nnpanion of the Batb ; and for tbe
battle of Waterloo he received tbe order of
the second class of St. Anne of Russia.
He attained the brevet rank of Colonel in
l8jfo ; and shortly after retired from the
majority of the J:?nd regiment and sold
his commission, with permission to retain
bis rank.

Rsah.Adm. W. H, Da.mkl.

Mny 3. At the house and in the nnns
of Ills friend. Capt. MudiirlniKl, R.N.
Stuiton, near Ipswich, ajred 75, Rcar-
Admirnl AVillimn Henry Lhjuiil.

This ollieer was the eldest son of Cnpt.
Williitm Unnii-I, K.N. by Mi'*.x M. Daw.
•<Mi, of NeH'ensllc-Mpim.TyMe, nnd a
brother of l.icMf. Mcihrrt SnvHgi- Haniel,
who Win Miiiiriilly woiifidcd on lumrd tbe
Bellerophun »( tbe bnltlu of (he Nile in
)7W.

Jlk

ic^^

He entered the Royal Navy in 1778, on
board the Prince nf Wales, bearing the
tlag uf Hear. Adm. Barringroii, and shortly
alter proceeded to the West Indies, where,
on his arrival, be joined the Boreas 26,
commanded by Capf. Sir Charles Thomp-
son, in which he saw much acti%'e service.

On tbe 7th of May 1780, be joined the
Sandwich, bearing the flag of Sir G. B.
Rodney. In July following he was ap.
pointed acting Lieutennnt of the Mag-
niiicenc 74, which was soon after ordered
to convoy ri VQluablo fleet from Jiimaic
England. He was promoted to the
of Lieutenant in 1781.

In March, 178'i, he was np|H>inted to
the Iphigenia, commatided by Capt. James
Cornwallis. and employed on the Jumaicu
station. I)uring the Dutch armament, tn
1787, Lieut. Daniel was employed in
raising men for the deet in the Thames;
after which, he remained on bnlf-pay until
170O, when be was appointed to the Illus-
trious 74. His next appointment was to
the Couragenx, 74<, in which ship he
assisted in the occupation of Toulon, by
the forces under Lord Hood, and bad one
of his legs broken, and received three
contusions in his bead, breast, and left
foot, when engaging the batteries near St.
Klorenzo.

WbiUt at GibralKir, be became serious-
ly ill, and returned to England, in tbe
Colossus, 74, in 17Sft. A vacancy oc-
curring, at this time, in the Impress Ser-
vice, at Gnivesend, he was induced to
accept an appointment under his father,
Mho was then employed as regulating
Captain at that pbtce.

During the mutiny in the North Sea
Seet, Lieut, Daniel's conduct waa con*
spicuoua for zeal, activity, and daring be-
haviour, which was particularly noticed
by the court martial which tried the muti-
ncem, who strongly recomniended him,
through his Royal Hi;;hness the Duke of
York, for promotion, hut it was refu>jcd,
on tbe ground that bis apfiointment at
Grnvesend rendered him ineligible.

Lieut. Daniel immediately applied for
employment artout, and he was accordingly
ap|iointed to tbe Glor)', 98, on board of
which ship, the spirit of disotTection,
though apparently quelled, was by no
means eradicated. When cruising olT
L'sbant, a diabolical plan bnil been formed
to throw all the officers overboard, and t«
lake the Glory into Brest harbour ;
Lieut. Dnnii'l's conduct on that occusioii
wus I 1 ^pirited,Hnd when II i-uurt

tiiiii 'I ph'.ce on till' niMfiiieers,

llii; ( ... .^^t'v rci'duinu'iiiled biui to

ihc fiivournble eon.>»idrr«iioii ot tbe Ad-
miruliy, and be wus accordingly promoted
tu the nink ol Commander, tu Oct. 1708.

mm

2

8M

Oaitoabt.— /^^•t'-^rfw.

[Sept.

Fi>-e neinnen and three luarinefl, belong-
ii(t «o the Glory, were executed in 0«w-
■nd Dny.
In June 17fl9 Capt. Daniel Bccompanied
Hoitie Popliain on a particular service,
nd proceeded to Revel, where they found
ItuMinii s<|uadron, with 8,000 troops
ind to Holland; and proceeded with
bent to the Texel. During the two en-
jiiig months, C«pt, D. served on shore,
navnl aidc-dc-cnnip to Licut.-Gen. Sir
Ulph Abcrcroniby, and wits employed
a variety ot services. On the 25>th
iov. 1799, just seven days after his ar-
il in tJn^l:>n(), he wa^ ugnin ordered to
lace hiin^ncif under the direction of Sir
tome Fopham. ond proct-eded to Norway,
iweden, ond St. Pe(erbhiir(;h, at an in-
lement season of the year, experiencing
rest hardshipc and peril ; he returned to
England in June, ISOO. Hit, promotion
Captuin took place April 29, lbU2;
to that of retired tlear-Admirnl,
. 10, la*}?. He married in Sept.
1800, Mi<*s A. Kdize.dau. ot Ciipt. lOdge,
the a3rd regt. by whom he bad three
ns and three daughters. Kear-Adm.
niel was an officer of great merit and
very ; a gentleman of mild and ami-
,ble manners ; and ha« died universally
(regretted by a numerous circle of friends
id uccjuaintances.

[A longer memoir of this officer's ser-
CCS will be found in Marshall's Koyiil
aval Biogiaphy, vol. ii. pp. 6d6 — 6Gj.]

RkaiuAom. Uayes.
April!. At Soutbaca, 8ged7l, Rear-
PAdmiral John Haye?, C.B.

He was educated under the Kuperinten-
ni'C of his great-uncle, Adam iiayes,
. Master Shipwright of Deptford dock-
rd, who was to bring him up to his own
iDuicb uf the public service; but on the
eatli of the old gcndcman he preferred
ore active employment, and embiirkcd
I board the Urion 74, commanded by
ir Hyde Parker, under whom be served
uriiig the Duteli armament in 1787. He
iub«e(jueiitl> joined a brig under the com'
and ol C»pt. Gobb, with whom he con*
nuedon the Channel station, uiuil 1700 ;
hen be was entrusted with the ehaige
if a wiitch on board the Pearl, corn-
nnded by his friend C^pt. G. W. A.
ouTtcnay, whom he ultimately neeom-
nied to the Newfoundland station, as an
Icting Lieutenant in the Boston 3:^. In
rtion with r.\mbu.s(*ade French frigate
\,.>. \,„l< i,,ly 31, 17!J3, Capt.
1 ; and Mr. Hayes
i : ■ ■; ha\ in? brrn up-

one i-tt i
eijueuce ■
iMtLic (thou^'b ciic i- rcncUuiHii wui

not taken) a pension of 500/. wt M!ttle4
upon the widow, and the Board of Ad-
miralty granted a dispensing order, en-
nbliiig Air. Hayes to anticipate the usual
time of passing for Lieutenant. In the
following month he received a commission
in the Dido 28, commanded by SirCharlcfi
Hamilton, Burt, with whom be afterwards
removed into the St. Fiorenzo frigate, on
the .Mediterranean station. His next ap-
pointment was to the BnuiRwick l-V, in
which lie served in the Channel fleet, and
subsc'piently went to the West Indies
and joined the Queen, the flag-ship of Sir
Hyde Parker, who promoted him to the
rank of Comniandenn 1790. From that
period he was actively employed in various
sloops of war on the Jainnira station, till
bis advancement to post rank in IHOI.

In Jan. IBOO he commainled a binitll
squadron left by Sir Samuel Houd at
V igo, to cover the embarkation of part
of Sir John Moore's army ; and on
his return from that service he was re-
moved from the Alfred 74, in which he
bad been acdng, to tbe temporary (?oiD'
mand of tbe Achille, attached to tbe
expedition then about to sail for tke
Scheldt, from whence be brought home
700 French soldiers who had been taken
prisoners at Flushing. Immediately on
his return, he obtained the command of
the Freija, as a reward for his zealous
conduct in having voliuiteered and suo-
ce»sfully accomplished the task of navigat-
ing the Achille to and from the Kooinpot,
when a pilot could not be procured,
though he had never before been on tbe
North Sea station.

At the close of the same year, Captain
Iiayes proceeded to Barbadoes, and joined
the flag of Sir Alexander Cochmne, who
entrusted him with the comintind of a
S(|undrun employed on tbe r. ,if

CitiHduloupe, during the opci .'i

terminated in the surrender oi ; w-.t^.

in Sept. 1»10 the Freiju returned home,
and was put out of commiision.

After remaining on half-p«y until the
autumn of 1812, Capt. Hayes wa-t np.
pointed pixi tetnp to the Mm. ' ' . I.

Ill which his excellent ccsri :s

nt,.i.wi,-„i,.,.,.i,., ,1... , .,.. ^,^^„„t

' 'i«itira-

II ' I umong

tbe (cel> oil Ihu Jsile ol iihr. during a
bca»7 gale on tlic I7ih December follow,
iiig.

On rrtuniing to port. Captain Hayes
P'"""-'-'' '' ""■■-• ' ' -'-^ns

iviyestic, a tturU-uic, tiducd tu in: n.

\.']OBirvKnv.'—A(tm. Hayes,— Capt. PateraoH.— W.Mellisht Esq. 3S

dured, and armed, according to his eng-
rgection. with twenty-cigtit U>ngSK-poun-
iSers, the maic tuimbfr of 4j?-pr. cwron-
^•des, and uiic lon|( 1'^ u'i a cha«e gun.
He joined the squHtlron of Sir J. Ji.
Warren, on tbe Hiilifnv stulion, and was
L*chaT|^d with the blocluide of Boston, in
xWbicb port the Constitution it was rben
lying, ready for sea. On the 3d Feb.
•1814 be eeptured u French frieatc in tbe
rieti>ity ol the Azori-s, ut ''-■ ' (id
one in quest of the ,-\tnfri( ir.

^whlch httd eluded his vip!' > k' a
:>tv<«torni on the li^t of the preceding
'■♦jontb. On tbe jftJd May following, be
<- ■ 'i,' Ameriean letter of marque

I (formerly H. M, schooner of

•lliiii jiami-i ; and shortly aftcr be was sent
[•with a tniall squadron (the b'nijytnion und
Pomona frigates) to intercept Commo-
dore Decatur, who was to snil from New
York with an armament intended to annoy
the Britiib commerce in ibe East Indies
• tend China teas. After having been re-
''fieatedly blown off the coast by pates, he
l^t length, on the 13th Jan. IH15, encoun-
feiTd tbe President, bearing the Commo-
an't pendant, and, after a long cbuse, it
vras captured by the Endymion. At tbe
termination of tbe war with America, the
Majestic waa paid off. Her commander
received the insignia of C. B. at the en-
W);eiiient of the onier in 1815.

In April iHl!) <"iipt. Hayes was np-

! 'Cminted to superintend the ordinary of

I Plymouth. He published a pnm]>hlet on

NavHl Architecture, developiiif; a plan

['for building a thoii^tid vessels, if re-

i-quired, from a given section, without the

variation of a needle's point, reducible

^jAyhii a first-rate ship to a cutter, each

; powen and advantages of every

n, in their respective class. Two

ireaseU were subsequently built, in a royal

dockyard, on his projection : one, a cut-

«>l about lt>0 tons, and the other a

of war of 'Mi kuiis, the Iiiconf<tnnt,

I U proiiounced by all who have been

OO boudiier to be the tincst man of war

cf ber diss in tbe Royal navy. It h

«ow commanded by Capl. D. rring, on

a purticular r<ervice.

Jtmay be justly stated that Rcar-Adm.
'Hayes vnts one than whom u better sea-
braver officer, or more scientific
;lwaticBl architect, does not belong to bis
^g^oiiouB profession. His body was in-
terred at rarlinifton. Hums.

[Fuller detail* oi lii^ services will be
found in Marshall's Royal Nuvul Bio-
gi»pby, vol. ii. pp^«7;i— tSW.J

He WRs a son of George Patentm,)
of Costle Huntley, co. Perth, by
Hon. Anne <jray, youngest daughter
John twelfth Lord Gray, of the kingdo
of Scotland. He entered thena>'yatl
early age, under the auspices of Sir A1«
Corhrunc ; and served as a midshiprt
on board bis patron's flag-ship, the Nor
umberland 7i, at tbe Leeward Island
be was rapidly promoted to be Lieutena
iy(l.5, Commander 1808, and Post-Ca
tain l&IO, At tbe close of the war,
I SI 4, he rommnnded the Myrmidon
2() guns : on the 25th April IHIA be w
appointed to the Eridanus frigate, and i
the titli -Mtirch, l8l(i, to the Minden "
fitting for the flag of Sir Richard Kir
commander irt chief on the Eust Ind
station. Previously to proceeding thit^
Capt. Patcrson accompanied Lord
mouth to Algietn, where the Alinden »«
lainedalossof 7 killed and 37 wounded, (
the memonible 27ih August 1816.
tlii?i ser^'ico lie was nominated a Compn
ion ol the Bath on the 21st of the folloi
ing month. The Minden returned boi
from India, Oct. ItJ, 1820; and
shortly afterwards put out of commissic

In April ISio be was appointed I'rei
dent of tbe Civil Court at NewfoundlanJ
for the adjudication of all disputes
specting the Fisheries on tbe coast
Labrador.

Cam-. PATKasov, R, N.
J4ay la At Manheim, William F«it€r*
max, <»). Capt, A. H, ua C. B.

WiLLiAH Mellibh, Esq
June 8. At his residence in Bishoi
gatc-4treet, aged 73, William Mellish,
of Bush hill Park, Edmonton, formei
M.P. for Middlesex.

Mr, Mellish wa'^ descended from
family seated at Blytbc in Nottingb
shire. He was a youitger son of Willimn
Mellii'h, csci. formerly Receiver-general
ol the Customs and Joint Secretary of
Treasury, and the second son of that gei
tiemnn by hi.s second wife, Anne,daugbl
ot .John Gore, e^q, of BiiKh-hill, Edm
ton. Uovern«)r ol the Hamburgh Compi
and M.P. for Grimsby (a son of^
William Gore, Lord Mayor of Londi
in 1702 ; see a pedigree of the family
Gore in Clutterbuck's Hertfordshii
vol. i. p. 302). His half-brother Cbai
Mellish, esq. F.S.A. who was a Col
missioner ol the Excise, and died in I?
left issue, which continued tbe family
Blytbc, but that estate was afierwi
sold to the late Joshua Walker,
The eldest M>n of his own mother
,1 ' • ■*' ":sh, c^q. who was shot bjr
i I on liauuislow -heath, on '

I - ,11 the royal bunt, in 17

leanrjg a daughter, the heiress of
ciitates in Hertfordshire. We believe
late Vi»a of Ueieford, the Vety

lan^^l

Obituary. — S. Thornton, Esq.^-G. H. Sumnei', E$q> [Sept.

I

*

Edward Meilub, h-us another brodicr of
the member for Aliddlescx.

Mr. Uore, his iiiatenml grHndl'atlicr,
hod three daughters, one of whom died
luunarricd in 1795, and the eldest, Catha>
rine» wns the wife of Jofseuh Melli»h, esq.
younger brother of William, and who
succeeded Mr. Gore as Governor of the
Hamburgh Company and a$ Al.F. for
Grimsby, and also rei^ided ut Bii&h-hill
Parle. He died in 170a Mrif. William
Mellish and Airs. Joseph Mellish both
died in 1794; and after the denth of the
latter, we pref^umc the oitulcs ut Edmon-
ton devolved on the subject of this me-
moir.

Mr. McUibh was during a long life an
eminent merchant of the city of London,
and for nearly half a century a Director of
the Bunk at England. At the general
election of 1 796 he was returned to Par-
liament for the borough of Great Grimsby,
whifli hud been previously represented by
his grandfather and iincJe. At the gene-
ral election of lhO:i John- Henry Loft,
esq. was returned in his room, but Mr.
JVleilish recovered his scat hy the de-
cision of aCoinniittec in April 1803. He
was appointed a Captain of the Bank of
England Volunteers, on the formation of
that corps, May 2(j, 1803, At the general
election ol 1800 he became one of the mem-
bers for the county of .Middlesex ; which
be continued to represent on the Tory
interest, until ejected by Mr. Whitbread
in 18^. He wa.s much esteemed for bis
courteay and personal worth; and was
liberal in his contributions to the chari-
ties both of the metropolis and the coun-
try. His fine estate ut Bush Hill, near
Enticld, is inherited by a nephew.

Saml'fi. TiioiiNTON, Esq.

Julj/ 3. At his house in Brighton,
Bged 83, Samuel Thornton, esq. F.S.A.
late of Clnpham Park, Surrey, and M.P.
for that county.

He waa the eldest son of the celchrnlcd
John Thornton, esq. of Glapham, nnd
brother to the late Henry Thornton, esq.
ALP. for Southwnrk, and the late Robert
Thornton, esq. M.P. for Colchester.
P'ew men have passed through a long life
of greater usefulness and benevolence than
Air. TliurntoM. He was an uctive mem-
ber of jwrUiirncnt during nearly forty years,
the greater portion of that time (from
1764 to IKKJi, the able, tcaluus, and in.
defatignblc rofircsentiitive for the (own
ol Kifig«tun.npoiu Hull, mid Mib»v*|"e>>lly
tot the county of Surrey, Iroin iJWt? to
18IH.

In ie07 be defeated Lord Wrlliam
JlMtcli, who had I'rcvioiwly sat fwr SuiT«y

during five parliaments, the result of the
])oll being, for

Sumuel Thornton, eaq. . 1471

G. H. Sumner, esq. . 094

Lord William Russell . 838

Mr. Thornton and Mr. Sumner were

both new candidates ; Lord Williaro'a

colleague had been Sir John Krcderick,

Bart.

For the extraordinary period of fifty-
three years he was a l>irector of the Bank
of England, in which institution bis sa-
gacious and prudent counsels had always
great induence. Mr. Thoniton was
Governor of the Bank in the year 1797,
^vhen the famous stoppage of cash pay-
ments occurred. He was for many years
a Governor of Greenwich Hospital, Go-
vernor of the Kusj-ian Company, Presi-
dent of Guy's Hospital, Stc. He had not
of late years had any connexion with trade,
except as head of the two highly respect •
able firms in Hull — Me*«r.s. Thornton,
Wntson, and Co. and Alessrs, Crosse and
Co. His death will bo deeply felt, not
only by a Inrge and numerous circle of
friends, but by the orphan and the widow,
to whose necessities his ptirse was ever
open.

(i. IL SuMNEu, Esq.

June £6. At Hntchlanda. near Guild*
ford, aged 77, Gtorj^e Hcilme Sumner,
esq. lute M.P. for Suirey. Colonel of the
First Royal Surrey Militia, and for
forty-five years n magistrate for that
county.

Mr. Sumner's great-grandfather was a
merchant of Bristol ; of whose younger
son, the Rer. John Sumner, U.D. Canon
of Windsor, nnd Provost of King's col-
lege, Cambridge, the present Bishops of
Chester and Winchester are grandsons.
His elder iion resided at Windsor, nnd vras
fiitlicr of WiUiom UriKbf.vcIl Sumner, c«q.
who having ncouired u '■■■i ■'••■' ••' the cinl
service of the East Ii ny, pur-

chased the estate of 1 i ■'1 Adm.

Boscawen in I76K and hy Catharine,
daughter of John Holme, of Holme hill,
CO. Cumberland, esq, was father of the
gcntlenvm now dercused.

In 17!>l, on the death of his niMtemal
iinrle, Thomas Holme, esq. he inherited
the estate* of that family; and in conse-
qucncc assumed the name of Holmr be.
fore his own, by authority of the royal
sign manual.

He WHS first retiirnod to Parliament,
in Nov. 17'-'= '•- .i- >-^,-....i. -• "'-he,.
Irr; iit tli voa

rlecd'd l> in

i'lW, In Irtlit lir uiix iiiiKiii rluj»r«i for
that borough ; and in IH'T be wiw )<lee<ril
for Surrajr, (tva tbu ptccvdliig luruiutr o(

I

4

Obitvary.— £. p. Battard, ^gq.-^C. R. BlundeU, Esq. 327

Mr. Tbomton) which lie continued to
rcprestriit until the dia«o!iition in I826.
He was then dcfeited by Mr. Pultroer,
lltr result of the pull being, for

W. J. DeniK)n, es»[. . 8305

C. N. Pallmer, esq. . . 2055

G. H. Sumner, esq. . . 137j

In 1830 Le npiin «Ht for GuildrorJ.

At the gcnemi election of Dci-. IKJ-i he

wak an unsucceMful nrndiduto for the

Weateni Division of Surrey, the nurobers

being, for

William Jo.scph Denison, esq. 1511

John Leocb, esq H.tu

Holme Sumner, esq. . . . 1194
Mr. Sumner married, Nov. 17, 1787,
[>uisii, daughter of Col. Charles Pemble,
commander-in-chief of the £ast India
Company's forces at Bombay, by whom
he had i«sue, besides t\vo daughters who
died in infancy, the fotlovrinK children :
1. George, who died at Paris in 1SI7,
td2l ; 2. William Holme Sumner, esq.
rho hns married I^lary, daughter of J.
'amnrd Hankey, esq. of i'eltham park,
Surrey; 3. the Rev. Charles Vernon
[l^olme Sumner, Bector of Ncwdignte>
rSurrey, and of Koniboroiigh, Hants, who
linarried in 182.3 Katharine, daughter of
i^illiam Masan, esq. of Necton hall, Nor.
Ik; ^. Sophia, married to Andrew
Henry Thomson, esq. son of Jobti Thom-
son, esq. of Waverley abbey, Surrey.

£. P. Bastaiid. Esq.
AneB. In Cavendish -square, after a
, lingering illness, aged 53, Edmund Pol-
rlcxfen Bastard, esq. of Kitley, Devon-
{^ire, formerly M.P. for that county.

He was the elder son of Edmund
^Bastard, esq. M. P. for Dartmouth
jounger brother to John Pollexfcn Bas>
flard, esq. Al.P. for Devonshire 1781 —
llBKi), by Jane daughter and heiress of
ifhilemun Pownoll, esq. of Sharpham,
JCapt. 11. N. His younger brother, the late
ijolin lia>.tard, esq. Capt. R.N. inherited
[tbe Pownull estates, and died in iHJo.
(See a biief memoir of him in Uent. Mag.
for June, iH'Uw p. 661).

His uncle died on the ith April ISlti,

[and bis father n few weeks after ; where-

Ttipon he succeeded to the family estates,

rand ^^HS tbe same venr chosen in his

F'Vnclc's place as M.P. for Devonshire.

fHe continued to represent that coimty to

ilKJO, upon independent principles, never

living any pledge to vote upon measures

tfore he hiid heard their merita fully

liscusscd. His unshaken loyiitiy. and

[love of (he Constitution in Church and

l£ta(e, were generally acknowledged ; and

Jlhougb he did not possess the gift o(

tory, yet, as a practical man of busi-

witli diligent and unweiuied atten.

■iMiriHliilil

tion to his duties in the House of Com-
mons, he has seldom been surpassed.

Mr. Uastard married, Jan. i^, 1&?'
the Hon. Anne-Jane Rodney, only sui
viving dflughter of George second Lo
Rodney, and by that lady, who died i
lK'i3, he had issue three sons ; Edroxmd
Rodney, born in 182.5 ; Ualdwin- Jobn ;
and William- PoUexfen.

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i

CiTAni.Es RoBEBT Bi.rNi>Ei.r., Esq. ^

Oct. aa. Aged 76, Charles Robert
Blundell, esq.

He was the last heir male of the ver
ancient family of the BlundelU of Inc
Blundell in Lancashire; and was bor
in May 1761, the only son of Hcnr
Blundell, esq. who died in 181U, by EIn
zabctb, daughter of Sir Edward Mostyn,
of Talucrc, co. Flint. His habits were,
eccentric and irregular, and he has die
unmarried. His two only sisters wer
Catharine married to Thomas Stonor, i
Stonor, CO. Oxford, esq. and Elizabeti
married in 1789 to Stephen Tcmji
Broughton, co. York, esq. Botn
ladies, the former of whom died inl
and the latter is still living, bad families,
but they have been entirely disinherited
by Mr. Blundcll's extraordinary will.

By this instrument dated 28th Dec
183K he has left his extensive landc
estates (the manors of Ince Blundell]
Formby, Ainsdale, Birkdale, Lydiate^
Eggregnrtl), Mcliing, Cuuscough, and
Rainkers, and estates in Preston, Brough-
ton, and Chipping) to the second son <
*' Edward" Weld, esq. of Lulworth, an
his heirs male ; with remainders, 1.
the younger brothers of " Edward," insuc-
cession, and their heirs in tail male; i. to
Mr. Weld's sister Lady Stourlon and her
younger sons ; 3. to his other sisters and
their sons; 4'. to the daughters of " Ed^^H
ward " Weld and their sons ; 5. to Hen^^|
ry Mostyn, of L'sk, co. Monmouth, soli*^^
otor, and his sons, each successively in
tail male; on condition of inhabiting and
keeping in repair tbe mansion at Ince,
and assuming and using the name ut°
Bhmdell.

His lumiture, &c. including tbe bust
casts, statues, pictures, coins, and othc
works of art and curiosities, togeth*
with his library, are to be preserved
heir looms. His farm m Aughlon in
the possession of Thomas Heskyne, and
his tiirm in Lydinic, called Shackladj
are bequcnlhed to the Rev. Thomas
biiison ot Liverpool, and his heirs,
the Rt. Rev. Dr. WoUh of Wolv*
bampton 5000/. for the purposes of Osc
college in StniTordshire ; to Rev. T. Ro«
binson for the use of Amplcforth col-
lege, Vorkshire, lOOO/.; for Downside

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college. CO. Somerset, 4000/.; for Old
Hull Grefn college in Hettfordshiro,
4000/.; for the iim of Roman CatLolii-
prieetii in and near London, 15,000/.;
and for Lydiutc rliupcl, HiXXiL To the
iiicumbeiit Ffiefit of Forniby Chauel an
annuity of tlO/. for life, and to tbe in-
cumbent Prie«t At Ince an annuity of lOU/.
To each of the daugbtera of Charles
Brown Mostyn, esq. 500/. To the Rev.
Francis Mostyn of Wolverharapton, 300/.
To Richard Willis, ei«q. of Halsoieud,
300/. To JuLn Gladstone, esq. of
Faaque, N. B. 8000/. and two landscapes
by Wilson, tbe Phaeton and Lake of
Nemi, a tripod, and an ancient head of
tlie Indian Bacchus. To Ince school
£0/. per annum, two>thirds to the master
and one.ihird for books.

All the residue of his personal estate
is left to the Rt. Rev. Itoctor Bram-
•tone of London and the Rt. Rev. Dr.
Walsh, their executors, ndininistrators.and
MiigM, abtolutely and for ever. John
Gladstone, esq. Kobort Crladstone, esq,
of Liverpool, aiid the Rev. Thomas
Robinson, arc named executors.

Such is tbe substance of IVIr. Blun-
dell's will, with the exception of provi-
sions for tbe continuance of various be-
neAcial leases to old or favourite tenants ;
■■d some minor legacies to scrvanta,
^he families of his sisters, it will be per-
ceived, lire not even mentioned: but tbe
most extraordinary feature of the wbole
it, that the name of tbe principal le-
gatee is tt misnomer, aa no such person
*B Edward Weld is in existence. The
more immediate relatives of the deceas-
ed have taken steps to oppose tbe will,
on tbe grounds of the iasunity of thu
testator, and not, as the newspapers have
incorrectly stated, on tbe plea oi the
properly being largely devoted to super-
stitious uses, The estates are valued at
more tlian 9000/. a -year, and the residue
•t 800,000/. The deceased was of very
Moentric habits. Soon after bis death,
tbe executor or his son caused a strict
•MTch to be instituted, and found, scat-
tered here and there, in various places
about tbe house, sums of money amount-
inp n''-r •> - to no less than Ji^SOO/.

re is one of tbe roost va-
lunl i-ollections of works of art

in tbe kiugdom, consisting principally of
sped mens of ancient and modem sculp.
lure. It was made by the father of the
late Mr. BluiidcU. The tine i<|iecii(ietis

•f ■Clilptt!- ■• ' •■• I 1- -■ '-V •

which be

fMenibti I

lb.. -oi.

Wii 'lies,

busts, lit* btt&so rcUeviia, 1*0 siuco-

phagi and cinerary urns, 40 ancient frag-
ments, besides marble pillars, tables, and
other antiquities, and about iiOO pictures.
In the chapel is a monument of Henry
Blundell, esq. executed by Mr. Johu Gib-
son, of which nn engraving is given in
Gregson's Fragments of Laocaabire,

C. J. CLAVEaiNG, Esq.
June 20. At bis residence, Axwell
Park, CO. Durham, aged 76, Chvles
John Claverin^^ esq. the senior magis-
trate of Northumberland, and a migis-
trate for Durham.

He was tbe eldest son of Major>Qen.
Sir John Clavering, K.B. Commander-
in-chief in tbe East Indies, Governor of
Berv^ick. and Colonel of the 62nd foot
(ilic voungest son of Sir James Claver-
ing tde sixth Baronet, of Axwell Park),
by bis first wife I^dy Diana West,
daughter of John EUrl t>ela\varr. His
only brother was General Henry Mor-
dant Clavering, Col. of the 9$Mb foot,
and brother-in-law to tbe Duke of Ar-
gyll, and his three iti.siers were married
10 Thomas Lord Napier, Sir Thomas
Pechell, Bart, and Adm. Sir J. B,
Warren, K.B,

Mr. Clavering resided tbe greater part
of bis life at Ridlamhope in Nortbum.
berland, and served tbe office of Ui|^
Sheriff oi" that county in 179.5. He ma
also High Shorifi' of Durham from 1889
to IS-'i^j, (he last appointed by the Palatine
jurisdiction of the Bishop. He re«ided
at Axwell, as tenant to his cousin Sir
Tbomus John Clavering. Bart.

Air. C' . i>, in many respects,

an fxccll' '^^n of the "line old

English ;;■_ It was only three

months before his death that a public
meeting of his fnends took place at
Wbiekham, and it was m ' re.

solved to present to him I .md

a piece of plate, "as a tc»iiiii<ii>) ui ebe
high estimation in which his eliaracter is
held." He died without the i>ortrait
having been painted.

He married Diana, daughter of Robert
Adair, esq. by Lady Caroline Keppel,
daughter of William second Earl ut Al-
bemurle ; and had issue an only daughtoi,
Diana- ^lary.

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4

J. H. TBimsaY. Eaa.

Julff 17. At hi* bouse. Cathaiine.
place, Rath, sgcd 70, ' vxy

Tbiirsby, esi). of Abington i i fb>

luiiptonshirc.

He wa« the eldrsl son snd heir of

John H.1IVM' TKlintilv iif Aliin.'ltin ««q,

a ^ by

Anil. V nf

KclnwiaL, esit. ajid daicetidKl tiiiuiigk

1838.]

Obituabt. — Dr. Francia.

fcn heiress, whose nnftrrltgc took place in
the rngn of WilliMm the Third, in a di-

'•t*el line from iho Saxon ftiinily of
Thoresby of Tboresby, oo. Vork fiicethc
Iteiligrce in Baker's Hi.itory of Nortb-
•mptoniihire, vol. i. p. )l ; Burke's Com-
noncTft, vol. i. p. .'118.)

Air. Thursby succeeded to hit nnccs-
tnil estate!^ on the death of his fntlier in
J7flS. He receivwi the i"oinini*sion of
Liciitomrit in the Norihampioti cavalry
l<t July l7fM ; »iid sterved the office of
Higii i<henfr of Northamptonshire in
1803.

He married May 5, 1799, Emmn,
Bniighler of William Pigott, of Dodders-
lall, ru. Bucks, egq, und by that Ludy,

^bo died .April '.^8, ]KM>, be had i^sue

pons ond live daiiphtcrs: 1, John

eyThursliy, esq. fjorn in 1793; who

''tnnnned in 1M18, Emily, daughter of
MaCthcur Fortcscue, of Stephen's -to^vii,

' ru. Loitth, e.<ir[. and has a tion and heir,
Unrwy, bom in 1819, and other children;
8. the Rev. William Thtirsby, Vinir of
All Snints, Northumpton, und of Har-
ding^tonc ; who mairied in 1624 FJleanor-
Mary, daughter of John Uargreaves, of
Ormerod house and Bunk hall, co. I^an-
caster, e.>«). and lias a numerous family
(see Bni'ke's Commoners, vol. ii. p.
■flBS); 3. <" ' ■■ Kmnia, 4. (Jeorpe,

'^Uid 5. H' . who all died in-

ftnt<: 0. l.;i:...... bpencer, who mur-

Tled in Ift3l .Muts Lerieens of Aix-la-
C'hapelle; 7. Emma; 8. Charles, who
married in I82(), Emily, daughter of ^
Pentlnnd, c«u]. of Blackball, co. l^onth,
■nd has a doiiKhter, Mary; 9. Sophia-
Kmncet; 10. \Valter, wh<i died in India;
II. Lucy, married to John Dauney, esq.,
and 12. Anne.

Dr. FaANOA.

In oiir la-st nnmlter, p. 186, we briefly
noticed the death und character of this
extraordinary modern tyrant ; but, from
the interest of the details in the follow-
ini; article, we have been indui'eil to
•i^pt it. in a someMhut eonden&ed form,
from ('bamberA's Edinburgh Journul.

Pu: 11 pies a cenlrul situation

In til' linn of the South Ame-

t''-»ii I he jioptilrttion of which

' iiBtea Ht from two him-

n to half a million. In

l8ll, it followed the example of the
Other Spanish provinces in South Ame-
rica, by ill ' : .'If a free republic,
'when B ni . ut met eonsilituteil
■■■' '>! a prcMfli'nr,
uirj. It was
' 1 ii" — n nice of
^nfn^lt^d Simntab and Indian blood — were
&U<T. Mag. Vol, X.

unRt for popuUr institations, and for
some time the greatest con'
vailed. The fir«t person wli
any power of eontroljing ii.. ..^..«n
element* of Pamcuiiyse society, was
individual who ofljciated in the junto
aecrctary. This was Francia. He w
the »on of a Frenchman who had seitlf
in Paraguay , where he was born in
year 1757. Pcstined for the church,
had proceeded so far in the appropria
education, as to become a doctor of the
log^y, but, in the course of his study I
the canon law, a latent taste for iurispn
denee was awakened in liim, and be ui^
mutely became a barrister before bis
tive courts.

The junta, of which Don Fulgent
de Yegros was president, continued
form the Koveniment for two yea
Francia, the only member of it who [
<eKsed abilities, information, or a love
business, wa« in fact the sole admini
trator of affairs ; the others chiefly speU
ing their time in country sports. Whe
ever it happened that they interfered
thwart his will, he had only to intiini
his intention of retiring, in order to ma
them pvc way. It could not be expe
cd that Francia should long submit to
sulKjrdinalc situation under such
eumstances. In lUIS, a convention
colled to take into consideration the st^
of affairs. Ingnorant of history and
])olitical seieiice, they chanced to posse
a copy of Bollin's well-known work, '
which thev looked for a constitution,
they woulii have looked into a dietioni
for a word. Their fancy was caught
the consular governnient of Rome, and
they resolved to apjioitit Veeros
Francia aa the two consuls of Paragti
Two curulc chairs were provided for the
officers, one inscrilied Potnpty, and
other Cittar: and Francia, taking
session of the latter, indicated to nil
cept the unlettered Paraguayse that
should not long be a half ruler. At
end of the lirst year of the consula
when the convention again met, be fou
it no difficult tnsk, by reference to tl
favourite author Rolliii, to (.-ondnce th(
that the country was now in one of the
crititiil situations which induced tl

Homans to entrust the stii» " 'lil

tatoT; und he was accorrl
to that dignity for a term of
Yegros vainly attempting to reai^i
measure.

With the title of" ExeeUency," anj
salary of 9(HK) dollars — of which, ho
ever, he gave bark two-thirds, under
pretence that the state bad more need I
money than himself— be now took pt
tession of the house which had forme '

Obituary.— Dr. Francia.

[Sept.

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been occupied by tbe Spanioh governor —
a step analogous to tbat of his protuty{ic
Napoleon, in rfroovinp to tlie Luxem-
bourg, lie licrome still more austL'Tc in
his habits — more studiotiH — more tbo-
roughly devoted to buMueu. His atten-
tion was |)arti(;tilarly directed to the im.
provcmcnt ot his little army of about
^UOO men ; and so eager wils he to ob-
tain the rep'itotion of nn entire devotion
to the good of bis country, that, to im-
prove the s^ttem of medicine, which had
fallen into a low staCc in Paraguay, he
aubniitted to have experiment!! tried on
hi* own person. The government was
conducted with remarkable energy, and
before the expiration of the three
years, be had so completely consolidated
bis power, m to obtain from the conven-
tion (1817) a decree constituting him Dic-
tator for life.

From tbiA time Dr. Francia reigned
Mitbout control in Paraguay, having tbe
legislative and executive conibined in
his single person, with the full right
which the ancient Roman dictators pos-
sessed to dispone of the lives and for-
tunes of his people according to his plea,
sure. Soon after bis last appointment,
be ceased to show any anxiety to culti-
vate the good will of his subjects. He
declared tne mce of Spaniards to be pa.
litically extinct, and interdicted them
from mnrrj'jng white women. Conspi-
racies were consequently formed against
him : be was informed of thenk before
ibey were matured, and be astounded the
Spaniards by an order to appear within
tbrec hours before his pnlace. About
three hundred came, and were led into a
miserable prison, whore several, including
the dejiosed governor, died wretchedly,
and from which the rest were not libe-
rated till they liad paid a collective fine
of 150.000 dollar!'. He likewise xup-
pressed the Catholic church, mid all con-
vents and dignitaries, appointing one
vicar-gencral, a creature ol his own, to
administer the religious nlTuii* of tLt-
people. But his most exlriionliiinrv mea-
sure was to riose up the i' liiist
all foreign intercourse, : :iny
one either to enter or K..., ,,,^ i. mio-
lies ; his object being, it is said, to pre-
vent tbe people from being infected with
any ideas from without, by which they
might be tempted to rebel against bis
authority. Hence conunerce was com-
pletely brought to a Rtnnd. and much dis-
tress iiiiRi ■ '-'1' ,;.,..,.,! 1,... .....

without

tage in I.

the pKHJurtiuii lit ill) rutnlili; and wt-nr.

able articles wilhtn the pMviitre. Wlifu

tbe onlcr for noa-intercourse was issiifd.

there were about forty foreigners, chiefljr
merchant*, at .^ssumcion : they were de-
tained there for several year*, and only
liberated when Mr. Cunning acknow.
ledgcd the iiidi'pendence of the Sonlh
American states. Two Swiss natiu
ralists, Ilegngt-r and Longchamps, and
the eminent M. lionpland, the eompa.
nion of Humboldt, who had entered the
country in pursuit of scientific objects,
were likewise detained for some years.

The ancient municipalities, and all
Other vestiges of free institutions, were
banished from Paraguay; and the Ikir
was administered by a few alcaldes, re«
movable, of course, at the pleasure of tbe
despot. Francia, indeed, mansgcd every
thing, with the assistance of only a few
oflicers or creatures of his own. He
planned roods and bridges, commanded
and organised the army, conducted tbe
revenues, and thoufjht no details too
mean for his attention. He did not en>
courage public instruction, but neither
did he impede it. His authority was
supported, during its enrlier years, only
by exercising great cruelty towards all
W bo were not friendly to it ; but when at
length his arbitrary proceedings had de-
inolishcd the strength of the middle and
upper ranks, and (airly broke the spirit
of the |)eople, he began in some small
degree to relent, and he was sometimes
heard to say that possibly, in the course
of time, a little liberty might be extended
to the Paragnayse. Executions merely
for the support of his power now ceased,
and he began to receive with coldness the
tales brought to him by sjiies and iii.
formers. Yet be ever found it neces-
sary to act and move with the greatest
caution tor fear of a.^soasi nation.

Francia was not perhaps <|uitp a sane
man. His lather is known to biive been
a person of great eccentricity ; be bad a
brother o lunatic, and a sikler who was
miiny years deranged ; and be himself
was subject to o<!casional fits of hypo,
rbondria, iHirderiirg on modness. I)ur.
ing these times, he shut bimsrlf ctost-ly
up in his palace, vented his ill liumoiir
oa all aj-ound bim, and only took plea-
Kur« in ordering execulions. Of siirh
M(>ni's he was usiuilly a witness from his
lialnce windows.

He hud no confidant, no favourite, no
friend. The only |>er»on he is said to
liavc ever shown any ntlochmeni in, waa
n •.iktcr who bad charge ni bis cnnutry*
........ ,>.. ... 1.;. .:,.. ,,.,. ..,,... ,„.,

■■' ■

tear le<tt they ■ . i it*

lelntionship. ' ' i-r-

wanU conlincd lu iruiia iui lutu jiart.

1838.] Obituaby.— Dr. f^ancia.'—IUv. T. T. Biddulph, AfJl, 331

for baving struck a man who had oiTcnded
him It a ball, and the other passed a year
m the public prison, for having employed
one of the military band in a serenade
which he gare his mistress. The Dic>
tator had for many years taken no part
in public worship; he seized, on the con-
tnry, every opportunity of showing his
dislike and contempt for the religious ob-
servances of his subjects. On a com-
mandant asking him for the image of a
saint, that he might place a new con-
structed fortress under its protection, he
exclaimed, "Oh, Paraguayse, bow long
will you remain idiots ! When I was a
Catholic, I believed as you do ; but now I
know that bullets are the best saints you
can have on the frontiers." However
rnthless and austere, he had at least tho
merit of Robespierre, that of wishing to
make no money by his power: he never
accepted a present, and his salary was
always in arrear. There was a mixture
of imperial state with republican sim-
plidty in his ordinary mode of life. He
nad at first a body-guard of a hundred
men, the tallest and handsomest that
could be found; and a small escort of
this corps used to tide out with him when
be took ezerdse, for the purpose of dri-
ving away all who might be upon or near
the way. The body-guard was subse-
quently dissolved, and he was then con-
tent with the protection afforded by de-
tachments of the army.

For several months in the year he re-
sided at the cavalry barracks, which are
outside the city, about a league from his
usual residence: but then his manner of
living was the same, except that be some-
times indulged in the pleasure of the
chase. In the apartment that he occu-
pied there were always arms within his
reach, or placed upon the table near him;
and sabres, the greater number unsheath-
ed, were to be found in every comer.
This fear of assassiiution was also shown
in the etiquette prescribed at his audi-
ences. The person admitted dared not
approach nearer to the Dictator than six
paces, until he made him a sign to ad.
vance; and even then, he was obliged to
stop at a distance of three steps. The
officers, even, were not permitted to enter
bis presence with swords by their sides.
He had a most penetrating look, blended
with a strong expression of distrust. He
wore the official costpme, which consisted
of a Uue-laced coat (the uniform of a
Spanish general), waistcoat, breeches,
and stockings, of white silk, and shoes
with gold buckles. The Dictator whk in
bis Saind year. Although his career was
marked by great severities, it was not
Without it* beneficial results. He pro.

moted agriculture, originated manyuse^
ful public works, rebuilt and embeUisbed
the capital, created an army, subdued the
Indians, and procured respect and tran-
quillity for his people. It is also not
impossible, that, under any other kind of
rule, Paraguay might have undei^ne
greater disasters, and witnessed much mor^
bloodshed.

Rev. T. T. Biddulph, M.A.

May 19. At his house in St. James's*
square, Bristol, in his 75th year, the Rev.
Thomas Tregenna Biddulph, M.A. the
venerable Perpetual Curate of St. James's
church in that city.

From a long memoir of the character
and services of this distinguished evange-
lical minister, published in Felix Farley's
Bristol Journal of the 26th of May, we
have condensed the following particulars.

He was the only son of the Rev.
Thomas Biddulph, incumbent of Pad-
stow, Cornwall, by Martha his first wife ;
%va8 born July 5, 1763, and baptized
shortly after at Claines, in the county of
Worcester, to which neighbourhood bit
father bad removed for the benefit of his
health. Little or nothing is known of
his early education ; but as both his pa-
rents were pious, it cannot be doubted
that he was the child of many prayers,
and was early trained in a knowledge of
those holy scriptures " which are able to
make us wise unto salvation." On the
23d Nov. 1780, he was matriculated at
Queen's college, Oxford, where he gradu>
ated B, A. 1784, M.A. 1787. Only one
incident can now be recalled connected
with his college life ; but it is one which,
whilst it was peculiarly afflictive in its
nature, was probably made the means of
awakening deep serious impressions. Two
young men were drowned whilst bathii^
in company with Mr. Biddulph and his
friend Mr. Joseph Shrapnel.

Mr. B. was admitted to Deacon's
orders by Dr. Ross, Bishop of Exeter,
Sept. 26, 1785, almost a year before the
usual age, a special favour which used
sometimes to be shewn to the sons of
clergymen ; and was ordained Priest by
Dr. Barrington, Bishop of Salisbury, May
18, 1788 ; so that the term of his mmistiy,
from his admission to full orders, was
exactly half a century. He preached his
first sermon at Padstow, and opened his
commission with a declaration ottbe same
gotpel truths which throughout bis whole
course he unswervingly and unchangeably
maintained. The scenes of his early
ministry were Ditebett,in Somersetshire;
and Wansborough, in Wiltshire; Bengc-
worth, in Worcestershire ; and, at a much
later period, Congresbur^ « t^««s t^VAVX,

333

OuiTCARY.— JJcv. r. T, Biddulph, M.A.

[Sept.

»

I

In Feb. ITBO^ lie was lu&rrieii nt Braci>
ford, Wilts, to Raclmvl, daughter of Za-
cliuriah Sliru|>ncl, esq. uT tbut pUrc, b^
wbom be bad 11 childreuj four only of
wbom arc now li\'iiig. Is'ot long after his
mnrriage. Mr. Biddulph removed tu Bris-
tol, where be Ix'eanie iisisi^Unt to the Rev.
W. Tandy, then minister of St. AIwy-le«
Port, M'ith whom he i^bared i>ot only the
ministry of the Cross, but tlie reproach of
the Cross also— for it is eitnted that whilst
an eminent blessing attended tbeir preaeh-
ing. surh was the obloquy excited by a
simple criuneiatioii of the doetriiies con-
tained in the Article.s and Homilies of
the Church of England, that even some
piously d>s(>oi>ed perBoiis were ashamed to
be seen entering the church where these
stigmalized prineiplcs were inculcated,
and specific caoeR are recollected of re-
spectable parties quitting their carriage
at the distance of a htrcet. that they
might »teal unubaerved into the proH'ribed
resort of reputed fanaticism. In )7(Vihc
wna instituted (o the perpetual curacy of
Benge worth, close to the town of Kve*
sham, of which his father bad previously
been incumbent, lie continued, how.
ever, to reside at Bristol, and in lft03 he
resigned Bettijeworth, presenting to that
living the Rev. John Shaw, who is the
present minister there. In the ewrly part
of 17fHJ, the Sunday evening lecture of
St. Werbur^jh's was est itblis lied, and Air.
Biddnlj)!) was appointed iho first lecturer.
This appears to have been the first even-
ing service opened in a church in Bristol.
Shortly after, Mr. Wearc, of Ashton,
having conceived the design of establish-
ing this eminent servant of God iu amure
permanent and ostensible post of duly,
purchuiicd the presentation of the living
of { 'ongreshury, with the express object
of effecting an exchange, whereby, on the
resignation of Dr. Small, Mr. Biddulph
WB-K nominated to the iueurabeney ol St.
James's, Bristol, to which he obtained in-
stitution 2 1st Sept. I71)U. ilu- preached
hia first sermon in St. James's church

from .'\cts icxiv. 11. •' Hv "■- » '■■■■-,

untoyou, lhal({fterthni '

furreiy.iiH irr^rgfiij) 1 the <>■

htUtring all thingi which art writtm

in (h* law an4 in /Ae projtftftit." This

sermon he \in'. ' ' " " ;

Vestry and i

the gruundw>>iL . , .... ,.

Those ministrations it |

Head of the Cliurch ti'

n period of more tlmn t

durinjf which Mr. Hidi'i

Ir...

calculable extent— growing in the esteem
of all around us years advanced, until his
sun has at length set in the mild Ixtarn-
ings of an honoured and |H.'aeeful old ago.
To one who has only cotilcmplatcd the
latter portion of Mr. Biddulph a career —
ministering as he had been to u devoui
and attentive audience, gathered nrounil
him Iroiu all quarters of the city — bis
preaching listened to with avidity by many
of the more rctined and polished of society,
whilst a numerous liody of clergy, sedu-
lously employed in inculcating the same
divine truths have looked to him for
advice nnd counsel, and veneiuted him at
their best earthly exem|)Uir — whilal, too,
the prelates who for the last twenty years
have successively filled the see, havcacem.
ed to vie each with his nredceeasor in th«
kindest expressions of^ i' i
and esteem to one so won
an observer who has only •...:... -i. : ^^ ■.
halcyon days of Mr. Biddnlphs nunistrv,
it might seem almost incredible that only
thirty years ago the s^nnv trnrhs, uttered
by the same lips, did but rmider the pro-
mulgator of them u 1 ' ■ 'i/np't tbtt
IKople. The like I =1 .Milntr

at liiill, and tu a Su... < .^..inbitdgc.

Mr. Biddulph was a most altarbed
memlicr of the Church of Knglaiid. Ht
held very high views of the apostolic eha.
racter of the Chunb rikI jI* niinistrv;
employed his iM'ii 111- ^ dill) in too i

elucidation of her i ■ and «a*l

ever found in the K,.^,,.. .. ..k:»k of her'

defenders. The peronilion of his »er.
mon preached at the primary Wsiiatioii
of the Archdeacon of Bristol, contains • j
most animated posaage. the reiterated I
burden of which is, " 1 lovj: .mv t'lHiKttl." I
It was, and it was felt to be, the ci/j/nta {^
roa, tht I'-t •.-.......•.«■ .if a true lover of '

our veil. iioni, nnd those

who well ' i' ur him can bear

witness with mIimI Uivency it was uttered, j
Mr. ltlddiil|>li's principles and conduct asl
n t' : (.r of the church niford *^

sti ilioti of the calumny onc«l

extii.^i.i ., (.iovalenl, but •■' |.i. i. ii.. .i.t f

current of events bus Icii'
tuiilly to wipe away — v i

prencbera arc iieeessauly lo« < Lim Uutrii.J
or in 01 her wordn, that those who piraih^
nu" to the letter of lb' '
mid lluuiilii:k, nui>l
d to her coniiLitutio)

l.nllitJin .Ml. Ritli!ul|ili\ cliu.

ructer « ■

WiTCtbr

dispuiaer of (eiiiporul succours, to an lit-

^^ Mini il uui" ^ imi i < iiii|.i ii i \\ ,ilj im- •i

ofllce ol the AL<iiat«r ot Cbrist to mingl^

1838.3

OtiTVA^n.—Rev. T. T. Bktdulph, M.A.

in the strife of this world's politics. Tbe
uoiforui tenor of bis course seemed to say
to mere earthly politicians,what Nebemiab
said to those toat would have hindered
him in bis labours, " I am doing a great
work, why should the work cease whilst
I come down to you?" But, on the other
nand, he was far from subscribing to the
principle, that the Minister of Christ
ceases as such to be a citizen — or is ex>
uncrated from tbe duties that arise out of
that relation. He knew how to estimate
tbe blessings of our unparalleled consti-
tution, and was sensibly alive to tbe
danger of tampering with so nicely poised
a piece of mechanism — a machinery which
the wisest and best man could never have
made, but which the weakest and wick-
edest can mar ; he looked with anxious
forebodings at tbe swelling tide of poli-
tical agiution, as threatening to sweep
away the time-hallowed institutions of
our country ; especially did he view with
apprehension the encroachments of Papal
influence, and the manifest workings of
that baneful leaven toward tbe extinction
of the Protestant Establishment in the
sister island, and the consequent endan-
gering of Protestantism, witn all its con-
comitant blessings, in this highly favoured
country.

As a Preacher, he was, throughout
the whole course of his ministry, very
effective. His style of preaching was pe-
culiarly impressive, but it owed its power
not to any laboured rhetorical arts— but
to soundness of doctrine, perspicuity of
thought, felicity of illustration, and gra-
vitT of diction.

It has been a common occurrence with
him to be applied to for counsel by young
men under serious impressions, wishing
to enter tbe ministry, with tbe declared
single object of labouring to promote tbe
fflory of Ood and the salvation of men.
In such cases, when in the exercise of a
sound discretion Mr. B. considered that
the applicants were sincere in their pro-
fessions, he encouraged them with his
counsel and influence ; and when a defect
of pecuniary resources was the sole bar to
tbe progress of the candidate for the holy
office, he was often enabled by the help
of friends to remove that impediment.
Perhaps not fewer than a hundred cler-
gymen have entered tbe church under his
auspices.

As a Writer, too, Mr. Biddulph ren-
dered great service to the cause of vital
religion, as well as to tbe Established
Church. His object in this, as in every
department of his labours, was to serve
his Divine Master, and not to rear a mo-
nument to his own fame. His writings
have been fot the moit put either doc.

333

trinal and practical, or else of a polemical
nature, and drawn forth by the theological
controversies which incidentally arose.
Among the former class of his works, hia
Essays on the Litur^ (fiist published in
1798, and later editions in 3 vols. 8vo.)
stand deservedly high, even bv the admis-
sion of adverse criticism. Amongst his
controversial writings, his answer to Dr.
Mant, on the subject of baptismal tegg'
neration, 1816 (and which has recently
been re-published as an antidote against
some of the doctrines of the Oxford
Tracts],— his " Defence of Evangeliod
Preaching," against Warner, — and hia
" Search after Truth in its own field,"
directed against theerrors of certain seced-
ing clergymen, are the most prominent.

A long series of letters in tbe Chris-
tian Guardian of 1810-SO, under the sig-
nature of Phyrieo-Theologue, in which
the Hutcbinsonian system of philosophy
is expLiined and defended, came from hia
pen, as may indeed be traced by the iden-
tity of some of its views and statements
with those of Mr. B.'s acknowledged work
on the Theology of the early Patriarchs,
2 vols. 8vo. His Lectures on the Holy
Spirit, and Lectures on the 51st Psalm,
several single Sermons, and a tract on
the Inconsistency of Conformity to the
World, 1815, complete the catalogue of
his works. It is hoped that materials
may be supplied to give to tbe world some
specimen of his admirable discourses, and
there can be no doubt but his writings
will be more generally read now that the
Church has been depnved of his oral testi-
mony.

His connexion with, and influence over,
the religious and benevolent institutions
of the city of Bristol was most extenrive.
Of several valuable institutions he was
either the originator or one of tbe earliest
promoters ; amongst these may be men«
tioned The Church qf England TVaet So-
ciety, an institution which has been sane-
tioned by successive Bishops, and whose
publications arc characterised by such
soundness of doctrine, sobriety of style,
and genuine Church of England principle,
as entitle them to warm support. Not a
few of the tracts of this society, and some,
too, which have been extensively useful,
came from his pen. Amongst these may
be mentioned, " The Churchman on m
Sick Bed," a tract which has carried in.
struction and consolation to many a dying
sinner ; the " Addreee to a Convaletcent
on his Recovery front Sicineti :" most of
tbe tracts connected with the offices of tbe
church i and (though hist mentioned not
least in importance) the well-known "iSiu--
/ee« thorl Sermoni,'' which have been
tnnslated into fifteen bngiHgw.

tai

OstTPAKv. — Rev. Canon Netclingf B.J),

[ScpU

I

It would occupy for too much opace to
Ittpmpt oven an enumeration of the icli-
iouK and Itfiiovokntsocii-ticsiitid inmitu-
IIS ill wlitcb \\e tuuk tin acti\'e part.
! was a member of the Christian Know-
iJge Society, and of the Incorporated
iciety for tlic Propagatiuii of llie Gospel
Foreign Ports ; hut whilst be most
" Jly supported these venerable insti-
ll he did not hesitnte to join ut uii
period the Church Miimionaiy So-
/ — an institution which now numbers
Inion^ its supporters a considerable por-
lon of the bench of Bishop?, thousands
»f the Clvrpy, and tens of thousands of
most attached lay nienibcra of the
jhurcb.
Mr. Biddulph's funeral took place on
the 29th of Mny. It was attended by
more than seventy clergy of the city and
ighbourhood, by the Mnyor nnJ High
LerifT, and a vast concourse of the most
ispectable inhabitants. The chief mouni-
were the Rev. Z. II. Biddulph, ilic
Rev. T. S. Biddulph, blaster Thoinus
Trcgenria Biddulph, Master John Lin.
don Biddulph, General Shmpnel, W,
inchard, esq. George Vizard, e«q. Gapt.
Wnsend, R.N., Isaac Cooke, esq, and
the Rev. John Heasman. By the last
named gentleman u very approprinte and
iaiprcssive address was delivered from the
tt Galatinns, ill-tb verse, — " And they
'orificd God in inc."

■iLit

Rlv, Canon Newu.vc;, B.D.
Ju/y 1. Ill the Close, Lichfield, aged
26, the Rev. John Ncwling:, D.l). Canon

aidentiaryof the CBthcdral Church of
ichficld, Koetor of Ditchingham, Nor-
folk, and Cbfiplain to Viscount Sydney.
This excellent and accomplished man
•as born at Shrewsbury in 17l>5, and was
le son of the Rev. Cbarlca Newling,

,A. formerly Treasurer of Lichfield

thedral, Rector of St. Philip's, Bir-
iiigham, und of the lirst portion of

estbury, in Shropshire. The subject
I this memoir was formerly a Fellow of
it. John's eollcnc, (Cambridge, where he

duaied li. A. 1785, as I2ih Senior Op-
ftie, M.A.I7W>,B.F).l7f>7. He wu^pre-
ntcd to the roetory of Ditrliiiigliiim, uh n
ellow of St. John's college, by iLc Duke

Norfolk, in IK)i. He was rollHlcdio
e Prebend of Wellington, in Lielitield

tbedral, Sept. 2, IHIi, and nltcrwatds

Feb. |K(i7, to the sixth < Union Re-

cntiurythip in tlut catliijDil.

Ml. Scwliiip »hc«cd n lnMc for He«

iMry l»hcil 1 >"''■ '■•" i"Mii>. Ill

e. He f>
(oil- he i<
do H) till oviUuK MA iUOOlhk i^i Li* lUcuut..

In this study bis reseMrch wa» so

and carried on with such ardour and pef-
severancc, that he was jus-tly considered
the first amateur herald in the kingdom.
He took a lively interest in every thing
that related to his native county ; and as
a proof of it, be carried on the perfigrcet
of Shropshire families from a very curly
period to the close of 1!H37. It ought
particulnrly to be mentioned that he waa
nt all times ready to impart bis valuable
knowledge with respeet to his favourite
pursuit to any of his friends, und indeed
to numbers who were not pcrsionallyknown
to him. The Portrait uindows in Lich.
field cathedral, and likewise thusc in the
chapter liouse of that venerable structure,
with res|KCt to the heroldic part, were
entirely under bis arrangement and direc.
tion,

For a private collection of heraldic and
genealogical books and manuscripts Air.
Canon Is'ewling was considered to possess
the linrst in Englund. Jn Pec. ISHti bo
wn» elected nn honorary member of the
Shropshire and North Wales Natural His-
tory and Antiquarian Society.

He was most amiable and affect ionate
in private life, and his pleasing mannera
and genuine goodness of heart had cn>
deared him to an extensive circle of
friends, by whom he is deeply regretted.
From his valuable acquirements he was
very agreeable in society, and was famed
for his hospitable and liberal disposition.
Though his lust illness was of six montb»*
duration, it whs nut attended with pain;
his spirits were excellent, and he had tht
full pos$es!iion of his faculties to the clot
of his hfe, which was a source of grca
coinfurt to his fiimily. So calm und pla
were bis last moments, that he appeared,
from the serenity of hia cuuntenanee, to
have fallen into a gentle sleep. In a
letter of condolence which has lately been
received by his son from one of his old
friend*, a dignitary of the church of Lich-
field, he speaks of this excellent man in
the following manner-. — " We have lost
in your highly respected father one of the
greatest ornaments of our mthcdrul, und
his name nod talents and urqnirements
will be very Ion;,' r - -' - t f ); u
nuiircd by all to ■-

The remains oi ' ;.. v. ,<.

interred on the north side oi Liehlield
cathedral. Hr ni:irtic-d, the Ht r>er^
ltilO,Ann-T^
Rev. John I

ita, ot whom the

k.

J 838.] Obitvmv.— Henry Tyrwhitt, Eaq.-^Mr. W.Clarke. 335

Hekry Tyrwhitt, Esq.

May'6\. At Toronto, Upper Canada,
Henry Tyrwhitt, esq. Barrister>at-Law,
of the Inner Temple.

This Gentleman was bom at Stanley
Hall, near Bridgenorth in Shropshire, on
the 31«t Aug. 1808, the fourth son of the
late Blchard Tyrwhitt, esq. of Nantyr,
Denbighshire, Recorder of Chester, whose
death was noticed in our Obituary of
May 1836. He was called to the bar
the 2l8t Not. 1834. On the 22d July
1837 he sailed from Portsmouth for New
York. After a tour through Lower and
Upper Canada, as far as the settlements
on Lake Huron, be was on the eve of
being appointed Master and Accountant-
general of the Court of Chancery then in
progress of formation in the Upper
Province, when the rebellion broke out
on the 4th of December last, and turned
the attention of all to the defence of the
countrv. An enthusiast in things ap-
preaching to military adventure, and,
amidst the outward security at Toronto,
suspecting something serious to be in agi<
tation, Mr. Henry Tyrwhitt rode out
that evening to satisfy himself as to the
motions of Mackenzie and bis adherents.
Wishing to find out his youngest brother,
who had retired a day or two before from
a position among the Radicals to a place
called York Mills, about six miles from
Toronto, he proceeded thither, disregard-
ing small parties of armed men upon the
road, and obtained the important informa-
tion that the conspiracy had broken out,
and the rebels were coming down in force
and were close at hand. Soon after the
brothers had met, and got to horse, they
encountered a strong body of the enemy
already in advance of York Mills, who
prevented their return with the news to
Toronto, and took them as prisoners to
the rebel head quarters at Montgomery's
tavern. Here during the night they wit-
nessed the death of Colonel Moodie, an
old Peninsular soldier, who was murdered
in the attempt to pass the rebel guard.
The next day thev were marched on
towards Toronto, with many other prison-
ers, in front of the rebels, in order, as the
hitter expressed it, that the first fire of
their loyalist friends might take effect
upon them. The brothers, however,
escaped in a moment of confusion among
their captors, and after lying in the woods
for a day or two, got into Toronto by a
circuitous route too shortly before Gover-
nor Sir F. B. Head's engagement with
the rebels to have any share in it. Some
time afterwards Mr. Henry Tyrwhitt was
appointed Staff- Adjutant of the militia
garriaoo of Toronto, and at last, in little
noie than eight months from bis first «r<

rival in Upper Canada, after a struggle of
seventeen days with typhus. fever, he died,
greatly lamented by the man^ to whom from
the circumstances of the time he had be-
come rapidly known. His funeral, which
took place on the 2nd of June, was a
military one, and attended by the officers
of her Majciity's 24th and 34ui regiments,
as well as by 70 militia officers, and a great
assemblage of people. With a fine per-
son, an open hand, and a nature eaually
gallant and affectionate, he through lira
commanded the attachment and esteem of
all who knew him. Though bred a ci-
vilian, his military turn was evident ; and
his whole bearing forcibly reminded the
observer of one those " Cavaliers" of dis-
tinguished birth whose "Lives" his pen
had begun to illustrate with equal fidelity
and taste. ( The notices of the ConataUe
and Tyrwhitt families, in the Gentleman'B
Magazine for Feb. 1835, were from hia
pen.^ With too much penetration to be
deceived, too much integrity to be al-
lured, and too high a courage to be awed,
he was/rom thejirit (so far as youth and
private station permitted) the uncompro-
mising antagonist of all the miscalled
" Reform" and " Liberality " which dl8«
graces the present age, and, nuuked or
unmasked, has now been for years assaiU
ing every bulwark of goodness, demolish-
ing every barrier against licentious tyran-
ny, and striking at every cord of union in
this great Empire. Yet by none was he
always more sincerely respected and loved
than by those of the humbler ranks of
society with whom business or neighbour-
hood at any time happened to connect
him.

Mr. W. Clabkb.

June 17. At his house near Hamp-
stead, aged 37, Mr. William Clarke.

The following notice of Mr. CUrke ia
from the Courier : — " This gentleman,
much better known in the world of lite-
rature by his works than by his name,
was the author of ' Three Courses and a
Dessert,' the ' Boy's Own Book,' and
other volumes that have acquired great
and deserved popularity. He was the
editor and chief contributor to a curious
little work, called * The Cigar,' which
contains numerous papers from his pen,
some of them as orilliant in fancy aa
others are rich in humour. He was
editor for some time of the Mon^y
Magazine, and has enriched our pen-
odical literature with many admirable dia-
sertations and whimsical expositions of
human life and character. During th«
last three or four yean, his time was kx»
clusively devoted to the production of a
most elaborate work on natural histoiy

OarTtrAiiT.— Afr. George Watstm. — Clerr^tf Deeeoied. [Sept.

*

I

upon which an cnormoiifl exitemlUiirc
roust have been incurred. Mr. Clarke
nppntn lo have possessed a combiiistion
of grciil original powers, with a capacity
for rcscnrcb, and vsrious study, not often
nliied with them. He b«d con'siiJerable
judgment luid knowledge in oU matters
anpcrtainiriR to the tine aru, more espe-
cially in their aduptation to books; the
tMte niid benuty of the illustrations to
several of his works are unquestionable
proofB of this. Air. Clarke, we regret
to say, died in the midst of his useful
and meritorious labours, so suddenly as
to have been deprived of all opportunity
to make due provision for his young tii-
mily and their mother. He nud been
employing himself in his garden, and on
entering the houtie was seized with ati
apoplcclic attack, and expired almost in-
stantly."

*

Mft. Oeorgk Watbois-.

lately. In the Union Workliouse,
Muresl'u'ld, Sussex, Bged5(.>, Georffe Wat-
son, nn individual well known in that and
adjoining counties, as the Sussex Calcu-
lator.

He was a native of Buxted. Though
from want of education, or some peculiar
ecccntricily of constitutioti, he was almost
an idiot in hisgenemi conduct, the powers
of his memotywere astonishirrg. Herould
state uerurutely where he had been on any
day for the last thirty years, what persons
he raw, and what he was about. He lived
for manv years with an uncle, in the pa-
rish of Ijtixted, who was a furnier.and he
would recount the quantily of live stock
bred during the whole time he lived with
him, to whom they were sold, and the
prices they fetched. He has been often
asked to state on \rhai day of the yeai'
Kaster Sunday was for a century past,
and has never been wrong in his answers.
The birth days and apes of all the indu
vidiials among (f eorge's acquaintance were
aa well known to him as to themselves,
and he has often raised a laugh against
ainglu ladies of acertain age, by stating the
day of their birth in company, tiut one
of his favourite amusements wast to re-
count the number of acres, amoiuit of
population, size of the church, and weight
of the tenor bell of every partih in the
county, which he would do withnut
It was the wish of
' poor
" his
his
u f«
nnd

making n mittnke,

SOIn !

idcn
to
fmm hi> k1u»
conlrneted »<■
found ti .
at wia

In- ruiiiil 111- t.iiKii ni
luic. lii» death was

accelerated by his leaving the house,
during the late severe winter, and sleep-
ing in bums, jkc. but in bis last dnvt ne
has been kindly treated, tiiuil death put
an end to his bufferingB,

CLERGY DECEASED.

June l.j. At Long Stnitton, Norfolk,
aged 75, the Rev. P/iiiiji Ifrjjuon StaH'
nard, laie of Tasburgh, Norfolk. He
was of C'orpus Christi college, Cambridge,
B. A. 1780.

July 8. At Peel, Isle of Man, aged
67, the Rev. Jamei Gelliuff, for 36 years
Vicur of Kirk- Gentians in that island.

Juljf 10. At C^rlow, Ireland, the Rev,
Hertry Garratt, late Curate of that parish.

July ti. At Paris, aged M, the Rev.
Henry Ralh, Rector of AldwinckJe All
Saints', Northamptonshire. He wafs of
Ralliot college, Oxford, M. A. ISHJ ; and
WHS presented to his living in I8A) by the
Rev. R. Roberts.

July 25. At Malvern, aged .*»3, the
Rev. Thomat Mliet, Rector of Worm-
ington, Gloucestershire. He was of St.
Ednumd hall, Oxford, M.A. 1812; attd
was presented to his living in X^id by
Josinh Gist, esq,

July ■Hi. At Kirk Wramwith, York-
tiliirc, in hisn+lh year, the Rev. R. DoUiN,
after having been resident in that village
forty-ninc years. He was bom ot Smyrna,
in Asia Alinor, brought over to England
ut nn early age, and placed at a boarding
school in Yorkshire. He afterwards oc-
cupied the situation of Usher in a school
nt Catterick, after which he entered holy
orders, and commenced the period of
those sacred dutie< which his lubsequent
life adorned.

July SI, The Itev. Franci* Jefferion,
Vicar of Ellington, Huntingdonshire, and
late Fellow of St. Peter's college, Cam-
bridge. He was previously of Clure hall,
and graduated li.A. 1819, as 23rd Senior
Optime, M.A. 18^, and \va» presented
to his living by that society in 1822.

Aug. 1. At Doyntcm, Gloticestershire,
aged 32, the Rev, fieurpi- Wmrf liunh,
late ul Queeii'- > '' ' ' ' ' ^!lll•h

he entered as ; .mj

pror. . H.'<l I.. • . -<2>f>.

■ ■•.rr,
R. . .s of

J(su>> coil. Cuiiih. U.A. ii&sJ m I lib
Senior Optime, M.A. 1786, and wa» j
pro- ■ ^ '.!> living in 1780 by Dr.
Y.n „f Ely.

li n,..,.„j,>r 1 8F,

tht '*.D.

Re- ind '

<\uiiiii i:

a »un III !

boruiigh, ui'ii liraiiiti I., itr. r iMi

Master of the Charter Uou£«, and

1838.]

Obituabt.

837

hkte Bishop of Salisbury. He mil ma-
triculated of University college, Oxford,
in 1 774v graduated M.A. 1780, B.D.
1802, D.D. 1807, was collated to Far.
ingdon in 1805 by his brother, then Bishop
of Exeter, and to the Subdeanery in 1807.
Ang. II. At Bath, in his 82d year, the
Rev. John Gardiner, D.D. for fifty-seven
jtMii Rector of Brailsford, Derbyshire,
Minister of the Octagon Chapel. Bath,
and a Magistrate for Somersetshire. He
was educated at Tiverton, whence he
went to the University of Glasgow, and
studied the civil law. He then entered
himself of the Middle Temple, with a
vievr to qualify for the bar. An irresisti.
ble impulse induced him to exchange the
law for the church, and for this purpose
he repaired to Wadham college, Oxford,
where he graduated M.A July & 1796,
B. and D.D. on the 16th of the same
month. In 1781 he took possewioo of
the vicarage of Shirley, and rectory of
Brailsford, in the county of Derby, the
presentation to which had been purchased
Bj bis father, with whom he afterwards
resided for some yesrs at Wellingt(»,
performing, gratuitously, the duty of
coratc of that parish. In 1789 he under-
took the same office at Taunton, where
be continued till his ftither, in 1796, pnr-
chascd for him the Octagon cbspel at
B«th. where be has ever since r^idarlj
offidated. He published <' A Sermoa
preached on the Fsst-day, l793,"4to. <' A
Sermon on the Duties of a Soldier,"
preached at the consecration of the colours
of a regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
" Brief Reflections on the Eloquence of
the Pulpit," occasioned by a pamphlet
entitled, " Remarks on a Sermon preadi-
ed on the Fast-day, 179%'^' 1796. " Set-
mons on various subjects, preached at the
Octagon chapel. Bath," 6vo. 1802. 2nd
edit 1806. " Causes of the IneCcacr
of FasU, a Sermon," 1803. " The Faith
and Hope of the Righteous, a Sermon on
occasion of the death of the Rev. Dr.
Madaine," 1805. " A Tribute to the
Memory of Lord Nelson, a Sermon,"
1805. " A Sermon on the Duties of
Public Worship," 1806. " Reflectioos
on the Shortness of lime, a Sermon,
attested by the Mourning for the Prin-
cess Amelia," 1810. " Thoughu on our
Abuse of the Sabbath, extracted from a
Sermon delivered at the re-opening of
liaura chapel, Bath," 1811.

DEATHS.

LOHVOW AMD ITS TICIMITT.

Jwu 15. At FedckuB, at the boose
of ber M»-in-lnr the Rev. O. Nadb,
aged 8S, Maigaiet, widow of 0«of|«

aBMT. Mao. Vol. X.

Chapman, formeriy of Mansion House-
street, banker.

Latefy. John George Wood, esq.
F.S.A. an artist of considerable talent,
and a lecturer on Perspective and the art
of Drawing. He was the author of
" A series of Plans of Labourers' CoU
tiHces." 1792. fol. " Six Views in the
neighbourhood of Llai^dlen and Bala."
1793. fd. " Six Lectnres on Perspee-
tive." 180*. 4to. " The Principal Riven
of Wales illustrated, OHisisting of a series
of views from the source of each river to-
its mouth, with descriptioas.'' 1813. 4to.
" The Principles and Practice of Sketek-
ing Landscape Scenery from Natmte.'*
18H. 4to. The original drawings, witk
many others by Mr. Wood, were sold by
Mr. Leigh Sotheby, on the 1 Ith of Jane.

Jmlg 11. W. Shoctoo, esq. fonnatly
of Bombay.

In Blaodford-st. Sophia Amelia, wrilii
of P. R. Lewis, esq. of her ^lajiatj'e
Office of Ordaaoee, Tower.

/■/« 12. At New-road, a^ed 9U
Lieut.-Coi. G. GoostaUe, late of the
P^^ffgal enoy.

Jmfy 19. In Cavendiah.sq. aged 4f.
John Siaas, M.D. oneof the mottvfkiiis
and diMntete«ed mcmbefs of the mtrSak
prefeaaioa. He was one of the Society
of Friends, and sasnied Miia AloandaT,
of IpKwich.

/mim 20. At Uampstcad. in her 9IA
year, Elizabeth, relict of Edward Ctflilc.
esq. Bow-lane.

Jmfy 21. Aged U, Fanny, wife of
Francis Wii^t, esq. of Be— wrt-at.

Jmfy 23. At Bonner's faafl, Bcthaal.
green, aged 86, S. Ridce, esq.

Eliza, wife of G. C. Rotke, caq. late
of 79th Uigfalandcn.

Jmtw 2t. In Eiy-pkee, Hctborm. fe4
S3, Edwwd BentJey. esq. late Pfiwsfnl
of the Aceoontaofs Office in th* Bnok
of England. Doting a ptnod erf ifqr
years He was seareely a day *b>mt frcMS
hi* doties at the Bank. So totiafied wci*
the Directors with his l«n«r and UdtkM
service*, that on Ids retireaacM tn^m hJa
office abont a twdvenonth «iaee. he wae
pennitted to enjoy his full Mlary. Dnriof
the war, Mr. BciitleyscicftioM as «ac«f
the Bank \'olmiteerk were indtfatij^We ;
be - -

pany of

whom he snrrivcd only i
Bentley married Aime, ooly stsrer *d
the late John KtAt»», tatf. F.ii.A.; aa4
had fonr sooa. Smnnel, pnatcr in Doraet-
street, Fleer-*treet; JolH,orfbe Scuetaryls
office. Bank of Englaia; WiUiaiB, of Ike
Long Auuuty office. Bank of Eb|jI— 4^
andBidmrd,ofKewr
liahcr in orttBBCf to Wi

\UK \ aametr* were inaeianyse ;
la •cfjetntt/ffreaaidicnia th* eaa»-
>f the late WiIKaro Mdfcsh, cm,
he snrrivcd only a few weeks. Mr.

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Obituary.

[Sept.

four daughter!!, of wliom ttvosnrvis'ehim.
Mr. Buntlpy's portrait, by Daniel Mne-
U»e, e«q. A.n.A. wsn a tew yours since
engravi'd at the expense of the clerks of
the Bunk, as n mark of tlieir high rei«poct,
At (rrrat Prescott-Et. aged lii, J.
Cohen, esq.

July 25. Elizaheth, wiTe of J. Grout,
esq. of Stamford-hill.

At Kenniiigtonj aged 77, Lewis Wolfe,
Mq.

July 26. At Greenwich, John Hodg-
son, esq. late of Argyll-st.

July 5f7. At Brompton, aged 67,
Louisa, relict of W. Larken, e^q. of
Little Httdiiam, Hertfi, and dau. of Geo.
Pochin, esq. of Newport, Essex.

Aged 67, John Fentiman, esq. of Ken*
lungton.

JulyW. At Devonshire '-pincc House,
the rekidence of H. Moreton Dyer, esq.
Mn. Mary Pugh, in the 100th year of
her age.

In Dotighty-st. Rebecca, widow of
lease Keper, esq.

Aged 7st, Daking Draper, esq. senior
clerk in the University Life Aftsurance
Society.

July 29, Aged 75, John Rigge, esq.
of Hunter-»t.

In Euston-sq. aged 66, Samuel Brand,
ford Cox, esq. of Demenini and Cbel.
tenham.

July 31. After a short illness, con-
tracced whilst on duty on the ordrmnce
survey of Ireland, aped 35, James Greato-
rex, esq. Lieut. Royal Engineers, son of
the late Thomas Greatorex, esq. F.K.S.
F.L.S of Upper Norton-st. andBurton-
upon- Trent.

Lately, Mr. Warton.diirtriot surveyor
of the parish of Wbitetrhupel.

In her 7otli year, Sjusiannah, wife of

Thomas Spcrin^, esq. of Wafistcad.

[I Aug. ]. William Bouke, esq. of the

^K firm of Hart and Boake, merrhints, New

^1 York, whose body was found Boating in

^^ ihc river. At an inquest nothing eouhl

be elicited as to how the body rome into

the river, but the coroner sutrgestrd that

the deceased mi^ht have fullen into the

Wfeter at the time when a lur;;c crowd wos

collected to witness the defMrtiire of Mar-

•ha) Soul I.

I In Little Britain, aged 77. .Mr. Arche-
1 lUt Cruse.
At IJUtef-ternicr, Repfni'- ."ni- aged
II, Anna Maria, only v Ul uf

Sir Hoiketb Fleetwood, : i'.

In Hindc-st. Louisa Atiiiei relict of
Vice-Adm. Lambrrr,
In Clitfurd ■ ' ■ ■' ■'■ -\,wer.
by, esq. of b'
Aug. 3. L'.i ;.. w ^, ...ihola'"
Mori, esq. o| New Bond-tt.

Annn Belk, wife of Francis Gore, esq.
late fJovernor of Upper Canada.

Any. o. At Turnham-green, aged 79,
T. W. HiiRhes, esq. late Excise Inspec-
tor of the River.

At Bedford-square, at the house of her
8on-in.law, the Hon. Air. Justice Fi(tte>
son, aged 78. Frances- Duke, widow of
J. Coleridge, esq. of Heotb's-towrl,
Ottery St. Mary, Devon.

Auy. 6. Aged 4.1 . Lady France* Jane,
wife of the Rev. Edward Bankes. and
youngest dau. of the late Earl of Eldon.
She was innrried on the 6th April 18^.
Aug. 7. At Grove- place, aged 91,
Sarah, relict of T. Andrews, esq. of
Great Poriland-st.

In Little Dean's-j-ard, Westminster.
Harriett, wife of the Rev. John Bentiill,
youngest deu. of the late Joseph Everett,
esq. of Salisbury.

Aug. II. In Ilertford-st. ngcd 51,
Harriett, wife of the Right Hon. Thomoa
Frankland Lewis, sister to Sir George
C-omewHll, Bart, and to the Viscountess
Hereford. She was the fifth daughter of
Sir George Cornewall (i"te Aroyand) the
2nd Bart, by Catharine, only dnu. and
heiress of Velters Cornewall, of Aloceas,
CO. Hereford, esq. and was married in
1805.

At Notting-hill, Ann, relict of D.
Jennings, esq. of Shaftesbury Hoair,
Kensington.

Aug. 13. Aged 81, Sarah, wife of
Jou-ph Gutteridge, esq. of Denmark-hill,
Surrey, formerly of Wheathanwtead,
Herts.

Bf.o3.— July 27. At Bedford, aged
33, Joseph Trapp. esq. Itonker.

Bkaks — July :i4. At Reading, aged
W, Mr, Koliert Snure, who carried on
the business of Iniokscller and printer
nearly 50 years in thot town with great
respectnbiliiy.

Juty3\, At Maidenhead, Urnnetta,
wife of Sir Stephen fiaselee.

Aug. 5. At Tidiniirsli. inconsequence
of a tall from his horse, aged 38, Robert
Hopkins, esq. He entered t'ouimoner
of St. John's coll. Oxford, in 1818, and
remained at College a ftnv vmr*, but did
rot proceed to a degree. He married the
sincr of Jeteroiah -Morrell. esq. of Ox-
ford.

CAMiiaiDcr. — May^. '^' • i«>i.i.»;«1ffe, '
nged S3, Mr*. Eliz. Car' iin»

founder, and up to her <'' I'^*'* ■

prirtur, of " The HuntiiiK'l'J"< HtJford.j
nml Peterborough (fsiettc, and Cam.
btidue Indt'peii I "' "

Aiif/. V. A iiill lodge, C*m.

bridec, aged I .. ..i.ii\ only dau.

ihr Kev. Dr. Webb.

1838.J

Obituaby.

DuvoK.—May 20. A^rd 69, retired

Rmr-Adtn. Curnellus Quintou. He \\%a

• Lieut, of the Leviathan 71>, engaged in

Lord Howe's bmttle, June I, 1714. He

• obtained post nnk in 1802, and was made

■ a sup«rannuated Reur-Admirat in Jan.

Julf 9. At Cowley.plnce, near Exeter,
Miis UoVins, eldest dau. of the lute
Richard DeVin*, esq. of Wiajpole-strcet,
London.

Julj/lo, At Topsham, Sj^edTS, Mary,
widow of Charles Kendnll, csn. Lieut.
R.N.

At Exeter, aged 69, retired Rear-
Adm. John Winne. He was made a
Lieutenant in 1790, and comnmndcd the
Rambler cutter attached to Lord Howe's
fleet : served as firot Lieut, ot tbi; Mo.
Iiarcti 74, in the battle off Campcrdown,
Oct. 11, 1797: obtained the rank of
Commander 1790, and I'ost Oiptaii) MUM.
He siihstHjucntly commanded a district of
Sea Fcncibles on the western coast of
£ngUn<l .

July 20. At Esraoulb, aged 76, the
, li'lict of Dr. Black.

At Plymouth, aged 4i6, Augustus North*
rcotc, esq.

JhIj/2\. At Exeter, aged 62, Mr.

I John Rippon, well known in the nricient

ihiternity of Freemasonry, of which he

j'became u member (in a lodge attached to

j'the Devon Militia) in IHH, He served

' every office in that and other lodges for

['So years, imd was a Masonic Knight

Templur, Knight of Malta, and of the

^Rouge Croix, and as a Royal Arch Mnsun

iluid nlled the highest office of the Chapter.

(According to liis own recjucst, Brother

Rippon was buried with the full oere-

tnonies of masonry ; which bud not lieen

performed in Exeter for nearly half n

Tccntury.

i /u/y ^'3. At Bridgetown, near Totnes,
lin his 70th year, Oipt. C. S. Compton,
fhtc ilockmastcr of St. Kutlinrinc's Ducks,
" [>ndon.

July 2i. Sarah, relict of the Rev.
Sdwvrd Edmonds, Rector of Woodleigb.
/«/y tSi. At Devonport, Mary, third
jhtcr of James St. Aubjii, esfj. of
J graud'duu. of Sir John St. Aubyn,
FBart.

Auff. .% At Exeter, oged 77, Mrs,
[Uary Williams, one of the Soi-iety of
[Friends, dau. of the late Jo»hua Williamis,
linker.
Al Torquay, Miiry, wife of Wallace
r^all, esq. of Springfield, near Ku<$.
I Aug. la. At Torpoiut, Dovid Frjcr
|S«te, ctq. *uri<coii.

Auij, Ij. At Honitoii, »gi'dOI, Mrs,
rCathi-iiiic Ci>pl»-»l<m, hlstcr of the late
Jkv. John firadl'urd Cuplvdtun.

DoBSET. — At Knowie, Louisa, el
dau. of the late Roliert L">nbert, esq.

Di'iiUAJi. — At EKglescliffe, aged
Mary, relict of the Rev. John Gm
author of tlic History of Cleveland.

Essex. — May io. At Colcbesti
aged 71, Francis Tillctt Abel), esq.

July Til. At Epping, aged Jt. Bet _
relict of W. T. Conquest, esq. of Pucke
ridge, Hcrt.s.

Lately. At Arkesdon, in his 70th year,
Allen Hurrcll, esq.

At Colchester, ugcd 29, Eleanor, da'
of the late C. Round, esq. of Birch Hi

Gi,oucE5TF8. — June 2. At Brist
aged 67, WiUiam Reynolds, esq. mm
years of Mulpas House, co. Monmouth,

July 16. At her seat, Banksfee Houi
near Moreton-in.lhe-Mar?)h, aged
Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, spinnter.

July i2. At Clifton, Catharine Gi
ston, widow of the Rev. Theophil
Biddulph, dau. of John Lindon, esq.
Cunnington, Somersetshire.

July 2.>. Aged 77, Mrs. Peach,
Cheltenham, relict of Thomas Peai
esq. of Scraptoft Hall, Leicestershire.

July 29. At Clifton, aged 55, Loui
Tiiere«a Mory Ann, wife of the Ven.
M. S. Glenie, Archdeacon of Colombo

Lately, At Cleavedon, near Bristol,
Elizabeth, relict of John Baker Gribbli
esq. late of the Old Jewry, and St. Johi
Wood.road, and duu. of Mr. Oill, foi
merly of Windmill Row, Camberwell.

Aug. 1. At Clifton, aged 20, Hen
Jordine, eldest son of (he late Henry
Parkes, es(j, formerly of Warvviek.

Aug. 2. At Prestbury, near Chclten-
hiim, aged 7j, D. Whalley, esq.

Atig. l. At Chcltenhuni, Sarah, relict
of John Elliott, esq.

Aug. 7. At Westbury-on-Trym, in
bis UOih year, Richard Symes, ei
formerly of Bristol, son of the late Ri
Richard Syraes, for 50 years the respecti
Rector of Si. Werburgh's, after nn un'
of 57 years with his surviving widow,'
Ann, dau. of the late Edw. Bowles, esq.

Hants — July 23. At Newport, Isle
of Wight, aged <i6, Eliza, eldest daught
of R. Gnhan, esq. of Gnhan's-town, "'"
kenny.

July ?9. Harriett Eleanor, wife
Charles Sturgeon, esq. of Pond Hei
Lodge, Lyiidburst, and Southamptoi
bullilings, Cbniir«>ry-I«nc.

July'M. In the IhIc of Wight, in li
I9th year, Ewun Robctt Law, late
H, M. S. Soriiignpatum, second son
William John Law, tsq.

iMletg. -At l'ori»cii, Lifiit. Bcnjami
lileathiim, R.N, (INtO). He whs fouil
»u*peiidi'd by the neck j verdict" Tcmi
rury lusunity."

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Jul;/ 22. At CheshuiU.iigcdfta, Sarnb,
widow of John Waketicld, esq. formerly
of Gloucestershire. She has madi; the
/ollowing bc'iupsta : — Deaf and Dutnh
Asyhim, 1500/. : Londuit Missionury
Socieiy.lOCX)/.; London Hospitnl, 1000' ;
and to earb of tlie followifig, ljlM)l. -. Sl>
Luke's, Blind School ( St. George 's-fields),
British and Foreign Bible Society, Ruynl
Jennerian Institution. lioyol Huiimnc
Society, Marine Society, Asyliirn for
Female Orphans. Foundling Ho»pital,
St. Anne'» Society Schools, London
Orphan Asyluoi, Poor Orphans of Cler-
gymen (St. John's Wood), Seamen's Hos-
pital, Ilefuge for the Destitute, St.
Thoroon's Hospitul, Society for Pro-
inotit>g Christian Knowledge, and So-
ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts.

^UERTroitD. — At Caddington-hill,
I «^ed 76, John Pedley, esq.

Auif. 5. At St. Albuns, aged "28, Mr.
John Pig»;otl, solicitor, neoond son ol the
late Mr. Isaitc Piggott, inniiy years Town
Clerk.

Aug. 15. At Oak-bill, aged 23, C'atha.
fine iluughton, eldeist duu. of the Ulc Sir
Simon liuugliton ('lurke, Bart.

Kknt. — Jvly ll>. At Canterbury,
agedli, Mrs. Carter, relict of Dr. Carter.

July ^(i. At Ramsgatc, aged i?, Per-
rival Lewis, esq. of Downton-hou»e,
Kailiioisbire.

Auff. 2. At Heme Bay, Elizabeth,
wife of Thos. Kelley, esq. of Brixton.

LANCA^iiinB. — July jj;j. At High-
field near Mfmchesier, Laurence Broc-k
Uullinsbeail, e^q. justice of the peace for
the hundred of S.'Oford.

Juty 27. At Swinton.park, Manches-
ter, uged 46, ibc Rev. Robt. Stephens
M'HhII, D.C.L.

Lately. At Liverpool, where she bad
reflded for ncurly u century, ac llie grewt
age of vne hunth'rd and tieeen, Mrs. Ann
Wall. She lun born June W9, l7Vf7 ; &he
posseMed a cnmmiinicative disposition to
tbe close ol life.

Lincoln. — Auy. 10. At Brunting-
tborite rectory, aged 23, George Lionel
Briogt'S Freeman, CKq. B,A, of Caius
college, Caoibiidgf.

MiDULKBEX. — June \ I. Hubert, aged
nine yeat» ; and on the I4lh, Algernon,
aged (our year*, sons of Hubert De
Burgfa, cr^q. o( Wfiit Drtivlon.

/a/y31. Eli ' ' " ' ' .(tbc

Rev. James i

Ang.i. Ai ;.... r- , . ..uicci,

reliet of G. r«|jc*, c?-q,

Auff. 3. At Stiuimure, Selitin, wife of
G> J> Penniiigioti, r*n

Aity. ^, At HouiixloM, nged!>;i, Harab,
relict o( llt« late D. Buieiiu, c«(|. o( WkI.
brook.

Auff. 12. At Enfield, iged 73, the
relict of Thomas Semfton, ciq.

M0N.MOUT11. — Julyii. At Cbepstoiv,
aged SIK William JMorris, esq.

Norfolk. — June 15. At Heigbun,
aged 6a, Ftunces. relict of James Kecre,
esq . late of Haleswortb.

July \i. At the rectory, Soulhacre,
aged 73, Thomas Ingle, esq. M.D. FeU
low of St. Peter's college, Carabridgr,
He graduated B.A. 17H7. M.A. 1700^
M.D. 1797.

Any. i. At Ellingbam Hall, aged 86,
Philip Dykes, esq. formerly of Beccles.

At Morley, Bgcd 35, Emily- Mary.
Swinfen, wife of the Rev. L. Cooper, of
Empingham, Rutland.

Northampton. — Juiy iS. At the
bouse of her brother-in-law 8. Edwartla,
e«q. of Long Buckby, aged 47, Eleanor-
Martin, dan. of the late Charles Easton,
esq. of Twickenlinm.

July 2i. At Peterborough. Louisa, wife
of the Rev. Payni- Edmunds, B.(j.L,
Hector of Thcd'dlcthorpc St. IlcleD%,
CO. Line., cousin to the Eail uf Lindsey.

Lately. At the rectory, Tifficld, aged
28, James Flesher, esq. youngest son of
the late Rev. John Thomas FleshcTt
M.A. He was for nearly dnir years
bouse surgeon to the BiicWa InliriDnry ;
which situation he ic>iKned «bout twelve
months ago in consequence of illnCM.

Aug. 14. At the house of her brother-
in-law the liev. J. lintemun, (iuils*
borough, Elizabeth, youngest itau. of tb«
late Rev. Joshua Wigley, D.D. Rector
of Clipstone,

NouTiiiiMBJcaLANo. — Sept, 1. Aged
;)H, Hiiniet. wife of G. C. Carp«uter,
esq. of Ford Cottage.

Sept. b At E wart .park, aged 91,
Mm. St. Paul.

Nottingham /yly22. At Nutting.

Iiain, nged 01, Mr, Giles Buliie, ol Grace-
cliurch.st. printer, of the late firm of
Gye and Balne.

Wuy. 'i. At Langford-ball, near New-
ark, a^ed .31. James Haffcndrn, esq.

OxroHn. — Auif. .'{. At Banbury, aged
43, Thoin> '■ ' .'-iteenied

meinlK^r 1 mi. He

held the d:: , i""*- In

IS-IO. at the nine ol . n\i

ut tbe great Reform < -^31.

For hit ronduei in otlice ue received,
from 180 inbubituutv, an elegant piece uf
plnle.

SiiROP«RiRK. — July 31. At Shrews-
I ><> Elitabatb, wife of Ocii.

burv,

HI. '

son.

-^rn,/ 9f>. .At Rfith. aged

May /I. j\l LUtii, ^o]>lliu, vmK ol tilX

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1838.]

OmruART.

341

FT, M, Msinwarintr, Bart, of Peover

n ■ ; iT to the Viscount

- the third daii. of

> , — . Cotton, Bart, by

I-'rnrK-cfs. (Jiiii. hikI cch. of J. R. iftiipie-
loii, (■'■II. WHS in.irrii'd in 1R)3, and hss
Ictc n iiumerous famiJv.

June as. Morin, tnird dau. vl Robert
C-uty, esq. ol Dcraond Tlaee, lialb.aiid
niece of Rcar-Adniirul Curry, C.U.
Stoke.

July 26. At fiath, Ann.Elixabeth,
relirt ul Daniel Uennelt, csij. ol Furring-
don-liotii>e. Berks.

Jnlfi'ii). At Frome, in hia 83th ycnr,
GcCTTfe 'jeoiige, esq,

Jug. 7. At F'romo, nt the residence of
hrr soii-in.law B. L. Olive, esq. ngeii
M, Klizabeth, relict of T. I>ini«l, esq.
of liath.

Auy. 9. At Wcston-siipcr-Marc, w
hia Nth year, George Eoiilius, eldc&tsvn
ot the Rev. Lord Jnhn Thynitc.

SvrfoLK. — May VS. At the honat of
kt# hriitht-r at Rougharn, C'apt. J. Uarii.
bam, FaymiiKtur ul the Wu«t Suffolk Mi-
ll tin.

May 18. At (.'hcUswoftb, Ann, relict
•f H. S. PocWli"t,''fn», psq. of TyrU
landwr-hou^c, ('I > inre.

M,nj •i^\. At I ■ John Clout-

iii|;, esq. Muyui m inm i"iiuiiph.

Auif. 6. At Ikiinljs, la'cd '.ti, Sarah-
Ann,, wife ot the Kev, Hicburd Daniel,
Rector of that fiarikh.

SvRRKY. — Juiy V\. At Little Burgh,
BuMvreud, Mgtd^, Satub, relict of Chria-
Inpher Buckle, esq.

Auff j. At V:^. • .'cd8l. Kobt.

Keeling, c*q. l-i' tur.

SmsKx. — Jui^ -. _L, Hustings, aged
65^ Mr. M'illium buttaby, of Slutioocrs'-
court. LudgaiC'»treet, bookseller and
pockct-book miiniifiicturer, highly respect-
ed. In all his traimurtions, which were
IDultilariuu.s and ardiioini, he never lost
tight of the bti'Sied hope of e^erhistiiig
iiie a* net before him in the <>0!>pel,

July 2H. At Bn^htiili. uged 7i, Abra-
hanri KediviNid, es-q. ul Diirsct-piace, St.
Marylebnne, and ol Aiiliglia.

Aug. 6. At Belmont, Lust Hoathly,
Md, Edward, eldest »on of the late
lidcacon Ruynes, of Lewes.
^itp. H. At Brighton, Ann- Qeorgina,
%«ire of Ricbard Williaina, teq. late of
Corfu.

Warwick. —J«/y '/7. In her 70th
ytu, Jane, wile of William Tibbita, esq.
of Warwick.

/a/y %. In hix Uth year. ThoinR»-
P«tpf \l.-f-a1<.- M..t.. .K„ ..! Sliotttr»'.
■nd'- '■'e- (le

trai ' ' ler situ

olfc* «*«i. of BaUif by I'vXVM, (Uu. of

George Throckmorton, e«q. mnd>dau.
of Sir Robert Thr. ' Bnrt. Hi

took the name atui iic by ro;^

sign-inHniiul 2-t-Jui.L .... , .iiid was t1
lineal descendant and reprefcntntive
the great Lortl Chnncellor («ec the pedii
gree in Hunter's South Yorkshire, vol. '
p. 376.J. He has died unmarried ;
only sister is the wife of Charles Eyston,
e*q.

WitTs. — luty IM. At Crewkeme,
suddenly, aged 71^ Jo*eph Spark», esq
WoRCRSTER. — July .'«!, At Lei]^
rectory, aged 2, Mary Millicent, thil
dau. of the Rev. H. Sonurs Cocks.
Aug. 10. At Miilvern, iiged 5k),
nora, wile of Iwiac Nicholson, p.>iq.
King's AmiH-yard, and ClBplmni-oo
mon.

York. — FnincJsMarris.esq. of Round-
huy, near Lcedk ; vfho has bcqueathi
to the fund for the relief of widows
Wcsleynii miniikter;*, 3,i»00/. ; Wcsle;
Missionary Society, 500/. ; Method!
Preachers* .Annuitant Society, 3001,'
Wesleyan Theolngical Institution. HJHi:
Bible Society, -nm.; Leeds Infirm
tAHI. ; Manehefter Itttir. 200/. ; Mmt-
chenter Penitentiury, 100/.

Antf. 13. At Itiglcton, the «-Jdow
the Rev. Thomas Pooley, Vicar of Thoi
ton in Lonsdale,

Wales. — May 2\h In his P2th year,
Sainnel-John- Hurley. Rodney, only son
of the late Samuel Bevnn, e«q. of
Tyuycwm, Radnorshire.

May ;*>. At his seat, Llydiarde^ co.
Cardigan, aged J2, George WilliBiDs Pttr-
ry, esq.

Lately. At Cellws, Radnorshire, aged
37, Evan Willianis Davies, esq.

July 2«. Aged 3k Elizabetb.A
wife of John Griflitli, esq. of Ll^Tndu:
CO. Cardigan, eldest dau. of the late J
Brown, esq. of Purbrook, Hxiits.

!nKi,AND. — Jvly 'iTi. Trevor Co
esq. of Newry, lute u magistrate,
deputy-lieutenant of the county of Do
but omitted by tbe Lord. Lieutenant
the new commission.

Lalrly. Roland O'.More, yoiini
brolhernl G. O'More, of <,"iogben Ca-K
dcputy-lientonant for the King'*, couni
When bin body was taken for iiitcrm
to the veneniblc ruins of Meclck Abl;
the bearers wore obstructed at the
trance to tbe cemetery by one of
Friorj named Reynold)*, whoniobed u|
the elergyiniin, and kicked the pm,
book out III ' ' ' / deelaritig that
I'rotesUKii uld be rend the

but w-' '<•''• ii-iif.

Ap- 1 I Iiitid de

quicrr u I'l i ' III cJe BL

a prioouci iu the MarbluiU<^ MM

OatTCAKV.

[Sept.

Ha Uihtmrmtmtl mjm ktt SOOiLt
m4 tm kni^S <ke aauw t« Jiarhwgt
tk iiki, fce — fc JKo to— e« of ^nta,
vttdi ffa< >• qwpkzj. Be retired
fraa tW 4eik iwiownt some dme apo.
!■ MUia, A^jor ConoUj, Utc 3kb

laDoM

I DobKn, Capt. J. D. BlondeU, Ute
oTR. An.

ScOTtASO.— »/K/y 21. At CarobeU
tmnt^ afed :^l, Alexander, only »on of
Col. Sir A. Andersoa, CD., K.T.S.

Jufy 28. At Wuriston-bouse, nemr
Edioburgb, aged 71, the widow of the
celebrat^ philosopher, Dugald Stewart^
who bad sunrired ber husbtind ten years.
Mrs. Stenurt wa^ sister to the late Coun-
te$8 Purg«iall, the suttject of Captain
Hall's " Scbloss liainfeld," and to Geo.
Cranstouii, esq. advocate, now Lord
Corebouse. She faolds a high place among-
tbe authors of Scottish song.

In Kifeshire, Joseph Friskin, nt tbe age,
a< is believed, of 112 years. Tbis re-
OHirkabie person was an Africnn negro,
the son and pros[»ective heir of a rhief.
He uniformlv stmed that he was 20 years
of age when he came to this country-. He
was domestic servant to I^rd Lovat in
1745, and be gave a vi\-id description of
the blockade of Edinburgh. Ue conti'
nued with Lady Lovat utter the execution
of her husband, then became a cook on
board ship, and escaped from tbe Koyal
George when " brave Kenipenfelt went
down, with twice 500 men," in 1782. He
continued hale and vii;orou5 until within
a few months of his dcktb, itnd his latter
days were tended by the Mukgilb of
Kcmback, with whom be had lived as a
domestic.

At Forfur, Copt. Nash, b. n, 46th regt.

At Edinburgh, Lieut, Carfnie; late
6tb Royul \'et. Jiatc.

Aug. y. At Inverness, aged 4-3, H.
Dixon, C8H. of Astle, Cbej.hire.

E\sr Indies. — At Dombay, C-opt.
Frederick M'Gillivray, of the engineer
corps. The Goventor in Council has
expressed his sense of tbe los« of an officer
t-ijuully remarkable for 1ii» s(.'iciitific ac-
ijiiiremciits, bi^ nccjuaintuiK-e with pmc*
lical meclianics, and hi^ devotion to the
discharge of his public duties.

March 16. On his pa!i.«age from India
to tbe Cape. Col. Wm. Coward Faith-
ful), C.B. I7lb Native Infantry ; a native
of Winclicbtcr. He wuii !<■ I

ill tlie Gazette to the Ij:
JMnjor* General. He had ......l.. .i^.:,

[ yvai» in India.

April 2^. ,AlBeiiare«. Major- tienetal
Clcnii-nlB Hiown, CU. Hovnl .\riilli«iy,

Lateijf. At Ui'iigal, Slttyn IJtJiry
liKlrvwi, litd light dra|;oou».

At Meerat, Bengal, CkpL Cvamc, 3d
rrgt.

At Bombay, Lieut. English, 0th regt

At the Cape <il Good Hope, on pas-
sage from Ceylon, Major Ricketta, iSth
regt.

Wlst Isma.—Junt 1. At Boteau,
Dominica, and ISv H. S. Elwiu, eldest
son of the lUv. T. U, Eltrio. of £ut
Bamet, Hens.

Aged ^6, Jofan Ford. esq. Ute of St.
Petersbui^fa. With otben, on board tbe
sloop Careb, be met with iun uutimeljr
end by the upsetting of the vessel off tbe
island of St. Croix.

Drowned at Bermuda, Lieut. Bortoti,
30tb regt.

Drowned off St. Domingo, Lieut.
FiBser, 5Gtb regt

At the Havannab, Lieut. Winn, lat
West India regt.

At Barbadoea, Lieut. Caren-, 1st West
India regt.

Abroad. — April .'}. At St. Jago de
Cuba, Dr. Antomarcbi, tbe pb}-sirian who
followed Napoleon to St. Helena, and
remained with him while be lived. Dr. A.
arrived about three years since at New
Orleans, from France, and after>varda
travelled through Mexico. On his return
to the L'nited States he stopped at St.
Jago de Cuba, to vi<iit some relatives,
where he fell a victim to the yellow fever.

April 1 4. Drowned, off Bona, near
Tunis, ng*d 26, the Hon. Gmhain Hav
St. Vincent de Ros Kinnnird, Lieut.R.N,
coinmnnding her Majesty's brig Rapid ;
brother to Lord Kinnaird. He was the
tecoiid son of Charles dth and late
Lord Kinnaird, by Lady Olivia Letitia
F'ilz Gerald, sister to the present Duke of
Leinstcr. This very promising young
officer hud, under circumttances of consi>
derable difficulty and danger, saved the
livea of all his crew, when his ship wua
stranded on the coast of Tunis ; and was
unfortunately drowned by his boat upset-
ting in a heavy surf, when taking measures
for gelling her again on float. He had
served for three years and a balf in H.
M. S. Despatch, ihc two last «h J-Trst
Lieutenant : ond bic merits bad been
noticed by the Commiindcr*.iM.chief Sir
J. Rowlryand Sir li, Stoiiford.

A/ay 2(). At Puiis. Str John Archi-

bnl'l Urunuaond Stewart, of (ifantully and

Liii;ir;ilnKiiid, to. Perth, the 6th Bart.

' ' ■' ' 'lii of .Sir ticorge

.iU.ol John lJrum<

.-■ , . ! .. ...:,- K (m!

to the title in l»3?. II >,

Larlv .T.inc Stcwnrt. 'id

Ciijii. tt iiiiuiii ::itv».ii:

1838.] Bill o/Sforlality.-^Markets.~-Price8 o/Sharet.

343

3fm 39. Off Prince's Island, Coast
of Auica, Lieut. William Dickey, R.N.
commanding her Majesty's brigantine
Waterwitcb.

June 15. At Florence, Mademoiselle
Blasis, an eminent vocalist.

June 21. At Alexandria, on bis way
home from Bombay, W. Grant, esq. As-
sistant Surgeon of her Majesty's 4tb Light
Dragoons, onlv son of the kte Col. L.
Grant, of Auchemick, Strathspey, N.B.

June 26. At Salamis, aged 16, Mr.
William F. Innes, midshipman of her
Majesty's ship Belleropbon.

July 3. At Stamford, Upper Canada,
in his 70th year, William Stewart, esq.
late of Hammersmith, and of Inver-
keitbiag, N. B.

July 10. At Coblentz, Catharine, wife
of Capt. Robe, of Upper Grosvenor>st.

July 14. At Paris, aged 56, Benjamin
Lester Lester, esq. for 26 years (1809 to
1615) the Represenutive of Poole in Par-
liament, during which time his atten-
tion to the interests of the town was such
as to secure for him the respect of all par.
ties. In politics be was a consistent and
liberal Whig.

July 22. At Paris, David Burges, esq.
of Leamington, late Capt. 1st BatUlion
Rifle Brigade.

July 24. At St. Germain-en.Laye,
Harry Mount, esi).

July 26. At his country seat at Bern-
storff, near Copenhagen, aged 76, Cbria-
topher MacEvoy, esq.

BILL OF MORTALITY, from July 31 to Aug. 81, 1838.

Christened.
Males 469
Females 531

1000

Buried.
Males 442 )
Females 429 S

871

Whereof have died under two years old. ..231

2 and 5
5 and 10
10 and 20
20 and SO
30 and 40
40 and 50

50 and 60
60 and 70
70 and 80
80 and 90
90 and 100

65
92
45
25
1

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, Aug. 24.

Wheat
». d.
70 5

Barley.
i. d.
32 8

Oats.
I. d.
23 2

Rye.
«. d.
36 8

Beans. I Peas.
I. d. I. d.
38 4 35 8

PRICE OF HOPS, per cwt. Aug. 27.

Famham (seconds) OL

KentPockete 4/.

Sussex 3L

0*. to 0/L Of.
I&t. to 6/. 6«.
15f. to 4/. 15t.

Kent Bags 3/. 10«. to 4/. 10«.

Sussex 0/. 0«. to OL 0«.

Famham (Ane) 6/. 0«. to 8/. 0«.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, Aug. 25.
Smitbfield, Hay, 5/. 5f. to 5/. \5t Straw, 2/. 2«. to 2/. 5(.— Clover, 5/. \5t. to 6/.6#.

To sink the O&l— per stone of 81bs.

Lamb 4t. 8J. to 5f.4i.

Head of Cattle at Market, Aug. 81.

Beasts 722 Calves 480

Sheep & Lambs 9,600 Pigs 480

COAL MARKET, Aug. 27.
Walls Ends, from 19«. Od. to 23r. 9rf. per ton. Other sorte from 17«. Oi. to 85t. (U.
TALLOW, per cwt.— Town Tallow, 51». Qd. Yellow Russia, 48*. 'id,
CANDLES, 7«. Qd. per doz. Moulds, 9«. Orf.

SMITHFIELD, Aug. 24
Beef. 3». 4A to 4».

, T
4rf,

Mutton 3t. 8d. to i*.

fW

Veal 4.. *d. to os.

Pork 4». Od. to 5».

Od.
Od.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, Brothers, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Comhill.
Birmingham Canal, 221. ^— Ellesmere and Chester, 80. ^— Grand Junction,

200. Kennet and Avon, 26|. Leeds and Liverpool, 670. R^ent's, 16i.

Rochdale, 104. London Dock Stock, 60. St. Katharine's, 106. East

and West India, 108.— Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 200.— —Grand Juiie>

tion Water Works, 62. West Middlesex, 95. Globe Insurance, 143|.-^—

Onaidiui, 35i. Hope, 5|. Chartered Gas, 54^. Imperial Gaa, 4M,

Pbfl«dx Gaa, 22|. Independent Gas, 46. General United Gaa, 89. Camds

Land Company, 89. Reversionary Interest, 133.

For Prices of all other Sbaics in<\\ui« «s «\Mve.

344
METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, by wTcARY, Strawd.

From July 2fi, to Aitf/Htt 25, 1838, both incliuive.
Kiihionlieit's Therm.

%b«

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II

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o

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Jul)

o

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in. pts,

20

uo

66

58

20, fX)

cloud V, rain

27

60

68

56

. 78

do. fair

28

50

67

56

,78

do. do. rain

2l>

61

68

50

,59

do.do.do.

3)

58

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51

,66

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31

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58

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71

60

30.00

do.cld]r.ntin

2

65

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3

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71

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4

65

71

62

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5

62

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60

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64.

67

58

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do. do.

7

62

6,5

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8

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67

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0

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07

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12

60

75

67

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13

64

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62

69

59

1 ,20

do. ^

15

60

68

57

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cloudy

16

64

71

57

1 .08

fair, cloudy

17

58

61

58

,15

cioudr, rain

18

64

71

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, 20 ifkir, cloudy

19

07

74

58

29, 90 jdo. rain

20

02

70

61

, 75 do. cloudy

21

61

69

56

. 37 cloudy, rain

22

57

64

57

, 20 do.do.wiidy

2.-J

59

65

59

, 50 fuir, Mindy

24

61

65

55

.93

do. cloudy

25

58

61

58

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do. rein

DAILY PRICE OF STOCKS,
From July 28 lo Augutt 28. 1838, huth inclume.

n

o =

<; o<

Ex. Bills.

i;iooo.

206j
206j

I207i

2807

3207}

6

2«)74
8J2074

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II

13 2084
K80S1

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101 jl
101^:101 J
102 lOIJ
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101 i
101 j 1 101 i

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— in2j

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11021

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1014

1014

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101 1

1014

loii

1014

1014
1014
1014
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1014
1014

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1014
loij
1014

101^
1011
1011
101 1
101 j

1014
1014

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ll'l

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2&l.i
26.i

1054

264i

2r>4i

2<>4J

264

26^4

265

74 pm.

74 pm.
74 73pin

75pni.

74jim,
7.5 77 pin.
77 76pni,
77 78 |i«n.
76 78 pm,

92 J I

92i!

7B pin.

26.">} 78 7(1 fim

98^

924

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265

75 pm.
75 73 pm.

75 um.
75 73piii

72 74 pm.
72 74 pm.

71 73 pm.

72 74 pm.
7:i 75 pm.

73 70 pm.
75 77 pm.
75 77 pm.

75 77 pa
78 pr,

78 76 pit .
78 76 |.in.
70 78 pin.

76 78 pm.
7.'> 77 {>m.

ij 1^ fiin.
74 72 pm.
74 ?•? oni.

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Drokcr, 1. Bunk Buildings. Cornhllj,
Ulc RicaikniMOK, Uquulocr, •ttd Aihoi

nni-tfrTi liiiriMiiiiii

THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

OCTOBER, 1838.

By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent.
CONTENTS.

lliNOm CoHREBPONDENCB. — Foreign Orders of Knighthood — The Celtic

Language — MS. Life of Bishop Frampton — Sir R. C. Hoare, &c 346

Historical and Statistical Account of New Sooth Walkb. Br J.

D. Lang, D.D S4T

Notes on Boswell's Life of SamuelJohnson, LL.D 361

An Historical Disquisition on Almanacs 365

Origin and History of the Emperor Carausins 370

" Due Preparations for the Plague," an unknown work by Defoe Wd.

Roman Antiquities found at Winchester (with a Plate) 371

Remarkable Plagiarism in the Edinburgh Review 373

Topographical Prosings ; Hints for Antiquarian Tourists 375

" Miching Mallecho" explained : Montaigne, Voltaire, and the Resources of

the ]^ench Language ; Errors in Steevens's Shakspeare, &c. &c. 378

English Translators : a Fragment of Aristophon misunderstood by Mr. Cum-
berland ; Professions of the followers of Pythagoras 383

Ogham Inscriptions found in Ireland 386

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW. Works o» the Camden Society.

KyDge Johan, an Historical Play, by Bishop Bale 387

Poems on the History of Richard the Second 390

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Goethe's Correspondence with a Child, 393. — Palmer's Antient House at Great
Yarmouth, 397. — Britton's Dictionary of Architecture, 398,— Napier's Mon-
trose and the Covenanters, 403. — The History of Esau considered, 406.
— Archaeologia, Vol. XXVII. Part II. 408.— Ordnance Survey of the County
of Londonderry, 411. — D' Alton's History of the County of Dublin, 414.
— D'Alton's Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin, 415. — Miscellaneous
Reviews, ti.— Eagles's Brendallah, James's Robber 417

FINE ARTS.— New Statues, &c. 418.— Britton's London and Birmingham
Railway 419

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.
New Publications, 419. — Bedfordshire IllustratioDs, 4S0. — Foreign Literary
Intelligence,43I.— University Statistics, 43S.— British Association, 423. —
Geology of Yorkshire 431

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES. — Society of Antiquaries of Normandy,

431. — Ancient Coffins found in Essex, 433. — Roman Coins, &c. 434

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.— Foreign News, 435 ; Domestic Occurrences 436
Promotions, Births, Marriages 438

OBITUARY ; with Memoirs of Earl Annesley ; Sir W. B. Cave, Bart. ; Sir W.
Maxwell, Bart. ; Sir G. W. Leeds, Bart. ; Capt. Sir J. S. Peyton ; General
Onslow; Colonel Dumaresq ; Robert Holtord, Esq. F.R.S.; Tliomas
Jerris, Esq. Q.C. ; Rev. Dr. Jamieson ; Dr. Bowditch ; Mr. Fred. Accnm ;
Mr. S.Terry 441

Clsboy Deceased, &c. &c 449

Bill of Mortality— Markets— Prices of Shares, 455.— Meteorological Diary-
Stock ., ..» 4£&

Embellished with a Plate of VarioBi Rohak AMTiW)Tnii«fQ«BA«ib'^'W<s«v'>!«*->

34 C

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

*

Mr. Unn A N, Somerret-jtia. Sept. 5.
I liEl'i leave to acquaint you, nnd,
through the medium of your widely-ex-
tendeU Mng^ziiie, the ])ublic also, that I
am preparing an account of the several
Foreign Orders of K>ric.UTiioOD ; und,
as ninny of Her Majesty's subjects,
both Civil ANu Militarv, havehndtho
honour to receive one or more of those
distiuetionii from the Illustrious Sovcreiijns
in whose doaiinioiis they hnvc been insti-
tuted, I would reg|>ectfu1Iy request the
favour of nn answer from theui to the fol-
lowing questions, viz. : —

1. \VTiat is the title of THB ORDER
which you have received ? And have you
had I he Roynl pcrniissioii to accept and
wear the same, and when ?

2. In what year, and upon what occa-
sion, was the order conferred upon you ?
And what was your rank at that time ?

3. He pleafied to conimunicnte any in-
fomiAtlrtn which you may deem nccesnary
to promote the utility and occurncy of tlie
work.

You. may be sure. Sir, that I shall be
proud to perpetuate the retiown of my
coonlrymen. and tliat 1 Hindi be most
thankful for whatever iutelligence may be
imparted to me; and, at the same time,
I ho|»e, that, a« my corrcsponJent.s may
be numerous, I shall not be considered
unreasonable in my request, that the com-
uiunications nioy be sent to me/ree nf
ejltmte. In the meanwhile, I would ob-
st-rve, that my friend Sir William
Woous, Gartkk, Ins kindly olfiied lo
contribute every infomintion which Tun
CoLLKGH ov Arms can supply.

Yours, &c. Nicholas C'aalislii:.

Sir William Bktbam remarks, " ll
is quite consoling to observe something
like on apprn.^imutian to common sense
in the consideration and discussion of the
Celtic inquiry ; and that national preju-
dices are nt length givinp way to ihe force
*tf truth, Fjor Ghaki. is Rotitled to the
tlifluks and gratitude of all lovers of truth
auJ the study of liitlory. His letters have
done and will do much towards di-csipnt-
ing the obstin.itc nnd absurd prejudices
vhieh have so long obscured tin- true his-
tory of the imtient iiihnbilants of the
British Ules. Fundly sdliering »o a imerile
tictiim, nnd fancying the n.'itional honour
de|H.nded on its miiit- - 'he Welsh

nnd fJaclic writers 1 1 on the

tieur affiniti/, if not , ! the two

laiii.'uaifcs. This delusion iiaa l>ecn rc-
iiiovc«l, nnd we may now hope that the
iiivettigation will prvirevd with dujit auspl.
icioiis minlts.

I „ I. _....•,..,

llQlLl.

English translation of Llwyd's PrefscA
was published by Kishop Nicholson in the
Irish Historical Library (edition X'lA, p.
'iiti). He will find, also, that 1 availed
myself of this translation ia my Gael and
Cymbri. Mr. Logan, in one of his letters,
censures me for stating that it appealed
to me Llwyd wanted moral courage in not
publishing the Preface in English.

" I fully acquiesce in the opinion givett
by Fiou Ghael of the writings of Row-
land Davies, Vallancey, O'Connor, and
Pezron, to which may bo added the fol-
lowing works i —
Priivntirr — Histoire des Celtea.
Bullet — Memoire sur la Langue CelUque

(commonly culled ' Dieliontiaire Cel^

titlMc').
Baun — R<:cberche8 sur des Originea

C'eltiques.
Which are c(|iiAlly deserving of censure, a$
jumbles of rubbish, only calculated to
mislead."

The Rev. J. Simpson Evans, of Ken,
sington, observes, " I have in my posses-
sion a MS. Life of Bi»hop Frampton,
who was ejected for not takiug the oaths
to William and M.iry. It is of sufficient
detail nnd interest to desene publication,
lint, before I give it to the world, that I
may do what justice I can to the memory
of go eicellent a man, I should lie happy
to receive the contributiyns of any of your
readers who may hap]ien to possess any
thing of interest relating to him. I Lave
reason to believe that several of his ser-
mons, the texts of which are given in his
life, are still in ejLstence."

Id our Memoir of Sir R. C. Hoarc, p.
f)K, col. '2, the statement relative to (he
divposal of his ))roi)erty sliniiKI be thus
corrected: — " The Uaronetcy devulvet
oil his oldest half-brother Henry llugb
llonre, Esq. the heait of the entinent
bnnking-houKe in Fleet-street ; and tlie
whole of the landed as well as personal
property, is strictly entailed upon the
mule descendants of the family."

Ill our notice of the late Edward
Hentley, Esq. page :i17> we have fallen
into some inaccuracies. On hi* rrijre-
luent from the Dmik of England, in Feb.
I KM", the IHrfrfor-5, tn mirk f^ictr fmse
of his IniiL' iM(

fiftv-ftve ( ■»!

;' •■■ ■- 1,1-

Mr. Hcntlcy was u\\y
ntit SiTr:<"nttt nf thr <i

THE

GEMTL-EMANS MAGAZINE.

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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL, ACCOUNT OP NEW SOUTH WALES
&C. By J. O. Lang, D.D. 2 voU. 3d ed.

A FEW yciirs uiily liavc elapsed since Dr. Whalcly chIIl-cI the ultoii-
tiou of tlic public in a Letter to Ijord Groy to ll>e etrcct of the system of
Transi>ortatioit, uliicli has been long pursued by our (iovcriiuic-tit ; and ho
arrived at the conclusion, " that the transportJitiou of felons is an cxperi-^
nicnt, whose failure has been decidedly proved." This souictv hat strooj^
au<l startling proposition was denied by Colonel Arthur and other func-
tionaries resident in \ew South Wales; bnt their argunieuts went to
shew, not that it had not failed, so far as it has been tried, but that ibj
ujight succeed in future : in other words, that under an altered jdan ant"
wiser inanngeoiunt, its defects would be removed, and its success ensured*
This also is tl)c line of argument whiuh in these later volumes Dr. Lang hii
adopted, who urges that the cx|)eritnent cannot be sai«l to have failed, for it
never has been fairly au<] properly tried : and that the experiment ofa |>enal
jlouy on a grand scale has been recklessly entrusted to mere chance, tc
norancc, to incapacity, and to the uncontrolled opcratiou of the worst
{•assions that disgnue humanity. He lias unfolded his opinions at large
nu this subject, in a work * which we have jiot seen, but which, w<
believe, places the argument almost entirely on the basis of managementJi
This, however, seems evident, that all those who have defended the systei
of Transportation as a punishment, and who have observed its eliects,
exhibited in the colony of New South Wales, liave been compelled to ac«
knowledge its failure, up to the present time, though they have difl'erec
much OS to the causes, and suggested diflercnt measures for its futuro^
improvement and success. They difler from Dr. Whately in maintaining
that the failure has not arisen from anything inherent in the Trausportatiouj
aystcm it&elf, but has rather been the natural and necessary consequence
of a stttte of things which ought never to have existed in the Anstraliaa
colonics, and from which no other result could possibly have been antici-
p;ited ; — in short, they mean to assert, that the colony has been placed,
from first to last, under an inelTtcicnt, improper, and imperfect govern-
ment. Now, it is very true that in all these vindications of 'J'rana
portution, as Dr. Whately observes, there is a perpetual confusion
two separate 4|ucstions : — The benefit of Transportation, as a mode ol
punig/imenl, and as a mode of volonizntion : and thence also 8j)rings
accoud mingled argument, regarding the benefit to the mother country anC
to the colony. Bacon had cnlied this mode of colonization — "of
obaiueful and nnblciised character !" — a bad parent of a worse offspring |J
aiid It has been said, that to establish u colony to serve as a drain to the
impurities of the mother country, is an act which no casuistr)' can defend ;
to found a utvv society entirely out of the outcasts of the old, is au unjus-

• " T^an«pnrtotion and Cotonizatiiin ,- or (Iip Cmisca i>r Ibe L-imi[>ar.itivc Failure o|
tlioTniniiPurdttion Syntvm in Ihc Aunlntlina Colonic^, willi Sugjjej>tioDS for cusutvv
lU futvrc SlfficBcy iu cubstrviencT' to cztcastTe Colooizaliga."

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348 Lang's Account of New South Wales. [Oct.

tlfiablc measure — a measure " shameful and uublessed." Tliis view of the
question is so forcibly and clearly put in a work quoted by Dr. Wbatelcy
in his Appendix, that we arc induced to make a short extract from it.—
" There is no doubt that wicked men, intent on the commission of crimci
whether they have been convicted or not, are au evil to a countrj* ; never-
theless, they are a less evil in the mother countr>' than in a penal colony.
Passions which arc almost harmless when extenuated and dilTaKd in ft
large mass, work with a fatal vigor if taken in a concentrated and separate
form. Nor is it a simple (juestioti of numerical proportion, whether a bad
man is more mischievous with uinety-nine goo<t men, or ninety-nine bad
men ; but tlie future increase of the one bad man is likewise to be con-
sidered. In the midst of a large society, discountenanced by the geoerikl
opinion, neglected and shunned by their relatives and friends, out-'strippcd
by the industrious, oppressed with the sense of disgrace, blighted in all
their prospects by the knowledge of their dishonesty, rarely marrying OQ
account of their bail character and irregular habits ; criminals commonly
terminate by aa early dcntli their career of riot, dissipation, dcbanchery,
wretchedness, and outrage, and sink into the great ocean of society with-
out a grave, — unknelled, uncofTiucd, and nnknown. Such is the way in
which the propagation of vice is hindered in the regular order of society.
We, however, in our wisdom, thinking to improve on this arrangement,
and too impatient of the presence of the vicious to await their natural ex-
tinction, save ihcm from this moral shipwreck, and collect them into one
spot, where there is no example to deter, no virtuous public opinion to
discountenance, no honest industry to compete with them, no odious com-
parisons to be undergone ; and thus ensuring always a regolar supply of
additional recruits from tlie gaols of the niotlicr country, like the physical
philosophers of antiquity , from this corruption we generate a new society.'**
Now, nlthnugh we acknowledge the force and justness of these sentiments,
yet we think that there is still room for one or two observations upon them,
which may remove somewhat from the comprehensive power H'ith which
tlicy cover and i-owmand the whole question ; and the fact is, that the
colony of New Sooth Wales is not 8<ilely nor separately a place to which
criminals are transjiortcd, an ergaslulum servorum, but is in addition a ter-
ritory of imutcnse space and general fertility, to which fife settlers resort
from their mother country in search of subsistence and wealth ; therefore,
like the mother country, it consists of a very mixed community. It is not
a vast dungeon of felons — a distinct wing of Newgate — a condemned cell
at the Atlantic Pole ; and though the proportion of criminals to the other
part of society may be much larger than it is at home, yet the accession to
the number of these criminals must always be limited, from the limited |)opa-
lation of the mother <;ouutry; perhaps also lessened by the improved systems
of education, diMCtpline, and police st home : while from the ii irr-

ritory of New South Wales, its congenial soil anri climate, tli . of

free emigrants may be luultiplitd beyond all present oalculatioii, hO as to
materially reduce the present unequal proportionf*. r'specially as the pres-
sure of population in the mother country may be if not to inrrciw,
certainly in no dcirrriMn diminish. Now Dr. ■ -.ill call this, not
knowledge, but n yet, as the form of society in New Moilnnd is
rapidly absuming t . id character, us the free cmigrurits arc every

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eeount of New ScMth fFales.

extending their possessions over more remote districts, as towns are

3ing amid hitherto unpeopled wastes, as trade and coininerce are spreading

leir sails over all the neighbouring seas, and stemming the current of

rii'ers whose hitherto unyokctl and uul)urthoned waters are hereafter

to darken under the prows of vessels meeting from everj' quarter of

the globe, ns also a mixed population is growing up 3 and as we cati

Imagine no cause that can in probability arise to check or divert the

[tide of this emigration to other channels (for we know no other country

>ire could call our own with such extensive boundanes so entirely unocca-

l|)ied, and under so fine achtaate), we have a right to assume that Euiigra-

ftion will in time cover these Southern shores with her swarms of hardy

«nd industrious adventurer;:, in the same manner as she has peopled the

.Hvilderncsses of the Transatlantic regions. The argument, therefore,

pwhich at the foundation of the colony, and many years after, might hold

Sood, drawn from its "shameful and unblessed" character, is now much
iminished in force, and may be altogether removed : and on this grou
we miglit pause w hcther lo agree in Dr. VVhatfly's proposition of an cnti
alteration of system, and of the abolition of the penol colouy. ^Ve ail-
fully the justness and accuracy of Dr, ^V■hately■8 representation of what
this colony has been, and how signally it has failed ; but we hesitate as to
hi$ design of abolishing it, in the belief that it possesses materials which may
«o improve its future character as to justify its continunuce. It will then
tio longer resemble a collection of prisoners in a condemned cell, separate
l^rom their fellow* creatures, but rather the same j)ersons under a mitigati
]1rw of restraint, under certain rules or liberties of the prison (such
debtors enjoy), by which they are allowed to mix with the rest of socie
F-yet are under the restraint of a peculiar and powerful law, which preveni
their liberty endangering the security of others. Thus, supposing that
this colony is placed under a more vigilant and experienced government,
vndcr wiser laws and improved regulations, and a more moral discipline,
would it not offer as good a prospect of the ultimate reformation of the
criminal as any other place of punishment or constraint that conld be de-
vised ? The first good it would effect would be the separation of the
offender from all bis former haunts of misery and scenes of guilt ; and this
it would possess in common with all other modes of penal discipline, us
prisons, and houses of correction and penitentiaries. The second would be
one in which it would eminently excel, viz. in o|)ening new and untried
incentives to the mind, in enabling new and unexpected hopes to germinate
in the heart, in extinguishing or weakening whatever of selfish, base,
cmcl, had grown up in the struggle of wild temptations, and un
the severe pressure of necessity, by aflV>rding opportunities of a livelih-
more easily obtained, and which might be preserved without a conflict wil
' that stern necessity w hich in the mother country w as for ever forcing
[i>ad pa<!sions of the uncontrolled mind into perpetual activity, and shieldi
|4hem under the plea, that the wants of life conld not be procnred by bet
I means. To awaken the activity of the mijid under new impressions, n
I objects, views and ini])iUsC8, is, we conceive, the surest mctluxl of eradicati
urbnt is mischievous and wrong, in the same manner as filling the groui
with a new crop tvill of itself (Umiiiish the weeds ; and where can such a
atimulus bo more efficaciously applied to the moral faculties so long torpid
as among tiie vast and boundless resources of the country that has fallen
under our present inquiry r Further, we are far from wishing to deny the

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triitli, or dimiiiisli tlic force of Bacon's description of titis " shnineful aixi
unblessed " society, and liavc already luentioncd with praise the comiucu-
tary on that saying which some later writer, whose words we quoted, has
'riven j yet we must not exaggerate the force nor darken the colour of a
picture, itself of a hue too melancholy to contemplate without feelings of
Borrow and awe. W'g arc not to suppose that this vast body of criminals
^consists of a solid unbroken mass of ruHinns, whose hands are staiucd
nth blood, and whose hearts are scared for every deed of violence
ad outj-age, A great proportion of the offenders are tiJteu from the
9om of society, and driven from their mother land, for crimes, compared
those just mentioned, of another and a lighter hue : poor, desti-
lute, naked, liungry, forlorn wretches ; — boys who have been tauglil
to steal, before reason had awakened in their minds, before llieir hearts
could separate good from evil ; — girls, m:iny ni them beautiful,* delicate,
and some even accomplished, m hum a few kind words, a little soothiitg
nttention, an assurance of a friendly protection and a refuge from desti-
tution would have recalled and restored to duty — poor, feeble rushes,
I bent, torn, and scattered by the wind; — children almost, who have
Itrayed away from tlicir parents' home, blind, bewildered, and hojteless
of return, yet whose hearts arc yearning to forsake the iniHcry of iheir
thoughtless path, — who loathe in their minds the daily pollution they arc
suffering, and the sensual and callous brutality of their companions ;
and who would gladly, if they dared, with trembling footstep and timid
and imploring look, approach once more the threshold of the paternal
roof, and hide their guilt, their shame, and their wants in the maternal
bosom from which they first drew the draught of life. As various ns are
the degrees and shades of crime, so various are the characters of the
persons who form the community of the transports. Now, in one point
l>f view, we may say, that as a compact, unmixed, and undivided body,
Ihcy are "shameful and unblessed ;" b\it have we no look of scrutiny to
^parc for the parent society from which they were torn off? Is she all
faultless and without spot, now that she has, like a volcano, thrown out
all baser materials from her overgorged and polluted bosom ? Is there only
that distinction between crime detected and crime concealed, punished
»r overlooked ? and npon what proportion of evil to good, upon what prc-
jnderating scale of crime, is the stigma of shame and UHblessetlness to be
^affixed } where is the line to be drawn between guilt permitted and
indulged, and guilt disallotvcd, detected, and punished ? Many have henrcl
fitliin them the same rebuking voice which he acknowledged, who, when
be saw a criminal hanged, confessed that had justice Ix'Cn i)erfcct, he too
lad equal reason to have suffered. But the purity or distemper of the
social atmosphere does not consist of actions alone, whicli aic but the
active symbols and figures of the mind, but of opinions, habit« of think-
ing, conversation, sentiments, and passions, not cogui2ablc by law •
^bocicty may be " t^hameful and unblessed " whom no danger can thneutci
^ftud no pmiishmcnt can correct. Many of those who form tttc pcn,^
^Kolony of New South Wales, not to speak of innocent persons r
Pfty false witnesses and erroneous judgments of law, whose nuiin .t

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incoiisiderable, liave been tranRported for petty oflences, for atenling a few
8liillin|rsi' worth of ^oods, ])erhaps too iiugunrdedly and incautiously ei^^d
posed — their first, their only onciice, — the bitter fruitof temptation, whic^H
tlicy had no settled principles of virtue instilled by a careful education to

I enable them to withstand. And are there no unprincipled Bcoundrela at i
home who live by feeding on the life-blood of the orphan and the widoM^H

'nnd bU the unprotected children of (rod? no spcculatar in the ]>ubU|^|
funds, wliose heart 1$$ callous as the tlint to the losses and ruin of all around
him ; whose success is derived from the misfortunes of another, and wlio
sees nnmoved — siccis oculis — the floating wrecks of wretches struggling
for life, and crying for assistance as they drift down the stream, with

vluiggiird eyes flashing desperation, whom he has shattered in his more
prosperous and. perhaps, more guilty career ? It is thus, then, that the
strong line of distinction between the two societies, which has been
drawn, seems somewhat to fade away: a penal colony may have much
virtue, though tarnished nnd obscured, mixed with its crimes : and its
happier parent-country may difler very little from it in the amount of its
absottitc mond degrcdation ; but one is visible, detected, and denounced ;
the other is pardoned and allowed ; one is within the pale of law,
other is without ; and thus the Poet speaks of his country:

That she \* rigid in denouncing death

On petty Hinner»> and indtdj^cs life

And liberty, and ofttimcs hononr too,

To peculators of the public gold.

That thieves at home must hnng ; but he who pnU

Into hig overgorg;*d and bloated purse

The wealth of Indiaa province!), eiseapea.

Giving the argument its full scope, and allowing, as we do, that
detection and punishment of guilt degrade and injure the mind as well as
the guilt itself, destroying all remains of that self-respect which in some
pro}H)rtion or other ran alone preserve it from entire ruin; yet, with that
confession, wc still think that the comparison which the forcible expressioj^H
of Bacon affords, in favour of the ]>arent community, is too strong ; cv|^|
taking it, as he designed it, as speaking of a separate community of persoil^^
convicted of crime : but when we know, that, in fact, no such coiiununity,
de|>cndent upon ns, exists ; that the bond and free, the rich and poor, the
gnilty and the innocent, the honourable and the degraded, arc all to be
found, though in diflTorent proportions, in the cities and wilds of New
Holland as in England ; that a field is open, not only for the enter-
prize of the industriiMis settlor, but for the reformation of the repentant
criminal, and gradually for their blending together under new forms of i
society, and in a land which ctpially requires the capital and industry ^H
both, and which can call out and sustain their united energies, — wc ma|^l
perhaps, hesitate before we admit the full force of the expression before
cited, and, if so, the further conclusions which later writers have drawn
from it. VVe are not now formally discoursing on the general argument,
nor considering it in its different sections, but have been led on, though
undesignedly, inUi the preceding remarks ; they may, however, be con-
sidered as not an unfit introduction to a sliglit review of the historic
part of Dr. l^ng'K work, which we shall give in a compendious manne
and which will afford our readers hoiuc knowledge of this unfortunate an
neglected colony from its commencement, 'i'he anthor observes, that the
object of his work haa been threefold : Ist, To afford an iden of the hitttor^j

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552 Lang's Account of New South WaUt. [Oct.

and tendency of the transportation system ; 2nd, To exhibit a faithfu]
representation of the present state of the colony: 3rd, To promote tJje
emigration of respectable families and individuals, and thus adrance the
best interests of tlic colony. The arrangement of the work is chronologi-
cal and clear. 1st, The progressive discovery of the coasts ; 2nd, Estab-
lishment of a colony at Port Jackson, under Capt. A. Philip ; 3rdly, State
of the colony under Governors Hunter and King ; 4thly> under (lovernor
Bllgh, with an account of the rebellion in 1808; Gtlily. under General
Macquarric ; Cthly, under Sir T. Brisbane ; 7th, under General Sir
R. Darling ; 8th, under Sir R. Bonrke ; ending with an account of the
population, revenues, trade, and agriculture of the colony. It would be
impossible for us, without a larger space than wc could possibly afford, to
attempt an analysis of the vast body of information contained in these
Toluraea — information collected with great diligence and under long ex-
perience, and with the advantage of much and intimate personal acquaint-
ance with the country ; but wc will give in a few words what Dr. Lang
considers to be the character of each governor's administration, breviter et
nanmaiim describens, Ist, Captain Philip left the colony 1 1th Dec. 1792,
having administered its affairs with much credit tohiraticlfand with general
satisfaction to the colony for nearly five years. During the remainder of
his life he lived at Bath, on a pension of 400/. a-year. His government
was a period of great difficulty indeed, as may be supposed in an infant
settlement formed of such materials, and situated at so remote a distance
from the parent country ; and had it not been for what Dr. Lang calls the
energy and decision of character, tempered with the utmost humanity,
which Governor Philip uniformly evinced under tho most trjnng circum-
stances, it is possible that the colony might have perished or been abandoned.
A wealthy and respectable inhabitant of Sydney, who arrived in the
colony during the administration of Governor Philip, as a free person,
mentioned that his ration for a long period was o«(i/ a cob, or single head
of Indian com a-daif ; and that for three years he had lived in the colony in
the constant belief that he should perish by hunger. The government of
snch a colony, under such circumstances, whs indeed in a most awful situa-
tion, demanding the rarest qualities of mind to struggle against it. Various
interesting traits of Governor Philip's character are still nicntioned by the
older inhabitants of the colony. One of these is sufficiently characteristic.
On seeing any person with a dog in the course of his walk through the
settlement, indignant at the maintenance of one useless mouth in the
colony, and yet desirous that the owner of the dog should have a more
valuable domestic animal, he would say, " Kill your dog, sir, and I will order
yon !i pig from the store." Of the constituted system of transportation at
that time, we may derive a knowledge from the fart, that in 1790, on board

I of a convict ship carrying 169.T males, and 08 females, no less than 191
males and four females died on the passage, and tlie snn'Ivors were in such a
§tate of debility, that, after they landed, 116 more died in the hospital. At
the present time, the average of deaths on board « transport is not above
two or three, tuid sumetiuies not a single death occors during the whole
Toynge.
\\" • ■■ '■• :,'u5shes the ncit government, of Messrs. Huuter and King, wtis
the ■ ont of a New ik>uth W.ilcs Corps (now the !lJ2nd^. Thl«

l)r. Lang considers to I * ' ''i.-it

the British Government ' ir

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Lang's Account of Neva South Wales.

353

corps proceeding to wrest with violence the reins of Government out of the
hands of his Majesty's representative, and actually forced him out of tlie
colony. These military usurpers then became free traders in rum, vendors
of illicit goods — caupones et mercatores — brokers, and anything but
soldiers ; and hereupon Dr. Lang makes an obser\'ation> the truth of which
is confirmed by a too fatal experience.

"The business of buying and selling,
especially when attended with unreason-
able profits, is 80 apt to foster the selfish
feelings, and hold out so many tempta-
tions to the interference of a grovelling
despotism, that I have often thought it
would be good policy in a government's
administering the affairs of one of these
monqr-making communities, called colo-
nies, to encourage what arc called the
liberal prqfettions, if it were only because
they have a powerful tendency to bringinto
play all the higher and nobler feelings of
cor nature. Certain it is that the man
who devotes all his energies to the mere

concern of buying and selling, will at
length come to estimate everything, not
according to what it is really worth, but
only according to what it will bring. In
this manner the very expansion of mind
which success in mercantile speculations
generally induces, has a tendency to pro-
duce a corresponding degree of moral
degradation ; for the man who begins the
world by buying and selling oranges, which
is a lawful employment, and therefore be
honestlv engaged in, will perhaps end the
matter by buying and selling the liberties
of his country, which it is as infamous to
buy as it is traitorous to sell."

Demoralization and profligacy of other kinds accompanied the former,
and these officers of the New South Wales corps were occupied only in
the absolute degradation or ruin of the colony they were raised to defend.
Governor Hunter now succeeded, and of him Dr. Lang says,

" He appears to have been a man of a
sound judgment, unexceptionable princi-

Eles, and warm benevolence ; and had
e not been counteracted by the influence

and the practices described, the colony
would have prospered greatly under his
administration, and profligacy would have
hidden her head and been ashamed."

Governor Hunter left the colony, probably heartily wearied of it, in 1800.
Agriculture greatly increased under his administration, and the colony
improved : but to shew in what want they were of cattle and provisions,
we will give tlie prices which what are called farming-stock fetched. A
cow 80/. a horse 90/. sheep 71. lOs. a sow 5/. geese and turkies 1/. 1«.
mutton two shillings a pound, butter three shillings a pound, tea sixteen
shillings a pound. The colony then consisted of ab)ut G or 7000 persons.

Governor King was the third who succeeded to this important and arduous
trust. He had been a Post Captain in the Navy, and distinguished himself
in effecting the settlement of the colony of New South Wales. Tho
character given of him is as follows :

" He was desirous of promoting the
welfare of the colony, but he was perhaps
seldom judicious enough in selecting and
employing the proper means for attain-
ing that end. Irritable and irascible
when thwarted in his measures, he seldom
evinced the requisite degree of perseve-
rance when unsuccessful, and therefore
very soon left things to take their na-
tural course, which, in the colony of Now
South Wales, was a miserably bad one.
He had evidently formed but a low idea
of the capabilities of the colony, and as
he found perhaps at his first trial that
he eonid not nuke/armerg qfpiefyockeii,
to nte his own expression, he tiiought it
umecessary to expend further labov on

GxifT. Mao. You X,

the fruitless experiment. During thia
administration, the population consisted
almost entirely of ihote who told rum,
and thoie who drank it : and the general
maxim was — Make money — honestly, if
you can — but, by all means, make money.
The officers of the corps pursued their
old avocations of getting licenses to
import spirits, and to sell them at a
large profit; and so completely did they
lose sight of sll subordination, that the
Governor once expressed a fear, — that
thty would put him under arrett I When
he sent dispatches to Government against
one of them, they actually picked the
iox, and tent it fuU of old ne«et(«i(«r«
to JDewning-ttreet. T\)iai^^ «& ^i&ki >n

354

Lang's Account of Ne\e ,^outh Waka.

[Oct.

I

«up]iose<1, BOdn got rapidly wor»e. The
chiuf cnustnbic sold rum ; thn hcnii
gaoler retailed ruin to the [irisoners.
l\'cithcr marrying nor giving in marriage
wns thought of. The police wb» wretch-
edly udminiktcrcil; indiutry was not |irO'

tected ; and, to romplcle nil, band* of
bush-rangers ond run-awoy convicts tra-
versed the country in all directions, uul
entering the house* of the defeiicelcs*
settler!) in open day, committed fearful
atrocities."

The last circumstnncc to be mentioned, as taking place under the pre-
sent governor, was the nbandonmcnt of the settlement of Norfolk f.sl.tnd,
which Dr. Lang shows to have been most irijudiciotis. On the whole, the
adiuiiitstration of (Jovertior King was unfortunate, but at the aiunc tiiue
his situation was |i€culiar and tlie dillicnltics great.

Captain Biigli succeeded as fourth governor; the same person whoso
voyage to the South Sea islands for the purpose of conveying the bread-
fruit tree to the NVcst Indies (where they had already a much better foo<i
in the phiintiiin) is well known for its unfortunate tcruiiuation. The abi-
lities, couragf, and perseverance whicli he displayed on this occasion, with
nlhcr services, reconinieudod him, and he received the ap]H)intnicnt «e
have nieiitioiied. Dr. Lang says, that the character of (Jovenior liligh
has by dilfcreut parties at different liiues been pursued with unqualified
\iiiijMTatiiiti, or loaded with umpialilicd prai.se; but tliat, as usual, the
trutli lies between. lie had great faidts, with uumy redceuiing <{ualitie8 ;
he endeavoured to destroy the nnlitary mnuopoly of spirits, anil lie rceom-
nietided the recall of the deeply olTendiiig coips. The new governor found
ardent s[Hrits used hi Ixirtir us a svrl of colonial ctirrenn/, or universal me-
dium of fxchnngcy and even the clergy were fotuid to be among the tra-
ders ! (Jrtvcrnor Bligh seems to have been an useful friend to the agricul-
tural settlers; nlloiting them to purelinse cheaply wliat they wanted for
their farms from the (Joviinment stores. "These were the days," said
«tie to Dr. Lang, " for the [>oor settler j" but the rich settler thought other-
wise.

Dengal ruui, Brazil tobacco, SifUii sugar, and Hyson ten, couhl not be
bold at the usual reiuinieratiug prices. The craft was in danger, and an
cxphiaion tu(»k place ; a Mr. Macarthur and his copper stills «;»« the
]nvut on which Ihe rebellion first moved, it gathered strength through
some mistakes of the l.iw-ofliiirB, and the incompelem y of the judge,
advocalr', and it endeil in the governor being seized and iinpristmed, and
the government being usurped. .After thus Inking kept a close prisoner
some lime, he was allowed to embHik for lvigl.in<l. tlolond Macijuarric
sneecrde<l him as governor. Mhjim' Johnston was «»rdere<l home for trial,
and the grog-selling, government defjiiig eorjiH. was relieved by the 73d
regiment. The u-ra of Governor Maequarric ^the fifth govenior) i» re-
ferred to as the commencement of the ptospcrity of the colony, of which
he was styled the f;ithcr. Dr. Lang doubts the justice of this praise.
He had great advantnges over forujcr governors. The old promoler.s of
luuMoraliiy and disolH-'dience were de(Kirted with tlie New Soutli Wales
corp-i. He had unlimilMl command of l.ibonr and money, with ihr extie-
ricncc of twenty years to guide him in expending the one, and employmg
Ihe other for the benefit of the colony j beMides, that the grand exj«cri«
n»ent for which the colony had been originally istHldished, had now been
under trial for many yearsi. In short, I In- present governor occupied A
situation more influential, — mine c onini.Tuding, ami more important in tho
colony, than any of hi^ Mieee.-isoih. Thnl the colony rapidly advanced in
|ims|M!tily is oekaowledged, m well ar; that it advMuctfU in' no Biuull de-

J 838.] Jiang's Account of New South Wales. 355

grec tlirough bis personal activity and vigorous administration. He
opened lines of communication with the diflbrent scttlcmeuts ; but his
greatest achievement in road-making was the road across the Blue Moun-
tains to Bathnrst, a settlement about 130 miles west of Sydney. The
number of public buildings erected by liim in all the principal settlements
would exceed belief. The list occupies ten closely printed pages of Par-
liamentary lleport, and includes not less than '250 particulars. "In
short," says Dr. Lang, " if brick and mortar would insure immortality.
Governor Macquarrie erected public buildings enow to render his colo>
nial fame imperishable." His Excellency certainly possessed the organ
of coustructiveuess. He also formed an agricultural |>opulution from the
emancipated convicts, but it appears not with the judgment and caution
of Governor Philip ; for he did not attend to character, and gave indis-
criminately to all. We find the genius of ardent spirits still holding up
his head unconquered and unconquerable even under the new administra-
tion. The labourers of the various buildings were paid in I'utn, and the
grants of lauds were immediately sold for rum. Thirty acres of forest
land fetched fifteen good gallons of that desirable fluid. Thus rus desinit
iu rum. Governor Macquarric's grand mistake seemed to have been, in not
encouraging the free settlers, iu looking on the colony as originally designed
only for convicts, and that free people had no right to come to it. Ho
appointed emancipated convicts to the offices of magistracy. His opinion
of the free settlers may be known by a reply which he made to some one
of that class. " That there were only two classes of individuals in New
South Wales : — those who had been convicted, and those who ought to
have been so." On the whole. Dr. I^ng much disapproves the system
of his administration. He encouraged and patronised the wealthy, suc-
cessful, avaricious, and profligate emancipists ; he paid no regard to cha-
racter or worth. He was the patron of publicans and sinners. He was
too indulgent to convicts arriving from England, in granting tickets of
leave, emancipations, &c. till at length it came to this, — that, though the
governor was himself above suspicion both in regard to the pnrity of his
motives and the integrity of his conduct, a general belief was induced in
the colony that the rewards of good conduct had become the subjects of
sale and barter through the corruption of his agents. 'I'his line of con-
duct was offensive to the military and civil officers employed in the colony,
and the usual scenes of warfare, criminative and recriminative, ensued.
Such was the nature of the governor's mistakes ; but Dr. Lang docs him
the justice to say, that in externals the colony wore a different asjieet
under his vigorous and energetic management from what it previously had
possessed. Towns were planned, grants of land made, new districts dis-
covered, agricultural settlements formed, many of the rivers traced to
their sources, while the weakness brought against him wsts that which he
held in common with Trajan, — called the parietarius or wall-flower, —
the desire of immortalising himself by affixing his name to any building,
place, person, thing, locality or possession he could. — Nullum sine nomine
stuum. One of his colonists at one time had two of his farms and one
of his sons called — Macquarrie. Dr. Towuson (who published his travels
in Hungary) was once showing his garden and orchard to some friends,
when an insect was observed on one of the trees. The doctor was asked
its name. He replied with the utmost gravity — " It is a species of bug
that abounds in the live timber of this colony. It has not yet got a name,
but 1 propose that it should be called the Cimex Jtfac^«arT\wv\w— Ni«R

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MacqnnrrJne bng." — After s long nnd Inborious administration of twelve
years, Governor Macquarric was succeeded in Dcceinlwr 1821 by Msyor-
Gcneral Sir Tlioinaa Brisbane, the sixth governor^ who came out with a
higli i-cputation for his courage, military skill, and scientific acqairemerits.
Dr. Lang anticipated ranch from this appoititincnt, but hi» hopes wore not
realised. He owns that the governor was a man of the Iwst intentions,
kindest feelings, and the most liberal promises ; but his good intentions
were seldom realised, and his promises were forgotten. He was wanting
in firmness and decision, and was not inclined to bosincssj consequently
too much was left to the inferiors, and a systcui of e«pionnge and petty
jealousy grew up among the suitors of fortune. Ilia government, how-
ever, will !>e always honourable, as the ara of free emigration. Granta
of land were held out to those who possessed a capital of 500/. and c«»n-
aequently that poor and almost destitute class of emigrants who pc<iplecl
our settlements in North America were little known here. They crni*
sisttd chiefly of sons of farmers and land-holders, and merchants nnuoc-
ccssfiil in business. Had this system Ix'cn earlier pursued and more vi-
gorously, Dr. Lang 8.iys that the rise and influence of tlie emancipist bixly,
as a separate class in the eommonity, would never have existed. Two
considerable mistakes, made by the govcriuuent, a|)pcar to have embar-
rassed and much injured the lising community. The currency waa
changed from sterling to colonial, and thus the pound sterling was raisefl
twenty-five j)er rent, above tfie soimd currency. Also the system of
tenders was adopted for the supply of the king's store--^. No grain, moro
than was necessary for one quaiter, was admitted. AVhen a l>ad hanx'st
caiQC, the consequences were most fatal to individuals and to the
community. The eflcct of these measures was, that the gon'rnraeut
became exceedingly unpopular. Sir Thomas Brisbane was recalled,
and he left the colony in displeasure, previous to the arrival of iiis
successor in December 1825, nt the close of the fourth year of lii.i
government ; as his last act, he dined pubUcli/ with the rvtaneipisld. nnd he
refused to dine with the free eniirfvant inhabilnrdf ! 'i'hat a considerable
progress was made in the way of discovery in the interior is all iihich
Dr. Lang allows of ]>rHise to an administration to which he had looked
forward, aa one fraught with blessings to the countrj'.

The seventh governor of New South Wales was Sir Ualph l^arling.
Our author says, that his was not a mind of the first order, but Ida
talents were superior ; he had a correct judgment, a strong sense of
justice, and a nice discernment of propriety. lie was sincerely desirous
of discharging the duties of his station with credit to himself and benefit
to the colony, but lie soon became extremely unpopular. The press
atticked him, and he resorted to hostile and vimlictivc measures, and
put himself into the hands of an cxchisivc party. Personnlly he is allowed
to have done his duty well. He devoted ail his time and talents to the
discharge of the duties of his oll'iec. If there wiis a single individual in
the colony who allowed himself no unnecessary rest nor recreation, it
was the govenior. Everj' ease even of minor importance received his
person:d consideration, — every letter was submitted to his pcrsomd
pcnisal ; if mistakes orcurre d, they eoidd not Ik* imputed to neglect.
He qIno introdureil rtx'uhuitt :md precision into the niuvcuients of the
gvtvernroent; yvt, pi i ' i loo niiuh attention to form and syslem.

'I'heit: are fonr remarl. . , lis in thim go\Tniiuent, each of which might
coD$titut« all u;m >u Uic hioivry of the colony. ]. The %'ra of Bgrieultvral

1838.] Lang's Account of New South Wales. 357

excitement ; 2. that of agricultural depression ; 3. the sera of drought ;
4. the aera of libels; The first, or agricultural excitement, grew up in
1825 with our joint-stock companies in England, and a company for rear-
ing fine-wool sheep was instituted, with a capital of a million, to which
the Government made a grant of a million acres of land. At the same
time large gifts of land were obtained by some members of Parliament and
private gentlemen in England, whose agents, stewards, and retainers came
flocking out to obtain possession. As in England, at the same time> the
money-fever broke out, a sheep and cattle mania seized all. The soldier
became a keeper of sheep, and the clergyman's talk was of oxen. People
went to parties with specimens of Saxon and Merino wool in their pockets.
The usual advice after dinner was — to get a good stock, for there was
nothing like it. Even merchants left their town and their business to go
to the mountains personally to superintend their cattle. But now came a
fearful drought of three years' continuance ; and though the cattle had
increased, there was neither grass nor water for them. Prices fell ; estates
vi'ere seized ; property mortgaged ; and the proprietors found their golden
dreams vanished, and replaced by the iron bars of the prison. Such a
drought as this had not occurred, it was believed, for fifty years. . Large
lakes were quite dry, and tobacco and maize were planted in their empty
beds. " The heavens became as brass and the earth as iron," and thus
Nature frowned on the cupidity of man, and dashed his guilty visions to
the ground. We said that the fourth aera of the government of General
Darling was that of libels. It arose in consequence of two soldiers, who
committed a crime with the hope of being dismissed the service. Wc
have no room to enter into the subject ; it was taken up by the rival news-
papers of Sydney, and the paper war continued for the four last years of
General Darling's administration. In the one paper he was praised usque
ad nauseam, in the other he was attacked with absolute and incessant scur-
rility. The most vile and opprobrious language was used against him, and
unremitting efl'orts to bring him and his government into utter contempt.
The governor willingly left his friends and his foes, the grumblers and the
gazettes, behind him ; and, after a residence of six years, embarked for
England in October, 1831, when he received from the King the honour of
knighthood. The progress of geographical discovery was successfully
carried on during his administration, by Captain Stewart of the 39th re^-
mcnt, and the course of the Morumbidge and Murray rivers was traced by
him. Dr. Lang pays a warm tribute of praise to this officer's skill and
talent, judiciousness, and humanity. We are now arrived at the admini-
stration of Major-Gencral Sir Richard Bourke, who arrived in Dec. 1831.

" Sir R. Bourke," says our authority, posed to the technicalities of practical
" was originally educated for the law, bat detail. His despatch to the Secretary of
afterwards embraced the profession of State for the Colonies on the state of re-
arms. Of a capacious mind and superior ligion and education in New South Wales*
intellectual acquirements, he is evidently is a masterly performance ; and the policy
capable of the most comprehensire views to which it has already led will, in these
in matters of state policy and ciTil govern- important particulars at least, eventually
meat, though perhaps somewhat indis- revolutionize the colony."

He commenced his administration under the happiest auspices, and was
received with enthusiasm. He exhibited at his outset much of the vigour
and firmness of General Macquarrie. He broke off all connexion with the
liberal press ; he watched the rising fortunes of the colony, and assisted
its expansiou and prosperity ; but the acts for which Dr. Lang sa^s hft

358 Lang's Account of New South Wales. [Oct.

must alfcays be rcmciubcrcd, arc more particularly tbose tbat relate to the
coercion and distributiou of tbc convict population, — the constitution and
conii>osition of the courts of justice, — tbc eucouragcmcnt of immigration in
accordance witb tbc principle of tbe rccently-establisbcd land regulations,
— tlie constitution of the civil government of tbc country, — tbe promotion
of general education and cfGcicnt religious instruction throughout the ter-
ritory. Dr. Lang's observations on the judicial and legislative reform of
tbe government in New Sontb Wales, which occur in this part of tbc nar-
rative, arc worthy of deep attention ; the institution of the trial by jury
and of a legislative council arc urged by him with arguments drawn from
general principles, and applied to the particular circumstances of tbc
country. Tiu; general ))opulation of New iSouth ^^'aIes, in 1S36, amounted
to about 76,000. Of these, two-fiftbs are convicts. The remaining three
fifths consist of free eniignints, natives of the colony, and persons who
have become free cither by servitude or pardon. In 1833 tbc pro|K>rtion
of free males and fcm:des was 22,790 males, 13.4.53 females ^ while those
of convicts was 21,815 males and 2,()98 females! On this subject Dr.
Ijitng makes a most grave and important observation : —

" An a connUlt'rablc ])roportion of the South Wales to push their fortunes. A

free miilc))()iiuta( ion of the eulony consists few of these females may doubtless be

of omiinci)>Btcd convicts, it is utmost ex- contentedly settled in this way ; but the

clusivcly to the convict and the emanci- great majority go out in reality (at least

pitted convict classes that tlie dispro}H)r- such is the result of their emigration) to

tion of the sexes is confined. It is cvi- be the wives or paramours of ticket-of-

dently, therefore, not to l)ecome the wives leave men and emancipated convicts. No

of the free emigrants and native-born jjcrson certainly has a right to prevent

male inhabitants of the colony, that young women from emigrating from the

whole cargoes of free emigrant females mother country fur such a purpose, but

huve been trepanned in Euglnnd during let them do so, at all events, with their

the last few years, and sent out to New eyes open."

Rather more than a fourth of the whole population of the colony consists
of Roman ("atliolies. The town of Sydncv contains a population of from
10,000 to 20,000 souls: from 10.000/. to 50,000/. per acre has been
given for building ground. The rent of a good house may be estimated at
100/. n-ycar. Five daily ncwspupcrs are published, und Mr. Tegg, of
('hni|>!iid(', has been successful in his Monthly Magazine couiuicncod in
|H3(>. The second town in the colony is Paramatta, which contains about
5000 souls. But Dr. Lnng considers that Maitland will before long be
the second in tbc colony, as it is situated at the head of the navigation of
Hunter river, and will be tbe centre of tbc agricultural and grazing dis-
tricts. Tbe im|M)rts consist of goods of British manufacture, rum, spirits,
tobacco from America, wine from tbe Cape, sugar from tbe ^lauritius, tea
from China, rice from India, and wheat and potatoes from Van Dioman's
Jjand. The exports are wool, whale oil. New Zealand flax, skins, hides,
bonis, and timber, to London ; butter, cheese, beef and {rork, mai/,e,
oranges, cedar* wood, coals, cattle, and horses to Van Dieman's Land ;
and provisions of all kinds to the lisberics. To shew tbe prosperity of the
colony, it api)ears tbat the cx|K)rts of 1835 were seven times greater than
those of 1 S08, and during this comparatively brief period it has nearly
quadrupled itself. Tbe grand staple article of Australia is line wool, and
it apiMsars from tbc returns, tbc quantity cx|H>rted was
In 1819 - - - - 7l,2991ba.

1832 .... 1.515,150

1835 .... 3w76J91

18380 Laxigi Account of New South Wales, 359

The Saxon breed of sheep is that which is preferred, which was originally
of Merino extraction. The next most important branch of trade is the
sperm and black whale fishery ; in which no less than forty-one square-
ngged vessels are employed out of the port of Sydney. The sperm whale
is the most important of the two, and the whale-ground extends all over the
Western Pacific, from the head of Port Jackson to the sea of Japan. The
common whale produces about forty barrels of oil ; but a bull-whale about
ninety barrels, or eleven tons. The sperm whale is gregarious. Dr. Lang
once saw as many as 500 in one drove at the mouth of the Indian Ocean.
They seemed like a large herd of cattle, and were moving leisurely along
towards the western coast of New Holland. It is only of late years that
experiments have been made to form vineyards for making wine. Cuttings
of the Madeira grape and of the best French and German vines have been
sent out, and one gentleman took out more than a hundred varieties. It is
too early to prognosticate as to what may be the result, but it is at present
believed, that the produce will resemble the light wines of France and
Germany. At any rate, it is hoped that the redoubtable enemy — rum-
will give way to a more wholesome and less brutalizing liquor. Tobacco,
in some districts, grows with great luxuriance ; and the olive appears to
succeed remarkably well. The hop thrives, and its quality is reckoned
superior to that of England. The castor oil grows luxuriantly, and indigo
and opium will probably be cultivated. AH the European and tropical
fruits come to perfection in New South Wales ; trees of the choicest sorts
have been procured. The banks of the Paramatta abound in orchards of
oranges and apples ; and it is curious that in this country the most inte^
resting shrubs, trees, and plants are uniformly found in the poorest soils.
Peaches are so abundant as to form part of the food of the colonial pig ;
and are sold in Sydney market at 1 5d. per bushel. No trees bearing fruit
are found among the native forests of Australia. Cotton, the produce of
the countr}', has been manufactured into yarn, and pronounced to be of
superior quality. Sugar also has been manufactured, and even coffee grows
luxuriantly at Norfolk island. The Japan medlar has long been natu-
ralized, and ripened its fruit (loijuat), and the tea plant grows with health
and vigour. Thus it is evident that the held of exertion for the agricul-
turist of New South Wales is sufliciently extensive. With every variety
of climate, with eveiy variety of soil, what is wanting but a population
numerous, active, moral, and industrious, to enable it to produce all that is
necessary for the subsistence of man ? If there is a country in the world
that could be iudepcndcnt of all others, that could furnish the various
wants of all its inhabitants with all that Asia and Euroiu; conjointly now
afford, it is undoubtedly this — " the land of the savage, the convict, and
the slave." But its energies are as yet in the cradle. Its vast resources
are not developed. Its millions and tens of millions of acres are as yet
not only untilled by the arm, but untrodden by the feet, and unseen by the
eye of man. Years and years must elapse before a colony can be reared
into a nation. Yet the vast capital of England, now so cramped and com-
pressed in the mother country, as almost to resemble huge piles of ingots
reposing in the treasury of some Indian rajah, will be gradually, but surely
wafted thence. Already we hear that the voyjige will be shortened into
the space of fifty or sixty days. And then, as Dr. I^ng observes, " enter-
prize, of which there is at this moment no lack in the colony, will, in due
time, discover new channels for the profitable outlay of capital and for the
acquisition of wealth ; and honest persevering industry will m VVa \fiL«»v

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[Oct

time be enabled to * cat pleasant bread/ and to acquire that competent
|K)rtion of the good things of this life which is most conducive to the pro*
grcHS of society and the real welfare of man." We shall just add, lliat
the revenue of New South Wales in 1836 was about 300,000/., and ten
years before it was only 72,000/. The whole expense of the colonial
government is about 240,000/. a-year ; and the lands sold by the govern-
ment in 1830 were at the rate of 120,000/. a-ycar. And now let us close
our obncrvations and statements by the concluding passage of Dr. I^ang's
excellent, sensible, and instructive work.

" Let no cold-blooded ]K>litical econo-
mist presume to reason down the pro-
priety of emigration, so as to deter virtu-
oui and indnstrious fiimilies and indivi-
duala from adopting that expedient, or to
prevent the British Government from
aflbrding them such encouragement and
assistance as the Colonial Land Revenue
is intended to afford. Let no affected
patriotism throw any obstacles in the way
of a measure that would enable thousan«ls
of families and individuals to live in com-

fort and independence abroad, instead of
struggling with increasing poverty and
privations at home. I should as soon
doubt the fact of my own existence as
doubt that the happiness and prosperity
of the British nation were indissolubly
connected with the performance of a
course whirh Divine Providence has made
so clearly imperative, and on which the
true glory of the nation so evidently de<
pends."

We cannot finally close Dr. Lang's book without communicating to our
readers the interesting information he gives relating to the molnncholy and
obscure catastrophe which befel that unfortunate na\ngator La Ferouse in
1788:—

" Two large ships under French colours
were seen beating into the bay. They
proved to be the Boussole and the Astro-
labe discovery ships, under the command
of that navigator. They had lost the
junior captain, with several officers and
seamen, and botli the ships' long boats,
in a skirmish with the natives at the Navi-
gator's islands ; nnd had come to Botany
Bay to reAt for the prosecution of their
voyage. M. dc la I'erouse remained nearly
two months in New South Wales, and dur-
ing that period M. le Rcceveur, a French
ecclesiastic, of the order of the Friars
Minors, died of wonnds he had received
at the Navigator's islands, and was buried
at Botany Bay. A mutual interchange of
civilities was kept u)> between tlie English
and French officers, while the latter re-
mained on the coast, and the reader is
doubtless aware that this was the lost
time that either La Ferouse or any of his
unfortunate fellow -voyagers were nther
seen or heard of alive by civilized men.
After the lajtse of forty years, and the un-
successful issue of a voyage undertaken
expressly to ascertain the place and reason

of his fate, the melancholy truth was
at length ascertained a few years ago by
Capt. Dillon, of tlie East India Comi>any's
ship Research. Both vessels, Capt. Dil-
lon ascertained, had struck, one stormy
night, on a dangerous coral reef off the
Manciols or Mallirolo islands, to the north-
ward and eastwanl of Port Jackson ; and
had soon gone to pieces. Some of the
crew, it seems, had reached tlic land, and
one or two of the number hud chosen
rather to remain on the island, while the
rest had unsuccessfully attempted to reach
some civilised country. But the last of
the unfortunate survivors had died several
years before Capt. Dillon visited the island.
I went on board the Research while she
lay at anchor at Port Jackson, on her way
to Europe, to see the interesting reliques
discovered by Capt. Dillon ; and I could
not help thinking they possessed an addi-
tional interest from the circumstance of
their being thus brought back in the first
instance to the very country from which
the unfortunate navigator himself bad
sailed, with such high expectations, up*
wards of forty years before."

1838.] 361

NOTES ON BOSWELL'S LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
{Continued from Vol. IX. p. 354.)

Vol. VII. p. 80. " That he was driven from the stage by Churchill,"
i. e. T. Davies. The lines in the Roaciad which we presume sealed
Danes's fate, were

" With him came mighty Davies — on my life,
That Davies hath a very pretty wife ;
Statesman all over ; in plots famous grown —
He mouths a sentence, as cnrs mouth a bone."

P. 82. ** Entertained us with his observations on Horace's villa, which
he (Ramsay) had examined with great care." Sec a very interesting and
entertaining work called, "Ddcouvcrte dc la Maison de Campagne d'Ho-
racc, par I'Abbd C. de Chausey," 3 vols. 1 767.

P. 83. The Bishop said, " It appeared from Horace's writings that he
was a cheerful, contented man." Johnson : — " Wc have no reason to be-
lieve that," &c. On this subject, listen to one who had studied Horace
both as a scholar and a statesman. " Horace was a great man after all.
In his Sermons you will find the deep and intense grief he felt for the
state of the times ; though externally he contrived to smile at it, — yet it
is a bitter smile." See Nicbuhr's Reminiscences, p. 183, 8vo.

P. 90. " Modem Characters from Shakspeare, afterwards collected into
a pamphlet." The book alluded to, is " Modem Characters from Shak-
speare for J 778," 1 2rao. The last is that of " The Chevalier D'Eon."

" Question, my Lords, no further of the case,
How, or which way ; too sure they found some place
But weakly guarded where the breach was made, —

Pueelle hath bravely played her part."

Hen. VI. Part I. act ii. se. i. and act iii. sc. iii.

Subsequently a similar work was printed from Vortigem and Rowena,
collected from the pages of the Morning Herald, where the characters
first appeared, 1795, 3 vols.

P. 1 00. " Lord Shelburne told me that a roan of high rank who looks
into his own aflfurs may have all he ought to have, — all that can be of
any use, or appear with any advantage, — for Jive thousand pounds
a-year." Since this time the value of money has altered, and the wants
and habits of life have increased and changed: a nobleman of very
high authority in such matters in the present day, the Marquis of H — d,
we have heard, fixes the income of a man of the highest rank at 40,000/.
a-year.

P. 103. "Mr. Gibbon remarked that Mr. Fox could not be afraid of
Dr. Johnson, yet he certainly was very shy of saying anything in Dr.
Johnson's presence." Mr. Fox was rather a silent companion at table,
as all accounts written and oral agree ; see on this subject. Trotter's Me-
moirs, and the Life of ^Vilberforce, &c. We have heard Sir James Mack-
intosh say, " It was difficult to rouse him to converse on public and poli-
tical subjects."

P. 116. " I really believed I should go and sec the wall of China."
" Sir, by doing so, you would do what would be of importance in raising
your children to eminence," &c. Neither Boswell nor Johnson seemed
to entertain any suspicion, that to see the wall of China would retpixt «

OxifT. Mao. Vol. X. ^ A.

NoUi to BctwclT* lAft bf Johnum.

[Oct

' ipAifA dhild mn(r be granted. An intrrcstiDg nccooAt of it may
in Bell's Trawls from Pctcrsbnrgh, 2 vol*.
P. 122. " You, Sir, have a friend who dcscne* to be hanged !'* (0,

Strcvens). Some very curious anecdotes of ^" ' f-uud ia

NicboU'a Literary Illustrations, v. 427 ; in Miss ! . vol. J.

|i. 1 8, 2.'»v*» to 275 ; Boaden's Life of Keinblc, i, I'Lj, liaiuck Cor-
respondence, vol, ii, p. 3G1. It appears that from Stccvciis's conduct
at the .liibilcr, and bis abuse of Garrick in tic St. Ximcs's Chr»«iicJf,
Garrick drop|>cd bis acqaalutoacc. Sec Epitaph oil Stccvcus by Hayley,
in Censora Lit. x. p. 3. Sec also Dibdiu's Biblioiuaiua, and D'l&rauli't
Curiosities of Literature^ ed. lOtb, p. 482.

P. 13 L "Dr. Mayo asked .Johnson's opinion of So.nr; , View

of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 'I • i pretty

book J not very theological, indeed,' " &c. On this preU^ book, «ee Por-
teiis's Exhort, to Goo<l Friday, p. Ij. "If Mr. S. Jenvas would recon-
sider and retouch a few passages of his book, in which, for want of a
little close attention, the true spirit of the Gosjk:!, and the true meaning
of the sacred writers, seem to have escaped his usuiJ penetration, it would
add greatly to the value of his work, and establish on the finucst groundi
tliat high reputation which, on account of its general giwd tendency*, it
Las already so justly acquired." See also Benson's Hulseau Lectures,
vol. i. p. 220, " Take up the small bat valuable treatise of S. Jen}^s,
and you will find him casting the power and credibility of miracles into
the ah.idc, in order to build up in its stead his own favourite system of
internal evidence." Henry Taylor (author of the " Apology of Boiu.
lien Mordccai") published, "Full Answer to S. .lenyns's Internal Evi-
dence of the Christian Religion," 1 777. Sec also (^u.-irterly Ucvicw, No.
LXXVI. Art. i. p. 310, for an account of the Internal Evidence j 8cc
H. More's Character of St. Paul, vol. ii. p. 30, and H. Morc'a Life,
i. p. 309 J ii. p. 94 ; iv. p. 200.

P. 134. " God may have this probability increased to certainty." The
argument of Mi-. Croker, in the note adjoined to this passage — " that to tbc
eternal Creator there can be no futurity ; and that (iod baa already seen
what man will choose to do" — is one that has been sanrtioncd by almost all
the eminent writers on the subject of Prescience and Free Will. I will,
however, confine myself to two of the earliest as well as ablest writeni
on this subject, in the language. " it may be conceived," (says Honrj' More,
D. Diiilogues, p. fiO.) " that the evolution of ages from evcrlaaling to ever-
lasting is so collectedly ami presenlijicntly represented to (Jod at once, as if
all things which ever were, arc, or shall be, were at this very instant, and
80 always, really present and existent before Him ; which is no wonder —
the animadversion aud iutellcctnal comprrhcuaion of (?o<l being absolutely
infinite, according to the truth of his rf/«i." " Secondly," (I quote Arch-
bishop Bramhall, AVorks, p. 709.) " concerning the prescience of con-
tingent things, in my poor judgment, the readiest way to reconcile con-
tinifencies and liberty with the decree and prescience of God, and most re-

tinger

laote from the ullcrcatioos of these tit:
the aspect of Go<l, according tn that/yj

Sec jvlso S. JcP
present to the i '
preiUrtinate

Consult i>>
cabject| p. IIU.

t9 to

, it \i impossible that h< or

iy'B EssByt oa tUe ^VfiUngq oS St. Paul oo tlu4

1838.] Noteito BosvoeWt Life of Johtaon. 363

^ P. 136. " The fallacy of that book is, that MandeviUe defiDes neither
^ces nor benefits." See on this work of MandeviUe, Diary of a Lover
of Literature, p. 97 ; Whately's Lectures on Political Economy, p. 45 j
Search's Light of Nature, vol. ii. p. 359 ; vol. vi. p. 127} Edinburgh
Review, Sept. 1828, p. 173, (No. XCV.) ; Warburton on Miracles, p. 31 j
I^ozzi's Anecdotes of Johnson, p. 87, 177. Dugald Stewart has also some
remarks on Mandeville'8/a//ac^,on which I cannot lay my hand at present.

P. 162. " It distressed me to think of going into a state of being ia
which Shakspeare's poetry did not exist." Boswell might have been
relieved from this distress, if he had consulted Dr. Watts, who believed
that we should not only read, but write books in another world, and attend
lectores, &c. carrying on the system of human instruction in Heaven. See
his Life by Southey.

P. 170. " Demosthenes Taylor.*' Mr. Nichols deserved the thanks of
every scholar for his excellent collection of Dr. J. Taylor's Tracts, Sermons,
&c. in 1 vol. 8vo. 1819, with notes by Dr. Parr. See also Nichols's Select
Poems, vol. viii. p. 154—172 j Brydges's Restituta, iv. p. 404—7 j Bell's
Fugitive Poetry, vol. 18, p. 87.

P. 189. "The more one reads it (Cowper's Homer) the better it
seems." Croker. Yet Mr. Crokcr probably has always read Cowper's
Homer in the ammded edition, so inferior to the first, which Mr. Southey
has jndicioasly substituted in his beautiful edition of the Poet's works.

P. 206. " How little does travelling supply to the conversation of any
man who has travelled." Dugald Stewart has remarked the use of travel-
ing tn awakening attention to things casuallg and carelessly observed before.

P. 217. "IVadeswomen (tradesmen's wives) are the worst creatures
upon earth, grossly ignorant, and thinking vidousness fashionable." This
severe portrsut of the bourgeoisie, though now totally incorrect, was so true
in the days of James and Charles as to form the plots of innumerable
comedies on their gallantry and infideUty. Sec also the court correspon-
dence in Nichols's Progresses, &c. of King James I.

P. 224. " Thomson had one brother." Mr. Cunningham, the
editor of Drummond, has collected many curious materials for a life of
Thomson, and much information, we believe, that has been hitherto
nuknown ; which we hope he will soon give to the public.

P. 236. " Johnson expressed great satisfaction at the publication of
Sir Joshua Reynolds's Discourses," &c. On this subject, the reader may
find Mengs' (the painter's) opinion of these discourses in his Works, vol. i.
p. 53. On the contradictions and inconsistencies in Sir J. Reynolds's
Discourses, see Hazlitt's Table Talk, p. 289 to 345. In an original
cation of Sir J. Reynolds's Discourses, 4to. 1788, Mr. Orde has
written as follows : — " I purchased it as a literary curiosity, being perhaps
the only genuine uncorrected production of Sir Joshua's pen. The inac-
curacies are not a little remarkable, considering the author has been
esteemed a model of good writing. But, alas ! his friend Dr. Johnson was
now dead !" In several places Mr. Orde has noted the Eolations of gram-
matical propriety, and concludes by saying, " Surely this discourse is very
ill written. It is now past a doubt how much he was indebted to his
friend Johnson.'! Mr. Smith, the late keeper of Prints in the British
Museum, told the writer of these notes, " that Sir Joshua used to write
his lectures late at night, and Northcote (then his pupil) used to write
them out fair for him ; that Sir Joshaa tore up and threw away the night
oqpy, wUch Nortbcote^ howeyer, saved, who has iQur( qC t.VtROk'UQwr .

.3G4

Notes to Doswcl/'s Life of Johnson.

[Oct.

P. 253. " At the altnr I coiutncuded my O *," i. e. * Bvi\tvi ^tXoi
Crokor. " 'Hiialo friends." J. M.

P. "JO.'J. *' 1 believe II. Wdpole w.is mciint." Crokcr. Does it apttc
tliiit Juhuson waa " several times" ia company witli H. >Viili)olv ? 1 tli'in

Hut,

P. 277. "Prior." Some letters of Piior, liillierto impublislicd, lis
lately appeared iu Sir H. Buubury's edition of Haumcr's t^orrcspotideiicc.

P. 28.^. Tills authority of Lord Rathurst is in itself sufBcient to provi
Uiat Pope understood and could relish Greek. Pope used frequently t
rc{)eat with great rapture the (ireek lines whieh he liad been tratiHiutiug,
Sec hereafter, in our present Number, p. 382.

P. 321. " The Doctor then went on to speak of liis (Bcauclcrk's) en
dowments," &e. In Mr. Wilkes's copy of BoswcU's Johnson, in which
few MS. notes existed, he has written, " Lady ^^ used to call Bcau<
clerk • Shy, sly, and dry.' "

P. 353. Mr. Langtou asked him how he liked that paper? (one of hit
Kamhlcrs). Ho shook his head and answered, " too wordy." See Cole
ridge's Table Talk, vol. ii. p. '27A — " Johnson seems to have bccu rcall
more powerful in difi<:onrsing viva voce than with liis pen in his hand. I
sceiuetl as if the excitement of company called somctliing like reality an
couscnitiveness into his reasonings, which iu liis writings I cannot see,
His antitheses are almost always verbal only, and sentence after senteu
in the Rambler may be pointed out, to which you cannot attach any deli
rjitc meaning whatever."

^\'e will now give, by way of conclusion to tliis article, a specimen
the kind of attacks to whicli Johuson was exposed, from some of tlic'
scribblers of the day, and tlie nature of their accusations, llic following
is from a pamphlet called " A Defence of Mr. Kcurick's Review of Dr.
Johnson's Shakspcarc, &c. by a Friend. 1766." p. 12.

Tlie Tollowing queries take in a further retrospect of Dr. Johnson's literary coi
duct :—

I. Who enconraged Lauder in his infamotts nlteropt to charge the mthor of P«ra
<\\m Lost with plagiarism from MaAeniiu aud otiicrs, clftpptiig him on tlic bai-k «Ktli
he hopped about the town, exclaiming aj^jiist that axncrabte reltain John Milton?

'i, Who was the manager and editor of the Gent. Mii^. at that liini', iind kept out
the paprrs written against lAiuder for several months together} for which he iifttT<
wardti apologized, when the imposition hecamc llagrant, and the accuser himself, witli
unparalleled effrontery, confessed the forgery.'

3. Who recommended nuch a modest gentleman to the Lords Chesterfield and
Rranville? who honoured him with their protection, and rewarded him with an annnity,
till even Dr. Johnson'^ interest could not prevent hij being ignominiously turned out
of doors ?

4. Who Bctually wrote Lander's pamphlet Bgainst Milton ?
b. What motive could induce Dr. Johnson to endenvour in his Rambler to Ii

the poetical reputation of the late Mr. Pope, by laboured criticisms on a few of
most ailmired passages in his writings, and in those onlt/ ^

6. Who wrote the severe and carping criticisms on the Epitaphs of the same author
— first published ia the Visiter, and afterwardj} rct^iiled in the m

7. M'ho advised and assisted Mrs. Lennox to an attack on -,1 poet til

world r'-' v-- •' ' '■ ' ":;'.t in the most essential porta of 1. 1 .; chtirnctei

in her

fl. V '■■]■■<

9. Whcilicr Ur. Jotinnon

10, Whether the rfipitul
««)llection of the » r

II. Whether Ih
tr»dilc»'' -

i;.

word*

I

Xi-CT- DicdiiDi.iv (if Ihe Eni:!iil

1838.] Notes to BosweU's Life ofhhnson, d65

13. Whether he has not, in a considerable number of instances, giren the words
without any meaning at all ?

14. Who wrote the Proposals for publishing the last edition of Shakspeare, and who
executed the work, and how?

15. Whether indolence be an excuse for not doing what a man hath publicly under*
taken, and is well paid for ?

16. Whether, if the above questions cannot be answered to the honour of Dr.
Johnson, what right either he or his friends have to complain of the severity of the
chastisement bestowed on him ?

To these fulmlnations of spleen we add some queries extending to the
conduct of Johnson's /rtenc&, as— •

1 . Whether the Doctors Johnson and Hawkeneorth have not long been in a secret
and partial combination to applaud the writings and enhance the literary reputation of
each other ?

2. Whether the Gent. Mag. hath not, for many years past, been notoriously pros-
tituted to this purpose ?

3. Whether the Rambler and Adventurer, in their journey to the temple of Fame«
were not obliged, like travellers that had but one horse between them, to ride and tie
from month to month occasionally ?

4. How many lines Dr. Johnson wrote in the TrmtUer for the awkward comjdiment
paid him by its author in the Universal Museum, where he styled him " the glory ^f
the EnglUh Nation ? "

a. How many more he is to write in Goldsmith's next poem, for his scribbling iio»<
tenet on the cover of Mr. Kenrick's Review at the coffee-house ; for his verses in the
St. James's Chronicle of December 14 ; and for the favour he does the Reviewer in
running about the town to abuse him ?

This specimen of dulness and malice is snfficient. For this and other
nibdemeanors of the sort. Dr. Kenrick became immortalized in tiie
poem of '• Retaliation :" " Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys," &c.

A HISTORICAL DISQUISITION ON ALMANACS.

f^ ,, J 4 J o '^^ learned appear by no means

Mr. Urban, Ampton, Aug, 2, agreed respecting the etymology of the

AS none of your more able contri* -word Almanac ; it has been, perhaps,

butors have yet responded to a sug- the subject of more dispute than that

gestion respecting Almanacs, given by of any term admitted into our Ian-

your respectable correspondent from guage. Mr. Brady, in his " Clavis Ca-

Edinbargh, in the Minor Correspond- lendaria," thinks Verstegan the most

ence for Jan. 1337;* I venture to to be relied on: — "They," he says,

offer to your notice the following, alluding to our ancient Saxon ances-

which, although it may not contain so tors, " used to engrave upon c^rtaine

much original matter as the generality squared sticks about a foot in length,

of articles inserted in your valuable or shorter or longer as they pleased,

miscellany, will serve to point out the courses of the moones of the whole

what has already appeared in that yeere, whereby they could alwaies cer^

publication on the subject, and also tainely tell when the new moones, full

preserve in a more connected form moones, and changes should happen,

what others have written upon the as also their festavall daies ; and such

same. a carved stick they called an al-mon-

Should it meet your approbation, it nght, that is to say, al-mon-heed, to

is my intention to communicate some wit, the regard or observation of all

further collections of a similar nature, the moones, and here hence is derived

Yours, &c. A. P. the name of Almanack."

An ittstniment of this kind is pre-

* We may refer, however, to the extracts from a Po«k«(>b«Qk<(l V\Vl^^«uN»>
our number for February Ust* p. 150.*>JEdi(*

360

Ifl^orkal DU^fttisilicH m Almmadm

[Oct.

>

^

«erved in St John's College at Cam •
bridge; and a fac-simile and descrip-
tion of one that was used in StaSbrd-
&h.ire has been copied, as a curions
specimen, from Dr. Plot's Natural
JTistory of that countj' into Uic Gent.
Mag. for IS 12, pt. \u p. 109. It is
called the clogg, from its form, being
usually mode of a piece of wood,
squared into four plane aides, and with
a ring on the upper end of it, to hang
it on a nail somewhere in the bouse.

They appear to been introduced into
this country at the Xorman Conquest,
and in all visits to distant churches,—
in all pilgrimage?, 8sc. ihey sen'ed
for instruction and regularity, and
were frequently caned on the tops of
pilgrims' stave*, so as to regulate their
times of assembling at particular spots.
Before printing was introduced, and
when manuscripts were scarce and
dear, these Runic almanacs were par-
ticularly useful in assisting the me-
mory, and that they might be made
as universally se^^•iceable as possi-
ble, they were sometimes cut on
sword-scabbards, implcmeots of hus>
bandry, &c.

The tertn Almnn^c in the present
sense of the word is too well known
to require any explanation in this
place. There does not appear, how-
ever, to be any trace of the original
inventors ; the first in print is gene-
rally admitted to be that of John
Muller, of Moutercgio, who opened a
printing- house, and published his first
Almanac at Nuremburgh, in the year
1472; wherein ho not only gave the
characters of each year and of tho
months, but foretold the eclipses, &c.
for thirty years in advance. This Al.
manac uf Muller's, who was better
kuown by the name of Regiomootanus,
which simply contained the eclipses
and the places of the planets, was
sold, it is said, for ten crowns of gold.

There are various manuscript AU

manaCs of tlir rouihi dIIi rrnlnry in

the lihi ' iim,

and of I , un-

bridgc; Mr. Jackson, <' ^isu

mentions one in hi* p. itdo

in the reign < .of

parchmcnf", ! red

an<l not

•n -r ft

the shape of a flat stick or Iftth, In lll«

Saxon fashion.

It is singular that the earliest Eng-
liah Almanacs were printed in Hol-
land, on small folio sheets ; and these
have occasionally been preserved from
having been pasted within the covers
of old books. The first recorded ac-
count we have of Almanacs in this
country, appears in the Year-book of
King Henry the Seventh, or about
fifteen years after that of Muller's,
since whose time a continued chain of
such productions may be traced.

The earliest printed work of this
description we meet with is in a com-
munication made to this periodical,
and previously noticed ; see Minor
Correspondence for Jan. 1837. Thia
was an Almanac for twelve years, and
piinted by Wynkyn de Worde in
1508. The same correspondent men-
tions a sheet one in his pos&ession,
printed in black and red, for the year
1534,

The Fepysian Library at Magdalene
College, Cambridge, contains an old
Calendar or Almanac, in an octode-
cimo form, but in its original form it
folds up from a vellum small folio
sheet; and before each montJj there
are emblematical repreacutation::, such
as arc found in the early Missals and
Psalters. The copy under notice was
also printed by Wynkyn de Worde in
1523. There is another in the library
of a similar nature, but for a different
year.

Anthony Ascham, of York, physi-
cian, compiled an Almanac which was
published in \SbO; and Richard Wat-
kins and James Roberts bad a patent,
and printed Mmanacs as early as 1573.
Walter Gray also published an Al-
manac in 1591, the title page and a
brief description of which are given
in the Gent. Mag. for 1813, pt. i. p.
208 ; and some curious verses tran-
scribed from the same are also in-
serted in that work in the previous
year, in pt. ii. p. 5G6.

"TlieGlasic ofVaiiu'-Lloric. frnns*
lated out of l\

UocUir -->< thr = i.U

Cd f I III!

auii H-h

iniji m-

cidn iin-

buvii, buL m iu^iOiiiU ^ieib^f lulvkU lA luctlitiU'l) i^Uuwuig wt ifcgticuiluial iri-

1838.]

Histofical Digqttinthn m Almtmei*

S67

structions, and a couplet at the end
fraught with advice for bodily health,
a copy of which, for the year 1600,
was communicated* to the Gent. Mag.
in 1813, part i. p. 62. In the same
periodical for 1826, part i. p. 122, a
concise description is given of a simi-
lar Almanac by John Crispin, printed
for the use of the English people at
Geneva, 1569, illustrated with superior
wood-cuts.

The Ephemeris Merlinus Anglicus,
of that prince of prognosticators, Wil-
liam Lilly, made its first appearance
in 1644, during the greatest heat of
the civil wars, when English Alma-
nacs became conspicuous for the un-
blushing boldness of their astrological
predictions. Mr. Bruce communicated
to your Magazine t some copious ex-
tracts from his Almanacs for the years
1655, 1657, and 1658, with some ju-
dicious observations tiiereon, in which
he took occasion to expose the false
predictions of this impudent cheat.
The literary abilities of Lilly, Mr.
Bruce remarked, were by no means of
a high order ; but there is occasionally
something peculiarly terse and forci-
ble in the style employed in his prog-
nostications.

Henry Coley was the immediate
successor of Lilly in the crafl of Al-
manac-making. He was born at Ox-
ford in 1633, and bred a taylor, but
became assistant to Lilly, and acted
as his amanuensis for many years, by
whom, a short time before his decease,
he was adopted for his son, by the
name of Merlin, junior, and presented
with the ^ copyright or good-will of
" Merlinus Anglicus, junior," which
had been printed thirty-six years suc-
cessively, and Coley continued it for
nine or ten years longer.

He resided in Baldwin's-court, Bald-
win's-gardens, near Gray's Inn-lane,
where he taught the different branches
of the mathematics, and was much
followed as an astrologer, and a caster
of urine, or water-doctor. He wrote

* By the late Joseph Haslewood, Esq.
F.S.A.— Erfi/.

t See Gent. Mag. for 1828, pt i. p.
S6, and 1830, pt. ii. p. 601. For some
copies of onpabliflhed letters of Lilly, see
also the same work for 1831 , pt. i. p. 99 ;
and also his portrait and b brief memoir
of]iimial823,pt.U.F.S97.

a Key to the whole art Of Astrology,
in much request among the adepts;
and died about 1690. As Almanacs
by this writer are become rare, a brief
account of the contents of one now
before me may be Interesting to the
curious in such matters. It will be
thought that such a publication can
afford little that is worthy of preser-
vation ; but it may be remarked, that
history gleans some of its most va-
luable materials from sources that at
first sight seem little calculated to
yield the least assistance, and it may
perhaps be foimd that even an old Al-
manac may be referred to with advan-
tage.

The one in question is entitled, —
" Merlinus Anglicus, junior : or. An
Ephemeris for the year 1688. Ac-
cording to the Method of Mr. W.
Lilly. With many useful caJcula-
tions, and variety of other Furniture
proper for such a Work. The like
not Extant. Continued by ( his Quon-
dam Amanuensis ) Henry Coley, Stu-
dent in the Mathematicks and Astro-
logy.— Agunt, non cogunt. Quae su-
pra nos nihil ad nos. London, Print-
ed by J. Macock for the Company of
Stationers, 1688." On the title-page
is an engraved copper-plate portrait of
the author.

It is dedicated " to his worthily re-
spected and truly ingenious friend Mr.
John Brown, one of his late Majesty's
Chirurgeons and Senior Chirurgeon
of St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark."
In his address to the courteous readers
he very modestly informs them, that
" the chief design of this continuation
IS to keep up the name of the famous
Mr. William Lilly, and to accommo-
date those students in this nation (that
cannot furnish themselves better) with
a compleat Ephemeris and Table of
Houses in a pocket -companion for
their daily use: it is not the great in-
couragement I receive of my masters
that animates me, for that is incon-
siderable and scarce porters' wages,
but in reality to oblige the younger
sons of art, and all those who are
lovers of such kind of speculations."

The poetical strains in l^e Calen-
dar, it appears from his address, were
written by another hand, whom he
styles " an ingenioua scholar and ma-
thematician of our nation ;" probably
i, Booker» who* }M\ ^^^mscv^^sss^^

368. Versef from Coletf'a Merlifuu AngUcus, 16B8. [Oct.

excellent verses upon the twelve figaratioos of each. Tliese eflfosions
months, formed according to the con- are here subjoined :—

Januarv.
Want ye a Servant, Sirs ? Behold me here
Prest at yonr Beck to aerve you all the year.
No wages will I ask, Earnest will do.
When others will have that and Wages too.

JPebruarif.
The Coat wherewith yon idll me to he clad,
Shall not offend me, oe it good or bad.
Outlandish Silks, or English Tanned Leather,
Come all to me, I do not value whether.

March.
What Quiet in your Houses would it cause,
Would but your Wives conform unto such Laws.
But whither am I going (silly Book I)
I shall be cast into a dusty Nook.

April.
The Cuckow, though her Notes are old and plain.
Is with much pleasure heard to sing again.
For Country people constantly do prise,
Not what she saith, hut what she signifies.

May.
Welcome most pleasant season of the year.
The little Laml» now frisk it without fear.
The Woods look green. Birds whistle out their Notes,
And banish sorrow by theu: chirping Votes.

June.
Now Sol out-throned in Cancer's claws.
By Lucid beams proclaims his glorious Laws ;
All shall be Day this Month, no proper Night;
Twilights at Even shall reach the Morning Light.

July.
July from Julius Caesar had its name ;
As August from Augustus dso came :
Which two the Roman Monarchy did found.
For sundry Ages through the world renown'd.

Augutt.
The churlish dog, that nigh the last Month's close
Began to wind us, now more furious grows.
He snarls, he shows his teeth, he barks outright.
And Uke a churlish whelp, doth bark and bite.

September.
My Muse is dull : the Heliconian font
Cools by Autumnal blasts that blow upon *t.
The glorious Luminary of the year.
Rides o'rc the ifiquinox with Ml career.

October.
Our country Dolt, who hath his suits depending.
Impatient till the long vacation's ending,
Crams all into a purse, and up he hies,
Where he ia welcom'd in this cunning wise —

Nwember.
Your Servant. Sur, I'm |^ to see yon here,
Yonr honest bnaineaB runs on calm and clear.
The aUest Connsd money eaa juvKmn,
Oive w fa 9lMk tad Wute, all's Nfii tad fw.

1838.]

Historical Disquisition on Almanacs.

Decetnber.
-The Goose-cap's cause to hearing comes at last,

36d

And by the Jnry he is roundly cast.
The adversaries' Council fortbTritb pray,
Cost may be paid them e're he part away.

These verses form head- pieces to
each month; aflcr the address, fol-
low some observations on the utility
and excellency of astronomy, and also
on the four quarters of the year, dif-
fering but little from those of our mo-
dern prognosticators ; then the eclipses
for the year are enumerated, with a
table of the moon's latitude every other
day at noon.

The Calendar occupies four pages in
each month ; the first has a tabic of
the daily motion of the planets ; the
next the lunar aspects, with the pla-
nets' mutual aspects ; the third con-
tains the usual account of the rising
and setting of the sun and moon.
Saint's days, weather prognostica-
tions, lunations, &c. ; and the lost is
headed — " Useful Observations and
Speculations," &c. These arc expressed
in the equivocal language common to
writers of this description.

It may be remarked, that the year
for which this Almanac was published,
is distinguished in the history of Great
Britain, as being that of the Revolu-
tion ; near the termination of which
King James the Second abdicated his
throne, and William the Third, Prince
of Orange, succeeded. Either the ge-
nius of the art Coley so much extols
failed him in this particular instance,
or peradventure he was influenced by
the sage counsel of his learned pre-
decessor Cardan, who observes, that
" Astrologers ought never to pro-
nounce any thing absolutely or pe-
remptorily concerning future contin-
gencies ; the reason is, lest he bring
himself and the art under censure and
condemnation, in case it happen he
take not his measures truly, and the

event contradict or answer not bis pre*
diction or prognostication."

This cunning piece of admonition
appears to have been well received^
and very generally practised, by as-
trologers of every successive age down
to the present generation ; but was,
unfortunately, neglected by poor Car-
dan himself, who is said to have been
so infatuated by the art, that, having
foretold the time of his own death, he
starved himself to prove the truth of
his prediction. Coley, however, pre-
dicts nothing respecting the Revolu-
tion.

The remaining fifteen pages of this
Almanac consist of " tables of houses"
for the latitude of London, and it con-
cludes with advertisements of popular
quack medicines, &c. &c. With the
Almanac, is bound up the " Nuncius
Sydereus; or the Starry Messenger
for tCes," by the same author; the
seventeenth impression, it differs but
little from his " Merlinus Anglicus,"
except that it has a less number of
prognostications, and somewhat more
of other matter. The Calendar has
a column appropriated to geographi-
cal description, to which is added a
brief chronological account of remark-
able events.

An Almanac with the same title was
first published by William Lilly in
1C45 ; and probably after the same
plan, and transferred to the manage-
ment of his friend Coley, who, by
the poetical effusion that follows his
regal table, appears a warmer friend
to royalty than his predecessor, and
with which we will close this part of
our narrative.

Kings are by God appointed for to sway

The Sword, and make rebellions Men obey.

Those who oppose them, shew themselves to be

Traytors to Heaven and to Majesty.

Lo, here 's a race of glorious Monarchs shown !

From whence great James derives his happy throne.

Monarchy's heaven's role, and every thing

By nature, pays obedience to their King:

Then let this be each subject's wish and song,
God Mvcf our gradons K^gl May he live long !

Gcnt.Maq.Voi.. X. 3B

370

The Emj)eror Caraumt.'^Works of Defoe.

[Oct.

»

»
¥

Mr. URO/iX, Aug. 16.

HAVING been mncb interested by
the perusal of the "Correspondence of
Walter Moylc, Esq." in your number
for May la»t. I resolved to trouble you
•with a few remarks thereon at my first
leisure. These remarks are suggested
principally by an cxaminntion of the
coin* of CarausiuSj to which 1 have
paid some attention ; and 1 shall, by an
appeal to these monuments alone, jus-
tify your observation that " Mr. Ken-
dall's extravagant hypothesis would be
unworthy attention, but for ihc learned
illustrations it elicits from Mr. Moyle."
With respect to the name of Carausius
there cannot be a doubt ; for, altliough
the Roman historians spell it in vari-
ous ways, it is always found to be
CA.RAV3IVS on his money. I know of
no deviation from tliis orthography on
his numerous coins. The idea that he
was a Christian, is also refuted by his
coins, which bear no Christian sym-
bol, but, on the contrary, representa-
tions of the Roman deities, closely
imitated from those on the money of
Ihc Emperors Diocletian and Maxi-
mian. Dr. Hcyliu's notion that Ca-
xausius lived in the reign of Caracalla,
ia shown to be erroneous by the same
evidence ; the style and fabric of his
coins being in accordance with those
of his masters the emperors, as every
numismatist will assui^ you. Mr.
Moyle's observation that more coins
of Carausius are found in England
than of any other emperor is not borne
out by fact, as they are generally re-
garded as in some degree scarce (some
types are particularly rare), though
found in England almost exclusively.
Mr. Moyle's argument as to the birth
and parentage of the bold usurper is
roost satisfactory and conclusive ; his
deductions ore learned and sagacious ;
and must convince every reasoning
antiquary that Corausiua was not of
English origto. As regards the sciztifc
of the island by Carnusiu*. 1 am in-
clined to differ from Mr, Moylc. I do
nut consider that " he won and main-
tained it by tlie sword, . ' ■ '
interest he had in the i
ptopile. or by any foctioi. .......i.t, ,,n.,i;

m Ins favour." On the contrary, he

th. , ■ _._:____ _ _ __

would have welcomed any one who
could for one moment have relieved
them from the burdens so mercilessly
laid upon all who were tributary to
that mercenary and cruel people. Be-
sides, there are coins with a most sin-
gular legend, differing from any other
in the Roman series, which strongly
support the opinion that Carausius
was welcomed: I refer to those on
which the usurper is joining hands
with a female figure holding a trident,*
with the legend EXPECTATEVEM. The
singularity of this legend and device is
sufficient to shew that the observations
of the learned Canon as to the means
by which Carausius obtained posses-
sion of the island, are not conclusive,
however lucid he appears on the other

Eoints which he illustrates. These
aaty remarks arc written without re-
ferences, and I regret that time will
not allow of my appeal to other autho-
rities in support of the opinion 1 have
lung entertamed that the Dritons re-
ceived the runaway admiral with open
arma.

Yours, 8cc. J. Y. Akebua:t.

Mr, Ubdan, Manchetler, July 14.
Taking up accidentally the other day
a bouk of no great apparent promise
from its title, 1 was much struck by
the first paragraph which presented
itself, -which forcibly reminded me of
an author with whoae peculiarities of
style long acquaintance has rendered
me pretty familiat. Further exami-
nation was suthcient to satisfy me of
the eiistence of another work by De-
foe on the Plague, which seems totally
to have escaped his biographers and
the writers on that subject, and which,
if not, as a whole, equal to his celc- !
brated "Journal of the Hague Year,"
yet ia not unworthy of republication
as A compBiiton to it, and contnina
some sketches of dialogues fully equal
to any in that wonderful performance.
The style and manner of treating the I
ftubjpct ure *o perfectly Defoe's, that

• The (ifurc U »
niu* of liritain. T
coin i» rrulf , hnf it ■
to '

i tiio

■r recti
' < (not]
lii |«rc-

feUtc 01 revolt, mi wtkcn iadeed lUey Umuh L'uuu. S&tT.J

1838.3

An mknornn Work by Defoe pointed out.

371

then is no possible room left for scep-
ticism, and a feeling of surprise is natu-
rally produced that the work should
have been so completely overlooked.
Mr. Wilson, in his " Life and Times of
Defoe," has no reference to it ; and
Mr. Brayley, in his recent edition of
the " Journal of the Plague Year."
in 'The Family Library,' though he
seems to have examined most of the
contemporary publications on the
Plague, is evidently in ignorance of
the existence of this.

The title of the book is, "Due
Preparations for the Plague, as well
for soul as body ; being some season-
able llioughts upon the visible ap-
proach of the present dreadful Con-
tagion in France ; the properest mea-
aores to prevent it; and the great
work of submitting to it. Psal. xci.
10. 'There shall no evil befal thee,
neither shall the Plague come nigh
thy dwelling.' London : printed for
£. Matthews at the Bible, and J. Bat-
ley at the Dove, in Paternoster Row,
1722, 12mo." The introduction is
comprised in ten pages ; the work it-
self in 272 pages. Matthews, it must
be observed, was the publisher of
*' Defoe's Family Instructor," and
" Memoirs of the Church of Scotland."
The " Plague Journal," which was
published in the same year, is an 8vo,
and was printed for Nutt, Roberts,
Dodd and Graves ; and the circum-
stance of the two works being pub-
lished in different sizes and by different

publishers has, no doubt, contributed
to the neglect shewn to the smaller
one. It appears to me that the " Due
Preparations" was written after the
" Journal ;" as, though the author
still follows up the same topic, the
Plague of 1G65, he confines himself
principally to those points which are
cither altogether passed over or briefly
noticed in the "Journal." In that
work he shortly mentions the citizen's
shutting himself up with his family in
his house, after having first laid in pro-
visions as for a regular siege, till the
virulence of the Plague had subsided.
In the "Due Preparations," he ex-
pands this idea into a most striking
picture, and works it up with an ac-
cumulation of minute details and em-
bellishments in his happiest manner,
from page 61 to 107. In the Journal,
he notices, by way of narration, that
many went on board the ships in the
river, and by that means preserved
themselves from contagion. In the
"Due Preparations" this circum-
stance is individualised, in the form of
a story with dramatic accompaniments,
from page 246 to 272.

In my next I shall proceed to give
some extracts from the work. In the
mean time, I feel assured that the ad-
mirers of Defoe — and who is not an
admirer of that charming writer? —
will consider the new claim I have
now put in for him as no unimportant
discovery.

Yours, &c. James Cbosslet,

ROMAN ANTIQUITIES POUND NEAR WINCHESTER.
(WitA a Plait.)

Mr. Urban, Lothbury, Sept. 10.

THE deep excavations in the chalk
hill on the north-west of the city of
Winchester, made for the London and
Southampton Railway, have enriched
the collections of the antiquaries re-
siding there, with many elegant speci-
mens of Roman art ; sketches of some
(tf which, by the kind permission of
the proprietors and the assistance of
a young artist (Mr. Bracewell), I am
enabled herewith to send you. (See
thiplaie.)

The bronze head (fig. 1, 8, reduced
to one-third of the original size) is of
the best workmanship, and extremely
W«U pRierred ; and, togethtr with its

mutilated companion (fig. 3, size of
original), was found about 40 yards
north of the Romsey turnpike, 3 feet
beneath the surface, near a foundation
or substratum of pavement, and ad-
joining some sepultured remains. Both
must be assigned. I think, to Hercules.
Hie smaller image has evidently been
disfigured by the action of fire, which
has so distorted the limbs as to render
its identity almost questionable, did
not the back view of Uie original figure
present the club and lion's skin very
clearly defined.

My friend Mr. W. B. Bradfield in-
forms me that on th& «»aX. V^'vdNl. ^^
the IUaViq%A, ^ft wiJwkXwSoQsa. «sift<-

Roman Antiquities found near WincJiesler.

[Oct.

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posed of flints and hard raortar, and
tliree feet thick, exletidcd full 30 feet
westward, but was broken up. logethcr
■with the pavements which it had sup-
ported. Close to the remains yet vi-
sible on the eastern bank, were found
three stones standing in the chalk N.
8. and W. about 2 feet in height, and
two others on the top nf these, cramped
firmly together with iron. On removing
the«e stones were discovered four large
brass coins, of Trajan, M. Aurclius.
Faustina tlie younger, and a middle
brass of Vespasian. Touching the stone
etaniting on the north side was a wide-
mouth urn of a coarse reddish pottery,
and in the vicinity of the spot from time
to time were found (ibulic. fragments
of pottery. Olid Roman Imperial coins,
extending, with intermissions, from
Claudius to Honorius and Arcadius.

From the specimens of tessett-.c
which have been preserved, and the
extent nf the pavement, there can be
but little doubt of a suburban building
of some considerable dimensions liav-
iog stood on this site, and we can
only regret that opportunities had not
been earlier afforded to such as would
have been able and willing to notice
and record discoveries contribating bo
essentially towards a knowledge of

the ancient topography of the coun-
try. The atones were doubtless erected
to preserve some funeral remains, and
it is by no means improbable that the
little sepulchre had been previously
opened and its contents pillaged. In
" Guthrie's Tour through theTaurida"
is nn cngrnving of a Uoman sepulchre
constructed in a similar manner, which
contained human skeletons, &c.

Througliout the line of cxcavatioo,
at Winchester, particularly opposite
the barracks, were many pits, sunk in
the chalk to a very considernhle depth,
varyinpc from 30 to 40 feet. The mould
in these was of a rich black kind, and
impregnated largely with bones and
other animal matter, intermixed with
fragments of pottery, and occasionally
a perfect vase. Very little, however,
of the Samian has been observed.

The bronze figures, together with
the Fibula (which has l>een silvered),
arc in the possession of W. B. Brad-
field, Escj. of Winchester.

The earthen pot fiH^ akffeh) is in the
possession of J. Newington tlughes,
Esq. of Winchester. It is of a dark
red or brown colour ; the ornoinents
are raised, and being painted white,
present a pleasing contrast to the
ground-work.

n

I

The four coins i
thus descriticd :

' Sacrificial {■•

Ills.

M Anloniiin* Au((.T.R.F. vxvt*
-ildr. S. C. VktoTf

W-

.nu Auff. Tit R1. — V

1^8.] KemarkabJe Pleffiarism in the Edinburgh Review.

373

Mr. Ubban. March 18.

THE plagiarism of which I send you an account, committed as it has been
by BO conspicuous a party, and unnoticed in public as it has continued for now
seven years, may, I think, be considered a " literary curiosity."

When the present Bishop of London, then the Rev. Charles James Blom-
field, edited the translation made by his brother the late Edward Valentine
Blomfield, of Matthiie's Greek Grammar, he prefixed to his edition a Preface,
which Preface bears date " April, 1819."

In the Edinburgh Review for January 1831, No. 104, is an article (the lOth
of the number) on Sir D. K. Sandford's translation of Thiesch's Greek Gram^
mar. How far the writer of this article (which contains not a hint of its
being other than perfectly original) was indebted to the Preface above men-
tioned, will be best understood by a comparison of certain passages subjoined,
taken from the two pieces respectively.

And, as it may be said that he who wrote the Preface may also have written
the article, it may be well here to state, that the Bishop of London has,
on the article being on a certain occasion brought under his notice, distinctly
denied having written it.

The article consists of six pages, of which about two and a half ate given
below. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, L.

THE PRKFACB.

♦• We are still obliged to have recourse,
in the way of explanation, to many grn-
tnitoiu sappositions and unphilosophical
shifts, for which grammarians have in-
vented line names, that serve as nircum-
locntions to express our ignorance of the
real canae and reagons of the peculiarities
which we would explain.

" We meet with a dative case wljere
the laws of construction require a geni-
tive ; and it is considered to be a suffi-
cient account of the matter, if we say that
it is per lehema colopAonium. A word is
used in a way which violates the analogy
of langnage; we satisfy ourselves with
remarking a cataehreri*. For unaccount-
able changes in the forms of words, meta-
platmut is the panacea.

" But afterwards they (technical tertiu)
have a natural tendency to stop the pro-
gress of research and improvement ; be-
cause men are generally disposed to ac-
quiesce in an established nomenclature,
without considering the principles upon
which it was originally formed.

" In this respect, however, a great im-
provement has taken place during the last
hundred years. Philosophy, in that pe-
riod, has taken rapid strides. The opera-
tions of the human mind have been ex-
amined with an accuracy as great, per-
haps, as the present state of our facultiefl
permits. And consequently the principles
of language, which are intimately con-
nected wi& metaphysical researches, have
been laid down with a degree of precision
altogether unknown to the ancients.

" As to the grasamarians, the fiuther

THE EDINBURGH BETIBW.

" Fine names have been invented, arbi-
trary rules accumulated, exceptions labo-
riously arrayed, gratuitous suppositions
made, and unphilosophical shifte resorted
to ; while analogies have been overlooked,
and the real causes and reasons of the
peculiarities to be met with in language
have remained unexplored. Nor has it
often occurred to grammarians, that igno-
rance might lie concealed under a circum-
locution, &c.

" If, for example, we meet with a dative
case, where the laws of construction re-
quire a genitive ; or a word used in a way
which seems to violate the analogy of lan-
guage; or certain unaccountable changes
in the forms of words; our knowledge
will not be much increased by merely
telling us that the first is per achenut eolO'
pkonium, the second a eataehresit, and
the third a metapltumut.

" Men are too apt to delude themselves
into a belief that they have discovered an
explanation, when they have found only a
name ; to acquiesce in an established no-
menclature, without considering the prin-
dples upon which it was originally form-
ed ; and thus to stop short in their enqni-
ties at the very point where the real diffi-
culty begins.

" But this tendency, which so long
obstructed the pn^^ss of grammatical
investigation, has been at length over-
come ; the operations of the human mind
have been anxiously examined and care-
fully classified ; while the principles of
langnage, which are intimately connected
with, and indeed vividly reflect, many of
the most interesting mental phenomena,
have been laid down with a precision and
accuracy altogether unknown to the an-
cients.

" With ttsfVA. \A ^« <Adai cn»°iB»^

374

Remttrkahh Plagiarism in the Edinhttrgh Reviw. [Oct.

*

*

k

I

we go back the more unreasonable and
absurd wc fiuil them to be. They bad no
itkod |irini,'i]jlca to guide them ; and they
are iu i^unsequcncc ]>eqietuall2r dirt'cring
iroin oiiu another, and from thniusulves.

" The oldest complete Grammar is that
of Dionyiiiiis, called the Tbracian ; and
that is contained in tirenty-tiveihort sec-
tions, occupying no more than fourteen
octBTO pages, Sic.

" Small as it is, however, it abounds
with miunte and perplexing distinctions.
The Scholia upon this treatise occupy
more than 30O pages ; and arc a precious
■pccimen of granunatical trifling, &c.

*' The remains wlticb we hare of Apol-
lonini Dyscolus, the most subtle and
learned of tbe old grammarians, of Chiic-
roboKcus, Joannes Philoponus, Mosco-
pbulns, und others, arc all, in a greater or
less degree, of the same L-hoi-acter.

" The Grammar of Constantinus Las-
oaru ii a collection of bore rules. The
first persons who made any material im-
provemeat in tbe mode of treating the
subject, were Henry Stephens, and bis
pupil F. Sylburgius, whose remarks on
the Gre«k Grammar of Clenardus ore full
of iMiming, especially his Synltuteeot Com-
pmiium, lint although Sylborgios did
much towards the classitiration of the lan-
guage, be did not materially siropUfy the
Grammar. Angelus Caninius, in his //«/•
Imurmtu, \. 15o5, gave the first accurate
account of the dialects. It was Lauren-
tlua Rhodomannus who first reduced all
Greek nouns under three decleusioas.
This improTcnient, which is mentioned,
anys Morhof, in the PhUomurux of Rho-
domonnus, was afterwards claimed by
VVcUrr, wlio introduceil it in bis Gram-
mar, lirst published in ItiJO, as also the
reduction of all the conjugations into one.
The merit of having first simplified the
declensions was likewise arrogated by
Claude Lancelot, the author of the Greek
Grammar commonly called the Port Royal.
lie borrowed it, no doubt, from W'cller'a

book, which bad boenpnblisli
rears before. The I'orl
U divided into nine books,
into a Miultiplioity of
abounding in mistakes, tii
examples taken from wi
authority. Wcller and Vi
sidorable ^'-^^'r. .„ <,... .1,!
but mni'l
accession

ledge In tbe rcmiii'k-
ler's trentise, in thri

wiii : •

0>i'

!• /'.,;.,- ,■ ■

■t few
:iuir

>oks
ilesi
! by

rians, the farther bark we pn, the more
absard and uniL "> i" ' ',em.

Having no fiio'! ' iifir

researches, tlay ..it |.t.|.. .ii..ii, ....niiiig
from one anotikcr and frotn themselves,
&c.

" The oldest complete grammar, that
of Dionysius the Thraciun, is contained
in twenty-five short sections, occupying
only fourteen octavo poges.

" Yet, small as it is, it abounds with
minute and vexatious distinctions, which
have been overlaid with more than 300
pages of scbolin, tilled with that miserable
trifling peculiar to grammatical annotators.

" The remains of ApoMonius Dyscolus,
of Cbosroboscns, Joannes Pliiloponus,
Moscophulus, and others, are all, in a
greater or less degree, of the aame cha-
racter with the short sectional treatise of
Dionysius the Tbracian.

" The Grammar of Constantinus Lai-
caris, though curious as being the first
entire work printed with tbe Greek type,
is A collection of bore rules, without illos-
Iralive expositions. A .<tep in advance^
however, was made by Henry Stepbem^
and his pupil Sylbnrcius, who introduoea
•ome improvements in the mode of treat*
ing the subject. Tbe remarks of the
latter on the Greek Grammar of Cleiiar..
dus are full of learning, especially his
Compend of Syntax ; but, although be did
much towards the classificatiDn of the lan-
guage, he left iu grammar nearly as ia-
volved as he found it. Angclus Caninius
gave the first accurate account of the
dialects, and Laurentius Rhodomasnus
reduced all the Greek nouns to three de>
clensions ; an iinprovctncnt which wai
«ucce»«ivcly cliiiined by WcUor, who in-
troduced it iu bis Grammar, published lu
1().30, and by Claude Lanoelut, the author
of the Port Royal Greek Grammnr : al-
thoogb tbe truth seems to be that Welter
borrowed it from Rhodomannus, who
mentions it in hi* I'hilomusuM, and Lance-
lot borrowed it from WflliT. The Port
Royal Grammar is too well known to
require almost any observation. Its nina
books arc $uhdivid<:d into a niulHplicity
of dctAched mlci, uhouuding in mistakes,
and ill»nitn»trd by exjiinfden tjtkxn fK>m
iuT ' ■ ', "Vi:l.

1838.3

Hinti/or Antiquarian Tourists.

S7S

sagacity and erndition of Hemsterhnya,
who supposed that the primary verbs coii>
aisted of two or three letters, from which
all the other forms and inflections were
derived.

" This theory, the first intimation of
which had been given long before by Sca-
liger and Is. Yossius, &c.

" One obvious and unanswerable objec-
tion to its universality, is the undoubted
fsct, that much of the Greek language,
together with its written characters, was
borrowed from some Asiatic nation.

" It was generally received by that tribe
of eminent scholars, of whom the most
distinguished were Valckenaer, Ruhnken,
Lennep ; and it was applied to the He-
brew language by the celebrated Albert
Schultens.

" He {Lennep, who had prosecuted the
notiont qf Hemtterhut/* in certain vorkt)
is, however, far outdone by his editor,
Everard Schdde, &c.

" The plausibility of this theory has
also misled the present learned and excel*
lent Bishop of St. David's, &c.

" A philosophical view of Greek Gram-
mar was taken by the celebrated Godfrey
Hermann, in his treatise De emendanda
ralione Grcecce Grammaticte, Sfc.

hints thrown out by Sealiger and Vouins,
and probably influenced by considerations
drawn from the peculiar structure of the
Oriental tongues, he was led to conclude
that the primary verb consisted of two or
three letters, from which all the other
forms and inflexions were derived, &c.

" It seems to us, we confess, to be
radically unsound. Much of the Greek
language is of Asiatic origin, &c.

" This etymological theory, which WM
received as a great discovery by Yalknaer,
Rhunken, Lennep, Albert Scheide, the
Bishop of St. David's, and others, Bus,

" In Hermann's celebrated treatise De
Emendanda ratione Gneea Grammaticte,
there is much to gratify the lovers of phi-
losophical discussion, as applied to the
subject of Greek Grammar, &c.

TOPOGRAPHICAL PROSINGS.

THERE are few persons, however
incurious, who have not felt the want
of information respecting districts
through which they have travelled,
and of the features of which, from the
absence of some association of the
mind, they quickly lose all distinct
recollection. The peculiarities of a
country, to witness which is the usual
reason for travel, are best observed
and remembered by those who have
cultivated some branch of natural
science or history, — some liberal art,
—or who have learned to employ their
pencil. The general survey or vague
recollection of beautiful scenery, rich
foliage, picturesque ruins, or a foreign
tongue, affords no present or future
enjoyment equal with that of the
traveller whom Botany or Geology,
Drawing, Architecture, or the science
of language, provide at every step with
matter for inquiry, and who re-
turns home with his inquisitive func-
tions in healthy vigour, seeking a fuller
knowledge upon the many subjects
which an entire novelty has offernl to
him, and tasting the sound and lasting
agtitfactioa giym to tbe acquisition of

truth without any reference to its
utility.

The best way to enable a traveller
to profit to any extent by his travel,
would probably be to give him a
manual or hand-book of those branches
of knowledge, instances in which were
likely to come within his reach, and
so to point out their peculiar features,
as not only to satisfy a transient curi-
osity, but to excite a desire for infor-
mation upon matters of permanent
interest. Such a book should point
out what is best to be observed and
committed to memory upon the spot,
and in what quarter more diflfuse in-
formation may be obtained, if required,
afterwards at home.

It would occupy more space than
can be spared to explain even the
leading feature of the plan above men-
tioned ; we shall, therefore, as more
in accordance with the tenour of this
Journal, confine our remarks at present
to the subject of Gotiiic Architecture,
and more particularly to the best
method of exanunvot^ wck&vnA. twoa

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Topographical Prositigs.

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who has some other aud more im-
portant pursuit, from which he is now
and then al>ic for a short time to
escape. lie \h of course anxious to
make the most ofhis titue, and should
therefore be prepared to ohnerve as
many things aa possible. Let him re-
member Miss Ail^in'a admirable tale
of " Eyes and No F.ycs."

In his capacity of Dryasdust, he has
of course acquainted himself with the
general archscology of hia own coun-
try, and has 'gained, by an attentive
perusal of Rickman, and by turning
over the accurate plates of Britton, a
competent knowledge of the styles and
dates of English Architecture, the
heads of which information may easily
be written in a fly-leaf of his note-
book. He is also a herald, or at least
he has read enough of Edmondson to
be able to note down any coat of arms
that he may observe. He should also
be a fair draughtsman, and much time
will be saved if he be expert at the
ase of the camera- lucida. Some
smooth thin paper, and a ball of wash-
leather, slightly oiled, with some
powdered black-lead, will enable him
to take accurate rubbings of the se-
pulchral brasses, or even to trace some
of the architccturul mouldings, &c.
Our traveller will have ample oppor-
tunities of profiling by a knowledge
of geolog)', botany, and ornithology,
w^ith which branches of science wc
shall suppose him to be more or lc»s
acquainted ; and if he wishes to ap-
preciate the skill and ingenuity of
ancient carpenters aud architects, he
must have made some proficiency in
geometry, and know something of the
strength of materials. In truth, the
more universal his acquirements the
better ; for there is scarcely any kind
of knowledge that does not come into
play during a ramble through an
English county. He roust, however,
beware lest the words of the father of
poetry concerning a distinguii^hcd pan-
tologist of antiquity be applied to him ;

"IloXX' F/jrtCTToro *pya, KtiKits 8' ^t-
ordro trrirra,"

In many parts of England, Scotlan<i,

IrcUmd or Wales, an etymological

knowledge of Celtic is useful. Our

antiquary mu>il also be a tolcrabU- ac-

tirv chtubvi; poaaeai a good pair of

eyes, and be not afraiil of standiog in
wet feet.

Before setting out on a tour, Ihr
outline of the history of the district
should be gained, with as much in-
formation as possible respecting the
ancient buildings that it contains.
This may be sought in the county
history, or, in its absence, in the
county collections usually to be found
in the British Museum, in Camden's
Britannia. King's Munimenta, Gros«,
Lysons. and the Appendix to Rick-
man. He will take short notes of
sieges, of the erection or destruction of
buildings, and of such events as are
likely to have left physical traces be-
hind them; but it will be belter to
postpone a research into the general
history until his return. He may also,
if he can afford it, purchase at the
print shops Buck's Views, or any en-
gravings relating to the topograpby of
the district he is to visit.

These general notes, forming a sort
of epitome of the memorabilia of the
district, should be entered in a quarto
or octavo memorandum- book, to be re-
ferred to before or after a day's work.
Detailed notes are to be entered on
the spot in a portable clasped field-
book, carrying a pencil in a tight
sheath, and upon the ass's skin fly-
leaf of which are entered various me-
moranda, such as the dates of diffe-
rent styles from Rickman, sketches
of charasteristic mouliliogs or orna-
ments, abbreviations, forms of arches,
and other symbols ; of the form and
expediency of which the individual is
himself a sufficiently good judge.

The ordnance sheet for any district
may be purchased for a very moderate
price, and is a very important addition.
It informs you of the principal an-
tiquities, and points out the shortest
road to them, and upon it lines of
trackway, geological observations, or
the locality of particular plants, may
be marked down. The map should
be mounted, with open joints, to a
portable size, and in single sheets at
least, if not in smaller divisions, so
that no more need he carried tliau is
absolutely required.

With the camtra-lticidn it will bo
COTivt'iili'iit t(i Ii:ivc ri IJi'lit ill, II rriiinVf
13 I itr.

aoil '.10-

4

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Hints /or AntiquariaR T<mitt9.

S7f

plate— being, in fact, a drawing-book
of metal. Upon this frame the ca-
mera may be screwed, and the whole
"will then rest steadily almost any
where.

Mach depends upon a proper selec-
tion of dress or appointments. A frock
comt with outside and inside pockets
will hold much, and is not so singular
aa a shooting coat ; into the pockets
of the coat should go a small but
strong geological hammer, a 30 feet
tape, a folding foot-rule, a Schmal-
kalder compass, a clinometer, one of
Dollond's small telescopes, and a sheet
of ass's skin folded into four.

The shoes should be strong and worn
with stout gaiters, permitting you to
stand in a moat, or some such place,
ap to the middle in nettles, to draw.

Besides these, an india-rubber cape
should accompany the baggage, to-
gether with an umbrella, under the
shade of which you may draw in wet
weather.

It is important to adopt a good
method of description. First a gene-
ral plan of the building should be
sketched ; and to this the subsequent
description of details will be con-
veniently referred. The forms of the
arches, mouldings, and other parti-
culars from which a date may be
inferred, should next be noted, to-
gether with the leading particulars of
any tombs of founders or others likely
to throw light on the age of the
building. Next may be drawn general
elevations of the different faces of the
building, on which may be noted any
observations not referable to the plan.
These need be but sketches; a few
leading dimensions may be taken with
the tape ; but for the rest it will be
suflScient to trust to the eye. After
having made a general survey of the
building, corrections in the plan may
often be made by ascending some of
the towers. The bearings of walls,
&c. should be taken with the com-
pass.

When your examination is com-
pleted, it will be well to look round
mto the' neighbouring cottages and
farm-houses for fragments of carved
oak, stuned glass, enamelled tiles, &c.
The houses near a ruin are frequently
constructed from its materials. Old
shafts, broken mullions, &c. are gene-
nliy ia nteb cases to be diMorered.
GsHT. Maq. Vol, X.

with the font, or perhaps a stone coffin
or two, in the gardens or farmyards.

In examining a military remain, the
features of castellated architecture in
different ages should be borne in mind,
since it is by those rather than by or*
naments that the date of such build*
ings is to be inferred. The Norman
castles, for example, are known at
a glance by their keeps, the Edward-
ian by their concentric defences and
their larger windows, and so on. Some-
times the earthworks round the castl*
are of barbarian date, and therefore
older than the building itself. Some*
times they are of the same date ; and
sometimes they have been thrown up
to render the building tenable since
the introduction of gunpowder.

However mutilated a castle may be,
it is generally possible with some at*
tention to discover traces of ornament t
the style of the battlement may be
be known from an examination of the
wall upon which it terminated, the
stumps of the door or window mould-
ings are often to be found overgrown
with grass or covered with the top
soil ; and the tablets and strings,
though elsewhere defaced, are usudUy
found perfect in the re-entering angles
of the buildings.

In examining ecclesiastical struc-
tures, there is the less difficulty, that the
relative positions and uses of the dif-
ferent buildings are generally known i
but this guide does not exist in castles t
still the great hall, the kitchen, the
stables and guard -rooms, and the gate*
house, are apartments that must have
existed, and may therefore be sought
for.

In examining a religious house, we
should expect to find at least three
styles of buildings ; those of the origi*
nal structure, those introduced at a
subsequent period by the monks, and
those added by the grantee at the
Reformation to make the place suitable
for a private residence.

Ilie antiquary will not always be
suffered to conduct his researches in
peace ; nor indeed is it desirable to
neglect the information of the Cicerone
of the place. If possiblt, however,
let him make his own examination un-
molested, and then compare his own
deductions with theloc»Ht«A\^\^tA.

The Cicetone %\m«j\A.\» ^^ Ytwj«t-
\ji {ton wxpwiice V» •• *iS!i»%*^

Michinff Mallccho explained.

»

nbnut the ninik ; niul care should I>e
lakrn in trampling over piirilcns, cnlcr-
irg hoifics, 5cr. which yu wilt •■nmc-
timcs find it advisahic to do. by the
help cither of money or civility, or
both, to avoid hurting the feelings of
flic people, and thereby doing wrong
yourself nnd injuring the ni-xt visitor
*lso. r>o ns you would be done by.
is not leiss applicable to ruin-hunliiig
than to witttters of higher importance.
An intelligent man who is employed
upon the antiquities of a county, is
generally a welcome guest nt the
tables of the country gentlemen. In
such a case do not ride your hobby
against your host; he probably will
turn the conversation upon your sub-
jects, but you should not bore him ;
give what information you can. but
modestly ; not shewing that you hold
his theories or notions on the subject
to be erroneous, but stating your own
views quietly, by way of query, and
with the deference due to liis superior
local knowledge.

I
I

Mr. Uhban, Cork, July 10,

THE line in Hamlet, (act iii.
«C. 3.)

" Marry, this is miching mallccho; it
means mischief;"

ha« always sounded strangely, and
almost uu-P^nglish, to my cars. In-
deed, the expression mallecko or »n«-
licho, which Mr. Henley, in his com-
niontary on the passage, (Steevens'
Shakepcarc, 1703, vol. xv. p. 188),
erroneously remarks, should be mal-
heco, the proper word being walAecho,
is wholly foreign — a Spanish com-
pound, sufficiently indicative of its
meaning and origin, and. I believe,
not discoverable in any other English
author. But the accompanying ad-
jective, mickintf, was of old and fre-
(]uent use. Its sense too is of easy
intelligence, and has been amply do-
iined by the commentators and lexi-
cographers j while it.s etymology has
been in general overlooked or aban-
doned ; at least I only know of one
Attempt, which I cannot hesitate to
pronounce a failure.

I therefore claim your indulgence in

{proposing one more likely, I should
lofii', to tncil acceptance,
/fl Jobnf'Ui's Diciioii&Ty the word
M/ijKar9 without on ctymoa ; ood m

Todd's edition, it is stated to be ol
great age in nur lahgnai;c, but of un-
certain derivation. Webster alone of-
feis a conjecture: "it is," he save,
" perhaps allied to the Swedish maka
(to withdraw), or to the Saxon muffan
(to creep) j" but these roots are evi-
dently too remote and far-fetched,
both in sound and sense, to be satis-
factory. Many years since, on find-
ing the Verb mnclicr or musaer in Mon-
taigne nnd other early French writers,
with precisely the same meaning oa
that affixed to the English lo taiche,
in uur dictionaries and annotators, —
namely, to hide, to be ^rcret, to lie
hid, &c. it struck roc as the probable
source of our antiquated expression.
The philosophic Gascon, whose book
was termed by Cardinal Duperron.
" le brcviaire dea honnetes gens,"
says (livre ii. ch. 10) that, in order tu
deceive his critics, he occasionally in-
troduced a borrowed, though unac-
knowledged, fact or thought, from
the great writers of antiquity, on whom
thus unwittingly fell the censure aim-
ed at himself. "A escicnt," be ob-
serves, in his quaint and expressive
idiom, "j'en cache I'auteur: je veulx
qu'ils donnent unc nazardc k Plu-
tar<]ne, et qu'ils s'echaudent i» injurier
St'nt'que. II faut niuMPt- ma foiblesse
sous CCS grands crcd its." In the more
recent editions of bis Essays, the word
mutsrr (or mticer) is always accom-
panied with its modern interpretation
cachcr — to hide ; and similarly, in the
" Glossairc du 14' Si^cle," prefixed to
M. Luchon's late edition of Froissard
(1835), iiiiicer, nttcifr or miit»ipr, is
explained by cnvfirr. " Mainlcnant,"
says the old chronicler, '• me faut
niussier " (or mucrr), &c. And by a
contemporaneous poet it is employed
with the same construction.

" Cc nijojiinoins sn robe clle niuijoll
Sum un ninnteau, qui humble

BOJt."

An extract, however, from, ai ■ _
supposed, the first book printid by
Caxton. nrob.iblv ;ii Cnl
he settli'd in '
cucyl des Hist,
in the Dibliolhcca
also pr. Dibdjn'a i
tiquities. vol. i. p.
place in diiccl apj)..
Mid Ein^VuAi vfot^'i (ju( vbucrabic pa*

i

4

ognc befuro
cr. " Lc lit'
invc".." iriven

An-
■ niv tu
Ffruch

1838.]

To Miche."— Montaigne and the French Language. 379

triarch of the preas having "trans-
lated and drawn out the said hook
into englisshe." In the original (folio
283, rrr*o) a. combat is graphically
narrated between Hercules and the
robber Cacus, whom the hero thus
addresses. — "Tu troubles les Italyes
par tyrannies wMaifs," &c. which
Caxtun renders — "Thou Iroublcst the
Italyens by tyrannies liitl," Sec, ; and
to hide, as I have observed, is the first
definition of the verb to mic/ie in oil
our dictionaries.

This English version or Raaul Le-
/fire's history, under the title of " Rc-
euyel of the Historyes of Troye," was
the firal book printed in our language ;
it was executed at L'olcn (Cologne) in
1471, before Caxton, the printer and
translator, introduced the great art into
England; and its rarity may be in-
ferred from the fact, that, at the Hox-
hurghe sale, a co[»y wa* bought by the
Duke of Devonshire at the extraordi-
nary price of 10(30/. the highest ever
paid for a single printed volume, with
the exception of the far-famed Boc-
cacio, which produced more than dou-
ble that sum at the same sale.

In Spenser's View of the State of

ft land, page 251 (ed. 1809) Iremcus,

one of the interlocutors of bis dialogue,

is made to recommend the appoint-

nt of a I'rovost Marshal in every

ire of Ireland, in order to arrest the
wanderings of the rebellious and pa-
pistical Irish, " lest any of thcni should
straggle up and downc the couotrcy.
or miehe in corners amongst their
friends, as Carrowes, Uardes. Jesters,
and such like," Mr. Todd subjoins
to this paragraph a note, with various
referrnccs to Chaucer, the Romance of
the Rose. &c. whence, as well as from
the authorities adduced in his dic-
tionary, (Ckiwer, Stanyhurst, ond
others.) it would appear that, to micAe
•Uo signified to pilfrr. steal, &c. ;
hut, in this passage of Spenser, as in
my text from Shakspeare, it evidently
imports to hute.ihe equivalent of wMrer.
Uolh verbs ore now obsolete in their
fcspeclive langujiges ; thougli in Ire-
land, to uiirAe IS still used by school-
hoys, as in the West of Cnglunil, in
the sense of to jilay (km truant. The
French term, even in Montaigne's age,
wan rather nntic|uated ; but he was
fond of rv-producing old terms, and
Hoaeiimea not untiappy In framing

new ones, such as mjmf— mjavemmttl
jiicuri'eitz — incurio.tit^, with a fewrl
others which arc still preserved. Maojf j
more, however, of pungent and forci-
ble expression, " ccs braves formes si |
vifves, et si profondes..ce parlor sue-
culent et ncrveux," to borrow hia^
own Inngungc, (liv. ii. ch. 25.) have
long been discarded, as more vigorous
than liarmoniouB. No one was more
fastidious in this respect than Voltaire, j
of whom it is said, in the preface of
Uie last edition of the Dictionary of
the French Academy. (183.1) — " il'
i^tnonda parfois le jet vigourcux de la
langue, et n'en rclint pas toutes les
richesses." Yet, lie was conscious ,
that it wanted an infusion ofstrength ;
for he pithily remarked of his naiiva
tongue—" que c'ctait unc gueuse fiiro, I
k qui il faut faire raumi'ine nialgr^
tile." But this union of pride and
poverty has ceased to be a ground of
reproach ; and I believe that no lan-
guage in Europe has more willingly,
or more abundantly, received forcigu
contributions, within these lost fifty
years, than the French. Many, many
thousands of words have enriched it in
this interval ; and some of these are
re-vivitied from old Montaigne.

This very shrewd and original
writer waB. in general, most open ond
ingenuous in the avowal of his obliga-
tions ; and even when in his arctll
humour, he would veil, Cmucer.j a* hej
modestly says, his own wcftkncsij
under the higli authorities, whom hi»j
critics reproved and nibbled at, while!
they supposed they were attackingJ
himself, he seldom failed to irapres*!
with the stamp of his own genius whatj
he thus afipropriatcd to his use. " Leal
ahcilles pillottcnt dc qh, de lik l«aJ
Ueurs," (I adopt his imaginative dic*|
lion ;) " mais elles en font apres
miel, qui est tout leur." It has been
remarked that J. J. Rousseau, his
great admirer, has scarcely ever quoted
an author of antiquity, (unless, per-
haps, it be Plutarch in the old version'
of Amyot.t except through the mediumJ
of Montaigne, to whom he does notj
nlways profess the debt, and to whoiir
he equallv owed many of the roost'
striking tiiougl.ts of his Emile and
niaojuTt 9ur I'laifyalile. In the ycar^
1703 I visited what tetnavutdviCvVvt c^
ckiiteau it M<mtaiyn«( ; \»iV V\.. >

mmmmm

m^mmm

M

EtyntQtogtf and iHuiml D'teI(Cl$i

[Oct,

cbest of paper*, the only reliques of
its ancient possessor, and tl»eace pub-
lished, in 1774, Montaigne's Travels iu
Italy. Nothing else was found worthy
of the public eye, nor did that volume

fclneet or deserve much favour ; but 1
recollect that, in circling round from
jP^igord to the south, ajid stopping at
Hl^tres in Lao^cdoc. now Dcfartt-
mmt du Thi-fl, I discovered some traces
of the celebrated George P»almanasar,
the friend of Johnson, (Boswell, iv.
p. 172, Croker's edition,) and labori-
ous contributor to the Universal Hit-
lory. A century, indeed, had nearly
elapsed since that singular character
haxi escaped from home, yet the cir-
cumstance did not appear wholly for-
gotten.*

I performed the joomey on foot,

pedes et expeditus, partly from choice

and partly to avoid the danger which,

^H at that period, a more arittocratie mode

^M of travelling would have exposed me to ;

^" but the familiar use of the patois, both

of Gasrony and Langucdoc, acquired

by a long and very early residence in

the country, made an intercourse with

the people equally easy and gratifying

to me. Bat I must reserve the recital

(for another occasion, and resume my
subject
The word noUcco, or rather nal-
hfcho, which, like its English repre-
sentative, viis-denl, conveys at once,
as I have already noted, its import and
origin, though naturalised, one would
suppose, by the adoption of Shaks-
pcare, still continues alien to our lan-
guage ; for it is not to be found in any
dictionary. ."Vs for its adjunct, micAin^i,
^H I hope I have succeeded in establishing
^B its genealogy, preferably, at least, to
^" my transatlantic and nole compe-
titor. Dr. Webster, and by an ap-
proximation less strained and fancifnl,
I trust, than those of the Icarnid
Manage in his Originc* rfe la Longne

I

Franfoiie (1750, folto) Vthxch Mf*
gestcd the ludicrous distich —
" Alphann vient d'Eijuu», sans doute ;

Mais dbien changi^ sur la route."
Menage, the Vadita of Moliire's
Femmes Saronle3,wad the Johnson of his
day, allowed, indeed, his imagination
to run riot in this field of divination,
as a reference to the article Hugvenot,
in his dictionary, will abundantly
prove. Yet John8on has shown how
w^ords, apparently remote and disso-
nant, arc derived from the same root-
as, day and journey thus — diet, diur-
Niu, giomo, in Italian, or jotimfc in
French. The same Menage (Menagi-
ana, torn. i. p. 404-3) asserts, that
the nobles of Venice were obliged to
employ the old idiom in public ads
and affairs, lest it should fall into total
oblivion ; nor did that rule injuriously
affect their modem tongue ; — " On est
toujours," he forcibly remarks, "en-
fant dans sa langue quand on nc lit
que Ics autcur? de son terns. ... On
donnc un tour plus net et plus sublime
a son discoura quand on sait la gvn^-
alogie des termes dont on sc sert,"
Tliis subject is happily viewed ia &
difliercnt light from what it was at no
distant period, when the Scottish
clergy discouraged the translation of
the £ible into Erse, as may be seen in
Johnson's letter to Mr, Drumroond,
August 13, 17OG. lest it should pro-
mole the cultivation of the native
tongue ; and when old Sheridan, the
orthoepist, exhorted the Government
(preface to his gramranr), to use every
means of suppressing the Irish, which
he considered a bur to the religion and
languageof England. Johnson's power-
ful remonstrance produced the first
Gaijlic New Tetitament in 1766 (Cro-
ker's edition of Boswell, vol. ii. p. 27) ;
but the whole Bible did not app«ar
until 1802. It surely is to be regret-
ted that the Cornish dialect is oow

• Nesr Castres is the villi^ •-'' ^ ' ' "-
a year also ranorkable for tb« I

serviiiii 11= screL-ftnt \i\ t}if jrm\
dc '

thi

bu:

hu

to :■
cori\^. ,,_..^. . , .- 1 ...... .

' !i ere Marshal Soult
. (ijid AVi-liingt'>n.

■ ■' iiiitarv f (<!'■< iliri

irai bom la 1 7(>9 (
His father, ufier

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ia38.]

JBrron in 8Mwm*t Shaktpeare,

36%

«ntirely extiact ; for there can be no
more certain or traceable line of na-
tional filiation, as Leibnitz was, I be-
lieve, the first to indicate, than the
analogy of language. (See the Atlas
£dmographiqueof Balbi,Gesner, Ade-
lang, Grimm, Malte-Brun, &c.)

The editions of Shakspeare, which
I have consulted on this occasion, are
those of Malone, 1790, and of Steevens,
1793; both highly valued, but the
latter emphatically the beat; for the
extraordinary pains bestowed on its
revision by the wayward, but indus-
trious editor, have ever been duly ap-
preciated. The text may, in conse-
quence, be pronounced accurate ; and
it is, of course, the moat essential
part ; but several of the notes display
some singular historical oversights or
errors of the press, which have passed
uncorrected from one edition to the
other. Both (Malone, vol. i. p. 288,
and Steevens, i. p. 502.) make Henry
IV. of France the $on of his predeces-
sor Henry 111. though little more than
two years (1551 — 1553) separated the
births of those monarchs ; and, though
brothers-in-law, their blood-relation
was so remote, ih&t their last common
progenitor, Louis IX. preceded them by
no less than three centuries (1285).
Again, Malone, vol. i. part ii. p. 16, and
Steevens, vol. ii. p. 131, say, that Pope
Pius IL (JEaeaa Sylvius Piccolimini)
composed and caused to be acted, in
1416, a Mystery, &c. j but that PontiflF
was then a child, and did not ascend
the papal throne until 1455. And in
volume ix. p. 557 of Malone, and xv.
542 of Steevens, Francis 1. of France is
represented as the conqueror and captor
of Charles V. at Pavia in 1525, which,
I need hardly add, is the reverse of the
truth. Thomas Warton's name is sub-
joined to this blundering note. Seve-

ral other inadvertencies equally struck
me, which, with these, later editors
may, perhaps, have also noticed ; but
I have no means of ascertaining the
fact, and, at all events, produce evi-
dence that the beat are far from fault-
less.

Money, if not the standard of
merit, is, at least, a criterion of esti-
mation, as a literary foreigner lately
observed to me, on learning that a
distinguished nobleman (the Duke of
Devonshire) had paid ninety guineas
for a single play of Shakspeare — " The
Taming of a Shrew," in 1834 ; and
that, still more recently, your respect-
able associate, Mr. Pickering, was
happy to possess the great poet's auto-
graph, reputed unique, and, doubtless,
genuine, at the price of one hundred
pounds ! * This far transcended, re-
marked my friend, the homage paid to
Napoleon, whose signatures at Mr.
So^eby's in 1825 (I think) only pro-
duced a sovereign each; though the
earlier and rarer ones of Buonaparte,
before he excluded the u from his name
during the Italian campaign of 179€«
sold for five pounds. On that occa-
sion, however, I recollect that a com-
mon and worn copy of Volney's Tra-
vels, worth of itself a few shillings,
was purchased by the late Sir Frederic
Baker for fifty-one guineas, in conse-
quence of some remarks in a fly-leaf
on the Pyramids of Egypt, in Napo-
leon's own hand, or rather scrawl ; for
it was utterly illegible to an unaccus-
tomed eye, without the aid of an
a^oined fair transcript by one of his
companions at St. Helena ; nor would
the whole, if my memory be not faulty,
have occupied twenty printed lines, -f

In the year 1800, immediately after
the sale of Mr. Steevens's library, where
were first exhibited, 1 believe, those

• Since purcbaaed by the British Museum. — Edit.

t The unceasing complaints of the ex-Emperor, in regard to the climate of St.
Helena, must be in the recollection of every reader of Las-Cases, while the almost
uniform testimonies of historians and travellers represent the island as remarkably
salubrious. The description of it by a Portuguese author of deserved celebrity, D. A,
da Lemot Faria e Cattro, in his " Historia Geral de Portugal," torn. ix. p. 161
(Lisbos, 1788), appears to me worth citing. After stating its discovery in 1503, he
adds that is " ferdl, agradavel £ abondante ilha, regada de muitos rios, com bosque
denies, gados, ^ caga infinita para, socorro dos navigantes." This history, which is
considered the best extant of Portugal, was reprinted in 1804, at Lisbon (SO vols. 8vo.^.
Baynal makes no observation on the climate of St. Helena ; but I v««VL T«taca&wx ^<ft
in^ression produced on mv youthful mind by the descnption ol \t Vn )k>da%'¥Ti:^«iiK%
novel, Clevehmd. It wotud, however, appear that loni^t) Vk qI xax« Q«oarc«M»

382

Merits of Mr. Ciimbcrlnnd as a TrensJalor.

[Oct.

I

»

emulative contests for the early quarto
editions of Slmkspeare, which succeed-
ing years have rather inflnmeil than
moderated, I met Mr. John Kemblc in
Dubliii> at the auction of Provost Mur-
ray's books, by Mr. Morcier, in An-
glesea-strcet. While waiting for Mr.
Mercier'a arrival, the Gentltmian't MO'
gazine fur Mmj, just then received,
■was looked into by a person present,
•who, astounded at the prices therein
stated to have been given for six de-
tached plays of Shakspcare (158/. \s.),
eiclaimed, •' Who were the madmen
guilty of such extravagance ?" " I,
Sir," said Kcmble rising from his sent
— loro sic orsus ab alto* — with the
solemn dignity of mein and lofty as-
sumption of manner that characterized
him — " I. Sir! am one of those un-
happy wights, who appear to you so
insanely indiU'erent to the value of
money ;" and, resuming his scat, he
scarcely noticed the anxious apologies
of the unwitting and abashed offender.
Here, in conclusion, I am ciuitc sen-
sible that a smile might arise, nnd an
exclamation escape — *' Nre ista. hercle,
magno jam conatu magnas nugas dix-
crit;" (Terent. Hcauton. iv. 1.) were
it not the prerogative of genius to
interpose its ennobling power, and,
like the transmuting powder of the
alchemist, impart value and attraction
to any subject, however intrinsically
unimportant, connected with it. In-
voking, therefore, the all-sufficient
protection of our great Bard for thin
trifle. I have the honour to be,

Yours, &c. J. R,

I

Translation or a Fhagmbxtof tiik
Ghkek Comic Pokt Aribtophon:
liLuROR or Mn. Cimbf.rland.
IN that very able and elegant work,
the E»»aij on the Princi]>h» of Tran»la-
lion (a book which no classical scholar
of taste and discernment should be
without), a considerable part of the
aixth chapter is devoted to the discus-
sion of t)ie merits of the puelicul trans-
lations from the Greek comic writers
by the late Mr. Cumberland. They
are there distinguished by the epithet
ai udmirahU ; arc classed with certain
tptciiHcni, by Pope and ollierB, tfycT'
frcl iranilatioH ; and are wprikon of aa

^urid, lib. ii.

offor^ing a singular example of a verf
rnrf conjunction, the most serujnilouB
fiihlily in the oriijinuh irilh a cumplete
tratutfiigioH of their poftirni Mpirit.

This is high and extraordinary
praise; but not greater than the object
of it will, in many of the instances, be
found to deserve. Other translators
who have succeeded in combining a
knowledge of their foreign original
with the spirit of true poetry, arc Fair-
fax in his Godfrey of Bulloign. Joseph
Warton in the liclogues and Georgica
of Virgil, Fawkes in his versions of
the Anacreontic Odes, Theocritus, &c.
CowjKT in his Iliad and Odyssey,
Abraham Moore in his translation of i
a part of the Odes of Pindar, and Cary,
of our own times, in his Pindar and
Dante. I know not. the several kinds
of poetry being considered, that the
name of Cumberland (as a translator)
will rank second to any of these. I
am sure that addition will not easily
be made to their number. — Apparent
rari natiteg in gurgite vatto. — 1 pur-
posely pass over the Homeric transla-
tions of Pope, because I believe that
he knew nothing of the original Greek,-}
and that his translation (like the black
letter Thucydides of honest Thomas
Nicolls, citizen and goldsmith of Lon-
don) is but a translation of a transla-
tion, that is to say. of the Latin trans-
lation of Spondanus, as Dr. Bentley
long ago pronounced it to be. Bentley
was Pope's contemporary, and must
have had ample means of knowing,
from the conversation of the day,
whether Pope knew Greek or no.
And, besides, do we not see the errors
of the Latin versionist uniformly iicr-
pctuatcd in the English of Pope ? I

The specimens selected by Tyller i
from the translations of Mr. Cumber- i
land arc those of two fragments frum
the Greek dramatists Ti modes and
Diphilus : and it must be allowed that
the selection is a very happy one. He
has subjoined the Greek originals, '
with the literal Latin versions of Dale- \
chamjis, but has omitted to point out !
the sources from whence the fr»Km<'nts
were derived. The former of tneni is

f Thai i» not tliu eamr. IVi|iii mm bo |
Crri'k tthotni-, bill I.. ' ' '"iiuer

in (be iirigiiinl ; nuil I,

>(tll, we believp, in > .. ...... .^^ In.

lore, Va ovii X(T<t»n\. Vk«uc>yn , ^^ '^*^ b** I

1838.]

TrdnsIaiioH o/n Fragment of Aristophon.

383

preserved in Athenacus. lib. vi. p.
223. B. and also, with some variation,
in Stobxus, Tit. 124. 19. For the pre-
servation of the latter we are solely
indebted to Athenseus, lib. vi. p.
227. E. Both are to be met with in the
Collections of Morelius, Hertelius, and
Walpole; the former in Grot. Stob.
Floril. Tit. cxxv. p. 509 ; H. Steph.
Com. Grec. Sentent. p. 449 ; and also
in the Poelee Minorca Greed of Win-
terton, and in the Gnomici Poette Greed
of Branck ; the latter in Grot. Exc.
p. 787. Iliere is a curious antique
translation, in English rhyme, of a
considerable portion of the Fragment
from Diphilos in a very rare book, of
which the following is the title : The
Lamg Ubrarie, or Meditations and
Olutrvationa Historical, Natural. Moral,
PoKtieal, and Poetical. Written in
Latin by P. Camerarius: and donne
into English by I. Molle, Esquire: with
mtme Additions by H. Molle, his sonne.
London, printed by Adam Islip, and are
to be sould by I, Partridge. Anno 1625.
Bat what shall be said of Mr. Cum-
berland's translation of a remarkable
Fragment of the Greek comic poet
Aristophon, in which (to borrow from
the language of Tytler) neither " the

ideas of the original are completely
transfused." nor " the manner most
happily imitated," but the sense ofthe
comic relique misconceived, from the
alpha of the translation to the omega,
from the first word to the last ? The
Greek original is from Athcnieus, lib.
Ti. p. 238. G. and is part of the lost
play of the nvdayopwrr^f . The whole
passage has been mistaken by Mr.
Cumberland for a description of the
disciples of Pythagoras, when in reality
it is no such thing. It is a humorous
inventory of the qualifications of a
Pytlutgoric parasite, put in the mouth
of the starveling himself, and tricked
out as a sort of parody upon the ordi-
nary pretensions ofthe flattering tribe,
whose practice it was to make a pa-
rade of their merits, both of action and
of sufferance, that by virtue of them
they might be admitted scotfree to the
roast beef and plum- pudding of the
Athenian kitchens. This is evident at
once from the position of the Frag-
ment in the pages ofthe Deipnosophist,
and from the import of the other frag-
ments in whose company it is found.
But 1 will quote the Greek, with Gro-
tius's version of it, and will subjoin
the translation of Mr. Cumberland :

Tlpiis ftiv TO irtunjv tvBlnv t( fu}9( iv
yofuC' 6pcu> Ti6ifuitiXoi> ^ ^iXtTTTTtdi/i'.
vdap i( irivfiv 0arpaxos, anoXavaai Bifuav
\a)(ai>a)v re mfiirq, irp6s ri /117 Xovvdai pvmt,
vwaiSpios \tinSiva iiaytiv KiyfAixps,
irviyos viro/ictvat Ka\ p,€<rr]pftpias "Kaktiv
TfTTi^, fXaiip fir/Tt XPW^'" M^' opau
Kovioprbs, uwrrSSrjTos Spdpov irtpmartiv
ytpaims, KoOtvittv iitfii /wepov wicripis.

Ad nil vtseendum et tolerandam eiuriginem

Est TithymaUut alter out Philippides .-

Ad aquam bibendam, rana; edendis oUribus

Porroque, eruca .- itltwie, strigmentum, scabres :

Merula degendam ad hiemem «m£ JoveJMgido :

jEstuferendo ttfalmlis mtridie

Fandis, cicada : ad olei inusum, putvis est :

Ad ambulandutn mane, ted sine caleeis,

Crus : ad ducendam noetem insomnem, noetua.

So gaunt they leem, that famine never mode
Of rank Philippides so mere a shade ;
Of salted tunny-fish their scanty dole.
Their beverage, like the frogs, a standing pool,
With now and then a cabbage, at the best
The leavings of the caterpilkr's feast :
No comb approaches their dishcvell'd hair,
To rout the long -established myriads there ;
On the hare ground their bed, nor do the^ \iM)^
A warmer coverlid than serrea a crow )

n-WMletiM of a FragmeHi of

FUmn the mcridUn gnn withoat t cloud ?
Thej bask like graschoppers mil chirp u loud
With oil ihcj oarer even feaat their eyes ;
The lontry of stocking* they detpise.
But l>are-foot as the erase still murch along.
All night iu chonu with the screech-owl's sojig

I would also remark, that in the
English version there is no mention of
'nihymallHS, of gormaadising celebrity ;
that to naUfd fwny-jSsA there is not the
slightest allusion in the original Greek ;
that the cabbage and the leavini/a of the
caterjtillar'a feast is all mere fudge,
and nothing to the purpose ; that the
eomd, and the diihevelled hair, and the
nuting t\f the Utng-ifttabtuhed myriad*
thore, arc in no wise connected with
the washing>tub, and the scarcbiog
inilnence of soft soap and soda ; that
blackbirds ate not crotcj, and that it is
not the fashion for either crows or
blackbirds to roost upon the bare
ground; that the luxury of stockingt ia
but an arbitrary and awkward substi-
tution for the luxury of sandals, or of
slippers ; that there is no marching alt
night, nor marching at all, nor singing
in chorus icHh the scrreeh-otcl, in the
Greek original ; and that as blackbirdo,
as has been asserted, are not crows,
so neither are bats acreech-owlt.

By the by, with a view to the right
understanding of the opening of the
Fragment, 1 would observe, that all is
plain enough as regards the allusion
to that trama figurai, the lank, the lean.

well-known proverb "ttXiinn'Sov XmrS'
Tfpov, more meagre than Philippidet,
argues much in favour of the proprie-
ty of the personation. Philippides,
says Schweighiciiser, (Germans tell me
that the name should be pronounced
Swisher,) ila teniii maeilentoque eor-
porefu.it, ut macies hominia in prover-
bium abierit, nuliiaque jocit dedeHt
occasionem." See Athenaius, lib. xii.
p, 552. D, E. But how rests the mat-
ter with the glutton Tithymallua?
What has Tithymallus to do with
starvation ? Nothing at all. The poet
simply means (by a perverse simili-
tude, if you like,) that, aa TithymalluB
was wont to do the duty of a parasite
by eating and gormandising in an es-
pecial degree, so is the Fythagoric
parasite prepared to play his part, kot
«^o)itjv, by battening upon nothing.
In either case the character is com*
plele : the diSerence is in the circum<
stances only. Perfect repletion is the
order of the day witli the one ; perfect
inanition with the other. See Alhe-
na'us, lib. vi. p. 240. C. D. E. F.

The following translation of the
above Fragment must at all events be
allowed to approach nearer to the
sense of the original Gteek .-

the unsubstantial Philippides. The

For fouisbment direct, and empty fore,

I am your Tithynialtus, your Philippides,

Close pictured to the life : for water -drinking.

Your very frog. To fret and feed on leeks

Or other garden-stuif, your cateqiillar

la a mere fool to me. Would j' have me abjure

All cleanuog, all ablution ? — I'm your man, —

The loathesom'st sco^ v. filth itself —

Sheer, genuine, ani«< , tilth.

To brave the winter wuu au uippingcold,

A houseless tenant of the open our.

See in rac all the ouael. Is 't my bus'ness.

Id sultry summer'i dry and parched «eii*oii,

To dare the stiffing heat, ami prnie tlic while,

Mocking the noontide Mate? — I taa st onco

The prasBhopper. To abhor the mothcr'd oil "'—

1 uii '' I'.ost to lick it up

All' ') its um:. To nralk o' tnuxninga

Dak..,. i ;:l- uraue. To sleep no wink ? — The bat.

The classical reader, who is curious of the outward profession, at least.

,^ ^. . II

Tbcjr

irght

p/fAc Creek comic 6t$sc, iUuetrntivc
6

1838.] Tramhtion of a Fragment of Arittophm. 885

1.

O! nv6ayopl(ovrtt yiip, or atoCofuy,

oCr' Hn^p iarBiovaw o^' ^tXX* ovdc tv

ffi'^XP"' o&^v r odyl irivavauf ftdvoi.

'EirixopHilS fitvroi mwar KartaSiti,

r&p nv6ayopti<op tls, B. moKnii'ttt fwv oj/r *

oi»K 7n yap i<rr tfi'ipvxpv.

Auzts, Athen. lib. ir. p. 161. B.

Pythagoritantei ent'm, «/ aeefotmiw,
neepiicn eomedunt, nee aJiua quidquatn
tmimatwm, et vitiKm toK non bibunt.
Bpicharidet qnidem eanihuf veteitttr,
Pythafforeomm tmut, B. Pottquam oceidit rumpe :
turn enim turn amplnu anima eit inut. Schwbioh.

2.
HvBayopur/ioi km X<{yo(
Xcirroi, IktiTiiiXtvfiivcu rt (jipovriits
rpif^Kivir' iKttvovs. rd di Kod' fjntpav rode*
iipros Ka0ap6s tls (Kortp^, irorrfpiov
wiaros ' Tocravra ravra. B. itviuvniplov
Xrytis iieurav. A. irdyres otrrur o! vtxfwl
dtayowi KcH TOMvra KaKOTFoffovai irov.

loBif, ibid. p. 161. B. 6.

Pytkagoritmi et/abula
Aemtae et taponaim toIUeitudinet
nio» laginant : prater hac datur in diem
Cniqve honm pants auru et aqua poeulum ;
Victut nihil prteterea. B. Vitam carceria
Comtnemora*. A. Aiqui tie viri lapientia
Addieti vitam vivunt arumnabilem. Gbot.

3.
*Ed« 0' virouctvoi /uicpotrtTiav, pwrov,
ptyo;> triomriv, OTvyi^T>pr', oXovcriav.

loKH, ibid. p. 161. D.
Deeuit tolerare paulum tordem, inediam,
lUuinem,/rifftu, tristitiam, tilentium. Idem.

4.

'EaOiowrt re
XaxopA Tt Koi wtvovviv cjrl rovrou vdttp '
ff>6fioas Si Ka\ rpi^ava rffp t' dkavviav
ovdtis &v vnofttivtu rap vettripttp,

Abibtophon, Laert. Vit. Pythaf.

Edtmt
Olera : pro potu nil niti fumpant aquam :
Jam vero illuviem, pallium, pedieuloa
Tblerare nemo ettjuniorum qui queat. Idem.

But the first classical scholar in this or even of the shattered remains of the

country writes to me, that "nobody Greek comic writers, is becoming, or

in these days reads Callimachus." has already become, obsolete. 1 have

And, by the same rule, nobody reads heard that a celebrated ex-Chancellor

Demosuenes — nobody reads Pindar — has pronounced it as his opinion,

nobody reads Greek comic fragments " that Greek and Latin are of no use."

—nobody reads Greek at all — " in these Bat I look upon such reports as mere

days." I do not yet believe that the vagaries, as the crazy eSasions of a.

times are to altered, and the age so distempered braan, «&.^\-<«)V\ -D!»l!Qb«.

debased, as that tiie study of Callima- believe th.em, noT ^axlCicvv^ '^"^ ^^^^

tAiua, or ofDemostheaes, ox of Pindar, despondeucv ot^iV\ftdLYa>^'e°^viSti^«^BSk-
Cmht. Ma9. Vbt. X. r * ^^

OghttM Inscriptions.— TnT. Camden Society.

I

lar alluded to. The Classical Tripos
at Cmnljridgo, in spite of the narrow-
minded oppcj^itian which it at llrst
met with, dourishcs there " in the full
vigour of life," and at C'ollegca, which
hefore were strictly tuathemuticul, the
reward of a fellowship is now prof-
fered, without reserve, to those who
rank high in it. I have not heard that
Oxford men are growing exclusively
philosophical, I cannot persuade roe,
that, as science advances, classical
literature must necessarily go down.
I am sure, tliat. under an amiable and
enlightened Queen, — who knows well
what should be culled from the ex-
ample of her illubtriouH ancestress
Elizabeth — the cause of classical learn-
ing cannot suffer degradation. The
extinction of the study of the ancient
languages in a civilised nation is the
surest proof of its being already de-
moralised, \Vljen science was patron-
ised by the Emperor Napoleon (n the
ttfhr exclution of the belles lei tret,
where was the morality of France ?
where was its religion ?

J.1MES Bailey. M.A.

Mr. Ubhav, Cork. Sfpt. 21.
I REGRET that no publicity has
been given to the very extensive dis-
coveries of Ogham inscriptions which
have for some years been making in
the south of Ireland, by Mr. A. Abel
and other gentlemen. No less than
several dozt"n inscriptions of this sort
have been found and copied ; but from
the large size of the stones which con-
tain them, and the little encourage-
ment aflbrded in this country to lite-

rary or scientific projects, most of
them arc allowed to remain in their
remote and obscure situations. Three
however have been deposited in the
Royal Cork Institution. Tlicre is a
general impression that Oghams are
of no very ancient date, being merely
secret modes of writing. In this idea
I myself acquiesced until lately. But
the situation of some Ogham stones,
lately discovered at Dunlo, in the coun-
ty of Kerry, goes far to shake this
opinion. A subterranean chamber and
narrow passage leading to it were ac-
cidentally opened. The roof was
formed of long flat stones, containing
Oghams, which lapped over one an-
other, so as in some instances to con-
ceal the inscriptions, and show that
they were designed without any rela-
tion to the structure. These under-
ground apartments were of the re-
motest antiquity. Gildas mentions
them as the habitations of the Scota
or Irish at the time when that people,
with the Picts, ravaged Britain. It
is manifest that the Oghams above.
mentioned were more ancient than the
cell of which they formed the roof;
and that they were collected from the
surrounding country, in order to be
applied to that purpose, being most
suitable in size and shape ; and from
the little veneration thus shown to
Ihcm, it is probable thot they were of
such extreme antiquity that their na-
ture and origin were then wholly for-
gotten. I may aUo mention that a
human skeleton, and the bones of some
other anim-il, were found in the coll.
Vours, tec. CoRCAOiKNSia.

I

4

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

Works orrnK Caudrn SoctBTr.

IN noticing tht* appearance of the Second ond Third works of the Camden
iety, we hnvr much pleasure in rcmaiking ihr prosperity and inrnone of J
the Society itself. We were before so well satisfied of tin* exo'lh-ncc of iti!
plan, and the judgmcttt of it« dirertirip f'oiincil, Ihnt we fell thot it WO* HI
nnmernus body of miMnliera that nvu^ tilonc r»'qijir»'d to render the •mail to-'
dividual subscription cllicient for the nhject*. in view. It* numbcra are now J

prolittbility of tlieirj
number to whirl

it has lK>en judged expedtvrit to limit them. With ■ noj

titiubt thai in worl^ wdl uppear in rapid -.ucc<&*iun ; me J

lAe two vnluMblt rofumes Ucforc u>.

closely aptifoachint; to lioO; ond we think ihfic i» every
arrlvine;. before the close of the first vcar, at the full

1838.] Kynge Johan, bj/ Bishop Bale. S8f

Kynye Johan; a Play in two Parts. By John Bale. Edited by J. Payne
Collier, Esq. F.S.A. from a MS. of the Author in the library of his Grace
the Duke of Devonshire.

This highly curious production of that very violent and hot-headed Re-
former, the celebrated John Bale, is mentioned by its author in the list of
his own works which he gives in his Scriptorum Summarium, where among
his twenty-two dramatic pieces in idiomate matemo is this De Joanne Anglorvm
rege: its existence was, however, only recently discovered, when it was pur-
chased for the matchless dramatic collection of the Duke of Devonshire.
It is supposed to have been preserved at Ipswich among papers belonging
to the Corporation ; and there are indications of its having been performed
in the towns of Suffolk, of which county the author was a native. It
was probably written in the reign of Edward the Sixth ; but there are
alterations which must have been made subsequently to the succession of
Elizabeth.

This is in fact one of the engines, and no very slight or inefficient one, by
which the great revolution in religious opinions was effected. The " popetly
playe " (p. 17) by which the Church of Rome had first instructed the iguorant
people in the leading events of Scripture history, and afterwards confused
their faith with a long train of idolatrous legends and degrading absurdities,
is here turned into a weapon against herself. She was now herself to be
brought upon the stage, her falsehoods refuted, her deformities exposed, and her
vanities ridiculed, with all the licence of caricature. The populace were still
to be indulged with their laugh, but it was not to be any longer directed
against the buffooneries of Cain, or the dishonesties of Judas Iscariot, but
against the craft of the priest, the luxury of the monk, the pride of the bishop,
the covetousness of the Pope, and against those ceremonies and pageantries
which they had hitherto regarded as awful rites and sacred if unintelligible
mysteries.

The object of Bale in his present production was to present to the people,
after the just dramatic axiom, vcluti in specula, their own struggles with the
Church of Rome. For this object he selected as the groundwork of his
play, the most prominent period of English history when the authority of the
Pope had been resisted. In so doing, we are told by Mr. Collier, he made
the first approach to that historical drama, which afterwards arrived at its per-
fection in the hands of Shakspeare. The historical characters are King John,
Pope Innocent, Cardinal Pandulphus, Archbishop Langton, the monk Simon
of Swinshead, and another called Raymondus ; besides whom are several ab-
stract impersonations, namely, Eogiand, represented as a widow ; Imperial
Majesty, who is supposed to take the reins of government after King John
has been poisoned ; the three estates of Nobility, Clergy, and Civil Order (re-
presenting the magistracy) ; Treason, Verity, and Sedition, the last of whom
is the Vice or Jester of the piece.

" Thus (observes Mr. Collier) ve have many of the elements of historical plays,
such as they were acted at our public theatres forty or fifty years afterwards, as well
as some of the ordinary materials of the old moralities, which were gradually exploded
by the introduction of real or imaginary characters on the scene. Bale's play, there-
fore, occupies an intermediate place between moralities and historical plays, and it is
the only known existing specimen of that species of composition of so early a date.
The interlude, of which the characters are given in Mr. Kempe's Loseley Manuscripts,
p. 64, was evidently entirely allegorical ; and the plays of Cambyses and Appins and
Virginia are not English subjects, and belong to a later period of our drama. On
this account, if on no other, Kynge Johan deserves the special attention of literary
and poetical antiquaries."

The Tftrious imperfections of character which contributed to the ruin of the
actual Kia^ John, are not admitted into the composition before us : he a^^^cM^
no otherwise than as a chivalrous monarch, comm\B«\OTicA tX^^ V*; ^ta-
roaity and Auty to relieve the impoverished coadilion ot ^^e Vx^'vt 'i^.^^vi^*
sad «// Jiu miafortaaea are attribated to the maWce of tYi« CV^t^^} .

388 WoBRS OF TffE Caudbn Society. [Oct.

" This noble Kynge Joban, aa a faythfuil Moyses,
Withstode proade Pharao for hys poore Israel,
Myndynge to bryngc yt uwt of the lande of darlcenesse ;
Bnt the E^ptyancs dQd af^ynst hym so rebell,
That hys poore people ded styll in the desart dwell,
Tyll that duke Josue, whych was our late Kynge Henrye,
Clerely brought us in to the lande of mylke and honyc."

This is part of the speech of "The latrepretoar." p. 43.
By way of specimen of the poetry as well as the spirit of the composition,
we will now make some brief extracts. The following is from the lirst inter-
Tiew of King John and Sedition :

"K.J. But what is thy name, tell me yett onyj agayne ?

iS. As I sayd afore, I am Sedycyon jilayne :
In every relygyon and munkyah secte I rayne,
Havyng yow pryncet in scome, hate and dysdayne.

K. J. I pray the, good frynd, tell me what ys thy facyon ?

S. Serche and ye shall fynd in every congregacyon
That long to the pope, for they are to me full swer,
And wyll be so long as they last and endwer.

K. J. YfF thow be a cloystercr, tell of what order thow art ?

S. In every estate of the clargye I playe a nart.
Sumtyme I can be a monke in a long syd cowle,
Sumtyme I can be a none and loke lyke an owle :
Sumtyme a cbanon in a syrples fayer and whyght,
A chapterhowse monke * sumtyme I apere in syght.
I am ower syrc John sumtyme with a new shaven crownc,
Sumtyme the person and swepe the stretes with a syd gowne :
Sumtyme the bysshoppe with a myter and a cope ;
A graye fryer sumtyme with cutt shoes and a rope :
Sumtyme 1 can playe the whyght monke, sumtyme the fryer.
The purgatory prist and every mans wyffe desyer.
This cumpany hath provyded for me morttmayne.
For that I myght euer among ther sort rcmayne :
Yea, to go farder, sumtyme I am a cardynali ;
Yea, sumtyme a pope and than am I lord over all,
Bothe in hevyn and erthe and also in purgatory,
And do weare iij crownes whan I am in my glorye."

In p. 17 the King thus pleads the cause of England :
" Yt is yow, Clargy, that bathe her in dysdayne.
With yowr latyae liowrs, serymonyes, and popetly playes :
In her more and more Gods huly wordc decayes ;
And them to maynteyn unresonablc ys the spoyle
Of her londs, her goods, and of her pore chylders toyle.
Kckyn fyrst yowr tythis, yowr devocyons, and yowr oifrynges,
Mortuaryes, pardons, bequests, and other thynges,
Bcsydes that ye cache for halowed belles and purgatorye.
For juelles, for relyckes, confussyon, and cowrti of baudrye,
For Icgacycs, trentalls, with scalacely messys,
Wherby ye have made the people very assys.
And over all this ye have browght in a rabyll
Of latyne mummers and sects desseyvabyll,
Evyn to dewore her and eat her upn att onnys.

C. Yow wokl have no churche, I wene, by thes sacred bones.

K. J. Yes, I wold have a churche not of dysgygyd shavelyngcs^
But of faythfuil hartes and charytable doynges ;
For whan Christes Chyrch was in her hyeste glory
She knew neyther thes sectes nor their ipocrysy.

C. Yes, I wyll prove yt by David substancyally.
Astitit Reglna a destris tuis in veatitu
Oeaurato, drcnmdata varietate.

• Soiutba MS, bat weioapeetU dwdAVw aC!hKtR*lyQnMi&»ak,«c Carthasiaiu

1838.] Kjfnge Johan, by Bishop Sale, 380

A qnene, sayth Davyd, on thj ryght hand, Lord, I se
Apparrellyd with golde and compaggyd with dyrersyte.

K. J. What ys yowr meanyng by that same scripture, tell me ?

C. This quene ys the Chyrch, which thorow all cristen regions
Ys beawtyfull dectyd with many holy relygyons,
Munks, chanons and fryers, most excellent dyrynis,
As Grandy Montensers and other Benedictyns,
Primonstratensers, Bernards, and Gylbertynys,
Jacobytes, Mynors, Whyght Cannes, and Aognstyius,
Sanbenets, Cluniackes, with holy Carthoayans,
Heremytes and Ancors, with most myghty Bodyans ;
Cmcifers, Lucifera, Brigettis, Ambrosyanes,
StelUfers, Ensifers, with Piurgatoryanes,
Sophyanes, Indianes and Camaldulenaers,
Clarynes and Columbynes, Templers, newe KinivyteSf
Rnfyanes, Tercyanes, Lorytes and Lazarytes,
Hungaryes, Teutonykes, Hospitelers, HonoCrynes,
Basyles and Bonhams, Solanons and Celestynes,
Paulynes, Hieronymytes, and Menkes of Josaphathes Valleye,
Folygynes, Flamynes, with bretheme of the black alleye,
Donates and Dimysynes, with Canons of S. Marke,
Vestals and Monyals, a worlde to heare them barke ;
Abbotts and doctors, with byashoppes and cardynales,
Archedecons and pristes, as to ther fortune falles.

S. 0. Me thynkyth yowr fyrst text stondeth nothyog with yowr reson,
For in Davydes tjrme wer no such sects of relygyon.

K. J. Davyd me&nyth vertuys by the same divergyte.
As in the sayd psalme yt is erydent to se.
And not munkysh sects ; but it is ever yowr cast
For yowr adrauncement the scripturs for to wrast."

We have only room to add the terms in 'which the Pope carses King John.

" For as moch as kyng Johan doth Holy Church so handle,

Here I do curse hym wyth crosse, boke, bell and candle.

Lyke as this same roode tumeth now from me his face.

So God I requyre to sequester hym of his grace.

As Uiis boke doth speare by my worke mannuall,

I wyll God to close uppe ftom hym his benefyttes all.

As this burnyng flame goth from this candle in syght,

I wyll God to put hym from his etemall lyght.

I take hym from Crist, and after the sownd of this bell,

Both body and sowlc I geve hym to the devyll of hell.

I take from hym baptym, with the other sacramentes

And sufferages of the churche, bothe amber dayes and lentes.

Here I take from hym bothe penonce and confess3ron.

Masse of the t wondes, with sensyng and processyon.

Here I take from hym holy water and holy brede,

And never wyll them to stande hym in any sted."

King John is at length poisoned ; but finally the scene shifts forward some
centuries. Sedition is led away to the gallows, and the prospect is opened of
the spread of the Gospel and its principles, under the godly rule of Queen
Elizabeth.

Of the many reflections on the religions and political sentiments of the times
arising from this performance, we may point oat one of the most impor-
tant. It is that the doctrine of thej'iu dwinum in the monarch, which made
the Tudors so arbitrary and the Stuarts so unfortunate, was cherished in its
growth by its having been inculcated with the object of exclading the papal
and ecclesisistical authority. Thus, at p. 5, in reply to an assertion of the
- pope's supremacy over " bothe kyng and keyser," England replies —

" Trwly of the devyll they are that do ony thyng
To the subdewyng of any christen kyng ;
For, be he good or bade, he is of Codes apoynfejn^t
Ihegood for the good, the badd« yi for ju doyoc*"

390

Works of the Camden Socibtt.

We shall now conclude wtlh a Wassail song, sung by Dissimulatioi
has not been fnuad in any forniL-r authority, and which, the editor
probably the uldc&t in our language : —

" Wassaylc, tCMSajrlc out of the niyike pajrle,

W«ssaylc, wassayle, lu whjie as my naylc,

WmmjIc, wassayli; in snowe froste and IihjIo,

Waasajle, wassaylc with partricLe n&d riiylc,

Wflssayle, wassaylc that luuche doth uvaylc,

Wassajle, wassayle that never wyll faylc."

[Oct.

I, which
says, is

I

*

I

AUUerative Poem on the Dejwtition of King Ricfutrd II.
Ricardi Muyditton de Co\tcordia iuler Ric. II. ft VivUnlem London. EdUtd
hy Thomas Wright, M.A. F.S.A. of Trin. Coll. Camb.

Of these two poems, which together form the Third publication of llie Camden
Society, the former is by far the moat curious ; the latter being merely a ver-
sion, in passable Latin verse, of a royal reception and passage through the city,
with the pageantry and speeches, which wc have got elsewhere, almost as fully
though not so poetically described, in the Chronicles of Hall and flolinshed,
and the doggrcls of Lydgatc. The peculiarity of the occasion before U3 was
that the presents and pageantry of the city, ns well as their professions of
loyalty, were more than usually exuberant, as the object they had in view was
to purchase the favour of their Sovereign, which, through the gracious inter-
ference of the Queen, they are shown to have happily accomplished.

The Alliterative Poem is a sort of sequel to that of Piers Plowman, and has
been found in a unique copy in the Cambridge University Library, following
that satire. Piers Plowman is a work which has always been estimated as of the
highest value, both for the satiric vigour with which it flashes forth its light
upon the history and manners of the age, and for the mine of ancient English
which it affords to the philologist. The present poem is fully deserving of the
same character, and its production does fresh honour to the Camden Society.
Like its prototype, it requires some study before it is intelligible to an
unpractised reader ; but he is provided by the editor with a very copious glos-
sary, and the study is well repaid by the truth with which he will fmd himself
brought into the very spirit and sentiments of the day in which the Poem was
written, for part of it was evidently composed so immediately while the events
were in progress, that Harry of Lancaster was actually landed, but had not
yet supplanted Richard in the kingdom. W^ithout further preamble, wc shall
proceed to give a few passages by way of specimen.

The j»oct commences by depicting tJie prosperity in which King Richard first
entered upon the sovereignty, and figuratively pourt/ays his good fortune in
this description of his crown.

•' Crouned with a croune, that kyng under hevene

Mijte not a better have bou^te, b« I trowc ;

So ffuU was it fiilled with vertuous utones,

Vith ]>erlis of prise to puanynshc the wrongig,

"With rubies rcdc the riith for to deme (judijc),

"With gcmmcs and juclli* jnyncd fo-gtilir,

And pcp* iptnce) nmonge the pcplc ffor pcync of tbi lawis.

It wa* ffuU goodelichc y-gruve with gold al ttbou^Cc ;

The brauDchi^ alwvr Ijoren irrelt ehi»nfp ;

With dianuiunti.^ ' ' JiJ (Jtareif) of nil

That WTOule ony iie;

With lewte [loyoi ,;..., ,ii^rked) to thi pceru.

And snphpriR iv\ tc all vrrOD^,

Y-poudridi" WTtti i thrr it Ikj on^te,

And tjsylid with trouthc, itud trcfte al aboute,

Pfor ony eristcn kjiige a crouac well y-makyd."

The poet ascribes the King's misfortunes to bis selecting too youthfttt
tniai»ten . —

" TTfir c/icryteynu checf llin' - •■vet.,

Vereu «ii (u yougo v( yctia I . ; ch* a twra* •»"

1838.] Depoutton of King Rii^ard II. 391

that is, to guide such a realm. Another great indiscretion was the King's
giving liveries, and forming a peculiar party, as the great feadal peers did,
instead of showing no undue partiality, and becoming the father of his whole
people. This the poet censures with great justice and force. He says that
those on whom this token of royal favour was conferred, presumed so much upon
it, that they spoiled and oppressed " the commons" without mercy, showing
their " signes," or badges, of the royal Hart, as a privilege of exemption from
paying their just debts.

" Thus leverei overe loked joure liegis ichonne ;

Ffor tho that had hertis on hie on her brestis

Ffor the more partie, I may well avowe,

They bare hem the bolder ffor her gay broches,

And bnsshid with her brestis, and bare adoune the pouere

Lieges that loved jou the lease ffor her yvell dedis.

So trouthe to telle, as toune men said,

Ffor on that )e merkyd, je mysaed ten achore

Of homeliche hertis, that the harme hente.

Thane was it ffoly, in ffeith as me thynketh,

To sette silver in sirnes that of non^t served.

I not what )oa eylid, hot if it ese were ;

Ffor ffrist at joure anoyntynge alle were joure owene,

Both hertis and hyndia, and helde of non other ;

No lede of joore lond, but as a liege aoghte,

Ty[ll] je of 3oare dolnesse deseveraunce made,

Thorn jonre side signes, that shente all the browet,

And cast adoan the crokk the colys amyd." ^

The poet does not, however, confine himself to the misdemeanours of King
Richard ; but, like the author of Piers Plowman (if, indeed, he be not the same),
he has his quiver filled for every vice or folly of the time. With regard to
dress, after laughing at the " elbowis a-down to the helis, or passinge the knee,"
and the"plytis bihynde," which occasioned so extravagant a demand of doth,
he proceeds,

" But now ther is a gyse, the qneyntest of all,
A wondir corionse crafte, y-come now late,
That men clepith kerving the clothe all to pecis,
That aevene goode aowera aize wakes after
Moun not sett the seemes, ne sewe hem ajeyn.
But ther is a profSth in that pride, that I preise evere,
Ffor thei ffor the peainge paieth pens ten duble
That the clothe costened, the crah is ao dere."

Now, what an excellent description is here of the costume which from its
singularity is sure to have struck any one who has turned over the plates of
Strait's Dresses, and of which there is such abundance in the illuminations to
the French poem on Richard the Second which Mr. Webb edited in the
Archteologia.

We think the poet's vigour increases as he proceeds, and we must give one
farther extract descriptive of Richard's great resources, yet still exceeding
expenditure.

" Ffor where was evere ony cristen kynge, that je evere knewe,
That helde swiche an household be the h^f-delle
As Richard in this rewme, thorn myae-rule of other,
That alle hia ffynya ffor ffau3ti8, ne hia flTee fferraes,
Ne ffor-ffeyturia ffele {many forfeituret) that ffelle in his dales,
Ne the nownagis ^ that newed (renewed) him evere,
As Marche and Monbray, and many mo other,

' Thrown down the pot among the coals ; and " shente all the browet," spilt all
tibe broth — proverbitd sayings. The Winrd " browet " is left unexplained in Mr.
Wright's Glossary.

> The wm'tgea, or wardships.

392

Works or tub Caacdsn Socistv.

[Oct.

^B Ne alle the [noes or conrt that to the kjng longid,

^^^^_ Ne wllynge* thot towkid {sucked) silver rith State,

^^^^^b Ne ai\c the prophcte of the lond thnt the princ« owed,

^^^^^^^^ Wlunc the countU were cute, with the cuttam vf wullus (icoo/i),
^^^^^^^K Myjtc Dot a-reche, ne his rent notber,
^^^^^^^^P T<) paie the pore peple that hi« porvjoura take,
^^^^^^^^ Withonte preiere at a paxlement, a pouodage biside,
^^^^V And a flftenetb and a dyme ' eke,

^^^^H And withall the ciutam uf the clothe that cotncth to Idkynt,

^^^^H And )et ne hod creaance {credit) i-oome at tlkc liut endo,

^^^^r With the comtinec cnrse tbftt dered on hem everc,

^V Thej hAd be drawc to the derail (Tor dette that they owed."

^m The poet proceeds, io the most spirited style, to describe the election and
assembling of Parliament, or " prevy parlement," which this riot and revel
rendered necessary ; the modern speech from the throne, which was then
" comely " delivered by a clerk, and the unworthy and useless manner in which
the senators proceeded to business : —

" But jit ITor the mancrc, to make men hljrnde,

Somtne arg;ued ajein rith then a good while,

And said, ' We beth scrraiuttia and aallere ffongen (talary /owtd),

And y'Sente ffro the ahiris to sbewe what hem grevetb.

And to parte ffor her prophete,* and posse no fferthere.

And to graunte of her gold to the grett wattis

By no manere wronge way, but if werre (tear) were ;

And if we ben flhls to tho us her« ffyndyth,

Evyll be we worthy to welden oure hire.'

Tlian sattc summe, as siphre doth in swgrym,*

That noteth a place, and no thing arailith ;

And some had y-soapid with Symond overe even.

And schewed ffor the shire, and hero sehew lost ;

And Bomme were tituleris,^ and to the kyng wente,

And fformed him of fooa, that good ffrendis weren,

That bablid ffor the best and no blame served.

Of kynge ne conccill. ne of the comane« nnther,

Ho so toke good kepe to the culonim ; '

And sommc elombrid and slcptc, and said but n lite ;

And somme mafflid with the mouth, and nynt what they mcnt .

And sommc bad hire, and helde thcr-with everc,

And wolde no ITorther a ffoot, fTur ffcr of her maistrit ;*

And some were so loleyne, and cad of her wittlci,

Thot cr they come to the clos a-oombred they were,

That thoi the conelucionn than constrcwe ne eouthe,

No bume of the benche, of borowc nother ellis,

So blyndc and so bailid and bare was the rcson."

The satirist proceeds to say that others, who were fiercest and most noisv at
fit*t, were afterwards, like more modern patriots, won over by the Lords, and
betrayed the cause they had espoused ; but the poem unfortuu.itely breaks off
short before this very curious description of the Parliament ia concluded, owing,
as it is supposed by tlie editor, and as some angry side notes seem to iatimatc,
to the transcriber having been on the contrary side in politic* to the aatliofi
while with one it was true thnt fucH Itidiynafio versuj, with the oilier that
feeling had a contrary effect. For our own p.irt, we have felt so much interftst
in this poem, that nothing would please iw better than that tlie discovery of
some other manuscript should hereafter enable the Camden Society to corapIct£
the work.

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lie " coot',

393

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Goethe** Corremondence with a Child.
2 vols. Berlin.

A CLEVER little girl, thirteen years
old, called Bettine Arniro, conceived
• very romantic attachment to the
great Poet and Philosopher of Weimar,
and in the present work, her letters to
GoSthe's mother, the Frau Rath, as
she was called, and to himself, are given,
with the answers. Bettine seems ex-
cessively clever, very amiable, and very
amusing ; living, as the Germans are
said to live, rather in the air than on
the earth. The work is dedicated to
Prince Pnckler, and the translation (if
■uch it can be called) was made at
Berlin, evidently by a German who
fancied he understood English. The
original of the work was published in
aid of the funds for the erection of a
monument to the memory of Goiithe.
The motto prefixed is — " This book is
for the good and not for the bad."
Hoping that our readers are of the
former class, and therefore privileged
to partake of the intellectual dainties
collected, we will give an extract or
two ; and, first, for the appearance of
the famous Madame de Stael : —

" I would rather be a simple grain of
wheat than a celebrated woman, and
rather he should break me for his daily
bread, than post like a dram through his
head.* Now I will tell you that I supped
with De Stael yesterday at Mainz. No
lady could undertake to sit next her, so
I sate myself beside her, and uncomfort-
able enough it was. The gentleiren stood
round the table, and planted themselves
all behind ns, pressing one upon another,
only to speak with or look at her. They
leaned quite over me, and I said in French,
' Your admirers quite suffocate me ;' at
which she laughed. She said that GoCthe
had spoken to her of me, and I remained
sitting, for I would fain have heard what
be said, and yet I was vexed, for I would
rather he should speak to no one of me.
Nor do I believe he did — she only said so.
There came at last so many who all wanted
to speak with her across and over me,

* Probably a (German proverbial saying
in vene, which tbe tnuslator tmaj^ntd
he had mede English.

Qmht. Maq, Vol, X,

that I could endure it no longer, and said,
' Your laurels press too heavily on my
shoulders.' Upon which I got up and
made my way through her admirers. Then
Sismondi, her companion, came and press-
ed my hand, and said I had ranch talent.
This he told over to the rest, and they at
least repeated it twenty times, as if I had
been a prince, from whom every thing
sounds clever, be it never so common-
place. I afterwards listened to her while
she was speaking of Goethe : she said she
had expected to see a second Werther, but
was mistaken, for neither his person or
manners answered the character, and she
lamented much that there was nothing of
Werther about him. Fran Rath] I was
angry at such talk (you will say it was
needless) and turned to Schlegel and said
to him in German, ' Mad. de Stael has
fallen into a two-fold error, in her expec-
tation, and then in her opinion.' We Ger-
mans expect that Goethe con shake out of
his sleeve twenty such heroes, equally
imposing for the French, but think that
he himself is quite another sort of hero.
Schlegel was wrong not to bring her to a
better understanding on the subject. She
threw the laurel leaf with which she had
been playing on the floor. I trod upon
it, then kicked it away and left her. This
is the history of the celebrated woman.
Be under n o uneasiness about your French :
converse with her in the finger language,
and make commentaries with your large
eyes — that will astonish her. Me. de Stael
has an whole ant-hill of thoughts in her
head, and what can I have to say to her ?
I shall soon come to Frankfort, and then
we can talk about it more at large."

Now for the important interview
between Me. dc Stael and Frau Rath !

*' My misfortune took me to Frankfort,
exactly as Me. de Stael passed through it.
I had already enjoyed her society a whola
evening at Mayence, but your mother
was well pleased to have my assistance, for
she was already informed that Me. de Stael
would bring her a letter from you, and she
wished me to ply the ' inter mezzos * if
she should need relief during this great
catastrophe. Your mother has com-
manded me to describe all to you with tbe
utmost minuteness. The interview toaV.
place at Bethmamn-%«^a»i/vii V2ea v^naA^
menta of Maana^eAvmiui. Xaw«M(&«'.
^ther tlhxoTis^ iwuT « t«^i "^s*^ ^■^*

391

Review. — GoSlke's Correspondence,

[Oct.

»

h

nttd herself wondn^lly, but with Ger.
BIB hauMntr and not in French Ustc. I
IMSt tell yo« that when I looked at your
mottMr, with three feathers on her head,
wUcb Bodded on three different side», —
me red, ooe white, and one blue — the
French national colours, — rising out of a
Belli lyi <wnf1ir«rer», my heart beat with joy
ail'' '11. She woii deeply rouge<i.

II ack eyes tired a burst of

artiiuTT. i\i.iiuid her neck shr wore the
celebrated gold ornaments ^ivcn her by
the Qocen of Prussia; lace of nncient
fitikioa «nd preat <rideiidour !a complete
heir-looai) covered her bosom ; and thus
•ke stood with white kid ^Iotcs : in one
hud a cnrioufh-wrouirht fan, with vrhirh
•be set the ail i ' ' " liand,

which was bar -[inrk-

liag stone*, t ;. usne a

piuch out of a i;oldrn snnlf box, ia which
was M-t a miniature of you, where with
powdered rin>>lel« you are thonijhtfiillr
IcAaiDg your bead u)iun your hand. The
party of dintinifiiislird ladies formed a
aemi-cirvlc in M. Betliman's bedchamber,
OB the |iur|ilc-hui'd cjirpct. io the centre
of whirh was a white field with a let)|vird.
The company looked «•> stately, that they
might well be imitoMng. On the w:dls
were ranged beautiful Indiao p1nnt.«, .ind
theapartiiH-ut waslJKhled by shaded i^lass-
globes. Opposite thr jtfini.rircle »tood
the bf*il, upon a dnis of ttvo step*, also
cover<-rl with a purple tapestry ; on each
aide, n candelabra. I sAid to your mother,
' Me. de Stael will think she is cited before
the Court of Love, for the bed yonder
look.s like the covered throne of Venus.'
It Wits lliuui;lit that then she mit;ht have
uiUL-h tu nnswcr for. At la^t the lone-
ripcctcd out; cnnie through a suite of
lighted aportiucntx, acoompaiiieil by Ben-
jamin Coiutaut. She wn.s dressed as Co-
rinne. A turban uf uurorn uiid orane;e-
colonred >ilL, a ilrc«8 of I tic tsanie, with
an orange Innic, Ririlrd so high ast<> l>*a\e

lillle v(. ■ ! -r heart. Her blnck

brows littered, n^ aLio lierlips

with ft I : red. Her long gloves

were drftwn duwn, fovcrinc c>n1y lier hand.
in which *hc held the weD-kMnwii l.ttirH-
■priR. At the apjirtmi I. i,

eipectcd Lirsi iiiui-li liiwi i

to dc««>* nd f"iii -•■ ■■-

/iflit Uj> hri '

'\'\\\> (J-tM- II. , _

a trrrilili- blow. It ionlcd very odd, hk,
cl»d in coniidpiciinrnMUtylcxhiruinrclird
'' I line fif the %irluc.

' ■ ly. ^ imr jiintlK'r

■stoDishmeDt at the remarkable decora-
tions and drcM of your lu ' ' Jia-
played an immense pride. i oat
her robe with her left L...... , .. ..ii tha

ri§;ht she saluted, playint: with her fan and
bowing her head several times with great ,
condescension, and said with an elevated |
■voice — ' Jc suis la mere dc GoCthe !' ' Ah! I
jc suis charmi^ * — answered the authoress, i
and then followed a solemn stillness.]

Then ensued the prcsenti'' ' ' :-r di^-

titi^i^licd suite, MM. Sell ndi,

B. foiistant, also curiou-. i- ac-j

quainted with (uH-thc's mother. '^ our mo-
ther answered their civilitie* witli a near I
year's wish in French, which with solemoj
courtF«ic« she kept murmuring between]
her teeth,^in short, I think llic aodienct]
was perfect, and i^ve a tine K]>ccimpn uf tliSJ
Gcmian graiuleuo. Soon your mother!
beckoned me to her. I was forced to plaf I
the interpreter between tJieni. Then tb*|
conversation turned oidy upon you andi]
your youth. The portrait on the snuff-
box was examined. It was painted atJ
Leipzig, before you were ill, but already]
very thiu. One can nevertheless recog-
nize alt your present grandeur in thnscl
gracious features, and. above all, the author
of Werther. Me. dc Stael sjwke aboni
your letters, and that she should like ta|
read what you wrote to yiiur iitotlicr, anj
your mother piumisrd iliem to her.
thought s^he should surely pet nr>'' ■ ■■' ■••■'•ri
letters to me, for I \wax liei
And B« oClrn ns your name dr^;
her not -well -formed lips, ait tuwar^
wroth fell u]Hiii nie. She told nie that :
your letter'? yt>u called her ' amir.'
»ihe .surely remarked in inc, that lltii cati
quite unex]M-clrdly on me. Ah! ^\»
even more. Hut now my patient
lost, ilow can you lie frieudly
uiipleoitant a rouiitenaurc ? Ah'
we mny see that you arc vain, or iierha
she told me untruths. Were I with th«
I would not suffer it. 1

vo'--- " •' ■' ^ '■ •■

could write

pituinio every tlung fu her. Then
rrpmaiOies. I was [Hrevi^h thnf ulie
high a value wpon her «■ ■ e

Mc. de .Stael. 8hc cnlii s

woman like o kenni-l, and ctinlint
way. Uut It uiUNt niwnyH be con
a« a rcuiarkahtc honour in one's
comt tiigrilitrt with an imixirtM

vhttlt Kvne. I jwrccivcd Ma. de htavl'a

r<.* are aome IcttJtrs frnm ncttii
\n y(hK\v kUc cutninunimtes anerdoti

fi^iri^

1838.]

Review. — Goethe s Correspondence.

395

of Goethe's infancy, which she had
Irarnt from Frau Rath : in which (wc
write for the consolatioa of all the
admirers of this great man) it appears
he was three days considering whether
he shoald enter the world ; that he
was born quite black and without any
signs of life ; that he was laid in a
butcher's tray, and the pit of his heart
was bathed with wine ; and that his

frandmother cried out — " Daughter,
e lives!"— The child Goethe had
troubled dreams, which were dispersed
on a bell being rung and rattled vio-
lently. His grandfather let him once
look at the moon ; but he became so
considerably convulsed, that they were
obliged to blow into his nostrils lest
he shoald be suffocated. He did not
like playing with children, unless they
were pretty. Once he began crying,
" The black child shall get oiit : I
can't bear it" — he could not console
himself for the child's ugliness, llic
kitchen of the house led into the street;
one Sunday morning, when every one
was at church, little Wolfgang got in,
and threw all the crockery-ware, one
piece ader another, out of the window,
because the clatter pleased him. His
mother, whowasrcturningfromchurch,
was sorely astonished at seeing all the
dishes fiy out. He had just finished,
and laughed so heartily witli the people
in the street, that his mother laughed
too. He often looked at the stars,
which one told him were propitious at
bis birth. He learned that Jupiter
and Venus would be the patrons of
bis destiny. Often, too, full of care,
he said to his mother, " The stars will
not forget mc, and will keep the pro-
mise they made over my cradle, won't
they?" "Then," said his mother,
'* why will you absolutely have the
assistance of the stars, when we others
most do without them?" Then he
answered quite proudly, " I cannot do
with that which suffices for other
people 1" At the time he was seven.
We are sorry to say that when his
yoonger brother Jacob died. Master
Goethe shewed no sorrow nor shed a
tear, but was irritated at the sorrow
of his parents and brothers. He used
to listen to his mother's stories, who
told him Air, Fire, Water, and Earth
were four beaatiful princesses; and
then be used to imagine that there
mm 9tnet» between the coa«teJlatioDS,

and that he should inhabit the stars ;
and tears rolled down his checks, and
the veins of his forehead swelled, if
the events of his favourite fairy tales
did not happen according to his wishes.
" Mother (he said, before she began),
the princess wont marry the nasty
tailor, even if he does slay the giant,
will she ?" And then his little heart
beat under his collar. The first breach
in his fairy-world was made by the
news of the great earthquake at Lisbon ;
little Wolfgang could rest no more.
The foaming sea that swallowed up
the city, — the falling palaces, — the
flames bursting forth and spreading a
Aery sea around, and hosts of devils
rising out of the earth to practise mis-
chief on the unfortunate, all this made
a tremendous impression upon him.
Then fasts, prayers, requiems, were
ordered at all the chapels. The Bible
was consulted ; reasons maintained
pro and con ; at last Wolfgang made
a conclusion surpassing all in wisdom.
After returning from a sermon with
his grandfather, in which the wisdom
of the Creator towards his people
was defended, his father asked him
how he understood the discourse. He
said — "After all, everything may be
much simpler than the clergyman
thinks ; God will well know that the
immortal soul can receive no injury
from evil fate." Someone was stand-
ing with his mother at a window, as
the boy Wolfgang crossed the street
with other lads; they remarked he
walked with much gravity, and re-
buked him that bis erect figure dis-
tinguished him so from others. " With
this," said he, " I make a beginning ;
and hereafter I will distinguish myself
in many other ways."

In his dress he was very particular.
His mother arranged daily three suits
for him, together with a sword and
bag-wig. In this dress he fell in love
with the pretty Grazil, daughter of
the keeper of the Rose Inn at Offen-
bach, but this came to nothing. Wc
must now leave Wolfgang with his
bag-wig and his brunette, and haste
to Vienna to see Beethoven.

" I had been told be was very shy and
conversed with no one. They were afraid
to introduce me to him, ax^d V it«& ^vccftdi.
to find Vum otit aXoue. '^\* \«» >aMt«»
dwelUngs in whic\i 'ba tAteraaXj^^ w.«t»«*
htmseU— one m tixe wxoxVi^ , «br "mvyw^^

396

Rkvibw. — Goethe's Correspondence.

[Oct.

and the third upon the bulwarks. Here
I found him on the third floor — unan-
nounced, I entered. He was seated at the
piano. I mentioned my name : he was
very friendly, and asked if I would hear
a song that he had just composed. Then
he sauf; shrill and piercing, so that the
plaintiveness reached upon the hearer,
' Knowest thon tlie land ?' ' It 's beautiful,
is it not ?" said he, inspired, " most beau-
tiful; I will sing it again." lie was de-
lighted at ray cheerful praise. " Most
men (said he) arc touched by something
good, but they are no ariist-natures. Ar-
tists arc ardent, they do not weep.' He
accompanied me home, and it was upon
the way that he said so many beautiful
things on art ; withal lie siwke so loud,
stood still so often in the street, that
some courage was necessary to listen.
He spoke positively and much too start-
ingly for me, not al^o to forget that we
were in the street. They were much sur-
prised to see me enter with him in a
large company assembled to dine with us.
After dinner he placed himself unasked
nt the jtiano and played long and won-
derfully. His pride and genius were both
in a ferment. Under such excitement
his spirit creates the inconreiv:iblc, and
his fingers perform the impossible. Since
this lie conies every day, or I go to him.
For this I neglect jiartics, picture-galle-
ries, theatres, and even St. Stephen's
tower itself. Ueethoven says, ' Oh, what
should you sec there ? 1 will fetch you,
nnd towards evening we will go into the
Schonbruu Alley.' Yesterday I walked
with him in n splendid garden in full
blossom, all the hot-houses open ; the
scent was overpowering. Ueethoven stood
still in the burning sun, and said, —
' (jof'the's poems maintain a powerful
sway over me, not only by their matter,
but aL«o by their rhythm. I am disposed
and excited to confess by this language
which ever forms itself, as though 8]>irits
to more exnlteil order, already carrying
within itself the mystery of harmonies.
Tlien from the focus of inspiration I feel
myself compelled to let the melody stream
forth on all sides ; I follow it passionately,
overtake it again — with quick rapture I
xnultiply it og.iin in every form of modu-
lation, and at the last moment I triumph
over the first musical thought; yes,
' music indeed is the mediator between
the spiritual and sensual life.' I should
like to speak with Goethe upon this if
he would understand me. Melody is the
sensual life of poetry. Do not the spi-
ritual contents of a poem become sensual
feeling through melody ? and does not
this perception arise again to new pro-
dmctkms?, *♦♦•♦ Iwaof dectiic

nature ; I must break off with my unwit-
nessed wisdom, else I shall miss the re-
hearsal. Write to Gof'the about me if
you understand me ; but 1 can answer
nothing, and I will willingly let myself be
instructed by him.' 1 promised him to
write to you all, as well as I could under-
stand him. He took me to a grand re-
hearsal with full orchestra. There I sate
in the wide, unlighted space in a box
quite alone. Single glances stole through
the crevices and knot-holes, in which a
stream of bright sparks were dancing,
like so many streets of light, peopled by
happy spirits. There I saw this mighty
spirit exercise his rule. Oh, Goethe 1 no
Emperor and no King feels such entire
consciousness of his power, and that all
power proceeds from him, as this Beet-
hoven, who is just now in the garden, in
vain sought out the source from which he
receives it all; did I understand him as
1 feel him, then should I know every-
thing. There he stood so firmly re-
solved,— his gestures, — his countenance,
expressed the completion of his creation.
He prevented each error, — each miscon-
ception ; not n breath was voluntary, —
all by the genial presence of his spirit,
sat in the most regulated activity. One
couhl prophesy that such a spirit in its
later perfertion would step forth again as
the ruler of the earth."

We must finish with an extract
from her description of tlic manner in
which Bcttinc and her companions
spent their days on the Rhine : —

" Here, where the breeze of balsamic
spring breathes around, let us wander
forth alone ; nought shall part you fri>in
me — not even Madame de Stael. Our
house-keeping is delightfully arranged.
We are eight ladies. Since it is now very
hot, we intend to be as comfortable as
possible, for instance, wc are clad very
lightly ; — one chemise, and then one more
in the Grecian drapery tti/le. The doors
of the sleeping room stand open all night,
nay, occonling to our liking we make our
slceping-iilace on tlie balcony or any
other cool place. I have already, for my
pleasure, spent nights in the garden upon
a beautiful wall, covered with broad stone
slabs imder the plainfainn (platanes —
plane-trees) o])j>osite the Rhine, to await
the rising sun. I have fallen asleep upon
my narrow bed. I might ha\e fallen
down in sleep, particularly when I dream.
I spring forward to meet you. The gar-
den is elevated, and the wall on the other
side declines steeply ; I might easily liave
met with a misfortune : therefore, I beg,
when thou thinkest of me in dreams, hold
foittv U> ms ih.^ iginjUfcA»n% arma, that I

1838.]

REViEW.«-y(«/tM/ Houae at Great Yarmouii.

397

may at once sink into them, /or all it iut
a dream. By day we are all in great
darkness. All the shutters throughout
the -whole house are closed, — all the
curtains drawn. At first I took long walks
in the morning, but in this heat it is
no longer possible. The sun does calefy
the vine hills, and all nature sighs under
the brooding warmth. Nevertheless, I
go out erery morning, between four and
fire o'clock, with a pruning knife, and
fetch fresh cool sprigs, that I plant about
in my room. Eight weeks ago I had
beech and poplar which shone like gold
and sUver, and between them, thick fra-
grant branches of may and lily. A very
sanctuary is the saloon, to which all the
sleeping rooms enter ; there they lie stiU
in bed till I come home, and wait till I
have done. Also the limes and chestnuts
here have done blossoming, and lofty
reeds bending themselves along the ceil-
ing curled about with blooming bind-weed
and the field flowers are charming, the
little thrift, the milfoil, the daisies,
water lilies, which I with some risk had
picked up on shore, and the ever bean-
tifiil forget-me-not. To-day I have set
up oaks, lofty branches, which I got from
their highest tops. I climb like a cat.
The leaves arc quite purple and grow in
such elegant tufts, as if dancing, they had
divided themselves into groups."

But Bettine's romance leads her to
other exploits ; Bometimcs she dissects
" inter-maxillary bones/' and some-
times she empties goblets of Rhenish
-wine, and sometimes climbs poplar
trees; and she has a dear friend,
Gunderode, a young canoness, who
reads Werter and sums up his ideas
of happiness, thus — 'To learn much,
to comprehend much, and then die
early.'"

Pursuant to which she throws her-
self into the Rhine, and is found one
morning dead among its willows.

nimtratima of Domestic Architecture
in England, during the Reign of Eli-
zabeth, as exemplified in the Interior of
the Retidenee ofJohnDanby Palmer,
Esq., situated in the Borough Thvm
qf Great Yarmouth. ByC.J. Pal-
mer, Esq. F.S.A. : the Drawings and
Engravings by H. Shaw, F.S.A.
{Printedforprivate distribution ontj/.)

THIS handsome folio, which is ele-
gantly printed and profusely illustrated,
is dedicated to the history and descrip.
tioa of « maaaioa w'toated on the Quay

in Yarmouth, nearly midway between
the furthest extremities of the town.
The house is the property of the au-
thor's father, to whom the volume is
appropriately dedicated. The exterior,
it appears, has been modernized ; but
three of the rooms still " display some
most beautiful specimens of Eiiza^than
carving, hardly to be surpassed by any
other in the kingdom." The ground
which the house now occupies was, ia
1590, in the possession of Benjamin
Cooper, who at a subsequent period
took a prominent part in the affairs of
the town ; and by him the house,
which is the subject of the volume,
was erected in 1596, as appears from
a date carved over the chimney-piece
in the dining-room. Of the works of
this period only the three rooms before
noticed have reached our day.

The mansion in the interval passed
through a variety of hands, until it
became the property of Mr. Palmer by
purchase, in 1809. One of the inter-
mediate owners was John Ives, Esq. the
lather of the antiquary.

At the period of the grand rebellion,
and shortly previous to the King's
death, the house was the property of
Mr. John Carter, and was occupied by
a portion of the republiban army. In
the drawing-room, which is one of the
apartments illustrated, a consultation
of the principal officers of the Parlia-
mcntaiy army was held, at which the
death of the King was resolved upon.
The evidence of this fact rests, it is
true, upon tradition, but appears to be
exceedingly well supported.

The illustrations are comprised in
forty-three engravings on copper, in
bold outline, marked by the clearness
and scrupulous accuracy which distin«
guishes Uie productions of Mr. Shaw.

The representations shew the walls
of the rooms to be lined with wain>
scot and paneled in a rich and
profuse style of decoration, in the
Italian mode ; the order used in the
drawing-room is the Corinthian, and
it is surmounted by an attic of ter-
mini, as usual in works of the period.
Above the fireplace are the regal arms
of James the First, which have been
inserted since the completion of the
house. The decorations are niches,
elaborately carved foUaig^, vc«^K»n^%,
and one etc Vno «\v»^!^ ^ wcta^. \n-
the peOuBftnX o^«t \X» 4<Qm N&^ ^m^^

Review.' — Antient House at Great Yarmouth.

R

which Mr. Palmer states was borne
by the ancient company of Spanish
merchants. It may lie thus iJcscribed ;
— In base, the sea, therein a ship in
full sail, between the sun on the dexter
side and the polar star on the sinister ;
on a chief, a cross charged with a lion
passant gardant.

The paneling of the ceiling is re-
gular and the pattern elegant : the
design cannot be easily conveyed by a
description.

The north chamber is paneled in
the same stj'fe, but leas elaborate in its
enrichments ; the orders employed arc
the Ionic and Corinthian, and the
same observations will apply to the
dining-room. This latter apartment
contains a handsome arched chimney-
piece, over which arc the initials of
the builder of the mansion and his wife.

BA,

and the date 151)0. The architec-

ture, it is to be observed, has not the
least admixture of Gothic, and it may
be regarded as one of the early exam-
ples of the introduction of the Italian
style, in so perfect a state.

The representations are on a large
scale, and drawn geometrically^ and
the greater part of the ornaments are
depicted of the full size. We do not
recollect to have witnessed so complete
a delineation of any ancient structure
as that which is presented in these
plates.

The letter-press contains a brief ac-
count of the borough town of Yar-
mouth, andadesrriptiveand historical
account of the mansion. As we are al-
ways atrack by any singularity in the
mode of building or arrangement of
ancient towns, we cannot pass over
a peculiarity in this town, which we
do not recollect to have seen noticed
elsewhere: one of the windows of the
drawing-room is described as

" extending beyond the b.> rj-,

over one of the rows or ai:. to

ithe number of I5H, interteri. i,. |,,.,,..i|iii|
rtrecLs of Yarinoulh at right au^lm ; a
■ingulur plan of buUdiug', not to br met
trilh in any other town in the kinijiJoin."
llie old mode of election of the chief
k>c

»:

set of ordinances, made in ]40I, and
assented (o by Sir James lloburt, Ihc
attorney-general, express it, w«5 vcr)' ex-
traordiuary. An assembly nf the c!«>rpo-
ratiou was annually held ' upon Seyot
John's day, the dccuUntioii,' at which an
inquest wos chosen by lot ; the usme* of
thirty-six ' of the most tliscrete. well dy«-
poi.yd, and indyffereut pcrsoiiys," bring
named by the aldcrmcu present, were
written on slips of paper, which were
folded up and ]>ut into four hats, and then
* an innocent, or a man not Ictleryd,'
took out of each hat three names, and the
twelve persons bo chosen were cbargtid
and sworn, and locked up iu tlic Guild-
hall, without meat, drink, Arc, or candle,
until 'ix of tliexiisosworn beaccordyd.' "

In a note it is said that the lost time
this method of election was exercised,
was on Ute 29lh of August, 1835, when
tl>fi author was elected mayor for the
ensuing year; but he declined to ac-
cept the office, as the Municipal Cor-
poration Regulation Hill (which soon
after passed into a lawj was then pend-
ing in rarliamcnt, by which thi% cus-
torn would be abolished.

Great credit is due to Mr. Palmer
for the liberal manner in which he has
produced this expensive volume, and
much it is to be wished that the pro-
prietor of every ancient mansion would
illustrate bis residence in the same
manner; a faithful record would then
be preserved of many buildings which
every year arc diminishing in number,
and a monument of the taste and judg-
ment of the owner, and a pleasing
memorial of his name, would then sur-
vive, aflcf his mansion had passed
away, and left no trace of its existence
beyond what was preber\'ed by the aid
of the press and the graver.

ft

A Dictionary uf the Architecture owj
Archamlinjy vjtht Middh Atjt*. Wy
John Britton, KS.A. IHuttratml
by numerous Ent/ruvinga by 2. Li
Keux.

THK subjects to which this Volume
is dedicated have for sonic years en-
g«gcd the attention of t]>c antiquary,
opening a fruitful fulil for coiitro.

lofficer of the corporation is worthy of ''f "-'• ""'' »«■""! '"« * "O^rce of agre«.

L„»:,-. ;.- -...i.,.- .! 11..:,.. _J_.- 'iWc and instructive fesearch; but,

aa might be expected in the in-
fancy iif nny branch of btudy. it
baa happened that, in pr< ,
lUc BuVijcct. >NC* \i« \

notice; itm extreme nimpiicity points
an earlier age for its origin : —

" 7}U oM/aUftaf/le ftutamr of I tit rnme
fintmti lei/Avttf fymt o/ mattir us<d," u ft

1838.] REViBW.—Britton's Dictionary of Architecture.

399

stood, the more was the zeal and
the ingenuity of the controversialists
aroosed and exercised. In possession
but of few facta to constitute a foun-
dation for raising a sound conclusion ;
DDBSsisted by the rapid means of com-
munication which modern science has
afforded ; debarred from intercourse
with the continent and more distant
lands by the effect of a long and ruin-
ous war; it was scarcely to be ex-
pected that the earlier writers should
treat their subject with that degree
of sound judgment which is necessary
to lead to a right conclusion on
any literary, historical, or scientific
question. With their limited means
of investigation, it is not surprising
that many should have allowed their
zeal to overpower their judgment,
and that fanciful theories should
have occupied the place of solid
conclusions. Deep-rooted prejudices
were also to be encountered, which
presented difficulties of no ordinary
magnitude. On the one hand, the
admirers of classical antiquity looked
with profound contempt upon every
subject which did not emanate from
Greece or Rome ; on the other, there
were some who could see in the glo-
rious piles of the middle ages nothing
but superstition, error, and darkness.
To the one, the apparent absence of
rule and method was a stumbling-
block; to the other, the early as-
sociations were nought but foolish-
ness.

When the dormant taste for Gothic
architecture, which was never utterly
extinct in this country, was revived at
the close of the last century, it unfor-
tunately assumed the character of a
mania ; it became fashionable, and
affected all classes ; the peer thought
of changing his stiff, formal mansion,
the production of Colin Campbell, or
Leoni, for a feudal castle; the di-
vine deemed his church too heavy, or
his parsonage too dull ; and the citizen
fancied as a residence a Gothic villa —
miscalled a priory. There were some
who vainly imagined that a revival of
Gothic architecture in something like
its original perfection and purity
would take place, — that the world had
began to reason justly on subjects of
past times, — ^that the middle ages
would be rescued from the obloquy
which they had so long iain under>—

that new sources of information
would be laid open, and the long-for-
gotten and misrepresented manners
and customs of early times would be
understood and vindicated, — but they
only hoped to be disappointed. In
their enthusiasm, they did not reflect
that no good could result to science
or art from the prevalence of a fever-
ish and false taste.

The mania was soon turned to a
fruitful source of profit; the vanity
and affectation of wealthy individuals
was flattered, and their abbies and
castles were affectedly termed revivals
of the ancient architecture ; the glass
painter and the coach painter were
called into action — one darkened the
windows, the other defaced the walls ;
the architect and his worthy acces-
sories amassed fortunes and filled the
land with piles of vanity and folly,
which have scarcely outlived their
builders, and are now falling into ruin
and decay.

At the same time that this affectedly
termed revival was going on, a very
limited degree of knowledge prevailed
on the subject of architecture. The
Grecian style was all but unknown.
The works of Stuart, read only by the
few, had produced no practical results;
all the knowledge of the architec-
ture of Rome was derived alone from
the productions of Palladio, Scamozzi,
or Vignola. Certain rules had been
framed, by which the professors of the
art were relieved from the task of stu-
dying its principles, and which suited
exactly the prevalent indisposition for
research ; whatever was found to de-
rogate from these rules was pro-
nounced to be barbarous, and even
Stuart's classical productions were
disregarded, because the simple archi-
tecture of the Greeks would not bend
to the rule and compass of a modern
Italian. To men who had followed
this limited course of study, the
ancient architecture of the middle
ages presented a sad difficulty, — it
was reducible to no rule with which
they were acquainted, and fell in with
nothing they had learned. Even the
great Wren, in his day, who knew and
could appreciate the merits of the style,
allowed his prejudices to overpower
his sense and judgmeQ,t\ vw. ^<c»\.,
every aTc\ulect "^«,a \i'^ \»a «dNR»Soisitt.
bound hand wnd twA. Nyj r9\Ka'«'^»»3B.

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[Oct.

condemned him to walk iu a beaten
track, and from wliicli no one had the
courngc to deviate. When, therefore,
the fancied revival of Gothic architec-
ture tiwk place, the style, rejected by
the regular practisers of it, was
taken up by an empiric, who seemed
anxious to root out the true sources
of knowledge of the art, that ho
might the raorc securely practise his
spurioua substitution. It is not, there-
fore, at the period when Gothic ab-
surdities were rising up every where,
— when catlicdrals and churches were
irreparably injured, — when ancient
houses were despoiled and altered, that
we can look for the existence of any
great degree of knowledge of ancient
architecture. Except by a very few,
the true principles of the style were
ns little known and appreciated ns in
the times which had passed by ; and
it is probable that the modern taste
would have ended almost where it
began, if happily that spirit of inves-
tigation, which so highly distinguishes
the present age, had not produced upon
architecture, as well classical as me-
dicva!, the most beneficial results. It
has banished the hastily formed the-
ories and speculations, and pointed to
the source from whence alone true and
correct opinions of the value of the
style are to be procured. Hence the
false and meretricious style which a
Wyatt had contributed to invent, and
a Nash sustained, fell into deserved
disrepute, and authors vied with each
other in pointing out the beauties and
science existing in the styles of archi-
tecture which were prevalent in the
middle ages. The history and origin
of these styles, it is true, had been in-
vestigated by many clever men, but,
unfortunately, their conclusions were
in general hasty. Carter had sup-
plied u vast mass of materials, the
value of which is now far better ap-
preciated than when it was first
producc<l. Milncr, in his intersect-
ing system, had approached near-
ly to the trtie orig;in of the pointed
arch, but had not the opportunity of
inve^ti^atinp; tht? .«.)ibicrt sufftc'rcntly,

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the

Kprricb, will
tlgHtinn, ifiji!

CSt/i'

.cat
.ich

cd and unprejudiced researches of Mr.
Hope, a sure guide is furnished to the
inquirer of pursuing to its source the
history of the architecture of the
middle ages. The recent excellent trea-
tises of Mr. Willis and Professor
Whewcll, tend materially to lead the
inquirer to a scicntilic knowledge of
the construction of the styles.

But still, up to the present hour, the
knowledge of Gothic architecture hos
been confined to the library and the
portfolio; in vaiii do wc look at the
works of the leading ai'chifects of the
day for proofs of their having read and
practised the precepts which they
might have learned from tlie valuable
works to which we have alluded.
True It is that the style of Wyatt has
been lost, and in a few years all trace
of its existence will perhaps have
ceased ; but the Gothic of the day is
scarcely a step nearer to the genuine
style than that which has given way
to it. Wc look in vain for the deve-
lopement of the principles of Gothic
architecture in tlie host of new
churches, — in the various colleges, or
even in the new Houses of Parlia-
ment; in alt we see that the detail
of Gothic archifectarc has been ac-
commodated to the (irinciples of the
Greek and Roman styles. Fhe skele-
ton is classical, the outward clothing
alone is Gothic.

There is, however, one merit due
to the more recent productions above
those of the Wyatt school — the detail
of the style is better understood, and,
though badly applied, is often worked
in a style highly creditable to the age ;
but it is to be feared that the progress
of improvement is retarded by the
want of attention to original examples :
though swarms of our architects have
journeyed to Rome, and have even
braved the peril'- of Turkish domina-
tion, to investigate the works of Greece
and Egypt, few have been found to
venture on a jouioey of a few miles in
their own countrv, to obtain ■ kflow-
Icdge of its architecture from RCtaallf
existing soarcos lying within their
reach.

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401

tiieir own chambers possess the means
of deriving instruction and assistance
in this important branch of their art.
Among the authors who have contri<
bated to the supply of this knowledge,
stands prominently the veteran author
of the publication now on our table, " a
Sexagenarian, (as he says in his dedi-
cation to Her Majesty,) one who has
dedicated the greater portion of his
life to the investigation of the archi-
tectureof his native land." Commenc-
ing his task oppressed with difficulties,
adopting a novel study with but little
assistance from other sources, he has
shewn, by perseverance and attention
to the object in hand, what an author
can effect under the most unpropitioua
circumstances.

The " Architectural Antiquities,"
the first important work of our author,
was well calculated to create a feeling
in favour of the style, and to encourage
a spirit of inquiry into its origin and
merits : here ue eye was feasted with
a sample of the vast mass of archi-
tectural beauties which exist in this
country ; its churches, mansions, and
castles were shewn to the admirers of
the grand and picturesque. The cross,
the font, the enriched doorway, and
the splendid monument, raised the en-
thusiasm of the more minute inquirer,
and sent him into distant towns and
obscure villages in search of further
beauties, and opened to him a new
source of enjoyment and edification ;
bat, above all, the " Cathedral Antiqui-
ties" powerfully contributed to the
correct understanding of the beauties
of those admirable piles. The archi-
tectural student is therefore deeply in-
debted to Mr. Britton, for the informa-
tion which he has afforded by his pub-
lications; and truly must he rejoice
that the author is still in possession
of health and spirits to produce another
useful and elegant work.

In the course of his labours, the
author felt the want of a dictionary
of architectural terms ; and fully aware
of the utility of such a woik to others,
he was induced to commence the pre-
sent. The length of time which has
elapsed during the publication of it,
is accounted for in the preface, by the
care and assiduity necessarily exerted to
render its contents as perfect as pos-
sible, and this appears to have been
effected by the examination of a great

Gbnt. Mao. Vol. X.

number of authorities, a list of which
are appended, evincing the labour
necessarily expended in its compilation
and arrangement.

The terms of art which are given
are taken from ancient contracts and
descriptive works; but if these origin
nal designations are, as may be ex-
pected, but few in number, others
have been selected from writers of
eminence, who have treated on me-
dieval architecture, in addition to which
the classical terms are introduced. It
would be desirable to form a series
applicable solely to Pointed architec-
ture, which would be useful in de-
scriptive surveys, and avoid in many
instances lengthened explanations, as
well as the uncertainty resulting from
the use of those terms which arc in
strictness applicable to the ancient
styles alone ; but the difficulty would
be to induce the general use of them.
It is, however, rather to be desired than
expected, that so great a desideratum
in science will be carried into effect.

The following extract relates to a
class of subjects familiar to the anti-
quary,— the ponderous ancient chests
which are met with in churches and
elsewhere, and the provincial name
which has been given to them is singu-
lar, but not inappropriate,

"Ark. Hunter [HallamBhire Glossary,
p. 5.] says, it is ' the large chest in
farm-houses), used for keeping meal or
flour.' The arks are usually made of
strong oaken planks, which arc sometimes
elaborately carved ; they resemble the
chests found in churches, which are never,
as far as I know, called arks. Many of
the arks are of high antiquity ; the mak-
ing of them must have constituted a dis-
tinct trade, as wc have the surname of
Ark-wright. The strong boxes in which
the Jews kept their valuables were anciently
called their arks, arehat, a word which
occurs in the royal warrant in the Poe-
dera, AH Hen. III. to search all the Jews'
arks throughout the kingdom. As the
Welch have arith in the sense of coffin, it
k not improbable that ark may be a relic
of the Celtic."

We trust that a transaction like that
noticed in the following note, is of rare
if not of solitary occurrence.

" The writer of this note is in possession
of a brass monumental effigy of a lady,
which the incumbent of a parish in War-
wickshire sold from his church to «.tQx.

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adopted or. the authority of St. Mr.t- which r:..-.:ir.s r.?t:c:. ar.i^-lth tvhicii
thew, *-bo describes the ap-:-:-:;^ar.ce we c.r.cl-ii.: ?.r./.th.j isthc-cr-rravirirs
of the Holy Spirit i.i that fcrin. Tv.: wh:;h cmV.ii.rh i: • they r.rc exiCU'cJ
lion ar.J tazle are the w-ill-k-owa cz. cij-cr by Mr. J. Lo Kcux ; and
symbols cf tw:i cf the Evacselist;, thr-Jirh tl:2 «uvj-;c;* arc d:;'ictcJ on a
derived froci Ez-.kiil a- I the Apcc;- small *cr.l-:. trey d <: liy th'it delicacy
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same book; the \ ice fiom the weii- the w:rk*of ihit cnzraver. They Cv-.ai-
known symbolical reprL-sentation by priso examples cf arches, do^rs. win-
oar Saviour of himself as the true dow*. and other details cf ancient
Vine. We regret to see »uch user- buildings ; most of them are drawn

— _^ geometrically. We think the dates

• Gent, Mag. Xcr tain, toL 111. p. «««» ^ aome of the eximple* require

1838.]

B,KVivvr.-~'3fontfose and the Cwentaien.

403

St. Nicholas, Gaildford, is dated 1 180 :
the example itself is manifestly of the
reiga of Edward III. Neither can we
approve of the glass introduced into a
■window from Worcester cathedral,
which is not older than the end of Ed-
ward the Third's rcIgn, yet displays the
effigy of Longesp^e, Earl of Salisbury,
in the costume of John,iilling the whole
of one of the compartments. In such
• window as that depicted, small
figures with lofty canopies, in coeval
costome, would be the more appro-
priate.

We now close the volume, with the
fall conviction that its contents will
prove of the utmost utility to every
student of architecture, whether he be
amateur or professional : he will find
terms of rare as well as common oc-
currence, explained with brevity and
perspicuity ; and the vast number of
examples which are given in the en-
gravings will relieve him from the
trouble of examining a host of autho-
rities, and enable him to form an idea
of the age of the original structures.
It is pleasing to reflect on the atten-
tion which is paid to the study of the
architecture of the middle ages ; and
we think no one commencing such a
course of study can do better than to
provide himself with Mr. Britton's
Dictionary, which, in his researches,
will prove to him a sure guide and an
useful companion.

Montrose and the Cmenantert, their
characters and conduct illustrated
from documents hitherto unpublished.
By Mark Napier, Esq. 2 vols. 8oo.
Edinburgh, 1838.

THIS is a work which, notwith-
standing many imperfections, deserves
to be well thought of. It presents to
notice various important documents
which the praiseworthy research of
the author has discovered amongst the
family papers of the Napiers, and the
nnpublished stores of the Advocates'
library, and it tends to throw a new,
and, occasionally, a very pleasant
light upon important events and heroic
achievements, and upon times and
men whose character and conduct are
subjects of never-dying interest.

As a book, it has great defects. It
is extremely diffuse, at the same time
that it is incomplete ; yery many pages

are wasted in the discussion of trifles,
whilst subjects of great moment, and
strictly connected with the main pur-
pose of the work, are altogether over-
looked ; the author is fond of giving
vent to what he considers sharp say-
ings against his political opponents ;
he is a politician rather than an his-
torian, and writes throughout — as he
says he is conscious that he does— too
much in the tone of excited contro-
versy. Judiciously pruned and re-
duced to one volume, it might be made
a popular and readable book; in its
present shape it will remain a work to
which historical inquirers respecting
Montrose, or the Covenanters, will
refer with advantage, but which few
persons will have the patience to read
throughout.

The biography of Montrose has
hitherto rested principally upon certain
Latin memoirs of him, written by Dr.
George Wishart, a learned man who
was successively chaplain to Montrose
and the Queen of Bohemia, and, after
the Restoration, was Bishop of Edin-
burgh. As Wishart's work has met
with little attention from our biogra-
phers, and Mr. Napier is quite silent
respecting its history, it may not be
amiss to mention that it first saw the
light at the Hague, in 164^, in 8vo.
Within two or three years afterwards
it went through several editions, all
published at the same place, but was
never, we believe, reprinted in Great
Britain. A rough translation into
English, made hastily for circulation
amongst the Scotch and English cava-
liers, was published in London during
the same year in which the original
first appeared, and was frequently re-
printed, with the addition, after Mon-
trose's death, of a narrative of his final
defeat and execution, cither translated
from Wishart's Latin, or written in
English by David Whitford, brother
of the Colonel Walter Whitford who
had a hand in the assassination of
Dorilaus. An amended English
translation was published at Edin-
burgh in 1720, in 12roo. under the
editorship of a Mr. Adams, and with
an appendix of original documents ;
another translation issued from the
press of Ruddiman in 1756 ; and in
1819 the publication of Sir Walter
Scotf s Legend of NloxtoaBRWiwssvwv'ea.

RkView. — Montrose and the Cewnanters.

b

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tjon, with some adililioiis to the docu-
mentary matter in the appciidit.

Published whilst the tiiliiiKi of
Montrose's lapid victories were yet
ringing in mea'e cars, it cannot Im
doubtrd that Wishart's elegant book
contributed to spread far and wi<Ic
a knowledge of Montrose's heroic
achievcmeuta, and exasperated liis enc-
micft in proportion as it augmented iiis
fame. Montrose himself was fully
conscious of this, and when, in pur-
suance of a pitiful custom which w.xs
regarded as a sort of substitute for
refutation, the book was suspended
round his neck upon the gallows, he
himself assisted to fasten it on, and
remarked that lie did not feel more
honoured when the king sent him the
Garter. But Wishart was a mere
)>anegyrist, and in his pages Mon-
trose is nothing hut a hero. Writers
on the other side attempt to compen-
sate for his victories, which they slur
over but cannot deny, by attacking his
personal character. They accuse him
iif perjury, treachery, fondness for
assassination, cruelty, and even cowar-
dice. Tills is all so much according
to custom, that suchaccusations, raked
up out of the works of obscure
slanderers, and studiously set forth hy
modern writers whose party bias is
notorious, really do not deserve much
attention. In the case of Montrose,
the only accusatiun wliich n]ipears
to us to be of importance sufficient to
waste a page upon, is that contained
in the statement of Clarendon, that
when C'harles I. vif>ited Scotland in
1641, Montrose, by the procurement
of William Murray, of the bedchamber,
came privately to the king and oflfiTcd
to assassinate Hamilton and Argyle.
The present author has fully considered
this charge, and has developed very
minutely the manner in which later
writers have magnified and multiplied
it, without noticing the reply which
the acuteness of Hume, and his ac-
quaintance witli the position of Mon-
trose at the period, instantly enabled
htm to give to it. " It is not im-
proper," remarks this historian, whom
It is now the fashion to decry ns hav-
ing been at no pains to make himself
acquainted with the events of the
periods to wb" ^- ^ - •"■ •' ■• ■■■ ^ ••'•■'■• =
" it iH not ill
^ mi»Uke iij.i...... . :, '^i... ,

much to the disadvantage of this gal-
lant nobleman, that he ofrere<l the
kifip. when his Majesty was in Scot-
laud, to as.s;i3sinalc Argyle. All the
time the king was in Scotland, Mon-
trose was confined to pri»on," — a
prison in which he was jtatouiily
guarded by determined enemies, and
from which the present writer evi-
dently proves that no royal mandate
or gentleman of the bedchamber,
nothing indeed less potent than a
harlequin's wand, could havccxtricalcd
him.

The other accusations arc all met by
Mr. Napier, and combated with more
or less success. He is somewhat
tO" fond of his subject — the common
fault of biographers — and exalts him
consequently a great deal beyond the
height which oilier persons may feeJ
inclined to assign tu him ; but no one
can peruse this work attentively with-
out coming to the conclusion that
Montrose was a better man, that he
entered upon his career of loyalty with
better feelings, possessed a more cul-
tivated mind, and was altugctlicr a
more humanised, a more humane, and
a more patriotic person than has gcae-
raily been supposed.

Amongst Mr. Napier's new docu-
ments is one in which the ]>oli(ical
principles of Montrose are displayed
hy himself in a paper of great interest,
written app.ircntly about the year lC40.
In its clear foresight of the termina-
tion of the then impending troubles,
— that the kingdom would fall into the
hands of one who would tyrannize
over the people, — this paper reminds
us of a celel>ratcd passage in Burke's
Reflections, in which he anticipated
the military despotism which ensued
from the French Revolution. Mon-
trose writes throughout in a noble,
manly tone, and displays a very
8tate.*roonlike acquaintance with the

Erinciples of government, and although
is notions were strikingly opposed to
those at present in vogue, he was at
no toss for arguments to support them.
One passage is so full of pcnctical
wisdom — wisdom ' ' '■■ to all'

pc-ricHls and all < ibat we'

cannot forbear givm;: u « piiicc.

•'Now, to nnr ninn llist nijd>'r<itin»tls I

1838.]

Review. — Montrose and the Covenanters.

405

gentlemen of good quality, what do you
mean ? Will you teach the people to put
down the Lord's Anoiuted, and lay violent
hands on his authority, to whom both you
and they owe subjection and assistance
with your goods, lives, and fortunes, by
all the laws of God and man? Do ye
think to stand and domineer over the
people in an arUtocratie way — the people
who owe you small or no obligation ? It
is yon, under your natural prince, that
get all employment pregnant of honour or
profit, in peace or war. You are the
sabjects of his liberality ; your houses
decayed, either by merit or his grace and
favour are repaired, without which you
fall in contempt ; the people jealous of
their liberty, when ye deserve best, to
shelter themselves, will make you shorter
htf ike head, or serve you with an ostra-
cism. If their ^r«/ act be ayainsl kingly
power, their next act will be against you ;
for if the people be of a fierce nature,
they will cut your throats (as the Swit-
zera did of old) ; you shall be contempti-
ble (as some of antient houses arc in
Holland, their very burgomaster is the
better man) ; your honours — life — fortunes
stand at the discretion of a teditioui
preacher. And you, ye meaner people of
Scotland, who are not capable of a re-
public, for many grave reasons, why are
you induced by specious pretexts, to your
own heavy prejudice and detriment, to be
instruments of others' ambition ? Do ye
not know, when the monarchical govern-
ment is shaken, the great ones strive for
the garland with your blood and your
fortunes ? whereby you gain nothing, but,
instead of a race of kings who have go-
Temed you two thousand years with peace
and justice, and have preserved your
liberties against all domineering nations,
ahall purchase to yourselves vultures and
tigers to reign over your posterity, and
yourselves shall endure all those miseries,
nuusacres, and proscriptions of the tri-
nnrvirate of Rome, — the kingdom fall
again into the hands of one, who of ne-
oesrity m«ut, and for reasons of state wUl,
tyrannize over you. For kingdoms ac-
quired by blood and violence are by the
same means entertained. And you great
men, (if any such be among you so blinded
with ambition,) who aim so high as the
ermen, do you think we are so far degene-
rate from the virtue, valour, and fidelity
to oar true and lawful Sovereign, so con-
■tantly entertained by our ancestors, as to
nffer yon, with all your policy, to reign
over us ? Take heed you be not iEsop's
dag, and lose the cheese for the shadow in
the well. And thou seditious preacher,
who atiidiest to put the sovereignty in the
people'f baiida for th^ own an^tUm ptdt,

as being able, by thy wicked eloquence
and hypocrisy, to infuse into them what
thou pleasest, know this, that this people
is more incapable of sovereignty than any
other kuown. Thou art abused like a
pedant by the nimble-witted noblemen, —
go, go along with them to shake the
present government, — not for thy ends to
possess the people with it, — ^but like (as) a
cunning tennis-player lets the ball go to
the wall, where it cannot stay, that he
may take it at the bound with more ease."
(i. 406—408).

In others of the new docaments we
obtain glimpses of the manner iu which
the hero was esteemed by his friends
and family connections. He seems
entirely to have fascinated the young
Lord Napier, his nephew, who fol-
lowed him in his exile, and entertained
for him an affection second only to
that which he expressed towards his
wife. In one letter he asks her to
send him her picture in the breadth of
a sixpence, to place beside one of Mon-
trose, which he had just given him,
and which he had " caused put in a
gold case of the same bigness I desire
yours." " I will wear it," he ex-
claims, "upon a ribbon under my
doublet, so long as it, or I, lasts." In
another letter, he exults that " it was
ever said that Montrose and his
nephew were like the Pope and the
Church, who would be inseparable."
Lady Napier partook of her husband's
feeling, and contrived to obtain Mon-
trose's heart from its grave under his
gallows. She caused it to be em-
balmed, inclosed it in a little steel case
made of the blade of the hero's sword,
placed the case in a gold filagree box
which had been presented to John
Napier, the inventor of Logarithms, by
a Doge of Venice, and deposited the
box in a silver urn given by Montrose
to Lord Napier. After passing through
a variety of extraordinary adventures,
which are detailed in a letter from Sir
Alexander Johnston, these precious
relics were finally lost at Boulogne in
1792. The possessors of them being
at that place when the revolutionary
government required all persons to
give up their plate, the urn and its
contents were entrusted to an English-
woman named Knowlcs, to be secreted.
She died suddenly, and the secret of
their place of deposit was buried with
her.

*
•

I
I

Review.— //r«/ory o/Esau tonsiderei.

roct.

Another ne'w document of some
interest is b letter of Bishop Burnet's,
written at the time of the trial of Lord
TViUiam Russell. It plaeeB the His-
torian of his Own Times in rather a
questionable position, but we cannot
do more than refer to it at p. 14 of the
first volume of the present work. All
who feel an interest either in Burnet or
his Own Times, — and who that knows
anytiiing of English hiBtory does not?
— will do well to look at it.

»

7%e Hittory of Eaau considered.

THE title of this work brought to
our recollection the travels of Bur-
cbardt and Laborde, and we had bright
visions flitting across the imagination
of Petra, Hor, Seir, and Sinai, An-
ticipation was enhanced by the pros-
pect of again traversing the defile of
Wody Mousa, exploring the Pharaonic
tieasures of the Khosnc, or mourning
in the vale of tombs the departed gran-
deur of the eagle of the desert ; but
grievously have we been disappointed.
Our author knows nothing of the city
of Esau — nothing of these monumen-
tal relics of his hardy progeny ; in
short, nothing of the mortal Esau, it
is tlie spiritual Esau, the red Edom of
prophecy, the mngical apocalyptic
number GOO, with which he is conver-
sant, and alone holds communion.
To most readers, the very annuncia<
tion of such fellowship would be the
knell of further patience, and the book
would " be shut up and sealed till the
time of the end." Our sympathies,
however, were enlisted in the author's
cause, and an attentive perusal has
been amply repaid by the acquisition
of new and fanciful interpretations of
a subject solemn and important, we
admit, but rendered whimsical by the
heterogeneous expositions and contra-
dictory sentiments which every tyro
in religions authorship has felt himself
commiasioDed to adopt and palm upon
the world as undoubted, orthodox, and
infallible.

The object of the present volume is
to display the descendnnta of Esau
enjoying the dominion pronii«rd by

be

pri

Sill

di

i'iim.u uf \j\ii iiuiliUi lu Ktv. MIV \>i\

spring of Edom. To substantiate thi«|
proposition, the rnetnllic image of
Nebuchadnezzar's dream is rcsortedl
to, and as a matter of course, all pre-
ceding writers on this prophecy were!
egregiously ignorant, and their iatcl^J
lects co-ordinate with those of the]
image itself.

" The Metallic Image of Uic book (^\
Daniel is generally looked upon as ncoia*
pendium of the foar empires of BabyloBf I
Persia, Greece, and Rome, which roM ia
succession upon that port of the earth
which is evidently marked out as the site
of prophetic representations from the givca
station. Ancient Babylon ; and, in point
of time, tlie scheme reaches to the end of
the world." — " la this system, the Roman
Empire is (-oasidered to be (be last ; and
this conclubion was '■' — ••- '■""' '■ ''lofo
commentators who < the

fall of the Roman El , -cof

smother upon the cauic predicted sjiacr,
which, from its duration, extent, strength,
and uniTcrsality, appears to hove greater
claims to the title of empire than norne of
those to which it hns been awarded.
Alexander the Great reigned but tenor
twelve years, and hii< swift career of con-
qnest, over oations which he did not live
to cement together, is so aecumtely de*
scribed in a BobiequeDt vi^ou in the
eighth chapter, that his identity there
cannot be doubted. Moreover, it is added,
(hat when be became strong, his great
horn was broken. Now is it probable that
one short reign, transient conquests, und
an immoiliatety broken horn, nuuld bo
symbolized as one of the fundamental
empires of the metallic immee, (o the ex-
cluaion of the Saracenic ilii' ' "Hch,

including the caliphates, " ■ on-

tinuancc of 800 years f " — ' ^ ,.-. .,., ^,rc«t
Antichrist Mahomet, thtu, be left witboot
notice ?" pp. 31 to J3.

From the above extract, it will be
readily perceived t^iii ihn Macedo>
Grecian empire is .rom the

list, the Roman enq rrioted lo

the Grecian leopard, and the fourth
beast the Saracenic empire, the iron
and clay with ten toes. 'Hicgc wonder-
ful ten toes, however, arc iintippro-
priated and loft tn ' "^n-

Wc regret Sir Isn^i' too

abstracted to attoud to nic

claim, or too etupid w -ir^?

'>f3 1. 1 iiuiiuiicd nv a hi-cuikI

leod th« krAcUtiilt Joontcy- i

1838.]

RsviR w.— fllw/wy tf Esau considefetL

407

ings of our protegd, we must remark
ibtat all Christians admit that the iron
and clay kingdom, the fourth beast,
which we consider typical of Roman-
ism, and our author of Mahommedan-
itm, is allied to the Antichrist of the
Revelations, and the number 666 is
the test whereby the authenticity and
truth of the supposition is known,
whether it be Lateinus, Maometis,
Martin Lauter, or Apostates. It is
the grand object therefore of the writer
of Esau's history, after converting him
into a Saracen, and placing him in
dominion under the fourth beast, to
prove Mahomet the corresponding
Antichrist, and the man whose name
is coincident with the apocalyptic key.

" The name Mahomet, when written in
Greek, as the Apocalypse was, contains
the number BGS, Moametic." — " The
number 666 has long been adjudged to the
Roman horn, but appears clearly to
belong to the individual man Mahomet."

In proof of this bold assertion, an
appeal is made in a note to Bishop
Walmesly's History of the Church,
who says " that the name of Mahomet
when expressed in Greek is Mahometic
or Maometic, as Euthymius and the
Greek historian Zonaras and Ccdrenus
write it i" It is unfortunate for the
research or honesty of our author that
he should quote thus boldly from a
popish writer, who has long ago been
convicted' of fraud and falsehood.
Cedrenus writes the name Mouchou-
met (MOYXOYMET) ; Euthymius and
Zonaras write it Moameth (MQAMEe).
Not one Greek author has it Maome-
tic. However aptly the character of
Mahomet may suit our author's idea
of Antichrist, it is plain that the one
thing needful, the orthography of
Maometis, and therefore the number of
the beast, is deficient. The change-
ling MaofitTis must be abandoned, and
by consequence its type, the Saracenic
dominion, is as unstable as the base-
less fabric of a dream. Surely we
may now say of our historian, " here
ia wisdom," — wisdom in numbering
the bene nummatum marsupium of a
generous public, though lacking wis-
dom in the numbering of apocalyptic
beasts. Perhaps our author may in
his over zeal for Antichristian Ma-
bomet adopt the more favoured term
Awo^ar^t, (ApostateB,) aa bearin|; the
aamber 660, m% we mxaX refer lum to

the Rev. R. Rabett's most excellent
work on this subject for a complete
refutation of its applicability, for al-
though others, whose classic blossoms
promised better fruit, have used ? in
apostates as synonymous with the
episemon Fau, yet he has distinctly
shown that there is no connection
whatever between them, the present
substitute of the lost episemon not
being rr, or its contraction ?, but de-
rived from a totally forensic source.
We should name also the fact of
apostates not being the name of a man;
but Mr. R's. work will afford a much
better exposition of the controversy
than either our time or space will per-
mit. We shall remit all minute criti-
cism, and content ourselves by merely
hinting our dislike to such obscure and
contradictory terms as " retrospective
prophecy," m p. 6 and 134 ; and re-
gret the occurrence of many historical
errors ; e. g. p. g. " Augustus, the first
emperor of Rome," The mis-applica-
tion in p. ig of Gren. ix. /. is so gross,
that we cannot lose time by conversing
on the " unknoum party."

In the preliminary chapter there is
a singular specimen of nosological di-
vinity, where it is fancifully imagined,
and said to be proved, that though
Adam and Eve were created one, yet
by the fall they ceased to be one ;
so that the children they had (we
suppose a divorce took place) were not
entirely theirs, but part were the sons
of God, part the cnildren of Adam,
and others the seed of Satan. Any
conceit of this kind, if innocent in its
tendency, may be tolerated as a dis-
cursive exercise of fancy, but when it
assumes even if it were the semblance
of limiting the universal satisfaction
made by redeeming love, we must point
it out as dangerous and incommensu-
rate with the plainest precepts of the
Gospel. Had our pseudo - historian
made five seeds instead of three, the
physiologists of the reformed school
might have enrolled themselves debtors
for the new creation, and written
largely on Black Ethiopian Ham,
White Caucasian Shem, Mongolian
Japheth, American Red Esau, and the
treacherous Malay Cain ; but we fear
no practical good can arise elthn \a
science ot IheoVoOT, itom ^t\fv^M?C\\fc
division, but niucii v^vdVasX -^tA^ ^^^
detrlmeu^ Xo auOn «a «ikx«»^^ W»9s^

408

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[Oct

themselves the only admissible seed of
the Christian evangelical covenant.
We have as much of the (payp Guitz.
avon) sorrow or grief, p. 12, as our
quondam groiidrathcr Adam endured
in days of yore, in observing his pre-
cocious Caucasian children so wise in
their generation as to hazard every
crude thought on paper, ajul then print
that thought, with the hope of render-
ing it authentic and legible to others
— lucrative and immortalising to them-
selvea.

I

Archanlogin of the Socinty of Antiqiui-
riet of London, Vol. XXVII. part 2.

WE adopt our usual course in the
revision of these papers.

Ohservations on three T^omaii Sepul-
chral Inscriptions found at IVatermore,
near Cirencester, in GluuctstrrMhirr, in
1835 and 1836. By Dr. Conrad Lee-
mans, first Consen^alor uf the Museum
of Antiquities at Letfdcn.

These interesting Roman sepulchral
Btelre* were engraved in our Magazine
for June 1837, when the same writer
favoured us with a dissertation, of
wliich the present is an ampllHcation.

'file author proceeds to observe on
the conclusions to be drawn from these
monuments, which he is inclined to
refer to the century in which the Rau-
raci and Frisii. as auxiliaries, fol-
lowed the Roman armies into Britain,
first, that the commercial intercourse
between the Ganls and Britons was
kept up after the conquest of Britain by
the Romans ; secondly, that Cirences-
ter, the ancient Corinium, or Douro-
conovium, was consiilered important
among the Romano-British stations :
tpssellateil pavements, hypocausts, sta-
tues, coins, rings, &c, from time to
time discovered have sufficiently at-
tested this fact, and Dr. iveemnns sug-
gests that well-direcled excavations on
the spot would probably lead to the
discovery of many other materials for
Romanu-Britiah statistics. A refer-
ence to our number for .\ugust, p. ISO,
will atlbrd proof of the reasonable cha-
racter of these expectations.

tl.K

Tlip ct<>hiii(f» of »lif*»' mnmnrl«1* in

The Kiss of the flrgia, a Narrativi
of liextarrhfs made »» Germany durinj
the year 1852, fur the purpose of ascer-
iainiruj the mode of infiic tiny /Aaf puHuA-J
wie'W, ti'id of proviny t}m often dtnitiJ
and ymeralty di*pHtcd fact of its exi*/- j
ence, hy R. L. Pearsall, of U'itlsbridyr,]
Est}.

When we look at the cruel and har-
barous inflictions for the punishmentl
of state delinquencies in the middlej
ages, we are more disposed to part]
with the splendour and chivalrouftl
manners which imparted to them the]
brilliancy of romance. Neither liberty I
nor independence existed under such it.]
system ; the law was that of the 1
strongest ; and such a state of slavery |
was only araelioratcd by the potriar*
cbal feelings which the lords of feudal]
districts entertained for their vassals.
Various traditions were found by the j
author relative to the Jungfem A'l
in Genuanv, but a general idea pre-j
vailed that in certain towers and strong
holds there was a terrible engine,
which not only destroyed life, but an-
nihilated the body of the condemned ;]
being constructed in the form of a]
young girl, it was called the Virgin. ;
In vain did the author explore tho
towers of F'rnnltfort ami Maycncc, andj
the fortresses in Rliineland, for on in- {
troductton to this sanguinary damsel. |
At Mayence the tradition alone ofsuclij
a terrible executioner survived, and]
the author was induced conjectuially]
to identify the Virgin with the Plnuk,\
or German Guilloiiue, the instrumcntJ
which, in Scotland, in the f-ixtccnthl
centun,-, bore the ap[)c]laticin of thuj
Maiden. This conclusiun was however]
disturbed by a passage in an old book. I
entitled, " Malcrialen zur Nuinbrr*]
gerischen Jeschlchte LcranagegGbunj
von D. I. C. Scebcnkecs. Nurubcrg, 1
1792," whicli had been extracted from]
an old Chronicle not specifically quoted,]
and which thus described the iiistru*
ment :

" In the year of our lx)rd IS.1.1, tk(
Iror v;..„;„ ,.....,, ,..( ■■... ,1... ....

ni'-'

tlir 1 . __ , .

tbe \Aiirr i;.illt-d W>p .Sir^rM y.eiitr (thilt t^
to •«», t)if Srvi-ii Miipf^> ; tn, at irast, It

ftfvm mnr czrred in bu relief.
8

t* 11(1 II T.i I ('1 ( III II iini I P'i4i ii-M II il* '11 111* I rfi

\!kit htK. 0I V\vc cnxxvVn».l ; txul ilvnth hA

1838.]

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409

thU mEchiae was saiil to send the poor
sinner to the fishes. For so ^oon as the
eiei;iitioner moved lUc step, oil whii^h it
Stood, it hewed, with broad hand sworJx,
'Ifee criminal intn little piei-es, which were
' iNllowed by tishea in hidden waters.
' Such secret tribunikln,' continues the
author, bj way of foinincnt on the fore-
going « tract, ' existed fomierly in niiiny
countries. I do uot, however, know
whether any trnres yet remain of the one
here described, and 1 have never read thnt
any use was evt-r made of it; perhiki>!> tlie
wbnie affair nuy be nothing more than a
legend.' "

To Nartmberg he repaired, and ex-
plored the dismal subterraneous cham-
l)ers of the town hall, which in the
ages of torture and railitary domina-
tion had so ofien re-echoed with the
shrieks of the state criminal, and from
Dr. Mayer he ascertained the precise
spot where the njachioe had stood,

" • Tl>c fipire,' luiid he, ' stood at the
brink of atrup-door; and when the iu-
I diridaal who had suffered by its embrm-'es
was released from them, he fell down-
wards through it on a sort of cradle of
swords, placed in a vault uuderneath, and
wLicJi were so arranged as to cut his body
into pieces, which dropt into running
water over which the machine stood !'

"He eould not tell me the precise man-

fner in which this machine operated, but

I said that he understood it to have been

thua: two wooden cylinders were placed

l]t«ralJcl to each other, so ns to extend

[titshi across the inferior vault; into the

I front of each of these cyiiuilers were

screwed a freat many iron blades, which

ft>T0Jected in the face of each other, and

each other hke gcissor-bladcs ;

into the rear of the same cylinders

I screwed an equol number of curved

l»ar« of iron. The cylinders, being thus

•mod, were put in e<|uilibrio by means of

l.veightt), aud by pUting the ends of the

ibara on strong hcams, so that, when any

|thiu|{ heavy fell from above on the binder,

thry were put in motion, and made to

erfonn a cutting movement. 1 need not

.•■y that in this manner the body of a man

rMUNt have fjcen soon minced to pieces ;

kbut, in ordtr to give t)ie re.ider a clear

Fldra of tlie contriviince in question, I

[tuu.it refer hJra to the drawing, and

lat the luime lime recal to hi.s mind a toy

rwhii'li I" 1.-.- ;>r-iliap.4 hern fiiniiUnr with

[In ill I liith ir in England called

ff"' 1 .;t>on ; for there miist. I

Lkiivi- been the same principle

111 in ImUi,"

Oar iulhor ^till continued h'n search

after the identical Virgin. At Vienna
he found a tower overhanging a canal,
in whicli budding one of these mur-
derous machines had been placed ; and
when the water beneath at any time
became redder than usual, the current
saying among the commonalty still
was, " So the Virgin has been at hec
work again!" At length, inthecastle
of Feiatritz, belonginK to Baron Died-
rick, a collector of (intic|uitie9, he found
the dreadful instrument, which the
Baron hud purcbo-icd.

'"The constnicfiim of the figure was
simple enough. A skeleton, formed of
bars and honp«, was coated over with
sheet iron, which was laid on and painted,
BO as to represent a Nuremberg citizen's
wife of the Kith century, in the mantle
then generally worn by that class of
persons.

" From the plate representing the in-
terior of the machine, tlie reader will see
that the front of it opened like folding
doors, the two halves of the front part of
it being connected by hinges with the
h.t€k part. On the inside of its right
breast are thirteen quadrnngular poniards.
Tliere arc eight of thc^iie on the inside of
the left brca<it, and two on the inside of
the face. These Inst were clearly in-
tended for the eyes of the victim, who
most have therefore goue backwards into
it, and have received, in an upright po-
tiition, in his breast and lieuil, the blades
to which he was exposed. That this ma-
chine had been formerly used cannot be
doubted, because there arc evident blood
stains yet visible on its breast and on the
upper part of its pedcftal. How it was
worked is uot known, for the mechanism
which caused it to open and shut is uu
longer attached to it ; but thiit there was
some such mechanism, i» clear from the
holes and sockets which have been cut
out on the surface of the pedestal, show-
iag the points where parts of the appa-
ratus intended to work it must have beca
inserted. It stands at present on castors,
and there are two iron springs which its
present proprietor has caused (o be placed
in it, for the purpose of making its sides
to open whenever it is moved forward ;
but thi;! is merely done to startle, by way
of pleasantry, those who see it for the
first time, and without any idea of ex-
plaining the mcan!4 hy which it was
anciently made to peiform its ofHce."

These horrora of a savage penal
system were by no means, it appeara.
conliued to Germany ; t'lr \r V.V\c. tSi^iViv-
ber of l\\e \nc\u\s4V\;wn\ a.V ^V^Vv'^. ^
gentleman, totmtt\\ '\xi XJOkt va\Vfc
3Vi

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*

Joseph Bonaparte, the ex-kiog ofSpain,
told the author that he found an image
of the- Virgin composed partly of wood
and partly of iron ; it was culled Hater
J}olor<ua, and so constructed that the
wretched victim eubjected to its em-
braces had by degrees his life squeezed
out of his body.

The author seems to think it by no
improbable that this implement was
introduced into Germany during the
reign of Charles V. Something of the
kind was found at Florence at the
close of the war of 1814. The wild
fury of the French revolution began
witii sweeping from the earth the
dungeons and implements devoted to
political vengeance, as the liurricane
and tornado clear the atmosphere from
pestilential vapours, although their
course be marked with overwhelming
desolation fur the time.

The lover of history caonot peruse
this account of the Nuremberg Virgin
without being reminded of the state of
this country under the early Norman
Lords, so faithfully depicted in the
Saxon Chronicle under the year 1137.
5n the reign of King Stephen, of which
wc shall give a brief specimen.

" Every rich man bnOt his castles • •
• *■ they took those whom they suspected
to have any goods by night and day,
seixtng both men and women, and tliey
put them in prison for tlieir gold and
silver, and tormented them with pains
iinsi>eakable, for never wero any martyrs
tormented as these were ; they Lung some
Dp by their feet aod snioked tlicm mth
foul smoke, some by their thumbs or by
the hend, and they hung burning things
oo thfir feet, Tbcy put a knotted 5trin|{
about their heads, and writhed it till it
went into the brain. They put them into
dungeons wherein were adders and snakes
and tosJs, and thus wore them out.
Some they put into a crucel Louse, that
is, into a chest that was short aud unrrow
and not deep, oud tiicy put Mbarp stones
in it, and crushed the man therein, si^that
they broke ail his limbs. There were
hateful and grim things called Sacfi*nlef/ct
in many of the castles, and wbicli two or
three men had enout^h to do to earr)'. The
Ssohentege was made thus : it was fastened
to a beast baring a shjup iruu to ^o round
a man's throat and neck, ho iIiaI he wight
no ways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but hr
must bear all the Iron."*

• **rt»jB Cbjvn. Miu Giun»f'i tomi-

Our own common law did not recog-
nize the application of torture, but by ,
the civil courts it was occaaionailyj
employed, and in the examination into j
matters of treason, by the Privy Coun-
cil, Star Chamber, &c. The Tower of I
London had its Vukc of Er^lfr'* it(iHtjh-'\
ter, acarenger's [Skeffingtou'&] dauijh-
tfT, and its crucet house of little-euae. j
Why to racks of all sorts were assigned j
lady patronesses, we shall not vcntore
to determine. The revolution of the{
17th century in Kngland swept tbeml
all away. The subject, as far as refer»l
to our own judicature, has already]
been pretty fully discusseU in ouf*
columns.*

We again repeat our congratulation
to humanity at large, as at least one
good result of the march of intellect,
that Europe has been cleared of these ^
Virgins bearing daggers in their iroAj
arms, and all the other inventions
cruelty refined by tyranny. MrJ
Pcarsall, although he chilk our hoartsi
with something of Hie terrors of a
German romance, has presented
with a highly interesting narrative it
this account of the Jungfcm Kncs.

Rfmarks on Ihe Towtifley M^tleritt^
in a letter from the Btv. Lancelot^
Sharpc, M.A.

TTie phraaeolog)' and metre of theMJ
barbarons and superstitious drantul
illustrate many obscurities in our an-
cient writers, and present examples of
all the various modes of vn ' i

in use up to the beginuing '
teenth century. intheWinii.j > 1.11.:
Act iv. Scene 3rd, the clown asks
Autolycus " has any unbrniJfd wartt ?'*
In the glossary to the Townelcy My«
teriea the word hrade is explained bj
a start, a sudden turn or assault ; thii
cxplanaiiof. anticirs nt i!k- first sighf
not at ure pa*-

Siigc in iiarpc :

another meaning — " u vry or th
and tell* us the verb hr>? n kiTi.-h?
nitication — (c
fore, he th ,,
have not been A
pof.ed to mIp, pp
Til.
rr.i

Hcv li IT (if •' JordJn« 911 tlie Has
udhud," Qtia, yitig. fd

1838.]

Rbvibw.— Ord'«a«(» Suro^ of Lotuhndeny.

sense of plain, tmornamented goods,
i. e. vnabraded, not chased. We hard-
ly think that Mr. Sharpe's suggestion
has decidedly displaced this accepta-
tion.

Original Record of the form of the
Public Entry of King Henry the Eighth
into Jhumay after the surrender in
1513, md notification, by Queeti Catho'
tine of Arragon, of tne birth qf the
Prinee$sMary, to the Municipal Autho-
rititB of Toumay. Communicated by
Geo. Fred. Beltz, Esq. F.S.A. Lan-
catter Herald.

These documents, of which one is
in the old French of the period, and
which should therefore have been ac-
companied with a translation, were
found in the ancient Register of the
city of Toumay, called from its bind-
ing " Cuir noir." They add to the
number of those which minutely illus-
trate the details of history.

Account qf the Examination of the
Mummy of Pet-maut-ioh- mes, brought
from Egypt by the late John Gosset,
E»q, and deposited in the Museum of
the Island of Jersey, by T. J. Petti-
grew, Esq.

Mr. Pettigrew's reading and practi-
cal acquaintance with these subjects
entitle his opinions to great respect.
The very elaborate case which incloses
this mummy was, he thinks, the re-
ceptacle for a female, although bear-
ing the figure of Osiris, for which
circumstance Mr. Pettigrew thus ac-
counts : —

" I have noticed," he says, " an ap-
parent anomaly — a yellow face and a
beard. The female countenance is, I be-
lieve without an exception, always paint-
ed yellow or white, and the male red, on
all cases and sarcophagi containing mam-
mies. The beard is unquestionably a
male symbol. How, then, are we to ac-
count for this singular combination ? It
seems to me that it may be solved thus :
the yellow face denotes a female; the
beard belongs to the figure of Osiris, who
is judge of the dead, and president of
that kmgdom where the souls of the ap-
proved were to be admitted to eternal
felicity ; and Mr. Wilkinson, of whose ac-
quaintance with the Egyptian mythology
it is unnecessary for me to speak, says,
that ' every Egyptian after death was
deified to a certun extent, but no one
became a god; they merely bore the
name and form of Onris, a name applied
ia Ou Mine feafc tojhiwin,^ Mm and

411

women were thus both represented after
death under the form and name ik Osiris,
never of Isis, as the late Dr. Young had
conjectured. Osiris, Mr. Wilkinson sup-
poses to signify, in his character of judge,
the unity of the deity, and to this unity,
or original essence, man returned after
death, but man collectively, and no dis-
tinction of sex was maintained after the
soul had quitted its material envelope.
All this seems to confirm the statement
given by Herodotus, who, it must be re-
collected, in his account of the persons
employed in embalming, says, ' there are
certain individuals appointed for the pur-
pose (i. e. embalming), and who profess
that art ; these persons, when any body
is brought to ttiem, show the bearen
some wooden models of corpses, painted
to represent the originals ; the most per-
fect they assert to be the representation
of him whose name I take it to be im-
pious to mention (t. e. Osiris) in this
matter.' "

The female mummy Mr. Pettigrew
thinks was displaced by the priests
under the dynasty of the Ptolemies ;
the original name which the case bore
being carefully erased, and a male
body introduced, tlie embalming of
which presented a very singular
variety from the usual mode (see
our January Magazine, p. 79) > An
interesting process verbal of the whole
devclopement of the mummy is given
by Mr. Pettigrew, and the whole
mode of embalming corresponded with
that of the mummies of the Greek
period, with the exception of the cir-
cumstance above pointed out. Three
clear lineal etchings further illustrate
the decorations of this ancient coffin
and its contents.

{To be continued.)

Ordnance Survey of the County of Lon-
donderry ; Colonel Colbv, R. E.
F.R.S.L. and E. M.R.I.A. Sfc.
Superintendent. Vol. 1. 4to. pp. 336.

FROM the Ordnance Survey of
England the public has derived a work
of perpetual utility, in its minute and
very satisfactory maps of the whole
country, now in progress of completion.
In Ireland the same intelligent body of
public servants has proceeded to a
further and still more laborious task.
— that of colVec\\tv%\i* ^coEoik. %N»iilv^

volume \»tow w, ^'fe toXAxojSA «-«»

412

Revi£\v. — Ordnance Survey of Lundondcrry.

[OcU

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labours, is at onrc an honour to the
gcnllenjcn wJio have produced it, and
to the ti^f and iiovcrninL'Ut iiiulcr which
the prof(!»6ionul talents mid ac(|uire-
mrnts which would otherwise have
fun to waste, duiing tl>c unoccupied
tinie» of peace, have been directed to
an employment of incalculable bcrvice
to science, to history, and to all the
best purposes of civilization aud good
government.

It appears from Col. Colby's preface
that the merit of planning and execut-
ing this work is due to Lieut. Larcom,
■who, when once led into very consider-
able research, merely for the object of
ascertaining the correct orthography
of local names, was induced to think
that the opportunity should not be lost,
•which appeared to offer itself, of col-
lecting and methodising every species
of local infurmaliun. Captain I'oit-
lock, who has charge of the Geological
branch of the Survey, undertook also,
for this memoir, the Natural History
and Productive liconomy secUons ;
having the assistance of Mr. Daniel
Moore in the botanical rcsearchci.
The description of the Natural Features,
Social Iiconon»y, and of the ancient
and modern BuiliJing's, have been chiefly
contributed by Capt. Dawson, and his
assistants, Mr. Ligar, Mr. Stokes, and
Mr. Williams. The History and An.
tiquitics have been drawn up by Mr.
George I'etric, aided by Mr. John
O'Donovan. Mr. George Downes has
contributed a variety of matter, and
arranged the section " People " in the
account of the city of Londonderry ;
and Mr. Edward Singleton has pre*
pared the tabular statistics and nu-
merical calculations.

It appears that the survey of Ireland
was required to be made on a larger
scale than that of England, principally
/or the purpose of exhibiting the
boundaries of Townland», that the
maps might 5er\c as a basis for cor-
recting the unequal pressure of local
taxation, and facilitate the contem-
plated measures of internal improve-
xnent. The maps of the county of
Londonderry were published in l$3'i ;
the collection of the present valuable
details was then commenced, and the
pirtions relating to the rurn!
will follow in ttucceasion. ^
future map» me /h ronatnnt pmi^n--.
it hpropatcd Liutt til t'ir execution aha\)

be allended with such researches as
will iilTord the materials for continu-
ing this impoitant work. Whether it
can be continued ou so full a scale
(with a probability of its completion
within a reasonable time) as that on
which the parish of Teuipleniore ond
city of Londonderry Conly) arc de-
scribed in this volume, is worthy, wc ,
think, of matured consideration ; but
we trust, in any case, nothing will
occur to cause the Govcrnmi-nt to
desist, or to relax, in so ini|K)rtanl and
benclicial a work. We wdl now quote
Lieut. I>arcom's statement of bis plan
of arrangement : i

" Subjects, however various, if con- I
ncrted with locality, urc separable into
classes, on the cimplc principle thnl Man
by his reason devise.^ Artificial aicoos for
improving to his uses the productions of
Nature. On this principle, the memoir
of each Parish is divided into three parts,
of which the first <]e*-cribc.s the state in
which NATtrttK has phiced it ; thescrond
Ike condition to which it has been bron^ht
by Art -, aud the third the uses now made
by The Pkoplic of their combination.

" Thus, the map cxliibitii^ the pbysi-
CJil features of the ground, the First Part
of the memoir commrnres with their de-
scription, their aspect, climate, anil gnolo-
jfical structure, as introductory to the
8e»eral branthc* of natural history, which
in ^reat degree depend upon them. The
Second Part, in like manner based n]voh
the ma|), describes in detail the roads, th« '
builriiogK, aud other works of ai-t, whoso '
positions are shewn upon it ; the modern '
being noticed first, because, immcdialely
following the natural state, they combine
with it to complete a picture of Uu'-
country as it now cxbta, and prepare the
miud for an iu(|niry into its past history
as n prelude to the proper understanding
of its social and productive state. This
historic inquiry naturally directs itself, in
the firnt place, to the ancient buildings
and other monumfnts, and to surh nc-
cutintf , historical or IradiUonal, cunccni-
ing them, as may yet remiiiti ; and in tbn
second, from the building themMlres, to
un account of the peo]>le by whom they ]
were erected, and the itute of society, of]
which th- . - ■ ■• •' rials.

From tl .ini-

menccs; . iray,

beginning with Ihc ^^ ' tbcj

pcnplr, l!if Krpf", dc«

MCt.l

Ct'

■xcnoawvl

JS380

llftviEW. — Ordnance Snn'fi/ a/ Londondcrnj.

413

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bvorvulcnce, nnil juxtifc. Tliis account
of (h« iH'iiplu iinJ thrir eslublishiitents
IriuU utiturally to the prodnctivu economy,
which closes the work, as resulting from
the mcnns the jtwoplc huvc been sliown Ut
|>0t>sc9» for calliug into beneficial actioa
llie natiirnl state at first described."

This general sketch of the plan of
the work will convey a far belter idea

it than such partial extracts as our
ty limits would permit us to make.
Wc need only say that no acceasibic
source of information seems to have
been neglected ; and we presume that
the descent of property, where it can
be learned, will not be omitted. Whe-
ther genealogy and family history will
fall into the plan, these town districts
do not afford us an example; but we
may remark that the biography of
eminent natives, &c. has not been over-
looked. With the sensible yet erudite
dissertations on the antiquities of the
district we have been much pleased.
Mr. Petric (we presume) has ventured
" one little mile " forth into the adjoin-
ing county of Donegal, in order to give
a description of the Grianan of Aileach,
or " the hill-palace built of stone," of
the ancient Kings of the North of Ire-
land. The ruins remain about six feet
above the surface, on the summit of a
small but lofty mountain ; and two
plates arc given of its plan, with se-
veral sketches of the rude and uuce>
menled masonry, of a character rc-
seubling that which in Greece has
been termed Cyclopean. The identity
pf this hill palace is shown by pas-
sages from several manuscripts of the
earliest age, and particularly by a
descriptive poem on the Dinnscarchus,
"an Irish topographical work of very
high antiquity, if not, as Dr. O'Conor
states, tlie earliest treatise of the kind
which any country now possesses."

" Neit lo the Grianiin of Aileach, the
most remarkable reiuaiu uf antiquity con-
nected with the point it that called St.
Colamb's Stone, situated in the garden of
Brinont, on the Gre«ncastle-road, about
a mile from Dcrry. It is marked on the
map of the siege, mnde by NeriUe (iu
IG^y). The stone, wliich if of gneifs,
nthihits the sculptured imprctfion of two
feet, right and left, of the length of ten
inclies Mch, but is othcrwi.se unmarked
with the chisel. Its general form and
measurcnic&tt wLU appear from the auncx-
(d wo<Mlcut,

y

\

" Though this monument is held in
great veneration, there is no trndition
connected with its origin worthy of no-
tice. It appears, however, to have been
one of the inauguration stones of the
ancient Irish Kings or Chiefs of the dis-
trict. That stones of this kind, as well as
rude stone chairs, were used in the se-
veral district territories, appears not only
from the existence of several to this day,
but also from the testimony of the poet
Spenser, who Uius speoks of them in his
interesting View of the State of Ireland :
' They used to place him that shalbe their
Ctiptainc, upon a stone alwayes reserved
fur that purpose, and placed commonly
upon a hill. In some of which I have
seen formed And ingrnven a foot, which
they say was the measure of their first
Capitaine's foot, whereon he standing re-
ceives nn oath to preserve nil the auncient
former customea of the country inviolable,
and then deliver up the suceession peace-
ably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand
delivered unto him by some whose proper
office that is, after which, descending from
the stoue, he turneth hiinselfe round,
tlirice forward and thrive backward.' It
is not, perhaps, improbable, that this
stone may be the identical one appropri.
atcd to the inauguration of the Kings of
Aileach, from a [wriod even antecedent to
the establishment of Christianity in the
country. That a stone consecrated to that
purpose anciently existed at Aileach ap-
]iears from a passage in the Tripartite
Life of St. Patrick."

We now have only to remark, in
addition, that the various interesting
maps, &c. with which this volume is
illustrated, arc executed with surpass-
ing beauty and delicacy : as arc the
plates of fossils and botanical 8[)eci-
mens. We greatly admire the miuutc-
Dcss of the maps, as it is conducive tu
accuracy, though trying to the t'jcs,-,
but pcrlAays \.\\ctt w wu %\iSS^c\»i^sX \^*k-
qon vr^- V\x<i " >NU\;vR^" VjX!AN.\*,>is«.

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engraved inscriptions) &1iou)d be eo
excessively small.

The Hitfory of the County of Dublin.

5y John D'AUon, Esq. M.RJ.A.

Barritter-at-law. 8t»o, pp. 952,
T^e Memoirs of the ArchhishopB nf

UuW: By the Samp. 8vo. pp. 492.

THE systematic county history, pro-
ceeding in a regular and \%'ell-(iigestcd
course of territorial and gentilitial de-
tail, appears to be peculiar to England ;
nor has it been imitated even in the
sister countries of Scotland or Ireland,
This is certainly a matterofsurpriseand
of regret, and though we have too much
cause to differ from the author before
tia in concludins that all, or indeed
any great proportion of the surface of
our own ibland has been properly oad
thoroughly described, still we should
rejoice to sec county topographers at
work in parts of Ireland as well as in
porta of England. The statistical and
agricultural surveys, though embracing
many of the most important and valu-
able features of topogrophy, are of a
composition essentially distinct from
the regular English county history,
which is mainly devoted to the descent
of property and of families ; in its ear-
lier portions more immediately subser-
vient to general history, and in its mo-
dern and private bearings respective of
local interests, manorial rights, contin-
gent claims, and family connexions.
Mr. D'Alton seems to have some idea
of such a work; and indeed we might
naturally expect that a Barrister would
be chiefly familiar with pedigrees and
title-deeds ; yet we suspect tliat the
barristers of Ireland are generally more
conversant with the flowers of rheto-
ric, and certainly that is the case with
the counsellor before us, besides which
he is greatly attached to the wild
tlowers of nature, and devotes many a
half page to their botanical descrip-
tion. We should be willing to admit
excuses for Iwlh of these redundancies

I (though it is true they rn;ilv.' tiis vo-
lume somewhat tliick .if
our Ifgal friend hmi isclf
enually proficient i litisincKii
of the deacent of i 'id fami-
lies. But we arc boxiy to say wc
cannot In thnt rr^poct srJvc him praise
^or . tr)-, and that
od'^ .t'dwcfiptioa.

Ho has assembled, it is true, a eonri'
derable collection of facts, but they
seem to have been principally gleaned
from former publications, and are not
rendered so complete as they might
have been by research in the record
offices, nor are they fortilicd by refer-
ence to authorities. Tlien, as to ar-
rangement, they form a motley gronp,
put together no otherwise than chro-
nologically, and consequently the
narrative, when it treats of any sub-
jects connected with the same place,
is an^'thing but a lucid one ; as, for
instance, underTallagh,the monastery,
bishopric, and the vicarage, instead of
being treated separately, are taken up
and laid down alternately, interlarded
with fragments relating to general
history, to the castle, the commerce oi
the town, &c. &c.

But this is dayliglit itself in com*
parison with Mr. D'Alton's histories
of families, which are altogether the
most extraordinary and absurd it has
ever been our fortune to encounter.
With him identity or even similarity
of name is not merely a presumptive
but a positive proof of consanguinity-
Ail the Taylors or the Smiths are
members of one great house ; and
M'Adam has the best claim of any
man to be the lineal heir of the pro-
genitor of mankind. At Clontarf (p,
94) he encounters the family of Ver-
non, and after informing his readers
that the Vcrnona spread into Oxford-
shire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire,
Essex, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire,
Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Surrey,
Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Hunting-
donshire, Kent, Staffordshire, and Lei-
cestershire, he treats them with dis-
cursive anecdotes relating to these and
other branches, mixed up in on« con-
fused throng, and conti '- - "■ - »e.
vcral pages. The same w id-

ing name of Talbot. '"- ■ p.

210; and with "til. r,"

from p. 2S8 top. 2.,, ...._. — ^ nei-
ther John Tayloi the Water t'oct, nor

Silas Taylor the nriil
Orook Taylor the i

Sir llr.l.f,' T:r,lo:
Ml

Li.M.

Cajil. 1*4) kit ol
Capt, n.W.Tnvlr'r

(aci-

nar Or.

ion, tior

el. nor

1838.] Review.— D' Alton's Memohti cfArchbishopi of Dublin. 415

the Counts of la Field in Lorraine, the
de la Feldes and Deiafields all over
England, the puritan Dr. Field and
the bishop Dr. Field, and concluding
with " various members of the family "
to be " traced at Islington, at Wood-
ford in Essex, at Kingston upon Hull,
at Camden Hill, Kensington, and in
Lancashire"!!!

In p. 707 we find quoted, without
temark, a passage of Campion's His-
tory of Irelard, tliat the Earl of Kil-
dare, temp. Hen. Vlll. married a
daughter of the Duke of Suffolk, though
one might suppose that the history of
Lady Jane Grey and her sisters was
tolerably well known ; but we will not
criticise farther than to make two slight
remarks upon the following account of

" Rakklaoh, a suburb [of Dublin] ,
returned in 1821 as containing 913 inha-
bitants, and whose population, in the cen-
sns of 1831, was increased to 1988.

" At the back of the town a lai^e man-
sion, surrounded by venerable trees, has
passed through some strange vicissitudes ;
once the seat of a Protestant Bishop of
Derry, it became subsequently a place of

fnblic entertainment, from whose gardens
Irosbie made his memorable atrial ascent
in 1785 ; and it is now a nunnery for religi-
ous of the Carmelite order, having a school
attached, where about fifty children re-
ceive a gratuitous education."

It should here have been stated that
Ranelagh gave the title of Viscount to
the family of Jones, in the year 1628,
and that that title is still existing, the
present Lord being the seventh who
has borne it. The third Viscount was
also Earl of Ranelagh from 1677 to his
death s. p. in 1711>* It might also have

* In the interim between the death of
the Earl of Ranelagh in 1711, and the
Viscounty being allowed to his cousin
and heir male in 1759, the title had been
eonferred on another family. Sir Ar-
thur Cole, Bart, was created Baron of
Ranelagh in 1715, but died without issue
in 1754. Beatson says the title of Sir
Arthur Cole was Baron Ranelagh, co.
Wej^ord; and that of the Jones's Rane-
lagh, CO. Wieklow; whilst Lodge and

been noticed that the 3rd Viscount, who
was Paymaster of the Forces to King
William the Third, carried the name
of Ranelagh to the vicinity of Chelsea
Hospital, and that the London Rane-
lagh was afterwards a still more fa-
mous " place of public entertainment "
than even the Dublin one. Indeed,
the latter was probably established in
imitation of it.

Mr. D' Alton's second work, which
is an offset of the former, and printed
in a uniform shape, does not require a
very lengthened notice at our hands.
We cannot praise him as a biographer;
for, as in his topography, he sacri-
fices every other arrangement to chro-
nology (for a specimen turn to pp. 336
et seq. where under the assumed title
of a life of Archbishop Hoadly, a
great diversity of matters relating to
general ecclesiastical history are jum-
bled into one paragraph). His earHer
lives are of course derived from Ware
and other standard works : whilst the
memoirs of the later Archbishops are
exceedingly^ meagre. Following the
regular series, are memoirs of the titular
Archbishops nominated by the Pope
since the Reformation, and the author's
materials for these seem to be better
tlian for the preceding. We extract
the following notice of quick traveUing
from Ireland, made by Mr. John Car-
penter (afterwards Archbishop) in
1767.

" I embarked (he writes to Dr. Curry)
on the 18th instant. I landed that night
at Holyhead, set out next morning in the
van for Chester, which I reach^ after
a great deal of fatigue on the 20th, and
that same day took post for Loudon, where

I arrived on the 24th The

great expedition qf this journey was ex-
pensive, but it was necessary, as my Lord
hod been hero a fortnight."

His object was to consult with old
Lord Taaffe, who had come from Si-
lesia to ti agitate" the Roman Catholic
claims at the English court.

Archdall coll the latter co. Duilin, and
give no county for the former.

7%e Lives qf Donne, Wotlon, Hooter,
Herbert, and Sanderson, by Isaak Walton,
ISmo. — ^This is a republication, in a neat
and manual form, of the excellent biogra-
phies by Isaak Walton, with the notes and
omamattal Uluatntioaa adapted by Mti

Major. The former are chiefly biographi.
cal, and form an useful and suitable addi-
tion to the work ; the latter, thou«^«.«^^
engraved, u« tkoX «!ii d«nc!»<^ "^b^ *^(>»
purest QT most «(i<^tQ9^aiUb\Mte *. -^^^SBMn^
the pgot CQiM«i\A gl\(\Bfiffi;|^'^\fiD»^'\&>^-

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leyviithm a star or the order of (lie Garter,
■nd Bishop Jewel witliiu njewe/led crng» ;
the aiiaeliroDi»<m of Dr. Hem y Ilaiimtond ,
backed by the Radcliffc Library ; and the
view of Paul's Cros» trinkeil out with
Strawberry Hill golhic. Several, both of
views Add heads, are reduced nearly to
vanishing point, merely to aecorainodnte
their frames. However, there are innny
that are unexecptioiiakic, (bceause nn-
burthened witli the injudieionR borders,)
and on ihc whole this is a pleasing edition
of a justly favourite work.

Pempectite shnpUJied, or the prineiplM
of the art as laid ilotrn I'l/ Dr. Itrouk
Taylor, familiarly illnst ruled by 7.. Lau-
rence.— The superiority of Dr. Taylor's
trenti>c appears to have rendered any
further work on the subject of perspec-
tive Ku peril unu.H, which was not bat<ed on
the principles laid down by him. The
application of theae principles to practice
has, however, led to the production of
many volumes, the size and number of
which have been the means of preventing,
them from being generally useful. An
improvement on preceding works sug-"
gested itself to tivc present author as
wanted, and this improvement was to con-
centrate the subject into a few of the most
MMntiuI theorems and problenni, applying
them to plain examples illustrated in the
most familiar manner : this he has cITceled
in a volume, the size of which rnnnot
deter any reader. The treatise is plainly
and perspicuonly written, and illustrated
with a number of diagrams, some of which
may be raised from the surface of the
engraving the more completely to explain
the problem. The work r-anngt bn( prove
useful to every studeut of i>eri!iiectivc.

Mr, MackiitJioH't Speech in the House
of Comtnotn on the motion for a committee
to take into eoneideration the more eligMe
rile for the two Houtet (ff Parliatitent
comes, we think, rather too bte ; the
commencement of the works, by forming
the river wall, having at the time of the
motion incurred a very serious oKiienie.
The diificulty which would oi-ise in finding
an appropriate »ite, and the delay which
would occur if the Parliament hud de-
termined on the eliange, are powerful con-
tiderationa in favour of retaining the

Istructnre on its present .iite. The prox-
imity of l!ic water to the Houses of Par-
lianient is, we think, a ijreiit Itenolit to llic
present structure, not on account of the
»c»y puerile firjrument that Ihc «;ifety of
tin: h i-n%v ')f li'i- " ■ ■ '
lhi'i> . but fioiii
tun -,.. .,....;< at aJJ tim. . •
vdcil, MiJ tJt(« verUtiniy of nu bnlldini;*

being erected in that direc>tion. If a new-
site were chosen, it would sooner or later
bo encompassed with d^vellings, while the
present has certaiuly a great advantage in
this regard, as the proximity of the Abbey
secures it from encroachment on that
side, and the river protects it on the other.
We do not see, after balancing the advan-
tages of the present site against the alleged
disadvantages, that a better situation, or
one more convenient as affording greater
fitcilities for business, could be found than
the present.

Conrertafions on Nature and Art.
Second Serieii. 1 'iuio. — ^This is a pleasing
compilation of " entertaining knowledge,"
li{.'htly touching on many curinus nrntters
wlricli .irise in the investigations of the
nutunilist and philosopher, nn<\ arranged
in thp form of conversalums, in n ninnner
likely to attract and interest juvenile
readers.

Ethelbert, a Poem, by B. P. Smith.—
This poem is written in a plain and rather
familiar style, or, as musicians would call
it, pitched in a low key i yet we i>refcr it
to the sbutning, vapouring, stilty diction
now in vogue, where we too often find our
poets using the verbiage of the news-
jiapers. There are many things to correct
and many to improve in the |H>ea] ; but
the I'oet will do this best himself, as

" From idols purge your fair Albion's
laud."

A place should not be colled both DU'
novtrti and Dunorernum, One would not
use both London and Lnndinum, or Lon*
don and Augusta. The woni obedience
should not be used but as a trisyllabic.
Theae are specks on the surface • but every
author should, from resfvect to the public,
make his work as perl'eet as possible ; and
that catinot be dune without much labour,
or, as Horace would say, " without sweat
and dust."

I/ittorieal Memoir* of the Qvenif qf
Rnytantl. By Hannah Lowroncr. Kvo.
—These lives reach from trorid Qur^n

Maude to Eleanor of Ca>' ilic

author has an intention of |>i uh

her biography till she r<~ ' ' ni

times. The work is vj n

vrry well. In some | a

little loo ambitious, > ' ^et

nnt nftrn nrriir. Cou ,..i.

I '• which it lid

I ined and i r a

' - •' .lb

' .■--:-. - ■■ - ■<

eoi«ivl<:r»Vs\e. vMtttW.

9

Brendallak : a Poem, by Thomai Eagles.
— ^Tliis being a long porm, wc cannot ac
company the story ia detail ; but of the
AXPCuUon vre can give a few ihort apeci-
mrua, which will nhow at least some orij/i-
tuititt/ in the author's moile of expression,
and Itie many new forms of grammar and
syntax with nrhich he has enriched our
Jaugu»gi".

' llrendaUah was ttA» faroar'd Vizier's name,
Ami dill witliiii lh<>Sul(an'a sotti imbrue
Thf love iif virtue." T. 4.

•* Now from hi
Aud niii<->.
Anil tlicii '
Survry 111. ..

ully

J Jidj^on."

P. J3.

These rhymes occur again. The accu>
I aativo case bdiig dismissed, wc hive —

" Tile iMnliiiiif blast tliat sears tbe soul of
//*.•• IV 17.

'• Wlietlker I go or stay 'n the same to /." P. W.

" With th' last request, the dyiur wish of
I If." l'.76.

We cull jome other bcantica :

' UuHt feel no liivc, no hate? arersi'm 1 — Wiat,

Atl KiDu SMI ilexiiK'Rlilf, vilp a Ihiiii;,
As lUit to luivc our liait of UeaVtm's cctiil ?
Will nought tlieir fmtiot tu your bosuni
liriug-".'" l". 39.

" Thou tisst fonfottrn. — C»li I depart airen.
Kly iiff, (ly off", ftir, oli I tliou imst my l>o»om
j.i.Wrti." P, 97
" You at-led rigUtIv ; aivd t4i gmrd a^niiiKt thm
I 'fori- th«» storvi uncaUM, e'cu at the very
friiU." y.iH.

" TlUaart I did commit— Heaven knows I did.
.\nil 'twai ri>minilt<i| that I luiarhtolilain
By toriv whiit you deniwi— this Moor ifurcirl
I iii<l employ" V. 134.

r" But for tJir Vixipr's folly. Tliis ftlurr
Wan sKitfly cau<ini by imu ;_hc did the King-
asHUTo." I'. 157.
f *' ny so mm-li liifht to shew the still owl ahIs
lJf»oii a moulilt-riitKtomh, with fw/fcif /wife."

V. liU.

[" llalliatl, Ihy liroll»er, too, vrhnse steel doth

.ihine f/wiiK-." 1' 105-

In drvdiy coiiltict for thee— Save hitii M-

^•' Bv uiiifhty Allah, I've a mind to Umlr tUn'
«>|i' (Miwi-rfiil Stntevmao t niiifhty ^(isior !
Oh' vile <<e/«r««r I liatiil fcun-ofarl " P. 98.

I •' Thry onward mov'J ; the evening sttn-ray
shut.
And made deaiJ foliage iintlms, pMlomut."

Such are a few of the gems set within

|the brilliant cinle of tliis lu.itrou6 ring.

Il joour intention to study the poem oflco

... I .. . . .|y . jI^uj ^g jij^y have another

V of briiiginfc more of its beau-

„'iit. We shall expect In ineCt

I the nnthor soon at bre.tkfust at Mr.

>Hogera's, wU^n we shall, probably, hear

>lits sentiments oa poetical language and

metre. Till theu, larewrll!

'r*e Robhtr, a Tate, by the anlhor iff
\Ricbflieu. ;t rolt. — The author of this
l^pnret irHI ejcutt^ our not giving an ai--
vuui of the atrrtitive of Hirdon of which
|/# coaip€ta4id,~for the reputattoa whicb
"VjT.vr. Mao^ Vox.. JL

he hoi acquired from his former produc-
tions will, we presume, insure attention to
the present. Vet we cannot rank it among
tliosc which afford much pleasure to tbo
mind, either by the skiifulncss of the nar-
rative, the novelty or beauty of the cha-
racters, or the variety and lia]ipiness of
the incidents. The wonderful, the mys-
terious, and the terrible, predominate too
much ; there are too many villanous law-
yers, murderous banditti, rascally no-
bles, for onr ta.^te ; not to S(>eak of the
flashes of Hghtniiig and peals of thunder
which would frighten all honest people
from their propriety. The characters and
incidents being highly tragic and romantic,
and of coarbc most uiiu.<mal, such as the
author has drawn, are cramped and weak-
ened by the late period uf history in which
the plot is laid, and v^'hich hardly adinita ^
a rraitemblance suiticient to satisfy the ^|
(eader ; they should have been thrown ^|
further hack omid periods less known, and
when their fiercer passions and lawless
courses might have been indulged with
less fear of discovery and punishnti.'nt.
We do not wish to speak unkindly of any
attempt to please the public taste ; but we
think that the author of Richelieu cun
give us a work where the characters will
possess more novelty, the incidents aud
events be more pleasing and natural, and
the ]iIot turn not on murders, fires, lost
de«<)s, forgeries, i(Iiot.<i, and assassins ;
but on the more common feelings and
passions of our nature, acting upon the
relations of domestic and social life. We ^|
should also recommend less description ^^
and narrative ; and in its place laQm
dialogue and drama. The present story
moves too slowly and heavily through the
long interval from one great and fearful
event to anotlipr. There is some relief,
however, amid the company of Aet-aes high
and low, who abound throughout, to find
ourselves among some honest juitice* of
the jieacc, who are drawn with anne
humour. Franklin Gray is an unfinished
and incffeclive sketch ; and the murder of
Munii is n piece of unnecessary and gra-
tuitous horror. The character of Silly
John is scarcely within the pale of natan;
and truth, and there is little novelty in ^H
that of the selfish, ambitious, and wicked ^|
Karl of Duncmore. Upon the whole, the ^*
characters and situations in which they
are placed, are too much removed alnive
the ordinary scenes ©f life to engage our
alfeclionx. »vhile they are not sufficiently
bold or picturesque to riaim the high title
of the runiautic and iniiiginstivc tale. Yet
some of the dcsiTiptious »rc sWvAV^ «b.\

is &UCOCS»fu\\j VTVWW^aAWCli.. TVv\* \*

much as we t^aw »a<j h.(fi\& n«t^ s»x\o>i*
fceu ii\ t\ie pYan »i^4 co\itoTi&»M«»^ o^
atorr.

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p

I

TTe are glad to «ee loenioriala, the pro-
(luL'tions of the fine arts and the beat
ornatnents of a civilised country, raided
and raising ia honour of distingnisbed
men, in luany parts of the kingdom.
Tl»ose in London, to Nehion and Wel-
lingtoQ, will proudly adorn the capital ;
and in the provinces, the example is fitly
followed. A colossal statue of the late
Duke of Su/fierland ia about to be placed
in a conspicuous situation on his vast
llighUud territory.

A statue of Dr. Johnson, executed by
Mr. Lucas, bas been presented to hia
native city of Lichfield, by Mr. Chancel-
lor Law. It ia erected near the centre of
the Market-place, opposite to the house
iu which Jolmson waa bom. The pedes,
tal stands ten feet, and the statue is seven
feet more— the whole of a block of mag-
ncainn limeiitone, from Yorkshire, of re-
markable beauty, which weighed nine
tons. It is nearly as hard as gniuile, of
dazzling whiteness, aad ia said never to
turn green. The figure is in a sitting
posture, seated a little awry in his choir,
■a WHS the doctor's habit, and leaning with
hia face on his right hand. The baa-
reliefs on the right and left sides, and
front, represent—' Listening to Dr. Sa-
cheverell preaching;' secondly, ' Thus he
was borne from School;' and, tliirdly,
* His Penance in Uttoxeter Market.' In
the first, he ia carried by his father ; in
the second, he is on the shoulders of his
schoolfellows ; iu the third, he stands in a
pensive mood, at an advanced |»criod of Ufe.

On the la^t day of the Newcastle
Scientific Meeting, a iUtxxvaf Earl Grey,
executed with great simplicity and dignity
by Mr. Daily, R.A. was placed on the
»nminit of the Grey column, erected by
John and Benjamin Green, arehilecU. at
Uic north end of Grey Street, Newcastle.
The toti»l height of the column to the top
of Hie fijture is l33 feet ; the diameter of
the shaft is y feet 1 1 inches. The order
i> of the Roman Doric, and there is a
stairciuc couMbting of lfi4 steps to «lie
top ol the ttbttcu* of tho capital, from

which there i- ■• >i'w :,,^ ^|-

the town ami \

A Uhrrnl '.'

ii-i.

expense \ one of Dr. Dalian, whoae scien.
tific attainments do honour to his native
town, and which is to be done by a pub-
lie subscription ; and the third to tlie late
Jatnet Watt. Sir Francis Chantrey'a
statue of Dr. Dalton, which is completed,!
and now exhibiting at tlie Rojo] Institu^l
tioD, IB of white marble, remarkably <
from blemish. The proportions are co>l
lossal; the venerable philosopher is re-*
presented as seated in his stndy chair, ia
his rube as a doctor of civil law ; and hia
usual posture bas been preaerved with i
considerable skill, taste, and good eifecul
His right elbow resta on tha chair ; three!
of the fingers support the chin, and tb« j
forefinger extends upwards towards thoj
ear. His left arm is upon that of thai
chair, and tho hand rests upon the upper ^
edges of a volume, which is supported by
the seat. His left leg is crossed over the
right knee, and the left foot, which would
otherwise be unsupported, rests upon a
crucible, in which is a retort ; and upon
the ground beside them is lyiug a scroll, i
inscribed with some of the symbols used'
by the Doctor in denoting the atomic
composition of bodies. In a shield at the
back oftheclmiriii engraven, " John Dal-
ton, D.C.L." oud on one side, •• Prancit j
Chantrey, aculptor, |H37."

The pupils of the late Henry Earle, j
Etq. have caused a bust to be erected io I
the Museum of St. Bartholomew's IIos>
pital, as a tribute to the memory of ona I
vrho was long an honour, not only to tba
profession which he diguifted, but to llic
age iu which he lived. The bust bos bei-n
executed by Behnes, who is well known
in this line of art, and exhibits the ralni
and dignified expression of the originaL
A handsome marble pedestal, on which it i
is to be placed, hears this ioscripdon : —
" Henry Earle ; preseuted by his pupU* ,
and fricnd», 1MH."

The splendid coUectioas of objects of ]
art that belonged to the grwt Canova.

and to rirou'U')!,! fthc niithor of tho
Hisiory. dlly •« be

uroujtht t ,oc. F«w

"I'P -d (hcm>

»*' . of » go.

'hdr

HOIK

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1838.]

Fine Arts.

419

lAthogrc^hed Drawmgt qf the London
and Birmingham Railway, by John C.
BovRNK ; teith a britf topographical and
detcriptive account of the origin, pro-
greu, and general execution of that great
national leork, £y John Britton, F.S.A.
Imperial folio, piart I. Ackennann. — ITiiB
work is a suflScient evidence that, without
leaTing England, — confining ourselvea,
moreover, to the unpromising subject of
a railway, with all its mechanical and
commercial associations, ample scope is
afforded to the artist for making effective
and interesting pictures of scenery, build-
ings, and figures. A more singular com^
bination of the pictorial and the scientific
than is shewn in some of the drawings
before us, cannot be easily imagined.
The artist, a pupil of Mr. John Pye, the
eminent landscape engraver, has secured
credit to himself, and added to that of his
master, by the accuracy and spirit of his
delineations, and the efifective manner in
which he has transferred his original
drawings to stone. The style of these
drawings, and the circumstances of their
publication by the youthful artist, reminds
us of some parallelism to both in the
" Ulustrationa of Old and New London
Bridges," by Edw. W. Cooke. That
touly interesting and beautiful work was
produced by a young engraver, who had
studied under his father, and who shewed
in those drawings, and confirmed by his
subsequent practice, that he possessed the
higher qualities of art necessary to his
becoming an original and skilfol painter.

As Mr. Cooke has in a few yean attained
deserved eminence, we may venture to
predict that the artist of the series of il-
lustrations, now undernotice, will speedily
rank amongst the first landscape painters
of our age.

Mr. Bourne, a tyro in publication, has
secured the valuable aid of a veteran au-
thor, whose observations and descriptive
notices, accompanying the first number,
evince his usuid tact and discrimination.
The accuraCT of the descriptive details is
guaranteed by the official nature of the
sources whence they are derived, consti-
tuting them a most appropriate accom-
paniment to the drawings. The work is
to be completed in four parts, comprising
a map and thirty-two views on the line.
Of these the present part contains eight,
besides a wood-cut. All of these are
excellent, but we would particularly di-
rect attention to the " Viaduct over the
Avon," the " Woolverton Embankment,"
the " East Face of the Watford Tunnel,"
and, as a strikingly different subject, the
" Bridge under the Hampstead Road."
One of the chief characteristics of this
publication, is its representing parts of the
works on the line during their progress ;
which will thus perpetuate some exceed-
ingly picturesque and curious scenes.
Upon the whole, the work will be found
to be a successfiil rival of the recent pub-
lications by Harding, Stanfield, &c. and,
whilst equally adapted to grace the draw-
ing-room table, ^nll be useful as well as
pleasing to practical men.

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nKDFORUgllllVB ILLCRTRATIOKS.

A Coainiittec of Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen has been formed to conduct and
sn|>crintvnd the execution ami publication
of n series of Bedfordshire Views, whieh
will consist of the roost intercnting
Churi^hes and Buildings of antiquity,
(leiiiienien's Seats, ancient Manor- houses,
Street-views, and the most picturesque
scenes in all i>arts of the county. Tlie
plates are proposed to be in lithofpniphy,
from original drawings. There will be
about ten ]iart:« ; each cansLtting of four
engravings. The Honorary Secretary to
the Committee is the Rev. E. U. William,
son.

In noticing this Prospectus, a few oh.
servatioiis occur to us, which w<« cannot
allow theopportuuity of offeri'
It b in the first place reu: d

this proposition shoiiM ■•■ <•

only eouuty which it. I

with ft scries of views "; n.

We allude to those by the late Mi. TIiom.
Fishrr. F.S.A. We do not r«>n«irlrr »his
p.- ' . c-tion to th It

I 1 tlint a f" ■-,

food. ,t

they r, ,1

picturrsipie ; mni k

upon the work at . •••.

cvaiuviiccmtr'ut oi a. Lwuu*j llialyry.

1838.]

Lilerartf and Scientijic IfUelligencc.

I We would hett rem«rk thai this rcsnll
Biiial rifprnil on ttiu ttnliire mid Tiiltie of
tlie Ictlcrprcss wilb whitli tlic plntcs sltall
be accompanied; otlierwisc we think tbat
forty ]iicturt't<i|ue views can do little (o-
icBrds raising the structure of a County
Hiftory : nor will they, ifdniwa on xtone,
be afterwards a\ailable for in.scrlion in
•uch n work. The. most effectual method
of promoting (.'oiinty lIi»torii'», o» it up-
peflrs (o ixi, uill be found to be lhii>, — to
rint, by lubtcription, a amnll impression
of such materials hh are of frequently re-
ciirriDg use, ns Sir U. C. Iloaro did for
Willsliire in his Repertoriuin Wiltunroae ;
and with the addition of county docu-
tnfjil» iind fceords not printed by Iho
Jlcrord (.'oitonisstons, to pbice such Col>
lections in the hands of several gt'utlu-
neo of talent and leisure in each coanty,
to Hit up their lacutue, and to work out
jnore mijiule rewsarches in their own
neighbourhoods. To make cotlections
t the County Library is an excellent
jnetbod ; but the Mpirit of collection
•hould be kept alive by occajsional print-
ing anil circttlatiou of the most useful
taateiiaU,

4'2l

WOUr.lOS LITRRARV rVTKI.I.IBr.NCK.

ATranahiKon of Dr. BucWIniul's Bridge-
water Treatise has appenred at Paris, in
5! vols. Kvo. by M. Doy^re ; and an
abridgement of the same, by M. Joly.

M. Marcel de Scrrcs, a well-known
Geologist, has just published n work on
! the Cosmogony of Moses, compared with
I the fact of Geology.

M. Rf'nou.ird, son of the cch'bratcd
[ bookseller, ha» just published -i work on
[the Rights of Authorii, in Literature,
Science, and tlic Fine Arts.

The Russian Government ba.1 just pub-
lished a magnlHccnt volume in folio, of
ObBcrvnUonn by IVofessor StruTe, of Dor-
pat, on the system of Double Stars.
These obserTations extend from 18'.'4 to
1^7, aud were made with one of Fraoen-
befcr'a largest and most perfect instm-
BiBnta.

Philadelphia liaj become quite the
\ Lcijizig of America. A Book Fair it held
ywir, iu the ttpring, and booksellers
I nil parts of the Union then oasem-
This year there were present 113
I Tenders, and 130 purchasers.

M. Letronoe, one of the first Greek

I Scholars and Antiquaries in France, had

[announced, in the Journal dei Savan*,

that »ome of the Egyptian papyri, possess-

I lug great interest, may possibly be pub-

liidied. )iu(, with one en-cptinn, he hna

not stated the subject* of his discoveries ;

) this exception cousiMts of incditcd fm^-

IfAcatj of Thespis, IbjcuHf Sappho, Aua-

creon, Pindar, Euripides, Timotheus, Sec-
found iu a Treatise on l>o)»ir, in which
these fraj?menL», consisting outy of one
or two vrrscs, arc given lis cxomplca.
The Mi's, is of the second or third century
before Christ — a degree of antiquity be-
longing to only a very fen of the papjri
hitherto discovered in Ejrypt.

The French papers tell us ftiat n .Sjg,
Gu^lielnio Marzuuo has published, in the
V'niice (iaiette, of the I4th of Septem-
ber, an important discovery which he hat
made in searching through the private
archivof of the town of liologna. lie
professes to he able to prove that /.a Pu-
cel/p d' Orlttoi* helonsed to the old family
of the Martpiis Ghi.Hliori, Ihnt she was
the daiiKhtcr of Fcrrnnic Ghislicri, who
was obliged lo fly from Bologna in the
year I -Mil, when Giovanni Bcntivoglio
uKurped the sovereign power in that re-
public.

A new Society has been formed in
Frunce, to be called the " Sodctc Fran-
^aisc pour la propagation ct Ic Pnigr<-a
dca Sciences Nntnrellcs." Those who be-
long to it take shares, and its objects arc,
lit, to generalize and facililato the public
instruction of natural sciences ; ^ndly, to
render the taste for these sciences an ob-
ject of popular study ; and ;Jrdly, lo asnist
even gavani iu their pursuits, by regulat-
ing cltt«8itication and nomenclature. The
principal centre of this Society will be in
I'aris. but it will have auiiliary Societies
in Marseilles, Nantes, Havre, Strasbourg,
Clermont, and the Pyrenees.

The Emperor of Russia has founded a
Professorship in the University of Kasan,
for the purpose of teaching the Chinese
language. The archimandrite, Daniel,
who has resided at I'ckin, has been ap-
pointed to it, and a great number of Chi-
nese books aud MSS. have been jiur-
chiiaed by the gorernmcnt. There arc
now four Professors of Oriental languages
in this university ; the three others being^
for the Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Tartar,
and Mongolian tongues.

King Louis I'hilippe has sent the deco>
ration of Commander of the Lf'gion of
Honour to the celebrated traveller. Baron
Alexander voo Humboldt, and aliio to the
Genevese botanist, M. de CandoUc. lie
has not confined his honours to men of
science, for he has seat the same mark of
distinction to Prince Puckler Moskau t
MM. Blumenboch, Heeren, and Creat*
fcr. Professors at the Univcrtitie* oC
Goettingcn and Heidelberg, have beeit
made ChcTuUeiii of tlic ^ame order.

A tatologuc of the MSS, in the Sena-
tnrinl Library of tlie city ot LcvyxX'j,, Vik*
Litely appeared. TVve a*«tilvc4C«. vH ■»t\v'i-

4

I
I

iriaiilHIli

lAtnwtft mti Scienli/c Iwidligefue.

, kM hMB fit«entiit to nailer ihi*

« wtwfactnry u possible, by tbe

•ennto lUwcripfinn of tae vmrioas MSS.

TIm third Tolaaie of the Tk»v^ of Che
««Mintted Niebuhr, id Arabia, vhich was
iB ths pras «t Copenkagea neu\j watj
ym •(O* iNt d«tn>yed by a fre in the
priBtiac oAoa^ i* nov agaia ia the pfcu
ijHmw light

TwM»| ynw ago Ritfr pwhliAait tha
firtt adftm of hia Geogtapkjr of Baatm
Asia, ta one aidMI« mad 8vo. toImbm ]
■o« the work haa incnaaod to atx haga
▼ohuMa. each CT>irfainh^ freaa 1000 to
IWO yagea. No other laoagitafe eoataiaa
M«h « aaaaa of vahnUa antariab oa Asia,
*i>twii^iihy>tof int

»

la a nrview of twalTV diAtrOBt ofitiaaa
of Tha>:jdidea, carried oa &nm|jh sevaral
Bambtts of the Berila JahihAchar dv
wiiaeaachafUiche Kritik for Ootober 1«37»
Dr. AnMU'a ia daaeribad aa by fcr the
aaet rraaaikrtlaef all that haaa appewrf
ootof Oanaaayi aad the reHeaar italea
that Dr. A. ttaada alaae aiM^ the
foraiga editors who have i namaiiHiiit vm
Tktttfjrdidea, ia hia kaoa ledge of all dut
has beoa doae by Garaua tdralan fw
the iUaotratioB of that aothfor.

fcaalactiflwaiiitif a, i
Aaeodota. 2 peiti, i^al »?o.
IMT.— Two books of CUadoa Saecnhia,
aad aeveral prodaetiaDs of the mm-
BMiiaB Probu. an aev fbliahrn, for
the £nt tiaie, ia thia c«Ue<^ina« of whai^
they form tbe chief part. Critical aod
ililiiaaaliiij notes are added, with an
ample iadex, a literary aad hiatorioal ia>
Imdnetia^ a»d fao-iimilea Aran the Ttry
oU aad eekbntod MS. which ia ia the
Isaperial Libiwy of Bobbio. Tbe whole
lappUea aa iaaportsat gap ia

id work oa Painting on Gbua,
MiflMas fr«B the twelfth
aM<aty *» Aa presoBt tiai^ ia aaanamrfd
at Wfto by F. de LMteynt. Tie work

will be completed ia aboat thirty folio
Urrattoas. at A6 fraaca each.
A carioaa work oo the trades aad vn-
of Pana, draws np in the tair*
taaath eeatury. aad kaowa uadar the
I of the " LiTre des Mi^ticra d* Kbaawe
lloilg^i^'* l« iiiitT iviiiiit.^i.ut rtittre. {mat
B MS. IB : iid tha

■ad aa iBtrrwiiitetiaa, by U. fi. IJaptiiif,
iBOM«oL4ta.

af Batfte 4e Olaaanns'a OU

I UlJa Diirtaasry. Uwfflhaia

„ •to.Ok* imasrwaa ia fcBo),

■iO ha taviasd. tMiaHad. aad aa.

rsimtcmBB.

The following lat the aMai tmpoi
particolan of the * Statiitfcal til
tions of the Prineipa] Ui
Great Britain andlreUnd,"
to the British A^odAtioa by
H. L. Jones.

The books used fat coaipillflg (hi
tistical Tables, wi!i« die Oxford,
bridge, and UniTcrsity Calandanfcr
and the Report on the Scotch Uai
tiea, presented to the lioute of Common*
ta Ii!l3l : besides this, mncb private in
formation had been used in dete
the value of feUowihips, the number
Bwnbeia reaidcat. ht. The CoU
Sereaaas of Oxford, C«mbrid«?,
DaWa, were miaatdy detailed, aad
reaalt aiay be thaaatilad; —

OsSbkA. CiBb.

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. u^osot.

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lacotne iSMM*.

«eoteftiii—i.. Il.noi.
OtUSfeBevema isa,c;«(.

Ite aeooBd tafaie oontaiBad aa acooaat
of an the ncsahess on the heslri, or boardi
of each Boireraity. The tide SM. or
Stndent of Medidae, la peaaliar to Ox.
ford ; that of tea-year mm. ia paealiar to
Caiaimdge: —

Obdbfd. OuBb.DaMa.

NoMMwa Ta.... lie... S

DocsanufDiviaity.. tss.... M.... If

ofUw W. . «... n

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flT Mniiriw «..,. S*

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Sktiitarx ur buturm .

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TataL MM.... an^..um

The third taUe rvicned ta the raoka ef
the wcaibaa, aad the atianlali^g foroea^
Itet is. tha aMaant ef

tagv iwBfva rar euslluB t^~

OtlbrtL

Ifo.«rMmafcm.. 9,c*ii .. a,«».... j/m

It .. WLtt,

.MkU.

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w«kahlei Che MU i
of W*,*»w«a aad praiaMf* r— Loadoa. M

yweeats mMbifp-

1638.]

Literary and Scienti/ic InteWgenee.

I

I

Aberdeen, 58 — Glugow, 31 — Edlabufgh,
30 — Doblin, 29— Cambridge, 49 — Oxford,
3?. The aixth table was a sammary of
the preceding.
To found a Professorship of the Irish
age at Trinity College, Dablin, the
of l,30fl/. has been already 9ub-
firibed, including 100/. from the Lord
Primate, and 50/. from the Archbishop
of Tuun. The Board of Fellows will
give chambers and 50/. a-year to the Pro-
AMBor. About 400/. more will complete
this desinble object.

BKITISH ASSOCIATION rOR THE AD-
VANCEMiENT OF SCIENCK.

The Eighth meeting of this Association
wax opened at Newcastle on Saturday the
iHth of August. The Earl of Burlington,
the President of lost year, being absent
on the continent, Professor VrTiewell,
V. P. took the chair ; when the Secretary,
the Rev. J. Yate.s, read the Report of the
CoQDcil. It announced that a further
addition had been made to the funded
property of the institution, wliich now
amounted to 5,.'>()0/. 3 per cent, consols.
The (.'ouncil stated, that it had not faU
filled the recommendation of the Associa-
tion, in procnring a report on the effects
of ' ' lid Thermal Electricity in

Cr, ;i, &c. on account of the

diili<.uiiy u, iiuding a person fully quali-
fied (o superintend the inquiries and ex-
periments necessary for the elucidation
of such a subject. The question of Inter'
national Copyright it ha.d resided to her
Majesty's Government, and it congratu-
lated the Association on the recent p«s«
sing of B law, completely in accordance
with the recomntendationsof the Associa-
tion. The Council lamented the loss of
two foreign members. Professor Moll, of
Utrecht, and Dr. Bowditcb, of Boston;
and announced the election of two new
foreign .^saociates, Professors Dumas and
liebig. The astronomical observations
made at Madras had been given for the
uae of the Association by the East ludia
Ckimpauy ; and the reports of the Tidal
Observations made at the expense of the
Association had been placed in the cus-
IoUt of the Royal Society. The Council
had taken into consideration the subject
of petitioning Parliament to remit the
assessed taics on the building-* ln-li>iu'inc
to literary and philosophical in
and had resolved not to inti-ii
niiilter,

T)in fi>ltowing list of the officer* of sec-
til' ' 'I by the Council, was

B[ incetinjf : —

I

4

Herschel ; Vice-PrcsiJents, Sir Dtrid
Brewster, Sir William Hamilton, Rev.
Dr. Robinson, and Mr. F. Baily ; Secre-
taries, Major Sabine, Rev. Professor
Chevalier, and Professor Stevelly.

.Section B. — Chemistry and Mineralo-
gy ; in the County Court. — President,
Rev. W. ^^^lewell ; Vice-Presidents, Dr.
T. Thomson, and Dr. Danbeny ; Secre-
taries, Dr. Miller, Dr. Apjohn, and Mr.
Richardson of Newcastle.

Section C. — Geology and Geography;
in the Music Hall. — President, Professor
Lyell for Geology, and Lord Prudhoe for
Geography ; Vice-President, Dr. Buck-
land ; Secretaries, Mr. Trcvelyan, Major
Portlock, and Captain Washington.

Section D. — Zoology and Botany ; in
the County Court, — President, Sir Wm.
Jardine j Vice-Presidents, Dr. Grevillc,
the Rev. L. Jenyns, and the Rev. F. W,
Hope ; Secretaries, Mr. G. E, Gray,
F.R.S., Professor Owen, and Dr. Richard-
son.

Section E. — Medical Science; in Sur-
geons' Hall. — President, the Mayor of
Newcastle; Vice-Presidents, Dr. Clark,
Mr. J. Fife, and Dr. Yelloly ; Secre-
taries, Mr. Greenhow and Dr. Vose.

Section F. — Statistics ; in the Old
Academy of Arts. — President, Col. Sykes,
F.R.S. ; Vice-Presidents, Sir C. Lemon,
Messrs. C. R. Porter and C. W. Bigge ;
Secretaries, Messrs. Heywood, Wood,
and J. .\. Turner.

Section G. — Mechanics ; in the Music
Hall. — President, Mr. Babbage; Vice-
Presidents, Sir J. Robinson, Messrs. B.
Donkin and G. Stevenson ; Secretaries,
Messrs. G. C. Vignolles, J. Webster, and
R. Hawthorn.

We shall first give a condensed account
of the principal papers read in the diffe-
rent sections throughout this scieotilic
congress ; and afterwards notice the gene-
ral meetings and other occurrences.

SSCTION A. UATBEMATICS A>D PHTaiCS.

Monday. Prof, Stevelly (one of the
Secretuiea) first read the following re-
l>orts : —

1. That the Committee appobted to
represent to Government the importance
of reducing the Greenwich Observations
on the Moon, had waited on the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and that the sum
of S,000/. had been appropriated for Ibat
purpose, which was placed at the disposal
of the Astronomer Royal, who had under-
taken to superintead the reductions.

S. That the Reduction nf the Stars, in-
tended to form the enlarged catalogoe of
the Royal AsUonomical Society, 'mv^Vu.
progrcsk ; iVvaV iv Knii)\ ■yQT^^^^^ wsX'^ 'A
the <>r»g\tv«,\ %MU\ vk^iYvoY^'^'^^ >&*&. "Sa«*».

Literary and Scientific InlelUgence.

[Oct.

»

ivhole would be required iii the course of
the enxuinj; year.

.'{, Thut the redaction of the Stars \&
the HUtoire Colette, &p. iras now in
progress: that a small purtion only of the
sum appropriated bad beeo expended,
but that the whole amount would be re>
quired.

4. That the Sub-committee, appointed
to arrange the establishmeot of an Obser-
vatory at Liverpool, had laid a plan before
the local authorities, who approved of the
proposed srrangemcDt, and expressed
their readiness to carry it into effect as
goon as the necessary power could be ob-
tained from Parliament.

Lieut.-Col. Reid, R.E. then read • A
Report explaining the FrogreHs made
towards developing the Law of Storms,
and a statement of what seems desirable
should be further done to advance our
knowledge of the subject.'

Sir John Herschel laid before the Sec-
don, — 1. " Reduced Observations of
1332 Nebulie and Clusters of Stars, made
in the years IH.i-t, i>, ti, 7, S, at the Cape
of Good Hope, with the iO-feet retlcctor ;
2. Reduced Observations of 11.0'^ Double
Stars of the Southern Hemisphere ; 3.
Miorometrical Measures of 40' principal
Double Stars of the Southern Meniis|)hcrc,
made at the Cape, with a 7-feet achro*
malic equatorial telescope ; 4. A list of
the approximate places of 1.5 Planetary
and Annular Nehuire of the Southern
Menii»phere, discovered with the SO-feet
reflector; and 5. Drawings illustrative
of the appearance and stnicturo of .'t prin-
cipal Nebulte in the Southern Hemi-
sphere."

2\ieitlay. The first paper read, was
" An .\cciinnt of a Level Line measurt-d
from the liristol Channel to the English
Channel, during the years I8.'i7-U, by Mr.
Bunt, under the direction of u Committee
of the Brilikh Association," drawn up by
the Rev. W. Whewell, one of the com-
mittee.^— Then followed, A Note on tlie
eflVct of Dt'flected Cnrrcnts of Air on the
<|aantity of Rain, collected by a Kain-
guagc by Prof, A. D. Bache of Philadel-
phia; and papers— On the Climate of
North America, by Dr. Daubrny ;— On
some poiutii connected with the Theory of
Light, hy Prof. Powell ; and On the ron-
strui'tiiiii of a portable Mercurial Pendu-
lum, by Mr. Dent.

Wntttrtitny, Prof. Whowcll madr a Re-
port <in the Discussions of Tide;), per-
formed under bis diri-rtimia, by means
of die i;rant of money mailr for llir pur-

p.T ' ' *, '• r II, iif

C.I I (li«

Cohj^^:^, in, ... .-.. .: ;.-jl>in.

mad btwtil) on Mavest Sir D.
JO

Brewster read a paper on some Prepart-.
tions of the Eye, by Mr, Clay Wallace, of
New York ; and another on a new kind of
Polarity in llofnoecneous Light, by him-
self; Sir W. R. Hamilton made a com.
mnuication relative to the Propagation of
Light in vacuo; Sir J. tierscbel, a Noto
on the structure of the ^ntreoua humour of
the Eye of the Shark ; and Mr. Ball, of
C. C. Cambr. a paper, On the meaning of
the arithmetical symbols for Zero and
Lenity, when used in general symbolical
algebra.

Thuriilay. On Subterranean Tempera-
ture ; and a notice of a Brine Spring,
near Kissingten, Bavaria, which emits
carbonic acid gas, by Prof. Forbes; A
description of a Substitute for the Moun-
tain Barometer in measuring Heights, by
Sir John Robison ; A communicatjon
respecting Hallcy'.s Comet, by Sir John
Herschel ; On a new phenomenon of
colour in certain specimens of Fluor Spar,
by Sir D. Brewster ; On the Helm Wind
of Crossfell, by the Rev. J. Wntson; On
the variation of the quautities of Raiu
which falls in different pari* of the Earth,
by Dr. Smith ; On Binocular Vision, and
on the Stereoscope, an instrument for il-
lustrating its phenomena, by Prof. Wheat-
stone (who^e invention was highly com-
mended by Sir D, Brewster and Sir John
Herschel) ; and on a general Geomt^tric
Method, by the Rev. Charles Graves,
F.T.C.n.

Friday. Sir T. M. Brisbane rc^iwtcd
the result of an experiment to determine
the difference of Jjongitmlc between Lon-
<lon nnd Edinbnrgh. A Idler wait rmd. On
the meauM adopted for correcting the local
Magnetic .Actiim of the Compiisji in iron
steam ships, by G. B, Airy, eM|. Astrono-
mer Royjii ; which wjw followed by a paper
entitled, " Recalculation of the observa-
tions of the Magnetic Dip and Intensity
in Ireland, with additional elciticntji," by
Prof. Lloyd; a re]tort on the Magnetic
.Survey of the British Inlands, hy Msjor
Sabine ; four distinct pajjrm <ui Vinii>n,
Light, and Uilfrairlion, by Sir D, Brews,
tcr ; Some remarks on the propagation of
Light in Chnr*tals. by Sir W. R Hamil-
ton ; A description of an anricnt Compass
«nd Astronomicnl Box, bploiiritii^ to the
Dul.. •' - t • ■ I „r

Mr'. s(

Pl.Vi- . i , : „.,nie

i>th< iitioDs of a like cbartetcr

by oii, , . „ n.

IKtTIOK H. rHXMI«THr AND MINB-

Mvmtay. Tli'
read On a it«i..r min.,

- T

id,

ThomiuT

The British Aatociat

Thomiu TliomsoA, M.D. Prof, of Clieinu>

try, Glasgow ; Obsorvaiiotis on the ron-
•titutioQ uf the CouunerciLl Carbonate of
Ammonia, by Mr. Scanlan ; On the
blackening of Nitrate 'of Silver by I<i|^Uti
by tlieaame; AnE.xamiiiatiiiu of Sphene,
by Mr. Thomu Riilmrdsoii ; On the
specific |{rav't'''»- i.i Nitrogen, Oxygen,
Hydrogen, ;• ■ ; and of the vn-

p4iurs of Can ~ iiiur, Arfl.enic, •"<!

Pkogphoruj, by Mr. Thoouis Exley ; and,
A qualitative anftlyvixof the waters of the
Ucjiii Sen, by Mr. Murray.

llirKiaj/. On some salt* of Mercury,
in « hich Cliloriue and Cyonogcn enter m
com)>oncnt partj, by Mr. \Vt>t; On Di(»-
betii: Suijflr, by Dr. T. Tlitiinson ; On n
new case of Chemical action nf Li||;ht, in
the decoloration of recent miutiotis tjf
CauiUc Potaiis of comuierce, nnd on the
nature of the colourini^ matter, by Mr.

P"' ^^ '!let ; On a new process for the

f Silver from l>-(id, by Mr.
II '>ri (who stated that tiie <junu-

tity of Lead raised annually in England
nnd M'ulcii ttoA ubout 45,.'iOO tons, the
whiile of which contains Silver, at the
avtirni^e rate of about 5 oz. per ton] ; Ob-
Hrrviitions on tome of the products of the
notion nf Nitric Acid upon Alcohol, by
Uoldine Bird, M.D. ; On the possibility
of obcuning, by voltaic action, crystalline
metnla, intermediate between the polec
or »»lettrode«, by the same : and, On n
a blur pigment nubniittcd to the Section
La»t year by Dr. Traill, by Mr. R. Phillips.

Wednnday. A Note on the constitu.
tion of Salts, by Prof. fSraham ; On llie
influence of Voltaic Combination on Che-
mical .\clion, by Dr. Andrew* ; a report,
by Mr. R. Mallet, of the experiments,
instituted at the coonmand and with the
funds of the Association, "On the Ac-
tion of Sea and River Water, whether

clear or foul, and at various ff n- ■ '•■>,

upon Iron, botli cast and wt
Limself and Prof. E. Dnvy, "
and the last paper read was one " On
the construction of apparatus for solidi-
fying Carbonic Acid, and on the elutlc
force of Carbonic Acid Gas iu contact
with the liquid form of the Acid at diffe-
rent temperatures," by Mr. Robert
AddaCDR.

Thuritday, On the foreign substances
contained in Iron, by Thomas Thomson,
M.D. ; On some exceptions to the Uw of
Iaoraor|>hism, by Prof. Johnston ; On the
,)r - ■i)n which i' ' ' ' l.i-

;' iiiulsin on '.

). ison and Mr , ,

' ' '! Combinations produced in

I of the presence of bodies

' HI to conrinue the process, by

^ On a new process for Tun-

t/A.vr. Msa. Vol.. X.

ning, by Mr. W. Her«pjilh : On the
method of proinoling the tibsoqitioii
Muriatic Acid by Water; On the appl
cation of Gas ohtoiuud from Wati^r to ti
monofacture of Iron, by Mr. J. S. Dnwrai
and a Description of an
the construction of the l>

meter, by which it ia rci - |.„.^,;„.

by Prof. Miller.

Friday. On Gohictin, by Thomas Thor
son, M.D. ; On Lieut. Mi)rri<ii)n'sitigtnii|
nient for mca,surinn the Electricity of tin
Aii . (In the formali ■

%■■•'■ liy the contnct ui

nil Ivor, by Mr, J. C. I;... .

On the Resin of Gamboge and its 8alttJ
by Prof. Johnston ; On a new compound'
of Carbon and Hydrogen, by Mr, Maugh'
am ; On the Ku.siou of Platinum, by ProfJI
lUre, uf PhilndelphiA.

SI.CTIDV C. (lEOLOCY AND CEOfiAAFBr

Monday. In Geology, — A deacripti
of a Bone Cavern, containing humi
bones (including nine skulls) with tho:
of animals, on the summit of one of t
Mendip hills, by Mr. W^alter Long
very elaborate description of the Newcastle"
Cool-tield, by Mr. Juhu BuJiUe.

In Geography, — Recent intelligence re-
specting the Prozen Ground in Siberia, by
Prof. Von Bacr, of.St. Petersburgh.

Tuendoy. In (ieology, — An abstract
was read of the remainder of Mr. Bnddle'i
important memoir, which is illastrat
throughout with a profusion of
drawings. It was succeeded by A
On some vertical lines of flint trar^
horizontal strata of chalk, near NorwicI»|
by Mr. Lyell; and a short notice
Lnnur Volcanoes, by Mr. T. W. Wcbbe.

In Geography, — A memoir of a .Man.
dingo, formerly ser^'aIJt to Mango Parki
by Capt. Washington. R.N. : A sketch
the recent Russian expeditions to Noval
Semlla, by Prof. Von Baer ; and An
count of the new Government Map
Mexico, by Lieut.-Col. Vclas<itttt de
Leon.

Wednttday. On the recent exix-ditioi
to the Antarctic Seas, by Capt. Washing'
ton, R.N.

In Geology, — An nceonnt of a geologl
cal map and sections of the bortirr rouB'
ties of England and Wales, by R. I.
Murchison, esq. ; An account of a geo
logical map of Irelatid, by Mr. Griffith
On the Stratification of llocks, by Mi
Ijethart, of >' " '' and. On the o©
currcnee "f -W* over the

mains of Tci. - . lammolia in Ce;
Cave. Denbighshire.

Thurxdny. On the Geolo^l atk^Tcw

DittWuy •, On \\v* %VrcicX"«K<t,

I

1

I.
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42(3

Literary and Scienttfic Intelligence,

[Oct

Teeth, by Pfof, Owen (sm Section E.
Wednetday) ; An nccouiit of Footsteps on
Sau(l»tone near Liveqvool, by Dr. Buck-
Isnd ; On tJ»c antiquity of Organic Re-
miiJn«, by the Rev. G. Young ; On ihe
applirntion of Small Coal to economical
purposes, by Dr. Buckltind (recommend-
ing itf> DKglutinfttion iulo rakes) ; On tbc
discovery of n minernl vein of Carbonate
of Zinc, by Mr. Fox of Cornwall ; On
the Uorwick and North Durham Cool-
ficlil, by Mr. D. Milne.

J'Viday. On tbii: day about two hundred
gentlemen made a Geological li.icursion
to Tynemoutli and Cullercontd, where
Prof. Sedgwick explained the wonders of
tlie shore. In the interim. Sir Geori^c
Dock prcsideil for Geogra])hy, and Major
JerviH gave an account of the proi^rcBS
and present state of the trigonometrical
snrvcy in IniUa; Capt. WasUing^lon gave
sonic nccoout of the Government Surveys
of Analria, England, France, Saxony,
Tuscany, Stc. ; and the following papers
were read, — On a new eunstructinn of a
Map of the western portion of Central
Africa, iihovviiig the im.iKibilily of the
river Tchadda l)eing the outlet of the
Jake Tchad, by Capt. W. Allen, R.N. ;
<>n the position of the city of Cuxco in
Peru, by J. B. Teittland, esq. II. M. Con-
itnl in Bolivia ; On the recent ascent of
the river Euphrates, by Lieut. Lynch,
Indian Navy.

Sniurday, Durinff the brief ttilting of
tliib morning, a great number of Keulogncal
cuntributiuns were briefly noticed, which
there was not time to read at length.
Among other matters, Mr. Sopwith cx>
hibitcd a ^eolol;ical model of Dean Forest,
made of movculilc piece* of wood, for tlic
infortiintion of the ('ommintiioneri of
Wood* and I'Vitests. This complete and
mn^t usicful work compriMDB nn met of
thirty -Kix miles.

SKCTtON D. XOOLnCY AND BOTAMY.

Monday. On a species of fish having'
four eyr.s, found on tlii» coast of Suiin:im,
by W'. H, Clarke and John M.-i;.. ..
On the Botany if the I'Imnnd :

C. C. B.-ibington, e.st|. ; un<l -

communications on iudt vidua! ahcUs uuii
insect*.

TSutday. A full and inlcrestiui; me-
moir on ihe Wild CtiUle of { Uilliunhuni

I'ark. bvMr. I H-'i -'■ ■' ^'uvick,

inclosing a 1. Tiin-

kcrville, on tli ,. j,r„.

linciion of VaitilU in Eurupn, liy I'ruf.
Moirrn 'if l.ieijc ; Snine (m^wr* imi rt»rr
ill

i»/< ... : . , .,.,„..

table Monstrogities, by tliC Rev. W. !
liincks.

Wednesday. On the gcoimifcrons i
bodies and vermiform filaments of .\ctt- '
nie, by Mr. T. P. Toole; and. among
other papers, one On the eriwrA I'lm., mj
Abies, by Capt. J. E. Ci'" lUtl

Remarks on the modern * i- i!i of

Ii»e«t^, by Mr. Hope.

Thursday. Prof. Eiirenberg exJiibitod
to the Section the first volume of his pvat '
work on the niicrogcopic forms of life,
with okservationa, at eomc length, in \
French ; and, between some minor com-
munications on rare gpecic», &c. Sir
William Jardine read a rcj»ort, drawn up
at the request of the AssoctJition. On the
present state of our knowledge of the
SatmonidiB of Scotland.

Friday, On the Strenopt'-----" - f-iniily
of osseous fishes, by Dr .of

Edinburgh; On the dis'i r the

Terrestrial Pulmonifera of Europe, by
Edward Forbes ; A Report by Mr. Owen
on the Marsnpiala ; &c. &c. &c.

SECTION K. MEDICAL SCIENCE.

Monday. On the beneficial action ufj
Mercury, rapidly introduced in (vrtain
cases of Neuralgia, by Mr. T. M. Green-
how ; On the functioim of tbp Rcie Mu-
cosum and Pigmentum Nigrum in the dork
racen, and particularly in the Negro, by
Mr. K. M. Glover ; and. An experimental
inve.'vtigdtion of the fuiicliun.'* uf Itie
Eighth Pair of Nerves, by Dr. John
Reid.

Tuesday. On the law of reeovrry tiai
mortality in Cholern - Mr.

N. Farr, from stati- 'rred

ot Rome; On fheacn'ru i>i min.u- yub-
citances on the Animal Kroiioiuj, when
injrt.'ted into the Veins, liy Mr. Jooeulk i
Ulakc ; and two cases of Ab«ccss of Ut*
Lungs front Acute Indanimatiou. n-\
porivd by Ur. Bame*.

Wedntxday. Dr. Yclloly Lliil bcfoK- {
the Section, a model of an irapi-oivcd
acoustic iuAtrumenl, for the purpiuc of |

• .-... r .,, ...,..•> ,,( ii:irli:il il .ifMr-.., and

■ liter I

. .,,dl,.^

and to nittlie II ie(i«iil. on tin; >Niit>jrU, ut |
the next meeting of the A«soii.ilion. IVo-
fcs«or Owen tln>n ri:ud j • llif

Structure of Teeth, uiid : mec ]

of Ivory to B'<ne, ax ill'
iruMcopical cxnininnlion '
mini, and of variinuriisii
animal'. Dr. Kcid iravn a Ijjui
of lii«( re*!'!! rel(«-« on llio ((ttuntJtv

• :• Ti

- .;...., -:.U

tat'' ot Aunt, by C'oi. &>icci : OnV«t«- lUiVntY vtmwtkanWfv eu«u«a, in 'wu^l

1838.]

The British Association.

427

the evidence of the identity of the sknll
wai denied by some members, and as<
serted by others ; and the importance and
truth of phrenology were alternately main-
tained, and denounced as chimerical and
absurd.

Tkursdajf. Previously to the reading
of any papers, three recommendations to
the General Committee passed the Sec-
tion: 1. That a communication should
take place with members of the Aledico-
Chirurgical Society of Loudon, in order
that papers read at this Section might be
occasionally published in their Transac-
tions. 3. That application should be
made for a grant of 200/. from the funds
of the Association, for the purpose of
bringing over to this country, and re-
taining here for one year, Alexis, men-
tioned by Dr. Beaumont, in his work on
Digestion, for the purpose of making
physiological and chemical researches
on the subject of digestion, in con-
nexion with the Chemical Section.
[This was afterwards .refused by the
Genend Committee.] 3. For the ap-
pointment of a committee to communi-
cate with previously appointed commit-
tees for the purpose of furnishing reports
on particular subjects for which pecu-
niary grants were given. This step was
considered necessary, from the fact that
no communication had been received from
■ome of those committees.

Dr. Granville then laid before the Sec-
tion an improved Stethoscope ; Dr. Kees
read a paper on the Liquor Amnii ; Mr.
Baird detailed a successful excision of
the Elbow Joint; Dr. R. D. Thomson
read a paper on Kitrate of Silver as a
caustic and therapeutic agent ; and Mr.
Greenhow, a brief memoir on Fractures.

Friday. Dr. Bowring communicated
some observations on Plague and Qua-
rantine, made during his residence in the
East ; followed by a paper on the origin
and sabsequent development of the Hu-
man Teeth, by Mr. Goodier ; and Obser-
vations on the cause of the Sounds of Re-
spiration, by Dr. Spittal.

Saturday. On Anthracosis, occurring
in an individual who had worked in a
Lead mine, by Mr. Crawford; On the
medicinal and poisonous properties of
tome of the Iodides, by Dr. A. T. Thom-
son; and a paper on the Placental Souffle,
by Dr. Adams.

8SCTI0N F. — STATISTICS.

Monday. The papers read were, — A
Report from Mr. John Stephens, Super-
intendant of Police, on the state of Crime
In Newcastle, during the last ten months ;
A statistical view of the recent progress
ud present amoimt of Mining Industry
ia Frtacc, by G. R. Porter, esq.j ood

Statistics of Vitality in Cadiz, by Col.
Sykes.

Tuesday. Statistical Illustrations of
the Principal Universities of Great Bri*
tain and Ireland, by the Rev. H. L.
Jones (see p. 42'2) ; On the EducatiouAl,
Criminal, and oihtr Statistics of New-
castle, by Mr. W. Cargill ; On the stata
of Agriculture and Agricultural Labour-
ers in the North division of the county
of Northumberland, by Mr. L. Hind-
marsh.

Wednesday. An account of the changes
in the Population of New Zealand, by
Saxe Bannister, esq. late Attorney-gene-
ral for New South Wales ; Statistical no-
tice of the Asylum for the Blind in New-
castle, by the Rev. J. M'Alister.

Thursday. Annual reports of the Re*
gents of the University of the State of
New York, communicated by the Rev.
Dr. Potter; an abstract of the Second
Report of the Railway Commissioners
for Ireland, by Mr. Rawson; Statistical
tables relating to nine principal Collieries
in the county of Durham, prepared by
Mr. W. L. Wharton; An account of the
Dorton CoUeries' " Accident Club," by
Mr. Wilson ; An abstract of the annuiU
report of the Overseers of the Township
of Hyde in Cheshire, by Mr. Felkin of
Nottingham.

Friday. Statistical notices from the
parish of Billingham, Northumberlaud,
by Mr. W. R. Charlton ; An outline of
subjects for Statistical Inquiries, by Mr-
Hare, Pres. Leeds Stat. Soc. ; Statistics
of Ramsbottom, near Bury in Lancashire,
by P. M. M'Dowall ; further Statistics of
Cadiz, by Col. Sykes ; and Criminal Sta-
tistics of Ireland, by Mr. Kingsley.

SRCTION G. — MECHANICAL SCIKNCE.

Monday. On a new Day and Night
Telegraph, by Joseph Garnett; On Iso-
metrical Drawing, by Thomas Sopwith ;
Description of an improved method of
constructing large Secretaries and Wri-
ting-tables, by the same ; On the power
of economising and regulating Heat for
domestic purposes, by G. W. Hall ; No-
tices on the resistance of Water, by John
Scott Russell; On the principles of
Oblique Bridges, by Peter Nicholson;
Remarks on the material and mechanical
construction of Steam Boilers, by W^
Greener; On a substitute for the Forcing-
pump in supplying Steam Boilers, by Mr.
Maule.

Tuesday. On a new Rotatory Steam-
engine, by S. Rowley ; Report on Rail-
way Constants, by Dr. Lardner.

Wednesday, An improved niet\i<A^^
constructing 'RaiV»i«^% otv «w ti«vi5u«CMa»fc
stone \iB*«, \>i 5. YtXct-, Ot*. «»% ««*.-

Literary and Scienitfc JfilelUgeuce>

[Oct.

I

I

^ oftl
■ Gre<

Sleepers, as a substitute for stone blocks,
and with continuous timber benriogw, by
T. Motley (Mr. StepheiJ!<on ronsi<lercil
this plan too expensive) ; A Macbinc for
raising Water by a Hydraulic Belt, by-
Mr. Hall ; On Cliff's Dry Ga-'-Meter, by
Mr. Ssmudo; On the construction of
Geological Models, by T. Sopwith ; De-
scription of an improv<>i! Levelling Stave,
by the same ; On a Suspension Bridge
over Uie Avon at Tiverton, by T. Mot-
ley. Several Models were exhibited; one
of which was of a bridge of Wire, erect-
ed over the Avon neaj* Bath, by Mr.
Dredge. This bridge is upwards of '2.t(i
feet in length, and the breadth of the
road-way fourteen feet: and the whole,
including the land abutments, flcc. was
completed for less than 2-U'O/.

'limrstlay. TrofeMor Willis described
his machine called the Odonlogrnph, for
regulating the formation of the teeth of
machinery ; also some scales of measnre-
ment, invented by Mr. Holt«ipfel. Pa-
pers wore rend, On improvements in
•Ship-building, by Mr. Lang ; On the use
of Wire Rope« in deep mines, by ('ount
Aug. Brcunner; On Mr. G. Wooiic's new
method of Wood -engraving, by Mr. Bab-
bage ; On Steam Navigation and a self-
recording Steam Journal, by Dr. Laid-
uer; and another paper on the same sub>
ject by Mr. J. S. RusfcU. The Mecha-
nical Section adjourned over Friday, to
eiiHhie the members to join the opening
of the Durham Junction R»ilway,

Saturday. On rivetiust Boiler llates
by machinery, byW. Fairbairne; On the
conitraction of timber Viaducts, by B.
Green ; On Mr. Hawthorne's improved
hod of working the Valves of a Lo-
olive Engine, by Prof. Willis; On
iMthods of Filtering Water, by J, T. Haw-
kins; On the effect of !Sca and River
water on Iron, by Mr. R. Mallet. Some
other communication?, which there was
not time to read, were also received, and
their titles read, viz. — On an improved
Safely Hook and Bow for Coal Tits, by
Mr. Reed ; On the Watcrwork:* of New-
castle, by Mr. Glynn ; On a new Paddle
Wheel, by Mr. Wake; On a new Tram -
road, abo, Oo an imiirovcd Kitchen
Grate, by .Sir Charles Momcith, Bart. ;
^ Coal Miuc Vculilalioii, by Mr. Four-
Od a method of making Bricks of
required colour, by Mr. Uobsou.

state of thCiVssocintioB.MsJgncd the Prc^
gideney to the Duke of Northumberland.
The finaucial report was made by tlie
Treasurer, Mr. John Taylor ; and the
Report by the General Secretary, Mr.
Morchison. A ball was afterwards given
by the Mayoress of Newcastle, which
was very numerously attended : the Duke
and Duchess of Northumberland, the
Marquis of Northampton, and Tnort of
the other - i ' ningniahcil ta

rank or sr; ut.

The evil,.,.:; -. .^. i...) <^" .<.tnte4
to the description and i of

some of the most remark al' ■ ex-

hibited in the rooms of the Ceatrai El-
chnnge. Tl>c speakers were Mr. Bab«
bage, the Rev. Dr. RobinsoD of Armagh,
and Professor Willix.

On Wednesd-- - — •■■•• - -rnmenode

The General Mcctinir of flit-
lion assembled on '
in the ("enfral \L\

Wit. , ,,11 .i'.'tjU ,

Pi' «<;ll look

nfii.) ,1/1 lunircaa C{;ugnitunior|

took place in ' ', which

had been very T ;• for the

occasion. Not Icsa than 3000 penKms
were present.

On Tharfday, at two i-cre

was, ns usual, a meeting i^i 'it-

lee. Invitation? to '1 ' -■'d

been received from i i>i-

chrstcr, Glassgow, Sh, ig-

Bton-wpon-Hull, and \ . when it

was resolved, unanim., (he neit

meeting should be liilil in Lirmingbim,
during the month of Augtibt, the exact
day to be tiied by the Cm ' ' the
local Committee. The ! :re

then elected officers: — The :,.-. V lum
Harcourt, Presidenl ,■ Marquis of North-
ampton, Earl of Dortnioutli. Hcv. Dr.
Robinson, of Armagh, John Corrie, esq.
Vice PretirienU: R. T. MurrhisoU, t*»q.
Rev. G. Peacock, C -cm;

Prof. Phillips, Mr. V r.;

Messrs. Barker, J. ii- ■. Ift,

and Dr. Blackstone, iMri ■'<$i

John Taylor, esq. Genn • fr;

Messrs. J. L. Moylatt, J- ' 'ol

7Ve<T.w"-erj». Tliefnllowii!. ind

genfi. :n-

cil : rhe

Earl.'i i.T.iuii;- '•«»-

ongh. Sir C. I '■ "1.

Sykcs, Mr. Lu'. !<>«,

Major Sabine, Mr. K. l(utl"ii, l>r. Ar-
nott. Prof. Whewcll. Prof. (^Mlinni, Rer.
Dr.BiKklnnd, ^i Mr.

Owen, Sir. J. i Dr.

Jetiv- -- > >• ii.er

wit I,

Aisiici.i- I irft-

n a
ih«

\t-

01 \lic tLVoi i.>i ui<L uukc (ji n..'riiiu(iUivii«a<l

The British Agsociation:

I

and the commencement of the general
basineis, Prof. Peacock, of Cambridge,
introdnced the pxtreordinar; calcuJAting
youth, Mangiamele, when sereral diffi-
cult qacatioui were put to him, all of
which he answered correctly. The pro-
cenlings uf the dny concluded with a bail
»t the Anembly Rooms, at which about
700 penions were [>reBent.

Prida;^ was the day fired on fbr open-
ing the Lharbam Junction Railway, when
the arrangements and invitations were on
the nio«t liberttl »cale. The object of
moat interest was the " Victoria Bridge"
— the entire length of which is 'i7<> yards,
and its wiiith, within the parapet walls,
^1 feet. There is a double line of rail-
way over the bridge, with a flagged cause-
way for fwit passengers. The arch over
the river Wear is KiO feet »|«in ; from the
foundation of the pier to the spring of
this arch is 72 feet; from the spring to
the crown of the arcli the distance is
also 7 ^ feet ; and from the crown of the
■Tch to the parapet wall, is 13 feet, mak-
ing in all l.i7 feot. From this, tu obtain
the height for the oi'dinary water level,
we must deduct die solid masonry buried
beneath the waves, which makes the ob-
aervablc walling 130 feet. Tliis is con-
siderably higher tlian tlie celebrated Sun-
derland Bridge, and (as Mr. Ingbaxn, the
chairman at the banquet observed), taken
as t' '/hi and *pan, is the largest

arc I True it is that the arch

of iii. wi.ii.i over the river Dee, near
the city of Chester, is wider, and the
Spanish bridge at Alcantara, near LiAbon,
is more lofty; but, taking into considc-
ratioa tlie united difficulties of extent of
span, and height from tlic water level,
the " Victoria Bridge" must stand un-
rivalled. The day concluded with a Soirite
St the Assembly Rooms.

At the meeting of the General Com-
mittee on Saturday, Sir Charles Lemon,
in the absence of the President and Vice
Presidents, took tlje chair. Mr, Babbage
Jcrlared his intention of resigning otfice,
in consequence of disagreement with his
co-Trustee, Mr. MutcIusod. Frof. Bachc,
of Philftilclphia, and Prof. Ehrenberg, of
Berlin, were added to the list of corre-
sponding members. The Treasurer's re-
port was then read : —

CfiTn

Ai."
DiL

-" f New Lift;

•i.TS

atlenilii

Mrmbei

»? from

JtXWlLS .

tads

a

as

0
0

■ Ir

0

AjBooat racviToU tot

tn

0

la

sfMIO 13

The followinff smnts were agreed to : —

8MTI0K A,— MaTHSMATICS AND PHTaiOfl.

Ml of meteorological

I of obser^'ations on

For 1 1

ol,
For r

llio stars ..
For improving the nomenclature of

the ^l.ir>
For . ' Krislol

wr ■ ii^nnc)

For !

For ■ . "1-

Foi

For

^ICO 0

900 0

SO 0

too 0

too 0

•,011 i>

1 luuvtit tu uitili r-
obscrx'stions on

For

•navel
For the tmnslsiion ami t<|>oed)' inr<

i-iilAtmn of foreign scienUllc me-
moirs
For tubular meteorological obserra-

tioiis
For rrpairing the anemometer at

Plymouth ..
For 'meleorolocical observations at

<litto
For hourly nieteowlogical observa-

tlnns ill various parts of Scotlanr),

•elected by Sir D. Urewster

Total

SacTioN B.— CHRMiarar.

For cwntinning Mr. West's expcrimenti

oil the almosplirrp ., ^40

For obsorvntloiis on the effect of sea-

walrr on cast auil wrouxlit iron .. }0
for the eitt'c ts of hot water ou organic

boOics . . . . 10

For rnntinuiog the table of ehvmicnl

coniitants 30

For conductiair galvanic e^perimeula

near Newcastle . . 10

MO 0

30 0

100 0

tS 0

8 10

40 0

lUO 0

Total
Section CMSbolooy.

jeisa

For rcsenrcties in fo<uil Irbtbyology . . ,^03
Ditto ((uanlities of inu<l and sUt in
rivers .. 90

For a report on Britisli fossil reptiles . , 900

Total

j^SU

SacTioN I).— ZooLooT xm Botamv.

FortvpiTimi-nts oi> the nreservatioii of
animal and vegetable life .. .. je 6

Skotiok K.— Aitatomy Awn McorcrNs.
V ittiona on the

For cont ■ i ; i

sonniU, ' '
For simJIai

»nO liroiitUw.
Fivr L-on*irurtiun Of medical acouticliiK

otnuueota ,, .,

<is on the lungs

/Ob

1*i\iA

IB;

»30

Literary and Scktttific htelUgince.

[Oct,

HltCTIOK F.— STAflSTlCB.

For roiitinuinK stilistics of English
Bchoolv . . ^iW

for iiiniiiiuinK stalisiirs of working po-
pulnlioii ■• ••.„■• "*

Tor stjttiHtirs of colliccin on the Tjmr

Rllll VVrAr .. .• ..30

ToUl .. Jff300

Sutmo.N O.— Mecii*NicAi..>>ciR>ici;.

for Mccrttlninc iloty |K-rfonue<> by Cor-
nish cnpiiM . . . • - • -^W

For «!i<:«rrtBinirij; »pe«l of Ajnrri(*»n
steamers . . . . . . 50

For nscrlaining iluly of itiRines not in
Cornwall • • . . 50

yorascrrtainirif,' tli« Ik-sI form of jMUling

pHr. Webster moviil, and Mr. Bftlt-
■1^ M-fonilp^t n n-iioliition. Hiitt tins
tot. '■ ■' inrrmsnl tii ;iaO/. but

til. '^ ii«t.illvtsl.J

F(,r . Kii Itio hot »inl Cdlil

bla.-.! nil irdii .. .. -■ l<W

For Mtrrlatiiine milwny conslnnts . . 30

For lni|uiriP!i into iniiriiic i>li-nni fiiffim's 17

For instrunn'iits lo nsrrriaiii tin- cliityof

nwrlncsleaiuenfim-s— lol'r Ijinlm-T . 60

Mr. Kmibnirnc 38

Mr. RuaAoll . 33

Total

±i<X

be in ennic mij intltcaled on tUe ni»p. —
.\iid that an office should bo ittStitwUd
lor till- jiffsorvalion and ctiUcction of mi-
nina: records.

The following rescarcbes were rceom-
meniled ; —

The best mode of KyKlfinaliziiig mviv-
orologicHl obscrvntions. — ^"fbi" Fniina of
Irelaoi), nnd the Salmonidie of Scotland.
— The imtwral liintory of (he inscctii that
attack pines. — The pulmonary discmae* of
animals.

When the rerinnmcndfttions had bc«n
adoj>lt«l, the following repnlaliona wen?,
uinong others, pushed uiianinuiui«ly.

Thai Section C. should Im! itnlitlcd the
S<!Clion of Geology and Physical Urogm.
pjjy, — That iheStctions l>e dtviJod when-
ever the nunibtr ami variety of ftnbjccU
before Ibcm renders such a course expo,
dicnt.

Dr. Granville nrrseJiled a requisition
for ilie formation of an AgrirullurRi Sec.
tion, and guve notice that he would, «t
Dinningliniu, move the a|i|>oinln)fnt of
such a Section iit the tiist meeting of the
General Conioiiltce.

Total amount uf f^rants . . jf 3743 10

I

I

rllier grants oinonntlng to 1070/.
rtjfuscd or postponed. Of '.W'l'l.
granted last year, only 13911. M>»- M- had
been claimed.

The principal recommendations not in-
Tolving grants of money, were —

That Prof. Bnchc .should be reqiustcd
to report OJi the meteorology of the Uni-
ted States. — Tliat Prof. Johnstone should
report on the conuexion of Geology and
Cliemislry. — That the Council should
prepare a general report on the progre*s
of Geology. — ^That J. E. Gray, esq. should
prepare a report on British molluscous
animab and their shells. — P. J. Selby,
esq. V.P, a similar report on British or-
nithology. — Dr. Forbes a report on the
pulmoniferoDS raollusca of Great Britain.
— And that Prof. Faraday, aided by a
Committee, should report on the specific
grovity of steam.

The rcconuniudalions involving appli-
cation* to the government and other pub*
lie bodies, were—

That the astronomical e8tabU«hment at
the Cape of Good Hope (.hoald be CX'
tended. — Tliat an arc of the meridian

aliii
at...
^ tiou
B be >i
■ liiu

I ^7

he *rer.
tlun of tlir I

Jtalacr*If

Alld tho
obicrva-

.. .I„.mI.I

On Monday, the iTTth, the member* of
the A»so<ialiou favournble to the cause
of National Education, held their annual
meeting in the roonjs which . during the
preceding week, Lad been occupied by tho
Statistical Section. The chair was taken
by Mr. C. Bigge. Dr. W. C. Taylor ex-
plained the coastitution, vm:' .' re.

suits uf the national systt t ion

in Ireland, the nature of ::... >.,.„. „liie«
it had to encounter, and its present prot.
ppctb of succes,^, — Mr. Simpson spoke at
some length on the adrant.igcs of infant
school.4, and of the moral improvement
which had resulted from their establish-
ment in Edinburgh und other parts of
Scotland. — Mr. Rubei t Owen briefly ad-
verted to the benefits which would result
from n judicious system of moral traiu-
ing. — Prof. Bache, of Fhil.udtlphin, de-
scribed the principal national ojstems of
educBtioit ! on tlie Continent —

and Mr. ^' the state uf cduca.

tion in r.i,. ..«-., 1. and r'-' ■'■■•'. .tv.—.
Notluog new or very ijiij > li. j

cited, but it was the In , ' <ing

which has yet been hehl, ami na» remark,
able for the absence of «11 conlrovcraiAl
diiCussiou.

On the tamo day the Trinity IJouM of 1

! ooauoa ol ttietr i

IIS.

.1938.]

Antiquarian Researches.

431

CKOLOOT OF TORKSHIRB.

At the late Btitiual luMtlng nf the Weat
Ritling G<;ologiciil Society, at Wakefield,
there was a numerous meeting of gentle-
men from different parts of tlie Hilling,
anxious to hear the interesting details
offered to the meeting on the subject of
the Yorkshire coal strata. The chair was
occupied by the Hon. W. S. LasceUes,
M.P.

Many very curious fossil rrmains were
exhibited, ncd much important iiiforma-
lion was communicated. It is gralifjing-
to observe the growing taste for this de-
partment of science, which has displayed
itself in thi« district, from which the
most happy results may be augured, not
only ns it respects science, but what same
will deem of far higher importance, a
belter knowledge of those coal strata
upon which the prosperity of this po])ulous
and manufacturing district so mainly de-
pends. There were nuiuy organic remains
from the York*birc coal district presented
to the Society, and two coloured represen-
tatives of two fo6»iU found by Dr. Wdlkc r,
of Iluddcrsl^cld, one of which is remarka-
ble for its singular appearance, resembling
the breajst-plate of some image. Indeed
the i>pot where this was di;icovered, being
in the neighbourhood of a Roman stition,
Kecmcd to countenance tlie suppoHitioii,
The raorks of two oval scars, however,
such OS have sometimes been found in
other specimens of co»l fossiils, remove all
doubt on the subject. Bertidr^, there are
trnccA of carhuuacrouii matter, usually
neen in coal fosjiils. The whole surface
il ciiTi-rrd with rhomboidal impressions ;
but what adds to the )uu|;ulBrity of this

specimen I i» the reaeokblance in &hape to
two lanceolate leaves, one on each side of,
the stone, tlie space between the edges
the leaf retaining the same reticulated ap
pearance aa the remainder of the surface
There is, in one of Professor Buck-;
land's figures, (viz. Ulodendron Stokesii,^
a representation of oval scars, not uallF
those in the »pecimen above alluded to,
but nothing resembling in other rcspccta
the curious configuration that renders it
80 ((triking. There ure many other organic
remains, no doubt, equally remarkable,
that will be brought to light by the addl
tional researches now making. We tmal
lliat the exertions of the Society will bo
crowned with success, and that one of its
first objects, the formation of a museumf
will be pro^Krly nuppurted. It is, at an;
rale, more enpucially dcsirublc that th
museum thoidd conBiat as much (U> possi<
bic of the mineral treuaures of the distrii
The general advancement of the ecien
of geology would be far more cffectuall)^
promoted by the attention of e.-xch districi
to its own subterraneous treasures, thoa
hy bestowing large suuis for the purcbnse
of distant productions. We hope the
managers of the Wakefield musenm will
keep in view thij policy, and make if
their tint and leading object to enricl
tlieir depository with Bpecimcna from tbtl
Yorkshire coal strata, that may lead t
some useful result, uud while they remov
that ignorance that now prevails on t;
subject of those strata, mny at the sami
time render more accessible those va:
magazines of subtcrraneou* wealth, m
important to tlic comfort and welfare
the district.

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.

•ACiBTr or ANTtQVARiKa or

NORMAXDT.

Tlie Society of Antiquaries of Nor-
.mandy held, on Monday, Aug. '21, their

liiniil meeting in the fireat Hall of the

College Royiil at Caen, and were ho-

Tiouri-d hy the nltendnncc of most of the

principal residents in the departments of

Calvados, f)rne, and La Maiiche.

IVI. fiuizot presided on this occasion,
nnd delivered a very eloi|uent addreni, in
which, after cuugratulatiug the Socii^ty on
the public lympalhy so visibly testified
for its kbourii, he declared that the im-
pulse was not confined to that province,
but diirused thruUKhout the Mbulc of
Frani'c. After alluding to the tnbuurs of
Robert Patcrson, us rcci)ril(Ml by Sir Wal-
ter ScotI ill liiti Old Mortnlity, M.(.iiii/ot
remnrked, " shno^t t)inni>;h(iiit Friinrc,
gcntlvmen, we now hnd friends and ad-

mirers of the ancient times, who, I ho;

travel a little more commodiously thai
Hubert Paterson, and ] trust will not die^i
like him, in a dilch ; but wLo are, likl
htm, inccs.santly occupied in bringing
light the recollections, the monuments, tlii
old traditions of evcnt.i, of places, of per>l
sons, in rescuing, in short, from the forgets
fulness of men, the remains of that |ior«]
tion of national life which hnn not bee!
able to survive the shocks of time. Aai
I Bee every where, gentlemen, socielie
formed, and periodicid meetings held,
cncoumge, to direct this real, to curry
even beyond re«e«rehi->» purely historic^
and local, to !■
iiilrrest, lo )■

wbicb are oi i.i.| , ,.

to procure titciu, ut least, tli«t recoE
of their labours, often the only oil
al»o the most pure, lb« jdeiwure

lidHil

^&dttl

432

AntiqiiariaH Retearchet.

[Oct.

I

teUectvftl eommviilcation uid moral sjm*
pnthjr, accompanied hj a dt(mt«rt«ted
activity."

After M. Guigot, seveml other racm>
bcra also delivered their sentiments, and
M. de la Sicotiere, a young advocate of
Alen^on, rend an interesting essay on the
stained gloss of one of the moitt carious
chorches in the department dc I'Orne,

However widely we may differ from
most of the ai'chitpctunil antiquaries of
France, with rcgiird to the remote dates
which they have assigned to some of their
ancient baildin|pt, we cannot refuse them
praise for the leal they manifest, and the
exertions they are now making ; or avoid
expressing a hope that a similar spirit may
every where become visible. It is very
l^tifying to know that the restoration of
ecdesiaatical buildings ia generally going
on, and is conducted for the most part
with proper feeling.

The Society of Antiquaries of Nor-
mandy has now published ten volumes of
its Transactions in 8vo. besides a book of
plates.

nSCORDE OP THE CtSTRRCIANR.

M. Maillard de Chambure, Conservator
of the Archives of Burgundy, at Dijon,
has recently made an interesting distovery
of some documents, which will be duly
appreciated by French and English anti-
quariea. Among the records of the
Abbe; of Citcaui he has found the pri-
vate correspondence during the luth
century of the Abbats of that monastery
with the Cistercian monasteries of Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland, dependent
upon the original Abbey in Burgundy, as
well as a great number of similar docu-
ments, of which the following are men-
tioned as the most interesting : — A.D.
1198. Grants from Richard Coeur-dc-
Lion and the Archbishop of York of
various privileges to the Abbot of Citeaux.
— A.D. 1260. A notification of several
presents sent by Alexander III. of Scot-
land to the Abbat of Citeaux, vrith the
grant of varioua privileges. — A.D. 1208.
An amicable composition between the
Abbat of Citeaux and the Prior of Brid-
lington, in the diocese of York, concern-
ing certain disputed rights, — A.D. MT(>.
A recognizance from John Abbat of Dons,
of his acquittal of the Abbat of Melrose
from certain sums due to him. — A.D.

1478. Accounts anrl .._ t:,...- .f .!„

College of Si. Bernii
14"y, Account of '

Abbeys of Eiigland l.— A.D.

U79. Li'ttrr ffom ' 'ii« of St.

uy's pi '"*»

chdog ■' ' D-

£,.r(r>'; ri'tii iric ■•.mih' i" l.ioncl

ChnncvQor at Ocford, con*
U

ceniing the stadlM of that University.
—A.D. 14.08. A letter from the Uni-
versity of Oxford, touching the refortna-
tion of English monasterirs. ' n f |;)y.
Memorial from the Abbut to

the Abbat of Citeaux. A i .luhI-

natioD is to be mode of tbii yakatble
collection.

A PALIMPSBST CATHKDRAL.

We extract the following from aa Inte-
resting report recently presented to the
French minijitcr of Public I- *- • :i, by
M. Didron, the learned aii ible

secretary of the Historical'- :::.. of

Arts and Monuments.

" M. Varin, secretary of the Committee
on Records, Chronicles, and I nticriptioos,
while turning over, in the course of his
researches for the great work which be ia
patting the tiniiihing stroke to upon tbe
city of Rheims, all the MSS. that might
by any possibility contain facts relating
to that place, was surpri.^ed during a pe-
rusal of a necrological record of the 13th
century, to find the text traversed by
gevernl hnlf-efTaeed lines. Jle soon per-
ceived th«f the Dumcrou<)Uneament4 which
crossed the page were not superposed to
the writing, but that, on the contrary, the
writing was of more recent date, and was
8U)}erposed to the lineaments. The
writiug, however, whs decidedly of the
13th century, and the last death inscribed
in the roll was dated 1^0; the drawings
therefore indicated by tlicse lidcs were at
latest of the same century, either of the
first half of it, or not coming down lower
thon the first two thirds. M. Varin aUo
fancied that he could make ont up<m four
leaves of the M.S. the traces of a plan and
the fa<;ade of a Cath'Mlral. Having been
informed of this fact by M. Varin, who
entrusted the MS. to my keeping, I soon
found that eighteen entire pagca of the
volume were more or less covered with
these dravrings ; that they had been Arst
of all spungcJ to get rid of the ink, and
then .scraped to efface the mark of the
line wf>- '■ In" Viitten into thcparchmcnt.
By »■ rcforc the suiiaccs of the

leav( lit degrees uf light, I made

out from them an entire front, numerons
pointed arches with ctnople?, details of
capitals and bu- ; t«,

and some ornam ^g

■■■•"■ ■"■ A^g

i.S,

«0

XLkuuy itcliuJiisitii-t, I I ,^

sus,' who Iwj long 1 to

* One of the most distiuffui^h^d Frendi
aruVutccVi, \n, \!U« vouDiled atyk, uf llm

1838.]

Antiquttritm Reseanhet.

438

the drawing of plans and to the decypher-
iog of Gothic tracings, to undertake to
copy all those lines with transparent pa-
per, and to reduce them with as much care
as possible upon fair sheets. Light soon
broke in upon us, and, under the intelli-
gent hand and eye of this gentleman, the
mist soon disappeared. At each succeed-
ing minute I saw appear on the paper the
different elerations of two portals of a
Cathedral with their triple vaulted door-
ways, capped with triangular canopies,
buttresses of five stages, copings ad-
mirably made out in the mouldings with
square or octagonal crocketed pinnacles,
windows and open battlement-work di>
Tided by clustered mullions. After these,
appeared several projections laid down
with mnch boldness, plans of piera and
vaulting compartments, with reductions of
the vertical parts ; and the whole was com-
pleted by details, dispersed throughout
several leaves of the MS., of all kinds of
ornaments, fantastic animals, ornamented
roof edgings, &c. After having obtained
this satisfactory result, my first care was
to determine whether these facades and
plans had ever been carried into execution
any where in France, or whetiier they
were merely projects of buildings. It
appean that there is a very great analogy
between these drawings and the portals of
the Cathedrals at Amiens and Rheims.
This might be expected for the latter edi-
fice, becanse the MS. came from Rheims ;
and yet neither of the facades contained
in it are exactly the same as those of the
Cathedral or of St. Nicaise in that city.
We may without much improbability con-
aider this MS. Cathedral as a kind of
canon by which the other Cathedrals of
the R^moia and of Picardy were modelled ;
in each of them the canon being modified
according to circumstances. Should this
conjecture prove to be well founded, our
palimpsest cannot but be regarded as a
most interesting document."

SKPDLOBRAL RBIIAINS IN K88KX.

Mb. Urbak, Springfield, Aug. 18.

I send you an extract firom the Chehns-
ford Chronicle.

" Ancient Remains. On the 2nd April
•ome labourers, whilst land-ditching in
the middle of a field of 25 acres, upon
Jenkin's farm in the parish of Hazeleigh,
in this county, and in the occupation of
Mr. Hart, of Woodham Mortimer Hall,
discovered a stone coffin, «V>ut four feet
from the surface. Imprested with a no-
tion that it contained hidden treasure,
they hastened to satisfy their curiosity by
breaking the lid, but to their mortifica-
tion it was found to contain the remains
ota himMn body, which had in all proiNu
Geht. Mao. Vol. X.

bility been interred in it centuries ago.
Mr. Hart subsequently examined it, and
found the skull and other parts of the
skeleton ; the coffin or box was 4 inches
thick, and about 6 feet 9 inches long."

I was informed that the lid of the
coffin waa two feet below the surface of
the earth. The coffin was placed east
and west, containing a female skeleton.

I have examined the stone coffin, which
is of shell limestone, but the bones &c.
have disappeared, and no urns, but some
small fragments were found outside, which
from their forms, are undoubtedly Ro-
man. I send you a section of the coffin,
■hewing the shape of Uie lid.

In the map of the Roman Roads by
Andrews, 1797, I find a road from the
neighbourhood of Widford, through Great
Baddow, Danbury, and Woodham Morti-
mer to Maldon, commanding extensive
views towards the north and south. From
the high hill of Danbury, signals could be
seen from Stock, Billericay, Langdon-
hill, &c. An ancient British coin, sup-
posed to be Boadicea, was found at
Woodham Walter.

Some labourers in the employ of Mr.
Joslin Bulwer, of Ramsden Bell House,
whilst mole-ploughing in Stoney Hills
Field, upon Woolshots farm, in that
parish, about two feet from the surface,
lately found a stone coffin, resembling
the former, excepting that, in the ab-
sence of a lid, this appeared to have bean
arched over with fUnts. It contained
the skull and other bones of a skeleton,
with several teeth. A piece of lead was
torn up by the plough near the spot, but
no inscription was visible. The singular
circumstance of two discoveries of the
kind has excited an interest in the re-
spective neighbourhoods, and has induced
a great many persons to visit the spots,
for the purpose of inspecting them.

J. A. R.

At a late meeting ot \>i« cQir^T«kA>i»A:^
of Kidderadnatet, \ivft "W^ wrysnaSM*.

I

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Antiquarian Researches.

[Oct.

cures placed on the table. Amongst these
relics was a very curious drinking cup, in
imitntion of golil, nnd very richly onia-
inented ; several very micient deeds, re-
lating to ctiorities, most of which are not
now in existence ; and, on the title-page
of a very old e<lition of " Baxter's Saint's
Rest," in his own handwriting, is the
iwing : — "This book beinp: devoted,
to the service of the church in general,
CD to the church at Kedemiinyter, the
author desires that this book may still he
kept in the custodyc of the Uigh Bayliffe,
and cntrentelh them carefully to read and

Kmctice it, and beseecheth the Lord to
lesse it to their true reformation, conso-
lation, and salvation. — Rich. Baxter."

onvKa cnoMWKi.L's sword.
A descendant of Oliver Cromwell has
presented to the United Service Museum
the sword he wore at the siege of Drog-
heda, on the lOth of September. 1649.
On this occasion his troops were twice
repelled in mounting the breach ; ohserv-
iog tlilii, he led the troops himself to the
third assault, and was victorious. It is a
basVet-liiltcd broad sword, and has been
strnck by two musket .balls on tlic blade.

'• An infrrestinp obj««rl of Celtic anti-
quity hatt iHH-n found mar Valopnrs, in the
Slniichc. It nppctirs t(» be n mould for
i'u:>liiig the hriiiiiCc- battlf-a.\rs of the
Gauls, frei|uently found in those partK.
It is of freestonr*. no doubt sufhcienlly
hardened to stoiid Ibc henl of the lirouxe
in a stjile of fu^iion. It forms a com-
panion to the one for easlioff dies found
in the forest of Bricbec in ^*'^'21, ami whii-h
is now in the library of Cherbourg. Tliey
arc unique of their kind."— />*ewcA Paper.

An iohabitant of the villsge of Vjllo-
gon (Loir-et-Cher) lately di-»rovered in a
lield by the road to Mer u Tslry, and
near tlie ruins of aix ancient Cnult:<h
monument called Chai»« ait rni, a bruiistc
vase full of Komau coins in billon. 7'lie
vsse was covered with a patera, alao of
bronze, and of a very thirk fabric. The
coins amotinled to upwards of JMlti. The
followioK list is ilie TfMtH of an exami-
nation of about Iwo-thii'ds of the col-
lection :

Srptimiut Srrniu. — Kant revursr.
coN>>r" ' T"> ■*'" «!i"l" with rxteudcd

Will <'ll.

i , FJ.in* rfrcrrr?

AMOK uv tv lo A vui.. ']'>■' '

CAItlTAK MVTVA AVCO. V

r; ■

rot

k Ton KM. Mars ioarcbtug.

PMNpp (the Iktber), 10 rar.— Rare
reverse, aktekkitas Avou. A figureon
an elephant riart's Avcn. Two eques-
trian hgures.

Otncilia Severa, .3 var. — Rare reverse.
tvNo coNSEavAT. Juuo Standing.

Philipp (the son), 3 var, — Rare reverse,
LiBcnALiTAS AVGC. III. the twu Philippi
seated on a cunile chair, pietas av-
ovsTOR. Instruments of sacrifice, faisr-
ciri ivvKNT. The Caesar standing, hold*
ing in his hands a lance and globe ; at his
feet, a seated tigare.

Tnjauua Deciiu, b var. — Rare reverse.
APVENTVS AVQ. The Em])eror on horse-
back. DACiA. A female standing, hohling
in her hand a staff surmounted with an

ass's head, r^ ' . Two feoaales

standing, holdii onsigu. vic-

toria AVG. V;,- -., „- -iliing.

EtniKcilla, 'i var.

TVeboHtantu GatttUm — Rare revene.

ROMJ! AETICKNAK.

VolttMianut, 4 var. — Rare reverse.
IV740N-I MAHTiAt.!. Figure of Juno in*
temjde.

Valerianut, senior. G ^-nr. — Rare re-
verse, deo voi.kano. Vulcan inatempie.
oaiicKS Avuti. The Sun naked nnd staud-
ing.

MariHiana, — Rare reverse, consk-
cuATtfl. The Empress carried on a pea-
cock.

Gallienng, 21 var. — Rare reverse, pko
MABTi. Mars in a temple, i.ibero p.
CONS. AVC I'nuthrr. RESTtTVTon ori-
k.stis. a female crowning the Emperor.
si'K.s I'VULICA. Figure of Mope walking.
VICT. niinMAMCA. Victory on a globe,
with n captive on either side, vota
OKckx.NAMA. Victory writing.

Salonitia, .1 var. — ttiire reverse. D8*a
KEUKTIAR. Figure of the gcKldess in •
trinplc.

SatoHinut, S var. — Rare reverse, srcs
fVMi.iCA. 'Hie Ctesar and Hope Ktandiog.

I'lixlumut, 10 v«r. — Rtire irverse.
MiM'R p\\ re. Minerva walkiiif. atca-
TiT bAi.i.iAHVM. The Emperor raising
liaul kneeling.

CUiudiii* GolkieuM, H var. — Rare re.
vrrtv. Ai.va Ava. r. [sis standing.

7iiici/us, 1 vnr,

Ptttlntji, '-• var.

Tlie He-.-- V..,. ;..... ,f,l,

the di«co- of

small br;i- in

the psrinb ot tcrvon. in of

f'or'iicfv n>ey nic oft'- ibe

'<Ut,

to.
>na
it-d

•tin\A«., «ft\\<mt. Hkwxi^tH, and umajucntfil

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Foreign News.

435

hj circniar bands of the trellis-work pat*
tern, each square of which has a point in
the middle, producing a very pretty effect.
The cover or lid was of baked earth.

ROHAM VILLA KKAR FROHB.

The remains of a Roman villa have re-
cently been found on the estate of John
Henry Shore, esq. atWhatley, near Frome,
in the occupation of farmer Hill. Earth
to the depth of three feet having been
removed, a fine tesselated pavement was
nncovered, consisting of two rooms con-

nected together, one of them being 32
feet by 20, and the other '22 feet by 14.
The pavement is tolerably perfect, but
has suffered damage in one part. It con-
sists of two compartments, one circular,
and the other oblong. The tesserae are
not larger than dice, but of seven various
colours, and forming different devices: in
one part is a figure with a sceptre, and in
another an elephant, with several fishes,
vases, flowers, &c. Bones, coins, pottery,
and a curious clasp-knife, have also been
found.

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

FOREIGN NEWS.

PRANCE.

On the 24th August, Her Ro}'al High-
ness the Duchess of Orleans was happily
delivered of a son and heir. It bears
the names and title of Louis Philippe
Albert, Count of Paris. The latter ap-
pellation is intended as a significant mark
of the King's gratitude for the support
afforded him by the good citizens of Paris
since his accession to the throne. The
municipal authorities have presented the
infant Priucc with a splendid sword.

The King made several promotions of

feneral and other officers on the occasion,
ler Royal Highness the Duchess of Or-
leans has ordered that a iivret, containing
the receipt of lOOfr. by the savings' bank,
shall be delivered to ull children of both
sexes burn in Parts on the s>anic da^ as
the Count dc Paris. Her Royal High-
ness has given to the Maternal Societies of
France, I2,000fr. ; to the Orphans' Ks-
tablisbment founded by Mine, dc Ker-
9ardo, lOOOfr.; to the Working EsU.
blisbment of St. Roch, 500fr. ; to the
Deaf and Dumb Establishment, SOOfr. ;
and to the Poor Protestant Girls' School,
SOOfr.

An ordonnance has appeared, constitut-
ing the province of Algiers a Bishopric
belonging to the Arch -diocese of ALx.
The principal church of Algiers is erect-
ed into a cathedral, under the patronage
of St. Philip the Apostle.

SPAIN.

The hopes lately entertained of a
speedy termination of the struggle be-
tween the Queen and Don Carlos, are
again disappointed. It is stated that,
After having made a practicable breach in
the walls of Estella, Espartero was com-
pelled to raise the siege for want of pro.
visions, and this while the road was
open between the Spanish camp and Sa.
mgossa and Madrid. Intelligence baa
also been receired tbst Genenl Oim ha«

sustained a check before Morella. On
the 18th and 19th of August, his troops,
after having made two attempts to enter
the totvn through practicable breaches,
were repulsed with considerable loss, and
were finally obliged to full back on Mon-
royo, which is about four leagues distant
from Morella, and in the province of
Aragon. It is stated that they lost all
the heavy artillery which they had before
Morella ; that considerably more than a
thousand men were made prisoners ; and
that during the two assaults, as well as
during an attack made by Cabrera, more
tliun two thousand men, between killed
and wounded, were put hors de combat.
Don Carlos has conferred on Cabrera the
rank of Lieutenant- General, and the title
of Count of Morella. It is aflirmed,
that Dun Carlos has received from the
Emperor of Russia a remittance of
20U,U00/. just in time to prevent the in-
tended desertion of must of his officers to
Munagurri, and that his prospects have,
in consequence, considerably brightened.
The Ofurier Franfaii confirms the ru-
mour that an expedition in his aid was
ready to sail from the Gulf of Spezzia,
and that a considerable portion of the
expense had been borne from the privy
purse of the King of Sardinia, who had
even contributed two vessels to the ex-
pedition. The ministry at Madrid is
changed, and constituted as follows : the
Duke de Friars, President of the Coun-
cil; M. Ruiz de la Vega, senator. Mi-
nister of Justice ; Marquis dc Montevir-
gine deputy, finance Minister par Me-
rim; Marquis de Valgardera, senator.
Minister of the Interior par interim i
General Aldarria, par interim Minister
of War and Marine.

ITALY.

The Coronation oC VW '&«i\«icr <*.
AuaU\& «a "KSn^t ot N «»«*»» \iwi^»«*^

Domestic Occurrences.

bcTj with great Ralendour. The pontifi-
cal QiBM was celeoratcd according to the
Atnbrosinn rite. The Arcbbislioii placed
the iron crown on ihe Emperor's head,
while the Cardinal Patriarvh of Venice
pronounced the Kolenin forroulH used on
Kiich occasions. The Cardinal Putriareh
of Venice next placed the sceptre in hii
ftty's right band ; and the Archbi-

I of Alilan put tbc globe in his left.

Majesty then went and sat on the

: of the cnthronisation, and the Grand

:ir Ddoio of the Lombardo kingdom,
adrancing, turned towardu the people and
cried aloud, " Long live Ferdinand our
Emperor and King!" A banquet wua
nfterwards ^vcn in the hall of the Caria-
tides, and the festivities were prolonged
during many days. The Emperor baa ac-
quired much popularity by issuing agene-
nd pardon for all political offences.

CANADA.

From the Cnnadas the accounts rc-
c>eived,are, upon tbu whole, favourable.
Tn the course of his brief tour in the
Upper Province, Lord Durham received
H great number of loyal addres!>ef<, and
wherever he went was met by deputations
of the principal inhabitants. While at
Toronto, his I<ordibip enti-rtained at
dinner SOU persons, oi whom iO at least
were citizen.H of the United Statcft. Not
only all the Canadians, but all the fron.
tier journals which defended the rebel-
lion, reprcaent his Lordship a» being al-
ready very popular.

•WEST IKDIES.

The abolition of the system of appren-
ticeship in the other West India (^lolonies
has been lollowed by St. Lucia and Jlon-
dunis, and lust of nil liy the council of
Trinidad, where an onlinance to th«t
effect ]>a»srd on the *Gili of July, only
six days before the appointed dny, the
J St of August. Sir Lionel Smith issued
B proclnnnition cnjoinini^ sobriety and
good behaviour on the Jjunaica negroes,
wliu had a cruiid rejoicing, with bulls,
feasting, and Gre-woiks and dJAchurges
of artillery, at the dawn of the tm^>,i/

day. the 1st of Aunist. The general
reports of the state of public feeling were
'Mtisfactory, although some of the labour-
ers on particular estates at Barbatloea
were stated to have «ho\m symptoms of
insubordination, and by advices from
Jamaica to the loth August, that island
was in a state of some excitement, more
particularly on the north side, through
the disinclination of the negroes to work,
and disputes with their masten about
the rate of wages to be paid in futtire.
Complaints were made in all the colonies
of the scarcity of small change, and the
necessity for a large supply to be provided
by government from iiomc, now that so
much will be wanted for wages.

SOUTH AHERtCA.

Peru. — Advices from Valparaiso state
that Bulnes, the Chilian commander, bad
s:iilcd for the coast of Peru at the head
of an expedition of 5000 men. The
»quadron was already engaged in the
blockade of Cullao, but notice bad been
given to t!)e commodore by the Knglish
that no such blockade would be regarded.

Mtxico. — The first blood has been
drawn between the French and the Mex-
icans. On the 22iid of July a Mexican
vessel WOK pursued between Vera Cruz
and Tampico, by a bout tilled with armed
men from the French sqwidron. She
could not escape, and the crew abandon-
ed her in their Inrnts. The vessel drifted
into the surf, anil the French in taking
possession of her were fired upon from
the shore, and sevcnil of them M'ounded.

At Rrftiil the government forces bad
been i] ' : j. rombut hct\vpen them

and ■ its; it was elfected by

the rri-r. I- j.M"inp bcbind -'^ •'■■iin-

tfiin* when leflst expected, i>: ng

the garrison of Pedra of 2i" lio

were put to the *word, and uU, with the
oxcontion of n few cavalry and thrre <«-
nemis, were killed by tlu i".

The iiiTiBV took place ut \\-- lie

>- ''-^ ■ • -.-'!•.

■ tiiie, of

I

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

jtug. 10. The Consecration of Um

'■ i-h of St. Piter's, Globe Kwid,

i, in the iiaiish of Stepney,

itiied by the Bishop of Lon-

[don. i his Church, which is a remark-

nbly nenf nnd ponvenifrif 'tnicnirr, i»

Siluul'

ark

un iJir *» rt -■

the managers of the Metropolis Churcbai*

Fund, at a nurn't-' •■•'• ■"' •'■" '^.

penxes of the ".

were futirely dt il.

The coniniunion piatu utM- \'a

flinii'hc'l !i' the ru-t itf \'< T

'ciuucd ttom thav g^cntlrmi-tt by Amj. i\. XnovVktx C\ku«cb, ouii of

1838.]

Domestic Occurrences.

437

four lately erected in the same populous
Mrish, was consecrated by the Bishop of
Liondoii. St. James's Church i« a neat
Gothic edifice, capable of accommodut-
ifig 12(K) pereons ; one half of the sittings
Ve to be free. It is situated on a plot of
. adjoining Butcher- Row, Broad

^ Jwdiffe. A sernnon wn^i preach-

td bf ibt Bishop on the occasion ; and
the Bum of !>"l. \5». was collected to-
ward! the expense* of a new organ. The
erection of this church has cost aboot
i500/. defrayed from the Metropolis
Churches' Fund.

.-iig. 29, 30. The second and last por-
tion of the materials of the Roj'al Exchange
was submitted to public rhIg by Messrs.
Pullen and Son, by order of the tJresham
committee, previous tockarinp tbt: ground
for the new Duilding. The sale included
the lower part of the building, with all
the shops on one side of Sweeting's Al-
ley, which the recent Act of Pnrliumeiit
for rc-tniilding the Exchange empowered
the committee to take down to enlarge the
•ite. The statues of the Kings and
Queens that were placed round the inte-
rior of the old building, and which were
included in the cutaiogtte, seemed to ex-
cite considcruble interest, though sadly
broken Hnd mutilaled. Queen Anne
fetched 10/. .5*. : George II. 0/. i».;
George III. and Elizabeth, III. I5t. each ;
Charles II. 91. ; and the others, IG in
number, similar sums. The portico cn-
trunee nekt Comhill sold for 275/. and
the sate alt. ' ulnccd nboiit 1700/.

Sept, 4 iCAlies the KJng^ and

Queen of u.. ^.,._...is landed at Ilams-
ple, where they were received by M.
Van do Weyer, the Belgian roiniiter, the
Duke of Wellington, Sir WiUiara Curtis,
&c. and on the part of Her Alaiesty by
Lord "Torringtoiu who conducted tliem
to (Lc Queen ut Wind:>or. Oa the 18th
bis Miijesty ]wus iiresent at a grand re-
View in Windsor Little Park, at which
the Queen apptarcd on tiorscbuck, attired
iu ibe Windsor Uniform, and wearing
the ribbon und badge of the Order of the
Garter, having on her right her uncle,
King Leopold, in a Field Marshal's
uniform, with the ribbon and badge of
the fame Order, and on her left Lord
HUl, Commander of the Forces, in full
regimentals. Next followed his Grace
Ihe Duke of WellinR-ton in a Field Mar-
.■^' ' 'id by Jjord

I .-■;. The King

ti.,u i>arture from

Will. -day morning

; the ing morning

' tbey re-cnilnu kcd ioi OoU'iid.

Srpl. 13. A nMv Synagogue, built
on toe «itc of the warcbotue^ of the Easl

India Company, in Great St. Helen'*,
was ponsecrotcd with all the grandeur
the Hebrew cereraoniBl, by the priiici;
Habbi, Dr. Herschel, assisted by mi
other Rabbis. Tberc v.i\s n vast deal
vocal and Instrumental musie, prayi
psalms, ^c. in the Hebrew tongue,
most all the higher classes of the .Tc
nation were present ; and the galleries v
crowded s\ith ladies. This edifice is of
great beauty ; far superior to any buih
iug consecrated to Jemsh worship
many hundred years, and is highly
diuble to the munificence of those
hu\'e paid for its erection, and also to
nrcliitccturwl skill of Mr. Duviea, fi
whose plan it ha« been built.

Sep. 10. The whole length of
Railway from London to Birming'
was opened. The Duke of Sussex
conveyed by the train as far as Rn,
The directors arrived at Birmingham
three minutes past twelve, ha%nng pi
formed the whole journey, including
stoppages, in 4 hours and 't8 minutes, ai
exclusive of stoppages, in 1 hours and
minutes. This is unquestionably
shortest time in which the journey
tween London and Birmingham has c'
been performed, being upwards of t
hours less than the time ofcu]iied by
iVIorshall Soult and attendants a in
Weeks ago.

The Duke of Cambridge has pure'
Vnnmbe Wood, near Kingston, the '
tiful scat of the Earl of Liverpool,
residence for Prince George. Lands
the neighbourhood of the seat have also
been bought for the Royal Duke, who,
it is staled, intends the Prince to have an
establishment of bis osvn In the course of
the autumn.

The Tirnvrairt, one of the oldest men-
of-war in the Royal Navy, is now being
broken up. She was in the actions of
the Nile ond Trafolgar, and took
distinguished port in the last gloi
tory. The Temiirairewas a 98-L
She has been stationed as ■ guardsbip,
Sheemess, for the last 18 years, and
few weeks since was sold to Mr. ij. Bi
son, a wealthy ship-broker und tim
merchant at Rotherhithe. She was
ed up the river by two steam lugs ; e
vessel she passed appeared like a pigi
and the steam-boot passengers were si
prised OS well as delighted at the n
spectacle of a f>H-gun ship in the P<
it was feared that there would not
water enough for her, her d'-". i' '-r
upwards of 18 feet, but uiid<
management of the pilot she <
therliiibe without accident. Sbc was a
noble specimen oC t.b& ^wAie.xv'tri&ai t&

luild^i
fr^fl

ling

I

t«l^"
^.. by

a fe»^

cbai^H
be^H
l.oaM

nds ^^n

438

iOMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, *c.

Gazetve Promotioxs.

JIuf. II. JofCjtb AUrn.orUrijthton, cui. tn
t one <vr the i.diilriiirik vf licr Miycat)'*

Jmff. n. I M-sliafT, c»l. In be

tf iff her >■ , . ri« ul iientk>mcii at

jrms.

^H«. U. Majur-Gi-n. .'•ir E. Gibto, K.C,I(.

"I Iw Limit. -(;i>\ 1 riiiir (if J<'i --i-i .

U- Aintn-

; to tl.L ,___ .. _ ■
cr, csij. to Ik; sin rilV I'l
-Un-vel. UctH.-tVl.t. i!
■nmly, to Iw 0<i)iirifl» :
T. R. Swinliurnr, R. S. WiliU. lUiilJ.
_ler to l»eU.-Coloutls; C*p». w. Suow
(Major.

A*iff. 31. 7lh Foot, Gi]»t. T. It. HaViT lo lie
lajor.— 5*1 FtHJl, C*pt. H. S. I'hillips In be
-rr.r!. K...1I. I !i.iit .f,,l A. T. Madn-
^t>' lied, Uj iie Lt.-

, Ihis. Iditler xiiil

[V ;... 1 , I.I -<■.■!. A r.

nil lu U' C.loa.-l.— lil" '>f

[_P»rk, llurk«, r*<i. irr«i; ir

"jlr.iTii rt'iii,. ( »ir|. soiii . , )**•

.<r the .tOii^iiiAl I'li-

■ -«y, " R (cv. rlmrcwl

fc^lii . '11 acniitoii of huiiour-

itilr !tnirinPiit<»l(i)ii, a vcown, rt'prosontinif the

iTiiyal crown of Kiiitc Cliarli'S thu Sfcnnrt ;"

I anil fur n rrcsl, "g ilrnii-linn goriCfl with*

Icollnr, cliArRfl with three platfs, »iij »1kac «u

|c>M^roll, llicreiiu tlie Mi>nl ' l'r'nt>ilin»iii.' "

I iS<7»f. 3. Till' I'ljor Law ('<niiiiii.wii.«ii<?r» eiii-

I jKiwi-riil to rarry Jiilo i-ffWrt the A<"t for tlic

[tore effct^iiml reliof of iho ilc*titiit<- I'lxir in

ItpUII'I, irc the SMUC «.s llll' t'";-li-li It'^nMl,

[aiul th« Aiisistant C'oriniiiiMiiiii ii,

«si|.KicIi.Kju-le,es<|. W.H.T. H nl

1 \\. J. Voules, CMi.— I'.<lv -. ,. . .i|^

Cintwl nn Assirtant t ■ «'( l'>^>r

ws.— John CtTViia Hm' 'Hie, c*(|.

[ to be CJiief Justice of Iht ...„,.>. . . ..twfoumU
hniL

.Sffil. *, Marr-Annp. KifporWilliDn) A'Ums.
^.- r> ... ri.. ....,>.■ — I I h ^ .1 -...■-

I>a\tt, S C(>liiiiii»-'iii!ii.r <if [Ixi'i 1(1 W Ik-.
iiulyCliairin.i' '

Pluiik.'lt, d.

f„iuiiii--i..ri.

I I

Inrol Ihf bxi'liri|U«T, in |)Ui'c oi Mr.
ii.— Mj;nr Jiirvia to Ot Sur»c)-or-0«Mit»
luilift.

Navai. Promotion-s.
Cniit. noVwrt RuK»e1l to the Aitcoii: Comm.

.niil. Ifc
T. M.

SyiDonib to the Kovcr.

Member returned to lerve in Parliament,
i'armoutA.—yiiWitun Wilsbef*, e*>|.

KCCLESIASTIIAL PnMllRMr.NTf:.

Rrr. II. Hiiiilineforil, lo Ik- n Onon Rc«ii|fll-

lidr^ of llorfforH.
Rrv. hlitllii-rtoa Hacklor. niiitbiTwii-k R. Norlh-

am|>tonAliirt>.
Rev. JosiAlt Uatemiin, Marlboroneb 8t. Marr

V. Wilts.
Rrv. t'. Bftlforil, |i. ■^r\.

R.v. H. Hrirkrl, .s|, Un<-.

Riv. W. V. Burpi. ' ) V. Uir.

Ri'V. r Itiirtnii, (IJtl Kriit-ruiiil tirw rh.

R<-v. II. Ch»i>llu, Ryliall «ith F-»3<«iiltne V.

KuUanil.
Hcv. ('.. R. 8. rorks. AVolvrrlrv V. Worr.
R<-v. (.'. H. Collyns. K.lt. F*rritiffil.iii R. Drvnn.
K4;v. J, K. Coantns Little Wakuriiic V. Knnex.
Rov. (i. W. Crunfitnl, liuTfh with Wmlliorpe

V. (liiiiMiln.

Ri'V. .1. >'• • -■•• > 1.."- !' "■ f'li.

Riv. .1 I.Mut.

Riv. .1 V. KenL

I Ltillen.

I *7</. 0. Imhp Prwton, c*«|. nf SUnCeld-
Ipark. Norftilk, Rwonlcr of Norwich, to taVe
I iUr surnamr of .Icrmv imly,

Srjt/. 7. ayth Foot, SInuir Hon, C. A. Wrot-

U'sli'y to \k Major.— ^Wtli Foot, M^or John

I Sinrlcton to be Msyor.-SAlh Foot, Major John

LMTdltcr to !»• MAjur.— Urevet, C«j)t. SamuH

lUggfnt, ^'-^jiir.

1. Jaines John.tton, tKHh foot.
niR of the TowoT «n<l SworU,
1 ■;■■■■' n uf Fortugal for hw

' acTvii.-cs III ■ ir wAr.

K^ftt. H ' OiiBrd", Major fJiiO.

Itiyinr >jih-iii .m .-|i,ii,i I'n i.i> -• i -

lip (ic^c of Iiilboo in Juoe Ito} to

''■ ■ ■ ' Ills, V\m.

••11. to bo

tfr. Jitlin Woo.), (now n.aiinian of Aump*
Tittrii) 10 lie ClMli-man "I tUi; tUtivj
\Jathc nwm vfSir t, IJify^*.— Mr. H*rt

lA,

Ik.

. il«-ywood.

Hcv. K. U-.-.
Rev. Wni. 1
Rev. 'I I •
Rpv. I
Rlv. W

Rev. 11........ ..,........:...,...,■.

lAlH■Il^lllrr,

Rev. llrowiilnw Pntohett.Grwit l*»nton R, Liiir.
Krv. ^» !•- LUoartb with Ikltwvs V.

M.-
Rfv. \1oros<|tiin B. co, l>eTTy.

Rev. I ..riniui^ I :ii<iu|i<tun, KlkeilfV V. Notts.
Rev. W. Toiiikins, Litrvuilou with llrajrAclil V.

HiiiIhikI,
" ■ '■ 'rownlcy, lladatoi-k R. F.**rt.

'. A. Tri-nrbanl, Manton I'litwnrin R.

... - c.'r.t-'- ■ •- ■ • •• .■■ _

Riv. — Will
lU-v. J. II. \\

liOr. J. It. S^li.Klw Ull, ,-l. J|1I1||•^, , I .\.. t>ri»ll'l.

Ci..'

Kcv, a. Alili'r^oii 1
Rev. U. W» 1». l»£i.

>i V»«iM-<

Pre/ermetits, Births, and Marriages.

Rtv. W. J. Kdirn to the Enrl of WotmorcUuid.

Krv. Th --T ■ M-rx'cy to In' tier Mnjfflly'.i Rivii-
Ufiit ! I'mnkforf, in fbr rfx-ini of

the ; 1 Lindsify, |»n>tiiiiU-il tu ttiB

CJlklii.Lun ^ ;ii LirllOn.

Ecv. joliii H. Pratt to be Chaiilnin to Dip Eaut

IndlR Cunipany, and to the Lend Uisbop of

l^ruttL
Rev. Mw. Whitrti»d. to the VeitcTV rliurrli,

Mailrks, iiid the charrc of the Mtiaiouary

College.

Civil Preferments.
Rev, J, L. Richards to be Rector uf Exctrr

Collrjfe. Oxford,
Ri-v. J. lleavinide to lie Prnfmsor of Mathe-

lunlics ami Natural rbilosojihy at Hniley-

linry Collene,
Rev. John Vounp !■ " 'lifter of Honxh-

T«n tv Siiririif Gi !.

Rev, Unniel Hutli I, - -tnnl Mastpr of

King's tk(lle)ceSli'"iii l..>'ii'li"ii,)tob«"Scroinl

Master of Coventry Granifnar SihiHil,

BIUTJIS.

At Knt!il.'V T,

iiijic, Lelc. the wife

I ■ iiiral Civil Ser.

i>.'(veiior-!ni. the

J». At Vel-

viforjfC. T. Wanlc,

Jylv 10
ef C. I
▼«<•<•,

Jjulv !■■

CuOiW lluij'"!-, Wiini, tlH
C!M|. a <lau.
Auj/. 3. At Saiiwell, Staff. tlj>^ CitiejIcss nf

ParlMKiiiili,^ dau. 13. In Of ■

bury, till- wi^' itl Uie Rev. Cjvii
— — 13, At l>)»Mii|brtoii, the wi •

1>eniiar<l, caij. a son. 15. At Ditii^ljaui, Ldijy

Mcrir)' Kfrr, a son. Hie wife of K H.

HiHtrc, e(M|. a dan. IC. At Liltle llninpton,

the Hun. Mrs. Trotter, a vm. 17 At th<;

nttory, tlieluiHford, tlie Hon. Mrs. C. St.J..

>litdinayia dmi. in. At lleMJiliuclnii t>nr1i,

the wife of I'. \. Itrowne, rsn. a dnn. li).

^t Keilfcnivc Hall, the vtife of G. ^1. V. Wil»un.

e--.| X lijui. 20. Ill Nnrlhiiiiilierlniid, the

I Coulmin, a win. 21. At SJiel-

i . I^dy LiMiisa (.'Jitm, a sun. .\l

I Hull.' Mtn. WuiKlinii^*. Indv of I.'.
V ' M). a ftoii. At Kdeti Hall, l^dy

•oil. a. At tVinninntini I 'imlc,

II i.sli. tlie wire of J. M. lli-<itli<-oti',

l'v.|. .1 (lAu. 34. At llrii;lil(Mi, the Miirchtoii-

es» ii( AlHTconi, a win mid iieir At CiiT-

haiiiliiirY. llx' Couiit<-^!i iif Craven, a muii niul
heir. — ^At \Ve<ilbriHik, Liicly tjeor)fiaii« Kyilcr,

Of t«iu dnu»clitor<.. 2j. At Hrii-s^ieis, the

wife of Sir llaiiiiltun Hesnionr, a moii. 27.

Al llj'rlowell-hall, (li«' hoiiik'df her failier .Sir
E. \Viluiiit, Bnrt. the viiiluw of tioirnr Ci'.

Bldckwi'll, eNi. of Ainniii'V Turk, a dan.

JH Shniton, l»<>r^pt, Ine wife of Cu|>l. R)ve.«i.
B.N..C.U., a ilnu.

/.a/W« ,\l U-ukuor Viearat'e, Ijuly Caroline

Gamier, a win. Al the OuX^, Surrey, Uidy

Cjiry.ftdau. At Wtlton Caallc, Mm. auLx.

L<.i«llier, a dan, In Ui>nnslimp-s<i. I.Aily

lU-iiiiiki-r, a ii»u. Al Fark-irewent, Von-

land idotc. th.- Indy of llnroii Aiders4iii, a dau.
— — Al lliic-kw<jiHl llmuve, Ihr si-al of Loid
Jlolton, the wife of x\n- Rev. Uivelnn- II.

Either, a iluii. At llaiiiiiliin (!ciurl I'alnii-,

the wif'- '•< ' "I --ir Jninei fteviicll, a dau.

III I.., treet, Uie lion. Mi't. Al'thnr
Dun.

V. i.i.v.ii.n, llerta, the wife of

I 3. At IkitfTWr, the

.int, liart. a ^oll and

- .. ,: ... !>,, tory, n-.- ":ii •<( iIh-

H . Oewr, a ilail. '

Inii tiloiM'. tlir >*'le »' "

-,«M»). * aoii, 7. Mltalh, 11, ' -^

renruddocke, c«/- barriatcr-at-ltiw, «iltu%

In I'pper Brook-st. Lwlv Ashler, t son.—
At St. llelier'o. Jemey, the wile of Sir C. __

CarrinRtOn, a ibu. li. At theilovNasrerLady

ArniideH'-", ihe linn. Mrs. Neiive, a dau.^—
U. In l'p|>cr Uruok-!>t. the Ljtdy Mnry fa

iiuhar, a «in. At Grouvenor-place, Ia

AlaliOD, a son and heir. 14. Al Welling

Derb.tho wife of Willinm Fiti-Herb«rt,
(lau.

MARRIAGES.
Jn/y 10. At Wslrot, Bath, the Rev. H«B
H'.id(fe» .Mopir, ehlesl son or the Kev. H. 1
MouK. Virar 4if Miifh Uttletnn. to Harr

daii.of AlPAnnder Halt, esi|. Tlie Rev. Alfl

llatli Tower, M.A. Curate of l.'p.i5!<thwa
Ke«'Wirk, to Liiiiiia Kliialielh, vonnKCsl 'li

of the late (apt. W. lJ.ilh, TBlh'rejr. 11.

Oayforil, .liihn, 50ii of John Alllinti, ew,
{Tlnpham f^nnmon, to Klirjilieth Harriot, tliini
ilaii. of J. V. Hnniett, esi|. of .May-plarr, Krnt.

At Ht. M.irtniV-iu-lhe-FuidH, by Ihe Lord

Hi». of Hen-fi.rd, the Rev. Tho. riillliiipft. Vicar
or l>ew.sal, Heref. to I'rncloiM-, tiftti dan. of

John lliildiilph. emi. of I/eiUniry. Jolin

timer Mchol, esq. of Cinibcrwell, to Caroli
third ilnii. of Kilw. Latimer, esij. of He*"

ton, Oxf. li. At Nev^toii, CAiub. the

Hnrvi-y \'!iiliel1, Hmof tho Rev. Jiihu Vaclii
late Rerlorof LUtle|K)rt, iMle of Klv. l.i Kli
iiorSophin, yoiniireMl dan. of th' ni»

lierton. — -At Fraukfurt-ou-tlii .(.

(iiiriK-y Fr> , c-'<\. funrth son ■■' i ■ y,

> . F.ssex, to tLiphia, lliinl

'; . l*inkerton. At Trimly

' lie, K, L. Witts, e!ui of

L'1i;mii(iuiii luli, lo .\iin, dnu. of the late K.

I'arrott, esii. of (Ihl Uueliec-strf-et. Henry

WoMoy, ewi- son of the late Viee-Ailin. Woltey,
of Cliflou, tu Charlutte-KliLAlieth, itiith dau.
of Ihe late J. S. Uiseoe, eNi|. formerly of lleniji-

Rtead, nejir (Jlmice.ster. At St. Oeorgc^

lliiiiover-*ii|. S. T. CullilM-rt, e*). to Fraiii
Harriet, fourth ilnu. of ihe lale Vice-A(J

Sfoti.or.'^Hilhiimpluii. U..\t Clifton Call

villr, .'^taff. Capt. F. V. IJarlo>». tlOtli Keff. onljr
iiiniviiiK son •>( ihe lute Lieut. -Hon, J. J.
Harlow, to .Mary Kiiiily, second iltu nf t
Kev. It. Taylor, M.A. lU-ilor o( ■ .i

ville. 17. At Christ ihnrcli, "

II Itr.lJis. ,s<(. of the MIdde i . i

I ><l of llarbiuloes, tu .'^MtaiinaH-

of the Inte Wiljjani Henry, ei^u.

• : Inland. At Tor, Devon, l>i);l>y

I'lli.t riijiki'v, ewi- to Isaliella-lUisa, widow of
Tlioiiin'. Kelly. «-si|. nnd d.in, rif the inle ICcV.

John Ji-pli>oii, I'relM'iidiiry of .Vriiiagh. At

HI. Mjirj N, llnbliii, ihe Rev, Jaiiit-s .Vuiievly
Hl•«•r^, .M..\, viiuiiijest !«ni «f Ihn late Vim.
HiH-n*, '■■■I. i.f" linllv".<v L.i.Ui-, "I. I»<
Aber I ' 'kl

K.N. ai

JllllU (

to .Sii».iiiii,-ili, I'ldi-it li.ui. ol the lUv. .V. Lulliin,
Itettor of CJirti.n. Canib. IH. M .«l. Bm-

niji-

t'S^

m.

K

:in. ■

Llioloiiiew-the I
Chiiiit's H.>-
Wilbv.esq. ■

At FiibI'M.L-. I

h>ed, I

third

RiTli.r

CharleH Uuiiilr)

of Asrot Hoime

tianirl, only dau.

e«i|. M.IK ly. .\

J. H. Rvan«, Fii:

( <. ni„\ llr.-1

TL''- Triilh'in', elo.

■ ( w. •
ital.
- Gr
... t_iill. Cjtuli. lu.MarKa
llev. W. II. Sleidirna

li.iiii. At Tiverton, C^

eldest siMi of (leii. Rur
near Hidiiioulh, to Fran
.f Vii.lriw ill

«liicfti *Dtt *l U, C v„CvRv)\<.^., «*\- ^

.^^S^Iii^S

441

OBITUARY.

EaHL ANNESLtY,

Avf, 25, At his remdeiicc, Oriel

LodKC, CbeltLMiham, Hged G6, the Kiglit

[Hon. Willium-Ricliard Annosk-y, third

Kiirl Annesluy (1789), lourtli Viscount

<>l('rii\vlv, CO. KenniiDugh (iTtk)), otid

,Saron Ainivsley, of Coallu Welkn, co.

'Down (1758).

III! was born July IG, 1772, the chlest

[•on of Richard the second E«rl, by Anne,

I only dnughtur biiil heiress of Hubert

Lambert of J)unleddy. co. Down, cnq.

find succeeded bis father in the tilld

hov. 9, l»2k

His Lordship was twice married ; first,

on the 19th Muy 1803 to the Lady Im-

beUii St.Lawrariee, second daughter of

William second Enrl oS Howth, and by

I that Udy, frtiin whom he sviis divorced by

Arc of PiiHiiinient in 1820, and who

' died ill 1827, be hsd issue an only daugh.

ter, Lfidy Mary, married in \HiS to Wil-

'Jiam-Jubn M'Guirc, esq. His I^rd«hi|>

h Hurried secondly, July Id, lK>8, Priscillu-

'Ceeilio, iHH:ond daughter of Hugh .Vluore,

|fc84|. and had issue six sons, of xvhoiii the

,elde»t, William. Richard, born in 1830,

^ J« now Earl Annesley ; und the third

.died two days after his birth in 183.').

Sir W. B. Cav£, Baht.

Aui/. 22. W\t his seut. Stn-tton en lu

Field, DerbyHhire, in his 74th year, Sir

Willitim Browne Cave, the ninth Horonet

(of Stanford, co. Northoiniiron, JOlh.

lie wa^ Ix^rn iVb. 1!^ 17li.^ (he etilcitt

• •on of John f'uve Browne, ei*q, (wliu iii-

'llrrited the estate of Stietlon Irom his

I'mniemn) grandfather und assiinied (he

name of Browne) by his second wife

Catluiritie, dniigliter of 'I'homos Astley,

«!<i|, iif Westininsttr. He succeeded to

'iheiiltc of Barunet on the 2lst.\Iurch

, 'IblO, on the death ut his i>eeuii4l eoutiiii

'the Ilev. Sir Charles Ciive, beinj; the

freMt-grundion of Sir Roger the sicond
iaronet from his second innniaRe with
Slary, daughter of Sir Wiltium Bromley,
of Biigintun.

Sir W. B. Cave wns universally es-
teemed by his neiKhbuurs mid dependants ;
■lid wns the siipnorter of every uficfiil and
IberiFvolent publie underiiikiii(^, lie sub-
■BriilH'd 2tX)/. towiirdii the new church at
I.Tliiiiulborp. Lrieestcrkhire, wliieh was
I Cunsccrated u few duys after his <leath.
V Sir William iiiiirried, Jmi. 4. 1793,
rLitiii»a, fourth .! ■t-I'-^ -.f Sir R^dterl
)S1eud Wiimot, • 1i-ii, CO. Der-

^'by. Burt, and n .- puwnt Sir

Kubetl Wilmat, mid by that Jady, who

died in July ISIO, he had isitie six ion*
and two daughtera : 1. William, wbq_
died an infant in 179-1 ; 2. Harriet, mi
ried in 1832, to Williiiin Booth, of Beigl
ton, CO. Derby,esq. ; ti. Louisa- Catharir
who died in IHlU; 4. Sir John-Robt
Cave, who has succeeded to the titl
he was born in 1708, and married in It-
Catharine- Penelope, youn(test daiii;Lt
a/id coheiress of William Milles, uf 13a
laston-hall, co. Staflbrd, esq. and
several children ; b. tlic Rev. Willi
Astley Cave, who has been twice mi
ried and has two children; 6. Thoiiu
Qive, esq. who married in 1827 Ann<
eldest dttUf-httr of J. Walker, of Bronn
liuiise, CO. Lancaster, cs(|. and bos iasufl
7. Wilmoi C«ve, esq. who has been twi<
oiarried, first to Aliss Eecles,ofEecles,e(
Idiiic. arid secondly to Mary, eldest dnil
of the Rev. T. Westmoreland, Vicar
(Jrent Sandal in Yorkshire ; and 8. Rd
ward Siieheverell Cuve, esq, who marric
iu I83U Maiy, only daughter of Jolt
Kanitide Watson, of Bilton Park,
Vork, aq. and has issue.

Sir Wn.iiAM Maxmei.!., Bnrt.

Auff. 22. At Mnntreath, co. AVigtoi
in his Wth year. Sir William Maxwel
the fifth Unroiiet of thut place (108
und late M.P. for the county.

He WU8 born on the jth Afarch IT
the eldest son of Sir William the fun
Burotiet, by Cuthurinc, daughter am
heire.is ol l>avid Blair, e»q. of Adum-
towii. His uuiit June was the first wifi
of Alexander fourth Duke of Gordai
ond he wax consequently eousin-gcrmi
to the late Duke, the Duchesses
Richmond, Manchester, and Bedford,
He wns formerly an officer in the arm
and in ISUO, when Lieut. -(Colonel of the
2<)th or (Mnieronian regiment, he rorii
manded that regiment ni the battle
Coruiina, ond there sufTered th« loss
his left arm. Shortly after, ha reti
from the service.

He had previously been returned fi
Parliament for the county of Wigtoti,
n vucaucy which took place in Mun
Ibtlj. He WO.S re elected iu I8»lt>, but
IW7 gave way to Coliuiel the Hon. Wi
liam Stuurt, who had jireviuunly repi
seiiled the county. <Jn a vacancy
182 . be was elected iipiin, and re.ehoi
ill lb2fi, but liimlly reiutd iii IMJIJ.

He suceieded to the family title
estiitis, on lltat de».\,\» *>K Vi\%\».<ttM.

um-
vir«;^

1

[442 Oairr ART.— Sir G. W. Leeds, Bart.-^Capt. Sir J. S. Pet/Ion. [Oct.

, Miwwell was highly esteemed for the
' kindness of hia Leait and the suitrity of
ilii* tii)inncT$.

Hi- ninrriod April 23, iai3, Catharine,
I ynuriui»«t «l»tughter of John Fordycc, esq.
1 ; ond hy that lady, who died
• ■ hud issue three sons: 1. Sir

Ujixwell, now Bart, a Lieut, in

the I Ith dmgoons ; 2. Eustace ; 3. Ed-
>vurd ; Mild (ive dii lighters : I. Catharine-
lAnne, innrritd to Hugh ilnthoin. of
Cn»(le>l<rg)r, e^q. ; i!. Jaiie-Eliubeth-
^omb; 3. LuuisaConiwnllis; 4. Ciuu*.
' lotto- QuecnsbeiT}' ; and 5. Oeorgiana-
' Ciordon.

Km G. W. Lkeds, Bart.

Jul;/ I'J. In Parid, Kir fioorge- William
1<ecds, of Croxton Park, to, Otnbridge,
Jiiirt. Equerry to H. R. H. the Duke
of Sussex.

He was creotcd a Baronet by patent
«3iited Pee, 31. iMl^. He wiis twice miir-
Tied; first on the jth of Jan. 1797, to
Alaria, daughter of the Rev. William
Sanderson, of Morpeth ; and by that
lady, who died in 1817, he had issue four
sons and five dauf;hters. The sons were :
1. Sir Joseph -Ed ward Leeds, who has
succeeded to the title, — born in 1798, and
married in 1832 to Marian, daughter of
William-Thomas Stretton, e^q.; 2. Ed-
ward-William ; 3, George J and 4.
Samuel, who died in IS26, in his ISth
year. The dnuRhters were: I.Elizabeth,
ninrricd in 1819 to the Rev. Robert El-
liot Graham, of Hendon, Aliddlesex; 2.
Alaria ; 3. Anne, married in 1823 to
William-Aupufitus Montngue, esq. Cnpt,
R.N., and C.B. ; l, Georgianaj and 5.
Emily.

Sir 0*orge married secondly July 38,
1819. Eleanor, second daughter of Ouslcy
Rowley, esq. of the Priory, St. Neol's,
and had issue a son, Augustus-Frederick,
bom in 1820.

Caw. .<?m J. S. Pe\ton, K.C.H.
AJay 20. At his lodgings in Somerset-
street, Portmiui-squaro, aged 52. Sir John
Stnitt Peyton, Knt. Capt. R.N. and
K.C.H.

He was the third son of tb<< late Wil-

Ilinm Peyton, esq. of the Navy-office,
SomiTsct- house, by Phillis, daughter of
C'lipf. JiOhb, wlio died in eommand of
the KiuKliKlicr sloop on the American
Mtatiun, and niKtcr to the lute Pfln)m<»-
•ioncr Lobb. i' ' V '

Adni. JoM-pli
,l„,v I.M >,•„,. f I
nr •
mi

I, at

the battle of the Nile; and Thomas, who
died in command of the Monarch 74.

The subject of this memoir entered
the navy in 17!>7, on board the Emerald
frigate, Capt, T. M. Wnller, with whom
he served three years. He was sub»e-
quontly in the Shu Joseph 120, and St.
George S8, the litltcr bearing the flag of
bis patron, Lord Nelson, in the expe-
dition sent against the Northern confcde-
nwy. He altcrwards succe*sively joined
the Rcvolutionnairc, Pha'be, and Endy-
mion frigates.

In 1804, Mr. Pevlon was again re.
ccived on board Nelson's flag-snip, the
Victor)' of 100 gvns, in which he served
as imasrcr'a mate, until his promotion to
the raiik of Lieutenant, about .^cpt. I8t)5.
On thttt occasion, be was appointed to
the CarionusSO; but Lord Nelson soon
removed him to the Ambuscade frigate,
commanded by Cant, W. D" Urban, which
was actively employed in checking the
French anns on the Adriatic.

In July 1807 Lieut. Peyton was wound-
ed in the right arm by a musket-ball,
whilst destroying an enemy's vessel which
had run ashore near Ortona; being obliged
to submit to nn amputation above the
elbow, he shortly afterwards returned to
England as un invalid. He was pro.
moted to the rank of Commander on the
1st Dec. following, and ivas appointed to
the Ephoru brig. In that vessel tie accom.
panied the exjK'dition to Wulcheren, and
^vas subsequently employeifin the rircr
Elbe, at Lisbon, and ut dih, during
the siege of I'lsle de Leon.

His next appointment, about Feb-
1811, was to the Wcazle of 18 guns, sta-
tioned in the Archipelago, where he
captured a new privateer, le Roi de Rome,
of 10 guns. Previously to that capture,
the Weaile had conveyed the Archduke
Francis from Smyniu lo s r'- ■ ■ md
Lis Ropl Highness, in r<-< >, t.

Peyton's attentions, presci .ih

a gold snuff-box, set with bnlimntA. He
was afterwards invited to dine »vith the
King and Queen of Sardinia at Cagtiui 5
and in return gave a ball on his own
sovereign's birth-day on boiird the ship,
Ht which her Majesty did Cnpt. Peyton
(III. |„,M..nt ti. itimce with hill'

II. 1 into the ' iO

guns, , iSI 1, anil ' vcd

ou the coiwts of \"alcncia wiul t 4i.ilonia
until n'-ar the rnd r,{ the war. He com-

' ' •' re-

'irr
lie
i<r-
let

(Uw '"1

1838.] Obituary.— >^(?ni. Onslow. — Lieut.-Col. Dimaresf.

443

Snppl. Part II. pp. 438-441 He sub.
sequently conveyed Lieut.>Oen. Sir
John Murray to Alicant, and then oto>
ceeded with despatches to England. The
Thames was put out of commission at
Sheerness, in Sept. 1813.

Sir John Peyton's last senrice was as
Commodore of the West Indian squa-
dron, where his ship was the Madagascar
46. Ue returned home in extreme iU<
health a few weeks before his death.

Sir John Peyton married Oct. 1811, a
daughter of Lieut. Woodyear, R.N. of
the island of St. Christopher, and sister
to Major Woodyear R. Art. who died
Sept. 1, 1813, in consequence of a wound
received at the battle of Vittoria. They
had issue two sons and three daughters.

Gene&al Onslow.

Aug. 21 . At Huntingdon, General Den>
zil Onslow, of Great Staugbton House ia
that county.

He was fifth in descent from Sir Henry
Onslow, of Drungcwick in Sussex, knt.
younger brother to Sir Arthur Onalow,
the first Baronet of the name, and uncle
to the Speaker, Sir Rich. Onslow, who
was created Baron Onslow in 1716. He
was the eldest son of Middleton Onslow,
esq. by the only daughter of Trevor Bar.
rett, esq. and grandson of Denail Onslow,
esq. by Anne Aliddleton, sister to Mary
Viscountesa Molesworth, and a grand,
daughter of the first Lord Onslow above
mentioned, through his daughter Elizabeth
the wife of Thomas Middleton, of Stan-
sted in Essex, esq. (See a pedi^ee of
this branch of the Onslow family in Dal-
laway's Rape of Arundel, Cartwright's
edition, p. 376.)

He was a Lieut. -Colonel, receiving
full pay, in the late 97th foot. May 29,
1794. On the 1st Jan. 1800 he was
promoted to the rank of Colonel in the
army; in 1805 to that of Major- General ;
in 1812 to that of Lieut.- General ; and in
1825 to the full rank of General.

General Onslow was twice married ;
first on the 7th Aug. 1796, to the Hon.
Anne-Catharine Petre, daughter of Ro.
bert- Edward ninth Lord retre, which
lady died without issue on the 23d Sept.
1796; secondly, on the 20th Sept. 1800,
to Sophia, third daughter of Sir Stephen
Lushington, Bart.

Lieut.. CoL. Duhabbbq.
The late Lieut.. Colonel Henry Du.
mares^, whose death, with the utes of
his principal preferments, was recorded
in our August number, p. 230, entered
the armv at the ear]7 ag« of •ixteeii« and,
MB detailed in mn ofmal record (tfhis tei-

'* He served in eight campaigns ; of
which six were in the Peninsuln, one in
Canada, and the last that of Waterloo.
He was present in the thirteen battles for
which medals were bestowed, besides
many affiurs of outposts, of advance and
rear guards ; dso at the sieges of Badajoa
and Burgos, and at the assault of the
forts of Salamanca. On the two former
occasions be served as a volunteer with
Uie enpneers, and on the latter (again a
volunteer) being the foremost person in
the assault of that redoubt, he received
from the officer in command of the \^t-
toria Convent the terms of his capitu-
lation, which document he delivered to
the Duke of Wellington. He attained
the rank of Lieut.. Colonel after nine
years' service, and was gazetted to that
grade in June 1817 for services in the
field. He was employed on the Staff up-
wards of eighteen years, and out of
twenty .six years' service he was emplojred
upwards of twenty-two years abroad, lie
was twice dangerously wounded."

At the battle of Waterioo be was on
the staff of Lieut.. Gen. Sir John Byng,
now Lord Strafford, and was shot through
the lungs at Hougomont : but being at the
time chaiiged with a message for the Duke
of Wellington, he, in spite of such a
woimd, reached the Duke and delivered
his message before he fell — beuig the offi-
cer of whom the anecdote is told by Sir
Walter Scott in " Paul's Letters to his
Kinsfolk," as follows : " Amid the havoc
which had been made among bis imme-
diate attendants, his Grace sent off an
officer (Captain Dumaresq) to a Gene-
ral of Brigade, in another part of the
field, with a message of importance ; in
returning he was shot through the lungs,
but, as if supported by the resolution to
do his duty, be rode up to the Duke of
Wellington, delivered the answer to his
message, and then dropped from his
horse, to all appearance a dying man."
He is also mentioned in *' Booth's Anec-
dotes of the Held of Waterloo." The
ball was never extracted, and is con-
sidered to have been the eventual cause
of his premature death, by an unfavour-
able change of position in the neighbour-
hood of some vital part, inducing para-
lysis, which finally carried him on at the
age of 46, on the 5th of March last, at the
establishment of the Australian Agricul-
tural Company in New South Wales,
in the management of whose large con-
cems, as Chief Commissioner, he suc-
ceeded a most distinguished member of
the sister profession, Capt. Sis EftwwA.
Party, R.N. «iA tc^naXxJic^ Tw2«^'aA
Oianki o! «hft I3hx«x«» ^« \m. ^^«;^

the t&HXA ol xi» ww«»l»

444

Obitva»\:— Robert Holford, Esq. F.R.S.

[Oct.

»

In prtvii|« Ufe. bi* talent*, vmrinus
merits Mnd acqiiirenifnt*. and his rrmny
higbljr.pndcaniig c(tM]itic>^, wuii for liiiu
the repktd and et.lccin of a very ttuinC'
rous circif of Rttarbcd friend", mid se-
cured tbi- ulTccliuiis of hi!i iiiiniHiHte re>
larions. He was marrifd in t)it> yrnr
IS2S (n Elizalietli-Sopbix, dMuglitrroi'ike
late Hon, Auf^ustus-Kichiird-BulU-r l>nn-
vera, ton of Urinslcy »vcoiid Kai\ of
Ltini'sburou^b, und has left liis widow
and !>cvcMi young rhiidrcn lu Liincui his
irreparable Ioas.

Tienivy and Wilberforrc wrre his iiili-
inaCc fii<-nd!4, but bo had no feelings u(
curij;uiiiuiity uillt the prcsviit <>ovi'ni>
ir.ciit, wlio-se MicasiirfS ho ronsidi'ri'd boa-
tile to the triif iitirrisis of the country.
In tbcolnpy, bo «»» sCriirtly of the Ksta-
biit>h«^ ('hurch; ntnstant and rhccrlul in
I ho prrformaiire of bis rtligiout duties,
ntiibtr gtuom nor excitement inado any
part of bis existence. Mr. Uolfurd wii»
« member of the Royal Soiiily, the
Hoy&l and Lunduii Insiilutiotis, and other
learned and literary institnlions. His
rvading was cxCcnMve, partieularlj in
l-'rencb literature, to «liicb be wns much
uttjcbcd; and he spoke and wrote the
language with all the eosc and finrrelnew
of «n edueutcd Parisian. lie resided (or
the last few jvfirs principnlly nl IS'iluM,
where only a few nionihs .«inre whs laid
the first stone of a new lighthouse, on
(TTOund given by him to the Trinity llouw
for that object ; but he titill kejil up and
oeeiisionall^- wsited bis other cMnWi«.h-
nients ul Kiiigspilc Cuttle, in the I»le of
Tbnnet ; and at Uld Lands, in SuK^ei;
as well aK bis town residcfiee, in Lin.
coin's Inn Field!*. Much of bisi time wns
spent on the sea, to which be W3« grently
attached; and bit yachts, I lie Intveller
and the Greyhound, were well known
from the North Foreland to the Land's
End. Iliit health lind, till witliin the
kst two or tbiec yeats, been generally
good, bihI be was neither iinniindlnl ni»r
unthankful for the blessing; but in 1836
he Itegan to feel the pressure of old aae
und its attendant intirmities; which he
thus alludes to in a letter, dnted in tl>c
Koveoilx^r of that year, and uddrcfKcd to
Ibe writer of this biugrapbicttl sketch,
M bom be hud long honoured with bia
confidence und esteem-. — "It is now, I
think, three weeks thiit 1 have Ix-eii con<
Aned to the upper floor of niy house,
wbicb you know i» the ]ileasantc$( for nn
invalid, us afTording a ready ncccn to my
books, and etnploymunt to my telcifojte.
Aly complaint iti rather inconvenient than
painful : nnd, mindful as I am and ought
to be, of the nmny comfort* and adwn-
tagea which with me acrutnpaTiy und
lighten the miseries and ii iiei-

dental to old age, lam t! to-

vidence, und boldniy- '' no

this world, and to ^v to

those evils which ficsL . I'ur^

ing the late severe winter, bis bcaltii
bi'gun seriousli' to decline, nTi.i for iha
lust few months he una n ' ' i f ly

rutihni'd TO hiii rvinm ; tl' its,

' ' in

. -I - I ■ ■-; •• ^ -,.,... ■!..... u. .» 1 :. ...

ffiOidcut, and liltic MUcUed to i>Kfty ; A% u \»i«4\«»<l, '^Vt. UnUwd «u ertr

RonrRT Hot roiin. Ewj. F.R.S.

Aug, H. At bis marine villa, Under-
eliff, lule of Wight, aged «U, Iloberi lloU
/ord, e<K]. F.U.S.

This gentlemnn wss the clde»t son of
the late IVter Holford, esrj. a Master in
Chancery, and great- grandson of Sir Ri.
chjird Holford, of Weston Birt, in Oloiu
cestershife, al.vo n Alaster in Chancery;
and was descended from n very ancient
and re«.|H'ctnhle fiiniily of tbe same name,
long resident in Cheshire. The bulgect,
hiiwcver, of thi.s notice required not the
uid of birth to justify bis claim to respect
and admiration. In all llic relatiotw of
coDsaJigninily, he was eminently gene-
rous. The first net of this kind was on
ihc death of his fntbcr, who was thought
to have left to bis youngest dnngbtcr,
then niarrieil to » genllemun of high rc«
sjM-ctability, Uss than she wns entitled
to, and less thiin be meant lo linve given
her; ibis was no sooner Icjiuwii than re.
inedicd, by the generous brother pri'scnt-
ing the husbnixi of bis sister with an
estate in the north of England, valued ac
60.000/.

Mr. Holford was educated ut We»t-
niiaster, and thence entered as a geritle-
niHii commoner at St. John's College,
Ombridge, where he took the degree of
M.A. in I7K), and where be commenced
his ucfpiHiiiiance with his most valued
friend, %>ir Henry Ozcnden, Bort. now
liiiiig; with whoD), in curly life, he tra-
versed on foot the lolty nioimtainii and
beautiful vnllies of Switxeilund.

In the alarming times of the French
rtvolution, Mr. HoUord was »n active
member of the Ix>ndon Light Horse Vo>
Inntei-rs; in which, nltboiiLih the disci,
pline was cutrcmely »i.vcre, he discharged
all the duties of a private Mith undeviat-
ing attention.

I He WHS never in Parliament ; bad be,
however, been at all anxious fur seiuito.
rial honours, the btirou^h of .Mulmesbury
(contiguous til : ■ ,' .

htn railier't lil.
^evt'irc him. I

183S.] Oun OAKY.— r. Jeti'ii), li^q.—Rcv. J. Jamkton, D.D.

nbiitini; hi« mitii, nnd (i^encroiisly furboar.
iiiK ii> Lit tiMianrA, thou^'h oftcii years in
iinviir. As 11 niasrer, he whs kiml iiiid
considi-nili>; miil. Hid liie (rue i-huraii-tL-r
of a iiiMli lii-pend iijinn lll(! (o!«tiii)iiiiy ul'
Ills Mcrvaiits (us is tlic opitiioii i>f llr.
Johnson iiiid St. Kvrcniorul), no one could
Ktaiid tliis test with moro ndvuntugr. As
n pliilNiithropijt, hi!^ bounty wn^ coiistHiit
mid rxtcittivc; of i*ourH' he wh« oltcii
iiiipo.scd ii]toii ; but bi:< observations on
thi"«e oti-Hsioiis have ^eiierully b»»cn —
" Wi'll, 'lis «) ; but pcrhnps it is better
thiit I should hiivu given tn Iwu worthless
objects tlwiii have left u di'si'ivitij; one iiii.
relieved." The flow of his beiicvolcnoe
was never stop|)cd, nor bis hcRrt deiulcii-
ed to the cry of distrcsis. Tbe <-hurilii-
ble institutions of the metropalisj have to
re);ri't the Iosk of nil old and liberul tup.
]HjrIcr. As an ciieounif;er of literature
nnd |iatron of the arts, his extensive und
VHliNible library, and splendid eullectiuri
of prints and paintingx, amply testified
bis ta«tc niid lilK'niliry. tic was never
inarriod, nnd his large possessions will
r!; ' inherited by bis only brother,

I Iloltord, eftij. formerly Mem.

I : ; ... lUiiiieiit for ijucenboruugb ; mid

bis son, Itobert Slaincr Holford, i'»q. of
Wcsliin Birt, Gloucestershire, where, in
the fiiiiiily>VBtilt, bis reinainit were in-
terred.

Thomas Jervis, Em. Q. C.

Amg, 6. Al Beaumaris, the residence
or bia ton John J<;rvi8, esq. M.P. aged
b9, Tboinus Jcivis, esq. Qiii-en's Coun-
Bul, Kci'oi'dL-r of Lichl'ieid, and a lieneluT
of the Middle Temple, formerly Chief
Justice of Chester.

lie was a gruiidson of Matthew Jeivis,
esq. of Trowbridge, Wilts, one of tbe
un<-le« of tbe illustrious Aduiirul, John
Earl of St. Viitfcnt,

Hu wu:& culled to tbe bar at the Middle
Tcinj.le, Jun. -i'S, 17y.5. Whilst his
cousin ilic Karl of St. Vincent wns First
Lord of the Admiralty, he acted us his
counsel; and he waR also one of the coni-
niissinners of bankrupts, on the eleventh
li*t, and fur tnuny years a leading counsel
on tbe Oxford circuit.

At the general election of lft02 be was
(eturned to I'ailioniciit for the Adini-
nilly borough of Great Yarnioutb ,- and
he took a leading' part in conduetinc the
legal business of tbe Navy in the House
at Coniinons. He sat in the liousc until
(be diskululion of ISIXi.

Mr. Jervis received a patent of prc-

pdency in Hilary ivnn I8<)G. and was

]>poinied n King'** Counsel in 7'ritiity

Vacation 1830. ae tujoyed a pension of

JJiX//. M~/air.

His second sioii, John Jervia, vsq.
Beuuniariii, u barrister at law, and uutbti
«jf some VMluiible l^giil works, i* novvM.PJ
forChesler on tbe extreme liberal iiiti.'cv<>cj
J Ic married in 1821 Catharine, dHUglilef
of Alexander MuiidelJ, esq. ol Ureat'
Georgc-sireci, Westminster.

Rev. John Jamikbon, D.D.

Jufy I'i. At Lis house in (tcorge^
street, £diiiburgli, aged 80, the Kerj
John Jamie»on, l).U. F.B.S. Ediiib
and F.S.A. Sc.

This gentleman was formerly ministc
to a congregation of iScccdcrs Irom tbti]
church of Seotland, at l-'orfur, where b«
resided for many years ; but for Ibc lust]
forty-three years he officiated in a cbureh
of tbe simie persuasion at Edinburgh.

He first came foiw«rd as an author iit
17y9, ill " Tbe Sorrows of Slavery, a|
Poem, containing a faithful statement on
Facts reupccting the Slave- trade." Hi«l
only other poetical work h " Eleniity. •I
Poem, addressed to Freethinkers and Pbi<4
losophieal Christians," 1798.

Ill theology and religions matters ht,
I'ublisbed, " An Alarm to Britain ; or ui|^
inquiry into the eaiif-es of the rapid pro.
gress of Jnlidclity," 1795; " Vindicalioii]
of the Doctrine of Scripture, and of thtfJ
primitive Faith eoncerntng the Divinitfj
of Christ, in reply to Dr. Priestley's HisJ!
lory of Early Opinions," 1795, two vols.]
Svo. ; •' Kemaiks on Rowland Hill'a]
Journal," 1799; "Tbe Use of Sacre
History," lH)2, two vols, bvc; " Impor^l
tiint Trial in the Court of Conscience,
18t(6, Iliino.; "The Beneficent Woman
a sermon," 1811; "Tbe Hopes of ani
Empire reversed, or, tbe night of plea,
sure turned into fear, a Sermon on tliel
death of the Princess Charlotte," 1818 j.T
" Three Sermons, concerning firochcrlv^
Love," 1819. ']

His great and excellent work, «' Anj
Etymological Dictionary of the Scottii>hl
Language," was published in two volumcrl
4to. 1806, 1809. It illustrates the wordcj
in their different signiticatioiis, by enm..
pies from uncient and modern writers;!
shows their affinity to those of otbefj
langtiagcs, and csifedalty the Northern;'
explaining many terms which, though!]
now obsolete in England, were formerly!
common to both countries, and elucidail
ting national rites, customs, and instituJ
lions, in their analogy to those of other?
natioTiM. It has been long out of princ,|
but be made an .Abridgment of it in 1818,
rn one volnine Bvo.

In IHIl he ywUwW'A'" Xw \.\\«.Vwvwi».
Aceounl ol X\vc Kt\cw.\\x, Qjv\A«:«s qS. V^^^^-n
and oi Uicu «eU\&\a«:\vV Vxv'E.vv^^a^a^^

Ak

mmmsmm

446

OaiTvixr.—Neiianiel Bovodhcht LL,D.F.IIS.

[Oct.

lind, and Inlaind ;* in 1814 " H«nne«
Scjthicus, or tbe radical afBnilits of the
Greek and Latin languages to the Gotliic,"
8vo. ; and iu 1818 " A Grammar of Kbe-
toric and Polite Literature."

lit IM7 be contributed to the £din>
burgb Philosophical TrancaotionN, ajnaper
" On the origin of Cremation, or Burn-
ing of the Dead."

Nathanici. BowDrrcu, LL.D. F.R,S.

Latelu. At Boston, in America, Na-
tbanicl Bowditcb, LL.D. F.R.S. Presi-
dent of the AmericHn Academy of Arts
and Sciences.

From a " Discourse on the Life and
Character" of this distinguished [ihiloso-
fiber, published at Boston hy the Bev.
Alcxundcr Young, the clcrgymon of the
church of which be was a member, we
derive (through the medium of the AtAe-
n<ettm) the following particulars.

Dr. Bowditcb was conudercd by the
Americans aii their greatest ^cicntiGc man
»incc Franklin, M'hosc fellow citizen be
was. He rose, like FriuiliUn, from bum.
Ue life, and was an illustrious instance of
'ttKlt-educiited man. All the little school
Muciition he ever bad waa received ere he
was ten years old. He then went into a
iibip-chandler's employment, in which be
soon diitinguisbcdliimtelf by his figuring.
After going to seu at an early age, be
endeavoured, in the intervals of bis voy-
iiges, 10 pick up a little knuwlt-d^e of
Jiavigution, and, a-s preparatory to that, to
acquire the elements of gconieliy. It «o
happened, that an elder brother of his,
who liketvisc followed the tea, was then
attending an evening school for the some
purpose. On returning home one even-
ing, he informed hint tliat the tnustor had
got a new way of doing sums and working
questions ; for, in§tead of the numerical
figures commonly used in arithmetic, ho
employed the letters of the alphabet.
Tbii novelty excited the curioity of the
youthful ' ^c' ((ucstioned hia

brother . it the matter ;

who, huut .^., , I.. .-< wn to understand

much about the process, and cuuld not
tell how the thing was done, Hut the
maatcr, be said, had a book, which told
all about it. This w-rvcd to ij4fl)nne his
curiosity ; : " ' ■ ■ • ■ • ^vhc.
tber he ^ ibe

iteruiiu ..^...f, ., .,■ > I. light

sight of it. (It should be rcmcm-
tliHt, at tbii time, mathematical

Cfi of all sorts were hmkc in America.)
The book wn^ obtnitivd. It whs iIip (irst
glance tl-
Ai/d r)

copied it out from begitmiog to end.
Subsequently he got hold of a vxilume of
the PhiloHiphicai Transactions of tlu
Koyal Societyof London, which he treated '
pretty much in the »me summary way,
making a very full and minute abstract of J
all the mathematical papers contained iaJ
it; and this course he pursued with ibg]
whole of that roluminons work. He waa
too poor to purchase book*, and this waa
the only mode of getting ut their results,
and having them constantly at hand for I
consultation. These manuscripts, written
in his small neat hand, fill several folio j
volumes.

It is a curious fact that he derived, in
early life, very valuable and timely aid ia
hi» I 111 a fine library belonging

to t m] Dr. Kirwun, which WM

ca)ju.,,.u >•. iiic British channel, by ■■
American privateer, during the revolu-
tionary war.

In 1800, when only twenty .three years
of age, he first published Ids " Precticiil
Navigator," which is now universally usej
in American ships, arid to u Cuubiderablc
extent in those of Great Britain. H«
had, before that time, made several long
voyages in various subordinate sitUHiions.
Mr. I'oung remarks, that " the French
mnthematician, Lacroix, acknowledged to
a young Aniericnn that be was indebted
to Mr. Bowditcb for communicating many
errors in his works, which he bad disco.
vercd in these same long India voyages ;"
he also taught himscli several languages
during the same opportunities of study.
It was in undertaking to correct liamil.
ton Moore's well-known " IVnvigator"
for fresh publication, that Dr. Bowditch
took up the idea ot makini; one of his
own. ills qualifications for such a work
may be judged in some degree, from the
fact, that in the two editions of Moore's
which he published, be corrected mart
than 80iXj tHtstoA-en. Some of these were
highly important — there is no kind of

■y.

^ll^\l 11 titi II

scientific labour, ird. ' "

■ w CU-

racy is equally ind

ral

ships were known tu . ,

of

Aloore's blunders, in H

of

1802, at the age of tncut ,

liit.

lying wind-bound in ■

•nn,

Buwditrli went tJ.»(.'>i ^

;h«

cXur: ,

.lid

will

iho

chill

the

hi*

1

owt

ii*.

Th,

.. •

by

>)uit

"— >■-■• I'lUU... -L .i„V ...

mi illc;

ixu«t«re<l i(4 contcuta, wd &i>d ih^l ol «& ^2ae ^lixMcdntA mUch 1m

1838.] Omrv KHY.-^NalhanteJ Bowditck, LL.D. FJl.8.

«iil>«w'qn(?nlly received from numerous
liMimcd mid scicjititjc bodies, nt buinc and
nbrond, (amon^ %vhirh may be metitioned
lii« election as a Fellow of tlie Rojfsl
Society of London, an honour to which
few Americans hnve ever attained,) there
was not one which alTorded him half the
pleasure, or which be prized half ko highly,
ns this degree from Harvard.

The ^cat scientific work, however,
which pnvc to Ur. Bowditch big higher
and more lasting fame vnks his translation
©f the " Mfchanique Celeste" of La
Place, accompanied by an extensive ex-
planatory comment. It was completed
in four quarto vuUimcs, of about 1,000
pages each, excepting merely the final
revision of a few sheets of the last vo-
lume, of M'hich Mr. Young My<i, " be
persevered to the last in bis Labours upon
iti preparinp the copy and reading the
proof-sheet* in the intervals when he wni
tree from puin. TheJHSt time I saw him,
a few days previous, to his death, a proof-
sheet was lying on his table, which he
said he hoped to be able to read over and
correct." We are not aware that any
other transhition of ibia great work bos
been made into any language. A sort of
ncknowledtrment of the propriety of at-
tempting such a labour litis, in this coun-
try, appeared in the shape of three partial
pfforta, never followed up to any show of
completion. The Edinburgh Review,
when Dr. Bowditch's first volume ap-
ed, some ten years since, remarked,
there were, probably, not a dozen
I in Europe who could even so much
OS nad it mtderstandingly. The Quar-
terly colled it a work " savouring of the
f/igattlrtqve" in design, and adds, of the
execution, '• it is, with few and slight
exceptions, just what we could have wished
to see — on exact and careful translation
into verygtjod English — exceedingly well
printed, and accompanied with notes ap-
pended to each page, which leave no slip
in the text of moment unsupplied, and

I hardly any material difficulty either of con-
ception or rcii- ''fed. To
the student of ' 1 1 itn ' such
a Avork must I.: i.,.i — ,., , .jid we sin.
ccrcly hope that the success of this vo-
lume, wluL-h HceniH I blown out to try the
feelings of the public, Iwth Aniericunand
Briii«h, will lw,< such as to induce the
tpi < ■ ■ . 1. Should

Spii

thi

••n«e, we
■' offer
iind

shiii
of •
Sc; t ex-

pCi ■ iicti-pteci.'

1. iliis offer of the Academy

(ot wliiili i'r. Bowditch bcoimc the Pre-
•ident in HS*J) Mr. Yonvg't Diacoursc

exhibits the Doctor's cbaracter in an ad-
mirable point of view. He knew there
" was not sufficient taste in the commu-
nity for such studies to justify an enter-
prise which would involve a great outlay,
and, 08 be thought, would bring him under

fiecuniary obligations to others. 1 recol-
ect (says I^Ir. Yotuig) conversing with
him once on this subject, when he said to
me, in his usual ardent way, ' Sir, I did
not choose to give an op|iortunity to such
a man (mentioning his name) to point up
to his bookcase and say, ' I patronised
Mr. Bowditch by subscribing ler his ex-
pensive work,'— not a word of ^vhich he
could understand. No. I preferred to
wait till I could afford to publish it at my
own expense. That time at lest arrived ;
and if, instead of setting un my roach, as
I might have done, I see fit to spend my
money in this U'sy, who has any right to
complain? ily children I know will not.*"
Mr. Young speaks elsewhere of the
Doctor's good fortune in his second wife,
" who, by her entire sympathy with him
in all his studies and pursuits, lightened
and cheered his labours, and by relieving
bim from nil domestic cares, enabled him
to ^Q on, with undivided mind and un-
dititracted attention, in the execution of
the great work, on which his fame, as a
man of science, rests. He has been heard
to say, that he never should have uccom-
plisbcd the task, and published the book
in its present extended form, had he not
been stimulated and encouraged by her.
When the serious question was under con-
sideration as to the expediency of bis pub-
lishing it at his own cost, at the estimated
expense of ten thousand dollars (which it
actually exceeded), with the noble spirit
of her sex, she conjured and urged him to
go on and do it, saying that she would
find the means, and gladly mukeany sacri-
fice and submit to any self-denial that
might bo iiiviilvcd in it. In grateful ac-
knowledgment of her sympathy and aid,
he proposed, in the concluding volume,
to dedicate the work to her memory — ft
desijjn than which nothing could be more
bcnutiful or touching. Let it >till be ful-
filled." Tliiii ex|it'iisi ve independence and
lib«mlity will be better appreciated, when
it i* known, that even at his decease the
Docfor'e jienional property amounted to
little more than aO.dOt) dollnr*.

In his privutc character i man

was distinguished by hi.-, -liifi

simplicity — his tcnipenni^t: — ..■■. i.^ihod
— his Kound, quick common sense— his
fidelity to every engngement— his wann
love of domestic quiet — and his (IttA.^-
larhment to vuWc ot4« i.vAVfc'**. V^*.
lemurVaWc Acgtcc \\« wwvxt*. v\\* vt%«Ja^
man vii\v\\ \,\ic ec\\Q>\»x. '^V^«* tmcwx "^

i

OBtTVAiiv. — Mr. Accum.—Mr. Samuel Terry.

[Oct

a more tecunit«» devotrd buuness mind
than his; he could be all bu6ine$$ une
day, and all cciencc the next. Ue died
hariiig the univeml etteem and respect
f>r his countr^'tnen ; and a monumeiit is
to be erected to bis memory in the ccnie-
teif of Mount Auburn.

Ma. FatDEBicK Acccm.
Lately. At Berlin, aged 09, .Mr. Fre-
derick Aocum, formerly n distinguibhed
0]>erativc clirinikt in Londcm.

Mr. .\ccum vras a native of Buckelbiirg
in Westphalia. He first came forward
in London as an astsistxiit to Dr. Ganiett,
the Griit prufesi^or at the Koyal Institu-
tion, who always spoke highly of Air.
Accum's talent, lie soon after opened
a shop in Corapton. street, where, by ex-
petinients and public courses uf lectures
on Experimental Chemistry, be acquired
a very con;>ideruble reputation. He after,
wards lectured for many years at the
Surrey and London Institutions; until at
length his career Mas prematurely closed
by Its having l>een discovered that, to
Nave liiuiself the trouble of transcription,
he had mutilated many ^iilunblc books at
the Intter ei^tablishnient. lie was then
obliged to quit the country.

'I'he follo^^'ing is a list of Mr. Ac-
rum's publications, most of which ]>a£ted
ihrouKh several editions, and many of
ihem were translated into Ihe (lerman,
h'lfuch, and Italian languages,

A System of Chemistry. lbQ3, 2 vols.
8vo.

VA'iVty on the Analysis of Minerals.
11*M, lAno.

MunuiU of Analytical Mineralogy. IS06,
2 vols, \ttmo.

Elements of Chrj'stidlography after the
M)ethod of llnuy. 1M3, 8vo. *

A I'ractiral IVeatit^e on the use and
application of Chemical llc-aeenis and
'iests. l^mo.

A PmetlcMl Treatise on Gas Light,
exhibiting a summary desctiption of the
upiHirritut and niaeliinery fur illuminating;
streets, houses, and manufuctorifs, >vitl>
Coal (ias. Bvo. 1^1.^.

Chemical .Amusement, compriking a
Scries of curious and instructive exjH'ri-
mcnia in Chemistry, l*imo.

A fiuide ti) till' l.'liulybcafe Spring of
Thciloid. Ivfmo.

A description of the prucee* of nmnn-

faelurint; (Joal (ias, with elevations, 4rc-

lion*. and plans of the apparatus now em>

ployed itl the Ciiis- works in London.

.\ Treatise on Hdultenition* of Food

1,^ . .,1. i< i.( I 1... ,,..

Home-made \Mnes; and on mnking Brc
IS!mo.
Air. Accum also made tnuulationa of

some foreign chemical works ; ■■•
municated many papers to ."
Journal, and other periodical pi

who

Ma. Samuel Teiiiiy.

Lctely. At Sydney. New
Wales, Mr. Samuel Terry,

transported at a convict r '

ago. The Sydnfy 6'a.-' .

lowing account of his In

accumulated property.

" The funeral of the late Mr. Saint
Terry took place on Sunday motnii_
The deceased was followed to the graj
by a large number of his friemts ;
his particular request was biirie
masonic honours. The band of tbel
regiment headed the procession, phi
the Dead march in Saul. Mr. Te
will WHS brought yesterday from the Bai
of New South Wales (where it had for
considerable time been deposited), "
Black, the cashier, to the residence

deceased in Pitt Street, where it ,

by Mr. Unwin in the presence of the
executors and all the members of tlii
family. Three codidli have been addi
to it. By the will it appears that I
Sydney rental of upwards of 10,0(10/.'
a-yeur has been left to Mrs. Terry for
her life, and after her decease to his sou
Ddward Terry, for bis life, and to t
heirs of bis body ; and in rase ol his dea
without lawful issue, to the etiitdren
John Terry and Mrs. John llosking, a.
tenants in common. The bulk of tin
landed pro|>erly, estimated at I jtl,(>0(l/:j
been lelt to Edward Terry, his mm, f
life, and to the heirs nf his Ijody, and i
i*aKe of his death without lawful is.-.uc
in the case of the Sydney pioperty. T
personal cstnte, vitlued at :ijO,'(Kt(tA
left, one moiety to Edward I J

the other moiety to John Ten i

hill. Mrs. TiTrv n„.i,...

llosking, shai {

legacies are 1j' , ii

amount, among wJiii-li i» lU.tHSU. tu

John Hoskintr, his dnnehtiT, mid .S.OOn/,

to *." '! 1

gn.

chui.t.....^ .-.M'

kept up ten \

diceose, and

llU^atbed to his rrlMtives in ki,. ^

The dwelliti)^ hiKi'^e in I'ift Strci't^'

all hi» In.,

are left <

li^^i

t'ot.
Tne»ti»v» on Drc (ring;
13

on making

'4Hlli

Clergy Deceascd.-^OaiTVAHv.

449

I

CLERGY DECEASED.

Au</. 13. At WinrantoTi, tbc Kvv,
n^Uliam t'ar/tendair, Pcrpetunl CJimite of
that parish, und Kec(orof Silton, Dorset.
ile wns the youngest son of ttie late
Rev. Tbomus Caq)ciida]«, of Armagh ;
ftiid was iimented to Wincanton in 1829
liy Alc&sira. Messitcr; lo Silton, wc be-
lieve, mofe recoiitly.

At Orin^hum, Northumberland, aged
•U), the Rlv. Jatneg liirkeU, M.A. Per-
petuul Curate of that place, to which he
WKs presented iu 1834 by C. W. Bigge,
es'j.

Aity. Wi. The Rev. Jo An Barlow Seole,
D.l). Rector of Stilted, Essex, and of
iViwtcy, M«rt8. He wiir formerly Fel-
low and Tutor of ('hrist'* rollrpe, Cnin.
bridge, where, in 1770, be wiis elected to
one of the Cinvf II Mholiirfthi|)!i ; he erit-
duated B.A. 1774 as fseventh Wrangler;
obtuiiicd in that year the second Chnnrel.
lor'a incdnl ; in 1775 one of the Aliddlc
Bachelors' prires ; and in I77() one of the
Senior Bachelors' prizes ; nnd be pru-
ce«led M.A. 1777, D.D. 17WJ. He for
nome time acted as Deputy Regius Pro.
fessor of Divinity in the abitcncc of
liishop Watson. i^le was collated to
Stisted in \7*J-2, by Archbishop Mo^ire,
and presented to Anstey in 180t> by his
college.

jMtely, At Dover, aged i2, the Rev.
IfiVAofii TheophiluM Btackbume, M.A.
He wuii a son of the lute William Black ■
burne, .\I.D. of Cnvendish-squnre, nnd
afterwardii of Ka<tcol howe, near Wells.

The Rev. Thnma* Browne, late Se-
cond Mii'tpr of the tirummar School,
Chritit's Hospital. Jle W8.s educated ut
that institution, and tbeiiee cli>cted to
llnrpus Chdati college, Cambridge, in
18^.

At ibe Cape of Rood Hope, the Rev.
Tko^nat Drowning , oi While's Hall, near
Stroud.

At his glebe, aged 1.3, the Rev. Erit
tkttrit. Rector of Ruheny, eo. Limerick.

The Rev. C. Dmnarttq, Rector of St.
Mary's parish, Jersey.

Aged Gl, the Rev. N. Dunteombe,
Rector uf Kilcolly, co. Cork,

DEATHS.
toKDON AND na viciNrrr.

June 28. In Connaiight-tcrracc, aged
CO, 'Major-Gen. Sir (leorpe Malthiiis
t'ox, Bart, of the Bombay army. He
•uccceded to the title (conlefred on bis
■nccHtnr, Sir Riehurd Cox of Dun man ■
vay, CO. Cork, in 17lXi), on tite death of
his brother Sir John Cox, Dec, 2.'J, lH3i,
(see Gent. Mag. vol lU. ii. CM.)

UtffT. Mac. Vol. X.

SBi^«<Sii&

Juip U. At Hampstend, Elizabeth,
relict of Jonathan Henry Key, esq. whom
site survived nine weeks (see the Maga.
ziiie for June last, p. 66G). She was the
eldest duu. of Lionel Lanipet, esq. of
Bridgenorth, and was mamcd Nov. 5,
1817. but had no family.

Juti/li\. Robert Joseph Rook wood,
esq, of (Joldhani-ball, Suffolk, uncle to
Sir 'J'honras t»Jige, of Hcngrave, Bart.
He look the name uf Rookwood in 179!),
having sueeceded lo the estates of that
ancient family (see the Collectanea To-
pog. et (Jeneal. vol. II. p. 147). He
married 1st, in iSty-l, Mary, dau. of Thos.
WorRwick, of Lancast«T, esq. and 5?ndly
in 181)9 Eliza, only child of f!ouut Ma-
nns U'Donell, a (ienerul in the .Austrian
service; but, having died witliout surviv-
ing issue, is succeeded in his estates by
his only surviving brother John Gage,
esq. F.R.S. Director of the Society of
Antiquarieii.

Aug. 7. At Pimlioo, Edward, youngest
«on of ilie late Rev. George Bass Oliver,
Vicar of Belgrave-cum-BirHtnl, Ijfiees-
(ershirc, and of Glynde, Sussex.

Aug. \i: Aged ^7, Edward Gray, caq.
of Haringay House, Hornsey.

Auff. 1(1. At Blackheath,aged7a,Mar.
garetta Ann, wid. of John Bridges esq.

Capt. John Newman Wylde, half-pay
i6th regiment, soi» of the late Rev. S. L.
Wylde, of Biirrington, Wilts. This of-
ficer received a grape shot in the left side,
which shattered his hip-lione. whilst gal-
lantly leading the grenadier'* of the .VJth
into the breach at Cindnd Roderigo, from
which wound he never recovered.

Aug. 17. In (iuildford'St. aged 29,
William John Pitt Goodrich, esq. of
Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, and late
of Oriel College, in which Society he en-
tered at Commoner in It&S, but did not
proceed to a degree. He was the eldest
son of Wni. Goodrich, esq. of Malson
House, near Gloucester.

Auff, IH. At Hamniersmith, aged 80,
John Kredcrick Buhl, esq.

At his mother's house, aged 53, Jam(
Watson, esq. btockbroker, of Thrognior<
ton-street.

In consequence of an accident,
Wm. V. Blick, M.D. of Walibi
Essex, brother of the Rev. Cbos
of St. John's coll. Cambridge.

At Blackheatb Park, aged G8, Elizit.
both Ann, widow of Robt. Sowerby,esq,

A«i/. ^i. In histvjth year, Mr. H
Foi Cooper, iiiany year* etauiectcd wif
the London picht, nnd formerly edilor uf
the John Bull news)>nper.

Aug. "Hil, Aged 7li, Elizitlieth^ t«l\
of TimoihY St,M«t\c\.A, ts^v. "aJv V"v

I

^ 450

H Auff. 28. Roger Purj, esq. of hhag-

^M ton.

^1 Auf. 94. lo Gnat Coram-et. ag«d 72,

^^L Jlkhiird Bromley, e*q. of Plymouth.
^^K|(y| A^. 2o. At Kentish Town, aged 20,
^^^^gamud JUonUgue Champneyt, escj.seho-
^V lar of Brazennose coll. nnd brother of the
H Ret. yV, W. Champneyg. MA. late
^M Fellow of that Society. He bad just sat
^p down to dinner when he was seized with
' a fit, and, falling bsck in his cbnir, be ex-
pired ill five minutes without a struggle.
Auf. 26. The wife of W. Hall, e«q.
of Bays water- terr. elder dau. of (he Rev.

I if. Hanrey, of Bridekirk, Cumberland,
wid relict of the Rev. I'. Followt, As-
tronomer Royal of the Cape of Good
Hope.
Av^. 27. At Pentonvillc, aged 45,
the Rev. Samuel Brvdahiw, late of Man.
cheater.
Auff. 88. Anne Elinbetli, wife of
Wm. H. Good, esq. of New Borlinirton-
strect.
^^ In £aton-sf|. affcH r-' .t.- Right Hon.

^m £mily Countess ( ■ i. She was

JK fifth dau. of the lati lion. Thoa.

' Gage, brother of the first Viscount Gage,

I She was married on the 27th Aug. 1807,
and of a family of eight children, the iasue
of this union, five t urvive their lamented
mother.
At Mile-end, aged 73, W. Tomlinaon,
esq. of St. Helen's- place.
In Bedford -place, Henry Toulmin,eBq.
of Funiivnra Inn,
^u,j. 29. Captain H. Stone, of the
Bengal militaTT service,
Ai^. ao. At Duhvicb, aged 47, T. S.
Witbington, esq.
Ill Craven-st. aged 6i, Charles Hol-
biitd, CMi.
In flcnrietto-st, Cavendiah-m. Matil-
da, wife of Rev. John Hobart Caunter.

Sfyt. 3. At Clapbam -common, aged
63k yif^ David Fernandez,

Sej)t. 4. In Chapel. St. Belgrave-sq.
aged 38, the Lady Barbara Craiiford, sis-
ter to tbe Earl of Coventry, She was
the sixth dau. of Geo.- Wm. seventh and
late £arl, by bia second wife I'*^^, 2nil
dau. and cob. of Sir Abmhnin Pitches ;
she was man'. ' ' ' '■ \,c lato Col.

Alexander < i-on of Sir

I James Craulu..., ,, ....i .....lv, i
Sept. 0. In New Inn-buildin
S4, Fitbtr-Maria, only dau. of John P.
r nerlyof Bxeter, one of the

ju : <)imkrr*.

Av-z-r T, ■ ■ -■
Bruwite, ctn
^,,., I...... /,..

Bart.
igB, aged

^fed {Ki, WiiliHtti ijturcb, vif\.

COct.

At Lower Tooting, aged 63^ Jobti Ro-
berta, esq.

At Heme HilU aged 70^ Jndah Co*
ben, etq.

Stpt. 13. At Norwood, «^ S2
Frai>cM C. Aberdein, esq, of Lloyd's,

Sej>t. 15. At his house, in ^
Regent'f.pk. aged 61, in contr f I

bin i ' knocked down by u run ui]

th i, William Kav. esq. of tiia ;

AI-... , ^^..ibctland, tu}d Tring Park,
Uertfordshire.

Stpt. 16. At Montague Houm, P«tt>
man-sq. aged 26, George Herbert, eaq, of
the Coldstream Guards. »on o< the late
Hon. and Rev. George Herbert, and
routin of the Earl of Camuron. ilia
death was oocasioDcd by tbe boistia^ of a
blood veaael,

Stpt. 17. At CamberweU, i^ 9^
Thomas Fynmore. esq.

At Stamford-hill, aged 83, John Ttaa.
cher, esq.

S^. 18. In Guildford-ft. Hannab^
widow of John Cowley, esq.

Snit. ]9. At herson'ti, Fulham, agci
72, £llizabeth, relict of Joseph Roe,
of Fulbam.

Beds. — Aug. 21. At Leigbton
eard, Mary, relict of Wm. Rose WoIbi<
eaq. formerly of Dean's-yd. Westminsten'

B^aKs, — Avj/. 29. At Alarcbam, aged
56, Mary, wife of the Rev. Herbert Ran
dolpb, M. A. \'icar of that parish, dau.
P. U. Burridge, esq. of Stoke St. Mary,^
Somerset.

Lately. At Wickhill House, tbe relict
of Sir John Sewell, D.C.L,

Sept. i. At Reading, lliomas Bigg,
a highly esteemed member of the Sod
of Friends, some years ago a resident
Bristol.

Sept. 5. At tbe residence of her nieoc^
Reading, aged 73, Mrs. Margaret Bean^
relict of the Rev. Peter Bean, oi Tot»
tenhom.

Bif'KK.^Latelv. At Asbendon, ared
l(X9, Flizubeth "tonw ; she relainrd Dcr
fitculties till within a few day* of ber
death, and never hod a pair of spcctado
in her life.

Au<f. 1.5. Aged 21, I ' 'illiafli

Howard Vyse, 2d Life ( J ton

of iv,i 1 .... pf gtokc, .ivm itiitdaor.
H y seized with a fit while

fi"! 1 into the wntrr, and

druniicd, though it wm only three
deep.

of Bucldiigham.

--- -. Lalth. I l.p/>»lmnt

MotiVock, vu\. oi C%ti\Vtfid^.

eiT^

1838.]

Oditpaky.

»

Jufy 29. At Denny Abbey, in her
76th year, ilary, relict of John Turner,
piq. of Cadbury, co. Devon.

Cornwall. — Aui;. 31. At Li&kcard,
irah, relict of Edwoid Lyne, esq.
Derjiv. — Auff. TiS. At the residence
ber ton at Walton. upon- Trent, Caro-
e Isabella, relict of Rev. Edw. Coo-
r, Rector of Hamstall Ridware, and of
otoU, Staff, only dau. of the late P. L,
owys, esq. of Hardwicke Huu»e, Ox-
ird»nirc.

Dsvon.—Auff. 7. The wife of Wm.
. Tanner, etq. of Exeter.
Autf. 17. At Lympstone, Capt.
Henry Harkness, lute of the Hon. East
India Company's military service in
Madras, and recently Secretary to the
Royal Asiatic Society.

Atuf. 19. At Raleigh House, Ply-
tnoulli, oped .'i7, Ffarriett, wife of Com-
mander Edward Blatickley, R.N. She
was the fourth dau. of the Inte George
Matcbam, efq, \ty Catharine, daughter of
the late Rev. tdmund Nelson, M.A,
Rector of Burnluim Thorpe, Norfolk,
and sister lo Lord Visicouni Nelson.

Lalfly. At Torrington, Mary, widow
of Richard Tanley, chemist, \c. dau. of
the late Rev. Rteliard Lewis, of Honi-
ton, one of her Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for Devon and Somersetshire.

Sept. 2. Elizabeth, relict of William
Wlnte, esq. of Exniinster.

iiept. 3. At Ijandcombe, near Dart-
mouth, at her son's residence, in her (H.)th
year, Mrs. Oldrieve, relict of Lcwia Otd-
rieve, esq. of Street.

Sept, 8. At Bideford, (from grief,
occasioned bv the loss of ber sister on the
10th July,) iviary, the surviving child of
Vice-Adm. Coi-het.

5*7?/. 13. At Exeter, aged '35, Ann,
wife of George Hitchcock, esq, of New
firidge-st. Blackfriars.

DoosFT. — Aug. 20. At Brownnca
Castle, the seal of Sir Charles Chad,
Bart. VRcd jO, the Lady Isabella- Eliza-
beth Turnour, dau. of the Lite Edw.-
(Hrth second Earl of Wintcrton, aunt of
the present (the fourth) Earl of AVintcr-
ton, and sister of the late Lady Chad.

Aug. 30. At Poole, aped ffil, James
S«sgfr, CH<|, one of the magistrates for
tin He had attended the fune-

rii ■ B. L. Lester, esq. and was

tciiii.iii.K .>j his own residence, when
he WHS suddenlv seized in the street, and
in a few hours ne was a corpse. He was
m member of the old corporation, and hud
frequently been Mayor.

Aug, 30. At Hyde-house, Robert
RaiU'lyffc, jiin. esn,
Lattly, At Hay, near Lyine, the

widow of Wra. Cornish, esq. formerly i
Stamford Hill, Middlesex.

At Sliaftcsbury, aged 38, Mr. Pet«
Rideout, eldest son of the Rev. P.
Rideout, M.A. of Wadhum Colli^gc.

Sept. lo. At Genemi Gore BrowTic^^
Weymouth, Mary, wife of Colonel Me^
ville Browne.

DuBHAM, — Aug, 29. At Durban
Mrs, Davison, mother of the Rev. Job
Davison, B.D. Prebendary of Worcesl
Cathedral.

Gr.oucnsTrn. — Aug. IG. At the resf
dence of his brother, Clifton, aged 41
Captain Harford, late of the 34th regt. 1
Aug. 27. At Cheltenham, Col. Crowf
der, of Brotberton, co. York.

Laura Jane, wife of the Rev. Joli
Bryant CliiTord, Incumbent of St. Mat*!
thew, Kingsdowii.

Aged 74, nt Cheltenham, Thoma
Edwards, esq. of Prestbury, formerly oC
Bristol.

Latetg. At Clifton, aged 16, Emil||

Isabella, fourth dau. of John Hugo

Smyth Pigott, esq. of Brockley Hall.

Sept. 4. At Clifton, Biirbura, wife

C-bas. Edw. Bernard, M.D.

At Highnam Court, near GloucesterjH
in her 86tb year, Eleanor, relict of Valen*
line Baker, esq. of Bristol.

Sejit, 6. At Bristol, at an adnncelll

ago. Peregrine Stockdale, esq. 1

Sept.fi. At Clifton, Juliaim, relict ofJ

Col. Yorke, dau. of the late John Dodd,^

esq. of Swallowfield Park, Berks. '

Hants.— .4Hy. 19. At the residencaj

of Lady Holmes, Newport, Dr. BcdckeA

of Westover Cottage, 1. W. I

Aug, 88. At fijtnoclu, near Botley, |

Frances Elizabeth Peake, wife of Mr.'l

Thomas Peake, of Liverpool, and niecej

of the late John Fawcett, esq.

Aug. 31. At Bitterne, near South-
ampton, aged 02, Dorothy Price, relict of
James Homer, esq.

In the Close, Winchester, aged 51,)i
Charlotte Sophia, wfe of the Hon. and '
Rev. Gerard Noel.

iMtely. At New Village, I. W. aged
79, George Young, e*q. i

Sept. 3. At Southampton, aged 30,\
Charles Maiile, esq. for many years a»]
eminent surjfcon of that town.

At Portsmouth, aged 66, Miss Alcott,,
sister of John Alcott, esq. formerly J
storekeeper of Portsmouth Dock-yard, j
At Hoddington House, in her I5tlij
vcar, Anna Maria, eldest dau. of Wm.J
Lumley Sclater, esq.

.^ept. 4. At Woodlands, Charlct]
Short, esq.

Sept. 9. Eliziibeth, relict of 1^6XB!>e
Brown, e*'\. vli ^c<i2t»ca\v^\\-\«jft..

I

AtlWE>w,M

OaiTCAkv.

COct:

ST

ir Lj»Hcloii, ascd K
ilaacer. vcuod and

Jkif. 16. At SoolkuBptoii. ■< OK
~ (f^. Mn. Soain Biddidpii,
nT Sir Tbrophiliis Bidditlpb,
, «r Bitburr lia)]. Wam .

8^. IK. At SouihMs. G«oige

Qdhckvi c«^. I«tc Cdiiuin in tlie Kin^

DftMon Guard*. Cln and youiigcst aon

efCwB hie John Quicke, ciq. of Netrton

DcTon.

».— jl»y. 9. At her brother'*

in the ('lose, lier^ford, Anne

fottOfest dan. of the lBt« Rev.

Hi^h Morgan, D.D. formerly Canon

Rcndeniianr.

Lmtetf. At Hereford, ^cd Tl.Capt. A.
Baker, formerly in tbe cavalry serrice of
tbc lion. £. 1. C.

Ac Calverhill, aged 80. James VTbit.
ncy, r»<i. Lieut.- Col. of the Nwrtb Herc-
fordsUiie 3lilitJa, and many yrvn Alajor
of tbe C/OUiity Uc^^'lar Militia.

Stjil. 13. At Kington, G. Collis, rsq.
fonncrly of Birmingbam, and late of Wor-
rcster and Leamington. He wus visiting
his brother-in-law, J. Muscott, esq. of
Wv»tun Bury, near Pt'Oibridgc, and had
drivrn in the morning into Ktngtoii,
when, on hi» return, he full dead from
tlic box ot hit carriA|^.

llktirs, — Aug. 29. Mary-Annc,
youngest dan. of Freocis Sapte, esq. of
C«»dicote^iodgc.

Srpt. 13. At bcr residence. Locklcyc,
aged 13, Elizabeth Maria, widow of Sir
George Shce, Burt.

Kr.NT. — Laltly. At Canterbury, iiged
&% Robert Chisbolin, e»)|. M.l>. '

Sif]it. 3. At Raiuji^:Hte. aj^t^d (>),
Piano, wife of George Snowden, esq.
youngest daii. of the late Sii\anu8 Grove,
e*q. of Woodford, Essex.

Sept. II. At Tunbridgc Wells, in
ber i^h year, Samh Aluriutme, wife of
1^^ Thomas Poynder, esq. of Wiinpolc-st.
^ft Stjit. 13. At bis residence, Turkey

^f Mills, Boxley, aged 77, Fuicb UuUiitg>
^^ worth, e«q.

Lahl-astrh.— Ji«/y 27. At the bouse
of J. K. Heron, esq. Svrinton Park,
JManrlicster, aged 46, tbc Rtv, R. S.
JM'All, LL.D. He was educated for the
ministry at Hoifon Acodctny. In 1615
he was railed to be the pastor of a con-
{(rfgation meeting in tlie Mi '■''
Sunday School, and in a few \

Ilound ti. ■'•-•"■ ' - >-t'! : '
for I III- .
tiiiii. I
til' .iiiil <.<Uirr

Jj" jBit on ibu

occasion. He ronnned tirrlrc yean in
AiardesficM, and removed to libiw4i«sU>r
in IWT. No death anonRit Dtaaotdi^
MiiUBtvn bas ocvaaioned so deqi a ntn-
n(ion since that of the lamented BIr.
S|icncer, of Liverpool.

Avg. 20. At Mancbcsttr, suddenly,
of apoplexy, aged 54-, Richard Smith, esq.
of Rusholme. He left hi> ' it r.

feci health to wa)k to hi!< in

Piccadilly. Ue vrss one ul .... .....Ijcre

of a very large family left by Mr. Smith,
of tbe (^d*<staUished and opulent bouAe
of Smith and In^le, tbe M'elUknoivn
paper makers. His father died in a
similar way about twenty years ago.
He has left a son and two dan^ibters.

Auf.'ia. At Pcnketh Hall. Waver,
tree, the residence of her 6on-in-law John
Woolrigbt, esq. in berGOth year, the wife
of Wm. Tuppcn, e-<)q. of Reading.

Sept. 6. At Oldham, aged 75, Mr.
John Knight, a well-known advocate of
ICadicHl Refunn. He was a promini^l
supporter of the views of Hunt and hia
party in tbe eventful period of lbl!>, and
was ttvice imprisoned for bis share in tito
political transactions of that unhappy
period. In bis latter days he became nii
extensive dealer in political publications,
and nboiit six months ago woh uppointed
treasurer ot the poor-rates of the town-
ship of Oldham.

Stfl. 8. Aged 38, Anno, wife of
William Marth^U, esq. of Peawoitbtm
Lodge.

Lincoln*. Aug, 10. At Drunting'-

thorpe rectory, aged 23, George Lionel
Bridges Freeman, esq. B.A. ol Caius
college, (Vmbridgc.

St})t. '.i. At the vicarage, Morton,
ncur Bourn, in bcr 8;fd year, Elizabeth,
wife of the Kev. Samuel Hopkiniion.

MiUDi.ESEX. — Sept. 1. At Hadlcy,
aged 5H, Mrs. Vere, of Berkeley square,
daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Lucas and
aunt to the Rev. R. Lucas, of Editb-
weston, Rutland.

Stpt 3. At the rectory, Islcwortli,
aged 74, Mias Mary Douglas.

MoNMoiTit. — Mrs. Henry Talbot,
wife ot the Rector of Mitrhcll Troy.

Salop. — Aug. 31. At St, John'«
liiU, Shrewsburv, aged t\. lienry Beck,
esq. son of the late Peter Beck, esq.

Somerset. — Attg. 13. At Upton, near]

Rath, Ijswson Hurle«tf>ii, i^q. r>t a fnnii* ,

-. iiown and n ■ 'iVhCj

:id, bill now

:». Al Bi.'

;iy, the In-

I ^ht Rev. I'f. ..,,. _. .

o| Unstol, and of Mr. Giaj, 9i

C«t)-.

p

Aug. 20. At Bath, nged 82, Jubn
HiHtke Urcen, e*(\. Intc of iU'ttiling, uiid
fviincrly of Fislierton-Aiigcr, SnlUlmiy.

Auy. 5K). At Weston-supcT-Mnrc, aged
78, MichHL'l Burke, esq. oi Ballydugaii,
cv. (Jnhvay,

Srjil. W. At LyncoinlH,'> Bath, Slostyii
JoiiCR, esq. son of the laic ilcv. TboiDOJ
Jones, of Redhind, D.D.

.V«y/. 13. In ht-r 03rd year, Latttia,
relict of James Sparrow, c*q. of Flux
Bourtoii.

Sejit. Ik At Oar»ton House, Frome,
uged 13, John Charleton Ycatin»n, esq.
snr|;ciin.

Siirroi.K. — Au^.'23. At Earl Sofaain,
ngrd tW, Snruli, wife of C. WisLnw, esq.,
lormorly of Gr»y8 Inn.

Any. 3(1. At New House, Pakcribam,
the residence of the Rev. Siiriiig Cas-
borne, aged 83, Mrs. Martha Ilntch,
d«ui{hter of the l«te Henry Enilyn, esq.
Architect, F.A.S. of Winder, and wi-
dow of the Rev. Oeorjfc Avery Hatch,
Heetor of St. Matthew's, Friday-street,
and sister of the late Mrs, LofFt, of Troa*
toil Hall.

Lately. At Walton, aged 85, Eliza,
wiJe of the Rev. W. Cantlow, of btrel-
ford, Canob.

Surrey. — Juty II. At Brocktiam-
lod^e, Dorking, in bis 93rd year, (Japt.
Chnrlesi Morris, the celebrated lyric bard.
Many of his convivial songs will live, and
much that he ought not to have written
Is already forgotten. Ho >vas an agree-
able companion, whose society in early
nnd middle life was much coveted and
rcliiibed by those who had the opportuni-
ty of its enjoyment.

Aug, 15. At yVddleston, aged 71, Mr,
Willium Ridley, for 25 ycai$ an inbnbit-
Rut of that tillage, formerly an eminent
engraver.

Aug. %\. At Mortlake, aged 28, Juli.
ana, wife of George Tyrrel, esq. young-
est dau. of the late Thomas Porteut, esq.
of Parkbury-lodge, Herts.

Settt. 17, At Richmond, aged 26, Fre-
derick Richard, otdy son of Richard
Hallcy, of Berners-8t.

SvsRt^x. — Auy.W. At Brighton,Char.
lotle, widow of Lieut- Col. Fitzgerald,
and dau. of the late Sir Cbas. HolToway,
R.E.

Lately. At West Wittering, Anna
Maria, wife of Lieut. Macnamani, R.N.,
dau, of the late (iabnel Wynne Aubrey,
esq. formerly of Newtown, Monlgomcry-
ahirc, and late of Bath.

At Biighton, Emma, widow of the
Rev. T. R. Hooker, D.D. Vicar of Rot-
tingdean.
S^t, Q. At Brighton, ?ct«r I«ck,

esq. Ute Pritieipal Surveyor of tlie Cui-
tonis in the port of London.

Sifpl. (i. At the Rev. Riehurd Con.
stable's, Cowfold, aged 51, William Ncw-
bery, esq.

Stpt, 15. At Brighton, ag;ed 70, Sa-
muel Townsend Wright, esq. lormerly of
Clover-hill, co. Cork.

Sept. l<j. At Brighton, in his 17th
year, Cecil- Henry- Friincis, third son of
Sir Henry nnd Lady Frances (;Blder.

Warwick. — Auy. 11. Aged 63. Ed-
ward Wright, esq. of Edgbaston, late of |
Birmingham.

Aug. 14. At Baddosley Clinton, agedl
IH, ilcorielta Elizalteth, oldest daughter
of Lady Harriet and the hite Edward
Ferrers, esq.

Aug, :20. At Leamington, Agnes re*
lict of the late celebrated Dr. Fletcher,
of Fvdiiiburgh. ,

Lately. A t the house of her brother. <
in-law Mr. Buulton, of Studley, Mis«
Holyoake.

WoRCKUTEX. — Aug. \\. At Great
Malvern, Mrs. Marlumic Harrington, of I
Clifton, third and lust sur%'iving daughter i
of the late Sir James Harrington, seventh .
Baronet, and great-aunt of Sir John Ed> '
ward Harrington, the present and tenth
Buronet.

Lately. George CoUis, esq. of Wich.
enford, Worcestershire, formerly of Bir-
mingham.

Wilts.— .^ep/. 10. At Salisbury, aged
57, Caroline, widow of Alexander J>en«
mark, M.D.. R.N.

York. — Aug. 7. At Carleton Hall,
near Middlcham, aged 60, Miss Yarkcr,
eldest dau. of the lute Rev. L. Yu(ker,|
of Fingull, and of Leyburn ilall.

Aug. IL Aged 5.1, William Pilkington^j
esq. of Thome, for many vears an cmi*|
nent commissioner nnd lana-sur>-cyor.

Aug. 19. The wife of the Rev. Jainea |
Geldart, D.C.L., Rector of Kirk Deigb.
ton.

Sept. 8. At Scarborough, aged (i\>,
John Stephenson, esq.

ScoTi.ANO.— At Brawlbin, co. Caith.
ness, Mr. Donald Mackay, or CrombucI
at the patriarchial age of 108. He served
in the Reay Militia so far back as ihel
year I74>5, (the memorable one of the re<l
bellion), and was one of those engaged ini
the capture of the money which had been]
forwarded from the Continent for th«l
use of the unfortunate Prince Charle«|
Stuart. Hi; wa* the intimate friend o(
the releliratcd Rob Doun, the biird o(
Lord Reuy's country, some of whose fa.
vourite tongs he was in the babil of
chainiting within a few days of his dcatb^
Uv « as a man of «i3t««»!kTOS^^ ^^J<aw.> ' ~

I

I

i:

During the last part of his life he was
employed in selling cattle and horses,
and visited the Beuuly Market for this
purpose so late as the year 1832.

Aged 7j, Archibald Campbell, esq.
of Blytheswood, Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Renfrew.

ltLxi.AKo.—Auo.95. At Cork, in his
49nd year, John Musson Ashlin, esq. of
Carrigrenano, co. Cork, and of Mark>
lane, London.

Lately. At Dublin, aged &2, the widow
of Capt. W. Southwell, uncte to the
late Viscountess Combermere, and great-
uncle to the Countess of HiLlsborough.

In Limerick, Mrs. Colopy, relict of
Mr. J. Colopy ; of ihe same family, it is
said, from which sprung Lord Lynd-
hurst, whose father changed the name to
Copley.

Sept.ll. In Dublin, Stephen Moore,
esq. of Sapperton, Wuterford.

East Indies. — iV6r.lL At Jubbul-
poor, Lieut. Thomas Muuntsteven
Bremer, Adjutant of the 33rd Boratmy
N.I. He wa.s the son of the late Com-
mander James Bremer, and grandson t>f
Capt. James Bremer, R.N. He was
originally a Midshipman in the Royal
Navy, and nfter^vards b Lieutenant in
H.M. 5.3rd reg. A monument has been
erected over his remains at Jubbulpoor,
by bis brother offioers, to mark the high
estimation in which he was held during
the ten ycurt he bad been Adjutant of
their regiment.

Wkst Indies. — Jvne20. AtBybrook,
Jamaica, Mrs. Letitia Cox. By her own
account she was a grown-up young vro-
man at the time of the destruction of
Port Royal by an eartliqiinke, and must
therefore have been ujvwnrds of 1 GO years
of Bgc. She declared she never drank
anything but water during her whole life.
— Au old bkck woman, at Holland estate,
died 18 months ago, 140 years old. She
also declared she never drnnk anything
but water.

July 5. At Deraerara, aged 23, The-
ophilus PcUatt Richmond, M.D. son of
the late Rev. Lcgh Richmond^ Rector of
Tfirvcy, Beds.

Atiff. I. At Trinidad, in the 23rd year
of his Bge, Lieut. P. O. Need, of the
89th regiment, eldest son of LieuL-Gen.
Need of Fouatmn Dole, Notts.

AnaoAD. — April 22. At sea, off Cnpc
Ortegul, aged 17, Henry John, eldest son
of Henry liobt. Pearson, esq. of Bromp-
ton.

July 12, At Prince Edward's Island,
Caroline, wife of Henry Sbearraun, esq.
third dau. of James Bate, esq. of Exeter.

Julji 21. At his seat, Beauport, near
gucbec, v«d 77, the Hon, H. W. By-

land, brother of the late Rev. Dr. Ry-
land, of Bristol.

Jutff 27. On her passage from Bom*
bay to England, Miss Parrott, voungwt
sister of J. Parrott, of Dundridge, esq.
M.P. for Totiies.

Lately. On his passage from Deme-
rara to England, Thouuis Southey, esq.
Commander R.N. brother to the poet
laureate. He was twice wounded in ac-
tton ; first, when serving as midshipman
on board the Mars 74, at the capture of
the Hercule, April 21, 1798; and again »
when Lieutenant of the Bellona 7'^, at
the battle of Copenhagen, April 8, 1801.
He obtained the rank of Commander in
l&II.

Drowned by the swamping of a boat,
with Cai>t. Btenkinsopp and two men,
Sir John William Jeffcott, the judge of
the new colony of South Australia. He
was a M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin;
was called to the bar at the Middle Tem-
ple, Feb. 10, 182«; and knighted May 1,
1833, on being appointed Chief Justice
at Sierra Leone. Just before his depar-
ture from England, his name was brought
before the public in a melancholy way,
hn\nng been challenged to a duel by Dr.
Hennis, of Exeter, who fell iti the con-
test; and it is remarkable that the news
of Sir John JeScott's dettth arrived in
that city on the IStb May, the anniversary
of that of Dr. Honnis.

At Paris, Count Anatole de Talley.
rand, the son of M. de Talleyrand, Am-
bassador of France in Naples in the reign
of Louis XVI.

At Nice, William Woodley, esq. Com-
mander R.N. He jiassed his examina-
tion in March 1812, and was promoted to
the rank of Commander in 181(), after
serving in the Royal Charlotte yacht, in
attendance on the Princess Charlotte of
Wales, at Weymouth.

Aug. 2. At Boulogne, Frances-Mary
Vetictia Digby, dnii. of K. H. Digby,
esq. cousin to Earl Digby.

At Boulogne, Augusta, eldest dau. of
Christ, Richard Nugent, esq.

Aug. 3. At Paris, John Cbonnon,
esq. of Park-st. Grosvenor-sq.

Auy. 4v At Boulogne, aged W, Philip
Thomas Gardner, esq. of Connington-
house, Cambridgeshire ; whither his body
was brought for interment.

Auy. G. At Zonte, Stephen Dawson,
of Albein&rle-st. esq^oungest son of the
lateWm. Dawson, of Turnham-grecn, esq.

Aug. I4r. At New York, Mr. Lewer,
the publisher of the American edirion of
the English Magazines and Reviews.
He was one of the original proprietors of
the London Atbentcnm, and we believe
of the Sphinx newspaper and tbe Qri«n-

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tal MagMcine. During his midoice in
America, he has been employed in the
re-publication of the English Magazines,
and bad reduced that business, with the
aid of steam-presses and steam-narin^
tion, to BO well-ordered a system, that
the public have received these periodicals
within a month of their original appear,
ftnce in Great Britun.

Aug. 23. At Boulogne, aged 50, Thos.
2nd son of Th(M. Prichard, esq. of Ross,
Herefordshire.

8tpt. 2. At Nice, aged 45, Thomas
Pickering Robinson, esq. eldest son of
the late John Robinson, esq. formerty of
Hull, and afterwards of Field House,
near Buriington.

45S

Sept. 3. At Brussds, aged fil, Ralph
NicDolson, esq. of Wyndham-pl. Bryui«
stone-square.

Sept. 9. At Milan, aged 43, Lady
Elizabeth, wife of Oeoige QraavUle Har-
court, esq. M.P. for (nfOTdshiie. She
was tiie eldest child of the present Eail
of Lucan, by Lady Elizabeth Bellasyse
(previously Duchess of Norfolk) ; was
married in 1815, and had issue an only
child, now Lady Norreys. Her lady,
ship, in company with her brother, Lwd
Bingham, ana his lady, had been present
at the coronation in the Duomo, and on
her return to her hotel she was attacked
by fever, under which she sank, after
only two days' illness.

BILL OF MORTALITY, from Aug. 28 to Sep. 25, 183&

Christened.
Males 812\,^r,
Females 839/*"***

Buried.
Males 643
Females 655

1 1298

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Whereof have died under two years old.. .331 pq

2 and 5 151 I

5 and 10

69

10 and 20

60

20 and 30

87

30 and 40 122

40 and 50 123

50 and 60 123
60 and 70 122
70 and 80 77
80 and 90 28
90 and 100 1

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, Sep. 21.

Wheat

». d.
72 2

Bariey.
f. d.
33 11

Oats
t. d.
23 10

Rye.
f. d.
38 6

Beans.

i. d.
40 8

Peas.
«. d.

37 5

PRICE OF HOPS, per cwt. Sep. 22.

Kent Pocketo 3/. 0#. to 7/. 0#.— Sussex 31 6#. to 51 lOr.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, Sep. 22.

Smithfield, Hay, 31. Of. to 51. ISr.— Stnw, 1/. 16». to 21. 4#.— Clover, 3/.3». to 61. Hit.

SMITHFIELD, Sep. 21 . To sink the Offid— per stone of Slbs.

"• - -• Lamb 4«. 6d. to 6». 6rf.

Head of Cattle at Maricet, Sep. 21.

Beasts 945 Calves 209

Sheep & Lambs 2,872 Pigs 317

COAL MARKET, Sep. 21.
Walls Ends, from 18». Oi to 24#. Od. per ton. Other sorts from I6(. 6d. to 22i. Od.
TALLOW, per cwt— Town TaUow, 56*. 6d. YeUow Russia, 54i. 6d,
CANDLES, St. OA per doz. Moulds, 9$. 6d.

Beef. 2*. 6d. to 4f.

Mutton .....3s. Od. to 4r.

Veal 3«. 8d. to 5*.

Poik 3#. lOd. to it.

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8d.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, Bbothebs, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Comhill.

Birmingham Canal, 221. Ellesmere and Chester, 80,---GrMid Juncdon,

200. -Rennet and Avon, 26J. Leeds and Liveroool, 670.—- Rgent s, 16^

Rochdale, 104. London Dock Stock, 60. St Katharine's, 106.---EB«t

and West India, 108. Liverpool and Manchester R«lwav, «». Grand Junc-
tion Water Works, 62. West Middlesex, 95. Globe Insurance, 14^.

Guardian, 35*. Hope, 5J. Chartered Gas, 54*.-— Imperial Gas, «|.— -

PhoHiix 0^^221. Independent Gas,4«. General Umted Gas, 29. CanaAi

Land Company, 29. Reversionary Interest, 133.

For Pxices of all othei Shares inqoue a& «\>Qise.

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THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

NOVEMBER, 1838.

By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gbnt.

CONTENTS. FAo.

MiNOB CoRRicRPONOENCE. — Defoc's " Preparation for the Plafrue " — JohnsoB*t
" Certain Troubles," &c.— Inscriptions at Gainford Church, Durham— Tb*
abundance of Roman Coins — Roman Antiquities at Winchester 458

Waaokk'b Works or Art and Artists is England , . . . . 45^

On Paradoxes : Cicero ; the Greek Sophists ; Erasmus ; Heinsius ; Berkeley ;
Hardouin ; J. J. Rousseau ; H. C. Agrippa ; Clarkson ; Feerlkamp ; Lieut.-

Col. Mitchel, and his Character of Napoleon 472

The H6trl de Cluny, a.t Vaxia (with a Plate) 483

Almanac-Makers : John Partridge ; John Gadbury ; Vincent Wing ; Richard

Saunders ; tec. &c 486

Glossary to the Zetland Dialect 489

Expenses at Eton College, temp. Philip and Mary : . . • 490

The Creation and Oath of a Herald at Arms . .. ^ .....; 491

Destruction of the Nave of St. Mary's Orery, South«rark 492

On the wordTasdo on British Coins 493

On fhe proposed Monument to Chattcrton at Bristol 494

On a Roman ticket of freestone found in North Wiltshire (wilh a Cut) 495

Monument to Sir FVancis Preeling, Bart, at Bristol 496

Translation of the Ode on Athelstan's Victory at Brnnanburgh t^.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.— Middle-Aoe Latin Poetry. Collections

of Grimm and Haupt, Hilarius, — John de Garlande 500

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Hiatorieal and Genealogical Account of the Clan Maclean, 505. — Perceval's
Acooont of the Misfortunes of the Dauphin, SOB. — Mant's Discourses on
the Church and her Ministration, 511. — Irons's Lectures on the Apostoli-
cal Succession, 512. — The Pictorial History of England, 513. — Scatcherd'a
Memoirs of Eugene Aram, 516. — Aristotle's Ethics, by Brewer, 519. —
Hue's Public and Private Life of the Ancient Greeks, 520. — Sanctuary
Bt{B;S«ter8 of Durham and Beverley, 5!21. — Miscellaneous Reviews.. ...... 524

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.
New Publications. 526. — Surtees Society, 528. — London University, Hud-
derafield College, Tiverton School, Kensington and Westminster Literary
Institutions, the MSS. of the Library of Berne, &c. &c 529

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES. — Mr. Spry on the etymology of Truro,
531. -.-Sepulchral Stones found at Hartlepool (with a Cut), 536.— Roman
HandmiU found at Halifex, &e. &c 536

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.— Foreign News, 537 ; Domestic Occurrences 538
Promotiimi, Births, 541 ; Marriages 542

OBITUARY t with Memoirs of Lord Carrington ; Lord Famham ; Rt. Hon.
Sir John NichoU ; Dr. Jolly, Bishop of Moray ; Sir Henry Oxenden, Bart.
Adm. Sir Pulteney Malcolm, G.C.B. ; Capt. the Hon. George Douglas,
R.N.; Lt.-Col. Crookshank, K.H. ; General Flinter; Rowland Bnrdon,
Esq.; Rev. Dr. Barnes; Archdeacon Corbett; Baron Hume; Baron F.
Cuvier ; Alexander Aikman, Esq. ; James Gordon, Esq. ; Mr. Samuel

Woodward ; Miss A. F. Byrne ; Mr. Samuel Terry 545—559

Clbboy Deceased, &c. &c ^'^^

Bill of Mortality— Markets— Prices of Shans, 5©! .— ^etwKoVj^cA "OVm^ —

Stoclu ...- ^^*

Embemshed with « view of the H^tbi. ob CtTJUX , "? k^w \ He.

458

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

Me. Urbak, mUrOcf.G.

1 HAVE this moment peniMd the
letter of jonr Corres}>OL<iont Mr. Junes
Cro»sley, in the Ust number of the
Gentleman's Magaiine, and would hef
through you to refer him to the volume
of your vork for the year 1825, April *nd
Jnly, where are to be found some ex-
tracts from the very curious and intere»t-
iag volume* which he mentions. They
are there communicated by Mr. W. Ha-
milton Reid, but that gentleman does not
state the source whence be derived them.
Some of these ertracU hare nbo been
transferred from your pages to those of
the Youth's Magazine, which may be
deemed *u additional evidence of tbc in-
teresting nature of the volume.

1 would *Ute for the satisfaction of
anch of your readers as may not be able
to obtain a sight of the original work,
which is extremely scarce, that the larger
and bv far the more interesting portion
of the work w«» rejiublished with notea
and obiservations by the late Rev. John
Scott of Hnll. under tbe title of *■ Nar-
ratives of Two Families exposed to the
Great FUpie of London, .\.f>. 1(J65 ; with
conterw»rions on religious preparation for
Pestilence." Seeley, 1h;V.'. ITiis passed
through two editions in the same year.
It was my impression that Mr. Scott had
stated it as his opinion in hi* preface to
the •* Narratives," that Defoe was the
author of the work. I find, howe»er.
that he has not. I have more than once
heard him state that such was his con-
viction.

I have by me the copy of the work
vvUich tlic late Mr. Scott 'possessed, and
1 have KPcn another copy in a private li-
brwy in London, which had evidently be-
longed to the family of Defoe; two of
their names appearing on the title-page
with the date (I believe) of tbe vfry )t>ir
iu n-bich the w'>rk was publiuhed.

Ynurs, iLc. Jonx Scqtt.

l.vacisiTOU cannot discovi
the Briii»h Mu.seuro, at iht I
in other public libraries, a vi'i ■■■ u..
book quoted iu Whiit-'s t>i»co»xry of

Pr ^ il'iOi, 4to.^ and entitled, in

1 of p. I J, "-^ Diicourtt nf

r f nihUt and Ksnim. ij^." by

•' G. J." The author wa* Ukoace
Jonv«»o»»; and the tract relates to the

r ■ ' ' ■'

W. of Darlington eoTOronnicatei the two
following curious English iuscnptiona on
the bells of Gainford Church, co. Dor-
ham, inquired for in our vol. V. p. 2 : —

" I" bclL-|-S.'VV>-T CWTBSRT SAF WS

VNOWKar [unhurt?]

^ bell. -\-\- HELP KABJ aWOD ROQRR
OF BYBKBBV."

Tliis Roger of Kirkby was instituted Vicar

of Gainford in 1401. The following is ■

more correct copy of hii epitaph than tliat

above referred to : —

Hicjacpt faumatus Roijer Kyrkby uociUlus

TeropU p'tolHs erat litni;* iiilitnUtn>

Orel quisq' ileo meinor ut sil eius misereniio

Crimina tergeoJo p'cal uliiij' reo-

The third bell Ls modem, made by " S. S.
Ebor. Klii," and inscribed with the
names of the churchwardens of that date.
Mr. Manoi.v remarks: — " The ijuaa-
tity of Roman coiua exhumed in Britain,
i»,'hterally. incalculable in some jvarta of
the west of England, a* well «« in the
nortlt ; so great, that the pieces have no
price. I wish to inijuire. How came
they to be thus di^puscd of? Some
have imagined that they were flung down
0.S offerings to the thadcs of the dewl :
some, that they were lost by the owners
through accident, or let fall in the hurry
and perplexity attending the enforced de.
pariure of the Roman.s from Britain!
They have been suppo.'ied, by others, to
be the content* of shop-till«, or of the
money chests of mercantile j->er»ons. Like. ,
wise it has been thought that they were 1
thrown away as being umIus, and noi
longer currency at the commencement of]
each new imperial rcicn. But were thi:f [
the fact, (Surely the material of which Iher'
arc chiefly composed might (and, no
doubt, woidd) have been recast. I ha»e
often put these queries and positions to
various reflecting and deeply learned per>.J
sons Jn Hsfh. especiallv to Mr. Hab-

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Invuur oi a salitlactory expliuiatiun."

By nn llliititcDlioiiuI iiiul->iun. m- iirva
lerted to tuitice ll.
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THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

Works of Art and Artists in England. By G. F. Waagen, Director of
the Royal Gallery at Berlin. 3 vols. Murray, 1838.

WE consider this work, as relates to the fine arts in England, and
particularly to painting, to be one of the most important which has
been published. The author. Dr. Waagen, as his translator observes,
unites a profound knowledge of the subject, with such an accuracy of
judgment, refinement of taste, and nicety of discrimination, as claim the
highest respect for his opinions, delivered as they are with a conscientious
impartiality, and an enthusiastic love and admiration of all that is beau-
tiful and noble in the whole dommn of the fine arts. Dr. Waagen also
derives no small advantage from his being a foreigner, coming to the cri-
tical survey of our possessions in art, with a mind totally uninfluenced by
the force of long received and established opinions } and without any pre-
jndices to mislead, any caprices or fashionable opinions to submit to, or
any fear of giving offence to the possessor, which so often imi)air8 our
confidence in the judgment of the critics of our own country. Dr.
Waagen confesses that, though Mr. Smith proves himself, in his excel-
lent Catalc^e Raisonnde, to be a refined connoisseur, yet that many of
his opinions on pictures to which he cannot assent, proceed more from
regard to their possessors,* than from want of better judgment. We
must add also, that all the judgments in Dr. Waagen's letters were formed
on the spot, and committed to paper before the freshness and force of the
impressions were impaired. Dr. Waagen brought to this country such
recommendations, from the hand of royalty itself, as to ensure the civility
of the " surly porter," and to throw back the hinges which too reluctantly
open to the amateurs of our own country, and reveal the noble treasures
which princely wealth has collected, with a yet more princely and en-
lightened munificence and liberality; assuredly to more than one of onr
nobles, may be applied the praise which that fine scholar P. Yictorius
applies to Cosmo de Medicis, the Duke of Florence. — " Supellectilem
illam egregiam relictam sibi a majoribus, suis diligenter servare, et semper
aliquos studios^ conquisitis et magnis sumptibus paratos, ipsis addere,
multosque et omnium lectissimos illi civibus suis, cupiditatis hujus rcc-
tissimae explendse desiderio flagrantibus passim dari." Wc trust that ia
England our picture galleries, the knowledge of whose treasures are not
only gratifying to the curiosity of the public, but necessary to the im-
provement of the student, will not be liable to a sarcasm, similar to that
which called the libraries of some wealthy Italians, not jitftXtodt'iKas but
fitfi\ioTa<ftovs. To the possessors themselves, the admission of scientific
and enlightened persons to view and judge of their collections, will always
be of the highest value. No individual judgment, however estimable or
renowned, is implicitly to be trusted, in matters requiring such delicacy
of feeling, accuracy of eye, and extension of knowledge. We all know

* Catalogue Raiaonnte of the Woiks of the moat exauttiQ!C'D>iiX)^'i'lV«mui&.^ vo^
French Paiuters. 8ro. 7 volt. Bj John Snath.

-I t<0 Waageu's Jrt aiiJ JrtUls i« England. QNov.

the o\lraorJiiiary ovidoiitv given by Mr. Payne Knight, at once a scholar
nntl xirttioso of tlie first rank, on the Elgin Marbles } we know tlie mistake
of the (u'm ciigraveJ by Pistrucci, and purchased as an antique by the
same {H^rson } uc know that the authority of the two greatest painters
in Kngland. iudneed Mr. Angerstv-in to give a large price for a pseudo'
iVrregio ; and that the most extensive and h>ngest experience will not
sorure tlio critic fn>in partial errors, to which, as Dr. Waagen justly
oi>«TTe5, the frame of mind, and more or less leisure in viewing a work
of an. and even the light and situation in which it is placed, will have
gr^Mt inllucnco in the formation of an opinion. Dr. Waagen jiosscsses
the true character of Cicrman frankness and simplicity ; he seems always
actuated by the love of truth, as alone leading to the advancement
of art : and we are pleased to find that when he gave, as his prin-
ciples obliged him to do, an unfavourable character of a picture, pre-
viou»l\ highU cstccmcil by its possessor, — when he plucked the borrowed
splendour of the plumage from it, — when he erased the long-cherished
uauio fioiu the cat.kK>gnc. — his knowledge and his impartiality bccurcd him
fioui oiToucc. Fiom more than one. whose galleries he visited, he seeiued
to n'ccixc the same houe>t and plain avoAal which IIenr\' the Fourth
of Kr.uuv ni.ulo to the great Casaubon, wlien he a]>i)ointed hiui librarian.
— •• t^uil xoul.iit »ju'il fut en sa lihrarie. qu'il verroit ses beaux livrcs, ct
Iki i.'iV.-i'; tN- ^■;.; c.'iii; .Jt^Iiins, ou il ncHtendait rirn."

Tl.e chief object of Dr. Waagen's in<|uiry :'.nd ob$en'atiou in England,
xtits iu our collections of pictuies; but liis observations on the kindred
arts of sculptuie and archittcture arc ci)ually worthy of attention. W'c
will thetvlotc in the first place sh.ow our readers how the later architec-
tun* of oar me!rv^(H>Us apj>ears thrvugh the i>risni of the foreign critic,
whwM' c\cs ha;i Ixvn accu>tomctl to the classical buildiuirs of Berlin and
Munich:

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1838.]

Waagen's Art uHd Artittt in England.

461

Dnke of York's colnmh, with ita naked
ahaft, which, betides, has not the adran-
tage of the Entasis, haa a very mean,
poor appearance. If the immense anma
expended in architectural abnormities
had always been applied in a proper man-
ner, London most infollibly hare been
the handsomest city in the world. I
most, however, add, that several build-
ings are honourable exceptions; among
the older ones, I would only men-
tion Somerset House, which, by its sim-
ple proportions, corresponding with its
great extent, produces the effect of a regal
palace; and of modem buildings, the
new Post-Office, built by the younger
Smirke, the exterior and interior of
which, in elegant Ionic order, has a noble
effect."

we know, first came into use among the
Romans, a people who, with respect to
the gift of invention in the arts and in
matters of taste, always appear, in com-
parison with the Greeks, as half-barba-
rians. The very idea of insulating the
column proves that the original destinai-
tion, as the supporting member of a
building, was wholly lost sight of. Be-
sides this, the statue placed on it, though
as colossal as the size of the base will
allow, must appear little and puppet-like
compared with the column ; and the fea-
tures, the expression of the coimtenance,
the most important designations of the
intellectual character of the person com-
memorated, are wholly lost to the spec-
tator. In Tnyan's pillar, the bas-reliefs
on the shafts give at least the impression
of a lavish profusion of art; but tliis

Wc have said that we conceive Dr. Waagen's taste aud connoisaearehip
to be of a very high order: hia eye very quick aud discriminating,
and knowledge of art extensive and profound. It would therefore be
unpardonable were we to pass over without extract some parts of bis
observations on the Elgin Marbles, though at the expense of other speci-
mens of art : but the modern receptacles of art possess nothing ap-
proaching to these divine works, the bright consummate flow of the finest
genius of the most refined and mature sera. In these wonderful sculp-
tures, of the higher imaginative and abstract nature, the ideal is seen
in its true character and perfection, in all the wisdom of form, purity of
taste, and flow of grace, beauty, and elegance. Here the mind of the
spectator is addressed by the grandeur of the thoughts, and the simple
energy of the expression ; here may be seen all that ancient art could com-
bine, and modern has not been able to effect ; — purity without drj'ness,
grace without affectation, nobleness without pomp, and richness of inven-
tion that is inexhaustible. Indeed, in these and works like these, which
baffle all anidysis, criticism has nothing but to admire, and art to emulate.

Kpivtiv OIK mtotxt dojui Itpya /Sporotac
ndvra yip Upa ravra Koi aBia.

" ' Thus, then,' said the admiring artist
as he traversed that awful vestibule which
contains the gigantic crystallisation of
primeval civilisation , where we either shew
the granite statues of the Memnonium,
and the colossal monuments of the age of
Sesostris, and of the ancient capital of
Egypt, — 'thus, then, I behold, face to
face, those monuments which came from
the work-room and many from the hand
of Phidias liimself, which the ancients
themselves most highly extoUed, of which
Plutarch says they exceeded all others by
their magnitude, and by their beauty and
grace were inimitable. The thought that
the greatest and most accomplished men
of antiqnity, Pericles, Sophocles, Socrates,
Plato, Alexander the Great, and Ccaar,
dwelt with admiration on these vrorka, dif.
Aued arer tbcw; in my eyts» « B«w idUnn,

and heightened the enthusiastic feeling
with which I was penetrated. • • • •
I never, perhaps, found so great a diffe-
rence between a plaster cast and a marble
as in these Elgin Marbles. The Pcntellc
marble, of which they are formed, haa a
warm yellowish tone, and a very fine and
at the same time a clean grain, by which
these sculptures have extraordinary ani-
mation, and ]>eculiar solidity. The block,
for instance, of which the ftunous horse's
head is made, has altogether a bony ap-
pearance, and its sharp flat treatment has
a charm of which the plaster-cast gives no
notion. It produces the impretsion, as if
it were the petrified original horse that
issued from the hand of the God, ttom
which all real hortes have^ttniMtnNsN^

462

\A'aageu'8 Ari and Artists in England.

[Nov.

eqjoyed among tite ancients as a sculptor
of horse*. Tliis lieod, as well as all the
statnes from the two pcdimeuts of the Par-
thenon, of which, partly from the import-
ance of the place thoy occupy, partly from
the beauty of the work, it may be assuraetl,
with the greatest probability, that they
are from the hand of Phidias liiniself,
aland iu a long line in the mi<ldle of the
hall, in the order [iu] which it is partly
conjectured they were originally ranged.
As the window is immediately over them,
they unfortunately do notaftord any con-
trast of decided nius»c-s of Light and
shade. The statues from the Easitern
pediments, in which the birth of Minen'a
was represented, follow from the angle
of the left of the Hpectator, riMug to the
centi-c in the following manner : — Hy-
perion with two horse* of his car, lising
from the Ocean : the statue of the re-
posing Theseng, of muscalar form, full of
youthful energy and healthy vigour ; the
two sitting divinities railed Ceres and
Proserpine, cstreiucly noble in the
contour, attitude, and drapery ; a fe-
male figure in rapid motion, called Iris,
of which uo cast has yet been token —
the momcntai'y effect of motion in the
funica and flying inautle is'' wonder-
fully natural nn<l bold ; the tori>o of a
Yictory, of which likewise no cast has
been taken : the folds of the draper)',
which is closely fitted, are of finer ma-
terials than in all the others. At this
place, where the height of tlie pediment
was the greatest, were the two principal
figures of Jupiter and Pallas, who had
just sprung from the head of Jupiter, and
that of Hephestion ; all of which are en-
tirely lost. .Several of the statues belong-
ing to the other half of the pediment are
likewise wanting, for here immediately
follow the fine group of the three ParciB
reposing, and the celebrated horse's head
which belonged to the Car of Night sink-
ing into the Ocean. •••*••
The peculiar excellence which diKtin-
gtiishes the works of the Parthenon from
almost all other sculpture of antiquity
arises chiefly, in my opinion, from the
jusl balance which they bold in all rc^iiectit
between the earlier and later productions
of Art. Sculpture was in Egypt, as well
as in Greece, .a daughter of Architecture.
In Kgypt, the motber never released her

I from the strictest subordination, tbc
(freatest dpj>e»denoc : in Greece, on tl»C
Otlier hand, .Sculpture, nfter a very Mlmi-
lar long cflucatjou, * 1 ur-

I

uhc was

, .. .: aj inolhct,

'a to the latttt period of KuUt^uilj -,

bat In the earliest time alie still elimg to
her with the greatest filial attachtnent.
To this period ihe sculptures of the Par-
thenon belong ; the general arrangement
is still determined entirely by the archi-
tecture, and even the several groups cor-
n\>ipond, as masses, with architectural
symmetry ; but in the execution of them
there is the greatest freedom in manifold
diversities and contra.sls of the atti-
tudes, which are so easy, unconstrained,
nnd natural, (hat we might believe that
the architecture had been adopted as a
frame for the sculptures, and not, on the
contrary, the sculptures suited to the
architecture. Nor was it only in the
local arrangement, but also in the con-
ception of the subject, that architecture
had an influence ; for in nil circumstances,
even in those which occasion the most
lively expression of {vassion and reflection,
OS, for instance, in the combats of the
Greeks and Centaurs in the Metopes,
these re<|uisites are most delicately com-
bined with 0 certain calm dignity and so-
lemnity. It is in this prevalence of the
citment of architecture as the predomi-
nating law in general, with the greatest
freedom and animation in the single jMrts,
that the peculiar sublimity of these mnna-
ments consists. But they derive their
highest charm, like the poems of Homer,
from their simplicity. As the authors of
them, by the enthusiastic endeavour to
treat their subjects with the greatest
possible perspicuity and beauty, had at-
tained the most profound study of Nii>
tare, and an absolute comntand of all the
means of representing their ideas, and
liiid then by thrown aside every thing con-
ventional in earlier art, it never oceuncd
to them to use these advantages except
for these objects. Nothing was more re-
mote from their minds tlian, as in subse-
quent times, to display and make a show
of them for their own sake. Hence all
the characters of the bodies ore so per-
fectly adapted to the subjects ; hence in
all the motions such simple natural grace.
l''rpiany rare is the refined mannej- in
which the imitation of Nature, of which
the noblest models have cvrrywherc been
selected, i<> coiubincd with the cnndilions
necessary to produce the due effect in
Art. The cjcecution is so ;'•■•'' M.iii
even the veins and foldv ul re

ri-pirsented, by which the i , i of

truth to nature is pioduieJ in a very high
degree : yet ell is so 'rtibtmlinnfc tn the
main > .1,^^

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■^Vaagcn's Art and ArlUta tn Enghnd.

Am

greatest sbarpness and precision ! where,
on the contrary, the larger muscles a|t<
pear, they nrc kept, in<Ie«d, still and flat,'
bat at the same time their softness and
eUsticify are reprceented in the most sur-
prising mooner."

general ones of later ages. The healthy
energy and life which these forms breathe,
have, hi'gides, a particular foundation in
the decided contrast of the management
of the more solid and the softer parts.
Where veins and sLnewB are seen under
tiie skin, they are indicated with the

These observations, Mc think, are very profound audjasl, and for met
upou a wide and accurate knowledge of the whole history of Art ; and it
well may be a subject of national congratulation that we possess, how-
ever mutilated, such monuments of, jjcrhaps, the noblest art invented by
man, in the lera of its very highest perfection, when a knowledge
what was attainable by .\rt was fixed, and a power of execution added jj
when, correcting the inistakea of an earlier age, it was known that it U
the province of Art to imitate " non res, sed !>imiUtudinc6 reriiru ;" when il
discerned that throngli resemblances and analogies, instead of bare copiei
and imitations, all the moral qualities and all the intellectual ideas might
be rendered sensible ; and as the bcc by its own talent elaborates its necta
from the flower, so the sculptor must aim at reaching from their various
individual forms that perfect model, which Nature, however thwarted, is
always endeavouring to attain, and must sacrifice an illusion of the senses to
the approbation of the reason and the judgment. The theories which the
Greeks formed on the essential nature and capabilities of their art were
perfect ; and perfect, as far as human genius extends, were the produc-
tions which distinguished their happiest and earliest days : — but there \\i
marble in the quarry, and that of a?therial texture, even in their later days ;
thence sprung "the statue that enchants the world," and thence thati
one of rival excellence, and of severer and more majestic beauty, gazini
on which, the spectator feels as if soiuething of the grace, the graodenri
the divine character had passed ivithin him ; as if he could sympathis
with the indignnDt anger of the God, and partake of his triumphant joy.

*fl* IIoAAftii' m itoktI t^tivtrai, dXX' orir IvffKot
'Or fiiv idrj, (ttyat ofror,

Wc must extract a few words on the subject of the Metopes iu thl
same collection :

" These Metopes have a very surprising
eftect ia the strong light ivhich falls ob-
liquely upon them from above. The ar-
ticle 'Basso Relievo' in the Penny Cy.
clnpisdin publi-hed heie, the author of
which manifests the most acute know-
ledge of the art, contains the best ac-
counts of these metopes, as well as of the
bas-reliefs of the cella of the temple, that
1 have met with, so llint I hare found my
own observations confirmed and com-
pleted. I will therefore extract some re-
marks from it. 'Tlic representation of
combats, which her*>, as in moi^t other
inifan<'c*, are choiffn for the onisment of
)' Ml

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and at the aaiuc time a medium iietwwn

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both. Snch a group, too, Tery completely
Ailed the space allotted to it in a nata
manner. As these sculptures were coi
nccted with the great members of til
outer pillars and entablacure, it wi
necessary that they should produce
strong effect. This was attained bv givL
them a very high relief approacbing tfl
the round, for by the strong shadow which*
fell ujwn the back -ground, they were de-
cidedly brought forward. At the same
time it was a point of importance that the
tignrct theuisclvcs should receive tb
light lu anbrokcn as possible, and ther
fore such positions were avoided as won
have thrown cross shadows on the figurecl
and thus injured the distinctness of tb
forms. It is worthy of remark, that
Greek artist retained in the mnta^
longer thaiv ift. VVift Q^ex \»s\i, %. c*
ant\(Y>u n|[Q\» .'Viccvuft xVw^ "w^t*^* •««*■]

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Waagen's Art nnd Arttrit in Englimd.

[Nov.

intimitelf connpeted with the &rehite«-
tui*. This is cviclrntly tnie, when we

compiire them wiih iht figrtm in tbv
Iiediraenti.* "

I

Of the delicately-elaborate and beautiful frieze^ tlie author's reni.irlt*
are no less distinguiHbed for their justness nnd feeling:

" I coulil not be latinted with admiring
the nuhDeas, the animatinn, tlie bonuty
nnd the delicacy of the divers attihidct>
My ntlentiun was equally attracted by the
excellency of the workmsniiliip. As this
friexe wu at the (op of the wall in the
veitibule of the temple, it was certainly
Id the aliAile, and received tlie ittrongcst
light by reflection from the floor. To
produce iliKtinctncas under these circum>
stances, the aboTemenlioned author ob-
fcrve*. very correctly, ' It was necessary
to adopt a contrary cour»e to that chosen
for the metopes.' As a plain surface re-
ceives the light in an uniform mass, but
every projection breaks it more or less,
Phidinii, in order to make the most of the
Nciinly light, has chosen a very low re-
lief. But here again all depended on
mikking the ligures decidedly stand out
from the back-ground, which receives an

In noticing the National Gallery of Great Britain, Dr. Wongen does
justice to the collection so jiidic-iously fornicd, iinrt so rnpidty incrrasiug
through the munificence of inrlividunia ; nnd liis observations on the two
maslerpieces of the Gallcr}', are w orthy of attention. Of tlic Leonardo da
Vinci, bequeathed by Mr. H. Cair, he says, —

" This picture certainly bore the name they bear in general the wrll-kaowu

Bchooltype of Leonardo, and though the
expression of a tender melancholy is very
iittractire, yet they have not the deep «e-
rioosness, the great meaning, Mhich Leo.
nardo gave to his countenances. Lastly,
the rounding off. the perspective of the
drawing throughout, are much iielowhim,
as may be seen in spite of ilip iinfortanate

equ;: " I ■ '''' iitt-

tab; -inp

his 1.1^,11.- .r ' 'f-i-

middlc, and f<<

back-groand» I I j1

their height in right angkea to the back-
ground, from which they are by thin
meanJ) detached. In this manner a dark
shadow was produced along the external
outline, so that the figures were very
strongly marked : the outlines of such
parts of the figures as fell within the sur-
face tfaoj raised were, in order to break
this surface as little as possible, rotlier
engraved than ronnded ; and by Ihix
means, through the mass of light which
the surface receives uniformly, they ap-
peared very distinct from below, and in
the chioro-oscnro even produced the ef-
fect of greater relief."

of Leonardo da Vinci in the Aldobrandini
Collection at Rome, where it was before
the Revolution ; but no reliance is to be
plnred on such designations of early times,
unless tliey are founded on respectable
authorities, such ns that of Vasari, Mal-
tcc. Before the Revolution , and
ecinlly before the appcarunce of Lau-
sa'a work I by which Ihc many masters
of the second rank have become generally
known, and bare obtained due honour
ud rvgun), the assigning of names to
(detures was made very cosy, by classing
the.nt under a few collective names . Tbu.^ ,
for inslsni'e, what was in the known Style
of A. il' ' to him :

what wn> dcLSesto,

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ma>i\ "I '•■ ' "■-' 'I' '

i» A'luti, -'■■<•. ■■■.If;.'!!,! II . , .

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happened with fbi?

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were BniveraUlj praieeU.' This will still
appear rtrj natural to everj body who
knofrs the two pictures ; for it was not
S«<bnstiftn iilonc, hut the great M. Angelo
with hitn, who on this occasion entered
the lists ogaiut Raphael. Even if Vaaari
did nut certify it, the first glance would
teach as, that many parts, especially the
figure of Lazarus, could be drawn by no
other than M. Angelo, so entirely iu hia
Rpirit are the attitudes, so grand and
thoroughly nnderstooj are the forms.
Nay, I go so far as to affirm, that the
whole corapoidtion was given by M. An-
gelo, though perhaps ouly in a imall
drawini;. I cannot, however, asgent to
the opinion of ht|j^ly esteemed jud|[;e.5, for
inittance, Mr. Oltley, that M. AnEclo biin-
aelf pniated the fi^re of Lazarus.* Vasari,
the intimate friend and pupil of M. An-
gelo, relates that the latter was vexed
that the partisans of Rjtphael praiiied in
hia paintings, besides the drawing, the
beautiful colouring in partrculur, and
affirmed that he had no ndvnntai;*; ex-
cept the admirable drawing. When he,
therefore, had remarked the tine V'ene-
tiaa style of colouring of Sebastian, who
euiit: from Venice, it occurred to him,
that if his designd were c^tecuted in that
style of painting, gurh picture« would
8nr{>nsi$ those of Raphael, for which reason
he from that lime astisted Sedaitijii with
hit designt in his historical pictures. How
then run it be imagined that M. Angelo,
who had little practioc in oil painting,
should hoTC undertaken to puint the prin-
cipal figure in the picture of one of the
greatest uil-poinler.s of his age, and thus to
deprive hiniaelf of the principal advantage
which he proposed to obtain through Se-
bastian ? If M. Angelo had really painted
this picture himself, Vasari would cer-
tainly not have omitted to mention this
circumstance, as he loves to bring for-
ward every thing tb«t tends to the honour
of his master; and as M. Angelo, who,
when Vasari published the first edition of
his work in 1550, was still alive, waj^ very
jealons in asserting what belonged to him.
But even in this edition Vasari only soys
tluit SclKLttion executed the picture —
at>tto ordine e designo in alcutie parti
M. Angelo.' Lastly, the manner of
Uying on tie colonrs and drawing in the

Sgure of LasoruB doe* not differ in any
respect from the other parts of the pic-
ture. It is V'-r ■ .i-in, however, that

M. Angelo u- Ktian, who was

not strong in ! ' iiy of the naked

parts, with a cuutuur lur this figure, which
was the most important port of the pic-
ture. The transition from death to life
is expreMe<i in Lazarus with wonderful
spirit, and at the same time with perfect
fidelity to bcripture. The grave-clotbea
by which his face is thrown into deep
shade, vividly excite the idea of the night
of the grave, which bat just before enve-
loped him ; the eye looking eagerly from
this shade upon Chriist his Redeemer,
showii UH, on the other hand, in the most
striking contrast, the new life in its most
intellectual organ. This is also expressed
in the whole body, which is actively
striving fully to relieve itself from the
bonds in which it was fast bound. His
whole expression is, * My Lord and my
God.* The attitude of Christ, whose
figure and expression arc noble and digni-
fied, is likewise very striking. With the
left hand he points to Lazarus, with the
right to heaven, as if he said — ' I have
raised thee by the power of ilim who sent
me,' which again wholly coincides with
scripture. It would lead me too far to
detail how in the many other figures, gra-
titudc, astouishmcnt, conviction, doubt,
are ei])ressed in manifold gradations. A
very imetical landscape bounds the hori-
zon, which is very high. W^e see that
Sebastian has in every respect done his
uttermost, for the execution is throughout
careful and substantial ; the colouring of
great depth and fulness of tone. Vet the
general effect of the picture is now rather
spotty, for many shadows have become very
dark. Many bright colours are now too
prominent ; and, besides this, the whoUj
surfioo is covered with a thick coat of
varnish and dirt. By a carefiU cleaning
the picture would gain extremely ; yet a
reasonable hesitation is felt at touching
such a masterpiece. But it must be de-
plored by every friend of art that this tine
picture has been for years gnawed by
worms, .itlrBctcd by the pndte used in
transferring it to canvasis, withoui any
thing having ieen done by the director* to
remedy thi* evU,** f

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• '• Tha world has nothing to show of the preternatural in painting, transcending
the figure of Lajrams bursting his gniTe-clothcs, in the great picture at Angerstcin'i.
It Bccdis n thing between two beiniri. A ghaally horror at itself struggles with newly
apprehending gr»titu<le at second life bestowed. It cannot forget that it was a ghost.
It has hardly felt that it is a body. Il bos to tell of the world of sptriU."— See Elia,
p. ITiS.

t It ap|i«ars that Mr. Angtrstein purchased tVv»-p\cVttte, wYttiixV. cunc \» ^*^2^^
with file Uricuis gillery, for3,.i00 guinc**; and tkul M.I. liecV^ot^ «lB»n4 '»,'**«-

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Those who have what Lord Bacon calls " a delicate and diligent curiosity'*
concerning the masterpieces of ancient art, will fiad in this work some obser-
vations that will well pay the perusal, on the fine Corregios in the same
National Gallery, and on the Cartoons at Hampton Court; besides this. Dr.
W. visited nearly all the choicest private collections in England, and has
entered minutely and feelingly into their separate beauties. By his great
familiarity, also, with the style of the several painters, he has been enabled
to rectify many mistakes, and restore pictures to their proi>er masters. Of
the old drawings he has a critical knowledge, as may be seen by his obser-
vations on those in the Knight and Cracherode collections in the British
Museum. Among the bronzes, however, we are surprised to find that be
has not noticed the Mercurj- — the most beautiful of all, — and which cost
its late possessor a thousand pounds. Another branch of art, in itself
highly curious, but less generally known, excited much of Dr. Waagen's
attention, which is the ilinminated Manuscripts with Miniatures, extend-
ing from the seventh to the fourteenth century ; and the difference between
the Anglo-Saxon and Byzantine paintings is observed and described. Of
the several fine ci»llectiona of Etruscan Vases in England, Dr. ^N'aagen has
taken notice ; as also of the engraved Stones and Gems, in which beautiful
branch of ancient art, however, the Continental museums far outstrip us.
Dr. Wangen did not see the famous collection which has been engraved
under the title of the Marlborough (iems,* nor some in private hands.

It was not to be su])]K)sed that Dr. Waagen's curiosity on all branches
of the pictorial art, should not have made eager researches into the quali-
ties which distinguish the English school ; accordingly we find him enter-
ing into the subject, when he lirst meets with some specimens of its
greatest masters in the National Gallery. He observes, that the English
School of Painting arose at the time when the original 8ch<Kils of Italy
and Germany had long U>st their peculiar character, and there had suc-
ceeded a matmfncturc of cold monotonous pictures formed upon academic I
rules and the precepts of art ; even the tradition of the techiiical part had
been lust. Under this twofold deficiency, our author considers English
art to labour. This hollow and empty idealism was first broken thi-ougb ,
by Hogbrth, who had an eminent talent for catching what was character-
istic iu nature, and a])plyirig it to dramatic representations ; and this moral-
humorous department is the only one in tvhich the English hnve enlarged j
the dominion of painting. Dr. Waagen places our Portrait-painting in the |
next rank -, and that a high one, even when compared to other schools.
Next to this are the painters of every-day life, what the French call!
" pieces de genre." The Landscape he considers far lower iu the scale ; bat j
Uie Historical- puinling, where inv4*ntive and creative fancy is most e:dlcd for, j
he pronounces, and justly, to be the weakest of all. In Drawing he con-j
aiders the English artists as wauling in correctness and precision ; and their j
colouring, though rich and brilhaiat, charms the eye at the cxpcnxc oi\
fidelity to nature, and of delicatcly-balauced harmouy.f The English school,]

for it 1 probably Uio loTKcst eiuu that ww ever otfereil tor a ntngtc picture. Dr.l

•W>„„.,.» ■-.„..;;, I, r. ii,..i I \tu)i .. ,1,1 i.L Sir n Pod for tUc C'U»ii«»ii il« riulle wm tim\

'ii' ITf!li>ti Mil.- 1 lit:', iiri' iniii'cil mi> dM|li

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ilike the Italian, began with great freedom of handling ; which soon dege-
icratcd into fliintiiuess and negligence ; while from the want of traditionary

nowledgc in the technical part of the art) tiic rules which they cnde;
roured to establish for themselves were unsuccessful, and consequently tin

>loHrs and surface of their pictures have become more or less dc'cotaposed;

►f West's pictures Dr. Waagen speaks the sapje language as, we shonli'

jpe, nil persons who ever felt the spirit of the art, would use. He lool
hitn &8 the real model of an academical president, and his works the

sty caput mortuum of the artificial plan which he pursued.* Dr. VVaagcn

>ked eagerly in our exhibitions for the pictures of Turner ; but he could
ICarCcly tmst his eyes, he says, when he found in them such looseness of
"trcatiuetit, and total want of truth as he had never before met with. W
cannot protend to inquire into the various causes which may have indue
this great painter (for snch he is) to indulge iu 8uch capriccios — such crude,
misty layers of opposing colours, and such abortive and shapeless forms ;
bnt we partly account for it from the desire which all professors of art
feel, to enlarge the boundaries, and enrich the domain of their own art,
by annexing what they can acquire from the arts similar to theirs. Paint-
ing and Poetry and Sculpture have many principles and many purposes

>mmon to them all. This union, when judiciously and rightly made use
''Of, seema mutually to assist and enrich them j but as each is an art,
also, having its own separate and distinct principles, these could not be
carried over from one to the other, or indiscriminately used, without their
unhtucss for their altered Kituntion being seen. The French painters
the school of David erred in this way, we think, by bringing from the siat

of Sculpture the forms, models, principles, character — nay, the ve _
fight and colour b<>louging tu Sculpture; and Mr. Tnrner has, we thinic,
conceived that he may j)roducc the s(rongei>t poetical eficcta on the mind,
withnnt adhering to the established principles of the art on which he
ingrafts them, and independent of that mechanical precision, and finished
and complete form which painting requires. He is sacrificing his own art,
by the false attempt to make it altogether poetic. In Dr. Waa^eu's second
voliimc, we find some sound observations on Harrys pictures at the Adel
phi, as well as on the general character of Mr. Martin's landscapes, f<i
which, though we feel " vivonim ccnsura est difficilis," we must extract
few lines, as highly corroborative uf the opinions we have always enter-'
tained on the same subject. After entering into some details on the plan
and subject of the pictures, he says,

" I now perfectly understand the ex-
traordinary approbation which Martin'a
pictures have mrt with in England ; for
thejr unite in a hi^h degree the tbre«
qualities which the English require above
all in B work of art — efTect — a fanciful
invention, inclining to melancholy — and
topographic historical truth. In no work
of art that we have hitherto seen ii the
oontnat between the more modem and
antique way of ooDccption in the arts «o
striking as these. The conception is

I

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he
cd
rt,

m

an <

essenl tally that of a landscape, and the
imprMsion made by them is chiefly pro-
duccil by th«ir efTect oa landscapes ; foci
among the countless figures, it ia only iai
those of the forcgronod, and even in thesct
in consequence of their small sixe, but
insufficiently, that the intended moraLj
effect can be produced. In the concep-|^
tioD of the ancients the human 6gan '
every where prerrails ; and that in such a
raaniier, that even tcenest in wliich in
reality many thousands took part, — for

• " Presque tousles artistvs (miy:* Voltaire) sublimfs ou ont flcuri avant Ics ^-tablisae'
mens des Acad^^mies, ou ont travaill<^ dnus un go&t different de celui qui rec^nait dans
ces sooii'if'a." — See Sit^-cle dr L«iut* XIV. " 11 y a unc fatsJitc dans U Acadiniiesj
oacon ouvrogc, qu'on sppdlc »cadumiquc, n'a itv encore an ourrage de g^aiet" fiuc..

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instiknce, the tjiltlng of Troy, — nre repre-
sented by a comparatively tsniHli number
of persons. This effect is ohuined by
their being all pIoc«d in an architectonio-
symmetrical order in the fore^'X>und, so

that in their attitude)) and characters, the
expreseiou of the whole moral intention
of the subject can be clearly manifcsteil.
The relations of space, the scenery are but
generally intiiniitcd."*

*

*

Assuredly aome astonishment must be felt that the op|>ortunitie8 of
studying the princi|)lc9 and execution of ancient art, in the rich importa-
tions which we are for ever adding to our galleries and museums, should
have produced so little cfTect upon our English school of painting, and give
life to such few specimens of high excellence. But we know that a great
love of art, and knowledge of its cause of excellence, and admiration of it«
beiiuties, may exist without a corresponding power of creation — without a
kindred genius ; and we may be now in painting in England, wliat the schools
of Alexandria were of old in literature — we may admire and store up with
care and curiosity the productions of former genius, but we may fail
altogether in emulating their excellence.

A writer of considerable knowledge of art, and who himself was no mean
proficient in it, tells us. in one of his works, that when the French eou»-
inissiuners took the famous St. Jerome of Corregio from Parma, tin: Duke
offered 8(),00()/ to be allowed to keep it. The generul in chief said, that
it would remain a prond distijiction to the French capital, and would pro-
duce other ckef-d'auvres of the same kind Vain hope ! uut a ray of the
6cnfiment of beauty contained in this picture dawned upon a French canvas,
during the tweuty years it remained there, nor ever would to the end of
time. A collection of the works of art is a noble ornament to a city, and
attracts strangers : but works of genius do not beget other works of
geuiaSj however they may ins|)ire a taste for them, and furnisli objects for
curiosity and admiration. Corregio, it is said, scarcely ever saw a pic-
ture. Parma, where his works had been treasured up and regarded with
idolatry for nearly three himdred years, had produced no other jKiinter
before him. A false inference has been drawn from works of science to
art, as if there could be a perpetual addition and progression both in one
and the other ; but science advances because it never loses any of its
former results, which arc definable and mechanical ; whereas art is wholly
conversant with undcKnable and evanescent beauties, and can never get
beyond the point to which individual nature and genius ha\-e carried it.
The accumulation of models, and the multiplication of schools, after the
first rudiments are conquered, and the language is, as it were, Icamt,
originate indolence, distraction, pedantry, and mediocrity. No age nor
nation can ever ape another : the Greek sculptors copied Greek forms ;
the Italian painters emixxlied the sentiments of the Homau Catholic
religion. How is it possible to arrive at the same excellence without
seeing the one or feeling the other ? True, that when men begin to
borrow from others instead of themselves, aud to study rules instead of
nature, the progress of art ceases. In Italy there has not been a painter
worthy of the name for the last hundred and Afty years. It was not
funiss, iu one point of view, that the triumphs of human genius should be

• Sec C T.ornli's List Essays of Elin, " On Barrenness of th.- Iiiuiriniitiv.? Fnculty
in t)»c P' of Modern Art," p. IU6, fur fcomr uin tha

■abject, I rh (^at justness and cloquentf. His ' l^-

tin's bcUli.i. ..u'a I'cast, aud similar pictures, und coutriui! 'icitli Uit Ulsj^u auti style
of the old luaslcit, arc iu full acuorduiicti wiih Dr. Wiuikvii'* *vniin)en(«.

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ollcctcd together in the Louvre as trophies of human HbertVj or to deck
the stern form of tlie republic, which was declared incapable of main-
taining the relations of peace and amity, with the richest spoils of war.
Otherwise, these works would make most impression, and are most hkely
give a noble and enthusiastic impulse to the inind. in the places which
gave them birth, and in connexion wirh the liistor)' and circumstances uf
those who produced them : — torn from these, they lose half their interest
and vital principle. Besides, the French love nothing but what is French.
['Barbarism and rusticity may, perhaps, be instructed, but false refinement is
[iinrorrij^ible. They have no turn for the fine arts,' music, poetry, and
ipainting. Tliey have, indeed, caricatured and ill-copied tlie Greek statues,
as they have paraphrased the Greek drama ; but that is all. This people
arc born to converse, to write, and live with ease ; but they are quali-

fied for nothing that requires the mind to make an arduous effort, or
beyond its ordinary
Atisfied, and no oti
£B8ion of the ptize.+

soar beyond its ordinary flight. Give them David's * pictures, and thoj^H
satisfied, and no other country will ever quarrel with them for thc^

We must reluctantly close our observations on this very entertaining
and instructive work, with a remark, we trust not misplaced, on a passage
which occurs in Dr. Waagcn's description of bis visit to Sir Thom
Baring's, at Stratton.

is broken ground, I merely said that I co
not find that Raphael iu his celebrated cur-
toons, eicited nn unworlhj-J idea of the
Apostles. Sati^tied timl my opponent
did not venture to denjr this, 1 left the
further defence of rcligiotui art to Mr.
Collios (the painter), who conducted it
with zeal, and waa seconded by Sir
Thomiis, who is, however, very ttrict in
hit religious opinions."

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'At table, be says, the conversation
turned on the mode of treating religions
j^mbjectB in works of art, and the propriety
i>f admitring such works into the Churches.
The dergytoan was very decidedly op-
poiied to b<>tb, and gave it as his opinion

bat art usiiaUy excited only unworthy

tea* on such subjects. 1 would willingly

»»c broken n lance with the reverend

Kutlemitn on this head : but as I prcceedas
awkwardly with the English as an old horse

Dr. \Vaagcn then gives us the reasons on paper, which he was unable to
anglicise at table, with which he would oppose one of the favourite com-
mou-|ilace8, that the Protestants, by hheir religious doctrine, are excluded
from the exercise of the fine arts on religious subjects. If this were really
the case, he says, they would labour under a great disadvantage j for the
arts, far from desecrating religion, afford one qftlte most important means
of exciting a religious feeling in the largest circles, and in the most worthy,
' npressivc. and intelligible manner. He adds th.it it affects such an excite-
"inent by means of a dignified representation of religious subjects, exercisinfr^_
a very general and powerful influence in cultivating the sense of beaut^|^|
and thus contributing decisively to the improvement of the human racel^^

• This celebrated artist, looking at some fine Caraccis no longer in the Lourre,
id to a friend who was with him, '* Don't yon remember (be time when we were
Bciently abaurd to admire these daubs ?" — his own works now fill up the vacaacy.
t See Hazlitfs Life of Napoleon, vol- i. p. 4.i'j, Sec.

t What would Dr. Woagen say to a picture o( Rubens which we have seen a,
lAntwerp, over the altar of the Dominicami. Jesus Christ is rt^prescntcd between twO'
ersona of the Trinity, as having pronounced condemnation on the world, and as pr
(ring to execute bis judgment. He stands in the attitude of Jupiter, ready to )aua(
le avenging ihnnderbolt. The Virgin nnd many S.iints tttanding near Christ inter<
t for the world, but tn vain ; but St. Dominic covers the world with his cloak m '
' -. Duet out this give what the clergyman meant by unttorthy idca:i

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He then sbcws that Protestants would not in fact labour under any dis-
advantage from their choice of subjects beinj? limited, by mentioning, that id
Germauy, of late^ the cultivation of rriigioug art lias been aivakened M
well in the Protestant as Catholic Cliurcb ; and the gpirit manifested in
the religious pictures of both are nearly of equal excellence, and prove that
both possess the talent nearly in eipial degrt-a. He thiiik<t that iu England
this nen- union of religion with the arts will iu time be better uuderbtood
and conBrnied, and that it must not be refused noarishment, when it may
find the most elevated gratification, namely, in the Church.

Now, 118 r«*gards the fir^t pm|)08ition, the propriety of admitting religions
pictures within our churchfs, we should say that it has been conceded by
universal cousent ; for paiuied windows have always Iwen considered a
desirable ornanu-nt to Protestant Churches ; bo much so, that the Continent
has been ransacked to procure the finely stained glass of France and
Flanders ; and we should suppose uo one would consider that the material
on which a picture is formed, whether glass, or wood, or canvas, would
aflect the tjuestiou of the propriety of it« admission ; or tliat tlie prodnc-
tion of iVIr. W'illiuienfs fine taste and geuios — " his gtnial alehemy's crea-
tive heat," — should fin<l admission, when a work from Mr. Hilton's or
Howard's pencil would be rejected- Where are the strict principles of the
Protestant religion more carefully preserved than in the Universities ? and
yet the subject of the Nativity was expressly painted by Sir Josboa
Reynolds, to adoru the chapel of ouc of the Colleges. And there is
Bcarcely a new church or chapel erecting, iu which some painted window
does not cast its " dim religious light " upon the Hoor. That pictures
therefore are admitted into Protestant Churches, cannot be a subject
of doubt or dispute. But we must hesitate as to the second proposition ;
that by their representation.^ of beauty and holiness, they may so influence
our imagination as to enforce our religious feelings and contribute to oar
improvement. If the walls of our churches are to l»e decorated, let it be
on the same principle as the windows are — for the rich and benutifol
effects which they pro<luce — for the dark iUumiuatioua which they fling
around,

'Twixt light and shade the trwuitorj strife,
And features blooming with iiomorUl life— •

and not for any assistance they can lend to the inculcation of virtuons
principles, or the improvement of religious faith.

For in the hrst place, we think that in this kind of /ood for reUgioua
luxury, there may be danger, lest all but the strong-minded and the really
devout may be detained by the instrument from the worthier end and
purpose, and au abuse may arise of so extensive a nature, as to ovcrpaM
the presumed utility. The learned and refined s()cctator will lixtk at the
picture with the eyes of the critic and connoisseur, while the vulgar will
be sure to admire the naturalness of the representition, and this would be
a sad interruption to the growth of any religious im]>res!«ion8. Secondly,
sup{K>8iu^ that strong religious feelings are geuenitcil ami encoumged by
such representations, yet, being unconnected entirely with real duties, and
leading necessarily to no active exertion, — they will soon die away and
disnpjK;nr. Vou gaze with admiration at a picture of Christ feeding tlto
Multitude, but do you leave it wit4i a heart yearning to eKcrcisc a similar
beneficence, or a band wore open than before to melting charity ? Gene*
nilJ^r speaking, do not tho effects prixiuced on the mind by a picture, Uk«

1838.]

Waagen*8 Art and Artists in England.

A7\

the scenic effects of a play, terminate soon after you witbdran- > The mind
is amused, employed, moved, affected ; but such emotions and affections
may exist without the slightest thoiiglit or bringing them into action : in
the same way that you hear the inhabitants of a village or town praise the
clerg^'Uian for his generosity and kind attentions to the poor and sick,
without the slightest attempt on their parts to imitate the virtues they
commend with their lips. Lastly, pictures, from the very purpose and
intent of the art, must keep out of view all that is common, disgusting, and
repulsive ; and must select everything that can ennoble aud dignify their
■ubjecls. A picture cannot represent the truth of nature, — it can only
give the truth of art, and this art stands on the very summit of all imagi-
nary refinement and elegance ; but Christian duties are not so to be IcarncK^^
llie enchanting forms and ideal beauty of Parroigiano and Corregio, viiJ^H
not tend to make more pleasing the intercourse with " coarse complexions,'^^
vulgar manners, and forms and minds ignorant, sensual, and low. One
might gaze with ever growing rapture on the heavenly painting of
pbrnel's Madonnas, till we become disgusted and shocked at our descen
into the grossncss of ordinarj* life. The best of o»ir preachers would *■
poor indeed in comparison to the great Apostle standing on the hill
Mars, with all the learning of Athens listening at his feet. What uscfij
connexion is there, we may ask, between the gorgeous procession of t)
Eastern Kings armyed in all their Asiatic mngniftccuce, and the $im[
offering of the three Wise Men at the manger ? What have the marli
columns and arcades, the golden ewers and ffaggons — vasa cnelata — the
black Ethiopian slaves and dwarfs of grotesque dress and stature — the
fountains, the Persian greyhounds and birds of foreign plume — all
borrowed from the rich corridors and luxurious palaces of Venice and
Verona, to do with the solemn, simple, and affecting scene of the farewell
supper in the village of Bethany ? The Massacre of the Innocents would
be a scene in reality too horrible for nature to bear j the picture of Le
Brun in the Louvre may move the mind, and perhaps excite a momentan^_
compassion, but leaves behind no importan.ite sorrow nor abiding a(Hictia^^|
" It is beautiful in a picture (says a writer of the purest and truest fee^^
ing)to wash the Disciples' feet, but the sands of the real desert have no
comeliness in them to compensate for the servile nature of the occupation.'*,j^H
Let thot^e, then, who advocate the admission of paintings into religioi^H
editiceit. do it on the single ground of encouragement to art. Let them,
if they please, observe that it is the only one of the fine arts that is ex-
cluded, (except in the partial instance atwvc msntioned), from being one
of the handmaids of devotion. To Poetrs* is entrusted tlie record of de-
parted worth, and the memorials of affectionate regret ; Mubjc is calletl
to swell the harmony of praise, mid elevate the mind with its aubli
emotions ; while the sister art of Sculpture is permitted to embody in stoi
the varied allegories aud emblems of Heathen mythology. On what groan
Painting should be excluded, it is not easy to say ; but the bcnolit to be
derived from its admission is another question.

472

[Nor.

ON PARADOXES.

I

*

" I talk of dreams.

Which arc the children of an idle brain
Begot of ntitiiing but vnin phoutasy."

(Romeo and Jvlivl, aci l.tc. 4 J

Mn. Uhban, Cork, Sept. 26.

OF the various modcB nnd multi-
form iichcraea suggested by the intem-
perance of vanity, or aberrance of
mind, to court notoriety and signalize
a name, few. 1 believe, if any, can ex-
ceed, in extravagance of devices, the
maintenance of literary paradoxes, or
assertion of sentimenla in abrupt col-
lision with the regulated and prescrip-
tive judgments of the literary world.
The list of those who have thus fasti-
diouslv swerved from the beaten path,
and, disdaining a subdervieucy to es-
tablished opinions, have pursued an
eccentric course, is by no means in-
considerable ; far less so, it will be
found on examination, than could be
supposed or credited ; and if Sopho-
cles repelled the imputation of insa-
nity by the production of one nf his
noblest compositions,* many, I appre-
hend, are the authors, against whose
integrity of reason the most decisive
evidence would be furnished by their
own writings. To enumerate and pass
ia illustrative review all those whose
names would emerge in this inquiry
as conspicuous for the assumption, or
swayed by the delusion, of singularity,
would demand a larger occupation of
your pages than I should feel war-
ranted in claiming, or probably than
the result would adequately requite ;
nor, independently of this considera-
tion, would 1 descend to notice or
stain your columns with a reference
beyond the warning titles to such
■works, as Ije Syxt^mv de la Nulurf,
L' Homme Machine, and other mon-
strous emanations of the Atheistical
school, whose excess of perversion
must sufficiently counteract, m every
rational mtnd, their malignity of pur*
pose—

" Mais I'audace est commune, et le bos

sens est rare ;
Au lieu d')>tre piijuant, suuvent on ett

bizarre."
My intention, therefore, after a rapid
advertence to those remoter examples
of waywardness of doctrine or fancy,
which may be presumed more or lesa
known to your readers, is to select a
few of modern occurrence, and, as I
conceive, of attractive novelty, for am-
pler but still brief detail.

The first professed work on para-
doxes that i am acquainted with ia
that of Cicero, contaming six short
essays, addressed to Brutus, on cer-
tain moral and antithetical apoph-
thegms of the Stoic school. To theae
he applied the Greek expression, which
he elsewhere (Quaist. Acad. lib. iv.
cop. 44; and De Finibtu), iv. 27) ren-
ders in Latin, mirahilia or admirahilia,
and which Quintilian (lib. ix. cap. 1)
mure literally interprets, inopinata.
These brief dissertations arc usually
appended to Cicero's moral treatises,
De Officiit, De Seneclule, and Df Ami-
eitid, and. like them, have been the
fertile grounds of cumbrous annota-
tions. The best, however, are allow-
ed to be those of the two Aldi, Pau-
lus Manutius, and his son Aldus
Nepos. the last of a name to which
classical literature is immeasurablv
indebted, and who, io 1581, published
an edition of these treatises, which he
dedicated to our Admirable CrichtOHf
in a strain of the highest, though, it
would seem, not of overcharged
eulog)'. This record of the accom-
plishments of that extraordinary young
man is, I believe, the moat autheBttc
document we possess of th.it happy,
and almost unexampled, combioattoQ
of the numerous gifts of mind and
body, which have entitled him to the
epithet by which he is distinguished.
Id his commentary on the fourth pa-
radox,t Aldus introduces, rather for-
cibly indeed, two compositions of his
friend, which certainly evince, •■
likewise dors an nde prctixed to Cl«
cero De > in the same vo»

lume, Qo n. .ole mastery of the

• OtSitrovr ori KoAa^vw.
/ " (H-t var Jk^tpnv fuuvrrai" — a bitter m-"
djuM, sod «)|jareiitJjr, •• the critiu Scioplaa >

1838.]

Oil Literary Paradoteet.

47i

metre and language of Rome. But
Johnson, in the Adventurer, No. 81,
Kippis, in the Biographia Britannica,
and Messieurs Fraser Tytler and W.
H. Aibsworth, respectively in history
and romance, have exhausted this
theme ; one. I may add, not devoid of
interest, whether contemplated in a
national, literary, or even philosophi-
cal view.

In the ancient schools of sophists
and rhetoricians, which were frequent-
ed by the most eminent orators and
statesmen for the cultivation of elo-
quence or exercise of wit, many of
the debateable questions might well
be classed in this category of para-
doxes, as the McXc'roi Ayufcs irxoXcKr-
nxoi of the Greeks, and the Contro-
versia and Declamationei of the Latins,
will show. Of the latter we have still
the works of the elder Seneca and of
Quintilian, which, to the reader of
the present day, are mere rhapsodies or
puerile amplifications; nor are what
remain of the Greeks, in Lucian, Li-
banius, Aristides. &c. much superior
in character ; and the possessor of the
Aldine collection (150S, folio) will be
seldom tempted to soil the volume,
precious for its rarity, by too fre-
quent perusal. Yet the institutor of
these scholastic contentions, Gorgias
Leontinus, the contemporary of Peri-
cles and Plato, and remarkable for
having attained the extraordinary age
of one hundred and seven years, was
held in such high estimation, that the
unprecedented honour of a statue, not
gilt, as was customary, but of solid
gold, was paid him. — "Cui tantus
honos habitas est k Grseci&, soli ut ex
omnibus, Delphis, non inaurata sta-
tua, sed aurea statueretur." (Cicero
de Oratore, lib. iii. 32.)

The philosophers of Greece, (or those
who assumed the more modest title of
lovern rather than that ofposseaors of wis-
dom, arrogated by the sophists,) were,
however, in general, not less prepared
to uphold the most anomalous opi-
nions, and thus, as the elder Cato
thought, to unsettle or confound the

principles of truth and demarcationa
of justice. Accordingly, when (U. C.
597) the Athenians, in deprecation of
the penalty imposed on them by the
Senate, for having pillaged the tow a
of Oropus, despatched three philoso*
phers, Carneades the Academic, Dio-
genes the Stoic, and Critolaua the
Peripatetic, to plead their cause, Cato,
on being apprized of the doctrines
promulgated by them, insisted on their
expulsion from the city. (Plutarch, in
Cat. Maj. cap. 44.) Carneades, the
most eloquent of them it appears,
would one day deliver an attractive
discourse in favour of justice, and the
next day argue with equal ability
against it.* 'Hyc d'oCv km ovtos, koL
anf<f)fptv — ^he built and destroyed. This
chief of the third Academic School
even denied the fundamental axiom of
all reasoning, — " that two substances
equal to a third must be equal to one
another." " Carneades ne illud qui-
dem, quod est omnium evidentissi-
mum, concedit esse credendum, qudd
magnitudines uni cuipiam squales,
sint etiam inter sese sequales." And
yet the system of the Academy, or, as
expressed by Cicero (Oe Natur4 Deo-
rum, lib. i. cap. 5). "ratio contra om«

nia disserendi profecta a So-

crate, repetita ab Arcesila, confirmata
a Carneade," was only a modification
of the Pyrrhonian doctrine — " ovdcv
tpiCet, — I determine nothing."

After the restoration of letters in
the sixteenth and seventeenth centu-
ries, several writers, such as Erasmus,
Heinsius, &c. exercised their wit and
beguiled their leisure in paradoxical
or ironical panegyrics. Among these,
the Encomium Aforia, or Praise of
Folly, is justly pre-eminent; and other
jeux d'esprit, collected by the Elzevirs,
(1629, in 24mo.) are not without the
merit of ingenuity or power of amuse-
ment, as the readers of the Enco-
mium Neronis, the Laut Asini, &c. will
find.

It would not be difficult to extend
this catalogue of eccentric works, or
prove that strange theories have sway-

* It is similarly related of Cardinal Perron that, after eloqtieatly expatiating against
Atheism, he offered to take its defence ; but this is one of the apocryphal stories of
the Atta, in resentment, probably, of his triumph, at the conference of FoatauiftV>\K«^>
over Duplessis Momay, wUch his enemies wished to Te^te««DX. nSilkun «aV>[AtMR&^^
talent than of conviction.

Gmirr. Mao. Vol. X. "i ^

Literary Paradoxes .• — Berkeley. — Kirtcan

ed every lera of phtlosopby and lite<
ratnre. No inconsiderable portion of
the questions agitated by the school-
men of tlie middle agea, I'eter Lom-
bard, Ab«lard, Scolus, &c. partook of
this character ; and few, I apprehend,
are the schemes of metaphysics that
do not involve some paiadux. Tlie
most startling, probably, ia the im-
material system of my countrymanj
Berkeley, difficult alike of belief or
confutation, unless, perhaps, by the
ecrgumentum ad calcem of Dr. Johnson.*
In a cnnversation which 1 once had
on this subject with the late Richard
Kirwan, President of the Royal liish
Academy, &c. he told me that, on
completing his collegiate studies under
the Jesuits, he proceeded to Paris,
where he was introduced by his cou-
sin, the Chevalier d'Arcy, a member,
though an Irishman, ol the Academy
of Sciences, to D'Alembert, then in ac-
tive Buperintendance of that hetero-
geneouscompilation, L'£wcycio/i«/<e,to
which he contributed a splendid pre-
face— " un vestibule dignc de I'edi-

fice," 88 It was fitly called, and the
literary dictator of the French metro-
polis. Ourinz the interview, which
occurred in 1762 (I think), Kirwan.
with the unhesitating confidence of
youth, applied some disparaging epi-
thets to his countryman's theory ; for
which he waa paternally, as he <rx-
pressed it, though warmly teproved by
D'Alembert, and in words that equally
regulated his future conduct, and re-
mained uneffaccd on his memory.
" Gardez vous bien, jeunc homme, de
hasarder des jugemeos sur ce qui d^-
passe, de nccessite, la portce actuelle
de votre intelligence. C'est un terri-
ble adversaire, un redoa table joua-
teur, pour me servir du mot des Mon-
taigne, que votrc compatriote; et,
sans me ranger de son avis, je ne me
sens pas de force li entrer en lice avec
lai, OQ h lui disputcr boo tcrraio;
mais. k coup sfir, il faudrait une tdte
plus forte, et une plume plus exer^^
qu'il n'est donne A votre &ge d'avolr,
pour renverser ce systJme, tout para-
doxal qu'il paroiise/'t

• •' Striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he (Johnson)
rebounded from it. I refute it (Berkeley's system) thus." — (Croker's edition of Bo»-
weli, vol.i. p. 484.) Boswell adds, that fiurke would have undertaken the rcfutAtioa,
had not politics interrupted his philosophical pursuits. It would have b«^cn a noble
contest.

t On the same occasion this gentleman, one of the most generally teamed I crer
met, sbuwcd nie a letter in answer to one which he had addressed to the celebmt«d
iMtouier, «ho from pressure of time had delegated the reply to his wife. She nearly
filled the entire sheet, only leaving room for her husband to add, " Je n'li pas le tema
de retire oette longue tettre de ma femme ; mais ne croyez pas un mot de oe qu'elle
voQft ^orit," — a strange conclusion, though of course in pleasantry, but <ufbcieDtly
signifieatjire, as Mr. Kirwan thought, of the inherent frivolity of the national character.
Tl.- ' •• - -hicU I faw in 1797, was dated, I think, in ITH'^.not long niilrrior to th»
gT! .■ executioD, which look place- the 8th May, 171)4, — " II n'n l.illii 4u'un

mci , ■'. laire tomber cette ItHe, ct cent anni-es, peut-^tre, ne snffironl pas pour

en rCproduire une semblAbic," mournfully remarked Lagrangv, the first of modem
g<'oraetriciaas. A prisoner then myself, no comfortable |K)Kition under the rule of i
Ro1>eipicrre, and in the days of terror, I cunnot forget the impression produced by i
■uch a sacrifice, which k-ft UtUe hope of mercy to the inferior victim* of the tyrant's
sway, nnlc;?^, indeed, «» certainly was my own ca»e, their very ii ' '
tlicir siifrKuarJ ; while, with such men as Lavoisier, their iaiu
thcin to certain denth — " Mngnitudo fsmo illis esirio emt." i !

Cuvier'B most intrrrsting volume, " Rapport ilistoriijue sar Ir- nceji

Naturclirt! (1rpiii« 17K!)," (Paris. 1«'?9, 4 vol». Hto.) ia well won tL-ln-j

tton to I >)osc widd" ' <oth Count Rnmford ; Imi tin- muun, if l«]

known. ipy. In 1- (.lie late revolution. «be rcKiiled in the " ruA.]

• 11

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of tilU'ntiiiri III Ijomc 11) lll'll <laj' VO V iU\nUb*, mV v.U'm>, liuu;'\ir, lir ki)Im( ijuc

[ eaiutfii to be une.

nU]

]838.]

HardouM. — J. /. Rousteau.

475

But the most signal instance of lite>
rary hallucination, the coryphsus of
learned visionaries, was, doubtless,
the Jesuit Hardouia, not inappropri-
ately characterised in his epitaph (the
composition not, as is generally as-
serted, of our Bishop Atterbury, but
of Jacob Vernet, professor at Geneva)
as " Horainum paradoxotatus ....
Orbia literati portentum .... docte
febricitans, &c." This singular man
passed a general sentence of proscrip-
tion, it is well known, on all the ex>
tant productions of antiquity, which
he unqualifiedly denounced as spuri-
ous, the fabrication of certain monks
of the thirteenth century, with the
very limited reserve of the works of
Cicero (excluding, however, the Ora-
tions), the Georgics of Virgil, the Sa-
tires and Epistles of Horace, the Na-
tural History of Pliny, and Justin
Martyr's Dialogue with the Jew Try-
phan. This sweeping condemnation
he supported with all the array of the
profoundest erudition in various pub-
lications, but more directly in his
" Chronologise ex Nummis Antiquis
Restitutse," to which is appended
" Prolusio de Nummis Herodiadum,"
(Paris, 1693, folio.) His superiors,
afflicted and scandalized at such an
abuse of learning, which spared not
the Greek text of Scripture, (for the
original, in his fancy, was Latin,) nor
the Holy Fathers, compelled him to
retract; and, in 1708, he accordingly
signed a declaration to that effect.
His opinions, however, remained un-
changed, as his posthumous works,
" Opuscula Varia," printed in 1 733, at
Amsterdam, folio, and " Prolegomena
ad censuram veterum scriptorum,"
Londini, 1768, 8vo. which may be con-
sidered the testamentary repositories
of his seutiments, amply prove. Even
in the history of his own country, he

pronounced every thing apocryphal
antecedent to Philip of Valois in the
fourteenth century, or, we may say,
Froissart ! — " TotoISc fifvrot ijmrts
tfinXr}KToiPpaT&v." (Sophocles in Ajac.
Mastig. 1380.)

" Voilk la science

Immense,
D'un savant de France,

Qui r^ve en plein midi." *
The erudite father's portentous wan-
derings are, however, too notorious
to require further elucidation ; but
of his full belief in them there can
be little doubt. The same certainty
does not, by any means, appear to
apply to the discordant impulses of
the mind and pen of J. J. Rousseau,
whose adoption of the paradox, " that
the sciences and arts tended to cor-
rupt rather than to improve man-
kind," originated, on bis own avowal,
in mere accident. While proceed-
ing, in 1749, to visit his then friend
Diderot, who was confined in the
Ch&teau de Vincenncs, for his im-
pious little volume, " Lettre sur les
Aveugles," Rousseau beguiled his walk
with the Mercure de France, a weekly
publication, ia which the Academy of
Dijon had proposed for a prize essay,
"Si le r^tablissement des Sciences et
des Arts a contribu^ k ^purer les
moeurs ?" According to his statement,
in the graphic language of his Confes-
sions (liv. viii.), and bis second letter
to M. de Malesherbes, instant convic-
tion flashed on bis mind : " A {'in-
stant de cette lecture, je vis un autre
univers, et je devins un autre homme
. . . . je sentis ma tSte prise par un
^tourdissemrnt semblable k I'ivresse,"
&c. But Marmontel's version of the
event (Memoirs, liv. iv.), derived from
Diderot, whose own recital, however,
is somewhat variant (Vie de S^n^qoe,
pp. 61 — 82), represents Rousseau, on

* Hardooin's edition of Pliny (1685, 5 vols. 4to. and 17S3, 3 vols, folio) is the most
esteemed of the whole collection of Clauics, in timin Delphini, which, in the aggregate,
by no means satisfies the laborious Germans. Even of Uardouin, Drakenborgius,
the very learned editor of Livy, Silius Italicus, &c. says, " Abi et anctor sis, nt his
hominibos (Doujata et Harduino) editionem Livii et Plinii in usum Delphini com-
mittat Rex Christianissimns." (Ad Livii lib. ii. cap. 10.) For the origin of these
editions see the Huetiana, p. 93, where the first conception is ascribed to the Due de
Montansier, the Dauphin's Governor, who entrusted the arrangement to Bossuet and
Huet. In the same volume, page 195, will be found the curious calculation to prove
that the entire /Kod, consisting of 15,185 verses, could, if written on fine vellum. '«n»^
crow's quill, be contained in a walnat-ahell t A few fHIt* \»»aRrfBo«ft.>si">i»«^'^«*^-
fied the fkct.

On Literary Paradoxes. — Rousseau

I
I

being asked which side of the question
he proposed erabrnciog, as unheaitat-
in|;ly answering, that it should be the
atiirmatii-e. That, rejoined his friend,
is the pom ashiorum, a theme for me-
diocrity, which will be sure to find
defenders enough; and Rousseau, con-
scious that his powers only demanded
a fitting scope fortlieir display, seized
the splendid opportunity of distinguish-
ing himself in the field of paradox;
and never did <^ophism appear arrayed
in more seductive language. All his
subsequent productious were more or
less imbued with his new principle —
the superiority of savage, or unculti-
vated, over civilized life ; — but deeply
did he regret having llius launched
into the arena of philosophical dispute
— " Tout le rest" de ma vie et de mes
rnalheurs fut I'eft'et inevitable de cet
instant d'egarement;" and, when anx-
ious to associate himself with the great
body of authors in erecting a statue to
Voltaire as their acknow^ledged chief,
Ruutiseau, on offering hia contribution,
again writes, " J'ai pny^ assez cher le
droit d'etre adtuis h cet honneur."
Voltaire, as it appeitrs by his letter to
M. de la Totireltc, opposed his admis-
eion to the list of subscribers, on pre-
tence of his not being a Frenchman ;
hut the jiatriarche hated a rival in
fame.

Rousseau's admirers, however they
nay condemn his system, contend that

it was founded on conviction ; while
La Harpe, Voltaire, Diderot, Mar-
mon(cl. and Hume ascribe it to vanity
and affectation. But it is quite recon-
cileablc to our experience that falla-
cies, originally felt as such, though
assumed for display, will cvenluallj'
impress themselves on the mind as
axioms of truth — a perversion of judg-
ment not dissimilar to the effect pro-
duced on our vision by the long arrest
of the eye on a single object. Rons-
seau, therefore, may gradually have
identified himself with his theory, and
become a convert to its reality while
endeavouring to convince others of it.
Even the originally conscious liar, by
dint of repetition, persuades himself,
probably before he does his hearers,
that he utlcrs only truth — " Stillicidii
casus lapideni cavat." (Lurr. i. 3)4.)
Somewhat in analogy to this subject is
Diderot's admirable dissertation, in
Gritnm'sCorrespondence(tora.i.p. 77),
on an actor's identifying himself with,
and losing his own consciousness in
that of, the character he personifies,
which you, Mr. Editor, have, 1 per-
ceive, illustrated by the testimony of
Garrick, in your Sept. Msg, p. 252,
proving, concurrently with Diderot,
the negative of the proposition.

Though the raost eloquent, the Phi-
losopher of Geneva was by no means
the first advocate of the parados. " In
1 527, the famous Henricus Cometitu

* A singular inst«n(re of the i&di*criminntc and equally accommodating upplisnee
of knowledge or ignortinoe to the sojue object, occurs in the first {-haptcr of Cicero'»
treatise " de Naturil Ueorum," where some editors, Latubinus, Manutius, d'OU«et,
Lallfinnnd, &(:. rttad, " Ue<ju/i (pliiiosophiA) tam variae sunt doctisiiiuoruoi hominum,
tiiuxpie discrepanti-s scntciitite, ut magno arguinento easedebcst, L-ausaiu, id est, prin-
cipiuDi pliiliitiopliitc I'Me ucinttiam ;" while other commentators, Davics, Ernestl, and
most moileru Gcrnians, substitate iiucientinm for scientiocn. D'Olivi't i.-. tii'Tc- tliu»
usutilly liberal of citracts on this pnsssge — no bxd sample of litem"
Shortly follows (cap. 'i) in Cicero, the astcrtion thnt unUy i* th»? inrii
ractcr of truth, whii'h proved *o powerful an m
her conversion to the Kuinan Catholic foith — "

cum tarn ^an— -'"<, •■" '■ ■ "• .li.-i.!.-.,'. ,. , ., ,.,., ^

caruin nulla ; - uiiA vera «it." Thi

fetsor Rsnkc ; < lie iind ihrc Stuat iui

und liebcnxehiiU'u lnhrhiiiiJcit. Ui'iiulc 4. lieilin. I^;t<),) nmiii-i tlie uicutaktAnpfv
(book vlii. *crtitin .**,) on tlif nuihority iif Pnllavirinj'a Lif<» of H(>iir Alrfafuh-rVH \mi

■•■■■■, .rjr,
V.

:s.

he

.ir's

■ (Aniujiu I of

< , but the i 1 »o

atn j.No. l>j, iriicalh tliw bluiiJcr.

1838.]

H. C Agrippa. — Clarhon. — Peerlkamp,

Agrippa published his work, " De
Incertitudiae etVanitate Scientianim,
Declamatio Invectiva," repeatedly
printed and translated in that and the
succeeding centuries; and, in 1551,
appeared " Progymnasma adversus lit-
teras et litteratos," by Lilio Gregorio
Giraldi. (Florentise, 1551, 12nio.)
Montaigne, also, occasionally indulged
his sceptical fancies in depreciation of
knowledge (liv. i. 24, liv. ii. 12, and
liv. iii. ch. 12); as did his disciple
Charron, in his volume " de la Sa-
gesse," page 651 of the rare original
edition — Bordeaus (sic), 1601, 8vo. ;
and of these, that Rousseau largely
borrowed from Montaigne, there can
be no doubt.

Similarly to Rousseau, but in utter
contrast of object and result, it was in
the composition of a prize essay that
the benevolent Thomas Clarkson im-
bibed the enthusiasm that animated
his exertions for the suppression of
colonial slavery. His first sensations
arc not less vividly described in one of
his prefaces; and he has fortunately
lived to witness that consummation of
his pursuit, which secures him a fore-
most place among the benefactors of
his species. More enlightened than
Las Casas, he sought not to relieve
one slave at the expense of another,
and the mind, which Rousseau would
close on knowledge, he opened to a
sense of the first of charities. Rous-
seau's motto, "Vitamimpenderevero,"
to which no one was less entitled, for
even his ardent partizan, Madame de
Stael, allows that " I'esprit paradoxal
^branle les institutions les plus sa-
cr^es," might legitimately, indeed,
have been assumed by Mr. Clarkson ;
but few have been more skilful than
Rousseau in decorating fallacies, or
artfully veiling untruths, and altering
the moral application of words. " Nos
vera rerum vocabula amisimus," as
Sallust makes Cato say, (Catilin. 52) ;
and things thus lose their right names,
while a new vocabulary supersedes or
perverts all original meaning. " Les
mots sont des choses," was the fa-

477

Tourite and pregnant obserratiob of
Mirabeau, uttered, too, in my own
hearing, more than once, by him, who
so well understood its practical effect.
It is with the shameless record of his
own life, that Rousseau says he will
present himself on the Judgment Day,
— " Que la trompette du jugement
dernier sonne quand elle voudra, je
vieudrai, ce livre k la main, me pre-
senter devant le Souverain Juge" — a
bold defiance, and in perfect conso-
nance of character, but which may
encounter at that dread tribunal, the
appalling denunciation — " £2 EME
TI2 *OPEON, EY2EBHS E2TO ;"
(Herod. Euterpe, Sect. 141).

Overleaping again various inter-
mediate examples of real or simulated
singularity, one of contemporary oc-
currence may, I conceive, not unde>
servedly arrest our attention. So
late as 1834, appeared at Haarlem,
" Quinti Horatii Flacci Carmina, re-
censuit P. Hofman Peerlkamp," (8vo.)
in which the editor, an eminent pro-
fessor in the University of Leyden,
without going the length, follows the
precedent of Hardouin in arbitrary re-
trenchments. It will, I believe, be
admitted, that the most popular poet
of antiquity is Horace, the favourite
alike of the man of letters and the
man of taste, whose works have been
oftenest committed to the press, and
best adhere to our memory. Dr.
Douglas, a century ago, had amassed
about four hundred and fifty editions,
from 1476 to 1^39, which are enume-
rated in Watson's translation, (1750,
2 vols. 8vo.) but the collection, with
the omissions and additions, would
now exceed six hundred. No volume,
as I have been assured by the custom-
house officers abroad, is so frequently
found in the English traveller's port-
manteau ; and it is one of the very
few Latin poets on whom England can
boast of having bestowed any useful
labour; for, of other classics in that
language, with the exception of Cice-
ro's philosophical works, our island
has not produced a single critical

rians, may be seen in Leiand, book iv. ch. 11.; Smith's History of Kerry, p. 368 et
■eq. on one side : and M'Geoghegan's Hiatoired'Irlande, 3* partie, ch. 33 ; h &>3)2^«sk.

Beare (quoted by Leiand) ; 6 Daly's " loitinm f«m!i!&R Ck«xi^<S^\iara'ai> V«.,

iFlyasipone, 1655 ;" a sinall and most rare bookt now >Mtoi« vx\ «<s«a, ow^ibft <aKib«c«

»

I

*

edition.* Horace is, indeed, the poet
of Kngltsh predilection, and scarcely
les* in contmeutal favour; for 1 well
nroemUrr my foreign pr»fi"9sor's ei-
bortatlon to kis pupih, urged in
Horace's own words, —

, " Vos e:tetnp!aria Placet

KoctaroA remte mantt, verMtc iliumft."
(De AHe Pot I. atja>.
But, in the literary holocnu«t and
wholesale i(uniolatic>as of Harduain,
■while a rtscrvc, as we have seen, was
made on behalf of the SatLr>-s and
Epistles of Horace, his Qde^', not only
the niust poetical portion of his works,
bat a felicitous novelty ou their ap-
pearance in Rome, were doomed to
proscription. This damnatory judg-
ment of the learned visionary was
long, however, held in total disregard ;
nor did any editor, not even the fltuh-
i«yBcntlcy proceed beyond the elision
of an occasional word or line, until
the Leyden professor, in the volume
jast cited, ventured to eject not less
than 644 of 3,845 verses, which con-
stitute the collective sum of the Odea.
Mr. Peerlkamp, in a prefatory letter
to a friend, conspicuous, at once, for
elegance of diction, depth of learning,
and waywardness of fancy, as re-
marked by one of his reviewers, states
that the poet had been the object of
his special devotion from the earliest
age, and that he had thus acquired an
intuitive and almost unerring faculty
of discriminating the genuine and in-
terpolated lines. This, however, was
the fruit of tedious study ; for, at first,
the mure he read the more numerous
appeared the arising difficulties. "Car-
men centies fortasse lectum, in omnes
paries ver^atum ct excussum fuit;"

ontil, ftt length, be determined on
severing the knot which he could not
disentangle, by boldly eliminating
whatever was not plain to his under-
standing, or opposite to his taste.
This ceitainly is an accommodating
expedient — an easy mode of solution,
too fiT(|uently, we must regret, re-
sorted to on hicher grounds ; for we
daily witness its abuse in sacred criti-
cism.

In classical literature, however, not
only, we may allow, from the charac-
ter and object of the pursuit, is a less
rigid canon of criticism, or a wider
sphere of conjecture, authorizable. bul
we have far less aid from manuscripta
than wc possess for d^fming the sacred
text. Except, perhaps, the calcined
fragments of Hercolaneum, or, possi-
biy, the lately discovered jialmparatt
of Italy, there is no extant manuscript,
not even the Vaticnn, Medicean, or
Pabiline Virgils, noticed in Hcyne's
edition of that pnet.-t" that is not pos-
terior, by centuries, to the author's ;
and even the contemporary copies, as
we arc assured by Cicero, were de-
plorably incorrect. Commissioned by
his brother Quintus to form a library
for him, Cicero promises his best ex-
ertions, but adds " D« Latinis vero
libris quo me vestam nescio, ita men-
dose et scribuntar et veneunt." (\d
Quintum Fratrem, Kpp. 4 et 5, Hb. iii.)
Thai the present classical texts should,
therefore, be occasionally corrupt, so
as to wan ant the censure of Mark-
land. rEpist. Critic), "si istiauctorea
reviviscercnt, in multis sua scripta noa
agnoscerent," can be no matter of
surprise ; and it is only marvellous,
that so much has been effected for

I

• On s former occasion, {Oent. Mag. for August, li*37,) I cursorily indicated a
bmppy enirndKtion of a text of Tucitus, (.\nnid. iii. &^,) where the aTttxtitutiou of a
single letter by Dr. Stock, otherwise not very conversant with Koinan hi!.itirir. na Ut
iterance of the proper di»tiaction bi ' ... -.. (oto

AnnaL xii. 26, sbewii,) rrmoved nil ■' i)i|i

has been wholly overlooked by contii-: ... i ,ii«B

of a letter— o/io for orfio, Gibbon, when only eighteen, a.« Appear* irf'a

letter tn him, rtntnt 7rh August 1756, threw imniediate lJ5ht on n ■ oad

int' Hannibal, (Livy, xxx. 44.); hut Cri^rier, in hi» #uU>»}«Mat

cili never notices the Buggeiitiuii. (,.Scc Gibbon's MiscrllaaciiBa

■■ and Medicean mnniDcripti, in the unrial eluirart4Sr,

- iiDcr at Home, in (.-.Ili ii..- utf,., ..i ii.., ... a,..

r.iid to aaceud to th

c. It jkoet'i death. Thi m

1838.]

Peerlkamp's Horace. — Monument to Swingli.

their intelligence, under Buch inter-
posing difficulties.

Our Dutch professor, in early exe-
cution of bis retrenching plan, at once
marks, tn damnatory italio, seven lines
of the first ode of Horace, among which
are
" O et pnesidium et dnice decus meum.

4> « * * W «

Hanc, si mobilium turba Quiritiom
Certat tergeminis tollere honoribns :
Ilium, si proprio condidit horreo,
Quidquid de Lybicis verritur areis."

Now, the critic's alleged motive for
repudiating this last distich is, that
the verb verritur is too ud poetical for
the delicate ear, and too vulgar for the
courtly habits of his author ; and this,
I imagine, is a sufficient specimen of
Mr. Peerlkamp's fastidious taste and
reasoning powers. From the second
ode he banishes twenty-four lines;
and several others are condemned
altogether — such as the whole of
" Quid beilicosus Cantaber," (lib. ii.
Ode 11.) — " Jam pauca aratro jugera,"
(lib.ii. 15.)— "Herculisritu," (iii. 14.)
and "^livetusto nobilis." (iii. 17-)
with many more, the charm and ad-
miration of each succeeding age ; which
we are now called upon, like the re-
puted parents of suppositious and long-
cherished offspring, to discard as adul-
terine. Vain, indeed, would thus
become Horace's fond anticipation,
" Exegi monumentum sere perennius,"
if that monument is subjected to the
capricious mutilations of every editor.

The learned Neerlander, to whose
countrymen, generally, the ancient
authors arc so much indebted, has not
applied his incisive criticism to those
lines of impurity which too frequently
offend the eye in Horace, and which.

479

aa in the Kditionet Etpwrgatet of the
Jesuits, the instructor of youth might
well have suppressed. He, no doubt,
felt that it would be unseemly to im-
pute such compositions to the ceno.
bites, whom he and Hardo^iin are so
anxious to vindicate, at the cost in-
deed of their literary honesty, from
the charge of ignorance and laziness
so long urged against them.

Like the valued editions of Jam,
(1778.) and of Mitscherlich. (1800,)
that of Mr. Peerlkamp is confined to
the lyrics ; but, should he extend his
critical cares to the satires and epistles,
he will do well to bear in recollection
the advice of one, hardly less cogni-
zant of the moral than the physical
man, " Ta Kpivo/M va ofrrUn itlj Kiyttut,"
(Hippocratis Aphoris. 11.) An edi-
tion of a still later date : " Q. Hora-
tins Flaccus, &c. recensuit Jah. Casp.
Orellius," (Ziirich,» 1837, 8vo.) has
been received with considerable favour
on the continent ; but the first volume
only has appeared, and is described
by M. De Xivrey, the reviewer of
Peerlkamp, as a discreet and ju-
dicious publication, though inferior,
perhaps, in erudition and ingenuity,
to its Dutch predecessor. M. Struve,
of Strasburg, has also, in a recent
pamphlet, ably discussed the suspici-
ous lines of Horace, and reduces to
the limited number of six the probably
obtrusive.

Trespassing a little further on your
indulgence, I shall notice a paradox,
variant in character from the preced-
ing, but not less in defiant opposition
to universal feeling, and still more
interesting from the object it contem-
plates. Perhaps the annals of time
do not offer a more harmonious ex-

* The continental journals state, that a monument is now in progress of construc-
tion for the great reformer of ZOrich, Zwingli, at Kappel, the battle-field, between
Zurich and St. Gall, where he fell while combating against the Catholic cantons, as
the following inscription represents. " Hie Uldaricus Zwinglius, post sexdecim \
Cbristo Nato seecula, libera ecclesiie Christianse, un^ cum Martino Luthero, conditor,
pro vero et pro patri& etiam cum fratribus fortiter pugnans, immortaUtatis certna,
occidit, die xi. mensis Octobris, itnxxxi." It was thus, too, that, in 169 1, at the
battle of the Boyne, Dr. Walker, the defender of Derry, fell, " unnecessarily hurried
there," says Dr. Leland, (Hist, of Ireland, vol. iii. p. 560,) <* by his passion for
military glory."

" Nullus aemel ore receptns
Pollutas patitur sanguis mansuesoere fances."

LmeoH. i. 331.

The monument of Zwingli consists of a block «{ p«B&i(A« «SiMra!c1.craxX»eDk.\«tfc.\b[i^«
and nine broad, English measure.

480

Oa Literary Paradoxes.

[Nov.

k

¥

pressioQ of accord tha.n in assigning
the hiKhest attributes of genius to the
late Emperor of the French ; and if
a prcdumioant quality could, in the
estimnte of his faculties, be named, it
doubtless was his military superiority.
" j£quis, iniquisque persuasum erat.
tantum bello virum neminem u^^qaam
eatempestate esse," is the language of
Livy (lib. v. 43) in respect to CamiU
lus, and not less applicable to Napo-
leon. Yet a recent author, and he
too a soldier, rebukes the world for
eutertainiag eo erroneous an opinion,
and reduces to the humblest standard
the mi[;hticst spirit of modern times,
" la vuloDte la plus i^nergique dea
temps modernes," as emphatically
distinguished by Madame de Stacl.
In his Life of Walleustein, page 273,
Lieut.. Colonel Mitchelihu* writes : —
" A ruthless conscription placed hun-
dreds of thousands of brave and intelli-
gent men at Napoleon's command,
and the victories which he purchased
with their blood dazzled the world,
who, in their ready admiration of
imperial sway, willingly mistook the
meanness of his character, and the
tMignificance vf his taleni»." Again,
at page 340, he adds,- — " And if pos-
terity will judge of Napoleon by the
histories yet written of him and his
time, they will believe this weak and
vaiu toy of fortune to have been a man
of the highest genius."

Without appealing to the unani-
mous suffrage of Europe, in reproof of
this solitary and exceptional deprecia-
tion of Napoleon's capacity, the gal-
lant writer's own countryman should
have taught him better. Sir Walter
Scott's epigraph from Lucaa ranks
his hero on a parallel with Cesar ;
nor does his |)ortraiture by Colonel
Napier, or Mr. Aliaon, place him in a
lower scale ; and these gentlemen are.
1 apprehend, quite as competent judges
of intellectual preeminence, in all
its appliances, as Colonel Mitchel. I
am, at the same time, fully aware, that
the exploits of great captains, how-
ever they may fill the trumpet of rnme,
or indueoce the fate of nations, are
oot generally ' 'j the first line
of i;cn>a«. said of old

(Fragin. in Palanmu > .

" XrfumjXarak d' Lf ^uipiot ytfoifuda.

.VAm fte fit, ^ bC, iv M<utpf

and Barnes, in his commentary oo the
sententious poet'e ob»er\'atlon. refers-
to the corroborative scutiraeuta o^^
Montaigne (liv. ii. ch. 36), and Sir W.
Temple (essay iii). The former give*
to Homer the foremost rank amang
men ; and the latter remarks, " After
all that has been said of conquerors
or conquests, this must be confessed
to hold but the second rank ia the '
pretensions to heroic virtue." Dr.
Channing, in his Essays, Chateaubrinnd
in his Memoirs, iind inany other
writers, hold similar languiige, and
pointedly note how few there are who,
to military talents of the highest or-
der, joined any other eminence of
mind ; but, in history, we should look
in vain, with the single exception of
Ca^ar, for that mighty grasp which
could seize and apply, in expansive
comprehension, or minute detail, every
branch of administration and every
element of human rule. A volume haa
just appeared at Paris — " Opinions,
Jugemcns, &c. sur Napoleon," very
impartially collected by M. Damas
Hinard, which, after recapitulating
his manellous information on all the
departments of state, adds, " Lea
vieux jurisconsultes, dans tes discos-
sions sor le Code Civil (the most per-
fect of existing codes, as acknowledged
by Lord Brougham), ne furent pas
pcu surpris, lorsqu'ils virent le grand
politique, et I'heureux guerrier. donne^
son avis motive . . . sur le bail h reateet
les formes dcs actcs ;" and this derives
ample contirmation from the publica-
tions of Thibeaudcau, and Pelet de la
Loz^re, on the deliberations of the
Council of State, An application to
detail, so likely to narrow an inferior
mind, accumidated for hi* the materiala
of thought and action, as the micro-
scope, in unfolding to our view the
minutest particles of the objects sub<
mittcd to its power, enlarges our
general comprehension of Nature. —
•* Connaltre en gros d-quivaut presiju«
h ne rien connaftie," is the obacrva.
tion of n creat naturalist, M. 'teoffrol

dc

"re, the

Cu^

Ihpv to tl

Sciences,

tion de^ ■

the indu( ■

forbids (;

eice^t iju

.,-.., ^-iU.W

Cae&M( Vr»t>i «>V(\<\ AesftttwV Vi> i^wtK^rdi'

Col. MitcheVs Character of Napoleon.

nalc studies, even to the disquisitions
of Rrnmmar ; for Suctuoius fcup. 56)
t«IU us, that he wrote two books,
" De Analogic," composed on hia pa».
sage over the Alps, " in transitu Al-
lium, (juum .... ad exerciturn rcdi-
fct ;" and if the Roman Emperor
wielded, as Quintilian bay», with equal
power, the sword and the pen, some
of Napoleon's dictations may sustain
« comparison with the must brilliant
of modern compositions.

Colonel Mitehel ha*. I under«tand.
announced a Life of Napoleon, of his
own composition, as a vehicle, of
course, for hib adverse opinions, and
which, we may predict, will meet the
fate of Mr. Carlyie'* stranRC produc-
tion on n kindred topic* Rut before
the gallant biographer exhibits hirosrlf,
lance in rest, against the world, I
would warn him of his danger in the
words of his favourite Wallenstein ;
— " Dh wiUt (liff Af/icht,
' ■ ■ ' I. intern.

Dif
J)ii-
Jn<
Pir
Mil

, ,, ,;v.. L iiiht.

rfromnirn Kinderfaulmo,
ilien Wurzcln ficL befen-
tigt."

tluUtiuMn'* Tod-llerter Jnftriit—
Ertter Aufzitg.

Public opinion, in its widest range,
though it may enjoy paramount sway,
and act as the " rcgina del mundo."
is not, I am quite aware, an unerring
test of truth ; but there are granted
facts and conventional seolimeDts,

which no individual may impugn or
disregard witlinut some danger to bis
own credit. He that would now
undertake to prove that Homer or
Virgil were no poets, would, aa ob-
Mrved by Lord Che>jterfield, coroe too
late with his discovery ; and neither
Cromwell, nor the Great Frederick,
are believed to have been cowards,
though DenzelHoilis (Memoirs, 1699,
8vo.) arraigns the former of lack of
courage at Marston-Moor, and Vol-
taire represents the Prussian Monarch
as running away at the battle of
Moiwitz, the first in which he was
engaged.

But, white the imperative obligation
of truth urges me to assert the vast
capabilities of Bonaparte, no one can
be more painfully scnsiMe, not only of
their fatal influence on the liberties of
his country, and tlie repose of Europe,
but of their degrading union, in various
points, with acts and feelings of lit-
lleneis, which so well justified the
»pith<»l of Jiipilrr-Scapin, a|>plicd to
him by the Ablj«? de I'radt, or that of
Mioroiuegas, derived from V'oltairc.
His own habitual saying — " Du sub-
lime au ritlicule il n'y a qu'un pa3,"t
was exemplified alike in his destiny
and his condnct ; and no Frenchman
of the present hour will venture to
deny Uie seventy of his rule, however
the " velvet glove may have softened
the prcMurc of the iron hand." Few
expressions of sovereigns are oftcner
repeated in rebuke of despotism than

I

I,

• This gentlrman's work. " The French Revolution, a History, in Three Valumef,"
will, I think, be best described in the langmige of Lord ChcstertirlJ nllii4ivc to
Hartc's Mislorj of the (ireat Gustavus, published in 1759:—" Harte's hietory docs
not take i»t all ... it is full of good mutter, but the style is execrable :— where the
Jcvil he picked it up, I cannot conceive ; for it is a bad style of a new and sing^ar
kind : it is full of Latiuisms. Gallidams. Germanitm*. and all -iinni hut Anulirisms ;
in some places pomiMus, iu others vulvar and low." (Letters to his Son, Itith April,
1".»!J.) Mr. Cnrlyle lnui obtained bisrh and jiist credit for o'' — ■ TinRition-i, hut
history is not bis provime. It was Ihiis likewise that, as L ; im remarks,

Ucnthnni adojitcil n hnrnb "ityle, iiivolved periods, and new ci);i, if words.

t Borrowed frdm hitn, who could so well afford to lend froui hii> rich store of Kood
aayingt — tJic late S\. dc TaJIeymnd — though few were more happy in energclicand
pithy rxpression, or who, like Perick-s — rii Ktinftov lyKariXittt roils oMpottfitvcis,
tbsD Nnpoleon. — (Rclnlivc to this verse of the Greek poet, Lupolis, in reference to
the great Athenian. «- '■"' ■ '", ist. lib. 1. Epigt. 10.)

To Talleynind him- ■! applied ths tiot very seemly comparison, which he

is stated to bate m . (physically) loathsome Li.iuia XVHl. at bis last

momenta, to the un»avory vapour of on e.xpiriug light, or, io his own language — " II
t'eu va eommr tin fxtwt i\r t-hnntlrlle -pti piic ca FVteignaul." The comparison
mi^^Lt bar .', and certainly was not tuep-

I>o«ite to I iirld, as he \ai:\«<!L V\« w^M^<-.,

olSciatioK, <ii iii'.in,(i. iiii- i.iii.iiuy liyii — ;iiu\i\ii^ vo t\ue '^aXSD\Ml^ K«m:^s^^ — *
Emigrant in London — a Minister at Paris — and, l\U8i\^, KmVafcsaAot ».V wkx Ccs>asX.

Ge.\T. Mac. Vri \ ^ij^

Th* Hdtel de Ciuny, at Paris.

that of Louis XIV. "L'Etat. c'eat
moi ;" but Napoleoa was not less
energetic in limiting the source of
government to his individual person,
and identirying himself with the State,
of which he, too, assumed to be the
type, the spirit, and the concentration.
In the Memorial de Sainte Hele'ne,
(vol. i. part 2, page 274, Lond. 1823.)
Las Cases states, " II (I'Erapereur)
diaoit qu'il c{tt pu, h tui seul. 6tre
consider^ comrae la veritable consti-
tution de I'Empire." And again
(p. 345], when assured by an English
colonel (now Sir W. S. Keating, aa I
learned from that officer), of the un-
impaired attachment of the inhabitants
of the Isle of France, he observed,
" Cela prouve que les habitans de
I 'Isle de France sont demeurds Fractals :
Je guia In patrie , . , . ils raiment, et on
I'a bleesee en raoi."

In pursuing this very imperfect
sketch of 8o pregnant a subject, one
so susceptible of a larger scale and
deeper inquiry, I could not fail to re-
flect liow often the averments of his-
torians, the recital of travellers, the
inventions of industry and specula-
tions of philosophers, have been brand-
ed as mendacious, derided as visionary,
or spumed as illusive, of which time
bas evinced the truth, and experience
testified the utility, Herodotus, though
defended, rather strangely indeed, by
H. Estienne (Apologie d'H^rodote,

1566. 8vo.), WM long reputed the
father of fable; and the wonders of
Archimedes, until verified by Ruffon,
pronounced impracticable. Without
stopping to examine how for Friar
Bacon, Albertus Magnus, Copernicus,j
Kepler, or Galileo, with many other
lay under similar impeachments or*
worse, or to c<>timate the amount of
truth or paradox in the theories of.
Mandeville, Malihus, and M^Cullochti
we may say, that nearly all the coo*l
quests of art and improvements of
science that have signalised modero
times, have had to contend ogainit
distrust or ridicule. Bui too wide a
field of descant would here open for
us ; and 1 shall, therefore, conclude
with one corroborative and pointe
instance : — In a letter dated 29th Augi
1718, to Colonel, aAerwards Marshal'
Conway, from Horace Walpole, ihia
shrewd observer of man, after somaj
humorous anticipations of future dis'
coveries. adds, " I have seeu a littla]
book of a Marquis of Worcesterij
which he calls a Century of Inven-
tions, where he has set down
hundred machines to do impossibilitie
with :" and yet this little book of th4
Marquis Uhe renowned Glamorgan of
Irish history), exhibits the germ, or,
at least, a traceable adumbration
the most important of modern dis-
coveries— the stcnm-engine 1

Sic Tolvenda ictns cotnmutat tcmpora rerum ;
Quod fnit in pretio, fit nullo deuique bonorc :
Porro aliiid nuccedit, et ^ coatemptibus exit.
Toque (lies oia^s appetitar, fluretque repertum
Laudibos." — Lueret. lib. v. 127.1.

Yours, &c.

THE HOTEL DE CLUNY, AT PARIS.

TO the antiquary and the artist this
beautirul remnant of rhe domestic ar-
chitecture of remote ages ib one of tlie
most intereitting objects in Paris. Si-
tuated ill a quarter of the French
capital distant from the ordinaryrcsort
of strangers, its neighbourhood is ren-
dered attractive by many relic* of an-
cient edificrs, by the University, and
by the more modern Pantheon; and
the extensive and alinost unrivalled
uiuaeum of Middle- Age Antiquities.
cuJItctcd by ita proprietor, M . du Som-

a Plate.)

memrd, is a rich source of amusement
to numerous visitors ; too much so^
perhaps, for the interest of the collect
tjon. for we have been confidently iD>
formed that, besides frequent acci«
deotiil iniiiiii's, in more than ohl- in-
stance - -c article •
known ? nppcarcd i. i
shawl or coat of a zealous admirer.

Tlic H6tel tU- t'hiny urrurili^ th4
same place ■•
architecture .
Avals &<j \» ccckbUuliL. LMhibilmg i.i|

1838.]

The Hdlcl de Cluny, at Paris.

483

its different parts the style of ieve-
ral distant epochs. Its foandations,
and some parts of the saperstructure.
belonged to the Gallic palace of the
Emperor Julian ; while much of the
body of the building is of the later
Gothic style, completed and finished
by that of the renaistnnce. Few build-
ings have witnessed so many eventful
changes of history, have harboured
within its walls so many princes and
extraordinary persons, have been the
scenes of so many unfathomable rays*
teries, deep crimes, or joyous festivals,
as this ai;ed relic of fifteen centuries.

The Palace of the Thermes (Pala-
iium "Utermarum), the head station of
the Roman Emperor in Gaul, which
crowaed the hill to the south of the
Seine, and whose buildings and gar-
dens covered a vast space of ground
extending to the river and to the imme-
diate neighbourhood of the ancient
church of St. Germain's, was probably
commenced during the period when
this province was the immediate seat
of the government of Constantius
Chlorus. A little later, it was the
residence of the Emperor Julian, and
in it his familiar letters, still preserved
among his works, were written. Here
also passed one of the most eventful
scenes of his eventful life, his election
to the empire, when the soldiers forced
the palace gates, and sought him in its
most secret recesses. The Emperor
Valentinian I. made this palace his
residence in 365, and during his stay
there received the head of the usurper
Procopius. It was afterwards occu-
pied successively by Gratian, who kept
there (besides other wild beasts) a
hundred Hunt; and. if not by other
emperors, at least by many of the chief
military governors of Gai^. After the

capture of Paria in 493, Clotis occu-
pied the Palace of the Csesars, which
continued to be the ordinary residence
of his successors up to the time when
it suffered partially by the ravages of
the Normans. The kings of the tkird
race chose a new residence within the
walls of the city, and the Roman pa-
lace, whose grandeur and vast extent
continued to be the admiration of con-
temporary writers for two or three
centuries after, ceased to be the resi-
dence of kings. From 1218, whea
Philippe Auguste made a graut of it
to one of his chamberlains, until it
was bought about 1340 by Pierre de
Chaslus, abbot of Cluny. we find it at
different periods in the possession of
Raoul de Meulan, Jean de Courtcnay,
Lord of Charopignelles, the Bishop of
Bayeux, the Archbishop of Rheims,
&c. John de Bnarbon, abbot of Cluoy,
who died in 1485, conceived the idea
of making it the residence of the ab-
bots, for which it was peculiarly
adapted by its vicinity to the Sor-
bonne, and commenced the building of
the present hdtel, which was resumed
in J 490 by Jacques d'Amboise, then
abbot of Cluny, luid aAerwards bishop
of Clermont.

At the period when the Roman
palace was given to the Chamberlain
of Philippe Auguste, it is probable
that the building was still perfect,
though entirely deserted and neglected.
John de Hauteviilc, an Anglo -Latin
poet of the twelfth century, in a de-
scription which there can be no doubt
is intended for this edifice, speaks in
high terms of its vast extent, and
particularly of its deep and extensive
aoutnraint, and seems to regard them
as being at that time the resort of
people of very ambiguous character.

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" Tollitur olta solo return domus aula, De&mque
Scdibus sudEci se vertice mandat, at umbras
Fundamenta premunt, regnisque sileatibus iostat
Ultima Tartareos cquana stmctara receaaus.
Radices operis, ne verticil ardua prKceps
Sarcina aubsidat, Stygias dimittit ad undas.
Tartareos jam civis homo, stygia incola, mortis
Non expcctnto laqueo venit, ilia sapremo
Vis rapitur fij(o, mavult prwcedere liber

Paior""-: ■— ;■■--■. - ;«". tramite ckco

\A ■' -I' laborat

Quo id iadma mundl

Cent/oiuLit domus, laedioqut) luuititur axi.
ExpUcat aula linus, montcmqur omplectitnr altom
Multiplied latcbra, soclenun tersxira niVioiam.

MSA

The H6hl de Clttny. at Paris.

[Not.

Ipsa loco factora oefos erroribiu nmbrun
C«ca parnt, noctisque vices, ocolique verendas
Deuipit excubiu, pereuntis sepe pudoris
Crlatura noLas, Veneriaque acroininoda furtit .
Nam tenebraa qui peccat araat, latebrisque pudomn
Excuaat noctemque facit vdamina culpee."

Architmivt, lib. IV.

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Daring the period between Philippe
Auguate and tne erection of the H6tel
de Cluny, the old palace was gradually
ruined, and part of its site occupied
by bouses and streets ; but we may be
convinced that the ruins continued to
harbour people of the same character
as those who frequented it in John de
Hauteville's time, by the circumstance
that the street which immediately
faced the chief part of the ancient
building was dignified by the name of
Cut- Tftroat Stri-et { Rue Coupegueule) . •
When the Sorbonne was founded, the
throats of its inmates were defended
by two great gates, from which cir-
cumstanccthe street by degrees changed
its name to Rua des detu: Partes, and
it is now simply known as the Rue de
Sorbonne.

Frequent accidenfal discoveries still
occur to prove that much of this part
of Paris is built upon tlie subterranean
vaults and passages which were at*
tached to the lioman palace, and these
passages have in some instances been
traced outwardly to a great distance ;
but the falling in of the superstruc-
tures, and othir accidents, have ren-
dered it impossible to explore them in-
ternally. While the palace itself
gradually disappeared to make way for
other buildings, the vast and massive
vaults were not easily destroyed, and
they are now all that reioaius, with
the etceptinn of the wall of one side
of the Hotel, which is Roman. The
most remarkable piece of pure Roman
building now visible, is the fine hall
of the baths, with its immediate ap*
IKDdages, which has been preserved
by the circumstance of its having been
applied to ases less respectable, it is
true, than tliose to which it served in
the days of its glory.

A beautiful view of the interior ol
this massive hall is given in the noble]
work by M. du Sommerard, Lt^i Art*
<(u Moyen Age. Beneath it are stilt]
seen the great vaulted cells whichl
" form," as M. du Sommerard ot>-
aerves, "the centre of a subterranean
city, whose ways, formerly open, hava
been shut up by a succeasion and va>
riety of accidents." To the book just]
mentioned we must refer our readera]
for a further account of the remains
of the Roman palace. We believe
that M. Albert Lenoir has prepared
a most able survey of them, which
it is to be hoped will soon see the
light.

The H6tel de Cluny itself, built
much on the plan of the older col-
leges of our universities, with two
courts and a dead wall towards th(
street, is a beautiful specimen of old
domestic architecture. Externally, thi
h6tel is chiefly remarkable fur its ttir<
rets and richly-ornameoted lucarocl
windows. The interior sculptures an4 '
ornaments of the chapel, as well aa
its exterior (which, with ita elegant
octagonal turret, forms the most pro*
mincnt object in our plate), with «
part of the lucarnes and of the balus<^,
trade to the right, are admirable sp^x
cimeus of the florid Gothic style
architecture. The other paits. as tha
great lucarnc and the balustrade t(
the left, and the ornaments at
head of the entrance gateway (noi
almost demolished), although built
but a few years later, exhibit the in-
fluence of the Italian style which thea
began to take root, and which is oo«
dislinguiahod as the style of the
nainsance. The apartments, which dd
not retain entirely their original cha«
racter. nprcsenl to us the internal;

• So in St, Lewis's original grant to Robert de Surbonne —
Fmacoruni rex, flee. Notum fuciiiiu-i. qiioJ un* Mi»_islr..
CHnonirn CnnifrHct'iisi iledimi -

iiit4e Hunt Parisiiji in ^'ioo d( ■ ;

l-V.o).
A^Hin, in a dfwd of 1'2AI, rcUtlog to uthi^r Iiouum in the aame asighbourliooil

tcribed as " oninc* dnmun qasx Uat>«bautu« Paruiis iu vlco </' Givpeymitte^ mUi

'tthim rAfrmarurtf."

tiua r.nm ttMhulv
■ >n," ifC. (A.

The mttl de CUny, at Paris.

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arrangement of an ancient noble man-
eion. Internally, as well aa exter-
nally, the chapel is the most interest-
ing part of the building. Its vault
is supported entirely by a single and
elegant central column. The original
painted gia^ss, and many of its other
accessories, disappeared during the
troubled times of the great revolution;
but it is still richly ornamented- lo
the " Dictionnaire Historique dc la
Ville de Paris," publiehed so late as
the year 1779. by a bnokscUer who
inhabited the IlAtel de L'luny, we have
tile following description of the chapel,
then entire: — "Around [octagonal]
pillar rising in the middle sustains the
vault, which is covered with sculptures,
and uf which all the rays spring from
this pillar. Against the walla are placed
in groups, in the manner of mausolea,
the figures of the whole family of
Jacques d'Amboise and that of the
Cardinal. Most of them arc on their
knees, in tlie costume of the age. very
singular and well carved. The altar
is placed against the wall towards the
garden, which opens in the middle to
a projecting half turret, closed in by
a large window, whose gla«>s, tole-
rably well painted, gives but a dim
light. Within the turret, before the
altar, is a group of four figure?, as
large as life, representing the holy
Virgin holding the body of Jesus
Christ, detached from the cross and
supported by her knees. These li-
gures arc by a good hand and very
well designed for the time. Here arc
still to be seen, as in every part of
the h6tcl, an infinite number of shields
with the armorial bearings of Cler-
mont [ChaumoDt], and many shells
and pilgrims' staffs, in allusion to
the surname of Jaccjues," and its
patron St. Jaines. The ornamcnLs
of former days are now replaced by
a beautiful collection of every descrip.
tion of church furniture, gathered from
the spoils of some of the richest ab-
beys in France, — stalls, chairs, balus-
trades, paouela, coffers, most exqui-
sitely carved in wood and ivory, with
an infinite variety of smaller articles,
crowd the room, roost of them belong-
ing to the same aye which gave binh
to the chapel itself.

It would take many pages of our
Magazine to give a bare enumeration
of tuc articles of antiquity which fill

this and the other apartments occti«]
pied by M. du Sommerard. Even
doors have once belonged to castl
and palaces. That of the room known
as the Chamber of Francis the Mrst,
ciquisitcly carved, came from the
castle of Auet, the residence of the
famous Diane de Poitiers, the mistress
of Henry II. A splendid chess-board
and men in the window of this room,
made partly of the clearest rock crys
tal, is said to have been the same that,'
according to Joinville, was presented
in Syria to Saint Louis by the ceic
braled Prince of the Assassins, known
by the title of the Old Man of the
Mtiunfaiim. A beautiful ivory octa-
goual coffer, in the same room, of the
13th century, was also sculptured in
Palestine. Among the contents of
this chamber is a remarkably fine
collection of ancient arms, and of
articles in wrought- iron and steel. A
large portion of the chamber is occu-
pied by the magnificent bed of Francis I
This Chamber of Francis I. is point
out by tradition as the room wher
that monarch surprised Marie, the
willow of Louis Xll. and sister of
Henry VII 1. of England, in company
with Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk;
and it was thence he led them into the
adjoining chapel to solemnize the mar
riage which he forced upon them.

The rooms and galleries adjoiuini_
are equally crowded with precious
monuments of art, and of public as
well &s domestic life and manners. In
the dining-room are heaps of plates,
and bottles, and glasses — of pots, and
pans, and knives and forks, of every
conceivable form and aae ; many of
them grotesque in the extreme

In 1535. the H6tel de Cluny. then
in the possession of the Guises
Lorraine, was for a short time
residence of James V. of Scotland
his new consort. During the sev
lecnlh century, the respectability of it»
tenants declined rapidly ; and in the
century following we have already seen
it occupied by a bookseller. During
revolution, the tribunal of the secti-
Marat met within its walls, and t
astronomer Lalande, who also resid
here, transformed the central turret'
into an observatory. We understani
that the present Government contcra
plate the purchase and le&Ui^^.vvwv

ih'lS &tvd ^.W 0\\!kCl V«<:i »Sk.U«.wV\»Si>

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Jjea^i
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'eai^^l

AhmmucMaken : John Partridge

of P&ria, those of Sena and LftTre-
mooilte.

M. du Sommefard with grekt libe>
rality devotes one day in the week to
the exhibitino of his museum to the
public. Id 1834, he published an ac-
count of it in an octavo volunae. under
the title of Noticnnir C Hdlel de Ctuny
ft If Palais df» nTMea, which, at the
moderate price of iire franco, gives an
immense mass of valuable information
on the arts and manners of the middle
ages. He is now, with a great out-
lay of money and labour, producing
in parts a splendid series of engraviags
of the principal objects of his museum,
in large folio, accompanied br a text
in four volumes 8vo.' which when
completed will be one of the moat im-
portant of the many great works that
are now publishing in France.

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Mr. Ubbax, AmptoH, Oct. 8.

IN the further prosecution of my
proposed plan respecting Almanacs,
the next person who claims notice is
JoBK PABTaiooB. Hc resided in Hen-
rietta-street, Covent Garden: and pub-
lished an Almanac, intituled " Annus
Mirabilis," which does not differ ma-
terially from the before-mentioned ; a
copy of one for 1688 being bouud up
with the same. In this the Calendar
contains nothing prophetic ; but we
have a copy of another, published by
the same author, for the following
year, and intituled " Merlinus Libc-
ratus," which abounds with poetic ef-
fusions, judicial astrolog^i', and bitter
invective directed against the late King,
Popish tyranny, and poor John Gad-
bury.

The humorous attack of Dean Swift,
under the name of Bickerstaff, upon
this Almanac- maker, is well known;
both by the amusement which the
public derived from the controversy,
and the perpetuation of the a^£umed
aomame in tlie TatJer.

An Almanac still continues to be
published under the same title, with
the name of John Partridge affixed for
its author; so that, although the
Dean stopped the mouth of Partridge,
the Stationers' Company, under whoae

dircctioD the Almanac was pubtished,
foand another Parttidgc as good a pro-
phet as his predecessor ; nor have we
been without one to this day.

In proof of the truth of the Dean's
assertion, respecting their observations
and predictions applying to any time
or place, one or two extracts from
Partridge's Almanac for 1690 may be
quoted : —

" The end of this month, or beginniog
of the next, will undoubtedly g;ive rio-
lence and riolent actions, and perhaps
private murder and such like." — Ja-
Duary.

" A Lawyer or ClH-gyTnan, preferred
for his parts or learning." — May.

" Here is news from all parts, and va-
riooi discourses occordiag to your men
that TOD converse with, but in general it
is a month of noise, — you will tee about
what when it comes." — November.

" 1 doubt not but we shall have our
annual pretended Astrologer cant with
this government this year, as they did
with Popery and the Prince of Wales last
year. ' ' — December,

In this way did these adepts of cun-
ning and artitice dupe their customers;
but for no one thing were they more
distinguished than their abuse of each
other, and that in no very measured
terms. Take a specimen from Mr.
Partridge, to his honest reader, in hia
Almanac for 1690: —

" 1 will now acquaint my countreymea
with the reason of my difference with J.
Gadbury, that the world may see I am
blameless in the quarrel. The ground of
our difference I know not, and would de-
sire him to tell that; bat when 1 was
beyond sea, and be (as well as some
others) thought they should never see
me more, he wrote a Book a^aiiut me,
which he called a reply ; so full of Ma-
lice, ill l.anguage, Lies, and mahcious ex-
pressions almost impossible to be be-
lieved; or, that a ViUuin shonld be so
ungentile to a man in tribulnlioo, that
never gave him the least occasion imagi-
nable : if 1 did. let him speak, and I will
both hear and answer; and remain «
goad in his aide while 1 am Johk Pait*

T&IDOK."

Mr. John Aubrey has given ■ list
of bis works, and from the same au-
thority we are informed, that when hm

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Under the title of £.«« .^rtt au Moj/tn Ag*, ft* ee gul conetmr pnnfifMtlftm»t it
WMt fbamtin tit Pari), I'Holtl dt Vluny vmt dr m ruinei^ tl let o^et* itmrt de As
f^/i6j§ dt M. du SoMMMrafd, Conieifler ^ la Comt d«»Com]itc»,^«. Taiu« X'Jln.

Almanac- Makerg: John Gadbury.

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had learned to read and a little to
write, he was bound apprentice to a
shoemaker, and that he followed this
occupation. When he was about
eighteen years of age, he found meons
to procure a Lilye's Grammar, a
Gouldmau's Dictionary, Ovid's Meta-
morphoses, and a Latin Bible, and,
by the help of these books, he ac-
quired Latin enough to read the works
of astrological authors in thatUnguage.
He next applied himself to the study
of Greek and Hebrew. He also stu-
died physic ; but was, saith the same
author, a shoemaker in Cuvent- garden
in 1(380. He was sworn Physician to
hia Majesty, in the title to his transla-
tion uf " Hadrianus or Mynsicht's
Treasury of Physic." 1682 ; but he
never attended the court, nor received
any salary. He is said to have taken
a doctor's degree, myQuant, when he
was in Scotland. Mr. Partridge lies
buried in the churchyard of Mortlake,
in Surrey, with a Latin inscription to
his memory ; from which it appears he
was bom at East Sheen, in the same
county, Jan. 18, 1G44, and died June
24, 1715.

As he was so unfortunate as to be
the butt of that celebrated wit. Dean
Swift, the ridiculous part of his cha-
racter will be rcroerobercd when the
rest of his personal history is for-
gotten. Partridge, however, claims
some expression of commendation for
bis assiduous industry and application
in the acquisition of considerable at-
tainments in literature.

Jou.'s Gaobuby, his contemporary
aad opponent, was a native of Wheatly.
near Oxford, born Dec. 31, 1627, his
father being a yeoman of that parish ;
and his mother was a daughter of Sir
John Carzon, of Waterperr)', knight.
He was apprenticed to one Thomaa
Nicols, a taylor, in Oxford, but left
that occupation in 1644, to pursue the
vehement inclination he had to astro-
logy. He went to Loudon and be-
came a pupil of the noted William
Lilly, under whom he profited so well
as soon to be enabled to set up the
trade of Almanac-making and fortune-
telling for himself, and his pen was
employed for many years on nativities,
almanacs, and prodigies. Other as-
trologcrs were content to exercise their
art for Ihc benctit of their own coun-
try only, but Gadbury extended his tu

a remote part of the globe ; as, in
1674, he published his "West India
or Jamaica Almanac," for that year.
He calculated the nativities of Charles
the First, the King of Sweden, and
Sir Matthew Hale, ail of which are in
print.

His old master Lilly, who quarreled
with him, and against whom he wrote
a book called " Anti-Merlinus Angli-
cus," says he was a " monster of in-
gratitude," and " a graceless fellow."
Lilly adds, that he went to sea with
the intention of sailing to Barbadoes,
but died on bis voyage. In his
'* Ephemeris ; or. a Diary Astronomi-
cal. Astrological. Meteorological, for
the Year of our Lord 1C88 ;" he dates
from Brick-court, by the Deao's-yard,
Westminster, where he probably re-
sided. This Almanac contains the
usual quantity of matter common to
such publications, but we look in vain
for any prediction respecting the oc-
cnrrenccs which happened duiing this
eventful year : he appears as much in
the dark, in this respect, as Coley,
Partridge, and his other learned con-
temporaries.

In a column headed observations,
some curious chronological entries oc-
cur : take the following as a sample :—

'* Upon the SSd day of this Month
(March) I(i82; a great fire happened at
Newmarket, which (though it destroyed
half the town, yet) was the happy means
of preserving the lives of our lite, and
oar present Gracious Sovereigns from the ^
horrid assassination inteniled against them i
by the Rye-bouse Conspirators."

" Upon the ^3d day (August) hii Ma.
jesty began his Royal Progress for tbe
west, to visit and encourage his loyal aab>
jects there, after their Ute grievous ruf-
ferings under the horrid rebellion begoa
by the late D. of Monmouth's landing at<
Ljme; and to convince his other subjects j
that God is with him, bis Majesty in this*
his progress most luercifully voacbsafed to
heal many Languishing Men, Women, and
Children of the Evil."

In John Gadbury's Almanac for the
year 1689, the following lines appear-
ed in the month of January.

All H*il. my MMter«, Biehty-EiKlit ts icone,
That ycjir of wundcra which the world so

n-iirM:
Yet liiuti proilurM for ii» t<i anclior mi.
S I'rincr of W«lrt. l!ie subject of Mrh Hard;
And ttiat lliou iinw art luiiiv, ttwcvt I^iiSak^^

V\l »VX11| \Yx^ \aVMS, Ml^ «R^N*»»*\>iK^

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This called forth the following philip-
pic from the pen of bis opponent Pnr-
triflRe, and which was inserted in his
" Merlinus Liberatus " for the follow-
ing year, headed " Flagellum GaJbu-
riantim."
Dear Jnlm! jvrivftll this Pant, nr Is 'f lliysldtJ.

< li ,

AdiI yrt oi> Changliap; thou art Mill Ihc same
TIhui "tt wast, an<i so Iboa wilt rriiiKin-

Til'-- "t ■ 'the Court be so; ami when
1 ml by, you are to sw.k a^aia-

T>i A \Mhor. Ih'ii tiiiKtirnlv to«>I,

1. . 1 ^ ^ '. ttiee.

•Purt TMT of Wondert, that which brou|:ht

ftt-.Mt [put.

> ■ ■ 1 him

1 ,.ut.

IK- ■.

,\ SiniT. Tou oft »o Rimoua maoe.

^i Stars (Itor leM jron cuinot do),

1 1.1 i..., ni.,1 all the CniMtellitiOBS too :
Site 'irm al Ijaw, on Uno Warranto More, [o're.
"nil thou art ftill rrvencM. ue're firt 'em

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traws.

Art Ihi:

; 111' taJjL- AhaLi"s crew,

YOUJIL'

■r: A)-, antl a blind one

Art thou Ihr man (heaven fnrsrive the siui [in?

Tliat curst each faith thyself had not been
Yoa damn'd the Church, the TesL, and by tlial
doom

niysoul anil coiijcience too, to »et up Rome,

All o're AiKMtaie ; and with (hat tbon 'U have

The name of John tlie Ptince of Wales his

•Uve, [due,

To whom your ura\rrs are (by yimr praniiae)
And lo hut fhihrr. could you know hhn too.

I

1,.,

l*llj iif L.iiiifli!rr 1? Ilu- iiidir )(>ur (Sue

It IB ob>tervable. that almost all the
notrd astrologers vilified CAch other
as rogues and impostors; Gadbury
was. h'jwever, no less careful lo do
justici; to the merits of his friend Sir
George Wharton, most of whose works
be collected and published,

" The Black Life of John Gadbury"
was written and published by Par-
tridge in 1693, which might lie about
the tiinv of his death, hut his name
appeared long after this in an alma-

ii

nac. similar to the oni'
There ia ■ rnmnli'ii' m
printed wor<
Therf waa »
Gadbury. who waa t«i
Joti/i, uni prtJlMbly etu
the Aimanmc, and whu dtkti ia 17 L&,

published.

i.iN of his

urn.

Job

It by

111 in

The name of Wiwo. though he baa
hoen dead for much more than a cen-.
turv, continues as fresh as ever at til* I
head of our sheet Almanacs. Vincent
Wmg was a native of LuflFenham, in
Rutlandshire, born in 1619,' he wa«
the author of an " Ephcmcriafor thirty^j
years," a " Compntatio Catholicn,"
and several other astrological and raa>
thematical pieces. His " Astronomi*,
Britaonica" hais been much commeiiiii<
cd. and is certainly a work of consi-
derable merit. His life was written
by Gadbury. who saya he died in 1668.
We have seen Almanacs for the years 1
1689 and I69O with the name of John '
Wint! as their author, probably a de-
scendant of the above Vincetil Wittg.
These were printed at Cambridge bjr
John Hayes, printer to the University,!

" Apoilo Anglicanua," an Almaaae
by RiCBABD Savnukhb, Student in
the Physical and Mathematical Sci-
ences, appeared about the same time.
It consists of two parts, — -the first
contains a Calendar with the usual
contents, unless thai the fifth column
has poetical stories of the fixed stars |
and constellations collected frosn Dr.
Hood and others; and the second part I
has the eclipses, the sun's quarteritr'
ingresses, the soothing of the seven
stara, with rules and tables for both
superficial and solid measure. He^
dates from Oustou, in the county of J
Leicester, as ihc place of bi$ re«t>i
dcocc. He was author of " The As-
•' I -•;! JudgmcQl and Practice of!
, deduced from the Position of |

.]...^v-na at the Decumbittire of thel
sick I'ersons. 1677. 4to." A portrait j
of Mr. Saunders is before this book.
He also wrote a folio volume on Phyvi-
ognomy. Chiromancy, Moles, Dreamc.
£cc. from which various eitracts anil
abridgments have been made and solil
by the hawkers.

Physiognomy and eh>f»>man<ry '
more resjiected in the ii i
the Second tlian they h..
they were regarded as nc XI m uignin»i
to their sister art aatrologT. MrJ

Evf''" '■'■- •■•f': - '■•• 1. ...'-... •-poi|f

pli ' fa."

Til.

pri

Go

•lit

Utp

ma&. iA-U.

183S.]

Glossary to the Zetland Dialect.

489

The mercurialists. physiognomists,
chiromancers, philomaths, and well-
wishers to the mathematics, ware more
numerous in this reign than they have
been at any other period; the ridicu-
lous absurdities promnlgated by these
men, and the ready reception which a
credulous public gave to their trash,
was truly surprising, and it is lament-
able to reflect that the press should
ever have been prostituted in the dis-
semination of such foolish supersti-
tions. The names of Dee, Kelly, Hey-
don, and Ramesey stand conspicuous
in this respect, and there were many
others of inferior note, which flourish-
ed in the seventeenth century.

Such was the credulity of the people
at that period, that there was scarcely
a country town in which there was
not a calculator of nativities, and a
caster of urine. Many to their great
emolument united both professions,
•as a student in physic and astrology
was, by the generality of the vulgar,
esteemed much superior to a mere
physician ; and planetary influence
was supposed to be of the greatest ef-
ficacy in human life, especially in love
afiiairs. Yours, &c. A. P.

Mr. Urban,

Hartbum, Mor-
peth, June 29.
THE translation of the Zetlandic
letter, with the original text, which
you did me the favour to publish in
your Magazine for December 1836,
according to my own apprehension,
has not been found free from errors.
By the kind assistance of the Reverend
Mr. Paterson, an exemplary and excel-
lent minister in the Shetland Islandsi
I have been enabled to furnish you
with the following long list of errata,
to which I have added a few illustra-
tions, with the hope that this addi-
tional attempt to obtain a correct no-
tion of the afBnity which exists be-
tween the dialects of the North of
England and the Shetland Islands,
may not be unacceptable to many of
your readers. J. H.

line Page 569.

10, vyldett, vilest.

18, (fu ela, the pitlock or young seethe

fishing.
21, bleitit, piebald.
34, bocht, fishing line 5 fathoms long.
.90, />aa/t/, pressed against.

Gent. Mao. Vol. X.

31, lokkin, clasping.
34, odia», odious.

37, thoarded, shored or propped up.
Page 590.

1 , noost, creek where boats are drawn up.

2, bUre, bore.

9, lek daful, like the fowl.
15, trou, through.

18, »ukkaleg», stockings without feet.

— tuag, hillock.

19, meashee, net made of straw ropes.
23, splunder, quite.

36, hee, it, time : neuter gender, but sel-
dom used in Zetlandie. -s

37, johnamit, Johnsmas.

39. bmdi, basket made of the stalks of
docks.

43, blaand, whey of sour milk, much used
as a beverage in Shetland.

51, sloomin, at a sluggish, sauntering
pace.

&7, lipnin, expecting.

59, Sudderlan, Sacherlaad.

62, */(/; hoof.

Page 591.
I, no a kntm atilPd itt kud a been a
humblband till a teAUlie : i. e. — not a
bit in it could have been a humblaband
to a small four-oared boat. A humbla-
band is a small piece of rope or a
leather thong, which keeps the oar
steady while the rower is pulling.
€, veeraly, distinctly, livehly.
7, khmm, dust. In Westmorland, saw-
cuom is saw-dust.

17, t da ebb, on the shore between high
and low water mark.

— ta so at da ela, to saw or scatter at the
fishing place. Limpets for this pur-
pose are parboiled, chewed, and spirted
from the mouth on the water, to invite
the fish near the top. The hooks on
the lines are, however, always baited.

32, tfiandit, inclined.

48, trist, twist.

49, tee breekbandit it, I took him round
the waist or trousers band. We is here
used instead of /, a very common mode
of speech in the north of England.

54, goal, hog or swine.

Page 592.

18, tmuks, brouges or shoes made of
worsted rags.

19, skuyk, look.

20, tholmit, wbitefaced. (?) Sholmut.

21, stramp, step : in the north of Eng-
land a tramp is a long walk quickly
performed, and atrampera vagabond —
one who walks from place to place
begging or selling trifics.

55, Osla, Ursula.

37, jopee, wqt»\xA ot ■wwKvwv Aiw^.
29, ticTOtte, a. ■\>towa ^"jft \wtft. *xiifi».-''
OT Uc^iens saXlteAte^ \Twn. 'i^* x^<2*-'^

490

Expentet at Eton College tfmp. Phil, and Mary.

33, itfeetAM, snflirient.

34, mnitk, worsted bIioc.
37, riveiem, ancient highlnnil broage or

shoe. See Lady of the Lake, canto iii.
note 9.

37, virte, swine's hiJe.

40, Sajit, n. giant. The kettle, in which
be boileil the «hi|i, is a hriliow in a rivk
in the Island of Ui.«t. Through Shet-
liind, rocks surrounded by tvalcr ura
called .Saxic's stepping stoucs,

43, bftu, bones.

Page 593.
S,putfiin, worthless.

13, blftl, bashful. Blaat, in Northumber-
land.

19, maur as, more than.

SG, Geegarin tneen: nfiiffen aboot .fff
plei taplet in the tiKje o'a tymr. Tl>i«
clause is wrong printed in the text :
"and a eagen'a tima^" should be "in
theeage, 8ic." that is, from time to time.

31 1 vttsable, anything,

44,/erdw7»fl, provision for the day.

4fi, binfiiet, baskets.

48, ipaarh. pudiiinrs made of coarse beef ,

58 & 5f), lirap o' heij bru in a kiie keg

^or hitlkt etltUrau, — litenilly— drop of
hay brofh in nn oil cag or barrel, either,
la Shetland, ns in the inount;iinou8
purta of the North of England, infusions
of hay in water arc given to calvei in-
stead of milk ; and to cow*, to increase
their qnantity of milk. Decoctions of
1 herbs, in Bartholomew, Turner, and
wother old writers, are very commonly
■ called broths.
Mr. Urban, Oxford. Oct, 15.

TO those of your readers who have
been educated at Eton, it may be ia>
terealing to learn what were the charges
for education, board, lodging, and ex-
trot, three hundred years ago. I there-
fore communicate a copy of a letter
from the Uaher, in the time of Pliilip
and Mary, to Sir Gilbert Dethiek,
Garter King of Arms, informing him
that the commons were raised /u>o-/)enr«
prr veek ; and therefore the quarter's
charge for hi» son was 16#. The charge
for the master's own service was (tt. sd.
and this, with the "store-money" (or

I" score-money " ? for the reading is
doubtful), washing, &c. mode up the
total charge of twcnty-tcvm thUUmjt
and aerev pence fur one quarter.
This paper hfi« ''•" " nmrL-ifntlv
preserved, in c
sartrr .'/.'j- ivritfct'
\' f Luni V\

P 1 .13 a Kni

ter, on the 31st of .Tannary, 15.54-5^
from whom he received " n gownd o(
dnmaske" for his fee; and lie set down,'
in French, the style of Emanuel Duke
of Savoy, who was installed at thcsamej
time. Hence it is prohable that the
U.*her'5 account was for the " quarter"!
that ended in December, ]5hi; atl
which lime Nicholas Dethiek, Garter'*!
eldest son, was sixteen years old. Foi
Noble says, that he died on the 19tl
of January, 1390, aged 57. (Hi»loryj
of the Heralds' College, p. 176)

Ten years afkcr the date of this do-
cument, Nicholas Dethiek was crcateiil
a Pursuivant of Arms, by the title of
Bluemautle. His patent for that oiBrcl
J3 dated 25th January. 7 Eli?. (1365) |]
and is printed in the FirdTft, iv. fi4fl ]
it occurs also in a volume o( his MS,1
collectionson variou'i matters of honoyrl
and nobility ; but that for his sub$e>f
quent office of Windsor Herald, tsi
neither in his MS. uor in tlie FiedrmA
He was raised to that «legree in April»J
1583. I have therefore copied, foi
your readers' gratification, Drtbick'sl
own memoranda of the ceremony
his creation, with^ copy of ti>c war«
rant fur his tabard; to which 1 adcT
the oath which he then took, as it
appears (among other official Dath^^ nt
the beginning of the wimc MS. Thi
reader will perceive that very slight
alteration was needful to accommo-
date it to the reign of a female sove«|
reign.

Thescdocumentsareprtserveil amongi
Ashmole's Collections relative to lh«
Order of the Garter — a series of T*ryl
curious MSS. and papers — but miaceU
laneous, and almost chaotic. A mi^
nute description of them is now p«fB<
ing through the Uaiversity'a pre«ft«
ME\AS.

FtotH the Athmolean MS, 1113. /ot. 54*«

'• Mr. Garter,— After >-
mcdac'oDS vnto yon. The'
yo" vndcrstandc t!i
raysedij" wesklyo in
that the some for

cilUK'tU to XVJ *. '

wnsliiii(,'e ni}.| cuTi.-'r ]U

cni

Ji

vi\id.

\0\TktC.tW

1838.]

Creation and Oath of a Herald.

491

I ame bold to troble yo" mastershipe w* my
Tres att this p'sent, because I must paye a

feat deale of monye nowe out of band,
praye yo" sende itt by tbis bringer, or
els the next weke by one of yo' g'vants.
Yo" to comannde to his power,
WiLL*M Grens, Vsber of Eton'.

FVw» the Aahmolean MS. 1116, i. / 59.

" A» 1583, the Queues Ma" at Grene-
wiche. On St. George's even the Queues
Ma" cam not abroad, bnt the day ; and
went in procession and offered ; also dined
abroad, proceeded from the chappell
through the gallary and great chamber."

[Then follows a list of the Knights of
the Garter, as ranked that year in their
stalls.]

" Wendsday being the 24 of Aperill,
1583, N. D. all' Blumantell, was created
Windso' Hearauld, in the rowme of Ric'
Turpin, by Tberle of Lestcester in his
chamber, Therle of Pembrouke and 1^
Francu Drake present. Offycers of Armes
present : —

S' G[ilbert] D[ethick],* all' G[arter],
held the bok and sowrd.

R[obert] C[ooke],all' C[larencieux].

Assistaunce— J[ohn] Co[ke],all' Lan<
caster.

Hugh C[otgrave], al's'Richemond.

W [illiam] U [ethick] , al's York, red the
othe.

R[obert] G [lover], al's Somerset, red
the patteot, and gave the coller of esses
to be made esquier.

Roagedragon poursuivant. [Nicholas
Paddy.]

Chester and Pourcullis absent at the
funcrall of S' Edward Horsey, Capitalne
of the Isle of Wight."

/iW./o/. 72".
" By the Queue [s] Ma".

" We will and cumaude you, that
immediately vppon the sight hereof, you
deliver, or cause to be delivered, vnto o*
trusty and welbelouid servant Nicholas
Dethick, al's Windso', one of o' Harauldes
uf Armes, a Coat of o' Armes, of satten,
payntcd w' fyne golde in oyle, of lyke stuff,
length and bredth as hath bene accus-
tomed to be delyvered by you to any of o'
Harauldes of Armes heertofore. And
these o' I'rcs shalbe yo' suffycient war-
rante and dischai^e in this behalfe. Given
vnder our signctt, at our manno' of Grene-
wiche, the nynetenth day of Aprill, in the
fyve and twentith yeere of o' raigne.

"To o' trusty and welbelovid John
Fortescu, esquier, M' of o' great Ward-

* The names of the officers, being set
down only by their initials, are filled up
on the authority of Lant's Roll. (MS.
Ashmol. 846, It.)

robe, or in his absence to his Deputy or
Deputies there. " Wyn«bank.'»

Ibid.fol. «.
" The Othi of thb Rbkauldb wban
hb t8 madb befobb hi8 soitvbbain

LORDE.

'* The booke, swourde, > Side

collor of SSS. and wyne. S Note.

" 1 . Fyrste ye shall swere that ye shalbe
trwe to the most bighe and mighty prince
our Souverain Lord the Kinge, and yf you
have any knowlege or here any ymagina-
cion of treason, or any langage or woord
that shoulde mooue or sounde to the de-
rogacion or hurte of his estate and high-
nes (w*^ God deffende) ye shall in tut
case as hastely and as soone as ys possyble
unto yon, discouer and she we yt unto hit
highnes, or to his noble and discrete conn«
cell, and concele yt in no wyso.

•' 2. Also ye shall promys and swere
that ye shalbe conuersaunt and service-
able to all gentelmen to doo their co-
manndemente to their worsshipp, by your
good conncell that God hath sent yon,
and ever redye to offer your service unto
them.

" 3. Also ye shall promys and swere to
be secrete and kepe y" secretes of knights,
squyres, ladyes, and gentelwoomen, as a
confessour of armes, and not to discouer
them in no wyse, ezcepte yt be treason aa
yt is beforesaide.

" 4. Also ye shall promis and swere,
yf that fortune fall yon in diuers landet
and cuntrees ye goo or ryde, that ye fynd
any gcntelman of name and of armes, that
hath lost his good in worshipp of knight-
hood, in the Kinges service, or in any other
place of worshipp, and ys fallen in to po-
uertee, ye shall ayde, supporte hym, and
succour him in that you may ; and yf he
aske yon of your g;ood to his sustenaunce,
ye shall geue him parte of suche as God
hath sente you to your power as ye may
here.

" 5. Also ye shall promys and swere,
if ye be in any place that ye here any lan-
gage betwene party and party that is not
worsshipfull, profitable, nor vertnous, that
ye kepe your mouthe close, and reporte yt
not forthe, but to tbeire worshipp and the
beste.

" 6, Also ye shall promys and swere,
yf so be that ye be in any place, that ye
here any debate or langage dishoneste,
betwene gentelman and gentelman, the
whiche ye be prine to, yf so be that ye be
required by Prynce, Judge, or any other,
to here wyttnes, oonles that the lawe will
nedes compell you so to doo, you shall
not w' oute lycens of both parties ; and
when ye have leve, ye shall for any lone,
any good favour or awe, but t^.-^ ^^aft vasS^fc
to yo'' kaoi(\et!6.

492

Destruction of the Save of St. Mary's Ovetn.

"7. AibO ye shall promys nnd swprc
to be tme and liccretc to all gentelwotnen,
wc(Jowc«, ftnil maydens ; and ia ciisc be
tlint any nieD woiiUlc iloo llieiu wrongi!,
or force thein, or disherilc tbcm of tUeir
liuclode, amJ thry have no ^uod tu pour-
Bvc- for tlitir riijlit to I'rinct« or Judges,
yf (lu'y refjiiicre you of supportarioii, yc
shnll suiipoi-tc them w' your good wyBdoui
and coiiucwll to Princes And Judges oboue-
suide.

" 8. Also ye shall prdtnys and swore,
that ye nhall forsaVe aU plni;cs of disbo-
ncste ond hazardry, suspccte pbces, aud
giiingc to coiat-n taveriies iind |)I«ce9 of
debate, aad alt other ruonuer of viocM,*
and taku you to vertues to your power.
This article and nil other nrticlt-s aboue-
sayde you shall trwly ke])*, ao hclpe you
God and Holydoni, and by the crosse
uf the soK'rde that lungcthe to knij^ht-
hoo'Je,"

Mk. UttaA.v, Oct. 13

THE destruction of the uave of St.
Saviour's Church (once the priory of
St. Mary. Southwark,) has just been
refloJved upon by a majority of the
parishioners in vestry. In a few weeks,
perhaps even before these lines meet
the eyes of your readers, nearly one
half of the noble structure will be
swept away, to afford a site for a new
church ; and the mischief will not end
even here, as, on the completion of the
intended slnictufe, the tower, choir,
transcjU, and altar-screen, all restored
nl a large expense, together with the
Ludy Cliapcl, of which your readers
liave read so much in your pa;i;cs, will
be abandoned to desolation aud gradual
decay. On the ruina of the nave
(ruins created, not by the hand of
time, but by an uncalled-for art of
wanton destruction; is the new church
to be built, which is to accommodate
2,000 persons, to be completely fitted
up for worship in a very aubstajiiiaJ
manner, with galleries, pews, and sit-
tings, ready for lighting witli gas and
oil, and warming, for 8,'>oo'. 1 ! ! and
which muniliceut amount is further to

• How fur Windsor kept
ILL) respei't. tlic reader iui\
In

include the removal of the orgAO aail
the surveyor'* commission ! !

A peraon acquainted with the act|
state of the present church, and vij
the knowledge of the fact tlint a ni
church is now in course of progr
within a few furlongs of the old oi
might be justly allowed to doubt
necessity for so great an enlargemi"
as thai proposed. Being njvscif
of those who have (idly, |>erhaps, in I
view of the modern bchool of chui
builders,) entertained the idea that
temples of religion 6hould be marli
by an appropriate grundtur of clcv
tiun, and distinguished above en
tions for dome&tic or tnvding purpose
by the superior elegance and sptendc
of their architecture. T may, perhaps, I
allowed to led a degree of surprise
seeing a parish in pueSiHsion of
edifice eminently endowed with
these requisites, aiid in itsilf u ii:iii
gon of nrcliili'Cture, first
and after warda destroy , an i n
of the structure, and then Mbuudoa
remainder to decay and ruin, to set
in its place a building erected fora eui
very inadc<juate to elTord the &tnbllit
and magnificeace whicL every chv
sboald poAsess.

Seeing all this about to t '
I cannot help, to use the mil
lamenting the bad taste and pLi v< r-
of feeling which ha.^ led to the act.

It mar, however, be said that l\
parish would be disinclined to rnali
an adequate church- lato i^tr the
pairs of so extensive a buii<ling as
old church. How surpiised will yoi
readers be to hear that no church-rnl
was neccssur}- ; and that, in truth, X\^A
very mi&forlaue of the church hoa be*!
the ample means which in form«
time* were provided for its reparation |
There are in truth (for so much ha
been let out during the controvenijrj
large estates applicable to the purpatts
from which source the funds Mi
actually be derived for setting up IL
new structure.

I ^hull not anticipate what Lini]

n I. ml, III.,, ll... .,,.<< .....' i^ '.

il U J<JO lil^»* liii liHiAiClilUUX,

it; bill,
tcich \-. .

1838.]

On the toord " Tascio " on Britiah Coins.

493

hood : — ^Trinity Church, Newington, to
accommodate 2,()00, certainly the
meanest ecclesiastical edifice in exist-
ence, with its crazy roof held up on
iron brackets, and repaired at a vast
expense within ten years from its con-
secration, was estimated at 15,775/.;
and the fittings up cost the parish a
very large sum beyond. The estimate
of the Church in the Waterloo Road,
another structure of the same class,
was above 18,000i[. Yet here a struc-
ture equally large, and only differing
from the others in the omission of the
apology for a steeple, is to be com-
pleted for less than half the money.
How far more judicious would it have
been to have repaired the nave, and
have made the church afford ample
accommodation for every parishioner
who is likely to resort to it. The
parish would then have possessed a
splendid place of worship, little in-
ferior in dimensions or appearance to
a cathedral.

It is idle to talk about the burden of
repairing so large a structure being
cast on the parish, as it is now cvi-
dent that sufficient estates exist for the
purpose, without the necessity for a
church-rate ; and as to the size of the
structure, what is it in point of dimen-
sions to St. Alban's, or Romsey, or
Tewkesbury ? or, indeed, is it much if
at all larger than St. Mary Rcdcliff,
and many other structures used for
parochial purposes? An eminent archi-
tect, well known to all who have taken
an interest in the Lady Chapel, would
have produced an estimate for repair-
ing the nave for a very reasonuble
sum ; and it is deeply to be regretted
that the same means for providing
funds for the repair of the old church,
were not resorted to as for building the
new one, before so rash a measure was
proposed and carried.

The centre of the church is occu-
pied by a tower of great size, stand-
ing as usual in a cross church on four
arches, between the nave and choir.
When the nave, which acted as a
powerful buttress against the lateral
thrust of these arches, is removed,
will any architect say that the tower
is safe, or that the 8,000/. edifice will
be sufficient to resist the spread? What
would be the consequence, if it should
not ? Happily, if any settlement should
occur, the tower would only threaten

the new edifice, and leave the choir, a
fragment it is true, but a beautiful
one. as an appropriate place of wor-
ship for the parish. That this is a con-
sammation far from improbable, will,
I think, be corroborated by every one
conversant with ancient buildings.

That this idea is not chimerical, or
a mere suggestion of the writer of this
communication, will appear from a
hand-bill issued by one of the parties
during the contest, which asserts
that the very same " parish surveyor "
who is to build the new church, only
two years since "positively declared
the tower to be dangerous." Of the
truth or falsehood of this assertion 1
cannot offer an opinion, being totally
ignorant of the politics of the parish,
except so far as printed and published
documents disclose them; and upon
which 1 would only observe, that the
statement in question is not contra-
dicted.

1 fear no effort that can be made
will save the nave; the work of destruc-
tion is so pleasing, and is generally
undertaken with so much avidity, that
there is no ray of hope for the preser-
vation of St. Saviour's Church, which
I fear at no very distant time will be
spoken of by the antiquary as one
of those things which have passed
away.

Yours, &c. E. I. C.

Mr.Ubban, Lerdt, May II.
PERMIT me, through the medium
of your valuable Magazine, to offer
some conjectures on a point which,
I believe, has been hitherto unex-
plained. In Mr. Ruding's " Annals
of the Coinage," where he speaks of
the legends which appear on early
British coins, one is mentioned which
bears the legend tasciovrioon, and
which he confesses himself unable to
explain. In your Magazine for Ja-
nuary 1821, page 66, a coin is en-
graved, on which the word is tab-
ciovBicoN. In the word vuicon, the
name of Uriconium, the ancient ca-
pital of the Cornavii, now Wroxeter,
is evidently implied ; and, if according
to the explanation of the much dis-
puted word TASCIO, proposed by your
Correspondent in March 1836, we
should read the le^ead& ItL. Q£l<o^^Kfc^

494

On the Proposed Monument to Ckattcrton,

»
¥

^

Cwita* Uriconium. my conjecture U «•
tnhlishcd beyond a doubt.

The word sugo, which is found on
some tirttiBh coins, hfts been generally
supposed to be part of Uie name of
Scgonax, one of the four petty Kent-
ish kings who attacked Casar by the
order of Cossivelan. But, with defer-
ence to the many able nutnismatiats
■who have entertained this ojiiuiun. I
would suggest, ajid it seems to me at
least ecjuaily as probable, that the
word refers, not to the monarch by
whose authority the coins on which
it occurs were struck, but to the Mint
in which they w^cre fabjicated, Scffon-
tium, a town of the Ordovices. now
Caernarvon. On one coin, Huding,
PI. 29. No. 3, the word 13 enclosed in
an oblong coojpartmcnt, and sur-
rounded by a wreath, precisely similar
to that of Cunobelinc, No. G. in the
same plate. Oa the other, the word
TAScio appears on one side, connected
with SEOO on the other, similarly to
No. 1 of the coins of Verulamium in
PI. 5. Both these coins, from their
strong rcacmblancc to those of Cuno-
hfelinc, seem to have been minted
vbout the same time as his, luid when
the Britons had acquired some pro-
ficiency in the art of coining, which
could not be expected in the money
of Segonax, if he really struck any.
If, according to one conjecture (which
Mr. Ruding seems to think more plau-
sible than many other*) , tabcio be
the name of a rooneyer, it secujs jil-
niost impossible, from the distance of
time between them, that the same
person should be employed to that
capacity by both Segonai and Cuau-
beline.

These circumstances combined, seem
to favour ray conjecture. An adiii.
tionol confirmation of Mr. Lindsay's
opinion (expressed in your Mogiuioe,
182?, Part 11. Page 124). that the
coins. Waring the names of St. Ed-
mund. St. Martin, and St. iVier. wcr«
struck about the time of luJward the
^-'iJ' ' ' ' ' I think, from

the . c*. On ooe

rcyerBc occurs only. I believe, 00 lb,
coins of Edward the Elder, oa BVa,
UEV MEc F8CJT, and on those of Atbul.

Stan, 03 JETHRLEnO MOR rscT. Tbi-

coins, therefore, on which the name**
of the saints appear, would seem to
have been struck about the same timi
aa these.

Yours, kc. D. H. II.

Mb. Ubban, Oct. ijr.

EVERY person of sensibility and J
generous feelings who has read the
poems of Chatterton, and ascertaiaed
the circumstances of his short and
mortifying career in life, and his de-
plored death, must admit that he pos-
sessed much natural genius, and tliat
he was doomed to struggle with ad-
versity and sorrow. Had the same
youth been placed in more favourable
times, and under the cognisance of
prudent and generous counsellois, he
might— nay, he must have attained
high distinction io the annals of ftmc;
for he had the eye to see and tlic heart
to feel those lights and shades of na-
ture and of lujin. which at once excite
aod give txiircsijon to poetry.

Speaking of the poeticalchoracter,
Wordsworth truly says —

'•Oh I mttnynrr il, i-.w.. .> ,. ^re sown
By Nauro; tr. tufhat

1 be Vision and I ,^ [giAs

1 ct wauling the accuujiljjijjmtrut of vefae."
Chattel ton. however, did

the latter, for. like Pope. '

in number*, for ti.e numh....

and. from the ■

ting cowards, j

hoimouy of vi-rae in co

rapid composition. His

could not, however, brook

Rud ocorna of time, the ;
" ." HiA ni

not lack
' he lisped

tczton !

IVIMC. .1

1.15, iK-or LlM.

ffiJad iraa clMn oW.

■■ e«ii*a»i»\jr(n.

Uf

1838.]

Roman Ticket of Freestone.

495

make atonement for former neglect,
by raising a cenotaph to his name.
I hail the event, and rejoice to witness
the progress that has been made, and
the zeal that is roused in the cause. I
also trust and hope that enough money
may be subscribed to erect a trophv
worthy of the splendid church with
which it is to be connected ; honour-
able to the kindly spirit that has
prompted the measure, creditable to
the artist whose design shall be ap-
proved, and to the judgment of the
committee who makes the election.
It is my intention to proffer some-
thing to that committee; but, being
anonymous, it will undergo the same
ordeal of critical examination as
those of all other competitors. For-
tunately, we have many architects
of the present age who, possessing
learning and varied knowledge, are
thereby qualified to produce designs in
almost every style and age of architec-
ture. With such I shall compete to
great disadvantage ; for T have seldom
attempted to make designs ; having
been for many years much employed in
studying and describing the great and
noble edifices of the monkish architects
of " the dark ages."

I cannot conclude these hasty and
crude remarks better than in a few
lines written by the late W. G. Gra-
ham, who fell m a duel in the prime
of manhood ; who possessed some cor-
responding traits of genius with the
youth he compliments, and whose life
and adventures were eventful, singular,
eccentric, and greatly diversified.

SONNET TO ST. MART REDCXirFB,
BRISTOL.

RedcUtTet while yet the fading lig^ht of dky
Gleams tremulously in the roseate west.
Deep retrospection saddening o'er my breast,
Tbroogh thy dim aisles I hold my silent way :
Faintly around my heart the life-blood creeps.
As chills my view the monumental wall,
The snmptQOus blazonment, the sculptured

pall, Pteeps,

And tetter'd floor, where Death his record
■While not one brief memorial meets my eye
Of him — devoted Youth ! whose strains narrate
Thy ancient fame, and Ella's hapless fltte :
Ah I thoDKh ftam thee a&r his relics lie.
In lowliest grave, yet sbaU his memory bloom,
Tin Time's connnning hand skall write tby

final doom.

Yours, &c. J. Bbitton.

., TT ^ TVinity Coll.

Mb. Urban. Q^ord.Sept. 6.

I SEND yon a sketch of an impres-
sion, lately made in wax, of a piece
of Roman antiquity not long since
found, among other remains, in North
Wiltshire. The following letter from
Dr. Barry, in whose possession I saw
it, will explain to you his opinion and
mine ; which, perhaps, may have the
effect of eliciting information, by pro-
voking discussion, on a subject inti-
mately connected with classical and
antiquarian studies. J. Ingram.

" My dear Sib, Qu. Coll.

" I inclose you an impression of the
piece of antiquity which you or some
of your friends might be able to decy-
pher. It seems to me to have been
some kind of ticket for the delivery of
corn. If it should prove, as you sup-
pose, an admission to a theatre, many
very important conclusions might be
drawn from it.

" The original is of freestone, about
one eighth of an inch in thickness.

" Yours, &c. H. Babry."

Tacitus often mentions the principal
means by which the Roman Emperors
made themselves popular ; that is, by
distributing a domtivum militi, and a
eongiarium plebi ; but this was too ex-
temporaneous a matter to require a
ticket cut deliberately in freestone. I
suspect, therefore, that the capital
letter F combined with the number
VI. marked the seat and division of a
Roman Amphitheatre, which were
secured to some person or family of
importance by the delivery of this per-
manent ticket of freestone.

The dotted line from a to 6 shows
the diameter of the circle, which is
exactly an inch, and cut very smoothly
and regularly. \ A«

496

ZNOY.

MoxoMBNT TO Sir Francis FRBELmo, Bart.

A MONCMKWT has been erected to
the memory of this gentleman, in the
noble church of St. Mary Redcliffe,
Bristol, the parish in which he was
born. The spot selecteil has been ail-
mirably chosen by the sculptor. Mr.
Thomas Tyley of Bristol ; as the mo-
nument faces the south entrance, and
is also seen on entiring at the gran J
western door.

Tlie subjoined inscription is placed
upon a scroll of white marble, under-
neath which are the arms, crest, and
motto of the dccea.scd. Above the
scroll arc introduced a cross and palm-
branch resting upon an open Bible.
On one page is inscribed " Psalm
hxiii, V. 2.')," and nn the other, " I'salm
cxxxix. V. 17." The whole is relieved
by dove-coloured marble.
Inscription :

TO THE MKUORV OF

SIR FRANCIS f REELING, BARON .T,

WHO WAS BOttN IN THIS PAEISH THR S5tH OT ACGL'ST. 1764,

AND WHO niED IV nRVANSTONK SQUVRe, IX THE COUNTY OK

MIDDLESEX, TRK IOTH OP JDLT. 1H36.

FOR MORE THAK HALF A CKNTCRV

HIS LIFE WAS DEVOTKD TO TUB PUBLIC SERVICE

IN THE

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

tN WHICH FOR 38 YKABS HE ntSCUARGKD THB ARDirOlIS nDTIKS

OF SECRETARY.

BY VNWr.ARIRD INDTTSTRT,

IN THS XMPLOrMKNT OF GRP.AT TALBXTS,

AND nv UNBLKMI9HED INTKGRITY, GROVKOKD DPON

cnnisTiA.v PRINCIPLES,

HI ACQVIRRD AND RETAINED THE FAVOCR OV

TBBSK BCCCRJSIVB SOVEREIGNS,

AND THE APPROBATION OF THR PUBLIC —

UK HAS LEFT A NAME

WHICH WILL BR RBMCMBKREO WITH HONOTTR

IN HIS BIRTH PLACR,

AND WHICH IS CHERISHED WITH AFFECTION AND TSMXIlATIOll

Br BIS CHILDREN,

WHO HAVE RAISED THIS UONirUXNT.

ODE ON ATHELSTAN'S VICTORY.

Tlie spinsters and the knitters in the «uti,

And the free maids that weave their thread with liooes.

Did use to chant it. — .Siiakbpeahk.

THE following is a free melrical translation of (he celebrated Anglo-Saxon
Ode on AtheUtan's victory, gained over the forces of Constaulioc King of Scot-
land, at Brunan.bur^h, in Northutiilierland.

This ode was oriRinally extracted from two MSS. in the Cotlonian Library.
British Museum, Tilierius, B. iv. and Tiberius, A, vi. dated L>3; iu Gibson's
Chronicle, and in liickes's Saxon Grammar 9.18, and supposed to b« written
by a contemporary bard.

It have atihjoincd a specimen of the Saxon original; together with a lit«rml
refi ' ri from Ellis's work on (lie Early ' -ota; and another

vi'i I I found in Ilo.sworth'si Anglo-.Saxf.:

'*""'■ rirtlhirt

several . , ^^ ^^^

own ;n tlu umu v.nvri ■. ami cui \i\ur\ii..)viu ■.viww.s <.\ v, . I tut, at*

"cadctfil word for word.

1838.]

AnfflO'SojMH Original.
Hep 5C)ieljt;aii cyninj.
eopla bpihten.
beopna beali ^yp.
atib hif bpobofi eac.
€abmuub a']>elin5.
ealbop lan^De typ.
Seplob^on st j-ecce.
fyeojaba ecjam.
ymbe Bpunan-bunh-

Ode on Atkelstan'a Vtetory.

BIHt't Literal Bmdering.
Here Athelstan King,
Of Earls the Lord,
or Barons the bold chief,

And his brother eke,
Edmund Atheling,
Elders a long train,
Slew in the shock (of war)
With the edges of swords
Round Brunanburgh.

497

BotwortK'tLHerttl Vertion.
Here Athelstan King,
or Earls the Lord,
The shield-giver of the no-
bles,
And his brother also,
Edmund the Prince,
The elder I a lasting victory
Won by slaughter in battle
With the edges of swords
Near Brunan-burh.

ODB ON ATHELSTAN 8 TICTOBT.
I.

Here our Sovereign Athelstan,
Mightiest in the battle's van.
With the gallant Edmund, Prince,
Ne'er surpassed by warrior since.
By th' unsparing falchion's edge

Glorious lasting victory gained ;
Winning many a noble pledge

With the life of Scotland stained. —
Helm was deft, and corslet riven,
Down th' opposing buckler driven.
Rent the banner, snapp'd the spear.
By the sons of Edwanl here.

II.
From their earliest ancestry
Boldly taught to do or die ;
In the fortress, and the field.
Wealth and lands and home to shield

From th' encroaching foe ;
Rushing now with ftirious heat.
Girt by thoasands, they destroy'd
Caledonia's host and fleet.
Till, with reeking carnage doy'd.

Sunk the sword and bow.

III.
But the hills with thunder rang.

And the dead in slaughter fell.
From the hour when morning sprang

Over mount and plain and dell.
Till the red and hastening sun,

(Candle of th' Eternal God,)
Pall'd in mists and vapours dun.

Left to shadowy eve the sod.

IV.

There, the northern soldier lay,

Steep'd in blood from Albion's charge ;

Lance or shaft had found its way
O'er his vain and scanty targe ;

There the Scot, bereft of life.

Red with gore, and dark with strife.

Then the Western-Saxon swept.
With a fresh and chosen bimd.
On the wearied few who kept
To the last their vilVaml tVAnS"-. —
Gkht. Mao. Vol. X.

^^

498

Ode en Athelstan's Victory.

List ! the charger's trampling heel !
Mark the flash of waving steel I
Lo ! the routed veteroiis fly
But to faint, and fall, and die.

VI.

Mercia's warriors never shrank
From the hordes of Aniaf : — Vain

Did each wild and rebel rank

Boast the Cambrian and the Dane ;

They but journey'd o'er the wave

Here to find an earlier grave. —

Princes of the Danish blood.

Five had safely stemm'd the flood ;

There they rest in grim decay.

By the falchion swept away,

VII.

Seven EarU of Anlaf 'a train
Ghastly strew'd the sodden plain.—
Countless all was Scotland's host
From her fleet and army lost.

VIII.

But the Chieftain of the North,
By the struggling moonbeam led.

With a wasted legion, forth
To his ship in terror sped :

Now they hoist the sail, and flee

Swiftly o'er the yellow sea.

IX.

And the fallen Coustantine,

Shorn bis crest, and marr'd his shield.
Mourning many a knightly line

Left on firunsbury's fatal field.
Sought his mountain home.
Vainly 'gainst his conquering foes

Rang th' alarum cry of Hilda,
For the sound of sorrow rose

£vcn from Tweed to Holy Kilda,
Mid the distant foam.

LNov.

Blackening on the blasted heath

Sleep the monarch's friends in death ;

And his son, the brave ! the fair 1

Lies a mangled carcass there ;
He could not save him from the falchion's power.

Howbcit, though bootless 'twere.

To wail the young in war, the lad with golden hair.
He wept his princely dead, and cursed that bitter hour.

XI.

Ne'er shall haughty Anlaf boast.
Nor the remnant of his host.
That their swords iu rombat smote

With th* accustom'd strength of yore :
Ne'er th' assemblies of the mote

ShaJl they lead in counsel more t
Never shall they now rejoice
In the battle's awful voice,
Jn the strife, when ai\\uu!ltoiv* 'wheel
'Mid the cUng «{ 'covinUttim %\t«\',

18S8.] Ode on Athekttm't VUstary. 49a

In the heaps of slain and dying
By each captor'd standard lying ;
For they strove with Edward's heirs.
And the victory was not theirs.

XII.

Scarce a broken band
See the Northern warriors meet.
Where their toss'd and shatter'd fleet
Lies 'mid shoals and breakers, cast
By the tempest and the blast

'Gainst this hostile strand ;
On each quivering bark they leap.
Hurrying through the waters deep.
First they gain the friendly walls
Of Eblana's ancient halls.
Then their homeward steps retrace,
Scath'd by shame and foul disgrace.

XIII.

And the Saxon Brothers, fraught

With the spoil of chiefs renown'd.
King and Prince their country sought.

Loftier hymn'd, and lordlier crown'd.

XIT.

With the dead, they left a&r
Every screaming bird of war ;
Bittern hoarse, and hun^ kite,
Beak'd raven black as night.
Greedy heron from the sedge.
Eagle from th' unscal'd ledge.
Ravenous vulture from the rocks ;
And the wolf and grizzled fox.

XV.

Noblest blood flow'd free as water ;
Ne'er had been a heavier slaughter
(So the hoariest minstrels say)
Since that long and fitful day.
When the fiery Saxon came

Like a cloud upon our coast.
Swallowing all with sword and flame,

Britain's pride and Cambria's boast.
Oar illustrious Smiths of War,
And the Welsh, for honoar famed.
Fill their fierce and flaming star.
Every lowlier beacon shamed ;
Till the ruddy torch and brand,
Vanquish'd Britain's suppliant land.

KOTKS.

'< Car Sovereifrn Athelitan."

This King was the natural son of Edward the Elder, but the stain in hia birth was
not, in thoM times, deemed so considerable as to exclude him from the throne.
Athelstan is regarded as one of the ablest and most active of our andent Princes : he
died at Gloucester in the year 941, after a reign of 16 years, and was succeeded by
Edmund hia legitimate brother [mentioned in the ode]. — Hwm«j vol. i. p. 136, Jkc
" Mereia's warriors never shrank," &c.

Merda, the largest, if not the most powerful, kingdom of the heptarchy, eompr»>
beaded all the middle counties of England ; and, as its firontiers extended to those of
all the other six kingdoms, as wdl as to Wales, it received its name fW>m that cireonu
stance.— ^itaM, voL i. p. 63.

" Pirom the hocdM of Anbi ••— " . ^^|^ j,

AaJa/wu tbeBOBot Sithric, a Danish aoblemaft^ o^ wtiwm hJ^nfti^**'^*^ twia***^

I

*

BOO Retbospectitb Rbvisw. — Middie-A^e LaltM Poetry. [Nor.

the title of King af Northunberkiiil. beouiM the inliabiUiita of that coantrf bore
with impatience th« English joke. On the death of Sithric, which happened very
chortlT afterward*. Anlaf, and his brother Godfrid, assamed the fioreretirnty withoat
waitisis for Athelstan's consent. They were, however, soon expelled by the power
of that monarch. Anlaf «iib«eqaent]y entered into a confederacy with Conttantipe
Kin^ of Scotlaiid ; and baTiog collected a great body of Danish pirates, whom be
found in the Irish seas, and »otne Welsh princes, who were tarriiied hj the erawiBf
power of Athelstan, he made, in conjoDctioo with the ovmerowa forces of the SeottisE
Kxcf, aa irruption into Englaad. This great army «aji aigmally defeated, in a general
CBftgaMcnt, at Bruosbary (or, a* formerly called^ Braaaabur^h), by the English
troofM aader Athelstan, anno Domini 9Zi.

" Holy Kilda."

Saint Kilda is one of the Hebrides, and the moss westerljr isbad of Great Britain.
There is no land between it and North Amehcai ^Itit out introdnocd in the original
ode.]

■' The mote."

The wonl " ward-mote" is still in constant use to express a meeting of the pritt«
cipal inhabilaata of the ward.

I

Eblana's ancient balls.*

Eblana was the early namr of Dublin, or of a town on tlie spot where DefaliB
•taads.

RETROSPECrn'E REVIEW.

MiDDLr-AGB Latix Poetbt. — CoIlecfioM of Grimm mid Hampt : — Uiiarima.*

AMIDST ao much that has been done oflate to make the world acqoainted
with the poetry of the Middle Ages, we are glad to see that at last some atteo-
tion begins to be paid to the Medieval Latin writers. It i» a mistake to sap>
pose that this old literature is interesting only to the antiquary, it possemcs
many intrinsic and original beaatics, and it is deeply interesting in ooe point,
viz. that, whilst the poetry of the present (and of aJl ages of refined society)
represents only the thoughts and feelings of its authors, that of the middle
ages spreads before as the character and sentiments of nations. In the Latin
Poetry, it is true, we mast not look for tbc cliaatc benolim of (he Augustan
age. The Latin of the middle ages was a spoken tangvAge, and those who
wrote in it created words, and took liberties, and used forms and constructions,
which are barbarous to those who look upon it simply as the langxiage of
ancient Rome. The pure Hexameters and Elegiacs of the 11th, 12th, and 13th
centuries, are, however, often elegant and correct : for ourselves, we do not
lilce the harsh jingle of the formal Leonines ; bat it is in the simple rfaimiog
Terse, osed. with short measure, for songs and satire, where all shackles and
imitation of purer Latin is thrown aside, that we find tba spint and the pecu-
liar tieauties of the poetry of the darker agea.

llie poems now published by Grimm and Schmeller, written during the tenth
and eleventh centuries, are chiefly valuable for their intimate connexion with
the earliest cycle* of German ronMtnce. Hi* first potra it coAtaina. entitkd
M^mUkmritu, relates a romantic ioci^eat eoancetod with the iavaaion at the
Pnnkiah provinces by the Hans. In one of their etcarsio<u. the IianB.Badtr
their redoabtable leader .\tt)U« exacted • tribatc from the Fraafci, the BafgBB*>
diaoa. and the Aouiuniar.i.. .n.,! carrwd ufwiih ihna aa hm<agw HafMb^
uMq yuoth :hara. the baco of tha atarir. vti •■• « Alf>

here king o( .\ .at. ibaglttcr of Hceric khiig of the PaigMt-

for it s««aM to Law bent iinr cwstom for the tribatary kittgt fa send thrir

• L«tritU>r'
Aadr. SLiunc'

SMania lSw>*ii> u^utia
1U4. Uadaa. tiMw*.
lUiarfi Vtnmt e( I -J' i--«iii.t K.
TfOS. Lmdm, n.

dea X. aad aL Jk. kcf«aai«ga*««
UedHi JKv4.aiiia a Maackto UaayCin

Jac Qfteai and

«Te.Vtaaa
P^fi*. Tank— eft l

1838.1 ThePoemo/JVttUharhu, 501

own children as hostages. We may, pethaps, Tentnre to doabt the troth of the
declaration with which Attila receiTes the messenger who is sent by the tributary
king to his camp : —

" Foedera plus cnpio qnam pnelia mittere Tulgo.
Face qoidem Huoi malunt regnare, Bed armit
Inviti feriont qnos cemunt esse rebelles.
Rex ad nos veniens pacem dat atqne resomat."

While their children were yet infants, Alfhere and Herric had negotiated a
marriage between Walthere and Hiltgunt. In the court of Attila, Hiltgunt
was soon a favourite with the queen of the Huns, and Walthere became a great
hero, led the armies of the Huns, and was famed far and wide for his strength
and his courage. On a time, Hagen, one of the hostages, escaped from Attila's
court, and went home. The queen of the Huns, fearful that Walthere may
follow his example, advises her husband to offer him one of the princesses of
his court to wife, with the hopes of retaining him who had now become the
great sta£F of the kingdom. Walthere evades the proposition, and regains
Attila's confidence ; but he was none the less determined to fly. He had, how-
ever, other reasons for declining the marriage ; he loved his betrothed, Hilt-
gunt, and waited an opportunity of carrying her with him. After having
acquainted the lady with his project, and prepared every thing for putting it in
execution, he invites Attila and his queen and the whole court to a feast, and
makes them all so drunk, that they were none of them in condition to leave
their beds until late the next day. In the mean time, the hero and his intended
bride, who had purposely kept themselves sober, mounted swift horses, and,
carrying with them rich treasures, were far advanced on the road towards
Aquitaine.

They travelled on for many days, continuing their joamey by night and
biding themselves in the woods by day. Walthere had provided fishing tackle,
and they lived on the fish which he canght in the numerous rivers which they
met with. He also caught birds, but the mode by which he entrapped them is
rather schoolboy-like : —

" Atqne die saltiu arbnataqae densa requirens,
Arte accersitag pariter capit arte volucres.
Nunc fallens visco, nunc fisso denique Ugno."

On the fortieth day they reached the banks of the Rhine, not far from the
city of Worms, the seat of the Prankish court. Gunthere was at this tioM
king. One day there were strange fishes, such as seldom were caught in tht
rivers of France, served on the table ; and when the man who had sold tbem
was examined, he said that they had been given him by a warrior, accompa-
nied by a lady, as the payment of his fore for carrying tbem in his boat acrosa
the river. Gunthere immediately guessed the quality and name of the traveller,
and resolved, rather contrary to the rules of hospitality, and in spite of the
expostulations of Hagen, who knew that Walthere was a rough person to deal
with, to follow him and rob him both of his treasure and his lady.

" Unum dice tibi," says Hagen, " regam fortissime, tantum,
Si tociena tu Walthariam pugnass* videres,
Atque nova tociens, qaociena ego, ceeda furentem ;
Nuaquam tarn facile spoUandnm forte putares."

Walthere, though not aware of the treachery intended against him, had
chosen his resting-place in a cave on the top of a mountain, which rose in the
midst of a wild wood, and which could only be approached by one person at a
time. Here the Franks attacked him ; and, after he had performed prodigies
of valour, and slain some of the bravest warriors of Gunthere's court, they
leave him, with the intention of watching; his steps and attacking him in the
plain. The hero recognised Hagen at a distance by hU ihield. We Icarn also
in this part of the poem that Walthere's armour was made by fVeland <Aa
smith, and that its excellency on one occasion saved t!tv& Yiuq* t^\\l«, ^^Cii'e.'BkV^
was taken somewhat unawares :

>502 Retbobpkctivb Rbvibw. — Middle- Age LtUin Poelry.
" Eeoe Kpentiao Randolf «thJeta canllo,
^ Prvrerten* reliqaos hnnc importUDoa sdiTit,

H Et max ferrato petiit sab pectore coDtO,

F Et nifi duratis }Vielandia jabrica giria

Obftaret, spisso penetravenit ilia Ugno."
The next moroing Waltherc again sets out on bis journey, but he is over-
taken by GuDtbeie and Hagcn, and a terrible combat ensues, wbich enda by
Waltbere's chopping off King Gunthere'a leg, and knocking out Hagcn's eye
and six of his teeth, and by Hagen's cntting off Waltbere's hand : whereupon
they ail become friends, sit them down together on the gnus, c&U the maiden
to bind up their wounds and give them something to drink, and then become
facetious on each other's losses.

The poem contains between fourteen and fifteen hundred lines, and is sup-
posed to have been written in the tenth century. The story is well told, and
is the more interesting because it was composed at a period when the state of
society It represents was still present before people's eyes.

The Waltkariiu is followed by another early Latin poetical romance oo the

adventures of a hero called Ruotleib. All that remains of this poem consists

of nineteen fragments, taken from so many scraps of vellum found at the begins

nings and ends, and in the covers, of old manuscripts, and amounting in all to

^^ upwards of two thousand lines. The third poem in the collection is entitled

^ft Ecbatit eiguidam Captivi per tropologiam : its plot is laid in the year 612, and

J^f it was no doubt intended for a pungent satire ; but the persons against whom

' it was directed are concealed under the names of the wolf, the fox, the calf,

the lion, and so forth. If Grimm judge right that it is of the tenth century, it

is interesting as being by far the earliest poem belonging to the famous cycle

of Reynard the Fox,

An isolated fragment of the poem of RuoUieb first appeared in the little collec-
tion by Dr. Ilaupt, the title of which we have given at the beginning of our article,
along with theMilo of Matttiteua Visdocineojis, and two other smaller poems.

An appendix to Grimm's collection contains four Latin songs of the eleveoth
century from a Cambridge MS. ; a song of the eleventh century (which is also
connected with the Reynard cycle), entitled Gallui et Fulpes ; and a longer poem
called Uniboa. which relates how by a concurrence of tricks and accidents a
simple countryman contrives to cheat all his neighbours, and bears some
analogy to an Anglo-Latin poem entitled Detcriptio Norfokieiuimm, which we
shall shortly have occasion to notice.* We need scarcely add, that the
tolerably extensive dissertations with which Grimm and Schmeller have accom-
panied these poems, like every thing which comes from these two great scholars,
are full of erudition.

The little collection of Latin poems published by Techencr was edited by
M. Champollion-Figeac, of the Royal Library, where ts preserved the mano-
Bcript from which tliey are taken. Hilariua appears to have been an English-
man, and was certainly a disciple of the famous Abelard. one of the song*
being addressed to that philosopher. Oo the whole, Hilarius's poems are not
edited with much taste : we entirely disapprove of the re-production in Lotio
texts of all the obvious blunders of the scribes, which can serve no other par-
pose than to embarrass the reader ; and we would recommend M. Champollion.
another time, instead of giving the corrections at the bottom of the page, to
give them always in the text, and indicate the errors in the notes. Several
of Hilarius's poems are addressed to nuns, who were most of them English by
birth. The first piece in the volume is in praise of Eve, who had been coase<
crated by her parents in an English monastery :

*' Pro^idpruDt ciarndam lucum c|ui erat in Anglia,
LiKuin boiium et f«mc)«uin, cui nomen (.'lintuuia.
Ibi Uei gcnetridt (sic) in qusdani eccleiia.
Tsno B patrc qunm a niatrc dnts fait fllia."

We do not see in tlie third 1,0 diflSculty wh:;

pollion *e^fti«i fa \xy\n\ otil I" n iric. Gut n

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interpret it eimply that she was conaecrated " in a certain charch of the mother
of God" (i.e. of the Virgin Mary) ; and we are inclined to think that the English
house to which Eve belonged was a nunnery at Lincoln, and that she was
consecrated in the cathedral church there, which is dedicated to the Virgia
Mary, Clintonia being a simple error of the scribe for Linconia, or Lincolia.*
Afterwards Eve went to France, and lived in solitude with a monk of the name
of Herveas. until her deatli.

The poetry or the Latin of Hilarius (who lived in the earlier part of the^J
twelfth century) is by no means of a high character. Perhaps the best speciij^H
men is the song in which he celebrates the beauty of the monastery, the goodnesa^B
of the wine, and the fairness of the fountain, of Cbalautre- la- Petite, in the
diocese of Sens. We will quote a few verses as a specimen, premising that
we do not hesitate to correct tbe orthography :

" Csliastmm fama pnedixerat
Nil valere *. sed fallox fuenit :
QuK perverse dissimulaverat
Bona quibaa locus exubcrat.

Re^m aulas atque palatia
Clericorum an^uant hospitia ;
Sunt nitniruni Iocs reg«li»,
Non ereini veuta iiiiipalia.

Vinctumque mtdtnin et fertile,
VInum eonfert firmom ct nobtle ;
Non Falemum est comparabile,
Nee giutavit Silenua simile.

Fontis quoquo snsurrftiis rirulus
Per quern site videtur calculus,
PegasRO nimiruin Kmulus,
Yoluptatis accedit cumulos.

Fons sincenu, fons indeficiens,
Fons per solem siceari nesciens,
Ad quem tendat doctrinam nitiens,
Inde bibst, et erit sapiens."

Among the more interesting articles in this little volume we must not forget
the three Latin Mysteries : but more of them another time, when we return
to the interesting subject of Middle-Age Latin poetry, which we intend to do
very shortly.

While speaking of the M iddle-Age Latin poets, we cannot resist the oppor>
tunity of doing some justice to a poet of considerable reputation in his time —
we mean, John de Garlande. The writer of the article on his works in the
eighth volume of the Histoire Litterairc de France, and the editor of hia
curious Dictionarinm (of which there are several manuscripts in England), in
one of the publications of the French Historical Commission, f have placed
him in the eleventh century. In one part of the Dictionarium he speaks of
having been present at tlie siege of Toulouse^" In civitale 7%o/o«<c, nondum

Btduta lumullu belli, vidi ante muralia, S^c {ttonnn una pesaumdedit

Simonem Comitem Monttforlit." This siege of Toulouse, says M. Ge'raud, took
place either in 1079 or in 1098, at one of which periods was written the pre-
sent tract, and the latter part of the sentence, relating to Simon de Montfort,
must be an interpolation fntte phros« incidents- a (t( evidemmnti qjouUe apris
coMjjJ. Not content with this, the author of the article in the Histoire Litte-
raire and M. Geraud agree in opposing hia claim to be an Englishman, by these
conclusive arguments, which seem to us rather rash, even if they were right aa
to his age, —

* "Where the Dean of Lincoln's house is, in the mynster close of Lincoln and
thereabout, waa a monastery of nana afore the time that Remigiua began the new
Minster." Leiand, Itin.

t Paria som Philippede-Bel, d'apr^ de« Documena Oi\^ra.>u.. '^M>A..^fes*»^
4to. P»ri#, 1837.

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RETROSPECTrTB KKTiK^.—Middh-Agt Latin Poetry.

** 1. That before WillUm the Conqueror nunes of Aunilj snd oamM lAkm from
plaoea were unknown io Great Britain.

•* 3. That there u aot iu all Cuglaad a place from which he coald have takea his
name.

•• 3. That before the Conqneit of England by WilUan the Butirii tkti eummtry
did mot jKkwew a ringit man who potttvitd to great a variety i^kmneUdge at Jokm me
Garlande,"

To oppose to these argomeota, which show as how far insrcnuity can KKne-
tiniee lead people astray, we have in the fir*t place the poet's own assertion as to '
the place of his birih, although at the time he wrote it he had been bo long in
France that it had become a second country to him, in his poem D«> Triumph is
Ecclesic (a poem in eight books chietly ua the war agiuast the Albigenses), ,
MS. Cotton. Claud. A. x. fol. 86. r».

" Anglia cui mater foent, cai Gallia nutriz,
Matri nalrieom pnefero marte meam."

And. accordingly, throughout the poem, he coost&ntly shows more or lesa

ktiality to boll* — as, fol. "3, r".
" Quod Prancoc fortes Cadat, patet online renun,
Kdligio, belli gratia, firma fides.
^L Anglos oi^nti defeadit copi*. ^ntis

H Ingeoium, cleri gloria, Icgis amor."

And again, fol. 76, r".
_^ " Sunt duo sacrati reges, eat Gallicus unus,

■ AagticuB est alter, vivat uterqne potens !"

To another part of this poem. fol. 84, r*. he aaya that while yoang he
studied at Oxford under John of London: —

" Effcetni laicus (ult hoe in tempore doctor
Oxouic, viguit »ensibui ipse tomen.
Omni litterula privatvs scivit et ivit

Ut laicos. aero vir Flato, mane rndis.
Hie de Londoniis fuerat, dictus<|ue JohanneSi
Pbilosophos juveni legerat ant« michL''

John of London flourished about 1^70 or 1280, and was a great friend of
Roger BacoD, who speaks of him between 1260 and 1270 aa being a roung
man. While he was still very young. John de Garlandc seems to have rone
to study at the University of Paris. We learn from the sixth book of the
above-mentioned poem that, driven thence by the troubles of the times, he
went to the University of Toulouse about 1229. He was there ihroughnat
the whole of the Crusade against the Albigenses, which he describes from his i
personal observation; and gives a very particular account of the death ofj
Simon de Montfort, which will explain the allusion in the above-mentioned
passage of his Dictionarium. In the course of the history be gives various
incidents of his own life ; and, among other thin '^ 'I'- '.'s that while he was
at Toulouse he wrote hXi other great poem, thi um Beatm Urgiait. j

After the war he returned to Paris, where he waa ; ..u5, and he is men- !

tionc'd by Roger Bacon as eminent there in 1267. It was eiflcr bis return to I
Paris that he wrote the poem De Triuvtphit KccUsie, a transcript of wliicli
has been placed in the hands of M. Fauriel to he inserted in his coll
docamenta relating to the Albig^sian war, and we hope that he
BO curious a document without any curtailment. There can Ik '
the Dictionarium was written, not tn 12S0, but after his retnm •
in the latter half of Llie tlurteenth ccnturj-, when he probn'
There can be no excuse for the error which the French

for thfv ' ' tve li^cn act right in a great meojure by a iiimplc rclci'

to Tan. iheca.

G

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505

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

An. Uuiarirnt and Gt'nettloyictd Accmtit
of the CluH Mnolfan, from Us firtt
tettlemcnt at Castle Duart, in the Isle
fif Midi, to the prpsent period. By
a Stnfiaehie. 6«y>. pp. xvi. 358.

THE Scotch have been always fn-
inous for their genealogies, and iadced
dial species of memorial appears to he
particularly requisite where sumamea
•jre comparatively few, and acon^cqueot
confusion of individuals is not un>
likely to occur. But the game cause
haa also led to the preservation of ^>
nealogies on another account : for the
femembruicc of relationship has been
perpetuated with the surname, the
spirit of clanship supported, and there-
by an interest excited in the inquiry.
What other branches are there of our
family, and who are our cousins,
however remote the affinity ? That
the gi-ati(ication to be derived from
such information should be difTused
by means of printed family histories,
IB obviously desirable ; and we hear-
tily wish Uiat every ancient family in
Scotland, and in England too, may
iind an historian as 2ealous and as
efficient as the Seneachie of the Mac-
leans.

The name of tiic author does not
appear; but for the pecuniary ad-
' vances necessary to the production of
this work, the (Tlan are indebted to
I Charles Hope Maclean, Esq. M.A. of
the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law,
I third surviving son of Alexander 15th
lof Ardgour. That the clan ge-
Jy have handsomely supported
\ke undertaking, we think we may
»y after counting seventy-eight per-
of the name among the list oS
ribers.*
The founder of the name of Mac-
lean was Gillean son of Kuth. living
.1. D. 1174, eighth in descent from
[Tergus I. King of Scotland, and, ac-
cording to the ancient seneachies, the

42nd in descent from Aonghns Tur-
mhi Teamhrach, an ancient raonarc
of Ireland. This personage, accor
ing to the usual allowance for
descent of the generations of mankind,,
must have flourished two centuries
before the Chri&tian aera! But our
author is too sensible a person to wasV
much time or space over these nebq
lous parts of his genealogy, and ti
credit of his later portions must not
be affected by any doubts that may
arise concerning the earlier poetic
ages. Indeed he himself says, "on
the origin of the name there can be
little difficulty in coming to a conclu-
sion ; but on that of tJie race, let us
at once say that it is, like others of
the human creation, descende<l from
Adam by his heir and representative
Noah, and in a direct line through
the Flood." (p. X.) But from the
twelfth century downwards, the Mafl«
Gilleans or Macleans are traced wilT
certainty, through most of theS
stocks and ramitications. They were
for many ages a principal family
the Isles, second only to the Mace
nalds ; until, in consequence of the
attachment and fidelity to the Hotiq
of Stuart, and the persecuting enmit
of the chiefs of Argyle, — the remnai
of old feudal animosities, heighteoC
probably by covetousness, — a materij
portion of their estates was coafil
cated, and transferred to the Camp-~
bells. On this subject our Seneachie
thus warmly expresses himself: —

••The battle of Killicbr«jikie (ia 16*8,
though victory favoured the side on whi<i
the Chief of Duart fought, cnnsiimmat*
to their hearts* content the sinister wish^f
of the vultures of Argyle ; it sent t|
dreaded leader of the MaclesDS into exll
and his extensive projicrty helped in t|
maQufsctnrc of n duml coronrt for
chief of the Camphells. That the
tatcB of Ouart (at least a consid
portion of them) are now the prop

T' ' aorrr to say, wants an indc >.

)r» I r subscribers, a* far as it g<)>

lug tli. t, lo the Y»se* vrhcicthc «CTt4^

GvtT. Mao. Vou X.

rf4:ommeiid its fomnb-

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Review. — Hi»tt>ry of the Clan Maclean.

of a nobleman of acknowledged worth and
liberality as a landlord, afTords bnt a very
doubtful cause of pratifioation to a Mac-
Icnn ; to mc at least no alleged worth in
any possessor inheriting them by virtue
of liis descent from GUUtpie Dubk can
ever afford tut very Uttle gratification,
while I have before me such coufinnation
of the raKcality whereby he worked out
his pretended claim to the lands of the
chief; but the wily doings of tho two
decajiitated Campbells will be more par-
ticularly explained in another place.'*

We have not ?pace to follow the
author through his general history of
the CInn, which consists in early times
of the usual series of alliances and
warfare — a calm one year prodaced by
a marriage, a storm the next by
treachery or murder ; a perpetual
succession of feuds and confedera-
tions, battles, skirmishes, and strata-
gems, and occasionally mixing in the
general history of Scotland, as in the
fields of [nverlochy and of Kloddcn, at
the latter of which the then chief of
Maclean was slain. Afterwards, in
the time of Charles the First, the
island chiefs begin to play a more pro-
tniaent part, and so throughout the
struggles of the Stuarts, down to the
battle of Cullodeo, where tl»e clan suf-
fered a tremendous loss of life. We
are tempted to extract one very re-
markable episode, — an episode, in fact,
of English as well as Scotish history :

'• In loHfl the Florida (Capt. Don Fa-
rcija) , one of the scattered ships o f th£ cele-
brated S|>iMiiiih Armada, had been forced
into Tobermory bay, in Mull, and the Don,
arrogantly presuming on his floating
power, sent peremptory orders to Duart
requesting of Sir Lachlon Maclean
ipply hig ship with such pruvikions
be might rei|uire or the mean* of the
\n\\ eoidd afford ; but the mandate not
niKcLiog, of course, with very ready atten-
tion at the hands of him to whom it was
■ddreaaed, he tbrcatenr^d to nso the means
io hie power to ' ', ' '
of the ohicf of
nation by the ju. ...
•trapgifr, an answer
effect ' th.it the wa;

^atrni ,i to *iuj: he

ri>ad ' , I \]\nxf conrte-

he

Kit

;rtt

Maclean to pay ready attention to the
wants of a thre^atcning beggar.' The Don
thought it of course the wisest plan to
decline the invitation upon the Liird of
Duart's terms, and promi/<pd payment for
such necci-saries as might r>e (upplied
him. On these conditiuus the people of
Mull had permi.'saioa to furoi.^h the Spa-
niard with the (supplies which he requirad.
" In the meantime Mac-Ian, of Ar^ns-
marchan, burning with rage at the treat-
ment he experienced on his nuptial night,*
sought the aid of the chief of Clanraa-
nald, and seemed disposed to revoke hoe-
tiUties with the chief of Dnart. Maciran
was not slow in making preparations to
chastise him ; and in preparing the expe-
dition set on foot for this purpose, he
entered into lome arnmgement with the
Spanish commander, by which he was to
have the assistance of a hundred marines
from the Florida, partly in return for the
provisions supplied by the inhabitanla.
With these auxiliaries, in addition to his
own clan, Sir I^rhlan proceeded against
the Macdonsldi*, whom he defeated in
every engagement. The isles of Muke.
Rum, Egg, and Canna suffered severely
during this fresh feud. Thrap jcfqnds
subdued, the chief of Mn^ ' '' a
descent npnn the main lanri ' ir.
chan, and closely invested Mh.l,--. , i ..-Uc,
Mac-Ian's principal residence : hia saa*
guinary followers at the same time, spread-
ing themselves io every direction through-
out the lands belonging to that chieftaio,
committed the most fearful devastation.
Whil.«it thus pursuing his career of de-
struction, Sir Lachlan rrcciv-' - tre

from the commander of X\. -t.

questing the return of the m|.

diers, as the ship was prrpuml ti> vk\m>
her departure. Maclean nf T'f ?hi>ah at
the same time sent n ^a

his chief, that the Sj) 115

take his departare wi- th

the people for the pro\ -^ir

Lachlan remonstrated ■'■,»

on the injustice thus contemj' ^c

wiiyDonpromisedcverysatisi ilJ

be given ere he left the couiitij ; ai the
same time he urm-ntly pressed the chief
of M.nrlc.'^n for t' - -' ' - n.

Sir I,Mcldan, dn- 5

nlh .si, ,.1,1,1 ,„.t I,.

■ri,

iiie
priuc'i|ijtl olhccrs a ho.Uj^ci^ but pc.tiult'
ted the rest of the Spanlanlt to rvturk ta

4I0( 4iM (luatoui tat ikc cbkei o(

* On his marriage willi

••-— •■' v«- '-^.- , frej ..-,

, ii follkrwm
:, airrowly KioapcJ

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the «hip ; at the same time he Knt
Donald Gtas, »oa of Maclean of Morrern,
oa board the Florida to receive an sdjust-
nieot of tlie deiuBDiU of bi» people. No
Booneri however, had Donald Glu set
Toot on board the Florida than be was
diftarmed and tnnde prisoner, and caution-
ed, nt the peril of his life, to attempt any
communicatioa with his friends. Exaa-
pcratcd to the utmost fury by auch treat-
meat, and finding that the Spaniard was
making preparation for immediate de-
parture, Donald at once resolved that he
should not esca)>e unpunit«hed, even
though the fearful step he was about to
take for tblg purpose was destruction as
certain to himself as to his foes. Finding
the cabin in which he was confined tu be
in the immediate vicinity of the powder-
magazine, he found on opportunity in the
night time to force his way into it, and
laying his train in as concealed a position
a« possible, he waited the period when
the ftnal decision of Don Fareija might
force him to the desperate step contem-
plated. At daylight on the following
morning Donald (JLu was, in derision,
summoned on deck to Lake a lost fure-
well of the towering hills of Mull and
Morrcm, the beloved moontaius of his
native soil. Finding by the preparation
going on that his abduction and treachery
to his kinsroea wu in reality meditated,
he requested a few attendants that ac-
companied him on board to make the land
U speedily as possible, and slipping a
letter for his chief into the hand of one
of them, he relumed below, under pre-
tence of mental suffering at this forcible
separation from his native land. Allow-
ing snflicieut time for his friends to reach
■ safe distance, he set himself to accotn-
pUsh his dreadful purpose ; ond imme-
diatelr tiring hij train, this remnant of
the iU-fated Armada, with upwards of
three hundred souls on board, was blown
into a thousand pieces in the bay. Of
the Spaniards, only three escaped the im-
mediate fate of their countrymen : one of
tbese was so mutilated in tlie explosion,
that he died the next day. Mnny tra-
ditional tales are related in Mull to the
prespnt dny of Captain Fareija and his
/'"' " 1'^. One of these relates to a

•1' ^ to one of the Spanish offi-

Cti=, ..i..! .. iii.h the people sreraed to have
regarded with $uperstitiuus reverence as
long OS it lived. The poor animal was
thrown ashore upon a frngment of the
deok to the distniice of a mill' ni>d i ?i'»)f,
and WAS iliisoovi'red in an \

dying state by our of tb','
hut hy attKuiiun it recoveri ■.'• , u.i'i mi,
soiiniT dill (hr fniilifiil creature revive,
tlian tlie whore oppo^ite to where the

wreck of the Florida sunk became its
constant resort ; here it would sit, looking
towards the spot, howling most piteously,
and by force alone could it be removed
from the place. It may creute a smile,
but the remarkable manner uf " the
Spanish dog" appears to have left fo(
ages a more lasting impression upon tha
minds of the people ih&n the dreadful
fate of three hundred of their fellow
creotures. The Spanish officers in the
hands of the chief of Maclean were im-
mediately set at liberty, and permitted to
leave the country ; but na Sir Lachlan
himself was not held by them to be eu'
tirely unconnected with the destruction
of their countrymen, on their arrival ta
Edinburgh they lodged a complaint
against him before the king and council.
The lord of Duart, however, readily ex-
plained the circumstance, and found little
difficulty in excusing himself with the
Parliament."

We believe this romantic etory has
not been related so fully before. The
greater part of the wreck* of the Ar-
mada took place on the shore of Con-
naught. (See Southey's Naval His-
tory of England, &c. &c.)

The title of Baronet was conferred
on the chief of the Macleans in IG31 ;
it descended to Sir Hector, who was
engaged in the Rebellion of 17-15, and
who died at Rome, without issue, in
17&0. His rousin and successor was
Sir Allan, whose hospitality at Inch-
KcQQcth in Mull, is commemorated in
aLatin pocTO by Dr. Johnson, apleasing
translation of which by the late Sir
Daniel K. Sandford is quoted by the
aotbor. Since his death two other
cousins have succeeded, the Inttcr of
whom. General Sir Fitzroy JclTreys
Grafton Maclean, is the present Baro-
net, and chief of the Macleans; and
has lately married, for the second time,
since this work was published. Fran-
ces, widow of Elenry Campion, FUi). of
Mailing Deanery. Sussex. His elder
son, Charles-Fitzroy, is a Colonel in
the army ; and the younger, Donald
Maclean, Esq. barrister at law, is one
of the representatives in Parliament of
the city of Oxford.

To the Seneachie's historical narra-
tive succeeds a genealogical detail, in
which he deduces tlie several branches
(if the Clan, in the order of their
seniority, to their present representa-
tives : I. The chief slock of Duart ami
Morvejn, to vvbicli the bca.R,c\\ \A V>v

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RsyrEW. — History of the Clan Maclean.

iNor.

*

las has snccccded ; 2. the house of
I^ochbuy, with its cadets of Scallas-
dale, Urqahart, Dochgarroch, Kinger-
)och, and Cappurnuch ; 3. the house
of Ardgour, with its cadets of Borre-
ray, Treshnish, Invcrscadell, and
" lairh ; 4. the house of Lchire and
Ross ; S. the house of Coll, with
its branches of Moke, Drimnacroes,
Crosspool, and Gallanach ; 6. the house
of Morvern, with its cadets of Kin>
lorhaiine, Drtmnin, and Pennyrross ;
7. the house ofTorloisk; and 8. the
Counts Maclean of Sweden, Of the
Scallasdaie branch is Col. Sir Archi-
bald Mttclaine. C.B., KT.S.. and
K.C.T.; of the Dochgarroch branch are
Major- Gen. Sir John Maclean, K.C.B.
K.T.S. and George Maclean, Elsq,
Governor of the Gold Coast ; of the
Inverscadell branch is Major-Gen. Sir
Joseph Maclean, K.C.H. ; of the
Blaich branch was Gen. Francis Mac-
lean, Governor of Halifax, who died
in 1781 ; of the Lehire family, (at
LnngmuIJ) the Iste Major Donald
Maclean, of the Royal Scots, to whom
two affectionate letters of the late Duke
of Kent are addressed ; of the Mac-
leans of Coll is Lieut. -Gen. Sir Hec-
tor Maclean, K.C.B. ; and from the
same stock was Lauchlin MacWiinc.
Under-Secretary of State to Lord
Shelburne, and afterwards agent to the
Nabob of Arcot" ; as is also Mr. Lach-
lan Maclean, merchant in Glasgow,
and anthor of Sketches of lona, and
an elaborate work on the Celtic or
Gaelic langaage ; and of the house of
Torloisk. was General Allan Maclean,
who died in 1797- Of these persons,
particularly the military otBcers, ex-
tended memoirs are given ; and the
genealogy is throughout richly studded
with the names of those who have
rendered valuable services to their
king and country. We may further
mention that the representation of the
Macleans of Torloiak will descend
through the Marchioness ofNorthamp-
ton, whose second son Lord William
Compton will, if he survives his grand-
mother, the widow of General Doug-

* See ■ memoir of Lauchib Miiflesne

the Oentlcmim's Masfazmc, lol. tlcit.

40(l, and flirlli«T of liiiu and his (Uji-

j>o»edoliiii ; ip of the Lcl-

TH <if J - ( »wt. c. ti.

i. .>-T.

las Clcpbane, inherit that estate, and
assume the name of Maclean. Far-
ther, that Mr. Justice Park is also the
grandson of a Maclean of Torloisk ;
and finally, that another well-knowo
member of the family, Mr. Thoouis
Maclean, of the Haymarket, the pn\>-
lisher of the caricatures of the immor.
tal H . B. is a descendant of the laird*
of Dochgarroch.

On the whole, the genealogies are
Tery satisfactory, though we thinil
they are rather deficient in dates. We
shall conclude with observing that,
with full concurrence in the spirit of
oar aothor'a loyal sentiments, we think
his expressions of animo«ity toxranL*
the Argyles, the republicans, and the
whigs, are somewhat too violent.
They resemble too much the impas-
sioned diatribe of the political pamph-
leteer, and too little the tempered
judgment of the sober historian. One
expression (in p. 140, and repeated in
p. 142) we cannot pass without cen-
sure.— that the Scotish Lords who ne-
gociated the surrender of Charles the
First "out.judased Judas." This i»
an indiscretion scarcely inferior to
that which once compared that king
himself to the Redeemer, a profana-
tion which the good sense of later
times haa universally condemned. If
the expression were only once casually
introduced, (without being actually
amplified and argued upon in p. 142),
we might have imagined that it was
inadvertently employed in the place or
in imitation of the customary expres-
sion of "out-Heroding HiTod." but
in that instance the phrase has origi-
nated in & way which relieves it of its
impropriety- It is not the conduct ot
the actual Herod in sacred hi5tor}- that
is alluded to ; but the rant and extra-
vagance of the actors by whom Herod
was formerly personated on the dra>
matic stage.

In the letter of Montrose to the
laird of Coll (p. 139) instead of " for
the advancing thereof, the king's lar*
vice," we should pruhalily ri-ajl " for
the advancing there of the king's »«r«
vice."

Acctmnl nf thr V' ' ' ui.

I'htH, ^c. tni. 'i4

Hrt>. C. C. I

IN th* papr
work, the fact i-> enutuvuuttu i</ tic

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509

established, that the Daaphio, the soa
of Louis XVI. and brother of the
Duche«a d'Angoul^me, is still alive,
and is knowo by the title of the Duke
of Normandy. He endeavoured to
bring his case before the legal tri-
bunals in France, but was seized
by the police, and, after a month's
imprisonment, sent out of the country.
Id consequence he was obliged to have
recourse to the press, to make his pre-
tensions known. The translator says,
" That the Ugitimaie right to the
throne of France is involved in the
question of the identity with the son
of Louis XVI. ; and that the right is
openly asserted in the following pages,
the editor does not mean to deny ; but
he thinks it must be allowed that if he
had been influenced by political mo-
tives to publish this translation, he
could hardly have made a more awk-
ivard attempt to disturb the Orleans
dynasty than by bringing forward a
rival to the acknowledged legitimate
heir to the throne already existing in
the person of the Duke of Bordeaux."
lie adds, " that he knew from a rela-
tion that the attempt of the Duke of
Normandy to bring his claims into a
court of justice, and his consequent ex-
palsion from France, in order to prevent
his doing so, had actually taken place.
The former of these facts affording a
presumption that he must really have
llie evidence to produce which he pro-
fesses ; the latter exciting a suspicion,
at lea^t, that the government were
afraid of the production of that evi-
dence ; the more so, as no longer ago
than 1834 the really false Dauphin
Rcuthemunt was brought to trial by
them, and condemned as an impostor,
as the other false Dauphin who ap-
peared in the time of Louis the XVIIL
wa» dealt with by him. Of all the indi-
viduals therefore who have laid claim
to the title, the writer of this narra-
tive is the only one who has been re-
fused a legal inquiry into the validity
of his claim." To this is to be added,
that Madame de Rambaud, the Dau-
phin's nurse from b>s birth till he was
seven years old, it eufirrly convinrtd
of the writer's identity with the prince
of whom she had ' tljc care, that
ahc declares her conviction openly,

I that 4bc did make a juuroey to
Prague, in hopc« of obtaining an audi-
ence of the Duchcid of Augouletac on

I

this very subject, wh'ch audience was
refused her ; and that the conviction
and declaration of Madame Rambaud
arc participated in most fully by her
family. It happens that the Duke is
now supported (at Dresden ?) with hia
wife and six children by friends, whose
sincerity of belief in him is the cause
of their generosity. These facts are,
then, ascertained on other authority
than the writer's own : as it appears

1. That he has endeavoured to pro-
cure a legal inquiry into the validity
of his claims, which has been refused.

2. That the French governmLiit,
which has itself brought other false
Dauphins to trial, refuses him thia
appeal to the laws of his country.

3. That one of his chief witnesses
(his nurse), certainly competent to
identify him, does recognise him, and
declares it openly.

4. That other of hia friends believe
in his claim, and take onerous obliga-
tions on themselves in consequence of
that belief.

5. That he docs not posaess the
means of procuring false witnesses by
bribery.

To this the translator adds, " that
he is able to certify, and conscienti-
ously, having made the acquaintance
of the prince and his friend and advo-
cate, the editor of the French volume,
that he never was in company and
had communication with any two per-
sons who had less the appearance of
anything bordering upon imposture
and deceit, — with whose frankness he
had better reason to be satisfied, — or
of whose perfect integrity and honesty
he was more thoroughly convinced."
We have no room to enter into an
examination of the vast variety of
facts and documents, in the shape of
proofs of the tracing of the claim, that
are advanced here ; but this we can
say, that it is the leading aim of all
impostors to avoid minute and cir-
cumstantial detail — Error latct in
generalibus — but here, nothing ia
avoided, nothing appears concealed ;
and statements which an impostor
might easily have dropped, and urged,
OS a valid excuse for dropping, the im-
possibility of rcmemberiitg circum-
stances that took place in his child-
hood, are here voluntarily brought
forward in all the particularities of tliv
utteiidaut clccu.t&'iit.wxcv.*. V- wi(^!«»s>

4

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Rbviiew. — PercevaT* DUecwry o/tke Dt^Jm.

k

that when confined rn th« Tow4>r of

the T nil In. tlic frirndii of bim and hi«
jUi cootrivfd hi* ctc»pc

'b', - wiorlpn ftmr* of a

chill) Ml hiA Iji.i) , -<

dJKcnvcird, the t

that ill* c»fn( Iitiifiii |pi ku'i A II. sui>-

Mlitutrd « (li-nf itiiil iltiinli child in hia

Slftrr, And RuliMeiiui-ntly unothi-r, who
fed 1705. Ill the cdfRn intended
^r that, hu wna placed ; and aulwe-
f|ni'iitly, un hi* way tu the place of
intrrnunt, tnkoii nut. nnd the coffin
jillcd with niltblith ; he c«CA|)cd to
rrlrntf, (ind thenrc to Italy. It i« b1-
toi^rthrr a very »ingular and curious
■tntrnivnt.

The rit*t of thi* nnrrativc contains
nn Mcrount of hm HiitiMr<)iii'ni advcn-
turm, trinln, und mlHt'ortuncH to the

Iirenent lime, nnri tlii* io followed by n
Mi'Ki'' niarinbliif;i<of original documents,
letti'i*. fcc. tu nuthctiiu'Aie X.\\e facta
anncited. Anionic tlictn are one or two
of i( nin«t rxtrnordinnry chnructer : wo
nlluilf to the Iftter* written from the
t'oniit de I'rovoncc (Louii* XVIII.), the
autlicnticlty of which the I'Vtnch c«lilor
•ayu he cnnld jirovu in a court of ju»-
tieo Will dov» Mr. Perceval »ay.
" tliBl they areofnontrorinuHly w irked
A chariu'ter hi are calculated to hlaekon
htd memory for rvi^r; nnd, what i.^
mora atiirtlinft, that of Charles X."
Hero tJiey arc.

" To TH> Ouaa or Fit«jamri.

" \'rr$itiUni, May lit, 17«7.
" lloro tu, my ilcitr Diiko, tlin AMm-inhly
nf Notnttle* 4lrilwliiK to it* eluoe, itiul )-et
the gr«ol qhettinm lini not been touched
uuon. You cAiutot ilovibt thnl the NuLa-
hlM will not heMt«t« to believe, from the
doeuinetit* whii^h yuu tmt I firm mom than
•U w««ki iiito, that tkf Kirtjf't cAildrm
tm Ml kh «,«•*••» • ilieiie |iaperii icire the
dJMrMt pronfi of Ihr Queen'i entity con-
duct. You are a aubject loo much attochftd
to the blood of your Soverelipiti not to
bhiKh at hnwioK before tho*c adult*rum»
/rtiit». I khall beobiHMit, but oiy br«.(he-r
Ar' ' nnitteedoc* i: " ''.','.

lui

t!.

in my |

nf viiajii:-'j II III mn-n — iaj jrt,.»f,M, ii,riii'

" To TVS Cocsr D*.
" AH tkat fortaw «mU <kaM SMt
Calol. baa bocB oitod i^iiMt « fw a«»
tiua ea^bteea maMm t bat k ■■»■ tbtf
ahe u ^otDg t« rdoat mad !• look JVM
as iritb aomewhat ■■«« ttwonr. Wlmtt
doe* it cignify to ni, Ia tufA, that CrnaH
has obtained, to osr fttjnfit * , tW «Qai.
mand of the army ftinusbed liy tW IQa(
of Pruegia and the Emprrar ? {ftt^ M«
which it prejutrin^ w *(ruck, it wiO tt
worth OH ormu - " aatoiiMcniaCAe
Aoaembly an^ ih minitOy <riB

remain toos^ >.. ■■ - .. ii ■nceow*. enerf
thine may be hoped for. The reed thjt
brocu. Urcf longer than the aok thai
breaks. You will be the ool in your tsrv,
my brother ; and God knowa what wiH b«
the rcauit.

" (Signed) L. S. XATtn."

'• To TBB Count D'Aktois.
" It is done, my brother— /*e bUnr U
itrttek I I hold in my hand the oflScU
news of the death of the anfortimaM.
Ifouig XVI., and have only time to fo
ward it to you. I am afraid, also,
hix ton it dying. You will not forg
UHcful to the «tute their dtath
Let (hilt retlcction console yon ; an
member that the Grand Prior your ton 'u
after mc, the hope and heir of the
iiarohy. (Signed) L. S. Xatibk.*

1.1 it possible that these JettFrs' — '>.« ,
very concentration of the h:
l«ny — that stamp these wretii;
baaest of traitors, calumniators, oiu
fratricides — that cover them will
threefold infamy — can tliey be truej
If BO, we must say that the darkca
pagPB of modern history offer nothin|
aode(eatabl«, so enormous, so fieodisli
to our revolting and sickening eyedj
to which tiie worst excesses conimitte '
In r' " ■ - ' h followed thes4

cri: i.-int and hruta

niiiiMiiv ii|i|>. ui Mi.,ui lu compa
flerc are wretches, whose life-
should have been poured iiii >n .1i«#
of the adlictcd and ah^
luukin^ forward with r
downfall — forging the viirst slander
n^zairibt h woman and a Queen-
?'ng each other on the d4
iicw nnd the heir of thr
— and lH»tly, couKM 'iJ

laving A dark h.i
plot for the death ol '.:■
Ktn^n^ We have i> be.

UuviKW — Mant's Discourses on the Church.

lieve this ; we cannot. The crime is
too stupendous to have been imagined
ia the most guilty bosom ; it cannot
be. Yet we wish we could say — " Nnn
premia credis interfcctores raansura."
Like Macbeth, they had it all -. but, liite
him, the crown for which they had
given their immortal spirits to the
bondage of iihame in exchange, soon
dropt from either head-

We will now give a letter which
follows, bearine the signature of our
venerable olil King George the Third,
and which the French editor really
believed to b« authentic.

" GiOKOB THsTniao, King or Eno-

LANO, TO TKK DuKB OF AnCOOLBMX.

" My Cousin, — I write this letter to ac-
quaint you, ibat it being our royal will
and pleiwure to dL-liver France from the
oppression under which she gronns, espe-
cially since the death of our brother end
cousin, bi» most Christinn Majesty, ai
■bo to ploce one of his direct heirs upon
the throne, we invest you with the com-
mand of the army which we send for this
purpose, nnd recognixc in you alone the
right to the regency of the kingdom during
the minority of Louis XVII. son of the
late King. That if the said child should
happen to die, we will and intend that you
•hall reign after hun, in immediate suc-
cession, wilboDt delay or division, to the
ezcluMiou of every pretender, direct and
indirect ; under the express condition,
however, of your fulAlling the wishes of
his majesty Louis the XV'I. by causing
the Princyss Maria Theresa, his daughter,
whom he destined to be your wife, to
ascend with you to the throne, thus be-
come yours. Being desirous to give
authority to our royal decision and eon-
duct, we proclaim before God, aud in the
face of all the world, that they who con-
spired against the safety, power, and life
of the late King, have excluded thctn-
«clTca from the hereditary line of sncoes-
siuD to ills crown; interpreting thus the
slate biws of France, and lliose of
f'hnrlcuingne, which, though tliey render
the princes of his boose not amenable to
f !(«• •ribiinuls of ordinary justice, have not
r ■ ■ " •! princes, their peers, from be-
^ unusual means, the orffatu ^

" On whiLb I pray God, &c. — Given at
Westminster.

" (Signed) DoKDAs."

' bis nnclc (Louis XVI fl.) of planning the
dctcutioa of Loui^ XVI. at Varcuncs, t.

Mm

We can only add, that the docu-
ment?, which are very numerous and
particular in their statements, and
highly curious from the circumstances
with which they are connected and
the peraons to whom they allude, ap-
pear to substantiate the claims of this
person, and to prove that his being
alive waa known to, and acknow-
ledged by, the royal family of France, —
if they are true. It appears (v. 646)
that the Duchess of Angoultymc has
given her irorJ f>f honour that her
brother died in the Temple j and the
Duke feels how strongly this declara-
tion acts against htm ; and accord-
ingly his appeals to her aflfectioo and
honour ore very strong and urgent, —
and hav€ not been nolicfd.

4

TTw Church and her Ministration, in a
Sories of Diecouraea. By R. Mant,
Bishop of Down and Connor. 8vo.

THE object of these Discourses, as
the Bishop informs us in his preface,
" is to bring forward the character,
principles, and provisions of the na-
tional church, and to show their agree-
ment with the word of God in holy
scripture." When we consider the
erroneous opinions that arc prevalent
on this subject, and the laxity of con-
duct as regards the Church, in the
present day, too manifest to be at all
consistent with the situation she fills,
the character she claims, or the power
she legitimately may exercise ; when
we consider how she is despised by
the profane, and disparaged by the
Sectarian, and, alas ! too feebly and
lukewarmly 6up[K)rted by the children
of her own communion — the laity:
with these facts before us, we cannot
but congratulate ourselves when we
see more correct views advanced and
higher claims and privileges acknow-
ledged. and her title to be a main
branch of the Apostolic and Catho-
lic Church undeniably asserted and
proved, nnd that she stands pre-
eminent and distinct from ail Secta-
rian rivalry of any denomination what-
soever. Such a subject we could not
wish to see entrusted to safer hands
than those of Bishop Mant ; and the
volume before us confirms our previous
acquaintance with the soundness of
his doctrine, the temperatict -aicA voa-
detalvon ot \i\a Vui^^:^?,^^ twSwVk

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[Nor.

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^m whk
^B to in

the honour of the Church to which
he brlonRs, nnd the devout and reli-
^uu> fri'ling* which give lo his wri-
tini;* the character of coming fnim the
hearl. The volume is didicAted to the
Queen, njul the address to her \6 cai-
ctilntrd to impart to that illuatrious
penton most correct views on the
•whjecl of the Anglican Church over
which ikhr prenidcs,

••Th« Church of ('kr(>t is of God's
erMktloH. At. " ■ Cburcli he.

log • true i<< , of ChriAl,

Uor cAu It uiuuAke olio wUtdi Gtnl bwi
miH<e. Th<> m»«t that the State can do,
l» < imUmuU rd](lM, U to «■•

•« witkalnM put oTCkrisk't

CUk.v«. ^.4U, ia vhattwr dcfrae neh
MWIiaHaB mmj neammmd tlw Church
to t^e ivxiple. her eUef and proper cUim
U ' >m bee own character, as «

ti . tlM Ckwch ofChrut. aud

M tt)u* oruaiMd aad oph. ; God:

Borvo«M tkii elaim i' -i>ould

^ State ehooee to diKx>u....»i ...v aaao-
cktioii."

W« mart livff another punge tnm
tk* aMB* dcaioAtion. earrtitg to ahow
that whiltf th« Bt«hop cootenplates
the prohahility of rfOcweO attack* oo
lk» CtkttRk tif tb« vMilcoct of a^ia-
•■lki,th« Ugettvof {glials. «r th«
TMlmm of tiMomti mm raibmcrkt
Im derlvw cosibit from te coatam-
platioa of Imt a— eatial cneHanei.
which at leMt ia beyoad llMic powtr
to impair.

** It ia a« ■Biaaanaabla laHiB^floa
■t, hlene«l ae ahe 1m* ferlW iMat |wt
Uaa «ia«» Wr 1a*t Mivenacv, aa4 aaJcT
«l» rale af hw Majarty** BMe< ai^wl
Ikmilf, with paaea aari pntfttiu, tkm
■Mftt aoAMMjpacM, kvQoT* i»>
avafiaM* no^naias** M ealaa ayao ta
cafcr MMther trial «f aflktiaa; 'vtea
tiM h«4K* of y* «iac ahdl ^da W
Wekta 40W1I, a> that al tikat co if |4«ck
of Iwr (Ta|w«, that tW «iU haw mK
of Ihr mod a«f nwt it oas, aad the
iriMWaMHaf theid4Jr»o«>t.' StiB,
la fl^ci^ ^aciecy ea

c)tndren ; of those who estimate Iter raid
and judge of her pretensions, ni>t fr
regard to any external transitory tcdi
dent* of worldly love or dishonour,
secular i^od or evil, but from a contem-
plation of her es»etitiul excellence, re
suiting from tlie apostolical, priniitirfl
and catholic character, by God'i mercyl
impreucd upon her and attached hj he
policy, her doctrines, the cummission
her ministera, the di^prniation of h
sacraments, and her forma of divine wor-
ship."

The volume consists of tweaty.onc
Discourses, connected in their Uoe af|
arRoments and in their subjects witj
each other ; among which, we beg l«l
recommend (not to the dispara^.
ment of the others, but from the pe-
cnliar claims that branch of the eab
ject has on our attention in the pr
scut times) the Ikird discourse, ahownl
ing the conformity of our nation
Church, in principles and practicej
with the primitive Church of Christ
or a general view of doctrine, church*
govcramcDt, the sacramenla, and di>
viae worship; and with that. th«1
fimrti, ahowing how the Church ia
diatittguishcd from other Protcstaat
profeawrs of Chriatuuiity ; and to
tlwsc we would add the two next j^-i
"the Chnreh'a jodgneot oa the dc->
ccasity of botdtag the Catholic faitiu'^ ,
So then w« coodude in Ibc laagvafi '
of a Presbyter of the ApMtotic CI
as applied to oar owa times,
si aeqoe ApoatoUca defioita

vetaitatM ti Aoli^vbBtis
Mas s»mper iMstad jair maf'noqjBa '
liamaati snot, acreaaawt pmfatoaaa-
•ilms fVifiaiirii. ^ aae cciJeBM mm^
tna KgHimaa uios pMnafa atadam^ ttt
aanctm aaacCofom pabwa tM«i «%lii-
teiuSur* {wolhaas vrro pnimsanim ao>
vUatea iftelattaaMr. horreacaat, penr-
qaantar."

Lrrfara •« tir .// -(.'Uinrl '
Bf W. J. IrtiiM. AJi.

.^axB^kastalSasa'"
TV«r •«!*«( besa.
aad dks^MX aatMic^

tiaai miajatii. tkrj «ra

1836.] RBViEW.—Irons's Lectures on the ApottoKcal Smccession. 5 13

Oxford, under a feeling of the obli-
gation of the author to him for his in-
Btruction and friendship. We coincide
entirely in the views here taken on the
subject of the Christian Ministry.
We think the argument very tempe-
rately discussed, and very clearly and
ably argued ia the vrork before us.
The author jusUy says t —

" Few will fail to perceive the wide
difference between that state of mind
which ia implied by our popular Christi-
anity, and that which is implied in the
apostolical epistles. The complete un-
worldlineas, the quiet, devoted self-
denial, the earnest humility, the obedience
on the one hand, and the authority on
the other, which are the evident charac-
teriiitics of practical Christianity as it ap-
pears in the inspired Records, are striking-
ly distinct from all which we encounter
in oar popular religion ; and, among
others, will suggest the fear that we hare
lost mnch of that faith which the first
Christians possessed ; and in no particular
is this difference more remarkably seen
than in the language held respecting the
ministry of the Church."

To those who choose to find an ex-
cuse or shelter for their opinions
that the apostolic authority has ceased,
that circumstances are altered, the
author well observes — " How much of
apostolic grace is lost from the minis-
try it may be impossible to say ; but
BO also would it be equally impossible
to say how much is retained. Hence
it must ever remain the aafttt course
for a Christian man to adhere to the
apostolicalty descended ministry."
The author then, in urging the neces-
sity of a living ministry, considers the
argument that is urged in favour "of
what may be termed literary methods
of Christian instruction," by every
one reading the Bible, and judging
for themselves : — a doctrine which,
if taken in any extent, would be the
parent of strange latitudinarian and
heretical opinions, and would tend
to weaken and dissolve all Chris-
tian communities. But as popular
feeling, in these days so impatient of
restraint, is tending much that way,
both in the Church and out ; and as
one of the effects of the growing system
of education will be, when it falls on
weak or passionate minds, to foster
and encourage the right of private
judgment, we consider that it is of
great service to have a different and,
Gent. Mao. Voh. X.

we arc sure, a far sounder view of thrf
subject brought forward and advocated
as in the volume before us, from
which we would willingly make some
extracts that would give our readers
no mean opinion of the learning and
logical powers of the author ; and they
would be still more satisfied in seeing
them subservient to the most candid and
temperate judgment, and united with
the purest Christian feelings. Many
important points, for ever advanced
and never clearly understood, are
here briefly but clearly examined, as—
the inward call always indispensable,
— that the government of a country
has the prerogative of making minis-
ters of Religion ; one, regarding
Christ's religion as a code of doctrines,
the other chiefly as a rule of morals.
We abo recommend an attentive pe-
rusal of that part of the argument re-
lating to the doctrine of Succession
(p. 37 et sej.), and on the objection that
our doctrine is too iechnicaii TTie ob-
ject of the author in the whole volume
is to develope the true Catholic con-
ception of Christianity, and show its
concordance with the literal Scrip-
tures of Truth ; " the popular idea
being that Christianity is a complete
revelation of certain truths concerning
God and a future state, and the end to
be aimed at therefore is the impressing
men strongly with these truths, ap-
plying them to individuals." The
Ca/AoKc conception is, that Christiani-
ty is a sustained revelation or mani-
festation of realities, and the great end
to be attained is the participation
therein. These opinions are ably con-
sidered in the summary, nor do we
find any reason to dissent from the
author's conclusions.

TTke Pictorial Hiatory of England.

THIS is one of the many useful and
instructive publications which have is-
sued from the establishment of Messrs.
Knight and Company. The plan is
founded on the well known history of
Dr. Henry, so far as respects the sys-
tematic arrangement of the materials
in divisions, in which the several mat-
ters connected with the history are se-
parately treated. The novelty of the
present work consists in its comprising
" the History of the ^w^^V^ ** '^'^

Kkvikw.— 7*Ap Pictorial Historif of England.

.Ml

hultjrct mioptod fntm a euttgcstioD of
Dr. Joliniton. In con«oqucnce, a " Hia-
lorv (W lite Mniinrm of Coniiiiflii Life,"
wliirh wna wanting in llrnry's work,
fitiniA an ini|>ortant feature in the plan
of I lie preiient.

The lir>t volume rflmnienccs with
an inlrotluelory view nf the primitive
hioloix of the Urilish Ulanda. Of this
ftenml, It is truly »aid in the opening,
that—

" No ipieMion in hiatory ia more in-
irieAir auil ihiKeull than ih.tt of the ori-
ltin.il p>t)nil:ition of the Uritiah islanita.
Tlie kiiSjct-t, inihf il, in ilk xariou* rvla-
liona, la enUuitletl «ilh nearly all the
tlarVni >iue»ti>Mt« ihai |vrf^le\ the yn-
tnexal au(ii)nuii's of >'>ur raoe. Kxery

{wtrl of It lia» Iv.-n a ttehl of loni; and
ktvuK ^ajl'^st (NUitrk^xeny. where all the
re«>>uiwii of Icaininji and in$t^uttity, and.
II m*x iv ad.led. .nil the lioenoe of ima-
lEUtAlion and i^a^Mon. ha«r bec'n eal)o«l
fouh \\\ »u)^|«.Mt .»f the nuv-t irreooneile-
alde <>)>.ni.«Ha and »\»lem»: and anil
Ihi'iv la >.-*i\N-l\ a leadtiiiE fviui in the
in«)\iux (hai .-ji-.i N' >.*id to V yvrfivily
e«i.nS:i>ho.l. OS .'.oMVi.', f»ow\ all oS».'unty
aud .vur.xi,>».*'

[Nov

To »v..-l«. *> l.*x.'

»'.<««; :.v.l So jS"!-.;>.'

oi >,^a» j!u> ,>a)iv*
»\>:»!:-.«xv.-\.;V; .".M
h.i^h.x \a...a:
l.-.\ .V.' ;:.v.-

U.'

tV..

! .»<>ure or »:-

a *».!«■ A spread
! .\v;;.» :.,^r. la ..i pr.>\f
A;'..^: ihi- -.nts-.N^jc-
«.»-.l JT.vsi ,v.» >a.:h

cioiens of wood ongraving, and may be
divided into the following branches : —
Historical subjects, being representa-
tions, by artists, of scenes and events
—Views of existing buildings and lo-
calities referred to in the history— Por-
traits <— Delineations of weapons and
articles of domestic use, from the ori-
ginals, where they can be procured —
Costumes and pictorial representa-
tions of manners and customs from
manuscripts and monuments — and,
lastly, the prevailing style of archi-
tecture.

On the first head, the paintings of
Fuscli, West, KaufTman, Tresham,
and other historical painters, have
been copied ; but a^k the costume is in
every ioa^lanco ultoriy at variance with
the period, these subjects, however va-
luable they mav be as works of art,
are useless as liistorical documents:
this class of subjects, we are happy
to see. is not numerous. In the
xiews of actual buildings it is en-
deavoured to give representations of
theni in as nearly a perfect state
as c.in be procured ; the portraits
are tal.(n fiom the best contem|K>rary
«uth.-<riiies :ha: can bo arrived at; the
hea.:s of the Koman emperors con-
nected with Britain are finely engraved
!r.>m shtjr c.ia*: ibc weapons and
o;hv: l>:.::!.h s'-Nec:* h-ive bctn far-
v. >>.e.; : y ;>.f nc^r'.c collections of
r..\irf ,■•.. .1 iVv;;;:*. ;':.c B;.:i*h and
.■.;.i: >'.;;>; ..-.iis, ;':.i -\rcV.i-. l.^gia, and
'.Vr ^e*: .■...; : ::r.k~. v.'-rkS.

'.':.. c.-.4:..T5:f . :" ".111 ^.".\."•n period
*".* ;■ -.■'.•.#*• « .sTtted ry a sii.es of
X. :■« .-.:. . . T >..: :v:s. i.- xej :*.-i:n: the
>..;; > X* ..a; ; r.r.-. ^...icuiv Cv-*:r».ct

.•■:#. i

\'f>

cr« if a
,ir .- fr.-n
Yi-.i wc

Tr>.".»; ..••,-vv; j.» ,\r.- »,r»,. ;*.n .lO.i,':
ttv .w. i;.- o;vx .'.v .> : I-,- *i;i, j.ft:-.

TV' ji'wira:^in> a?e fwviior*. >tx>. w. \\^— o\»y'> \>m*.V>-. uiLiLa s* hf

1 838. ] RBViEw.->TAe Pictorial Hitlony of England.

515

no means a solitary instance : in a
SQbseqaent illustration, from a paint-
ing by Opie, £dward the First appears
in the armour and boots of Oliver
Cromwell. We notice these discre-
pancies as a lesson to artists, which
appears the more striking when the
paintings are brought into juxta- posi-
tion with authentic specimens of an-
cient habilimentf.

Some of the Saxon illustrations are
fac- similes of the originals; others
are pat into better drawing with ac-
companiments. Of this class is the
Saxon military chief on pi^e 144,
which is designed from a MS. in the
Harleian collection. In the original the
illuminations are in outline, drawn with
ink, and slightly touched with colour:
the present figure appears to be in-
tended for one of the heavenly host,
probably St. Michael ; it is minute, but
drawn with great spirit. The cos-
tame is the usual dress of the Saxon
soldier, a tunic and mantle with a head-
piece and buckler. In the figure,
which is designed from this author-
ity, the artist has drawn the tunic more
closely in imitation of the Roman cui-
rass than, we think, is warranted by the
Saxondrawing. The Saxon king and his
armour bearer, a composition designed
from a manuscript in the Cottonian
library, is very faulty, and as, in ad-
dition, a fac-simile of the original is
given in a subsequent page,* the merit
of the drawing may be fairly tested,
llie artist, in varying the position of
the figures, has lost sight of the design
of the original delineation. In that,
rude as it is, the office and duty of
the shield-bearer is plainly shown; he
presses forward to aid his master, and
by extending his buckler, wards off
the blows which might prove fatal to
him ; in the pictorial representation of
the subject, the attendant evidently
thinks the better part of valour is dis-
cretion, and wisely keeps in the rear
of the principal warrior: the artist
has, moreover, committed the gross
error of omitting the cap of the shield
bearer, which is of the Phrygian
formation. These examples show that
little value is to be attributed to im-
provements on the ancient examples,
which, however deficient in drawing,
had better be exactly depicted when

• Vol 1. pp. 156—329.

used as authorities. It may be as
well to observe that the originals of
most of the figures derived from an-
cient MS8. are intended for scriptural
characters ; in this instance the mo-
narch represents Abraham in the act
of fighting against the four kings for
the rescue of Lot.

In a better taste is a group of this
description, on page 172, of a king,
intended for Edgar, a lady, and a page,
brought together from different manu-
scripts.

The Cottonian Manuscript, before
referred to, furnishes a Witenagemot
from an illumination representing
Pharaoh with his Lords assembled to
pass judgment on the baker, whose
sentence in the original is executed
just without the door of the council-
chamber. The king holds a sword in
his right band, and a kind of spear in
his left, which is doubtless the original
of the modern sceptre.

The portrait of Dunstan writing,
page 243, either has a wrong reference
afllxed, or it is made up from a repre-
sentation of David composing his
Psalms. The mitre plainly shows
that the figure cannot be Saxon ; and
judging from the costume, it is more
probably, if genuine, of the age of
Henry the Third.

St. Augnstin is more correctly de-
picted in page 330, from a manuscript
in the Royal Library, and is a good
example of the episcopal costume of
those days.

A valuable series of scriptural illus-
trations bound up with a Saxon MS.
in the Cottonian Library, of the time
of Rufus, furnish many subjects ; but,
in common with the Bayeux tapestry,
they are not absolute authorities for
Saxon costume. Many subjects are
introduced from this volume, and
somewhat confusedly, being at one
time treated as Saxon, at others as
Norman.

The delineations of historical events
taken from ancient manuscripts or
other representations, are introduced
wherever an opportunity occurs. In
this class the Bayeux tapestry has
furnished a series of rude but accurate
representations of the costume, the
armour, and the materials of war at
this momentous period ; aod ^«x\M^^ie«

Revikw. — Scntchcrd's Memoirt of Eugene Arau.

tH0r.

the mnnncr wo have just ccneurcd, in
»?hich c«i»c ihcy would have bcea of
liltlc vfthio or utility.

Wc think the ftiloiitirtn of the pnint-
ing rcpri'»PijifttiviT ol the niartyirtom of
Archbiahup lli-ckct. which i» engraved
in Cnrtcr'a MpcciniciiB. was not made
with judgmiMit, oh hh turlicr reprcsen-
Ution wouM have h«.>»;n better ; the
coatunio i>f tln« mihjrrt \f> sti entirely
at vtriAnctt with \\vc iieriod, the knights
•Iwwing their identity by having their
fitflDi puiiUed on their jupnn*. The more
ftSci«nt painting from I'rcnton L'hurch,
Suftat-x, rn^ravcd in the 'i'Ati\ volume
of the ArehieuU>i^in, 'wonid have Itavn
preferalilc on tin- ncorc of ccjstumc,
And the more mo at the drawing and
groupinK of the HRurcB i« superior to
the picture at Canterbury.

In the depiutmentN of " National
Induklry." and " Munnera and Cus-
toinn," a great number of wood-cuts
are introduced, Bhewin^ a variety of
the common operutionv of life, such
as working at a forgo, digging, plough-
ing, ond other farming avocations ;
«hip-liuilding, fea»tin^, sports and
games; mu^ic and musical instru-
nitfiits ; criminal punishments, and
other matters appertaining to this di-
vision of the work.

The arcliiteeturc of each period is
also shewn by examplet* of the style
which prevnileil. F.nrl's Harton Tower
nmy fairly enough be adduced as a
specimen of Sason architecture, and
the other styles are illustrated with
equal Judgment.

The great seals of each monarch are
also engraved, as well a» their raonu-
iaents» and those of the illustrious
persons who Hrturished in their reigns.

The coiot and autographs of the
monarchs, and tlicir portraita, oa well
a» those of their consorts, are given
when they could be procured. We
cannot consider the head of Queco
Mary to be authentic, as it ditfers so
entirely from the portiaits preserved
in the apartments of the Society of
Antiquaries.

I Among the clerical heads which
precede the HisTniy of Ri Upton, under
the Tudor <'• i error of

givingthr ill I >ftii«hop

Hume to S' n^i hft» been

rvpeatcd. i ■ was »ct (o

rifiblt hi

I

its right owner. (Vide G«iit.
that year.) Wc trust the pubis
of this work will see tbe proprti
cancelling this portrait.

The Hgurc of CIcoffrrr Ptaata^XMlj
should have been ■ >a Mr.

Stotbard'« accuiatc j of tbc

very curious copper laLlul ou wlitdi it
is depicted, and not from an iraprriitct
cony of the original.

TIk placing at tlte head of each ds> |
vision of the work r. ' ' " ')ie
reigns and popca r ry wttll

the period upon wIluu .i i<eats, M
very judicious and useful, as a ■H^tfTf
of reference.

In closingour review of the Pictorial
History, wc are bound to add that it
is pleasing to see it has been executed
with so much correctness ; and as the
plan is marked with tbc featare of
Duvi'lty, the occasional ioaccoracies
we have met with are not a matter of
surprise. It is the tirat time that tb0
dry detail of history has lieen enlivened
with instmctivc delinentione, speaking
to the mind through the medium of
the eye more forcibly than any written
description or dissertation ; and when
the vast number of subjects winch re>
quired illustration is taken into con*
sidcration, the judgment displayed m
the selection of designs epraks greatly
in favour of the editor of the publica-
tion, Wc may revert to the work
again at some future period.

ilemotra of the rflrbratrd Eunene Arom,
with lotne Acrount of htM I'amity, SfV.
liy Norrisson Scatchcrd, Ajy. ,■/•-
thor of tho History of Morltj, ^e, \
Herotiijl edition, lima. pp. 04.

T! IK poem by Mr. Ilonii r '' Tory
of Kugenc Aram, aud tin .Ms.

Bulwer, founded on the i^mn • .M>u.ifc-
able person, have revived that in-
tcreat which our grandf.T'"'<= ''''' in
his fate and character, m dr.

Scatcberd appears to hn. licd

for more than thirty years ; having
commenced his inquirir'! vvlii n a bi»y,
living at Harrogn: i|y

viBiluiglhes'hopiir I uk-

fiellor. w|i(> puMi«lii<l n lh.<u>iy of
Knnrciiboi'ough, Hjid also a patnpblct
about Kugcne Aram.

Mr. Scatchenl '« is a cnriiius and

1838.1 Review. — Scatcherd's Memoirs of Eugene Aram.

&17

nature of his materials. Yet we can-
not say that it is altogether satisfac-
tory. With regard to Aram's life and
literary attainments, he could tell only
what the unfortunate man had him-
self left on record (whose narrative,
indeed, is tolerably complete). With
regard to his family and connections,
— matters of very minor importance,
and rather degrading to the subject
than otherwise, — Mr. Scatcherd's
researches have been rewarded by
various particulars and anecdotes oi
no material moment. But with re-
gard to the dreadful event on which
the fate of Aram hinges, that ap-
pears to have been almost avoided,
as not absolutely belonging to the task
undertaken by the biographer, perhaps
under the impression that its details
were sufficiently recorded elsewhere.
But we confess we do not know whe-
ther this is the case ; and the result of
Mr. Scatcherd's plan is, that his argu-
ments in exculpation of Aram are
propounded to the reader without the
evidence upon which he was convicted.
Indeed, so warmly does Mr. Scatcherd
advocate his hero, that he is repre-
sented as the victim of revenge and
malignity, and we are even told that
" he had a Jeffreys for his judge, and
not a Bayley." His participation in
the murder of Clark is palliated on the
pica (advanced by himselO of conjugal
jealousy mixing with avarice in his
motives, whilst that of his accomplices
was avarice only ; and his attempted
suicide is Justified because " he con-
sidered himself unfairly tried, impro-
perly convicted, vindictively and cruelly
dealt with, and his doom, for this
world, unalterably settled," Now,
Mr. Scatcherd docs not attempt to dis-
pute the fact of Aram having com-
mitted the murder; in fact, he bad
himself confessed it to two clergymen ;
and, that being the case, how can our
author assume that Aram entertained
any sentiment of having been " impro-
perly convicted ?" We cannot think
be did; and if Mr. Scatcherd means,
that the guilty man had not had the
benefit of every chance of escape which
a Bayley might have gi\'en him, we
say that we do not believe that sort
of illegitimate mercy was expected
either by the accused or by the public
eighty years ago, nor do we think its
present excessive indulgence is benefi-

cial either to the public interests, to
the purity of justice, or to the due
restraint of that great body of incep-
tive criminals, upon which the exam-
ples of the law are intended to act.
The more certain the convictions and
the punishments of the law "are, the
more in effect does it become merciful.

After writing the above, we have
read the narrative of the Trial of Aram
in the Gentleman's Magazine for Au-
gust 1759, and we deliberately say
that if that casual hearsay narrative
(the imperfection of which was la-
mented by the editor at the time) is
the best accounf of the Trial that Mr.
Scatcherd has seen, it would certainly
be worth his while, or of any one who
feels an interest in the matter equal to
him, to search for more authentic re-
ports both of the coroner's investiga-
tion and of the trial at the assizes.
Mr. Scatcherd appears to have obtained
a short note from the Coroner's re-
cords (Appendix III.); but why did
he not procure the whole I It seems
as if the person who has examined the
deposition was not fully equal to the
task of decyphering the writing ; and
yet law writing of eighty years ago
cannot be very obscure.

With regard to the account in the
Magazine, we cannot refrain from no-
ticing two points in which Mr. Scatch-
erd has in some degree misrepresented
it. In p. 19 he says that a gross de-
lusion has prevailed that Aram's wife
was admitted to evidence on the trial
in consequence of the Gentleman's
Magazine (among other authorities)
having led to that error, and that the
historian Smollett was misled by the
same. But the Magazine states no
such thing ; on the contrary, it is said
that " as Houseman was able to give
positive evidence of the murder, the
circumstantial evidence was admitted
to corroborate it ;" and Houseman is
the only witness whose name is men-
tioned. Smollett indeed directly as-
serts that Mrs. Aram gave evidence on
the trial ; and it is not the only mis-
statement in his account of the affair,
though it is one betraying so incau-
tious a forgetfuiness of a well-known
principle of English law, that a wife
should not be a witness against her
husband, that one is really a&tQTvv^t.^
how ihe \\\%\.ot\«.Tv cwsN.^ \>K«^i. V^«o.
into vt. n:Yktt \.m"Oa, XwaHj^HW, ^^.

^^^v^Scatclicrd's Memoirs of Eugene Aram. ISor.

that the <JepositionB made by Mrs. the biographer aa any that can br

*

Aram before the Coroner formed a por-
tion of the chain of collateral teati-
mony. The other roisapprehension of
Mr. Scatcherd to which we referred is
this :—

" From the periodical publications of
1759, ond especially the Gentleman's
MflgMinc, p. 354, it fteems thnt the trial
of Arum gave no great sntiafaction to the
public, but that reflections were made
both Mpnn the judge and jury."

Now. the passage in the Magazine
18 as follows : —

" It is much to be regretted, tliat/rc-
^umt <KcaMQH is given to censure the
verdict of a jury, and the b«h»vioHr of a
jud^, by the publication of maimtd and
confused aecouulti of trials «» varioHt partd
<\fthe kingdom, ^^

— a general observation, it will be
seen, arising from some discordant
statenicnls in the newspaper accounts
of the trial; and it scarcely affords
sulficieat grounds for asserting that
the trial itself had given public dissa-
tisfaction, or that the " reflections"
gnH " censure" were made in this

Srtlcular instance, Mr. Scatcherd
ould have quoted some of the other
" periodical publications" in which
such sentiments might have been found
more directly advanced -, or he should
have gathered what was the general
opinion of the time from private cor-
respondence, cither published or un-
published.

It will be perceived that we shall be
glad to see the researches into the
history of Eugene Aram pursued even
further and with greater vigour than
has been done by Mr. Scatcherd ; and
we think that his memoirs are dcserv-
ing of being discussed in a larger
volume, with an accurate appendix of
all the documents that con bt found.
Among these, Kugene Aram's reported
Confession should not b« omitted,
though Mr. Scatcherd considers it a
vile forgery. We dare say he is right,
but etill he should have allowed the
readcf to judge for himself, more p.nr-
ticularly as he occasionally refers to it
aa a document.

Aram, though neither a great nor a
„,,,.i.. ),..,..

found. He is the man of grvat natu-
ral capability, of very cousiderabFc
acquired learning (the more remark-
able from being entirely self-taught)^
of contemplative and reserved tem-
peraraint, but of proud and self-
sufficient heart. His great error was
that he deemed his own deceitful
heart as competent to teach hi in mo-
rality' and religion, as the abilities
with which he was endowed were to
amass human knowledge. The awful
presumption of the dying declarnttun
which he put upon pap^r [ire v loudly
to altcmpting suicide, is the epituriie of
this grand error of his life. Aftpi
arguing against the presumed guilt of
suicide, he adds :

" I solicitously recommend myeelf to
the Eternal and Almighty Being, the God
<ff Nature, if I have done amisa — Irot
pf rhaps 1 have not : and 1 hope this thing
will never be imputed to me. Thi>ugU 1
am nuvr slnined by mnkvolence, and Auf.
fer by prtijudice, I hope to ri»e fiur &nd
uublcnii^kcd. My life was not puUutcJ,
my morals irreproachable, and my opt.
nions orthodox."

In the place of a conviction of aia,
and penitent aspirations for the me-
diation of the great Intercessor, he
here runs into the height of self-
righteousness. Of the boasted ortho-
doxy of that man's opinions, morals,
or life, of which he constitutes himself
the sole judge and gtittidard, no favour-
able opinion can be predicated ; nor
can we be surprised that a vessel thus
void cither of rudder or ballast should
deviate into many a dangerous current;
that such a roan should desert his wifo
and family, join in swindlina; and rob-
bety, and even commit murder; and
yet after all be justified in his own de-
ceitful heart! Tlie Krhdliu was forti-
fied by the rules fi< ma,
but the man was v i^t.
pel and its perfect law. And hcrv wo
think it right to add, thnt thr bio-
grapher of Kugcnc AruT' ■I'W
bis career on Christian i It'
is true that the character ui
of the talc will mitTrr on tl
but what of tl: '
be served, an 1

><■( fnroitbett o aubject m wurtity of >Niur:«A\j(iviC<>-R!ivu\\,"

-, Ue.

1838.]

Review. — Aristotle's Ethics, by Brewer.

519

"of themostedifyiDgkind." We do not
at all agree with bim ; Eugene Aram
was not an instance of rain from low
company. He was himself the son of a
gardener, and his bad associates were
men of moderately good means in
Knarcsborough,— quite equal to, if not
above, himself; and, in a worldly sense,
he was justified in referring to his
" irreproachable " and " unpolluted "
habits of life. In marriage, indeed,
he appears to have made an unwise
association ; his wife, and her re*
lations as is presumed, were the abet-
tors of his frauds ; she was then, if
we may believe him, unfaithful to his
bed ; and finally (after he had deserted
her) she was certainly the traitress
who contributed to his condemnation.
At all events, there are far more " edi-
fying" morals than that noticed by
Mr. Scatcherd to be drawn from the
life of £ugene Aram.

We have only further to remark,
that the certificate for Eugene Aram
in 1752, mentioned in the Town's
book of Knaresborough (Appx. VII.),
requires explanation ; and to make a
memorandum that the phrenological
speculations on his skull (mentioned
in Appx. VI.) were continued at the
recent meeting of the British Associa-
tion at Newcastle.

Aristotle's Ethics. Edited by Mr.
Brewer, of Queen's College, Oxon,

BEFORE the publication of Mr.
Brewer's Ethics, it always appeared
to us remarkable, that, while new edi-
tions of almost every other author in
common use were continually coming
forth, recommended by emendations
and notes to every passage of the
slightest obscurity, the only classic in
which the student was at a loss for
assistance was one of acknowledged
difficulty, both from the nature of its
subject and the brevity of its discus-
sions. It has long been questioned
whether Aristotle's Ethics in any form
are suited for a class-book at the Uni-
versity, and it has been argued that
so large a proportion of it is usually
unappreciated by the students, that
their time might with more profit be
bestowed on such authors as are en-
tirely within their comprehension. If
this opinion may be expected to drop
when the basis on whicn it is foanded

is taken away, Mr. Brewer has cer-
tainly done much to vindicate the sys-
tem of instruction pursued by the
University of which he is a member.
Taught by his vocation as tutor where
the difficulties lie, he has struck di-
rectly at their root. To say nothing
of the emendations which he has
made, (for the corrupt passages were
not numerous, and presented a mere
local obstruction ;) he has by his in-
troductory chapter prepared bis pupil
for the new line of study on which
he was about to enter, and has thus
taken away another argument from
those who are opposed to the use of
his author. For they complained with
some justice that the instructors of
the University, instead of regular lec-
tures in moral science, dwelt chiefly
on an author that was better suited
for the conclusion than the commence-
ment of that branch of literature. Of
course it was not in the power of Mr.
Brewer to give such an insight into
philosophy as would be of itself a suf-
ficient initiation for penetrating into
all the mysteries of moral philosophy.
He has at all events done his part,
and as much as was compatible with
his undertaking. Such obstacles as
he was unable to remove, he yet has
done much to diminish. He was pre-
cluded by the limit of his work from
opening the mind of the student to
appreciate at first sight every moral
phenomenon, to recognise the class of
which it is a specimen, and at once
evolve a hidden principle. He was
forbidden to supply the place not only
of that reading, but of that reflection
which can alone quicken the observa-
tion and fix in the mind certain strong
points, around which new ideas may
rally and find a place. This he could
not do, or he would in our opinion
have imparted a key to all the trea-
sures of our author. He has, how-
ever, adopted the best means that of-
fered, and pointed out first of all the
general course of reasoning, and the
one great argument of the whole ; and
secondly, he has added, by means of
notes and marginal comments, such
particular accounts of each chapter,
as continually inform the student at
what stage he has arrived, and enable
him as it were to trace the connexiai^
of each sepatate ^V >n'\^ \5Dfc^^*t«3»
chaAQ.

Another material a&sisUnce ufTorded
by Mr. Brewer, consists in ample ex-
planations of the views of Aristotle, as
(well as a sufficient insight into the
theories to which he is from time to
time alluding, and from which he dis-
Bents, to guide the student to a right
interpretation. Wc have a distinct
dissertation oa Plato as a preface to
the Cth chapter of the Ist book, while
the notes of the 10th book contain a
copious account of the theory of Eu'
doxus. In pointing out the peculiar
tenets of his author, the very judi-
cious course he has pursued is ex.
pressed in the lines he has chosen for
his motto ■■ Non nisi ex Aristotele ipso
discas dcmum Aristotelcm intelligerc."
'Jlius he evinces considerable reading
of every part of the Aristotle's works,
and by a comparison of passages
makes hiiu his own interpreter. Ac-
cordingly, bis notes are never tedious,
and instead of burthening the memory
with facta collected from the moat
distant quarters, he gradually leads
the student to collect his author's
meaning for himself, and thus feeds
the mind in the way most conducive
to a sound and healthy digestion.

77ie public and private Life of <4* ytn-
ciimt Greeks. By Ueinrich Hase,
Ph. D. CJVttiulaled from the Ger-
man. J

THE object of the translator of
Professor Hase's book sfcms to be,
that he migliL communicate extensive
and accurate infurmatiun cDiiccrning
Grecian Antiquities in n pleasing and
interesting form. Putter and Robin-
son have bilherlo been almost the only
works on this subject that have been
put Into the hands of beginuers.
Valuable aa these are, they of course
must give place to any thing that has
the additional attraction of such de-
tails as were unknown tili the more
recent labours of Miiller, Niebiibr,
Biickh, and others. Of course, the
present publication was written under
considerable advantages ; so many
men of learning and industry having
co-operated with its author in illus-
trating his several topics of laws,
religion, political divisions, and others.
In default of such a work, the most
important discoveries must remain
unknown to all that class of readers
who have neither time nor ability to

1^ wh(

pursue long and intricate discussions,
to extract a few pages of conclusious
from volumes of premises. By this
book, Wachsmuth's opiuioa of the
Pelasgi, and thatofMiiiler concerning
the Dorians, are made more easily in-
telligible to the youthful student than
if they were read in the original es-
says. Those who arc unable to coo- ^|
suit Professor Heeren's work on the V
Social and Political State of the
Greeks, may here find many of his
observations in almost every chapter.
In other respects the work is not, we
think, so well suited to superficial
readers as tlie translator appears tu
expect. The chief fault is, that the
author encumbered himself with more
topics than could be sufficiently illus-
trated in 80 smalt a volume. We
grant that there is much to recom-
nicnd it to men of learning; because
those who are already conversant with
all the facts that are adduced, and all
the quotations made, require but little
assistaocc in availing themselves of
the full light that they are calculated
to throw on any point of discussion.
Tu them, mere enumeration and ju-
dicious arraiigcment is a sufficient
commentary, and, consequently, while
there is no paucity of facts, they will
not complain of brevity.

As to the compilation " being so
put together as to furnish Eomething
more interesting than a mere book of
reference," we arc of opinion that
whoever regards it in that light will
be disappointed. We are aware
that there is a difficulty in giving re-
lief and variety to any book of its
kind ; but still we think it practicable
to ft far greater extent than has been
accomplished in the present instance.
Many of the chapters are filled with
little elfiC than the Greek names of
arts, customs, ufliccs, and the like ;
with a brief explanation, more in the
style of a lexicographer than an essay-
ist. Our author having made use of
the valuable work of Bockh. would
have done well if he had written with
more perspicuity on the subject of
finance. Indeed, neither in this nor
in other instances does the selection
appear good. Even the few pages
that are devoted to the Drama and
Administrntidn of Justice woidd have
been sufficient to convey a clear and
detitiite notion of each, if more were

8

1 838.] Reyirw. — Sanctuary Regi$ters of Durham and Beverley. 521

recorded of essentials, and less of ac-
cidents and matters of minor impor-
tance.

In style and form, Hase's book cer-
tainly is dull enough : it could hardly
be interesting without much greater
perspicuity, which would require
either more space or fewer topics.
All the explanations are abstract ;
there occur no allusions to modern
customs or institutions. To the un-
learned, it will convey some instruc-
tion, but little amusement. The late
discoveries above alluded to are pub-
lished in an intelligible form as plain
facts, separated from the multiplicity
of observations on which they are
founded. So far it has an adTantaec.
In other respects, we do not promise
much for benefit to youthful students.
We are disposed to think that a more
beneficial effect might have been pro-
duced with less labour, at least eo far
as regards common readers.

We must, however, confess, that we
know of no other book on the same
subject which wc can recommend in
preference ; though, with such ample
materials as the German scholars have
lately collected, we think it might be
easily superseded by one that sacri-
ficed minute detail to familiar illus-
tration and perspicuous arrangement.

Sanctuary Reguter$ qf the Cathedral
Church qf Durham and qf the Church
qf St. John Beverlep. (A publication
of the Surtees Society.) 8vo.

WE regard societies formed for the
purpose of preserving documents, re-
cords, plays, poems, or any obsolete
but once popular compositions, as of
pculiar utility to the illustration of
history and philology; such matters
are "caviare to the million," and the
commercial sources of literature would
never, by consigning them to the press
under careful editorship, risk the
chance of indemnifying themselves at
length by a slow and lingering sale ;
they can therefore be only taken up
by the zeal and generosity of indivi-

duals, or under the protection of their
united finances.

The editor of this volumehas given us
faithful copies of the Sanctuary Regis-
ters of Durham and Beverley ; they
will save many a weary hour to the
historical inquirer in deciphering the
ancient court hands in which the ori-
ginals are written; we speak more
particularly from personal acquaint-
ance with the Beverley Register pre-
served in the Harleian Library. These
documents are introduced to the world,
through the medium of an appropri-
ate preface, by the Rev. Temple Che-
vallier, in which the ancient privileges
of sanctuary are defined. The first
writer who treated the subject at tfny
length was, we believe, the Rev. Sa<
muel Pegge, in a paper inserted in the
eighth volume of the Archseologia of the
Society of Antiquaries ; but that learn-
ed gentleman entirely omitted to dis-
tinguish between the forty days' im-
munity granted to felons who fled to
any church, and within that time ab-
jured the realm before the coroner,
and taking the cross in their hands
went to the nearest sea-port for the
purpose of embarkation; and that per-
manent sanctuary afforded to offenders
and debtors by places privileged by
royal grant and papal bulls of confir-
mation. To these, individuals flying,
declaring their crime, and conforming
to the regulations of the place, were
admitted as permanently resident.
These distinctions were treated at
some length bv Mr. Kempe, in his
Historical Notices of the Collegiate
Church and Sanctuary of St. Martin-
ie-Grand, London, to whose work, with
a courtesy not always found in modem
literature, the editor handsomely ac-
knowledges his obligations.*

" In different churches," says Mr.
Chevalller, " the privilege of sanctuary
appears to hare been more or less exten-
sive. At Darham, the sanctuary extended
to the church and chnrch-yard, and its
circuit. Security was afforded to all who
came within a certain distance of the
sanctuary itself ; and pfinalties were im-
posed upon such as should violate the

* The greater part of Mr. Kempe's " Account of the Coronation of Richard the
Second," illnstrmnng the ceremomes and services which attach to the consecration
of the monarchs of Great Brltian, has been transcribed eer&atim e( UlvralVi^ \s<e«&
our Vol. CI. part 3, in a recent popular comp1i\B!kion,'«\Awa,t>3&««!i^XM!t. t^rxcBS^a^
Mekoowledgmeat.
GMttT.MAS. Vol. X. "^^

limHwI^omff/tfflry Registert of Durham and Deverlet/. [Xov.

I

I

prtTJlege of sauetiiary, increasing in pro-
portion to the drgrec of lioliness ascribed
to the successive distances. It appears
from the accoant of the liberties of St.
John of BcTerley, p. 99, Tit. iv. v. yi.,
that the privilege ther<? extended from that
chnrch for a mile (/««•«) every way; tlint
the oHtward and second boundaries were
designated by crosses of rich carving (no-
bilHer hiteutptat): that the third boun-
dary commenced at the entrance of the
church, and the ai^ith included the high
altar, and the fridstol, a stone chair near
the altar, which conferred the greatest
Mcarity. The word frid.stol (Jrilh, peace,
liol, seat,) implies the scat of peace : and
according to Spelnian,* that at Beverley
had this inscription : — * hakc sgdes la-

FIDKA raEEDSTOLL DICITVR t. K. PACtS
CATHEDRA, AD QtlAM REVS KVGIKXDO
PEItVKNIENS OMMMODAM UABET SECV-
RtTATEM.'

" The violation of the security of sanc-
tuary between the outer and second
boundary at Beverley was punished by a
fine of one ' hundredth,' or eight pounds.
The second space was secured by a peuiilty
of double that sum. In liVe manner, a
fine of six, twelve, nnd eighteen ' hun-
dredths,' was incurred by any one who
violated the sanctity of the space between
the successive boundaries up to the sixth.
But if a person should take a malefactor
from within the sixth inclosure, be would
be what was styled hoteto* (bootless) ; his
offence would be such ai no payment
could redeem.

" In Hutchinson's History of Cumber-
hind, vol. i. p. U)S, there is a woodi-ut of
n stone at Nunnery, in the jtarish of Ain-
Btable, on which is sculptured a rude cross,
with the word ' sanctunrium' round it,
partly in Saxon ch.irncters. This seems
to have been n bouodnry ntone similar to
those set up at Beverlcr. And in the
same work there i» a quotation from Stnrc-
ley's History of Churches, from which it
appears that four crus^•eB were in like
manner s«t up in the four ways leading
to the Monastery "f Ungulstod, that is,
Hexham, in Northunibcrlond ; thnt a gra-
dation of pcnnliies wn» incurred, is at
Bc%"erlcy, by any one who s>hould Appre-
hend « fugitive, in propnrtion to his prox-
imity to the church : and that there, aUo,
to take any one out of the (tone chair,
railed Fridiitol, near the nitar, or from
Mitiotig the holy rtliirs, was an nlfence not
lYdreiualile by any turn. I1ii» stuoc

chair ia still carefully preserved in the
church of Hexham. The ornaments upon
it assign it to the Norman period."

There was »ome difTerence in the
treatment of peraons flying to sanc-
tuary at Durham and at Beverley.
.Such privileged places had probably
their peculiar customs.

'" At Durham, persona who took
refuge fled to the north door and
knocked for admission." Of the iden-
tical knocker, a grotesque and mon-
strous head, still remaining on that
door, we have a representation in the
wood-cut, p. xxiv.

" Tliere were two chambers over the
north door, in which men slepti for the
purpose of admitting such fugitives at any
hour of the night. As soon as any one
was KO admitted, the Galilee bell waa im-
mediately tolled, to give notice that some
one had taken sanctuary. The offender
was required to declare, before certain
credible witaesscB, the nature of his of-
fence, ond to toll a bell in token of his
demanding the privilege of sanctuary.
The notice of this cvi.stom occur.s con-
stantly in the registers of the sanctuary
at Durham, until the year lo03, in fueh
terms as to show that it was regularly
obsencd. But it does not appear to b«
noticed after that time. Every one who
had the privilege of sanctuary waa pro-
vided with a gown of black clotli, with a
yeHow cross, called St. Cuthbert's Cron,
upon the left shoulder. A grate was ex-
j>re*sly provided near the south door of
the Galilee, for such offenders to »leep
upon : and they had a sufficient quantity
of provisions and bedding, at the expense
of the house, for tliirty-acven days."

At Beverley, greater indulgence was
shewn to the miserable fugitives.

" D««int> thirty doy* they had their
food provided in the refectory, and, 1/
they were persons of any distinction, had
n lodging in the dormitory, or in a house
within the precincts. At the end of the
time, their privilege jirotwtcd thrm to the
borders of the county : and they could
claim the some security n serotid time
under fhr like cirrum«t*iice<. But If *ojr
one - ■ 1 •■ ' iji*"

jirjv 'iia-

UCDllj u >.. .■.'■■ ■ ...i..!..

t* Glossariura in voce Fridstoll. Fridstow. et Frith»low. Spelraan aays, the '
j^/4jf/o/ no'tir* in the tense of' a rtfuge,' in a Tcriion "f I'lolm 17 | nnAJHtA
(jihctf ,,i r ' an atyttttn/ iu tUe yt«!«c« \<» v.\in\»««.or Alfred ; and

ngaiSea

I8d8.] REViKvr.'~Sancti/ary Registers 0/ Durham md Beverley. 523

In his general obsen'ations on the
origin of Sanctuary, the Editor re-
marks, that certain privileges of protec-
tion for offenders have been recognised
from the earliest ages, and cites the
three cities of refuge appointed by
Moses for him who should kill his
neighbour accidentally. * He also
glances at the custom adopted by the
ancient heathen nations, that their
temples and sacred inclosures should
become atyla to criminal offenders.
To which may be added some remarka-
ble instances : those who put the fol-
lowers of Cylon, who had plundered
the temple of Minerva, to death, and
had sought the immunity afforded by
clinging to the altars, were themselves
accounted impious for having violated
the privilege. In Etolia, Laodamia,
flying for sanctuary to Diana's altar,
was killed iu a popular tumult ; the
whole nation suffered the most dreadful
plagues in consequence. Milo, who
killed Lao(/amia,fellintodi3traction and
died. Tacitus complains that the Grecian
temples were receptacles for debtors
and criminals, and that there was 00
auUiority sufficient to force them from
their strong-hold and consign them to
justice.t The only method which
seems to have been resorted to for
that purpose was the unroofing of the
temples in which the fugitives were,
or setting them on fire.

To proceed to the matter of the Sanc-
tuary Registers, now accessible to
every curious inquirer. The entries
in the Durham Register extend from
June 18. 1464, to Sept. 10, 1524—
rather more than 80 years. During
that time the saving precinct had
sheltered — criminals and fugitives,
243 ; of whom murderers and perpe-
trators of homicide 195, debtors 16,
horse- stealers 4, stealers of cattle 9,
prison-breakers 4, housebreakers 4,
rape 1, theft 7, backward in his ac-
counts 1, harbourer of a thief 1, fal ■
ing to prosecute 1 .

TThe notes of Sanctuary men pre-
served in the Beverley Register are
too irregularlv made to speak of them
as of a continuous series ; some are
■ade inversQ ordine. Thus we have
entries of the time of Henry VII. fol-
lowed by others in that of Edward IV.
The Bererley Register presents an

aggregate of 476 Sanctuary entries —
crimes indefinite 35, murder and homi-
cide 173, felony 51, horse-stealing 1,
treason I, receipt of stolen goods 1,
coining 6, debtors 208.

The weapons with which the mur-
ders and homicides were perpetrated
arc noted in the Durham Register.
Among these we have arrows, base*
lards, bastard-swords, bills, Carlisle
axes, club staves, crabtrec staves, dag-
gers, dickers, forest- bills, halbarkes
or hawbarkes (halberts), hangers, Ken-
dal clubs, lances, lance staves, lang
staves, Scotch axes, swords, spades,
Welsh-bills, whynyards, wood axes,
wood knives, &c.

We render into English one or two
of the more remarkable entries of the
Durham register.

" Be it remembered, that on the fourth
day of the month of June, in the year of
our Lord 1477, Christopher Holme, being
placed in his proper person before the
Lord Thomas Caley, sub-prior of the
Cathedral Church of Durham, a notary,
and subscribing witnesses, publickly con-
fessed that he the said Christopher, to-
gether with Henry Stubbs and Humphry
Usher, on the 24th day of the month of
April last past, at the town of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, waylaid (obvium habuit) one
William Marlee, on whom the said Chris-
topher then and there made assault, and
the said William, with a certain weapon
called a Welsh bill, heavily struck and
wounded ; of which and of other wounds
(then and there inflicted) the said Wil-
liam is reported afterwards to have died.
Wherenpon the said Christopher sought
immunity of the church aforesaid, ac-
cording to the privileges and liberties of
the same, which with all contrition and
humility of heart he instantly, and for the
honour of God and St. Cuthbert, sought
and obtained. There being present Robert
Bartram, by public authority apostolic
notary, Robert Holbom of Gatesheved,
and John Lawson of Hilton, witnesses,
especially called and reqaired." P. i.

The following is a singular and soli-
tary example on the record of an in-
dividual flying to the sanctuary, and
not embracing the privilege of its per-
manent protection, but abjuring the
realm before the coroner.

" Be it remembered, that on the third
day of May, A.D. 1497, one —— Colaon
of Waisyngham, in the county of Dur-
ham, being detected of theft, and by

• Duet. chap. ir. 41, 43.

f Sec Potter's Aiiti^mti«i of Git«w, «a4 waiCbiQnAiiam sSlV^^Vj ««»*

MisceUaneous Reviews.

[Nov.

in of ilie same taken, committed to,
. detained in jiriton, from which aever-
tbc'lcas csi'flping. be fled to the Cathedral
Church of Durbnm for the sake of em-
bracing immunity thcrtof : ond whilst he
vas there standing near the ihrine of St.
Cuthbert, he re«jucsted that a coroner
might be assigned to him. To whom
John Racket, coroner uf the word of
Cbeiter«le-ijtreet, repaired, to whom the
said Colson confefsed tiie felony, there
taking his corporal oath to abjure tho
realm of Enghind, and thence with all
celerity to depart and never thither to re-
turn ; and forasmuch as he took the »ntd
oath ut the shrine of St. Cuthbert, helure
George Cornforth, sacristan of the Ca-
tbedr.ll Cluirch of Durham, Ralph Bowes,
knight, nnd sheriff of Durham, John
Rackett, Robert Thrjlket, Hugh Holland,
and Nifhalan Diokaon, and many others
pri-sent, by reason of whicli rcnunciatioQ
nnd uatb. all the attire of the staid Colson
iKxnnie dne aa of right to the sacristan
Hforcsnid, by virtue of his oflice, ou whieh
account the said Cutson was commanded
to strip off his clothes to his shirt, that he
might delirer ihcm up to the sacristan
aforesaid, which be did, and placed those

clothes at the disposal of the sacristan,
&c. who freely restored to him the same ;
and afterward.H Cohon departed from the
Church, was delivered up to the neoreat
cOQfftables by the Bbcrltf aforesaid, and
then proceeding as a fugitive from consta-
ble to constable, bearin" " "■■" "f ">>ite
wood in hifi hand, to i 'b«

nearest port, there to , , - "d

never to return."

Wc leave the rest of this curious Bod
valuable little volume to those who
delight in the study of ancient man-
ners and stati&lics. The gcoealogiat
and topographer will be glad to ob-
serve a copious index of thoac persona
or places which hove been incidentally
mentioned in the Registers. The Stir-
tec3 Society are fully carrying into
operation the objectJj for wnicb they
became associated ;• and wc heartily
trust they will themselves bccoma
" the permanent Sonctaary " for many
similar piecea of historical literature.

* See the Society's Report in p> 537.

to

Keilh't Danoiulration of the Truih of
ChriitianUt/. — The chapter in this work
on "the Existing Proofs of the luspira-
tion of the Jewish Prophets," containing
a corroboration of the predictions uttered
by the Prophets, from the uccouuta of
modern travellers, is highly interesting,
and is exceedingly well arranged by the
author. Rut with regard to the plute of
the Jetcuili brickmakers, as the author
has (tailed them, the fact is denied in Mr.
^Vilkiuson's Inte volume on the ancient
Egyptians (li. p. 1)7), who .•<»)* jvislly, that
'• it cannot be reasonably expected to
meet with the //e Arf «•» in sculpture, since
the remains in that part of Egypt where
they lived have not brcn ditcovcrcd."
The Egyptians and their captives were
«mployi-d at this ui:i;iip.iliou ; and inde-
pendent of the Hebrew >■ ■•■!•'■■< ihcrc
were other prisoners «n<l i ihcr

Ajistic nations. As for . s of

foreigners rrscmbiiri ■., it tnsy

be nh«r rred, that i' 'S a<iopt«d

til- 'IK.- lor all the

inL id the brick-

roji! ''-wiiih

f»l' le*,

h»\' ■! in

the people ot Syria ami ' > of

Shcshonk ; «tid from th> the

ra}.':
tJi. I

fudtm. Uov Dr. Keith's figures \va^«

acquired their beardt we cannot say t ■■
iucb hairy ornaments do not iKlutig to
them in Mr. Wilkinson's pktc from which
bis is borrowed ; and fiirtUur, as wo have
seen, Mr. Wilkinscm dcnius the fact of
their being so repreicutod. The other
divi-sions of the work, on the Authcnti*
city of the Scriptures, tiC, are executed
with lenming, and the application of the
soundest and best arguments.

HUtnry qf the Rr/ortned Rili^om Jm
Francf, hji Edward .Si." n ^' I'-./ ti m.
— Wo like tho manni' ik
is executed. The ;> iiili-
gcntly to liAve consul >' jujU Au-
thorities; be han r< longer
narratives! I, m-
pass -, un<! I'd
his ov' ■ I Uc
stylt ho
e-vcri ! - , ■ I . . i.;h
iutcrv»t, nnd oAurdutg mnc^ 'il-
tioo *!id jnHtrtiotioft. T' of
the l; ry
the ' Mt
aNM.ii ,._, li.i. ,iui.ij Mil,. ^111^. ....•>/ of
their iucidt-aUt, as by their iuipurtaaoc.

Politieol Trc

MAto^aV*nttv \\ia •o<i!uI^«bA.«:w^^d*a'.

1838.]

Miscellaneout RevietM.

529

gen that threaten her ; and it is for the
strong feeling and the nncompromising
manner in which he has expressed it, that
be has become, to use the common
phrase, " unpopular." We believe he
has done, and is ever ready to do, more
for the people than all their favourite
patriots (including Mr. Hume and his
Greek Loan) put together. This volume
it composed of several letters and pamph-
lets coUected, in which the noble writer's
sentiments on the great questions affect-
ing Church and State are given in the
language of a sincere and sensible man,
who is well acquainted with the institu-
tions of bis country, who feels their ex-
cellence, and would preserve them from
the hands of the presumptuous and the
rapacious ; from the selfish and factious
demagogue, and from the violent and mis-
led populace ; from all who mean liceiut
when they call for liberty ; and who in-
tend ipoliation when they speak oirrftrm.
On many particular points (as that of the
Currency) we differ from the writer ; bnt
in all we commend his spirit, his feeling,
and the true nobility of his mind.

0» the Revival of Literature, ivo. —
This little sketch is correct, and not in-
elegant, but perhaps rather too slight for
pnUication ; and it does not show much
research among original writers. We
think our present authors like to take
too wide a field for their labours, and thus,
from the very extent of the ground before
them, their literary curiosity becomes too
soon exhausted. If the author of this
pamphlet had taken up the history of any
one of the minor sons of genius — the
Inmina minora — as Politian, Aretino his
friend, and made patient researches into
their works and those of their contempo-
raries, and not overlooked what manuscript
authorities could give ; no doubt, that in-
formation would be acquired which might
amply repay the labour, and perhaps
throw new light on circumstances con-
nected with Italian literature. Abridg-
ments are good; but works of original
research are far better.

A Serie* ^ Practical Ditcounee, by
the Rev. James Maclean. — The author
introduces this volume by the foUowing
very moderate and ingenious preface:
*' The following Discourses are submitted
to the public precisely in the state in
which they were delivered from the pul-
pit. They pretend to no peculiar excel-
Inoce of matter or of style, out the author
has been induced to send them to the
press, humbly trusting that as they were
composed with much care, and with an
anxious view to th« rvligiotta tmprove-
neat of Uwto Mwnittcd to Ui tgitilsnX

charge, they may in their present state
prove more extensively useful." We
have the pleasure of adding our testimony
to the value of the volume before us. The
style is plain and correct, the language
forcible, and the expositions of scriptural
doctrine, and the enforcement of rebgions
truth, are delivered with such arguments
as cannot but be listened to with respect
and benefit.

Scriptural Studiett The Creationt
Chrietian Scheme t timer Seme. By the
Rev. W. H.Tucker, A.M. 8i».— We have
read carefully the first branch or subject of
these discourses, on the Creation, and cour
sider it to be written with a very full ac-
quaintance with the subject, and with fair-
ness and correctness of reasoning ; and
particularly the part that relates to the
discoveries in Geology recently made, and
confronted, as it were, with the divine
authority of Scripture. The latter di-
vision, called the " Inner Sense," will
amply repay the perusal by the ingenuity,
and, we believe, in most cases, by the
truth of the parallels drawn, and the con-
cealed signification discovered.

The New Houees qf Parliament : being
a description of the manner qf conducting
butinett in the Commons House, particu-
larly in reference to the Motion that a Se-
lect Committee be appointed to take into
consideration the most eligible Site for the
two Houses of Parliament. — A pamphlet
has reached us bearing the above title,
which contains little more than a repe-
tition of the arguments which have so often
appeared before the public on the pro-
priety of changing the site of the Parlia-
mentary buildings. We have always ad-
vocated the retention of the ancient site,
and we did this on the ground of conve-
nience, equally with other considerations.
We do not think a more advantageous
site could be obtained, although we aro
free to admit that it is not calculated to
display to the utmost advantage an exten-
sive public building ; on this account the
Gothic style is decidedly preferable; it
requires no vista to shew it off ; no ele*
vated site to give it value.

The imputation of unfaimeu, and of
undue preference to Mr. Barry, ought not
to be repeated ; we believe that even the
majority of architects deem the choice of
this gentlemau's design to have been in
accordance vrith good taste. That subse-

3uent alterations have been made in the
esign, form no ground for impeaching the
original choice; for, it would be absurd to
say, that because the design was submitted
to competition, any improvements on it an
iojuiiou to ih» Q\b«s oBitfii^Riatainb.

52C

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History of the Englisb Revolution.

TransIiUfd from the French of M. Gui.

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A Winter's Journey (Tiitar) frorn Coii-
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DfllVEii'sLetlers from Madeir.-v. -J*. (!</.

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The Elements of Physics. ByTuoiaAB
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An Essay towards a Science of CoQsci-
ousness. By J. L. MrRPUY. I^tno. 4«.

The Student's Manual of Natural Phi-
losophy. ByC. ToMLiNsoy. Post ttvu.
I Os. Oii.

Pmcticul Observations on Miaeral Veins.
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Lizars's Practical Surgery. Bvo. 10#. (id.

A Treatise ou the Ear. Ily O. Ptt-
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I'lie Unity of Disease. By Samorl
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Heath's Book of Beauty. By the Coun-
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Elements of Analogical Philosophy ;
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the Future. In three small 8vo. vols.
This work will incorporate a review of Po-
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Domestic Character, Literature, and the
Fine Arts of this Country for the last
half century. Characters without number
will be crowding the scene — Love, Friend-
ship, and Religious Hope will be inter-
mixed with each other. There will be
w\ao sonihine for the good, and storm and
tempest for the wickwl. Hypocrisy shall
be xuamaaked, cud fluuler dnyen out of

doors with many stripes. To comfort the
dejected — to sustain the sinking — and to
brighten up the latter days of the diligent
and deserving — are alike objects worthy
the Pen of the Moralist and Divine. The
reputed author of this work is one of her
Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary.

The Antediluvians ; or, the World De-
stroyed. A Narrative Poem in Ten Book.
By James M'HENRY.esq. M.D. author of
" the Pleasures of Friendship, and other
Poems ;'* " O'Halloran, or the Insurgent
Chief, an Irish Historical Tale of 1798," &c.

THE 8UBTEES SOCIETY.

The fourth anniversary of the Surtees
Society was held at the Waterloo Hotel,
Durham, on Thursday, the 27th of Sept.
last. In the absence of the Lord Bishop
of Durham, the President (who was en*
gaged in his episcopal duties), John Ward,
esq. took the chair, when die following
new members were elected : — Frederic R.
Surtees, esq. Devonshire-place, London ;
Mr. James, bookseller, Durham ; John
Trotter, esq. M.D. Durham ; Wm. Green,
esq. Durham; James Stuart Menteath,
of Closebum, in Dumfries-shire, esq. ;
Henry Donkin, esq. Durham ; Edmund
Sharpe, esq. M.A. Lancaster; Rev. 0.
Robinson, M.A. Vicar of Kirknewton ;
Rev. C. Newsam, President of Ushaw Col-
lege; Rev. T. W. Peile, M.A. Senior
Tutor in the University of Durham ; Rev.
H. Jenkyns, M.A. Professor of Greek
in the University of Durham ; the Earl
of Shrewsbury ; the Rev. Dr. Rock, Alton
Towers ; Henry Gaily Knight, esq. M.P.

Firbeck; Clarke, esq.; the Ven.

Archdeacon Thorp, Warden of the Uni-
versity of Durham ; and the Right Rev.
the Lord Bishop of London.

The council referred to the late report
for an account of the delay which the
lamented death of Mr. Gordon had caused
in the issue of the publications of the
society for the last year (1836-7), and
stated what might naturally have been
anticipated, that the books for the year
ending on the above day were in conse-
quence not ready for deUvery ; that they
were, however, rapidly advancing in th«
press ; and that, as the materials were all
compiled, it was confidently expected that
they would soon be ready for publication.

The books of the Society for the year
ending in September 1838, will consist of,

1 . The Catalogi Veteres Librorum Ec-
clesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis, printed
by permission of the Dean and Ch^ter of
Durham. The volume will consist of a
copious Catalogue of the Books of the
Monks of Duriumi, c«fDL\fiMA>^Q««i(. ^Sm^

The Surtfif

I

Bftoki In their Tnnct Library in the same
year ; a Cotnlo^ue of the IJoolc:) in their
Cloister «nil Refectory in ISSri ; a Cata-
logue of the Books in tlicir Chnnrery in
)4lti; nud another of the Books sent to
their College in Osford in 14,35. These
catftlogues will be joci^eedrd by an account
of the books which tjie convent aoijuireU
from tVicir bishops from time to time, from
the Conquest downwards, cither in their
lifetime as presents, or after their death
a« mortuaries, and by numerous docu-
ments to be now for the first time made
public, in the shape of early letters, bondti,
Ac. itc. all of them relative to maiiu-
ecripts, chiefly those of the monks of
Durham, their value and rarity. To these
catalogues will be appended a list of the
books belonging to the Monks of Hulne,
near Alnwick, and other notiiications of
early libraries. Copious Indexe-s will fol-
low; and the whok will be preceded by a
general Preface, treating at Inr^e u|>on the
contents of the volume to which it refers,
and takinn^ care to point out with pred-
cision, and somewhat of description, the
books mentioned in the Catalogue of the
Monks of Durham, which still remain in
the library of the Dean and Chapter, their
successors. The Monastery of Durham,
as must be well known, ranked among the
most anticnt and tlie most richly endowed
of the Benedictine houses in England ;
and, from its earliest foundation at Lin-
disfarne, rherishcd within its cloister a
long Buccesslou of learned men. It could
boast of its poets, its historians, and its
divines. To pass by the Suon period,
Symcon and Turgot, Laurence and Regi*
nald, Bolton, Wessington, C'oldiogham,
Oraystones and Chatnbre, ore names of
which any such establishment might in its
day have been juttly proud ; and it seems
worthy of this Siocicty to publish a Cata-
logue of tiie very books from which such
men derived their varied information.
But besides this, it may be interesting to
the members of this Society, and to the
literary world at large, to learn that a
copy of the New Testament is in existence
among t)ie treasures ut Durham, which
might [have been handled by C'lithhcrt ;
and that there also remains Beilc's own
copy, in his own hand -writing, of the four
Gospels, a splendid proof of llie elegance
of his pen, and of bin seonrarr no a trnn-
•cribcr. It is, hov
other purposes thji
will '. - ' ' •

has been gained in later djja by tlic ia
TcnlioD of printing.

i. A second publication will ronaist i
the three Durham Historians, GaLTtid
Coldingham, Robert Grayatanes,
William Chambre. It may be objecte
that in printing these historians the Sa
ciety is departing from one of its mc.
important rules, ina-xmuck os the thre«^
(ire already before the world in Wliar.
ton's Anglia Sacra. This objectioq
easily removed. Any one who baa La
occasion to refer to Wharton mast have '
observed in every page, over anA tn*t
again, in the midist of a c * ,,f in.

terest an abrupt i^-c. at kinf

him in his inquiry, and Ji . ., ...ta in
doubt. Upon referring to the preface.
he will find Wharton honestly ackoow-
ledging that the et eitlemt are his and not
the author's, and that he had purposclf I
omitted many things in each bistortan.
These declarations led to an inquiry upon
the subject ; and it baa been discoi
that >V barton not only omits
here and there, but occasionally
chapters of great local and even pabliel
interest. He does not, in short, givsJ
more than two-thinis of the oarratire oH
each historian; and, whnt ia more, thef
text of those portion!! whivh he bos Pub-
lished is so extremely faulty, a* in oo-
luerotu instances totally to perrert the]
meaning of the author. One single in-
stance of his inaccuracy may be given, aa I
a specimen of the tAouumdt wUch dis- i
grace hia pages. In the tirst page of thu '
first historian (Coldim^lLam) we have thi5
account of Bishop William de St. Bar-
bara, who died in llj..': " Mooachis But
provindalibus molestiam nullam retri-
buit : nee ccclesi«e possession?? ant or-
nomeata contnlit." The i ' i$,

" Monacbis autem proriiii !f>3.

liain -i-i""-- — '■:'■', nfquK cn-^m; jioa-
sesM nU abtlulU." The

hieli'i , 1 liment to ih<- ninhop

for not banusnig the raoii! re-

decessors hnA done, by dei i of

their posse:!isiutis, or ihi' of

their church. Wharton l the

" "■■ virtue of ncif ' n-ir

-, In til. of

: there i""- n !ty

mistalccs. It v :ioe

Krrn thif thp Si , in

Vti^^iA 'MA.«aVkt

i^riMi

1838.] Literary and Sctetttijic ItUcUigence.

cinllj) that the next year's books «ri1I pro.
bftbly be the Po«in of Funtosme, nnd the
Korthnuibriitn'Siaoa Ritual circa TOO.

KOYAL KBNSINOTOM LtTRBARY AND
BCtKNTinC INSTITUTION.

The first dirUion of Lectures for the Sen-
san JB38-9, is in course of dclirery iu> fol-
lows ; — Sept. V'.'i, Oct. "2. On the History
and Antiquities of the Arabs in .^poin, by
Rev. Professor Vaughan, D.D.— Oct.9, IG.
On the Geology of England, liyT. Web-
ster, esq. — Oct. aj, 30. On Poetry, it»
Katnre and Utilitv, by Wni. Smith, esq. of
tlie Middle Templo.— Nov. «, 13, 20, 97.
On Acoustics, by R. Addamu, eit{. — Dec.
4. On the Physiology of the Human Voice,
by R, J. Pollock. csq.M.R.C.S.—Dec.ll,
On Pii|»er Making, by E. Cowper. esq. —
Deo. 18. OnBotany, byJ.C.HftlL.esq.-
The Second Division will commence on
Ihe -Ith of February, anil will compriae
Lectnrea on the foUoning subjects : An-
cient Persia, illustrated by the Ruins of
Persepolis ; A Comparative View of the
State of Society in Prance and En^lond
during the Reign of Louis the Mth;
Electricity ; Astronomy ; .\ucient Uol-
]ads ; Music ; Bacon and his Prcdeces-
<or<.

WKSTMINSTER LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC,
AND MKCHAMCS' INSTITUTION.

Aided by warm friondsi, and adapted to
the want« of the ncig;hbourliood, this as-
»ociatiou has risen mpidly into cflicicncy;
■ Urge libmry is already formed (which
contains the e<spccial feature of a good
collection of orchiteclural and mathema-
tical works telected by the committee) ;
And the lease nf lar^^e premii'es in Great
Smith-street, Westminster, has lieeii pur-
chased, their present tempornry retttdence
in Little Smith -street being found in-
adequate to their purposes, The sub-
scription is six shillings quarterly ; for
which sum the members, besides the use
of the reading-room and library, lectures
every week, and other advantage*, can
attend cveniiui: cksseii for the «tudy of
the French language, music, literary com-
aiution, modelling, and arcliitecturnl and
" »rape drawing. The committeo pro-
tto erect a commodiouo leoturc-room,
jng-room, Ike. &c. on the site of the
premises purchased, so «i)on a:; they can
nise sufficient money for the purpose ;
»nd this there is e^ery leawin to believe,
from the diitpo-sition iiiiuiifestrtl by the
tncnil>er«. who now amount lo nearly
400, will shortly be accomplished. We
wish Ihem success.

On Thursday, the -Tth of Reptenibcr.
Mr. George Godwin, jun. F.S.A deli-

Uknt, Mao. Vwt. X.

vered a lecture before the members on
geology. The object of the lecturer was not
$0 much to lay before them the outlines of
the science, although this was not disre-
garded, aa to point out the evidences of
design which are so beautifully displayed
in the whole structure of the earth. If
attention and applause be a criterion, the
members were pleased with Mr. Godwin!^
lectures.

UNtVERSITV or LONDON

The first Matriculation Examination of
this newly constituted University wiU
commence on the first Monday in No-
vember. The Rev. Connop ThirlwaJl and
Dr. Jerrard have been appointed exami-
ners in classics ; Professor Brande, in
chemiRtry ; Professor Henslow, in natu-
ral history ; and George B. Jerrard, eiq.
and the Rev, Robert Murphy, iu mathe-
matics and natural philosophy. The ex-
aminers are to receive '.'00/. each from like
University chest.

«

IIUODERSrieLD COLI.EOK.

An institution, founded upon similar
principles, and to be conducted upon the
same sy.stem ns the Hull College, has been
commenced at Hudderslield, There also,
a.s at Hull, 0 schism between the liberal
churchmen and dissenters on the one
baud, and the bigh church party on the
Other, has given rise to two estahlisli-
mepts — the Hudderislield College and the
Hudderi^field Collegiate Schools. The di-
rectors of the former having obtaineil
subscriptious for o large number of slures
(we believe 16'0J, and a proportional
number of pupils having been alrei
nominated, have proceeded to the e'
tjon of a Principal, when their choice
on William Wright, esq. M.A. late Scholar
of Trinity College, CHUibridge (the brother
of Mr. Wright, third master in (lie Hull
College), who graduated as Wrangler
li4.'!3, .ind has sim-c for leveral years ~
engaged as a junior master in the
Cniversity School. The " Rules and Re
(Tulations of the Hull College" have been
.' ■ ' 'ho bacis of those drawn up for
i-iit of the kindred institutioti
J.- . ' ,a Riding.

ores

olor
ther

UK.- lluU

ngler ^^
ars li^^H
:Lon^^H
and Ren

bx.dndbll'9 school, tivkrton.
Aug. 1-t. At a meeting nf the Trv
of this ancient scat of cUssical and *oi
learning:, when the Earl of Devon
Lord RoUe were present, the prizes '
awirded us follow : — The Scholarship]
Bailiot Collt-ue. Oxford, to Fred. Tems
fun of the hite Octavius Temple, esq. 1
f tuveruor of Sierrn Leone ; — the Schnl
fhip of Sv<lni?v iiMi*<ii. Vl,«i^\({t.«

Literary and Scientific JntelUgence.

bridge, to Gitirl«s EUod, son of .Inmea

Iilton, esq. of TiTerton j — the Exhibition,
ft G. Turner, son of thp Rev, John Tiir-
«r. Rector of Ashbritlic, Somcrsclshire ;
Jom|HJ«ition Medal, to Robert Laliton,
i Tiverton ; — and thr Speaking Med«l, to
niarlcN Elton.
DtlUfl.HGnAM ROTAt SCHOOL OF UT-
DICIME AND SUBGERY.

Aug. ?!>. The fttmual general meeting
took plnce of the goremon and friends

|«f the Birmingham Roynl School of Me-
faUciiie. The attendnnce being unuBiially
pumeroua, tlie cuinimnj odjourned from
Ihe Theatre of the Institution to the large
Committee Room at the Town Hall. Dr.
Johnstone, the Pre*ident, wm called to
the chair, having on his right Ihc Hon.
and Very Rev. the Demi nf Lirhfield,
nnd on his left the Earl of Dnrtmoufh.
,3Mr. \V. Sands Cox. the Honorary Secrc-
iry and Founder of the Institution, read
he report, which stated that tlie number
\tti student* hoa progressively increased,
ind a considerable number have, since
Jic Inst mi'L-tini;, obtained their diplomat
rom the Royal Colk-ge of .Surgeons and
Society of Ajiothecories, without altend-
jce on lectures delivered elsewhere, and
riihout a single instance of rejection.

The Museum of Anatomy and Surgery

has been constantly receiving additions

luring the last year from the Lecturers

Anatomy and Midwifery. Tlie citen-

ive Museum of the late Mr. Freer, by

"ae liberality of Mr. Thomas P'reer, has

been deposited irithin it$ walls. Some

'rare preparations of Pathological Ana-

[iomy from India, have been presented by

*"Ir. W. W. VVilkiiis of the Madras Army :

Mr. Middlemorc has also dejiosited

js Museum of scarce preparatious cod-

L'ted with Ophthalmic Surgery. Tlic

iutuml History department has received

lumeroiis and valuable additions from the

Sari nf (Inrlisle, the Earl of Mountnorris,

ord Viscount Valentin, the Dean of Lich-

cld, ittc. For the fuithcrancc of the

if Natural Hiotory and C'ompara-

aatoiny, (as pursued at King's Col*

the Ix)ndon University, and vthcr

Schools of Medicine in the metro-

i>olis.) it was resolved to purchase the

ich Mu»eum of Mr. Weaver, the rcsnlt

Df fifteen years' labour; nnd for this ob-

' •' -■■ - '-n=onbe

Mr. J.

vus.L^ : T. I 'p-

bearing especially on Medicine and Sur>
gcry, but with a complete serlea of tb*
most valuable authors on Physiro-Theo*
lo)fy and Nnturiil Religion. The otilitf
of this department of the School to Uie
student has been further Increased by it
regular supply of the best I' d

Forviffn weekly, monthly, ai: v

perioairal9> and bi "-■-' ■ 1

estensivo series ■ ' 'I

platri, of .Surgical .^ ' f

then proceeds to notice Ur. Wiuir-
donation of 1000/. the inffr^'st to 1
plied, for ever, to the ii' ' ' ■'

prizes, either of equal ui t,

as may seem to the jndftv-, ... -,

advance the great ends in !i

are — to combine religious m. 'C

studies and pursuits, to make mcdicai Hml
surgical students good Christians, at well
as uble practitioners in wediiine and sur-
gery.

Mr. Middlemore waa elect r' t ■ •'■•-f-r
on Ophthalmic Surgery, and t i k

prizes were awarded. — Tb'- <^

Priie, on the construction of the .'
to Mr. T. C. Roden, of Kidiler.
The Gold Medals, for . I

diligence, to Mr, E. t i
Smith. The Meredith i'n.-i.' <ir ri\.L-\>ui-
neas, to Mr. Hobbins. .Surgery, to Mr.
Cooper, of BiUton. Practice vf Physio,
to .Mr. Grant, and Mr. Handles. Mate-
ria Medica, to Mr. .Smith. Twenty Gui.
ncAS, the Jephsoa Prize, to Mr. Grant.

TBK UBS. or THR LIBHART OP nSRXR.

M. AchLlle Jnbinal, whose publications
of early French Literature we have had
several occasions of noticintr. h«» lately
spent some time ill examinin. "' j-

scriptsofthe Library of Be: n

made a report on them to the .•;..,. .>i. of
Public Instruction of France. He ha*
obtained copies of varimis curlon* and
inedited documents of the .\ncieut Lite-
rature and History of Franee, wbieh we
underst.md will shortly '

A ninnuscript of < i -

mouth, in this Wr. i-

linii not, as in I iJ

Robert Earl of ( ig

Stephen, nnd profe»HeB to Ik » new and
revised edition, br thr niitlior himself; —
" Opasculo meo. »%

favcA.*, ut si te d- "•

1

trtt.

not on'

I'liriMiiii u'-
Ixrst worVa

1838.1

Antiquarian Researches.

631

operam adhlbeas tnam, ut utriusque mo-
deratione communicata edido in medium
producta et pulcrios elucesoat," &c.*

An old French MS. in the lame library
contains the following carious account of
the military music of the thirteenth cen-
tury : — " II a en la legion trompeHrt, cor~
neur$, et buitineun. Trompeurs trom-

Knt qnand li chiTslier doivent aller en la
taile, et quand ils s'en doivent retoumer
aussi. Quand li comeurs coment, dl qui
portent les enseignes lor ob^iasent et
s'teeuTent, mais non pas li chivalier.
Toutes les fois que li chivaliers doiTent
iasir pour faire aucune besogne, li trom-
peurs trompent ; et quant les bani^res se
doivent mouToir, li comeurs coment.
Encore y avait ^a, en ani£re, nne autre
manii^ d'instrumenz que I'en apeloit
clasiques ; et je cuit Ten les appelle
orendroit buisines."

Among the other manuscripts described
in this report, one of the most interesting
is " the manuscript No. 389, which is
entitled Chansofu Fran^aitu fort and'
etmet." " This collection, extremely im*
portant to our primitive literature, is of
the thirteenth century. It contains about

* M. Jubinal's transcript 'of this pas-
sage seems to be incorrect. Perhaps we
should read, (1. S) ut ne te ; (1. 3) Mone-
mutensif ; (1. 4) exortum ; (1. B) philoso-
phi«— quern; (\. 11) altera.

four hundred songs, written by more than
eighty authors who lived before the year
1300. We remark particularly among them
— The Lady of Pael, rendered famous by
the tragical death of her lover, the Chftte-
lain de Coucy ; Guesnes de B^thune, one
of the ancestors of Sully, and one of the
bravest warriors of the Crusade of Ville-
hardouin ; King Richard Coeur-dc-Lion ;
Audefroy-le-Bfctard ; Odlibert de Berne-
ville ; Blondel ; the Duke of Brabant ;
the Earl of Anjon ; Raonl de Soissons ;
the King of Navarre ; the Vicomta of
Chartres ; the Compte de Coney ; Raoul
de Ferridres ; the Duchess of Lorraine,
&c. &c. The compositions of these noble
minsfrelB are all mil of naivete, some of
them abound in sentiment and grace, and
a certain portion relate to the polities of
the period. Thus there are some which
approve and others which blame bitterly
the Crusades."

We have received two Reports from
Philadelphia, made by Thomas U.Walter,
architect ; the one to the Building Com'
miiteeqftke Girard College for (hrphant,
the other on the new Treatury Buildingt
and Patent Office at Watkington, made at
the request of the Committee of the House
of Representatives on Public Buildings.
They speak fair for the improving state of
architecture in the United States, and
' are creditable to the author's talent.

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.

BOYAL INBTITVTION OP COBNWALL.

THE following paper was read at the
monthly meeting of this flourishing
Society, April 6th, 1836, by Mr. Ed-
VARn Sfbt, Surgeon ofTruro, entitled,
Remarkt on the various motfet qfteriting
the word TVuro, and on the Etymology of
the same.

It has been supposed by some that the
place mentioned in Domeedaytts Treurgen,
was intended to represent what is now
called Trvro, and if so, it would undoubt-
edly be the most ancient record of the
existence of our town ; but the descrip-
tion given of Treurgen affords no sup-
port to this opinion, and seems rather to
refer to the condition of a small manor
than of a small town. The same place in
the Exeter Domesday is called Trennhen,
which renders its application to Truro
still more improbable, — moreover it is de>
scribed as a "mansionem," not " villam."
Hals says that the plaice described in
Domesday as Trtmret or TVncred is in-
tended for Truro ; but the final letter is •
great objection to that opinion, as it is
not likefy that a tot d would be entirely
dropped from tlie name of any plaee in
len tkia a ccntiiiy. Mentioidiig tUs,

however, in passing, merely to show on
what slender grounds certain authorities
have confidently asserted the identity of
the two places, we have in the charter of
Reginald, the first granted to the town,
the earliest evidence, of an undoubted
character, of the existence and name of
the place which we now inhabit. This
charter, of which mention is so frequently
made by every historian of Cornwall, but
which none of them appear to have seen,
was for a long series of years supposed to
have been lost; and during a close investi-
gation of the records of the corporation,
made a few years since, preparatory to
some trials in defence of their revenues,
this little parchment was rescued from itf
hiding-place, and now forms the chief
ornament of our municipal archives. Dr.
Brady knew it only from subsequent
charters. It was produced at the Assizes
at Launceaton, and submitted to the in-

rtion of the most eminent barristers of
Court, who concurred with Lord
Abinger in considering it to be a
genuine charter. Mr. Devon^ ^V>k> Vsm.
been msn'j -3«ax% Vxi <SBfc"«*«a«\ «!««*.*.
'WwtanlkiatiK, \si %. Vitiwc ^a^^^'^^SS^
]K(n«a, «x«\rti6Ti«wnxV3»se«., w^v"***^

Antiquarian Retearc

[Nov.

sBBider* it to be "n genuine origiiul
plwrter,"

In Uiis charter the place i« dcKribed

Triufru, and by it R^:iiiald confirms

|o the *' free burgesses thereof all free

Ectistoms andtovn rights," whirh they are

I therein stated to have had in the time of

Kicbard de Luci. The date of this char.

ter cau only be guessed at, hot it mu»t

beluDg to the interval between II-IO and

1176, the creation of Reginald to the

Earldom of Cornwall, and the time of his

^^ decease at Chertser; and if we regard

^K attentively a {dirase in the charter rvfcr-

^H ring to the mnnicipal rights of the inbabi-

^Htant« " qaos habuerunt ttinpure RicariU

^H de Luci," and connect with it the state-

1^^ ment of Roifer of Ilovedcn, and other

rontomporary authorities, that Reginald

I and De Luci were at the sicgo of Leieet-
tcr together in the 20th of Hen. H.
(I lT4i, we must infer that De Luci must
lave died iirenous to the issue of the
charter by Reginald, or why should the
privilege* mentioned be »poken of ux
existing in the " time of R. dc Luci." If
this auggestiou tihoitld be correct, the
dale of the charter must l)e restriclpd to
the year 1175. Here it is — beautifully

Pvrritteu — and, considering that it has snr-
Tivcd the dangers of nearly «evcn centu-
ries, you will ogree witlt me in tliiuktog it
worthy of every care and ri'gard. The
next original document to which I have
the pleasure of referring you i* a deed
executed iu the reign of Henry I H. (I JG^),
to settle certain disputes existing between
the Lords and Burge««cs of Truro aiul
Reginald dc Pridius. Lord of Kunneam,
now cidled Newham, in which he con-

Isents that his men of the chase at Xun-
Iieam shall be talliogcd with the men of
TV-eurM, and that they should pay toll, &c.
«t Trenru. The close approximntion of
the spelling of the word in this aod the
former document, will be at once noticed,
m well as the almost perfect identity of
sound, more especially if we recollect that
i was then pronounced, in all probRbility,
liy the Normans as the modern French
nronouuce it, namely, like our acute e.
V'c hare in the word then a similar com-
bination of vowel* a* in the first sylla-
ble of the word in Reginald's charter
JVini, imitated and represented by the
TVeu of the document now referred to.
The next change in the writiug of the
|Vord occurs in an inspcximus rharter of
~!ldwanl IIL (13()9). where it is called the
'ille de TVwru .• and in a deed of the I3th
at Uichaid II. 0^1K>), conveying a tcnc-

»»VT'' ;■■ ■■ ' ' •- ■ ^•••■' •• •• - ■•' -

a.6

•gain written TViuem i but in a receipt
ipvcn fur the pay meat of a tine to tLe
king of .'0/. by «. 13#. 4*f. in the lotb
Henry VII. (I.i00), it ia for the first
time called the Villc de TVuro, the word
being written precisely aa we now write
it. From that time to the present, tri-
fling alterations have been made in the
writing of the name ; the main authorities
being almost equally divided lietween
Trurti and Tniro, Lehind aud Carew
\i,<»ing the former mode, and the latter
being eiiiployed in the charters of Elixa-
beth and James II. In the time of
C'h.Tiies and of Anne, it was oceasioHKlly
written with a final f , a corruption very
properly avoided by subsequeDt writer*.
From the statements submitted to yuur
eonnideralion, you will ob«rrve thai the
town is no where called 7V«-^rtt, nor la
iiuch a name to be foand in any of the
inspeximus charters, profe?siTi!; to copy
the original charter. Tlie <!■ to

which i have referred you ui -*/

documents, aud in no one of tm m, imr of
the others in the |K)Sgcssiuii of the L'«r-
jvoratiun, is the letter e any where to be
found ; a circumstance of rooaidcrable
importance in the consideration of tlie
subject to which 1 now wish to direct
your attention, vii. the Ettfmnlogy of the
word. It is curious, and I hope it may
nnl be uninteresting, to olwcrve the in-
genious theories to which this mistake of
a •single letter hits given rise, as we find
them recorded in the erudite disquisitions
of Bortase, Whitaker, Pnlwhele, and
Kingston, to which I shall brietir advert
in the order enumerated. lu his Antiqui.
tie* of Cornwall. Borlasc says, " I find
this British name written Treurc ,- in
Domesday it is written Trcurgen ; in
Henry II. 's timeTrcYcm: by which it ap-
pears that the first syllable of the name is
Trc a town, and ror or rwr a way, mak-
ing in the plural ruroti i m that Trevo-
rou, corruptly written in Domesday Trc-
urgen, will make TVeurow '• -i. ,..,.:ng
the V consonant, which iht < n-

guage often does; consequfn - n^

will signify the town qf or ou the M-«y».'*
Now, on this reasoning, I woidd reniaHC
that the Doctor dues nut »ay wherw hm
finds the uarae written Triruro, and in
none of the documeatsi 1 have referrtsd to
or have seen is it so written or •|uotetl.
If in Domesday at all, Bnrlofc ii forced
to admit that it is eorruptl;r written, out!
whit slender Rnviinl:* exist for the supno*
l:c place dcacnncd
< A* to the IVr.
■' - ■• rl.

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AUY(U ' It

t,\lt W ^

1838.]

On the EUjimlogy of Truro.

533

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k

I:

in the first syllable of the word. But by
ingeniously " dropping the r eooisonant,"
which he ought never to hare ndopted, he
approaches the true orthography of the
word, and approximates to what wouhl
appear to be the easy and rational etymo-
logy of the name.

Mr. Whitaker, whose lenrning and
critical acumen gained him a con>iiilera-
ble reputation, but whose conclusions
were rather boldly hazarded than logically
deduced, takes a ditferent view of the
matter altogether. He says that " Trnro
takes its naini- from its cistle, and this
was plainly Ihe origin of the town: where
an ancient £arl's house was, it naturally
drew the trailers of (he country to it, and
a town grew up in time, the weakly child
of the ensile lit first, but able at last to
subsist without it. The town consisted
at first probably of the street running
from the foot of tltc hill, on n part of
which the castle stood, and this part of
course adopted the preriuus appellation
of the castle, and was called with it 7Ve-
eeri', Trenrn, or TVurit — the house or
lie upon the uru or i/ro, the same de-
inatioii of a rirer with that of Vere in

■ertfordbhirc, the K«-«-laraium of the
Itineraries^, the f Vo.lamium of I'lolemy.
The castle is not mentioned in Domesday ;
it is therefore later than the conquest.
It was built by some of the Nominn Earls
of Cornwall, and was one of the rnrnl
palaces, as it were, which they had in the
county, subordinate to their grand capi-
tals of Launceston, Trematon, and Res.
tonnel." Tliis extract is a very fair
Bpecimea of Mr. Whitaker's dashing style
of argument, by which he jumps from one
assertion to another, bewildering those of
less active imagiuittion, who are desirous
of looking before leaping, and who ask
for a little evidence of what is so unscm-
]nilously affirmed. He adduces nothing
whatever to show that the town took its
name from its castle, or lliat the castle,
•ttch as it was, was ever an " Earl's
house," or that the town'was the child of
the castle ; for in those days the traders
were rather desirous of getting out of the
clutches of the marauding masters of such
fortresses than of getting into them ; or
that the town at first consisted of one
street leading from the castle, and so
adopted the previous apjiellation of castle,
namely, Tteveru, and so on ; and as to
the T-VrH-lamium of the Itineraries and
the Cro-lamium of Ptolemy, being called
in to the aid and assistance of Ktich a dis-
jointed reasoning, they ttr\e only to throw
an air of obsnrdity over the whole argu-
ment, and to remind one of the whimsi-
cal satire of Voltaire on the oonteotions
Qf two Iwnied philolo5i«t4 respecting the

origin of the word Alp/ioiuo, which I will
endeavour to translate, so as to preserve
the rhyme and the joke, —

" Alphonto comes from Equua!
From Equus ? without doubt.
Granted — I confess it,
But 'tis rather ronnd about."

Polwhele evidently did not much relish
the Vro-lamium theory, regarding it per-
haps as too iame for the purpose, but all
that he ventures to say in opposition to
it, (or by way of remonstrance rather, for
he seems to have been terribly afraid of
Mr. 'VMiitaker, ) is that he does not feel
inclined to oppose his "wavering opinion"
to the •* decided judgment " of Mr. Whita-
ker, timidly remarking, that ice have no
such river as the Uio or Rnru and that
these words indeed are not Cnruinh,
Respecting this castle, to which Mr.
Whitaker .ittachcs so much importance,
very little is known ; but that little does
not corroborate in any way his assertions.
Hals says that he has seen a deed belong-
ing to Mr. t'arlyon of Kea, bearing d.itc
(»lJi of Henry V. in which it w.-ui colled
f'tulftliim (/e Gurloii (U19), a similar
deed no doubt to one described in the
rent roll of the corporation, made in the
Guildhall Feb. 7th 1G52, Uie entry relat-
ing to which is ns follows — " Mrs. Vivian
of St. Collomb, wydow, boldeth a tene-
ment and garden, wherein Richard Pen-
warnc dwolleth, and two pieces of land in
Gueate-an Castle, by lease dated Nov.
15th, Ist of Henry VII. for 200 years;
rent per annum K*. Brf." Here is pretty
good evidence that the cattle was not
called TVerenei*, and therefore that the
town cotUd not have taken its name from
the castle. Guealc-an or "Gual-hen,"
according to Bnrlase, signifies an old fort
in the Cornish language, and we leam
that this name was retained by the castle
in the commencement of the 16th century,
when the town had obtained several royal
charters, and might be presumed, there-
fore, To have obtained some importance
under tlie title of 7V«ro. William of
Worcester, who visited Truro in the reign
of Henry VI. (1460), says that the castle
was then destroyed, Costellura de Tni-
raw dirulum, as were also the neighbour-
ing little fortresses of Polwhele and Mo-
resk, not a vestige of which rcmaini.
Whenever built, it is probable that it par-
took of the general fate of the feudal
fortresses, ecttelia as they were called,
built, as Sir James Mackintosh has ob.
served, " without warrant of law, and
more for the purpose of rapine thaa se-
curity," which happened to them isk.
time of HcntT \\ . -nVo vi *a\4. vn

4

1^^^^

S^MM

*

MtsafB^lafti: BmBjll.
int nvd ckartc

! ofLtlMMl'i vuit. i» Um Utter part of
of il«arj VIII. the outle wms
M Im Mfs, and tlie site
«w ased M ■ alioatiag BBd pUj-
i^ |iWmc Pohrhrle cOuiiderB the name
to be of BcmMB orifia, and, curiotuir
aM«stk« infers that the meaning ia exactly
thai «^kh Borlasc haa aatigned to it aa
darived from the Coreich Uaguage. In
the "Plarochial Uutory of Corowall,"
nttatlj pubUahed, founded on the mann-
acripts of Hals and Tonkin, edited hj Mr.
Daries Gilbert, U an Appendix on Comiih
name* by the late Dr. Uingston, in which
he olm nunjr ingenious uplajmtions uf
the meaning of manj Cornish aame$, and
among the name* of our Coniiah toKna
be iclecti "three remarkable aborc the
(cat for baring been very diligently
examined and very little understood."
Truro if one of the names, the meaning
of which the Doctor attempta to deter-
mine, and thiu he 5et« about it : he aays,
"In the charter granted by Reginald
Fibcroy, in the Reign of Henry II. the
name of the town is written TVererea,
It ia of thia word therefore that TVuro ia
a corruption ; and if wc can determine
its aigmfication, we Ehall ascertain the
etymon of Truro. Notr nothing can be
better known than that ri'perea or rirero,
in the ancient language of thii county,
had the aame meaning as the kindred
word ritier* in Engliah ; and vnth regard
to the initial T, it can be scarcely necea-
•ary to say that it it&nda for Tre, or iti
archaic form 7>, a lown. The word, there-
fore, in the primitive nnd proper mode
of writing it, is IVfirwero, and confc*
quently the niimc as it appears in Reio*
nald'i charter is itself sn example of that
liability to change, by which the •omc
word woa subsequently converted to TVuro,
But the alteration in that case was to
slight, tbat the composition of the woni
Was scarcely obscured ; and go natural
that its corruption could not have birn
prevented t for it was hardly possible in
common speech to ayoid the elision which
turaa Trenvcro into Trivero, aa thi» again
has been contracted to TVuro, Tlic word
TVuru, then, signifies the Tmrn-on-tfte.
rirws, or as we shonid now say Rirerton.*
And this interprctalion is illustrated and
confirmed by iJic local pecnliaritiea, for
the town is intersected by two rivers,
which origiuallr wtre it^ bounnlfiilr*— tho
Cenion on tli h nn

Uic east." .^ the

Oorlor's argi
U»» error coi>

iiercr

OiiAl HLMorj. *«l, h. p. nXA.

tkK

hire no

Dfaiiy, Lyioaa!

rrm Hals and Tonkin, .'

into the oame mi«tn'

opportunity aflbrdr < i

charter itielf, we alu

a state of great unrertouity as

rarlie«t mode o( writing the word.

Ooriose proposed to drop, as a let

much in the way, namrjy, the v

nni,' ''- "■ • ' made tiia

hi.^ u r thrra

be :! the

initial T or the Trr, errn in its arcluUa

form, would be of littk- uu to tha

molugiat, OS without the rirera

bare no tovrn-'m-lht-rireri, Iherel

Hrrr-ton, What then is the prol

meaning of the word Tnim or Truro I

To find it we must go hock to

and Carew, and what C'arew

has said respecting it ap|tc«rft to

clear, so supported by what ia

of the Comiiih langnuga in tW

lories, and so bonu ' ' ■' .-

cumstanees of the i I

sort of hesitation ill ......... c hi«

nation, aa tite l>e:>t hitherto olTorUAi
Ue says, " The ^hupc of this town and thi
etymon of tho lie tcaraod oat

of thia Coniis^ ul rime,

Trurii

Trieuth-m

Ombdlna gcueth trj-n,
which ii to say, Truro ooaaiatetfa of /.
ttrteU, nnd in time it shall be said, ' I
Truro stood.' " Camden, who com|i
iiie Britannia in thio ' " ' r irrm,

gives a very incagri- loee,

and gays, " Truro, L- . .

tribus plateis dictum." Tonkin
in this opinion, and says the " town ,
its name from the three princi|ial §ti
of which it consSsta. TVi tIir«-o, and
B street, turned to Truro.
tiA." On this opinion ti
Mr. Whitaker asserts It
Camden, Mr. \Vhitakcr '
is " of/ptouglff abfiird, av
luve had a name !■
out into three strti
the first momenta oi i.-
lown, as a jiariidi, or

" TnrAir, fiiii.?,f «., 1, ,xn -

Dr.

Ihr

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toil

1838.]

On tke Etymologic of Truro,

535

anticipation. For in thoie rode times,
towns were not commonly laid ont upon
a definite plan, but the houses were erect-
ed according to the taste or convenience
of the builders, and the streets seem to
have been formed almost as accident
might determine." So that it is evident
from this extract that Dr. Hingston con-
curred with Whitaker in tliinldng that
Tonlun's etymology was not only " ob-
viously" but "altogether" absurd. It
b rather singular that both these critics
■hoold lay hold of Tonkin to deal with
him so unceremoniously, and that they
■hould entirely overlook the authority of
Cmrew, whose " Surveye of Cornwall,"
published in the latter part of the reign
of Elizabeth (1602), contains such ample
details on all places of note or possessing
any particular claims to attention; a
work which will ever maintain the fame
which it now possesses, and compared
with which the meagre details of Camden
sink into utter insignificance. Carew, it
must be borne in mind, was a Comiik-
man — a man of learning, one well ac-

auainted with the topography as well as
le natural history of nis county ; and
is it to be supposed that what he so
gravely asserted respecting the name of
this place was purely the creation of his
own fanc^, ana that the Cornish " pro-
phetical nme," which he quotes in cor-
roboration, had 00 other existence ? Dr.
Borlase, who was evidently well acquaint-
ed with the ruins of the Cornish lan-
guage, and whose interesting Disserta-
tions on the " Antiquities of Cornwall"
prove him to have been an acute ob-
server as well as a profound scholar, takes
nearly the same view of the case as Ca-
rew, and says that the name is derived
from the words Tre a town, and vorou of
or on the vayM. Camden says Truru is
■o called, because it is the Cornish word
for three way* or streets, " a tribus pla-
it'ia," platta meaning a broadway, or great
atreet. It should also be recollected
that the word Tre or Trei signifies three
in the Cornish language as well as a
town, and if we bear in mind that platea,
the word chosen by Camden as a trans-
lation for the Cornish word ru, meaits
a way as well as a street, there is no
" obvious absurdity" in supposing that
the name was originally applied to the
place as descriptive of its local peculiari-
ties, viz. — as a place where three wayt or
roads met, forming a point of communi-
cation between the eastern and western
parts of the county; advantages still
more increased by these roads meeting
at the head of a navigable arm of the
Ka, penetrating to the central distance
between the two ooaats. The great Bo-
man Roadi^ mentjoaed in the Itinervie*

aa traversing the kingdom In variona di-
rections, were called ttreett; thus we
have Watling Street, the Ikenild Street,
and BO on. We see then that the mean-
ing attached to the word ttreet was not
always limited, as at present, to the de-
scription of a single or double row of
hotuet, but was extended to any great
thoroughfare or highway. Nothing is
more natural than to suppose that any
place favourably situated for commercial
purposes would soon attract residents;
and commerce, once developed in a place,
b found to continue and to flourish there
so long as the natural elements of it
exist in or about the neighbourhood of
the locality chosen aa an emporium.
These natural sources of trade exist in
and about Truro, and the consequence
has been the steady and progressive pro-
sperity of the town from age to age; and
if we could contemplate the possibility
of the sudden and entire destruction of
the present town, by an earthquake, for
example, so that there should not be a
single house nor inhabitant left in it, pro-
vided that the newsuperflces resembled the
conformation of the old, and that the other
geographical distinctions exbted, another
town would without doubt spring up in
the same place, the popuUtion of wnich
would find their occupation in the same
resources, and the first houses erected
would be on the line of the three great
thoroughfares, which would necesurily
be in the directions of east, west, and
north.

Carew says, moreover, most distinctly,
that the word TVvni means /Aree ttreete
or troys, and there b nothing absurd or
unreasonable in the statement; it b
sanctioned by the idiom of the Combh
language, as far as we can Judge of it
from its remains, and sanctioned by the
past and ezbting condition of the sur-
rounding localities. On the whole, tlien,
I consider Carew's explanation of the
word the most clear and satbfsctory, and
as all the v theories have necessarily
follen to the ground, it b difficult to
imagine the possibility of adducing any
other capable of resbting the many ob-
jections which might be opposed to it,
and of combining in ita favour, as thb
appears to do, so many and conclusive
arguments.

After the reading of thb able dbserta-
tion, an animated discussion ensued, and
the m^ority of the members, indeed al-
most all present, agreed that Mr. Spry
had satUfactorily exposed the oft-repeat-
ed error of calling the town Treveni, and
concurred with him in thinking thaXCx-^
rew's view d tti* t^:jm<Q>w <A ^aa* x«js*

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53G

Antiquarian Researcheg.

[Nov.

SKJ>ri,CHiiAi Stokzs at Hahtlkpool.

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6ERChl

r

{(D

By TOcnn* of the Gateshead ObgenrW,
we ure cDEkbled to give tlte above repre-
sentation of anuther aocieot sepulchral
Ktone, which was found at Hartlepool on
the 15th of October. An Recount of
sumc similar 5tuRe5 which were discover-
ed at the same place (the South Terrace)
in 18.13, will be seen in our Magnzinc for
September that year. 'i'Jit-y n-erc after-
irarda cxbibitcd to the Society of Anli-
(jujihes, and engraved in tlie .\rchiei>lo.
gia, rol. xxvi. pi. 1.11. accompaiiied with
tiome reniarliF by Mr. Gage ; who eug-
gnled that they t^'cre the relics of the
cemetery which wn.s attached to the Siuon
inonnstery founded at Hartlepool by St.
Hilda.

The size of the present itone is I0|
inches by 9 ; ita thickness '2i inches. It
is as smooth and perfect as if just cut, on
the inscribed surface ; but rough on the
reverse. The inscription resembles most
closely one of the former stones on wliicfa
Runic eliarncters are use<l ; and which is
oniamented nnth a nearly siuiilur cross,
similnr letters of Alpha and Omen, and
below a name (in Runej.) wliioh is sop-
posed to be liildithryth. In the present
case we have, no doubt, anotlier proper
name, apparently Gerchtsyc.

During the previous wcelf, the worlc-
meii had found »eTeml htmian bones ; and
vinder each bkull was a flat stoue, as dur-
ing the former cscavation. The barial-
place iu which these stones have been
rxhuiitcd, ap]ie«rs, a.s far as can be as-
certained, to Lave been not more than
fifteen or twenty yards long, and the
bodies placed in two rows only, north
»ad south : the stones about a foot and
a half from the siufacr.
10

IlA>rDUILL FAXTHD AT HALIFAX.

On breaking up some commoQ-Isnd ia
fiarkisland iu the parish of Halifax, «
eonoidical moss of stone was lately dif-
coTcred, which proved to be the upper por<
tion of a hand-mill or queme, such as was
in use by our Sbjcod forefathers. This
stone is now in my possession : it re-
sembles the lower section of a cone.
The diameter of the base is 13 inches,
and that of the upper part about 7 inches,
and its perpendicular height not more
than 1 1 inches. The npei is hollowed
out in the form of n cup ; at the bottom
«il' which there is an aperture, and a com-
munication continued through the centre
of the stone. There is also another small
aperture on the side of the stone, which
communicates with the central perforation,
intended, probably, for the insertion of
some iron-work to turn the stone : if fo,
no such remaiu was found, though it may
have originally existed. Similar to this,
another has been found near the line of
the Roman road ; but in neither instances
was the lower half of the queruc brought
away ; but 1 bad reason to believe that it
was destroyed in one case, or made use of
for other purposes. Millstones of this
description hare been found among the
ruins of Iloman stations : indeed, we
have reason to believe that this was t
moHt cotnmau mode of grinding the co;
with other nations. With the Jews, the
tipper DiiUstoue, which rides upon the
lower, was called Reccb (q. d. th«
rider), occurs Deut. iiiv. ti. Jud. is.
'.' Sara, xi. 21. (Vide Parkhurst's Hebi
Lcjucou.)

In Niebuhr's Voyage en Arable, torn
p. 1^3, jilate jvii. fig. a, the reader mi
lind (1 representation of one of thi
hand-mills, as still used in Egypt, wii
the surface of the lower millstone roi
rex, and the upper millstone fiimishi
with a peg or pin ; and the seme in
in Barbary, is dejicribed by Dr. Shaw
his Travels, p. 131.

This cnstom, indeed, of each familf;
having miUstoneg to grind their own com,
serves to illustrate the Law, Deut. xriv. 6,
vith the emphatic renAon of it. It see)
that the Law, prohibiting to take
miUitooe to pledge, particularly refers
the upper portion of it, or the i»i^v(tio»|
which corresponds with those discoverii
to which I am now drawing the attentii
of your readers, probably because thi
part lying loose might be more readily
taken off and <?arried away. With re
spect to the (piality of the stone, onecoD'
Fists of n very coarse grit, the other of
more compact sandstone.

Huddtrtfitld. J. K. Walker, M.D.

537

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

FOREIGN NEWS.

SPAIN.

On the 1 9th Sept. General Alaix, the
Viceroy of Navarre, when escorting a
large convoy from Puente la Reyna to-
wards Pampeluna, was attacked and com-
pletely defeated by the Carlist General
GarciH. The Christinos lost 200 killed
and 500 wounded, besides 476 rank and
file and 27 officers prisoners, 50 horses,
3 ^ns. and 600 muskets. Amongst the
prisoners was General Espeleta. The
chief loss of the Carlists was in the death
of Erhevarria, a general officer of great
capacity.

On the 1st Oct. the Carlists obtained
another victory near Caspe, on the bor-
ders of Valencia and Catalonia. They
were commanded by Cabrera, and his
opponent, General Pardinas, lost his life.

The next day another severe action was
fought at the Venta del Perdon, the
same spot where Alaix was defeated, be-
tween General Leon and the Carlist
General Garcia, when the latter was in
turn defeated and driven back over the
Arga with considerable loss.

Madrid pa]>ers of the 8th Oct. mention
that the Cabinet had just been completed.
General Alaix, the same who was re-
cently defeated on the Arga, and whom
various accounts represented to have
since died of his wounds, has been ap-
pointed Minister of War, on the sugges-
tion of Espartero; and as Minister of
the Navy, M. Ponzoa, Under Secre-
tary of State of the Home Department,
and formerly a professor of political eco-
nomy; Don Alberto Valdric, Marquis
of Valgomera, Minister of the Interior ;
Don Jose Quinones de Leon, Marquis
of Montevirgen, Minister of Finance.
The Duke de Frias, and his colleague of
the Department of Justice, retained their
respective offices ; and General Valentin
Ferraz was to direct the War Depart-
ment ad interim, during the absence of
General Alaix.

The quicksilver contract with Messra.
Rothschild's bouse appears at length to
be definitively settled. The relief from
this source will not, however, go far to-
wards the necessities of the state.

Don Carlos lias been recently joined by
his present wife the Princess of Beiru, and
by his eldest son the Prince of Asturias.

BWrrZEBLAND.

Prince Ijouis Napoleon has at length
been driven out of Switzerland, by the
persevering efforts of the agents of the
French government. On his recent pas.
sage throitgh Manheim he wu greeted

Gbnt. iSAo. Vol. X.

with cries of Vive PEmpereur, On the
27th Oct. he arrived in England.

The beautiful village of Heiden, near
Appenzell, running a length of nearly half
a league, and containing upwards of 100
houses, together with the church, was
totally destroyed on the 7th Sept by fire,
originating in an iron foundry established
there.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Accounts have been received of a fear-
ful massacre of a great part of the Euro-
pean settlers at Port Natal. This settle-
ment is, or rather was, situated about
three hundred English miles beyond the
frontier of the colony, and consequently
at a distance from every kind of support.
A body uf 400 farmers, having set out
with the view of avenging a late incuraion
of the natives, had been defeated, and
nearly cut to pieces ; and a second body
of 8O0 Natal settlere, who marched to the
aid of the fanners, shared the same fate,
having lost two-thirds of their number.
The general opinion is that the Zoola force
and prowess have been greatly under-rated.
It would seem, however, that the farmera
are still sanguine of ultimate success, and
were preparing to attack the enemy with
a much larger force than had been yet
opposed to him.

CANADA.

Lord Durham, on hearing of his implied
condemnation by the recent Act of In-
demnity, has declared his intention
to resign and return immediately to Eng-
land. The passing of the indemnity
Act was known at Quebec on the 20th
of Sept. and made a great sensation;
and on Saturday, the 22d, Lord Durham
publicly announced his purpose to resign
to the delegates from the provinces of
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince
Edward, whom he had invited to Quebec
for consultation on the project of a union
of the five provinces. His lordship made
a speech on the occasion, complaining
bitterly of the ministers for not support-
ing him — or rather, as he said, for joining
his enemies against him— and declaring
that it would be useless for him to stay,
as he was deprived of ability to do the
good which he had hoped to accomplish.
Jjord Brougham was burned in effigy in
the presence uf an immense concourse of
citizens at Quebec. At the palace there
were loud and enthusiastic cheers for her
Majesty and the governor-general. There
was no violence committed, and.^«xD.^b
dispersed <\uv«\\') «lx«i ^^ QciiOi^»a£kfii^«^
t\ke cetenum^.

■4X

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

I

k:

jiug. 22. A fiital i}iicl took place vA
Wimbledon cuinmun, wbicb has «inc«
Attracted a large »liare of tbe public atten.
tion. The virtini \vu» Mr. Johr» Hower
Mirfin, and (he qiiiirrcl i» said to have
arisen from a collision on retumitig from
Epsom races, some weeks before. The
jury on the Coroner's inquest returned
the follownng verdict : — " That Francis
Lionel lOliot, John Yuiini;, Henry Web-
ber, and Edward Delves Broitgbtun, toge-
ther with two other<(, whose nairex are
not Bt present known, are giiilty vi wilful
murder; the flrst-numed pnrty iis princi-
pal in the firsil degree, and the remainder
as principals in the §ecoiid degree." Air.
Scott, the surgeon in attendance and
personal friend of the deceased, wua
bound over in his omi recognizance to
the amount of 300/. to appear when re-
quired to do so. On the '2]st Sept.
Young and Webber were brought to trial,
and, having been found guilty, sentence
of death was recorded agaiiii<t them,
which has Bince Ijeencomnnitcd to twelve
months' inipri-onmem in Guildford pnol,
the last month to be passed in solitary
confinemeot. Eliot mid Uroughton had
CRcapod abroad. The pwrtie.^ concerned in
thJH uiritir, though a^ing the barbarous
code of refined honour, can apjiareiitly
claim only a very dnubtful gentility.
Eliot is the nephew of un innkeeper at
Taunron, atid was recently an olficer in
Ibe British Auxiliary Legion in Spain,
where he whs chietly notorious for his
numerous duel*. Mirtiii, one of the sons
of a mercer ut I>oncM«-ter. was lately
actually a linen draper in Tottenliann
Court Road. Youti}; was, or ought to
have been, had he not disHgreed with hU
father, a brickmaker at Haddcnham, near
Aylesbury.

Stpt. 7. The Forfarshire steamer,
from Hull to Dundee, struck upon the
Long Stoite or Outer Fame IslHtsd, when
from thii+y-Hve to forty persons (ineliidiiig
the Rev. J. Robb, minister of Dunkeld)
jieri^hed ; nine were save<I on the islnnd,
and nine eseapud ju the bout, .\fter tbe
vessel struck, the second seu broke her in
two parts ; the fore part rernnined on the
lock, but the other was carrieii away, and
■11 who were on it were instinitly laiiiiched
into eternicy. Ar un inqucRt held on
■ome of the bi;dics, the firemen deriused
to the in^utTicient stute of the stjirboard
boiler, iirid ihit the fires bud to be ex-
tingiusheil before leaving the H umber.
After H jiutient investigation, the jury
teturiiid « verdict— '■ That the deceased
Jewt their lives by the Forfiiri-hire, a
Dundee and Hull steiun-packct, coming

coiitMct with tbe rock* of one xA

the Fame Islands, commonly called tbe
Great Harkars, and that the vessel vna
unseaworthy when she left Hull." Tba
value of the wreck left on the island wb»
surveyed and valued by Mr. E»-aii«, the
revenue officer at Hamburgh, at WOl. and
the jury thought proper to lay a deodand
of 100/. upon the wreck.

S^pt. 1 1 . The ceremony of laying th«
foundation stone of the Hannah Mort
Sehooh took place opposite Trinity
Church, near Lawford's Gate, Briitoh
after divine service, attended by th«
Mayor, tbe Dean, and a numerous con.
gregation, and a sermon by the Venerable
Archdeacon Thorp. The plute was thus
inscribed; — •' To the Glory of God, and
in dependence upon Him who is the
sure Foundation and chief C^jnier Stone
of His Church, this corner stone of an
Edifice raised by public Subscription fof
the Iiistttiction of the children of the
poor iti tlie district parish of Holy Trinity,
in tbepurishof St Philipand Jacob, Bris-
tol, according to the principles of the
Established Protestunt Cfiurcb, and to be
denominated The Hmnmh More Schools
in memory of a most disringuished Pro-
moter of the Cause of Scriptural In-
struction, and an eminent Benefactress of
the District Church, whs laid the llth
diiy of September, 1838, by A. G. H.
Bnttersby, esq."' The name of Hannah
Mo'e, for a long series of vears, was con-
nected with schools whicli she and her
sisters first estublished with the concur-
rence of the parochial clergy in destitute
parishes in their own immediate neigh-
Dourbood, which were supported and car.
ried on principally by her meun>i, and
under the active superintendence of her.
■elf and bersiytere. She left tbe residue
of her property for increasing the endow*
nient of the new church in this exten.
sive and populous parisih. A subscrip-
tion was entered into alter her death tor
erecting a rnonunient to her memory, and
the subscribers resolved at their firit
meeting on devoting any surplus vrbich
might remain, after defraying tbe ex-
penses of a plain but handsorae tablet in
Wrington church, to aid in establishing
n school to bear her niirac as subsidiary to
the church which she had so liberally en-
dowed. The minister and vestry have
been encouraged to proceed in thi* work
and labour of love, by having placed at
their disposal the surplus of about 4sS0/.,
more than two thirds of the original sub-
scription ; und. nided by some other gen-
tli-nuMi, they have mude a further appeal
to the public on behalf of this im-
portant undei'toking. Thearcbitect u Mr.

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Domestic Occwrenees.

53f

Sept. 24. One of the most extmor.
dinary outrageA erer perpetrated wu
committed at Stanjield hall, Norfolk, the
seat of Isaac Jerroy, Esq. by a large
mob, headed by a man named John
Larnerand another person, also from Lon.
don, calling himself Daniel Wingfield.
Lamer professes to be a claimant to the
Stanfield property. Isaac Preston, esq.
wiio lately by royal licence assumed the
name of Jermy, is the son and heir of
tbe Rev. Geoi^c Preston, of Stanfield
Hall. His father succeeded to this es<
tate by virtue of the will of his elder bro>
ther, also of Stanfield Hall, in May 1786,
and Mr. Jermy came into possession on
his father's death in 1837, the property
having been a century in the family. In
June last an auction took place of the
Rev. George Preston's effects, when on
one of tbe days of the sale a servant in-
formed Mr. Jermy that there was a per<
son below who claimed to take possession
of that place as heir at law. Mr. Jenny,
in company with Mr. Culley, the auc-
tioneer, told Lamer and his fnend that if
they had any claim to bis property, the
way was open to them by means of
legal and not illegal proceedings. The
intruders were desired to leave the house,
which they refused to do, and Mr. Jeremy
sent to Wymondham for the police-offi-
cers, who removed them from tbe pre-
mises. On the 11th of September, eight
or nine persons violently entered the
mansion, which was then occupied by
Mrs. Sims, and demanded of her tbe
keys of the house, desiring her to leave
the place. Constables being called in,
the people departed; but, on the fol-
lowing day Lanier entered the pleasure
grounds, cut down an ash tree, and, with
others, carried it away. On the 20tb
September, Lamer again entered the
premises, accompanied by a blacksmith,
when assistance being at hand, and find-
ing that he should be taken into custody,
be took to his heels and escaped, declar-
ing he would return again. Accordingly
on the 24th he appeared in front of Stan-
field Hall with a very large party of men,
collected from the different parishes of
the neighbourhood. They entered the
park by the drive, and commenced cheer,
ing and waving their hats. About eleven
o'clock in the morning they demanded
admittance of Mrs. Sims, declaring they
would break open the house if it were
refused to them. She did refuse them,
upon which Lamer took a crow bar from
out of a pB|>er in which it had been
wrapped, and broke in the duor, when
the partv rushed into the place. The
mob followed Laroer up stairs to a

bedchamber, in which Mrs. Sims had
taken refuge ; and Lamer took her up
and forcibly carried her out of the house,
88 well as her friend Miss Bloomfield, of
Wymondham bouse. The mob then
carried out tbe furniture, &c. and placed
it on the lawn, barricaded the win-
dows and doors, letting no person in
or out of the house except their own
party, and placed a heap of paving stones,
brick-bats, and other missiles before each
of the upper windows, in preparation for
a siege. During this outrage, Mr. Je-
remy having received information of what
was passing, hastened to the scene with two
constables, where he found the furniture
of the mansion lying on tbe ground, ex-
posed to a heavy rain ; he read the Riot
Act to the mob, and, calling upon them
to listen to him, informed them that every
person present would be guilty of felony
if they did not immediately disperse.
Between three and four o'clock two other
magistrates, tbe Hon. and Rev. Robert
Wilson, and W. R, Cann, Esq. came
up with a civil force, and succeeded in
taking some of the bludgeon-men into
custody, but tbe rioters made a sortie
from the house and instantly rescued
them. The civil force being found in-
adequate, the military were sent for from
Norwich, and at about a quarter before
six a detachment of the 4th dragoon
guards, under tbe command of ^'^o'
Makepeace, came upon the ground. The
magistrates then again read tbe Riot Act,
and called on the misguided men to sur-
render rather than there should be a shed-
ding of blood. The military took up a
position so as to surround the house, and
cut off all attempu at escape ; the men
inside then, having had five minutes'
grace given to them to make up their
minds, declared, before the expiration of
the time, their intention to surrender,
and opening one of the doora, came out
one by one, and were tied together by
ropes, to prevent their escape, to the
number of 63. They were put into
waggons and conducted to Norwich Cas-
tle, under an escort of the military.
After a very full hearing of the case, the
result has been that I4pcreon8 have been
fully committed to take their trial at the
next assizes. Tbe remainder were libe-
rated on their recognizances.

Oct. 3. Her Majesty the dowager
Queen embarked at Portsmouth, on
board the Hastings 74, for the Meditcr.
rancan. Her Majesty is attended by
Earl Howe, the Earl and Ck)unte88 oif
Denbigh, the Earl and Countess of Shef«
field, the Hon. Captain Curzon, Miu
Mitchell, Miss Hud»\^Svl\iw^.'^iw»»

I

M.D. the Rev. Mr. Wood, Chaplain to
Her Majesty, and a suite of forty-two
persons.

Oct. 5. A fire, involvinjr « serious
destruclion of property, occurri-d at Liver-
pool, in Robert-street Nortb, lending troni
Great Howard-strt'et to the Prince's.
dock. The fire broke out in one of a
range of »ix warehouses, of seven And
eight stories btKh, filled with hotidcd and
free stores. 'Fhe first warebouRe de-
Btroyed contained a hirge quantity of
cotton, besides 2,201) hales of wool.
The seeond was unfortunately filled
with a more valunble stot-k of iner-
ebandize, the great bulk of it bein^; eom-
posed of East India produce. There
appearing to be nu danger of the fire ex-
lending', the warehouse* were abbiidoned
to their fate. j'\t seven the next morn-
ing, wbfD id) alRrni had subsided, the
fliinies eoniinuriicated downvN-urdi: to the
cellars of the warehouse belonging to
McKtrf. Duviea un<i Co. and a viulent
explosion wus thp coiif-eqiieni'e. The fire
now riiped with reduiihiL-d fui'y, and soon
ignited h quntituy of timber, whieh gave
ftdditionul impetus lo the fiame^, which
next seized on the warehouse:; of Messrs.
Grundy tnd (o. which contuined "^WO or
500 barn-Is o) nallpelre, rum, Ike. as well
as a |i;reMt (juNittily of cotton, and other
valunble incrcbnndise. Aliout half-past
iiirte the Jhimes had comtnunicutcd to the
cellar, and one of the moRt aivful explo-
sions took place that can possibly he con-
ceived. Owing ro the great quuntity of
sultpetre coiilined in the cellars, the upper
part of the warehouiie.s wnf. btowii up with
tremendous force, and a scene ensued
which almost defies description. Several
hurtling bales of rotton were forced over
Robert -street, into Tyrer-street, end
pieces of iron, bricks, and other articles
were propelled more than 100 yards from
the spot. One bulc of cotton in <iiui>ulder-
ing bent fell upon a man and struek off
bih hut ; and anutlier man was tak(>n oif
the ground without any hope of recovery
from the effects of u blow received by a
portiori of the burning muss. The rapid
destnirtion of ]iroj)er(y was row irre-
sistible, and it was not possible to arrest
the progress of the fire for some time,
during which a shed, coiituining many
thousiind Iwk's of cotton, was destroyed.
The loss of property is estimated ut
IsfO.UOO/. of which the greater part, how-
ever, WBB in&ured iii various cfliees.

Ocl. 13. The llrst stone of the Soul/i.
amptou Diickn was laid, v\ith masonic
honours, b^ Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart.
The following inscription, engraved on «

brass plate, was laid on the lower stone,

the upper one having l»een previously
raised by an engine : — " In commemora-
tion of the commeneement of the Con-
(ttruclion of the I'ouiiiiereiul Dock» of the
Port of Southampton, this stone wasi laid
by Sir Lucius Curtis, Knight and Baro-
net, of Gatcombe House, in this County,
CoinpunioT) of the Most Honourable and
Military Orderof the Bath, Rear- Adtnirat
of Her Majesty's Royal Navy, and Right
Wovshipful Deputy Provincial Grand
Muister of iiamp&hire, and the Frnvinciul
(irHiid Lodge and other Lodges in the
said Province of Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, on Friday, the I2th day of Oct.
1838, assisted by the Chnirinsn and
Directors of the Southampton Dock Com-
pany, ill the presence ot the Worshipful
the Mnyor, Jos. Lobb, Esq., the Corpo-
ration of the town of Southampton, the
Right Hon. the Earl of Yarboroiigh, P.
U. Muster of the Isle of Wight, and tnany
di>tinguished visilors, &c.'* The P. G.
Cliaplaiii, the Ktv. W. H. Brookfield,
having repeated a prayer, invoking a bleix-
ing (111 the underttiking, the 1'. G. Trea-
surer deposited various coins of the pre-
sent reign on the plate ; after which the
P. G. Master descended to the stone,
aud, the cement being presented to him by
ail entered apprentice, he laid the »an)e
on the lower stone ; the upper one was
then let down, and the P. G. Master
having proved the same to be properly
adjusted, received the mallet frocn the P.
G. Architect, with which he gave three
knocks, saying, " May the Great Archi-
tect of the Universe enable iis sueceso-
fiiliy tu cairy on and finish the work of
which we have now laid the foundutioiu
stone, and every otf:ef undertaking that
may tend to the advantage of the tuwu
and ruurity of Southampton and its har-
bour. May He he u Guard and Protector
to them, and mny they be long preserved
Irom peril aitd decay!"

THEATRICAL REGISTER.

UAVMAHKtT.

Oct, 9. Mr. Sheridan Knowles pro-
duced H new play called the Maid q/'
jVaricndorpt . Filial alfeetion, or rather
what is called the domestic feeling, is the
leading feature of the new play. The
time is laid during the thirty years' ivar;
nnd the priricipil character in the piece is
sustdiiied by the nuthot'. It is not ns t
whole ei|UBl to some of his productions,
though certain conceptions and situations
arc perhaps more powerful, origiiial, and
striking than any thing he bus produced.

I

I

niOMOTlONS, PREFERMENTS, &c.

GaZKTTK pROMOTIOXfl.
fil. 3*. Wi1Unm-l>vir|i)i, snn of Win, Jlennr

■ ' ' - •• •• I'srW',

imlv

i-ln. !' the

H<-'.- . I IK.' .,. ^.i.nooo thr

iMii 1 IwAr llie arnis iif Mar-

tin r.

.V - to Uc Jud^c

of I

<< r. Georji-'s,

Hn uf Saarali,

wi 1 Hill- |i)iri>h,

Ovt. 1. ,1. R. Milttftiikr, esq. to be iiecrct«0'
of PinliB-'iv Hi Vii'fiiin : H. L. Hiilwi-r. w"*"). to

1^ . r • ' ■ •• ■..-.,--.-

l^Ltl iiru-rtn, v*^t[, HI i.r n''< rfi«r y

10 I > IctCAtiun at WMhiii^oa, rlc't

B.TI

' ". '■ " ' ' to be

I. V.

be BMTctJiry I'l
Kliitrriinilf — '

iriil Lnvit..< .liullrl.

L'Jifit. \V. Hiioy to b*
I L. Gnctiie, «9tL Foul,

Mm

lo IH- .M.ijur

Oft. \6. Col. Sir R. J. Hirrcy, knt. C.Ii.
ftn<l K.T.*'. til nrrcpt t!ip Itiiirnin "f n Knfrht

O'li , ■ ' ■ . '"-'"■■ -I

il- ^

¥■■<

b)

r.i:,MiCi <>t r.iii Murr

1837. .'ii II
Uhauii'iidi.

Oct. i;i. SaU Foot, brcTCt Mdjor U. Rrid l»
b« Mnjor,

siit'iirn r.tisbirii:i.'ii. nr.i.. t(ii» r-.-ier ..r

v

III

I"

to

K
11

l.r

Vi

'mr«^«.— VUcouiit DurjCAiiuoii

irit ni llir < diiliCv Aui\ rilV o^

InilMuUir ,;ci^c'-i£l. —Iliiir) Juliu Ur>>'.MirtKK<
«•<). Ififit>c('tor of ConiitabtilAry fur JLciiutcr.

Naval Pkouotionb.

i . M itiir 1 I '*MP', !'• 111." I-

•hit* kt nymoiitii.

ba

lU'C. W. SliDi>son, a .Uiiior Couoa of DurUuu.

■k

nhnm Mtmey In

.11.

V.irkT^hiro.

-■ IlKiru'.

, -;. V.SlWSI-X.

..Ill IL C'iirk.
;st. Helen's attd St.

' Worce^temliint.

".I'. iMirn.
with >VinttM)nte

Uev. N. h,

clmrrh •'
JUV.T. A
Kr\. J. H:<
lUv, K. Ill I
Kt'V. TiMt •
Rr>. J. Ji.
Ilcv. I)<ir

AlbanV i

n«'. (i. II
Kp?. h.«.

Rev. G. \\- . .: .

V. Lincolii.»hirtr.
Rev. John Dnvies, Ruoconi new ch. Chcjihir*.
Rev. F. S. r.nilv, K-v:,. i i,.l..rwoi>il R. Unc.
Kcv. K. 11. Fori! liiir> R- "''vun.

Re*-. J. ti, Pnwi. I'.r. York.

Rev. tTiAs. For»ti,. . i —■■>;.

lU-v. K. H. Fnitell, s(. i ■ rby.

R«-v. J ».<!. Guilleiiiiinl, < \ lUf.

Kev.J. N.Marwood.K- ., -<idV.Kfftt.

Kev. J. Jftrkfon, Ne ttk-stc-iu K. .-lutTulk.

Kev. C. Kcnnsway, Christ fliurch, Lanvlowii,

near ItalU.
lU-v. E.C. ri. Kynnersley, nmvtotl R. smff.
Rev. W. M. Lee. Alvei Jisi oil R. IVvon.
<(,.. vv v. Lnfcr, St. Miry Tower P. C.

v .Martin, .SlUon R. Oorwt,

... , .;, :•• I'---'. VI.. I,.,., V <■ „b)i_

Hrv, W. A . Wnrwick.

Rev. W. I \ . Line.

Krv.T. V t,,

llev. F. 1 r \ . Line.

Rev. I', t. i:. l>evon.

K«v. T. F. '...,.. V I ... j^jith.

Chaplainb.

llev. W. F. Unylcy. M..V. Prcb. of Canterbury,
to the Queen l>o«iiKer, and to ■rrompany

i,,.r \i.i..i. i„ Malta; toi^ether with the
'• ' od, lute Prereptor to Prince
iiridifi-. Tilt; Rev. J. V. r.anii>.

■' 'liiplain tn the Haititi
^e Examining; Cliapl

i>iain

i... ,. i. I,. 1...;...... .1. Iidrl BejiiRhamp.

Itev. N. ^^. Hallwartl, l(tVisr<mnt Lorton.
Hev, IJenj. Harritmi, to the Arri.bitihop of]

Canterbury.
Ilrv. J. I'euroHi', O.C.L. to Earl nf EgreoionL
Rev. T. KtiU.h. 10 tUrl lli«ihur»t,
Kv\ . G. ('. TomlinsrHi, • • > «• -
Kev, t;. Knox, totbr i
Rev. Jas. Cjirver, to i.^ ^ute.

1 iitty.

Civil. Piu;riin>tRST8.
t, .,-..-.. i^ •'i.i>i>!;tan, e!(i|. to tie Kerorder of |

. rton to be Lord Rector of Uio

'' '

• ^ V. (Arrhdeiacon

'il of (bruld <lio^ {

:iuii to l>r an AjMilittaiit Master

. .. ,'.„.' to be next Muter of lll|rb>

Kate Frve Urauiuiar Si-h<iol.

BIRTHS.
A¥)t, li. At Ureeiibani-lotlxr, Ucrka, Om

Wi<i

At "
W

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i|. a ^op and heir. 19.

Oiub. the wife of C

1

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Marriages. ^^^^P

[Nov. ^1

^■sliilT, the Hon. Mr». Heary tUmsden, a son.

Vicker*. eat\. ofSliellieUI, tn Sibltla,

third ilau. ^^H

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to Atniena. daa. u( tin
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f,i.vtl.., C.I. Wi.-kiiiif,.-!. \t St. M»rsrarM'»,

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of H. .1. Kiirk'T, )-Mi.

•Ir.it, Win. HorlxTl Wiio.IJuhim . r*.|. nf Lyii.

wnte* lUII, .Sl.iir'. to llcIruN IJIikrliitlr, eldest

lUu. iif tlip late .Sir C. Oakk-y, llart. At

HnniiitrrHiuilh, II. II. Goolilrii, eiw]. M.U. tn

Kailuuine, yoiin^rct lUu. of TUomM Naylor,
esii.
Latflii. .Vf Pnris, Charlotte Sclloii, dnu. of

the liiti- Mr. S<T|rrAiit ijcllun, mid :(ister-iii-liiM'

111 Sir II I ■ iiiii.ii.^ lUrt. til J,i<|iii4 .Vmittle
It. "Of thf ('tii|.n'ild'Klal,

I' . mot di- In Tnille den

1 i-iioi. ofUie lati- Jolio

Holier, l..itfi(|uil.
■i<|. II. Hnwdeii,

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I ion

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■< tlic Hpv. J. W.

. the Ri-v. John

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of li

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of tlitr liitv l.ii'iil

:ifl>l- 1- At
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ii'st son of J. I'..
Ii&ll, to Buphia

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ile, the Ittv. Joseph

:um of Iht* <'j>l()fi|ral,

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ick.
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a.

Ill J H .1,1 IV

.If J. W, I
.1. V. IVlui.

eaq. At Roppock, Dumhitrtnnflbirc, the Rev.

Hor«c« Ch»VMSf, M.A. to MiU-fTAret-Cotqu-

houn.dau. of Alex. Oimloi», csij. At ("Jwt-

trnliam, LifUt. Chnrles Y Baielt, 9tli lleujfsl
CUV. to Harriot, relict of Lieut. W. T. Garrett,

Bengal Art. At St. Georsre's, Bloomsbury.

HPiiry R. Downmitn, esg. or Carmartlien oiiil
Upp«r l)Mlfor(t-i>l. to Elixa Karali, yiiuu^ent
(Uu. of the lute T. R. Audrewn, esq. of Upp^r

B«lfor<l-pl. 6- At .Scalby, Comni. J. ».

■Woodtlionic, R,N. to Emilv. seooiid Jan. of
the «<•>. Robf-rt Howard, of Tliroxenhy Hall.

York»1iirt>. .\t St. Jaine.s'ii, Pirr.T,<lilly, the

Karl of ^inrtwiiii, to lAily Mary Piuji't, ditu. of

file Mani. of Anglesey. .Kt St. Marjfaret's,

Westniin?<tpr, Henry I'ounsett, es(\. of Cam-
borwell. to Alnflia, wiilow of Majiir-Gen. Hir

SifiriMiiunii Smith, K.t'.H. At <>t;boiirnc

St: Geor?e, Wiit-v, the Rev. John Jeffery, H.l).
Rex'tor of Otterlianinton. .Hum. to Siisaminh
Lewi-s, only ilaii. of the Kev. John Hole, anil
irraiiii-niecp of the late Yen. Wui. Hole, Arch-
deacon of Uamstaule. At Reailinf^, William

Bmmstnu, exn. of Mftrao, to ClaLriasa Sarah,

eldest dau. of Francis Reynard, esq. At All

SouU', Liancrham-plaoe. the Rev. G. U-wen
Glyn, Vicar of Kwell, yoniiifcst .Hon of the late
Sir G. (ilyn, Hart, to Einlly Jane, eldest dau.

of Joaliih Uiri-h, esi|. of St. Pctersburifh.

8. At .Maidstone. Kdw. Kreil. I^ekn, solicitor,
of Jaintv-t-st. Hiickiiiirhani Palare, to .\nn,only

dau. of Jaine-t Uiwry, psh- iM.I), 10. At

Dalni.ihoy, Viscount iMilton, to Lady Frances
Uouttla-^, cl(l'■^t dau. of the Earl of Morton.

.\t Trewthin, .Miiiiin. John Harley, e»i|. of

I'onty .Moil, to Aniiii-.Maria Piatt, oulv dJiu. of

the late lli.bert Smith, esi). of Wain \\'ern.

At HorstiMl, Siis.sex, the Rev. J. V, Wrieht,
Rector of siertham, to Josephine Anne, elilest
d»u. of the Rev. Rdw. Law, Uritish Chaplain

at «t. Petemlmrifh. At BedwOTth, Warw.

Ricifiiiald S. Graham, eldest son of lli>'^''. Cra-
bam, of Utterby, t^imberlaud, es.]. to Dors

EnniB, eldest dan. of the Rev. H. IJellairs.

11. At Diss, Norfolk, W. C. t:arieii, D.C.L.,
of I>oi-lnrs' Commons, to Frances Elizabeth,
eldest dau. of the Kev. Wm. Manniui;, rector

flf Hiss and Weetini;. .\t Darilmry, Kred.

Walford-ewt, only son of J. G. VValford, esq.
of Woodlands, Chi)fwell, to .Maria, eldest dau.
of J, R. Siwocer Phillips, est|. of Ritfham

I»d«e. At St. George's, Haiuiver-Sii- .\ud.

Jonp.esi). of Wilton-place, to KliMhcth .Mary,
»rltle?»t driu. of J. U. Ijiy, esq. of Sjiv«(fe-(car-

dens and Great Toy, I'jtsex. At KL'n.'4iii|f ion,

EdwanI Smirke, csij. barrister, to Harriet
Amelia, younifest dau. of the late Thomas

Neill, es<|. of Tnrnhani-ZTeen. .\t Kirk

Leyin^ton. John James Uobin!«on, esq. of tlie
Priary, Kichinond, Vurkshire, to France.s.Vnne,
third dau. of the Rev. \V. Raine, Uertor of

\Vklford,Glour. At Hodnut, .Salop, the Rev.

RoWrt I'ennyinnn Hull, U.A. to Harriet, dan.

of Leonard .Slater, esq. of Peplow Hall.

Tlie R^v. Win. Howliiiif, M.A. Rector of Luve-
ston. IVmb. to Eleanor, dau. of G. C. Walker,

esq. Mayor of Diuiraster. Hnirli Parker,

jim. csij. of Woodthnrpc, late 23rd Kiisileers,
to t<«rAh. thinl dnn. of the Rev. J. Alderaon,

Rector of Harthill, Yorksh. At .'^t. Jarues'a,

Willjiim Morley Uurnctt, esq. of Coniwall-
terr. Regent's Pnrk, to Caroline .Mary, eldest

dau. of Francis Ijimbert, esq. of Acton.

13. At Maiisel Gransje, Heref. the Rev. Edw.
Hothtitn, Vicarof South Cave, CO. York, second
•on of Adm. .Sir W. Hotbara, K.C.U. to Har-
riet, yoiiiiu'cst dau. of Sir J. O. Cotterell, Hart.
At l.ean)in|^on, the Dun. \V. Tcilleraache,

IKraodsoii of the Cntinte.>i% of Dysart, to Lady
Anna .Maria St. Manr, dan. of the Ihike of
Som- rwf. At Readini(, Walter Wm. Beau-
joloi* Campbell, e»q. Cajif. 7th Fusiliers, to
Anna Henrloiia, eldeatdau. of Lt.-Cul. Loriiir.

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Mundy, esq. to Blixabcth Susan, finii dan- af\
John Younj, e»q. of Wcslridije, Isle of Wijehl.

15. At Great Salin^, E.ssex, the K*v.

Francis Gnriten, Sf.A. to Virjnnia, thinl dan.

of the late C'apt. W. H. IJobbie, R,X. At

Trinity church, Maryleboiie, T. 1>. Whatley,
esi], barrister, to Susan, diiu. of the late Robt.

Hughes, esq. of Lincoln-hill, Herrfcirdsb.

17- At Stoke, Devon, F. WillAon Har>ey,e.sn. of
Wytnouth, to Caroline, only child of the late
Sir T. H. Woodri(fht. H.irt. and heiress to

Woodright Castle, Northumberland. At

Mailing'', SiLssex, Gen. Sir F. U. Maclean, of
Maclean, Bart, to Frances, widow of Henrf

Campion, esq. of .M.illini|r Deanery. .\l

Minto-house, Ralph Abercrnnibie, cs4^. her
Majcity's .Minister at Florence, to Ludy Mary

Elliot, eldest dau. of the Earl of Minto.

At St. Pancras, Joseph I'nderMrood, ewj. of
Uouirhty-st. to Emily, relict of H. .Stafford, esij.
of Hontin^on, dan. of the Rev. James Pye. of

KJmlKilton. 'At Brtxton, Georre Pope, esq.

of Gray's Inn, to Sarah, dau. of the late John

Key, esq. of Denm.irk-hill. .\t All Souls,

Marylcbone, Win. Martin [.,eake, esq. to Slii.

Wray, widow of William M.srsilen, e*q, \x

Thorpe, near Norwich, the Rev. Henry Lnnp,
Rector of Newton and ISwainstborpe, to Char-
lotte-Emma, second dau. of Col. Sir Rol>erl

Harvey, C.H. andK.H. 18. At Leaininirton,

Geonre Walter James, esq. of Haiidswortn, to
Emily, oldrst dau, of the late Rev. Mortlen

Carthew, Vicar of .Mattishall, Norfolk. \t

Hereford, Chas. Henry l*ricc Pnpps, cs<j. R.N.
yoimi^est son of the late Capt. C. Papps, R.N.
to Mary, second dau. of the late C'bancellor

Taylor, D.D. 19 At ?imnnburn, the Rev.

Henry Hyiie Carr, third son of the late Jobo
Carr, esq. of nun.ston-faill, Durham, to Elina,
second dau. of John Ridley, esq. of Park-end,

NorthumberK-iiid. 20. At Prestbury, the

Rev. H. Arkwri^ht, third son of Peter .\rk.
wri|rht, esq. of Urock House, near ilatlock, to
Henrietta, eldest dau, of the Rev, C. Tliomy-

croft, of Thornycrofl Hall, Cheshire.

At r>onnini;ton Wood. Salop, the Rev. S. R.
Waller, M.A. Incuinljent of Bttinpshall, Sla/-
fordshire, to Lucv. eldest dau. of the Rev.
C. R. Cnmerun, M..\. Inciinibcnt of Wum-
brid^'e, Salop. — -At .Mortlake, the Rev. X. D.
Stun, Rector of E<lmnnsh»m, FMrset, to
Anna-Maria, eldest dau. of Wni. T«irton, esq.
of East Sheen. At Uliufflitn f ' »- Mud-
son, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, t" ■ ird
dau, of J. J. Skill>e<-k, esq m , ' ee.

.\t Truro, Capt. James Sii,,.., .'i. ..-met,

of the .Mailras .\rmy, son of the late Col. Dn
Vernet, K.A. to Eli/ji Lnrinin, second dan. of

Benj. Martiiidale, esq. of Urunswick-sq. At

Monckton, Pcinh. Francis Abbott, esq. Becond
son of J. W. -Vblwtt, esq. of^ Exeter, to
Thomnsiiia-Elizaheth, widow of the Rev. lidw.
Dewinif, eldest dnu. of Abraham Leach, e««j.

of Cor.ston, Pemb. At Islintrton, William

Tanner, second son of Wm. Youoij. esq. of
Hi)rlil>ur\--{!:rant;e, to Eliubeth, sixth dau. of

Robert Heintz, esq. of Cjinonbury-lane. 22.

At St. I'aiicras, Edw. F. Lonsdale, esq. of
Guilford -St. to Cnrollne, second dau. of Coas.

Cuerton, es<i. of Bedford-row. 25. At Mil-

\ertou, Leainini'ton, the Rev. G. B. Clare,
Perp. Curate of »t. Georsv's, Wolverhampton,
to Mary-Jatie, yoanre«it dau. of the late Joseph

Brc&rley, esq. .\t Milton, G. Blriicowe, csjj.

of NortbaiDpton, to Charlotte, sL\th dan. of
the late Rev. Francis Montgomery, of Milton.

At Stauihani, Rinilius Clayton, esq. to

Eliia Elizabeth, .second dau. ; and C. K. .Mur-
ray, esq. barrister, to Marin, youni;est dau. of
Wm. Hb.s1pwihm1, esq. of Slaupham park, Miisa.

2f» VI Budlei)fh, T. S. Hutteiworth, esq.

of Henbury Court, Glouc. to Blanch, cldent
dnn. of William Davie^, esq. late of Poiit-y-
pandy, co. Gtauiorg^riii,

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Lord CAHarNcTON,
At bis murision in Whitehall,
Right Hon. Robert Smith,

'•ATtrn CBnington, of Upton, co, Not-
tingham (I7!l7;, und Baroii Carrington,
of Bulcote Loiidge, (also co. Notts,) in
the pe«nige of Ireland (1706), Captain of
Deal Castle, a ConitniMioner of the Lieu-
tenancy of London, a Vice- President of
the Literary Fund Society, LL.D. F.R.S.
and F.S.A.

This long • respected Mobteman was
bom in 1758, the third but eldest sur-
viving aon of Abel Smith, esq, an ancient
banker in Nottingham, by Mary, daughter
of Thomas Bird, esfj. of Coventry. He
wu» first returned to Parliament for the
town of Nottingham, on the death of his
fiitber (who had been its representatire
for one year only, but pret-iously siit for
Aldborough), in the year 1779. He ^vas
re-chosen for the four suoceoding Par-
liaments, in conjuitction w ith Danitd Par-
ker Coke, esq. brother to the present
Earl of Leicester, until his elevation to
the house of Peers. Enjoying the con-
fidence and private friendship of Mr. Pitt,
(whose nephew Lord Mahon married one
of his daughters, ) be was first created a
Peer of Ireland, by patent dated on the
17th of July 170ti, and in little more than
a twelve month after a Peer of Great
Britain by potent dated '20th Oct. 1797.
The title ot Carrington was selected be-
cause it had been previously borne by a
family uf Smith ; but they were of a dif-
fereiil stock, bearing totally distinct aritis,
and it does not appear that there was any
consanguinity betM-ecn its former OM-ners
and the late Peer.

Air, Pitt further evinced his regard for
Lord Carrington by appointing him to
the Cautaincy of Deal Cai^tlp. He was
senior Lieut. -Colonel of the Second Bat-
talion of Cinque Poits Volunleera, by
commission dated 30th July 1808: of
which corps Mr. Pitt was Colonel of the
three battalions.

Lord Carriflffton purchased of the Mar-
quis of Latisdowne the c«tule of Wy-
combe in Buckinghamshire, which, in
1760, gnve the titie of Bsron, and in
17^ that of Eurl, to the fiin>ily of Pcttv.
His mnnsion nt Whitcliall was formerly
that quis of StaFord. In 1811*

the' of CmnbridKe conferred on

bis LorasiMp [lie honorary degree of LL.D.
a> ■ member of Magdalene College.

Lord Carrington married, first, Anne,
daujfbter ol Htnry Boldero Banuird, of

OwT, Mao, Vol. X,

South Cave in Yorkshire, esq, and by tluit
lady, who died in 1827, he had issue one
son, bis succes«;or, and eleven daughters :

I. the Hon. Harriet, married in 1817 to
John Frederick Crewe, esq. cutuin to
Lord Crewe; '2. the Right Hon, Char.
lotte-Elizabeth Lady Gardner, who in
1809 became the second wife of Alan.
Hyde second Lord Gardner, and died in
1811, having bad issue the present Lord,
and Charlotte-Susannah Lady Sufficld {
a. the Hon. Anne Smith, who died in
1808; 4. the Right Hon. Catharine-Lucy
C-ountese Stanhope, married in 1803 to
Philip -Henry present and fourth Earl
Stanhope, and has issue Lord Viscount
Muhon and one daughter; b, the Hon.
Eleanor- Sarab, who died in 181G; 0.
the Hon. Hester, raurricd in 1813 to the
Right Hon. Sir Henry Watkin Williams
Wynn, K.G.H. now Envoy Extraordi*
riury at Copenhagen; 7. the Hon. Jane
Smith, who died on the 7th Oct. 1837;
8. the Hon. Louisa-Mary, who died in
1830; 0, the Hon. Georgiana Smith, who
is living unmarried ; 10. the Right Hon.
Robert- John now Lord Carrington ; and

II. the Hon. Emily, married in 182^ to
the Right Hon. Lord Gnuiville Somerset,
M. P. brother to the present Duku of Dcau -
fort, and has several children.

Lord Carrington married aecondly, in
1836, Churiotte, third daughter of the
late John Hudson, esq. and widow of the
Rev. Walter Trevelyan, second son of the
late Sir John Trevelyan, Bart.

The present Lord Carrington was bom
in 1796, and was Member for High Wy-
combe in the present Poriiamcnt. He
married in 1822 the Hon. Elizabeth Ka-
tharine Forester, sister to «he present Lord
Forester, who died in 1832 of the cho-
lera, and her only surviving issue are two
daughters. As his Lordship has since
remained a widower, there is at present
no heir to the peerage.

The remains of this venerable noble-
man were taken from Whitehall to High
Wycombe, where they laid in state on
Tuesday, 2nd Oct. in the chapel of the
Abbey. On the following day, the fu.
neriU took place in the family vault. The
inhnbitanis of the town testified their re.
«pect by suspending all business, and
clo<>ing their wiiidotvs for the day. The
procession wtm a walking one, tne body
only being drawn on a bier, preceded by
his lofd(ihip's don\e»l\C!,^'^^xA.^vJ\w*it^'*o'i

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Obituaby. — Lord Farnham,-

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Abel Smkli. esq. M.P. Lord Jlahon,
JA.P. Lord (J. Somerset, Al. P. George
Bobert Smith, 4?s<]. Coiontd Crewe, and
other friends nnd rt'lutions of the deceasL-d.
JJcxt H'ert' tlio clergy and gentry of tbc
toMTi and nt-ighbourhood of Higb Wy-
combe; then u numerous tram of the
Buckingbamsliire tenanUi, foUowcd by
wof-t of the rciipeetablc tradesmen of ibe
town, Tbe procession iva-s completed by
a long line of domestirs und other ser-
vant>:, in all about oOU in niimWr. The
burial service was read, in a very irapres-
liive manner, by the Rev. J. C. Willittini! ;
nnd the beauiilul Ode by Pope was ad-
tnirobly suag by the choir.

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Lord pAaKHAM.
Sept. 20. At Paris, aged 71, the Riglil
Hon. John Maxwell, fifth Baron Farn-
Jjttm, of Fnrnbam. co. Cuvnu (IIM), a.
Representative Peer and Privy Conn»
cillur fgr Ireland, und Colonel of the C'uvtin
militia.

His Lordship m-bs born Jan. IB, I7G7,
the elder son of the Hon. and RtRht Rev.
Henry Maxwell, Lord iJishop of Meatli,
by Margaret, only daughter of tlie Right
Hon. Anthony Foster, nnd sister to the
first Lord Oriel. Having inherited the
estates of his gmndmother Judith, Hail,
and heir of Janies Barry, of Newton
Barry, CO. Wixtonl, esq. he assiiincd tlwt
name, attd utidec the dc-^ignalioa of Colo-
nel Barry was :i welt known member of
the House of Commons, where he sat for
(lie county of C«VBn. He succeeded to
the title on the death of his cousin Jobn-
Jantes fourlli Baron and second Eml of
Farnham, July 23, \S23, when ibe Earl-
d«m became extinct. Ho was elected a
Representative Peer of Ireland in 1H2.7.
He married J(dy i, 17«f), l^ady Lucy
Julijum Aiinesley. eldest daughter of Ar-
tliur tirst Eiirl of Mouiitnorris ; her Lady-
sliin died without issue Oct. IW, 1833.

lljs Lordship is succeeded in ibc title
and estates, worth .lU.IXiU/. per annum,
by his oidy brother the Hev. Henry Alax-
well, who 1ms been (or some time resi-
dent at Cnen in Normandy. He mnrried
in 1796 Lndy Anne Budcr, eldest daugh-
ter of Henry- Thomas ad Earlof Carrick,
and by that hidy. who died in l«iil, ha.*
issue the Hon. Henry .Mnxwell, now
M.P.co. Cavan, and many other childrco.
'J'lie late Lord's body wnt couve^'ed to
Ireland forintertnent.

Rr..Ho!J. Sir Johk Nicholl.

Aiw. 26. At his seat, iMerthyrmnttr,

CO. Glamorgan, after two days' illnefs,

ill bis 80th year, the Right Jion. .Sir John

IS'icboll, Judge of the Admiralty, and

formerh Dean of the Arcbes and JuAje

of the Prerogtttivc Court of Cantetbury.

Sir John Nicholl was bom on the IClh
March, 1759, the second son of John
Nicholl, esq. of Llaiiraaes, Glamorgan-
.shire, by Eli/ulieth, diiughter of Jame*
Havnvd, esq, of Herefordshire. In 1765
he was placed tit the free-school. Cow-
bridge, and from thence sent to Bristol
Bcbool, In 1775 he was entered at Ox-
ford, where he was immeduitely elected
10 a Founder's kin lellowsbip at St.
John's College, on the 26(h June ; he
took his degree of B.C. L. June IJ, 1780,
and proceeded to that of D.C.L. Apr, 6,
1 785. He was intended for holy orders ;
but his destination being ebaiiged, be WM
admitted, on tlic 'W Nov. 1785, as an
advocate at the bar of Doctors' Com-
mons. He rose rnpidly into very extensive
practice. In M'.H he was appointed *
commisMoncr to inquire into the state of
the law in Jersey, with the late Sir Wil-
liam Grunt nnd the late Mr, Partridge,
King's Counsel. In 1738 he succeeded
Sir Witlium Scott (atlerwards Lord
Stoweli) as King'.i Advocate. It is re-
marked bv the biographer of his profes-
sion,— " The iibility of this pleader, and
bis meritorious zeul ni promoting an armed
association among the advocates and
proctom, piived hisi way to tbc dignity of
tlie King's Advocate, to which the honour
of Kuigtthood vvB* added, Oct. 31, 1798.
Having a cletir jntelleet, he quickly dis-
covers the merits of a cnse, and, without
aiming at the high polish or the fascinat-
ing splendour of onitory, supports the
interest of his clients or of the Cro^vn
with force und acuteness." — (Co(/te''s Vata.
loguf of tfieEnsthh Civilitait, 1804.)

On the fomiati'jnof the St. Giles's and
St. George's Blooinsbury Volunteers, he
became their Lieut.- Colonel Comtnan-
daiit, Aug. 3, 18fl3. In 1802 be wa» j
elected Mt-mbor of Parliament for Pen.
ryn, uttd he sat successively till the ditso.j
lution after the Reform Bill, for that
borough, Hastings (iS06), Rye (I807),j
and (Jreat Hedwin (1813—1831). la]
Ib'il he was brought forward by bis Col-
lege as u fit person to represent the Uni«
versity of Ovford in rarliament,in oppO'
silion to Richard Hebcr, esq. but waf
unsuccessful. Jii PHfliament he was on
effective speaker, supporting always tb«j
prineiplcsof Mr. Pitt, and the maintenaiia
of the Constitution in Church und Stat*
In 1809 be succeeded Sir U'illiam Wynf
ns Deim of the Arches nnd Judge of tb
Prerogative Cnuit, nnd was made a Prii
Comnillor Feb. G, nnd a Lord of Trad
and Plantations. On the death of Sk
Chdstoi>her Robinson, in 1834, be wi
appointed Judge of the High Court t
Admiraliy by Lord Grey's government,
Oiovi^V VwoviW \o \« ^olUically opposed

1838.]

Obituary.— Dr. Jolly, Bishop of Moray.

547

Dean of the Arches and Judge of the
Prerogative Court, but be retained ahc
Judgeship of the Admiralty to the period
of hi8 decease.

The county of Glamorgan is indebted
to Sir John Nicboll for the introduction
of the national system of education, and
the savings' bank at Bridgend ; and also
for the Glamoigan district committee in
aid of the society for the Promotion of
Christian Knowledge. Blessed with an
excellent constitution, he attained a green
old age, and he closed his long and useful
career in his 80th year, with bis faculties
unimpaired, full of religious hope, and
accompanied by the respect and esteem of
all who duly appreciated bis public merits
and private duties.

In 1787 Sir John Nicboll married
Judy, youngest daughter of Peter Birt,
esq. of Wenvoe Castle, who died in Dec.
18i?9. By her he had issue live children ;
Henry.Jobn, who died an infant j Mary.
Ann ; Judy, married to Charles Franks,
esq.; John Nicboll, esq. D.C.L. now
M.P. for Cardiff, who married Jane-
Harriet second daughter of the late
Thomas Mansel Talbot, of Margam, esq.
and niece to the Earl of Ilcbester ; nnd
Catharine, who married the Very Rev.
Charles Scott Luxmoore, Dean of St.
Asaph, and died Nov. 1830.

The will of Sir John Nicboll, Knt.
bas just been proved by his son John
Nicboll, esq. M.P. bis executor and resi-
duary legatee. The amount of personal
property is sworn under 140,000/. The
will and codicils (the last of which is
dated in 1836) are in the handwriting of
the deceased, who has left annuities to
the whole of his old servants, varying
firoro 20/. to 40/. each ; the bulk of the
propert}', exclusive of large estates in
Wales, is left to the testator's son, who
is now about to return to his practice,
which he left about two years ago on ac-
count of ill-health.

Dn. Joi.i.Y, BiSHor of Mohay.

June S9. At Fraserburgh, Abcrdeen-
Bbire, the Right Rev. Alexander Jolly,
D.D. Bishop of Moray, in the 83d year
of his age, and 48d of bis Episcopate.

The reputation of Bishop Jolly for pro-
found and varied learning extended far
beyond the limits of the Church of which
he was a distinguished ornament. The
most eminent dinnes of the Church of
England sought bis correspondence, and
presented their works to him, as one well

Sualified, by his familiarity with the higher
epartments of theological erudition, to
form a just estimate of their merits. His
theology wm that of the Church Catholic,
not cut in the mxtorr or distorted mould

of modem systems, but drawn from the
pure sources of divine truth in the Holy
Scriptures, and the writings of the primi-
tive Fathers and succeeding Doctors, who
have banded down to us " the faith once
delivered to the Saints." Had he been
called upon to make a public declaration
of bis iaith, be would, probably, have
adopted the dying words of his admired
BisDop Ken, whom be greatly resembled
in the spirit and practice of " divine love,"
— " as for my religion, I die in the Holy
Catholic and Apostolic faith professed by
the whole Church before the disunion of
the East and West ; more frarticularly, I
die in the communion of the Church of
England as it stands distinguished from
all papal and puritan innovations, and as
it adheres to the doctrine of the Cross."
The Bishop had devoted a long life to the
studies of his profession ; the whole range
of theology whs open to him, but the
Scriptures in their original languages, and
the writings of the Fathers, were his fa-
miliar fo(^; these he bad thoroughly
digested. The result is partly exhibited
in his valuable work on the Eucharist,
published in 1831, of which one of the
most learned divines of the age remarked,
that *' it reminded him so forcibly of the
writings of the ancient Fathers, that he
could often faa\-e imagined that they were
still speaking." The retiring modesty of
the Bishop's character rendered him averse
to appear before the public as an author;
but, on the few occasions when be was
induced to break through that reserve,
what he gave to the world bears the im-
press of sound judgment, ripe erudition,
and deep and earnest piety. In 1826, he
published a " Friendly Address to the
Episcopalians of Scotland, on Baptismal
Regeneration," briefly tracing the success
and uniformity of the Church doctrine on
that important subject. In the depart-
ment of practical divinity, he published,
in 1828, " Observations on the several
Sunday Services throughout the year ;" a
must admirable and useful manual, which
no devout Christian can penise without
baring his understanding informed, and
his piety elevated. He was a liring ex-
ample of the intrinsic beauty and attrac
tiveness of religion, as it may be developed
through the Church system. It might,
perhaps, be easy to find a dirine ns deeply
learned, but seldom can the name of one
be recorded who so thoroughly imbibed
and exemplified the spirit of the blessed
saints, whose works and history were the
subjects of bis study. The last book
which the venerable Bishop had in his
band the evening before his death, was
the treatise of Christopher Sutton," Dura

Obitvarv,— ^iV Heniy Oxenden, Bart.

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the good inan bad been learning all liis life
long, and be had lo learned it, that the
"last enemy" had no terrors for him.
He remarked to a friend a fetv days pre-
vious to hit decease, tbal he u-as waiting
bis call, not impatiently, yet longing for
it ; it did not, therefore, come suddenly.
Ueath was to him but the removal of the
veil which di\idcd him from a world in
which be had for yeara " habitually dwelt
in heart and mind."

His constitution had been for some
years gradually giving wny under the in-
creasing intiroiities of age, and, a few
days before his death, seemed no visibly
sinking that his friends prevailed with
bim to allow an attendant to watch by
his bed-side during the night ■, but, on
his last evening, be felt himself so much
better that, after beitig assisted to bed
between nine and ten o'clock, he insisted
on being left alone for the night, direct*
iiig his attendant to return next morning
itt seven. In the morning be was found
iiot only dead, but actually laid out tot
burial, itu himielf. He bad closed his
eyes with his own bund, had drawn a
napkin over bis face, and fulded his arms
over his breast in the form of a cross, to
show the failh in which he died ; showing
tbiit ibe good man had not been insensi-
ble to the approach of dissolution, but
had resigned himself to it consciously,
with that calm and deep devution for
which he was through life distinguished.
Thus closed a life of primitive siinplicky,
piety, and self-denial, viortby of the purest
ages of (be Church.

On Thursday, Mb July, the remains of
the Bishop were deposited, according to
his own desire, in thegraveo( his brother,
ill tile churchyard of Turriff, in jiresciice
of a numerous Bfiseinblage of the clergy,
and of the people of bis ktc flock at
Fraserburgh, ai- well as of the Episcopal
congregation at Turriff, of which he bad
at one time been pastor. The services
were read by the Right Kev. Bishop
Skinner, assisted by the Ilev. James
Wulker of Huntly, Dean of Moray. By
a late arrangement of the £piseoj)al Col-
loge, the See of Moray, founded in the
12th century, exists no longer ; the clergy
and congregations composing it constitute
|iarts oi other diocesec.

Sta Henry Oxenoen, Baht.

8tpt. 2i, At his estate, Broome, near
Dover, aged ^, Sir Henry Oxenden, the
aeventh Baronet of Bene, co, Kent,
(1678), a Commissioner of Dover Har-
bour, &c.

Sir Henry was bom May 14, 1766, the
only wjM of Sir Henrj, the sixth Bnronet,

Jdargarct, younger daughter and co-
«ef gf Sir George Cbudlcigh, of Hal-

[Nov.

den, CO. Devon, Bart. He wu ■ i
ber of St. John's college, Cambridg*,
where be took the degree of B.A. in
177& He succeeded to the title on the
death of his father, June 15, 1803.

He had been for fifty years a very ac-
tive Commissioner of Dover harbour, and
he gave an almost daily snpcrintendance
to the works. His tenantry have lost ■
kind, considerate, liberal landlord ; and
East Kent has to regret parting with one
of the few remaining perfect Old Engbsh
country gentlemen. He paid great at<
tention to the breeding of South Down
sheep, and for many years his flocks ha4
been among the most ceiebimted in tfaa
South of England.

He married June 20, 1703, Mary,
daughter of C'Olonel Graham, of St.
Lawrence, near Canterbury, and had
issue by that lady six sons and three
daughters: I. Mary-Graham, raarried in
1815 to William Osmuad Hammond,
es(]. ; 2. Sir Henry Chudleigh Oxenden,
who h~'^ succeeded to the title ; he was
bom in 179J,andis unmarried ; 3. George-
Chichester ; I. the Ilcv. Montague Ghi-
endcfi, Pcrpctiiiil Curute of Wiiigbam,
Kent ; he murried in IH24 Elizabeth,
daughter of Robert Wilson, esq, and baa
issue ; 5. Charles, who married in 1823
Elizubeth. Catharine, only daughter of
the Rev. Dr. Holcombc, a Frebendirr
uf Westminster; 6. Graham, who diea
unmarried in I82(j ; 7. P>ances, married
in 1825 to Thomas Papillon, of Actis«
Place, esq. ; 8. Charlotte ; and 9. Ash-
ton. The body of the late Baronet Mas
removed from Broome on the 28th Sept.
for interment at Barbara church. The
bourse was followed by a long line of
carriages. The pall was borne by his
Gruce the Duke of Wellington, the Earl
of (iuildford. Sir Francis Mulcaster,
Hon. W. Eden, and several other gentle>
men, friends of the deceased.

Adm, Sra Plxtenev Malcolm, O.C.B.

July 20. At East Lodge, Enfield,
aged 80, Sir Pulteney Afalcolm, Admiral
of the Blue, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G.

The grandfather of Sir Pulteney MaU
colm was a Scutish minister, of learning
and respectability, who, having a large
family arid inadequate means, provided
for ms sons, including the father of Sir
Pulteney, by cstuhlishing them oa fiu-ms,
OS is usual in Scotlund. This patrimony,
after having been for upwards of a cen.
tury in the family, was in the possession
of Sir Pulteney. He was bom on the
20th Feb. 17GH, at Douglau, near Lang-
holm, ill Dumfriesshire, the third son of
his father, by Margaret, daughter of Mr.
James Pasley, uf Craig, and sister to the
ialc Adm. Sir Thomaa Pa«ley, Bki,

1836.] Obituary.— if cfm. Sir PuUeney Malcolm, G.C.B. 549

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frigutc, ri

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The remarkable (ucccm in their varioui
paths which many of Mr. Rol>ert MaU
colin'8 sons nttained, was noticed in our
memoir of the litte Sir John Mokolin in
our Alagazinc for July 1833, p. 81. Of
the seven sons who came to oian't catat«,
Robert, the eldest, who died a few years
uo, was high in the civil service of tha
£liit India Company. The three next
inauccession, James, Polteney, and John,
were honoured with the insignia of
Knighta Commanders of the liath at the
aame time; the former for his distin.
guisbed a«rvicc8 in Spain and North
America, >vhen commanding a battalion
of Royal Marines; and Sir John (who
was Bkerwards G.C.B.) for bis military
and diplomatic services in India. The
younger sons were tJilbert, Rector of
TodpnliBm, in (iloufcscershire ; IJavid,
I house in India ; and Sit
in, now Post Cupt.U.N.

' ! the Navy f)ct. 4J0,

iiionbonrd the Sybil
Ijy bis muteriial uncle
Capt. Pusley, with whom be sailed to the
(Jape of Uood Hope ; and, on returnini^
thence, removed with him into the Jupiter
of ^ guiu, which was one of the squadron
under Commodore Johnstone in the nlToir
at Porto Preya, and ut the cuphirt of a
fleet of Dutch Indiamen in ^ubtanUn Bay,
In 1762 the Jupiter was ordered to con.
vev Adra. Pigot to bis conininnd in the
West Indies; and Mr. J^lolcolm, after
■arving several months with that ofruer
in the Formidable, u second rate, was by
him promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
ill the former ship, MurcbJ, 1783. Du-
ring the ensuing peace he wus employed
on various stations in the Scipio, Pegasus,
ficlleropbon, and Veneeuiicc; and at the
conimeneement of the French revolution-
ar^r war, we find him serving as first
Lieutenant of the Penelope of 3li guns,
at Jaotaica. In that ship he assisted at
tbc cu])ture of the Inconstante frigate and
Oaelon corvette, both of »vbich Licutcn'
ant Malcolm conducted to Port Koyal in
safety. He also commanded the boats of
the Penelope in scverul severe condicts,
and succeeded in cutting out many vcs.
wla from the i>orts of St. Domingo. He
fubaequently joined the Eumpa of M
guns, Dearing the flag of Rear-Adm.
Ford, by whom be was made a Com-
munder into the Jack Tar, Aprils, 1794;
and upon Cape Nicholn Mole being taken
pOMOMion of by the Britl^b, ot the invi.
tation of the French royalibU>. be had the
direction of the scAxncn and murintb
Undcd to garrison that iilace. ^oun niter
return to England, C^tpt. Alalcolm
advanced to Postnuik, by commission
' Out. t2, 171>1); and on the Uth of

tl)« XqUowuiis utfuUt appou)t(^d to ibo

H direct
^B landct

Fox frigate. In Feb. 170^, be escorted
u fleet of merchantmen to the Mediter>
nfloan< af^r which be went to Quebec,
and subsequently served in the North Se«.
We tiext find him proceeding with a con-
voy to the East Indies; on which station
he cnptured la Modeste of 30 guns.
Toward the latter end of 1797 the Fox
wos actively employed in the China Seas,
under the orders of Capt. Edward Cooke
of the Sybille. In the some year the
Duke of Wellington, then Colonel Wel-
lesiey, of the 33rd regiment, took a pas-
sage with Captain Malcolm, in the Fox,
from the Cape of Good Hope to Bengal.
On the 18th of June 1708, be was ap-
pointed to command the Suffolk of 74
guns, bearing the flag of the late Vice-
Adni. Uaiiiier, Commander-in-Chief in
tbc Indian ^eas. He afterwards removed
with tbc same cflicer into the Victorioua,
another third-mte, und continued to serve
as bis F^lag- Captain during the remainder
of the war. On her passage to Euro|ie,
in 1S03, the Victorious was found tu be
in so bad a state, that on encountering a
gale ot wind in the liay of Biscay, it was
witli (he utmost dilliculiy she could bo
kept afloat till she reached the Togus,
where she wns run on shore and broke
up. Cii]>t. Malcolm, with Lis officers nnd
crew, returned tu Engbind in two vessels
hired at Lisbon fur their conveyance.

In Jan. 1801^ we liiid him commanding
the Koyal Sovcrci|?n, a three-decker, in
which Hbip be proceeded to the Mediter>
ranean ; and on his Hrris'al, removed into
the Kent, of 71. guns, sttacbed to the
fleet under Lord Nelsou. In tbe en-
suing summer he joined the Renown, a
vessel of similar force.

Cant. Malcolm's next appointment vnM,
March IG, iHUj, to the Donegal, another
tbinl ' ommund of which he re-

tain <f period of six years. In

that : - , ompunied his gallant chief

in the memorable pursuit of the combined
squadrons of France and Spain to the
West Indies ( and on his return from
thence to tbe Channel was sent, under Sir
Robert Colder, to reinforce Vice-Adm.
tkjUinpwood off Cadiz. On the 17tb
Oct. I8(J5, four days previous to the de-
cisive battle of Trafalgar, the Donegal
being short of water, and, in consequence
of the ettraordiiiary length of time she
had been kept at sea. greatly in need of a
refit, wa* ordered to Gibraltar. On the
aitth, C-«pt. Molcolrn received informa-
tion that tbe enemy's fleets were quitting
Cadiz. His ship wns then in the Mole
nearly diimantJcd ; but by tbc greatest
exertions, he succeeded in getting her out
before night, and on the&ird joined Vvcc-
Adm. Collin^cvoiV \n t^ktiM. \tt

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ing part of the division under Adroiral
Graving, which on its return lo pon after
the battif, had been immediately ordered
to sea again for thepumoae of attempting
the rescue of KOine of tlie disabled prizes.
The DoneRul continued off Cadie,
under the orderB of Sir John Duckivorth,
until towards the close of IKia, when *he
accompanied that officer to the West
Indies in quest of a French squadron that
had sailed (or that quarter. In the battle
fought off St. Domingo, Feb. 6, 1806,
the loss sustained by the Donegal
amounted to 12 men killed, and '3it
wounded. After tlio battle ^he pro-
ceeded with the prizes to Fort Royal,
Jamaica, and from thence to England.
Oo his arrival in England Capt. Malcolm
wai honoured with a gold medal for his
conduct in the action, and, in common
with the other officers of the ^quailrun,
received the thank* of both House? of
Parliament. He was also presented by
the Committee of the Patriotic Fund
with a vase, valued ot one hundred
pounds.

In the summer of 1806, Capt. Mal-
colm escorted the army under Sir Ar-
thur Wellesley from Cork to Portugal.
Some days after the nrri^'al of the trans,
porta in Mondego Buy, the troops were
all landed in safety, notwithstanding a
heavy surf; the oamc good fortune at-
tended Captain Mnleolm's exerbons in
disembarking the various reinforeements
which afterward* arrived j and there can
be no doubt that the extraordinary efforts
be made on those occasions, and for which
he received the warm approbntiuun and
thanks of Sir John Moore and Sir Ar-
thur Wellesley, contributed to the happy
commenceuieiit of those glorious suoce>.ses
which afterwards attended I lie tiritisli
Arms in the Peninsula. 'I'he Donegal
was subsequently attached to the C^han-
nel fleet, at that time commanded by Lord
Gambler ; and after the memorable dis-
comfiture of the French ships in Aix
Roads, April 11 and 12, laiO, C^iptain
Alalcolm was entrusted with the com>
mand of n squadron Acnt on a cruize,
during which, however, nothing partieu-
lar orcurred. \Vc iieM find him com-
manding the blockade of Cherbourg, on
which station the ships under bis orders
tured a number of privateers ; and on
I occasion drove two frigates on shore
Itttr Cape L.1 Hopue ; but '' —• -tion
afforded them by the bat; red

it inniiin'.iiili' tii urniiiiil ' > (lon

witi On the

Dill' 1. Captain

Mukulni v\;i^ .i|i|iuuiUil lu the Royal
tJuk, a new 71t in which ho continued olf
r-.'\ ■,,■ luitj] Murih I, lttl"i. whciv
(] tutu the b«Ji JuMt, UO gvat»t

as Captain of the Channel fleet under
Lord Keith, which honourable post be,
held, occasionally commanding a detachedJ
squadron, (and receiving the appointmentl
of a (Colonel of Marines, Aug. 1^, 1^12,1
and the rank of Rear- Admiral, Dec. 4|]
1813,1 until June I, 1814 1 when h«j
hoisted his Hag in the Ro>-b1 Oak anil]
proceeded with a body of troops under '
Brigadier- Gen. Ross from Bourdeaux to
North America. Soon after his arrini
in that quarter, he accompanied Sir J
Alex. Cochrane on an expedition up iba]
Chesapeake, and regulated the collection,
emboi'KBtion, and re-cmborkation of thai
troops, tie. employed against Washington,]
Baltimore, and New Orleans, a »er\icrj
requiring indefatigable effort, and which
be performed in « manner that called forth I
the woimest acknowledgments of (ho]
C'ommander-in-chief. He wasaltenvarda j
employed at the siege of Fort Boyer, on
Mobile Point, the surrender ol which byj
capitulation on the Hth Feb. tenninntcd
the war between Great Hritoin and th«j
United States of America.

At the extension of the order of lh«1
Bath into three rlas5c«, .Ian. 2, 1815^1
Rcnr-Adm. Malcolm was nominated (with]
his two brothers, as before mentioned) a]
Knight Commander ; and upon his arrival]
in England, hostilities against FnuicAl
having been renewed, in coiiscfiuenee of J
the return of Buonaparte from EUm, he
was appointed Commander-in-chief of]
the naval force ordered toco-opemic with
the Duke of Wellington and the allied
armies, on which service he continued
until after the final resluratioti of the
Bourbons. He struck hii* flag Sept. tifi,
181 J ; and a fe>v days after hind the gmil. ,
lii~rflion to receive the if 'tier

from the I>ukeof Wcllini.: imm

he had been four times osftuuuinj m the
puhhc service.

•' S(R, Pa,-i», Sept. 30. 181.5.

'• I have received your letter, in whidi
vou have informed uie of '■•- ^ ••■■n to
ilngland. I beg have to my

best thanks for the cord rlul

assistance 1 have invariably itccivcd Jroin
vou in all the situations in which we Itave
been placed together, and to assurv yuu
tliat it will always givr nie the grcotejit
satisfaction lo be placed in a situation la
be in communicHtiun on service with jou,
*' I have the hon""' •" '>■• *>^-'

" Vout mosCobci! nt,

Sir Pul' . to

the inipoi in.

chief on the Cji. h«

continued ftoni ,:\i\

lowarda the i-nd <.| iin- ( ar.

1838.] Obittjasy.— i<<ft«. Sir Pulttney Malcolm, O.C.B.

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Helena i$ noticed by Sir Walter Scott in
his " Life of Napoleon," is so highly
honourable to biin, that we must ({iiote it
at length :

" The rank and chnractcr of Sir l*ul-
tency Mulcolm, who commanded the
xqtudron upon the station, let him above
the feelings which might influence infe-
rior olficers whether of the army or the
navy. He visited Nu|ioleon frequently,
and was eulogized by him in a description
which (though he, who has the advantage
of seeing in the features of Sir Pulteney
those of nn honoured friend, can voucli
for its being iu§t) may have been painted
the more willingly, berauiic it gave the
arti«t an opportunity of discharging his
<spleen, while contrasting the appearance
of the /Vdmiral with that of the Gover-
nor, in a manner most unfavourable to the
latter. Nevertheless, we traii<teiibe it to
prove that Buonaparte could occasionally
do justice, and see desert, even in n
JBriton. lie said he had seen the new
Admiral. ' Ah ! there is a man with a
countenance really pleasing, open, frank,
and sincere. There is the face of an
Englishman — hia countenance bespeaks
bia heart, and I nni sure he is u good
nian. I never yet beheld a man of w-hom
1 80 immediately formed a good opinion
aa of that fine bulilier-likc old mnn. He
carries his head erect, and speuk^ out
openly and boldly what he thinks, with,
out being afraid to look you in the foce
at the time. Uis physiognomy would
make every person desirous of a further
acquaintance, and rctider the most sus>
picious confident in him.' iSir Pultcney
Malcolm was also much recommended to
Napoleou's favourable judgment by the
circumstance of havittg nothing to do
with the restraints upon his person, and
possessing the power neither of altering
nor atwting any of the restrictions be
complained of. He was fortuniite, too,
in being able, by the calmness of his
tem}>er, to turn aside the violent Ian.
guage of Buonaparte, without either
granting the justice of his complaints, or
giving him displeasure by direct contra-
diction. ' Does your Government mean,'
■aid Napoleon one day to the Kngti»h
Admiraf, • to detain me npon this rock
until my death's-day?' — ' I am sorry to
say. Sir,' answered Sir Pultency, ' that
such, 1 apprehend, ia their purpose.* —
• Then, the term of my life will ««on ar-
rive," said Napoleon. ' I hofM
answered the Admiral ; * I Im]
survive to record your gr?"' •■■
are so numerous, and th'
you a term of long life.' > .
and wii gratified^ probablyi UnU ata heio

and an author. Nevertheless, Wfore Sir
Pulteney Malcolm left the island, and
while he was endeavouring to justify the
Governor uguiiist some of the harsh and
extravagant charges in which Napoleon
was wont to indulge, the latter began to
appeal from his judgment, as being too
much of an Englishman to be an impar-
tial judge. They parted, however, on
the best term*, and Napoleon often after-
wards rxjiressed the pleasure which he
had received ffom the society of Sir Pul-
teney Malcolm."

Sir Pulteney Malcolm was advanced
to the rank of Vice- Admiral July 19,
IH'2i ; and to the full rank of Admiral
Jan. 10, 1837. He was raised to the
Grand Cro8« of the Bath April 26. 183:^.

A few years ago he was attacked by
one of our pscudo . economists in the
House of Commons, when the following
eloquent prici* of his honourable career,
WHS delivered in his defence by n friend
whose name, we regret to say, we have
not preserved :

'* He was the son of a humble sheep
farmer, and hifd ^VDn his fame, as his
brother, Sir John, also had done, without
the aid of powerful friends. He had
ri^en to the highest honours of his pro-
fession by his own exertions, und his bo>
nour, till the other night, had never been
questioned ; he enjoyed u sputless reputa-
tion, and poaseated the friendship not
only of the great men that were at pre-
sent in existence, but those who had de-
parted. He was the comrade in arms of
the gallant NcUon ; mid in the Ia«t action
in which tlmt great man was engaged, he
commanded a ship which had the splendid
distinctiuu of being called the Happy
Donegal. He had the friendship of tne
first general of the day (the Duke of
Wellington.) He had the honour of
conveying in the ship under his command
the heru of Assayc. Sir Pulteney Mal-
colm, at Vigo, landed the future con-
queror of the Peninsula. At the special
de*ire of the Duke of Wellington, the
tlag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm was tlyiug
at Ostend when the destinies of the con-
vulsed world were decided in the field
of Waterloo. .\s « conqueror, be became
the friend of the conquered. His flag
wa» at St. Helena during the time Na-

{loleou was there, and by the cordiality of
lis disposition and manners, he not only
obtained the confidence, but won the af.
fcclions of that great noan, who, in Us
lost moments, acknowledged his gene-
rosity and benevolence."

He married, Jan. 16, J609, Clemen-
tina, eldest dau(tht.«t «i^ >Jc\t Wwcv. H*'

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tbe E«tt India Company, and a niect! of
Adm. Lotd Viicount Kfitli.

A Bubicription hat been commenced for
a puUic mouument to Sir Pultene^r Mai-

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Can. Hoj«. GBoaoB Dol'&las, ILN.

Attg. 30. At Douglas Castle, Lanark.
shire, aged iO, the Hon. George Douglas,
a Post Captain R.N. half-brother of the
Rt. Uon. Lord Douglas.

He wot bom Aug. 2. 1T88, the sixth
son of Archibald first Lord Douglas, and
the third und youngest by his second mar-
xiige with Lady Frances Soutt, >ecoud
dMigbter of Francis Earl of Dblkeith, and
greae>aunt to the present Duke of Buc
cleuch and (jucensberry. K.G.

He entered the Royal Navy as a mid.
sbipman on board the Excellent 74, Capt.
the Hon. Robert Stopfoni, Dec. 17, IbOl,
in which he served in the West Indies,
On returning thence, he joined the Cas-
tor frigate, and subsequently the Spencer
74 ; in which latter ship be compleied his
time under Copt. Stoplord. The Spen-
cer Bceonipanii'd Lord Nelson in hh pur.
Miit of Adm. Villeneuve, in 1H05, but was
unfortunately absent at Gibraltar at the
time of the battle of TratQlgnr. She
bore a conspicuous share in Sir John
T. Duckworth's action, off bt. Domingo,
Feb. 6, lW.)y, on which occasion her loss
amounted to eighteen killed and Ally
wounded. Air. Douglas was advanced to
the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to
the Horatio, a new a«-gun frigMtc, Aug.
8, 1807. In her, he visited yuebec, and
afterwards served on the Halifax and West
India statdons.

On the 10th Feb. 1809, the Horatio
fought a very gallant action ufi* the Virgin
Islands, with La Junon frigate, which
terminated, after nearly three hours' con-
test, in the capture of the Frenchman.
On this occasion Lieut. Douglus (tn the
words of the First Lord, Lord Alulgravc)
" so nobly supplied the phice of his dis-
abled raptain"(C«pt. G. Scott) that his
promotion was detcinuncd upon, as soon
U he should have completed the time pre-
•cribcd by his Majesty's Order in Council.
His comnii>)sion as u Coninmnder conse-
quently bore dntfl Aug. », 180!).

On the I8th July lM)(», Captain Doug-
la* was appointed to the Brune troop>
ship, Hiul he continued to comnmnd her
until his promdtion to pn«t runW, h'tsU.

" iyi«. if

il 88, Ibl
ilh her cci'
ntjrhtrolc rl
(1071. nil A III'

taken, though the Leveret was soon after* j
^varda reuken at Porto Prayt. At
Court-martial held at Halifax, Nova Soo»1
tia. Captains Dotiglos and Falcon were
"most Donoumbly acquitted " for the loss
of their respective ships, and justly ap-
plauded for the gallant defence they YmA
made.

Since the peace Capt. Douglas hM beat
on half-pay. He has died unmarriod.

Lr.-Cot. A. C. W. CaooKSKANK, K.H.j

Sept. I . At his residence, Lyncombp^J

near Bath, aged 57, Lieut. -Col. Artbuff

Chichester William Crookihank, K.H.

He was the youngest son of the late]
Mr. Justice Croukthank, of Newton Park,
CO. Dublin, He was appointed Ensijcn
in the 08th regiment, Jan. 12, 1790, and,
Lieutenant in March followine. U* '
served in that capncify in the West IJ1«
dies, chiefly in Mor; >rc he cro-

barked with the ll !•.» of hi*'!

regiment against liiu a-ain^u ■;
the expedition commanded by ( .
Trigge ; nftcr the completion ol
bad two attacks of yellow fever, wkiek
obliged him to return home. He «m
promoted to a company in the 38th rcfi-
ment Sept. 8, 1802; and he ser^'ed in
Ireland during the disturbances of i803Lj
He accompanied the ex])cdition to iV
Cape of Good Hope in IhVi. \ini1c
D. Baird; and thence cnil
America, and was pre«eiit
campaigns under Col. BlnrLburn,
Aachmuty, and tren. Whitcloek; he
ceived four wounds at the attack and <
sault of Monte Video, and was made |
soner with the light troops under Br ^
Gen. Ciawfordi on the stormij>g of B«
nos Ayrcs.

On his retuni from South A ■
was appointed to the sialf o:
of Richmond, then ' ' ' ■ itcnarit of
Ireland, where he : til his re- '

gimcnt embarked : -itial. H*

ser\-ed in the first campaign in the Penin-
sula, and \na present at the liattU> o<
Holeia and Vimiera; he M'nc «Imo
exjiedition to Walch*ren, and
much ffvi
rank of '
ed with I., .

to Portugal i: !>;tilCt

of being more
the Portuguese pexvic* uu
ford, with th«« rank of

Sir I

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553

ceived a musket wound when endeavour-
ing to [iroeuru « ford ucroM tbe river
Douro, Bt tlie village of Putlas. How.
ever, ut Salamanca, be eoinmanded tbe
Ivfth battulion of ('a<;udoreA, wliich took
the eagle of the 22d repimcnt of French
infantry, which he had the honour of pre-
senting to Major-Gcn. Sir E. Pukenham,
commiindijig the diviKion, and be had on
that day two horses shot under him. He
was present at the surrender of Madrid ;
but, on the retreat from Burgoi was
seized with a ver)- violent fever, which
(ibligcd him to return to England in June
1813, and to resigit hi;! cuiDmissiun in the
Portuguese herviee. He then joined his
British regiment, the 3bth 2d hatlation,
M-faieh was then in Knglund, and wiu> re-
duced in the following October, He was
then placed on half-pay. Un tbe reco-
very of his health, be eti'ected an exchange
into tbe second battalion of the 1 ith foot,
which be joined at Gibi'ultar in July fol-
lowing, and was n second time placed on
holf-My by the reduction of that batta-
lion in March 1816 ; on which be return,
ed to England, and in Sept. I&17 wax
placed on full-pay of the 33d reiginent.
He attained tbe brevet rank of Lieut.-
Colonel June -1, 181 k In testimony of
bis Rer\-iceR, he was presented with tbe
freedom of Dublin, Londonderry, and
Limerick; be received a mcdul for tbe
buttle of Salamanca, and subsequently tbe
Hanoverian Guclpbie Order.

GKNi:R.\I. Fl.INTElt.

Sfpt. 9. At Madiid, by suicide, Ge-
neral Flinter.

Gen. Hintcr wan an Iri^bman of good
family. He served under the Duke of
Wellington in Portugal nnd Spain, and
\fn<i one of the many otFicers who joined
tbe Portuguese and Spanish armies by
permission uf our government. He was
employed confidentially at tbe termiiialion
of the Peninsular war, and assisted the
late Duke ol San Carlos in arresting the
expeditions which were fitted out here
for the liberaiion of South America. He
married a lady of large property in S^jinnisb
America, but liini conduct was so displeas-
ing to tbe people, that as soon ns tbeir
independence was secured they prevented
his appearing among them, mid his lady
>Knd cbildren were euinpelled fo remiiin
opart from him, fur the purpusL' ul f^MviiijL'
a considcroble e^-tute from Ucin},' lorfcited.
He was then ^ent to Puerto llico nnd the
Huvonnab, and he returned to Spjiin in
J835. The subject of free negro labour
^engnged much of bis attention in the co-
I lollies, and be puLliiihed in l^ndon k
1 work on thi ' ■ which contain* much
iTnluoble ;; The opinions pf

Giyr. .V v

■i

the then Colonel Flinter were supposed
to be Royalist, il not Carlist; but it would
appear that, desirous of being actively em-
ployed, his sentiments underwent some
moditicntion in that respect. He >vas
made chief of the staff to Mina during
his campaign in the Basque provinces,
and was wounded twice at the battle of
Alendogria. He was laid up for some
time, and tbe Spanish surgeons wanted to
amputate bis leg; but be refused to submit
to tbe operation, and he agaiu joined tbe
army notwithstanding the severity of his
wound. He was appointed to a com-
mand at Toledo, more to get rid of his
cinims than to render him any benefit;
but be contrived to do so much with very
little mcuiis, that one of the few brilliant
and successful affairs of the campaign wa«
conducted by him. Success on tbe part
of a foreigner i« a mortal otreiicc in the
Spanish service, and Klinter was soon
after tbe battle of Toledo recalled and
laid on the hbelf. He was a spirited high-
minded olficer, brave as a lion, and gene-
rous as (he day. He hud all the faults
and all tbe virtues of his country — a jo-
vial free-hearted irishman, jealous of bis
honour, and warmly devoted to tbe cause
he had espoused. He .<»id a^ a foreigner
be bad nothing to do with the question
of succession; bis sword was toe pro-
perly of the government of Spiin, whether
the throne was occupied by Ferdinand or
Christina. The immediate cause of his
last fatal act as nut stated ; but to the
treiitmont he received from the Spanish
government, may probably be attributed
tbe state of mind which prompted the com-
inisbiou of this lamenuble suicide.

KuvLANu BtauoK, Ebq.
Sryt. 17. In bis 8^ year, Itowland
Burdon, esq. of Castle Ldcn, co. Dur-
ham.

He was the only child of Rowland
Burdon, esq. of Newcastle, tuefcbanr,
and of Castle Eden, which he purchased ;
(descended from an ancient family at
Stockton-upon-Tees,8 pedigree of which
mil be seen in Surteos's Histotr of Dur.
ham, vol. iii. p. ilC), by Elizabetb,
dnughlcr of George Smith, esq. of Burn-
hill, CO. Durham. He succeeded his
father in bit estates Oct. 25, ]7H6 } and
himself became one of the wealthiest
merchants and bankers in the north of
England. In 1790 he was returned (o
Parliainriit for tbe county of Durluuu,
lifter nil BrduouK struggle, which termi-
nated lu follows, Mt. Burdon having
polled no Icfs than 780 rin^le votes i —
Mr. Burdon .... 2073
Mr. (.Sit R,^ l«\J»»x\Vt , YWft

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Mr. Burdon was one of the earliest ex>
nrnplei of o merrliant representing an
English county. He was re-elected in
1796 and \W2i but in 1B06 he resigned
hii sent, ill coiiscqnenreof having eneciun.
tered some cocntnereial embarrassments ;
which were, however, after a time, hap-
pily surmounted.

After u life of eminent usefulness and
honoiinible enterprise, the death of thi»
good man. from the suavity of his de-
mrnnour and unostentatious charities, has
mlk-d forth the profound refjret of all
classes of society in the district in which
he resided. In bim the town of Sunder-
land may justly be said to hove lost the
earliest and most munificent of its jwtrons,
the founder of its present pre-eminence
and future prospects of grentne'5. To
bis genuine patriotism that n
stnictnre, the fiisho|iweutm(. n
owes its existence. Keinp tl-i uuun (o
pnrliament for the county of Uuihmn in
the year 1790, and having previously,
tlirou^h his strenuous exertions, proriirpil
B turnpike rood from Storkton to Sun-
derland, Air. Burdon was early in ex-
pressing his wishes for u bridge to con-
reet the north and south banks of the
Wear ; snid iiftpr an nrduotis strupgle he
succeeded in obtaining an Art of (larlia-
ment for that purpose. This was in the

J Par I7f»ii. From similar attempts having
een made by the Colebrookdnie C'om-
pony, Mr. Burdon first conceived the idco
of mukiiig n.'.e of iron in its construction;
and, huvirii; first caused on oxpcrimcntttl
rib to be cast, the foundiition stone was
erentually laid, on the 24th Sept. 179.3;
and, by the fostering influence of Air. B..
who iidi>pted tts bis motto, " A'lV detpe-
ranrium anapit^ Dto," this vast under-
tat' ■ ' ■ ' '],e blessing

ol I to a sue-

ev- ■'... ,...,ii[iB! means

being fnrnifhed by Mr. liiirdon.whoEub-
ocribed no less a sum to clTect this pur-
"jse tlu.n SD.fKlO/,

ilr. biirdi.m was first itiarried, Junt
*7, 17^1), to A? • r of Charles

Bmndliii);, ni

land. ,.v,, \

til

an

the niuiiili bcluro i

Iher, at the Kfc of i

rir ' " ■'

17,

rthuinber-

^llc■ i and bv

1791, he had

who died in

of her mo-

FIp mnr.

[Not.

}]o(iq<. I ■..r..ii.i/i.-.^ nt .. i.-%ni lip rTive some
brii . n nativisj

of I- ' "d. As •]

boy he was reiiiufkablt.' i«>r his itciitr^nra*]
and aptitude for Iciirniiisr: and at n verjri
early age he went t, I-llet,

and afterwards to Sii 1 .an»

cashire, and having |. ^-. .i inri-t Ifofi

all the Ifook-lcHrning wliicfa it was in the I
power of those masters to teach bim, he
was removed to Eton School on the
strength of the ability he displtiyed. Tri.
dition relates, and the f^ i* on

illustration of the nature ■ - in

those dxys, that the fuiurt- .•m-ii i ui St.
Peter's performed the journey to Eton,
mounted behind his father, on one of tKe
stout n«)fs employed on the farm. In '
this way, proceeding bv easy stages, youn; |
Barnes was safely tfepositcd at Eton,
where he pursurd his studies with sueli '
ardour and sueeefs, *' ■ ' '" " '
he was trnnsfffred
he resided for the i
where he was highly esteemed tor M<1
conrtesy and hospitality to all with whontj
he carne in contact. His reputed great 1
wealth WH.S an exagfieration. He leflj
small legacies to a nephew and bis chU*
dren at Bolton, but his propcrt y generallj
to collegiate purposes and collcRiaM
friends. Dr. Barnes was con.^iderod on4
of the best Greek scholars of the day.

His funeral took place on the 7th'
Alay, in the chapel of St. Peter's college*
A vast concourse of |>er^' ' -i-m— |

bled to witness the cerr > ial

accordance with the rc<jiu .... dc«I

ceased, was conducted with ns tittle potopl
and show as postdble. About el«Ten.l
o'clock the procession moved from
lodge, in the following order : —

The Porter of the College, wilb
witnd covered with crape : the Poll
Tradesmen, two and two ;
bers of the Choirs of Kii
iu ^i ' "

lh<

(boi... ..., ....

ed by the relatives

the fellows, the t<-i.

graduate* of Pcter-luiUsc, ai<il

meinl>er» of other colleges, who

to show (he respect they eotertoine

the d«C4.<ased.

The 1'
the prii.

Ut'

Knaict;*, and Ai<iry-4Jot»lu»d.

Rev. r, u.u.

The Imlv i ol Vcurt-

1838.] Archdeacon Corbett.— Baron Hume.-^Fred. Cvvier.

555

the organ-loft, at the entrance to the
chapel, and whilst the body was being
lowered into its last resting-place, the
Dead March in Saul was played. The
following is a copy of the inscription upon
the coffin : —

<* FVancis Barnes, D.D. born 13th Ja>
nuory, 1741; died 30th April, 1838."

Thus honoured and lamented were con-
veyed to the grave the remains of one,
whose virtues had made him as respected
and beloved, as from his long residence at
Cambridge he was universally known.

Yen. Abchobacon Corbeti.

Jnne 22. At his seat, Longnor hall,
Shropshire, aged 79, the Yen. Joseph
Corbett, M.A. Archdeacon of Salop io
the diocese of Hereford.

He was the only son and heir of Joseph
Plymley, esq. who died in 1802 in his 86th
year, (sec his epitaph in the Gentleman's
Magazine, old cedes, vol. a. i. 394.) by
his first wife Diuna, daughter of John
Flint, esq. by Jane, daughter of Waties
Corbett, estj. He came into possesiiion of
the estate of Loi^^nor on the death of his
uncle nobert Corbett, eso, (formerly
Flint), and the surrender of his surviving
uncle John Flint, esq.; and in consequence
assumed the name of Corbett, by royal
license dated 20th November 1801. The
Corbetts of Longnor, a junior branch of
the family of Morton Corbet, were first
settled there in the reign of Henry VI.
and were raised to a Baronetcy by Charles
I. On the termination uf the head branch
of the £imily in 1774, the title devolved on
Charles Corbett, esq. with whose grandson
Sir Richard it became extinct in 18. . ; but
the estate was devised to his kinsman Mr.
Robert Flint, abovementioned, previously
of Micklewood, in the same county.

The late Archdeacon was a member of
Emanuel college, Cambridge, where he
took the degree of M.A. in 1792. He
was collated to his archdeaconry in the
same year by Bishop Butler.

He was twice married. His second
wife, Matty, third daughter of Dansey
Dansey, of Brincop, co. Hereford, esq.
died in 1812, aged 40 (see her epitaph
in Gent. Mag. uhi tupra).

Views of Leebotwood Church, and
Longnor Chapel, with the epitaphs of the
Corbetts, will be found in the Gentle-
man's Magazine for May 1831 .

Bason Huhk.

Aug. SO. At bis house in Moray-
plaee, Edinburgh, in his 82d year, David
Hume, esq. late Baron of the Exchequer
in Scotlana.

This TvoeaUe snd leuned gentleman,

who was nephew to the historian David
Hume, had filled various important situ-
ations with great ability, having been suc-
cessively Sheriff of Berwickshire and of
West Lothian, Professor of Scots Law
in the University, and one of the Barons
of Exchequer, which latter office he held
till the abolition of the Court in 1830.
But his most important service, and that
which will render his name coeval with the
criminal jurisprudence of his country, is
his great work on the Criminal Law of
Scouand, which has long been considered
as the text-book in that department of
jurisprudence, and is constantly referred
to as authority both by the Bench and the
Bar. It WHS published in two volumes
4to. 1797, under the title of " Commen-
taries on the Law of Scotland, respect-
ing the Description and Punishment of
Crimes."

By the death of Baron Hume, a very
valuable collection of MSS. has come
into the hands of Sir James Robison, as
Secretary of the Royal Society of Edin-
burgh. They consist principally of let-
ters addressed to David Hume, from
Rousseau, Condamine, and other distin-
guished foreigners, with a few letters
written by Hume, and returned under
various circumstances, together with se-
veral MS. essays and works. We hope
that such a collection will be forthwith
published.

Barom Frederick Cuvikr, F.R.S.

iMtely. At Strasbourg, on bis return
from one of bis annual journies as In-
spector-general to the University of Paris,
the Chevalier Frederic Cuvler, F.R.S.

He was born at Montb^liard in 1773,
was called to Paris by bis illut-trious bro-
ther, Baron George Cuvler, and became
keeper of the menagerie at the Jardin des
Plantes in 1804, a place which enabled
him to make some valuable observations
on the economy snd physiology of animals.
These are published in the Annalt* du
i/usiurm, and, with other valuable works
on natural history, led to his election into
the Academy of Sciences, to the Inspec-
tor-^neralship of the University, to the
Legion of Honour, to the Royal Society
of London, and lastly, to the chair of
comparadvc physiology at the Jardin des
Plantes. A remarkable coincidence ex-
ists between bis death, and that of his
brother; like him, he vras about to de-
liver a fresh course of lectures, was at-
tacked by paralysis, was aware from the
first moment of the result which must
ensue, was anxious to secure the welfare
of others, was patient under severe suffer-
ings, and was ready to vmjcv \i>& V^i<!A.

Obitcahv.^/^. AikmaH, E$q. — Jamei Gordon, E»q.

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Terdy felt ; for not only did he write the
nbove'inentioned works, but was a con-
tributor to several of the joiirnulu of m i-
ence, »nd the principal lalmnrer in tlic
H'utmrtdetMammifertu, published in con-
junction with M. (Jeoffroy St. Hilnjre,
A% a father, a friend, and b brother to
the bereaved widow, who is thus (igniu
visited liy heavy calamity, bis loss is irre-
parable ; and as a luasier, the very qua-
drupeds of the Jardin will feel the loss of
bi» benevolent cares, M. Cuvier has left a
Bon,irbo bears bis noble name with bonoui.

Alexani^er Aikmak, Esq.

JuluG. At Prospect Pen, St- Andrew's
Jamaica, aged 83, Alexander Aikmnn,
c«q. proprii-tor of Birnam Wood and
Walk'iiford in St. Georpe's parish, and lale
PrintLT oHhi" Jnmnica Boyiil Gazette.

lie was born at Borrowslown-nrss, CO.
Linlithgow, on the 23*1 of June 1 7jj, the
second M)n of Andrew Aikmnn nntj Ann
Hunter (llie only ebitd of Williaitt Hun-
ter and Im wile AJargiirct Aynsley).
He left his native country for Souih
Carolina at the age of Mxteen, having
previously made a voyage to Dantiic.
After his arrival at CbarUton, he ap-
prenticed binifielir lo Mr. Robert Wells,
a bookseller and printer of n iiioMspapcr,
the father of William -Cliarle* Wells,
M.IK, r.R. !3,L. and Ivd., of whom a
long memoir will be fouiid in the Gcntlc-
mun's Magazine for Nov, 1817, fnid an
engraving of his moiiunuuit in St. Bride's,
Flect-stieet, crerted by bii* cinughter
Wrs, Aikman, in that for June Ib'il.

The Ameriean BcvoUition rnus^cd Air,
Aikmnn to leave that ruunlr^-; nnd, after
boine wattderiiigs, he fixed iiis residence
in Jamaica; where, in 1778, he cstabliithed
a newspaper called the " Jamaica flier-
cury," which ritle, two years after, the
government patronage having been ob-
tained, was altered to that of " Tbelioyul
Gazelle," under 'ivhirh it slill coiitiruies
to be ptiblii-hed. lie Iikewi$.e became
Printer to the House ol A'senably and
King's Printer; and, hoving resigned
those offices to Itiii sort Atexatider, he wa<;
for many years a member of the House of
Aaaembly, as representative of the pari^ih
St. George. After his son's deaiL in
1B3I, he for a abort time resumed bi*
business, and the conduct of (he Ro)-al
Gazette; but, on a favourable opportunity
oceurrinp. he made his retreat from ail
conimei-cial; anxieties. He was a tnily
honourable, worthy, and cbaritHble man i
and bis death is much Umented.

Mr. Aikman viMted Gftat Britain in
ITOo (in whii-li voyage he wus taken by a
privateer, and had to repurehii!>c his pro-
perty at Phitadclphia), in 180J, in 1603,

and in 18] i; but from tbtt lioic bad re-
mained flt home.

He maniednt Kingston, Jamaica, Jan.
II, i7K!, Luui»a-Susanno, second daugh-
ter of bis former master Mr. Robert
Wells. This lady had for four years
been his fellow clerk in her father's office
at Charleston. She joined him fncnn
England after no little peril, baring
twice attempted the voyage ; on the first
attempt she was captured by the French,
by whom she was detained for three
months in France, and on the tecond by
a King'* ship, in consequence of taking
jier passage in n slave vosucl. By this
lady, who died on the i>9tb Nov. 1831
(and of whom a brief memoir will be
found in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol.
CI. pt. ii. P. i>71}, -Mr. Aikamn bad
two sons, and eight diiugbters ; of whom
the only survivors arc Slary, the wife
of Mr. 'James Smith, of .St. Andrew'?,
Jamaica; and Ann- Hunter, the widow
of John Enrifrht, Surgeon R.N. His
younger son, Robert, died an infant.
His elder son and successor in business,
.llexander Aikninr*. esq. died on the llth
Apnl, la'JK fsee Gent. Mag. Cl.i.CJO.)
Icaring n numerous family.

Jamfs Goudon, Esq.

We have the satisfnctiou to extract,
from the Iliport of the Surtecs Society,
the following Memoir of its late able
L'ndcr-Sccretary, whose death was re-
corded in our number for June 1837, p.
G70.

" )Ir. Gordon was born at Gilling,
near Richmond, in Yorkshire, in the year
1803, of rc.fcjiectablc parcnt.<». He re-
ceived the rudiments of his education at
Barijinpham, under Mr. Newby, from
whose tuition lie was removed to Ripoii
i?rhool, then, and «lill, conducted by the
Rev. W. Plues j and afterwards, devot-
ing hini<ielf to the tnw. he served bis clerk-
ship to an attorney at Hull. From Hull
he removed in due lime for a short period
to London, and afterwards »ettlea as a
solicitor at Richmond, in Vorkshtre.
Here he was residing at the formation of
the Society, and the congeniality of its
objects with his favourite pursuits, led
him almost immediately afterwards to
offer his ser>'ices to the Secretary, to
whom he was previously unknown, in con-
ducting through the press any work in
which (he Society might be engaged, or
in any other department in the rmnge of
its objecl» for which he might be thought
competent. This oiTcr w-as made with
great modesty, but it was almost imme-
diately accepted. Mr. Gordon, in con-
!>equencc, settled in Durham in tlie end
of the yew 1935, vrhen the printing of

p

183S.]

the Te»tamenU EboracetiMa ond the
Towneley Mysteries whs in prog;rcs«; but
his hcHllfi, which had loni; bti-n feeble,
had 80 far declined that ho \va» barely able
to correct the prcFS of the two volumes,
and compile an Index for the forni<>r, and
a (.ilussary for the latter. In other re-
gpeet*, Mvc that the Preface to the
Towneley Mysteries «-as obligingly rom-
inuniculed by the Kev. Jo?»eph liunter,
F.S.A. the Historian of South York-
shire, and one of the Vice-Presidents of
the Society, these two publications were
edited gratuitouHly by the Secretary.
When it is remembered that the Glos-
sary to the Mysteries wa.s the work of an
invalid liiboiirinjj daily under the most
dispiriting ill-health, and compiled during
tb« dhort inter\rRl)i nflorded by the cessa-
tion of pain, it muRt )>c allowed to evince
nbundant proof of what might have been
Mpectrd by the Society from n gentleman
with whom it had wisely connected itself,
if better health and a longer life had been
vouchsafed to him.

" In theiipring of 1R3G, Mr. Gordon's
ilUbeiilth fieenu'd to be rapidly gaining
ground. He wni low in stature, with u
spinal mal •conformation, of n slender
frame of body, and of the most feeble
digestive powers. To the latter lie bud
systematicully attended for many year?,
totally abstaining from every nrtielc of
food which might be injurioui to him ;
but, notwithstanding all bii< attention, hii
cunBlitiitinn at this period appeared to be
ritibly on the decline. His medical ad-
viKrs rccomtnended a change of air, and,
in consequence, in the month of Jimc, in
the same year, he visited a relation at
Caldwell, near Richmond, purposing to
return to Durham, and attend the Anni-
versary of the Society, which in that year
n-as held in July. He hiid not, however,
been long at Caldwell before he became
confined to his bed, and in thi^ bed be
pined uway for ten long months in a ^tatc
of the most extreme bodily weRknea<s,
being borely able to Hpcak in a whi!<|icr,
and that only now and then, but patient
and resigned, till, on the ith of May,
1837. in the 34lh year of bis age, he was
released IVom his hufl°eriiigs. and removed
to unol her world, tor which he hud from
his boyhood been daily preparing himself.
His liody was buried by the aide of his
father and mother in the church-yard of
UiUing.

Mr. Oordon bad from on early age de-
d himself to archaiological pursuits
lially those of a plnlologioil nature,
the dead and muny modern langua(:e$
he viraii no mean proficient ; and he was
intimately acquainted with thp lustory of
lit* own tongue and ita variotis changes

Samuel Woodtcard.

from the Saxon period downwards, and
had made the ciinl and ecclesiastical laws
and manners of his country his peculiar
study. If Mr. Gordon was learned, he
was modest too. His natural inclination
led him to shrink from general society, in
which, OS a literary and thinking man, he
found not much of gratificution ; and his
geneml feeble health confirmed him iu
his habits of seclusion. By those who
fortunately possessed his acmuintance,
his highly-culcivated mind and bis modest
demeanour will be long remembered.

" Mr. Gordon greatly assisted Mr, Frost
in his ' Noti<'es of the Early History of
the Town and Port of Hull.' He was
the author of Robinson's Guide to Rich-
mond, IXC; of a Guide to Croft. Dins-
dale, Darlington, \<'. 183-1; and thecom-
piler of a Prncrical Synopsis of the Laws
rehiting to Rills of Exchange. He,
moreover, contributed a few occasional
papers to the Gentleman's ]VIaga2inei
which, it is believed, are generally under
his proper signature."

Mil. Samuel Woodttabd.

LoUly. Ac Nonvicb, Mr. SamncI
Woodward.

This gentleman, who was a clerk in
the bfink of Afcssr*. Gurnpy, was a most
intelligent and diligent antiquary and ge-
olotrist, the autlutr of art excellent work on
the Geology of Norfolk, and of a Synop-
tic»d Table of the I-'ossils of Organic He-
mainsthrough Britain. Hefrequentlymade
communications to the Society of Anti-
ipKU-Jes, and particularly the following,
which they have publisbcd, viz. — in IttfO,
" Obsenutions on the Round Tower
("hurclits of Norfolk; and on the ma-
terial employed in constructing the early
religious buildings of that county" (print-
ed in the ArchieologiR, vol. xxiii. pp.
7—9); in IK'^O, " .\ dcscri]itive Outline
of toe Roman Remains in Norfolk"
(ibid, with a map. pp. 358—37:1) ; and a
notice of the " Chalk Vaults near St.
Giles's gate, Nonvich "* (ibid, p. il 1) \ in
1832, ".\ Notice of some ancient Steel-
yard Weights ■' (Archo^logia, vol. xxv. ii.
.Mf*, with u plate); " An account of certain
Judicial Proceedings at Norwich, at the
cummenccnient of the Usurpation" (ibid.
pp. 591— 591) ; in 183."J " A sketch of an
ancient Sword found in the river Yarc '•
(ibid. p. 618); in 1834, "An Account
of some Discoveries made in excavating
the Foundations of Wymondbam Abbey,
with nplon and description of the religious
estabtisbment " i vol, x.\vi. pp. 287 — 'iW}.
with H j>li»te); in I9:f7, An Account of
two ain-ient Swords found in the vicinity
of Norwich " (vol. xxvii. pp. •\35 — 437J.

Mr. Woo4w«4 VwaVoX ^ncAnp* ^x^

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Obiti7a»v. — Mist J. P. Bjfru.'—'Mr. S. Terty,

[Nov.

: chiidren unpronded for. A public
riplion liu been set on font, which ha*:
pudiucd bis geolr.
the Itusrum of th«

cml SodeCy ; iiud n hi-ri.iv m .>.iiuuii
C«st]e, ubich be bns lort in MS. is

I about '-T ' .ii,li.ii..l for ihe benefit

fa: 1 to hv n vi'iy

i]» SI: M'k ; containing

■ nnmbeJ' uf uiosi. uccuiiitc plans, sections,
&.C. of that itoblc cMkCle. and nmiiy dntw-
ings iUustritive of the history of the casllc
and dty.

Mi8» A. F. BvasK.

Jm. i, 1837. Aged 60, Anne Fran-
cea Byrne, artist in water-colours.

Sb« wa« the eldest daughict of William
Hytue, landfioipe en^ravc't, and witi< h na-
tive of lAindou. iiaving aci|inrcd con-
sidcrnblcr skill in doxver-paiutuig, her
early life was chiefly di-voted to ibe teach-
ing oi that art ; but her eU'vuted views,
und dciire to attain excellence, having
di'tcrinincd her to abandon for a time ita
pecuniary advantu^^ea, in order that she
nti>;ht jtndy moic I'tTectuflily tho gri^c
mid eisintial principles of the art, she
produced tho.«c works ubicb obtained
her adinisiiion into the Society of Paint-
ers in Water-colours, and which were
eidiibited during a succession of !<ea<>ons
ill tbc gullury ot that Society. Her com-
pos>tioni<, cbiedy of fruit and dowcra,
were distinguished for elegance in the
distribution of the lines and foruis, and
very refined attention to the breaking of
her colours, neglect of which so often
pruducef gaudiness.

Nor was ttiis lady distinguished by her
professional talents alone ,- n rare culti-
vation of !i ' ' incd
with a 111! ii-nt,

rendered ! ,i ihc

society ill moved, in bur pri-

vate cue It- il alone, her mniuble

deportment und gentle iiutiiners radiuting
happiness and p)ea>!nri< ; und being dipii-
fiedby»ti ' " •■.• of self, she reigned
in the ii'i 111! who iipprouohcd

her, till Lc. ii..-.. crgL'd thcffl in hoiTQvv.

Mil. Samlel TKauy.
As a remaikable cjc&niplo of the fruits
of <H)niravrrinl netivify ni«d »'-urioti< rrunx-
actii . ■ ■ '. liitK

e»i-; ;,.ct

whu .
our 1
Ihe ^

Tony, vvLo.ie (
I of wealth WH-.

iUU4H<l<>tt

our ln»t

known, for neither an atrocious nor C70tl~
Fequcntifll crime; some nv for ctrnling
On his arriv da

'•'. sly grog: and , Kip, I

-■-•iiints were then a guiiieu ;i imini , mkI
rnlwrco retailed for the wciirlil of lilvcr.
To him resorted <-.irivi/-i v.^ mfi «ritb
some worn or or

such property, V. . .iti?d

amongst associates and tiieiitlk. lie wa«
of perfectly sober and fiutml habits ; be i
was active and industrious ; i-ri|tf

philosophy consisted in b.: up

i.;» i,.,T.,i to never giving ■. ....i.out

value for it ; and, moreover, u
Illy to keep his ticck out of the
IraUcr, or hi:t legs out of chains. Samuel
Terry was cunning enou?h, and not ut all
nice to nf , no li-gal

daiiger \m lie led

&evi'i-l ■ '• ■ had

;Mg
or

puri-
adv.;

I'd ti» New i^outb
-■uirg, luiA, a* f»r u is

caused to lie sued lur Ibc debt, and bouRlit
the ground at tlie sale of Ihr tbcnffs.
Whether be foreww to w' : ind

would rise in t!jo colony. it

was accidenrul that he cik, <;>'<, mii to
omasa the only sort of property which
was to be liad in his way, suffice to say,
that as soon as this rise took place
Samuel Terry was even on that score •
rich man, und be must hnvc found to bis
satisliiction, tfa.st those acres of bis in and
near Sydney, hithi-rto covered with filth
and rnlibisb, were now worth m macU its
if they were pasted all over with bank
notes. Samuel Terry entered subse-
quently info romc shipping speculauous,
but I: sutjuii was so great,

hif I > ' i^o urialcerablc, that

we ' ^iistaineti

any nt this

time ' 'ving

asked tn ,,iw

much he 1^ .. he.

axiswcted i^J,tM)y. sleiiinj;. lii tW cX.
tensive biisiiipis he wo« now i'r>ttng»'d in
he « . ' ' " ■ •of

Catll ;|lg

his

tboUfUiid

tract><l til

Ten (j|

hix ' ,ur,

had > he

iuuii' It

'•in

viiit-uttu, itiiit 111 uiuiueum Of an^'ej Uii

1838.] Obituary.— 2MV. 8, Terry.— Clergy Deceated.

relations reproscbed him with the murder
of the lad. A similar tragicBl event is
related, in which General B — was con«
cemed. This gentleman was on intimate
terms with Samuel Teny, and the latter
lent him 800/. Mr. B— - became after-
wards embarrassed, when Terry sold his
valuable farm and got himself possessed
of it, which, as it is said, contnbuted at
least to the subsequent mental aberration
of that gentleman.

About six years back Samuel Terry was
in possession of about 50,000/. sterling

?er annum, and in the very prime of life,
le lived then in the same place he died
in, viz. a not small, but inconvenient
house in Pitt Anns, Sydney. He rode
at times a clumsy old charger, and passed
many hours of the day in talking, but in
his shirt sleeves. When he had a friend
with him, he sent for a bottle of spirits.
Sirs. Terry never kept a female servant,
dressed in a coarae manner, and was seen
every Saturdajr on her knees scrubbing
out the premises. Although Samuel
Terry in the latter years of his life dis-
counted 300,000/. bills at ten per cent,
and as it is known that the rental of his
bouses in Sydney, (of which be possessed
an entire street,) the produce of his farms,
&c. amounted to at least 60,000/. or
70,000/. per annum, he yet lived upon
fiOO/. or 600/. a year.

But we will now mention facts, which
will not only exempt Samuel Terry from
being an object of envy, but reduce him
to that of a man to be truly pitied.
About four years ago this hitherto strong
and healthy man was seized with a para-
lytic stroke, which at once deprived him
of the use of his right limbs. His son
had married a handsome and well-bred
emigrant, but, being a drunken and brutal
man, he lived with her on the worst possi-
ble terms, and opened, in one of his mad
moments, her head with an iron poker.
The relations appeared agninst him, and
the Magistrates committed him to take
his trial. However, strange to say, he
was (in a case which nearly threatened
his life) allowed to bail, and the whole
affiur was subsequently made up with
money. Even Terry himself was not
exempted from the brutal frenzy of this
imbecile son, and he abused and threatened
him on many occasions. After his para-
lytic seizure he was unable to move with-
out the aid of two men, and thus extend-
ed in his open carriage, pale and bloated,
he drove about the domain of Sydney — a
silent but impressive example for any one
how illusive and worthless at times wealth
is, especially if obtained in a low and ques-
tionable way. In these drives he was
genenllf ucomputled by one of his con-
vict temota, oecaiue, notwith»Unding

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that riches are omnipotent in penal eolo-
nieSj even those of Samuel Terry conM
not influence respectable men to associate
with him but on business.

His illness became more dangerous and
more irksome from day to day, and he died
in the beginning of 1838, only fifty-two
years of age, and therefore just at the
period of life when riches, well and ho-
nourably obtained, maybe most quietly and
beneficially enjoyed and employed.

Such was Samuel Teny, the richest
outlaw whom the Australian colonies yet
possessed.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Aged 36, the Rev. T. Cooptr, Assis-
tant Curate of Frodsham.

At St. Pierre les Calais, aged 73, the
Rev. TAonuu FMe, Rector of Shimp-
lingthome, and of Kettlebaston, Suffolc.
He was of Jesus college, Cambridge,
B.A. 1789; and was instituted to the
churches already named, which were in
his own presentation, in 180O and 1801.

The Rev. WilHam Fhoket, M.A.
which degree he took at Balliol college,
Oxford, in 1808.

Suddenly on his road from Dublin to
Portarlington, the Rev. William HaeMt.

At Kilmore glebe, co. Roscommon,
the Rev. Robert Jonet. for manyyeara
Rector of that parish.

Aged 82, the Rev. John IT. Lloyd.
Rector of Cellan, near Lampeter, and
Vicar of Llanwnen. He n-as collated to
the former living i» 1813, and to the latter
in 1814, by the Bishop of St. David's.

At Dublin, the Rev. /. C. Lloyd,
Chaplain of the Molyneuz Asylum.

At Killigally, King's County, aged 67,
the Rev. Henry Mahon, D.D. Rector of
a union of two parishes, worth 850/. per
annum, of which the glebes produce 650/.
It is in the gifl of the Bishop of Meath.

The Rev. Deane H. Naah, Rector of
Temple O'Malus, co. Cork.

Aged 28, the Rev. William Poteheti,
jun. Rector of Great Ponton, co. Line,
eldest son of the Rev. W. Potchett,
Vicar of Grantham. He was of St.
John's coUege, Cambridge; and was in-
stituted to his living in 1834.

At Patna, the Rev. C. Rawlins, Chap,
lain on the Bengal establishment.

At Doveridge, Derbyshire, aged 77,
the Rev. Henry Stoket, for fifty-three
years Vicar of that parish, which is in the
gift of the Duke of Devonshire.

Aged 4*, the Rev. JoAn Thomat, B.D.
for sixteen years Perpetual Curate of
LUmgennech, Carmarthenshire^ and Ca-
rate of Llandilo-Taljlmult QNKBB««f^.
tiute.

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be was presented in 181 1 by the Prince of
Wales.

At Strangford, tlie Rev. Charlet Wot.
itjf. Rector of Ballyculter, co. Down.

May M, At the prsoimge house,
Windsor, New South VV'uIes. aged I'.i,
the H^v. SumMtl Mamden, of Purnmatla,
senior cbaplaiii to the colony of New
South Wales, founder of the New Zealand
mission, and iometime directorof the Lon-
don Missionary Society's operations in the
South Sea laLnds. Few persons linve
done more for the real benelit of mankind
than Mr. Morsd<;(i. Thouglr surrounded
by duties of the most laboriuus kind,
which he ever fttitbfully discharged, liis
philarithro|)ic mind could not tc contined
to so limited « sphere, but with a zenl and
assiduity rarely to he found, and a pcrse-
Tfmnec iniduuntrd, be sought and finally
succeeded in imparting; the glorious gos-
pel of Christ to tlic bejiigbted island-
ers of the South Pacific. On the lath
of Aliiy bis remains were tiiterred nt
ParauMttu; attended by the chief and
iither ofliccrs of tbe Colonial (jovern-
ntenl, most of the coluttiul cbu[jlain!i.
numerous military oftiecrs, mcrchunts,
private gentlemen, &c. Mr. Mareden
\\-Bs educated in iLe university of Cam-
bridge.

/«/y 26. At Kirk Bramwitb, York-
shire, in his 9+th year, the Unv. Ji. Jltjlt-
Hit, after having been resident in that
rillage forty-nine yeais, nearly forty of
which were 8penl in an unwearied and
faithful discharge of bit, Chrii>tiau mi-
nistry, which was ennobled by a life of
useful nesa and piety iLut commanded
respect and veneration from all within
the sphere of his acquaintance, lie wait
}K>m Ht Smyrna, in Asia Minor, brought
over to England ut lui early age, and
placed at a boarding-tichool in Yorkshire.
He afterwards occupied the situation of
usher in a school ut Cutterick, alter which
lie entered holy orders, and c«^mIllcnced
the period of those Micred duties which
bis subsequent life i^o much adorned.

Aug. '. At Obiin, Atgyleshire, the
Tiev, Ji/hn C^jilier Juneit, V iK Hector of
Exeter College, Oxford, \'icar of Kid-
litigton, and an acting inagistrate for the
county of Oxford. Dr. Jones wns the
son of u highly respectable medicul man
at Plympton, in Devonshire, where he
was born on itic 7tb Oct. 1770. He
was educated under Dr. Cardew, ut
Truro sebool, and in l7tiH entered nt
Exeter College. On the Gtb June, 170'.',
he took the degree of li.A. nnd was
shortly after elected to a Petrean Fellow-
itbip in his College. Entciing holy orders,
be became for some time Curate of Mort.
Jmke, in Surrey, but was ofterwnida w-
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duced to accept n Cbaplninship on boud
the Nunair, Capt. Whitshed, and wu
present in the uction oif Cape St. Vin-
cent, in 1797. lleproceeded M.A, 179B,
B. D. 1807, and returning to bii residence
in Oxford in 18116, became one of the
Tutors of the College. In 1812 be was
appointed a Public Examiner ; Select
Preacher in 1819; and, on the death of
Dr. Cole, was elected to the Keclorsblp
of Exeter. In that year also (Nov. 12tb)
he took his degree ns Doctor in Divinity.
Dr. Jone.Vs other oflicial appointments
were l>elegate of Accounts 1621, Vice-
Chaneellor from Oct. 18i8 to 1832. and
Joint Cnratoi' of the Sheldonian Theatre
1S^2B. Doctor Jones married Charlotte,
widow of Capt, Crawley; she died April
8tb, 1836, leaving no surviving issue by
her second husband. A man of more
inflexible integrity, more active benevo-
lence, or inure genuine kindness of dis-
position than Di. Jones, never lived.
Although despising every speciei of for-
mality and ostentation, be possessed an
ease of manner and a natural dignity of
deportment which were peculiarly adapted
to the olliciul situations in which he was
placed ; nor is there an individual in hii
own Curiege, in his own puri^b, or in the
University at large, from the highest to
the lowest, wbu did nut love, esteem, and
respect him. Notwithstanding every
effort was made liy the Society to procure
the removal of bis remains to England,
for interment in the College chapel, it
was found impossible to accomplish it.
The ceremony was accordingly performed.
with (he sanction of the Rev. Alex.
M'Kenzie, ^Minister of Oban, on Tues-
day Aug. 21, by the Kev. W. Jacobton,
Vice Principal of Magdalen Hall, and
late Fellow of the College, who had pro-
reeded to Scotland immediately on the
arrival of the melancholy news.

The Rev. Frrderrck Langtlont, Cu-
rate of Fenny Conintur), Oxtordiibire.

Aug. 14. At Little Hilton, Wilts,
aged U7, the Rev. Iltitnj PunHti; Roetor
of that parish, nnd formerly Rector of St.
Paul's, Deptlord. l{ewa>- of St. John's
coll. Camb. B.A. i7!W, M.A. IHl'i. Ue
was presented to Hinton in IWII by Dr.
North, Bishop of Winchester.

Aug. 18. Drowned whilst bathing in
Hawkins's Pond, near New Lodge,
llarBham, the Rev. Jamn Aldridge,
t^lioplain to the Sussex County Gaol.
He bad been just appointed to take the
duty of the new chapel now erecting at
that town.

Auff. 21. At Leamington, aged 7i,
the Rev. JavittWalhoMe, B.C.L. undo
to Lord Hatherton and brother to the lat«
Cu\.'V^»\\iQw«. U« was a son of More-

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ton Wolbonne, esq. of Hatberton, co.
Stafford, by Frances, daughter mid beiresi
of Sir Edward Littleton, Burt. ; was en-
tered •« a commoner of Pembroke col-
lege, Oxford, Oct. '22. 1784, and gradu-
ated B.A. 1788, B.C.L. 171)1. He
married the sister of the late Right Hon.
W. Hiiskisson.

Aug. 25. At tbc house of his $nn, at
Honington, Warwickshire, the Rev.
TAomai Uopkinjt, Rector of the Second
Portion of Tredinp^on, co. Worcester.
He was formerly fellow of Jesus college,
Oxford; graduated M.A. 177*, B.I».
1781 ; and was presented to hi3 living by
that Society in 1780.

i4Mjr. 27. At Burgh in the Marsh,
Lincolnshire, aged 68, the Rev. M'illiam
Barnei, \'icarof the conAolidatcd parishes
of Burgh and Winthorpe, to which he was
collated in 1813 by Dr. Tomline, then
Btsbo|i of Lincoln.

Autf. 30, .^t Tendring, E»sex. aged
5i, the Rev. Umjamm Cheese, Rector of
that parish, lie was formerly fellow of
Bnlliul college, 0.\ford, where he graduated
M.A. ISnO, li.V. ISii; and was pre-
iiented to his living in the latter year by
that society,

S«f)t. 1. At Ripple, Worcester^hirc,
in his 70th year, the Rev. Job Walker
Jiouf/h, Prebendary of Hereford. Chan,
celior of the diocese of Bristol, Vicar of
Diddlebury, Shropshire, and Rector of
Ripple with Queenbill, Worcestershire.
He wai of St. John's college, Camb.
B.A. 1791 86 7th Junior Optime, M.A.
1704 ; was presented to the living of Did-
dlebury by tne Dean and Chapter of Here-
ford in 1797 ; collated to the prebend of
Nonnington in the church of Hereford in
1800 by Bishup Corncwall; and collated
to the rectory of Ripple in 1812 by the
6«me prelate, then (ranslated to Wor-
cester. The prcbendal stall ol Hereford
will not be filled up.

Suddenly, of apoplexy, whilst vralking
in a tield, the Rev. Chm let Jluhnes, Rec
tor of Kirkby I'nderwood, Lincolnshire;
to which church he whs collated in 1833
by the present Bishop of Lincoln.

Sept. 3. At the residence of his bro-
ther, Duloe, (ornwoll, the Rev. Henri/
Dovetl, M.A. late of St. Peter's college,
Cambridge, and Curate of Alcmbury,
Devon.

Sept. 4. At Bushy P«rk, co. Pnblin,
the seat of his father Sir Robert Shaw,
Ban, the Rev. Genrge Aui/Htiut Shaw,
Perpetual Curate of Kalhfiirnhnm, in the
•i*nie county.

A'«^<^ i\. At the rectory, Deal, the
Uev. Jiihn Damn flarihouie. Rector of
Deal and Little ( liart, Kent, and a jus-
tice of the peace for tbat countv and the

Oit.vr. Mag. Vol. X.

Cinque Ports. He was of Trinity col-
lege, Cambridge, B.A. 1789, M.A.
1792: was collated to Deal in 1795 by
Archbishop Moore, and to Little Chart
in 1811 by Abp. Manners- Sutton.

Sept. 17. At Ayisham, Norfolk, aged
68, the Rev. Philip Hunt, D.C.L. and
F.S..\, a Prebendary of Cunterbiiry, and
Vicar of Ayisham. He was of Trinity
college, Camb. B.A. 179a aa fifth Senior
Optime, M.A. 1707; and was presented
to Ayisham in \KiV, by the Dean and
Chapter of Canterbury. From the year
I79H to 1833, Dr. Hunt was the Rector
of St, Peter's, Bedford, in which town,
the power of bis great nbiliticii was cmi-
ncntly ditiplayed, and the greatest bene-
fits experienced by his unwearied atten-
tion, not only to his duties as a. clergy.
man, but also to all kinds of public buri-
nc8». He w!is likewiDU for nearly 30
years a mugistrHte of the county of Bed-
ford ; and in that capacity, perhaps no
man had a sounder judgement, a more
retentive memory, or more enlarged and
enlightened views of every thing presented
to his mind. .Sincerely attaclied to the
established church, he was yet no enemy
to dissen(cr» — a luver of freedom, yet no
friend to disorder — patriotic in all hi*
views, he looked upon all men as lovers
of their country, and dealt with tbciu and
treated them u» such, until they showed
themselves unworthy of regard. From
his knowledge and experience BTid active
habits, there was scarcely any business in
the county connected either with the ad-
ministration of justice, or the distribution
of charity, in which he was not consulted.
The jiublic Institutions in Bedford bear
ample evidence of bis unwearied industry
and love of being useful and duing good.
As a clergyman of the Established church,
he was in the truest sense of the term— a
foilhlikl Minister of the Gospel of Christ.
The happiness of his life consisted in
seHrching out truth, and living according
to the rules of charity.

At .Attlelmrgh, Norfolk, in the G8th
year of his age, the Rev. Fair/as Franck-
tin, M.A. 3<J years Rector of tbat place,
Vicar of Watlon in the same county, and
forrnerlv Fellow of Clare Hall, Camb., J
where be graduated B.A 1793, M.A. I
1790. He succeeded his father the Rev.
John Fairfax Fraticklin bk Rector of
Atllcburgh, to which living be was pre.
rented by the late Jo«eph Windham,
esq. of Larsham Hull, Norfolk ; and, on
his f^tbcr's decease, he was also nomi-
nated to the viciirge of U'utton by Mr»,
Barker, fumierly of (hat place. Dis- i
tingui^hed for hU sincerity ami single- I
ncM of heart, beloved <« V\4 <:\xw.v^ »sv*w '

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ritory scene of bis "kboan of \o\e"
revered, Inneiited, and respected by «
wide snd extended circle of friends and
■i^uununce. To his parishioner? he was
in every respect as n fiitbcr ; and tbose
who knew his worth mil readily testify
that never wac there li man who died
more deplored, or more deserving the
tears of the poor and the afflicted.

DEATHS.

LO!<OON AND TTS %'IcntrTT.

Atip. 14. At Sloanest. aged 80, W. E.
Word, esq.

Aho, Hi. At Brixton, aged G3. Tho-
mas Bailey, esq. eldest Ron of Thoman
BoJlcy, e>q..lHtc of St. Alban's.

At York-buildinps, New-road, aged
77, Martha, widow of T. Keith, esq.

Afff. 20. Aged 4.9, Joseph Ljth(:oe,
e«q. of EiucX'St. Strand, and Elmstcad,
Kent.

At Upper Islington, aged 7^, Jiunea
Peckett, esq.

Auff. 25. John Darbam, esq. M.D.
late of Enfield.

At Grove.place, St. John's Wood,
Mary, wife of William Willson Yeatcs,
esq.

At Bernard-it. aged 48, Edward El.
ton, esq.

Sept. G. Aged C8, Charles Widder,
esq. of New Broad-Rt.

Srpf.T. In Oxford-st. Henry jPync,
esq. Commnnder II.N. He entered the
navy in ITDt:*, wns made Lieutenant in
IfiWC, und promoted to the rank of Com-
mander, for his heroic eonduet in assist-
ing to capture and destroy a number of
armed vo«scIs on tie ecost of America in
the year 1811. He was the »ixth onn of
Mrs. Mary Pyne, of Taunton, and is the
fifth ion that much respected ludy luis
lost, all of whom belonged to iLe nnval
Borvice.

St})!. 12. In Mount-st. Grosvcnor.
sq. Charlotte Ann, -widow of Ralph
Broumci cfq.

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: Kobcrt
Troyiord, esq.

Srjil. 26. At Brorapton, aced Tt,
George William Foster, esq. formerly
iDspcetor-genend in Ireland, and late

St" -neriil Examiner of ExciAe,

I lipwiirdn of .'lO yrani In that

d.j

At foicy.pbicc, ogcd 00, George
Kro^vlf"., ri(|.

Cambenvdl, i^d 93,

■ifaai

the ward of Bridge, und for upwarda
30 years a member of the roqtoration

London.

In Park -crescent, Portl
32, Harriet, wife of E. W .ifdi^J

esq. nnd second dau. of i^.. ..v. Ufor
late M.P. for WcsttncMtb.

In Ifeorge-M. Mancbester-sq. Lieut*
Col. Bowler, E.I. Scrnce.

Aged 50, Conrad Ilamtnor, etq. foP«
merly of Gottenburgb.

Ac Pentonvillc, in his 30th yrnr, MrJ
James Barnes, the excellent [•'■■■•-'
and worthy comrade of the V
Grimaldi. From ill health !•:
by his pantomimic exertions und pn«
vate dissipation, and poverty the rt>v^J
quenrc of improvidence, he 1 f

suffered gnsat distress ; but 11 1
ncfit at the Ei ' ' ' ' ' '
him to leave •
ful friend El~. _- .
tions he had none. His
Mith due honours at th'
Waterloo Bond.

At Bnyswater. Dr. R. M'Kinnal, B.M

Sept. 29. In I'j '^ -our-itreel
Mary, widow of J •■ esq.

to the Hon. East I- ■""'

Sept. 30. At }
inoulh.st. Alicia I\l -'

late Robert Kilby Ciix, <;^-

Oct. 1. At Blackheath, aged 74, 8«-
nl f Howbind RicrardKm,

of

A' i.iiu.iij.J' -'• ■! -"'o ►'■">•-" ..i,i,.iii

of Hcniy W..

Oct. s;. At _

Edwnrd Buthurst, K.iM.

Oct. 3. in Wobum-place, In bis

icar. William I'lirqnbar, wq. formerly
jloyd's Coffee-house.

Oct. 5. In Upper Gower-st. aged 1
Lancelot Hure, M.I).

Oct. li. Mr. Cliarlcs Pitt, well kno«i
in Westminster as a |K)1 ' H

in the cotirts of law n< 1
cant, lie wag nr
dinner, when hosti
the Grr. "
be sudd'

insrnritli

th.' i

hou-si., TuUcijLaiu.

Oct. 8. In I'fiper Glouce&tcr-
aged Gl, Lico'^ ' ' " ' " "ro»
ofthelloM. I Sni

vio<' ti. .->.
do-

Oh

vetdii't wHk \ '
Oft. n. !■

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Obituaby.

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Mr. Oeoige Morland. For the last 11
years she occupied a second-floor back
room, into which she never allowed any
one but her immediate relatives to enter.
She always enjoyed a good state of health
till last Saturday, Oct. 6, when she wrote
to her niece, mentioning that she felt
very unwell. Her niece called on Tues-
day, and found she had died, without any
attendant, some hours before. She had
a great antipathy to her own sex ; but
was of a chaiitabic disposition. Verdict
— Died bjr the Visitation of God.

At Brixton, aged 72, Samuel Saw«
yer, esq.

Oct. 11. In Keppel-st. aged 67, Sa-
rah, relict of John Stewart, esq.

Oct. 12. At St. Mary Axe, aged H,
Abraham De Zacarias Jallon, esq.

Oct. 16. In Bentindcst. Harriet,
relict of E. H. Cruttcnden, esq. of Bath.

Lately, In the parish of St. Katharine
Cree, LeadenhalUstreet, Thomas Davis,
a^ed 106 years, who, together with his
wife, Susannah Davis, who died in 1835,
aged 105 years, became chai^eable to the
]>arish about 1 6 years ago. It was then
thought they were too old to be passed to
their own parish in Shropshire. At the
time when the Poor Law Bill came into
active operation in the city of London in
March last, the whole of the inmates of
the work house were removed to the
place appointed for them, with the ex-
ception of Thomas Davis. It was thought
proper that be should remain, and receive
all the attention and care which his ad-
vanced age and infirmities required. He
was attended to his last resting place by
the churchwarden, guardian, and overseer
of the parish.

Bedfokd.— Oct. 5. At Bedford, aged
77, Mr. Thomas Haichard, for many
years Surveyor to the Duke of Bedford.

Oct. 9. At Bedford, suddenly. Major
Mills, second son of the late William
Mills, esq. of Bisteme, Hants.

BsaKB.— ^u^. 2-k At Sindlesham
House, Hurst, aged 66, William Har-
man, esq.

Sept. 16. Aged 76, Wm. Morland,
esq. of West I&ley, one of the oldest
Magistrates and deputy Lieutenants of
the county.

Oct. 2. At Reading, aged 62, the
widow of Benjamin Bunbury, esq. of
Marlston-house.

Oct. 6. Aged 75, George Hanmer
Leycester, esq. of White-place, Cookham.

Cambbukk. — Aug. 25. In conse-
quence of a fall from his pony, in his
eighth Tear, Qeorffe, fifth son of John
Bendyshe, esq. of Knewworth House, and
gnmdson of Sir Charies Watson, Bart.

JAriefyt JMecick Cii«etham Mort-

lock, esq. fourth son of the late John
Mortlock, esq. of Cambridge.

Sept. 6. At Ely, aged 73, Robert
Dix, esq.

Sept. 19. At the house of her father*
Sir Charles Watson, Bart. West Wrat-
ting, Marianne, wife of Alexander Cot-
ton, esq. R.N. after having given birUi
to a daughter who survives her. She was
married Aug. 15, 1833.

Sept. 20. At March, aged 64, WU-
liam Pratt, gent. Coroner for the North

Sirt of the Isle of Ely, and Collector «f
au-Brink Drainage Taxes for the First
Division, in which offices his son, Mr. Wil-,
liam Pratt, is a candidate to succeed him,

Oct. 9. Aged 76, Charles Popple,
esq. many years collector of excise, in
Cambridge.

Oct. la In his 26th year, Alfred
Clarkson, of Queen's College, Cambridge,
third son of Mr. J. Clarkson, of Islin^on.

Devon.— £^^/. 21. At Bideford, Caro-
line Chapman, wife of T. L. Pridham,
esq. sixth surviving dau. of the late Jas.
Patch, esq. of Topsfaam.

Sept. 22. At Heavitree, in her 70th
year, Betty- Sparks, relict of Thomas
Mumford, esq. of Stoke, Devonport.

Sept. 25. At Ottery St. Mary, aged
76, Christopher Salter, esq.

At Dartmouth, aged 63, Mr. Samuel
Kelland. He was tne first person who
established passage boats to and from
Dartmouth and Totnes.

Oct. 6. Thomas Turner, esq. of Til-
manston.

Oct. 13. At Stonehouse, at an ad-
vanced age, the widow of Capt. Atcherly,
R.M.

Dorset.— Oc/. 4. At Dean's Court,
aged 18, James, son of the Rev. Sir Jas.
Hannam, Bart. Rector of Wimbome.

DuBHAM. — Sept. 21. At Bolton rec-
tory, aged 33, Honoria, second dau. of
the Rev. N. J. Hollingsworth.

Essex. — Oct. 9. At Copthall-green,
aged 50, James Tayler, esq.

Gloucester. — Atiff. 20. At Clifton,
aged 18, Wake, third son of Capt. Sir
WUliam G. Parker, Bart. R.N.

Latetjf. At Cheltenham, aged 74^
Elisabeth, relict of John Thomas, M.D.

Oct. 5. At Clifton, aged 71, Joseph
Blisset, esq. of Letton, Herefordsh. for-
merly Gentleman Commoner of Queen's
College, Oxford.

Oct. 9. At the house of his son, the
Rev. Henry Pruen, Perpetual Curate of
Ashchurch, aged 77, Richard Pruen, esq.
for many years an eminent and most
respectable solicitor of Cheltenham.

HiMTa.—Amg. 20. At Mile End,
Portse^ at an aavanoed«^,\%^t^<^^x«Bi"
mandet 3 . Gi<»4. ^«>n«& ism^a ^.Vak^.-
temiainVIW.

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Sepl. i. At WoodUtids, near Ems-
worth, nped 76, Ctinrles Short, esq.
Bencher of the Middle Tt-mplc, mid
Clerk of the Kules in the Court of
Queen's BeiiL-b. He was ealled to the
bar at tlie llirJdle Temple Kov. 3, 1787.
Lately. At Portsmoulh, aged 107,
Mrs. Eleanor Alcssum.

At Ryde, I. W., Wm. Wild, e*q.
barrister nt-lnw. He wns ntlied to the
bor nt Gray's Inn Kov. 20, 1622.

Oct. 2. At Temple Ihirliam, near
Perersfield, aged 59, J. Enmes, e«q.

H RUTS. — Sept. -29. At Throcking rec-
tory, aged 63, John Ray, esq. of Finch-
Ity, one of the magLstrate>( for Aliddlesex.
At Jiilinns, Bgcd lo, Susan, youngest
dau. of Adolphun Mcctkirke, cmj.

Oct.'i. At the Firs, Ritkmnnsworth,
Sibyl, dnu of the late John Finch, esij.
of Iledbeatli-house.

HuMTiNGDON. — Lfitcli/. Mr. John
Beaver, of HuMtinpdori, whos-e will con-
tains the following muniliccnl bequests,
(tbough his property has been sworn under
800'.} : Hunlirigdonsbire Intirmary, jO/. ;
Dissenting Chapel, Huii(int,'(lnn, .W/. ;
Wcaleyan Methodist Cliapel, 19/. 19*. ;
Bedford Lunatic Aiiyhim, 1!)/. \9». ; Bri-
tiHhatid Foreign, Churrb Ali<«sionary, and
Foreijjn Baptist Bible Societies, London
and Weskyan Mis-oionary Societies, eocli
30/.; Moravian Missions, 19/. 10/.

Ke.vt, — Stpt. 13. At Tutibridgo
WcUh, the wife of Arlhiir Abercromby,
esq. of Glasshaugli.

Sept. 17. At Walmer, oged M, Capt.
Thiunns Boyc*;.

Sept. 26. At Tutibridgp ^Vel1s, after
giinjig birth to a daugliter, Jane Esther,
wife of Major Scoorm, late of Hist Reg.
diiu. of the late Henry Streotfeildj cfi].
CB']. of ChJddingstone.

Latrli/, Jubn Bcnrd, cscj. youngest
son of the late T. Bt'ard, esq of Tor-
■nartuu, Gloucestershire. This mclan-
tholy event i-i .supposed lo have been
caused by cr&n^p, wliile bathing in one of
the machines at Ramsgale.

Oct. 7. At Dover, suddenly, aged 12,
Brooke VV^ntson Butler, esq. eldest fscni
of the lute Com migsary. general Butler.

(Jet. 1+. At Gravesend, ugcd ij, Mr.
William Elder, late of the firm of .-Mc.v-
arder Elder uud Co. baiikcis, in Kircud-
brigbt. He wiis tbe oivncr of the man-
gaijcse mines, near Gattenburg, in Swe-
den ; hut in consequence of the cinbor-
inssmentui of his houue about 18 years
since, be became so much affected that it
was necessary to detain him for some
time in a lunatitc asylum iu Scotland.
From a dijagriement with the purlics to
the mines were leased, bis mind

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bad again been very unsettled of lale, asd
in that state he committed suicide.

At Milton, Mrs. Minier, of the ter*
nice, Adelphi, widow of Cbailea Minier,
esq. of Croydon.

Lan'cashirf. — Sept. 23. At Liver-
pool, Bged 37, James Alexandar Bell, esq.
of Bermuda.

IMrly. ,\t Liverpool, the popular
vocalist, Mrs. W. H. Bland, well knonrn
in London as Miss Somerville, where she
acquired considerable popularity at the
Surrey Theatre, under the management of
EUiston ; tibc afterwards removed to tbc
English Opera, and added greatly to her
reputation by her performance in the
Alountiiin !^y1ph, Kc. Mrs. Bland tuts
been attached to the Liverpool Theatre
Hoyal fur the lust two seasons, and «raa
a first-rate favourite. Her voice was a
soprano.

Oct. 1.3. At Mancbettcr, in berSad
yenr, Mrs. Elcanora Byrom, last surviv-
ing dan. of the late Edward Byrom. esq.

JiEHTSTEU. — Sept. 22. At Appleby,
aged .'JO, C. A. Ech.ilaz, Lieut, in Hon.
East India Company's army.

Liycnty.—Scpt. 'il. Aged 31, Fran,
res Margiiret, wife of the Rev. H. A,
Brown, Rrctorof Toft and Newton, dan. ,
of John Nicholson, esq. of Brig;g.

Miom.rsKX.— i4i«j^. !W. AtUxbridge, |
aged 49, William Delamain, esq,

Srpi. 'Al. At Ford's-grove, in his 73f 1
year, Edwnrd Busk, esq. a bencher of]
the .Society of ibc Middle Temple, H* j
w as railed to the bar Nov. S8, 1806.

Sept. 21, At Stanmorc, Margaret, I
wife of George Menry Hooper, esq. of]
BloomHbury.sq. und dau. of the late f
Alex. Ross, esq, of Gibraltar.

Sept. 5>7. At Hayes, aged 73, Robert]
Lancaster, esq.

Sept. 30. At Finchley, aged TOj]
Charles Mavvbood, esq.

MoNMoirrit. — Sept. I j. At Newton,
house, aged 70, Catherine, widow of |
George Griffin, esq.

Lafelif. Aged 5J7, Mary Eliiobcth, |
wife of the Rev. H. dr. Tulljot, Rector of
Michael Troy, (<<on of tlie laie Dean of
Salisbury.) and niece to Lord Ponsonby
and the Coimtess Grey. She was th<
third dau. of Mnjor-Gen. the Hon, Sir
William Ponsonby, K. C.B. (slain at
Waterloo.) by the Hon. Georgiana Hti-
roy, aunt to Lord Southampton, and was
married in 183.3.

NoHioi.K. — Sept. 2. At Great Yar- ^^
moutb, Charles Fisher Burton, esq^^H
His death was occasioned by a fall froia^H
bis borse ibe preceding day. ^i

Sfjit. a7. At Guist, aged 60, Sanb,
relict of Ed>vard Dewing, esq.

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NonTiiAMPToK Sept. 26. At Cour-

teen-hnll rcctorj', ibe residence of her
daughter Mrs. Kichtird Wake, aged 81,
Henrietts, widow of lliu Right lion.
Henry GniUan, the Irish patriot. He
died in 18^1.

NoRTHUMBKftrAND. — Auif, 5. At

Ewart-park, »ged 01, Anne, relict of
Colonel St. Paul, C'Ount of tbe Holy
Roman Empire.

Auff. 12. At SiiotlcyhBll. John Wil-
Mn, esq. discoverer, manager, and nrin-
cipal proprietor of the Hudgill-btirn lead-
mine, Nent Hall, near Alston, Cuinber>
land.

0\rotiD.—Sft>(. 28, Aged 73, Mr.
Joseph Cooper, for more than li«ll a cen-
tury a faithful servant of ^S'o^c«ste^
College. His fiithcr was butler and
common. room-man of the same College
upwards of sixty yenrD, nnd was so much
reipcctcd that the Society presented :*
piece of plate to him for hio faithful ser-
vices, and ordered his portrait to be
painted by Mr. Leeming, and bung in
the common-room, nherc it now remains.
SiHKifSHinr. — Sepl. 1. At .Shrews,
bury, aged 14, Heathcotc, second son of
Money Wigram, esfj. of Wood-bouee,
WauBtead.

Latelij. At Hodnet, aged 87, Mr. R.
Joaeii, a celebrated fox.huntcr, well
known in tbe sporting circles for up.
ward» of sisty years.

SoMERBLT. — Sept. 13. At Maperton
House, near Wincanton, Elizabeth, wife
of Col. Fitzgerald.

Sept. il. Aged 51, Robert Uphill,
esq. of Batb, surgeon, for nearly twenty
yenra one of the Coroners for the county.
Sepl, 26. In Batb, Sarah Matilda,
wife of \\m. Ford, esq. dau. of William
Fowler, esq. of Bristol.

Sept. 29. At Uphill Lodge, aged 20,
Eliza Maria, wife of T. T. Knyfton,
esq. eldest dau. of Major. GeD. Sir L.
Jones Parry.

At Bishop's Hull, near Taunton, at
an advanced uge, R. R. Burteletic, esq.

Lately. Air. 11. Keene, formerly the
Editor of the Bath Journal.

STArKOBo. — S*pt.\. At New Lodge,
aged 2!6, Arthur Harper, esq. Capt. 9th
Foot.

Oct. 2. At Eccleshall, aged Gl, John
Butterton, esq. father of the Rev. G. A.
Butterton, Principal of the Vork West
Riding Proprietary School.

SiaaKy.— j4«ijr. 29. At Walton, Eliza-
beth, relict of J. Butt, esq.

Sepl. 3. At Chertsey, inbcrOotbycar,
Mrs. Charles Kemblc. She first a|ii>ear-
cd on the stage (as Miss Di- Camp) in
her sixth year, and quitted it at 4.>, re-
turning for one uifjht, jth (Jctolief 1829,
for iL« i>ur])96e of introducing her <laugU>

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ter, Miss Funny Kemble (now Mr«.
Butler) as Juliet, she playing /Ae A«r#f.
Her brother, Air. De Camp, has for some
years re'<ided in America, uniting tbe oc-
cupation!) of an actor and cow-keeper.

Sejit. 23. Aged 69, John Burdett
Howell, c*<{- of Box-hill.

Sept. 27. At the Grove, Croydon,
aged 81, Samuel ChoUet, esq.

Oct. 7. At Richmond, Anthony Henry
Donelun. esq. of CuUu, co. Galway, late
o6lh regiment.

Oct. 8. At Compton rectory, Anne
Sophia, dau. of the iotc Henry Maiuide,
esq. of Hcnrietta-Bt. banker.

SLSstx. — Akj/. 13. At Brighton, aged
7j, Patience Wise, relict of Benj. Stead,
esq.

Aiiff. 17. At Dar\t-ell Bank, aged li,
R. Davenport, esq.

Auff. 26. At Hoittings aged 81, Mrs.
Anne Betts, lister of the late Rev.
George Betts, of Wortham, Suffolk.

Srpl. 12. At Brighton, Thomas Pear>
son Croa!>daile, esq. Commander R. N.

Sepl. lo. Aged 70, John Orde, esq.
of Aldwick-lodge, near Bognor.

Sei>t.2\. At Brighton, at the resi-
dence of her Bon-in-luw Col. Tonson,
Anne, relict of James Vanderzee, esq.

Oct. 2. At Brigbton, aged 68, Eliza*
betb, relict of Jeremiah George Blakea*
ley, c*q. formerly of the Court of Assist-
ants of the Mercer<i' Coinpanv.

Warwick Sept.'J/l). A ged 48, Richard

Tomes, esq. of Warwick.

Oct. I. At Leamington, aged 48, W.
Beamish, esq. of Beaumont, co. Cork.

Sept. 25. Lionel Place, esq. of Wed«
dington Castle.,

At Leamington, aged 7, Ciilbert John,
eldest son of tbe late Lt.-Col. Cltarlcs
Talbot.

Oct. G. At Birmingham, iigcd 33,
John Woolmore S. Smith, esq. Ute Ma.
jor of the Ikh light dragoons.

Oct. 13. At Leamington, Jane, wife
of Lieut. -Gen, Sir ('. Campbell, Gover-
nor of Nova Scotia.

WoncEsTKH. — AHff. 17. .Kt Worcester,
at an advanced age, the relict of the Rev,
Digby Smith, a minor canon of that Ca>
tbedral.

Sepl. 23. Mrs. Myni Soutbouse, of
Kempsey.

Yov.K.—Auff. 20, At Redcar, Sarmb,
wife of the Rev. Jnmes Newsam, Incum
l>ent of Sharo', near Ripon.

Sept. 21. At Middlewood Hall, near
Bumslcy, oged ti5, Dnniei Muude, esii,.j
second (>on of tbe late Francis Maude,
enq. of Moorbouse, near Wake6eld, and
brother to John Maude, esq.

Snil. 23. At t^wXnxv V«r«^ -owMt

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Stpt. 25. Aged 2S, Willuun Green,
jun. of Cotttngbam, and of Corpus CbrisU
College, Cambridge.

Oet. 2. At Scarborough, aged 86,
Munret, relict of tho Uev. William
Stn^fd, R«ctor of W^bani, and Vicar
of Little Cawthorpc, Line.

Oet. 17. At thci house of Mr. New-
love, Beverley Paiki, aged ?!>, Christo-
pher Green, esq. late of Aiistonly Bank,
near Huddersfield,

Wales. — j4»(y. 1 J. At Llwynypweni,
North Wale*, Conimniider I'. V. W
R.N. (1835.)

Aujf. W. At Bridcend, Glamoi^^n-
•bire, agod 37, Rhya Price, enq. of her
Maifltty'a Customs.

ScoTLAKD. — Atiff. 3. At Inverness,
ajKed 43, Henry Vixoa, esq. of Asili-,
Cheshire.

Aug.i2. At Cornlull, near Aberdeen,
the mdow of A. Ailardyce, esq. of Dun-
nottar.

Sepf. 3. At Lower House, Forfar-
sbire, aged 46, Patrick Watson Camrgic,
esq, of Lower.

Sept, b. At Inverness, after n short
but severe illness, in his Vdlh year, Alex-
ander William Chisholm, esq. styled, as
chief of bis clan, " The Cbisholm, "
M.P. for Invertiesshire ; to the represen-
tation of which county he succeeded in
May ItrSj, on the elevation of tho present
Lord Glcnelg to tbu peerage, after a se-
vere contest with Grant, of Gienmoris-
ton, the Goveniment eanilidate, the latter
jioUijig am, and Mr. Chishoira iOS votes.
At the last election his majority was
grcuter, m be polled 25i votos, and Mr.
Grant only WCh His body was interred
on the Sioth Sept. at the aneient family
biuial place, near P^rchless Castle, Strath-
lass; tlie followers and spectators were
not teu timn ],)iOO. The solemn service
of the Church of En^jland was read over
his grave.

Stpt. IL At Mavis-grove, Dumfries-
sUirc, Lieut.-Col. I3rycc Al'Murdo.

Sept. 13. At Lennox-love, aged \2,
the Hon. Waller Rodney Stuart, third
son of the late Lord lilauiyre.

Sept. 23. At Edinburgh, aged 60, John
Darhng, esq. of Fenchuruh-buildinps.

lutLAND, — Aujf, t(j. Of hydropho-
bia, Juhn Wilson, esq. of Ilarronstown,
00. Kildare.

Sept.'M. At Dublin, aged 73, Brigade-
Major Cosby, u Deputy Lieut, of eo.
Dublin. He served in the West Indies
Lit lliu (J3d. and waa !ievi*r«ly wuiuided
during the Maroon war. He also served
at a very curly iK-riod iiiidLT his Inlc Koyal
Highness the Duke of Vurk in Holland.
He wu a Uberal friend to the charities of
Dublin.

Oct. 3. At BiilidditowTi, co- Cork,
after giving birth to a ttill-boni child,
Eliza Caroline, wife of Sir Thomas
Roberts, Bart. She was the second dsiu
of John Maitland, of Ecelcs, co. Dum-
fries, and «^s married Oct. 30, 16l3t.
The lots of tliia lady was accelerated by
the exertions last winter in reacuing the
fiufiiurers of the KiUaruty wreck.

Oct. 4. At Feronoy, aged 37, M^or
John Palk, commanding depot companies
3^ regt. ; brother to Sir Lawrence V.
Palk, Bart, of Haldun-house, Devon.
He displayed dramatic talents of no com-
mon order, by (he use of which he bene-
fited the cause of charity in many in-
stances. He was the chief support of
the perfonndiices which took jplMce lately
by the garrison amateurs of Dublin, and
b universally regretted.

Oet. 12. On the lake of Dcraghvar-
rah, CO. Wcstmeath, from th« upsetting
of a sailing boat in a squall, Air. Thus.
Nugent Fitzgerald, youngest brother (o
Sir Percy Nugent, Bart, of Donore.

Ea8tIndi>.s. — May 7. In connqmaee
of a fall from his horse, at Ghsiepear,
William Hunter, esq. joint magistrate and
deputy collector there, fifth son of Gen.
Sir Martin Hunter, G.C.M.G. of Autoa's
Hill, N.D,

May 29. At Bombay, aged «4, Robt.
Hidddli miilshipman H. C. Indiuii navy,
fifili luid youngest son of the late Tbos.
Riddell, esq. of Camlestown, Roxbuigk-
shire.

Wkst l}^l)IEa.—Jufy 3\. At Gr».
nada, John Douglas, esq. ProvcMt JMar-
shal General of the Island.

Aha, 5, At Dominica, Mi^or John
Longley, the newly arrived LicucOvv.
of that Island.

Abhoav.—Av(/. I. At New York, aged
72, Samuel Hsrford, of Bristol, a member
of the Society of Friends. His death
was oecusioned by injuries sustained from
the ahock of u horse and gig, which ran
against him.

Auy. 0, At his son's rendanae la
Toronto, Upper (Canada, aged 66, Jaacs
Christie Palmer Eston, esq. LL.D. for
25 years, late Chief Justice of the Her-
mudns, and for some time a resident in
Exeter. He wna called to the bar at
Lincoln's Inn, June 29, 1&30.

June 7. At Ross Hall, near Jcney,
America, aged 8^, Miles Smith, esq. Ut«
ot Sundcrlandwick, near Driffield, York-
shire.

J«/y :2L At Pari, aged ♦7, John

Hesketh, esq. her Majesty's consul for

thAt port, hon of the late John Hesketh,

esq. of Liverpool.

Stpt, 7, Near Paris, in his 3Ulb year,

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Bill o/MortalUy.^ifw^kett.^Pricet ofShoM.

Cbarlea Byd«, e«q of Lincoln's Inn, Bar-
rister.

Stft. \2. Aged 62, the reigning Prince
of Hohenzollern Hechingen. He is suc-
ceeded by his son Frederick William,
bom in 1801, who, on account of the in-
firm state of his father's health, has held
the reins of government for sereral years.

Sept. 13. At Deventer, in the Nether-
lands, aged 16, Henry James Montagu,
eldest son of his Excellency M. Dedel,
Dutch Minister at this Court. He was
named after his Excellency's intimate
personal friend. Lord Monti^ who was
a fellow-coUegian of the Minister at the
University of Oxford.

S^t. 15. At Amsterdam, where he

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had been for 31 yean the MinittCT of the
Scotish Church, the Rev. Alex. Macin-
tosh, D.D. in the 55th year of bis age.

Sept. 21. At Ostend, Jane, dau. of
the late Oeoige Qrant, esq. of Ingoldes-
thorpe Hall, Norfdk.

Sept. 24. At Pau. in the south of
France, Mrs. Russell, relict of John
Russell, esq. of Stubbers, Essex.

Sq^t. 36. Off Lisbon, on his way to
Madeira, aged 88^ John George Cony,
esq. 70th foot.

S^t. 87. Israel Meyer, sexton of the
Jewish congregation at Wesd, at the
advanced age of 112 years.

Oct. 2. At Paris, John Jenkins, eaq.
of Swansea, an eminent solicitor.

BILL OF MORTALITY, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 23, 1838.

Christened.
Males 965 1,QQi
Females 1009/"^

Buried.
Males 7^)iALi:
Females 787 5*^*^

Whereof have died under two years old. ..313

2 and 5 166 I

5 and 10

99

10 and 20

72

20 and 30

92

30 and 40 148

40 and 50 143

50 and 60 129
60 and 70 147
70 and 80 138
80 and 90 53
90 and 100 15

Wheat.

Barley.

OaU.

Rye.

Beans.

: d.

1. d.

*. d.

t. d.

«. d.

&4 3

31 9

22 8

35 2

39 7

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, Oct. 26.

Peas.
f. d.
39 11

PRICE OF HOPS, per cwt. Oct. 26.

Famham (Ane) Bags 9L Ot. to 9/. 9f.— Kent PockeU 2L I4t. to 9/. 9c

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, Oct. 27.

Smithfield, Hay, 4/. 4». to 5/. 15*.— Straw, II. 16*. to 21. 2«.— Clover, 6/.0». to 6/. 10».

SMITHFIELD, Oct. 26. To sink the Ofial—per stone of Slbs.

Head of Cattle at Market, Oct. 26.

BeasU 577 Calves 844

Sheep & Lambs 3,910 Pigs 540

Beef

3».

Od. to 4«.
6d. to 4#.
Od. to 6i.
4d. to 5«.

Od.

Mutton........

3».

6d.

Veal

4f.

Od.

Pork

4».

4d.

COAL MARKET, Oct. 26.
Walls Ends, from 23«. 3d. to 24«. 6d. per ton. Other sorU from 80f. Oi. to 22«. Od.
TALLOW, per cwt.— Town Tallow, e2». Od. Yellow Russia, 57«. 6rf.
CANDLES, 8f. Od. per doz. Moulds, 9«. Od.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, Bbotherb, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Comhill.
Birmingham Canal, 218. — EUcsmere and Cheater, 81. — - Grand Junction,

191. Kennet and Avon, 264. Leeds and Liverpool, 750. Regent's, 16.

Rochdale, 110. London Dock Stock, 614. St. Katharine's, 107. -East

and West India, 110. Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 200. Grand Junc-
tion Water Works, Ok West Middlesex, 97*. Globe Insurance, 145.

Guardian, 354.—- -H(nw, 5J. Chartered Gas, 52. Imperial Gas, 4M.

PboHdx Gw, 88}. Independent Gas, 46. Genenl United Gas, 30|. — Ctmim

Luid Company, 89.— —Reversionary Interest, 134.

For Prices of all othct Shtt«t\ikq;An«ft«h«««« .

568

METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, by W. GARY, Strand.

FVom September 26 to October 25, 1838, both incJutive.
Fahrenheit's Therm.

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11

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58

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DAILY PRICE OF STOCKS,
f)rom Septcmbei- 27 to October 27. 1838, both inehuive.

29

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6966pni,

68 pm,

70 pm.

GH pm .

68 70 pm

70 pm.

262

261i
261

68 70 pm,
70 pm.
70 pm .

Ex. Bills J

iriooo.

69 70 pm.
68 70 |im.

68 70 i»m.

70 07 pm»
67 09 pm.
67 69 pm.
67 69 ptn.
60 71 pm.

69 pm.

69 71 pm.
69 71 pm.
69 71 pm.
69 71 pm.
72 60 pm

68 pm.
O8 70pai.
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THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

DECEMBER, 1838.

By SYLVANUS UBBAN, Gent.

CONTENTS. „

Minor Coiirxkfoxiixkck. — The Topography of Bedfordshire — Skull ofBiigeoo

Aram, fte, he o7 H

Remains of Lord Viscount Rnyston o71

Lord Brocsham, aa an Orator and Hittorian, 58-4. — Marriage iitdiMoluble in
the Church of Rome, .585.— The Divorce of Henri IV, 58^,— Of Nnpoleoii
and Josephine, 5B!). — Ebquenoe of M r. O'Connell, ^l^^. — Cato aiiil Brutuv,
'id4. — Anecdotes of the Youth of Buonaparte. — Gfrneral Count Bourkc,
535.— General Washington iH6

Tux HiaroRr or Coccayne and tub Cocknkys i^.

Manaion-Hooic of Berwick-MaTiston, co. Salop rwitk a Piale) CO*.

Anxcdotes or C'uattertox and his Associates (>03

Coaax&POKDBNCK or Walter Motl£, E«a. No. IV. — On a renuirkablo pac-

■ «a^ of Flonu, relating to the Golden Vine of the Temple .... 6U7
Roman Antiquities receutly found at Winchester (tuith a Cut) (Ml

On the quantity of Roman Coins found in Britain (>13

PoETRT. The Queen's Palace and the Taxing-Man, ti14. — Epigrauu on Sir

LFmncis Chantrey's Woodcocks, by Archdeacon Wrangham 615
Rktbospectivk Rkvikw. — Old Epgli&h Rcligioitt Poetry 616
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Germany, by Dr. Bissett Hawkins, 6:^1. — Holdvn on the Autli-- • " '' -«di-
tioa, 685. — Shuttleworth's Not Tradition, but Revelation, r'a
Ancient Paintings and Documents at Stratford-upoti-Avou, 1' > J.
G. Nichols, G3tl.— Archaiologia, vol. XXVII. liHO. — Gnvphidie ; or. Cliarec*
tcristics of Painters, J>3t). — Thr Annuals : Tlie Diadem, <J.J7. — The Keep-
sake, 639. — Forget Me Not, 6-U). — Friendship's Offering and Winter's
Wreath, G41. — Jennings's Landscape Annual, b41. — Healli's Pirlnrciiqiio
■ .\jinual, 6-il. — Cauntcr and Daniell's Oriental Aunual, ti4^. — Miscellanrous
■ Reviews (14-^— t>ll

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

New Publications, 64j. — Universities, Oiford, Cambridge, Dnblio, 646. —
University College, Binningliam Free Grammar .School, &c , , , .... 047

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.— Society of Antiquaries, 647. — RoyaJ
Society of Literature. — J^cpulchml Ethgy of Richard I, 64a. — Auiitjuitiea
of Rome, Ancient Carthage, 64.1. — Roman Coins, Muman Skrietuns,
Buried City discoTcred in Peru, 650.— Greek Antiquities 65)

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.— PoriiiDi ^■c«^, ';v: ; D..mr.iic Occnrrcnccs 65.-J

Promotioiu, 654 i Births, Marriages <j.>.>

OBITUARY ; Willi Mi-mnirs of the Earl oi .Sctlon ; l>orii Fnmham ; Rt. Hon.
Robert Grant ; !>ir Edward Poore, Bart. ; Major-Gen. Adye ; Colonel

■ Crowder; Capt Sir W, Elliot; Capt. George Robinson, R.N. ; Mr.
Alderman Atkins ; Capt. G. W. H. KnigUt , Mrs. Catlkcrinc Braut 657

Clbruv Drok ascd, 66.'). — Additions to Ohituary 073

Bill of Mortality— Markets— Prices of Shares 679.— MeteoroU)%irA\. Wws^j —
K Stocks

^^^_ JSW>ellijJ»c«l with a View of BETW\cit«M.xv\sTOVi VLox**,***^'

570

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

I

Mil. Britton rvmarks : " The notice
of * Bedfor<hlkire tUvntrationt ' in your
OcloWr nutubcr, )). 4'20, bu leil me to
iunk« «omc iQ(|uincs on the subject, and
1 b<^ to offer A few remarks thereon. A
Committee of Noblemeu and Gejitlemen of
the C'ouuly, should airoatjiroduiing some-
thing above a few illustrattye priDts.
They may lay the foundation, and raise
part, if not the whole, of the snperstruc-
ttirc, of a iubstantitd, respectable, (tad au-
Uienlic County Histoi7. Let them begin
with thr principal town, and invite e^ich
of ihe resident Clergy, uud some other in-
habitants, to collect ««d write down all
facta, and erea hearsay*, and commuui-
cato the »ame to the Committee. Let
that Committee arrange a series of ques-
tions, adapted to direct the attention of
inexpenenced persons to the ]iroi>er »ub-
jecta ; lolicit answers, to be retarued with
all possible dispatch ; name one, two, or
more, con)pctent persons to arrange and
digest the materials ; employ an artist who
can make correct and tasteful drawings of
the churches, and other objects of in-
terest : and I will venture to predict that,
i>ef(.ire Ihe Cbrintnios of \'6i'9, the Com-
mitter miiy be enabled to pnt to press a
copio>u> and valuable Huiory (f/tAr Thirn
of Jit*lfurd. At the time this i» pre)>ar-
ingi the Mune queries may be sent to all
tlie clcrtrVi sentry, and chief inhabitauts
of ther. i.in to

each lo( .:itor-

raalioii, iv..^...* V..U ,.^>i .-.., v.xv^-opc-

ratlon and potrona^. In two large, well-
printed quarto volumes, and with aboat
one hundred embeUi«hmenis on cop|>cr
and wood, the county may be fully, faith-
fully, and ably illustrated and described ;
and such a work would neceawrily claim
the attention of, and ought to be pur-
chased by, every uoblemdn and gentle-
man, all the principal clergy, every pro-
fessional man, and most of the respecta-
ble readin? inhahiiAnt« of (he ronnlv.
At;- ■ r .■

origin and of beautiful architeotare ;
a few towns abounding with objects and
materials of historical importance. — The
writer wiU cheerfully advise the Com-
mittee, when they are prepared to set
about their task iu earnest."

With rcgord to the presumed skull of
Eugene Anim, (mentioned in our last
Number, p. 5)9,) the following statement
bos appeared in the Newcastle Journals
since the late meeting of the British As-
sociation : "It is understood by th« |
oldest inhabitants at NorthallerUm, that
the skull and some of the bones of this
ill-f»ted self-taught genius were coUecteil
by a friend of the faiuily, at the request
of Elizabeth, »ccond daughter of Eugene
Aram, and conveyed to her at Nortballer-
tun, where she resided ; and, by the kiui I
consent of the Rev. R. Pigott, r'
of that place, they were safely
in the churchyard, a little to thi. ...
the church, and strictly watched
sexton for fome months, to see thaCl
were not disturbed. This said Elixabetl
afterwards married William York, a nu-
rier, at Northallerton, a son of Mr. Bar«l
net York, by whom the had a family u
she died about the year 1800. lltb
seems tu disprove the identity of the aki
exhibited at Newcastle."

Ci-KR. Avrm. would feel pmilr
oblij^ed fur an exact description of tiie
Altar in Westminster Abbey, its deoO"
mtions and ornaments, as it apyeaicd at
the Coronation of Qucea Alctoria, befec*
the crown, &c. carried in procetsiaa, i
placed upon it.

K.'s Eifay on English foeCM*
declined.

I. A. R. remarks, " Many j^mn i
I recollect seeing, in tnmr Sit^uime,
observation of a correvpundieal, that It
pai;e .35(1 of the first volom* of Gr»y'tJ
Hudibraa, there are black nmiks
name ; and that in forty oopiaa
cTamined the5e marVt iormoblj

■

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WE are pleased to see tbat Lord Roystotra talents atid virtues have nol
been forgotten by his frlcuds ; and we trust that this memorial, nritten
by one who was intimately aciiuaiuted with him, accompanied, as it is,
with the re-publication of his admirable translation of Lycophron — the
most difficult undertaking of the kind, most successfully executed — will
extend the circle of his reputation, and leave us only to lament the early
loss of one in whom evideutly the high attainments of the scholar would
soon have ripened into the more extensive knowledge and more practical
acquirements of the statesman, and have given proof that the high quali-
ties of mind, which for two generations had made the house of Ilardwicke
illustrious, descended in no diminished lustre to him.

PbUip Lord Viscount Royston was the eldest son of the late Lord
Hardwicke, and born 7th May 1784. After being educated under the
care of Dr. VVeston, Preb. of Canterbury, he was sent to Harrow, at the
age of eleven, in 1795, and placed as a private pupil under Dr. Drury.
While at school, he appears to have joined but little in the amiisemcnta
of his companions . but was employed in accumulating considerable stores
of knowledge, which became known when he went to St. John's college,
Cambridge, in 1801. Unfortunately, however, his studies were not alto-
gether in harmony with those of the University, and his neglect of
malfiematical pursuits precluded the chance of all public distinction. Here
his biographer considers that he probably commenced his translation of
Lycophron, and he refers to the same period the composition of an English
poem, with the title of " Nothing,"— a general title, which, like Cowper's
" Sofa," was merely designed to be a vehicle for the introduction of elegant
reflections, |>octical images, and a brilliant and harmonious versiftcation.
The extracts which the editor gives, show that the author must have long
paid great attention to the study of the best modcb of the poetical art;
though the last quotation brings too clearly to our recollection some lines
in the " Pleasures of Hope, ' to [lermit us to call it quite original in its
execution.

" Thine are the ihapes, and thine the airy traiD,
Which haunt Invention'^ viiioaary bmin ;
Thine are the guordinn dryails of the woods,
And all the eea-greea daughters of the floods ;
The syl^ihlah forms who on the cloads recline,
And the swarth (pirita of the gloomy mine.
See from thy lap the Btarting Pbaeaix springs,
.f^tbeiiai perfume dropping from his wings ;
High snrells his haughty crest, hU plumes disclose
The varying tints of azure iind of ro»r.
Round his sliy-tinclur ' ' .. fold on fold,

The sapphire glows, ■•. '.lie downy gold.

He motints renewed i:. — ^„ i-alhery pride,
Spreads bis broad pinions, in the rainbow dyed,

I

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Remains of Lord Vitcount Roy$ton. L^*^;

High o'er the cloudB ■ »ecoaJ sun he udls,

Uuaffg the nectnreous dew nnd woo« the «picy galeJ ;

Anil O ! might young-eyed Fancy ercr bring

bach fonos at these iucnmbent on Iter wing,

Such fbrmi BS flit before the faronr'd bard,

The source of deathless verse, and the reward t

■VS'ho wotild not scorn the btutnesa nf the day,

And «it and think, and dream hia life away ?

But oft, how oft to virionary eyes,

Infernal furies from the deep arise !

Borne on the winds, descends a spectre train,

And shadowy terrors float across the brain.

No rest, no joy the wretched victims know,

I^st ill a snd variety of woe.

Host thou ne'er seen DeYotion's gloomy child,

Now sunk in sorrow, now with frcn»y wild,

Sit in some rain'd aisle, while roand him roll

The chilly forms, "' the visions of the soul."

Kuund his pale head the gloomy nothings float,

Hi.*! lieart beats tremhling to the fancied note.

Through the thick light he darts his straining eyes,
'To catch some shape commingling with the skies.

Or hears the vrindii, which round him murmur low,

Breathe sad the sentence of eternal woe."

Having taken bis degrees. Lord Roystotj passed some time in Ireland,
where his father, the Karl of Hardvvicke, was Lord-Lieutetiaut, and soon
after turned his attention towards foreign travel. He had now completed
his translation of the Cassandra, 'at the age of twentj'-tuo -, nnd, though
diffident of throwing it iit once on general criticism, he wished it to be
known to his friends and his fainilvi and entrusted the printing of it to
the same friend who is now also the aflTectionate recorder of bis Life.
In IS06, a hundred copies were printed, and the work received the high
and rare commendation of Professor Poraon. Dr. E. Clark wrote to say that
" Porson had compared it with the original text, and found it to be as
near the trath as it could approach, ronsistently with the dignity of the
representation," From Dr. Gray, the Bishop of Bristol, from Dr. Butler
of Harrow, and frouj that mighty (iaragantua of (irammnrians, that
" prijiceps philnlopnnini," Dr. Samuel Parr, similar commendations were
heard ; the letter of the last is too characteristic to omit, though, like
many of the Doctor's, carrying more poivdcr than shot :

" Dr. Parr presents his compliments
to Lord Royston, and begs leave to tbank
his Lordship for the translation of the
Cassandra, whidi came yesterday to Hat-
ton I'arsonftge, mid which he will read

attentively when he has time to compare
it with the origiaal. From a firm and
serious conviction, that the character of
mind impres-ed by a classical education,
is rtie best preservative against the poison
of a iipecious but spnriuus philii^ophy,
and the best preparation for tlic purest
and nio«t sacrc<i duties of society, Dr.
Parr fccJs tlie highest <iatisfactton in
fmding that so nnny of his eoantrymen,
distin^iished by splendour of birth and
eminence of ranii, employ their talc^nts
advantageously nnd honourably in a right
direction, and with the happiest effect.
Dr. Parr would be glad to bear that Lord

Kays ton is hereafter disposed to turn his
nttention to a masterly paper, which be
believes to be in the possession of Lord
Hardwicke, and which was drawn up by
the Chancellor Torke, for the cmdicattiin
<if Dunonlhenet from the charge qf bri-
bery. Doubtless the materials were within
the reach of many scholars ; but the elc-
gtmce of its style, the clearness of its ar-
rangement, and the force of the reason-
ing bear strong indications of an intel-
lect largely indebted to the bounty of
Nature, and disciplined by long exercise
in tlie investigation of evidence. The
sabject, as Lord Royston must be aware,
is interesting to all men of letters. The
futc of Mr. Vorke's papers, destroyed by
flre at Lincoln's Inn, the fortunate pre-
servation of his argument on a favourite
topic, in the short-band of Dr. Tayl

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Remaint of Lord VUewint Bot/»ton.

573

amply •nd effectmUly done to the repu-
Ulioa of the Itrccian orator, will be mom
creditable to the cniditiou, the »ag»city,
and the monl feclinga of his illustriou*
adtrociite."

and the accuracy of the tronKript, whirh
required only five or its ilterttion*, when
it caiuc under the eye of the writer, arc
cirruniBtaiicca very gratifying to pablic
ruriosity ; bat, above all, the juaticc

In the mean time, while these great guns from Hatton were firing off.
Lord Koyston was pursuing his way tbrougli Denmark and Sweden to the
Kussian Empire ; and we have some letters from him to his father at this
period of his tour , one of which we shall give.

" Gothebtrg, July 8, 1806.
" My dearest Father,

" I intend to set out on ThumUy neit
for HelainbcrK. in order to proceed to
Copenhagen, ua^nng by this tiine com-
pletely latiified my ourioitity with re-
ipect to this town and its environs. Last
night 1 returned from an excursion to
Trolhfttte, which is situated nearly Afty
English miles up the country, not far from
the Wenner t^e. which is the largest
body of fresh water In Sweden, being
about ninety miles in length. I pro-
oceded thither last Saturday in an open
carriage ; and, having taken the precaution
to dispatch a peasant to order relays of
horses, met with no delay except what
resulted from the harneas breaking three
or four times between every post. In
general the traveller drives, and the pea>
sant who accompiinie!) him either runs
by the side of the carnage or gets up be.
hind. I scarcely know how to teU you
without a solecism, that for two or thrc«
stages the post-6oj/ wns n tntman. I hod,
as you will readily believe, some difficulty
in settling accounts in ISwcdiah paper-
currency, of which I know very little,
with people of whose language I was en>
tirely ignorant ; but by speaking a bar-
barous jargon composed of my Saxon dia-
lect, and catching every word of theirs
I happened to understand, I contrived
to get on without much delay. One in-
convenience, indeed, resulted from driving
myself, which was, that while 1 was em-
ployed in looking at the country, tho
horses made a »harp turn to their mas-
ter's cott««;e, and both Dous.set and my-
self were thrown out, bur c»ca[)ed without
any injury. (>o arriving at TrolhAtte, 1
found a tolerable inn, kept by a man who
undarstood Ormian. The whole of the
next day I employed in inspecting the
canal and cataracts, under the guidance
of a fine old soldier, who told me that he
had served in the wars under the late
King of Prussia. The rannl is certainly
a Very great work, considering that the

river falls about a hundred feet in a very
short distance, and thut the cuts are made
entirely through the »ilid granite. This
canal opens a free water-rommuniratiun
with Gotheberg and the Wenner Liikc ;
and I saw several Teasels laden with iron
and timber pass through the sluices,
which are eight in number. It is in
contemplation to unite the Wenner with
the Wetter and Ma-hler lakes, and by
these means open a cumrounication with
Stockholm ; that in case of a war with
the Danes, or when the passage of the
Gulf of Bothnia is blocked with ice, ship-
ping may proceed from the capital to the
ocean at all times in the year, and with>
out passing the Sound. During my stay
here I have received great civilities from
English merchants, particularly from Mr.
Smith, the English CoobuI. At their
houses I met several Sweden, but hitherto
not any who spoke French, excepting the
wife of the Swedish merchant with whom
I dined. This gentleman was distinguished
by two particularities, which 1 should
hope are not common in cinliscd ooun-
tries : be a*rer by aeeiilml cotnbt hit
httir or »have* hitbtard, and never tufferi
a drop of water to touch him. In these
circu TO stances 1 considered myself fortu-
nate in getting a windward place at his
table. If you ever read tx)oks nf travels,
yon nndoubtedly know ihe strong pro-
pensity travellers feel to give their bills of
fare ; and an this was the first specimen
of s Swedish dinner which 1 saw. I will
conform to their custom in this instance.
We began with cheese and corn-brojidy ;
we proceeded to raw herrings nitd caviar •
we next nttooked the joint*, comluding
with the roost, and finished with figh and
soup. During this inversion of our En-
glish mode, I WHS presented with some
dishes which reminded one of the Ijae of
Pope, —

•Judicious drank, and, grtatfy Oaring,
Hintd.'

" A letter will hit mc at Copenhagen.
Yours ever."

SK the small inn at the falls of Trollisitte, wiicio tlie waters of the great
\S'enner lake force themselves down a precipice and form the river <i<^Vvfc,|
Lord Royston wrote some Greek aaapassU •. % co^"^ <jl '^Vv^k, •rn'Oa, v^v

574 Remaiiif of Lord Viscount Royston. (JPNi

difficulty, was obt&iaed. They are spirited in conception, but not in some
places accurate in the metrical execution. The Editor has printciL
^nMToci?tct for bpoaiitiici \ Jiiid the words are carelessly accented ; vn
shall, however, give the lines, with a tranalatioq. —

riaira hfhuKtv <pvats iiydpuirois,
'A ftey iy koXvu Kpvirret yams
"lepos Kev6fiw)'t A hi: teat irdyrov
Hoptpupietreriv KVfinra fiivdetriV
"AXX' oCk apyo'ii, oit r^i'ijj &rkp.
*H irip iipltTT>]f 6vydri]p Social
Avrq y ipyittv ovk€t' (Hhpin
Kvftara vavei, ^aiVct yalas
Kevdfiioya findvy, ^airas r' &%'f>pos

M^x'ore Xvyct oTe^nvovira.

PeTOpa TpoKarrdS) davfta "i^etrfiai
Uui^ara KadapHtv &wo Kprfi'ihiov
SiKoirlXoi r iiKpoi, ufTpa ri yvfU^Qy
AdtTiLtot vXij cai hpotroeibes
Kpt}yuiy <piyyos, dcloi r' &ytfiOi
AyTTi^pvret Kpr^yuy yeXahu
Mqirore, fiijKOTe Xifvofiai vfiur.

Her wealth to mun hath liberal Nature giren ;

What Earth within her sacred bosom hides,
And what beneath its dark purpurea! tides

The unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
But not this boon divine of Heaven,

The sole reward of toil and care
Ever with sloth or ig;uorance resides.

Daughter of primal wisdom 1 she,

Mistress of all that lives and breathes,
O'er human labour holds her righteous sway :

The billows of the deep her voice obej,
Earth yields its treasures to her ifraap — and see

Around the brow of enlerpriae she wreathes
The laurel crown of Tictory.

Waves of Trolhitte I and je that flow

Like crystal dews, ye fountains brightly-deep ;

Haunt of the nymphs ! ye rocks of rugged brow I
Ye ancient wouiJ«i ! and winds that ever blow

With voice consentient to the torrent's sweep ;
Ever shall faithful memory retain

The glories that surround your old august domain.

And now we diSidently submit the following criticisms on the origlnatl
verses to the profound learning of our friends in the Heralds' C<»nege and
Liuculn's-Inn, of whose kind indulgence of our imperfections we nn^ Uto*.
often obliged to avail ourselves,

V. 2, fi ^^1 /i Jt\ rather rafiiy — ritie,

V. 4. vopipvpeiffffiy. 'I'liis Homeric form Is rarely found in anapscstics.
V. 5. 'AKX' ovK upyot$. The arljcie can ti.irdly Ix" dispensed with.
^— Oif rcxyn* drtp. Thia shouU be ov^r. -yji* «rrp, a dactyl fmind

1638.]

Remains of Lord Vkcount Rotjston.

at the eod of the verse \s Admissible only if another dactyl precedes, as
ill vi'/if'trn (iirdein,

V. 7. nvTYi ^c. The bk eaunot thos follow ai/r») when united to iifircfif
It ahonld be hi), bat that the metre would not allow it.

V. 8. dfiavti yaiai, A copulative is wanting j read y«it r' ufatpaiyd.

V. 9. x"^'"'" '"' i*'^po'- — x""""* '* rather the hair flowing down ths
shonlders than that on the head.

V. 10. fiiiTTore. This word is never used with the present indicative, it
should be ovwore,

V. 12. dai/fia Ih^cdm. This hiatus is ioadmissible, read imbiffdai

V. 13. Tw/i«ra nadapu/y. An anapaest cannot thus follow a dactyl.

V. 16. nytfiot iivrti\ovvTe(. The hiatus is inadmissible ^ wc mijjSit
read i^eyyoj Kpifviiiy, uyTij^ovyr iivfuot Bf'ioi.

Vt 18. fiifKUTt Xiiirofjtai. This is not (ireekj it should be ovjtorc ; but
ovTTOT ovirnre would be against the metre. The author might have written

— (ieXrJ^ii* Kfttjfwy

Ov f.niT\OTt Xijav^tai v/juiv.

and thus ended, as he should, with a Parteniiac.

When at Stockholm, Lord Royston writes home to say.

4

niicn I

'• I have been employing myself chiefly
for the few Ust days in seeing all the
sights which a traveller conceives hitnseir
forced to see from a sense of duty. Of
these I bare been most gratified by the
works of S'er^e/, a sculptor, whom I should
imagine to be the second in modern
Europe, and inferior only to Canova, I
have also been to the Arsenal, which con-
tains the sword and arrow of Giistavus
V'asa, the skin of the horse which carried
Giistavus Adolphus at the battle of Lut-
zen, and the clothes in which Charles the
XII. was shot. It has beea mentioned,

as a circumstance proving his assassina-
tiou, that his hand was found on the hilt
offals sword. He is supposed, from tbi»,
to have seen a person standing very ni^ar
tu him, taking aim at him with a pistol,
nnd to have put himself in an attitude of
defence ; but I observed thot the glove of
the right hand is covered with blood, and
the marks of the bloody fingers are visible
on the sword-hilt. He must therefore
have^rs/ put his hand to the wound, and
the action of grasping his sword must
consequently have been merely meduuU'
caL"*

At Upsala, where he was in September, he says.

' The library contains very few volua.

h\e manuscripts, with the exception of the

Codex Argentcus, which was originally

taken at Prague, but stolen from Queen

Christina, and restored to Sweden by

Delagardie. It contains a version of the

Gospels in the MKso-Gothic language,

and is universally allowed to be of the

very highest antir|uity. The letters are of
[riiver, and the titles of the chapters are
lid. Having read it at Cambridge, in
{&e Oxford edition, by the help of aa

From St. Petersburg Lord Royston writes to his uncle the Honoarablc

. Yorkc,

I *' I have been to seethe regular and es- ciently just and accurate. The most

Uablisbed sights at Petcrshurg, of which striking objects here certaioly are the

[Coxe's account, when stripped of exagge- common people. The men, in their loose

Itateddescriptionsof mognificeDce, iisoffi- Asiatic dress and long beards, and the

Anglo-Saxon version, I astonished the li.
brarian by reading a few sentences. He
took me to be a vir illiutrUnmu*. I
then walked round the botanic gardens,
and the collection of natural historyforrocd
by Linnteus. Before I left the university,
I wished much to see a professor whose
name coded in us, bat Professor Aureviliua
was out of town. Professor .\psheliua was
ill in lied, and the Rector Magnificus was
ill at home, tec."

* OttthUn..
kcted by Voltaire

ibject, the important and authentic information most di.l\«,ttT^.Vicf^-
tire, should be referred to, ia his Histot-j olC\xax\«» >\i%'\.^t^SS:^. ^«v

RematM* of Lord Vucount Roytion.

[Dee.

»

wooMn ID « iiMMt sii^Ur cottome, nir*
moontrd with b very flittering head-
dr«ss, coTered with white ptint, of which,
UBOiig the lower ordrrs, the use is uni-
Tcraal, woid so prodi^iouslj roo^d that I
faaTG oetacd to wt>Dder that in the RuMian
laagiuge tbcj hare only otic word to ex-
press the idea* of rtd and beautiful. By-
thr<by, the Romans mu^t have been of
the «ame opinion, u it evident from the
nie of the word purfttt, which they also
«st<l withoat reference to oolooTi as for
instance, purple jtiow. With reipect to
the mauneri of the upper orders, inform
such ladirs as abuse us tiafottunale
young Englishmen for inattention, inci-
vUity, and apathy, (for that, I beEe^e-, is
the word,} that the following it the sum-
maJT)' of the entertainment to be met in a
Pet«rsbnrg ball-room. The women all
^tber sUDd or tit at one end of the room,
the nea form a separate commonwealth

at tlie other. Ko conTen&tion ■ppev« lo
me to take place between the several con
munities, eicept the single qnestioo
whether or not a lady chooses to dance.
After the dance is over, each party joini
iu respective corps, nor on any acconcC J
does the gentleman sit down with hi<|
partner. In short, I am not consciouf i
of any exaggeration, when I say that at a
ball I have not yet seen any one man ait
by any one woman. The pleasure to b#
derived from the tapper which follows
this a^eeable ball, consists in the gratifi-
cation of the appetite of hunger, an
amusement which seems to be pursued
with singular aridity. It is not nncom-
mon to see all the men in one room, and
all the women in another ; and it ia im-
possible to mix in society without per-
ceiving at first fight that Petersburg ia
situat«d in the latitude of sixty degrea,"
8tc. &C.

After a short toarto Archangel^ aud a visit to a horde of pagan Sa-^l
moyedes, whom he found exactly on the Arctic Circle, not far from the
Froxen Ocean, Lord Royston left for Moscow.

"The view from the Kremlin," he
writes, *' or ancient fortress, is exceed-
ingly magnificent : the prodigious number
of churches, many of them painted with
.the most gaudy colours, generally eur.
raonnted with fine domes, some of copper
|HUnted green, others gilded, the garderu
aud wide intervals between the houves,
tlie forests, lakes, and ploughed fields,
which are included within the limit of the
walb. form altogether a most mighty and
magnificent a&gembiagc. There is also
an abundant source of amusement iu ex-
amining the vArious rarities, which are
brought to this great depdt of eastern
commerce, from Turkey, from Persia,
from Bokhara, fn:<m South .Siberia, and
by the caravans from MaJmatchiu, from
the very heart of China. To strangers,
too, this city is rendered still more agree-
able from the system of hospitality which
prevails, and the facility of introducing;

one sell" i • • '•" ',: ' : ' ■

of the II

manner, . , :_., , U,, ,, ..,...j

nothing i« ever given but a general invi-
tation, aud the letters t brought with mc
from St. Peteriibur^ have been almost
rendered unnecessary. • * The Krein.
lin ts i:< ,)'•'■-■'
thRan<'ii

the l:, ... ., ,,.

riy tinrty pit domes. Rive it a most

iliar .Tp|n-:ir-iir/-. Ir, the palace the

the ball,

»'" :.e hall of

'iciicf, i;cM.iiij(;a m Lyr'.v Ciu;\ial«'«

I

embassy; the prodigious number oFl
golden vessels which are hung ronnd the '
great pillars which support the centre of
the building, when Alexis Michaclorich
gave audience to that ambassador. The
throne of Peter and Ivan, on which they
sat as children ; the crown worn by the
Tsars of Casan and Astrachan, conquered
by Ivan Vassllievich ; the throne of Con-
stantine Palseologus, given to Ivan Vas-
silievich by his wife Sophia, daughter of
Thomas Palcologtis ; the crown of the
Patriarch Nicon ; the pastoral staff o/
Philaretes, the father of Michael Fedoro-
vich, the lirat of the house of Romanofl'
who sat on tlie throne ; a throne and fiaot*
stool excessively rich, given by the Shah
of Persia to Ivan Vassilievich, which b
also remarkable as the enormous ezpone
attending its construction is brought for>
ward by the Rnasian historians as an
article of charge against the person com-
monjy called the false DesMtrm, Uioqgh
presented by • forrigv powar iMig bam*
his elevation j varioas •rfp»'»« ■"■' "fila-
ments given by Manual t)i ipe- {
ror; vases prcivntrcl b^ .m-
nenes, emperor unt,
tth" wrote the ' .»t«

i)cl-

iu I >)€s aB4

drc- > at tltcsr

iiicie* taaa
"ly oljoeu m-\

\A\S>\ \^ *iiH. ULUlVUtiUk Ml (Ut VOIIBtlJW

res I
fact

1838.]

Rf:rtiaiui^ of Lofd Vhcounl Jioj/slon

Tbesf! I mention ) kr Coxe relntes, in bis

a<'<'oitnt of the mission, thflt he wiis not
lible to procure adinittHni'o. It i« a
eurioUB cnrcurn!>t.inre that with the im-

iKriul eagli' upon most of the ornuuicntd,
s founil the lion and unicorn, the sup-
porters of the ftrniii of England. During
^■•onic ilays past we hare been niuvh
liitcrestted vrith the ]>as!iiDg of reE;imcnta
composed of xome of the wanderinjf na-
tiuns which arc tributary to Uut^sia. They
Werf Its much objects of curiosity to the
iphnbitants of Moscow ns to the ;jtrangcni
iding in the city. On one day there
Qisscd two thousand Bashkirs from the
rcniburgh frontiers ; their honea ore

To his friend Mr. Whittington Lord Royston writes on his second vil
•"to Moscow, —

I rest'

m

wroAll, resembling thoKe of the Cossai
their urms con>irit of ii hmcc, ami
and arrows. I inquired of one who spoke
Ru'sinn, if they were poisoned? heaanun
n»c they were not. Sonic of them had
cont of mail composed of rings, the anci
hflubcrk, together with an iron hcl
Their chief was <lresscd in a icarlet
tnn. Tlieir niu.<iic consists of a species
flute, which they place in the corner
their mouths, and sini; at the siatne iiia
If they Binf; without the instrument, they
scarcely open their mouths, and the sound
a]ipeMri to come from the bottom of
windpipe," &o.

" The feudal magnificence of the no-
bility, the Asiatic dress and manners of
the common people, the mixture of na-

l tions to be seen here, the immensity, ya-

iricty, and singulararchitccturcofthccity,
present altojcethcr a most curious and

, amusing assemblage. You, who are a con-

IMOwireiir in reUgions, should certainly

I travel here ; you might commune with Ibe

I worshippers of Mahomet and of the Ualai
Lama, You mipht nt the .\rmenian

I Church hear a good sermon to prove the ex-

r inteace onlyof the divine nntnre in Christ.

[ Ton might in the course of the same day
assist at Luthernn, Calvinistie, and Catho-
lic services, and you might see the dif-
ferent forms of the Greek Church, either

'in modern Greek for the people of that
nation, in Sclavonian, according to the
Establisfaed Church in Ku'ii«ia, or in the

I Chapels of the Ilaikolniks or Sej>aratists,
who reject the reforms of the patriarch

He now started for Astrachun and Teflis. Some CJeorgijin princes;

• wlio, together uitli the son of llic Tsar, Hrmclius, Iiad r<'si<led in ont
the imijerial palaces at Moscow since the occupation of llieir country by
the Itiissians, gave tiiin letters for their relalivcs, as well as for the

|T.sarina Anna, the qnccn of Iniiretin, (the ancient Colchis.) whom he in-
tended to viiiit in her capital Cutais, on the bank of the Pliosia. It is
singular, he observes, that this name shoithi hnve subsiHtcd so long. Medi
is contitantly called KvrnVt JMi)>rui in the accounts uf the Argonautice

.peditiun, and the name occurti in I^ycophrou and Propertius. When
the Volga, he mentions a curious prejudice CNtBting among the pei
mntry. —

Nicon. 1 have been to visit an establi
mcnt of these latter in company with
governor. We afterwards dined in
hoiuo of one who officiates as a bishop
among them, but none of them would sit
down with us at table ; for so complet
have they separated themaelves from th
uf the eslabliahnient. that they will
ent with them, nor make use of the sai
knife, nor drink out of the same gloat!
There is another sect, of which, as I had
never heard before my arrival in Russia,
I think it probable that you may be igno-
rant— the sect of the ' Euunchs,' who mode
themselves so for the kingdom of Hcttvea,
These jiropagalcd, if not their rpccies,
least their doctrines, to such nn extent;
and the absurdity spread over such large
districts, that government has l>een forced
to interfere, and Fnul caused numbcra
be seized and sent to the mines of
beria," Sco.

sit

" The nitmbrrs of fi»h (Tie snys) of all
Lfnrtiinnd species which Inhabit tl>e Volga
,-. but the ? 1. , ■ ;n-

' Russian j" ir

II ,..;-. of tlirm. I. _ , re

than thoy ciiuM i-on^uine, ol' it sort which
rcseinbic« the chuJ, 1 ulTered theui to
onr boat's crew. They refused thrni,
Gss'T. M.ICI. Vol. X.

alleging as n rrwon that all those lii
were insane, nnd swnm rnund and roua4
and tbnt if M ' " m. ihey would

comc<Mj/7ii' >^ ulsu they refiis

from some >. ..^.. .., uica, and to bav
uUo, ftir »oii)(- rrnsons or other, they
an e(|uai nvcr^iOD."

578

Remains of Lord Vitcovnt Roytton.

[Dec

In Astracban, perceiving in tlie caravanaerai of the Hindoos that they
were BSscmWing for evening prayers, he writes :

I

I

•' 1 addressed one whom 1 supposed to
be B Bramiii, by the holy ointment on his
forehead, and requested leave to nssUt in
the devotion paid to Bramah and X'ishnoo,
He acquiesced with great civility, and I
followed them into the temple, which
wa« lighted with latnpa. The priest ap-
peared perfectly naked, excepting a linen
clath round his loins, and presented him-
■clf before the idols, which were elevated
on a large platform, upon which every
penon who attended the worship mounted
without hia ihoes, and touched the
ground with his forehead. He then drew
m curtalo before the imae;es, behind which
be retired, and re-appeared in liis pontifical
robea, and the zeuoor flowing over hia
ihoolder. He then began a kind of
cbant, to which the others kept time by

clashing small cymbals, and ringing the
beUs, occasionally prostrating theoaselvea
or* the ground. The priest wavied a
small chaling-diah of incense before the
idols, which be afterwards set down, and
took B species of cup and offered to each
of them. He then kneaded paste, which
he placed before the gods, and drew a
small curtain, that they might est in
privacy. After the gods bad done, he
made three libations of milk, I presume
in honour of the Hindoo Trinity, and
plentifully sprinkled every jierson with
water. The ceremony concluded by his
pouring water into every person's hand,
which be jiprinkled with flour. This the
devotee swallowed at a mouthful, and put
his hands un the tup of his bead. Tbey
theu saluted me and departed."

Hia next excursion^ before he proceeded to the northern provinces of
Persia, are for a short distance into the Desert, to llic habitation of a
Calmouk prince. He wished to sec tlie manner of living of the chief
persons of that nation, and tsike the diversion of hawking with the Prin-
cess, bis daughter, vvlio, with her pipe at licr luoutlt, liunts on, the un-
broken horses of the Debcrt. When at Scharika, ou tlic other side of the
Volga, he made a short excursion to visit a Cahnouk camp, and entered
the teut of the cliief Lama, or priest.

" He received me (he writes) with
great civility, and at my request showed
OB all the idols ajid sacred books, of
which he was the depository. His tent,
which served as the temple, was exceed-
ingly neat, and covered with white felt.
The floor was matted and si rowed with
rose leaves. Opposite the door was a
ahrine, within wliioh were nine idols of
gold and other metals. The priest took
them out of their covering of silk, and,
requesting me not to touch them, suffered
me to examine them. One was an imcige
of the Dalai Lnmii ; uthera represented
the Boorkans, or deified men, who, after
having undergone several transmigrations,
had been transliitcd into Heaven. One
resembled the image of Briarcus, in
having n ]irodigiaus number of arms.
I then requested to see the banner on
which the twelve signs of the Zodiac
(each of which gives name to n year of
their cycle of twelve) are painted. He
was angry at their being called signs, and
said they were gods. He however pro-
duced the banner, which was of silk.
The twelve signs, which differ from ours.
Were painted in a circulsr form, and in an
exterior concentric circle were represented
a number of devils, which the gods were
driting away. Some of the banners were

I

inscribed with prayers. These are placed
at the door of the tent in the wind, and
the suffering them to flutter about it
supposed to be equivalent to saying the
prayer. The turning round a great
cylinder with inscriptions in Mogul cha-
racters, is also snpposed to produce
the same effect. Opposite to the idols
was an altar containing vases full of rice
and rose water, and before the altar was
a staff su|i]]urlLng a vase, into which they
always pour n little of what they arc going
to drink. The Lama then ordered tea, of
which the leaves and stalks are pressed
into a large square cake. This was
boiled ap with butter and suit, after the
Mogul manner, nnd formed a nauseous
mixture. Tlie Priest hnndod me a large
bowl, which I drank, out of civility ; and
having looked at the astronomical and
sacred books, which are said to be written
iu the Thibetiau language, I took my
lenve. All the village left their tents,
and accompanied mc to the water's side.
I remarked that at least a third of the
men were priests. This is not surprising,
couKideriug that whatever a priest lakes
a fancy to, must be given him, and the
hottest parts of hell are reserved for whO"
ever refuses."

1838.]

Remains of Lord V^iscoutd Roy^ton.

57^

Lord Royston now proceeded to Tarki. within two miles of the Caspian,
accotnpauicd by his Tartar host, Prince Sefi Teuiiioff. Here he made his first
public attempt at sitting cross-legged on the floor, and eating hot rice with
his fingers. Prince Sefi conversed with him in corrupt Sclavoniiin ; ia
which language, as corrupt, he answered. The Taitar was very carious aa
to the history of Buonaparte — wondered what had become of the Vene-
tians— was surprised at the fall of tlie Doge — and asked if the French had
not taken Egypt. At last he inquired why the I'urkish Sultan » as not so
powerful now as formerly ? to wluch his Lordship had no better answer to
give, than that he shut himself up with his women, and nerer went to war
bitnsclf. If this answer was not the most philosophical that could have
been found, perhaps it was the best suited to the Tartar's comprehension.
He now went on to Dorbcnd, his company consisting of a Swiss, a Dutch
man, a mulatto, a Tartar, two Jews, and three Circassian girls whom the
guides had bought in the mounUiius, and were carrying to sell at Dakir,
Here he \vas visited by the Elfina Bey and the chief Persian inhabitants
and rode on a white horse, with his tail dyed scarlet. At Cuba he dined
with the Khan, after quarrelling with him in the morning. The dinner
lusted as long aa those of George the Fourth ; aiid the Khan, forgetting Ma-
homet and hi» commandmcuts, swallowed bumper after bumper, introduced
mubic and dancing girls, and kept up the royal festival for ten hours. At
iako, \>hcrc (icneral Guricfl* was the commandant, he went to see the
tmoiis sources of naphtha, which arc about ten or twelve miles from the
town. The wells are about twenty or thirty iu number, and the smell is
perceptible at a great distaTicc. The naphtha when raised is as fluid as
water, and the sale is coasiderable. He then proceeded on to the pcniiisulu
of Afsharou, to see the everlasting fire, Olearius having asserted that the
^omhip of the Gncbres no longer existed. About five or six miles from
~ie sources of naphtha there is a spot of ground, of such a nature, as that
if ft hole is dry, and tire applied, the vapour will continue to burn. Oa
this spot is a large quadrangular building of stone round n court, in the
centre of which is a perforated tumulus, from the top of which blazes tin
" everlasting fire," surrounded by smaller fires of the same nature. Tlie
building is divided into cells,* for the accommodation of worshipers : on the
doors were tablets with inscriptions in characters unknown. Lord Royston
says,—

N

i4

" I went into one of the cells which
wu Inhabited : a small platform of earth
wu raised on either side, perforated,
ud a tube introduced. Une of the«e is
always kept burning accordinfc to the di-
rection of the wind. I asked the inha-
bitant of the cell what was his couutry ?
lie said, I am an Hindoo, (1 presume a
Pvsee, from the frontiers of India.) and
that the hoilding was erected entirely
at the expense of Hindoos. 1 asked

for what purjiosc became thitlier .' He
plied, without hesitation, ' to worship th
fire ;' and »aid that persons were seni
from India to relieve each other in tl
employment of tending the everlastlnf
flame, and that be and his companions
were then waiting to be relieved, 1 ob<
served n great pile of foci, for tliey
teem the otkfr fire too fturt/or eulittai
jmrpotei."

Lord Royston then set oft', across tlic Desert, to Shamachee, which
the great ancient mart of commerce between Eurojjc mid Persia. Tb
extent of its walls is considerable, and incloccs a space of several milca

Compare Sir Jomei Mackintosh's description of his visit tA«)iL M^VnteM^wi'
nplc, at Uouibsy. See Mcmuirsi vol, ii. ^,\', — ^Evii.

580 Remains of Lord VUcouhI Roijslon. [Dec.

covered with tlic ruins or domes and arcades ; but it was completely de-
stroyed by Nadir Slinli.iii 1/31. lie tlicii passed the biuiks of tbe Moor,
the Cyrus uf the auticuts, and rtatbtd Tcflis.

*• TeflU (lie writes) is one of tbe he«t
citie* of Ihis part of Asia, notwithstand-
ing it was taken by the Per^iaut auil
much ikmagcd during tlic tiirif of IhL*
Tr^ar llcrai'Uus by the then Shall, Aga
Mdiuiet Khan. The woineii ei-riaiuly
deserve thi-ir reputRtinn for boauty :
those that arc sohl fur slaves tu the Ma-
hamedans are those we call Circassians ;
for tbe Circassians or Tt^hekesofs, who arc
themselvett Mahuini'diuis, seldom sell their
children. The practice is jirnhibittd now,
buth by the UuMians and nntire princes ;
but it bu itlDKMt d«poi>uI»tc-d (;reat part
of Imeritia, Georgia, Guriel, mid Mon-
gulicT.

" We were much amunted tit find that
• • " • hud indulged in tbe com-
mon ftutC imputed lo Irarellers. lie
never was at Imeritin, hut went merely

from Me^cdok to Ganja, and into the pro-
vince of Kahcti. The titory of the cave
ill which he dined with the Queen of
Imeritia is drawn frum the stores of his
own fertile imagination. She resides in
the 5aiiie houxe in which she received
him ; not at Cutnis, but at Teflis, in a
room fitted with $ofas, ornamented with
k>oking-gla»»es, and hung round with
pictures of the imperial family iu gilt
frames. .So much for his cave, which I
assert to be a hoiisic ; not a magnifiecut
om':, hut bnndjide n house. From Tcllii*
wccame lo Mezd(>k,oTer MountCaneaBUj,
and crosaicd the little Cuborda with nn
escort uf a hundred and twenty lucn and
artillery ; ii precaution we were convinced
was necrssnry by the sight of eleven or
twelve dead bodies, murdered about a
week before, by the Chickentsea."

Iu a letter to his nncJe, llie lionouralilc C. Yorkc, Lord Rojstou s.iy8,—

near the Samour, upon which was a coslle,
formerly called Sainarich. The ground-
work uf their language ig Hebrew, though
not, 1 am told, tateltigible to the .lews of
other countries. They possess, however,
the Sacred Writini;s, and have. I am in-
formed, a serieii of documents up to their
entrunuc into the country, which they
dale about IIk' time of .Shtilmeneser. If
1 remeniher riiiht, tluTc is Rome mention
in the Old Testament of the King of
^yriu having transplanted Jews to the
couiitrie-H between the Caspian and Black
Sca.t"

" U is much to be wished some ac-
count of these countries was given by
a iwrsoij (pialitied for the ta.sk, thuiagh
correctness is to be attaiiied with great
difficulty, on account of tht: ferocity of
the people and their many diflVrrnt lan-
guages. Some, towards the Ossctian
dide, have fitiH, I am told, truditions
of iVIithridales huviiigtakcu refuge among
them: what these nre, it vould be cu-
rious to nscerttitn. It wuuhl also be
equally wiirth the while of a traveller
to inquire into the traditions of « body of
Jews who inhabit the Dagestan, who live

The last extract ivc can uiahc relates to another colony of the saiuc
biiiguiar ijcoplc.

" On the ?.lth of November 1 leftCafTro,
and «lept al the house uf an F.nglish mer-
chant, from whence on the following day
1 went to Koras-llazar. This place is re-
markable for ht'ing the only Jewish town,
U'it/totit a mirhirt bf Cfirixlian*, in the
world. They nreaUmanufacturer»>,iind sell
their wares through the Crimea, and arc
generally esteemed for an honourable peo-
ple. They are of the seel called Karaites,

imd look on other Jews as lieretical ; for
they aeknuwletlgeonly the text of the Old
Testament, and reject the traditions, which
the others emisider as of equal force with
the law, TUi>!i circumstaucc has led me
to imagine that their name was derived
from the Hebrew ' Karu ' (to read);
whrrens I am well convinced it is from
the Turkish ' Kara' (black) ; for they
wear a. long black dress peculiar to them-

* "Teflis is certainly the Acropolis of the Komans, and from the bold and pic-
tureique appearance of the citadel, it well deserves that name." P. 1.V3.

f See Kings, 'id Book, eh, xvii. v. (J. Joseph H. lib, ix. c. 1-1. In another letter
l^rd Royston writes, — " On this river .Samour was formerly a cnstle c:dled Sama-
rich, and near it a colony of Jews, whoso language is derived frnm lli'hrcw. but from
thiir siluntiun it has become ho corrupt, ns not to he i-asily iii(rlli|nJWe to the rc-
mHinder uf that nalinn. They posucsis the Old Testaincnl, nnd chrontiltiijienl docn«
Jiieot!) up Jo ibeir entrance into that country, which they dale from .Shalmcneser."

1838.]

Remains of Lord Viscount RoystOH,

ASl

seivem nnd the luunc of their town, in
Tartar itr Turkish, which arc only ilif-
Trrenl dijilcrt«, means ' the Blnok Market.'
Th«*)r hnvo been nettled In Crim T«rtary
from lime immemorial, and nasert that
thpy settled there before the Dabyloniiih

I

I

captivity, whioh I am myself inclined to
hctii^vc, fof they not only rrji"i>t the llah-
liiuieal interpretations, hutnlso the (.'hal-
dee I'araphraae, which whu nerexifiiry,
after the retunj from Dabylon, when the
]»eo|>le had furgutteu Hebrew."

Of the same colony Dr. E. Clarke s|)crkks in his tr.ivels, '• U'e were
hi)|;hly interested by the HiiiguLirity of hariii(r found one .fetvlsh settlement,
perhaps the only one upon earth, nherc that [)coplc exist scpamte from
the rest of mankind in the free excrciec of their ancient customs nnd pe-
culiarilics."

The last letter ever received from this accoro|>lishcd and lamented
person was from Moscotv, informing his father of liis intention of set-
ting off for Petersburg, and leaving that port directly for Hanvich.
His intention, however, was defeated by the breaking out of war between
ihc two countries after the ])cace of Tilsit. At Petersburg he found his
friends, ('olouel and Mrs. Pollen, and it was agreed that they should all
proceed together to Leibau in the Duchy of Courlaud, from whence
they might find an opportunity of embarking for Sweden in their way to
England. They remained a fortnight or three \teck9 nt Leibau, whence
they engaged a passage to Sweden in tlie English ship Dorothea. Dis*
gusted, however, with the drunken habits of the crew, they renonnced
their engagcmcut, and agreed for a p;u>snge to Curlscrona on boanl the
Agatha, a Lubeck vessel, which happened to be in the liarlxjur. In this
they embarked op the 2nd April, IHOS. Among llic passengers was an
English seaman, named Thomas Smith, who had been mate on board a
nicrchantmnn in the Ualtic trade. He was one of the few survivors of
the fatal catastrophe ivhich occurred on tlie 7th. It api)cars that on the
4th they got sight of the island of /Eland, but were afraid (o anchor for
the ice. On the .5th it blew very hard, and they kept running before the
wind, the vcjisel making much water, and the putnps being choked with
bidliist. On the Cth they determined to run for Meuicl, which they saw
on the morning of the 7th. And now the rest of the melancholy narrative
wo shall give in the survivor's words, to whom the charge of the ship
had been given.

I

" A short time before, the passengers
kept pressing so much round the helm
tliAt 1 feared they might impede my
sight, or be in the way at a moment of
so much consequence as pn^sini; the bar,
and also that some accident niiKht happen
to some of them if the m'A ^hoqlil (>rcak
mueh more over the ship in crossing the
har. I therefore re<iurj,ted the favour of
Lord Royston anil (JoU)nel Pollen to go
down below, as the only means of per-
suading the others to do so. To this
they consented ; but, as it proved, most
unfortunately : for as soon a^ the captain
saw the sea breaking over the bar, he was
lo frightened, that he raxi immediately to
the lichn, nnd with the iii!«inlance of his
people put it h»ir<l a-|K>rt. All my striving
against t! ' in, and in ten minutes

we wep 'h sands. The third

time Ihi , : k, she grounded, und
filled with water. The diiimu-e from the
shore wu aU>u( a ini/c aud a huU. K

dreadful seene now succeeded. There
wai$ A small round house on deek, into
which Mrs. Pollen. Mrs. Barnes. her three
children, two gcutlemen, n man and a
moid- servant, gut, to »ave themselves
from the sea. Colonel Pollen and myself
began immediately lo clear the hoata out.
The sailors would not assist us. We
soon got the small one out, asd three
sailors gut into it witii the captain. Lord
Royston, who was in a very weak state
of health, would have followed, but 1
prevented him, ns§uring him it was not
safe. Upou hearing which the captain
got out, and the moment the boat left
tiu: ship's side, she ujiHCt, and the three
n>cn were drowned. We then began lo
clear out thu large boat ; slie was lashed
to the deck by strong tackling to the
ring-lxillK. A nm caine nnd forced away
port of the tackling, upou wVv\«i.Vx V ii*l\«.^
on Coloive\ VvAXtw Vo vmrv v»jft., «x Vv*
neU ii«iL NsQuiii (Mat"} >aa %sk^'\«,^ »j«».'\.

582

Remains of Lord VhcoMt Roifston.

[Dec

We were scarcely out of her, when «he
was Mrashed overboard ; and now we had
no hojie left but in the mercy of Prori-
dcncc. At nine o'clock we cut away the
maat to clear the ve»sel, but could sec
nuthing of the life-boat, which gave the
gentlomea much uneasiness ; for the sea
was tremendous, breaking right over our
heads, and it was so very cold that it was
impossible to bold fast by any ihiog.
Colonel Pollen asked mc if the round
house, where the ladies were, would stand ?
I told him ' yes, as lung as the bottom of
the Tessel.' He said, ' Thank God 1 we
must hold as fast as we can, fur the life-
boat n>ttst soon be here.' 1 then left

him, and went aft the tcckI. About
this time Colonel Pollen went to the i
of the round house, spoke to Mrs. Pq
and begged she would not stir,
the life-boat would soon come,
now about half past nine, but no
to be seen. Our situation was now troli
dreadful, the vessel being entirely foil
water, all bat around the round h<
Mr. Renny was soon washed orerb
and after him, about ten o'cloek. Lor
Royston, Colonel Pollen, Mr. Baillie, i
Mr. Becker, one sailor, Lord Ro]
servant, and Mrs. Barnes's semmt
all washed away within a few seia (
other."

Lord Royston was only foor-and-twonty when he thus untimely perisliedj
And no IV for a few words on the poem which occupies the chief part of thi(
voUimc, and which was the cause of its publication. Tlie work upoj
which Lord Roystun's reputiitinn as a scholar and critic is fouuded, is on
that not only is quite tinsiiitcd to the popular taste, but must rank amonri
those learned curiosities which are sought for only by a few, wLoiu a morsj
abuiidniit leisure has enabled to pursue the by-paths of ancient litera*
ture, and cultivate the least frequented domains of the muse of poetry :-
Homer lias been called llie " morning .star," and Lycoplvron the" dark Ian
tern" of ancient song. But in all arts there are merits of a secondary daafj
and the poets of the Alexandrian iicbnol, though inferior in the inspiration oH
native genius, in tlicir command over the passions of the human heart, and]
in their reftcxion of the bt^auties of nature wilhin the mirror of mental im"
pressions ; though with inferior genius, they had also lost much of the i)oe>l
tic art, and little valued that tranquillity and repose which are the object
always held in view by the *' Masters of Song j" yet they were not unable'
to express noble scntimcnt.s in strong, condensed, and poetical language ;
Ihcy had a command of tine allusions and metaphors ; they drew from
the ancient stores of mythology its brightest images, its fanciful com-
binations, its remote analogies, and its grand and lofty allegories and
persouilicatiuns. There was undoubtedly much art, and effort, and laboured]
toil in their productions, wluch smelt of the lamp, but it attained its eud.l
If the Ihad may be described as flowing with all the calm graudeur aodj
sovereign majesty of a mighty river, if the Song of Pindar may be likcncdj
to the impetnons rushing of the torrent ; the elaborate and elegant poetry!
of Callimachus — of him who smote the Cyrenaic shell — and of Lyco^l
))hron, may be said to resemble the lofty column of the fountain whose'
waters are forced upwards by the ajiplication of a mighty aud unseen power
of art from below,

" Scattering their loosen'd silver in the son — ^'

displaying beauties not nnpleasing even to a reliued taste, by the comparisol
which they suggest to the higher esccdendes they are unable to imita
and by the peculiar arts and embellishments which they are constrained]
to substitute. lu the grand lyrical drama of the Cassandra there is great]
variety of subject, rapidity and even abruptness of transition, and bold-j
nc88 of imagery and figures ascending to the furthest limits of poeticalj
license, not to sjieak of the novel coiubinattons of the language ;• aud it if]

• Suih (IS ytyavTUjiat(rTr}i , yvrnuoxXoi^, XapyaK6<pSof^>ot, K\»^n6^io(t(pot, andotherf.1
Jos, JSialiger's iraaolniion, into the old language Aiid vcrsc gf Eonlus, ia a cuiiousj
Weve o/Jcarticd sctiolanbip.

r

1638.]

Remaint of Lord Vitcount Royston,

of thnt kind of poetry which requires lenrniiig to nnderstand, as well as a
fty and glowing imagination to fei'l iti» peculiar merits, and pnrdon its
censes. It forms, in fact, one of that class of pot-uis, liko those of IMillon
anil firay in our own language, tliat uiust l)C studied witli attention, nnti
with a mind disposed to overlook and forgive the obscuriticii and deferlH,
while its gazes, with awe and delight, on ihe huld grandeur of its mag-
uificeat visions, and the terhfic gloom of its fatal lualcdictions, its

^' Presa^^ sounds and propbeoici of noe."

Wc consider lx)rd Royston to have been pcculiatly successful in his trans-
lation of the Cassandra, because he was most Judicious in the model which
he adopted ; perhapsthc only one whicii could have led him to so satisfac-
tory a result: a learned poet uiust be tran^khited into learned language ;
and the high prophetic strain of the son of Socleus, the grammarian,
was transferred into the sustained and clalrarate diction of the author
of Paradise Lost. We «ill give two short extracts, which will show both
the author's manner and the translator's style. The tirst relates to
the Rape of Helen by Paris ; the language is CiUisandra's ; and the whole
is figaratire» as becomes the voice of a prophet.

" I see the Gryphon spread hi< leathern wingi
And moant upon th« fbarp windi of the north.
To pounce the dove, whom erst the stony swnn
En(jendere«J. wallcing on the wave, what time
Around the sacred Rccundinet of gold
Gleam'd the pnre wbiteaei • of the circling shell.
Down the ateep pass uid Acberusian wii]r
I see thee fall : no more on rural cares
lutent or rural joys ; no more on heights
Of wood -crown Ida shalt thou stand the judge
Of rival beauty, but by Laa's towers
Steer on, and shoot by the Mal^aa rnclc.
For lields, and fleecy flocks, and herded kine
And froi^ant herbage, and terrestrial nar
A bnrW .shall bear thee to the di>nble pass
And Gythian plains, where to the yielding sand
The rrooked teeth shall bind Iby hoUuw pine,
Ami winds no longer vex thy folded sail.
On the soft Heifer, wolf-like, libult thou spring;
With eaf er joy ; she, reckless, Bhtill desert
Her orphan dovea ; and e'en niaterRal love
With waving hand shall beckon bark in vain
Tlie flying prey, who to the net shall rush,

Scared by the Hutterings of the scarlet plume.

• »•••*

For not the loves of Orpheus, nor the gncsts
Who puur'd on Lycus and Chimsrra'; tomb
Their dnrk libations, nor the halluwM suit
Of earth -encircling Neptune, nor the rites
Of hospitable Jove, could move thy soul i
tstcrn as the bear which nursed in Ida's woods
Tliine infancy, fit nurture for fit child.
Wherefore, all joyless sbals f' ' ' the lyre,
Trilling vsin chords and b<" iies,

And pour the fruitless tear. ; -Ualt mark

Thy native towers, which erst tJie son uf Jove
MuTitted in rnddy tliime, and in their arms
1 "ng shailc of htr who hears

I nl, for wboKe l>r«uteous form

tiM iiiiM - 11,1 Oridal torch shall ahed around
Ita saffruu light ofluve."

[Dec.

5g4 Remaiia of Lofd Viscount Uotfston.

We will add the short description of the adventure of Jason in C-ol
and Medea. The high and fifoiralive style of Lycophron oft<?n bren
BoraethJngof the mysterious and prophetic soitnrfs that nere struck from
Hebrew Ljtc -, and onr minds are carried from the halls of Priam and the
banks of the Scainnndcr to those more a\\ ful denunciations of moo tbit
told " tlie (^iieen mid Mistress of the Earth," nho trusted in her chari
and her bulwarks, in the force of her armies, and the multitude of
lovers, how soon she should be desolate.

" Again rush forth the faniish'd woItcb, and seize
The fateful fleece, and charm the dragon-guard
To itleep — EO bids the single-sandled king
Who to Libyslian Colchis wins his way
Fearless, and drugged the soporific bowl,
Aad plough'd the enchnnted earth, and to his yoke
Boand down the inongter's bro^ea-footcd bulls.
Whose voice i^ thunder, and whose breath is flame.
Thence hore the fleecy gold but in the rear
Revenue scowl'd on her prey), and with him fled
The lamb, whose white a brother':* blood shall dye,
And children's slaughter on her bosom reek.
Od glides the speaking oak, iastinct with thought,
WboM TOcal beams upon the waters fly
SelT-movcd, self-winged, and prescient of the port."

The following passnge, the last we can afford to give, alluding to
escape of Dardatnis and the deluge of Deucalion, will remind every re;
of Milton, aK it evidently has the translator.

" Again I mourn thee \ fire shall wrap the tomb

Of him, the «ob, of the Atlantic nymph.

Who round his limbs involved the heathen spoil,

Uornn un his subtle bark, and ride the waves

Orshoreless seas, alone as when the boar.

The tusky king, in solitary jirijc,

Fares by the Dunaw, thence from Saus heights

Swnin like the bird, who round Kithymnn's steep

I>i]is lirr white wings iu the salt ooze, olid steered

Froui the Zerynthian cave of Hec«te,

Whut time Jove spread the sluices of the skies

In wild uproar. £artli heard the billows break

About her and above — high pnlarcs

Came crushing down, and (he pale sons of men

Swmii and saw death iu every swelling wave.

()u fruits and acorns, and the growth of grapes,

Sea-mnnsters battened — e'en upon (bat couch

Where Luxury had langui.<ih'd, cumbrous forms.

Dolphins and ores woUow'd unwieldjiy, &c."

LORD BROUGHAM, AS AN

IF there be a man in England enti-
tled to the epithet of all-accnmjilishfd,
ftiiilre.ssed hy Pope to D»lin^broke,
few, I believe, will conteat the just
claim of Lord Hfnugham to the com-
pliment. His vast acquircmL-nts and
Bpleiidid talents arc universally recog-
nized ; and thoiiDfli occasionally, per-
haps, n little erratic or divergent in
his political course, ifo as possibly to
inspire more a{lniLratiiin than conli-
'2

ORATOR AND HISTORL^N

dence, and to be fully as much an
object of terror to his frJeuils as to hi»
adversaries, no public man oflhc r>''Q^|
sent day, 1 may assert, so completP^|
exemplilie.s the portraiture of a perfect
orator, which, in the delineation of
Cicero, demands the possession
almost unlimited attainments. " O
tOTcm pkaum atquc perfecfam c
cum dicem, qui de omnibus rebus pi
sit varic copioscijue dicere," are

1«380

Lord Brougham a Sjtcechcs,

words nr the great Roman :* i^nd to
none ran they he tetter applied than
to our celebrated contem()orflry, as his
Speeches, lately published, evidently,
though not avowedly, under his own
supervision, amply demonstrate. But
the more acknowledged bh lordship's
superiority is, the more imperative it
becomes to watch and arrest the inad-
vertencies that, in the fervour of com-
position, may escapi* his ardent and
versatile minil, lest the authority of his
name should impart currency to error
and propagate delusion.

Four volumes have jmt appeared of
his Speeches, embracing a great variety
of subjects, and enriched with iutro-
«luctory elucidations, equally attractive
in form and matter, of each topic. In
the third volume, is one delivered in
the House of Lords, Sept. 3, 1835,
" on the Scotch Marriage and Divorce
Hill," which is preceded by a Discourse
on Marrimje, IHvoreo, and Ijf(/itimary.
pregnant with powerful observations
of the learned lord on the anomalous
state of the English law respecting the
tenor and character of the marriage
contract. It is quite peculiar, he af-
firms, and can be defended upon no
principle, whether of justice or expe-
diency ; and this reproval of our spe-
cial jurisprudence is apparently borne
out by his subsequent reasoning. With
the English law, its bearings or con-
sequences, his lordship must, ofcourse,
•• ex professo de jur« statfts," be in-
timately acquainted ; but bis reference
to that of the church of Rome is, I
respectfully assure him, inaccurate, as
it is my present pur|K)8e to show.

His words, at pogc 445, are —

" In holding marriage inc{i!<ioliibli>, the
Knslish Inwfollrjws that of Cntlioiic coun-
tries, wlien^ nothiiif; but the seritenrc of
the Pope — held to hsvc the force of a re-

lease from licnren — can set the porticaJ
free from the oblisfi^lion of tlie marriage '
vows. IJiit those coiinlrirs liunlly ever
pre»cnt au insUnrc of iurh I'ltpul iutet'-
position; and very in«ny individunU hold
their vows in the fuec of God, at the
altar, to be of a force so bin'lin^, thai not
even the power to loostc as well a:i to bind,
which resideji in St. Peter's successor, can
work a valid release from them. In
Engliin<l, however, where the contract is
now held to he by law absolutely indisso-
luble, it a])pears to have been otherwise
regulated in Catholic tiines ; and it is
somewhat singular, that, while the Ko-
mish religion subsisted nTnong us, though
certainly after the Papnl power hod been
renounced, and courts w»rc established
for ecfleiiaslical purposes under the tem-
poral 8upreraai-y of the crown, sentences
for the entire dissolution of the coiUraet,
that is, divorces u rineulo matrimonii,
were used to be given by these new tribu-
nals."

It was necessary to eitract this
paragra|)h in full, because it contains
more than one incorrect statement, as
1 hhail have little difficulty, I expect.
in evincing ; while I disengage the
subject from all sectarian controversy,
and view it simply a.s a question of
fact, resolvable on the ordinary rules
of evidence, without consideration of
the doctrine it involves, or the conse-
quences that may ensue from its piac-
ticp.

In representing the marriage vow a-s
indissoluble in Catholic countries, hia
lordship was perfectly warranted ; but
that the Pope hoa the faculty ascribed
to him of setting the parties free from
the obligation of their marriage vowa,
when once validly contracted, is utterly
opposed to Catholic belief; and the
denial of that power is not partial, as
would be inferred from Lord Brough-
am's words, but uiiivcr«al. The pos-
session of, or pretention to, it, by the

I

• De Oratore, lib. i. cap, LI, nnd subsequently, cap. 17, is a tribute offered by
wvola to Crnssus, which mny not inaptly be addressed to the learned Lord — " Quits
(artcs ct doctrinns) si qms unus complcxns oinncs . ... U, si qui* vsset . . . . tu
ciscs unus profectiN, qui et nieo judicio, cl oinniun), vi\ ultmn ceteris or.-itoribos. i\m-a-\
horuin ili^i-riin,) luudiitn trti<|uiKti." It ia ^ratifTiiii; tu tind the very b'nnird and ((one. i
nilly faaliilioux Ernesh so liJG;ldy eulogize our countryman Peartie's cijitinn (17,}^;) ofJ
these beautiful dialog-ues ; for praise is rare frou: such a (juarter, »tit\ frw iudecd of]
Englinhmen have eutilled themselves to it in classical criticism. " Mice tjuidem
edilio nd tioc usque teinpus longe optima fuit," says the Gennsn, in ht^ excellent I
edition (Priefatio, p. xi.) 1774, torn. i. I am in posjessiiin of Bishop Pearce's edition, J
with «omc not«s by Dr. Newcombe, late archbubop uf .Vrmagh, written for the in*'
struction of Fox when under his care at Oxford.

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The IttJisaolubHittf of Marriage,

587

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(Summa Conciliorum, p. 331,
Lot. 1564.) The contingency con-
templated in this lattPr sentence exactly
applies to the present Duke of Nor-
folk, it may he transiently observed.

The Council oC Trent (.Scssio xxiv\
die xi. Nov. 1503) ia equally unequi-
vocal in doctrine and more minute in
regulations, conveyed in a aeries of
illustrative canons, the source of which
ia respectively traced to the Scriptures,
in the interpretation of the Council : —
" Matrimonii pcrpetuum indtssolubi-
lemque nexum primus humani generis
parens, divini Spiritus instinctu pro-
DUQciavit. cum dixit .... Hoc nunc
OS ex ossibus raeis, et caro de came
me&." And our Saviour, on repeating
lese words of our firat parent, is re-

esenled as fortifying them, when, t&
Jove quoted, he added — " What,
therefore, God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder."

The Pope, consequently, ia no more
competent to dissolve the conjugal
bond, legitimately engaged in, than to
dispense with baptism as unessential
tu Christian initiation, or to class the
belief in the Trinity, cV d3i(i<^porr, like
the IinmacHlntt CvncejilioH, oaa matter
of indifftieut or arbitrary credence.
But the church has made submissive
to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, direct in,
or derived from, her Head, the deci-
sion of all questions involving the ori-
ginal validity of a contested marriagv.
Every contract demands certain requi-
sites to render it effective, and still
more imperatively, says Bcrgicr, ihat
which has the attributes and virtues
of a sacrament. Impediments arising

from inherent incapacity, or a disre-*
gard of those safeguards ap;ainst re-
Bulting consequences which prudence
BUggesta to the legislation in church
or state, will necessarily make void
and annul an act ab initio. These in-
validating, or, as they are termed, (/•'■.
rimant impediments (for those merely
prohibitory need not arrest our atten-
tion), extend to fifteen in number, and
ore summed up in the ensuing llnea t— *

" Kir.ir r.,n,iifin v,ni,.„ 'Oiirniitin, Crimen,
(^'1' ii.'itiiicri.lioncslu,

Ai IS ct tm|io.i,

Si 111... ., .J V rcdiUta tuto."

With most of these impediments^
the church that imposed them has the
power of disnensLng, and of imparting
efficacy to what, otherwise, would be
essentially void. It was thus that tha
marriage of our Henry with Catharine
of Arragon became valid in the CathO'-
lic sense, and was pronounced indis-
soluble, because the impediment, con«
sequent on her previous oon-accom-
pILshed marriage with his brother, waa
deemed completely removed by the
Papal dispensation ; and the sole
ground of inquiry was, whether thia
dispensation of Pope Julius was found-
ed m cause, and perfect iit form ? 'Vht
Court of Rome finally declared tliat it
was ; but this subject is too well known
to dwell on: that of Henry IV. of
France is less so, and may, therefore,
justify some detail.

In August 1572, a few daj's previous
to the execrable massacre of St. Har-
tholemew, the alternative of " La
Messe ou la Mort "* was propounded
to that renowned monarch ; and, as a

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* Pcrefixe, " Vie Je Henry le Grand," (page 13,) one of the most iaterestiog bio-
graphies in existence. The author, Archliisliop of Pnris, thus characterizes thia
ineffaceable stain on the annals of his country. "Action execrable! qui n'avoit
jamais eu, et qui n'aura, s'il plaist A Dieu, jaoiai* de pareille." (P. 14.) The President
H^-nnult, in his French History, under date of \5,'1, record* the names of teveral
Governors of Provinces, who nobly refused to execute the atrocious mandates of the
court, " Lears noms," he justly aars, " ne saaroient <)tre trop rt'p«?te* : cVtoicnt,
lea Comtes de Tendes et de Cbami, Messieara de St. Heran, Tanneqni le Veneur, de
Gordea, de Mandelot, d'Orles, Ac." lu a copy, once in the posacision of the General
La Fayette, of this work, 1 cnn^ an obserratioiL an this passage, in thHt celebrated
person's writing, in which he shnrply noticed the omission of »ome nanies, under the
sweeping et cetera, after having itated, " that they cowlil not Imj too often repeated,"
adding, "11 ne dcvait pas y avoir d>/-e<//rra . cor iU m/'riliueut tou< tine mention
sp^lciaie." Having devoted some time to an infjuiry into this cvrnt, I muat say, that
Dr. Lingard'a representation of it, ultujjcther, mot-t nccorilt) with the result of my

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researches; thongh 1 believe 1 «** ('

hia recital, which were itlbo, but &iil

burgh Review. 1 addressed say oh

•T«r, I htT« reason to know, Mr. Alka did uol %«<;.

>nc app:irciit ma/ccuracies in
• by Mr. Allen in the Edin-
ling Chronicle, which boW'

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pledge of the professed choice wliich
he mnde. he was obliged to marry
Margaret, siiti-r to the reigning king,
Charles IX. Henry was theo king of
Navarre, and only eighteen years old.
For many subsequent years, his dis-
solute habits, which caused so much
scandal to the Reformed party, of which
he again became the chief, dispelled
from his mind all idea of annulling the
marriage. Nor, after liis ascending
the French throne and rc-conversion
to Catholiciam, was any attempt made,
until the death of La Belle GabrtelU,
in 1599, left his affections in some
measure free; and he then yielded to
the urgent solicitalions of his court
and parliament, "de prendre unc
femme capable de luy donoer des cnfans
%itime8." (Perefi'sc, p. 2-13.) Ne-
goiiatiotis were opened with the Court
of Rome, and the invalidity of his mar-
riage w^ith Margaret de Valois pro-
Dounced in February 1600. The sen-
tence was thus expressed : "Autori-
tate AposlolirA. vallati, asserimus, pro-
nunciamua, et declaramua matrimnni-
um aliris, nnni Domini 1572, contrac-
tum et etiam cotisummatum inter Hen-
ricum IV. Christianissimum Franciac
et Na^arrffi Regcm, et Serenissimani
Reginam Margnretam ii. Francia, Va-
ksiie Duceni, nullum et invalidum,
utpote non cclehratum cuu debitis
S, R, E. salemnitatibus, acaliis ncces-
Bariia dc jure rcfjuisitis ad validitatcra
matrimonii." It was subscribed by
three Commifsiooers appointed to iu-
veatigatu the question ; one of whom
"wns the Cardinal Legate, Aldobrau-
dini, nephew of the pope Urban V'lII.
All the circumstances of the negotia-

tion arc minutely related by Porefiie,
p. 243 ; D'Ossat, vol. iii. ; Sully, iii.
p. 298 — -lO" ; Journal dc i'Etoile,
torn, iii.; Thuani Hist. lib. 123, and
r. Mathieu Hist. &c. IC24. 8va.
Sully narrates at great length the
various conversations he had with his
master on thcselectionof a wife. " Je
nc rcfuserais pas," said Henrj', " la
princessc Reibellc," ( our Arabella
Stuart,) ...." L'on m'a aussi parte,"
continued the monarch, " dc certaines

(jrinccssesd'Allemagne mai$lesfctn-

mes de ceLte region nc me reviennant

tmllcmcnt .... et pcnserois avoir

tousiours un lot devin coucb^' aupr^
de moy." (Mc'moires, torn. ii. p. j 12,
fd. 1 662.) Margaret gave her con-
sent to the annulment, but not till
after the death of Gabriclle, her old
rivaL and to whom she constantly ap>
jilied no seemly epithet, lest llenry
should marr>' her, as he was much dis-
posed to do. One of her (Margaret's)
attorneys on the occasion, it may not
be imintcresting to remark, was Ed-
mood Mole, the direct ancestor of the
present Pfimc Minister of France, and
father of Mathieu Mole, who, when
his house was assailed by the irritated
Parisian mob in 1C4S, during the Bur-
ricados, disarmed the popular hostility
by boldly throwing open his gatea^
and declaring "que la raaison d'on
rrcraicr President dcvoit i^lre ouverte
ft tout le mondc," CMemoirea dc
Rctz, torn, ii.) Henry, I need scarcely
add, when discharged from his fetters,
raarried Mary of Meiiicis. after his
first marriage had continued nearly 27
years unimpeached, 1 5/2 — 15{)9.*
Of Napoleon's separation tfor tl«

* Tlic general history of Henry's mother, Je-inne dWlbrct, Queeu of Navarre, is
sufficiently known ; liut a little eircuiHstaiice iiicntioiied by her l)iographer, Ma-
demoiscltc Vniivillierr., (Paris, IHID, 3 vols. Svu.) is probably novel to your readers.

lu the yeai- l.^(i<;, the Queen aerorupaoicd Henry, llicn IVincc of Uc-arn, to Paris,
where, on vi«itjug the priiittng office of the cclebratet? Stepliani, (Estienue,) she so
|iruiiiptly acquired the practice of the press, that she struck «IT vi?ith her own unaided
hands th« foUowinj; ^uotrtim, the improvisation of the inumcnt — a compliment, at
once, to the giuAt art, and a recummcudation of religious coDstancy to her dcACcndauts,
vrliich, however, proved ijuite iinpotcat of effect :

" Art singiilier, d'ici bus dirniers nns,
Repriscntez aux enftms de mn ruce,
Que j'ui stiivi »les crnignauta Diru In tmce,
Atiii iju'ils soienl lus momcs pas suivnu&."

■Elle Re mit," as exprciscd by her ftiiialf l.islonmi, " lellemenl *u fait iles pro-

*e «le I'nrt tjrpox:rapbiquc, qu'cllo iinpriina elln-ini-mK un ijunlrain t^u'tllt impruviM

lout c»|)r^8." Oibljon, in liis Life) Btiites ih^t M. U<^Ul deln Uretonne, a volniniaoos-

1S380

The Divorce of NapolcoJi and Josephine.

589

Roman church acknowledges no di-
vorce) from Josephine, there are some
circumstances, connected with oar sub-
ject, not familiar, I believe, to the
general reader. The civil marriage
took place on the 9th March 1796. a
few days before he entered on the first
field ofhis glory, the campaign of that
year in Italy. That ccrcraony, of
course, could not operate as a religious
bar to the subsequent and more sncrcd
union with Marie Louise. As, how-
ever, it transpired that, though pri-
marily neglected, the religious so-
lemnity had, at a later period, been per-
formed, on the suggestion of Madame
Mere, and her brother. Cardinal Fesch,
or possibly from some re&iduous scru-
ple of Josephine herself, it became
necessary to satisfy the conscience of
the Emperor Francis on this point,
before he could, in accordance with
his creed, consent to the proposed mar-
riage of Napoleon with " la fille des
Wsars." But the difficulty was of
prompt adjustment, on discovering that

the Cardinal who had officiated had,
.15 a prince of the Church, omitted, or
not condescended, to obtain the pre-
sence or sanction of the special i)ari&h
priest, as indispensably enjoined by the
Council of Trent: "Qui alitor quam
pra-scnte parocho, vel alio socerdotc
de ijjsius parochi seu Qrdinarii licen-
tia, ct duobuis vel tribus teslibus ma-
triraonium contrahere attentabunt, eos
sancta Synodus ad sic contrahendum
omnino mhabiles reddit, cthujusmodi
contractus irritos facit et nullos esse
decetnit, prout eos praescnti dccreto
irritos facit el annuUat." The Cardi-
nal, it appeared, had considered it be>
ncath his dignity to ask the required
permission of the priest or bishop.
U is act was thus pronounced null ; and
all ecclesiastical hindrance to Napo-
leon's legitimate union with hia second
Empress removed.*

The Church of Rome utterly repu-
diates, as 1 have stated, the possibility
of release from a regular marriage ; but
admits the engagement, by mutual

*

and ori^nal writer of French novels, while acting oa corrector to a printing office, wm
enabled to tramiport an entire volume from his mind to the press ; and hit work wait
Kivcu to the world without ever having been written by the pen. This siiuj^ular fact
first appeared in the " Tablt-au de Paris," by Mcrcicr, not quoted by Gibbon ; but,
though on 81} narrow a scale as four lines, as the act of n Quecu it i« equally curious.
Waljiole, had he extended his labours to forei^ countries, would not have omitted
the circumstance in his Catalogue of Royal and Noble Aulhora, were it known to him,
which it probably was not.

* The Registry of Hunaparte's civil marriage with Josephine, as extracted by Boar-
rienne, (torn. i. p. ^4*i,) states that Bonaparte was boni the Aih February }'(!>'■, while
every other docnment places his birth in \T69, August l.Hh. AMiy, no bis marriagv
he should have represented himself eighteen months older than be truly was, may be
ascribed to the apprehension that his youth might be an objection to the high com-
mand which he was about to assume. It has, however, been maintained that the date
of the registry was the genuine one, but that, solicitous to apjiear a Frenchman by
birth, he hod transferred llit' date from February ITGy to August 17611, Corsica
hariuif in the interval, in June 1769, been annejccd to tbc Freuch Monarchy. It was
his elder brother Josrph who was born in XlGri, and whose hapti«iiial certificate waa
produced at the marriage ; while Josephine deducted four years from her age, for she
was born the ^3rd June MG^i, instead of the i^3rd June 1767, as stated in the cer-
tificate then neccs&arily exhibited to the magistrate, who officiated on the occasion.
The whole was thus a scene of deception, quite notural, however, on Josephine's side,
thuiigh niiparrntly ill sujtportcd by the preaonce of her eon Eugene, then in his six-
teunlli year, mul>iii(; her a mother lap young even for a Creole.

Two voluujes, under the title of " Bourricnne et »et Errcurs," appeared in 1830, in
which several toaccuracii'S uf that writer are exposed, though, {generally, we have not
a better aulhnrily to rely on for the circunistancei uf which he was witness; but the
discrepancy of Uunspartc's age, above adverted to, is not noticed in this refutation of
Bourri'nnc The work is piobubly little known in Englnud ; for I do ni)t recollect
siny ■ ' ' 1.1 it in the litRtorics of Cidonel Napii-r imd Mr. Ab'soit, or Dr. .Southey.

Yci ^iiriou* ihx iniicnls not t" lie overlooked by tbeni. and sonic, in

parii :ive to the IVniosul.ir wnr, fnitn Ibe pen of the Ex-Ki". • 1..^. i.l. .. !,,j^

in in v(ith wliitli ho bonoiirrd nic a few ycirs since, poii. ii>

the I' I. 1 nould,thervfore> recommend it to the notice qI ' ' a>:^\

irritett.

The irrevocable Obligation of Marriage.

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agreement, of man and wife in monu-
lic vows, ond separation for that pur-
pose. This was sanctioned by the
Justinian Co<le, (Noveltie. titul. "Quod
hodie — Dt Ret>u(Jia(i" ijr.) but is re-
proved by Montestjuieu, (Ksprlt dcs
Lois, liv. xxvi. ch. 9,) as contrary to
the spirit of the civil law. The Coun-
cil of Trent provided also for another
contingency. It is specified in canon
vi. of the same Session : " Si quis
dixcrit matritnonium ratum, non coo-
sumniatum, per eoleinncm religionis
professioncro alterius conjugurn noa
dirinii, anathenaa sit."

The annulment of Napoleon's first
marriage, afterhaving been consecrated
by a Cardinal 4>f the church, was
grounded on the iiupodiment of clan-
(/c.o/i'fiiVy, that is, witltnnt the licence
or presence of the parish priest, and
other public clemonslrations, for the
omission of which no dispensation
had been obtained. It was at the
special and urgent solicitations of the
temporal powers — indeed of all the
Catholic Sovereigns of the time, — that
the Council a<iopted this precaution of
publicity. The instructions given by
the French Court to her envoys at the
Council, ore collected in a volume now
before me, "Instructions et Missives,
&c." ; (IG08, 8vo.) and some of them
are singular enough ; nor are the com-
munications of the French representa-
tives to their Court less so. Under
date of l»t September 1551, there is a
lelkT from the celebrated Amyot, the
translator of I'luinrch, then Abb^ de
llell ozone, and afterwards bishop of
Auxcrre, &c. in which he relates a
classical controversy between himself
and a Spanish divine, on the choice of
Coiwenlu^, or Concilium, as applicable
to the assembly.

Thus the ecclesiastical law of Eomc
and Llngland would appear perfectly
consonant in profession ; for both
churches equally proclaim the irre-
vocable obligation of the conjugal bond ;
but the practical operation of the doc-
trine presents a marked variance. In
the Roman Church, the principle is
inviolate and unexceptional, because,
in her contemplation, it is invested
with the virtue or robed in the sancti-
ty of a sacrament, and paramount,
consequently, to all civil control i while
the Church of England, in conferring
the nuptial benediction on a marriage.

contracted under a legislative releue
from a prior uoioa. merges her distinc.
tivc character, admits the defeasance, ',
and makes herself the handmaid of a j
recognised superior authority. It is]
not, indeed, easy to trace the ex-
act line of demarcation, or alwav-s]
prevent collision between the eccleii*
astical doctrine and civil power, bow<
ever desirable it may be on ao momen<
toua a topic. Blackstone (book i. ,
ch. 15.) says that, " our law considers
marriage in no other light than as a|
civil contract." " The holiiwt* of th« {
matrimonial state," he adds, "is left
entirely to the ecclesiastical law;" —
quite. I may remark, a shadowy po«>
session ; for the substance resides ia
the civil legislature; and there, per-
haps, it ought to rest, as far as the ^
social structure is affected, if no re-
straint were imposed on the means of ]
imparting to the matrimonial state the i
desired character of /totineM, and every ]
individual left free in the choice of the |
rite and. minister. Montesquieu (livw I
xxvi. ch. xi.) consonantly states, " Les
marriages dtnnt de toutes les action* {
humaines celle qui interests le plot
te societ^.il a bien fallu qu'iU pusient i
regie's par les lois civiles ;" but of(
this civil intervention or ascendent
controul, experience has demonstrated
that the most baneful result has beea
the facility of divorce, which Montcj*]
quicu, in his earlisr work, and imma-
turity of mind ^Lettres Persanes, ll6j
and 118), warmly advocated. Riper |
years, however, produced a consider-
able modification of his views; and!
Hume's Essay (xix.) is very rational]
on the subject.

Amongst the glaring anomalies of |
our connubial code, the learned Lord !
has signalised the unequal dispen-
sation of its benefits to the rich and j
poor. To the former, every facility!
is opened at the price of a journey tot
ScallancJ, which the latter are uaabi*
to jmy, and therefore must remain sub'*
jcet to interdict ; but this disparity^ i
consequent on relative fortune, ia far I
more sensibly felt in the operation of]
divorce, as the cost Is so much greater.
The door of relief is in fact wholly
closed except to the opulent. " Cari^
pauperibus clausa est ; dat ceosua
honores," may well be said, or, in the
words of the tribune SemproDius
BIebsus (Tit. Liv, lib. xxvi. cap, 6),

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The Lawm

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" ad^a imporem libertatem diti ac pau-

fcri. honorato atque inhonoratocssc."
t \i absurd to speak of a liberty pur-
chasable odty at the expense of two
or three thousand pounds, which the
special law required for the purpose
would possibly aroount to. Save,
however, as to the principle of ine-
quality in their action, little fault, I be-
lieve, is to be found with these practi-
cal restraints ; for I cannot efface
from my recollection the hideous re-
sults of their abandonment during the
earlier periods of the French Revolu-
tion, as they passed under my eye ;

" Behold the throne

Of Chaos, and his dark pavilion spread ;
And tumult nnd confusion all embroiled."

Parad. LotI, book ii. Do?— 9GG.
to use the appropriate language of
Milton, who was, however, a zealous
partizan of divorce, in his Tetrachor~
don, Colaaleriim, and other tracts,
which he published in 1G44, to justify
the intended repudiation of his then
discontented wife. Probably the moat
rational restrictions on divorce are to
be found in Napoleon's Code Civil,
though, as might be expected, in liis
own case, above alluded do, he arbi-
trarily overleaped many. (Code Napo-
liJon, or Civil, liv. i, titre vi.) The
statistics of Prussia place in prominent
relief the pernicious effects of a too
casv severance of the marriage tie ;
and if the appreciation of woman in
society be, as it ought, a fair criterion
of its civilization, the facility of di-
vorce is not less so of its impurity.
The annals of Rome bear unequivo-
cal evidence of the fact ; for, in her
days of virtue, no instance is recorded,
and its subsequent frequency was con-
current with her progressive licen-
tiousness. The earliest example was
that of Spurius Carvilius Ruga, in the
sixth century of the city (U. C. 522),
shortly before the second Punic Wor;
and the pretext which be assigned, on
oath, before the censors, Manlius Tor-
quatus and^uintus Fulvius, was the
barrenness rtt" his wife. But, reason-
able as the motive might appear in
social consfruction. it was universally
cnnJcmned : — " Displicuit populu non
magis novitaa. quam atrocitas rei,
quuil, ad prrpctuam vitiv Hocii-tatcm
junctos uxoreti, iiu&cuti)(|ue do caustl
repudiari. &Kvum et iaiquum putabat ,"
excJaijoj, yritb iionest iodtgaattOD,

Freinshemius. fSupplomentum Livii,
lib. XX. cap. 21.) Valerius Maximus
flib. ii. cap. 1 — 4), in reference to the
subject, also states, " Qui, quanquam
tulerabili ratione motus videbatnr
(Carvilius), rcprehensione tamcn non
caruit, quia nee cupiditatem quidem
liberurum conjugali fidci pneponi de-
buisse arbitrabantur." Dionysiusllali-
carnassensis, lib. ii. cap. 26. and Au-
lus Gellius xvii. 21. confirm the fact
and sensation, which Montesquieu,
however, arraigns of improbability,
not thinking it passible that the power
of divorce, traceable to the Ten TabltM,
or even to Romulus, could have re-
mained so long, if not unprovoked,
at least unexercised. Hume, as I pre-
viously remarked, is fair and philo-
sophical on the subject.

Having so long dwelt on the expo-
sition of one of the learned lord's in-
advertencies, I shall be succinct in the
animadversion of anoth<'r, which, in-
deed, requires little eifort of refutation.
In the pre-cited passage of Iiis Dis-
course on " Marriage, Divorce, and
Legitimacy," he observed hnw sin-
gular it was that divorces had been
pronounced by ccdcsiusitical courts
tinder the temporal supremacy of the
Crown, "tthile Ihf Hoptiih rrliyinn sub.
eisttHi amnnff ut, though certainly after
thr Papal power had brt>H rcnutttivid."

Of all the objections urged ac;uinst
the concession of the Roman Ciithulie
claims, none certainly seemed less to
bear a merely religious character, or
had more influence in political and
civil consideration, than that which
applied to the Papal supremacy. It
could scarcely, in Protestant interpre-
tation, be imputed to bigotry ; for it
referred, if erroneously, at least plausi-
bly to tangible effects, and not to theo-
logical abstractions, or contrr)vt'r»iat
distinctions of creed, which should
ever be irulopenilcnt of legislative con-
troul. As the most formidable argu-
ment of their opponent*, it therefore
challenged and elicited in the great
struggle the most arduous efforts of
counttraction on the part of the Catho-
lic advocate", of whom Lord lironghom
had lieeii one of the most eminent,
'i'o no onr, consequently, could the
doctrine of Catholics on that point be
better known, or their t<iT\*t\,V«^ vxvw^-
hold\n^ \X. ttoTTL XVft Ack^ft vstY\'iJc«.\ ••.'djU
More IQ l\vc ^tt«v»X\v<i>it,'OQ».'aN»"^'ff^

Lord Brougham's Historical Characters^

592

alile and conslant partisan. Indeed,
the in»<'para*ile connexion nf ihe Cathn.
lie religion with its spiritual head, i»
abumlantly signified by ihc popular
use iif the \\oxi\ popny, as synonyraoui
with that creed, ami its distinctive de-
aign.1t ion : aud yet his lordship, as
^We hove seen, explicitly describes the
lomiah religion as subsisting amoug
\us — that is, as still being the esta-
'Wished religion — after the Papal power
Iliad been renounced. As wcK might
[his lurJship expect to survive his own
[decapitation (I deny not the endurance
[of bis name), as that the religion of
{Rome could subsist rietached from
Iher su[>rcme head. la that indisso-
luble uniou, as her professors believe,
reside her essence and her strength :

'EfiTTfSov — OdjfM. P, 463,

Nor will it be sufficient to answer
that, at the period referred to, though
thf I'apal power was renounced, the
CDUtrlry still remained virtually I'opish
in general doctrine ; for the renouncc-
ment of that one article of faith was
eciuivalent to the abandonment of the
whole. On the separation of the
United States from Great Britain, the
laws, religion, aud habits of the people
ciporienced for some time little altera-
tion ; but, detached from the Monarch,
the country was no longer monarchi-
cal, which, however, it would be fully
aa correct to characterise it, as to re-
present the HnmisU religion subsisting
after the renouncement of the I'apal
power. His lordship's expressions
cannot, it may be proper to observe,
apply to the continued exittence of a
Catholic body among us, merely as a
tolerated sect, but to the nubtiglcnce of
their religion as that of the Slate and
country. At preeenl, the Romish re-
ligion exists, but does not subsist
among us ; that is, recognised and
ascendant, with the Government and
people, a* Lord Brougham represents
Jt under the circumstances adverted to.
In these volumes, as well as in some
recent articles of the Edinburgh Re-
view, the learned and nccomplisheil
lord has interspersed a series of beauti-
ful sketches, tliaplaying;, in splendid
contrasts of light and shade, the dis-
tinctive characters of our moat eminent
orators and statesmen. The reader of
Clflrendon will find nothing superior.

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or, perhaps, equal to thne mast
compositions of his successor on
wuoUnck, Beginning with the eld
Pitt. " the first in birtli. the first
fame," he passes in successive dcline
tion Burke. Fox, Sheridan, the seeo
Pitt. Erskin«, Mackintosh. Romilli
Canning, Grattan, Wilberforcc, WinJ
ham, (apparently a child of prcdile
tion.) &c. The whole forms a maj
nificcnt galler\', and proves that
great faculties advance in power rati
than suffer obscuration by thcprogre
of years. It was so with Cicero
Burke.

Prior to Chatham, Lords Somers )
Bolingbroke had left a name, of whic
unhappily, no monuments survive
nor, indeed, can we fairly estiwi
Challiam from the imperfect specimco
now extant of his eloquence ; buttfa
senatorial oratory had not attained an]
eminence in Great Britain until a con
jiarativcly recent period, may be con
fdently deduced from Hume's rcpr
sentation of it towards the middle i
the last century. "WTiat," he asV
(Essay xiii.) "has England to boast i
In enumerating the great men wt
have done honour to our country. '
exult in our poets and philosophers i_
but what orators are ever mentioned!
At present, there are above half a doze
speakers in the tvvo Houses, who, i^
the judgment of the public, hav
reached very nearly the same pitch
elo<iuence. and no man pretends
give any one a preference over th
rest. 7'his seems to me a certn
proof that none of them have attains
much beyond mediocrity in this art.
Hume's Essays first appeared il
17-12, when, certainly, Bolingbrok
was not in Parliament, but Che8fer«|
field, Murray, Pulteney. and even Pit
were, Hume survived until 1774J
during which inter\'al Pitt's fame ha
reached its culminating point — indce
he outlived Hume only by two years!
and Burke, Fox, North, Barr<5, Dun>
uing, &c. Were distinguished, some
orators, of whom Burk% at least il
Cicero's definition, was incomparably
the first ; others as debaters ; but il
all the ensuing editions of his Essayj
the author never thought it necessa
to modify his depreciation of BritisI
eloquence. .Shortly after, a constel-j
lation of brilliant names glittered od

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our horizon^ whom Lord DrotigliBm
conhl relatively valvie (una personal
experience nf tlieir powers, and no
more competent judge exists. Bnt,
for whom is reserved the portraiture
of the learned lord himself— of him
to whom, above any living man,
(with one exception, pcrhap.s, wliich
the majority of my countrymen at least
would claim), the energetic homage
of Aristophanes to Pericles is more ap-
plicable : — "'HtTTpmrT ifSpovra, fyvt-
RvKo nlf 'EXAaia." (Ach. 539.)* Were
orators, like painters, to delineate
themselves, the auttigrnph portrait of
Lord Brougham would, indeed, be
" tl Ralfaeile da se stesso dipintu."

But felic-ituusiy, and with a mastt-r-
hand, as his lordship has traced the
intellectual lineaments of these great
men, some incidental observations
have escaped him which arc open to
aniaiadvcnion. As an ioslancc, — in

his laudatory tribute (vol. iii. p. J)) to
Sir S.imucI Iloinilly. and none could
be better bi^stowcd, lii-. lordtjhip, with
as little neccsiily as justice, yit-lds to
his sarcastic propensity in deprecia-
ting the younger Cato. His words
are — " If ever a luan existed, who
•would more than any other have
scorned the pitiful fopperies which
disfigured the worth of Cato, or have
shrunk from the harsher virtue of Bru-
tus, Roniiily was that man."

1 am, 1 confess, at a loss to discovcf
those pitiful fopperies in the histori-
cal records that suivivc of the illus-
trious Roman ; nor has his lordship
indicated his authority for the impu-
tation. Perhaps allusion is intended
to Cato's reception of Ptolemy Au-
letcs, King of Egypt and Cyprus, men-
tioned by Plutarch (Vit. Caton. Utic.
cap. XX.), or to some passage iu Dio
Cassius.t the rancorous enemy of Ko-

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• On the power of Mr. O'Connell'ii elofjuene* over his coantryinen, the evidence
is incontcsttble ; nor hu it beru unfelt in FarUament. A rorei^ii BO(|uaiatiinco of
mine has thus described it, unci the ducriminativa shades are not, I conceive, inferior
to the bappicateffortiof LordBrou^hsin : — " Lonque r^mauctpation des Catlioliques
permit entin \ cet Aj^itatmir Irloridais de s'asseoir duns la Chambrc di-» Communes,
Ton ue prenait pas garde \ lui. Vint eneuitc le bill de K(^funnc, et alors on coin-
tiicn^a ^ prater roreille mix diecoura dc I'oriiteur. On trouva sa vois tauli'it dnuce,
tant^t tonnante, u parole aboniUntc commc un fleuvc, »e« formeg hardies it nnuwlicii,
et jc ne sniii quel cbarme !ni-onnu dans cette Eloquence, ou leg ^'Inua de la pnaitioo
•e trouvaienf tempi'r^'s parune nensibfliti- expansive, et les morsure* de la colore
sduuoles i>nr une ironie tcllcment fine, <|U'on diralt una lejf^ic dorure sur du fcr, ou
df'<i M» de .ooie sur du cable. Mr. O'Connell a tonjonrs une originality?- qui charme,
el une puissance qui suhjugue."

The truth of the drlineatiun may po<isibly be disputed; bnt the besutj of the
colours cau hardly be d<;nird : and oiy friend's perfect po*«e8Ston oT uur Ungitago
made him a compttrtit judge of Mr. O'Connell'i di.stinctire merits us an orator,
foreigners, too, arc neccs.snrily more diun^a^rd from paagion or prejudice than bis

advocates or adversaries at bome : and as liacinr, in the preface of lii'^ /' 'i-

.serves, as an excuse for the selttction of a modern subject, distHiu'e of jil i i.

lent to distance of time, so that strangers may be presumed to anticipito ' ■ , „ at
of posterity.

On the subject of this gentleman's favourite, or drfeiuive, scheme of the " Repeal
of the Union," I may be permitted to add, that, a short time previouM to the legis-
lative incorjvoration of the t^o islnndsi, I was witness of a ivnrm diitcussion as to its
iffects, between two celebrated men, Mes§rs. Kirwan arp' f 't--: ; when the former,
xealous supporter, maintained that, if not carried, n nr. at lesst, the

jtterapt, would be inevitable. An outcry, Kimilar to 'i \:\ U^jh by Futher

Cornelius O'Mahony, inhis book — " DisputatJo Apolo^clica de Jure Regni Hibernias
eantra Httreticos Anglos," would be the result* sad the exhortation urged in that
Volume — " Eligite regem Tcrnaculnm" — would a»MircdIy he repented. We were in

e Dublin Library, then held in Eustace Streit, and Mr. Ivirwnn rtfcrrtd to Cox's
Istory of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 1L'.'>. whore O'Mahoiiy's hook is buoteil ; for the
iriginal is extremely rare — pcrhnp' not to be found. (See aUo .'»mifh's Cork, nd. ii.)

r. Kirwan imiueiUately withdrew, when CurrHO, In his cauntic tone, obspnrcd —
' There goes a man who will hearken to no one else's rea$on», and (Hlliiding to the
onvulsive movement of Mr. Kirwao's mouth, which prevcuted his dining abroad)
ho will breathe no atmosphere but biii own."

t Oa reading Ix>rd (then Mr,) Dciiham't GtmV a>x<iVa,^u ttwxi ^\* ^^^wcumx V.

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Cttio and lirutvt.

CDcc.

roan virtue; but the former admits of
easy explanation, aoJ the latlcr's bad
feelings entitle him to little credit.
Nor can 1 acknowledge the nplness of
the epithet harsher to the virtue of
Brutus, as compared to that of Cato,
who was far less lenient and of aua-
tcrer virtue than his nephew, and as
little indulgent to himself as to others.
(Sallust. Bell. Catil. cap. 52 — 54.)
Every liuc of Plutarch, and every page
of Cicero that has reference to Cato,
deraonstrate their coavictioa of the un-
coropromieing severity of bis princi*'
plea and rectitude of conduct, so as
apparently to border on harshness.
Cicero (De Officiis, lib. i. cap. 31) dis-
criroinatca him from all other men,
" propterea (juod eorum vita lenior, ct
mores fucrant facil lores." Others
might, he thought, submit to Cicsar ;
hut, in consistency of character, " Ca-
toni morienduna potius, qu^m tyranni
vultus aapiciendus fuit."

Brutus, on the coalrary, did, osten-
sibly at least, submit to Csesar, who
had, in the powerful language of
Horace, subjugated the world, but
failed to bend the indomitable spirit of
C'ato : —

" Et cuncta terramm subacta,
Pnetcr atrocem onimiim Catonis."

Orf. Ub. a, Od, i.
Four other poets cmulously made
him the theme of their panegyric.
Virgil (vEiiciil. viii. G7I) describes hina
as llie legislator of lilysium : — ■ " Et
his danteni jurn Catoncm." Lucan's
line (lib. i. 121?) " Victrix causa Piis
plaeuit, sed victa Catoni," raises him
above humanity; and again, (lib. ii.
3B(» •* Nee sihi, scd toti genitum so
credere mundo." Martial (lib. vi.
Rpigr. 32), in the same spirit of ad-
miration, says, "Sit Cato, dum vivit.

sane vol Csnare major:" and Maoi.
lius (A'ilron. lib. vi. 87). " Et invictuni.
devict4 morte, Catonem." Montaigne
has devoted a chapter (liv. i. ch, 30)
to his praise; but where his imputed
fopperies arc to be found I am wholly
ignorant.

Without stopping rigidly to weigh
the conduct of Brutus to Caesar, we
know that he yielded to his power;
and we learn from Cicero that be
evinced the most griping avarice, where
Cato had displayed the utmost disia>
terestcdness anJ integrity. On the
death of Ptolemy (Auletes or N'otbus),
Cato remitted to Rome, without the
slightest reserve, the royal treasure,
amounting to about 7000 talents, or '
1,300.000/. (Plutarch, cap. 44) ; while 1
Brutus, in the same island, exercised]
the most unrelenting rigour and usu-
rious extortion against bis debtors.
The circumstances, as communicated ia (
conttJential correspondence to their i
mutual friend, T. Pomponius Atticaaj
(lib. V. £p. 24), are disgraceful to
fame of the stoic, who wished to makt j
Cicero, then Proconsul of Cilicia (U.C j
703), the instrument of his harshne.^^
(certainly not the hnrthtien of Mrf«?J|
which the latter refused to becom*
and, in vindication of this refusal, thi]s|
writes to Atticus — " Habes meam cau*
aam, qua; si Bruto noa probatur, oes-
cio curillum amemus ; sed avuncud
ejus ccj'te probabitur," an appeal an
diatinctioii quit^ decisive of his higbe
estimation of Cato, though just thei
not a little disconcerted at the rig
stoic's declining to support his deman
of a triumph, notwithstanding his ca«
joling letter on the subject (Epist.
Farail.iib. XV. Kpist, 4), to which Cat
made an admirable reply.*

The conscious hardihood ofimpog

tbiT trial of Queen Caroline, I instantly trared it to its r«sl source, " the article
/aFi> in Bnylr," wlikh I afterwards indicated to Dr. Dibdin.

• Antiquity lias not left us n ronijiositioii of siqicrior interest to the letters
Cicerii to Atticus, wliirh, as Curnelius Ncpos (Vit. Attici, cap, IG) obtcrvrs,
nnnble us to <!is|>fi)se witli any other oieniorial of the period. Nor would it be c*
t« |>resent n p:irnllcl instunce of gcrttaine friendship, as delineJ by Cicero himself
bis treatino " De An>iciti>'i," in which (cap. xvi. ) he reproves, I may transicoll;
rnsrk, the cileulating foresight that would teach uc "to live with our friends oi
they were one day to become our enemies ;" n moim, I know not why, usually auo
bcred with La UochefoucaulJ's, probably becaii«e in his spirit, but it is not to
founil in hiii c<ilkvtion. On Atticus tlii.« corrc^pundeuee, of which, however,
have not bia pnrt, lias cnnfi-m-d nn immortality which his alliance: with so ma
meinbera of the Itiqieri-il House never would have secured bim, as Seneca has
observed, " N'omen Attici pcrirc Ciceroais epistoln: non sinent: nihil iUi profuii

183S0

Anecdotes of Buonaparte. — Count Dourhc,

>95

¥

k

ing any asaprtion of so consummate a
classical scliotar as Lord Bruiigham,
has conapcllcd mc to appear armed in
strength of authority, which necessi-
tated, and, I trust, will excuse, these
multiplied references and miantc de-
tails, though abridged as much a.s pos-
sible.

His lordship haa also included in
his group, and exhibited in striking
otitlinc, the genius and aberrations of
Napoleon, which I notice mertly to
add that .M. filanqu^, nn his return
from a statistical mission to Corsica,
communicated, on the 17ih instant,
to the Socit'te' dcs Sciences, Morales,
et Politiques, some interesting parti-
culars of Bonaparte's juvenile essays,
hitherto, apparently, unknown. One
is on ihc *■ Culture of the Mulberry-
tree," a source of profitable industry
in the i-sland J another on the "Mili-
tary Defence of Corsica ;" and a third
ou the " Constitutional Oath," requir-
ed of the French clergy in 1790. They
all teem, as is represented, with beau-
ties of the first order, unerringly pre-
lusive to that superiority nf mind
which, in its riper stage, so dazzled,
deluded, and di.smaye<| mankind. In
ir9'2, he thus addressed his great, uncle
and guardian Lucicn, — -"Eovoyei! raoi
trois ccnt« francs. Cette sommc me
Butfira pour alter a Paris ..... tout
me dit que j'y rdussirai : voulez vous
m'en cmpicher faute de cent ecus:"
The little sum (12/.) was sent, ajid

fruitful indeed was it of results ! Of
his first public manifestation in that
capital, in October I/'Jj, when be
overthrew tlie Seclums armed in oppo-
sition to the CowntitJit, 1 was witness,
and well remember the prognostics
raised on the feaiful energy of his
conduct on that occasion, when I had
the good fortune to secure a refuge l<i
one of the discomfited generals and his
uidf-de-camj>, who were concealed nt
ray residence in the South for some
days. The general, a connexion of
my family, no longer survives; but
the aide-de-camp has since served with
distinction under Napoleon, and com-
manded the third division of the inva>
ding army against Spain in 1 823, when
he was created a Peer of France ; I
mean the present General Count
Bourke, the son of an officer in the
Irish Brigade, who was made prisoner
with his countryman, the unfortunate
Lnliy, at Poudicherry, for the surrender
of which Lally was executed in 1766,
a sacrifice similar to that of our Byng
to national vanity and pO|iuJar cKi-
mour; but Lally found a noble vindi-
cator in his eloquent sod. Count Lally
Tolcndal, who concluded one of his
memorials in strong language : — " Lc
parkment de Dijon a ratifie, par be-
lisc, un assassinat, que celui de Paris
avait commis par cruaute." Lally
and Bourke were natives of the county
Mayo.
Reaching in his progress the high*

gener Agrippa, el Tiberius progeoer, et Dnisus Ctesar pronepos : inter tam tnagoa

noniina taceretur, nisi Cicern ilium a]iplicui«sct." (Sen. Ep. CI.) Tacitus, however,

(Annal. ii. 43) says, " Dru«o prosvus eques Romanus, Pomiwnius Attious, dedc-

cere Claudiorum imagine.^ videbatur," llioii^'ti, nccordin; to C. Nep05, the faiuily uf

Pomponius was coeval with the origin of Kome : — " Ab origin*.' uliimn stirpis Ro-

TnnuK )fcner«tu«," (Vit. Attici, cap. i ) i but it never had exceeded the e<|uestrian

rank. To no critic, 1 may a<ld, arc wtr more indebted thau tu Pniiliis Mituuliiis, (tlie

hero of ErusniuK'» Cicrroniauui.) for the elucidation of these admirahle tellers, of

*hich he discovered the key. .ts Dr. Young, or ChainpoUiou (at whose great ethibitoo

of his most interesting etphrad'jn* I ssiistcd, the idth .\pril, I8'i0, on his n-tnrii

I from the East), did that of the Kgyiitian inscriptionji. And when we find Cicero him-

[ self thus oddressing .\tticus (lib. vi. Kp. 4), " ^if*T.;t*^'?'" **' ^^ seribom: tti saga-

cius odunibcrc," we niny justly appreciate the pcnelrntiiig acumen that rcvcolcd

these Btcrcts ot the di.ttunce of tixteen centuries to the classical reader. The .\bb6

Miiutgnult i^ also rnliticil to ]irni.'<c: ', imd, if some rT"iidtu)u» obscuritie« should still

I Inlcrriii't the pcrui.tl, we vany »iiy, with D'Olivct (iid Kjilst. 4,*lib. ii.) " Tu vcr.'i, hone

lector, qiiie nun inielligimtar nc curabii> (jnitlem inteUigere, scil ex iis quie plana sunt

[vulnpi.-iiem et fructiwn cnpics,"

Mow diflVrcnt was the friendship of Cicero and .\ttiinis from (he iliuKlmtion of iba
[friMiiinieul by tlio iciiowatJ Ru^siian Chief Suvorow, as found in the collection of his
Iqii.tiiit .iihI pithy siaying.'S — " .\iiilli<' ct heiviccii sunt deux pitrnlli les qui nc se frucon-
|lrenl jnmiii." Such lu bis view wua the di;<cordaucc bclwceu the i>rofcssiou*iv<l*s.»
[lion of friendship !

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Hittot^ qfCoccayne and the Cocknej^a.

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est elevation of public virtue. Lord
Drougham closes his review of illus-
trious modems by a beautiful tribute
to Washington, who succeeds Napo-
leon in the eerier, not indeed as a
Sendant, but in deepest contruBt.
:ich, however, as the subject is, and
gratifying as it would be to dwell on,
I shall not further encroach on your
pages, limn to relate a little personal
anecdote in association with it, not
devoid, I think, of interest, and cer^
tainly not barren of reflection.

On the 4th July 1706, I assisted, by
enccial invitation, at an entertainment
given at Bardcaux by several Ameri-
cans of the democratic party, then fu-
riously opposed to the Federalists,
whom Washington appeared to favour.
Aflct the commemorative toasts of the
day, a round a/ ratcala (not au un-
common ftractice at the time) follow-
ed, and, at their head, with "curses
loud and deep," wa* pronounced the
name of George Washington 1 The
General above alluded to and myself
were the only guests. I silently de-
dined the toast, and pjused unnoticed;
but my friend, having indiscreetly of-
fered some remark, waik answered by

the Chairman in the language of in
suit, fortunately not auflicicntlj: inteU*
ligibte to him, nor so interpreted bjr
me, as to lead to serious consequcncetai
The Chairman, a Mr. Russell, was sub«
srijuently employed in various dipli
matic missions, and, as he was nc
destitute of talent, mu£t, 1 have a<
doubt, in after years, have reflectc
with shnme and horror on the dcli^l
rious excess and frantic injustice of
such party-spirit. How it darkens
the judgment and perverts the heart,
all may learn from history and many
by experience ; but so signal an ia^ '
stance of its demoralizing influence i|
and must remain without a parallel |
for where could the baneful passioc
find such a victim or expect to twUci
on such a prey ?

" He who nqrpAiiscs or stihilues mnakinilJ
Mucit luuk donu on the bote uf tlio*
below —
• •••••

Hound him nre ioy rookii. and loudly blof
C'untending tt'iii]ie!il.t un lii!< tmkcd head ; i
And thus reward tlie toils which to titoi
sumndts lead "

Childe Harold, Canto III. Al
Yours, &c. J. R.

THE HISTORY OF COCCAYNE AND TUE COCKNEYS.

WE have fallen on a very dainty
subject. We want to prove that the
glorious and song^renowued " land of
Coccayne " is neither more or less
than the land uf Cookery, and that
the Cockneys or Coccaneys derive their
name from thence, aa the proper and
legitimate natives of the said kiogdorn
of Coccnyne.

Wc think we shall be able to esta-
blish this connexion between the land
of Coccayne and the Cockneys by many
good and sullicient authorities, and, by
BO doing, show the point and pro-
priety of the appellation that has so
long fastened itself on our metropoli-
tans, and refute those vulgar and er-
roneous notions that arc still afloat on
the stream of Cockney chit-chat.

The etymology of the Latin word
Cnquo, to cook, from which, we verily
believe, the words Cocenyiic, Cockney,
(kc. are derivetl. is thus stntcd by Goi-
charf] in hit" Hnrmanie Ktymologirnic
dcB i^fli'ucs," Pali*, Ijilti. " Lc
ferdei/ebraj'quc (iuug eign'kfi^ptcm't'&ic-

meat coqutre panes subter prunas.'
From this root he supposes that tliej
CJreeka deiived their ki'muj, miscea, to!
mix i and the Latins their coquo, ia\
cook. " .\pr^a de coqvo, kok<nt fut for-
vxi en Flamcn, kQcknn en Alleniaod,!
cucinan' en Italien, coziHarc, cwrr, «b
Espagnol, c«(re en Francois, cwtk en
Anglais." So much for etymologiea ;
wc shall see, anon, how criticolly tbey
bear upon our friends the Cockneys.

The subject of cookery, in all \U
branches, is one timt wc approach
with infinite respect and reverence. It
hides its head among the clouds, w bile J
it walks up and down lui thn cArtluJ
If we may bi'ltu've so shrtwd a wy-I
Uiologist as Homer, tlie Gods thctii.j
selves, in the gorgeous palaces yf
Olympus, cultivated this science itf

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or I uu-

<jUl'. ... I<^,j

when ti 'hBl

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H'atortf qf Coccaj^ne and (he Cocknetft.

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guishable meiTitneul, has always been
a favourite topic among epicures.
Plato himself appears to have enter-
tained very savoury couceptions re-
spcctiiig the nectar ami atubrusia once
served by Hcbc and Ganymede ; and
indeed the very mention of such things
is enough, in Cockney «halccl, "to make
one's moutli water."

Among the Jews, aad most of the
ancient nations, so great was the re-
spect entertained for cookery, that of-
ficial epulones. superintendents and
inspectors of their fasti, epuUe, uud
Japes were appointed. In llotne they
bad seven dignitaries of this kind,
whose duty was to furnish banquets
for Jupiter and the other gods of his
retinue. The sacrifice being over, the
gods were served as if they wire able
to eat, and. on their declining the otfer,
the epulnnes very obligingly performed
that function for them.

We know not how it is, but Epi-
cures and Apicians have in all ages
possessed an extraordinary faculty of
magnifying their oOice ; Ude or Kitthi-
ncr, we forget which, got into no
lofty a rhapsody concerning the art
and mystery of cookeryi as to call it
the very mother of all moral, intcllec
tual, social, and political improve-
tncnt. Their argument was, that men
ocver reasoned clearly and correctly on
these abstract and metaphysical mat-
ters unless their stomachs were in a
prospcrons condition, and well lined
with culinary blessings. As they had
jirobiitily indulged in an extravagantly
good dinner before allowing their ima-
gination so outrageous a swing, we
shall make every excuse for them
which ibe case admits.

Dut seriously, and without a joke,
the progress of cookery ia one of the
best tests we have of the progress of
civilization. What Dr. Johnson said
of law may with great piopriety be
aj)plied to this subject. "Do you,
Sir, presume to deride that science
which is the last effort of human ge-
nius working on human experience?"
Here, and here onlv. reason and taste
have gone hand in band, and the sub-
limest abstractions of Epicurus have
been tested by no less infallible a cri-
terion than " Do you like it?"

Sir Humphry Davy appears to have
caught a glimpse of this sublime the-
ory in one of bis philgiophic visioaa.

When his emancipated spirit arrives
at the planet Saturn, which he ima-
gines to be a much mure respectable
world than our own, toucliing its ec-
clesiastical and civil politv, whut does
he discover ? why, Sir, lie discover-
ed that the whole surface of Saturn is
strewed with enormous culinary ma-
chines worked by steam and oxygen
gas. Viands the mobt exquisite that
ever enchanted the olfactories of the
ex- president, diifused their delicious
edluvia through the whole atmosphere
of tlie planet. 'ITicy Were cooked by
a chemistry, or rather an alchemy,
which defied the most critical analysis
of the Royal Institution, and alto-
gether made Sir Humphry feel, if he '
never felt so before, like a thorough^
bred glutton — Epicuri de grt<je yotr
c»/».

The inhabitanti of Saturn, who wert
shaped murt like elephants than any
thing else, were disporting thera*elvcf.
on the wing between the mainland
and the ring. 1'his exercise they in> '
variably took in order to give them-
selves a constitutional appetiser orl
whet for the keener relish of their '
dinner ; and, according to tliu said
president, our best authority on tha '
subject, these Saturnitcs, if they spent
not their time like ingenious Athinians
in Bcoing or hearing some new thing,
contrived to pass it in the more agree,
able or at least substantial employ-
ment of tasting and devouring nevrl
dishes. So much for the cookery of ^
the stars.

or the cookery of the Oriental world
we have some very transcendental ond
magnificent »peculations, derived fiotaj
the authority of ihe Koran, the Ara-
bian Mights, and the very piquant]
stories of trovellcr*. which we always i
swallow cum ^rano talis, with a Itttlv]
salt, which we find assists tbeirdigeh.
tiou, and saves uh from that highlyl
fashionable complaint dyapepsia.

Dut attend to Mahomet a moment i
for his description of cookery in Para-
dise is, as Sir John Falsta'f eays«|
" worth the liiteninp; to." In th«
entertainment of the blrnscd on thcii
admission to ParAUise, thus speaks the]
Prophet : The whole laith w ill iheaj
be as one loaf of bread, and for meulr]
they shall have the ox Dalarn and th«
fish Nuo, the lobes of wW»r 'wt^

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From this feast every one will be dis-
missed to the mansion assigned him,
where he will have such a share of
felicity as is proportionate to his merit,
but vastly exceeding comprehension or
computation, since the very meanest
in Paradise will have 80,00() servants,
72 wives of the girls of Paradise,
beside the wives he had in this world,
nnd a tent erected for him of pearls,
jacinths, and emeralds of a very large
extent. There he will be waited on
by 300 attendants while he eats, and
sHull be bcrved in dishes of gold,
whereof 300 shall be set before him
nt once, containing each a different
kiod of food, the last morsel of which
will be as grateful as the first, and
will also be supplied with os many £urts
of liquors in vessels of the same metal ;
and, to complete the etitortaininent,
there will be no want of wine, which,
though fotbiddcn in this life, will yet
be freely allowed in the next without
danger, since the wine of Paradijc
will never inebriate though you drink
il for ever.

But all these glories, a^ Sale ob-
serves, will be eclipsed by the ravish-
ing girls of Paradise, called llouris,
from their large black eyes, Hur al
oyun, the enjoyment of whose com-
pany will be a principal felicity of the
faithful. These arc not crcattd of
clay as mortal women arc, but of pure
musk, and their bodies are odoriferous
as frankincense, being free from all
defects and inconveniences incident to
the sex, of the strictest modesty, and
secluded from public view in pavilions
of hollow pearls, su large that one of
them will measure sixty miles long
and as many broad.

Thus the bold and dazzling imagi-
nation of the East has ever delighted
to draw analogies and correspondences
between the spiritual nnd physical
economics of nature, which Milton
seems to have dreamed of in his de-
scription of Paradise, wlierc he says.

For earth hath this vnriety froin heaven
Of pleasure situate in hill and dolt."

I Perhaps, however, there is more
analogy than we suppose, as the
soundest and gravest couimentnturs on
Scripture, like Grolius, liavc adopted
ibia aha. hIucIi Iiu) been ctirtted lofio
great a length by the Ss«cdenbut<^\a\u.
Urc'tiu%, whom of all »niu we \ovc

best to imitate, regarding him as thel
greatest light that ever yet scattered
the clouds of ignorance and discord
that still hover around us, makes the
true of knowledge in the earthly Para-
disc no less dainty and delectable than
the immortal palms of Mahomet's
clysium. In fact, he supposes the
fruit was excessively nice, nnd that
Kvc, with due reverence be it spoken,
was a little epicure, or at loast a little
of an epicure. For thus she speaks in
the Adamus Exul. which is the parent j
of Paradise Lost :

O sweet, sweet apple ! how thy glittering
store (scent

Dazzles my eyes! its dream-like, r»f|uiidte
Filb nil my sense! would I couM Uy »!iiilc i
All fear, thot trembling fully, and enjoy I
The elysium of ilie fruit, anil learn at ooce '
Its mystery of bliss. j

It is necessary to observe that in
the East, cookery very early divided
itself into two branches, thi- science I
andtheart; onewasthelcarned.occait,
esoteric, initiated cookerj' of the phy-
scians and philosophers, now called
dietetics ; the other was that vulgar
but exceedingly edifying art, which,
though coraparativclyundiscriminating,
is fur mure satisfactory, and has con-
sequently almost superseded the other
in popular esteem.

An old writer of the 5th ccnlurj',
no less a man than St. Ambrose, vras
highly indignant with these medical ,
dietetics, which he evidently considers
the worst deportmcntof cookery. "The |
precepts of physic," says he, " aic con-
trary to divine living, for they call '
men from fasting, suffer them not to
watch, seduce them from opportunities
of meditation. They who give them-
selves up to physicians deny themselves
to themselves." And St. P.crnardon the
Canticles, thus asserts : " MippocrMe«
and Socrates teach how to t.avc souU \
in health in this world . C'hristand his '
discipii's how to save thciii for lJ»e
next ; which of the two will \ini hare
to he your mast vrs ? II <:n.

self noted who, in hi.' : >»*,

teaches how such a. thing hun^ the
eyes, this the head, that tho stomach ; '.
pulse ore windy, cheese offeuiU the
stomarh, milk hurts the head, waivr]
the lungs : whence il happtna that io
nil the rivirs, lidd^^ gunJcns, auii]
mtLckcU, ihcic ia «cart-i' to be fvund]
ac\v Mwn^ &,V.\.\ti^ ^m ^^^inxVu tiA.'*]

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Hixtory 0/ Coccaync uiid (he CockHOjs,

:>90

From these pa3Rn(i;ea it \& evident
that the ilictelic and tlicrapcutic sys-
tern of physic by no means pleased the
Fathers or the monks ; and, indeed it
must liftve been discordant to the rulea
and regulations of good Catholics in
general.

Cornelius Agrippa, whom we take
%i hove been nearly the greatest raan
of his age, confirms the same censure
OQ the dietetic doctors, and his remarka
apply patlv enough to Dr. Abernethy
and his school, in the 19th century.
"These doctors," says Agrippa, "com-
mand, forbid, curse, and discommend
the meat* and drinks that God has
created ; framing rules of diet difficult
to be ob»er>'fd, and those morstls
which they forbid others to taste of
they thcmsclvea (as hogs eat acorns)
greedily devour. And those laws of
living which they prescribe to otherg,
they themselves altogether neglect or
contemn. For, should they live ac-
cording to their own rules, they would
run no small hazard of their health ;
anti, should they permit their patients
to live after their own examples, they
would altogether lose their profits."

" But grant." continues Ag;rippa,
(who ne>er lost an opportunity of
giving the monks a dry rap over the
knuckles, for taking which liberty he
was often within an ace of being
roasted for « necromancer), "that
these rules of the doctors apply to the
monks, for whom, perhaps, it is not
neidful to take so much care of their
healths as of their professions, yet the
variety of dishes and feasts may not
be unlawful for civil men to use. with
consideration of I heir health. The
first the art of dieting performs, the
second the art of ciwkery, btmg the
dtcMsing and ordering of victuals. For
which reason I'lato calls it the 'flat-
toress of physic,' and many account it
a part of dietary physic, though Pliny
and Seneca, and the whole throng of
other physicians, confess that monifold
disposes proceed from the variety of
costly food."

Nov.- Asia, and the land of the East,
is the first land ofCoccayne, or country
of good feeding that we read of. The
Asiatics were so intemperate and lux-
urious in their feeding, that they were
known by the surname of Asotw, or
GluttoQB. or, more properly translated.
Cockneys. If we were to raakc ia-

rikuiM

qutries of the board of F.ast India Di-
rectors, cx-n.^bob.s, &c. they would
very probably inform us that the
Asiatics have not yet forfeited their
claim to this honourable epithet ; or,
if their tongues preserved silence, theii
livers would answer for them. For
these livers of ours are very discrimi-
nating logicians, and easily detect the
sophistry contained in that noted verse,
" lie that lives a good life is lure to lire
well."
It was from the East, the earliest
land of Coccayne. that Greece learnt
the great lesson of Cockneyship. ami
became the rival of her instructress.
If tlie soldiers of Greece conquered
Persia, the cooks of Persia conquered
Greece, and exchange is no robbery.
We shall not expatiate on Grecian
cookery, lest we should so debauch
our souls with its manifold luxuries as
to become incapable of travelling into
the next great kingdom of Coccaync,
" the revel of the earth, the mask of
Italy."

Asia and Greece both revenged
themselves on their Roman conquerors,
by making them the victims of tri-
umphant luxury. Then Italy, in her I
turn, became the veritable land of
Coccayne ; and of her feast monarchs
partook and deemed their dignity in-
creased ; and the stern Romans at
length became the most unparalleled
Cockneys under tlic sun.

Thus we read in Livy (as an old
writer well observes), after tlie con-
quest of Asia and Greece, foreign^
luxury first entered Home, and then
the Rom.in people began to make
sumptuous banquets. Then was a
cook the most useful slave that cuulil]
be, and began to be much esteemed
and valued, and all bedabbled with
broth and, bedaubed with soot, watj
welcomed out of the kitchen into thel
schools ; and that whicli was beforel
accounted as a vile slavery, was ho«|
noured as an art whose chiefestcare i|
only to search out everywhere \\
provocatives of appetite, and study i|
all pl.ices for dainties to satisfy a moi
profound gluttony ; abundanceof whici
Gcllius cites out of Varro. as the pea-
cock from Samos, the Phrygian turkey,
cranes from Melos, Amliracian kid«,
the Tartcsian mullet, trouts froi
Pe9senuntium,TaieTvt.\^\<iQ.^%Vi\%.t«
(torn C\vwja, '^ft.\;\Wi \iN\%» 't^'<!-sj'«o>s>».

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Hiftorp of Coccayne and the Cocknej/s.

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tinlcs, and Iberian chesnuts. All which
enormous bills of fore were found out
for the wicked wantonness of luxury
and glHttony.

But the glory and fume of this art.
Apicius, above all others, claimed to
himself: from him, aa Septimufs Florus
witnesses, there arose a certain sect
of cooks that were called Apicians,
propagated, as it were, in imitation of
the philosophers, ofwhom thus Seneca
has written : " Apicius (sayu he) lived
iti our «ge ; who, in that city out of
which philosophers were banished as
corrupters of youth, professing the art
of cookery, hath infected the whole
rising generation with the most as*
tounding luxuriousness."

Pliny calls this Apicius the gulf
and bar<ithrum of all youth. At
length so many subjects of taste, so
many provocatives of luxury, so many
varielies of dainties were invented by
these Apicians, that it was thought
requisite to restrain the luxury of the
kitchen. Hence all those ancient
sumptuary laws. Lucius Flaccus, and
his colleague censors, put Duronius
out of the Senate, for that, as a tri>
bune of the people, he went about to
abrogate a law made against the ex-
cessive prodigality of feasts. In de-
fence whereof, how impudently Durn-
nius ascended the pulpit of orations :
*' There are bridles (said hei put into
your mouths, raost noble senators, in
no wise to be endured. Yc are bound
and fettertil with the bitter chains of
servitude. Here is an old antiquated
sumptuary law which commands us
to be frugal ; let us abrogate such a
command, deformed with the rust of
ghastly antiquity ; for to what purpose
have we liberty, if it be not lawful for
them that will to kill themselves with
luxury }''

At length the character of Italy, as
the land of Coccayne and the empire
of good living, got sadly impaired by
the ravages of Huns, Golhs, Visigoths,
Saract'iis. and luscally barbarians of
all kinds, that came down like a dark-
some cloud of locusts, and di'molimhed
her loaves and fishes before she roold
say Jack Robinson. In fact. Virgil's
vision of the banquet and the harpies
was m'tsl painfully realized in his
[ dc/ir Itnlitt, which still reverences him
wizard and i ' I'cmu, on

It of £uch pt a\Vus'\uu»

sprinkled through his worlf*. As
do not. however, give much credit t^
the Sortes Virgilianir, we shall any n4
more about it.

Thus the ever memorable l&nd of
Coccayne was for some time ovfrij
whelmed by the invasion of barbi
not to say cannibalism, which is the)
very basest kind of cookery wc &jit<
aware of. Dear land of Coccayne, for
centuries thy very existence was a
problem : the disciples of Epic
with a portentous elongation ofpl
ognomy, went seeking thee i
fully as Ceres sought Proserpine, and.l
alas ! found only that you were not to
be found.

Sometimes they seemed to recover a
glimpse of thy august vision in the
states of Italy, but they only aggra-
vated the disappointment of the sur-
viving Cockneys, who then wandered,
like the Jews or the Gypsies, up and
down the earth, y«"t could find no >
country like their own. Then was the '
land of Coccayne likened unto the land
of Utopia, " that place called No I
Place," or the island of Atalantes, orj
the land of Limbo.

At length, however, the great vision |
of Coccayne once more gladdened the,
lieart of disconsolate Cockneys. Her)
first appearance was at Floreucp, then ]
at Venice, then at Palma. All the«e I
became celebrated ia turn as the]
veritable Coccayne ; resuscitated, as it)
were, from the grave for the b^^neflt of'
all good fellows. As the empire of
Coccayne advanced, savagery and bar-
barism retired, and civilization and
good. humour resumed their Jegiti-
mate ascendancy.

The empire of Coccayne tbeil Inl'-I
veiled west, end was long pre-erelBeot i
in France. France and ParU arc
lauded as the land of Coccayne in
numberless old songs, and the French
Were cutitlcd Coccain(<c3 par excel-
lence.

But tho empire nfCorauL'ni' diiT not
confine It-self to V< led

over to Great Biiltt! I, tt*

residence in London, wiiich has ^ong
apprrsprialrd thr ti^l(' In b.'r«iftlf, wjth

an:'

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bappilf on the natives of " the groat
metropolis," that nothing ^vou Id cod-
Bule Us for t}ie loss of it.

Now let us continn our statements
by a few autliorilics ; for we entirely
agree with our legal brethren, that
assertions arc not worth a crack with-
out confirmation anil proof to back
them withal! .

In Toone's Etymological Dictionary
(a very useful little book), we find the
following: "In a mock>heroic poem
in the Sicilian dialect, published at
Palermo 1674, a description is given
of Palina, as the Citta diCuccagna;
and Boileau calls Paris " un pais dc
coccaigne," representing it as a country
of dainties ; which seems to have been
the meaning of the word as understood
by the French. In England, no pre-
cise time can be ascertained as to its
first introduction. The earliest poem
in which it is mentioned is a very
ancient one in the Normnnnn-Saxun
dialect.

" Far In sea by West Spnyne
Ii a lond yhote Cocayng."

In a very curious poem called the
"Toumement of Tottenham," said to
be written in the reign of Rdward III.
the word Cokeney is used, but whether
as applied to a cook or a dish is a
matter of conjectaro ;

" At that feast thcj were lerred in rich

any,
Every five and five had a cokenay."

Which reminds us of the Welsh-
man's boast :

" Nine cooks at least in Wales one wed-
ding Beet."

la Nares'a Glossary are the follow-
ing remarks : " What this word Cock-
ney means, is well known — how it is
derived, there is much dispute. The
etymology seems most probable which
derives it from cookery, Le pais de
cocagne, in French, means a country
of good cheer ; in old French, coquaine.
Cocagna, in Italian, has the same
meaning. Both might be derived from
eoquina. This famous country, if it
could be found, is described as a re-
gion. ' where the hills were made of
sugar candy,' and the looves ran down
tlie hills crying ' come ent me I' "

It is spoken of by Balthazar Uoni-

faciut, who says, " Regio quiedam est,

quam Cucaoiam vocant ex abundantia

panis quicMca Illyricc Jicitur. "There

Gkht. Mao, \'ol, X,

is a certain region called Cdcngne,
from the abundance of bread, which
the illyrians denominate cuca, or cake,
In this place, he says, "rorabitbuc-
cri«, pluct pultibus, ningct Inganis, et
grandtnabit placentis:" which we thus
translate, — it rains puddings, drizzles
sausages, snows pancakes, and bails
apple-dumplings.

The Cockney spoken of by Shak-
speare seems to have been a cook, as
she was making a pie. " Cry to it,
nuncle, as the Cockney did to the eels
when she put them into the paste
alive." Yet it appears to denote mora
simplicity ; since the fool adds, " 'Twas
her brotlier that in pure kindnrss to
his horse buttered his hay." Some
lines in "Camden's Remains," seem
to make Cockney n name for London-
as welt as for its citizens.

In the " Cyclopedia Mctropolitana,"
wc find the following under the word.

" Dr. Thotnus Henshnw, sagaciously, os
he is wout, (Skinner observen,) ilerirea
Cockney from the French ncroqulni, to
wax lazy, become idle, and grow slolhfal
a» a beggar."

The passages brought in illustration
are these :

" And when this jftpe is told another dsy,
I shall be holdcn a ilatT cokanay ;
I will arise and auntre it, by my fay ;
Uuhardy is unscly, as men say."

" I s])cnk not in dispraise of tlir fal-
OOBs, but of theiu thnt keep them like
Cokcneys." Sir Tfiot. Elliot.

" Phillip he smiled in his sleefe^
And hopclh uiort' to smile,
Willing this Cockney to intrap
With this soiiiy merry wyle."

Dranl'i Horace,

" And with s valiant hand from off
m» ncfk his K'^rget tear,
Of that same Cockni« Phngian knight,
And drench in dust his hair."

PMatr. ^Uneidot.

" I meet with a di>"M ■ ^-■.«f of this
word Cockney, some

" 1st. Ono cooked •■■ ■!, made a

wanton or nrjitle-oock uf, delicately bred
and hrought up, lo thnt wlien grown men
or women, they I'sin tiidurti no hardship
nor comport with painstaking.

" '^ndly. flu* ulii'riy ij^uorant of bu9«
Landry and huuauwifery, such as is pnic«
tised in the country, no that they um.'^ W
persuaded »kV\'5VVv\% iX^^vi-X tmx^^ ^qpox-

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602

the tftle of the citiMo'd son, vfUo knew
not the lan({Ufli?e uf a cock, but called it
neifj/img, is romaionly known." Fuller' i
Worthiea.

" Some ogain are on the other extreme,
and draw lbi« mischief on their heaiU hy
'^h)0 cercmonioui and »trict diet, being
over precise, Cockney Uke, and curious in
their observation of meals." Burton's
Anat. (if Melancholy .

" Id these days," says old Mlnshew,
in his ftdmirnble dictionary, *' we may
change the term cocknaysinto Apricocks,
in l>nrin prttetjcia, for the suddenness of
their wits ; whereof cometU our English
word princockcs, for a ripe-headed young
boy."

To coocluile. the empire of Coccayne

[Dec<

has been extended even to Scotland]
for tlie land of Coccayne, and the laa
of Cakes, are es&entially and et\-ni(
logically the same. For cake is d<
rived from the Latin coqutre, and th
Teutonic kucftcn or kochen, to cool
How well Scotland is entitled to this h(
nourablc name, will be acknowlet
those who have tasted her hospit
So that they who are called Sal
because of their frequent deli^
wise saws, are no less entit
the luxurious appellation of Cocknet
The Scotchman, therefore, reserabh
Anacreou's grasshopper,

" Voluptuous, but wise withall,

Epicurean animal."

Covle/t TVoHf .

MANSION HOUSE OF BERWICK.MA\ ISTON, CO. SALOP.
nVith a Piatt.)

Mn. Ukbax, ShrewHburt/, Jnly 18.
THE accompanying sketch repre-
sents an ancient moated Mansion,
which formerly adorned the township
of Bcrwick-Maviaton, in the parish of
Atcham, in the county of Salop.
Shortly after the Conquest, this town-
ship formed one of the places of resi-
dence of the gallant and noble family
of Malvoisin ; and until nearly the
close of the last century it was a
place of some consequence, having no
less than four several mansions, besides
farm houses, within its precincts. It
was, however, the destiny of this
township to lose almost its entire
population ; and the Nf ansion House,
which forms the subject of the draw-
ing, was the last erection left standing
within a vicinage that had for centu-
ries been the rcf.idonce of families of
considerable fortune and distinction,
This lost remnant of a once happy
community of the olden time was de-
stroyed about forty years ago, and its
aile, together with the nppurtennnt
lands, was tlirown open to the ad-
joining park and pleasure-grounds
surrounding Attingham house, tluis
rendering this devoted township to
lud'cr the fate of that spot wuich
Juldsmith so touchingly describes in
lis poem of the Deserted Village.

Ucrwick-Maviston was situated be-
tween three and four miles south-east
>f Ibe town of Shrewsbury. It was
nan of iJie possessions ol l'.at\ Rojtt
(h Montgomery, from wViotu vt va?ii:<.\

soon after the conquest to Aielii
from him into the familyof Siat
This name, evidently Norman"
been variously spelt and pronoaoc
in succeeding ages, as Malvesyn,^ ~
vcysin,Mauvosin,Mauvesin,Mi "
Mausin, Mavistone, and fifty
ways. It has been stated that it w«s(
rived from a castle, or military t«^
situatcon the confines of the Gast
and it stands proudly conspictiC
the ancient French records, -whl
state that Sampson Mauveiain
Archbishop of Rheims, and Sir G«
Mauvoson fought under the bani
of Saint Louis against the Sarac
in Egypt. The head of this hoa»e
the eleventh century was that vener«
chief Raoiil Mauvusin, surnamed
Barbu. living in loso, attli
of Uosny ; his suds were )•
Hugh, and his grandson >\iiii.ii
who all fell in battle. The yout
branch, seated on the )"• -''■•• •■•' Mi
vGvsin-Berwick in Si rtc

lished there for sevcru -.,.!,.

were a knightly race during the reri
of our Henrys and Edward*.

In the reign of Henry tl
Stephen, Hugh Malvoysin !■
monastery of Blythbury in Statioi
shire, at iirsl intended as a dotil

" Tills *})|)i;ifs !ii lir nil lirvnliti/ fiL-tj^

Natnr.1 of ![:r

ir'nfHelt or :.
fJAXUtrtOU ttiiiiiuj, I Im- >iir/i\iin», lu 3Ia
NM*. N\«\v»i>tU«WV, tew. ^\wi ,

»
t

I

I

rnonastery, both for monka and nun?,
but which was afterwards for nuns
only ; and a long scries of decd:« rela-
tive to his descendants, who were of
Malvesyn-Kidwure, will be seen in
Shaw's History of that country, vol I.
Willinm iMalvoisia was Bishop of
Glasgow and Saint Andrew's, and
Peter, Bishop of Oasory. Sir Guy
Malvoisin occurs among the crusaders.
Peter and John died Governors of the
Castle of Oswestry in Shropshire,
which they held under the Baron
Marchers by the hardy tenure of Bor-
der service.

John Malveysin, the last of the line
of Berwick-Mftviston, who died with-
out issue, was killed at a hunting-
match with men of Shropshire, in the
immediate vicinity of the celebrated
mountain called the Wrekin, in the
reign of King Henry the Fourth -, and
Sir Robert, of the Mauvcsinc-Ridware
branch, died fighting for that king at
Battlefield, near Shrewsbury, in the
year 1403,

By the marriage of Edith, the daugh-

ter of Alan Malvoisin, and niece of
John who was slain at the Wrekin,
ihv lordship and estates at Bcrwick-
Maviston were carried into the family
of Wydecombe, or Whitcomb.of Somer-
setshire ; from whom a portion of it
passed in IGSQ to the family of Ham-
brook of Gloucestershire, and others.
This property has subsequently been
in the several possessions of the fami-
lies of Grant of BerwickMaviston,
Burton of Longner, Salop. Russell of
Berwick-Maviston, Calcott of Abbat's
Bellon, Salop, Blakeway of Cronkhill,
Salop, and others ; from whom the late
Noel Hill, esquire, who was elevated
to the peerage, and his eldest son, the
lale Thomas Noel, Lord Berwick, be-
came possessed, by purchase and ex-
change, of the lordship, and almost the
entirety of the lands within the town-
ship of Bcrwick-Mavision ; which
tciiitory now forms part of the exten-
sive domain of Attingham, the seat
and inheritance of the Right Honour-
able William Noel, Lord Berwick.

T. F. D.

I

ANECODTES OP CH.VTTERTON AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

h

Mr. Uun.\N, BiHttol.

1 HAVE read with great pleasure
the August communication from Corn-
wall, and think that Mr. Lc Grice
deserves the thanks of all those who
feel an interest iu the fame and the
fate of

"' A wrctrli o( promises and 1io[h>s.
A lioy of Icaminir, mid n bwa t>f tropes"

That 1 should be myself alive to all
that concerns him. will be readily un-
derstood when 1 inform you who your
new correspondent is. The unhappy,
but most highly talented youth has
been, during the last "0 years, so
mixed up with my ancestors, that the
names of Catcott, Smith, and Chatter-
ton will run inseparably down the
stream of time together. Under these
circumstances, probably, a few notices
concerning them ought to be left upon
record, especially since the names are
not quite unknown to Sylvanus Urban,
M a reference to your pages in 1778
will shew.

Sir, two of my paternal uncles were
his constant playmates ; llircc of ray
iiKitcriiftl iinrlps were t'^ry intimate
with hira ; and to thia list may be
lidded ao aunt and ■»}* own father.

Every one of these he by turns lattghed
at. ridiculed, censured, and with the
exception of the female, i-atiri^ed most
unmercifully, and abused most grossly.
I begin with ray aunt. She incurred
the boy's displeasure by one day taking
him to task, and giving him some good
advice. Chatterton revenged himself
by writing to her a scolding epistle —
this has long since been consigned to
" the tomb of all the C«piilcts " — but
inclosed was something else, which is
now at my eliiow. It is her coat of arms,
surrounded by a garter, which garter
is surmounted by a queer-looking
flower, tinted gules, with a scroll over
it, and the words " The rose of virgi-
nity." For, Sir, ray aunt Martha was
one of those pious and wise women
ycleppcd old maids. She told me that
" young Chattcrton was a sad wag of
a boy, and always upon some joke or
another."

.Mexander Catcott was the son of
the many-years master of the gram-
mar-school in Bristol. Ho was one
of the best Hebrew scholars in hia
time, and otherwise a man of great
learning. He was amongst the Cvtt.\.

ib

€04

CJmtterton and his Aaiociates.

[Dec.

now called Geology. In the year 1"50
he explored the antediluvian caves of
Banwell, a village in Somersetshire,
about 16 miles from hence, and brought
away the bones and teeth of hytenas
and 30 forth. In short, he was the
Buckland of the day. Ail these fossil
remains are now in our City Library.
Also, the whole Hutchinsonian Philo>
sophy question, together with his His-
tory of the Deluge, the object of which
was to prove that the Mosaic account
of that event was true. After slum-
bering in dust upon the shelves of the
Bibliomanist for many years, the lat-
ter is now in great request^ being
" very scarce." The former yet re-
mains in a state of profound qut-
esccDcc.

I'he maJ genius writes,
" Rcfunii yuur mantiens, iiid with solemn sir
Hear Catc'utt brsy, uid Robiiw squ««k, in
lirayer."

Again,

" Thin tnitli, tbis migrhty truth, if truth can

Kliinr
In tbc sninoth poliHlt of a labourc-tl llnt>,
i'jitrott by 4ad txperienre tpstiric^l
And nliii shali tL-ll AJUtble |)ripat la- Iir-!i7
Hreil 111 the juitclinc of a siieci(Hi» bauitl,
Vri^ibvitinnU'il to adoru the lam),
Tllr »Hfl.\H Calrott ri|«ir*i lo « iiripHt,
And weir* rdr mMc livery of tlu- Uw^t j
My liirtli to projiulii-'P amt whim allied.
And Iicavy' with hereditary pride,
He imiitdird jili^vfiirr by li fiissCI rule,
And NiKMit lii^i youth tu iirovt: ]iini»i-lf * fuiil '."

A(;ain,
" If Ualrntl's flimsy system c»ii't be pnived.
Lei it nloiit — for Oitcolt'a miicli Itelovcil."

In fact, Cliattcrlon was vain of his
acquaintance with him, boasted that
he had " access whenever he pleased
to the parson's study," which he con-
sidered to be n feather in his caji. This
I know to have been somewhat bcyoiiii
the right reaJing; but Mr. Catcott,
having proved his love for the Muses,
by a metrical translation of the Books
of Job and Isaiah, could not but ad-
mire the genius and prccucious talents
of the youth, however he might censure
his conduct. Hvsidcs, RedclilF and
Temple parishes adjoin each other, and
the proximity of the parsonage-house
of the latlrr to the Pile -street school,
whercChatteitun resided, might throw
thctn often into contact. Mr. Catcott
died in 1779.

Mr. George Symes Catcott was the
person who inquired at lludhall's
priiiting-odice, in Ortobci, 17lJ8, rc-
apecting " Dunhilmus Bristoliensia,"
the title aasuiDcd by the person who

left " the description of the Mayor
passing over the Old Bridge;"
thus was ferreted out Chatterton, I
justbeyond 15 ! An acquaintance <
soon scraped, and frooi the latter
former recfived the exquisitely beaq
tiful " Ode to tlla;" the tragedy
Ella ; the Death of Sir Charles Bai
din, or the Brystowe Tragedy ;
Battle of Hastings, and other pie
All which, seven years after Chatt
ton's death, Mr. Catcutt sold for 50
to Payne and Son, the Loudon book
sellers. There is no memorandu
extant of the moneys which Chatter^
ton had of Mr. Catcott, but the fol-
lowing is now before me, in the poet'f
autograph ; —
Mr. George Catcott,

Dr. To the Executors cif Rowl
To pleti.sure received ia perusing

his Historic Works jfS &

Do. to his Poetic Works S &

£\\) 10

This does not wear the look of mone;^
for a purchase, but a bold-faced meaosj
of obtaining a gratuity.

Mr. Catcott uufurtunalely joined
the pewlcr trade one Bcrgum,
was by him robbed of bis all, 3i
fiergum was a presumptuous, vulgaTi
ignivrant fellow, who boasted of
ancestry. Chatterton saw this w&
point, and brought liim a copy-bO'
filled with the pedigree of the
Burghams, who came over with Rol
Duke of Normandy. In it the famd
was traced, with their several shiel
and armorial bearings, down to thi
Pcwterer of Bristol. He had the m
desty to take it, and give in xc
five shillings.

In " the Will" the youth alludes
this :—

" Gods' whst would I)ur«runi g-ive t* jrrt

nimo,
And .-^nntrb bis l>hiudcrinj( dialect from •biuiwj
Whnt « iPiild he (five to bund his mecnorv d<
To time's remoteiit iMuiidary ? — ■ Crom'n r
Woald you uk more, hiii swellinit fikce I'

blue,

Futurity be rstcs nt two |K>aiid two!
Wetl, Hurjrum— take thy Isurcl to thy brow,
With a rich saddle decorate • t«w ■"

The De Berghara pedigree was pur
chased by Mr. Joseph Cottle of tbit
city from the family for five guine.
and is in his possession at tbis m<
inent.

I may. perhaps, be pardoned A
tacking on an anecdote respecting this

fofl

1838.]

Chalterton and his Asiociates,

book. One eveuing it was shewn to
Samuel Ireland, the personwho palmed
upon the public " the tragedy of Vor-
tigern and Rowena," which he asserted
to be in Shakspeare'a own handwrit-
ing, See Gent. Mag. 1796 and ?. Ire-
land admired the fabrication of the Dc
Bergham progeny, and, at the request
of Mr. Cottle, wrote on a vacant leaf
fac-similes of all the various ways in
which good Queen BesH and Will
Sbakspeare have autographed their
names. This book will for ever re-
main a great curiosity.

But to return to Mr. Cotcolt. The
fame of Rowley had been reflected
upon "his Midwife," OS my uncle was
nicknamed, and it was supposed that
he must be " a most learned Theban;"
which was a great mi&tAke, for he had
" small Latin and no Greek ;" in fact,
he was nutliing more than a simple,
plain, single-hearted, honest man —
too simple, indeed, or he would not
have fallen into the snare spread for
him, and for his Chattertonian ma-
nuscripts, by the Rev. Herbert Croft
shameful transaction), afterwards
ID ably exposed by Dr. Robert Southey
Ithe I.aurcate (see Monthly Mag. Oct.
L1799). That Mr. Catcott should not
a great scholar was n matter of
rooderment to many strangers, who
: in shoals to see bim and his
ipers. Amongst these were the fol-
)wing persons, and with the greater
[part of them he corresponded upon the
ibject when the controversy began : —
r. Samuel Johnson, Oliver Gold-
lith. Thomas Tyrwhitt, Dr. Glynn,
)avjd Garrick, Lord Charlcmont, Dr.
'ry. Dr. Woodward, Rev. Herbert
pCroft, Jacob Bryant, Thoma* Warton,
~i;remiah Milles, Dean of Exeter and
{President of the Anticjuarian Society,
Villiam Ma<son the poet, Bishop Percy,
[ Dacre, Dr. Gregory, and others.
Catcott having copied all their
etters and hi:j answers, the book now
ss upon my table, and is a valuable
iTclic. 1 have some of the originals,
fibut the greatest part is destroyed.

Chattcrton's Will, dated April 14,
1 1770, the original nf which is deposited
the Bristol Institution, has these
ines r —

' Citrntt, fhrthrc, 1 fcnftw ihv hwiTt 1« MOd,

P • :■,.!;

'>itb
k.

_Tli! fiii-i.iKlini II' wr muM tic <li ar lo IU«,

ftiu'te all I *ui is iii>pos)tc to tbec !

If ever o»)lifratril to lliy parse,

Rowley disrhnr^M all, nay Orel, chief cnmt."

And so on.

Mr. Catcott desired him to writ
n|)on Happiness, which he did in 1770.'
This is what he says of his patron : —

" Catcot! 13 very fond of talk and fftine,
llifr wi»li n iH-nx'tuity of nnnie \

\MiL, i, I., iir.i. in,- « iM-ul.-r allar'l nXBdc

'I ira.U-;

li If lo tiend,

'I . I '

Ii ,f>

I iu \iew.

li . -| .'-IIS canipl«i(l;

Ulerual ituwv uii ovkI limliea brAt t

Ride finir-inched bridirrs — iJuuiUmI turrot

rliinli,
.\ml bravely die, to live in »fr?r time I
Horrid ide» '—iron rolls orfAiiir
The mciitielh f ■'•'■"' ■•■■!' 'Wii'!" ■.-•iiiel
LniiotirmI Ihii .ff,

H« left liis diii

'Mien wl>at«v.ii,. .i ,.,, pain,

Tliy Imnrli-pjoviiktii. m-vaiii.

Oil iiiairiuiuiiial p<'\> ' iiid,

llaniuicr with all lu. ;um<. ...ou canst roa

inand ;
Stam|) tby whole ^vlf. original As 'tui,
And pro[iajralr thy whimsio!*, u«m«, and ph
Tlicn,wlicii the lutti-hiiK Mpiri-» or rhiiiitiii.-3l'i
A C-atrott t>li;ill reiuaiii, admired liy all?"

Many passages in the above lines n
late to the strange and moat eccentr
history of Mr. Catcott. He died
1802.

William Bradford Smith was Chat
terton's bosom friend ; in fact, tb(
were birds of a feather. He waa tt
person to whom Chatterton addresse
the letter commencing" Infallible Doc
tor." Me was not a medical mai
but, after various vicissitudes of for
tune, went upon the singe, and wrol
verses in torrents dailv, to within
few hours of his dcatfi. which haj
pened only three years ago. He h
once a quantity of the youth's nutc
graphs, but he gave them away or lot
tJtem.

To the last he never would believe
that Chatterton was the author of
" the Poems." I have often talked
with him upon the subject. " What
Sir ! (he would say) he write Rowlei
No ! no ! no ! I knew him well — I
was a clever fellow, but he could n(
write Rowley — there was a my.stei
about the I'ocras beyond me — but To(
no more wrote them than 1 did — I
cou]<lnot!" Such was the undeviating
opinion of his everyday companion.

Mr. Le Grice is tight in bis conjee
lures as to the signature — Flasm<
Eychaoritt. It is clearly an anagrui
of Thomas Chatterton. and the wa&<]
only w Vb«X \\. ^A -owV >» «kwi«.

Cfiaiterion and his Associates.

[Dec.

Southey and Cottle. Chatlertoti'a
autograph is gone ; liUt tn v uncle's copy
lies before me. and he has made the
H so like to the letters Fl, that 1 do
not wonder at the error of the compo-
sitor, and so again of the other mis-
prints,

Peter Smith was another 6011 com-
pagnon. and incurred, by his irregu-
lariticB with Chattcrton, the displea-
sure of hia father, so that he was most
severely lectured j of which such was
the effect, that he retired to his cham-
ber, and set to his associate an exam-
ple that was but too sooa followed.

Richard Smith was ray father, a
gentleman of great abilities, who died
the senior surgeon of the Bristol Infir-
mary IQ 1791, universaliy respected,
beloved, and regretted by thewbolccity.
At first, Chatterton and himself were
good friends, but the unhappy aOatr
of his brother Peter estranged them,
as Mr. Smith attributed the wretched
catastrophe to cod genial opinions in
morals and religion.

Scattered about his works. Chatter-
ton every here and there casts a sneer
at him. In a piece called "The Ex-
htbition," a poem consisting of 441
Imes, Mr. Smith is the prime mover.
To show with what rapidity the youth
wrote, 1 mention that lie dates the first
line on the Istof May, and the last
line on the 3rd, 1770 ! ' The subject of
the satire is a frail professional bro-
ther, who was guilty of a misdemea-
nor, for which Mr'. Smith arraigns
him before all the physicians and sur-
geons of the day. It is filled with
personal satire and abuse, in which
the clergy partake largely; many of
the lines, however, breathe all the tire
of the author, and, to use Macbeth's
term. " their spirits shine through
them."

In the exordium or invocation Chat-
terton writes : —
"With honest jndifrivalioii iioMy fill
My enprifelir, my revi-nircfiil nuill ;
Let iiii? in iirrijns which heaven ilsrlf indites,
Display the Rascals," 8;c.

Then he goes on —

" FlyinK on silken wiiiea of dusVy icroy,
TlM'VoolinK Kvt-ninsclcsM » K«llr>' *^Yi
Thr ('it w»lkM nut 10 Arno's dtisty vale.
To laVp Ji 4mBck at I'olitics anri \Ic [Town,
Whilst roi-kM in clumsy IAmii-Ii aliout tin-
The prtidpiil Mayor jof^yr'd his diuntT down !"

» « • •

"Smith w«a deimteU, in his arrrnt freai,
Her idclfahip's Kmluissador ot state.

^LHerl

To brins: the Tulprit to thr> l)«r—
Tlie founrd met, Im-IioUI I he Pris'ner stand
111 all the lla■n•or^ of the Ptrctcli'd-nut hand.
Still silenre rcicn*— whpii [iratiiiK 8inith be-
To Uy down all hin cataltMriip of sins." [fins
« ♦ • «

He addresses this to the Surgeons :
" Ye Children of Corruption, who are fed
tin the irM)il fnrtunr uf a broken lipad,
\Vhii!<e rents sre in the Stews, »nd never fail,
Ah all your tenemriit* are flx'il in tail ;
Who live IiuEuriant on a rotten shin,
And, like the Devil's kinpUiin, thrive l>y sin;
To vmi, ye suns of lorineiit, I commend
PntleiMc and viarilancc. —

* •• • •

He ended, mnrl. as usual in his way,
Could in his louif oration nothinR i«y {
Hiuptv, and i^it^out iiipnnin^i;, be disptay'd,
Hi's f'tre's lo^iuacily in his diplayM."

The piece closes thus —

" He eniled! ami a jiivirmcr of applanse [jaws.
I)rrii>t from eaeh Careass-Butrher's rotten
All the riniBh itbiik to nurriry were inrlin'd ;
For now the rlock siruck tlirec— and none had
din'dl"

Mr. Le Grice will be pleased to hear,
that that which is with him only a
rumour, is with us a certainly. Nearly
a hundred pounds have been sub*
scribed for a monument, but as the
coat must be cut according to the
cloth, any one who may be pleased to
Lelp on the matter will be good enough
to favour us with a donation paid at
Messrs. Grote, i'rescott, and Co. to
the credit of Charles Bowles Fripp.
Esq. of this cit)', through whose per-
severing indefatigable exertions the
measure is accomplished. I mention,
too, with satisfaction, that the monu-
meul will be erected at no great dis-
tance from the mutttment-tower of
Saint Mary lledcliff, where the eyes
of the wonderful boy were first cast
upon the triple -locked iron -bound
chest, containing certainly valuable do-
cuments, although probably no poetry.
I have a full recollection of the plea-
sure with which I inyaeif contem-
plated " the pttudcrous and wooden
jaws " of the chest, when about six-
teen years of age. Some remains arc
yet in the room, but the " relic ma-
nia" has carried off the locks and
chips of the wood in abundance.

Now for Mr. Le Grice's postcript.
A friend of mine gave himself great
trouble in endeavouring to find out
the residence of Mrs. Angel, but wilh-
t^ut success ; my uucle's letter to him,
and (."hattcrton's autograph answer,
are lioth btforc me; the former doea
not give the number of the house.

I

1838.]

The assumid Portrait of Chulierion.

and is in all respects as prioted, ex-
cept a " Post paid Ad." The rumour
respecting the removal of the body 1
consider to be quite apocryphal ; cer-
tainly there is no memorial in Red-
cliff churchyard ; and it is unlikely
that, after incurring the expenses of
a removal, the parties should have
neglected to mark the spot, or to
write a notice in the newspapers of
the day.

Now, Mr. Urban, for one point
more, and I have done : your Cornwall
correspondent is glad to see the Por-
trait of Cbatterton, and promises to
moke some remarks. I think it a duty
therefore at once to put this matter
to rights, least my silence may lead
that gentleman, and perhaps others,
into a useless expenditure of time and
talent. Hearing of the forthcoming
portrait, and that it was in the hands
of Mr. Branwhite> who was making a
Bmall copy for the engraver, I called
upon him in an eager fit of curiosity.
That gentleman is an artist of first-rate
talent, and he has executed his work
in the same admirable style in which
he finishes all that he undertakes. I
was shown the painting, and deter-
mined to know, if possible, upon what
grounds the authenticity was proved :
the following is the result, being an
answer to an inquiry : —

" Sugar Houte, Back-9treet,
Nov. 23rd, 1837.
" My dear xMillcr,
" For a wonder, I did not come to
town yesterday, or I would have re-
plied to your note by the bearer. You
therein ask me to state what I know
concerning the Portrait of Chatterton
lately published by Mr. Dix ; I will
tell you. About twenty. five years ago,
I became impressed with the notion
that I had a taste for pictures, and
fancied, like all so impressed, that 1
had only to rummage brokers' shops
to possess myself of gems and hidden
treasures witliout number ; which illu-
sion a little practical knowledge soon

" dismissed with costs." It happened |
that a gentleman in whose house I
then resided, being at that time a
bachelor, became also touched withj
the same mania, and in one of his '
peregrinations picked up the pictnreJ
you mention of a broker in CastleJ
Ditch, at a house now the Castle and
Hall Tavern. The broker's name wosi
Beer ; at the back of the portrait was
written with a brush — " F. Morris^
aged 13," as well as I can recollect.
The gentleman who purchased it, in
a playful mood said, " This portrait
will do for Chatterton," and imme-
diately placed the name of Chatterton
over that of F. Morris ; what became
of it afterwards, or how it came into
the hands of the present possessor, I
am quite ignorant of. While in the
hands of the gentleman above men-
tioned, I showed it to Mr. Stewart
the portrait- painter, who recognisc4J
it at once as the portrait of youngl
Morris, the son of Morris the portrait-
painter. This is all I know, and you
are at liberty to make what use you '
please of it.

" I am yours truly, Geo. Burqe.

Mr. Miller sent the above to thai
Rev. John Eagles, who gave the letter '
to mc.

The boy of the picture has on a
scarlet coat, which struck me at the
time as rather odd and improbable.

The authenticity of the picture I now
leave to the judgment of the reader;
but it is needful for rne to add that
I am quite satisfied that the owner
would never knowingly favour any-
thing deceitful or untiue, being one of
the most liberal-minded and honour-
able men in this city. Indeed I know
of no one to whom wo are so much
indebted for the preservation of count-
less quantities of every thing which
concerns Bristol, both ancient and
modern; the gentleman's name is
Braikenridge.

Yours, &c. RicHABD Smith.

39, Park Sireft, Brislol.

CORRESPONDENCE OP WALTER MOYLE, Euq. No. IV.

No. 8. Oh a rrmarkabU pattaf/e in
Fhnm, L, 3. c. 5.

Mi\ Aloylv to Mr. King.

I HAVE three editions of Flnrus :
Mad. Dacier and old Klzevir read the

Sassage Sub aurto vitetn ecelo.* But I
nd by the various readings at the endj
of old Elzevir that all the MS.S. awl
an old edition of mine, have v^ &»

JMfa

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niirw> uti ca-lo Cone excepted, which for
calo reads «rrr/o). This rending Vob-
siua elefends in his notes on Ciilullus,
p. 199, 200. I am not of his ojiinion,
and I will give my reasons. In the first
place, I query whether the reading of
Vossins be Latin ; but, allowing it to
be 80, 1 am eurc it is a flat and ob-
scure expression, unworthy of Florus,
who, though he wants the purity of
the Augustan age, is remarkable
throughout for spirit and perspicuity.
Secondly, Vossius, in his notes upon
it, supposes that this nur^nm etelnm.
or titis, which, says he, covered the
sanctum sanctorum, \vas tlie very
same meant bv Josephua and Strabo
(Ant. 14, 5.). 'by Pliny (L. 87- c 2.),
to -whom I may add Seneca (Ep. 4.),
and which was carried to Rome by
Porapey. But this is certainly a mis-
take ; for, first, ho%v couW f'ompcy
see that in the temple which Jusephus
and Strabo expressly say was sent to
him while he was in Ccclo-Syrin, be-
fore his arrival at Jerusalem? And 1
think Jusephus is an authority beyond
exception in all matters thait relate to
his own country; nor can I believe it
was kept in the sanctum sanctorum ;
for all authors agree that nothing was
there after the captivity. Josephua
positively affirms that t)icre was
nothing in it in his time <]Je)l. Jud.
L. 6. c. 14) } for you know the conse-
crated vessels were lodged in the sanc-
tum, or outerlemplc. Vossius, indeed,
says it was there, not as a donarium,
but as the cover or roof of the sanctum
sanctorum, which (says hcj waa per-
forated to iidniit the light i and, after
its removal, the temple lay open to
the air. Thid ia a strange conceit ;
and the contrary can be so plainly
proved from Josephua and other
writers, that I wonder a man of his
wit and learning would advance such
a paradox, on no better authority
than Dio Cassius, a heathen writer,
who lived a hundred years after the
destruction of the temple. 1 don 't
believe this anrea vifis, which Vossius
means, was ever in any part of the
temple. Jusephus saya nothing of it,
and plainly says it was adorned with
the tigurcs of animals — a thing ex-
pressly forbidden by the Jewish Law,
and would not have been borne by
that rigid and pharisaical age. It ia
in vain to urge the example of Solo-

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mon's twelve oxea under the brazen
sea; for the Jews, and Josephus in
particular, condemned that practice —
witness Herod's golden eagle over the
temple, which the Jews pulled down.
Much less, had it been the roof of the
sanctum sanctorum, would Aristobulus
have been guilty of such a aacrilcge
as to remove it I believe Vosaius's
vine was made by Alexander, father
of Aristobulus. for an ornament of his
palace, not of the temple.

If Pompey saw this aureum ccelum
in the temple, as Florus says he did.
what becomes of the authoiity of Jo-
sephus, who says (Ant. 14. 8. B. I.
1. 5.) that Pompey took nothing out
of the temple f The same ia affirmed
by Cicero c. 28 (Pro Flacco), and if
this had been the same vine which
Pompey carted away and afterwards
dedicated in the capito!, 'tis strange
that Florus had not given us a hint of
it by adding ifcvm abduxit, transtuUt,
or the like.

1 will not conceal two aotljoritlea
which contradict what I have said.
T^he first is Eusebiusin hisChronicon,
who says that Pompey plundered the
temple : but Scaliger says the words
were added by an ignorant hand, for
tlie sense is entire without them ;
and Jerome, bis translator, takes no
notice of them in his version. The
other is the nameless autlior of the
En-cro^i; \pova>i', printed with Euse-
bius, who says that Pompey, among
other things, carried away tJic golden
vine. But this writer is of a late date,
and not worthy to he set into compe-
tition with the authority of Josephus
and Cicero. I have done with Vossius,
whose chief fault is hii confounding
the vino which Aristobulus gave to
Pompey with that which Pompey
saw, and (I believe) left behind him in
the temple,

Capctlus, whose opinion Mad.
Dacier espouses, (and is ho fond of that
she mentions no other,) reads it as it
is in the printed edition, tvb avreo vi-
fem ccela ; but, instead of untying the
knot, he cuts it. " Florus," says he,
" having heard that Pompey dedicated
a golden vine in the capitol, and that
he had likewise entered the sanctum
sanctorum, without more inquiry
concluded he took it ttience, and
(withait) imagined this was the great
arcanum of the Jewsj because found

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in that place ; and Capellus must, of
course, believe Pompey saw uo vine at
all in the temple." But 1 am not of
this opinion. 'Tis true I approve that
reading ; but I think Fiorus and Jo.
sephua may well enough be reconciled ;
for I believe there was a vine in the
temple, which Pompey saw, and
which was not the same with that of
Aristobulus, which I have already
proved he never saw in the temple,
nor indeed was it ever there.

1 . Tacitus says there was a vine of
gold found in the temple, i. e. by Pom-
pey, for Titus found none there. Tis
true there was a golden vine in the
teeople at the beginning of the siege,
of most exquisite workmanship and
infinite value, the clusters being as
long as a man. But had this been
found by Titus, no doubt Josephus
would have mentioned it among the
other ornaments of the temple borne
in triumph by Vespasian ; but it is
probable this vine was destroyed be-
fore Titus entered the temple, for it
might be embezzled by the zealots
during the siege. So that, upon the
whole matter, I believe Tacitus is to
be understood of Pompey. and not
Titus.

2. This famous vine just now 5|>okea
of, Josephus mentions (Ant. V. 14),
and B. J. (VI. 6), where he says it
hung over the gate, under the porch
or cupola that led to the first temple.
This exactly agrees with the fliirettia
cceluTu of Klorus, which (I think) sig-
nifies nothing but a hollow arch or
cupola overlaid with gold aa that was :
for thence probably comes the English
word ceiling, if you think eaio won't
bear that sense, by a slight correction
you may read tholo, which certainly
expresses it. Mod. Dacier will have
cowM signify a canopy ; which, in-
deed, is no ill !iense.*

Perhaps you'll object that the ■vine
described by Josephus was in the
third temple; and it might have been
in the second too; for were not the

• In Moylc's Poet. Works, Vol, I.
p. 211. is a letter to Dr. W. Musgmveon
the meaning of I be word " Aureus," as
used by tlie old Roman writers, followed
hj another (p. JIS) on the subject of a
dispute between his corrcspundeul and
" Cuperus," vhethet the Roman cajoles
were of massy guld or plated over.

Gif.vr, A/,i(.. I or. X.

vessels of the first temple used in the
second when it wa.s built } Besides,
Josephus mentions more vines than
one in the same place, and it is very
probable that one of tliem was taken
from the old temple ; for I am sure
that golden vines were common orna-
ments of the old temple : — witness
Ptolemy's table, which Josephus says
was encompas.ed round with the
golden vine. And the reason was
plain ; for the Jews being forbidden
by their law to use statues or images,
which were the chief ornaments of the
Heathen temples, strove to supply
that defect by figures of trees, fruits,
and plants. There remains nothing
more to add, but where lay the great
arcanum or mystery of this vine.
Tacitus, when he says that some
people thought this vine a symbol or
emblem of Bacchus, and from thence
concluded that Bacchus was the god
worshipped in the temple (Hist. Lib. S.
c. 5). Plutarch thought so likewise
(Symp. B. 4. Proli. 5). 'Tis pity the
piece is not entire ; otherwise the
golden vine would have been urged by
him as a proof of it. Juvenal (Sat. 6.
543.) makes the vine the god of the
Jews • Magnte Sacerdos Arboris, i. e.
Aurcae vitia, says Vossius, which is,
whether it be true or not, a most in-
genious remark. So much for this
subject.

Sir, I have sent you my thoughts
upon this subject with no other de-
sign but to engage you, in return, to
communicate yours with the opinion
of other critics upon it. 1 have seen
no other notes upon it but Mad.
Docier'sand Vossius's. Want of books
has made me too short in some of my
remarks, and in others has, perhaps,
made mc say what very pfobably had
been observed by others, which I hope
your canUcior and ingenuity will over-
look. I am your friend and humble
servant, W. M.

To Rich. King, Btq.'f al Ejceter, Devon.

No. 9. Mr. King to Mr. Moj/le.
{In ttHneer to the tatt.)

Sir, — I thank you for your learned
and ingenious letter, and am always
obliged to my friends when they are
pleased to correct my mistakes ; and I

t It appears that Mt. K.vq% Nai^. -aaiw
)«t taken oT&eT«.

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hope you wiH pardon me for Inliing
the aame liberty — " Hanc vcniara pe-
timusq. dainusq. vLciasim."

Grsevius, in his reading aureo velo,
U DO doubt miiUken ; for the veil of
the temple had no gold id it (2 Chr.
iii. 14. Ex, xxvi. Joseph. B.J. 6. 14.)
As for the ark ami cherubim, they
were destroyed, as all writers agree,
in the general ruin of the temple, by
Nebuchadnezzar.

Before I proceed further, give me
leave to take nivtice of a little slip of
your memory in a jjoiot of chronology.
You say that Ilerud waa born at least
twenty years after Pompey took the
temple; whereas <jn(lec<i) he was born
ten years before, which I prove thus :
Jerasalem taken by Pompey, A.U.C.
690 (Cicero & Ant. Cois. Jos. Ant.
14-16.) ; Herod made Kinp, 713
(Calv. & Asia. Cons. Ant. 14. 26.) ;
lived 37 years after, died 749 (Ant.
17-16. B. J. 1. 31.); and, Ijeins; seventy
at his death (Ant. 17. 8. B. J. 1. 31).
was born ten years before, i. e. 679-

III the next place 1 shall propose
some objections against Mr. Selden'a
sense and reading, and answer yours
again&t the vulgar. I must frankly
own that the reason why I dislike
the MS. reading is, because I cannot
construe it. What does the word
Kii signify in that place .> You pro-
duce n parallel place out of Horace,
Lib. 1. Od. 1'). But, under favour,
uti in Horace is an adverb of likeness,
or comparison, as tauijtmm, Vflut, &c.
and I appeal to your second thoughts
whether the word can possibly bear
that sense, as it is suppostd to stand im
Florus ? Is there the least appearance
of a comparison in the whole sen-
tence.' If there is, I would desire to
know what 'are the two things com-
pared.

This word is frequently used by the
best writers, and in several senses ;
but none that 1 can moet with can
agree with this passage. In Mr.
Selden's sense it is a downright useless
expletive, without any meaning at all ;
for it neitheradds force to the thought,
perspicuity to the sense, nor elegance
to the expression. If Selden's inter-
pretation be the true one, I believe the
■whole ought to be reatl and pointed
thus : — '■ Kt vidit illud graade impiae
gentis arcanum, patens, sub aureo iat^

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cvW;" which is plain Latin, and
wants no comment-

But I dislike bis sense as mach at

his rending, for this following reason.
He supposes cuelum to be the same with
the oi'pavor.or ovponatof, of the Greek*
— an ornament used by Eastern princes,
which was part of the furniture of
their presence- room, and a thing dis-
tinct from the roof, and was, indeed,
nothing else but a pavilion or canopy
of state, made in the shape of a cu-
pola. (Sec Casaubon on Athenieus.
V. 6. Hesych. in ovpav<^.) But there
was no such ornament in the sanctum
sanctorum, as appears by the silence
of alt the Jewish writers, and the di-
rect tesLimony of Joscphus, who af-
firms, in express words, that ihcr©
was nothing at all in the sanctum
sanctorum (Bell. Jud. L. 6. c. 6.)

As for the vulgar reading, yon re-
ject it on the sole credit of the MSS;
but pray consider how little difference
there is in the two readings, and how
easily ii'/em might be corrupted into
«li : for I suppose w7em, or t'tViw, was,
in the MSS. written thus, viti, and the
copier, not minding the mark of ab-
breviation, changed it into vti.

As for your first objection against
my explanation, viz. " How can that
be called a secret which always stood
exposed to public view i" I might
answer, though the vine itself stood ia
view, yet the mystical meaning, or the
thing represented by it, might never-
theless be a secret to tlie multitude.
But I can give a more direct answer.
It was not exposed to public view:
for none but the priests were ever suf-
fered to pass further than the court of
Israel, much less were they admitted
into llie porch. The kings tliemselve*
were denied the entrance (Joa. Ant.
L. 14. c. 14) ; nor were they admit-
ted to view at a distance the ceremooies
used by the priests in their religious
solemnities ; of which there is a re-
markable instance in Jos. Ant, L. 30.
c. 7. whose single testimony, with me,
weighs more than all the reasons
which can be produced to the con-
trary. But there is no necessity to
understand the words of Florus in so
strict and rigorous a sense, as if th«
vine were the secret to the Jews, It
is enough to my purpose if the tite of
it were concealed from the Gentiles,

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03 it most certiiioly was ; they being
admitted no further thnn the outer
court of all. out of which our Saviour
whipped the buyers and sellers, aud
being forbidden by an inscription set
op on purpose to enter further.

You are pleaaed to add that nothing
in the Manc/um was a secret. If yon
mean the people were admitted there,
what I have said before is a sufficient
answer. If you mean they knew
what was there by cominon fame and
the report of the priests, yonr argu-
ment will turn upon you ; for, at that
rate, nothing in the sanctum saoctorum
itself was a secret, and consequently
Florus could not have styled it the
Grande Arcanunt ; for it is certain that
all the Jews knew, as well as the
High Priest, what was contained
there ; the Scripture and other writers
having informed thcni.

Your nent objection is, that there
waa no vine in the second temple. I
foresaw that objection, ond tried to
obviate it in my former letter, and will
now answer your arguments to the
contrary. Your first is drawn from
the silence of the Jewish writers con-
cerning the vine of the second temple,
though they have at large described
that of the third, which indeed is the
true reason why they make no men-
tion of the vine of the second temple ;
because, in describing the ornaments
of the third, they actually described
those of the second likewise ; for
Herod's temple was, as all the Jewish
writers allow, a perfect imitation of
Zorobabel's, which must be under-
stood of the model, the fashion, and
the ornaments, for it exceeded it in
dimensions, insomuch as it seemed
rather the old temple repaired than a
new one erected. This tlic Christian
writers roust also allow ; otherwise,
what becomes of Haggai's prophecy,
that the Messiah should appear under
the second temple ? From whence it
may naturally be inferred, that the
vine of the third temple was either the
same with that which I suppose to
have been in the second, or at least an
imitation of it; either of which will
suit my purpose.

For the authority of Tacitus, you
answer that he is to be undeistood of
Titus, not Pompcy ; and to the argu-
ment I urged to the contrary from the
aiknce of Jooephus, who makes no

mention of it among the other oraa-
mcnts of the temple borne in triumph
by Vespasian, you say that the vine
was too large to becorried in triumph.
But, with submission, I think, the
larger the vine, the fitter for such a
solemnity. They wanted neither hands
nor instruments to have conveyed it.
Aristobulus's vine was every whit as
large ; for it weighed 500 talents, or
30.0001b. weight English. Yet Pom-
pey made a shift to carry it in triumph,
as Pliny assures us (Lib. 37. c. 2).

I shall only add one testimony
more, that there was a vine in the
second temple; and that is the name-
less author of the Fasti Siculi, collected
(OS Scaliger supposes) from the writ-
ings of Eusebius and Africonus. This
author expressly affirms it.

[N. B. There arc several things
hinted at as contained in the letter
here answered, not to be found in the
forcj^oing, which is, perhaps, but the
original draft, or a very imperfect
co|)y ; unless this is rather an answer
to a second letter not preserved.]

Noie. — The reading " uti " is retained
by Dnkcr In his edition of Florus, with a
note ill jusfifimtion of it* retention. (See
Florus Dukeri, Lib 3. c. 5. ». 30.) The
entire passage is, " llierosolymam defen-
dere tenlaveruut Judwi. Verom banc
(jucxiue iutnivit, et vidit illud grande
impin epentis arcanum patens, tub aureo
vti cah."

-, ,T Hlnchetter,

Mb. UHBAt<r, Q^f ,5

THE extensive labour in the for-
mation of the London and Southomp-
ton Railway being now so nearly
completed here as to preclude the hope
of further Roman discoveries, I am
induced to communicate to you some
particulars of those which have come
within my observation. I cannot,
however, avoid expressing ray regret,
that no person of ability and ex|>erience
in antiquarian pursuits had given his
attention from the commencement ;
for. although the hurry and confusion
attending a work of this ma(;nitude,
render accurate examination scarcely
possible, yet, I think, his zeal might
have been much gratifi<;d, and some
valuable information ob'.ained, con-
tributing essentially to a correct know-
Irdj^e of the ancient topography uf thia
interesting portion of our taU\uh«k

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The present Rotnaey turnpike is de-
scribed by MiLncr, in his History of
Winchester, as the Roman road to Old
Sarum, through the intenm-diate sta-
tion at Brou^^hton, — ooe of those
firm, straight roads, still remaining to
attest the genius and magovficcnce
of that powerful nation ; in forming
•which, tneir soldiery were employed
to enure them to toil and hardship.

Distiivguished as ihere is every
reason to believe tfat^^ city was, it can
scarcely be matter of surprise, that in
the vicinity of this road, many re-
mains of the lloman era should be
discovered.

Along the whole distance in front
of the King's house (now the bar-
racks), little was seen requiring par-
ticular notice, with (he exception of
the pits, described by your able corre-
spondent Mr. C. R. Smith, in the
October Magaiine, p. 372, and these,
from their nuiuber and contcat3, would
I ad tn the supposition, that at some
distant period the spot had been

fully inhabited. He labour in sink-
ing them throogh the solid masses of
chalk roust have been very great.

Proceeding northwards, abundant
evidence was obtained, by the discovery
of extensive flint foundations, scat-
tered tcssellie, and variouB other re-
mains, to prove it a site of considerable
importance. Besides the antiquities
given in your plate, were several fibu-
Ix, vase handles beautifully modelled,
spear and arrow heads, and a variety
of minor objects in bronze ; pottery of
ail kinds. Mime urns, two in my pos-
sesBiiin. perfect, which from the close
resemblance to those found here a few
years ago, in ranges of sepulchres,*
may be presomed to be of a fonereal
character ; and vases of various shapes
and fineness of workmanship and ma-
terial, now in the hands of gentlemea
in the neighbottrhond. The fragment
of B vessel represented in the annexed
engraving, is not the least extraordi-
nary of the ntimbcr.

I am not aware of the finding of a
single gold coin, or many in silver;
but in brass they were very ntvmerous,
generally m fair preservation — those
of the Lower Empire much predomi-
□ating.

1 feci strongly impressed with the

opinion that, were the ciravattons
continued, especially on the west side
of the Railway, further discoveries
would be made to reward the labour
of the search. Imperial coins are
certainly often found in that direction.
W. B. B.

* EnjsraTcd in Miliier's History of Wineheiter, miscelkueous pktc, vol. i. p. 374.

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I OBSERVE you are about to pub-
lish B further account of the antiqui-
ties discorered at Winchester, and
remember that it was before stated,
that among tlie Roman remains there,
a number of excavated pits were ob-
served.

When I was observing the remains
discovered in London, in the neigh-
bourhood of the Roman way in Great
East Cheap, a vast number of pits
were laid open, which I thought at
the time to be domestic cesspools
of the Roman houses erected near
the highway. In them were found
sundry vessels of domestic pottery,
horns of goats, sheep, &c. ; which la$t
circumstance seemed to indicate that
the Roman butchers might have es-
tablished themselves at East Cheap,
as 1 believed some writers on Lon-
dinian topography assert.

With regard to your correspondent
who wonders at the number of Roman
coins which are constantly turned up
from our soil. I sec no reason to share
in his surprise. If we look at the
practice of depositing a coin with the
ashes of the dead (together with sun-
dry household utensils, articles of
clothing, ornament or food), the pre-
servation of numerous specimens will
be readily accounted for ; if the Ro-
mano-British population throughout
the kingdom could be taken at a mil-
lion souls, and the annual mortality
at ten per cent, one hundred thousand
coins would yearly be burled in this
way ; to which, if we add the accu-
mulation by the well-known practice
which the ancients had of hying up
koard» of money concealed in urtu in the
earth (many such hoards being never
reclaimed by the circumstances of war
or other accidents of life), there is, I
think, no cause whatever to consider
the quantity of Roman coins which
our soil produces from time to time
for numismatists as remarkable.

All the Roman villas and stations in
Britain shew marks of having been
abandoned in great haste, and of
having been devastated by fir^, ttc.
Almost all of them abound in coins ;
every summer's ploughing at Rich-
borough (Rhutupiie),atSilche8ter (Cal-

leva),at Wroxeter (TJriconium), atVen-
ta Silcorum, Caerwent. &c. produces
many specimens, particularly, as might
be expected, of the later Roman pe-
riod. I conceive that so long as the
plough is kept going in the land, so
long will Roman money be from time
to time discovered. Indeed, some
pieces of the coins of every historical
period are, from numerous circum-
stances not difficult to conjecture,
continually turned up.

Yours, ate. A. J. K.

Mb. Ubba.v, Nov, 6, 1838.

IN answer to the question of Mr.
Manoin, in p. 458, as to the probable
cause why so targe a quantity of Ro-
man coins are almost daily unearthed
in various parts of Britain, allow me,
in a few words, to offer what apfiears
to me a satisfactory solution of his
difficulty.

The principal quantity, indeed al-
most the whole, of Roman coins are
found at or near the military stations of
that people; and as the Imperial forces,
as we well know, usually received their
wages in heavy copper money (<e« mili-
tare), much too ponderous a metal to
allow the legionary to carry any
amount of it about his person, he was
necessitated to find some place where
it might be secure from the depreda-
tions of hia comrades ; or. in other
words, out of sight. That the earth
(or, as Tom Hood would say, the
bttnk)^ was the customary banker of
those times, we may gather from the
18th verse of the 35th chap, of St.
Matthew, and from several expressions
in the Classics. But the hoard thus
deposited upon the decease of its
owner, (which in the unsettled state
of the country, " conquered but not
subdued," might happen suddenly.)
from the very means he had taken for
its safeguard, be lost to his heirs ;
and thus would remain until time and
accident should gradually lay bare to
us in this remote age heaps, which in
numerical quantity, if not in value,
far exceeds all the remaining " Flo-
rins," " Bezants," or " Angels," of
comparative modem times.

Yours, &c. W. Denton.

I

(J14
POETRY.

[Dec.

THE QUEEN'S PALACE AND THE TAXING-MAN.

TMEKE '3 a Palace bigg'd with lyme and stane.

I guess it staudeth pleasantlie!
There tlie Qumh — she keeps her geotlemeo.

Oh 1 gin they live not royallie !

And there she keeps her maidens amalle.
They are most blithe and gay to see.

And they are all in satin clad,
They arc a royal companle.

And 90 it fell, these g:ueata they sate

With cups carousing late, —
When lo! the Sheriff's Taxing-Man,

He kaocketh at the gate.

" "What, ho !" (he cried ) " ye Noblea all.

And Squires of low degree ;
The Queene hath need of sundry Poundes

Which you must pay to me."

Then first uprose the Queen's Keeper,

Who dwells by Parkis greene ;
" No SheriCTs-Man," quoth he, " can tax

The Caatic of the Queen.

" Lord George, he is mine own dear friend.

He is a comely man to sec;
He cares no imotc for the red red gold.

Than a bcggar-loon for a small pcnnie."

And one his solemne oathe did take,

I wot, an angry man was he ;
That all the fish in pond or take.

They would not pay the Sheriff's fee.

And then did speak a wee, wee Maid,

" Come here, good Taxing- Man," quoth she ;

" I'll give the Queene these books I 've wrote.
They arc a prettic history.

They speake of knights, and love, and fights.
And all the flower of chivalrie,"

And one did boast his book call'd " Faust,"
A pleasaunt man with twinkling ee ;

And one some little godly Tracts,
Most meet for children's nurseric.

And one there came, with triple name,

A trim and slender clerk was he,
" Whate'er befall, at merrie Whitehall,

I '1! serve the Queen with cap and knee."

1838.} The Queem's Palace and the lhn»ff-Uan. 818

Then one and all, they did cry out —

" Come not agun for gold or fee ;
We are the Queen's poor terving-men.

And maidens clad in cramosie.

" Go, saddle you the black, black steed.

Go, saddle you the grey.
And when you 've rode to London town.

To th' Sheriff you shall say, —

" That we did burn the broad letter.

He seal^ with his hand ;
And never more shall Taxing- Man

Be seen within the land.

" Oar Porter with his staff shall keep

Such fellows from the gate ;
And on ourgreene a gallows-tree

Shall be erected straight."

Oh I then uprose that Forestire,

A loud laugh laughed he, —
Quoth he, — "for this the Queen's fat deere

Shall pay me many a fee.

" No Tax shall fall on Palace-wall.
Nor eke on Parkls greene ;

Hie battle 's won, the work is done-
God save our noble Queene 1"
19 Nov. 1838. J. M.

ON A COUPLE OF WOOOCOCKt KILLBD AT HOLKHAW, AT A tlNOLB SHOT, AND
ArrZBWABDt SCULPTUBBD IN MABBLB, BT SIB FBANCI8 CHANTBBT.

IAMBI.

Nobis gemellis, et gemello vulnere

Ictis, manns que straverat vitam dedit,

Haud denuo exstinguendam. Id ande fit, rogas ?

Qui BOB peremit, Cbantbios vetuit mori.

ANOLICB.

To us twin birds, who by one twin wound fell.
Hie hand that smote, by some strange miracle.
Gave back a life — for ever to remain I
" How may this be i" you ask; " I pray, explain."
Cbantbby's great name resolves the mystery ;
The twain his aim destroy'd, his art foriMule to die.

XL
Nobis et forma, et vita, fatoque gemellis

Una manns vitam sostolit, una dediL
Nam qui detrazit vitam viventibos, ille

Arte sua juHit vWen iMxiaoRiaa.

Epigrams oh Chantrey's Woodcocks.

LDcc.

ANOLtCB.

Closely io form, in liTe, id death allied.
The band that kili'd us, and revived, was one ;

Fur He, by whose sure sportmaDship wc died.
Has bid us live immortally in stone.

HI.

Qaa morimur dextra in lucem revocamur eadem ;

Quse vitam abstraxit, vivere deinde dedit.
Ah ! felix utrinqac roanus — quse nempe perire

Nos jubet hac, iliac posse perire vetat I

ANGLICa.

By the same hand we fall, and we revive ;
He, who destroyed ua, bade ua thenceforth live.
Twice happy hand ! which, while it bids us die*
Bids us in marble live immortally.

IV.
Occisor an Ber^'ator CBtiie Chantrius
Diccndus, uno qui trucidat vatncre
Binas aves; misertus arte dein sua
Caedem rependit — pr<emio plusquam pari —
Donando vitara nempe, qute totii nequit.

ANGLICE.

Shall Chantrcy be cail'd a Destroyer, or not ?
He slaughters, indeed, his two birds at one shot :
But pitying his victims, with generous endeavoor
To make more than amends, by his chisel so clever
He revives them to live on in marble for ever I

}

Catries.

F. WaAWOHAM.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

Engluh Poetry from a MS. in the Public Library. Cambridgt, Gg. 4, 32.

THE MS. in which these poems are contained is a small folio parchment
MS. supposed by Nasmyth, in his catalogue of the MSS. to have b«ca written
during the reign of Henry the Fourth, it appears from the contents to have
been the Manual of one of the parochial clergy in London ; since it eontaioa
several tracts on confession, extracts from different Penitentiaries, and stAtutra
between the Rectors of the Archdeaconry of London, drawn up and confimMd
" per dom. Rogerum bons memoriR Nigrum de Bileye London. Epiteoputn,"
together with several other documents of a like character, to one of which tha
date 1367 is affixed. Nearly at the commencement of the MS. and contnined
in eight folios, is some religious poetry in English, French, and T
MS. is well written and in excellent preservation ; the greater ;■.
the same handwriting, and at the beginning is a table of contents
same handwriting. From the character of the poetry, it may, p

tferredlo the lath century, lu uauKvxbvni^ th« MS. /A has been subkulutMl
tht Anglo. Saxon chartuctet >, oi\\^ \\x« o\&. ioxm ot ^\a» \»*v» x^uuntA,
. „! _

Old English Heligiout Poetry.

The following is the commencement of the table of contents, which refers to
the poetry.

•• Series homro quos contipentur in i»to Tolumine Turria sapientii*.
1. In primifi, Oratio Dominic* in AtigUcanil tinguA.
S. Salutatio beats Virginiii in e&dein litiguA.

3. Syniboluin Apostolicum in eadem liuguA (in prose).

4. Speculum huraoni generis.

5. Symbolum in GHllicnn& lingnA,

6. Oratio divina Dominica in eAdem UnguA.
7- i<alutatiu beatK Vir^ini8 in r&dein linguft.
8. Syinboluin in AnglicauA lingua.
*>. QuicuDque vult in Gallicanft tinguA.

10. Salutatio glorio$ie Yirginin in linguA LatinA,

1 1. De eAdem salutatione in linguft AnglicanA.
Then follow " quidam Tractatua de Confeiwione," &e.

The following are, it ia believed, accurate copies of the English poems,
numbered according to the table of contenta.

1. Oratio Domini ea.

Oore fader in beucne riche'
Thin name be iblesced eurcliche.
Led us, lonerd, in to thi blisce,
Let us neure tbin ricbe miiae.
Let 118, lonerd, nnderfoD''
That thin wille be eure idon,
Al so hit in in heueue
In erthe be hit enene.
Tlie beueoe bred that lasteth ay
lif us, louerd, this iike day.
Forjif U8, louerd, in onre bone
Al that we iuuen here miadone,
Al so wisUche* asje wc forjiuen,
HwilM we in this worlde linen,
Al that US i> hrrt- nii^do,
And wc biscken tb^ ther to.

Led (u, lonerd, to non foadinge'
And sohild us fram alle euel thinge.

Amen.*

S. SaMatio htata Virginia-

Heil Marie ful of wynne'
The holy gost is tbi with inne
Blesi-ed be thou oucr nlle wymmeu
And the fruit of tbin wouibe. Amen.

.3. Symlrolum A/iimtolicum.
Ich bilene on God fader al mibti, schep-
pere ' of heuene and of erihe. And in
Jesu Cri»t his oane' lepi aonc, lonerd
Dure. That was kenned tborgh the bolie
gost and boren of the mayden marie, that
pined under ponce piUte, on the rode ^
idon, deth tholede ' and iberied was. And

• Rlekt, "kingdom," A.S. Rice. G. Reich, still used in comp. as " bishopric."
' Under/cm. A.S. " undertake."

• Winliche. A.S. gewislice, " surely, certainly."

• Fhndiitjfe, " temptation," A.S. " Fandung."

• Strutt's " Manners and Cnatoms," vol. ii. p. IS9. " To shew the difference be-
tween the Anglo- Saxon and Anglo-Norman tongues, take the following prayer, aa
translated by Pope Gregory (an Englishman), and sent to King, Henry the Second
for the use of his subjects : —

Ure fader in heuene rich. That holy bred that laateth ay

Thi name be hnliid euerlicbe, Tboa send it hit ous this iIke day.

Thou bring Us to thi niirhel blisi-e Forgive ous bU that we haTitb dao«

Thi wil to wirche tho u* wisse Al» we forgc*ei uch other mon

Also bit is )0 heuene ido He let us falle in uo founding

Eucr on earth ben bit also. Ak scilde \i» fro the foule thinge.

This, (ogetbcr with the creed (also in rbirae) was at that time used in all the
chnrchrs in England with noiversai Bppri>bation."

•Stmtt gives no authority for his assertion as to the anthor»hip of the above para-
phrase, which bears considerable resemblance to that in the MS. ; and as he evidently
has mistaken " Gre^gory " for " .\drinn " (who was Nicholas Brekespere), it may be
doubted whether he ia correct I can find uo mention of Adrian, as one of our early
poets, in any of the wr.ters on that subject.

• Wynne, A.S. wyn, "joy, delight ;" siill preserved in the word '
' Scheyjiere, " creator." A. S. scypptnd. G. schOpfer.

• Ount-lrjii. A. S. Aulipi, " siiif U-, only."
» Radt. A. S. rod, "cross."
' Thntede, A. S. tholian, " lo Buffer, IhoU."
Gent. Mao. Vol. X. \ ^

' wmaome.'

I

Ughte k in to helle ud ded« thcr hii wilJe :
tbe thridde day he roi from dethc to line.
He stegh ' frsm erthe to henene, ther he
■it in hia faderes rifht hand, us weldinde ■
tlier to wrimcn. And theune to comen
for to demea " the quite and the df de.

Ich bileue io the holi gost ; In BOthfast
holy chirche. In mcndMse* ofhalewcn.
In forgiveness of senncs. flesce* uprist.
that tike lif to habbe, that enre schal
laste. So mote hit bitide. A.nien.

4. Sprculum huutani generu.*

Son is the fore
Fmin btdde to the flore,
And werse b the flette
Fram liore to the pette,
And for aenae thine
Fram pettc to the pine ;
Wcitawei and wotawo
Thanne is ioyc al ouergo.

Be the lef other be th^ loth

Thi* worldos wele ngolh,

Under night nnd under day

Tliine itoies flitten away

Thisc beth ttiey«s Ibinge* stronee

That CTerich man heldeth in hoade,

Suo j)t fmrhed*^ in wommao eoti
Sao tbe ^Idene bbgh in f uynca throt

Wi tueoe hop« and drede
Schal man his lif right lede.

8. Symholum in Anylieanil U»ffn4,
I beleiie in god fJadcT in heuene
Al uiighti, tbiit in dayea senenc
Heuene and erthe haucth wroght
And al that thar inne is of noght.
And in Je»u Crist sone his
One that oure Itrnerd is.
That thorgh the holi gostes might
Kenned was, sad fleaac tok right.
And of mayden marie borea
To aauuen tho that were forloren.
And tholede after for sennes mine,
Under ponce pilate, pine.
Sore and smart, starke and strong.
And siCheQ on rode was anbooge,
Wi his wille and deide on trfc
His httdi was bcred ns ower be
Man and wymman that i« ded.
Thus ouerkam Jesu the qued.^
His goule after to helle lighte
And out of pine thorgh his luighte
Tho gode tok that he ther sogbte
And iatu pnradis hem broghte.
Up he ros the thridde day.
Out uf the throwe ther he lay.
Hoi man and aoiind, with outen lak,
With hi« disciples tede and upak ;

• Lighte. A S. lihtan, •* to alight, to descend."

' Steyh. A. S. Btygan, " to mount." G. steigen.
" Weldinde. A. S. welden (wealden) " governing."
■ Dtmen, A. .S. deman, " to deem, judge, doom."

• MtmiUM*. From A. S, mwntg " many," is formed " manignisse," " menyniate,"
" menneue ;" and in No. H. following " mcndeiicsse." Gemtinschaft, the word which
answers to it in German is formed in same way, the difference being merely the
affixed gt, and tlie ti'nuinntion tckaft instead of hx*.

• The fiillowing verses, which were formerly painted np in the Chapel at Stratford-
ri]i<m-Avon, illustrate the above lines.

Whoo so hym be thowghte From peyt to peyne

Inwardly and ofte That oew"^: schall »ey» serten

How harde hyt ys to flett He wtilde not doo no »yn

From bede to peyt All y" world to wyn.

Ftsher'a Paintings at Stratford vpoD'Avon, pi. xvi.

P Fair/ted, "beauty."

t Qued, "■the evil," .\lem. quad, Keltic, gwafi A. Grotius, as quoted by Jonlnin
has the foilowiag |m.i.sfigc : — '* Gf/tM, id est btini, id nomeii a vicinis suis accepere ob
hogpitalitateiti , utacontmriis moribus suum Quadi, id est mali."

In the " Chornicle of Englande," edited by Ritson, we hare this passage, referring
to king LIud :

" Tho thes maiater was ded
Anon he wende to the qued,
For Christ was not yet ybore." ?09 — U.
This, therefore, is pcrhnp.s the origin of the cant phrase, " To go to quod."
the preceding poem we have in the fourth line,

" And werse is the fleltc
From flore to the p^tte."
The " petta" here means the grave. Is this the origin of the phrase, " Td go
to pot r"

1838.]

Old Engliah Religious Poetry.

eild

I

Vp to heuene after he stegb,
Ilia fader side be sit well negb
On aj migbti godes ri^bt bund,
Ileuene and hellc, water and loud,
For to deme quilce aud dede
He scbid corae to gode and qaede.
The holy goat ileue wel

And boly cherche eucridel

Of boH halewen mendenesBO

And of Beuiieii for^eucneaM

Thorgh the mighte of Jeau Critt

And on oure flesches upriat

And on the lif with outeci indiuge

Jesu Criat ua Ihider bringe. Amen.

1 1 . Salulatio glurio»a Virginii.
This is not a translation from the preceding Latin hymn in MS., neither
can I find any Latin hyren corresponding to it in the " Parnassus Marianus,"
published at Douay 16*24, which contains a great number of hymns in honour
of the Virgin, collected from the different Missals and other sources.

Attd of eche th^ wes gode,

Thou were chaste and clene of thoghte,

Thoa UDderfengc*' lives fode

Of (Jabriel that hit te broghte.

And hia gretinge wel anderstode,

Thorgh what Crist in the wonder wro^htc,

Of manlich desch and blode

That be toke that ua dere boghte.

Grace thoa fonnd in God and toue
Tho' he so holilich tbi^ dighte'
That he wolde fro heuene aboue
So lowe in to thin bodi Ughte,
Thorgh tht^ to slice' is helthe igovo
To l&rae limes to blinde sigbte
Out of beneno blissc ischove *
Mis non that th« serreth apligbte.<=

God is he that iboren was
With oute enrich senful liVinge
Of the, ase (uone thorgh glas
Schinelh with oute aai brekioge.

Hell, Marie, ful of grace,
God is with thi on euirich place ;
blessed lie thou oucr alle wymmen.
And the fruit of thin woinb«. Amen.

Ileil and boll ay be thi name,
Fulsum,' leuedi, heade,' and swete,
To hem that beth thorgh sennes lame,
Hastif belpe tbou bihete,
Andschildest hemframschendful'scbtme,
That here sennes willeth lete;
Help out of eiierich blame
Senfulle, that th>^ willeth grete.

Marie, mayde and moder milde,
Milcc" and merci was of th«- boren
To sauuen and from belle schilde
Alle tho that weren forloren.
For giltes of oure eldren wilde,
Adain and Eve her biforen,
Praie for us to thine childe
That we to his blisse be coren ■

' Fulmm. The word is here used in a good sense, and is formed the same as
" gladsome," &c. In a MS. paraphrase of the Magnificat in the library of Caioa
coll. Camb. it is used io the taiue sense.

Mi spirite also with berte and thoaht on fiere

Rcioiced hath hj fulmtR abundaoncc.

In God that is my souerayn helthe entere.

And al my joye and my su-stenannce,

Myn hool desire and my full suffisauuce.

* Hendt. A. S. " courteous, kind."
' Sehenclful. A. S. sceodan, " to confound, to disgrace."
" MUc€, " pity." A. S. niilu, " mercy, compassion,"

" Hoar Louerd myd bys eycn of mike on th& loketh thernore."

K. Gloucester, p. 43.
« Coren. A. S. gecoren, " elected ;" thus, Gode gecorene, " chosen of God."
T UruUr/enge, A, S. noderfon, " to receive."

' IM^A/e " appointed, disposed." A.S. dightan. In Lukexxii. S9. "and io eow
dighte swa min fsdex me rice digbte."

* 7Y> *iJte, i. e. too »ike, " full sikcrly, foil surely."

* " Out of heuene blisse iscboue
Nis uoD that tb^ servetb aplighic," i. e. no one that serreth thee completely is

Gower, Conf. Am. oaes the word a/iure (A. S. scufan)

shoved out of heaven's bliss.
I in tiia cane aenae.

When he was the strengest in hys yre
M'as »hovrn out of bis empyrr. — Con/', Am. b. 7.
' Aplight* . • Perhaps "on plight." i. «• in readinrss, cjmpletely.
poem of *' Guye of Warwick?,"

Auii ihc; that been of most mtghtc
Dirt,- n»f!tlup iball they wjnaa apUghte.

.SL

In the old

Old English Religious Poetry.

620

Hif birth wu btUful solaa

To hem that weren thorgh eggiagt *

Forlor«n of SaUnu

Help us to thi bluae tu bringe.

With th* is enrc ond th^ aboute

Michel mirthe and ioic nnd bliue

In beuene of angtes route

That the worthschipptth, myde, iwisse."

Wei owen we to ttit aloute'

And prajreu that thna OS «childe andwisse f

Fram deuele* doute

Thitt non of their helthe ne iniase.

For tuerich sor that we baven here
Thorgh ih^we finde lithitig ^ soae ;
For Jesu Cri^t thin i^one dere
Nelle naght 'Acroe' lii< thin bone,
Wbaa thou biiext with luiUie chore '
For OS that wereu denapt > and fordone
As deucles in to belle fere "
Thorgh sennes that here both idone.

Place ches' him on for tu reste
In this world Crist Gode« »nne
In thin dene blisful breste,
Wei likede tiiui ther in to wone "
And kenned wai> at; hrid in neste :
Of inilce and tnerci Ihuti liiiu moue '
Tbftt he giue us soules reste
And grace oure fon for tu achoae.^

Blessed was that Like stounde '
That God Almighti on the thoghte,
Tho he fram heuena to the gruunde
Lighte and in the lowncsge toglitr;
And that was in thin herte ifuuude
Thorgh whit we weren atie ibroghte
Out of sor and malced sounde
That ferst Tuele weren idoghte.'

Be thou, leredi, to all manlkeone,
That to the clcj'eth in here nede,
Ri|;ht schcid and ch-asing of fenne
And to (bin sooe oure erude ' bede,
That WB when we weiiden henne
Out of this world thin hclthc ifrede ■

[Dec.

Smartliche* to renae

Thider ther eche god bareth mcde.

Ouer alte angles in beuene be^e
The Bcttc Crist on hi» right side
To helpen tho that beth onsleje
And ek forloren thorgh senne of pride
Wend to ward u» thin miljfaU e^e
So that tborgh thi bet us bitide,
(dense us ar we de^e
Of senne,) thin blissc to bide.

Wyniuien weren alle iscbente*
In thraldnni helde and onworthie
Thorgh Eve that the deuil blente
What Jesu Crist with lus ninistrie
Tho lettres of hire name wente
And made of Eva Arc Marie
And tlfttsing scnte
To wymnu'ii of echo rileinie.

And the fruit that to olle gode

Fruwering' in and ek hem strongcth^

And sMules helthe and lines fode

That wurth-xchipeliche hit underfongeth,

Ripede in thin herte blode

Ate appel that on the tre hongeth

Sii dcde up on the rode

He to wlmm folk cri&tenc longeth.

Of thin wombe Crist his- balle
Maked her among inankinde.
To drive awej the deueles alle,
That mannes soules gunneu ' biode
With bitere pines thaoe ;al1e:
Help UK that of th(> maketh mjnie
And doutt beth falle
Thorgh tlit^ reiaioge to finde.

Amen so mate hit euer be

As y have seid in my gretinge

That Jesu Crist sente to the

In thin worthschipe oner alle things :

Help, leuedi, to lunken us fri

Out of iledit sennc to bringe

That we the blissc is^

Moten ill heuenlich woniuge. Amen.

' Eggingt, " incitement." A- S. egsiao, " to incite."

" Janunry hath caught so gjvt a will
"' Thurgh egging of his wif him for to play
" In his gordin." — Chaucer,

• Jwiue, G. gewiss, " surely."

' Aloule, i. e. " to lout, to humble ourselves."

• Wirne, " Ulte."

Crist, quoth he, th$ wisse

And geue thfr beuene blissc. — Child Horn. (MS. Comb.)
^ Litkimg, A. S. ti^ian, " to soothe, to mitigate."

• Weme, " warn, deny." ' CAere, " countenance."
» Lempt, " Aaomnd." " Fere, "fire." • Chfi, " chosr."

■ W'onf, " dwell." A. S wunian. ' Jlfone, " monish." .\. S. moniao.
•• ScAone. Perhaps G. schonen, "to spare." ' Slounde, " time" G. stundeu

• Idoghte, "thought." » Rmde, "request, petition."
" I/rede, " freed." A. S. gefredan, " to free." P». xxx. I. " gefrwd me."

• Smartliche, " quickly." Chaucer uses the expression — " He sterte up wmertly."
T Mugful, " pitiful." A. S. milts.

• hchentt, " ruined," A.S scendan, "to ruin, mar."

• fVouert/ty, " flowering .'" ^ Strougetk, Used in an actiTC scDse.

■ Oowwn, " to be fain to do anything." G. gflnnen.

Oaimi Coll. Sept. 1838. R. H. G.

1838.]

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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^M Germany : the itpiril of her History,
^^k Literature, Social Condition, and

^H National Economy : illustrated by

^^^^ reference la her Phyncat, Moral, and
^^^KU Political Statittia. aud by cumpari ■
^^^^P ton iri7A otht^ Counlrien. By Bisset
^^^ Hawkins, M.D. Oson. F.R.S.
^M IN these days of steam and rail-

^M roods, when a journey to Coastanii-
^1 nople ia spoken of with even more
^B indifference than our respected fore-
^B fathers were wont to contemplate a
I journey to the Metropolis, when the

■aroc process of steam and locomotioa
M is applied to the writing of books,
^M which contain the full and true ac-
H count of all that the experience of three
H long months may well be supposed to
■ furnish, it is somewhat refreshing,

after being worn out with the fizzing

I and rumbling of a "Three Months'
Ramble " in this region, " a Summer "
in that, and, credite potteri, a whole
" Winter," perchance, in Vienna, — to
travel alongthe road with Dr. Hawkins
for our guide, with the satisfactory
conviction, that, in the patient research
and amiable candour which charac-
terises this volume, we have ample
security against the crude theories
of summer- flitting barristcrg, or the
one-sided views of political partizans.
Dr. Hawkins does not profess to pre-
sent either a geography or a topo-
graphy of Germany ; his endeavour is
rather to point out all that is roost re-
markable and characteristic in that
country ; all which dintingui^bes it
from its neighbours ; all which con-
nects it with the political, literary,
and social state of mankind ; and all
which marks its actual condition and
prospects. In the furtherance of this
plan, he does not depend u|>on his own
impressions merely, nor take for grant-
ed the conclusions of others ; but by a
careful appeal to statistical facts en-
deavours, at least, to approximate to
an honest and impartial view of Ger-
many.

To many readers, who in a book of
travels, or even history, expect the ex-
citement of romance or tiic grouping
of the melodrame, this plain and

straightforward volume will appear
heavy and prolix ; but to all who value
facts, who look on Germany as the
Crtuutry of all others most united to
us by kindred descent and social af-
fections, to all who may find it con-
venient to quit (as they always call it)
" poor old England," in order that
they may educate their children, this
book will be invaluable ; supplying, as
it does, a mass of information not else-
where to be met with in so collected
a form, and in which, we arc perfectly
sure, the uniform intention of the au-
thor has been to state the truth, with-
out any voluntary admission of party
bias. And here, perhaps, we may be
permitted to add a few words of kind
advice to those whom, but too oflen.
the "res augusta domi " tempts to
seek abroad (he means of obtaining
accomplishments for their children
which they have it not in their power
to obtain for them nt home. Alaa !
theseaccomplisbments are often bought
at too dear a price, at the risk of sacri-
ficing those fire-side virtues and holier
affections, which, growing with our
growth, and daily becoming part and
parcel of ourselves, should knit our
hearts to that land, which still, by
God's blessing, is the pride of every
Englishman, and the envy of all na-
tions. No where can we ever find an
equivalent for that holiest of all affec-
tions, the love of our own home j
and vainly shall we hope that this
will ever flourish, when the child is
brought up a stranger in other lauds to
that which gove it birth. Now-a-days
we can ill afford to lose the affection
of even oue of our countrymen; but
when, for the sakeof accomplisbmeota
merely, the old squirearcbal house is
left, and the children ore taken from
the spot where they are imbibing feel-
ings, (prejudices, if you like,) worth «
thousand fold more than all that
foreign lands can teach, when, in place
of the old and loved domestics, they
are surrounded by those with whoia
they have no bond of union, whot can
we augur, but that iu after years the
pride of couotrY, and »!lV>Ji». •' xvtN-Nsa*

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known beyond the hallowed
of home, Will ecarcety if at all

never
limit"
exist :

" Household deities !
Then only »hal! be happiness on earth
When Man shall feel your sacred power,
Your tranquil joy»." [and luve

But if the change must b« made, then
we wouhl any. Go to Germany ; they
are ■ people who harmonise more
with us in character, and you will
there incur the least ri«k of corrupting
the morals of your children, at the
same time that yuu can secure for
them accompliahments which, if they
must be sought elsewhere, can no
where be so easily acquired as in
Germany.

Dr. Hawkins commeocea his work
with a short but able sketch of the
History of Germany to the present
day. In speaking of the promises
made by some of the sovereigns to
present their subjects with a consti-
tutional form of government, in the
room of an arbitrary one. he has the
following ')ni\. remarks :

" If the sanguine have not obtained all
that they expected, and if the immediate
results have not been satisfnctory to ull,
■ontethiBj^ most be allowed to the sudden-
ness of the measure, t& the tmpcrft-ctions
inseparable lo a tirst experiment, and to
the want of training and apprenticesLiji ;
for a naliun does not Accu^tfiiti itseir in a
few years to constitutional furiu!^ j they
mujtt (j;row evert through centuries to ma-
turity fjefore the fruit can be abundant,
whoiesome, and gTateful, One of the
nioat fatal putiticol errors of our age, is
the belief that every people are ripe for a
constitution ; and that all, in the tirst
moments of fruition, are capable of con-
Tcrting possession into happiness. Tha
soil must Arst undergo a slow preparatory
cuUiratiob, and many a harvest must be
reapf;d without present profit— but still,
not all in vain,"

In DO country of Europe is the dis-
tinction of classes more marked than
in Germany ; and till of late years the
line of demarcation belweeu those of
noble and burgher TamitieB has been
most striking. Wc live, however, in
times when it is iroposaibie that such
a state of things could go on in all its
galling restrictions, lu Prussia, es-
pecially, the ruin which in the year 18Q6
overwhelmed that country, brought,
of necessity, a complete change in the
policy of its Government. The ap-

peal was made to the people, and io
order to ^a\n their support, the old
system of servitude was abandoned,
the plebeian waa allowed to purchase
the estates of a nobleman, the nobility
was declared liable to conscription,
and a system of army promotion was
introduced, which excluded the pre-
tensions of birth in the choice of a
candidate. Nor was this the case in
Prussia alone, but io the majority of
the German states the old feudal pri-
vileges have been gradually lessened.
Is it, then, to be wondered at if. hav-
ing lost their seignorial privileges
in a great extent, they still cling to
pijnty of family descent, and point
with pride to the many-quartered
shield ? What may be the end of this
state of change, which more or less is
pervading all Europe, it is, indeed, im-
possible to say; a change which ia
being brought on by the rapid increase
of knowledge (so called) in the lower
classes, in the diflfusion and misrepre-
sentations of newspapers, in the aug-
mentation of the middle ranks in num-
ber and wealth, and in the losses and
confusion which the higher families
have suffered through the ravages of
war, the plunder of foreign invasion,
the changes of territory, and the whirl-
wind of revolutions.

" In Germany, this new motion com-
municated to society is in a certain
degree goftened and eased by the friendly
tone whkh, more or less, prevails among
the different classes of the community ;
an extreme affability, begianiog at tha
highest point, and gradually descending
to the base, seems likely to prevent vio-
lent colUslous, and to diminish the fric-
tion. A truth of inexpressible value in
all the relations of life is there acknow-
ledged and practised as a fundaments]
usage of intercourse ; namely, that all are
to be treated with respect ; that no sa-
periority of rank or fortune can warrant
arroj^ance of demeanour or pride of speech.
Mankind will far more readily forgive even
great vices than a breach of courtesy ;
and we have ample exjierience in all bio-
graphy and history, that kindness and
affability of luaoner form the real secret
of conciliating golden ojiiuions."

This is certainly true of Germany ;
and it would be well for us at home,
if we would abate somewhat of the
pride of deportment, which produces
great bitterness of feeling in the class
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Knglaad we have laccessive stages of
ari8focracip«, and none are more offen-
sive thac those which assume »uptri-
ority witbool any just claim toil; —
it is your little great folkt, as they are
termed, who are ever the proudest and
most overbearing.

In the History of German Literature
Dr. Hawkins has been assisted by a
friend, who has fiirnishod him with
copious notes taltcn at the lectures of
Wilhfhmvon Schlcgel. of well-known
fame ; this of course adds very much
to the interest of tlicse chapters. These
notes, however, only extend to the
time of Schiller, and the more modern
writers are analysed by the same friend,
Mr. Joynbee. We can, however,
cordially commend this portion of the
work : all that comes from Schlcgel, on
matters of taste and rigorous criticism,
cannot fail of being most interesting ;
he has been entitled, and not unjustly.
the first critic of modern times. In a
field so wide as that of Modern Ger-
man Literature, it is impossible to ex-
patiate upon each writer : that semi-
Christian and would-be-Grecinn school,
of which G<iethe and Schiller were the
accredited heads, has in these later
days been succeeded by the Romantic
school, the founders and mn!>t active
members of which arc the Schlegels,
Sieck, and Noralts, which was the
assumed name of the Baron von Har-
denberg. This school may be looked
upon as a re-actiou against the pre-
ceding extreme, and it is the deep
feelings of enthusiasm which the fol-
lowers entertain for the romantic
spirit of the Middle Ages which
gives them their name. They left
Greece and Rome for the Christian
middle ogcs, and to them are we in-
debted fur the deep and devout admi-
ration with which Shakspcarc is reve-
renced in Germany. In speaking of
the later works of Sieck, his " Novel-
len," Or. U. or rather Mr. Joyabee,
says,

•' They unbare too cruelly our inevita-
ble weaknesses, and repeat too plaialy
that fully is the heirloom of our race.
A vein of irony jitrvailea them, of an ef-
fect !ionietlmrs too harsh. It nnulil »eem,
now and tlu-n. at if the uiitlior vcished to
dison-n bis kind, so completely does he
despise it."

Now surely t^hU is not exactly a fair
critique upon these latter works. Has

Mr. J. read " Der Professor," the
most inimitable picture of a kind-
hearted bookworm, who is cured of
hi-s hyporhondria by marriage? We
would recommend the reading of this
to all Fellows of Colleges who go off
upon livings, and find themselves very
much out of sorts. Again, there is the
" Wechnacht-abend," a tale of great
pathos, which does not at all come
under the view which Mr, J. gives of
" Sieck 's Novellen." The favourite
theory among the present school of
dramatists in Germany is the raodera
adaptation of the fatalism of the
ancients, which Schilhr has attempted
in the " Bride of Messina." Wc may
instance here the writings of Werner,
Milliner, and Grillparner. " One of
Werner's most remarkable works is
'The Twenty. fourth of February.'"
This is a mistake, Miillner is the writer
of this extraordinary play. Mr. J.
mentions Raupach as one of the latest
writers of popular tragedies, but he
does not speak of him as a writer of
farces ; and it is these to which he
owes most of his fame. The character
of Jile, a foolish, busy intriguant, who
generally forms the prominent charac-
ter, is highly amusiag.

In the chapter upon Education,
(c. I'2,> Dr. Hawkins gives us some
curious statistics, which prove that
Kngland is not the only country ia
which the learned professions are
overstocked. He observes that

" The fscility with which the highest '
education may be obtained in Germany,
naturally introducen into the arena of Ufa
an immense proportion of candidates for
its hitcber |irize8, too many of whom
finally obtain disappointtnent, if not entiro
destitutioD, while not a few bury their
obiic^ure heartburnings in the chance pit-
tance afforded by foreign countries, already
overstocked with aspirants of indigenous
origin. Thus in the course of ten recent
years, the number of Protestant Clerjrr-
men has doubled in Pni.«*ia, and the
Roman Catholic Priesthood has tripled ;
the lawyers have increased one fourth, bus |
the doctors in medicine only one seventh.
Atthe beginning of this period, (i.c.lB'i3,)(j
there wa^ one lawyer in Ii,ti00 iuhabj.
tants, at the end there vroa ouc in H,.'ib'? ;
there was une ductor of oiedii^ine, at the
beginning, to '.^T,0(K) couls, iiud at last,
one in i'3,'?05. In consctjuence of tho
increase of stodent> in t)ic late years th«r« I
was recently ia PrasMa-, «a \&»s^ «&

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One «todent in theolo^ tn 442 iababU.

^- Uw in 8W

medicine in 5660-

"But the state in Prussia only requires

One derKj-"*" f"'' '^*" inbabts.

One lawyer for 8«8

One doctor of medicine for 3516 —

\The§eJ(gurt» art nidently incorrect,
hut Ihef art n printed in Jh: Hawlnnt't

'"How many of tbose now employed
must accordingly die or retreat, in order
to make room for the forthcoming : In
the smaller states of Germany the pro-
spect is still more disbeartcaing. In the
dacby of Baden, only eight vacancies
annnally occur of offices in the law, en-
joying a fixed salary, while so many a«
forty-six candidates present themselves
annually for exaraiaation ; and there are
already so many as two hundred and
Afty-une candidates examined and ap-
proved, and awaiting the long-deferrcd
turn."

Dr. H. gives ftn account, Bufficieutly
accurate, of the system of universities
in Germany, but he does not pro-
nounce an opinion upon their merits.
Now it 13 evident that with ihera
lectures constitule everything, and but
too often these teclurea are no more
than harangues upon some given sul>-
joct.

" Young men." said Gol^the, " are
driven io flocks into the lecture-rooms,
and are crammed, for want of any real
nutriment, with quatatioas and words.
The insight which is wanting to the
teacher, the learner i» tn get for himself
as he may. No great wisdom or ncute-
iiess is ncc^'ssary to perceive that this is
an entirely mistaken path."

This was then, and atill is, perfectly
true ; in our own univeraities we go to
the opposite extreme, and instead of
accustoming the student to trust to
his own resources, the system of pri-
vate tutors is carried to such a length
as completely to accustom the pupil
in any difllcuUy to refer it to his tutor,
and not try and work it out for him-
self. Lectures, therefotc, with us, are
too much secondary things ; and be-
sides the coatof private liitors increases
to an alarming extent the necessary

penses of each student. It is now

L"y much the fashion to send boys to
educated in Germany, perha)>s al
•' of tie universities. Now for a
■ing man aflcr he has completed his

studies at hotne, to attend a course of
lectures at one of the German Uni-
versities, is doubtless very desirable,
hut not BO for boys. Our own ex- h
perience would not advise the risk of H|
their encountering, at so early an age, ■
the coarse and low habits of the Ger-
man student ; though without doubt ^
many among them are geatlemanly and B
quiet lads, but they are the exception. ■
We cordially agree with Dr. H. io the
following remarks :

" It appears to me that one essential
defect in the system of German University
education, is the absence of a good per-
vading instruction in religion ; it is true
that there arc numerous theological courses
delivered for the benefit of students,
destined for the Church, but these do not
reach the mass of other pupils ; they Ao
not necessarily participate in this first and ^
laat requisite of an elevated education." fl

Of the subject of general education,
and more especially of the system pur-
sued in Prussia, Dr. H, gives a suc-
cinct and admirable account. We
would particularly call attention to
this topic, since it is one which, pro-
bahly, before long will be brought be-
fore us, and one about which there
are the grossest misstatements. We
would beg leave to ask what supposa-
ble quantity of information concerning
any system of National Education can
by any possibility be acquired in one
day. And yet wc know for a fact that
a certain honourable member from
Ireland went specially to Brussels, H
not very few weeks since, to inquire B
into the system of education pursued
there ; " for," said he, " I have a mo-
tion to make against Lord John on
that point," He stayed in Brussels
one whole day, of course he will not
be likely to misstate anything. Oh no !
" I know it from my own personal
inquiry." Dr. H. gives us a most
interesting account of the prison disci-
pline io Germany, which, as might be M
expected from him. is full of interest- H
ing research. He seems decidedly
favourable to the system of solitary
couflnemcnt, provided the present
buildings could he improved , for unless
cells be moderately warm in winter,
light and well ventilated, it would bt
impossible to adopt this system, be-
cause our gaols have not, like the
Atuerican penitentiaries, beeo con-
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view. The slate of the prisons in
Germany he considers upon the whole
satisfactory', and very different indeed
from what they were cvea twenty
years since.

" A praiseworthy care," he says, " is
taken by the respective governments of
the pri«onerg afi^r their liberation. At
Hamburj;, it not unfretjuentlj happens,
that the prisioner receives on his libera-
tjon, a sum of from two to three hundred
marks, as the produce of his labour.
When the conduct of the prisoner has
been good, exertions are made to establish
him honestly. In the Duchy of Nassau, if
the prisoner's gains do not amount to a
certain sum, tlie deficiency is supplied by
the government. In all cases he receives
a new dress gratis, and care is taken to
replace him well in the world, snd to pre-
vent him from returning to his former
career. In Rhino- Prussia, as soon as the
prisoner is liberated, he is protected and
assisted by the Rheno.Westphalian so-
ciety. In Austria it is the autboritiea of
the police who are bound to superintend
him, and to aid in his rcsturatioa to so-
ciety."

Before we take leave of Dr. Hawkins,
we must again repeat our convictioa
of the utility of his work, and the able
manner iu which he has executed it.

Thi Authoritu of Tradition in Afatter*
of Revelation, By the Rev. George
Holdcn. A.M. Vimo. 1838.
MR. HOLDENhaa inscribed on hia
title-page an extract from St. Cyprian
which strikes at tlie root of the ques-
tion here debated. " Vnde est lata
Traditio? Utrumnc de Dominica «t
Evangelira auctoritate dc&ccndens, an
de Apostolorum Mandatis atque Epis-
tolis veniens?" Then he addd. — " Ea
cnim facienda esbe que scripta sunt
Deas testatur." And yet, as the au-
thority of a book cannot be greater
than that of the writer, or of a work
than the author, or of a decree than
the law-giver ; so, if it could be
proved that the early traditions of the
Church were apostolical, they must
be received as divine, with a submis-
sion equal to that paid to the Scrip-
tures; if they even be proved to have
come from the early fathers of the
Church, they should be looked on with
deep reverence, and received with a
willing and dutiful heart; if later than
this in time, and inferior to this in
authority, they roust be judged of
Gknt.AIao. Vol.. X.

like other matters of serious import
which are submitted to our eason,
though permitted to command that
instant and reverential respect that is
paid to the written word of Truth.
Mr. Holden gives as the result of his
researches : — I . That there is not
evidence to prove the tradition of the
primitive Churches to be apostolical
and divine, and therefore it is not to be
received as the authoritative test of the
meaning of the sacred writings. 2dly.
That, as it is not apostolical and divine.
it is human testimony ; yet, as it forms
a x'aluable help to the right interpre-
tation of Scriplure, it is to be received
with reverent attention. 3rdly. That,
though no absolute judge in contro-
versies of faith exists, (primitive tra-
dition being only a collateral proof,)
sufficient guides are provided to en-
able persons to acquire a saving
knowledge of revealed truth. I. The
Light of Reason. 2. The Teaching
of the Church. 3. The lllurainatioa
of the Holy Spirit Mr. Holdcn then
draws his argument to the conclusion
— that this is theoa/y view of tradition
compatible with the sovereign autlio-
rity of Scripture, the privileges of the
Catholic Church, and the right of pri-
vate judgment ; and that it accords
with the doctrines of the Church of
England. The work itself is divided
into six chapters. I. Introductory.
2. The Historical Evidence to the Au-
thority of Tradition. 3. Presumptive
Evidence to the same. 4. Scriptural Cvi-
dencetotbesame. 5. 1.«gitimate Autho-
rity of Tradition. 6. Doctrine of the
Church of England respecting Tradi-
tion. Mr. Holden sets out by saying
it is a subject not only intricate in
itself, but involved in obscurity from
the different views taken of it by the
controversialists ; and that its true
character is lost in the conflict uf op-
posing statements respecting the au-
thority due to it. He says four diffe-
rent opinions have mot with zealous
advocates. 1. The Romanists, whose
rule of faith is bath Scripture and
Tradition, and that Tradition consi8ts
partly of doctrines orally delivered by
C'hrint and hi* apostlm, and uninter-
rnptedly trnumiltrd by the Church in
their or iijinal purity i and they believe
the Catholic Church is constituted an
infallible guide for determining wl^«X
traditiou^uc ^«tk\i\ttt,*a\<«v«iv\ «k\mk..

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Thus such Tradition is independent
of Scripture, and of equal authority,
as proceeding from the same divine
source, though transmitted through a
diffeteot channel. 2d. Those Protes-
tants who regard Tradittoo, not as a
aofircif of Truth, hut as the only gvidt
to it. That Catholic tradition is of
unquestionable truth in deciding con-
cerning the truth of Scripture, and
that it is necessary to explain and in-
terpret Scripture. This was the opi-
nion held by the learned Thorndike,
by Dr. Bull, and in the present day by
Professor Keble, Mr. Newman, Dr.
Hook, and the author of the Oxford
Tracts, t>cs»deB other writers. Catho-
lic Tradition (they hold) to be that
record of the oral teaching, which
was inspired by the Holy Spirit ; and
thus the primitive Church has au-
thority as the expositor of Christ's
meaning. It is plain, then, that the
main question to be discussed is. Is this
primitive tradition the faithful record
of the Divine commands, and the apos-
tolical preaching ': because, if not, it
must be human, and therefore cannot
be the iMt of interpretation : and yot
how wide the field of controversy
may extend is at once seen by a pas-
sage quoted from Mr. Newman, in
which he says — " Whatever doctrine
the primitive ages unanimously attest,
whether by consent of fathers, or by
councils, or by the events of history,
or by controversies, or in any other
way, whatever may be fairly and
reasonably considered to be the uni-
versal belief of those ages, is to be re-
ceived as coming from the apostles,"
Bishop Jebb says, " As the universal
consent of all men in all ages is
allowed to be the voice of Nature, so
the unanimous concurrence of coun-
cils, churches, bishops, and fathers
ought to be received as the voice of the
Gospel." Yet they who hold those opi.
nions, declare the authority ofTradition
tn he *ubordinaU to that of the Bible ;
and thpy limit the authority' ofTradilioD
to the primitive ages, though they ore
not agreed as to the exact period : some
extending it to the close of the second
century, some to the Nicenc Council,
come to the four first Councils, some
others still further. Thr, ' "
the Unman iota in not ici
\km u entirely cu-cquaj .^.v,. ..-^.i,.
re, Hfld /n not believing its cont\nu-

ous purity in all «ge« to tb« pr«M*it
lime. The third opiniott is Mhf |w
those who look on Tradition a« OMfnC
but not authoritative ; and the fourth
dismiss its authority altogether, hold-
ing the principle that the obacon
parta of Scripture are to be explained
by others — or, in other words, tbiit
Scripture is to explain itself. The
great question, as we observed, regard-
ing Tradition, is. whether it can be
authenticated as apostolical and di-
vine ; can its doctrines be traced op to
the same inspired source as the Scritt-
tures ? This is the main point ofdis-
cussion in Mr. Holden's volume, and
we must say that we Itave seldom
found a work written with more per-
fect acquaintance with the subject, with
more careful exposition of argamenta.
and more candid and honourable feel-
ing towards the high character of those
from whose opinions he is obliged, un-
fortunately, to dissent. It is a work
highly creditable to him as a theologi-
cal writer, and such as we cordially
recommend to all who would wish, in
a moderate compass, to sec • most im-
portant subject rcvjevred in its »everai
branches. That all differences should
be reconciled, and unanimity of opLoiaa
produced, it would be hopeless to ex-
pect ; but it is of great importaoee to
have the doctrine calmly and logi<«Ily
discussed, its various points hroaght
forward and arranged, and. misstate*
raents, or contradictions that hsre
been discovered, so pointed oat. as no
longer to embarrass the argunrj^rtt.

To present an abri .rk

so closely and fully r ,g^

would be impossible, uniis^ 1114 sporo
not little short of the original ; w€
must content ourselves wir'' -■--:-, «j^|,
rt^sult of the author's inq -.is

own words; and first, a^ , Uu^

(orical evidence to the authority at
Tradition, he says,

"The result is, that It fsils to pror*

such a ooutinuouf uaauimitv in ilm irios

MM is requisite for the prun^ ./^.

citff I it DeTertlirltTM" (fOfn 1 •, ^

, " ' ■ ' ;.a-

d,

<-et
.^.

; l«ii(>ff.l ir Uu*} 1i> UiC viiicv Of

ul»c snti(|iiitT ; «S»»« \n sll »<>r<p*vral

IIIW nlij^||tjl)|IS, i||.|M , 1^

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183R.] RfivuBW.— SUutlleworth's Not Tradition, but Rfwlmion. 62\

Not TVaditio^ 6w/ Rtvelation. Bv
Philip N. ShutUeworlh. D.D.
THIS little volume ia employed in
discussing the same subject as the one
which we have just noticed ; and aa
the question in difipute has been laid
before our readers as fully as we were
able in a confined space, it is only
necessary to add, that in the present
work, the qualities which Dr. Shuttle-
worth has shown in his other works
on 'Ilieology. his judgment in discus.
Bion, and his eloquent and animated
style, are not wanting. He has, per-
haps, expressed himself in stronger
language than that used by Mr. Holden,
and haa not guarded his argument
with such careful reserve and anxiety ;
»nd he has looked, perhaps, with
more distrust at the consequences re-
sulting from the general reception of
the doctrine of Tradition, as advo-
cated by its sup[>orterB, and the ten-
dency it would have to lead to other
opinions prejudicial to the paramount
authority of Scripture : but his state-
ments, though forcible, and his expres-
sions strong, yet are they advanced
with all respect for his opponents,
and supported by a clear and just line
of reasoning. " The real point at
issue," he observes, " is, whether we
have any reason for supposing that in
the apo8t»licat age and that which
immediately followed, any doctrines
were taught as of divine authority, in-
dependently of those expressly com-
prehended in the page of Scripture.
What the theological student really
wants, is a demonstration from the
nature of the subject-matter, or from
some authentic declaration of the first
teachers of our religion, that it really
constitutes a necessary element in the
original frame-work of our belief."

When we consider that on this sub-
ject, not only tlie judgment, and learn-
ing, and reasoning of the diiTercnt
writers on either side are employed,
but that their feelings also, especially
on one side, ate deeply interested ;
when we see how much may be forci-
bly urged in maintenance of these
eovcrai opinions; when we see the
totally distinct views with which
sor/if ofthe writers come to the discus.
Rion (for we should place these of Dr.
Shuttleworlh ami the laie Mr. Froude
mo«t widely apart) ; when we soe
how indetermioiite are the iMundaAveh

Bs a most valuable attestation to the true
faith."

With regard to the Scriptural evi-
dence to the authority of Tradition,
the BUthor'b conclusion ia,

" That nothing like Scriptural evidence
rnn be produced in support of the au-
thority of Tradition ; while, on tlie con-
trary, the Scriptures attest their own
suHlcicncy as an intelligible rule of faith
and life ; it would therefore be irrational
to exalt Tradition to an equality with
them. Indiiiputably it may he an useful
uitl iu biblical lutcrpretaliuii ; it may be a
valuuble secondnry authority ; but the
Scriptural evideuce proves that it is not,
like the New Testament itself, of apostuU-
cal origin."

lo conclusion, the true and Legiti-
tnate authority of Tradition is thus
laid down :

" As no aoUd reason can be advanced
for altogether repudiating priiuittve Tradi-
tion, wc must adopt the other alternatiTe,
auU range ourselves along «ith chose who
regard it as a Auman but valuable attes-
tation to the atMstolic doctrine. The
very arguments which forbid an implicit
submiKsion to its guidance, not only allow
but enforce a devout attention to its
voice. It may be difficult to deAne the
exact degree of authority to which, ac-
eording to thit theory, it is entitled ; for
on some puint^ it itfFords more imftortunt
testimony than on others ; yet in all eases
thrre is a medium between rejection and
making it the umpire in matters of dis-
pule, and this medium we ore bound to
observe, wholly discarding its claims to
divine authority, hut conscientiously em-
ploying it ns a valuable human evidence,
as a most important witness, among many
others, to the truth."

Lastly, it is said, that the Church
of England holds the Scripture* to be
the only rule of faith. Thia ia her
primary and fundamental principle,
but she pays the profoundest resi^ct
to the declared voice of the primitive
Catholic Church, as a help for inter-
preting the Scriptures, and judging of
the christian doctrines ; but it is a re-
spect far subordinate to that which
soe pays to the written word of God,
since she admits the authority of
christian antiquity merely as u help
nod guide to, and a cunlirmation of,
her own interpretation of the Scrip>
turcs, which .Scriptures *}ie leetirds,
and justly regard", as i' une

source and iit.iudivrd of r > i nth,

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of many points of the dispute, and
from what different points of view the
various parts of the subject may be
contemplated ; when even the great
question as to what is revealed in
Scripture, and what in Tradition, is
itself a point of diaagreement and dis-
pute, we cannot hope to see. in the
present state of the argument, any
prospect of unanimity; but it might,
we think, be useful, leaving the ab-
stract argument aa it is still open to
controversy, to have the limit of what
is called primitive Tradition iixcd, as
il were by consent, (as, for example,
say ending with the close of the second
century,) and the doctrines dependent
on that Tradition to be received by
our faith fully investigated and drawn
forth from the works of the fathers
or councils. Que might then again
approach the general argument with a
more precise and accurate knowiedxe
of its importance as to every particular
doctrine. As it is, we thank the two
writers, whose works have been before
us, for the learning, judgment, tem-
per, and truly Christian feeling, with
which they have come to the discus-
sion, and for the advancement they
have made towards the discovery of
Truth. We cannot help saying, as
wc close, that in Dr. Shuttleworlh's
volume, there are many passages of ti
more general nature, branching out of
the main argument, of great eloquence
aud beautv.

Anrifnl aUcgorical, liiti'jrical, ttndlegen-
dary Paintings in Freiico, dUcmiered
in 1804 on the walla of the Chnpel
Hf /Ae Trinity at Strafford-upon-
Avon.from dravinys by Thos. Fit.her,
F.S.A., unth Fuc-timilra of C/iartfrs,
Svah, Rolh of Arcountt, Sfc. I)e.
trrihed by John Gough Nichols.
F.S.A. folia.

A REMARKABLE feature in the
civil history of the middle ages, is the
ciisteace of certain establishments
known as guilds or frateruilir?, which
are almost universally found in the
principal mercantile towns. In their
original state, these iocort'orations
appear to be generally marked with
a rrligious character, and ihc best
endowed nntl most important of ibem
\'wcrc (hose connected with the rising

lt4£/'eotS of ''"• tiadiii" iiiirV\vitv cvV" tKi

community. In uniting for the pur-
pose of protection and the furtherance
of their trade or manufacture, the
merchants of the old time were not
forgetful of the benefits they owed to
the Author of all good, and the duty
atid necessity of shewing by their kt-
ttntiou to public worship a good ex-
ample to their servants and depen-
dents. Hence the guildhall, in which
the affairs of their business were dis-
cussed and settled by the gravest aod
best- informed of the fraternity, and
where ihe social meeting for rt- laxation
and the interchange of good- feeling
was held, was usually accompanied by
its chapel, in which the public wor-
ship of the Church was duly and regu-
larly solemnised. A remembrance of
these guilds is preserved in many of the
companies of the city of London, which,
although they present but a shadow
of their original formation, still retain
their ancient titles and their patron
saints. In one instance (the Mercers*)
the chapel exists, and service atill
conlinnes to be performed at certain
period ii.

The general character of the aricirnt
fraternities, wiiich were vrry nume-
rous, is succinctly given by Mr.
Nichols in the opening of his histori-
cal account.

" The fonndadon of Glides is of an
origin more remote than any chartt^ra or
registers now extant ; nnd the existeDM
of almost eviTv gilde may be obscurejj
traced above the date of its remainjag
recordH. AiiSDcistioas of ■ similar de-
S'-ription were customary Among die claa>
sicnl ancients, and they '>■■"■■ "■ rhe
Capitula of Carlotnan, aod ' u.

Saxou synods ; the name 1!^ ■ im

the t/fliln or contribution, wbiuii wiu >ub-
scribed by the members for common nji«i» ;
And in their objects they i i nw

those nsuully designed by j
fit societies, alms, and gui' ^i,

(including a wholesucne iiru^ ■i.

tling diiiputcs without the i' aid

expensive process of liligatiun.) Ui ■owe
of a commercial character, whirh havii
BidfMeqnently devolved to l of

truilt-rs, nnd to others of i-ul

niitnrc, from which they « lly

relieved on the towns brc"" -w.

ratfil by royal chartcr». >nd

thme secular duties, they couiUutcd *lao
a pum* prnvi>iion for mliiriiiin •er\t(?e^
|. ■■ ,,■ i . . . ' 'T ihe

•

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chapd, chnncel, or aisle to the parish
(-liun.-h, aD<l oci'agionally they erected a
distinct editice, as was the Gai>e Rt Strat.
ford>upon-Avon, where the church waa
incoDvcDieutly distant fiom (ome parts of
the town."

A chapel belonging to one of tlic
Buperior grades of such fraternities
exists at Stratford-upon-Avon, which,
in addition to ita mure proper charac-
ter, was also a chapel of ease to the
parish church. The guild to which it
belonged, was dedicated to the Holy
Cross, and appears to have been in
existence so early as 1269; but the
chapel, which is dedicated to the Holy
Trinity, is of much later date, the
chancel having been erected in 1450,
and the body and tower at the close uf
the some century by the bounty of Sir
Hugh Ciopton, a native of Cloplon
near Stratford, who, having acquired a
large fortune ^a a mercer in Loudon,
of which city he was mayor in 1492,
munificently bestowed a part of his
wealth in adding an appropriate nave
or body to the existing chancel. This
worthy benefactor dieij in 1497, be-
fore the completion of i he structure he
hail commenced, but which he directed
bis executors to finish.

The chapel underwent a thorough
repair in 1804, and alibis period tlie
ancient paintings which, iu accordance
with the practice of the age when the
nave was erected, covered the walls,
were brought to light, and the late
Mr. Fiaher was fortunate enough to
be apprised of the discovery ; and,
with a zeal for which he was emi-
nently distinguished, be proceeded to
make drawings of such uf the remains
of the paintings as could be made out.
The pursuit of this object brought him
into correspondence with the corpora-
tion of the town, and he was, with a
liberality which is not often displayed
by similar bodies, freely allowed the
use of a valuable collection of ancient
documents formerly belonging to the
guild. Mr. Fisher in consequence en-
larged upon his original intention, and
proceciled to give fac-»imile specimens
of the records which had been so
freely lent to him. In pursuance of
this object be published in his life-
time sixteen plates of the paintings,
representations of one hundred and
fiAy seals, and twenty^sii plates of
lac-similed of records ; but in conse-

quence of the demand of eleven copies
under the copyright act, he suspended
his labours, and before he resumed
them, which it was his intention to
have done, his death intervened, and
the plates passed into the hands of
the present proprietor. As Mr. Fisher
had not published any letter-press
description of the plates, the present
edition, with the addition of a view of
the chapel and six additional plates of
documents, is produced to supply the
deficiency ; and Mr. J. G. Nichols has
ably furnished a brief description of
the several subjects comprised in it.

The majority of the paintings which
occupied the walls of the nave were
designed to pourtray the principal
incidents in the legend of the Holy
Cross, but those which have been pre-
served do not go further back than the
interview of the Queen of Sheba with
Solomon, althouoh, as Mr. Nichols
observes, the history of the wood of
which the holy rood was formed is
traced in the original to the creation
of the world : from this event it pro-
ceeds to the battle between Constan-
titie and Maientius, fought under the
celebrated labarum, which is depicted
as a yellow standard bearing on a roun-
del, parted per pale gules and azure, a
cross tau counterchanged and fimbri'.
ated to avoid a breach of a well-known
heraldic rule. TTie soldiers of Maxen-
tiuabearon their jupons, argent, a lion
rampant gules, in accordance with the
practice of the old heralds, who appear
to have at all times exercised great
ingenuity in investing ancient person-
agL-3 with fictitious armorial bearings,
with the view of giving an extreme
character of antiquity to their science.
The finding of the cross by Si. Helena^
and a representation of a combat be-
tween the son of Chosroes the Persian
and the Emperor Hcraclius, by whose
arm the sacred relic was recovered from
the Infidels, and its subsequent resto-
ration to Jerusalem, form the subjects
of the other paintings illustrative of
the legend. The residue of the deco-
rations of the chapel were insulated
figures of saints : — the martyrdom
of St. Thomaa-k-Becket. St. George
and the Dragon, and above the chan-
cel the Last Judgment, which sp-
pears to have occupied such a situation
in most churches. Two other paint-
ings, of a monitory character, muit

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tration of an ancient stnacture ia thr
compass of a volutne of equal migai*
tude with the present.

not be passed without notice : on one
appears a metjric&l commentary on the
mutability of all earthly grandeur, ap-
parently rehearsed by an angel; the
other Mr. Nichols explains as designed
to represent the Judgment of God
upon Sin, a$ typified in the Revelations
under the name of the " whore of
Babilon." We regret the verses at-
tached to the first subject are too long
to be eitracted entire, but they are of
frequent occurrence, and are probably
familiar to most of our readers ; we
give as an example the first verse :

Crtticoarr of titb i^dtoanburlgtairogtt.
tfrtb batb BOtpn tippon eiti a Opgnptr

of nogt)t,
<Ertb upon rrtl) btitb tfcct an bvi rbowbt
V^oto (Ttb upon rrttimaii be bf pbrotnsbt.

and the moral in which is summed
up the lesson intended to be conveyed.
It is given in modern orthograpby^by
Mr. Nichols :

" Who su him be-thougbt

Inwardly and oft

How hard it is to flit

From bed to pit,

Prom pit to pain

That never shnD cease certain,

He wonld do no sin

All the world to win/*

The documents engraved arc valu-
able, not only as throwing a light on
our nucient manners and cuetoma,
but, as Mr. Nichols shews, they are
evidences of more than one historical
fact — an indulgence (of which a fac-
eimile is engraved) " supplies, what
waa hitherto unknown, the paternal
name of Ralph de Stratford, Bishop
of London, and shews him to have
been one of the family of Hatton,
which derived their name from Hatton-
upon-Avon;" the Bishop, following
the usual practice of ecclesiastics,
having relinquished the name of his
parents, and assumed that of his birth-
place.

The letter-press appended by Mr.
Nichols to the present edition of the
plates is of great utility, and affords
the means of completely understandmg
the subjects which are engraved, and
without which the seals and many of
the fac-similes would be almost use-
less. The work, Avhich for so many
years bos been nearly unknown, will
now form a valuable addition to the
library of the anticjuarj*, who will in
'""• ' '^ea pu&BUbS fto (;umv>UAu ah illus-

^rchisfilnifia of tlte Soi^chf f>/ Auti
rie> of London. J'ol. XXVII. pari

( Contia u* J from p. 411,^
On the Me<uurPM taken for tk* Ap-
jirehauion of Sir Thomiu df Gomntf.
one of the Murderrra of Kimg Rimmd
the Second ; ami on their fimat
By the liev. Joseph Hunter, F.S^,
MR. HUNTER has t>c«a ciubli
by reference to some ancient ooa
tuses in the Exchequer, to farniab
important corrections to tlie si
ments of the old Chrotiicl«rB De
Moor and Walsingbam, in reference
to the fate of Sir Thomoa de Ciournav,
who was the principal actur in
murder of Edward the Second at Berl
ley Castle. The statemcnt.% of th
historians is, that Gouitiay, 6ymg
country aHer commission of t'
was apprehended at Morscilii
being taken and put on board
to be conveyed to England, was
headed at sea. The documents givi
by Rymer in the Fo»deni, althoui
they serve to illuetrate much of
proceedings instituted by ICdward
Third for apprehending the murdnren
of his father, fail to shew the final
result of those measures. Mr. Hua
terhas drawn up a very ingenious b
torical chain of evidence from exiiti
records bearing upon the facts
abortive attempts were made to ai
prehend Gournay, before the K
the 16th of January 1333, despi
Sir William de Thweng to Ni
for the purpose of briaging him to
England : the whole progress of this
journey is singularly and minutely
illustrated by the compotus of the ex.
penses of Thweng's mission, whic
shews that Gournay was apprt
by him in the dominions of
Kingof Sicily and Naples f that
brought by Thweng, on hin way ti
Waids England, partly by *ea
by lam), in <v very dcd
health (as appears by t
curred by Thvrcng on 1
medical advice> to Bay
died, "^r; ' •
brought

at Sandw\Lii n.u ,
[irocceded to T) j
being at Berwick.

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July 1333, Tliweng presented himself
to the Kio^ to give an accoaot of his
missioQ. His charges araoanted to
3J0/. Tt. 10<^ bis Qwa /ee being lOv.
per diem." He continued with the
King in hia army at Berwick to July
20, thirty of bia men, a» well sailors
as others, remaiuLug in tbe ship, "cum
corporc Thomie de Gournay mortui
ducto de dictis partibus de Naples."
Nothing is said of any interment.
I1ius is almost every statement of
Walsingham and De la Moor relative
to this transaction contradicted by the
irrefragable testimony of a contempo-
rary Record ; Gournay was not arrested
at MarteilUa ; be was not put to death
at t(a : nor was he put to death lest
he should implicate utbcr great per-
sons in the crime — as the Bishop of
Hereford, or Queen Isabella herself.
Mr. Hunter justly remarks, that De
la Moor's inaccuracies and misrepre-
sentations in these points are eucb as
to throw a suspicion over other infor-
mation given by him concerning the
last year of the life of the unhappy
Kdward II. Tbe useful purpose to
which Mr. Hunter has applied these
so long-neglected instruments, de-
mands the thanks at on£e of the anti*
quary and historian.

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Aeeount q/" a Britith Buckler found
i* th» bfd of (he rivtr Jsit, betteeen
Unit WiUenham oad Dorchester in
Oxfordshire.

This buckler, like the beautifol and
perfect specimen of a British shield
preserved at Goodrich Court, and
which is engraved in a former volume
of the Afchieologia (see our Number
for Nov, 1836, p. 505), is adorned
with bosses within raised concentric
circles, and has an umbo to receive
the hand ; but the bosses of the buck-
ler are six times the size of those of
the shield, while its diameter i* about
half. Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick thinks
this buckler is an unique specimen of
the Turiun, shewing that the Dobuni
had a different form of shield from
that used by the natives near New-
castle-u|»o-Tyne, or those of Merio-
neth or Cvdigao.

A Jitter from Edu^. ilnwlnnx. Eiq.
F.R.S. to Sir ffi-vy FMh. Sfm-fury,
with cm account of nmt SiUfon ftnuMM

TogS^oI. XXVI r: G3I

and otlier articlu found ai Sevingtoa,
Narlh 11111$.

These coins were discovered in the
middle of a meadow, where there were
no traces of buildings ; they had been
deposited in a box, and with them two
delicate instruments of silver, one a
fork, the other a spoon. The coins
were chiefly of the ninth century of
the Saxon dominion, 806 to S90. Fac-
similes of ten types, varying from
those already known, are given in the
plate illustrating Mr. Hawkins' paper.
They arc of Wulfred, Archbishop of
Canterbury [two varieties] ; Ceon-
wulf, Kingof Mercia ; Beotbulf, King
of Mercia [three varieties] ; Egbert,
sole monarch of England ; Ethelwulf
[two varieties] ; Ethclston. The Ru-
nic knot-work, aaMr. Hawkins term*
it. on the spoun and fork, proves that
the ancient crosses thus adorned in
Wales, of which we have seen several
examples, were executed at a period
coeval with the Anglo-Saxon dynas-
ties. Mr. Hawkins shows that, al-
though the use of forks was unknown
in England before the time ofCoryate,
the curious passage in whose Crudities
relative to which he cites, it is probable
their use had never ceased in Euronc
from the time of the Romans, as forks
of that people have been found on the
Appian way, &c.

Inttrttctioni by Henry Perry, ninth
Earl of Northumberland, to hi* Son,
Algernon Percy, touchimj the manage-
ment of hit Ettate, Officers, S(c. Writ-
ten during his ennfinemenl in the Thwer;
eammnnicated by J nmes Hey wood Mark*
land, Esq. F.R.S.

This nobleman will be recognised aa
the sufferer under those vague accu-
sations in the Court of Stnr-Chamber,
tending to connect him, at least in silent
connivance, with that horrible attempt
at revolution, purposed to be effected by
one comprehensive and instantaneous
massacre, the Powder Plot. The Earl
was finally adjudged to pay a line of
30,0002., to be deprived of all hia
offices, and imprisoned in the Tower
for life : — a sentence afterwards miti-
gated to imprisonment for fifteen years
and a mulct of ll.OO*)/. Mr. Mark-
land very judiciously animadverts upon
circumstances w^hich render the Earl's
gtiilty cognizance of the QlQt.«vVx«ca.tV)

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improbable ; and observes that the
MS. now printed was penned under a
persecution likely to sour and per.
vert the best principles of the heart.
It is a literary curiosity ; and in many
passages incidentally illustrates the
manners and peculiar language of the
times : the principles it enjoins are.
however, eminenily artificial, and the
author, who inculcates caution border-
ing on suspicion, and politic dissimu-
lation, a» the golden rules of deport-
ment in life, may arrest our attention,
but cannot command our respect.
These instructions form a heavy tract,
and needed, to render them palatable,
all the salt of Mr. Markiand's lively
introduction.

ObiervationM on a Roman Speculum
exhibited by Sir fVUliata Middlrton,

yrt : by John Gage, Etq. Director.

This relic was found in the pari&h
of Coddenham. Suffolk, in 1833. and
soon after noticed in our Magazine,
vol. xcv. i. 291. with representations
of its exterior sides. A Roman way
from Colchester by Stratford on the
Stnur to Caistor passes near the spot
where it was discovered. Mr. Gage
describes the speculum as a portable
trinket, consisting of a thin circular
bronze case divided horizontally into
two equal portions, which (it one into
the other. "The case has on the ooe
side a head of Nero, and on the other
a vcrA' close imitation of the reverse of
a coin of that emperor, in large brass,
with the legend Adlocut. Coh. reprc>
senting the Emperor addressing the
army. No legend appears on the
speculum. The reliefs ore enchased."

This speculum appears to Jbe of
bronze, with a tinned reflecting sur-
face. The speculum found in on urn
in Dcveril Street, Dover- road, ex-
hibited by Mr. Kerope to the Society
of Antiquaries, and now in the British
Museum, was of a very different
character; it had a handle attached,
and was carried like a fan. (See the
Engraving in Archaologia. Vol, XXVI.

id in oiir number for Nov. 1836,

607.) The Deverii-strect mirror

E^as exceedingly brittle ; exhibited a

bright silvery fracture where recently

broken, and was probably largely

amalgamated with antimony.

Jttedited DooMumto r«lattn>j to tH«
8

Rkview. — Archaologia, Vol. XXVII.

/fltpruoaMe*/ and Condenmatitm ttf

TAomas Mort. etmimuadicatvi bf Joha
Bruce, Esq. F.S.A.

Mr. Bruce observes that SirTTioauj
More was committed to the Tower is
1534. not for refusing to take the ocli
0/ svprevujcy as is generally soppoMd,
but for refusing the oath appoiati "
by the Statute of 25 Henry VI IF.
maintain the succession to tiie Thro
in the issue of that monarch by An
Boleyo. in which the invalidity of I
first marriage and the validity of
divorce and second marriage were 1
firmed. Tlie historian Rapin, on who
so few inaccuracies can be charg
recognises this distinction. (Vol. I.
803.) This refusal woa constituted. I
the act of Parliament, misprision
treason ; and for refusing to
with its provisions, Fisher, Bil
Rochester, and Sir Thomas Mor
condemned by the Parliament tol
confiscation of their estates and
pctnal imprisonment. They saffifr
the extreme penalty of treason in li
for objecting to take the oath of (ll
premacy. Two very interesting docu-
ments are given by Mr. Bruce in r«
tion to these matters from the Arul(
del MSS. : one is a petition from
wife and children of More to ll<
VIII. craving his release from
Tower of London, where he had
eight months confined "for refuax
the outh" [of succession], and l '
king would be pleased to allol
such maintenance out of his fo
estate as he might think fit.

This instrument is much in the
of a bill in Chancery, and was, prol
biy, as Mr. Bruce thiuke, drawn
Sir Thomas More himself. The oil
document is the record of the indie
ment found against More for denyi
Me King't npremacy, which at oi
fixc» the specific offence for whi
More was executed, which Sir Jar
Mackintosh, in hia recent lifn of
excellent man, has observed, -wa*
certainly known ; but which, howevrr.
we must remark, is cxpn-^sly affii(B«ii
by Rapin, on the authorities ofJ
Lord Herbert, Burnet, and
Mr. Bruce I
above docun
ruuH Lntitt nnu^uiiM.
the subslnnco of it !•
(onu, ixftorviug the u;.^.,

R£Vi£n'. — Archieologia, Vol. XXV 1 1

I

appendix to his paper. Jt ia remark-
able that this instrument openly asserts
the power of Tarliamcnt at pleasure to
confer or alienate the icingly office —
" Rex per par! iamen torn fieri potest et
per parliamentuni dcprivari potest :"
a doctrine which would not, probably,
have been so decidedly broached, but
for the enactments that had been pre-
viously made, relative to the succession.

Rmarks on the Matrix of the Seal of
BoJtgrave Priory, SuMet, by Sir Frede-
rick Madden.

Thi^ seal was found bv some la-

name, apparenlly, engraved above. The
fttce of the corresponding liidf. forming the
rererte of the seal, represeiiU the V irgin
8f»lcd under a trefoil canopy, witli lUc
infant Jcsu* in her lap. and holdmg up in
her right hand a fleiir-de-li«. or Uly. On
cither side of her are tree* with birds on
them, and her feet rest, as in the insUnce
of the seal of Merton Priory, on an cle-
gantly ornamented corbel. Round the
margin wo read a rhyming legend, as
followg :

Dicitur ex /iy»»o wVirfi Boxgravia Aigno,
Nomint nam ereicil, virlulibm atjue

rire»cU.
On the dors arc eight blnnk compartmenU

bourers in excavating for a line of ofdiffercnt8hnpce,ndf.cdfioui the ground,
" ■ ttnd destined to cover the corresponding

places on the obverse of the Seal."

On cither etlge is engraved a rhym-
ing legend.

Qui (raitJtmitilaceBoxijravam libertt h P«
Judiciumq. grave noa i,eHtwt, immonuane
which v*'e will venture thus to render
and explain with similar doggerel li-
cence.
" Who hailed the Virgin. Boigrare ia»«

from woe 1 P(now.

No heavy doom, but grateful may it
A second raalrix was found with

railway, but the spot ]>as not been
ascertained. It resembles the beauti-
ful seal of South wick Priory, Hants,
80 ingeniously contrived for producing
on each of its sides an impression of
two surfaces, the figures of the under
surface presenting thpraselves entirely
clear through the architectural aper-
tures of the upper. It has, moreover,
a contrivance for impressing a margi-
nal legend.

" Ou the face forming the obverK of
the Seal, it repnscnlcJ the front of a mo-
nastic building, similar in it« details to
those on many seal* of the latter half of
the thirteenth centnry. In the upper
part, within a trefod, is the head of Jeima
Christ in the act of benediction ; in the
middle, under canopies, appear whole-
length figures of Gabriel and the Virgin,
with the half figure of a monk in gmallur
niches on either Bide, in the attitude of
prayer ; whilst below, in a qootrefoil, we
have the head of a Bishop, prohabl; in-
tended for Blaise, the patron saint.
Around is the following legend :

SigitluiH fccltrie Sancie Marie Saneiique
BioJtii lie Box grata.

On the exterior, or dors, of this piece, are
engraved in comportments, raised above
the ground, fimilnr figures nnd heads to
those jUKt di-!«cribed, and which, in fact,
were originally dnigned by the maker of
the seal to occupy their places when the
impression was made. They are rather
larger, and of earlier execution. On each
ude of the head of Chri^^t apiicar the
letters .\ fl ; two aiiditionul heails (per-
haps meant for Peter and Paul) are de-
signed to All the spaces which areorcupii^d
on the obverse by plain quatrefoiU ; be-
tween the Angel and the Virgin i.i a scroll

V, ' rU AVE MARIA, and an altAT

(i ml below ; and instead of the

111, ,< Ill' Bishop Blaise, we have bis

holf-kngth, holding a crosier, and 'his
Gknt. Mac. Vol, X.

the preceding, on which was a female
figure standing and holding a box to
receive alms. Legend,
Sigillum Sanctic Rodcgundi* Leprosaruro
de Locovere, Fratrum ct Sororum ejus-
dem loci.

The locality of this hospital of St.
Radegund. like that of many of the
smaller foundation* of this nature,
cannot now be asceilained.

Observations on the mode adopted hy
MasoHi at variuut and diftani ppriodt
informintf a »lraight head ovrr an aper-
ture. By Sydney Smirke, F.S.A. |

n»is is a paper of much technical |
value ; five examples ate given of the
method adopted by the masoos of the '
classic and gothic ages for effecting the
above recited object. The first is from
the Temple of Concord at Agrigentum ;
the second from one of the adyts of
the emissario to the Lake of Albanoj
the third from the doorway of Thco-
doric's tomb nt Ravenna ; the fourtll,
is the strait;ht lintel over the doorwai
of Rochester Cathedral ; and the fifti
is from the chimney opening in an old
kitchen at Edgcot, Northamvtoafelx«*JL
Thus. Ctom fc Vi\i\\«i\xv^«»^'«xv>«."«>i^ "^

M

I

Rktibw. — Arcfutoloffia, Vol. XXVII.

I

the ancient Greeks, to one appareDtly
of tlic early pnrt of the sixteenth cen-
tury, we have at certain intervals
substnntinl records of the continuance
of the same architectuml contrivance,
deteriorated, however, in point of its
style of execution as it descended
through distant ages. The niai<onic
art was surely traditional throughout
Europe; and whatever variety of styles
were introduced, its leading principles
were adhered to through the Btrcam of
ages.

In the Appendix to the volume ore
Noficei of Eyn»f<ird Ca$lU, Kent, io
a letter from tdward Crcsy, Esq. to
John Gage, Esq. accompanied by plans
and elevations. Eynsford Castle is a
very interesting specimen of a Caafrlet,
if that diminutive may he employed, of
the early Norman period. A equare
keep of small dimentiions was sor-
rounded by an outward wall of irre-
g;ular polygonal form, and about S30
feet in circumference. This wall oc-
cupies, as we remember, the whole
ares of a little ait or islet, round
which the Darcnt formerly flowed. It
remains at present in a tolerably pcr>
feet state, although the keep has been
levelled, for the greater part, within a
few feet of the foundations. The
outer wall is remarkable for being
destitute of flanking projections. We
have little doubt but the whole build-
ing formed at once the domestic resi-
dence or manse and fortalice of the
Norman lord of Eynsford.

Alfred Burges, Esq. in a letter to
Sir Henry Ellis, notices the Roman
Paci'menl dincittfrfd tmtler one of the
hoHivi at Crosby Square, JiUhopsgale ;
8 circumstance which shows that the
site of Crosby Hall had been occupied
by a mansion of importance even in
the Roman times.

Dr. Conrad Leemans, first conser-
vator of the Museum at Leyden, who
exhibited a plaster cost of a human
skeleton found in 1828, at Armits-
burgh, near the Hague, considers from
the result of the recent researches there
made under the auspices of the Dutch
governmt'Ot. that it was the Forum
Hadriiini of the tables of Peutingcr;
the Roman ornaiiicuts on the body
Kcni to prove that if it did not belong

to an individual of that oBtion, it can
at all events be of no later period than
shortly after the time in which the
Romans were in possession of that
part of Holland under Coustaotine.
The ornaments consisted, in the first
place, of three fibuis of bronze, on*
alwut the neck, the second near to the
left shoulder, the third under the left
breast. Only one of them was at*
tached to the bones. Two others felt
in pieces as soon as the body waa
exposed to the influence of the air.
Bracelets of very bad silver ornament-
ed the lower part of the arms.

The account of the Roman colnmil
described by Mr. Kempe. as having
been found on the site of the Grey
Friars' monastery (now Christ'i* Hq«>
pital), one side of which was con
verted into clustered pillars of
style of architecture employed io ihffl
time of Henry the Third, would have
been more satisfactorily illuBtratcd
by an engraving. The cinerary nrxui
placed within outer urns of large di-
mensions discovered near the Ilomao
road into Essex, opposite Red Uoi
Street, Whitechapel,^ and at Deveri]
Street, Dover Road, near the old Wa^
ling Street, add, as Mr. Kempe ol
serves, to the numerous exa f

tombs placed by the Rohj:

their highways. " Hir »ia

positi utdicant praetcrtu

Mr. Diamond proves L. . ^...^.y ex
araplcs that the received tradition th
Mfszotinlo Engraving v&i mvfnt.iT 1
Prince Rupert is entirely en
the invention is due to 1.
Sivgen, a Lieut.-Col. in the -
the Landgrave of Hesse C«^~
IC'JB. A mezzotinto print of the Vtr
gin and Infant Jesus, dedicated t
Cardinal Julius Mazarin. bears t
following affirmation : — " Novi hnj
eculptura; modi yr' '<tr Lad

vicus a Siegen hull iert

et consccrat anno 1 <'■'/.

Tbc drowings, by Mr. Carlo*, oflhe
curious paintings of the 12th ctenhsrjr,
which odorn the rn<jf of oor o( tb«i
lateral chapels whir'n fl.ink i1n <■ V,-, rw,
eel of St. Mary'^ .

are satisfactorily > 5

aid of Mr. J. G. Nichols,
ving from these drawings wm

I

• EagTwted *m Gent- M«s "^ol. V. pt. 1 , p. 371.

- -m^g^a^,..

1838.]

Kkvikw. — Architologio, Vol. XXVIl.

C35

added interest and value to the paper ;
nor caD the graphic art, we suggest,
andcr similar circumAtancea, be em*
ployed too liberally in aid of tlie So-
ciety's transactions.

On presenting to the Society a raap
of the Roman roads over the York-
shire wolds, John Walker, Ksq. of
Malton. accompanied it with some lo-
cal observations, by which wc learn
that RonNiamtVe-^fonei remain at Filey.
RudsTooe Parva, and Carnaby,— all
by the sea- coast; that the Koroan
roads over the Yorkshire wolds, hav.
ing a hard statumen of natural chalk,
are not artificially raised ; their di-
rection was marked by tumuli. This
circumstance will account for many
tumuli throughout the kingdom, when
opened, afTordiog no sepaTchral depo-
sits. Such mounds were often land-
marks, indications of the line of road,
exploratory stations, or the rocaos for
elevating small wooden forts; for some
•uch purpose aa the last mentioned,
we imagme. that giant barrow on
Marlborough Downs, " Silbury Hill,"
was constructed. The site of British
huts is marked out on the wolds by
circalar hollows, the centre of which
exhibits io many instances marks of
the domestic fire.

On occasion of the exhibition by
Sir Henry Ellis of the plan of the
Roman road between Staines and
Silchcster, drawn by certain of the
senior students of Sandhurst Mili-
tary College, Mr. Kempe communis
cated some observations chiefly with
a view of confirming the opinion of
Horsley. that Silchester was the CaU
Itva AttrtbatHtn, not the J'ittdomUf of
Antonine's Itinerary. The strongest
proof, says Mr. Kem|>e, after all, that
It was the ancient Calle%a, may be
found in the circumstance " that some
traces of its former name are preserved
in the present," which he proceeds to
ahow as follows: —

" Like many other ancient cities of
Britain, Silcht»ter wts known by various
appellations. We shall see if any of

the«e had an identity of origin. Nen '
nitts, in bis Cataloeue of British Cities,
calls it Caer Sryonl ,- perhapa merely with
re^rence to the inhsbitnnts of ibi' dis-
trict in which it was placed, Tltir> dis-
ttnction was probably merged in the Iti-
nerary, in its connexion with the more
important province of the Attrebates, on
whose confines it immediately stood.
Neonius tells os it was also called A/uri>
mintum; an appellation which we miilt
consider bad ajliiifion to its tea//, which,
even to this day, is so strikingly cliame-
teristic of its site. The term Gallova or
Calleva, of the Roman ItinerarieJ, ap.
pears to have had the same source, and
was but a softened form of (lie British
Guai Vawr, or the Great Watt ; both
names had their root, perhaps, in the
Greek X"*^*^ fsilex). whence also the
French Cattlau (a pebble). 5i7e-chester
or Silbhester is therefore but a Unrotu-
zing, to use the term, of Silicis Castrum,
the fortress of the Phot or Wall, by the
rosy metonymy which 1 have shewn.*
TbeGre^k lexicograpber ssys, that x"^««*r
are the timoli stones of which buUilings
nre conjitracted, ' ut sunt hilices,' * at
cements,' and cites Thucydides for au-
thority, hrr6s di oCrt x^*i *'''■• ir^Xof
fjf.

" Nennins nscribes the foundation of
Silchester to Cunstantius, the son of Con-
stantiue the Great. Whatever improve-
ments he might have made in its build-
ings or defences, I cannot but think it
bad • much earlier origin : as the chief
fastness or forest stronghold of the S«-
fontiaci, it probably existed at the time
of Cesar's expedition into Britain. The
anonymous geographer of Ravenna gives
it a name which 1 have not yet noticed,
Ard-oneon. this is a pure BritU/i com-
pound, dud may be read Ardal Onion,
the region of Emion or Onion. Now it
happens, by the circumstantial tenacity
of tradition, that an arch or cavern in
the ma»*iv« wails of .Silchester is called
to this day Onion's Ilote, and CamdOB
bears tc»timoay that, in his time, the na-
m<-rous coins found within its limits were
called Onion' t pennies.

" ' Onioni denarii qnem Gigantcm tu-
isse et lianc nrbem inculuisse tomniant.'

"These coins are chiefly, I bcheve, of
the lowtr etajtir*, and attest the large

* It may be something in favour of the derivation sQ!;gcsted by Mr. Kempe, that
the oarly Monkish hittorians write the name Cylycetlrt and Citeettre. Thus ~
off (HiMSCcster, following Geoffrey of Monmouth, speaking of King Arthur, says —

"-The hiph men all come

Of the land to C^lycrttrf, and counsel thereof none
For to uiakc him a king."

e, that ^J
Robert ^H

A

636

Review. — Grajhida ; or. Characteristics of Painters,

i>opul«tion of the place at that period.
[ cKDDOt, howwer. will* the venerable
Kod juiiiciotu C&niden, estirem tbe tradi-
tion concerning the Giant Obiob altoge-
ther as A dream ; doubtless he wu some
great chieflain of tlie Segontian weald ;
the lord of Silchester before it« itilieeouM
mmpire was rais<'il, when ita defences
were I'liaslfucled of earth and the felled
trees of the eurrouDding woods. The
form of tbe stattua shows that its original
ground-plot was not Roman, Eiuion
may, therefore, be compared to one of
t)ui*c beings of primeval limes whom the
Scripture terras Giants: a race of more
bodily power than man possesses in his
civilized fondilion ; for in .savage life the
corporeal energies are more fully deve-
lo|ted : to which we may add, that the
hardihood, tem[>erance, and exercise,
which must be practised in a life so des-
tilute of luxurious indulgence, induce, of
necessity, no small degree of natural
proivcM, Thus personal strength was, in
the heroic ages, a highly honourable qua-
lity."

Mr. Kecnpe'a paper is nrcompanied
by a plan of the walls, defences, and

gundy. The b»dg« is described m

a barbicBD bur»tiDg into Qames,
beneath is his war-cry, " A'«»/ tw
frote ;" eatwiacd with the corddl
attached to the badge are the letie
1 , N . E. which Mr. Plaocbc* thiol
are the initials of the office to whi'
the Bastard was appnliit.-ii irj,
year 1464, Imi>rralor ;
tui. or Admiral of Un
Ftanche proceeds tu give a weiUcon
piled biographical account of the
tard from several scaUcred and lit
known sources.

Inclosing our notices of the 27tli~
volume of Archaeologia, we are hmp<
py to observe no falling off in the
zeal of the contributors to itfi p*ges,
or in the matter on which their Cibtli*
ties have been exerted.

Graphidte; or,Characl^iiffict<\fI*aim-
ten. (Privately printed.) I83S.

THIS beautiful little work ia
happily conceived and well exi
amphitheatre of Silchester, compiled The author has brought to it
from documeats preserved in the King's of thought, simplicity of langi

library at the British Museum; he
aUu gives a plan of the public baths
of the city discovered a. d. 1833, and
noticed by him in our Magazine for
February in that year, p. 131.

Other articles of the Appendix,
which our space docs not admit us
particularly to discuss, and most of
which have been already noticed by us
in our monthly report of the Society's
proceedings, art — the account, by Sir
Francis Palgrave, of an antique onyx,
bearing the effigies of an Iini)erial
family of Rome, inserted in the cover
of a MS. of the Gospels, presented by
Charlemagne, or his sUler Ada, lo the
Abbey of St. Maximin, near Treves.
A representation of the seige of The-
roucnne, communicated by Sir Henry
Ellis, from the Cottoniaii collection.

A dissertation by Mr. Planch6 on
a portrait in the possession of the
Duchess of Sutherland, which had
been reputed to be that of Charles the
Bold. Duke of Burgundy, but which
he shtlw^, by the badge at the back of
the painting, and motto, to be Uiat of
his brother Anthony, Bastard of Bur-

harmony of versilication, and cleguii
of expression. The characteristic gc
nius of the different painters is well
and clearly described ; and the rrHeC'
tions suggested by the suhjectA
such as evince poetical taste and fceliuj
In this he has succeeded where Po
egregiously failed; and hia taste
inferior (and whose is not : ) to
quisite felicity, — to that inimital
licacy and pictoresque force, whi
Lisle Bowles has shown in his
the Landscape ofRu bens, and elsewheia
in describing the still richer Landi
of Nature. Having commenced hi
campaign in the region of Parnaai
successfully, — we hofie our Po«l
soon take a wider field, and cro
lirow with a richer wreath of (,
Subjects executed in this way si
be delicately and finely liniehed
specks or Haws can be allowed, — di
rough dashes of the pencil. — no bul
defects ; but all must be as soft, and
polished, and lender, and the lan«
guage k\s, finely /u»rtt, am the colotit
in the garments of Terburgh. or
landscapes of Vaudcrvclde. Let

* 3f«y not tbe bailgc, )(«ptec«ated lathe wood'OUt Uliutrtdng Mr. Planeh^'a |»aper
to nlludon to the abovr of&c». VuiWavt * »m\, cWt^ "■''^ *jito«» • ■

iS38.]

RkView.— TAc Annuals for 1839.

G3-

*

give a specimen or two. •which we
trust even the fine taste of the author
of the "Cicisbeo" will approve.

KArVAELK.*

A moHwr's t»eiinty when her bAhe >» w»kirig,
Tlial lrtbe'9 wfl Uiubs from uoMnJay slumber

bri-iiking ;
The mifdif «iuile that ripples Wunwn's face,
Ami tlie (Itflif ious glow of youthful price,
Wrou){ht in the fondssl harmony of Art,
Were his least pifta— his flne terrestrial part.
Mother of ChrUt t divinely iligntlied,
CU«p, clasp thine awful Babe, iu tender pride,
Wliile Chirubs, hovVing in the arnre blaxe,
Beiiil on his face the rapture of llmir g«M.
Such mystic splenilonr »hot)k the Holy Mount,
Such ftreatns of glory tbot from Mercy'*

fount,
When God's pr«»t Saints descended from above,
And thus was all transfifrur'd into love.

CORREOGIO.

O'er rounded shapes a star of love Is (flowinp,
In radiance thro' transparent shadows llowinj ;
Tlie World's night -textnr'd curtain, dim and
Is melted by a li^ht before the -Sun ; [dun,
That lipht of all the Karth, that healingr splen-
dour.
So white and heavenly— yet so soft and tender.
The wo<>dland reniteiit, who nHi>injC lay.
Feels the sweet glory melt her sius away.
And holy tran»p<}rt radiatei throoifh the gloom
Which thickena round the mystery of the

Tomb :
Or Venua, ralnbow-wing'd, with sportive joy,
Smiiea ahowera of bliss upon her darling Boy,

• We are «orry to Bay that P. 5. is
quite disfigtired by the villanous manner
iu which the printer has given the Greek
quotutioD from his countryman — it is truly
hwotiaH,

Wheti the green depth of Art's enchanted

grove
Hides the forsaken shrtDe of Pagan love<

CI.AUDK LORRAIMR.

The calm of moonlight ami the (lomp of day
Blend with the airy SMubeani!), on their way
To wave In patbTi of cold en suiimuT seas.
Smile uu the Earth and sweep the feathery

trees;.
The ridge of distant mountains, blue and bare,
Kis»eH in light the denser ileplh of air;
And clouds of incense, sea-boru strangers — fly
On the clear breexe of lliat enchanted sky.

O. P0DS8IN.
If I could wander where a true Sun shines,
To Grcxy Vaudun, or thy Apennines,
Companionable Artist ! thou shouldst cboaag
A summer pirsaance for the happy Maav,
Near some fair city, or the ruin'd fknea
(>f the old Gods, the genii of these plains.
Chano'd by the witchery of the vernal air.
The sight would revel in a world so fair ;
Crest the bold headland, search the dipping

glades,
Watch the faint sca-liue on the glossy sluides ;
The sunshine, dripping tbro' the dense green

boui^lu, [arouse

Would bathe the paiated baaks, — and we'd
A choir of Dian's nymphs from yonder brake.
To dance around thee for thy kinsman's sake.

Rt;Y8UAKL.
Grey river ! down the mountain stepping- 1

stones.
From piuy glens alKivc thy torrent moans.
Bare are the stems of Or which Winter's blast
(Scarce spent aa yet) acroaa the craga have

cast.
Tliick atmospheres and sullen ever-green
Hang their dense curtain round the sombre
Oh t uninhabitable wilderness t [.scene.

Oh ! home for Diaconteat. or shy IXstresal
Tlie Artist lov'd thy stcrnly-sadden'd air.
But never human image pUccd be there.

Th» As.vtJAL3 roH 1839.

The DindfM, a Booh for the Boudcir.
By Louisa H. Sheridan. Ho.
THIS la ot)c of the costlieift and
haDdhOQ.est of the Aonuals that we
have seen ; but the poetry is not in
general eqwal to the other arts of
embellishment. .Mr. T. Campbell,
whose poem, called " Napoleon aud
the British Sailor," commences the
volume, cannot ever write, in his most
careless moments, without some bright
poetic drops distilling from his pen ;
but, f>»r the rest —

Lord John. Lord James, Sir John
Paul,

(1 vish to speak indeed moat meekly,)]
But still I think your verses all,

Instead of Aiinnat, are but tceeAlj/.f

Of all your writers, small or great,
Female or male (yon must allow it).

There is not one that 1 could rate
In excellence with Mary Howitt.

No bird of glittering plume it «he r

But one whoxe song enchants the soulj

Like her sweet sister of the tree.
Clad in her meek and nuset stole ;

f Can our Reviewer, who is a very young man, mean a joke — an ambigu?
" weakly." We will ask, and let our readers know in the Qiei.t. ^t.xuxiiK.t . — v *^
linhrr.

The AsiNL'Ai.8. — The Diadem.

So pare, so innocent she •eems, [boiir*;

Good gpiriU haant her slumberiog
Her songs we but remember'd dreAniji ;

She never wrote her " Birds and
Flowers,"

But every nipht, to him unVnown, —
The mortal slumbering at her side, —

Queen .Mab builds up btr little throne
Jaat where the muslin-cap is tied;

Then bending o'er that gentle face, [ly,
With contcious visions gleaming bri;ht>

She whispers through the frill of lace
Such legends as would puxxic Keightley,

Of speaking apples, dancing waters.
The three green birds ; — but, hark \ a
snore !

She 's off, with all her fairy daughters, —
That nian is a tremendous bore !

But to return. The atory of Sir
Walter Scott, which he told to the late
Duchess of St. Alban's. called " The
Foreign-bred Chief," has in it such ex-
treoae improbability, as evidently con-
vinced him that it could never fortn

the buis of a popolar or meeeohl
narrative. We will novr inake trntk
extracts as in our wisdom »ecina fiL

SOKO.

By J^Um ComgrtPe, UrmmmHit, vrtlu» it
1710.

(From Congrevc'a Antograpb, tke MS.

pen^s Lord Buchan.)

False tho' ynu 'vc been to me ud Lovr,

I ne'er can take reven^.
So much your wondrous beaatji more, !

Tho' I regret y' chang^e.
In hours of bliss we oft have met, —

Tliey could not always l&at ;
And tho' the pre«ent 1 regret,

I still am grateful £or the past.

But thinic not, fair (one), tho* my

A gen'rous flame has warna'd.
Yon e'er again could make me bleat.

Or charm as once yon charui'd.
Who may y' fv.'--'- •'-■ -irs own

May future -'ive ;

In love, /Ae/l"' -' l(rmt

It what you never earn rmtrievt I

The Unjutt Steward: a mppoted Lampoon, taken Uterally from the Au
Copy written 6y Charles Duke of Richmond. Dated 1 667.

In a white Hall there once were Stewarcls three —

Head-Steward, Hoube-Steward, and Faire-Steward, ye there tnig'ht aer:

Housc-Stewnrd and Faire-Steward partners fayne would b« ;

But the Head-Steward thereto would not agree,

As pAiWting well Faire-Steward estemed he ;

So from White Hall y* 2 he made to flee.

Oh t unjust Steward, many would feel full glee

If iliou sholdest loose thy place and erery fee :

Thy father's Aeod-long course was shortcn'd Icgalie.

//«'<«i-Stcward, beware! — that name ill omenus thee. R. 1C(j7.

"This lampoon, presepred in the author's
autograph by the descendents of his rela-
tive*, was written when be was banished
from Whitehall. The Moute-Stettard
means himself; the Head-Steward Charles
the .Second ; and the Faire Steward the
beauteous f;rand-daughter of Waller
Steward, Lord Blaiityre; — the three were
related. The Duke was first struck with
Miss Stuart's charms at one of Queen
Cathanne's masquerades, in \GC4, When
the Queen was at one time Riven over by
hi-r physicians, it is ^aid she named this
young lady to Charles as the successor she
" Tied tu huvt) to the Thnme. On Catha-
's recovery, Lord (clarendon took a
fancy that his Royal Muster might seek a
divorce in order to offer his hand to this
Maid of Honour ; he therefore promoted
her marriage with the Duke of Richmond.
^_ Wheu this was suspected, the Duke
J^m vmn Iraiiislit'd from Court. Miss Stuart
^H eloped with him, and was married in l()€'

L

forgiven, and the young Dui-I>ea« wnn aj».
puiutcd Lady of the Ueduhauibcr by ber
kind mistress.

" An adventure of her's witb the Qvcea
is given by Mr. Heuslow, in iLm Pasto*
Pa|iers, dated Oct. iO, 1670. • * i-»
week, there being s ••■•— ■^— ir \ afli j
End, the Queen, tii. a( Rich-

mond, and the Dutn < . : ^ckii

had a frolicke, to deguins thciBa«l^
country lasses, in red pettiooaCs ami t
cotes ; and so goe to sec tbq fiaire. <
Bernard Gaacoigne, as a Coui
rode before theQueen. •"•' •"■■• ?>l|
tiemeu of the Court bt . tc

They had all so ovci' 1 thdr da«

guises, and looked so mach n*onr liAe an-
tiqneK Ili»n mnntry »nlk, that an %o*m «5^
they ^ " '■

to g...

I Ttic cirrnmstaoces, however, wen «ootx ^wV XAwt. Wt ^\« «*«w.>heart, they

1838.]

Thk Annuals. — The Keeptake.

Bonn by their gibberish found to b« stran-
ger*, which drew a bi|^r flock ftft«r
them. One amongst them had seen the
Queen at dinner, knew her, and was
proud of telling it ; and this brought all
the faire to stare at the Queen. Being
desrovered, they got On their horses ; but
a* many of the faire as had borsex got up,
with their wives and children, or swete-
beartd behind them, to get as much gape
as they could, till they brought them to
the Court -gates. Thus by ill conduct won
a merry frolic turned into a penance."

We shall follow this c«tract by
another, written in 1761, hy Philip
Lord Chesterfield, called

TRUTH AT COCKT.

Now, fie upon 't I quoth Flattery ,
These are sad days, indeed, for me —
Scom'd by the Man, and in the Place
Where least I thought to meet disgrace t
And yet 1 said the handsom'stthing^s —
" lliou young, but righteous, best of

Kings, —
Thou who" — abrupt he tum'd away ;
And with an air which M-eined to sny,
" Gt> show tiiat gentleman the door,
And never let me see him more."

Shock'd 1 withdrew— when, to enhance
My ehame. 1 slraitway saw advance.
And take my very place, forsooth.
That strange oldfiwhioned fellow — Truth I
Oh 1 how it grieved my heart to see
The difference made twi»t him and me :
I, of each sanguine hope bereav'd —
lie with agracioQS noile receiT'd ;

And yet, or greatly I mistake.
The Monarch bhuh'd whene'er he spake :
For Tmlh, though in a plainer way.
Said ttery thing I wi»k'd lotay.

CaBSTEiiriBLD. nG7.
The M.S. of the above is in the collec-
tion of the late Earl of Bucfaan.

Wc ought now to select some modern
specimens of poetic talent ; but the
HoDOurables and Right Honourablea
are not in their most brilliant moods,
and we think nothing so clever as the
little^'™ d'etfrit of the fair editor her-
self,— Le voilh

"Anagram" venut "Acrotlic" (com-
piled/or a wager).

" Hie late General Phipps undertook
to And two words of oppotilt meaninga,
yet Rjtelled with exactly the same letters,
while /was to form these into a double
acrostic. That is, the letters beginuiog
the lines, when united, were to give one
of hla words, and the letters at the end
of the lines were to produce the other.
Both these novelties were accompli«hed,
as follows :

AXAGRAM OK 'trXITK* AWD ' UNTIE.'
By the lion. E. PMipji*.

Five letters rightly placed will give

A word to lovers dear,
When they in Wedloc k's bands would live.

For many a happy year.
But when their qnarrets bitter grow,

If otberwi«c combined.
The self-same letters serve to show

How they relief may find.

OXTIB.'

A DOUBLE ACROSTIC Or ' UNTTK " AND

By Louisa H. Sheridan,
U — nite and Untie are the same, — so say yo — U :
N— ot in Wedlock, I ween, baa the Unity bee — X.
1 — B the drama of Marriage each wandering goii — ^T
T — o a new U<x would fly — all except you and — 1,
E — ach seeking to alter the »pell in their seen — E.

The Ketp$alce.for 1839.

In the Sonnet to the Moon, p. 7.
the author of which is not mentioned,
there occur the following linea .-
Uen(>»«li tliy sway, how calm the Earth appears,
Ttir mHinrd Winds sigh on the Mountain's
Itrrosl ;
WkUtt jftttttOmf brook*, amidtt Si^M't ioUote'd
lean.
Steal Ihroufftk the mead* and Mymn tttejoyi of

rait.

Now this, if it has any meaning, la

directly contrary to Nature amd Truth :

the aound of running waters is always

more distinclly heard at uigbt, aa Gray

had observed in hia Tuur to the Lakes,
and as Wordsworth has remarked —
" the sound of streams, inaudible bg
day" — but the whole Sonnet itself is
very bad ; it has no natural ideas, nor
poetical conceptions. Lady Stuart
Wortley is improving ; but her Lady-
ship writes too much, and in too By-
ronian a style. The " Water-side,"
by Mr. Liddell, is above mediocrity-
Lord VidCuuut Muidstone beli>w it,
and the Marquis oC Gran by lower still.
Lady Nugent is better, because more
simple ; Miss CamitlaTomlins should,
go back to icVxwA, %xv\\lft^lJl^5i^.^»Vvt»^.

1

M

.—Forget Me Not,

I

I

and baiter, aod her lessons ; Lord Vis-
ctraot Jocetrn shanld write better than
•' rriktMcr fhall Iwander — $rhfr*?" In
Miss A. Farren's lines, the third should
be, " The Heart [is] by turns a rebel or
a slave :" as it is, it is not graniTnatical.
Some of the prose tales, as that by-
Lord Nugent and Mr*. Shelley, ftre
clever ; and two of the plates quite
charming — giving a real ralue to the
volume, — we mean. May Dan vers by
Mr. Dyce, and the Reefers by Cbalon.
The publishers have done tiieir part
extremely well ; but there is a sad
lack of poetical talent and feeling
among their noble contributors. Their
verses remind us ot a mawkish bottle
of capillaire. or a puff of raspberry-
jam soddened in the son. It is very
lucky that they have other supporteri
than their Muse. For the ladies, it
does not so much signify ; for we be-
lieve their husbands can tell tcho pay$
the Printer' tbiU I

fbrye/ Me Not. Edited by Frederic
Shoberl.

A pretty little Annual, got up with
taste, but there is too much prose to
our taste ; and we think our Annuals
ought to l>e more sprightly and jocund
and airy than they are. Vet, while
this is our opinion, we are going di-
rectly against it in the extract we
select; but, oh! Mary Howitt ! how
we can look on any other poetry when
thine is present ?.

From her casement at Esher,

So sweetljr she looks ;
While her husband is making

Tremendous long books.
And when tired to death

Of his works for the trade,
We turn with dehght

To her sweet Serenade.

THE DEATa-BEn.
Speak low ; tiiethinlis he sleeps.
^ Ij^pBiootJieil his pillow

> flfteeb minates past, and be since tlico
Hath hardly moved-

Mam. Ifhetteepshe will do well.

God gnni be sleep till eve !

CJIiJcL I will not stir,

Dut t will lay me down upon tlie Itearth
And sleep tiio, Ivst 1 wake liini.

J/flx. Ohiii- tire nr (Icitli,

All will be wril with him. I
Mure thnu 1 knew l*forc, H>'
ilari" known h»m, and the \wi>. w.' ui- i"\.
"/*i»«a hi* who, like an »ngv\.»\ciuA^*«\wcin\

0

r tm.-

■.r-4

■lU

1

I

TW-tniagaailtkvdMil. iilMnttMpfei(W'''>^

I' tk' city — it W*s >"■ wtiii. in lliH an -Tlige,

Laid io the b<xi '

Teoding- them n : laaa.

And oomftirtin^ .

IfoauBi. G«>1

Ham, iiv »«.- '

Wlirn or wlirrrfore I know
And ufferrd lands, and aonw .
Su kp woaid sell hixnaetf U) «io llietr wtii,
WTiich was for evil.

GoM cmild not bribe 1

Umm. Yet be was i-. . , ^.
mother
Depeadcat on bim ; but ttr -rrtinlr] TfnT io B,
He 5aid, far more he U'- ' Tjari

Tlian lands or gvid t ai- t

Wasbighrr than tliat v:

iremmm. i lirave

J/nii. Brave IlhiiuM ir aldEny

talk uf him !
EafrFiir aud bis trrand-cliildnm wttt ta U»d,
When dames bont furth, ami aa tlie tea
wasHre,

For ^rwasacusiy i.t-t).., r— >'tih<nin«(«(

In panii- terror, ■

And tho' i>oor tu^ r {-hiliii«a

Cricil ODt for help, riuuc dai-vU to rcanietbeBi
When »uddpDly that youa^ nan, tourrytic
forwani, ()b^

TWitbout reproacb on those who atood mM^
Seitin; a ladder, nisbe<l into the cl»aijili«r.
And 'mid the raging fire brouftt vut tht

mates,
Asifhialifewerenothingrl TboaalumMal
Old Eufeoe speak oriiim.

TTeman. Thus <fM h» eretl

His life was a self-sacritice. Th*^ wttcai
The world look'd coldly «n, ajtU wttk

jad^^ment

Spiim'd from its presence as a thin^ ttnh^f
He soticUt out, pi'- ■ i" *' - 'illnd l|
Restored to self t i umc^ to

He bated sin; l>i!: ■*m(rt itMarr

>Va:» Hiill his bunuiii limthcr. Tdis w>
But to my mind sets forth his virtiias
Than that refusin;; of the ulTrred wt^aJa,
Seeing^ be was pimr, and had an i^(«I
Dependent on biro — iorin^r so tliat
Wby.most mvnwould bare Bnaicb*ittfetj|«Ua

Iriunipb,
Smoothing' thepncron'ttnan tairy

Man. He was nut of their sort.

Il'oauitt. But 1 aaimt

Ob God ! Hiou bsst tB>n thine «mm I

Mam. Abl h«fca<l(«l.

Vcs. this Is death— sleep ne'er wi

tbia:
Out what an .^llerl'» face it is In 4«atli '.

Womitm. Uc'f, with Ills mottuf MM), a

iu Heaven.
Man. Well niiyat Ibnn wxvfi, nor can 1

back tearv.

We trost that l)..
and good taste uf 1 1 1

»fvcat«

B

TnK AsKVAts.— Friendship's Offering, ^-i

U\

I

Fritnd»hip'» Offering nnd Ififiter't
H'realh./or 1839.

WE must pass over Mr. Tucker,
who is uf the Inteiut' school, which wc
du not admire, to approaclt Bnrry
Cornwall, whose lines wc must ex-
tract. They are worthy of Charles
Lamb.

A LON-DOt'r LIKE.

rwinoHt.j

The winds are bitter, the skiea are wilil,

Pruu the roof comes pluuging the
drowrti»|^ rain ;
Without — in tatterii the World's poorcliild

Sobbrtli aluud her grief, her pnili :
No one lieareth her, no one lieedeth her.

But Hunger, her friend, with his cold
gauut band
Graips her throat — whispering huskily,

♦' What dostthon in a Christiwi Und?"
nrithiHj
The ckies are wild, and the bla^t is cold,

Yet Richer and Lu:iary brawl within ;
Slaves are waiting in rriniAOii and gold —

Waiting the nod of a child of Sin.
The fire ii* crackling, wine is bubbling

Up in each gloas to its Ijeadcd brim ;
The jeatera are laughing, the parasites
quaffing [tiim.

" Uappiocss," " honour," and all fur

fWilkout.J
She who is slain 'ncath the winter weather.

Ah I she once had a ifilluge f;iuie —
Liitteii'd to love on the moonlight heathi^r.

Had gentleness, vanity, maiden shame.
A^oir her allies are the Tempest howliag,

Prodigal's curses, Self-disdain,
Poverty, Misery ! — well, no matter I

There is an end to every pain.
The Harlot's fame was her doom to-dny,

Disdain, despair; by to-morrow'« light
The rugged boards and the pauper's pall ;

And 80 she'll he given to dusty Night,
Without a tear, or a human sigh.

She '» gone— poor life and its fever 's
Oh ! let her in cnim oblivion lie, [o'er,

M'hilc the World runs merry as hereto-
fore.

fTTilhiitJ
He who yon lordly feast enjoyetli —

Ho who doth rest on his rouch of down,
//e it was who threw the forsaken

Under the feet of the tramjding town.
Liar — betrayer — false as cruel —

Wliat is the doom for hi« dastard sin ?
lis |i«ers, they scorn ? high dames, they
shun him ? —
Unbar yon palace and gaze within.
[There — yet his deeds are all trumpet-
aounded —
There, upon silken seats recline
I.tidens Hi fair as the .Sttmmer mornini;,
Watching him ri.<:e from the sparkling

wine.
G'xjvT. Mag. Vol. X.

Mothers .ill proffcrthcirnlaiules:! daughter!,
Men ofliigh honour salute him " friend I"

Skies, oh 1 where arc your clean.Hing waters 1
World, oh I where do thy wonders end?

Thomas Miller writes very fairly.
J. C. 8. the author of some lines on
Love — is an ASS! Mr. Harrison's
" Who's there f" is clover nnd amusing.
Wc should say there was a prepon-
derance of prose tales in this volume,
but that we know how rare an article
even tolerable poetry is ! However,
they are in general very pleasing ; —
some are very good j — and the unam-
bitious Ittlle volume doe^ credit to the
Editor's taste.

Oh \ Smith and Elder, steer o middle way.
Aim not to be too fine, too grand, too gay ;
Keep Barry Cornwall always iu your pay :
And then you '11 be— the general I'roteg^.

Jenniiiijs'i J^andncapr Annual, or Tuur-
iat in Portugal, for 1839.

THE narrative of this volume is
written by Mr. W. II. Harrison, the
author of the Tales of a Physician \
and It is illustrated from paintings by
Mr. Jnmcs Holland. The author men-
tions that lit- has derived much cu>
rious inforiualion from a MS. jour-
nal of the late Mr. J. C Murphy's,
which he obtained through Mr. Crof-
ton Croter. This is not a work from
which any extracts could be made
with advantage ; but we are bound to
say, that the views are most judici-
ously selected, the plates beautifully
engraved, and the narrative written
with clearness and elegance, while
some interesting anecdotes and stories
arc interwoven in it, which were con-
nected with the localities described.

Hrath'B Picturetgue Annual for 1839>
f'ersailles. 8co.
WG think the subject of this vo-
lume to be very judiciously chosen ; to
which wc may add, that it is as
elegantly executed. The Narrative,
which, under the History of Versailles,
contains a light and pleasing sketch
of the History of the Court of France,
from the birth of Louis X!\'. to the
time of the present King, is the com-
position of some French writer, and
has been tian.slaled with addiliuaa
to it by Mr. Lcitch Ritchie. Tki* \^-

M

I

Cannttr and DnnieWt Of^-/'>? ^-^

THK uuited talents
and the late Mr. DaniL _ . ..u,
volume of no ordinary' interest ni
beauty. Many of the bcaatifol ud_
picturesque Indian eketcbes of
latter are engraved to illustralf tb«<
lusions of the text ; while Mr.
tcr has vrovcn into two pleaai
afTecting talcs mucU of the pecali
feelings and manners of the pc<ipl
hc^lescribes. The Hindoo legend, ctlle
the Royal Devotee, is a " Curse of
Kebama " in prose ; Lhe Mohta*
medan story, theOmrali of Caadubu,
13 written in a manner to eaiiaiy ik
interest which it soon cxcitea. Tb*
concepliou of both is judicions,
the style and language cleat and et
gaut. A short but affecting tribute I
paid in the preface to the memory I
-_ Mr. Daniell by bia friend.

But I must leave these Indian bowers,

Each sculptured cave and sacred fane ;
The beauteous girls and dazzling flowers ;

For my dear home in Chancery -lane.

There lies each goodly task — my pride, —

A Tract; a Bishop's Charge; a Sermon ;
The " Gardener's Help/'— the " Railroad's Guiclr."

And Grammars that would puzzle Burmao*

One pile of books untinish'd stands*

Another for dissection lies ;
Briarcus ! give me all thy hands 1

Ob, Argus ! lend inc all thine eyes I

Stlv. Ukoan.

are twenty etJgravings, including views
of Versailles from various points, willi
nomc portraits of thcGrandMonanjue's
favourite mistresses. We think the
one at p, 244, representing the Court
of Louis XV. at play, as interest-
ing as any. Tliey are well engraved,
and the whole volume is such as will
not fail to attract and deserve the pub-
lic approbation. It is, however, cu-
rious that neither the author nor the
translator hot. gratified public curiosity
with the amount of the enormous sum
sunk on the palace; so large as to
embarrass the iinances of the country,
terrify even the mind of the Grand Mo-
narquc, and make him thrust the do-
cuments JDto the fire. I'hc amount
might have been found in Voltaire
and other writers of memoirs of the
time.

SU yeartiH Bimay, IBS I — 1637; hHIM
Narrative nf the Sieffe* r(f Bilboa, Ityi.
F. Bacou. «po. — We have licen exceed-
iugly interested, not only with the copious
and authentic unrrMivc whii'U Mr. Dacoii,
an eyc-witncss of the siege of Cilboa, by
the Carliist forces, lin* given of llieni ; but
more pnrticalarly with the Introduction
wliii-li llic Butbor lifts prcfijted to liij work,
nnd which gives uk mach unportunt in-
formaliiin irgardiog the state of parties in
8p&iu, ami tbe etfect wliicU the reforms
(?:i- ■'■■•■'■■' Dns) in civil and ecclesiastical
ill il uu the country. 1( is from

M.' , OS Mr. Bacon, long rcisidcul

lu a country, and fuiniliarly Acquainted
with its language, inhubitants, aud social
lUkd niuuici])id inititulionn, nnd in daily
cuniieaioii with the u|>iuioaii und feelings

Cjf •> ' •■ - • ■ ■ ;■' •■'■■■"

in Spain, as in everjr other count rt

Kurope, and it i» now seen i-

throw of the church, tJic fir

allnrk in nil s<}cial Chanel >. a:i

civil disorder as will last,

long time to come. We '

socond section, p tJl.on <'

in Spnin, to the attcnli! -^

as contaitiini; much

whenever hereafter '

ginuiiig Ix-comcs a -

aul)icir's aci'.uuDt i>'

will Xtfi referred to u* ^..^ ..". >^,... ^.,.

which the truth of the narrative b to

Dramatic nnd V
Andrr.tP llfckef. J
•J ro/«. IWt*.— To tl.j-
and esteemed the nurk

Aj^ainst jiopular claitu*, iuw bccu govun wv ui \.Vik vmXimi v LAi&uid miiuv iVii

0U1 proilucUoni of liis prn, will not l>e
nnwrlromf . The Ar5t Tolume oonuin as
oooaedy called " Aflectation," ii\igge»ted hy
a part of Fletclipr'« " Scornful Lndy ;" *
tragedy called " Luoinea," and some other
poetical piece*. The lecond prrernt« \u
with sorae Prose Dinloipips between re-
Btfkable Pertont, and a Trip to Holland.
We hope the pnblicaliou will meet «uch
roceesK m to be of service to the Author,
who we ifad i» nearly ninety years of ofc
and blind i and will repay the friendly
exertions of the editor.

7%# Progreu of Creation, contiderfd
vfUh r^ertnce to tht preient eondilion n/
iht Earth. By Mary Robert*.— The au-
thoress Las divided her vulumes into i\\
parta, nccompanying the six dnys of the
creation ; and she hais been instructed in
the work* of the best philosophcm, — Her-
icbel, Cuvier, and De Caiidolle, — in order
to enable her to execute her work with
advantage to her readers. The matter on
the whole \» well selected and arranged ;
the ifyle plain and good, and the work
well calculated for the initructiou of young
p«r«on«. It may be introduced with ad-
vantage into female schoob.

I

BuHyau'i Pilgrim'* Prcgreu, with a
L\ft of the Author. By J. Conder, and
Dnigm by H. Melville. 8ro.— A!thoui;h
old Dunyan has got a smarter cont here
on his back than he had in his life, yet
we are pleaded to see editions of this work
in every variety of form and det^orutioo,
suited to the taittes of all classes ; for with
all it must ever be a book of great worth:
and who is ashamed to be found in the
company of Mr. Valinnt-for-the-Trnth.
and old honest and wntcliful Mr. Porter,
and Master Great-Heart, nnd such wor-
thies ? and who has not received inestima-
ble benefit from their itistnictive and holy
•ociety ? The present edition is most
handsomely printed and embellished ; a
very good life by Mr, Conder is preftied ;
and some elegant designs by Mr. Melville
do oil that can be done to rvalize the ideas
of the writer. A sonnet is prefixed by B.
Barton, too good to be passed by.

Urn veil ;

11 ','jhan

Man's onJv iltia to admittjinite itiere.

still
fioly hlU,—

The EtidtncM of Divine Revelation,
By I). Oewar, LL.t). I'imo. — The design
of this work >s to be a text-book to f<tu-
dents in the University of Aberdeen,
and to give a complete view of the evi-
dences of the divine authority and truth
of the Old and New Testament, in ms
narrow a compass as could embrace Uie
variety of attfaiects discussed. This the
author has performed, we think, with
eminent success ; and from a careful per-
usal of hi* volume, wc can recommend it
aa one most judiciously arranged, and as
complete as the size of the work would
nllow. The best writei-M have been con-
sulted,— the most judicious nnd approved
arguments used, — and the author's own
theological knowledge and learning has
enabled him to advance his own lines of
reosoning as well as to selectand to adopt
those of others.

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Omitkohgieal Guide. By C.T. Wood,
Est/. 1037.— A book of considerable merit,
in which «everal interesting pointi io
Ornithology arc discu^ited : as, the adop-
tion ofa more correct and classical uomen-
ctaturc, free from the defects and errors of
the one that has been so long fjimillar to
us. The author also gives a short, but
very serviceable, review of the works of
Ornilhologv that have appeared since the
days of Willoughby ; though he has acd-
deiitnlly omitted the one by Dr. Stanley,
now Bishop of Norwich, Mr. Wood is
well acquainted with his subject, and his
work will be found most useful to the
Ornithologist ; both as pointing out with
discrimination the value of the nuthorities
on the subject, and affording original cor-
rections of errors long established, and
widely spread.

Tyijtnfor Leisure Huurt i ^y M. A. Z,
' — The modesty of the title gives its value
to the book.

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The Jupenile Pueticat Library, lelected
from tht l^'orkt rf Modem liritith Poill.
fly Mrs, AlsrIcWiitta,— With iiitieBngniv-
ing"- ISrao. — Wc oun rofely rccomiaatui
this little volume as a " giA-book " equal
tn the AnniislH in external attractiona,
::;; them in intrinsic value.
' iH run to so low an ebb
... ,,..,.. .^4 ,.,. .,1, here are its living waters,
of known and ntletted purity. It is r»-
comn'iended for tlic use of roong persons
from the nge of tsrelve years npwardi,
anil we will nut pi'xs u-ithnut an approving
wurd, the juiti< ' imrndntion of

the Editor Ih.r luld be first

mado known l<i < • '■>-"C"l in-

structor, "All
remarked, " aru ^ n : • i

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beauty conferrtd on ■ poem by proper
emplta^is, and readily adopt it when the
key-note has iK'cn gWen by oJi Mperi-
enced reader." This volnme is a jftirnt-
nitil whoso leaves will be not less fresh
in 1640 than in IH39.

Pomantie and Piclurngue Geunani/,
iUuitraffd l>t/ Tmi) Hundred and SUty
Bnyvming* on Steel. Translated by Miss
Heksivoskn. 8vo. — Thi» is a work
wliicli has been already published, and
already attained extensive popularity in
Germany. We may notice as a remark-
able feature of the present state of the
arts, that the platea are engraved by En-
ffli§h artists. The drawings are made by
Germans ; and the whole work is divided
into ten fprovincial) section?, ench of
which in described by a distinct (German)
author. It forms a very pleasing and
beautiful work, much reserobliog Dr.
Beattie's Switzerland ; and is in the course
of being published in shilling numbers.

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ne Altar Service, for the use of coun-
try congregations : iiboit prayers, adapted
for the Communion of the Sick ; to which
is added, a form of previous Visitation,
and an Evening Liturgy. By the Rev.
S. Isaacson, A.M. Curate of Dorking.
Select Prayprs for all sorts and conditions
of men ; with devotional exercises for the
friends of the cirk, and calculated to assist
young ministers in their official visitations.
By the Same. — We c-.nu safely recommend
these little manuaU,ns well for their ortho-
doi composition, for they ore fonned from
Scripture and the Liturgy of the Church
of England, os from their very elegant,
pleasing, and convenient form.

The tiack of Family Crmlt. In two
vols. 12mo. iWashbonme.) — .\n artist
named Hugh Clark, nftany years ago, em-
ployed himself in cngrn\Hng plates for a
manual of heraldry, that is to any [\n I he
common acceptatiou of that term), armorial
l>earings. Of people's Crests he formed
a separate series ; and from that series,
with routy ampliticalions, the present
work is formed. From Mr. Clark's works
many a coa^-less tradesman has embla-
xoncd the panels of his carriage, and
marky a " crestlcss yeoman" (see Shak-
spearc's Henry VI.) bos Ihenre adomod
his aspiring brow. To tiuch parties, to
thusc who nre contented with taking any
amis or crrJl that c\cr brlungcd to a
person of thrir name, without ripht ami
without licence, — uud to tlieir aheltor",
the heraid-pBJuttr, the sial-cnjirnur, and
the silversmith, tlirse works cannot fail

to be acceptable : but w« aro sorry to t

say that to those • w: •':>'?. ' Aar

antiquarian rrst i c of

much ser\ice. 'l\,^, .iai,

but they cannot be i st

authorities. It would , > Ikr

editor of the present edition to deny hiai
the merit of much industry, nnA of hsnag
compressed a vast quantil rials

(such as they are) into Lis ' Ced

inde.t of families ; but wltat u<»:-> v.r woaa
by referring to the plates, whether lUttj
contain an engraving of the actual emi
described, or merely of one aomethiu;
like it ? This caunot fail to taititnA.
We give instances,

" Nairn, a lion rampant {tmfparhng t
vheat theafor) pi. 1, n. 10.

•' and Naime, Soo. a eekxtiil

sphere on a stand ppr. pi. 90, n. 16.

" See. the trunk of an oak tree,

sprouting out leaves ppr. pi. 93, n. "£&.

" Lord, Sco. ■ tphertt pL. 99, 1

n. 23.

" the sun in splendour or. pi, 90> |

n. 9ir

Now. from this it would xiAtazmlly be
supposed that all these five crest* c>f
Nairn were engraved; but in fact the plates
show only one. PI. 1, n. 10, is the crv»t
of" Davis," a lion rami>ant vritbout oay
wheat sheaf; pi. FKl, n. 16, is the crest of
" Peeria," a celestial sphere with thr
addition of two estoilet, or atars ; pi 3.1,
n. '16, tliough the crest of " C^uoiag-
ham," is the one which answers tu the
same description : pi. !)0, u. '2.^, is Lbe
crest of " Boutein," an ortnitlary sphere,
without a stand, whereas Lord Naime'i
crest is a sphere on a stand, as aiready
described in the second e^^v-'-'-- 't.fly,
pi. .W, n. 25, is the crest >i as

armed foot in the son," f'- trad

of that luminary being " in sjiientlour."
the plate in fact represents him as aiUler-
ing an eclipse ! Tliesc consecutif r ea-
nmples will be quite enough ; but it is ,
evident we could go through the wi>rk in
the whole way. If the u&e uf the plairs
be to inform those who do ni>( nmTi r^t*iid
heraldic descriptions, what .>ti>

trived mure calculated to i ■ t%!

But such arc the incohcrcii iiur-

iriities. and the defiance ol . afl

taste, and all truth in mit ''?■

(uhd much of it that hae nie.

uanced by the CoHi-l-' ■»•

shnulil turn fiom tin '.l>

disgust, did we not kn i.'.

heraldry of England wrt<i ai ..lU

simple of (ill I'limpe, and li <q.

tiful, and 'he

Krcatrst /■

still thetru, ., ... >. ,. .^ -.iiU,!

u liistoriiial and getieiik>gical iavcttifn

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NEW PL1IHCAT10N8.

HUlory and Bioffrapfij/,

The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell,
illuaCruted inaseriesof Letters of Sir John
Poll, &.C. edited by Rodkbt V'auohan,
D.D. with nn IntrodnctiuD on the cha-
racter of Cromwell aad of hu Times.
3 Tola. Uto.

LiTM of Eminent British Sutcsmen,
vol. VI. Oliver Cromwell. By John
FoBSTKii, esq. (Cabinet Cyclopsdia, vol.
CVIIl.) 6*.

Traeelt and Topography,

Ezcurtions in the Mountains of Ronda
and Granada. By Capt. C. R. Scott.
1 voU. Hvo. 2a».

Shores of the Mediterranean, vol. II.
By Frank Hall Sta.vdisii, esq. 8vo.
»«.

Ciitch ; or, Random Sketches in
Western India. By Mrs. Postans. 8vo.

A History of Madagascar. Compiled
chiefly from original documents. By the
Rev. William Ellib. 2 vols. 8vo.

Sketches and Mnsic of the Basque Pro-
vinces of Spain. By H. Wilkin'son.
4to. 2/, 'it. coloured .1/. ^t.

Narrative of a Voyage from .\J«andrio
to Jerusalem. By the Rev. N. Bcaro.v,
LL.D. l3mo. 5«.

The History and Antiquities of Carliale,
&c. 8vo. l^.

■ Potiry.

Aristodemus, a Tragedy. 8yo. 4*.
Qeraldinc, a Sequel to Coleridgs's Chris-
Ubel ; and other Poems. By M. F. Tup-

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Poems. By F. U. Staj»D1«h, esq.

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Gurney Married ; a Sequel to Gilbert

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H Ada, a Tale. By Mn. Nkgoham.
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The Only Daughter, a Domestic Story.
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Tales of n Jewess. By Madame Brk.vd-
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The Mubinogion, from ancient Welsh
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Precedents in Conveyancing. By T.V.
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Trcatisea on Physiology and Phrenology.
By P. M. RooET, M.D. (from the Encycl.
Britann.) 2 voU. post ijvu. I2«.

Practical Obser%'alions on Carvatures
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M.n.

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proofs, ^2s. ijd.

/*rfjjarinff /br Publication.

A Hintory of the Orders of Knighthood
of Vlio llritish Empire ; with an Acuount
of Hie Medals, Crowes, ntid CImju which
have been conferred fur Nnvji! ami Mili-
tary .SiTviccs; together with a History of
the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover.
By Sir Harrih NiroLAK, K.C.M.G,,
K.H., ChoncoHor of the Order of St.
Michael and St. George, With Plates
printed in colour* by Baxter. In four
Monthly Portn. Imp. 4lo.

Messrs. Nichols and Son are preparing
for publication ■ Series of Views of the
Chnrch of St. Saviour, .Southwork, tbo
nave of which is now in ruins, and is
about to be destroyed ; whicfi will be ac-
compnnied by an Ilir^rorlcAl and .\rohi>
toctUDil Desiripticiii of tlu' (.'luircb and
Remnin.'" of the Priory from the pen of
Mr. E. I. Carlo B, the author of several
paper!! in the Gentleman's Magazine, on
the Church and Lady Chapel.

hMr. Cansdrll hai issued proposals
>ubliiihing by lubacnption a Series of
jUariau Illustrationa of " FaAiUtuet' i
I </y of Chelsea," to consist of Views

of Charcbes, Cbapel«, Mottameats, ori-
ginal portraits, ncient mrriBgn, fvrai.
ture, and domestic aTctutectan.

Blackstone's Commentaries, bf Cole-
ridge : a new edition, with NotM explana-i
tory of all the Changes in the Law aisoB I
the lust edition ; together with a Life of J
Hlackstone, a Preliminary Easay, and t ]
greatly-improved Index. By Saiicki,
Warrsn, eacj. F.R.S. Barrister -at-Lav.

The Cathedral Bell, a tragedy, in Srt
acts. By Jacob Jokes, Barrister>at.
Law ; author of " The St«pmotlier ;"
" Longinus, or the Fall of Palmym;"
and " Spartaeus, or the Roman Gladi-
ator ;" Tragedie* in five acts.

CXIVERSITIE».

Gr/orrf.— ^"hen Queen Adelaide tisited
the University, in Oct. l!?3i, and was in-
specting the portraits of Founders and
Benefactors in tlie Bodleian Gallery, her
Slnjesty was graciously pleased to pro-
mise her own portrait and that of her
auguitt Consort as additions to that col-
lection, Two splendid whole-length por-
traits, painted by Sir David Wilkje, ban
now arrived, and are placed in the Gal-
lery. They are admirable likenesses, and
that of his Majesty is rendered of pecu-
liar interest, as the last picture for which
our late Monarch cat previously to hii
death. — I a & tate Convocation it wns agreed
to augment the stipends of the under libra-
rians of the Bodleian 100/. per annum
I'ach, fo be jmid out of t!ie University
chest. The Rev. Jlenry Octarius Coxe,
M.A. has been njipointed one of the Sub-
Librarians, net the Rev. Herbert Hill
resigned.

Cam irfdjfe,— The Rev. William Hodg-
son, D.D. Master of St. Peter's College,
has been elected Vice- Chancellor for the
year ensuing. — ^The Seatoniun Prixe for
the best English Poem u}>on a Theo-
logical subject, bus been adjudged to the
Rev. T, Hiinkinson, of Corpus Christi
College. Subject — Ethiopia tlretching
out titr hand* unto God, — Tlic following
is the subject of the Norrisian Prlac Essay
for the present yenr : — The Dirint origin
o/ tfie lialy Scripture* motf be inferrtd
from thtrir perfect odaptotion to the fir.
cumstancet of Human Nature.

livblin.—The Board of Trinity College
linve cstablishet! a Professorship of Bibli-
cal Greek, to vihich the Rev. G. Sidney
Smith, one of the Fellows, has been ap-
pointed, Tliis is auxiliary to the Divinity
Sfhool, which of Irtte years has made
rapid improvement in the Dublin College.
The course now extends through two
years, one of which is devoted \o the cri-
tical study of the Greek Testament, and
V\^t ^^utvtveac^ «iV \ixt *Vii4,«».\ ^ t««tcd by

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conatiint cntecheticAl instruction and pe-
riodical exntninatiooB.

VNIVEBSrTY COLLEGE, LON'DOH.

The first Flaherty Scholarship has been
awarded to Mr. Jacob Waley, juu. of De-
vonshire-place, as the best proficient In
matbenatics and nataral philosopliy. The
•Bwaiacn were Dr. Olinthu.s Gregory,
ProfeMor de Morgan, and Prorcssor SyU
ve«ter. The scholarship in 5o/. a-year,
to be held for four years. The Flaherty
Scholarship for IBSf) will be the object of
competition for those who excel in claa-
■ics ; and, in IHM>, will be a second time
awarded to the best proficient in inathfi-
matic!) and natural philosophy.

BIKMtMOUAIf PRKB GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

Notice has been conveyed to the ))a-
rcnts of the icholar* in King Edward' i
School to make their choice whether they
deiire their son* to continue in the Gram-
mar School, or to eater the new School
of " Modern Languages, the Arts and
Soiencet," which, it is expected, will be
opened before the close uf the year. In
future, boyt are to be admitted by the

Bailift' and Head Master, after examina-
tion, according to Uie rotation in which
their names are inserted in the register of
ajiplicationa. The Governors are abi>ut
to elect a Drawing and second Writing
Maiter on the foundation.

" The caUlogiie of the Hull Sub-
Bcriplion Library is one of the mo<it va-
luable classed catalo^e<$, for its size,
which have been offered to the public.
Mr. Clarke has been eminently succevs-
ful in tracing out the real namea of the
authors or editora of anonymous and
pseudonymous works; and the labour
which he must have encountered in this
])art of hi» undertaking, can only be ap.
preciated by those who have been obliged
to spend many a weary hour in simi.
Ur researches. The catalogue of the
Hull Library is one of the very few mo-
dem catalogues which 1 constantly have
at hand, at the British Museum, for re-
ference ; and rarely indeed am 1 disap-
pointed when 1 have occasion to refer to
it." The Hall Library now contains
nearly 30,0U0 volumes.

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SOCIETY or A>miH'ARIE8.

tfop. l.i. The first meeting for the «M-
of this Society was held at its apart-
ments in Somerset-house, W. R. Hamil-
ton, esq. V. P. in the chair.

Robert Medealf, esq. of Lincoln's Inn
Fields, was elected Fellow. Among the
presents, which were numerous, were the
volumes recently issued by the State Paper
Commission, and the medal struck by the
Corporation of London to commemorate
the Queen's visit to the City.

Mr. Crufton Croker exhibited a por-
trait of Monteinma, Emperor of Mexict),
which was removed from the Hall of Co-
lambaa at St. Domingo on the revolu-
tionary changes in IHSO, and is supposed
to be the work of a painter who accom-
panied the first Spanish adventurers to
South America.

Mr- Davies Gilbert exhibited an im-
pression of the ancient seal of St. Peter's
church, Exeter.

Sir Henry Ellis read a paper, by M.
Patrice Dillon, a gentleman attached to
the French Record Commission, on that
long discuwed question, the nature and
perioti of the death of King Kichard TL
M. PiUon has discovered amongst the
MN,S. of the Royal Library at Pari*, two
documents in the hand-writing of Jean

Criton, tho atithor of the Metrical His-
tory of the Deposition of Richard II.
which was edited by the Rev. John Wubb,
in the SOtb volume of the Archtcologia.
The most important fact in respect of
novelty disclosed hy the.<s« documents is
that Criton was sent by the French king
into Scotland just before the marriage of
King Richard's widow, to txc the pseudo-
Richard ; showing that Queen Isabella
was not re- married until the French had
made due inquiry regarding the pretender,
in order to satisfy them»elvcs of the fact
uf the Queen's widowhood. Tliis instance,
no doubt, strengthens the argument al-
ready urged by Mr. Amyot, Sir James
Mackintosh, and other*, from the fact of
the rc-marriag-e of Isabella during the
existence of the Scottish pretender ; but
the worth of all such arguments Is very
much reduced by the iliscovery of Mr.
Riddle, with which M. Dillon Ji<l not
appear to be acquainted. Tliat gentle-
man, instead of attempting to |irine that
the pretender was not Richard the .Second,
proceeded at once fa «how that he «e*»
Rithard Warde of Trumpiiigton, and, ta
the heflt of our recollection, he wa» per.
fcctiy Biicccasful. M. Dillon itilvncatcd
the reiiral of the story that King Richard
died a <• bloody" death by tlu handi <i(

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Sir Picrg of Exton, «s adopted by Shak-
speare ; bat it did not appear that h« did
eo on any new or substantial authority.

Nov. a^. Henry Hallam, esq. V.P.

Mons. de la Foot«nelle de Vaudore,
CoDSciller a la Conr Royale de Poitiers,
was elected a Foreign Member.

George Fred. Belti, esq. F.S.A. com-
manicated a copy of a very interesting
paper, written by Sir Philip Sidney on
the morning of his death. The origi-
oal is preserred in the State Paper Office ;
and besides some lines in Latin from the
hand of the Lingiiishing hero, vhich nc
believe are given in the Sidney Papers,
contains also a letter, hithertu unpublish-
ed, written in Dutch by a medical atten-
dant to his uncle, an eminent physician,
stating, in pres-iing terms, how much his at-
tendance was desired. Mr, Belti recounted
the particttlars which have been preserved
relative to Sir Philip Sidney's last illness,
whilst he lay far twenty-four days saffer-
ing from the effects of his fatal wound
received at Zutphcn ; and the whole formed
B memoir of a highly interesitiug character.

BOTAt. 80CIKTY OF UTKRATfllK.

Nov. 8 ^Tbe first meeting of the

BCaaon was held, W. Tooke, esq. in the
chair. — Mr. Hamilton read a letter ad-
dressed to Col. Leake, of great interest
to the topography of Athens, and the
right understanding of ancient writers,
from a Mr. Ross, who has l;cen some
time resident there, and is an antiquary
of great zeal and ability. Mr. Ross is of
opinion that the so-caUed temple of
Theseus was in reality o temple ot Mars.
He describes some recent discoveries on
the outside of the old walls, which appear
to decide the gate by which Panjsanias en*
tered from the Pirieus ; and abo to deter-
mine other sites, ami buildings of Athens
hitherto mistaken or unknown. In dig-
ging some foundations at the 8))ot indi-
cated, the excavators fell upon an edifice
of large square blocks, approached by
two (or perhaps three) steps. Near
were found two marble headit of a youth
and a female, the latter with the ears
pierced for car-rings. Another head, and
a female torso of colossal stature,
were also found, though only one side of
the temple was laid open. All these an-
tiquities are deposited in the temple of
Theseus, which has been converted into
A musfUHi. They are thonght to be of
the j»eriod of the Roman empire, and the
newly disrovercil tt-mplr to be that of
Eubulides (see Piiusiihia>), with its Uiir-
teen atatnoi of Minvrvn, Jnpitcr, ibo
I Muaca, «tcr If this be correct, Mr. iU»i

to

suggests that it &jH"^ tUr T'rraic pir,
aud gives a very ditT' ilnrlion W

the great Athenian j" din^l

has heretofore been supi>o^ci:.

On breaking ground for it quiir
Wovershill, in the parish of fUmtnH,
near Axbridgc, Somrrsct, at about ttm
feet depth, a barial-plure was discowf^,
whence seven bodies bare alrauty boa
eihumed, some of them in rxcrllent pre-
servation. The cotiin$ contninine- Imi
were In good oondili '.-of

burnt cIhv, oboui thr. loJ

dovetailed togtrllicr, .i.,..„^ ^.,.,,^ ,.,, tte
same principle as is now ad«>pted by ew*
penters,

Some labourers while du '■• ia

thr Rope-walk, Lynn, for tli . .>f «

post, lately discovered, ju-l bcluw tk«
burface of earth, two stoue coffins, oio-
taining bones. The place where tkr;
were found is contiguous to an old mo-
nastery.

SKPULOHUAL ErPlOY OV StCtlAKD I,

Some researches recently made io the
cathedral of Rouen have led to tlie di>-
covery, under the pavement of the faae-
tuary, of the effigy of Richard Cour-d(-
Lion, which used to ornament his tooib,
and a box enclosing his heart. This
statue, which is in |K>rfect ])re»er\atjoa, is
six feet and a half in Icngtli, and irpr*-
aenta the .king in a rccutnbent position,
in a long robe, a crown ou the head, and
the feet resting upon a Hon ; the 6gan it
iu perfect preservation, with the excep-
tion of the nose, hands, and feet, which
have evidently been broken for thg pxu-
pose of flattening the figure to lay ike
present povement over it. By Ui« side
of the tomb was found a lor^e leodra
case, with the inscription " Richard Coiu-
de-Lion, Due de Nonnamlie Tlr,, .r ^a.
gleterre." In the lid of 1 1 „\g

had been made, probably i Uv

money, as it is said the leaden o«*e was
once inclosed in a silver onr, rik! that
money was placed iu it. S' ' ' i.h.

as mortar, bit» of stone, i uju)

got into the case by meoiia. .^ . Ii-.

and with this was mingled a dur:.
stance, supposed to be bUiud, whuh \>:t,\
issued from the heart after it wna planed
in the rune. The lion herirr in ftill |»er-
fcct. ! •!>»;

it w , I «

null faaiU^nrd up la t
{■refect aad the |>rii

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The el&gj hts been conveyed to a chapel
beltind the liigli nltar, nnd will Ue |ilai:eil
upou a *arcopli!i|{u>i of hl.iLk niatble wlieii
the broken port* of the figure are re-
Btore<J, for whidi puqiose an Italian ar-
tist is eniplojrJ, who has very succcss-
fiUi* restored the majjuificcrit munuuicut
iu tbe eante cLapel, familiar to all viintors
of Roueu catUodral.

A rude representation of King Richard'4
eflSf(7, and otlirr corrcispondiDg effigies of
hi:! (jueen, bercnt;arm. and biit cider bro-
ther King Henry junior, will be found
eo((raved in Montfaueon, plate lxx. to-
gether with the more elaborate elH^es at
Fontevrautl, which have vince been 10
Carefully drawn and engraved by C. A.
Stothard. The touib was once inclosed
by a railing of silver, wliirh was sold in
the middle of the thirteenth century, in
order to pay the nuisoin of St. Louis.

TounsTOKr or aohed horel.

The tomb»tone that was once placed
over the remains of the beautiful Agnew
Sorel, mistress of Chnrlet A'll., in the
Abbey of Jnmi^es, and bad been long
kept in a bouse at Rouen, has just been
prei«nt«d to the Museum of that city, by
a gentleman into whose bonds it recently
fell by right o( inheritance. It baar* the
following epitaph ; —

" ^ fT'^ nnble damoiselle Agn^a Seu-
rr1te, en son vivant dame de Benulti^ de
Roiiuefure, d' Issonldun et de Vernon
sur Seine, piteasc entre toutes gens et
ijui birgenicnt donnait de Hes biens nui
Aglisea et aux psorrei, lar^uelle trwp«*«a
le IX'. jour de Fevrier de I'an de grace
MC'f^CCXLIX. Pries Dieu pour I'amc
d'elle. Amen."

AyTIQ17ITI1C8 or ROMK.

At the meeting of the ArchKological
Academy, on the 17th May, the .'Secre-
tary, Visconti, read nn account of an in-
teresting and important discoTrrr made
in a vineyard situated without tde gate
of Stn. Maria Maggiore, near the church
of 8S. Peter and Mantellinus, and tJie
tomb of St. Helen. The proprietor was
led. from some remains of anlirjuity, to
examine a neglected building, in I he lloor
of which he discovered an entrance to a
subterranean gallery, which li»'' '>■'••>
. filled with soil falling through
made in the ceiling for the adm
air. He caused thii pas*a<;e to l>e ilt.>ir«J»
an! was amply rrw«rd»>d bv th*- dUoovery
of a mosaic pav' ilmi

in length, and ' rhn

close reseroblttu^ . u..jse

in the catacombn, and pririripaliy froin
the emblems of the rroas in the pave-
ment, the U'«n>c<l secretary prononnced

GtxT. Mao. Vol. X.

it to be ■ branch of the ancient cemetery
known by the nume of St. Tibertius, 8S.
Hi'tcr Aud Muri-rllinu:!, and inUr duoM
laurii*. The gullery i> of the •*iiiiie vnillted
form us the other ratacoiubs, but is higher
and more spneiuus ; along the sides, uud
iu the transverse galleries which cro.fs the
niaio branch, are tombs, about acvrii feet
in length, and two in height, hollowed in
the wall, or in the form of altars, with
arches over them. The mosaic pareuient
is of the most elegant and varied design,
and, besides the figure of a dove bearing
an olive branch, ornamcnUi emblematic
of the croKs ore rei>eatrd in different fortnt.
It is supposed that the pavi-nicnt was ex-
ecuted about the time of Con.ttflntine,
and that a pa-tsage will shortly be disuo-
rered, connecting it with the wcll-kDOWn
cemetery already mentioned.

A. large basso-relievo has recently been
found in the foundation "f «n ancient
tower near the Porf '"1 c. which

represents a Roman with all

the operations of brc ...-., i...u>;. Galig-
nani's MeitKcngtr also st.ttcf, that the
grewt aoucduct of Claudius is being cleared
out vitn much activity.

ANCIENT CARTnAGK.

Sir Grenville Temple has employed
himself for the last six months in making
excavations on the classio ^iuil of Carthage.
On the ttite of the temple of Ganath, or
Juno Coulestis. the great protecting di-
vinity of Carthage, he found about 700
coins, and variou.i objects of glass and
earthenware. But the most remarkable,
and leajit ■ ■ ' -'I hi» discoveries, is
that of a \ 1 ou the sca-gbore,

and burjcil ; : t under the ground.

Eight rooms have been completely cleared,
and their sire and decorations prove that
the house belonged to a wealthy person-
age. The walls are painted, and the
floor* beautifully paved with mosaic, in
the same manner u thoce at Pompeii and
Ilerculanniiii r<-ii»'''««'ntliig a great va-
riety of liu' 'OS marine deitict,
both mall- . <Uffercnt species of
sea-Aoh, luurtao plauts, a vessel with fe-
uiiilc fiirureii dunoing on the deck, and vur-
vvarriors ; other por-
!■<, horses, leopards,

, ^. , :vv«rs, gaaelles, hares,

Otis, {tc, Ten huni/*n skeletons
'1 in the difFerrnt cb.iuibeTS. In
•luuihti hou«e nre rooiaice, representing
gladiators contending in the arena with
wild beasts, and """i is written

bis name, luiii -re seen horse

.«,•..- I , i ,,.!Tii' l>,ir.«».

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A company hos alio bc«n formed at
Paris for rxploriiig the ruins of tbc same
KDCipnt city, aud tiftcrii case^ of rmtiiiui-
ties hnve bc»n brought to France.

mOMAN COIKS FOVVS NEAR
UL'l>D£ASrtELD.

Mr. Urban, — In page IH?, I fur-
nished a brief accouut of certain disco-
veries of Roman reninins in this neigh-
hourhtioJ, and more especially of a col-
lection of Roman coin* found near Tliur-
itoulaud, B f«nr miles from Huddcr!<field.
In fonsequedce of their subsequent diii.
persion in so many quarters, 1 whs en-
abled to send tlie names only of a few of
the emperors «lio«e images they bore. I
have bince heard of several others ; but,
by the favour of Mr. Morehouse, an in-
telU^nt surgeon, living near Thurston-
laud, (whose antiquarian zeal led liim to
eiertbimnelf On this occasion,* I ran now
add the fruit of liis tsbours. Tlie list of
coins I have received from him ia a,s fol-
lows: Cliiudius Gothicus— CL Tacitus —
Victorinus — Tetncus^tJiUlienus — fn-
rtiiiis — Carauaius — C. M. Aur. Probus
— and the Empress Mhnimea Augusta.
The discovery of so many coins of the
I-ower Empire, is a strong proof that
tliin part of the kingdom was not aban-
doned by the Romans till a very late
jieriod.

Tlie remains also of some funeral ams,
of a very coarse construction, nnd one
more (complete thun the rest, containing
bnmt bonis, hnve hern found at Deanhtad
iM'ar lIuddiTStielJ. As this part r>f the
roiintry is in (be Ufigbtioiirhood of the
ancient Cnmbodunum, there is every rea-
son to suppose that thoy ure Roman urns ;
and as ii is asserted that similar dis-
coveries have been made near this spot,
abflvr forty years ago, there is yet a pro-
bability that a more diligent search may
be rewnrdcd by othir more important
discoveries, Tlie township of Scaramon-
den, where these urns were found, is
Rpelt, in the mont ancient docnments,
" Scameden," which appears to mc to
be nothing more tbati a continuation of
the RoniJin name C'Bmodiiniim, divtsted
of lis Latin termination, and with the
addition of the letter S prefixed.
HuJderttfieM. J. K. W.

DiscovKnv OP noMAN skeletons.

Some intf resting discoveries have been
recently made at SboiUer's Hill, near
Paugboum, Ueik*, on the line of the
Creat Western Railway. Several liuman
•kelctons, in a liigli slitcof pretervolton,

have been disinterred, together with small
sepulchral urns, of rude workniansbip,
but elegant and clasiical devices, and up-
wards of 40 Roman coios, of gold, silver,
and brass, of the reigus of Domitian,
Constnntine, Julian th« Apostate, Cod-
Btatitiu.s, Gracianus, Liciuiua or Lnpid-
niug tbc Pro-prtttor (who was invested
with rifgal authority), and several others.
Spoar-heads, battle-axes, and spurs of
British nnd Roman manufacture, were
also found ; and some of the graves con*
taincd cunriidcrable maases of charcoal,
without bones. The bones are well pre-
served, having Iain in dry gravel, abcmt
four feet from the snrface, immediately
overlaying the chalk ; nnd one of the
«kiille appears heafier and more conso-
lidated than is natural.

BCKICD CITT DISCOTEKBD IN PEKP.

The Captain of an American vessel,
named Ray, lias lately discovered on the
coadt of Peru, in the environs of Gaf vey,
]irovinre of Fruscillo, an ancient buried
City of considerable extent. Following
the course of some excavations which he
made, he found the walls of the edifices
still standing, and many of them iu a com-
plete state of preservation. He infers
from the numbers and extent of them thst
the population of (he city could not have
been less than ;j,0UO souls. Numbers of
skeletons and luunnnies in a i)erfect stale
of preservation were found among the
private aud sacred edifices, and a great
luiuiber of duniestiu uteusils, articles of
furuitMre, coins, and curious anticjuities.
The eartbt^uake by which it would appear
the city woji eiipulphed, appears to have
suqirised the iubuUilant.^, like those of
Pompeii, in the midnt of their daily avo-
cations, and many of them were funud by
Captain Uay singularly prescr^'ed, by the
exclusion of atinospberic air, in the pre-
cise action or euiployment of the moment
when overwhelmed. One man staodiag
up as if iu the act of escaping, was dressed
in a tight robe, in th<: folds of which
coins were found, wliich have been sent
to the scientitic institution of Lima for
investigation. A female waa also found
sitting in a choir before a loom, which
contained an unlinisbed piece of cotton-
KtufT, which she was in the act of weaving.
The cottun-»tufr, which is of a gaudy pat-
tern, but very neatly fabricated, it about
eight inches io diflnteter, and appears to
have been only hiilf completed. A great
number nf antiquities and curiositiea
found in tbii American llerculancuni
have beeu sent to (he Museum of Uina.

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From n Idler. tLttcii Allien-t, Miiy '27,
1831, oddrcssril to the Milliliter of Public
Instructiut) of Frnncc, liy M. Kauul Ro-
chetlc, entrusted ^ith an nrcliiculogii-al
mission into Greece, wc glean the follow-
iug partioularK : —

At Syra, the Syrusof the ancients, and
the country of Pberccydm, an island
situated in the centre of the Cyclndcs, he
met with a collcrtion of antique inarblcc
recently formed at Syra, some of them of
that place, and others from the ncigkbour-
iog islands; and hitherto unknown. They
consit<t of inscriptions and ba^so-relievos,
principi\lly of fuuereol subjects, the in-
scriptions all in Greek. One of them
was the pedestal of a statue in honour of
the Emperor Adrian, undoubtedly brought
from L)i-lo» ; — a beautiful anU(|Uc marble
still bearing the Greek dedication in all
its integrity. This pedestal lins been re-
cently converted into a font, and placed
at an angle of the portico aronnd tbo
priacipal church. There existi in s^ome
parts of the tun-n, indeed on the rock on
which it is seated, remaius of inscriptions,
which would well repay researches.

In the isle of Mycoui, M. Kochcttc found
more than one curious monument to draw
and describe, and acquired a beautiful
Greek inscription engraved on the two
faces of a piece of red marble. He likewise
copied some inscriptions at Dclos ; but
the mass of ruins which cover almost the
entire soil of the sacred isle, is so con-
siderable, that it would req)iire the lapse
of months, and a hundred workmen (o
dig continually, in order to exhume the
buried monuments. But this is n task
that only a goTcrnment c>in undertake ;
and it b an enterprise I hare taken the
liberty of recommending to King Otbo,
who proposes to excavate ot Delphos, and
who would certainly not find fewer trea-
Burfs at Dclos.

Tlic letter then proceeds to describe the
recent purgation of the Acropolis of
Athens from the modern structures with
which it was encumbered. Much of the
architectural elements of the Propylica,
which had been emploviid as miitrrials
in the Turkish fortifications, have been
restored to their places ; others are lyiag
on the ground, where they can be measured
with greater facility, and .'tudicd very
closely. Among the mo?t interesting ap-
pesr.tnees which ha»e very recently re-
sulted from this double work of demolish-
ing and restoring, is the little Temple of
Victory without wings, which had so long
been a )ircil-iIeiTi to imtiqu irics, as much
0* the Propylaia llicmsclres, burif'J in
Turkish buildings, had remained a mys-
tery. This litth} temple it sow found

entire, with its four columns on both its
fti(;adeB, and with the walls of its celta un
three of its sides. Ench block of marble
marked with the im])rint of the time of
Pericles, has been brought from the middle
of a mass of roseonry, and re.storcd to its
ancient place. The sculptures of the
frieze have likewise been found ; these
escaped the hand of Lord KIgin, as they
were hidden, like unhewn stones, in a
modern wall ; all that is wanting are the
four fragments of the frieie which are now
in Ixindon. The mosque erected in a
part of the ctlla of the Parthenon will
soon ilisappear ; excaTations are l>cing
made in the masses of rubbish which still
cover the soil and avenues, and fourl>eau-
tiful fragments of the frieze have been
found ; and, though long buried in thn
ruins of the edifice, they have not suffered
from attacks of age or barbarism. They
are all four of different subject and cha-
racter.

In an eTcavatJon opened last year at
the south-cast angle of the principal fa-
cade of the Parthenon, numerous frag-
ments of the ancient temple of Minerva,
burnt by the Persians, have been found
at a depth of about twelve feet; they
were undoubtedly buried by the Greeks
themselves, b.s materialsof no value, when
they constructed the Parthenon under the
administratiou of Pericles. But they are
at the present time precious remains of
Ihc history of ait ; they con.<ist of tiles,
called antrfiret, of fragments of cornice
and frieze, of burnt-coLuurcd earth, which
are nulhentic monuments of a taste for
polychrome architucture.

An account of the jirincipal recent im-
provements at Athens will be found in our
Magazine for Sept. 18.17, p. ^1^.

Lately, on searching for stone near
the garden of Woodperry House, in the
parish of Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire,
the pavement of a chancel of a church
was discovered, with two head-stones, ex-
hibiting ornamental crosses. The pave-
mcnt consisted of yellow glazed tiles,
curiously divided for adaptation to use in
various parts. Under these stones the
bones of two skeletons were found in a
very perfect sute. A tradition is still
handed down in the neighbourhood that
the greater portion of Woodperry, with
its church, was destroyed by fire, and
never rebuilt. \Vood]>erry formerly waa
the property of Richwrd, buke of Corn-
wall, Kipg of the Romans, and at fh«
time of the dissolution of inona«terie«.
uudcr Henry the Eighth, wns possessed
by the Abbey of Oinry. It was pur(hn«e<l
in the reign of Mary, by Xrw College,
Oxford, to which it aaw beto«s^.

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FOREIGN NEWS.

SPAIN.

TLe anarchy in SpHiii liccomcs from
day to duy more irremtdiBbly cotifuundct),
and more deeply tituiiied with blood.
Half ihc eanittti ]s in a state gf war witb
the notniniil ^^uvcrt■i(;l^ who reside in
the other lialf— iind every day discloses a
j»cw foiispirBcy ptirradiiig the svholc city.
The army is divided like the country and
the tov\ ns — one division adhering to one
general, another to another— and it is
liard to say whether they prosecute more
zealously (heir boKtilitics urnongst them-
selves or ugin'n>i the Carlists. The war
Tvith the latter has a!s!«iimt:d » new chfi-
raeter— instead of mecunj; in the field,
the bcUigcrentii content themselves with
Biiedding the neccssury quantity of blood,
by the slaughter of whatever unaniied
political opponents may tall into Ibeir
hands.

All insurrection took place nl Valencia
on the 23d (Jet. in which IJeneral Men-
dess Vigo, the Cnptain (ieiierul of that
city, was nutrdered hy ihc iiifiiriiited \ni-
jiulaec ; afttT whitrh between thirty and
forty Ctirlist priboners, were hrouRht out
from their dungeons and dcliherati'Iy
bntchcrcd. Affnin, ou the 4(h Nov. in
repriwd for the hlHnf;hter of 6j prisoners
taken by Cabrera ut VilliainMlifu, an equal
niiintjer of C!arli«t [jrisoiiers, cunliiied in a
• tie gaol of Valencia, were broti^lit ont
and sliot, At Sarogosi^a a political in-
rjuisition tltt, under the name of the
Junta ofHeprisal, dailysendiiig its victims
to dcatb,

AFRICA.

The Freneli have recently taken posses,
sion of the Stora, a new n.ival station on
the Algerinc coast. The occcupatiun of
the province uf CunKlantinc is completed.
The roads of Stora form onv of the beat
naval positions of Africa, The Romans
seem to have been axvare of all its advan-
tages, for cansiderahle ruins prove that
a numerous ]>opulatlon was formerly
crowded togetlier on the spot. It will be
very easy to make use of the walls, which
ore very stroiip, and which may be raised
on the wme foundations. Ve^fetation is
extremely luxuriant in the whole country ;
from t;ol dc Kentorso large and lofty
trees fill the valleys, iitid uvery thing in-
dicates the elements of the hiuhcht pro-
uperity, whicii reijuiieonly juditiouh and
BcUve direction to be ruj-idly developed.

CmCASSIA.
The Ruf^siansare not successful in (heir
warfare with the hardy mountaineers of
Circassia. In a recent engagement, they
were defeated with great slaughter;
chiefly in con-;equence of the desertion of
n body of Cossacks of the Black Sea,
with othccrs, arms, and baggage, to the
t^vrcassiuns. Desertions are very fre-
r^uent ; and the nunnber of Polish
uod Rnssinii soldiers in the Circasnan
army is sufficient to justify the formation
of a distinct corps of deserters. The
Russian (jcncral liajowski had offered
larms of jmrdon and submission to the
Circassians ; but they wt-re indignantly
rejected, with the intimation that all fu-
ture proposals of accomodation would be
torn in jiiece:<, and the bearers put to
death,

i:«DiA.
For some time past the Government of
India have been adopting very active
mcasnrcs, iti consequence of the position
assumed and ])ersevcred in by Pcisia.
The Shiih of Persia, who was raised to
his throne mainly hy Uritisb assistance,
has within the last two years been under
Russian influetice; and PcriiiA can no
Joiiger be looked upon as a barrier against
the progress of Kusiiia, whose dominion,
extending over the greater part of the
extreme North of Asia, reaches in a
southerly direction to the borders of the
CnsjtittiiSeH, and the northern frontier of
Persia. Stimulated by Russia, the
Persian undertook an expedition agaiiut
Herat ; an iinportunt place, to which a
f'nall principality is attached, in the teni-
tory of Afghanistuu. Inconsequence,
Lord Auckland determined upon sending
30,UIXt men, composed of native and Bri.
tish forces, towards the northern frontier.
It is composed as follows : — two troopi of
Horse Artillery; Major Pew's Camel
Battery; two companies of European
Foot Artillery ; two companies of Sap-
pers ; her Majesty's sixteenth Lancen ;
Second, Third, and Fourth Regiments of
iJcngal Light Cavalry ; her Mnjeaiy'a
Third and rhirtecnth UegimenU of
Foot ; the Hon. East Iinlia (Company's
Furopenn Ret,'imcnt ; Second, Fifth,
Sixteenth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-
eighth, Thirty. first, Thirtli-fifth, Thirty-
Rcventb, Forty-second, Forty-third,
Forty-eighth, and Fifty. third R^meM*

of Bengal Native Infantry. This force
was to assemble at Kumaulon the 3l«t of
October, and tbcncc proceed vid Bhui-
nevr, Ubawupoor, and Mitb^nkete, to
Candahar, Caubiil, and Herat. This
force was to be joined by from 4o,000
to .V),()()l) men, furnished by Riinject
Sing, the sovereign of the Puiijaub. The
object of this demonstration muft, of
course, in the first instance, have been to
prevent the abiiorplion of Herat by Persia,

I Sept. 24. His Royal Highness Prince
George of Cambridge embarked at Fal-
moiilh. on an extended tour, in which he
Is attended by Colonel Cornwall. On
(he 2(id Oct. be arrived at Lisbon, and
was received by the Portuguese Court
under the travellinf^ name of Lord CuU
loden. On the lith he was at Oibral-
tjir, and was present at the reception of
the Queen Dowoger, on her voyage to

IMulta.
Oct. 10. The consecration took place
of Christ Church, at Rcclnton, in the pii.
rish of Preacot, built solely at the expense
of Samuel Taylor, Esii. of Eccleston
ILkll. it is A neat Gothic edifice, adapted
fur the ttcvomaiodiition of 60) persons,
and is fitted up in the interior in a man-
ner much superior to the great majority
of modem chua-hes. The ceiling is en-
tirely of oak, in pannal-work, and the
principal timbers which are left open to
the sight arc enriched with carvings and
pendants. The front of the pallcry, the
enclosure of the altar, and the holy table
itself, ns Well as the panels of the doors,
are all of ancient curved oak, de'icriptive
ofsacrcd subjects. The pulpit and read-
ing-pew are also of carved oak — the for.
mer a very ancient one removed from St.
Saviour's, Soulbwark, during the recent
laltcratiuns. Mr. Taylor Las been his
Vcwn architect ; and every portion of the
Lbuilding siecmed to indicate not only a
correct acquaintance with the principles
[of the noble art, but a most judicious
[spplication of them to the devout purpose
for which the building' is designed. .\
PcoUection, which amounted to upwards
tof 80/. was afterwards made for the jiur-
|tpos« of building a scho<'>l, to be attached
I to tbe church.

Oct. 11. At the Maidstone Quarter

^Sessions the ouestion as to the liability of

(■the owners ot the New Tcrracc-pier, at

r; ' ■' penny toll to the

K. who arc the pro.

I ., .. „. .:- i ..:-picr, was decided.

I'be facu of thv case are briedy these ;—

not so much for Persian, as for Russian
objects. In the interim, news has ar-
rived that the .Schali of Persia has been
completely discomfited at Herat, his nrmy
utterly broken up, and himself obliged to
fly. He had made an assault on the
town, and was repulsed with great slaugh-
ter, and the loss of all his funs. The
Russian Ambassador and Enra|>eMii
-'\id -de-camp were killed, the former
having received three balls in the body.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

In 1933 or 1834 the old corporation of
Gravcsend built the Town-pier, ut an
expenfie of about 3S,00Or, haviiii; been
authorised by parliament to borrow I !\(XX)/.,
and to levy a toll of U. a-head upon all
passengers landing, either upon the pier
or within the parishes of (rravesend or
Milton. The corporation on going out
of office purchased the Block-house T'ort,
which had belonged to government, and
built flic Teriacc-pier and gurdeti mi the
premises. They Ihen n-fused to pay the
customary li/., which the Town-pier Act
authorised the existing corporation to levy;
alleging that, as the government property
had been exempted from the toll, the
buildings on the same ground Hhuiild con*
tiiuie also exempt. The corporation
brought the recusants before the mnyor
and magiiitrales of Gravcsend, who de-
cided that the defendants should pay thv
Id. The latter appealed to the Quarter
Sessions, whence they were referred tr
the Court of Queen's Bench, by which
court they were ordered to have the case
tried at the Quarter Sessions, The nia-
piiitrateii h.ivc there decided, tlmt Captain
Tisdal, of the Star, in whose penson tlie
qiieslion was tried, must pay the toll.
Both parties arc to pay their own costs.

Oct. 16. A singular and disastrous
event took place at Dunkirk, about a
<]uartcr of a mile from Xnrlhwieft, (Che-
shire, in the instantaneous sinking of «
plot of ground, nearly an acre in extent,
to the depth of fifteen or twenty yards.
At the depth of about fifty yards from
the surface runs a rein or mine of rock
salt, of about fifteen )'ards in thickness,
which at tbiv spot had, as usinil, tK-en
worked and excai-ated, before sinking to
the lower vein, at the depth ot about KM)
yards. For some time past this impcr
mine had been considered insecure, from
tbe pillars left to support the oipi'riiicnin-
herit cirtL beinjj in a ti, ,,1

the men had disconli.
The grouod gave way, u .,.. u ^v...v ..,.,,u^
roar, and the rock-houad, \w«««*, ns>v\-

634

Domestic Occurrences. — Promotions.

liotise, erigi lie -bouse, stables, and two cot-
tapes, were tlirovvii into ■ heflj) of ruins
nt the dcptb of fiftet-n ynnjs from the sur-
face ; anrl twelve iiidividuHls, who were
on tliL- prerniseR, were also cnrried down,
nnd most of them overwhelmed by the
fallinp ruins of the buildings. It is
thought tb»t seven persons were tilled.

Oct. 22. A destructive fire occurred in
the bouses of the Masteris of Harrow
School, h broke out in that of Mr. Co-
lenso, the Matbeinutical Muster, and e.T-
tended to tbnt of the lieiid Muster, Dr.
Wordsworth, both of which it destroyed.
The latter was rcfronted some years ugo
in the Fylizabethnn style by the lute
Master iJr. Butler ; but must now be
entirely rebuilt. The loss incurred
amounts to many thousand pounds ; but
will be nearly, if not quite, covered by
the insurances.

At a recent meeting of the Common
Council of London, the Committee for ihe
London Uridffu v\pproarhes, fiC. made
their report that thi- improvements autho-
rised to be mode in Eost Chenp, Little
Tower-street, and Gracccliufth-sirect,
have been wholly effected; tliiit Upper
Thames-street hat been uidencd from
East-cheap to Fi&b-street hill ; that n
rectory bouse for the rector of St. Alary
Wooltioth has been built in King Wil-
linni-strect ; and new burial grounds have
been provided for the [liirishes of St.
Michael, Crooked-lane, and St. Magnus,
London-bridge, 'i'he lurlhcr improve-
nients recommended are the widening the
line of streets from Lothbury to the north
side of the New Post-office, the iurther
iinproveioent of Upper Thames-street,
and tbe completion of the imjirovement
ill Lothbury from Moorgotc-street to tbe
I'hiircb.

The Coi-poration having determined to

[Dec,

persist in maintaining the Cattle Alnrk*
at Smilhfield, some extensive iniprot
raents have been made in it. Tbe wbc
surface, comprising upwards of six ocrc
has been repaved upon a new nnd ir
proved level, with n number of addilior
shafts running into the immense sewi
upwards of twenty feet below the surtnc
1 he footways have been completely n(
tcred, and the rails and jiens entirely re
modelled, A new CHiriago-WBy hns bcc
also formed, leading from Lorig-laii
round by Smilh(ield-I>ars, and tbe Kua
Inn and West-street, to King-strort.alor^
which the public will have a qiitcic the
ronphfure on market-days. The who
of the improvements have been drsigne
by Deputy Hicks, and tbe Common Coni
cil almost unnniniously sanctioned an out
lay which will probiibly amount to
Iwecn 30,000/. and 40,00(V.

Eccle»iostical Changes (continued /"ro
p. 43.) Dated asth July, 1838. The ^^c•^
of St. Asaph and liaugar to be united » he
either ol them shtiU become \ue«nt, TIk
overage annual aoiouut of income ul tl
liishop to be 5,20(U. The annual it
come of tl»e Bishop of Sf. Darid'* to I
4-,jOO/. upon the tirst nvoidnnce of tt
See. On the first avoidance of the
q[ Llandaff, the annual income tu
ruised to 4,'2()0/, and until im cpiscoc
house of residence be provided for
Bishop, to receive tbe additional anni
sum of 300/. The whole County of Laj
caster, in the diocese of Chester, except
ing the Deanery of Fumes . to be detarbe
from the Diocese of Chester, and be callc
the Diwesc of Mancht»ter. The Col-'^
leginte Church of Manchester to bfTome
Q Cntfaedral (Church ; the Warden and
Fellows to be called Dean and C«nori|
The unnuul income of tbe Bishop to
♦,500/.

PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, Sic,

Gazette Prouotions.
Umrth 28. Col. Sir Horace SeTinoar, K.C.H.
to bcexirik Equerry to ber Majctty tljc Queen
dmncrr.

Utp Henry !'■

v.. I. CSV. anil .

GroiKC, in ruirpiiririi f »itii iim- «|'I 'if lui

tri-Rt.\iiirlr)Niintie) IVach, of Cinlmi, in CliiiiA,

Idlirotc, CO Wnnv. mil I'crllRiiit-ii'aiT, i'»i|. fo

tftke in «<lfliii.> ' ' •• :

Or/. SH. A. r- Chief

Jujitirc of C< > . ii, e»i|.

Ml), lo \m iih) •111.111 fxininnhiiiri to the
DnVf of CikiiiNriilg'c.

Ort •}'>. Al-S 'Kirlr MrtnTriHi, c<i.|. tn »'(•

^^, ••..--,,■, .....

Off. 36. Wm. Henry Brdutut, na
Clerk at the Peace fur the district of 104

in Lower (.'Anada
Off. w. r

TiirnT tl) h

obtr

Off. ati. Koyal Artillery-, I.iriil.-ColoDel (

A,

III- A"'.
.V..1'

3. V,

by liunlinse ; i
Iht Miijiir.

,>V>r. 3. Msjor J. MacpUall lu Im

ftn'rrnornf r»t>inltiiiM.

ot JVvr Lavis.

I

I

1838.]

Preferments, Births, SfC.

y«v. 9. S3(l Foot, Major T. Rcid to b«
Mkior.

.Vo«'. 19. Knlifhlwl by patent. ChiiI. Owrife
Tyler. R.N'. l-ii'iil.-Ciuvrrnor of .St. Viin'ciit'*.
— Au(f. Hoaxii tJilUcrt. ijiTit, Purx-r R.N. to
accept tlip cros.t of a Kiili'ht of tbe ordi-r of
lBab<*llA tlic t'ltliitlii-, ctiiifcrrwl Ijy the Uiiccn
Recent of Spain fur lii.i :itTvirm at the raiithiK
of thr ile^c of KiIIhm.

AW. 30. John OnfQ, of Coldhani hall, In
Stanninirfl'ld, .SufTolk, eu\. in complinncp with
a scttipment nuntf by his latp brother lUiliert
Gare Rookivorid. rvj. to take tbi? name of
lOikf wixlc htXfr Cime, and hi-ar the ani>« of
KokewLHhr its the first iiuarlrr. — 93th foul,
Maiur^ien. Sir Julin Iturlian, K.LMt. to be
Colonel i Drfvct, Captains T. Savngu and T.
Bonnur to be Majors.

Member returned to lerve in Parliament.
Vhipping Wycumbe. — Geo. Robt. Smith, esij.

EoCLRSIASTICAt. PnEnSllMBNTS.
K. V. Lnckwooil. (liite ChapUun of the
use of Cotnmons) to be a Trfbendary of
itertiurj' ; the Rev. E. Ki^ptoa and the

K<?v. T. Frer<> (also latf (:haplain<t to the

House) to be rrclieridaries of Wcstuiinrtter.
Ilev. Michael Kratin>; to Ijc Ar<h(J<'aroii of

Ardfert.
Rev. Ci. J. Dnpuis to be a Kellow of Eton.
Kev. K. J. Ash, Urialey R. with Gatelry V.

Norfolk.
Rev. W. Ilaileri Que«D Sc|au« «pi§copftl cliapcl,

Westiiiinftrr.
Rev. J. R. F. HiUins«ley. Worrainicton R. tilou.
Rev. Martin Connolly, 'Uojiiatfh It (jalway.
Rev. J. Croft, Katon Bishop'* K. ileref.
Rev. Joseph l)c«<', RoclcUnd R. Norfolk.
Rev. John I>i3ftnn, Wareluiriip K. Keut.
Rev. R. W. KlKeo, KciniaV.* R. We.ifonl.
Rev. I). K»ans, Uaullmliaiarn R. Card.
Kev. J. O. Fawcett, Stockton on the Forest

P.C. Yorkshire.
R«v. N. C. Frnwirk, Killenirk R. Wexfonl.
Rev. G. 1). Grundy, Lees PC. near Oldham,

LaJM-aKhire.
Rev. J. V. Hamilton. Little Ch&n tl. Krnt.
Kev. John Hardin);, Walki-rne ii. IIitI.s.
Rev. J. HarinKton, Little llmlon K Wiltv
Rev. K, Hanton, tit. HtephcnN R. howiih.
Kev. T. A. Holland. Grealhain R. Hanti.
Ilrv. J. Holme», LowiT PiMivcf I'.C. Cin'»h.
Rev, F. i'. Huliur, Birch in Warriuglon P.C.

Laocashire.
Rev. T. Jarkium, Ovinirliain P.C. Norlburnli.
Rev. R. V. Une. Ilenl R. Kent,
itev, G. 11. I.;ini;>liiii, uviMc V, :ju»sei.
Kev. — Mill, . II.,.,.,,. !• (' -:„M,i.v
lU-v, C, Hi -'m.

R«rv. T. H,i 'p'n.

Riv.T. G -Ifcff.

Rev. J.V.

Rev. J. T,. Md>rl(re»h.

Rev. C. Tn ii-mhire.

R«?v, W. 11 r. ljiiioln«4li.

Il«v. W.T R. Itiildln.

RevJ.Wi ; Will.,

Rev. W. II isoa.

Rev. II. V,

ReT.T.L!u-r ■ .......

Bin. i, CM. Vule, Ctilt-iidire V. l>rrut>.

CHAfLAI.V8.

Rev. T. H. .Vshwoftli t,i K.irl of CiirnwYoii.

II.-V. IK Cft. ,

Rev. M. i:

Kev. C.J 1

Rev. F. FtUfyid to the I'ljiU-.s! yf Oluuctstci.

Rev. E. \. Hoaretotbe Lon) Lienietianl nf

Ireland.
Rev. T. Lloyil to Fjrl Cow|ier.
Rev. J. Thoniyrrgn to tlie Karl of Stamford

and Warrini^lon.
Rev. K. Winder to H. .M. S. Virtory.
Rev. Mr. I>iivie> to WhitiTr«»»-itrri'l Prison.
Rev. T. Knglaiid to the Refuriniturv, l^lr of

WighU

Civil PiiEFEaiicNTs.

Win. Wllberforcc Bird, oiq. to lie IhlrtI mem-
ber of the council of Iikili,i.
Chas. Ellis Hcaton, es<i. Barrtntcr-at'Law, to

lie ClTk of tlie Peace fur Midtllesex, e(fe K.

C. 8elby, eso. resirued.
W. Heale. e»ti. LL.U. of Trin. Coll. Camb. to

be Head Master of Tavistock tirainniar

School.
.Mr. Norman M'Donald (private secretary to

Lord MorpelhJ to be First Clerk of the Irish

Privy <;'iun<:il.
ITje Rev. Richard Okes to t>e l>u«fer .Mut^'rof

Klon, rirf llie Rev. G. J. Uiipuis.
Mr. W. C. RiHs, Mr. 1), RolM-Tts, and .Mr. R.

Westiuacott to be Associates of tho Royni

Academy of Arts.

BIRTHS.

Oft. a. At Thcobaldi, Herts, the wife nf

Col. W. Milert, a son. R. At Brussels, the

wife of T. Wat hen Waller, esij. a turn.

9. The Hon. Emilie, wife of the Rev. Henry

Gray, of Almniid.tbury.a dau. IS. Al ljn>er

Orosvenor-st. the wife of V. llent, ev\. a dau.

ao. At BriK-hton, Lady John RoiiiMil, a

dau. Al UurKldey, the Marchioness of Kxe-

ter, a dau. ti. Ijuly V. Jemima Cioodeve,

a dan. 33. lu Berkeley-sq. the Hun. .Mrs.

.**{>aldiuff, a son. In Dover »t. the Vi<«coujit-

es» Valletort, a sou. At OultOD-park, Lady

Grey F.srerton, a sou. 24. In Baker-»t. tlio

wife of F. M. Mv>nlfomene. esq. a dau. At

Umw, Cornwall, the wife of C*pt. Toup Nico-
las, ( . K. K.H. a ion. 'X'l. At Am|Kirt House,

Hant*i, Die wife of S. Co'iby, ewj. a dau. JC.

Al Childwick Bury. Herts, the wife of J. Lo-

xux\, esq. a dau. 47. At Bruges, the wife of

>Viltiain Slainforth, ewj. a son.

.V«r. I. At W'anlip Hall, 1>mc. the lady of
Sir George Palmer, Bart, a son. At Scrap-
toft Hall, Leic. Lady Angela Pearson, a dau.

a. At Hauimer^miih, the Baroness de

.Mourorvo, a son. 4. .\t .Mnwick I'arsoiiax^e,

the wife of the Rev. L. ShaftoOrdc, a .ion.

9. At St. .Melion rectory, l^ornwall, the wife of

the Rev. G. Soniersit, a ilau. 6. .\t rit. Leo-

nar<r»-(m-tUe-.S«-a, .Mrs. Guudenou|fh, wifenf

the IVan of Wells, a »ou. 7. -Vt Uunlcott,

the wife of the Rev. Retdiiald Pole, a dau,

III Bflirrave-st. the Countess of Puiufret, a

dau. 8. In Grosvenor-sq. ihe r<>iin(e»s Of

Gallowav, a son. \i. At <' ' "' "ire,

l.ady Wil.soii, a son. \i. oX-

huuke, Yorkjihirr, Ijtdy l>iui ,. a

son. 16. .\t 1-Ushani, I.iiu". ii,r i.i,i\ .Mary

Corbet, a dau. 17. .\t llairnivnl houv,

Yorkshire, Lady^Caruline lji.HL'elle.«. a dau.

i

i

MAKRIAOES.

June I. At Huliart T
Little, of .**!. .^iidrew'ii

coii^nr.

F.'tin

foUllh daii. 'if I 1A(«

ColtMlial Sr. 1 l-.lul.

Sfftt. A. Thoiiiat

W,ni, I 1 "ly Alio.

. h <,f Mt . .-.■luiiiil IViki I, l4tuier auu

■f OlDCV.

I" At l1iiir|ie, near Nor«ich. the

ICi\. lieury Long, lle<:t»»t u^ V«mSn«>. «^

6hG

Marriages.

Kw»iiisiliorpe, to Charlotte Emma, «orond »Un.

of Col. air Ilolit. Harvt'y.lH. .in. I K.U. At

I'eiiclfylnii, '■o. Glani. Ucim i-<t|. of

t'liiliub'liiliia, t°. !S. (u Ik.'i Iau. oT

Win, Crawsliay, es<|. of C\ : if.

'V/<r. 29. At yiiitlifAnl, (Hill. Kiiuliil Rum-
|py, funU Hitie'i, to CnniiiniT Mnry, dau. o(
Alnior-Gen. Sir Gcorffe Bj-rktlcv,

Sr/tl. "25. At Kriglifoii,(';ijit. Frc<l. A, Blarli.
fonl, mill of Gi'ii. UlHclifiji'd, til Kiiimdiiii.-
Hophin, youngest dan. of liu; lati.' Hnnti

lilnvdi'ii, e&n. nf llipli PbuII, Ynrksliirr.

At 'trinity Cfi. Maryrebone, AleK. Ilatl Hall,
■'!<i|. vUWfil sou of Dawd HaU, of Purlland-
plai-i>, i9i|. to Caroline, youuei'sit Jau. of Tlioui-
von lUiikcy, also uf rurtlaiid-placv, cmi.

Sfpl. 27. At Wnttoii, Iti.rtM, Jmm- f-uic,
M<|, of (Jliancpry-lniii?, tu I
ilaii. of the late Janie^ ll< '

.Mltaiiibur^li, \Villi>liii • i

of Maloii«-liOU!Je, Antrim, lo Lliaiuir \Nill.a',
younj^cRt dau. of 'rii'inias Kurster, cmi. of

Adili'rstiini:-hall,Nortluimliirl»iid. At Slar-

tmk, CO. SoinL'r.*et, the Ui:v. II. U. Npti-
ninii. Hector of Littk- Bromley, Eshcx, to Eliza-
1m-IIi, only surviviiii: diu. <■! the late John

lloiincr, esq. of Hi n ■•, Yeoiil.

At Wnlihanistow, J.' i, caq. of Lin-

ruliiS Inn, to .\nna '■ isfcst daii. of

the late ¥. H. itodwell, l-smi. At Asininster,

ticorifc I.,oui!i, esi). of Colyton-housc, to Mary,
viiilow of the late Rev. K. C. Fomartl, Rector

of tlniington. .\t Wand^wurtli, Henry

Itnckcr, es<j, lo .\delaido, yoiingcut ijau. of the

lat«^ James Morris, mu]. if. M.ilion, ••^.|.

ehlcst soil of thp late Rev. H. Mni
ifiilly, Kins'ii Co. lu Jane, dau < ;

Hii(Ch Crofton, Hart. At ytr:i '

Henry Revel llnnifray, esq. of Ueauinuiit-bt.
i{p^eiil'i>-|Mirk, *o Kraiicea, eldent dau. of Win.

Knsnrr, omi. of Stradiaball-place. Henry

Uiirry l^oinvik*, esq. harrJiiter, eldest son of
tile Rev. H. H. Uomvile, of Pcoilirokc, Hercf.
KiKJ iii-iilii« nf .SirCompton l>omvilc, liart. lo
¥i -' d;iu. of the Rev. K. W. loirnim,

<'i . Uoio. and niece of Sir T. U.

V. _,. ... Uart.

(tri. J. At St. Geor^e'^, Hanover-sfj. the
Right Hon, Viscount Comb<rnicre, to the only-
dan, of Kotiert GiliUinss, esq. •>( liil.i.nirr*.

jfTOVe. Cork. At Churrh llr.r

■hall Turner, eji(|. of Torrinrton-'^

Mary, sc-ond d*u. of the late li...., ._,. .,

csi|. of Sn|iiiertnn, Uerh. The lli-v. W. Ai-

mitHtend, Pern. Curate of GarMaiit;, Laqc. lu
AffneH. dau. of the late Th.ii>i«i li.ll r„, ..r

tJar^lanij. The Rev. I);

Reetori"? Hartford, ncir Hi.

dan. of the late Thomas \ ; ;. . ... , . ,. ,;

Candirid^c At Clist St. George, sauiuel

I'arr. eao. Of Knowle, |)eTon, to Charlotte

j|,,r... 1!...,.. w.. 1 .1.1. ..ftlie Rev. W. H.

I! .'u rhurcb, I'orts-

iti ':, Of M.M.S. Ha.<it-

iiik,, ...1. ....!.... u. .; .1 C»|>t. !<earle, C.U.

of H. .M. h. Victory.

tM. s. At VVilhcallChufoh. Edward, eldest

C, <r I.M.. »w.l T,... ...I ,.^... .,f A'..rl ..I

of ScripjM, CofseahaU. to ^iKkclniinA, ',
est dau. or Sir Itinry Moiit.ni;no, Uart.'

'-»q. of
lau. of Juh

St. Pail. I
ton, to I
Detil, I-

nr(. 4, At
Uaker, e$<i. m
Emma kathai
Clinton, esq. >•:
Graham, esq. .
Matilda, itecuii.
formerly of ArlhurUt-, '
HriKhtnti, the Rev. C. \V. I

field, E.ise\. !m riiiilv. (hiii. .
enq. of \V
K. Cam
tiirU, fs< ii

dau. of Ml. U. I. J.
llanover-su. jVlfred '
Kd'Horth, (JOrk, ti> ..
dau. of the lai.- '

Oct.C. At
ard, eldest soii
Royal Hospii 1
yoiinpest dau. ■ ■
tor of Eytoti, >
of the late Kdioiiitd 1'

Off.' 9. Tlie Rev. 1
of Ilminsler, to l»ui- .
late ?arniiel Rhode.s, i.vj.
Sfnke, Devon, the Rev. Hnr
of Hilton, Dorset, lo Ann, • i
W. C^vie, esq. of Herwoixl huii.'«j,
youTieest dau., of the late J. 9. Iiown

At Dover, W. R M-i.,-n. < ••

Nisbett, 'Hpperary, I"
htle Thomas Bu.**, e-
John Pryce, e?q. to [>
of tlie late MiHor-f'tii. i

Govenior of .St. Helena.

Gibson, esq. M.D. ITth L. .
voun^psl dau. of the late N. W ill»iii, e«q.
.South Uridgv, near Northampton.- ,Vt Mi

K,

ket I>rayton, th.
bent of .More*,
only dau. of V
dct. 10. At I
Itaird, esq. Ml'
Rev. a. Ktout;
At Tanwr/i.
Wilbrah:
Kdward ■
eldest i\^H, -.

Slat fold. A I

of Jlessiiiebaii

seal ol the l-V
James J. R, .^!

l''it/nilliaiu, foi.,

liam. .\t Si. Panrra«. J.

to Sophia, elde.^t dan. of W.
Hid iSirkiKenl.

Oct. II. At Rudston, Y.
Chan. Waller Huilsnn. Ri

• rt Upton, tpeiJU
i'. to »»Uf EmUffl
■*q.

11, youhgc

M7

OBITUARY.

Tmb EARt. or Seftok.

Nop, 82. At hig house in Arlinpfon-
Btfcet, the Rt. Hon. Willinm- Philip Mo-
lyncus, Enrl of Sefton (1771), nnd Vis-
count Molyneux (I6i?8), in the Poer-
a<?e of Ireland, Uaron Softon of Croxteth
(f83l) ill that of the United Kingdom,
and a Bnronet of Enf;lnnd (1611).

Lord Scfkon was the repre.seiitntivn of
an ancient and hisroricnl race, fonndeil in
England by Sir William de .Moulincs,
upon whom the Conqueror conferred the
manor of Sefton, witli other large pos-
sessioni in Lnncasiiire, a eonsiderablc por-
tion of which remain with the family to
the present day. His Lordship was born
IS Sept. 1772, the only child of Chnilos-
AViilinni the first Earl uiid 9lh Viscount
Molyneux, by I^ady Iisiibclla Stanhope,
daughter of Charles the second Earl of
Harrington, and granddniightor of Charles
second Duke of Grafton, by Lndy Heu-
^eMsflonierset, Mster to the fourth Duke
t. In I7flj he succeeded his
7 9Bt the honours, being Irish, did
itot confer upon him a seat irt the House
of Lorde. Hid Lordship was, however,
almost constantly a member of the Lower
House nntil his elevation to (be British
Peerage.

In politics his Lordship was a decided
liberal; and though from iicr\'ousness,
which he was never able to overcome, he
rarely opened lii^ lips in parliumcnt, it is
well known ihiit he has occasionally vpr.
bolly supplied some of our mo<it eminent
orntors with their speeches. Whilst he
was a utember of the Hnusc of Commons,
bta Lordship hod the credit of bein^,' able
to earry with him by his persotial influence
more rotes than any (unofficial) man of
faia day. At all times his opinions re-
ceived the higbect coii&idcraticin from the
leading nictnbers of his unrty- Nor was
this without justice. liighly infornud
and sagacious b«yotid most tncn, his Lord-
abip was espeoNlly remtirknhle for the
iil>i!;;liriiO'SS and noble independence of
'tLT. The coumgc which he
.vhen, on the octnsiun of While's
( iiit> .vitli that abject servility to mere
royalty, which it is deplorable to meet
with ^" fr-....i,..,tly amongst the highest
cl««' lift from II IhiII givi-u there

the ti ■•■<? f^rinccss of Walts, he

alone, iti ddiunce of the frowns of the
Regent, protested Against so itriinniilr a
proceeding, will not soon be forgotten.
Not at a subsequent period after Mr.
Ilone's trial, when Lord Sefton, who

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then believed himself to be on his death-
bpd, wrote his celebrated letter, congra-
tulating Mr. Hone upon his escape from
the Crosvri prosecutions which had been
instituted against him, and inclosing a
check for 100^, did his Lordship le«8 de>
serve the respect of every honourable mind.

His Lordship's manly conduct upon
these occasions, however, gave so much
offence at court, as to cause him to bo al.
most entirely a stranger there during the
reign of George the Fourth ; but upon the
accession of the late King he was nuiong
the tirst of those upon whom the Peerage
was conferred. From this period, as in.
deed during the whole of his parliainent-
ary career, his Lordship's vote will inva-
riably be found recorded in favour of
those measures which wire brought for-
ward for effecting salutary reforms in our
institutions, or for the extension of civil
and rcligiotis liberty.

In private life Lord Sefton was con-
spicuous for the magnificence of his mode
of living. From youth he was esteemed
the be»t " whip" in England : and the
excellence of his taste wa.s invariably dis.
played in the correctness of his equipages,
which were universally allowed to be un-
rivalled. His table was perhaps the most
rechfrch^ in London, and the splendid
hospitality which he practi-^-'l '"-i- ' lin
indeed proverbial. His de.'i':
verely felt in the leading W ,;

and the affliction into w hich hn I'uuiily
and a large liody of strongly attached
friends have been plunged by the event,
is the best proof of the respect and esli.
mation in which his chnructer was held.

His I.,ordship tniirricd in iTfJ'i, Maria
Mnrgaretta, second diuighfer of VVilliam
sixth Lord T-raven, bv Elizabeth (after-
wards Margravine of lirandenburgn An-
spBch\ doughter of Augustus fuurth
Earl of Berkeley, who was maternal
grandson of Churirs first Duke of Rich-
mond, natural son of King Charles II.
By this lady, who survives him, he has
had i&sne : — 1. Lady Georgiaim,' who
was marricil, in I8I!(, to Charles Pascoe
(ifcnfell. Esq. mid died in J826. — t.
Lady Maria.— 3. The Kiirlit Hon, Chas.
Willium, now Euil ol Sefton. — 4. lisdy
Liitiisii. — ■'*. Lii'iit.-Col. the Hon. George
Hrrkeley Molyneux, of thi- 8ih Hu&san.—
(>. Lieut, Col. the Hon. Henry Richard
Mnlyneuic, of the COfh Foot. — 7. Lady
I -'i. Lodv Caroline, married in

1 irles rowneley, juii, esrj. of

Obituary. — Lord Fnrnham, — Hi. Hon. Uobert Grant. f Dec

Mo1)'iietiK, Secretary of I^gnrion at
Frankfort. — 10. Lndy Kalharine.

The present Eurl wm* horn hltb July,
1796, urid mnrried, Jiitio IS34, Mnry.Au-
I niistB, only dnii. of R. H. llo\twnoA, of
llopwood, cs(i. and has with ulber issue a
•on and heir, Williiitn-Pliilip now Vi«-
tount Molyneux, lioin 14th Oct. 1835.

LoRO FAttsu.Nxr.

Oct. 19. In Riitlund-^qiiurtf, Dublin,
in bis Gjth year, the Right Hon. and
Rev. Henry .Maxwell, sixth Baron l-'arn-
Imm, of Farnhnm, CO. Cavan,

His Lordshij) wus the younger son of
the Hon. nnd Right Rev. Henry Max-
well, Lord Bishop of Meath, by ]\lar-
l^uret, only diuighter of the Right Hon.
i\nthony Foster, Chief Baron of the Ex-
chequer in Ireliind, and lister to the first
Lord Orii'l. He sueccedcd to the peer-
nge only one month Iwforc his death, on
the death of hix brother .Tuhn fifth Lord
Farnham, of whom u brief manioir was
given in our la^t Ma>;azine, p. 5iG.

His Lordship ninrried Sept. .5, 17(16,
Lady Anne Butler, eldest daughter of
Heiiry-Thoinas, second Earl of Carriek,
nnd sister to the present Earl ; nnd by
thnt Ifirty, who died on the ^iQih May,
1831, he hud issue nine son8 and three
daiiphtcrs : 1. the Right Hon, Heniy,
now Lord Farnham, bom in l7M, and
iM. P. (or the comity of Cavan in the
present nnd live preceding parliaments;
lie married in 1838 the Hon. Aiina
Frances Esther Stajileton, youiige.»t dim.
of Thomas Lord Lc Des(ieriser, and sister
of the ('ountess of Rudeii, &c. but hai<
III] issue; a. the Hnii. Siirah-.Juliana,
mairied in 1828 to Alexander Siiunder-
son, of Ciiitle Suuiidemon, co. Cavan,
esq.; 3. the Hon. Somerset liichard
Maxwell, >Wio ha<i succeeded to all the
unsettled estute.4 of his nude the laie
Lord, and will probably Kuececd his
brother as Member for the euunly of
Cavan ; he is nt present unmarried; 4.
the Right Hon. Harriet- Alarjjraret dovv-
ager V'iscoi inters Rjiiigor; who was mar-
ried in IS'.'tj to Edward third and late
Viscount Bangor, and was left his widow-
in 1837, having had issue the preiscnt
\'iscount, nnd five other sons ; 5. John-
Barry, a l^ieuf, in the llih regiment,
who died in 1833, in his 20th year; 6.
Charles- Robert, who died in I&-25, in his
• Tfhyear; 7. the Hon. Anne, mnrried in
IB3»J to William .Muriis Bnjloy, tsn. ;
8. the Hon. Edward- U'llliani Maxwell;
». the Hon. James Fierce ; It) tlie Hon.
Riclinrd-Thoma*: il. the Hon. Ruljert.
TliomaK; nnd 1'2. the Hon. William-
Otorge, born in It^l.

We take thiii opporlutiity to append «
few noteft on the lale John Lord Kani.
Iinm:

" His Lordship was tlie first niun who,
with boldness unexampled, .Hni] at «Mi
incalculable, broke thruiigh the charm ot
interetit nnd influence which inade the
Irish representative peerage a close go.
verntnent borough. He was the man
who bestowed upon the ]>eers of irelami
the liberty and power they now enjof,
of electing a reprciientative of their o%ni
choice, in.^tead of olieyitig the compi
ttelire of this, or that, or any other oii-
nistry. The personal friend of the late
Duke of York, John Barr}- Maxwell,
Baron Fuinham, had the talents, the
courage, the principle which quaJitieil
him for the arduous undertaking. lie
succeeded for himself and bis compeers —
and has left behind to the Irish ansto-
craey a legacy of freedom and independ-
ence.

" His Lordship was u nuich admired
forhis mildness in private, as respected fot
liis energy in the senate. The loyal, the
brave, and the true, crowded round hi*
bier, on which were shed the tears of dM
and young. The inhabitants honoured
him when among them, ari.' ' ...-ry

respect to his remains; tli liii<

memory, and are honoured tJ. ,,)«r

is placed, not at Farnham, but at >ew-
townbarry. His coffin was lowered into
the vault by Serjeant Hamilton, of the
Cavan Malitin, and three terjpHnt« of the
>>ewiow'nburiy Yeomanry. The forinrr
fought under tbe late Lord Farnham
(then Col. Barry), in tbe frish rebellion.
At the battle of Arklow, Col. Uarry had
his regimental e!i|i hhot off, and he wore
the forage cap of one uf Iii5> men duriug
the rerunindcr of the engag^emMit. At
Wexford, the Cavan s.r ' irv

men, kept the tirid^< ,n«*

hard lighting, and lite i a,, .., iti

the bodies of rows, horses, and men.'

Right Hon. Sir Rorgbt Grant.

July 0. At Dujioorie. in Uia A3d ywr,
the Rt. Hon, Sir Robert (iraiit.tJ.C.H.
Governor of Bombay.

He was the brother of Lord Ctlrnrjg,
now Secretary of State for ihr f "..l.inies,
being the second son of ( .ul,

esq. for many years Af, P. i , .«.

shire, and one of th>' ^ i^,>«|

director!, of the East . (iV

June, dnughier of 'P a

a yoiinger huii of Kr.i- . u.

Invcrntiiii. (}f hii» rr i,e.

moir«, by ihr lale Thoiuu a,

F.S.A. Searcher of the 1. ihr

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East India House, were piililislicd in
the CJeiitleman's Magazine for Dec, 1823.
Mr. Robert Umnr, as well «s lii^* bro-
ther Luril (jleiicl^, \viv> h mciiiber vT
Magdalene ('oilej^e, in the University uf
(^)iinbrid^, of which they both becatnc
Fellows. They took their B.A. dej,Tee
together in 16()1, when Cbarleii wus third
iind Robert fonrth Wningler, CImrli-s 1st,
nnd Robert id AJcdullist, so even were
their atudies und ultiiinutenlfi, mid so jiH>
rallel their snecess. In addition, the pre-
sent Lord Glenelg oblaiiKH] in I>i02 the
second Bachelor's prize. Mr. Ilobert
Grant had in 1799 obtained n Craven
skrholurship. He took his M.\. de^^ree
in 180(>, having been in timt step pre-
ceded two year* by his brother. He wtis
called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. Jan.
JU, I8U7. He published in l)SlSa pam-
phlet, entitled, ** The Expediency main-
tained of continuing the system by which
the i'radc and (rovernincut of India are
now regulated," 8vo. ; and also '' A Sketch
of the History of the Last India Com-
pany from its first foundntion to the pass-
nig of the Regulution Act of 1773, " 8vo.
Mr. RolM?rt <>ntnt 5ub:«e(pienlly ob-
tained the office of Kinf^'s Seijeant in
the Ducliy Court of Lancaster, and was
one of the Commissionerfi of Uunkrnpts.
In JH26 he wa« returned to ['arlianii-nt
for the Inverness district of burghs. In
1830 he was elected for Norwich, and
again in 1831 . When bis brother became
President of the Uoaid of Control, be
was appointed one of the Commissioners ;
in IU31 he was swonia Privy Councillor.
and in 183^ appointed Judge Advootte
freneral .

At the first election for the new bo-
rough of Kiiisbury in Hi3l, he was re.
turned as one of its first niembcr-i, and
that by a very large majority, the num>
bers being —

Rt. Hon. R. Grant .... +«78
Mr. Serjeant Spunkie . . . i»U(
< 'harles Uubbnge, esq. . . . :^311
TlHiinKs Waklcy, esq. . . , 5J13I
t liriNtopher Temple, e.«q. . , 787
In June ISSt Sir Robert Grant was
Bp|)ointed fJovcrnur of liotnbay.

He left the Presidency in Rood health
for the hills on I'Jth June lust. Having
imprudently ridden out during a hcxvy lal!
of niin, he was attacked by fever. The
arder alnited, nnd bis recovery was ex-
i-d ; hill he suffered n rchip^e, Ins brain
inic affected, and he snnk under i(a

Sir Robert Grant married JMur>rnret
daughter o( the Uitc Sir I>avid Davidson,
of CVmtray. eo. Nairn, and bus left an
infatrt fiimily.

disor

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Sill Edward Puohk, DAiir.

Oct. 13. In Norfolk. street, I'ark-lunc,
in his 41111 year !?ir Ldwjud I'oore, the
second Baronet, of Rushall, co. Wilts
{179j).

He was (he eldest iron of Edward
I'oore, esq. by his first wife Marlhu-
Ann, second daughter of George Wolff*
esq. Diinish ronsiil in Ivondon, and #inc-
ceeded to the title of Baronet June Ist,
18:W, on the death of his greut-nncle Sir
John Mcthuen Poore, to whom it had
been granted with remiiinderto hi.s brother
Edward, and the heirs male of hia body.

Sir Edward married, Jan. U, 1818,
Agnes, third daughter of Sir John Ma-
jorilmnkK, Bart, by whom he ka!> left issue
Sir Edward, bis successor, born in 1831,
and live daughters. His body was inter-
red in Salisbury cnthednil, where there
are already some vory handsome monu-
ments to the memory of his family.

Major-Gen, Aoyk, C.B.

S^pt. 13. At Woolwich Common,
Mi^or- General Stephen Golwny A dye.
C.B. Chief Firemuster in the Royal
Laboratory.

He was appointed first Lieutenant
in the Rojiil Artillery, Jim. 1, 1794;
Captain Lieutenant in 1708 ; Captain
18U3; brevet Major IHIU; Major in tbu
Royal Artillery lylSd; Lieut. -Colonel
1811; Colonel R, A. I8*i ; and brevet
M«jor- General 18.'i7.

In IW19 be served as Brigade-Major to
Major- General Lawson, io the Kent
district. He wait also in the expedition
to Walcheren, and there received a serious
wound from the cfTt'cts of which he never
thoroughly recovered. Subsequently, on
the plains of Waterh^, he added another
wreath to his well-cnmcd bonoui^, and
received the cross of the Bath.

Gn the day before hi« death the general
accepted an invitiition from his friend and
compiinion in arms, General Drummond,
R. A. to meet a few brother soldiers at
dinner, and be leturned about 1 1 to his
house in perfect lieultb, but about two
o'clock ill the following nniniing, Mrs,
Adyc discovered be \\»y a corpse ! Thia
event niui^ed a great kIooiu over the mili-
tary circles lit Woolwich, the garrison
being deprived of an amiable friend and
gallant •.oldicr. The men have lost a firm
protector of their rights «nd privileges,
although a strict disciplinntiNn, mid thu
poor of the surrounding iivighbourho'>d n
real benefactor.

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Coi.oxKi, CnowDcn, K. H.
8r/>t. ... At ChellkriitiMiii,CuloiiclJobn
Crowdcr, K.H.

This eA|)erlclHTd ami ^ulliiivt. nAiSkSapx

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OaiTVA&Y.— Cajft.Str William Elliot, C. B.

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i7lh Fusiliers, June 16, ]803; and in
_ r, ns Captitin ill thftt cegitncnt, was
present at Ihi; inking ol" Copcnhugeji ; be
continu(.'d in active service through the
wBok" of the Peninsular war, Bnd on many
occaiiiont gave si^al proof of his courage
and military skill. Among other bcencs
ot (ilory and renown, Captuin Crowder
distinguished himself at the liatdeH of
Oporti) ond Tiilaveru in 1SU9, ut Bueaco
in 1810, tit Albueru in 181 1 , and at Sala-
manca in 1S12. At the last lie \va& se-
verely wounded, and, having been ap-
pointed to two of the light companies
ordered to the attack upon the village of
Arapilcs, was promoted to the brevet
nx»k of i^lajor tor his conduct upon the
occasion. Continuing still with his rejji-
ment, Major Crowder was present in
1813 at the bnttles of Vittoria and the
Pyrenees, where he received Huolber
wound; and, in Iftll, at the buttles of
Orthes und Toulouse. In the following
year, Major C'ruvvdcr exchanged from the
7th to the :^3rd Fiisilieiii, when he retired
on hulf-jmy ; and in \8'.i5 got his promo-
tion as Lieutenant- Colonel. It was not
until the brevet of 1838 appeared that be
obtained hiii rank ns full Colonel, u shoit
time previous to which he bad received
the distinction of K.H. buuours to which
bis long and gallant KTvices fairly entitled
him.

He bad for nearly twenty years been a
resident of Cbcltenbani, where an exten-
sive circle of friends and acquaintance
will long and sincerely deplore bis loss.
In private life he was respected and es-
teemed by all who knew bim.

Capt. Sir William Elliot, C B,

Sept. ... At Plymouth, aced 55, Sir
Willmm Elliot. C.B. K.C.H. K.T.S.
Capluhi of the flug-ship at that port,

Sir.W.Lliiot wiisuf humble origiji, and
was bom at Can&and, near Plymouth,
Oec. 15, 1782. His during alchievc-
nients during the war, in the West Indict:,
obtained bim the luiine of " firc-eutiiig
Elliot," und procured for Lim every step
in the naval ladder of promotion. He
entered the service on the '2 1st Feb, 171*5,
us u volunteer, on board the Irri-»iistible,
74, which sailed from Spithend, with the
Channel -tlcet. early in June; his only
friend being Mr. P. Kllery, (be Captain's
clerk, as an assistant to whom be was
allowed to join the s.hi|i. On the 22d of
thai monili they fell in with the enemy'*
fleet otr L' Orirrit, inid in the iiction which
ensued, the Kn^nch (inlional ihip, Alex-
andre, "f TlfjiiM", sMiii-k to f'li' Irrcfist-
ihlc. I
which

Grindall, who was severely wouinlvl.
Early in 1 796 he joined the (^matic aC
Plymouth, to which Capt. tiuiidall had
recently been appointed ; mirl he followed
the same ofliccr in his mi'
mands of the Culo!>»u> a<

tbcl :••■■' '■ •■

nil.

olfi ,

rejoined the (.'.iiaiiiiei lifi-t, and renuust
in the Chaunel until the Lattrr i
IbOUi when Khe was ordered to the '.
and was in the memurabic action
1st of April, 1801, at Cupeiiliitgeii,
hmd Nelson.

In reward for his scnricc* HuririL: ihi
jieriod, Mr. Elliot was, in &1
promoted to the rank of Li
by Lord St. Mnecnt ; and, in
1^03, he was ap{><jinled First I.ieu
of the Plantngenct. r-. ' ' '

G, E. Hainraond, i

until March I&Oj, m , . uii

in the Channel, when he wh« oppoiiil
First Lieutenant of the Rattler, cooi>1
miutded by Capt. Mason, employed oal
thti French coast, between C«lais an4i
Dicjipe, until May, when *hc w<i« ordvrtd
(0 the Newfoundland coast. Ou her waj
thither she fell in with a brig, in a |
gale of wind, lying on her beuiit.cnd
the crew lathed fust to her ; and J
energy and intiepiility of the subjl
this memoir, who volunteered his i
ten men were saved from de»cr
only half'an-hour before the btig(
For this signal act of hcii'i-"- '■-
the mrdul of the lloy»l H
Oii be did ateeond time, i' xi

ed overboard from the same vei*^
sa\>cd the lives of three men who
not swim.

On the Rattler's return to England,
18(16, Capt. Mason being apf"-'" -^
the Daphne, Lieut. Elliot toi! .

into that ship, and sailed for t

Phite, where he was present, and coaf^
manded a party of seamen, at tbi- friar
ing of the town of Munte Video, and wx
also at the attack on Buenos Ayre«.
Jan. 1H(>8 he returned to Eji-.'^- '
was alterwuniii eiiipliiyed on ii
Jutland. In April he coiii:i'
boat Rttiick on a Danish couruy, lyii^
under the batteries. o( FliKi-itrtTid,
ing ten long Ib-p. iti

rtevcre action, he t'
the -•'■••' ' ;hcm, cunsntinj.; >
ui ' In this action bo

»n ilcd.

In ISU^* be neivcd in li

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and 75 nten. On tlie lltb Decouiber he
chased an enemy'tt brig into the Port des
ilftyes, Cuduluupc, where she wan pro-
tected by heavy batteries. The Thetis
baviiigioined two dHvs arter, Capt. Elliot
volunii'ored lo cumntand a parly to storm
the battery. The landing wbe effected at
noon, and, after six hours' march through
a thick wood, the party arrived, unper-
eeived,at the back of the battery, which
was immediately stormed, and completely
destroyed. The battery mounted '22
gtms, and wnc gnrrisoried by 'JtM soldiers,
the greater part of whom nmde their cs.
cu|ic in the dark. The French national
brig, NiMUs, of 18 guns and 150 men, was
stib«c<jiicncly taken poKsession of. On
this occaaiun Copt. Elliot was severely
wounded in the right knee and breuiit,
being knocked down by u sentinel with
the butt.end of his inutiket, and received
a musket-shot above the right ancle.

In Jan. IblU, after having recovered
from hi* wounds, he waa appointed to
command the Hazard; and on the .^Ith
of that month be led the second division
of men of war and transports into Ante
la Barque, Gaudaloupe, to attack the
island. The batteries of this port were
taken possession of by the crew of the
Hasara, before any other ship cainc in ;
she also coptured the national «cbooner La
Mouchc, of l(J gims. After rendering
other active services, in the subjugatioit
of the island, (.'apt. E. mailed with (he des-
patches of it» surrender to England, and
arrived on the 13th March at Plymouth,
where be found a letter acquainting him,
that in consequence of his services the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
hud been pleased to direct that he should
he promoted to the rank of Post Captain
on the day \\ hen he should have completed
a twelvemonth as Commander. He was
then employed on the Newfoundland
station, where he remained until Jan.
IHJL

in Juno 1812, Captain Elliot was ap.
pointed to comniund the Crocodile iH,
and was employed un the coast of Sitain
and Portugal till Jiin. IH13 ; and from
tlut time to Dec. 1814 on the Labrador
coast. He then relumed to England,
and the Crocodile ivas pnid off at Ports-
month on the Ist Feb. 1813. On the
5th Sept. following Capt. Elliot received
an appointment to the Flondo iW, from
whicn he was removed April H, \HUi, to
the Seanmnder frigate, eni]iloyed iu the
West Indies until 1818, in November of
which year she was paid olT at Ports-
mouth.

On the 23ii Nov. liSiS be was appointed
to the Lively ot \(i guns^ in which be
Mcoricd Don Miguel, thvu mi t-xilv, frotu

Lisbon to Brest, and on his return re-
ceived from the new Sovereign of Por-
tugal the insignia of a Knight Comman-
der of the Tower and Sword, set in dia-
monds. He afterwards sailed to South
America, on his return from whence, in
Jan. 18-28, the Lively was paid olT. Soon
after a public dinner was given to him at
Devonport by the ofliccrs of that frigate,
" to evince their sense of his kindness to
them, while under bis command, and a«
a mark of their high esteem for the man
and for the oflicer."

Subsequently, he had made n thrcu
years' cruise in the Mediterranean, in
command of the Kevenge 7ti ; aiid in
18'i- he received the appointment of tlag
Captain to the Commander' in-chief at
Plymouth, which he held at the period
of his decease. In Jan. 1835 he was
made a Commander of the Hanoverian
Guclphic Order.

Capt. Elliot married first in 1806, Lu-
cretiu, daughter of the Rev. John Har.
rics, of Newfoundland, and by that lady,
who died at Barbadoes in 1818, he had
four children, all of whom are deceased ;
secondly, a daughter of .Mr. John PHtkin,
tihip-builder, at Frank Quarry, co. Devon,
by whom he bad two sons and a daughter.
He had three brothers iii the naval set vice,
— John, a purser ; and Thomas and Jumea,
Lieutenants. One of his sisters married in
1817 Capt. F. W. Lieut. Lapidge, K.N.

The decease of this gallant oflicer was
awfully sudden. He was sitting at the
dinner-table of his brother-in-hiw, H.T.
Smith, esq. in Morice-square, surrounded
by some of his nearest and dearest rela-
tions, apparently in good health, and con-
versing with his accustomed cheerfulness,
when, almost instantaneously, he ccuscd
to eiist. The e^iiimutiun in which be
ivas held by those of his brother ufficent
who served with him is ati index to hia
gallantry as an oflicer, and his excellence
■9 a man. In his manners he was dig*
nified without austerity ; retiring, per-
haps, but courteous ; and though be might,
pardonably, have been proiid of his signal
success in life, yet he never foigot the
frankness of a British sailor.

The remains of Sir William Elliot
were interred on the 'iOth Sept. at Maker,
in the church of the parish in which he
was born. The procession was funned
on Moncc-squurc, and ntoved through
the streets in the following order : — Ply-
mouth division of Mannes, with arms
reversed — Royal Marine Band playing
Dead March in Saul — Mates of the
Koyal Ad' ■ " ' '..• arms of the

deceased c — ThcCorpsc

bonie by u.. .-. ^v ..v.. , ilie v*ll hotwit.
by Captaitts o^ U.,"^V..>wiv^>R*\ ^^^«»^ '^'*'^^''

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Obitvaky. — Capt. George liobinson, R.Nm

tDcc.

enveloped in a union jnck, and on it the
deceased's coi-ki-d luit aiin sword — Ply-
mouth Humane S<xiety — Clergy — The
rplatives — Inhabitants of the ,town —
Seamen — Wurnint officers — Naval of-
licers of the cooimisisioned ships in port
— Seamen — Military officeit. of the regi-
inenCii in garrison, — Marines. In this
order the pro<'es8ion moved, and the roll
of the muffled drums sounded mournfully
through the crowded streets. At Mount
IVise the procession was joined by the
Port Admiial, Lord A. Reaucierk, Ge-
neral Elliee. Commandcr-in- Chief, and
Col. Lewes, Commandant of (he Royal
Murines, who accompanied the procession
to the water's edge. At the moment of
emtmrkation, there could not have been
less ttan 10,000 persons assembled on the
the slopes of Mount Wise. The boots
moved slowly over the mouth of the
Tamar, the band still playing; and in
order to prevent confusion or iiiiernip.
tion, eight government cutters were
moored in u Itne ; there was also n line
of boats, w'nh their colours and pendant.<i
loistcd half-mast high. On the Iteach,
•t Cremill, the body was received by the
Royal Marines of the Royal Adelaide,
*rbo escorted the body to the church,
and after the service of the cimrch had
been performed by the Rev. Mr. Dun-
ning, of Torjjoint, they fired volleys over
the gruvei a» is usual on such occasions.

Capt. Geohhe Robinson, R. N.
/uii«27. Capt. George liobinson, R.N.
I He waa paternally a descendant of the
1 Robinsons of Rokcby, in Yorksliire, and
jliiH niateniul ancestors were the Aniotts,
fwf Arnott, in Fifeshire. His father
flying when be was a child, he was adopted
by his uncle Matthew Robert Arnotr,
«q.of South Audley-streetjiind of Wake-
leld, in Yorkhhire, for !i5 years reading
ierk to the House of Peers ; who, ul.
bough a Baronet by descent, declined to
ssnme the title, na the estates were
kcnvily encumbered. There is now in
possession of Captain Robinson's
fcraily an authentic genealogy of this
7ble bouse, as far back as the year I l(>l) ;
111 which it appears thut Sir Malcolm
Arnott iiccompatiied the Knrl of Fife on
an cnibnssy to Henry the Third of Fng-
lanil ; and in the year 17H1 a silver seal,
of ciiric'us> workmanship, was dug up in
Floddcn-ficid, bearing the arms of Ar-
nott, and which waii presented to Mr.
^■Arnott by the Herald.*' college. Th)«
^^■idUBble relic of an uncient I'uinily tnu^t

^Hivc I '■' "»ir Piivid .Ainott,

^^Min ^^ r lu King Jamv«i

Aim very early pcngd of <^v»y>X, R<i.

biiison's career, he displayed an inrrf>j>idil7
of mind and contempt of personal tiutp^
which could not hove been suq>ji«sed, and
to which he was indebted for evtiy tlq<
in his promotion. He ha;* bft/i fn".
qiiently heard to repeat, with heartfelt,
pride, that although he had always been
oifered the most powerful putroruigc in
the appointment to n ship, he had the
good fortune to owe it to h»» opportiuu-
ties of distinguishing hini^irlf; and tnily
may it be averred, that lie earned by his
unsubdued personut bravery every laurel
with which his brow was encircled. lu
the ever memorable eiigagemenC with
the Comte de Graste. id the Ville dc
Paris, off Domiiiirpie, in J 782, Capt.
Robinson, then Second Lieutenant of tbie
Baifleur, bore a consj^icuotit char«eter.
He was selected by Lord Rodney *» u
boarder, (a distinciion usually conferred
on the superior officer,) on which ix^:**
sion he conveyed the enemy's swoidn to
the Rritish vessel. During n f>criod of
thirty-two years, his life was devuird to
his iTouniry, and he nerved it under Lords
Rodney and Hood, in seven f;ciieral eo-
gagements, and in three single action^
the last of which wa<i in the Tliwnei
frigate, 1793, which, alter a hard-lnugbt
battle, was captured by /our French In-
gates, and taken into lirvr^t. On thin
occasion Capt. R. lost his leg and tbijrfi,
the knee of the remaining lii-.i. i.. ....- ^^

severely injured as to render y

years unavailing. He wa-s > n

France as a prisoner of wiir for two
years, enduring every species of indignity
and cruelty which the malice of an un-
generous enemy could *uggc»t. During
the " reign of terror," he \v»i ■■■■■'"' ^--i
tence ol death for scvenil ;,

which period he always laid i i

under his head, on Ins bed ot bHum ,
thut he niiglit, even in dt>»ih. displnv ihr
colours which he had v,, ;
To the latest period ol I i

acutely from the unskili;., ..,..,.„....

his limb, performed in the hi
action, himself being the only «».«..•
under the operation. In three y
alter he suffered another ainpiilntit>n,
Sir .Iame»< Earlc. Under thi .
bodily Miirering. he applied to 1
for pennissioii to add, by his ■
to the pri.son allowance. " i -
good for you," rejilicd the ,i
huinnn form ; " you owe it to
and humanity of the French i>
ue do not take y»u into tli>
fchool you like wolvu*.' V

liuinun being* in !•'

is no iimttci ul
lirokc out. which vi;
%\^^ on v\)i\& ^KKikiAwv ^KWB U ejieinphb^

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in this gallant olUcer, that humanity nlwHjTB
dwells in the breast of bim who i"
truly bmyc ; with the little a»sistunce ho
\vn« enabled to get from England, did he
niinistur by stealth to the nlleviution of
his fellow sufTerer*. So great was the
interest exerted for htm at huine, that the
£nglish Govcninient offered the exchange
of any two Freiieh oflieers of equal rank
at that time in England ; but it Mtts rc-
fufed. In the reniovHl from one prison
to another, he sometimes made a march
of 3C miles a-day on crutches. While
we execrate a system of tyranny, we must
be just to individuals, and to the sisters of
Generals Souehee and Bremedi^re be
wiu) indebted for many little medicinal
remedies, which their sympathy induced
them to bestow.

Eminently conspicuous as he was for
heroic valour, he was no less so for the
milder virtues ; and he closed a long
and useful life, in firm reliance on that
Providence which hud been hi» guide
through its dork and stonny paths.

Mit, Alukkmak Atkinb.

Oct. ii6. At his seat, Halstead Place,
Kent, Bjered 78, John Atkin«, esq. one of
the Aldermen of the city of London.

Having realised a considerable fortune
by attention to commerce, Mr. Atkins
first appeared in public life hk Member of
Parliament for Arundel, at the general
election of iHthi. He voted for the pro-
secution of Lord Melville, and genernlly
with the Whi^s. He was not in the Par.
linnietits nf 1806 and 1807. In ld08,he
woselected Alderman of Walbrook Ward,
on the death of Thomas Howcrnft, esij.
In the following year he served the ulhce
of Sheriff, together with the present Sir
Matthew Wood ; and in 1BI8 he was
Lord Mayor.

At the general election of 1812 he was
elected one of the representatives of the
City of London ; hut nc the foUowiiiK
election, which took place during his
Mayoralty, ho far hud his populurily de.
rlined, that on the lifth day (the election
lasted seven) he retired from the poll, in
which even the late Sir William Curtis
was on the *ome oivu-.ion <Iefcnted.

Mr. Atkin* filled the office of Chief
Muginirute in vcr^' uiiplcii<iant timcf, but
b« nuccceded in preserving the public
p«arc in n very resolute mnnner. and at
the clrti^ of his olTiee was offered n baro-
netcy in the name of his Sovereign, which
be respecrl'ully declined.

In I'&id Mr. Aikiii<< wn<i again reliimt'd
to Fiirliameiit for the borough of Arun-
del; and he was re-ele<'ted in lt<li) and
1831, being one of the last two members
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chised by the Reform Act. His jtoliti.
cfll opinions hud apparently changed from
those be held when first a member of the
Senate, for he opposed Catholic Emanci-
pntion, the repi-iil of the Test Act, and
Parliamentary Reform ; and was generally
constant to conservative politics.

Alderman Atkins was highly respected
for his talent«, integrity, and independence
a* a magistrate. He was particularly at-
tentive to the duties of his office, and for
more than thirty years had never been
absent from the annunl wardmote on St.
Thomas's day. He was firm, inflexible,
and impartial in the administration of
justice, and very strict in regulating the
conduct of the marshals and policemen.

His body was interred at Ilalstead on
the 2nd Nov. when all the neiphlKiinhood
evinced the utmost respect to his memory.

Bv his will he has bequeathed the
whole of his property to his son and sole
executor, John Pell^- Atkins, esq. with
the except iun of the mterest of two sums
of 10,000/. each, which he gives to his
two daughters for life, and after their
deaths to their diildren, if any; it not,
the 20,000/. reverta to his son. Projurtv
sworn under 00,000/. inde|>endent of
large freehold estates, together with a very
large property in Rennuda: the will, wbicli
is short, is dated in IS.'J7.

Mr. J. P. Atkins is the Alderman's
only son, and by his first wife ; by bis
second wife Miss Ijuraaby, daughter of
the Rev. Andrew Buniaby, D.D, Arch-
deacon of Leicester, and Vicar of Green-
wich, he has left two daughter.<i, who are
both married.

His brother, Mr. Abrabnm Atkins,
married first the sister of Cnpt. J. N.
P'Esterre, who was shot in a duel by Mr.
Daniel O'Connell in 1815. She died at
l./eghorn, and Air. A. Atkin* married
iticondly a widow lady named Hall.

Capt. O. W. H. KNtciiT.

Nov.l. At Jordanstown. Pertbahire,
(Jeorge William Henry Knight, Esq!
a Post Captain R. N.

This oifieer was the eld.st son of the
late Sir John 'Knight, K.C B. by hu
first wife. He entered the Ntivy iit an
early age, and served for xome time under
the command of his f.iiher. with whom
he sailed for the Mediterranean, May
2^, 179.'i, as midshipman uii board I/Ord
Hood's flag-ship, the Victory of Kit)
guns. He was consequently present at
the orrnpntion and evacuation of Tom.
Ion; likewise at the rediufion of 8l.
I'iorenzo, Bastia, and Calvi, in \'iii4.

On the 13th July, J7<t5, Mr. Knrght
witnessed the capture and destruction
of I'Alcide, French 74. In U«c. U\v^'<k.

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inf , he Wis promoted to the Princess
Ropl 98, benring the flag of Vicc-Ad-
miral Kobeft Linzrc, whirh ship relum-
ed home in Sept. 1796. He then joined
the MonU4?ue 7*, comtrmnded by his
hitbrr, on the North Sen station, tind
whieh formed part of AdmirBl Dnn-
can's fleet nt the battle of Cnmperdown,
on which incmomble oecaisiun Mr.
Knight it'ceived r severe contusion.
She was subsequently em ployed off Cadi«
under Lords St. Vincent nnd Keith.

On the 6fth March, J799, Mr. Knight
Jns Nfpoiiited a lieiiienriiit of the Monta-
ge ; and we soon afterwards lind him
COndiirting B prize to (Jibraltar, where he
volunteered hi!! services in a gun-bo/it, sent
with three others to repel an uttnek mnde
by 17 of the Algeziras flotilla, upon a vo-
luable fleet of merchnntmen. After a se-
vere action of nearly two hours, bis boat
was carried by boarding, and one of her
compiinions sunk; but be bad the satis-
ftetion to see nil the c-onvoy, except three
mil, escape. When exchanged, he nas
tried by u rourt-niartial, hononrably nc-
qnittcd, and ^highly complimented on his
pllAntry and perseverance in mainlaining
■o uncfjiml a conflict. The Montague sub-
sequently loUowed the ineniirs' combined
fleets np the Mediterranean, and from
theiire to Brest, oflT which port (Captain
Knight remained for some time in com.
mand of the in-sfaore squadron.

(»n the 12th April, 1800, the Montague
brought seven French frigates to action in
Herthsume bay; but from their being
protected by numerous batteries, was un-
:ible to capture either. lie nrae ulso
meritoriously engaged in set*ent boat scr-
%^tes,

Jjieut. Knight's next appointment was
about July I8i)l, to be first of the Sur-
prise frigate, on the North Sea statioti,
where he continued aiitil the conclusion
of the war.

In April, 18f)5, he wos appointed to
the Guerriere 7V, armh enfiiUt, bearing
his futher's flag, nt Gibmltar. In the fol-
lowing month, he received nn order to act
OS ( ' I of the Childcrs brig, and

wii 'I on a porticnlnr mission (o

the :; . i!ii.itul«t Corfu. His sub-

sequent 19 were, Feb. I80(i,

to the >■ ■' service in Ireland;

April 1810, tu 111- fliig-lieuteTittiit to (he
Pritice of Bouillon, at Jersey; ami f»
Sept. «une year, to be first of the Dragon
71. He obruined the rank of Commander,
Oct. 21. 1810.

On the «lsf Mufch, 1SI2, Coptnin

Kniirht wri5 rinminntfr) u> rhc commotid

at \ !,ifh

•ii, vcly

^iii;*i(M "ii 111 foini'jui|i I" ^jon,

Catalonia, and North America. In Jul)

1813, <=h<' -c-N.i ... .1 ,. ".- Pr

raoutb r.

occasion n ' s |j

9-potmder>. ^nd a si'h(M>uei uC h( gv
were taken by the bont« of the sqnwil'
under Rear- Admirnl ' ' " -i.

The Romulus l.i >r of con^

mission at liermiiiia <,.
Captain Knight was the
Sir John B. Warren t»i j!

Surprise 3B, in which frigate he rt^$
the Ay.ores, the coast of .^fri*^, the
de Verd Isles, and the W,
assisted ot the capture ■
Tvuss, .American privnteci
guns and W) men. May
post commission was con! _.y'

Admiralty, ou the 7tb of the fo"
month.

In July 161.^, Captain KnigM,
commanding the Falmcmth li?0, act
nied the Pactoliis and llil'--
an expedition up the G.
purpose of furnishing the 1 ,
with arms, &c, and opening a
cation with Bourdeaux. -After
the senior officer's dt - La

he returned to that
there for some time m w
the Duke and Duchess ol

Captain Knight resign* i
of the Falmouth in Sept.
an appointment from the I
sioners of the Treasurj' to iLc rre^veot
Water Guard on the Sussex roMt, iii|
Dec. 1817; and was plactsi as ln«pector.
General of the Coast (Miard in Nortlk
Britain, in 1h2I,

Capt. Knight married, in Aug, MUH,
the daughter of John Thomwn, nf fiitflt
Hill. CO. Waterford, Ir^^ by

whom he had issue four > :lir*r ,

daughters.

Mn». Catiierinp BaANT.

iMlely. Aped 78, at the AfohNwk
Village, on theGnind River, Upper (j|.
nadn, Cathnritie Brant, relict of C#pt.
Joseph Drant, the celebrated lender of tli*
Si.x Nations.

She %vas the third wife of the d»thi- 1

guishedchi"*' .. i..^^-^ '--.."f. -i •

of the A 1 1

into ever^

over, in ter own figbt by :

of the Great Indinn Con!

Six Nations. 1 " .f|

hiislwtid, in ll-i4 t

Ida.

On II

•w»* Wit \ii,xiM\v\.*i vsti, the »pp;

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Bon of Coloiu'l WillimnJ. Kt'rr, of Hratit-
boiite, M^•llillptoll. square, New York,
who mnrried the yount^cst daiiglitor of
Josepli Bmiit. Tlie chief is a f^priKhtly
little fellow, three -quarters Mohawk,
Hnd iiihpritiiig his white-blood from Sir
Willinn) Johnson, of whom he is the
grcBt-grsndson. Mrs. Brnnr, the de-
eeased. wa<i a tVue Muhunk. She was
very handsome when young, and wns
marrii^d to Capt. Joseph Brant, at Nia-
gura, ill the sprinp of 1780. When the
old chief visited England tlie tirst time,
in 1775-G, huvirg resolved to tuke up the
hatchet in the uaiise of the Crown, he pro-
cured a large gold finger ring, upon which
his name, Joseph Hrant Thuyendaneges,
was engraved, in order tlmt, in the event
of his full, his body might be known.
Soon after bis death ilii^ ring wiif^ lo*t,
and was not seen again until ploughed up
in a field, two years ago. Its diicovery
gave great joy lo the old lady, who hap-
pened to be on a vi«it to her duushter
when it vvhs lound. After the wnr. her
huitband built u mansion lit the head of
Lake Ontario, where he iidupttd the
£ngli»h fttylc of living to a coiisideriible
extent ; but on hia death Mrs. Brant re-
turned the Indian mode of life, and re-
turned among her people on the Gnind
River, where she hun resided ever kince,
with the exception of occational vi»ii!i to
ber accomplished daughter at New York.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Sejit. I'd. Aged 78, the Rev. Robert
Hallf/uji, for fifty-three years Vicar of
Standi»h with Hardwicke^ Gloucester-
shire. He WH.s formerly a Demy of Mag-
dalen college, Oxford, and took the degree
of M.A. in 178.3, but did not proceed to
« Feliowabip, having married before there
was a vacancy for his native county, Berk-
f>hire. He was collated to hiif living in
1786 by his relative Bishop flalifux.
He wos for many years Rurul Dean of
the Gloucester Deanery, and a mogiK-
iniic for the county. Highly gifted with
the powers of genius, he wa.H fund of
literary pursuits and literary men, and was
amemberof the (ieological Society. The
agreeable and instructive (.-ompanioti, ibe
sincere and steady friend, ever open,
hearted ond genrruus to all, he wan pccu.
liurly B " father to the poor." As a inork
of respect his remains were ottcndcd to
the grave by more than twenty clcrgjinen
of tbe neiKntiourhood.

At l-'riiklcy hall, Yorkshire, aged 70,
the Rev. Tftomat Ctitlrr Ruihlmt Read,
Rector of Kull Sutton, in iIiai county.
He was of Pembroke hall, t Iamb. B. A.
ITW, M.A. 17H7; afterwards took Ihc

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.rented to l-'ull Sutton in 1M34<> by Lord
Feversham.

Seyt. is. At Rrandon, SulTolk, after a
long and severe illness, the Rev. William
PariKm, for forty-two years Rector of
Brandon with Wangford.

Stilt, ti. At his brother's residence
in Liverpool, ngrd 41). the Rev. Jomei
Smith, M.A. V^iec- Friiiripat and Fellow
of BrazenoM? college, Oxford. He was
matriculated July 7, 1M>9; graduated
U.A. 181.S. M.A. 1815; was eli-cted a
Fellow in lHl)j, and in IH23 was Junior
Proctor of the University.

Snt. 25. At IjeHiiilngroii, aged 26,
the Rev. Etfieridi/e James lityth. Mints,
terof Eled-bill church. Havant; and late
of Caius college, Cambridge ; youngest
sun of the late Henry BIyth, esq. of
Bunihani, Norfolk.

Sept. 28, III Kingsland crescent, nged
86, the Rev. William TuHneif. who was
for many years actively engaged with bis
friend the Rev. John Wesley.

Oct. 5. At the hnuhc of his brother
Major Hiirxt, St. Martin's. Stamford, aged
70, the Rev. T/toman Hunt, Fellow of
Eton College, and Rector of Bringtoti
with Old Weston and Bythorii, Hunts.
He was fortnerly a Fellow of Clnre hall>
Camb, where he grodiinted B.A. 1791,
M.A. 17^, and by which society he was
presented to his living in Ibli. His body
wai buried in the family vault in St.
Michael's, Stamford.

Oct. 7. At Walton, Aylesbury, aged
81, tbe Rev. John Dell, D.C.L. Rector
of Weston Ixingueville, Norfolk. He
was the son of John Del). e«q. of Ayle8>
bury : whs educated at Winchester col.
lege, and elected, as of kin to the Founder,
to a fellowship at New college, Oxford,
in 1773. He took the degree of D.C.L.
ill 1783; and was presented to his living
by New college in 1803. His body was
deposited in the chancel of Weston Tur-
viile church, of which he bad been many
year* curate.

tict. 13. In Albemarle Street, tbe Ilev.
Jamei Camper Wriaht, Rector of Wal-
krrne, Herts, and Fellow of Eton Col-
lege. He was formerly Fellow of King's
college, C^imbridge, where he giudimted
B..^. 1797, M.A. l8tW; and by that
wciety he was presented to his living
in IHI?.

Oet. 19. At Collinghiim, near Wether.
by, Yorkshire, aijed 41, the Rev. Henry
Arthur liecktcilh, Vieur of that parish,
und of St. Murrin's-le- Grand, York. He
wus jiresenti-d li> Cull' ' '" 1827 by
Mrs. Wlieekr. and ii n York

ill ItrtM) by the Dean u-. ■ ' , :r.

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Cteryy Deceased.

»r of Little Canfield, Essux. He wna

ormi-rly F«llow of Christ's college,

Joriilinilge, wliert' be graduated B.A.

|79f». .M.A. 1799, and by tliut ftociuiy lut

presented to lii» living in 1813.

Oct. 29. At Dublin, the Rev. CharUa

P, Coolr, Rector of Doon, CO. Liuierick.

[-The income of hi« living (fornaerlv 900/.

.yenr) bud been witbfaeld, and Liinsvlf

;id tflmily were subjected not only to ^eat

rivntions, but to nmnj threaU, and one

ttctnpt nt H&sBssliuitlon, until be took

tfugein Dublin. He has left a widow

jtd nine children.

Oct. SO. At An advanced age, tbe Rev.

{ohn Grijfitht, Rector of Brecbfa, «nd of
ilnndilo Abercowin, co. Carraurtben. He
liud served the former church for upwards ,
lor lifty years, He wa.« presented to tbe
fliving in 1799, and to Llandilu Aber-
]cort'Jn in IS'iT.

At Weymouth, the Rev. WUIiam
\Thomaf Price, of Hinton St. Cieorgc,
(Somerset, lie wn.<i of Wodbam college,
I Oxford, M.A. 1613.

Oci. 31. Aged 53, tbe Bcv. Thoma*
jWatert, M.A. of Trinity College, Dub-
(lin. Hu has left n widow and twelve
f children.

Nor. i. At Luckham, Somersetshire,
lliged 85, the Rev. Robert Freke Gould, for
p£lty-6ix years Rector of that parish, and
I for lorty-ono Vicar of Tfaorverton, Devon,
(•hire. The funncr living is in tbe patron,
^e of Sir T. D. Acland, Burt, and the
Ijatter of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter.
I>iatui-ally endowed with a benevolent and
[cheerful serenity of disposition, be ex>
tliibitcd, in tbe \vDole tenor of his long life,
stedfust and scrupulous regard to the
[due observance of every oblizution as n
kbusband, a father, and a parish priest.

iVo*. 5. Aged C7, the Rev. WiHium
\Ceoi-gt Majucfll, M.A. of Twyning
I House near i'ewkcsbury. IDs death was
[occusioned by the accidental discharge of
Ills gun, which rendered necei^^ary the
putBtion of Lis arm, under the elfects
Ifhich he eJcpircd. He wit* the son of
George Max well, of the 3.Jtb foot,
t^coond son of Hugh Maxwell, tiiq. of
[Dalswiiuon, co. Uunifries,) by Anne,
Idaughler and ct»-beirebs of Peter Han-
cock, of Twyning, esij. It is reniorkHlle
Itbnt hii father alHO met with his death
[from the accidental dincliiir^e of hi* own
|euh, whilst rihuotirif; >,mM binl^ nrnr his
lowu bouse Mr. Maxwell mms of Mer.
[ton college, Oxford, where h« took the
'dcRiee of M. A. in l7!J<i. Justly
^ruud of hi> c«tatc and hix ancestry,

' ■'■ ' -" !■.) mean

' u cul.

re* vi tbe preaeut dnf, but dou\itini^

sometimes, frotu his manly cut of Bend-
ment, whether all which is thought to be
refinement is rightly mUcd by That uacne.
The extremes of bis til 1 ' le hiKh

manlinesft of spirit and new of

heart. In the nearer rtimiix-i m iifr the
kindness of his nature prevailed. Thote
who con recollect his hlial piety towards
a mother, widowed for a long couiao of
years by a similar accident tu tliat which
at Inst befel himself, will bear onnple t*w
dmony to his devutednesa aa a son ; and
bis almost romantic nttarbmcnl as a bro-
ther will live in the remcmbninre of thrwf
surviving sisters.

N(K,!i, At Londinabo, 11 v-,

the Rev. John Wexlim Phil, r

of that parish, and Vicar ot i j-

ton in the same county. 1
sented to the latter livi:- ■ ■ ,.

Dean and t'liaptrr of '">

tbe former in IWiT by K 1

Not), ti. At Titley, H
aged 71, the Rev. JoA* fiwvr .if

nearly forty years \'icar of Leiiitwardinr.
and ror many years an active matristratc
for thiit county.

Nor. 7, Aged 5i, the li
Lowdfr Glover, Vicar of St. i
minster, near Bristol. He waa of t^ucN-n'*
coll. Camb. B.A. 1809, M-.A. !«(■?, and
was appointed Minister of the li

at Bedminster in 1821. H >«

deposited in the vault below imir isiinee,
uttcndi-d by a procession of his dciriial
brethren, only exceeded in number* by
ilint at the late funeral of his friend Mr.
Biddulph.

Nov. a Aged 90. the f -,

Howell, Vicar of Ardin^fton i!

senior Student of Chnst <
ford. He was born at Li<

Cornwall, being the eldest i.n

Rev. Joshua Howell, I^I.A. ot Christ
church. He was admitted u hchoVir of
St. Peter's college, Westmin- .-•;

elected to a Studentship uf ( ^i

in l7GUi graduated B.A. \ \,

1774; and in I77R ^vas pn f

college to the dischu^cd vicui..„ .iJ.

ington.

At the bouse of his father, in Sonth-
anipton, aged 33, the Rev. Rvhert 7V-
ytimem Pilyrim, Rector of Shaw, near
Wcwbury, Hcrks. ''
muner of Trinity ■
graduated B.A. i
was presented to

.Vfif !). Ax K

iotOV ItkCAflV^, \aiU\ .

1838.]

Obitcart.

667

At Gloucester, aged C3, the Rev. John
Kemuffiome, Rector of St. Michnel's with
St. Alury de Grace in that city. Tbi^
gentleman ua* of St. John's college,
Cambridge, where he graduated B.A,
17il6,it» Senior Wrangler and first Smith's
Prizeman, AI.A. 17«9, B.D. llO", and
vnis elected Fellow of that coUepe. He
yna presented to Lis living in 182Gby the
Lord Chancellor. Mr. Kemptbome pub-
liabed in 1910, " Select Portions of
Psalms, from various tmnslations." ISmo.

DEATHS.

LONDOM AND rrs VICINfTT,

Oct. II. In London-8t. Fitzroy-jq.
RKed 75. William Contis esq. late of
01d>park, near Cantcrburv.

Oct. 13. At irpper Bedford-pl. Fran-
CCS, wife of W, C Hood, esq.

Aiccd 59, James Oridge, esq. of Kent>
isb-tonn,

kOet. 14. In King-st. Holborn, aged
I Jiunes Roche, esq.

In Half-moon- St. aged .^9, George
Frederick Lockley, esq. surgeon.

Oct. 15. At Middlenex-place, New-
road, aged 76, IV'jiliam Browne, ceq.
insny years Master Attendant at tb«
several doek^-ards of Portsmouth, Ply-
mouth, and Shcetneu.

Oct. 17. At Tottenham, John Holt,
esq.

Oct. 18. At Snaresbrook-house, aged
87, Judith, relict of James Scratton, esq.

At Clnpham, aged 4^, Ann, relict of
Thomas Stone, esq. M.D.

James Lansdown, esq. of Checter-
pUee, Regent's Park.

Oct. 21 . At Chelsea, aged .55, Timothy
jBnnutb, esq.

"^ Oct. 22. In I'pjHir Belgrave-pluee,
^nd 5^, W. Skillington, esq. late of
Dorking,

Aged 72, Ann, wife of William Wil-
liams, esq. of Moliniere-bouse, Wands-
worth.

At Ilerne-hill, aged 78, George Lit*,
tcr. esq,

Oct. 23. In L'p^er York-st. Bryan,
ston-sq. aged 72, 1 bomas Deimlng. esq.

At Cambcrwell, aged 71, Mrs. lU.A.
Chippindale.

At Brampton, aged .H, Edw. Knowles,
esq. Chief Clerk in the Transport Dr.
p«rtraent of the Admiralty.

Oct. 24. In Lamb's Conduit- plurr, in
her 80th year, Mnrpiret, relict of William
Radley, esq. of Winchmore-bill.

LOct. 23. At Denmurk-bill, agvd (Hi,
Tbomns Walker, cfq.
In Liverpool .St. aged J3, Jumc» Hen-
dcr»ou, M.D.
Oct. )X>. Between Hendon and L'dge-
k ^

ware, aged 18. James, son of Da\'id Mii-
sendon, cso. at Haiiipstead, aecidentnlly
shot by his brother, in climbing a bank.

Oct. 27. At Canonbury, W. Hale,
caq. of Petworth.

Oct. 28. Aged (i3, Robert Oldersbaw,
esq. for 35 years vestry-clerk of Isling-
ton. He committed suicide by honging
himself to tbe bed-post, having been for
some time much distressed in mind from
pecuniary difficulties. A coroner's in.
ouest returned " Temporary Insanity."
His son, Mr. Robert Oldersbaw, fans since
been most honouibbly elected to fill bis
father's office.

At Camberwell, aged 75, Mary, relict
of Robert Dryden, esq. of Lake's-grore,
Mile-end.

Oct. 20. Aged 33, Muria, wife of the
Rev. Hugh Hughes, Lecturer mid Curate
of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch.

Aged 55, Dr. John Sim, of Great Or-
mond-st.

At Pcntonville, at the house of Mr.
Jas, Ansted, her brother-in-law, aged 74-,
airs, Ann Prior, eldest daughter of the
late Rev. John Prior, B.D. Vicar of
Ashby dc lo-Zouch, and Puekington.

In Camden town, Mr. R. Rhodes, an
eminent engraver.

Oct. 30. In Duke-st. Portland-plaec,
Major- General AVilliaui Brooks, uf the
Hon. East India Company's Seiricc,

In Jobn-Bt. Bedford-row, Rieluird Van
licythHyscii, esq. sen.

Ill Belgrave-sq. ElizabLlh-l-'avell, wife
of W. K. Dehiiney, esq. d«u. of the latu
Viee-Adm. 31. H. Scott.

Oct. 31. Richttrd Biissett, esq. Ute of
the Ordiiance-oflScc, Pull Mali.

In i;he»ter-terrBee, the widow of John
Wilson, esq. Wandle Grove. .Alitrhfim.

Nof. I. .'Igt'd 85, Diinicl Robinson,
esq, of Montagu-place, .Montogu-squate,
and on the I8tb, Man-, liis widow, «ged 8?.

Aged 33, EdwarJ Tantiueray, esq. of
Oordon-st. Gordon-sq.

Nor. )?. Mrs. Pearson, of Upper Clap-
ton, sister of the Dean of Salisbury.

At Wandsworth, Hugh M. Bunbury,
e*q. formerly of I)emerata,

At Pentonvillc, aged 79, Jamea Godin
Bigot, esq.

A'<w. 3. At Bnlhiim-hill, aged 68,
Elizabeth, relict of Edw, Mawley, esq.

iV&r. L At Stuke Newington,aged67,
Johanna, relict of Robert WiKoii, e*q. of
Woodhouse, Enst Ham.

In Wyndbamst. James .Matthew Moti-
neu«, esq. formerly of the King's Osvn
Stafford Reg.

A'or. 5. At Greenwich, agvd &7,
Churip* Ditnain, e»q.

h,'oi\ ij. .At St. Anne's. Bnrnes, aged
10, the Hon. Thomas Ht>pc, sixth sur-

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o

BITUAKY.

vinK «.on of the lati Gen. John Earl of

MiM Gcarins, lute uf Reciofy-bouec,
o\v.

Charles Hamcrton Killic, esfj. of St.
Doiniitgo.

Apcil lU, tdtt-ard, youngest son of the
lule Lord H. Pmilet.

-Vop. 7. In Great CuTnbcrland-sUeet,
Churity. widow of Williarei Mansqll, esq.
Aotj. ^. At Caraberwell, aged (ti,
Ann, daughter of I he IhIc William Alli-
son, esq. of CrtiU-hcd-friiirs.

At Shackle well, u(,'ed 79, John Pearsonj
cs«.

In Devonshire -Bt. Portland place, aged
75, Mary, widow of John ('otcon, esq. of
I)«voiishire-»t. and of W't-lwyn.

Ill WhitfliDll.pluof, JamcA Edward,
third son of Svirynhii Jcrvis, esq. M.P.

AW. 12. In Dcvon»hiie-|iliicc, Catha-
rine, widow of George Lyeltc, esq. of
SuMdx-plui-c, llegi-nt's Park.

In the Crescent, Minoiies, Aron Jo-
seph, esq.

Aged 70, Thoin«« Osborn, esq.
AiCliclACtt, aced Ha, Hciihen Smith, esq.
Nov. I'd. At GunibtTWell, aged 43,
Samuel Pope, esq.

Nov. l\. In Kndsleigbo^t. aged 79,
Suruh, rdici of llotlgsoii Atkinson, esq.

At Winchuiore Hill, in hii> 80tb year,
Christopher J niie!<, E.>iq,

Nov. 16. In Tavistock --iqunre, aped
46, Utnj. Wood, esq. of the Stock Ex-
change.

In NewniaU'St. A . Joy, cm.
Noe, 17. In Half-moon -8t IVInry, third
duu. of the late Thoinaii Hill, L-3>q. of
lilaenavon, Alonmouthshirp,

At (yhurles-sstreet, St. Jamc&'s-eqnare,
aged Hii, Thonitt.4 I'homufi, esq. Al.D.
ionncrly of Tunbridge Wells.

B^nroan. — Oct. 31. At Bedford, aged
IB, Mis« Sigisniundu Hruitwh Sparrow,
bister of Cupt. Spurrow.

A'or. I. At Aspley, in her 9fjlh year,
Sirs. Ann Mnorc, youngest sifter of the
lute Col. Moore, ol Eggiuton House and
Aspley.

JVor. 6. At Potton, in bis OOlh year,
James (jirter, esq.

iJEiiKK.— Oc/. V4. In his 25lb year,
OsiWitId Wtilden, fourth son ol the late
George Kuniner Leyeestet, esq. of White-
place, CookhoKi.

iVoi'. 4, At OakingliHin, aged 85,
Mary, relict of T. C. Blanckenhngcn,
esq. of WttUbamsiuw.

AW. 14. Aged 7 j, Robert Lawmnce,
esq. Ill Belle Vue, Reading.

Bi'i ks. — A'eir. 4. At Penn, oged to,
Eli«iil>e(h, wile of John Grove, esq. of
New Liond Ht.
l>LV0N.-0c/. 83. M TotTti Abbey,

oged 5. Henry Fraser

of Henry George C*ry, Cfcj.

Oct. .'JO. At Ottcry St. Alary, Clia-

heth, elder duu. of Sstrnuet StAples, M4.
of Tottenham.

Nvr, 4. At Stonchouse, »gcd56, Lieul.*
Colonel George Peebles, of the Royal
Marines.

A'of . 6. Age^ 7S, Agnes, wife of Wil-
liani Coniytis, esq. of Kenton.

At StoneLouse, URed 38. Cxjinm. John
Pole, R.N. eldest son of the Rev. l>r.
Pole, of Burford, Wilu, niid nephew of
the late Admiral Sir Charles Mjiuriee
Pole. Navul .Xid-de-cainp, and M&»(er of
the Robes to his kte Miijeiity, He was
made Licntenant Jan. 1, 1821, bii<| sob-
sequently served under C^pt. Price Uhiclc-
>vood, nnd Commodore Sir Vii.ht Mftxiit,
in the Curlew sloop ami '-n.

dower frigate, on the E«8t 1 > . \ firi-

cart etiilions. He obtained lii^i auik of J
Conitnandcr Sept. ^, 1824.

A'or. 7. At Ottery St. Mury, afirdaBk 1
Willium Norton Lancaster, esq, fonnerif j
of Wulthamhtow.

At Puriiacott House, Pywortfaj, aged
80, John Vowler, esij.

L)>OH.8KT. — A'or. 8. At Tolnuddlr,
aged 72, Jane, wife of the Ilev. Thotnaa
Wiirren, N'icar.

DcuHAM.— A'of, 13. At Carley-hin, j
aged .37, W. H. Bernard, esq.

GLOicKsifcU. — Oct. 12. At Chcltcn-
ham. aged 44), Licut.-Col. Clutrlca Gar-]
diner, of the 60th regt.

Oct. 'ii. At AU-eston, Lydi«-Fnnc»,j
wile of John L. Knapp, esq.

Oct. 27. Aged 40, William Siinpwti,|
esq. of BriMol.

Nov. 5. At his seat, Bourton Uoom^]
aged 3d, the Rt. Hon. George Willii
Viscount Deerhurst. His lordsbip hud
been obliged to keep hi* bed-room
Augu.>t, when he caught cold in ret
from one of her Maicsty's parttl
Buektnghunt Pnluoe, which brouebtj
consumption. His lordship was tnei"
son of the Earl of Coventry by bial
wife, Emma-Susunnah, «eeond dnugbtc
of the late Earl Beaueharap. H«
ried, in 1H36, Harriet only dau. of thcj
Sir Chuiies Cijckcrell, Bart. .M.P.
of the prc!.enl bnronel, '■■ ■••■•.•«'
lordship liiw left a <on, he l|

nrida diiiighter. His Ixi'i;
on the 14-th iit Croome, auruded
father, by Earl Besunhurnp, Lord N^
wick, and oil" ■ of the Ly

■nd Coventry

A'&r. '• .\' ...■,., iiham, aged
WillittiTi Wiiik\\or(b, esq. of Gloucc«t«<
jiluee. Portinan-Mi.

.\W. IJ. Al Hilton, aged 81, Ti
Urtdyeit, e*!]. uf Chepstow.

1838.]

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669

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Nor. 14. Aged 72, Klizubctb, wife of

HAMi>siHin,E. — Auij, 10. At Ni-wport,
J. W. U«orgc Uencckc, M.I). Deputy
ector-gen. of Amiy lIoi^pitHlx.

lug. 31. At Soiithsea, C«i>t. Wm.

Stmpson, R. N. He wrs brother of
t'*fit. Kobtrt SimpMjii, who died in com -
mand of the Cleopatru frigHte, on tbe
Halifax lUtion, in 1808. Mr. W. Simp-
son entered the Nnvy in 1799, on board
the Isis, 30, the flng-ship of V'ice-Adffl.
Mitchell ; obtained bis Lieu tc Hunt's com-
mission in lb07, und wns Kir$t Lieut, of
the CleopBtTu, at the capture of tbe
Topuzc frignte, in I80f». He iv«s made n
Commander in 181 1 ; appointed to tbe
Uannet sloop, on the Irish station, inl821t
and advanced to post rank in 1821'.

Sept. 2D. At Portsmouth, Retired
Commander Thomas Wing.

Lately. At Portsmouth, Ciipt. Garm-
ston, formerly Paymaster of the Worcee-
tcr Militia.

At Portdca, aged 68, the relict of Lieut.
M'OriRor, R.^^ and formerly AlHtron of
tbe School of Naval Architecture in
Portsmouth Dockyard.

Nov. 2. At Rydc, l.W.aged75, retired
Ck>mmHnder William Bush, ll.N. (1830.)
Nov. 8. At Southampton, aced 77,
Heriot-Cunyngham, widow of William
Thomson, cBq. CoromisRary- Gen. of Ac-
compli.

Nop. I). At Somerford Grange, aged
75, John Spicer, esq. a Justice of tbe
Peace for the county and u Burgeu of
Cbristchurch.

Nw. 18. At AWerstoke, aged 69,
Maithins Dipnall, esq. late of her Ma-
jesty's Customs.

MtRKFonii. — Aug.W. Aged M| Ann,
widow of late Henry Lowe, es((. Capt.
38th foot, and formerly of the Hereford
Militia.

Oct. 20. At Hereford, aged 21, James
Lane Taylor, esq. 7th Bombay N. Inf.
third son of the late Rev. Charles Tay-
lor, P.D. Chancellor of the Diocese of
Hen-ford.

Heiits.— Oc/. 17. At Beaumont-ball,

Reilboume, aj?ed 7t}, Geo. Lee Cane, esq.

Oct. }f8, Mary Snell, youngest dau. of

Cbarici SncU Cbaunry, esq. of Little

Munden.

Nov. 24. At Royston, aged 20, of
puerperal fever, (after giving biith to
a daughter on the ifOtb, who survives,)
Monica, wife of John PbiUips, esq. dau.
of the late Joseph Michael, esq, whose
death is mentioned below.

Kent. — Oct. IC. At Charlton, near
Dover, Sarah, wife of Joshua Piatt, es'i.
LANCAsrtB.- Oct. 16. At Liverpool,
aged 7t}, JuLu Rutter, M.D.

Oct, 27. At Marine-lodge, the Hon.
Frances Fenton ("HWiborne. last surviv-
ing dau. of the Ute John Lord Dcluval,
and widow of John Fenton Cuvvthorne,
eaa. of Wyreside.

Lincoln. — Lately. At East Stock-
wilb. aged 76, John Cartwright, esq. for-
merly of Bawtry,

A^oF. 12. At Linroln, Elizabeth
youngest dau. of tbe late Archdeacon
Illingvvorth,

MoNMocTii. —Oc<. 16. At Ty-Glyn
AyTon, near Lampeter, Thomas Winwood,
esq, late of Bristol.

Nomoi.K. — Oct. 1.3. At Norwich,
aged 21, Hammond AIpe, esq. only son
of Capt. Hammond AIpe, half.pay 18th
Light Dragoons.

NoRTiiAMno.v. — Nov. 1. At St.
Martin's, Stamford Baron, aged 70, Jo-
seph Michael, e&q. formerly an eminent
surgeon.

NoBTiiUMBKBLAND, — Nor. 9. At Whit-
field lluK, tit his 36th year, Willinm Henry
Ord, esq. only son of William Ord, cs<i.
M.P.

Notts. — Oct. 3. At Morton Grange,
Retford, Mary, wife of Richard Hoog-
kiuson, esq.

Lately. — At Hay-ton Castle. Elizabeth,
wife of tbe Rev. Dr. James Gardiner, of
Edinburgh.

0\TOKO.— Sept. 29. At Islip, Wil-
liam Butler, esq. formerly of Elsfield.

Oct. 23. At Watlington, aged 72,
Henry Alsop, esq. surgeon.

Snaoi'SHihh:. — Oct. 19. At Much
VVenlock, aged 75, Richard Collins, esq.
for many ye»irs Town Clerk of that
borough ,

A'ot>. \. At Shrewsbury, aged 88, Ge>
neral Robert Phillips, of the Bengal
army. He was the senior officer in the
l^ompany's Service, and distinguished
himself in several actions in India.

Nov. 8. At C-aiubam vicarage, CathB*
rine, wife of the Rev. Charles Adams.

SoMEBBLT. — lately. At North Cad*
bury, aged 73, Elixa Catharine, only dau.
of tbe late Edw. Howell Shepherd, esq.
of Marylebone, and relict of John ( >oft,
esij. formerly of Crookham-house, Berks,
and late of Worlc, and » magistrate for
Berks, Wilts, and Somerset.

The widow of Major- (ren. James Ban-
natyne, of the Bombay Establishment.

Nov. 3. At Doulling, Betty, wife of
James Riley, esq. merchant, <)\A Bond-st.
At Bath, William Parkhouse, esq.
Nov. li. At Bath, aged 27, Alicia,
wife of William John Church, esq.

STArroRD. — Oct. 18. Susanna, wife
of Uie Rev. Dr. Laliy, Rector of DraytOB
Basset.

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Obituary.

CDc

Oct. 30. At Ibe house of her sislcr
Mrs. Bnrnesley, al Trysail, aged 69, Miu
Mary Tongue, Ut€ of Ootacre Park.
Salop.

Si-iiREY.— Of/. 6. At Chertsey, Bged
;t4, Esther, wife o( Henry fiedford, esq,
of ( althorpc-st. Russell -sq.
" Oft. -Hi. At Roclianipton, Elirabelh-
" Benedict*, wife of W. G. Alui-klow, nq.
of Tothill. street, eldest burgieas for the
parish of St. ^largarct, in the Court of
WcBtniiiistcr.

Oct. i?9. At the Rookery, Doridng,
Margaret Anne, eldest dau. of Tbomas
'Tn-etnaii, esq.

Aor.l. At Albury, aged 10, Georgina-
Slizuh«th. RecoTid dau. nf the Hon. and
lev. F. Bertie.
NiiV. 7. At Egham Hythe, John
[■ClelUn, esq.

A'or. 15. At Lympsfleld, aged 94,
liMrs. Louisa Scuwcn.

Nov. I!). At Cnrshalton Hou»e, aged
1), William Foster Keynolds, tsq.

SrasFX. — Oct. 28. At UHghtuii, aged
■\i), Ht'ni| St. John Milec, e^q of Chel-
sea Hospital.

Oct. ao. At the rectory, Pett, the
Biidenee of her son, aged 8tt, Mory, relicl
' (ieorge VVynch, esq,
A'or. 1. At Brighton, ngcd .'11, the
[lit. Hon. AdLlaide, wife of Lord John
iBuMfll, and mother of Lord Hibblesdnle.
[IShe wd» the eldest dau. of the late Thos.
jistcr, esq. of ArnnitBgc Park ; was born
Sejit. 14-, 1607; mnnied Feb. 9, 1826,
ber cou.sin Tlionma Lister, second Baron
(^|libbk!>dalc, who died Dec 10, ia'}-2, by
rhom she had four children, all living.
She \VA<) married Ajiril 11, I8.'i>, to Lord
Johu Kussell, by whom she had two
children, both living ; the younger only
three weeks old. The infunt is doing
well, and is likely to live. Her ladyship's
body was interred iit Cbenics, attended
by the widower, the Marquess of Tavis-
tock, Lord Russell, Lord Edw. RusbpII,
Wui.Hussell, est(. the Marquess ofAber-
corn, Cliurle^ and Thomas Lister, eiqn.
brothers to the deeeiised, ike.

Aoi'. li. At Hastings, aged \\, Mary.
Allan, eldest dau. of the late Sir George
Francis Hamfison, Bart.

A>f. .5. At Brighton, oged 78, Wm.
Lambert, esn. of Woodmnnsterne, Surrey.
A'rwt. <i. At Hastings, ugcd 71, W»),
kgar, es((. Ijueen's C«iunsel urirj Uenrlter
\\ Lincoln's Inn. He wns rulled to the
Itiir Nov. If*, 1781 ; und >vns uiiide King's
("ounw! in E«Kter term, |HI(t. He ap-
pciired to have died in sleep, and, in the
o)<iiiiiir* of the surgeon, from the rupture
<■' ' heart. The verdict of

■' "OS, " Died by the vi»

At Brighton, Jobn
corah, esq. of Thrumj f\\

Laiigford .grove, Euex.

.Vor, 9. At Brighton, ngrd 76. llw
Right Hon, Anne Countess dowage
Newburgh. She \m8 uiily d«u. of
»eph Webb, esq. \vn- --•"■ i • \7i^\
Anthony- James . >*buf{

and left his widu sue,

18U. Hcrbody wuiiiiiterrrd at blindoa.
attended by the present K4rl, as cbitf
mourner.

A^or. 13. At Rumbold's Wykr, turn
Chichester, aged 90, Mrs. CouwfM. ia»>
ther of JamM C'Ousens, Mq. of Uarik.
heath.

A'op. 16. At Brighton, Joant
of Lieut- Col. Ollncy, of Che
By this event the mimi
Icgncic8 left by her li: d,

them enumerated in our voi. » i. p.
by her sister, and by herself, «rill benNw
payable.

Wauwick — Or/. 1.3. At L«mir
aged 48, Jane, wife of Laeut.-Gcn.
Colin CRuipbell, K.C.B., Lieut..(
nor of Nova Scotia.

Oft. 30. At Leamingtofi, aged
Mary Elizabeth, wife ot WiSliatn Lid
Lampet, etq.

A^oc. 7. Aged W, WiUmm Pmn, i
of the Hill, near Stmt ford - rn - .^ \ on.

A'or. 8. At Lean I- -rj

Henry EntmsUe, esq. ..

Wilts.— Lalelj/. At ^uvju •l.-rf-
son of the late Mr. Samun
This young man wa* bom bliiirl,
talent for music was very wonifc
sang with much feeling, and plaj
great tuate and judgment on the
pianoforte. He bad been in iIm'
lor yearn, of walking many mile*
the neighbourhood alone ; but
po«ed to hare missed hi« waf,
found drowned.

A'or. 12. At Oare-htnr*c. a
Mary, widow of John (J

A'or. I*. At Chil:
beih, relict of John ilugiics,
Broadhiiilon.

U'OIUFeTEtl. — A- '• ^• K

aged .50, Tbomas I

of the late Rev. i^ ij,

Cheshire.

A'or. lo. Roa, wife of the Rcr.
L. Wbeder, Lower Wick, near Wt
cester.

\f,nv /-,., •>!. .i, I.;. i,„„,g^ ji,

»^ on til*

P ' u nit

ot .M,i_,i«t III I

Nvp. <).
esq. iM,l/, ()i .jutuieiOj tui: ur9i Of><

1838.]

Obituahy,

6-1

torofllie Sheffield General Infirmary, of
MliicL he wag the principal physician,
from it« commencement, in 1797, till
Midntimmer la^t ; he (ii«lin);uishtd him-
self also, not only as the friind of the
pnDci|tal cLiihties, but as a promoter uf
(he IochI improvements, and a mimager
of the fashionable recreationfl of his iia-
tive town. Hi« profeBHional practiee, diir.
ing a period of fifty yeari, was extensive,
and continued to be successfully pursued
to the end.

Ni/f. 10, Agei 42, John Williams,
esq. of Portugal House, Low Harrow-
gate, and ]>roprictor of the Cheltenham
Pump. room, and of the public baths
near the old promenade room.

Nov. H. At Muston Lodge, near
Scaiborougb, aged 61, Christopher Rus-
nel, esq.

Walks. — Lately. At Wrexham, in
her 9.3d year, Elizabeth, relict of the
Rev. Ed. Owen, M. A. Rector of Llaii-
frog, Denbighshire, and Llangyniew,
Alontgomery&hire.

SroTLANU. — Xov.l. At the Haining,
Selkirkshire, Mrs. Pringle, of Clifton.

Nov. 9. At E'dinburgh, aged 93, Miss
Gardner, formerly of Colehrokc-terruee,
Islington.

Ireland.— Oc^ 20. At Abbey Unds,
CO. Antrim, aged 73, Hugh M'Cdmont,
of Abbey Land», esq.

At Ivillincy, Mary Anne, daughter of
Dr. Whitley Stokes, Regius Professor of
Physic, Tnnity College, Dublin.

GuEa.\aKY. — Lately. Retired Com.
mander George Bettesworth, a Lieut, of
1801.

East Indies. — March 9. At Meerut,
Bengal, Lieut. Wbitworth, 3d Rcgt.

March ti. At Calcutta, Ilejiry Sbak.
S]M!«re, esq. third member of the Council
in India.

May 7. At Gazcpoor, William Hun.
ter, esq. joint Magit^trate and Deputy
Collector there, fiftii son of Gen. Sir
Martin Hunter, G.C.M.O. of Anton's
hill, N. B.

Jun* 1. On his passage to Bengal,
aged ^6, Eden Shafto Nortbmorc, esq,
only surviving son of Tbos. Nortbmorc,
esq. of Cleevf, Somerset.

June 2. At WuUru,m Agni,aged2i,
Douglas HuHow Crawford, e5q. of the
Bengal Civil Service, youngest son of
Wm. Crawford, esq.M.P. of Upper Wim.
pol«>8treet.

At aea, on his paataige to India, Sir
Robert David Colquhoun. of Tillyqu-
houn, CO. Diimburton, Burt. (I(i0'2). brevet
Major in Uic Hon. East India Cumpa.
ny'a Bengal Military Ser\-ice.

July 1 1. At Chittoor. aged 34. Capt.
AreiuDsid M'Nair, 1 5th Madras N. Inf.

Atiff. I. At Calcutta. N. J. Halhed
esq. Bengal Civil Service, eldest son of
the late John Hnlhcd, esq. of Vntely-
liouse, Hants.

Aui/. 0. At Tanjore, iiged i7, Henry
Gamier, esq. -Ith Miidras Light Cavalry,
Sub-assistant Commissary -gcncrul, son
of the Rev. Thomas Gamier, Preb. of
Winchester.

Aug. 16. At Vizagapatjim, Mary
Charlotte Estelce, wife of the Rev. Vin-
cent filiortland, M..^. late of Lincoln
Coll. Oxf. Chaplain of that station ; and
on the 18th Rebecra. her infant daughter.

Auy. 17. At Bangalore, Lieut, and
Brevet Capt. H. E. C. O'Connor, 32d
N. Inf. son of the late Cupt. O'Connor,
R. N.

Lalelu. At Serampore, aged 41, the
Hon. William Hamilton, brother and
heir presumptive of Lord Belbaren. In
ISS^ he married Mrs, M. A. Mendes,
widow of P. Mendes, esq.

Mr. Judire (iarrow, for some years
acting in his ofticiul capacity in India.
His \vidow has lor many years resided at
Briuhton.

Wist 1nou;s.— Ju/y 14. At Stewart
Town, Jamaica, the Rev. T. H. Bewley,
General Sunrrintvndantof the Wesleyan
JVIission Scbools in that island; and on
the 9th September, Mri;. Mury Anne
Bewley, his widow. They have left five
children.

Aug. HG. In Jamaica, nged 66, James
Sadler, esq. late of Weyhill Plnntotion. in
that island, and of HiKbgjile, ncnrLondon.

.\nROAU. — May 10. At Hol)arf«
Town, Van Diemen's Land, aged 10,
Ensign Cecil .Augustus Paget. 5Ut Light
Jnf, second son of the Right Hon. Sir
Arthur Paget, G.C.B.

May '25. At Ceylon, aged 32. Wil.
lougbuy Smith, esq. late Commander of
the Soobrow, youngest son of the late
William .Smith, esq, formerly of Old
Elvet, Durham.

July 12. At Old Cnlabar, coast of
Africa, in the Hi year of his age, R. H.
Drake, wq. son of the Rev. W. F.
Drake, Incumbent of West Halton, Lin-
colnshire,

Auy. 23. At Gibraltar, Ensign Lake,
8Ut Ilegt,

Jtijf. 28. Sir Charles Burrell Blount,
K.M.T. father of W. O. Blount, R.N.
(whose widow married Capt. J. W.Kobe.)
lie rtxrived permission to accept the
order of Maria Therem, .Miiy :*), ISOI,
Conferred upon him lur his uid in tlic
rescue of the Emperor Fnuick from the
French cavalry in Flanders, April 2*,
1794,

Lately. At Beauport, near Quebec,
aged 77, (he Hon. Uermui Witxiu.'a ^^-

4

Additlotis to Obituary.

[Vff.

Iiind, son of Ujo late Rev. Jobn Ry-
liind, M. A. D highly talented Minister of
the Baptist ooniiexion for '^2 year*., in
Norihumptoii, enjoyinp ns ronteinporary,
frietij, nnd as*ociute, the eniincritly pious
nnd truly excellent Rev. James Hen-ey,

M..^. of Weston Favell.
M. Dulong, Perpetual Secretary of the

Anidemie des Sciences, (in which office
he succeeded Baron Cuvier,) and of the

Polvtcchnic School. He*vas\vell known
for ^is researches on caloric, and the pro-

grefss of modern chemistry.

At (icncvB, Amelia, the lady of J. P.

Colladon, M.D. and sister of J. L. Mallet,

of the Audit-office.

Oct. I . At Milan, on his way to Pisa,

aged 19, George- Danby. eldest »on of the

late C. P. Hodson, esq.

Oct. 6. At St. Petersburg, aged 93,

U'iljiam Whishaw, e«q.

I

Oct. 21. At Paris Tf^nrj Anrvtn
Harvey, B. A. cM*!-' "

Adam llarvey, of f ■

Oct. a. At Viti.,,>., i... .u^iii Ef.'^
ncttiite Thaler, nt the great ace of
hundred nnd »ixtccn ye^rs. She <
a family ns n scr\i)nt when onli
the age of eleven, nnd remuinrd
death, keeing tiro out of the thrf#i
rations in it pass away. Sh« wM|
married, and the use ot Iter inirtlrc
culties vras preserved to tlie laat
of her life.

Oct.ii. At Paris, Anne, wife
Sir Charles Wolseley, BHrt. «She
the youngest dau, of Ati:!. "'" ^hi, i

Wealdside, Essex, esq. h. -.-con

wife of Sir C. Wolaelcy ; j bat

left issue twosonsand tw v

At Calais, Samuel Fn vwart

esq. of the Admiralty, Somentrt-houw.

ADDITIONS TO OBITUARY.

Vol. IV. p. 810, — In the memoir of
the late Jomtt Norri*. Ettq. of Nonsuch
flouse, no allusion was made tou corres-
iiondence, of a very interesting nature
baCween him and the late Dr. Withering,
of Birmingham, in the years 1797-8, re-
specting that extraordinary structure
Slone/tenffe ; which is pnhlished in the Ist
volume of the " Misri'llunemis Tracts of
the late William Withering, M.D. F.R.S.
to which is prefixed a Memoir of hi* Life,
Character, and Writings," by his son, the
late William Withering, ewj. 'i vola. 8vo.
1822. The Correspondence occupies about
forty pages, and several circumstances are
recorded, and local infonimtiun is given
aot easily obtained elsewhere, though the
«onjecture« of the writers are, like many
preceding ones on the same subject, more
to be admired for their ingenuity than
their conclusiveness. Vet, for those who
take nn interest in Stonehcnge, the cor-
respondence in question it, too important
to lie overlooked, although it is nut even
alluded to in a compilation published at
Salisbury, containing, under the name of
" Conjectures on that Mysterious Moim-
ment of Ancient Art, Stonkhknce," ex-
tracts from JefTry of Monmouth, and
various other writers, down to Dr. Ma-
ton, and Sir R. C. Iloarc. It ix, there-
fore, probably, less known than it deserves
to be.

Vol.. V. p. 87. — A monument to the
late Ditk-e q/* Bta'uforl is plnccd in the
private chapel of (he family, nt IJiidniin.

till. I... I... ,.,..,,,,[ firacc, I' ■■..li.i.ii-.><

n . ! pliici'd l>

V'l uT« of iinii

otatuiuy uuitf l*W, uitd rvallTtg on dkit(uii,ii liWiV

i\^

noble plinth of vein stone. The piflMtcn

decorated with the portcullis;, gikrrer,

ducal coronet, support o rich itnd eUtio-

ratc pediment, the scrolls nml r<i!iagcj(

which arc of excellent wi ■

arc surmounted by the arri

carved in bold and benutii

whole repose again.<:t ii

pure dove marble, the tiiJt

finely with the general i ■

monument, forming an r-i

witnessed in designs of thu

On the tablet is engraved the toili

*•' Sacred to the Memory of 1

Chari.kh sixth Dcke of Bka

K.G. Bom Dec. 'ii, I7W$, sm

hi* father, Henry, fifth Duke, Oi

180.3; died Nov. 23, 1«3J. in the

year of hi>i age. In kindness of In

suavity of manners, gentiene«« uttil

nesa of di<(po>ition, in htii' ' ^ diSf

dence of his own merit'!. -.ty

purpose and uprightness u: ,.,;.,, i,,.i.

equalled — none «ni|)assed hiin. It mid

be truly stud of htm, that he wns "

man's friend, the poor man's ben

In every relation of life hi? ^hotfi

eminent. He wbh the

sons, the kindest of f«tl

husbands, the mosr <■>'(.

thcrs. He lived dii'

comfort around him

of a true Christian, ili

beloved, reafM-ctcd, and Umentifd

reiih ' ■ . . •"■;<.

til!.

H.. ;

IKf7.'

P. 4:K).— On the dmih uf the tUv
&a'UT«d«r«,-w\iS\ic ytwKViviM^ \n tlui ii

tbei

littil

•I)

1838.]

Additions la Ohituary.

673

»

i

church of BlackfHars, on the 1st of Jan.
1836, his i>arishiunen>Knd fiiends rutted a
■ubscription, uf liticwecn '.iiMl. anil 'UN)/.,
for the erection of a monument to bis
memory, which bns h(?en sculplurcd by
Sanaucl Manning, esq. of Newman-struet,
iiuccessor to the celebrated Baron, and
cTecte<l in the churdi, by the i^tde of the
inemoriHl of the late Air. Homaine. Jt
is turnioutited by an excellent bust, and
ill n Uts-relid, the beloved f nstor ic sup-
posi'd to be svdtlenlt/ translated bi/ angt''*,
und nbout to receive an immortal ci'owu-,
which appeur^ on the glory above. T ho
open liidie, revtiiig on the cushion, and
grouped with other Christian emblems,
dinplays the last signiticuiiC text uttered
by tlie lip* ot the deceased Pa<itor, — " Yc
Mie complete in. Him." Colosii. ii. ch. 10. v.
The inscription runs ns follows : — " Isaac
Saunders, AI.A. Died January the 1st,
IS'jli, aged 54 yearg. He was ordained Cu-
rate uf this Church, A.D. iHOi; wac elect-
ed Sunday Afternoon Lecturer, lbU(3 ; and
Hector 18113. In all which offices, re-
ceiving nicrcy uf the Lord to be faithful ;
ns n Prencher he shunned not to declare
ull the counsel of iiud ; as a Pastor, he
watched for souls as one that must give
account ; as a Christian, he showed him-
self a pattern of good works; till, after
having made full proof of his niinistry,
during a space of thirty years, and w hile
ill the act of preaching in this Church, the
words of bis text inscribed above being
still on his lips, his spirit was translated
from these earthly courts to wor-ihip with
the saints in light, and dwell for ever with
the I^ord. His mortal leinains, interred
in the chancel vuiilt, await the dny uf their
redemption, when they that be wise shall
shine B« the brightness ol the tirnmnient,
und they that turn many to righteousness
as the stikTs for ever und ever, 'i'his mo-
ntimeiit is raised by the inbahitants of
these united pHrisfae!>, and many mourning
friends, to (he glory und the praise uf
Cod."

P. 6S7. — A sii|>erb monutnent to the
memory of BUhou Sparke has been
erected in Uishap West's chapel, in lily
cathedral. It is an imitation of that of
Edward the Black Prince in C-iinrerbiiry
cathedral, and the canopy of Bishop Mit-
ford's, in Salisbury cathedral ; it is uf ex-
cellent wuikmunship, built by Hopper, of
London.

Vol. VII. p. 99.— A monument to the
memory' of the lute gallant Lord Jt Hau-
mam has been erected in the town church
of Guernsey. It consists of u white nmi-
ble tablet, two ba^>-reliel tigiiren, repre-
senting Faith on one side, and Hope on
(be other. Lnder a suitable inscription

Gent. Wag. Vol. X.

is u bas-ieUcr, representing the " Re-
union and Crescent off f "htrbourg."

P. 101. Aficr a lengthened litigation,
Sir Herbert Jeniier pronounced judgment
on the will of Mr. CAartfi linij, in the
Prerogative Court, on the £!UU June
1838. The deceased was the well-known
blacking manufacturer of High Holborn.
He died on the 2Gth Oct. ItC^ti. at the
age of j2 or 53 years, pnsse«ged of pro-
perty to the amount of between 3.X>,l)t*0f.
und ;ffll.tKK»/. of which nbout 1 kJ.tHIO/.
WHS real und the remainder pergonal. The
testator left behind him n widow and ft
daughter (who wiis married some time
since to Air. Honitio (-laggett), a sister,
seveiiil other relatives, ami three illegiti-
mate children. The will, which was
dated May 1st, IBJ^, and a codicil, bear-
ing the same date, was propounded by the
executors, .Mr. William Croft (of the
Ordnance. office), Mr. Pindcr Simpson (an
old triend and adviser of the testntor), and
Mr. Underwood. These two papers
amply provided for his wife and daughter,
and 1(X),IXX)/. were iRMjueathed to his ex-
ecutors, in trii<it, to found a blind asylum
(the deceased having been blind for about
W yi'iirs before his death). l>egacies of
iU(W. Were given to each of the executors,
8:c, These papers were not opposed. The
executors took the opinion of the court
ujioii the other pupcrs propounded as codi-
cils to the will uf the deceased, one ot°
which, dateil the gkb Sept. (after the tes-
tator had had an attack of epilepsy), in-
creasing the legacies to certain branches
of his family ; the second instrument waa
dated on the following day, drawn uji also
by Mr. Pindcr Simpson (the son of the
executor), (or the same purpose. The third
cwlicil was dated the U)ih September,
and was in favour of the three naiunil
children of the testator (whose existeiMM*
up to that day had been kept a profound
secret), giving them ,jOOO/. each, in addi-
tion to ^ouZ-uAtV bunds ihi! deceased had
executed in the favour ol each in XMi,
The lu.st codicil uas ]>ni|M>unded by .Mr,
F. £)efaur, and was dated on the 'tinA
Sept. by which that gentleman (who had
assisted the deceased in the management
of his money matters, in the collection
of rents, Kt), ^»* named as executor,
with a legacy of jOO/. This lft»t codicil
was written from instructions civun by
the deceased to Mr. I>efaur by Mr. Hew.
son, one of the medical attendants of the
testator, and executed in the inesence of
Mt^. Day, Mrs. Claggett, luiil two other
parties. 'I'h<< executors rumied in the
will did \Mt, in tact, npp<i:«e any uf the
four codicils, except the U»it. The de-
ceased, thoufh blind, und deprived of the
use of both Ieg«, ^os*e*wA ».vv *>M%«Sr\*fv-

AddHioM to Obiiuarj/.

I

impy memory, nnd kepi his nccounts roost
ncfurHt«lv, in whiilt lie wn* »Mi*te(l by
hia daughter. His henUh appeiiK'd to
have been exiremcly guod during llio
greater p«rt o» bis life— until the nttiick
of epilepsy on the 2Cth Aug. 1«36. which
aifccted the bmin. The effect of lhi«
attack was not at hrst pciceptible, The
court did not wi.«h to throw the slightest
imputation upon JNIr. Uefaur. but, under
all the tirciinistances, pronounced agiinst
the Ittst puper, nnd <iirepicd probftte to
pass to the will, and four first co<licils, ns
containing the intentions of the testator.

P. 218. — JoMn Gamaliel Lluyd, Etq.
liHi born 8th March. I7U0, and conse-
«|tolly was only 67 nt the time of hi«
Aecease. He wiUi the second son of John
Lloyd, esq. F. H.S. of Snittcrtield, co.
Warwick, by Anne, only child and heireBs
of James idibbino, esq. M.D. nnd grand-
«orj of George Lloyd, e»q, F.R.S. of
Hulme Hall, near Manchester, co. Lane,
by Kltanor, dnu. of Henry Wright, esq.
of Offerton and Mobbcrlev, co. Chester,
and Purefoy, dau. of Sir ^^illoughby As-
ton, Bart. He wb» educated ot the uni-
Tersity of Glasgow, colled to the Mar in
iTOt by the Society of the Middle Tern-
pie, of which Society he lately became a
bencher, and for some years went the
Northern and afterwards the Midland
Circuit. He for sererul years held courts:
at Macclesfield, as deputy to the late Earl
of Derby, as Steward of the Liberty of
the Hundred; was in the eommisKion of
the peace for the county of Wurwirk in
1823, and subsequently; and rilled the
office of High Sheriff for the county of
Warwick in 1832. By devise of a rela-
tion of bi« mother, the Rev. Francis
Stanley, who died IH April VtMl (sec
Gent. Mag. vol. xcvii. part I. p. \l\),
he cnnie into possession of estates in
Hertfordshire and Draci ; and on the
death of his elder brother (Jeorce Lloyd,
e»q. of Weleornbe House, II July 1831,
be took bv devise for life cotisiderable
ettatcB in Warwickshire and Lancashire.
He died, at lodgings in London, a bache-
lor, leaving two Mstcrs surviving, the
younger unmarried ; the other Is the witu
of the Rev. T. Wnrde, of Leuniiiigtuii
I'riors, and has is!>ue only Clinrlcs T.
Wardc, esq. the ifresent owner of Wel-
combe Hous>e. lie is Imried, as one of
the Masters of the Bench, in (he Temple
Church.

P. 39*.— The will of Sh' John Sinme

II, Mr. George

in btih),' with.

' ■■•■"^•■■niicod

f<' It

Alt- ' 4<)nat

erutors, Sir FrmrtriA Chafttrrir. Btr JdkK

Sfcv- ' '' ■• • ' ■ . I?

jiouc 'I'M

Mr. L : ; .!if fl«

the executors. I'he vnU WM prawtA by
Mr!i. &Hlly C'-ondiritt, to wbom intatM
beqiietttlied 500<U. with ret]«ir*t that the
mav be bnrii^d i» the enme V4tult with him.

P. :r\<j.—'l'\'< " ■ iiUOMU ID

the memory t>i r.Qwifwi

Sir Prederiek I g HHUi

in the works ol ". .VnJr»«'»

bastion, at the < I liritannica.

It consists ol a pcdcstul atiii collUBA Of
the Homan Doric order, ita praporliBii
being regidated upon (bat of Tnjai,
which still t-Msts in all it« bomtt at
Home. It will be 71 fee' '•■•'• ■•• 'tvat
two-l birds of the height •'' rUi-

piece of architecture, atnl t ci

hard Mitltii ftone of the iir~ , ><, , ufa
pleasing whitish colour, %\i.i. ;i !. kc* •
polish like marble. It imy be tntfrc«tiiv
to remark that noon the tirst eoOHBOer*
ment of ilic worlc. while i1-— ■— - '■■• Jti
foundation, a strotig and iili.

which from it« consfruclir-:- wO*!

size of its stones appeajra to hare M«>
an old bastion, of whicli r>o kjMmMl*
ran be traced, was found a frw fate wirr
the surface. Being well citUJit«I« ■•'
regularly bnilt up fm— -^ -oUA nA,
forty. live feet below . wn IvaS-

able for the basis of ■ mtS an

incalculable saving ot -,t.

P. 3i9.— A hantK Hei

has been erected in S' ..refc.

Siilisbury. the prodiic and,

of that city, bearing i .^ irumip-

tion : " To the ^l i the Xvr.

Ifivberf /{hum, D. 1
Bcctorof this Chuft n
a period ably and ^i
arduous duties ; and u
superintendence the j
pari'sh was conductfu u-:
liiiidiible unnnimiiy; his )
nourini; his mo'iu immI
services, Imvc ''
died 17th Jan. ■•
his age "

Vol. V n I. p. 334.— William. iUmurt-

'. hii

><JIB>

and
ho-
hb
H<
.r •/

i

Isl

witi
Sui.
thill

tC!

F.,v.

of bnllini, 111 -

worlli, by Ko

r. 007— 'J

the heir of Ita

t(b MMi of Sir
<nd Franwtia

Nor.

Jtkt

'iLmf
.'act-

1838.]

Additiont to '

tuarif.

en

*

N

Devon, wlio is a msternnl cousin and ilic
iicarcfit relutive ol (be deceased,

/bid. — Tfwmat Hutchintton, Etq. Bar-
rister-Bt-Law. This gentleman was the
ddc»t M>ti of the Hon. Tboinan Judge
Hutchinson, and grniidson of the Hon.
Thomas Hutrhinson, hvt Moiesty's (Jo-
vcnior of the Province of Massachusetts.

Vol. IX. j», XiyH.—Altxander Toictxt-
^nd, Etq. of Tbeoacomb House, near Min-
chinbampton, (JloiiccBtershire, has be-
queathed to the Oxford, Gloucester, and
Bristol Intirmaries JOO/. eaeh ; to the
Minrhinhaniptou Dispensary ^/. and to
the poor of Southrop ltX)t His executor
ii the Rev. William Colston, of Brougb.
ton Hall, near Lechlade.

Ibid. — Mr. Co/Zifl^u-MiT* marriage look
place May .30, IRltJ (not 1810). Alary.
Patience, the youncer daughter and co-
heiress of Lord CoUingwood, was married
June 16, 1807, to Anthony Uenny, esq.

P. 109.— The will of Mr. Samuel
Thompton (who was for many yewrs the
leading partner in the wcll-knuwii wine
and tspirit ct>tab1isbment on Holborn.hill,
under the iJlie of " Thorapson and Fcu-
roii,") ha^ been proved in Doctors' Com'
mons by Mary Thompson, bis widow,
and Seymour Teulon, David Liston, and
George Henderson, the executors. The
amount of pensonul property in the pro-
vince of Canterbury is sworn under
(iO,000/., indej)Ondent ot a large estate in
America, which is said to \n' worth
40.U(X)/. The testator has left the whole
of his fortune to his widow and fomily.

P. 214:.— The lute Rtv. \V. Rtchard.
son, iifty-threc ycar^ Vicnr of .St. John's,
Chester, has lett •d,'Mi)l. to the Society
for Promoting Christiitn Knowledge ;
ai,IX)0/. to the Society for the ProiMga-
tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; and
ti.OOO^ to the Incorporated Society for
promoting the enlargement, building, and
repairing of churches and chapels. He
haa also bequeathed 60«)/. for the crecrion
of an organ in the church beloneing to the
pariah over which he hail been for so
laag ■ period the worthy vicar.

P. MO.— JoAn Heygate, Eto. late of
West lladdon, Northumptonxhirv. has
mode the followinfr munificent beiiuests
to the various charities of his neiiKhDOur-
hood - 500/. to the West Haddon (Charity
School, 200/. to the Northampton Infir-
mary, 2tX>/. to the Northampton Lunatic
Asylam, 50/. to the Bedford Infirmory,
50/, to the Leicester Infirmary, 100/. to
(lie West Haddon Old l-Vicndly Society,
Ml. to the New dittii, 19/, 19*. to each
of the parishes of West lladdon. Long
Biickby, Watford, Winwick, Crick, Hit-
•tclbcecD, Wellingborough, and Husband's
Boswortb.

P. 319.— The late Earl f/JJ/Jon'# will
was proved in the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury on the iOlh Feb. by the three
executors — the present Earl, Mr. Cross
(the Master in Chancery), and Mr. Al-
fred Beli. It is of great length, filling
74. sheets, closely written. There are
likewise seven codicils, neither (except
one, which is holograph) very short.
The will is dated the ^th of June, 1838;
the codicils bear date in 1837 ; the last ia
dated Decrmlier SI, 1837, less than ■
month before the Earl died. The bulk
of the will is occupied w ith very careful
devises of the real property in the coun-
ties of Dorset and Durham, trusts, limi.
tations, recoveries, &c. 'fhe principal
devisee is Lord Encombe (the present
EarO, the testator's grandson, for life ;
then to his son; in delault of children the
property is left, under various conditions
and limitations, to the daughters of the
late Earl, Lady Frances Jane Bankes,
and Lady Elizabeth Repion, and their
families. The family of the latter takes
a less extensive Itencfit than that of tbe
former, the reason of which the testator
declares is, that Lady Frances Bankes has
a large family, and may expect to have
more children, whereas Lady E. Reptoii
has but one son, and is not likely to bare
more issue. The trustees of the property
are Master Cross and Mr. Alfred Bell.
There are various small lemcies ; and
amongst others, the late Earl's coach
horses are bequeathed to Lady Frances
Bankes, w-ith the direction that (hey arc
to hove a free run of the grass at En.
combe. The Earl also bequeaths his
" favnarite dog Pincher" to the same
hidv, »'ilh a clear annual allowance of SI.
to buy him food. At the end of the will
is a schedule of various articles, to be con-
sidered a* heirlooms. " .\ small wooden
box, made out of a piece of wood taken
out of the room in which I was bom.
All my law and other books. All my
robes as Lord Chancellor, and all other
my judiciul robes, and ell aiticlcs of lace
worn with them, and all my rohes as a
peer. The service of plate which 1 had
on my appointment as Chancellor. Bust
of myself. Bust of the Duke of Cum-
berland. Bust of Lady Eldon. All my
boxes with the freedom and address of
coni[ianies enclosed. The picturea of
dogs * Neptune" and • Pincher.' The
wooden box made from n piece of the
wreck of the ' Betsy Caiiics,' which
bioiight over William the Third. All
letters from members of tbe royal family.
The pilliir of wood which encloses an
nddr«b of a body of clergy in Yorkshire,

presented r -■ :'■■ t aa tci

ttie Hoiiia w" 'W^s.

Lu>Ue\V'= ^.. . i\a.viiJii&

4

6;<i

Additions lo Obituary.

\}kc

I

lions of ih«> Hi'vis*^ in t?ie wH. «xrcpt

\vl ' . t Ill-

Lit..^ -lis... ^i, %. i.L.:-t.: I M.r-

Vtces. it iulogixt-s. ll lit is

Mrilli-fi on a »bc'rt ot ' . . • >■* *
liFiuuJoiiii band. I'hc ki^imtuit.- lo (be
lH!>t cuilicil biiirs no rtbcmblitiit-L- tu (bat
ill the M-ill, and appears like ibe uncertain
writing oi a blind ptTsoii, or oni; uhii»e
bond \\n^ ^uidird. Ail ibc in»lniiDeuls
are sealed MJth tl»c Karl's MWt of Brmii
un hiark n-a.T.

P. 386.— The will of tbe late John
Rtfrct lia* been proved in DocCots' Coai'
iDon.s. 'I'he amount of lii» etfect* have
been sworn nnr)< r J.COO/. The e*?cutor»
art bii brother, TIiuuibs Reeve, and Jnniet
Silver. The property is befjuiatbed to hi*
two daughters, Louisa and Fanny Uecre,
^d to bia »on, John Keevc, to whom he
mIso bequeathes a $bare of a bouse in the
Strand. The will is dated in Septem-
ber 1H35. It w»s the general opinion
lie had died insolvent, which is now
proved to have been erroneous.

i'.133. — At a publie meeting of the
iiihuliiliukts of Sunderland and other
friends of the late Rer. Robert Gray,
M.A. held On the 26th Feb. a series of
resolutions were iinaniitiously adopted,
for erecting, by pubiir sul»(-riptiop, «
iiioniimcnt lo bis memory, end nt a
Eub»e<|ucnt meeting it was determined
that the surplus •• »hall be devoted to an
endowment of the schuolii established by
Air. Gray in this parish, to be railed, in
future, the Gray Schools." — On the lltb
June, the Committic held a meeting tu
make choice of the most upproprinie
design fruiu thu»e which bed been for-
warded for their iiispeclioii, in aecordarire
with an advertiiiement in the newspapers.
The eoiiipetitors were very iitimcroiic,
ineluding «rtist.s of eminence from Kdm-
burgh, London, Newcastle, &c. many of
wliii'li were of a very higli order of
merit. After a careful inspection of llie
various models, drawings, Slc. nnd a
lengthened discussion of their respective
inettt&, I he meeting resolved to adopt one
modelled in Sunderland by Air. David
Dunlwr. It conitists of u stiitue of the
late reveied Kectur in hii clerieul rubes,
tu be executed in the nlo^t duruble dr.
scription of ItaliHD uiurble, siinilnr Co that
ii«ed in the grand archway in front of the
Queen'i) Palace, St. Jan)e>'s I'ark. Tliis
statue Mill be placed upon a Imndsonie

iippiupriMte quuti '
vl 8l. Jiiuics: — • .
^kd (t*/\n* Cod and (/>« f'aihkt, vi \\\\\ i

to HWf th^

thr
*jr
Wii, uv -K-^,,. IL. L

viewed ill its pur^i

(the nionunieiit, w

not mure than tv

tigure will appear oi

the deceased Rector. 1 hi- =^'^1

upon for the erection of the ■

metit, is over the >-Bult in lb* <

of Ihc burial ground, aitd it \nlt,

its posiliuii, form n

object from the &•

iiif; country. — .A «!

wliieh was i

ed to Mr. (.

tached friend-. .

decease, has l)i ■ ;

son, Mr. Artiiur i .

of age. A Metnoir

'letMli

iu be or
few of^ his rf4ii

ddot

-■'■• }*
cft Mr. Gn

has been published, priritcil uniftrfu
with hi* Funeral > '.ed \^

the Rev. George . hestc.

arv of Durham ; thu i\i v. t-» nii.im '
2^I.A. (the present Rector of
land) ; and the Rev. Jusiph Law.

P. 4.^.— The library of tlie late Jtn
IViHiam Mavor, of Woodstock, Ym* her*
M)ld by public auetion in Oxfanl. IV
books (about l.lXXt) were in tbrbc«t ad-
dition, und bt-longed to all dcti
of geiiemnueniiiire, Many of tbr i
pi-eo'ous volumes bore ivi.<,....-.. r,f tlair
>'aUie by the late po<>sv- ••, txA

observations penctllc<l tu Iran*,

which, whilst they proved iba: uieriti ft
the copy, shewed ihi- i-xi.-iif and aftwarf
of theannouitor** ir<: ^\ti^

lowing i'pitii])h li:i ; loiaa

his iiionunient in Imic^

yard: " Sucred to the r tk

Rev. William Mavor, i 1W

first great promoter of the (.^tecbeUnl
Alcthod of Instruction, in nil b»aiHb«»
of biiman and divine knoMr|<>dgK. «i»i
though dcnd, yet spcakefb, for ibe k»<

sf ruction of youth t-n'l
volumes which be )
ciously adopted to ' .
Ihc mind. He uus U
with Woodstock, and \
Berkshire, a .^^
<Jxford, amJ

iiorougb. lii

relutivcs and tntm
tbo!«e whom, ofi a .\
(rate, he had lung muX i
He died Dec. V»h, I--
ycnr of his* ogc.

The feeling MHil may I

-• iHiwrr* U

1838.]

Additions to Obituary.

677

I

P. 112.— The late Htnty Hewition,
Enij. bHJt left ttehind him m fortune of
80U,000/. ; the largest, it is 8up(io&ed,
ever made wLdII)' in busiiiofig liy h native
of Westmoiliiiiil, oxccpting, |iorhH|i«^ tlii'
late Mr. 'J'hwaites. He wai formerly
gold-lareinnn tii liis Mnji-sty; but hml
retired from business innny yenra before
hiji di-atb. Of tbit> vast properly, up-
wards of IOO,0<XW. will conic into the
family of the late Stephen Biimskill,
of Orton, long known us a useful local
preacher in tlut neighbourhood, and who
married ii nisier of Mr. Hewition. Large
sums will also come into Kavenstonedale,
to other relations.

P. 641. — The remains of the late XorcZ
Selieij were landed at Portsmouth, pre-
paratory to their interment in the family
vault at Westdean, near Chichester. Mris.
Levcson Vernon, the Ute Lord'* sister,
comes into the pussessioii of n large
fortune.

P. 552.— Mr. Morlm was one of ibe
witnesses examined before the Select
Committee of the House of Commons on
Dramatic Lilciaturc, and in llie course of
his evidence incidentally developed some
curious traits of hia own character and
habits. He stated that he had never seen
one of his own plays acted, although some
of his comedies had been so successful as
to he rcpr€!«eritcd for 50 nights in suc-
cession. The lowest price he ever got
for a play was £"90 or .£'100, and the
highest l'.i(>0. For the Children in the
Wood he received .£200, and £oO for
the copyright ; and for the fnrineible*
and a Rowland for an Olitrer about the
same sum. The uiuul mode of remune-
raling dnimatic authors, when Mr. Morton
commenced writing for the stage, was,
b_y giving thcni the receipts of the third,
sixth, ninth, ami twentieth nights, after
deducting the expences of the house ,
and he describes with what anxiety he
used to watch the clouds on those evcn-
ing«i, as a stormy night very frequently
converted the author's "benefit" into a
loss.

P 553, — The following bequest baa
been left to the Plymouth, Devonport,
and Stoiichuu5c Hospital, by H. Dundiu
Alorriion, Etq. *urgcon R.N. The rcver-
tion of cightL'eii thousand pou:)ds, on the
death of two legatees, who are to Larc
the life interest. The condilioiik arc,
that one of the umrds is to be named the
" Melville>Vard," asn token o( gretjtude
for favours conferred on the dv<'('aKcd by
Henry Uundas, Viscount AIclvillc, many
years First Lord of the Adinirulty. Hut
should the hospital be given up, then the
bcfjuest it to go to the Devon County
UoapiUl.

p. 6<>8.— /-VariciV Theodore Hay. Etq.
WHS a memlter of the Court of Assistants
of (he Watermen's Company, and was
the ^rst Muster ul the company on its in-
corporation by act of parliament in the
year 18'ii7, In early lite he was a water*
man employed in n very bumble capacity
on the river, and, by bis industry and
perseverance, bccnuie a master-lighter-
man, and barge-owner, and ultimately
realised a Urge fortune. Although, for
many years past, be had lived at his seat
at Hayes, be had, until a very recent
period, uken an active part in business.
He was one of the Queen's watermen,
an office more of honour than emolument,
and, in the capacity of King's waterman
during three preceding reigns, had the
honour of frequently rowing King George
III. and Queen Charlotte, George I V.,
and his late Majesty King William IV.
nud Queen Adelaide, lie was a strong,
robust man of herculean frame, and his
death was brought on by sudden exposure
to the cold three weeks before, after
takitig n warm bath iit an hotel in London;
after which he rude down to Hayes in
an open chaise. Mr. Hay was a siaunch
conservative, and so universally esteemed
in the puri&h of Rotherhitbe, where bis
benevolence and excellent qiialitiei had
endeared him to all clusseti, that the
houscb and hhops of the prineiiml inbabi.
tants and tradesmen were closed during
the whole of the day of his funeral, which
was met by the rector, churchwardens,
overseer*, and a great number of the prin.
ripol merchants, shijiowncrs, and other in.
tUiential inhabitants of the pMxish, as well
as by the poorer classes, all anxious to pay
the last sad tribute of respect to the re-
mains of a wortby nnd kind-hearted gen-
tleman. The great bulk of tbe deceased's
property, amounting, it is said, to up-
wards of 100,000/. which he acquired by
B long life of industry and frugality, un-
accompanied hy parsimony, will fall into
the possession of Charles Hay, esq. his
son and heir, of Prince's-street, Hother.
bitbe. Mr. ('hnrles Hay, who inherits
all the good qualities of his late fother,
is one of the Queen's watermen, a mcro-
bcr of tbe Court of Assistants, and a
past Master of tbe W'atei men's Company.

P. 670. — Launcelol Ifuthp, Esq.
wa9 Treasurer of the U'esleyan Mission ;
and fai« funrml «enuon, preached by the
Rvv. Dr. Bunting, is published in the
Pulpit, No, 821.

Vol. X. p. 209.— The splendid man.

*iun in St. JntTt—'- u\ purchased by

the J)ukt nf ■ u the Dowaffar

Countess of i - ■-, lias been bc-

ijueathcd by hit iitMix vm ^S& vni-\»,^K«

n

I

r

Mr. SMkvilto Lme Fox. together with
tka «hale «f In* peramal property ; and
it b «U tW. ia oooMqann, the present
Duke will be oUigeil to •ell Honibjr
CiutJc, die only unentailed portion of tbe
funilj Mtatea.

P. 0i. — At a Meeting of the Friends
of tha late Xachary Afacaul^jf, E*q, held
<■ ibe SNk of July, 1838, it Mras unani.
nMMHiy iUaolved, " That the eminent
Mnricec rendered liy the late Zachar;
MscBuUr, by the long and disinterested
■ml with which he devoted hi« talents,
hif time, and all the powen of Lis well-
informed mind, to objects of benevolence
^|i utility, and raore especially to the
■otition of the Slart Tmde, and to tbc
teponant cause of Negro Emancipation,
demand a public te^timotiy thnt may re-
COtd kia vrorth as a bright example for
Itttnra generations, and prove me fo^tetul
*^t— » in which be was held by bis con-
tenpMvies. That, with this view, a
Swaoiption be raised to erect a Monu.
mcRt to bis menory in Westminster
Akbty.* A Committee was appointed
to eoMOCt the subscription, and mnke the
ncctscary arrangements, including the
MwqiiiB of NortbamntoD, £arl Fitzwii.
liam, Earl Grey, K.U., Earl of Caledon,
Earl Jermyn, Lords Calthorpe, Tei^n.
moutb, Skelrocrsdsle, Brongbam, Den-
man, (JleneJg, the Chancellor of the Ex-
cbcaucr, Sir Alexander Johnston, Sir R.
H. Inglis, T. F. Buxton, esq. &c. &c.
Henry S. Thornton, esq. *-a» requested
to act IS the Treasurer, and Sir Geor]ge
StepiMn •• Secretary.

P. 337. — The Rn. John Gardiner,
D.D; who was formerly (.'urate of St.
Mary Magdalen, Taunton, for many
years, has left a legary of lUO guinea?, in
trust, towards painting an altur-piece for
the chancel of thut church, [the subject
to be taken from the 'A)th cha|iter of St.
John, rcrse 1, or from the IJtb to the
18th thereof,) prwyidi-d the s«id altar-
piece shall be finished and put up in its
place within two years after fonnol notice
shall have been given by the executor to
the ricarof the parish.

/bid.— The will of Lieut..Otl. Contta-
Ht, formerly of the Bi-nral Arrillery, and
late of Fark-crescvnt, has b<-'eii jmived
in l>octora' Commons, by Sir ileiiry
KicliHrdsuti and Capi. Murray, probate
being reserved for W m. Urown Consta-
ble, e*n. the other executor. Personalty
bwom under ^ KM',***), Theroloncl was

Ohur, Odhi. iLaffmri^. *ni Ajra, i
he was Mnou< i - •«hi^

lea* on the f rpbsv

of Oeoc]^ Coi'iiaL'ie, loe onr^nai ftm
whom Sir Walter Soott drvwhudmc
ter of ** The Antlquftrv " Tn ti,.. lyA
of his daughter, AI \is bn

£'4o,(KM> three per toi^

granddaui: sibdh

Constable <tfn!k-

Afler setriai intiior ivca*-!**, awH
which is irsoo to the JnSntmty oC !»••
dee (his native pla.'*-. *-»/m> to l«tr
Richardson, ir«oo • Jonel J<«.

bin, .iflfiO to Mi^ talker, arf

X^OOto Mrs. Hume ^^it liath), he be-
queathed the residue to hietw«risbf».
Barbara and Christian CooaCiyr. Tht
family estate of Crape, in ■rrwnlafr iritt
the will of the " Anti^tiar^," deaeanA I*
William Brown, esq. who has tariTTtl
the name and arm.^of ConsrahJe.ttidirta
bas recently united himself to the Lmh
Mary Er»kine, eldeat dauirbrer of lk
Eurl of Buchan, *

P. 445.— The will of ihc bite Aslsrf
llof/'ord. Etg. has p«s««d under tk
seal of the Prerogative Court of fheAlck.
biihop of Canterbury. Jt is in the hirf-
writing of the testator, who beqmatli
the whole of bis immero^ mf\d priae^
fortune (with " „ ^f jgg^

which is left In amowttBK

to upwards of l.„ . . ..jy^ of tka

frecbuld, lea&ekoid, ; i>idettBtS

of great vnhie (inclu. .umideMt

mnnsion at the Isle (<l V ffer-

ent counties, to his nep i
The stamp on the proiMtf \»ji i,'
and the further duty about W.OOOf.
making a total i>ayn"- ■• r- -^le
mentof a sum of 4> -fi^mit

estate. It is nn p/ , ractTlBK

the will is cor- «|»^ sad* of »

sheet of letter ) the ezrcptk*

of the late Mr i - i ond ilr llat-
dell (of tlK ; .n . r Kui.lcll, Dridre. oi
Rundrll, ^ijlii.MiiK:i.«, of Ludgmte-UU),
tbc stump duty upon the ap|MEr «alo«
(t» million) is scUlyin called into uot-radoo,
l.\,OOOJ. being the highest i ^

P. 515.— The will of ^

Varrmyton, togethet ,j^

has been proved i n 1 1 1 .m^

of Canterbury. '■ >5*

IW36. His ex. . i '„,

ner, esq. the Bi ;,>ha

Beadncll, esq. He > ,-qj

Mhiteto the pre«4>nt |.

1 833.] Bill of Mortality.— Afarkets.— Prices of Shares.

I

leaves all his personal property to ibc
present lord, mid n^ukcs Liiu residuary
Icgutei'. He direrts thut, for three luontliK
from lite day of hia doceaRe, nn adrqtiote
efstablibltmriit at Whlteball sbotild be
kept lor the residence of bis second wife,
the preient Lady Carrington, at the ex-
pense of the estate ; and in satisfaction of
the contract uindc on bin marriage,
charges an estate in Linrolnsbire with
an annuity of 1,000/. for bcr. By a
codicil d«ted 20tU Oct. I H37. ikfter refer-
ring to u neltlenienl he hod mode of
?ti,0(io/. upon his unmarried daughter
he leaves |IX>/. lo each of LiD daiigh-
ters and lo each of his grand •chJJ.
dren, to purchase « memorial of him ;

679

nnd after lome minor legscies. to Ludy
Carrington, hix daugbterK, cxecutoni, and
servantR, — to .Sir Henry Hardinge, 100/.,
and to Lady Emily Hardinge a clock by
Vullintnv ; to his three executors, to
John Ncnie, c«q. and to Colonel Our-
wood, 500/. each ; to John Smith, esq.
'iOO/. ; to Abel nnd George Smith, Mrs.
yargent, Charlotte and Harriet Ire-
velyan, and Chariea Ashton, 100/. each;
to Mr. Jalland, 150/. ; to Dr. M'Arthur,
und Robert Stone, Ml. each ; and to the
poor of Deal lUO/. at the discretion of
Dr. M'Arthur; und to the poor of Wy-
combe 100/. at the discretion of the
present lord. The amount of the per-
sonal eBtate ssvom under 120,000/,

BILL OP MORTALITY, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 20, 1838.

Chrittened.

Buried. - 2 uud 5 110
Mnles 50C > ,, .^ c i 5 and 10 71
Females 511 i '"'^ S ) 10 and 20 35

50 and

GO

104

females iwj

CO and

70

8o

70 and

bO

67

f j 30 and .D 82
Whereofliavc died undcrtwo years old. ..1247 n f 30 and 40 89

80 and

00

35

BO nnd

100

3

^iO and 50 9C

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulntcd. Nor. 23.

Wheat.
«. d.
» 0

Barley,
f. d.
32 2

Outs.
#. ./.
22 10

Rye.
(. d.
3G 3

Beans.

t. d.
39 7

Pew.
I. d.

W B

lleef

3/.

id. to U.
lOrf. to \».
U, to b4.
id. to 5#,

4./.

3#.

1(W.

Veal

ir.

id.

Pork

4r.

Ad.

PRICE OF HOPS, per cwl. Nov. 2C.
SoMfll Pockets .U 10(. to it. IW.— Kent Pockets U 0«. to f>/. I5«.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, Nov. 86.
Smithfleld, Hny, U.O*. to 5/. \bi Straw, 1/. I4#. to I/. 18«.— Clover,*/. 10#.to O/.Of.

SMITHFIELD, Nov. 20. To sink the Offal— p«r jtono of Slbss.

Head of Cattle at Market, Nov. 2G.

Beasts 3GC2 Cidves 95

Sheep 94,360 Pigi in

k i*. id. to 5#, id.

^COAL MARKET, Nov. 20.
Walls End*, from 19«. 3(). to 2^. M. per ton. Other sort* from 16/. dd. to 2U. 3</.
TALLOW, per cwt.— Town Tallow, 03*. did. Yellow Russia tiOt. Orf,
CANDLES, 8f. Of. per doz. Moulds, Wt.Od.
1915

PRICES OF SHARES.

■ Lui

At the Office of WOLFE, BnoTKcas, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, (Jomhill.

Birmingham Canal, 218. Ellc«mere and Chester, 801. Grand Junctfjw^

ia5, Kennet and Avon, 261. JAeds and Liverpool, 730. Regent's, 1

Uochdale, 106. — —London Dock Stock, till ^'- Katharine'*, 107. East

and West India, 110. Liverpool and Mniirhe.stcr Uailway. 2tl4. Grand Junc-
tion Water Works, 64 West Middleseit, 100. Globe Jusunince, 116.

Guardian, 36. Hope, o\. Chartered Gu», 52. Imnerial Gas, 481

Pbcsnix Gas, 23. Independent Gis.4Hi. General United Gos, 30^. Canada

Land Company, 211. Reversionary Interest, 131.

For Price* of all olUct SVaic* \tt<\\M« aa i^mxc..

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^^^MElToiTo L<>(J 1 C A L DIARV, nv W. GARY, Stra>io!~^^B

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^B FiJirenlieit's TLcmi

P'olirenheit's Therm. ^^^^H

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INDEX

TO ESSAYS, DISSERTATIONS, AND HISTORICAL PASSAGES,

,• The principal JUemoin tn the Obituary art dutmclly entered in
the " Index to the Euayt,"

V Beckett, T. death of ?'39

Abingdon, Countettqf, death of 450
XAccum, F, memiiir u( 448

tdelaide, Queen Dowager, embarkftlion
Dt PoriiinuutL 539

tdi^e, AfqJ.-Gen. memoir of €5,9

~r»oy», the Biogrn/ihy p/, correct iorit in 2

Irmations in lieu of Oatht Hill 1 86'
Mfrica, ^itora l«kfii pussestioii a( by tLe
Freiicli 652

iikmaH, A. memoir of 556
'AU Saints L'hurcht King's Cross, conie-

rmtion of 187
jilmanaci, Historical Ditquitition on
365. eilract from Coley's AIniniiae
for 1688, 3fi8. further arcount of /\l-
inanac Maken 48(i. rxtrnct from
Gadbury'sfof 10'89, 487. from Part-
ridge's fur 1690, 48)j

tmhertt, Ctess, death of )fiG
T^nglo-SaionOde<m/fihelslan'Mf''iclory4%
eiley. Earl, death of 44 1
tiquarian Tvutuls, Hints for 375
\titptariei of Normandy, meeting of43l
'»tiqnaii(s, Society of, proceedings of
80, C-17

tntiqutties, EttuBCMi helmet and brume
vc»cl UU. bronze elephant, st>ppo(e<l
to be Roman i^. seal of the honour
of Richmond il'. two very lar^e Ru>
man nrmleU found near Druramond
Cattle ib. objects found un opcnin;;*
barrow at Bartluw 81. twrobras^ba-
loiit fouud in Loihbui^ ib. «ale uf
Greek and Etruscan vase* H'i. Roman
remains at CireDcetter ISO. tomb in
Phoenix Park, Dublin ib. Crom-
lecli near Bombay 181. Roman
Road at Lincoln \b. Ruman sword
found at LUIington, Cumbridgesbiro
ib. Urge ring fuund at Br.indeiburton,
York<'hire ib. sculpture in Illogan
church, Curnwall 182. Jiicovery of a
cavity in the Kentish Downs 308. Ro-
man antiquities luund near Wincliet.
ter 371, 4541,613. *epulchr.-il remains
in Essex 433* mould fur catting
bronze battle-axes, found near V.-t'
lognei434. remains uf .-t Ruman villa
near Frume 435. Roman ticket of
freetluiie found in North Wiltshire
495. sepulchral stones fuund at H.u-
tlepool 536. Roman handmill found
at HaHfxxi^. portrait u( Monietumt
647. burial place discuvered at B.itu
well, Somer«et»hir« 648. .it Lynn 4'^,
antiquities of Rome ti49. ducovcriei
in Ancient Carthage lb, Ruman tkc-
letoiis found at Panebourn (ioO.
buri'd city discovered In Peru 16.
Cc^T. Mao. Vol. X.

Greek antiquities 651. pavement Ol

a chancel discovered at Stanton Sf

•lobn, Oxfurdshire ib.
vintomnrclii. Dr. de.ith of 34S
Aram, Eugene, memoirs of 517. >k

ot 570
Architect*, Royal fiutilute of BrUiti

meeting of tbe 78, I7B
Architectural Soactjf, prixei diitribut

179
Architecture, Illustrations of, during ill
reign ol Elixalieili :197. Uritton'sDic
tiunary of 393. thearcbitectureolotir
metropolis 460
Atistirphon, Fragment of 383
Art Union, meeting of the 300
Ailie, A. memoir of 2IC
Alkim, Aid. memoir ul GO^
Babylon, cuneatic inscriptions ofSl
BaUatl Temple, fVarwickihire, aecoutkt

of2G8
Daplismal lifgeneration, doctrine of 21
Barker, Capt. J. memuir of 103
Bmmes, Dr. F. memoir of 821, 554
——' Sir E. memoir of SI4
■ ,fames, death of hSi

BaiTow, opening of one in Citex 81
Barry, Maj.-Gtn. //, C. memoir of 215
Batlard, E. P. m<;moirof 327
Baxfer't " Saints' Rett," discovery of
old (fdiiion at Riildermtnster, nitb
inscription inbisuvin handwriting 43
Beancliamp flionuuientt, description 6
Beaufort, Duke o/, monument lu the 678
Beauer, J. death of 5tj4
BttiJ'ord*hire , 'lopography of 420, 570
Beethoven, anecdote* ut 395
Belgians, King and Queen 0/ the, ac-
count of their visit 437
Benrfices Pluralities Bill, 86, 183, 308
Bentlcy, E. death of 337,34f>
Berka/iire, lii siruction ul Lady Place 2*6
Berwick- Mavitlon, Salop, maniiou of 603
Bethkliem Hospital, firki alone laid of »

new wing to 315
Biddeston, ant-ient bell turreti of tbt
cliurchei of St. Peter and St. Nicbo
taa li'i, further account 163
Bidilulph, liev.T. T. memoir of 331
Birmingham Free Grammar School 647
Birmingham Royal School 0/ AledicinCf

ni'.'i'iing of (he 530
Blackhcath, stone ol • new church lai

at 202
Bland, fr. £f.<)i>«(h of 564
llligh, Goetmor, charact'-r of 354
Blnndell, C. R. memuir uf 337
flojU't^, 5. death of 108
BotweU's Li/« «J'JoU»aon,«\VA«fi^w=«<v

,r 1

I

5^

682

Index to Estates t Ac,

B«urk4, Sir R. character of 357

Jiou-ditck, /V. nif ntinr of 446

Bojtgritve Priory, Mairtx of the Seal cf

Sni*e% QtiS
Jiiant, JUr*. C. memoir of S'j3
Rrisbitne, Sir T. ch.iractrr of 35fi
Brittol, St. M^ry R-dtliffd 495, 4!)G
Jlritiih Auocttttinn for the ndvanrement

of Scienve, pnieeedlhgs ui 493
Broad, J. demli i.f 2iy
Brotig ham. Lord, as mi Orator and an

UiMurimi h^i
Brown, Lt.-Gen. Sir T. memoir of 3?1
British Buckler found in tlie bed of the

tsi« t>3l
British JUuieiim. grunt of money fur new

purchase* 177. completion of llic

buililiii)(B 304
Brilton't Dictiorturi/ of Archileeture 393
Burden, It. memoir uf5f>3
Burial vf Escommunicnt'ed Peisoni ?34
Byrne, J\ memoir of 5.SB
CuU'in, I'xiriiL'ii: from liis N>'orW8 relnlin;

to SirT. More 154. hi& character ib.
K'cuoie of I5j
«A»/rfg'f,accouniofTTiiiiiyColle{:el63.

ilescri)it<iri of staiucd glass ivt King's

College :i01
Onnbridge Univer$Uy, pr'nei adJudgeJ

77, 175, 646
Cnmi/en Sncietij, Publlcfttioni of the 66,

:tK6, 33l>
CuHuJa, arrival of Lord Durham at Qne-

bic 87. burnin<; of the -Sir Robert Poel

iteamer in the Kivrr Si. Lxwrence 60.

New Executive (Council summoned by
rLord Durlirtm 186. act tor the leni-

porary govern mem of 311. trani|iorl*

■tion uf (raiiort 315, loyal AilUreiStri

presented to Lord Durham 436. hii

intention to resit;n 537
Canada fndemnitjf Bin:i\^
C-auoua and Cicogncra, sale of collect ioiit

of art 418
Canterhuty, aB'ray at, occafioned by J.

Nicholl Thotii BH. trial and stiitencc

of othrrs conci-rneil 3lti
Cajie 0/ Gnod Hope, niatcacre of the

lettlers at Port Natal 537
Carafisiui, remarks in 'the "Corrn-

pondence of Waller Moyle," re»pect-

5og 370
Cbrprnddh, G. death of lO.'i
Catringtoit, Lord, memoir uf 34.*i. will

of m 8
Carthage, A'leirnt 649
Catcott, A. nonce r,f GO't
Cato and Hrutut ;i94
Out, Sir ff' H- memoir of 441
Ctllic lAinguHge,A\tr\M\>m on it* origin

3l. the Hllinily of Uriffosgei 'itJ.I.

iiuii-aCRnily of Welch and (iAClIc ilt,

remark* on .I'lS
CkaltertvH,\>*» aw "■ '

;aB. plareofiiH

propotcd tnOIIUIIKOv vu i.ii. .\nvv<i< x^-x

of Chatterton and hie lusaeiatct i
Biiiimed portrait of 607
Chelsea, Ford near the fietf House, tba
)inifit where (.'/esAr cro&ted tht' Tliititiri ^
IhO
Chisholm, A. fV. death of -iSe

Cholmotidtley t Dow, fifarch'es*^ i1cm|
of 225

Chtiilian influence Society, prixe ad
io«lg»-d to th'^Ri'V. U. Wilbvrforce |"S

Church Diiciplihe Bill 3<j)j

Cicero, par.'idoaes of 472

ClrciUfia, deit ruction of th« Ruuian
Fleet by a hurricane 314, war with
the RuttiaiiB 6b9

Cirenccfler, Rinnan remaint at 180

Ciiiercians, Rtcordt oj the 432

ClarendtiH. Earl of'. Life of 1 15

(:larke, IV. mi^moir of 33.t

Clavertnff, C. J. memoir uf 328

Coccayne and the Cockiteyi, H itlory of &96

Coffin, Gen. mi:mi>ir of 3^1

Cifiiu, deai-ription of a board uf RuinavJ
coins found ai \V\ kr, Yorkshire ttoA
silver eoina found at Hochrsier J Ml.]
Roman Coins fuond near tludder&lirfirl
iB'i, G.SO. remarks on Ibe cuiiii uf]
Nurthumbria 3U7. Skeatiiu a^id Styeaj
of Hutb ib, on the roin^xge of Mo«j
dern Greece i7>. coin* found at Sauth«1
end i^. dis^rnation on Brltiah Coinal
ib. Roman Coin& found near ilie road}
to Mer & Talcy 434. a i|uniitiiy of Ro-1
man coins exhumed in Uriiaiu 4.'>9,|
613. on the word "Tascio" on Bn-
tiih Coins 4^3. RuDian Coins founil
at Winchester 613. Coini found U
Ancient Carthage U49

Coinage, A'nc, 302

Coleridge, H. N. L«tler to Mr. Stuart
2?, 234

Coleridge the Poet, anecdotes of ^4, li
his newspaper writings 24, 1^4

Otley, //emy.tlie almati.ic maker 367

Collier, J, P. Kyiige Johaii t>y Joha
Uale, edited by .1*7

f'oUtnfiU'Ood, Lord, monument 419

(omtnble, /.r..()>/. will of 678

Owmbe Hmnl, piirchased hy the Diske ■!
CnnibriJ^e 437

CoofHr, J. deaih of r<6.'«

Coote, Sir C. sale of pictures 17.1

t'nplry, ,S'ir ,/, mriiioir of VH

Coricit, Arrhd. nii-rauir ul 'i^i

CiMtiuutl Tin nutlet liitt 311, .113

C'oi-nu-n//, Royal (mlitution ^, isircii
of I he 531

CofoMtlion 0/ Oueen f'telerim, ae'coui^t
the ccrtni'ii.- ''•' ' " • ' - r
l';«rk, and >

H'MptlOO Of 1

persons dtiH .

fieri-, t 'sr;! 1

It ul tUa ^t«

.'1

V'.liVfOllTy. ^T^Jhpm.

t^

Jndej! to Essaifs, ^e.

683

I

p. L. <!«9ilh nfA^i
ittu/ord. Lady fi. death of^.iO
(.'romlfL-h iiCAr Burnbay 18 1
Crookshanb, Li.'Vot. niviitnir of o5'.'
Crosbi/Uall, musical pcrformanLei at JU6
Crou'der, Col. cnt-moir urG5!>
Cumbertutul^ Mr. bis incritt u a tram-

lalur :)8'2
Oumberworlh Church, Liiicoliifihire, re-
opened 187
Cufiet; Baron F. metnuir of 655
J)aUopt,Dr. descripiioti uF a statue of 4 18
Daniel, Ueur-Adm. IV. II. nit-iuuir u[:333
Darltng, Sir Na/fh, cbarActcr of 3.i6
fhtttphin, Bupposeci discuvery i>( (be 509<

■irigiiinl leittrs rcl«(iiig lu the 510
Davis, T, dvHxU of .'16.3
Dai'y, Sir II. success uf 150
Day, C. «»ill of 673
DeevhuTit, Fncount, ileatlk of 66B
Dt Fot, discovery of an unknown work

bv 350, 4.'.d
DoHglan, Untt. G. memoir of byi
Dublin, tomb in Plicenix I'mk liiO
Dublin Univerulff, appuiiitaipni of a

frofeaikiirsliip t>l Uib)luj\l Greek ti-ib'
Duck* and Tondi, presumed iniercuutse

of 44
Duel at IVimikdon 538
Dumareu/, Ll.'Col. ineruolr of 443
Dyer, Sir T. memoir >>f '.iH)
Earle, H. Bii»t uf, in Si. UnrlUuluinenr'i

Hoipiial 41H
EfcleriaUicnl Changai effected by tbc

Cburcli Ciimmiiiiuiitn 4 1 , 654
Eccletton, cuii«ecraiiun uf Li>rist CliurcU

at ti33
Kdinburgh Review, reniarkdlilc plK;;ia-
riini upon BlotnlieM'* I'refttfe to
' Maltbie't Greek GramniAi' 373
Egypt, (ire At C»iro 314
Egj/ptiom, /tnH<nt, tr^de ofiheS4^. ac-
cuonl uf (lie nrmy ii. tbeir money
$43. pH»luni6, custom with iftpect
lo tbcivcs 214. ibcir ninrnngc ctre-
niot.iei ib. dcscripliun uf (lieir liuu»e»,
p^rdetit ^45. furniture '-'4i>. games,
their love uf the chAse ib. the arts
941 . use of the i'apy rua S48
EldoH, Earl of, *ill of <i75
EUcfricol Hocieti/, meeting of the 77
Elgin Mnrtilet, ubtervmiunv un (be4GI
ElUot, (-apt. Str //< meniuir ol tiflo
Etau, Hiftofy iif 4U(>
Euex, *eputL'hr.\) remains in 433
Eton College, cxpiMiies at, tentp. I'lii'.

I and Mary 49(1
Elymolt^e*, fariou*, little known 'i.
ElytHolugy and Antitnt DtalecH, re-
tiinrKs uu .'<;8
Extter, repair of t he Coll-Re uf VtcanSOJ.
E.rrr-; ' ''' ,nt Hill B'J
Fii, :•> Bat IH3
Fn^ , .Miiri»f 209
Farnham, L^rd, aiem<<kr of h-XC), 658
—

I

Firet, at MdUwxtl, Limehouse 8li. ae
Liverpuol 540. in the hou«es of the
Mi«sier« of Harrow Schoul 654
Flinlcr, Gen. memoir of .SiS
Foreign Literary liilelUgence 303, 421
ForJ'arnhiie Steamer, 4le.4lrucii<iii u( 538
Forfyth'sExcurttotu in /<u/y, rhlique uii

253
Ffu'i cmrttpoitdtnce with JFahefield, re-
marks on 350
Frampton, lip. MS. Life of S4ti
France, triftl uf Hubert, Steuhle, and
others 87. speech by the prefect on
the progreat of the French capital
314. Literary Society funned 4'il.
accuuchenieni of the Duchess of Of
leans 43.'>
Francia, Dr. notice of by (he Dictator

of Par.«giiay I8C. memoir of 3*^9
FranchtiH, Rev. F. draili of 561
French and German Languages cum*

pared HIA
French Literature, Old, 45
Freeling, Sir F. epitaph at St, Mary

Kedcliffe. Bristol 495
Frishin, J. death uf 34^
Frome, Human vilU near 435
Fnrbour, or Furber, notices uf the faiDJly

of 21
Gadbiiry, John, memoir of 4iiJ
Gamf'ord ( kiireh, iiticriptiuns at 453
Gardiner, Rev. J., dejilh uf 337- legaiy

of 67B
German Language compared with ibe

French S:)4
Germany, History ami Lilertiture of 6SI
Geological Societt/, incfiinc; of the 304
Georgr, Prince of Cambridge, bi« arnvnl

at Uiliriiltitr Ij.i3
Glyn, Sir R. C, ntemuir of 91 1
Coe. B. death of i"23
Coilhc, eorrcspo'.ideiicc with Hrttine
Arnin393. nnecdutesof his»ufancy395
Gulden Vtnt of the Temple from a pas-
sage ill Floru< iiU7
Gordon, ,J. luemuir of Ut>S
Ciimrnay, Sir 7'. Ajiprcheiisioti uf (ii30
ftrant. Sir R. inemuir uf 658
Gravesenti, questiuii on the penny tull

of the Ne#Terrace-Picf 653
Gray, Rev. k. moiiuinent lu 676
Greek Anti'pittiet tiitl
C^rrei, <1/»r/ei'n, PrjiyerUovki D'tccuratcl 5 1
Greth Scfio/nrthip, tpccimen of 151
Greeks, Ancient, Lite of the 520
GrethttUi AJwical Libruiy, adijre<s ou

the wAiit of a Musical Library 305
Grey. Earl, >tatu< of at Ntwcattle 4 Jf)
Grimm's I .'orrespondcnce, reniarksun^259
Cuext' » lli^tury uf r.ti|;h«h iUiytlims nnd

t'le Anelo-Saxoii Controversy 143
Huilfi, Ld. auihur qxoinl by .' "i
Halifiix, Human hniulmill foutid al 536
Halli/ojc, Rev. R. death uf 665
Halt*, J. dextb of S14
Uamilten, Cttl. A, luetnoir of lOH

Index to Eaayit SiC*

I

Hunnah A/ofeTSeCSS, founJtlion t tone

laid at Btitiol53U
JJardouin, pnmdoKts of 475
Hurtou'bji, Clcts of, tieatb uf 100'
Harrow School, prizes amtnleil 176'.
fir&t (lone laid of x Cliapel (6. fire at 654
HartUpool, (epulcbraUionptfuundat hiG
Uawti, liev. H. niafble tablet to 674
//ay, Gen. 4. L. memoir of 331

/'. T. further account oJ C77

Hai/ci, Rear-z/dm. memoir of 3M
Haieleig^h, etuiie coffin lountl at 433
Utnri jy. iltvurce of 583
Henry I'llt, bis pubbc tulry into Tour-
nay 4 ) I
Herald at Arms, creation ind oath of 491
Heusilton, H. property ol 677
Hesamttert, Engtiih, rrniarkt on S66
Hcygate, J. beqiicits uf 675
Htvkt, Cot. nieinuir uf 328
Hich Shrrlji BUI b6
Hiiiiriits, extract from the Latin of 503
Hindooi, account of tlie rrligiuui crrr-
moiiiiii uf tlie 578. visit to a Calniouk
camp i&. nrt- wurtbippcrs blit
Hottre, tepulcLral iiiemurials of the fa-
mily of '^8
•^— Sit R. C. nit-muir of 96, 346
HtttensolletnUer/imgeniPrinceiilcinlibGl
Hol/ord, li. ineinuir of 4444 will of ti7H
llultand, desi ruction of the vburcb at

Hnurii, by Tire 31 4
Uuddmfield, KuDinn coins found near

Huddenjield Collfge, iiiUitulion of 33D
Hume, liaroii, memoir uf 355
HmU, kev. /'. fitaili of ofjl
Hurleg,LAiiy Place at, dehtruction uf 4*6
Hunter, Guvcrnur, characitr of '6b3
Hyde fuik, Review in -iOS
Hydrophobia and Cfinine Pathology 114
iUogftn Church, sculpttirc in 18^
tmytisonrntnt fm- Debt Bill H7
India, (liicuinfilure of the SlUaIi of Per-

tta at Herat 0'5'i
Induction of a f^tear by the Coniniis.

sioiiers for Publiik Prcjcbcrs l<f)57,40
Intlilutian of Civil Enginetrt, subjects

prupuseii for Tcltoril prciiiiunii 'iO*
IrclanU, additional account of birds lound

in 2. Poor RvUef Bill tci, B5, l«5.

Corporalii>ii Bill 8i>, B7, JB4, I«5,a03.

Party Pri>cettioii« Bill 1 63. Irikh

Til bet Bill IS3, Icttj. JOa, 3IU, jlj
famicton. Rev. J. mciuuir of 44S
f^fcott. Sir J. fV. death of 454
fervis, T. memoir uf 445
fchanna, wi/'c qf Henry If, ilt-treat-

tiitiit of, by Henry V. S8:i
fohnsnn, Dr.iu>\v% en Buswelt't Lift.' uf

•Ifil. defence ol Kenri'k'i review «f

Jubntiiii''* Muki|)eAic 3u4, ata'ue at

Licbncld4l8
fokmon'i '» Cntain Troiiblei" enquired

for 45f'
J^lff, U*tkop, mrtnuir vf 347

Jonei, John Gait, U

muirulSlit
Joy, Chief Ditron, mciBoIr uf SIO
Karaites, sect uf the 581
Kembte, Mri. C. death of 5U5
Kcnxmglon, the old Roy.il Gardefia (5|
Kemmgtaa Literary InstituttoH 510
Kiddtnnin»ttr, corpuratiwii rellca 433 j
King, Guvtrnor, character of 3SS
Ktng Fiore and the fair JooH 48
Ki*$ of the Virgin AO*
Knight, Cupt. G. fF, H> memoir of

— J. Ueaili of 452

T. A. memoir of 99

Knighthomi, Carlisle on Toreij^n 0^!(

ol 34(). NIcoUb on Britiah Order* <
Lndy Place, Hurley, destruction of 97l
Lang, J. D. bisiurical and ilatiatie

account uf New Suutti
Lti Pcroute, infitrmatioi
La Trappt, vi4ii in a i:
austere mode uf living
tn»iiks 35. ruiii.Milic II
to3T. historical acrouiii ul ibeuriferS
Lcfdi, Duke of, mcniotr of S08

Sir G. ff^. lueaiuir of 449

Lewer, Air, death uf 454
Lichjield, siaiue ul Ur. Johnson al 419 J
Lincoln, Kunun road at 181
Ltnnxan Society, meeting; of \\m 77
Literature, Diary uf a Lover of S49
Liverpool, (ire at 54U
Logait, R. U. mi'inoir uf 'H3
Lloyd, J. G. further acemint of 674
LoudonBridge Approaches, ImfTor^mtttl

lor iheli:'4
London and UirminghamRaitwvy, opci;

ins ol ihe 437
London f/niivrnry, Appointment «f fJI
J. Sumerville It^* other «f>foiii
ments h'iVt
London Umit 've, Hr*t FlAlwr

Scholaribij -ii

Ij,t>-' - .. ,//r(»,ii,..c SvntjfofAM
L >:'t .y/^ui;i,descriptioB of3<l

L-^. , ^ ..lt to bis friend ftJJ
M Alt, Hev.n. S, dratb of 45S
Maeauiay. Z. monument loC78
Mnchay, D. deutli ul 4S3
jVnrltwarth, .Sir D. inwmoir Of 911

jV. ■ . ',-■ soil

/I. \M

/t;

i»07. ii'fb

fljarriii^'f, indiiioluble in the Clramli

,1/..

death dI IkiO

Itr.Jmmn, WM
.:r«tk 44 «94

ROir of 91<

M»vor, Htv. Or. fK late of the Uhrary

of«7C
A/cu-at 1 ■

UtttiM^fr, Hk<vauit ill

Index to Eiiat/f, i/C.

m

Merchant Taylors' Stkool, prices awanl*

ed IT6
Mtrmatd, fabuloui origin of the 44
JtfcMina.dctcrip'ion u< tbe catbeclralofSS
jaetforatogical Dwrft 1 1«, ^3*, 344,456,

5U!<, 6tlO
Mclopet, remarks on the 463
•• Mithitig MaUccho'' explained 378
MiddU'/ltie, Latin Po€try 600
Milan, coronal icin of the Emperor of

Aukifia at 435
MiU End, CuiMecraiioii of the Church

of St. Pe(er'8 436
Milwarti,£. death of 104
MUchtl'M Character <ff Napolnn 480
Montaigne, yeUairt,aHd the Frmeh Lan-

gvage3;9
Montrott and tht Covenanters 403
Monumenli, tneeiitig of the subscribcri
fur erecting a niuikumeiit lu Lord
Neltim l>il. on a pru|ia«fd luuiiu-
lueiit to Cliattertun 494. iaunuraei<t
lu Sir Francis rre«liiif( 4'Jii. to
the UuUe cjf Beaufort 'i74. <o the
K«v. I. Saunderi ti\ to Bp. :>parke
673. to Ld. de Sauinartz 16. tn Sir F.
I'ousoiib^ tJT4. to the Kev. R. Gray
b'7(i. to Z. Macaulay ti7B
fore, Sir T. iaiprisoauieiil and cun-
demnatioii of G32
lorlnnd, S. death of 603
ioriix, Cayt. C. death of 453

irwon, D. bequest to the Ptymouth
Ho(pital(i77
\jUortalUy, billor )1I,SS1,343,45&,S67,
G79

Morton, Mr. trails of hit character 677
Aioyte, /#■' Correspufidcnce of 607
Mummy ^ Pet-mavi-ioh'me*, caani>

iiaiiuii uf 41 1
\MyUtriet of St. Genevieve 45

Vafotem, diwotct at b^9. anecdotes 595
^atiotuU Education, ineeliiig of tbe
Members 430
\A'ational Goilery, Dbtcrvatlona on tbe

t»o mast' ill (be 464

fAVgro jij. /; poriiatneutury

proe«Cdilip': .ri;»i.jun to «3, 84

fowitutle, itatue uf Earl (Jrry 4 1 B
ffftwlinff. Rot/. C. memuir of 334
fjVev' Somth Healer, Historical «fid Sta.
^ t ittical account of 347
^enloitH, notice of a splendid stained
glasi Miiidotv in the parish church 172
^tw Zealand Bill 1 83
fjVicholl, Sir J. mrinuir of 546
/'.,, //.,//> notice 80
^ Hon ■ >l of', Instructions

lo li ^ the tnanageiuent

[ bill cAiate t)il

«/. correspoodeace respecting
Slonehenge 678
[jAVfAMricA, CkHhtn, sinking of ft piol
of ground 653
ImStmati* Soeirty 30G
fCumttlfMr, elvc^ueAco of 593

Oghant Interipdont, Account of 386
Oliver CromweU't Sword 434
O' Afore, R. interment of 341
Otnlote, Gen. memoir of443
Ortnunde, Marq. of, memoir of 908
Oicotf, consecration of the chapel at
the Catholic College at 3 J 5. painted
glass at 1 7 1
Ojrenden, Sir U. memoir of 548
Oxford Vnivertity, tbe chancellor's
prizes adjudged 77< subjects proposed
for the ensuing year 175. prcienta>
tion of portraits of Lords Eldun and
Stowell 303. grant of theological
works to theCleigy of Upper Canada
ib. preteiitation uf the purtraits at'
William IV. and (J'leen Adelaide 646
Painting, the English School of 466
propriety of admit ting religious pi
turifs wttliin our churches 470
Palitupittl Cathedral, detcription ofa43S
Palmer, Sir C. H. memoir of 96
I'anpbourn, discovery of Roman tkele

iun» 650
/'arij, description of the Hotel JeCluiiy,
the ;intieiit Prtlatium TherioarutD 48!
Paradoxes, Literary 473
Parkifuom, Capt. IV. S. memoir of SI4
Parliament, proceediugs in A3, 1S3»

prorogation of 3 13
Parochial Assessmentt Bill 1 85
Parr, Dr. Letter to Lord Uoyston 574
Partridge, John, notices of 486
Paferson, Copt, memoir of 325
Pej'j/*, Rtv. H. Remains of Lord Yitri

Hoyitoii 571
Peru, buried city in 650
Peyton, Sir J. S. memoir of 443
Philip, Governor, chiiractcr of 353
Phecnix IVeel (The) ^7 7
Plagiarism in the Edinburgh PtnUm

373
Plague, Due Preparalionsfor the, an UO'

known work by De Foe 370
Poetry, old English Reliyiotu from «

Mb. at Cambridee 616
PoHfonty, Sir P. Maltese monument d

674
Poore, Sir E. memoir of 659
Portngttt, defeat of tbe Miguelist rebd

banditn 314
Post Office Dill i\'i
Pruyer and Homily Society, inaccuracy

of their modern Greek version 151
Prisons Bill 3 1 1

Priiy Tithes, ori)>in of the tenn 1 14
Prynn, Comtu, /*, memoir of 103
Public Newspapers, anecdotes of ^,l34p

274
Pythagoras, Reinnanli of the Greek Co-
mic Stage illustrative of the follo*cta
of 3H5
Ratchfi'e, consecration of St. JftOM*'*

Church 436
Rceiei, J. will of 676
JieynoUt, Sir J, aale of a portrait of it

M

n

I

686

Itidcj; to Essays, S(C.

Richard I. (epulcbrkl efligy of 64H

— — ■ //. Poifms on the Hjjtdrj of

390. f)(;riod of thcdeaiti ufG-t?
Riehardton, Rev. IV. be(]ue»cs of b'75
Rnbinfim, Cnpt. G. niemuir uf b'6S
Robert the Devil, Romance of A7
Rowan Covu, nbundanre of 458
Roman Speeulutn, obiervntionK un a 633
Roman arliclet Jitcuvered. See Anti'

t/MUieg,
R»me, anliquiiies at 649
Rooktoaod, R. C. death of 449, 653
Jioutteau, J. J. paradoxes of 475
Roxlitrghe Club, meeling of the76
Royal Acndemy, Arcliiteciural Drawings

in ibe 73
Royal Ej-'chatige, re-ediflcatioii uf (be

«0.1. laic uf thematrrinlt or437
Royal Mdtlury College, Sandhvnt, cxa-

minatiun at the 79
Royal Society, meeting of the 77
^^—^-^ of iMerature, roeeting gf G48
Rnytton, L/rrd, Hemaicii of 571
Rugby School, prizes avtnrded 176
Russia, manner* and rotitime uf (he

iiibabitantt of St. Fetersburich 575.

deicripfion of the Kremlin 57ir. lu^

pprttition amongst the peatantry 577>
Sahhath Observance Btll 84, 183
St. Helen's, Great, coniecratibo of asy.

nvgogue in 437
St. Mary's Ocery, destrucdoD of the

nave uf 493
St. Paul' t School, prizes awarded I7S
Sanctuai-y Registers of Durham and

Beverley 52t. an account of une

Colson taking rrfuge in the (Jaihe-

drxl af IJurbam h'iZ
Sarpi, Fra Paolo, hit share in thu con-

■pir^ry of the Spaniards againi ( Venice

In IGlli, 134. bis claim tu the disco-
very of the circulation of the bluud 139
Sattmarcz, Lord de, monument to (i'i
Saunders, Rev. /. monument to GTS
Saxon Pennies found at Sevini;tu(i 631
School of Design, first annual meeting of

301
Science, British /Issociation for the

Jdvuncement ij/"423
Scotland, Parliamentary Burgitt Dill

183. Small Debts Bill IM.^. Cuuri

of Sessions Bdl 31?. Shciiff^ Court

Bill ibid. Prisons Bill Hid
Si^lt, Sir ly. f^otkh*rl'» l..ife of S
Stat, new Grerii of England ^Oi
Seal of Honour of Hichinoitd %0. of

Buxgrave ptiory 6C3
Stale, J. U. death of 419
SeftoH, Earl vf, nirrooir of 6.)7
Servetuf, noiicc of 141
Shmes, price* vf II l,^3l,34J,4&fi, 2>C7»

679
4^i«ifiiin /Vormans, architecture of ilii' 57
Sidney, Sir P. paper written on the

Biomiiig of hit dca«h 640

Smirhc, S. obsenfationt on the me^ec^

of forniing a straight head over an

aperture 653
Smith, Richard, death of 4^9
SiHilhJicld Cattle Market, impr<'>' inc-ii(«

in 654
Smyth, Sir,/. C. meninir of 2/3
Soane, Sir J, will nl 674
Sodor and Man Bithopiie Bill 87
Sowmariva, Count, memoir of 309
Sorel, Jgmes, tomb of 649
South Amenea, French blockade in Ibe

ports of Mexico 18(>. death of Pr.

Francia, dictator of Paraguay %h.

sailing of Bulnes, the Chilian com-
mander, for the coai; of Peru 436'.

skirmish between the Meticaiis and

the French ib. affray at Rio Granule M.
Southampton Docks, first stone laid MO
Spain, sanguinary battle with tbe C&r.

lists 166. continued w«r in 4ii,

defeat of Gen. Alaix by the Carlutf

537. new cabinet formed ib. ci>ti>

tinued anarchy in 653
Sparke, Bp. monument to 673
Spirit of the French and Gertsstn JLMn-

guagts -iiA
Slncl's De, Mlemagne, critique on S51.

anecdotes of lie St.icl 393
Stanjield Halt, Nurfolh, exiraonllnaij

outrage at 539
Stanton St. John, Osfordthire, di«cA.

very of the pavcnicmt nf a chancel ti5 1
Sleevens's Shak*penre, Errors in 37ti
Stock, T, memoir of SI 5
Stocks, pricrs of 113, S33,344, 4Se, 5$8,

b'80
Slourton Church, account of S3
SlrntJ'ord-upon-Jvon, paintings on (he

walls <.f the Cithytl of the Trinii*

638
Siuart, D. letter to H. N. Coleridge 23
Sugar Duties, rrsolutiuiis relating io 87
Sumner, C. H. memoir of 356
Surtees Society, meeting of the ftS7
Sitsfcr, Duke of, parli^tmrntary d«bat«

retpectihg his income 164
Sttlherlund, Duke of, stalue of 418
Sv'itserland, Prince Louis Napoleon

driven out of SwitzerUnd V>y the

agentiof the I-'rench gov. r il.

village uf Heidcij dc»iru) i&.

Talleyrand, Prince, nierouit ui i>.^ •«!■

of his libiury 3US
" Tancio" on British Cotni,o» ibe word

4M
Tirylor, Bdw, address on want of « Mtt-

sIcaI Library Rli4
Temprrnnci' Snehfy, xtatistHi of tlir %%
Trwi . . 1 , '. . ^^^

l evij . f»

\lv\\ I'l »rin timrrii

7'empU (.'hurch, Arc I .
tiuns and Account > i .... ..

Teiry, S. mviuolr of 44H, 5>«

Index to Bookt Revi-etoed.

637

*

TtMiier, Af. memoir of 215

Thaler, E. E. death of 67 2

Theatrical JiveiJitrr 540

Thorn, J. NichoU, nlias Sir fV. CourU-

nay, account of £9
TkornUm, S, memoir of 33(>
Tkursby, J. II. raemuir o( 3'28
7%verl»n, Blundell't School, prixcs

Kwartlcd 5!?9
TolnH, Rtor-JidfH. memoir of 100
Tvpographicftl Pretingt 375
To*t'Mrley AJ]/tterie$, remarks on the 410
TowHsend , yl . beque&ti uf 67S
TradUiom in roaiien of Revelation 69h,

6S7
Trnnnportation of Felons, remarks on 347
TVimty Church, Hough Squart, conise.

cratiun "f IS7
Tratulatort, EngHtk 383
Truro, on the etyniolagj' of 531
TifrwhitI, U- memoir uf 335
yieloria, QueeH't Speech on the pro) oga-"

tioH qJ IhepafliameHt 313
Vnivnntji Statutia 411
Vethiei and Ckurehci Bill 1 84, I dS
JfaJhamQ)tltge,iu:count of two ipl^iidid

itaiiird glm* windows ill 171
Waagen, G. F, art and artl«li in Eiig-

Innd 450
ffaltkai-iiisy the t'uera of 500
Wakefield, S. death of 340
fydxhingloH, Central, anecdote of 590
Watermore, obtervationi mi three Ru-

mati sepulchral iitscriptioni found at

408

Wation, Dr. James, memoir of 2 1 9
- ' C roemuir of 336

ffiit Indie*, Acts for the Abulitimi of
Apprenticeship at Barbadues and St.
Vincent's 1<SG. at St. Luciaand other
col-inle? 43C

IVtflminster Lit erary nttdScienlifie
and Meckanici fntlituHon .'i^S

Jf^ett Hiilimj Geological Society, raeel-
\ng of the 431

irhteler, G, death of 105

f^ibon, tV, D. memoir of 315

IFtnchester, Roman antiquities near
371, 611,613

fVineiuster College, prices ailjudged 303

tVincheiter Nev Com Exchange, ac<
count of 316

fFood, J, C. death of 337

ffiMtduiard, S. memoir of 557

ffolionUHderedge Church, repairs in 310

M^ruxnll, South, History and Aiitiquiiies
of I he M«nor House 163

fyriehl, T. Alliterative Poem on the
Dtrpiisition of Kinj Richard 11. 390.
Ricnrdi Mayditton de Concordia inter
Ric. 11. ct Civitatem London ib,

ffynyaid. Gen. memoir of SI3

ViirtHaulh, aucieiit bouse at 397

Yeomen o/'ihe Guard, origin nnd offlees
of 160. hitlurical anecdote concern-
ing the ori|;in of the term 'Beef-
eaters' 161

Voting, M, death of 107

Younge, Dr. death of 670

Zetland Dialect, glossary la the 489

4

INDEX TO BOOKS REVIEWED,

(Including Notices of f\n« A\ti.)

^rfrtWiVeTiwMiNalurt and Prospects of 300
Ahnehls, J. Divine UniLlems EHT
ytlternittiie(Thr) ,{)\iti\e and Prtuialorc

Death, or Health and Ion? Life 286
Anglo-Saxon Dictlnnitry 69
Annuals. 637-642

vf/>o«/o/ira/iS'i<cc»jion,Lecturcion the 51V
Aram, Eugene, Mt'nioirs of 616
Arch^iilngta, Vol. XXVII. Pt.ll 40«,630
Architectural lUustraiioni and Account nf

the Temple t huvch C88
Arehilectttrul lllastntlioni of tkeReiidenee

of J. D. Calmer at Yarmouth 397
Architecture and Arckjrology oj the Mid-
dle Agci 30«
Atistotle'M Ethiei 519
Art and Attitti in England liO
Babhage, C, the ninth Bridgwater Trea-
tise 155
Baean, J. F. Six Years in Biscay I83l«

l«37, 642
Bate, Up. Kioge Ji>b»n, an historical
Play 3(i7

Bealtie, Dr. ^fUcrtlaniea of Andrew

Beckft 64'i
Beti,J. fi. Rondeaula S9S
Jhckeriletk, Itev. yi,'.tbeCbrisiian Paiheri

translated by I7U
Biddulphjtev. T. Doctrine of Baptismal

Regeneration 2«)6
Billingt, R. fy. Account of the Temple

Church ;:ed
Book of the C^urt 158
Hontorth, J. Dictionary of the Anglo-

Saaun Langu-ige 69
Bourne, C. Drawiitjrs of the London and

Birmingham Railw.iy, with a topogra-
phical account by J. Kritton 419
Rrever, Mr. Arislutle'i. Kthict bl:i
British Diphnmcy and Tarkith Inde-

penUence IG9
Iintion,J, Dictionary of ibeArrhiteeture

and Arcbirolo^ of the Middle Ares

398
Itrown, C. A. Sliakspearc's Autohiogrt-

pbical Focms 164

Index to Booki Repiewtcl:

I
I

Browne, JUv R. IV. tb« Daily Service 171
Cnft'in'f Life and Theology, »elerted by

Samuel Dunn 153
Ouiella, A. II Traduttore Italiano 73
OkHrrA and her AJinistraiion, in a Series

of Discnurses 51 1
CUitbeo (The) 297
Colby, Co/. Ordnance Survey of theCouiity

of Londonderry 41 1
Cale, Ren, H. Lutber on tie Pi«ltnsS87
Cornier, ,/. Bunyaii'i Pilgrim's Progress

643
Q>xe, Rev. R. C. The Lowly Station

dignified 79
D'yilttm, J. Hiitory of Dublin 414. me-

moin of the Archbishop; of Dublin ib,
Dauphin, Account of the Mitfortunet of

the 508
Drwar, D. Evidence! of Divine Revela-
tion 643
Dissent, PraclicaL Emit o/iOS
Divine Etnbleihs aftei' tht Fashion of

QuarlM 287
Dublin, History of 414. Memoirs of the

Arcbbisbupa of (A.
Dunn, S, Ctlvin'a Life and Theolo^,

with a Life of (he Author 153
Eagle*, T. BrendalJah 417
Edward /(''.H'ltiorie of the Arrivall of, in

En|;land 6t>
Egyptians, /tncienlfMnnnen andCuitoms

of the 235
Eleutinia S37

Elymotogicnl Geography 55
Esau, Hiitory of, cojuidered 40S
Faber, G. S. the Primitive Doctrine of

Jusiiticntion invcsiigated 54
Family Crests, Book of (iAA
Fisher's Constantinople 75
Fisher, T. and J. G. IVichoh, Paint ingt

in the Chapel of the Trinity at Strat-

ford-upim-Avon, with Fac-similcs of

Charters, &c. 6^8
Ftttherbert 169
Forbes, J. Theory of ibe Differential and

ItilpgrAJ Calculut ^94
Fronde, Rev. R. 11. Remains of 49
F^ler, J. C. Stanley 298
J-}/sh, Rev. F. The Beatt and his Image

30O
Germany 691

Gibson, T.J. Etymological Geography .'.5
Craphidtti or CharacteriKics of P.«iti-

ters 636
CtSthe't Correspondence with a Child 393
Cordon, H. the jirescm St«ta of Coiifro-

ver«v hetween the Pruiestant and Ko>

man' Catholic Churches '3'j6
Creeks, Ancient, Life of the 520
Cublint, R. Reprint of the Roman Index

nith Preface 298
.1 Private Life of (he

IJttKktns^ B. <
t/rinrUkfJ. t.

:i
■\utj»\\oaS98

Henningtm, Mist, Ronaftntk %ni Pi

re»que Germany Mi
Henry of JUonmouth 98 1
Holden, O. on Authority of Tr^iljuon ll

Revelation 635
Irons, Rev. tV, J. Lecturei oa the {A

toliial Succession 513
Jsancson, Rev. S. the Altar Service
James, G, P. R. the Robber 4 J7
Just ifieat ion, iht primitive l>oeirinc
Keightley, T. History of EngUnd.vaL
Keith's Demonstration of tht 7V-MfA y

Christianity 524
Kennedy, fV. the Siegv of Antwerp ITO
Kenyon, J. Poems by 2H4
Knight, H. G. the Norroani in Sicily S4
Lang, J. D. Hittorient and SlfttiaiUd

Account of New Suuih WaIrs 347
Jjuurence, Z. Dr. Taylor'a Penpectiv*

tinipllfied 4l(i
Lawrance, H. IMcmoifs of tbe Qu«eBi of

England 416
Leeount, P. and T. Ratcoe, Histury am

Description of tbe London and IM

tningham Railway 993
Lewis, G. Address to the Manbfaeto

on Education 72
Lister's Lffe of Clarendon ||S
Ltleraturc, Revival of nVS
Lock hart's Life of ^olt 3
London and liirrmnghnm Raitwa^, H

tory and Descripiion of 291?
Londonderrv (Jounty, Ordiiatie« Sor*i

of4ll
Luther on the Psalins 387
Lyfnpi/icld and its Environs and the Old

Oak Chair 10
M*Chee,Rev. R.J.lhe ■> -r- 3,,.

trttes of the RnDian C.I Itopftj

of the Province of Leir- . ^.
Mackinnon, Mr, Speech in the House

Commons on the Site for the tw*

Houses of Parliament 4<6
Maclean Clan, Historical and GtncAlo-

giral Accouni of the 503
Maclean, Rev. J. PraciicnlDiscourte«52S|
Major, Mr. Notes and llluttraiiona

Walton's Lives 413
Mant, Bp. Tbe Church and Ler Miak*

tr.ilion 51 1
Af. J. Z. TriHf a for T.^isure Rotir« fi4S
Melville, Rei'. !■' ■ i* EduCMioa 71
Memorials of ' I G'3

Montrose and t he \ 11)3

Moody, t. New Rtni ]SB

Sapier, M. Montr--- -._ .ue C««i<

n««)f«r% 403
Nature and Art, Convfr:nttnn« on 41?
Neu-cattle, Duke of,
New SiiUth /f «!/«•.«, ;

(is. ' '.

A'l* ' of Sl Umi^U

( I

for

1

Index to Books Reviewed,

»

l\^iHth Bnttgitialer T^enttjie 155

N«rman$ in SicUy, 5(i

O' Conner, H. connecteJ Ki«av« mul
Tmcu 169

Ordnunce Survey of the Counljf ef l.an-
dcfHtieiTjf 4 1 1

Ojr/ord in 1 808 9,07

Parliamrytt, Ntw llmues of 55S

J'almrr't Ancient lloute at Great Yar-
mouth 897

Partom, Hev, D. Sermoiti 29.9

Pepfi, Rtf. H. Rein\in» o( L rj Vis-
count Roy«li>i> 57 J

Percrval, Rev. C. C. AccouiU of the Mil.
Kirtuivri i>f t)ie Djiuuliiii S08

Pictorial History of England 5 1 3

Picturett tJile of ;>ir C. Coutc't collec-
tion of 173

Pinney, J. itte Allernmlive S06

Poar and t'ugrant Laws, MitinrtCJtl View
of I he 72

liailroad'tawi, Fir<C Series =9?

Hemain.1 nfllielate Rev. R. H. Proude 49

Rntlation, not Tradiiioii 697

Riddttt't loiters of a Godfather, S[c. 2f)9

Rol'eriM, Af. tile Progress of Creittioii G43

Kondeaulr, from ilie bhick-Ieitrr
Fr^ncK edition of I&S7 : S95

JimiMd, S, T. Bi«bop Keu's Prose Works
169

R«tfiton, Ld, fisc. Reinitinf of h', I

St. Mary'* Churrk, Ifnrwick, and the
lieauchnmp Chapel, Uescripiion of CO

Sanctuary RegUtert of the Calhrdral
Churches »f Durham and of' St. John,
Beverley 591

Scateherd,X,Mema\tuitlL\sii:ntfinmi\(i

Scott. Sif ry. Life of 3

Shaketpcart I i4iilnhioiiraphiealPoemt\6A

Shnkiprare and hit Fneudt Hi'J

Shuttli worth, P. N. Not I'radilioii but

RoveUiioii 617
Slade'i CoUofjule* ItetwetH n Phrenotogut

and Dugfild Stuart IGH
Smedlfii, E. History of the ReformeJ

Religion in Trance 5V4
Smith, R. P Cthelbert 416
Stratford upon- Avon, PnintinKC in the

Chipel of lUe Triiiitv nt 6^0
SlrratfeiliT* Lymyifirld, A;e, 70

Surlees Snciety, I'ubliralion of the 591
T\rmple Church, Billiii);^' itccount of SgK.
Theory of the Difierential and Iniegrut

Calculu* 294
Thoint, (V. J. the Book of the Court I fig
Tradition, Amlioritv of 625
J^tclter.Rei'.mi. Scriptural Studies 525
TuthiMh E>np\re HhutratcdTh
Tyler, J. E. Hmrv o( Monmouth 281
f'tiard, J. Apt>ciilyp«i» Skrne* 2.')H ,

tVaagen, G. E \V><rk« of \rt und Artislg

in Eiie'nod 459
Walher,T. L. History And Aniiquitiesnf

the Manor Houie »t South WraXkll

And the Church of Si. Peter, BidJef

tun.Wilti 16^2
fJ'iUon, I. Lives of Donne, Wottoiii

Hooker, and Sanderson 4I5
Tfiitt*, 4 Juvei.ilt* Poftical Library 64.1
ff^itkiHson, J. S. Mitnners anil Customs

of the Aiicinnt Egyptians 235
ffood, C. 7. Ornithological Guide 643
ff^right, T. Memorialt DfCAmbridfe 163

INDEX TO BOOKS ANNOUNCED.

Adam, fV. the Gem of the PeAk 174
Ainneorlh.ff, Rfsrarchet in Babylonia,

Assyriii, »iid C'hAldieii76
y*/*4^«»w/«>/.£r.Expi:ditioiimtoAfrie«302
jfmerican flhej, in Paris 174
Anderson, If. L.iiid%ci»pe Lyrics 1*4
Annuals for 1339 537
Ariitodemiu 64 S
Arutomenei 420

Arnold, T. History of Rome, vol. I. TT>
Aatigier, G.J, History of the Mon»Hery

of Sy<in snil Parish of Isliwortli 527
Back, Capl. F.upcdition on the Arctic

Shores 174
Baillie, R. Ob»er»«»oit« on »1>e Neil-

gberries JO'J
Baity, J. and T. Lund, Tr«'Mtse on Dif-

ferf iitlal Cstleulu* 6V3
Ballantyne, J. Kefotntion of theMis-

alutemt'nts in Uttkbori's Lil.> of

Scott 419
Barrett, E. H. The Sewpbim 174

Gknt. Mao. Vol. X.

BartetliHi, Atom. B. Ii^lian Translation

of Turner's .Sucred History of the

World, vol. ill. I7'»
Rnuer't GeiiiT.'i of Ferns 174
Bfale.T. History of th«SpermWh.ile646
Beehelt,A. Draittnttc and Prose Miscel-

lanics 174
Bedfardthire, Illustrations of 420
Belgium and Nassnu illutlrated 526
B»Hnett, (t. ./. Peilestrian Tour through

North Wsies 76
Hillings, R. ly lllustrAtions of the

Temple ('hiir<-h 7'i
Bone, T, I'. Pnxedents in Cunvryanc*

■ ng, vol. II. 64S
Botworlh, Ktv. J, Dictionary <if the

Anglo-Sitton Lanc>iHire 4^0
Brady, J 11. OniJ*- in (^tidon 302
Brendlah, Atad. F«l<-g»f .\ Jewess 64S^
Birit, T. ihr principal Liturgies 520
British flrmy, nisiurical Records uf (I

J 7 4, 5V6

4 T

690

Index io Bookt Amumnctd.

Browne, Rev. J. H. S(ricturei on the

Oxford Tracts 420
£rci<ne,7'.//,Thooghli of the Timei 5?6
Brovgham, Lord, Speeches of 76, 308
Butlge, Kev. £. Christian NaturKlitt4S0
Bunlurt/, Sir H. CorreeponJeiice of Sir

Tboniat Haiimer, with • Memoir of
bit Life 75
BurMgt, T. Poems 76
Burdon, H. D. the Lost Eridence £45
ButTUtl, v. M. the Wisdom v\ Gud U

displayed in the Animal Creation TG
Bunu, J, Principles of Surgery bIG
Bvrlon 4:iO
— Rev, JV. Voyage from Alexao*

dria to Jerusakm (i45
Btttt, Rev. T. Sermons 303
Cnbinet (^clopfdia, vol. cv. cvi. 309.

vol. evil, iW, cvitt. 64A
CttfuMl, /l/r. Illustratluits of Cheliea646
Oirry on Evidences of Cht iitiunUy 4^0
CartuU, History and Antiquities of 645
Carliite't Foreign Orders of Knighthood

346'
Carlos, E.I. I^i^torlcAl and Architec-
tural Description of the Church of St.

Saviour's, Suuthwark C46
Carlyon, C, (he Autliority of Tradition

in Matters of Relipion'174
Chamler, Capt. J.ick Adaras 5SG
Chateaubriand, I'tsc. de. Memoirs of bis

own Times 75
Chater,R. Cihe Burningof Moscow 174
ChauHcy, tf. S. Unaccomplished Pro*

phectes 5'i6
0»U Engtneert, Tratuactlons of Iht In-

ilitulion of C46
Clarke, T. a. Day in May 645
ClurksoH,'T. Strictures on the Life of W.

Wilberforce4l!>
Clissold, Rev. J, Letter on Swedenborg'a

Writings 420
CiockmaMer, The 174
Gose, Rev. F. Typical Sermons 4S0
Ojteridge, J. D. Companion to Ibe First

Lessons G45
CavtitaUon, Book of the 76
Ctvtrdale, AtUe*, Dp. of Exeter, Memo*

rials of 75
Cranmert or the Pa$t, the Prtient, and

the Future 6S7
Crowlher, C. Observations on Mad

Mouses 303
CoutUr, L. H. R. History of the En.

glish Revolution, translated from the

French of Guixot hlii
Curie, P.F. Pracliceof Honiceopailiy 303
D'Aubigne, J. H. M. History uf ibo Ke-

furntalion ill Germany and ijwitaer-

laiid 75
Jie Hf organ, ' r " • ' : ies586

l>iehfi,, C. I
'^•'■*""- '^' ' ... ;;,..;,..= .....

• < troduction to Ecclesl*

Dramatisu., Lire* of, Cabinet <

dia4l9

Jh-iver, J. Letleri from M«deira4 Id, S4
Druty, Rev. O. Commerce, Soeiety, •«

Politics 645
Elliott, C. B. Travels in Austria, RuMb

andTuikey 4ld
Eli'otiortp Dr. isketeh of Animal Ma|

net ism 76
EUit, Rev.rV, History of Mad«gm«car(

Rev. IV. ff. Sermons 174

Eveis, P. Comprndium of Ciiiiip«r*tiv«

Anatomy 645
Etfton, T. C, a Mono^apb gf the An**

lidce 174
Faber, Rev. C S. tlittory of the Anricn

Vulleiices and AlUigentea 174
Farquharfon, J. Uaiitel's la»i Via«o«and

Prophecy 309
Fealhnktone, T. Legends of L«ic«li

419
Field, G. Elements uf Analogical Phiio»J

sophy 527
I'iiichrtle Priaiy, Charien of the 4S0
Fish. ff^. I'ravelt in Europe 202
Foi-Bier, Rev. C. Apostolical Authority^

o( the Epistle to the Hebrews 645
— — J, Lives of Eminent UriiUb]

Statesmen 645

T. Tour In Europe 175

Fruscr, J. Guide through Ireland 419
/. B. Journty from Cunatan^

(inople to Tehran bi6
FrecAleton, C. Ouilinet of General Pa

tholiigy 5^6
Ftirnival, J. on Consumption and Scr©-"

fula 646
Gamier, Rev. J. Sermons 526
Geology, Facts in 646
Gibboni, D. on the Law of Dilapidations ,

and Nuisances 30J
Clannlle Fnmily 174
Clatcock, Capt, Land Sharks and

GutU 4n)
Cotdiinith's Deettine and Practice

Eguit;/ 645
Goodhugh, ly. Study of Uibliea) IA\*

ture 526,645
Core, flfrt. the Ruse Fancier's Man\

76

' the Heir of S*lwood R9f?

Ci'unt, J. Skeieht>s in L'l-

CrativiUe, A. li. Couttto

Gftiley, (y. Portrait oi "" i-"jl«i1

Clrre:ynian 615
Gnfiin, /f. v. Treat l«c on Optirs (NO
Guest, I.ttdji C, The Mabluosion, Far

I. 61 .s
Curnry Married 645
Gvthrir. G. ./, Cllnicsl LectUTTt oi

< , - ' -' 114

C ,>»n*A 174

H .'i. t..r,„. 174

/A f Swittvrlawl, ^V«y

/ : I'l

index to Booka Announced,

h%\

I

I

harcourt, L. V. Ibe Doctrine pf ihe

MeluKe 174
Hate, jr. on Curvature! of ihe Sniiic

Haviuu, net. fV, Sermuni 76
hatchway, Lf.GreenwIcli Peiiiionen 76
HaMiktni, A. Gerfnany \1\
Haivkthau', J. Keniini(c«iicft of South

America h'id
Haifflon, B. H. and IV. ffaxtitt, Paine.

it)|C nnd the Fuic Arti 1 75
Haziitt, fK Sketcliet «tid E«*iiy« 6'45
tjealh'i Children of the Nobilil^ 646.
Gtrnii of Beauty ib. Picturesque An-
nual iL
IJiitotical Tain (^/'ihe SoulherH Countie*

303
Hodgtvrt, Oapt. Ttxtihi from the West

lt)(liet ft96'
Ho/Unid, fljra. Ener^ry td
Hogatih, G. Memoiri uf I lie Muilcnl

Ornma 174
Hwtfitld, Dr. Plant x Javanica; rxrioret

303
Hoiutm, If. Dr. Litidl't Manual uf tbc

Dieaaei of I be Kar 174
Htwetl, Rev. J. Odea of Horace 174
Uunlet; J. Reminiicencei of ilie Rev.

H. B. Triitram630'
Jrtland, Tour to 4 1 9
Jamei, G. P. R. Meatb'i Bouk uf the

PasajiJiis 64G
JehtuoH, T. B. Observattona on Mental

Suiceptibility 309
Jthntlen, G. History of British Zoo.

phytei 430
Jan«$, J. the Cathedral Bell 046
Keith, A. Truth of tlie Cbristian Reli-
gion .'i02
A'en von, «/. Poems 174
Knight, R. P. Ancient Art and M/tbo.

lory 6S6
Lambert, Ah*. Ella 641
lifut Dayt of /4uretian 4'20
Lawrence, T. Pei-«pe<-ti»? simplifled 30.1
LtcouHt, P. and T. R<ucoe, 11 story and
Description ol the Londun and Bir*
niiigbAm Railway 76
Lee, E. Animal Magnetism and Hon)HO«

pat by 76
Ltighton, H'. A. Part T. of a Flora of

Shropshire 76
I^UKart, J. on Mineral Veins &26
Leslie, Mist, the Gift 646
Lttter$ from Palmyra 303
Lindttjf, J. Treatise on tha Houpinf;

Cough 174
Li»do, B. H. Jewish Calendar SOJ
I.ind$ay, Ld. Letters on F.gypt, Edum,

and the Holy Laml 304
Literary and Scientific Men of Great

Britain 303
Lifftr/ Practkat Surgery hW
Litgd, IF. Letters fruu the West In<
IUCI419

gn

LonJanderri/, Marq. Tour in the N. «f

Europe 183G-7, 309
Loudon, J. C. Horlus Lipiosus LondU

iketisia 420
Lowrie, L. A- Memoir uf 4?0
Luca, A. de, TrKnsiatiun uf Whewell'f
Ifisiory uf the Inductive Sciences 175
t^ell, C. Elements uf Genlogy 30J
/^o»,jR*p.r,*/. History ofSt.Andrew's 70
Macartneff, J, Treatise on Inflammation

303
JUaccrone, Col. F. Memoirs of 75
M^ Henry, J. ihe Antediluvians S97
Mackay, A. Collection of Ancient High*

land Piubreacbd 76
Muitlnnd, C. Efsay on the Pbysiolog;y of

the Blood 4-20
MaiJcs, H. J. Narrative of 420
ManiotI, J. .Sermoni 1 74
A/arsholl, G. the Silver Coinage of

Great Britain 174
Marlmeau, H. Morals nnd Manners 302
Afnthemalica Ram, No. 1. 4'iu
Maugham, R. Jurisdiction ol the Courts

in Enxland and Wales 645
AledicoCkiriirgicat I'ransactiont, Vol.

aai. 174
Afelton de Mowbray 596
Meliille, Rev. H. the Greatness of'beinf

Uiiful 76
Memjyrixi't Gospel History of our Lord's

Ministry 76
MHIeniurism Unicnpltiral 419
MtUer, Rev. J. C. Sermons 174
Milnet, R. M. the Puems of 645
Miiopajiislirm, Letters on the Writings

of the Fathers 420
Mitchell, T. L. Three expeditions
into the Interior of Eastern AusiraliA
419
Morewood, S. on the MaouTacture and

Uie nl Inebrintinx Liquors 303
Moriarty Family, 'Tulet by the 305*
Morion, T. Anatomy of the Perinarum

5S6
j17a«Wcj^, on Nervous and Mental Cum-

plaints *6
Murphy, J. L. Science of Consciousneia

5S6
Mylne, I. G. Titles and Omcet of Christ

645
Niipltt, Notra on .S9^
Atiplei and ill Entiront 302
A'fcd/iam, Mri, Ada 645
A'eitl, />. the Fruit. Flower, and Kitchen

G^rdrit '6
Hirhol, J. P. the Solar System 5i6
A'kholtn, Rer. B. E. Help to ihcKeadtng

of ihe Bible 76
Kicotat, Sir U. Orders of Knigblhuod

of the British Empire 646
Siven, N. Companion iu the Boianie

Garden, Glasncvin 303
IS'olte'i Appeal onBrhalf of (he Etemai
fVorld ^26

ai

692

Index to Books Atounmcei.

I

NfUmi, F. ET»nscUcil CbtrMler of

Oimiiaiiiiir 75
tfarJheimrr, J. CritirAl GrAiaaiar of the

Hciirco L«n|^n«^F 4*20

Naloral History S^iririy of, Vul. II.
|>9n II. irvi
Kunnalty. T. Anali»inic4t Table* 536

Oli^rr Tv-iit fi-15

O <i 4itO

Of. , .' . 1 rtAuse ou lulCfrJilCalralus

Pnteiiun, Rev. C. J, Remain* vf, edited

by Arcbdciion Ho^intiA
PcUterion, R. Hiitury of ln«ccu roeo-

tiuneJ by Sbakt(>fare 174
Votil, A. £si«y uii K>ii>ri»unn 303
Peil, Sir J. Letters illinlraiive of ilie

Proteciorate of tJlirer Crotin»»ll €4b
Perctval, Rev. C. G. Mi»fortoiic*of ibe

Datipbiti *5
Prrcira, J. Maferia Mtdica, P-irt I. 646
Pilchtr, G. Trtatije on ihe Tar 586
Put, tV. Earl */ Chatham, Correspon-
dence of SOS
Polntk, J. S. Tratel* in New Zealand

Poote, J. Crotchet* iit tbe Air jS6
Postan$, Mrs, Ciitch, or SkeicUts in

WeMcm India 64.%
Pratt, J. T. Piirucliittl Statute* in >8.38,

536
Prohu*, Of Rome in the third Centwrff

430
Preut's Monmoutbtbire Castlei 174
< 5. Hiiitiv un Li^ht Mnd Shadow

P.ifm, A, G. Atlvctituret in tbe South

Sea* 5«b'
tJuthK and A'rtP York 645
Ruiket, r. City of tbe C«aT 309
RnilriMdiana 76

Ramsay, G. Politiml Discporse* 645
HaiHshn'i, ft'. Decision nf the C<iurtt on

the New Rule* of Pleading ioi
Jieade,J. E. Ii.->ly 76
Reid, U.'Ofl. ly. un the Law of Slornit

4S0
Rtchardton'i Ci»u{HtHien Ihtpttgh AVw-

enille upart'Tyne 4\'.t
Ro'jtrtton, If''. /'. Lciten on Paraguay

linilutr, A. Poem* nnd Suiik% 30^
R"i:fl, P. At. on Pbyiiology and Phre-
nology C45
Roole, J. Geolojry a* a Si-lenct? 303
Rtie, If. C. 1 hfce Mont Ilk' Lr-ive i74
RoiM, Cajit. .^irj. Meniuirtof Adni. L</id

lit- .Sautnircf .loi
Ji'iuiuna, R. Trp«ti»e on Neuralgia 4'20
Ruytion, Lil. y^c, KeiUAin* «(, by Rtv,
H. r'r|>yi J 74

Rumdttl. E. AJele:!?
St. John, p. B. BmoK or Birds 64<>
Stfmu<Ut M. Mendel«*olin'< Jrtv»Ati
30S

Snnctuarium /' '■ - nif rt

rium tirrci ■'
Savj/er. J. i'T „ I J, a Imatiac

ISriii&h 0«k -iiii
Scirltett, Rtt. E. Seroions OA ibe Tc»p

tatiun of Cbri«t 174
Seolt, Ctryt. C. R. Exetin«o«M ia tbe

Muuntaint of Rottda nod C#wi«4*

64.-.
Stnnfref, BitroH D, Ae, !■•" -i-'-iioaeo

the Stuily of Animal M ;$

SeU'all. F, EitcDination

5S6
Sharply, C. G, the Corunatioo Si
SkeU<jf, Vrs. Lives of the Litttmryt

Scientific Men of Prance 30'^
Shfpherd, Rev. JF, Seratout 'C
Sherer, Mnj. Imagery of Foririga Travel

174
Shifiman, R. L'\» relating to LaniOonlt^

And Tenants hi6
Silpcr.Rtr. T. theCoronatioo Scr
Smith, A. Zo'ilogy' S<>u'b Affica|_
^ 7*. ExtMcis from the DiatyoT*

Hiitit^mAii 17.1

Smythiet, H. Law of Rrn1 •'- r 595

Snuthey, R. the Poctor, '
Spencer, E. Travel* in ih

caau* 76
StimdUh, F. H. Poem* f,A
^— ^-^ Shore* of the Medili

nraui \ ol. II. 64S
Stan/* Caiiimenlariet &h £juitp pi

ittgi S'iC
State PtrperM, VuU, IV. V - •■
Slejihen*, A. J. Tbe Ei.- -utK

tiiHi by UeLolme, W\\'
^—^■^^ G. TraT*U i' \ labii

Petrae-s and the Ht>l> !
Steremm, D. Civil Eiigjiicennj

North America 4'30
Surtcet Society, Publicationt of the 430 '
Talbot, U. P. Hernnr<!, orCU^sica] a<i^

Aniiqunrkan Kefrarbes h'^d
Telford, T. Life of 174
Thomas, E. Tranquil Hour* 645
Tiwmf'toH, Rer. E, Serntons 174. Vt»*

pbecie*. Tyfc., .inj Mira>:)cs tt.
Rfv. H. Lila tA lUaaali

More 3<>?
T. Ckemtfiry of Orguiia

Itixlies .Wi
ThoM», tr. J. The Book ur(b*Ctmn ;j
TomUttMOH, C. Manual of Natural Pk

iuphy y26
Traill, T. S. r
Tr6itopf., .Mt'
Troltei; IF. h. i ..|> .gr4j>hy ol 1 tiirlj

Mile* round London .^^6

as

Imies to Poetry.

Toppev, M, r. C:*r»lJine G-15

T^Ut, Rev. li. Memoirs of Henry V. 75

Tyne, J. Elucidatijn of the Propheciet

5 '.'(5
Ure, A, n*>clton«ry of Arli, M«nufnc-

turei, Mild Mines 4-30
Urijuhart, D. Tbe Spirit uf (lie East

I'aur, F. ff^. R«tnh1pginthe Pyreneet 7C
ftril!/, H. On the Nervuut Syiiem 645
ffarren, J. C- Observation* uii Tuiuuun

5S(i
S. Blacktione't Cointnenlftrici

by Coleridge 646
fVaugh, »/. 5. Cerebro-Spinal Pheiie-

nena attempted 4^'0
Wagtand, F. EtemeDts of Pulilical Eco-

noroy 420

tffbhe, C. ilie M«n abiint Town 75
flebiter, T. Klemeiit* (if Ptiy«ic» 5J6
Hkitlinghum. Rew. li. Workiof tbe Kev.

Joliii Berrid!;« b'2G
ff'ilhjf, iJ, A, a Cry from the Opprened

174
fVtlhinson, //. Sketcb<?s and Music oflbe

Province* of Spain (J4.'>
ffiUon, J. E. on Anatomy 645
Tt-'omttH of the fV^rld 7fi
Iferlleff, Hon. J. S. Memuirc of Muflkt

Duke of Albemarle, by M. Guiiut

302
Lady S. Queen Beren^aria'a

CourtcJy 7ti
Zenohiu 4 '20
Zoological Garden, The 430

INDEX TO POETRY.

AhrichlSf J. Emblem S87

Barton, H. Sunneti 643

Jiovtes, ff. L. Sonnet on re«iving an

Ear-trumpet 44
Ciaude Lorraine 637
Culeif, H, \.\\)v» frum bit Almanac for

I68i<, 367
Congrei'e, /f. Song by C33
Cornwalt, ti. A London Life 64 1
Correggio 637
Dnnitl 53
De llauteviltt, J. Description of tbe

Palace of the Thermie 4B3
Emigrant on Sir F. Chanirey't fflitd-

locht 6 1 5
FfMtde, Rev. R. //. Daniel 53
Craham, JK G. Sonnet (u St. Mary

Redcliffe 4<>5
Infant Angelut Loquitur I S3
Kenyan, J. The ASoorUnd Girl 385.

Music '.'36
London /.i/e64l
Moorland Girt '.'83

A/usie 286

Ode on AthcUtan't Fieiorjf 497

Old English Retigioiu Poetry 617

Partridge, J. Extract Irom bis Almanaej

for 1690 48a
Phipps, Hon, E. Anagram on " Unite'

and " Untie" 639
Pouttin 637

Quren's Palace and /he Taxing ManCti\
hajbete 637
Rondeaulj 2,95
Roj/iUHjjitrd, Greek Line&withaTranii

inttun A 74
Ruysdate 637

St. Martt Rtdeliffe, Sonnet to 495
Sheridan, L. a Double Acroitie of

" Unite" and " Untie "639
S«nnet on rtceifing an Ear-Tiumpel 44
TU Death Red 640
r*<r Old Oak Chair ' I
ff^rangham. Arch, Epigramt on Sir V,'

Cbantrey'c Woodcocks 615

INDEX TO NAMES.

tncludlif ProTUotlont, t'.rrrrii>«ott, Binlii, M4irri«rei, «n<l Deitlhi, — Tlif lonter Article*
nt Ucithi are Fnicrcd lo tlic prcccdinj Index to Bi9)iy>t

Abbott, F.544. Capl.

G. 730. J, 3J9
A'Beckett, A. C.

S25. A. M. 92
Abela, Baron tl. T.

207
Abell, F. T. 339
Aberrorn,Marfh*ei»

439

Abingdon, C'teat

450
Abraham, C, J. 541
Acraman, E. 228
Acton, Ensign 109
Adair, R. S. 204.

T.J. 204
Adama. C 669. M.

A. 438

Abvrcrombie, R.544 Addington, Hon. C.

Abcrcromhy, 564. 92

Hon. Mrs. 54t Addifon, B. 440. J.

Abrrdtin, F. C. 450 A. 318. T. 541

Altar, W. 670
Ahmuty, J. 317
Ainslie, C. M. 320

K. 109
Aitrbeson, A. 317.

G. B. 317
Aitken, A. 226
A loot t, Mif< 451
Alderton, Rarun,

439. G.43e. Capt

R. C. 904,

S. 544

Alexander, J. 317,"
R. M.9I. S. 543

Algeo, .1. 204

Allan, J. 318

Allardyre 566

Allen. B. 205. J.
317.438. J.C.9I.
Lt..C«I.W.2?5

Allies, T. 336

Alliion, A. 668
205. Allnmt, J. 439

Allotl, S. c tor

Aldridge, J. 56q Alpc, H. GS9

I

n

I

C9i.

Alpin, A. S. II. 304
AUager, C. S34
Aliop, H. 6G9
Amburcy,SirT.318
Ambent, S. C'teit

of 106
Amiel, W. E. 656
Amory, T. 206 •
An^eriatii A, 343.

E. 3*0. F. M. 99.

H. 330. M. R.

«07. S. C. 806.

T.G. T. 91. Dr.

Anderton, J. 2i2
Andrews, A. 317. E,

S. 544. Mnj. H.

34'i. J.G. 90. K.

205. S, 338
Angelo, J, 317
Aniieiley, A. SOT
Anion, Hi>i). G,:{04.

T. V. 318
Aostice, W. H. 320
Aiistruiber,R.L.317
Aniumarcbi, Dr.343
Aplin, Capt. A. S.

H. 805
Apthorp,Capt.F.54l
Arbuihnot, A. D.J.

318. C.G.J.i04.

Sir T. 204
Arclitr, Cap(. 107
Arkwrigbt. H. 544
Armitstead, J. 318.

W. 666
AruitroiiEi A. 905.

A. B. 205. E. P.

3I». W. IOC. \v.

J. 541
Arnot,Mri. 91
Arnould, J. 440
Artbur, R. 317.

Capt. T. 438
Artbure, W. H.i05
Arundeli, Ld. 207
Alb, E. J. 655
Aibburnham, Lady

K. F. 92
Aabley,E.S26. UJy

439
Atblin, J. M, 454
A»bwortb,T.H.655
Asiell, Cap(. K. W.

905
AttJey.SirE. W.C.

390
Aituii, L. 336
Alchcrly 563
Atkliiion^ M. 543.

S. 668
Awldjo, T- R. 507
Ao*uti,SirF.W.'205
Autiin, H. T. 905
Au«iQp, J. 440

Indtx lo Names.

AwJrv, C. 206
Ayllns, H. 906
Bacbe, H. 106, 390
Uackbouse.J.b. 561
Uacklcr.S. 438
Bacoii, a. 390. W.

317
Baddelcy W. C.317 Beale, W. 655
Bagge,W'.3l9

Baylcy, J. 5»9. W. BigR», C. &49. }.

F. 541
Bnylv. MqJ. U.3I7
Bazalgvllr, U. 999
BMeley.W. 296

317. J. J. 93a|
fiiKUnil, SirR.

334
Biirot. J. G. C67

Barctl, Lt.C.Y. 544 Bis^le*. J- J. «07
Ikadori. R. A'C. gi BiUinetUr, J. R. 1
655
Bitidon, W. S05
Bmgbam, G. ^;;l
Biubain, E. M. 4M
Bionev. H. iOG

Beamish, W. 565

Bagul, H. 905 B«ari, M. 450

Bailey, J. S06. T. Beard, J. 564

569. W. 655 Re.itson, U. J. 636

Baillie, E. 543 Beauckrk, H.W.99 Birch. £. J. 644

Bainbrip«e, P. 818 Beaufort .Ducb.of 9 1 Bird, W. W.

Bainet, E. 541 B«aver, J. 564

Bsird, A. W. 656 Beck, H. 459

Bak«r,Cipt.A.459. Beeklw, S. H. 439

E. 451. M. A. Beckrtith.H. A. 665

655. Cspt. T, R. Bedeke, Dr. 451

438. W. R. 656. Bedford, C. 438.

Lt.-Coi. 439 670. J. 317

Balden, Lady K.3 1 9 Bedwell, A. N. 656
Baldwin, C.F. 99- Beers. J. A. 439

G. S, 991
Raldwyn, C. 928
Bali, R(. Hun. N.905
JI3allBntyue,F.D.3l7
Baliie, G. 340

Beeie, J.P. 317
Beetbam.J. 207. S

M- 207
Beevor, C. 907
Belm, J. 9^

Bamford, R. \V.9I9 Brll, A.656. J.A.564
Bankei, Lady F. J. Bellair«, D. E. 544

338

Bankhead, C. 541
Banks, A. E. 439
BannAtyiie 669

Bellaals, E.H.3I7
Bellew, M. D. 204
Beloc, H. P. 391
Bendykbe, G. S63

Barbara, i. F. 8S4, Bennett, A. E, 341

934
Barker, G. 317. M.

207. T. F. 91
Barlow, A. F. 109-

Capt. F. C. 439
Barneby, J. 440
Barnei, P. 291. 3.

569. Lady 91.

W. 206, 561
Barrie, Sir R. 205
Barry, J. 206
Barteletle, R.R.S65
Barilett,H. lOa. S. Berlle, G.E. 670

Bennie, £. 907
Ikntall, M.330
Bentinck, C. A. F.

904
Bentley, E, 337
Benyon, S. Y. 549
Bere(rurd,C.C.440.

Capt. H. 820. Sir

J. P. 205

L. S. SI7
Birkett, J. «I9
Birmingban, M.A.

207
Biron, E. S4I
£. litr(«i>bi«t)«, i. 904
Bischofil, M.54J
Bitcue, C. E. 419
BUbop, J. "iti
Bissi'll, .1. 666
iiiiii). W, 990
Black(»rd, Cant.

F. A. (ib&
Black, 339' A.

549. J. L. SOS
Blackburne, W. TJ

449
Blackwall 439
Blackwood, F.P.80^'
Blair, Ll. D. 939
Blake, E. 91. Gj

317. o. c:. «wJ

M. G,S04. R..54fl
BUketiey, Sir E.'i<>4f
HIalvFr - r ^ lOjI
Bl«k. »h

Blarit:. ... -. i . ^18
Blanc- kenbafta, M>|

668
Blanckley, H. 431

BGrkcley.C. M.e56 Bland, Mra. W,ll.l

Bernard, B. 451. 564

W. H. 668 Blandy. J. P. S09

Blantbard, J. 390

Blaaini, M. A.1C06

Blati*. Made. MS

927 Best.J. N. 996

Barr, M. 397 Beiwick, J. 399

Barton,Cnpt.C.9(l. Belb.m,Mj\i.W.3l8 BUydra, E. S. 6M

R. 205. R. S. 206 Bethell, F. 99 BUyiiry, R. Jjjo

Bartkia, J. A. loe Uett«»worib,Co(nm. Blentbeni. L1.B.U9

Bwidrn, Lt.-Col. J. G.67) Biencowe, G. &«4

L. 9U5 Betti, A. 565 Blenkkntopp, Cif t.

Batiett, R. 667 Btvau, Lady A. 454

Bate, D. P. 339 64v. E. 99. S- Btcwitf. «S ,

Batemun,.T.438,34l J. H. R.34I. L. Biick, W. P. 449

Bataion. Mr 91 M. 99 Bllgh, E.99

Rath, L. E. 439 Rt-vlr. E. J. 320 BliHct, J. 563

Balbunt, Capt. E. Bewley, T. H. 671 Blummsrt.P.F.

568 Biddle, T. 317 •' ' '

Battine, W. 318 Biddu)pb,C. G. 339. > 1

Biuicb, J. W. iCI P. 439. S. 4-.V

BauDsardtiJ.O. S04 fiin, T. 450

1

Blundyt 906
Blunt, P. S. 99
Btylh, E. J. 665
Boake, W. S38
Bobbitt.H. 336,560
Boilenu, Col. J. P.

110,204
Bold, A. 93
Bultbep, Corom. F.

M. 90
Bolion, D. SOS
Bonatny, (Japtr J.

2U4
Bond, B. 106. F.

317. H. 304
Buiiliaw.G. VV. 317
Bonnor, T. 65S
Boodle. W. C. 99
Borckhanlt, C. 318
Bunirtl, E. S0&
Borough, Sir E. H.

91. T. 106
Burr«d«i1e, E. 343
Burrer, F. S07
Borlori, U. S49
Da«CKWFn. C. 440
Hotwell, S. 108
Bolbam, L. P. 227
Botirke. K. 438
liouriie.J.G. H.43ft
Uouvferie, Sir H. F.

804
Bowdcn, H. 543
Hovtdlvr, H. 643
Buwdley, II. 317
Bowetijl. 317,318.

J.J.r.«07. P. 319
Uowlby, E. R. 3?0
Bu*ler, Ll-Ccil. 93.

563
Bowlet.F. 317
Bowling, W. 544
Bowttetd, J, 306.

T. S. 319
Boyd, M. 317, W.

C. 334
linyer, F. 440
Boyei, J. M. 317.

Cap(. T. &()4
Boyle, J. W. 93.

W. 806
BuTi, Lf. W. 543
Br«ce, Sir E. 305
BraohiT. H. 670
BfAckeubury, SirE.

304
Dndibaw, Lt.-Gen.

S. 317. S.4hO
Bradford, M. 807.

T. 230
Bramab, T. 667
Brainiton, \V.544
Bity»«/r. 340
Brearley, M. J. 544

Brchaut.W. H. 654
Bremer. U. T. M.

454
Brenton, E. P. 317
Brerelon, J. 91. W.

318
Briekel, R. 438
Bridgen.T. 66i
Bridget, M, A. 449
Bridf;nian, F. 1. 307
«rigg.,J. 317. Sir

T. 305
Britbane, C. H.80S.

S. 836
Brittain, W. 566
Brock. E. S. 330
Brockinnn, T. 541
Brodie, W. B. '306
Bromley, R. 450
Brook*, G. B. 317.

M4yi»r-Gen. W.

G67
Broome, C. A. 568
Broufliton, Sir W.

E. R. iofi
Brown, Lt. A. 440.

A. 563. A. H.

107, 336. MnJ.-

Gen. C. 343. E.

451. F. M. 564.

G. 317. J. 33?.

S. 204, 318. T.

205
Browne, 107. B, P.

504. Lt.-Col. E.

109. Capr. G. 90.

Q. A. 318. O. H.

450. H. 306, S3U.

M. 451. P. A.439.

R. 304. T. 305,

449. W. 667
Browning, T. 449
BrownrifK, H. J.

541. S, 330
Bruce, Etrl 805.

E. E. 317
Brune, C. 54'2
Bryan«. F. 306
Bryant, Sir J. 3la
Bucliiiii, A.805. Sir

J. 655
Buck, J. 104
Buckle. t». 341
Burkwurth. M, 307

Budd, R. ^n

Bue<!'. J.3.^0
Bulil, J. F.494
Bull,H.;06. J.G.

306
Butler, V. A. 543
Bullock. P. 3U&
Bul(er,J.987
BuUer, E. G. £. L.

304. H. L.541

Bunbury 563. H.

M. 667
Bureau, S. 340
Burge«, D. 343. W.

C. 438
Burgb. Hon. A. 91.

Capf.J,3l8. W.

317
Burgliercb, Ld. 304
Burgon, S. C. 306
Burgoyne, F. 305.

J.F. 317. M. 543
Burke. M. 453. T.

HO
Burlion, J. F. 330.

W. 317
Buriiri,Capt.A.3]8
Burnett, E. H. 439.

M. G.65o. W.

M. 544
Burriside, MaJ. H.

305
Burrid^e, R. 805
Burrell, E. 93
Burton, C. F. 5C4.

F. 438. U. 440.
J. 541. R. C. 319.
W. M. SO.-;

Buiby, T, 106
Bufh, G. W. 336.

Cotnin. W. 669
Busk, E. 564
Bum, S, 65S
Buiaen,J. G. 543
Butler, B. W. 564.

D. 439. MaJ. J.

A. 43H. Hun Sr.

J. 20(1 Ma), T.

438. W. 669
Butt, E. 565. H. J.

Butterton, J. 565
Butierworib, T. S.

544. \V.J..'ii8
Byde, C. 566
Byert, P. 317
Byng, Lady A. 91.

G. 541
Byrch, W. A.440
Byrocn, E. 564
Cairns, W. 838
Calder, C. 11. P.

453, P.W.G.380
Caldwell, Sir A, 318
Call, A. 319
Callander. C. 304
C«lley. W.J. 109
Callo'*, W. C. 107
C^liborp, If. 319
C«lvtr(, P. 318
Canerun. A. 804,

317. O. 541. H.

91. J. 318. L.

544. P. 317.

695

Cam pain. C. E. 9*
Campbell. A. 454.
Mi^..Gen.A.330.
Sir A. 304. A.M.
317. C. A. 548.
Sir C. 204- D.

655. MnJ. E. A.
317. SirE.A. 318.

Lt.-Col. F. 805.

H.D.'204. J. 304.

Capt. J. N. 319.

Maj. J. 205. J.

565, 670. J. V.

541. Col. M. H.

834. N. 317. Sir

P. 205. S. M. 543.

W. W. B. 544.
Campion, F. 544
Cane, G. L. 669
Cannon, E. St. L.

205. W. 204
Coniii. 8. 65C. W.

667
Cantlow, E. 433
Capel, E. 307
Capet. F. 34U
Garden, J. S. 805.

T. 839
Cardwell, E. 548
Caretton.T. H. 80G
Carew, Baron 304.,

Lt. 342. W. H.

P. 543
Carfnie, Lt. 348. J.]

317
Curlile, E. 337
Carmac. Capt. 348
Carnarvun, C'tcti

SOS
Caritegie, Hon.Mrt.

206. P. W. .566. '

S, T. 305. Hon.

S. T. 438
Carpendalr. G. 105.

W. 449
Curjienter, G. 205.

M. 340
Carr, H. B.|644
Carrlngton, Sir CE.)

439. 11. E. 056
Carruthert. Capt.

107. M. W. 11(1
Carter, H. 317. J.

204, 668. Mn.340
Corihew. E. 544
Cartwrigbi.C. J. 91.

E. 317. J. 317.

669. T. 568. W.

304
Carver, J. 541
Cary. H. F. L. 66».

M. E. 440
Cator, Udy L. 439
CauDier, M. 450

G96

Cavmn, Eail440
Cnvi-, T. B. 10G
CtvcutJisli, Hun. G,

&-)2. Udy U G5d
Cavir. W, W. 656
Cnwdiurne, Hun. F.

F. 669
Cecil. Lord T. 440
C«viiIIm, Cbev. de

9H
Cb«d«ick, Cap). N.

Cbalmprt, J. 107,

W. 31«
Cbantpneyi, S, M.

450
CbaudUr, M. $2
Clmniier, G. G. SO6
Chjiiiiuni J- 464
Cbaplin, F. 1U8. U.

43B
Ouipmaiit E. 543.

C. 317. M. 3J7-

S. A. 541
Llianl, A. 54.1
C'Lasielet, Mad. du

829
CbavAMe, H. 544
Chayter, J. C. 3S0
Cbeape, J. 3tB. P.

«05
Cbecfc, B. 5CI
Cbetter, C. lUd. K.

109
Cbe«(on, R. 108
Cbevallier.G. E. 542
ChichMter, C'(«i(

542. J. P. B. 440
Child, T. 91
Cbilden, J. W.3I9.

Lr.-CwI. M. 90
Chippindale, M. A.

667
Chiihoiro, A. W.

566. J. 317. R.

453
Cl.ollef.S. 565
Cbulraeley.J.M.440
Cholmundpley.lJow.

March>«« 2'JS
Cbriftiii), H.H.505
Christif, J, H. 319
Church, A. 669. H.

SOS
Churchill, B. 2«?.

C.H. 318. E. A.

«S7. R. T. 207.

W. 108
Chute, W.L.W.3 19
Claiirlcardr, Marq.

CUphain,W.3l7
" - C. n. .^44
\. K. 3)M.

Ind^jt to Namei.

Clark*, A. 204. A.

J. 2'.'1. C. 91.

J. 204
Garkaon, A. 56j
CUyion, Com ID. J.

927
Qayton, E. 544. R.

B.204
Cleaver, A. 206
Clenteiils, Hun. C.

F. 438
Cleverly, A. W. 6S6
Cliffe, \\. 228
Cli(ri.rd, Sir A. W,

J. 204. H.J. 439.

J. 207. UJ. 451
Cl>rton, Sir A. B.

317. G. U.54I
Clinioii.A.E. K.656
Clonmcl, Earli>r 91
Clough, E. M. G.

319. P. 929
Cloutin{r,.l.34l
Cluiiie, Lapt. J, O.

204
Clutlon, J. 221
Cobb, M. 563. R.

S06
Colibe, A. A. 543.

T. 543
Cobdeii, H. G. 91
Cuehel, C.227. J.

205. M.45I
Cochrane, L. K.I la

W. 204
Cock, U. 318. J.

317
Cockayne, Hon. B.

108
Cockburn, M«j. W.

T. 205
Cocki, C. R. S. 438.

M. M. 341
Codring(on. H. 656
Coflin, J. T. P. 31.4
Cohen, J. 338, 450.

L. Ilii
Colborne.Sir J.204
CoIp. U. T. H. 542.

W.J. 205
Coleman, E. 237.

T. .'i'iO. Ur. 230
Coleridge, F.D. 338
Culladuii, A.672
CollHt. J. H. 317.

R. 224
Collin, M. 350
Colliot, E. N. S27.

H. 206, :.ll. R.

()69
Collin. G. 453, 453.

M. S. 320
Collyni. C. 11.438
Colopy, Mrt. 454

l"l.\(\utli>UtV, J. A.

656. Sir R. D.

6-71
Colsian, L, M, 543.

W. i7»
Colville, \A. 205
Colvin, i. 318
Cuitibermere, Vise,

656
Comins. J. E. 438
Comptun, C.ipt. C.

S, 3.?9
Comync, A. 668
Gonnell, H.542
CiinMolly,C. 1 10. M.

655
Conolly, Nfiij. 342
Conquest I U. 939i

656
Cunstable, Lt.-Col.

G. 3J7
Cunyeri. C. E. 318
Cooke, L'. A. 230.

C. 104. J. H.

205. C.i|>t. J. H.

318
Coukwortliy, C. 543
Cooper, A. 91. 109.

C. 319, 541. C.

J, 451. C. P. 666.

E. M.S. 340. G.

317. H. F. 449.

H.J. 206. J. 318,

565. T. 559
Copeiand, R. 205.

W. T. 542
Copland, L. 440
Copletton.C. 339
Corbet, Lady M.

€55
Corbcu, S. 317
Corni»h,45J.F. W.

319
Cornthwaite.T. 221
Corrie, II. 318
Corry, Lady H.542.

J. G. 567. T.

341
Cortellii, T. 318
Cory, A.319
Cofby, S. 655. Maj.

SfiS
Cniher, W, 108
Cotlcrcll, H. 54
Cuitingham, H.3I8
Cinile, C. L. 207.

E. 228. R. A. 228
Cotton, H. C. 317.

M. 563, 668. S.

439. S. A. 207.

Sir \V, 317
Coulaon, F. 305.

Hon. Mrj. 439
Cooper, G. 310
Courtenay, F. J.O).

Lady 91

Coiirtbope, J,

W. 92
Cuuscn*. Mr«.
Ci»ve«try, T. W.l
Covt-y, E. 227
Cowe, E. P. 340
Co'vJcy, H. 450
Cowper, J. 204
Co«, A. M. .S62.

227. Sir G.

449. U 454.
B. 338

CraJock, J. ^2ii
Crafcr, E. T. 543
Craufurd, Lady

450. C. 440.
H.67I. G. R. 31

Craufurd, G.

4-18. S4 1
Craven, C'iet« _^

Cra>«hay, C. L^9l

\. 656
Creash, J. 9oi.

Cap!. T. B. «&C^
Creek, E. U. 318
Creightan, |. E.)
CresBMell.M.S. 54
Crewe. G. U.n

H. H.439
Cripps, J. log
Croasdaile, T. P.
Croft, Sir A. 1). 3ij

A. J. Ml. E.(

6«9. J. 655.

T. 317
Crofton, J. 656.

J. 204. Hun.

331

Cruker, Lc.H. 541
Crompton, S, ]
Cronin. C 9^1
Cro»8, W, »1_
Crowder, J.

Col. J. Sle. 04

451
Crump, C, 320
Crti'^'' * • ■•>•
Cri.i .,.

M (

Cneriuii, (J. 644
Culvrr.tel|, M. I<
l°uininii)», A. S.!
Cuniyiii, R. II. ..
CuniiiglMiiie, Maji

Gen. J. .<I7
Cunl.!!.-. S.r IV tl

■V i '
Coti.

Curry, .M. J4I
Curt.-i», t, 1,. H

F

I

*

I

DMlltften. H. U.

von &43
D'AjfuiUr, G.C.3I7
DalbtAo, Sir J. C.

S04
Dallinser.M. P.337
Dalmer, T. S04.

Col.T.318
Dalrymplt.SirJ. H.

SU4
D«ltun, E. 3'i8. L.

M. G. 440
l)A\y,C P.Str. E.

543
DAl2ell, J. SOS
Dance, F.T. A.aJT
DAn««l, C. 91. E-

341. H.M. &4V.

J. S'25. S. A. 34 1
Daniell, G. SOh
Dnniey,C. C.S13
D'Arcy.J. R.MS
Darley, A. H. 3S0.

E. 3U4
Darliitg, J. UG6
D«rlii>Kton.E«r1S04
Uirrali, L. «04.

M.>j. N. L. '205
Dariwoutb, C'icm

8I9,432>
Darrel, J. S. fl9
Da<an<, J. B- S43
Daibwood, Sir C.

«0A
Daub«n«'y, H. W.B.

Soti, 438
Dkubeiiy, A. A. .91
Uav«iipori, K. htii
David* VII, A. 317.

C. A- 656. W.

Davie*, B. 544. E.

W. 34J. H. M.

99. J. Ml, Mr.

665. M. 108
Davi4, E. 449. H.

438. M.M9. T.

ft63
Daviion, Mri. 451
Davy, G. «06
Dawea, J. 8i0
DaMiuii, A. 440. r.

340. J. P. 440.

J. 438. M. 656.

S.4M
Day, Mra. OT7
DeaiK, R. S05
De BlBqui«re, P. T.

341
Da Ouitb, A. 340.

H.3I0
De CiKula, Count

11. 320
Dedel, H.J. M.56T
Deerbunl.Vitc.Cfil)

GaxT. Mao. Vol.

Dehaney, E.F. 667
De Janti. Mom. \

C. J. 319
DeUfoitc, H. 317
Deiaroaln. W. 5i;4
Delamutie, P. 317
De lalVl-ttir, P. 318
Dell, J. 66J
Drlniar, E. 319
Del me, J. 92
De Mauley, Baron

304
Denecke, J. W. G.

C69
Deo mail, E. 9^2
Denmark, C. 453.

Prtnceas of 30(>
Deiiisuii,G. A. 543
Dennlitic, T. (iG7
DrlMlit, J. 804
Driinitt, G, G. 317
DeiiiiiiiiiiMit I. G.

S07. J. 390
Deni.E.9*. E. W.

e.-ifl. V. 656
De R<iuli^f,Ci. 3>9
De» E«»ari», Cuunt

lie U T. 543
DEaie.SirA. F «04
De Vint, Mi^« .139
Devtinthire, Duke

of 91. R. ^05
De Waldeti, Ld. H.

3»7
Dewar, J. 656
n<>«herv,M. E. 106
Dewr, E. R. 440.

J. 655

De«iiiir, s. .■>64. r.

E. 544

Deykin. S- «?9
Diek, H.3I7. Sir

R. H. 317
Dik»-y,W.S05. Ll.

W, 343
Dickititiio, R. 90S
Di'ktuii.Sir A. 318.

Capt. L. 656. W.

317
Di6by,F,M.V.454.

K. H. 54 i
DiK»eed.W.n.S07
Dilloti, F. W. 804
Dipiiull, M. 669
Dix, R. 563
Dixon, H. 343, S66
Dobtiie, V. 544
Dnbnre, A. F. 320.

J. lOG
Dobtuii, J. R. ^06
Dud«, (i. 317
Doliony, Lt.'Col.

R. 31rt
DolauKe 726
DunivUe^ K. B. $h6
X.

Donelan, A. H.565
Dcinkin.$lrR.S.S04
Donnelly, Sir K.909
Donovan, C. Ii43
Di><i«lai, C. 205. C.

P. S04. Lady F.

544. J. 566. J.E

SOS. J. W. 317.

M. 452. Sir N.

317. W,904. Lt.-

Cui. W. 318
Doveion, J, 318
Dowcll, H. SKI
Duwne, T. iii
Diiwitei, A. 656. K.

65G
Duwuman, H.R644
Dovie, C. 11. 905.

Cnl. C. J, 307.

Sir F. H. 204
D'Oyly, Cul, H.i04
UrAkc. E. A. no.

K. H. 67 I
Dri«p«-r, l>. 338
Drrw, Lt. G. 90.

H. P. L. 643
Dre»e, S. M. «97
Dnimnioiid, J. G.

3IT. Hon J. R

•J 18. M. \Oii
Drvilen, M. 667
Doff. -\. «0.'i. Sir

A.S04. C. E..1.'0
Duffi-ld.T. «0T
Duliuii, J. 655
DuiuiiK, Miiii«. 6;9
Dumnreiq, C. 449.

Ll.-C»l. H. '230
lluiu..!, P. S04
DiiMoui,.!. L. 998
DuiibHr, J. P. 317
Du*ic«n,C. 667
Diiiicann»(i,Ld.3l9.

Vi»c. 541
Diincvmbe, Hun.

Mr». A. 439. E-
108
Dund*«, I. F. 317.

SifT.ios. R.'i99.

W. B. 318
Dundoiiald, E<rl

205
Duiilop, C. S07. J

204. M. C. 544
Dunn, Capl. R. D.

440
DiiiKcumbe, N. •«49
Uu Parcij, Mom. L.

440
DupuU, G. J. G55
Durant, F. 440. J.

317
Durbaro, J.56a. W.

549
Durnut, Sir U. 433

Durerger» Mom. C,

105
DuVernei,J.S,S44
Dyke, C. A. 543
Dykes, P. .140
Dyue, J. B. 541
Dynrley.T. 310
E;<gan, Mr. Ill
E^nirf, J. 564
Earle, J 906. R.439
E««i, E. v.. C, 904
Eaiton, E. M. 340.

W. H. .317
E*ion, W. G. 319
EccUs. C. A. '.'06
EcIiaUx, C. a. 564
Eden, W, «04
Edse, W. J. 4.<9
Etl^erunilic, Hon.

G.541
Edmoiidi, S. 339.

T. •«7
E'linuiidt, L. 340
EU<*arils, R. JI7. B.

S. 99. '. 904. J.

W 318. P. «04.

8. 54J, T. 451
EisvfiiMi.L'l. F.54I.

Laily O. 65.i. R.

3 18
Eldrr.W 564
E )te<f, K. W. 656
F.libank. Lord 440
Eliuit, R. 905
EUnby, F. ^83
Eilertuii 90
EII<coml>e,C. M. R.

656
Elliot, C'.imni.G.<H*.

Hon. G. 905. La-
dy M. 544
Elliott. C R. «06.

G.A.3ia. S.339.

M»}. W. H. 904
Ellit, F,999. W.M

318
Eliuii, £. 569. E.

M.^U4
Etvey, G. J. 907
EUesK.119. S.440
ElMin.E. L. 9;. II.

S. 349. J.f.Si
Emly, F. S. 54 1
Etnrs. J. 91
England, R. S04.

T. 655
EiigUOi, Lt. 349
Enrieht, M. 655
Eniwivile, H. 67U
Ertkiiir, J. E. 205
ICiliiii, J. C P. 566
Eroujjti, A. A. 6:>Q
Ev«i.i,A.B.207. D.

6bS. G. 905. J.

H. 439. T. 904
40

btdex to Namet.

Ev»lt, H. 205

■ Ewiirt, J. K. 91
Exeter, MArch'sitiSS
E«oii, M. -iSa
Eykyn, E. 9V
Eyre, C. COtj. C. J.

P. 655. K. K. S06.

W. T. 2<)G
Eyr«c, Capt. H. 91
Eylon, A. M. Cab*
Fftbrizi, C,ir>l. SiO
F»g*ii. C. S. 317
IVhIiIuII, H. 317.

S. M. 91. Col.

W. C. 34«. W.

C. 317
F«lcoii»r, C. 0. 204.

C. J. 549
Falla, D. 204

■ Fjii.r, F. W. 205. ^f.
-2l>4
Farl.-y,C. 207. W.

307
Partnar, R. H. SOS
F^rqiiliitr. Liiily ^f.
439. W. 5tf2

■ Fari|ii1)«rtui), J. 317
Fariiii|;laii, E. 11.
641. J. M. 319.
S. 207
F«»t, J. \V.317

IFiufCfU, A. .141.
J. G. 541,653
Foyrer, J. 221
Fe<ii>r. J. M. 91
Felix, J. 3'10
Fenner, T. P. 9 1
Feiiiiii)?, 1). A. 317
Feiitiiiiiiii, J. 33B
FciiwicK,N.C.6&5.

■ 'J'. H.205

Fer^iifioii, Miss 3 19.
VV. lOi)
Fernaixlez, Mm. D.

1430
Ferreri!, H. E. 453.
W. E. 319
Ferroi, C. al
F.uine,R,W.r..3l7
Ffrciich.Hun.N.VJO
Fieliler, J. 107- M.

■ 91

FtRicms, J. L. me,
Ftlith.lloii. J. '2»4.

S. 5<Jl
FiRbrr, A. M. 440.

■ f. 4.IJ. U. 22H.

J. 225. J,r. 33K
Fi»kr. T. y^O
VUtiuM, C. 4:.3.

IE. m:5. J. 317.
•| . N. :>6C
yvtHuTiieTl,\\'A39
i''itir.)»ilrtck, A. M.

Fitxroy, LA. 204
Fit»Ray,Mr8.F.206

Fitziwiliiani, L.idy

A.6i6
Flavell, J. W. 543
Firelwood, A. M.

338. P. H. 204
Fieminc. E- 318-

G. T. C. 92
Ficilier, J.340
FUlcher, A. 453.

Cjtpt.E. 440. J.

F.ua. J.V.205
Flight. B. 29b
Flurance. J. 107
Flower, W. 206
F<ilUu,SirW.W.542
Fookes, VV.5.S9
Fi.qiieu, W. 317
Fortiet. M«j.C.205.

D. 318. J. 317.

J. A. 205
Ford, J. ^49. S. M.

5(>S
Forres f, .1. 204
Furiitr, C. 541. E.

\V. UiG. 3. 205
ForiFtcuf, Li. 231
Forward, M. G56
Foitrr, E. 440. G.

W. 5(i2. r. le N.

542. \V. 204
Futticrfcill, A. 106
FuiilU, U. 3 1 8
F«.wlk», S. T. 107
Fuller, J. lOdJ

rux,c.92t;. w.D.gi

F(.y, M^j.VV. H.nO
Fuysier, M. G. .^42
Fra<ickliii, F. 561
Franklin,. I. V. 436
Fraser, A. 207. L).

543. J. H. U.
541. J. S. 317-
P. 439. R. 204,
W. 204

Fraier, P. 905
Fr«f>l«rick, E. 317,

318
Frcelins. C. R. 440
FreemHii, C. J 44^).

G. L. R. 310. J :.'-'.

H. snfi, J.I). 54'/.

M. A. (J70
Fr»ncli, J, C. 543
Vretf, T. GS.'i
Frit-nil, J. H. 542
Frisill, U. H. 541
FrUkiii. J. 3H
Frith, J. 11.310
FfOit, P. 109, 22y
Fry, R. 54V. S.G.4Jy
Fryer. C. .■>43. F.

W. 92. G. 317
Fullun), F. (i5S

Fullrrton, Cipt. R.

j;. 320
Ful(oii, U. VV. C.

li. no

FurlopR, L. P. 542
i-yler, T. B. 226-
Fynmur*, T. 450
Gabriel, R. B. 318
Gago, E.205. J. 655
Gab«i), E. S39. J.

IJ.320. P. F.205
Gullway, T. C. 541
Galloway. A. .HIS.

ft ess 653. T.J.

SOS
Gallon, J. L. 92
GnUay, VUo. 91
GarJeii, F. 544
Gardiner, E. 669.

L'.-Col. C. 66«.

F.E. 99. J. 3 1 7,

3.17
Gitrdiier, Miss C7 1.

P. T. 454. R. 107
Gari.^nd. J. 204
Gariattoii.Capt. 669
Gurner, T. 317
Gariihain, Capt. J,

341
Garnier, Lsdy C.

439. 11. 671. J.

104
Garrati, H. 336.

J. 91
Girreic, H. 544
Garrow. Mr. 671
G^irili, LAily J, E.

T, 451
Gaselee, H. 33a
Gawler, Lt.-Cul. G.

90
Gearinir, Miss 668
<;ee, C. 543
Geldart, 453
Gelling, J. 336
George, G. 341. J,

108, K. 105
Gerv.is, J. 3IU
Gery, R. W. 5J2
Gibliing'S 656
Gibbuif. J. 4.?9
Gihbs, E. 317. Sir

E. 43«. J. 207
Gilisun, J. R. 656
Gilb<-e, S. H)7
Gilhvri, H.tiSS. W.

R. 317
Gillnian, M. E. 656
(Jllmorr. J. 92
Gir>i:p%iuii<>, >V. U.

ai7

Girwl, H. 2'.8
GUiitvr, W. 'ft
(iU»»r. F.W. U. iO.S
Glcadowr, T, L.;i20

Gtenie, L. T. M. A

.-)39. M. £04
Glur«r. W. L. I>S6
GluckabiirK. Dttk*

C. S. 206
Glyti, G. L. 544
CoUddIiI, G. B. 921>
Goe. B. S2S
Gol(li<>, A. 317.

J.204. C, 1*31
Goocb, G. A. 207.

r. H. yl
Good, A. E.4S0. J.

563
Guodenougb, Mn.

655
Coodeve, Liidj P.

655
Good Ml aw, S. 317
GuudinAii, M. G7U.

S. A. 317
Goodrickr, SirF.M
Gootiimitii, D. 204
GuolJeo. R. H. Vtt
Ciirdon, A. H. 9M.

J. J". 654
Gorp, A. 204.
33kf. Hon.
Goi^ird, Earl
Coiset, W. M. tn
GuuUI. K. F. 666
Gowaii. E. P. SiT
Grame.C'ajx.L. 54
GraliAm. C. 318. D.
204. Dr. 91. La*
dy 542. R.S. Vt4
W. 656
Grant. A. SOG
W. 9i.G. M.2
J. 318. 567.
542. W. 343
Gratian, H. ii6i
Grave*. E. A. 440.

M.339
Cray, E. 443
655. M.45>. U>
450. W. 204
Greaihecd.S.S. 439
(ireatiTtri, J. 334
GrtavcsW. G.iWT
Green, A. .S42. <
566. J. M.
W.biG
Grr^iiall, <'- *.
Gre"
Grri-
Gref'ii"*!' -'.'•

Sir U. 317
r— ..- 1 I ^3\

C. 91 HanJ\

64J
Giihbit, E. las

Index to Names.

I
I

I

Griffin, C.S04. W.

2uS
Griffith, E. A. ,141.

F. 2S3. M. 225.

Maj. 440
CriHitbi, J. 666
Crono*»,M.i\.L.S';8
Croieu, A. H. 1-il
Gruiveiiur, Lad/ K.

439
Groie, H. A. 110
Grove, E, £68. F.

905. G. XOa
Grout, £.338
Grundy, G. D. 655
Guest, J. J. 304
Guille, F. .91
GuillentArd, J. 541
Gulsuii. E, 438
Gunnit, F. 6G6
Guppy» S. 656
Gurwoud, J. 3 It)
Cutieridgr, S. 338
Uwyn, E. 106
Harke«t,J.W5,3l7.

S. 2V9. W. Siy
lUdeii, M. R. 543
Huffendfll, J. 340
ll«i|f,H.43il
Hiiil«t, J. 317
Hulc, W. 667
Hall, 4:>0. A. H.

656. U. 204. C.

305. E. 206, H.

St>6. 3lH. J. 317-

L. A. 805. M.

330. S. 91. M^j.

T. 204
lUUed, N. J. 671
H-.lley, F. «. 453
UaJlirat, L.E.0.91.

R. 665
Hallward, N.W.54I
Hamilton, C. 204.

J. H. flS. J.V.

655. N.V04. Hon.

W. 67 1
Hammar, C. 56'i!
Haminctt, E.E. M.

543
Uamond, A. 543.

A. S. 318
Hampton, S\. A. 670
llaniploii, i(. 317
Haitcuck, J. S05.

W. J. 438
Haticuriie, T. 920
Hand, M. A. 31^
Handcock, J. G. -^^0
lUndicy. T. 663
Hankev, C. r>5li. E.

B,3W, C, 542
Hannaio, J. 563
UkDiUr, R. J. 390

lUnMrcli, J. Vih
liarcuun. Lady E.

455
Harding, O.J. 205,

318. i.^^th
Hardinge. R. '^05
Hardwiuke. W. 921
Hardy. E.9ia.L.^27
H«rc,C'.C.9f. L,5(>3
Hartord, C)pt. 451.

F. P. 91. S, 566.

S. L. 108
Harington, J. 65S
Uirkncas, Capt. H.

451
Harlry, J. 544
H:trm.<ii, W. 563
HarncBs. C. 107
Harper. A. 565
Ilarringioii, M. 453
ILirrioti, J. S. 317
Harris G. 56?. J.

320. Cul. M. 91.

W. 204
Harrixun, B. 541.

F- 92. E, L. 4 10
Harrowiiy, S. C'leii

of 106
Haraiuii, E. G5S
Harston^F, W. 904
Hart, S. 317
Harllnitd, J. A. 297
H.nlev, H. W. 205
Harvcv,C.542. C.

E. 644, (i56. I).
W. 541. F. W.
544, H. A. 672.
L'. J. 'J30. Sir J.
317. SirR.J.54l

Harwooil, J. N. 541
ll.«»le>*ood, E. E.

544. M. 544
Uatiing4,J. F. 3l8.

S. C. 390
Hatch, M. 453
tiaicliard, T. 563
Halfield, E. C. 338
Uaiborii, J. 205
Ilailuti, F. \0A
Haii-litun,C.H.3IO
llav»ker,J.205. M.

108. S. 204. Sir

T. 207. 204
Ha»kc<ley,J.R.4IO
H«i*kiiis, C. 440.

F. '406. M. 108
Hawks. Ji:. 542
Hav»ky,VV.H.T.438
Hawurib, J. 20<>
Hay, A. 929. R. H.

D-20J. H. 317
Haydon, S. 92
Hayl*. T. b^i
Haync, M.228

Hayne«, V. 929
Hay*, S. 107
Uayward,J.439. J.

E. 542
IlAzel, J.440
Htaduotp, G. W.

318. S.rll. 20.i.

J. M. 439. W.

s. 317

Heaton, C. A. H.

318. C. E. 655
Ueaviside, J. 439 .
Heintz, E. 544
Help«.T. C. 109
Hcnderiuii, 11. H.

317. J. 667. R.

20.1. W. H. 318
Henley. G. 543
Httiiniker, Lady.

439. Hun. M. J.

205
HL-nr)in>:, S. 109
Htnry, C. 390. H.

R. 205. S. II. 4.I9
Heiiwuud, A. E.207
Hvpburii, I). 317
IlepwurCb, J. 207
Hvrbert.C.SIB. D.

204. G. 450
llerrics W. L. 318
Herriiigi V., 31'. J-

318
Hcr«>:hell. Sir J. F.

\V. 304
Herrev, T. 439
Hetkc'tb, J. 566
Hen. W. 222
Hewctton 11.226
He»yeti, G. H. 304
Heniiioii, 928
Heywtfod, B. 204
Hibbcrl, F. J. 569
Hirkes, F. 230
Hicki, G. 317. J.

317
Higt;ini,T. C 390,

T. G. 205
Higgiiison, Col. A.

205
llildyard,S. 93. W.

09
Hill, C. 438. SirD.

Si.L. 319. J. O.

2ufi. M. 668.

L.idvM.440. Lt.

M 107. T.670
Hillynr. J.205
Hxidr, J. 105
Hiiiioii, A. 923
Hippesliry, H. 291
Htitltcock, A. 4JI
Hoare. E. N. 6.">.'».

Hon. Lady M.

319. P. B. 439

■llbdi

699

Hobaon, R 440
Hodg<'», E. 925
Hoilekinsoii, M,G6!)
liud^sun, 226. B.

905. C'.3I7. F.

99. H.317. J.

338. W.440
Hodaon, C. F. 656.

C. I>. 672
Hoey, Mr. 230
Hotfmann, J. R.^5
Hogarth, G. 205
HoKjC,A.317
HubciizalleriiHech*

ingen, Prince 567
Holb:?rton,T.H.543
Hole, S. L. 544
Hultaiiil, C. 450. J.

\V 205. T.A.655
HolliMg^wurili, H.

563
Hollin«:Mrurlli,F.45ij
Hollihibead, L. U.

340
Hulrurs, C 5CI, E.

433. G. 317. A A

655. S. 204. Lr.f

Col. S. 541
Holi, J. 667. \V.|

205

Holyoake, Miss 454j
Home, U. 318
Homer. W. 999
Hoiulray, E. 110.

H. R. 656
Humpesvh, \V. V.J

204
Huod, Capt. A. 44C

E. R.3I9. F.607.'

Vtsc'te>$ 206
Hooker, E. 453. T.

R. 920
Ho >p«r. E. 656. M.

564
HopF, A.549. Hon,

C. 91. Capi.542.

M'tii.Mrs. G.3I9.

J. 905. S. 905,4

Gm

Mopeiown, Hon. T«|

H. 60:
Hopkins, D. J. 65<S.]

K. 338. r. 561
ilo|ikiiitun. E. 452
lluriier, D. P. 451
Horsbiircli, E. 606
H..ri, R. 205
Ili>i.kyn«, B. 318
ILisnter, C. 317
llosif, SirG. C.SOi
Huicbkys, M.^0
Hoikao), E. S44«1

Ld. 204
Uousirinaii, R. 9^0

I

fe

Houston, Capt.204

Howard, E. 644.

Mr. 92C. R. V04.

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PiJiUy, F. 92
Pierson, W, II. 905
Pisrutl. C. F. 319.
K. I. 451. Ca|.l.
F. no. J. 340.
J. G. F. 907.
W. 996
Pilelier, J. 956
Pil'rim, R.T, 666
PilkinfTtoii, A. 317.

W. 453
Pindar, H. S. 543
Piiider, H.G.906
Pinkerton, S. 439
Pitmari, R. 317
Pitt, C. 569
Piitar, M. 91
riaee, L. SbS
Plat I, S. 6G9
Plowden, F. 317
Pluiikett, Hon. £.

318
Pocklinfrton, A.341
Podger, S. ^i^
Pod mo re, R. 230
Pointer. R. 223
Pulr.Cuinin. J. 668.

R. 655
Pomfret, C'leii 655
Ponioiiby, Hon. M.

542
Pollard, H. 91
Polleti,A.107. E.440
Pollock, P. 543. C.

317
Polwhele. R. G. 317
Pontnnbv, Hon. C,

£49. Hon. J. 319.

Hon. J. G. I).

541
Poole, Clio. C. S.

907. P. S. 907.

W. 206. 990
Pooley, 341. H.J.

99
Poore, C. H. 543
Pope.G. 544
Popltam, B. 205
Popple, f. 56.J
Porter. R. I(>4
Poltbett, B. 438.

W. 559
Poller 1 1 1
Potti, C. H. 205
Poul«it,C'(e4S Dow.

109
Pouniett. H. 544
Powell, A. .'.43. N.

543. S. 317
Power, A. D. 439.

M.305, 549
Powiiall. G. 440
Powyv A. E. 320.

Poyntler, S. M. 45^

Poynix, S. 205. S.

J. .92
Pyin, S. 905
Pytie, H. 509
Prati.SlrC. 204. J.

H.439. J.S. 105,

934. W. 563
Preiider«r«il, J. 317
Pre»col», C. 105.

W. 317
Prtfstoii. Hon. E.

906. J. 438
Price, C. 390. G.

207- R. 566. W.

438. W. E. 907.

W. F. 295. W. P.

317. W.T. 666
Prichard, T. 455
Prideaui, S. VV.206
PriUbam, C. C. 563
Pringle, Mr». 671
Prior, A. 667. 0.

N.3I9. J.V. 543
Priicbard, E, 109
Proctor, H. A. 318
Prolhero, T. 543
I'rotberoe, G. 656
Prueii, R. 563. W.

A. 541
Prycr, I. 440. J.

656
Pryor, A. 92. J. A.

92. M. 543
Pugh, M. 338
Pulman, J. 205
Purdon, W. C. 320
Purricr, H. 5«0
Purtoi), J. 318
Pusey, W. B. 91
Quarrier, D. 543
Quentin, Sir G. A.

204
Quicke, G. 453
^uinton, E. 390.

Rear.Adm. C.339
Radcliffe, C. D. 91
KnilcMfe, R. 451
Radford, C. 655
Had ley, M. 607
Ritikei, J. 320
Raine, A. 229. F.

A. 544
Raiites, J.R. 905
Rainey, |J. 318
RaUiun, G. 656
Raina^y, S.440. W.

C05
Raintden,llon.Mrt.

54>2, W. B, 104
Ramtey. W.3I7
l{jiiidaU. S. U26
Kaitdolpli. F. M.

906. M. 450
Raper, F, V. 317

Ratcliflre. J.

Muj. J. 90
Raveiitbaw, C. 390
lUwIint, C. 559. J,<

317
K aw I i man, E. £56
R4Wi)«ley, R. B.905 ,
Rav, J.564. L. 907.M

W, C. R. €^G
Kayiier, F. 656. M.I

107
Raynes,E. 341. W,'

A. S03
Read; T. C. R. C6S
Redwood, A.341
Reed, Maj. T, 205
Ree«, A. J. 543. D.

91. S. 390. Lr*

w. E. no

Reeve, F. :i40. T.!

N. 904,317
Reeves, G. J. 904
R«-g«.aulr, J. A. 54j
Rehauieii, fiaroii

207
Rei.l, Lt.-Col. 654.

Major H, 541.

Maj. T. 655. W.

318
Rcmin^nn, W. 106
Replon»E.655. G.9I
Reynard, C. S. 544i
Reynett, Sir J. 439'
Reynold*, B. 317,

W.339. W.F.670
Rlindiri, C.320, 440;

L. 656. R. 667
Riacb, W, A. 905
Rice, S. 438
Ricli, C. £05
Ricbard*, A.3I7. C.

A. 207, D. 920.

E. F. 92. J.

439. VV. 318
Ricbardton, J. 904.

J. 319. M. 440.

S. 562. \V. 205
Richmond, T.P. 454
Ricketri, Maj. S42.

Sir R. T. 205
Riddelt, R. 566
Rideoui, J. I05. P.|

451
Ili.lgr, S, 337
Ridley, E. 544. WA

453
R>gb7, E. 543
RifTge, J. 338
Riley. B. 669- C. Wi

90S
Riplry, H. lOG
Rippon, J. 339
Rivert, C.905. La.

dy 319
Rison, S. S9£

704

Robe.C.343. W.^ns
Roberts C. C 91.

^I). 6&S. E.G. see.
M«i. H. G. 330.
J. 4S0. M. 93S.
M. M. 390. R.
317. S. i>49
Robert«uii, A. 317'
J. $05. L.S.B.3US
Robilliard, N.3I8
Robinton, 106. C.
G. SOS. l>. «67.
Cftpi.G.S'25. G.
H. SIT. I. 2^7.
_ J. Ml. J.J, 544.
fcJ.T.!)!. M. 6b-7.
PR. SOS. R.». SOS.
T. P. 455
Roche, D. 904. J.
805, 667
Rodd, Sir J. T. SOS
Ro«, E. 4S0. J. 9S3
Rogeri, A. 543
RoHe, C. 306
RolU, H. so;, 33C.

8. A. S07
Bolpb,T. 541
Rooke, B. 337. W.

J. E. 319
Rookt«ood,R.J.4-(9
Roie, H. J. SOG.
J. 318
I Rod, C. B. H. 505.

■ J. S04. M.A. 81.

■ W. C. 655

^H Roiimore, B*ron

■ 304

^ RoUiwell, T. 99

Round. C. G. 3S0,

£. 339
Roui, Hun. Mr* .S06
m Rowan, VV. 318
K Rowley, S. C. SOS

■ Rucker, H. 656. M.
" M. 543

Rumlrvt Ca|>t. C.
^ 43D'C«p(.R.656
H Ruihbrooke, A. E.

■ S07

"^ RuM«l, C. 671

Ruttrll, Rl. Hon. A.

670, Lady C. 319.

Ld. O. \V. 317.

LadyJ.655. Mrt.

" 7. L.Sie. Capt.

R. 438
Rutter, J, 669
Rycroff , Sir R. 64«
Ryder. Lady G. 439
Ryland, Hon. H. W.

454.671
Ryrc^ Capt. 439-

M. S43
Sadlcir, W. SOS.

Cape W.Ki.

InitJt to Kamei.

► 671
Ld
Rutt
Rycr

Sa<1ler, J. 67 1
Sage. W. 317
St. Aubin, M. 339
St. Clair, T. S. 318
St. George, P. S06
Sainthill, G. A. SOS
St. Uger. C. 440
St. Leu, Duke de 91
St. Maiir, A. M. S44
St. Paul. A. 565.

Mr*. 340
St. Qiiinlin, E, 9«
Sale, K. II. 204
Salter. C. 563. II.

F. 317. J.F. 317,

319
Salvin, A. S04
Sampton, h, 43H
.Sandilandi, 1'. SOS
SandMich, Earl 544
Sandwith, J. 319.

W. 317,318
Sapte, M. A. 45^2
SArtoriuf, G. R. .00
Saumarea, Sir T.

204. Hon. St. V.

3S0
Saunden, A. P. S43.

J. «93. J. S. 904.

O. S.S90. T.655.

W, S. 549
Saanderaoiii l.ady

M. A. 206. H. R.

504
Savage, T. 655
Sawbridee, E.H.9(I7
Sawyer, S. 663. W.

H. 110
Saxe Coburg, Duke

of 905
Saver, J. 91
Srawan, L. 670
Schol field, P. 207
Schreiber, J. A. 904
Sclater, A. M. 451
Scoons, J. E. 564
Scolt, A. 319. C. E.

207. E. .^.19. F.

H.4.'!9. SirG.905.

L. L. 93
Scrafioo, 340. J.6C7
Scurr, R. VV. 91
.Seager, J. 451
Seale, J. B. 449.

J. H. 904
Senrif, C. 656.

237. F. his
Selby, T. 440
Sellon, C, 543
Seltryu, C J. SOB
Semple, L(. J. n)9
Senhouie, S. 390
Senior, E. 438
SerireaQUon* J. tl
•, 904

E.

Serjeanlcon, E. 440
Seion, J. A. 99. R.

S.SI7. W.C.904,

318
Sewall, 450. W.H.

318
Seymour, G. A.?96.

Sir H. 439, 654.

R. A. 3S0
Shadwell, L. S4S
Shafiu, J. D. 319.

S. U. 319
Shakerlay. P. 904
Shakeih&ri, C. 438
Shak«p«are. H. 671
Sharp, A. 109. A.

M. 229
Sba«r,C.3l7. G.A.

561
Sheaffe,SirR.H.904
SbeAnnaii. C. 4.S4
Shee.E. M.4S9
Sheil, C. 1 10
Shepbeard, Cap!.

L. 830
Sbeppard, A. 543.

E. 905
Sbewell.J. 110
Shilleto, W. 994
Shippard, A. 905
ShiproTi, C. M. 927
SbirrcfT. J. H. 440
Sburt.C. 451,564
Sbortland, M.C. E.

671
Sbotton, W. 337
Sbowell, J. 299
Show«r(,£,M.G.317
Sbul.lb«iii,E.W.317
Siblev.T. 2<27
Silke', W. 297
Srim, Dr. J. 667
Smiooa, T. G. 6.^5
Sinimie, J. U. 207
Simmoiid*, J.H.317
Simonds, W. 317
Simpson, £. H.e56.

F. H.3I7. J. 904,
318. Capt.VV.669.
VV.SiS, S4I, 668

Simt, J. 337
Sinclair. C.3I7
SinKteton, Maj. J.

438
SkeaU, H. 907
Skptoi.!.-v. .\ y, <?-.'ii
Sk<l'
Skii' ' '
Sialic, S, B'a
Slater, il. S44. .

M. no

Slatter, S. 106

Cl.,..,..^. L- ^J

Snirke. E. 544
Smith, 563. A. 54

A. M. P. 544.

317. C.

C. 3I«.

204. R. _

390. U. ft.

G. s. so;, J.

J. W. S. 465.
L. StM. L. H,3ll
M. 566. R. 4b|
6C8, R. II. 9»1

T. H. 317. r.rl

«I7. W. ff7l. Su

W. S. 317

Smyth, C. 3lt. TJ

S. 318. W. Ml]

542. VV. T. lot
Saiytlie.A..St.G.54f
Snag J. A. I. 89
Snare, R. SS8
Snell.Lt.»30. M.Mf
Snoi*, Ctpi. \V.4M
Snow den, D. 452
Suane, M. SUT
Somerset, G. 6S5*

H.S04. J.H.SMJ
Sumervillr, Capt,

543. Hon. F. $4J
Sonde*. Laily, 1H9
Sotbeby, F. S.3I7.

Capi. G. H. 110
Southam. T, 440
Suutbanipton, Do*.

Lady. 108
Southey, T. 4S4
Soutboutf, M. 565
!>uuibw<l|, 454
SuwcrUy.E. A. 44>.J

0.319. W. 338
Spalding, Hou.Mn.

655
Spark, Maj. R. ||(|
Sparki, J. 341. I.

109
Sparrow, L. 453. S.i

H. 868
Speke, V. JI9
Spent*, J.f04
Spencer, M, L.44e.

W. 318
Sperinf, 9. ?»p
Splcer, J. €<.j
Sp«»r», A. Mrt
Spiller, A.

2i

Index to Names.

Stanhope, Hon. L.

S04
Stanley, E. 805. F.

W.9I. W.P.205
Stsnnard, P. H. 336
Stannu«,SirE.G.3l7
Stan««r, H. 92
Stanftfield, E. 449
Staples, E. 668
Stapleton, Lt.-Col.

H. 438
Starke, M. 1 1 1. R.

J. H. Ill
Starkey, D. P. 439.

J. E. A. 206. V.

J. W. C. 543
Staunton, W. J. C.

541
Starers, J. 319. W.

92
Stawell. S. 304
Stead, P. 543. P.

W. 565
Steel, S.W. 318
Steele, E. Y. 320.

J. H. 440
Steer, W. F. 317
Stephens W. H.320
Stepbenion, A. 207.

£. S. 91. G. 91.

J. 453. M. 439.

Mr. 438
Stert, C. 92
Stewart, A. A. 320.

J. 318. Sir J. A.

D. 342. J.V.655.

K. 320. L. M.

320. Mrs. 342.

S. 563. S. F.672.

T. V. 541. W.343
Stock, J. 205
Stock dale, P. 45 1
Stodart, E. 226
Stoket, H. 559. M.

A. 671
Stone, A. 667. Capt.

H. 450
Stopfonl, Kf. 566.

R. r. 205
Story, J. 220
Stourtun, Hon. T.

207
Stoyte, J. 204
Stratun, F.317. Sir

J. 204
Straltun, A. 229. S.

318. W. 91
Stroud, H. 205
Strotzi, Signora 91
Stuart, D. 109. E.

108. J 453. Hon.

W. R. 566
Stnbbs, W. 830
Starch, W. 450
Sturgeon, H. E. 339
GxNT. Mao. Vol.

Sturgif, J. 1 10
Stun, N. D. 544
Suckling. H. 204
Suileley, Baron, 204
Sullivan, H. 317.

Lt. 109
Summers, M. 227
Surman, A. .'^20
Surtees, S. P. 318,

542
Sutberland,SirJ.317
Suttaby, W. 341
Suttnnt, H. M. 320
Swain, T. 326
Swaincon, C. L.206
Sweney, M. H. 205
Swift, R. J. 207
Swinburne, J. 205.

Maj. T. R. 438
Swiney, G. 317
Swinton,Lt.Col.543
Syke», J. 205. T.

R. 110
Symei, R. 339
Symunds.T.M. 319.

Comm.T.M.438
Taggart, T. 220
Talbot, E. 91. F.

224. H.452. Hon.

Mrs. 543. G. J.

565. M. E. 564
Talleyrand, Count

A. de 454
Tanqueray, E. 667
Tanner, 107, 451
Tapley, M. 451
Tarleton, C. 440
Tasker, W. 91
Taibam, J. 656
Tattoii, R. 204
Tavrll, A. 320
Tayler,J.563. Capt.

J.N. 318
Taylor, C. 655. D.

A. 320. E. 319.

G. 307. H.G.A.

317,318. J. 655.

J. L. 669. L. W.

M. 453. M. 544.

M. E. 439. P.

304. R.542. S.

543. T. 542. T.

W. 318
Teale, W. H. 655
Teer, G. 440
Tresdale, Sir C. 304
Tenipler, H. 226.

H. C. 543
Tennant, T. M. 92
Terraneau, \V. H.

317
Tewari,E. 656
ThackweU, J. 318
ThaiH, W. 805
Thaler, E. E. 67S
X.

Tbelluton, Hon. F.

320
Thistletbwayle, C.

440
Thomas, E. 563. F.

S. 543. J. 559.

S. 108. T. 668.

W. 01, 106
Tbomlinson,Mr.3l8
ThumpsoD, C. 438.

E.543. SirH.319.

J.318. W.J. 317
Thomson, E. 105.

F. R. 205. H.

317. H. C. 669.

P. 317
Thoreiby. C. 317
Thorn, N. 318
Thurnden, M. 320
Tbombill. F. 91
Thornton, S.L. 317.

Sir W. 204
Tbornycra'i,H. 544
Tboriiycroft, J. 655
Thorp, Ur. 541. E.

205
Thresher, J. 325.

P. 92
Tbrupp, E. 320
Ttiwayies, J. 206
Thynne, Lady C.

319. G. E. 341.

Ld. \V. 438
Tibbits,W. 341
Tilsoii, J. 328
Timans, Capt. C.

S. 227
Timbrell,T. 318
Timins, C. S. 107
Tinting, W. F. 204
Toby, E. 320
Todd, F. 318. J.

104. R.237. S.

H.317
Toke, T. 665
Tolleniacbe,Mr^91.

Hun. W. 544
Tombes, J. 317
Tomes, R. 565
Tomkini, W. 438
Tonikinioii, H. 2S2
Tuuilinson, G. C

541. J. 204. W.

91,450
Tbump«un, G. 330
Turns, E. 450
Tongue, M. 670
Tooguod, B. 207
Tooker, S. E. 228
Toone. W.L. M.230
Toulmin, H. 450
Townley, C. 433
Tuwniend, K. 669
Trapp, J. 338
Treacher, J. 450

705

Trchenie, A. 319
Tremenhere,W. 220
Trench, J. Le P.

91,319
Trencbard, J. A.

438
Trerrlyan, C. 439-

M. 235
Trew, M. J. 542
Trullope, G. 207,

439. M. 807
Trotter, J. 543. L.

328. Hon. Mrs.

439. R. 92
Troubridge, Sir E.

T. 317
Troup, J. 92
Troyfurd, E. 562
Truscoit, J. 317
Tryon, F. 541
Tuck, G. R. 320
Tucker, J. J. 205.

P. C. 541. S. 233
Tullocb,A. 318
Tuiiney, W. 665
Tuppen 453
Turner. A. 207.

Lt..Col. G. 654.

H. E. 543. Lt.

J.H.90. M.45I,

656. M. A. 543.

T.563. S.W.543.

T. A. B. 222. W,

317,318,319. W

H. 206
Turton, A. M. 544.

H.542
Twentyman, J. 543
Twigge, J. 206
Twining, F. H. 543
Twisden, H. D. 305
Twiss, A. 440
Twopenny, E. 305
Tyler, C. R. 438.

Capt. G. 655. R.

T. 318,440
Tjley, E. 228
Tyndale, E. V. 207
lynie, J. P. 319
Tyrrel, J. 453
Tyrrell, J. 842. W.

655
Tyrwhitt, T. 206
Tyssen, M. 224
Undcrwoud, J. 544.

J.J. 317. T. 655
Uniacke, R. 305
Upcher, H. R. 330
Uphill, K. 565
Upton, R. 656
Urqubart, 1). 304
Uibwate, E. A. 440
Uxbridge, Earl 204
Vachell, H.439
Valiant, T. 304
4X

Index to Navies.

I

I

y«lletori, VUc'iew

655
Vatideleur, Li,-Col,

J. 90, SirJ. O.

V»ii(li>r>i'r, A. 565
Vnn Heytbuyceii, R<

o'6;

VituKbAn, 6.11.305.

W, M. 319. V.

1 1)6
Vai'x, R. 108
Vxvusour, S. 92
V«*arev, W. 104
Ver*, Mr«. 45'i
Vernon, Lady 319.

M. 542
Vernon - Gralinm,

Col. H. C. E. 90
Vesey, F. S. 92
Veiiria, M.vl. 54'i
Vetch, A. L. .S43
Vickers, U. 542
Virnr, Baron V. de

la 206
Vigor, H. S. 221
Viviiit., J. W. .543
Vizard, VV. 20G
Vuii Rutltiart,MunK.

I. no

Vun ScbulUe, M. G.

207
Voulen. W. J. 438
Vow ler, J. 668
Vytp, Lieut. W. H.

450
Waddell, G. 110
Wa(ldinf;toii,C.317-

H. 54J
Wilde, C. M. 317.

T. F.3I8
Wahnb. C.3I7. G.

L. .117
Wagner. H. M. 320
Wakefield, A. S.92.

S. 340
Waklty, E. M. 106
WMo, II. 562
Will*, Sir C. 204
Walford. E. A. 543.

£. P. 543. F.544.

O. S0«
Walliouip, J..S60
Walker, A. 107- C.

A. 317. E. 204,

440, 544. F. M.

543. Sir C. T.

S04. M. 440,542.

559. T. 667. W.

656
I, Mr«. 340
-. Sir J. M.
W. .118
>r, S. ft. 544.
', W. O'SS

WaUb.A. 204- W.

II. 319
Waller, J. 896.

M.ij. J. 438
Wandeifordr, LaJy

S. 227
Ward, 433. H. 205,

319. J. 317. .1.

H. 205. W. E.

562, w. u. r.

91
Wiirde. C. T. 439.

Maj. H. J. 90.

L* .-Col. 2.30. MaJ.

W. 440
WardpM. F. 3IR
Warlett. Lt. l07
Warner, E, S04
Warre, C. 92. E.

656. W, 317
W arren, F. 543. J.

319. 668. S. R.

204
War render 109
Warlon, Mr. 338
W»«i-y, C. 104
W^irrrtrjd, It, 319

W. H.:U7
Wnier». E. F, 318.

T. 6(J«
Waisoii, A. 317. C.

W.54I. D. 3'20.

Sir H. 204. H.

C. 230. J. SI,

229,449,655. M.

S. 320
Waugli.G. 317
Wny, M. L. 319
Wcbh, J, B. 43H.

M. 338. Maj. R.

S. 438. W. 91
Webster. T. 3(7
Wedderbume,A.204
Weigliell, J. 440
Wellesley, Ld. C.

205
Wells, J. N. 318
Welton, T. 655
Wemys*, E. IU9. T.

J. 318
We»f, F. M. 656.

J. 205. Lt. J.

90. R. 317
Wettcnin, F. 205,

Hill. K. 230
Wesiinacolt.H,207.

M. 207. R. 655
Westniori*, R. 205
We«ton,J S.H.3IT
Wetherall, C. A.

vol. Li.-Cul. ^04
Welhi'red, F, J.3ia
WJintl-y. I). 339. J.

M. V06
Wlianuell, G. 205

iJKi^

Wbatley, T. D. 544
Wheeler. U. 91. F.

H, M. 317. C.

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