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LONDON:
J. B. NICHOLS AND MNN, PRI.VTP.mS,
25, PARLUNBNT tTRKBT.
.154875
PREFACE.
I
When we last made our usua! pcricKlical address to our readeiSf
thanking them for their past support^ and soliciting from them a
continuation of their patronage, the world was still at peace, and,
though the storm was gathering, the thimder-cloud had not yet
burst.
It is not for the first time tliat we saluti: our friends, as we do
now, at the opening of a very eventful period. We are in the
second century of our existence, and during that period our pages
hiiTe made faithful record of thrones created and destroyed, of
dyDESties tliat have been boni and which have died out, and of
triumphs by which even the conr^uerors gained nothing but at the
expense of wide-sufieiing humanity. To sum up our historical
experience since the far-distant day of our birth, we might say with
pleaaant breyity that, during the long period which that experience
embraces, the only things which have survived unscathed the shock
and struggle of the battle of life, are the British Constitution, the
Ix)ndon Gazette, and the Gentleman's Magazine. We fancy we
hear our readers exclaim, ** May they flourbh together for ever!"
We cannot but heartily respond ** Amen I" to so gracious a wish.
To secure the realization of such a wish there needs but continued
exertion on our side; that the public is sure to have. There is
^ further need of the hearty good-will of the public, and that we
hope to have* As the CircassiAn chiefi said the other day to Sir
E. Lyons, we deserve no less in consideration of our fidelity and
constancy.
r We will not say that under all circumstances the public has found
us the same ; but we will go further, and aver with courageous
modesty, that, under all circumstances, we have improved* We
have never been discouraged, and have always been prepared to
perlbnn with alacrity our duty to our generous 8ubscril)€r8.
I
1
IV PREFACE.
Bourdalouc, when he desired to create more than ordinary sensation
in the pulpit, always used to excite himself to vigour by being
energetically played-to on the violin, while he violently danced
about his room, and so got his spirit into play before he gravely
ascended to the pulpit. We are still too young to require such
factitious stimidant ; the public needs only to visit us with increasing
&vour to find increase of useful service and unwearied zeal at tlic
hands of their true and faithful
Sylvanus Urban.
GENTLEMAFS 31AGAZINE
HISTORICAL REVIEW.
JANUARY 1854.
CONTENTS.
FA OR
MTXOR C4mRESrflNT>ENCE.— The Tomhs f»f Nelson »nA Wellin^rton— IcoDOctMRi nt LydlAnl
ifUitent-^nrrt wlfc of tlie Po*?l iliillet— IHckerlntf of Tlchiturxh ♦,.,.... -2
The IVincesft EtiMbcth a PrUooer nt Woocbtock ...,,.. , 3
Ou Supposed Apparitions of the Virgin Mary ; and particularly at La Salette . . 10
Sir Walter Rakigli at Sherborne {coneiuded) , 17
MaiiD«ra and Morals of the UniYcriity of Cambndgc during ihc last Century. ... 23
Eaglish Sketches by Foreign Artists — Max Schlesinger** Saunterlngi in and
about London « 28
Ridiftrd Baxter's Pulpit at Kidderminiter {with a Piah) 33
Gunbridge ToaproTemeata^ 1853 .,,*,,• * • , * . 36
The Tozmria of Lucian ...,,,,,,,,,,,, 37
CORBESPOSDENCE OF STLVANUS trRDAN.-Ennli^h Phwdciwii in RossUi^Kalgliti Ban-
aerafcr-^lr OdnjtantlQc Pbippa and Sir VV'UUaui Fhips— tHuries of Ur. SivtkeltY—Ctmnmsia'
Feat ,..., ......^, 4*
HOTSS OF TllK MONT FT, ^ New StIlt^lt.^s of tha Society i»f Aotiquwios— Ann » vers ^rv f,f tT.c
Eoyal Socte^- raatiotml Crtpyrteht— a*lc of € i>4
Stertotn*^ Plat' : h>i Library "—AtbeniBiim at Bur ;-
lean's Lllinirv .1' T>r. FuusActr* CoIms juhI AMirl^. - 'j.
tiM— »oin I I-
itndcr-L> -<r
Mannadnk ■ laie
aAdAbcoail , . JSO
mSItHltCAI. AND RTSCELLANEOUS KEVlEWS.-n*rtl««% Pfltrim Kattoera, «; ItUoy'i
Tnunlalion of tUo Comcdiu of Tcronoo n*" ' *""■ '-»»-- ^ "h^idrti*, .^7 ; Riley*! Tnntia'
lion of lboFiMli,Trl*ti», Pontiff EpbUes II fOrld.W; Various Tbeolo-
f^feat Works, <K>; Sir Philip Sidney and utti th Century, and The Child's
IllHl0Qr«CoiDpuiic»i, bJ S« S' S-— Booker^ ,.i-.....,. ,..,.. .tnd Ptirasei In fhe Blble^
Qfflflft'a Tnaiii^Hkm of The Birth of tbc VVar-ijOft— Mr. RQt1itrrord'& ChUdrco, 61 ;
LottiM «w lV«l«nhauA— Work— SattmUy ftiid 5«nd*y— Charle* JJouisel— The Monthly
Vnh— "- U".. 1'— i.-,itc G3
AKTIQT 5wicty of AntlQuari<»4, &3 ; Numlaraatic Society, Cm* : Arebm-
oIl. is ArdiasologicjU Aisomtion, GA ; Society of Antlqtuuritfi «f
Xew.L:-ailIv-u]«tju-lyue - ^ urlLshU'c Antiqnurl&n Club, G9 ; Ronuin Antiquities of Colchestur 70
HISTORICAL CflT^nNlCLE.— Foreign Kcwn, 71 i Domestic Occurrencci 73
PKiMaotlaoa 10* I , 74 ; Birth:* and MarrUct» ,,. 7Sf
QBTTVAMTt ■ ^'f The Quoen of Portngal ; The Duko of Deiinfort; Tbo Oc»unreM
flfN- "^ " -'11 LAwle»; ?"-' ■"i' rton; 8lr T. J. CUrer-
intr Rcar-Adni ■ Artm. Tiwco j Cai»t.
AK S-. C«i»t. W Ebk. ; Crtpt. Norri*,
ri Mr Jainea Trabaliav, »_:.t. ; Mr/rhomw Woldle, F.lt.A.ii. ; M- ^ .. j Williams,
irules Mjiddoi ; Dr Bexfieldj M. I>L^ppln« ; M. Fontjune; Mr. J ii, -. .11 Fitucit..7!>— 104
DaaTMi, armng«*l iu Chrcmologicitl Order 104
lUClatrar^tlenerml'i Hetiimi of Mortality in the MetropoUj— Markets, til; Meteorologieal
PUrr—DaUy Price of Stock 6. U2
Br SYLVANUS URBAN, Gekt-
MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.
M». UiiiB\N, — When k whb dettrmined
that the body of the Duke of Wrllitiston
nbouldbe ilc|iofiitetl in St. Piiurs Catbedml^
it was At once biupposeil tbnt tt would be
Inid fiidt^ by side with tbat of our grcnt
Naval Hero, which already occupied the
cent ml s=pot of tbat gr«nt gtrucluroi Ue-
ueatb tbo sarcophagus onj^tnally msde for
Wohey's tombhouse at Windaor. It was
founds bowcTer, on the eve of the funeral ,,
that Nelsou's tomb had already been en<
croacbed upon in th« year 1B:15, wbea the
body of his brother Willinm Earl Nclscm
was placed within It, This circumstance,
it i« ntiderstood, formed the diltuntUy
which Las prevented the completion of the
Great Duke's interment.
In a book of local topography recently
published,— Mr. Pulinan'g •• Cook of the
Axe," I find, in an account of Cricket St.
Thoraaji, in Somcrtatshiret tlie pariah
church of Lord Bridport, t^itatemeut that
*• there is a very i Titer esling and beautifully
executed monument of white marhlcf [the
acuipCor's nnrae is not given] » agaimt the
north wall of the chancel, to the memory
of the Rev. Willi^im Earl NeUon, Duke
of Bront^f^ and father of the prcBent I^dy
Bridpart. Jt ooniUtt of a full-ltngth
reclining figure of the Karl, in canotiiciils,
contemplating an ascending ang^l above,
and holdings id one band, an open book.
The couDtenance is remarkably fine. An
inscription leta forth that the Earl was
born on April 20, 17^7 r a^^d died February
2Aj 1835, and tbat hU rejuuiii» are depo-
iited in St. Paul's cathedral, by the side
of those of bis brothcTt tbe c«:lebrate(l
Admiral/ ' On reading this, the qiiestion
will at once occur to every one, Why should
not Uie remains of thi» worthy member of
the Church Militant be tranislatcd from
their present unautboHscd position, and
placed beneath his own *' beautifully ex-
ecuted monument? '*
Yours, &c. N,
[We believe tbis matter is now settled,
the coflin of the Duke of Wellington
baving been recently removed from where
it rested abofothe saroopbagus of NeUoii*fi
tomb to a spot some twenty yard« more to
the east, where our great Ptlilitary Hero will
now have a tomb of his own. — Edit.]
Mr, Ubhan, — loyour NoTcmbcr num-
ber you gave insertion to an account of
some strangely barbarons treatment to
which otic or two mnral stabs in Folke-
stone Church have been subjected. I con
now fiirnish your pages with another case
of similar Vandalism, Btit there is this
diiTerence : the former is merely «ii exhi-
bition of execrable tante, the latter is the
deliberate perpetration of extravagant Pu-
ritanism. Displeased with a small demi-
figuns of St. Matthew, in a south window
of the south nislfl of the pretty church of
Lydiard MiHcent, in Wiltshire, the zeal
of the minieter has excited him to have
the head taken out and its place supplied
by a circular piece of yellow- coloured
glass ! This half way sort of sensitiveness
only makes the enormity the more flagrant.
1 am as hotly opposed to the pranks of
Puseyism, to resuscitated medieval mum-
meries, and to preaching much of ** The
Church '' and but little of *' T\m Gospel,"
as the lowest of Low* church men can be.
Disgusted too with the monotonous howl-
ing of the Litany, &c. in our cathedrals t I
have very frequently been tempted to ex-
claim that, were it not for the architecture
and the monuments, I should wish these
nurseries of oriestly presumption razed to
the dust. Nevertheless sotnething is due
to archtcology, and such ultra-iconoebiitic
intemperance as that of the minister of
Lydiurd Miltccnt would, if hi>neBtly car-
ried out* hail the hurtling of the beat works
of Hflfaelle mid Guido, break up the Greek
and Egyptian idols in the Museum, and
sma^h every pone of aneifnt stained glass
to be found in our charche#.
I am, &c. L.
Mr. UitBANj^Somc clerical reader of
your Magazine, resident in London or the
suburbs, could I think assist me in the
following mullor. The poet Mat let mar-
ried bis second wife tn October, 1742 : for
two years previously he lived in the parish
of Chisffick : where ho lived before 1740
I know not. I wont to find out the time
and plaee of the death of his first wife,
which probably was not many years prior
to 1742. Yourd, Ac. 1).
A. A. who is desirous for information
respecting the family of Pickering, of Tich-
marsh, co. Northampton^ has of course
consulted Bridges's History of Northamp-
tonshire. We should willingly have in<
serted bis queries if they had not been
mislaid.
Errata.^ Sefjt. p. 307, for "the present'*
read the late Lord Monson j and the Earl
of Ayleflford hrothtr-m-iav to the late
Earl of Warwick.
P. mo. The Earl of Kenmare was in
his 64th, not in bis 66th year«
i\ 842. For Ashford Lodge, read Ash-
fold Lodge.
P. 644. Mr. Baring Wall died unmar-
ried, and hii lar§«i ettatei descent! to n
nepbdw.
THE
.GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
AI7D
HISTORICAL REVIEW.
THE LADY ELIZABETH A PRISONER AT WOODSTOCIC
Stete Pkp«tB relating to the Caatotjy of the Princess Elixabeth »t Woodstock in 155-4^
beio^ Letters between Qaeen Mary and ber Privy Council and Sir Henry Bedin^-
field* Knt of Oxbargh, Norfolk. Comnmnicated by tbe Rev. C, R, Mauningt
M*A* to tbe Papers of the Norfolk &nd Norwich Archosologicttl Society.
^
^
WHILST the Lady Elixubetb^after-
ds ourillasirious t'rotestantQucen^
WIS lh« subject of her lister Mtiryt she
irt^O^'^ .,x.,,>,,.t ♦...,., n, ^hyr%i of tboBo
pCfiec li^sa exalted
profes.^. . .... i^^.-. ued rcliginu;
■nd Fojte, tbe bistor ian of the MiLrtjr%
lias Doi failed to commemorate the &nm
of her sufferingB, and to place them in
the mo^ ptteouH and Itunentnble its*
p<*Ct, It naa now, however, been well
tsceri«tned, by the researches of suc-
cesMTC historical inquirers, that in this
itory, aa in others, Foxe'a zeal carried
bim into gross exaggeration ; and rea-
iomible exception luighi be taken to
Elizabeth beinf^ cias^d as a religious
ii»rijrr at all, for whilst, on the i»nc
bandy she wa^ at this period too in*
tensedlj olarmeil for her personal safety
to be particularly contunmciouss in re-
fpect of religious observance?, so, on
the other, it is eviilent that her treat-
meat resulted entirely from urpfcnt
|>o1it]cal causea, involving the sceurity
of (^ueen Maj-j's person and govern-
ment, and not iVom any ]jurely religi-
ous uuestions. We are now enabled,
by the recent publication of some
authentic documents connecte<l with
Elizabeth's imprisonment, to review
tbe narmtive which Foxe and his fol-
lowers hfive given of its incidents, and
\\ ' ' f any fresh information
I _ a portion of our his-
uiMu engage the attention
0 -rs.
A li' J. liwusy with which tbe Lady
Szalictb was reganled, was tlie almost
neceasary result of the relative position
of her sister and herself. Mary waa
the [)os5esj«or of the throne, and child-
less ; Elizabeth was the next heir la
expectancy. This circumstance alone,
at a time when all parties and factions
had their mainspring in personal claims,
was quite stjllleient to excite distrust,
unless tbe sisters had been perfectly
united in sentiment and opinions, and
devoted to the accomplishment of the
sante objects. liut this they neither
were by age or education, nor would
tbe world allow them to become aOt
Mai*y was tbe ostensible bead of a reli-
gious revolution : Elizabeth the sole
stay of the smothered but widely -spread
aspirations of those who had embraced
in sincerity the pure doctrines of the
Goj<peL
Ail tbe children of Henry the Eighth,
though each born of ditlerent mothers,
apjK'ar to have been brought up in
kiudly intercourse with one another ;
and even to have reciprocated with
alll'ction the attentions of their last
Btep-mothcr, Queen Katharine Parr.
But their friendly intercourse was con-
siderably checked and impaired during
the reign of King Edward by the reli-
gious, political, and personal jealousies
of their councillors and adherents.
At tbe death of King Edward, the
attempted diversion of the succession,
cummenced, but not fully accomplished,
by tbe Dukes of Northumberland and
Sutlblk, placed the interests of the two
sisters, I^lary and Elizabeth, in a com-
munity of danger, and appeared for a
The Lath/ lilhabrfh a Prisonvr at Woodstovk,
[Jan*
lime to cetiiciit iXmv rnomUlilp. Tlte
lt*};ttiniticy of both waa disputeJ^ find —
JW niuc cl:i^5— overruled, AttlnarnHis
thepriiK'L'tj trctitmciit thi'y hml usually
I'cceived fn»ni rlieir fulhcrand brother,
nnd the LoMsenuont Ciflimation in which
they were held by the country, must
htive stood tlieiu in good stead. Though
certain foriujd disabiblieii had been
liort'tofore pronoui;ced upon tbetii, in
some almost forgotten nciB of purliii-
ment» pn!?sed during the wayward fits
qf their father's passiona or poliey, yet
King Iltinrv had revei\sed all (hat by
\\h bist will; and Ktiglishmen, Imving
lt*arne(! to regard these princej«8es as
true scions of the roya.1 house, were
not to be persuiidcd to tho contrary.
The Protestant united with the lEo-
nmniNt in upholding what they alike
dt'cioed the inilctefv.sible clainia of in-
hcritunce, the causo of justice nnd of
right ; and in frustriiting the ambttiuua
designs of Dudley, who waa previoualy
both feared and hnted, an J now was
rej^urdfd as eoniuiitting a m on petrous
act of robbery and iniquity.
No sut^ier was it sjify Jbr Mary to
npproich the metropolis, than she w«8
ioined by her siater EIizal>eth» The
latter, indeed, having les^ dintjinee to
travel, ciiuie to London the dsiy before
the Queen, nnd went forth with agrciit
company to welcome her. She joined
in the festivities of the conrf, and wzis
present at the conmation.
In rcligiouH matt^?r8, however, jshc
WiLs ns yet linn. In a despatch written
a few wceki* afrer Miiry's accession
(on the tith Sept.) the French ambas-
«tidor reports tlnit ** Elizabeth will not
hear mass, nor accompany her sister to
the chapel, whatever remonstrance
either the CJueerj or the lords of her
(jei'suasion have been able to mnke to
her iiW the subject*" From other nc-
counts we learn that she parried bcr
siater*s entreaties, by nsking time for
reflection, and books that might in*
{Struct her in the new faith she waa re^
quired to adopt.
It has been imagined by many wriieri^
that the estrangement of the roytl|
sisters originated from their mutuftl^
regard of the youn^ Earl of Devon \\
but, though much lias been surmisedl
with rci^pcct to that personage, therej
is little, if any, bistorical evidence m
his having actually engaged the allec- J
tionaofeither sister. Edward Courtenaji
was the only child of Edward Marquesfr I
of Exeter and Gertrude of York, on© I
of the daughters of King Edward tho.j
Fourth. Af\er having spent hin youth I
and early manhood in confuiement, he j
was released from the Tower at the J
acceuaion of Mary^ was by a new crea*
tion restored to his ancestral dignity nil
an Earl, and made a Knight of the Batlt|
at the corouatitm. It is said that he |
came to court accoraplisheil in point of
education, though necessarily inexpe*J
rienced in the ways of the world. IleJ
was a handsome man of about twenty- j
eight years of age, and almost the onljl
near relative of the Queen and liepj
Ulster that was not of their own sex**]
It was nnavoidablct under these cir*l
cumstanees, that the sjiecuhitions ofl
some politicians should be cjirectedf
towards him; and parlicularly of Much J
as esteemed it more desirable that tliei
blood royal should be matched witllj
native thsui with foreign consorts.
We have not, however, the ieo
authentic intimation that Mary at anjM
time herself entertained an idea or
ntarning this English cousin. The!
idea has pleased the fancy of historic«lj
romancer.s and romantic historians, and
they have adopted it too readily .f Be«l
fore Mary*s accession, during the de*J
• All the Jiving dt^sccndnuts of King Henry thfi Seventh at the acccsiion of Queen]
Mtry weie, with one exception, and he n boy, femnles. They were : h the Uueen jj
SL thu l^ily Mlizftbcth ; 3. Mary Qncea of Scots; 4, Margaret CouDtc&s of Lennox ;
5. Uv^iiry Lord Darnley ; 0. Frances Duchets of SutTolk ; 7. the Lady Jane Dudlc-y ;
8, The Lady Kntbarinc Grey ; 9. Lady Mary Grey \ HI. Lady Murgaret Clifford, The
Lady EHjuibeth woa the la«t survivor of them alL See a table, t^-ith dates and other,
ptrticifUrs^ in tlic Chronicle of Queen June and Queen Mary, p, 81.
t Mr. I'^Her Rays (Edward the Sixth and Mary,ii. 257)^ *' 1 hnve met with no dtrrdll
proof that Mury herself ever seriously thought of Courtenay i" and (p, Ih*}) ihnt tbffJ
** caerificcd the wishes of her people to her ambitiim, being deterndned to htive theJ
FriDce of Spain Ah for the idle and rofuantic tiUf^ot Yertol reguidtugT
Courtenay 'i love for Eliitabcth and Mary'n jealousy and revenift\ they hate been mc*^
**futly refuted by GrifTet (iranilnted under the title of New Light* thrown upon the
:ory of Mary). It ia to be regretted that they should retuatn embalmed iu th«
The Ladff Eiisttheth a PrLaoner at WoodHock
dining health of lier brother Edward,
the emperor had alreadjr rciJolved upon
her marrifligis with his son Philip ; * and
Mary from the first appears to have
Tiewed this alliance with favour, hav-
iogi it is said, fullj appreciated the
personal charms of her Spanish cousjUt
aft delineated b/ the pencil of Titian.
Beiides, no other suitor in Europe
oottld then coiinmre with Philip in
point of rank or worldly grandeur.
The supposition that mtentionf of
oiatrimony were, on their own part»
entertained by Elizabeth and Cour-
tenay, i:> equally JetitituLe of proof.
It is true that in point of years he was
not only better suited to her than to
Mary, but that in that respect, a^ in
birth, he was not ineligible; and it
\m also true that Elizabeth repeatedly
objected to marriages proposed for her
with continental princes, as if she was
unwilling to leave her native country,
and cherished an abidinrr preisentiment
of her future destiny. It would seem
thati if she had desired a husband at
•11, he would have been an English-
niAn. IJut whildt others were ready,
^(r€^m political motives, to designate the
Earl of Devon for her consort, no con-
temporary statement tins hitherto oc-
curred of her having regarded her
kinsman with pcrsomd favour,
k The Earl of Devon was nrrested
■Blonrr those supposed to be implicated
in Wyat*j* insurrection, and again com-
mitted to the Tower on the 12th Feb.
ISS^ the very day that the Lady Jane
was beheaded.
The Lady Elizabeth, who was then
at her njanor of Ashritlge in Utrttbrd-
^H shire, had alrea<ly been summoned to
^H Ck»ui't by ft letter under the signet
^^ dated the 29tli January, She hud ex-
cused herself on the plea of illness;
»bat, on the alarm of Wyat^s attack on
the metropolis the Lord Admiral, Sir
Edward tlasttngs and Sir Thotuns
Cornwaleys were sent to bring her to
town. They arrived at Ash ridge on
Sunday the lltli February, and the
princess was removed on the follow-
ing morning. She was still permitted,
on account of the state of her health,
to travel by very short ijtages, and ap-
parently to linger for several days at
llighgate, during which time the streets
ol' London were a perfect slaughter-
liouae from the vengeance taken upon
the Londoners who had revolted to the
standard of Wyat.
Her entrance into London on the
23d Feb. i^ thus described in a despatch
of the Spanish ambassador, Reoaad:
The Lady Elizabeth arrifcd here yester-
day, dressed atl in white, with a great
compaay of the Qiueen^s servants and htr
own. She caused the litter in which she
rode to hi; uncovei ed, that she might show
herself to the people. Her countenance
was pafc, her dc'mcanaur proud, lofty, and
disdainful, by which she eude4i¥oured to
conc^**! her vexation. The Queen would
not see her ; and caused her to be lodged
in a quarter of her palace from which she
caunot go forth, nor her serfants, without
passing thruugh the guard ; and she hus
left to her only two gentlemen, six women,
and four servants, the rest of her train
being lodged in the city of London.
The Queen is advised to commit her to
the Tower, since she is accused by Wyat,
named in the letters of the French ambas-
sador, and 8U5pe€ted by the privy coun-
ciDorB; and m it h certain that the enter-
prise was undertaken in her favour. And
aisttredly» Sire, if, now that the oppor*
tunity offers, the Queen do not |iuntiih
her aod Courteuay, [such ** punishment **
h evidently meant as had so lately been
awarded to the unhappy Lady Jaue and
her husband Lord Guilford Dudley,] she
will never be secure; for I fenr that, if
the Lady Elizabeth be left iu the Tower,
when tbc Queen departs fur the parlia-
ment [which was to bo held at Oxford,]
some treasonable means will be found to
release her or Courteuay, or both of thero»
so thai this error will be worse than the
former.'f
History of Hume, who was prohably Quisled by Vertot; but it is still more extraordinary
that the French author should bavo contradicted the letters of Noailles, which he
hiimeir publiihed."
* Tytler, ii« 245. It is mentioned in the same place that the Emperor suspected
Cardinal Pole of desiring to promote a union between Courteuay and Mary ; but it
doet not appear that there were any grounds beyond suspicion that even Pole enter-
tained such a design. There were rumours that Pole himself, ihotigh a cardinal-deacon
and ftfly-three years of age, might aspire to the Qaeen'a hxmd. Probably the Queen
entertained out project just as liule as the other
t '* Que fieroit erreur |)ire que h premier;" the former error, it may be understood^
of having to long spared the lives of the Lady Jane and her consort. The original
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The Lad^ Elisabeth a Pruonet* at WoodHock, [Jan.
Thii cliarges made uffaiiist the Lady
Elizabeth at tliis earhr atago of her
T)ersecutiou were all that cv<tf could
I DO substantiated : \h> 1 . that she was
auspected by the Cauiiuil; 2, that
Wyatt had confessed hh eiide:JVoury
to coiiununicyte with bur ; :», that her
^ Dame bad (iccurmd iti the dt'sijaUihew
' of tbo French uinbasaador* which the
I gt)verunient had contrived to intercept;
ftnd 4. that Sir Peter Carew and otlicrs
bad proposjcd to place her nii ilie tlrrone
I In the event of the deposition of her
Rister. But of Elizabetn a own eon^ent
01* ooinplicitjr in these designs no proof
couhlevcr be discoveroVl, notwithstand-
ing every etTort was made to elicit
[ erideat?e to that eflet't.
The miachief hud Ijeen principally
, ^ngendiTed by the ceai<ele,«s inacliina-
yuiJU of Be Noaille!*, the French ani-
baBsiidor. His countrynian tbc Sieur
^ d'Oyasell also, when be pjv^sed through
England into Scotland with the French
ftrabai«sftdor to that countryi had en-
I deavoured to incite Sir Jarae.H Croll
** to prevent the marriage of the r^ueen
to tfie heir of Hpaiii, to raise Elizabeth
i to tlie throne, marry her to Courtcnay,
f tnd put Mary to rleatli.'* * This was
I the Kub^anec of Sir Thomas WyaCii
^ first confession. Sir JamcH Crofl bini-
' tviradiuiLtod tbcithe bad reconimended
EUzubi.'th to remove from her mimor
I of Ashridge to the castle of Dniming-
|(nif which woubl ailmit of military
defence. Wyat further acknowletlged
that he bad written more than one
letter to the Lady Eli^abuth ; and it
inm discovered that he liad employed
Jjord Kusselb uon of the Lrjnl Privy
I Seal^ as his mcHsenger. AVyat also
I choi'ged Courtenay, to liis face, with
'having first suggested the rebellion,
I Subsequently, before bis execution,
I Wyat withdrew all the rellections he
fliad ma"le on Elizabeth, wbleh he was
then sn|iposed to have uttered in order
to protract his own chances of escape.
Tiie Duke of Suliblk, also, is said to
I bate criminated Elizabeth, probably
fith the view of shielding his own
diiughter, the Lady Jaoe Dudley. Sir
Peter Carew« who headed an Inaiirroc*
tion in the West concurrent with that
of Wyat in Kent, was also found to
have eorresponded witli Courtenay,
and Us have ailvocated bis marriago
with the Lady Elizabeth, f Such were
the inculjuitions which Elizabeth in-
curred by the iudiscreUons of her pro-
fessed friends.
The imputation of her having com-
jounicaled with France was varied in
its ternia. She was sometimes charged
with having carried on such communi-
cation in cypher, and sometimes it
amounted to the assertion that she liud
herself written a letter to the French
king; this she very emphatically de-
nies I in the letter which she wrote to
her sister on her committal to the
Tdwcr, when she declared that, " As
for the traitor Wyat, he might perad-
venture write me a 1elt4ir, but on my
faith I never received any from him.
And as for the copy of the letter sent
to the French king, J pray God con-
found me eternally if ever I sent him
wonl, messagCj token, or letter, l>y
any means; and to t\m truth 1 will
stand to my death " From a docu-
ment now first publ!,Hhcd{ the actual
charge appears to be reduced to
the circumstance that copies of her
secret letters tn the Queen had been
found in the intercepted despatches —
a circumstance which floes not imply
that the treachery of communicating
them was necessarily her own. From
first to last, all the documents that have
now been discovered only reach to the
same amount of crimination which is
said to have been expressetl by Eliza-
beth herself in a couplet written on a
pane of glass at Woodstock :
Much suspected of lac.
Nothing proved can be,
Quoth Eli /A BETH, prisoner.
The Lady Elizabeth remained at
Whitehall for three weeks; but, when
the time for the Queen's removal to
ofien the |)arliament at Oxford arrived,
and none of the councillors would un-
dertake the charge of the royal J>ri-
letter of tbii mut-tknnis tUplomatist wilt he found ia Tytlcr*^ Eogland uador Edward
VLtncl Mary, Tol. if. p. :U0.
• Tytler, H. UW,
t This was the Queen's own account to Reuaad, as rqiorted b) him to the Eup«ror
on the 8th Marclh T|tlcr, il. 3'20.
Letter under the Quecn'« signet dated S5 Jtme, 1554.
1854.] The Lad^ Elutah^th a Priumtr ol WaadfUfck.
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soner/ it was determined that she
should be committed to the safe custody
of the TowQTr On lieing Informed of
fi resolutrnu, the princess was oirer-
elmed with di^jmay, but made so
vigorous an efiort to procure a reprieve
thi^t the tide wa5 lost, and tbe con-
sequent power of shooting London
bridge, whibt she was writing a letter
to her eist^r. She was not to he taken
through the streets, for the Cimncil
evidently feared her popularity with
the London citizens. She was finally
conveyed down the river^ during divine
service on the next day, which was
Palm Sunday.
The pasp»ionate ^rief with which Eli-
zaheth passed through the Traitor«*
gate at tne Tower is well known from
Sae narrative of Foxe : and it may
readily be conceived that her l>eha^
viour did not over -act her genuine
feelings, when she mu:»t have remem*
hered that those very walls had wit-
nessed the melancholy fate of her
mother, and, a|>peiilin^ still more
forcibly to her own apprehensions, that
not a month before they had heart! the
last sighs of her Budabfe cousin the
Ladj Jane, It is not, however, our
present purpose to pursue the story of
the Lady Elizabeth s iniprisoument in
the Tower: though we believe the
■Uiement which formed the foondaljon
of Foxe*8 elaborate ftory it preserved
among his |>apers in the Bnti^h Mu-
seum^ and nii^ht be employed to detect
the extent of his embelhshmcttts.f We
pass on to the time when she was re-
moved from the Tower, having been
committed to the charge of Bir ilenry
Bedingfield, whose letter-book will af-
ford us the new information to which
we have alreadv alluded.
Sir Henry iJedingfieid, of Oxbor^
in NoHblk, was a man of about forty-
live years of age at the period in
auealioQ. He had been one of tboae
wW nsembled at Framlinghaaa Gtide,
to laaert Mary's title to the t]in»e»
hmgmg with him a buodred aod forty
inea completely armed ; and he waa a
itedfaat adherent of the ancient foit^
Hit ** service about the Lady Elisa-
beth's grace ^ commenoed on the 4Ui
of May, 1554, on which day a letter
under the Queen's signet amioiioced to
hhn that he waa appoiiited Coitstable
of the Tower, as suooenor to Sir Jobo
Gnge, who hud been promoted to the
otfiec of Lord Cliamberlam of the
OousehoUL Sir Henry was commb-
sioned to raise a company of one hun-
dred soldiers, who were armed and paid
at the Queen's expense, the aoloSers
receiving eight-f»encc a dajr* a captain
five shilljDgSf a petty captam two tk^
lings, and a drummer twdve-penee.
He was to be ekief ruler of the koiiae
of Woodstock aadof ibe pkle MoBg-
ing to it ; and tolnve fiiH fanttore of
heddtng, hangings, and other necean-
ries for himself uid sixteen sorvaiita.
The first letter in Sir Henry Be-
dingfield's book descrilies the Lady
Elizabeth's journey from Windsor to
Woodstock, her previoos stages Ittring
been reported tn letters written liy
Edward Bedingfield and John Korey»,
which are not pmaerred.
The princess was coRvefedw alHter
sent for her use I7 tbe Q^eeoki bat sfae
travelled 111 at ease m coasequmce of
its " starS being warpep and cnst(?)*'
Her departure from nindsor was in
this wise^ —
First, when htf Ofsec cmm Co lie
caitk sate to take ber fiUv. tlbew iiooi
of Master Norrrji' ■crfaaSs avj, !■ taw-
ncy coats, to recsdve ber tmi U w^mk
pket there weie aome feofJa to bAoU
Item, at the ■cter-gitfc was ■asftfr
Wtrde wftb vfltj tcrmlB rtmymtd wUk
hills, MflUiBOeirai
bev GiMK
WiaAsorvtlbi
wcObyi
viUagei aad §M» aaCo TTj i iwihs.
aiofC gasiBf VM mtd, mmi the wm
prcpmd <xkc aad wafers viodk
bj tboD ^ry
iato t^
bytbe (
wilb tbahsrtM MivenJ li wliblbti
ItOB. at Wci<
Dorascs. witb sig iktj
aod Mr. Ouaaar «l ~
with ii^ of bis scrvaaSs^
isf btif a auk frav
wilhowt tbr otia p^mjhij t>mmm.
• Tfiler, il S4S.
t 9«e ChraaJdr ^
Mmj.f^n
77jtf Ladii lUiJsaheth a PrUoner at JVoodntock. [Jan.
wiMi her dati^litcr in law the Queen *ii Ma-
jesty** maid,* did await thi'ir receipt, and
followed the littc^r unto the door^ when her
Grace alighted mid was no by them re-
ceifcd into the house, and ho went Into her
chamber, from whcQce she desired not to
fttir, beio^ thereto moved by wenryaenfl, an
k was to be judged.
The journey on the following iloy
from Wycombe to Rycot is described
in similar terms. It vfiis miido
without any great meeting- witii into a
town called AjtoiVt where »oine people
looked on her p«stiii(, and four repaired
ta the church and rang tbe belU^ which
were, by order of the Lord Willi ami, Sir
Henry Bedingfield, and Sir William Dor-
mer, put in ward presently.
This incident h mentioned by Foxc,
and oiiu oi' the itenis of his com[daint
19 so fftf confirmed. On the tirrivd at
tbe Lord Williiimw'iJ house at Kycot,
whither certain people were gathered to
tee her, iuto the chnmbcrs in the inner
court, fhe alighted out of her litter ot
the hall door, where tbe Lady Williiiraa,
With other gentlewocncn, did entertain her
Grace; from whence she pA^aed directly
to her lodging, from tlic which she stirred
not unlil ibe had fupped, when Ahe ealkd
for the Lord Williams, Sir Hairy Bed in g-
fidil, and Sir William Dormer, tii awdt
her |dcaswre in the utter chamber of the
three, with whom she tnlkeil.
Tteio^ she had the Lady Witliums with
her at supper, who reiudnt'd there till
Uvery wai fcrved.
Her Grace wai marveloualy well enter*
tained, as well in her diet aa ludging.
This laiit observation tullics with the
"princely entertainment" nt Iljcot
described in Foxe^s narrative* though »
as proceeding from Sir Henry Dedin^r-
fiefd, it doe>«j not confirm Foxe's asser-
tion, that Sir Henry ** grunted lunl
wns highly otTended" ther*>wjtbi mul
hnil an angry rencontre with the Lord
Williitms npon the iiubject*
At the town::* of Whojitley and Stan-
ton 8t, John till the i»en|d(j nwnited
the princesii'i* noising with ** tiod save
your Grace I* Near Islip they en-
countered a company of the parishion-
ers engaged in perform inp^ a remark-
able custom, which is thus described : —
There wai a namber of men ant) chil-
dren of the Mime town fetching home to
tbe use of tbe Church, aa they said, given
to them by the lord of the aatne, a load of
wood { and according to their use, fta they
said, to be drawn home by tbe itreugtli
of men drawing in tracef, and having with
them for their further sport a minstrel;
whom at her coming by she did a little
behold, and they saluting her she passed
on her way.
At the close of tliis day's journey
she arrived at Woodstock ; where
At the park gate awaiteil her coming tbe
foresters aod keepers of tbe park ; and at
the gate of the house were lome people
gathered i where also stood within tbe
same gate six of the keepers of the same
house, wesponed nith furest billsi at which
gate she enteredr and pasted towards tier
lodging.
It biw l>een traditionally asserted
that ibe Lady Elizabeth's prison at
Woodstock was not in t!ie manor-house
but in the gate -house, where, nf^er the
palace itself had been pulled down,
a room was still called '* the Princeaa
Eliztibelh*s chandler." This story,
however^ is contradicted l»y the fol-
low in^i description of the preparations
made for her reception : —
M'' thut at her coming to Woodstock
there wai only ]jre|iarcd for her Grace
four chambers hanged with the Queen's
frtuETand her Grnce*i own.
Item, that in the whole houie there were
but three doors only that were able to be
locked and barred, to the great disqujet
and trouble of uiitid of the peraoan com-
manded to attend upon her Grace in so
large u houte, and uuacf[uainted contrary.
It is addc<i that tbe Lord Wdliama
and 8ir Leonard Chamberlain, who had
attended upon the princess throughout
the journey from Kichmond to \Vood-
slock, occupied tor the night and day
afler it^ termination "tbe lodge in
Woodstocke park.'*
On the 2GU\ May the Council sent
to Sir Henry Ucdiiiglield an intimation
of the Queen*B approval of his proceed-
ings! tii^d also a memorial, under the
Queen's sign-manual, of instructions
for bis future conduct. He was re-
quired to **make his abode and give
his ntl^iid&ncc within our said house
of WaodutcMjk about the person of our
* Tliis was Jane,, dnuKhter of Sir William Dormer by bis former xvlfe, Mary,
daughter of Sir William Sjdncy. She was afterwards married to Dun Gomes Suarex,
Count de Feria, an ambassador from Spain ; and ber Memoirsi which are eitant, are
now announoed for pubUcaliou by the R«t< Mr* Eatoourt^ of Birminghiin«
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The Lady Elizabeth a Prisoner at Woodstock,
said sister.*' When opportunity t^c-
curre<l, he was iuslructcd l>i'ietly to
declare to such geiitlemeu as tbe (iwecu
Iwd presently inMres^icd her letters
unto for hi:* assisUmco in her tsorvicc,
»l to such others aa should have occa-
won tt> repair unto him, ** the C4iuse of
our mid sister s Yvkia eonimittJtig to the
Tower; whereof although she be not
hitherto tfioroughly cleared, yt*t have
we, for her better cjuiet, an<l to tlie end
flus may be the more honourubly used,
(hottghl meet to appoint her to remain
«i our said manor of Wowl^tock until
sudt time aa certain matters touchlnof
her case which be not yet cleared may
be thoroughly tried and examined."
Sir Henry Beilingfield was directetl
to **CJiune mv iJaid sister to be aufely
looJEed unto for the safeguard of her
persoo, having neverlhelef^ re;;ard to
lue her In such good and honourable
iCkrt as may be agreeable to our honour
add her estate and degree/' She was
to be ftuifered ** to walk abroad and
take the air in the gunlens of the said
house, so as he Inmi^elf be present In
her coinpaiiy**' He was not to permit
lier to have con le re nee with any sus-
pected person out of his hearings nor
0? any means to receive or send any
nesMget letter, or token , to or from
any manner of person. And he was
%0 make frequent eommunicntiun to the
Council of every thing that occurred »
In bis first report after settling at
Woodstoi'k, Sir llenry Bedingfield in-
formed the Council that her Grace con-
tinued in reasonable health and quiet-
ness, so far as he could perceive ; but
chat she had claimed promises as made
by the Lord Treasurer and Lord Cham-
berlain that she should have liberty to
walk within the whole park of Wood-
stock. She had also expressed a wish
to have the attendance of one ** Jolics
Pictonest" who in her youth did teach
■ divers tongues, which for lack of
erience she said she was then likely
'lose. The name of this early in-
structor of Elizabeth appears to be
fofgoiten : is any memorial preserved
of Eim ?
Her firace, as Bedingfield suspected,
had also sent to Parry her coflercr for
certain books, though Parry said it was
done of his own suggestion. From sub-
sequent part^ of tEe correspondence it
appears that the service had been un-
d«Ttakefi br a son-in-law of Parry, one
Gtrr. Mao. Vol, XLL
4i4n\ Fortescuc, a student at Oatford.
Two books had c^me into Sir Henry's
hands : one of them was Tully'a Offices,
and the other Diivid*s Psalms in Latiu ;
but such was the jailor's caution that
he returned both again "for lack of
warrants :" taking, however, a bill of
the names of all the books which were
in readiness, which he forwarded to the
L{>rd5 of the Council for their approval.
The Council in their replvstatetl that
the promise of allowing tlie Princess
the range of the park was not recol-
lected, and could not be granted ; and
that thoy knew no such person an John
Pic tones. They peruiitte<l the books
to be received, provided that none other
matter were written or put in them as
might tend to turther mconveuienee.
But in the next despnteh even this in-
dulgcJice was withdrawn, on thegronnd
that the books had been sent without
order or commandment, *' albeit the
Council could not find any matter of
suspicion in the said books ;** and For*
tescue w*ni* to be summonefl and dbarj)ly
checked tor bts presumption.
On the 5th June Sir llenry Beding-
field reported that the Princess bad
that day parted with her favourite ser-
vant Elizabeth Sands, " not without
great mourning*' of them both. This
mistress Sands bad been denounced us
" a person of an evil opinion, and not
tit to remain about our said Sister's
person," in a letter under the Queen's
signet and sign-manual dated the 26th
May. She is one of the heroines of
the chronicles of Foxe, who in<'orrectly
tle^cribes her dismissal as having been
from the Tower, instead of Woodstock,
She joined the religious exiles at Ge-
jieva and Basle; but afterwards re-
turned to attend upon her royal mis-
tress when Queen, and became the wife
of Sir Maurice Berkeley.
Sir Henry Bed ing fie Id's despatch of
the 9th of June contain.^ some further
interesting particulars of the Lacly
Ellxabeths applicatiou for books, lie
had not yet given her any, because she
hml not asked him, until yesterday in
the morning, in the time of her walk,
she demanded of him whether he had
any English Bible of the smallest vo-
lume^ or no? Sir Henry answered
" with truth" that he himself had never
any such ; and then her Grace said,
** If ye will send to my cofferer, 1 am
sure fie hath." To that Bedingfteld made
C
Suppovtti Appariiutn of the Virgin nt La Sahite* [.Tail.
no answer ; but 9^on afler be sent to the
coflbrer for the books wbk4i be had
alruudy reiK»rted tc* the CouquiI, un«l in
the ttClertuinii woro bnjught three,
Ofticiii Titllii, Ue Oftici»M Miirci Tulhi
Ciccnrmis Ubri trew, mid rmdUiriuru
Dnviticum cum fibquotCimlicii? EltI*?-
Btttnttiits*.
JnUn ForteMMie had been brought
to til e lotlpc in WootUtock Fnrk. It
gtn^rns that hv had prcsumi-Ml to write
A better wiili each ui' the hooka ho had
sent. Mr. Thomeo hw\ UHwiMtcd Sir
Henry in iho oxaniumtion^ and th«
knight acknowledfTC's the irreat help he
had received from hi^ woIi*!*?arncd as-
mstttnce; for the Oxford scholar had
** uttered certain dilfuse wonls so much
10 ihe Latin phratn* that they had
poflted my Norfolk underutatidingf if
the fluid Mr, Touiiowe had not hoi pen."
The next day th*? Lady Elizabeth
agam nakoil hvr jailor whether he had
provided Jjcr tite book of t!ie Uible in
Kn^bsb of the smallest volume or no.
He anyweretl that thei-e were divers
Latin books in big hands ready to be
delivered, ii' it jileased her to biive
them ; whence be thought she tihoidd
httTe more delight, i^eeinff that da^ uii-
dcTitood the same ho well ; and there*
fore he had not provided the same
This answer he perceived iihc took not
in good part: and within half an hour
after, duinnp her walk in the Nelher
Gar^ien, in a more unpleasant humour
than he had seen her ^ince her coming
from the Tower, slic railed to bim
afi^ain, and said, ''^l have at divers
times spoken to you to write to my
Lords of certain my re^juestSi and you
never make me answer to any of
them. I think you make none of my
Lords privy to my suits, but only my
Lord Chamberlain, (this wius Sir John
Gttgc,) who, although 1 know liim to
l»c a good gentleman, yet, by age and
other his e.irncst businedSi I know he
hath occasion to forget many thing?."
Tc» thiji he answered that he never
wrote on Iier Grace*s matters to any
of the lordd privatdy, and added that
he thought this was a time when their
lordships had great busincfs (the ar-
rival of prince IHiilip beini* daily ex-
pceted), and thercfbrc her (intco coidd
not h>ok for direct answer upon ibe
first Hoit. *' \Ve)<," Kuid sln:\ ** once
a^ain 1 rc<pdre you to do tlius much
for me ; to write unto mv Lord»» and
to desire them on my behalf to be means
unto the (Queen's Majesty, to wnt^J
unto her Ilighncs$ with my own hand ;
and in this case I pray you let me have
answer us soon a« you can." To this
he answered, ** I shall do for your
tirace that I am able to do; which is
t4i write to my Lorrls, and then it mu«t
needs rest in theJr honourable con-
sideration whether I shall have an-
swer or no/* Since his making which
reply her Cirace had not spoken to him
a*;ain.
The Councirs inmicdiatc answer was
that Sir Henry might provide the Lady
Elizabeth the Engliab bible whicli she
required, ami in the rest should satisfy
her with some general good words untd
he received further )TiNlruction8 from
them.
Mary wati now on her progress to-
wards Southampton to meet her affi-
anced husband : and hi^r thoughts were
luitu rally j»reoccupicd with the contem-
plation of her own prospects. There
13 an interval of eleven days between
the lost and our ne^it document. In
this interval, it apijearg that Elizabeth
again wrote to her sister, with what
result will be «een when the subject is
resumed in our next Magazine.
ON SUPPOSED APPARITIONS
PARTICULARLY
I NOW undertake to fulfil my pro-
mise of giving the history of tlie ap-
parition of *'Our Lady at Salette,
which I shall do In as brief a manner
as pofflible, and shall afterwards intro-
duce a few instances, of anahigou^
eharacter, from medieval history. In
or<ler lo avoid too frequent retcnmc*^
OF THE VIRGIN MARY j AND
AT LA SALETTE.
to my authority, it may be as well to
make the preliminary statement, that
the work 1 bought at the door of
Stratfburgh Minster, is entitled " Un-
Bcre Liebe Frau von La Salette, oder
Erscheinmig der SeL Jungfrau auf
den Alpen von La Sidette, &c. &c.
Ausge^ogen aus den friihern und
IS5S,] SuppQied Apparition of the Virgin at La Sahtte.
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neuesiea cuvertiLsdigeu Berictiicn von
E lAnrenz HecbU Eiasiedeln. 1848/*
I ibatl assert nothing which is not
contatned hj this» narrative^ and all
crtiictsni, on the fucts therein statetl,
will be made on the assumption that
fttch ffi*-t'* have boen pubtished in full
ctir ' r their authenticity.
'^1 is a gmall villnge in
Fi ' itent <»rtho Tsere
ati I int oftUeUm»t;r
Al[ ' !, vel o( the
se: It the lit t hi
,Wi. -. ^.^.i^r. .u .,1. ..iVM ...iii of Greno-
The narrow valley* however,
ich witnessed the miraculcmg np-
peftrance of the " Queen of Heave n»"
li about two miles beyond, hemmed in
by raoun tains. It wtta on Saturday,
l&lh September, 1847, the eve of the
ISesst of ♦♦ Our Lady of Seven Dolours,"
Uuit Peter Maximin Gircaii, a boy ol
twelve years of aji^e, and Fraucisca
Hetant& Matthteu, a girl dfteen years
old, were engaged in their ordinary
tiisk of tending some cattle. The day
w.T " ' ' \ hot, no clouds moderated
thi rayaof the sun. The two
chiiiiin iiioreibrc aought a place to
shelter themselves from the great heat
of noon, near a little brook, culled
^giardt in the midst of the valley.
They then proeee*led to take their mid-
day meal, after whioh they went to
•leepi hi fact* took a sie^tn or noontide
duinber, a cu5f/jm among natives of a
flOQtbern hititudc. They awoke about
tltree o'clock, when iVIelania starte<l up
ftod began to look aAcr her cows,
whicb she ^oun discoveretl higher up
on the mountain, lyin^ down on the
evcD grass. She and Maximin were
tboui to jiroceed to the cattle in order
to bring them back, when she saw
ft light in the phice where they had
slept ; and said to Maximin, '* t'omc
looK %% the light below there," and
immetiliitoly ^he saw a woman. Mela-
nia wa« so frightened thnt she almost
dropped her staff, but Maximin said to
her; ^*Don*t be afraid, nor let your
ftt4frfj|Ut for if any one intends to do
lis harm, I will strike them with my
ttftHV" They then aaw distinctly, at
tljc same spot where they had been
sleeping a short time before, a beauti-
ful li>thc/i in white, sitting on
& t Uer countenance was
turn^a towards the south, and her feet
rested cm a pUoe where, in the rainy
season and at the smelting of the snow
was a little brook, but it was now
quite dry.
The wom*in restefl her elbows upon
her knees, supporting her head with
both hand •I . hhe wept, and the chil-
dren saw her tears. At this sight, they
would have run away; but the lady
arose, and advancing a few steps to-
wards them, addressed them in these
words, '*Be not afraid, mj children,
but come nearer." This friendly salu-
tation banished fear, and they drew
nigh until they were quite close, Mela-
nla on her right and Maximin on her
\i*i\. But to follow the writer, the
minute description of the lady must
now be given, as related by the chil-
dren themselve*. The "so beautiful
lady" as they called her, when they
kiiew not who she was, for it scemi by
our author that the sublime discovery
was due to minds better informed than
those of poor peasant children, was
large, and of lolty stature, with a white
visage. Her whole person was lumi-
nous, and the light was about her as a
garment ; but her face, particularlj,
sent forth such great lustre, that the
children could not look at her very
lon^. Upon her head she wore n
moderately bij:;h Asmtic head-dress,
adorned with a beautiful diadem, that
S(>arklcd with many colours: it was
high, and like a royal crown. Her
robe was white, of an ancienl form^
overlaid with golden pearls, the sleeves
very broatl, and a royal mantle over it.
Her breast was bedecked with a white
kerchief, having a border composed of
many-coloured flowers. From her neck
depended a golden chain about three
fingers broad, which, tustened by a
single snap, hung down as far as the
girdle. Another golden chaiu, of a
finger *s breatlth, was about her neck,
and to this hung a crucifix, eight or
nine inches long, having the figure of
Jesus Christ upon it. Beneath one
arm of the cross, hanging at the end,
was an invertetl, half open, pair of
pincers ; and at the other a hammer :
all these things apj>eared to be of gold,
only they glittered more than that
metaL The shoes were white, adorned
with golden buckles, garlands of
niany-culoure<l roses about thorn simi-
lar to the neckcloth, above and be-
low bedecked with pearls, like the
dress* Whibt she discoursed with the
12
Supposed Apparition of the Virgin at La Salette, [Jan.
cliililren, slic helJ her arin*i crosscO, so
that one coulJ not sen lier hands. " So
miicrli/* si\ys my author, " for the figure
ant] Httire of tho m heautiftd ludy*
Btifor^j I trfinscribe the convcrstttba
which pii3seJ, I will {mum to make a
Jew remjirks on the foregoing. The
tAvo chilrjrcn arc mentioned as being
partit^ulurlj ignorant, yet thiM dosed p-
tioD, taken, as it is asserted, from their
own lin?T i» as ininnte as if they both
workeii with note-hook in hand, Birt
what is most exf rflordinary, thest* igno-
rant chWiircrx suddenly evince a know-
ledge which, in pohte ccnnniiitdties,
belong only to the iQXf. They can tell
that tlie mantle is royal, that the head
attire is Asiatic^ and that the gown \i
of an antique pattern. But it is amua-
iug to find how eU>st3 the general de-
fioription is to the drciised up figures
of the Virgin hi the eontinent^il
chiirchc!*, particularly those of ** Oar
Lady of tlie Srvcn DaloutJf^*^ of which
festival the day of the apparition was
the vigiL But I will at present leave
criticiiam, and pass on to the didcounje,
which ran thus : —
I am licrt% my children, in order to dc'
clare to yon some import ant infurmfltion.
If my per>|ik will not obey^ 1 atii cou-
Mtrained to IH the arm of my Son ftill
heavy upon them ; then it U &o strong wnd
80 heavy, that I am aot able to itay it
more. You niiiit pray well tml do good ;
but you will never b« in a position to
know how math 1 have laboured for you.
If I would that my Son doe« not forankc
you, and ^hall spurfi you, then must 1,
without ccasmiT, pray for you both ; hut
this is not observed by you/ Six dnys has
my Son given you for Vork, the seventh
bus he reserved fov himself, nod you will
not give it to bim* One sees a few women
only gn to ma^^s, the re*t of the |ieople
work nil the Sunrtny in >nromcr ; but they
go to tlie church in the iviitler, when they
don't know wbwt to do; tluis they ouly du
it in order to in«ke the religion of my Son
a mockery » They put »touc» m their
pockets, to throw at the girU, when they
go to church. Also, wljen driving wag-
gons in the open itrt-utA, they swear so
much, tbtit every momeat they revile my
Son*s nnme. These arc the two things
which baa drown doiro upon you the
wholt* weight of my Son's arm. Dnring
the whole Lent, Friday and Sutiirdiiy, oil
the people go to the shambles like dogs.
Tbcy get out of bed, and It^- down to sleep,
wilbout thinking of Gudp without ever
rvcr offering a prayer If tho potatoes
be destroyed, it is on account of the
sins.
Here "Our Lady," having dis-
coursed in Frenebi was not quite un
derstood by Melanin, so she condo-
sccnde^i to rej>eftt her words in the
dialect or patois of La Salette, She
then held a short discourse on the
Buhject of the potnlo disease, with
Maximin, foretelling a still further
visitation ; and from this she proceeded
to discuss the subject of discaFed or
blighted wheat, reminding Maximin of
a pns.Hngc in his life, when, in a time
of scarcity, he received some bread
from his fatiier with a sorrowful ex-
presaion, foreboding want. It seems
ibis knowledge of the past made so
strong an ini[iression upon the youth,
that he at once turned from ** a had
Cbristijin to a good Catholic."
llic " Lndy" continued her di
couree by threatening that if " ihtt^
people did ntit turn back** Irnm their^
ways, that the wheat would be de-
stroye<l hko the potaioei*, and whii%
wna not so destroyed would be given
up to worms and insects. Then was
to ensue a gi-eat Jamine, of so tcrriblo
a character thtit chiblren, under seven
years of age, should die in the arm*
of their nurses. Then nuts would be
destroyed by maggots^ and disease at-
tack the vineyards ; but if the peopl©
repented, then would rock and moun*
tarn increase with its fruit, and the
field yiehl its corn and potato.
" Now my children," said she, ** make
this known to all my people." She
then questioned them sk& to thetr
prayers f^^i*^ finiling them rather lax
on this jxiint gave them some direc-
tions for a Paler and Ave occasionally «
and added some special counsel. Af-
terwards whe arose, and stepped across
the brook; then turninj^ towarda the
children, enjoined obeilieuce to her
commumls, and repeated her injunc-
tions to nnike them known to all.
She then be;;an to ascend a littlo
hill, stepping e?o lightly on the point of
the grass a^* not in the leaftt ilo^rce to
bend it down* WbiUt on the hill, she
arose alnmt four feet high from the
earth, nnd renniined pendent for a
moment, looking rifjht and let\; then
she disappeared. This, however, was
very j^radual, for the head went firat,
then the bandij^ then the body, and jit
la*Jt the feet. The place she bad loft
id
I
\
Supposed ApparUion of the Virgin at La Satettv,
^
^
waif filled with a coluino of light, sliiu-
iike the sun, which the children
AsceDding far up into heaven,
until lost m the pure oluo sky. The
apparition lasted about half an bouiN
Now it appears that the chlhlrcn did
not jet know the quality of the lady,
although of couree they imagined her
to be something holy. But on the
following morning they communicated
the affair to the curnte of La 8a-
letle. Moos, Peytard, who narrated the
ftory to the dwellers of the vicinity,
and it was unanimoiuly agreed that
the lady decked wiih a royal crown
could be no other than the Blessed
Virgin ; and so it went from mouth to
mouth» and the children related to all
the miraculous event.
Little crittei^ui is needed in re-
Yiewing the bare facts here related*
Whether it be del usion, or fraud, or both,
is not a matter of much importance to
determine. The weak parts of the
story are such as betray an endeavour
to prove too much, by entering into
Dunute and elaborate details. The
mode of vanishing by de-grees ; the
passing over the grass without bending
It ; the Asiatic head-dress and anticjue
nabe: and the general picture given,
suggest a strong i»ui^picIon that our
friend the cur« had rather over-ex-
erted hia Imagination, The children
appear to be of ncrvou^j tem(>eraments ;
Melania is described as a very fearful
giri| and Maximin has a restless habit
of twitching his eyes about, and always
moving liis hands ; it U also very sug-
giestive of con^euuence^, that they bad
both recently slept, perhaps dreamt.
But« lest I should be considered as en*
deavouring to account for a <itory I do
not think worth the trouble, I shall
at once leave it in the handa of my
readers to settle it in their own way*
Miracles of all kinds, of course, con-
firm the truth of the story, and why
thould not La Sulette be e4[ually
famous as " Our Lady of HaV or of
Einsietllen, or Altoting ; or of those
in France, at Nancy, at Puy, &c* all
of whom have been famous in miracles*
Let it Huiljce, that thousands of pil-
grimii viait the sacred spot to hear the
words of thci ** beautiful lady" from
the lips of the two children ; and, on
the 3lBt May, 1847, more than six
thousand are said to have been pre-
fent| and sung psalms an<l hymns in
honour of the Virgin. All the people,
before so wicked, now leave olf swear-
ing and cursing, and working on the
Sunday ; but how far such piety ex-
tends, whether it be confined to the
vicinity or no, is not stated* Certain
it is, that working on the Sunday is
no uncommon thing in Franco, or in
the neighbouring countries; and swear-
ing assumes a volubility in mouths
even above the rank of peasants, that
is not particuhirly edifying*
The great triumph of La Salette
was the first anniversary of the mira-
culous appearance. On tins occasion,
19tb September, 1847, according to our
authority, no less than sixty thousand
persons, of nil ages, visited the sacred
spot. Numbering a multitude, even
to practised eyes, is at uU times a
matter of difficidty, but we have many
precedents tor such large assemblages
at religious shrines. During the night
of the 18th it is computed that two
thousand were in the immediate vi-
cinity of the spot without any slielter,
and " their piety ns well as their
health,'* as the writer observes, was
proved by a heavy storm of rain which
tell. At three o'clock in the morning
fifty priests, with the cure of La Sa-
lette, proceeded to the consecration of
the chapel, and at four o'clock was the
first mass; but the press of new
arrivals was so great that at eleven
o clock the performance of the mass
could no longer be continued. The curd
of the cathedral church of Grenoble
declares he never saw so imposing a
sight, not at the return of the Bour-
bons, of Napoleon from Elba, nor at
the anniversary of the festival of the
Dedication of the Cha|>el of Our Lady
of Elusicdlen; nor even at the eu-
thronization of Pope Pius IX; "and
yet,'* says he, " here were only two-
thirds of the pilgrims present,'' and ho
numbers the residue at twenty thousand
more, making eighty thousand iu all.
These arc the bare facts of the story,
and I will here leave it, and proceed
with some illustrations, by giving a
few examples which the religious his-
tory of the Middle Ages afford of ap-
paritions of t!ic Virgin Mary, Tne
theological part of the question it in-
volves is far less interesting than that
which affects the human mind, which
is so prone to cherish delusions, and to
bold them with a tenacity seldom ac*
14
Supposed Apparitions of the Virgin.
[Jan.
corded to deuionBtrativc truths. It
will not Batisfjr, to denounce all the
narratives as mere frauds; delusions
they were, without doubt, and we have
instances at the nrcsent time, in re-
ganl to the si)iritual communings
through the me<lium of tables, which
presents us with phenomena, tending
to explain how easv cre<lence can be
ffiven to the most absurd an<l contra-
dictory wanderings of a heated iina-
fination. The first story I shall pro-
uce is that of St. Andrew the Car-
melite, Bishop of Fiesole.
He was of the noble family of Cor-
sini, and when his mother was pregnant
of him she had a dream, that she would
bring forth a tcttlf instead of a man,
but who, having cntere<l a church,
should afterwards become a lamb. Tliis
dream is thought to have been ful-
filled, for the boy grew up, and was
diligently educated, and became very
dear to his parents; but, as he ad-
vanced towanis manhood, he began to
train dogs, and purchase horses, and
quite freed himself from all parental
restraint. So one day, it happened,
that his mother met him, and said to
him : ** You are the wolf that I dreamt
I should bea^ ;** at which wonls, the
youth became so shocked that he re-
pented, and at once cnterc<l into the
order of Carmelites, so he became a
latnb. His conduct was renowned for
extreme humility, and at one time,
when all the Corsini api)ointed that he
should celebrate mass, and great pomp
was made in the prcr>arations, St.
Andrew withdrew himself to a convent
in the woods, seven miles distant from
the city, and then devoutly performed
his first mass, when the Blesscil Virgin
l^Iary appeared to him attended by
angels, and said to him, ^ Thou art my
servant, for I have chosen thee." The
devout servants of the Virgin have
frequently been honoured by especial
gifts ; Bonitus was one so favoured, and
the story b not without its suggestions.
St. Bonitus was Bishop of Clermont in
the seventh century. He went on a
pilgrimage to Rome, having dispensed
all ne had to monasteries and churches.
Having at length arrived there, ho
rendered himself conspicuous in gpod
works, and redeemed several captiTes
which he brought back with him. He
then returned to Lyons, and spent
four yean there in good works : then
he had a revelation of the day of his
tleccase, which took place from an at-
tack of the ffout. But it is said ke
re4>*cived a celestial ffarmcot from the
Blcsse<l Virgin, whilst yet on earth;
and to prove the truth of the story,
this garment was preserved in der-
moiit for the religious veneration of
the people; uud its manufacture and
material no mortal could comprehend.
Now, here we evidently have "rhe-
toric turned into logic. A celestial
garment is easily understood as the
reward of his piety. It is not a very -
forced metaphor for a legendary, bA
producing an actual vestment to proye
Its truth is another case of proving too
much.
The next instance is from the life of
St. Uildephonso, Bishop of Toledo, in
the seventh century ; a devout votarv
of the Virgin Mary, who wrote a work
in her honour and defence against the
heretics. He was famous for his mi-
racles, and even, sajs a legendary
writer, **the Holy Spirit workei some
miracles by him, and one of especid
significance. Tlie day of the Virgin
MarjT approaching, he performed the
litanies three days previous, and com-
posed a mass which is sung in lier
honour. Jkloreover, when the solem-
nity of the Assumption had arrived,
he solicited the King, as well as Uie
people, to this act of grace. And al-
ready before the hour of matins, he had
arisen to perform his service to the
Lonl, with deacons and subdeacons,
and the clergy goins before him with
torches ; when, behold, suddenly open-
ing the door, and entering the church,
they found it filled with a celestial
brightness; at which they were so
frightened, that dropping their torches
from their hands they fled away with
precipitation, returning to their com-
panions like so many dead men.
Anxiously, indeed, did the whole as-
sembly ask, what would be manifested
concerning the servant of God? "But
he," says the legendary, with naive
simplicity, *' well conscious in himself^**
proceeding to the altar of the Blessed
Virgin, found in the chair where he
was accustomed to sit, "Our Lady"
herself sitting ; and, raising his eyes,
he found the whole circuit of the apse
filled with a choir of virgins, who sung
a part of the Psalms of David, wiA
great sweetness ; and afierwards look-
18S4.3
Supposed Afiparitiona of the Virgin*
iof upon her, he be^rd ** Our Lady **
tay to him **Come near before me,
0 1 flerrant of God, and accept fmm
tiftnd a little ^tft, which 1 have
jht from my Bon*s treasury ; for
liy labour, tbat the blesning of
fent which 13 given to thee is,
shnll only use it ou my day."
said these wordei, 5he» together
her ;iit. THlant* Virgins, and the
cetesttal ' shed from his eyes.
But th»? T- like aa m the pre-
TI0U3 iostance, was of course [jreserved,
to bear infallihte witness agnin^t all
gainsay crs to the truth of the nnpari-
tion* It is preserved in the cathedral
church of Toledo, and is said to be of
wondrou? subtilty and brightness j also
the chair in which tlie mother of God
sat waa kept inviolate?, no bi:$hop pre-
fumlng ever after to profane it, except
8igcb^, **who/' the legendary ob-
* immediately losing his seat,
\ aent into exile ; " a summary tnotle
n'lnti'rKini fn.ipriely or behaviour.
Arrlibi8ho[> of Co-
n t u f V , w a*< favou red
special dream, in which ♦* Our
" appeared to him, in order to
rmtBe where he should erect a
stery to her honour, which he had
fconf !. and for which the
h1 liad left funds. She
bus addrL,-^'jd him: **0 Heribert, 1
am Mary, the mother of the Lord.
An' ' 're, and seek the eaatle of
Dei ' « re command the founda-
tiony n[ u iiiunaiitery to be laid to the
honour of God, of me, and all the saints ;
so that, where formerly tsin and the
worship of demons abounded, juatiec
may now reio^ in the multitude of
saihts*' In ihU story we have an in-
■tance recorded of the common prac-
tice of erecting chundies, or monastic
structures, on isitei* where ancient wor-
ship, or the tradition of it, remainmL
It was without doubt one ol' the most
cflicacicvus meaos of weaning the mindB
of the common people from popular
worship or superstition, which lives
K) long in the habits and customs of a
oation.
In the life of Saint Lutgard, a virgin
iftin* ■' *' ■ rint, we have an account
of 1 «ait <»f the Blessed Virgin,
whim [ '-^ ' Jinalogy to that of La
Saletfe. as she appears in
' to ■:. J...-. a of the sins of the
pic, J t was the period of the here.«y
of the unfortunate AlbigenRes, when
the Virgin Mary, with a sorrowful
countenance, appeared to Saint Lut-
gard, who was at that time in a con-
vent of the order of Cistercians, at
Aouiria. The saint addressed hei'self i
to her, retpcdting to know what might
be the reason of the pallor of her
cheek, which was usuafty so replete
with every grace? when the Bleaaed ,
Virgin replied : " Behold ! my Son is
again spat ou and crucified by th^
heretics and false Christians: makft
therefore to thyself a lament^ and
fast for seven successive years, that
the wrath of ray son may be appcasedj
which now threatens the universal
globe." Saint Lutgard observed this |
fast very strictly, living on bread and ,
ale only ; and after it was completeij
another revelation enjoined her to j
fast yet another seven years for aH
sinner.***
In the history of the Khrine of "Our I
Lady of Bouh>gne," we find it re-
corded that the Virgin Mary appeared <
to the inhabitants whilst they werti i
praying in the church, and informed I
them of the miraculousf arrival of 1
her image, and of her desire to have ft [
more sumptuous church L»rected to he# j
honour. Indeed similar stories to the |
above, taken at ran Jom, ai'c very com-
mon in medieval hi.^tory* and to nifpiire I
into their truth or falsehood would be i
a wa.*?ie of labour. Cesarius, the monk* ^
of Heisterbach, relates so many in* i
stances of the Virgin Mai-y^ft conde* i
sccnsion in frcfpient apparitions, thai j
in bis (lay it must have been an
currcnce too common to have seemeil |
to a Ctstercirm (tor Cejarius was of
their order) anything out of the or*|
dinary course of thmgs. The Cis*
tercian order was under the peculiaf j
patronage of the Virgin Mary, andj
therefore the predilection shown b^^j
this worthy monk can be accountea]
for. It is agreeable to see how tho^l
roughly he was perstmded of the trutli
of that which he records* The follow^ 1
ing story, of which I give the sub-]
stance, is one of the most amusing fop]
its illnstrationR of the foregoing re*
marks : —
** A monk of our order, much loving
* Our Lady,' a few years ago was lea
to the contemphition of heavenly glory.
He saw the wnole order, of the cnurch
h'iuniphant; angplft, patriarch?, pro*
16
Supposed Appariiiotu of the Virgin.
[Jan.
pbeU, apofltles, martjrrd, and confes-
sors, and divers of the monastic onlcra
— ^but not the Cistercian. So he ad*
dressed himself humblj to the Blessed
Virgin herself, inquiring, with a groan,
whj he saw none of thein, the moijt de-
TOted of her senrants? Seeing him
disturbed, the Qaeen of Heaven re-
plied, * So belove<l of me are those of
the Cistercian order, that I cherish
them under my arms.* And thercbj
the opened her mantle, which was * of
wonderful amplitude,* and he saw there
an innumerable number of monks and
nuns of his order. The monk was
full of joj, and related to his abbot
what he had seen.**
He relates a pretty storr of a djring
convert, that is, one who had but just
entered the order. It is interesting,
from a quotation from Virgil ; and
Cesarius tells us he had the narrative
from the lips of a monk present. The
convert was a native of Friesland, and
his name was Pavo. In his extreme
mortal agon j be began to smile. ^ Pavo,
whj doyou lau^h r ** said one standing
by. "WhynotUugh?** said he. "Be-
hold * Our Lady * is present, and will
now receive my soul.** The writer
then observes that he seemed to fullil
the poet*8 words :
Indpe pure pner, risa cogno9C«re Hatrem.
A similar storv is told of a nun at
the church of Saint Maurice, at Co-
logne, who in her dying hour called
out ** Welcome, my sweet Lady, wel-
come I** In another, we find the Virgin
condescends to administer an electuary
to the monks, but omits to give it to
the physician, who, though a monk,
was too frequently away from his mo-
nastery; and to use "Our Lady*s''
words, preferred his own medicaments
to hers : of course he was led back
from the error of his ways.
Those who have made the tour of
the Rhine will not have forgotten the
Seven mountains which constitute the
principal feature in the opening of the
scenery. One of the first approached
is called the Petersberg, ana on the
summit is a little chapel which is just
visible from the river. In the valley
behind this are the ruins of the Abbey
of Heisterbach, the retreat of the monk
Ciesarius. A nun named Christina, of
the Cistercian order, lived at the con-
vent on the monDt or hill of St. Wal-
2
purgis, which I believe to be that now
calle^l Petersberg. She was much
favourc<l by revelations. "It was
the Feast of the Assumption : Abbot
Eustace, with many others, was pre-
sent, and when he came to the hymn,
Te Deum lamdawnu^ the said nun went
in to an ecstacy, and saw Heaven opened.
At that time the oratory was of wood,
but it appeared to her to have both
fronts of gold. lUising her eves, she
saw * the glorious MoU^ of God, pa-
tron of our whole order,* sitting in a
splendid seat with a multitude of saints,
who seemed of the age of five-and-
twenty. When the choir of monks in-
clining devoutly, sang Sanctus, Sanchu^
Sanctus^ Domimts Deus Sabaoihy that
most Blessed Virgin, congratulating
their devotion, sent down a crown (M
wonderful beauty by a golden chain,
Much tu are accustomed to hang in
churches; but in place of the fasten-
ing, was a very precious and lucid
gem, on which was written O demens^
O pia, O dmlcis Maria. From this gem
proceeded three small arms, which held
the depending corona. But from the,
name of Mary, certain rays going forth,
illumined the names of each monk at
that time in the choir, all of which
seemed written about the circuit of the
corona. In these names there was
great inequality, both in position and
brilliancy, because on account of the
quality of the merits so was the
brightness of the names, and the
names of those who had come at a
more recent time seemed to be su-
perior to those who had laboured long
m the order. From which it was
gathered, that the merit of those serv-
mg the Lord did not consist in the
length of time, nor in the labour of
the body, but rather in fervour of de-
votion. But when it came to that
part : In te Doming speraci^ non con*
fundur in eternum^ she withdrew the
crown to heaven, saying, * As I to-
day am in ray glory, so all these
shall be with me for ever.* When
nothing of this was known among
us, Theodcric of Lurckc, our monk,
going in the morning to our Lord
Henry the Abbot, he confessed to
him, that on that same most holy
night he was not able to have any
devotion before they came to the afore-
said hymn, * Sanctus^' &c. Of which
fact he much marvelled, when the
18M0
Sir Wedln* Raleigh at Sherhomc.
17
lYtojoa was rclttted to him/* The
* writer proceeds to narrate how that
Kune nun, before she entered their
order, was one d aj at mass, and the
cta^ifmrhis loft the church while the
go;it>cd was read, thinking he would be
buck in time for the resfjonses ; but he
fjiled : and the nun heard a voice from
Uitf intagc of the Vir|jiu performing
that ofliee. WilJi this I shall conie to
» conclusion. As m the description
oftlio Virgin at Salette, we find here
that the nun*s virion waa very earthly,
nnd the cvn>mt k even alluded to as
like ikiit *' hung up in churches."
llie medieval stories certainly have
tW advajjta^^e of heiu^ ni\ich more
»;;n?eiiblc than those of later date.
Monks lived in a charmed circle ; to
them Ti$igu3 were as realities, and so
treated : r.nil all the ordinary occur-
rences and accidents of life were sur-
rounded by mystery and mnrvcL Evil
spirits were as frequently attendajit
upon their silent hours as good ones, and
to invoke the assistance and protection
of the latter was a pious duty. Mo-
dern stories of miraculous events have
not the naive simplicity of the ancient
ones; they seem tu en<lcavour to get too
many details in order to prove truth ;
but by their assiduity they expose
their materials too much to criticism.
La Salette may in some measure bo
cliisscd with the t:iles of Ctesarius, but
the latter tella his stories as if he be-
lieves them ; and in that he gives a
lesson that may not be disadvantageous
at the present time.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH AT SHERBORNE.
{Continttfdjjom Magazine f^r Nmcmber^ page 443.)
WE believe that a fair idea of the
f ordinary 8t^u* Chamber pro-
Is not generally liiitertaiued,
until the publication of Mr.
&'« oble history of the court in the
ajolo^^ia (vol. xxv.), information
u the fcubjec't was not very acces-
The name of this court has been
lircly associated with all that is
upt and unjust in [triiiciple, and
cruel to the last degree in nriictice,
thitt it bus lung since pjsseci into a
by -word; and many of our r Leaders
wilt learn with surprise that it was ex-
tern*; vely resorted to by private indi-
i-iduuls lis an oinlinary c(mrt of equity.
Th*2 excellent theory of its constitution,
that tt aJfurded a remedy for wrongs
which the law could not rectily, and
estiiblished rights which couhl not be
otherwise obtainetl, wa« soon perverted
to direct i n ter ft; runce with the ordinary
course of law. For this purpose the
machinery of the court olVered many
facilities, and its judges wore exposed
to all kinds of ** pressure from with-
out.** So extensive was its gi*asp that
no oOeoce in which life w.is not in-
Yolvcd was above it* ken, and so power-
ful its authority^ that no privilege could
checic its proceedings ; it was, iiide4*d,
■■ a terrible tuaehlne for the gratification
H of Dotitical and personal revenge.
Cardinal Wolsey is saiil to have la-
CWT. Mao. Vol. XLL
bourcd hard to extend its operation*
in the direction originally designed
for them ; and, judging from the
number of the proceedings 6till iu
existence, the court seems to have
been pretty generally used Irom his
time. But the equitable branch of our
jun^prudence had not then assumed a
settled shape. The royal council was
the source of all such jurisilictlon, and
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth its
authority was shared among the courts
of Chancery, Star -Chamber, and Re-
quests. It would be easy to adduce
numerous Instances of suits in all those
courts which present no distinct cha-
racteristics, and which, from their na-
ture, might be assigned to either court
without impropriety. That the na-
ture of the Star-Chambcr court did
not frighten away suitors is evident
from the fact that for the reign of
Queen Elizabeth alone there still exist
the proceedings in nearly 20,000 suits,
and there are perhaps as many of the
Court of Requests. They contain a
mine of curious and valuable inlbrma-
tion hitherto almost unwrought, though
the suits arc chielly between ordinary
individuals, and relate to mat tern of a
l>ersoniil and ])rivatc kind. Few of the
great victims of the injustice and cruelty
of the court will be found among them.
We must now return to the case of
D
IH
Sir WaHer IhtUi^h at Sfierhurntf,
Mcenj uerms Kaloigh, whu!li intiy be
L'ouj»MereJ aa an oxnmj^k of a large
cliiss ui' StHr-CliurfilK*r praccedbgs.
Tliu "Curse of Sherborne'* in Ihc
subject of a clm|^ter of Peck*^ " Desi-
ilumUCurioaa/* (lib. xiv. ji. 51H,) Tlie
pcnim»ient iitlmhiiumt uf tho manor to
tbe sec of Siilisbury was nttLTiiptcd to
be secured by tljo umithetmi of tho ori-
oinal donor upon lU aliermtiun ; nucl
ita 8Up]»o.^e<i fill ill ment h om? in the
Vi^ry long slriii"^ of ilbisU^jitions of
the proverb " Light eoriio, lif»bt go»"
Ilutetiins brw elaborated the history of
ih*' ill fortune ofitsnosi^essors and their
t>ro^jeiiy to a reuuirkalile ext<.*ut for a
Votestant niiiiister. In Kaloigb*s caae,
if lira friendMt helpers, anrl fellow^de-
fendantst spoke imytliing like the truth
in tlieir sworn answers lo Meerc'8 bill,
the eouiplainant certainly gave ti> bim
a foretaste of tbe " Curse af Sher-
borne."
To take the nnswers of the defend'
anijit a coniniissHion was iajiued out of
tbe Star- Cham biT, *lireetefl to Jobn
Mcrefcild, John Huildeni Jolm Due-
eoinbct and William ParkL^r. But the
chief defendant eva*!ed the iuquiryi
leaving bis case lo be mmle ont by Gil-
bert and bis own aervanta. If the de-
farnatiort then indulged in on this and
on sijnilar occaisions, was to be judged
by t!ie modern interpretation of sach
modes of defcnect Kuleijrlfs eaBe was a
bat J one indeed. Several of the de-
fendants confined themselves to simply
denying tlieir complicity in the nssaultg,
&c. while others abused tbe plaintiff
nnt! bis attorney in most unmistakeable
terms*
John Lynser (or Lynsor) alleges
malice agamst Mecre for bringing nis
autti inaanmch as —
Me takes it ^houlde eeenie a fetlcytie in
gaeh bis miiHciowse and wicked coaten-
cioas, havinge heretofore mostc vayngto-
riously and tiDgodly gy^en owtc thut he ys
borne and scnte from God to loniient and
phij^ne the men of tbii worldo, not exer-
eUioge tbebe bis nndicioufc injurieti
ftfAtnst hit poore neighbours only^ but
■ufferinju^e id ho bis tooie nad kirde to age
w^'' ivkiM mwW\W wm\ mynbcleevinge Ian-
gunge luvishly to slnuuJer thi! motstc parte
of the knigbtt'5, iuaij;i(itiatefl, nud besk- ap-
proved gcutkiuea ia the couutie of Dorset,
where he for the ttiovtc parte abideth, not
tparlngo w*^ nicknames and oilier lyke
6k 0 met moti lewdly to abuise und derydo
tbem not only lji their coroon and |)rivato
demeanour^ hut forbcareth not uUo to
toweli them w"* scandalowie ymputttfion
in pointe of juilicc.
As to bis taking assay of beer in c*p-
po!«ilion to the coinpfninant^ it wofl
owing to the extortions be had com-
mitted npon tbe teaant*, so that tbe
steward, by the direction of Ralcighi
and *' with the gnode will and liking©
of all or the nioste parte of t!ie tenanta
and inhabitants, and by a sufficient
jury ympanelled and sworue in a leete
holden within the Fame liberties, did
make cboyse of and ap|>oint<j tliis de*
fend ant to be tbe ale tester there.**
Lawrence Micbe!l» in gen end defence
of what had passed, says tliat Mcere,
"beinge a man heretofore justly ac-
cused and convicted of many notorious
misdemeanours a;^aynst tbe «tate and
civill guvernaicnt of tbi* nealme of
England » and beinge lawfully and up-
fion good coiifiiiiieracions dismissed by
the said Sir Walter Kalegh, having
published suclie bis dismyssion in wry t-
nige (scaled with his seal) in the parisbe
ehurchc and courte of Sherborne," and
having granted the same to Robert
Dolberyy ** which said dis my »s ion, pub-
lication, and graunt to the said l)ol-
berry were l^efore any of the said sup-
Eosed riottft," defendant wa.^ apjwjinted
is deputy, and exeeuied the oiBce of
under- biuliff there, but not in a riot-
ous manner. *' And complainant bcinge
soc nnich indebted ami otherwise in-
cunibrcd w"* troubles that he durst not
fihewo himself in tbe open streete from
bih owne gate, cyther to execute bia
ofllce, i>r for other businesa,** gels Ids
deputies to work \ whose characters are
no better than their ma.*tter's. To shew
Meere'd quarrelsome dis|>08ition, be is
said to have so tnany actions on foot
in various courts t^ to have in uuit
above 50 person a.
Thus witness after witness subscribes
to the same estimate of Meerc's cha-
racter ; and Richard Mastera thus ex-
poses bi^ antecedents, and traces his
connection with Raleigh, for which
this ilefendant seems to Have been per-
sonally accountable* With a toucn of
virtuous indignation be concludes bia
talc with a moral Complainant
hath liitlc rea«oii tluia to vex tlie taid
defendant, eythcr ia this honourable Court
or da [where], by byndinge OTer this dc*
fcndaat to Ihe peace from Ataisea to
Astiaea, beinge of the age of threatore
18540
Sir Walter Pairigh at Sherhorne,
19
yere md upwardeSf as be hath Intel; done,
nilhout cawBti onlie of toalice to ves. this
defendant unjujllyj and to putt him to
ngfulk costes and ex|>ence», yf the
oompUin* would btit indifferently con(»iJer
l^ood thk defend* hath done for the
pi* t ffor'tt is well knovrne that this de-
att inch time «s the conapl^ was ym-
prtsoned in oraboute Loodon for ditninish*
iuge of her Majesti«*8 coyne, where he
Uye eaten w^"* lycfl, for soe poore and base
wfti bis estate » that he had not wberew^^
to releeTe himself* baytnge not lon^e before
foldesttcb poore ixaplementea aa he had in
Sherborne aforesaid, and pryvilie gott hint
idf from thence to London, where he used
the tmde of cUppiDge of her Mnjestie^s
eofut currant within this rcalme, ffor w*^
etnac he was justly condempnod, nod ha^-
ingt by meanea gotten her Majestie*s
liardao fur thi» wicked acte was soe much
decajed that he bad not anffieieut to pay
the 0^et therof (oor such ffcti and other
datjOi as did itppcrtayne to hit keeper aod
Oiber officers that had the care and eus>
feodie of him duringe that tyme of his yra-
Qcment), untiil such tyme as the aoid
fftlter Ralegh, named in the said BiD^
fngc to Sherborne, this defend' iic-
llted the same S' Walter Rulegh vr*^
matter wherein the compl* might
pm light unto the said S' Walter Ralegh
tonebiogt bis msunour and other revenues
fif and aboute Sherborne. And theruppon
the said S' Walter Rulegh comynKC ac-
Bied w«"' the con : " * ' ' ' ^ '-- *» -
pl*» release, and \
ers in andabowr ^
be hatb benifitted himself to the vale we of
three ihowiiand poundes at Ipast, as this
der ^eryly belecvcth. All w^ notwith-
standifige, such is the prowde aod arabi-
ctouae coodicion of the compl*, heingc full
iraight **•» malUco and envy, spareth not
to p^.M^fii^ himself agaynst the said S*^
WuE: . whoe hnth toe much beni-
fitti-a ,4 vexeth this defend^ alsoe
(w»»» uiuUipUiiity of Bttyte*), that was the
meaors and occtsion thereof, as he hnth
altwayos aocostomcd to doe to others*
takiogie a feticitie therein as it seemcth^
^K...v.i. f.> '--ify the oldc styioge: ** That
1 tbeefe from the gnlloflres
- oe crosse or hadd deaUnge
aftcrwardrs from such theifes handcs,'*
George Morgftn, after personally
pleading not ;:uilt/, says m reference
to the affair ot ibe stocks,
And yet, iievcrthcles, the sayde dcf*
Myth that yt was noe newe or straunge
thiogc lo the saide compl* to be stocked,
beiiige a man of sucbe bitse and lewde con-
dicioo, as vs manifested by dyvcrs records
U tftU at Wcstm', as also by lawful! pro*
ceedinges aga'mste him at thassieos and
quarter sessions in the country ; nether
did the country ioc greatly dislyke of such
stockioge of the said compl* as he pleadeth.
But contrary wise the people of the country
soe much rejoyced thereat that at a place
called Yetmyster^ neerc Sherborne afore-
said, upon knowledge thereof to them
gyven, sa this defend^ hath bene credtblie
enformed, tbey went ymeadiatly to the
churche and did rynge owte the bells.
And Yet minster not then having
mei encjugh there to ring all the bella,
the women helped them to ring ** for
joy that soe lewde a companyon was
soe justly j>onyshed, bcinge a man in
their judgm* soe infamouse that they
collide not sufficiently rejoyce at bis
fill!/' Instances of Meere*^ depraved
disposition arc then given; Morp^n
says be is known to nave been often
times before set in the stocks ; manv
times committed to the common gaol,
and bound to good behaviour '* for hiii
many owtragcs done against the neace
and qoyett government of thiarcalmc;"
he has received the queen*8 pardon
for "dymyniahinge" the coin ; be has
often been " questioned in this honor*
able corte" for forgeries, and com-
mitted to the Fleet therefrom. Sub-
sequent to all this, viz. on last Christ-
mas Day twelvemonth, he intruded
during divine service into a seat in
Sherborne Church with John Stocker,
esq* now yheriilt and placed a servant
of his, a common drunkard, in another
chief 6cat of the churchy and his wife
in a scat he hud newly erected, whicFi
was shortly after taken down by order
from the ordinary of the diocese.
Edward Standen gives a long expla-
nation about tlie Vtargaining between
Raleigh jind Meere for the copyhold
tenements. This property had been
underlet by Meere to John Leaves,
upon whose death bis widow had a
right to tt renewal on paying a fine.
Standen seems to have wanted tbo
holding, Meere desired to get it again
into his bands, and Raleigh had also a
similar wish, if even he had not been
prompting Standen throughout. Meero
seems to have told Standen he had
better marry the widow, and so obtain
her goodwill in the tenements ; but,
by his connection with her before that
ceremony was performed, be contended
that the widow*s right was forfeited, ns
was the custom in many manors. Stanr
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1864.1
Sir Widler Raleigh at Sherborne,
it
id, ** Sir Walter Ralegh kecpe*
' murtbcr inee, and hatli pro-
mL^c<l ihee a panlon ; but when 1 am
dd, he will sufler thee to be hanged
_ haUi don the rei*t." Deane tlieii
^lIlT'^ ^" ^ 'jcr, but Mccrc retired to
hb I on looking oat of the
wiju i . ..ije told him he had a"tt^g
for him in hh pockott," meanin|5a war-
rant for his arrest, but Meere thought
he meant the dagger. The^e remarks
of Mecrc were refforted to Sir George
Trenchanl and other justices ; but the
witness did not know if they were to
the Privy Council, though he lieard
ilc^re was ?ent for by a pursuivant.
llthotigH It does not seem to have
very prominently brought for-
irard, us indeed it would not be con-
sidering Meere was here eomplaiimut,
iVi ' ubt that in the course of
thr Italeigh had been touched
y tender point. After the
tic circumstances of their early
ion, and what Ruleigli had sul-
itccount of hif; passionate and
Attachment to his valued wife,
It could fcarce Ite brooked» that, in
sharing his retirement from courtly
trouble* and jealousies, her name should
iJje public subject of idle talk, anil
ipoken " undecently " of from a
leiit ; but so it was.
Meere*s wile, according to her hus-
btind*« admission, was heard by Wil-
liam Swcete at "aboute Piaster last
was twelve monelh " to bo talking out
of a casement of her house with Wil-
liam Dean, one of Kaleigh'a servants,
AJid to ** speake undecent wordes con-
ceniing the Lady lialegh.''
Meere hims^elf seems to have been
grctttjy ahinne*i at this, for he jpre-'ieutly
rebuked his wife, and, when Dean said
he would call witnesses to the word?,
said thai hehiujselfwouldbearwitnciis
that his wife had s|>oken ibolishly. A
•• noatc of the same wordes " scemtj to
have beerj drawn up by Dolbcrry,
i»rabab1y for the purfjose of procced-
itigupon, and some ofMecre's inter-
itoTioa are framed to ascertain
thcr other words than those ust^d
his wife had not been introduced in
the note.
Having gone through all that was
laid in reply to Mecre*s complaint, we
iniss the answer of the principal de-
fendant. Raleigh tlid not choose to
reply; and Mr» Collier is doubtless
i:^
The humble petidoti
of John Mecrc.
right in inferring that he had influence
enough to be permitted to miiintatii
silence uf>on the subject* That Meere
Wii3 no party to any arrangement h
shown by the following petition (which
was uddrcssed to the Court of Star
Chandler, or the C<»uncil generally),
that Raleigh should be compelled to
answer forthwith. It is without date.
Meere PI* S' )
Walter Ralegh [
Defend^ )
The peticioner sbewelh that he hath
exhibited a Hill of eomplnint in the highc
Court of Starr Chamber, wherein he shew-
eth that, beioge Bayleffe of the libcrtic of
Sherbornr in the Countie of Doraett,
whereby he hath the execucion and ro-
tor ne of her Majesties wriits in twoe
greate hundreds, Tliat I he say d S' Wfllter
llak'ighe, w*** others, in ryotous aianncr
have rescued dy vers prisoners there frendes,
arrested and taken by the peticioner, a«
well upon capias vtlayaV Vki upon ex ecu -
cionj and imprisoned the peticioner in the
litockcs for executinge the same, and hnth
by force put the coniplaiaant from cxc-
cutinge of the same office^ whereof he
h;itU been tcnn yeres cjuietly pos»e^r.
The peticioner shenetb also that he hath
111 Tiinilie terms Jast served proccs on S'
Walter RaleJghe to answere the aiyd By II,
but dothe not, Mr. Writiugtoo his attor-
ney 4ifftrminge that your Honor's pleasure
is his an?wcre shilbe rejspited-
The peticioner humbly pruyeth that he
may forthwitli answere the same, the
rather for that the peticioner* by Iryidl
upon ejecUone/iiina at the last osstses, in
an action layd in Sherborne, where S*^
Walter Raleighe dwellcth^ by a jury of his
own frcholdcrsT the peticioner recovered
the same Bayliwick, whereof by many
frayes and fightinge in fayres and mar-
kettea the petkioner was put out to the
^reate digturbance of her Majeatics t^cr-
vice, the trohlc of the Lord Licvtennant of
tliat County, the Justioea of Assise, and
other Justices of peace, and to the wronge
of many that by uiearies thereof cannot
have her MajestieB writts duly executed
and apparanctj upon the same, the same
oflRce beingc no we exccuteu by usuriiacion,
Kaleigh could not legally justify his
violence to Itleere, and if he had any
real answer to the complaint it could
only be, aa sonie of tlie defendants
avowed, that he who could make could
un-make, and he had chosen to dismisd
bis bailiti' and appoint another; but
the operation was as ditlicult as that t»f
unfrocking a priest. Wc have seen
how all was done that could be done
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fswlk jev of Eiiuheth the nr»t L:ri Ki-ii w.i* r.r.f ". : r r..:.-. wi^o
dMMcd agaxBsthia •■ « ki.4»e." If :i.* r»:« cf iiir.^ : .- ?-. :. .a:;-c: :* : S;^r- pa:
■■ ■ it monid k«ie produced a cottd^nbii i=r- c i.'l .: R.^ i ^l :-.- >:.-^wr«* c**^.
Cambridge in the LQ$t Centurtf,
^
Ulctr respective circumstances, WiUiaui
Mccre u\s grandfather, when be died,
**wait of euch welth that yf all the
IjMiik^ iitid jrooiles ihut TiUoy now hiitb
had bene to have bene sold, he had ben
able to haTe bou;j;ht him out of all,
and men of great worship were be-
boldcD to him for money " As to
Meerc*a early life, we find that his
fiUlier bad four suu5, ntl of whom he is
said to have kept nt the study of the
common law, and all were fellows of
the Inner Tenit)le. So that it appears
Sir WnJtcr lialeigb and his future
h phigue must have been al-
ii, vt'-studenta; at least they
were residents in difl'crcnt dlvistons of
the same inn at about the same time.
Speaking of his ancestry » Meere in-
dulges in a singular talc> whieb mny
bave had some foundation in fact. Uia
first ancestor that came to dwell in
the county of Dorset wn.s, on account
of wars tn the North, where ht* first
dwelt, ** driven to llye into the co untie
of Dorset, bringinge with hitu a caskett
of gold," which was kept by Mecre*s
undfather as an "especiall ihinge" to
ifrcs»jrv(^d. Ue bought two livings,
t : ton, the other in Chawdone.
: iierefore, was lawyer enough
tu indulge in law, and not to dread
it ^ bifi case was certainly well got up,
and his interrogatories (especially m
Iliilcigh*s affair) are a model of the
forenaic pleading of the time. In ano-
ther suit, comniLMK^etl five years before
that agHlD^c " ' " \. but j?ome years
after bis i r by him, Meere
speaks of mi <>un circumstances as
** decayed," and of the court of Star-
chamber ad a coiu't of " such charge *'
tliat the person of whom he com plained
b^il tl>*.r.,. c,jed him, thinking he would
ii to follow in it*
li er proceeding in the same
>n 1 1 ,v also see a little of Dolberry's
ar 1 1 J I I lays, Alice Meere, the mother
of our complainant, chai'ges him (in
1593) with some snd misdemeanors.
He is said to belong to the class of
" solicitors** to which the auitj in that
court had given rise, and to have gone
about provoking peojjle against each
other for the sake of his bringin£» suits
fur tbem» So lie had got hold of Thomas
Swetnian, who is de&cribed in words
which would not now be understood
in the sense then conveyed by themf
as ** a man easilie to be wrought to put
in practice any proud or glorious actiott
w!iat soever ; ' and persuaded him to
bring a bill of complaint against Alice
Ulcere and her sons Robert and John.
Out of this charge Dolbcrry thou<»ht
something would come to him, and ho
cared not how his condition could be
improved, as he wiw "brought to so
low an ebb as that he ys not nble to
bringe meate to his table but upon
borowing and chiftinge/* He Is also
charged with being a party to the forg-
ing ol* certain finci", receiving the fees
usually [mid for stich documents when
j^fcriulne. Besides a forma! objection
to the bill, Dol berry *3 answer consists
of a general plea of not guilty, con-
tained in two short lines* He, too, was
probably In needy circumi^tances when
the state of ItaleigVs dllferences with
I^Ieere caused him to be taken by the
hand, His "making a noate*' of tbo
talk out of a window by Mrs. Meere,
who ** belied a lady " to one of Kaleigh's
servants, may be worth comparing with
that of the notorious Dogberry *b un-
ravelment of the main plot of ** Much
Ado about Nothing," by bringing to
justice those who had slandered Hero
by similar means.
To such a length have the proceed-
ings theinselved re<|uired notice that
our comments have been necessarily
brief; but it will be no source of re-
gret to our ruadertf that the foundation
has received more attention than the
super f^tructn re.
MA^^'ERS AND MORALS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
DURING THE LAST CENTURY.
THE collections made by the Rev, fuse, that, after having been for many
William Cole of Milton upon every years laid open to public use, they
subject which came in his way that nave never yet been fully explored,
bad any bearing upon matters of bis- and perhaps never will be. To arrange
lory or antiquities, topography or bio- and digest their contents would re-
grajpliy, are so volurmnous and so dif* quire a liJe equally industrigiis with
24
Mfxunert and Morals of
[J.
Iii.s, and a jiKigment far more com-
prehenaire and diiicriminatiTe. Nor
are ther as a whole worth such troa-
ble. Hifl more important niaterialj
are intenperaefl with many that are
trifling, an<l many merely formal and
nnintereating'locuments. Almost any-
thing that may be derired from his
stores ref^uirea to be gleaned from ae-
▼eral volumes of this absolate library
of manuscript, and to be reiluced to
some proportions of form and arrange-
ment by editorial care. These diffi-
culties, however, are compen:iate«l by
the advantage of a remarkably plain
handwriting and the appliances of va-
rious indexes.
We arc sorry that no E^litor has
hitherto had the courage to undertake
the arrangement of Cole*s collections
for a work correspondent to WooiFs
great Walhallaof toe sister university.
— an ^Athenas Cantabngienses.*^ >\c
have heard from time to time of such
intentions, but we fear that the enter-
prise has ever anfi again proved too
arduous for ordinary (>crseverance. It
is a task which would be best accom-
1>lished by the co-operation of more
abourers than one, and which would
demand, of course, many other sources
of information than those providetl by
Cole.
One of the most curious features of
CoIe*s collections consists in his details
of petty occurrences, and the gossiping
anecdotes of his contemporaries, on
account of the existence of which his
manuscript library was for many years
shut up from the scrutiny of his sur-
vivors, nicsc garrulities, though they
may not raise our estimation of the
moral qualities of their writer, who
certainly stretched his propensities
both of prying and of chronicling to
limits only exceeded by his cacocthes
ncriheiidi^ nave now become a source of
information from which may at least
be gathered some general impressions
of the manners and sentiments of his
day, after every allowance has been
made for personal antipathies and a
love of scandal and detraction.
In the anecdotes of hut-century Vir-
tuosi which were extracted from Mr.
Cohs's 3CSS. in our September Maga-
zine, occurred the name of his ^ friend**
Dr. Ewia. This wm a person who,
from his position as a busy magistrate
in the town of Cambridge, and other
circumstances, appears to have been
especially unpopular among the young
men of the university. Cule has ever
and anon made entry in hij registers
of tlie attacks which were made upon
this obnoxious ch:uracter by parties
whose enmity or ill-opinioa he had
excited by his irritability and over-
bearing^ conduct, and on one oco:kjion
by a ^tdl more serious otTence.
If we take the trouble to trace out
the history of Dr. Ewin, it will not be
in honour of the individual, but in il-
lustration of University life and man-
ners eighty years ago-
It appears that William Howell
Ewio was the representative of an old
Cambridge family. Thomas Ewen was
one of the four baililis of the corpora-
tion of Cambridge in 147"J.* John
Ewin, who was an alderman of Cam-
briJg.\t and dieil in Uj68, had bjr his
first wife Joseph Ewin of Cambridge,
doctor of meilicine, and by his third
wife Thomas Ewin, who also was alder-
man of the town, and died in 1684.
Cole gives a jxjdigree of the immetliate
connections of these parties ;| and in
the same place he remarks :
1774, May 10. Dr. Ewia quarters 2d
and 3d, Az. a wolf saliint holding a plate
argent, on a chief gu. three towers arg. It
is false heraldry ; however, it was on his
chs.riot when he and Sir Walter Rawltasoa
drank tea with me at Milton. I make no
doabt for Howell, as it is made out of two
different coats of that name. The Doctor's
mother was only child to old Mr. Howell,
coal-merchant, at Cambridge. I heard
him say, a** 1779, at Sir John Cotton's
table at Madingley, that his ancestor was
a qaack doctor at ilavcrilL
The name of " Thomas Ewin of
Ilaveril in Essex ** stands at the head
of the pedigree, though the Doctor's
descent is not completely traced out.
• MS. Cole, vol. xxxii. p. 139.
t " See a tradesman's token of brass, with John Ewin in Cambrioob, 1652,
with a man behind a coanter, or vessel, holding a line of candles before him, and
I (E.) A. on the other side (for John Ewin and his second wife Aim Weutworth), in my
vol. 32, p. 164.'»— Note by W. Cole.
X Vol. xxi. p. H.
Cambridge in the La^t Centurjf,
I
ft appears, however, from anotlicr of
Cole 4i notos that hb father^s name Wiis
ThotuAS, who acquired a consiilerable
fortune aa a brewer in Citmbridge.
Cole has left bttu tiie following cha-
Utis Mr. Tho. Ewio, formcrlj a
grocer, «iid latterly a brewer, in partner-
fthip with Mr. Sparks, w/u a very COQ-
ceited and litigious man. Hts actjuired a
vtfj large fortune, wUich lie left to bfs
•on, now a brcwr r m Cambridge, but who
was educated a pensioner in St. John's
College. Mr Ewlq was a most zealous
son of the Church of Engbnd, of the
highmt form : hardly ever mU^ed goiug
twice a day on Sunday to his own parish
church of St* Sepulchre, in which pariah
he bad a good house ; twice to St. Mary's
to tear the University Sermon ; and con-
ttantlj at vefpera in Trinity College
ChApeU to attend the musick of the
CaUto4ral Serrice there. Notwithitand-
ing alt tbt4, he married a daughter of old
Mr. Howell, a coal-merchant in St* Cle-
ment *8 parish, with whom he hud a targe
fortune, but a mo^t rigid Dissenter; in-
deetl, she and Mr. Finch's family were the
tnpporta and props of the Presbyterian
interest at Cambridge, so that bad she uot
been one of the most prudeut) as wvU as
best tenspcred women, and a most excel-
lent wife, it would have been impossible
for any peace or harmony to have existed
ecu them. They hail a daughter mar*
to Mr. Cockayne of Soham.
At St* John's college Ewlu had for
bis tutor Dr. William Samuel Powell,
who in 17(k5 became Ma^jter of that
house. He waii a man who, ixa Cote
tells us,* ** was frugal and crconounc,**
ntaile 5001. a-year out of the rectory
of Freshwater, a college living in the
Isle of Wight, the presentation to
which more usually vacated a fellow-
ship,— and left some 20,000/, to his
niece Miss Jolland. In his passion for
acquisition, Ewin may have been in-
fluencod by the example, as well a^ the
instructions, of his tutor.
lie took the di»3ree of Bachelor of
Arts in 1753, and his Miister^s degree
in 1756; and we find that he was al*
ready " in commission of the peace for
the town and county," when he was
admitted to the degree of Doctor of
Laws, on the 1 1th fXune, l7(iG.t
The first noiico which Cole gives
*of this Amiiible personage is in the
year 176U, when a most useful scheme
for new paving and lighting the town
of Cambridge, to which the Duke
of Grafton, the Chancellor, hud of-
fered to subscribe 500/. and Trinity
hall as much, and which had been even
carried into the House of Commons,
wfis 8to[>f>ed by the aforesaid Dr.
Powell and Dr. Caryl, " together with
the mercenary views and objections of
some of the townsmen, and Dr. Ewin
in particular, some of whom had greatly
encroachei^l on the already too narrow
streets about which they expected to
bo called to account.'* J
Dr. Ewin alfected Bomething of Ihc
virtuoso, as appears not only from Cole
but from Mr. Tyson's letters to ^Ir,
(Joiigh.§ In the yaine year Cole gave
him an introductimi to Mr. Horace
Walpole at Strawberry Hill: where
he was very graciously received by
the lord of that fairy mansion. In a
letter written E«hortly after (June G,
1769), Mr, Cole thus made his acknow-
ledgments : —
I will come there in July, if it if only
to thaok you for your civilities to Dr.
Ewin and Mr. Rawlinson, who was with
him : the latter was lately a Fellow Com-
moner of Trinity College, aod since mar-
ried to one of Sir Roht. Ladbrooke'A daugh-
ters. Dr. Ewin was with me on Sunday ,
and in raptures, both from your politeness
to him and the elegancies of your habita-
tion. I told you in my last letter from
Mr*Greaves*s, at Kulbiirn,|| a little relating
to the Doctor, who is much disposed to-
wards tfi>/w. He has broagbt from London
with bim all the upparatus for patatiog on
glass ; he has a forge, colours, iu short,
everything but the skill how to make tine
of them. The impertinence of such visttM I
know you abominate, but 1 knew not how
to extricate you from this. If I had not
g;iven you a UnCj I am satiated a certain
forwardness of behaviour would have
thrown him in your way, perhaps in a
more disagreeable manner. Yet, after all,
did yon know or feet half the bappinesa
you conveyed, I think your humanity
* Cole's biof raphy of Dr. Powell has been published in the first volume of Nichols's
literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century,
t Cambridge Chronicle, June 14, 177G*
i Literary AnecdoteSi i. 583.
I la Nichols's Literary Anecdotes.
II This letter does not appear to be preserved.
GmMt» Mao* Vol. XLL £
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Manners and Morah of
[Jan.
would re&dily Bacrifice a little, in order to
give so mitch pieaaure to other people.
Walpok replied ■ —
I was Terj happy to Ehew civslUies to
your frieodfl, and should Lave Mked them
to stay and dme« but unluckily eipectfd
other com pan J. Dr. Ewin feema a very
good sort of miiti, and Mr. Rawlinson a
^ery agreeable one* Pray do not think it
was any trouble to me to pay respect to
four recomniendatioo.
Cole next commemoratea ** my friend
Er. Ewin" in his province as a magis-
ate, and a censor of the morals oi' the
rUndergraduateai who, as he says, were
BCTer more debauched than at this
|ieriod/
My friend Dr. Ewin, being much of hia
father' a tum^ busy and meddling in other
people's concern H;r got the ill- will of most
peraoDS in the town and university, when
ne acted as a justice of the peace. The
Gownsmen bore hitn a particular grudge
for interfering much in their alTiiIrs, though
rery justly ; for they never were more
Ucenctous, riotoua^ and debauched. They
often broke the Doctor* b windows, as they
Bald he had been caught listening ou their
ataircasei and doors.
About ChrutrnM, 1771, or in January,
1772, he waa at a coffee-house near his
I Own house^ when some Fellow Commoners,
Lfrho owed him a grudge, sitting m the
[9cxtbox to him, in order to affront him,
pretended to call their dog Sqiiintenii and
A-eqiently repeated the name very loudly
in the coffee-house, and tn their joviality
swore many oaths, and caressed their dog.
Dr. Ewin, aji did his father, squinted very
mueb, as did Whitfield, the Methodist
k teacher, who was vulgarly called Dr*
ifiquintum, from the blemish tn hia eyef,
I Br. Ewin waa aufficiently niortitied to be
I to affronted In puhllc. However, ho care-
fully marked down the number of oaths
iwom by these gentlemen, whom he made
to pay severely the penalty of five ehilling*
each oath, which amounted to a good round
aum. The next week was publicly hawked
about the atreets of Cambridge the follow-
ing ballad, printed on a ballad paper, and
sung by ballad- aingera, and given away to
any one who would reecivc them : —
A TAaODT or All OLD BOMO.
OftHithts blockljeiulA hi thO town,
Tliat ttttut nnd holly up aiid down,
Anil bring coniplaiitts akgalnst the Qown,
Tlierc'fi none like Dr* Squlntam.
Willi gimlet eyca atid (1bi>ih.t vlg,
ntla JuBtfcc Uiinkjt he looks so big :
A mufit lufbrnal iitupld gig.
It tttla Aamu Dr. Sqalatum.
Wbat pedhur cjlh fortiear to rtIh,
Before hia Wur.!tLlp tliat hm bcea,
To think wb»t full J lark* wUHln
TtiL"* Juit Asa Dr. Siiuintum ?
(There are more verses, but these
arc BulEcient as a specimen.)
Tlit2 coffee-house which was the
scene of the iiioident above related,
WHS the Uni^in, oppottite St. lladigund*8
(or Jesus) Lanei as is more fully de-
ficribed in another anecdote, which
bus for it5 scene tbc same faiihionnble
rendezvous, about fifteen montbi
after :— Cole bna entered the following
in his " Athena?," under the name of
** Lord Stauleyi son to the late Lord
Stiinley^t and grandson to the Earl of
Derby.''!
This young gentleman and hia brother
the lion*'^* Mr. Stanley arc now of Trinity
College, Mar. 4, 1773, and about two or
three month* ago, my friend Dr. Willi am
Howell Ewin, a gentleman of large for-
tune, and who acts as a justice of the
peace both for the town and county, and
Uvea in his own house iu Cambridgei
* MS. Cole, voL lii, p. 69 ; AddL MSS. 58tM.
t This Lord Stanley became the twelfth Earl of Derby in 1776, and died in 1834,
t Ikavioig married for his secoi^d wife, in 1797, the cekbrated actress Mi»s Farrcn. He
I &ad two brothers, Thomaa and James. Of the latter the peerages tell us nothing.
I Thomas succeeded his brother as one of the Memhers for Lonculiire in 1776| was
I jfi^orof the Liverpool regiment of Dragoons, and died tn Jamaica in 1779. Mn
I bole (vot. xliii. p. BO^ has preserved an undated note of Dr. Evf in to himself, which
' ippeara to relate to this young nobleman being a second time refused hU degree ; —
Rev. Mr. Coh, Miiton,
Dear Sie, — I did not know of the Congregation in the afternoon of yesterday,
when I came to you, Tlie honourabte Mr. Hyde of St. John's had his degree : Mr.
Stanley offered agam, and was stopped In the Caput. — Yours, W, H, Ewiw,
In the '* Graduati CantabriMienses," however, it will be found that Mr. Smith Stanley
(afterwards the Earl) and Thomaa Smith Stanley, both of Trinity college, were created
A.M. in 1773. in the same yeor aa Thomas VilUers Hyfte Of St. John*i, afterwarda the
tecond Earl of Clarendon, who died in 18!24*
% MS.Addit. 58aijf. S106,
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Cambridge in the Last Centnrvf.
where be is not much beloved by any one
on aoocraot of a natural and hereditary
difposition to be prying into and meddling
busily and impertinently in other people's
coneemi, and more cspeciAlly by tbe
yoitQfcr and indeed all degrees in the
nniferiity, for bating Tarions times inter-
fered in bosioess which they conceived no
ways or little belonged to him : Dr, Ewioj
I «ay» being at the Union Coffee House,
almoat opposite St. Radegttnde*8 Lane,
noU*d for the general renlcivons of all
tbe yoang nobility and fellow commonora
and spirited yoang men in the univer«ity,
where he bad been several times affrouted
before, and therefore imprudent to fre-
qacnt that coffee -house ; but it being
very near his own bou&c, which is almost
opposite St. Sepulchre's Church, he was
desirous not to be driven away from what
was so convenient for him. He being
there ^ one of theac gentlemen said some-
thini^ reflecting on the Doctor, on purpose
to afrout him, it being spoken loud enough
for him to hear it. On the Doctor's com-
plaining of this usage to some friend, and
say jog at the same time that he had been
told that the person who aaid the thing
which affronted him wai one of these
brothers, but that be did not belieTc it,
for wboerer was ao rude could have none
of the Derby blood in bi« veins. This
being represented to I>ord Stanley, he
bought it such an indignity and reftec-
'on» that he told hii brother Mr, Stanley
at he ought to challenge Dr. Ewin.
Accordingly he came to Dr. Ewin's house,
and was introdaced into the parlour,
where the Doctor thought the errand had
been to make up matters ; but instead of
' atf Mr* Stanley, on repeating the cir-
hmstaQces, offered to fight him, which
be Doctor very prudently declining, he
tfe«ircd to ring the bell, and called in the
footman, with a request to retire to the
other room, in whieh the Doctor's sister
and another lady were sitting, in order
that they might be witnesses, as he said,
of bis cowardice and dastardliness { but
this being represented by the Doctor as
improper, for fear of frightening the ladies^
Mr. Stanley, desiring the servant to take
notice of what he was going to do, took
bold of the Doctor's nose, and spit full in
his face, and then left him. Dr. Ewin
wrote to the Bishop of Peterborough, the
Master of the College,* who told hioci be
could do nothing, but that the law was open.
Accordingly the Doctor is at this instant
prosecuting the affair in Westminster
Hall, where I hope and wish, for the
credit of our laws, that he may tronnce
the gentleman very smartly ; for if yottng
nobleracn, upon these fancies, shall invade
yonr own bouses, and treat you like a
scoundrel, because you are not in a humour
to draw your sword or pistol, adieu all
security but what they will pleaac to nllow
you. In about a month after there came
out a print representing this affair, called
*' The Justice in the Suda.*' 1 have it in
my collection of prints,
Mr. C<ilo sent a copy of this print
to the Hon. Horace Walpole on the
18th April, 1775. It waa accompanied
with the following remarks; —
The Hon. Mr. Stanley, brother to Lord
Stanley, and Fellow Commoner of Trinity
College, is spitting in Dr. Ewin'« Face,
The likenesses are tolerably well preserted«
Dr. Ewin does not sqnmt enough. He
cast Mr. Stanley on a trial in Westminster
Hall, made him pay, and ask pardon.
In another letter of Cole's to Wal-
pole, Dr. EwiQ is again mentioned. It
IS dated July 25, 1774, and Cole is
writiDg of Dr. Cooke, tbe Provost of
King's —
Ue dined here (at Milton) about a fort-
night ago, when he took occasion to speak
slightingly of Anti(|uu.rie9. In order to
please him, I showgd him that part of
your late letter rcapectiog the Society.
In a day or two after, he was one of the
auditors with Dr. Ewin at the Conser-
Tators' meeting in Cambridge, when in
speaking of the same fraternity he ex-
pressed himself exactly in your words.
This 1 mention as a compliment to yo(i|
and none to himself.
Dr. Ewin, who is going a tour into
Scotland this week, drank tea here on
Friduy, and told us the story.
But Dr. Ewin after this became sttll
more notoriooa in the annals of the
University. The atorv of that buei-
ness, however, must be deferred to
another occoaion.
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♦ John HinchUffe, D.D.
28
ENGLISH SKETCHES BY FOREIGN ARTISTS.
SBunttringj) in and about Lcjiulon. By Max Schlcsingfir. The Engliub Edition, b/
Otto Wenckstcni. London, 1853»
A SHORT TLMK i>revu>U5 to tlie
first nrrivd of Mr. Layiini iit Nineveht
the locality had lieen visitcil by a wc*ll-
known and bl^lily est ceiiied elcTjfyiimn
of the Church of Eiiglind, tlic Kcv* J.
1*. Flelcliur TliiM worlliy minljiter
foimcj hirnpelf otic day ia the liouse of
n Yfzideei or ** I)cvil WorsbipfK.nV'
where the ^nnvermfum of host biuI
guest WHS interrupled hy the iippear-
anee of ji crowd of vbitors, at the head
ofwh<nii Wild the priest of the Papal
Syrians. The leader of the invnaion
was rich in self-Hiiflieioncy. He was
]oii.'4ihy of speech^ short of stature^
nnd about ns pompous as a pumpkin*
TIjo visitors were no sooner seated on
the ground than tliey bei^an to fleacribc
to the aittonbhed Kt^i^lisiiniiin the man-
ners and eustonis of hi» own couotry-
men I ** They liave no relipon ; won-
derful to siiy i" exclaimed one, A
secoml and more t'oHirht^'ncd stranger
Sjueslioned thia assertion* exeept in hh
iir 08 it applied to "not believing in
our Father the Po|k\" «* At sdl
event*," remarkeil a third, ** they have
no rhtirches!" The Yezidee, maitter
of the house, here courteousily struck
in to the assistance of bis foreign
guest, by asserting ihnt he hud seen
our wervice i«erformed in the Hritish
thnjiel at Mosul; where, he said^ there
wau contforration every Snnday, and
tmiyers every day ; and he had read
in n book, he added, that the English
ulso fasted (HH*a.iunmift/. The general
chorus of visitors shonled that even
]f it were eo, there wa^ a bnd ob-
ject at the end of it. The Y^ezidee
yrm afraid of ofrL'ndin*; the priest, nt
whcmi he looked timidly while he ven-
tured to make the aptilogetie remark,
that '* they are a good people T At
this obHervation» the pipe departed
iVoni between the lips of the priest;
at ^vhieh sign of approaching oracular
eloquence all were silent, for nil felt
that the priest, having been in Europe,
could " qieak by the card ;" and as ho
mm well-verdetl in Arabic, Syriac,
Clmhlee,and Knrdiah, he was of course,
nnd as a necesaary consecjuence, well-
skUled also in all that coirceriied those
far-olT infideb^ the Britons; and tins
was his daigucrreotypeti Ueseriptiou of
our very worthy selves.
** The English," said he, " art
Christians ami have ehurebes ; but
they only go lo them once a njontb,
and take the Lord*8 Supper oncii in
twenty jx^ars. On the Utter occn»ion/*
he eontmtied, ** the pricjtt st^inds on a
high place th:it lie nuty not be torn in
pieces by tho erowd, who rush tu-
nmltuously forward, snatch the conse-
crated bread out of Ida hands, and
scramble for it. They are aUo ttl-
lowed»" said this faithful depictor of
our ntoraK ** to marry as many wivea
as they please, and some of tlieni have
more than twenty. They are a poor
II nd beggjirly people, and have a beavjr
d«*bt, which they arc nmible lo pay.
They are obliged to borrow large
sum.'i of the King of France, ^vllo liasi
obtained by thin means a kind of do-
minion over tliem." And be clinched
this rough nail driven through our
reputation, by coolly turning to Mr.
Fletcher, and asking, *'"Ma hii fiahcck?*'
^ — "Is it Uitt true?" The Enf*li»h mi-
nister calmly took hix pipe from his
mouth, and replied, *Ml is a ^reat
fstlsehood !" An assertion which by
no means disposed the majority of the
company to put faith in it.
The above Is an amusing instance of
an Endish portrait painted by a
Syrian band. For such an artist some
allowances may be made; but what
excuse ean be oflercd by traveilera
nearer home who |jrofesa to draw
Englifih portraits and English land-
scapes from nature, and who (/ci in one
sense draw them a very great way
indeed from nature ?
An instance occurs to ns in the case
of M, Alexandre Dninas, an .aeeom-
plislicd gentlenum who gilds refined
gold, paints the lily, alteri* the catas-
trophes of Slmkspere*8 plays, atid en-
riches Ilandet with a new andoriginid
(very much so indeed 1) fifth Act?
M. Dumas b the author of a story
called " Paulino," n story winch has
been both transiaf^^d and dramatised
in England. It ia exciting, drttinutic,
English Sketches hy Foreign Artists*
I
aDd iui probable ; the Lerginc therein is
fttarried to a gentlcnma who is ik com-
ponnd of Faust and Alephistophiles, of
Juiin, Charles Moore, \\^erther, and
the Coirsoir; who is half BavRgc, half
soft, and who rejoices in the name of
norace <3e BeauzinvaL He is a deli-
cate creature who kills tigers, slays
wild boars, sings rumblingfy in bass,
thrillingiy in counter-tenor, and who,
though in Paris the glass of fashion
and the mould of forra^ occasionallj
retires to an old dil&pidatt'd chateau
in Normandy where, in coo junction
with two friends, Henry and ALix, he
con I rives to play the brigand and
murderer, without detection. Pauline,
in feoiintne alarm at a somewhat pro-
tractetl absence of her husband, deter-
mines to leave Paris and look for liim
in Normandy. Her unexpected arrival
IfjKls to a chaos of incidents, among
which the two fearful nights of her
sojourn, the sorcerer-like atteudonce
of the wild Malay , and the scenes of
debauchery and u^sa^sinntion which
reveal to her the true occupation of
her husband, are told with a power
familiar to the reaiier« of the most
htghly-apiced of M. Dmnfts'a romances.
lliirace, drentling betrayal on the
purt of his wife^ shuts her up in a vault
with " a cup of cold poison,' and a civil
Ictlor of flpolog}'. He gives out that she
1ms been assassinated ; and he buries
in her stead the body of a young Eng-
lish ladj whom he shoots for that espe-
cial purpose* Pauline is discovered by
an old lover* Alfred de Nerval, who
carries her to England as his sister,
and who retarns temporarily to France
to kill Horace in a duel, for having
dared to aspire to the hand of a kins-
woman of Alfred's* Pauline lingers
on in ill health, and does not allow her
own mother to be conscious of an ex-
istence which she feels must soon ter-
minate,— and by a knowledge of which
her mother would only have to mourn
a second time. She finally dies in Italy,
Now the comicality in this story of
horrors lie^ in the grave portion of it
which has England for its scene, and
onl^ some twenty years ago for its
period. The lovers conceal themselves
in a cottage ornc in Piccatlilly ! They
have the good fortune to find in that
retired spot, ** a pretty little liouse,
very simple, and quite isolated I " It
it '^ A diorining little cot, with green
blinds, a little garden full of llowers,
an exquisite lawn, gravelled walks en-
circling" all; and a "banc au dessous
d'ua plfltane magnifiquc qui convroit
de sa tente de feuillage line partic du
jardin ! ! ! " All this, it must be remem-
bered, is described as existing in Pic-
cadilly, in 1 834, within view of a person
turning out of St. Jameses Street, and
which latter circumstance would fix
the precise locality of tJiis isolated cot-
tage as somewhere about the solitary
purlieus of the romantic White Horse
Cellar, or the picturesque and unin-
habited wilderness tenanted by '*thc
Black Bear.'' An absurdity scarcely
less remarkable on the part of AL
Dumas is that of fixing the residence
of a very hard-working apothecary in
one of the patrician mansions in Gros-
venor Square I And yet the author
has been in London, and has even, like
%'olfaire, commented upon our lan-
guage. The sum, indeed, of his obser-
vations thereon amounts to the fact
that Englishmen have abandoned tlie
old expletive of ** Godam,** and that
their throats are now generally engaged
with discharging the cacophonous
echoes of "Oh, idi!"
The French dramatists use us very
little better, in many instances worse,
than the novelists, Tbej sell Indies bj
public auction in Smithfield Market,
while half the house of peers stand by
to witness the sale, and celebrate its
conclusion by a conglomerated horn-
pipe. A French feuilletonist who came
among us taking notes, in the year of
the Exhibition, gravely certified to his
countrywomen that the gin -palaces of
England were inamly supported hy the
middle-aged and ehlerly peeresj^es of
the realm. I have myself seen on the
French stage a drama, the scene of
which is laid in the mountainous region
that lies somewhere between Hyde Park
and Richmond. In this piece there is
an ancient castle, with a very wicked
lord who maintains his evil eminence
by the power and produce of forgery,
and whose fair daughter, on her saint^s
day, is presented with bouquets pre-
sented to her processionally by all the
grateful people of Brentford and Kew,
The ruinc<i chateau itself is on the
romantic banks of the *' St. George
Canal,** and near it is a village, the
inhabitants of which have the laws in-
terpreted to them by an alderman of
.10
English Sketches hf Foreign AriUts.
[Jan,
Lomlun, who is maJe rultir of the dis-
trict by the special uj>poijilinent cou-
fernnl on him by ** H»a Excellency the
Lor Muiro.'
Tfjt? Hulhor of
the head of Ihis
another qujility*
tho work nniue^l nt
article is a liiurier of
ile hiii*si'i'ii whut Ijc
dcdcrtbcs; sm\*\ he paints well tfiat which
he has observed with the ttient^l as
well US the vi.^ual eye. Accordinj[fly,
Uo do€3 not, like trench ItUvrntenrx^
represent us as soinetliiiig dillercnt
from all other exiating Imiimn njiliire.
We may not always feel JUttered by
Ilia portrnitt hut we cnnnot deny the
rcsejriblancc, iior the j]:ot»d-lmmoured
apirit which iritluenced the hand by
which it is drawn.
It if! something: plensant to turn from
themitsrepresentattons of such writers,
however temporarily amusing they may
be, to contemplate portraits of nur-
&elve9 dashingly and f^ood-hiinnuiredly,
philosophically and cindidly sketched
by Buch an artist as Max Schlesin^er,
There is something highly origin m in
the dramatic form in which many ol'
the author a raciest observations are
made* A certain Doctor Kief is gene-
rally charged with the duty of cutting
US tip; and on one occjusion^ when
something stronger than usual is re-
quired to be llung at uf, a French
gentleman performs the ullice with u
vigour aiid an absence of veracity tluit
are highly entertjiining. Mr. Schlc-
flinger, however, does not appear to
have employed this form because he
had auapicions of our being an over-
senaitive people^ for he now and then
hits U9 smartly and stingingly, severely
and deservedly enough. He has
adopted the form because it gave hiui
Uti tude of observation and expression.
One thing ia certain, that tliere is no
nation under the sun that so good-
humouredly bears being laughed at aa
our own. The heartiest enjoy era of
** Lee Anglaisea pour rire/' have ever
been those at whom the sal ire was
levelled \ and througliout Germany
the broadeat srina ealled up by Kotz-
ebue*a " Sir Johti," mantle on the faces
of British auditors, who are perhaps
more tickled by comic evidences of
ignoranee than by the wit levelled at
lleir own habits and morals.
The Saunterer in and about London
paints both our in and out -door life
with, generally speaking, very great
correetnesa- And tliii* general cor rect-
nesa cannot lie gainsaid, becauae he
often lotiks ufion ua and our doin^
from a point of view whence we have
never considered them ourselves. A
determine d d i ITerencc of opi n ion often,
indeed, p^jrings up in the mind of the
reader; but when he hiw nicditated for
a moment upon the light in which
artist has limned hi5 picture, be
com|Killetl to conclude that the detai]
arc nut exaggerated, and that tlie light
ill which they are shown does aomc-
times illumine them, and ia more likely
to be seen by a stranger than by our-
sclve.-i, who are less curious oit Uie
matter.
IVrhapa, and it ia as well to say i|
at once and have done with it, it *
with the author's political scntime
that the reader will be least incline
to agree. When he insinuates tlia
the continental revolutionists, who in
1848 advo<;ated licence and thought
it was liberty, were men who were
performing aa patriotic a duty as that
performed by Russell when he glori-
ously conspired against our illegal go-
vernment, it is only the ultra -radicals
among bis readers who will endorse
the ijentiment. They who made an
ai^complished fact of our revolution
never [lerilled the general liberty which
they aought to establish. They who
in 1848 let loose the deluge against
the thronca of Europe^ swept away
with it the freedom which tney pro-
feaacd to support ; not that there was
not among them many a bold and
honest, hoiieful and enduring heart,
whose aapi rations were for that liberty
which allows unconstrained action for
all, ^ave where it may be injurious to
any. Max Sehleaiuger very aptly meets
one objection mode in tugtand, by a
remark which is worth quoting: —
*' These Engliah sages,*' he says, " do
not consider how much cosier it was
for their ancestors to bring the con-
test with the power of the Crown to a
auccessful issue. The English patriots
were not opposed by large standing
armies. The contest lay between them
and a single family and its faction, and
— ^tliis is a point which has never been
aufliciently dwelt upon— they had uo
reason to fear a foreign intervention."
This is true, yet not wholly so* it is,
however, sufficiently correct to be al-
lowed to pass unttuesiioned. The au-'
1S540
English Sketch€.i % Foreign ArtiH^.
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liior eompares liberty as it is abstract-
wily Ticired by English, French, and
Garman. Tbe first rcaoWed to I>osse^^.H,
snd hare manfully held by and pro-
CTCSsed under it. The second $eizc it,
&t It slip through their fingers, and
rec-filnrf.^ only ag^aio to lose what they
§lv of blood to obtain. The
G. ui? evidently thinks, would
acc^^mpll^b all that the Engll^b havo
dooe had they but our advantages—
iasoUr position, and security iroui ex-
teriml fulae friends as well as declared
faei^. This reminds us of how the same
three people are described by Ilevne
as estimntmg liberty, and which des-
cription may be thus abridged, to
edification : —
" The Englishman loves freedom aa
does his lawful wife- He poftscssea
her* and if he does not treat her with
any ostentatious show of tenderness,
yet does he know, should the case re-
qoire it, how to defend her like a man.
TjI«», woc-betide the intruder into her
bolr chamber of rest, be it as gallant or
be It as knave. The Frenchnmu loves
£:«edom ns he does his betrothed
brid^. Hefflowsfor her. He burns
for her. ifi throws himself at her
feet with the most escaggerated adjura-
tions. He fights for her, despising
death for her Kake ; and in her name
he commits do end of foUiea. But the
0enDftrT T.iv.< fr. ♦ ,lnm as he does hia
Tener. laer! ... The
gplenci ^ Lps wearies of his
wife, and disposes of ber iu t!je loarket-
nlacc; a halter round ber neck, and
^mlthfield the locality. The flutter-
ing FVenchman probably turns faith-
less to his bride, and goes dancing an<l
finging al\er some court lady in tbe
royal palace. But the German will
never turn his venerable grandinotlier
into the street \ he will ever grant her
a comer by the hearth, where she may
tell to his listening childreD her old
wife*s tales for ever/*
By this it is clear that Heync re-
proaches his countrymen as possessing
a superabundance of sMJotuneot and
lacking the sjririt of action. Max
Sehlesinger, on the other hand, appears
to think that they want nothing but
opportunity. The two opitjions, now-
ever apparently lucomnatible, may
neYerthetesfi be reconciled. But let
Ui gr» with the Saunterer from politics
to thft Battle of Waterloo, oa it m
fought by the light companies, on a
gala night, at Vauxhall. Here are the
a u thorns opinions upon what he saw,
put into tbe ever-con veniently- open
mouth of Dr. Kief.
NftUonsI prejudice is like a pig-tail, you
can't Boe it m front. It is scandatoa«
how they teach biatory in your schools.
This new friend of nunc is a well-bretl
man, hat he has nover beard of Btucher.
We luoked at tlie Duke of Welliogtou
riding over tbe field of Waterloo, and I
said, "Couldn^t you find a place fot our
Blachcr?** ** Blutcherl^' said he, '* who
is Blutsher?^* He knew UDthing what-
ever of Boucher and the Pnigsian army I
and when I told hita^but for tbe Prussians,
Wellington would have been made miaced*
meat of at Wuterluo^ he actually laughed
\n my face 1 Now tell me how do they
teach history in your i^chools ?
We may answer that history is
taught after another fashion than Dr.
Kief and prejudice would renuire.
Lamartine, Jules Aluurclj and, if we
mistake not, Baron Mullling, have
done justice to Wellington, and the
complete nei?fl of bii* victory ere the
indeed long-wished- for Prussians ar-
rived to purfiue the routed columns of
the Gaul. And as to Blucher's name
not being known iu this country, it is
immortalized in one way among US|
exactly as Wellington's hua been, by
giving a diiftinctive appellation to a
certain form of British boot. To deny
the Duke the undoubted merit of hii
great deed is only to treat him as he
has been treated by that stricken wit
Ileyne, who says of him, with incredible
nrofantty and malice, that the name of
Wellington, in connection with that of
Napoleon, will go down to posterity
as that of Pontius Pihite in connection
with Je^us Christ. This Is worse than
our merely forgetting Blucher, even if
we had been so ungrateful. But this
we were not. When the allied mo-
narchs arrived in England in July,
1814, Blucher was (asfar as our public
was concerned) " the king amang them
a'/' The uopular enthusiasm of th©
people for hi m who Iiad boldly faced
the eouuoon enemy of Europe when
others had tied betore that Ibe waa ho
intense, tliat when the hero set foot on
shore at Dover, he wua nearly suf-
focated with embraces, and bis cloak
was torn into fragments. The excite-
ment of ladies In the capital was not
inferior tc that which rdgaed in the
EnglUh Skitches by Foreign ArtUts*
f Jau.
proviiircs, Moorci iri his Fudge Fuaiily,
lim incideritiilly noticL'd tbia iigitiition
of luve in the letter wherein Miss
Biddy informs her friend Dorothy that
she has found a sukor who wta
No loaa Umh the groat K\Rg of PruMlAi
WbD'f here Dow Incog.- He who ui«d« aucb a fuaa
you
Itemdmb^r in London, wltli Dlitcher »iiil TUtofT,
When Sol wan ne«r kiaaintf oW Uliichur'Ji cmtrat off.
And the hiat-mentioncd lady was but
one of II tiicmaand wlio contended for
the lionoura of a kJsa from the pipe-
tkvoured lips of the veteran. At Ox-
fiird, he was created Doctor of Laws*
in full convociiti(>n ; and t^ the old
aoldier*a very great astonishment. ** If
tliey miikc me a Doctor/' aaid he* '*thcy
are bound to make GiiLMsenau (the f:^c-
ncral of urtiiliiry) uu apnthecary ; fori
if I wrote the prescription, he cer-
tainly made up the pilb T' After
WuIltIoo Blue her pronounced a eandid
critieisiii on himself, which posterity
will receive with respect. "For wlint
do you commend iwi ?" said he to a
liatterer, whoi^e praise disgtjsteil hiui,
** It was my recklessne;as» Gnebenau*8
cnutiousnestii and tho great God*8
loving-kindness !"
But leaving the consideration of this
Bubiect, we will now accompany the
author, and take Ileyne with ua too,
into Cheap^ide. llere is what the firiit
thinks of that place where people mobt
do congregate : —
Friend ttniuger, stand for an hour or
two^ leaning Bg^oinst the iron gates of Bow
Church in Chenpside, or take up your
potition on the itepa of the Rojal Ex<
change. Let the waves of the great city
rush past you, now murmuringly, now
thunderiD^ly I now fast, novr flow, as
crowds press on crowds^ and Tchicles on
Tebioles, as the streama of traffic break
against every street- comer, and spread
through the arterial system of the hiaca
and aileTi ; as the knot of men, horgesi
and vehicles get entangled nlmovt at every
point where the large streets join and crojis,
to mnver mid heave, and tpin round, and
get diseDteiagled again, and agaia en^
tangled. After each a review only can
jou realize the idea of the greatness of
London. It is this which p after a pro-
longed stay in London, so moves our ad-
miradon, that there is no stop, no rest, no
pauae in tho street-life throughout the
buey day.
Heyne*fl paiatlog is lomcthing to tha
4
same pur|i05e, but witli a daah more,
perhaps, of the picture^tjuc : —
A* I, aroused from my meditation, a^arn
lookeJ out upon the roaring atreet, where
a varied knot of men, women, children,
horsei, coaches (und among them a hearse),
made their way to and fro, aw earing, cry-
ing, creaking, and griMiningr then it seemed
to me so as tf alt London w»a a large
fieresloa bridge, where every one, in frantic
anxiety about his own little bit of life,
sought to force his own way onward j
wherii the bohi rider tramples down the
poor fellow a- foot ; where he who falb to
the ground ia for ever lost ; where the
hitherto truest comrades become selfish,
and clioib over each othen Th«re thoa-
aandi fiiint to denth, and bleeding cUng
vaioly to the pkuks of the bridge, only
to drop off Into the cold abyss of death
below/'
Risk Allah, in bin recently published
work» **The Thistle and the Cedar of
Lebanon," expresses himself in corre-
sponding terms with regard to the
streets of London : —
What are nil these people come out to
«icc? isyour tirstnaturnlinquiry. Is there
a fire ? or has there been an earthquake ?
or are all the suburban villagea and towaa
pouring iu their multitudes to witness some
grand spectaole? Waitah yar ^endim.
If SiAmboul were in flames, and all the
Sultau'jj harem burning, there could aot
be tt greater concourse of people than may
every day he encountered between the
hours of three and five in one single street
of London \ and all the other hundred
streets are almost equally well 6 lied.
Asaaud y Kaylat, in his *^ Voice from
Lebanon,' speaks full a^ admiringly of
the pave Bti^hta and sounds of London.
This we pass to notice a dedicate re-
mark mado by him, after rccfirding a
visit to Kensington Palace. Ho was
delighted with his reception there by
the then heireas to the throne and her
goodly company; but he will not nd-
ininister to the public curiosity thereon.
" 1 will rather," he saya, ** follow the
advice of the Oriental proverb : — * LFe
who enters the pre^jcnce of kings should
go in blind and come out dumb/ "
We must notice, before eoncludingi
that Max Schlesingor will by no means
uHow of the English being considered
as, in any way, a musical people — that
ia, as a people producing great com-
posers • — all the great names, from Pur-
cell to Bolfe, ** to the contrary not-
wiUialJUiding." We have not space to
••••
1854. J likhard BaMter^s Pulpit at Kidderminster.
dd
ow bow Tolgur ftn error tlii» 10, Wo
■think lesB of our heroes than do tbe
French, and less of our tuu^icianB than
b4o the G^nnans. But we are as plen-
fulJy provideil with both 35 onr good
utthem. It could
r us as a Prussian
d of his own country,
u people talked onlv of
ll*^kA'jg an^ GodP" We have other
tof viewing religion and muslc,^ —
■* we maj be inferior in both»
kdesS) to those who view them
0%.
We fear we have hardly done Max
Scblesinger'fl clever book justice, but
that will be done to it by the public
patronage ; to that we coinroifc it, only
adding a word of praise to the ability
of the accomplished translator, who
handles our English as though he were
to the matter born. There are occa-
sional little expletives used which evi-
dently do not fall on M. Wenckstem's
ear aa they do on those of most English
people, but these wo should be sorry
to miss notwithstanding. They are as
pleasant sauce to an exceedingly plea-
sant dish*
W:
RICHARD BAXTER'S PULPfT AT KIDDERMINSTER,
{With a Plate,)
>I
THE character of this great theolo-
gian nf the seventeenth century is
r iu his Biogra-
1 inland with even
' WW,
marks) was
u- lui WL iiviiess of body
'h of mind; for having the
T.ijra of religion himself, and
of it hi the thought-
' )e ; for preaching more
' \\% ill more controver-
^ more bookat than any
inturniist of his age. He
ted, autl wrote with ease ;
1 the same intrepidity
vml Cromwell and ex-
niLh Charles II, as wheo
il l<;i a eoMgre;4ation of me-
1 lis zeal for religion was ex-
V, but it seems never to
"Jiipted him to faction, or
hi 111 to enthusiasm. This
^^ of the Fresbyterians* was
jLienof every other religion,
. i--' who were of no religon
but, t)iL^ had very little eUect
QpoQ hioi : his preticnce and his firm-
Qtiatf of mind on no oceiifllon forsook
him. He was just the aarae man be*
fore he went into a prison, while he
was in it, and when he came out of it,
aod he maintained a uniformity of
character to the last gasp of his life "
It WQfi in the year 1641, at the aga
of six- and -twenty, that Baxter com-
menced his ministry at Kidderminster,
The Committee for Scandalous Minis-
ters was at that time pursuing its in*
qutried, and the parishroncrs of Kid-
derminster memorialised it^ stating that
their Vicar was utterly insufflcient,
had been presented to the cure by %
Fiipist, was unlearned, preached but
once a quarter, and then so weakly an
exposed him to laughter, aod impressed
them with the belief that he under-
stood not the very substantial articles
of Christianity; that he fi-equented
alehouses, and had sometimes been
drunk ; that he turned the Table altar*
wise, Sec. &c, with more such as this.
He had a Curate who bore no better
character; and another at a chapel in
the parish, who was many degrees
worse. The Yicar, being conscious of
his insufficiency, was induced to make
terms with the Committee. He agreed
«lid not, however, himself own to the description of a PreBbyterian j but
1 ?» a nftproftchfal term, put upon hitnficlf and his friends by their opponents.
r/isbops! " said the brow-beating Jeffcreys, when the Tlieologion was
1. iim in the Coart of Chancery, 'that's a merry conceit mdeed 1 turn to
11 Upon this Ratheram {one of Baxter's coaiisel) turned to a pliicc where
if 1^ - ill 'hat *• great respect h due to those truly called to be Bishops amoug iis," or
Ui luir purpose/ ** Aye," aaith JefTerejs, the ChnnceUor, *' this is your Presbyterian
iJ%Xkl, ' truly called to be Bishops j* that is, himself, and snch rascals, called to be
liishopi of KJddermioster, and other such places; Biahops set apart by such factioua
iulveUing Presbyterians as himselfr — a Kidderminster Bishop he meaDS,''
Ge:^t. Mao, Vol. XLI. F
u
l^icftar<( Busier s Puipit at f^Udei^tinmier.
[Jan.
ihi\U instead of his Curntc in the towfii
ho should allow 60/, per unn. to a
Preacber, to be chosen by Ibarteen of
Iho congregation ; that hiJ should not
hinder this Preacher from prcacliing
whenever he pleaded ; and that he him-
self should read Ck>minon Prayer, and
do idl else that was to l»e tlone i and
so they preferred not thoir Petition
against him, nor against his curates,
but he kept his place, whieh was worth
to biiu near 2901, per aim. allowing
that tiOL out of it to their lecturer:
and to perform this he gave a bond
of^uo;.
The first Lecturer they thought of
was Mr. Lapthorn, a preacher oi some
eelebrity ; but, he not bcin^^ approved,
tliey next rc^olTcd to invite Baxt&*
from Bri^lgnorth, where he wa3 then
resident, and he waa summoned by
the Baittfl' and feoffees to preach before
them, in order to a full determination.
My mind (he »ay») wfts roach to the
pltce w soon as it woa described to me ;
because it was a AiH congregation, and
most conTCQient t^miplc ; an ignoratit,
rude^ nod revelling people for the greater
part, who had need of preaching ; and yet
had among them a small company of con-
verts, who were humble, godly, and of good
coaverBatioas, aud not much hated by the
reat» and therefore the fitter to assist their
teacher ; but, above all^ hecause they had
hardly ever had any Uvcly^ serious preach-
ing among them. . . . As soon as I
camCt and had prcsehcd one day, 1 waa
chosen ncfnine cnniradicente; for, though
fourteen only had the power of choosing,
they desired to please the rcat. And thus
I wns broiiiijht, by the gracious providence
of Godt to til at place which had the chiefest
of my bbours, and yielded me the greAtcst
fruits of comfort.
Bjvxtcr'fi first residence in Kitlder-
minater waa not, however, long uudis-
turbeib On the breaking; out of the
civil war the RoyaUst party prevailed
in the towni and, as Baxter was stig-
matised as a Roundhead, he was glad
to retire. lie went to Gloucester, and
afterwards to Coventry and elsewhere,
a» a chaplain to the army. Nor was it
nntil aoraetime ailer the wars had closed
that he was able to return, having in the
meantime Iain ill for dve months in
the bouse of Lady Kous at Rous-Lcnch.
When he did so, he foun^l the vicarage
had been setjuejiteretl, and he was urged
to accept it \ but tbif* he refused, tclfing
tho maizistrates and burgesBCS that.
though he way i>' 1
pounds per ann. > ^^^
willing to continue with tkcm m )m
old Lecturer B place which he hivd be-
fore the wars, cx[»ecting they sliould
make the maintrnanc^ lOOi, a -year
and a house* To this arrangetnLnt
they consented^ though it waa aticr-
wards barely performed (the vicaracc
itself remain inpt se^ue^tei'ed in tne
bands of the parishioners), and for six-
teen years Baxter continued to labour
in his vocation at Kidderminster. Of
the method of his employment he givcif
the following account :
I nrcached before the Wart twice each
Lord s Day \ but after the war but once,
and once every Thursday, besides ooca-
siousl Sermons. Every Thursday eveming
my neigbbouri that were moat desirofia
and had opportunity met at my house, and
th«n one of tliem repeated th6 sermon^ and
afterwards they proponed what doubts any
of thcni had about the sermon » or any
other case of oODtdenoe, aod I resolved
Ibcir doubts : and laat of all I caused
sometimes one and lometinirs another of
thopi to pray (to cxcreise thcn))» and topoe-
times I prayed with them myself, which,
beside singmg a psalm « was all they did.
And once a week also some of the younger
sort who were not fit to pray in so great
an assembly met among a few more pri-
vately, when they spent three boors in
prayer* Every SnUirday night thty met
at some of their honnies to repeat the aer^
mon of the la»t Lord's Day, and to pray
aud prepare themseWea for the following
day* Once in a few weeks we had a Day
of HiimiliaLion on one occasion or other*
The afternoons of Monday and Tues-
day in every week he spent in visiting
and privately catechising from house
to house : but for the further miwUitt
of bis ministry the reader must now
be refeiTcil to his interesting auto-
biography, or to his book called *• The
Reionncd Piwtor "
At the Bestoration, Baxter was no-
mtnatcd one of the King^s Chaplains,
and together with Calomy and Rey-
nold s^ two other distinguished lU vines
of kindred sentiments, was oifered a bi-
shopric, Reynolds became Bishop of
Nonvich ; but Baxter and Calamy both
pronounced their Noh Ejnscopari m
right earnest* Baxter wtshe»l for no
better fate than to retain bis favourite
pulpit at Kidderminster :■ —
When I had refused a Bishoprick (he
1854.] Richard Baxter's Pulpit at Kiddeitnimter.
^
Rf s) I did it on t^ch reatons ai offended
; Ibe Lord CbuceUor (ClureDdon); and
fdre, tostead of it, I presutned to
\ Ml fiitour to refitorc tne to preach to
• people al Ridderminster agaia ; from
dice I had been cast out (when many
Inaadreda of oUitra were qectcd) upon the
!<toratioii of aU them that had bceu ae-
QOtred. It was but a vicaridge, and the
jriear waa a poor uolearned, ignorant,
itUr Reader, that little understood what
Plirirtiaiiitj and the articles of his creed did
ritfnify, but once a quarter he said some-
f Illicit which he called a SermoDf which
[nude him the pity or laughter of the
»opIe. This man being unable to preach
msclf, kept always a curate under him
preach. . . . My people were so
I dear to me, and I to them, that I would
are been with them upon the lowest law-
ol termi. Some laughed at me for re-
uiiig a bishop He k^ and petitioning to be
reading ricar's corBte ; but I had little
■ ^opea of lo good a condition, at least for
|iny c6mtder&b}e time.
Lord Chancellor Clarendon en-
^etrroiirGd to effect Baxter's wii^hes;
ftltbc local influence of Sir Ralph
\ > or ted the old Vicar, imd
oQ of Dr. Morley, then
[io[j ui \\ orccater, previillctl against
Sir Ralph Clare declared in the
Itihop*^ chamber that Baiiter would
ire tne 8aa*ament to none kneeling,
nd that of eighteen hundred commu-
licants, there were not past siJt hun-
r^red ihiit were for him, whilst the rest
I were far the Vicar. \V'huo the people
Lm KiddermiDster heard this, in a day's
tfime they gathered the handa of six-
; teen hundml of ^e eighteen hundred
[ communic&nld^ and the rest were auch
'.•3 were from home. But all woa in
tir&in.
The Bishop looked at Kidderminster as
\ factious, tchisniatica], Presbyterian peo-
[*^lep that must be cured of their overralning
' ^f me, and then thej would be cured of all
I the rest : whereas if he had lived with
i^em the twentieth part so long as I had
1 4oiiet he would hare known that they
' were n*-itht r Presbyterians, nor factious,
i hoT \f nor seditious; but a
peoj^ !J**Mt followed their hard
labotir, ,i: the holy ScHptures,
and tived i':le«a life, in humi-
hXf end p^bac^' vTiiu uii men, and nether bad
^A aeot or tepiirated party among them.
I Imt abhoffed all factions and sidings in
. fdifloD, and lived in lore and Chriitian
nnicjr.
On lU8 last visit to Kidderminiter adorned with gold and colours.
Baxter preached twice or thrice, and
then the old Vicar^ under advice of his
prompters^ denied him the liberty of en-
tering the pulpit any more. From that
time until nis deatbi nearly thirty years
after, his preaching was confined to the
meeting- houses ofthe Nonconformists,
chiefly in and about the mctropolig.
Baxter a Pulpit is still preserved at
Kidderminftter, but no longer in the
church. In hi& ilay it stood on the north
side of the nave, against the second
pillar from the east. But in 178t>, the
chtirch was "repairetl, rcpewed, and
beautified," in the style of those gootl
old times : when, it bein^ thought ad-
visable to have a new pmpit hnilt in a
central situation, Baxter's old pulpit
was condemned, and, together with
other pieces of carved work, wag offered
for sale (!) by the then churchwardens,
as old and useless chureb furniture.
The churchmen of that day appear to
have held the same opinions aa their
wardens ; so the pulpit (with the ex-
ception of its pedestal) was purchased
by the Unitarians of the place. Their
successors have carefully preserved it,
and it now stands in a room adjacetit
to their chapel.
The pulpit ia of oak : octagonal in
its shape, and properly decorated with
flowers and architectural ornaments,
in the well-known style of the reign of
James L Gold letters, inserted in six
of the panels, somewhat ostentatiously
informed the congregation that—
ALICR . DAWXX , WIDOW . GAVS . THtS.
On the face of the pulpit, and im-
mediately beneath the preacher*8 desk,
18 the text :
PaAISS . TSIS . LOUD.
And round the sounding- board are the
words .*
0«OlVE. THANKS, UNTO. TUE . LORD. AND
CALL, rP0N» HIS . NAME - DECLARE.
ni»*WOaSHlP. AMONO.TBE .PBOPLK.
On the oak board at the back of the
pulpit h the date :
ANNO, 1621.
surmounted by a projecting crown and
cushion of bold workmaoi^hip — pro-
bably an addition after the Kestora-
tion. The mivriner^s compass is pninted
on the under-side of the sounding-
board, and the entire pulpit beara
manifest traces of having once been
QlO
as
Cambridge Improvementi^ 1859.
[Jan.
Tlio cHistagonal pillar and pedeatai
OQ which the pulpit once stood now
serve to support the iloor tj f ii book-
teller's ahop ill the llisli-Htrcut.
Within the room where the pulpit is
now preserved is placed n folio co{>y
of Baxter's Works m four volumes, aiid
an encraTlng of **the rererend and
icArned Mr, Richard Baxter," tAkenj
from the origiiial picture in the [
session of Mr. Faweett, formerly of
Kiddertiiinster. A haudsomely carved |
chair, former I y the property of Bishop 1
llall, m abo placed near to the pulptt* 1
CAMBRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS, 1853.
A VERY striking and extensive
improvement has recently been effected
in this town. About four years since
eight houses on the western aide of the
^&rket Hill and in the ad i a cent streets
were destroyed by firo. I'be Corpora-
tion promptly toek advantage of this
miafartunc and obtained a local Act
empowering them to purchase by com^
pulsion the sites of these housesi, and
all the other property between the
Market Hill and the eastern end of
Great St, Mary*s Church. Under this
Act they have at length purehased
twenty-four houses and sites of houses
at an expense of about 5O,O0O;. The
whole spiaee has been cleared, and the
Market Place has been thereby more
than doubled in size, and is now one of
the largest in the kingdom. New and
spleudid views have been opened of
Great St, Mary\ the Senate House,
the University Library^ and King^s
College Chapel, whilst the Market Hill
mokes a Une appearance from the open
space near the Senate House. In
effect, the Senate House HiO and the
Market Hill now form one spacious
area, having Great 8t, Mary's Church
in the centre. The chancel of this
church (which as been hitherto hijdcn
from public view by old and mean
housett,) greatly retpiircs renovation.
As, however, the Master and Fellows
of Trinity College are patrons of the
church in questionj there can be little
doubt that they will undertake the
work with their accusiomed liberality,
and the Maater's extensive knowledge
of architecture affords a guarantee that
what is done will be well done. The
Univeraity will, rt is ex|>ected, tiiko
the opportunity of getting rid of the
oflemjve throne, plt^ and galleries, and
will fit up this fine church more in
accordance with ecclesiastical usage.
The Conduit, named after the cele-
brated carrier, Thomas Hobson, will
probably be removed to a more central ]
position on thcMnrket Hill, if a larger i
and more ornamental structure bo not
substituted for it.
The improvements on and near the
Market If ill to which we have adverted
are certain to lead, sooner or later, to
the erection of a new, more spacious,
and more commodious Cruildhnll. The
present structure is of no great anti-
quity, but it is mean, ugly, quite in*
adequate to the increased and increas-
ing wants of the community, and ut-
terly unimprovable. There are ccrt^iin
negociations pending between the Uni-
versity and Town authorities for the
establishment of more amicable rela-
tions between the two bodies ; and if,
as anticipated, the result should be a
settlement of the long ponding question
as to the contributions of the Univer-
sity and Colleges to local burthens, no
time will, we are assured, be lost in
taking up the subject of a new Guild-
hall with that energy which muit en-
sure success.
The front of Trinity Hidl, which was
destroyed by fire a year or two since,
has been rebuilt on a more extended
and lofty plan, from the designs of A*
Salvin, e«q. who has also rebuilt the
Master s Lodge ; and is the architect
of a now hall and other buildings at
Caius College-, of red brick, with stone
dressings, in tlie Inter Tudor st^le. It
is, we believe, intended to rebuild and
enlarge this College towards Trinity-
street, If this be so, the buildingn
ought to be set back considerably, and
we tmst 80 opulent a society will not
be satisfied with anything but stone
for their principal front,
A new and enlarged north aisle and
porch have been added to St. Bene-
dict's Church, by G- G, Scott-, esq. and
it in pro|>osed to take part of the old
elm reheard (no longer used) to enlarge
the adjacent streets.
IS54.]
The Toxaris ofLucian*
W
The old ohttTcli of the Priory of
BiirowcllT which was sadly dilapidated,
and liu been disused foryears^ b being
restored tn a xikin but correct ijtytu
from a design by Mr. II. K. Howe, the
tit\f u surveyor- It is to be re-opened
' worship fts an additioDnl
I urch of tlie extensive parish
ol St, Andrew -the- Less.
The building commonly called the
Spinnlng-Houae, erected by the before-
mentioned Thomas Hobson, h now
diTidetl into two parts; the one has
been lately fitted up b^ the corpora-
iioiu and forms a spacious and most
commodious police*8tation, with a good
residence for the superintendent; the
oth«x portion has stdl more recently
been entirely re-constructed under the
sanction of the Inspector of Prisons,
It is used for the reception and refor-
mation of a certain chiss of females,
under the care of a matron « and the
exclusive supervision of the University
authorities.
A proposal was made to adopt Mr.
EwarfiJ Library Act on the 1st of
March la«t. It met with a spirited re-
sponse, and^ though the day was most
inclement} no less than 873 burgesses
voted for the proposal, whilst the op-
ponents of the mensure could not
muster above 78 votes* The town
council bas appointed a library com-
mittee, and it is pleasing to find the
Masters of St. Catharine's Hall and
St. Peters Colle^LS with uthcr mem-
bers of the University, acting most
cordially with the townsmen on this
comndttee. There is a difficulty in
finding a suitable site, hut before l^5A
has ela[tsed we trust a Town Free Li-
brary in Cambridge will be an accom-
plished fact. C.
THE TOXARIS OF LUCIAN.
WHATEVEK virtues the present
may claim to itself — and we do
\ toppase that it will not hold a fair
in the world's history — self-
vottoii of any kind will surely not
ll>c of the number. With respect to
l^end&hip and patriotism in particular,
iAotions so enthusiastic were enter-
||ained by the ancients, that we fear
*w5y will at the present day excite a
Qile, if not a sneer* It is not indeed
cult to assign a cause for the dif*
nee between the ancient and mo-
estimate of friendship, which
lake to be the scanty education
the females of tho^ times. If it
itended so far as to make them
IBotafale housewives, that was its utmost
; their intellect l>eing entirely, and
moral qualities all but entirely
gloeled. A marriage would thus
tlic most part be a mariage de
Ifmnraamr^, and, in anj case, a rational
npanion waj) the last thing a man
oked for in forming a nuptial en-
ement.
Jnder these circumatances, the af-
ItfbctioDS which, in modern times, would
1 1>e cooeentratefl in the domestic hcjirth,
|4rere compelled to look abroad for
object to which they might
eh themselves. In a />»>«// miglit,
aps, be found one who could ap-
preheiid and reply, — a quality not to
be hoped for in a tvife.
To this cause, rather than to any
other, we attribute the mimy romantic
instunces of self-devotion which the
annals of Grecian friendship present to
our view.
Some of those, and not the least
surprising, Lucian has collected toge-
ther in the diidogue whose title stands
at the head of our article; lliey are
thus introduced : — A discussion is re-
presented as arising between Toxaris
a Scythian, and Mnesippus a Greek,
as to which of their resf>ective coun-
tries has produced the most eminent
examples m this kind. Each of them
brings forward five instances in sup-
port of his side of the cjuestion, which
ultimately is left undecided.
In the naiTatives of the Scythian
some geographical and other difficul-
ties have been detected which cast a
shade of doubt over their truth ; thej
had farther to travel before reach-
ing the cars of Lucian, and were
probably somewhat garbled in their
route; one or two indeed ore possibly
wholly fictitious. The tales of Mnesip-
pus,, on tlie contrarv, have in them no
mhcreiit improbability, and are quite
in accordance with the spirit and cha-
racter of the nation to which he be-
ITiff Toxari9 o/LutiaH.
[Jan*
longed ; fto that we see no reason for
wttL hoi dill;,' oor belief from the ftccu-
racy of their JetniljS,
The first iimtttiice we now prot't'cd
to give, in the wonls of MDesIppus
hitnscir
" No long time ago," commences hc^
" diere lived a Sain inn named Aga-
thoclcs, who m birth and eminent qitii-
lities wai! no whit superior to the rest
of hb countrymen, though m noble-
nosa ofaoul, as lie after ward^ showc^:!, he
jfar aurjmesed tliem alL lie and Dinias,
son of Lj^ioa of Ephesus^ had been
finendjg from boyhood, and an Dlniu5
bad ft very largo fortunci which he had
just come into> there were many others
about hini, as mi^ht be cxjiected, who
caroused with hiin and took part in
Lis pleasures; these however were
altogether unworthy of the uaine of
frieiidfi.
" For some time Agathocles, though
be took no great pleasure in so apeud-
inc his time, kept them company, and
joined in their drinking bout*. Now
and then he would say, * Remember
your ancestors, my dear Dinias, and
take some little care to keep the riches
it cost your good father such pains to
acquire.* — *Iam weary of Agathocles,*
thought Dlnias ,* * a carouae is more
pleasant without him/ So he turned
to his llatterers. * Chariclca adores
yon/ cried they. She was wife to one
of tne first men in the place. By and
bye there came letters from the Lady,
then withered garlands and bitLt^n
apples, and other like triilea with
which daines of her atarap assault
youiic mcti's peace ; by little and little
they draw them into their toik, and
kindle a flame in their bosoms by giving
them to understand that they nave in-
spired affection — a plan which is espe-
emlly iiure to succeed with those who
fancy they have good looks : thus, be-
fore they are aware, the wretched
youths find themselves entangled in
the net . . .
** Such waa the person whom the pn-
nisttes of Dinias chose for the princi-
mt character in tbeir dranm, and,
themselves taking the inferior parts,
they left no means untried to make
him fall madly in love with her. Her I
part, indeed, she was (juite equal to* ni
this was not the first affair of the kind i
by many that she had been cncitLred jn,
or the first fine property she '
I)ated, or the first young mas. i
eft in the mire. A shifting and tricky j
piece of mischief was she; and now that
she had before her a youth quite simple*
minded and ignorant of arts like hers,
she took care not to let him out of her ]
talons, but clung to him, and struck
her claws into him, till at last she hatf
both ruined him and involved herself 1
in the same destruction. The baits *
she first put on her hooks were the
love-letters I spoke of— then the fa-
vourite slave came dropping in witli
the news, how her mistress spent her '
days in tears, and could not get awinlC
of sleep all ni^ht ,- indeed, how she wa§
like to stranoTe herself for love; till at
length poor Dinius could not but admit
to nimself the power of his oharms*
and thiit he found some favour in the
sight of the ladies of Ephesus. So,
yielding to frequent entreaties, he at
last consented to an interview. Afler
this, as might be expected, he waa
caught easily enough, ror the lady waa
handsonuN and, not only that, but wai
well versed in all the arts of pleasing:
to suffer a tear to steal down her
cheek — to break off the conversation
with a gentle sigh — to cling to him
when he was leaving her — to run to
meet him on his return — to array her*
self in the attire tbut best pleased
his fancy — to sin^ him a tender ditty,
and accompany licr voice with her
lyre — all these endues were brought
to bear against the ill-fated youth- . . .
She then on a sudden discontinued
her visits, pretending that her husband
had heard of their intrigue, and liad set
a watch upon her. This exclusion from
his mistress's presence was more than
the young man could bear ; he burst into . |
tears, sent his parasites to entreat her
to change her determination : then
called on the name of his dear Charl-
clea> and, as he hail a statue of her in
white marble, he threw his arms round
it, shrieking aloud ; and at last dashing
himself on the pavement, he lay there
• This dialogue has been conjecturtjd to be one of the author's earliest productions,
iad the confudoQ of metaphor* which we meet with in this dcflcription of ChaHeleA
would lead ua to suppose bo. In the courflcof three sentences the lady is compared to
e akittlsh Ully, a ravenoas bird of prey^ and a eimniog angler.
1854.]
The ToxarU o/Lucian.
rotlii^. Hb cottdaei indeed was tliat
of A mere r--'^ nor wn5 bis mad-
i alto^ ut cause ; for the
er>t«T lier rn rcturu for
tier -1 lids had been on a
very ^v1lolc mansions,
esUt> ud nowered
gawtit j\3 nmcli as
she cauld w^»U [vi\ in i^ word, this
iQiercluvnge of presents hud not gone
im long* before Lysion*B property —
oooe known a;* the 1 urgent iu Ionia —
VM exhuii - h^t dregf* The
youth Ki d dry* nia mis*
tress set I' ju-
fl^pijfcq ot i.n
adf 1 He, it now appeared,
^^t . .lr,f,..l -Ml, and he was
at her word.
If alone — for
iiivrasitcshad
11 — bethought
tti^J ot vi»iiing hi:» friend Agatho-
\ea^ who bad long been aware that
Atters were going ill with liini. On
■st seeing him the poor joutli felt
iioewbat asjhamed, but, uiTcr a time,
laid him the whole — his pii^aion and
loir — the lady^H harsh treatment of
iraself and kindness for hia rival —
rjr- * — "hade*! b^ declaring that he
live without her. * This is
uuie,^ thought Agathoclcs, * to
htm that I was excluded from
msc while sycophants were ad-
XM* I have a i Samod
-'tis true 'twas niy ^^^but I
ill iidl it, and he sliaU have the priec/
^* Charicleti heard of the transaction,
id all her fondness for Dinias re-
lumed ; again the faTouritc slave made
",cr appearance, bearing letters re*
oachin^ him with hia absence* The
} IS easily prevailed onto
I . he went to the house
mnuK.' tiiu^, irriuie midnight. No sooner
iad he entered tlinn the husband started
Out of a huiing -place — I know not
wbother he was m lengue with his wife,
fir iluit ^nmc cuie else had given him a
1 Lory is told both ways ;
i it may, he bade them
thui th^ door of the court and seize
t^intrudor; branding and scourging
ibe best words in his mouth. He
(b^w bis sword, and made at
». The young man now saw
clearlj into what danger his folly had
Uroxignt him ; be snatched up an iron
bar that lay ne^, and killed his as*
•=' ''"*^* W a blow on the temples; then
his mistress, he struck her
I. ■..:r blow, and at last ran her
through the body with her husband*s
sword. The servants for a time stood
speechless and stupefied; then trying
to seize the murderer, he made at tnem
with his sword ancl escaped to Aga-
thoclcs* lotlging. There the two friends
sat all night reviewing tlic past, and
consulting on their future course.
With daybreak came the officers of
justice — for the murder had got wind
— they arrested Dinias, who did not
attempt to deny the fact, and brought
him before the Proconsul of Asiii ; oy
bira he was remitted to the Emperor,
and by the Emperor's sentence he was
banished for life to Gyarus, one of the
Cycladea*
** Agathocles never quitted his side
throughout, sailed with him to Italy,
stood by bim during his tiial, and
served hiui In every way* In his exile
he did not desert him, but made his
friend's sentence his own, and accom*
panied hini to Gyarus; when they
were at a loss for the necessaries of life
he hired himself out as a di?er for the
})urTile-fi9h I with bis earnings in this
mrd and perilous occupation be sup-
ported Dinius, during a long sickness
he teniled luin, and when he was dead,
would not even then return to his
country, but remained in the island,
not liking to desert even the corpse of
his friend. Here you sec, Toxaris,
what a Greek ciin do ; and this Uap-
pcned not long ago, for scarce five
years have elapsea since Agatbodes
died in Gyarus. '
There is one feature of this nar-
rative that must almost have forced
itself on the attention of the reader^
we allude to the ease with whieh Aga-
thoclcs— by birth and education a
gentleman — adapts himself to his al-
tered circumstances. His fortune has
been sacrificed in the cause of friend -
ship^ and being reduced to the utmost
poverty, he Gnds no diffiuulty In sup-
plying his own wants and those of bis
sick h'icnd by the labour of his hands.
In the following talcs, two otlier si-
milar instances will present themselves
to our notice. In fact, in the education
of the ancient world the development
of the body was at least as much re-
garded as that of the intellect; in
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40
Hie TaxnrU ofLucian,
[Jan,
which there was thia advantage, among
others, that on any sudden reverse the
tinfortunatc person found liimself on a
{)ftr with, and not re<inceti below the
evel of, an fible- bodied pauper. In
tlie present day the development of
the physique js left to the caprice of
each indiviilual, and forms no part of
any system of education, the ill eilects
of which we may learn from the nii-
muroufi lugubrious statemenls that have
lately appeared in the columns of I'he
Times, of the helplessness and inct-
fieieucy of many of the immigrants
who have lately crowded the porta of
Australia.
There is another point, though of
less Interest^ on which we would also
make some comment. We have seen
that Chftriclea sends her lover fjarl an ds
lEat are half- wi the red , by which he
was to infer that they had for some
time graced her fair brows — a eircum-
atance that would, of course, gXYn them
in his eyes a charm which the freshest
ornaments of the parterre would want.
To the llowcrn, mtleed, wc raise no
objection, but the mutilated apples that
aecompanied them do not equally find
iavour in our eye.'** Tlie custom of
lovers presenting each other with fruit
and other delicaeies out of which they
had previouflly bitten a morsel, thus
ctihaneing the value of the gift, is al^o
all u lied to by St. Jerome (mculu pj^tB'
gustiittqtie tibi. Epist* ad Matrcm et
X^iham), and, though he mentions it in
terms of reproof, hrs censure arises
rather from his general disapprobation
of the tender passion, and everything
connected with it, than from any parti-
cular dljil ike of the prnctiee in nuestion.
A similar custom prevailed among
our own ancestors, who found a plea-
sure unknown to their descendants in
drinking out of the same cup with the
objects of their alfections. The bcau-
tiuil lines of Ben »lonson will at once
recur to the reader a mind — »
Lcftve l»nt h kkM v.iUliln tlie cup,
And ril aot look fbr vdn^r
This practice was tubaequently im-
proved on, and at length was carried
to such an extent that in the latter
part of the last century enthusiastic
admirers of beauty were in the habit
of procuring their mistresses' shoes or
tilipiHii f4, and out of these singular gob-
lets quatfing healths to the objects of
tli€ir adoration. In the present day
we believe all these practices to be
utterly exploded.
We now return to Mneaippus and
Toxaris. *' My next instance/ proceeds
the former, "shall be Euthydicus of
Cbalcis* It was Simylus the ship-
master told me, and he swore that he
saw it all with bis own eyes. * The
Pleiads were just setting,' said he,
*when I made sail fromltaly for Athens.
1 bucl several priBsen^ers on board, —
amongst tbem Kuthydicus, and a friend
ot bis, Damon ; the former a stout,
likely young fellow, but Damon was
pale and weakly, recovering, I should
think, from a long sickness. We hod
a good passage as for a« Slcilj^, but,
once through the strait and in the
Ionian sea, a tremendous storm over* J
took us* I need not describe it yoif.J
Snflice it to say, we took in all oujpj
sail, and threw out coils of rope M
break the force of the waves. Wo
were now otT ZacynthusT and *twiis
nearly midnight. The tossing of the
waves bad made Damon sick ; he Wi0
leaning over the side of the vesielt
when the ship gave a sudden lurcl!]
leewards, and pitched him head*foro«i
moat into the sea. He had his clothe
on, so could not well swim, Howeveri j
he just kept his head above water, .and]
cried out for aid. Euthyilicus w
undressed, and in bed. The instant he ]
heard Damon*fl voice, he jumped up]
and leaped overboard, and, just at hit j
friend was losing heart, he caught hold^
of him, and swum by his side support-
ing him* We on deck saw them clearlyl
cnouf!;h, for the moon shone bright, j
We felt for the raor fellows, but could j
not do much to help them. However,
we threw out nonie corks and lone i
foles, and last of all the ship*s ladder, j
luro ended the shipmaster's story M
and now tell ine, Toxaris, was not tbit j
a good test of friend ship ? Picture to \
Jroiirsclf, if you can, the billows turn-
jling and roaring ; the whirlpools boil-
ings on all sides darknei(s and despair; J
then the drowning man struggling and |
throwing up his arms for aid ; the I
other leaning overboard and swimming I
by his side, fearing only lest his Diimott f
should perish, and he be left alive.
You will, 1 think, then ailmit that Eu*
thydicus was a friend you do not mcefc I
with every day." ** And pray,** repliei 1
Toxaris, **were they lost? One caaj
scarce hope tbej were savod^ I ami
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7%e Togaria ofLucian.
41
mtidi concerned for tliem, I assaro
yau,** •* Cheer up, my good frii-nd,"
^uitiren Mnesippus ; " they got safe
to ittndf and are at thi^d:iy in Athen^i
where the? devote themselves to tho
Hudj of philosophy. The ^hip^lai»te^*s
curmtiire you have heard ; the iT5t of
the ftory I have from Euthydicus.
* First,' Mkid he, * we hiid hold of the
corks, and m kept our heads above
w»l€r. Just a5 day broke we caught
»tgbt of the &hip*s faJiter. We swam
to It, and, climbing upon it, floated in
well enough to Zacynthus/ "
The talc just endeil will, we thinks
be found the lea^t attractive of the
whole number, as it has iu it little or
noihing^ that stamps it a:^ belon^ng to
any pjirticular age or country. Indeed
it 18 ouite as likely that the incident
thoula have happened anv diiy last
week in the British Channel, as seven-
teen hundred years ago in the Ionian
scA* The two following narratives are
Aore characteristic : —
"EuiJaruidaa of Corinth," resumes
Mnesippu^s, ** had two fi'iends, and
liough exceedingly poor himself* thev,
KoQ tho contrary, were wealth v enougli,
I At his death he lefl a will, which some
ople would think ridiculous; but
jfoUf Tozaris, are a mnn of honour,
od wt a high value upon friendship :
Iwo you, I iancy, will not find it m,
[The will ran as follows r^ — * I bequeath
Ito Arct<eu8 my mother, to support in
filer old age ; to Chariicenua m^ daugh-
''"fst^ to bestow in marriage, ^'iving her
be best portion his means will atlbrd :
boilld cither of the two die his legacy
I to go over to the survivor.* When
lllie will was read — ^*I*retty legacies/
I cried the hearer?, *for Areta?us and
ICharixenus! should they take them,
[they will not so much be legatees of
[the teatatoras the testator will be their
[legatee,* However, when Areta3us and
I Charixenus heard of it, they at once
I declared they would carry out the will*
five days after the death of the testa-
rtor Charixenua al$<» died. ^ My cour^^e
la plain,' crietl Areta?u9 ; * 1 will
[take home Eudamidas's mother and
I eherish her old age. As to his <lraigliter»
I have but five talent4j iu all — two shall
be her portion and two my own da ugh -
Iters, and their weddings shall take
5 lace both on one day/ So said, so
one ; and now what »ay you, Toxaris,
[to Aret4eu(4? was not he a tlue fellow
Gsirr. Maq. Vol. XLL
to ac^pt such a lepfacy as that ? * ' He
was indeed,' answera Toxaris; *but
I rather atliinre the confidence that
ICuduniidiiH had in his friend* He showed
by it that he would in their place have
done the same, had no jjucU bequest
been made.' * There indeed you are
right,* rejoins Mnesippus, * But I
now come to my fourth mstiince, which
is that of Zenothemis, of Jlassilia. You
must know 1 wa» once sent on an em-
bassy into Italy ; v?hen I was there, a
friend one day called my attention to
a gentleman and lady who were riding
in a travelling carriuge — the man was
handsome and well-made, and to all
appearance wealthy — while the lady
who sat by him wiia blind of one eye,
with her right sitle withered — in short,
a mere hobgoblin. * I wonder,* cried
I, *how a fine young fellow like that
can endure such a hideous creature by
his side." * I will tell you all about it,*
paid my friend : * 1 am myself from
Massilia, whence these people come ;
Men cerates, this ill-favoured lady's fa-
ther, and Zenothemis her husband, were
intimate friends — they were both men
of wealtJi, and among the most re-
spected iidiabitnntit of the city. After
a time Menecrates was charged before
the Cimncil of Six Hundred with hav*
ing, when in office, given judgment
against law : he was found guilty, and
mulcted in his whole pi*operty» besides
losing his civil rights — so heavy is the
penalty for that crime amongst us
Massiltans. He ]ioured out his griefs
in the bosom of his friend » ' Which
way shitll I turn ? * cried he ; * my
fortune and my character are botu
gone^tbat perhaps I could bear : but
my poor daughter ! she is now just
eighteen, and with all my property
I could scarce hope that the lowest
and mttst ill-conditioned groom in the
city would take her, ill-favoured as
she is; besides, as you know, she is
subject to the falling sickness at the
increase of the moon — who, then, will
marry her now ? * * Never fear, man,*
replied his friend; *you shall never
know want yourself, and your daughter
shuU have a hu±jband suited to her
birth,* He then took his hand and
led him to his house ; there ho divided
hia fortune — and it was no sQiall one —
equally with Menecrates. A few day a
atter he bade Ins servants prepare an
entertainment, and invite all his ac^
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42
Thr Toxnrk of Lncian^
[Jan.
qiitlntAnoc«. * Tbcrc is one who will
miLiry your daughter,' said he to hit
friend*
"The fofist crulotl niid libations made,
the hoAi h untied n brinimui;^ goblet to
Menccratca. 'Accept/ cried he, *yoiir
8on-in-lAw's pledge : I it is who will
inan*y your daufrhter ; fliul 1 hereby
declare I receivetl her dowry long ago;
*twft8 five and twenty talents.' * It must
not be," renlied the father, * that you
shall not on. I hope I ixni not !«o i\kr
lost to nil sense of propriety as to ace
you — ^ti fine bnntlsome young man —
yoked with an ill-favoureil deformed
girl.* Zenoihemis ronde no reply* but
Uikiii}; the bride by the hand, led her
to the nuptial ebamber. Since that,
he lias lived with her, always cjthi bit-
ing the teiiderest attachment, and tak-
ing her with him everywhere, as j^ou
see. So far, indeed, is he from being
nabamed of his marriage, that he seems
to take nrlde in it. * Beauty and de-
formity, soys be, * wealth and |>ovc'ity,
reputation an<l the want of it, are nil the
garno to me : there is one tliitig I look
at, — my friend^ and be \a the same man
now that hu wna before the sentence
of the Six Hundred,* Even in this
respect,' however, fortune has favoured
Zenotbemis; his ugly wife has brought
hira the lovelieat boy man ever set eyes
on. One day his father took him in
his arras and curried him to the council
chamber. He was dressjcd in a n»oum-
jng robe, with an olive wreath on hiii
head^ that he niij;^lit plead the more
pitifully for his gnmiiriithcr. The babe
smiled upon the senator:} and clapped
bis little bands, at which sight they
were bo atrectcd thnt they remitted
MenecrateB*a flentence, and he is now
a citizen again." Such was the story
the Mfissibun told me of Zouothcmiss
conduct to his friend/'
In the last nan'ative may be ob-
served a striking dilTerence of i^cnti-
mtnl from that now existing. An
ofifenoe like tliat committed by Mcne-
crates would, in the present iloy, be
looked on a« excluding the offender
froni the society of honest men and
good citizens ; more eupecially if, as in
the case before ua, the sentence which
convicted him f»f gudt had algo de-
privcil him of hia property. That
under these circumjitunces Zenothcmis
flbouid stick to hie friend niiglit bj ex-
pected from the exal(c«l idea be enter-
tained of the obligations imposed by
that relation ; but that he ahonhl in-
vite all \m acquainttmce to a bantjuct
to meet htm, a^d that the iliagrace<l
person should be received among
them as he apparently was, quite on
bis former footing, gives us no yery
high opinion of the state of morality
which prevniled among the people of
Marseilles,
The^e two tales also exhibit in a
striking light a subject we have touched
on before — the noti{»n ontertnined of
the proper sphere of females by the
ancient world, in the capacities of
wives and motherii they were indeed
recognised, but the uuict round of
duties now allotted to the maiden aunt
found no place in Uie aocial system of
bygone times. " To suckle fools and
chrouicie small beer** is the part al-
lotted to that sex by lago, and the
duties ii&sigued to the Grecian and
Roman ladies were apparently not verjr
dillbrent. Indeed, the idea of their
female relatives remaining in a stato of
celibacy seems never for a moment to
have flashed across the mindi* of the
fathci*s' atid brothers of those dayi
Thus we find Fludamidas, when dy'
in penury, impotfcs on his friend
obligation of providing a dowry for
his child; and Menecratcitt not only
imjiovcrished but disgraced, is chiefly
harassed with the care of disposing in
marriage of his deformed and epileptic
daughter.
We now Come to Mncsippus'ij last
story : — " I should be inexcusable,*'
says he, " were I to pass over Deme*
trius of Suuium. He and Afilipbllus
of Alopece had been playmates in
childhood, aj\d friends as young men,
and at last they sailed to Egypt to-
gether for their education, \ ou have
hear<l of the Xtbodiim A^jathobuluj!,
who taught philosophy at Alexandria ?
Well, Demetrius studied the Cynical
doctrines under him^ while Antiphilus
turned his attention to medicine. In
1 jgy pt they tell you that the Pyraniids,
lofty wB they are, cast no shadow, and
that the statue of Memnon utters a
HOund at the rising of the sun. Deme-
trius wished to sue antl hear for hini-
aell. He accordingly sailed up iho
Nile; but his friend staid behind,
being afraid of fhe beat and fatigue of"
the excursiont Demetrius had been
%\j^ months away, when Antiphilus fell
iii^^l
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The ToJtaris of Lucian,
4a
I
into mbifartiineti^ in which he would
hiiYe foUDd the value of a true friend.
A ftlavc of bia^ — a Sjriun — along with
c burglars who»e ncquaintanec he
nrnde, broke into the temple of
AnabU. Amongst other thttifrs they
OUTJed off two salvers and a herald's
all of gold, and two silver imaffes
^^ do^-fac^l babooDs,* The Sj^rian
l6ok charge of the booty^ and thethieven
were aooa caught olTenng for side some
of the stolen goods : when put to the
torture they confessed their crimen and,
being led to Antiphilus'a lodgings, they
bronght out the plunder, which was
hid in a corner under the bed. Both
the slave and bis master were thrown
iuto prison ; the latter, indeed, was
rlragget! awnr from the school he was
attending ; no one offered him any help ;
thoie, indeed, who had previously
COliried bis acquaintance now shrunk
from bis touch. * We are polluted,*
cried they, * by having eaten and drunk
with the wretch.* Uis two other slaves
»eixed the opportunity, packed up lifs
goodSj and ran off with them. In the
nriioti the unhappy young man was
looked on as the most de|»raved of
the malefactors there, * I shall gratify
Anubi^* said the jailer, a devout man,
*bT treaiingmy prisoner with barshneas/
Ihd Aotij^lus assert his innocence ?
* Shamele^ villain !' was the reply, and
his treatment was worse than before.
Soon a low fever crept on bim, and no
wouder — he slept on the ground with
his legs in the stocks ; by day, indeed, a
collar on his neek and a chain on one
hand were held sufficient, but for the
night bis whole body must be fastened.
* 'fhia is more than I can bear,* cried
the captive; * this stench and sulTo-
catiug crowd, this dank of chains k^ep*
ing me from my rest. I will take no
more fo<Ml, and so make an end.' Just
rhcn Demetrius returned from bis
journey ; they told him what bad be-
fallen^ and he ran at once to the prison ;
it w 1. iVMiinrr, and the jailer had long
as' door and gone to sleci),
bi<l'l „ hives keep watch^ so there
was no admittance for poor Demetrius.
Keatt morning at daybreak he went
agAin, and by prayers and tears effected
an entrance. You have »^s,i\ j>cople
after a battle searching for the eorpges
of their relatives; just so did De-
metrius examine the face of each pri-
soner in searching for Antiphilus. So
altered was the poor wretch, that his
friend won hi never have found hira,
bad he not called out bb name. The
captive on hearing it, and seeing bis
friend approaching, parted bis filthy and
matted Wks and drew them back from
bis face. At the sight of each other their
heads swam, and they both swooned
away. After a time Demetrius came
to himself and restored his firiend to
life; bo first beard bis story from
beginning to end, then tearmg his
cloak f in two, he threw one half over
his own shoulders and the other he
gave to Atitiphilus, having first stripped
him of his dirty rags. * iJe coudbrted,*
said he, * dear Anttphilus ; I will hire
myself out to the traders at the harbour,
and will work as porter from daybreak
to noon ; by that I shall earn a good
sum ; part will serve .to make the Jailer
more reasonable, and the rest wdl be
enough to provide us with necessaries.
When luy work ia over, I will come
and sit with you, and for the night I
will make a bed of leaves near the
prison -door, ao even then I shall not
be far from you.' lie di*l so, and
some time passed in this way ; De-
metrius went in and out as he pleased,
and Antiphilus found his mistgrtuncs
more tolerable.
** At length one in the priison died^-
of poison, tney said — ao a strict watch
was set and no one allowetl ingress,
* What sball I do now ?* cried Deuie^
ti'ius. * I will go to the Vice -prefect
and charge myself as accessary to the
plot fur plundering A nubia's temple.*
This done, be was led off to prison.
* Fusion me in the t^ame collar with
Antiphilus,^ said he. He was now
sick himself, still he made sport of his
duircrings, in hope he might i?et Anti-
phi luii tu take a little re^t. Thus each
ibund his misery lightened by the
companionship of the other. But now
their fortune took a new turn : a pri-
soner got a file, and, a good number of
the others being in bia plot, sawed
* Probibiy imiij^es of the god himself, the lalratar Annf/ii of Virgil.
t TWii doak, with a stad^ ware the distinguishiog caaikti of a Cynic, lo the eluding
I of Demctriui to Anliphitas, iu which he alludes to the paucity of hh wanis>
|Cjftic again peeps out*
44
Citrrespondence fifsyhanus Urban*
[Jan.
ilirough llio c'huin tliul ran iUrougli
tlieir colbra and faatened them Uj^c-
ther. HtMUfr thus nt liberty, they killed
their fjuurd^ und broke out fn \x body*
Tlicy thctiaepnrntcd.cEU'h liidinj^ where
he t'imid ; most of them however were
«t>on taken. The two friends rcmitinerl
where tliey were^ und not only that,
hut ibey biid hohl of thtj Syrian as he
was lunKing his escape, ani kept him
with theiru Wlicn day euine, the Prefect
beard what had happened; he sent
sohbers in pursnitof the runaways', for
the two friends, he coniplimented them
on their hebaviourT and hsosed them
tram their chains. But this by no
means antisfied tliem. * Ilarti mea-
sure have we,* crie^l Demetrius; * being
inuoeeiit, we were thrown into prison^
nnd are now set at liberty — not as an
net of justice, but an act of j^nujc* At
last be carried his point that the Judge
who bad passed sentence should mves-
tlgnte the case again. TUcir hmoecnce
quickly appeared, 'Antiphilu* lias
won my esteem/ said the ^jndn:e ; * but
Demetrius my admiration. Then turn -
my^ to tliem, * You must permit me,'
added be, * to prcacnt you, Antiphilug,
with 10^000 drachmas, and you, Demc-
Iriui^, with twice that sura.' To con-
elude, Antiphilus id at this day livioff
in Egypt, and Demetrius baa travelled
into ludift to visit the Brachmani,
havin*^ ^iven up to his friend hi»
20,000 drafbiuas- *- You will pardon
me,' 5aid he to Antiphilus, * if I leavo
you now. I, for my part, shall have no
use for thi« money so long as my wanta
arc as few as they are; and you, in the
ffood circumstances I shall leave vou
an, will st4ind in no need of a frienu.'"
Here end the instances of friendship
brought forwanl by Mnesippus. Those
which the Scythian adduces in support
of his side of the ijue^tionj our limited
space Goini>els ua to omit<
CORRESPONDENCE OF SYLVANU8 URBAN,
£iil^i»ii rh^jiiciiiua in llUH)ilj|--KiilgiiU llAiinorot— Sir Coiul&nttuo I'luppo and Sir WUlLua Ptdps-
I)||irio» of I>r, StukcJey— -CutmBqln' Fees.
» * Ewousn pHvar
Ma* Urwax, — The first intercourse be-
tween En|;1nnd Asid HusE^in partook fome-
whiit of n ronmiTitic * liririu"tcr. In thfycar
1553 some of our dnring Noiibern naviga-
tors Untied on the thorcs of the While
Sea, rtntl were moat boipitabljr received by
tJio hdidhitunts, in other reapecU not fiir
removed from barbtrism. News of Che
event rrarhed the ears of the prince of Ihe
couutry,»nd, aurprtsed how at rangers could
so h^ivc: Umwl tlieir way to bis land, the
intrrcst of Ivan IV. was excited* Heat
once 6eat for (he visitors, nnd was so much
pleased wiih them, hthI their nonrationt of
their search for unknown Innds, their
country and ila Qnrcn, that tht* returning
ladrhiers w^re chdr^ed with almost diplo-
matic fMiichoo!!, nnd the foundAtiooi) of a
com muni rut ion aud trade, m}vantdj^eou9
to both t'otintrieiE, were sooa Isici. Queen
KlizAbeth waa nothing loth to favour the
advuucci of her new ally, and the coar-
tier« oraund her seixcd tlie n|,>p(jrtunity of
punbU^g into Ibis i^ew field of commcrco
all tht! means of adTAocin^ their interests
whteU (he monopolising spirit of the times
nfTurdfd them.
In the year 1550 preparation a were
made for receiving the ambassador of the
Jis of MuKOfU, and the Privy Council
ciA.Na IN Russia.
■cut letters to the Sheriffs requiring every*
attention to be paid, and entertainment to
be provided for binu The formation anil
aucceas of the Russian Company of Mer-
chants is well known; and its affairs, or
circumstances arising out of them,^ wcro
often the i&ubjccts of comoiuoieatiou be-
tween the Sovereigns of the two conntriei
and their ofiicials. The health of the
Eoglish, who resided in Russia on account
of this tradcj soon suffered from the effects
of the clltnate^ and a phj'sician wifut found
a necessary tiippendage to the fcts:ff of the
officers of llie Rtission Company. It ap-
pears that tlu'ir treatment of cases eJtcitcd
thi' attention of ihe sovereign prince him-
self to aiach nn extent as to inrluee him to
make a formal request to our Queen,, that
one at k'rist of their number might he
attached to his own hou*ehold ; and by
the conditions of the service thus entered
into the perianal hberty of the individual
WDs not at bis O'Wn diaposah
In jlhtsiralion of these drcumatanoes I
subjoin transcripts of two drafts of letters
from Queen Elizabeth and James 1. to the
Emperor uf Russia, requesting permission
for certain physicians in his service to
come to England fur a time.
The subject of the first letter wan Mark
I
I
^
^
^
lilpr* a member of the Uaiversity of
nbfidge. who afterwards attained an
ilieiil potitioD m his profesiion. He is
■Iso ICDOwn to the student of the mathe-
BQAtieal works of the i^erenteeoth centttry
hj Ilia '• Short Treatise of Magtietical
Boiltfss and Motions/' in the title to which
he described himself as ** latly Physition
Co tb« Emperour of Russia/* la thi«
work be ia said to haTe appropriated some
of the dif coven ea and ideas of William
ll«Howe» Archdeacon of Salisbflry. the
•Qtbor of ** The Navigators supply," and
other scientific works; and upon whose
•* M ftgneticat AdTertisemetit*'* he published
some •* AQitnadversions/* The contro-
vcwr was tcry decently conducted for
tbat time, though Barlow hinted that Rid-
ley's hig:h-soundmg title had hecn but
t%btly eajncd, adding* " Oot of all ques-
^on somewhat it is more then ordinnrie^
that maketh him of so haut; a spirit so to
brare the world with anch prodigiooa as-
sertions of his roagoeticals/'
The Queen's retjoest was complied with,
and Ridley certainly came to England.
As be did not n!turn to Russia, perhnps
tbe promise of Elizabeth to send some
otlier of her physicians was acted upon.
The letter was written jost when the go-
vern meot of Russia had passed into the
bands of Boris Godunor, the scheming
brotber4n-law of the weak Feodore Ivano-
witZr the last of the ancient sovereigns of
Russia^ the descendants of Ruric. The
circumstances of the election of the new
Emperor, as of one who had previously
^own himself favoorabk to the English
merchanta, are referred to as strengthen-
iog the alliance already existing. The let-
ter IS, in fact, one of congratulation as well
as business. A previous letter hud been
tddrcased to the late Emperor, ii«-ilh the
operation of which his death had interfered.
From the date given in the endorsement
to the letter, it will be seen that more than
a twelvemonth would elapse before the
physician could even embark for England
at the *• Port of St, Michael,'* as Arcliongel
was then called.
'• Elisabeth, &c. To the ryght high,
right mightie, &c. When we heard that
after the death of the late Emperor Thco*
dore Evaoowicli, o»r good brother and
allie, yoa*" IL were by generall consent of
the ^tatei and people uf that countrie
deotcd to succeed in the Imperiall di^itie.
Altbough we could not but be grieved at
the loese of a prince w^^ whome we hod so
good amitie, yet were we much comforted
in yo' election, remembering the kinde
offices to o'setfe, and o' subjcctea trafficqu-
ing there, yoo had done upon all occasions
ift the Late Emperor* a tyme, as well for
tlilt W0 doubt not of the contyncwancc of
the same now, at also for that we were
gladde that one professing good wille to
us should receavc so great honor, as by
gf nerall opynion of his whole nation to he
thought woorthy to be their Lord and So-
vcraignc. To whome we shall be readie
on our part to contynuc all offices of kynd^
ness and friendship that shall be meet, and
hope to fyndc no Jesse on your part. At
this present we are to praic yon' H., at
the request of the freindes of Mark Rydley
o' subject, phisicien to the late EmperOr,
whome at his request we sent unto him,
to grauQt him lycence to retoroe btther,
for that they have shewed us that dyvers
causes necrly concerning bis private estate
doe rcquyre his being here, and cannot be
ordered without him. Whereof we doubt
notbutyoUrH. fynding the same teaty-
fied by us uppon tbeire information, will
have princely regarde,arid wilhall to satisfie
our request, who shall be verie readie in
any like matter when we shall nnder&Cande
your desyre, lo do your H. like pleasure by
roturnyng him, or some other of our owne
pbisycienB to atteude your H. Wherefore
wc doubt not but thnt upon the receipt of
these our rres you will grant the said
Mark Rydley, with Tho. Ritlley, Lancetlot
Nightingale, and James Crauforth, his
senauntcft, your lycence to depart from
your Court in Aprill next. So as they
may be with your protection at the port
of S' Michaell there to meet o^ first fleete,
and w"* them the next yeare retome into
our realme. And whereas lately, before
newes were come to us of the death of yo'
said predecessor, wc wrott o'' Trc to him
for causes concerning o*' lubjectes, we doe
not doubt but y* o' Tre, although not di-
rected to yo** Highnes, shalbe as welcome
to you as if they bad ben to yo*^ sclfe, and
have the same effect in that we desire,
which we pray yo"^ H' they may have/'
Endorsed. *' To y* Emperor of Russia.
29 May, 1598.*'
The subject of Kln^ James's letter was
Or. Reytingber (a Dutchman ?) who, I
believe, also attained a high position among
medical men. The draft of this letter is
badly written in the cursive hand of the
time, and the entire reading here given
would very likely admit of some correction
as to a few words.
Its date is within a few weeks after the
King's arrival in London, and appears to
require the presence of the physician to
deal wiih some infirmity under which the
King himi^elf was labouring, though this
is not clearly exprcftsed. Being the first
communiculion with the Russian Emperor
on the part of James, it also possesses a
political character to a certain extent, and
expresses the King's esteem and good will
towards bis northern ally.
46
Corrstpondemi of Sylvanui Urban*
[Jwi.
•' HIgUt high, Hglit eTcHlfTit, ^f. We
Imre fur som* ta tise
tlw adviiti of r Rey*
to bo ill y dcrvicc. unit Mlto&tj «kiU jnay
iicn'c ua to good imrj>o*c m lb;a which he
Ota practitc oa we nrij hifornjLil above
moMt men. WUcrefort!, althpu|^h st»C6 Otif
ftcceaa to thU o' cr^iin of EugUtitl there
hiith tiar yet ptBaetl naie other matter of
credence townrds yoOj yet arc we gkd y* we
btrc accAslati to Acquaint you that wc arc
mytidod to contlocw towards you all y^
good will w^i> wc underitBiid was sTowcd
by the ^uecQ o' iiittr deoca«ed to yoai In
oonfy deuce wherof we pr«y you to gite
licence to the acyd Docto^ Cbristopber to
repaire unto ua for a tyme, whom we will
.11 HrilUngly license to return to yovi when
we have had lue of him in ^uch thingt u
we drsirc u^ing hit ikiU in. Aod will take
it m very kinde and thaokfnU part to ob«
t.iin our re<]ueit of yoa.
(Endorsed) "To the Emperor of Rntaiii
for D'', Xp'ofcr Rcytingber,
Yours, &c. J. B
Knights Uanhkrict.
M
Mr. Urhan, — The following pati^nges
bear upon the incjuiry made by ft, in the
'• Minor Correapondence " of Augofit.
He asksp '* is tliere any evidence that
Knights Ban oe ret were created under thr
roysl banner dbplayed ? '*
Sir Harris Nlcoias, in tlic latroductioti
iQ his History of th* Orders of Knight-
hood, »ay»—*' A linntieret could only be
created when the king's banner waa dU-
played ; and Praissart has given some pic-
turesque df§iirlptiori« of the ceremony."
Then^LJ; * lie states that, " in
the Pill [ ►edition to Spniu
in 13(J7r Nm .iiruM i ii.iu4o& served in thii
Tan of the army, and on the morning of
the battle of Navarret *' was created a
nnnnnret. Aud tlmt *• Sir Thomas Try vet,
a di^tinguUhud soldier," was so creatKd
** before Troya, in France, in 1380/* Uul
on nt-itlicr of thejie occaaioas was the kio^
himself proscutf the honour being con-
ferred by the commander of the army, as
** the sovereign's lieutenant." Further on*
Sir Harris Nicolas says, *' Bannerets still
formed part of the army in the reign of
Henry VIlL; and Sir Ralph Fane, Sir
Francis Uryan, and Sir Ralph Sadler were
crtAted BanniTct&by the proti^ctor Scimcr-
tety after the hnttk i>f Uinkncfyt in Sep
tember, l.VtT i but Sir Thomas Smith,
who wrote in the middle of the sixteentli
Of nturyt if nut Jn.^fon\ after saying that
' Knights Banneret are made ot; the field
with the ceremony of catting off the points
oftheit , and making them as it
were b I ' - , * tluB Order is almost
grown u... ^'. .... lu lingUnd;* aod in the
argument on thi.* eUitu tif baronets to pre-
cedency ill the year UlVJ it was aaiil that
^ there arc not Uonnerrts now in being,
and peradvctitnrc never sliciH he / The last
time when a Knight Banneret was made
in England has not been precisely ascer-
tiiincd ; but it li supposed by some that
Sir Ralph Sadler* and by others that Sir
John Smith, who was knighted by King
Charles I, at the battle of EdgehilL in
October, 1(]4*2, for having iccurcd the
royal standard, was the laiit |>erson created
to that dignity ; unless, however, Sir John
Smith^fi banner waa delivered to him by
his majesty with the usual formalities
(which is very doubtful) he could not have
been made a R;inueret.^'^ Fortbermorei
it has been contended that, ** as King
George III. knight^jd Admirab Pyc and
Spry, and Coptninfi Knight, Bickertoo and
Vernon, on board the Barfleur (which, in
consequence of hid majesty^s presence,
then bore the royal dtaodard) in June,
1 773, — and that as lie conferred the same
honour on Captain TroUope on board the
Royal Charlotte yacht (then bearing the
royal standard) in October, 17117 — those
officers beoame Knights Bannerets ; but
this is evidently a miikt^ke, because the
rt>^al ttandard wtut neither dutptaj^ed in
an ' army royal" nor in * open war,*' nor
were banners delivered to any of those
oflicf^rs. In 1773 a pamphlet was printed
on this subject, which was reprinted in
I77tl, entitled, ' A short inquiry into the
nature of the titles conferred at Porta-
mouth and iu the Camps by his Majesty,
in 1773 and 1776, showing the origin and
audent privileges of Knights Banneret,*
(8vo. pp. 24) ; and that none of the oM-
ccrs in question were crcotcd Knights
Bannerets. It was written by Sir Wiirittm
FitjE Herbert, Bart., and it is said that
only twenty -four copies were printed."
Yoors, &c. D
Sm C0N8TAMTIWR Pmrps Attn Sir William Pijips.
Mr* URnAN,— I luive waited for your
Deoember number to see whether any
■nswer would be given to the iuquiries
of your Correepoodent X. 2. in No-
vemb<T, rc;]<ipecting the Marquess of Nor
mitiihy aud this Phipps family*. Bnt^ ob-
serving no reply to his qncries, I »iend
you the following particulars, which I eel-
H
18M.]
Cinrretpondenee of Sylwinus Urban.
47
N
I60l4il tdme tune a^» under that interest
ia the subjVct which iit natural to the po£-
Mnon of the »ame name.
Flfft, AH to Sir Conatantinet the known
louvder of tbi» branch, and his personal
IlittofT. lie was born at Reading, in
fierk«bire,in l(i55. if we may trust Coates^s
Ht«tory ftf Reading. He resided many
yeara at Ueywood House, near Rendin§^,
In Ik^jwridb of White Walthnnn as ap-
pMTi mm tiie follawtng note io Kearneys
Cliroiileoo PHoratns de Dunstaple ; ^ Ne-
qa« tacendum paroebiam de Whtt« Wal-
thajn (<«in maxime partem quite HeywcNid
nnniniptiir) in ialtn Windclsoriiino8it«in»
cusime placuisse D. Conttantino
turn qnnm Rtate florertt htm edam
im jtm obrepsiisset senectus/' He
was admitted a stndent of Gray's Inn 1 1th
February, 1677, bat the entry affords no
such iatisfactory particuhira as yonr Cor-
rNpondent X. Z. was led to expect by
jndfin^ from modem entries ai Inn» of
Court The words are only as follow t
** 1281 Phfpps, Constantine, Reading,
Berkf,ll February, 1G7 7." Vide the origin
nal Book of entriea (which b not at Gray's
Inn but in the British Museum), entitled,
Admittances to Gray-fl Ion, Harl, MSS,
No, 1912. fol 138. This confirms Coates's
itatemeiit of the birthplace of Sir Coo-
He was knighted by Queen
and appointed Lord High Cbao-
ceUor of Ireland, 22 January, 1710-11.
He waa appointed one of the Lords Jus-
■tioes of IreUnd 22 Jan. 17 10- 11, 3 De-
cember, nil, and 22 March, ITH. In
the following year, viz, 1713, the Com-
roons of Ireland petitioned the Queen to
remove him from the Chancellorship, but
the House of Lords and the Convocation
addressed her Majesty on bis behalf. He
Tttigned the Chancellorship 9 October,
17 14* on the changu of mirjij*tTy which fol-
lowed the accession of (n-orge 1. On the
20th of October, 17 14, Oxford conferred
opon him the degree of D.C.L. It has
b€eQ iaid that " he now retired to the
Temple,'* and " died in a pHvate
;"' but if we may trust the evi-
dence of Hearne, a native of White
Wallham, he returned to Hey wood ^ and
jjifr ---^■-■—■^ -^^sm pott ptam Jam ob-
His connection with
t tie remarkable, because
the Phjpps family of Westbury Leigh
(whose pedigree ascends to 1568) pur-
diased 4 residence called Heywood> on
the borders of Berks, frotn the £arla of
Marlborough ; and these two houses,
apparently not identical, but within a few
mnes of each other, were occupied by
persons of the same name for several gent'
rations. Sir Cmistautine's Hey wood teems
to bivc ootnc from bis wife*s famjljr^ She
wta Catherine, the daughter of George
Sawyer, of Bullingham, Herefordshire
(which George died in 10(55), and gmiid-
daughter of Sir Kdtjiund Sawyer, of Hey-
wood, Berks. Sir Constantine died on
the gth of October, 1723, the anniversary
of his resignation, and was buried at While
Waltbam, where the following inscripttnn
to his memory was placed oti the south
wall of the chancel, near the communion
table, with the arms over it :—
** SiEte ; properes licet, ciuisquis es ;
Et qaalis nJc quantusci. tumuletur Vir
Paulisper contempUre.*'
[On a large marble lower down :— ]
** Is cat Honorabilis Conbtantinps
Phipps Miles, Regni Hibemise aliquot
per annos, Imperante optima Principe
Anna Reglnfi, Sitmmus Cancellarins, cjiti-
dcmc^. Justiciaruui Regent turn alter. Juris
Anglia; pcritissinius ; precipue vero in
Cnrift Scaccarii versatus ; Ubi inter Advo-
catos primus obtinuit, dignas certcf cujus
fama pofiteriu tradatur \ Si (|uid habt'nt
honesti multifaria eruditio, eloquentia
preasa ac nervosa, in maximis honoribus
caimia humflitas atq. modestia ; simplex
momm candor, politissima urbanitate
e.Yomatus, sapientiaacalliditate abhorrens,
placidisaimn iniloles, incoiicus.<<a forti-
tudo, probitas antiqua, pietas vera Chrii-
tlana. Infinito tandem Forenslum rernm
labore fractus obiit Londini Oct. £>, 1723*
setat. 68. Uxorem tluxit Cathennam filiam
natu maximam Georgii Sawyer Armigt
filii natn maxlmi Edmandi Sawyer Militia
de Heywood in comitatti Berks ; ex quit
nndenos sutcepit liberoa, Robertum, Coo-
stantinum, Franciscum, Thomam, Annam,
qui infantes mortui sunt ^ Catherinnm
nuptam Henrico Ingoldeeby nrmig: e
regno Hibernife adhuc supers^tem ; Tho-
mam et Janam defunctas ; Gulielmum
Phipps artnig. qui uxorem duiit Honora-
tiss'^ Dn*" Calherinam Annealey Jacobi
Cooiitis de Anglesey filiam unieam, qui*
que obiit Feb. 1 . 1 1^^, mt.Z\\ Mariara et
Franciscam nuuc etiam superstes, Eodem
tumulo deposita est dicta D"' Gatherina
Phipps dicti Cnnstantlnl vidua, quic in
snprerais tabulis hoc monumentum dilec-
tissimo martto suis ftumptibus poni cara-
vit. Obiit Oct, 30, 1728, mtat. GB.
The Henry In^oldesby mentioned on
the monument wo^ son of Sir Richard
Ingoldeaby, Commander of the Forces,
and one of the Lords Justices in Ireland.
So roncU for the particulars unrecorded
in peerage books respecting Sir Constan-
tinc. These go to negative \^ urburton's
assertion at p. 115 of his London and
Middlesex Illustrated, where, writing
about the trefoil slipt between eight mul-
lets nrgcnt, he »ays, "these arms apper-
48
Correspondence of S^ivanuji turban*
[Jan.
Uia to th© desceDtlants of the late Sir Con-
Atantine Pttippa, Knr., who wm of Irish
extraction^ as by a iiedigrcc protUiced with
references to Ihn Otlict^ of Arms in Puhtiii,
now in their pos session , may appear/'
If any »ach pedigree had been in posses-
sion of the family it would haTC been com-
muaicated to acme of the vanons authors
of peerage! since Warbyrtou's tinie^ who
we know wrote hii book iiader compuL-
aion ; and the words *'who was of Iriah
extraction *' have probably no other foun-
dation than the Chancel lor abip of Sir
CoDfltaiitinc, and interniorriagea in that
country subgeqiient to his time* As he
wai a natu'e of Reading » some connection
may posmbly exUt between bim and a
certain James PhippSp of Swallowfield, not
far from Reading, who married the eldest
daughter of Sir Giles Brydgeaf firsit Baro-
net, of AViltnn Castle, Herefordshire,
meestor of the Dukes of Chandos.
Nexti ab to Sir William ; the particnlar^
1 ha?e of him are these. Hi* father was
Jamea Phi pa (one p) of Brktolt gunsmitli,
who emigrated to New England, and lettled
at a plantation on the Hirer Kennebce^ in
Ihe eaatero portion of tbat country. By
his wife, who was living in 1097, Jamea
Fhipi had twenty sons and five daughters.
His younger eod was William Phipt , who
was born at bis fatber's plantation on the
2Dd of February ^ lb'50, and^ being there-
fore only five years oh! at the birth of Sir
Con Stan tin E» the theory of paternity is de-
molished. William was baptised at North
Boston, 23rd Marcb, 169*0^ being then forty
years of age. In early lifa he was appren-
ticed to a ship carpenter, with whom be
stayed four years. His proceedings in re*
lation to the treasure are to be found in
Biographical Dictionaries, and need no re*
petition here. 1 will therefore pass on
to his knighthood, which took place at
Windsor, 28 June, 1687. Sir William was
ap[Kiinted captain-general and governor-
in-ebief of MaJi»<acbusetts Bay in IG90 ;
biit be died in lAmdon, 18 February, 1691,
and was hurled at St. Mary Woolnoth,
ieaptnff no mzi«. Lady Fhips was the
daughter of Captain Roger Spencer, und
widow of John Hull of Boston, merchant,
which Roger Spencer is stated to have been
a man *'of good family.*' Sir Williim
bequeathed all his possessions to bis wife^
and M nephew of bers assumed the name
of Phipps or Pbipf. This, I conclude, was
the son of her brother, tbat is to say, a
certain Colonel S^ wicer- Phi ps, a native of
New England, who was appointed Lieut.-
Governor of Ma.si!»achuBett0 Bay in IVIay,
1 732, f ice William Tailer, esq. deceased,
and who died in that capacity in June,
1757.* Spencer's widow survived till
1764, Tbe inscription on the monument
of Sir William will be found in Maitland'a
London, ii, II 15. A " Life of hh* Excel-
lency Sir William Phips, knt.** with the
motto ** Pietaa iti Patriam/- was printed
in London in 1697, and bears iiiternal
evideiire of having been written by tbe
Rev. II. Mutber, a partieulflr friead of
his, and a joint agitator for the charter
granted to New England. In some lines
at the end of this volume, tbe following
allusion is made to Sir William being
without issue :—
Tnic Ui bin niatc, from whom tlioagh oflen fldwn,
A stranger yet to every love but one i
Write him not cbtldleiw whoae whole people were
Sons— orphans now — of tils parental care.
The foregoing items of intelligence in
reply to X. Z. would have appeared less
disjointed if filled up by coiyecture, but
be will probably prefer the naked facts.
Yours, ^c. RoBEKT Phipps Dod«
Aasociatcof King's Collegei London.
FuBTiiKR Extracts from thk MS. DtARiKs ov Dr. Stukelky.
Mr, XJttBAN, — Having made a few more
copies of Stukeley'a Notes, 1 forward them
for your periodical, and think some of
yoor readers will he amused with the
matter and the manner of the industrious
antiquary in these records.
Yours, &c. J. Britton.
BurfoH-sireci, London ^
Dec. 21, 1B5:J.
17 Sept. 1762 — I saw an almanac in
8?o, on vellum, well wrote, finely illumi-
nated, of the time of Hen. VI.- iu it a
long account of the births, chribtning,
marriages, of the Family of Fairfax,
of Depyngate, by Maxsey, near Stamford.
Margaret, wife of William Brown, an emi-
nent merchant of the staple^ there men-
tioned, and many religions and aecnl'ir
persons thereabouts. This family of the
Fairfaxes liv^d at Depyngate, in the parish
of Maxsey.
21 Jan. 1763 — By Richlorow, in Kent,
dug up a barrow^ found 2 elegant fibulas
made in gold, and glass work, and a string
of heads, evidently British.
ifO May, 1763— I wrote some memoirs
of the life of Dr. Stcphm Hate, for the
clogium of the French Academicians.
1 Juoe, 1703 — 1 saw in Mr. Lewis's
hands* J in North -street, the original jihn
iff the Bedford ScAoci estate, in my parish,
surveyed by Rowney, the king's surveyor.
* Hli 8ii€ce8Bor wu gtsetUd 27 Jmi. I7b9,
p
I
Jt]Q« 9— At thfi AnliqaAfittii, I cxIiibiVd
Uf fMick o/cardi of Rich. Jl/a firae, aDtl
re«<) upf>n them.
JO Oct, ir6.i — T pre4irhcil in tpectacks;
near T<*, the age of Au^»tnb, and of my
grcAt friend Thomas Earl of Pembroke.
Mf aersion wna rigainit too much study ;
mmI text bapned to be •* We tee but through
I received frona my friend Dr. Bertram^
3 COpja of the designs of the Dauibh
Mtorf* colored; one for the king,
8d March, 1764— The Dean of Eictcr,
Dr. Millea; tells me 100 braia celts were
fQiit%d io a tumulus in Devonshire.
15 Nor. 17<>4— I planted alargequAritily
of flofrering shrubs in my lonf Druid tralk,
Kentish town,
3 May, 1T65— At the Royal Society a
motioa wag m^de to alter tbe hour of
meeting eo 6 o*clock; and throe hour*
debatin]; an»e opon it. Mr. Burrows,
Itmaa White, Carl Webb, Sir T. Robin.
100, Mr. Baker, spoke ehieHy in regard
tp the eifect it would have on the Anii-
fnflpjr Society, LasUy, I spukc to the
following eiFect :
•* My Lord President Morion, — By the
goodness of Providence, I have lived to «ec
tfe Presideatc of the Royal Society in
that chair which your lordship so well
mjb «ad adorna ; being admitted by Sir
IlMe Newton ten years before his death.
I ilMil not concern myself whether the
dtifkiite belongs to the Council alone, or
to the Society at large, but remark the
eoHMeqveneet, wherein wisdom Ghiefly con -
aiata. It is advanced) thit, a& Parliament
boorf, Courtf of Judicatory, of dining io
general, were become Uter than formerly,
we oujht to meet later ; hut thht in roy
opifiiion, i< not wbely dooe« nur to he
ifltitAted by a Philosophical Society, made
up of the frave, not the gay, part of the
irorld.
** This 15 at once answered, by obaerv-
inf, that our meetini^ are always full,
both of members and of strangers, curious
to hMr whftt is read and shown ; to alter
the boar would not answer tbe design,
beciiMe there u no end of it. They be>
gsa their meetings at three o'clock; then«
in Sir Uaac Newion*M time, constantly
kepi to four ; in Sir Haas Sloane^M time
lowered it to five ; now to quarter to half
after- The pi> inert tip \n agents is gravi-
tation, going downwards, like « clock-
weight, iind need not be precipitated.
** Consider, in winter time, at six, we
should see the court filled with candles in
lanthoms coming to the Sot*iety ; but the
principal object of my attention in this
debate respects Ihe Antiqunrian Socieijf,
which will bo greatly affected by this
alteration.
*' 1 wfts A founder of that Society, and
am the only survivor of the foumlers;
though 1 have it at heart, yet now, in
winter time eftpeemlly, 1 ean be present
there but seldom ; meeting late, and late
before the Pre&ideot takes the chair, I frc-
rjuently am obliged to go away before any
business is done ; to that, perhaps, may
be owing, in some measkire, ihnt I am the
survivor in that Society, in this, in tbc
ColIe*;c of FhysietHns ; thereby avoiding
the damps, the dews of the night, the
rains, and other inconveniences, according
to the lattdable customs of our ancf stors.
But it is apparent enough, if the Royal
Society lowers their hour of meeting, the
Anti<]iKtrieB must do the same, and then I
can very seldom have the pleasure of meet-
ing them.
" Lastly, my Lord, it is injudicious to
thrust bi>lh philosophy and antiquity into
the obscurities of night, on which it is our
bufiness to throw all the light we can/"
It was moved by Lord CaveiuliKh, andl
seeondcd by Dr. istukeley, " Whether it
be convenient to alter the hour of meet-
ing?'" when nineteen b^llotted for it and
thirtv-two against it.
7 May, 1761. At Mr. White's, New-
gate Street, 1 taw au immense quantity of
Letiert of Henry VII, Henry VIII. King
Edward VI. Queen Elizabeth, J times I»
Charles L Charles If. James 11. Princess
SopLia, and very mnny other ancient
writings of great persona concerned in
matter<» of state. Many letters of Crom-
well, before and after Protector ; of the
Princes of Orange, King William, Queen
Anne, &c. 1 advised Mr. White to give
them to the public library at Cambridge.
[What became of this colleclion ? J* B.]
Counsels' Fees.
Ma<UjiAAN, — In the interesting article
ID your number of November last, under
the head of Counsels* Fees, your corre-
spondent has evidently fallen into a mis*
apprehension in regarding the persons
tneotioned in the document first cited by
htm as legal counsel, in the ordinary ae-
e«pttttion of the term. In 1525, the Duke
of ^'''^- "-^nd, then a mere hoy, was
•j I id-Lieotenant .and Warden^
YoL, XLI.
General of the North, with a Council to
assist him. This council was both a
judicial and executive one, and, with their
presiiient, the Duke of Richmond, eicer-
cised exactly the same tunctions as the
Lord-Deputy and Council of Calais, the
Lord- Deputy and Council of Ireland, the
Lord • President and Council of the
Marches of Wale^,
The mnjoritv of these couydU were
H
3
50
oompoBed of the most ioflaential noble-
men and gentlemen of the ▼icinity, and
were not lawyers; but acted as councillors,
and not as eountel in the legal sense of
the word.
I am quite sure your intelligent corre-
spondent will thank me for pointing out
Notes of the Month.
[Jan.
this error into which he has Inadfcrtently
fallen ; and I trust he will still further
excuse me if I trespass upon his patience
by doubting the word ** joring ;" a doubt
that can only be resolved by inspection of
the original paper from whence he has
taken it — Yours, ficc. R. L.
NOTES OF THE MONTH.
New Statutes of the Society of Antlquariwi— Anniversary of the Royal Society— Univerdty Reform
—International Copyright— Sale of Copyright* and Stereotype Plates— Mr. H. Stevens's " EngUah
Library "—Athenieum at Bury and Working-Man'a Library at I'rewot.co. Lancaster— Pr. Fon»-
•ett's Coins and AnRlo-Soxon Antiquities— Roman Statue found at LiUcbonno— Memorial Windows
at Ipswlcli and Ashton-under-Lyne— Sepulchral Bronsex by the Messrs. Waller— Restoration of
the EfHgy of Sir Marmadnke Constable in Nuneaton Church— Scientific and Literary Intelligence
at Home and Abroad.
The revised SUtutes of the Society ttf"
Antiguariei, having been almost unani-
mously approved at the meeting of the 8th
Dec. are now in force, and have just psssed
the press for the guidance of the present
Fellows and of candidates for admission.
They confirm the alteration of last year,
whereby the annual subscription was low-
ered to Two Guineas, and the admission-
fee to Five; and the provision for the re-
admission of former Fellows who have
retired : botli of which measures have
already been attended with results which
completely iustify the anticipations of their
projector, the Treasurer. The most ma-
terial reforms now introduced are, — the in-
stitution of an Executive Committee, the
duties of which will consist in superintend-
ing the correspondence of the Society on
all subjects relating to literature and anti-
quities, and in directing any antiquarian
operations or excavations carried on by the
Society ; the appointment of Local Secre-
taries in the provinces or in foreign coun-
tries ; the reduction of the two Secretaries
to one, from whom a more undivided at-
tention will be required ; and the reduc-
tion of the four Presidents to three, by
which alteration, and the exclusion of the
Secretary from the Council, altogether
room will be made for the re-election of
three non -official members of the Council
who may have been found tlie most active
and efficient in the execution of their
duties. Hitherto, since out of the eleven
re-elected pursuant to the Charter nine
were always perpetual officers, only two
other members of the Society could be re-
elected ; now every Council will consist of
/o<ir old members besides the President and
lix other officers, and of ten chosen firom
the Society at large. The senior Vice-
President will retire every year.
The anniversary of the Hoyal Society
was held on the 30th Nov. when the Earl
of Rosse, President, delivered his annual
address. The Copley medal was conferred
on Professor Dove, of Berlin, for his work
on the Distribution of Heat over the Sur-
face of the Earth ; and the Royal Medal
on Mr. Charles Darwin, the eminent na-
turalist and traveller, for his works on
natural history and geology.
Lord Palmerston, as Secretary of State
for the Home Department, has addressed
a letter to the Earl of Derby, Chancellor
of the University of Oxford^ announcing
that Her Majesty's (iovcrnment are pre-
paring a measure of University Reform,
and that an intimation to that effect will
a|)pear in the Speech from the Throne.
The Hebdomadal Board, composed of
Heads of Houses, and a voluntary Asso-
ciation of Tutors, have each been busily
engaged to the same purpose : but this
announcement from the Crown is likely to
give a greater impetus to the prospective
changes than might have attended their
more deliberate councils.
The London Gazette of the 16th Dec.
contains the convention between thii
country and the Free Hanseatic City of
Hamburg for the establishment of In'er*
national Copyright, By this convention
it is provided that the authors of works
of literature or of art shall be so pro-
tected, that the republication or piracy in
either State shall be dealt with in the same
manner as the republication or piracy of a
work first published in such other State.
The protection is to be extended to dra-
matic works, musical compositions, paint-
ing, sculpture, engraving, and lithography.
The duties on works published in Ham-
burg and imported into this country are
to be reduced. Protection is also given to
translations, and pirated works may be
seised or destroyed. By an order in
JSS4,
NoUi ofthit MmitL
51
N
poundl* datfsd Wiad«or, Nor. 25, Her
jesty Has be«n plesacd to direct, thst in
of the dutiei of CiistoniB hitherto
payable, the foUowiog datips shall be
|Mitl: — WoHta iT-publishrd in Ilatnburgr
2/. lOw, per cwt. ; if not origtu^Mj pro-
doerd ia the United Kingdoin, lbs, per
Gwt« ; Kindle prints, 4<l* ; boand or mvn,
1|4. the doxen.^By imother order of
Conticil, of tile same date, an iiitemationAl
copyrigbt 14 nlfloeetablishedwith the State
Df HmoTer.
On the 6th Dec. Mr. Hoc^son, tht!
iilti(i<Mkeer, coDcluU^d an ejiteiisive Sale of
LUtrmry Property ^ comprUing nearly half
A million rolumes, and the copyri^bt<i mid
itereoCype pUtc& of numerous illti^trntcd
other popultir works. Among the
important salet effected wens the
iowint; { — Knight's Pictorial Miueum
of Anioiated Njilure, 2 vola. folio, 4,000
pifta«Ad 11,000 nnmbers. with copyright
Md it«n!ntype platen, which sold for 000/.
Tb^PSctorial Gallery of ArU, also KnightV,
2 vols. f»ltOf itock, cop^rright, and plate«,
faroucht %bQL The stock, copyright, and
plitei of Kitlo'a IHctonul Suodujf Book
Vfre knocked down at 5()0/. ; ditto of
Hetoriai Half-Hourt, 4 vols. 105/. The
lteno€|iie plates of Mr. Knigbt'a Shaks-
pore iMd for 320/. and those of South 'a
Houwhold Surgery for 5^10/. The copy-
right and pUtea of some of the most
popular of Knight^i Shilling Volumes were
alipO«ed of ut the same §ale, and realised
a good market pritx-,
Mr, Henry Stevens, the Literary Agent
in London of the Smithsonian Institution,
has printed ra utitm tt- Stephani tt ami-
eoTBtn. ft prrtty little tome entitled a
" C my English Library.'* He
rrij * There ifl at prtsent in the
Unii^u .Ttt^u-a a great rage for splendid
prifafei libraries.^* To assist his hook-
kfvilif countrymen he bos prepared thia
Catalogue, comprising a few thousand
foiametof the best editions of ibe principal
itoadord English authors ; jielecting from
the innltttude of poets, dramatists, histo*
riana, phtlcMOpherij, metapbyiicians^ essay.
itia, &e. from the earliest to the pre«ieat
^mt, inch as may form the basla of a good
miaoellaneou^ library. It was at first his
i&teatton not to exceed four thousand
vohunea, but little by little the list baa
iocreafed to 5751 ; but when we find that
thtw are properly described in 105 pages,
W« iro again trmpted to ask— Why ethould
therr *^- "v hjng drlny in proviJiog a
.:iic to the books in the
ifnr We say properly de-
Mr. Stevens bus added the
the several tolumcs of the
chief poly i;rmp hie work«, and the dates of
birth and death of most of the deceased
^ Uttr
H a milJ
^B iterec
I
authors. Hence this little volume Is a
moat convenient manual of reference, espc*
ciaUy in rcapect to our recent literature,
for whidi we do not possess any other so
convenient.
lliB public in Qug^n ration of a new Atbe-
useuLu at Bnry, co. Lancaiitcr, took place
on Wedneadivy evening, Nov. 23, when
Lord Stanley, M.P. the Bishop of Man-
chester, and several gentlemen of stnnding
and influence, took pari in the proceed-
togs. The foundation of the building was
laid three years ago, by the Earl of Derby*
The building has been erected at a cost of
4,875/.
Another literary institutioD, promoted
principally by the Derby family, was in-
augurated at Preicoi on the 0th Dec. It
ia a Working*Man'K Library, to which the
Earl of Derby and Lord Stanley have
e^ch given 100/. and Sir Thomas Biroh
50/. The sum raided h large enough to
purchase about 2,000 volumes, which are
to be leot to aubfcribers of 5r. per annum.
The late Dr. Faxis$etV* Coins were sold
by Messrs. Sotbeby and Wilkinson, on
Deo. 3, and realized hut a very «maU sum.
They were in general in very poor condi-
tion, and most of the rare specimens were
forgeries. The best coin was s Hecond-
broas of Alexander the Usurper in Africa,
and which appears to be unptiblished.
The obverse readi imp* Atr.XAKDEfi. v.v,
A.VG. \ a diademed head, to the right: on
the reverse, Africa . avq. n. ; the pro-
vince personified standing and holding ia
her right hand a labamro, in her left an
elepliant's horn ; at her feet, a captive \
in the exergue, p. a. The British coin,
presumed (in the sole catalogue) to he
uniqu€^ is precisely similar to one in Mr.
Rolfe's cabinet, engraved in vol. i. pi.
xxiii. fig. 1, of Mr. C. Roach Smith's
Collectanea Antiqua. Dr. Fans sett's
specimen, however, bears letters on the
obverse, t c v N, which seem to worrant
its appropriation to CunobeUn. A coin
in silver, with the letters E p, for Epit-
lus, who \a supposed to have, been a
Britiijh piince in Kent, was secured for
the British Museum. This is, we be*
lieve, the fourth or tirth specimen known,
all having been found in Kent. The coins,
aa well as the entire collection of antiqui^
ties, were collected by the grandfather of
the late Dr. Faussett, nearly, or quite, a
century ago. This collection, up to the
present lime, has been lost to science,
from being deposited in a country man-
sion ; but we trust it will now be rendered
accessible to those who du not Vii3ue auiiih
things merely as choice and hidden re1ie>i,
imperfectly understood, and in no \s^j
appreciated as capable of being applied to
antiquarian and hiitorlcal objects. When
M
Notes of the Month*
[Jan,
th« ArcliiKological Ingtitule met at Can-
terbury, Dr. FausKitt signitied bit willing-
&e»9 to allow lii5 ^randfatbcr's tnauascriptu
to Ue published by tbe Society, bat k
sccm« that neither ihh nor any other anti-
quaibtn body ever made use of the privi-
Ifgt! tht-n granlctl. This present year baa
witnessed the entire co He et ion, and MSS,
woittng tipwjirda of two mouths on the
Trustees of the British Museum, end twice
subjected to u nfusal of purchase !
The Tiupiirb brouzc gill stAtue, upwardt
of eix feet high;, which was discovered at
Lillebofine, some tvfenty or thirty ycar§
ago, and brought into Eitglnnd by tbe
Meisrs. Woo4burfi, the picture dealers,
Unn ri'cctitly been restored to Frunce^ tbe
Govcmmvnt Uavmg com mis stoned M.
Adricn Longp^'rier to Tisii London to pur«
cUnso it, if po»BibU\ He procured it, it
ii staid, for the comparatively Hmnll sum
of 5U{>/. The Trustees of the British
Museum, it is reported, refuscti to buy it
at a somewhat higher price ; but there Is
1)0 doubtt bad they ^hown a disposition or
wish to secure it, that tbe Messrs. Wood-
burn wouhi have given them the preference.
Thcrt" is a very cxcetlent engraving (by
Iklr. Wallcr'i of this tine but almost un-
knawn work of Rcunaa art^ Iti tbe last
part of Mr. Eoach Smith's "Collectanea
A memorial window has been inserted
At the cast end of tbe south ni»le of the
churidi of St. MatthG^r^ Iptwich^ in
memury of the wife of the resprcted
Rector of that parish, from a deKign by
the well-kitown nrtiigt Mr. Piank Huwnrd,
brother of the deceased. It is in three
compartments^ the centre light being oc-
cupied by euiiopy work of cjtceediugly
rich character, contAiiiing within a niche
tbe pfttron saint, St. Matthew \ beneath
which is a kneeling femulo figure in the
act of devotion. In the two side lights
are groups of figurei representing Faith,
Hope, and Chrtrily, nod the C^ardmal Vir*
Ifica, sbtrmounted by tflhcrnacle work,
while abtivct on either iitiile, are two
angel!s,one holding; n wrcatfi and the other
a palm branch. The smoll upper li;;hts
are principally tilled by cherubis, bolrJin;*
a pendiuit wreath of folingc. The drawing
and shndowin); of the whole is in every
respeet ndmirahle, and reftocts great credit
both on tlic dctigner and artist who exe-
cuted the work, Mr. Hedgeland, of St.
John's Wood, who is now en^aj^ed on tbe
Urge we*t window of Norwich t'atbedral.
The style of the dcftign is of n Intc ]>priod,
after the manner of Albert Ourer and
Louis Cranach. On two bands at tbe foot
of the wintluw is the folk wing inscrip-
lion : — " In memory of June Triminer
, wife of Chorlcs llicks Gaye, M.A,
rector of this paiUb, She died 23 rd DtO^
1852, nged 45, respected and beloved, as
witness this window and her gr&irestooe,
both erected out *^t the free»wiU offerings
of her husband^s flock/'
The cnstem window of St. Peter'i
Cbnrcb, AtMon- under -Lyne^ bas been
filled with a fine collet^tion of stained
glass. The window is of the Katharine
wheel or marigold design, fmirteeo feet in
diameter, and divided into sixteen cinque-
foiled compartuunt*!, the tmcery of which
terminates on no inner circle, or sti«r of
eight points, the whole being surrounded
by a border of small tjnatre* foils. The
principal openings contain elegantly di
signed fulMeugth figures of The Safiotii
St, Peter, St. Andrew, St. James tf
Great, St, Philip, 8t. Bartholomew,
Thomas, St, Paul, St. James the Less, St
Jude, St. Simon, and St. Matthias. Each
of these is habited in a rich cloak or mantle,
And they bear their respeotive emblems«
In the horizontal divifions of the traoerj
are placed figures of the four Evangelists,
in a reclining posture, with their usual
symbols, and as in the act of writini; their
gospels. The back'ground is diapered,
and alternates in red, blue, purple, and
green colonring. Within the divisions of
tbe inner circle is displayed, on a radiant
ground, the Hebrew word Jehornh, the
Dove, the Lamb, tbe celestial Crown, the
Book with the Scfen Seals, the mono-
gram I H &, the Alpha and Omega, and
the Sacramental Cup. The trefoil in-
terstices of the arches contain a foliated
device, and the outer quatrefoil border is
varied by rich tints^ In one of the lower
compartments is inscribed, *' The Gifl of
George Heginbottom, Esq., 185:1." The
window was executed by Mr. David Evans,
of Shrewsbury, and is effective both as re-
gards the representation of the several
figures and the brilliant and harmonious
arrangement of colour displayed through-
out the whole, which was completed from
a design, the production of his son, Mr.
Chiirles Evans.
Messrs. Waller have recently executed
yfonttmeitiai Bratfet to the following indi-
viduols!— hi fjichflcld Cathedral, to the
memory of Lieut-Colonel Peter Jolm
Petit, C.B. of the r>Oth (Queen's Own)
Ucgiment, erected by his brother officers
as a mark of esteem. It consists of a
fulUlenglh figure, the size of life, in
regimeutalft, and is a portrait of the dc»
ceased. There is a diaper background,
composed of a species of clematis native
t4> India, and a border to the whole of
Indian corn, in part of which, on a scroll,
are the names of tite principal battles in
which be was engaged, viz. Punniiir,
Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, and So*
he^
i
u
Nates qfihe Month*
33
braoo. At the foot of iLc mcmori«l i«,
oa one side^ the regimental device, on the
other Ibo armoriJil beanuga of tbe Petit
fAffiilj. it if pUced in one of tbe arched
reoeMei of the south transept. Tbe in*
ioripUotk ia as f oUowa :
BwTwt to tli« menuiry of Lieut.-' li
«te died at Uchfleld, on tbe I3il^
t^. mSL Thla fDontuneat i« • u;
oOoBn of lii« Gmli JtefJmcnt, as n r
t «f eneem Mul ragJuH h. i^
D, and in raxnaixilirmiict; ai ui-^ ({atjiint
liidaed senice at (lie liattlcA of rim-
nkir, lloodJcve, Feroteahah« ,\)itnil, iwnd Sobritoti.
In SojidoD Cbarch, StalTordghirc, to the
memory of Dudley, first Earl of Harrowby,
It consista of a tablet of bra$j, with an in-
seriptton to the deceased ^ and his armorial
bcdringa above it. The whole being en-
doaed witji a richly-decorated border^ and
om«mefited with diaper work. It forma
the back of an arched recess, to which it
b fitted*
In tnetnoiy cf inruLtT, lint EamL o? ITa»-
aownt. wba gavo, for forty years, tlie ener^ficw of
an Aaolo and accompllfllted raind, ill mntiUnea 1)t
iMdil^ to the pobllc fsrYtoe, luiving. uinotK:: ollter
oAeaa, filled thst of Secretary of State for I iirej^oi
AflWn In l^crr* and that of l^r^dent of the Council
flrota 191K to ir/r.
Tbo friotidof William Pitt, and Inheriting UIa
prindplos, wliUc Ikc abhorred all atnue of poller,
and deaired, as wSdcTy a« tho public safe^ f)cr-
nalllfMl, to conuiinnicute every privQc^. he wha
0tm In mdxlaiJice to dlaorder withto and ajs:grc^'
bIoo* froan wtthoat.
Tha htft twenty ywr* of hU H*'. NtSU not jilto-
gaihw aatnuiir- "- ■-■''=• " - '■ . -..n
aft tliia pkce. 1
adomMt •nrT" .it
In -•-'--- -' .. ,s[ sriicri.!,i« or"
!►' cneriilly, had
i:iLf 111 jii- T^jtvionr's merit.^
or : ei|{hly-five yeara And four
d- 47.
In the church of Norton Bavnnt, near
Salisbury, to the memory of John Benet,
esq. of Pythouse, thirty-two years Member
for Wtltabire, &c. This monntneni con-
siflta of an arched recess of the early-Eog-
liab atyle, composed of alabajster, and the
columoa of dark variegated murble. Tbe
inscription is on a panel of brasSj with the
arms of Benet and family allmnces, and the
whole is surrounded with an omnmental
border designed from tbe ivy-leaf.
lu Dtf •>"■■->■• '■' T,.,,^ t'K.-*-!- "-.1 '-<■ T'i-tlinu.->,c.
llewaK riioru4t.'t
JBewel, « jinr, by
Gatlierir" -11 — f{.
Jit mail ^i,
fW]. of ! 7 'J
yM»» .... .... / .,.,......,,. ..... LilO
c> two yearn, uiAu A niogtitratD
ar : for the siirae county.
Mr. hUvvard KicharJson, the sculptor,
the restorer of the Temple effigies and of
thoce at Ftford in Staffordshire, has re-
eeutly made a very satisfactory restoration
of an alabaster efB|^y of the 1 6th eentury
in Nuneatton churekf Warwickshire, hw$
that of Sir Marmaduke Constable, to whom
the lands of the nunnery there were granted
at the Disaolutioo. Extensive repairs
being in progress in that church under the
superiotendence of Mr. Ewon Christian,
architect, it was considered desirable that
thia effigy should be restored, as an his-
torical record of the past, and replaced iti its
original situation. The reverend the Vicar
accordingly applied toa college in one of the
universities, where Sir Marmaduke founded
certain fcllowshtpa ; but the funds not
being adequate for any i^raot, application
was made to Lady Strickland, a descendant
of the Constable family, who, after visit-,
ing the church and tomb, liberally fur-
Dished the necessary espenses. An etching
representing tbe monument wtit be found
in Dugdale's Warv»ickshire. It has a bold
moulded plinth, and on the front and end
are four shields of arms. Tbe efiigy was
almost reduced to a trunk, which was
covered witli iniuaU and dates, and, but
for the singularly line proportions and
relief it presented, its restoration would
have been questionable, Exct'iit, however,
in obliterating the initials, Stc. Mr. Richard-
son has left the trunk of the effigy m it
was. The parts entirely gone, and which
he has supplied, are the head, oeck, hands,
part of one arm, the crest (a ship) on the
tilting-helmet, the sword, right leg to
middle of shin, the left teg to middle of
thigh, the feet and three-fourihs of the
lion on which th«y rest, be.sides v&rions
minor details. The gauntlets also, which
lie by the right leg, were partly broken ;
and the dagger-handle, which formerly
appeared at the right waist, wa» wholly
knocked awuy. The ivhole of these parts
were remodelled and worked anew in
C holler ton alabaster, which was found an
exact match to that quarried three cen-
turies ago i so that, except for the account
wo now give, detection would be impos-
sible. The armour, chtetiy of plate, is
t^s elaborately ornamcntt:d than usual.
A sketcli of Sir Marmaduke's portrait fur-
nished by Lady Strickland, and costs of
contemporary works, gave all ihe aitbo-
rities required ; tbe general details being
supplied especially by the effigy of Sir John
Peclii''%&t LulliDgatone, in Kent, and by one
in Herefiird cathedral, which is so eJtactly
similar in date and detJiils that it may he
regarded as having come from the same
workshop. Sir Marmaduke wears a chain-
collar, and ft rose-jewel pendant. Thia
and the borders iif the armour throughout
had been gilt ; but very little trace of
colouring remained, except on the thieldi
of arms. Sir Maniiudukc's shield of amis
is quarterly of four ; — 1. Quarterly giilea
and vaire, a bend or ; 2. Chccquy or and
guleif on a chief argent a lion passant sable,
Not«t$ of the MuniL
[Jan,
C umber warih ; J. Axgijut, iwu bars en*
grilled »able| SCaincfi ; 4. Ari^at, a
cbevron between three martlets gables
Argltam. TLJAr surmounted witb the crest
of a three -moHted sbip, U placed both at
tbe bead of tbe tomb and oJiO in the ceQtr<:
of it^ front, where it fitimdB between two
other sbieidiiT ooe bearing two bars en-
gritiLed^ and tbe other, Vaire, and a bend
or. (tbe last apparently inaccttmtu.)
In tbe coriiice of tbe table of the tomb
U tbe follow! ng inscription cut in raised
letters in the alab;i«tcr ;
'* iji Here lythe S' Mnrmaduke Cou-
atablo knyght^ y"" w* dyed y' xxvjii. of
AiJrell, 1 y' yere of o* Lord m.h. fit tbre
ftcore, Sone & 11 eyre to S' Robart Con-
Btiiblc knyglit, Lord of Flambourghe ik
Home upon Spaldingmtire. And theseyd
S' Marmaduke Imdde too wyff ILli^abethe
dowght' to tbe Lord Durssc, by byr lie
badde too sonnes^ Robart and Marmaduke,
and riii, daughters^ Y* second wyfF, Mm-
gar^'te Bootlie, dawght' of Williin Bootlie,
gent*/'
Iq Dogdale's copy of thiJi ioBcription,
beiidei other inaccuraoita of lesa import-
ance, are these ^ — *♦ the iJt day of Aprill **
for xxviii.; and *' Boottir '* as the name of
bii second wife instead of Boothe,
Sir Williara DugdaleT in bis History of
Warwifkshircj relates that the reUgious
bouse of Nuneaton^ tbe posaesaioDa 'of
which in the 2t)tb Henry VI I L were yaloed
at 290f. 15«. were, by li'tterii patent dated
the 29tb May, 3i^ Hen. %'1I1. about eight
months after their surrender by tbe nuna,
granted unto Sir ^larniadiike Constable
junior, of London, knight, then the k log's
servant^ son of isir Robert Constjible of
Flamhorongh in Yorkshire; who sold part
thereof^ biit died aeized of the site, us also
of the muuor aod greatest proportion of
the loads tjo given him, on the *8tb April,
2 Eliz. leaving Robert bis i^Qn and heir
thirty years of age* unto whom tht; said
Queen in the Gtb of her reign for 415^. 13«.
granted the reversion of the premises to
him and bis heirs general ; of which Sir
Robert ibey were soon aflcr purchased by
Sir Ambrose Cave.
Sir MarmaJuke Conttable, n^ we have
flceUr choic to be bmried at Nuneaton, far
away from his family and kin, and at a
pUce which was so soon to pass away from
his posterity. The tomb of his grandfather
Sir Marmaduke jcmtiina in Flumboroitgb
church, and has a remarkable inscription
in Eogliah verAc^ wliieb is printed in
Prickett's History of Bridlington, 8vo»
1831, p. 122. It records bis fighting at
Flodden, or *' Brdukistou felde" as tbe epi-
taph terms it, when seventy yeans of age, to-
geUter witb bis iODt, ser? ants^ and kinameD.
Tiie result uf tbia highly succes&Ail
restoration has been to render wliat was
before an unaijBrhtly wreck, an interest-
ing and line feature in the nowreatored and
lengthened chancel of Nuneaton church.
Mr. Riehardiion was also entrusted by
Mr, Dugdale to cleanse mid reletter two
large alabaster tablets of the commence-
ment of the last century, which » in conse-
quence of the repairs, were, with various
others, taken down fVom the chancel of
the church, but are now rcfiicd.
On the 8th Nov. Mr. Hind discovered
at Mr. Bishop's obs*erf atory, in the Re-
gent's Park, another asteroid planet, to
which he gives the name Euterpe. Its
period of revolution, so far as can be as*
certaioed by observariona up to this time,
is about Hit 5 days, and its meun distance
from the san rather less than 224,000,000
milcB. Another new comet haji been an*
nounced as dii^covered by M* Klinkerfue^,
of G5ttingen, on the 2od Dec. It bus
aincc been noticed by several obsorvera in
this eoimtry.
Pensions of lOOA each have been con-
ferred on the literary veteran, Mr, A. A.
Watts; on Mrs. Hogg, the widow of the
Ettrick Shepherd ; and on the family of
the Ute Mr- James Simpson, of Edin-
burgh, in consideration of his unwearied
Berrlccs for the advancement of the cause
of national education, and his exertions in
aid of every movement of a philanthropic
character,
Tbe Rev. Dr. M*Caul, D.D. Professor
of Hebrew in King's College, London, baa
been appointed to the chair of Ecclesiosti*
cal History, vacant by the dismission of
Professor Maurice; and Mr. G. W. Dasent,
of Magdalene Hall, Oxford, Doctor of
Civil Law, to the chair of EiigUbh Litera-
ture and Modern History.
The Rev. C, A, Swainston, M.A. lias
been appointed by the Bishop of Chicester
Principal of the Theological College in that
city. Mr, Swainston wad 6tb Wrangler in
18 tl, and one of the preachers of the
chapel.
The Congregational Board of Education
havebccomepureha«crsof Homcrton Col-
lege, so long under the superintendence of
the late Dr, Pye Smith.
Mr, R, Bur ford has opened, in Lei^eator
Sqnare, a new pnnoramic view of Con-
stantinople.
Mr, T. Jones Barker^a picture of Netsoti
on tlie Gluarter deck of tbe Spanish adjnl-
raFs ship San Joeef receiving the swords
of the vanqubhed office rs, Feb. 14, 1797,
is to be engraved in the finest manner by
Mr. C G, Lewis, as a companion to '*Tho
Meeting of Wellington and Blucher nt La
Belle Alliance,'' aDd otlier prints of that
At the nle of the )tt« Earl of Dude's
dftct», MHtreudy^B Interior of a Barhtr*§
Akpp* which WM orifinally purchased, it
ii fisted, for TO/, iras carried off by a
denier for 750/.— it may be prestimed to
be «old agaiQ at a profiL
Notice has been given to subftcribera of
one gntnei and upwards for the statue of
Lfrd Gtf^rgt B^ntinck (now erected in
Csieodiih Square), iaroraiing them that
tfatj are eoch eotitled to a bronze medal
of that disci Dgtiiibed statesman, and thnt
upon tmiUcatioo to Mr, Wyon, in Regent-
ttff«t, they may receive It,
J^*. Pertly the head librarian of tho
Roj^ Library at Berlin, has returned from
a tour in £ngl&nd^ undertaken for the par-
po»e of examining if the principal Ubrariea
oontxined any materials that might asgiat
bbn in the farther prosecution of his great
work, ** Monumenta Germani» Historica.**
The moat valuable rciult of Dr. Pertz's
inquiries in England consists, we undef*
9tand, in hm baring obtained from the
British Museum a transcript of the
" Cbronicon Phu^otinnrot" which is of
great importance for the times of the Em-
perors Frederick L and 11.
The ^luable collecUon of fossils and
ntinerals belonging to the late emintMit
Qerauiii geologist, LouU tton Buch^ have
been purcbRsed» by order of the King of
Prussia, for the Museam of Natural His-
torf at Berlin, llis exteniWe library,
dllefif on the natural sciences, has also
been perehsied by His Majesty.
A eoUectton of not fewer than .lJ)'i sou-
tiet», by Baron W, Humbuldt, one of the
most eminent statesmen of Prussiup bus
betn publijihed at Berlin under the auspices
of the king. They are on oil imaginable
•ttbjects. snd were written by the baron
•fl«r his retirement from public life.
M. TAbb^ Cochet, Inspector of HIsto-
' MontLments of the Seine Inferieure,
inces for publication a vol a me on
flurf Pr6nki*h ('emet Brier, the re-
of ten yearj of arcbieologicBl research,
and upwards of twenty eicavatious in that
department, made under an annual grant
for the piir|>ose by the authorities* M.
Cochet is known as the anthor of se?eral
valttsble (uipers on the antiquities of the
Payji do Caux. The title of his volume is
" La Normandie Souterraiue."
ITie Council qftke Societf^ qf Aniifua-
rie9 of Scotland have, at the request
of the nagistrmtesT agreed to o[ien their
fiaJoahle and interesting museum for the
gratmtoos admission of the working classes
and others on Saturday afternoons.
The Monument just erected to the late
Dr, Moirt at Musselburgh, consists of a
itatne eight and a^balf feet high, upon a
pedtital of twenty fret, the work of Mr.
A. HandysSde Ritchie. The pedestal is a
plain sqnare pillar, exhihiting near the top
the letter " Delta,** enrirclcd by a wreath.
At the bttso is the following: — " In me-
mory of David Macbeth Moir. Beloved
as a man, honoured as a citizen, esteemed
as a physician, and celebrated as a poet.
Born 5th Janunry, 1798, died €th July,
1851/*
The Renfrew Athentenm was inaugu-
rated on the 1st jnst, Tlie principal
speakers were Sir Archibald Alison, Bart.
Colonel Mure of Caldwell, M,E and the
RcT. George Alexander.
TAe Aiayrian Brearation Societjf ati*
nouncea that Mr. Loftus, formerly of the
Turco- Persian Frontier Commission, has
proceeded to Assyria for the purpose of
commencing excavations, accomjianird by
an architectural draaghtsman and photo-
grapher.
The A'lM^ (if Bttttaria, on the occasion
of the ftimiversary of his birth, has created
a new order of chivalry, the insignia of
which will be awarded to men distingubhed
in sf'iences and fine arts. It is called the
order of Ma^timilian 11. The decoration
is composed of a gothic cross in gold,
enamelled in dark blue, with a white edge.
It is surrounded by a garland of laorel and
oak, and surmounted by « royal crown j
at each of the comers are four rays, and
in the centre in a crowned escutcheon is
the effigy of the King, with the motto,
** Maximiltun II. King of Bavaria." The
King has already named forty chevaliers
of this order, taken from the most dis-
tinguished men which Germany possesses
in science, letters, and the arts, without
regHrd to nationality or religion.
DtMCOveries of Ctint,— On the 1 1th Nov.
while Mr. Boughton was ploughing in one
of his fields south-east of the villnge of
Evenley, near Brackley, the foot of one of
the horses slipped into the earth, and on
examination of the spot Mr. Booghton
found an earthen vessel containing up-
wards of 304)0 pieces of copper coin in ex-
cellent preservatioDi chietly of the date of
Diocletian. The vessel was placed upon
the rock — but a little below the surface it
was surrounded with bones. It Is esti-
mated that the coins weighed more than
l cwt
The Rtiv. Edward Hartopp Ci-adock,
M.A. Cnnon of Worcester and Rector of
Tedstone-de- la-Mere, in the county of
Hereford, was elected on the 27 th of De-
cember Princi/i«/ f{fBratenoae CV//f^«, Ox-
ford, in the room of the late Dr. Harring*
ton. The new Principal was born in 1810,
tind is a son of Edward Grove, esq. of
Shenstone Park, county of Stafford, Hi
assumed the name of Cradock on auc*
reading to the property of his maternal
56
Mf^ce(l<ini'ofts Revieufs*
[Jan.
iiaclc. lie vran educated nt Shrewsbury*
wlieoce he gAioed a tcholariUip at Ballbl
CoUeijei took a second cla&s in Iianoitrs in
1831; and was afterwards clecled fellow of
Brns^enoFe^ wbcre lie lias Htnce 5Ued the
offices of Bursar and Vice-PrincipaL la
1844 he wm preset) tf?d to the college living
of Tedittone-dc-lla-Meret and inarned in
the same year Misa Lister, a Maid of
Honour to the Queen, and winter to the
first wife of Lord Joba Ru^aelL
HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.
The Pitgrim Fathers : or. The Fhund-
tra of New England in the Reign of
/amn the Firti, By W, tL Burtklt,
Aufhor qf*' Forty Dayt in the DettrtJ^
SupfT-royat Bttt* — Wliibt it is admitted
that there ia but little original matter in this
hcwk» its contents are highly interesting,
and they are presented In a most attractive
and beautiful form. It is, in fnct, one of
the successors to the Annuals of former
ycnra, devoted to a more rational purpose,
and not the first of the ctdds for which
readeri who prefer suhjeeta of a serioui
complexion are imiehted to Mr. Bartlett.
Hia '* Walks about Jerusalem and its Eo-
Tirons/' hia *'Ftirty Days in the Desert^
OD the track of the kraelites/^ and his
** Footsteps of Our Lord and his Apostles
in Syna» Gri'fce, nnd Italy," arc among
his former iiluatruted works, and liave
eridenlly proved, by their repeated edi-
tions, that what is sometime^t invidiously
omlled ^* the reli|;ious world/'^ h not in-
ionsibie to the attractions of the liiuc aria.
There is a suniibifiy Kplendour in the lutid-
■capes which illuMtrale Uits volume whieh
oould only be produced by the moist deli*
cate steel-CDg raving, and the numerous
woodcuts arc generally interesting. The
story of the Pilgrim Father^ is told in
three chapters, the firet of wbicli whs it
seems laid in Englund, the second in Hol-
land, and the third in the New World.
The first will be not the least interesting
to our American cousins, who have of late
years evinced so much curiosity in inves-
tigMting the cradles of Iheir forefathers.
From one of the historical essays of the
Rev, Joseph Huoter* the historian of
South Yorkshire, and from the researches
of the Rev» John Waddingtoti, of South-
wark, the author has derived many inte-
resting particulars respecting those early
Puritan families from which the first set-
tlement on the Ami^rican continent ori-
ginated ; whilst seveml puljlicdtionA issued
in Americar the original chronk*les of the
rilgrims, collected by Mr. Young of Bos-
toiij the rejiearches of Mr, Sumnerat I^ey-
dOD » printed by the Massachtij^etU Historical
Society ^ and an excellent " Guide to Ply-
ninuth,'* prepared by Mr, W. S, Russell,
Keeper of the Old Colony Records, bare
furniBhed the remainder of the historical ma-
terials of the work , M r, Bdrtlett bns him-
self pursued the waiidenngs of the Pilgrim
Fathers, and he describes both the scenery
and the relics of their dwelling-places in
a very agreenble manner. We transcribe
a sliftht but charactertstic anecdote from
his visit to Cape Cod^ the spot in which
the pilgrims* ship first found shelter from
the storms of the Atlantic :
*' The Cape is divided into townships,
one of which bears the honoured name of
Brewster. A small village with an inn
serres as the centre of these districts. At
one of these, where we stopped to dine, I
noticed a halc^ ruiidy-lookiug man, who
turned out to be the brother of the land-
lord, and after dinner unrolled— of all
things— a fimiily tree, in which the descent
of the various branches of his house were
traced with all the accuracy of the Heralds*
College. This family I found had emi-
grated from Eogland, itnd were not a little
proud of their derivation from the Old
Country, They had thriven too, for the
innkeeper, on learning that I was an Eag-
li&hman, took me over a Urge house not
far off, very handsomely furniibcd, which
he said was his private residence, and in
which hung up the poi trait of his proge-
nitor. Not long after I £aw a paragraph
in the newspaper^ stating that the brother
of this gentleman had presented a chalice
to the church of that towo in England
from whence his anceators were orlginaUy
derived."
With sentiments such as these so gene-
rally diffused, wc can imaglue what the
popularity of this charming book must be
in New England. It is gratifying at the
same time to reflect, that, in consequence
of the inimitable quality of its beautiful
illustrations, no pirate can divert its due
proceeds from their legitimate proprleton.
The Learned Soeietiee and Printing
Clu&a of the Vuiied Kmgdom, By the
Rev, A. Hume, LLM, F.S.A, With a
Supplemeni containing all the recently*
e»tabiithed Societies and Printing Cluie^
MUcellaneous Remswi*
I
mmd tktir Pubtieatwnt to the prnent time,
bf A. L Btsob. Po»f 8ro.— Tbii very
atdtil work» which wai compiled by Dr.
fjutue ncarlj dght yeare ago, contains in
iti origin&l form some iccoant of nioetj'
fite Societies, of which thirty-one are
cloned ii metropolitan (thirteen beiog
chartered); one (the British Association
for tJae AdraD cement of Science,) m na-
tiaaal ; twenty- tii; as proTinciat in England ;
twenty as belonging to Scotland ; andtieTen-
teen to Ireland. In addition, Dr Hume
de»enbed the constitution and [iruductions
oC tweoty-two Printing Clubs, The In-
trodQction to hit work reviewed the ge*
aenlcharacteriitics of thclemrocd societies,
their Qjcsy history , model of admitting
memlierB and transacting boainess, accom-
panied by some elaborate analyses and ju*
didous reflections and suggestions: the
whole forming a very interesting and
very osefiil work^ though now exceedingly
imperfect, partly from an original de-
iieiencf of informatioDr and partly from
the changes which in the lapse of time
arc concinuaily occurring. If Dr. Hume
would undertake the pains of preparing i
rerlaed edition * enlarged to the present
Cifiie» we are sure it would be very accept-
able ; bat meantime this isatie of the
fbnser b<iok, with a Supplement, will be
•sefdl in all public and other large ti«
hr*rief. The Supplement consists of 72
pages, almoHt entirely fillrd with the titles
of tbe works of tbeae leemiog literary hives:
it furnishes also the dates of foundationr
terms of subscription, and names of the
dirc^cting officers of most of the new So-
cietics founded since 1847 : including some
that Dr. Hume had overlooked. Among
the latter are the Eoi^li^h Historical, the
kshirc Asbmolean^ the Wiltshire To*
rapbical, and tbe Wodrow Societies;
i among the former the Arundel Society
' works of aft, the CaWin Translation
eiety. the Csxton Society for clironicles
and mediaeval literature, the Celtic Society,
the notorioQjily mismanaged Eccle^tastiaal
History Society, the Paleeontological So-
fliety, the Welsh MSS. Society, and many
dfltoted to the illustration of provincial an-
tiqQitiea and natural bifitory. Dr, Hume's
origiikai design included *' an account of
the origin, history, objects, and constitii-
tioii of every Society, with full details
respecting membership, fees, their pub-
lished Works and Transactions, notices of
their periods and places of meeting, &c/*
and if that design were now carried out
aod (to use a French word) perfect ionatedi
we ahcmld indeed have to thank the in*
doatry of the Editor who accomplished it
The taak is one well suited to the leisure
hours of the librarian of a large public
institution.
Gest. Mao* Vot. XLl,
Bandbook io the Library qfthi BriOtk
Mtueum. By Richard Sims, Smaii 890.
pp. 400. — It has often been remarked that
some such manual as this was a deside*
ratum ; for, whibt other departments of
the nntioQat collections have long been
supplied with popular catalogues and sy-
nopses, none has hitherto been provided
for its literary stores : the various classes
and dirisioDs of which are now so multi*
farioua that, except to the habituh of the
Reading Room?, there is some danger of
starvation even in the midst of plenty.
The defxciency was pointed out during the
inveitigatioQa of the late Commission, and
recommended to be remedied by authority.
Although the present is not an official
publication, it comes from a trustworthy
quarter, Mr* Sims being one of the li&sist-
ants in the Department of Manuscripts,
and one who has already done some good
service by hb laborious Index toils He-
raldic Viftitfttionfl and genealogical volumes.
After a brief history of the National library,
and of the various collections of which it
is composed, the preseot manyai escplains
the regulations respecting Readers, and
describes the catalogues at present in use.
There are now eleven several collections
of Manuscripts, each of which has its re-
spective catalogue : L Sloaae ; 2. Cotto*
nioD ; 3. Barleian ; 4. Royal ^ 5. Lans^
downe j 6. Uargrate ; 7, Bumcy ; 8.
King's ; 9. Egerton ; 10, Arundel \ 11<
Additional. The collections of Chnrten
and Rolls are as maoy in number. As
for the volumes of Catalogues of Books
their name is Legion. But when slmll
we see a rational Bummsry catalogue of
reference, such as an auctioneer would
get up in a few weeks ? Never, we fear,
under the present adtninistralioQ of tho
Printed Book department. Mr. Sims's
manual is chiefly valuable for his syoop-
tical review of the treasures of the depart-
ment with which he is moat familiar. He
has briefly described them in classes, spe-
cifying the most remarkable, on a plan
which is suggestive of many valuable bints
to the inquirer. The caialogue of the
books kept for ready reference In tbe Read*
ing- Rooms is also useful.
The Comediee qf Terence^ and tkt
Fab let qf Phf^druR, 'IVanittated teilk
NoUm. By H. T. Riley, B,A, Post 8eo,
pp» 535 (fioAn'jF Cluteicai Library,) This
plan of uniting authorst who have only
language in common, is inconvenient, but
as it only regards arrungenient, and not
execution, we shall not stop to discuss it.
The translator, in rendering Terence, has
followed the text of Volbehr (Kiel, 1846),
with ft few exceptions. Although *'not
rigorous!/ Ut«ril/' be hai ivoirled the
h'cedOQ)! ofEchard, Cooke^ Patrick, usd
Gardon. TUe flret of these is criticifed
iu TyUer*« Eas&y ou Traiiiiiatioa (c. xi.)
ai cabVbittDg a strain i>f vulgar pt;tulaDCc»
Tery opposite to the cimatencd timpltcity
of tbe urtKiDal* tliough nut witbout merit
as a whole ; autl, nutwithfit&Dditig its
faalta, it is said to Imve gone tlirougli
leven cditioai. For thc< others, the reader
tii«y conjult Mr. Moai's*^ Claskical BibUo-
grapby.*^ No notice is here t«kea of
Colmen, concerning whom Hiii'les briefly
fays, " Lnudntur Angtica versio/' but be
b referred to la tbe notes. We have
chosen tbe soliloquy of Pbormio (AndriSf
A. IV. s. 9) «s a flpecitneiit and are satts-
fied. Mr. Riley occasionally allades to
parallel passages and expressioai in Plautus,
for a caUection of which we would refer
tbe student to the *' Imitatio Flautioa/*
compiled by the elder Schalbruch, in tbe
Amsterdana edition of 1 709,aitd tl uygbens'
preface. Of Terence, Scheller says, *' Te-
rentius erebcrrim© legi mereturf ob pnE-
Claras senteiitias et ob iatiQitatem/' (PriE-
cepta Styli Lntitii, 1797, p. 778,) Harlcs,
in his larger'' Liter at lira Rom an a,'' (IT til,
Tol. i, p. 228 — 30) has gifen nn elaborotc
essay oo the merits of Terence, without
disseixibliug his faults, though he does tbe
utmost to extenuate tbeni. ScheUer ob-
•errei, ** Qni Terentiain edcrc rult, debet
tfie rei dmnatlcDe peritisiimns/' a text
from which Mr* Riley need not ibrink.
a. In the translation of Pbivdru», tbe
critkal edition of Orelli (Zurich, IH3I)
his been u»ed, Tbe additional ** ^{^liopian
Fables/* attributed to PbDcdriui by the
Italian editors, are given from the text of
Gail (Porii, 1826), but as the Iveipiig
•dition of Drcaslcr bus lately come into
our bandst we sbalL defer speaking of them
for the present. The metrical translation
. by Cbriitopber Smart is added. It hati
merit, but bears somo marks of haste. The
ityle of Gay, which it obviouity adopts^
Appears less suitable to tran»latioii than to
original com position. Bis Muae requires
a wide »pace to mofe in, and scema uneasy
when following in the track of another.
The Fatti, THttia, Pontic BpUtltt,
I&in^ and Hatieuiieon of Ovid, TVoiw-
taUd into Bngliuh Fron, with Notet, by
1^, T. Eitey, B,A. pott Btfo. pp, jr«d9.
503 (Holm's Clajisical Library.)— This is
the fini volume of a conipletA traoalation
of Ovid ; the second containi the Meta-
morphoses; and the third the HeroideSf the
Amatory Works, and the rest of the minor
ones. Whether the Amatory Works were
worth exposing to English readers, with-
out larger oroistiona than have b«en made,
U a t[uestioa ; at all events they did not
deaerve the additional ittrafitioo of an
Aphrodisiac frontispiece.
Our coocem, however, is with the lint
volume, whicbf (aa they can be bad sepa-
rately,) may be eonaidert^d apart, for its
contents are tbe moat importaot. Some
account of former translaiioos of tlie Fasti,
ike, a brief memoir of Ovid (rather too
indulgent to his moral character), and a
obronological introdiiction to the Fasti,
are prefixed. Tbe tran&lator^s professed
object is ** to exprcas the meaning of tbe
author with fidelity and tolerable neatness
of diction/' and this we think be baa at*
tained. In the Fasti he has followed tbe
text of Krebs; in tbe Tribtia and Pontic
Epistles^ that of Valpy's Clasaics. Tbe
History of Roman Literature, lately re-
published from tbe Eocydopiedia Metro-
politanai meotions Mcrkers edition of tbe
Fasti (Berlin, IB41), and Oberhn's of the
Tristia, De Poo to ^ and Ibis (Strasburgh,
n78), as tbe best. That elegant volume,
which combines tlie ^* flebiles Naaonis lu
bellos/' as its editor happily terms them,
is however rather a tutor's than a learner's
edition.* The Tristia and Ibia were
edited by Merkel in 1837 (Berlin), with a
Tait array of criticisro, aad little expUna*
tion. He has added a long '* Prolosio ia
Ibio,'' and the ancient Scholia on that n-
markable poem, which sometimes require
OAQotfltiaii themselfes.
Niebnbr, who scatters many Talnable
literary notices thronghoot his hiatories,
says of Ovid, *^ Next to Catullus, he la
the most poetical among tbe Roman
poets None can have a
greater talent or a greater facility for
writing poetry than Ovid had : and in
this respect he may take rank among
the very greatest poeta. .....
Ofid^s faciiiioM is manifiest everywhere.
The faults of hia poetry are well under-
stood, and do not requirt: to be mentioned
here." (Lect. on Roman Hist. ii. 166-7.) ^.
Of the works which compose this volumei ^H
Crieitus calls tbe Fasti *' Opus quidem ^|
eruditum ; et plenum msgnft et copioa/L
remm acientlA/' On theTViatia and Pon-
tic Epistles we have the opinion of Gib-
bon, that they ** possess, besides tbe merit
of elegance, a double value. They exhibit
a picture of tbe human mind under very
singular ciroumatances ; and they contain
many curioua observational which no Ro-
man, except Ovid, could have the oppor-
tunity of making.'' (Chap, xv^iii. note rr.)
He terms tbe ])oet's lamentations " pa-
thetic, but sometimes unmanly ;'' yet
Niebuhr says, ** 1 cannot helpi on the
* There is an awkward misprint, prvT
jieir§ for projkin^ (Ibis, 1. 166), whioh
affects both the metre and the sense.
I tdmitiiif him for the freshnesg
actlTity wbieh be preteired in bis
tarfal cxQb Among bftrb^riBiig.*' * Of the
XhiM^ ** the obscure CAlUmicheaji poem,"
Niabubr mja, ** Let aaj onei imRginmg
Hifll be nnderftAiids mythology^ trf his
ItfAd «l thii poem. I do not believe Ibat
then i* uijr noftn who compreheads the
whelk of it." (Lect, ou Anc. Hist. iij.
Ill*) CbsudoQ c&Ui it " po^me sitiriqoe,
cms fiocue, et ou ie sel est trop d^lay^."
Mr. Rilej termg it a ** Bbocking poem^
vbifib combines a chapter of horrors with
s rocmbulery of abuse.'" But as we have
BO pity for tbe culprit whom it IsAhes^ we
aoeralf regard it, with the aid of Oberlln^i
C3Cs»tt, AS a rich lujtbological epitome.
Tfaere are two questiouf affecting the
pocma in this volume ^ riz, tbe cause of
Otid^s banishmeat ; a,nd the subject of the
Ibis. Of the tirst» Niebuhr Bays, *' the
cause of bis uafortunate exile is a mystery,
which DO human iugenaity will ever clear
up^ and concerning which an endless vs«
riety of absurd opinions are abroad/' As
be himself is avowedly uu teerel (to use a
French expression), we cannot hope to get
an insight of a casket, which is double-
locked against us. Those who fancy that
by shaldQg it they can guess at the con-
teoti, may satisfy themselves, but caa
hardly expect to convince others. Ue tells
Grsdnas^ his sympathising friend^ that it
would not be safe to mention tbe cause*
ajid forbids him to inquire farther. (Font
1. ti, SI*) To bis Thraciflu patron, King
Cotys, whom it was doubtless an object
not to alienate by iii-timed taciturnity^
he is equally inaccessible, and desires him
to ask no questioos, beyond tbe mete fact
of bb having written the Art of Love ;
that Is to say^ be tells only part^ and this
the least material (P. i. ix. 75.) But he
doei express a vosh to FabiuSf that he
eoald defend himself in all reapectST by
representing Cupid as refusing to do so,
beyond tbe charge of aotbomhip. (i^. iii.
71.) To Brutns he profeiaes repentance,
which is very different from Innooence,
md hardly agrees with involuntary error
(1, L 59.) He positively forbids bis wife
to defend his conduct, owning thst silence
is best in s bad cause, ** Mala causa
silenda est," and bids ber confine herself
to prayers and tears (3, i, 147 j That the
camse was one of just offence to Augustus
is plain^ from the words, " rettovera tua
Tulnera *' (Tr. ii. 209) ; and his wife must
have been in danger, from his tbAuking tbe
£mperor for sparing it (5, ii. 55.) Yet
bis disclaimer otany/actnus seems to bare
♦ It was a happy idea^ to regard his
owti rtverMe as an addition to the Mtta*
morphotf§. (THst l.i. ISO.)— Riv.
been accepted (5, xi. 17) ; and he protesti
to the shades of i^ls parents, in that Elegy
which is meant to serve as a biographyp
that error, not crime, was the cause of bit
banishment (T« 4* x. 90«) He even uses
the expressions dtc^tte cuipof^ ** My fault,
committed through deception,** as Mr,
Riley tranalfttea it (R 4, ri. 15), thus
shifting the bUme, while he appears to
admit iU Bat when he comes to the point,
be is enigmatic, and if the Sibyls had pre-
dicted his fall, they could hardly have done
io more obscurely. The ** Irsi principis
ira " is the s ubitauce (T. 4 , x. 9B.) Coming
somewhat closer, he says he is punished
because he witnessed a crime, aod that his
only fault was having eyes (T. 3, v. 49),
on which account he compares himself to
ActKoo (ii. 105.) Of all this, the reader
may make what be thinks best. Crevior
inclines to hii being implicated in tbe mis-
conduct of the younger Julio. Ouwens, iu
his ^^ Noctes Hagana/' 17 BO, argues at
some length that he was privy to it.
Schiracb [e»L Sehirechiuf^ Oberhn) has a
curions conjecture in his ^'Clftvis Poetarttm
Cl&ssicorom,'* part ii. p, 146. ** Suspicor
propter verba errerii imttff9 (E^onti S, ii.
57*) Oridium forte nesciisse, forte dissi*
mulasse se nesciisse esse Julism, quom
forte in quodani loco iDhonesto inventam
ratos erat aliam longe femioam esse."*
The harmony of his married life, and hii
being now a grandfather, rather militate
against this supposition. Mr. Riley thinks
the reason was a political one, with which
the idea of Merkel agrees, vis., that he
was Involved in the fall of AgHppa Posthu-
mus (p. 395)} nor is the difference of a
year a serious objection, as tbe discovery
of his complicity might not have been
made at once. We have sometimes thought
that his disgrace may have been connected
with the superstitious practice of Augustus^
of personating a beggar once a year, (Suet,
in Oct 91.) Sach an act was likely to
have caused him some mortifications, from
persons who did not recognise him, or
affected not to do so i nor was he of a
character to forbear resenting it after-
wards. If any of Ovid's associates thus
mifidemeaned themselves, be may have
shared the blame. But, as Oberlin some-
times says of conflicting notes on the Ibis,
** looerta omnia. ^^ Ue aimed at conceal-
ment, and has succeeded ; nor CAti the most
elaborate investigation get beyond what
Millot bos simply said: ** S& mauvaise
conduitc tui attira une disgrace; ilmourut
en exil " (Hist. Anc. ii, 362.) Tbe Em-
peror hail begsu to relent, when his death
* The case of Messalina, and the words
of Juvenal, ^^Titulum mentita Lyciscsei**
are applicable here. (9at, ri* 133.)
60
M%9t9llaneouH Reviews*
[Jan.
Qccarred, to blaat the hopei of the poet^
for Tiberiuft was iDexorable. The Faiti dit-
pby more than one attempt to propitifltc
GermaTiicue^but without aaj known r««ult.
Another qucstioa ia, whom did he tncnn
by the Ratirical nji pell at ion of lbi« ? That
Egyptian bird» whose habits have obtaiaed
for it. the epithet of foul- mouthed, waa
chosen by Callimacbtii aa an emblem of his
adver»ary,and retain ed as anch by hiB avowed
imitator Ovid, Beaideflr inch a mode of
writing waa eiactlj to hia taatc,^-** pomitiH
pro oomiae gigait/* aa be taya to a faith-
ful friend, whom he has forborne to name,
(T. i. T. ?0 Aa the expreision ♦' Ciny-
phiam presait humum" (h 224.) denotei
African birth, the grammarian Myginu0F
w^OA *rnonnitlli Alexandrinam patant,*'
(Suet. Gramm. 20) has b«en supposed to
be meaiit. But Merkel infera, from the
oognomen of PttmiM^ that ManiliuB tho
Sitronomical poet, waa intended, and that
the vtrba eitnina (denounced in 1. 231)
aniwer to the Stoic philosophy which ex-
hibits itjtelf in his poem (p, 40O). He al»o
thinkii that the subject was hushed up,
through fear of the Ibvt himself, aa an
informer, or of Tiberina; an argomeut
which applies more forcibly to hia eilence
concerning the cause of banishment. Pro-
perty speiiking, this poem is not a satire,
bnt an invective. It ia interesting, as
Ovid 'a first attempt of the kind^ at the age
of 50 (see 1. t.5); but so much of it is
occnpied with bisiorical references, that
the author seldom appears. To the impre-
cations with which it abounds, the horrid
fate of Sota^es might have been added.
That the oppressor hoped to obtain a con-
(iscatton of Ovid's property, in which, how-
ever, he was disappointed, appears to be
inferrible (Ibis, I. 19; Triat/ii. 120)
Those who are carious on the subject
of the bird which has given n name to two
satixci, the one Greek and the other Ro-
man, will find an essay on the subject in
Cuvicr's '* Theory of the Earth, *» pp. 291>-
^^9, of Professor Jameson's translation,
5th edition, iUi>atrated by thr^engravings*
There ia aliso a communication on the
*' Mummy of the Egyptian Ibis,*' in Gent,
Mug. Aug. 1336, p. H5,from Mn W. H.
Rosser, who had lately unwrapped one, and
obtained a tine and perfect specimen . Nei-
ther, however, notices the poetical claims
of ihe bird to distinction. But after Obcr-
lin^s note on the word Ibi^i, in his Clavi§,
the student will be glad to know, where he
can had the zoological part of the subject
more copiously treated.
We have left ourselves Httle room to
notice pecuharitiea of tranaUtion or editor-
ibip, and fortunately there is little to say.
The version appears to be generally cor-
rect, without servility ; for instance, at
h 2 of the IbUt the word mermf is well|
tranalated inofemwe. But at Tristia,
19, TeiiihrantuH should be Teuthrog, Mr*i
Riley retains L 131-2 of the ibif, whicbj
Oberlin hsa bracketed, and Merkel rejects.]
At Tristia ii. HB, he reads fata, when
Merkel prefers /aela. He has ably avoidedl
some of the dangers by which a translator I
of the Fasti is beset. Of the fragment i "
Che Haliouticon he has made as much as its |
mutilated state allows.
T%§ohffy, — ^The demand in this departs j
mcnt must be great, when the supply is «
ample of minor publications^ to say oc^hin
of the larger ones. We must therefore \
brief in onr miaoellaneous notices, 1»
CkfUtian TXltet, bjf S. H. Syng, D.DJ^
V2mo. pp, 207. The author is rector
St» George's Church, New York, and we
known in this country bk the biographa
of Bedeiif a worthy American namesak^
of the oelebrated Bishop, whose excellen-
cies Burnet has so well pourtrayed, Thij j
volume contains a series of *^ Practice
Meditations on Christian appellations, sue
as Heirs of God, Little Floek^ Salt of tbi
Earth, Sec,'* The idea appears new, and i^l
ia certainly well executed ; and, for ita i
the work is one of some importance.'^Svl
The Faiihfnl Promher, Squar9 32i»
pp. 127. This is a series of comments oa
various Scriptural Promises. Tlie tftyle re-1
miuds us of Quarles's "' Judgment and
Mercy," which Dr. Dihdin revived by j
printing it after being long forgotten, Tb
preface briefly recommends their use *' in
the hour of meditation, or the season of
sorrow.*'— 3. Sun day ReadinffM, By T, '
Swordt, ALA. Prmt ^to, pp. 381. These
are Sermons on the 6rst Lessons ; that on
*♦ The Egyptian Taskmaster" is excellent,
and the subjeet is well applied^ by way of
contrsst, to Christian obedience. The last j
sermon, ** On the hardening of Phsroah't
hosrt," ends too abruptty, but contaimil
some striking reninrks. — 4. A TYeatite <
ihr PectUiaritieM of the Bible. By B.
Rendeii* Post Svo. pp. 552, Many [
of this work have formed public disconrself I
which several friends of the author have
desired to see in print. He mentions, that
they have been useful in preventing scepti-
cism. But to us, some of the professed
solutions rather seem to shift the difficuU
tiea than to remove them. — 5. Sermonti
the late Archdeacon Vickert, Ftp. Hv
pp, .134. It is a trite observation, that
prcachiog and publishing sermons are very
ditfeicnt thingi}, and the difference is in-
creased in the csac of posthumous ones,
which are selected, not by the author, but
by friends. We have no wish to call the
judgment of the editors in queation, but
the nineteenth sermon (on liegeneration)
1854.]
MUcelktneous Reviews,
61
BOggciti one remark. The author appears
embarruaed by his subject, and being
STOwedlj unable to render it plain, takes
refuge in mysteriou&nebts. TbU ihows tbe
necessity of forbearance in disiputation ;
Mid a ftuilable lesson may be learned from
one of SaUust's fragmeaU : *' Castris col-
laiiip pug ma tamen ingenio loci probtbe-
batar.*'^ — 6, Scenet in the Lif* of Christ.
By the Rev. K. Christmas, M«A. >ivo.
pp. 1^1. The«c dbcourses are animutt^d,
bat at p. 81-5 the author goes too much
into detail, we thinks on the attribulea of
oui* Lord's humanity, and treads a step or
two beyond the point where we conceive It
fittest to stop. There i» a good remark of
Bishop Watson VSr Dot inapplicable to the
subject, on Luke, 3C. 22, '* That no one but
the Father and the Son is capable of com-
prehending ihe suHihip of the one^ or the
patertdtjf of the other/' (Life, TnL ii. p,
353 ) We need hardly add, that many wil!
be surprised at ji tiding Watson recede so
far from the opinions of Gilbert Waketidd,
against which he was th^n contendijig.
Sir Philip Sidney, and other Start of
ihe Sixteenth Century. By S. S. S., au-
thor of ** Life, and other Poems/' &c.,
.12mo. — This ** Life and Times/' though
lamaU Tolume, i* very richly fraught with
%ttit history , biography ^ and literature of
! periodi selected, accompanied by reflec*
Ttio&s well suited for juvenile readers* The
author, who is a lady, docs not cite her
authorities ; but she has evidently drawn
Upon the reservoirs of HaUaiD, and Warton,
land Disraeli, and sucli others as are bc»t
Lmble to supply the most substantial infor-
[ttation« though possibly it has been de-
tiwed in some measure through tlic more
ordinaryconduit-pipeiiuf the l^clorial His-
tory of England, &c» Tliere are a few
misUkcs, such as in yp, llt>, 91 , that ** The
of Winchester was reduced to little
' more thun a title ; the Bisliopnc of Durham
dissolved j the public library at Oxford
siripped of all its books and MSS/'— state*
menti which, however partially founded
in fact, are calcotated to convey false ideas
without further information, since all these
\ Snititutiouit not only recovered from Lbeir
i'japoliationB,but became perhajis richer than
L before in comparison with their (eUows.
J We are 8>orry also to see many typogr&phi-
fcal errors, not only in Latin cjuotations,
I Jtcbal particularly in proper names. With
• these drawbacks, we considtr the book a
ircry pleasing introduction to the literature
mod mannt^^rs of the EliXBbcthan ago*
The Child* § lH'Do(/r Companitm ; or,
Storieefor Bainy Day*, By S* S. S.— This
IS a book by the same author of »tiU smaller
iize, II od for children of a ^miiller giowlb«
It is full of short stories, chiefly in rhyme,
and well suited for the comprehension and
instruction of the denizens of the nurserj.
Obtohfe Words and Phrasea in the
Bible and Apocrypha (incindiity those in
the Contents of Chapters and Marginal
Readings) , and alto in ihe Prayer Book,
familiarly explained. By the Rev. John
Booker, A.M. Vicar of Killvrin, Diocrse
ofFerTis^ Wejrford. l2mo. — A good design i
and rcaeionably well executed* Though
the changes in the English langULage havo
been far fewer since the era of the Autho-
rised version of the Holy Scriptures, and
tbe compilation of the Book of Common
Prayer, than in earlier periods of its ca-
reer, and though it is certain that tbeae
standards have themselves contributed to
its permanent condition, thej still contain
some words and many forms of expression
which are nearly if not mtirely obsolete,
eicept an they may occur in the perform-
ance of divine worship ; and whilst the
greater part of these may he geneially uu-
dcrstood, thtiy are obviously subject to
partial misapprehi^nsion, A manual help-
ing lo explain tbem must therefore be ser-
viceable* We think, however, that Mr.
Booker has included several which are
ueitber unintelligible nor even titiusud) :
possibly this may arise frcm liis residence
in a remote district of the sister island;
whilst perhaps there are stilt some obscure
expressions that he has overlooked.
The Birth of the War-God : a Poem by
Kalidata. Translated from the Samkrit
into English Verse, by Ralph T. H. Grif-
fith, M.A. qf Queen's College, Oxford,
Boden Sanskrit Scholar, auihorof^^ Spe-
cimens qf Old Indian Poetry.** %vo. — ^Tho
poet Ka lid as A lived at the court of the
King of Oujein about the time when Vir*
gil and Itoroce were shedding an undying
lustre on the court of Augustus. His
drama of Sakoutala was translated by Sir
Williafu Jones, and has long enjoyed a
European celebrity \ and that of •* The
Hero and the N>mph" is one of the best
ill the Hindu TJiJcatre of Professor Wili on.
The present is m\ untinished or imperfect
poem, it is said once consisting of twenty-
two canta»» of which only seven remciin.
An edition was published by the Oriental
Translation Fund, under the care of Frof^
Stenzler. Mr. Griflith's transktion is
elegant and graceful ; yet it will scarcely
have attractions for any other readers but
those who already take an interest io the
language and mythology of the original*
Mr. Rutherford's Children. By the
Authors of' The Wide, Wide Worldr and
'* Glen L«i?«/*— Fathers and mothers may
6S
Mbe$tlaneous Reviewt^
[Jau.
look Idiif before tbey find a prettier, gafor,
more imexcf ptionable book thtin tbls. To
oorfiaoiet it is ubont the pka.HEiiitest ctiUd*!
book we have opentid for many n day,
Sinning afAinft grammaff we nre iorry to
iayi very often — abounding to the Inctftibly
vulgar ilip-Hb]i of wonu md phruAes^
which Is almost a» indlgeaoiialy American
u the naial twnn^ with which its men,
women » and children deliver themaelvei—
it has merit and beauty enough to conquer
every diftadvantiige, and to make iit — old
people as wc arc — the better and happier
for our fireside reading. What a chnrni
there ia in the iweet, childish, uuselttah
character of Chrysaa I how carefully dia-
crimliuited from that of Sybih yet with
bow little appearance of art ! Women
who oiQ write thua are htessinga to mo-
ther!. We know not which to admire
moit — the light, hearty^ innocent gaiety of
the whole, the loving joyooancta which
•ecmi to come from minds at peace with
thetnielfeSf or the tbooghtrDl acknowledg-
ment throughout of claim t, eerioaa and
mantfoldt which no one may evade— of
first duties^ never to be forgotten, never to
be dtipented with. How nearly allied may
be the aourcea of the grave and the gay —
how harmantoualy the gtfta of both may
be blended — let auch a book aa thiB shew?
Louita pon PUttenham^ or the Journal
^aPttor Vounff Lady. TVamlated/rom
ike Germain. Edinburffh, — A very touch*
ing tittle sketch of the troublea aiul humi-
liations of a proud and poor family. In
style it resembles Misa Bremer. It ia
really Worth both the paina of translating
and the handaome style of its printing.
Wstk i phnty ia da^ and kou? to do it,
Steond 99ric9* — Equally good with the
fint.
Satmrdaf and Sunday t ThoUffhU /or
Mh, Qiatffow, — These are short sermons
or aaiays on many subjecta. They are
ptibliahed in three separate parts aJao :
L Aims aud Ends ; *2. Spare Momenta;
d» Qreen Leaves ; bat are here collected
Into ont very pleasing and sensible volume,
itnpretaive without exaggeration* They
b«ve already had a olrctilatioQ of many
titotuaaodatnot undeatrved, nor likely to be
dliiihaiah«d by the present elegant edition*
Charltt Ro%t9fl, 1 %mo. pp, leri.—This
tale* which is meant to show the advaiitngea
of Industry and honesty, ts ** adapted from
the French*' of M* Porchat, author of
" Thrc<* Months under the Snow." (See
May» p. h2i,) It is edited by the Rev*
T. T. Haverfield, Rector of Qoddington,
*>ion, formerly (»■ we remember) Pdlow
of Corpus Cbrisiti eollcfe, whoa« name ia
a iuflicleni passport to an^ volume tb«^
bears it on the titlo-pa^c. In eondeaceniUl
ing to iuptrintend publications for tha
instruction of youth* ho has abdicated %1
loftier position of authorship for one of 1
extensive uaofuUiess*
The Monthly Votumv. Succat/Ui Mm I
(jfMfidern 'Hmet. inmo, pp. 193.— Thll '
ia an interesting compendium of biography
in various departraenU, mercantile, artta-
tic, scientific, literary, &c. It conUina«
among others, an account of the late Dr.
Lc<^, whoae recent death has drawn attcn^ |
tion to his meritoriims career, Wc would j
particularly refer juvenile readers to thi j
fact, that his first decided ioducemeot ta I
study, to which his subsequent advance*
ment may be traced^ aroae out of followinf 1
an unoongenuil occupation, on account of ^
his mother's poverty (p. 116)* Let tht i
clerk *' who pens a ttansa when he should \
engross/' attentively consider this*
Tht Happy Re«olw, IBwio. pp. 52. —
This little book professes to be " a tale [
from real life," mid therefore has its im-
portance, on Jtibnit on 's priaciple, that every
life if written would be useful* It exem-
plifies the insufficiency of inadequate mo*
tives even for good conduct, and the dia*
appointment which they eventually cauae^
till replaced by higher and better induce*
monts.
Amiiion and othtr Tal«t. By thiAuikor
tf** The HFod qftka Family/* in 3 eofr.
— If Miss Mnlork disappoints the public
by the present compiltition, she does not
deceive thern j and she has the mrans of
puttitig them into good temper with her
by writing one of her most effective novela,
Wc are glnd to believe these tales to be
no novelties, as there are few things leaa
agreeable than to witness the decline of
power in one aa yet so young in yean and
mind.
Aiti^ord. By Iht Authttr ^f **Jokm
Drayton and tha MahnlteaJ* 3 vo/t* —
This is a highly wrought and very beauti^
ful fiction. We have seldom read one
calling out so deep an hattrest* The cha-
racters are well drawn and the tone high.
Fly Lea»ti: or, Scrapt and SJfcefcAet,
Literary , Biographical ^ and MiteellanaouM,
(John Miller.) Tirno. — Mr* Miller, who ia
a bookselicr in Chnndos-atrect, Trafalgar-
square, has for some time past added a
value to his Catalogues (which he pub-
lishes periodically, under the title of Mil.
ter's London Librnrian and Book-Buyera'
Gasette), by appending uotea on aoU-
lawo
Antiquarian liesearchei.
ea
qosTMii mil btetofkal tubjecti, specimens
wi M pootry, biiio^phictl ootice* of
mroe books, memoriAla ul oM London,
9ad niftcells&eooft scrapg of curioua io-
fcmiAtiozii which are now collected in this
pl««Mat ferie* of '* Fly Leaves." Among
m mmtkf mtttera new and old, it is impos-
litde for U9 to iay what proportioa of the
book is original There is eDougb, bow-
ever, we see, to give a permanent value io
this nice lUUe tomei which is very neatlf
edited} wilh a classified table of contents
and an indei. Wo hope that Mr, Miller
will continue to avail himself of his lite-
rarj advantag!es ta the same good ptirpo^.
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.
sooprrr OF Aimauajuiji.
. U, S, R Collier, esq. V.P. in
I
I
Tbt foUowiDg geutlrmeu were elected
Fdk>wa at the Sodety : James Janies^
esq. iolicitor, of Aylesbury -, Uugh £d-
moQstone Montgomerie, esq. ; Matthc:w
Dighy Wyatt, esq. architert j Herbert
lagram, esq. of Loud water » HcrtJ ; and
George James John Mair, esq. architect,
of Upper Bedford-place.
Xbonnaa Chapman, esq. F.S.A. exhibited
tome beoutifal examples of 0int spear*
heads, aiTow-headSf and implements of
the primBcval period, found by Mr. Samuel
Andcrsoo, of Whitby, in British tumuli
in Yorkshire. Some of them resembled
rude combs, and were probably made for
that use } bot it had been suggested tliat
they were instruments used for tattooing,
iliiloQgh it is not recorded of the Britons
that they pnnctured their skins to ed'ect
that object*
Mr. Akerman read extracts from a
y^^er addrt-ssed to him by Moosleur
4t^yon^ of Bel Air, giving an accoont of
&e discovery at Tornyi near Puyeme, of
a stooe sepulchre coataloing several skele-
tons, one of which had on the arms eoor-
mous jet bracelets. M* Troyon observed
that tlie only bracelets of a similar descrip-
tion bad been found in the counties of
BAIe and Berne, in tumuli of the late
Helvetic (period, prior to the Roman con-
quest. He was desirous of ascerUiiiiing
vhetber bracekts of the same kind had
ever been found in England.
Vt\ M. Wylie, esq. commtmieated an
account of his visit, in the autumn of the
preaent year, to the Frank cemetery at
Eavermue, la company with the J^hhe
Cocbei, the government inspector of arts
and monuments for the department of the
Seine luf^rieure. Many skelctona were
exhumed, and found to be accompanied
by the usnal relics deposited with the
dead. Mr, Wylie observed on the very
t ( ' II acter of the Frank and Anglo*
s laentfi, which differ i<icnply as
iii._, ^„- ,. ibcs of the great Germanic
population « and urgedi in conclusion, the
importancti of a diligent comparison of
the sepulchral usages of the two nations.
J. Payne Collier, esq. V.P. presented to
the Society eighteen additional fac-similes
of leaves from his annotated folio Sbak^
spesrc, executed by Mr. Netherclift in his
most careful manner.
Dec. I* The Viscount MahQn, Preti-
deat, in the chair.
Angnstui Stafford Jerningham, esq. of
the ifth Lancers, William Batchelor Dia-
mond, esq. of Henley -in- Arden, Thomas
Love Duncombe Jones Parry, mq, of
Madryn, co, Camarvon, and Wm. Chap-
man Harnett, esq. of EusscU- square, were
elected Fellows, Other buainess waa act
aside for the purpose of discussing the
Revised Statutes, the new clauses of which
are described in our Magazine for July
1ast| p. 69, and ore further noticed in the
Notes of the Month of our present number.
On the ballot being iaken^ there appeared
for their adoption— Ayes, 101 ^ Noes, i*
Sir Henry Ellis was then elected Di-
re ctofi in the place of Lord Viscount
Strangford resigned, and the folio wing
Resolution was passed unanimously :->
*' Resolved, That the Society desire to
return their warm and cordial thanks to
Sir Henry Ellis for his forty years of most
valuable and able co-operatiot] in the
business and superintendence of their pub-
lications; in the confidence that be will
carry the same zeal and ability to the
office of Director, and the hope that health
and strength may be vouchsafed to hfm
in that office for many years to come*'
Dec. 8. John Bruce, esq., Treasurer,
in the Chair.
OctavLus Morgan, esq., M.F.| presented
on impression from an engraved plate Qf
the signs of the Zodiac, forming a portiop
of the Astronomical Dial of a magnificent
clock, made in IbH^, by Isaac llabrecht,
a celebrated machinist of Strasbourg, in
Imitation of hia great work the famous
clock in the cathedral of that city. The
dock from which the impression waa
taken was made for Fopo Siitus V., and has
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[Jkn.
rccflntlf been purchased by Mr, Morgan -
The tngrnnaga upon it are supposed to
be the work of Vjpgil Soils.
Robert Cole, esq* F.S.A. prncntdlt w
A contribution to tlie Society ^s collection of
Prod am at ions, one for the encouragetuent
of Pioty and Virtue, dated 1 June, 1787;
alao A transcript of a mimtfetto of tbe Pre-
tender, dnted from PLombi«rS| the 29tti
Aug, 1714.
BQujamin WilliamJ, e«q. F.S.A., com-
IDUnictledtnmDgt ofaonie notanes* mtirka
of the fourteenth century, which he had
found affixed to legal initrumeuts in
Britany.
George Steinman StfionasDv ^Hl* P.S.A.
eommonicated an account of Charles the
Seeond^s sojourn nt llnij^es from April
16at» to Feb* IGr>8, during bis exile, ex-
tracted from the archif^s of that city.
This included a list nf noblemen and
geuttemea in the suite of Charles, and the
rations allowed them. Also some parti-
culars relating to Charles's admission into
the fraternity of archers and great cross-
bow-men, a society which exists to the
present day. The book containing the
inoQ arch's signature, and that of his
brother Henry, Duke of Gloucester, is
still preserved it Bruges, and od the viiit
of onr Queen Victoria, with the Prince
Albert aad King Leopold^ in 1843» their
names were udtJeLl as members of the
ancient archer fraternity of Saint George.
A description of the field of the Battle
of Blorehealb, by Richard Brooke, esq.,
F.S.A., was theu rend. Mr Brooke had
explored the spot more than once in the
hope of ocquiring some itiformation of a
local charade r, but failed to leurn whether
any relics had ever been dug up on the
site of this memorable battle, which has
become greatly changed, the locality being
now inclosed and cuUivsted, though slill
bearing the name of Blore-heath. The
only existing memorial of the bntde i^ a
square pedestal, iurmonnted by a crosH,
marking the spot on which Lord Audley
is said to have fallen,
D#c. 15. Sir Rob. H. Inglis, Bsrt.V*P.
Adgtifitns Woollnston Franks, of the
Department of Antiquities in the British
Museum, and George llrnry Vertue, esq.,
tmbUsher, of Pi us bury Square, were elected
Fellows of the Socio ty.
Sir Henry Ellis, Direi tor, exhibited a
cast from the golden seal of Henry VI 11,,
appended to the counterpart of the treaty
— Me with Francis I. in l.'i27, now in the
el Soubise ot Pnrin. The correspond »
folden seal of Fmncis 1. in the Chap-
louse at Westminster, has been en-
Led in Rymer'a Focdt^ra, toL xiv.
Henry's seal presents the King
1 on hla throne » with this legend —
Henric. B. d.o. Anglhe et Fraoise R. Fidei
Defesor et D'n's Hib. On the reverse,
the arms of England, surrounded by tb#1
order of the Garter, a border round tlifl j
whole, containing thi* motto —
Online J murnntur et peraUnt fueilcre cnncta,
corresponding to that on the teal of]
Francis —
riurlma <iarvautur fcDdare, cancta fldu.
J, Y* Akerman, cjq. Sec. communicated ]
a drawing of a skull which had been for-
warded to him by M» Troyon, of Belair.
This skull bad been found in the ancteni
tombs of that locality, of which an ac-
count has been communicated to the {
Society of Antiquaries of Zurich. It ii ,
remarkable for the depression of tht I
frontal bone, evidently by artificial menos,
M. Troyon states that crania of similar
Form were found some years ago in Hun-
gary, and tliat Dr. Gosse, of Geneva, had
discovered one or two of the same descrip*
tion near the mountain of the Salive.
Professor Retziu^i, ot Stock holm, had
given his opinion that the depression liad
been produced by artificial means; a prse-
tice,^ according to Herodotus, observed by
the ancient Scythians. As these dis-
coveries are entremely rare in Europe,
and as they very clearly belong to a period
of invasion, M. Troyon was led to con-
clude til at these remarkable skulls may bo
ascribed to Scythians brought to the
locality where ti>ey were discovered as
prisoners by Ihe Burgundian settlers and
conquerors* Mr. Akerman observed that
the inquiry might be assisted by our
ascertaining;, by means of the relics found i
with the rcmuins, the probable status of ^
the individual interred, and tliat be bad
written to M. Troyon with that object.
Mr, J. Byles exhibited a fibula of the
late Roman or Anglo-Saxon period, found
at Box moor, Herts, It it of circular form,
and bears a device resembling a coin.
Aug. W. Pranks, esq*, alio exhibited
a fibula of circular form, hearing the
sedeut figure of Rome, as on the coina
of the Lower Empire, with an unintelligible
arrangement of letters around the figure,
but evidently an attempt to imitate the
legend invicta , roma . aktkrna* This
device, and the siitc of tlic fibula, which
measures 2 ^5, inches in dinmcter, will re-
mind the numismatist of the large ailrer
medallion of Priscus Attains (a.d. 409),
preserved in the British Museum*
Sir Henry Ellis communicated traa-
Bcripts of four letters written by Nehemla
Wharton, a cubultern officer of the Earl
of Essex's army, in the autumn of 1642,
detailing the moirements of a portion of
that army in the counties of Warwick
and Northampton, shortly before the battle
1854.]
Antiquafian Researches.
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I
of Edfc Hill The ongiods are preaerved
is liie Stole Paper Omc«.
Hrr, 22« J. Payne CoUier, e^q,* V.P.
M* Prosper Merimte mid the Comte
Leon de Iviborde, both members of the
lotlitatc of France, were electeJ Foreign
MoBlbers of the Society ; nnd the fallaw*
lag were elected Fellows — Rtdinrd D*vis,
etq. otSt, Helenas, merchant; Mr. Samuel
Tymm*, of Bury SAint Edmund's, Treaiu-
rcr aod SecretAry of the Ea»t Suffolk
Inttitute of Archfcology and Nat. H»-
tofy; Sir Norton Joseph K natch bull,
li*rt, of Merstluun Hutch, Kent ; the
Rrr. Rabert Rashleigb Duke, of Chelten-
hmm ; the Rev* Oi^tavius Preire Owen,
M. A« Rector of Buratow, Surrey^ transla-
tor (it the Organon of Aristotle ; and tlve
Rer, Qiforge Wallace, of Canterbury,
Mr* Akerman esthibited a leaf of a small
triptych of ivory, eontainiug in an upper
COinp«rtment the Sariour crncified, be-
t'^ "* and John, and in the Lower
tl lied, holding the Infant Jesus;
tliiu . ,,..„. Lhe end of the 13th century.
Benjamin Willitms, e»q. of HiUlngdoii,
eihibited some duplicates of a very com-
plete collection of charters relating to the
Choaoei Islands, which have been copied
from the origioals by John Metivier, e»q.
of Guernsey, and aho impressions in
pitto perch a of some very interesting
leak. AmODj^ them those of — L Wilkiam
de Chayne^ 1)^3 (on a shield, four fusils,
each charged with an escallop *) ; 2. Ed-
moud de Chaenii, I3i)5 (the same arms) ;
3. Johannes de Pralellis (Priauli), eirc.
riOO (t» half-length figure of a knight with
a shield of arms, a spread eagle) ; 4.
Thomas de Pratellis, 1276 (a spread
eagle) ; S. MacCf or Masse, de la Court,
1315, 1:129; 6. Philip de Albigneo
(d'Aubigny), 1218 (four fusils on the field
of the >»ea}, without a shield) ; 7. Hugo de
Turbitrfiile, ibailiff of the Isles), 1270;
8. Sire Othes de Grandsson (Grandkon),
1316, (a shield, Paly, surmounted by a
bend) ; 9. Henry de St. Martin (the king**!
bsiliflT in Jersey), 1317; and Hevernl of
the bailiffs of Guernsey (the three lions of
England) <
Mr. MelivieT*s collection comprises
many charters dated before the Norman
conquest, and of tlic^e he has placed
coptea in the Bodleian Library. One of
them has Edward the Confesfor among
its witoeasei. Another contains probably
thie earliest notice extant of the proceed-
inga and coostitution of the ducal court of
Normandy. A charter from the Abbey
ana Dames, at Caen, dated 1203, is sealed
with the privy signet of Prince John^ who
received the Channel Islands in appanage
from his father, Henry II. Other charters
prove how private rights were established
Grnt. Mag. Vol. XLi.
by enquete^ and how the barons laid down
la cftutumt^ the only luw then known.
The RcT. Thomts Hugo, F.S.A, ex-
hibited n pair of highly ornamented gloves,
found behind a wainscot at Worcester,
supposed to be of the period of Charles I.
M. Leopold De Lisle communicated
the letter of Louis VI 1. preserved in the
National Library of Frnnce, whereby, at
the request of Joscin of London, when
on his way from JeriisiQlem, permission
WAS granted to Wilhani of London, hia
son, and Osbert of Colchester, his kina-
moTi and fo6ter-child, *" to remain in our
land and under our dominion/' and they
and their heirs were released " from all
demands of tribute, forced contributjonst
and exactions, and from all claims of
military service, so long as they remain in
our territories." The ^rjint is dated at
Paris in 1115. j\L De Lisle supposea
th.it the two personages mentioned in this
grant were traders or merchant^;, but a
friend suggests that they had probably
become possessed of land in France.
KUUISMATIC SOCIKTr.
Nov. 24, W. B. Ditikinson, esq. of
Leamington commumcated an elaborate
defence of *' Ring-Money as a Medium of
Exchange,*' in reply to certain strictures
on former papers of Mr. Dickinson, pub-
lished by Mr. Vanx in the lust number of
the Numismatic Chronicle. Mr. Dickin.
son commenced hia paper by a definition
of ** money," which he considered to be
** every article which is generally accepted
la a community as a representative of
property and a medium of exchange,"
whethtr this be hulhon, jewels, cowrie
shtllg, cloth of certain known leneths (as
in Iceland), or masses of salt of a fixed
weight ; while by barter he understands
" the exchange of one article for another,
such articles being u^ed or required for
the necessities of life, and not laid by in
store for the purchase of other comnaodi-
ties.** At the same time he did not think
it needful to constitute the character of
money thai articles should be adjusted to
a certain definite and unchanging weight,
or should consist of several sizen, as these
are refinements and iraprovcments, but do
not atfect the principle. Mr. Dickinson
noticed next the form in which the earlier
nations kept their money, which he jndgfs
mu^t have been " of $«uch a character that
it could be looped together like rings,*'
u view which he deduced from the account
of the money found in Benjamin*^s t^acki
from a picture in Sir Gardner Wilkinson's
** Egypt," copied from the walls of one of
the catacombs in tbat country, from the
story of Rebecca in Gen. xxiv. 22, and from
that of the Midianites in Judges viii, 2\,
K
A n iiq ua t 'ian R0*§archt$*
The atme object of *' looping together,*^
Mr. DickLUftOQ trao«s in the occient gold
rings of Irrland, the interaal apertures of
which are too ten all to have been used aa
fioger, e«r, or nose rinf^s ; while the tame
Sraetioe ia itill in vogue in China and
apAUi and muj ho traced in the former
ootintrj (if Mr. WtUlama ia correct in h\&
estimiLtion of the dates of the Chineso
dyniitiea) ai early as d.c, 1118. The use
of rings (at the present day) for money,
Mr. Dickinson showed from an anecdote,
lacntioned by Mr. Booomi, of the pur-
chaae of a slave from a Jelab dealer; while
he stated that Lieut Cmttendeni now Aa-
tistant Polilkal Agent at Aden* made use
of ear-rings of silver when trading with the
Bedouins of Socotra. Mr. Denton, alio,
a missionary at Regent* near Sierra Leone,
affirms that the gold rings* common in
that part of Africa^ are rarely used aa
omanaents, but generally aa money in
trading. In the con clot Ion of hia paper,
Mr. Dickinson atated that he was equally
at variance with Mr. Vaux on the aubject
of that apecifs of coin termed " Fish-hook
money,'* which he, Mr. VauE^ had af-
firmed to belong: to Laristdot in Perflia,
and not* as Mr. Oickioson had* in former
papers, asserted, to the Island of Ceylon.
Mr. Dickinson «aid* that in the island
itself this coin was known by the names of
*' Cooo-recdi*' and ^'dudu-maffu*'^ both of
which mean '* book-money, " that it is
proved from Knox's ** Account of Cey-
lon** to have been current there more
than two centuries a^ o ; and that, though
rarely, instances hare boen found of such
money beaming a stamp upon them, re-
sembling tlie churacteni of the Utvanagari
alphabet.
Mr. John Kvans read a paper, ** On the
attribution of a new type in silver to Dub-
novellaunua," in which he expreased a
doubt AS to the correctness of the former
iittHbiition, by Taylor Combe, of the coin
which lie calls that of Dumnorix, a chief of
the ^'Eduans* who is mentioned by Ctesar.
Dn the contrary, Mr. Kvanii betievea that
the coin iu question is not of Gaulish but
of British origin, chiefly because iu the
vast collection of Gaulish coins in the
Bibliotheque Naliouale at Paris, which has
bean carefully catalogued by M. Ducha-
lais, no similar specimen is found* while
there \& a con^i Inuhlc rvRemblance in typt:
and workmaiiihrp, bgth of the obverse and
rtver^Cj to coins of acknowledged British
fabrio.
Mr, Wcbitcr sent some impressions in
was of unpuhli^hed varieties of rare coins.
One wiis ui Veiranio,— the peculiarity
being that it ia spelt *' Vcrtanio;" auo-
iher of a very nue coin of Alexander Ty-
'"'QHHa, alruck In Afriei| a third, an
unique type of the Gmt 0$9tmitt, on
which Hercules ia represeotcd capturing
the stag from Enryathcus ; nnd the fourth,
n halfpenny of Edvrard the Fourth, which
has not yet been published.
Ihc. -^S. Professor Wilaoti (in the
Chair) read a pa|)cr, ** On the Fish-hook
Money of Ceylon." He described ■
hoard which had been found in that island
and WHS now in the East Indk House.
He ^ ' *' proved it was currency by
fUi! 4> of the issuer which wai
itiiiii, ! , .1 it, as weli a* the d«te 10" I
of the HeiB^ira, equivalent to a.D. 1670.
Mr. Fairholt read a notice of a diseo-
*ury of rudrly- formed Celtic Coins in tbt j
Itle of Thauet, some of which, collected j
by Mr. Rolfe, he exhibited.
Mr. Roberts rend a note on a Coin Of I
Ed re J which he attributed to a king of]
Nortbnmbria, a.p. 955.
Dr. Lee presented to the Society 56 ^
smolUbrass coins of Alexandria, obtained I
by him at Cairo. Dr. Lee then read from I
a local paper an account of a discovery of j
Roman Coins at Banbury. Mr. Vauzi
stated that they were all in the Britisti 1
Musetim, where they were being ezamioed j
and clatiified, and that the result woold j
be laid before the Society.
Mr. Rolfecihibited an impreasion frouj
a Coin of Pepin of France, said to '
been found recently at Richboroiigh : andl
Mr. Bfl<lcke exhibited a bronze die for tlia]
reverse of a Coin of Queen Berenice. Itl
is in excellent preservation, and of preal
rarity,
AACH.SOLOCfICAL IK^TITITTK.
Nor. 4. Jamc!! Yates, esq. PilLS,
the chair.
Mr. Yates, in opening the prooeed*
inga of another Sesaion, offered •omei
observations on the success which had
attended the undertaking carried out with
BO much spirit and good tsste by their
noble President, in connexion frith the
Induatrial Exhibitioti at Dublin. Many
memben of the Inititute had, in rommun
with himself, viewed with the highc^it in-
terest the remarkable aasemblage of ancient ■
relics arranged tinder Lord Talbofs dircc*i
tiou in the *' Archaeological Court ;" and
they would long remember with gratifica-
tion, not only the occasion thus presented
to English antiquaries of l>ecoming ar-
quainted with the singular antiquities of
the sister kingdom, but the advantage
which had accrued on this occasion, by
bringing us into friendly communication
with many persons of congenial tastes and
pursuits. It might be hoped that Ijord
Talbot*s energetic efforts in the formalion
of this collection would tend to clear a way
the nhscoritles in which the aniiqnitiea of
nil
I had
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N
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Ar« «till niGrg^il* uia thai, the t€».
of aU periodfl miftii ere long be
t into some more scientific olassi-
It was muctj to be regret ted tJiat
d«^Ui}c^l catalogue of the coUectioti Uad
pubK^hedf >uch as had been jiro-
by Mn Fairholt, but abandoned for
want of soffictcnt encoaragenieat. Mr,
Yit«a wished, however, to call nttentioo
to tlie Fbotographic rcpresentiitions uf
mmi9 of ibe most curtoua produetmns of
early Irish art exibited at Dubhn, such as
tbc Croaa of Cong, the ahrine of St* Mfiri*
Cban, the beU of St. Patrick, and other
nchif decorated works in metat. Tbcae
P)h<»tograph5 had been prodnced with ad -
niriliitt akill bf Mr. P. DeUmotte, who
bail broufhl them for the inspection of
%h* nwetisf ; and ic maj be hoped that
^t»r publication will be carried out by
>. Cundal], who bad secured the valoa-
aid of the Rev. Charles Gravea^ one of
inoft able sod accurate of Irish Ar-
oteologfiitai, to sopplj the descriptive text
of thi« intereating work.
lir. Grerille Cheater communicated an
■oeoiiiit of Wangford, near Bmnilon, in
Sttflolk, and of niimeroua ancient relict
obtained by him from that locality. He
dieacribed a atogakr sandy tract which it
thickly atrewed with bones of men and
animAlSf fragments of Eotnfin pottery in
prolaaloii, broken querna. and relics of
bcIaI. Ntunarous coins, beads, and other
pcrtonal ornaments, have been picked up
•i tmzioQs times, and amongst these ^ome
of gold ; but they have been dii-
with the e]u;eption of the collec-
tiooft formed by Mr. Chester and by Mr.
EafUio, of Lakeuiieath, of which a deacrip-
ttam wwm givea. The site must have been
occupied in early times by a considerable
population. Mr. Chester had sought in
fmin for any relics of the Anglo-Saxon age,
but he described another locality « about a
ttilk diatantfrom Wangford, where several
8i3n>a unii bad been disinterred.
Some obeervations were rend on the
Siposcd *' Restorations^' of Sompting
Brcli, Susaez, and the apprehension
that the carious architectural features of
that early fabric might suffer iujnry. In
tb« Qooversation which ensued, the Rev.
J* L. Petit stated his opinion of the very
iatereatiiiig character of this relic of Saxon,
or very early Norman architecture, and
bow desirable tt were to guard against any
risk of tiiob roettlta as too frequently arise
from il4lldidoii« renovation snd repairs.
A eommnniration was received relating
to ttie aummneotBl effigies at Cbenies,
Docks, deweibod by the Rev. J. U. Kelke,
at a previous tnecting, as noticed in this
Msgaaiue, Nov, 183^. The writer of
these remarks inclined to assign the me-
rooriala to tike De Couci family, and not
to the Chcn(7S, as had been shewn in
Mr. Kelkc's memoir.
Mr. Augustus Franks gnve an account
of a valuable nfitrolsbe, braring date 1342^
probably of English workmanship, en-
graved with Arabic numeriils, and calcu-
lated for the meridian of London* Mr.
Franks had noticed it in the museum of
Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. at Liverpool $
and it had been llbersliy presented by
that gentleman to the British Museum, to
be placed witli tlic astrolabe described by
Mr. Franks at a former meeting. He
gave some iolcresting particulars regard-
ing the various uses of the astrolabe, and
the ancient treatises on that instrument,
of which that written by Chaucer is the
most worthy of attention. Major Raw*
linson had informed Mr. Franks that he
had found the astrolabe very serrtceable
in parts of Africa, and in Eastern cuttn-
tries, where the natives look with suspi-
cion upon astronomical or other scientific
instrumenu used by Eoropeans. The
(kcility with which the astrolabe may bo
employed had frequently obviated the im-
pediments caused by such a feeling.
Mr. Birch sent for examination onme-
rous objects of the Roman period^ found
at St, Alban^s, accompanied by an aooonnt
of the remains of a building recently
broken up at that place, with vestiges of
a hypocaust, &c. Mr. Birch considers it
to have been a villa ; and he sent several
portions of mural decorations, the walia of
the eluunbers having been painted inter-
nally with various colours. The remaim
of pottery were curio us, as presentiof
examples of a very great variety of wares*
from the most elaborate to those of rudest
fabrication. Bsrt of a totssellated pave-
ment bad been also disinterred.
A letter was read, from the Hon.
Richard Neville^ communicating the latest
paKiculars connected with the ezamina*
tion of a Roman villa of considerable ex-
tent, at Wenden, near Audley Km!, which
he had recently undertaken. Numerous
coins, tibuloB, ^c, had been collected
amongst the foundations already laid 0|^>en
to view. Mr. Neville gave also a report
of his recent excavations near the Burtlow
Hills.
The Rev. Dr. Jenkins seat, through
Mr. Birch* the description of certain an-
cient embankments in St Margaret's
Park, south of Hereford, as described in
our Magazine for October, p. 387.
Mr. Neabitt cxhibtt<rd a facsimile of n
very singular sepulchral effigy, engraved
upon a msrblc slab lately brought from
Cyprutt and placed in ibe Hotel de Cluuy
CJ--
rllff««, Tibi g(M<Wii< to vary ■fayilar.
, wmm islif to C^M* Mr. nmmt
^. h ii f]i«
A ri 4 iBJitiUdf vcpBiwo
' 0fll«1IMQ«7 **
^>t]««(iiNioC tb«
Mvf. M^ AfifUn. Two arrciw-bMiii of
frtfir, ft»i»t»4 ifi N, Hfttjiln, tboiHng tb«
.»'tr l!iibnc«tion,
lUbytbeDoke
-'--, '->^n|bt
luiii, -Mebt
by AI tain
TfM . tu.
imih lied
ihtiMi .1 tbAt
town 4 Mr, hvttc»l ji«til « hae frtiAmeUed
cnietAx of tin* rwrir»h f**nitiiry, enrirbed
witli ; ! 'cimcn of
Vriii ^pgffncMt
\ ifariMA tiUh iOlMr. Il came from • oIloiM
loil blleif diipertcd at Colofiie*
Mr. Palrtcii, of IJcxbAai» lent n notice
of Ilia diicoYcrj of a bctutiful gold ring«
BCir lb«t pUcCf Mjipkreotly of cftrif Nor-
mia If not of Saxon work. It bud been
fNirliAlljr csunicilcd. Mr. Cb«ater pro*
diu^d A fiiMiinil4i ol a ftoDC mould for
fjMtiii| tokeiM ; it wm found iq Norfolk.
Mr. W. BftrDtiard Smttb itiiiibit^d ieverAl
aaciettt wenponn ; tbe pomd of a kinght*^
•word, fonnrd of r«^d jasper, bcautifaUy
polbibfd ; A diminutlte itrel arrow, or
*' ipritc/' iiiietided appircntly to he ftrcd
from tt piKtaJ or otlitr fireMfin. Mr*
Jlrigbt brought for rxjimiiiDtiun the ricli
Saxon Abulo, uf which n rrprciii-ntatton
WIA gifeo^ Crtidrmnfi^H MnKuxine, Febru-
■fjj IWlKK It was diicovcrpd near Wel-
ford, in NorthiimiitanNliire; it ti of circu*
liar Uhrm, cnriehcu with gold Aln^ri^c aud
f aiiia» Kuppoai^d to be pearli* Thift mipcrb
Aiamplf! bad been in ttie ruuicum of tbe
iataGkufHn linker, E«q.,tbci couDtjr bia-
torlnit. Mr, 1) right cihtbited alao a
Qii4>iilk tnh^Miatt, a ftilrcr plate bearing a
tOOg Inicription, which bad been coa-
aaeiod with the niyfttlciim of the BoflUidiaa
Ivaay* Mr. 11. Mtlman tihihited a reH-
owirv of hit ion luntaJ, i^tiriouilj engraved
•*tpArt;utly with the first
fietti, U bad been found
I2i
WW \
iimrrtav ajich.aou>«icai. AaaociATtoiTr
^W. 23. RAlpb llrr»l, e«|« MJk.,
Frwidciit«
Mr. PeUtirBv laid bcfofc tkc BMltof
•01M Scum roniiBA figmti imiag «■ cs«
cavAliM nadk at Boc^aof t twdallig
rariooa ibaiVf broocbea, 1
beada, fpesr-beada, a»d«CMie bi
Tweotf akeictortA had bem cxboflied, and
th« plAce wai deaHj ooeertalBed to bsve
b«fii a Saion bariol-^fOVBd, Two of tb«
bfOCftcbra, alao an armlkf and a bocktc of
lingular fomi.were ordered to be eogrsfcd-
The Rer. Mr. Hugo eibibited a roa«
noble of Edward IL, one of the fiaeAt ex«
amplea of tbe gold coinage of England.
U waa fonnd in September laot, in tbe pro-
greaa of aoaoc cxeaf ationi made in Barf*
■trvet tft tbe Citj. A cofmnvnicatiaiii waa
read from tbe Rer. Tbomai Raskin, *' Oa
a Sacriftdal Tnmtiliu on the Yorkfbire
Wolda*'" T1)e reauiiiu of tbe bones of
tlrilMJi were foond in considerable qnsn^
ti^. Mr. F. J. Batgent exhibited a 1
token of tbe date of 1531, foond at Hjde-
Atreflt, Wincbeitcr. It appeared to be a ''
religions token, and tbe letcera L S. Qpoa
it referable to John Satiltcot, tbe lait
abbot of the abbej on tbe j^ite of which it
waa dug up. Mr. Eaigeot al.<io made com-
municatioEia of nuroemls obtained from
painted glaaa in tbe Hoepital of &t. CroRAi
and frora a acroU over the fireplace of tbfl
maater'« room, together with initials. Mr. '
Harland tent a copjr of an inacriptioii
upon a leaden ptatc brought from Smyrna.
The li'ttcrt are in relief, and appear to b6
Greek charartera, but not readily diatin*
guiabablc. Mr. Pettigrew read a paper '
" On the voHoua MS. V^crsioua of the Old
and New Tectament attributed to Jobit^
WycUrt'e,*' anil exhibited a Trry fine M8»
about A.o. 13*^0, the property of Thomaa 1
Uaritftter, e«t). uf the Inner Temple, and <
which has been in hia family for many ge« ^
nerAliona. It haa on tbe bottom of tho '
firat page the autograph of tbe Duke of !
Glnuce^tcr, afterwarda King RkrbardHI.f
A v&uM me /y, GLovcBSTRBt retembliof 1
a aimilrif inscription in a MS. at the Bri-
tinli MiKHL'Um, engraved in Mr. J. G* I
Nichols '« Fnc-similea of Autograjiha, iit
which bia motto ia LoyanUU me /y.
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•OCtSTT OF A^iTldtTARnES OF NEWCAS-
TLE* UPON -TY1*E.
/>«". 7. Mr. W. H. Longsfftffe read a
j^ort paper upon the •♦Account qI Alan
A Stfoiher, Sheriff of Northainberluid,
*lbr diferi difbursetQento made an the re-
pilr of divers houses within the King's
Castle of Newcsatlc-nuon-Tyne," between
Not. 4» 31 Edward IIL (1357). and
March 6 following. The worka were done
ander the superintendence of Robert de
Tjndan, deputy of Gilbert de Whitley, the
toaster aod overfcer of thi"! king's worka in
Hie castle. The account open« with ** the
repantioD of a certnin prison called the
Great Pit in a certain tower/' By '* the
pQtrefiction of the joists ' ' a floor ** sud-
dooly fell." and *' almost killed those in-
CMtenited withiu/* The workmen, when
wlrifi^ their repairs, consumed fonr
IMnmds of eandles, ywr ohtcurationem pri-
mmt. Ill connection with the reparation
of the Heron Pit (traced by Mr. L, step
by step), we rcsd of four great trees,
brOQgbl from the Gsolegrip, for conver-
iioa iato joists. The timber was landed
tbcre by John WodscUer^ the vendor.
The sawyer employed is called John Sawer*
T^ carpenters, perhaps from their form
and comeliness, present themselves under
the name of Pratyman. Adftni le Lyra-
kder occnrs as the conveyancer of the
rei}ui«tre sand (which was brought from the
Sandyate); and it may be inferred from his
name thit he also brought the lime got
from the Ijmekilns of Robert Cook or
Koc, described as being a mile diiStant,
** Sparrcs of fyr " were bovight of Tbomus
de Keboo on the Keysyde. Mr, Long-
etnffc notes thut a fall in wages hod oc-
curred bejond November and March. In
the former month the carpenters and
masons had 3</. a day or bAlf-s-crown a
week ; in the latter 4^. a day, or ^s. M. per
week. The labourers suffered a reduction
from li. $d, to Is. 3^. The slater wag
fMidl by the rood — IB«. per rood. The
blackamitb was paid by weight, receiving
^d. per stone. The masons paid 2d. a pair
for gloves, and the candles consumed cost
I ]|rd. per pound.
A letter from Mr. Henry Pidcoek^ of
Wood field, near Droitwicb, addret»aed to
Mr. G. B. Richardson, stated timt some
of the descendants of the Henoezes, who
brouf ht the manufacture of glass to New.
eastla in \b6S (see the abstract of Mr.
Richardson's paper in our November Ma-
gasine, p. 508), had settled in the vicinity
of Stotirbridgei where, though now extinct
bl Che male linc« they arc represented by
tfae Bfcttells, Dijeons, Homfrays, and the
FidMeka of the Platts. A portrait of
Jcnllii* Heoaey, bom in 1600, is in the
I of the brother of the writer.
YOKKSHIHR ANTIQUARIAN CLUB,
Nov. 23. At a meeting of the Yorkshire
Antiquarian Club, held on Wednesday last,
at the house of Professor Phillips, Mr. W.
H. Dykes read a paper on some mural
pointings found in Pickering Church.
These paintings were dboovered during
some recent repairs, concealed beneath
many coats of pla,ster and whitewash.
They covered the whole walls of the nave,
from the pillars to the roof. Beginning
on the south side from the east end^ they
represented, first, a series of events &om
the history of St. Katharine, t^mprlsing
the full legend of that saint ; ana theni
after an interval, various scenes from the
life of our Lord,^ — the healing of the ear
of the high priest's servant, the trial
before PiUte, the scourging, the bearing
of the cross, the crucifi.\ion, the descent
from the cross, the entombment, the
descent into hell, the tradition of the keys
to St. Peter; and two or three other sub-
jects, the intention of which was not per-
fectly intelligible. The paintings upon this
side were arranged into three rows, divided
from one another by ornamental borders ;
the first scries occupying the spandrels of
the arches ; the next filling the space be-
tween the crown of the arches and the
clerestory J and the third placed between
the windows of the clerestory ; whilst
the splays of these windows themselvci
exhibited single figures, with their names
written above. On one of them, St.
Matthias was visible; and on another St.
Anne, in&tructiog the blessed Virgin. On
the north side of the church, a similar
arrangement was not to be found. Be-
ginning at the west end was, first, a very
fine representation of St. George and the
Dragon, occupying the whole height of
the wall, from the spandret of the arch
to the roof; next came a colossal figure of
St. Christopher ; then, on n !< mailer scale,
followed Herod's banquet, and the pre-
sentation of St. John Baptist's head to
Herodias ; and above, the coronation of
the blessed Virgin ; beyond these were the
martyrdom of St, Edmund, and above it
the murder of St. Thomas of Canterbury,
These paintings appear generally to have
been executed in a very artistic manner,
and seem to have been both greater in ex-
tent, and in a more perfect state, than any
which have recently been brought to light.
They had been, however, much injured
during the removal of the coating which
concealed them, and mutilated in varioufl
places by monumenttil slabs having been
placed upon them. They had been drawn
in distemper on a thick coat of plaster^
laid on t\ve mblar waILi. lli«ir dftte h|>-
peared to be coevttl with the clerestory of
the church, probably aboiit the year 1450.
TruicB of painting of euUer date were,
iMwever* In one or two ptacov to be seen,
partiiC3u1arty upon the arebes on the north
lid^i which are of Norman eharacter, and
of perfectly square sectiouf. These have
had their soffits ornamented with (i^rea
ol faints on either itde, under trcfoil-
headod canopies, imni(^diately nborc the
oapitala of the pilUrAf nnd the crown of
the arch filled in with a ftovring pattern
•bOT«« Portiona of ornainentsiL borders
■piMafed ulio round one oi two of the
arehes. The who It? of thii Intereiting leries
of palntinK^ bus been again cotcred Ofcr
by the orders of the Archbishop.
Mr Cook exhil>itinl 8ome remaina which
he considt'red to be Saxoiu recently disco-
vered in Collierjnte, York. They consisted
of two corthenwarc jug* and a bronxe
Ugare, which, it woji tliouglit, might be a
vaprettntitioii of St. Ley, the pntron
Miat of Smiths.
ROMAN A.NTIQUIT1BS OF COJ^CfiKSTKll.
Mr. C» Roach Smith, having recently
visited Colcheter, hat addressed a letter
to the Essex Standard, from which we
make the foliowiog extracts : —
** When 1 wai laat at Cololieater I saw a
large imortbed stone [found on the site of
the Roman oemetery at We&t Lodge] which
had obviously formed part of the fnoc of a
aepulchrd mouumcnt of considerable di-
mensions, SQch as we have found frag-
menta of contignoas to the site of the
wall of Romnn London, and ituch as have
been discovered more plentifully in France
and in other parts of the Coutuient, To
one of these superior tombs it is probable
the Sphmz now m the Hospital [engraved
in the Gentlemairi> Mafazine for Feb.
1829, p. lOTJ appertained. This is th«
opinion of one of your moit fealoiis anti-
qnariei, the Rev. IL Jenkins, and 1 quite
agree with him. So late aji last July I &aw
a figure of a iphinx in stooe at Lillcbonne,
on the Selne^ which had been found with
maoy other sculptures, chiefly of a sepul-
chral kind; it is,, however, inferior in
workmanship to that at Colchester, The
atona at Weat L^dgc induced a hope that
others would be found to completOi at
least, the inscription. This anticipation
has not yet been realised. The recent dis*
ooveriea are mostly very »imtlnr to those
made in former years. There if, however,
ftn interesting exception, on which F offer
a few remarks. It is that of an urn omQ"
Rented with figures, over some of which
— riptions.
« urn is about <l inches in height,
nl 6 inohei in diameter at the
mouth. It is fUted with burnt haman
bones, which were carefully covered with
an inverted vcaael of the class known to
nrchicologisti by the term mortarim* Seva^
ral other ve«aeU stood arottiid the urn. On
one side of it are reprcaentations of stags,
a hare, and a dog in chase. The other
contains two different groups, one of which
is eom{>oaed of two men and a bear ; thi
second of two gladiatori. The firat Ikf
the:ie is evidently intended to represent t
sjiuft very clo&ely allied to the modem
pantime of danctag bears. The chief actor
in the scene betirs a concave buckler oa
hi« left arm, and holds in his rig^bt baad a
whip with a long thong, which fiills oror
the bead of the animal, the distended jawa
of whirh aid up- turned headaeem to show
it 14 not altogeitjcr rccondtod to ite attOA*
tion> The other of the keefwct* who ia
almost naked, approach)^ it with a ftkk
in each Imiul to render asaistanoe to hia
companion. Over the head of the man
with the ahicrld ami whip id inscribed
MKCVKflV:i MAAIO.
"The second compartment is occupied by
a scene between two gladiators — a feculor
and a rWiartua, The latter has been van-
quished ; he has dropped his trident, and is
in the attitude of itnptoring mercy of ih«
spectators. The former, armed with an
helmet, obtoiig shield, and a sword, is ad.
vuneing upon hii conquered adversary to
Atrike the Jinal blow. The costume of the
combatants is in correct keeping with the
well-known equipmenta of the classes of
gladiators to which they belong { and Iho
detaibr worked with aa much oare as the
material would admit, are evidently not
wanting in fidelity. On the line of the head
of the secuior is inscribed ueMN.iv.aAC*
villi. ; the first word of which may be
Mtmnius or Memnon, Should the letter
A ho an error for k (which is not un-
likely), there can be no difficulty in inter-
preting the N,8AC. to signify that this
gladiator belonged tothenvmerMi' or band
9ecHtoreii; and the numerals may be aup-
poaed to indicate that he had previously
triumphed nine times. The defeated com*
batant beers above his head valbntinv.
LKuiONia.xxx. — Vtilttitinut ^f thg 30 f A
Legion,
" The inscriptions are cut with the point
of a style, or some sharp iustrument, and
are therefore posterior in date to the manu-
facture of the tiro. They would seem to
liave been ao placed by the owner, who
may merely have humoured his fancy in
thus Applying the oameii of some popular
persona who assisted in the gamea of the
theatre of the town where he resided. That
this town was Camulodunum ie po&aible ;
and although the 30th Legion wa4 quar-
tared in Oermaiiy, and oot in Britmia^
I miy \urft left ind settled In the
** Tbe urn 4)«lonfi to that peculiar kind
of potlerjr which w« know for certain wa»
ouuiufacturfd on the banke of the NeD» in
NortJumptunshire- It is very rarely met
with decont'd with bamaa figures, or with
other orti&inentf then foliage and eniniaUi
■od in the Utter ease its maniifkcture doea
poi ■ppear to have been restricted to Bri*
taiii^ li it hi« been foood in mhundance in
Flandbrij and I have also ee«n ipeciment
in Flranoe. With figures of meo and deities
I have a« jet teen uo examples but such
aa bate b^tt foaad in England. All the
oniAmeats on this ware appeal r to have
beeiO laid on aOer the vesseU were formeU^
iA what ia technically called slip, the ap'
^lieAlloo of which was performed with
[ tom^ tkiU, and, oonaideritij^ the material
^m The war between tiusHa and 7\trkty h
^M eontmned with undiminished vigour, but
bttherta with uncertjiin results. On the
OTth Not. a Rassian fleet, commaoded by
Admiml Nachicnoflf, consiating of three
•hips of the line, four frigates, six cor-
f^ttesf and ibi armed steamers, having the
wind in their favour, suddenly attacked
jefen Turkish frigates and two steamers,
chored in the roadstead at Sinope, in
satoUa, on the southern shore of the
: Sea. This place was ine^cicntly
d, and a battery be»ide the dockyard
OnUtnot be brought into play, theTurkis^h
L lying betvteen it and the Hus)iifina«
Turka tesisted gillhintly the uneqtiMl
ck, but in a few hours Lbeir fleet waa
Dnpletely destroyedt with the eiception
T one stt^amer, the Taif, which succeeted
L breakiog through the Rugiian tine Rud
aped to CoQStandnople. The Rujjsian
I lastatiied serious damage ^ but it la
aeertain whether any were loftt. It sp-
ars that out of 4,500 men forming the
rews of the Torkish vessels, more than
led in the battle; they flred
wind are said to have behaved with
bravery— the Ruseians with great
dty. The town waa bombarded, and
Itndft injored by firtf.
Aji un«acx:essfal nttack has been mi^dtt
the Rusaiana on the fort of Matschln,
dl0 BraiJow, Dear the month of the
and the process, the fignrea are usually
very spirited and characteristic.
" May I venture, Sir, to take this oppor-
tunity of calling the attcation of the Town
Council of Colchester to the general stale
of the more important ancient remaine
which render your town so attrxciive to
the aotiquary and to the historian ? Some
of them, — ^for instance* the Town Walla
and the Castle, might be increased in in-
terest by excavations judicioiuly con-
ducted. A small grant of money, placed
under the control of one or two of the
many active and intellifi;ent antiquanea
of the locality, coul J but be productive of
diaoaverieSt which, while they would espe-
cially gratify the archjeologist, would
doubtless be advantageous to the town at
largCf and increase its prosperity,*'
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
FOREIGN NEWS,
Danube. The Porte has requested that
the combined fleets should enter the Block
Sea. The fleets however, at the time of
the last advices, remained in the Bospbo*
rns, with the eiception of two vessels, one
French and one English, ^A'hich were
despatched to Sinope with ossistanee for
the wounded and to obtain intelligence
respectiDg the engagement.
The Turks advanced early in November
to Aleiandropol in Georgia. Their attack
upon that fortress was repuUed bf Prince
Beboutoff ahoat the Hth of that month.
They next took the town of Akal-Tj?iche
and blockaded it si citadel. At this ploce
they were attacked on the 26th of Novem-
ber by a Russian force, under Gen.
Andronoikoff, and according to Russian
accouuts are said to have been totally de-
feated with the loss of 1000 men. On the
1 7th of Nov* the Russians were repulsed
in an attempt to bnd 18,000 men near
Fort St Nicholas (or ChevketH). The
Mussutman population of Georgia has
joined the Turks in considerable nombers.
On the 2nd of Dec. Prince Beboutoff
guined another victory over the Turks
near Kars in tieorgia, and took 22
guns. In the Caucasus, Si-hlumyl has
taken several Russian fortresses, and
is said to have also defeated 15,000
Russians under 6en. Orlianolf. Russian
ioflnence at the court of Teheran has
72
I^oreign N^ws*
[Jan.
indticfld PcfHia to declare war •gainst
Turkry ; and the BHtiali mitiliter haii
cotij»eqypnt1y, niihdrawf^ Pereia hits sent
30«O00 auxilliiHea to nsuA the RufiiAiii
in Geor^a, who arc to lie placed under
the command af Gen. YermokilL
Efforta are atill made by tlii* wcitcro
powers to restore peace. By n joint pro*
tocoU siiji^ed ftt Vienna on the 5th of
Det^ember by thr rcjireientativea of Eng-
land, France, Anstria, and Pruaaia, the
four powers declnre tbdr unanimity on
the subject of the diffcrencea between
Ruiiiia and Turkey, tLvir reiolutiaa to
maintain the exiJitiug territorial dlTisiona
of Europe, and offer their tnediation be-
tween till? contending [inrties. Little hope,
however, aeem» tu be now entertained by
any persona of a satisfactory result of
their exertions.
Spain, ^ A conflict between the MinUtry
and the Opposition »o the Spanish Senate,
on the railway qut-^tlon, lias terminated
unfavourably to the Cabioet. On the
divbion they ooly mustered 61* votei
against L05. The consequoUGe ia« that
the Cortea have becniuapended, no period
being Axed for their reassembling, which
la tantamount to a diMsolution.
Two dneli have taken place iu Madrid^
triting out of a joke made nt a ball at the
French ambaasador'i, by tlie Duke of Alba
|on the dress of Madame HoM, the wife
the American minister at the Spanish
[Jourt, The first duel was fought with
Pifmall swords between the Duke of Alba
' and Mr. Soul^, jun. Mr. Soul^ was
wounded^ and the Dukct witli the p<jint of
his sword to luu breast, forced bim to
retract. The princ'iptils in the tecond
duel were M. dc Turgot, French ambofl'
■ador, and Mr. Soul^, One of the secondi
of the former was Lord Hnwden. Tlie
dnei took place on the 17 th. with piiiloU,
at ChamartiD, a ieagme rrom Madrid. On
the second fire, M. de Turgot waa shot
through the leg, near the kniu'. Mr*
Soul^ was not wounded.
United Statet.— The Presulent's Mej*.
aage« among other mntters,^ nnnouiicestbat
the negotiation* with Great Britain on the
subject of the tisberies are progressing;
that a new itrrangcmcnt is likely to be
made between the two Governments with
respect to Central Ameriua i that a treaty
of commerce is being tiiigotiated with
France ; and thjit the authorttieis will pre-
vent any expedition against the Spanish
oolonies. The ex cess in the Ireaaury
amounts to thirty-two million dollars, and
modification ■ of the tarilf are proposed
with the view of bringing down the revc-
•*•**• *othe requirements of the Sti.te.
trty of Adventurers have invaded
California, On the 3rd of Nov.
a party of 45 men in a small vessel, nuder
a Col. Walker, enchored opposite the
town of La Par. In less than half an hour
a party bad landed, secured the person of
the Mexican Governor E^piruoaa, hauled
down the Mexican flag, and prtffilaimed
the independence of the Republic of Lower
California. On the b'th of Nov. some of
the adventurers were fired upon by the
citixens. This brought on a goneral fight,
iu which the inhabit a nta lost six or seven
men, and their oppouenta not one. A
g(7vernment has been formed with CoL
Walker at its head as President. The
seat of government is proposed to be
established at Mogdalena liay.
India.— Tht latest aceount* from Bur-
ni;di are of a more satisfactory nature.
Pegu is tranquil, and most of the bands of
rubbers which infested thjit country have
been put down. Famine no longer pre-
tails.
C&pe of Good Hope. — Her Majesty
bas been pleased to re-cotistitutc the bi-
shopric of Cope Town, and to direct that
(he same shall comprise the western dis-
tricts of the colony of the Cape of Go<jd
Hope, and also the Island of St, Helenn^
and be cat led ** The Bishopric of Cape
Twwn." Tlic castcni districts of the Cape
coliiiiy and the territories called llritiiih
C^itfrariii are to b« a diocese, called *' The
Bishopric of Graham*t Town i** and so
much of the present diocese o( Cape
Town OS Gompritfus the district of Natal is
to be a third dioceie, to be culled ** The
Bishopric of Natal/' Her Majesty has
further apiminted that the Bishops of
Graham *s Town and of Natal shall be
muffragan Idi^hopJi to the Bishop of Cape
Town, The Uev* John Armstrong, D.D.»
is the tirst Bishop of Grahan/sTown, and
the Rev. John William Coleiiso^ D.D,,
the tirst Bishop of Natul ; Dr. Gray^ ap-
poiiitcd in ld47» contiuuing Bishop of
Cape Towii»
Van Difmen'ji Land rejoioea la the
uholition ot transportution, which bas b«eQ
celebrated by festivities all over the island.
This colony is represented as being very
prosperous and having plenty of capital to
employ a large additional stock of labour,
if it con bo obtained.
Auttratia. — The following extraordi-
nary intelligence has been received from
Hobart Town : — ** September 8, 1863.
A great discovery hat again been made on
the Gee long side, about Afty-six mitoa
from the town. They have been digging
very deept and have come on a table of
gold about 100 feet from the surface,
apparenliy inexhauitible. Every tubful
of earth they raise from the Jc holes con-
tains pounds weight of gold ; 1 B^OOO ounces
have been taken out in three days by a
18S4-]
Domtfuiic Occun'9nc€n
73
■i ind ooc perbori lias got a
WQtgllUig 190 pounds in oae valid
pifv*. At Geelottg a tumult has brokea
<ml amaog the di^en. The Govcruoient
liCf MOt up all the militftry to queU the
diilVfbftacei. and the marines of lier
Majesly'ti ahf^i £li:ct:raare mouutitig guard
at th« TreasurXf and the sailors of the
above steiimi^r of wiir mount seotrj at the
banks. The military from V^an Diemen^a
Land are about to ho despatched to Mel-
bourne to atd the military already there."
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
IIm 15th Dtfc, the nation was «ur-
I bj the intcQi^ence that Lord Vis-
y Fymerston had thought proper to
I the leal:) of the Home Department*
Hk mtignatioa wa* attributed by the
TiMet Mid Momiog Chroaicle to hii 0O&-
acMfenlaiioa to the roeaanre of Parliameii-
t*- ^' ' n prepared by the Cabinet;
b' rs of the Ministry were more
ill ., ...^ attribute it to his tli^iatisfac-
ti<»« wjth the pri'«ftit >tale of uur foreign
Sob<*y» or to pergonal differen»*c with Lord
ohn Rtti^eil. Howevert on the 2Gth, it
wi« announced that hts Lordship had been
mdoerd to resume his former position in
ofiee.
inirtmtiral interment. — The following
are the results of the movetneat for ter-
minating the practice of burying in
London: — 1. Nearly erej^y vault under
churches lod chapels has been or is
under order for dosing. 2. Burials have
beeo prohibited within every church and
dja|iel where they are known to have
taken place, X 181 burial-grounds have
beea doted, or are under order for elosing
iaitsediately. 4. 61 burial-ground^i are
under notice or order for cloiiog within a
limited period, almost all within a few
nontha* 5, 16 burial-ground» are partially
clocedt ill the interments^ except those in
private vaults and graves, being prohibited,
i». 13 burial-grounds are dosed under
Ci)nditions for the protection of the public
health. Lastly. Nearly all the remaining
grounds within the metropolitan districts
are now under inquiry* The rt-gulationa to
he ' ' U\ the new burial -gruund^- to
b J under the Metroputilau Act
Wi.- ._. ,. by the Home Secretary on the
Uth. Only one body is to be buried in a
graTc (except purchased vaulta and graves),
but after a period of from 10 to 24 years,
a£«ardlug to the age of the person, another
iofrrment wilt be permitted* The ceme-
terifw are to surrounded by plantations of
iliniba 10 yardii in width, in which no in-
imnneiita will be allowed. IVo vision is
alio made for proper drainage, roadS|
pith way a, &c<
The strikes in the mannfacturing towns
of Lancashire still continue. On Monday,
Uent* Mao, Vol, XLI,
Dec. 19| the factory owner* at Wigan
threw open their mills fur «nch of the
operatives as would return at old prices,
and 1,000, or about a sixth of the whole,
availed themselves of the opportunity.
Many more would probably have returned
to work, but trades' delegates, attended
by a large crowd, were in the streets at an
early hour in the morning, to intercept,
pcrsnade, and intimidate all they could
out of going to work. The sy^stem of in-
timidation docs not apply to those alojie
who go to work at old prices, but in other
towns it applies to persons refUEing or
neglecting to subscribe funds to the Preston
and other strikes. At Stockport, on Mon*
day, and at Ashton on the same day, men
were brought before the magistrates fur
acts of iatimidation, and it is to be feared
that a wide-spread aystem of tyranny pre-
vails throughout the whole manufacturing
districts to extort money frora the opera*
tives in work at the mills to support tho«e
out of employment through tho strikes.
The state of things at Preston remains un-
cbaogedt Lord Falmerston has replied to
a request of government interference on
behalf of the worki^joplc on strike by a
very able letter which appeared in the
Times of Dec. 27, in which lie points out
the impassibility of controlling the natural
laws which regulate the remuneration of
labour, and tlie injurious consequences that
are likely to result to all classes connected
with the manufacluriug interests of this
country from the present disputes.
A conference on the subject of the re-
formation of jinvenile criminals was held
at Dirroingbam on the 2atb. Sir J. Pak-
ington was in the chair. Addresses were
delivered by the Earl of Shaftesbury and
Mr. Adderl'cy, M.P., and rcsolulioos passed
in favour of the legislative establishment'
of reformatory schools. In the evening
another meeting took place at the Town
HalU at which Lord Shttftcisbnry presided
and spoke at great length. Sir J. Paking-
ton, Mr. Adderley, and tb« Rev. J. Cloy
olso addressed the meeting, which con-
sisted of above 3000 persous. Petitions
were adopted to both houses of ParliA-
ment*
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74
PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS. &c.
GACKTTf Pmsvt&MKirrs.
WIIU«m Tliomiw Natoier Cbitmp,
kj1oni»l S^cfttary for Van Diemen's
«VMr. T FrttdftHck OteODk, ea«|. to be Con-
No*'. \y
eMt. tu tH' Color
|j,Tv« -11....- ^> .i-v .M.-, t., L.> F)r»t Writer
In 1 fary /or Ihc
ni-ti Viltn. llutt!-
loti ., , ,L, , * ir ,, , , .. of the Coun-
cil of (JovcrntnciU o* iMaitA.— fc/iwar ?1 Joaett^h
Dai icy, esq. to be ft Moiub^Tof the Legislntiire
Co unci I of Ceyloii,— Gwrie* rric*** esq, to be a
MctmUrr of the Conndi of Jftinaica — ChArleji
Girdlratonct esq, lo be a xMeinhtT of the Council
Ol the Virjfio I»land«.— JoUw Work, ei*i. to bf
» Member of the Council of Vancouver's UUnd.
— Kmeut Baodot, esq. to be a Meoiberorthe
Council of GoremiPi
r.t ;.. \<
"iirilitia dtfnnff
Uto tcinpomry »b*en-
r liter, eaq.
NoP^ 10. Jameij t !
ti> be ai;ent
on the part of Ureal t
\f ;t.-..i *',,..,
iniMlon established
l^rli. «, liiSa, bftwet
Unr-' '-■''^*- ■•' ^;m
ii'L.t, i..
I. IV .-^vl.^H liii 111.
of
^>
Hennre
«, maffbrtlJer-
itih'
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-'■---V '-• I'-r.-.^
to ^
nii;^
.\u. . -,f, kMl.iUM u
LftVcmnfi. late Ctmimaoder
or Lakcman'a
WftNMAIiir.f H»l>tf^.^»*
t r- ,-
T»|:
IM
Lryjfti:uur » r :
AuMraliA^~ll^
(Reirlslrftrof tl.
be K.e|ci»trRr cf ;
and Mxntime <
3Vr 2,H l>n
iSIi.i^- ''
MiMnl.
««*M
•land.
Mil?*?' r vi iL'- i<,'.Mi«-,
[tu- !•.
J^rvj», Chief Justice
of I J
the lit, Hon .Sir i:d^Tflrd f:
Cameron, enq., Joliiii
:, f'^^l ,
John AbrahMtn Fraui i
1 ivjiiiaa
Kloirer KHin, r'»q , n
j., to
be i
. I
tfM
mt
\
; V
oori'i- iK^nard
t
at Vienna) to be
Niren Kerr, esc^, (now Consul at Rhodes) to bs J
Qintolftt Dunkirk.
Dfc.O. Mrtjor-Gen. Hcwry Godwin, C.tl*,
Brif,"GetK Scudaroore Winde Str ' <' M nf
the Madru Arniv, and Commo.' e
RolHTt Ijtmbert. 'R N , to be Ri
mandrr* of the tiJith ; '■ ' I
Alan Holdich, 80th I r
Tarleltnu ILN , and (
well, RN. to be 1 r t
Order; Lieut -Col. Jftru^ l
FasiUers, Lieut.-C^L lin. -I
Engineers, and Capt. Hmn y itn - f
the Indian Naff, to Im c\tra C< f
tb*» aame.— Lieut rAi.>nel Arrb^ f |
the Bengal Ksti^! '
in the Tena*!*'
kniR!;tH by p
Williain Bdward
ntfmor of Oreen-
< H)>t. ^ir i.Tharte« Hotham,
b*^ Ueut.-Ouvi'rnor of Ibt:
ad,
Xr.-i . ' - . - ir
Cti^n*'^ W. I'u3ky, KC.Lt. to be Cu!nikt'l-('orn>
r
^*tbert CampbelL t*a, (now Consol
4» be iN>nsut at Rliodes and the
I Ubiuis iv the ArchipelaKtii.^-
Hr
Dil
i IV
^on,51»l KooLj
K. T. Rice, mM
iy:Capl A» I^J
. Oors in the Army: Capl.
K>ol» indCapt, W. T. Hra««
- lo be Lieat -Colonels in the AnOjfJ
M>»pe, KXn t
s Service, t y
Ni Her MajeTsty— lu rr- i.]ru-J
in the Army: Majors franclt-^
'^t, A. C» Krrtnirton.SUt Koot
i8th Foot,and A.
FoM
Cam
Itlth f ^
in the Bast Indies:
Heiigal Art., John Wckhnmn, lOtb Otn
N. InL, William Hill, 1st Madras FufliUerit]
J, G. NeilU Nt Madras Fii-iilirn, J, C. IIoiiIp|
der«on, asth MadrtA X. Inf., Ihijh Fr^^^^r,'
Jtcnffai Eng;., U ('• Armstmnff. il
N. Inf., Henry t:4mon, fiTtli Ib-i
nrifU\ S. Ileidj llenffBl Art— Tn u
in the East Indie* a J.
. >*tU lleupil N. Im maudt
,1^ Fua>iliori. Graft' '^indrai
N, lid.. A, II, Dallas ist .Madras \, Inf.,_
W. F. Nutluilt, 18th Men^iii N. Inf., atid Albeit]
Fftche, TfUh IUmi;,tiJ N. hif.
Dfc. \ '. tin F«ot Gu (, ]
and Cart uk WtK>d tij
Lin it, ^'^ i'.;,--.-!.— ifttli
r lKnji4iuau Uiky
McManus: Capt.
I to I
(o be L.
Andrew in
Dm. 13. W
Financial Acc«'
Dec. Ifl. Mhj
Cathcart, K.C.Li, (no.
at the Cape of Goo<J
general to the Forr<
George Ilrown, K,C,ll, rtisiiiiicd-— 27tii iruot
LieQt.-C4jl. Edward St. Maur, from 51 Ht Foo|
to be Lieot^-Colonci.— 30th Fool, Major W.
Hoey to be Lieut -CoioneJ i Capl. /, 0. T
(alio to be- MaJor.^4&th Fool, Capt. D%r
Fylfe to be Major.
Mr. Temple, Mr Edward Jamei, Mr. GroH^"
and Mr. M ii <- ir hmiih, all of i!»e commoti
law bar, n\ \ i ^Jiueen's C^mnseL
.lyjinintrfl tu jr^fjtitrr IntO
To be* t !^
the establi^ht
Elcbd, M,r-,r.i
SlrittafTord Nor
vejyan, K.C.U,, A^M-fflii'
Treasury ; and E. A. Horr> i
Naval and Military Accuiai t
fllBce.
W. P. AdiiDt e»q., of UUir Adam, to bt Becfr^
t
Ec^Usimtica I PreftrmmU* — Birthi,
lb
rtt> Lont Slpbinttooe. tbcaewly-tppoiutcd
'l^|>f«r, nq/to be Chief OerK of the
. _-Oll», ewj. lo Ue Slurvcyor GctierftI of
I Ia the roft of London.
r r^immtd to *erve in Parliameni,
John 0*Connelt# «fq>
4. fir >— Kvctf n rhiljp Stiirlcy. ciq.
!(fontji|-o Stopford
stopford
^-ICetin
-UCCCt'd
1 1 m and-
lu ;5UCi:c'i:d liif ancle
lubftwe &s Saperintcodent of
'ocky&rd.
Rcf« \V. AtkiD^D, (R. of UateifUead fell),
*lloii- Cauanry in tlie CAthcUrai Cliurch of
PMflMill.
Il#r> W. F, iUye. Hon, C«nonry iQ llic C^tlie*
- ^ ^-- --^■-.. Of
'• C WilliiLinaon. CUanceitorsUip of tli«
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b-ie«, Cbrbt Ctiurcli P.C.
* ■ n Uifi Evangel L8t PC.
re-
Ueau PC. HftttU,
Liiing Lecturejdiip of ^t,
»»*^, S(- Nicbola* K» Aiid
'lie C»thrdr»U Cofk,
liR. Kascx,
tail a. SuObtk,
Hythe RC. Ite*ii,
, Cnmtffb li. Aod V. dio.
vc, if^rftntnr^Wyviflc R tjcir.
. St. Peter PX. OldhAia
(Nfw Church).
\ . n, tlAnbur>\ Bbobdou VL.
U*bycrwy*» P.C. Cinnir-
Ecv, S. Hoit- 1 1.
Rev. C. Elh valK
Ri?V. H. 9. M. ilnrifir. :^nl|[.>r| niiuse K. Norf.
Rev. J. W. Hull, Xarlh Muakhttm V. w. Molme
V. Notf*-
Rcv S I " ■ f ' " r.Cumb.
Ri'V. R
Rfv A
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vv.
Dcrb
Rev,
V.\
Ji R. ftnd V. flio. Emty.
I ^* vviiliwo, St, John PC. West
LaocMhire.
A- Ormibjr, dmiUbari^h R. Norfolk.
Rev. O- Pliillips, TcnmorvR R. w. IKMbeamaen
C. Cwnftrvonsbtre.
Rev. W. J. Pinwilt, Horley V. w. Hornton W
Oifordshire.
Rev. K R. Pitman, ripe-Ridware PC, tftalT.
Rev, T, Rees, Rnraoey V^ Mt>nnionlh»hirc,
Rev. J. D. Ridijutt Ikmrn V. Cambridife*hire«
Rev. T. Saulei, All Saints' P.C, fslington.
Rev. W. Sajors, St. Paul PX. Castteirellan,
dio. Down.
Rev. P. T. Scott, Slbertswold V. w. Coldred V.
Krnt.
H -pcwner, 9i, Mary P.C, Til nstftll,
U- ^t. John, Frampton-upon- Severn
V, Ul-.'uriivitersliire.
Rev, L. Thomas, Merthyr-Mtwr P.C Glain.
Rev, J, T. Wartern. Stradi»haR R. Suffolk.
R<rv. A. M. Wilftoh, Ainstftbte V. Cumberland ,
Rev. B. Wrigrbt, Flackion P.C. Yorkshire.
Th ChaplaincitM,
Rev. A. Browtie, H.M.S Arrofrant.
Rev. J. J. Con, St, Michaera CTtnrcb, in the
Cemetery, Dirniingitaoi,
Rev- S. V, Kdwarils, to the Central London
Oittrict ik:hool, Westow Hill, Nonvood,
eurrey.
Rev. F. J M. Evans. H.AI.». Boscawen.
Rev. J. Gurney, H.M.S. Creasy.
Rev. C. Hare, to the Hishop of Ltmeriek,
Rev. J. J. Harrison, H, M.S. Leopard,
Rev. J. Ri^ud, Servants. Magdalene CoUere,
Oxford.
Rev. J. WJfhtwitk, the Union Workhoasr>
Penrith, Cumberland.
CtilUgiate mid SchoioMtic AppoinimenU^
Rev, K. B, Chft^mer^ jun. fSeniof Curate of
Tintwiille), Association secretary for the
Northern bi-<;trict Co the Colonial Cb arch and
Scboo]; Society.
G. W, DaAeot. HA. Profeaaorship of En^liah
Literature and Modern lliatory, Kinn'a
R' -. \ "-f .'f ^ck-
t i' lldOD,
n. 1 . ,' 1 ■;: .. , . ij. of St,
Krs ' '•, . r.: -M, '• :/of the
Ijty ui l^.M, ^ ' ., .. i..,r,.,..,. ^ichaol.
Rev. C. A. >■ ikcipai oi the Tbeo*
logical Coll rer.
Rev. R. \>h.. ..^, U9lsUint-.MaateraiUp,
Merchant Taylors' bchool. London.
BIRTHS.
Get .9. At Maree. Punjab, tb« mift of Lieut.*
Col, WeUeslry, H.M.'a 10th He^l. a dan.
26. At Havannab, Mn, Geotee Cannij^^ Hack-
bouae, a »on. 29. At Fourab-bay, WmI
Africa, the wife of the Biahop of sJierra Leoue.
a dau.
N(tt\ 10. At the Deanery* Windsor, the wife
of HUiiph Seville. c«q. a dau. 11. At Charl-
ton Uarrovr, Dorset, the v^jfe of Licut.^CoL J.
Dillon Brovrne, a dau. Itf. At fUwiwell
76
Mi
arrutgt
[J,
an*
hall, the wife of MnJoi Wad«?, C.B.ison,
Al FUlinbiirifb, Ijidy Allcin lUv\ n fp^isthn-
moyft> ion, ai. Al East lirill, MuldJIrUin
TyM, the Hon. Mra. AwiijisCtifnlt'sOnk I'ow-
Ictl, a dati. At Kilkenny, tlic wife of nic
lli«hoporUtiN)ry, ii«0(i. ^. At OriKhton.
the wire of Comin> the tlon M(irk Kerr» K N.
«d«ti> At nractHheu mftnor, Lcfc. the wife
of Ambrof^e Lii^l** I'titinppa, esw^. a suik
24. At i'borley wotJtl, Herts* the wife of Wm.
Ln;i|ririaii, v%ii\. a tku. ^. At Barnes, liic
wife 0f Lieut.Col. Grov<*, a son. :W. At
} lolly bAnk, Hnnta, the wife of Major K. M.
Muhily, ft rtmi. — 28. At the RecJary» Wolu yn,
HeHs, Udy' HonHibVt a dau, At Fornhnnj
hAll, near Hiiry St, lltlmundS^ Ijidy Miuners,
■ dun. — --39. At Manfliestrr. Mrs* R, Glad-
atuiie, A son* At Hydy park jj^rdetia, the
II (in* Mfa, Arthur Kinnaird, a daii.
Bet. 1, At Grottvenor-sri. the wife of wniiam
BrotiKham, e»q. a ion. At NetAbtm hAll,
narlinj^ton, the wife of Jamefl f xmksoa, eAq« a
flon. 4. The wife of Jolsii Uoume. e»q. of
HUderstone hall, 8Ufford9hire, a dau.
5. Tlie Viscountess Crinley, n dsu. — —7, In
St. Jamea'a mi, the wife of the Hev. Georjci*
T. HlomHeld, a »f>n. 8. At Canon Froomn
Courts the wife of Chaile* Gity Trnflford. esq. a
son— At WAlwynaca«tle, I^ernb. the wife of
W. I'. 8yni{:e, esq.asoti. At Mcthveiicaalle,
till* Wife of Wm. SinytUe, esq. of Metlivcn, a
■on. 10. At Upper GrOtfVPDcir at. London,
Lady Buxton, a dau. At IklinbiirKh, ihc
wife of ¥, I.. S. Wedderburn, esq <>f Weilder-
hum and Uirkhill. a dan. At Wimbledon*
llic wife of CjcorfTe K- rullock, esq, a dati.
At FrJirkley halK near Doncitter* tlac wife of
W. Aldam, jun. e»q a aon. ^IL At lirif^h-
ton, the ViKconnteai Ikjwne. a mm. In
Orosvetior-ph the wife of R. U. Sheridan, e<iiu
M.l*. a BotK 13. At KilkeJi fastle, co. Kil-
dare, thu .\tarchionesN of Kildai-et a dau.^
Al LioKeshAm hall, L'amU. the wife of John
Dunn tiardner, es^n. a *oii. U. At ralde-
cote liBll, Wnrw. the wife of Kirkby lentoii,
eso. adati. — -At Cliawton hou^e, Hanta, ihe
wire of Edw. KniKhl, esMj. a duu. n. At
Asfordby g^ranite, Leic. the wife of Capt. Ches-
lyo* a son. 18, In St, Janies'a aq. Lady
Aifred Harvey, a dati, la Stamford at. the
wife of ThOR. Somem Cocka. jun, esq. M.I*, a
dau. At Torquay, the wife of air 1»auI
llunteri Bart, a son and heir.
MAURI AGES.
JuJjf 7. At RlehTOOnd. AuatfBlia, Seplifnua,
youtiffer son of the llev. Jt>Hrp?i Wlllirtui Mat-
tin. Rector of Keston, Kent, to Abce-Mnckillop,
Souniccst dAu, of ianica Smlilt, esq. J.p, Mel-
Oiirne.
Auff.ii. A I Mussoorie, El. iuhuii James
Oret^Nf, esq, 5Clh Hejfl. UNM. eldest son of
the late Rev, Cecil Greene, M.A, Rector of
Fiahbaurne, tsujsev, to I'leaiior-Hoiie, only
dau. of the laic i:*pt W. H. JIaU, Gth lieniral
Ll^fht Cav,
tSritt. 1. At Peshawur, tleury XUhiH, esq.
7th Henifftl Li^lit Cav. li> Kludhell^ >oun^e«>t
dau. of C a. Ctirlinjf, esq. 2>uperJ(il(>nL]iin^
Snr|fe«n. Peabawur IJivision AtCnin* I'owd,
Kubert Kindertt^t eso. MAdra!<> t4vil Service,
tu Lmina, third oau. or the Hon Kw.in Chris-
tian, of (Jape Town.
la. At Nvnee Tal, K I, Jorelyn Pickard
Cmithridfe, Lieut. 2nd Greuadiers, third son
of the llcv, G. 1\ CatTibrid^n, of Hlo,\ worth.
Darnel, to Adelina-UiM i l dau. of the
late Capt. J. C. Luns , H.N\L and
SratidOAu.ofLieut-Gr ^inKicbArdB,
uc,y,
15, Geo. 9hern»& Nunut esq. Royil County
Down ReirL etdeflt son of th© late Oipt, Nonn,
to Helen, third dau- of Lieut Col, Ablin, 86th
Ke?t. At l'0Qiin,1nt?ram Francit Chapm/tnt
esq. Qnarternia!*tcr And Interpreter of ibc 3^1
Bum bay Nalive Inf. to l^uiaa, vounKc^t din'i
of Col. Aplin» commanding K,M.*i Wlh Hf-i
.Vt Kurrachce, Sctnde, W, L, Mrretteth^'r,
ma. second in command of 1«t Scinde Irre-
riiiar Hor»e» to Harriet, youojfeat dau. of (he
Fate J, Dale, ei^q. of Cole!<ihilK
21. Richariil K^f^nomf*, esq. son of the fate
llcv. H. Edniionda, Itectnr of VVondleipfh, iJc*
vonshire, to Fivnny-Carohne, third dau. of John
Arnold, esq, of Tortuilo.
39. At FdJnburKh, C«pt. the Hon. Mon-
tafne Ht&p/otd, 11. S\ to Lucy, ynun^est ilau.
of^Jokm Cay, e9«|. of North CharVton, Sbcrilt
of Uitlithi^owsbire, At I'jiris, Henry t'tood,
can. of Vlewmount, co. of l&ilkenny, Ireland,
to Isabella, you nicest dau, of the Inte Henry
Flood, eao, of I'aulstowu ca.itle, ^ At .^t.
Georg*** llloomftbnry square, JPohn MntMnt,
ejHj. CO. of Tipperary, lo Janette, only dau, of
Colonel Mnrnack, late Uren, Gu.trds. At St,
George's Hanover »q. Willonirtiliy Marahall
Burslrm, M.IK to Caroliii. -Mdliidrt.rlde^t dau.
of Capt. iirownet StajT ( ubrrt, Strrew.>bury.
Oct. 1. At l^n^dnn, Slnti, the »?' -^ '^^ ihIlcw
Auttitt M.A. Fellow of Kxelcr cv;: i.
to Maria-Eluabcih, relicl of Hi
jun. esf). and dau. of the lui-' ^" ■ i ... ;-
wyird, ll.TrL — -At 8t. Pet- i i John
iiartAorp, Ciii\. Lite of ITth ' sow of
John Uarthorp. VHti. of llu... ^,, , , . .^ii^jlk, to
A ^nes- Adelaide, vouogesit dau. of Richard
LoAus Rnlirht, esq. l.ite of 75th Re<rt. At
St, Giles's, Camhcrwell, the Kev, ^' ' * j. .r.
hngioH, M.A. younffe*t son of N*. ^
ejq.of Ley SpriiiB: house, Leytonii!
Asiimorc,' second dau. of Joseph i'..T.,t-v.i i.f
Camberwell grove. — -At TiVertun, Sir Hubert
Augustus Fidford Graves CoWefjjw, Bart, to
Mary, yon nicest dau. of Wilbsm Coioins, enq.
of Vvilheridjfe. At t>«lewortti^ Glooc. James
Howard IM/, esq, to his cou»in, Katherine-
lirun»don, dau. of John Rolt, esq. t^.C
S* At Claphaiu, Henry Jrfftry, es4|. of Phn-
lico, to Isabella, youup^cAt dau, of the late Wm.
Marveii Kverett, esq, of Hcyteshnry. At
All .Saints', .St. John** wood, Maryldmne,
Carlo C. iUckftU, R,N. to KU/.a, dau- ol Sir
Aug'UBtus West.
4. At St. Georfe*s Hanover sq. Richard T.
Lon§^ eAu. eldest son of Walter Long;, esq. of
Rootl Athton. M.P. for North Wilt*, to Char-
lotle-Anna, ouU child of \V. W, F. Hume, esq
of Hume Wotai, .M,F. for co. of Wicktow.—
At .*<{, JaniesTfl, Weslboiirne terrice, Cliarli
Otfrr, esq. MA. lale FellDW of t 'iirist's coll«xe,
CfUnbridKe. to lillNur.Sbirecbfre, elde»t dau.
K, S. Parker, eso- Q.C, At Harwich. Hfw*
Henry Armit, R.S. to GeruKiAnaFlii'.abeiUj
dau. of the late Gi'Orjfe H^aue, esq. of Harwlchc
At Karl's Croonie, John Gasjiartl Ftttrnftittr^,
esq. eldest son of the Rev. T. L, Fanshawe, «if
raraloe*. Essex, and Vicar of Dajsenhatn. to
Barbara- Fredericalleaujolois, third dau. of the
Hon. Wittinm Coventry. At Wilbrahsni,
Camb. John Godfrey Pkippt, esq. of tlielleii-
hant, to Charlotte, youngest dan. of the laf
Henry Kin^;, e*q. of'Boiljsham, At St. Ai
dreM's. Hoi born. ChaHeft-Georjfc, son of I
Rev. Thomas S^arkcs iiriffinharfc^ Vicar
Aike^den, Ksaex, to Susanna, dau. of the lal
F. Hunter, esq «f ^Vye. At St. Johu'.% No,
tii]>5 hill, H»e Rev. l»r. Tcmpft, Hector of Gay-
ton, Nortbamptonshire, to Sjifab^^vidow of tli«
Kev. E. \V]j(h-hur.-t, Ixiv \u:m <4 h^'vvim-u'k.
■ At H.'i. - : ..
jiara. to \ 4
Moucriei) vi i.
ham, QtouL\ iltEii Rev > -,
Curate of Wcstbury -,
"I*
M
"v, I
I
K
,M
e Il«r. E. C. Bric«. Incumbent of
—At Greenwich, the R<?v. PrLNle-
M.A, tliird ^uri of the kt^ Kev.
Ki^rtor of Fmilniir-^, I'ainbrkljff,
, soti of Mu:' Liio M«itthew
I Cumnocli, Ayrmhirc. to
-I tlrtii. of the IftteOcn. V.
S t Si t MH-ir^f 's Hanover sq. Chiirles
Ht*6ert», esq. of t>nti/vicli cotntnon, younsre*t
soil rf the tatr W lltrirn llrb- rt*i, rs^. W.|>. of
ii r clan, of
>■ uUti.
A i*errlei\
f hniiy I'rditT* Cork,
T -11, of Lotabfi', only
«i '"cn. Ilenrv Hnome,
) ! Ul Wjlbmham, Jolin CJod-
f ' heltenhnm, nephtwof Hk?
i 1 , rXU, Prcsulpiil ot Uupen^s
I .to Charlotte, younj^est
»i y Kinff, es*i»of IJflltitiharn.
irrt >\Georjfe l>enn Jf oo(f,
' Inshire, to lMt>eUn,
N Robert Go'iLin^, eaq.
lantarue Ha^ttf esq.
C j!&t son Of the Ulc Bear-
A < ".B. to Julia, second dan.
k
I
a tialL —At
TAeerf, esq.
I, esq, of Hilton
to t harlotte^Ahce,
^^s^esq.of Kmifsion-
laulsej'j iimti'p the
,VttijUmud, Incumbent of Polke-
icnood* eldest dan of Sir George
— At Liverpool J Leyson, only
-ft, esq. of Kast Farleig^h,
VII. of the Kcv* Jamei M«r-
., .J. — -At Aifhadooey, Wm*
i^i ken, C'v Tipponiry, barrister-
iry, elilest ilnii of Ihe late 11^ J.
^. Capt. HovaI Eii;fiuecr9.
6. At Hijjipftoad, Licorge Robert Cttrta-f
esq* of Bromley. iM«ri<ilt»sex, voungest son of
^ l*te Frpri" irt A ,!f,,nu) 'Cflptcr. esq. of
thwnrk, t \ ounzesl dao. onhe
Charles I i r, of N ewcail le-on -
«»'> '"■■"' \ eldest
[i dor of
, dtiu. of
^_.,-.*. house,
r V'» Mcelwood
M- to Hmily-
,j i iiiicTon, IC Art.
f. M.L». surgeon of
lann-Mar^'nret, only
Mi'». f llenny, e-sti, of Riga*
le Rev\ John I irniow, Hoc-
rt. to Eliubeth, relict of
-, rM|. of Sandown, IVV, tlau. of
as Harris, e^q, of Unii'stepban.
u Herbert Francis MticKtrorih,
n of the late Herbert Mickworth,
F.. V-
TV-
l%7;
l^l, CItIf
of Hellinifboroiifrli, to Julia-Heorietlu,
f thf' Iftt^' " ^ "
f *!*«»
iv,i, Sir l%by .Mnck-
w '^ " • ^" ^ ' " ' r laoc. the Uev.
\ of Wecford.
f! rhird dim. of
J iinni liall. — 'At St,
«. nrt'c llradford E/fi^
r (re. to llftjily («r«cc,
Si . fii jniin \Vuod, fsq, rljairmin
i'>t ,en«e- At l-.d^nbycKli. Jasirth
O- K.X. to MAry-t-ljitrlotte liendy,
,tH tinii. Mt Ihe late John hrsKine Risk,
P., tt.^. At New Sboryhacn, Tboma.^
FutUy, e*i|. late Uoose-ttinfet^n to the Countjr
Uo:<pitai, Brij;htoin to Mar)'-1>oiiniin|^, only
dau. of thelate Lieut. Charles Webb, B.M.
At Uraybrooke, No rt ha nipt, the Rer. William
Henry Hu^he*. Rector of fiislinK:biiry,to Mary,
only dnu. of the lleif- John Field, Hector of
Brayhrooke,- — At liast Retford, Hftinuel Mar-
fAci/f,csq. of Ea*it Kelfoffi, to Mariaii-Kliwibcth,
third dau. of J. Mee, e*q. At St- Johii^a,
Clafdiani rise, the Rev. Francis Arthur Bain^t
U.K. to Mary, dau- of the late W, Aahley, eaq.
At tst, John's Padding:toQ, Major Robert
CarwUehaet-Sm^tht to Arne«-Rosina. young-eat
dau. of the late Henry llnrvey, esq. of Oatn^
bridire square,'- — At Dublin, the Rev. U.
Coiiinaham, Vicar of BallyniAchue. Cavnn. to
Mary -Margaret, youngest daa. of the late J» R,
Freeman, esq. formerly of Cast lecorr, Meath.
8. At Newberry, rear MaUovr, co, of C?nrk,
Frederick Hobinson, esq, MJ>. of the Scots
Fusilier Guards, to Alice, onlv dau. of the late
Robert Yarde Foley, esq of Kinsale,
11, At Oxford, the Rev. Charles Walter
Payne Cmv/unl, Kf A. second son of Robert
Crawfurrl, esq. of Saint hill^ to Mary, fourth
dau. of Jam ea A. 0|fle, MAX Regius Profe#for
of Medicine. At :^t. Anne's, Soho, Robert
Grtiff, esc(. Gist Re^t. snii of the late Dr.
GreJ^, 32il l>rajroons, to Juha-Dorotliea. dao.
of ilarvey Combe, e^q. late Madra^i Civil Serf,
At St. George's Hanover sq. Ivdward liar-
ftcft, caq. of Stoke Newiniftoo, to Januetta-
Wrkht, younjeiit dau, of RlaJ. Sanders, k.C*8.
of ChiUon.— At Portsea, tne Rev. Hnrgood
U. SnookCf M.A. Jncuinbeiit of All Suiiili^', to
Mary, younxeal dan. of the Ifnte Rev. Thoinoa
Morgan, HP. Chaplain of I'tjrtimouth IJix:k-
yard. At llfracombe, l>evoi], Josieph She|>-
pardDrrt/x^r, eaq.Comm Indiao Navy, young-
est sun of the late J. S. nraper, esq. of Crew-
kerne, to Ktnma* Moil tflfTU, eldest ilau. of the
late Juhn Maule, esq, of Rath. At Ciray'a
Thurrock, Rasex, Henry A'A«ir, esq, of Rille-
ricay. to Marion, eldest dau. of the Rev. Heirry
Helhj Hele, .M.A. —At St. Mary's Marble*
hone, Charle;! ironsuie, cnq, of Gloucetiler pL
Uv Elizahrth Aiin-t^oM'^lev', eldest dan of 1 hos.
Jnmes Hall, esq. I'oUce M.t^i!»tratc, and widow
of Charles (L tladtichl, c*n{.
la. At Honlhrepijs, Norfolk, Bantillai A.
Itarling^ esq. of stowinarket. to Caroline,
youngest dan. of the Yen. George Glover,
Archd. of SiiUburyi aiul Rector of Southrenp««
At Bright on, George Whitluck Mekotl,
esq* barri&tcr at'l.TH', .lecond son of lltyd
Ntcholl,c%q. of Unke, and the llnm, Glsni. to
Mary-Lewisa* youngest dau. of the lotte Wm,
Nicholl, esq. NLD. of Hyde, Isle of Wi^ht.
At Frestwick, Lane tbe Hon Capt. Dudley de
Hoo*, to the Latty lllizribcth Kgerton, eldest
dau. of the Earl of Wilton, of Heaton park,
Manchester, acid Egerton lodge, Melton Mow*
bray. At Tentcrden, Kent, Alftred Ban^t
fourth aon of Charles Barry, esq. of London,
to Aun-Lydin, only dau. of WilliatD Ctirteis,
esq. of Elastwell house. Tentcrden. At Va-
le It a, Malta, tbe Rev. Frederick Hockin, M.A,
Rector of Phillach, Cornwall, to Susan-Ann,
only dau. of the late Thomas Petty, esq. of
Ulverstone, Lane. At N'orwirh, Janiei* Gay,
esq. of AEborooi^h IimII. to Eli2abelh,ouIy sur-
viving cliiilii of tlie late John Parker, esq. of
BiUlefltoii. At Fertjaiie, the Rev. Sir Wm.
Veaey Ros:^ Mahon, tlart. of Castlegan house,
CO, Gatwuiv, Ireland, and Rector of llawmarsh,
Yorkshire, to Jane, second dan. of the Rev.
Henry King, of Uallyliim house, Ring's co.
13. At Lee, Kent, Robert, eldeat sou of
Rotjcrl *Slatef, esq. of Fore street, London, to
Laura-Mnrtyo, only dau. of John Sanders, eaq.
Commander R N. St Crcditon, t?arauel
Baker Maclean, esq. of the Ordnance Depart-
ment^ Tower. Lonuoiii to Elisabeth-Frances*
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(irwnMtl, Vk'Ri' of \Vi,
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KilwAfil |*0^'
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liroiijptoh. 10 Liicrclii, '
15. \
ley Jo
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R<?v. J
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■ 4. At
IfBytORi
V, Juliii
\— At
!»"Arcy J- I r
20. At iJt.
Kilmaine, to Irjuici-s-Miiry,
riiarlei* IVidJcux nriii>f , csui^ i»f
CornwnlU AtJnii' ^ V'
li.Ua.toKllznljci
Kobert Hurne.— — .:
Ijflwrciice J/<ln, t'^^|. til i^ijiii' ,
Henry DcMtKiroiig^li^ cAijt uf l>
At St. Jftmr^'s 1'nfMWtjftoti, ll«
ijaii
01 (►k].r 1
lly.
WilliAin- V
, C)M|. of 1
ilio (Ate •
. rif th*
W^glit.
■I. v-oi\ uf
!.►; i.ufJLjruiii,
of tlif1iiter;'i..r>j.^ Mil
Uc-V.
vrin \iti\l
all
uf
to
rt
■>\ luintu
t'j F.liZ«»
-\t
of
the
rtU
of
, Norniyinl.'t'iiiuid* Uj tljc
.•*lcy» Bccona dau* of llic
J lji.';)kbluJi. -
nVyk'bonr. WilJkTn II
<jf Him I • ■ ; lUu. t>l
Cnpl I N\ Al
I'lyilM-r Cttrfrr,
Comm. U.N. cML:»t .^uii iri Llit: I
Cfcrler, Id J«iif, clilcut ilnii, or
W'KilJni). U [l,ilvu«r'»f.. ..•
J . MJ*. fur the
si iM Jnuo-Wiliuij^
itui) 441 u. U Aii:1iiIjuU1 Ikirut, crt<i, tjf Iiivcr-
ckiroKkie mid Wliiteflt'liL— —At l:litjubiitr|fti»
\V>lii.'MM (-vvvniit* ^toduitiii ThfU'i'.. v^a. u(
th rk ShAftO ^ II,
hi -At Now i .^i
« I for C^^ioUuH. t^ldtal MiU (if
*f ^t\. of New Providence, to
< : , 'lau. of the late S«Uiud
Craig, cMi^. oj" Nf?w York.
19. At St. George's ilanover ni. i'cler Qcr-
lurd Vauder Hui. v^a. nt C»uc To wu. eldest
■on Qt the ! ''^er Vandcr ml* to
f^liua-Kukiln lntt.orPTdlip Putton
Hivth. I'Aii. -[ Li. . I iiupcie s\. ^ \t Si.
junjrestson ofJAn:
, you
M*l*. of HolboroiJirli, K«jit,'
Jiiiice
, to Ski
.r»b, youujjre:!;
haio,
1
1
(?rrinr
^-ijit. llj.,v. ..
1 f'liv lL> A III
V D, J«t),i
Al SI. John
; A. (Uirnh-
Aim, th<Hl
1
OtAII, eHi|. lU
1
^'lisiex. A
-. L:Mir- /?i;. .
.-'/I, late
the late
t9
H
DiutULHUy^ ^ouiaaoi; U.tii. of Lhu Utc
Liikiu. e»<ij of rlie WiirOfflce.— AtSt
Pimlicu,» WilllAm ZitftM/riVA. t-u. tide:
tlie IJon. ftntl Rev. W, J i
lUlhj and nephew of \\
Ani;UMtA-i'U«ry, third dau
Sir T. F. Freinanlle, Hart —
liev. Arthur John K»pjioA^ ilii <
Northajiiptonshiret to Anna i>
diO. of Xht Rev. W. F. Hook, ua
nf
,/.
lid
ih-
Itul^ert
l*etcr*i
it son of
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of
Jtfan.Jp. AM.,
tftnd» bv tb<^ '
hy I he kcv. I
' C'hiirriK \'r.rl1iiii«il>er«
(■e-lhuri*^ sec-oiid lUu. of VVio.
of Alni/irlck, Clerk of tlic Teace
QcTBEN OF Portugal,
15. At Lisbon, in her 3iith year,
Mijestf DoDa M&ria IT. Que^^n of
M«ria dA Gloria, daughter of the lote
Emperor of Brazil. Dom Pedro I, (IV. in
(he Bfripi of the Kiag« of Portufal) by his
ftfst cOQSort, the Archduchess Leopotdma
of Auttnm* wn» born at Rio de Jandro,
Ajifil 4, 1819. Oo the death of hergrand-
mheff John VI. she was designated sue-
cfssor to the crown of Portu^l, by virtue
of the act of rcnunciatiou t:iecuted by
PttlrOi one of the provisioos of \vhich was
thatf upon comiDg of uge, she should
marry her fathcr*fi brother, Dom Miguel.
* om it was dcsijedf as a dnngerous com-
;hor for the throne » to frattsfy by such
■axemen (. Another condition vvn^, that
the And her future husband ahoutd ackiioir-
ledge Uie new constitution* When Dom
Mif nel had accepted of the arrangement^
had aworo to the constitutioQ, been be-
triithfd to the child Dona Muria, and re-
ceived the regency^ the young Queen left
Braxkl in IS^S, iosoU for Europe. Mignel
had, meanwhile (Juoe 30, \'62S), declared
himself absolute King of Portugal, and
forb«de the Queen to land. She was now
coanpcllpr! to come to England, where she
W5' I hy the court u kwful Queen
ut found no actcud inpport,
*f the day secretly favouring
In 1829 she returned to
— .,;j» with Amelia of Lenchtcn-
her fnb&equent stepmother, and
lited there until 1831, when her father
foand ymself compelfed to refign the
crown of Brazil to his son, Fedro II. She
then resided in Paris, while her father
waged war for her rights in Portugal.
After the taltlng of Liibon, ia September^
18^5, the made her entry into that city.
On the 29th of May, 1834, Miguel re-
uoufu;ed Itis claims, and retired to Italy,
where be recalled his rennociatioD, and
was acknowledged by the Pope King of
Portugal. Pedro now adminbtered the
govrrnmout as regent and guardian of his
daoghter. His power, howcTer, was soon
whauited ; and when, on the I8th of Sep-
tUDber* 1834 r be announced to the Cortex
diat He wft* no longer able to conduct the
ey> that assembly declared the
U I age, by which means the in-
tn^^^iL; ij. me competitors for the Regency
were defeated.
Maria now occupied herself with thoughts
of martUgi% Her choice fell upon Dnke
Charles • Angustud - Eugene- Napoleon, of
of
tl^
Ej
berg.
Lenchteobergt who already had won her
affections. On the 8th of Nov. I83i she
was married by proxy, at Munich, to this
firince; and on January 27 of the foU
owing year in person. Dom Augustus,
Prince of Portagal, as he was named, was
made commander of the army, and was
likely to become popular, when he died
fiuddenly, March 28, 1835. On the 9fh of
April, 183G, she waa marriod a second time
to Ferdinand, son of Ferdinand Duke of
Saxe - Cobourg - Cohary, who, upon the
birth of a Crown Prince, was named King.
In the course of the next ten years the cor-
ruptions of the government, which had fallen
into the hands of the Cabruls, the suppres-
sion of the liberty of the press, and the in-
crease of iaxmr irritated a large portion of
the nation. lo May, 1846, civil war broke
out in the Upper MinhOf and in a few
weeks several districts were in arms against
the Cabral ministry. The Cahrals re*
signed, and retired from the kingdom.
The Chauiber of Deputies was dissolved,
the Grand Cortes extraordinarily convoked,
and a number of concessions were made.
The Du^e de Pulmella was called to power,
and held office with Saldauha for four
months, when his cabinet was succeeded
by a new miniitry under Saldanha^s pre-
miership. Civil war, meanwhile, con-
tinued. Dai Antas, the commander no-
minated hy the Juntas, and supported by
Bandiera, Louli, and Fouraoi, gained ee-
veral sacceases ; and it was feared that
the Queen and King would have to leave
Portugal and seek safety in England. In
November, however, the popular party
were in turn defeated, and lost two whole
regiments bv desertion. In the ensuing
year the medialion of the British govern-
ment waa offered, and accepted by the
Queen, hut declined by the Junta. Das
Antas now prcpored to evacuate Oporto,
The British fleet, under Sir Thomas Mait-
laod, was off that city. Steamers belong-
ing to the Junta were permitted to enter
and embark Das Antas' troops. On the
31«r of May, 1847, a corvette and three
armed Btenmers, one barque, one brig, two
schooners, transports, containing in aU
about 3000 troops, left the port. On
crossing the bar they were summoned to
surrender to the British ; and as resist-
ance v?utild have been useless t they did so,
without firing a .^liot. As aoon as he was
on board the British ship, the Conde das
Antas presented to the commander a pro-
test in the name of the Fortugnese nation
against this act of hostility^ without de-
Obituary. — <
clantioD of war, or aoy pretfit for the
sftme. Bj these meani resistatioe to the
rojal authority w«j nippres^cd. The
Qoeeo, in return for Berrioef rendered by
Great Britain, clgned an agreement ex-
eluding the Cabml* from (lOwer ; and this
irat all the opponents of the court ^ined
by the tniurrectioa* As loont however »
as qoiet had been re^l^reilf the Coode de
Tbomar, the elder of the CabrAl«f agnta
became nremier in the face of Great Bri-
tain, ana oontinued a career of oppretnioo
and corruption unlit, in 1851, the Duke
de Saldanha carried out a military reTolu-
lion and reconftitnted the government.
Dona Maria yjclded with a very bad grace
to the Dcceisitien of her position. Her
huiband had been appointed commander-
in-chief at the commencemri^t of the out-
break, and actually advanced against Sal-
danha, but was forced to make a cpeedy
and toliUry retreat to Lt«bon, hi« troo|if
hairing de«ertcd him on hi> march. The
governmcQl has fiucc been conducted un-
der the pretidrncy of Snldanha.
Her Mrtjetty ha* left seven children ;
namely, Dom Pedro d'Alcantaro, Duke of
Brag;anxa, wlio hai now aucc4<cded to the
throne as Dum Pedro V. bum Sept, 16*,
1837 i Dom Loui* PhilipfH;, Dok© of
Oporto, born Oct, 31, 1838 j Dom Joao,
Duke of Saxe and of Bi?ja, bom March 16,
1842; Dona Mrtrin^Anne, born July ^1,
1H4:{ i Dona Antonii, barn Feb- 17. I8i5;
Dinn Ferdinand, born July 9'i, H46 ; and
Dom An^ito^ bom 4, 1847.
From the very Gommaiioeiaeilt of her
late gestation, her Maie«ty, whoae untimely
end even her polJlical adversArie« deplore,
felt I a« she often ei pressed to thos^e around
bcr, a foreboding that iti result would be
fatal to her. This waa uo vague and
^ ':■;"- prcRentimcnt, for her two pre-
cr 1 «, in both of which the Infant
pL 111 been iiUended with grent
danger to herself, and her medical aaiiat-
ants had plainly intimated their fc on that,
in consequence of certain functional di*-
rangements of an irremediable nature^ she
could never agnin give birth to a Ihing
child, Pt^aringf however^ on this laat oc*
caaion, that the disquietude which agitated
bcr mind would grcjitly increase the dduger
of the coming crisi*, they advised her to
divert her thoughla aa much as possible
from the subject of her apprchenAions,
witieh they endeavoured to penujide her
were hut the phnntoms of a morbid imagl-
niiiinn Uni if wn« aU tn vaJn, She fol-
r I . indeed, and frccjurntly
N f- tht^alrei), but no words
c<i liy the apectre that in-
ci lit^r souL On the night
"V i.KN fciic wont to the Italian Opera,
^^onday night, the 14th, at about balf-
1
pa^t nine, the flrat indicattona of approach-
ing labour manifevted themaelvea, and, in
accordance with the eatablished custom oa
such occaiiont, the Coaocillora of State, M
the Ministers, and the great ofBoeni of the ■
royal houaebold, were summoned to the *
palace. The very first symptoma w«r« ao
awfuUy alarming, that the medical sen in
attendance felt it their duty to advise the
sufferer — with all the usual pr«caatiofU of
oaorse — with asaurancea that there waa oo
immediate danger — that all would toon be
well got over— to fortify herself with tkic
iaeooam of religion. On receiving thia
announcement she drooped at once, and
only said, " I sec how it is ; my laat hour
if at hand/' The Sacraments having been
administered to her hastily, the medical
men began their work. There waa a mal*
preaentation of the infant ot the very com-
mencementr and after hours of fruitlen
endeavours to rectify it, forcible and piece-
meal extraction was at last reaolved OpOflf
the baptism of the child having been pr«*
viously effected in ntfro malrit. At about
ten o'clock on the following morning the
extraction was completed, leaving the un-
fortunate lady in a state of exhaustion ^
under which she finally »ank in test than
two honn, after having bid a laat and
heart-rending farewell u her distracted
htiiband and children.
Her Majesty waa not distinguiabed for
any brilliant qualittea, but abe posseased
the quiet unobtrufive dotoetUc virtocs in
■ high degree. A good wife, a fond
mother, and a kind mistress to her scr-
vaata, ihe wai beloved by all who knew
her well \ but the graces by which enthu-
siastic popularity is won she did not pos«
•eaa. She waa, however, remarkable for
her nice seoae of propriety t and for that
she was utitveraally respected,
A Council of Sute waa held im mediately
after the Queen*s deaths and the King
Con&ortf Dom Fernando, sworn in aa
liege nt. The Regent continues the Sal-
dtidia-Mogalhaena Cabinet in power.
Thb Dukic or Bkaoport, K.G.
N99, 17. At Badminton, en. Gloucester,
in hli 62nd year, the Most Noble Henry
Somerset. Duke of Beaufort (1G83}, Mar-
qucaa of Worceater (1642), Earl of Wor-
cester (15H), Earl of Glamorgan, Viscount
Grosmont, and Baron lleaufortof Caldecot
Castle {lli44). Baron Bottctant (by writ
n08), iJaron Herbert (by writ 1461), and
Baron Herbert of Kagland, Chepstow, and
Gower (1506), K.G., Licot, -Colonel Com-
luander of the Gloncestershirc Yeomanry,
and High Steward of Bristol.
TUta lineal deaoendant of ** old John of
Gauntf time-honoured Lancaster/ ' was
born on the 5th Feb* 1 79S, the eldeat son
1864. J
OmTUAftY, — The Dukt* of Bmufort,
81
af Hftirf-ChsrlM tixtli Duke of lleaafort,
K.(5. by Lttdy Charlotte Suphift LeTeson-
Gawcr, fifth daughter of Granville firit
Marv{i]esa of Scatfonl. He entered tfac
wtmj as Ml officer in the 1 0th Hussars,
••d «erv«d in the P^ninBufa oq the staff of
the Duke of WeiUngton. He was taken
(irU^mrr Hy ManJul SouU'b army, but rc-
ni^: ive only a few months.
' I the nttaaiiment of hi* ma-
j^ruji itK Marqaesfl of VVorceiter waa
lllmMd to parliament for the borough of
lionmootb, for irhich he eoatiuued to ait
nillil 1832. On May 24, 18 1 ft, he accepted
office aa one of the junior Lords of the
Admiralty, and he held thai po«t until
March 15. 181:^
IB39, St the Arse election after the
Dt of Reform » he was opposed at
th by the present Sir Benjamin
RiU, and defeated by ;id3 rotes to 555.
The Mari}iictt of Woroester was not a
ncoibcr of that parliament ; but at the
net! fener^l election in Jan. 18J5 he was
rctnmed, without n poll, in conj unction
with the Hon. G. C. Gratilley Berkeley
(a Liberal )« for the Western Division of
Glooccsttrsiiire, for which hia uncle Lord
Robrrt Somerset had been an uniucceas-
fttl oandidate in 1832.
On the 23rd November following the
Marquess succeeded his father oa seventh
Duke of fkaafort.
H" t"r-..v- Lieut.'Colooel-Commandant
of iters hire Yeomanry Cavalry
],
pStr Hoberi Peel, after his accession to
Mil lB4tf recommended his Grace for
Garter that became vacant,
and he waa inveated with that honour to«
gether with the Duke of Buckingham and
the Marquess of Salisbury.
There was not, perhaps, amongst the
artatocracy of England one whose man-
nitn aad bearing were more truly noble
Ihati thoae of the hito Duke» Ho looked
everr inch what be was — one of the moat
higbly.born and i 11 nstriousiy • descended
Biemben of the British peerage. He was
an excellent landlord^ and a j^eat patron
of the spurts of the field ; waj» universally
haloTed and reepected, and will be deeply
r^retted by all to whom he was generally
ksowo^ It was impossible to have the
iltghleat communication with his Grace
witbcmt being struck witli his inherent
couttlineair wbich was enhanced by a fine
port, a commanding ftgure, and a coun-
tcoaoec whose features were coat in a truly
noble muold. He was a consistent sup-
porter of Conservative politics. As a
Master of Hounds he has been immor-
faUaed on canvass in the jtaintings of.
**The Royal Hunt,*' and '*Thc Badmin-
ton Hunt;*' while, upon paper, *'Nirarod ''
Gbkt. Ma(^. Vojl. XLL
hoji peqictuaied his character iu terms no
more eulogistic than it deserved. In thu
palmy days of Melton, when "The Old
Club'' flourished I a discussion arose as to
who was the moat popular sportsman in
England^ and tt was at once unanimously
conceded that the Marqueaa of Worcester
was the man who held that enviable po-
sition. As a charioteer none could excel
him. and when the Pour-in-haud Club
was started some twenty years back, his
Grace^s team of skewbalLi and well-ap-
pointed drag was always considered tbc
crack * 'torn-out.** As a racing mxm, the
calendar shows that his stud, although
never very extensive, was always well
selected. To the professors of music and
the drama he was ever a warm jMitron* as
evidenrcd by the interest he took in the
sons of the lamented Tyrone Tower, and
the strenuoua exertions be usud to pre-
fer ve the falling fortunes of the Queen's
ITieatre.
The Duke of Beaufort was twice mar-
ried, and his wives were sisters by their
mother, Lady Anne Wcllealcy, daughttT
of Garrett 6rst Earl of Momiogton, and
sister to the late Marquess Wellealey anil
the Duke of Wellington. Hia first wife,
Georgiana-Frederica, who died when Mar-
chioness of W^orcester, was Lady Anne^s
only child by her first hut^band the Hon.
Hen 17 FitzRoy, a younger son of Charlca
first Lord Southami>toa Her marriage
took place on the 25th July, 1814, and
her death on the 10th May, 1821. His
second wife, to whom he vnm married on
the 29th June, 1822, and who sun'ivea
him, was Emily-Frances, daughter of the
kte Culling Chorlea Smith, e»q. (of whom
a memoir was given in the Obituary of
our Magazine for July last]. By his
former marriage the Duke had issue two
daughters: 1. Lady Charlottc-Augusta-
Frederica, married in 1844 to the late
Philip Baron Nieumunn, sometime Aus-
trian Minister iu this coujitry, and died
Sept. 20, IB50 (her husband surviving her
only to the UJth Jan. following); 2. Lady
Georgiana-Charlottc- Anne, married in 1826
to Sir Christopher William Codringion,
Bart. M.P. for Gloucestershire. By hia
second marriage the Duko had iesue one
son and six daughters, all of whom BUTvi%'e
him: 3. Henry - Charles - Fitx Roy, now
Duke of Beaufort; 4. Emily -Blanche-
Charlotte, married in 1848 to Georga
Viscount D up pi in, son and heir apparent
of the Earl of Kinnoull ; 5. Lady Ro$e
Caroline Mary, married in 1846 to Fnmcia
Frederick Lovell, esq. ; Lf. I^ady HenHctLa-
Louisa- Priscilkt; 7. Lady Geraldiue-llar-
rict-Anne j 8. L^idy fCuthorine - Emily-
Mary ; and 9- Lady Edith- Frances- WiU
helmine^ born in 1838.
M
na OnnvAiis^-^Couniess ofiVeuhurgh.'^Lord Chntuny^ [Jan*
The prciicnt Duke ia CapUio ia the 7th
limsftre, and Aide-de-Cfimp to the Ge-
ncrat CommaQdiiig in Chief; and ha» aat
for E«iiii Gloucestershire in the present
parlifttnent. He wajj horn io 1614^ and
married in 1^45 Lady Georgt&oa Cbarlotle
Curion» eldcat daughter or Earl Howe, by
whoui he haa iuoe Uenry-Adelbert-Wel-
lini^oif Fits Roy now MarqueaA of Wor*
eeiter, and two other sons.
The late Duke'a funeral took place at
Badminton on the 24tb Nov« It wm
attended by tb« prcaent Duke and the
Murquetii of Worcester, by bis aona-iti-tAW
ViaoouDt Dtipplin and Mr. l^vell* by the
Marqneat of Cboimondeley, Earla Howci
Oaltoway, QimaTiUe, and Batburst, Lord
Caithorpef Lord Raglaiii aud most of
the junior memben of the Somerset
family.
The CouN^TRsa of Nkwbuiloii.
Nor, 22. At h^r st^at, Haiaop, co.
Derby I aged 66, the Right Hon. Mary-
Dorotbea £yre, Couoteaa of Newburgbp
Viaooanteaa of Kinoaird, and Baroaess
Lifini^itoae of FUcrmig, in the peerage
of Scotland (1660).
Her Ladyahip waa bom on the I3lh
Jul?, 17BH, the oldest child of Francis the
sixtii Earl, by Dorothy, daughter and heir
of John Gladwin, etq. She was married
on the 19th Judy, IH36, to Colonel Charles
Albnt Lealki K.H, of Ballybay, oo.
Monifliani who died in 1838, without
difidraQ.
On the death of her brother Francis.
the eighth EarU (October 15, 1852, ahe
■QCceeded to the peerage^ which devolves
on female in the absence of male
Ueira.
This raortstl remAtni« of the late Countess
wens drno«ite<1 tti the mausoleum in llas-
aop Parlt, baring tain lO state during the
two preceding days in the great hail of the
maiifion* whm a temporary altar was
•irran^f«>rihooMailon. At uino o'clock,
a.iii 1 maia waa jverfarmed id the
eh iiall, And at 12 the proecsBtoa
VkJi ' *r' the chap«;l in the
pji rder : — 1^ mutes
wii 1 two J 30 of the
tvnniiia in scarta and hatbands, two and
two: 12 TTiwt<';i mtb innffled staves; the lid
of ^ of the deceased
CO iiimi by a pursid-
¥>ii» , Micu; lui: iiodft m a h^rse
diMv, u ' <, M V boracii capariaooed in black
?i'lvii uii<\ }iiujuca, and decorated with ar*
iQorittl heariugN; n inuurtiing coach, drawn
liy fiiur hor»r^, run'nirnTic; the pail-bearers
*-iiafiiely, ih. Mft»l4;r of Ltjvatt
the Hon. Gi • ^iit the Count De
Ia F'cld.and ^Jl rmii^) iioward* of Corby;
A mourning coath. cijntaUiing Colonel Uts-
lie, as chief mourner, supported by his Iwu
nearest relatives— Lord Lovot and M
Charlcfi Leslie. Four other momnii
cottclM'tJ, each druwu by four horacs, foi
lowed, cuntoiuiniy;; members ol the princi-
]ial fumiljcs in the neigbbourhootK There
was also a line of private e&rriages, which
reached entirely frora the hall to the
chapel. On atriving at the chapel, the
dirge waa commenced with tlie organ from
within ; and, the iemrioe boirig completed,
and a n^iuiem perforoitdf the mortal re-
mains of the niuch-l0?ed lady were con-
signed to (heir last home, amidst the tears
and sincere regrets of tlic crowd who
thronged the ehapel, many of whom had
come from a great distance to pay this mark
of respect and a^ection. In oompliauce
with an ancient custom, at the conclusion
of the ceremonial a distribution of Ioavgi
of bread to the poor was made, aocordi
to the number of ycari that the decei
liad Uved.
iniwu
Lord Clon curry.
Oct, '28. At his residence, Maretimo,
Blackrock, near Dubli d , aged BO, the Right
Hon. Valentine Urowne Lawless, second
Baron Cloocurryt of Cloncurry, co. Kil-
dare (1789), and a Baron of the United
Kingdom hf the same title (1831), a Baro-
mat (1776), and a Privy CotmciUor of
Irehind.
This venarable nobleman (who through-
out his life waa a man of some influence
in respect of his political opinions, ) was
born in Merriou -square, Dublin, on the
1 9th Aug. 1773, the second but only sur-
viving son of Nicholas Lawless, etq. who
three years after, In 1776, waa created a
Baronet, and in 17^9 waa raised to the
peerage in Ireland. He was originally a
Roman CatholiCf and in early life had
settled in Prance, io pursuit of those
immunities wliich were not awarded to
hin own community at home. The result,
however, was different Co his expectations t
he was leas satisfied with Prance than with
Ireland ; he returned in consetjuenoe to
his native country, purchased large estates
in the counties of Limerick, Kildare, and
Dublin, and conformed to ProteatantUm.
Lord Cioncurry's mother was Margargti
only daughter of Valentine Browne, esq.
of Dublin.
Being then a younger aon, he waa at
eight yearH of iige iMsnt to a public school
at Portnrlingtuo, wlii^re he waa trt^ated
roughly enough, and, baring been pushed
by another boy from a p outhouse, diiilo-
cated his arm, an aceiduul which, Minting
upon a constitution originally delioale,
produced a weak state of bcoith for many
yeara* At twelve he was removed to a
teboql at Blaekfook, near Ma fktber'a villa
Obituary* — Lm'^d Chncurry,
of MiretimOf where the Rer. Dr. Bur*
rmree edneatod a Urge proportion of the
jo«Qg tii«h nobility of thnt iltij ^ and at
ftMinm 10 the Kin^^t 8ithool at Chei^tcr,
1 orer hy Dr. Bflncroft. He
Chester in the familj of Dr.
the Biahop of that ser, and
of Brajtenosc coUeger Oxford,
TH« Bishop, howerer^ could not pemuade
him to fo to Oxford \ but, at hii own
•olidtation, hu father allowed him to
9Bt«r the untTeriiity of his iiatire city, and
ht th«rr i^duated in artft in the year
1791. On the winie day, as it happened,
hit father entertained thp then Lord Lieu-
tcMMAC, the Eart of Westmoreland, at
Momin^ton Home (which he hud just
poroheeed from the late Marquess Welles-
lef ), and the late Duke of WelliDgtom was
of Ibe party at Aide-de-camp to hie Excel-
IsDoy. The honse^ for which hia father
paid ^noai in U£)It was aold the year
■Her the Union for 2500/.
Lord Cloocorry, when at college, took
an active part in the itistoricat Society ,
"a narsery of ^enina and patriotitm/'
which wa» at length anppreaaed by the
Wsotry of bis tutor* Dr. Elhngton, after-
wards Bishop of Fema. lo 1793 he went
to Switzerland, where he remained for two
years, which were divided between Neof*
chatel, Oeneva, and Laufianae. Returning
to Ireland in 1795 he took up hotuc-
; in Merrioa*rowr Dublin^ in con-
with his maternal grandfather.
At thai period his fiither was a peer of
pctrtotie politics, bnt maintained a friendly
aod Mipectfnl intercourse with the vice-
re^ court. With his ftanction^ Mr. Law*
leie waa the chief promoter of the Rath-
down Aasociation^ a voluntary organisation
of tKlhldBMii and gentlemeo, e5tabliahed
far the purpose of maintaioing the public
Mace, and protecting property in the popn-
Ibas district lying between Dublin and
Bray. — a purpose then hut little serred
bf the imperfect police of those days. He
was also at the same tiuk an officer in a
corps of yeomanry cavalry, commanded
by Colonel Corry, brother to the Chan-
eeUor of the Irish Exchequer, and acted
with him at the time of the threatened
F^aaoh tntaaion^ on which occasion bis
hther idtanoed the sum of 4 5, 000 f. to
fovamment, by which timely aid it was
aaabled to break up the c^mp at Longh^
Unatown, and to march to meet the inva-
ders at Ban try Bay,
Mf« liiwiesa went a further length in
, by becoming a member of the
of United Irishinent which had
i 1791, in ** the idea of
aaitla^ both sects (Catholics and Protes-
tants) in purrait of the same objects, a
of the (lenal kws, and
including In Itself an extension of the right
of suffrage to Catholic*.*' He wn» not,
however* n constant resident in Dublin \
for, shortly after his return from Switzer-
land, he entfrcd as a student of Uu? Middle
Temple, h step which rendered it neces-
sary for him to pay frequent visits to
London. During one of them, dining at
the house of Mr John Macnamara, in
Baker-street, he met Mr. Pitt, and on that
occasion heard, for the first time, of the
contemplateil jiroject of a Union between
Great Britain and Ireland*- The new*
acted as a ferment upon his notions of
patriotiam and nationality, and indnced
him to publish (in 1707) a pamphlet under
the title of ** Thoughts on the Projpcted
Union,*' which is reprinted at tlie close of
bis " Recollections/* 18-111. To this essay,
which was honoureti by a g pedal reply from
Mr. Edward Cooke, the Under-Secretary
for Ireland, Lord Cloncurry attribnted the
motives of his subsequent prosecution §. At
the same period he made the acquamtance
of HoroeTooke, Sir Prancis Burdett, and
the unfortunate Colonel Desp/ird ; bnt
formed a more intimate friendship with the
Tory partisan! John Reeves. When in
Dublin his dme was spent in the society of
the leaders of the popular movement— of
his beloved friend Lord Edward Fitz-
gerald, of Arthur O* Connor, the elder
Emmett, Sampson, Curran, Grattan, and
George Ponsonby« He joined in the sup^
port of The Press newspaper, then the
organ of reform and popular rights ; and
in the autumn of 1797 he was elected,
though without his desire or even know-
ledge, a member of the Executive Direc-
tory of the United Irish Society, upon
which occaKion, for the ftrst but only time^
he Bttended n meeting of that body. Soon
after he aided in prcpnring the Kildarc
petition against the Union and in favoar
of Reform and Catholic Emancipation,
which was signed by his ^ther, as well oa
by the Doke of Leinsteri and several hun-
dreds of the leading men of tbeeauotry.
It was followed up by a meeting held at
the Royal Exchange, at which he presided:
and be was one of d deputation, with Lord
Edward Fitxgerald and Arthur O'Connor*
appointed to carry an address to Messrs^
Grattan, Curran, and George Ponaonby,
requesting them to discontinue the "mock-
ery*' of attending parliament,— a request
which was very unwisely complied with.
At the dissolution^ whidi soon after fol-
lowed, he wrote the addresses of Lord
Edward Fitxgeruld and Mr. Henry of
Straifan, declining (in the same spirit) to
offer themselves as candidates for the re-
presentation of iOldare. Such were tiie
overt acts by which Mr. Law less became
an object of suspicion^ and several intimn-
I
84
Omrv AJiY,-^ Lord Chncvrr^f.
[Jnn.
tioai mtre mailo to liis father that the ovil
eye of ihc Govcmnaetit wm upon him.
In Nov. 17;>7 Mr. Lawless returned to
London, in order to kerp his term at ilie
Trmple. At that time there were many
of bis poorer countrymen *'refugeee*' in
this countryt iu con»eqaenc? of having
oflended the laws iti their own ; and in
common witli all other of his compatriotB
who had a few pounds io tliek pocketa, he
wfuc auhject to continual folicit&tions for
their relief. In the course of tliii work of
oluiHty a club waa formed, the membcri
of which were cbic^j yoong Templars, and
mUeh they called the United Iriib. This
name waa tiafortanate, as, though the club
had no connection with the United Irish
Society of irtfand^ " and had the character
ratlier of a debating and convivial than of
a political body/^ yet it appears to have
been represeuted to govenimeait as being
of an illegal and mifcbieroai complexion.
Among their other tran^grMtioili they
ventured to relieve Peter Flnerty, the
cx-printer of the Dublin Press. But
Mr. Lawless did more than this: having
been accidentally made acquainted with
O'Coigly, or Quigley, who was shortly
alter arreated with Mr. Arthur O'Connor
on his panage to PranoCt and eventually
hanged at Pencndcn Heath on the Tth of
May. 179R, he headed the subscription for
his defence, and became answerable for its
cost* On this subject he wrote to Mr.
Broughall, his father's agent in Dublin,
snd thai nntleman being a suapceteil
IMffwiii ana ihortly after arreated ind hia
Mpaiv aeiiedf Mr. Lawlesa's latter about
b'Coigly waa found among them. The
immediate result was his arrest, at his
lodgings in St Alban's street^ and at the
same time and place were also captured the
Duke of Leinster, John Philpot Currao,
and Henry Grattaii, who happened at the
time to be visiting him. They were all,
ltQ«ev«r> immediately liberated; but at
thenme time the Government also caused
to be arrested Mr. Stewart of Acton,
a gentleman of lar^e fortune in the north
of Ireland, Mr, Agar, a relative of the
Archbishop of Dublin, Richard Curran.
eldeai sou of the future Master of the
RoUa, and Mr. Trenor, who was the
Morvlary of Mr. Lawless, and bad been
iSwsMrly his tutor at Dr. Burrowed '«
IvhooJ. All these peraoos (wrote Mr.
Wlokham, an under-aecre«ary of sute, Io
Lord Castlereagh,) were supposed to be
**mm^ or Icsi deeply implicated in the
tffiMmiabie conspiracy in Irclaiiil; that
|1M7 Imd all knowledge of the connection
hiimii the tmitors io that county and
tW IVvach Dircctonr» or id ministers;
and had aiven aid ana ciNUilauniet to the
i^ata who have at
scat over from one country to tiic other."
(Despatch dated % June, Mm, in the
Castlereagh Memoirs, i. 21C.) Lord Clon-
curry, in his ** Recollectiona," denies that
any of the party were engaged in corre-
i|K)ndcnce with the French Directory or its
mini&tcrE, ami tliat the only aid and coan-
tcnaocc they gave to any suspected persoxks
were limited to the charitable assistance to
their poor fellow-countrymen already de-
scribed.
His restraint on this occasion laated Ibr
about six weeks, during which he was con-
fined at the house of a king's messenger
in Pimlico. He waa taken before the
Privy Council several timea, and questioned
by Lord Loughborough, Mr, Pitt» and the
Duke of Portland. At length he was re*
leaded, the ministers declaring that thej had
a great regard for his father, and hoped here-
after to have the same esteem for him. Uia
father was already alarmed at the progress
of political eventi, and in a letter to L^rd
Loughborough regretted that his son bad
been influenced by persons entertaining
opinions not only doubtful but dangerous,
** and extremely opposite to the principles
which 1 wish him to entertain/' In truth*
liis father was highly displeased with him,
and on his liberation Mr. Lawless did not
return to Ireland, but made a tour on
horteback in the north of England, re-
maining partly at Harrowgate and Scar-
borough, at which latter place he fortned
a matrimonial CJigagemcnt with the sister-
ln«law of an intimate friend, and not, np-
parmtly, with his fhther's approbation.
Lord Cloficnrry does not plead guilty to
any htsAi political provocation, on his part,
during his ensuing residence in London.
He coodndes, however, that he was con-
sidered a good subject for intimidation—
** suflicienUy known and loved amoi^ mj
fellow-countrymen to injure notOfklf and
fearful sympathy for my misfottiiBes, f
was yet not snfficiently powerfal for adf'
defeooe, or to cause anxiety in ^bm minds
of my oppressor, from the fear of a publ
reaction against their illq^ conduct
was abo young and active; and, above
all, enthusiastic and incorruptible enough
to render my exertions in defence of the
vude|>endcncc of Ireland in some deigree
formidable ; and therefore it was thought
advisable to remove me from the soeae of
conflict." On the Uih April, 179$^, be
was again arrested, under a warrant rigned
by the Duke of Portland, the Home-Se-
cretary, issued under the authority of the
Habeas Corpus SMpaMioti Aiet: Ihe
charge was merely *' sMfudon of ^nm
able practicea/* On his arraignmsnl
fore Che Coaneil^ be was qoeatloaad
Mr. Pitt, who laid he had jKwItive
fmMtiM thikt Mf * LtirloM Ud hwi
IsfottttB^, I
rial for self-
in ^bm minds J
ir of a pubU^^M
conduct P^^l
1854.]
Obituary.— £or</ Cfonnirrj^*
85
eting h«ld a year before hh fanner
«t wh««n a [»Tan was laid for mnking
United Irish Societies io LoDiIon. Mr.
Lawieaa miiweretl that tt was not so, but
that lie would answer no questtous wUikt
Jit mu^odj, Oo the Bth May he was tjraas-
IbTed from the charge of a King's Mtm-
letigcf to the Tower of London^ in which
priaOQ he remained until the expiration of
the Habeaa Corpus Soapension Act re-
■tored blm to liberty in March^ 1801. Wc
hsfe not apace to deicribe the vnrious
efforts made by his friends for his enbrge-
roent, which arc detailed in his Memoirs.
He was himictf too proud to make any
eoiie«aaton or admission. In the mean
time, on the 20lh August, 1790, by the
death of hia father, he became Lord Ctoii-
Only nine days before his death,
Cloncnrry had addressed another
] to the Duke of Portland, urging hia
i loyalty and his iupport of the Duke*s
mtton in Ireland, as well as his
recent vote in favour of the Union, as
ekims for some indulgence on behalf of
hif mm. Towards the clo»c of hia life, he
altered hk will, and left away from ht« son
a turn of between 60,000/. and 70,000/. in
fear it might become subject to coutiscation.
The following Angust (of 1800) brought to
the new Lord news of the death of his
aifimccd bride: whose failing state of
h^th lud be«n represented to the Duke
of Fortland, but without any c0ect in his
IkTonr.
After a confinement of twenty-two
Booths be was released by the ejepira-
tion of the act far suspending the writ of
Habeas Corpus, without the slightest »!•
teration of circumstances, in reference to
the charges or suspicions against him,
having taken place between the time of
hii arreft and that of hi« diju^hurge. A
few days after he had a note from Lord
Caatlereagh, stating that there was no im-
pediment to his return to Ireland. He
commenced actions for false imprisonment
afsuut the Dnke of Portland and Mr,
Pitt, but they were stopped by an act of
indefflnity passed in favour of those minis-
ten. At a subsequent period (in 1817)
the late Lord Holland gave hia written
opinion to Lord C ton carry that the cir-
cumstance of his case, especially in the
Utter part of hia imprisonment, '' ap-
proached more nearly to those of the
ItttrtM iU csehttf in otd France, thin any
that occnrred under Pitt's suspension of
the Haboaa Corpus.*'
After a short visit to Irelaud, Lord
Cloncurry determined to repair hii health
nnd spirila by foreign travel. Upon the
pence of AmiBua he tinmcdiatcly went
abroad, accompanied by two of his sisters.
At Parii he vrts presested to the First
Consul, who entered freely into con versa-
tion with him, and with Li>rd Holland,
who was also present. He passed the
winter at Nice, rtnd then proceeded to
Italy. Whilst at Home he married the
daughter of General Morgan ; and his
youngest nister became the wife of Colonel
Edward Plunkett, afterwards fourteenth
Lord DuDSnny. Lord Cloncurry resided
in Rome for more than two years, rent-
ing, in conjunction with this brother-in-
law, the Palazzo Accaioli, close to the
Quirinal. Whilst at Rome he formed, by
purchase and by excavations, a VMlunble
collection of antiquities, which is now at
his country mansion ut Lyons, in the
county Kildare. He returned home through
Germany and Denmark, and was a|!^nin in
Ireland at the close of 1805. At this
period Lord Redesdalt^ who was then
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, refused to
place Lord Cloncurry ^s name on the com-
mission of the peace for the counties of
Kildnre and Dublin ; but the W' hig ad-
ministration, which ijlioitly fulh>wcd, cor-
rected this grievance. He now passed his
time entirely in the ordinary employments
of A country gentleman and inrigistnite,
no til hib tjuict was painfully diiitnrbed by
occurrences that ended, in the year 1811,
in a diasotution of liis '* hasty and impro'
dent** marriage, lu the same year he
formed a '* more fortunate'* aliianoe with
Emily, widow of the Hon. Joseph Leeson,
and mother of Joseph Earl of Milltown,
with whom he lived in uninterrupted hap-
piness and affection for thirty years. He
deacribes hia life at this period to have
been as happy as it was busy. He made
a Hoe place of Lyons, at the cost of at least
200,000/. employing a prosperous tenantry,
and usually entertaining four or five friends
from among those who sympathised, or
bore with, his unfashionable national poli-
tics. In 181IJ he received another mortifi-
cation from the Tory government, in being
refused, on account of his politics, a re-
quest that his '^tep- children should be
raised to that titulnr rank of which they
had been accidentally deprived by the pre-
mature death of their father.
Wc hove apace very briefly to allude to
Lord Cloncurry's subsequent political do-
ings. Nolwithfilanding he had taken a
promiuent part in defeotinji; a loyal ad-
dresst proposed to have been sent from
the county of Dublin to George the Fourth,
he was included in the general peace-
making which attended upon the King*s
visit to Ireland in 1821, when he was gra-
dously invited to the royal table, and even
asked his Miijesty to his own house, an
invitation which was dL*clined in the most
gracious termi, on the ground of the short.
aeii of hitf ^lajesty'i ftay.
86
Obituary.— /#or// Clona^^ty,
[Jftn.
With Lord Wello8k*f» as Lord Lieate-
nunt, Lord Cloncwrry was on terms of in-
timacy, hut still more so with the Mnr-
i^uow of Anglesey, during hie two vice-
roynltifF; with this rcprpflt'ntatifc of the
sovereign Lord Clour*irry '* was ao far
honoured by his confideocCt as to be per-
mitted to form a sort of priTatc cnhinet,
lo which he frequently referred for connftrl
and nBsistance, WTialcver raay he thought
of this asaertion upon its conititational
merits, it was certainly not wi empty
boast ; many letters from the Marqtiefls,
which are printed in Lord Cloncurry^s
Memoirs t offer materials for the historinn
on the motivcfi and policy of that admi-
niitration. In 1828 Lord Anf^lescy was
called to order by the Duke of Wellington
for havingf with the Lord Chancellor (Sir
Anthony Hart), dined with i^ord Clon-
curry. His Excellency wrote in reply
that he believed Lord Cloocirrry ** to be
ft loyal subject, a good man, and an exem-
plary magistrate ; and I cannot consent to
abandon the exercise of my own discretion
in selecting thoB« with whom I may deem
it ezp«dient and prudent to hold an inter^
OOUfM." In 1831f shortly aflcr the com-
menoemcnt of Lord Anglesey's second
▼ice-royaJty* I^rd Clonctirry was sworn a
Priry Councillor for Ireland ; and in Sep-
tember of the same year, a few days before
the coronation, he was raised^o a peerage
of Great Britain.
For the Ie«<j important incidents of his
Gftreefi such as his entertainment of Mr.
O'ConnoU. his quarrel with the dema-
gogue, who denounced him as essentially
in aristocrat, and their flubseqaent recon-
ciliation, we must DOW refer to the Per-
sonal RecoUectiotts of his Life and Times,
« TOlume published in 1B49| and which
tppears to have been suggested by the
Castlereagh CorretpoiMleiioe, ft series of
papers which had then reoentJy laid open
the secret particulars of the state prosecu-
tions which ho had suffered in early life.
The Ri>collcctions were criticiicd in the
Quarterly Review by Mr, Wilson Croker ;
and very severely in Fraser's Magazijie,
The more cordial criticiim in the Dublin
Untversity Magazine is supposed to have
been written by the learned Mr. Butt,
QX. t and the review in our own MisoeU
Lany (for July, 1849) w»a ftooompftniod by
some interesting commaoli cominitniGfttied
by the Late Mr. James Boehe of Cork.
In bis introductory passages Lord Clon-
curry remarked : — *' I have lived during
many yeart, seen many men, suffered and
prevailed, been persecuted and honoured ;
and now, having laboured in my geners-
tiun with, at least, a hearty desire to rerve
my fellow^mau* I look at tlie paat without
irtfD e iiassini; feeliuj; of inikindness^ und
at the present with, I trust, a reverential
gratitude for the liirge share vouchaafeil
to me by a beneficent Providence,, of tho»r
three canlinat blcasings of humanity, —
health, competence, and respect of men."
It is remarked in the Dublin E^vmiug
Post, that ** few men who hnd mixed mi
mudi in the strife of politico had ctcited
less of personal hostility , because be vras
gifted with a kind and generous disposi-
tion ; and there wa^ no one acquainted
with the purity of his mottves, and the
benevolence of his nature, who could fsit
to esteem the man. At all times his cha*
ritiet , as well as his efforts to promot4) and
reward merit in the arts, especially when
the reputation of Ireland was to be ad-
vanced, were only limited by his resources.
Particularly during the closing years of a
long and honoured life, when age requlr
repose and retirement, IjopA Cloncuw^
devoted himself to works of bencvolene
with a sincerity which avoided all ostcnta^
tion, and with a discrimination which se-
lected the most fittiag objects for his
bounty."
By his first wife, Eliia-Georgtani,
youngest daughter of Major-Gen. George
Morgan (whose divorce took place in 1811
in consequence of proceedings in which
Sir John Bennett Piers was defendant, and
who was remarried in 1819 to the Rev.
John Ssnford), his Lordship had two
children, 1. Mary^Margarct, married first
in 1830 to John-Michael- Henry Baron de
Robeck (which marriage was iUssolved in
1828), and secondly to Lord Sussex Len-
nox ; and 3. the Hon. Ann* Valentine, a
son, who died in 18S5, in his twentieth
year. By his second marriage, with Kmily,
third daughter of Archibald Douglas, esq.
of Darnock, and widow of Joseph Leesou^
esq. (by whom she had issue the present
Earl of Milltown and two uther children,
both now deoeased), Lord Cbucurry had
five other children, of whom the only prt«
sent survivor is his successor. They were,
3* the lion, Emily, who died in 1895, in
her nineteenth year ; 4. the Hon. \' olen-
dna Maria, who died young ; &. Edward,
now Lord Cluncurry ; G. the Bou. Frede^
rick- William, who died in 1824, in his
fifth year; and 7. the Hon. Cecil-John
Lawlese, who is dead since his father (see
p. 87). Lord Cloncurry became a second
time a widower in 1841.
The present Lord was born in 181 G. and
married in 1839 Elizabeth, only daughter
of John Kirwan, esq. of Coatle Uaoket,
CO. Gal way, by whom he bai ft numerous
family.
The remains of Lord Cloncurry were
interred by torchlight, at half-pa^t seven
o'clock, p.m. with much solemnity* in the
familyvsult within U»p watls of the de-
«KSiie Rt Lvoa«u It liaTitig be«ti observed
I* A fimi!t ^ that iu deceOMd mem-
beri thci red by torchlight, hii
U»rdshiti., . La hi* deccM«, directed
U)«i A ttmilAr course should b« Adopted on
ibe occanon of Kin uitefmeiit*
I
1854.} Horn, C, LawleMs.—lord Fuilertttn.^Sir C Withaau Hi
HitL Thomah John Clavsring, Bailt.
Non. 1 d. At CUnon , io his 82d year, Sir
Thomas John Cluvering, the eighth Bart.,
of Ax well, CO. DurLnm (1661).
He vfBs the soil of Uaor§;e ClavcnDg«
eftq., of GrecDcroft, by hii secoad wifci
Mary, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Palmefi
of Corobe Riktgh, co. Devon, and widow
of Sir John Pole, Bart, of Shate in the
aame county. He sacoeeded his uncle. Sir
Jamea Clavering, LL.Dt, Oct. 14, 1794.
Iq 1798 he railed a troop of yeomanry at
his own expense, for the defence of the
country from invasion* He served the
oflScc of High Shmtf of Northumberland
in 1817-lB,
He married, in 1791, Clara, daughter of
Jean de Gallais de la Bernard tne^ Comte
de la Sable in Aujou, and had isaue three
soua and two daughters. His two elder
sons hate died before biiii, aud be is sac-
ceeded by his jouDgest son, now Sir Wil-
liam Aloyfiius Claveriog, born in 18^0*
Hon. Cacit Lawlg^i».
iVer. b. Aged 33, the Hon. C«cil John
n » and yovmgest
chill ii^:nrry(of whoma
meoiitir ia giifeti in the pi weding page), by
his aecond wife, Emily , third daogUtcr of
Afehibald Douglas, caq. of Danioc'U, and
widow of Joseph Leeaon, esq. He wns
bom on the I si Aiig, 18i?0,
ll« was fu«t returned to Parliament for
Goomel in Sept. 184G, without a contest,
on Mr. Pigot becoming Chief Baron of
Hie Irish Eiehequer At the general elec-
tign of lH-*7 he was opposed by Mr*
Am^ K, Monab&n, but defeated him by
999 vobea to 3;i.
He married, Feb. 7, 1848, Fmnccs-
Grcorgiana, widow of John William Digby,
mq, of Landeustown. co. Kildare, and
mgbt^r of Morris Townaend, esq. of
Sh«pperton, co. Cork; but bos di«d, we
bfUerc, without issue.
[is death ensued after extreme nenrous
^meut. He had but just returned
the funeral obsequies of bis excellent
patriotic father^, and a sudden ahoclc
snced on the journey, it is said, was
the proximate cause of his illness.
Loan FULLERTON.
Ztoe. 3. At his residence in Edinburgb,
hafiac^ nearly eomplete^l his 78th year,
JoftD Funerton, esq. late a Lord of Session.
Itkis divtinguished lawyer was born on
tbe Kkb Dec. 1775 ; and was admitted an
advocate at the Scotisb bar in 179^. He
91* ealled to the bench in 18?B through
the inatromentallty of Sir Robert Peel,
then Home Secretary, and, we beliere, on
the earnest represoitation of the ji resent
Lord Justice Clerk, then Solicitor General.
Lord FuUerton well justified the choice.
At the bar, and where he was surrounded
a phalanx of eminent men — Erskine,
CrwistouQ, Thomson, Moncreiff,
f, Cock bum, Keay, Jamicson, and
ome bein); his seniors and some
his juniors, it will be recollected by many
that Lord Fullerton was atill deemed one
of the souodefet, most learned, and accom-
plished biwyers ; and, hi the Utter years
of his practice, second to none as an au-
thority in tbe feudal and higher branches
of tbe kw. He bad retired from the
hfoe5 only tlLrec weeks before his death.
Sir CBAHLas With am, Knt,
Nov. 30. At Higham, Suffolk, aged
63, Sir Charles Witham, Knt. Lieut. R.N.
Hewas the third son of William Witham,
esq. (a younger son of Thomas Witham,
M.D, of Durham, second son of William
Witham, esq. of Cliffe, co, York, by Do*
rothy, daughter of Tliomas Langdale, esq.) ;
and was born in London. He entered the
Navy in 1808 as tirst-class volunteer on
board the Gibraltar, stationed in the Chan-
nel *, from June 181U to March 1812 he
was in the Baltic as midshipoiui in the
Courageux 74 ; and he afterwards serred
in the Cossack 22, Druid S9, Namur 74,
and Newcastle GO. Id 1806 he was ap-
pointed acting Lieutenant of tlie Phaeton
46 ; be was oonflrmei March 6, 1618, and
subsequently appointed to the Camelion
10, to the Apollo Yacht In 1821, to the
Britannia flag-ship at Plymouth in 1824,
and first of the Philomel 10 In 18S5. He
afterwards served in tbe same capacity in
the Semiramis 21, the flag^ship at Cork.
He had been on half-pay since 183L
He married Nov. 18, 1829, Jane, third
daughter of John Hoy, caq. of Stokc-by-
Nayland, in Suffolk; and he was knighted
in 1830 by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireknd.
RjEAiL- Admiral Bkll, C.B.
Oct. 16. At Aigburth Ash, near Liver-
pool, aged 70, Rear-Admiral Christopher
Bell, C.B. formerly of Oulton, near Lowes-
toft.
Rear-Admiral Bell was a son of the late
J. Baker BcU, esq. of Gorleston, near
Yarmouth,
He enteretl the navy in June 179'1 aa
firstrclaSB volunteer on board the Clyde 38?
and served in the Channel, North Sea,
ag
Obituaky.— /?<ffir-yt(/w. BelL-^Iicar'Adm, Pasco,
[JiUL
titul oH" the Western iiUiiJ^ for the »p&ee
uf six ycarti. la 1799 be osnintecl nl tlie
capture, after a gallant cngogecnent of
nearly twi> hoiirs, of the French frigAtc
La Vestnle, of 3G guns. He ]ias9«d his
examination iti April 1B02; and sailed in
Jnlj foltowtDg in the Chichester storeslup
for the Jamnicn itatJon, where he wm
pramoted on the 20th Oct. following,
from the Leviathan 7i into the Shark 18 ;
anil dftcrvrnrils joined in Oct, 1B03 the
Mjignantme IS, and in Sept. 18(M La
I'ique 30. In March iHOfn when coio-
niandmg the tender of the latter t^hip, he
aided itk taking the two French 16 gun*
brigs Phaeton and Voltigeur ; and on the
Iflt Nov. follomng, as first of La Piqnc,
^ith her harge and two other boit«» under
Lift orderHi he tuooeeded, witbont the toss
of a man, in cutting out frtnm the harbour
of Cabaret, Foito Ilico, a fine new Spanish
brig, pierced for 1*2 gnnii, completely de-
stroying at the lame time a 3-gun battery
at the eiitranee of the harbour. VMiile
subsequently einployod ashore on the south
side of St, DomingOf he receifcd a severe
wound in an nttnek made by the natives
OQ hii party, and in consequence he re-
teired a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund,
On the 13th March, 1807, he was
appointed to the acting command of the
Shark recciring-ship at Port Royal ; from
whicli he wiis confirmed Commander
April 1, I BOB, into the 1 l-gun brig Phipps.
On the 16th Nov. IK 10 he boarded and
sunk Le Barbier de Seville, a lugger of
Iti guns, off Calstii ; and received the
approbation of the Admiralty. He re-
moved in June 1811 to the command of
the Mosquito, a first-class ship; but was
superseded on advancement to post rank«
Feb. 7, 1812 ; an^ not subsequently
empJoyed.
He wai nominated a Companion of the
Bath on the 4th July, Id40 ; and rai!>ed
Ui the rank of a retired Rear- Admiral,
0«t. ], 1H4G.
Rkar-Admihal Pa»ci>.
Nov, ... At East Stonehouse, iie4
Devonport, aged nearly 79. Rcar-Admiil
John Pasco.
Rear- Admiral Pasco was borfi Dec, 2C|
1774. He entered the navy, Jooe Ij
1784, on board the Druid 32, lying t1
Plymouth, In 17SG he joined the Pcgt*
SUB 2d, commanded by H.R.H. the Duki
of Clarence* with whom he served for aboiil
twelve monlbi in the West Indies and o«
the coast of North America. He tben b©«
came attached to the Impregnable 98, 11 a^
ship at Plymouth of A dm. Graves, and tQ
the PeneJoise 3i*t on the llalifaji sUtton,
Between 1 7 DO and 17 ^a he waa employe^
OS midshipman and master*s mate, piincli
pally in the Channel and West lodioi, a<
board the Syren 52, Orion 74« London 9i
Ciesar BO, Minotaur 71, Aimable 32, am
Beaulieu 38, Attaining the rank of Lieo^
tenant July 15, 17})5, he was appointed t^
l!ie Majestic 74, flag-ship of Sir J. Lafo^
rey; again to the Beaulieu, and to tl||
Minotaur 74. all in the West Indies; Sept
27, 1796. to the Raisonnable 64, i-inployd
At tlie Cape of Good Hope und in ihi
Channel; Dec. 27, 1709, as first, to UM
Immortalite Mi, on the latter station; ad
April 7, 1803 (after six months of half
pay), to the Victoi7 11)0, flng-shipof Lon
Nelson. When senior Lieutenant, in 1796|
of the Beaulieu, Mr. Paaco hindcd with
battalion of seamen, and assisted
reduction of St. Lucie. On his
to the Mediterranean in May 18^
Pasco, then in the Victory, contribi
the capture of the French 32-gun
Embuscade. He aflerwarda went in
suit of the combined squadrons to the
Indies; and on his return he shared,
lM, 180^, in the haUle of Trafislgar.
being l^ord Nelson's practice to make
uflicer first on his list for promotion
tlie duty of signal-officer,* and the junii
that of first UeuCcnaot,Mr. Pasco, althoogl
senior of the Victory in the action, wi
* L<Mrd Nelson, on this ocoasloin, gave Mr. Pdsco his ever-memorable order in
words: '^England eon/idw$ thai eirery man will do his duty:'' which was altered
** England eji^teeU," he. on Mr, Pasco's suggestion, in order to save time, the form>
word not being in the telegraph vocabulary, and therefore requiring to be spelt lettel
by letter. This story has been improved by relating that the alteration was frod
** A^e^fon etpects/' to ** £iiy/aii<l expects ;'* but tlie fact as above stated is given
the autliority of Rear- Admiral Pasco himself, in a letter addressed to Robert ikM
c«i., F.S.A,, dated on the «9th Oct,, 1840 :—
'* His Lordship came to me on the poop, and after ordering certain aignali to bl
made, about a | to noon, be said, 'Mr* Paaeo, I wish to say to the fleet, Rngland com
Jidn thai tPiry man witi do kis duty,' and he added, ' yon must be quick, for I
one more to make, which is for doat action**
** t replied, ' If your Lordship will permit me to substitute Uie word e^rpeets foi
cf4Hfide9^ the signal will soon be completeit, becaoae the word tjrp^tt is in the vocabu-
lary, and the word nmjtde* must be spelt.' Hts Lordship replied in hajiite and witli
seeming satisfaction, ' Ttiat wilt do, Pasco, make it directly.* When it bad bea^
answered by a few ships in the van, he ordered me to make the ^gnal for ehw
II
t] OuiTLfARY, — CapU Alexander ElHee, /?.M
89
I
olftHged to eabmit to the regulatioD cn-
forood bf bit tordfhip, Uirough wLDtte death
he in conteqtience toat that promotioo to
which hia rank en titled him. Uu tmd thus
the mortification of ouly receiving a Com-
mander*! commisaioQ, dated Dec, 24, 18ti5;
while Mr. QuiUiam, the «xth Lieutenant,
wti ftt oocc advanced to ]»Oit rank. During
the bftlUe he had the misfortune to be tery
w^rerely wounded by a gmne-shot io the
tizh* ^*''- "" } nrm; for which he received a
pf /. per annum, besides haying
»t r t, lined a grant from the Patri-
(}tic Fund.
After he left the Victory, Captain Vr&co
renajned on half-pay until May, im^. He
then obtained the commiindof the Mediator
ii, In which he served for three months off
Cadii and Lisbon. In the following No-
icmbcr he joined the Hitidofltan5Q, armle-
m-fiuie^ fitltng for a voyage to New South
Wales : on hia return whence he waa ap-
pointed^ in Nov. iHtlOfto the Tartam»i 20.
in that ahSp, in which he was made post
by eoitimission bearing dote April 3, IWH,
Captain Pasco continued employed on the
Channelf American* and Cork atutlons until
May 1815, In the eotuing June he as*
mined commacid, at Lisbon^ of the Rota
38; and he next, from Aug, 30, 1 Bid, until
pttd off Sept. ^, 1818, acrved in the Lee
^, on the Channel station, where he made
priae of aeveral smuggling vesitcls. On
March 18, 16^-16, he was admitted into the
Rojal Hospital at Greenwich; bat, resign-
ing the appointment almost immediotely,
he waa placed on the 1st of April follow-
ing in command of his old ship the Victory
statiotied at Portsmouth. He had been
previotuly, Feb. 19, 1842,8elected as arc-
dpient for the Captain's good-service pen-
wm» Ue atlained the rank of Rear- Ad-
miral Sept 22, 1847.
Rear-Admiral Pasco married, first, Sept
1, 1H05, Rebecca, daughter of J* L. Pen-
fold. Esq,, of the Royal Dockyard at Ply-
mouth; and, secondly, July 22, 18 iri, Eliza,
relict ofCaptaia John Wcaver,R.M. (182(1),
By hia first wife he had iiiaue three boos and
two daughters. Of the former, the eldest,
WiUiam, ia a Commander, and the second,
Crauford, a Lieutenant in the Roynl Navy.
Th« yottugeat son, George Magrath Ley
Phsco, waa a Second Lieutenant, Royal
ManiuM (1S41). One of the Rear- Admi-
ral's da ugh ten is married to Capt J, 6, H,
M'Hardy, R.N,, the high coiiBtahle of Es-
sex, the other to Lieutenant U. M. Kins-
man, R,N.
The deceased was a truly gallant sailor,
and a mild and araifiblc gcntlcmnn.
Caft. Alexander Elmck, R,N,
Oct. 8. At Glenqiioich, N-B. the resi-
dence of his brother the Right Hon. Ed-
ward Elliee, M. P. Capt. Alexander EliicPt
R.N. Coraptroncr-General of the Coflftt
Guard,
This gentleman entered the navy Aug. 2,
180(i, as a volunteer on board the Croeo-
dlle, Capt. C. E. B. Bettesworth ; and
afterwards Joined, as a midshipman, Lhc
Tartar 32, in which he was present in an
actionwith the Danish flotilla near Rcrget},
May 15, IH08, when Capt Betteiworth
WAS killed. He continued to serve iu the
Tartar, under Capt Joseph Ikker, until
transferred in June 1809 to the Victory
IQO, then the flag. ship in the B^iltic of
Sir Jnmes Saumarez, From Jan. IK 1 1
to June inn he wits in the Mediterranean,
ia the Imperieuse 38, and among other
Bervices he shared in the skirmish witli a
Neapolitan squadron on the 17th May
1812. He was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant from the InJua 74, Oct, 3tJ,
1813. In Jan. following he joined the
Colcdonia ISO, the flagship of Lord Ex-
mouth I and was afterwards attached to
the Cossack 25, Tenedos 38. and Min-
den 74. In the last he participated in
the battle of Algiers ; and served for four
years in the East Indies under the flag of
Sir Richard King.
In 1822 he became first Lieut* of the
Jupiter 50, employed on particulur ser-
vice. He attained the ronk of Commander
Feb. 19, 1823. In 1831 he was stationed
for some months off Oporto, in the Vic-
tor 18 \ and on the 20th Dec. in that year
he was advanced to post rank* On the
iGth Aug, 1B34 he wcis appointed to the
Ocean 00, and on the 27th Aug* 1835 to
the Howe 120, both flflg- ships at Ports-
mouth of the Hon. Charles E. Fleming ;
on the 6th Aug. 1841 to the Astrea G oti
the Falmouth station; and on the 10th
Sept, 1843 to the packet sen'iceat South-
ampton, with his name on the bookjs of the
aad to keep it up ; accordingly, I hoisted No. 1 6 at the top-galUint mast-head, and
there it remained until shot away.''
We may add another remarkable anecdote (also from a letter of Captain Pasco to
Mr. Cole). When the frcih ships from England joined Nelson*s fleet, they had the
hoops of thejr masts painted black. As this was a common prnctke with the enemy*
it did not long escape Nelson^s penetrating glance, and he telegraphed each ship to
paint her hoops yellow^ that in the event of even a roast being dlstiuguishnhlc in the
imoke, no mistaken fire might be poured into a friend : — so minute^ — »o far seeing-^
po decisive were the arrAngcmeQta of that imiDortal chief I
OiatT. Mao. Vol. XLL
N
90
€Japt, Aagiier. — Cmpi* Cfrtg^ry^ — Copi. Norru* [Jao-
la lg4C b« wtf piMd OB iMtf-
On %bt 29 D«c* 1^46, Cwt KQkt wm
mofotsltd to jqgQwil Sir W« B. ^WTf b
Urn ComfWMmMf of flliMi If •dMwtfj i
frmn vliteli M ww twmoftd to tfceCooi^-
troDcmy p of tb« C<>«tt Osard*
He marHcd Hept. 2», 182$, Loey-
Pr«n<%t, tJati|^ht'-r of the Uu Clwrle*
Lockr, fM], mid grmmldiiif liter of tlw ImU
Duclusu of LeintUr,
1836, he liftdtMW three cbUdmi, Ausott*'
8tiBk« Cbarki • Gtiorse, ftnd Richu-d.
HcBiy*
Caft, U, E. NAriKft, K-N.
Oi?/, 13. In Cido^AnpWfi, in bk 05th
leir, Capt. Ucniy Bdwird Niyief, li,N*
P.H.S,
Tbi4 oftcer w«t the fouiiftfli brothor of
the btc higUy-diitii^^ukhca Sir Cbarlci
Jtmci Kapler, GCD. (of vhom oor
October Afiii'A/iiic cont^ned a loQf oie^
molr)» -cTCBtb aoia of the Hon*
Gcorf(' .\tb fOQ of FfBodi 0th
Lord Ntii^kr jp b> Ui« locond noarriw irjth
tAdj 8«iBh iLetmox, icveutb daaf utcr of
Chftrlcf second Dokc of Richmond uid
I^iciinox, K.G.
He entered the Royal Naval Academy,
May h, 180^ and embarked, Sept. SO,
18(N>, ai fir»t-€la»i rolunt^er oa board the
Spvncer 74| in which, alter Tiaitin^ the
Cape of Good liope, be ierred in the ei*
peditioQ B^ain»t Copenbages, aa4 aa«iated
m the doit met ion of Fk>cker3« oMtlo, on
the co«ft of Norway. Froco Deo. 1800
until Sept J til I he ocrved io tbs East
Indiei oo board the Clorinda^^, Ruatell
71, and Dtomede 5o, and in the U»t was
ordered to act a« LicBteoaiit Od* 31,
IdOf), nod prooioted by commiaiion to
that rank May 4, 1810. In the coune
of 1812-13 he lerTed in the Chathajn 74,
Mincnra 33* and Nymph 38, on the North
Sea aod North American ttatiooi. He
wai promoted to the command of the
Gorce 18, at Bermuda, June 7, 1814, aod,
having loon after removed to the RiAeman
18, was for a coniiderable time entxuated
with the charge of the trade in the bay of
Pqndy. In Aug. I8L^ be went on half*
pay, haring^ previously, from private mo>
tives, declined accepting a piece of plate
which had been voted to him for his care
in the conduct of coiivoyt between the
port of St Jobn'c, New Brunffwick, and
Caatme.
On the 23d Jan. 1821, he was appdoted
Io the Jaticur I^, on the llaUfai itfttioii,
whf'rice he rctorned in Joly 1833. Tn
1H20 he commanded^ for a brief period,
tf !' ' f 18, lying at Plymoath. He
*' { rank on the 31«t Dec. 1830.
Napier marrkd, Kov. 17, 1823,
r ij Liiic-btnnct, a natural daughter of
*^lia*l*:ii ihirJ Duke of Rirhmood, and by
'it iftdy, who died at PlorencOf Sept ^»
Caftaiw William GnsGoar, R.E.
iTov. ... At Woolwich, Capt. Williim
Gffffor^, R.E.
If* waa a brother of the late Hod. John
Gnef ury, who died i few roontha ago, while
Goremor of the Babtmai. Both theae
lentkmcn were nativea of Canterbary , soos
of the Rev. Mr. Grcgorj, of the Green
Court Fredoeta, and received their edu*
calloD at the Kiag'i SchooL
He waa appointed a LieoteQant in the
Royal Encniecn in 1813, aad «ttaixied the
mh of Cipi^in in 1831. He terved iijt
yotn in Caoada, whore he w«a frott^bltiepr
asd loat pari of hit toaa. He tomd in
Btrbtdoo froai 18% to 1831, and whOe
on tlie pnanfc to that tiatioo, in the com*
maod of the 3d company of Sapper* and
Miocn, io the Shipley transport ship, be
w«i wrecked on Apnl \$, 1S2G, un the
Cohhlcr'a Rockftnenr Kitridgr Head. On
that occiAon be waa the Lut person od
hoard, and ww every man, woman, and
child aafely carried to the rocks, which was
effected throogb his cool and jndicioas
arrangements, and in a f«w miontoa after
he quitted the v easel she became a Cottl
wreck. He went to Ce|lon In lt$34| where
he rt maioed nearly nine years. On hia re-
turn to England bis health rate way to
the effeot of the climatea in which be bad
served, and be has ever since been unable
to Leave bis room without atsistanoe. Dur«
ing his military service he had been ao-
tively employ etl in superintending several
important works t both at bocae ami abroad.
Captain Nonnia, R.N,
Notf. 26, At his resideocc, in Exeter,
Captain Norrb, of the Royal Marines.
This gsUant officer joined the Royal
Marines as Second Lieutenant early in
the late wmr« aod served with distinction
in many of its hard.fbugbt and briltiant
actions. He wils present st the attack
and capture of Guadeloupe io IB 10, at the
storming and capture of St. Sebastian In
1813, in the battle of Algiers in 1816, and
at Navarino in 1827. He was awarded a
medal with four clasps, and having been
severely wounded, and hii health deoUo-
ing, he wni relactanily compelled to retire
00 half-oav. He was much and deservedly
esteemed by his brother officers, and in
him the poor of Exeter have lost a kind
ftiend. For many years he had devoted
to them a coiulderabie part of his income,
and he hss bequeathed the following lu
III the charities of Exeter. The Pen
Pcnitenliary, 400/.; the Refuge for
soners di^harged from the Devon County
I
IB540
Obituaby. — Bk'Mam Esroti^ Ear/.
91
G«^l, 4D0I. ; BL fUtbartiie*! AJmthouses,
n«-stj«ct, 500^; Palmer's Alma-
M«gd&1en - street, AQ(\t. ; Leth-
_ \'M 4t'"^iK-"-«, Jttracs' street, 200/.
^•liO I t the twenty -five poor
IwotD' , nts of the aboTC three
iJmahouseiii, bhuulil recei?e motimmg to
th« tmount of 30f, each. The 200/, to
Lietlibridse*s Aioishousei is to be paid
fTt« of Icgacv dutjf and, should soj sar-
> remitm afkr pariueut of the Hpecific
its siTCn by the wiU^ Letbbridge*8
ouaet will receive further benefit.
BtrcRAJf Ebcott, Esq.
'. t Hartfow Manor» Somer-
«t5 ^ 52d year, Bickham Escott,
•^at-law, aad n county mngis-
^ ' M.P* for WiDchester.
Dfin wa« the aoij of the Rer.
BJr^ itt, of Hflrtrow.
i re we few men now upon
^p^?i3tKai arena who entered more ener-
jjnmUj or more keenly into the parlia-
neotarj contests of the last twenty yeara;
osrtainlj none, who eoteri&g into tbem,
met with to little success. In May 1833,
Sir John Cam Hobhoose having resii^cd
hU *eat for Westminster (in consequence
of not being able as a minister to redeem
hts pledge for the repeal of the house and
window f- ^^r. Bickbam Escott he-
cune a i )r that city, in oppo-
•ilioa t't Oe Lflcy Evans* He
waa propoiod by Dr. Golding, and seconded
by Mr, Dundai. Colonel Evans, in answer
to Mr, Wakley, promised to vote for the
repeal of the Septennial Act, for the repeat
of the Com Laws, and for V^ote by Ballot.
Mr. Efcott would Dot bind himsdf by any
pladgea. The result of this contest was
JU follows : — ^for Colonel De Lacy Evans,
SO??t S!r John Hobhouse, 1855 ; Bickhaai
Eai ;S. At the General Election
ia ilstcott unsuccessfully cod-
Us ' the numbers being for
)& esq. 258; ?. St. John
^^ , / ; Bickbam Escott* esq.
mr years afterwards, however, ot
ikju of 1811, he attained the ob-
Ins ambition, beating Mr. R. B.
' by above a hundred votes, the
uuinum being — James Bullcr East, esq.
320 ; Bkkbam Escott, esq, 292 ; It B.
Crowdcr* ciq. 19! ; F, Pigott, esq. 166.
Doting this period his politics underwent
a change. On presenting himself to the
elector* in 1847, in the character of a
LJIjeral Consenative, he was defeated by
the ^* ^ '' -list interest, in the person of
lii- 'league Sir J* H. Eawt, who
polL. L . :o Mr, EseoLt'K 234; Mr.
Bonhant Carter (Liberal) heading ihe poll
with S36 votes. Defeated here, Mr. Es-
cott tiginu»d to a higher priie, wbich his
local claims should have obtained him —
a seat for West Someraetf where* as an
active magistrate, he commanded respect
without however carrying influence. At
that period party fury was at Its highest
pitch ; tljc qunlifications of men were
utterly disregarded ; and to secure success
with an agricultural constituency it was
requbitc that the candidate sbonld tie
himself neck and heete to the system of
Protection. Mr. EscoU started as an
independent candidate against the nomt*
Dces of a political club, which had been
long actively and secretly working on the
prejudices of the landed interest. The
result of the poll was — C. A. Moodyi esq.
3603; Sir A. Hood, 3311; the Hon.
Philip Bouvcrie, 2783 ; Bickbam Eacott,
esq. 2^24. At too late a period to
be effective, Mr. E»cott coalese^jd with
Mr, Bouverie* and, considering the odda
against him, fought a gallant battle.
With belter arrangement* it is bclieTcd
that the result of the election would
have been different from what . it was ;
and that if Mr, Escott had come for-
ward again, after the excitement of 1B47
bad passed away, he would have died
a member for the Western division of
Somerset In the August of the following
year, however, he turned aside to Chelten-
ham, on the disqualification of Mr. Craven
Berkeley, boldly challenging the Berkeley
interest, and polled 835 vo^ against Mr.
Orenville Berkeley's 986. His Ust essay
was at Plymouth, at the Itite general elec-
tion, and, considering the exposures which
have been made of that affair, it will not
be wondered at that Mr. Escott, standing
on independent principles, wus at the foot
of the poll. His votes numbered only 372,
whilst Mr. Brainc polled 906, Mr. Collier
1004, and Mr. Marc 1036. In the reiuU
of this election we see at once Mr. Escott^s
character and his general unsncccss. He
harangued large meetings with great effect
(for he was an accomplished orator) ; with
the people he was on immense fav ouritei
but be was too independent to bear the
shaeklea of either party, and too himest
to resort to illegal methods of securing an
election. He spoke from the heart, un-
daunted by opposition, and hia fearless
attacks u|H>fi the Fee system in Somerset*
shire, and hii manly addresses to the
farmers at the Ilminstcr and other Agri'
cidtural Societies, will long bear testimony
to the honesty and frankness of bis dispo*
aitiou. His lost public appearance was in
January hiatt when, in a most eloquent
orntion at the Sonu^rset County Meeting,
he supportrd ihe prupoiittiun for rotitoriiin^
the Wellington monument.
Mr. Escott was an enthusiastic admirer
of the fine arts, pOBBessiDg a fine taate and
92
OnrruATiY. — T, Ponton, Eaf^. — W, Oat^dimvi Eft/. [J.iik
tkilful taktii hi ilic I1IM9 of tbe pencil. To
Ihcs nnlour of hi« ]>aa»iun for tlie art^ it is
thuuglit, may be ascribed the undirected
c\ow at tiis ctiurf^clic life. ItitcnC on
ftkvtcliiing an attmetivc lHmlr«ca|ic feuture,
near h'\B reiiiiJuncc, be iiicnutiouwly ei-
Undcd IjHiisdf on tbc damp grouml, wljich
OCeadoUL'd iiidii«|>osUioi], u Itirii a tdj termi-
nating ill typhuii feller and deatli.
Til DM AS PoKTOj*, Esq, F»S.A»
April 13. In Hill-FtrcL't, Lkrkclcy-
H(|UBre, aged 72, Tbomai PonCoHi evi.
M.A. F.S.A.
Mr, Ponton wae a member of Urn.*nio»c
t'olJt ge, Oxford, where he vran created M.A.
cm the L'Hlh Mnrch, IHOO* Me was called
to Ibe bar by ilui linn. Society of Lincoln'n
loM> April 2G, IHOI.
Mr, Ponttin was Ibe poflnosaor of a very
hciiiiiiful library* and wan one of thti
founders of tbu RoAburgbe Clnb, It ori-
gin;d9y cuniiblcd of tbirty-ime niirtniicrsi^
of wiiimi thti only prcapnL survivore arc tlic
Dukrs of Dcvonsbiro nnd Sutbtrrlond, Mr.
Mnrklfiiid, and Mr. Utliirsou : tlie two
latter ^cntJcmen have resigned. Mr. Pon-
ton presented to tbe mtrmbtrs of tb»; Club
in IHI'J a rt print of ** l^ Moite Arthur.
T\w AdvetJilur«3« of Sir Lnuoceb^t du Litk*?/"
During tbt* grtattr piu t of bis tiftr |je tcwtk
n wnuii inturcst rn the uffoira uf CbFJ«t*^
lliv!^p(tal, of which nobk institution he was
(in ui live Governor,
Wtl.MAM GakOIXRR, EflQ.
Nov. \ (I. At LeiceBler, in His 84th year,
Willinm Cordincr, eeq. n member of the
Acadtiny of ?^t. CcctUn iit Rome, and of
ihc lilaBs of I'lTic Arts of the Hiiitoricnl
Institute of Pruncc, nutbor of *' Music
and Friend*/'
We so rercnlly notictd the Hiird volume
of t!iat work,* that our renderB muBt have
mciny pleai^ant rccollcetions of thin intuiU-
gciit and agn-'Cfiblc reptesentaliic of tlic
[Mni age.
Mr* Gardiner wa» bom in Leicester in
M^ch, n7l>, and wa^ the only mn of Mr
Thomas Gardiner, a nianufaeturer in Lei-
i'e«tcr, Hia father being a d ween tcr, and
leoder of tbo cboir at the Great Meeting,
young Gardiner waa early familiar with
miisieal performances ami musical j>er»0Qfi.
His rir»t rci'o I lection dated back in liie
period when only two years oM be was
imcificd with Ibe c!iime» of a mnBtcnl ctoek.
ih father's neigblxmr^ Dr. Arnold, had
noticed the child's nankeen amtf and
wished to hare it tried no young Arnold,
MeftDirhilci young Gardiner was stripped^
* Id our Magazine for Jidy, 1853,
And Mrs, Maciiuby (the sister to Mr*
Arnold, nnd afterwvdjs the fiutborois),
being in her eb amber, th« iadignant t>oy
was taken to her bed, and soothed with
the tones of the musical clock. The chimes
so delighted the infant musictsn that Mr.
Gardiner always considered this incident
lirst awakened bis aitrntion to the betnty
of musical soands. In a few years after
this a grand music meeting took place ia
Leitmter, under the auspices of Mr. Cra-
dock, of Guraley, for the benefit of the
Leicester InJirmory ; and on this occasion
young Gardiner was taken into the or-
chfistm of Sl Martin's church by his
father. On the cTening of the larao day
be heard the ** full and prolonged tones
of Giordioi** violtn/' at a concert held in
the Castle. At five or six years of age he
was set upon a seat in the Great Meeting
and sang the solo in Knapp's Wedding
Anthem, on the nuptials of some of his
father's accpiaintauee ; and, when very
young* he was a performer on the vitda
and the piano. At the CDnclusion i>f tlic
Araerican war, on the return of the militia
to Leicester, he was de lighted to bear the
bnTul play at Lhc evening parade, and then
bis youtlifnl ambition prompted him to
make his tirst cuaay at musical compnsi'
tiuui hy writing a march amlquick^tcp for
thuni to perform- These were presented
to tCte master as the composition of an-
otber^ and Ibo juvenile composer had the
gratification of standing in the outer ring
of persons endrcliiig the bund in the mar-
ket-place to hear tbo performimee of bis
own first work, which, he says, tilled him
with a secret pride, and was tbe com-
mencement of his pursuit of on art which
occupied tbo leisure hours of a long fife,
Mr. Gurdiner had but scanty eilucation.
On leaving a dame school, kept by a Mrs.
Loseby, be woa cotrnnted to Mr. Carriclr,
then the sole initruetor of '' Young Let-
cesterp" who taught little more than writ-
ing and the first rules of arithmetic* Bat
his father's acquAintoJicea were men of
talent, and he was allowed to listen to
their conversation, and to ask them quel-
tions, whicli thus at once prompted and
salinfied his love of knowledge^ A very
slight amount of teaching in Latin and
Greek, completed his scholastic course.
Tbe eirek of which bo was a member waa,
however, intelleeluul in its tastes,
though limited in numbers, Ibey
ardent votaries of science and literuturo.
At this time a stranger came to
cestcr, who very soon drew round him all
these young spirits. He was a scliool.
master, and being conversant with ilie
higher brjinchcs of mathematics, and [los*
sessing some knowledge of astronomy and
electricity, he become the leader of this
urse.
werS^H
ire. ^^^
Lei. 1
Il6 c cvlene, Tbia st range r was nfter-
I Sir Riduird Phillips, a well-known
fsbUilicr in London ; and the band of
]ro«n$^loaopiiert eooitituted thems^lveti
into tbe Adelpbi Pbiloiopbical Society.
Among them were, besides Gardiner and
PhiUipi, Thomas Lock wood, the late
Tbomns Paget (furgeon), John Coltcnanf
mmot, Sow net Coltman, and G. llarlej
Vn§9&io. Faarteen out of the seventeen
MMibers were minors* Their proceed-
ioga commenced in the year 17d9, when
Gardiner was nineteen years old ; and he,
and Mr. PhilUpt and Mr. Paget^ seem to
hntt been the leading minds of the aoeiety,
for they were the authors of its principal
papers. Young Gardiner's contributions
wtre thus headed: — ''Whether all the
Celestial Bodies naturally attract each
other ? " — ** What arc those bodies called
LCometa ? " — ** Ou Matter and its proper-
One anionic their modes of pro-
scientific inquiry, we are told,
the Hxing of an electric conductor
' Phillipa*s bouse, and this attracted
; attention of the local authorities. At
time the French Revolution broke
and whether it was that the mayor
magistrates suspected the young
of being illnmioAti, or that there
treason m electricity, was never re-
eled J but it is recorded in a volume of
prooeediogs, in the handwriting of
i aniiject of this notice^ that the society
a damolved in the year 1790, the " cou-
Utated nothorities of Leicester having^
1 their opinion that its object was
fa dnogeroas tendency ! "
Purroita of a lesi» su(»picious character
still open to Mr. Gardiner^ and the
rival of a German emigrant iu Leicester^
[the Abb^ Dobler, chaplain to the Elector
pFabtine, gave a stimulus to his> musical
llastcs, which formed an era in his life.
rough black-headed boy," the son of
i innkeeper at Bonn, had attracted the
Dticm of the Abb^, while in Germany,
fltriking talent for music. The
etor placed the youth under Haydn at
This youth was tlie extraordinary
L genius, Beethoven ; and, just pre-
to the Abbe's departure, he had
his violin trio in e Hat, which
|he Abb^S had put into his trunk, with
ome quartette of Haydn and Wranisky.
[On arriving in Leicester he made Mr.
LlyardtDcr's acquaintance, and, with bis
ice, and that of Mr. Valentine, the
of Beethoven 'ti music were first
llieard in that town in 1791, before they
I were known in tht* metropolis. This com-
IpOfitioD (according to Mr. Gardiner's own
ritatement) opened a fresh view of tbe
aosical art, in which sounds were made
to excite the imagination entirely in a
wvaioali
different way, raimng it, without the aid of
words, to the highest regions of thought.
Early in life Mr. Gardiner entered into
buBiness as assistant to Mr. Coltman, a
warehouseman of hosiery (the staple nianu-
facture of Leicester)^ and who was also
known as a coin -collector. In the oonrse
of his duties he visited various parts of the
country, and formed a large circle t>f ac-
ijuaintances and friends, oii well by his
i'onversationa) as his musical talents.
Excited, like so many ardent spirita at
the time, by the events of the French Re-
volntioD, he took a lively interest in the
startling events of its progress, and io bis
Memoirs has dwelt at length on iH more
rcmarkabte passages, and the sentiments to
which they successively gave birth. His
sympathies were throughout with the po-
pular party ; but at length, like all im-
partial witD eases, he was compelled to
condemn the ezceasea of the republicans.
At the first blush of peace in 1B§2, he
hastened to visit Paris, where he en-
countered Mr. Stone, to whom and to
Mis5 Helen Maria Williams be had letters
of introduction. The lady kindly took
him through the city, and pointed out to
him the memorable spots of the Revolu-
tion. He was furnished with a letter to
General Morticr from a Mr. Silvester^ of
Manchester, vrith whom the General had
served his clerkship as a merchant ; and
he dined with that personage at the Etat
Major— the Horse Guards of the French
metropolis, in company with Madame
Mortier, and the general officers, Meiioo,
Souit, and Lefevre. Ou the evening of
the same day he went to the opera, and
there saw the First Consul, Buonaparte,
dressed in his robes of scarlet and gotd^ —
a spectacle which Mr. Gardiner declared
to be magnificent. In Paris also he visited
Dcnon, the traveller in Egypt ; Didot, the
inventor of stereotypy •, and Fleyel, the
composer, whose invitation to dine he
declined, in order that he might not fall to
be present at the exhibition of the water-
works at A^ersailles. A few days after he
was present at the Anniversary Fete of the
Revolution, and again saw the First Consul,
then in hts 'Jt^ud year, as he waa descend-
ing the grand staircase of the Saile rfe*
Ambassadeurt, Mr. Gardiner passed his
evenings in Parts agreeably nt the foircnr
of Miss VVilliams, where he met a vast
variety of characters and personages \ but
hia visit was abruptly brought to a close, by
Ilia landlord inronning him that an officer
of the police had been with him to aay,
that a gentleman in the hotel had been
making free remarks upon the coasul and
tbe government, and had ordered the land-
lord to admonish his guest not to open his
lips again upon politics during hia stay in
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PiiHii* Thi* ijidacod Mr. Gtrdiner to pro-
cure hu puflport and lesTe the dty oeit
Mr. Gardiner cornmenoed aalboTahip in
IB12, by Ihe ptiblictttiun of the firit volume
of his**SAcrcd Melodlei:'' whldi finally
ex tended to aix volumea. The 6rst two
contain a aelection of the most bcautirui
melodies of modem art adapted to tbc
wordf of the beit Enilialr poelfi and in"
tended to form a marc {?k*vat<*d ityitetn of
paalmody tban any in use. The third
Tolume cotitaina the fmtit anthemt by
English authors, together with many duets
and trioSf accommodntud to female Toioet.
The fourth volume h, vrith the exception
of five pieoeSf entirely modern music, taken
from me mnstoft of Ha|dn, Moaart, and
tioethoTen, but adapted to English words.
The fifth oontainn a selection from llos-
aini'a oratorio of Moses in E^pt» Haydn^A
La Tempe«ta» the Abramo of Cimarosa,
S&d the posthumoui works of Deethoren.
^^e last Tolume indudcs the remainder of
io»es in Egypt, the Leicester Charity
lOde, by Dr. Boyce, ** a compotHlon that
j^u the opinion of Mr, Gardiner) hai never
aarpaiacd by any author, ancient or
I $ '' together ^nrith aereral inedited
lleeai by Haydn and Beethoven.
Mr. Gardiner also compiled An entire
^ratorlo, the subject of wliich was Judah.
It was a concerto of the finest choruses of
iaydn» Moaart» and Becthorent with por-
iions from some other dassic mastei'a, In-
|4erBpersed with occaHlonol pieeea of his
|Own. In order to complete his dosigpi. This
Mai published uniformly with his Sacred
[Jifelodies.
The Lives of Haydn and Moaart were
translated for him by the Rev. C. Berry
nd Mr. R, IBrewiii^ nnd it was not until
' ho had incnrred the cipcnsca of papei*
I printing, that he proceeded to seek for
Ie publisher. So well, however, hud hu
rttaoaged the technical part of tbia busi*
TlUfSB, which is generally a dangerous step
Pwith authorni that Mr. Murray was in-
I^Uocd to adopt the work, and even to
liow him a moderate profit on (he e«-
tenses incurred. He aftcrwanU offered
is new and more original work to Mur*
I.tmy, but his hands were then full, and
Ji was accepted l>y Longmans. This wss
^tntitled ^* The Mnsic of Nature ; ur, an
;tetnpt to prove that what b passLimate
1 pteaitng in the art of Singing, Speak
pg, and Performing on Musical Instrn-
ittieott, is derived Frimi Ihe Botmd« of thi-
lAnimntfd World,'* n tldrk Hvn. volume,
lpnhli«h4Hl in IH32.
In iJi.'Ui Mr. fjardiner produoed two
volumes of *' Music and Friends ; or Plea*
^— * llecolJcclions of a Dilettante ;" to
i third and ilnal volume was added
early last year. For an account of this
work, which la composed In part of music
as well aa gossip, we m«y refer to the
ample reviews and entraeta which we made
at each period of its publidUion. It
abounds not merely with pleaaant anec-
dotes of many persons of rank and dii-
tinction to whom his talents made him a
welcome visitor, but also with incidental
notices of most of the great notorieties ot
his age, for he had a strong predilection
fnr seeking out, so fkr as his opportunities
allowed himt those persons as well as those
places which are best worthy of attention
and of remembrance,
Another work by Mr, Gardiner, but
which we have not seen, was the reaolt of
\\in iTnv.'lM. ill Sr^nttircM Kitrnriiv und 18 CQ*
I Merest, it
1 ! together,
in km I hi CO iiteuiry work&, Lh^jic are more
than fifty songs composed by himself,
besides many more that he *• improved by
cutting out old -fashioned flourinhes now
obsolete,*'
In 1S4B he repaired to the inaagoratioo
of Becthoven^s statue at Bonn, when Prof.
Walter of the university observed that an
English gentleman was present who was
bom in the same ypar with Beethoven, and
who was the lirst person who iutrodaced
bis music into that country. He proposed
that that gentleman should affix hb name
to a parchment about to be deposited be-
neath the statue. " I ascended the steps
of the pedestal, and, with a trembling hand
would have written ray name ; but there
was soiree ly room. There was, however, a
upace just under Victoria and Albert, when
all and one cried out, ' Anglais I Anglais !*
and I was ordered to write my name there
— an honour I could never have expected,
and the greatest I ever received In my
life.'' A chapter in the last volume of
*' Music and PHends," contains a long
account of this ceremonial.
Mr. Gardiner attained his persona! dli-
tinction and reputation principally by hia
agreeable talents in eonvcraation. He
posecsfied an exuberance of spirits, and a
vivacity which rendered him generally
neceptablc in society. For many years—
indeed, throughout Ins life,— -his company
was courted by those much higher in
station than himself, who were amused by
his originality and informed hy his liiteliU
gc nee. With the natural vanity of a man
in great measure wlf-educated, he had the
infirmity to be too easily flattered by the
notice of tllstin^^uiBhcd persons ^ yet, on
the other hand, he wna utwnyi^ kind and
attentive to Immble individunls who showed
any indications of talent and a wish to
learn. Though por^iessed of an ineihaua-
tible fund of humour and anecdote, his
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0b!TUAR¥.— i^rjr, Opie.
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wit wAi never pointeil with malioe. He
was oftsD wild in his opiaicmt, and extra*
Taganiiii his rt^ marks; but, considering the
digndTHotAges of hid early educatton, the
extent of his iDformotion was really sur-
priaiog'* His obgerratioiis cpon the Ta-
rioQS papers read before the Literary and
Philosophical Society were bright and
nmwnngt though eccentric, and the au-
dience were always pleased to see htm
rise. In reJigious matters bis theories
were hr too free ; but he was regularly
to be seen in the corner of the pew of the
diipd to which be bod been accojstomcd
fraoi bis childhood. In politics he always
profesied and maintained opioiona of even
extreme liberal completion. In hit per-
sonal habits he was temperate and frngal»
hii meana never having been large, and
bis expenses never exceeding hia means.
Hia uiiliar form, and elastic step, as he
Gtssed along the streets with a book under
s arm, will long be remembered by the
deoiseni of i<eicester.
iLnoog hii weaknesses was that of too
gmit coidldeoee in bli physical as well as
bis man tat energies. He never walked
with a stick, and depended upon regular
axstrdae sod attention to diet for exemp-
tion httm all diseases. His father by a
aiBiilar mode of life (as he presumed) bad
attained tbe age of ninety>four : and he
himself reckoned, with too much presump-
tion, on attaining at least the srime period
of longevity. Contrary to the experience
of ail mankind from the days of tbe
Fsalaist, he gravely maintained the doc-
trine lliat it was not too extravagant to
•appose that the dymtion of human life
mlglit be extended by \m own '* uking
thought/' to tbe term of two hnndFed
or even a thousand years. (Music and
FHends, vol. iii. chap, xlviii.)
Little more than a week before Im
death, be was seen in the town, walking
in bis customary active manner. A car*
bancle broke out on the back of his oecki
and in four days after he had lain himself
npon hia bed, he was a corpse^ His body
was interred in tiie new cemetery, on
Monday the Slat Nov. The mournerB
were T. Stokes, esq. of New Park, R.
Brewin, esq. of Birstall, Mr. A. Paget,
and Mr, G. Toller. A large number of
the congregation of Great Meeting, mem-
bers of the Literary and Philosophical
Society, and of the townsmen generally
were present. The funeral service was
nduoted by the Rev. C, Ikrry.
Mkh* Ofik.
Dec, 2. At her retideDoe, Cattle Mea-
dow, Norwich, in ber 85tb year, Mrs.
Amelia Opie.
The last two years have been fatal to
some of tbe most ancient among the lite-
rary women of our land. Harriet i^ee, one
(and tbe principal) of the authoresses of
The Canterbury Tales ; Mrs. Sherwood,
of large repute in what it usually called
"the religious world;" Miss Berry, the
friend of Horace Walpole ; and now, with
Amelia Opie's time-honoured come, must
close the record of deaths for 16&3.
Mrs. Opie was the daughter of Dr.
James Alderson, of Norwich ; the name is
best known at tUe bar and on the bencht
where still ita representative h sitting ;
but Dr. Alderaon was a popular phyalclan
in his day, practising during Lis whol«
medical career in Norwich, and particuUrly
noted for his kindness and attention to the
poorer class of patients. He had literary
tastes, and waa a great politician of the radi-
cal—almost rerolntionary — kind, Ame-
lia's mother dying in her infancy, she was
left as the sole charge of her father. It is
clear that be greatly endeared himself to her.
With tbe exception of her nine years of
married life, he was her companion during
nearly the whole of their joint career : for
she did not marry till the age of twenty -
nine, and returned to live with him on the
death of her husband. It canjiot tmly be
said that Dr. Aldcrson gave liis daughter
the iteti education which her time might
have afforded, since we have instances at
that day of women much more solidly in-
formed and better grounded, who thns be*
caiDC less tolerant of imperfection in writing
and reasoning, and far less likely to he mis-
led by outward slio ws. What may , however,
fairly be utatcd is, that he showed his value
for sterling principle and solid attainments,
by promoting, as far as possible, her in^
tercourse with a woman eminent for both —
domestic and simple iu her habits, while
keen tu her appreciation of excellence in
literature and art. Still, here was a young
lady, — brilliant, winning, and popular, — of
delightful diiposition, but not at all u nam*
bitious — loving society, and early its dar-
ling— what wonder was it if her wit, her
gaiety, her poetical and her musical powers,
(united as these List were in song,) carried
the day, and filli^d that ground with Howeri
which might otherwise have more richly
abounded in fruits? Fruits, however, there
were — rich and precious ones.
Amelia Atderson, besides the early cnl*
ti vat ion of ber natural powers and taEtes,
ieems to have thrown herself warmly into
her father's political feelings. Being in
Loudon at that stirring time (in Nov
17^4) wbeu the trials of Hardy, Home
Tooke, &c. were going on, she accompanied
some of her Hcnds to the law court, and ,
wrote daily accounts of the proceedings
homo. Her letters are weU remembered by
those who heard or rcfl<l them, as chroui-
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OBiTVAnY^^Mrs, Opfi$.
dtnf in tlie livdiett minacr tbc exciting
incidaitff to which tmch dajr gttve me. One
cantiot help r^rettinf^ th^ir destruction;
but Dr* Aldfrsoo, iu a member of the
Nonricb *' Corresponding Society," al-
ftmdj Uj under flujpidon. The HAbeoa
Cofpiu Act beiof niipendedr no man
otHud teO bow looQ till home might be
e&tcred And hts correApondenoe ezAinttied.
He read the letteri therefore only at the
fireiide of the friends with whom bis mott
intimate boang war paBBed, and then burnt
tbemalL
We pMi on to Miaa Aldenoo'i marriage
in 179S, when, aa haa been laid, she waa
twenty* nine years of af e. She had written
before that time, bat not^ wo believCf for
the preaa i inUcaa, potiibly^ occaitional
amfis for here muit be mentioned, what
•Iwftfi ipiicared to ns her true vocation
iOMtCrft not •writing. Her exquisite oar
■ySle her Intolerant alwayn of inbarmoni-
Otta vene ; «be adapUd well : the single
tliooght or emotion of a song waa often
beantiliiUy rendered. We have under-
flood that many nnpabliahed proob of her
genius In thia dmrtmeot have been teen
by private frienda. She aang theae aooca
Anety. In interpreting, Ah:, a lyrical hdUad,
it would not have been easy to find her
equal. There might be a flight ihade of
exaggeration [ bat ahe felt deeply, and
threw heraelf into the feeling or thought
ihe reprraented ; — the power and pathot
were rarv and unqueitionable.
Wc do not pretend to enter on the
qneition of the iuitabUnett of her mar-
riage connection : no one, at leant, could
qoeation her faithful, unremitting, earnest
endesvourt to forward the objects of
Opie'i life, nor her warm sympathy in hii
pains and pleasures. We cannot read the
memoir prefixed to hii Lectures, and not
feel both her attachment for sad her on-
dentaoding of him. It is known that
she bore meekly with his occaaronal
ronghneai — shed the light of her own
charming temper on his somewhat moody ,
anxious turn of mind ; — ^was helper, com-
forter» inipirer, nurse. He died in 1B07,
and she, after her nine years of wedded
life, returned to Norwich, never thence-
forth to quit it, at a home. It is right
to add, that during her married jean
her pen was frequently under exercise ;
not without need, for the pain ting-room
anci^etaea were not such as to place her at
her ease, and her Iotc of society conld
not be indulged without expense. Of ber
works, '*Tbe Father and Daughter," pnb-
liabed in 1801, is perhaps the most strik-
iQg. It was translated and drmmatised,
si^, as the opera '* Agneae,'* with I>er't
•—- «- aikI iimbrogetti^s aellog and sing.
Yill, u a contemp<»rary says,
'' connect Amelia Opie'a nme with i
so long as the chronicles of vn
be written/' More feeble vfft
lowed ; in fact, she WTOlt too
and with a carelcii pen s fit tmamg bar
tales are some of real powcr^— ^ Ifnrd^'
will Out '* and ** The Rofiaa Boy," in
" Simple Talea," rot in oor fWoUectioii
with hauntiog force. The ** Odd-tei
pered Man,^* io a different style,
seriooaly, deeply, impreaaively psthetie.
** Temper," ** SL Valentine's Day,*' and
her later " lUustratioos of Lying** and
" Detraction Displayed ** seem to ut Ut
inferior. In the Isist two, particularly,
the mode of samDiDg up, as if the two
vices wore on their trial — as if the result
of their reasonable ooodemnation wnuUl
bring us in real life one atep farther frvim
their contaminatitLg intfoenoea — was surcljr
unworthy of one aoquoititod with hn^
nature.
Mr. Opie^s death bronght hts widow
only to the age of thirty-eight, and she
lived forty-seven yeara kmger. She
might, we are assured, have married again,
bat the remained as she was, her fa^ier^B
inmate — the friend, — the chaerful, lively
guest, whose conversational and musical
powers were alwsyii welcome ; who was
ever ** a friend in need.*' Her father died
after a long decline, during which she
tended and nursed him with devoted
affection. It was during the long cos^
finement of that time thlt ii%lBai ins*
pressions were certainly demenad
ftreogtbened in her heart. Her ft
till then apparently not much
to converse upon theae subjects, no
found pleasure, advantage, and comfort m'
bis long conversatJoos with the late
J. J. Gurney, and, by hts own desire, W!
interred in the burial-ground of tl
Friends.
Her own after assumption of
Quaker faith, garb, and
the time • dogm ai snri
which at this day appears quite
portione^l to the occasion. Bi ought
and baptized among Unitarians, Mrt, "
had been for a long time, aa we know
her own aathority, verging towards,
finally, a convert to orthodox views.
*' The choice of a religious commuoitr,'*
the obserred, ** in my own mind, only tnca
lay between the Wesleyan Methedials and
the Friends ;" but in the former she had
scarcely a connection— in the latter many
and dear associates. It was therefore the
least possible wonder, excepting In so fisr
as her lively, joyous tendencies
bot appear nnaaited to to the
costume. 8nch broad
past and prfioent, in
always vndetirthlfr-^wayi Mon or
IhthcTA!
Mr«,
Odituary.— Jfn James Tt^ubshaWf C.B.
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forced, when mmniiers and dress nod
■peecli iuiTe all to be arrajred in a style
mknoirn till oow. AM that can be B&id
is* that the J laay be smcercly adopted as
part of a system, ia the main considered
as 0ood sod widc; may be barricadei
a^faiast retrogression and pledges of bv-iog
ill eBTuest. in Mra. Opie'a case, we do
not think either ber new or old friends
had the leaat reason to charge her with
fickleness: and dcKbt whether for two
minutes together, she ever felt a wish to be
free of what seemed tramoaeld ta others.
One needed only to observe how her o^er-
fl owing, exuberant spirit of cnjoymieDt
stood anrebnked by her garb, or how her
coiinteDanoe only softened into a look of
more acrions happiness, to be assured that
there was no self-deception in the matter.
What would the world ha?e had ? She
was lofing and candid ; willing to be at
peace with it where she could; quietly
walking in her own wajs where she could
not.
The trials of ber later years were sharper
than the wis willing to allow. Sbe bud
mure bodily affliction than even those in
the house with ber easily found out ; for
it was her perpetual habit to make as little
IS possible of pain. Far deeper, more real
was the grief that spmug from the loss,
one by one, of her most cherished friemls.
The death of Sarah UuAton, of North
Repps Cottage, Cromer, — then of ber
brother, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton— of
J* J. Gurney — of his married daughter —
andt last nol least, that of the late Bishop
of Norwich — ^whom she greatly loved and
fahied — weresuccesaire shocks from which
she did not easily recover ; and it is said
that she seldom mentioned either of these
persons without shedding tears; though
always wiudiug up with a few warm words
iodicative of the strong belief in a re-union
hereafter.
in May, 1851, she came to London on
her last Tisits, and attended th<s great Ex«
hibition ; on which occasion, while cou-
ducted in her chair round the building —
for she was very lame — she met Miss
Berry, tbeo ninety years of age, and con-
Tcrsed with her in her usual lifely
She returned to Norwich- Her
i animated notei and letters still
to her friends. In one of the^e,
dated 4th Month 27th, 1B52, she speaks
with more disturbance than was usual to
her of a threatened removal from her boose
in the Castle Meadow, in consequence of
City aiteratioiiB. *' Only think, dt^ar friend,
what an unfortunate person I am I I must
go, if aliTC, somewhere else, and this is the
most complete bouse for a lame invalid
that evej- was. Well 1 what must be, must
be; and I hope 1 shall get a habitation
Qs9tT. Ma&. Tol. XLL
somewhere, even before 1 iohahit ray grassy
grave I'' It is a comfort to think that no
move was made, until the last and linal
one. But the last half-year appeared to be
marked by more rapid stages of decline.
None of her relatives resided with her, for
in general she preferred being alone ; but
during the last month she was attended
by one of a younger generation, the Rev,
R. Alderson, who performed all the fiiial
olhees, and closed her eyes. Slic was in-
terred in the grave of her father, at the
Frienda* Bufial Ground, Gildencro ft, Nor-
wich, amid a considerable concourse of
persons who had known, and many of
whom loved her. What has been said of
her before, we now, in conclusion, repeat.
She was '*true in heart and true in life ;
generous, confiding, and faithful. Her
cheerful heart shone through her bright
face, and brought comfort and pleasure
into every house she entered ; and her deep
reverence for all lofty and sacred things
was as remarkable as the cheerfulncai
itself."
We shall ever regard her life as one of
tlie healthiest and happiest we have known,
and consider it as one of our biessings that
a portion of our own has been brightened
by the friendly regard of Amelia Opie.
Mr. James Tjiubsuaw, C.E.
Oct. 28. At Little Hsiywoodj Colwich,
Staffordshire, aged Jb', Mr. James Trub-
shaw, C.E.
ile was born at the Mount, Colwich,
Feb. 13, 1777, and was therefore four
years and a half senior to another vt^ry
cmmcBt member of the same Society (of
Civil Ktigineers), whom in after-life he
was proud to call his frieud, and to whom
he looked up with sincere respect and
affection, the late George Stephenson, esq.
(see Gent. Mag. Oct. 1848), by ivhoui, in
turn, as also by liis distinguished eon, he
was met, on all occasions of intercouri>e,
with the most kind attention and cour-
tesy. And here, it may be observed, that
(allowing for individual diversities) there
were many points of resemblance hnetween
that very remarkable man and hinuielf»
both in character and in career. Both
were strictly men of original genius, of
great natural talent, and perse vcri tig
energy ; hoth were of simple, open, manly
bearing ; both had been subjected to the
discipUae of actual work in younger days ;
and both were the makers of their own
erentual reputations and pobitious in life.
It may be added, that hoth were equally
esteemed and respected, whertver known,
as men of tmblemished integrity. But it
ia not intended to run parallels whore nei-
ther comparison nor contrast is needed,
and where the celebrity of each rests oq
0
06
OmrvABy^^Mr, Jamis Trubthaw, C*E*
[Jan»
it« owa solid foirod&UoD. The points of rc-
scinbhnce have been alluded to only because
thcf were fellow labourers of the same
geueriition, for the benefit of thetr coQatrjt
in a common department ; and because la
IVlr* Trubshaw perbapa the last ia gone of
the old scboot of engrneers* whoae works
will be hstided down to posterity as
records of intuitive genius combined with
singular practical skill. For Mr. Trub-
fthawi like hij great contemporary » had
few adTantngct of education ; but in it^
itead he aeemeJ to be gifted with an in-
atinctiire prrocption of all great roecbaiii*
oal pnoeiples, uniformly guided by excel-
lent common iienae.
In earlier life hi« abilities became gra-
dually known, chicHy within his own
county, where be actjuired the favour and
esteem of many of its arietocacy. His
iirat special patronesi and friend was the
then Mrs. Snejdi of Ashcomb, to whom
he himftelf always attributed his aturt \n
the world ; but thronghout life he received
unremitting encouragement and kindnets
(and csen poj^thnmonHly) from other tnem-
bera of that much respected family. The
late Sir Thonais Cotton Sbeppnrd and his
father may be roeotioned as otber con-
stant friends; and, at n later dayr Sir
George Philips ; by aU of whom bis tried
worth was consistently appreciated; but
his name was well known and esteemed
through the county genenUty. At a later
day Kfr. Trubshaw became Engineer of
the Trent and Mersey Canid Company, in
which capacity his serrkea and works
were of the most valuable kind, whether
in thet way of construction, repair, or su-
pervision. The various reservoina, feeders,
tfiW — - ""! other work* which he di*
r» ,t Company, bear equal wit-
iii t>rm or other, to his judicious
tiutiit^cuiriit or able contrivance.
At an architect Mr. Trubshaw was na-
tumlty without clasdc pretensions ; but
his dest^na were always cleverly arranged
%r - — '■^- ■■• '■' -.—.I".. »...» ...,^.r,.^^
Il r-
t,.l, . ^ , ...
m domestic work^ in tbat deportment
**» Iffll^. nftir Aihlxturne, and Weston
k shire (which he built
- owners after designs
■ -■ lip quoted as
on. In an-
;;inal concep-
vtitha), he accom-
ible work. The
ibury Church, in
1 more than five
^ilar. At a small
J cess than that of
< arth on the higher
'*uag«« adapted to the
purpose, until the fabric above might i
dually sink and settle by its own weight,
Mr. Trubshaw restored the tower to its
upright position, without damage to a
single stone of the whole building.*
In the outset of his career, however, his
great fancy had been for bridges, and, as
his earliest works of any magnitude were
in that branch of art and science, so were
his latest and greutest. Perhaps the
»' Grosvenor Bridge" over the Dee, at
Chester (so named by her present Ma*
jcsty, then the Princess Victoria, at its
formal opening in 1832), is, and will re-
main, bts master-piece of ability. An
elegant design for the structure hid been
produced by the late Mr. Harrison, of
that city, and its cleveroeas and beauty
were readily acknowledged* To design,
however, is sometimes easier than to exe-
cute ; and where was to be found a man
bold enough to undertake a work, which —
if ever completed— was to stand unrivalled
in the annals of bridge-bnilding ? A single
arch was to be thrown across the river, of
a span exceeding two hundred feet. Tel-
ford and other celebrated engineers bad
pronounced the feat almost impracticable;
and the terms o( contract alone, amonnt-
ing to ^6,000/. were sufBcientiy formidable,
for a work attended with so many potsible,
yet undofiQable hasards, at a day when th«
gigantic contracts of later time had not
become familiar. Nevertheless, Mr. Trub-
shaw courageously undertook the work«
It occupied six years in the completion ;
thefirftt a to no having been laid in Oct 1827,
and the bridge o|iened to the public in
Dec. 1S33. This was of course a term of
great anxiety and of severe trial* The
perils, both by bind and water, were many
and great. Demands were aomctimca
urgent, while supplies were necessarily
dealt out with rigid caution by mauagen
* The compiler of this memoir feeU
himself little qualified to describe any me*
chaiiicftl process, but he conceives the
work to hare been accomplished as fol-
lows: supposing the inclination of the
tower to have been from south to north
(it matters not whether in fact it was so,
or ftcf vwrta)^ a working trench was dug
on the upper (or south) side, across the
breadth of the tower, and from this trench
the ground beneath, as far as to the
northern foundations, was scooped out,
and made a sort of colander, leaving so-
lidity enough, as the work advanced, to
rciifit sudden or violent pressure, yet in-
viting its graduiil subsidence through the
weakness cansed by the perforations.
Whether this, however, be a correct de-
teription or not, the fact is indisputably
sure.
18540
OnirvM^Y.—iMr. James Trubshaw^ CM
^
wiio €CMild not afford to U&ten to \\\eda> of
indiilgeikce ; to ma of adfersitj now and
ttien ensued, and (a* will ever be the case)
tliere were not wanting some who looked
ttpOB the undertaking with adverse ejet,
or worte* whom (iredictlons of disappoint-
iB«iitt or CTcn liifis worthy considerations,
forbade to sorrow for any prospect of
fail are. Thus be, on whom the responsi-
bility retted, was more than once reduced
to Tery diaquieting straits, fint he waa
ao T«iii tbeoriit or random pretender, nei-
tlier had be calculated hia resources
looicly ; aad, after many a fluctuation of
dond taii aunahine, bold eoteqirise and
biOaest persererance had their reward. The
design was achieved in fuU ; and one of
the many wonders of this kingdom now
reniains for a laating memorial (as ia
hoped) of the builder's compreheusive
j^emiii and sterling courage. The BimpU-
city of coQstnictioa in the centres of thia
picat arcb (an intention of which he waa
justly proud), and the mode of alackening
tbem to brin^ the aroh-«tones to their re-
•pecttYc beanngB, drew forth great aJmi-
radoo from the mcmhcra of the Society to
wbicb Bir. Trubabaw belonged , and by
wbain be was treated at all times with
raarked leapecL A model of the bridge
aiul centres (with some others of interest)
wf« pfTsented by him to the Society, and
a nroblem of no small importance has been
aoiTtd in bridge architecture by the
triimipbant issue of tbijs venturoas and
able work.
Though it be to pais from a greater
anbgcct to i leaif there are iome details
coonecCed with a later work of Mr. Trub-
tbaw (also of very conaidenible magni-
tude), to graphically characteriatic of the
man, that thia record would be incom-
plete without a reference to them. Thia
waa, the erection of the new bridge, called
the '* Exeter Bridge/' orcr the Derwent,
at Derby. More than one disastrous flood
occurred in course of its progresSf to*
irolring damage obvioualy fatal to all but
the credit of the high-spirited contractor,
then on the steady side of threescore years
and tcji. And now comes the characteris-
tic CTidenoe just referred to, as shown on
occasion of a public dinner given at Derby,
in celebration of the opening of this bridge
in October. 1850. The health of the
bmlder having been proposed in compti-
inentary and very feeling termsi with an
allution to his ill fortune in the foregoing
respect, coupled with good wishes for " all
the enjoyment which iotelligcnce and in-
t^^ty could give to an old man in the
last days of his life/' Mr. Tmbshaw re-
plied in terms worthy of being recorded,
as a specimen of what may be sincerely
called * unadorned eloquence/^ '* 1 am
much pleased (be said) that my conduct
has met with your approbation. I bnvc
been in the habit of thinking all my life,
but not of talking much j and if the bridge
which has been opened to-day will carry
ua nil well over» 1 shall be much gratiliied*
With rtspect to the cost, it has never given
me muoh trouble. When I was asitailed
by sudden floods, and by quicksands in the
middle of the river, I soon found out where
my profits would be. However^ I have
paid^ — or shall pay in the course of a few
days'-all the ejtpenses incurred ; and I
shall then bum the accounts, and think no
more about them. I thank the Mayor, in
particular, and the gentlemen present, for
the cifUity and kiadneas X have received
during the progress of the work, and I
hope the bridge will do credit to my
memory when II am no more.^* The line
in the play forcibly occurs here —
Wat over t*le
Witli a more gallant modesty rehcarwd ?
Mr. Trubahaw'a age and comparatively
failing health after this period forbade his
attempting a further work, to which alln-
sion bad been made, and which was at the
time under serious consideration— namely,
of erecting a monument to Mr. George
Stephenson, to consist of *' a siogle stone
which should be seTcml feet longer than
Cleopatra's Needle.** The project wag
^avely entertained, and he himself was
sanguine as to its feasibility ; nor did his
peculiar skill in the construction and ap-
plication of machinery for all bnildi^g
purposea, leave much room for doubt that
his combined genius and energy would
have brought the scheme to a successful
issue, bad it been actually taken in hand,
and life been spared to him. His ing;e*
nuity in surmounting difficulties of such
kind as would have been involved^ had
been very conspicuously shown in the erec-
tion of a column at Ramsgate, commemo^
rative of the landing of George IV. in
1821 y of which he had undertaken the
direction at request of Mr. Shaw, to whom
his abilities had become at that time expe-
rimentally known.
In social life, Mr. Tmbshaw was cheer-
ful fljid friendly; abhorrent from every sort
of afifectaiion or pretence \ aod ready at all
times to communicate his valuable ideas
and stores of practical information. Order
was a great feature of his mind, in all
ways; and he was carefully deferential to
those of higher degree with whom he con*
versed, without any tincture of aervility.
It may be added with truth « that, as an
employer^ no master could ever have taken
more thought and pains to render to jill
Iheir dues — as well to those who served
him. OS to those whom he served. His
OnniTAriY. — Mr*
guiding principle — on cither »idc, and all
his life tiirongn-^wai a single-hearted up-
rightnesv. Aa rcapected tlie just ctaima of
workmen^ his own early experience hat]
made him a highly competent judge ; and
to great waji his anxiety to do them jus-
tice alwayi, that, at an early period of hiis
buiitiea§ — which he commenced at Stone,
with very slender resource* — neither he
nor hUi very estitn&hlc wife would ever
allow themRclT^ any indtttgencer until the
workmf'ti'A wages and all trade debts had
b«cn ni«de secure. Many, nt that time,
were the long and weary walks he nndcr-
tcM>k in collecting his own dues for such
purnosea ; and greatly distressing was it
to both, whenever those exertions hop'
pencd to prove nnsucccKsrul at the moment.
And other like trait)» of honesty might be
adduced in abundance, did such mere per-
sonal anecdotes properly belong to snch
general outline of character as the present.
In person, Mr. Trubahaw was of a com-
manding figure, tall and athletic, as may
be judged in part from the somewhat sin-
gular fiict of his having been one of seven
brothers, whose aggregate height was not
teas than forty feet. He was married on
the 21 St Jan. 1801, to Mary, youngest
daughter of Thomas and Mary Bott, of
Stone, who survives him, and with whom
truly found and shared, during a terra
more tliAn half acentury, *' that mutual
I'ety, help, and comfort, which the one
to have of the other in mnrried life,
nrosperity and adversity.*' A more
;nly united pair cannot have been
let with. Forty -four years of their
bfippy union were spent at Little Hay-
wood, where he settled in 1809* and where
they hud the snti^fnction of receiving from
frirndfs, in IBM, some little memorials of
icir wrddrd jubilee, Three sons and
ree dmughlrn^, of whom five remain,
re rhr ifsue of the mArriage: his eldest
, Thomas, an architeet of conaidernhlc
mise, died prematurely in 184!Z. His
est dau(;hter is the wife of Tbomaa
>hiuon, esq. nrohiteit, of Lichfield.
' ' I IthotMr.Trubshaw
indsomc inJcpend-
■ .'-'^c in proportion to
InUuirs and unfailing in-
1 cstmly, af^er a tshort
u uM(l wft« buried in thechurcb^
^*n;h on the 4th of November
,11. 1 ..^ 1.,. had li?cd, a faitU-
r of the Church of
1 ii occAsioned deep
iikd teceivcU, in his own imme-
tfhhouHioo*!. tbnt higbeat testi-
nely, of being
1 loss in many
....■, .--1 Lis own family.
Mr. TnoMAS WjontK.
Btc. 4. At Bagshot, aged 36, Mr.
Thomas Weddle, F.R.A.S., Profestor of
Mathematics in the Roy&l Military CoUegr,
Sandhurst.
Mr, Weddle was born at Stamford ham,
in Northumberland, or in its immediate
neighbourhood, and was educated by Mr*
Chester, an excellent scholar, who wa«
master of the grammar school of that place,
and under whom he made considerable pro*
gress in classict. These, however, he did
not prosecute far, but subsequently ac-
quired %o much knowledge of French and
Germnn as to be able to read with facility
mathematical works written in those lan-
guages. The bent of his mind lay towards
the exact sciences; and under this impres-
sion he WAS removed to the Anchorage
School, Gateshead, of which the late Mr.
Jamas Charlton was then the conductor.
Here his genius for mathematics imme*
distely began to discover itself; for be not
only acquired a knowledge of Euclid with
wonderful rapidity, but, while studying it,
suggested rarions improvements in the de-
monstrations, and many extensions and
moditrcations of the different propositions.
Here, also, he became acquainted with the
method of applying algebra to geometrical
investigations, by which he subsequently
made many beautiful diecoveries. A few
years after this, he kept school at Horsley,
near Ovingham, where he first became pub*
licly known as a mathematiciaa, having
there begun to write in the Lady*i Diary*
Here his ** Method of Solving Numerical
Equations of all Orders** was first diaco>
vered, which was re-ad before the Royal
Society in 1841, and published in 1B43,
while he was mathematical master in Dr.
Brace's academy. In some le^^pects this
was one of the most uneful discoveries ever
made in algebra^ as it furnished a certain
method by which miraerical equations of
very high orders ond involving large co-
efficients could at all times be solved, which
were quite unmanageable by the old me-
thods ; and as an iostanoe of its power he
gave a solution of an equation of the SOth
degree with all its terms, and another of
an incomplete one of the G22d degree in-
volving large coC^fficients. As a sequel to
Professor Davic*8 Hone Geometricse, Mr.
Weddle published a series of papers in the
Lady's Journal on the properties of tri-
angleti with thetr inscrined and escribed
circles, of great boiuty and originality.
The subject was thought by many to have
b^n exhausted ; hut when taken up by a
master mind, it soon apj>eared that the
properties of these figures were ionumera-
blc, and that new theorems might be dis-
covered without limit by any one qualified
for their investigation. For many years
Obituary — Mr* Samuel WiUinmis*
k
the L^dj^f Diary md other periodicalR
«cre ennched by bii contTibutions. Of
Utc jcttTs be was a regular contributor, as
far a« bis bealth pertnitted, to the Cnm-.
bridge a&d Dublin Mathematical Juurnat,
and nts papen will not suffer m corapa-
riioii with tbote of Uie first tnatbematictans
of the age, by whom that joaroal is sup-
ported. Though cut off in the flower of
his age, be had written much. If all bis
papers were collected (as they well deserve
to bc)t they would fill an octavo vularne
of between four and fire hundred pages of
entirely original matter. Tht« showiwhat
might have been expected frooi him had
be lived.
Mr. Weddle was not a mere mathema-
tleian : be was also a well-informed man,
with a fine tajte for polite literature, with
which he was well acquainted, and in which
he took great delight. He was an acute
metaphysician^ and reasoned as well on
other stUijccts as he did in his favourite
fdencev In every rclalton of life he was
good and amiable : an excellent husband, a
geoerous son, and a faithful friend ; so that
those who knew him best will mo§t lament
that be has been laid in an early grave.
Mb. SaMUKL WfLLIAMS.
Stpt. 19. In his 65th year, Mr.
Samuel WiUiamB, Engraver on Wood.
Mr. Williams was bom, on the 23d
Feb. 1788, at Colchester, of poor but re-
fpectable parents. A love of Art came
very early on him, and he was a mere boy
when he determined on becoming a painter.
He soon obtained materials for carrying
out the bent of his ambition^ and his early
easel works, if the pictures of a hoy may
be honoured with such a name, are said
to display all that observation of nature,
animate and inanimate, which bU wood-
CQts in alter life never fail to suggest. His
boyish efforti, however, did not procure
him employment as a painter; and be was
apprenticed to Mr. Marsden, a printer in
Colrbeiter. During his apprenticeship he
taagbt himself to etch on copper ; and, a
few proofs of woodcuts from a work en-
titled "Charlton Ncsbil" falling into his
hands, he vras induced to try hic^ skill in
drawing on wood and engravini; hifl designs.
He pursued this art without any cncou*
ragement tram his master, and ou the ter-
mination of his apprenticeship at once
entered upon it as bis sole business. His
earliest patron was Mr. Crosby, a London
pnbtisber, who had seen some of his boyish
efforts, and who promised that, if he ever
came to London, he should draw and en-
grave a " Natural History '* for him. Mr.
Crosby kept his promisei and a i^cries of
300 cuts was given into the hands of the
then aatritid oouatry artist.
His skill in design recommended him
to Messrs. Harvey and Darton, and to
other publiihera, who were ghid to have
a design and an engraving from the same
hand at n cheaper rate thnn they could
get them when the engraver was not
designer too. He executed in this way
many anonymous engravings, evincing
skill in design and dexterity in the nicer
louche a of his art. Hw name was first
known beyond the Httlc region of his own
huBiness by some carefully engraved illus-
trations to the Tasso of Mr. Wiffen, from
the designs of Henry Corbould. He dc-
sigtied as well as engraved iome charnc-
tcristic designs for Whittingham's edition
of Robinson Crusoe ; but some of his
cleverest works were those he produced
for Hone's Every Day Book, pfirrimlMrly
a aeries of the Months* Shortly after, he
supplied the tllujitratioDS to The Olio and
The Parterre, two periodical poblicatiuns
which were made veiy nttraetivc by these
embellishments, and which tn point of
vigour and character may be considered lo
hnvc led the way in the modern school of
drawing on wood. Mr. Williams was the
fii^t to give to periodical literature spirited
and good illustrations from wood blocks,
a plan that is now carried out to so very
great an extent. In Mr. Scrope's very
interesting volumes ou Salmon- Fishing and
Deer-Stalking are several exquisite cn-
graTings by Mr. Williams, of whom the
author speaks in high terms of praise in
his preface to the third edition of the latter
work. Mr. Williams also engraved several
blocks for Mr. Britton, which have served
to adorn the Cathedral Antif|uities, the
Picturcscpie Anttfpiitica of English Cities,
the Union of Architecture^ Sculplure, and
Painting (Mr. Britloo's account of the
Soane Museum), the History and Anti-
quities of Cashiobury, and an edition of
Anstey*8 Bath Guides as well as the works
of the Wiltshiie Topo^^raphical Society.
So much was Mr. W. engaged in design-
ing and drawing upon wood, that for many
yearfl the pencil was much more in his
hands than the graver. He took particular
pleasure in the delineation of rund scenery^
such as may be seen tn his edition of
Thomaou^s Seasons, but bis figure draw-
ings were also not inferior to those of any
of his fellow labourers. His industry was
equal to bis t clients ; but in consequence
of his numerous engagements, he was un-
able to accomplish, — what had been his
chief ambition, more than a few paintings
in oil-colours.
His eldest son, Mr. Joseph Lionel Wil-
liams, has been his able and efhcient assiat-
ant ; but has now quitted this department
of art» which, however, is still pursued by
bit two brothersi
10:2 Obituary.— ilfr. miies Maddojc.^Dr. W. E. Besjield. [Jwu
raeter to erery thing he lung, that bo i
a fAvouritc cha Hater for «oine yenrs.
At flcventera he played Bach*i
fugues with cfTcct and precision ;
ilecming ttmt n coiupoitrr should ho ej
riiucntally ac<juiLuited witb cvtry iottr
ment for which hi: |jrci|io»ea to write,
gave a portion of his attention to Ih
Irorobone, tnimpct, and even the drurni^
(apoa all of which he performed puhlicli
Bt the Norwich concerts), and Buh9»*1
c|uent]y prosecuted \m study of the viotiq ^
On the expiration of his articles with t>r^
Bock, being then tweatj-ooe jears of ag«^
he wai elected, from among many comj^
petitom^ organist to the p&riih church 0|
ik>iion, remarkable for iu 6ae orgaQ.
Dyrtng the same year he published
eight Chorals for Voices and Organ.
tlie same year (Nov« 2G, IB^C) he gradii*
tttcd Mus. Bac. at Oxford. The exercif
which he made on taking bit degree coa-J
tained a atriet Canon in fife real parts*!
On this occasion he received an uu wonted 1
tcstiuoniaJ, in a letter from Dr. Crotch 1 1
the fxamiocr, complimenting him on thflJ
merit of hi^ performance. Since this eventi
he has published his Concert Fugues fof '
the Organ, These were played during tbo !
Great Exhibition, to the listening thousAndt I
who tlirongcd the aisles of the Pala^ of 1
Glass. To hL^ intense practice, during!
tbii period especially, is doc that extra* •'
ordinary power of improvisation, in whicll j
he seems scarcely to have been excelled
by any liTing performer. In 1847 be
composed his Six Songs (which canscj ]
him to he spoken of as the ** Poet Musi*
cian **), and the following year he won 1 1
prize 1^0 r a church nnthem, against a host
of competitors. Renouncing his provin-
cial engagement, he declared himself % '
candidate for the post of organist at St,
Helen's, Bishopsgate. In this contest Mr«
Vincent Norello decided for ham, in oppo-
sition to the rival claims of no less thazi
thirty 'five candidates. It id worthy of j
remark, that throughout the contest ho
played entirely from memory, without the
aid of notr.9. Aboot this time he pub-
lished a collection of pieces under tbe title
of Mus tea di Camera, and not long after-
wards (at the age of twenty^four) took tha
degree of Doctor of Music. We next
meet with him as the author of a volume
of Church Anthems, which now form part
of the sacred rt'iiertoirc of most of our
cathedrals. In 1850 he married. At a
rather later ^»criod his Death of Hector
obtained the prize of ten g^ineaSt offered
by tbc Uuddendeld Glee Club for the
best nerioui gtoe, Sir U. Bishop being the
adjudicator.
But the work on which his repntatioQ
will mainly depend is the oratorio of Ttrael
Mil. WiLLii Mjii»d<»x.
Latelp, At Pem, near Constantinople,
Mr. Willes Maddox.
Mr. Maddox was bora at Bath, in It^lJ.
In hu cArly life his iakut attracted Uie
attention of Mr. Beck ford, of Fo nth ill
Abbey, for whom he executed several pic-
tures of a high historical class, and in a
manner far from unworthy of the subjects.
The principal were the Annunciation, the
Temptation on tbe Mount, and Christ's
Agony in the Garden. It waji doubtless
owing to his association with Mr. Beck-
ford, the author of the gorgeous Oriental
tale of '* Vathek,'' that the aitist became
Interested in subjects borrowed from Eust-
cm life, which were among his bcit pic-
tures, tiich 04 the Snnke Charmers, ATna
Fdlek, the Light of the Mirror, ike. and
hii portraits of distinguished Turks —
Mehemed Pachas the Turkish Ambassador,
and of Halil Aga Risk Allah, &c. It was
while in Turkey for the pur)>09e of paint-
log some portraits of the Sultan, who had
aat several times to him, that a fever ter-
minated his life after a very short illness.
Tbe honour awarded to Mr. Maddox by
the Sultan was one which, we believe, was
never before accorded to a European artist.
Among his principal works not already
mentioned, wo may refer to his Beatrice
Ceoci scekmg protection from the Count
her Father, The Golden A^c, The Conta-
dini's lAst Home, Naomi, Ruth, aud
Or pah. The portraits by Mr. Maddox
were examples of truthful and vi^oroui
painting ; of which those of the Duke and
Duchei^s of H ami t ton were moit favour-
able specimens. Bsth and its vicinity
possess many of his best works. For seve-
ral years past be was a constant exhibitor
at the Royal Academy and the British
Institution.— Jrf Journal,
W. R. BRxriKLn, Mus. D.
Mir. 5. In LoeuIoo, tn his 3Uth year,
William Richard Bcxfield, Mus. D.
tin was bom in Norfolk on the 97th
M*t, Rnrl, nt upven years of age,
•e '^1 loristers at the Cathe-
M I his tinnsual musical
mtrirtr*! the nttention of the
. Dr. Buck. At tbc age of eleven
n anthem in eight parts,
I] of grammatical errors,
, Buck that he possessed
vents, and he accordingly
«ucntc him for the profea-
' ' " 'la be
iog-
'- ■ ^^<^^y.
Uiig a range of nearly
u not e^ukt to manj
udi etprrssloo and ch«*
10540
OfliTLFARY. — M. Depping. — M, Fontaine*
103
I
^
Restored, wbicb he has od two occaaioiu
conducted in ' * v*b Hal), Norwich,
ooce OD its ti tion at the Choral
Society 'g Co.uv . v ,.. - ict. IB'j I , and again
At the MuAktt Festival lait year, Tliis
oratorio haA beeti pcrronnctl several times
iiJiee, and reccired witJi the most gratify-
iBf ez}ircssioisi of public approbAtioQ.
Dr, Bex6eld IcAves t widow and two
children to lament the loas of oue who, in
oTcry relatioa of life* was distinguished
bf ^«ftt limplicity of tnAimer and single -
OMS of hevt, and who wa§ beloved by all
who had eren the slightest acquaintance
with hlia. He had for aome considerable
time been labouring under a iminful in-
tfrnal <diforder, which, during the last few
weeks, had increased ; but, undervaluing
Hie aaitfllmce to be derived from medical
sdriee, neglected to avail him golf of such
aid Qnd] it was unfortonntely too late to
be of any service* Dr, WiUiams and Dr.
Rolled^ have been for the last two montlis
is attendance upon him ; but tbe latter,
wb*^' "*" '"^t called in, expressed his feara
tl, mic form of the disease, to
T^ 1 been for years subject, could
&ot be prevented from lapsing into inflam-
mation of the lower bowel, of which he
died,— iVojrfo/^ Chronicle,
M. DsprtKG,
L^ttly, In hiA 70th year, M. George
Berntrd Deppiog, a member of the Royal
Sociatj of Aotiqiiariea of France, and of
that uf the Antiquaries of the North lu
Copenhagen, and of many other literary
»ocietics.
He was born in 17B4 at Munster iu
Wfatphalia; whence he removed in 1803
to ?ittli» at Paria, He was not, however*
n 1 France until tbe year 1827*
11 o was that of a teacher of the
GcraiAQ language; but hi« more engroaaing
occupation conaiitcd in the prodnctioD ot
literary worlu, both originat and trans*
laied^ and he also contributed largely to
the Biograpbte Unirersellc, the Annalea
dea Voyages, the Magasin Encyclopedique,
and other |ieriodical publications. Among
his more importaut worka are a History
of Spain , in two volumes^ 1811; a History
of the Maritime Expeditions of the Nor-
mans, and their establishment in France
in the tenth century, 1826, two volumes
8to> ; a History of tbe Commerce between
the Levant and Enropc from the period
of the Crutades to the foundation of the
American Colonies, 1830 (for which he
had obtained a priju; from the Acaderoie
des Inscriptions et Belles Lettrcs in 1828) ;
af> JiU»,tri,-^i t^^f on the Jews in the
M , 1834 ; the History of Nor-
r William the Conqueror and
inandy to the kiogdom of France, 1BS5,
two volumes 6to. ; and Admiuialrative
Correspondence under Lonia XIV,
He also edited " L'Angleterre, ou De-
HCription Historique et Topographlque du
Royaume Uni dc la Grande Bretagnc,"
1823, 6 vols. 18mo. Second edition, 1827;
a volume on the Manners and Customa of
qU nstiona, forming a volume of TEacy-
clopedte Portative, in 1826; and several
geog^raphical worka, among which was one
on Greece, deriired in great measure from
that by Dcwlwcll, (1823, 4 vols, 1 8 mo.),
and a translation from the English of Bel-
xoui's Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 182L
M. Fontaine*
Ocr, 1(1, At Paris, in his UQth year,
M. Louis Fontaine, architect, the oldest
member of the Academy of Fine Arts,
In conjunction with Percier and with
Bernicr, he directed public works under
the sovereigns who reigned over France
during more than half a century,— from
the time of Napoleon to the revolution of
184:i. Even then he might have retained
his position as architect at the palace of
tbe Tuileries under the Provisional Govern-
ment, hut he declined to do so.
His body was btLricd at P^re la Chaise
with great honour. A large number of
the members of the French Institute, the
great majority of the architects, sculptors,
and pointers of Paris, and a countless body
of contractors and workmen of all classes,
followed his body to tbe grave ^ and mani-
fested their regard and regrets
At his grave eulogies were prooounced
by M. Lebas, M, Achille Leclere, M.
Gauthieri and our countryman Mr. Do-
naldson, who had long been on terms of
intimacy with the departed artist. The
few words which the latter addressed to
the assembled crowd, in their own lan-
guage, appear to have gratified them,
** Permit,'^ said he, '* an English architect
to place a leaf of laurel on the tomb of
his brother Academician, The architects
of Engbnd — the artists of ail Europe—
will learn with the moat lively regret the
cruel loss whicih the French school has
suffered. A probity without reproach, a
noble sincerity, and frank and honourable
coDduct, have gained for M. Fontaine the
esteem of several toverelgna. Uii name
will ever be united in tbe history of archi-
tecture with that of bis illustrious col-
league Percier. These two friends have
guided the studies of the youth of your
country, and have led them to follow a
courae which has produced for France
monuments of wbich you may well be
proud, since all Europe admires them.
Honour to France t Honour to her great
.
104
Obituauy*
[Jan.
Mn. John Savu.lie Faucit*
Nop. 8. At the house of a widowed
daughter, residiiii; near Biahopjgftte, Mr.
Jobo Snvillc Foucit.
Mr, FAUcit wai one of the old ftchool of
provincial mana^erH, nod an ictor of no
ordinary tnknt. He was htinband of the
oelcbinteii Mru, Fjiudt, of the Thciittcs
Rojal, aad ftil iter of Miss Helen Faucit
(uow Mrs. Mflrtin), Mr. K F. Sftfille, t
poptiltir Bctor of ihe Surrey, Mr. Alfred
Savillcv now of the Victoria, ami Mr. J. F.
Savitle, the Derby and Notltn^fbaiu ma-
uler. He wa« for mnn; years loAnager
of ieroml Chettrea in Kent, and lust held
public olEice in the treasury at tlie City of
London TheatrCt under Messrs. Johnson
lad NeUoD Lee. His last appearance
VDOO tbe stage wns a few weeks since at
Margate, in The lUustrioua Stran;^er, for
the benefit of his ion, E. F. Seville, the
present maDigei'. Aa an authorf he wrote
some Buoeeftfitl drainai, the moat popular
of which were The Miller's Maid, aad
Wappiag Old Stairs. A clever historieal
ioriali called The lleadii of the Headless,
wu tiao from his pen.
DEATHS,
AWUWORU IN CHR0N0L0OICU. ORfY£R.
Maw laso. WtiUr vcUh nn exploring imrty to
tiiv Urent Lnkr, a, nge.l '/ft, Alfk^tcl,
fonrtli *on of tli i , ui^q. of Allnou-fit.
llyrlc-j'irJt ijn 1 I '\h%. Htnllclotftiv^r
at i! iv, !i,-i i\.v r.utrjiiana, i,ijm uillwi
Urtnj <HK>fl Hope,
J I n-ik IjerouHjy munlerftl by tlio
nativr. oi J iiHju, \>citcrn Africa, on iKwinl iho
acljiionpr irerolnc, of which liu vrta* ci>ruinii[nk'r,
n*f(Hl al»» Cfipt. iMnkl CoriTuick, of Wkk ; and at
Uio *moe Umc^Agcil 'i'^ John 4L«raHani JaclCbOt],
(Uily win uf tho laLu John Hough tlttckiiaTi.eaq. of
CMiuhci'UGlK They were jijlnt owner* nf the
Tesaeli devototl frfoiid.^, aiiJ h<ul aallOil tog«tiitii' for
J^.7. At CAMtlchur, IrchmtJ, Mr. Mutthow
Archtleacoti, mithor of Ci}iiQaiij;;ht lUu^cr** ITU***
an l>Ulorlcji1 talo In on© voUnne; EvtTiml* an
IriMh tale of the lltth century. In '2 voIh. InSA ;
Lotfendii of Coiifuu^ht, l^iH ; &iul Slmirii rni
Sflggnrth, the IVk'j^t lluntor, u C'ulo uf the Tonal
Thnen, IM4» one vol. J[e dlc-i hi fIr'stlEute clr-
eamsbmceA, IomvIhk f*nir rjqOtan children.
Se^, 80. At Coiiini, I iiMt I (iilks, rn^^il 40, Ak«x-
atuUsr Edwiird Urowii, es|. uf I>uwhil]koru, Tirhout,
iihlcat son of the late Alexander UrowTi, c«q. of
Farnhiim, Sum-y.
»ept. 24* At Sttupjfir* Caiitaln GofirgP CoUlnff-
wood DkkAOii, '2^ri\ M.L.I. . iion of the laic Ailui.
Sir ArcWbttltl ColUtig^ood IKekJion, Riirt,
Sejif. 30. At ilerrtim, Msi^ira*, Margarctta^
Surah, wife of Capt, <;u»tiirJ. SujKTlntcniltrni of
Cooftf, youii^esl (Ian. of tha liov. Juhu \N'kito,
Vicar of Kx^iuniHter, JKjvon,
(Jit. A, tly r^n (vrcii^ciitiil fall from hh horse, al
Mftiluni. Lieut, Wlltiuia Marlcy Uarrongbs, id Ha-
<f>r/. 4. At Uomliay, ScconiULleut. Thfjma« Wil-
liam (Irahaine, Jtomlwiy Art. ion of Archihaht
ftraltiitne, o*j. of <Jrcat Liwrgw-^t* Westiiiinbter,
wild lintfUion.
ikt, ft. At Kirkcp, Btiuiliay, Hertiert Taylor
Dlckinaon, only ion 4>f tlio late John Dickliuon,
osq. soUcltor, of Now UrwiU-'^treet,
13
Oct, a. with liar Infant «lau. horn S«pt. >, by
tlie fbandcrhig of a bout om llir T.r,f ..f \hr \unr,vii
river, near Uombay^ aj^ott 'if>, '■ i '♦
wife of ArtJiiLT Malet. tiH\ r
Xkimbny, and third dau. of > j
Uvte Member of Council nt tl'
fic«. U. In Motiniwit. iir .
A1 Ida. wl fe of Lieu t. Hanim 1 1 1
74, Ltoat. 31icliael naiiagau, Uiv
(Ktnjf'ii Owl?) Hogt.
Oci. 14. At stra'ifiivLn, rumcmra, ftgud fi3,
Geargo Quaylc, ^ 1.
ftrf. 16, At J CaiJt. Ciedr|f«
Scott Haiuton, <.i hird son of C.
Hanson f Ciu\. of li<ir.-tt-«^jMi!ire.
1^, Vk In r>em&rara, o^cd 18, Anton ia-Soi»hla,
youngest child of the late M^iJor^Gen. Stephen
Goodman, C.B,,KJL
Or-/. *J7. At Madeira, aged 17. Henry-RowlaU,
clde»t »o« of the Her. Alex. J. U. D'Orsey.
At Madeh>a, Goorge John Thoniaa, eftq,. uf Ctlf*
ton, esq. MQ of the lato C*pt. J. Tlionuw, aad
Rrandnon of the late Gen. George Dick, K>LC«
jcrrloe.
(M. 3t . At DotitfiA!!, Ule of Han, aged 6ft, Capt,
George irt1l, fr.rmerlv of tlie B«th R^.
AW. "J . .'.CBpt Itolwrt Napier KbI^
hittt, late ' Ighiajidcr*, nephew of
Itichord h< ■
A'br. 3. At \\ in< liijitcr, Offwl fiU, John Dairid«oa,
esq. of Shnwfurd* near that city.
At »l»Tti4, In ll^^ 24Ui year. Charlotta Hm»e. only
dau. of the lli]j:ht lion, the Lord Jnatlce Clerk for
Scotland.
jVtw, .•*, Drowned when bathing in tho 9Wi. wMmi
on a Tliill to ArttjglllNn castle, near 1. / tc
revklence of Cvloncl Taylor, aged
IJon. f^uiao Aiiinuita, Lady Lan^iui
the eldest dau. of tho latct Edw. Mkinci ♦ i>n<>ijy,
(iw|. SLl\ (ur CO. I>Qnega1 (cooiin to tfie Earl nf
Longford), hy CatHitfLne-Janc, eldeit dau. of C. II.
FouM:»nhy-liarker,c«q. waamorrlcil to Lord Long-
ford In IH4G« and hat left iapuo,
A'or n. It! Souiliaiuptyt], aged 77, EdwunJ Lc-
vn, aged G7, Ellen-Loelaa, wlJb of
lUy. Mr^ln. l\ivniiV5ter li.N.
Atsti.! -T. George C, WtlBou,
4
Not
I ct, Suffolk, Aged 43,
Mary-IaaLH 111, wVv ut the Kcv. G. Ali-x. l'tt»ku.
Annie, dan. nf tlic lato 11. J. h\ How, esq. of
Mtiltoa Hon?*, Ni-^rM^nniptonshhtj.
At Matiliew i ~ i lompton Manfe« Ulo
ufTluLnut, Oij^ifd I bert-Chonucy, giily
son of the late *.'■',• ■ , eiiq.
At Uountjorrcl, ,«cmM my, .Jo?H!itih Shaw. Hei re-
toiuod lliu whole of \u% incultltiJi to the hut. He
has kfl living four uhildrun, Uiu-ty-sercn f^roiid*
children, and forty-two groat-grondcliildrtm, and
about twenty liave died proviotiAly.
At SL AnneV, £itocktDn«o«i>Teos, agct il, Leo-
nard IL Witklnson, esq. of LeinonVd
KTcen, London, youugntand only -■
iher of Hev. .1. WUklnaon, Incembotii
4V0V. H . At Starcroii, aged A'>, \N in . A >«i i , 4?>|
At Cooiuhc, Tenxance, ag«d T2, Maria, wUb
ThoTOfl^ PriHthln, tuq.
A' - 'rvmda,wlte tji
the jiitlieKoinaii
Suu c.B. She was
one o! t r I r ,-. ;, r 1 ; t- 1 - ,1 . i hAyhonae, UarL
hy hU •«& Ua, daughter of the Rev,
Joithua I'ai t iimrrioil in 1«27.
At SouiliMii. iJi/iA, wife of [huqia§ Dawney,
esq. H.Ki.r.S. and dan. of Um lato Mr VMlhoiu
Fakton, of Sliihllctou Hall, tJariuartheuMiire.
MorJH, eldest dau, of (Jic lato .lo^iriih Drake, oiHi,
t>f Higljh,^ale,
At ticiutf(irt-hnlhUngD|Wc>it, ancd Hf». Hrntnrth,
re I k't « r Win . 1 h'ko, c»(i . of Ww*dTH ;• r. ' '
Jamcn, hon 01 Itlchard Grootihal^)i i"
Bank, Atan&H eld. Hia funeral took 1 0
L9tb^ when all the sbopn and public in^tuutioniv m
1854,]
Obituary.
IM
llif town wtre ctottd In reipeet to Uia in«Qiorr*
I JUkioQg llk« amiafsi which followed were thoM
t«r Sir fidwwd W«Uter, G, W»Jkden, IL Wriglit.
r^iid E^ Btottttg, eiqn. On rc«clting TerenHit. the
[ ¥>Ar *•• IWTM 10 Ui« gr»T« l)j Miii« tjf the work-
f l&«n of tha deceoMd,
At BrtghtBtoue, Ial« of Wight, «i«ed 30, W. J.
Lunhen, M J>. ctf Ttiink, TorkJhlro.
At FtfilifllB, «ge<l 90, IMuglu H. L«waon, e«i.
At EntaitT* iM»r Bditol, llAitlm-Lacy, wi£& of
At B«rwick-Tipof)*Tw«c4, l^^ S3, Ainalitt^MAT*
imm, w*fr Qf John Pmtt, wi. ind oaly dau. of thu
f kleLJeui .€oi. Fomter,
At TonWidge WelU, ag«d 54, sjdina^ ddoat dm.
, of the Lit« IHster SUIl, esq, ttf Deroiublre-pl. uid
, LlocolnVinii.
Very mdidOTly, «t bia naddcii vtUa,
. <4«hCTli«adf Sorrej, TobUa W i . o*j.
^liie of Bcmliam Hoqm, Brofl^i: yion.
■ rotaola* irere broagbt to liorkiug in a heanc
FAOowed bf tea otrriAgea. und interred in the
i fearTlng ^roiitul of tbe Society of Friends, Dork-
I At ClMlleabAm. at tn edTsnced Ag«, EfwlldA,
k »14ow of Joabiu WRlUsu, eaq. of FeirUlge Hbuio,
HMT Exeter.
iToe. 9. At UilTOTQ-pL Bodnsinster, agea 4i,
[Ann, oldat ^mu. of th« lute Ensign Henry Iktwen,
[ «f tho 3nl HoraJ \>teniti Dattelioi}.
At KirkelJa, nisu tiuU, eged 79, Aii&ft-£Itift>
I jM^* widow of J. Broodlof , eeq.
I Al $owdoii>Tilla, L^mpstonc, Thonin* ^lArbottle,
F»|, l«le of Manchester «
I At UjUTOW-oa-tbo-bUI, Aged 49^ Richani Drfon.1
I Volte, esq.
I Al tiM Bot«1 HospltAl. HfttlAr, aged 47, Lieut.
K'Bo Jtfltary, R.N.
I In Cidfliipii-pU Looin, otily istirvii.lng dAU* of
IHie late OtpC Joibn lUudc, K N.
I At h«r mother*! rv^tMcn.e, (j:aeon'i-nM4, St.
rioh&VwQod, £mi]y imgcirt lUu^ of t)io
I Ute Ufr. Ucory Fu rectory, Suucx.
1 Althoboiue of i . L{. VlnccDt. Ciiq.
' Slplej, Surrey, EliKabctlii, yuuugeet dau. of tbe
\ lAte Itobert Vincent, esq. of South MimniB.
In Lamdowne-crescmiti Ken«ingtoD-p«irk, Anno,
rift of Captain Samuel Wyatt, K.A.
Jfm, t(K At Alton, aged 7d, .lainea Curtis, eaq.
At Itergmte, aged M, Jantea Dalftetf . etsq.
At itreatworth Kectary, need aa, EUz^UMstb, wife
r«fll«v. IJLDyke,
r Al Douglas, James nolmw, esq. hanker, brother
E «f Ibo hue Mr. Aldenuau John Holtnea, of Liver*
I joot, who died three weeks ago. The family (iro-
T Mr^, which is said to bo worth 500,0001. baa been
[ Jefl to the deceued'9 two grsnd<nj«cet.
At Klugiton Cross, Porlsva, aged 78, Sttkey,
[ fBllct of Henry Sabine, esq.
j At Thunea Dlttoii, Hunrejr, Anno, relict of tbe
f kte Henry Salkeld, &q,
I Al CrjibWe U * u ^< . n i ui r Povcr . EHxalwth- Wood ,
f fcUrtofLepi -^i-
At EaUof: k VVUIliuu Stiidloy, t&n.
Al Banercu '^lepnt-y, a;:«".I 34, Elka*
[ fec4b-IUther, wiic yf tbc llcr. R. .i ■
In Tartland^road, aged 90, Th c-tsq.
At Cheltenham, aged mo, h i of
rloshoa WUilaina, e»q, late of r-^rridiio Kousc,
[Pevan.
Jfav. II. In CharterhonAe^iq. Catherine, wilb
l§t £dww4 OonnpUn, esq.
Al HiMliQgs, aged 82, lOas Mary Crouch.
At Cbeabiint, aged 43, Julia, third dau. of tbe
[ late Fulwacd Harrold, CMq.
Al Kvrsluun, a^cd 40, Henry II iron, esq.
At fltfinur Castle, riTth&hlre, m^ed 4fi, tliv Right
I Bon. Montagn l^ady P^inmiire. ^ht was the eider
LAah* of the second Lord Al>crcromby, by the
I Eon. Eantagn Dundaf , thinl dau, of Henry 1st
[TlacoaAl M^Tttle ; and wna married to Lord Pan-
IjBure, then the Hon. Fox Maule, In 1811 J. She
I icvros no tene.
At B«riln, Qenenl Badowitx.
GiLNT. Maq« Tol, XLI,
Tn West1>otimti Park-lermcOf agedfiS, Cmilliii-
Huny, wife of Dr. Sabine. M.D.
At Cntaoote, aged 7^, Mn. Tatnall, wife of the
former gaoler of Warwick . lor more tluin 'i3 >>ears
she made great exertion for the rerormatiou of the
ft^niAle and Jurentlc ciffender* pLiced under her
care. Ke^pei'tJaK the usclUtness of lier career,
the late Sir Rjirdley WUmot wrote ; " To Mrs.
Tatnairs merltonatus exertioim m litle »tic &u])enn-
tended tbe fbraalo ward, and the edii nation of the
boys in tbe giaot at Warwick, the public at large,
as well as the county itself, are deeply indebted.
She giivti the first impnlse to that system of prlsoii
aitci[ilino wlijcli luu been attended with the bap*
piost effect/'
At Coventry, aged 78, John Twist, esq. an ewi*
nent jollcitor of tbat city.
John Luke Welten, e«q. of Style House, near
Kew, and Condult-«t. solicitor.
AVr. I'i. At LeUABter, aged (»6, Richard Boyer,
esq.
At Dalston. Frances, wife of Charles Caimt» of
the East India lie use.
At Salisbury, agod 66, Phoebe, widow of the Iter.
Henry Luko Dillon, Hector of Ljrtcbett Matrmrs,
CO, JJorset.
In lirompton-crescent, Harriet, widow of Ed-
ward Du Beds, esq. barrlstcr-at-hkw.
At Lee Park, Bhickheoth, aged 83> Charles
Francis, esq.
Aged 7S, Williani Uutton, 0q, of B^tham Hoiue,
Milfithorpe, Vt estincrland.
At Kdmonton, at an ndranced af;;*, Mr». Kirk-
tkatrick, for many yeant of linckney.
At Tectun Uonae, near Nurthampton, aged 87,
Tlios. Langton, esq.
At Camborne, aged 46, Rich. Laoyon, esq. ii.l).
At Hastings, Mr. Robert W. Lewis, wticitor, son
of the late lier. John Lewis, Ingatestone.
Atfc^l li W, Jane Macbeath, a pauper, t>elonging
toWlck^Caithnesfi,
At Crouch-ond 11 \ nn Lobb.
In Somer5ot-i<.i. Mrs. McClea, of
AddJfion-rood, Nuiui h t of Peter McClca,
esq. of fielfkst.
Aged U, Arthur-Edward, the ion of John Car-
nac aiorris, eiq. of Monsfiehl-st.
At Thames Dillon, Anne, relict of Henry Sal*
kcld, esq.
At Combe Flshacro, near Nowton Abbot, aged
67, John Shepherd, esq.
At Exeter, aged 75, BerOamln Sparrow, esq
upwards of 50 years limestone merchant at Cattle
Down.
yot. 13. Aged 79, Edward PAnjwu, esq. of Ox-
ford-terrace, Hyde Pork, and aomctime of Lan-
rence Foontocy-lane, surveyor.
At Ltverpool, aged 69, Major RfcUard Axford,
Bengal Army, recruitinfc ofDi^r In that town fbr
tbe Hon- East liutia Company'* Senico,
At Cuttle HdnUy^ lVrth*liire, WlUloin Dandson,
CAq. late of Bombay Artillery,
Cathenno, daa. of the Una Rev. Anthony CJ ray-
son, r>.r>. lYiMClpal of St. Edmund HalL Oxford.
At KingHton-npon-Tluiine^i, Kauny, eldest sur*
riving dau, of tho late Edward Loe, esq. of 1 ra-
more Lodge, CO. Waterfbrd, and Sldmouth.
At l>orer, aged 80, Jane-CnUg, widow of Arthor
Ifandark, esq. of Rochester.
At CamberwoU, aged 23, Edward-IUadom, only
Mm of James Vanhoose, esq.
At LitUeton, MidcUcsex, aged 37, Arthor W.
Wood, esq. son of Col. Wood.
Jfov. 14. At Briii^hton, George William Aylmer,
wtq. of Cppcr Grosreoor-st.
Aged ^6, Elizabeth, tlie wife of Jamei Boor-
diliou, enq.
By suicide, at Cork, r>r. Bull, one of the loeet
eraineiil Mirgeons of that city, Tbe unfortmiKle
Kentlcmaii had been latwiiring under an aberra-
tiou of intellect fbr aoine time pa^t ; and, thongh
a watch was keiA over him, he managed to elude
the TigHance of those emptoyed for that purpose,
and banged himself to a tree in his own gsirdeii
106
Obituary.
iiuU belmifliig U> lib aOVUlQ-
y ILuneouTt Carter,
rt Camaa^ tci. of
Ctuuapaiflya, ftur-
' pru*-
•on
with ttiu iuiiii«ry
At
A>-
W»Tr
Ai '
At
tit ihu l4lu i u>iiica etiJOiDOt oir^. tmiiker, ol Oiren-
coter.
^^,1 , ^f "» " '>irii*s, cAq. of Tui-y-bwkli,
ir : Mill of the \aXA U^or-
m i ymin >Ugi»tTfttB mid
Ipl^ '■!"•»
At SArAlJMonewAii.
Ac itiuitibcrland, KIU
A( (t'J, MHtlicw Hunt, eaq. lite of
Jftu; inl.
>yTi I of Kov. iJ, roynb!* l*tc
SC-t' 'i.>C,
A I " ' null, wife of Dr.
iti. Now Croofl,
A1 ircl OUbrtl Stiurt,
•^t H, June*
^^, Of Bw-
a »G, Ann-
,.., iiStto Stow-
Guildford-^aL uuJ
If. Uoberi fiftrntt.
Ajrisd 7!>. tUclurd PowoU, oaq. of Abboy>pl. St.
JolinS Wool,
At {v^khafn.Aged 92, Mrt. Pvne,
AkccI I a, CbuiM An^uiitine So^l^ Mnt cadet
..f uw \u->vn\ mi, Oollog«, Sandbttni, &fh woa of
mMI, eaq. of KerQejr, fitfltorgwi, aii4
ibe Ounruoir U«ttt*Qen. Sir Qtofgn
L , :-,LMI.
Aii«Mi 43, .uiD*. wife of Houiy Atw»U Smith,
etq. of Goabarr.hU], near Kljitfiloii-oa^Tluuau.
At MAdboromcU coll«igc. iagei 16, Pftynton-Le-
MAri'hant, yoangent ton of tlie Bar. Joim Jfttue*
VttU(flii4n, Itector of OoUnom* NoU».
At till hoiiM .,r lib fton-in-law ChAi-kt Uowcle,
«<t tnian««q. Jaaaoa £yre Wfttaon,
oxt ' I rsoge, W«nr.
Ai I £ D^by, noMT LltvrpcHAt iged
7i* «- N »4. of Brook Boom, Hcrti,
i^** * ' -' LiterpooJ Dock Silate.
ajigilaad-croiooQt, ageit 17, Wm.
At b4inuc»l aniikU'*, <
At lortji
KrtdcricA i ^
scut tarJ of Jer-Tif, bj i
tUnKhtcr of John tcni'i
SutaIi
tmorelaiKl.
4 &t«rbuf
If ton ui ¥Mki Aalboay Prtnc*
rettrs Imperial AmlmtmAttr to
ui !iLi> left ic\t'rnl children.
von '
lUririK sculervd i<
|n|Ctrl«dili6lNitii
by ber phyaiitift!i
boiw tJtat her nmti
ofibc lUwuUO.Alhl
jit Ha«tinga, waa, ^- - .
ToT»iOi»y,
In Bnry-at. llloota^baryf SuUoa, wl4<»w of 9Ja«
nt'y J fall, liiigrarer. ^ ^ 1
At VViihnor. Morgarotta. wife of Bear-Adm. W*
W. HwatlcTwn. ^ _^ !
tiabella, youtigest Oau. of the lata 0«Qfia (lU
:oar. «aq. of Wobum-'pl. and Balcaim, Abcr-
/ivr., «Dvsl Oft, J&ha M'Wiltiaiii,
17, Martinrct'Wtlrond*
... UUi John MunrOf esq. of
Is ClBid*'"
caq. lato of
At Qt^
yonnjce^ *JLl..
iurt>i»dns ^
At Itfraeoaibe^ Eleaxuir, relict of Llent'-Col* |
WUlLaiil H'^rirv Kiiwrim,
ClirisUin I'lrarlM OldfleW^ enti. til
ntr.roy-pn:
At <1<«nc.^, --^.,. . . vuiiom Pitman^ Ule Capt*
mU Rcgt.
At Cadsejii CullottQ, Alletta-Fnmcea, eldait tar*
rirlnff <biu. of Oharleii Revell, ciq.
At » oii^oitor, a^ UO. Frances Hcming, wUtow
ofthi' Hov, J. v. S. Fleinlnff Si, John, i*rob. of
WorcesUir. SUo wii* tUo oaiy dau. of Htchard 1
Flemlpg, c«q. of Dliuinaro. co, HorvL wn« married
iji ITHH, and left a wiitow In l!»a'J| baria^ hai
iisw A irct7 untnerotv fl&iuily.
At nyst St. Lawrence, a^ed 7)* Ur* John ^oaUv
yooDian. Tlio deccMed was bighly r«vpee(ed by ,
Lla (bIloir-pajriitaon«r», and bad filled tar ft<qr
euooeMlve j«an Che ofPce of cburcli warden.
A«ed 65, ItM-v-Anno, wife of J. E. Sparrowe,
c«q. ftolldtoT, of Ipfwiclu
^(JT. IS. At Camberwoll-groea, aged 76, Ba*
muei Cloa*. cmi.
At lirlgiit. .. k rr^ipri, ,, dd««t dau. of Frod»»
rick Howtir ' ;
III U)o I- iM£ed Ul« Jumed Palgety,
e*<j nf l>fik< i,. ;.,.„,., .S.ll.
At r, 1. hiHtter. ngwl 37, Umiaa. wlfo of the
IN V r n\ DavuK cldeiit dau. of Robert WlotCft
cAti. uf Bedford-row,
Aged Bh, Ilcnry JoeUn, o»q, tor tipwenU of (ittf
of tba iDdopendant Clmpcl, Qront-
At BoIey-bilU ({Dcheater. Fraacei, dau. of Uii
lateWm. Nkbobon^ eiq.
At TanDeld. aiced U, John S. SU&imoq, aeoond
aoa of the Iter. Yf, Sinipeon.
At the Eliot, EaUngt Elbtabeth, widow of Johti
Smith, esq.
At Stratton Aadlcj, Oxon, a«ed as, W. Watta,
Jfav. 19. At Couiiter-hU], New Croat, aged 90,
John Aihford, esq.
At Straaboone, V^^ Sarah Drooko, dau. of the
kte Henry Brooke, e*q. Clril SerriL^, Madraa.
At Muland Itouae. Derb. a«:ed B4, Llizabotb,
relict of Jatitkh Cbiag^bton, eeq.
At Coolinge, aded 57, Suiannab* wift> of T,
KlUott, e«q. and third dan. of the late Ur. T. Pur*
dnr, of the Llhmry, Saadgate.
Ilr. W. Heeleir. Che oldeit ioliabitaut of StraU
fKd-on-ATen. Ho Hilad Uiat b« ttmnm^tnd
1854.]
Obituary.
107
Omtiii tin lliM Ipiing crowned. «ontfO<iaeiitly bo
BnuThaw htin mhovi ooo bandred ymn at tigo.
Us «!• iMviie to Ilk iMl rB»tiiig«ptjic<^ oti WedsM-
ni»d M yctfi uch.
Wlaitftiity Ball, eaq of Ti
toa, tUu. df ijeciri^ Kowl. , , :
frl«e. iMttT UverpooL
Ai lUnie ft«y, aecd^l. Benjarnin Wm. lUw-
|», ««|, of Koniforil, f^tex. ►. Ir jt*>i .
I Iter iU^ttStt Parottst*. T fi t^,
. £tlcii, wtlie of the liev. [ l:aiJ«>U, lll-
Inbtfit of St. Luke'a, 5oaUi4Uikti*iuii.
tin AitMcJi-pL Fittro7-fti. a^J Tc, Ann, reiki
fit. W.S«ehTrtll,c*j.
At BmBienmlUi, JunhAlI, ol(ktl «on of Rctt-
At fz«el«u^. neu- Alnwick^ ILirgdreti Aim, pt
jMd 19, ]iiiry^Aiiiie» wife oT Johu TAttam, e«t|.
iwWIellWrcij.neur Avlt^bary.
Al Aocrinf/ neod 33, Catherine -
rHaomt^hk icr, osq. nod youngest
ion «f t)i0 lAt« j. Af . Vo«B, of Swamsefi,
Imwliih, Aged 73, M&iy. rcllet of Captain
Ifjttson. rt.N. of Exi'ter,
JVot* so, Ai Aitftcgr CcitaKOi Alton, Uiuit^, §^td
tt, Tlifliiiifl JPildwin, 6iq,.
Ai Mil* 9gfiA 41, Frtd«Hc Nai^lcr Bow«r, c«<i>
of ViTVUKOttilJe, Soai«r*cd, foai^Hat ton of tho
l«te Ber. Henry Sower. Vicar of ht. Umtj UAgdft-
latt Tauaton.
Al Boiriiy, t^ed 69, Mf. JohtL Collinm, for uuUijF
Jimn p«M to ber kt« Mi^f ' I'^laide.
At ttaHiMDa, tged 70, Joii -«q.
Id Tork«h1x«» aeied 60, I , lO^ Q<tok9*
ii|^ «f CHrflfliii, tn that totiuiy, auU i««ifMn«2f>
niotitkixv.
HuT^Aiui, wife of J«iii«t [>alton» esq, mer*
eUaitt, of Bnvta. ooir Colebe^ter.
In Alfeartrit €iuadoiv-ro«4 Villa*, Eliaa, wife of
•lohQ Edward, eiq. of Lotiibury, 9ldeat jurvlriiiic
dn. of tho late Capt. J olio iinHj, ItJI, an3
tttoet of tiM lato Vie«-Adm. Sir John Uarrey,
At Tborp Arcb HaU, Torksliire^ a^«d ^3, Kaa-
daQ HatMM, eiiq. formerly in the Scots FtuUJgi'
Al h)a broCluirli in Sonthie*. aged 53, GMfge
Sawian lUgfTae*, t»n, many yiiari rarest in
Bo«ooaAjf«a. Ua leave* a wife and tnunejrotu
Al VTeal Brlzton* aged @i, Henry IlcylyHi e«q.
, At Chilni. agtd (K>» pe^latuin ^oae*, eaq.
' "^ 1«t afiA fi, KluA>H)tht nMct of James
I IkmAmA^ afod f^O, llr». Elizabeth tciter,
VioKber of Oai't. f.e«ter, R.N.
At St, UoDiini'^-on-Srui, aged 74, John Flowea,
■i. of End»ld«U'*t. Uvi«Uick-8q.
At sbe Tteanwjf. llArpfoi-d, co, r»cvon, aaod 83,
Dimriia, nllcl of the Ucv. IiichArd lYat, Vfc«r of
Utf hrh^W-'yfl'ift- l-lgnin a th .
'. SI. AjHsd 71. JOMph Bcnwin, eaq. late of
Itrad^iell'pl. Kew Nortli-rtMid, Member of the
JI>C«4 i ■? tow, esq. of Broxmorc Park »
W11la,A'
Atiiiii:.......-^. . Ailda Fnmcca Forth, wife of
John BlcakiOiN^^ Coulwn, eaq. of UlenkittK>pp
?Mtl«.
la Ujrdo Ptark-plaee We«t, aged yi, WUIiam
K^giTiaH, eldest «on of Lord D^urtenay. and
nepberw to Karl Forteacue. Ho baa left one
lirotiur, bom ia I»36.
At Itequay, ae«d 97, William M. Do Batt«, late
Cape. Mth licit, aecond nurhins ton of Uio )at«
Gtt. Str Aa«utiu I>o Batta. K.C.J:1.
In Pt^Mwiiit. St Luke'a,ae«d 7», Mr* Jolui
Fortune, for tw«nty.4s ycara Clerk <if tiie Works
lit the (icncHil I'af-i OfBce*
At Fc^rrytiank, co. Wexford, aged 104, P. Fur-
long, cs«i,
At Uiver, aged '^i ^f• .T,....i,i, T.,.TiT., ^lio
tliirly yoju-^ ' to
1 k of the pen
.-,.iiiour-Gotirgu, .:..-,. ,.. .. , ,. - .^^ Ljir-
iiticu, Bart.
At Stmctoo, ComwaU. a|;€d 'U, M&ry, wife of
WiUiAto RowQ, esq, Spaniah Viv'^-'-^n-.n! intrent
for Uoyd'a, Jtc.
At Braljoixrnc, Kent, ased 67, - of
the latt> John S.ink.'V i'sn c,t Uu
tmmck
Vf 'i ,!/>», H ich -
I" I '. JjiU) vi Lllti iiiJUlbiiy Lst.
i-sq. aged 8*i, Juno, relkt of Samuel
iii-Iaw'S II. r , c*q. Bad-
I lU.agtHlAa, i tofWil-
1 1 It, esq. of tlic - , iliuita^ atut
LiruUijjtuD, MiddlCMX.
At rx»vonf)ort , James Hobe, e*a. paymiuter aai
imUTser K.N. Hr^ rie-rnmsi.iiriifrt Sitr Krlyrurd PaTTT
tliroo^houtui' rained the
uiitlimlitied m
At {Jnjat >U : , : .^.._ , eldest dan,
of tlw late R6T. lAtwiu^tl Zf viu(f , M.A.
At Clareinont-terr. Now-rood, aged 33^ Jaois
Oeorpte Noble, eaq.
At lUylolgh. Esaox, accd f^3, the tie v. Janses
P ilkington, after haring nwtaiiied the poatorate of
the Baptist Chapel d6 yrars.
At LaQjgbarne, GeorgiatiA-Madcllna, relict of
William Si»cncer, esq, baniater-at-law, and dan. of
the late Ueut-Cul. Hugh Sattierland.
James Thomdiko, esq. of ip^-ich.
At Briatol, a^^ed 44, LUx^lIoU. wlfo of Mr.
W. R. Wurrc-u. in>n njeTrhriiit. i.f Ilri'.tol, nod
Li : I.. ,1 1.._. M.... : .,, , ,jr of
lAWfftuck rtUd CoiUibi^ili-keiKU-illtMKL
At Bowdon. Clienhlre, Betty, wife of Jaious
Simpson Young, caq. tmd only dan. of Richard
EoMKtcu esq. of Altrlijchiua.
Nop. n. At Kdhibnrgb, aged 7ii, Mr, David
Ariii<^r>4>n, fnthcr of Jamei Andenon, esq. one uf
M counsel.
rt, afrecl 80, Henry Kelway Bamber,
L , t , ;,r Olid purwr It.N.
Ak Cht^ior, a^rod 69, Edward Edwards, esq. of
WoborO'^q. and Dolsery, Merionethshire.
At Islington, ftgped 7% Janet, lont stirvirlne
sijster of the late Sir AJci. Fcrrier, K.O.H., H.flif.
Conanl at itottordam,
la UAnley-road. ftfred sn.Jolm tjjlusm.Mq.
At Walmer, Mar^- 1. \duj. W.
W. Heudcrson, C3. . ! i Chief on
the toath-eoflt coa^^t w
Elisabeth, foarth Jluu. t r^on, esq.
Comwall-tcmux'i, UqjcntS
At South Lambeth, ugtd i . ^lues Short,
eatj. of the Stock Elxcluuigo.
At Cliftou, Lieutcnont-^iHolouet John Charles
Hinitb.
At Edinburgh, Kobert Thomi^Mn, esq. of th6
ilnn of itojMeU, Dougl^iA, and Co. llradford.
A'v l£rf.riit.t.jii,ji-Kv! KG, June, wldow of William
H ■ ■ ' ■ s.
tooM) of her danifhter kirs,
A I, Bocking, £si»ex, o^ed 93,
>i *%- of George Counauld, esq,
1 Jbrnlet, near Liverpool, aged
7."», iMvid iJ.nilifiiy, e*q.
At Chiirlton Kij>)^'4, a^cd K>3, 3tlia Si'rena Frea-
ton, dim- of the Bev, A* Freoion, Lata Rector of
Edi^ewortli, Gluiic.
At WandAwortli, Polnier Henry Burst, esq. only
•on of the late Paln^r Unrat, o«q. lord of tlie
manor of Walton-on-Thames.
108
Obituary,
[Jao.
(n 1^bert-»i, HAinpstead-rcMhl^ Agod M, Jolin
ChoTlntte^Anno, vrl(<t of WjllJAtn Stotie Leivla,
c«|. of Wowl HaII, 8lionley, HorU.
At Clioltonham* iig«d 79, Lletit.-Gen. Onncaii
McFhornnn, of the Bengul Anny.
If] Lritiilnn. n^'t^l 6fi, tho Iloti. Mftry-Omcc* wlfo
of sn ry Palmor, Utft. of CiultiEiu^iwrlc,
Not ,v, anil ttitor to Lord Soudu. Slio
wti** lUlofLewM-'nioinaBthe IdLord,
lir Mjiry4 Bl/ ilK'tj'i, only (Uu. und holr of Hlchju-d
Milte«, vaq, af North blluiliiitn^ Norfolk, Atnl w^M
iiurrityl in nm.
At ChoLieii, hichm] 64, J, Sample, e^^ii of tlio Ord-
nAnc^tifnca, PaII MaU,
At »Udil]al)AtD, offod H^l, Win. S«irdl, cati. Rop*
nwntitl iJniATtcriiUAler of tbo StAff Coiiw of un-
vaJry , who. After twwiljfHei^glit yours* Active wrrlco
in ilm 4tb Light Dragoon*, mvcived a idimIaI of
Amr clAflpA for VUtorla, SAlunAncji, AJibuera, And
Ntv. t6. At Powderluun » ag«d 64 , VL^mry Beftn ^
At HAAtingB. ig«d 4a, Chri«ti»ii-VorkD, irifo of
the liov. Edward UuU«d, and «ecoiid dAn, of the
late ChArl6i Eutchtm, anq. of ClApbAin.
At Trowbridge, agod 4a, Mr. WUiUm Clark,
second m\\ of J, N- CUirk, cwj.
At Membujy, Dflvoa, on a viatt to I>aiiicLl 11.
Dftvy, c«q. aged 69, Joseph Otoou, ctq. oliipowuer,
BrtxhAiD.
in tWonlHit. aged »0, S««h, relict of Mr. Nl-
rholAi tHberwood, late of Ludgatishili
At I^Andport, PortMa^ aged 9a, 1 1im». Lyre, o«q.
At WiindnworOj, Aged 7>*, BdAfy, rcUct of Wqi-
Nottldicc ewj.
At Clifton, DronjAmlTi lUckArda, esq.
At Itriuliton* n^ed IJ2» Uio Lady Carolina Anne
Saitford, wifo of Mward Aywhford Sanfbird, cft<|.
of NynuheAd, Soin. lUtcr to tlio late and present
Earl* of Hju-ringTon, the DachcAi of Bed ford ^ and
the Diicbean of LelmsWr. She wiv» tLiu Aeoond
dAu. of Cltarles third Karl of tlArrlntftoi^ by JAne-
Seymour, dan, and cob. of Sir John Klemltig, Bart.
atttd became th« iODond vlib of Ur. Sanrord in
IS4L Her body ««• conveyed toDeroiuhira (br
bUennent,
At N'owcastlo-uiH>n-Tyi»e» aged m, John »t*a-
toit,e«q.
jr<w. 36. At CftJobridge-lorrace, Itegent'i^pArk,
i^ed G6, John CUffunl, cfusK
At St* Andrew's Court, Il&lbam, aged 69, John
Brovn Eylus, o^ti.
At Ulftckheatb, aged SI, J. W. M. Tennlngton,
<^H otily ion of Cht» late JoUn I'euEtiigtoo, ««q.
Jan. oi Wndley, I.anc.
Aged M, Poynder, tlie eldest eanriying eon of
fhelAte J«meASinUh, cnq. of Ceoiiera' HaU.
Al Pari*, aged hi, Wlllimn, fifth *on of the late
JoUn Stride, eait. of AUAlin t'riurti, London.
At I..yn>e, the wifo of IL Tucker, e*q. iiirgeon.
At Deptfiml, aged 43, Mury, the wife of Capt.
Henry Van UeytUuseii, U.E.I.C.tv. and dau. of
Jotin Sieh, esq. of Chhwick.
jVor, 37. Aged 7 ft, John LlArling, eeq, of Nomli,
Lynatod, Kant, Imring titirrlTed liU irlfe one
month.
At St, Ivea, CO. tlnntlngdon, aged A3» Jatnei
OilKime Beck, ms\. solicitor.
At Luton, ISedti,nt;cd il, Man*, younger dan. of
J* K. IllunddU eJhi.
Aged 74, El izAtioth. widow of ComcUiw Jaitiaii
Carter, esq. of »t. 8ATlour*M, Souihwark, ■ollcltor.
At Seville, In her I Urh ytiAr, U&bclbiCbAva.
At Totnes, aged 32, Uetiry Dadley Doran, e^i,
of Dublin.
Ac the ParMnage, St. MarfKey, Ipswich, John*
Beaumont, cUieift son of fbe Itev. John Dunnttii^*
tNiEU, Incumbont.
Aged 'il, Manr-Ann, second dAU. of tlio Ute
WlUiAm lAhfleld. esq. of Nursling, HantJ.
At lull)! » aged 67, Martha, eldest dau. of fiev.
Akouoder Litcblleld, Hector of Noko, Dxohi abd
Vktf of Wadhtint, Sxmex.
At Ripen, Aged fti, nichard Nicbolsoni es^.!
thirty-four year* Towo <: t cUy.
At Kciirl!iti-fim'n,ci|R' i -Louisa,!"
of Uichiinl 11. Ptrttana,
Aged *il<>, 1 Jf n r^t^tt a . ■ :
Thos.. Rrctit, of Unnt, f j
Nm. 3«. At Itoutfhtofi Uwlgi?, near Cbester^l
David Will lam Hugho., eafi.oMe^t ami oii>r »nr.l
rirlngson of the late Itev. |i ^ "^T V, J
Rector of UanfyiHn, Montgon
Aged 68, Joseph JackMn, t-
Cambridge.
At Cheltenham, oj7&<l M, Urt. Sarah noberbl||
sJatOT of the late Samuel Walker Parker, cso.
At Ifuttou, Easeac, aged 84, KUtabcth relict (
Tbomoa Townsend, e>a. aeUdtor, Romfard.
^0r. 39, At Soutliampton, aged sJft, Jane, rell
of WUllatn Amor, esq.
At Ipswich, Mrs. A. C Barker, widow of Tho-|
mas L. narker, e«q, Capt. East Norfolk MllllU. I
At Brtxttm, aged 78. Ann.rcUet of FredcrickJ
TXitfgott, a nietnber of tht* Society of Friend*,
WillJjttii UolmcA Edwanls, esq. barrijutjcr-ol-lair^
of the Middle Tem (demand Framllnghain, Sunblk
Al Whitby, aged 7-2, Mr, John Ertill, sou of t^
late Ingram E»tlU, c*!. nhJi>-bundt%r.
At Bath, ft«wd 81, Mrs. Katlmrinc Ncvile, eld<
dfitu, of the Utc John Pate Novile, eaq. of ltadA>|
worLh.
Al Swtnc*hc<nl-hAll, i i •>th noWilA||
mother of Ca pt . J uii o ' V .
At Hath, OifCfl "f^. >T i-rt of Hobcrtl
Stone, esq. of t n ? f ri , Snrruy, innfqr^
yours a mogi.i tr. i : i n ty .
JVt^if. 30. In I,.. Ilnward Itury, ea<|.i
second son of the Kov. i_hiirl<» Bury, St, Anue'iiJ
Lancaster.
At Cllfton-park YiBa, CUflon, aged 70, Mligi
Thermulhlfi CoUlnston.
At Bnoomfleld Uoajic, llantlnwortb, near Blrk»|
mingham. aged 63, Limit. Sanmd Hborall, R.H^
He entered tbe nary in I8O0, and aerved i "
About eleven years. Subsequently he c
vArioos merchAntmen fh»Q Ihe port of LtTorpooli^l
and latterly was for many ymt% one of the chiefo&i
cen of the- l^nuUm and Nortb Wefttem ItaUway.
At Tunbrl<lKe Wells, aged 77, Charlotte, reBe||
of tbo licv, W, B, tUrrtaoo, A.M. Vicar of tk '
liur^t, K(>nt, yottng«it daa. of tbe late Caplal
Tonkin, U.N.
At ELinible, near Southampton, Comnuuiilwl
Henry Hire. U.N, late of IKrunuda.
At Leamington Sps, aged tiM. Ann, relict Of J
Thom4Mi Ulroii, osri, formerly of Warwick.
At WLv-ft llouthly, aged 49, Sarah, wife of lln]
John Hunter, surgeon.
Al Greenwich, aged 77, Sarah, relict of JobnJ
Tdends, ciiq. and motlicr of Lleut,,^ul, llurburtl
Mends, 2d West India K«g.. AsslstAiit Commlaaar/»|
Gen. VVillUm Fisher Mend^, and Mrs. Ereuui,
At Sunnvlmnk, near Abenlcen, Sarah, f'
fttmivinis' dau. of the late John ratuo, esQ.
CTrandhotui. Aberdoenabire.
Aged 34, EhEA, dau. of SUas StodioAnt M^^
Gui)dford-«t. Buiisoll-^q,
Laid^. Alfired Abraham Cm
John's Wood, third ion of the i
H.A. and graad»on of the latr
of East lierdlioll-huuse, and ir n
BlckneU, tollcilor to tiie Adinlmi
Gtiorge the InurUi, and great-Krejii
tbe Rev. Dr. Hurrant Khudde, Ikctir uf i;.k
Benjholt.
Aired 6fi, James Kddowos, 09q. of Sonth Shlelda« J
Al .Shorwell, Islu of Wiifhl, ag«d 91, ""
Grtmos, mother of the late Thomas Grlmea, <
of lan'ord-hou-w, Yorkiddre,
At Churchill, Ilaslomcrf, Sarrey, aged 74|il
Sarah, relict of tlio Rev, James Prealun Parson*
At llonnef, on tht> lihlue, aged 3ft» TetreaA, wll
of Henry ThwAttn. esQ< and yoiing««t dau* of th«
b^e BM^andn C^txicker, eaii. of fUdfway, l^evon^
1854-} Obituary.
Odoimoa Council for Ctuwp Ward, anil ah active
umnUat of the Commlnian of Sow cm for the dtf
ofLoctdoo. At Awanliooito of aic CEk'Ap W*rd,
Kwr. 1«, It wM rv«>l?M. " Tliut the VVurtl feU
doev rcftrct mI lib c)«:e«MS. on account of Mic xe*l,
Abtiity. and integrity wlilcli ctiAracrberliod liia pub-
lic fsoadnct, vnd tbo cotutcsj^nrtkuitty, itnd aihIa-
lili illi^tion evtncod ttj him in private lifo, u a
flHioA, ndichboiir, mid tmdonnaD/'
Wtmr Koirton. eaq, of Donlecliry, co. CArloitr.
Bm manieA In ItAlT AnnOt flftb dftu^hf or of Uio
Hob, 0«Qf9t Jocietjni. aeoood ion of tho flnt EafI
oC Bio4<ti, bij wbom he luul luno n ion «nit » dan.
Bo to taocoodod t>r Ills Mm Pbillp Jocel^ Kew-
At Sauthseft, 9«rg)oon iMvId C^wsn. Il,N. tl«00)
moiiT fmf* o •urgcoo of Porttmonth Dockynn].
Tbo deeooood servtd oft Asslstsnt SwKoon of the
S«i9«rti ot the mUng of St Oomliifo, end ww for
xnan J jnuw cufoon to the ttoiuebdld of the Dulre
orciireiiee.
1^ 1 , AMd 93, Eauiy Allison, esq. of Ley ton
FMda, near RtehnuHid.
At Eojt Eet£i>id« Bgvd 81, Wm, Berker, gontle-
mu. Ifr. Berker wna fbr opwerdi of thlity years
IwDlff to Iho nieater, govcmorf end brottiron of
II»e Holy Trinity Hospital, West Retford,
At ChmbWt egod HA^ Joibaa Cod^Ungton, Copt.
109
AtRml
At Rmhlirooke I^k, SafTolk, (wbkh be Imd
l^irad tor tbe leeeon J aged 37, Bobert Elliott, eiq.
of 43oMlnfftoo HooM, Bod».
AftA Ti» Vn. Frnneee Ferqutuurson, widow of e
fHlfilrmen fbrmerly powoaied of larire e*tato« In
lb* Wcet Iiiillcs. Haviof^ lieon permitted to lenvo
LMOteth WarkhouN), of which she w&b an inioetOt
for ft holiday, »tie wu picked up deed in e by-
rMd ttio following morning, and there ia every
tenww to belieivn that her diMtU resulted from
went of Ibod and from ooJd.
In LoodlW, tged &3. Itobort Fookoe. «eq. of
iltibffl4ge, wbero for thirty yairs he bed pmctiaed
At Uemmenanith, aged 31, Anne, wifo «f Mr.
fSmshtB. Ooame, arrhitect.
At Patworttu a«ed 77, Capt. Thoa. (irogory, late
of Tnm«'*-hiU, Worth.
At rntney, aged 64, Thoniaa Hoatli , oaq.
At TofvhAin, agod 69, Qraice, wile of Admiral
I
At tpawleli, Goofige Mbjgay, e«). Ute of Orford,
and Croydon.
At Edinbnigb, UUa Doofflaa Uoncrieff.
John JKulcahy, esq. LL.1>. ftofejworof Mathe-
matica in <jiieen*& college, Galway.
At Bath. a«cd 71. Mary, relict of tho Kov. R. C.
Rider, of Stoke. Ki^nt.
At Bavoaiden, Ann, relict of Thoa, Une Wood,
•n^ of L«lglltan fioEfard.
Di€. 1, At Duhlto, Uorriet, thurtl dan. of tho
late Jamoa B. Boothbv, eaq.
At Toatofdge, Sarah, roUet of l^dmund Browne,
oiQ* of BgertoQ.
Al lilligBon, agod M^ Fanny, relict of S. Cooper,
I Horpeth, IHana, widow of Uie llev. Ralph
BrTlBfloa, Vicar of 10 Utaid. ,
AtNeftii-end, aged 64, WUIiam Rodolphus
Rmal Jwdtaoo, oiq. kteLiioat.-Co]. of Artillery.
Al Portaaa, aged 69. Georgo Kemp, mq.
At Ram^aaie, aged SS, Elijcabeih, wldnw of
LlMit.'Cdl. Long, R-H-
Aged 48, Mr. WilBam Olivfr. one of tins moat
iDdaitfrloiia nonhert of the S^icicty of i'uiniora in
W^er Ooloitra. Ilia worka are chiefly of foreign
Kenety. Be aMnetiiBiea painted in oil.
i>«c;a. At ClMltttbham, aged »7, Klliabeth
Ackarier, relict of John llswkcey Ackurley, o»q,
bftrrislerHafr-law, and t»hi aiater of tht' lato Kd-
nra.od Jolin Chamfaerlayne, esq. of Miiueafabiify
Mftoor Hooaa, OUraeesterstaJro.
At Uoeport, aged &4. Caroline, wiUow of Jo»eph
CtftfT, oaq. of Forton Honae, and third dan. of
tlio Lite John Couaena, eaq. of Prinaked Lodge,
Susaex.
At Stoneloigh, aged m, W. Thomaa Cliapman,
a well-known agricttlturi."st. and formerly atoward
to Lord Loigli on tbo Stoneletgh tsatato.
SArah, wlfo of W, Cro«, esq. efdldtor, Froiwot,
At Winchester, aged 69, John Davldaon, en- ot
SUnwford.
At Ramet, Kertl, lOas Sarah Eyton, formerly of
Chettentuim.
In rpper Brook -street, aged eo. Frederick
Ktolidlcn, c*q*
Aged lil, Wm. Hitchcock, wq- of WlnterlxiiiTtj
Monk ton.
A^ 6«,araoe, wife of WUIiam NetttaiDid, eiq.
of Vlnc-at. Westminster.
At Portirmotith, aged 05, Kll«a, wife of Willlnin
Prit-e, f!wi. nirgoon R.K., third «l*ter of the late
Vleo-Adm. Hom, CD.
At Bath, aged 69, CoUjiiel W. Swinton, Bcngnl
establiahment.
1>K. 4. At EnAotd, aged 74, Hary-Ann, wife of
Jamea Bennett, esq.
AgoU 90, AbraSuun Henry Chambem. esq. of the
Cottage. PaddlBgton, formerly bead of an emlnont
Banking-hooee hi Kew Bnnd-9trcet, which failed
many years ago, and Itii affairs have heon In litlga^
tlon up to the prmterit pirriod. Mr, €hamboni*a
caae and that of hla daughter, .Miaa Chamtwra,
have excited great ooimniaeratlon. The acconnta
of the banlcmptcy are on the eve of being aettled.
At Stamford, aged 77, Uartha, widow of the
Rev. Chrlitc^ber Cookaon.
AC Wlibeach, Tbomaa Fawtett, esq. fbrmerly of
Homeastle. and father of V. Fawaettt esq.
At $tratford-on-Avou, aged 619, J^hn Qill, esq.
formerly of Avon Dou^Mt, Warw.
Ifet. A. At Hnry, Lane, aged 83, Arabella-Ca-
tharlne, widow of Henri Johnson Bontflower, aur-
geon Hon. E. I. Co. 's Service.
At Hoath, aged 59, .lamct Collard, esq.
At Nci«iK)rt. Shroitihirc. aged 68, Augtutna
Oodby, ewi; late Secretary to the (iftnoral Post
OflRee in Ireltind.
At UovortnKhoiTi, Notts. In hb85tli year, Lient.-
General Henry lltithwalle. Colonel of the 44d
Rcgt. of N.L lienKal FYeiidency. He bcloni^cd to
a family of biffh remityctflhilitj", lonir njrident at
Nuttinj^liani. Both hi^ (grandfather Corneltna
Huthwaiteaiid hia fattier Williaui Huthwaite, each
of thetu in hla goniiration, tilled t\n' o(!1ce of ctilef
uiugifthnate of that town, (general Hiitliwaito en-
tered the Ben(r&l Army in HdS, nnd attained his
htgheat promotion II Nov. iBfil. On his retDm
from India In IH'^«< hv married at Gedilng, Kotta.
MlflB Anne Eli/jvbcth Beaumont, nifce of the Hev.
Thomaa Boaumont, B.A, of Bridf,a»ford Ilill^ Notta.
(whodiedatan advanced agt:, Aug. 25l]|^ IH35J.
\iy ti,s>- i."iv who w« believe fcUll aiirvivcA him,
1. ipi thrc* Hon* and one daughter, vta.
13 lleaumont, Thouaji»-Walter, W*J-
W. - .. c .^ , ..u,i J Franilar Anna, Lleiit--Col. Edward
Hathwaiie, C.B. whow highly dintingni^hed htm-
(«otf in the eainpaicuN of the SutleJ and the l^n-
Janh, i* -A "- ' ' -■' the deceaaoiL
At IV . aged 37, I>*Archy Hyde, eaq,
of irlt ,s ion of the late Hkv. John
Hyde, Ucvi... ,.i i_«iUx, t>xfofd-
At Kensington, agvd TIP , Rebecca- Anne, relict of
George Lord Jookaon, esq. of Hammerfmlth.
Arthur Thomas itorky, esq. U.N. of Newtown
Eall, IdiMitqiomeryAhire, and Southaea, Hants,
grandAon of tlko late Sir Powell l^oo, Bart.
At Stoko Newlngton-green, aged ti5, Margaret-
Maria, dan. of the late Rev. Samuel Btdadale, for-
merly of Malabar.
At the reaidonce nf her son Henry Walker Voo»
man, caq, of Richmond, ag^ B5, Anne, rolk'i of
Comelins Smelt, e'wx, and dwii. of the bite Gen,
John Hale, of tbo PLautatiun, YorlcAhlre.
At the homie of hia brother Walter O. Smith,
eeq. Cheltenham, aged 59, Thomas Smith, esq.
At Boulogne, agod 63, Robert Stevens, i»i. for-
merly of Lloyd 'n.
no
Obituary.
[Jan, J
At StAfiftlidUie, heed 'II, Al«x. F. SutUorliiod,
m\, iHt Lieut. It.M.
bc^r (i. Agtjd 1% IMm'LtmgPxAt wUloir ct
A Lig<^i 7G« VaJontliM GiMpUn, m^.
of i
, ri^cil 34, r,eorso Eilvtrd Cngte.
or N. H- Kiititchcnrt, r>i<^ uf l)ocloi-n' ComiuonH
and rnrk Jlm^r, iJUckluatli,
V i ^LW,a^od7i
iiKr I iiiUi, only tin
ttlcTiivnl fimnriltUfDaflSeldlittOk J initio, rolHrl^y.
At lli-lffl)t«m, J«n«, yonngMt d«i« of thu hito
Joliu AHen Ollll^nm, f^q.
At KiltM , n itb of Jaium Henry
Agod <'
I N, twentx yoam gn-
r of tlie cou)]iy gnoi, lU^ailiilE.
At CboctvrOeld, a4{«d A7, John l!utdvlnton» e«Q«
cxminsr for tHe hunilrod «# ScAndAto.
At Worotttor, agod G6« Uinltttt, reUet of TIhm.
Al Dorslnf , Aged 3T, Dou8i4ui« only •on of Mr.
John MkbolMMi, proSstfor of m^ak, Tito do*
ootaed waa a voir promljing ittudoiit of tlio Uoyni
AcMloni^of Mnjtc:.
Ulw Charity Franco* Wu' ' f^
Ottorgo Ward, mi. ami elitr
Goorgo Hottfj Wara« eaq. of N <i
aani to tho present owner of ttio ost^uf^
/)«(;. 7. AtCroxton rar1c,Cainbrtdffeiihtre,wlMSii
on a Tiill to S. Howtuii, esq. atfod '/a.itobert Joooa
Adaane, ea^. of D^lirmJuun Hall, tn the lanio eo.
At fho homo of h«r alatcr-ln-lair Hn. WbJp-
liam, HodiMU-aquaro, EtlraMTi, frtlct of J. At-
kyoc. oaq. of BatiUloot]!^ " - r ,f
tliB Her. Jaihn Atkyn^ ,
AtNeaAham Hall, Im
tYanciM, wifleof ilamosf ooKMui, cs^i, im. nit ^ivon
lilrtla to a ton on tlw Sd kwlnnt.
AlCboltcnhAin.iitrnl 7ft»SBMin, rulkl of Edw.
Diwaoo, ) '^^■" I '^m Houp«, Lolc.
At fllcK ' I rlnuucr-Wivlpole, ooly mn
of 0«ori;r i
Ath'ow Jirt^i.;' ■ , ' !','-;iiir, ii,:M r»'j, WilUura
Henry onilftt, tvi ; i ,, i , i
At rn.H'linirfM'i-L:! , . , ,i'.... I --m, .T^^nc-Moritk^
fvli. ■' i '[■ I ..■•, ...I IhrlL of rojldlngton,
ail I i I! " , v**!. J. r, nod Do*
iiu I UP uio Adju. (tkliard
S':
AM HI, , nt 7A^ KlkaitctluJoMO, dau. of the
Rev . ^'. L 1 1 1 1 I ) I ' vjKx, of VVoAt Bromwlch.
Ai ti ii I ^lurtfurd, Agud 41, Jotu) JohnatoDo,
AH , II 1 1 7i», th<» dow Tndr -Wmftfrnf,
Sh^.^L. :: ^ ■ , , - ^-
bouKi •
of Sir L.
nr^t I '.,11.
M-tit S..r '
novv '.l i I ,i:u K3^
nil) be
. e«i. of
COUOIv I
ma-.: I. 1. ■
At r...! ■ , '
AT r.-l.!r:. II,-. .
Gorthv,
At [1 I I id, Tork«lilro, ogod 35, Edwikid
// ■ ' ':,| ,,n,(i,:^4^-i, ■ -" v'-' ■
HI,' ,-,, ,.i 1,,
A'
•I
atat
Al ' Msii 1, KILxa^wtffi (ifThonujiltewiiey, AM).
n,L,i,r srr 14 , iiiid dan. of Ukj laie Sir WllJiaiii
Fajttiin. ot Miil.lleton HnU, C^rm,
AX C«ii»c*y Wuro IIaII, Lower Kdmonton. ag«d
66. OeorgA OiiatoasMiii4 ea<i,oldeBi ton of tbol
DAtid Ouaioiinean, omi. notary public, of f
He*id-ivttoy.
At llnrKn^v. ncT«1 7?. t;nrr, Hi1e->t ilnn* of 1
ot tllO KOV, UirtjJiiMli r.uK>^-i, '»,
ShjrinifthtrOt mother of Dr. t
roiign-«t, and the Uev, K, ! -:i
rectory, Wnnr.
At AnnluKloiu nuAr Stcynlng, Siuiex, Sonih,
doit, of the ht*- Hurrh f^enWil, P'nfi
\ " '1 Jiobo,
«l .a Kobe.
K' noArt.
liii * ttruiine, oiU/
ni ktlt-CoL T, C,
U
1 70, riit-i.^opiicr ScoiTtOiQ.
^>intli«ark, aged ftl, Mn. MarU
SI-.,. .
Aki-<a 7VS I iijdibotli, wife of JoMpb ThompMoti,
vma. <if Uie liiitik, Itl^hgialo.
b*e.9. At Toprtiiay, ?ifiw! 94, Stnart Murray
Aoderaon, eoQ, of tlio 't l Senrico, oldart
larvlrlnji^ ton of thi H, AnfUsnton,
ProflchM- of Linooln^ft- i t ur of Tornur-
ton. Glouc.
At Mpal-luOl. t^iifToltt, agod HI, JClia Sara!)
BollDiaa. uuly ■uMtittjr dnn. of fiho klo Rev* Kay*
nor lJcUiiian,of Wr^f,. rli.sett.
At Lyme Bciri i > irali, Witt of Captain
Charlea Coirpor i m ,, i n; and cddiMt (Lau. to
tbo late WlUiain luirieton. oiq* of Wykln UoU^
LsloMlierib. and Donboad Lodfi, Wllta.
At £a«Qti*plai!o, AraboUa. wffp ot 0«»rpe Cnrr
KIwem, e*q. and cldeat dan* i*r " 'li
and tbo Mon. Arabelta Hone '
of scurlot fever, aged Itk^ ^ y,
thtflr cliloftt «on.
In \v liitehaTon, aged iia, InbDU*, r^Uetof John
1 it Icon, ai<i, of ClAnloo, Herta»
At Wcalerham, Mary* Ann, oldeat dan. of the
late Edvmrd Gale, ew|. of BiLXtoo HotiMi, Epplng
Fortfft
At Great Oaliley, E«acx, aged 2i^, Ann, only
child of the lale Hev. Jtieepli llarriKrn, tnaiiy yiuni
Curate of that place.
At Woury 1UU» CunitKSfUnd, aged W, J. D.
PaUlry, *-'^i
Al M:iiirht«1cr, •^ivt<!fn1y. ^vhfn tit tirenkfftiil,
flay, mru
and efn*ii
a:-
St..
1 .u 111-. (Muti on uit' previou*
ustud choerftd diapoflUon
r.BATt,
irt jwyiri'M, e>«|, Urook,
^j, Joseph Wartnaby, eiq«
t OU Mm. WiUlauu, relkt
like, eldest tUTTlirinir
WrltfUt, Koetor of
^ r-Minio, as:o<t Sift, Mary,younge»t
Hot, ThouuM Voting, Jiavlor uf
i/Pt. lu. At I'atriek llmniplon, Vorkabire, aged
71, Mffrgnrot, nUkm nf lUchard AtJcLnson, e*q.
An <
I N«irK«au)cy« «^ 77, SUdden Gardner, est],
I MAidA^hOl WiMt, «gid Q€, Honor-Uttricit i«Uct
A% Ottkfletd Bouaef near Honiton, tUe i^idcncc
of hflr aicft* thf Ml«c» Riidjcy]r&, Margurct Weir,
4nu^i1 with bcr late aUter, Gnw-e
* " Hgydo^coq. of Exeter, and
uiau (tjt^ H*ilcllffe), wife of
uui, Cluuieellariwd Ciuion
At 1t(-
S.
editor, Hire*) 45,WiJi. Wood*
>T i.icl«i|illl KoonMe, VorksliiroH
I ^t Kiclurd Botin]je,e!iq. tari;ean.
At Atj-nt-road, Il«K«nt'*-p«rk, aged 7S, Henry
FQid(«Cf, CM. jAte of Tunbridg« VVdb, and formerly
Cape l&fch HoaMTS,
And 9, WaMerbom, youogeat ion ol tlio late
Sir Joain EaTk«H, Bart.
Al SUMiktdi'Ou-Tee.i, a««d tfj, Martha, wife of
TTtoa. Ka^, «»q, thiFtowocr.
At Cii»t«nren. a«ed 44. Edvninl M iilUnt, qui.
of TMMkhoiLie- janl .
M ClM« Mrs. Parker, only «iu*rtrtng siator of
Ifcelate Her. 6. Wini«m«, Sector of ^tortln Uu*-
nes Flncott, eaq, of HamfUon'tcrr.
SI I.
f\)rtacft, a^i^ 78, Mri. Mftry Ann
Ririouu, mffUiKT of liaac lUdOQtt, aaq.
AjtwI 7K J<»»ej>h TlnimJ*, eaq. of BeoJoyt Wore.
Al Nartbcote TTn*j*(f, Ffltnlme, aeed «l, Mlo
MaryWarrm, r Ktery St- Mary*
Jaraea Wiitvoi NLaiior Uoom, ^wan-
landi «Dd fbriDt i . Ly.
Al XorwixMl, aif«?ii 47, jViui, rellci or Charles
WMMteraoiii es<j.
£^ tl. Ai Battarsctt-rise, ag«d H7t Goorgo
Ailiiint, e«<i*
At Waiubwurui, aged m, ThiMttgMmtmi,
At Caruarrfin, Gaor^-Dalir, mm, ma tt
Henry Goddard, eaq, arctiitaet, U^cdlii,
At £3(o(er, aged 7B, Barbum-Uarui, wtfo of
Eichanl Meiico,CM[.
At Hhickhcatli, nged 20, Waltor-Augcutiis, se-
cond son of the late Rcy, Christopher Noirill,
Vic«r of £«»t GrltiitfflMl.
At Combe Raleigh, Devon, aged 78, Maria
lYoMe PeorMf eldest dan. of the late Edward
FOIKTW, e«(. of GrcpnwRy Houdo.
In Albort-«t ' t, Clarl-Mary, wift of
Frederick Cri esq* and yoiuigOAit
dan. of tho lat< il Sayer, tjitq.
Inc. 13. At trt^ijtim, rjifcJ JO, Kmily>^ry,
wife of Hon. nrd lie v. G«orjfO T, U, Bridgeman,
Hoc^nd snn nf tho Karl of Bmdfgrd, and second
Hii, I jf ihe lion. FtlcUar'l Dogot, D.D.
1j r>!ith&Dii Wdlii. She vnu married
ill i n left iJiBue two s«n§.
At St. ! conari,l'*-on-Sca, agtd SO, 'nii>odo«lfr>
Sarah-Frances Lady tlowdun. She waa third dtftL,
of John flrft Karl of Cluuvrilliiam ; wni married in
n»8 to Sir Jolin Cmdock. G.C.B. eroatad Lord
TloMden in 1819 ^ and was left iiiji widow in 1839,
IkdvinK hod i^^io one child ouly, lite preaent Lord
Ilnwden.
At llnnar-RTttve, Middle»cx, agwl GS, Elixa-
hetli-UiirrVi wifis of Sir William G. Milman, Bart.
She wofi the only daughter of Uobert Aldeniont
e»q. Recorder of Non^ich, by the dauicbtor of Sa-
muel Hcirry, 0i>q^ of Great Yanuoutii ; and sialer
to Mr. Baron Aldcrson. She waa married in 1809,
and has left it«ue-
Ikt. M. A^ed 30, Waldcn, third aunrtTing son
of the Rev, George Alston, late \lC5ar of Homdon-
on -the- Hill, Ewwx.
Dec. 16* At BraOnluch, ag«d &3, Henry Bow-
den, efeq.
TABLE OP MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OF LONDON.
C^om the Returnt ittued by ike Re ffkirav' General.}
Deatha Registered
li
"1
Week ending
SaturdAf,
Uttder
IS.
15 to
60.
60 And 1 Age not
upwards, upedfied.
Total.
1 Mtlei.
1
Femalei.
Not, 26 .
Dec, 3 .
„ 10 .
» 17 -
653
620
570
638
409 278 1 —
481 306 10
418 2SG 15
380 3H 16
1339
1417
1308
1353
1 634
1 720
634
720
705
69:r
654
63^
1442
1677
1628
1557
AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, Dec. 23.
Wheat,
M. d.
70 9
Barley.
Oats.
Rye.
Beans.
f. d.
e, d.
f. <l.
4, d.
38 9
24 U
44 7
48 10
Peas.
«. d.
hi 10
PRICE OF HOPS, Due. 23.
SttBiei PocketSi 91. 9«. to 1]/* 8#.~Kent Pockets, lU. Ot. to 17J. Of.
FRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITH FIELD, Due. 26,
H»J, 4*. 0». to 5/, lOf,— Straw, U. 12#. to 2A 2j,— Clover, 4^, 15i. to 6/. 6#.
SMlTHPtELD, Dec. 2G. To sink the Offal— per stone of 8lbi.
Head of Cuttle at Market, Dec. 2G.
I wcaj
Pork
L
Beef.,..,*, 3f- 2*1. to 4*. \M
Matton 3#. M,iohs. 2d.
Teal .. *rt«.t«».»*»3t. 6if. to 5i. Od.
.3t.
Beasts , ,. 1,612 Calves 130
Sheep and Lambs 7,600 Pigs 220
4J. to 4«. li>d,
COAL MARKET, Dec. 23.
Walla Ends, &e. 23«. 6<^. to 37*. 0«f. per ton. Other sorts, 26«. 0<f. to 27f* 0^.
TALLOW, iwr cwt.—TQwn Tallow, 59f. 6rf. Yellow Ru«nft« ^i. <i4*
112
METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, by W. CAUYp SruANin
From Notfemker 26, t<t JDwm&er 85, IB53, both inehthe.
Wviiibvr.
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DAILY PRICE OF STOCKS.
< 0< C^ !
Ex. Bilh
£1000.
I
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2«219
30 219
2219
5'219
a21H
71219
8 220
91220
10 221
12 221 4
13 220 J I
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95
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96J
96|
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253 I 4 pm,
!U3 253 , 3 1 pra.
; 253 I 3 pm.
253 par. I
250 par. Spin J
1113 251 ip&r.3pm.
'■' — I — I V^-
'I -par. 4 pm.
■- 'I I 4 pm.
• j 5 2 pm.
'[■ 1 5 pm.
I 99|
' 2 5 pm.
; ^i 3 pro.
I par, 3 pm.
par,
par. I pin,
94|
95f-
95|^
5 8 pni.
5 H pm.
5 8 pm.
4 7 pm.
6 3 pm^
3 6 pm.
3 6 pm.
6 4 pm.
4 7 pm.
5 B pm..
5 9 pm.
9 6 pm.
6 9 pm.
9 6 pm.
6 9 pm.
4 7 pm.
3 G pm.
3 6 pm.
2 5 pm.
2 5 pm.
2 6 pm.
3 6 pm.
3 6 pm.
3 6 pm.
3 6 pm*
J. J. ARNULL, Stock and Share Broker,
3, Copthall Charoberi, Angel Court,
Throi^morton Street, Londoo.
/« Mw HicaotM AND saHs, FJiiifTSftft, 2&, rAHm^umtiT «T%mvr«
THE
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
AND
HISTORICAL REVIEW.
FEBRUARY 1854.
CONTENTS.
rAOK
MIKOB GORRESPOKDENCE.— The Oxfortl S«ptnA4;lnt— MemorlAkof CluileiL— LJleivyftlid
Tvpographlcik] QaeriM— Th© OreAt Bell of Trim , ..., ., ju
Thoooas Moore and the Quarterlf Review « « «, «. 11&
The Lady Elizabetli a Prisoner at Woodstock 122
Shrines ind Imager of the Virgin Mary : by J, G. Waller 129
Wanderinp of an Antiquary : by Thomas Wright, F.S-A, — The Saxon Cemetery
at Osengal) — The Antiqiiitiea of Hythe (with Bngravinps) , 135
Letten of Rachel Lady Russell UO
I The Galway Brooch {with an Engraving) 146
The Septoag^t of the Christian Knowledge Society * 148
GORKCSPONBEKCE OF STLVAHtrS URBAN.- Kln« Jaro<^\ Irish Attoj Hit In 1»J«&.90—
TlMoIogical Papers of the oldisr William BoT»7er the Printer— On the Particle m* \n
Herodotuft ..,»,. — 159
^ MOTES OP THE MONTIT.=R*Jcctlon by the BriHnh Muncnm of the Ftttuwstt OoUtction of
Auj^lo-Saxon A ■u\\ ottho Larptnit rollt^tlan of nayj*— Foruiation of the Snrrey
Arch«atos^ca of an Archiiw>lr>^k'til Sm it'ty at Itrifttnl— TncoriMjrBtion of the
WellinETt^n *^ r.in4 St^hoo! lit Korwicli--Kpfrinru4tory' Asylum* for Crimlni.1*
™ ■ " furij - Prize F,-**y*— Engl t<!li jind Fori'iirii LStwrjiry Intelli-
if New Vork— London Bwikseller*— Itiotn-aphy of Lonl
1 ok Anctifina— Manorial Wiudow m Iliiry St. EdmiinU'ri
— KL'^toratK^ii , 4 St, ^Jeurite, CO. I>evrjn , lAil
'HtSTORICAL Ab:i S reviews.— .VktrmMi'* Rcmitlnt of TMS^n Saxon-
dom— Roach ^ Aiti^uA. ir.6; Hnnrer*^ Ei^ny on the Connection of
Bati!i wltb the LU4ir.it u re i 'mil, IB?; S«ttjr<< Ewiay on tho Conn<?ction
b^iween Aatronomkal 4in*l na — Once upon a Time, hy Chaa. Kulf^ht—
CocrpoT's Galdc to Lynton i , ' W^" : Viri'ii- 1 h.-it > -iral work*— Dtxi's
Ve/enge^ Bmronetaf^c, anil Kni^-i • <r \nM — AdamsS
Fartlunentary Handbook » 1G9 : i ^ian Hovolution,
trmnaUted tvy Mr». A. Kerr— Tho ^^ . . in^.tm'-'v f^ummer-
*l*y^ Droani and other I'oem*— El\*eVfr ucu^iLii unit her liuJer* — llr», Oro*land',i Motnora-
lile Wotnen— Emilie tou Carlon's -lohn. or a Couilii In {fund worth two Counts In th«i Busli 171
1 AHTIQUARIAN T.r - loty of Antiquaries, 172; Aftlueolofflcol Institate, 173;
SuiToJk Iniidri 1 Nat lira] History ,„. 176
STORICAL CHU'j _ News,l77; Domestic Occurrencefl 1T8
noCiofii and pj-eA^rmcntii, lAl : Blrthriaad Marriaemi «. 193
FOPlTi^ART ; with Menioir« of 4l«i>eral Von Eadowltx ; The Marchkmeu Welleiiley ; Earl of
Dartmoutli ; Earl of rort^njnutli ; Lonl Plunket :. Sir T. Theophfhis Metoalfo, Bart. ; Sir
Rkhard O. Slmwjn. Bart. ; Sir Riihard Jenkins. (i.CJt. ; Jaine*ThomAv»n, E*q. ; Colonel
Mjii lt*.-i,n tvi5. ; Vice ArlTnira] Dacrea; Colonel Mutt] ebtirv. i I; : ,i nm s i wtnfj^E*^.;
V .^r. W.H.Mill.D.D.; Her. R. llArlngtoo,r>,li ! ^i, ; Soth
V I, E*i. ; WllUani Maltby.Eaq. J JamesGillki Gtrnlle ;
J^' L^ SValdlicim ; Herr J. C. F. Scline<ider; Bor. RL ._: , :i.. . uple.. .. 187— 3U
CLtmor Decaaaeo »«.....<.... *., ,. 3U
DaatB*. arranged in Ctironotoglcal Order «•.«.*.*.«. 317
Kejrfatrar-Oenerar* Return b of Mortality In the Metropollft—Markafe, 22»; Met«oruloirlcal
Diary -Dally Price of Stocks.. m
Bt SYLVANUS urban, Gkkt.
114
MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.
The vrritcr of the article on lb« Scptua^
gint in our praBent Magaziuewus nottiwAret
till it WM too late to notice llio fuct, UiAt
the Imat edition of the LXX. printed ni thy
1 Clareotlon prcs», IH48, not only follows
the RomiiUi order of the books, by inter-
mingling the uncAnonical, bnt acUially is
guilty of placing *' Susanna' ' in the front,
nnd *' Bel et Draco*' at the close of
Daniel ! The empty space, p. 1 8'?9, forma
the only hint of any diffirencc between
apacryphal aitd canonical St^riptures,
TEAOI 4AKIHA nPO*HTOT, MS, Ale».
forma the tubficription to the whole book.
W« leave our re^defa to make the applica-
tion* It remains for the public to deter •
mine whether the<e Romanifting tendencies
iball he allowed to disgrace futnre editions
of the LXX. — Oxonii, e lYPoaiiAi'itKO
ACADKMICO.
Mjiny ijf our readcra are doubtless well
arquainted t\ith the nnmerou^ badgcj and
memo rials of Charles the First, vrorn by
the CavaUcr party, immedintely after the
death of their royal ma&tcr. Mr* Edward
Hawkins puhHshcd ftOBic of the mo»t re-
miirkuhle of these in n ffcent nuuiber of
the **Nu3ni»mn<ic Chronicle.** Sevcnil
occur in the <^nrly volumes of fho Oentle-
nian*s Magazine (lee Mr. St. Barhe'ci
Index of Phtrs, p. 18!j;) They consist
chiclij of otdI medAli, having on one $Ulc
thn portrait of Chnrle*. and on the other
that of \m Queen or hiii Sn\. Some are
laahioneil ia the form of ti heart, wbich h
made lujilow to r* ceivc portiaus of the
hair of the onfortnnnle monarch. We huire
recti ntly setn in the tiho^ of *i picture
dealer in London, a portrait whieh plainky
shows how theic budges were worn, The
portrait has an hiscription^ ''Sir Robert
Cooke of Uighnam> in Gitmceiterahirc,
l&IO,*' The costume h that of a cavalier
of the period, with a bufTcoaC and gorgeti
and from the neck depfmda, na a black
ribbon, a medal of the kind above de-
icr i be d . — Liter a rf Gazette.
R. J. Is inftjrmcd that the memoir of
the Ret* Alexander Crawcher Sehomberg
in Niohola's •* Literary Mluitnitions," vol.
-r. p. 27B, was chiefly tak^n from n Bath
saws paper as far aa line ^ in p. '2W. It if
not known who was the unthor of that
article* it certaiidy was not the Rev.
Berij. Forster. The litter part of the
Schornb&rt/ article Wiis from the pen of »he
Rev. Sir Herbert Croft, Bait, of whom
then' \s a memuir in the »ame volutne, p.
20% TJirac drunjaa are not noticed in the
Biographk Dittmalica.— In atwwcr to E.
J,*s aeoond inquiry, he is informed that
the anecdotes of Dr, John Trualer, in our
Mogaiin* for 1820, it. p. 121, were, it is
believed^ written by Mr, John Nichola, as
he is the *' veteran *' alhided to in the
afjreerneni with Mr, Tru^iler jointly to write
a tragedy in 17C7,
J. T. U. Bays, " In * xM. Sorbicre's
Journey to London,* 1698, it is said, * The
equiires in London are many and very^
beautiful, as St. Jameses Sohoe, Blooma-
bury, Red Lyou, DevonfehirCji none of the
largest, and Hogsdon, not yet finiihed,'
Thli passage nearly gives the date of tbeir
building. What it Hogidon Square?
Further on the writer aay«, * Ulington la
as famous for calves as Stepney Is for
bunns/ Has the memory of theie de-
scended to our times ? \Vcet of London,
Chelsea lian latterly had a reputation for
bunSt What is the origin of * Hor<«egmird
Phim -pudding ?' Was it firot sold a* a
stall near the (lorMguards, as the nnmc
would indicate r* Did ' rarLioment gin*
gcrbrcad ' derive its imme from a similar
cause ?
The Great Beit r/ '/Vi«i,--The late
Duke of Wellington spent many of his
early days tn the town of Trim, tn the
county of Watcrford, nod whca acarcely
twenty-one years of age, was elected one
of the members to represent it in the par-
liament of Irelttiid. When the news of
his death rcrtidied Trim, the Very Rer.
Dean Untler eoui^ed a chime to be tolled
a^ a mark of reapccit to the event. The
large bell, which waa oonstdvred one of
the finest and sweetest hi Ireland, had
scarcely aounded a second time, when it
broke, and became mute. Singular to any,
on CJiamioing the bell, it was found to have
been coat by Edmund Blood \u 1769, the
very year in which ebc Duke wsa l^orn.
It baa since been reoawt at the factory of
Mr* Hodges, Abbey^strtMit, Dublin.^
Meath Herald.
In the memoir of Mr. James Ainsworth,
Dec. p, CIS, Lancastuta!* notices a few
verbal errors. " Clitf Point" is in Higher
Broughton (a.i the name would imply, the
whole ol Lower Broujjhton being a level).
" Ptessington'' is usually pronounced and
spelled " Pleasington/" Again, *' Scot-
land*' should be '^apotland,"' a suburb of
the town of Rochdale ; and it won Id be
more accurate to describe '* Woodgate*'
in the town»bip of Ctifton, Eceles parish.
January. P. 60, col. 2, line 17* for
5y«g read 7>ng*
THE
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
HISTORICAL REVIEW.
THOMAS MOORE.
Memoirs^ JoaniaJt BDd Correspon deuce of TUomas Moore. Edited hj the Right Hon*
Lord John RuswU, M,P, Vob. V. and VI.
IK OUT limt notice of the Meuiotrs
Moare we left the poet in jajous
mny with Scott at Abbots ford,
fif)ti volume ititrorluoes hi in ugitiri
the aaine brilliant society, and with
Inothiti^ heavier to oppress the ban I
fttiai) the wt:Iglit, gnuHfrully borne, of
I forty-jix yenr.^. This wajs in No-
' er 1h23* The sixth volume cloacs
^flli October ISXh
Here, then* we Imvc tlie cbet^uercil
' of eight ycEUP, ov<jr whieh, if
Igti iiiuoh sparkling Boualiine,
•a &]m) much of ebud and tejii*
st, and cjaring ^thich^ if our hc^ro
XKtecded in hit) triumphant c.ireer^
ere stood the elavc by the wheel of
I car to remind him that man was
be heLr of iliesappoiniment, and that
rtb, however Unutifu), was covered
fitli tombs. It w»s un eight years of
an and AUiile^, of enjoyment and
juid not only does the fitter
und, bat in hi« gajrest mo-
' 'ten inwardly
' wa« in his
. t>ng yet upon
[CI
1 1'
>l«e< i
Yet t»i*>
lipn.
But hi J L -.». . ... . vjr appears to have
ett embittered towards others by his
serere dome^itic trials; and the
Btmbraiit'e of thlit fnet reminds us
' aa entry in the jounud for the 7tb
ril, 1832. It is to the following
*• Harues begged me, in any
1 1 might now write for the Times,
reTn^kt'r; which I told him waa
an un caution, »s Croker and
1 wir .*' Ou this text Lord
John i;u?*cil writes the following
CcrunieuC : ** To Moore it was unne-
ceisary to address a request to ^are
fl friend x ff the requeut had been made
to the other party, asking him to spare
iIoorc% what would huve been the re-
sult ? Probubly, while Moore was alive,
and able to wield hi» pen, it might
have ln'^n succo»»fal ; liad Moore been
dead, it woidd have served only to
give an additional zest to the pleanure
of lufe malignity," No one will read
tills Bcnteiice without instantly reciiilitig
t^ mind the cruel ruffianism with which
the deceased poot has been ai^ailed by
the Quarterly Review. We hare,
h.i|>f»ily, never seen hatred nursed to
euch a fiery heat as in the .'favage article
in question. It had l>een kept bottled
up during the poct^s lifetime, ready to
be outpoured over hiB goo«l name when
death should have eeulcd hh lips and
rendered retort impossible. When
the Irish convicts prepared their l>ot-
tle.s of vitriol they at tetuit intended to
lling them in the ftiees of living men,
but thi? Quarterly has kept its corro-
sive sublimate till the bord was coffined,
an<l then tearing away the lid it scat-
ters its poison upon the body, and
having created hideous ruin impu-
dently asserts that beauty never there
existed.
It is lamentable to see how prejudice
and personal hatred have bhnded the
(Quarterly to the actual truth. Against
plain and palpable facts, it has elabo*
rately endeavoured to [x*rsua<lQ the
world that Moore was vain without
having ground for some vanity, that he
was a violator of truth, without honour
as a man, and void of affection as a
husbind. Fortunately the nrgumente
Tktfwuu Mottr€*
IFcb*
<»f lilt C^ivteHj m )jk# s lUil m tlie
iMiidf of en ftwkirmnl Uiwber, brcmk*
fay lfc« Iwad ooefltioiiftlJf of tbc over*
TlMi ctburpt of iTBiiitjr ii foaoded on
t&i noordtnuile in hh J<mnal of tht
iHbuit* paid Mm hf locielf in kii
dbtmatm of pool and miltitret Thaw
taaofdi upaax of Hut praiict ilioircred
upon Iiita, of the taan that foil from
mw ajrct whcfi ha nng^ and of the
Itoaowt oofiferretl udoo bim wheneYer
h§ apfmrid b public* Now k li Ttr^r
daar thai theve eotriai aj^ made m a
piir« irpirii of modaitj, for they arc
altnoat mvan >^jI» r»Tirn«*d 9019 to fthow
tbut ihc wri hartlljr bdievc
thai he \wl i» Lio grcutrieafti of
which th«^€ boiiaun were but the
tafttmon)^* It muMt i»o rontonibered,
too, that tf be rcgbtcrB the culogj, be
«l«a ju honentljr and candidly journnK
JJSC9 hiB foitunsfl ; and if in nh privnti!
journal he notreui with plenr^urnblc
oniottofi the ruBvi tlung in U\n jmth,
t^ie vcne« arc ^mtcnt to all the irorUl,
wherein h<j AM4?rUi that the goUU^n
rawnni* of hia j^oceful tong were like
the foriuuoji that tulip-funcierji used
to oaat awrny in ourchaMi; of a Af»wer,
The hofiuigti ho rL»c<.'ived bud bvcn
well vHriicd^ urid if he were lit Irt»t
proud iif it, it Ia tmly the <]uni;eM untl
the* infc*ri(tr wxtn who wcrts silenced in
hiji prewnice -who will never forgive
him. 'Ilii? two volumen now before
u* »fM,*»k of homaire tbut lutghi have
exeu»*fd more vanitj? thitn iulbuM»*'eil
Moore* Wo read of prienix putting
up Liillji Kookh to raffle, and buibling
ebun'heet with tha proceeds* We bear
of jfrave Scutch preflbyters entering
li'tB ilre»Hiti}#*roum and petitioning fnr
a hn<k of Ihh hatr. From him plij^i*
ofan* would not tak« fecji, and the
Hamnn Uatbolie Church declared,
through tin primiiic% that he nitber
than Swifl was tbe ^\uvj of Ireland.
Wo w:e him IcHviug clm[«el in UuMin,
with the enlirv^ roiigrc^^Hf ion escnrtlng
bim in .liloncc, und tukin^r otf their
biitft 4i« he croABetl the tbreMlioId of the
liApp^r mother wbn wilne,N^ed thi» ova-
tion »jf her wellMlcHcrving mm* IVin-
ct'Mven beggtsd to be i n trod n ceil (o hiliii
and bidies bcntowed ou hiui tlir pret-
tlcit ttMW(*rA ul' their boufpR'tsi ; and
Ui\Hfi pleasant, |H:rlia{M^, uf ulU when
*MiQ hud taken a chance dinner
bevy of brii;ht girb, whose
psraiia bimMil to he abaait fitvm
boiiic^ be beaTd ibeim a« be went on
bti way, imgifif bit own ^llip, bip,
burrab f ** by way of parting aalate to
tba banpiefl jcS not iba ▼atnefl of
baHa!
Il if a {mcI ioaeepttbte of proof
be wa« more motlot wilb r««pecl toj
bb own productions than any Knglioli.^
p><: ' ' V rj can call to mind. Uold- '
811 > rtulock that bis ** Ucrmit*
debi**! HiJieniliaaflL Southev coinpti
eantljr oooipared bb apic with '' Fara^l
diac fjoat,'* and propbcitiivJ immortality
for hii deadly lie,ivy histories. 1
fpokc of Joan of Arc aa making
e{)och in thu bbtory of poet^;
ranked htN Thalaba wiib Orlando Fa*^
rioto, and wat vain enough to declart:
that he bad more gohl and bsai droat
in bia Tcr»c than the renown ctl Ario«i
When the yuung Templar com^
nicnted Dryden on hiii "Alexander*!
FV'ast,*' ghtriouM Jnhn aniiwered. ** Yott<
are rights yuung gentleman 4 a noblcor
fxle never wa* producctl, nor ever will I
Kvcn thia strong aaacrtion in w<
Englifih may not have been intipi
by vanity, but by a eonscloui convii
tion of the merita of the piece sjHif'
of; but, however this may lie, Mooref
never uttereil an opinion mi forcibly
recooinicndutiun 01 hU own works
tbimc of (iuldiiniith, Sonthev, and Dry-
den, noticed alx>ve. Aa for biu ^ohmrn*,
rng with tbe great, and otlen, like La!
Fimtuine*t> pigeon, winging hw wajl
Iroin hi» own dove-colct he wan nio;
cnlitleil to the distinction with whie
he w«8 treated, by Lord and Lady
Lan»downe especially, than indolenl
Gay«al the Quecnsberriei*, or Icuili^n
Whitehead at Lord JereeyV, His* ab-
hcnccs 1 roni home were olten lamented
by biiii?4elf» liiii ibey were commented,
upon, wilh respect to his admirable wif
tttter a more atfectionate fashion i^'
that oI'Dryden ill similar circumBtauces*
Dryden, without being tempted to
roam, m Moore waa, constantl_y resided
in one place, while Lady Elizabeth wa^
in another; and when the latter ob*
served that she wished be were a book,
to enioy more of his companv, the ptK»t
ungalhinily reniarkcil t!uiL lie wished
she were nn idmanack, that he might
change her once a year ! llutl Moore
ever oc»eu guilty of a ititort like this*,
tlien the (Quarterly might have had
some shadow ol excuse for its barba-
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Thomas Moore.
117
rou* iittempt to convince the utuiirniiig
widow of tUe biirfi that her husbmura
M^Ttcni alllection iov her vms a meri?
«biitn. It might as well be said that
Dr, Cbalm4?ris who registers in his
jourtiat ail the iiraise he received for
his sermons »nd all the 615 of passion
with which he v»jiitc<l his wife, that he
was the i-hive of vanity, ami the tyrant
ofunewiiom he loved an«l esteemed.
lni|»erfectiorjs of character are not to
be taken for deliberate wickedness.
What would be the lot of the veriest
country clown who should rudely go
to that bouse in a village where a
wWidow sat alone in her unobtrusive
' sorrow, and, smashing in the windows,
make coarse assertion that she wa*
weeping for one who was worthless 'f
why» such a knave would he carried to
the pump, to l>e afterwards cudgelled
into dryness. But of this atrocious
outnige the Quarterly has been guilty,
out of mere malice or witntonness.
Whenever Moore make^ alTectionatc
mention of home and its dearest t inhii-
biumts, the Quarterly Keview jirofesf^es
to know that this was mere lying ; and
when the diarist omits to speak in his
journal of those nearest and dearest
^'10 bim, the omission itself is taken as
a proof that he cared nothing for those
wnom, it is really clear, he eherished,
absent or present, in his heart of hearts.
How lierce nmst the jwrsonal hatred
hAve been that would even smite the
wite rather than spare the husband
whom she loved.
No ; the (Quarterly will have it that
Mo4>re larked feeling, If sorrow visited
him, he wa>* Mjon after to be found
among gay crowds. Why not?^ — and
what doe* it prove? Did Evelyn lack
feeling y In a time of public; conster-
nation as well as of private aflltctioii
(IH^SlO Evelyn went ** to see a new
o|rt*ra after the It^ilian way/* **^Iy
heart smote me for it," savs the same
dittrist* So with Moore; we meet him,
perhaps, in u festive throng somewhat
early atter be has passed through a
furnace of severe trial, and " bowed
down with remorse " is the accusing
re«)rd of the man whom the deter*
mined hatred of his enemy assails as
lacking teeling. In this respect the
Review is like a fellow who seeing a
Iriend bathing, anil detecting a mole
on his skin* immediately ru-^hes home
Aud proclaims that he is .1 leper all
over- Strip the fellow who so pro-
cliiims, and he will probably l>e found
a very dirty fcjllow indceiL But tht:
Aztecs deemed slave-dealing and other
niscalities honourable, and the Quar*
terly Review would seem to hold that
literary assassination is among the
noblest of callings. It treats character
as De Pedrojsa taught his countrymen
to test emeralds, — by smashing them.
There is sojnething singularly fiend-
ish in the attempt made by the deceased
poet's assailant to shew that he disre-
garded truth even on solemn occasions.
Moore has said that he could not re-
collect how he spent a certain evening
many years before, but he states some
circumstances which occurred therein,
Tlie Quarterly convicts him of nienda-
cify alter the strangest of fashions. It
pniduces a letter written by Moore at
the remote period to which Moore'a
memory a score of years afterwards
wt ut but imf»ertccily back, and by
shewing what he wrote in his youth,
t hinks that the lorgetting it in his man-
hood is evidejiee of a lie. Why what
a scui'vy assassin of reputation is this
same Quarterly ! — blinded by its fero-
city to the absurdity as well as the
bicL^ousness of its proceeding.
There is just such an instance of for-
getfulness, but loss natural, in Pepys's
Diary. On the 22nd March, 1665, he
says he was at Sir William Petty *s,
where he adds, " I saw Waller the poet,
whom I never saw hefttrer He is i\
dreadful liar, would be at once the
assertion and argument of the Quar-
terly. And why 't because less than a
year before he had made an cntrj', the
circumstancLS of which be doubtless
subse«iuently forgot. It is to this etVect,
On the I2t*b May, 1064, he relates
having attended at a conference be-
tween the Lords and Commons in the
Painted Chamber, and he reinirts
Waller's witty sayings there^ as heard
by him, on a question of granting pri-
vileges to the Lords, which, if altijwed
by the Commons^ would be^ said W^al-
ter, like n man who allowed bis neigh*
hour to pluck out the hairs of his
mare's tail one by one ! And agaiOi
here is another case in ]>oint in the
sixth volume of these ^lemoirs, Moore
says (July 5, I829J, *' Lord Strang-
ford shewed me a note from Can-
ning, which he had lately found, and
which oddly enou'^Vv, uol^iilWtwii.-
118
ThovMit Moore.
[Feb.
ing \\\n r»wn inhn'imou to Kupior that
the (h'.Hpatch wn.H written in liruton
Stnrct, proverl, that siftf-r all, it was
writt<.'ii in Sturiho]>L* Stre<;t. Thin,
though of no ijonsoq'icncc otherwise,
shown at hiaHt how litth: memory \^ to
Ije «h'i>('n(le(l upon." 'Hie ronelusion
of the (Quarterly (at li'a?«t if it were
lilinth'd hy insane hatred of Cannin;r)
would l>e that the Mtatenmun was de-
cith.'dly Huhiect to fits of m(>ndiu:ity ;
and that this was the lie deliberate 1
We niiglit cite many other instances
from the Diary to show that a man
nmy very easily fail in his memory
without at all nrcessarily failing in his
truth. As for the (Quarterly's Iruitle-.
insinuation that, in theafliiir ofliyron's
paper.*, Moore was not so honourable
of <lealing as he has stated in his Oiary,
the insinuation is really beneath notice; ;
but it is as nastily meant as the blus-
tering assur.'inciH of respcet for Mrs.
Moore, (piaiified by a sort of starelied
horror, worthy of Miss MaeTnb, that
the lady in ipustion was once eonnected
with the drama! In similar liiiirit iM
the sneer at a poet mingling his high
profession with a registrarship in Ber-
muda. Hut Wonlsworth's ]>oems jire
nothing the worse fi>r the writer's
having l)eeii a distributor of stamps.
Still, fne<rs the (iuarlerly, Moon^
wrote a poor ojK^ratie play. Well I
that was more to his <Tedit than if he
had united with two other great wits,
ns I'ope did with (Jay and Arbntlinot,
to write surh a "Ix^nstly" farce hh
"Three Hours after Marriagi*," for
laughing at which, too, j'ope took such
lasting vengeaniM' upon ('iblicr. At
all ev(;nts, says the (Quarterly, deter-
niine<l to get a convietion Jbr i>etty
lareeny, if it cannot for murder, Moore
wrote loose rhymes. He did, and was
Horry for it. I Jut J*o|)e, who wrote the
Universal IVaycr, was guilty of the
lie to Jane Shore ; and Waller
u«ifie<l dirty passions before he cele-
brated Divine Love, llie otfenccs of
JMoore were more refined in style, and
were more nobly cominmsated for. lie
WU8 a pensioner ! roars the Quarterly.
Ro was Hen Jonson, and with less
desert, as well as less eontt^nlment,
->re never, like Jonson, deafen(Ml
I ears for an increase in his
e Quarterly sneers at Moore
Mtirist writing fur pay, it
does not so much remind us of the ass
kicking the dead lion, whose roar it no
longer fears, as the envenomed hornet
piercing the brea.«*t of the now mute
nightingale, and exulting in the death
and silcnr!e of the min.^trel. As for
being a satirist, it is well indeed for his
lualigiiaiiL enemy that he who wielded
the light but cutting shafts of satire
can no longer smite those whom his
death ah>ne ha» made bravely elo([uent
in evil speaking. As Dry den remarks,
" A jK>ct, indeed, muM live by the
many" (anrl therefore Moore wrote his
lighter piece?) ; "but a CTeat poet will
make it his business to jHease only the
few." Such was the bard's aim in the
creation of his greater works; and how
his suec4>ss even surpassed that aim is
too well known to need description
here. The faint praise with whicu the
Quarterly candies its calumny is only
adding insult to injury. It reminds
us of the assjL>.«'in PizarroM, who, when-
ever they murdered a frieml, always
attended his funeral with double show
of mourning. So the (Quarterly slays
Moore's reputation, and aflects to be-
wail its own art. It treats him as poet
even more unfairly than as man; as
though what he had built in graceful
rhyme was not in itself perfect, but
rather like those I'eruvian temples
whose walls indeed were of solid gold,
but carrying a roof made of the dirtiest
tliatch. As man and as poet the de-
ceased bard merittnl far dilferent treat-
ment than the savage and fiendish
brutality which he has met with in the
pages of the (Quarterly. In chivalrous
days a living knight wouhl have cour-
teously snoken an eulogium over the
bier of the once liercest of his adver-
saries; but the days of chivalry are
past, and the (Quarterly, tearing from
Its cerements the body of the lifeless
poet^ fastens upon it with the unclean
ecstacy of an Egyptian cmbalmer, and
visits with i>ollution that which should
have secured at least respect.
Hut let us turn again to the volumes
before us. They give the almost daily
life of the bar«l during a period marked
by the production of some 4>f the best
of his prose writings, and some of the
cleverest of his satires. Of the persons
whom he encountered during that
{)crioil, or with whom he associated,
le gives slight but admirable outline
sketches, sometimes, indeed, depicting
»
I
^hem with i touch. We may instance,
smong' a hundred others^ the portrait
of Mis E^lge^Torth, ?o pretty in books,
and so prosiy in public; ft k^Iy who
talked lo well in print and so p<x>rly
In the parlour ; tvho would iling, ad thu
Oerman proverb says, her parsley into
ttirery man*! soun, and who j<poilt'd
Miml conrersation by such n s<?(i!<on-
itig. We leave th*?sf? .i-.a.x,.. ^\^^, ^j^
and the stories aecomi cnt^ to
the daily journals, wl;o . _ ^Iv.juns nre
teemm^ with rh^m. We prefer re-
itncdng ourseWes, as in a previous
article, to the personal cliarncfer and
CWeer of the author — on whoje brow,
bij'nceforlh, the cypre?^j* h ontwincil
with the UurtL
In 1825 hia father died — if wc inny
BO speak it, ** pictureaqucly." The Irish
government offered to tnuisfcr ibe old
liiau*8 penuion to one of Moore's sisters,
but the |»ot*t, if cooinarH lively poor,
was proud alao, am J m declined the
ofier, taking the ehai'j^e uf the (jld
household u|H>n himself, llh mother
5U""** '^ nine years longer, nnd lier
a I tg words were as a crown
(1 1 f J of so good a son : — " Well,
ri ' ru, I ean say, with my dying
b: - . , , ...it you have from the first to
the lost done your duty — and far more,
indeed, than your duty— by me and
all connected wtlli you. 1 can say so
from my heart."
Bat the great affliction of thefle
veflr^ f^f Moore'5 life was the death of
l< - "\:\^ — the rose in the
ci 'Hie Inevitable
Angel liud iou;^ t>eon hovering over
thia fair child before »he was finally
sammone<l away. The poet records a
iri«it made to her at school, when he saw
her crowned witli a wreath of honour,
and aa full of smiles, he sadly ,^ay8, aB
though earth contained not a tomb.
ThcT who may com pare P^velyn's record
of the decease of bin marvellous boy,
ilaiu by too much knowledge, with that
made by Moore of the death of this
fweet girl, will see how the same pa-
rental amrui!»h may be ♦bversely illus-
trat4?d. fivelyn, at the death-bed of
hif Iff tie '^yo^ could discourse with the
on iremenclouM myvsteries
man*« cc »m prehenmon can-
-r ; but the iiilant sufferer,
had his death accelerated
Uie careleesnest4 of sei^vantji to
w ho!je care he was confided, or to whose
neglect he was riiked. The path of
An astasia, on the other hand, was
covered with tlowers, and the feigned
Hrailejj of the parents were designed to
convey the hope which did not reside
in their own hearts. There is some-
thing inexpressibly touching in the
simple narrative of ihi* agonismg saene,
— a scene wherein, as is indeed usmdly
the ca^e, the neeesstiry heroism was
auiit^ined solely by the mother, lljc
aspect of death in a beloved child oJlen
faraiyses a father's |>ower of action.
le can weep, and only weep ; but it
15 the million of woman not only to
mourn, but to act : to proviiic a triple
consolation,— comfort tor the depart-
ing, solace for her co*survivor?, and
balm, if she have time for It, for her
own poor heart. Moore does ample
justiee to his incomptcrablc wife in thia
respect. Her sorrows, to judge from
the pages of the diary, never made her
selfish : but true women are ever most
true in calninity. It \» generally the
sciwoii when nmn cea.'^es to be a hero,
and Moore was not so in presence of
this crowning sorrow of his bfe ; and
yet he might have found consolation.
Years before he had stood for a mo-
ment beside the couch of hh sleeping
child, and, ns he gazed upon her, had
prayed Heaven lo keep her pure and
innocent. Heaven heard his prayer,
and, but for that [>f>or, rebel human
nature that will shrink at such visita-
tiona, and will not comprehend them,
Moore might have gratefully rcsigneil
to God the cbiM that was as pure and
stainless* as the ynowdrops which the
poor mother placed on the bosom of
the unconscious Anasrtasia.
At^er the death which robbed Moore
of the last of bin diiugliters, the pages
of his diary — as the record of an active
life must do — often indeed register in*
ci dents of gaiety, bot it is clear that
the blow wai felt by him as irrecover-
able. Ue fears to open his journal|
lest his eye should fall on the page that
holds the sad entry of her death. He
visits the tomb, but with power to take
but a hasty glance. Tearn well up
into big eyes, and sol>s choke hh utter-
ance, in gay saloons where all else is
unbroken testivity. ** When shall I
sing again?" is the aflecting ♦juestion
written down by him long atter the
blow had fallen which bad made him
aileat to song; and when, on occasion
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tkmiii
>Htb
"Tinrdb of m Irvtli iknil^tnm In
iiMi KMi HUNT «iitn« iB«ac on fitf'
ftmrt oeaiiioni, Moort Mt ifmm t/>
irnie tkk hook witli Um r r
ilKyw bg th*l th« RotnAfi Cfit r
Son wM th^ r»ntjr r«iII|(ion ii« wUuh
«?*» WM •alfniicm, iifid th*l li« who
did not bold it ciiultl ncyt ilirricfTitl upon
mitHf hv9 or horeafUfr. The TC/lumc
endi wHh a MMge in thai pun>oiie ;
ind In one of th# er»tri«ii of the nmry,
MfifiTv* rf-flordi hn"-" • -*•♦'• * • f ^-^r!
John HuMrlt Ilia i i
WM Mleiitjcul Witt. ,...i..L..,
tifttitty, anil that Pnt(4!ttitnti«m wat a
d«;>Mrf rjr' rn>m it. Now ihSi lUkwrtkm
U I Ni anf4)aonuiii with othotn
mill trc in fiii l<Ht#?rji, cofivor-
pmiioriN, iiiitl (liury, fimJ^ wc need not
iidrJ, that hJN f>nK'tit*i* wiui not ac'
rrmlant wit It tlii^ iUtHiry, Our nmdcTii
will rrcolli'ii i\w n|itnionii» biit<«rly
Il4tvi*riir> tn U(iMiHiiii*m, which M(K*fc
ex]iroiimi(] to Litily flofio^fil. At a
hUT p«?ric)<l, wliisn Mtundin^ ncnr tho
hf»(ly rjfhiM iiou(MiJic*rl fitthor, ***ji»rrr>u-
Voniilinn"' (lH«twriMi himfii*tJ'iincl RintiT)
•* nntunilly iitrtJiHl ij|iufi rollf^ioii, and
my dink-r Kiik*, wIjij, \\w hwl. ihnv I
HAW hiM't wiiM morn flian half iiirtiniH]
tii flet'hirii hiTNi'ir ii Protrj^tiiiil, told
mt^ ihn hud iinfn tjik«'n my mJvi^'n and
rjuitHly rLMTitiiruMl u Ualholir, For
inynellV ho tuhU, ** my hjuin^ nuirrii^d
A iVnlcHtiuit mir pivo nw nti ojmur-
tunity of i'lirM>«iijg a ri'li^ion, at want
far my I'hihlrni, iiml if* my mtiri iaj^c
hmlnnothor ti(lv(iiUHgc% I diouhl lliink
iht/i (jitito ■itilluMcnt in ho {xnitoful for,"
In NnvcmKM' \H'J7, wc find him Buy-
ing:— ** Wi'nt to rhurt'h at lh'M)<y*!i
(mrlicnliir ri'imc**! : woulil ^r> (iflvut^r
mt fttr t\w *\u^\np^** An unitimiirti!
Mrvii'p nvi hi?» vory tialuri» out of' tunt* ;
And when ho nlUMitln thu ^orviec of the
mUM nt WiU'wii'k StriH'l Chiipul^ he
honoMllr ftvown that iho haruiiiuy suh-
dniMi hiN vtM'y iH^n^on* iin<t that good
intmic i<i nhlo lo nmko him boliovo any-
thing. Thujs April Kit, IHrti, *' HaVe
fttwMYP intcfidtKl to gn tome time to
Bmtimt$t ami wiaCi a mMm of HEvdn'i
ptHbnMdi ivIW^ftliiMlM aqr
fUi miofrntag of il. M^ i
jvil h'vw ffiTl of CmihtHie reding,
Uh mjMdf trmfwported btck to 1
dftji fif the £k, Anbraes and Bt
CbryMMtoDM* wben Cbfiftumitj was
yet in the ((rt t glow aiMl efitboiiaini
of tU trminph ; ^nd whUe the SoMiut
wm itDfldiigf * that di'ead moment,* ««
Hu Ojm mU tt, found my e^e» full
of tean. What will not music make
OM feel and helseref" Tbia entry
only pn»vt!ai the extreme ** tmpres-
Aionabdity ** of oar poet, who was as
little of a Papi«t, yet certainljr as much
of a Christian, as bt^i co-religionist and
brotbur poet ih«* rlidactic Pope. M'x>re
harl the fan>« sort of liberality as that
which the Twickenham Vfdes ha9 ex*
prcjiftcd in the Universal Prayer. He
would a» readily have worshipped with
Carlyle in the latterV ** Cathedral of
Tmmenptiliet,** aa with Bowles in Wilt-
shire Churches, or with the Arundel Is
and UowjirdH in their private chnpels-
Uln cree<l waj* that G<kI whs with tliem
that sought hint in <«pir)t and truthi
and that forni.-* wcrrc secondnry «hing«
where the licjirt wiis single iiud re»tcd
on it* Maker, It was becnuiie of nuch
f**cliiigH thai ho jdwiiys experienced a
nearer sense of Heaven when he was
politnry in \m ehunilser^ or abroad, but
still idoiie, uod sending upward from his
heiirt winged priiyer an»l praise, sncri-
fieeN ot' ihunkHgiving to the Creator*
And in nneh faith he acknowledges that
he fmd^ calmness and conteiit. In June
iw;il, '* Sydiu'v Smith aske^l me huw
1 felt iibout fUing ? Answered, ihut if
my mind was but at easo about the
couifurt of those I h\\ behind, 1 should
leave the \vi»rld without tnuch regret,
having passed u very hHjjpy life, ami
enjoyed (as much (xjrhaps as ever miia
difl yet) nil that is enjoyable in it^
the only sin^^le thing 1 have hu<l tcii
complain of being want of money ; I
rouhl thei*t*tore ilie with the 5Min
wttrds that f fort in died, * I have had
enough of every thing/ " Yes, he h:i4
enjoyed ; and, what h very rare in tlio
elaas of which he was the *^hief and
the onuuiMntv his sense of ef^joymen^
18540
Thomai Moore*
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I
I
I
WHS never djiabed bj en vj of the repu-
tation aciiieved bj others. He couU
rejoice \n fame achieTec] ua be could
sjmpathi^e iu the adnctions encoun-
tered b^ K\s tuneful brothers of the
jTre. Is not, for instaneef the follow-
ing an evidence of a buDian heart
he<htljr beating : —
Fear that poor Scott's share in the rum
of CoDftUbte*! houw ifl even £^reat«r than
I bad aupposed Few tbingi have •ffedcd
me more than thii. I almoct regret in-
deed bavbi^ becQ brought »o cFote to
Scott, as otherwise 1 might have been
aaved the deep and painful sympathy I
now feel for bis misfortune. For poor
drvili like me (who have never known
better) to fag and to be pinched for mams,
becotnefl, a^ it were» a second nature ; but
for Scott, whom 1 saw living in «uch
luxmioiui comfort, and dijipeasint; such
cofdiat hospitality, to be thus suddenly
Mdneed to the necesatty of working his
way. ta too b^id, and I grieve for him from
my heart.
The^ volumes contain many addi-
tional traits of Afoore*d method, or
manner rather, of com|)oaition< lie
complains that his ** Lord Edward
Fitxgerald lingers lung on band, like
everything I do T and he proceeds to
ftbow wherefore, attribuiing it to the
slowneaa of his execution. ** 1 see
rapidly," he savs, '^ how the thing ought
to be, and wiuhe\ but to tuuke it ^
i« the difficulty." On Jinother occajsion
we &nd him curio ui^ly engaged while
trftvelting in the Marlborough coach
lip to town* Ue was *" alone all the
way, and having a volume of Motfheiiti
to get through, made the most of my
timei deepatchcd the four hundred and
odd pages on the way, besides writing
sixteen lines of a love song for Power."
The mind that could readily turn^ alter
the oppression of Moshelm, to make
Cupiifs lyre discourse such muaic as
only Moore could strike from it, mu:jt
have been, what it really was, a mind
of rare power. What would have ex-
hausted others, only rendered him
braced for tlie lighter tasks he loved.
He could wield a club like Hercules,
and lay it down to woo the Hebes of
hii brain, appearitig at either occupa*
tion OS if he had been designed C8pe-
ciaily for that uud no other. He hud
more pairrstic knowledge than half the
Popes, and wore with dig!iity the sage's
gown; but beneulh the hitler were
ever borne the jewclk'<l sanduk and
GnKT. Mjlq. Vol-. XLL
the tpangled robe of his gayer vocation,
and he had but to choose hi» part in
order to win laurels from the learned
and smilea from the loving.
Here, too, is a picturei^uue anecdote,
which we insert because it has refer-
ence to this matter of "composition,"
of which we have desired to aay a word
or two.
Called upon Mrs. Norton (April 1832) ;
found her prf paring to go to Haytcr'i,
who ia painting a picture of her, aud
offered to walk with ber. Had accordingly
a very brisk and agreeable walk across the
two piLrks, and took her in the highest
bloom of beauty to Hayter, who said he
wtiihfd thnt some one would always put
hf r through this process before she sat to
him. Hnppening to meotion that almost
everything 1 wrote was composed in my
garden or the fields, ** Que would gueta
that of your poetry/' said Mri* Norton,
** it quite tmeUt of them."
We have no doubt that the erotic
lines pencilled in the Marlborough
coach on a fly-leaf of Moaheim, were
as redolent of the garden, as though
they had fallen coined from the bram
beneath a clematis when its rich odour
wafi at its very richest. He who amid
Derbyshire snows could so wflrwily
paint the summer in the Vale of Cush-
mere, could not have found any dilli-
culty in giving to his " lay" in a stiige
coach as fresh an air as though it hail
been born on the Ijordera of HtjUcon,
amid a circle of the ^liuses recumbent
on the grass.
But here we must temporarily pause,
until the two remaining volumes of
this interesting series be given to the
public. Where the present leaves the
poet, it is Btill as a happy husband, and
a happy father of two promising boys.
His neart is still young in the wannth
of its affection for the mother whom
he confesses to be dearer to him than
even those dear ones whom God lent
but for a time, too soon to resume the
gitl. Ue is soiuething perhaps sobered
by the trials through which he has
passed, and the disaj»[ioiutments which
have ene limbered his path ; but if hia
hopes be of a less ro^y Ime thati they
were wont to be of yore, the memories
of the past make compensation, and
for the bliss enjoyed he is profoundly
grateful; too wise to expect too mucb,
and| a^ it seems to us, prophetic in hiif
feam of visitations and chastenings yet
R
122
The Lady EUznheih a Prkoner at Woodstock*
[I
to ootne. The record of the dating
ycflrs of tbe minplrel will, doubllens,
be OiC mo3t loucirm^ pnrttoii tA' liis
meiiimrs. The hnr[> will be hanjiing
niute ns llmt on Turn'? Wiill;* ; jirid tliL«
chartls, like thcitii-' of llie joiilliful banl
he hiis liiniself Buti^, all torn asunder.
But tlie aun af Im household mid the
li^lit of his liearth will he mercifully
Bpnred to smooth Ids wuy» antl to have
toe eolueet when thxit duty huB been
nccomplished, of knowing (bat the
w«>rhl while rcndeniip;^, from penenition >
to ijeiieratitui, honour to the csi^ecialj
poet of the lyre, will ever pay itii tri-
bute of adinirtnt* respeet tti the besl]
frieiiil that ever lived in that poct'f j
wurtn heart. In these volumes ah>nei
there h enough to warrant uk in siiyin^i
that they who reatl them will not only I
admire Moorej but will also lovej
*»Besi«y."
THE LADY ELIZABETH A PRISONER AT WOODSTOCK,
{Can tinned from )k 10.)
TX the former part of this paper we
lefl tlie laidy Elizab<?th a close pri-
Boner nt Wo<jilstoi k, and Qtieon ^inry
on her bridal journey to meet IV i nee
Philip, her though Is naturally intent
ijrpon her own future prospects. The
Council also wnn fully occy[)ied in
conducting the arrangements required
upon BO great jm event, and in roprcsa-
mg the many indications of its tin-
Kjpubirity; for the advent of the
^|>(«dard was coiitetnphited with dis-
trust and dread by all classes of
Englishmen, and excited their repug-
nance more deeply than anything thiit
bad occurred since the di^tfolutioQ of
reli^jjous houses,
Louder these circumstances there
waa no little danger of the cause of
the Lady Elizabeth being neglected,
and her present condition disregiirded,
She wai* not, however, of a di»i>osition
to submit tamely to the state of » for-
gotten and pa.-^sive prisctner. Though
debarred from per^^unally adtiressing
the Ciueen without previous |>onniji-
sioOt *he had perse veiingly urged her
auit to do so ; and at length, in a post-
flcript to the letters of the Council
diiteii froto Uiehmond on the KUh of
June, 1554, Sir Henry Beilingfield waa
informed that** The (^ueen^s nnije«ty
is pleaded that the Lady Elizabeth's
grace may write to her highness ac-
cording to her desire.*^
Elizabeth now, we may be Bure,
exerted her utnu»st powers to vindicate
her loyalty. The letter ehe wrote h
not extant — or, if it be, it has still to
be discovered ; it may probably have
been more elaborate* but surely not
more positive or energetic, than that
which was hastily written at White-^
hall, when the lords were waiting
hurry her to the Tower. We only
know, from the reeejHinn which thfl
letter received, that it was regarded af
representing hoth her paat actionB and
her prec^ent sentiments in a (also atid
dlHM'iiifit'd aspect.
The answer was not written by the
Queen herself; but by one of the
Council, very probably by (lardiner.
Nor was It ad'lrcsj*ed to the Latly
Elizabeth personally. It came In the
form of a letter under the (Queen's
signet and sign- manual, directed to Sir
Ilenrv BedingfielJ, and its terms urere
ns follow :
Mahvr the Qukne.
Trniilie and well bilove(),wee grete jrow
wdL And where our plei^ure wsl** off late
Signified nrila yow for the La dye I^Jiza-
beth to have licens to wryght unto us, we
have now receyvcd her letters, contuyariiipf
onlye certayne argumrn[« dcvbed for hir
declaration in such matters aa she hath
been charged withall by the Toluiitaric con-
fessvona of divera others ; In which argu-
ment* she wolde seme to pertwade us that
the testimonie of thooie which have oj^entnl
matters agcyntit hir either werf uot iiuebe
at theye bee or being snche e^hiiUie have
no credit. But, ns wee were muut sotye
at the bcgynnyni; to have eiiye orcaAJon of
auspiriun* bo, when yt appeared nolo ns
that the copies off her tecrelte It^ttrrs unti>
at were foimde in the pacquete of the
French imbassatour, that diverite of the
moat notable traytouri made tbeir chief
sccumpte upou hir, wee can hardly be
h route to thynJ^e that thei wnldo have
presumed to to doo» excepte thei hadde
more certayn knowledge off hir favour
tofvttrda their untiaturall con^piracic then
ys yet by hir cunfestcd. And therefore,
1B54.] The Lad^ Elizabeth a Pruoner at Woothttock,
123
thougb we have for our parte, con sidetTng
mnrterB broutc to our knowledge
ryuBt hir, used more demciicie and
kvour towHrd hir then in the lyke matters
been accustumed, yet cbqqoI these
by r words »o moche abuse tis but we
dooc well under»toude how thyngs have
been wrought. Coospintcici be secretlye
pmetiied, and tbyngn off that nature be
monuye tyme» judged by prohable con-
jecturei and other aospicions and argu-
ments, where the playne directe prove
may cbaunse to fayle. EFen as wise
Solomon judged who was the true mother
of tlM? cbilde by the womai/A behavour
and words, when other prove fayled and
couldc not be badde. By ihe argument
^nd circumstances off hir wiyde Itttre,
iritb other articles declared on your behalf
by your brother to our privie Counsel!, yt
raif well appere hir menyng and purpose
to be farre otherwise then hir letters par-
port«fth ; Wherfore our plttjure y» not to
De hereafter aoyc moo re molested with
aa43ll hir disguise and colourable lettera,
but wyfth for bir tbnt yt may plese our
Iiordc to gr&unte hir his grace to be to-
wards hym as ahee ought to be ; then
iliaU sheM* the aooer be towards ua aa be^
cummcth hir, Thod moche have wee
thought goode to wrytc unto yow» to
th'intcnte ye myght uodersloudc th'effecte
off iho*e (ctterA, and ao continwe your
Mciutumed diligence in the charge by us
flOOHBitted unto yow. Yeven under our
■IgBct at the Castle of Farnebjim the
xif*^ dayc of June the fyr»t ycrc off our
relgne.
This cpistte, it cannot be disputed,
WAS anvibiri^ but kind or 5»«»1erly.
Though evidently not dictated bj
Mary's own pen, it plainly stutes the
impression she entertained of Eliza-
Uelirs insinecrity and duplicity, and a
c^mvictifin that her meaning and pur-
pose w(w still far different from her
professions. Moreover it cruelly de-
clare* to the disgraced princess that
"it was the Queen*s pleasure not to be
nmleAted any more with such her djs-
guife and colourable letters*" Whilst
we cannot but wish that ElizaLtith's
letter bad been preserved for our |>er-
usal, it would have been some satis-
faction only to know that Mary bad
answered her with bar own hand, in
terras of natural atrection and of
sisterly renionfitrance, even if she could
not entirely relinquish ull her mis-
trust.
The writer of the Queen's letter,
however, — be be (Jardiner or any
other of the Council, — unLlcrtukea to
justify the Lady Elizabeth's trciduient
by repeating the grounds of suspicion
upon which it had been founded, and
wnich he nsserts were still unrenioved.
It is in this respect that this letter is
the most iai porta nt of any in Sir
Henry Bedingfield's book: for wbil^
the charges amount to leas than we
find them in other places, we can
trace them aa being the whole that the
Council were really able to supfjort.
It hnd been said thiit Elizabeth had
written to the French kinpf, and she
seems herself to have understood that
such a charge was brought a;Ljainsther;*
but in this document we find the dis-
covery reduced to this — that copies of
her secret letters to ihe Queen had
been found in the pacquet of the
French ambassador. The *'Ambas-
sades" inform us when this bnppeneil,
— for it happened but once, — m the
following piiiiaage of the despatch of
"M. cJe Noailles au Roy, 23 et 26
Janvier, 1553:'*
J 'ay recouvert le double d*une lettro
qu^elle escripvoit a ladtcte royne, que
rRtnhoBsndeur de I'empereur a faict tra*
duire en Fran9ois, qui eat cy enclose.
Now, this passage seems to show
that de Noailles had obtained the letter
from the despatches of the Imperial
ambassador* If so, it was of course
by treachery, ft)r they were the bit*
tere-t foes; and oon.sequcnlly it had
not been betrayed by Eli;£abetbberaelt|
nor with her concurrence.
Gardiner, in hia turn, gained the
information by stopping the French
umbassador*s pacquet, as he relates in
a letter f to Sir AVilliara Felre, dated
the 27th January :
The Itttcr written from my Lf«dy Ehzjibeth
to the Queen's highnesa now lute in her
ejccuae X i« taken a matter worthy to be
I
• — ** as for the copy of the letter sent to the French king, I pray God confound mt
eternally if evt r I »eot him word, message, token, or letter by any means/' (Letter
written on h<.<r committal to the Tower.)
f Printed in The Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary» p* 1B4,
* The letter in question was one which Elizabeth wrote from A«hridge when firit
aummoned to court, it is mentioned in several other docutneots, but has not itaelf
been preacrved^
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Hie Lady EUzaheih a PrUoner at Woodatock, [Feb,
sent into Fmnce, for I have the co^j of it
10 tlie FreDcli amba!^Ailor*]i pacqurU
Tlic trutKns thus iJevelopofJ» traces
out tlie treaclierous practicfH boTh of
the Frent'h itriiba^sador ami of tlie
English minister^ but sifFords no proof
of Elbabelirs prL'sume*] treason.
To procee^l with the WooOslock
fiarrative. The ljijeen*3 letter was
despjitchLni from Farnhaiu on the 25th
of iIuiiCj and in the courMeof two ihijs
at nir^^st, judging from what occurred
on other occiisinns^ \l ninst have come
into the hands of Sir Henry Beib air-
field. Me doei not inti mate that it
had met with any unnsynl dehiy ; but
it bore, he say^^ the appearance of
hnviug been op<3ned on the road, and
lie seems to have «U!4[>ccted thsit tliis
hfid been done by Mr. I'ltrry, the Lady
K^JsalKiili's eolTerer, who^ sorely against
Iledin^fiehra will, wai«, with others of
her friend.*, ludging in tfie Bell inn at
Woodst^K'k. Ifso, Elizabeth may have
heard the eflect of the Queen's and
Conncirs leUem some (lays before
Bedinrrfieh! delivered the in to her, and
t!ierefore nmy hnve been the better
able to restrain her euriosity. On
(he other hand, the worthy knight,
either from private instructions or at
hi*j own MU^<TL*stion, determined not to
impart the content:? of the despatch
until they were demanded by lu»
I>ri*Miner» Meanwhih', he prepared
tiniself for the occaKjon by drawtng
out a "report" of the Queen's letter,
putting the original very carefully
away.
Whatever was the cause of this in-
tervaU whether a politic delay on the
part of the cautious knight, or a niood-
ish temper on that of the mortified
princess, or the little circumstance that
Bbe liad been already informed through
Parry, so it was that the commuinea-
tion %vaH n(jt made until the 3d ot July,
On the morning of that day Sir Henry
Bfidingfield had attended the perform-
ance o^ mass in her Grace's cb amber ;
and, on its conclusion, whilst he was
"doing his duty" in order to depart,
her Grace called him tind a**ked whether
he had heard of any answer that was
or should be made by the Queen's
Majesty t<i her late letters. He re-
plied, that he had to dec hire unto her
an answer on the Queen's behalf
whenever she pleaded to command hii
** Let it be even now,'* said her Grace.
But Bedin^fiehl was afraid to trust
himself wiflnmt reeourge to the rcfiort
which he had prepareil, and he there-
fore craved leave to letch it. Thia
deferred tl*e cmnmuniration until after
dinner; when, taking the further pre-
caution to have Mr. 'iliomeo in his
company, he attended to make it.
Qlmerving the fi>rmalily due to her
royal presence^ Bedin;;tleid read the
paper Kneeling, with Thomeo in the
same attitude by his side. After once
hearing it tlie Lady Kliz.abeth uttered
certain words bewailing her misforlune
that her letter, contrary to her expecta-
tions, had taken no b**tter eflect ; and
then desired to hear the answer again*
This ilone, her Grace said, ** I note
eB|Kicially, to my great discomfort,
(which 1 shall nevertheless willingly
obey,) that the Qneeii's Majesty ia not
pleased that I should moleet her High-
ness with any more of my colourable
1 e tters ; w h i en , al 1 1 »o ug h t h ey 1 >e termed
colourable, yet, not ofiending the
Qneen*a Majesty, 1 must say for my-
self that it was the plain truth, even
as 1 ilesire to be saved before God
Almighty; and so let it pass. Yet,
Mr. liedingfield, tf you think you may
do so much for me, I would have you
to receive an answer which [ would
make unto you concern in^ your mes-
sage, which I would at the least way
that my Lords of the Council might
understand ; and that you would con-
ceive it upon my words, and put it in
writing and let me hear it agarn \ and
if it be accoi^ing to my meaning, bo
to pa^8 it to my Lordi; for my better
comjort in this mine a<lversity/' To
thin liedingfield answered, " I pray you
hold ujc excused, that 1 do not grant
your request in the same," Then she
said, ** It is like that I shall be offered*
more lliau ever any prisoner wiui m
the Tower; for the jiri!*oners be suf-
fered to .open their mind to the Lieu-
tenant, and he to declare the same to
the Council ; and you refuse to do the
like/* Sir Henry made some excuse
about there being " a diversity " in the
two cases ; and so departed.
The next morning, however, when
walking in the Little Garden, the Lady
Elizabeih renewed her attack, and
TiiiM word, which i§ so in the MS., a|ipetir& to be a m\«tl&ke for «ome other.
1854.] The Lady Elizabeth a Prisoner at Woodstock.
125
riiiid, ** I remember jcsterilay yc re-
fused utterly to write on my behalf
unto my Lords of the Council ; and
therefore if you continue m that inind
still, I shall li« in wttrse ca^ than the
worst prisoner in Newojate ; for they
be never gjiinsnyed, in the time of their
imprison men t» Liy one friend or other
to have their cause opened and sued
for; and ihh 19 and shall be a conelu-
•jon unto me that I must needs coti-
imue this life without hope worldly,
wholly restingj to ibe truth of my cause,
nnd that before GwJ to be opened,
arming^ myself against what so ever
«hall happen, to remain the Queen's
true subject aa I have done during my
life. It waxelh wet, and therefore I
will depart to my lodigiog again j " and
so she did.
In these terms Sir Henry, though
be carefully renounced the idea of un-
dertaking any part of the message or
iuit which the Lady Elizabeth required
of him, yet made a faithful report to
the Council of her sentrmenta ami
wishes. The result was that, by letter
dated ftt Farnham on the 7lh July,
the Lords communicated the Queen's
pleai^ure that he might write such things
as the Lady Elizabeth should desire
him, and send his letters touching that
matter inclosed in some paper directed
to her Highness, so as she might herself
have the first sight thereof. This ap-
peared like the beginning of a kindlier
leeling on the part of Mary. Upon
receipt of the mtimation, Sir Henry
communicated it to Elizabeth, but she
did nut immediately avail herself of it.
She was perhaps too deeply mortified
by her late ill- success to think that she
could immediately make a more effec-
tive Qp|>eal, or she might well imagine
that her ijLjter's mind was fully occupied
^ith the object of her journey^ and
herefore might chm^se to deter any
ar titer application until that important
Udine}»s had been concluded.
At length, on the cOih July (when
she bad of course heard the details of
the royal marriage at Winchester on
the 25 th), she again took courage^ and
retjuired Bedingfield to convey ^' a
suit '* to the Queen's Miijesty. It was
expressed in the following terms, —
that, upon very pity, considering her
long imprisionment and restraint of
lib<.*rty, the Queen would be pleased
Hther to charge !ier with special aiatter
to be answered unto and tried, or to
grant her liberty to come unto her
Highness' presence ; which, she affirmed,
she would not desire were It not that
she knew herself to be dear, even
before God, for her allegiance. She
entreated tliat such of the Lords of
the Council as were executors of her
father's will should further this her
suit. And if neither of the two pro-
positions so solicited should be granted^
then she elcsired that some of the Lords
of the Council should have leave to
repair to her, and to receive her suits
from her own mouth ; ** whereby she
may take a release not to think herself
utterly desolate of all refuge in this
world.'*
On the 7th of August the Lord
Chancellor, the Bishop of Ely, and Mr.
Secretary Bourne, replied from Wi ndsor
that the Queen bad seen Bedingfiehrs
last letters, but her Highness would
take time to consider, and make the
necessary answer at convenient leisure.
On the IDth the Lady Elizabeth, m
her usual garden walk, again opened
her lamentations to Bedingfield. *♦ I
have very slow speed," she said, ** In
the answer of any of my suits, and I
know it is ever so, when that there is
not one appointed to give daily attend-
ance in suit-making for answer ; and
therefore I pray you let me s^mX a
servant of mine own, to whom I will
do the message in your hearing that
he shall do by my commandment ; and
this I think is not against the order
and service appointed unto you." Be*
dingtield, on this appeal, again made
her a peremptory refusal, " retjuiring
her Grace to be contented, tor I neither
could nor would asj*cnt to any such
her request." " Then (said she) I am
at a marvellous aflerdeal, for I have
known that the wife hath been received
to sue for her hustmnd^ the kinsman,
friend, or servant for them that bath
been in the caae I now am, and never
denied*'* To this BedinglicM answered,
** I myself am of small experience in
such case. That notwithst^inding, I
trust it shall not be long before my
Lords of the Council will remember
your suit, and auawer the lame." And
so her Grace ended.
Btrdingtield, whdst he faithfully re-
ported the princess's eomplainlH, must
nave been perfectly conscioud how
completely be was oue of the partltsd
126
The Litdif Elizaheih a Priftoner at Woodniock* [Feb-
of whom she hsul iitost reason to eoin-
rAnm. It was eeriuinly in no pily to
ler tliiit he inatJe this hist communica-
tion, ft»r it was not until Wednesduj
tljo U'fth that he reportcil these speeches
of Fpidny the lOtb; nor wji5 it until
the Nth Sept, tlmt he reported the
following iticidont, which occurred on
the 26th of Auj^uat. On t!uit d,ky\
wh«'n after confessions in due Cutholic
forjn, the Lady Elizabeth received the
most convfortftblc sacrament, before ber
(ir-ice went to the rceuipt thereof, she
c^llcti iniiitressThoineoandl Bedingfiehl,
and when tbey knelt before her to
Jenrn what she wisJied to say, she
opened her mind by iheBC words, pro-
tecting that her Grace, "in all her b(e,
bad dt>ne nothing, nor intended to *lo|
that Wft5 perilous to the person of the
Qttecn*fl Highncsti or the Common-
weiilth of the Realm, its God, to wtiose
mercy she then nihide<l to commit
herself, was judge." Having said tbb,
she received the sacrament.
At dlveri^e times since, the princess
had made further attempts to persuade
Bedingfield to forward fre^h sobcita-
tions, and said she was sure their Lord-
sbtps would smile bi tbeir sleeves at
hii* excessive scrupulousnchs ; but he
told her in reply that he bad rather
adventure to bear their displcixaure for
that than for presumption.
The Councd's next tett<;r contains a
charactcr'stic trait of the Queen^s reli-
gious Jervour. In regard to wliat bad
occurretl on the *2Glh of August, nhe
expressed hcryell'** very gbid that the
Lady Elizabeth dotb so well conform
herself in the receiving of the most
blessed nucrament of the altar." She
also consented that Elizabeth might
write to her by one of her own ser-
vant*, if the letters sent were inclosed
with IkHlinglield's own. The hitter
communicated on the morning of the
I7tb September these glad tidingjj, as
he deemed tlieuj. Yet Elizabeth did
not take immediate advantage of the
permission ; nor speak again upon the
subject until the afternoon of Sundny
the 23rd : when she commandeil iiini
to prepare her pen and ink against the
next day* The writing materials were
provided, consisting ot a standish and
five pens, two fiheets of fine paper, and
one course sheet ; and were accom-
pfttiied with a request that she would
not use them except tn the sight of
mistress Tbomeo or of mistress Morton,
another of the (Queen's servants then^
at AVoodstock. The letter was noil
finie^hed until the next afternoon, when (
Bedingfield was sent for, and com*
manded to transcribe it, her Graca I
saying that she never wrote to the.
Lords of the Council but by a Secre-
tary, and sis she was not then sufiered |
to have one, he must need^ do it. |
Bedingfield prnyed ber Grace to pardon
bim, for that be was not able ; yet at ]
ber Grace's importunate comuiandment
and desire, he wrote as she read unto
him from her handwriting, which shd J
retained as a minute. And ader it i
was dafed she added with her own
hand something he did not see, and
then desired him to direct it ; but thii
he left undone. This is the same in-
cident upon which Foxe has enlarged
at considerable length, with severe re-
dec tions upon Bedingfield. 11 is own
account of it is obscure. He did not
choose to direct the letter; he took
the remaining' ptiprr, standish, and
pens away, and so departed. But we '
glean from the subsequent documents
what was its fate. On Wednesday the
2Gth, eight days after Its penning, the
letter was at length desp tit died by
the Lady Elizabeth's servant Fruncig
Verney, who usuully bn^ierod with
Parry her colTcrer at the Bell inn in
Woodstock ; and on the 7th of October
the Queen, then at Westminster, ac-
knowledged its safe receipt. It had
been carrictl direct to the Queen 'a
band on account of its appearance^ for
it was fast sewed without any endorse-
ment on the outside, But, ou consi-
dering its contents, the Queen expressed
her surprise that the Lady £lizal>eth
should have imagined that her fornicr
letters had been kept from iicr Ma-
jesty's knowledge^ as it implied so dJ
an opinion of the Council, no one of
whom (to the Queen's knowledge) had
given her any such cause. She added,
that if Elizabeth's former answers had
been as satisfactory to indilferetit ears
as they appearetl to be to ber own
opinion^ she might have fully enjoyed
the Quecif s favour bet ore a great many
others who had already been pardoned
upon their submission. Theix>yal mis-
sive concluded in these words: ** You
may therefore declare unto her these
our letters* signifying that we be not
unmindful ol" her cau^e, and as good
1834.] The Ladif EUzaheth a Prtjtoner at IVoodatock, 127
oocasion shall proceed irom herself m
de^&, so will we have such further
con^itlcrntion of her as tiiaj stand with
her [our ?] honour and the good ordvr
of the Kealra/*
Mary was now relieved from the
apprehensions which at lirst appearefl
to justiiy her rigorous treutment of
her aister. She had efTected the object
ofber heart In accomplishing her mar-
riige with Philip^ and the scruples and
repuffnauce of her subjects to the
Spanish alliance had been repressed
and overc()ine. There was little excuse
left for keeping Elizabeth nnder even
moderate restraint ; but, before relax-
ing her bonds, she deteruiined to put
her to the teat in regard to religioua
conformity. Sg^^h were the "deeds'^
by which her favour was to be regained.
^Bedingfield, though too rough and
ilunt for a mere courtier, was from
lllis own religion a sentiments well cal-
ivulated to f^ccond his njidtresn'^ bigotry.
lOn the 4th of October (during the
linterval of the corres!jK)ndence last de-
scribed) he volunteered a stfttement to
the Queen, and addres^etl directly to
her Miijesly, which it h diilicuh to
ftscribe to any other motive but one of
petty malice. He relates that
Her cUapUin in my Lord Charaberlaln*s
trme [that ifi, whilst she remainfd in the
i.Tower in the caatodj of Sir John Gage,
Pnow Lord CbainbedaiD,] did mj the suf^
fraf^es in Eagli&h, . . . and in the»e saf<
frai^e«c all ia saiJ, saTiDg the words touching
the bishop of Rome,* And my Lady
{ Etiznbeth's grace did nae to say niib her
I chap U in ; so that all that did wait did
I liear her speak the words plainly aHer the
^j>ric«t. Since your moat noble marriage,
by and by after which tiie same her chap«
lam» according to his most bouaden duty,
did pray for the King and your Majesty
liogether, her Grace hath never aimwered
i word to that article, that could be heard
or perceived by any means, being marked
of very purpose by your Highacsii^a woman
mif tress Morton and me.
Thus much did Bedingfield conceive
It to be his duty to communicate to
ber Majesty ; and at the same date he
informed the Council that certain of
ber Grace^s servantH did not at any
time come to divine service, whilst he
prayed God that ilII the reut did not
obaenre it for form only*
The Queen's letters in return shewed
that he had tnuebed upon the right
cord. She desired that, "as the Lady
Elizabeth had shown herself conform-
able enough in all other thingB, so she
fthould be induced to stand content
with the service used in our own Chapel
and throughout our Keolui, and no
more to use the said suHVages and
litany in English, but in Lutin, accord-
ing to the ancient and Uudable custom
of the Church." The La«ly Elizabeth
Bnbmitted, with an explanation that
the practice had originated with her
from her meeting with an English
primer when in the Tower ; and on the
Sunday following she cc»nveyed her
wishes to her chaplain in these word«,
*' Sir William, you may no more aiiy
the suffrages in English,"
On the 20tb October, the Lady Eli-
zabeth again desired to have writing
materiftls to address the Couucil ; but
Bedingfield again refused her, until he
had asked for fresh ])ermifision : " which
she took in 8o ill part, that her Grace
of displeasure therein did utter mef
with more words of reproach of this
my service about her by the (Queen's
Highness' commandment, than ever I
beard her speuk before — too long to
write," On the afternoon of the same
day she re[>eated a request she hud
made some weeks before for the at-
tendance of some of the Queen's phy-
sicians. She desired that Ductors
Wendy, Owen, and Huick, or two of
them, might come and bring wilb I hem
an expert surgcfm to let her Grace's
blood, if the ?aid doctors should tiiink
it (Jcsirable. Thia rctjuest wiis gran led,
Owen and Wendy came, brin^nug the
Burgeon, and she was bletl both in the
arm and in the foot.
She was permitted to send a message
to the (^ueen by the physicians, but
another month bad nearly elupsed when
Bedingfield wrote by her desire to com-
plain that she had i^ceived no answer;
and she re (pies ted that, if she was to
be kept longer in confinement, she
should be removed to some place nearer
London or her own houses. If not in
respect to her person or charges, yet
in pity of the poor men winch were
daily sore travailed with extreme
long joui-neya in the winter weather,
• ♦* From all sedition and privy- conspiracy, ,/rom the tyranny o/thf BhJ^np of Rom9^
And ait /iis detealobh enoriwi7ie»/' &e. Litany in the Prayer Book of 15^2.
t '* did utter me/* meaning apparentlyp dismissed me.
12g The Ladff EUxaheth a Pruoner at Woadslock. [Feb.
doll), nnd not seen^ and ihiit be showed
hiinsL4f a very friend in the mutter**'
It Wiis now L'urrciJtly jmiicpUfK'cd, pro-
bably witli li view to king FliiliiVs popu-
iimty ill Eiighmd, tlittt EliKuLivth owed
tht* mitigation of lier treuttui'iit to hm
intercesftion. Tberts wus, howevur, a
still deeper policy in bis conduct : for,
^o long 09 Mary bud no ehildreUf Eliza-
beth wa8 the only heir presuinptive
whose citiirn by birth stotKl befoi\: that
of Mary Queen of Si:ots, and as the
latter was already betrothed to the
Dauphin of France, her pos»iblo buc-
ce«stotJ would have produced a untoo
of England and Scotland with Erancei
which might eventually over-balanco
the growing power of Spdn«
After one week «#»re, the Lady
EljKabeth was transferred from Sir
Henry liedin^field to the gentler cus-
tody of Sir TboniaB Pope, who was
cotnuiissiuned to attend upon her at
ber own manor of Hatfield.
To any rejitler who baa attentively
perused the in teres ting detuiltf we hav«
now recited, it will be scarcely necea-
(lary to diacuas the character or comluet
of Sir Henry Hedingfiehl. IJy his own
aemunt be wa» certainly harsh, and it
h probable that «oine of the titories told
by Foxe of hia ill-tciiiper and severity
were not destitute of fuunJation. Hid
rule of conduct ap|)*;ars to have been
that of the sohlier,— never to exceed
hi& prescribed instructions: but, if some
of Foxe*9 stories be true, bis extreme
to supply her hou»e!iold with pro-
vidions.
This letter, dated the 19th of No-
vember, is the bist in Sir Henry HihI-
[iogiiehrs book, with the exception of
[one from the Queen d:iteil five months
[ilk-r (on the 17tb April, 1555), sum*
nmning the Ljuly Ehzabcth to join the
Queen at Hampton Court, According
to Miss Aikin and Miss Strickland,
she ha<l visited the same royal resi-
dence during the preceding Christnias.
We thinks however, that ibis must be
a mistake. Foxe det^cribea minutely
her journey from Wo<iilstock in April,
She travelled on the tirst day to Itycot,
where she had boen so well entertained
liy the Lord VVilliama on her former
journey, on the next to Mr. rkanuer s
nt West Wycombe, on the rblrtl to the
George inn at Colnbrook, and on the
fourth to Hampton Court.
Foxe tell:^ us that she had been at
Hampton Court a fortnight before dbe
was uibtjitted to an interview with any
of the Lordit of the Couneih She was
then visited by Bishop Gardiner, the
Earl of Arundel, the Earl of Shrews-
bury, and Secretary Fetre; when the
bishop di*sired her " to submit herself
to the (^ueen*8 grace," but ahe made
answer that, rather than do so, she
would lie in prison all the days of her
life; adding that she craved no mercy
at her Maiesty*g hand, but rather de-
sired the law, if over she did offend
ber Majesty in thought, word, or deed.
Another week pa.s3ed after this a tout
tjply, when, one nigbt, at ten o'clock,
wus suddenly summoned to the
Iftueen's presence.* In the conversa-
► tion which ensueii Foxe represents her
ad sttmding to her truth a» stillly and
stoutly as ever, and at last departing
with very few comfortable worils from
the Queen, " It was thought,** be adda,
^* that kiDg Pbilip was there behind a
caution iJreserved the life of his charjje
from mure fanatical enemies. His ad-
ministration of his olQce appears to
have received throughout the approval
of the Queen and her Council : and it
is said to have been more substantially
acknowledged by a pension of lOOl, a
year, and a portion of the forfeited
estates of Sir Thomas Wyat* On the
17tb Dec. 1557, Sir Henry Bedinglicld
* Foxe iidd«, — '*for ihc had not icen litr in two years h«fore,*' aad prubably Foxe
i« rights or netif ly io. From llie time that Eluubeth left the court «t Whitelmll in
Wfc. 1553, and perliapA for aiiiue period before (rtht^n alienation had already arisen on
^fcligioua mnUe-ri) the tiitrrs lind t-njuycd no peraoQAl intercourse. Miss Stricklanil
(Livei of the Queen*, 1K53, it. 100) dirscribtrs, on the nutboriiy of Ndres's Life of
Burgbley» a aupposcd tuitrview between them «t RIchtDOoJ, oa Eliyahetb'* way from
the Tower to Woodsiiuk, in which sbe is reprctented as refusing the hand of the Prince
of Pifdmunt J and (p. llij) a visit uf Eliiabetb to llamplou Cunrt at Cbriiitma^ 15&I
on live prt^sumcd invitation of king Pbitijj ; to which Miss Stritklaod appro{jriat<'« from
Foic the piirtieulara of tb« journev in .\[>Ti\ Ibbb ta* gi*cn in the lext above. But we
rrgsrd both lUcsta Boppo^td ititcrviews m ioiagiottry ; and that iiutvvitbHtanding (hut
Mian Strickland decluri^^s (iii, ^28) tbut *' Heccni diftcoveriti induhttuljly prove, ttiAt
Mitry permitted her abUr to uppcar in atalc at the fublivitic:i of the Cliriitiaaa of I j&4."
1854,]
Shrine,* and Imager of the Virgin Mttrif*
16 appointeJ to the (u^uallf com-
I timed) iifliees of Vice-Cbambcrlaiti of
Itbe liuusehold and Cuptaiii of the Yeo-
Imcn of the Guiird. It is said tbat^ in
bfUsr years, duriu^ tlie reign of Eliza-
T betb, lie occasiooally appeared at Courts
[ without an J other reilection^ lipon him
^thatt that the Queen half -jestingly
[•^led him her JaiKir ; and he died an
[•gr^ roan in the year 1583, the Queen
I Imving in 1578 visited \m hntise at
Oxburghf — a fact not necessarily indi-
cative, however, of the royal favour,
S8 mo^lern writers are too apt to regard
f It, for the stages of the Queen s pro^
Igresees, l>eing usually short, were re-
) gulated rather by motives of conve-
tiience than with any idea of doing
honour tu the psirlies visited^ and there
was one memorable iiijfianee of a
gentleman of Sutlolk, — a recusuntlike
Sir Henry Bedtngfieldf who suflered
severely from a Governjnent prosecu-
tion at the very time that Elizubetb
honoured his mansion with her pre-
sence.
We cannot conclude without ex-
prettittig cor thanks to the Ri^v. C. K.
Manning for having made public the
Bedingfiehl letter- book, which, though
inclosed in the Transactions of a local
society, cannot hereafter be overlooked
by our national historians.
JVofe^^lo p. -1 we have inii<!Tcrt«?titly
treated the Earl of Devonshire of Q.iieen
Mary's time as a grandson af Kini^ Ed-
ward the Fourthj Instead of the grciit-
grandsoa. His father Henry Marqucis
of Exeter, who was beheaded in 15 19, was
the 900 of Witiiam teuth Glarl of Devon
by Katharine of York. His mothiir Ger-
trude Marchionesd of Exeter^ living at
Mary'ft accession, wa« n daughter of Wil-
liam Blount. Lord Mountjoy.
In p. 7, for Edward Bedingfield redd
EdiiiuntL The two letters were carried by
him and Noreys^ having been written by
Sir Henry Bedinglield ; but th^y are not
preserved in his letter-book*
SHRINES AND IMAGES OP THE VIRGIN MARY.
IT tnay not be an improper sequel
to the story of La Salette,* to give
I some genet*al infornLition respecting
the numerous shrines of the Virgin
Mary, celebrated for their iruagea of
wonder-working power ¥^w persona
are aware of the vast number f>f them
scattered over the continent of Europe,
without noticing thii»e in other purtd
of the world. Lore! to h well known,
I account of \iA celebrity; Walsing-
tin, in this country, has its inernury
preserred in fragments of old ballads,
ttnd in tiie witty account of it by Er!L»-
iiiU8.t Scattered notices of others are
i'occaatonaUy to be found in books of
travel ; and of the shrine and statue of
our Lady of Boulogne an excellent
notice has appeared in thisi Magazine»{
Still there if a general want of informal
tion on the subject. The bisioricB of
these several places of devotion are be-
coming very rare, and only found, now
and then, in catalogues of s.ile3 ; yet
are thay exceedingly numerous, and
worth attentive consideration, A Ger-
man writer, of some diligence,§ has col-
lected together a list of these work«,
entitled *^ Iconographia Mariana ;" it is
not, however, pretended to be other
than an attempt to collect niuteriida,
and does not assume to be complete :
indeed, T have several in my own col-
lection not there enumerated, and
others I have found in catalogues. Yet
does this contain a list of 445 publica-
tions, givinw an account of 169 shrines,
all of them, DC it remembered, miracu-
louM, and claiming power little less than
Loretto itself. It will be interesting,
jierhaps, to note the dates of these Iiis-
tories, for, by that, we obtstin a clue to
the mode adopted by the Church of
Rome, to regain the moral power which
was so severely shaken by the Relbr-
matiou.
The greater proportion of these
wtjrks was issued from the press dur-
ing the seventeenth, and the first part
of the eighteenth centuries; a very few
in the sixteenth, and none previous to
the religious revolt just mentioned.
* Jaonary Magaxine* p. 10,
f S«e the Filgriniages to Caoterbory and WalBiDghaiii, by J. G, Nichols.
X May, 1852.
I Edoumrd Maria Oettingdr.
Gbrt. Mao. Vol. XLL 8
im
Shrines ami Images nfthti Virgin Mmy,
[Feb,
Tht»v were not §o frequent at the era
i»f the frffai Revolution in Friiuee, or
immetlialely uiter; hut tlR7 iucruused
when the fenupnt of that event snb-
Birknl, imd are eoiUiiuicd up to the pre-
sent time ill the vieinitiesof the Siicred
pJnee«. The Jesuits app<*ar to have
written the greatest number, nianjr
are in Lalin, but in generul the lan-
punj^e id' the country has been pre-
ferred^ l^r obvious reiisons. Some have
pom |H»u(» dedications *o people oJriink
iind eminence ; perhaps the niij*t in-
tere?<ting to Enij^Iishnien h one dedi-
cntv<\ iti the Cardinal Duke of York,
Thii* is the »tory oi' the irnxigje of " Sunla
Marijiiii Portico <li Ciim[iitelli/* written
by Curio Antonio Erru, of the Congre-
Rt-ion of Ueguhtr Clerks of the Mother
;'( Jod* and h oddresjied " a sua uttezza
1*611 le einincntissimu." Tlie reason of
the cledicrition appears, in that His
Rojnl Highness wtia titular of the
Church ; it was printed at Rome in
J75(^ four years after the eoncbjsion
of the unsuccessful strufj^jleof the Pre-
tender for the throne of England, The
writer ib fuUonui' in hia prais^e, and en-
titles him the *' glory of the priesthood
and the honour of the sicred college ;"
and shewii the same fervour townrda
hU (ince&torB and rclaliveftf James IIL
Kiijij of Great Britain (as be sty lea
hini)t tbe Prince of Wales, and the
Queen Mary Clementina SobieMki^ then
retentlv deiuL It will be readily ima-
gined tiua the dedications are u.nuiilly
adib'Ciij'ed to prelatciji but a work by
Willudm (inmpenberj^* called *' Atlas
Muriiinus," &c. jiublij*hLHl at Mnnieh in
10*57, giving an nccount oftbe minwu-
hius iitia|j;e£ hi (heCbiistinu world, b;t8
the sinjifuhir dedicjitton to the insage of
** Our Lady at Loretto,'* but J do not
know of another i n?*! an co of such a
churactiir. A later edition of tliiN work,
bsued in 1G72^ givei) ptates and nc-
counts of 1,20€ images, or pictures of
the Virfzin Miiry, an<l there has recently
been publl.shed an Italian translation,
called *^ Allan te Mariano.*"
The popy lai ity of iii>me of the nhrineii
may he ^ntberetf from the regular and
continued uumner in winch areonnt^ of
tbeiii were pul>lisheil. Of tlie!<e, Al-
lot tmiTt lu Jiiivaria, ha^ an unbroken
chain from the *iixteenlh century ; the
eiirlicijl bein<ET in l<G71i atut the luteitt
lb4C^, Dr. Dibdin, in his *' 1 uur,'*
I amusing account of his visit
to the-** Black Virgin of Altottlng/'
which has gained the appellation of the
*' Loretto" of Germany. Loretto has
a pre-eminence over all the rest in the
number of its histories. The earliesi
is datetl 1-57.5, but the be.n known
work is, fverhaps, that l>y Horazio Tor-
sellino, io Latin, printed at Rome in
1597, at Mayenee in L'jQH, at Venice
in 1715 and 1727; in Italian, at the
aume place, in \S2*J : but this nhrine
huit furnished matter for the pen down
to the present a^^e.
There h another, however, which, iti
the catalogue alK»ve notieetJ^ rivals
Loretto in the number of its histories;
and fhnn li523, which i:9 about the
earliest date of any of these pubft ca-
tions, ilown to the year ltt47» is a rcj^u-
lar suf^cession of records. This is the
whrine of C/estocbow, in Pulsmd, wijieh
also hus the additional title of Cler-
mont. lt« fltory is curious. Czesto-
chow^ lies on the Klarenber;*, at the
crosainnr of the roitds from Poscn to
Cracow, where is a convent of the order
oj St. Friul. In this convent is a black
iinageof the Virgin Mary, which tssaid
to have licen originally at Constantino-
ple, in the possession of St. Helena,
mother of Constanline the Great, and
there noted for its many miracles.
From Ccmstantiuople (the legend says)
h was brought to Aix-lsi- Chapel le.
Whilst there, a Sclavonian Duke, serv-
ing uufler Cbarlemfigne, took a fancy
to it, and obtained it ns a gift from
that Emperor. From A ix, it went to
Belitz, in Galieia, ami it remained there
until 13^*2, whence it was brought by
the Prince Wladisbiw Ozolnky, Duke
of 0[ipcln, to Silesia, in order to ju*o-
tect It from the invading Tartars.
When the horses which drew the
imuge arrived at the Klarenberg, near
Czenstochow, they suddenly stopped,
nm* couhl they be made to move from
the spot. Then Prince Wlndlslaw re-
collected a tlream he bnd the night
befrnv, in wbic^h this story was re-
vealed ; BO he rciiolved to build a chapel
ou the spot, autl consecrate it to the
service of the Virgin, and which sbtiuld
contain the miraculous i njage, Accord-
ingly this was done, and to this day it
has remained there, to tlie great benefit
of all who are in the viinnitv*
The black images of the Virgin con-
stitute a peculiar ieature of the snpcr-
siitioni Rs it IB almost universal that a
18540
Shrinet and Images of (he V^irgin Maty*
ISl
miraculous imjige ia so di«tinwuislied, —
tkl any mte^ nil those Dfcelebritj nre so;
and it may be aa well to mention a few
of I he most famous. Lore! to, of course,
b first on this list. Al totting m Ha-
varia* At Mnriaet^k, iti the snmc
country, »re two wooden imager*, of the
life-size, the one black, the ofiier white,
placecl opposite to each other. At
Wurzburg,in the new cathedral churchj
the iniajre is black, and in the convent
of Emaus at Prague. In France are
several : — at Chartn?!* ; at Lyons ; in
the church of 8t, Peter at Orleans
(with a white one side by side); at the
' chapel of Notre Dame de Bon Secourtf,
near Nancy; at Puy en Velay; and nt
the church of Noire Dame tie Lie^se
one of great celebrity. In Belgium,
At Hal, Montai^u, H'alcour, and Ke-
, Telaer, as well us others. In Spain
that of Montserrat is most, celebrated*
to enumerate all wouhl be but to
ke a dry and monotonous list. It
Tf a very curious question, hitherto
tin answered, whence this idea of repre-
fenting the Virgin Marv biack f Or-
dinary observers have always aiicribeLl
it to the smoke of lapers : then why
are some wbit«* ? But I have shown
by one example — that of *Mlur Lady of
llid ** — that the dark colour is painted
and intentional, not fortuitous. The
I early Christian writers reproached the
' pagans for their images of Isis, black*
eneil^ a^ '^^^L ^^^^^^d^ by the smoke
of tapers. They were evidently as
' much in error as modern tonri«t!< who
[ flo speak of the miraculous images of
the Virgin. The matter, therefore^ is
still a subject for investigation.
In two great systems of ancient wor-
labip^one still extant*^ having some ana-
Hogies with each iilher in their deep
[ mysticism, and both Oriental, viz. that
of E^iypt and India, are two female
divinities — Isis and Maya. Both these
kave peculiar attributes, anci nre re*
ipresented nursing a babe; both are
ralao represented black. Now, in thts
Iderp and recondite symlxiliriin of those
Ftystems^ is it not most probable that
Ihis black colour has a niystic signifi-
cation ? Black is a natural symbol
I for profundity, and the mysterious and
lawful cburacter of the worship, or the
' deity, might be therein attempted to
be tndiciiteil.
It was not until after the Council of
EpheiiUS} in which Nestorius was con-
demned, A.B. 43 1^ that images or pic-
tures of the Virgin Mary were common.
The triumph of Christianity had not
been, at this time, so long assured that
the traditions, or even remnants, of the
old worship of Isis were wholly obli-
terated from the minds of the people.
For |>«*pular worship is not easily era-
dicated when it forms a part of the
habits of a communityj and, even when
removed entirely from recollection, it
will sometimes leave its memorials, as
ill the common oaths of Baly, " Corpo
d( Baccho," ** Per Baccho,'' &c. Sup-
posing, therefore, that in a portion of
the Roman empire^ there yet remained
communities familiar with the festivals
anfl processions of the images of Isis,
and that the Church, in ol>edience to
that spirit which caused it to accom-
modate heathen observances and rites
to its own, altered their character, but
kept their forms, it is just feasible,
that (he adoption of a black image of
the Virgin would be one of the means
employed. Then the symbolists, eager
to justity such a change, would readily
appeal to the text from Solomons
Song, *' Thou art bhck^ but comely."
Mrs. Jameson, whose writings and
research on Christian art are well
known, has some interesting remarks
on this subject^ that cannot be passed
over. She hints, that Cyril of Alex*
andria, who so violently opposed Nea-
t4>riu8, might have been instrumental
in ongraiHng the ancient Egyptian
type of Isis nursing Horus, which to
him, as well as to the popular mind,
nni5t have been familiar, upon the
orthodox faith. This idea is extremely
plausible: the ancient lype was well
known, not only in Egypt, but in other
parts of the Roman empire, and it was
m accordance with the violent and hasty
character of that prelate to engage the
popular voice, by an apf>eal to ancient
prejudices. Thus the triumph, which
ensured the use of the image, was
mainly due to an Egyptian bishop.
This fact seems like an additional link
to our evidence, and the traditions
attached to some of the black images,
of having been brought from Egypt,
are another support to a theory of pro-
babilities.
Our Lady of Ltesse was brought
from Egypt, though indeed said to
hrtve been miraculously sculptured by
three Christian prisoners, quite igno^
J
idd
Shfinei and Imager ^J the Virgin Maty,
[Feb.
rant of die aculptor'a art. That of
Our Lady of Pujr in Velay, however,
w mut'li claser, as the fofiowring de-
»cnptioTi of it will iiltertt. It is carve<l
oat of cedar, hut, what ia very re-
umrknhle, covered t'ram head to foot
with fine cUith, nflcr the tashion of
Egyptiun iiuiiiiiiitcH. Tliie cloth equally
covers buth fuces, rind hiiiids and feet,
80 that neither fingers nor toe» are
viaible. The faces of the Virgin unci
the child Jt.'i*ns are painte<l black, iitrI
poltiihed like ebony. The form of the
vimigc of the mother presents an ex-
tremely long oval, the nose lartife, ami
of j^i'^at lenrrthi the mouth small, the
chin short, und the eyebrovra «trongly
imirkc<L The eyes are painted and
very small, whilst the bull and ina
are formed of cnmiiion ghisif<, being
bndhr RSBorted in re?<iji?i:t la the size of
Ibe fiwe; yet as fftrikiii<r objects, from
the sparkling material on the black
Colour, they give the figure a wild
look, which injtpires surprise and even
fear, It is bt'lievcd, and with Aome
reason, that this may be liveu an Egyp-
lian representation of I«if<, — at least
such an opinion was given by Fauias
de Saint-J'ond, who vidited the shrme
in 1777.
In a history of Our Lady of Puy,
entitled, "DiHCourp Hi.*lunqne de la
trea Ancienne Uuvotion de Notre Dume
du Puy en Velay, &c, Lyun, H^iO,**
by Odc» de Gisi^ey, the origin of the
holy iimige of that placu is stated to
have been tk» follows : —
The iUudCritJUB house of France, jome
time after t\\c huilding of the church,
** Kglise dc la Cbnise Dieu/* undertook a
Journey to tlic Holy Land, Before the
{Hous prince Louii IX. (called the Samt)
>egnn his pilgrimaB;e, he visiied thii< church,
fki then journeyed towurda Jerusaleint
wht^rc he h^arntdurinj^ hts rcsiilence there^
from one ol thi? tiivouritc wives of the
Sultan, that, in tli« trcm-ary of tho y\ac^,
wa* au image of the Nf other of Gi>dt which
hiid been executed by the prf>phei Jere^
miaM, He hrggcd Che SuUiin to give hiiu
this inin4^t<. assuring him that it hboulcl be
net up in a place wbcrft it should be ho-
noured for ever. Enriehed by this moat
coftty treasure of th** earth, the Kinn
reAchrd his doaiinion» in snfety* One of
ti»e firnt towns whieh he passed was Puy,
where, amidst hynms of prafie» he set up
the image for eternal honour.
Our author woa a Jeauit^ jwd hiif
simplicity, or piety, receives no 8ho<*k
at the idea o(" a likeness beins taken
before a person was born. He a 1 50
makes St. Louia fainiliar with the Sul*
tan*s harem, to a degree that Moslems
have not generally accorded to '* Chria-
tmn dogs/* It is a pity ho did not
make a convert, the interest would
have been so inuch heightened ; for it
is dilhcult to understand, how a con-
temner of images should he influenced
by an assurance of the great honour
that wouhl be rendered to one*
A hgure of *^ Our Lady " at Mar-
seilles, also black, called *M>ur Lady
of Confession,** so named because she
was surrnunded by the reliquea of
saints and nnirtyrs of the faith, is said
by some antiquaries to be a statue of
la is. This is one of tliose ascribed to
St. Luke. At Chartres is another black
figure of the Virgin, of great woniler-
workfng power. This is ascribed to
the Dnuth^ who, they say, raise*! an
altar to the Virgin by revelation, and
which worked miracles anterior to
Chriistianity itself. Tlu^y thus claim
for it a priority in aniiijuily over all
other*.
Among the number of black Ma-
dnnnus one must not forget Our I^ady
of Atocha, near Madrid, for it will be
in the recnl lection of my readers thnt
it wiLs to thin shrine that the Quoeu of
Spain went to in thanksgiving for her
escape from the knife of an assassin.
On this occasion, she presented to the
image the royal mantle, and the coMtly
jewels she woi*e at the time the at-
tempt was made.* This shrine was
celebrated for its riches, and its nu-
merous pilgrimages, and it has been,
from time immemorial, a pnictice fur
the King of Spain to sing a TV Deum
belor^ it, on any f»ccasion of a happy
and prosj)erou3 character* It was, ac-
cording to the author of the " Deliecs
trKspagne,'' surrounded by an bniulred
lamps of guld and silver, which burned
night and day. On fuie days it Wiis
covered with precious stones, and
sufKjrb vestmentM, and had its head
rrowned with a sun of iliamonds of in*
culculablo value. Our Lady of Atocha
is noted for preventing fire atid pctiti-
lenec ; it weeps over public calamitiest
and gives health to princes. Atocha is
1854.]
Shrinks and Images of the Virgin Mary
133
wiUl to be a corruption from AiituKh,
whence the im-A^e^ ciiuie ; anothtrr tra-
dition poioting EnstwarsJ, whitrh Jllua-
tra ITS the oHj^In of the bluck visa^^c.
There are several hisforiea of i\m
image; the earliest I nm acquainted
with bears the diite 1604, and was
printed at Mudrid.
Facts and traditions ao vague are
not of much value in tiiemselvea, but
whew we find them tending to eluci-
date a question, they at least seem to
supply a broken link or two in the
chain of evidence.
Among the nunierooa pictures ancl
statues of the Virgin Mary those
OBcribed to St. Luke are the most cele-
brated. Of theite the number m very
considerable ; although, of course, there
are many of disputed orit^iimlity.
Where this idwi arose, of St. Luke
being an artist, is perhaps now dilEcult
of research, and scarcely repaying
much trouble in the inquiry ; certain
it is that it has been a very anciently
receive*! opinion. According to tsoiiie,
however, it is an error arising from
the fact that a noted painter lived in
Tuscany, in the middle of t!ie eleventh
century, of the name of Luke,* who,
by a confusion of ideas, has been con-
founded with the Evangelist. This
artist, however, lived at least a century
too late for the tradition^ which, so far
as I am aware, is at first recorded by
Simeon Metaphrastes, a Greek writer
of the tenth century- Emeric David
considers that Lauzi has proved that
certain portrait* of the Vn-gin Mary
were piiinted by a Fle>rcntiue, named
Luke, which is not improbable; but
^Jkietjiphrasles states the rect^ived opi-
nion clearly, and that at once over-
thrown the idea that the story arose
fnjin the Tuscan artist, which was
scarcely likely to have originated a
tradition m widely received both in
the Greek and Latin church. After
speaking of the attainments of St. Luke
in philosoptiy, rhetoric, and " all the
arts," the legendary writer above-
named 9ays:f — "But, among other
things, this is most gratifying, thai he
drawing with lines and uvij' the type
itself of the assumed hunimitty of my
Christ, and that m^n of her who had
brought him forth, first delivered iheui
to us, that, down to these times, they
should be honoured in their imiiges^o
that he did not consider it enough,
utdesfl through an image and type he
should converse with those whom he
desired, which is a sign of the nmst
fervent love." I have given a literal
rendering of the pnssage, so that the
original words employed may be un-
derstood. The reference to wax shows
the writer either hud the encaustio
mode in his nund, or the simpler titiear
process on a tablet of wax. The pas-
sage is interesting in more cases than
one, and it establishes the fact that the
tradition aiready existed in the tenth
century, an hundred years before
writers above named supposed the idea
to have had its origin.
Mrs. Jameson has observed, hb
St. Luke waa earlir regarded as the
great authority with respect to the
fife of the Virgin Mary, that, in figu-
rative language, he uvight be said to
hnye p(thi fed her [Hirtruit. This view
is ijuiie in harmony with the common
practice of legenilary writers and of
jKipulur ignorance^ of interpreting me-
taphors literally, and making a logical
consequence of a rhetorical Nourish.
1 hesitate to say that it was entirely
due to that circumstance that the idea
arose, but it is extremely probable that
it lent its aid to form the tradition.
If one mif^ht adventure a guess as to
the periixi when it first arose, I think
probability would point to the time of
the Iconoclnstic conlroversy, as what
argument so convincing as to assert
that one of the Evangelista was him-
seli'n painter and miiker of images?
The idea of St. Luke the Evange-
list being a painter, is then u far-re-
ceived tradition, — but huw a sculptor?
This is the most curious point of all,
as the most celebrated miraculous
figures are said to be the work of St,
Luke. Of tliese 1 will enumerate a
few of the most renowned, llie figure
of Our Liitjy of Boulogne-sur-Mer, de-
strnyed by the revolutionists; that of
Out Liidy of Loretto, the most noted
of all Also the images at Santa Alaria
Mftggiore in Rome; that of St. Au-
gustine in the same city ; another at
the Uotunda ; another at the church
of St. Sixtud, (this is a portrait, not a
• Vid. Mauni. Dissert, del vero pUt. Ltjca Suuttj.
ih Vid. Li|i|muieuo dc Vitis Sanctoruoa, S. Lucn.
184
Shrines and Immgeit of the Virgin Mary.
[Feb.
figure;) and another in the church of
St. Miu'iA detU Consolazione. Thai of
Edesaa bad a wide celebrity; so has
lliat near Bolojrna. Our h^dy of Fri-
«ihg»i, in Bavaria, is one niBrraed to be
on undoubtotl origin td, but it has not
a very creditable pedigree. It waj
given by an emperor of Constantinople
lu Gian Galeazso, Duke of Milan ; be
made a present of it to m\ Enj^linh
courtesim, .she to a lord of the Seal a
fatiiiiy, who gave it to hi» brother,
then bishop of Fri«inga, 1 am nut
awAre if it ever worked miracles. At
Miiltn is, or wa»T n veritable work by
Stp Luke, with a tawny eomplexioni
black hair, eyes, und eyebrowfs, and
atpiiline nose. Another at St, Hya-
cinth, at Venice, totally tlidt^rent. At
Ca nab ray also, and at fSrVlnn in Mora-
via, u/ pie ereditur^ St. Luke*R hatnli-
craft t» viitible. The imago of the
Polish ahrine, before nan»ed, at Cises-
lochow, is not only j»aid to be by St.
Luke, but painted in the bonse at
Nazareth which afterwards, aa we all
know, waH CO fried by angeltt to Lo-
retto. Perhaps, the pieture, which St,
Gregory carried in pn^cessioa, ilunng
a time of [jestilent^e, is the most noted
of all the flo-callcil piijturea of St.
Luke. The plague was stayed, nod
St, Gregory saw an nngel on the Mole
of Hadrian sheath a bloody sword, in
token of the anger of God being ap-
peaiied; lience the name of Saniit An-
gdo^ by which the tower has since
been known, Mi$.ion men tionn another
of St, Luke^A Madonnas at St. Mkiria
del la Pace in Rome, ho called on ac-
count of its predicting peace between
France and Spain in the 8ixteenth
century, uttering the fallowing wordi*,
in the fkre«cnce of Hoioii monks : " Et
iu terra pax" ** Our Larly of the
King," in the church of St, Maria, in
mu laia^ h txUo by St, Luke, The
church, it ifl stated, was actually built
on the Haine Hpot in whidi that Evan-
gelist wrote the Acta of tlie A[>o9tle«,
and^ according to dotne, it nosaeHses
the original manuscript.* St. Luke
painted this portrait in anticipation,
and by revelation, on the day the
Vir^zin Mary was married, although
be had never seen her ; thus it lM?ars
the title of "of the King;* and ia
painted with a ring on her linger.
The titles given to i»ome of the cele-
brated Madonnas are singularly amus*
ing. There are several called " Weep^
ing Madonnas," other?* " Talking Ma- j
donnas," according to certain pro pen* i
si tiea which the image i^saitloccasiomdly j
to have indul^^ed iu: there is even n.j
"Screaming JIadonna,*' Of theiipeak*
ing imagCJH, that which reprimanded I
Gregory the Great, tor [msj^iiig it with-
out tlevotion, must be con^idfred the^
most famous. Misson gives the origi- j
nal dialogue in Latin ; the following ii
a transbition : —
Imnffe. Hey I where nrc yon going,]
rash key -blearer? hollo you, ittip!
GrHjurif. What vuice la it fltrikct on J
my ear ? Who «o impioiiii to u*p an ini-
putlcnt tongue tin mc, vkcgcicat of th«*
King of Hcaveo ?
Im. Stop I turn your eyei and vrnerate
her who calln you.
Greg. WonrlerHil ! prodigious I an
ioiPige Hi peak a ! but p«rhapi sleep has de-
ceived my dull Benies, Do ynu cull me, i
O Imuge ^ I see the lipif moving, tliaj
head noddioic. What h it you rcquireij
O Image? Thy namf, Icnttge<f may U ba]
pcrmittt'd to inc|uir» }
Im. The huly Mother of thy Lord. It 1
it nnknowo to tlicv, Gregory? A virf;itll
briugiag forth witluiuil knowing a mfto — of I
royal descfnt — the Mysti*^ Rose — the Ark]
of the Coveannt — Quern «»f lleuvim — tha [
Golden llouMe — Spuu>,e uf the Tbnmlt^ref j
— Mirror of Justice, and it* nhield — ihaf
Tower of David and the Gnteit of HeavrulJ
Am 1 unknown to thre, Gregory ?
Greff. I ask pardou for my tgnoriLao
worthy Image. I Lave never befure Me4]
the Virgm Marr upeuking.
Im. Let It pasB this time ; but after thiirj
heir tt in mmd to gire the doe saluLationf' [
Where are you going uow?
Gr^. Andrew^ the pre«hyter,eelehratci| |
a ftweet mnAA upon thy aJtar ; and, hfholdf ]
he has delivered a soul from putgMtoryiJ
wliich, impalteat aad half- roasted, lies a^l
the shut gates t it waitB for me to opei^i
them.
Jm* Mske haste, Gregory.f
This wretched and unseemly jargon
has been ufCfibed by some to the
Venerable Bede;J an insult his memory
* See a notice of the luppofcd autograph MS. of Saint Mark'^s Gosjiel, at Veoic
in our Magnicme for August bst^ p. 183,
t Voyage d'ltalie, tom» it H<j,
i ErasmuA altuiles to thid circumstanee tn his Dialogue on Pilgiimages,
1854]
Wanderings of an Antiquary,
do€s not d^erve; nor can it be a
miLtter of any mument to inquire into
the authorship. This image was '^Our
Latly" of the church of St, Cosdio and
St* OamtaD, and was al^io painted by
St Luke. St. Gregory accorded the
privilege of delivering a soul from
pur^ratory, to every priest who should
perform a mass upon thi? altar of the
**Our Lady" whlth had spoken to him.
At PiiUch, in BohemiUf is a " Weep-
ing Mudonnai" that ia to say, one of
«uch lachrymose tendencies as to be
»peciflUy remarkable ^ for, as m that of
Atoeha, "weeping*' funueil the duty
of many. There is also .another in
Hungary whit^h is said to be often in
tears for human wicJcedness ; it ia at
Tymao, and the author of its story
ipeaka of it as sitpiuM lachrymaia.
The origin and history of these
shrines contain matter so far removed
from all ordinary ideas of credibility ,
that the wonder would be, how tliey
could so oflen he reproduced ai* they
have been down to out own times, if
we bad not, every now and then, such
strong proofs of the extreme ease with
which people are beguiled. Not only
are thci images and portraits by St.
Luke multiplied to a defrree that is
absurd, even if hia skill and profession
were acknowledged, but there are
many not made at all, — found in oaks,
or miraculously dug out of the eartli ;
and some are made by the hands of
angels. No atory has been too wild,
or extravagant; and, as to the miracles,
there is not a shrine, however humble,
that does not record in its histttry a
Isrger number than are met wkli in
the whole New Testament. Hung
round the altars are the votive offer-
ings of the h;ilt antl the blind ; eyes,
legs, anfis, and breasts, in silver or in
wax, according to the wealth of the
donor, are exhiliited to the faithful in
evidence of truth, so that the order of
nature seems so often diaturbefl on
trifling occat^ions, that we might yield
to the argument of a learned seceder,
and say, that these disturbaneea are
rather parts of laws, and belong to the
etenial tmler of tliings. On a future
occasion I will present to the reader
some of the narratives of the celebrated
shrines in Eurofse which yet attract
pilgriojs to their altars.
J. G. Wallbr.
WANDERINGS OF AN ANTIQUARY:
Cbfefiy upon the traces of the Romans in Britnin. By Thomas Wright, Ebq,^ M.A.^
F.S.A. London. J. B, Nichols and Sous. 1854.
Al^ the greater part of the contents
of thin volume have already apfjeared
in our columns, which implica suf-
iScientlv our favourable opinion of it,
we shall not be expected on the pre-
sent occasion to sfteak of it critically.
We may^ however, now regard it as a
whole, especially as the chapters printed
in our Magazine have been all revised,
some of them considerably enlarged,
and several new chapters added.
It has been Mr. Wright's object to
convey archaeological tnft irmntion uivder
the form of a narrative of personal in-
vestigations on remarkable sites which
still enshrine some of the most inte-
resting remains of the Roman, the
early Brilinh, and the Saxon periods.
Many of these monuments are com-
paratively but little known, while re-
specting others there are conflicting
opinions, prejudices, and errors. To
correct mistakes, to clear up disiputed
points, and to impart knowledge js the
au t hor' s ai m : to accompl i all t hese objoc ts
no medium can he more attractive than
that whicli includes a description of
localities accompanied by illustrations.
Had Stukeley possessed the advan-
tages which have fallen to the lot of
the author of the Wandering^j his
Itinerarium Curwmmi would doubtlet««
have been far more valuable than it
really is; he evidently saw the im-
pnrtHnce of giving thereaderan insight
mto the features of the country sur-
rounding the remains he describes ;
and, though he does not always show
good judgment in his sketches, he not
unfref^oently mnkes them useful, and
sometimes they serve even to correct
the descriptive text. It is solely in re-
136
fVanderings of an Aniiffuarif*
[Feb.
fereixc-'C to the {rrcAt atlvftnta^e of t3ie
intrcxiuelion iif ithistrntiunii thnt we
refer t/» Suikel*?jf*?< [K)Ji<leroiis folio. It
cnn «july bi3 used by rJie cxiKJj-ieiiceiJ
antiqufli)\ who knows how ttj adopt
iith] flow to rojoct, Mr. Wrii^ht in his
purtiiblo oil Uivo conveys wound nnliotjn*
riun iiifoniijitiotj riL t-'Vciy atup »u a
pletwin;; nrul fiopukr mnnntir, which
III u Jit render llie volume a grateful
coiiipanioti to all who have not iiiudo
our (lutioiml unctiirit monunieiif s a pro-
fessed wttidy : anil even the experienoLnl
arehji?oloffi8twilloi'len find ynsuHpeeted
new views of oil] opinions whitfh it niiiy
be at lujiflt wholesonic to njviac or re-
consider.
In rli reeling attention to the Wan-
dentijL£i« we itiuy pnrticularise the novei
information at^brdcd on tlie Roman
irnnwork.H in the I West of Dtian ami its
tieij^^hbouriioodj u subject which has
also been syceessfully investigated, in
rehition to similar remains in Sussm^a,
by Mr. M» A. Lower: ancient Veru-
himiuTii, the chapter devoted to which
is replete witli interest from the intro-
d notion of much curious matter taken
from the early Monki.Hli writur.H : the
Kentish couiif fn>m Deal to Dym-
clmrch : tiie Itunum potteries on the
Mi'dwuy : the viillcy of Maidntone^ in-
clyding Kit* Coty llouse^ and re-
scflrehtjH made by Atr. W'rij^ht in Its
vicinity: Goodnianhnm and its tradi-
tionji: ihL* Konmn villa of Bignor in
Sussex, and I be early rburcb archi-
tecture in that County, and in other
f»artij of Knjrlan(it on wnl<di Mr. WriM[ht
laj* the nitirit of contributing^ some
new and useful su^i^estiunh : und the
tfreat pnzj^Ie of antiitoaric?, Stone-
lienge. In addition ti> the^^e und nu-
luerouH other ftuhjects which have been
discussed in our MngajsiiiCi tlie volume
contains much novel nniilcr. We iiniy
refer especially to the 8axon rentrdnM
nt <>zcn^^a!l ; the ruins of Rutupini', or
Richhorough ; and tliellonnm Isurinm,
or Aldborough, in Yorkshire* The
first of thene e^sayg ii* entitled ^* A Visit
to the Grave? of the Follower!* of Hen-
gist and llor^.i," atid opens as follows*
It irHJf aerorJiDg to the most probublc
catculntioiia, in one of the years betwcon
4*|tJ and 450» that a party of WJirriom from
lh« ctMsl of FncBlaod — '^piratt'ji" iome
cftlt thenit but ia those diy» the di»tinction
wu dot very eHsily made, and wc* can now
■ee little difFerrnoCt i^ thifl reipcct, between
this coacjucsts of a Cwmt or of a Hengiat
— iwept oter thnt teJi which IhiMr own
minstrela deiiignatcd hy the eiprc»iiv«
epithet of the ** whalers bntb/' and ob-
tiiincd posfteiKion of the I»|p ofThmiet.
This trodttion — perlmpi we mny call it the
fable — of ftftet-n^cs, ««td that they were
led by two f<tii(rf!4 named tlcnj^iKt And
Horsa ; that they liiiil b^en butiiiihcd from
their own country; mid thnt they c^mo
hither at the invitation of the Brit*jn», who
aought their osistat^nee itj^HiuHt doint«tic
enemies. The comnnmly received iloryof
Hengist m\d Horsn will, however, hardly
bear a critical csiitiiinFiiion* and those
worthies appear to h>ive belonged ratlivf
to the mythic poetry of the h**ri»ic nge* of
the North, than to the sober nnnals of
Snion wurfure in onr islnndi The tiamei
lire nearly aynonymoUA in meaning, each,
ilgnifyiug A hor§r, an animal reverenced
by the peoplr of whom we arc apeakiug^
who carried it on their xtaudard, and in
this #en«e it may be perfectly true that the
i<'ttlcr« in the Isle of Thanrt were, ia thii
eipecHtion of com|ueit imd colontiation,
the followers of H engirt nud of Horea.
At tluK tiaie, England had been for
many generations a Roman province,
covered with Roman towoi and viUia* and
itdiabited by Rotuana and Romanised na-
tlvea^ who uiied Romnn munnen nnd mis*
toma» and upoke the LHtin tongue. The
J»le of Tlmnet wass, in tht^^ie early agea,
aeparetcd from tin* i-eat of Kt-nt by a more
oofisiderable river ihtiu at pre«eot, and by
what WES then more like an eatuary of the
Ma than a mere aucceesion of mar*hea
and mora»seii. On the flrjuih^ this waf
dcfetided hy the strong lioman post of
Ricbhorough, or» ns it was then culled*
Rutupia;, the graml port of entry of the
Romana into Bntiiin, and the apot from
whence tlitir luxunomt table* were sup-
plied with the choiaut oystora^ the ^hellt
of which arc still scattered in profu!»ioii
among the pottery and other rcmnina
which the apade of the husbandman, or
the pick of the ** navvy/' in constantly
turning up. On the north itood the no
teaa formidable atatton of Rrgalbium, the
remaina of which are now known by the
name of Rccu!ter. We know little of (he
manner in which the Isle of Tbanet WJii
occupied by tb-e Roniaoj§ ; no towoii are
mentioned there in ibeir itixierarie^, but
the uumbcr of llouuiu cuina and other
inttiquitict found in hiying the fouudadoni
t>f Ramagate ptei , and the remains of the
Rjiiinan burial places in the oeighbourbood,
prove that that great prople muAt have
had a aetilement of soioe imporrancc at I
Ram^igate, and their presence haa been
traced by similar memorials in tl^e neigh-
bourhoud of Minaten
18540
187
SlU^ of U>o Eftfly-SMSiJii CSoni«ttM7 nt 0«migsJU
A/ler continuing the historical in-
Irodiiction Mr, Wright, describes m\-
uaidj the scenery and the journej
' froni Siindwich, in company with Mr.
Hotfe, to assist in opening the Saxon
I graves : —
The ride from Sandwich to Osen^a1l«oa
l,ft cicsr dny, i^ excfcdingly fine. The db-
ace is soinewhat leas th»a six milei* At
Pfiril the character of the ficenery* and
bvipNBCiJUtr the hack vi^w upon tbe tuwo of
rfi^m^wich, it purely FleinUh. The only
Ffniiiirknble rising ground is the bill to the
* Icfti on the summit o( which the dark
ikelctoD of Roman KicU borough frov^os in
silent And melaocholy grandeur, a weather-
heateo memorial of times and people
whose story ii now involved in almost
( impcurtrable royatcry. When we visited
the rnina of Richborou|^h on the preecding
rvcnin;:, the voice of a lone ni^htingate wae
the only watchword to the warriors who
have »o Jong reposed in peace under it«
green tod. This ooorning, as we passed it
on our way, a loog line of white curling
' Tapour marked the progress of a ballast
* trtiin on the railwny then eonatrnctinsr im-
' tueJjatety beneath it at the fout of the
' hiU, until it gradually disappeared among
the distant trees* over which ^ a little fur-
ther on, might be seen the tower of Min-
uter church. Not far beyond Richbo-
\ ft)Uf(h, on the Dat ground below, we per-
r ■ ■> -1 the same side of the road, a
liiH or barrow, which (a*i this is
? , . ly some to have be<"n the mode
[ Ot burial with wbich^ among the Romans,
ptho»e who fell in battle were more especially
rlionourtd), perhaps covers the hones of a
' Rom an officer who fell in some of the
Gkmt. MjkG. Vol. XLJ,
combats in whirh the Riitupiaa garrison
had partaken. Hitherto the prospect lies
open only to the left; to the right low
unintereiting gronnd, through which the
muddy, tortuous Stour drags its coursei is
easily concealed by a few houses, or
stunted plantations. But as these disap-
pear, and the road suddenly approaches
nearer the sea shore, tbe waters of Peg-
well Briy open before us, and a long line
of dbtaot cliffs, terminjited by Ramsgate
Pier and tht» shipping in llamsgate Har-
bour, form a bold feature in the view, A
strip of low and swnmpy ground, danger-
ous at some periods of the year to those
who are betrayed into it, and even now
enlivened only by tlie blue dress of nn
occasional coast-guardsman, picking bis
way in search of smugglers, by whom this
coast has long been infested, sepjirates the
sea from the road on which we were tra-
velling. As we pass a tavern, called from
its position between Sandwich and Rams-
gate the Half-way House, the road, which
before had no other hedge than a few
bushes of hlacktUom, no this occasion
whitened with blossom, begins to be bor-
dered with hawthorn hedges, and we oora-
nieace a gradual accent, during which the I
prospect to the left is cut oflf by the rising
hill, but to the right and behind us the
view becomes more glorious at every step.
Rtchborough still continues to present
itself as a hold feature in tbe laudscape,
and beyond it lie-i Sandwich, and the line
of coast stretching out towards Deal.
Higher up, the distant line of the Keott^ti
hills offers itself to our view, and ti j?» pros-
pect extends over the tea to the Uownt ,
and to the remoter const of France j and
when, at length, we rcnch the spot on,
T
Wandei^ngs of an Antiquary.
138
which the followers of Hengist and Horsa
were buried, with the same maj^nificent
prospect towards the sea, the line of
the Kentish hills becomes more eztensiTe
inland, and the towers of Canterbury Ca-
thedral are added to the intermediate
landscape ; a noble burial-place for men
whose birthright it was to play with the
ocean, and who had so recently niade
themselves masters of the valleys that by
extended below.
The account of the excavations and
the scientific results will be perused
with much interest hy the archieolo-
gist ; it is to be regretted that many
similar researches made in other parts
of the county in the last century were
not thus chronicled for the advantage
of the archsDological inquirer.
The chapter on Aid borough (Isu-
riutn ) is the best guide yet published
to some of the richest Rouian remains
in this country, some beautiful plates
of which were put forth, a few years
since, under the direction of Mr. Ecroyd
Smith. Mr. Wright has personally
examined the pavements, the walls, the
buildings, and the inscriptions, and
nothing worthy of notice appears to
have escaped his eye. Aldborougfa,
however, rich as it is in remains of
antinuity, like other lioman sites, is
but barely mentioned in history ; its
name alone oirurs ! Local historians
have, nevertheloiy, connect eii it with
events and with historio.'d person-
ages. After quoting a recently-pub-
[Feb.
lished local History, Mr. Wright ob-
serves : —
I will only remark that all this pretended
history is entirely without foundation ; it
is, in fact, a tery remarkable instance of
the manner in which CTerything relating
to the early history of our island has been
too often treated by writers who were
eager to furnish information where the
want of knowledge gate an opportunity for
specnUtion. We have no rcasoa for stating
that Isnrinm was known to the ** Druids
and Britons" by the name of Iseur ; the
dorlfatiOB has not even remote probability
in its favour, and there is not the least
ground for supposing that I sis was ever
worshipped here ; we hare not the slight-
est reason for stating that it was the seat
of ttie Brigantian kings, and its connection
with Venntius and his queen is a mere
creation of fancy ; neither have we any
reason for believing thit it was ever *' the
northern metropolis of the Romans," or
that tijey removed from hence to Ebura-
cum. All that we really know is simply
that Isurium must have been one of tlie
earlier Roman towns in Britain, since it
is mentioned by Ptolemy, and that it ex-
isted at the time when the Antonine
Itinerary was compiled. I mention this
chiefly to warn my readers against the
speculative antiquarianism which thus
builds deceptive edifices without founda-
tions.* Such warning is not unnecessary,
for there are still many stumbling-blocks
of this kind which require to be removed
out of the way of the young antiquary;
and i hope that there are now many young
antiquaries in this country to receive the
hint as an acceptable one.f
* I regret to say that Mr. Ecroyd Smith, the most recent historian of Roman Isu-
rium, has given in too much to these fanciful statements on the supposed British history
of this city, and that he is not always quite as accurate as he ought to be in quoting his
early authorities. He sajs that Ptolemy ** occupies the city by a portion of the sixth
legion ;*' but if he had looked at Ptolemy himself he would see that Ptolemy states
merely that Eburacum was occupied by the sixth legion, saying nothing of any part of
any legion being connected with Isurium.
t It is much to be regretted th.it persons should venture to print opinions and
conjectures on subjects of a scientific character, of the science of which they are not
aiH|uainted with the first rudiments ; especially when those rudiments are now not
difficult to l>e obtained. We have some strange examples in the book of which we have
been npoaking. 1 think there can be few persons in England taking any interest in
the early antiquities of their country who do not know that both on the red Roman
pottery, known among antiquaries as Samian ware, and on the coarser whitish ware
used for amphorte, mortaria, jkc. either letters or co'iiplete words are stnmped, which
are, in fact, the names of the }>otters. Hitherto the }H)tter8' marks on the white ware
have not been so carefully collected as those on the red ware; in *'The Celt, the Roman,
and the Saxon." I have given a list of about a thousand varieties of the latter. Among
them is the name of COBNERTVS, who in one example uses the mark COBNERTI
M. (i. e, Cobnerti manu, by the hand of Cobnertus), and in a fragment in the museum
at Aldborough it is COB, either an abbreviation or merely a fragment of the mark (I
have not seen it to be able to say which"!. Mr. Gill has printed the following droll
suggestion on what he describes as '* one with a horse and a child playing near a woman
1854.]
\m
>_^ ^ObOVt*
HyUic ttom the Ciuul.
nong the fnUlitlonfti cuts is a very
pretty one ol llytliCi from a sketch by
Mr. Samuei J. Alackie, of Fotkest<jne,
which we take the liberty of trans-
ferrin jr to our columns. The view
is from the eastern approach to the
town, in which the church preseuta
flself as a very prominent object. It
* I remarkable for its collection of early
kulUy relating to which many fubles
ftve been tohl. They are of cunsi-
dttmble antiquity, and certainly de-
ve the attention of ethnologists. Mr.
eatftfider Walker^ in big '* Phyaiog-
&my founded on Physiology," states
that thetie skulb may be divided into
two cliisties — ^the one long and narrow,
the other short and broad. The former
he considers to be Celtic or British^
the latter Teutonic. Mr, Wright ob-
serves,—
I have always sospected that these bonea
came first — or at least those of them wbfch
formed the nucleus of the collection, which
appears to have been added to at different
times — from a Saxon or Roman cemetery
(probablf the former), which maj have
been chosen att the site of the origmal church
here; and thtd supposttion seems to be
confirmed by the fact tbat^ in rearranging
a port of the stack of hones, the sexton
receutly found underneath them a few
pi<?CP8 of broken pottery (now in the pos-
sessioti of Mr S. J. Mackie. of FoTke-
srone), some of which are of a very early
character, and appear to me like fragments
of Anglo-SaioQ burial iiras< Among them
0T(
^ ; ftil
■^ are
kving a head-dress of the noted galenn or belmet fashion, and the inaoriptioo, C,O.B.|
lich we venture to interpret, Conjuffi OpiimtP BritannictB, considt^nng it as a token
of gallantry from a Roman soldier to his British good housewife/' ! ! I This writer la
atili more ingenioaa when he gets among the amphoroe and mortana. The following
are nearly all welUkoown potters'* marks-^tbe first is the coromencement of the name
VAleHuB, or Valens, both of which are found in some inHtancen complete, and the
#icood is fonnd sometimes wilh an additional letter, LX'.P.P.C.O., the o no doubt
nditig for oJ^cinA, or, *^ from the workshop'* of the indifidual or individaala indl-
tted by the Tetters preceding. *' I^eces of riros of similar paters/^ says the book
•lluded to, ** have V.A. on one side ([ciriiat] V^wirir Antiqua), on another Q, On
the handle of the large amphora is LuC.F.P.C, most probably a contraction of Lucitut
VtrfotU/fcit Prtp/ecius caitromm [the priefei'tus caitrorum turned into a potter !J ;
OQ another is C.l j,B., a contraction of Civitaa Indigiena hurii Brigantum, On ano*
r, R.V,A. {Romana.i Vaien*, j4n/r^T/a,) showing that Aldburgh, at the most early
iod to which we can refer, boasted of it*) ftntitiuiiy.'' ! !
^ Truly, to ingenuity which could nifike nnch disooTcries as these, we might recommend
for employment some of those myslehous cumbinations of letters, sueh as L.S.D.—
M.P.^ — Q.C. — F.S«A, — and the like, which are not uncommon at the present day. We
out hardly, indeed, imagine the pablicatioa of such remarks as those we hare just
quoted in the year 1852.
140
Rachel Lady Rttsftlfs Letien,
[F«b.
were Rome fragmentfl of glazed medieTal
pottery of A later period — probabif of the
RixtcniUi century— which the teitOD xd-
Xeniouily iioouunted for by supposing tbcm
to be tlu! rcmniiiB of the ju!(s out of which
the mm who collected the bonrs drink
thcirbofrl It jh a earioo^ circ'jmT^tince
that thrrc wai once a similar rollectioo of
boiies in FolkcBtone church, which we now
koov to hire stood on or br the site oi aa
early AQg:i>-Sax«ia oenieUrT.
In continna::on ftf >[r. Wnj'it'*
opinion, we nur a IK that Srixon «-
pulchml remain; h-we been ?*r>*«\'ientlT
fouD'l on the bish groan*! is l\t back
of Hrtbe chuffi.
RACHEL LADY RUSSELL'S LETTERS.
Letters of Rachel Lady Raasell. In 2 Vols. Longaan.
THE name of Rachel Ru^kU is one
for which, Protestants as we are, we are
well nigh tempted to demand ouioni-
xalion. Still, with ever new wonder
and admiring love, do we return to
each memorial of that noM>^.' wo:uan :
to the proofs of a ^ubmir^iim to the
Divine Will, and fitlelitj ti> the me-
mory of her earthlj lord, not to be
read only in expressions of pious resi>;-
nation and of faithful love; but in the
course of a long life, filled, as few lives
have been, with positive acts of ilutv :
marked also bj the cultivation and
exercise of a sound judgment in all
things. Who is there whose char.ictcr,
take it for all in all, is richer in (quali-
ties which seldom meet in one ami the
same person? Gentleness anil can-
dour, eombinetl with a very keen ^enie
of indijination against moral wron;:, —
sympathy with the young, — teiidcrne-s
to the weak, — with iwvere jii'li:nients
of herself. Neither s«mre«K nor >[i«>ileil,
nor deadeneil in her perceptions by
trial ; ready for every emertrency ;
humble, but not to be tliverte«l frv»m
any right pur|H)?e : quiet, brave, >im-
ple, just, and loving — can this picture
be thought overchargotl ? To u:», in-
dee«l, every trace ot this remarkable
woman is sacred, and« under other cir-
cumstance:', we would not willingly
have been among those who have ma<le
her private memorials and letter.-* com-
mon to all the world. Hut it is far too
late in the day for reserve. The con-
Hdential out|>ouring.s of Rachel Russell,
the loving wife and mourning willow,
are the rich inheritance of every read-
ing English niau or woman, an<l our
testimoiiy of gratitude for such trea-
sures is all that remains fur us to
bestow.
In order to explain the siiecial cha-
racteristic of this new edition of the
famous Letters^ it is nei>»sary to £r«>
hack to the year l^i.<^. In that year
Miss Berry. who4o decease, at the ad-
vanced ageof ninety, we but lately chn>-
nicle«l. was app«>intetL or penuitte^i.
by the Duke of Devonshire to etiic a
series of letters from Latly Rachel
Russell to her I^rd. which, preserve^l
in the archives of Devonshire Hou.-«e«
had, till then, never been publisberl:
although those letters which were writ-
ten subsei^uent to Lord ikussell's exe-
cution ha<l, long before, been familiar
to Engli<ih re.ider?. Miss Rerry ac-
companietl this eiiition (in 4to.) by a
Memoir, the best which h.is appeared
before i>r since, which was afterwanls
reprinted in a fragmentary work en-
titletl, '• A Comparative View of Social
Life in England and France," in 2 vols.
1;>44. Meanwhile a new eiiition of
the Life of William I^rd Russell by
Lord John Russell being calleil tor, it
seems to h.ave struck the noble bio-
grapher of the husband, that a complete
edition of the Letters of the wite. of
corres|)onding size, would Iks advise-
able, and we have accordingly, for the
first time, the two series uniteil — the
letters l»efore antl after Laily Russell's
widowhotMl. To tht^se who p*')ssess
both works this arranirement is usetul ;
yet it fails in the tlesireil iHimpleteness,
so far as Lady Russell is ci>ncernetl.
It is surely to be complained of. not
without reason, that the Letters should
have been thus tlung u{)on the public,
accompanied merely by fotu- notes anil
a very short intro<luction. A vit>lonce is
done to the reader's feelings by pissing,
without a pause, without even the in-
tervention of a significant blank page,
from a fond, endearing letter addressed
to the liriv^ husband, in which the
1854.]
Rachel Lad if Rudiselts Leitars*
I
libr
I lett
momenU tliat were to pAaj» before a
ippy meeting are almost counte<i,^
id one from the widow to her tinclt^
an<l to tlie Lord Prjvj Seal. Surely
Lord John Russell, if, as we suppose,
the iouials J. K,, appeaded to the in-
troilueticmf mark this editjon as being
under hissi»permtendence, aliould huve
looked tv» this point It is revoUing
to the feelings to pass from a picture
of pure domestic hoppinL-ss tmis at
once into the presonee of lUter de&o-
hitjou^ and it is neither trulbful nor
nutwrjil to give no trace of ibe dread-
ful tcene-^ that intervened. We bke
not this brtrbaron.^ mode of throwing
<hjwn originad documents without n
connecting link, so lb at each render
must coiiirive to spell out the true
fttory AS he can. A fpiesUoii will ulso
be jskctl. why, if there be no better
Memoir than Mi*? Berry's (iind it in
V 1 ', jind fairly writ-
t ve been appended
or iiiFtrwovtJii wmj ihc original docu-
ments ? •
In making these observniions, let it
not be suppose*! thiit we undervalue
the use* of the foot-notes, many of
widrli are by Mts3 lierry, while some
have been added by Mr. Afartiu, the
librjirian of Woburn Abbey. A few
letter* not before published at all, ap-
p«*ar aUo in this edition ; but the mojit
remstrkMble n^u? contribution h a letter
idres$«d by Lady Ku^aell to her chil-
ti, and dated on the anniversary of
T budband*9 execution. To thi^ we
0ih)dl Hgnin recur,
Fir$t, however, we must say a few
words about the earlier aeries, when
I.ady Rusaeil, still bearing her first
nmrried name of Vau^han, writes to
her husbnnd,yet uu-ennoblcd, A wife
and a mnther, we know, she had been
before; but iso eaily in lite, acconling
to the parental onL-nntrs of th«t time,
lliut it u fair to conclude the ati^ngth
of her atleciions had not been eidled
forth* iler baby died almuKi imtue*
r^lbitely nt^er iti baptism, and Lonl
aughan himself fioon tbilowed : soNhe
carried her wealth of soul, and person,
and purse, to Mr. Russtell, second son
of ihe Karl of Bedford, in the close of
141
the year lGt»9. Her parentage and
early years have all the light possible
thrown on them by Miss Berry, to
whose Memoir we refer the reader, as
abo for the tblluwing remarks on thi«
series of the Letters :■ —
The first letters in the fnllowiog series
ore aldresiied by Lady Vaughun to her
huAbund, Mr. Russell, in the spring of the
year 1672. They are continued, at dislaut
intervals* to within a tweWemontb of his
dcfllh. They are few, for during^ the four*
teen happy years of their union they were
little apart. Their only momenta of sepa-
ration seem to hiivc heea some T'lsita of
dnty to bis fattier when llTinff entirely at
Woburn, or during his elections for two
successive ParlJamcnts i sotne »hort ab*
sences in London, on private or political
business, and his attendance at Oxford
during: the only session of the Parliament
so suddenly dismissed by Charles.
These letters are written with such a
neglect of style, and often of grammarj aa
may disgust the adtnirers of well turned
periods, and they contain such frequent
repetitions of homely tenderness as may
sha.k the sentimental readers of the pre-
sent day. But they evince the enjoyment
of a happiness, budt on such mttonal
foundations, and so traly appreciated by
it» possessors, as too seldom occurs jn the
history of the human heart. They are
impressed too with the marks of a cheer*
ful mind, a soeisl spirit, and every indi-
cation of a character prtpared, as well to
enjoy the sunshine as to meet the storms
of life.
Thus gifted, and thus situated, her
tender and prnphctic exhortations both to
her Lord nnd herself, to merit tlie con-
tinuance of such liHppiuess, and to secure
its perfect enjoyment by being prepared
for its loss, are not less striking than hia
entire and absolute contidcnce in her cha-
racter, and attuchment to her society.
The death of Mr. Uussell'a elder
brother in 1678, caused the title to
devolve on Lord Will mm, ami then fir&t
the well-known nanie of Rachel Kusnell
is preaeulud to the reader, ibr hereto-
fore she had retuined that of Vaughan.
T^vo daughters and a tjon were born
<iuring these fourteen happy yeartt.
Once, at least, it would seem in the
course of this lime that the fond wrfo
bod an nlaria, — n boding of what mighi
• Since the above was written we have seen the Memoir incloded in Mrs, Newton
Croaland >4 volume of Biogruphiei» of Remarkuble Women. With all respect to Mrs*
C. it do«s not appear to us equal to the other and very exceltent memoirs contained in
that iDti^reeting hook.
142
Rachel Lady Rusitelfs Letters.
[Feb.
come. She heard a rumour of his
intention of movini; in the House of
Lords a stron": resolution, and wrote a
short letter thereupon, which found
bim in his place in the House. The
letter is as follows :—
March 16778.
My sister being here tells me she over-
heard you tell her Lord last night, that
you would take notice of the business
(you know what I mean) in the House ;*
this alarms me, and I do earnestly beg of
you to tell me truly if you have or mean
to do it. If you do, I am most assured
you will repent it. I beg once more to
know the truth. It is more pain to be in
doubt, and to your sister too ; and if I
have any interest, I use it to beg your
silence in this case, at least to-day.
R. RUSHELL.
Excepting; this momentary alarm,
the picture of peace and affection seems
pericct. Every line testiiies to the
deep well-spring of happiness within.
London, June 12, 1680.
My dearest heart, flesh and blood can-
not have a truer and greater sense of their
own h.ippiness than your poor but honest
wife haf<. I am glad you And Stratton so
sweet; may you live to do so one fifty years
more ; and, if God pleases, I shall be glad
I may keep your company most of those
years, unless you wifh other at any time ;
then I think I could willingly leave all in
the world, knowing you would tnke care of
our brats : they are both well, and your
great one's letter she hopes came to you.
Again : —
Stratton, Septeml>er SO [30], 1681.
To see anybody preparing, and taking
their way to see what 1 long to do a tliou-
sand times more than they, makes me not
endure to suiTer their going, without
saying something to my best life ; though
it is a kind of anticipating my joy when
we shall meet, to allow myself so much
before the time : but I confess I feel a
great deal, that, though I left London
with great reluctance, (as it is easy to
persuade men a woman does,) yet that I
am not like to leave Stratton with greater.
They will tell you how well I got hither,
and how well' I found our dear treasure
here : your boy will please you ; you will,
I think, find him improved, though I tell
you so beforehand. They fancy he wanted
yon; for, as soon as I alighted, he fol-
lowed, calling Papa ; but, I suppose it is
the word he has most command of; so
was not disobliged by the little fellow.
The girls were fine, in remembrance of
the luippy 29th of September ;t and we
drank your health, after a red-deer pie ;
and at night your girls and I »upped on a
sack posset : nay. Master^ would have his
room ; and for haste burnt his fingers in
the posset; but he does but rub his hands
for it. It is the most glorious weather
here that ever wss seen. The coach shall
meet you at the cabbage-garden : be there
by eight o'clock, or a little after; though
I guess you can hardly be there so soon,
day breaks so late; and indeed the morn-
ings are so misty, it is not wholesome to
be in the air so early. I do propose going
to my neighbour Worsley to-day. I would
fain be telling my heart more things —
anything to be in a kind of talk with him ;
but I believe S|>encer stays for my dis-
patch : he was willing to go early ; but
this was to be the delight of this morning,
and the support of the day. It is per-
formed in bed, thy pillow at my back ;
where thy dear head shall lie, I ho])e. to-
morrow night, and many more, I trust in
Uis mercy, notwithstanding all our ene-
mies or ill-wishers. Love, and he willing
to be loved, by R. Russkll.
Our sources of informution throw
little new light on the conduct of Lady
liusacU on the seizure, trial, and exe-
* On the 14th of March of this year, the House of Commons had resolved itself
into a committee of the whole House to consider the state of the nation. The motion
for this committee was made by Lord Russell in the following words : — ** I move that
we may go into a committee of the whole House to consider of the sad and deplorable
condition we are in, and the apprehensions we are under of Popery and a Standing
Army, and that we may couhider of some way to save ourselves from ruin."
Sir John Reresby mentions the great exertions made by the Court to resist these
proceedings. It is probable that this note was meant to dissuade Lord Russell from
making this motion, or perhaps from some other of a stronger nature on the same
subject, in which she was successful. Lord Russell having kept this note, and endorsed
it, with the time at which it came to his hands, proves the strong impresuion which
some circiimstnnce about it had made on his mind.
t The birthday of Lord Russell. — The letter was evidently written on the following
morning, though dated in the book Sept. 20.
X Her son, then not a year old, having been born on the 1st Nov. IGBO. Her two
girls were boru in 1664 and 1676.
law.]
Rackel Lad^ RusiMn Letters^
143
cuttoti of tliis beloved husband. He
w«!i conimitt**d to the Tower on the
2tllh of June, tried on the 13th of July,
and Whoiidvil in Liiicolrrs'Imi-FieKU
on the 21 St of thi: 9.aiiie month, lijUB.
n ' luring this rapid and
' from joy to ^ief bos
i.v4ii Ml o«u_»i the puljject of ndmirtt-
tlon, and hflii so high a place in the
animls of heroiHin, that we can add
ijothiug to its renown. From the mo-
TiM'uf ofhiH committal she worked with
t y of a practised lawyer in
^, evidence and infurmation as
the courj^e likely to be pursued
intnet him, adopting every posiiible
pn'cantion in his behalf Jt u muX
tljut her appearance In the court on
hU trial caused n thrill und murmurof
iiii_niij»h throughout tJic assembly ; and
wlicn the prisoner re<[uevsted leave to
employ a person to take notes at the
trials and was an]<wered that a servant
would be allowed him for the purpose,
Lortl Kusstdrs immediate rejoinder,
** Mtf wife^ my lord, is here to do it,**
niiiKi Li v.* neciis^ioned yet a deeper and
I i I iig emotion. We pass over
I I . c cnes tha t en s u ed : t h e u nj ust
venbet ; the unrelenting tenacity of
the Kinjr, who stilTcred the daughter
of his old ft-iend Southampton to kneel
at hilt feet in vain; the aggravated
bitterness of the Duike of York, who,
it was said» wanted to have the ejtecu-
tion take place in front of South-
am[4on House, which occupied the
north side of what ia now liloomabuTy
Sp litre* Thus much is certain, that,
dear a« wa5 the life of her lonl to her,
Lady KusAfll, firmly believing in his
i ^ would not, any more than
ten to any ubject or base
When Tillotflon would
! revailed on him to own that
e to kingly authority w^as in
L'V*iry rase unlawful,*' he replied **that
111* coulil not utter a lie," "I can have
no conception/* he afterwards added,
**of a limited monarchy which has not
ft right to defend it8 own limitat-ionB :
my conscience will not permit me to
my otherwise to the Kin^." * That
thene sentiments were partaken by bia
wife Tillolsou knew do well, as that
when, after all wa<* over, he appeared
for the first time in her presence, his
conaciouaness of ill desert, in having
pleaded rather for the life thai now is
than for that which i$ to come> op*
pressed and embarrassed him. To toe
honour of her candour and generoua
kindness, she forgave freely; and only
on one distant occasion, when the then
Dean consulted her as to the propriety
of complying with King Wilbain s de-
sire to make him archbishop, gently
reminded him that the time was "come
when he^ too, must practise that sub-
mi:it»ion which he had so powerfully
tried himself and instructed others to/
How, with such intense love, her
untlinching uprightness ^ained the vic-
tory, h known only to Him at whose
throne her devout spirit s*ou*rht *trength
and aid. She was aware that plans had
been laid for his escape, even id the
last ; but, knowing that he deemed
them dangerous and likely to involve
other.^, it doe^ not apjjcar that she
troubled him with any entreaties to
avail himself of them; and at her final
parting, the night before the execu-
tion, ^he lell him without allowing a
single sob of passion to disturb his
heavenly composure. And so she re-
turned to her home, hopeless of earthly
relief, ami feeling that all her prayen*
must now be for the future meeting in
that world to which her dearest trea-
sure was going,
A very few days had passe^l after
the cruel event ere the lion spirit in
her wiL^ iigrtin aroused by a cruel attack
on his memory. The court atleeted to
believe that the paper delivered by
Lord Russtdl to the sheriiis was not
his own. She wrote emphatically to
the King^
I do tht^refore buiably b€g your M«-
jeatj would be so charitable to beliOTc*,
tbat be who in all his life was observed
to act with tbe greatest clearoc^s and
sincerity, would not at the point of death
do so disingt'Duous and faUe a thing as to
deliver for hii own what was not properly
and cjcprcsftly so. And if, after tbe loaa
in such a manner of the best husband in
the world, I were capable of aoy conaoU-
tion, your Miijes^ty only could afford it by
having better ihnughta of him, which^ when
1 was so importunate: to apeak with your
Majesty, 1 thought 1 had some r^ou to
believe I should have inclined you to, not
from the crtdir of my word, but upon the
evidence of what 1 hud to say. 1 hope I
have written notbing in this that will dla-
144
Rachel Lady litutell'M LeiUrs.
[Feb.
pleate j-onr Majesty. If I bare, I barobljr
beg of yoo to consider it u oomiDg from a
woman arcazed with grief; and that you
will pardon ihe daughter of a person who
cerred your Majesty's father in his greatest
citrcruities [and your Majesty in your
greatest post«],and one that \< not con-
scious of havini; ev^r done anything to of-
fead you [before]. I shall erer pray for
yoor Majesty's l«mg life and happy reign.
And now we come to the celebrated
Letters, which, l>eln;r so truly part of
licrrielf, have piisseii into the catalogue
of our most precious private docu-
iiient:<. As ctmijMuitionMf we think they
Lave been over-rated. They arc often
confusei], and have by no means the
eauy correctness of Mrs. Hutchinson*?.
Moreover, they Hometlmes provoke the
reader to a little impatience by the
over deference which the writer pays
to her Hpiritual guides. Dr. Fitzwd-
liaui, an extremely honest man, — one
whose non-juring scruples afterwards
occasioned his loss not merely of pre-
ferment, but of the living he was
actually hoMing, — having been her
father s chajilain, was of course her
confidential friend, and conscientiously
performed what lie thought his duty
by her.* ISuthiftlong sermons of con-
solation ajmear to us anything but
soothing. Always when we light u(>on
them we are reminded of Milton —
Coii.«olaturic^ writ
With Ntu.licil ur;;uiiu'iit ami pcrMrNoii wrouclit,
lenient of ^ricf 1111(1 anxious thou;:ht.—
Dut Mith til* amiote4l in lii- i>anffs tlicir w)uii(l
Little iirt-vail-, or ratlier secmi u tunc
HarMi ami of dixMHiant irnxxl from hbt c-omiilaint ;
I'lik'M lie feci within
Some i<ourre of consolation from above,
Secret rofn-shin;:-, that ropalr his .strength
And fainting s\,Wiu upholil.t
Happily for Kiichel Russell, these
"secret refresliings " were her daily
and nightly portion. Afterwards came
the outward calls of duty. Here is a
letter written on the death of the Earl
of Bedford's wife — the mother of Lord
Jiusscll.
I would not choose, (she says, writing
from Wobam.) to leave a good man under
a new oppre^idon of sorrow, that hat been
and is so very tender to me. He is a
stronger Christian, and therefore does bis
duty in all tri^U better than I can do ; yet
»inoe I may maintain thtrre is no compa-
rison ill our Io«»es, though it ti, I can
easily iM-Iieve, difficult parting from a
friend one has lived easily with near fifty
years. Yet when it falls away, like ripe
fruit that must be githered, or if it remain
banging some time longer must become
insignificant, sure it wants the ag^rava-
tions of mine ever to be lamented cala-
mity. But 1 must not, you tell me, give
way, or too much time, to muse, or rather
to be a»touished at what has happened to
me. I do, and truly think do so sincerely.
God*s '* will be done in earth as it is in
heaven," but the interrnption I find is —
was this his determination— had we not a
tree choice ? yes sure we had, but it is as
sure He permitted it, and there I must
rest, and meekly submit to this most
heavy dispensation. I do confess, and
fear I have not thankfulness onlyt for
the blessings I have yet remaining, us if I
could relish nothing but without that
sharer of my joys and sorrows ; but I pray
1 may, and in God*s own time, frhali be
heard: he will not suffer the eye that waits
on him to fail, and though he kill me, I
will trust in him.
It was just before this that she went
for the first time to see the burial
place of her husband : ^^ 1 have ac-
compli-shed it (she says) and am not
the worsic, having satislieil my longing
mind, and that is a little ease, such
degrees as I must look for.** In an-
other place she again alludes to this
visit.
Doctor ((he writes), I had considered,
I went not to seek the living among the
dead ; I knew I should not see Aim any
more wherever I went, and had made a
covenant with myself not to break out in
unreasonable fruitless passion, but quicken
my contemplation whither the nobler part
was fled, to a country afar off, where no
earthly power bears any sway, nor can put
an end to a happy society. There I would
willingly be, but we must not limit our
time: 1 hope to wait without imputiency.§
• He was Rector of Cottenham and a Canon of Windsor, but lost both his prefer-
ments at the Revolution, on refusal to take the oaths to William and Mary.
f Samson A(;onistes.
I For " only " read probably " enough :'' and the word ** but," two lines aflter, appears
superfluous. We su^tpcct the letttTs are not very carefully edited. In the letter before
extracted we have altered the passage " irAere thy dear head,*' &c from " trAy." —
SvLV. Uruan.
i Vol. i. p. 135.
4
Rachel Ladtf RusselFa Letters,
to
tier cfaildrcni ant] their grandfatlieri
•re now her gre&t cares. We know
that no duly to them wna neglected.
Tliefi came trial§ in htir sister*^ family.
T 1 1 r II fn m i W e v en is — in ar r iages —
' 1 with politi-
r fell dend
*i|"ni in I JK lit,— the cra-
eftiej of 11 ion of the Edict
ofNante*, : ijl'S nearer home.
Brightlj r ' i I fJiiit darkened ho-
rifOR the lii I Lk^Miing hope of our
great Hevohition. Lmlj liu^eli waa
already on terma of friendship and
cooddence with the Princes of Orange,
and to witness the triumph of mode-
ration in polittc$f and of toleration in
religion, iieems to have given her almost
a new life, " Those who have lived
the longest (she sajs), and seen the
mo^ change, can scarce believe it ii
more than a dream, yet it Is indeed
real, and aueh a reality of mercy aa
ought to melt and ravish our hearts
into ,**abjection to Him who is the dia-
l>L'ii-^i'r of all providenceg." From this
lime ruay be dated a return to all
tbo8e kinds of worldly prosperity which
rest on kinjjly and national favour.
The old Earl of Bedford was elevated
to the dukedi>m, not less for his own
sake than for that of his slaughtered son.
Beftire all, however, waa tlie reversal
of the attainder of Lord Rusdell, whose
death waa plainly calle<l " murder,** in
the preamble to i' i<3ed for that
|>ur|»oHe. Aa L;i Is daughters
grew up, shemmiini nuin, it appears,
welt and happily ; and her aon, tnough
lot- crw.. i;.,..a ,■p.,.,,l^,^^^,l in his habits,
a s mother by an
Ml — . . ..: . .. .: .^ for plav, ficems
to have roturne*i in no Ion*/ time to an
CTt rnttTarv course, rigorously denying
a8Uroa, and even the cua-
t* I >endages of his rank, lor the
,ke ol iully discharging his debts.
►Id as these tales are, they are re-
curred to, as marking the gentleness,
skill, and prudence, with which Lady
Russell performed some difficult dtities*
The letter to her husband':} father
(vol, 11. p. IGl), pleading for indul-
gence to his grandson, under the im-
prudences we havi? mentioned, ia a
beautiful specimen of this wisdom and
kiudne&i. And when this cherished
son, now the inheritor by his grand*
fiither*s decease of a dukedom, himself
lay on the betl of death, she was there
too, the good angel ministering to his
peace and comfort.
Alas ! (she writes) my dear Lord Gal-
way, my thoughts are yet all disorder,
coo^sloQ, and amazement ; aad I think
I am very incapable of aayiag or doing
what I ehould,*
I did not know the greatness of my love
to his person, till I ooutd see it no more.
Wheo nature, who will be mistrea^ hat in
some measure, with time, relieved herself,
then, and not till then. I tru§t the Good*
neaSr which hith do hound», and whose
power is irresistible, will assist me by bis
grac« to rest conteatod with what bis un-
erring providence ha* appointed and per-
mitted. And I shAll feel ease in this con-
temptation, that there was nothing uocom-
fortaUle in his death, but the loimBi him.
His God was, 1 verily believe, ever in bis
thoughtn. Towards bin last hours he calted
upon Him, and complained he could not
pray his prayers. To what I answered,
he said, he wished for more time to make
up his aocounts with God. Then with
remembrance to his sisters, and telling me
how good and kind his wife had been to
him, and that he should have bee a glad
to have expressed himself to her, said
something to me of my doabla kindness
to hia wife, and so died away. There
seemed do relactancy to leave this world,
patient and easy the whole time, and I
believe knew bis danger, but loth to grieve
those by him, delayed what he might have
said. Bat why all this ? The decree is
past, I do not ask your prayers ; I know
jou offer them with s'mcerity to our Al-
mighty God for
Yoor afllicted kiaswoman.
June, 171L
Other trials were hers. Blindness,
from which she was relieved by couch*
ing; then the death of one of hor
dautjhters, the Duchess of Rutland, in
child-bed. This last most sad event
' To this affiictioD succeeded, six months alter, the loss of her daughter, th« Duchess
Rutland, who died in child -bed. Lady Russell, after seeing her in the eoffin, went
» her other daughter, married to the Duke of Devonshire, from whom it was necessary
'la conceal her grief, she being at that time in child-bed likewise ; therefore she assumed
a cheerful air, and, with astonishing resolotioo, yet agreeably to truth, answered her
aniioos daughter's inquiries with these words — ** I have seen your sister out of bed
today."
. Gmt, 5Ug. Vol. XLL U
146
The Galway Brooch,
[Feb.
occarred in the month of Oct. 1711.
LmIj Kuascll survived it thirteen more
years, and closed her own unsullied
life, in her 87th year, Sept. 29, 1723.
Of those whose avocations now lead
them through Bloomsbury Square few
perhaps know or remember, though
little more than half a century has
passed since its demolition, that on its
northern side once stood the princely
mansion where Lord William and Lady
Rachel Russell lived, and where the
widowed and long mourning woman
jrielded up her breath. The vignette
m the title of these volumes shows it
to have been a stately palace- like
structure, with noble trees on each
side, and open terrace before, where
now the blackened statue of Fox sits
looking towards the desecrated spot
The ground-plan shows also that it was
open to fields and country behind. In
1759, Gray, writing from the imme-
diate neighbourhood, Southampton
Row, speaks of the pleasant Bedford
Grardens, and the ilampstead and
Highgate views bevond. Southamp-
ton House (latterly callefl Bedford
House, and pulled down in 1800) was
one of those monuments of the past to
the loss of which nothing can recon-
cile us. The design, we are told, was
given by Inigo Jones. How ill do
squares and modern streets, and Eli-
zabethan fancies, replace one such
true historical monument as this !
In the vault of the Russells at
Chenies, Buckinghamshire, by the side
of her husband, after their forty years'
separation, rest the remains of Rachel
Russell. There let them lie till the
Resurrection of the Just I *
THE GALWAY BROOCH.
OUR antiquarian friends, and we
may add our fair friends, are now fa-
miliar with the forms of some of the
elegant antique brooches which have
been discovered in Ireland : so many
beautiful copies of which have been
made by modern jewellers, particularly
by the nouses of West and Waterhouse
of Dublin. They could scarcely be
overlooked among the multifarious
treasures of the Great Exhibition of
1851 ; and of last year*s Exhibition at
Dublin they formed a very interesting
feature, where they appeared in juxta-
position with most of the originals.
We have now the pleasure to exhibit
to our readers a representation of a
newly - discovered Antique Brooch,
which was found only in June last,
near the town of Galway, and has con-
sequently been named The Galwat
Brooch. It is of silver, jewelled with
ambers ; and is now in the possession
of Edward Uoare, esq. of Cork, who
has favoured us with the following ac-
count of his acquisition of this anti-
quarian treasure : —
*' Owing to the Dublin Exhibition
* We liave left ourselves no room to do jastice to the letter wc had referred to,
"to her Children.*' Some few striking passages, by way of specimen, shall here be
given : — ** And now, my child, believe your mother, there is nothing now in this world
can touch me very sorely but my children's concerns (bating religion) ; aud» although
I love your bodies but too well, yet if my heart deceive me not 'tit as nothing in com-
Earison of your more precious souls. When I have the least jealousy that any of you
ave ill inclinations, or not so good as I would gladly have them, or fear that you
tread though never so little out of the right path, O, how it pierces my soul in fear and
anguish for yours ! If you love or bear any respect for the memory of your father, do
not endanger a separation from him and me in the next life. But infinitely above all
other argument is this ; that we should not be ungrateful to that God that made us and
preserves us. — made us be born into this world, that we might be capable of a life to all
Eternity, where innocence and happiness last for ever. To this place of joy and bliss
this is our passage, and is to some a more rugged than 'tis to others, for wise ends, by
Providence hid from us now ; but, when we shall have put off these tabernacles of clay,
our clarified spirits shall then understand, and admire, adore, and love, the wisdom and
power and love of God to his creatures. How lovely will the beauty of Providence be to
us then, though now that we see but the dark side of the cloud 'tis often very black and
gloomy to us. Remember, my child, and often turn in your mind all God's benetiu as
fir as you are able to recount them; remember his sending his Son to die for our sakes, —
his leaving us an example bow we should lead our lives.*'
last yenTy I was re^idept all the summer
and autumn in Dublin, occusionully
tjiJcto^ little unliquarian toure, iluring
one of wbich, last August, I met with
till* mtt*regttnjr relic. It was disco-
vered in the latter part cil' the iitoiith
of June, in removiog from a field, ihr
the purpose of ** top-dressin;;/' a lar^^e
mound of earthy which had evidently
been the remnants of a tumulus. The
brooch fell into the hands of a Gothic
watchmaker, who, not knowing whiit
kind of metal it was (for it la iiuite
hlack, with a tine encrusted oxide),
broke the pin f*ortiorj into three part^i
and took out the ambers, supposmg
them to be valuable jewels, bhortly
after, I came across it and purchased it,
and had the pin carefully repaired and
the amberH reset. The ornamentation
of the wolves' heads (for I believe them
to be sueh^ is, if so, of great interest.
I do not know certainly, as you ask
me,* if wolves* heads are found in any
oiher oniaments of the same period.
I believe not ; but we read, all tfirough
the annals of Ireland, that it was over-
run with wolves; and that the Irish
wolf*dog was used for the purpose of
their extermination, is well known. We
need not therefore be astonished that
an animal so common and so feared
fibould be made the subject of orna-
mentation, and, if so, it rnny in some
itieiuure assist in proving that the
Ofnii Hibernicum was really and in
fact the work of Irish artilieers. This
U a aubjeet questioned, and 1 would
therefore like to have this brooch made
use of in support of the argument*
A Irieud and relative of my own, on ac-
count of the ambers, thinks it of Scan-
dinavian workmanship, and that the
Iieads are tbose of the ^'^urse whale, or
scab This I cannot say, as I am not
skilled in zoology, neither do 1 know
the ajjpearance of that animal ; but I
think It right to mention the idea to
you. I think also the arnin<zement of
the heads has been borrowed from the
trefoil., or shamrock^ Ireland's national
emblem, though such may be perhaps
doubtful. The brooch itself, as you
well know, is one of great rarity, and
the more so in .?i7»er, very few being
known of that metal. They are more
known in bronze than any other oietal,
and the celebratLMl Tiira brooch is of
white bronze. The penannular torm
has been generally c<msidered as pe-
culiar to Ireland and Scotland, though
an example or two of such have been
found in England. The workmanship
of my brooch is very elegant-, and the
ornamentation -v^ry cleverly executed.
The back portion is perfectly plain.
The silver js much alloyed, and, trom
its long burial in the earth, has become
quite brittle. The spot where it was
found is in county Galway, about three
miles from the town of Galway, in a
south-easterly direction . I have there-
fore termed it ^ The Qulway Brooch.'^
• We bad cntertaiord some doubts as to the Identity of the wolves'* heads, imagininj^
that the figure* rather resembled bats. We expressed our donhis to Mr. Hoare, and
the above ia his reply, — Edit.
148
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'H HAAAIA AIAGIIKH RATA T0Y2 'EBAOMIIKONTA— '£« row
ly Moo^x?9 tt^«*V "''*!' i€pds hioiKovaris Xwobov iraaCty tUv 'P«^«i5V,
iiCTwrutdevTos kpxaiov kXtiavh^ivov Kw^f|icos /jcrarw^wOcIo^a, thhoKl^ fi^v
Kal trvyepyeiif Tfj$ 'l€|ids 2wv^ow row BaeiXeiov r^f 'EXXiiSos, hawuyri
bk Tijs ey 'AyyXiif, 'ETatpias r^f xpos ^laboviy rfis Xpttrrtaytinis llaibeias^
tya btapeay Tois Ik rov iepov KA^pow biayefiriTat. 'AOilNUSIN, ey rip
Twiroypa^e/y ij ^lyti^otrvyri X. NiJCoXot^ov ^iXabeX^ivs, 'Ey Ihet <r«ri|-
THE Greek version of the Old Testa-
ment, which commonlj passes under
the name of the Septuagint, forms the
biblical link between Judaism and
Christianity. It is the public evidence
of providential design in preparing the
world for the advent of tne Kedecmer.
Empires have passed awaj, the con-
quests of Alexander and the thrones
of the Ptolemies are no more ; but that
record endures for which Alexander
conquered and the Ptolemies reigned.
The pharos of Alexandria still dinuses
its imperishable lustre. It originallj
conducted the more candid and in-
quiring amongst the Jews and Gen-
tiles, to the vestibule of the Christian
temple. It enabled the Hellenistic
Jews, scattered over every part of
the East, to become the heralds and
forerunners of the Grospel. It trans-
planted the Old Testament from the
Hebraic stereotype, intelligible only to
the worshipper at Jerusalem, into that
cursive letter, which has run into all
lands, and which has sounded to the
ends of the world. Its voice was heard
even where its pages were never read.
Its echoes toned upon the citadel of
Rome, and reached the court of Augus-
tus. It was whispered that some great
prince or deliverer was about to ap-
pear. These whispers were conveyed
Dv the Alexandrian version of the Old
Testament.
Amongst the presumptive evidence
for the truth of Christianity from its
connection with the records of profane
history, there is nothing more calcu-
lated to produce honest and impartial
conviction, than a calm and compre-
hensive survey of the origin, progress,
and effects of this mighty machine, for
the instruction of the peoples, whether
ancient or modern. Its agency com-
menced soon afler the deau of AJex-
ander. Of his mighty conquests, Egypt
fell to the lot of the Ptolemies, a
dynasty remarkably devoted to the
encouragement of literature. It was
to grace the library of Alexandria that
this version was professedly undertaken.
Callimachus, the poet, was the chief
librarian.
The designs of Providence, which
are genendly so obscure and mysteri-
ous, that it is presumptuous to even
attempt their interpretation, were here
so clear and transparent, that ^ he who
runs may read them.** It is therefore
not surprising, that the learned trans-
lators of our English Bible should have
intimated their conviction, that the
heart of Ptolemy was divinely influ-
enced to favour the re<)uest of his
Jewish subjects. The maxims of sound
policy would also contribute their co-
operation.
The period selected was exactly
fitted to the design. It was about an
equal distance from the great disper-
sion of the Jews by the Babylonish
captivity, and the coming of Messias.
It was adjacent to those conquests
which had brought the East and West
into one focus. The learning and lite-
rature of Grreece were now associated
with the learning and literature of
Trhe peculiar idiom of this version
forms tne incontestable proof of its
authenticity. None but Jews could
have written it, and few but Jews could
thoroughly understand it. The phrase-
oloffT is Hebrew, whilst the language
is Greek. Had it been composed m
pure and classic Greek, its authenticity
would have been dubious, and its value
demolished. It would have resembled
the version of Castalio, as compared
with the Latin vulgate, or that of Beza.
It could then never have co-operated
1854.] Sepinagint of the Christian Knowledge Societtf.
149
with the intentions of Providence, It
couM not have formed the leiulerf the
guide, the conductor to the New Testa-
incnt<
The chief difficulty in the tradition
uf anj ductrinalf or, a5 the GernmuKt
love to call it, dogmatic^ religioot con-
tUts in the exact transmission of doc-
Irinid tvrma. We all know the endless
• disputes which have taken place in the
Eaateru and Western Churches, re-
\ ip**cting the precise scriptural import
ore$uch terms as righUtyuxneHS, jitstifiea'
tio% tUonemetU^ &c. This arises partly
frum their com[)osite sijjnificutiont con-
sisting^ as they do, of what Locke calls
mixftd nn)de4^ or comph'j: idcax. But
it is still further aggravated by the
novelty of meaning which is incltided
under old expressions. Now, it was to
meet thisditOculty^ in the transniission
of a written revelation, that it was
wisely ordered that the very same terms
which are emplojed In the New Tes-
t;mient to express its peculiar doctrines,
should have neen translated from Ile-
into Greek by Hellenistic Jews,
\ before the Christian era, and should
, be MJopted by Christy his Evan-
geliMs and Apostles, to ratify their own
credentials.
Let us imagine the absence of the
Septuagint — that the New Testament
had been based in its style and phrase-
ology immediately upon the Hebrew
of the Old, without any intermediate
Interpretation, Tliis kind of Greek
would have appeared like a broken
jargon — a Babylonish dialect. It would
have been " darkness visible." Yet a
fi^ more serious difficulty would have
followed. The Scribes and Pharisees,
the doctors and teachers of the law,
would have protested against this novel
and unheard-of interjiretation of He-
brew words. This difficulty would
have been felt as almost insurmount-
able ; for who could be supposed such
gooil judges, it would have been said,
of the meaning of Hebrew terms as
Jews, who were constantly and oificlalty
engnged in their study ?
The wiwlora of Divine Providence
anticipate^l the difficulty, and provided
the remedy. By scattering tlie Jews
far and wide amongst the Gentiles,
who(se common me<liura of commercial
int^course in the East was in Greek,
more or less tainted with their native
dialecta, it brought about amongst them
that peculiar phraseology, which we
term the Hellenistic dialect, and which
is so well adapted to convey the exact
imjHDrt of the Hebrew original. It
thus not only rendered the preaching
and doctrines of the apoiitlos univer-
sally intelligible throughout Greece
and Asia ]Mmor, and the shores of the
Mediterranean, and thus contributed
to the rapid spread of Christianity on
its first publication ; but it has authen-
ticated Its claims as a genuine docu-
ment, written by Hellenistic Jews, and
written in that age and country to
which alone it can be satisfactorily
ascribed.
We should really apologise for these
self-evident observations, if the preju-
dices of ProtestanliJ, and the opposition
of classical purists, had not, in a great
measure, blinded our scholars and
divines to the reul character and claims
of the Septuagint version. Instead of
hailing with gratitude this great me-
dium of intercourse between the Olrl
and New Testament, it has been the
business and delight of many to mag-
nify the discrepancies which exist be-
tween the version and the original, and
to represent the study of the LXX.
OS derogatory to the dignity of the
Hebrew text. Others have affected
to smile at the improprieties of its dic-
tion, and to tremble at the solecisms of
its expressions. Like Bembo, afruid
of corrupting the purity of his Latinity
by the study of the Vulgate, they forego
the knowledge and delight of compa-
ring the Hellenistic with the Hebrew,
lest it should taint their Attic purity,
or spoil their immaculate iambict.
It might have been supposed that
the sanction of the New Testament,
the overwhelming majority of its Sep-
tuagintal quotations, and the continu-
ous incorporation of its words and
idioms, would have prevented, or si-
lenced, such perilous and unreasonable
prejudices. But the fact remains in-
dubitable and uncontradicted, that the
study of the Septuagint does not engage
the attention of our schools or colleges.
The late eminent Dr. Arnold intro-
duced it amongst the seniors at Rugby,
but it has been since withdrawn. So
little care and attention have been paid
to bringing out a pure and uninterpo-
lated edition of the LXX. that no such
edition has appeared since the days of
Bishop Pearson. There is, we repeat.
:
150
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[Feb.
no recent edition, except Bag8ter*8
Poljglot, that has not incorporated the
large mass of apocr;^phal matter in the
book of Esther, which is found in an
English Bible under the name of ^ The
restofEsther.**
It is the misfortune of the Septua-
gint, that its MSB. from the earliest
f^res of Christianity, if not before the
Christian era, should have been con-
taminated with those apocryphal addi-
tions and interpolations wnich con-
tinue to deform its pases. It was
this mixture of base alloy with the
pure Wonl of God, which led so many
of the ancient Fathers into loose and
indistinct notions respecting the scrip-
tural canon. Theauthority of theLXX.
was so great in the Primitire Church,
that its admixture of the Word of
God with the word of man lent an
authority to writings, which they could
never otherwise have attained. The
Church of Rome and the Eastern
Church encouraged this love of the
apocryphal boolu, as favourable to
many of their errors and superstitions.
Hence it was, that the Septuagint Daniel
was expelled to admit that of Theo-
dotion. But when the light of the
Reformation had disjiellcd this i^o-
rance, an undue prejudice remamed
m the eyes of Protestants against the
Septuagint, as if it had really contained
these iipocryphal writings, and as if
they had originally formed part of
the Greek Ohl Testament. This pre-
judice was still further aggravated by
the absurd attempt of the Uomanists
to exalt its value by a depreciation of
the Hebrew original. Hence the Pro-
testants tun)e<l into the opposite ex-
treme, and strove to disparage the
version. It remains for the gooa sense
and discretion of the present age to
mediate between these opposites, and
to place the original and version in
their pro]>er and relative attitude.
But this can never be accomplished,
till we rid the Septuagint of its inter-
polations, and reduce it strictly to its
original dimensions, by brinf^ing it
into correspondence with the Hebrew
text
As it is the first duty of every editor
to lecnre a pure and unadulterated
text, had the editors of the LXX.
as sound and judicious critics,
"outd at once have expelled all
oiu matter not belonging to
the version, whether incorporated
with the text, or interspersed as dis-
tinct compilations. The title should
have reminded them of their duty, *H
nAAAIA AIAOHKH KATA T0Y2
'EBAOMHKONTA. The text could
comprehend neither more or less than
the Old Testament The books were
to follow in the same order as the
Hebrew original. But, instead of
adopting this plain and self-evident
course, they became servile copyists
of all the errors and interpolations of
their MSS. This is just as absurd as
if the editors of the New Testament
bad added the epistle of Clemens Ro-
manus, because it is oflen appended to
the New Testament MSS. Some apo-
lopy may be found for the traditions
of the Greek and Romish Churches,
but it cannot extend to Protestant
editions of the LXX. Much less can
it be offered on behalf of English Uni-
versities or of religious societies iden-
tified with the Enjzlish Church. We
have the canon of Scripture distinctly
laid down in our Articles, and exhi-
bited in an authorised English Bible.
It is not an open question, whether
we may follow that prescribed by our
Reformers or select tnose of the Eastern
or Western Church. As members of
the Church of England, we are bound
to conform to the canon of Scripture
laid down in the Sixth Article. Tlie
traditions of Greece or Rome cannot
absolve us from our prescribed duty.
It would be difficult, if not impos-
sible, to ascertain the exact period
when these additionals to Esther were
incorporated with the LXX. version,
or to discover the source from whence
they are derived. Certain it is, they
are so found in all the MSS. collated
by Holmes and Parsons, and that
Cfrigen found them in his MSS. for he
has distinguished them by obeli (+) to
point out their apocryphal character.
He does not ap])ear to have inserteil
them in the Hexapla. The correspond-
ing column of the Hebrew woulu for-
bid their introduction. They existed
in the old Italic version, but Jerome
excluded them from his translation.
The Vulgate exhibits them at the close
of Esther and Daniel. It is only jus-
tice, however, to the Romanists to
admit, they are always distinctly
pointed out to the reader, as not being
in the original text, " iVbii est in He^
1854.]
of the Christian Knowledge Society,
131
brtro^* &c. But do Buch cautions are
annexed to tLe Alexandrian MSS., at
least none appear in their printed
eilition.4. Tlie sole distinction ariHcs
from tlieir not being numbered with
the rest of the verses. In the Frank-
fort edit, of the LXX* 1597, we have
"the foUowinj^ explicit notice: **ln hue
Jitioue, Honiuna, aliis, cum scripturu
' en tic u liujii^ libri, qnaiii prisca
orum Ecclesia cohiit, adjectiones
jphas simul jK*rmistie sunt. Sed
as diverso charactere jussiraus ex*
prtmi, ne reli^ossp mentes fallantur
Mc confuaione script or urn npiricrypbo-
^11 m cum ih quss vere utoue divinitus
ant in auctontate canon is. * — They are
Ironglj denounced by Jerome in his
Prologue to Esther.
Fortunately there was a strong bar-
^^er ar^uinst these apocryphal interpola-
|ions, wliethor in Esther or Daniel, by
» periodical publication of Polyglot
^~ii. Neither in the Complutenniiui,
kntwerpt the riiris, or the London
Polyglot, do these aiK>cryi»hal portions
ip[iear in the text. In the C(»mp!u-
eniiian, 1514, immediately before the
VAfijcctinws U a note commeneing thus :
^ Qme hubentur in llebneo plena fide
xpressi, ha?c autem qua? sequuntur,"
&c. "Ca^tera qua; sequuntur," sa^'s
Lyra, " uon intendo cxponere, quia
non in Hebrffio sunt," &c. Sextus Se-
nenitis agrees with Lyra, They are
i^csteemed apocryphal by many eudnent
nodern Romish divineij. See Jahn*3
'* Einleitung." In the Antwerp, they
are entitled Atijfctiones ad Kfif, et
Dftni^if as they appear in our Ennrbsh
T>ibles. it was to Luther the Fro-
jitants were tir.st indebted for the
eparation of the apocryphal from the
;icai books of the <>M Testament,
Jfcnd in all the Protestant versions of
llhe Continent the same order is ob-
erved as in our English bibles. But
bis change did not extent! to thePro-
lleatant editions of the LXX, for a con-
nderable lime, and then only partially.
the LXX. of CephalajUB, Argent,
1526, professing to follow the order of
julher^ the apocryphal books are
rinted separately for the first time,
but the Adjectioiies of Esther have
l^ntinued to hold their place to the
i-esent day, except in a very few
ditions, viz. those of Daniel, Loudon,
1653 ; Pearson^ 1658» 1665, 1685 \ and
the Amst. edit, 1083, With these raVe
exceptions, no pure and uncontami-
nnted edition of the LXX. has been
hitherto published.
We are irresistibly led by this re-
mark to advert to that edition of the
LXX. which appears at the bead of
this article. It is an edition printed
at the expense of "The Society for
Promoting Christian Knowletlge," to
supply the wants of the clergy in
the Greek Church, and to be diatri-
buted amongst them gratuitously.
The design was praiseworthy, noble,
and beneficent, and we can only la-
ment that its execution should have
been so faulty and imperfect, or, as
some would say, so mtsehievous and
hazardous.
The first precaution which should
have been adopted, was to secure n
text free from those apocryphal inter-
polations, which, from the earliest ages,
hflfl deformed the canon of the Eastern
Church. For this end, a copy of the
Moscow edition, which ** The Sacred
Synod of the kingdom of Greece" pro-
posed as their exemplar, should have
been transmitted to the Board in Lron-
don. Those important violatiotis of
our own Prote^jtant canon of Scrip-
ture, which we shall presently notice,
would then have been at once appa-
rent, and an injunction should have
been laid against their appearance in
the forthcoming edition ot the Chris-
tian Knowledge Society.
Instead of this safe and business-like
method of dealing with the unknown
and irresponsible Synod of Attica, it
would appear, that it was only genenillt/
stated that the apocryphal books should
be printed apart, at the end of the
canonical ; but no care was taken to
exclude the apocryphal matter, which,
from time immemorial, had been in-
corporated with the text of Esther and
Daniel. Still, as this edition was no
less than seven years in passing through
the press, ample time and opportunity
were afforded to " The Committee of
Foreign Translation,'* for correcting
their first error, by noticing these
apocryphal interpolations as they pe-
riudicahy appeared. The first volume
wjis completed in 1843, the second in
1846, the third in 184^, and the fourth,
containing distinct apocryphal bjwks,
in 1850. As it was in the second
volume, that the large mass of apocry-
phal matter appears, which is described
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[Feb.
by our translators " The rest of the
chapters of the Book of Esther, which
are found neither in the Hebrew nor
in the Chaldee," no less than three
jears were allowed for remonstrating
with the Synod, before the arrival of
the concluding volume. It does not
appear that anj such remonstrance
was made, and the Synod went forward
without any rebuke.
The manner in which these apocry-
phal additions to Esther are blended
with the original text renders them
peculiarly dangerous and obnoxious.
The first chapter begins with the second
yerse of our Apocrypha. It is not
distinguished by oheli^ as in Origen^s
edition, ))ublished by Ussher. The
next portion occurs in chap, iii., com-
mencmg at verse 13, and having two
canonical verses at the end. Chap. iv.
consists of about half and half. Chap. v.
the like. Smaller striM are inter-
woven with chap. vi. In chap. viii.
we have that lon^ concluding portion,
which is found m chap. xvi. in our
Apocrypha. Chap. x. is altogether
apocryphal, after tne first three verses.
— It thus becomes very difiicult to dis-
criminate between the canonical and
uncanonical divisions. Such is the
style of all the editions of Esther which
have appeared in England or the con-
tinent, tor the last 200 years.
Yet, whilst these interpolations of
Esther are uniformly the same, they
differ much in the Book of Daniel.
Thus, in some editions, *^ Susanna **
begins, and ^^Bel and the Dragon**
conclude; in others, they form two
distinct chapters, and thus increase the
chapters from xii. to xiv. So ^ The
Song of the Three Children** and " The
Fhiyer of Azarias ** are sometimes in-
corporated with Daniel, and in others
found apart. This shifUng plainly dis-
covers their uncanonical origin, and
that they were transferred from place
to place at the caprice of the copyists.
At the end of the Psalms, vol. iii.
pp. 1051 — 1064, is introduced a large
body of supplement, consistingof four-
teen prayers and hymns. The first
seyen are portions of the canonical
books, such as The Song of Moses,
The IVmyer of Hannah, of Esaias, of
JoBah, &c.; but at No. 8 they de-
yiate into confessed apocrypha. We
have "The Prayer of Manasses,** of
Azarias, and of the Three Children.
We next arrive at hymns and prayers,
selected from the New Testamen t. The
first is the Magnificat^ headed with the
ominous title nPOSEYXH miopias rr^s
6wt6kov.* Next follow those of Si-
meon and Zacharias. The whole con-
cludes with the 'YMN02 ca>diKc(£, which
is partly incorporated with our sacra-
mental service. These interpolations,
as Grabe has observed, arose from the
custom of certain colleges in Egypt to
sing and chaunt these hymns and psalms
in their public worship, whence they
were transferred into the Alexandrian
MSS. of the LXX. The i^orance
of former ages may have pleaded as an
apology for their being thrust into the
sacred canon ; but such ignorance, it
is hoped, can now no longer be pleaded,
even by the " Sacred Synod** of Athens.
At any rate, it forms no plea for their
being printed and published with the
sanction of the Church of England.
As to the objectionable title before
the Magnificat^ it is only the ordinary
language of the Greek Church in their
addresses to the Virgin, which are
<|uite as frequent and unscriptural as
in the Church of Rome. Whoever
will look into "Smith*s Account of the
Greek Church,** will be at no loss to
discover the same language in their
{mblic and private devotions. We se-
ect the following out of many : — " In
Thee, O Mother of God (Bcotokc),
have I put all my trust. Save me by
Thy intercession, and grant me pardon
of my sins.** P. 233. "O, blessed
Mother of God (9coro«cc), open to us
the gate of Thy mercy. Let not us,
who hope in Thee, err; but let us be
delivered from all dangers by Thee,
for Thou art the safety of all Chris-
tians.**— UniL
Again, we must remonstrate with
" The Committee of Foreign Transla-
tion,** for allowing this extraneous and
uncanonical matter to be inserted in
any edition of the Greek Bible pub-
lished under their auspices, and pro-
vided at the expense of the .Society's
funds. It is in vain to urge they ap-
r in Grabe, they are found in all
MSS. of the Eastern Church, they
^ iBtbeAldiBe
6
edit 1518, this title stands thus :— AJupcaic ayt^s ^up-pift vapS^iwv
1854.]
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158
may be traced to the age of Origen,
&c. The queation la, are tbey really
be!onptng^to the Septuji^int version of
the Old Tt5tiimt?iitr' llnve tht:y iiny
Hebrew, or Chiihlee authority Y
But we are unwillingly ohlige<l to
notice still more important deviations
from our Protestant canon. We are
shocked to find, that the first chapter
and first Tistoti of Daniel consists of
the apocryphal, and not very edify iuff,
book of "Susanna and the Elders;*'
whilst the Imtt chapter and the twellth
visiou is no other than what Cranraer
styled "The fabl*; of Bel and the
Dragon/' And this ia the end of
Daniel the Prophet !
TEA02 AANIHA nPO*HTOY.
Now-j when it is remembered that the
Greek Church venerates t he S«f |>tu:i«Tin t
BA authentic, and regards the Alex-
andrian version as equivalent to the
original, we are sure we speak the
language of every sincere Protestant,
that these are great and grievous
offences against our biblical canon.
It is but a few years since the Athe-
nian Oiconomo9, the most celebrated
of their modern divines, comiKtsed an
elaborate work in four volumes to
establish the inspiration of the LXX, ;
whilst the "Sacred Synod" in their
preface to this edition conj^ratulates
the reader on the possession of the
genuine and unadulterated Divine
Ot*aclei*,'^*rtt *xf*r ^^tjy uS <^tXoi^f€, t«
$tlia Tuvra Xoyta yvf]<na rt lem rinri/S^jyAa,
It is curious and remarkable that
Origen should have disclaimed the
ry of Susanna almost in the oppo-
language of these Athenian editors.
calls it iclfidTfXov rov ^tjSXioi' fitpos^
I spurious part of Daniel. (Epist, ad
African. See also Grabe, De Vitiis
LXX») The offence here. committed
is, therefore, very different, and of a
much higher order from that which con-
oems any modern continental version*
Even amongst those, who refuse to
concede direct inspiration to the ver-
sion of the LXX. there are few who
cannot regar<l with signal reverence
the book, which has been so frequently
fmote<l by Christ antl the Apostles —
the book, which, like the star of the
East, conducted the Gentiles inlo the
church, and which, during the first four
hundred je^^rA of the Christian era,
constituted the only text of the Old
GsjTT. Mag* Vol, XLL
H Orige
I
Testament that was accessible to be-
lievers* It was from the LXX. tliat
all the Fathers, with the exeeptinn of
Origen, flrew their knowledge <>f Muses
and the Prophtjts, till the time of
Jerome. Such a book demands, not
only our reverence and esteem, but
our labour and study to preserve it in
all intei^ity. It is the same insult
to add *' Susanna,*' or "Bel and the
Dragon," to the Greek of Daniel, as it
would be to print some fictitious rabbi-
nical story in the Hebrew canon* It
is derogatory to the character of our
Universities, that they should have so
long intermingled the apocryphal, with
the canonical parts of E^tther. Such
an edition (IH4K) has been recently
published at the Clarendon Press. But
it is still more painful to reflect,
tlmt the book which emplnyed the
lemMiing of Mede, which exercised the
genius of Sir Isaac Newton and the
good sense of his episcopal namesake,
which forms the basis of prophetic
hope, of loillennial expectation, — that
this book ahould have been printed
and published at the expense ol ""^ The
Society for Promoting Chrrstinn Know-
ledge,' with the head of "Susanna,"
and the tail of ** the Dragon."
The best atonement which the
Society can now offer for this unfor-
tunate transaction is to publish forth-
with a pure and portable edition of
the Alexandrian text of the LXX.
and to substitute it, as far as jmssible,
in the place of this corrupt edition.
We think also that some explanation
should be given of the dubious con-
duct of their correspondents at Athens.
It could scarcely have been exi>eeted,
that the ancient '* Grnjcia mendax"
should have found such legitimate
descendants amongst the members of
** the Sacred Synod of the kingdom of
Greece.'* But we trust it will teach
those zealous Anglo- Catholics amongst
us, who are so ardently desirous of an
ecclesiastical concortlat vrhh the East,
that it is just as hopeless to look for
an agreement of the Church of England
with the Greek Church as with that of
Rome. These two churches may pos-
sibly hereafter shake hamls togetncr;
they may cease to dispute about the
^^fUityqueC^ they will never frater-
nize with the Church of England or
with any other branch of the Protectant
family«
154
The Septuagint
[F*.
WbiUt wc ciiUroly acquit the CLris-
iUii Knowlcflgc Socletj of any in*
Untion of fnvouring the uxiauthoriied
proteii which woi recently kilned bj
tome leading meiiiYjeni of the raiejitc
partjTf we cannot tibut our eyes to tlic
uunritable influence which tniM canoni-
cal blunder umst produce on the ques-
tion, fu relative to our Protectant
Bishop at Jerusalem. The circulation of
more than two thoutand copies of this
interpolated edition of the Old Testa-
ment amongst the Eiuitem clergy, with
the cost and sanction so para<Ieil on
the title-page and eulogised in the
profa<M!, cannot fail to wealcen the amis
of iiishop Gobat, and to strengthen his
opponents, whether ut home or abroad.
It will bo naturall3r thought, that the
difierence of canon is of small import-
ance, when the funds of a Scicicty, which
numbers the entire hierarchy of our
Church amongst its mcmljcrs, can tlius
expend its treasures on the publication
of this anti-Protestant edition of the
LXX. Though not intended, it will
have all the eflect of a movement
iLffainst Bishop (^obat in favour of the
'iu'actarians. We think it, therefore,
the duty of the members and the
public to sCc that ample reparation Ijc
made of the injury, and full apology be
tendered of the error. No private con-
fession can suflice. It is public amend-
ment which must rectify the wron^.
Kur is this inroad on our canon with-
out peril in our controvei-sics with the
Papist. It will not be lung before
Cardinal Wiseman and his provincials
fmd out the blunder. They will ex-
claim,—-*' The Protestants have ceased
to maintain the contest of Luther re-
specting the canon of Scripture. They
DOW are dis()osed to acknowle<lgc the
canon of Ilomish and Greek churches.
* The Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, with ail the archbishops
and bishops of the Church of England,
have ffiven in their adhesion, lliey
regard it as a matter of inditTerencc,
iructher the book of Esther contains
the additionals or not, whether the
blessed Virgin bo saluted as Ucorc^xop,
and whether * Susanna* and 'lk*l and
the Dragon* be admitted to form ports
of Daniel the prophet." — Such are the
sneers and rcm-oaches which we may
expect from "Tlie Tablet," "The liam-
bler," or "Tho Dublin Review."
Alas t we al.«o tremble to reflect upon
its wretched efiects on onbelierers,
and those "• who sit in the seat of the
scomcr.** How would Toni Paine, or
Carliole, have rejoiced to witness this
confusion of canonical and uncanonical
scripture! How would they have
triumphetl to behold the funds of ^* The
Christian Knowledge Society** expend-
ed on blending ** Bel and the Dragon,**
with the visions of the prophet, '* the
greatly beloved ! ** We ahoidd not be
thus severe, if official ignorance could
be pleaded — but it is an obstinate per-
sistance in detected error. More ihan
three veara ago, these oiFenoea agamst
our Protestant canon were brou^^t
before the committee. They refused
to rccal their edition ; they refused to
cancel the objectionable pages; they
turned a deaf ear to the idolatrous as-
cription to the Virgin. They now assert,
it IS too late to amend these errors ;
that two- thirds of the copies are in cir-
culation in the East.— What then re-
mains but this earnest appeal to the
public ?
The Church of England and the
cause of Protestants stand at this mo-
ment in the most critical position. We
are menaced with Romanists without,
and with Romanists within our walls.
There is on open schism amoncst our
bishui)s and our clergy. The Primate
has ]>een revilcHl and denounced as
schismaticol. The Protestant Bishop
at JeruFalcm has been attacked as a
proselyting intruder on the Greek
Church. It is at this critical juncture
th'is corru)>t edition of the Septuagint
is publisheil by " The Christian Know-
lectge Society, * to illuminate the minds
of tne clergy at Athens. AVc shall find
our apology in the danger of our times,
and in the strength of our cause. We
cannot cry "Peace, peace,** in the
midst of wars, and dangers, and com-
motions. We cannot adopt the lan-
guage of ilatterers and false friends.
We have as much love for *' The So-
ciety,** as any of its members : we have
worked hard and long to prove our
attachment; but the time nos come
when silence would bo consent, and
when consent would bo treason : —
" Faithful are the wounds of a friend ;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceit-
ful."
Having thus discharged a very pain-
ful and unpalatable duty, wc cannot
conclude this article, without endea-
1854.]
ofth^ Christian Knowledge Socieh/*
tivir^rr f,, t^^Qyif and mnforce our
J arffumenls for a more
.. , , . . oc!t,una comprehcDsive study
ibe tireek ver&ion of th^i Old Tes-
imeiiL Tt h, indeed^ ahuo^^t hopoleas
expect succe^B in a cause where
8i-liop P.\'ir=nn has failed* It Is now
[ c' -iric* ago, since he wrote
I L i\itikCQ to the Septuagint^
r h^i tcua JVei|uently reprinted ; but
hftve attended to its monitions, and
Bone have copied his exan)j)lc.
Wq rejieat, that nothinj;!; can more
^exhibit our neglect and in*
, to the Alexandrian version
Id Testament than the fact,
Rhat 80 late as 1848 the edition of the
ILXX. at the Clarendon press, con-
Itained that lax'ge mass of interpolation
I which is to be found in our Enj^lish
lApocrypha, under the name of *^The
IBest tit Esther," ^e. Had such ncgli-
lljenee been shown in reprintiu^, from
I lime to time^ the works of ilomer,
jil, or any other classic author, the
He University would have risen up
^ i man to denounce the forgery.
I Bentlev, or Porson, or Gaisibrd,
' have indignantly demanded ita
Dsiflnt expulsion. And why is the
r the LXX. to be
j '*ct tliuii the works
Bj^.iii aiui<|ini y 'f Why U it that
sacred bhuuld l»c esiteemed of
bnsequence tlian things profane ?
True it 13, that the ll^niversity of
rOTfoiiT r.ntv shares this blunder in
iiogt, if not all, the con-
ns of the LXX. : true it
j IS, that in 1822 a similar edition was
[publiaKed at Glasgow, Sx tWlt Aca*
Idemicti : true it is, that the late admi-
[Tible edition of Tischendorf (Lips.
J 1850) is deformed with » The Rest of
iJiSlJier'' 10 the text. But antiquity
company can give no suffi-
[irarrant to error and absurdity,
nains for the syndics of Cara-
* the curators of the Claren-
ftng up this notice in their
^cc: '* NJi. The Additiouals
* <tre henceforth to \}q phiced
' In tTie AtjocTTpha of all our editions of
IthetX^/*
! ficatiou of the text would
. il importance, if not fol-
lowed by a more general study of the
entire volume. It is really time that
the advice of Bishop Pearson should be
I c^nriiatl into elTect, and that the study
155
of the LXX- should be re^^ardcd as
essential to the discipline for holy
orders. How is it possible to under-
iitaiiiJ the Greek of tlie New Testament,
without attending to that of the Old ?
What can be more irrational than to
explain the phraseology of the evan-
gelists or anoslles, by phrases picked
from Xenophon or Herodotus ? Even
when the words are the same, they
have generally a very dilFerent mean-
ing, and, alter all, the correspondence
is accidental. But in the LAX, you
have the same words, with the same
peculiar meaning. The subject-matter
IS the same — ^thcy are parts of the same
Bible,
In any reforms which may hereafker
be introduced into the modes of study
at Oxford and Cambridge, it is ear-
nestly to be ho^Mid, that ample means
should be provided for the regular and
continuous study of the LXX, as
essential to university honours, and
to the taking of any academical dc^ee
in arts. It should also essentiajly
enter into the episcopal examinations
for orders. It is the easiest atid most
natural of all subiiequcnt application
to the Hebrew original. By a strange
anomaly, there are, in some colleges,
prizes and scholarships for Hebrew j
there arc none for the knowledge of
the LXX!
Now, it is plain, that either the study
of the Septuagintal and New Testa-
ment Greek sbouhl be united to the
existing Professorships of Hebrew and
Greek, or that some distinct professor-
ship should be established. We are
inclined to the laBt^ as a better division
of academical labour. There is ample
scope in the study of SeptungintiJ
Greek, as connected with tliat of the
New Testament^ for the labours of a
distinct professor* His lectures should
be fretjuent, and open to all the
members of the umversity. In the
Annotations of Grotius and the Pre-
lections of Valckenaer, he would find
inexhaustible mines of Hellenistic trea-
sure.
The numberless and beautiful cor-
respondences l>etween the Greek o(
the Old and New Testament would
prove highly attractive, and thus the
iitudies of sacred philology would be
leagued to those of divinity — nay, even
to the evidences of Divine Revela-
tion ♦ los tcad 0 f V ve^lutT tVy,i Ut^s^L <i^
156
Th^ Septua^int
[Feb.
the New Testament iia fiilse and seini-
barbarous, the young stuck' nt would
»uoQ furni a tiiste for that Hebrew-
i J reek, wliieh has beon eoiiseciJitetl to
the service of theology. He would soon
iiequire, with Valcknuei\ u ta^te for
the beauties of Helleniatic |ihra8eolugyt
iiud would ruuk the eloqueiiee of Paul
UH purallel to that of Diiuiostheoea.
It lA true their eharnetenstka arc
** mnirh pEirea tjuum siiuileji ;* but m
riwful niaje.sty (Sfu^onjf) the speech of
l*iiul Hi Athena is etiual to the higlieat
*ipeeiinen of the Grecian or:itor, whilst
ill suavity it would be diilieult to rivnl
liiij eulogie:* of ehurity.
Ilnw uliJU-xainR ifi Divint! i>liU{iiioph7 1
Nut hiu'sli oiiit irabljud lu duU tools ntiiipOM,
Uut muucjil. MiLTOV.
In regard 1o the text of the LXX,, it
seenm now settled by general consent
that the Korniin ia to be preferred. It
iA gt^ lit.' rally tilled the Vatic tin, ^j:-
emphr WdivHtmrn. Yet the 8ixtiue
Kiblitm did not rigidly adhere to that
]^1S. Imt railed in the aid of others.
(Jf the vidue of the Complutensian
little is known^ aa the MSS, which it
follow I'd h:ive lung sinee purishetL
The Aldine was eonipiled from a
variety of ancient MSS. ^ it dilTerscoQ-
siderably frouj the lioaiau, and uftea
approacbea the Comjilutensian, The
Alexandrine MS. ditfL-ra from all the
pre«^eiling» tind was once supfiosed to
have been superior to the rest ; but its
estimation has eon aide rably fallen since
the time of Grabe, and it has never
been reprinted in Knghmd.
It i*, however, the only anthurised
text of the Eastern Church, audj jis
such, has been adopted by the Sacred
Synod in the edition brought out under
the Au?ipices of the Christ tan Know-
ledge Society. The Moscow MS. ap-
pears lo dilfer yQTj little from that
which the pntriarch Cyril pref^enteti to
Charles the Firstj and which Grabc
very inaccurately edited — of which Mi%
Baber has given ati entire ffjc-simih.
It would be very desirable that neat
and portable efbticjiis i>f this text should
be printetl at Oxfon! or Cambridge,
and circulated as nmch as possible in
the East. The text should be pure
and unadulterated, .1 cnpy of what the
Alexandrine translators reully ex-
ecuted. That they only translated the
Canonical books of the Old Testa-
ment, and that the AjiocryTAal were
subsetjuently added by the Hellenists,
is a faet which no one can doubt, who
con tides on the account of Jo!5ephu3%
or who trusts to the authority of
Origen, Jerome, and the concurrent
testimony of the ancient fathers, A
pure e<lition of the Scptuagint^ there-
fore, should contidn no Ai>ocryphii, nny
more than a Hebrew liible; at the
moat, it can be regarded only as uti
Appendix, devoid of any bibbcal au-
thority. VVe cannot admit it to be
named Deuiern'Canonictd. It forma
no part uf the Old or New Tes tain cut.
liut, after all, it is probable that it
must be lefl i\> the Bible Society to ,
carry out the^e coniprcbensive deaigns.
Unfettered by ecclesiastical etit|uctte,
that Society will seek no alliance with
the " Sacred Synod " of Attica. With
its eagle-eye lixcd on the East, it will
send numerous copies of the AJex-
andrine text of the LXX. into every
part of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt* and
Palestine for the use of the Oriental
clergy, whilst it will provide the laity
with chea|> and portable editions of the
Old and Kew Testament in the spoken
Koniaie, We feel convineeil, that if
the LXX. were thus placed in the
hands of the Greeks and Jews in a
readable modern-Greek version, it
would produce extraordinary etfects.
None of the modern Jews, except
their priests and rabbis, can read the
Hebrew text ; but multitudes amonge«t
tlicir merchants and traders would
eagerly devour the Old Testaraent in
Koniaic. We earnestly advise the
Directors of the Bible Society to lose
no time in prosecuting this object-
now tb;\t the crisis is fast approaching \
between Russia and Turkey.
Nor can we conclude, without ex-
pressing feelings of joy and Iriumpti
m thus ant icipatin;; the glorious destiny
of that version^ which first openetl the
door of Christianity to the Jew and
Greek, agsiin renewing its pristine
energies by carrying the tidings of |
salvation to its Eastern cradle. Whea
the New Testament adoptcil tlie lan-
guage of the LXX. it gave a virtual <
pleilge, that tlie promise to Abraham 1
;Hhoiild l<e substanliully fulfilled and
made known through the irame cbanneh
If is by the Circek Ohl and New Testa-
ment that the tidings of the Gospel
will hereafter be heard over every part
of the Chmtian Knowledge Socieit^,
Bil
■ oj
I
of the Eaist. Let tbcm at first be ex*
hibtted in mcxlern Romaic for the use
of tUe laity, they will soon pnsa into
their originiil forms. But let no Apo-
crypha be mingled with the text. It
were an insult to the JcWf to present
htm with anything not contained to
Moses and the Prophets. Even the
Mahometan hsis too much reverence
for the Old Testament not to feel in-
dignant that ^^ Susannn,'* or *■ Bel and
the Dragon" should be blended with
the Bible. Let the Septuagint there-
fore be freed from all sueh base inter-
polations, and it will once more recover
ltd primeval rank and dignity. No man
can read the Septuagint, without at
the same time being enabled to under-
litftDd the New Testament. The Jew
liod the Greek would be insensibly
led from the one to the other. ** Many
would run to and fro, and knowledge
would be increased."
We have eatablished a Protestant
Bishop at Jerusalem,^ and we should arm
hira with pure and Protestant copies
of the LXX. It is not by insidious
treaties with the ** Sacred Synod" of
Attica, it is not by blending apocry-
phal with canonical Scriptures, it is
not by saluting the Virgin as "the
,iCother of God, that we can hope to
%ect the standard of the Protestant
Church in the East. We must hoist
the rtag of our own Reformers. We
must adhere to the canon of our Sixth
Article* We must have ** the Bible^
Ihe whole Bible, and nothing but the
Bible," as the groundwork of our re-
ligion. The superstitious ceremonials
0 ithe Greek Church would then gra-
idually pass away. A simpler and
^ ,rer form of worship would be
idopteil. The Greek mind» now in
chains, would then gradually be eman-
cipated ii'om priestcraft and idolatry.
Till this is in some measure accom-
plished, it is in vain to look for the
mtroduction of free and jwpular insti-
tutions. Either tlie Turk, or the Rus-
sian, must dictate, till tbo people of
Greece can be brought to emorace the
freedom and independence of Protest-
anti* Magna es4 Veritas et pncmlehiL
Since the above article was written,
a printed " Statement" bus been issued
by the Christian Knowledge Society,
which attempts, not to invalidate the
tacts wc have recorded, but to ajMnlo-
gise for the Royid Synod, as having
committed no breach of trust It re-
presents these gross violations of our
Protestant canon merely as ** an over-
sight," on the part of their own n^enU
We here insert it entire :
In consequence of certain commauica-
tion* which they have recently received,
in reference to the edition of the Greek
Septuagiot printed by the Society for the
use of the Greek Church, the Foreign
Translation Committee beg to make the
following statement on the subject to the
Standing Committee : —
It was determined in the year 1 84 1 , with
the sanction of hii Grace the Prejident of
the Society and the approval of the Board,
to uadertake thin, and certain other pub-
lications, for the benefit of the Greek
Church. The proposal was gratefully re-
ceived by the Royal Synod of Attica ; and
the Foreign Translation Committee were
informed f in reply to their inqajries on
that snbjectf that the Moscow edition of
the Septuagintt which follows the Codex
AJexondriuuei was the one in common use
ID the Elast, and might, consequently ^ be
considered as eihibitiag the aathorised
text of the Greek Chorcb. It was there-
fore resolved to adopt this tejit, and to
print the proposed edition, in four volumes
@T0. at AthcDS« The Synod of Attica ap-
pointed a committee of their own body to
superiuteud the work, in cooj unction with
a literary geutleman, long resident at
Athens, whom the Foreign Translation
Committee engaged to employ as their
ogeot for this purpose. It was resolved
to print an edition of 3*000 copies, with
on understanding that 1 ^500 copies of each
volume, as it was completed, should be
placed at the disposal of the Synod for
gratuitous distribution ammig the Greek
clergy ; and that, with the exception of
about 250 copies to be sent to London,
the rest of the impressiou should be de-
posited with the Bishop of Gibraltar, at
Malta, for sale or distributioo in Greece,
or in other parts of the Levant » as oc-
casions might arise. Tlie Synod of Attica
made no difficulty in accedjog to the de-
ma^od of the Foreign Translation Com-
mittee, that the apocryphal books, which
in the Moscow editioo of the Septuagint
arc miied up with the canonical Scrips
titres, should in this edition be printed
eetmrately, so as to make up by themselves
the whole of the proposed fourth volume.
In 1844' r» circuiDtttanoes unfortunately
arose which prevented the agent of the
Foreign Translation Committee at Athens
from giving to the work that attention
upon which they had relied. In conse-
quence of these circumstances^ and under
158 The Septuagini of the Christian Knowledge Society. [teb.
diiBcaltiefl which arose oat of them, after
many and long intermptions in the work,
another gentleman kindly undertook the
labour of superintendence on behalf of the
Sodetj, and the whole edition was at last
completed in the year 1851.
In the mean time, however, some copies
of the first three Tolumes had successifely
been sent to London, and had been sup-
plied to such members of the Society as
applied for them ; and towards the end of
the year 1850, the Rev. B. W. Grinfield
drew the attention of the Foreign Transla-
tion Committee to the second and third
volumes, in which he had observed, that
the apocryphal portions of Esther and
Daniel had been incorporated with the
chapters of the canonical books ; and that
certain Church hymns, most of them taken
from other parts of Scripture, but some
apocryphal, were appended to the Psalms,
and the whole book, with this appendix,
called "The Psalter" {y\taKrr)piov). Upon
receiving this commuoication, the Com-
mittee instructed the Secretaries to examine
the whole three volumes carefully, and
report to them on the subject. This was
accordingly done ; and a careful analysis
of the work, as far as it was then com-
pleted, was entered upon the minutes of
the Committee, under date of December
9, 1850. From this analysis it appeared
that, in this edition, the apocryphal inter-
polations were easily distinguished from
the canonical Scriptures; as, in the case
of the Psalter, the additional ** hymns,''
as they were called, which follow the 150th
Psalm, were not consecutively numbered,
as if they formed a contiuuation of the
same book ; and where these interpolations
occurred in the Books of Esther and
Daniel, they either were not divided into
verses at all, or were versed separately,
and independently of the versing of the
chapters into which they were inserted.
The Committee, moreover, saw no reason
to charge the Greek Synod with any
breach of faith in this matter ; as in the
Moscow edition, which, in this particular,
follows exactly the Alexandrian MS., these
interpolations do not form separate and
distinct books. They rather attributed the
oversight to the want of proper supervision
on the part of their own agent, under the
circumstances to which they have already
alluded.
They at tirst contemplated cancelling
the objectionable pages ; but the arrival of
the fourth volume in London was daily
expected, and they thought it prudent to
examine that, before coming to a final de-
cision on the subject. Unfortunately,
owing to an accident irhich could not be
foreseen or provided against, the fourth
Tohime waa detained on its way for some
months, and did not come to hand till tke
vacation of 1851. It was found to contain
all the separate and distinct books, alone,
of the Apocrypha. When the Committee
met to consider the subject again, it ap-
peared to them that so large a portion of
the edition had been already distributed,
that no cancels could be of any avail to-
wards the correction of the mistake, thUi
inadvertently made, in the present edition}
and they came to the resolution that the
best thing to be done, under the circum-
stances, was to advise that the work should
not be placed upon the Society's Cata-
logue.
On considering the above statement,
the Standing Committee had recommended
the Foreign Translation Committee to un-
dertake, immediately, a new edition of
the Septuagint, to be printed under their
own superintendence in London, and to
inform the Royal Synod of Attica of this
undertaking, and the causes which have
led to its adoption.
This "Statement" is by^o means
sati.sfactory, and it employs a language
ftbotit the introduction of apocryphal
matter into the text of the Bible, which
must alarm all considerate Protestants.
It places the defence of canonical from
uncanonical matter, on the presence or
absence of verses, or what is called the
Stichometry. If so, we may be satisfied
with the Vulgate, or with any of the
editions of the LXX. nubliahcd by the
Church of Rome, so far as relates to
Esther. But in Daniel, even this poor
distinction is dropped in the Society's
Septuagint. " Susanna** at the bearm-
ning, and " Bel and the Dragon at
the close of Daniel arc arranged in
verses. It is true the versification
begins afresh in the last, but it forms
the twelfth vision, and commences in
the middle of a line ! Unlike the Vul-
gate, there is no caution given in the
margin.
"The Statement ** makes no allusion
to the objectionable title bestowed on
the Virgin — Gcoro/tof. This silence
may be prudent, but it is not ingenuous*
From "The Statement** it would
appear as if our English canon was not
to DC regarded as the test of canonical
integrity. It is thought sufficient, that
the Moscow edition, or the Alexandrian
MS. should warrant these interpola-
tions. Such were the views of " The
Foreign Translation Committee.** They
received, however, a pretty strong re-
buke from " The Standing Committee,**
1854.]
Carretpondente of Siflvanus Urban,
159
who recommcmled thnt a new editioQ
j^liDuld he immedmtd^ printeil, un(l<:}r
the ffupervUion o( the Society ni Lome,
and that tbe *' Sacred Syncil " should
be informed of the cause for this re-
action*
But there is no sufHcient security in
gach matters, without publicity. We
deem it right, therefore, that these
officiftl proceedings should be bid open
to public view. Nor does the blame
reat exclusively on *' Tlio Society,^' or
on " The Sacred Synod of Attica/* A
hu^e portion must fiill on our loarned
universities, which, for the last 200
years, have disscrninatcfl these false and
imcanooical editions of the LXX.
Not only have large interpolations
been permitted to remain in the text
of Esther, but ueurly the whole of^ Je-
remiah haa exhibited a mass of disto-
rtion. Chapter upon chajiter has fol-
lowed in Babylonisiti disarray. Instead
of brining the version to correepond
with theoriginal,thc blunders of copyiyt?
have been propagateil from generation
to generation. In vain have Polyglots
been published to exhibit the natural
and neeesisary onler* la vain has
Bishop Pearson planned out a correct
edition. In vain has the Sixth Article
proelaime<l the Protesstant canon, and
the English Bible exhibited the He-
braic sequence of chapter and verse*
The Syndics of Cambridge, and the
Delegates of the Clarendon, and the
Curators of the Glasgow University
Press, have combined to perpetuate this
mass of acriptunU confusion.
We shall have performed an accept-
able benefit to the biblical student,
when this article has done its duty,
when thede gross anomalies no longer
dis^aec out editions of the LXX.
It IS tbe cause of sound criticism, as
well as of Proteiitant truth, which de-
mands this reform. It is full time, that
the obeli of 0 risen, and the stern re-
monstrances of Jerome, should cast out
hcncefortli and for ever these unscHp-
tural intrasions —
— EKAS 'EKAS E2TE BE8BAOL
CORRESPONDENCE OF SYLVANUS URBAN.
Kiag James's lri«Jj Anay List In 1<W9.90— Thcolot^Sc^ Piipera of Uio cia^ Wniliun Bowycr the Printer
—On ttia I'ftrUcJe vf in ITerodoiuv
King JAirvs's ItiiaH
Ma. UaDANf — I am Id possesHfon of
thfl Army Lift of King James II. in Ire-
land in 1C89-1M>, I'hc maniwcript list
extends oxer thirty-four pages octavo. Tbe
two fSr»t are filled with the names of all the
Colonels I the fonr ensaing are rolls of the
regiments of Horse ; the four nest, of the
Dragoons ; and the remainmg twenty-four
record tbe Foot -. each regiment being
arrtn^d with the Colonel, Lieutenant-
CotoDel, and Major at head, and the Cap-
UXDMj Lieutenants, CornetSf or Enaignsi
and Quarter- masters, in columns, on each
respectively.
ThiB listf compriaing at It does scions
of most of the aristocracy of Ireland at
that day, and of whose representatfTes
many, in this tTAnsition age* have passed,
and are now [msaing to foreign lands, should
he * memorial of the highest ancestral and
national interest ; and if 1 am able, and
eocouraged adequately, to illnstrate Uie
families with which it is connected, from
the -* ■ . - manuscripts I buve gathered
lu, ) ycart of my lifi', a volume
of I 0 pages 8vQ. may (without
hook-in<»kiu)£ effort) be legitimately oom-
pik4^ao unacoeptftbic memorial of 4c
Ann V List in 1689-90.
parted honours and achievementi. To
every regiment I propose to append no-
tices, historic and geoealogicaL The whole
scope of these illustrations, the time, labour,
and research they dam and, I fe<el It due to
the cause to describe in detail.
I shall furniih such notices of each fft-
mily, under whomsoever of the name ranks
highest on the List, The Colonel gives
precedence for bis family to tlmt of the
Lieutenant- Colonel, he to the !Mojor*s, and
so down to the Ensign's and Quartermu-
ter's ■ but all the scattered officers of tbe same
name will be collected in thnt one article.
After an especial and full notice of such
officer, to whom the famiiy article ii at-
tachedf his pareotage, individual achieve-
menti, desoendantt, &a. each illustrution
will briefly glanoo at the genealogy of that
family : if ao Irish sept, its ancient locali-
ties ; if an English or Scotch, the oonnty
from whence it branched, and the period
^vhtn it settled in Ireland.
I would next identify each family, so
illustrated, with its uttatudet's and forfei-
tures in 1641 ;
With the great Assembly of ConfedtTUte
Calijt'lics at Knkeunjt ta 1646 j
i
1*10
C&rr^ipondenee of Sylrttnut {VAon.
CFeb.
of I«2,
With lh$ ptawQB
in CroQifrdl'f Ordianflv
»ll/% Irelaiid;*'
Wttli tbfl deolmljoo of rpfil gnrtitaiic
to ili« Ifiiii nilwwlio forvcd Khif Gbtfiei
tlw Seoosd ■* in Mrta bcjood fbc icu/*
•i«ODCiliied In tie Act oc £iplraitioii of
With (if iptce tHowabte) those tJranced
bjrJAQica tbe Second to dri) offices, o
Sbcrilfit &c, or ixiciiib«n of Ua new Cor-
[MknitJoiM i
With thote who rtprtMcntcd Irish couo-
tiei or iMmMglli in the Parliunent of
Dal^lin in 1689 *
With tbfl Kwenl oatljiwrics and confi*-
Cfttions of 1691, he ;
With the claims tbftt wert tnbfleqiicntlf
(in 1703) preferred u dtafp« oct them
forfeitures, snd how far sUowed or dis-
missed ;
And, UsUj, ts fsr as sttaiiMble* theif
■chief emoits in tb« gkmamM eofafaiieiits
of the Spanish and French bri^des ; all
statements thronfbout being veHiled hj
authorities.
Such a list will com prise, in truth, frtons
of the whole arittocracj of Ireland at (he
|jmod when that armj waa eaUed into scr-
vice, as well of the loicjeiil nalite aeptt st
of the Anglo- Irish settlers. Upon it are
Q^Hanlon
0*Brymn
O* Byrne
OXsban
O'Callaghao
O'CarroU
0*CaTanagh
O'Connell
O'Conor
O'Dea
O'Dempsey
0*Done11an
O'Donelly
O'Donnell
O'DoQOghae
O' Donovan
O'Doa^bortie
O'DriscoU
O'Dwycr
OTtaberde
0'6<ra
O'Gmdy
O'Hsgan
Theie generally
O^Hsr*
O' Hurley
O'Keeffe
O' Kelly
O'Leary
O'Lync
O'Mnhony
O' Meagher
O'Menra
O'MulIoy
O'Neill
O'Nolan
O'Reitttn
O'Rf^Uly
O'Riordan
O'Ronrke
O* Ryan
O'Sbaughnessy
0*SheJ!i
O'SulLiTAn
0*Toolc, See.
with their Milesian
M'Cahe M'Gcmrai
M*Cwth7 M*G«iioeii
M^Cofhlaa M'Gvtrt
M'Omnolt WKmim^
M OobmU M*BUhM
MDooovgh ll*lfftm«a
MGeo^icfn M*NaiMr»
M'GettifBa M'Swceny . &o.
M'GtlUenddy
Of the Anglo-Irish appear in eoma
Keattnge
N^tle
Nangle
Kettcrrille
N agent
Ptunkrtt
Power
Preston
Pareel
Redmond
Rice
Roche
Ru<^ell
Sarefieid
Savage
Segrare
Shf'ldon
Synnott
Taaffe
Talbot
Trant
Tyrrell
Wogan
CSim mnitiM m/Hm,
Already bare I compiled and arranged
the materi&U for illa«traHn^ the Eight
Regiments of Horse npon this roll, rix:.
Tyrconners, Galmoy's* Sarsfield's, Aber-
com^B, Henry Luttreirs, SutherUnd^t,
Parker's, and Farcer* j also those for the
six Regiments of Dragoons, Lord Don-
gao's. Sir Netll O'NeiU's, Lord CUre's,
Colonel Simon Ijuttrell'St Colooel Robert
Clifford's, and Colonel Francis Carroll's.
This portion of the work (about 2(>0
pages) is opeo to inspection or inquiry ;
and I do lolictt such literary aid at the
readers of the Gentleman's Magacine can
and may be willing to afford ; while I in
return ihsll be desiruui to answer promptly
any intjuiries that may be directed to ine.
John D' Alton,
4Bp ^MMter HUK Jhthlin,
ell
Burke
Butler
Cheeiers
Cruise
Cusack
D'Altoa
Daly
D'Arcy
Dillon
Dowdall
Eustace
Ererard
Fagan
PitzGerald
Fiu Maurice
Fits Patrick
Fleming
Grace
Hamilton
prefix, sometimes without it.
TbkoiiOOical Paprrs or thk elder WilliaIi Bowyir, ras Printviu
Mn. Urban,— Tn Nichols's Literary
Anecdote*, voL I. p. \ it is stated that
the elder Mr. Willinm Bowrer, the printer,
was bom in I6<i3, the only eoo of Mr.
John Bow|er» who died shortly after his
birth » when the widow and child were
Ukea by her only brother, William King,
It would thus be prei
John Bowyer hnd
to hit own home,
sumed that Mr,
other child.
Hut, on perusing the Hiftory of Clere-
Innd, by Mr. John Walker Ord, mentton
is thus made of a very carious ooUection
of papers found by that genUetntn among
d
A
1854.]
Corre»p(mdence of S^hunus Urban.
161
»
I
I
I
the title-deeds of an estate in the p&riih of
Daaby, which bad been the property of
Ann Prudhome^ who married the younger
W. Bowyer» the learn ed printer, and which
pused by the will of his son, Mr. T. Bow-
yer, to Mr. Francis Mewburn of Durhom,
aod u now the property of his son, Francis
Mewburn, esq. of DsrllDgton —
** That the elder Mr, WiJliam Bowyer,
the printer^ was a man of eonsiderable
ability, is evident from the controversial
skill displsyed in a theological controversy
with his sistcf, and a Roman Catholic priest
who lasistcd and defended her/^
The originals of this controrersy were,
in 1843, in the possession of Mr. Ord,
who tbas notices them in his History, p<
340.
Attached to the frrst letter to his sister,
in the handK-riting of bis grandson , are
these meraoranda : —
" Paper E. that passed between W. Bowyer,
printer, in White Friars, Fleet-street,
London, aiul his sbter, who died a pro*
fesaed nnn of the order of Poor Clares, at
Dnnkirk.
** Remain in the hands of Tho. Bowyer,
grandson of the above W. Bowyer.
** 1. Small box, reprcseniing the history
of the Prodigal,
^*2. The coat of arms, and the crest
thereto^ of W. Bowyer and the Pradhome
family.
"3. A pocket'book with the coat of
arms of the Bowj'er family; the arms
much defaeed by lime.
'* A green silk parse with a steel spring,
worked.
* ' The above article*, all done by the said
nan, and presented to the Bowyer family j
who went by the name of Elizabeth Ross."
Mj. Ord kindly communicated to me
the subject-matter of the letters, which
are dated from Oct. 1696 to June, 1697,
and. comprise'^
" I. W, Bowyer's first letter to his
sister, which is taken up chiefly with a
reply to certain points mooted at a Con-
ference which had taken place, wherein
Mr. Duncomb, probably a Roman Ca-
tholic priest, had taken up the cudgels for
Popery. It argues the main errors of
Rome — infallibility, transubstantiation,
purgatory t tradition. Sec.
"I!, A reply to Letter L ably written ;
the argnment conducted with great care by
Mr, Duncomb, or some learned friend, and
discharges very heavy artillery against Mr.
Bowyer,
** 11 L W, Bowyer*B reply. A work of
immense care and labour. Part of this is
imperfect ; the leaves were all thrown
about and di arranged. I have succeeded
in classifying the greater part, bat a few
leaves at the conclusion are wanting, and
a small portion is injured. The whole of
the MS. which treats of the pretended
lenity of the RomAn Church, and transub-
stantiation, is quite perfect ; also, a con-
siderable part of the discussion of ' tradi-
tion/ with numeroua notes and headings.*'
'* Some brief, powerful, learned letters,
addressed to Mr- Bowyer ; on one of
them, to * Mr. Bowyer, at Mr. Dumel
Sheldon's, in St, Bartholomew's Close,
near West Smithfield, London,' dated
from Jan. to June, 1697* the period of
this controversy. These letters are written
by A. Hodgson, apparently a clergyman.*'
It would thus appear that Mr. John
Bowyer and Mary King, noticed in the
Literary Anecdotes, vol. L p. 3, had a
daughter as well as their only son William.
This, it seems, was unknown to Mr. Ni-
chols, as no mention ts made of her in
the ** Memoirs of Bowyer." She was evi-
dently a woman of considerable mind, but
was unfortunately drawn over to Popery —
a subject much in dlscujsion at the close
of the seventeenth century, and died a poor
ntin of St. Clare, where she appears, in
Mr. T. Bowyer' 8 memoranda, to have
been known by the name of Elizabeth Ross.
Is it usual for nnns to assume a different
tomame, as well as Christian name, on
their profession ?
Any information relative to this lady,
and to her connexion with the family of
Bowyer, would be particularly accept-
able ; as I entertain serious doubts whether
Mr. Ord may not have been mistaken in
supposing the nnn to have been really a
tister-jn« blood of W. Bowyer-
Yours, Slc, J. B. N.
On thb FAftTiots Z* in Herodotus*
Mil. URflAN,-*l find in Herodotus
the particle tSv used in a connection in
which, so far as I can see, tt has no
force whatever ; I mean in the case of
verbs compounded with a preposition it is
inserted between the preposition and the
verb: thus aw ^v <doi/To. ii. 39; ff Ji'
«t\o¥, ii. 40; Kar' »i/ tRokv^t. ii. 47;
fv Jv *jr\r}^av. IL 87 ; kut oiu tdriaav.
u* 122; OP* dv t^ai^, Ui. 82; dir* t^p
Gknt, Mag. Vol* XLi.
tKjjpv^u* h 194 ; w€pi Jv c/3aXf. IT. 60;
dt' ^v tipdaprja-av. vii. 10, §5, and I
believe by a careful perusal of the work
other instances might be fouod, On re-
ferring to Schweighseu6er*s Lexicon Hero-
^otcnm I find the following, *^ Proesertim
vero in verbis compositis amat Herodotus
mediara inter prsepositionem et simplex
verbum particnlam tav per pteon^smum
intcrsertnm,'^ and be then cites a few in*
Y
162
Notu of the Month.
[Feb.
•tanoei. Now thii throwi no light what-
erer oq the lubject.
I should have lapposed that Herodotus
had in these oases used the particle merely
for the sake of euphony, if it had not been
for one consideration---that in all the in-
stances I have adduced, the verb to which
the particle is attached is in the aorist,
while those which precede and follow it
are in the present tense. Thus the first
passage I have referred to, given at length,
is as follows! KtiJMKj ^ talvfi itoXkh
tcarapfffrdfifvoi f^tpOvviy roTcrt ftcv hp j
tiivopoiy ol df <f>€povTts h rrjv dyop^y
air' iv UdovTOyTouri ^c hy fi^ napiwri
*£XXi7VCff, ol d* c«c pdWovai cV top
fTOTcmov, ii. 39.
A similar peculiarity is observable in
i. 139, where the particle is used with a
simple verb, «earcvx<r«u — IfBrjKt Jv —
cirac tdci, and from this I am led to infer
there may be something more in the
matter than mere sound.
In iii. 138, the particle is UMd in this
way with a verb in the imperfiBct, whidi
is followed and preceded by verbe in the
imperfect, ^wXcvc — ovk dv IhrttBov^^
ddv¥fiToi fjaop^ which is the only exoeptiaa
to the peculiarity I have mentioned that I
have been able to find in Herodotus. In
the Ranc of Aristophanes we have the
particle interposed in a similar manner,
mir* Jy f^tv. Ran. 1048. Perhaps,
through the medium of your pages, similar
instances from other writers may be brought
together, or some su^i^gestion made as to the
force of |the particle. The work of He-
rodotus being at all times interesting, has
lately gained fresh attractions from the
discoveries of Mr. Layard and Colonel
Rawlinson, and the minutest peculiarity
in his diction seems to me not altogether
unworthy of attention. Hoping you will
deem this a sufficient apology for my in«
truding on your valuable columns, I re-
main, Sir,
Yours obediently, F. J. Vipan.
10, Orteii Terraet, Dee. 26.
NOTES OF THE MONTH.
R^ocdon by the British MuMom of the Faassett Collecticm of Anslo-Haxon Antiquities and of the
Larpent Collection of PlaTs— Formation of tho Surrey Arclia-ological Society, and of an Archieo-
logical Society at Bristol- Incorporation of the Welllnjrton College— iTonny Lind Scitool at Norwich
—Reformatory Asylums for Criminal*— The Fereday Fellowships at Oxford— IVize Kiways— Knglish
and Forcijm Literary Intelligence— The Book Manufacturers of New Yofk— London Booksellers-
Biography of Lord Plunket- Keccnt Curiosities of Book Auctions— Memorial Window at Bury
6t. Edmund's— Ilestoration of the Church of Cl>'st St. George, co. l>evon.
We regret to have to state that the
Trustees of the British Museum have
oome to a final determination to reject the
purchase of the Fautsttt collection of
Anglo-Saxon Antiquilkt^ which had been
offered to them for the sum of 700/. and
have thereby also lost the contingent offer
of Mr. Wylie's valuable collection, which
would hate been presented to the nation
gratuitously. (See our Report of the
ArchKological Institute.) It is really dis-
heartening when we reflect on the tens of
thousands which have been expended on
all sorts of exotic monstrosities, from
Assyria to Owhybee, to find how in-
accessible a set of men in regard to our
native archeology the present managers
of our National Museum must be. In
this respect we are shamed by France, by
Denmark, and even by oar sister island,
Hibernia.
The same body have also recently
' their injudicious economy in a
matter. Many hundred hfanu-
"t, which had been submitted
aonser of Dramatic Compo*
sitions between the years 1737 and 1824,
had been preserved by the late Mr. Lar^
pent, and sold by his widow for 180/.
The owner offered them fur the same sum
to the British Museum, where they would
have formed a very appropriate sequel to
the Garriek Collection. Trifling as was
the proposed outlay, the. Trustees declined
to accept them. They have been pur-
chased by the Earl of Ellesmere, and will
be placed in the library of his mansion in
the Green Park.
The great success which has attended
the Sussex Archaeological Society, has en-
couraged the formation of a similar body
in the adioining county of Surrey. The
objects of the Surrey Archao logical So-
elety are stated to be, to collect and pub-
lish historical information ; to watch and
preserve antiauities discovered in the pro-
gress ofT)ublio or other works; to pro-
mote and encourage researches and exca-
vations ; and to preserve monuments of
every description. The annual subscrip-
tion is fixed at 10s. and the principal return
in contemplation it an annual volumOi after
I854,j
^otei of ike Month,
or \
I dowi
■ Man
■ Dath
mk
the model of that of tbe Su^ex Sooietj ;
tnd, ihoutd ibat proposition be carried out
with equal efficacy, the AssoeiatioQ wUl be
well worthy of support . The Duke of
Norfolk has accepted tbe post of President*
the Earl of Lovelace (Lord Lieu ten tint of
the CoTintr)^ nnd many other nobleracn,
are r ' 1 Yice-Preiidcnts ; ond alto-
feH iiberfi haYc been enrolled —
of w! : _ . ve paid a compontition of 5/»
each* ^onn^nj a capital fund of 160/. Tbe
honorary and officialing Secretary is George
Biib Webb, esq. 46, Addison Road North*
Nottinjf Hill.
Wc arc also informed thut a new Ar-
ebieoloficn) Saciety Is under progrea$ of
fcrmation at Bristol ~fi city which affords
one of the best fields in England for the
exercise of such industry ai may be ex*
peeted from a body of sealoua antiquaries
and eiploreri. The Soraersetabire Ar-
chKological and Natnrnl History Society,
tboo^b a watchful sod an able body on
aome poiras of their line of observation,
IB not strong eooagb to cover^ vigilintly
and effectiTelyi every oVjcct of hitsioric in-
terest in so Inrge a county.
Her ^fajeity bns granted a Charter of
Incorporation to the WtUivtjtwi CoUeffe,
estiibliahed as a Te^timaninl to tbe late
Dulce of Wellington, ami intcrided for the
education of cbildren of deceased miliLary
dlfieers. Tbe following are ntimed in tbe
Charter sa Governors of the College :—
Rls Royal HIghneaa Prince Albert, H. R. H*
the Duke of Cambridge, the Arcbbii^bop
of Canterbury, the Duke of Buccleuch,
the Duke of Northumberland^ the Duke
of Wellington, the MorquesB of Lana-
downe, tbe Marquci^s of Salisbury, the
Mnrquei» of Anglesey^ the Marquess of
Dathoufeie, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of
ifdcen, tbe Earl of EUcnborough, tlie
I of Ellesmere, Lord John ftuisell,
l^llcount Hardinge, Viscount Gough, tbe
Bishop of London, Lord Seaton^ Lord
Rftfian, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
SirJAnieBGrahnm,the RightHon. Spencer
Horatio Walpole, Sir Howard Douglas,
Sir EdmuDd Antrobus, Sir James Weir
Hogg, Sir Alexander Woodford, Henry
Richard Cox, e»q,, Peter Richard lioare,
c»q», and the Rev. George Robert Glctg,
Chaplain General of the Forces. Pro»
▼iajons are alao made for the appointment
of other Goremora a» they bccotae nccca-
•arr.
Wh«n Madame Goldacbmidt (then Jenoy
Lind) vifeltcd N&nvich in Jan, 1^49 she,
with ber wonted benevolence, gnve her
grttnltous services at two concerts, for
ehantable purpoaea, in St. Andrew ^^ HalU
tile fWmc of the great vocalist attracted
Qdmerous audiences, and 1200/. remained,
after the liquidatloa of all expenses attend-
ing the entertainments^ at tbe diApoaal of
the committee who oridnated theiu. Con-
siderable difference of opinitin, however,
subsequently prevailed as to tbe dispo&al
of tbi:* fund, some contending that it
should he devoted to the eatablishment of
baths and waahboufes, and others advo-
cating the erection of a terrace of alms*
houses. The controversy was at last
bfippily set at rest by the pnblicatioa of
an agreeable paper in the <irth volume of
'* Household Words,'* entitled '* Drooping
Buds," and in May last it was agreed a|
a public meeting, on the recommendation
of J,G. Johnson, esq. to found an Hospital
for Sick Children, between the ages of two
and ten years. For this purpose tbe com-
mittee have taken a large house in Potter-
gate-strt'ct, formerly the residence of Mr.
Henry Willett, which they have fitted up
with every convenience, and they have also
made arrangements with the Lying-ia-
Charity for tbe occupation of a part of the
same premises. Tbe number of patients
wbfch tbe Institution will accommodate It
about 70. The occupation of the In-
firmary has been deferred from an alarra
Huggeeted by two of the medical genttemen
of the city thttt the assemblage of children
labouring under infectious or contagious
diseases in a populous neighbourhood would
be dangerous to the general health of the
city ; but the Committee have replied that
the laws provide for the admission of
children nai sufTcring from such diseases,
and thut any subsequently so affected will
be placed in a »eparutc department.
Tbe inhabitants of Norwich have also
recently set on foot a Rtformatory Aifylum
Jbr Cfiminah, for the purpoieof reclaiming
discharged prisoners from the city gaol,
on the model of an institution now in opera-
tion at Buxton in the same county, under
the guidance of Mr. Wright.
Tbe bequest of the late Dudley Feredajf,
esq. of Ettingshall Park, Staff, (see our vol.
xxxiii. p. 92), having been refused by
Mngjalcue College, Oxford, has been
settled upon St. John's College, by Vice-
ChanceUor Kinderaley. Tbe testator left
20tOOU^ to four trustees to found fellow-
ships iu Magdalene College , and, if refused,
to any other college in Oxford; in the
choice of fellows the next of kin of the tea •
tator and natives of the county of Stafford
to be preferred. Magdalene College twice
refused to take the money on those terms,
both before and after the Master in Chan^
eery had settled the scheme uison which
the fund was to he adminiiitered. We
presvLmo this refusal is connected with tbe
present opposition of sentiment to colle-
g:tAte founoAtions limited by preferences i
but it is obvious that, without aome such
privile-ges of future direction being per*
164
NoUi of the Month.
[Feb-
fiiitUd to bei^efictorii^ADd not onljr per-
mittcil, but honcatly obterrcdt nil tuch
bcqucMU Art! thkcty to cease altogctbcr.
At r ' " fhc HuUeanpjme (iOO/.)
fill tKi I ititum on ** The Potitioa
mill Hi -i;, ., ..ic (;hrt8tiMn Bt»ho|iti, irid
vxiH't'mny of tbo liiiiUop of Roioe» clurixij^
tl]4^ rtrnt- three eenluri««f" hitB been sd-
jud^cci tu the llov, Gt M. Gorhain, BJL,
Frildw of Trinity OoUfgc.
In purifuancc of tbe bcqucftt of the T&te
Dr* Swirify, on the lUlh Jan., at a joint
iiidviiug uf tbe niciubcra of tUc Cotleg^e of
IMiynicmufl and of the Society of Arts, the
Su'ititif pHte (of lOUA contained in 4
«Uv4:rgoblctof tlicsumc v&lue,) fortbc bc»t
trcati»C! on junapmclcncc relnilng to Art*
uml Sdcuccgr wftA sdjudgcd to the work
catillcd The Commcrcinl Lnw of the
World, by Mr. Loono Leri. The Swiney
Ici'tiirea on Geology are now in the couriic
of ilelivcry by Dr. Grant, in Ibc theatre
of the HtiB^eU Iiistituttoti.
Whca the At»ti-Com-Law League rc-
or^Hubcd ittttlf on the noceHsion of the
Derby Ministry, its Cooiioil oflfyred prizes
for eeijiiiyto *^ showing the reaultA of tho
icpci)! of the corn ttiws niid tbo tret trtdo
put icy upon tht; wonil, the soct&li tbe
«!amuu?i-etal, aitd the iiolitical iutcrcsti of
the United Kingdom,'*— 250/. for the
beat i:B>fty^ tkud biU, for the next best. The
first prjie has betu awnrded to the Ruv,
Hfnry Dtimklcy, M.A, BaptiMt minthtrr,
Silt fold, who won the lirat pri«c of lOQ/.
utfeicd by the UcIigiou» Tract Socitty in
1850, for QD vfkiny on the socitilnnd moral
couditiunoftlif working cluster, and which
hiis «ine« bccu publithcd undt»r the title of
The Glory imd Shame of Biitein, The
priii! of iO/. for the stcoud beat cs^ay is
iivsMfiled to Mr* Jumcs Grant, of Ilowdco-
bititdingsi, Temple.
The Earl of Aberdeen hns renewed the
grant made by Lord John Rasscll to Mr.
E. \V. Lane, from the Fund for special
iervice, for the furtherance of his Arabic
LciticiJu.
Mr. Peto has placed 2,000/. annually at
the ilispoftQl of the Baptist Miisiotiary So-
ciety for the next »e?cn years.
The echol&ns of Norway have made
public two more monuments of their olden
tongue* The one is the important imd
(^'Icbrmtid old Nurse text of the Saga of
Kitu;, Didrik of Bern (Thcodoric of Ve-
tioiu), commnnty culltd the VtiA^iHa-SagOf
compiled in Norwny in the fimt half of tbo
thirt<;enth century, edited, with notes, in-
troductionti, vnrious rcndingSp and fuc-
Mimilcit, hy ProfeMor C* R* Ungrr. Ths
other is thu S/jom, a biblictil hiatoricfd
It, cora posed towards the be i; inning
Utt'.outh century, partly ttom Pc-
ueitor and Vincentius Bellova*
cenib, and partly frotn varSoua other
written and unwritten sources, and aboQod-
ing in legends, traditions, natural history,
tkc. in the ttyle of that age. It goes from
the Creation down to tbe fiaby Ionian cap
tivity. Thia latter work will appear in
eight parts, under tbe aame admifable
editorship.
Tlie firat part of the far^fimied work of
Bunyan, ** TJie Pilgrim's Progress,'** trana-
latcd info Chinese by tbe Scotish mis-
stonory the Re?. W, C, Bum?, lias just
passed through the press. The co»t is li?e
pence per copy. The Chinese are retaark-
ably fond of works of fancy and imagina-
tion, mud arc sure to uppreciatc the dream
of the prisoner of Bedford gaol.
American papers report of a new MS»
scries of Shaksperean discoveries. One
Mr. Quincy, of Boston, asserts that hit
copy of the fourth folio of the dramas
contains four hundred niaoujcript emen-
dationi. They are aaid to be by an un-
known hand, and that they occur with
more or less frequency through sixteen of
the plays. Many of them coincide with
the corrections found in Mr. Collier*a
folio.
One of tbe most destructive fires ever
known in New Vork has consumed an im-
mense stock of English reprints in the
warehouses of the Messrs, Harper Brothen.
The occurrence has led to the publication
of lOTue wonderful details retfpeoting this
great literary manufactory* It was founded
by James Harper, the oldest of the four
brothers who now constitute the firm,
lie came to New York in 1810, a had 15
years old, and served an apprenticeship of
six years to Paul onrl Thomas, the leading
printers of that day. His brother John
soon followed him, and learned biit trade
of Mr. Seymour, a printer in John-street.
In I BIT* with tbe small capital that James
bad saved, the brothers opened a book
and job office in Dover-street. The first
book they printed was Seneca's Morals ;
the second an edition of tbe Methodist
Catechism. The lirat they publiihed on
their own account was Locke's Essay on
the Human Understanding. In 1820 a
third brother, Joseph-Wesley, joined themt
and six years later Fletcher became a mem-
ber of the firm. From that time until now
they have carried on the business with UD-
reinittlng industry and welUdirected energy.
They removed to Cliff-Btrect about 1820^
niid have added one building after another
to their establishment, as the demands of
their business required. The amount of
books they have issued is almost incidcu-
Idble. It is asserted that for the last
few years they have published, on an aver-
nge, 25,000 volumes a minute for ten hours
a day ; and from three to four thousand
J
1854.]
Notes of the Month.
165
persons bare obtalDed a liTeliUood from
tiieir etnplojrinent.
From the Transatlantic book-prodacerB
we may return to those of Loadoo, of
irhom the following partiealars have been
recenUy publiihcd^ suggested by the dis-
ippeonooe of the ancient firm of the Riv-
ingtons from Paternoster Row and St.
Paul 'a Churchyard. The remarks are
taken from a recent number of The Morn-
ing Advertiaer. The old shop, where
Hor&lej and TornHne, Warburton and
Hardr ui«d in old times to meet, ia about
to become a * Shawl Emporium/ and the
firm of RjvJDgtons^ will no more be found
in London city. It ad da one more to a
thousand past proofs of the change which
if tAkiog place iu London. The business
of Messrs, Rivingtont will be in future
tivricd OD in Waterloo-place. There are,
probably, few branches of trade which have
tttiered so many changess and losfes of
late aa that of bookselling. The 6rms of
CsdfiU and DaTies^ and of Johnson^ in St.
Paul's Churchyard, have entirely faded
away. In Messrs. Simpkin and Marsbali's
house, there is now no ■ Simpkin/ and no
*Manihail/ In Messrs, Whittaker and
Co,*s house there is no ' Whittaker/ In
Mesars. Hamilton and Co.^s hottse there
is no 'Hamilton.' Even westward the
lame thing pretmlj : for at Meiflri. Nisbet
and Co. 'a, in Bemera-street, there is now
no * Niabet.* Mr. Colbum has retired,
ind ia succeeded by Messrs, Hurst and
Blackett. Mr. Pickering has closed hid
BccQUDt« in Piccadilly t and is succeeded
by bi« late assiistant Mr. Craven, whilst
bis son Mr. Ba^il Pickering has joined
Mr, Toovey. Another striking feature of
modern publishing i^, thut of the rise of
great and cheap railway publishers. Of
these* Chambers, of Edinburgh, and Sims
and M*latyrc,of Belfast, have ftUed the fore-
most place ; but Mr. ii. G. Ooiin, Messrs.
Ingram and Co. and. ad 1 1 more, Messrs.
RoutleJge and Co. bid fair to overpass
their provincial forerunners* The rapid
rise of this last house is one of the most
remarkable facts in the whole history of
bookselling. It was tirst heard of about
a dozen years ago, in Soho-square, and
now it copes with the very lii-at in town,
for the large extent of its transactions.
A very curioua incident in the life of the
late Lord PiunMei is talked of in well-
informed circks of Dublin society. It
appears that in his declining years he had
oci upied himself with drawing up some
prtrhculors of events in his public career.
But his mind, as was not uouatuml at his
protracted years, was subjifct to aberration ;
and not long since he chancfd one day to
i on the papers » which he had com*
jMHed in perfect healthy and seizing tbem
he suddenly cast them into the fire and
destroyed them all t We are not informed
as to whether the papers were a retro-
spective record of his varied life, or whether
it waa a journal kept in his later years.
The name of Mr. Edward Berwick, the
Prcddent of Queen *8 College, Gal way (and
grand-nephew of the late Henry Grattan),
has been mentioned as that of Lord
Plunket^s biographer. — Atkeneum,
The library of Mr. Smyth Piffoft, of
Brocktcy Hall, Somerset, recently sold by
Messrs. Sothchy and Wilkinson, contained
a valuable collection of English history,
topography, and genealogy, and many
curious books in the occult sciences, jest-
book^, and early EngUsh literature. Hey-
don's Theomagia sold for 4/. 19f. ; Eld*a
Merry Jesta 1617* 6/.; Hoyston't Banqnet
of JcsU 1657, OL 8#- 6rf.-, Charles the
First^s copy of the Annala of Tacitus, 5/.
Among the manuscripts were, — Heraldic
ColtectioQi for Somersetshire, formed by
Wm. Raphael Eginton, F.A.S.E. about
the year 1828, 2 If,; Seyer's Collections
for Bristol, 20f. j the original m^inuacript
of Byron's Curse of Mincrra, 22/, lOi. ; a
fragment by Chatterton, 6L The black-
stone speculum said to have been used by
the astrologer Dr. Dee was sold for ]3/.|
and his magic crystal for 15/. lOj. The
former was sold at the Strawberry Hill
Sale in 1842 for I2i. I2s, : see some re-
marks upon it iu our vol, xviii. p. 003.
In the Second Portion of the Library
of Dr. Haufirey, (now Provost of Eton,)
sold by the aame auctioneers, occurred,
Lot tj» Adsgia Griecorgm, with the auto-
graph and motto of Ben Jonsou, which was
sold for 4/. ; and Lot 470j Coogreve's
Works, a presentation copy to the Duchess
of Marlborough, for 6/. ^^r.
In a sale by Messrs. Puttick and Co.
on the 18th Jan. occurred two lots which
are worthy of note. Lot 258 was a volume
relating to the City of London, containing
some remarkable items connected with the
Cutlers* Company, the Bell Savage, Lud*
gate Hill, and some singular gif{i>, &c.
connected with thefamilyoftheCrathornes.
It appears hy the announcement in the
Catalogue to have been the account-hook
of one Tliomas By water. Lot 592 was a
volume of the original sketches and draw-
ings of that elaborate work, John Carter^a
'^Ancient Architecture of England.'" ItwM
sold for 4/. 10#, aad bought by Mr. Boone*
A very beautiful window, in memory of
the late Mr. Arthur Haggitt, has been
placed on the north side of the chancel of
St, James's Church, Bur}*^ St. Edmund^s,
opposite to the similar memorial of hia
father^ llie long respected Lecturer of the
parish. The si-x bays, or ]irincipal com-
partments, are tilled with scriptural anb-
im
Misceliamons Rtmtwi.
[Fob,
JoeUp tlie Itjwer iierroprei«ntiiif the Shun*
aiiiit«*a ton r»] Bed by KUBh«» ChriBtrakinf
the Widow's son, and the rHUiiij; of La-
aftrtti) and die uoper lier the Crueitixioni
ReaurrecUoDi ana ABoension. The head-
itig of the window is filled with txk^\M
bearing icroU* iaacribcd with texU from
1 Corinthianif xv. Al the b«ii« in this in*
loription : »♦ To the memory of Arthur
Hnggitt, who died November 33rd, 1852,
aged 2U yeart,"
Tba cliaftoal at Ciffut BL Oenr^tt co.
Da von, which baa lately been reitored by
the R«tetor, the Rer. H. T. Ellaoombc,
in the ntyle which prevailed in 1300 (with
which datfi the originfil three light ea«t
window accorcled» and which hag been
eoptcd in the re»toration),haj bt^cn furthrr
improved by tbe addition of ntnined g\tm9,
from the ettablithmeut of Mr« Ward^ of
Frith-Btrcel, London, The glass employed
baa been manufActured by Meifirs. PowcLl,
of WhitefriBrt, after long^ and repeated
experirocntB made by nnalysca of the gtnBs
of the thirteenth century, by Mr. MeiUonW,
late of the Royal College of Chemistry,
under the iuperinteadence of Charlea Win-
■ton, esq. who has been indefatigable in
bia exertions to restore this beautiful art
to Its pristine oelebrlty. Judging from this
apecimt^n (which Ib the fifth window yet
made of the newly diacoTered matcridl)^
the efforts of all these gentlemen appear
to have been most BttCt:c4iifuU The tone
of Ibe whole ia rich and harmomont, cvi.
doatly enaing from the use of muter i all
dilTerent fVom thota blthcrto ttnployad Ici
m&dern glass. It has a more sabstiDtlal
appearance even than " roUed glass/*
without any of its dulness \ and its quiet
and rioh, though brilliant appearancet pre*
senti a favourable contrast to the raw and
flimsy, though fimndged glaaSf of fome
modern manufaoturera. The blue, in par-
ticular, is soft ond intense; and the white,
the green, and the pat-metnl yellow are,
in liuci eiaotly like the old. The dt^sign
of this very handsome window eonsiata of
six groups of figures, daO^ed on a running
flaristed quarry work, with a rich border
by the sidei, which also adorns the traeery
of the? head. Each light has two of theee
medallions or grrnips. In the centre
light there U the Nativity of our Lord,
with the Crucifixioa over it, In the left-
hand light a miracle U represented (Christ
Healing the Sick), and over it the Resur-
rection j and in the right hand li{;ht a
Parable (the Sower), with the Ascension
over. All the subjeetii are well treated,
and have been destgneil and painted by
Mr. thigbee, ineoaneotion with Mr. Ward.
The Ar«t window exeonted in this new
mnterisl, was set up in tho Temple Church ;
Bimultaneously with which another was
dnno for a church in Staffordshire, in
memory of J. Clarke, esq. K*C\ tho east
window of Buokland church, near Doverp
IS the third ; the fourth in Shnrrow ohurch,
Yorkshire, was naiuted by Mr. O. Hedge-
land, for Colonel Maaon ; and the preient,
as before staledi it the fifth.
lilSTOHICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.
Mr, Akurman has proceeded as far as
Part VIIL witJi his Memaint qf Pagan
Samotkdttm, The objecta delineated are re-
prasanfeed with admirable precision, and
shovr to advantage the experienced hand of
Mr. Basirc as an antiquarian draughta-
man and engnivcr i whiht the care with
which the iilute« are coloured brings each
trtiile before the view with scarcely leea
•itifflwiion than if the originals were cnU
loelid together. It wns not conceived that
•0 nany and sueh elaborate specimens of
Anglo-Saxon workmanship were still ex-
tant, until tho welUdirected excavations
of ra^nt years at once added Urgely to
the atorea of the imiuirer, and ascertained
the identity of such as were scattered in
various private liands. Tho last number
E resents some remarkable articles that
■ve occurred in the latter way, in the
ooiwtiee of Leicester and Lincoln.
Nolicn qf Ancient Rrmaint, iiiuttrati9€
of tht HMh, CuMtomt, and History tf
Pa«t Afftt* % Clmrlrs Roooh Smith.
VqL III. ftart L «eo,--ThtJ< 1« a peculiarly
interesting number of Mr. Roach Smith'a
privately*printed collection of antiquarian
essays, and will, we are sum^, be prixcd hy
all lovers of archicologioal pursuits. The
first article of its contents Is an account of
tbe curioui Roman coffin and ssreophsgns
reoently discovered near the Minortea in
London, which — both text and illustrative
engraviDgs — place that discovery in a very
different light from the poor reporta which
bod previously appeared. Mr. Smith,
moreover, is not content with giving a bare
report of this discovery, but he makea It
the groundwork of an elaborate and u«ef^l
essay on the whole class of similar sepul-
chral interments of the Roman period, as
they have been found in Great Uritain) and
i
d
Miicellaneous R€vi€Wi*
I
which, though very nuineroui,hftTe hitherto
bfca oqIj recorded Be^iaratelyf and aome->
timi!*4 doinribed erioueou&ly. lie hst fur-
tJ' 'd thera by noticeB of Bimilar
ct I in Gftnl. The eeoond article
u ^ .i.^^La, liuu, with a pUte, of a r&ther
UU medieval bmaii trampet found at Rom*
0«j in KeiUt and beliefed to be a ship
trumpet. This U followed by a notice,
f imilarly illostrated, of a fiae Satou sword
and acabbardv recently obtained from the
rifer Thaiae#, and now in the c»Uecttoa
of Lord Loodeiboroueh at GrtmHton Park
in Yorkihire*
The largest portion of this number of
the Collectanea Antiqua is, however, de-
Toted to a aurt ey of the Roman antiquities
of iotne of the cities of ancient GauU cota-
aiiaed by Mr Roach Smith during a r«c«nt
Tifil to Normaudy. Thia survey, which
U ?ory proftisely illustrated with cngru-
▼inga, posidsies a very peculiar value to
EngUab autiquaried, m aiforJing an iuta-
reating point of compariaon with the limi-
lar remaius found in so many parta of our
owa islaiid. The French monuinents are
more eitentiTc, more continuous, aud in
better condition than ourd, and therefore
they frequently enable us to underHtand
objects which we find imperfect at homo.
Moreorer, the iltea visited by Mr> ijuiith
li«TO famished D:ionumeQti which have a
direct relation with our own monumenta
of the Roman period^and ^how the imme-
diate cunaection between the two proviuoe<i
of the vast Roman emphre. lie commences
with the very remarkable mouumenti of
the Roman period at LiUebonni;:!, the site
of the ancient city of JuHolfona, one of the
mo!t prominent of which iis a dne Roman
theatre » which may be compared with tbnt
of tome what leu extent at Verulam in Eng-
land. Many parta of the theatre at Lille-
bonne are exceedingly porrect ; and Air*
Smith has given engravings of numeroua
cculpture« and other architectural remains
whioh help to supply a notion of the magni^
ficeoce of the ancient city. Among these
if the remarkably Hne statue of Apollo,
which, after long remaining in the hands
of a dealer in London, has recently been
purchased by the French govcniment and
carried back to France. Vieux, which oo^
eupiea the site of the ancient capital of
the YidQcasaes, next engaged Mr. Smith's
•tteotioo, and no less fruitfully than Lille-
bonne. Here he found a aeries of very
euriotts inscriptions rolnttng mainly to a
prcviouaty utikuown Roman governor of
Britain* Clandiui pAuUnui, who flourished
apparently in the reign of Severusr and
wlkioh illustrate in a remarkable mamier
the poUHcal and social poMtion of the
weilcni provitioes. These iaacriptioas are
in fiiU, with English trantla-
tiona ftDd eipknitioiti which will make
tbem ODore vatnable to the general reader,
Vienx has also furnished a considerable
number of sculptures and other remains of
antiquity of an interesting character Next
cornea Jublania^ ascertained to occupy the
lite of the capital of the Diablinxes, and
no leas remarkabk than the others for the
remains of its former magnificenoe. Tho
ruins of the Roman dwellings are mixed
in the preieot villages among the modarn
hoQBes. Among these are some ctirioua
examples of the arrangementa and con*
veniencea of the domeitic architecture of
the ancients, which are well deserving of
our study. The account of J uhlan is la
only commenced in the present number of
Mr. Smith's work, and aa we have but one
fdate out of four that are promised to ii-
uatrate it, we may cxpeot that it will
occupy a coosiilerable portion of the next
part. We can only say that what u given
io tho present number makes us look for«
ward impatiently to that which is to come]
and that, instead of Aagging in his xcalous
labours, ^Ir, Smith seems to us to improve
his work materially as he goes on. The
present volume promiios to be fully equal
to, if not to excel, the two which pre-
ceded it.
We are hnppy to iiiid that the Bath
Literary Club have had the good taste to
request a reprint ofMr iluuter*s Essay on
The Conneeiian af Bath with the Litera"
iurt end Science of Engtandt which was
read before the Literary and Philosophical
Aasociation of the Bath Institution in tho
year 182U, and a small edition then printed
for private circulation. Of that iraallim-
presiiion it was scarcely possible to procure
a copy I and ooDsequently the present
i^upply must be very acceptable to the new
generation which will now take an interest
in the literary annals and asaociatious of
Bstli : particularly accompanictd, b& it is,
with notes in continuation of the subject
for another quarter of a century , and with
a historical narrative of the formation of
the Bath Institution, in which Mr. Hunter
took an active part. Of the original essay
large extract* wore given in tho Gentle-
man's Magaaine for 1 e27 , 1 34 7,544. ^'Six-
a ad- twenty years have ^ince pasaed^ and
there is the building, thd library, the
muaueni, the public lectures, and there
are the friends and supporters aI»o, some
of the old stock, — now the Nestora of the
luistitution, others who have since taken
up their abode in Bath, and who show
themselves not inferior to the founders in
the interest which they take in its pros-
perity." (p. 71.) Some of the most re*
m&rkable of its benefactiona are thus enu-
merated : *' Tho founddtioQ of its Cabinet
i
168
Muceiiimeous Reviews.
[Feb.
of Coins wfts Uid by Mr, WiUsbirc, of
Sliockerwick» and to his collection was
soon added the nQoierous coaaular and
family medals^ the gift of tbe Rev* Dr*
Nott, who happened to b« an i oral id
viaitor of Bath s^ion after the opening, if
DOt at the lime of the opening. The re-
markably curious collection of foreign
matrixefl of sealj wa* the gift of the Rev.
Mr, Battell : it may be added as a fact in
their history that they were bought by him
at the sale of Mr* Tysuen's museum. Mr*
Ijeman, the eminent student in the Roman
Antiquities of Britain, bequeathed to the
library bis annotated Horsley and other
topogrmpbicai writings, as well ai a large
collection of manuscript county genealogies.
Tlie library also contains two quarto
volumes of Annotations on Shakeapenre,
by Dr. Sherwin, the adventuroua defender
of the authenticity of Rowley. Add to
the«e, that the remmna of Bath in the time
of tbe R^imaaa, an extraordioary collection
for England, are now deposited within the
walla of tbe Institution/'
Mr. Hunter^s '♦annotation'* ia full of
interesting facts and remarks, particularly
aa hints for biogmpby.
to come. This explaint why do material
alteration in the general level of tbe ocean
baa taken place tluring the past 4000 year* ;
but when the Perihelion enten tbe ecliptiCp
in the sign of Piflces, then the waters will
again be elevated, and advance on ierra
Jirma, In tbe oorthern hemisphere, de^
crea&ing in a corresponding ratio ia the
souths where the preponderance ia at pre-
sent. Geological facts incontestably prove
that auch changes bate occurred a vast
iittmher of times, and clearly indicate, and
foreshadow, that simitar results must pro*
ceed from a aimilar change of circum-
stances.^' (p* 19*)
An Ettay on the Connexion Mween
Attronomical and Geological Phenomena^
addreaed h tht Oeol&ffUis of Burope and
America, By W. Devon shire Saull, Fel-
hw of the Hotfal Astronomical and Geo-
hffictti Societtefj Sfc. — Mr* SbluII pub-
lished in 1836 a pamplilet On the Coinci-
dcnce of ABtronomical and Geological Phe-
nomena ; and since that time he has de-
voted his attention to the collection of
further obscrratioos on this important
subject. Some of these he embodied in a
paper which was read before tbe Geologi-
cal Society in Feb. 1848, which, with ad-
ditional notes, is included in the present
pamphlet. Its principal object is to elu-
cidate the auccesHiTe changes of tempera-
tore, and the levels of tiie Oceanic Wtttcra
upon tbe Earth's surface, in harmony with
geological evidences. Mr. Saull has evi-
dently collected and arranged his facts
with much care, and his essay will be read
with interest, eteti if his readers do not
coincide in all his conclusions. Accord-
ing to his calculation, '^^ about 4000 years
ago, when the Perihelion entered the sign
of Scorpio in its ecliptic rouud, a very
considerable change in the oceanic level
took place ; but since tbat period it has
been progressing onward to tbe sign of
Capricorn, in its course nearly parallel to
the Equator, and now making but a tri-
fling angle with it. Hence thrn tbe state
of comparative quiescence during the his*
toric p4Eriod ; which state of repose will
probably coatinue for nearly 3000 years
Once upon a Time. By Chas, Knight
S ffoti. l2mo, — These are two volumes of
very pleasant reading indeed. They con-
sist of a selection of some of the best of
Mr. Knight*3 historical essays* many of
which have heretofore appeared in his own
periodical pubtications and in Dickens's
Household Words, and which, with cer-
tain additions and mndifi cations, are now
arranged in somewhat of a chronological
order* The ak etches of his own early ex-
perience in the world of letters, of
** Windsor, as it was," — in the Castle;
and of *' Items of the Obsolete/* in the
borough of Windsor; of ** The Eton
Montem/' — and other early recollections
of the present century, are es[jccially in-
teresting and valuable. These essays are
tbe mature result of a taste originally good,
a Well-directed pursuit of the soundest in-
fomiaCion, and a long experience.
A Guide f containing a ghorl HiifoHcat
Sketch of Lynlon and placet adjacent in
North Devon ^ inchiding I{fracombe, By
Thomas Henry Cooper. Vlmo. — A useM
baud- book to the whole of the bcautifiil
north coast of Devon : accompsnied by a
large map of North Devon and part of
Somersetshire, reduced from the Ordnance
survey* on the scale of one inch to a mile.
The book is founded upon that of tbe old
topographer We§tcote, and illustrated witb
some original historical papers, particu-
larly several ancient subsidy rolls. The
author enters a good deal into the folk-lore
of the district, and in pp. 53-GO are some
interesting particulars not before publifhed
relative to the fugitives from the battle of
Scdgmoon The second Gxanoination of
Major Nathaniel W^ade is the staple of
Pox^s narrative of Monmouth's career, and
IS the basis of that by Mscaulay ; and they
both imagined tbat his first examination
was lost* It is, however, quoted by Mr.
Cooper as existing in the Lansdowne MS.
11^'^; tbe other is in MS. HarL 0845*
Th eohffp 1 . Burn el *t Discourse on the
Piutoral Care, l2mo, p/t, hi. I7l. —
This neat little rolumc ts introduced by a
prefac* from the pen of the Rev. T. Dale,
ibowinf thai the ihasen of which the
Biihop coniplainedf in the aale of ehurcsli
pfttn>n«j^, ittU exist to a great amotint.
In peadmg the remarks on Clerical Edu-
cation, we found ourselvou within sight of
the question on " Church Parties/' and
lecordingly drew back. The treatise ia
itated to be *' carefully retised, with notes
and referc^ueet to the Fathers, by a Mem-
ber of the UniTeraity of Cambridge." All
thii might bare been expreaaod in three
wofda, ** revised, with rufcpcncea," and
the epithet car^ily would h«ve come
with a better grace from a reviewer than
to editor,— 2. A Vaiedietory Offering,
By C. R Mcllvaine, D.D. Fcfi, Sro*
pp, 107* This volume consists of five
iermoD9| designed by the Bishop of Ohio,
U a token ** of Christian love and remem>
brtnce towards hi^ brethreu to England."
It is oot said that these Bermons consti-
tute a eottfae, but something of such an
intention appears to be discernible. In
the first, ^tbe objection of " dijfieulties
wtiich some men find in the Scriptnres»*^
tB met by the plain fact, that they *' give
andentanding to the simple," in the words
of Pa* cxiJi, 130. which form the tejt
(p* 24). The whole is a consisteat mid
worthy addition to the author's former
Ttlnable publications, — 3. A Seriet of
Sermofu. By Isaac Williams, fl.Z>. 2po/#.
fcp, 8»o» These discourses are on the
Epiatles and Gospels of the several Sun-
days, and on some of the chief festivals.
They ** arc sometimes formed on the Pa-
tristic Lectures, ^uch as are found in the
Breviaries for these Sundays.'' (p. vi.)
Thus apprised, the reader can judge whe*
thcr they suit him or not. They differ
frO'in the aathor^a Commentaries, in ex*
elading the " mnltipUcity of opinions/'
which, " however desirable for the student
and critical inquirer,'* arc perplexing to
the practical reader, a distinction which all
will allow to be judicious. — 4, T^e Family
Ali&r ; a Seriet of Prai/ei'Mjbr evert/ day
JN lAe month. By W, Daltoo, B.D. Fcp.
8*0. pp. JTvt 314. The remark may ap-
pear hypercritical, but this collection ap-
pears more snited to personal than do-
mestic use. The language is too florid^
and the choice of subjects is often such aa
rather he^H an individual of wmilar fcel-
ingSt than the mlted assemblage in a fa-
mily. Doctrine«T which may enter into
the hopes and expectations of an iodi-
G«HT. Mao,Vol. XLl.
vidua!, are sometimes beyond the sphere
of genera] topics for prayer. At the ssme
time this fault (if we may so call it) is so
closely connected with excelleooe, in this
kind of composition,, that it places the
book in a most favourable light, compared
with the tame and lifeless prodoctions
which somerioies appear under t!ie same
title. The author may overshoot his
marlCf but he never falls short of it.
Mr, DoD*s Peerage^ Baronetage ^ and
Kniyhtagefor IB54, comes forth as usual,
with a variety of improvement* upon the
last edition. The Editor's endeatours to
procure information aa to birth-places
have been successful in many hundred ad-
ditional cases, and further progress has
been made to commemorating the surviving
dowagers. Several additional articles have
arijten from promotions to episcopal and
judicial dtgnities, to the privy council,
and to baronetcies and knighthoods ; and
these, together with successions from
deaths, have produced no less than seventy-
seven fresh articles. We itiM hope that
Mr. Dod will hereafter 6nd room for the
Christian names of wives and mothers,
which wonld be an undeaiable improvement.
Mr. Dod has also published his Pariia*
mentary Companion for 1854, being its
twenty -second annual appearance. Be-
sides the alterations attendant upon indi-
viduals, there are forty- four fresh members
introduced iuto the House of Commons
»ince the edition of 1B53. Pains have been
taken to record pledge and tlie moat recent
votes upon the great questions of Reform
io Parliament, the Ballot, the Ma^nooth
Grant, National Educatiooi Free Trade, &c.
Adams's Parliamentary Handbook
(Second Edition, 1853,) will be found a
useful oompamot) to attendaots upon the
Debates or the busioess of either House,
aa it contains copious particulars of the
political and genealogical history of both
the Peers and the Commons. We must
warn the Editor, however, that he must
use indefatigable vigilance if he thinks
successfully to rival the annual work of
Mr. Dod on the same subject. It is now
many years since the present Premier was
President of the Society of Antiquarie's,
and we were puzzled to know what h meant
by terming hitn ** President of the British
Ini»titute,'' until, on consulting Mr. Dod,
we find it should he the British Institu-
tion. Of Mr. D' Israeli's ancestors it jg
said that they •* were Spaniih Jews, Itaving
been driven from that roantry at the end
of the 15th century." It maybe so \ but
whither were they driven to ? Not imme-
diately to this country } The preaent form
of the name is apparently Italian.
Z
170
MUceUaneoHM Revim»».
[Feb.
f%0 lidirt of Arti*He C^pyri^hi and
their Dtfwtt. By D. Robertfon BUiae^
BarriMtet-at'Law,— \t is orten forgotten
hj writert od the Inw of patents and copy-
rights tha.1 there are two interests to be
coDsidereil, that of tlic author or inventor,
and th'it of tbe publio. Still less U it
generally bomo in mi ad that Ihe primary
object of such Iaw& is public, aod not in-
dividual^ adTantage. It ia agreeable,
therefore, to meet witli a trentige on this
subject, written in a fair and iinpartid
spirit. Mr- Bkine gives us ii careful
■nalysia of the present laws of artijtio
copyright, with a etatement of their de»
fects, and luggeations for their amead-
ment. Ho appends to this the Ce«t of the
lUtutes on tbe subject. One of the prin-
01 pal defects of the law Is the uncertainty
hanging over it, from coniieting statutes
and contradictory judicial decinions. The
obtious remedy ti the consolidation of Ihe
law in a single Act. He states the other
defects to be, that the proteetion extends
only to Great Britain and Ireland ; tbe
term, of copyright too short ; the copy-
right of pictures and proofs before letters
unprotected \ the penalties for piracy too
smaU ; copyright can only be transferred
by deed or will ; the ruinous cost aod
delay of proeeedings in case of piraoy, and
some other minor objections. We mnst^
however, differ from him tn considering a
term of twenty-eight years too short. It
appeari to us ample for the pttrpo»e of
■ecitnng to an artist an adequate return
for his invention and induftry. In all
other respects wo fully agree with hiiDf
and recommend his pamphlet to the atten-
tive consideration of all interested in the
subject, whether comnierciallyt or aa
•itiata and engravers.
Th9 Hittory of Scrvia and the Servian
fjUvoluiiam with a sketch uf ihe Inmr-
tteeiion at Botnio. By Leoptiid itanke,
\S^aniiated frum the German by Mr 9^
I Alexander Kerr> To which i> added the
iBciave Provmcet of Turkeyt chirpy /mm
the French 0/ Cyprian hobert,— For a
work to be aptly timed i\s well as ably
written is iti additioanl element towards
its success. This is the case with this
well-exeeuud trantlatlon of Ranke's dash-
mg historical sketch of Servia. Sketch
^Ptbough it be, it is complete in itaelf^^ and
^^doe^ uot lack what paioters call acces-
sories. The subject is intercstiug, and is
picturesquely handled, more especially that
fortion of it having reference to the social
Dstoms of the Servians— a race at once
iiimply pioQS and ferociously brave. The
iutbor wrote his history before the present
^ispect of Eastern politics was even to be
detected as ** Joomiug in the distanee^'^
hut we soaroely can read aoy of the daily
records of the crimes now being committed
by the mendacious Czar and his cowardly
lieutenants, without Ending that they have
been foreseen by the prophetic ^sion of I
Ranke, who, be it said, is usually more
saocessful in describing the past than in
tbrowing light on the future. The adapta-
tion of Cyprian Robert's dissertation on
tbe Sdave provinces of Turkey is not
without interest ; but it appears to us that
this volume would have been more com-
plete if, in place of this dissertation, th«
editor had substituted Count Valerian Kra-
smski's masterly sketches of these same '
provinces. The latter are perfect, l>oth
for the amount of information conveyed,
and for their remarkable and rare power
of condensation. The essay of the French
author, however, is clever though light,
and has the attraction which ready French
writcra can give, whtm they will, to almost
any subject upon which they choose to
display their peculiar power.
The Stave Son. By Mra, W. Noy
Wilkins. 1 wl, {Chapman and HalL)^
Next to Uncle Tom's Cobio, so far as
powerful and vivid description of slave life
is Gonoerned , we roost certainly rank Tbe
Slave Son. Mrs. Wilkios^s experience
bai been obtained in the island of Trinidad,
of which she was for a length of time an |
inhabitant, llie greater part of the work,
she tells us, was written long ago, when
her mind was freshly impressed by what
she bad herself seen and heard; hut many
circumstances occurred to prevent herp«^>
suing any pbu of authorship, and only
since tbe publication of Uncle Tom's
Cabin has the strong revival of interest in .
UkQ slaTe in the public mind indaced her |
to look over and linally bring out the tale, '
which, in all its leading points and many
of its detaihi, ii sketched from the life.
We may most conscientiously add, that it
is DO mere picture of what many have told
before conaerning masters and slaves. It
is throughout an original work of very 000-
siderablc talent. TTie negro superatitions
are well portrayed, and the descriptions
of natural scenery are eloquently given •
As the English is by no means pure, but
mixed, and rendered, if not disagreeable,
certainly very peculiar, by ita foreign
idiom, we tiuppose Mrs. Wilkins to be of
Spanish birth and education, in tbe com -
menccmeut of the work are many well-
timed and strong remarks on pretjadice of
colour and race, on the wicked and absurd
treatment to which, in the case of the half
casts or quadroons* the slightest possible
infusion of negro blood gives rise on the
part of the whites in AmericBi even in its
free states. On the whole^ the reader mnf
1854.]
be sure of meetiog with what will strongly
arrest his atlentton and arouse bU moraUn-
digfiationT but he must anticipate Homiioit,
thatgrcAt weapon of punUbment with which
the wrongs done by the white man to the
black arnis every portray er of truth on
thii dreadful sttbjecL The whip* of tlie
negro are scorpions lacerating the mind
tad heart of tlie race which has so long
tornit fit^Ml bim. We woiild not have the
'trp or >fVfrc, until ita muitt-
\ nm* haire wrought out full
r<^ I, . . nnd a putting away the evil
till ,; rV II all lands calling themselves
ChruiuLQ.
Mi^cellantints Heviewji.
A SHmmtr^dsy*g Drtam: with other
lift Bf Henry Francis Robinson. —
fhitktlipiece to tlil'i volume exhibits
I our view the figure of a geotleman in
3' tight pantaloons, lying reeaiBbeiit and
cntly uneasy, and perpetrating* as we
•uppoae, this Siimiiier'day'fi Dream. That
a drMtner fo onromfortably disposed of
should diBch?ir«re Lis bosom of 6ucb perilons
■tttjf ss the doggrel which is muttered by
•7 of introtluction to the subaequent
bymes, by no means surprise a us. We
i glad to And, boweTer, that bis visions
ame gradually pleasanter to bear, and
it their are more ir&cefally tohl. StilJ,
lUioiafloii needs study and training
re lio can even eall himself a rhymer.
Let btm» for instance, read his Belshazxar's
Feasti and then per me Mr. Amold^s poem
oo the fame fiubject ; and, if lie have wit,
he will at once see how much may be said
in a MDiU sfpaoe and to great purpose, and
bow Lord DaberlyU apophthegm touching
fine words, butter^ and |iar8aipi might be
not unfairly applied to hia own Illustration
of the some subject.
Oetnn and hwr Rultrt t <i N^tf-ativM q/*
tht NationM Ufhit have from the eartiest
of^t held dbmiiWM arer Me Sea. B\f
Alfred Elwes* — A hrief history of naviga-
tSon, from the remotest periods to the
preient time, forma tlie iitting introduction
to this pleasant and useful volume. The
idea of such a work as the present was an
exoellent one, and the execution does not
lail .«h(jrt of the idea. The volume will
donbtleas be an especial favourite with
hoys, for whom it has probably been espe-
cially vrritten. But it merits and will
command a wider Girol« of read^ra, for the
information conveyed in its pages is valu-
able, derived from many scattered sources*
and agreeably imparted. Many older
readers who may be desirous to refresh
their memories upon subjects treated of
in this volume will find it useful as a book
to be consulted. Its liavjug been written
for the amusement of the young does not
dimini&h its value for (he purposes and
parties above mentioned.
Afemorable IVomta : tht Siorv qfikeir
Lhei. By Mrt, Newton Crosland, {Darid
Bo^#.)— These biographies are eight in
number — Lady Rachel Rus^mll, Madame
D'Arblay and Mrs. Pioxzi (included in
one), Mary Ware, Mrs. Hutchinson and
Liady Fanshawe, Margaret Fuller and
Lady Sale. They are well written, and
convey many wholcsonie truths in a very
i 0 teresting manner. The second, in which
the characters and fortunes of Mrs* Pio£SI
and Madame D'Arblay are portrayed is«
on the whole, our favourite. Out the
authoress has also shewn skill and ]ud^-
nmnt in her memoir of the gifted, eccentric
Margaret Fuller. She bus not pretended
to moralise largely upon it, and yet hat
cauglit some at least of the most striking
lessons it teaches, while her own personil
acquaintance, limited as it was, adds an
interest to the notice. Mary Ware's
character and life is a valuable contribu*
tion. In the published volume it reads
tediously, and has a secLsrian cast which
Mra. Croshind has dropped. Some will
doubtless think that in so doing she has
misaed one easential pairt of the portrait,
since the religious views of Mrs. Ware
were to herself and those around her very
tmportanL Yet no one can say that the
heroine looks less Citmart At; than before.
We are sure this volnme will be very ac-
ceptable.
John ; ur^ ts not a CQUiiu in hand toorik
two Count* in the Bush* By Emilie von
Carlen. 2 9ok» — Miss Bremer never
penned a better and brighter piece of
fiction than ** John." The interest never
flags for one moment. It is eminently
dramatic, and could bt easily adapted for
stage representation. We say no morei
for to tell the story or to make an extract
would he doing the author and the pubtie
an if^iiry.
172
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.
BOCtKTy OF ANTTQlJAniES.
Jan. 12, Rear-Adm, W. H, Smyth, V.P.
The following j^eotkrutfU were elected
Fellows — John Martio^ esq. Librarian to
his Grace the Dtike of Bedfard, Samnel
Lucas, esq. M,A. of the Inner Temple,
barrister-at-la«r, Mr, Thomas Mack inlay,
roiuic-publisherf »f Soho-aqnare and Brigh-
ton, Joseph JoBcpb* tf^q. of Brecon, banker*
John Richard Wulbran, esq. of Ripen,
author of the History of Gaiuford, &tc,
Heary Salosbury Milraan, esq. B.C.L.
barriater-at-law, Wm. George Carter, esq.
of Gray's Ion, and John Mornot Devon-
port, esq. clerk of the peace for the county
of Oxford* M. II itdcbraad, curator of the
Royal Academy of Aoliquities at Stock,
holm, was elected an Honorary or Forefgu
Member.
Uerr Buficke exhibited several fine speci-
mens of antique and metliteTtil rings, and
a gold cup Bct with preciotis stone«^ and
bearing a Sclavonic laBcription shewing it
to have belonged to the empress of Ivan
BaKstlividi, czar of Russia in the latter
half of the sixteenth century. Mr. Farrcr
exhibited loiuc heautifiil exanaplea of cups
nod unguenraries in Roman glasg, and nn
ivory cai^ket from Cordova, noticed in our
report of the Archfeoloijicai Institute.
Mr. Akermtin commonicated a note on
souie cQins B«iJ to huve been fouud in the
rums of Old Panama. He was convinced
from their appearsoce that ibey were
uot part of a very ancit:ut deposit, and
Bujgeated that, if really discovered in th«
way described, they may have formed part
of a collection made in the seventeenth
centur}'. They consisted of the common
third- brass of the family of Constantine
the Great, two, however, beinR Greek, and
of the type attributed to Fanormus in
Sicify.
A commujiicatioD was read from W, M.
Wylie. es-q. F.S.A, on Certain Christian
Sepulchral Usages of Early Times. About
fourteen years ni^o several skeletons were
found in the ruins of the ancient church
of Butteiles, near Dieppe. On the breast
of each was placed a cross, rudely cut out
of sheet lead, on which a simple form of
absolution was engraved, little difering
firora the formula now in use. The Abbu
Cochet also forwarded for cvhihition a
similar leaden cross, fouad in the old
cemetery of Qniberville, near Dieppe, but
thn inscription of this ejcampk is illegible.
These crosses appear to date from about
the eleventh century, and some have been
found in lliu tomb^of the Biahopti of Metz
of that date. Two have also been met
with in the precincts of the calbedral
churches of Chichester and Lincoln. That
of Chichester was found in the tomb of
Godefridufl, a bishop of the time of Wil-
liam the Conqueror, and bears a very de-
cided form of absolution, commenciiig
*• Absolvimus te Goilefride,^' ike. These
crosses were probably employed as amii*
lets again&t demoniacal poasesaioQ. An
instance of the snpulcbral use of such
forms of absolution ia recorded in Mabil-
lou*9 AquaIs of the Betiedictifie Order, on
the death of the celebrated Abelard, a.u.
1112, when Heloise applies to the Abbat
of Cluny for such a formula, ** ut eepul-
cro eju« guspendatur."' It was granted
apparently as a matter of course, and tt
may hence be inferred that the custom
was not unusual. Another early usage
was thsit of interring with the dead earthen
vessels containing holy water and charcoal
on which iuceuae had been sprinkled, a
rite savouring strongly of paganism* These
earthen vesselj have repeatedly been found
in old interments, and the practice was
partially continued down to the liixteenth
century. In the Rationale of Durnndus
it is described at length, and advocated as
good against demoniac possession. In the
capitularies of Cbarlemai^ne and his son
Louiji, the bishops are charged to eradi*
cate superstitious sepulchral practices pre-
f ailing in certain districts. These are not
further described, but were probably the
same which in the preceding century were
forbidden as ptigan ceremonies, at the
Council of Liptinie, a.o. 743, and are
enumerated in the well-known ** ladicu-
lUB.*'
Jan. 19. Lord Viscount Mahon, Pre*.
Lord Talbot de Malahide, Philip John
Darell, esq. of Calehill, Kent, Kenrick
Robert Henderson Mackenzie, esq. of
Morti merest. Cavendish* square, Mr. Co*
ryndon Henry LuxEnoore, of St. John's
Wo i>d- road, surgeon- dcatist, and Mr. Hy.
Glassford Potter, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
and Pad Mall East, surgeon, were elected
Fellows of the Society; and Samuel Birch,
eiq. of the British Museum, WK re-elected.
Sir Henry Ellis, Director, exhibited
cast} of two seals, one of Richard de
H timet., the other of William his son. The
former ia from a deed in the Harlcian col-
lection, in which Richard de Humet is
styled Conatable of the King of England.
It was, however, in Normandy, not in
EngUnd, that he held that office. He was
one of the witnesses to the accord which
18M0
Antiiiuarian Researches *
173
^
Stephea io tlie I!)tb year of his reign
nude with Henry Duke of Normandy,
afterwards Ueory IL His son WiUlam
succeeded him aa Constable of Normandy.
Hii seal (preserred in the Duchy of Lan-
caator Office,) so closely reicmbles the
former r eicopt in its legend^ that it ap*
pears to be imprefsed from the game
J. Y. AkermaQf esq. Secretary, com*
fflonicAted a note on the ancient Cemetery
of Kingaholm near Gloucester, uccorapa-
nied by a groand^plan^ showing the ipots
in which the remaioa of very cjirly inter-
ments, chiefly of the Roman period, had
been discovered. Among these were many
Roman coins from the cartieft emperors
down to the penod of tim Romans leaving
Britain; the mo£t remarkaWe of which were
certain pieces in miitdle-braaaf bearing the
head of Claudius, of colonial fabric^ and
pouibly coined by the colonists at Glou-
cester. With regard to the name of Kings-
holme, it had be«n generally attributed to
the former existence of an Anglo-Saxon
palace on the spot; but Mr. Akerntan
was inclined to consider it as a memorial
of the contemploted single combat between
Canate and Edmund Ironside, which ia
mentioned in the chronicles. It is remark-
able that the Danes gave the name of
Holmgaog to combats of that description #
Edward Fosa, esq» F.S.A, read some
remarks on the relationship (hitbertu un-
known) between Riehard Fitzjomes, bishop
of London, and the Chief Justice Sir Juhn
Fitzjames. He has ascertained that the
latter was nephew* to the former^ and not
a brother as ^nme writers haf e supposed.
Jan, 2fj, Lord Viacount Mshon, Prea,
A ballot was taken for granting a salary
of ^00/. to the St;cri'taryt which was passed
all but nnanimously.
William Sells, esq. of Guildford,exhibited
\ three sketches ofanidalfigure,ofMei ican
appearance, the material quartz ; found
■ome years ago in a mountain-streitm or
I gulley of the Rio Mtnho, Clarendon mouTi-
tains, Jamaica.
J. y. Akerman, esq. Secretary, com-
municated two historical papers* 1. a letter
from the FarliameDtariaQ colonel, Bcthell,
dated Scarborough, 8 Oct. 1G49, giving an
account of the audacity of the pirates that
at that lime infested the Yorkshire coast ;
and 2, an order signed by Mnjor-Gen.
Lambert, licensing certain oflScers, ** at-
torneys for the Northern Brigade, and
other Super numeraric Orijinall Creditors,"
to contract for the purchase of some of tite
I King's bnds tn ViiHous counties, dated
27 March, 16S0.
The Secretary then read the coueluJiiig
remarks of Dr. Lukia on the Pnmsval
»
k
Channel Islands, which were tlie subject of
his two Lectures to the Society iu the
spring of last year« (See oar vol. xxxix*
THR ARCH-VOLOGTCAL IX8TITUTE.
Dfc.2. The Hon. Richard NeviUe,V.R
The Rev. G. Tucker, Rector of Mus-
bnry, Devon, communicated an account of
a tessellated pavement discovered by him
at Uplyme, in that county ; and he sent a
large coloured representation of tlie floor*
which displays considerable richness of
design. It was found in a close known
as the " Church Field/' in which exists a
large heap of ruins overgrown with brush-
wood, and traditionally supposed to have
been the site of a church. These remains,
however, on recent examination, proved
to be those of a Romitn stiucture. Frag-
ments of urns and hones, as also a great
number of pooling tiles of pentagonal form,
were found upon the tJoor* No other
vestiges of Roman ocouiiatiou appear to
have been noticed in this locality.
T^ Hon. R. Neville laid before the
meeting a large collection of retics of the
An^lo-Saxon period, disinterred in the
course of his researches io the winter of
1852, ou Linton Heath, Cambridgeshire^
and in the Immediate vicinity of Bsrtlow»
and the remarkable sepulchral hills at that
place. This site appears tu have been a
cemetery, of nearly the same age and people
OS that investigated so snceessftiUy by Mr.
Nefille at Little Wilhraham, as shown in
his beautiful work, the " Sajton Obsequies
Illustrated." The objects disinterred at
Bartlow comprised the iron weapons of
the Saxon race, swords, spears of great
length, knives, &c., and numerous iron
bosses of their shields, which were pro-
bably of wood. The ornaments moat
striking for richness of workmanship and
perfect preservation are brooches of gilt
bronze^ of Urge dimensions^ chased in high
relief, and occasionally enriched with a
kind of enamel. Several examples occur
of the remarkable wooden pails mounted
in ornamental frames of bronze, occasion*
ally found with Saxon interments, and sup-
posed by some antiquaries to have heca
the vessels used for ale and mead in the
carousinga of that people. A single vessel,
of very thin pellucid gUiss, was found, ele-
gantly fn^hiuned, and bearing some resem-
blance to those discovered in Kent, pre-
served in Dr. Faussett's museum, which
contains the best and most perfect speci-
mens of Anglo-Sajcon glass ever brought
together in England. Numerous minor
personal ornaments were obtained by Mr.
Neville, some of them unique — heads of
coloured glass, amber, and crystaU in large
nnmberSf and apparently worn by either
MS* A few ttrna irerc
but thef were coi»pantiT«ly rmrc; Sevenl
obfeeU, Afifitreiitly of Romjui irorknas-
ftliipf with twenty eai&s of Vennsiaii ind
later em|»cn>r8f ntficed to laoicatc that
.nr^- rt^Of of the R4HMB ue liid fUIco
i>c htndB of the Tcnloiiie faviden of
c ( h cetktitrf. Hie mne Ihel k ihown
iu Uie notioet of taeftaH exunined in Kent,
at reUtrd b j Ooaglae fm Ui Kenie ; tiMl
it is intcrestiiig ta oonmn thi
coUecud thni«gfa Mr. NefHtft^
witK the feiiMrhehle MweaMifeol
iintitmitlBi imeerved in the ■MMmff
late Dr. Fmrnm. Mr. ^
hb oiiialafi thet the Bertlew
avil lie nMfilBd ee that of m tribe thm
the teciie of eoi&e mat eoi
the hftUle between Bderaod
H&rdicantttie, whkh oUiWiicil fee tibdae parte
of Eogteod.
If r. WettiaMott itated hfe equi.mwMje
in this opioloii ; and, afler aomt nmmtki
OD the hjf h vtlae of titeli i oolleetioa is
had been formed hf Mr, Neville, and the
■Imoet total dcHeienef of SajnMiaDli^ttitiea
in the Britlili liMMm^ Hr. WotaMcolt
•aid thit he had beeo infofMcd that the
infaluiiblc Ffttnaett eollectiooi^ of which
mention had been luntlcr 1i«J been offered
at a very moderate price to the Tnuteet of
tlie national depotitorji and be was anJtioiu
to leant whether they had been secured
for the beneflt of the public. Id the con.
feftatfon which eosued, it sppeared that
the Central Committee of the Institate
liad addne$eed to the Trustees ao appeal
exprtssiTe of their ttroni; xense uf the im-
portance of tliOM* cotlrciiuiiBt as an acces-
sion to the series which had been com^
menccd at the Britiih Museum « and their
e&me«t hope Uiat the occasion now ofered
might not be lost. To this appeal the
reply had been received that there were
no fund* available for mtiking the purchase.
It was then utiaoimou^ly carried, on the
^^wroposition of Mr. Westmaoolt, seconded
^Biy Mr. VVestwood, that a requisition should
^■1^ addtefl«ed to the Trustees from the So-
^^^Mfty at large, and prepared forthwith for
^^■Ijgiiatiirr, rn the hope that when they wei'e
' lliade aware of the earnest desire of anti-
1 Quaries that so invalusbfe an accession to
I m national scries should not be lost, the
I puvhaie might be effected by some extra-
^^Mdluary tnpplies on the part of the Go-
^Mimment. Mr. J. Y. Akerman remtrked
piObat a requisition to the same purpose had
^ baeii addreeaeil to the Trustees by the So-
t'^' tnftries; the assurance had
4 by their President, Lord
*he event of the purchase
^e Museum, Mr. Wylie,
BXteaaive collection of
ipMwead
SasoQ mtlqijtiia in *
ISbenOly pledfed hi«i«ir to fMeat Hk
whole to the Brittsh M«e«^ It wsa
farther a«n«ed Ihul ■^iirhiliwi i bad ktm
cwmttneieed Hit Iki paibnt if llbi Wmm»^
•ett aftii^ailiii ^ mmt iw t%i mtkOUkmi
mi it W9M be a diifniee if tbty «bw«ii
be illoimt Tfi te^Ti tbt eantiy wtdlil tbi
Mkif 1 the BBiitwsl depeallsiy
wbick wen nHBd tA wpiplr*
JH^ late* fAte a» accwil ef a roMrk-
ef baM of ivwry« fiowiid
■t MavMflt, wmd latOf ^nmM to ibii
*m bvra beooiedf*
biboMOrofthel
flat bene, by Laetus Terst^
of Qenaanf aod EHtAia* with hie wife I
tooa; psaiilitytheyhadMadtafOwtf
ibe pcrHi of eoMe ilarii al i
a lioMlion to the loAple of NopMBm
Jkl tbe MCI IMcCioc Mr. TofiM I
a pMefhrnlbe «of% oa 1
by Bartoti. which ibowa anoCher
tentatloo of the tobject utcaiiiug i
eaabet,but ttMtly vavW bi Oke siMiwil
the ftgurea^ It hp|ieafi Id be the nft «r
T^eof bane by NeMiMw
Mr. Tatoi exyUM iko a ilnwli^ of a
fioe gold torqwe foottd doriof tho hHl
summer at Maoton, Slsf^mildRt iBd
dosely resembling that tu the poateaikm
of the MirqueBS of Westniinftvr* The
weight is fire ounces. The Under, Mr,
Yates stated, when the boried treaanre
wu revealed to view, Ukt a glittering
serpent, ^rau away in akrsiT aiid it wai
some time before he ooald summon up
courage to return and secure the prize.
Mr. Dickenson sent a notice of variout
ancient relies lately found iu the bed of
the river Sherborne, at Coreotry, and now
in the possession of Mr Htmpdan* of
Leamington. Mr. West wood btoofht a
splendid volume of faetimiles fb>m various
Saxon and Irish illuminated MSS., and
displaying a finer series of illustrations of
the progress of art, and peculiar types of
omsmentatioo, than has ever been col-
lected. The binding of this remarkable
book is enriched with fscsi miles of several
Saxon ornaments and elaborate metal-worlt.
Mr. Franks exhibited severdl Irish and-
quitiea of stone, gold, and bronie,of forms
unknown in England t and Mr. Edward
Hoare communicated a notice of some
fipccimeos of Irish " ring-money," of silver,
of conitiderablc rarity, whilst such rings of
gold arc of more frequent occurrence. M r.
Bartlett sent some ancient objects found
at Stlchester, mostly of the Roman age {
and Mr. Fitch exhibited a miniature bronse
bust, found at Castor, near Norwich, of
admirable workmanship and design. Mr,
Le Keux brought a collection of drswingSi
representing Stonehenge in all its variout
I
18540
Th^ Arehaolagicai Imtitule,
175
slio viom of buildiniTi and ob-
jMto of ml«re«t in Wiltshire. Mr. Hrijv^ht
pfodoo^d • tery rich brDOch, of the Soxou
ige, let with mby-coloured gemi, mid
ekbantdj wrought ia liligrec of sold. It
isauppowd to have hetn found un Kn|$Uiid,
btti tb« precise locality h&i not beeti uuer^
^
/ail. 6, In opeaiof the proootdtQjpi of
tlkt «i«etin|j;, the ooble Pneiidenti Lord
T»tbot d« Malahide, took occaitnn to ad-
vert to the ffocceaa which had atten^Icd tho
ooll«clioi»f iUtastrative of antiquity «nd tirt,
IB connection with the recent Industrial
Eihibttion at Dublin. He had Mritaes«cd
villi s'^eat latiifactjoa the gmti^cation
iibrdttd to naay tnetnbera of the Institute
aod other Eogliah antiquaries who had
fidtad Dublin, and availed themfteWea of
the opportunity, for the first time pre-
•entad to tbem, of e^rsmining tlie antiqui*
Iks ol the sifter kiogdonif and forming a
oonipaniou with those more familiar to
He ea pressed his conviction that
Ittiil advantages would accmc in the
of archieoiogical science from
th« impulse thus given, and he looked for-
ward with much pleasure to the prospect
Aat on an early occasion the loAtrtute
night eatcnd the range of their annual
niecitngs and visit Dublin, with the name-
riHitarcbaological attrtotious within reach
frocn that city.
The Hon. W. Fox Strangways sent an
account of Caalal del Monte* in Apulia,
■B ancient hnnting-seat of the Emperor
Fpedenc IL, of which be exblbtt«d several
fitwa and plans, taken by a Neapolitan
artiat for the Late Hon. Kcppel Craven.
Tbia picturesque structure, which cam-
Moda BQ ealaoatTe Ttew of the Adriatic,
imWBli a link between the castle and the
li^efel rci]d<9ice of comparatively peaceful
tines. It is octagonal, with a central
acmrti and the decorations show an in ten*
tiooal approach to the dasaicai styles. The
diamlMkri are partly lined with marble.
An account was communicated by Mr.
Spencer HaU and Mr, Hey Djkea of the
jw»nt.rv.>« j« Pickering Church, Yorkshire,
dt ur last nutober, at p. 09.
1 r.Trollope produced drawings
ol paintiu|^^ lately brought to light iu
Rutceby Church, Lincolnshire. They
displayed considerable merit in their de-
sign; and it ia to be regretted that, like
those at Pickermg, they were speedily con-
demned to be again concealed from view.
Mr. West wood brought a aeries of ex^
amplia iUoatrative of the peculiarities in
ilir representations of the Saviour crucified,
u show 11 by tlm car)Le«t works of aculp-
ture and chaaingi iu metal produced in
If eland. It had been affirmed that icaroely
my representatioa of tliis subject eititf oif
earlier d^te than the ninth century ; Mr.
Westwood, however, pointed out an ei-
ample in Italy as early as the fifth century,
together with certain points of conformity
between that and the designs which occur
in Ireland. In the conversation which
ensued, Lord Talbot stated that the casts
of scolptared cros&es which had excited so
much attention in the Dublin Exhibition,
as also the cast of the great sculptured
arch of Tuaoi Cathedral, the circular win-
dow at Rahan, and other ehanictenstic
examples of architectural decoration, had
been transferred to the collections formed
for tho Crystal Palace at Sydenhnm.
Mr, Westwood gave also a short account
of a sculptured fragment now preserved in
the Architectural Museum^ Cnnon-row;
itisomameuted with the interlAced ribbon-
work and other details of early character.
Mr. Franks stated that this relic had been
found Bome years since at Cambridge, in
the mound on which the Norman castle
was placed, and he expressed the hope that
it might be transferred to tho collection
formed at the Pitzwilliant Museum, where
other curious sculptures found near the
castle had been deposited.
Mr. W. Figg sent a notice of the dis-
CO very of a large British um in a tumulus
near Mount Harry , one of the heights
around Lcwe^. Its form rrsembles Chat
of other cinerary urns found in Susgex,
but the impress*! d ornament is varied.
A communication from the Hon. R.
Neville was read« giving an account of the
progreaa of his excavations near Aadley
End, at Wenden, and at Cbesterford.
Numerous antiquities have been found,
and amongst the coins lately added to Mr.
Neville's cabinet is one of Cunobeline,
which the Rev, Beale Pocle considers to
be an unpublished type.
Mr. Burtt produced a remarknble docu-
ment, being a grant to the monastery of
Sl Martin dee Champs at Paris, by Peter
de Blois, the warrior bishop of Beauvaia,
who was taken priaoner in battle by Rich-
ard CoQur de Lion. This grant, which
bears his seal, appears to have been un-
noticed by French writera.
Mr* Le Keuz brought a vessel of glaaed
ware, stated to have been found filled with
coins in excavations for building a church
at Ealing. The labourers who brought to
light this treasure bad decamped, and no
clue to the age of the coins could be ob-
tained.
Mr, Farrer exhibited a beautiful ivory
caaket of ehiborately pierced work, with
spread aaglea, and other curious ornaments.
It la of Saracenic work, and appears, by
an inscription in Cutic character, to be a
prodootion of the tenth century, as it bears
the name of n khnllf who reigned at Cor-
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Antigua ria n Research es*
[Feb.
dovu in 96L Mr. Farrer brought also a
1]««utifal i^oflTer or re1ic|tiary of glk metaU
set witli gems and «DameLs ; it was reccDtly
brought from Maeatncht. Mr, Hoare, of
Cork, sent a representation of a ein^lar
ring brooch, found near Gal way, and or-
namented with amber (engraved ia our pre-
sent number, p. 147.) Mr. Franks exhi-
bited a bcatitifuL dhk of Italian majolica,
bearing the arras of Guidobaldo II., Duke
of U rhino. The subject represenlcd is
Phabris placed iq the brazen bulL Mr.
Desborough Oedford brought a curious
vessel nf red ware, of itinknown manufac-
tnre, found at a considerable depth near
Haberdafihcrs* Hall, in the city of Loodoti.
Mr. Hailstoue communicated the recent
iioding of a seal at Fen Ditton, Cambridge-
flbire, iuppoaed to have been uflcd by t%
canon of the cathedral at Toulouse, in the
fourteenth century. Severai diptycht and
aculptured objects of ifofj were brought
by Mr. Way ; an impression from a gold
ring, stated to have been found in one of
the piers of old Londoti Bridge, during
its demolitioo, nnd inscribed '* In God I
trust/' by Mr. C. Hoisted ; and a !^i»gu.
lar Spanish seal, in form of a blackamoor^s
head, of poHsbed jet^ the iiupreas being a
spread eagle, inscribed » *^ Eso es de aguila
reale," from the collection of Mr. Rohde
Hawkins*
SUFFOLK INSTITUTE OK ABCH^OIiOGT
AND NATURAL HISTORY*
Dec, 22. At the Quarterly General
Meeting the Rev. Lord Arthur Hervcy^
President of the Society, took the chair.
On the table were a number of interesting
objects of antiquity and natural history ;
and on the walla of the room were hung
some admirable copies and tracings, made
by Mr. Bacon, of Bary, and Mr. E.
WaldeOf of the curious mural paintings
discovered on the walb of the nave of
Bardwell church during the recent restora-
tion of that edifice. Papers explanatory
of the subjects were read from the Rev,
A- P. Dunlap, Rector of BardwelJ, and the
Rcf . J. W. Burgon, Fellow of Oriel col-
lege> Orford. Tbe stories depicted were
the Legend of St. Katharine \ a group of
Minstrels ; the tree of the Seven Deadly
Sins ; St. Christopher ; the King of Ter-
ror*, a hideons representation of Death ;
and the Last Judgment, which exhihited
considerable skill and taste. The three
former paintings were of a much earlier
date thon the latter. The lirst represents
the orators disputing with Saint Katharine,
by order of the Emperor Mnximinus; the
burning of one of the converted orators ;
the Saint's exposure to the torture of tbe
wheel and miraculous deliverance ; and
finally her decapitation.
A paper on tbe Court Leet of the bo-
rough of Clare, with some curious and
amusing entracts from tbe verdicts of the
Head borough 6, communicated by Mr. J.
B. Arnistead, local secretary, was also read.
Mr, N« S, Hodaon prctiented two leaden
sepulchral crosses from the churchyard,
Bury ;, a richly-engrnved bronze spur, and
other objects found in the Botanic Gardens.,
Mr. C- Downs prcBented tbe metal
framework of a purse or bag of the ^^fteenth
century, inscribed ** Ave Maria Gracia
plena Dominus tecum/* with the mono-
gram I y S, on one side of the centre tbietd,
and the letter M, on the other.
Mr» Pace presented a groat of Philip
and Mary, of tbe ftrst mintogc after their
mflrringe ; a penny of King John» struck
at Dublin, by order of John Gray, Bishop
of Norwich and Justiciar of Ireland ; a
penny of Henry III. being the first in-
stance of numerfllfl on any coin in tbe
series of the Kings of England ; and ano-
ther penny of the same monarch of similar
design, but a didcrent moneyer^s name.
Both are of tbe second coinage. Mr. Pace
also presented two peDuiea of tbe first
coinage of the latQc king.
Mr. Harris* presented two local half-
pence T one of them of Richard Prime,
grocer, ai Berrif^ IGGll ; the other />«yafr/e
ot Charles Gnetf*, Auciwneert Bury — -
with an arm holdimg on auctioneer's ham-
mer, and the words ** Gcwff a Going, 1795."
Mr. Bromley exhibited the original em-
blazoned grant of arms, dated July 2%,
1558, from Wm. Hervy. esq, Clarencieulx
King of ArniSr unto Thomas HuySt of
KenmertOQ, co. Gloucester, esq. one of
the Physicians in Ordinary to Queen Mary,
" in consideration of bis trew and faythfuU
seruyce done voto owr Sooereigne Lady
the Qtienes Ma^'* "—to wit, '* Gules, a
bend betwene two demy lyons argent, on
the bend thre floured el aces sables, and to
his crest uppon the helme a storke in his
proper coulers,^ that is sylvcr, membryd
and bckyd gules, holding in his beke a
mary gold, the flowre gold, the stalke vert,
standing on a mownt whereon growytb
wyld margerom vert, on a wreth argent
and sable mantelyd gules dobled argent."
Also an original warrvmt of Oliver Crom-
well for tbe immediate payment of 1,500/,
to William Jessop, esq. dated I65<l, It
has the signature of the Lord Protector at
the head of the warrant, and to the in*
dorsement ** Our will and pleasure is this
passe by ymediate warrant." Four silfcr
pieces of Ehzabetb's reign, fotrnd in 1844
on the removal of the old floor of the
dining-room of Bangfield Hall. A smalt
bronze figure and the handle of some
weapon ornamented with four faces, which,
as well as screral Roman coins, were dug
1654,]
Foreign News*
177
up A few je«ni since, when draining in a
fi«}d csUftd " Honev-comh " (near which
tUere is i^id to have beeo a Romati en-
caoipmeDt), belooi^ing to Mr. Broiuley, in
the pariah ut Lidgate, part of Wickham-
brook Lodg« Farmland formerly (a« Bbown
bj B valuablts old map, dated 1595, in Mr.
Bromley's pos9e«sioE) part of BadoiondiS'
field Park, Other Romaa relics arc re-
corded as having been found In the same
field in 1788.
Mr, Tymmfl exhibited a drawini^ of a
small gotden whiatie found at Newmarket
Heath, fourteen years since, now in the
poaaeaaion of Miss Evans, of Ely. It is
td fine gold, of beantifal worktEtanshlp ,
andf from the eanmelled erota on either
side, may have been worn by a dignified
ecclesiastic.
Mr. J. John!ion exhibited an enamelled
reliquary of the time of the Lower Greek
Empire.
Mr. Darkin exhibited two curious ridge-
tiles of the beginning of the sixiuunth cen-
tury, sarmoniited with figurei of a bear
and bis keeper. They were taken from a
bonse letfily puLl«d down in Guitdhail-
street. Bury,
Mn J. B. Armalead exhibited a bulls,
or seal of leaJ, of Pope Innocent VL found
in the churchyard at Clare ; aoJ a Nu^
remberg token» also found at Clare.
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
FOREIGN NEWS.
on
Active operations have been resumed in
Wallachia. On the 2nd Jan. Gen. Aurep
left Bucharest with 22^0 IKJ men, for the
purpose of attacking the Turks at Kalafat.
A coolest, which lasted five days without
producing any decisiTe results, commenced
on the Cth of Jan. by sn attack on the
part of the Turks on the Tillage of Citate,
in the neighbotirhood of Kalafat, which
was occupied by Rusiiian troops. After a
severe struggle the villai^e was gained, but
the victont were immediMtely attacked by
a body of 10,000 Russians, who were sent
to reinforce their countrymen* In the
battle whit'h ensued the Russians are said
to have suffered severely. Their attack
was unsuccf bsfulf and both sides retired in
the evening to their ialreni!hnieDts. The
Rigagement was renewed on the 7th, 8th,
9th, and 10th. The number of troops
engaged is stated at 1H,U00 Liti the side of
the Turks, and ab^ut the same number
on that of the Russians. The loss of the
latter has been reported at 1,000 killed
d 4,000 wounded, among them being
en. Aurep, the Russian eomimander* A$
at Ohenitzs, the Russian officers are stated
to have )4uJ!ered severely from the Mioit^
rifles of the Turkish chasseurs. Notwith-
standing these ripuUes, the Russians were
preparing for an attack ou Kalafat on the
l9th, snd for this purpose were ooncen-
trsting all their available force in the nrigh-
bottrhood of Krajova. On the 12th Gen.
Kngelhardt. v»ith 2,000 men, eros*rd the
"annbe in boats from Galatz, and, htiving
I fire to two Turkish vill«ge», proCfed<*d
tlarow up intrench menti!!. It luts Lnvn
inoe rrpnrted that on the appearance of
GsNT, Mao, Vol, XLK
some Turkish troops the Ruitlans returned
to Galats.
The intelligence from A»m has been less
favourable of late to ihn Turkish cause,
though nothing is di!*tincily known of oe-
currences since the battles of Ak.il Tdche
and AlexsndropoL Thr army h said to be
nni eh di 40 rgar tidied, und the laU reports state
that KaiM has fallen into the hunds of the
Ru««i^iaiiH. Scluiuiyl bus received a supply
of arms and ammunition from Consluiiti-
nople, and is supposed to be preparing for
a descent upon Teflis, The report that
Persia had declared war ag(lin^t Turkey
has been contradirtt^d, and the British
envoy ha^ resumed diplomatic relations
with that court, and is said to have ac-
quired a parumount inAueuce. Thi.* army
which was sujiposed to be destined to act
against theTurkSjis declared by the Persian
government to be intrndtd only for the
protection of their own frontiers-
In coni»equenee of the disaster at Si nope,
orders were imn^ediatcly issued by the
French and Kiigliah goveruaienL» that the
combined fieet should enter the Black Sea
to protect the vessels and shores belonging
to Turkey. The English frigate Retri-
bution was at the same time despatched
to Sebastopol to warn the Russiun com-
mander that no further attacks upon the
Turks would btj permitted ; but that no
hoHtile measures would be tJikrn against
the Russian vessels except in ^clf- defence.
Under the convoy of the fleets reinforce-
ments have been sent to Butoum for the
army of Asia*
While the war it being ai lively carried
on, negociation<4 for the renewal of peac«
9 K
178
Domestic Occurrences*
[Feb.
ars Dt»t dropped. On the 32nd Dec. the
Dirati adopted tUe proposals made by the
ambassadors of the four western poweri j
And tbe Porte has aigtiifled iU consent to
send ft ripre-ycntativc to treat at a neutral
capital (not btiog Vienna) on tbe foliowing
basis : — 1. The evacuation of the princi-
palities as soon as possible, 2. Tbe re-
newal of the trcftliea. 3. Tho communica-
tion of the firmans relative to the religiotM
liberties of tbo non- Mussulman subjects
of the Porte to the five powers, including
Russia. Before the communication of
these terms eould hare reached St. Peters-
burg, the intelligence of the entry of the
fleet into tbe Black Sra, called forth a
communicatioD from the Emperor, which
was addressed to Austria, and to the effect
that tbe Emperor would send no repre-
senttttive; tc^ any congress of the powers,
as the prejicnt question waa between Russia
and Turkey alone ; but tb.it, if the Turks
desired to treaty be had appointed Prince
Meuschikoff plenipotentiary for that pur*
pose. To tbe commuDicatioo of tbe entry
of the fleets the Emperor has replied to
tbe English and French governments by
the question, whether live presence of the
fleets was intended to be perfectly neutral.
Tbe sole object of £>uch a question would
appear to be to throw the odium of a de^
claration of war opoa the western poweri^
and tbrrisby sever if possible the connec-
tion between them and the Germsin courts.
Sweden and Denmark hato declared
their intention to remain neutral ifwdtr
should ensue, biit it is stated that the
Emperor of Ruisia has notified to the latter
state thut it muiit take one side or the
other,
Baden. — Negotiations have taken place
concerning the controversy that lias sprung
np between the Government and the Arch-
bishop of Freibnrg, under the annpice^ of
Anstria. The Baden envoy, Htrr von
Meyseuberg, a Roman Catholic himself,
went to Vienna to confer with the Austrian
Nuncio, The priests who were arrested
on the 24th Dec, for huviitg obeyed the
Archbishop, were released before the term
of their impriaooment had expired, to
enable them to perform their pastoral
duties during the Christmas festivad. On
theopeaiog of the Diet the Regent ex*
pressed a hope that the differences were
likely to be accotntnodated j but it is since
htated that the iirgotiations have been un-
^nccessfnl, the Archbishop having refused
to abate an bta of his pretenaioos,
TViHn, Dec. 31 . — There have been some
ratber serious disturbances in the Val
d*Aosta, The ostensible ground of the
movement was opposition to the property-
tax recently imposed by the Government,
The body of insurgents marched upon
Aoata, But early intellii^enoc of the move-
ment having roached tho Intenilente of
Ivrca, he pri>ceeded at once with a body of
sharpshooters and a few gendarmes, and
with the asiistance of tbe Bishop of Aosta
iudnced the rabble to lay down their arms,
without any con^ct actually taking place.
About 200 of the most active of tbem
were arrested, and among them 6 priests*
Order is now quite re-established.
Spain. — On the 5th of January the
Queen of Spain was safely delivered of a
daughter, and ha5 since been doing well,
but the lijfanta died on the flth. A sort
of cQUft ductal has been executed by the
Ministry in the arrest of setenil leaders
of the opposition.
UniUd Stnhx, — Tlie Secretary of the
Treasury has giv«n notice that he would re-
deem up to the 1st June next, 07,000,000
of United St ites* Stocks. On the 3d. Jan.
ftomo correspondence on the Bnlwer and
Clayton treaty was presented to tbe Srnate.
General Cass's resolutions on this subject
were brought up in the Senate on the lOth;
much debate eusnetl, which was not con<
eluded at the date of our last ailvices. We
hear of the probtiblc departure of another
expedition for Cuba. It is stated that it
will consist of two detachments — one to
leave New Vork and the other to start
from New Orteans.
Jamaica, — ^Prior to the adjournment for
the Christmas rreess* the Assembly deter-
mined that a Bill should be introduced
auihoriaing the Goveruor to appoint two
or three gentlemen from the Assembly and
one from the Council to acL as MiniFlers \
each gentleman is to receive 8iHl/, per
annum, and oOU/, are to be allowed the
Ministry for the expenses of office. This
scheme eeemi to bare given very general
satiafactioD.
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
Propoted Removal of Thirty City
Ckurchi9. — The Bi^ihop of London has
approved a plan whinh b^is been submitted
to him by tbe Rev, Cborks Hume, M,A*
Rector of St. Michnel's, Wood-street, for
removing some of the churches in the City
witlt a view to a supply of some of the
suburbs. The reverend gentleman Btntea
that a smari number only of the City
churches have considerable and encou-
raging congregations, two orthreeof them
amounting to newly 500. On the other
OccurrmcH.
limd, the aiteodaQce Bt some falls below
hi, and there are many at ivhicb it does
aat amount to 50— the RTeingemttenduace
•t the thurches prupancd to be removed
i^Win;^ unly 33. Wiiile hucIi is the st&te
of tliitig^ in thfl City, it has been shown
by 0 return miide to (he House of Com-
moot by the sub-diTit^ion of puriflb coiu>
aiUstoQfr« tbot no fewer than 58 now
cburcUes are re(|nired in the diocese of
London. Of thii nnuiber 49 urc required
for the metropotitiin di^tnct and immediate
(uburbs, nnd nine for towns and dialricti
witjiin eight miles of St FunVe. Mr.
Hume cotLttodsthflt leas than *i() churches
would meet the wants of the population
resident within the City of London Union ^
and consequently at least 33 cbnrches
might be advantageotibly taken down and
rebuilt in such other parts of the metro^
polls nnd its environs ha are deticient in
church accommodation.
The followins^ are the dctjuli of the
plan : — The number of Churches proposed
to he dealt with is 50 ; it is proposed to
remoTe (at present) 30, and to retain 20 —
the parishes whose churches are moved to
be consolidated with thofie which are left
standing. In arruugtng the iucomes for
the coosoHdated parishes^ the i^le would
be this ; — To every parish the population
of which exceeds 1,000, 450(. per nnuum
to be assigned i for eirery additional 10(1
parishioners add 12/. a-year. The aggre-
gate income of the 50 churches is 20,560/.;
the aggregate income of the 1^0 proposed
consolidated pftrishes wonld be 1 l,:i&3/. ;
there would remain to the JO churches to
be removed 9,507/. giving 306/. and a
fraction fur each. The additional sum re-
quired to make up a sufficient ineome for
i cleriEnrman, fVom 500/. to 7C)0/.» should
be made up in the new locality to which
thd church is removed.
In the following list the first church iu
every group is that which it is suggested
ihould he retained as the sole parish
dinrch of the consolidated parishes ; the
oCben in each group would then be re-
mored to §ome other part of the metro-
polis, or suburbs t — 1. islt. Vedaat's Foster-
lane ; St. l^ichaers Woodttrcet ; St
Adu'i aad St. Agnes. 2. St. Lawrence
Jewry ; St. Michael Baisiahaw. 3. St.
Faith's ; St. Matthew's Friday -street.
4. St, B«net*s Faurs- wharf; St. Mary
No ■' - - ^ ' lis Cole Abbey.
:» trcctbill. 6. St.
J.Ui.^/ , , , .Micbaers Queen-
bithe. 7» ^t. Stephen's Colemiin-street.
8, St* Margaret's Loihbury i Sl Olave'i
Jewry; St Peter-b-Poer, and St. Mil-
dred's Poultry. 9. St. Stephen's Wal-
brook ; St. Mary^s Abchmch-Unc ; St.
Sirlliim's* 10. St, Mary's Woohioth ; St.
Edmund King ; Atlballows Lombard-
street ; St. Clement'e Eastcheap. U. St.
Mary-le-Bow; Allhallows Bread-street;
St. Mildred's Bread-street ; St. Mary
Alderiuary ; St. AiitholiuV 12. Alihal.
lows Great and Less ; St. Michael Royal,
13. St. Dunstan'sEast; St. Mary at<.llill.
14. St. Mngnui 9»Iartyr; St. Georj^e's
Boiolph-Unc, 15, St, Andrew Under-
shaft; Great St. Helen's. 16. St. Olave*a
Hart-street ; St, Katharine Coleman ; All-
hallows Stdioing. 17. St. Dionis Back-
ohnrch ; St. Beaet's GmcediiLroh-atreet ;
St. Mari^rirct Pattens. 18. St Mary Al-
dermanbury; St. Michael's Wood'Street.
19. St. MichaeFs Cornhill ; St. Peter's
Cornhill ; St. Martin Oatwich. 50. St.
Katharine Crce. The Churches within
the City which are not to bo interfered
with arc the following : — St. Bride's Fleet-
street ; St, AndretirS liolborn ; St. Duo-
Stan's West ; St. Anne's Black friars ; St.
Sepulchre Snow-hill; AUhallovrs Barking;
St. Alphage's; St. Bartholomew- the- Great j
Chrislchurch Newgate-street ; and St.
Martin's Ludgate.
Inasmuch aa the prescotation to the
churches proposed to be dealt with is in
different hands, it is suggested that each
patron shall have a turn of presentation.
The patrons of the churches left standing
will pretFat to them on each vacancy in
the order they da now. The patronage,
howeTer, will be more valuable ; as , the
parish being a conioUdation of two or
more existing parishes, the income will be
increased to the amouut of 500/. or 600/.
a-year. The patrons of the churches to
be removed will present to them in the
order they do now, the ouly difference will
be, that they will appoint to those churches
for new localities, and with inoresaed in-
comes. This may be made still plainer
by supposing n case. It might be decided
to remore St. Albim's Wood- street ^ and
St. Michael Daesiahaw, and to leave St.
Mary's Alderraanbury standing to be the
pansh church for the three consolidated
parishes. The parttoulara of tbeao three
parishes at preaeat are : — ^St. Michael Bos-
sUbaw, patrons, Dejin and Chapter of St.
Paurs, value 230/,; St. Mary Alderman-
bury, patrons, parishioners, value 255/. i
St. Alban's Wood-street, patrons, Dean
and Chapter of St. Paurs and Eton Col-
lege alternately, value 247/. When these
three pnrishes arc united tuto one, to be
still cAlled St. Mary^s Aldermaobury^ and
St. Miehscrs is removed with its incum-
bent to Paddington, and St. Alban's to
Stepney, the Dean and Chapter of St.
Paul' a will present on every vacancy to
St Micbaers Paddtngton, with a house,
and the income guaranteed from reaouroea
in its new locality to 600^ a-year, with a
IMF
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[Feb.
tKffi. 7h«' ff«ri«^i/^ff#fc Will «hlf f%u\A9\j
f'ii«fr« Mfi'l KUm rolUfA will ulr^rftiit'tly
ttf fr)ii/>i #iH •!<'» Ifi iri/:r#i«aMl from lor«l
Iff « r^th,rj |i/(ii«^.
#)|ilAof wh'uh Una rr#:«:t«r.f| f(i#: Mviwnt of
Ml* I'Minr Mifii'Ur mirt thr. |j)rrt:#:«ftfi, mrr.
itmtmil to Un flir follow iri^ ; I. Th^s «nO'
m»ioii« |io«ifiiiii of thr. f :hiirrh in lUr t'.'ily
won III hr. tlUmntaUrn). V, Tim trunt of
«|»)»MmiiI ifiilrii'-iiofi from whif-h many din-
trier* ntf ■nfr*-riri|r woiilfl, Ut h roiijiiflrrable
Mlrnt. If. «ij|i|itirfl. Jl, Thr. r.lr.rify in Uifl
rlly, who liHV*' fioifiiiial nirrt and kmnll
roiiKiPKiiliofit, tronlit liavn rfHl cliarKm nnd
UiK'- f fiti|{tf Kntloii*. -1. Tlir rit.y rlrrxy
ii*ii»<iihitiK would hnvi- Inrgi-r iruMiinm tliHn
tliry had Urimr, U. Tlin rily rliTKy ir-
iiiovd would olifnin rornfurlnlilr liou*f«,
Ihik''! iurrufir*, InrKn ronf(rrKiiLiiinN, niul
rfial |ia*tfiiiil rhargr*. fi. Till* tirw pariiihrN
III illnliifla wiiiilil unl Kiiod idiunrlina witli-
liut llif« r(|iriiKr of liuildiiiK tlirtii, and
iiilMliilriii III wliutii llipy would only |»ny
|iai I of a ■ulllrirut iiinniiii.
In M Irllrr nddiraand to llirTitiiPn datt'd
Jiin. 10, llir IU*lio|i of liiMuliii) drairra it
III tin iihdrialuoil tlint» wlitUt liii haa fX-
|irrM«ml Ilia n|i|iiiivnl III llir |iriurl|ilr wliiidl
llip iMiipoviil riulNHlira, ho liiia not annc*
llnni-d nuY |diui Willi rrKnnl In tin* iiunihrr
Iff idiuiilira til wliirli II niny lie npplii'd.
" 'lliiit |iilnt {|dr !■ (Iir atnlrn) tllltt. in any
iHiap wluMp 11 ran lir idourly kIihwu that a
rliuii'li i« not iri|Uli-rd, It ntiiy lir iidvan-
lai|ii«iualy trnutvrd to a plat'r whore il ia.
Kaidi |iNrlli*ulai' raiK« niual, \i( i^numr, he
ili^ull with liv Itarlfi aflrr onioful imiuiry,
■itil wtllt full voiiaitlrriition of all it a oir-
OMtltalMIIOra."
» i%* Citthulir mhiI A^**lo{ic CAurrkr
ln\\\P t*«tltaiiioiiUiy vtduniojuiit |tuhli*hr«i
UN r««U||("ua W(irahi|» mii aorouiit U Kivni
•f IhU ^MHly. wUii'h li«a rrct'trd a uplrndid
i!ill(0ilr«illit Utii^lou M)uarr> Si. IVmcrat.
In KllnUml lliritt wrrr, at thr time of tli<»
WMWM*! mIhimI «iO iS»iigiTKation*. iH»uipriMn|C
iMMily tt.lMHI ihuiiumuioaittn. aiiU ttio uuiii>
Wv WM tHrh uraduallv on the* inorravr.
TUi^i^ wvw «Uo i\Mi£rv(atioiia \\\ S«NiUand
(MmI lrvliiH«l» « t^Mkiu«U>taMr uuuilirr iit
lUrmnuVi Mm! mi^vviaI in Kiam-r aiul .Viur>
ffW4« 11k# IhhIv t\i wluoh Xht (umr " i «.
llw^MUU AlH»»lo|U' t'tiut.-ti" i» «(t|d|<si,
WM^fW «%« vXtSWait^oUtw l\> it ; iNry ytiiiply
|»W»t«t la b# tNiUM kit «ut otkrr. 'V\\r\
a * lo Ui« thr wti-iuon H.l«» *<
^•a* mar^vl in «li K'^^t ^^rf ''' which they
f.lMtm t/> l>e n»*;mytf.n. Tney have alwajrf
pr<X/!«'M] aj^r.vf. rhe application Uj them
f^ th^ t«:rm '* Imnj^itM/* which appelU*
ti/j« th^y ''/^»A«i/l^r c/> iff. untrat and offen-
•i**?, tttffiinh dftrived from one who when
hviAflC th'ry h#:ld in hif h rei^afd aa a de*
rfffrA mini«t«r of f.iiri^t, Thr attcodance
tm f>Ti4ua .Sunday ^,V>th of March, 1H51)
wa« morninj^, .'1,175; afternoon, 1,659;
aod rf«;nini(, ^,707. The newcbnrch waa
opened for womhip on the I at Jan. 1H54.
llic rhi*:f *ifhr.f.r of the church — "The
An%ti\i'* aji hi: h termed, waa magnificently
clad, wearing a purple cape, the colour
defiotjnK authority. The next order of
the ministry, de-Ji^natcd ** I'ropheta,"
wore blue stolen, typical of the akies,
whrncf thny are aupponed to draw their
inn pi rill ion. Follow ini; the.>e were " Evan-
KrliatN/' habited in rnd, the colour de-
notioK tin; blmxl which flowed on the
(■roaa. Then ciimc i'BMtorM, FUdem, and
other oflicrnt. A liturgy ia used very
aiiniiar to tliiit of the ('hurch of England.
K Nrrnion waM prcat'hed by one of the
Kldem. Attached to tht* church is a small
hut very rlK^'^nt fhafMrl, to be uited on rare
oc<:HNionM, and which was raised by the
piety of two ladiea, who contributed the
niunilicrnt sum of -1000/. in aid of the
work. The chief t>cauty of the church,
however, iH Uie altar, which is carved out
of all Mortn of coloured marble, and is
superbly decorated. Those who join thia
church oirer u tenth ]mrt of their annual
income towardx itit support and extension.
Amongst the office-bearers arc, — Admiral
(tumbier; Mr. 11. Drumniond, M.P. : the
Hon. Ilrin-y I'arnrll ; Mr. J. P. Knight,
K..\. ; Mr. (\>oko, a barrister ; and Mujor
Mncdonuld ; while Lady D.iwsoii, I^dy
Haleman, l^ady Anderson, and other ladies
of distinction, are amongst its members.
Human Catholics, — According; to the
census tables on religious worship, there
wcrr in 1 805 1 1 colleges and HU religious
housies, of which lo were fur men and 13
for women, while the numbi r of the priests
was S7r>. The estimated atteud:ince on
tVnsus Sunday was— morning, ^'.^CTSci ;
afternoon. »»;l,l»67 ; and eveninir, 7»i.HH0.
Jan. 2. The new Victoria Bridjcc at
(t/iwyoir wait opencil for traffic by the Lord
Trxtvost and oiher otHcials. litis bridge,
the nio»t >p:iciou» bridge iu the British
dominions, rel1e\-l« no >mall credit on Mr.
Walker, civil engineer. o( London, and its
buildir. Mr. W. \ork. 1: siAiid* uivn
the Mie of Stock « el- -bridkfe. y^buii: io Lvi5.
whii'h :ov i>e:.tur.« was the oiil> bnio?
over the i \ydc xX (.tiAxow. ai\.i foriu<>i :se
|ri'.i':r.;l ",:ue *>( Cv*.-:uui.u-ji::o:i S?:»e<n
;.ix* tM-^rni c\'un::e* aim the »K'u:h. V»o-
^'nji't r*..i|ce i« Vm.; *•! ^ran'Ce, And *,vi*irts
18540
PromoHont and Preferments,
I
of fire great iirches« each a very flat »eg"
meot of a circle, tlie ap^o of the centre
arch bein(5 oo less than 80 feet, and the
roadwsj fully 60 feet wide withm tlio
parapets. (London Bridge is 53 feet wide,
Southwark aod Waterloo 42, and West-
minater 4L) The length of the pier§ at
the foundation is 8U feet. It is altogether
comidered a more masi»ive work than the
Oroomielaw 'bridge adjoining, which waj!
built by Tclfer.
Jan, Z. This morDinf, at half p. 5,
a tertuus failare occnrrcil in the Docks at
Souikampton. A larurc portion of the wall
nti the north-enst side of the Old Dock, or
tidal busiiu 1^4 feet in length and five feet
thick, luddenly gave way, and sltd into the
baatn, carrying with it the lofty ihearisi,
which co»t 13iiO/. when erected ten years
ago. The wall iuelf waa one year older.
Mr. Alfred Giies^ the engineer to the
CouipaJiy» haf eatimntcd that the cost of
reinstating the worker will be about 10,000/.
Jan. 21 « The John Tayteur, a ship of
more than 200d tons burden, carrying a
valuable cargo, and freighted with nearly
600 etnigranta, which bad sailed from
Liverpool for A uatralia on the I'Jth^ was
wrecked on the Noee of Lam bay island,
near Dublin, and immediately broke to
pieces. She wa« constructed of iron, and
entirely new. The moit accurate acoouuts
give 660 ai the whole nnmbr r of soul^ on
board, of whom ouly 282 were saved. Of
9&0 women and children all hut three were
drowned.
Middlttex HosftitaL — During the laat
antiiQin this ho!i|iital has been again con-
siderably enlarged. Two wards have been
added to the female cancer establiahixiient,
and room has been provided for an in-
creaNcd Dumber of male cancer patients.
The enlargement of this branch of the
charity baa been made iu order to cirry
out the benehcent iotentiona of the late
Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffao, Bart., who,
by Ilia wilU desired that the rem<tioder of
his personal property should be laid out in
the purchaae of an aooujil income io the
3, per Cent. Consols, for the purpose of a
Cancer Ward in the Middlesex Hospital.
In consequence of the general enlargement
and improvement the Hospital is ren-
dered capable of receiving 310 iD-paiients.
During the last year the total number of
2,305 in-patients, and l*i,G22 out-door
patients, received relief from the institu-
tion.
Land occupied by tiaiiwayr. — Out of
8, 537 1 763 acres of kind in the several coun-
ties in England, 61,496 acres are occupied
by railways ; and in Wales, out of 639,427
acre-^, 3,550 acres arc so occupied,
Jreiand* — At the recent meeting of the
liiMh Church Mission Society, the ReT. £.
Bickerateth made the following stutement :
— •♦ It had been confidently staled, nnd on
no less authority than that of the Bishop
of Ousory himself, that there had been not
lej-s thao 30,000 converla from Romani»in
wiihin the lost few yeara in Ireland. There
bad unquestionably been that number of
converts who had come out from Roman-
laDi during the last four or five years, and
adopted the creed of the Scriptures, which
was the creed of Protestantjs -, but he be-
lievedi at the time time, that that number
was a most inadi'qunte representation of
the real extent of the work ; nnd that,
when they spoke of 30tfl00 known con-
vertii, they might take that fact as by
itself an indication of many thoufands
more of whom they knew nothing/'
PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS. &c.
I
CiAZKTTE PrBFERMBNTS.
13. Niveo McH)re, eft<].r now Consul at
it, to be Cofisut-Gencral in Syria.
Dtfe. SI. Itoherl Macrnrlnne. enq. advocate,
to be Bbertll' of the shkre of Reufrewr.
Det 23 ThPtlnn Henry Elliot, now Secre-
1*1 1 ' j;tJe, to be Secfetary
of I h Foot.MsiurC.H.
SjK ■ ...l; Capt, tbe Hon.
H, L \\>\sy^ ru \,i.' M.j r -63d Foot, Major
K S. T S*»vny to Lf Lieut, CoIoopI ; Dipt.
Patrick UtiilPAiy to bt* Major.— SlalT, Lieui.-
C'oL A> r, V. Pt>|p, from 63i( Foot, lo be In-
•DeClifig Field Officei of « Urcruitiniyr IHstriet,
flee Lieut -t-ch J. !?«iiyro, ^^ln. rxch unites
I/ee,%i» John Bn^ , now Consul
«t Canton^ to be I y and Cbicf
Soperiftteiident of IVr tii China.
/W. S7« Joseph Lturnley Hutne, eft*), bar-
riMrr^at'taw^ John Simon, esq., and John
Prederie Batemaot esijp, to be Commissioiieri
for inuuirinj; into the causes which hm?e led
to and hive ajfirravated titp late outbreak of
chotera at NewcAstle-upoti'Tyui?, Gateshead,
and TyneiiiGulh,
Dec. 30. -Ith Fool, Lienl.-Gen, Sir John
Bell. K,C B , frora 9Mh Uep. to be Colonel.—
aoih Foot, Major tJen. Narlianiell Thorn, C,B.
to be t:!oloneL—96th ¥ooU Major-Gen. Sir
Francis Cockburn lo be Colonel— Hth Light
Uragocms, brevet Major William \\ ilmer to ba
Mijor,— aoib Foot, Capt, h\ C. Kvclesfh to be
Msjor— S4th Foot, Lieut. -Col. C F. Maxwell,
frorn B3d Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel. — 68th
Foot» Major Henry Smyth to be Lieut. -Colonel ;
Capt. H. G. Wynne to be Major.— e3d Foot,
Lieut. -Col. Nicholas R. Hrovm. froinSitli Foot,
to be Lie u I.' Colonel*— *7rh Foot, C^pt. Alea.
Murray lobe Major —Ceylon Rifle Reft. M^or
Lord Mark Kerr* from aoth Foot, to Inj Lieut.-
Colonel.
J
182
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l.lKlit liir t,i Jk- Aiae-.f..aii.] :f- L •- iiir-
iliii^r. iiiv r.ipl ihr Lhr. ...' ' M.i.r:-:.. ret —
Cjipt. Uiiln-rt nirk'T>tjiff <. hrtli.riffr* mi'^
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Aiilfii ill- l'4in(i lit Mihir-;ii 1. JkCLi^M k.Ii
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iiii^iiii\ (•I'l. 1 1 it Uviii\ .' I ;.-> \* ' r: t«:
riiiiiiiii'«^.u\ iini iaI.
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niif III till' iiioiMiix n> W.ii::: i --i i\- ..:.j-. :.-
liiT Mii.|rf»t*. I fii" l.uMst l\»l i».>.r.
,/ii*i. a.». rmiii'i-ii r.iiw 1 '.;■,",.■,•.. i-.;. :■ '.^
u rnlnr M:i>;i»ti.iti' .iii.l Jii^lico ot :hi' i'^U"-?
for Ni'Wi'rthllr ujiiMi-l'Mj.'.
JnH. 37. I.irnt. Aiulrrw I'l.irke. K. K;:;.. to
lie Siir\i*>i»r-Ui'iirr.-ilffr tliocol-viy oi Vict.-ni.
ViNroiiut Melville, K.CH. to command the
Sirhiml iiivi»i«)ti. in the room of the bte Ge-
uvral Uodwin. C li.
John (Vlvin, e.i*!. late Jud^c of the SudJer
Adui\lut, niid ('oininis^iuner fur the Tenas-
aerini rrovincos, to be l.icnt.-Uovernor of the
North-West I'rovinces (if India.
Nav.\l Preferment fi.
l)fc. 19. Capt. II. L. Warren to command
the Creaky 8(^bc^ew•^teamshi|>, '-ommitnioned
at Shecrnc.Hs.
Dec. 21. Comro. John W. Ihirville to the
Creasy.
Dec. 33. Caj)t. Tliomaa M. Hmck additional
to the Britannia I2it, flaKNhi|> on the Mcfliter-
faaean atatiun.
Dee. 38. <*^ut. John Shepherd (1840) to tht
Itopi'^ 'hf for Jiervice an Commodore-
Gr Zi iu.n.
js'i: :. ^ .lU'WAcil £»jckjv±— CapL
;.!«L< r: \itt LixrTa!oa SO. acrrw
.-riiun.wfiiu&pf! ax Chaikaa^
: >.r I r-\. '-i . 1. N'lriiiao*. Bart, to (te
•f ■*{ .".ir.n iM-.HiRL at l*tvomptrL^CapL
u u'.' '.• '. lit I ii.ui.t ms 24. acrw tieas-
r.f . r.'O 3.:?rt«>mif< a: P.>rt»DoaUk -^Capt.
> -.-n.:...:!. .' f. :. In Naifcj Aide-de<emp
:>t ' :*■ -^-foTpt A. Bedford. Jaaci
o'*:.:.^: . . i.11111- Miiidan. aad ijeorfe A.
. -.t: u.-:..i:r> — Frpdenck H. SicvffM,
f Vi- .• 'M-it^H Mat. Fred. A. B.
.'Lr . I : ., I -i.:!;.? h ?t.-rti
:.' I :.:t ::* .■: :: ■ Kes^rred Lift— R. 3.
AV '. :t *«,( Tf. & Elwin. J.UPariua,
. li r-. •. . ■ . n I» A'* >>j«i. 1. p. Doknt,
i..:i < h:.j ti hi iLuic- i&t>?
ti' L il:.*!!^;.-* i'T. :iit Reaencd Liit.~
^'»«-■ ;.£.;:. H ." Tl-C rJ.ThaaStrBTtr,
ii r .*:. W. iiftir. L'jrt. Hearr Lairkai,
: . ■ - I* I }»!> uj.'d:.. kcid Itier BanM.
' :. I .>n.:i. •*• li Kc:z.ziedr, to be IM
'L :
I f. l.v . : W !r GrrK. rcimmajidin|F the
>< ^ vTt.^ :ic f'^'ip. tL> be Commaado'.
I. ' ' i.,.- >.T i'tAjoiMkf^ Maitland, CB.
.•:..n.i:-- :: Lvct irx.: JT^ODery-ahip at
f. i. iL*L7-\l:T. ^:r lazaes StirlinCi to
. .na.L-.. .'*:-.: -y.ei io'lhe Eaat ladki
. -... . Iti^riinpli Hayil«M)to
-L^ .";;.-L ■ i: r.rt^ca jTh
. ? ::' •> .rjf 1 .:■.■: i.Tt^umandtbc
•« -1. :•' •> -in !-lcam t^lot'-^ coBBiit-
■ •: .1. . :..• ■:: — I'&p;. K>liert tlamSilo
...t . . . ..«:-;: ^> 72. c.>mmia»u>oed at
-I . :
I : • :. .-l:. -.» larthfw to receirea
.1.1 l:j :■ L'l riOQoicdiotbera*
:. a »: \>;:-.\din SirJ.A.Gorw
*. . - . i_:. rt. . f iSit- Ulue; Rear*
- - *::.*'. K.CB. tolwVlct^
-I. : .' r.-- i>pt :>ir Iveoive R.
. . k. - ■ .'. K -AT-Ailtciral of tte
.1 r* *r.'. i'hartes Bower
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(.i..%p«l, LondjL.
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Rt.v. A. Hrc'.ks, t^st K. tf. r.l V. Notts.
Kef. *. Broome. AdJerltv R. :?*: .p.
Rer. W. R. Hrowi,,0.::tfro,l R. w. Drx^adtield
R ilrrts.
Rev. <;. Bunl, Slirint.-a K. Salop.
Rev. H. BulliT, VillKfstuwn Chapel I'.C dio.
Ca^hel.
Rev. II. Cadddl. At w irk V. Yorkshire.
R'v. T. Cainp, Kirk-Unan V. Uie of Man.
RcT. J. H. C^impton. Kidmore-Kitd P.C. Berks.
R«'V. ri. (Juoke. I'aitton V. Norfolk.
Rev. J. CrofiN, Little Tcy R. Kssex.
Rer. W. CoDiby, Beailnell P.C. Northomb.
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II. Norfolk.
Hoh ■• .1 U"^ A. Douglas, Carry Ma»let R. w.
K'A St. Sti^nlien P.C* ClM»rltoii-
ti^i ,, iu ., .k. Lftncashirp,
lit. W. c, k%nn*, Campsall PC. Yorkshire.
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Han.
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:;), Caldwote R. and Ni^wnham
rier. C'liriit Cliarcli t'.C. Cl*p*
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ReT. W. IT " Mr-von.
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Ret. M.J H. Line.
Rtt, L. W J t n , \ , r*>ih ire-
Ret. C. /enktn. U I> 1 II. Suffolk.
Rev. R. C. Jfnkinv. 1 nf
Rev. W. Jrphs, " tVrXa.
Rev, H. JonfB, t i^liire.
RevAV.D. L'>r • iwark,
RefT.G 1
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Rev. J. IV
Ilev.S.O .^iJii.ii;rian.\\ laarihgtour.t. Tiortnuin-
berUnil.
Rer. B. McreT, ErclesTiin P.C Yorkshire.
Rev. J. MUU'f* Orcop DX\ lierefordihirc.
Rev.T.MItchell.iit Paull C.Newington.Surrcy.
Rev. W. L. Moryjin, nraaihaw P.C. Yorkfeh.
Rev* W. Morton, Penkhull PX. StnfTordshlif-
Rev.H«MunnX"hriHti'hnr*'ti Pc , Ndilsta,>(>fij
ReT. S, Newall. Hi ft
Drowtiaoverr
Rer. II. Meh*>l
Suttun Bas?' '
Rev. C, V
Rev. B. >
Rev. n.
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Rev 11 li
Rev. ♦!. L- I'riLvr^ l*,i,
Rev. a. Rainier, Nii>
Rev. 1. C. Randolpli
ReT. W. E- Richsrtiv
Rer. T. Rowley, D.U
Rev. J, RuHiorf .n!,
Rev. H J
ReT. H.I
Rev. S. G
Rev. T Suulh, Omiu
(iP'-iTi l';ii]>mor*; V. w.
Hand V. w.
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nil.
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-'Vfolk,
lathrr, Miti I I httrrh P.C.
, Hu»nin||hain tVC. Wore.
Chtint. Church P.C. Clay
AH n, Obmorganahire.
Notts,
u V. Berkft.
P.C. Biidis,
ili>p.
'taet.
I llcrka.
rse«.
;on V. Som.
Notts,
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K«T, W. Bmitb, C^vrldt PC. ToilUhtre
RcT. p. Somervitle. MilfOD PC. HanU.
Rev. J. B. Sparrovr, OtTtan V. w. Li tele Hrlcett
a. Suffolk.
Rev. W. J. 3priii-'''tt. Dimkhk VC. Kcrtt.
Rev. J, C, T. f^' '-h. neelonff,
Rhv, J. H. R. > Kent
Uev, O. M. 9yk. .. ,i_ .,, ^i and TUdlow
V. CambriafOHhit^.
Rev. B. Svnjre, In nit y P.C. Matlock, Derb.
Hfev. J. N. Thoinpfton, St* Stephen P.C. Sttlby^
laic of Man.
Rev. R. J. 8. VaJentine, Holy Trio Uy PX\ Purt-
tea. Hanta.
Rev. T. Valpy, St. Juhn-lhe-Uaptfst PC. Leen-
aldc, Hotia.
Rev. C. Vernon, Graflon-UnderwfKMl It N'p'n.
Rev. J. N. Vlieland. Christ Church P.C. Turn-
ham Grfffn. Middlesex.
Rev.r.J \v.u.r f'-tuDore R. tlxfbrdsUlre.
Rer. G. h ' nef-Frairtitn V. w. Win-
ford i: I f.
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H.EI.CH.
Rev. J.Wootley. St Qeorige P.C* Portaea, HanU.
Ih ChaptainciiM.
lieT« i. C. Cba, to the BriUah ReaidettU. Chin-
tilly.
Rev /. A. CrAiier. to the Forces. Cork.
Rev. i, W. Dickson, H.M. Steam FHfale
Edryalas.
Rev.T.R. ilainilton, H. M.S. the Ro^nl George.
Rev. P. H. I'endiiloo. to a Quvernment Chap-
tat ncy at Monte Video.
Eev.G. J. Hidi^dale, to th« Hnkeof l>crooahlre*
Rev. A. G. Wool ward, to Earl Brownhm.
CiiUesiah and Sehotfiitic Appomtmcntt,
Rev. F:. H. rr.ic1.icU, MA. Principal of Bra-
Hi. ivsl Instructor to H.K.S.
i r it T'->rt*moiUh.
.jrti»H.M.8.
, lift.
,n>fst.John*a
I, iiipJon.
I ip of Bishop Hat-
Rev. J K Liiti/
the Royal G<
Ref.T.MftrtvN
Wood 1
R/»v. .F. I
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Rev, J )
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cfkhlp of Totoes Gratn-
rt^^Prlnejpal of tlie Dio-
I inter,
I (Mil of the Colleglaia
ClAislral and Ma-
I L:iixabeth'« Graui>
M of Historyi
:>hip of l>ed^
(V.
tor Esquire Bedell*
filRTilS.
Dee, 20. At SketAufrton hail, Leic. the wife
qI Richard Sul ton. esq. a son. at At Uythe,
tbevrife of Liu ut. -Col. Hay» a dau. ^22. In
Dublin, l^dy Nsfts. a aoti. 30. At Antony,
Cornwall, the flifc '^f W H. PtileCarf^w, f"*.] a
.son, 37. Ai ' ' " . ' "" * 'v
Maria Brodif,
dau. 29 Ai
Mrs. Clift'ord, u '^^^t. ^ At Kuktiv mjh ^rv,
Leic. the Hon. Mrs. Rua*til. a dau. .31. In
Green st. Lady AdeiAide Cadwan. a dap.^
At Patiy« near l>arts, the wife of Lient-Ccl.
M*Mtirift»t a won.
184
Marriages.
[Feb.
In By lie |itrk girdens, th« wife of
, esq. 11 fion.-^9. At Dov^r, ihe
Col. F*rrmjfton, K.LS., tntt
lAffJliren in frr-h, r^ 'vofi. ■
I. Jiui,
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>xf, I be wifu
10 III
Jan
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M Wryru'irjrri, Mri. Ivvri
(lau. — ^ ITic wife of J
«*«q. Ilifh SherilTof <Kf
fl. En upper HarU^
nifr, ii«on. — 7 aSt
Cbandos Wren Ho^iV
HfrrUrd piirk, Hant
voi«f» «sq. « dau.
of the ae?. L. A ^
Suasf^ sijqjin*, Hyde pirk» tlK wifeof R Hum
Ijury, j«n. f*»q a «oii — — 13, At Iu]iiihur|£h,
th* Counte** of Klnlorc» a mu- — 16- In
Uijpor S<;yinftur »t. Latly Carolina U^ilrr Knye,
■ Non. 17- At Claybiookp bail, IjCic. Ihi' wife
of H. SlitJlto Uouiflns, e»q « suti. I'iie wife
of Cipl Matton, Gtf>n. Guiirdit^ i dnu,- —
Id llryiinston'fit Hip wife of Lieut, *C<:<1 Tom-
klnvon* of Wellintfton, Cheshire, a dan
18. At llDckhunt ^rk, Udy Elisabeth Kus-
ntll, a ilau.
MARRIAGES.
UareA 31 j 1M3. lo New Zealand, Aiiirustiiv
Jllo«f#i wq yoiinjfest son of W* llury Mwre,
Mq. of Broad el iutt D«?¥on, to Louiiia-Aiin,
eldeni dau, of Charles U. Kookn. c»tj.
Jfn^ 25. At Sytlney, Moiit«gu-Cotisett» »e-
cond ton *>f Sir Alfred fitepkfH, Oilef Jtiwtice
of New .South WaIci, to KmiUeClarm, third
dia, of the Ijitc Rev John Jimnioifa Smith,
M,A. Incumtfot uf Pjitcrnon,
St^pt 72. At Hohftthoo, Kn»t Indies, Lieut.
Henry KnijchtJey Burne. and II N I. Ik-poty
Judjf-Advticate-GtMu Sirldoil Ihviiiion, rid est
ion of tb* II* V, Henry T JUanie, MA. of llatl<,
to Faimv, dan, of the late Tboman l^peiia, esq.
Ilenital M^d(cnf ^-^v
" " fjiliorc. C^pt, Phi-
y. to Mary-Ann-
.-, ,:hii of the JNte Mr,
I bar Ii'«* Henry IRIphlii.
(jf John t>ou^li,
ibelb-rufT, fccoud
i*( Corslej', Wilts,
Qei, A. At M
Hm, IMh Irn
Ciillierinr K' ■
Si At
j*tn«e i/y.
eldest aotj f '
K-K. to ^^^^
dan. of .1
Mr, Th-Mi
Mq. *tf N"-
dau of Ji»i*i« 1 .
and (rraiKtdau. tif the Inte Oforjfe Hancock,
e»q- J K uf hxtif — -At l^irb, U^rc- the
Hon. the R^v ' i. « .^ ' " rrf, to
Mary'Anfi-nnj>> Xor>
biirv, fHiv of ^ ■., ,'<ir
Cl.vfr . -'•'
Cbi"
bei-.
At i..i»it"H't;u-->', IMP i4fv. J Mil It I'ttrtt, ivi».
VlCAr of LlandeloK and Llanbowell f'mnb. to
Gwen* dau* of tbo Rev, J- Jones. IlnilcvbfHlur^
near Carmarthen* nod Vicar of T' ' -
Badnonbire,— — At ArdUiifb, Vir
•on of the late Edward Kftiv, e^n
to Kllen, eldfst dau^ of William r^nhni-.Mi
LamtH\ esq. Cnpt. in the Kt»aea Ride Militia.
At Whitburn, the H*t* James Mitner,
MA. Rector of Kbon^to irilrabetb, only dau,
of Jnfiei>h SimpMOn. eaii. of W'liltburn We«l
ljou%e. liorham — - M Kritrbinn, H. t'lininbcll
i/firrflf . e»'j of M ■ ' 'in •«, toiiine«
Kb»x. dau, of < R.N.
At Tor^ten hon 'win Hare
litmk^tHtiL p«*|. I i*'t"i !■'•«>*« now
of New ZralaiHl i.it+^ijipt. l*Ulwin
Dftftliwoiid, KuyHl M J* nine, to Bo*
kH^nrU'ttA, tiun) vurvivioK dau. of Sir
If I Abcrcromty, llart,- — At Kttiptotii
Portaes* Charlei M€kim»mring. ft»q. R. Art.
eldest aonofCapt O. R. P. .\<iiinwartnr, R.N.
to laabella, fourlb dau. of Capt. T R. Afnew,
Tipner*
ifi. ,\ t I ^■ ■ i rttboiJc
<'bapol httTCh,
Jotni /■;■ roCanK
li^" ;.*•%■. W. J. D.
)V ^,.. At ^\.
<" rnb Tucker
N.H. t.i3 ,:'
v. Wil. , . , 1
IV.
• Hanuver oquare. Lord
t"'' ■ r..i»j. third i.m of t»w nuke
of CirjAuti, ! ,^
foutijfeat d»ti i,
lector of Lan-i
bead, Clarke AV.iMyA/->**, f-n., , uf >( r.
to Mary- Ann- Dora, only *U\i. of ,1
h'tt, esq, of Wififr irni\- nrir.< ^ . . i,
dan. of Robert Had r tuj^deotun
hall, Lane. At (if cbur Robert'
Mon^ e$q|. to Louiia-^t i. _ .. ,, , lugesldau, o1
tilt Rev. Rartlet Go*idr»cli. Vicar of Great
SaUfig, Efsex. At Kim, Camb. Auguntua
Bdgar BitrcA, e«q harriater-al'law. younfeat
aon of T U Hurch, e«q. of Canterbury* to
Emily, only survirinff dan. of the Rev. Jere-
miah Jackson, w \ vi.n. ,v( i^ it,. '"tm-Kra-
oeth, At Bsi' fmti^^
n.KJ.C.S. to' Isu. of
the Rei'. Y. K .. vlark'a
Ketir»ins::ton, H J • i ' N j^'t, esq* of WJve-
te-icunibe, ?krm, r^ i, i t.-^t ion of the late
Capt. Nater, K,N ^r i . i. r.. I (.1.,,
of the late lUiw Auk
wi>rth road.- — At M t,
M.A. to l^vinii, ekb L ,4 , .. u
UiTippn, M..V. Ijii;iimbeni of M.J - i.
Plymouth. At Monk<ii»wn. h u
ArHift-l>ouia«, \ of the late t apl.
Ilammon. \ Hr^nrv. Wllliim,
y„t,f,— ^-r, .,, , II ' ^>r,tm\,
of " t dau.
of " N>^.
William Alexander, yonnif'
Major-Gen, <W*Awrw, R Ai
tins, ymif - ' ' : ' *' u.i ^lu^-iMi '•mn,
esq of It At Gr e«t I Iford- i
the Mew ., M,A. Rector of
W'orlinirvfiiitik njiu .-^iiuMio.Sotftdk.toAiiut- (
Maria, cldeiil dau. uf John l^Avla,eaq, of Crao* |
brook e park. K*i««*t
as. am; " -f ■ ! OlnntotleriLaiiA,
Hart. iu\ i of the Rev \\\
.Marjfcatin-, i ley
2Q. Tbr nrv. .\riiiiii tanr^ XiCMt of Wnf- !
minater« Wilta, to t'harhitte. wtdow of UtkU
rjiiftoD HudMDo, of Ilr^«i4i|i;by hall, Vorksh,
— At Trinity church, Gloucester gardens,
Kraiicia L. TioHfting. esm barritiler at t«w, tO
Frances' Harriet, fourth dau. of H- H i^niflrt,
esq,
A't>i', L At St. Hiephen*i,»iear St* Albany
Herl'^, Rfibert tHmudalf, eaq. ordvaon of Cbati
J«Jt-i ' ■ , eaq. of K^seiidoii place, to
Co* r tlAu. uf the Rer. M arena Ibr
Sun ,s of ?*t. Sf^ptjritS, -----At
Drraiuiii, til.' it».v, r\ ■ . " ' . r (
of ironjf Itcbini^'toii. V'-
rine, si<cutid dAU. of (I- ,.
At ,%}ontR'al, Litnir. \\v%. ic
Royal luqf. to FrAnce!% Maria, ym
of Col. Matthew U. lUkXtio, Gumm i
Canada.
X. At l^a^tmontfa, the Rev. Chartet K. Parrp,
lo MHry>
I- Al
I Jill iiuf-
Mimi I n. to Uvitr^itinh-
;;.2rl,i|.! ^4 the Hev.
\ ,theUev. J luclorof
*.' Lim:, son o3 ' ,^ hi re, esq.
« V, fourth dau. of Ihc Rev.
' ws place, t)e«rMaid!(ton«.
UniiaTn Bulifho, eaq. of
^ Anne-Gcii<ioi], third
»| ri>(], of Honitoa.
^ ^n n Kiirv Thomai
> litre, to
' :(i>n. ami
K ;^e hall.
SwU^Xk,' — At Nu^e. lin^bLuu, ihe Rev.Heury
OtimbU. tncumbetit of Chfroii, Deri), to OrO'
Uttc FispTirtl, MfitloMT of Tlumias la) ?spitl, e»ti.
of t^lcli cater. — -At SeL>htoti, Laiic, Cnpl.
Sftarkfif, late Comin, 3d Sikh Inf. clJest fton of
J C, Slarkcy, esq. of Wrenhury tialUOi^j^l^iiret
to KItMitior, second dan. of C U. Simpson, e*ci.
Waterloo. — — At Xewport, Ilhode Jslandt
n^iui. I s.tr ..nt Curtit, enq. of EostoD, U.S. to
* Iph, youngest daw. of tbc late
i: k Wormeley. R..V.
i ,r,,r^r's Hanover rh- Frederick
Aajfu:"*! ■ Therp^sa-Tayleure, fourth
dau. 0* r ort Top ham. esq.
y Al l r,,.,,.,, Kent» James d'Kslerre
XlWar, es»ij. H,M , a.i>o of Ibe late Capl. Taytor,
E.K. and jfrand^on of the late [tichird Taylor,
«*q. of Hock abbey, co. Limerick, to Maria*
LouUa. uuly dan. of the late C«pt. Cstley,
Royal Enjf, At Clifton, the Rev, O. SaMer,
Rector of Urancaster, Norfolk, to Lucy-Ann,
^fdfst dan. of tlie late H^ Li. HiLnkLn. e»K of
Bedfortt
^ *^ ^v Martin'H'in-the-fields* Richard
\ <.'sri. aon of Vicars lio^'le, e&q, of
1* mmre-Anni*., relict of S<*hor Don
J.*' '^ ' ' ' - f William
Hack, Devon,
Valeiih , Mjn of
t*!" '"' VM|. t\.n. Ml L .Mi^tQif, to
y r the late JoQAtiian l*eter,
*:> , II Uodtnin,— At Trinity
LhuK II, ■ .luuiiii^iMj;!^ Charles Cass, esq* of
Maiky, lleri».tti iMarV'Guor^iana.ieconddaa.
of Johti linigh'y(ihr\^ni\, eaq.of LeesoD hoiiic,
Dorset, and t! • Merr. At lieckcn-
bam, H. l\ t. ,.t^. oipt R. Art. to
Mary, *ecmiil , SV. Oj^le, e*Q. Al
W '- ' \iutrt t iuiiaHt, Caut. uoinbay
A 1 surviving' flun of the late Rev.
\" ^ R<hrior or" «t<ike D'Alborne,
> ' ' • _'*'r dttu. of the
I ^'c.~At thp
K >:, Henry Bow-
i' ij^ji', iJvrb, to Hen-
ri ^«. of Michael H.
h u^m, and jcim^ldftu.
01 I LA>ni If ere, ^Al St. John's.
^'> Jatuea Lyit S^fftr, eaq, of South
1. Caroline, widow of Jonn Clode,
nahf, l^usse%. Henry Bmry, esq.
0'- ..ear jMaiscbrster, to Janet Anne,
eldest iiua ui the Ri-v. H. R, ^rel. Rector of
Halcombe. At tiDlthome Homer, 8om.
Joseph, only ?riii of JtiM'ph Page, efl<|. uf Little
Hr "X, to Mflry-Jane, eldest dau. of
I Uurltju Lciuli. ALA. Rector of
and Vicarof <_'liilthorne Homer,
- — \t MM--r, Wm. Hn**ey /di/oMl»^f/rf,youn5-
|"^ soft of Capt. KemiH', esq. of Uij^lirr Town,
iScar Truro, to Lydia-Jone-L'alicke. youngest
4»M. pi the late T. a*. Beauchant, esq. KM. Art.
—At Walcot Church, the Rev. Hnrconrt
GitNT* Mag* Vol. XLI.
«*i^«e,f»f !!iiinhury, MiddK. to ijauiaa, youngeat
dau, of the late Rev. William Greenlaw, Rector
of Woolwich, Ketit.
10. At l*iirki^lu Kssex, Jarnci Fr€Mer\ eaq,
vt Croydon, taLyilia, younge-ji dau. Df the late
Thcamaa Rolf Tximplin, e^q. of Lewc^, ^iiasex
At Reiffflte, Wmiam-Zachan .t
ml iOO
of \V. KiH^don^ esq of New
to l^miJia-Ann San-Martin* yi<
F. He Li^le, e«q. of Giittuu vitLi, l ,.: nir-
rey. At W^alcot, JVath, tlic Kev. G. l>'Afcy
IrviMf, eldest son of the Rev. Rev. G. U'Arcy
Irvine, LL.D», and jrrandion of the late Sir
Gorvfca D'Arcy Irvine^ liart to Harriet, cideat
dau." of the late Lieut.-Gen. Strov<T, of lUtb.
Al lirijjhton, the Kev. Wni. Kenne, Terp.
Curate of Whitby, to Eliiaheth, third dau. of
the Hon, John Fryer Tbomaa. M ember of Coun*
cil Madras. At Swallow, Line. Geor;{e-Wil-
1 lam, second Bon of the late Rer. Robert Gor-
don, If ector of Scaniplon, and n^rnndaon of the
late Dean of Lincoln, to G eor*; i Ana- Diana «
aecond dan. of the Rev. G. M. Hotiwelt, Rector
of Sw.illow. At Tamwnrth, the Rev. .Arthur
Daiton, Cmote of Tamworth, to Mrory-Annc,
widow of Robert Hnnbury, esq. of Uolehall
honae, Tamworth, and dau of Majur Bamford,
of Wilnccote hall. At liushey. the Rev. VV.
Henry Fovte, Mlni&ter of St, Mary*s, Tort
Hijzabeth, lo Mary-Anne-Gertrude, eldest dau.
of the Rev. lid ward Allen, of Ituj^hey Iodide,
Herts At St. Gcorife'* Ulooinshury. <5>1-
Grantk&m, R. Art, to ElizAt)eth, eldest dau. of
Ihe lute Jenkin Llewelyn, esq. and relict of
Falls Harlt, esq. H.K.LC.S At KdinbUfffh,
the Hon* Georjfc Grey Dalrympl€, Scots Fuai-
liera, youngest son of ihe Earl of Stair, to the
Hon. Ellinur Alice Napier, fifth dau. of the late
Lord Napier. ^ At All Saints*, 8L John*a
wood. Hubert, fifth son of the late Joiepli
Henry, esq. of Ilublini, to Ann, second dau- of
the* fate Nathaniel Thomas Unntsey. esq. of
HarbAdos. At DitMlen, Hants* Ffcderick
Hou'fs, eaq. sou of the Rev* Georu^e Howes, of
^pu worth, Norfolk, to JsabeU tuu. of John
Hollingpwurih, esq. late of l)o)iley, Kent.
II. At Adhaatun, Aston LeitU, e»q. M.H.
ofFulbeck, eldest trnn of WilllAni Lewis, esq.
of Alder ley, Cheshire, if* Georictna E. Ktnie,
yuuni^eht dau. of Sir Geonce Denys^ Bart — —
At Ueckeuhanrt, Kent, David Maxwell Jitk^,
esq* .M J*, of KinjirsliiH), to Mary-Ann, younf«
eat dau.ofThoiuaa W}ishin<tont«*qof Lewia-
liam.
11. At Islington, Chudiu^-Wllliani, aon of
John A. Herauti, esq. to Mary 'Susannah,
yonngest dan. of the late A. Carpenter, esq. of
iilncklands, Witts.
13. At St. Pnncrai, James Coyte, eaq, of
Lincoln'^ inn fields, son of the Hev. James
Coyte, Rector of Polstead, Sulfolk, to EIIgd-
iVIanners, eldest dau. of Ihe late Joseph Cajrow,
esq. Unculn's inn fields. At Chelsea, Capt,
James Di/ttylttt, 60th Ritlpn, eldest sun of Lieut-
Ueti. Sir James Douglas, K*C.B. to Georgians-
Agnes, only Burviving; child of the late Col.
W ilham liereiford, of Staj^leford hall, Notla.
16 At Aylestone, the Rev. Robert Grave*
Walker^ Curate of Newtown Linford, to Emilf
Caroline Pc^chin, of Mistertoo halL At
l^tonehoufle. Richard iJraktt esq. of Ricbmood
park, Clifton^ to !^«j-aii,Ano, acGOod dau. of
the late LJeuL Charles Conner, R*N. At
Manche.<!ter, Sir Thomas Deane^ DundanJoa
castle, Cork, to Harriett, only^ dau. of the late
.Major William*. Chelteiihara, — —In Guernsey,
Nichol.is, eldest sou of Nirholaa Dendaii, it»q,
of Pelyii, MF. for Ra««t Cornwall, to Dora de
Haviland, dau. of Joshua Frinulx. eH|.
17' At St. Giles's, {.^amberwell* the Rev.
Edwin Gile4, to Emily- Isabel, eldest dau. of
Edward Edwards, esq, of Rye laitl, Surrey.
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OBITUARY.
I
GRXEaAJ. Von Radowitx.
l>ec. 25. At Bedin, in hU 67th year,
>«Derji] Von RttdowUi!.
Joseph Von Radowiti wdi born Feb, ^
17^, ttt Bland en berg, among the Hartz
{QoanUiQs. His familj btrlonged origin-
aJIj to the small nobility of Hungary ;
but hu grandfather had settled m Ger-
many, and hivH fathei-, who had stadled law
at Q,,t«;,.,r,vti, enjoyed the title of State
1 in the Duchy of Brunswick*
J ived his early cduciition at a
jhool iti AUenberg, and^ iiutil the age of
Ttetn, was brought up as a Protestant,
mother being of that faith. After-
wards his father, a Roman- Catholic, be-
came his iustructor until he wb& old
enongh to commence the military career
for which he had been destined in the ser-
fice of Wcftphalia. That country wai
thctt ruled by Jerome Bonapartef and
lUng Radowlts waa sent to France to
feet hia military atudi^a, and learn
nch* In 1^1* he entered actirc aer-
vice as an artillery officer, hating become
highly proficient in mathematical science.
At the battle of Leipjiic he commanded
a Westphalian battery, waa wounded, and
taken prisoner. Previous exhibitions of
bravery had procured fur hh name a place
in the roll of the Legion of Honour,
Upon the dis-^olution of the Westphalian
kingdom, and the returt^ of the Elector of
Heaae-Caa^icl, Radowitz entered the aer-
rice of the latter, and maJc with the
Hc-s^iiao artillery the campaign aguinst
rrcuice, Hia talents t|ukkly cotoraanded
attention of hia superiorSj and in 1B1&
ling then only eighteen) he woa ap-
linted first teacher of mathematica and
military sciences to the sebool for ca-
deti at CasBcL In 1823 he had riaeji to
the rank of Captain « and wma attached to
the Electoral Court as military and ma-
thnnaticail teacher of the heir apparent.
Thi^ WAS the turning point of hiji destiny ;
and his conduct at thia period, under tery
trying circumstances, may be cited as an
uiKiiiiWLfible proof of the high sen&c of
d ivalrous honour, the unbend-
II J _ ^, the moral courage, and the
lofty mdtipendence of character, wblch
neter left him. The Elector of Hesse,
who wan man-ied to the lister of William
Hi, of Pruasia, pertjmfitnrilj insisted that
hia mistreas, Emily Ortkpp, on whom he
had bestowed the title of Countess, should
receive aome mark of personal recognition
or attention from his royal consort. The
Electrcfls consulted Radowit2> who boldly
adrised her not to submit to 1
tion. One of his tetters on this delicate
topic fell into the Elector's hauils, auJ he
instantly became a marked and ruined man
so long as be remained in Hesse. He re-
paired to- Berlin, where the sacrifices he
had incurred in the cause of truth and
honour for a daughter of Prussia, oatu-
raJly formed a very high recommendation.
He was immediately indemnified, so far as
military rank and employment were con-
cerned, by receiving exact equivalents in
the Prussian service for what he had lost.
He became mathematical tutor to Prince
Albrecht of Prussia, and was made a
Captain on the stafif. He publbhed two
works on geometry and one on ricochet
during the ten first years of his new ca-
reer. He was elected member of the
highest military board, a profestor of the
military academy, and an fiiamincr of
artillery students* In 182B he became
Major, and in 1830 chief of the artillery
genemrs staff.
While thus advancing through the grades
of military preferment he was forming i
relation of a yet more important kind.
A religious mystic and enthusiast, his dis-
position agreed ejtuctly with that of the
Crown Prince, now the King of PrussU;
and thii^ geniality of temper and habtt
proved of far greater power than the di-
vcraity of the dogmas which, as Protestant
and Catholic, the one and the other held.
In \^'2B Radowitz married the Couote&s
Maria Vo&s, daughter of the ambassador.
He was now, despite of his origin, a recog*
nised member of the court, and, without
any of the cares or reaponai bill lies of otfice,
shared all its counsels. In the year 1829
he published two books remarkable for the
contrast of their subjects. The first of
these was ** Iconography of the Saints,*'
containing historic notict;^ of all the re*
presentations of the suhiti which have come
down to posterity io pictures, coins, and
other memorials ; with remarks on the
meaning of the emblems, attitudes, and
other characteristics with which they have
been invested. The other work was called
** The Theatre of War in Turkey,** being
an application of 8trategt?tical principles
to tlie topographical features of the coun-
try between the Danube and the Balkan.
In 1836 RadovviLx was named Military
Plenipotentiary of Prussia at the Germanic
Diet. This appointment, a kind of hon-
ourable banishmeut, he owed to the influ^
ence of his opponents at court and in the
ministry.
\m
(»0tu Van Hatlomtx.'-^Tk* MnrrhicmeM$ }VelU$leff, [1
tn 1H40 Ihn proiptt^t of war with PrtncM}
iipcjh llii* m*w«niofi of M.Thlcrji lr<l to th?
retetl of IUeIowUi to hcrlin, nbtricn he
mi #|9rlly itl^fiy (<«»f*t with Ginurnl ▼on
^ilf'itlli^H ftt Vlnnuii, ta Mtlr np tht*
MVVfnfnf^nt tif ^imtlift to tUr chrtViuu; of
Gfriniiuy. Tlin wwi- ivvvrr f>imi» ; litiitii>
Willi hrnughl nhunt. a trrt^K t»r frfcirmpit
liAi^h Kt^mly rontrU;Mto<1 trt the i fliriL-nc^
#" thii fcdi'rtl urmy, nnd nUo did mon^
llitii HUT otHrr mnti umarfltt promoting
thr netitloii tif thf minting forrnv«"»'»t of
Uliii nhA lUitKlK mill the cxtcniion ntul
fcrrtitci* Btrtrtigthening of Mnypnco and
Ill IH47 ib4> prmrnt King nallrd Uado>
will trdm Frniikfatt. and i.-oii)in)ji»ioncTd
Utm to draw up ji mctnofaudiim upon the
neonttirutjon <jf (he Cu«fi;drf«li(iu. Thin
WAV dmii% JUiid ihf fnfmnntiidum hiindtd
to fhi« KinjCi N"T, 20 of tlie Mjimc year,
Thr iMil tiiy Undo w it z wriit to V*ii'im;i,
to make ^ood hia vicwn with Priiirp MrL-
t<?riitch. A a<'cond journry wim iiridrrlakrn
to Vienna on the tullowing Marth, wljcn
tlip revoliitioii hfoke aut. The tnriho-
raiidum |irn|H»9«ril ucompactrr nrgnnUation
of th«? ft'di'inl uriiiy, A aupirmr judicial
roufl fof nil U«i"Mi«ny, one c:riiwiiml law,
unit iTcimmrrrtixl and ha(ikru|itcy eotle^ our^
ruatoma union, fint- railway and pOMt-nHku*
ayttetn, frte trade in all firovtaions, »liidi*
tian of riviT tidli^ nnd ot th« cenauri'. nnd,
llnally, the pub Me at ion ol the prot^ct'ilinKa
of the Build. Ill \\m\, 1H48, Radowitx
wUrmi from !bi: i'ruaaiftu jicivicc iu con-
K«r{urfii!e (if ihn ouilirtak and the chuiigrd
•Utf< nf aJTiiir^t.
In Ihf plrciLtona tn the Nathitial Asftrtn-
blft which waa tu inert At rrankrurt, hr
wa* ifttirupd for ArnihcrKi in WrHtpluilia,
lie tciok ln» ivut tn the AfHctnhly, hopii}|i(
that the publii^ ipirit ol ticrmtti^y woidd
put an rnd to ihr revolution by accepting
tha new powfc H bad givvu to iUtf reptiv
amitativr:* of llu* nation aa tbc biiiu of those
tangthlr rcforuia wbirh had, up to tbiit
timn, burn tttt^-tnptH in vain. H*- wpoKn
and iri>led with llie axtremc light, de^iiiii^
to tf>e tbp thirty- 1) tnc M)VriT»gnlk'i» roirnc;d
into ntifi vtiire, of nliirli Prunaia uiuhI br
the head. T\w mrlaiirholy i?nd of Un?
Aaarnihly, upon i^hich Grrinnny had builf
no many Lopi*5» iii only too well kiiowii*
To the hht, Radowifx wa& fuitliful to Fhe
prifjciplca which bad ulwaya guided hiui^
and tumgbt tbe unity uf iieruuiny hy n
irtilniitiiry m raititefuent between the govirn-
mrntii Jtiid pcoptea. When hi.^ bope^i in
the Aakt'itihly hud been rru^tniled* he rr-
turned to Berlin by dcitireof tbe King, and
beeAnie the lUJlbnr id' ihr aebeuM i^.tth'd
tbi^ Ihiioii, In aetiordiini'Cr witii thi^, a
kind of fedrriil bi»dy wmr formeil of about
eijrhtern atatrn, thi* prtncea M which tn( t
in ■ oongr«»r while the poople were repre*
trntad in n perliamair which waaconvtikedi
at Erfurt, A canatitution wan framed, J
and the princes were summoned to Berliilrf
to ntb^jit it. l)elAyx and hci^itdtion tooko
pbu;c --iiiml vkhen, am wii» t.. f.^^ /'\i < --tr^il,
Auatria oppotcd with ^r i
lite e«ttihli«l\ment of a le;i.
the Movercij^na of the Union bUtcai lounil^
that their conduct had lout them the cckti-
fidenet^ of the people. A a the enaia ap-
proacbrdi it WM fdt that Raduwitz watl
f.....rL,s fn come forward and aaxumfl
tlity of hia own meainrea, Hi
iy entered tbe cabinet in 1850^
lit*: riu*biiin army wan nmbilited, and thA
Landwebr enlffd o»jt : troi'tp* occupied the«|
Etappen ' Ca4*cl,
which A*- shots wen
aetually t x, n .^rri
PruKsia, wbei< , aotfl
^acrifiicedy wiii i -^t of j
ainccre regret, his uitnisler and friends
Since then Von Radowitz baa lived inooii
parative retirement.
tl ia eonver»ationi*l powera made a bighlT*!
fdiourabtc iinpreasiou in the literary ani]
lafthionable world of Jytiudon dunnf thttf
Bhort viait whieh he paid to thix country J
nliout three yenra since. He waa al»o emi*
nentty diKtingutiihed aa an author rm
gre«t variety of Bubjecl*. h complete cdi^
tioo of hta vrorkii is now in proeesi of pub«|
licationt the fifth volume having uppeaned f
utiortly before his deatb.
lib Counteai, a beautiful, amiable, and
accomplished womnii, aurvivea him.
Ilia funeral vtas conducted at Betliii i
with nlinoat regal pornp. On the 4tllJ
Jrin. before the body wuh sent to Erfiim
for iotimitintj there was a relicioui fer»|
vice in thrj churoh of the garrison, all
whicb rlie King was present. His Ma* I
jc*ty approached the cotfin, and prayed id]
a tow voice, aAer whicli he ktaaed on th^j
forcbeud the four sous of rhr deceaMedfJ
two of whom are ofRcera in tbo Pruaaiail ]
Jinny.
Tuf, MAlirHIONKSS WKLLKBtJtr,
/j>ec. 17. At her a pari mini sin tbr palaoftJ
of Hampton Court, alter a abort illneaa|
the Most Hqq. Marianne Marehto
M'fllesley.
Her Ladynhip waa the eldest daughti*f I
and cohetrcita of Richard Cutun, esq. of I
Maiyland, in the United Stateaof Americi| T
and sister to tbc Duche«s of Leeds anil j
the dowager Lady Stafford.
i^be wan tirst married to Robert Patter^
son, enq^ a merchant of New York.
On the Vf^th Oct. IB'^fi, *\ut beeume th«1
•f'rond wife of Kicbard Martjurfts Wr|Iea->j
ley, K.G, ar\d K.P. Thi« wa^ after thi]
period of fjord Wellriley'a vim-royaUy in
EO
Obituary.— 7%<f Earl of DarimouiL
189
Irebmtlt 'Uid whilat he was living in re-
tiremeQt from public life. He left her a
second time a widow on tUe -6tU Sept.
1849 (see hb memoir in our toK xviii. p,
537).
In 1630 ber Ladyship v;m appointed a
Lady of the Bedchamber to her Majesty
Qneen Adelaide, which oftice she retained
for aereral yeara.
Her Ladyship's remains were conveyed
on Pridsy, Dec. 23, for iatermeot to
Coiteay, near Norwich, the seat of Lord
Stafford* They were received at the chfipel,
and conducted to a space before the altar,
where, after the channtingof the Miserere
pjfftlm and the prescribed prayers, ihey
were deposited for tlie ni^bt. Tbe funeral
obsequies began at balf-i^ast eiglil: on
Saturday morning. The service consisted
of the Office for tbe Dead, the Mass of
Requiem, with solemn music, and the
Fioal Abipolutioa or Burial Service^ which
was performed by the Very Rev. Dr.
Hosenbeth, many years chapluiii to the
noble family at Costeisy Hall. The funeral
was attended by Lord Stafford, Alejcander
Mactarith, Alfred Montgomery, John Y,
Down, esqs. and the Rev. Dr. Smith.
There were also present her Grace the
Duchess of Leeds and tbe dowager Lady
StalTord, sisters of the departed. The
funeral being private, the attendance 4>f
several noble relatiFcswas respectfully de-
clined. In accordance with the good old
charitable practice, a dole of bread was
given to the poor of Costessy on the oc-
casion of the funeral.
Tut. Earl of DARTSfooTH.
Nor, 22, At Patshull, co. Stafford,
having nearly compkted his (JDth year, the
l^ght HoQ.Wtlh'ftm Legge, fourth Earl of
Dartmouth and Viscoant Lewiaham, co.
Kent (TTM), fifth Baron Dartmouth, of
Dartmouth, co. Devon (1682), a Vice-
Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Colonel of the
Staffordshire Militia, a Director of the
Bntish Institution, and Councillor of
Kind's College, London, D.C.L., F*R.S.,
and P.S.A.
Lord Dartmouth was born tn the parish
of St. George, Hanover-square, on the
29th Nov. 17H4, the eldest son of George
third Earl of Dartmouth, K.G. sometime
Lord Chamberlain to King George the
Third, by Lady Frances Finch, second
daughter of Heoeage third Earl of Ayles.
ford. He was a member of Christchurcb,
Oxford, where he graduated B.A* in 1805,
and was created D.C.L. in 1831.
On the Ist Not. 1810, he succeeded to
tbe peerage on tbe death of his father.
Lord Dartmouth was warmly attached
t(T the throne and the principles of the
conatitotton. He adhered to the Conser-
vative party, but was in no degree an op*
[voscr of those necessary practical improve-
ments which an advanced stage of sodal
progress, a vastly increased man ufacturiog
system, and an enormously extended com-
merce, require. His objections, therefore,
were rather to the de toils than to the prin-
ciples of severiil public measures which he
opposed. In Parliament^ however, beyond
voting, his lords hip did not take any active
part. In the country he was vigilant, yet
not ostentatious, in the performance of
every duty ; and his regular attendance on
the magisterial bench, and his appearance
generally at the meetings of the many
charities iu the county and the district, to
which he contributed, produced a lai^
amount of good ; his decisions as a magis-
trate bang sound and dti<»criminative) and
his advice as a friend of the iastitudons
he supported always of the most valuable
kind. U is lo rdship never mod e atiy attempt
at oratorical display ; bat a promment fea-
ture of his character, as in the case of the
illustrious Duke of Wellington, was a con-
stant sense of duty, and an earnest desire
to perform it, always feeling his deep
responsibility us an English peer, a gentle-
man, and a Christian* In Birmingham
and its neighbourhood especially, his lord-
ship took an active part in all public mat-
ters. By his presence, advice, and liberal
pecuniary assistance, he identified his name
with every inslitulion of a bcnevolcrtt cha-
ractert and his private muni licence, we
may safely say, knew no limits. It would
be Impossible to particularise the instances
in which the noble Earl's liberality was
manifested ; but his constant connection
with the General Hospital, and the part
he took in establiiihing the School of Me-
dicine, since expanded into the Queen's
College, the Botanical Gardens at Edg-
baston, and the Society of Arts, testifies
to the interest he feh in the welfare of the
town ; he was amangit the earliest promo-
ters of the Church of England Cemetery,
and only a few weeks ago indicated hii
continued interest by a handsome donation
towards opening its church for divine
service. He likewise materially aided in
founding the late Philosophical lostitn*
tion. and subscribed most liberally towards
the proposed Midland Institute.
His sympathy with tbe working clasiei
was strong, and his efforts for their im*
provement earnest and continuous j nor
in promoting their good did be seek to
prevent Judicious pastimes. Bull-buiting
and dog'tighting were comrann amuse-
ments when West Bromwlch was a village,
not a very great many years ago : his lord-
ship interfered to stop these discreditable
proceedings, but, doing this, he gave tbe
190
Obituary.— 7%^ Earl of Portsmouth.
[Feb.
inhabitants the pririlege of acceis to five
acres of land which he inclosed, for cricket,
trapball, racket, running, leaping, and
other games and exercises in which its
frequenters might please to indulge ; thus,
with a benevolent foresight, anticipating,
in some degree, the present movement in
favour of parks and grounds for popular
recreation. His acquaintance with many
of the branches of abstract and eiperi-
mental science was familiar and profound,
and not only in England, but in trans-
atlantic states, his patronage, pecuniary
and otherwise, was freely bestowed.
From an early period of bis life, bis
lordship took a lively interest in the King's
Own Ilegiment of Staffordshire Militia.
He was appointed Major in that regiment
the 23rd Oct. 1805, and succeeded to the
command as Colonel on the death of its
Colonel, the Earl of Uxbridge, by com-
mission dated 15th April, 1812. In 1U13,
when a revolutionary movement broke out
in Holland, after the destructive battle of
Leipsic, the Earl of Dartmouth set an ex-
ample to the domestic branch of the military
force by offering his personal service, and
endeavouring, in conjunction with Lieut.-
Colonel Newdigate, to induce the regiment
to volunteer as a provisional battalion, in
aid of the general army, for foreign ser-
vice. His lordship's gallant and generous
offer not having received a very extensive
response in the regiment, the project was
abandoned ; but 507 men, with a full pro-
portion of officers, were accented by the
Government, and joined the Guards, and
Other infantry regiments, which distin-
guished themselves at the crowning struggle
on the plains of Waterloo. The regiment
under his command in IBM would bear
comparison, both in numbers andcfficiency,
with any regiment in the service ; and the
mildness with which he enforced the vari-
ous parts uf military discipline, together
with his courteous demeanour towards the
officers, irrespective of rank or other social
considerations, gave him an advantage be-
yond ordinary comparison. In 1814 the
regiment was disembodied, and so re-
mained until the escape of Buonaparte
from Elba, in the spring of the following
Tear, when it replaced the troops of the line
in Ireland, and the Earl of Dartmouth was
on duty with the regiment until 1 8 1 G. On
the revival of this useful and constitutional
force, last year, his lordship entered with
great zeal upon the work of its organiza-
tion ; and to the last his lordship cherished
the greatest solicitude that the re- organised
battalion which had been placed under his
charge should become as effective as the
one, which, in the more palmy days of its
history had been proudly distinguished as
the personal guard of his Majesty George
the Third, and flatteringly recorded in the
annals of the Horse Guards.
So late as Saturday, the 5th Nov. he at-
tended a meeting in Stafford, at which
some of the principal officers of the Staf-
fordshire Militia regiments assembled, to
confer with the Deputy Lieutenants on the
subject of the accommodation required for
the dep6ts of the three regiments, at Staf-
ford, Lichfield, and Newcastle. It was
remarked on that occasion that Lord
Dartmouth seemed to feel the influence of
the cold more than usual ; but no one
ascribed it to any more- serious cause than
slight temporary indisposition, nor antici-
pated that the county, and the large district
through which the influence of his charac-
ter was felt, would so soon be deprived of
his valuable services and example.
Lord Dartmouth had usually resided at
Sand well, near Birmingham. The Patshull
estate, in the same county, was purchased
by him from Sir Robert Pigot, Bart, about
five years since; and though he had occa-
sionally resided there, it was only during
the last summer that his lordship and
family had removed to it from Sandwell,
with tlie intention of making it a perma-
nent residence.
Lord Dartmouth w&i twice married :
first, on the r)th April, 1821, to Lady
Frances Charlotte Talbot, eldest daughter
of Charles -Chetwyud Ft.cund Earl Tal-
bot. By that lady, who dii'd on the 4th
Oct. 1823, lie hod i»ss:ue two sons, George
Viscount liCM^isham, who died in IB'J3,
aged sixteen months ; and Wi Ilium-Walter,
now Karl of Dartmouth.
The Earl married secondly, Oct. *5,
1828, the Hon. Frances Barrington, second
daughter of George 5th Viscount Barring-
ton ; and by that ludy, who died Aug. 11,
1849, he had further issue fifteen children,
sii sons and nine daughters, who are all
living, and at present unmarried. The
Hon. George Barringtou Legge, the eldest
son of this family, is a Second Lieutenant
in the Rifle Brigade.
The present Earl was born in 1823, and
married in 184() his second -cousin Lady
Augusta Finch, eldest daughter of the Earl
of Aylesford, by whom he has issue Wil-
liam-Heneage now Viscount Lcwisham,
born in 1B51, and other children. Ilis
lordship has been M.P. for South Staf-
fordshire in the present Parliament.
TiiK Earl of Portsmouth.
Jan, 9. At liggcsford, in Devonshire,
in his 82d year, tijc Right Hon. Newton
Fellowes, fourth Earl of Portsmouth (1 743),
Viscount Lymington, eo. Southampton,
and Baron Wallop of Wallop in the same
county (1720), a Deputy lieutenant of
DevoiM»hire.
1854.]'
OBiTVARY^—Lord PlunkiU
His I^rdtbip was tUe third son of Jobti
ibe second Earl by Umivici* ikughter of
Coulson FeUowos, t»(\. of Hampsteadt
MidtUeics, »nd Eggvsford* lO. Devon* He
WM boru at Hurslbournc Park in HAmp-
fbire on the 26th JunCf 177^^> ^nd irai^
educated «it Trinity college, Cunibrid^e,
wbcrt the degrpc of M-A. was conferred
upon hini tn 1792,
On ^ucceoiiing to the estAt«a of bi^
p, . ^. 1 j Henry Arthur Fi^lowf^,
i be took the name and
, (in lieu of bia owu pa-
tronyixiic ot Wallop, y by h\& Majeaty^s
Ueeiue dated August a, 1794*
In 1807 be was returued to ParlUment
for Aodover» and h«; continued to repre-
sent thrtt br> rough ffiiring seTcraJ parlia-
ments unr 11 1^20, In 18 i>^ on the increase
of tbe mcjiibers for the county of Devon
by tiic Keform Atit» he was selected to
rnirt?tnt it* Northern Division, and ivoa
rttnmcdnitUout ojipoaitioti in conjunction
wilb hiM bfotbcr in-ljiw Lord Ebrington
f^^ t Fatl ForttBcui). They were
I , 1835; but in I8:i7 Mr New -
t : J J i 1 \ . - t. 3 retired , u n d was succeedrd
by J?ir Thnmsji Dyke Acland, Bart, a
Cooaerrative* Aflcr that period, Mn
wton Fellowi'S waa out of Parltatnent ;
Dtil he «ucci*cdcd to the peerage on the
tU of bi$ bi'otbttr the late eccentric
irl on the Nth July, 18^3 (see our loft
p. 307.)
Newton FcUoweK woa always a
aud energetic i»npporter of Lioerid
lltics, but at the same time bt>9 manners
ire cordial and conciliatory to all parties.
wai ao active promoter of local iin-
ivemeuts. The beautiful road which
mecta Exeter irith Bamitaple was
iBaiol} furaied by his exertions, and with
iHr; aid of bii la'cnniai^ advances ; and
wbrn a railroad communication was first
propofed for the north of Devon he pro-
Doted iti formation with great public-
irit ajid Belf-sacriiice* In former days
^jcsford was the very focus of hospilality,
\ well as of employment for hi* poorer
feighboura; and in all hii bcnedccnt
Torts he waa warmly seconded by his
iable wife.
The late Earl wsa ti«ire married, and
laauo by both marriitgea. His tlrst
w«a Frances, fourtli daoirbter of the
Caatell Sberard, of Glaltooi co»
In 1^ Jot), and a cousin of the Earl of
!! .By that lady, who died
I Kl *), he had itaue two sons and
tlndc tUu^hters: I. Fanny -Jane- Urania,
who died in 18H, in her 18th year; 2.
Lady V f'ttrolinc, married in 18243
to Job ler Na|{le, esc^ of Calver-
leigh L .,», Jcvon; 3. Henry Arthur
Wallop FeUowea, esq. M.P. for Andover
in 1833*5; who died unmarried in 1847|
in hit 48th year ; 4. Newtgn-John-Alex«
ander, who died an infant in 1801 ; und
5. Louiia-Marta, who died on infant in
1803.
Hiij Lordship married secondly, June
24^ 1820, Lady Catliarinc Fortes^cue, second
daughter of Hugh firit Earl Fortescue,
and by that lady, who survives him, be had
furtlicr issue one sun and three daugbteri:
f). Lady Catharine, married in 1843 to
Seymour Fhi)lip:9 Allen, esq. sou of the
late John Hcnsleigh Allen, esq. of Cre*-
selley, co. Pembroke, and grandson of thfi
late Lord Robert Seymour; 7. Lady
Hester-Urania,, married in 1847 to Ralph
Merrick Loeke, e*cj, of Lonjcford Hall,
S- -- : ' '-■-'. H. the V.--'- P-n. Isaac-
Earl of a ; and^
L .;U Eleanor, u 1852 to
her cousin the Hon. Dudley Frunciji For*
te^rue, youngest son of Earl Fortcscue.
Tbe present Earl of Portsmouth vras
born in 1825, and is unmarried. Ho WM
an unsuccessful candidate for Anduvcr in
1847.
Luftu Plitnkkt.
Jan, 5. At bis srat^ (lid Uouinkugbti
CO. Wicklow, in his 90ih year, the Ri^bt
Hon. William Conynghatn Plunkct, Daron
Plunkct of Newtown, no. Cork^ in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom, a Privy
Councillor of Great Britain and IreUuuT
und LL.D.
The Rev. Thomas Plmiket, the pastor
of a Presbyterian congregation in Ennis-
killen, had two sons, the eldest of whom
was Patrick ; the second, considerably
junior to his brother, was the cetebratrd
man whose death we have juiit recorded.
Lord Plunket was bom In that town in
July, 1761. In a pecuniary sense his
prospect of iuheritanre was small, but na*
ture compensated him by the most pre*
cious of her gift«: — ii sound mind iu t
Tigorons frame. A few of the north of
Ireland Preabyteriana doubt the doctrine
of tbe Trinity, as it is generally received
in Christian cliurchea, and of that number
was Mr. Thomas Plunket. While yet a
comparatively young man he removed with
his family to DubHn, where he became
tbe minister of Strand-itreet Chapel. Tbb
change greatly facilitated an object rery
dear to bis heart, that of giving a liberal
education and learned professions to both
h\» sons. Patrick, the eldest, became a
phystciao, died childle»«, and, we belicTe,
uumarried, more than forty years ago,
bequeathing to his brother W^illiam Plun-
ket a large library aud a very comtiderable
fortune. William was, however, yet a
boy when death removed his father from a
world, in which his struggles were at once
192
Obituahy- — Lord Plunket.
[Feb.
severe and unsucceflsful. He died in em-
barrassed circumstances, and left to his
congregation the care of his family. This
appeal was handsomely responded to, and,
thoagh the Unitarians in Dublin were
neither numerous nor wealthy, still a suf-
ficient sum was subscribed to pay Mr.
Plunket's debts, as well as to defray the
expense of keeping the younger son at
school, and completing the education of
the elder, who soon found himself in a
condition to return their assistance as
well as to contribute to the expenses of
William Plunket, who had resolved to en-
gage in tlie profession of the law, upon
which he entered in Hilary Term, 17B7|
having previously obtained a scholarship
and graduated with considerable credit at
Trinity College, Dublin. He was there
the contemporary of the well-known Arch-
bishop Magee : they were both natives of
the same county, both of humble origin,
both the architects of their own fortunes,
both men who reached the highest digni-
ties in their respective professions, and
both " sworn friends and true," who as-
sisted each other in the race of life till all
its difficulties were subdued. Mr. Plun-
ket was called to the bar in 1787. He
had already acquired no small fame for
oratory in a debating club called the His-
torical Society, which in those days held
its meetings within the walls of the Dublin
University. Lord Charlemont, who was
then one uf the leaders of the Irish Liberal
party, immediately brought him into the
Irish House of Commons for his own bo-
rough of Charlemont, and Mr. Plunket
at once commenced his political career.
He was bold, sarcastic, unsparing : at
once witty and logical, popular and pru-
dent. Stimulated by narrow circumstances
and boundless ambition, he gave all his
days, and almost all his nights, to toils
which politicians " court, and think them
joy ; *' but, though capable of speaking at
the shortest notice, he yet was a holiday
orator. He conld indeed speak with ease
and effect about anything or nothing ; but
he never relished small skirmishing, and
almost always reserved himself for great
occasions. Not that )ie ever was in the
habit of writing pamphlets ond commit-
ting them to memory, but it seemed as if
the fervour necessary to his nobler efforts
could only be excited by profound emo-
tions long indulged, supported by reason-
ings so cherished and nurtured as to have
become a part of his being. With the
every-day business of luginlAtion his name
is therefore little associated, while the
fame which he acquired in the Irish House
of Commons is due principally to the
power which he displayed in resisting the
Legislative Union. He scarcely could be
JO
said to have brought to its discussion the
views of a philosopher or the experience
of a statesman ; but from night to night,
daring the debates on the Union, ho di-
rected against the Treasury Bench a per-
fect hurricane of wrath. Although these
efforts conferred no benefit on his conn-
try, they tended greatly to advance his
own reputation ; although the Viceregal
Castle would not capitulate, he took Uie
Four Courts by storm. The palace of the
Lord-Lieutenant closed its gates, but in
the Temple of Justice he was received as
her most favoured son ; a professional
income, which had been reckoned by
hundreds soon rose to be computed by
thousands, ond the legal circles of Dublin,
not less than those of the North -West
Circuit, still cherish the traditions of his
forensic victories. Every faculty of his
vigorous mind, as well as every feature of
his extraordinary character, were disci-
plined and developed by the Union de-
bates ; and most especially did he acquire
fame from the boldness — we had almost
said the audacity — with which he con-
fronted his political adversaries. On one
occasion Sir Jonah Barrington insinuated
that corruption had been attempted ; mi-
nisters threatened to move that his words
be taken down ; Plunket instantly con-
verted the insinuation into a specitic charge,
accompanied with the bitterest revilings,
and at every interval in the long series of
his reproaches he challenged the Treasury
to " take down his words.'' These suc-
cessive cartels, however, were not accepted.
It was in this speech that he uttered the
schoolboy declaration of which Mr. O* Cou-
ncil and Mr. Cobbctt many years after-
wards made frequent use to raise an occa-
sional laugh, both in Conciliation- hall and
the House of Commons. The matter on
both sides is abundantly absurd, and only
worth recording as on illustration of the
puerilities which were then in fashion.
Mr. Plunket said he should imitate the
father of Hannibal, and enjoin his sons to
*' swear eternal vengeance nguinst the ene-
mies of thtir country," — viz. the Saxons.
Mr. O'Connell, taking advantage of this,
always called the junior Plunkcts " young
Hannibals."
The extinction of the Irish Parliament
seemed for a time to extinguish Mr.
Plunket's hopes of building up the cha-
racter of a statesman ; but he *' improved
the occasion'' by creating the groutt'st
forensic reputation that any Irishman ever
attained. He was a man of thirteen years'
standing in his profcHsion and a King's
Counsel when the Union took place, while
it is well known that in a short time after
his '' call " he had obtained business suf-
ficient to justify his being allied in marriage
1854.]
Qbituary* — Lord Plunket,
193
to > Ijidy of good fortune, and descended
from an ancient family. The wife of Mr.
Plnnket wag Cfttberine, only dau. of John
M^Caneland, C3q. of Strabane^ who had
rcpteteoted the county of Donegal in four
raUaments. The union of Mr, Plunk et
with Misa M'Cau&land took place in 1*91,
and a numeroua family were the ia«t}e of
that marriage. Anxious as he mnat neces*
sarily have been at this period of his life
to provide for the oeceasities of his posi^on,
yet he cordially united with his brother
Dr, Pluoket in returning to those members
o€ Ms lather^s congregation who subscribed
to pay that gentleman's debts and main-
' tatD fais family the amount of all their
contribution 9 1 with full interest, so that
the Unitarians of Strand-street \n%i no
jsktmcj and gained much honour by their
connexioo with the Ptunkets.
When the rebellion of Mm burst forth,
Mr. Plunket was a member of Parlhunent,
« riaiiig man at the bar, and the father of
A family — all excellent renaonif even if
blgher motives were wanting, to restrnia
him from abetting that sanguinary move-
ment ; though he subsequently gave his
£rofeisional aid to some few among its
ttdera and victima. Many years before
that fatal period, at the time when Parisian
HmauM were Indoctriaating all EuropOi tt
waa said that Mr. Plunket did not (juite
• escape their infliience» and that among the
Irish Liberals of 1789— more especially
at the houses of Dr. Emmctt and his son
Thomas, Mr. Plunket was accustomed to
proclaim that " all the sovereigns of £u*
rope were malefactors, and all the nations
of Europe enslaved.*' Tins charge was
'' urged with sufficient pertinacity to render
Mr. Plunket very desirous of some signal
and public opportunity to give it a prac*
ticai rcfutMtioQ. An occasion favourable
for that purpose presented itself in August,
1603, upon the trial of Robert Emuiett,
^ whose loUowers murdered the Idsh Chief
I Jostioe, Lord Kilvrarden, when Mr. Plunket
appeared, in addition to the law officers of
the Crown, as counsel for the prosecuLioo-
There are those who have thought and
■aid that he discharged his duty during
that painful trial in a manner more remark-
' ' ' )! in his cause than for humane
on towards the culprit. The
i..,^.„«...u conviction and ultimate fate of
LUie prisoner were regarded as matters of
[fiertaiuty. The earnest address of Mr,
Plunket to the jury was therefore calcu-
lated to promote no other object than the
, tery superfluous purpose of dissociating
himself from the frnnlicand criminal author
of the tmeule in which Lord Kilwarden
' fcdl. Mr. Bmmett in return assailed him
with the measureless sarcasm of which Mr.
Plunket himself had set many exampleii
Gbxt. Mao. Vol. XLI.
accusing him of having inculcated popular
resistance and physical force in his speeches
both at the bar and in Parliament ; while
the adversaries of established order, im-
mediately after the trial, charged him with
ingratitude and treachery in volunteering
to assail the son and brother of men with
whom he had lived on terms of intimacy,
and with whom he once had shared those
sentiments which, on the trial of Robert
Emmctt in 1803, he indis^nantly repro-
bated. That this accui^ation was utterly
false Mr. Pluuket proved long afterwards,
upon the trial of an action which he brought
against Williatn Cobbett for propagating
that unfounded charge-
On the 22d Oct 1803, Mu Plunket was
advanced to the office of Solicitor- General
for Ireland, and on the loth Oct. 1805, to
that of .Attorney -General. From this time
forward he naturally sought to extend his
sphere of action, and he therefore resolved
to couoect himself with one of the great
political parties into which the candidates
for office were then divided. That section
of public men who acknowledged the late
Lord Grenville for their leader received
Mr, Plunk et's co-operation as an accession
of strength well worthy of acceptance ;
and in IfeOG, when the ministry called
" All the Talents '* forced themselves upon
George III. Mr. Plunket continued to be
the first low officer of the Crown in Ire-
hind. By the arraiiigements then made,
Mr. Flunket'ii patron. Lord Grenville, was
placed at the head of the Government,
and Mr. Fox as leader in the House of
Commons, For the mistakes which that
ministry committed in England during
their brief possession of power Mr. Plunket
was in no respect responsible. The ad-
ministration of Irish affairs proceeded at
that time rather smoothly and speciously ;
Irieh produce was much in demand, rents
were comparatively well paid during the
war, and the mmds of the populace were
tixed upon the single object of Roman
Catholic Emancipation, which they hoped
to see achieved by a Liberal ministry.
The death of Mr. Fox, however, and the
pressure on the King respecting Roman
Catholic claims broke up the Goverument,
and Mr. Plunket resigned, after holdtog
the office of Attorney-General from Oct.
1805 till May 1B07. He Ixad now ceased
to go circuit i in a great measure he with-
drew from the Common L:iw courts, and
gave himself up to the pursuit of Chancery
practice, which he seemed to prefer upon
the obvions ground of mimmum labour
with majrijTium reward — certainly not from
any inaptitude for other departments of
his profession, since he was in all respects
at the head of the Irish bar. In every
Chancery suit he appeared as leading
2 C
104
() M n ij A K V . — Li> *'fi PlunkeL
[KcH.
OOOQiet, And continued in th« andieputi^d
en|oymnit of thot poiltlon from \mi till
1897 1 in the course of which porioil bis
feeti excluBiTc of profesnionnl giln« during
the precedini; twenty year;), could not have
&mounti<d to IwA tlinn ftii ntcrngc income
of 41,000/. \M't minuin.
Lord Grcuville and tLc Utc Lord Orcy
were members of the Whig; c.ibinet of
I &tJ6-7 . When th»i Government resided,
both those noble lonU» followed by thetr
re«pectiTe adherenN, farm*!d a comhifiation
of poUticnl intf^rcits which Uiiited fifteen
yeart, but which never nmonnled to perfect
tmalgation* The (Jr^-nTille section of that
pmrty continued to Include Mr, Plnnket,
and to recoiw flrom bim nil the support
vihieh t man neither in office nor in Kr-
liameDt was cnpable of yielding. At that
time the franchise of the Dublin Univenity
wu rested in a very Hniittd nunibrr of
eleoton, so reitrictcd that they rould not
exceed 9.1, \\%. the provost, 7 senior fcl-
lowf, IG junior fellows— which was then
their utmost number, — end 70 " »choLars
of the boose/' Of this latter class »ome
were minors, so that rarely so msny as BO
deetors ever came to the poll. Over tlits
body Dr. Magee^ the old companion and
faithful ally of Pluuket, exercised con-
siderable influence. StiU^ neither the in-
flucDco of Dr. Magc« nor the fame of Mr.
Plnnket oould secure a favourable result
till the general elcollon of \%\'i^ for he
wat known to be fovonrable to Roman
Catholic claims I and it was then for the
first time Mr, Plunkct took hi» seat In
the Britbh House uf Commons as repnr*
scntative of the learning and orthodoxy of
IrelandL He had jtreviously sat for Mid*
bunt from January lt^07 till April in the
t^me year. Mr. Tlunket came to this
country with b rt^putatlon for eloquence ;
but Irish oratory was, evcii then« nt a
dbcount, and there existed no nredispo-
iition to think favourably of Mr, Vlunket's
powers. A single speech^ however^ sulficed
to B«t him light with the House. When
he first rose no one knew what sort of
oration to exjiect — a dry lawyer-like dis-
quisition or a burst of Celtic dccInmA-
Uon* No one was prepared for^ and
therefore everybody listened with sur-
prise and attention to a uian whose
quiet ^ self- possessed, grave, and stud ions
inicQ bore no trace of Hibernian origin;
a startling array of facts, reasoning, in-
geniousp severe, and eminently forcible,
a masterly gra^p of the whole subject,
felicity of iUustmtiou, variety, cnndensa-
tion^ frc'tibness, the choicest diction ren-
dered doubly expressive by a delivery
earnest, impressive, and unaffected, pro-
cured for his <fff^Nl an amount of favour
•0 gnit that the wonder is he should have
succeeded in pratervlog It unimpaired
through out the fifteen yenri that be sat In
our House of Commons. His exterior
certainly prefcnted nothmg prepossessing;
his stature was sliort, hia limhs clumsy,
his countenance a small and unfavourflble
specimen of the Hcotijih physiognomy,
aggravated by a true "vinegar aspect;*'
yet his parliamentary success was not
merely remarkable— it wos brilliant. The
great men of that day vied with each other
in complimenting their new companion \
and Mr. Canning vras bold enough to
affirm that the advent of such a m*ii
brought hack the days of Burke and Pitt,
of Fox and Sheridan. Fortunately, thll
stimulating incense did not lubaeiptcntly
tempt bim into the freaks, the fustian, or
the passionate exaggeratioti of tho Irish
achooK As Maeaolay aays of Hamptlen,
** his eloquence waa of the kind most
esteemed in Parliament— ready, weighty,
perspicuous, condensed." Though by no
means destitute of imagination an J sensi.
htUty, he never yielded to flight, tempo*
rarv, or false emotions ; uxually maacuuoe
and dignified, not often petulant, imscible,
or coarse, the peculiar and distinguishing
characteristic of his eloquence was a sus-
tained Intensity— ** Strong without rage,
without oVrflowing full.*' He always en-
joyed the reputation of being ** a good
hater," ever ready to sacrifice collateral
and inferior objects to the main purpoae
of cruahiiig hostile forces, and not meraij
achieving, but reaping the fruits of victory^
while his speeches seemed almost to d^
ienre all the praiae bestowed by Ben
Jottson on Lot^ Bacon, when he taya^
"no man ever spoke more neatly, more
pressly, or suffered less emptineaa, ieti
idleness in what he uttered," In tb6
world of polltica be rarely conceded any
advantage, and never spared an adversaryp
but in private life he was plaoahte, rathef
generous, oud even kind-hearted. Amid
his domestic circle lie is said to have been
moat amiable.
At the general election of 18l8 Mr,
Plnnket's claim to the representation of
Dublin University woa contested by Mr«
John Wilson Croker, then Secretary to
the Admiralty, who was supported by the
government Influence, aud stood upon the
old Tory and anti- Catholic interest, but
was on that occasion nnsuccesfful. Df.
Mni'rr. iTi- Ti Dean of Cork, as usual** can
to I ' and materially assisted lit
set II Hjm of Mr. Plunket, though '
by a wcry aiiHilt majority^ the numhcri j
being 30 and 34.
The *' Manobester Masiacre," combined
with a prodigioiu amount of diiconteul
throughout we country, rendered Lord
LlverpooPa goferament verf senilble of
1854.]
Obituary.— JLoic/ Phnket.
195
the raXne of sv^h ftn nuxiiiary $m Mr.
. pttmkcL Upon that occhsiod he dofeaded
f Ibeir policy, or at least exteaaated their
errort ; and, when the proper opportunity
Arrived, they were bj/ do means unprepared
to manifeat their gratitude. The death of
the Marqueaij of Londonderry in 1822 led
to B rariety of miniaterial obangea ; and,
though Lord Liverpool continued to be
\ Pritne Mioiaterf and Lard Eldun ttlLl held
t Oreat Seali yet the iuteuse Toryism of
Ifovemmeatwai mitigated. Mr* Can-
ng took the management of the House
r^f Commouf J Mr, Hu^ki^fon became Pre-
pideot of the Board of Trade, and several
[ iDembers of the GrcDvilte party joined the
A-dinmistration, Air* Plunket receivini; the
oflBce of Attorney -General for Irelaad.
The Marquess Wellesley was then Vice-
roy. Conciliation was to be the principle
of hia gofemmetit, impartiality his uoi-
fenal rule of action. The Orange party
, were to be curbed, and Popish agitation
F ditcountenanced. He was to be the paci-
Icsfttor of a laud which had never known
\ tfioqaillity for 600 yean ; and the brilliant
It with which he bad governed India
Lmii to be reyived in the Castle at Dublin.
I Buch were the fond hopes with which Lord
WelJealey*8 countrymen bailed his vice-
' regal adTent, hopes which, to their minds,
were conrerted into realities when Mr.
Pluoket — the great advocate of emancipa-
r tioB — becajae tlie first law officer of the
1 1riah Gofemment. Those expectations
I were grievoualy disappointed. The Mar-
qneaa and Mr, Plunk ct were great men,
but no workers of mirdcles, and when his
Excellency visited the theatre in State he
waa pelted from the gallery ; tlie Orange-
^ men hooted him in the ttreeta« and the
^ Liberal iigitatora denied him a cordial sup-
^»ort with the multitude. Whiteboyism,
^ Oeginoing itt outrages id the south, a) moat
^ feaebed the suburbs of the capital The
legal proceedings against the Orange party
were defeated in the courts of law, and
the eouQtry gentlemen once more began
\ to fbitifj their hontea, A ipeciai commis-
tion wic iaiued, and the Attorney-General
in nervon prosecuted the insurgents at
Cork and other aaslze towns throughout
Muuster. With the Dublin Orangemen
who j»elted Lord Wellealey Mr. Plunket
waa remarkably unj^uccessful. His pro-
•eeutions neither inspired the one party
with atarmt nor the other with gratitude.
But in the House of Commons he con-
tinued to hold a position among the highest
order of public men. Mr. Canning more
than once said, that no individual whatever
contributed »o much as Mr. Plunket had
f4one to the success of Ruman Catholic
i. Tlie namea of Grattan, O'Connell,
[iiod Sidney Smith were mentioned; but
Mr. Canning rej seated hia deliberate opl-
nion that Mr. Plunket was the mort
efficient labourer that ever toiled in that
cause ; for this reason — that he gained over
adversariea by persuading them that a
repeal of the penal laws would strengthen
the established church in Ireland. But
he ceajsed to hare a seat in the Lower
House before that great change in our
constitution waa oonaummated. In 1827
the state of Lord Liverpool's health ren-
dered his retirement indispenaabte, and
Mr. Plunket, hciiig then in the 63d year
of his age, and having been live years lu
the ofllce of Attorney -General, thought he
had a fair claim to a seat on the bench.
Mr. Canning, at that time Prime Minister,
did not like to lose his services in the
Houae of Commons, and proposed to ap-
point him Master of the Rolls in England.
Thts pUu, howeTer, was, after a little con*
sultatioii, abandoned, and Mr. Plunket
was, in the month of June, 1827* raised
to tlie peerage of the United Kingdom by
the title of Baron Plunket, being at the
£ame time appointed Chief Justice of the
Common Pitas in In ' ■ ' - -" 1 in that
im]iortant office he cv \ the close
of the Wellington ad ri; i m, a period
of somewhat more than three years. The
new Chief Baron (Joy) had been 8olicttor>
GeDcr&l under Lord Plunket, and Chief
Justice Bushe, of the King's Bench, was
his most intimate friend. While at the
bar they hod frequent encounters aa counnl
on opposite sides, and none waa more
stoutly conteste<l than that in which the
Crown proceeded by writ of quo warranto
against Chief Baron O'Grady. Mr. Plun-
ket called it *'a Jacobinical procedure/'
Mr. Bufihe replied, ^* If it be bo, impeach
us. 1 adjure you by our ancient friendship
and our common country to arraign us,^'
&c. ** Ah/' said Mr, O'Connell, <» their
ancient friendship was a league between
two robbers, and their common country
has been the common prey of both."
Tills may be received aa one among many
occnrrcQcea which illustrate the sort of
warfare that Lord Plunket waa required
to wage in Ireland ; but the moment he
quitted the Irish shore he accommodated
himself at once to the tone of English
society *, though, when he returned to bla
native country, he was still a match for
any Irishman, even at his own peculiar
weapons.
While Lord Plunket presided in tlie
Common Pleaa— namely, from June 1827
till November 1630, hii judicial coreeri
though attended with much sucoeaa, win
not marked by any very eatraordinary
events. Not so, however, his position hlb
a member of the Upper House. No one
con forget that the groat fcatoro ol the
19G
Obitua BY,— /*orrf Plunket.
[Feb.
WelUogton WitMrf wai the Rom&n Ca-
tholic Relief Bill. While lliat mcnsurc
was under discusHioa in the Hrnisfi of Lords,
the Dukfl invited Lord Plunk«t to sit with
bitn on the Treftenry U^nch^ to nclTise him
sC«p by itqi, ** to lake charge of thi' biU/'
8S the phnu»e \%^ and see it fairly through
tbe llotise. This is uot n usual course,
nor if such a practice generally thonglit
vKpedient, but the Dnkc evidently ft-lt thftt
without the cordial and uncctv^ing eiTortii
of Lord Plunkct the ehances of surcesa iu
the HouMc of Lorda would be exceedingly
douhtful.
The meajure called " Emancipation '*
having been carried^ the Inbourii of l^rd
Pluuket aa a legislator reached their clo^e.
OccAtionally he made a few remarks in
Pftrliament, but he ncarcely ever again de-
livered II speech or eameatly engaged in
any diACUtsioo. With the exception of
five months^ hetween November 1K31 and
April 1835, the Whiga remained in po6-
tesaion of the Cabinetr and Lord Pluuket
vna tlicir Iriah Chancellor, until i short
time before their withdrawal from office,
when he reluctantly re^igncd^ nod waa
Buceeoded by Lord Campbell.
During the last Whig Miniitry Lord
Plunket occasionally came over to Loudon ;
but he waa full G6 years of age before
he took hi« seat oa the bench of the Court
of Chancery in Ireland, and it may fairly
be considered that at that advanced period
of his life he was entitled to withdraw
from Parliamentary bbour«; nor even wm*
it expected that, a* a judge, Lord Plunket
could add much to the fame which he had
prev!(}U«l}r acquired. His reputMion shot
upwards frum a narrow ground- work. H)»
speeches were at once few uud famous;
they excited the unqualified iipplaubc of
the age in which he flourished* while the
mm. who have survived thoi>e daya feel
thftt, even after the lapse of thirty years.
hi« celebrity bass «carcely waocd^ and that
Pluukct*» is still a conspicuoui name amid
the orators of the ninctcentli century. But
tho great prmciplei of legislntion which
tneo teek and find in the i^peechea of Pitt
and Uie writings of Burke do not abuund
in the startling orations of Plunket. He
could scarcely he called a statesman —
hardly, even, a sound practical jHklitkiaD ;
abler judges than he were among his
brethren of the Iriah bench, though hi»
judicial quftlities were of a very high order;
and al the bar, though he received a large
income and waa a peerle«d advocate, there
were men of gremter learning, uud ojic
unquestionably of greater eloquence. But,
oa tbe whole, nature was moat bountiful
to Lord Pluuket, aud accident favoured
liim at almost every ttep of hit long and
fioblo mreer. HU public life may be ooa-
fidered as terminating in 1811 ; ittU, for
some yeAri after its closef he continued to
visiit his friends and to diffuse the charais
of his conversation. At length he became
oppreatied with the weight of humtm in-
lirmity, yet even in that night of life were '
occoaionally seen many bright gleauas of '
his once clear and powerful intellect.
By the lady already mentioned* who
died on the 14 lb March 1H2K Lord Plunket
had issue six sons and five daoghtera, all
of whom, excepting the eldest daughteri
arc still living. Their names nre as follow :
L the Right Hon. and Right Rev. Tbomae
uow Lord Pluuket, Lord Bishop of Ttiim,
Killala, an^^ Achonry ; 3. the Hon. John \
Plutiket, n Quecrrs CcMinseI» who married
in IH^4 Charlotte diiu^^bter of the late
Right Hon. Charles Keodall Bushe, and
has issue a numerous family ; 3. the Hon*
David Plunket^ Commissioner of Bank*
ruptey, who married in I8.'i7 Louisa,
eldest daughter of the late Robert Ald-
ridge, esq. but has no issue ; A* Mary,
who died uomarried in 1814; 5. the
Hon. and Rev. William Conyngham Plun-
ket, Vicar of Bray» co. Dublin ; 6, the
Hon. Elizabeth* married iti 1824 to the
Rev. Francis Lynch- Bloise, Bart, and
left his widow in \%A^\ 7. the Hon,
Patrick Pluuket, a Comraissioner of Bank-
rupti in Ireland, who married in 1^6
MariKt daughter of John Atkinson, etq.
and haft issue ; 8. the Hon, and Very Rev,
Robert Pluuket, Dean of Tuam, who mar-
ried in iHiO Mary, eldest daughter of the
late Sir Robert Lynch- Blofise, BarL and
haa i^iue ; 9. the Hon. Catharine, uq-
married; 10. tbe Hon. Isabella, married
in 1846 to Henry Quia, esq. of Burleigh,
CO. Wexford, and Wingfield, co. Wicklowj
and IL the Hon, Louisa Plunket.
The Bishop ofTuam married iu 1810
Louijsn-.lane, second danghter of the bte
John William Foater, ciq, of Fanevalley,
CO. Louth, by whom he has issue four
daughters. The next hrotlier, the Hon.
John Plunket, Q.C. haa five surviving <
MOiiK, of wbuiri the eldeat, William Co-
uyugliaui Plunket, esq. was born in 182^,
hut is at present unmarried.
Lord Plunket'ti funeral look place on
the 7tb Jan. when bis body was conveyed
for interment to the Mouat Jerome Ceme-
tery. It w<i£. attended by all his sous,
bis sons-in-law, bis grandson Sir Robert
Lynch- Blosfic, Bart., by Sir Jolin J. Cog-
hill, Bart., Tbomoa Edward Barton, esq.,
and Richard J. Greene, eM|.,the buahaod*
of his grand daughtcfi, by tbe Lord Chan-
cellor, the Hon. Justice Perrin» the Right
Hon. Baron Greene, Hon. Commiaiioncr
Macan, Master Litton, Master Henn,
Surgeon Cusack, Dr. Whittlcr, &c* ace,
I
I
Sim T. TnKOPtttLus Mftcalre, Bart*
Nov. 3» At Delhi, a^d 58, SirTLomas
Theophilus Metcolfet the fourth Baronet^
of Fern Hill, Bucks (1802), Commia-
iiotier of Delhi.
Sir Theaphilus was the brother and betr
of the late Sir Charles Metcalfe, G.C.B.
who waft created & Peer by the title of
Lord Metcalfe in 1845, and died in 1840',
when the peerage became extinet (see the
memoir of Lira in our vol. xxvi. p, 53 i).
lie WHS the third son of Sir Thonruis, the
fir»t Baronetf by Susannah-Sophia, daugh-
ter of John Debantiaire, esq. and widow
of Major John Smith; and was born on
tUc 2d Jan. 1795.
He proceeded to India a« a writer in
IB13, and was immediately appointed A&-
liitaot to his brother Sir Charles, then
Reaideat at Delhi; which station he never
afterwards quitted. He was promoted to
be Head Aitsistant in the centre diviiioii
of the Delhi territories iu 1823; Collector
of Revenue and Customs 1828 ; Civil aud
Sessions Judge of the city and territory of
Delhi 1832 ; Commissioner of Revenue
and Circuit 1835; and Agent to the Lient.-
Governor of Delhi m the same year. He
succeeded his brother io the baronetcy, in
September, 1H46.
Sir Theophilus waa twice married ; first
to Graoc, ddest daughter of Alexander
Clarke, e»q. of Ruthveu, N.B. she died in
1824; and secondly to Fellciti^- Anne, eldest
daughter of John Browne, esq. M,D. of
the Bengal medical board ; she died m
1B43. By the former lady he bad issue
two EOQS, Theophilus- Macpherson* who
died iu 1841 ; and Charles -Theoplii I ua"
Rideout, who died in IB'20. By the latter
be had issue two sons and four daughters.
He is succeeded by his elder son by the
second marriage, now Sir Theophilus John
Metcalfe, who is also in the civil bi rvice of
the East India Company* tie was hrjrn
at Delhi in 1828, and married in 1H51 the
eldest daughter of Colonel John Low^
C.B. of Clatto. CO. Fife.
Sxn RiciiARP G. SiMBON, Bart.
Jan. 11* At his seat, Swauiitanf in the
lale of Wight, in hiii 70th year, Sir Rich-
ard Godin Simeon, the second Barooet
(1815)t a Deputy Lieutenant of Hamp-
shire,
He was born in London May 21, 1784^
and waa the son of Sir John Simeou the
first Barom^t, a Master in Chancery, and
M.P. for Reading', by Rebecca, eldest
daughter of John Cornwall, esq* of Hen-
don House J Middlefie:3c. He succeeded to
the title on the death of his father in Feb.
1824,
He was the first member returned to
Parliameat for the Isle of Wight, on its
receiving the privilege of returning one
member by the Reform Act of 1833, He
stood on the Liberal interest^ and Mr.
Alexander Glymi Campbell on the Con-
s^ervative side ; and ofttniticd hii election
by 1V2 votes to iVI. At the election of
1835 he was opposed by Mr. George Henry
Ward, and had the smoller majority of 483
to 337 ; and at the next election in 1837
he retired from the contest ; when the
Liberal candidnte Capt. the Hon. C. D<
Pclham was defeated by Mr, A" Court
Holmes.
He served the office of Sheriff of Hamp-
shire in 1845, and was appointed a Deputy
Lientenaut of that county in 1847. He
was well known as a scientific and practical
agriculturist.
He married, April 8, 1813, Louisa-
Edith, eldest daughter and heir of Sir Fit«-
william BarringtoUj Bart of IJarrint^ton
hall, Essex ; and by that lady, who died in
11^47, he had iitsue three sons and two
daughters. The former were, L Sir John,
his successor; 2. ChaiicM, Lieut. 45th regt.
who married in 184'2 Sarah- Jane, only
child of Philip William?, esq. of Woolley
Green, Hants ; 3. Cornwall, M.A, of Christ
Church, Oxford. The latter: Louisa Mary;
and Jane-Eliwbeth, married in 1846 to
the Rev. Robert Sumner, son of the Bishop
of Winches tcr, and dkd in 1851.
The present Baronet was bom in 1816,
and married iu 1 84i> the only daughter of
the late Sir Frederick Francis Baker, Bart,
of Loventor, co. Devon. He waa M.F,
for the Isle of Wight from 1847 to 1851,
when he resigned on becoming a Roman
Catholic.
Sir RiCHAnD Jenkin:^, G.C.B.
Dec^ 30. At his residence, Gothic Cot-
tage, Blackheatb, Sir Richard Jenkins,
G.C.B. of Bicton Hall, Salop, a Deputy
Lieutenant of that county, and G.C.B.
Sir Ricliard was born at CruckCon, near
Shrewsbury, February IHth, 1785, and was
the eldest son of Rkliard Jenkins, esq. of
Bicton, Siilop. by Constantia- Harriot,
daughter of George Ravenscioft, esq. of
Wr^cham. His ancestors appear to have
settled in Shropjshire, and resided at
Cliartton Hill, under the Earl of Bradford,
some time b the reign of Charles II. ;
the Bicton estate having come into the
family by the marriage of his great-grand-
father, Richard Jerilcins, esq. with the
heiress of John Muckleston, esq.
The name of Sir Richard Jenkins will
long be distinguish ed in the annals of
India, as a statesman of sound and strict
ability, and whose honourable conduct
secured for him, whilst resident there, the
respect not only of the native princes and
inhabitants, but of every one with whom
196
Obituary-— *9iV Richard Jenkim^ G*C*B.
[Feb.
the oIBgUI ditiei of big jiittuition brought
bim into connection.
In tbe year IHOO he was apijointed a
writer on the Bombay efltablwbment, when
hii npLHude for acfjuirinj^ the Arabic and
Persian lanj^uages having atti-acC<^d tbe
notice of tbe governing^ authorities, be was
in IB05 cbo&en osi^istant Secretary to Sir
Barry Close, Bart. Resident at tbe Poona
Durban Afterwards be wai elected Pre-
sident at Sclndia's Court, where he conti-
nued iome yejirs ; and then transferred to
the Residency at Nagporc, In Berat. At
this ifilacehe distinguished himself in 1BI7
by brave and admirable conduct and deci-
sion, addtftl to no small share of penonal
prowe^a ; having, as the deipatcli notifies,
" been present during tbe whole of an
action 1^' which it wajj rcqui&ite to under-
take for the protection of tbe Residency,
and us tendings by his aui mated conduct,
in a very consideriible degree to excite the
troops to their dtity» His exertions on
this occasion were ocknowlcdged by tbe
late Mr< Canning in 1^17- Itj with the
highest encomiums, and will be foumi
fully detailed in tbe account of the battle
of SectabuUiee. His transactions also with
the Booala Rujab are recorded in Mr,
Princtjp's Narrative of the Affairs of Bri-
tish India under the Marquess of Hastings.
During nearly tbe whole of the period
Mfr Jenkins was located in India be was
employed in the br6t diplomatic aituAtions,
ind for tbe Last nine years of bis residence
there in the still higher functions of direct-
ing under the Supreme Government the
entire administration of an extensive coun-
try during the minority of its native
princes.
His farther proceedings, from tbe period
of tbe outbreak with the Rajah at Nag-
pore, are thus ailuded to in a Minute of
the Governor- General in l«22 : " His
situation has been rather assimilated to
that of a ruler of a considerable State,
tbao a political agent repres^c^iiting one
GoTemment at tbe Court of another. The
several reporls of Mr. Jenkins's proceed-
ings, which are on record, will attest the
magnitude of tbe concern he has bad to
manage, the dilfieulties be had tn contend
with in the outset, and tbe sagacity, skill,
and perseverance with which he overcame
them i the serious responsibility be was
obliged to incur, in consequence of tbe oc-
casion of sudden and unexpected exigen-
cies) for which he could not be provided
with instructions, and tbe ultimate success
of his labours in restoriug the dilapidated
resources of the country, in placing tbe
financial and fiscal interests of the State
on a stable foundation, and introducing a
2 stem of order, cconomVf and purity into
s admixustration, whicQ will enable us
to transfer the country to the Rajah, dd
his reaching his majority, in a state of pro-
sperity not attainable by any other means/'
After an absence of twenty-seven years
Mr. Jenkins returned to England, and on
his way to his patrimonial estate at Bicton
be was met by a numeroua party of gen-
tlemen of the county of Salop at Charlton
Hill, to congratulate him on his return to
hii native country, and who accompanied
bim from thence to tbe contines of flif*
borough of Shrewsbury, where a I
concourse of the iubabitauts were a>^
bled to greet bis arrival, and from whence
he was escorted through tbe town with all
the honours attendant upon a triumphant
progress.
Mr. Jenkins being resident at hb s
sion, Abbey forogate, Shrewsbury, was soil
cited, at tbe general election in 1830, I
offer himself as a candidate on the Tor_
interest to represent thnt town in parli^fJ
meut, and was Guccesaful after three day
polling, the numbers being —
Richard Jenkins, esq. ■ 754
II. A. Slaney, esq. , .^(33
Ponton Corbett, esq. . , , . 445
Parliament being dissolved in the follow-
ing year, he was again returned after n
slight contest in conjunction with Mr-
Slanoy. At the elections of 1832 and
ie34 he did not offer himself. Bat In
1B37 he again came forward, when after a
severe stmggle the election terminated
tbus^ —
Richard Jenkins, esq. . * . 700
Robert Aglionby Slauey, esq. » G97
John Cresselt Pelham, esq. * 657
G, H> Dash wood, esq. , . . 537
At the dissolution of 1S41 he retire
from parliamentary duties, having dit
charged them diligently and conacieti**
tiously, as an honest agent, watching nver
the local and political ri|^bta of his con^
stituents.
In 1838 be liod conferred opou htm in
reward for his public services tbe distta*
gnished Order of tbe Grand Cross of thtl
Bath. This was accompanied by a letter!
from the late Marquess Wellcslcy, hi
which he states tbst the ** honour conferred
far exceeds a biirooetage in lustre, and is
much more suitable to tbe services you
have rendered tn the empire. Besides, it
is the first conferred on the civil service
in India in any instance below the rank of
Governor J and you are tbe first on this
new foundation of honour for that service,
of which all must allow you to be a prio*
cipal ornament." " I feel a personal an
a parental pride," the Marquess furtbei
adds, ^'in this most nobte act of juatio,
towards genuine merit fostered under mf 1
own eyes and led by my own hoodi into
1854,]
)Bm?AHY,— /Tern. Jaimi^iimmSSn,
199
I
the path of glory ;** and ** it is most credit-
able to the government generally to have
mored abote the low track of ordinary
patronRge on this orcasion, and to have
taaght the civil eervnnti of lEidlA by tliis
example, that their cnerite will be rewarded
by their country, without any regard to
differences of opiiiion or to considerations
of party.*'
It should abo be mentioned thnt soon
after his return from lodia he was elected
a Director of the Hon. E, L Company^s
board, of which his long c3;peTicince and
knowledge of easteni affairs rendered bira
an efficient and Inlelligent member. He
naboequently Ailed the office of chairman
to that body.
Many inhabitants of the towu and
ctmnty of Salop are Indebted to the gentle*
nun now under notice for confidcrable
pfttronoge in tlic nature of cadetships and
other ci?il appointments, and it Is a source
of satisfaction and congratulation to know,
that moel of these gentlemen have done
credit in their several sltaadons and tie-
come faithful and afair gervanta of the
Company and of thtir country ; a brilliant
example of which may he instanced in that
gaUant and succfssful soldier Major Ed'
wardes, now Foliticat Resident at Pe-
sbawnr.
la the various duties of his public life
the conduct of Sir Richard Jenkins was
conilftcnt and honest. To every sordid
and selfish feeling, or mean artlAce^ he
was an utter Strang rr. There was no for-
ward intrusion,— no desire of dictation, or
of attracting popnlarity ; but rather, a
retiring simidicity of manners, governing
an open and frank dispostition, that could
win and conciliate those who might not
otherwise acquiesce with him in opinion.
At the same tirae» when, on any occasion
his services could be beneficially employed,
he eiertcd himself with a promptitude and
disinterestedness that set forth the be*
nerolence of his heart, and developed the
tnie gentleman — the amenities of which
especially adorned his private character,
Mr. Jenkins married in 1921 Eliza-
Helen, eldest daughter of Hugh Spottis-
wode, esq. by whom he has left a family of
nine children, lie was created a Doctor
of Civil Law at Oxford, June 13, 1834.
The remains of Sir Richard Jenkins
arrived in Shrewsbury, on their way for
interment in the family vault at Bicton,
rthree miles from tliat town) on Friday,
Jan. 6th, when the mayor and corporation
and a respectable number of friends met
the funeral cortege and accompanied it to
the Welsh Bridge, as a fitting murk of
neapecl to the memory of a gentle man,
who, as a former representative of the
borough in parliament, had by his public
conduct and many acts of considerate kind-
ness to the town obtained for himself their
respect and gratitude. H. P.
Hon, James TnottAaoN.
S€pL 27. At Bareilly, Agra, the lion.
James Thomas on, Lieut. -Governor of the
North -West Provinces of India-
Mr. Thorn 830 n was only surviving son
of the Rev. Thomas Tmebody TliomasoD,
formerly Fellow and Tutor of Queen's
college, Cambridge, who, after having
been Curate to Mr. Simeon at Cambridge,
and also at Shelford near that town, —
where the subject of this memoir was
bom,— went out to India in the year 1808,
and died a Senior Chaplain in the Hon«
Company's service in 1829 (see Gent.
Mag. xcix. i. 647), His Life was after-
wards published by the Rev, J. Sargent.
In 1H14 hfs son James was seat home,
and placed under the guardianship of Mr.
Simeon, whose devotion to the we!l- being
of his young charge is touchingly por-
trayed in several of his letters published
in the Rev. Mr. Carus*s Memoir of him.
At that early age, young Thomason mani-
fested an ejitraordinary '* spirit of inijuiry,
and many of his questions were sucli as a
man, a traveller of sound sense and judg-
ment, would have asked/*
In 1B22| having finished his preliminary
education under Mr. Preston, and at
liaileybury college, he returned to India
in the civil service of the Hon. Company;
in widch he distinguished himself by an
unwearying assiduity and devotion to hit
varied duties, as he rose, step by step, to
the highest offices to which a servant of
the Company can aspire. Though at first
located in nn unhealthy and unpromising
junglC'Station, his administrative talents
and di^ttnguished ability brotight him un-
avoidably UQiler the notice of the Supreme
Government, and in consequence Lord
Auckland, then Govern or- General, made
him his Secretary,
Soon after, the desperate stale of his
wife's health induced him to run a very
great rUk, and to accompany her suddenly
to England without wuittog for the need-
ful leave. His appointment, however, woa
kept open for him for a few months, and
be returned to India to run, self-reltant,
an unbroken cateer of peaceful sucoess.
Mr. Thomason was selected for bis last
responsible office by Lord Ellenborough,
who, when Governor. General, always chose
the man he deemed best for every post,
irrespective of private iiifiuencc or official
seniority. Under his direction the natural
resources of the north-west provinces have
been rapidly developed, public works on
an immense scale were vigorously carried
onf and the districts under his rule were
OzJTVAmy^^Lieui^C^iom^ Moektaom, C,B.
CFeb.
<fifci]
Of
wak iM«ftmi adraaeeacat
i of Nt (OvcroiBcat.
ncnpc of
bvt he did not live
«r that Uig^ lad
Os rea^c of Uie Hilriikiaec of hii
ddtb the GoTcroor-GoMral 6wnd i tvo^
ieHMtt of the event, deled frma. Fort
WOkB, OcC S, 1853, IB wlkieli the IbUotr-
Si^ teitlipoiiy is bocne to hii OMfili : —
*'T1kc Iie«i.-6oTenK)ir liee loof tiaoe
MfinJ for hiaudf « itaeMv wkiek r«ttkt
liun kifh emoag the tnott dietingvislied
BcrrmaU of the Hon. East India Companj.
^ CoDepkiioat abiHty^ deTOticro to ibe
pvMic ■erricc, and a cotiacii!ntioi0 dis-
dMWfe of every dn^ have marlted each
ilip of Uf Itoaoonhk ooone ; wbtle hii
■mowing adniniitntive capacity, hii ez-
ttMod luiOwMve of alTaira, bU clear jadg-
BODl» btt boaevote&oe ^ character and
•airity of demeaootir, hoTC idomod and
ezmlted the bigti pofritiQQ which he waa
wiMly aelected to liU.
^ The Goferaor-General in Coandl de-
plorea hia loaa with a aorrow deep and
■wMgned, with a aorrow a^i^vated by the
ff«frtt that hia earecr abould have been
thai antimely cloaed^ wbea all had hoped
tiMl omiortanttiet for extended tuefalDtss
were rtill before biaa, and that fresh honour
might be added to hia oame.'*
LlEDT.-COLON£L MaCICK«OK, C,B*
B*pi. 10. At Pdhawur, Lahore, Lieut.-
Colonel Frederic Mackesoo, C.B. Com-
tniaaioner of the Peibawur diTiiioo*
Colonel Mackeaon was a native of Kent,
and h]« relationa are reaideot at Canterbury.
He received hia education at a military
aeminarj in France, and hia perfect ac-
(|oaintaoce with the language of that
CTOuntry led to hUi prefcrmi^nt* He en-
tered the Hon« Company's service in
1825, and lerved ten or twelve years with
the Htb Btngal Naiire Infantry. Wbilc
he was etatioiicd at Loodianah in 1831
the forei^ uDicprs iu Runjeet Singh*a
aervice fn-qocntly viuited the Folilical
Agent* Sir C\ M. Wade, and Mackcaon'a
Hucncy in Frcnoh waa turned to good
account. Tliiit in spite of that mod«it
and retirntig di* position for which he waa
fjuorkiiblc to the lost, brought the young
Itcer into notice^ and led to his bdog np-
11
ieh ^^^
|wiBte4 AMitfMf Miikal AfSBL Sub-
•OMBBally he waa drtM^rd to Bahwulpore
and Mj&aaUia* lo oarvey the Sutlej and
npr icveni johi he waa at^oofid in
OBCfciifaf hii teloli ao aa aoeooipliflbed
•antyor, aaw awafclliai the tortuoat
polirieB of the Paa|iik. He paid a visit
to Caahxnere with Dr. Flitooner, and
with hia ■ariafaiif¥ iiiiaioHiil a base line
a«r the city, oad aoMPhted a surrey
of the valley, la \Vfl W went with
Sir AlmaiMfar BvMi to Cahul, and ia
163S-9 waa oeeapiad in forwarding the
march of the anay of the Indus aloog the
banks of that river. Then he aceompaniod
Sir C. M. Wade with Priooe Timoor, ^
disidayed ooarage aod energy of the I
oraer ia the variooa alfaira whieh^
corrad oa tbt march to CaboL
that time tiU the doae of operatkMia in
Afghanistan and the final withdrawal of
our force* in 1194 2-3 » Captain Mackeson
coodacted the politicmt lelationB of our
government at the important post of
Peahawnr. His services at that period
an aow matter of history. A yonog an-
aasuming officer^ without interest or favour,
while yet a subaltern^ he was promoted to
the local rank of Major (Jape ]9i IS40),
to qualify him for the honour of C.B., sever
bestowed on one of more noble or more
chlvalroos character.
We find Mackeson next at Sirsa, em*
ployed during the Sikh invasion of 1845,
whco hia eervicea were made available in
the delicate office of Commiaaioner In the
Cts-Sutlej states (March 16, 1846). In
this capacity he was politically attached
to Sir Harry Smith's force, who teaiiDed
to the soldierly scrfice which he did at
Aliwat.
The army of the Punjab aow Maokeaon
again in the field as Got cmor-General'i
agent, in which office he won the high
approval and respect of Lord Dalhouaie
and Lord Gougb. Theji also, when as-
sociated in his political capacity with the
late Sir W^alter Gilbert on the advance to
Peshawnrf he received the unqualified and
handsomely ejcpressed admiration of that
distinguished soldier.
After the battle of Chiltianw&llah, when
Sherc Singh turned Lord Gough's flank
and was marching on L{^ibori% the brigade
under Brigadier Burua on this aide oi the
Jhelumwasconaideradio imminent danger*
It was neoeasary to aetiuaint them with
the approach of the Sikhs, and the duty
was entrusted to Colonel Mackeson. On
reaching the Jhelum he found neither boat
□or ford. The river^ the worit in the
Punjab* was running like a torrent and as
broad us the Kooghly at Calcutta. With*
16540
Omituahy-— Vice-Admiral Daa^es*
201
out mn ingtimt'i heaitaLioa he nbsiicloned
lus borw, sprang into the tarrent, and,
liAlf dead with eith Auction , reached the
r)pi>OsHe bank and deli?ered his inttruc-
tioa^. They lared die brigade. The in-
cideot is an epitome of his career^ and
the best illustration of the causes of his
ivccess.
He received the local rank of Lieut. -
otonel in the Eaiit Indies, June 7^ 1849;
■lod at the end of 1H51 Captain and brevet
Lieut-Colooei Mackeaon, C.B. was ap-
pointed to the office of Commissioner at
Pefthawart a post of honour and of danger,
M his ontimel^r fate has proved. Thus,
'during an active service of twenty years,
abraciog the mo6t eventful period in the
of British India, Mackesou was
ter pUoed where the high qualities of
courage and perfect self-possession
essential to that success whiii^h in-
riably attended the diic barge of hi» im-
ortant duties. Large and strong in mind
nd frame, nil his nets were marked by
*. oooleat intrepidity, a matchless energy,
nd the soundest discretion. Wise in
-eouueil, gallant and devoted iu battle,
amiable and uupreteniding ia private life,
he WIS beloved by his associates and re-
vereQced as a superior btiiig by the wild
tribes with whom his duties so frequently
placed bun iu contact, aud over whom his
Itttaixtmeata as a linguist gave him great
fOontroL
' Colonel Mftickeson was a fine example
'of the peculiar race of public servants
created by our system of rule in India,
Half soldier?^ half civilian*!, with the per-
onal activity and readiness of resource
produced by the training of the camp, and
be oool thought and judgment which are
^' attribatet of the lawyer, the much
^abuaed PoUtlc^d Agents have done more
to consolidate the empire thnu their ene^
inies are willing to acknowledge. Among
hem Colonel Mackcson, though more of
I soldier than an admiuu^trator, was cer-
tainly not the least/' ~G/o^«.
On the afternoon of the LOth Sept. as
be Colouel wom sitting in his veraildah,
aving just dismissed his kucherec people,
religious fanatic from Koner suddenly
rushed in and endeavoured to stab him.
Colonel Mackeson^who was a very power-
[lal man, seized the knife, bat received soch
vere injuries in his hand that he was
r^ibtiged to release his hold, when the vil-
lain iniitcted a deep wound in the breast
of his victim, which, after some hours,
casiooed death. The miscreant was tm-
aediately arrested ; he expressed to the
'eputy commissioners his intention of
lllilling both Colonel Mackeson atul Ciip-
ain James in his capncity of a disciple of
be Akhtod of Swat. A mitu of the name
Ghnt. Mag, Vol. XLI,
of Ata Mahomed, formerly kotwal of
Peshawur, rushed to the rescue, and re-
ceived a wound in his stomach. None of
the chuprasies were armed, or the mur-
derer would probably have been cut to
piecea on the s^Tot. He came direct from
Jelalabad because he had heard that a
mountain-train bad been organised prepa-
ratory to the invasion of Swat, in whicJt
country he had many friends; and thought
the best plan to stay the invasion was to
murder the instigators of the intendod
movement.
In a General Order published in the
CateuctaGaaettc Extraordinary of Tuesday
Oct. 4, the Governor- General in CouncU
has borne public testimony to the merits
and character of the gallant de^^ased in
the following terms :— ** The reputation of
Lieutenant- Colonel Mackeson, as a soMier,
is known to and honoured by all. Hia
value as a political servant of the State is
known to none better than the Governor-
General himself, who, in a difficult and
eventful time, had cause to mark his great
ability, and the admirable prudence, dis-
cretion, and temper which added tenfold
value to the high soldierly qualities of his
public character. The loss of Colonel
Mackeson *s life would have dimmed a
victory. To lose him thus, by the hand of
a foal assaSfilDi is a mit»fortuiic of the
heaviest gloom for the Government, which
counted him amongst its bravest and best."
The murderer of Colonel Mackeson was
hung at Peshawur on the 1st Oct. and
his body afterwards burned, and the ashet
thrown into a watercourse, in order to pre-
vent the Mussulmans from burying it with
honour, and possibly erecting a tomb as
to a martyr of their faith. There was a
large crowd to witness the execution, but
no disturbance of the peace, every pre*
caution having been taken to overawe the
populace.
Vica-Aj>sii&A.L DAcmKs.
Dec, 4, At Catisfield Lodge, near Fare-
ham, Hants, aged 6."), James Richard
Dacres, esq. Vice-Admiral of the Red.
This officer was the only surviving son
of the late James Richard Dacres, Ciq.
Vioe-Admiral of the Red, by Miss Eleanor
Blandford Pearcc, of Cambridge; nephew
of the bite Vice-Admiral Sir Richard
Dacres, G.C.H,; and first-cousin of Capt.
Sidney Colpoys Dacres, R.N. He entered
the Navy in 1796| as tirst-class volunteer,
on board the Sceptre 64, commanded by
his father ; with whom he also served in
the Barflcur 98, from August, 1800, until
the re^tfipt of his first coramlBsioii, which
bore date 15th Nov. 1801. When Lieu-
tenant in the Impctueux 74 he accompanied
the expedition against Ferrol in Aug. 1800;
2D
^02
OeiTLfARY. — Colonel MnUlehury, C,B*
[Feb.
and he wm present in the Boadiccn in a
Bbort action with thf French 74 Du|fimf -
monin, 2Pth Aug. 1 H03. He sabseqncntlj
performed the duties of flng-LietitenAnt in
the Theseiia nnd Hercules ta hia father,
then the Commander-in'Cbief on the Ja-
maica station, and was promoted in 1805
to the coninmnd of the Elk stoop, from
which he WAS posted, Jan. 14* 1»06, into
the Bacchante, of 24 gttns. On Feb. II,
1807, he niptared. otf St* Domingo, the
French national achooner Dauphin, of 3
guns and 7) men; qqU, afisocittiug him-
»clf with Capt. \V. F. Wise, of the Me-
diator 32, succeeded, by a well-conducted
itTfttafeni, in approaching, through a most
difficult navigation, the fort of Samtinn, a
notorious nest for privateers, which, after
a cannonade of four hours p and a loss to
the British of two men killed and sixteen
woundeiU was stormed and carried with
great gallantry by the boats of the two
ships. On his return to England ^ in the
Mediator, Captain Dacrea, in Dec* 1807,
was placed on half-piiy.
He was appointed, March 18, 1811, to
the Gutrrit'fc, an old worn-out frigate,
carrying 48 guns (yielding a broadside
weight of r»17 lb.) and 244 men. On Aug.
19, 181^, being on her way to Halifax
after a very long cruise, this vessel encoun-
tered and came to close action with the
United States ship Constitution, of i>6
funs (throwing a broadside weight of
66 lb.) and 460 men. After nobly strug-
gling with her huge antagonist for nearly
an hour and thrcc-quftrters, tlieGuerriiJrc,
having tost 15 men killed and 63 wounded,
and being renJered quite ungovernable,
with the loas of all her masts, was at length
obliged to f^urrender, in so shattered a
condition, imlecd, thnt on the foUoning
morning !»he was fct ou fire and blown up.
Among the badly wounded on board the
Gucrrit^rc was Captain D. acre 8 himself,
who received a muskct-bnll in the back
while stnnding on the starboard forecastle
|i6mmocks anitnating his crew, but wag
not preraikd ttpon to leave the deck^ By
the court-martial which assembled »t Ha-
lifax, in the following October, to try Cap^
tain Dacres for surrendering his ship, he
was *' unanimously and honourably ac-
quitted of all blame on account of her
capture/* He received a gratuity from the
Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's in consideratton
of his wound.
He afterwards commnndcd the Tiber 3B
from the 23rd July, 1814, to the IBth Sept.
Itllti, on the Cork, Nevi found land, and
ChNUnc} «t>ttionff; nnd the Edinburgh 74,
in the M wi, from the 28th Oct.
Jft'lH, %v In liie former ship
rnptjtin hi...L.. .1 k, on the Hth March,
IBllJ, the Lro, Amrrican privateer, of 7
guns nnd 93 men. He attained flag rank
on the 2Sth June, 1838; and, on the 9th
August, 184S, was appointed Commnnder-
in-chief on the Cape of Good Hope, whtdl-
was his last employment. He was pro^l
moted to the rank of Viee-Adroirm In]
1B5L
Eenr- Admiral Dacres married, A p HI 25,1
1810, Ariibena-Bojd, sister of the present
Sir A del ph us John Dulryraplc, ana sisle^
in-law of the latr Vicc-Adm. Sir Johul
Chambers White, K C.B. By that ladfJ
who died April 11, 1828, h.* has left, witlil
other issue, two daughters, of whom ooiM
is the wife of Lieut. -Col BuUcr, and th^l
other of Lieut. Thomas Belgrave, R.N.
Hia body was conveyed for intenneo
to the family TanU at Tetbury in Clone
tershire.
He was always popular in the serrfofbJ
Hia ahipi were fully manned, and seame^l
would wait for Tacancies in them. Whe&l
the President was commissioned for hl(||
flag-ship for the Cape station, she was
quickly manned at Portsmouth that wheal
the seamen who had entered for her wl
other pcjfta arrived, there were no vacanciea
for them. At the Cape he was so esteemed
by all classes thnt he received the tinprc*
cedented compliment of a public dinner
on his resigning the command.
Colonel Muttledury, C.B.
Jan, 11. At Maida Hill, aged 78
Colonel George Muttlcbury, C.B. and
K.W., who for many years commanded
the 69tb regiment.
The Colonel was descended from a good
Someraetshire family, who were formerly
owners of property near llmiuster, called
** Jordan*," but which was forfeited to the
crown in consequence of the adherence of
the Coloners ancestor to the unfortunate
Monmouth*
Colonel Muttlebury was bom at Brigh-|
ton« and the following sketch of his caree
will hhow that his military service wtt
more varied than falls to tlic lot of mofl
soldiers, while, as we believe, few hvFi
stood higher in the opinion of all whd
knew htm than this distinguished o6li?erjj
polished gentleman, and, we may tru^
add, good Christian man.
He joined the 55th regt. as an Ensigttl
at the camp before Nimeguen ; servedl
through the severe winter campaign of]
nD4-n9^'», in Holland, and was engaged]
in several actions with the enemy. During
the marches many of the soldiers wer
frozen to death, nnd Colonel liluttlebur
owed the preservation of bis life, on oat
oceaftion, to the friendly aid of a serfeantT
who kept simking him whenever symp-
toms of drOwsioesB appeared, tie shortly
1854.J
ObituAKY* — Jtuna^ i^wing, h'^t/.
^m
ftflenmrd^ scoonipaQied hid regiment to
tlie West Indies, ond wai nearly lost in
the tremendous galc^ which Admiral Clirii-
lion's Hcct encauQteiedt during which n
' iMrge portion of the ehijifi foundered. The
;55th wa* present %t the cnpluro of St»
Lucie, «nd was siib^equentty emidoyed
^•^ainstwhftt were called the hngAnde in
that iiUnd for aJmost ft twelvemonth, a
fefvioe of the mott hitrassing and destroc*
tife character. For montba together
aeither oflicers nor men took olf their
clotlie* ' a ii, n*»v(fr they lay down it wm
with je«ide them, in preparation
for tin iMacks which were of dtiily
ciecurrtjucu ^ and the regiment actually lost
twenty.five ofiicera and nioro than six
hundrci! men in that short period.
Liciutcnant Muttlehnry's neit service
with the ii5th was in the cxpediiion to the
Hclder, nnder Sir Ralph Ahercromhy,
which was of short duntlton; but icarcely
. bad the regiment set foot in England once
^ Siorei) when it was despatched, in all hajite,
|>to the Weat Indies again, in consequence
f of tlic mutiny of the 8th West India Rcgi-
I jnent at Dominic>)«
Hnvini,' attained the rank of Captain,
the object of this memoir was removed
tto the GBth, and sailed for tlie E^ist Indies
in 1 80-1, where he remained till the end of
IdUTv vvhen tit -health drove him home*
In Nov. 1813, when a Msjc»r, he accom-
panied the 2d battalion of the G9th to
Holland, was present at tiie bombardment
^€f the French fleet lying at Antwerp, and
^ the storming of the celebrated fortress of
Bfr<;fn-f>p.Zoom, on which occasion his
•1 ^ed conduct and intrepidity drew
ammendation from Sir Thomas
bramnn in hifi despatch, and procured him
[the rank of Lieut.- Colonel by brevet, the
L OOly iustanoe wiLhin our recollection where
liromotioQ has been conferred after a
dlnre.
lo the brief but glorious and importiint
campaign of 1 S 15, the 6Dth was one of those
regiments which came up so opportunely
early in the battle of Quatre Bras, in whtdi
, it iuffcred very severely by the overwhelm-
fine attack of a large body of French
I 'duraaocra, when in the act of deploying,
i by a mistaken order of the Prince of
Dran«re. who commanded in that part of
t! ' \ but this did not prevent the
I battalion from sharing in the
^..■,, .. Aaterloo, where its post was on
the riglit centre of our position, and,
combined with the 33rd, which was also
, Tery weak, formed together a respectable
» battalion. Kvent* proved its station to be
*■ : 'tit exposed in the line.
' vho commanded the 69th,
U^..i^ w..,, „,.j^J, was succeeded by Lieut.-
It^QkioQcl Muttlcbury, whose eoergiei were
ievercly taxed to maintain the ground*
Section after section was swept off bv the
destructive fire of the enemy*s artillery,
whiht their cavalry repeatedly surrounded
and seemed determined to make mince-
meat of the remnant, but whenever the
smoke clenred off there it stood, firm and
undoubted. At the last grand attack,
however, one of Ney^s masses, as It neared
the crest of our position, poured in such
a storm of fire as mortal man could not
withfft.indt and the soldiers gave way ; but
the disorder was happily of short duration,
as the example and efforts of Colonel
Muttlebnry succeeded immediately in ml-
lying the 69th, while the commander of
the 33rd did the same with hia men. This
occurred only a few minutes before the
Guards and General Adams' brigade de-
livered their fire on the most advanced of
Ney 'a columns of attack, which was, in fact,
the great crisis of the day. Every body
knows that the enemy was instantly thrown
into disorder, which Ney and his bnivc
officers failed to remedy, and the battle
was over.
In 1818 Colonel MuttiKbury sailed once
more for Madras with his old 09th, where
he remained till 1821, holding for a short
time command of the provinces of Malabar
and Canara i but ill health again com-
pelled him to leave India, and he was put
on board ship in an apparently dying con-
dition. He rallied however during the
voyage home, and recovered his usual
health after a short residence in Eng-
land«
In 1824 he was placed b command of a
provisional battalion of 1 ,500 men at Poits-
moQth ; but on the arrival from India of
tlie OUth, which occurred soon after, be
resumed the charge of his old comrades in
arms, with whom he remained until 1820,
when a return of bad healtli forced him to
retire from the service ; the esteem of his
brother officers of the <j9th being testified
by a handsome present of pbte.
Jam&h EwtNG, £sa.
Dee. 6. At hit town residence. West
George-atreet, Glasgow, in his 7Hth year,
James Ewing, esq.
Mr. Ewing was the leader of the well-
known 6rm of J. Ewing and Co. West
India merchants. Like the minority of
our merchant princes, he was the artificer
of his own fortune. For many years Mr.
Ewing took a leading part in the muni-
cipal affairs of Glasgow, and served the
office of Lord ProvosL At the general
election of 1 832 (the first after tlie enact-
ment of Reform) Mr. Ewing was relurned
ai one of the members for that dty*
S04
Obituary. — Mrs, Hoarc,
[Feb.
11i«rftiiefa so fnany as six o«iiilicJati?8, and
the poll Cenuinatfid as foUowf : —
Jamea Ewin^, esq. . * 3,214
Jamet Oswnia, caq. . . 2^838
, Sir DaDiel K. Sandford . 2 J6B
John Crawford, esq. . 1,850
JoliQ Douglas, esq. . . Ii340
Ja9r|)b Dixoo, esq. . . 995
Up to that period Mr. Ewing was ncog-
nised at a member of tbc^ ConservatiYe
party, but b« made some concessioti of
Jiii views. It was not, hottevcr, safllelent
In the opinion of the LiWml party in
Glasgow^ and at the next eli^cliout in 1835,
he loFt his seat by a poll whicli termi-
nated thus : —
Jatocs OswaMi esq. . . 3.S3$
Colin Duoiop, esq. . . 3,267
James Ewing, esq. . * SpS9T
Mr* Bwiiig was a man of eonsidrrablc
literary AttammcnL lie was sUo s mnn of
refiued tjiste in high art, of which he wa»
a generous patron. A considerable time
ago he retired from active life, bnt bia in-
Icrt^st In If very philanthropic movement
cotitinued unflagi^iDg. A large portion of
the princely fortaae which he had amassed
WAA devoted to cbontablc purposes. Last
summer he gave a munificent donation of
10,000/. as the nuclcos of a permment
finpetrntstiari fund for the support of the
J r»f the Free Church of Scotland.
( It upwurd* of 400,000/.; ami in
........ i Lo handsome bequests to gentle.
men nvho were tn hii cmployiuent, he has
liiade donations of 20,000/. to the Mer-
i^batits' Utmsr, 10.000/. to the Royal In*
finnary, rtitKM)/. to the town of Dumbarton
to li\nUl SQ infimmry, a considerable
amnuni to the funds of the Glasgow
,\.»i, *„ tor the DHnd, and tbe following
111 to the Free Churcb, in addi-
> liberal gifts during his Mtt : —
ILducatiou of students, 5,000/. ; New Col-
lege, £dinburgh| S,000/.; proposed Free
Church College in Glasgow, 5^000/. ;
Church buiiding. 1,000/.; Manse Fund.
1,000/.: 500/, each to the Five Schemes
of the Church. ^J,500^ ; BonhiU Free
Cl»nteh, 500/. ; Dunbarton Free Church,
, 5001. ; Kilmarnock Free Church, 500/. ;
and 100/. a- year to the Sastentatioo Fund.
Hii second daughter. Caroline, was mar-
ried in 1^43 to Cftlcdon Dupri^ Ale!EBuder,
can, a grvat* nephew of the 6 rat Earl of
CaJedon.
Mas. Hoahk.
0ee. 7. At Lfi^cpmbe Castle, near Daw-
Vwh, in lit I , Frances- Dorothea,
— *''-*V of t :o, esq.
^ ws» ?,ic tiui»t daughter of Sir
C Hobinsoo, of Cranford, co. North-
ampton, Burt. M.P. for Northampton, by
Dorothea, daughter of John Chester, esq.
Her marriage took place on the Tth May,
17^0 : and fhe was left a widow on the
Itith Nov. 1852, when Mr. Hoare died
at the age of 85, and a biographical notice
and character of him appeared in our rol.
XXXVII, p. 191.
Mrs. Hoare first arrived in Dawlish in
1796, having been recommended to the
place on occouut of the salubrity of its
climate. She was naturally delicate, and
to the surprise of her family and friends,
after sojouroing a brief space there, her
health became s^Hiedtly restored. This
reaolt, as well as the delightful si?enery of
the neighbourhood , induced Mr. Hoare to
purchase a large extent of land in the vale
of CoombCf where he commenced tbe
erection of Luscombc Castle, and it was
here the deceased lady lived in peaceful re-
lirement and unostentatious charity. Her
many acts of benevolence, even though
brictly told, would ftlt no scanty page In
the history of Chri»tian ph i Ian thru py.
Was a school to be built, she gave a buiM-
ing site, and something towards its en-
dowment ; was want, misery, or affliction
known to exist among her poorer neigh-
bours, she listened to their tale of sorrow,
and her wealth and her prayers were spent
iu mdravours to nssaage their suffering
and difttreas. To the Teignmouth and
DawHih Dispensary oho contribntod very
material aid, and the poor have been ao-
customed to look vritk great interest to
her periodical gifts of clothing. The sites
of three schools iu Dmitiah— tlie boys*,
girls*, and infants*, with the teachers*
residences — and contributions of a sub-
stantial kind, are owing to her liberality;
while the parishioners will ever remember
the great boon of a public clock recently
erected at her sole espensc iti the tower of
8t. Mark's Chapel. The tervants of the
family, and the tradesmen of Dawliab, bate
to regret the lost of a kind miatren and
considerate employer; and the example of
the deceased lady will go down to futors
ages as one who, in patient reaLgnation Co
the Divine will, through miich phy steal
suffering, did what she could id Hia name
to oUeviate the privations of honest poverty
and sickness. Tbe mansion and estates
(in default of issue) descend to a nephew
of the late Mr. Hoare, Peter Hoare, e*q.
of the eminent firm of Hoare and Co.
tHmkers, Fleet-street.
The funend of Afrs. Hoare took place
at Dawlish church on Thursday, the 15tb
Dec. The chief mourners were Mr* R*
Blencowe, Sir Thomiit AcUod, Bart, and
Mr. D. A. Troyte, followed by tbe Rer*
Rer. L. Acland, Mr. T. Acland, and Mr.
H. Merridale; tbe pall-bearvrs were
18^4*] Obituary.—/?^. William Hodge Mill, DJO,
205
^Menrs. J. Blencowe, A. Hoare, Pramp-
ton, H. Grant, Milb, and the Rey. N.
Gould.
Rev. W, H. Mill, D;D.
Bee. 25. At Brastcd, Kent, in hia C2nd
year, the Rev. William Hodge Mill, D.D.
Regius Profcsfior of Hebrew in the Uni-
Terttty of Cambridge, Canon of Ely, Rector
of Brnated, and F-'R.A.S.
Dr. Mill entered at Trinity college in
1B09, gradu^ed ap sixth wrangler in 1813 »
and was elected Fellow of Trinity Oct. 1,
18H, together with the present Dean of
Ely, both at their first sitting, there being
only two vacancies. He proceeded M<A.
1816; was ordained deacon at Norwich in
1S17, and priest at Wells in the following
year. In 1H20 he went out to India &»
the lirst i?rincipal of Bishop's College,
CalcitttSt the noble foundation of Bishop
^iiddletoii. The fulluwini? is an extract
from the " Life of Biahop Middle ton : '*—
** On his return to Calcutta, the Bishop
liad tlie satisfaction of tiiiding there Mr.
Mill and Mr. Alt, who had arrived from
England tlie February preceding, the one
to ^11 the office of Principal, the other that
of a Professor, at Bishop's College. To
thc^ appointments the Bishop had long
looked forward with a very natural anxiety,
more especially the former, since the fu-
ture prosperity aud bono or of the institu-
tion might, ia a considerable measure,
depend upon the character of its first Pre-
•idcnt. In Mr. Mill he bad the satisfac-
tion to find (as he hadanticij}?ited) u person
admirably fitted to do justice to his own
exalted views respecting the duties and
capacities of the establishment, lie dv-
tcribes that gentleman as a man of noble
attainments, snch as he bad never before
I met with in India. E^cry thing he saw of
the oew Principal impressed him v\itb a
lugli opinion of his powert<. And it may
be here added that all their subsetjuent in-
tercourse gavo his lordship the amplest
cause for rejoicing that the Society had
provided him with so able, accomplished,
•od Kcatous a co-operator/' In a letter
(Oct. 29, 1821) the Bishop writes thus of
Mr. Mill i^.^** His attainiueDts are, indeed,
pre-eminent. It would be an honour to
any learned establishment to have such a
man at the head of it. I sometimes con-
verie with him — two or three hours to-
cetber, upon books, and their subjects, and
knowing pretty well as 1 do the measure
of men's minds here, I will lake upon me
-to tay, that bia knowledge, both tn area
ind in depth, has nothing equal to it in
• India.*'
Dr. Mill returned home on accoiiQl of
ixapaiTed health, in 1B38. He was ap«
pointed Domestic sod Eiamining Chap-
lain to Archbishop Howley in 1@39, and
Christian Advocate in the University of
Cambridge in 1840. Having proceeded
D,D. he was admitted ad eundim at Ox-
ford, May 11, 1H39, being presented
thereto by the Provost of Oriel.
In \Si3 he was a candidate for the Re-
gius Professorship of Divinity at Cam-
bridge, but the ekctton was in favour of
Dr. Ollivant, the present Bishop of Llan-
dfiff, who had four votes ; Dr. Chrigtophcr
Wordsworth having two votes, and Dr. Mill
one, Inthe same year Archbishop Howley
presented him to the living of Brasted,
Kent ; and in 1848, on the retirement of
Professor Lee, he was elected Regius Pro-
fessor of Hebrew, to which office a Canoury
at Ely is attached.
As a mathematicion and scholar, Dr,
MilFs attainments were of the very highest
order i and the pursuits of his youth he
continued as the relaxation of his maturer
years. His acquirements in Sanscrit have
won him an Europeao reputation ; and, as
a contribution to the evangelizing of India,
as well as a classical production iu tliat
great langnsi^e, his Christa Sangrita is a
work miparalleled in modern literature.
During the five years of his Professor-
ship be had gone through in his Lectares
the whole Book of Psalms, and had com-
mencedf during the lost term, the Minor
Prophets, leaving off at the fitth chapter of
tiosea. In these studies he frequently
consumed a great part of the night, sparing
no labour in investigating the sacred text
and tbe true interpretation of Scripture.
The following is a list of his publislied
works ; —
Christa Sangrita, tbe Life of Christ in
Sanskrit.
Analysis of Pearson on the Creed.
Arabic Translation of Bridge's Algebra
(published at Calcutta.)
Four Volumes of Sermons, chieBy
preached before the University*
Observations on the attempted applica-
tion of Pantheistic Principles to tbe Theory
and Historic Criticism of the Gospel.
Fart L being tbe Christian Ad?ocate*fl
Publication for 1810.
An Annual Volume as Christian Ad-
vocate, from 1841 to 1844.
Latin Prelection as Candidate for the
Regius Professorship of Divinity*
Besides several occasional sermons * and
other publications in India, and io England;
and papers in the Anatic Journal ^ and in
English periodicals.
Dr. Mill has departed amidst the sin-
cere regrets of a very numerous private
acquaintance. He leaves a widow and
surviving daughter, tbe wife of the Rev.
Benjamin Webb, of Sheen.
On Monday^ the Idth Dec* he came up
fW
OaiTUARY. — Ri^, Richard
DJ).
[Feb,
to LoodoD to tttmd a Dicetiog of tke
Fonin TnUiftlatioD Committee of the So-
detf for Promotiog^ Cbristian Knowled^,
T^ tttrenie tx>ld of the day broogbt on in
abttmctiom, which do medical ekiU coald
coonUnct, ind be died witkotit p«ijif «nd
with mlJ f och cofitoUtioM at his friendj
oottid vishp OD the ereniJiiif of CbiiiUau
Dm?,
Hi* b^y wofi interred in El; Cathednil
Mi iStttnrdaj the 3 lit Dec. Among the
MMinieri were hii intimftte friend iad
ooulcitponirj the Dc&Of C ^^nu, i: S|i(irkc
•nd Thooipfoo (Greek Pr> Ven.
Archdeaeoii Btniaoo, of for-
Buerly co-chnplAin with tin to the
bte Archbishop of Ctntci R«v.
J. J, Blunt (Lady Marfarrt ^ rro»e**or)i
the Rev. fi. Willi«ma. PcUow of King**,
and Uie Rer. Ernest Hiwkni- Spri*i-t^ry to
the tjoctetf for the Propng Ooi-
nel (tm the part of that vcu ic'y)»
The body was met by thi' Diinu at the
Vitrance of the cathedral; and the senior
Canon in rc^idencot the Rev. Canon Sel-
wfn, officiated. After the body foUawed
the family of the deoeaaed, oonaisting of
hia widow, hia daughter , hta brother, and
hia son-in-law ; and J. G. Maithind, etq.
barriater-at-lawt a« executor. There were
alao many feliowa of coUegea and other
members of the nniTerfity of Cambridge
preaiTDt, including a targe number of
undcrgraduatef. The body waa depo-
sited ID a yauU ioiniediately behind the
beautiful reredos lately erected at the back
of the altar.
Rkv. EtCttARD UaBUVOTOKi D.D.
J>ee« 13. At his residence in High-
8(reet» Oxford, aged 53» the llev. Richard
HnringtOQi D.D. Principal of Braaenote
Qolkglti and Pro-Vioe-dbanoeUor ol the
Uniffraity*
Dn Hinngton was bom on the 26tli
April, lgOO« the third too of Sir John-
Edward Harington the eighth Baronet, of
Ridiington, co. Rutland, by MarUniie,
daughter of Thomaa Philpul, eaq.
He was originally a member of Chriit
Churchy and graduated aa B.A. iu the year
18'21, when he waa placed in the ^r&t clats
/it Ldttris Humanioriltut with four others.
Shortly afterwards he waa cieeted to m
f^Uownhip in Braaenose colkgei whafft he
r«(nained till the year 103d, aerfing in
several of the more important ooll«^
offices. Jn that year he accepted the rec-
tory of Oulde, Northamptonshire, on the
presentation of tbe Pnncipal and Fellows,
and retired to that living, whmrc ho waa
well-known as a hard - working pariah
Driest, Lud a. most active magistrate. He
Id for some yean the ofllce of Chairman
of the Quarter Scasiovic, acting wiOi Uia
strictest impartiality^ and on a knowledgi ^
of the law obUined by diligent ttitdf*
In 1B42 he waa elected Prindpal of [ '
college after a sijverB oooteal, the
candidates being the Rev. T. T. Chiictolli]
one of the college tutors, and the Ref«1
T. T, Baaetey, Rector of Poplar. He thcA !
prooevdtd lo tlia d^reea of B. and D.D»1
Siace hia elevation to the headship, he waf I
atir«|» mo«t diligently amployiMlt both ta J
coll^atc and imivenily iMuincv. H#|
waa at the time of hit deaOi Pro-Vict-^l
Chaoodlor, Delegate of Appeals io Cocf f
gregatioN , an d C4>m misaioner of the Mar kd^ |
He #&s etDptoyed upon moat dclegao'
among others on that which underT
tlie restoration of St Mary's apire, I
that which recently considered the dotailf i
of the New Museum. He was Select J
Preacher in 1848-9. and waa an ac|iv»l
patron and more than once Pretident of 1
the Oxford Architectural Society. la
polities he waa a Liberal Conservaltve*
Imring alwsys gi?eo a coniiatant supports
to Mr. Gladstone, and at the lavt ekcJbottJ
proposed him aa a fit and proper pertosl
to represent the Univenity. In him th«
movement party in the Unireratty loses « |
atsunch supporter, one of hia latest actgj
having been, it is aaid, to support a pf<3N|
poflition in the committee on the suhji
of University reform, in favour of anbatii* j
tutin>c a nety governing branch of twelrt]
Heads of Houses and twelve eteotadrepr««!
sentatives of Convocation for the preieiitJ
Hebdomadal Board. [
Whatever he undertook he did wall, for J
he gave bis whole heart to it; and h#J
never undertook anything but in the spirit 1
of a true gentleman. When a tutor akj
Bnuenoee be worked in term-time with atti
the diligence which he knew his coUegftl
had a right to demand ; and yet, io hiai
vpcationi, he was known to a Urge droit I
as one who entered with neit into all tbBi
refined amusementa of London aocietfal
His attention to the pupils confided to l^t
care waa not only conscientioot hut Avai|1
kind and alTectionate ; and hia i
were always those of the wcU-brcd gentle* |
man. I
Dr, Harington married, Aug. I, 1^43;!, J
Cecilia, fourth dau. of the Rev. Samuel J
Smith, D.D., Prebendary of Durham, and]
by that lady, who survives him, ho hi
left four children. The eldest, a aotii ifj
now at Christ church.
His death oocarred after a brief illaeesJ
of three days. Hia faueral took place ittl
the College chapel on the 20th Deotmber.J
The service was read by the Vice-Principit |
the Rev. Tbomaa Chafferf, M«A. and the |
Gdl was borne by the six Fellows neat to
m in rotation. Beeidet the college att*
1854.]
Obituary,— fl*fti>H/ Gunnmg^ Eiq.
thorities, tjicrc ^etc only preaent tlie Vice-
ChanceJlor of the Unifcreity, tlie Mayor
of Oxford, the Hendd of Houses who
bold the office of Pro-Yice-Chflncellor,
and s few of the immedinte friends of the
deceased, amoog wliotn was bis nephew.
Sir John Edward HnringtoQ, Bart, tlic
teprcBCDtatiTe of thii ancient family.
The Society of Braaenose being desirous
to erect in their chapel some raemorial to
their Itite Principal, it is in contemplalton
to devote whatever sum may be stibscHbed
fcr thia purpose to filFrng with atained
§)a«& one or more of tlie wiudowB. This
will be in harmony with the known wishea
of the deceased, who, some yearn ago,
drew up A plan for adorning the chapel in
this way, and wab very anxious to tee it
e&rried Into effect. His library ia an-
nounced for gale by auction by Messra.
Sotheby and Wilkinson.
Henry GuwNmo, Esa,
Jan. 4. At Brighton, in the Stith year
of ht» age, Henry GunDing, esq. M.A.
Semor Esquire Bedell of the University
baf Cambridge, and probably the oldest
^■l^r of that body.
Iffr^ Gunning was born nt NewtouTnear
Cambridge (of whieti paiish his father,
the Rev. Praucis Gunning,* waa Vicar),
on the 13th Feb. 176«. He wag entered
of Chnst's college, 17<^4, beeame a Scho-
lar of the Houie, and took bif degree of
B.A. as fifth Wrangler, in 1T8«. On rhe
13th Oct. 1789» he wn* elected one of the
Eaquire Bedelli of the University (after a
contest, in which he polled lOS votes
Ag^alnst 58 recorded for his competitor,
Mr, Earoooson, of St, Catharine's Hall).
He took the degree of M.A. 1791^ but it
was not till 1827 that he became Senior
Bedell. In that capacity he had the honour
to receive gald chains from three succes*
five C-lianccUors of the University, via.
the Marqucti of Camden (1834), the Duke
of Korthumberland (1844), and His Royal
Higbness Prince Albert (1847). Mr.
Gunning, in 1B27» published a new and
Improved edition of Adam WaU's " Cere-
monies of the University ;'* and in 18S0
ft smdl pamphlet on the subject of " Com-
positiona for Degrees.**
In 1852 Mr. Gunning announced his
Intention of publishing (by subscription),
•* Reminiscences of the University, Town,
and County of Cambridge, from 17B9/*
• The Rev, Francis Gunning (who was
Vicar alio of tlie adjacent parishes of
ThnpIoTT and Hauxton), was grandson of
^ ' Miuning, the first cousin of and
J that distinguished prelute Peter
t'linTHii!^', suooeavively Bishop of Cliichc^ter
and Ely/
This work, which would no doubt have
been most interesting, was to have been
dedicated to the Dean of Ely and the
Rev, Professor Sedgwick: the Dukes of
Rutland, Somerset, and Bucclough, the
Morqness of Lansdowne, Earl Fitawilliamt
the Ertrta of Burling: ton and Sum ford,
Lord Monteagle, the Lord Chief Baron*
Lord Palmeraton, the Bithopa of London,
Durham, Winchester, Lincoln, Gloucester^
Bangor, Carlisle, Peterborough, Worces-
ter, Si, David's, Lichfield, Ely, Chester,
and LlandaflT, were amongst its patrons.
Mr. Gunning *s subsequent illness pre-
vented the completion of his design, but
WG have heard it stated that a IdJ'ge portion
of the work had been prepared for the
press. On the announcement of these
** Reminiftcences," Mr. Gunnitig received
a number of very kind and roost interest*
ing letters. In one, written by Dr. Gra-
ham the present Bishop of Chester, occurs
the following passage ;
'* Among my own recollections of Cam-
bridge, not the least pleasing is the me-
mory of our agreeable intercourse during
each of the years when I held the office of
Vice* Chancel lor. T well recall to mind
how often in our official hospitalities the
social hour was enlivened by the flow of
your cheerful conversation and the variety
of your interesting anecdotes, many of
which, uo doubt, will find a permanent
pisee in your forthcoming volume, I only
wish it were possible to impart to the
written page something of the charm which
your own voice and manner gave to every
subject, whtther grave or gay."
From a very early period till he was
about 80 years of age Mr. Gunning took
an active part in local politics. His mp-
port of the Reform Bilf was strenuous and
effective, and soon after it passed be was
presented by many of the electors of Cam-
bridge with a handsome gold medal. When
the Municipal Corporatnoos Act came into
force, Mr. Gunning was elected & Mem-
ber of the Town Council of Cambridge,
which position he retained till 1S4K
The following \& an extract from a letter
dated Oct. 11, 165S, written by the R«v«
Profesor Sedgwick to an intimate friend
of the deceased : —
** Say everything that is kind on mj
part to Mr. Gunning. Tell him that ha
is one of my oldcit and most valued
friends ; that I have now known bim for
considerably more than forty years, in-
deed, almost fifty ; for I came up Fresh-
man in 1B04, and 1 have known him almoat
ever since. I always respected him as a
gentleman of high and honourable feelings;
and I admired that independence of his
character which led him to do homage to
what he believed truth ^ and to seek what
208 Obituaky* — Seik Willimn Stevmion^ Esq. F.S.A, [Feb.
he believed the beat social and political
interests of his country without ffjir,
favour, or afifectfon; and abore nil with-
out any regard to hi* o^rn prifate iiitercits.
That one who felt so iCrooglj should be
always right woutd be out of human na-
ture; but in most of his views I sympa-
thised with him ; and I always liked his
detestation of that base coin of itham and
humbug, by which so many men in former
times (for I do think men are morenttcere
now^ though still bad enough), paid their
way through the world, and cut a pom-
pous figure in it."
Though of very decided political princi-
pleSf and uot slow in cxprei^tng hia opi-
uiooa with warmth and eamestDesa, it is
cratifyiDg to add that T^Ir. Guuning tn*
joyed the frieDdship of many excellent
persoDii whose sentiments differed fery
widely from his own.
His long official position in the Uni-
versity brought him into frequent contact
with many members of that body, by
whom he was very highly respected for his
courtesy, gentlemanly beariug; and the
great liberality with which he communi-
cated to otben his extensive and peculiar
knowledge respecting the privilegea and
constitution of the Uniyeriiity*
A few years since Mr. Gunning, by an
accidental fall^ fractured his hip«jomt|
and became incurably lame. We regret to
add that his subsequent sufferings were
very aerere and protracted, though borne
with the fortitude and hope of a sincere
Christian.
Mr. Gunning married in 1794 Misa
Bertram, whom he survived many yeara.
Uia eldest and only surviving soq» Henry
Bertram Gunnings esq. of Little Shclford
In Cambridgeshire, was formerly a Charity
Commissioner, and an Assistant Tithe
Commissioner. Another son, Francis John
Gunning, was an eminent solicitor in
Cambridge, and held the office of Towxi
Clerk from 1336 to 1340; and a third son,
Frederick Gunning, e«q. was at the bar,
ha^-ing extensive practice ou the Norfolk
Circuit, and was the author of a treatise
on the ** Law of Tolls."
A tine portrait of Mr. Gtmnlng, by his
friend the late Dr, Wood house, is in the
possession of C, H. Cooper, esq, F.S.A.
the present Town Clerk of Cambridge.
It was intended, on Mr, Gunning's
death, to reduce the number of Esquire
Bedells to two. A Grace to that effect
w^ss, however, rejected by the Senate in
February 1853.
SiCTH Wm. STKVKNSOSf, Ls<i. F.S.A.
Dec, 2?, At the house of hi* son-in-
law Mr. John Deighton, at Cambridge, in
12
bis 69th year, Seth William SteveosoOi
esq. of Norwich^ F.S.A, and M.N.S.
This gentleman was the only son
William Steveoson, c»q* F.S.A. who edit*
the Second Edition of Bentham's Uiator]
of Ely 1B12; to which he added a Sup
plemental Volume in IB 17; and of whoai|
a memoir will be found in our Magaxia
for May, ISiJl, p. 472. Mr. Stcv
son's father and himself had been pnOi*]
prietors of The Norfolk Chronicle foi
nearly 70 years, and the subject of i
notice had been a member of the firm •
years, occupying a most important and]
promtuent position in its proprietary and
editorial management. *• W> lose (d
mark his coadjutors in that joamaQj
his clear r comprehensive, and directin
mind^ — his vigorous intellect and cultivate
taste— the ready pen of the accomplished]
scholaj-— the needed advice in diffica'
and emergency of such a matured age
and the high privilege of habitual inter*
course with a noblc-hearted English gentle- 1
man and Christian. A rare concentration j
of qualities, bestowed by Proridence in a !
position of life especially ne«ding them,
and ever used by their possessor for the
worthiest and holiest of purposes.**
Although Mr. Stevenson devoted to the
calling of his adoption the largest and most
Taluable portion of his time and taieoti«
and though naturally of a retiring diapoai*
tiofi, he, as a good citizen, hesitated not
to make large sacrifices of personal ease,
in order to fill the most important muni*
cipal offices under the old corporation*
He was elected City Sheriff in 1828, con-
jointly with G. Grout, esq. In the same
year he became an Alderman^ and in 18^2
he was unanimously elected to serve the
ofBcc of Mayor. The exemplary manner
in which every appointment was jfiiled ia
still fresh in the recollection of hia con-
temporaries ; the varied functions of the
respective offices were discharged with
great ability and honesty of purpose, their
dignity maintained by carrying them out
in a wise and enlightened spirit, dispensing
at the same time the ancient hospitalities
with his usual liberaUty. Within the Uist
year i^r two Mr. S. waa elected a Charitj
Trustee.
Literary pursuits, and especially aikti-
quarian subjects, engroaiecl nearlf the
entire portion of leisure which the more
pressing claims of business permitted to be
thus appropriated. In early life Mr. Ste«
veuson made several continental tours,
principally with the view to enlarge and
cultivate his taste, and certainly without
any intention of ever publishing the reaulta
of his observation. The year after the
battle of Waterloo he visited^ in company
with Captain Money, the scene of £ng«
1854.
Obituauv,^ — William Mallbif, h^Atf.
hmd*» proudeal: miUUry triumph, the re-
I tult of which WAi Che circulation^ amoni^it
rhls (iHvate friends, of a very graphically
r Writteo book, oader the title of a '* Journal
[of a Tour through part of France, Flan-
rdtsrs, aud Holland, includiog a Ttnit to
^^B^is, and a walk over the field of Watcr-
L ioOt in the sommer of 1B16.*' This was
dedicated to the Friara' Society of Nor-
wich,* of which literary hody he was almost
^9 latt snrriTiag memher. Ira 1828 ap-
ared a aecond Tour in I taly , Switzerland »
Sermany, and the Netherlands, in two
cUyo ¥oiames, which \vm very favourably
fteoeived by the reviewLTi. But the book
} which he devoted no inconsiderable por-
^OQ of the last ten years, and whiuh It was
" " ( most fondly cherished and kteat desire
I have pubtiBbcd during his lifetiiue, waf
L complete ** Dictionary of Roman Coins/"
It ia devoted wholly to the Roman seriefii
' includtDg the Colonial coins* and will be
well iltuatrated with drawingt by Mr. Fair-
holt. Though foauded on the great works
yof Eckhelf Bafidiiri, and others^ it ia any.
'ling but a alaviMh compilation^ aa Mr.
Stevenson has freely u^ed hi a own know-
ledge of colna and that of some of hia
friends, and introduced mtich urigioal
matter. All the illustrations have been
made from the coins them selves p and he
spared no pains or cost to secure them or
aulheuticated caisti. We are happy to be
able to odd tliat half of thia work la already
printed, and the MS, of the remainder ia
in a autficiently forward state to warrant a
hope that at no distant period the hook
ixiaj be completed, if not precisely aa in-
tended by ita author^ at least ko as to form
an invaluable compendium of what ja
known in reference to this department of
antiquarian reae-arch.
Mr. Stevcnaon made several comraoni-
citiOAt to the Ntimismntic Society, and
Among the reat an account of the very re*
markable encboaed gold coin of Mauricius,
found at Bacton, in Norfolk. To the So-
ciety of Antiquaries be contributed in 1847
A description of a very beautiful carved
ivory casket of the 14th century, which
waa in his own posae^sionT and which was
afterwards the subject of a paper by Mr.
Wright, printed in the Journal of the
British Archieological Aaaociatitm.
Mr. Stevenson was deeply imbued with
trne Conservative principles, ardently at*
ta^^hed to our venerable institutions in
Church and State, but especially ansious
that our national Protestantism should be
preserved inviolate alike from the insidious
• Of this society «ome account was
given appended to the memoir of the late
R. C. Taylor, caq. in our Magasine for
Feb. 1852, p. 20i.
GKifT. Mao, Vol* XU.
attacks of Dissent, and the more violent ag-
greasion of Rome. Whilst he viewed with
considerable alarm the schisms cauaied in
the bosom of our Church by an exceasivo
rituftlism, he equally feared nnd defilored
that widely-spread laxity and latitudinari-
anism which destroys its unity by treating
crecdis and formularies aa things inditfer-
ent. He felt, indeed, that the middle
course waa the only one consistent with
wisdom and safety.
In every social and domestic relation of
life be baa left a bright example. Exem-
plary in the performance of every filial and
parental obligation, be was alike dintifi*
guiahed by unsullied honour and thestdot-
est integrity in the most aubordinate, aa
well as the most important, transactions
in which he waa engaged. As the bead of
a large eatabiiahment he waa esteemed by
every person in his employment, for the
naiform kindnesa and conrtesy dbplayed
towards them, and for the considerate
feeling exhibited on all occaaioua of afflic*
tion and diatrcss. Full of intelligencei
with a liue retentive memory, hi^ conver-
aatiou waf^ both amuiing and instructive,
hia manners were pultsheJ and prcposaea-
ingj and he woa endowtd with a large
measure of Christian charity for the tempt-
atious and failings of others. But^ above
ail, he was b leased with a share of that
wiijdom which is from above, with the sure
and steadfast b ope of the Ch ristion , — a hope
which disarmed death of ita terrors, and
lighted ap the dark valley through wliich
he waa permitted tranquilly and peacefully
to paas.
Indisposition in the summer, but not of
a character to excite alarm, induced him
to try the effccta of a change of acene and
air by visiting his gou-in-Iaw, Mr. John
Deighton, surgeon, of Cambridge* Here
a geni^ral and premature decay of the aya-
tem man developed itself; a gradual pros-
tration of physical energy rendered it
haxardous, if not imjioaaible, to remove
him home, and after lying several weeks
in a ho|i«less but comparatively painleii
(State, surrounded by his family, he peace*
fuily, and almost imperceptibly, slept the
long sleep of daatli.
Mr. Stevenson became a widower in
1848. He baa left three children^ the
Rev. Seth Wm. Stevenson, M.A., Mr.
Henry Stevenson, and Adelaide, the wife
of Mr. John Deighton of Cambridge.
William Maltbt, Esq.
Jatu 5. At the house of the Institution,
in the close of his Ninetieth year, Williflm
Multby, esq, formerly Principal and late
Honorary Librtirian of The JLondon In-
stitution.
He waa the yonngcatof the t«n children
no
OwiTUAHV.— */amw GiUkruU MM*
[Feb.
of Mr Bronph MnUbjr, a wholenalodrapar
of 'T trr«rf London, where
he i ve been bom Jatitiary
l7tU» * I '» K I li^Hk^u he wAithuiesficntiftUjr
ft dti^n, hia family w»* connected by
marriaf^ with Srckcr, ArcUbishop of Can-
Urbur^, atitl Tomlinc, UbliO|» of Wio-
dieater, tlir. present BUtuip of nurUam
b^ltijf hU fipit tau«in« Mr. MnUby wnn
OrigiuAliy educntvd nt the acaitemy of the
Rev, Jnmta Pickbi '' ^'ratu-ntri^Pt,
Uaiiluiey» a dii^cnt > ^nd nuthor
of a welt-knofTii " :..i'.utk Oti the
Eo^llih Verb/* iU tbrrc bMUDe to-
Stiaititcd with the vrticrabic poet Simiiel
logcri, who «vaM about *\x months hia
junior, and the i«iiiiiiic7 thus couiinenoed
between them at the ai^c of iiio
tinned tOi'ibt unMbnt^d und \u.
throa|hout lite wbola of the « i^ ^
of Mr. Maliby, in the elose^t mid wtinncst
iiiti2reourB«>
After thu early editcation. Mr. Maltby
wav «ubarquently cnterc'd of GonviUo and
Cnii '■ 'I ■ ' ; ,, J imd^thoughhp
qu 12 any degree, his
Uiii. ....> ,,,,.,,,. .^....iributcd more lo
exteuil hi6 dn^^hical Listcs and Uturary ac-
C|nahitancG than to 6t him for ajiy ordinary
profuNsiunat pursuits. He engaged, how-
cveri in the study of the law» and even
practised tt for set eral years in coancction
with hifl elder brother, Mr. Ruwhuul
Moltby, formerly clerk to the Fii^li-
mODglcrs'' Compriny. He was hIbo ent^^rrd
of Gray V Inn, and, at the time of his de-
Qfttfte^be was almoai the oldeat surviving
member of both those Societies. His at-
tachment to literature, however i led him
to reargn the legal profession, and he was
at length hflppily provided with an oeeu-
paibn coiiipletcly in accordnnco with his
tastes by his appoititmeut at The London
laatitution.
Mr. Maltby ftnt became conneetod with
tliat Establishment on the decease of Pro-
fessor Porson, the original Pnncipal Libra-
Hail, whom he succeeded Ftb. l»t» I8()f».
In the earlier years of his appoititincnt he
rendered the Library the most valuable and
lasting tervioes, by carefully cianiiiiiiig all
the best catalogues of Uie numerous ea-
oeUcnt book-sales whieh were coutin&ally
occurring about that period ; from whicli
he rt:commeDded many most important
aeiectioua to the Libraryaoomaiitlee of the
time, and he also attended the auetiotia to
iecure th^m. For Iheee occupations be waa
peculiarly fitted by his eatenaive acqnalnt-
ano« with the cnntenU of bookft ; and the
result of his ciertioni waa the addition to
the library of many valuable work s^ whieh
would probably never have been otherwise
••ured for it at all. He thus led to the
oil rearing up of that noble biblio-
l^phical collection wbic'h the loatittitioo
now poaaeMca ; and in tha legitimate ini*J
provement of the Library, and the axt«
aion of ita vaefultiest, no peraou raj
more ainoerely or ardently than himtflf,
In the discharge of tha other dutiot 4
hia QfSici^t be must always be remomb
tts a f Hen 'It and excellent adfiscf of
you irii to the Library^ as to tiie '
bn vantaifvHius for thent to road
\u vith their particular Rtudifi;
an^ Uem hnve no doubt gntO>
fuli.r cd iu narr-life that be ilrft
introduced them to tbo best words of the
bc«t anthnrf. To the elder visitors Mf-
M bin oonversation cipectally
in' t enteiiaining, by hia aneo*
doU's oj uic numerous public charact«ti
with whom he hnd been intimately asaooU
ated; and also by an t^itriitnirniu • m**.
mory, knowledge of bor.l t
quolfltion,equallv fromi , i ,--
liab literature, wbioh be reUiuul even in
his very latest days.
In the course of his connection irith
the LoniJon Instttntion, Mr. Maltby twice
superintended the femov?0 -»( h,.. T ^hrary,
anil twice directed its re- i— in
1811 from Sir Robert Ct uise in
the Old Jewry t(i KiniE'f^ Arms Yard, CoW
man Street; and, tn 1818, to the prefwnt
edifite in Flnsbury Ciroui. 11 j-
tcrially A«si«ted in the eompi:
original Calahigue, a^ well nR tt) inL' iirst
volume of the prtweiit iiertes«
On the re-tnuditlHiig of the appoint-
ments in the Library in \^M^ Mr« Maltby
waa superannuated from all duty; but for
a long time be oontiiuted riiEUlarly to tr^^
quent the apartmentii •■»! to couoael and
converse aa usual, Itis departure from life
was apparently quite free trum pnin, per»
fbotly tranquil, like an approaching sleep;
the menbil facultiea con tlauing unimpaired
to the luiit,
11 i« temains were interred in the family
grave of his nephew, B. Ci. Maltby, esq. one
of his etceutorSf at the Korwoiid cemetery.
jA.3iREi Giti^KnaaT, M.D,
Bt€, !?5. In Alban's place, James Gill-
krcst, M.D. ln<i|>c(^ tor- General of Army
Hospitals, and Correapouding Member of
tbe National Academy of Mediciuo of
Prance.
This veteran officer entered tbe medical
department of the army in 1801, «nd
terved in the Wc*t Indies with theevpedi-
tk»n under Sir Tlio m as Trigife. As ^surgeon
of the 43d, tbrougbout the Peninsular war,
he was present with the Light Division at
various affairs of outposts and minor ac-
tioui, such at Sabugal and tbe Coa ( be-
9 idea tbe battlea of Vimierai Corunna,
Buiuco, Fuentes d'Onor, Saltmanoa^ Vit^
Obitv AHw-^Monneur de Gerville, Hon. F,S,A^
torit, the Pyrenees, Nirellc, Nif«, and
TouIoDse^ the eiege of Cindad Rodrigo,
md storming of St* Sebastitin (m medleftl
officer to the rolutiteen: from the Light
Division). For these services Dr. GUlkrest
netated n medal with twelve dasps.
On the close of that war in 1814, he
embarked with his regiment for Atnerica^
and served in the nifaira which termiDated
with the fraitlesB Rssault of the American
intrenchtneats below New Orleans. In
1815 his regiment rejoined the army tinder
the Duke on the advance to Paris. In
IS27 he accompanied the expedition to
Portugal under Sir W. Clinton. In 1828
he icrved in Gibraltar during the yellow
fever epidemic of that year, and was
shortly after promoted to the rank of
Depnty-Inspector, and placed on half-pay.
In PaHf, during the three day* of July^
1830, he gave the benefit of his mature
experience as a milttary surgeon to tbe
woandcd of both parties. In 1832, during
the prevalence of cholera in London, he
was indefatigable in liii exertions among
the poor^ nnd in a aeries of letters to The
Tim$§ gave a graphic sketch of the pro-
gress of that epidemic* In 1833 he wai
recalled to active service a» principal
medic^ officer at Gibraltar, where his ex*
perienoe in cholera became again available
daring its prevalence in that garriion in
18^. A^r an arduous and eventful
career of forty <one years* active scruce, he
was promoted to the rank of Inspector-
General of Hospitals, and placed on the
retired li.st in December^ 184G,
Since his retirement he preatmted to the
French Academy of Medicine a work on
yellow fever, which called forth a high
eulogium from that kerned body, and he
contributed to the General Board of Health
a valuable monograph on tbe same subject,
published in the board ^a second report on
quarantine. On various occasions Dr.
Qillkrest had also ptibliida'd papers on
ebolera calculated to dispel the fears of the
tim^d when called upon, in the etercise of
the ordiuary duties of liumauity, tu assist
pi' ^ ^ ring from this diieusr, having
CO rnself by careful obfierraliun
tiw. |.^...w during jjcstilencd is scarciily
lci« diittitrons than on tbe field of baUh%
MoNsiKUR DE Gkuvillie, Ilon. F.8.A*
July2ii, lH53. At Valognes in Nor-
Band/i aged 84, Monsieur dc Gerrillet
. ^Member of the Society of Antiquaries of
^o.i^'.v..i, 1... .. ^»rn!)er of the ♦Society
ui i,in, ^C.
' Ei Duht-nisster was
borti al Gcfvilic on tbe IfKh September,
1769. His father, being lord of the manor
of Uiat porif b, assumed tbe name of that
He commenced his scholastic education
in the college of Contances in October,
1770, where he remained nine year?.
Young as he then was, he signalised him-
self by his application, by a love for the
classic authors, and by a quick perception
of their beauties and spirit. Leaving col-
lege he entered the University of Caen for
two years, and then returned to his fatlicr*«
roof, where he divided his time between
the study of languages, gardening, and
other country amusements. Here be im-
bibed and estabUsbcd a taste for botany,
which in after years he studied as a scicDCC.
The French Revolution put a sudden stop
to these peaceful occupations, and the
youug Duh^rissier was soon doomed to be
a wanderer in a strange land,
\VTien the Revolntion came M. de Ger-
ville decided at once on his future course.
In 179S he set out for Liege and enrolled
himself in the army of the Due de
Bourbon. At the close of that year he
and others obtained leave of absence, on
condition of rejoining whtn called upon;
an eventuality which never occurred. In
the beginning of 1793, be embarked from
Hollaud and landed at Hiirwichf and, on
foot, proceeded through Colchester and
Chelmsford to London, putting up at the
Black Bull in Leadenhall Street. Ram-
bling in the city he met a fellow emigrant,
with whom he had become accjuaintcd at
Bemcsfitel, and who was dooiiciled Itl
Spital^elds as a ailk- weaver with numerous
other emigrants. With him he lodgedi
and there daily a part of bis oceupaUoa
was to translate the English papers to his
fellow-counti ymen. In the spring of this
year, M. de Gervillc was enrolled in a
corps ns m ed the Loy at Emigrant Regiment,
which joined the disastrous eipcJition
under the Duke of York, and formed part
of the garrison of Meniu when it capitu-
lated under General llammeratcin. Sub-
sequently this corps retunted to England,
and, reinforced witti four English regi-
ments, was embarked nnder Admiral
Harvey for Cluibcron- The futile result of
tliis expedition b well known : tbe troops
were taken to Jersey, and ultimately back
to Eugland. For some time they were
?ttartered at Ryda in the lale of Wight,
n I7il6 we find M. dc Gerville at Uol-
clie^ttT giving instruction to pupih in
Italiao and Latin. While here he be-
came acquainted with the Rev, Johii
Hiliiyard, who resided rit-ar HBdleigh,and,
as one of the family, when he removed to
Barton -upon- number, M. de Gerville
accompanied him. He always referred
with great delight to this period of his
life. At Barton he was enabled to study
his favourite soieocf of botany with great
advaatogei tad the tererity of exile wtt
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flf the rTfificwii faooMi of Nor&ft^dr. ft&d
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Aw greet credit frveii tL*r \Ojoin of M.
4iGOTvi0e, end miav of Lii '.:ou:.=ior.'i«-
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H-.Ii!, he WA' tit A"', 'A *...* £ii'r:>G^
1854.] Htvr J. a F. Schneider,^ Rev. R, Gilhw.—Mrs. Opie. 21^
of $vpani wlio began to appear prominently commemorated as a worthy and thoroughly-
r ofi the fictentific scene at the hegianiog of trained artist belonging to the ^eat period
I the present century. He was born near of Germati muBic.
Leipsic, and in 1797 went to Vieaoa with
Hnmboldt to pmcti^ mecUcine, hut gave
, bimself up eoliti'ly to the study of natural
tbistoryf and especially to that of the fn^hcs
[of the Danube. He afterwards made a
icieutific journey through Germany and
Switzerland, and then went to Paris, where
he inded Cuvter in his work on fosaila.
tin 1804 he accepted the situation of pro*
feasor and director of the museum at
JMoscovr, and continued to occupy this to
I bis death. He fonnded the Imperial So-
leiety of Naturaliata of Moscow^ coutrihuted
■largely to the Russian AunuU of Natural
J History, and occupied bimielf most in-
■ defatigably with all brmnches of hb be-
[loved BCteDce. Hi^ writings are numerous,
l<«nd amongst them is a curious and valuable
topographical history of the liible. ile
was a member of more than eighty learned
societies, and was knight of the prinL'i^uil
Rusiian orders.
Hkhh J. C. F. Schnfider,
Nov, S?9* At DesMU, aged 67. Herr
John Christian Frederick Schneider, far
many years Chapelmaster to the Duke of
, Anhtlt-Deasau.
His birthplace was the neighbourhood
lof Zittan, where music was a good deal
IvultiTated among ^* simple folk "' as well as
^proressors — since the father of the family,
who began life as a weater, is said, by the
force of perieverance, to hftfc gained an
[ appoiiitmcnt of organist at Wateradorf and
I elsewhere, and to have himself supLrin-
tended the education of his boys. The
anbject of this notice became early dis-
tinguished from umofig *' the many,*' not
merely as a pianoforte player, but as a
oomposer. ile vt&s at one time organist
of the UniTcrsity Church at Leipsic» after-
wards director of the Opera at Leipsic,
[ and, later atill» director of the Royal Opera
I Bouse at Dresden.
Hie list of his works is long, and in-
cludes almost every form of musical com-
position, theatrical writing alone excepted.
His oratorios, which have tal<fn thdr turn
among or her oratorios of the second cla^s
at the German niuMcnl festivals, are the
works by which he is best known in Eng*
land, Fortion* of his Deluge and Last
Judgment were, some quarter of a century
^^ 9gOt introduced at our oratorios. The
^Bliitf hc4}iiles, contains oratorioni fintltUd
^HvParadise Lost, Fharaoh, Christ the Master,
^^Absnlutn,Chrf9t the Child, Gideon, Gethse-
^Hfuane and Gol|Totha — also cantata.^, psalmff,
^f Itymns, and other service music. Alto.
gsther Herr Frederick Schneider may be
¥
RkV. RiCHAUD Gll^LOW-
JVffr. 18. lu GUlow-pl. North Shields,
aged 42, the Rev. Richard Gillow, the
officiating Roman Catholic Frie%t in that
town, and Canon in St. Mary's Cathedral
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Mr. Gillow belonged to an ancient
Roman Catholic family in Lancashire, was
educated in St. Cuthbert's college, Uahaw,
and ordained in Stoney hurst, in 1832, He
laboured in Stockport until 1842, when be
exchanged to North Shield:! to assist his
venerable uncle, who was at the head of
the Roman Catholic mission there about
thirty years. He still lives, BG years of
age and blind.
The deceased was of an eiceedingly be-
nevolent and humane disposition, and wai
not only beloved by his own people, but
respected by persons of all persuasions In
the town and neighboorhood. His last
illness was hastened by over -exertion
during the prevalence of cholera in his
districr.
His funeral obsequies were performed
with all the solemn pomp of the Roman
Catholic Church. The body had lain in
the chapel Iwo daySi and on Sanday morn-
ing, Nov. 27, Dr. Hogartht Roman Catho-
lic Bishop of Hexham, assisted by nearly
all the clergy of his diocese^ sung a solemn
requiem mass. He was attended by the
Revs. Messrs, Humble and Gibson, dea-
cons, Canons Kenny, from Sunderland,
Flatt, from Stella, Smith, from Dumfries,
and Humble, from Newcastle, and the
Vicar and General, from Durham. The
Rev. F. Beetham officiated as master of
the ci'remonies. Mr. Fenton, of New-
castle, and several choriiters from St*
Mary^ii, assisted in the chaunting. After
mass, the Rev. Mr. Brown, of St. An-
drew's, Newcastle, ascended the pulpit,
and delivered an appropriate discourse.
The Binhop then performed the usnal
f\ineral ^rvices by the side of the coffin,
when a proeeaaion was formed, the priests
and bishops walking before the ooffin
chauuliug, and bearing lighted candles in
their hands. The chief mourner was the
Rev. Mr* Gillotv, the deceased's unele ;
and the scene was probably such as has
never been witnessed in North Shields
before. The body was interred in a vault
in the chapeUyard, in the |jreseoce of
same Ihoneandsof spectators.
Mrs. f>i'iE,
The writer of the Ohitunry article on
Mrs. Opic in the Wt Number of the
fienth>man's MagaKitie, begrt to ridd a few
214
Clergy Deceased.
[Feb.
more words of ptf sin; notice fbanded on
ailiorc bkKnphical tketcfe. vith ■ portnit
of Mr». Op:e. •i;ich appnred in "The
CjibiDtrT.or Mo'-ihlj Report uf Polite Littf-
r«tnre,*' toI. 1. p. f IT. published in ImC.
This sketch ra vritteu. ta the present
wri:er audenULDii*. bj the Udr aUaded to
m the noticf. — Mr?. John Tkrlor of Nor-
wich.— whose name there c«n be no object
in c«>acn*:' c- u it was bone br one well
know a aod hi^lr respected in \.(f. and
deeplT hos oared in death. Mrs. Taylor.
vboiv remarkable powers of mind were
•t1Htc^l br Sir James Mackintosh. Dr.
T. Mr. Basil Montage, and many more.
i the friend of Mrst. Opic*« earlr reiif .
to wL>m she owed rtn- niach of
what was ralaable in her aner-cLarartL-r.
It an»fAp« br the sketch in " Tue C«-
bintt/' thi: Aiiielia's laoiher did aol die
in her dauehter s infancr. bat in her early
fmrh. - Frequent p'rocfi." says the
tketeh. *aj^prar»ii of tLe |«v>eticil ccuius
and \M\t of Mi»$ .WJerson. before the
Jeatk of her u:>:her. wbil« ste m^eb; yet
be called a child. Some of hiT sin<:Ie com-
positions were ] -rioted se^^rat^rW iu news.
paperr or n-.aiizi-c<, or :u s i^hoiical
■kceKanr called Tlc i abiiict.*'**
The nr*: cd:::on of iLe * FatUtr abd
Danxttcr." we are further to! J. .ipi^irti
won after her u-.uTiAj«r.
Mr^f. Dpie** nn: musical i:-.$:ruc:or wa^i
Mr. >!ic'::el Shari of Norifi.-h: bu: in
liondoD fLe af:erwaris rtcrii td many les*
ions fr.':: Mr. H'ccf^ and . :::er masters.
Th< c.^Bclusi:!: v-f " TLir Skcicl* '* uom
which wiii b.^: fail to be \«laed by thos?
who could aprnfcsA'.e tLe pcnVclly siui-erv,
ki^h principled i.--irA;:«.r -.'f the writer.
We wiJ tin*nfore ^.n i: wit;. out abri.icc-
sent :—
•• Siich accooni*U>'::'.i:c:i:> as we i.^w i au-
merateU form merely the tajV«ll:sLu:e3Cs
of a character, and sczraumcs. :hrv u^h tV.e
intoxication vf vanity ani tuc i:l'-.u?: jss of
flattery. cr>:i!ly lessen its iatriusi-: taIuc.
Sometimes thty cast a tbiu t^-II orer dis-
positions naturally telrsh a:.i is^omiuj:,
while they can ui^^er whjlly e-onc«.il them.
•• In Mrs. Oj'ie they be*icw additional
charms u{>on a Lcart and uiind di?tia>
fuisbed by fran'kuess. probity, and the
most didusire kindcess. In her own Louse.
where Mr. Opie's tjile:::s dr*.w lcon^Llnt
ffacc»ji:on o: iilf lodrui: J. t:.e gay. and the
fash ion lb le. sLc i.!cl:^hted ill by the >weei-
ness of h;.-r miancPji. a-jd the ut:»:udied
and benevoUnt politeness wish which she
adapted Lenelf to the taste of each indi-
YiduaL
" Such is the te^timooT of the manT :
let the few bear witness to thote lympa-
t>.ies which make the happiness of her
friends her own : and the unremitting ar-
door with which she lal.^ars to remove
the miiches that come within her know-
ledge or iiiduesce : they are conovlt nt that
in the hoar of tritl -^ hcrr conduct will prove
that the qualities at^d (r:pensities which
can prt^erve a character unspoiled through
the brill. ant periods of li/e. will dicnify
and «appori it in those jfai-oiis when feel-
ings of self-appro Ml.. a aa.'. coa*v':.?i:* rec-
titude are of more value than the applause
of millions."
CLERGY DECEASED.
J/..y hv a: ri J .:.-■. C-r.>:^:.ur.L. Se*" Z*a-
li-i. *«■. : •• ■. :'... lUv ';-... :-.. .*j -. M.A-
Hc wa* :".e •-' :^-: *:• ^'.\:'y.. -''-^ rjv I'^rr^sw.
iK.»x:r.i:v\\:e«-..i i-^.r.-n. u..\. :»S>,>I.A..*32.
isv: •.■i. :\< W' : ..•v.-. •.:.•'■. ii'* \tc:.-
•ie»v»r. o: * .■.-•.:.'•.■. I:i >> !.- •■a* ;rr**n!«»l to
!iw ^!»unu\ V.-.' 1*i1..-.:":t.. -.r. i... ■ r".*.} cf Nu'riii-
i:::; :■. :■ . ■ v v>. Wr.;':.. .: -. .:-. -■.■...
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:.r 5. Y ■.,--., :. ;_.. .: : -■. ■«■.". i.^-.v*!, I. n-
i.:. Ill ^'i* . . ^: ' • ■? ..;■..:<. I'in/ r.».j\-.
»: \. ■":*». '■; \ > :. a.-.;. ^ ..- -. r.-.:.u-l :.>
w:-.: ■:....::.:• ^ •■; .* •- ' ■.- ^.7 : v w ."^r. :.-.r:.
Mr. Hu:'. m* t' ::. - i. A i>::: r :o tht*
Lt.:.'Ci:::rv ^':•. i. ..-r.. ..■: rz:. v.: . --. AJ-r.."*
;.- : ., v.... -r. ■ . v.... ..-. t :. ; t.-:ii'.:?:.tf>l
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ik.t:^ xi : a ■ -..r:.; > . K ■ni~-.-Vi 1. :. v.. a; y<'.'
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y ". -- A: ^;..- ■» "...>■. .■^■.' -^ : -.■^.
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Ktv ':: :: j;....^ :■. ^...:- .. . j....^:: .M:.e
1*H. Mr ■'..vttr v^v- •■ \^ ■. '..i.. •."■^"'^ '"<
:!±*\». -■■ >«*.'■■..■.. ■• . -. -.v:.:.-: -.. :'.«•
a:'i*:..*^e*"J .«:i^"-*:: .■: .^\^r-"f ■■ :: ■' •^^•' y. tbe
— c— *.^r^ ■■ ^v . ."..tx.:. .. : .-.i". . "".'.■ U-c L.:<r;t-
L.'Hv" ■.•..:.:\. ;. »..:.*. *.^"-. -.\. '»' — ^ «.;. . ■* own
At « .1 .:'.\. ". . .. ■• •'*. .. . ■ - ..' .\. '.ii^i.
>! .\. .i"..: :^^-..%-- ..- 1 . \->' >. r- . . ..? i :' ^\'.^r.
jr:-,r M ". S; I ^\: ti^:^ !■:^..^ ' k ^re aV..
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•.acrlv L'.riii : »:. ,"a ■ .•'». >:-■ -i.-.l .-1, N.:-
:::i»'-a:-.; I -. . ■» •* .:■ .■ .> . • . .:':.. - : >: v .>. ■ il-<r
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.It/ i: a: :■:< rvj^.i.r.''. :: i 7:: -..:.. iCsV.
Ti", ihe i;-. i. rV-^-* w .V..'". V \ : ■• •;.-.--. .■ j .-.k;>
li.vti.r .: Kirkly >[ fcl. :y. . ■ •_.;> • . •■ . .......
A previoos series of the work bearing
the aboTV Dime.
t Mr. Opie'* death had jii»: ooeuiT«-i
216
CUrgy Dfc^isrd.
[Fd*.
Lat^, TYie R«v. /uto ifMA^m*^ VW of
mnwMk ivmyati oismpaatoo (iMi>. whil
^S«ltl«; *~m~^, m^mm. -p^* .w «M»r. ,,.w .,^
ftBli7«th« ir«i»^ /ir. jWy. broCHcr lo Mr. OiifT.
JlCid ^' ' . >.ttiiii l}iCMr»
Amor or i* «i •Mnitf
//«M1F ilK^« l«|( tOlUtfPl
« j «e flf Kr, r,r Lfti
mattA by Uw t>c4/4 ^iti Lluntwi uf CAntert>orY
til* n<*». '
mu
HA
Whlrli T!ik3 in U
MilMnuMilly evil I
ofNonrkK,
JTcv. d. A««<1 ^
UMtor of Cum '
comli* RcRli, Ix ^
luu of tJi« Ittir. CurncUtu L^titlta. iJ L>.
ICnne, Comtrjitl: *ad wm fomwriy Icv
Kt«ier coUcfo. Qifora, KA. I79i, .>1.A
!{.!>. liiilS.
A'0r. U, At tVtatnn 1e SAntU, TjoicMtitn, tha
lUrr* /oAn ^<i/iM<)»t, Utet»r of KiMwrntotw?, Nott*.
to wlikh li9 WM yf««iiledl by immt'n Uuitcca
IIII849.
jr«v. U. At Mount DurM, e«M!x, a^ fll» the
Itvr. /oAn Jn«(, Rector ot tb«t Mri^h. Uo wat of
aentor Optlm*, M.A. mil; uid wiw (n>titqtod t^
Ilia Urttif « whldi vra/i (n li1« ovm patronago, tn
AW* 18. In KlutfV IJ<*iM?h \V*lk. Tt;ujii.]e. iiLi I
dmnTnv VJII«> Flmliley Kow Hcni^I, SwM'
Trinlly eolk-ur, CnlJJ^n'Iu^\> l f,.ni'
, WtHlOlJllBl'
c«|tl«ln of f
nttti H<)f)h»r '
Ml Weilcxiih
rwl.i
boil! f tUa
Av ll'</-
/ia*i» ; • \'Af-
e<m»U% Ulvuij, j font,
B.A. tTtil. MA, : ! irju^
limenteii U> Uli '■ ;ue of
6tVQI«pei*inn.,bA u '■
AW. 81. Al .H' if> . 1), the Hev.
I iUu-\No]ila; to lnx\h of
II 1*17, the ftormer Mna
AL ■■,, the
tll0 I f Sf,
fftul* icoU
louf, tmuL 1
Jfof.TI. Rcr. A'Vwr-
Ion /;iri<«iji. ' ^ > i r^twv.tpliiHv.
jiiiil Itoctor •
in i^'r.K J'
««.'«r St Mttf IMI, OHM* B.iL ism. M.A
and «to iMlttitfaa Id bli " '
Wll; _
tn tOi ovQ fMrai^B, to tiMi HI* boajr «i« isa»>
wnd to unto Horvtadlbr tetvmeBt.
>ev. 97, At F^arsBtiit, fo. Wcslte^* ifi4 •!,
the Uer, ItimMH IVM«flB, iir f I y«nt Btefor oT
tlut^MWt.
iTiM. ». In Lonitmi, ^i^ ■?« Ito Urn. /a*»
Orwr* . l«te Tl«»>1¥v««ft «l
CtoQ C39tlf«e, arid r itbam Rml, BMla^
lf« wa» ^inotrtv in;r*> coQapsCvo-
V B«A* ITOl, M.A <?Vae«ad a >V '
lower Elan o« tlie 91 r in4 l
Iry tbe CotliV'? in llic rr Tiitao la I9I1
In prhrnt r MTCT WW Of i
kln(l-li«fi< "TW nv«d, stiiftr t
hie «f dot n . < .>r BAliaiidBaina aeOaB.
criaidi«7 Uc wiu c»£ntUl]j oot of llfea <ild arhoal
aclcnariiianArttialaalcentniT. lAU* youth be
waa rcBiarki^MTv f»nA vt athlctif morta.tn wtOth
hojQlucd M-^, and Id bier ytara #«
men look iw lalaratt upon a w^l*
;>rayr4 m i - ■' t. Atafttl a yaar mad a liaU^
cfiacuc*: uf inewailiig y«ar» a>d lur
was eomiiellcd lo fmiim the «■!«•
r. and the Heir. MfTBaCMl Mai
<*rUuuJ, the Iter* Ovryai
I I .D.
At Cork« «nd 47, fb* Rar,
r. lUntster of St. LalG«*i ta tlwtt
I t" tfio gairfaon.
Herts, ttic Hey.
ItiN , lucf, anil View of Wal
t>. f.-ifjii. ity *T St, I'fter'a
*ratc4l to Coitcrcd In Isuu ly 11. 1 . 1 urcsteri i
anri to WetbcnlleUl In UU t^r Trintly haU.
l)td, Atl^Mhar4,co. Tl{rpanu7«a««d»|l
At rVBiipor ^De. «o« Tl|)f|per«ry, ttia Iter. WU-^
tutm Mi»ar4Lhifd^ Rector of F^ntiar.
lAnr. 2, At Little T«y. KMex, nftvl »JI, ttte Itov^.
ff^vr^ f*ateM&n^ Roctnr of tU«t imHilt ( I»U.>). tlo
w/u of St I '.M »j r% ... a J r- .\ r , I ij a.M i . U'.\ T . \ . 1 T' « .
»war, Die i
lie WlU b
HiiJifttejJ u
rinr SchcH
that \i u
*'»'"i-t:uu!iul at MUylunc , uiiU ulfev,> U'v tUwt'''
> unmArrifd.
/J
AM'
unt
ptiit '
diiii
Bdii
lent!
North Elk
tlon, CO, N'
lie WAA ci:
Irt85, >1.A
^C^'. ft. ' ,1.
Frur
Dorii
lie .
M,A, l.Mrt,
At Livcriiool, u.
Cnrjitcof M Tr
iC(?i%<>*furil
At St.
fftor/. fo>
lie ^v
as sixth .SiiuiJ/r u^LoiiUt '^'
Z?ic. I^. At Inflow, ]
"LU'^4.^ C'4LUiUtUij;t'-t \^.X»
'>iiiirr. aui'il .
<. thp iJev,
I K nnd
•M^lor*
J»IS,
the ftor«
ttMt, Ar^mr Joluuam OamA^ Ule of ftunpUtiun
Mtoor, Donei. «nd H«mp(oa Houae, Devon.
ike, [». At BAtli, aeed 61. ttie Ftef. Otervv
Ai>imn« Ute Roctor m Freahfbrd, Soraernet. to
wlUeb be w«s instituted on hi* own
ia 1§1».
Sht^ tg, A^ 31 , the Rev . i/mry J7ayer, i
of St AthflD, GUniorB»iiihire.
D*c 34. At E«it3y, Kent, the Rov. /ZoljiA
iHp^slv AaoMoMf, Vicar of Eutry with Worth, uid
AftuMlDtffn.
DEATHS,
A&IUrrOBD IN CHRONOLOGICiL ORDfclR,
JWmIO, In New South Wales, Frunccs-Ann,
vtte of Mr. Jemet BorUtt, An<1 ntece of the kite
Bm.4*xom tii«rmoi« D.C.L. t^eaident of Trinity
eolifltfe, Otfbrd* leATinc mven children.
AJJr K. A|^ a4, Ttionuoii, oiilj «on of the
Bon. fhomaon Viijineck« cott^ to the prcwnt
r"r-« • t«ti^«ld, of Hcveninghftm Hall, ^\iU
te-de-ounp to the late Lord Syden-
' r^Ji, of CAoadA. U« iniirrie>J lo \M \
^ .... ' -v '^^n. of J, Torrance, caq,
.4 u irt Tomni, Van Dtemen'a J^nd,
A re J i jepiity Inipector gen . of Arm y
liiiik^iU. . « ^.iacip*l medkal olBcw in the
colony^
il«Vt 31 . At Bcndigo, AnatraUa, aged 30, Kdw.
Fkyw BoiiDd, youngest son of the lato W. N,
of the Old Kent-road.
_ 1. i6. At Adehilde, atscd 33, Mary, wife of
]fj«lb«]ii«l OJdhaaa, esq. manager of tlie Union
Bank of Aoatralia.
S^. 2&. At UeJboume, \lctoHa, aiged 44,
Aloander WOaon, eai;i, of the flrtn of Alexaiider
Wflaoo, Neiibew, and Co., o( that city, formerly of
Mllk-at Cbeapaide.
Ctef. 4, Lieat.-OoL Coafty Le^J- v. -'itf f,oth
RUtoftf In the eonuncnd of i : aria.
Wliaii on a tour of uupectiou ^ to
oeaa the river XHiakainma, ho w»3 i.»j . .<4 uw^ay
by tha strMJu.
Ott. 6» At Windsor, near Sydney^ New Soutli
Walca, Cktherine-Sanib. youu^(eet dau. of l>a>id
Jtoxbnrich, eaq.of Dlomtteld-road, Malda-hiU.
Oct. II. At Moacow, Peter Soeaowily, i«ed
Vl% year*, on« niooU), and HA daya.
Oct. tk, Al the Capo of c^ood Bope, Georgv
lietrill« **}idiiton, etq. of the Hadraft Civil Serrlcc,
•Idaat JKiti of the late ^'v- ' ^""iron, esq, or
SwInUw. He wataptrai)v i^ 1)^31.
Oct, U. At l^napoTC, lent while
balMnjr. ajt^J 34, Henry >• ^'^ » ^/> «<*4- 13th
fiengai Xl. uxtl* 4ou of the Uie Charlea Dny, eeq.
ofSaothampton.
Oet, %A, At MJidr»*, a«ed 47, Ueut.-CoK Elobert
Adi.-><>«n. fonith mu ni the late Colonul
max Dntfrtiou*.
" " -* '► " ' '^ .ila,Charlee
^n of tlie
rthamptotn-
i,u 1/1 Hn- j^k.- j*i^. Aii^jc;. ..im, of New
bUcKfri&r*.
At l^n<lonr, India, Ll«ajtw>CoK Brad-
, — x . _. u ,..1, " -t! Eng. He wat pnaaeot
jtnd Gwalior, tlie battle
uLpHi^piB in the north of
iVflP. 9. At femiindo I'l^ I liurlo* !a4iycr Hofo,
I turgccin of MM. ftteam-slorjp Alecto, brother of
^ eRttv. Thomas llui^is Senior Curate of &%, Bo*
\ ftolph, Bl«ii«p«(fate.
' .A t V»lp«rai«o, " ^^t^- Mauj^han, e«l. chief Kng*
"" • - ' ' '- .nviitolUilway, aon of W,
■\ ta. Towih, esq. Lieut.
v-^i?(_i ir-^n^vitfTi, of the irmy*
^w. II, At Ad*ir*fllle, Kentucky, aged 'J*.
Eingwnlll Henry iJrurj^ M^eoml ^^iirviving iod of
Hhe late Capt, C, J. Chc*Jiyre l>rttry, 33d Refft.
Sov. 13. In Cork, Agc«j T4, Uua LutiiA Moore,
GcsiT. M\o. Vol.. XLK
Brtd4«Mst
3t*j
flfth daa, of tlifl late FFon. and Rer. Robert lioore.
of Moorc-hlll. CO. ^"^ ' ' * «nd gFaaddaiighter
of the firf t Viscou; iiell. ,
IfotA^. \nJ,n\ I ioonge Bloomllekl
l»anrey, R.A. eldest ««n oi <icorge Q«rvey, esq. of
Thorn vaJe, Klnf^H Comity.
Age<l •», T. Grmy. of Morton, ne«r Bottroa, CO.
Lincoln, eottatfer.
At Shcfpton Mallet, at an advaneed a^. Maria,
Uut mrriring dan. of the late Charka Hyde Hyde,
esq. of Hyde-end, Berkshire.
JKw. *iL At Stratron1-npon-A.von, atted 67,
Mary Margurct Fanlkner, dau. of the late Bcnja-
mill Faulkner, esq. of Uttto Chebea.
J¥ot. 28. Afcd 67. Mary. ttUct of Robert Ke-
nyon, esq. of llie Strand.
Km, 25. At Stahleford, Franc«», relict of Capt.
T. Smith, dad Reft, third dan, of the late John
Jasper, «M].
J^w. 27. At Grove-end-road, flt. .lt>{inVwood,
ajjivl 48, Johannah, wfclowof J. P. Ralph, esq. for-
merly of EQjiton-«q. and Gibraltar.
Nov. in. At Union'pL New-road, Capt. John
DradAhaw. G.S. fbnuerly of I otheHnfCluiy,
At Hifchworth, aged 71, Jaxnea Crowdy, eitq.
.if, for Wiitf andOloneester, and a Deputy-Llent.
of the former county.
At Cheltenham, Mr. Lancelot Dent, head of tlie
eminent house in China which bore bis name.
He WAS the tjrpc of a true Kngtish merchant, and
Icare* behind him property to the amount uf
In Tork-ft. Westminster, aged «), Robert tUm-
mond, esq.
Ntx, ^. Major James Cmlckshank, of Park*
hurst, Be&ley, lute of the Bombay amiy, from
which he retired in 1831.
At Fnnchal, Madehra, aged 36. Louiaa, wif^ of
«reor^ GbarW Dalblac, esq. late of the 4th
(i^rieen^i Own) Light Dni«:oon».
At Camberwoll, agod 79, Mary-Ann, relict nf
Henry Tolluor, ew[.
Sow. ao. At Liverpool, ago! 74, TItomas Itul-
ley, eaq.
At Harlan^ Elatree, Herts, a^ed 7a, AlejuiMtar
Way Mason, esq. formerly of the EAst India CotD-
jiany** Home EstahlUhment.
At Lt3Q, Uljick heath, Mary^Necrasoff, wifti af
Qcorge 11, Penney, es^i.
At l^ktiampstead, Bucka, Sarah, relict of J.
Sutcjiffe, «q. Liawley Gap, near liinijlcy. York»h.
IM^, 1. At Urizlon, aged 79, William Edward
Kbi|^, esq. tate of Fall MaTl.
At Kingflton, Canada, Mout. Wilmot H. Moody,
Itoynl Art. aevvnth nnA yntinafjtl aoa of the lata
C«l. Thomu Mood " ' .
At Guernsey, aic I it S. Price. UJ*.
late of Pentevran, 1 1 uW.
At Wappenhuui, * ■. xNiirtiuiniiirton, aged 6«, Eu-
phcmia, widow of Kev, Thoraai ik-^ott, for many
yciLrs Peril. Curate of ♦7a*cott, mnd aftcrwarda
Hector of Wappenliam.
Z«9c. 2. In Mortimers. CBvendia!i<aq. «g«d 6ft
Mrs. Blagrave.
RtK. 3. At Fromc, aged 63, >\lUiam Hum wood
Irampton, esq. late of Gray Vbin, 1a»t surviving
son of thf Htc Jnmcn Prampton, esq. of Frumc.
At ^: rtxfnrdsh. a*fed 73, Harriet Gib-
lMjn> : << of the late Rev. Henry Long*
den, f f.oum-curo-Whitchhury,Wllti,
ivianv v< 4ir* ii rcMdcntat Millbrook, Southampton.
Df^, 6. At Paris, tt|md 43, Hcnjamin Lewis, Mq*
late of Carlton-villaa, Maida-vale.
At PaOton Bousa, Rugby, Caroltoe, wife of Capt,
Robert Ityom, R.N.
Dec, 7. At Fakeabam, aged 15, Anna, yoang«il
dan. of the late P. $. Cote, eaq. of Scnlthorpe.
In New Manor-pi . Cltelsea, aged 7'"^, Miss EI1a»-
beth Harrison.
At IhintflaM, Iile of .\Lin, Jane, widow of Captain
Wiilhini Inre, 3Sth Itef^i.
!n fdf^n-place. Old Kent-road, aged 73, Nancy,
' ' 1 riry IjeelK, ei*[, of Tiirapatan.
\t CuwocMt, Yorksli. aged 75, Dorotljy,
SIB
OaiTUAHT.
SttT -rilv 'nrvirlii'- Ami. fit tins Itttc
lie m.
Ail
01-
bar i ■>■:.>. lie; iH'
At Slii'Jlli'l,!, JuJin. V1. mU-J-l»'jll'*lU, Viq. uf tllO
iMn:. Ill At HntlT, v^i '1 S7, 1 ri<*rfti(i, dUoit »PU
lail sttrv> nud^iUCAril,
AMa4« ' Eicluf Gtiorgv
Dtvbi, Ml]
i>^. 1 1. At Murdlfora. Hercf, a^^l &t, Uocliel,
wifo of tl|.' f{.r t\ I. Ulra. Ri>ctor *^( that (Mri*li.
ttni i r tlie uto Jtcv* Kdwartl iiiovwr, of
A, Vtorgau UlvtMOc, LL.P. of Uiulby
Coll. :y.
Ill I, Uc^*ntV{jii|-k« Agtiil 7fi, U«nf]r
i'u- 1 f Tn nil ri<i -re W cll», AOd forme r\ y
daik iiUewi. gf UrouUcy,
At CIcvodQii, n^potl 7U Anne, relict <jf UiC Her.
II > Uw Hojral
Kiv lupe, MQ. uf
A , a«od »l, Wary, wi4ow of UuT'
*AdlJ:
At ( rnyiiuii, Qg«<) 47, Ano, wUow of C)l•rl<^«
Ift'ocMliJ'rturi , ewi.
J>tr. r*. At DTibHu, tijjrO 27. J^nncns, wifb of
JIe5iM •■■ ..,-..
Ai
UuojHir,
In Mortiiliist/tn-pl. «4t<^ 73, ElUftbtith, rdlui iti
Itnwicy LuM^'vllei. «ki. Bcnehcr of Uio ail44ll<9
Tcraplc» wUu ai04l ilunli ly, Wih (Sec Vol XM.
y. 323.)
In rwiibermiU, Ciipt» Wailiwn Bftonio. latv w(
At rVfreiiii.'f', Iti Tirr ^hih rcnr, ihi- Hun, Mfn,
Toll.-;. ' ■' -: ■ ':■■■■■■: -.^ c.u,
€i>n 'If 11 h
tiM
Ag<Kl 74, Elka'DumUititt, reiki of C«itt, SytUdi-
1mm T WylrV-. fMtly sisrvivlnp «tj»n, of the Utfl
1' ■ ■ ■ uf 1VQ».^iU«;C,
!rt. Cnfflri
Ai
BCDtJiU Jlnljriil ^crvirr.
AtColMbUl-«t, Julon-^). fiSDitift, wUbof AUffUito
H. Mamrron, M A.
f ' T Iliac, wito Of Gilbert
Fni ! old l^alacr, lUcb-
^ \vU^ tor. Ho WIS
ot^l: d » vof]r fixCtttilvtt
pnv
lU»l<l, :>ii«.'<cn.
io GofK-«t^ £ffilly, il&u. of Jotl«ti a«v»« «■<}•
h) Om^vf^nor'pl. tt>« InflMU loo of |l> B*
(M Ann WaiU, oulv tUo. of Urn
J^-i ''ilL-J'.* Htl 14
ilrri^1fi>i In
Jul.
Al>
Ofnr.,.
Af --
Jnii IV
Wi- ■ ...«
Oiilv >un, iiMniini icinci nuniiinnmi, nue ' tutimn
At rfrmovth. Hiiin\ 76. Mr^- Nrtficy Ffirt««cti«,
or r
\ Utinu«y, uPttr Uriilol, Kgod 46,
'^ iiHrr hU innrrL«je«}t
111 'f Sldiutmtti, AIM,
Hi ■- : i .1, iij« iitoUtcr, Itiin'^Anut,
ri'llcr I t , , ( , r ,:.jt LttKlgo, esq. forrnbrlf noi^
At » luilirjdi" nia».\ViIUftiu Uoultl»wortli,e!f(].
of OiIU^ro^r.
At lUllOw Owtle. Cork. lMtn*« r^itrirTknr Ct-
clUi .lane, wife of Sir t^
Biirt. ^ho WAH Ihc iltL
of C*mg» CO, Cork.ivn' J
learcM inuo.
At WcymoaUt, Ju1U«Uaj-L«. «klow (if Jolui
Oftlnr, t'-n-
t*rriK«« Hydfl I'urlEt ngwrt r*,
L M, Httlmoont, c*i|. rijrrooiii
' T, Eged VIS, M. S. SftloiKlonJ,
Ion,
iiirtr» Klfr nf the R<»v. CxTiTlnti
".^
Lk, Agc4 i*3, ,l4iiiea
lute JoMph llolii-
Al the ^ I * lirotlier-tn-lAW, Dtldmm,
nearCftRii M U. lIi^Dry bednrltb, etq.
of StiilDtrjL] Hiiint'i?, i icri^lAnd.
At iiobo^ou^ll, Mr. I'licintoii UrowQ, UJld iiStlll.
At Eton, a^od 13, Mrrtitncije' Get triads thira»on
of tbtf latoUtforK' '" U-y**!.
AtChel«w. \' i^ieut.-
GoL l>cnnl^, i -^ion. «t
theCiipoM'
JkgM TV l: lium, «itq. upward! of fli
yeorvafti'i -■ l-.-h,
m Utv> T joUctof
Jamas 1 1 Uc uta
TliontBii In
Atl*riDco*-»j.a«?, uyiie-i^jifk, 3hiri>^ Hire of John
Uarrift, aai formerly ci Si. Paol't CliiLrchyanK
At Cottlnclmin. nrflr Hull, sffed »m, John WiU
' tv-tbrooyoiur*
Uafcftl^llte
n> 3i(, of
I, Jotm
W iLUatu , U IB tlilnl •on .
^^^^^l654.] Obituary.
2!§^
^H Ai Fair Lawn, near Rlpon, Elizab«th, widow of
At Ryde,
Ke of W!j!ht. a^ed 8S, Robert Ed- ^J
^H Jaho HodgsoDi CM], of Norton Conyera.
wards, e*(i.
late of TupAham, Deron. ^^^|
^H At BcHttfoy-torr. MahliUTule, aged m, RlcU-
At Cttftoti
1, ji^f^d no. Wit Haul Edwards, esQ. lutl ^^M
^H ar4 Hi»tl<7. esq.
Cart ■-*' '
^^^H
^H At Edj^biL^toa, a^ Gl, Caroline* wife of John
Ji.
'■h. Ann, widow of Wdlter ^^M
^K Keep, e^.
rai3.
i ivk, io. Cork. ^^H
^^^^H AiBiixtnn — ^ "' -"- irenry, wjcond ton
At iuu.n.
iiiiuj. 1 xiuaiic. wife of Samticl Lloyd ^^H
^^^B otttwtoto^
Howard, esq, yodtigcdt dau, of Blchnrd Boll, e&ri. ^^^H
^^^^B At Ail«n Fifhlrin, th^ Ri};ht
of BH*t.d.
^^^H
^^^^V '■ " :rr and
At '
. rit an adranc«d a^^e, Elixaheth, ^^H
^^^H >> w»s tbe eW M^. Sir
reh.
tuliDBton. e<ia. 11 .N, late of Don- ^^H
^^^H nrtlltt Stuar- i um.
lO^li'
^M
^^^^H uvi uiiimu^e wlUi the L c oi]
.\t
>\ l]eMMnfikj, near L(»tla« a(^ ^^H
^^^H tlMa4ttiofA(»rU,Iiii7. Ht^r
B4,^I.:
rohu Pgllard , of NewUr Hotua ^^H
^^^^H body w%^ interred tii .. r. the
neru ,
^M
^^^^H '^'^" ' "— ied by her tn-un r^, u)'.- i,«r,, iriuici*
At Cu'-'jif
nu.un. aged 76, Antliony Rosenhafcti, ^^H
^^^H iiMith, imd Alex. Stuart Mcntoath, «S(i.
esq.
. ^M
^^^H
il hU '^W^, Manchc^tei*, John Stlrtliig, esq. of ^^H
^^^^ ^ .*.- E^jjrt, RftgentVpork, aged 90,
ridr- ^
' /St. Andrew's, Fife. ^^H
^V GMT
Ai. ■
iL^cil i^T, Henry Tlddcmati, c«a* ^^1
^K A U , Sai-ah , wife of Sam. rottiT« ean .
^^^^^ At tiio j'nr-uLJu^e, Down St. Mary« aged C%,
^^^K- IMOr. wife of R. T. Kiidford, esq, St. r>aTtdV4itU,
Utc
^^^H
A-
...,..,,, ^H
Af
of ^H
^^^^H I:I^Mr.
Sloiit
^^^1
^^^H At V - ^ ' • rdward. eldest «>n of UiO
At v.ai".
lat4 ^H
^^^H Ut« r
Collector ii
^^^H
^^^^1 At ' L4iima-Dutieiui« widow ul
/Mr ^9
; John ^^1
^^^^H Jati)^^ 1 J 1 . ill I , I . ui li^dinbur^h.
^^^^H At Keniilngtou-conimcia, [ustQ 76, Wirwick
Bart! -
^^^H
In
nj'^venor'Aq. af ed 57, Mrs. Fox, ^^H
^^^^^K We^tijn, t>«q.
ofl!
^^^H
^^^^h .Jvt. 16. At Go ' ibotli,
Ar
' '". Thoma* OlanTlH, ^^H
^^^K •fflHI of Mr. T!ioni m and
c«i
lor^, and one of tho 1
^^^^V JIM. of me lalc Jr I
oldr
M
At
'-'■-■-■, esq, _^J
^^^^H CATT'OUlor, e»q. (.'I
Wo,
btoni ^^H
^^^^H At EgtUit^n r, i ir TTi^n»A
dftti
^^^1
^^^H Co»Rte«9 of '^ ^^
^^H
^^^H dAU.4>fClj4
of ^^H
^^^H bo likhartJ J
Ijold ^H
^^^^^giMdlr, ill i ^'t J . :
in 1,
^^^H
^^^^^^■pfeH ten
A^
say,Ute ol ^^1
^^^^^^^^VU^)^bfpN l^'-^
thf> ;
^ ^^1
^^^^^1 UKJil^!
' ' ^^1
^^^B ^^^
^^1
^^^^^ ^o^ll■ puvLnt'tv >ii!rrin.''i jk
i ^H
^B Klh>:
^^^1
^H At ^l4^r}]>h»1E| FMi.
^^H
' ^M
^K
^^H
^^^^^ igodiipuiii
^^^1
^^B wtTstivdr
redo- ^^H
^^B MiASmAi>
.ucr»ct ^^H
^^^^^^M flM tatt 16 oi VMiirii !',!' vv^A>ic<i \u isri>rui-riJiiiK,
ll.ru^'.
^^^H
^^^^1 At Tynemouth, at an adranc-cd tf£e« Anu-ElUa-
^^^^H h^th^ iJiau, o( Lho lale lYdneis SmytA, esq. of New
At Hare ITatch, Berka, a«ed 51 , Harriet, wifb nl ^^M
ITi^lor JHmp& Urand, late tCtti Heat- eldest dau. of ^^H
llic lato llolitcrt Phipr*, tJn\. of Demerara. ^^H
^^^B UoUtlJug^ York*.hire.
At So lit hi
wnpton, .Mary, Hife of WUllam C3ole- ■
^^^H I>fc, IT. At Wortliing, agLsl Bf), Ahieall. reUct
man. c**!.
1
^^^^H of t)av1d Braudon, cm:j^.
At :
:^ Charles J. Garrard, Sonth ■
^^^H At llcok Lodgf, Killanii^y, aged bO, Hajor Wil-
Laiiii
Ita, relict of Lient.-CuK I
^^^^H Ham ^rjc«intjM}n P.'ittor^ vonTicrr^t «fm of the late
Gwfi .
1
^^^^H jQhn DnUont e.v) ' ' '.Yorkshire,
At Cn.'T-u
IE1, .liii'ii I't, i Jiomas Hamer, esq. ■
^^^^B and l^'iningham (
At St. Leonardo, aged &2, (iraoe, wtfe of OaA, M
^^^^1 At liandud, Ca, ., .laxaeA D.
Uardv,
^
^^^^H K«irart, pw^.
At"- ■
.only ^^M
^^^^H At llinoii » DCi-d ^1* Ann. wife of CharlcH Jtid»on,
^^^^B e^. iLRfl '^t^f f rlAu of the late Dunid Urown, ifati.
<Uu
•■ni&ter ^^M
of tlv
^M
^^^^H At V -innaht tocond dau. of the latei
At
reji< t ihomal ^^H
^^^^H
Jin
^^^H
^^^^H ILii >!nii, of the ne^. John f^ewii,
At
31, Wtllfaxn ThompBoii ^^^
^^^H lie^t
Kay
.<-<m of tho Uoyal )Iarin« ^^H
^^^^1 A I < Ul Lo«com1>c,e»ii.
Dlvi
^^^H
^^^^H Utmv r.*nr>hum.
At
Mr, rlioRia* Thila Court, ^^|
^^^H At witti of tho
Caiii
r. Uct of Capt, Wm. ^^M
^^H iter
Hit.
1
^^^^H Ar ^aldegrave,
D-
Norwich, aged 70, M
^^^B luifiir
Han
n,csq. ^^M
^^^^m !h 1 . B4,^ 03. PUffitie-
At
kret-8arah Brooke, ^^H
^^^^^r Anil, .e^j. and inotlier
your
/ ichfir)' Hrouke, ^^^|
^^^^^ of the Jill*- 1
At
13 Croft. Ofq. ^^H
^m M Wec.i 1, wife of GeoTKQ
■ecti: 1 '
I. of Green- ^^H
^»^^ Brown, ea4j -
hAID i
1
220
Obituary*
[Feb*
At HUd lUrrogftto, ■! a ray adtrMioed «ri»,
JaiM, nJIct of John Jikiiim, cw). MhI>. d4u. of the
kit modi M«elU»» flails of KIHt Itniiimoi-toit lUU,
Yort«blre.
A1 r-
A!
iMiuKtT.
■ jiinrdijiiit
• . I iLirlMrr :
At '
ad I.
At I Ms'ttfH^Uj-Krtitioc*,
D«r, 31. HUM tiowot],
fl«]r of C»»M r fur Sktuth
Wile». Ilu wri' fj'niiriiy 111 Chi- iiiriii IttiABam.
In MlltotuMt Dorwt-iwj, j^gcU 71, rutherlnc
Wttlnw nf TMrlfl |>. |»!iv^. M l>,
fn ' ' ^[Dii-wi. iig«d 71 »
At til, wife of John
Artli \t-lnvr.
Af I nmJ folf niirviv-
Hf^l. 1 'I.
A k '' I uti eI er, em , of W n1 verhArnptori .
lit I'liUitt. Im W ^wiTli V4»flr. Mr*.
ii'Otnmvin'cti iJio ]:>i'iiilucUoti of n i ics i
her hrntUinf, who wjii* nn nlitr i unn-
trUni'' ■ . " '.
Miily
Iroe, n.i
.if rt*li'.|i. ■■■
riiriiin ••! . ,
lUtlimiifl) 4T( tln.'iitiii'
Author,
At Hnwncy, IltniL Atfeil n* TliouiM I'twli^y. » ^
At Li'k'ftlcr* jiifcd 43^ Jumai fUwit^iti, tvi]. or
BAlntun, tiear StJimftirU.
At *'liiP4 ykffi^rfl, hnr'i't, nt n \*»rv ft'lvrtnc*<1l
•ifC, T" ■■ ' , (i»f|,
of Hh iitrr
of l"i [ f.liy
tUtt Jirin I., ..I. I VI E 'IrO
Lord lltvcr*, of > >
WOT* *iiiJ left A V. -u
tbe proMiit llfjir)' kvi-^vyuut, ( vi m r i,.r tJnir-
Mvtaiiire ; another M>ti ; Atul twu dnn^jilitcri, I iMrhH-
MiirtA» wife of the Hev. Jtmu^^ ThJlT Wftrxl. aiul
]>raiI«A, th« fln^t wife of Dr. Ixsnivm^ tiUhuii of
S4ilt*biiry; aIu' (lJt.'4 in IS4K
At KlllAlon ll4MtR«^ Koxburglj!Nliire^ Uobt. fknr)'
Till U til , ewj , of iCIlUton .
At ('lirton. ru;»Hl liH, Miiry, itTkt of Wiu. Wnlioti,
c*q, IkMuhn-uf LiueoliiVJni), itnU Utcsnf JlriulAted,
Kfliit.
At PerkhATii, Mt^ry-tlnrtlptt, yoiin^«»t dan. of
the lale Cnp\. WurUeH, H E.f C.S,
Al lIuvcr»tiH'k*litl|, l.«ul'Ji-Miuliilnn, rdk-l of
Jtinu'ji Woti^iiliull, I'wj. <]f tfie Stix'k 1 irhanije,
/M' 9;i \T K<MinJu^^tr.» <ioro. Kmlly. i*ifc of
Thoiii " , of IJiKOlnVlitn, anil llivlildt),
N«n I I lid Inte hollow of Jcj»i(.'< collt^go,
Calif «ii, of JcjHji hntlcTi, ew). of ffol-
U«U*t I -L^' IV I I
Al Stepnoy, nt tn ndivtnt^ed mte. Clmrlott©-
tV)1by. relift of Robt^ Boyle, e»n. UpjMir Tlijiines-st.
Ajjud 67. Mr. |{«njAiiiifi Uutltn worth, of the
Uunk of HLrijjflaiKl.
AX rr^kh^^w, fljrM S4, Mary, leUet nf JdoaU
C^bii'V * ' Mf t ho i^toc k KJldttuiKV.
fill ii'MiiW"k,»*riHJ Mj, Walter
\Vel3..:
At HiT-'iKiiu, liv'f^'i "-f, Wllliojii ThonuMCuleiiiiin,
#ii|, late C<iiM{itrciller tl.V. CiMtoini>> at Uloueciiter.
At Bfi5rtfm. ng^ ««, Mr*. HAirlftf Corp
In • - V
of t)l« W«it Mldi])<r«OX
ilpofffo Lee, Mnilnw
! *lic l«t« rhom**
^, wlJow ttf
' re, rhirh<irn
of WUIl4i(i)
'^UrlACreed.J
; I doit.
'.I ii'L"}-, rrrkK, Allied 36,
St, fJcrniin**, Cnrn^nll.
.(HI WiniAm Eyre (IHII),
i.\M for upwrtrue of tliirtf- ]
•-on of the Itnynl SttvitX
I r!incc«^M<irgiirtit, young-
■ ;).»MU*mi«v
.1 nirniiitcr of
the - iidK.
A W+lllHOf T Hfb. e^. of Ba«1liJE»1
Ntr>k ' ■■ ■ . :! ■ :v
A 1 , wj, M«iter ]
H,^ llcvonAlUra.
At lT»_'">iriri V iMiri, in'Jir ss ni^jrnun^ Kentt the r«- ]
!tj<teiico of his son-JTi'law the Iter. S. K. ToorDer»
ijj^cd 93, Mr. ,lo9r|.th root»er,«on. Ute of Newlra-ry,
Berks.
In dfi(Tolk-!»treet, Pkll-iotLll, the Dowager lMf>\
V^'innlnjftoti. She wait iMtjclla, secund <Uti, at }
John Tuyl^jT, e*q. of Moeicley HiiU. co. Wore. ; w
marrierl lo iHlo tn Sir Thuin^u) Wlnnlnglon, tb0
tJilnl Hart, of Staiiford Court in U3«t cotinty^ and
left hU willow in li43'J, tiAviiitt had iksqc thn prr*
sent Burniiet and othrr chjIdrcM.
/M, V4 At the hou*»c at hU Aou-ln-law Harvef
Lewli, CJM^ in Muhlln, fitted 7&, fleurge BaU, ««q.
Intc of Uh hTOoini^lilU, Siirrvy.
In Norfolk rrcscent, Hyde Turk^ Henry Black-
den, ewj.
Al tlhflon, HittHl «7t Mtry-Anne, wlki of SAHtnet
■ »cUkMKs ew|, hitc of l-'plAnda.
At Ne^'tr»n Uui^hel, n^ed A9, Charles BtiMef
Inline, e<i4|. Mi). IaIu of Ewctl.
At Dover, \V*lter, cliU-ol »Qn ol W. L, LaM-rence,
< '.L i.r^. niiii\*cU-]Mirk, cjloiic,
V 1 , iHutcr, near (iodfllndni^, Agenl fi4« Ooorgv
^Lll .hill, .'xj,
At ^Vitijx'ftchj I ' ilepi Mrtcatfe. e«q,
oue of thii niii^tHn i Ic of h\y.
At i'iltntfton, >li II, for ihlrly year*
tin Atlundiint of Uw r*Mij3:ig intinj of Uih Brltlnli
Mn»euNK
At SftTidwleli, AfjTud M. Jaiuf^ S. Roily, evj. »oK
\\ i;. ir.iidKe, Aged (*0, NAmy, rclkn of H&chArd
-.1: ni' . > .J. I
'"Ti. n.p:e<l <i3, Sn'nnnnTii, retlrt nf SflTniicI
I Ml
urLi,
». KlicAbetli. rolkrl
^rj
IU,I,,|H.
K port,
, and
, liarl,
Al ■
Ac I
yoUtli-ri'-t iluii ..I '
At KiusvHoi til, 1 ■ 1
nf rhoiioi'^ s./hLfv
tmvitl 13, 1 1
Beaver, e^.J
gn^iiddnu. ««i Hif I'lU' :^ir i>ii:ir
iif BuriMiJdiiiiV, Argyltnhlrc.
At lltik'worth, nt^wi 77, Mary, relirt of Kd vizard
Bii«hhy, e«j.
At f'onthMll-eouit. 1'hTOirraorton-«t. agtd W,
Itnltert WUHftm Hutteiner« owj. of Heal Lodir«,
Al f'AT Kcelefechan, Mm. iL'arlyle,
niniJii lATlvlo the aiitlior, And Another
wjii >*ii'< I- ti <iiiH (or reM^dlnu in l>ondon.
At the Hoctory, ^iNhurton, jiiied 3f>, (reorgtAiiA*
Ward, rMfKt riHti nf tttr Uev, U r*, lie Startk,
Ac 1 ' >[te, yoniJiKefli dull, of the
lAti' I ir of Wrawliy, Lliieoln-
shii' .11, NotM,
At Li»NT\othieUromwAll, aged S5,
Ua\i • 11 , e«i) . la tc L [Liut . */d ( Ijuvmi'ji)
At iiHtjikurK'n, .lumcji KunTer, e(*q. of HAfton.
In linke-(.t. I'urtlAnd^id, AtfwJ 7U. ConJella. mife
IS54.]
Ob ITU ART.
221
of sir OMTge J«dcjoo, K.C;H, her Mjij€«ty*» Com-
mluUT Jnd^ ftt St. PbuI de Loando* AlHcn.
S))e wftM the dd«st cUu. of Cbrintopher Shrill ^ e^q.
iwd wvA nurtied in tHlltJ,
Al FftdiHngton^ hsed RT, WillUm TtiornUm, 0114.
In Sonionet-st. PortrjiAii-«i. ftgt)d 62,Thoa»«
WliiirktliJ, .sn.
At road, tkgeA 77, Cnptiln Junes
mih I. Regt
i>f er, aired 54^ Marv. nlU t of tbc
Ven, t'. ;■,.!'! ,; tih^T, Archdcii'^' ^ . -Itu.
of Dr. s ,. II , ! i ilcr,lateLor«l I nHtl.
Air« i i imiln Mortiti . , ^ of
A^s .til. relkt of Robert HiirrUdf
t^. (I : :, SydenbAtD.
ElUabeili-Mai'iiaret-Ann, ^Ife of the Rev. H.
HolUen, Head Hutor of the (Jnunnmr Scliool,
On hi* 64th btrUiday, Nathaniel Llord, esq. Me
vutif the«ld fiinilljrof Lloyd of WIj eaten btii^t,
whiMO pediirree i* in tlnj \ i>it.itioiis of Cilouceater*
ahlre. Hia {^randi 'l»er, K'ariug UoUi
bi> naniieA, c»t«Wl- 1 -d on with grc*t
anccea* the clolhliii^ ... : 1-.1 0 in Uio adjoining
psriah of Ulfj ftiT iiOi*f ly a t*.ntury : tlie tii:<Qtberi
Duilel KDd Nathaniel, who diet) in ISOB, iMTinf
fbrtaaai anHountin^ to Iflo.ooti/. The doecued,
who died Mngle, was the ekUut; the seeond was
Willliai fteemnn Llofd, also a bachelor, whoie
death (In lfl5S} and lalMtm fur the rliiog genera-
tion arc Tecorde*l incur VoL xxxix. p.f>6ft; tlic
thhiS, Rev. Sara. IJova» MA, late Vicar of Horslev;
fhnrth. KIlxaheth-Mpftd^thc wife of Eitwaril Dal ton,
eau. D.C.L. F.S.A., of Dunlcirk JUnor-hoatie :
fifth. Rer, J. tJ. Lloyd, M.A. Hector of the Clare
portion of Tiverton, to vrblch ho wa-* presented in
laa7 h]r his Atster Mrs. Daltonji tnuteea.
At Maidstone, at the honw of her son C. Morjgao,
aq. aolidtor, a^ed 93, Hra. Ann Morgan, relict of
JoMsph Langdon Morgan, cmi.
Aged 30, LonlNa-Anne, second dan. of Joseph
Salkefd, eaq. of Upper Wohnm-pl.
Al Haoinieranith, Ann. pcliel of John Shar-
mBn,e8q«
Aged SO, MaUtda, relict of John Stanford, esq.
of Framlingham.
At St. MnrgaretVat-Cliff, near Rochester, aged
ca. Karla, nslict ofThomui Kingsford Wood, e^i.
Dec.TJ, At Norwich, aged ^3, John Flower,esq.
At Weatboame-^c«n . aged GO, Mary, relict of
jfti,.i M,.ft^an .... of the Audit Offlee, Somerset
t the late WilUazu Moore, Al-
I iarhadoH.
>: .......^ .„ Vilen, aged 74, Robert Pari^ter
Iiutfliptjr«(]r, eaq. of Thorpe Mandevillc, Northainp.
Aged 75, Mr. James Hurst, an old inlutbit&nt of
Ifftk^street. London, vn.i far mjiny years «oUeitor
to tlk« St. Ann'» 8' irig himself to his
bedpost daring ten ity,
Ai RlngwoiNl, 11^1, i - - , ., 4in Jones, esq. He
was a native of Walea, and in hii» youth served In
Che army. Many- yeani ago he canoe to reside at
Rlngwood, and was distinguished for his lanro ex-
pendluire ha public and ])rivato charity. He laid
the inindation stone of t}ie infant school, and also,
Qere recently, that of the church.
* At GoUompbon, at the residenee of her nunt
Mn. Isaac Dary. Karr-Frsnk, wife of WUIlam
HattbewB, esq.
At Hawkhurst, aged 71 , Edward Poynder, esq.
At Farifl, aoed 71, Andrew Charles Rea, eM.
R.M. of Lymden, Sossex, and formerly of Park
Lodge, Blacliheath.
Al IlarewxMd-iq. iged G9, Ann, relict of John
Jlonth, esq.
At Kensington, Louiia, third dan. of the late
H^or Symonds, of Stonohouse, Devon.
At North GrimstOD, near Malton, aged 63, Mr.
WtUlam Tate, for thirty-QO© years principal of a
commercial scliool at RiTMngtoo, near Hal ton.
Z»ec. 28. At Cold Barboiar, near WaUingford,
» aged $1 , Robert Mayne Clarke, e-iq.
Al Sew llainptQii, Mlddlceez, the wife of WiUhim
James Laoe, eeq. and daa. of WOilam Wltkall,etq.
Parliaroent'St.
At Eaat-hUl, Wandsworth, aged 8ft, Joabtia
launders, c*i.
At Torquay, aged 24, Alexander, eldest son of
Die Ute Alexander Sliannan, esq. of Bedford.
Aged C9, Cliarles Stokes, e«i. F.R.S. of Vem-
lam-buildlntTA and tbe Stock Kxchange, He was
a collcct/ir of cotnw, drawinjr». and natural history,
a LX)ntribiitor to tlie TYenBacrionA of the GeolOifl-
cnl Society, and one of tlie executors of tho pculp-
tor Cbantrey.
At Leo Park Ilouse, Kent, aged 80, Frances,
widow of Wmiam Tatlrjck, R.N.
At NoTMicb. o^HCed HB, Uarricl-Lonlsa, relict of
Wra. Warren, eaKi, of CaJstor, and dau. of the late
Rer. Nathaniel Scott, of fMas,
At Kew-groen, Caroline Wilson, last surrivlng
eliildofthe tntc L.uiv Anne Townahond Wilson.
In Upper ' Mary-Jane, eldest dan. of
WilJiam Ki 1. esq. of Ballycnrra, co.
(ialway,anil ^ f the late Rlcharxl Martin,
of fiattinahiucli «j.uLli}, e^. many years M. P. for
the fame coujitv,
/fee. 2Sf. At Kdlnhurgh, Hugh Melrille Balfour,
M.D, Assistant Sargeon S4th Regt.
At Gaemsey, ngtKl 71, Eleanor, widow of Gtpl.
Mark BayftebL
Aged G7, Thomaji Baylls, esq. of BeaumonUtq,
Mile-end.
At Nether Hinchcndon, Backs, aged 23, D»vlil
WitliamH Il.^niard.osq. only sunrfvlng son of Tho-
uiAS Tyringham Tksraard, eeq.
In Jiit!i-i I l>alsion, aged 77, Samnel Chant,
eiq. ' I "cehange.
At ^ Park, DorseHb. Jane-Francea,
wife ur ^.iwbrldge Erie Dn«, esq. M.P.
She min tJkti ouiy dan. of tho latti Hichai-il Erie
Don Orosvenor, ei^q. M,l'. nephew to lUchartl
Erie Grosveuor, by Sarah- FrAnei'-^, only dau. and
hdroai of Edw.inl Dnu, esq, of Charborongh ; and
was heiress to her brother Richard Edward Erie
l)raz,esq. wh . 1 , ,1 i.i.mjirried in lfi28. She was
married to *• in 1837, and they took
tlie names ihe following year. She
leave* iiwic r ,,.„^ij.
At St, Leoniu^IV-on^Seit, aged 34, Fanny, wlfh of
F. M. Faulkner, esq. of Folkestone. Kent, and dau.
of L. M. Simon, esq. Paragon, Xi lack heath.
At Bamagate, aged 72. Charlntto llinoblitre,
youngest daa< of the late Bishop of Pcterl>}rough.
At Walton, I>rewsleignton, Eteronshlrc, ag«d 73,
VVm. Lttiiilicrt, cin].
In Anti-at. Edinburgh, aged 7fl, Linias, dau. of
tJie Into .John M'Neill, esq. of CJjgha.
At Hove. Brightofo, aged 76, Chs. Newman, eaq.
At iKircheater, Joiieph Stone, esq. the Conn^
Treasurer, &c. &c,
Ike. 30, At Trnemonth, Bged 4«, Juliet, wifte of
Charles Amndale, esq. and mini dan. of the late
Dr. Drury, of North Shields.
Aged 22, Henry, youngest son of Robert Rlcker-
btcth, esq. surgeon, Liverpool.
At Esher, Anne, wife of Licnt.-Col. Frederick
Browne.
At Tor^juay, EliMbeth-Wfl-wo, wife of the Rev.
W. M. H. Church, Vicar of Geddington.
At Torquay, Caroline, wife of John Fraaer, esq,
of Achnagatm, InvernessNshlre, and Ardwiek,
Kfanchester.
At Cheltenham, Rose, wife of Lieut.-Col. Gray,
ILArt.
At North-end. Fulhain, Harriot, widow of James
Lammln, esq. of Sborroldn. Kulliam.
At Canterbury, aged A'S, Caroline, widow of
John LeGrand, e?q. dan. of the late Rev. Cbrbito-
phcr Naylor, H«td Master of the King's School.
At Brompton, Mlddx.agcd 73, Edw. Martin, esq.
At Brosted, Kent,ai7eiJ 70, John Pullard Mayers,
esq. Bencher of the Middle Temple, and late agent
for Barbailos.
In Eaton«p1. EllMbetlj-Carotine, fifth dan. of Sir
Charles Price, of Spring-grore, the flrst Barouet.
At Cbestcrdc-Strect, at his brotber*!, aged 44,
1854.]
Obituary-
rwlQ, elile*t son v( VViilljua Wftlpolc, e^q, of Dcy-
ton. Bury St. EdmimdV.
Jan. 3^ At Pcjwyn, imcd 00, UrtdgcU£llzAb«th,
widow of the Rev. "VVflJijun Bnker> of Oerrtwifl,
At I ,. . . ■
Ai iiIaud
of Hi' ■ ■<i] Dji-
■«tt.. '
A 4-AnDa« wid(»r of JoUn Mihi^r,
cunj. 'i' nth, r>m-'X.
A vent, f*tv of
i.tlio Chan-
iiia«!r,«JHi*of Ncw-
riiJcro'» ttuU Dorset-
S?,:
I "arll<;Ho^d.^VlUbm Buitcy, caii.
r r, WirvrrtTi^e, near UYerpoul,
I I "I Browiirlgg, MQ.
I >nil >um of tbe lute
L art U.C.B. of Un-
iieth-
' -7, MiLT} , rotict of
t , retlclof Itiehartl
t 0 of A fiill (rom lila liori*.
I I L'^q. of Sunqultar Kotuc,
r KolTl^^, funiitiiy of LnfcleiiOd-greent Sarrey-
Jan. ^« At Uppor CUiiiUin, tt^;^ til,3QMtLn»,
wWoTT of Francl- Ac r.i?r«:Keni, esq.
AL i rrtoLnt, Mary-Aunei
witV
Fill, .jf Sir
Edi.
lu Sou(lii]isi;>tun-ii(, F.u.-(uTi-:-i. .ii:/a .V), Elixft-
tieth-Antj, irifu of Jcitrmlah WariOK: 1 Incli, ewj. of
A. 1 qrjiy, esq. pf Hol-
A' i4Ga ii9.Mlj» Alice 1
At JlealinK. Lincolunli. Manon>,}cinnmit, widow
nf BrtcAde-^lj^or Speartnuti, U* Art yaungiest dati.
€ftho lute Jnincs llojton, ew]. of Honan-tillU co*
[^tnurk, and IjiSt Kinrlvintf (il*ler of the Utc AtfUei]
Spearuiun.
At Dli^hop'A StnTtford, ag«d 7T, Frederick Joliu
N*ah, e«q.
At Wltlniple, Kliznb th Broote. c^!e<^t diiii. of
the late J«hu Bull j,
Agcd73,eniuj li-
lu Bbhop^{at> ioma*
fortifr, oju). If.D,
At Uastlugs, aged 1§, Lsiiily u
of the lato Fruicrid? TaBTi' i . ■ . rf
Col!.. ■
A - South, e«a. BlAck-
be.i: roTirli, e^<\. of King
Wi;' "■ ■ ■
WT« rwelL
Il4, ■ ! Mourlon
II 111'. . imil oil the
Idlli. I baud, Jo&4!ph
LievcHT. t'sti. ilixjh SlViiiT of LincoliwHire.
TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OF LONDON.
{From (he Return« itnued ky the ReffiilraV'Generai,)
Deaths HegiJitered
1
111
Week ending
1
1
Smturdoy,
Under 1
IStol
SOaQd
1 Ago not
Total.
Mal^.
Foouilffi.
15. 1
tJO, ,
apwarcU.
specified.
Dec. 24 .
595 1
477
J2G
1 I
1399
742
657
795
1545
n 31 .
700 1
539 ,
387
. 30
1656
861
1566
JftB. 7 .
656
431
353
5
1445
704
741
1S73
M U •
643
448
39tt
7
1406
76q
7^ '
1766
t. 21 ,
505
m
309
; ^
US5
607
578
1700
AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN» Jan* 20*
Whe«t*
78 10
Barley.
42 0
Oati*
26
Beans,
f. d,
iB 9
Peas.
#* d.
51 9
FRICE OF HOPS, Jaw. 23.
Suisex Pocketi, 91, 94. to HL Bf.—Kent Pockets, 11/. 0«. tg 17/. 0«.
PRICE OP HAY AND STRAW AT 8M1THF1ELD, Jak« 23.
Ilty, 4/. 0^. to 5/. 10*.— Straw. 1/. 12t, to 2/. 2#.— CIoTcr, 4^ 16*. to 6/. G>.
SMITUFIBLD, Jak. 23. To sink the Offal— per «tODeof Hlbi.
Beef 3«. 3^^ to 4f . C^f. \ Head of Cattle at Market, Jak* 23.
Muttoa 3«. 2(i.to5f. 2d, Beasts.. 4,513 CaWes 61
Veal 3«. lO^i. to 5«. 6(f. Sheep aod Lambs 17.240 Pigs 343
Pork , 3m. 0«/. to 4f. IDri. [
COAL MARKET, Jan. 20,
Walla Enda, &e. 35t. 0^. to 44t. Od. per ton. Other aorti^ 30i* M.\xi A^t,Qi«
TALLOW, per cirt.— Toirn TaUow, 64f. Od. \ e\^ja^ iLwev^, ^Vi, ^d.
224
METEOROLOGICAL DIAUY, by W. GARY, Strawo.
From December 26, \b53, to January 25, \^V, both inclueive,
Fahrenheit's Therm.
It
e
1
iJ.^
D
o
m
34
86
33
S0
33
25
31
26
31
22
31
22
30
26
31
20
31
29
32
dl
35
33
33
38
40
il
U
38
u
39
^
34
Weather.
in. |>t8,
30,09
89,86
30,01
» 17
29,52
,41
.37
.20
.25
28,99
.88
29,04
2^ 93
29,01
, 12
.4G
I Ir
4xlj. iDoir, ni/ 1
da. ' ■
fair J snow
cloudy^ anow ,
rn. hvy. aaow
do. snow )
janow I
cloudy, snow
do. do, I
do*
moir
henvy rain '
ody. hry, ndn
fair, cloudy
rain^ cloudy
cloudy
Fubrcnutil
I'a 1 lierra
i
JftQ. ' **
a
*>
in. pta.]
11
35
38
35
29, 79 1
! 12
35
41
41
,74'
1 13
36
41
40
,62
' U
38
42
38
,60
1 15
38
40
40
,65
16
40
47
45
.78
17
42
49
40
30,01
18
43
50
42
. 15
10
35
39
41
29, 96 '
20
U
4I>
43
, 95
21
40
48
44
,95|
22
39
50
43
30»24
23
39
30
40
.09
24
40
46
40
29,57
25
39
46
41
30,11
Weather.
cloudy, rain
oiiri
fair, cloudy
cloudy, fnir
rnio, cloudy
jcloudy
do. raiu
do.
do,
rain, fair
do, do.
eldy. fair, rn»
do. do.
ddy, bf y. m.
do. raiu
DAILY PRICE OF STOCKS.
Ill
cS-i
*s
Ex. Bills
5?
281
29l
302174
31 i—
2:218
32I7i
4:217
'5|^-
61218
7219
9;219
10219
11217*
12 2171
13
14 217
1G217I
17218
18,2Ui
19
I.t02i74
112171
23 21 5 J
21216
2^216
26 215 I
27 '
j^5| 5^
9bi
954
95| *
94i 51 ,
944 H I
04k\ H I
Uk .
94 I 5i
Bi I si \' ■
-' par. I
-par. 5 pm.|
-I 1 pm.
m H ' — , —
94f:- — ; — I —
9411 bk ! ^' ,
944 — ■ —
94 11^
94) 5| loot 11:1
94i 115
93 J 5| 115
93| 1 !■
116 238
J.J.
^^ —
92a 5 lOUi 115
91? 5|
92t
92^ 5| 115
92| 5i lOOi
ARNULL, Stock
3 1 Copthn
1 3 pm. I
par.4pui.!
— ^ par. 4 pmJ
4 pm.par.
i pm.
4 pm.
4 pm.
4 pm. ;
241 par.
par.4 pro.'
— -Jpmupar.
^par.4 pm.
' par.4 pm.
^ par, 4 pm.
- pur, I pm.
par.
.^ pm,
4 pm.
8 pen.
8 pm.
5 poi*
10 pm.
10 pm.
10 pm.
10 pm.
10 i^m.
9 pui.
10 pm.
U pm,
7 pTII.
10 pm.
11 pm.
11 pm.
10 pm.
10 pm.
7 pm.
10 pm.
10 pm.
6 pm.
10 pm.
10 pm,
11 pm.
12 pm.
par, 4 pm. o i.£ pm.
and Shnre Broker,
ill Chambers, Angel Court.
Throgmortoa Street, LondoQ.
/« Jl, MiCBOLn AKO S0N9| FAtNtftas, 25, 1?a.A.l.\KUI^>lX %TUlk1i.T.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
HISTORICAL REVIEW.
MARCH, 1854-
CONTENTS.
PA(»B
^_ _ I>P.NC£.— MAiiAJon of the Dcasli Family ai Pucllechurcti^ co. Gtouc.—
H^jf Iho t*rm ** joryng/' or h>ttri<^^—7me9b tucd by Herodotusr^Tli* Sephwulnt 996
Lord John Russetl'f Life af Charles James Fox 227
Grotiuit OQ the Ri|^hta of War and Peace * • » • , 23€
Rhine-Land and iU Romance *, 240
Early Female Asoeticism— -Paula and Eiutoohitim .....,•.•,. 246
The OxforiJ Edition of the Septaagint .,,« , •.*.•...•*.••., 1^2
Monuments of the £Dgllsh Rep^ihUean Refugees in the Church ofVevay in
SwiUerland 2<y0
On the Character of Cervantes and hii Writings • • , • . . 2d4
The New Patron Saint of Amiens 270
Rained Cities in America * , '214
CORXIESPOKPENCE OF BXLVAHVS tJRBAW. - OH(j;tn (tud ,\iiUtitUty of the «pr««ion
" Hema Eagland "^—Seal reoeatlj foontt at VoufUal {tfUh an Emfp^trin^.) — EinendAtioii
afaFiUMg«hiSliitk4per6*flOorio)auui 37U
KOTES OF THE MONTH.— DeitiiiaUcm of the FaiumttColleitioiiof AnKlu-Saxon Antianttles—
Th« New KngUntl tUatorIc Q6neiilo0cal Society— Tlio Dierleoit Arch«olo«Eic«I Aasociatinn
— Tlie PaltsHtiiie Artliwolotr '^i t.u.i,.f. 1 1... i.,.i.»i.. ('......u .f Scotland — Propoawl
SdiDoI of Navigutioii— €onf< M-nwrles of tbe IiuiU>
tnfe of Civfl £n<dnrer« aiid i -Sir David Brewtter
-l&rochotti*!! ^^■»' ■ ^ II ...L... . .. ) ...u.is I>nJti3 at OfTcnbofv
^'Staloe of J«*f: c foitier*— i^ctiu-M in the CouncU riou>e
at Brlalol— Sal< r^tr— Sir ^VllllAin BethuinS Mi^.—Meisrw.
MaVf Encanstu * .,.. .. :.,.. ...>tqw 2^u
IIWTORICAL ANT> MISCELLANEOUS RK^ rEWS.-l>r. WoriLiworih'* Xote* at Pari*. 'J»4 ;
Bnaj(eoer\ rniin'c Iwforf tTic F:ci> r.turSoii, 'i^r ; in^raolr t.f Dr. A. ,Tiul*»on, r'A, ; Mjtfiaoir of
theller. i i En^laad; a»9 ;
Jcntdn* 14 • t' tlie EnicliBli
ViMbt^lh ^vDr. Doran,
il98i RoutlcJi^>'s iVKit.^, 'r.f> ; \'\.' I I". ...try, .'•.,• 'Hit- Son« of Roland.
a.; Poetnr of tlio Anti^acobln, 21^^ t wniluin Jerdan^ i£>..- HlU't Ks&ay^
on Juwnie DollQQuen v,/^> , Win i n and Lef^acy Duty Tables, :297 ;
CoiittfitleA of Brixtol Ah iitiHMl 39J
ANTIQUARIAN IlESEMl- i v of Anliijiuiritti, 2W ; The ArchaBOlogt^ Institute,
299 ; Uriti*li .Vrtliw'oU>^ . . ., , a t ion » .VHJ t K uml^mMic Society SOU
HISTORICAL CnRONICLE.— Foreign News IM
ProiQOtioDf and Prefcmifui 1^,3415; Dlrlli!!, 3tl7 ; tUrriaet^n 30**
OBITrARY ; wllb Memoir* of Ofuenil Lwl iJeresfurd ; Oou^^ral Sli" Alexander Maclienxie,
Bart. , Gem r.il Sir Thdmn* lit iwUord ; r.cocriil <iir .iaKuatu* iHr Butt*; Admiral Kcaham ;
I{i- . luiMlen ; Major-* lonwral I , V> . I wylior. CAL: Hon, iiobtrt Henry Olive, M.P.;
Hii I V r.tuncv, E>rfi. ; i;. c\ Liftti-r Kav, ll^q, ; VS'Ullflin fikkftirtl, Enq, ; NVilUum
1*^1 vv. A. ^^Jr*rt*. E*.i. ; Chark-* John TliMbl, Lwj.; Iter, I. A. Cox, D.D,;
|{»«v. ^ii lltljin liivt BenJ, l^-wls ViiUiamy, Eaci. : Dr. Urolefciidi Fninci^ ArumlaleiF.^q.;
Mr, Jame* S. Storcr j J. Vnxt Eyt ken : Mr. Cbarlc* ««rl>er ; Mr. Pliillp h'Uti $11— S?§
Diariu, armtigiMl in Cbronolftgtt'^ Order - tS*
BegL<rar«rf«Dcral'« Returni^ of Mortality In Uie Metrotiollii— Markets. Kih\ MeteorologicB!
Wary— Daily Priceo/SUH'kA * ., .. ., . . -"Wti
Ht SYLVANUS urban, Gbwt.
SS6
MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr. Urhak,—- Records of what eiiftt
no longer are at much within the pro-
finoe of arcbfeologjr aa those of what is
itlll fxlitlng. The ancient maniion of
the Dennis family at Pucklechorch, in
Gloucestershire, long desecrated to the
UMi of a school, was pulled down, and
its materials sold and dispersed, in De-
cember last. It is alluded to in the His-
tory of the County by Atkyns, and par-
tially noticed by Rudder, but of the in-
terior nothing is said. There was a good
oak staircase, and some rich naneling,
and there were also two elaboratiuy ctnred
cbimney-pieces, but these latter were
BHich mutilated. Drawings of the whole
bave, however, been presenred, and are, I
beliere, still in the possession of Messrs.
Mnder and Eyre, 1, John Street, Bed-
ftird Row. On one appears the coat of
Dennis impaling two bars; oTer all an
eagle displayed double-headed (Spekc).
Oo one fide are the initials i '^ m ; on the
otber the date 1652. This is remarkable,
laaimncb as the initials and date are
oommemorative of John Dennis the son,
wbQe the arms are those of Henry Dennis
tiie fether. The latter married Margaret,
dangbter of Sir George Speke, of White-
Laekington, co. Somerset, K.B. and died
In 1638. The former married Maria,
daughter of Nathaniel Still, of Button,
CO. Somerset, son of Bishop Still, and
died in 1660, aged forty-one ; and on the
second chimney-piece appear his arms,
▼ia. : Dennis, impaling. Ermine, three
roses, two and one (Still). The eldest
daughter and co-heir of William Dennis,
the son (as we believe) of John, and the
last owner of that ancient faniilv seat,
who died in 1701, married a Mr. Butler,
of Ireland, and sold the property.
Yours, &c. L.
Mr. Urban, — By the courtesy of your
correspondent J. B. I have been enabled
to consult the document containing the
•trange word "joryng," to which T
alluded in the few observations I made on
the Duke of Richmond's Council, in n
former number, p. 50. I certainly find the
word there as he printed it— "joryng;"
but I beg to submit a very different
meaning to that which he assigned to it.
He interpreted it " swearing," but I sug-
gest its meaning to be that of " a daily
sitting," from the common word "jour."
Every member of the Council was paid
for the days of his attendance, sitting or
jouring in council, exactly on the same
principle that many of the directors of
commercial companies are now remune-
rated, and as all the members of the legis-
lative assemblies of the colonies of
America were paid before the Indepen-
dence of the United States. This view of
the meaning of the word is confirmed by
the document itself, where a synonym
leads to its true signification. Opposite
' to the enumeration of the names of cer-
tain members of the Duke's Council, is
this statement of the pay assigned to
them : —
•* Every of theis hadde 4». by the day
for hym selfe and 12'*. for every of ther
servanntes in the tyme of joryng or set-
ting in the causes of justyce."
With thanks to yonr correspondent J. B.
I remain yours, &c. R> L*
Mr. Urban, — Allow me to refer your
correspondent Mr. Tipan (p. 161) to a
note on the English translation of Mat-
tlue's Greek Grammar, 5th ed. p. 1117.
*' The true nature of this tmttit of a com-
poanded verb with *f, was first explained
by Mr. Cogan in Dr. Aikiu's Athenaeam,
voL i. p. 478. It takes ulace only with
the aorist when used in the frequentative
sense ; ir* *> Q«vr«, *' they are accustomed
to selL'' This will sufficiently explain
why prei<ent tenses are intermixed with
the aorist so used ; the present having a
frequentative senae. In two passageti
quoted by Mr. Vipan (Her. 1, 13^, 3,
138), there is no tm§$i» nor is the sense
frequentative. In Aristophanes, Ran. 1048,
there is a tmetiij and the sense is frequen-
tative, Bacchus having fallen more than
once or twice under the power of the other
dirinity. Yours, 5cc. John Kknrick.
J. T. M. says, with reference to a para-
paph at p. 1 14, and the article on the
Christian Knowledge Society's Septuagint,
theLXX. of Bagster'H Polyglott (1^21)
omits the apocryphal books, and consc
qnently copies are interleaved with the
Hebrew. This is exactly in the spirit of
your Reviewer's suggestions, or rather in
anticipation of them. Mr. B. has issued
a separate edition of those books, which
is noticed in Gent. Mag. Jan. 1853, p. 64.
In p. ^54 of our present Number, col. 2,
the statement that '* the transpositions of
Jeremiah were not rectified," is an error :
Bishop Pearson arranged the chapters
according to the Hebrew.
February, p. 114, col. 2, 1. 11, place a
comma between St. James's, and Sohoe ;
1. 15, Uogiden^ is Hoxton Square, in
Shoreditcb parish; nnd at 1. 17, for
"calves" read "cakes.' P. 167, 11. 6 and
16, for ** Jublanis " read " Jublains ;" and
1. 7, for " Diabliozes " reod *'Diablinte8."
THE
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
AVU
HISTORICAL REVIEW-
LIFE OF CHARLES JAMES POX, 1749-Udi.
MemorUls tud Correipoiidenc€ of Chirlei Jmtaei Fos* Edited by Lord John EuuelL
I
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DEATH has impressed upon ihtti
work a curious rather Uuiu a pleasinjsj
form. Tt wat begun by TiOnl IIoI-
liiDth On liis tlcutli it was conti-
nued by Mr. Allen. On Mr* Allcn*^
dentb it i'unie into the poistfessioi] of
Lord John IlusscII, who haa now pub-
Itabcd it with an lirraj of initials,
brackets, and asterisks, which asaign
Xq each of the fiuccesslve labourers the
pasiagGs ibr which he h responsible.
All arrangeioenl so nniuuttl^ and so
inelegant, h:i8 ooc; atlTuntagi?^ U gives
us the benefit of Lonl <7ohD HnssclfR
comments ou the labours of his prede-
eeasorj^, f^-"^ -'^ ♦'int way»on some of the
moat ill d the most debate-
ablii rii-i LTPaf. -nliiiTf of all
th.
oc* ..
arc U3 much diistinguishetl by candour
wt by freedom.
The family of Fox^ ** notwithatand-
ing/' reniiirkfr Lord Uolland, "some
little venial emieavours to conceal the
£ict,** was of recent and humble origin.
Stephen Fox, a "young man bred," says
Lord Clarendon, '* under the severe
'' Loi-d Percy now Lord
, ' was appointed^ in 1052,
ml management of the
i sharks tl. whilst an exile.
V , . Hitii! waa very well rjuali-
-, and all othf r part,*
, 'sty and discretion.*'
and executed his trust with «o ^* ^rent
industry, modesty, and prudence,*" as
to acquire an eminent degree of con*
sideration in the royal household.
Ai^er the Resloratlon, the lacrative
office of paymaster of the farces soon
yielded hmi a Inrge fortunci which it
appears from Pepya he was careful to
increasci as, for example^ by selling
bind and *' putting out * the proccetls
at the even then unwonte^I interest of
ten per cent, per annum. Xor did Sir
Stephen — for lie waa knighted in 1665
—neglect In his own household those
humbler virttiea of prudence and good
management which he had introduced
with such excellent efiect into the eeta-
blisbmeni of Wn careleits, spendthril^
sovereign. Pepys describes Fox him-
self as ♦* a very fine gen tie man," and
his wife who, as Mrs* Elizabeth Whit-
tle, had been an old acquaintancci if
not a tlame, of tfie Diariat, as '^ a very
fine lady and mother to fine children. *
Fox was one of Pepys's guests at his first
dinner in the Navy Office. The feast
cost hioi, as he tells us» *^ above 5L^
and raerry we were — only my chimney
smokes I To bed, being slad that the
trouble \a over.'* Fox*e dinnert* elicit
the cidminition of Pepys, and it is evi-
dent from '*the special company*' he
met at the paymaster*.^, that the clerk
of the acts looked up to Sir Stephen as
living ill the best society, and enjoying
all the comibrta of a well-regulated
home. Jame^ U. ilismissed him from
Iiis employment, and forbade him the
court, lor daring to give an uncom-
pliant vol<* in the House of Commons,
liut these jicnaltiea of honesty neither
destroyed his health nor his fortune.
In the reign of Queen Anne, and at the
age of 77, he married a second time,
and die<l in 171C at the age of 39,
22e Lifif nf Charh^ James /-W, 1 74U— 1 7^2
Bir Skj)lien h entitled to the honour,
ten iMigtied to Nell Gwyntie, who
olten imffftied to Nell Gwjm
perhaps tSmw out the ideaf of \mns
the rt*id projector of Chelsea HospttaJ.
He contributed to the design above
i;J,0OO/, ; and ibis was but one of very
many ncta of munificent cbarity. In
his tibcraljtyt bid money-getting, mid
in 9omc partlcuJar incidents of hid life,
be resemoled another of Charles Il/s
foreign household, Tobias Rustat, and,
if a story which apf»ear?i in these pages
respecting his second mnrriage be cor-
rect, be possessed ul?o some of the sly
practical humour which is «aid to have
difltingtiished the art-loving and Stuart-
Joving Tobias* Sir Stephen's second
wife was a Misa Hofie, to whom be Ijad
been godfather. She wns the child of
a poor clergyman. For some lime
their marriage was kept a secret, llie
lady was stilT living in the ciipacity of
companion with the wife of Sir Ste-
phen's only surviving son Chnrles. A
letter arrived at the house addressed to
"Lad? Fox/' It bccanic a subject of
speculation and wonderment. It wns
in thehandwntingof Sir Stephen, who
had been then a widower for eight
Tears. For whom could it be intended ?
Forth stepped **Mii*s Hope/' and added
to the astonishment by claiming the
letter, and, hy coni^euucncc, her aged
bride^oom, and her honnurj I
There wei-e fnur children by Sir
Stephen's second marriage, two sons
and two daughters. The second son,
born in 1705, was Henry, atlerwartln
the first Lord Holland, and father of
Charles James Fox. The molher of
the great Whig statc^nan (Ijy a stolen
match) was Lady Georgina Caroline
Lennox, eldest daughter of Iho Uukc
of Richmond. Henry Fox held in
ijuick succession many oltices in tlu^
government, and wus unouestionably
a man of very considerable practfrul
talent, which wad set olf by iniiiiite
good temper. Hut, conjoined with
these excellent mmlitief, Vere otber.^
wbiub threw a Miade over his whole
character, and eonifiel us to conclude,
that his example as a parent, and the
inllucnce wiiicb in that character he
was likely to exercise over the mind
of a clever boy like Im son Charlet^,
must have been in the highest degree
prejudicial, Public virtue, principle
of any kind^ oi" evcji reguJariiy m money
transactions (a qualify which one might
[March,
have hopc^l he would have inherited
from his accurate and methodical
father), were properties which Henry
Fox never made a pretence of possess-
ing; he was even apt to turn into ridi*
eule those ha|>pier nn^n in whom they
were found. Expensive in his tastca
and habits given to the most costly
pleasures, or rather vices, of the day,
and especially to that vice of vices,
gambling, one can scarcely imagine a
person less fitted to guide the studies
or form the character of a youthful
statesman, — any one from whom thcro
could be imbibed a greater mass of
mental aliment which, if there were to
be any peace, or happiness, o? reapeot- \
ability m after life, it was necessary ta ^
forswear, forsake, and even to forget.
In excuse for Lord Holland it must
not be forgotten that he lost his father,
and the benefit of parental control,
when at the age of ten.
Chnrles James Fox was bom in
Conduit Street on the 24tb January,
1 74H-9. His quickness began to shew
itself even at the very earliest age, and^
wns appreciated by his parents as notiel
liut parents can appreciate the good J
qualities o^ their children. It was re-^
warded, as is too comuionly the case* ^
with excessive indulgence; that kind
of foolish indulgence which operates in
every way injuriously, and peculiarly
so when parents are surrounded by
per^ouB anxious to obtain their favour*
Such pcrr^ons court the parents by
out-h eroding the parental indulgence
and lluttcry of the children, who fon-
:«equenlly never hear the trutli, nor .
arc cver'taught the customary lesi
of aclf-conln>l. Such was the infancy
and youth of Chtirlc^t Jamcd Fox. Hiji
eiirly manhood exhibited the i*e8ult«#
At the age of seven he was sent, i
in tlie langungG of his father,
determined to go," to a iircparatory
school at Wandsworth, kept by a
Frenchman of Ihe name of Pamnel* i
lonne. After two years he possea to
Eton, where he was assisted in im les*
son?* Iiy the Rev. Mr. Francis, the
tran-ilator of Horace, and father of the
JuniuH Sir Fliilip. In Me>t\ *< the fond-
ness and mistaken imlulgence of hit ^
father took him from school and car-
ried him first to Paris and then to Spu.'*
After four months" idleness and in-
struction in foreign vice, he returned,
by his own choicct to Eton, where the
18MJ
Lifo ^ifChnrha Jar/itfT/W, 1749-^1792.
229
recent ion of tlio young tmvoller was
uny thing but llatteriii|^.
lie ^a* fjuirzcd by tlie boya, rftllied by
Dr. Bernard ibe head master ^ ft ad actaally
rtogged while fresh from the brilliant so-
ciety he had jast quitted. At Spa he had
been iaitiat^i-d in plaj ; and hb father is
Mid to have instigated and encouraged
liim in a propeusity which became the
iOurcfi of much future unbappineBS to
both.
In October 1764, Fox was trana-
ferred from Eton to Oxford, where be
waa entered of Hertfonl College (since
extinct) in order that be injgbt be
under the cure of Dr« afterward:* Arch-
bishop Newcome* He finally left Ox-
ford \n the spring of 17t>t>, Both at
school and college his reputation was
established for very extraordinary
uuickuesd imd vigour of intellect; and
Irord IIolLind has been at some pains
to collect evidence that he at that pe-
riod of his life exhibited consideranlc
powers of application. But his inherent
excellences were all interfered with
by injudicious nituiagement at home.
Lvery great sight was esteemed cause
enough to witbdruw bim iVom study ;
fears were enter tainet! lest over-appli-
latton should injure the beulth of a
young gentleman who cnubl walk from
Oxford to Loudon on a sultry sum-
mer's day, and even the pleasures of
A trip with his sisters to Paris, from
April to July, were thought of too
much moment to be siici'ihced to ibe
jealous demands of bis Oxlbrd alma
milter.
From September 17*ift to near the
end of 1768 he wa^ absent in France
;ind Itiilyt passing two winters in the
Utter country, and visiting Voltaire^
I be great literary lion of the davj at
Ferney, on Ids return towards home.
In the meantime his fatherf who had
conceivetl a high idea of hi^ talents i\$
an orator, had purchased the borough
of Midhurst^ and procured him to be
rettu'ned to parfiament. The parlia-
ment met on the 10th iMay, 17(>8, but
tile young member l>eing then abroad
did not take hts seat until probably
J^nu^irj T7G8-f). llis llrst speech w&a
made on the 9th March, 1768*9, when
he was little more tiiati twenty ycarit
of age.
At the time of his return to parHa*
ment he was evidently a gay, light-
heartcdj and gowi- tempered young fel» J
low, well skilled in French und ItaliaQi i
competently acfinainted with Latin tindl
Greek, fond of society, a lover of acttTe'J
exercise, a giN*at walker, and, above all j
things, passionately attached to acting^l
in private theatricals. The ability hel
displayed In this last accomplishment I
was probably one of the main groimds I
upon which his friends miticipated hii J
succciss in parliament, and there is no ^
doubt that whilst the practice of speak"^
ing in plays was to a certain extent I
preparAtion for debate?, the course of
reaaing into which he was led by his I
fondness for theatricals, not only nmdej
him critical in language, but stored hia I
mind and memory witli nuiny passngciJ
of which in after life bis use was mo^t
felicitous* Lord Uolhmd mentions that ^
he had heard Mr, Fox say that there
was no play extant written and pub-
lished before the Kcstoration which hc^
had not read attentively. But^ in truth, [
w ha tcver hnd been Fo x':* sel ec t ed c on rs© j
of life he would have succeeiled. He j
possessed that determination to dol
everyibiog welli which is the secret]
and sure foundation of excellence.)
Upon this iiubject Lord Holland makea j
the following remarks : —
This propensity to laboar at exeelkoce.
eTea in hU amusements, di^ntingaij^hed btm'
throogbotit life. Not only would he luro \
the Terse, in every jeu d 'esprit of his com-
position, fifty ways, but at erery little I
divrrsiou Qt employment — chess, cardi,
carving at dinner— wi^ould be C3cerciie bis
faculties with woadciful Ob^iduity and at*
tention till he had attained the degree of ,
perfection he iiim^d at. It was tbi^ pecu-
liarity which led him, many years after*
wards, when asked ho w he contrived, being i
so corimlentf to pick up the cut balls ctj
tennis so weU, to answer, playfully, ** Be-
cause [ am A very painstaking man.*'*]
So also oa hiii appointment to the Seore^l
taryship of State m MWl, piqued at an oh- J
tervation on his bad writing, be iictiuiliy^
took & writing-maiter and wrote copies j
like a ficboolboy. In the s.ime spirityj
when he determined on liviag in thil
* Cut balls are ballt» which pass ju^t over the net, and do not rise high above tb#1
Hoor of tlie tennis- court. It was Lord Holland who asked Mr. Fox this question/
The auiwer is only valuable as showing that in no art is excellence attained without
labour. I . ^*
2S0
Life of Charles James FoXy 1749—1792. [March,
country, he devoted himself to the practi-
cal work of a gardener ; and, in like man-
ner, in order to qualify himself for carv-
ing, he used to have a small book of in-
itnictions of that art at table, and ex-
ecuted the problems laid down in the en-
gravings.
As to politiceif he knew little about
them. He was ignorant of the state and
wants of the nation, and of course had
never formed any opinions as to the
policy by which they were to be reme-
died. Efe went into parliament to make
adisplay and acquire a name — he threw
himseu naturally into the party to
which his father was attache<l — he im-
bibed all their low and narrow views —
he looke<l up, as his father clid, to stars
and ribbons as the most enviable of
human distinctions, and in pursuit of
them he was prepared to go all lengths,
not only agamst Wilkes, but against all
friends of liberty or patriotism. Lord
Chatham not excepted. His maiden
speech was made, as we have said, on the
9th March, 1768-9. This was merely
a few words on a point of order. On
the 14th April he snokc in support of
the expulsion of Wilkes, and on the
8th May in reply to Burke and Wed-
derburne, in favour of the return of
Colonel Luttrell for Mifldlcsex. This
thinl speech told extremely well. Sir
Richard Heron says, that the young
orator *> made a great figure . . . spoke
with great spirit, in very parliunicntary
language, and entered very deeply into
the question of constitutional princi-
Eles. Horace Walpole admits that
e " answered Burke with great quick-
ness and parts, but," he adds, " with
confidence eciually premature." His
father. Lord Holland, writes, in great
delight, that Charles spoke *' extremely
well. It was all ofl-hand, all ar^^u-
mentativc . . . and excessively well ui-
deed. I hear it spoke of by every
body as a most extraordinary thing."
His father's description of his " ofl-
hand" mode of speaking will enable us
to introduce another valuable quota-
tion from Lord Holland, as to the way
in which Fox\s customary style of ora-
tory was influenced by his early pas-
sion for theatrical.^.
Perhaps his practice of acting was not
lesa useful to him as an orator in the mo-
dulation of his voice. His delivery was
indeed too natural and too rapid to con-
vey to a common observer any appearance
of art. Yet the power of expreeaing pas-
sion by the tones of his voice had no
doubt been brought to perfection by his
exertions on the stage. For, notwith-
standing some uopleasing shrillness, nnhar-
monious cadences, and occasional screams
beyond the scope of his organ, he pos-
sessed the faculty of touching the heart
by his voice without deviating into any
thing like theatrical display, beyond any
orator I ever heard in public. His deep
tones, which occurred very rarely, and
very shortly, and only in solemn appeals
to the feelings and justice of his audience,
had the most thrilling effect, and could
scarcely have been attained by any one
who had not disciplined his voice, at some
period of his life, to such a purpose by
the recital of sublime or impassioned pas-
sages of poetry. It was, indeed, if not a
peculiar, a striking feature in Mr. Fox's
oratory, that it bore along with it, as it
flowed naturally from him, a great variety
of manner aM well as matter.
The parliamentary recess <»1 17GJ»
was an unfortunate lera in the life of
Charles James Fox. He and one of
his brothers accompanied his father
and mother, with an invalid aunt, to
the continent. Their intention wa^ to
have gone direct to the South of
France, but on arriving at Paris the
invalid became much worse, and fmally
died. This occasioned a stay of seve-
ral months in dissolute Paris, at that
time in the very height and extrava-
gance of its pre-revolution madness of
vicious excess. The Foxes were every
where received with open doors, and
all the more so that they entered deeply
into the fashionable vices by which
they were surrounded. All of them
were delighted with their reception,
but they bought the hospitality which
so pleased them at an enormous sacri-
fice. Charleses losses at play were es-
pecially remarked as excessive.
On his return to England the love
of play seemed to have fired his blood,
and for several years he delivered him-
self up entirely to the daily and nightly
excitements of the gamblmg table and
the debate. In the latter he shone
more and more, and gained continually
on the favour of the House. Even
Walpole is compelled to note that
"the House roared with applause"
when young Fox outfaced Wedder-
burne with law cases, and that the
young Lord of the Admiralty (for he
was appointed to that office early in
1B540 Lift of Charhg Jamen Fox, 1749—1792.
2^1
1770) ** the jihcnomenon of the age,"
as he terms hinr, fjavc as much satis-
faction to Lord North as he dkl dis-
•»U8l to the Opj)ositiou, by the great
talentfi he brought to bear in defence
of the meaMun^s of the court. The
other side of his character Is not left
without its due iFhititration by the same
lively chronicler.
As the gan) tug and eitravagaaco of young
roen of quality had arrired now at n pitch
never heard of^ it b worth while to give
tome account of it, Tbey had a dub at
Ahnnck's in Pall Mall, where they played
only for rouleaus of 5r>/, eacli. aod gene-
rtliy there was 10,00(1/. in specie on the
table^ Lord Holland had paid above
20,000/. for hifl two aont. Nor were the
inaaneri of the gamesters, or even their
dresaes for play^ nnde^erviug notice. They
began by puUiiig olF their embroidered
clothed and put on frieze great coatv^ or
turned their coati* iiiaidc outword^ for
luck* They pu( on pieces of loitther {&ud\
as are worn by footmen when tbi-y clean
knives) to save their Iwci^d rufflta; and to
guard their eyea froni tlie light, and to
prevent tumbling their hair, worf^ higli-
CfOfmed atrair hnt«, with broad hrimti
and adorned with flowers and ribbons ;
masks to conceal their . emotions when
they played at nuinxc. Each gamester
had a 6maU neat btand by him, to hold
their tea, or a wooden bowl with an edge
of or-molu to hold their rouleau**. They
borrowed great sums of Jews at exoibitant
premiums. Charles Fox called his out-
ward room, where thoie Jewa waited till
he rose, his Jem^oiem Chamber.
The sum mcDtioned by Horace Wal-
polc, {kn fldvaiicevi by Lord Holland for
** his two 5ons,*' was but a trifle in
comparison with what he nltiiimtelv
paid for Charles alone. In 1773 Fox k
(Hjcuoiaj-y enibarrajjjsiuenls reached
their climax. At Newmarket — for
canl-plajing and horse-racing went
generally together — he wai< usually
successiuK but nothing couhl conntcr-
balauce his \o»se^ at AUuuckV. Loril
Egrcmont informed Lord Holland, hi
1823, that be wiis convinced,
by reflection » aided by luii subsequent ex-
perience of the world, that there was at
that time i^ome unfair confederacy among
some of the pUytirs, and that the great
losetra^ especially Mr. Fox, were actually
duped and chejittzd. He should, he »aiJ,
have been turn to pieces and stoned by rhc
losers tbcmselveA for hinting such a diiog
at the time *, and even now those of them,
himself excepted, who snrviird, would
exclaim at each a supposition * hut he waa
nevertbeleas satisfied « that the immoderate,
constant, and unparalteled advantages over
Charles Fox, and other yoking men, were |
not to be accounted for merely by the dif- !
fere nee of pacing or holding the box, or
the hazard of the dice. He hod indeed no
suspicions (any more than the rest had) at
the time, but he had thought it much over
since, and he now had*
The resources of Fox's ** Jerusalem
Chamber" came at last to an end.
Granting aiinnitiea wah no longer avail-
able. The chances of play were so coti*
stautly adverse that the annuities which
bad been already gi*anted were fall-
ing into arreai\ Duns were clamorous,
credit was goue, and the world rang
with tides of FoxV extravagance and
dissipation. At this time his father ,
purchased bim u jiartial relief by buy- j
ing up his annuities, which was dona j
to the extent of 140,000/.
At this veiy time, when all the pru-
dent i>eople in the world shook their
{leads at him, and careful men but-
tuned up tbeir pockets if tbey did but
chance to meet bim in the street,
CharlcH Fox resigned his office rather
than concur in the new Koyal Mar-
riage Bill, brought in upon the express
command of Cteorge ni. **I expect,**
wrote the Iving to Lor<l North, " everv I
nerve to be strained to carry the bill.
It is not a question relating to adrai-
nidtratioo, but personidly to my^iiflf ;
thereibre I have a right to expect a |
hearty sujiport from every one in my
!^ervicc, and 1 shall remember de-
limltery/* The royal promise was uok j
broken. Fox was '* remeraberotl *'
with implacable and constftntly hi-
LTeasiog aversion.
But Fox's oppO!?ition to this parti-
cular bill waa not considLTed by others,
nor intended by himself, na a preluda ]
to bin going into general opposition tol
the administration of Lord North. It
brought upon him the dislike of the I
king, but his talcntd were needed bv I
the minister, and, the Murriage Biu j
once passed, Fox rejoined the odnii^ '
nii^tratiou as one of the Lords of the '
Treaaui7. But be now proved a veiy
unmanageable subordinate. In a en-
tieal dt^bate be took upon him to lead
his leader, Lord Nortbj in a course
which terminated in ignominious de-
feat. The king fanned the natural
dissatisfaction of lUe yxj^jvcvvqi., wA\\\
2B^
Life itf Charles Jatne* Fox, 1749 — \79^, fMarcli«
kiyiinunr, 1774, Fox was samumrilr
[ ^maamfil bj ^^ the mot^t courteous anil
Cood^niUured of prime mitiuierfff** * In
Sbe OMMt uQcourteoiitf «fitl ollenstvc
At this pen'ud of his life Fo.x*s imei-
lion w&fl Ycrj sinciiitar. The Ving
penooaJlj diAFiiced bim strong ly, partlj
[ cm aecotint of his opposition to the
^ Bojil MiUTUge Bill, and the general
I unmliiiefli ofhiii coodii^l in office, antl
|MuiJj ftUo m p^utoking of the aver-
' tioQ with which the moral and prudent
I portion of M>cietjf regarded a young
num the irregularities of whose priYatc
life were in a ver^ h^ degree lean-
daloof and notonoos* li cannot be
denied, nor ought it to be concealed,
that at this time he wils living the life
of an o[>en rake, and a leader amongst
i tmket. True, the peculiar excellences
{ flC Km djjpoAtion, hh artless, candid,
ItfOtleleM temper of mindt hij warm*
PEetfted, affectionate, unsuspicious cha-
^yacter, marked him out as a person
' fhuned by nature to be the dupe of
I the hideous tribe who live bj ponder-
[ tng to the XNunions and vices of the
r; all this is true^ and, when
»n, it funis one'* feelings with
e<^t to Fox himielf, and to thiH
\ portion of his life, into the channels of
sorrow and eompftssiou, rather than
into those of anj^tT iind disgust ; but
yet, it must 1^ udmiUed, in justice to
i bis contemporaries, that to the multi-
t tude, who ditl not know him intimately,
Mid especially to the many who dis-
liked bis politic^ his conduct In pri-
L Tate life could only hsYe presented the
isppearance of great viciousnesf united
I to the most immodest openness in the
[practice of disflifjation. Whilst such
I WOH his character in St. James's, in St.
lStephen*8 bo extortefl unwilling but
I universal admiration. AAer jtjtendtng
[the night at a gambling table, tht' fol-
ving day beheld him in the Mouse of
mas, catching as it were by in*
i not only the j<|iirit of the scene,
the result,**, at which other men
, painfully urrived by a long course
nf ftudy, and nhowerin^ the sharp
aiTows of his elo<^uence nglit and left.
*5o one's iophistnes were safe when
* Lord Msbon's England, v. 49B. Lord
■ bss derived from " the cnlm and Ptimdy lixht '
By Ixird MahuM.
/
Fox undertook to onrsvel them. Witli
an audacious boldnisss, whkii nnd
sober men look aghast, this meredMb*^ *
iog young profligate, a» be wo* gene- •
rsBy esteemed, &ce»l every body, wad
by a peculiar simplicity of expressioOf
united to the greatest clearness in
argmnenl, and the most fttCcactivs
stnigiiifiniranfaiesa and htmkommm in
manner, secured that atteotiod of tbe
House which was often denied to mefi
long supposed to be greatly bis iope-
riors in every way.
Up to this time Fox had gtven con-
para tivcty little senoiis atsentioB to
{KjUtics. lie moved to repeal tbe Mar*
riage Bill without ever having read it«
and wst ready at a minute's notice lo
move anv thing, or to answer any
body, l^he knowledge cf Ms oppo-
nents was his political cnpital, and \v$
greatest dexterity eonai^ited in turning
the faetd and arguments of other
men against themselves. It was impos*
sible that such a manV^uld hang loose
upon the world of politics. I^nomUii-
ously dismissed by Lord North, be
soon formed connections with the op-
posite party. The political philosophy
of Burke won upon him : he began to
perceive what Wi?re the true objects of
aovemmciit, aud to give a welcome in
uis heart to a more generous course of
policy tliiui had ever been dreamt of
in the [ihiloAopby of his father or of
his party. Ere long his conversion
wos complete, and with an impetuositv
as mticli mistrusted by his new friencfs
as it was dreaded by the party which
had cast him out^ be ruslieil into the
arena against Lord North.
The American War gave Itltu fertile
and everchanging political themes.
With an ardour which added greatly
to the anger of the King, he de-
fended the cause of the revolted colo-
nists, and at every stage of the unfor-
tunate contest became more vehement
in CO nde in nation of Lord North. Lan-
guage has sdilani been put into forms
of condemnation more severe than
those which Fox's indignation hurletl
against the n»inistcr and bis policy
from 1774 lo 1782. Lonl John Rus-
sell informs us that Mr. Grattan, who
John RaMcll speaks of the advantage be
" llimwfi upon the«e timcf iinii frnnsartioot
1S540
life ofChnrhs Jamts Fojr, 1749^1792.
^lU
had heard Mr. Fox nt various periods,
I declared hh preference for the speeches
, deliTered at thi» time to all the other
I efiforts of his elo<iueiJce, During Lord
' Bockingliam*^ ahurtaduiiiiiislratioiiFox
^lield ofiicc as one of the Secretariea; of
Bute. Awftking to the duties and
dignities of his past, he withdrew him-
, fdif at once from his customary asso-
ciates, never touched a card, gave
bimself up to the demands of his new
employnienti and charmed every lx>dy
t wiui whom he transacted business by
I liis good humour, fraukness, and hin-
cerity. Even the King ^eems not to
^have been ahogether uDsu3C4?ptible \<i
the hearty and unaffected maiiliuess
, vhich subdued every other peri>un who
I came within it^ influence*
During the nine monthjs of Lord
Itockingham'j* administration, miHun-
! derstandings ai'ose between Fox and
Ilia CO- Secretary, Lord Shclburne, a
man in many respects Fox*s opposite,
Ou Lord Rockingham's death. Fox and
hia friends in the cubtnet desired to
I liare the Duke of Porthind as bis suc-
\ eessor. The King preferred Lord
Shelburne, Fox retired ; b»it several
df the Kockingham party adhered to
Lord Shelburnt?, and \Villiiiin Pitt,
I then only 24 years of »«jje, wwb appointed
Chancellor of the Exehefpier, Lord
John Hussell justifies Fox*8 relireiuent,,
on the ground of his want of cordiality
with Lord Shelburue; l)Ut in other
retpects condemns the course adopted
hy the Whig party ou this oceaaion : —
Whether (he says) Mr, Burke or Lord
John Cavendish were thi; ad viae r, the delil
of battle was the worst that could be cbosea .
Lord Shclburae, the friend and colleague
ol Lord Chatham, a SecreUiry of State
under Lord Rockingham, a raan of varied
■eqaireinents and undoubted abiHtief, was,
gertonallj, far superior to the Duke of
drtland aa a cdiididate far the office of
Prime Minbter, The King, therefore,
had a great advaata^e over Mr. Pox in the
apparent ground of tbe quarrel.
Had Mr. Fox declared that he would
not lerve under any one, or at all cTent*
not under Lord Shelburur, vrbo bad with-
held frotn him knowledge indispenfable to
hia performance of tbe duties of Secretary
of State r he would have stood on firm
ground. Tbe choice of a Prime Miaister
against the choice of the Crown^ and that
in the jier^on of a man whose ran]| and
fair character were his only reeommi^ada*
lioui, ajipcarcJ Ui the jmblic an unww-
UifM% Mag. Yol. XIL
raolable pretenaioo, iuiipired by narroir
jealousies and aristocratic prejudices.
Parties now stood thus. Lord Sbel-
burne, with a section of the Whi^i»,
remained in office; Fox, Burke, and
the rcniuindur of the Whigs, utider the
nominal leadership of the JJuke of
Porthmd, were again in opposition,
where they found themselvei^ side by
side with their ohl enemy I^ord North
and the Tory party whom they had so
recently driven from ofGee with infi-
nite disgrace. Sbclbarne tried in vain
to unite first with the Whi^^s and after-
wards w I tb L ord Nor tb . A V i 11 i uni Pi 1 1,
himself a host, was the only recruit he
could obUtin.
The iidministratjon concurred in the
preliminaries Jbr a peace with America,
but the terui:j were in many respeetu
jDost* objeetiuuable and un^wpular.
Both Whigs and Tories — the follower?*
of tbe Duke of Portland and those of
Lord North — united in their condem-
tion. lly their junction they carried
motions against^the minis try, and drove
Lord Shelburnc from office. Then
ensued the tamout^ broad- bottomed
coaJition administration, under wbieh
the King was comj>elIed to accept the
Duke of Purthmd as Prime Minister,
and Fox and North as joint Secre-
taries of State. No party arrangement
that hast taken place in this country
ever ci^ated ».uch an uproar in the
mind^ of the people as this ill-fated
.and unjuiitifiable union. That Lord
North ifhould consent to act in concert
with Fox, who had exhausted against
him the whole vocabulary of vitupera-
tion, WHS deeuietl by our f^^andfathera
tJie very extreme of baseness* We,
caring \qss about Lord North, ju<lge
the i|ue5tion in thecre days more with
reference to Fox, and are astonished
that he should have dreamed 6f ooales-
cing with a public man whose conduct
he had condemned with violence un-
paralleled* At tirat sight such a union
striken at the root of ull our impres-
sions of Fox*s real character, for it
ieems inconsistent with tbe sincerity
of his [jrcvious conduct. Thecircum-
atauces under which it wa^ brought
about are fully detailed in these vo-
lumes, and few persons will now hesi-
tate in admitting, that, however much
mistaken, botli parties to this arrange-
ment acted honourably. In truth tbia
very coalition citlers the strongest evi-
234
Life of Charles James FoXy 1 749—1 792. [ March,
dence to the good temper of Lord
North, and the absence of malevolence
in Fox. Lord Holland has placed the
coalition in the most favourable Ibht ;
but the adverse judgment of Lord
John Kussell will pi*obably be more
generally acfjuiescca in : —
The reasons against it (he says) were
many and weighty. First, Mr. Fox's in-
vectives] against Lord North were either
well or ill-founded. If well-founded, he
was not justified in joining a man branded
not only with incapacity, but with du-
plicity, treachery, and falsehood. If ill-
fonoded, which is nearer the truth, Mr.
Fox owed it to public decorum not to pro-
claim to the world that his iuTectives were
the ofi«pring of an unreasoning passion.
He would have found some better means
of retracting or mitigating bis invectives
than by a political junction with the object
of them. Nor was his reflection " Inimi-
citiae breves, amicitie sempiterDse,"* a just
defence. The enmities he had engaged in
were not private but public quarrels, and,
as they were nut incurred, so they ought
not to have been dropped, from placability
and good. nature. Mr. Prior remarks truly
that Lord North readily forgave the utter-
ing of these invectives, but the public never
forgave their being retracted.
Secondly, the particular occasion chosen
for the coalition was very unfortunate.
The peace of 17H3 was a very bad one,
but it was not more so than might have
been expected from the misgovernment of
Lord North. Any peace which saved the
honour of the country hhouhl have n])-
peared venial to Mr. Fox ; at all events
the blame, if blnme was justly due, should
have fallen rather on the head of Lord
North, than on that of Lord Shclburne.
In the previous ministry of Lord Uock-
ingham, Mr. Fox hod strongly expressed,
both in Parliament and in his letter to the
King of Prussia, \\\» sense of the calami-
tons state to which the country had been
reduced. cThe author of those misfortunes,
Mr. Fox thought at that time, ought to be
punished ; he now aided him to return to
power.
Thirdly, although it might be alleged
that the American war was over, and that
Economical Reform had been carried, the
great distinctions of the Whig and Tory
parties had not been effaced. The Duke
of Richmond, Lord .Camden, Mr. Fox,
Lord John Cavendish, and Mr. Pitt, were
fkvonrable to Reform of Parliament ; Lord
North and Mr. Dundas were against it ;
and, although Mr. Burke diflfered from his
friends on this subject, yet on the great
oonititational doctrines of a control of the
Crown b/;>o/)Q)arinstitntloD0, Mr.Barke
as well as General Conway, is to be added
to the statesmen I have named. It was
an unnatural combination which united
Mr. Fox with Lord North and Lord 8tor-
mont, and even dispensed patronage to
Lord Sandwich ; while the Duke of Rich-
mond, General Conway, and Lord Camdeo,
were left to defend prerogative against a
constitutional ministry.
Thus it appears that the failure of the
coalition was not an accident, but a result
involved in the elements of which it was
composed. The King, forced by a violent
wrench to take back Mr. Pox, was an
enemy constantly on the watch against his
Ministers. The nation was not very par-
tial either to Lord North or to Mr. Fox.
The continued miscarriages of the one had
humbled the national pride; the private
life of the other alarmed public morality.
Nor did men readily give their confidence
to a man so vehement in his language as
Mr. Fox. Sir .Samuel Romilly remarks,
that men rather blamed Lord North for
joining Mr. Fox than Mr. Fox for joining
Lord North. At a later period, the people
readily responded to the severe reflection
of Mr. Wilberforce, "that the Coalition
|)artook of the vices of both its parents t
the corruption of the one, and the violence
of the other."
Tlic official conduct of Fox was again
the subiect of universal praise; but
the dislike entertained for him by the
King, so far from diminishing, was now
fltrengthencd by new considerations.
The Prince of Wales, between whom
and his father there had for some time
past existed a very uneasy feeling, had
become intimate with, and even strongly
attached to, Fox, whose advice he took
on various matters in dispute between
himself and his royal father. Nothing
could be more unfortunate for Fox.
All the wildnesses and vices of the
heir-apparent were attributed by his
father to his intimacy with Fox. Thus
the old prejudices were deepened, and
the King, although outwardlv civil and
even cordial, came to view himself as
in the hands of enemies, so long as
Fox and his friends were his official
servants. Even the King's partiality
for Lord North was now totally lost,
because that minister by the coali-
tion was thought by his Majesty to
have " delivered him up to Mr. Fox."
The King's conduct in authorising his
name to be used in a canvass against
the ministers, was clearly unconstitu-
tional, and is emphatically condemned
by Lord John Kussell. Many new
18540 Life qfCharUi Jama Fox, 1749—1702.
facts are liere ntjited, not only respect-
ting the fatal Iiulia Bill which threw out
ftke minifitryf but uldo as to the settle-
Iment ot' the houdehoKl of the Priuce of
jWale*^ the coiiclupioti of a general
eace, and the other nctj of Fox's seeond
iitlmiuiat ration, Fox*3 correspondence
|ttt this time m hero printed is most
* nportant* It is clear that \m aan-
Iguine temperament deceived him with
I Tcgard to his actual position, that ut
ItJie last Jus dijfeat took him by sur-
F|>ri$e, and that even when defeated
I Be did not see the actual character of
[the difHcultj inio which he had been
I driven. "We arc heat in the House
I of Lord?/' he writes in December 1783»
^ by BUch treachery on the part of the
[King, and such meanness oti the part
|©f hia/Wem/^ in the House of Lords,
[fts one could not expect from either
tim or them, I will write to you more
I in Xk. diiy or two. We are not yet out^
[but I suppose we shall be to-morrow.
[However we are so strong that nobody
can undertake without madness ; and rf
1 they dii, I think we shall destroy them
I fthnosl as soon as they are formed.**
Strong he might appear to be within
the House of Commons, but the im-
I policy, or even factiousness, of his con-
I duet in that asscnibly immediately ai\er
I the break-up of bi^ administration soon
[lessened his strength even there, and
|tJieKing*s name and induence» largely
Used against him, secured the hearts
land voices of the people. William
[•Pitt assumed the helm. Fox and he
I Were severed for ever. The parliament
I tiras dissolved, and the Whig power was
[io shattered at the new ele^tionst that
[it clld not recover itself for more than
pforty years. Lord John llusselfs oh-
[tervations on Fox's rash and unwise
conduct in the Hou5e of Commons be^
lore the dissolution, are of ^reat weight
and momentt nor less so his praises of
the UddnesSt calmness, and pcrscvc*
fnnce of Mr. Pitt- »' He committed a
Igi'eat fault,*' remarks Lord John, *'in
[ accepting office a5 the price of an un-
r Worthy intrigue. He thus became
I •the child nnd champion* of that secret
inlluence which his f»ther bad de*
Bounced. But, having nccepted a post
Ue ought to have declined, he raised
^ dfinified the position he had as-
The subsef juent portions of this book
235
embrace Fox*s advice to the Prince of
Wales on his Uauon with Mrs. Fit»-
herbert ; his conduct on the claim of
tho regency fur the Prince on the
King*s first avowed illness; and, last,
the commencement, in 1791, of a cor*
respondence with the late Lord Hoi*
land, "which will," remarks Lord John
Russell, ** in future give the chief in-
terest to these volumes " We have no
further room for comment, but we can-
not dose our notice of this work
without giving one specimen of Fox's
letters, The one we select was written
a few weeks after the attack on the
Tuil!eries of the 10th August, 17J)2,
It will give a clue to Fox's opinions on
the French Revolution* Thin letter
was addressed to the late Lord Holland,
then on a foreign tour.
St. Aita'a Hill, September drd, 179^.
My dear Henry, — Althaugli I now ex-
pect a letter from you in a very few days,
yet 1 fttn resolved to keep my promise of
not letting! fortnight pass without writing.
There is nothing new here, and intleed if
there were I am not in the way of hearing
it; but I beheve French news now is what
all the world is prindpslly interested about.
I do not think near so dl of the busioess
of the 10th of August aa I did upon first
hearing it. If the King and his Ministers
were really determined not to act ia con*
cert ^ith the iVssemhly [ and etiti ii]t>re if
they secretly favoured the Invasion of the
Barbarians ; it was necessary, at any r<ite,
to begin by getting rid of him and them.
Indeed you know that from the moment
of the diBmissiou of the Jacobin Ministry,
I have thought that it was absolutely ne-
cessary either that the Assembly should
come round to the Feuillans, or (which
Bceraed moat according tp our Whig ideas)
that the King should be forced to have
Ministers of the same complexion with the
As$emhiy. However, it ia impossible not
to look with disgust at the bloody means
which have been takeo, even supposing
the end to be good, aud I cannot help
fearing that we ore not yet near the cod
of these trials and executions. Muny ac-
counts give me great uneasiness for the
Queen, and I am more and more sorry
every day that they did not (as I think
they ought to have done) either shut her
up or send her away (the last best) after
the King's escape last year. Tbe capture
of LoDj^T, especially if it b true that the
municipality forced the garrison to sur-
render, is a>ery bad begioniog of tho war;
and, indeed, the way in which the news of
it was received in tbe National Aasembly
2SB
Grotim tin the RlghU of War and Peace* [March,
does nut appear very mafnatiimouif. There
ta a wnnt of dignity and propriety io cvery-
thttig they do. Wh«a the enemy h in a
tDHDOpr at their dooriif to be amaiing them-
iflvei with fuueraU and inscriptioiii, and
demotitions of 3«tatnea, and ercatioui) of
]ionor4irydt)2eus, is quite intolerable; and
to talk so pompotuly of dying for liberty
Nnd their country, before one single gal*
Innt action ha5 been performed by any part
of ihcir army agdinst the enemy, is worse
than ridiculous. And yet, with dl their
fiiuTU and all their nonsense, 1 do interest
tnybelf for their success to the grcAtett
degree, It is a great crisis for the real
ruQse of liberty, whatever we may think of
the particular people who arc to tight the
present battle* 1 wlfih they were like our
uld frienda the Americana, and 1 should
scarcely be afraid of them. I hear frnm
good authority that the Duke of Bruns-
wick niean& tu ijuit the command aa soon
a» ba luis taken Paris, whit h I think very
prndent, na certmnty the most difficult
part of the hwaincEfs wili be to come after-
ward*. I am heJMtily glid La Fayette has
escaped j for, though I very much disap-
prove his conduct, I believe him to be an
honest man t but, escaped though be be,,
hit situation is very unpleasant, and I sin-
cerely fiity him. I have played a good
deal At teimis eince I wrote, and bave qntie
got np my old play*— Voors most affec«
tionttcly, C. J. P.
Fox's memory owes uiueb gratitiid<>
io Lord John Russell for these import*
unt and valuable volumes. Tbey give
113 vivid glimpses of his gontus as im
orator^ oi lua greatness n» a statcsmAiii
nf the ninny attractive qualities ia bis
pergonal cnaracter. As justice re*
(jiiires, they aUo bring before U5 biji
mults ; wben considering ibem, let ua ;
remember the judgement of Burke : —
" they arc faults whicb, akliougb they
mny m a small degree tarniab the lustrct
and sometimes impe*ie the march of
his abilities, have nothing in ibem to
extin^^ui^h the fire of great virtueti.
In tbo:ic tniills there h no mixture of
deceit, of hypocrisy, of pride, of fero-
city, of cojjiplexional despotism, or
want of Ibelitig for the distresses of
mankind. His are faults which might
exiat In a descendant of Ileory IV, of I
France I " " Perhaps no h uman being,"
wi*ote Gibbon, ** waij ever more per-
fectly exempt from the taint of male-
volence, vanity, or faUuhooth"
HROTIUS ON THE RIGHTS OF WAR AND PEACE,
Huguniti Cirotit De Jure Belli et Pads ; accompanied by an abridged translatioa by
Wtltiam WhcwcH, D.D. Master of Trinity College, ike, :l voli. octavo. Cam*
bridge.
WHEN the learned Seldeti in 1640
Iiiiblished hiji treatise De Jure Naturally
Hi chose fm- his njotto the bonst of
Lueretru?, that be was entering npon
untrodden ground ;
Loca nulliui ante
Trita ftolo J juvat integros accedere fonteis
Atquc haurire.
The novelty of his work, as he ex-
plains in his preface, consistetl in his
treatment of llie i?ubjecL with a pure
reference to the Hebrew Common-
wealth and Jurisjjrudence* The yjuno
circumstance wnieh constituted its
novelty, destroyed its interest, and, in
(»pite of Milton*3 euht^ium of the
**exqut«It ren»on« find theorems idmowt
mathematically demtmstrative of the
chief of learned men reputed in lhi.<»
land,"* the labours of Seldcn reitt tin-
disturbed upon their shelf, while the
treatise of his more illustrious rival,
fTrutius, ftill Jind;} editors, translators,
and even reatlera.
But the great work ofGrotiuii has also
shared in this country the neglect which
from various causes has accompanied
the whole subject of general, as distin-
guished from civil, jniispiudencc* We
are not aware of any complete edition
of the Li\tjn text having appeared in
Knghindj before the present publica-
tion of Dr. WhewelK It h not of
cour*<e Ui be expected that this book
shunhl at mo late a season find a popu*
lart ty which wns denied to its younger
year=?, Ifthe ihcor v of natural and inter-
national law should iti the rovolations
0
G)'uUtti( nn the HighLs of War and Peace,
237
oi &I>eculaLiori, or by the exigency of
tUc timea, attract a greater number of
minds in tbis country, there arc other
and later writers, who may give a more
syBtciMatized account of the science,
witli all the advantages famished by a
larger experience ot a state of society,
in which ihe rights of pieacc and war
have received the conscious and de-
liberate sanction of nations* But we
will venture to say, that the science
will never be illustrated by a professor»
who will bring more varied learning,
a more earnest intention, or a purer
conscience to the discussion of the
problems of national ethics, than Ilngh
de Grtiot.
It would probably be impossible t<>
produce an instance in which a science
or an invention has been originated in
anything like a perfect form by a
ijingle mind. DiHerent portions of the
whole baye been antici[}ated by pre-
vious discoverers. The ground has
been cleared bv the investigation of
pnnciples, and toe soil prepared by the
general stream of thought of the age.
We give the name of inventors to tho«e
who first present an art to the world
in a complete form. Hugo CJrotiua
fills the same position with relation to
the science ot international law, that
is occupied by Adam Smith in that of
I'oljtical Economy. He himself claims
in his Preface the honour of lieing tire
first to invest hrs subject with a scien-
tific form. C^ertaiu it is, that the im-
mediate etlect of his work was the
general recognition of international
law as a distinct and imm^rtant brntieh
of knowledge, and his chcta became at
once the maxims of statesmen mid di-
plomatists. "This book," says Mr*
HaUam, ^* may be considered as nearly
original in its general plan and form as
any work of man in an advanced stage
of civilisation and learning can be. It
is more so, perhap?, than those of Mon-
tesquieu and Smith."
In one of his letters written in Hi23,
two years before the publication of his
great work, Grotius recommends to hia
correspondent the study of " interna-
tional and public law,*' and points out
tJie writers who up to that time had
touched upon the subject. In the same
letter he quotes the sentence from
Cicero's Orat ion for Balbus, in which the
orator attributes to Fompey *' priesta-
bilem scientiam in federibusj pactioni-
bus, conditionibus populorum, regum,
cxterarum(j|ue nationum, in omni de-
nique belli jure ei pacisJ''' It is from tbiH
passage that Grotius appears to have
adopted the title of hia treatise* It was
a title well calculuted to concentrate
the attention of the civilized world,
harassed as it then was by a lon^ war
carried on with unscrupulous obstinacy
and lawless rigour. *^I saw," snjrs
Grotius, in his Prolegomena, *' prevail-
ing throughout the Christian world, a
license ot warfare of which even bar-
barous nations might be ashamed ;
recourse had to arms for slight reasons
or fur noife ; and when arms were once
taken up, no reverence was letl for
divine or human law, as though by one
edict the passions of mankind were let
loose for the commission of every
crime."
This special reference to the neces-
sities of the age may perhnps account
for Grotius* arrangement of his subject,
with which Sir Jftmes Mackintosh has
found fault. Making wai* hie central
idea, he starts in his First Book, atlera
ihort diicttssion upon the origin of the
notion of right, with the question
whether war is ever justifiable, lie
then proceeds to distinguish between
public and private, national and civil,
wsirs ; and, for this purpose, he has to
inquire what constitutes sovereignty,
and to define the relations between
governments and subjects. In the same
way the subject of his Second Book,
the lawful causes of war, leads him into
the discu,*ision of the principles of pro-
perty and tlie nature of punishments,
as well as the rights of ambEBsadors
and the obligations of treaties. The
Third Bi^ok relates to the rights of
parties engaged in war, which intro-
duces, amongst other questions, that of
slavery, and tlic mode of concluding
wars by treaties and conventions.
It i^ manifest, even in this short ac'
count of the scheme of this work, that
the questions which belong to that
whicii has been calleil national juris-
prudence, or the science of the foun-
dations of laws, are treated merely as
subsidiary to the determination of the
rights of war, whereas a more natural
and logical nrrangcment might demand,
that they slujuld be the subject of a
separate and preliminary discussion.
Tne latter is the method adopted by
Pufendorf ; but we think we see suf*
Oraliui on the Rightt of War and Peace. [Mamh,
I ficicnt r€iuK)ii, in the prevail tn^ idea not awftke upon anj ju«i oocasbu of
and peneritl objc*ct of the lubaurs of Artnitie.*^
Grotiutj, lor \ih choicu of a [mas c<jn- In Tiim iljicumtion of the rightfl of
OOHlIf
posit
ihviica]f but ^R'rliHpii inoru attractive
pK^rbofJ.
Nothing iix mnr« Btrikin;^ in the flpc-
oulationB nf (Jrntiuji than tha »crnpu-
loMB raornHty mui t^intlerncas of non*
leicnciii which he bfirtgsj to llio ditcua*
•ion ol' every iiuostion ol" pollttcftl
cjwuiutrv, Tht' whole wmk ts aui-
HmttHJ by thn ninrereHt bivij of peace
and thu iiiont noble spirit of humunitv ;
and hiii most m an i lest errors !ire fad-
ings whicli **k*iin lo viriue*fi flid«?/* Wc
do nr>t (hinV, fnr fx-^rnpfci tflftt it 19 a
toiij"! ' I cts ai e bouiiil
to lO i\mr rulci'i in
a wnr, ui the ju^Ucl: ui which ihey have
noi untijilicd tlieir eonsciencesi/ ' Gro*
tiuK f^ocs oven so hir ns to a^tsert, thiit
an executioner oU|;hl not to exccnto i\
crlininaK unlit lie is sfttisfiod ofiuH p^uilt,
cither by attention to tlK^ tegnl iirout",
or by thu culprit** own confe^niou. In
the aame spirit he thinks it not i>e*
< hristian to (loek for those
li invulvo the necessity
Ot '1' uiion tlie Hfo or ilciith
of () ' 1 and reniindii hiu
read' ;^ of Chriwl» 'STud^e
not thftt ye be not jutlged/'l IIi,s
irarning to sovermgns and nation* not
to etigoge precipitately in wnr, until all
tuoans of neffotiation have been ex*
liauitod, iii a leiMun which two eeotu*
riot have not rendered obsolete or un-
fteoe«iary. lie even roconmiends the
Citablishment of a ** Congreiis of Chris-
Itin powcm, in which all the contra*
ViMfiMi which ariDe among them should
fci deeid&il by otheret who are not in-
How far these ^entiinenls were in
lldvanro of the |:eneral current of
thought of the a^e, may be judged by
any one who callfl to nun d the reniarlu
€»f 1/ord Bacon in hia Eisay on the
Greatnefs of Nations ; whei'e ho re-
comment) e thoKc statea, that aim at great-
n«ai, to have huch taw$ or ousionui as
may roach forth unto tbcm juat ooea*
vtutii, as may be pretended, of war«
** IM it »ulbee»*' ho concludes ** that
no «alAte tJipeoi to be grvat^ that ia
thuiso eni;aged tn wart Orotius treatifti
TigUU ml tho90 custoniii which ara
^anetioned hj the u^afi^es of nntionn in
such c«?C!i» reserving for a lubsequent
ehiiptcr the moral lit- "'■*!-^'- or ^Ma+iu-
perumcntn," which ,i,' on the
con sciei jceti of the - ^ ,...,., j 1 1 a. This
nnxle of treatment xave occnsion to
UouMseau to accuse him of con found"
ing fact with rij^ht, and the duties of
nations with their praclice. Mr, Ilal»
Itini lins nobly vindicated liiui from
this charge, ** Scrupulous as a casuist,
to nn excels hardly reconcileabic with
the security and welfare of good nieni
he was the first, beyond the precincbi
of the confessional or the church, to
pour the dictates o{' a «niuttike con*
science into the ears of princes." $
At the present time, witon the aym-
pathiea and :d banco of L^ngland are
cnr^ftged in favour of a Mussulamn
against a Christian power^ it is not un-
in teres ting to observe, that O roll us,
white he iidmitK thnt ^^ there ii no in-
herent or nniversrtl pravity in an aU
lianee with unlii^lievers,*' yet remains
HO iiir tidliicnced by the general feeling
of hid timci that he recommends to
firincGs and peoples ^^ that pious and
iberal saying/* addressed toC harles tJw
Siuijile by the Archbishop of flheims,
which placed an alliance wiUi the infidel
on a par with idolatry: ** Nihil eniiu
distat utrum nui^i se paganis eocict, an
abnegato Deo idola colat/'||
One of the most obvious criticisma
U}H)U the iityle nncl manner of (jrotinii
ia dtreoteU to his lavish employment of
pOMageB from the classical onitors ami
po«ta, in pioof' - :t»i ♦■ 'viji of bid
political and Tlieao
aro pourcil fu.., ^^..,ut all hia
arguments with a profusion, and, wo
must acknowledges, witli :lii npposite-
iiei^swhich exact ou i n equallf
for the extent an i «» of hia
learning. We cannot but sympathiiQ
in the noble feeling, with which Sir
James Mackintosh defends this cha-
racteriatic of the work of Grotiua*
*^ I own (lu! iays) that auch ridmsgi
* flrotltts a« Jure, &e. lib. U. c 96.
iraiitis, lib* a. c ZS, § •.
" tiiii,U»Kll.cI5,|lL
t Gnitiai, Hb. it c. SO, f 1^.
I Ltetratnra of Boropa, vol. Hi* p. 4M,
I
I
I
and fpleiidonr of literature liavc a
powerful charm for jiie. Tbey fill tlio
mmrl with ail eadloss variety of de-
lightful recollections and associations.
'rhcy relieve tbo underataoding in itd
progress through a vast science, by
calling up the memory of great men
and of interesting events. Even virttie
and wisdom theiuselvea acquire new
majesty in my eyes, when I thus see
all the great masters of thinking and
writing called together^ as it werct
from all times and countries to do
tKein homage, and to appear in their
train/'*
Bat we must confess that this species
of illustration is carried to an excess*
unsuitable to a philosophic and argu-
mentative treatise. AYhere a jurist
cites passage after passage from Greek
writers, in disapprobation of nlUances
between Greets and Barbarians, in
order to support his views of the rela-
tions of Christian with infidel powers,
we acknowledge the fitness of the illus-
tration, but we do not find ourselves
advanced in the argument. When he
appeals to Ovid*s Art of Love,—
Armique in annntoi sum ere jura linunt, —
in corroboration of the justifiabkness
of war, our fancy is pleased with the
associations which these words bring
with them, but our reason is as rauch^
and no more, convinced than if he had
written the single word, self-defence.
It is just to observct that our author
has anticipated this criticism bj the
remark, that he employs thesenteivceji
of [)oets and orators not so much for
authority, as for oniament. But it
cannot be denied that his i pi ota lions
are drawn up in numbers and array
unsuitable for ornament, and that tliey
tend in some ilegi*eo to distract the
attention of his reader, and thus lo
weaken the force of the reasonings
which thev are adduced to confirm.
It is also a subject of regi-ct, that
Grotius draws his examples of the re-
lations of states too exclusively from
ancient history, lie may probably
have felt, tliat this was necessary in
order to secure general acceptance for
bis theories. An exile from hfs coun-
try, he was dependent for his safety
on the favours of foreign princes,
whom he could not ofTend without
risk, and whom he would not stoop to
flatten But by this exclusive use of
ancient history for illustration, he
seems to be led sometimes to lay down
rules applicable rather to ancieot than
to modern society* For example, he
devotes a chapter t to the customary
right of making slaves of prisoners of
war, and only at the end of it remarks,
that it has been established as a rule
among Christian nations not to enslave
their captives, His long chapter on
the PostUmimnm^ or reinstation of re-
turned prisoners in their old liberties
and 1 ights, is another instance to the
same effect.
To our taste the work of Grotiua h
far more attractive, more readable,
thau the generality of books upon the
same and similar subjects. His lan-
guage is simple, his reasoning intelii*
fible and sound, his learning universal,
la illustrations only too copious, and
hia philosophical and dialectic system
remarkably free, considering the time
in which he lived, iVom scholastic pe-
dantry and verbal subtleties.
It 13 not to be expected that the
originator of a new science should
leave no imperfections to be corrected
by bis followers; much leas, that a
writer upon political or moral subjects
should meet with a complete acqui-
escence in the minds of readers two
centuries after his death. Still, in
spite of all deductions, the volume of
G roil us, both on account of its posi-
tion in the history of the science of
jurisprudence, and from its intrinsic
autbonty and merit, must even in the
present day command the attention of
all who interest themselves in the pro-
blems of national law, or in the histoir
of the Jiro^resd of thought. The edi-
tion, wbich the Master of Trinity has
prepared for the Cambridge press,
will wc think be found of use to the
English student*
• Mttckiniofih'i Works, vol, L p. 354.
t GroliuRf lib. iii. c. 7*
S4a
ttHINE-LAKD AND fTS BDMAKCE.
A MArrER-OF-FACT ri»erwotir
river Thamest trnd all lU legends arc
more oinmecied with tiicvfiey*in«]diig
tliaa witli msgic, tbough there hsa been
mudi of the Utter even In the com moo-
phice matter of motiev -making. We
miaai ctom the water, if we would be-
come acquatnted with romance, aud
he who doe» ao, hx>ks umn Walcberen,
when iSrat it ia «een looming In the
future, Oil though rt were the portola of
the fairj region. But the legends of
Waleherefi are not of a fajr^-llke
a^kect, and thej are not attractive to
an Engliahman* In the revotutionanr
warn we tent Lord Chatham and Sir
Richard Strachan to Walchercn for
the double purpose of serving Austrin
(who never was grateful for service)
and ultimately <>ccupying Antwerp.
The project faued through the peculiar
ajrstem adopted b^ the rr5nective com*
nAodera, and which is weli-Ulustraled
in the popubr epigram made at the
tacae.
Great Chathaos^ with his SAbfe drtirit,
Stood waitiog for Sir RiGhArd Strachan,
Mr BIchard, loogiaf to be st *em,
Stood waiting for the Earl of Cbtthim ?
The fact ifs that wc must travcr*o
Belgium before we can rea^h the
frontiers of fairy land. \Vc approach
It when we come in sight of the tomb
of Charkinagne and the towers of Aix
la ChapeU«---tbat city of noble me-
morieti but we arc not fairly over tlie
Ihre^old until we enter the oM ** Stadt
KulDt** when we at onco succumb to
evil imellSf endlcft* Icgcnd^^ and the
odour of Eau dc Cologne.
The Ubinc^ from Itotlcrdam to
Cologne, ha» never been inhabited by
iptnta. The favourite locality of the
latt^ liea between Cologiie aiul ^lay*
Cfice. All beyond i^ comaion-place
( ^ort Jkd wave. Hut witht^ these
llmita^ every reach in the stream re-
edioea a story of an elf or an imp. nud
every meadow on ks shores •
upon by gossamer fuiries or ^
over at the witchinn; hour of night by
ghastly ritters ana Bkeh^ton steedj.
Kvery mill has its kobbold, and every
bullmng its household spirit* From
the caUiednd at Kuln to the most
wrelrhpil Rhine *wa>>hcd huf, beings
nupematund rule and poaacjis, Froitt 1
the devil, ^* 6nt in had emineiieei^ doirii ]
to the ghost of aooie eirlog deiloo%1
every nook acknowledges the ileqil
mysterious «way. Churchman and
knight^ trembling nuns and ladies ijur|
trucutent bijibopa and ttiS'-^neckeil j
burghersf lord and peasant, emperor]
and beggaTi in ahort whole vistonaiy ]
muUitudea of deceased generatiooe ]
elbow one another on the land, or swha .
in unsubstantial vessels^ ^i^h trana«
parent soils, upon the water. A nut'
jesty of gloom hangs over the tpots ]
where these spirits of the past most do i
congregate. Cologne itself lives upon i
a crowd uf traditions more ntunemut ]
than its stceple», of which there are]
said to have once been as many as tbero |
ore cUys in the year. Not theleait of |
them is, that Judas Maccabeus and hm J
hroiher He therein entombed. Stone I
figures of faints in Cologne have beea
known to accent half-munched applei
from pious little boySy who afterwardf ,
studied hard, read much, and, ai th# {
old joke says, ** nobody the wiacr*
Hero lived Albertus Magnus the monk,
who possessed the power of turning ^
winter into summer, and of being plea*
santl^ independent of the coal markel |
and its tariffs. Uere too existed mer-
chants who built churches by calenla-
tioD, that the weight of the stonei
would exceed the ponderosity of their
sins, and that the recording angel would
stnke a bahtncc in their favour ac*
cordingly. Finally, here dwelt the
famous M uteri I lid, who was elected
Bishop after hiN derith, and who walked
from nis grave rather than render the
elect*-" V 'I by non- appear jince, and
ke|i' u of till' epir^'opal chair
for u — i.^^.i a ^[Uiirtcr of a century.
To do the hunett man Juittice, he alwava
averrt'd, afU^r hl» uttaitiment to the
luitre, that he had never yet died— aa
fAT as he could recollect. But thej
who wauted a miracle had more con-
venient memories, and they ever fts«
serted that Bishop Hatemus was, in
Eood truth, the moat ghotUy of pre«
itea.
Lcmd haa paid the greatest posalble
compliment to Satan, by allribvting
to him the hooorir of Ijoiog the origioM
1854.]
Rhine'luud and iis Romam:e»
241
deaiffner of the plan for tliat still un-
finished cathedral at Cologne, of which
Ho<xl mys so finely^ that it looks like
. ^ broken proDaise made to God. Tra-
ditiou aajB that the devil drew the
. plan for a monk who cheated the de-
. figner out of his stipulated recompense.
' Satani it is said, bit right through bis
Bewlj- pain ted green tail, out of pure
f TexatJon, and that he» further, not only
, frightened the name of the architect
^ out of people's memories, but that he
hm ever since successfully interfered
r to oba tract the completion of the
J edifice* In proof of this> the prints of
^ his claws are still visible on a stone
.lying near the western door^ against
which he is said to have dung the mis-
sile, in a rage. The fire-bell in the
belfry has a horribly discordant sound,
^ because it was baptized in the Evil
'^|ie*s name, after the mould had twice
Nsked as the liquid mettU was How*
J into it under a sacred appellation.
i'ortunateJy, there are only two other
places on the Rhine where the Father
of Lies still retains occupation. One
is at Fahr, where he has a " DeviFs
Houset" in which he may be seen at
night, drinking horribly hot-spiced
wine with a long since deceased Prince
' of Neuwied. The exemplary pair often
► issue forth at night, afler their orgy is
over, and in the disguise of monkft
make convent cloistei'S hideous with
the howling of their gaiUard songs, or
play such tricks with the ferrymen and
• their boats upon the river that when
morning dawns there is no man at hi.s
right station^ and every boat is drift-
ing towarda the sea. But the Devil of
the Rhine is sometimes of a better
. quality than is here implied. The per-
I' pendicular staircase in the rock at Loch
was cut by him in a night, expressly to
enable a knight to rescue his daughter
from the lord of a castle in his eyrie
above. Cavalier and steed trotted up
at right angles to the surface ; and in
proof of the fact the people show you
the saddle !
The legendary Ritters are m restless
ttfl the traditionary Satan. At Rheid,
if you only go when they are to be
aeen, you may discern a Lo^it of thcin
In the tournament iiehl there, engagctl
in passages of arms, charging iiercely at
each other, and galloping about *' like
mad/^ but all so silently and lightly
thai no sound reaches the ear^ not a
Gsirr. Maq, Vol. XLL
hare-bell bends beneath the chargers'
hoofs, — and indeed, if nothing be heard
or felt, the legend can only be per-
fected by adding that thtre is quite as
little to be seen. But do not attempt
to say so to the people of Loch.
The Drachenfels, rock of the dragon,
intrtHluces us to the chivalrous Sieg-
fried, who found it an easier task to
overcome the dragon, that carried off
maidens by night and breakfasted off
young ladies in the morning, than to
subdue the truculent queen of the
Burgundians to the reiisomible will of
that melancholy man her husband. Al-
together yieglriedt the horned knight,
was more creditable to chivalry than
his brother Ritt4»r, Graf Hurnian. He
used to take delight in riding through
his tenants' corn, and, if any of these
cgmplained) he took the funniest ima*
ginable way of intimating that he felt
hurt at the little liberty they took
with him. Li fact^ he had the olfeoder
tied to the antlers of a wild stagi and
hunted to death by hungry dogs. But
there it a Keinesis — and Graf Hurman
is now nightly chased out of his grave
by the vengeful spirits of his tenants,
in the form of hounds, and these lead
him such a life of it that it is a pity
his descendants do not lay out a few
kreutzera in masses, to insure his repose-
A knight of another clasa and repu-
tation is he who has given fame to the
height at Roland*s Eck. There still
stands the window whence he used to
watch the nun he loved, in the island
below; from which he beheld her
borne to the grave, and at which he
gently died — the spectacle being too
much for the nerves of a man who had
scattered legions of jiaynim Saracens
by the might of his smgle arm.
At Dal ten berg we meet with another
love-stricken knight, who, after dinner,
made a promi^ of marriage to a dead
lady in a deserted castle. He subae-
quently found himself, he knew not
how, in a ruined chapel, and when he
beheld his cold bride with him at the
altar, the ghost of her father rising
complaisantly from the grave to give
her away, and a bronze bishop begin-
ning to read the marringe-serviee aloud,
he became so alarmed that he had but just
sufficient strength to call for help upon
the saints above, and barely suflieient
power of vision to see the whole party
disappear \n sTvtip-ilx^^^^w ^wsi^ii^t
^1
a Terjr »u5iiic!oua flmell of §ttlphn»\ At
other points we fall in wiib Hitters
who :>re Inssiiig tlieir fiithors Ijones
out of their gjnveǤ in senrch of ti^n-
sure, and p?tprcs«in» grcjit ftorrow iit
finding nothlug. Others, in timet of
fiinime, piny at nine^nin?, with loatea
for ballBf nnrl bokeii pn^try pins to
hovrl ul. Above Lnhncc^k we enter
the grotMul where the two brothers
slew each oUn*r for the Make ofa worih-
le«s woman who cnr*?<} for neither of
them. At Sonneck n company of
«bosllj Hitlers meet twice n month, tit
hours known lo the iniliiiied ; their
pun iivivini, nml Ihetr place of
me \ em, wherein, sctite<i nt
an inio;n MJiy banquet, tlit-y eat fire,
like eonjaror5, and drink boilinjj wine
out of red-hot coblets. At Fnlken-
berg thert! Is a ghost I j knight of more
aolltary liablts. When he was aliTO
he use<l to spend his nt^ht>4 wiih a dead
tifldy, much after the fashion of Guthes
young hetithen with tlie Christian liride
of Corinth. The knigld^ how evert un-
like the itnpetuous joung pngan of
the ballad, ubitnately espoused u Indj
— alive, nrettj, and as siibstftiillal its
graceful brides of upi>er earth skotttd
be. The result may serve as ft warn*
ing to all yaun<j gentlemen not to enter
into rasli engngetneuts, and lo take
care, aeconJing to the excellent advice
■ of the moral old gnng, to be oft' wilh
the old lore l>eforc ihey arc on with
the new. The newly nmrried cotiple
speedily died of alfHght \ and t am not
Isurtutwcd rtt it, for every night the
cold form of the *fihert the dead but
betrothed ladv^ Inv h. tu.^m them, by
way of mutely mul uich iiptm
the infid<.dity of thi ^ .m. The
penalty of the latter beyond the gnive
18 to wnnder for ever in search of both
jhres, and fall in with neither. One
iteutd think that lielplrcgor had Lnd
comnassion upon him.
The well-known le^nd of the Mouse
Tower may be classed with the Hitters'
triylitions, for Hatta wns as much
knight as bishop. He was a monopo-
liser and a foreMallcr of corn, but an
arinr ' - 1*- devoured the greedy ca-
va I Truth will have it that
H \s.. Ill ami not the ownrr that
ilevoureil,-*but that would not
H been half so interesting a circum-
stance lo register. 1 prefer the Ici^end,
isotihivakv the fate of Its hero upon
the monopoHser« of eorn, who nr^ now
making bread dear for the people of
England.
Tlie ladies are especi<*lly liyoly in the
fun I'O tbnusaii
jtoi , . . Lilfi and h
who erosseti the seas to
German prince*, and ttI
crcd at Cologne by a host of tcroeioua
Huns, whosie rough wooing had been
deeply *leclined by these resolute Indte**
The sliy Kordula alone remain e*!, and
half a hundred Huns offered her their
very «Jlriy hands; but Kordula hdp*
nened to look up, and as she saw ftU
her heailless sisters gaily scaling the
bcJL' T' ^ V ' ' m h6
of I I ae-
COrOiiii^n . j: 111- nun-*, rnuiiiii v; ^.ianlfia
by their ]ll success^ broke Into the nun*
nerynt Nicdr="' -^ 'i' ^h^.y.^ Hi^.v r.Mmd
(he entire e?i
lockeiiineat^Ii .
The intruders wet-
measures, when a i i
blew the Huns into the river, joul the
nuns into swifl sailing -boats upon it,
iu which ihet descended the jrlreairt
and found s^nfety at Bonn, The uii*^
quietness of the nuns of Grau liheiti-
dorf is, perhaps, in alhiRTon to their
particular peccadillo. 1
cessively gtven to gluM
iu the arllcle of lish \ aii'i n
they siifler in consccjuence, i i
less nights and indigestion. '
as ill in their graves, but h:i ^
<ame motive tor lenvirjg it n-
toni motlicr of FurMcnlM?rg,
nightly fVom Ih*' tomb in : ^
'^ nurse" an imagin-iry baby whieh she
fancies is eneriulled in the neigh bun r-
ing castle. Well ! the poor mother h
impelkd by better niotites than that
terrible dcnd lady-in-walting to n de-
ceased dtichcss of Nassau, who fefW
enter the young officers' rooi ' ■'
she says such dreadfully ui i
things that it turns grey the Juir or
sable locks of all who liear them. And
this T readily bellefe.
How CSeiievieTe of Brabant roamed
:dioui these banks, with no other dres.^
than her long golden hair, and with no
other purpose thnn to relieve herself of
the affliction of u auspicious husband,
is too popularly known to need reca-
pitulation, 'lltere is a more lively
company of ghostly ladies at Aber»
1854.]
Bhine-hnd and iti Romana*
wertii. It couiprises a iroop of uq*
Umrrieil ilanisuli* who nre *loouietl to
ll4Qc^ tor ever uotU ihL*y fitul lover »
frllUug to marry tliem* Pour things I
t is soiDcthiug too haril upun tlieiu
tliJit thej shoukl be condemned, wlicn
llefunct, to eudure the suuje round of
|oU for the same faolii>h purpose th^t
inoveil them when iivm|^. IJutt the
peoaltj h retribution. It implies that
had the maidcn» waited to be wooed
at their fatherij* heairths, rather than
bound about a ball-roon^ to entice the
wooers that would not come, their mis-
sion would have beou better fulfilled*
And there iW sonnjthin^: in that*
<)ftheoflKrljMliLvjwlu>lin;^<jr perforce
V *^- ^ffjiue, and there vi^it the iialo
>f tl*c moon, I can only allude
Ui ..iw. .wv '>^ N ./;..„ ^„ ma^sc. Their
separate t o many lo toll, and
what r« 'pj : ,^ told is not always
"tfcU<lu' s<>mc of these spirits lead
lawful!) jjiinnyral lives, and very few
are exemplary charjtcti^ri?, I buppoae
til at orlf^i Dally tUeir legends, like tbat
;id4 the rat-tower, had some
e; but it were as profitable
i 1 weave ropes out of sand, or
noiyture from dusti aa to ex-
tract edilicAtion from mytbs which deal
\u ladied and gentlemen who are em*
plowed in dtjrepulublo proceedings,
whichv had they indulged in them upon
p»rth| would have i ^ u^ty shun
^am> Ghoslis at Kj u ^bo^itei,
do not appear to be iu.ii ^s> j uittieular;
and ^^avQ No. 3, inhabited by the mo^at
l^ioud of ipirits, does itQt shuka to lu>
foundation at the character of its
pejghboursi Nos. 2 and 4. On the
eoQti'f^ry, the spirits in all three roam
ftbroad in company, and No. 3 miga
liym^fi, and lookd calmly on, while ^
and 4 are comuortin^ themselves with
any thing but the strictest propriety-
The DCiit of tlie ladie^j is one who
partakes both of light legend and true
Listory. I allude to the prophete.-fs
Hiktegajd, who wod one ul the nine
ifriyes of Karloman, and who went Iri-
limpbantly through the process of being
linjuitly Buapectcd by her husband.
^be traversed Europe, y?^ ^ 'f'-r ' the
crusader, and uttering pj > uich
will be fulfilled whenever .. , ^.Lieto
pass. She was famous for her heal-
ing powers, and invented ^^ spermaceti
ointment for an inward bruise T (ti'i
^ution which yrm pntroiiized its
'' the sov6reign*at thing on earth," by
IIot3piu''s carpet c^ivalier;) tibe, further,
spread plaistera, invented pi IK and
may be altogether considered as the
patron saint presiding over patent me-
dioinejf*
The legendary monks do not maka
so eoniiipicuous a figure in the Rhine
romances us the legendary ladies. Their
spirits rather linger among the dista^nt
and inland castles and convents whlch»
ia the olden time, were renowned for
their freedom from dangei^ aod their
abundance of good cheer. But, how*
ever* the river legends are not entirely
silent with regard to the sons of the
church. At Ueistorbach, the last Abbat
of the community still wanders about
the ruins of the abbey^ looking In viiin
fur the grave which Li denied to his
canonized bones, until every vestige of
tlie edifice shall haviMlisannpjrod. The
dead monks at Krci ho Ho lu
the vault there un^ uraented
as when they livetl, and who look so
very dry and dusty, ai^e accused of
being rather given to jollity and ilHcit
sports about nddnigbt. ^o one who
has socn thein would} for a mouiet)t»
suspect them of levit_y. Even the old
doEid gardener, with his withered vrreath
about his skull, tlie last of the brother-
hood there laid out to rest, has as
severe a look in his silent solcjnuity as
any of his more reverend brethren ;
and yet is it said of hint that he sits
u|n ight on his stone seat at nights, nnd
trolls such catches and tells such
stories, and is so comic in manner as
well m matter, tl>at the dead monks
regularly die of laughing, — ^until tha
descent of the night -dew awakens them
again to their nightly revel-
What a far more respectable, de*
ceased, churchman is the defunct and
gigantic monk ofUheinbreitbach! His
name is Hammerling, and hh olhce is
lo nurse and feod j>oor miners who
liapp^o to get imprisoned by accident
in the course of their perilous voca-
tion. He is somewhat capricious and
hasty, but compassionate withal,^ — and
he keci>5 a good larder too, or how
could he have maintained alive, and
even made fat^ those seven miners who,
l»y the fadling in of their cavernous
workshop, were confined seven years,
and were found much better than
could be exficcted, ut last ? At Stron-
Khintt-fand and iU Romanes*
[Murclu
*'irAlk»* waiting to be married; the
wilkififf and wjiitinj^ being their punish -
in«iil for expressing a desire to be
manried when they were in the Aesh,
la iho castle of Rheinfel^, there \s a
laore ghastljr sight thun that of two
jraoihml novices waudeHtig iu eoKl
alfectiot)« The fisht I allude to %s that
of the old chaplain of the Countess of
SatotfMUenbogcn« who poiiioned his
' skJlMi bj putting arsenic into tho
aneratnental cup* The penal tj of the
old murderer is to tke always mixing
the draught and drinking it himself*
Th«re are numl^rless spectral ahbata
too about th[» dtstrict who Ixire no
rtfj go*Ml reputiition when Uviog* and
who are a |*ertect nu**uice now they
m dead ; active in mischief, and ter*
Hbly seductive ; and there in not a poor
peasant girl who loans aolttarilj against
a gate, with her apron to her ejes»
and sometliing at her heart to keep it
adiing, who does not hj the blame
u(>un these tcrriblv Juanicglfaosts, who
go about in cowls and are as licentions
as when th«j were living! At 8t^
Goar, we meet, however, wiih the
name, if not tbe npnu of a reipoclabW
taint ; il is said of him that he could
lianff his cloak on a sunbeam and pass
a whole year without food. The un-
seen spirit IS act! re though invisible,
and once^ when Karlomau passed the
taint's grave without stopping to hear
a maas, St. Goar was so irritated that«
wiih a breath which jteemed to descend,
like a hurricane, from the hills, ho over*
turned the boat in which the emperor
and bis courtiers were seated, and
a«art^ drowned tlie illustrious pas-
sengers in return for their alleged im*
Stety. Pepin, the son of Karloman,
id not forget the insult^ and when, al
m subsequent period, his queen Ber-
tnida visited the shrine of the saint
and was left without refreshment till
the almost fainted* Pepin was so in*
diiguant thereat that he went down and
kmewhipped the prior! Karluman
had sheimletBraseBtuwDt than his ion,
aad tviiirnad good for evil lie made
• pnaenl to the nicmasterT of that
wonderftil btitl of wine, tho'liqutir in
whidi MT«r ipew lesv, although it was
for ever ni&mng at the sptgpu
Sarlonian ahiiMBsanQa|;i^ legendary
eni|i«rors, of whoso domaeii bofwever,
ks* IS said than we auglil haf« «i-
pecimU KveAthtKiiiiiptiihUof>€9ro*
nation seat, at Hhens has disappeared*
solid mnsonry as it was ; it ec^uld not
withstand the hammering of the French
republican«t. Mark^bur^ Ims its trua |
tftories more terrible thnn ix)manQeJ
It was lliere that Lewis the SeYeftl
murdered his wife, in a (it of jealoiisvl
as ungovernable as it was unfoundeiL j
lie beneadeil the poor lady in her own I
bed-room, and then flung all her ser* |
vants from the highest turret of tbej
C4istlo, as aecomnlices in a crime whiell I
existed only in liIs imagination. Witli \
the exception of this trifling weak*
nesi<, Lewis was an exceetlingly nroper I
knt ' n, and apt to IliII upoaJ
coil ; but such Uttle fiHtlei]
tattiiMu-u iiui the lustre of his cuirai^|
though they have rather dulleil the^"
of his nafne. Hcymon of Dordoiw^
was worthy of bearing nrms under isuch j
a master. This mirrorof chinilry, i
cording to the l^end, onee struck hit I
wife to the grouml with his gauntleted |
hand^ and strode across her body to]
greet his newly -discovered son Hey«
nold, whom he embraced with sttch ml
paternal bug that he laid the cartiU|K|Bi
of the young fellow's nose flat unon hti]
face ! Turning from him, he addressed j
himself to the countess, whom he had I
stretched upon the ground, and, witli J
the appellation of ^ heart's love,** po* I
litely requested her to arise. Reynoldii 1
in UM meantimei smartiotf uimw hifl
smatbfld noaei dfeotioDat^y retomedj
the ezoes of his lktber*s warmth fa^.1
protesting, ** to help kum Heaven, Mi J
was well-minded to lay Ida tire dMd |
at his feet r
There is nothing leA of Ibt palaoi I
of Karloman al Ingdhesm, save two of 1
the hundretl porphyry eelnmna hlete<||
bv the pope. One' of thete is m thi]
cnurch ; the other in a raleway, whidll
b itself a ruin. Tradifioci speaks of I
the great emperor riding out ^tuaf
hence nightly, m dij^u»e,aiide2k*^*' '
iug his imperial sense of liQ
the practical joke of silently 1
open his subjects* hcmaes, ai»d i
on their property. Hk toot
to haye ^fed for tlio
his magnt^iMil IhrMiai tl
where the you^ ftatibltft
main of cocks Ihr the yarpate
game was won by LwdwVi aaNl ti
with Iba tayribly naeasT uwomB.
But it ii, after alUilii tridksy spi
thai laad Wh and kmltaMi to
1854.]
Rhim-land and its Bomance*
245
Rliine and lUi legends. Who would
not have liked to have bcloDged to the
monaster/ at Gunsdori; that used to be
visited every nigbt by fairies of the
moat exquisite bcAuty und the lightest
of garments, and who u»ed to keep the
reluctant oM gentlemen up and feast-
ing till cock-crow ? Another fairy took
the form and name of the Wondrous
Harp of Luladorf, in the vicinity of
which ahe waa to be heard discussing
such music as might melt the soul.
There were other fays whose homea
were beneath the waters, and who were
Yery much given to entice young
koighta into the f^treaui, and ^et up
uafieised hou^^ebolds with them in
bowers below the cryittHl wavea. The
Liirley Berg i^ a height, the home*
place of a million echoes. In the vici-
nity once dwelt a lunid who was so
exqulftttely beauliful that she turned
I mad all who looked upon her, and de*
[•pairing busbaods of the gravest cast
[.eommitted suicide after beholding her.
The fatal siren was thereupon tried for
maiufold murder and witchcrafl, but
the urchiepiscopal judge, the lawyers,
the witnesseSf and the spectators fell
so deeply in love with her, that, like
' the tribunal that absolved Fhryne when
the nymph was unveiled before it, the
. court acquitted the accused by accla-
mation. Lurley still survives, in le-
fend at least; and no pilot who steers
is bark round the headland called by
, her name is safe from being swept
II overboard, if be raises his eves as his
^aan recognise the sound of her harp,
ftnd beholds her sitting In seductive
I beauty f singing him invitations to laud.
There is no more dangerous place upon
, the river — save, indeed, in the Wlusi)er
Dell at Loreh, which is noted for its
perib to youths of tender hearts from
'the tongues of sweet-volccd ladies. It
*wa8 at Lorch that the first red wine
was made, and the iulluence of the
\ grape is said to be strong on the lips
I of either spirit or mortal who, having
drunk of the eloquent juice, is led by
" ' t destiny to the fatal Valley of Whis-
Ko doubt. It muii t be confessed
i generous wine, n fair face, and a
I pleasant vale^ form a combination of
charms very suitable to put a man, as
Mr. Lumpkin says, ^* in a concatena-
tion accordingly/
The male followers of Oberon are,
as might be expected, mther rougher
in their moods than the ladies who wait
upon Titania. Their duties, too, are
sometimes droll, but without signifi-
cance. There is one whose mission it
is to go in quest of young ladies and
old nurses ; ond, when these have per-
formed the oflices required at their
hands, they are straightway deprived
of their souls, which nre fastened down
for ever, in duly ticketed pipkins I
There are water- wolfs and bottle- imps,
and there are the jol!y elf fraternity at
EbrentbaJ, whose sole business it is,
like Chaucer's friends, to
hold their hippes and loffe.
Werlau is the residence of the gnome
king uf shadows. In the valley is hut
dwelling-place, and it is said that when
two young persons of the locality be-
come attacned to each other, there
spring up in the valley two flowers,
called " soul- flowers." These tlowers
may be made an unerring test of the
affection that inspires the enamoured
pair, by applying them to the heart.
If the love be true and atedfast, the
flower is instantly reduced to ashes I
Stedfost heart o*er Cupid's flower
Hath such farce and hleaeed power I
With us, iu the olden time of En^bnd,
our romantic youth employed the
ranuiiculia bulboms as a test of strength
of affection. In thote davs, a swain
was wont to stu0* hb pocseta full of
*' bachelor's buttons,'* and, as they flou-
rished or withered, so did he judge of
his latly's love. Thus mine Ilost, in
the Merry Wives of Windsor, says of
Fentou*s love for sweet Anne r^sge,
^' He writes verses ; he speaks holyday ;
he smells April and May ; he will carry
^t \ he will carry *t f *tis in his buttons ;
he will carry 't ! "
The Rhine has more legends than
those I have told ; but such as I have
cited of each class will enable my read-
ers to conjecture (If they care to do
so) the quality of the rest. I will,
therefore, conclude with an incident
that belongs rather to history than
romance. Baccharach is the scene
where passed the bloody feuds main*
tained W the Palatine Herman and
the Archbishop Arnold of Mainz : the
Diet interfered, and condemned each
to carry a dog on his shoulders a cer-
tain distance. The Palatine performed
his share of the penalty, with many a
wry face ; but the At'cnbisho^^ beio^
246 Earl^ Fenmh Aicelkism — Paula and Eustochiums [March,
by hv too ¥ariorable a person to be
punished in any ^ay but by deputy, a
cerUiiii uumber of Km vassula weru
com polled, to tbcir 'great ediJkution,
to do thi« good service for tlicir lord I
Thig speciea of puniBbnient wns not
unconiniouly inllicled upon iUoso who
broke the peace of the empire, or who
were notoriously tyraanioal as vice-
gerenl3 of the emperor. The nobles
were compclloil to carry a cur-dog,
vaijiiak II stool f and pcasantii a p lough -
whed, on their shouldtirs, to the bounds
of the adjacent Kmiishlp, and lo endure -
patiently every hisult otTered thenJ
by the way* As we have seen, hig^l
cburchmen could pay the i>enaUy byl
representatives, — twenty vaAsals beiii§']
accountc<1 equivtilent to one arohi*!
bisjiiop I J, DoRAW.
EARLY FEMALE ASCETICISM— PAULA AND EUSTOCHIVM,
THE tender admiration with whieb
females regard their spiritual directors!,
Li a subject whicli in all agea lias
aroused the mirth of thoao who ^sit in
the scat of the Bcorner— a mirth which
we confess finds no response in our own
boBoms. The factj indeed^ that women
are, from their organization, more aus-
ceptible of religious inipredsions than
the coaraer sex, is one which no nsycho-
logibt will hesitate to acknowledge, and
thia being admitted^ it cannot very
much excite our surprise that the
preachers and teachers of religion
ihould obtain a large share in the vene-
ration awakened by the doctrines they
impart.
One of the most remarkable instances
of these spiritual liaisons that we find
recorded in the piige* of history, is that
which existed between St. Jerome and
the devout coterie by which he was
surrounded. To bis works wc are al-
ready indebted ;* and we design now to
borrow from them some of the epitaphs
by whieh he rewarded tbe most emi-
nent of bis female followers for their
enthusiastic respect for bis person, and
diligent observance of his tenets. We
must here, however, warn the reader
that, by eptlaphs, he ta not to imder-
stand those brief inscriptions on the
tomb which are signlfieil by that term
in modern times : thej<e epitaphs were
epiitles addressed to «ome mourning
relative or friend, whicb, while tbey
give a short history of tbe deceased,
and eulogise her virlucst, not only urge
the survivor to emulate ibe bright ex-
amplot but, in isouig instances, combine
a gentle chai)tie«mfiat with the exhor*
tat ion which the subject naturally givef |
rise to.
In entering upon this task, it is with
pleaisure that we leave below us the
mistd of fiction, and ascend to the purer
atmosphere of historical truth. Here
we find no idle tales of wild beasts con-
tradicting their nature ^ but we have
revealed to us conllicts between pas-
sion and principle that really occurred,
nnd sorrows whieh the heart only too
well knew. Perhaps, indeed, the par-
tiality of the Director for bis disciples,
and the friend for hit^ friends, has led
the Saint to touch somewhat too lightly
on the follicBi and weaknesses of these
devout Ifldies, and to paint in colours
too vivid their constancy and virtue.
Perhaps, too, not unfrequently when
their biographer sees their highest
triumph, the Protestant render will,
according to bis mood, find occasion
for the sigh of compassion, or the smile
of contempt : but, notwithstanding this,
we have no reason to doubt that in
these epitaphs we have before us a por-
traiture, on the whole not unfiiithful,
of the lives nnd conversation of several
Christian (a dies of rank in the second
half of the fourth century.
The name which first strikes the eye
in the long catalogue of female excel-
lence, ie that of the widow Paula, Her
biographer^s admiration for this lady
was such as to induce him to sound
her praises in language of hyperbole,
which, almost overstepping even poeti-
cal licence, is altogether unsuited to
the stricter decorum of the historical
muse. " Were all my members," cries
lie, ^^ changed into tongues, all anl-
' Makhue the Cuptive Monk; in our Nmnber for Oct. p« 374«
1854,] EArfy Female Ascetictsm-^Panfa and Eustochinm. 247
mJited with a liuman voice, my ptaiscs
[^oa!d still be urieqoal to the merits of
[ihe holy nnJ venertible Ptiula.**
I Nntlire and fortune^ indeed, Imtl
f ©Onspired to potir ihtih tbcir choicest
SAfl on tlie subject of \m memoir. On
e scofc of lilgli birth — ^an advnntiige
Ehich Jerome openly extols — her pre-
flisrons were singularly lofty t 1 hough
Itcrhnpf^ thoy would shrmk fhom a
[ienrchfng examination:^ her father,
I Indeed » traced his origin from Aga-
lihcmnon, king of men, and her motiier
[fliiimed connection with ^^milius
I PatiluSf the Gracchi, und the Hcipioi?.
f The more certain advantages of wealth
[ ftnd beauty the lady certainly possessed i
lilnd was happily married to loxotin-
i^hodc UneagOt derive^l from Mhi
I Iras scarcely less illustrious than ii^.
I bwn ; and fiTc children, four daughterst
[ind the youngest a son who inherited
[tte name of liis father, blessed the
jiluptial coucht While her Imsbnntl
liiTed, the behaviour of Paula and her
[daughters was but little distingmshcd
[^m that of the other iiohle andwenl-
thy matrons of Kome ; but no sooner
I ^as he gathered to his faf-hers, than a
i marked change came over the spirit
j bf the widow and orphans, who now
Inhibited the i$atae zeal in almngiving
[ Ind other good works which they had
^re\'iouf«ly displayetl in the pursuit of
"lies and fx-ivolities. Already in
lidst of a crowded and luxurious
Id the saintly Marcella set the ex-
ii of monastic austerity ; and at her
iition, and under her tuition, Paula
lie little Eu.et(>chimrt adopted the
fscTere rule. IVIonasticisni, how-
f, for some time mwJe uo great way
I in the Italian peninsula, until, in the
[year of our Lord 37'i, a synod was
I convened at Rome by imperial letters,
llbr the purpose of composing the dis-
lions which had for near forty years
Died the Antiochene Church.
Bg the mitred throng were Epi-
Klis of Constantia and Paulinua of
atioch, and in the train of the latter
J*ame Jerome^ the true founder of
I Western asceticism. To the pious Paula
f^i« rnn,,Hled the envied honour of
r In her house the Bishop of
J i. _- . awhile Paul in us and Jerome,
bough lodging in another manflion,
come ill for no small share of ber hos-
pitable attention. During the resi-
dence of fho lithr in Rome, his zeal
and eloqti il him golden opi-
nions Iron f-' of persons, and
many-tongucd rumour named him ns
probable successor to the papal chair*
Among his most ardent partisans he
might tjoast many high-born dames, of
whom we will only name the subjects
of our notice, Paula and Eustochium,
along with Marcella, Feliciana, and the
more celebrated Mebnia.
Under the guidance of the popular
preat^hcr, those who had already en-
tered on a recluse life, sought out a
still closer retirement; ancJ, the new
- ^' » having now gained the pn'sti^e of
^n, each day brought fresh con-
i ,1 i:i to its ranks. And this way of
life, though peril aps adopted in the
iii-st inBtance from caprice or f^nnuu
was by no means one of light or trivial
sacriftce. The easy indolence of mo-
dern devotion would shrink appalled
Irom tlie labours and sufferings which
these pious women imposed on them-
selves. With practiceB of self-denial
the most abhorrent to our nature, they
combined a depth of learning which
posterity will be content to ftdmire^
without attempting to emulate, Not
only did their eager spirit of in(|uiry
penetrate the most abstruse mysteries
of theologv, but the difficulties pre-
sented by tte study of lan^ages formed
no barrier to their active research*
The Hebrew tongue is known to pre-
sent the.«e to the learner in a remark-
able degree. In earlier times, indeed^
Ongen, whose unwearied application
gained lihn the surnames of the Ada-
mantine and Brazen-bowels, had more
than once thrown aside his books hi
despair ; and* subse<|uently, the acute
and learned Jerome found the trial al-
most too great even for his [K?rsevenince.
Whore, however, these ripe and able
scholars encountered stumbling-blocks,
the new devotees found only such ob-
stacles as enhanced the pleasure of
success. A mere enumeration of the
titles of Jerome's letters to Ma re el la
would exhibit the variety of subjects
which occupied the minds of the re-
cluses, and wouldj we think, make
modern ascetics hide their heads iti
* On the pedigrees of the Romau senators under the later emperors^ see Gibhoo'
*-*i*oe and Fall, Hi 196.
24^ Barlif Fetnale AscMicUnh^^Paula and Emtochium* [Marchi
humble acknowlodgraent of tLeir ow&
inferiority- As a Bpeclmen we give the
following :— The Ten Hebrew Names
of the DeitjT, Certain Hebrew Worda,
The Word DiApsalmft, The Epho<i and
Teraphim, The Commentaries of lUie-
tietua^ The Montaniatd, The NoTatiiin
Heretics, and The Hebrew Alphabet ;
with whichf though more remnin be-
hind, we close the appalling cata-
lo^jue.
The strictest life, however, will have
its momenta of rehixatioD, the austereft
persons their outbreaks of gaiety ; and
so it was with the Roman recluses.
One of those melancholy attempts at
mirth we shall give, not us being ex-
cellent in its kind, but as the bnefest
we can select. It mui^t be premised
that Marcella and her friends have
sent some presents to Paula and Eu-
stochium, and that the latter, in acknow-
ledging the receipt of the gilts, arc
supposed to have called to their aid the
more practised pen of their director.
The letter runs as follows • —
Paala and EuBtochium to Marcella and
the ladies of her Society.
Our per^oua being separated, our sole
eoniolation is in the intcrcotirte of the
•onl, aad i» this friendly dutj we do, e&ch
and kll of ua, what we caq. You »eiid ub
fretenti, and we ^ive joy letters in return,
a doing so, however, wc miiit not for-
get we ore veiled nuns, and ai such are
boand to prove that some injrsteries are
latent in your glfli. The sackcloth 8%.
nifies fasting and prayer, while the chaird
remintl us that nuni^ out of doori are out
of plAGC ; the candle»j that we should keep
our lights burning, and so await the coming
of the Bridegroom *, the cups indicate mor-
tiUcaCion of the de«h, aod a mind ever
prepared for martyrdom,— ^/br the intthri-
cating cttp of the Lord, how ghridfUi is
it/ Your offering us little fly-flaps ele-
gaotlj tntiinstes that we should lose no
time in ex tingni tilling the lui^ts of the fle^h ;
for flies perish in an hour, and dry up the
oil of swei*tnes3. Let thl^i be a model for
virgins — this an example for matrons. Us,
however^ your gifts salt only too well,
though in another and warfi« sense. We
are idle, so have use for your choirs ; we
are penitents, so need your sackcloth ; we
driak wine, so require your cups. Again,
too* our terrors hy night, and our luinds
kept always alarnicnl hy thv; eonsciouitnens
of guilt, make your candles when lighted
tnosC pleasant companions by our bed-^ide.
In such innocent occupations passed
monotonously, but not tediousljr, the
hours of the asceticf* But, in a cltT
like Home, innocence and pieij formed .
no protection against the envenomed I
tooth of malice* There^ as Jeromai
with some bitterness remarks, people 1
deemed it the highest triumph to dente j
what was pure, and bring down the 1
reputation of others to the level of ]
their own. The Roman clergy had
long repined at Jerome's brilliant sue-'
CQsa, and now found a ready instru-
ment of their malice in a worthiest ,
wretch^ who ventured obscurely to in» I
timaio that he had been witness of i
some unseemly conduct on the part of ]
Jerome and the saintly Paula. A ju«
dicial investi^tton ensued, the exact
nature of which we know not; but tlio \
man, being put to the torture, retracted
his previous statement. The historian
of the Decline and Fall of the Horn ait
Empire expresses himself satisfied of I
the innocence of the lady and her di-
rector; and the evidence which in such
u case is suflicient for hiui^ will easily \
find acceptance with others. I
Though acquitted of this charge, the |
public voice Drought another against
the preacher of asceticism, from whicJi |
he cou!d not so easily clear himaelfi j
It was urged that from him his prose- !
lytes had iL'urut, in the observance of]
useless practices of superfluous self- '
denial, to neglect the duties of thai {
station to which Providence had called ]
them ; and on more than one oeoa* I
sion the murmurs of the people wers 1
near breaking nut into open violence* |
Paulfi*;s eldest daughter, BlaL^silla, had
been left a widow at tiie age of twentyi I
upon which she betook herself to se» I
elusion, and by study and fasting sooa i
liroiight herself to an untimely end.
The grief of Paula for her loss was so ^
cjtcessive as somewhat to acandsdiiM^ tho i
devout s(*ct to wliieh slie belonged*
When her daughtei* was laid in tlie j
tombi she was borne Eiway insensible — •
a sight which exiisperated the by- \
atanders to such u degree thnt Jerome
was in danger from tncir fury. They ]
muttered to one another, he tells ui, {
** Is not this just what we aaitl ? The)
lady hoped to have seen her daughter |
happy in a second marriage, and novr I
&he see^s her brought to ihc grave bjfl
those execrable l'a«t,s. Had we butth« j
hpirit of men, vre yhould drive this de- J
testable race of monks from the city,
if we did not rather stone them to
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nth, or ding them headlong into the
Tiber."
The hatred of the rival clergy might
be endured, but the animosity of the
populace made Jcrome'it position so
painfulf that be detenu ined on quitting
the city, aud seeking in the holy regions
of Palestine a refuge from the angry
jjassions of men. The natural affec-
^tions — lively as they were in the breast
f Paula — ^gave way to her desire of
eli^ion^ perfection^ and her veneration
br ner spiritual g^ide. Leaving her
Itwo youngest children to the care of
I their relations, she embarked with
lEustochium and some female attend-
jtoU on board the vessel which, in the
lAugust of the year 375, bore Jerome
Ifrom the shores of Italy. Wc are told
that, while the gaze of the other pas-
jlten|5ers wsa bent on the shores from
^hich they were fast receding, Paulo,
~I8 a final triumph of resignation and
elf-sacrifice, kept her eyes averted
rom the strand, on which her young
[children stood weeping, :nid pitifully
nploring her return.
Arrived in Syrifl, the pilgrims under
Ithe guitlance of Jerome visited all the
Ifpots in the Holy Land which the Old
|%nd New Testament have consecrated
flo mem ory . We, sh a 1 1 n o t fol low them
siosely in their route. The s<*enes of
Ithe Birth and Passion nf our Suvlour
hatarally excited in Paula's ardent
mind the tendcrest emotion, lu the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, her
pious transports were such th:itshenot
only kisse<l the stone which, if we mny
tru*it tradition, the angel rolled away
from the mouth of the tomb, but
actuMlly licked llie site on which our
Lord's body is said (o have reposed.
In the Cave of Rethleheni, the en-
thusiastic matron fell into n trance in
which were revealed to her waking
evi's the early incirlenta of the gospel-
narrative: the Holy Bribe Win;; in the
mimger tendi^il byliis Virgin- Slothcr,
the visit of the Miigi, the slaughter of
the Innocent?, and the llight of the
Holy Family into Egy[>t, Having
wander«*d over Palestine, the travellers
made their way to the realm of the
Pharaohs, and visited the cells of Nitrin,
where, a*^ the Saint ptiiys upon the
word, the tilth of the sin« of many was
daily washed away by the pure nitre of
virtue. The courteous reception of the
lady and her retinue by Isidore Bishop
QjuTT. Mao. Vol. XLL
and Confessor and olber pillars of the
Church almost determined her to end
her days in that ** town of the Lonl C'
but the fmick eye of her Director dis-
cemed that even in that peucelul re-
tirement "vipers" lay hidden, by
which we are to undci'stand that some
of the Solitaries were infected with the
errors of Origen. This discovery of
Jerome's and her own longing for the
scenes of the Gospel-narrative induced
the widow to adhere to her original
deaign, and, returning by sea to Pa-
lestine, she fijced her abode at Beth-
lehem, where, as we have before had
occastou to mention, in the course of
the three following years, she built four
monasteries, three for nuns, which she
directed herself, and one for mtmks,
which she entrusted to the conduct of
Jerome; and, not satisfied with this, on
that very spot where four hundred
years before Joseph and Mary had in
vain sought for shelter, she erected a
hospice or lodging-house for the re-
ception of wayworn pilgrims. Though
herself Superior of these houses, she
aud her daughter did not shrink fruui
performing with their own hands the
very lowest menial oiEces which their
management rei|uircd. They who bad
once shuddered at the filth and in-
equalities of the public streets, and had
been bozne aloft m luxurious indolence
on the shoulders of eunuchs — who had
found their silken robes almost too
great a burden for their delicate frames,
might now be seen trimming the lamp,
kindling the fire, shelling legumes,
boiling j>otherbs, and spreading the
board with their scanty meal.
Zeal like this will ever lind cavillers.
A whisjierer — one of a most pernicious
class of men, as the Saint justly ob-
serves— intimated to the enthusiast that
the public voice proclaimed her to be
a madwoman. The lady, however, was
not for a moment at a loss for an
answer. " VVe are fools for Christ's
sake," returned she, " and the wisdom
of God is the foolishness of men.*'
The rules which she laid down for
the management of her nunneries afford
a stinking instance of the singular prac-
tical ability which we find not unfre-
f|uently combined with extraordinary
religious zeal ; but this subject we must
pass over, contenting ourselves with
remarking that to govern by example
rather thao precept wai Uie ooraet*
550 Ea%*ltf FemaU AiCfiticUm^Paula and Eustochium, [March*
f tone of her sjatem. With respect to her
dieti its mcngreness was such as to call
forth the CL'nsurc of her ppiritual ad-
visers. In thu heatB of July the vra? at*
tacked bj a fever, and for aorac time hei*
liib was despaired of, but the disorder
taJdnff a favourable turi), her medical
altenuaiitfi recommended the use of a
little iliin wine; the puiieot, however,
Wfts ■ ^ ■ ' - '- it, and Jerome,
thir iithority would
be ij... .. ...M.,j *.p |.t'_viijl, requested
Epiplinnius to expostulrtte with the re-
fniciory {letceite. The Bishop undertook
the tu»<ktand,on his leaving ihe invalid's
chandler, was questioned by Jerom6 iis
to his suecesjJt *' My bUcccHS has be<Mi
grent truly,** replied Epiphaniua with
a smile; **she han ulmoat persuaded
me mvself to give up the u^e of wiue,
tiiou^Mi none would refuse the in-
dui^eucc to my advanced years/*
The heresy of Origen h»*id now for
mnny years distracted the Eastern
Churches ; and it was not to be sup-
posed that the leaders of timt sect
would leave unattempteil a con(|UiJiit
^ important ns Paula. An Origenist
endeavoured to perplex the mind of
the widow with some of thoae questions
which occupied in the middle ages the
restles*! ingenuity of the »choolmen,
and which Charles Lamb ha'^ happily
termed the ** rottcnojit part of the core
of the fruit tbiit ft^ll irom the tree of
knowledge/* Their profanity and in-
decorum are such that there are unly
two of the number which we can cite
with a clear conscience, the one being,
*^ What ^in has an infant committed
that it should beposficssed by ademon?"
and the other, " In the resurrection
what will be the ase of those who rise
jii» ?*— that at which they died ?^if
I liti ^UrtP"'* infants wUt have need of a
irs^T but if of a dilJerent :i;tc, in that
4Si80 the resurrection of the di^ud, as it
til called^ will l>e a transfurmatlou into
other persons/' The conclusion sought
to be established vras, that creatures
endowed with reason had been guilty
of sin in a stuie of pre-exLstence>, and
so had been coudemnetl to imprison-
ment in human bodies, and thai their
condition in this world wna more or
less tolerable according to the magni-
tude of the odencej* tbey^had committed
belbre they entered it. Tlie lady re-
ferred these hard questions to her
X>ir«ctor, who at once hastencMl to €a-
countor the ** pestilent viper and deadly
beast^" as in his forcible lan;^uage he
terms him ; and his triumphant rcfti' I
tat I on of the ti nibbles of the OrigenisI '
quickly brought satisfaction to himaeli^
and serenity to the mind of his disciple.
In the meanwhile, the narroir cell
of the recluse could not entirely shui
out the alternate joys and sorrowi
which fall to Ibe lot ot those who take
upon themselves the cares and dutieg
ot maternity. In the year 397 died
Paula's second daughter Paulina, wife
of that Pammacbius who in early lite
had been Jerome's fellow "Student al i
Tieves ; but this loss was perhape
more than compensated to ttie for*
rowing relatives oy the widower's em*
bracing the monastic profession. The
domestic circumstances of Toxotiuii
on the con trnry, brought unmixed plea-
sure to the heart of his mother. In
the pride and thoughtlessness of youtli
he had irreverently scoffed at the saintlj
Jerome as a fool and a madman ; but
becoming the husband of L^ta, who,
though dau<|hter of the Heathen Pontifil ^
was herseti an eminent example of ;
Christisin piety, a salutary change
was quickly wrought upon his waj»
ward spirit. The devout Licla, like e
second Hannah, had dedicated to God,
even before it.s birth, the tirst offspring
of the marriage, and it proving to b5
a girl, she gave it the name of its
ascetic p"ftnaam. The joy which this
event dilliiscd througlmut the Nun-
neries of Bethlehem was destined soon
to receive an increase. Jerome, on
hearing of the child's birth, wrote an
epistle to its mother, giving precepte
for its instruction in morality and reti*
gion : the letter concluding with the
remark, that such instruction was best
to be found iu the retirement of Beth»
lehem ; and promising that, if the child
were sent thither, the writer would
himself act as its governor and nurse
— would bear it on his aged shoulders,
and teach its lisping tongue to utter
the accents of praise ; and would deem
himself made more glorious by such a
charge, than if, like Aristotle, he had
the future JVIaster of the World en-
trusted to his guidance. Thus sum-
moned, the fond parents did not hesitate
to expose their iirst-borti to the perils
of the ocean. The infant arrived at
Bethlehem ; and, to the deliglit of the
doting Paula, it was heard, while jet
Earlt/ Female Asceticism — Paula and Emiochium*
■
■
■
in its cradle, to murmur an indistmct
Hallelujah— a precocity whicli the re-
cluses around were disposed to ascribe
to miraculous interposition.
The expenses of building and main-
taininjr four monasteries and a hospice
were heavy enough to exhaust even
the largo property of the heiress of
Agamemnon and the Gracchi. To the
latter, in especial, great crowds re-
sorted^ drawn thither not only by tlie
detfire of viewing the holy places around,
but also by the workl-wide celebrity
uf the foundress j and the burden at
length become so great that Jerome in
the year 397 sent hi^ joung brother,
Paulinus, to their birthplace in Pan-
nonia, with instructions to make some-
thing, il'possiible, of the ruined farm-
houses whichi after the ravages of the
Goths, were all thai remained to them
of their paternal property ; at the same
time, ID a letter to rammachius^ he
expresses his fears that; himself aiul
Faula would be found like the man in
the gospel, who began to build a lower
and coutded not the cost. The widow*s
liberality indeed exceeded all reason*
slble bouudi, for, not satisfied with ex-
hausting her own resources, she bor-
rowed Targe sums of money, with no
prospect of repaying thera. Her more
prudent Director reminded her that our
Saviour enjoins him only that hath two
coai« to give to him that hath none ;
but was met by a sophism, which does
no great credit to the judgment of
Paula. " If I ask for money/' argued
the lady, '* there are many who will
reftdily lend it me : but for this beggar,
unless I relieve his wants, as I can do
by borrowing elsewhere, he will per-
haps die, and then at whose hands will
his soul be rei^uired ? " The result of
this unfair reasoniog was, that fit her
decease there devolved upon Jerome
and Eustochiuni the burden of her
debts, and the charge of maintaining
vast crowds of pilgrims, whoiUi as her
biographer remarks, it was all but im*
possible to support, yet impious to c«*Jt
At length, in the year of our Lord
404, and in the 55th of her age, Paula
fell into a languishing disorder, and
tiefore long it was evident that her last
hour was approaching. By her bed-
side stood Jerome and Eustochium,
John of Jerusalem, and many other
bishops, while the apartment was
crowded with presbyters and monks,
mingled with the nuns of the con-
vents she had founded. Her Direc-
tor observing that for some time she
had kin silent, thought she was in
pain, and asking if anything ailed her,
received for answer that she had now
nothing to trouble her — every thing
seemed (luiet and tranquil. After this
she kept repeating in a faint voice some
verses of the Psalms, and at length,
making the sign of the cros^i, breathed
her last breath in sounding the praises
of the Lord, The crowd around fol-
lowed her example, and at the solemn
moment of her dtjparture broke out
into no idle lamentations, but endea-
voured to console their grief by holy
chaunts and hymns. Bishops bore her
body to the tomb, and her remains
were laid in the Church of the Cave of
the Nativity, where the wail of the
mourners in the Latin, the Greek, and
the Syrian tongues, conlinued during
a whole week without ceasing.
The leai'ned pen of Jerome has in-
dited some hexameter lines in praise
of his disciple, which were inscribed on
her torabi and of which we will only
say that the execution is altogether
unequal to the pious afTection that
inspired thein, Li better taste he com-
posed her epitaph ^ being an enistle to
the bereaved Euiitochium, which was, as
he tells us, dictated to an amunuensis,
for, when he attempted to write, hia hand
sank, iin nerved by grief, and refused
the mournful oflice. To that record it is
that we ure indebted for the preceding
brief detail of the life and conversation
of the ascetic Paula, in which, if there
is much we may blame or may cavil
gt, there is assuredly no less that com-
mands our respect and admiration.
i\ J. y.
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IN our last number we devoted a
considerable apace to the notice of tUe
edition of the Septuao-int, lately pub-
lished by the Christian Knowledge
Society tor the benefit of the Greek
clergy* We m>w propose to take a
more summary review of the laat edition
of the LXX. which issued from the
Oxford Press. We fear our readers
will iind it even more exeepttonable
and blamewctrthy than that of the So-
ciety, It is not pleasant to find fault
with our Alma Mater^ for whom we
entertain sincere love and profound
veneratiotit and we shall forfeit every
claim to public confidence, unless wc
substantisite the charges we advance.
It should be premised, that when
the former article was writleni we were
not in possession of this Oxford edition
of the LXX. We had heard that it
contained the spurious parts of Esther,
and we condemned it accordingly on
that account. But it was not till aflter
that article was printed, that we were
enabled to appreciate its entire eha-
ractwr, which we shall now endeavour
to place before our readers.
From the time of the Reformation,
there have been two distinct orders of
armnginty the books of the Old Testa-
ment. The one is the ancient order,
which dates from the days of Origen
and Jerome, and which intermixes the
apocryphal with the canonical books.
It is not pretended that this is critically
correct, or that this order existed in
the days of Christ and fns apostles. It
is nnt pretended that it h contL-mporary
with the version of the LXX. or that
any of these apocryphal writings were
madei or introduced, by the translators*
Qnvin^ no Hebraic original} they can-
not really form part of the Septuagint.
They can be recjardcd in no othcrlight <
thiin as ancient Hellenistic interpola-
tions, by unknown writers.
When Luther arose, he disclaimed
these intrusive encroachments on the
Word of God, and relegat^jd the apo-
cryphal writings to a separate appendix.
In this deed of separation he was war-^-
ranted by the antbority of Origen and
Jerome, who had denounced them a*
extra -canonical, and branded them
as having no cliiim to divine inspira-
tion. With that intuitive decision
which characterised the leader of the
Reformation, lie banished them from
the body of the Bible, to follow in
its train, as menials and attendants.
His entire version appeared in 1.^30,
but previously it had been published
in parts. This is apparent from the
preface to the first edition of the LXX.
which adopted his arrangement, Ar-
gent. 1526: — Ratio Partitionis. Pm
inde in pfirlHwue et geine roluminum
seqmiti mumis M, Lxdhemm^ unum ilium
ft pr<rstmitis^imuM mcranmi litcrarum
rhoenicem, qui eum ordmem^ qttem hio
videSy in Germanica g^ta BibUonmi Pfr-
simic^ okwrvapit. Unde et qnost Apo'
ctyphos meant libros^ mnnes adjmem in
unumfascem coUegimus; sunt enim tnles^
qui in Hebneis Bibliis non mnt fpiigue
in ordinem redactiy in omnibus fidt
digni non mnt. Quos el eo conftitio se*
junximfLiy ut qui volet in primim libeUttm
sepouere qiteat.
This critically correct and reformed
order was immediately followed by all
the vernacular versions amongst the
continental Protestants, and was alio
more gradually introduced into their
editions of the LXX» It became Uie
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253
great meridian line between Uie Pupal
'and Protestant editions; nor, till we
j reoentlj became possessed of the edi*
I iions at the head of this article, could
I Ve have doubted that it was likewise
adopted hy the Protestant Uiiivei*flity
of Oxford. What then was onf amaze-
' ment and diaappointraentH, to find that
the Delegates of the Clarendon in 1848
still adhered to the Septuagint of the
, M style! And tin?;, be it remembered,
^ does not apply to some scholastic
J edition, like that of Gmbe, or to the
yfactimile editions of Kipling, Woide,
1 or Baber, but to the ordiuarjr nhck
, editions, which appear from tmie to
time for the use of the coontry clergy,
and wliich are so cheap, that even the
poorest curate may afford to purchiwe.
We «ay, this is a deliberate insult to
"our Proteatant canon, and a direct
violation of our Sixth Article. It ie
also an offence against critical pro-
I priety, and such an offence, as would
I Uot be tolerated in any ordinary edititm
f4>f a profane author. Who would print
"the works of Cicero or Cajsar, with in-
terpolations which Cicero or Cte^ar
never wrote, nor could have written ?
** Luce clariuM e^/," says Walton, " Hhrvs
omnei Apocrypho* ciim reliqftU Cajuynieis
^wermx non Juisst^ ciim eorum outdam
Une temporijs non ejstiterint^ sea longo
h>iit tpnpore scripti .tm/." — But the
rquestinn at issue relates to the Word
rof GOD, as distinguished from the
iword of man. How painful to every
[flerious and devotional student, to lind
^ehemiah followed by To bit and his
iog ; to find the apocryphal Wisdom
[of Solomon, and Siracb, preceding the
|€TangeUc Isaiah, and all the prophets ;
I to find Judith before the Psalms of
Pl)ftvid, and the spurious Epistle of
^Jeremiah introducing us to the Visions
of Ezekiell What a Babel is here
■placed before our eyes ! Can the mis-
i takes of copyists, or the confusion of
fWSS. or the traditions of anti«iuity,
fbe pleaded as any apology for this
[ bflensive spectacle r
From the order, or rather disorder,
the Books, we advert to the far
important subject of the text.
>teU,thetextoftheLXX.hi*3
en critically revised amongst
r any collation of MSS. Some one
— the Vatican, or the Alexandrian*
littfl been doggedly followed; large
hatn^. which could have been ea«llv
supplied} have been left unrcplenished ;
manifest bluuderd and falsities have
been retained in the text; numerous
dislocations have been left unrectified:
nay, even the coiimioo rules of itnth-
metic have been frequently set at
nought, in the natursd sequence of
chapter and verse.
We shall now endeavour to justify
these charges, by some few illustrations
and examples, — premising, that they
arc only n few out of many, rari nantea
in gurgiie vastu. It would tire the pen
of* the writer, and the eye of the reader,
if we attempted to exhibit them in
extemo.
When we affirm that the text of the
LXX. has not been formed by a col-
lation of MSS. the assertion must be
understood with some limitations. The
Vatican MS. or, to ^peak more cor-
rectly, the Six tine or Roman Exem-
plar of the ^'atican, is compelled to
borrow the first forty -seven chapters
of Genesis, chielly from the Compluten-
sian text. It is also compelled to adopt
that text, in several of the last chapters
of the third bcK>k of Kings, and from
the 105 th to the lawth Psalm. With-
out such insertions of the Complut^n-
sian, the Vatican would have exhibited
lis own tremendous vacuities. But
we mean, that the text has never been
recti tied and adjusted by any joint
collation of MSS» Bimilar to that which
Mill and Griesbach have employed
on the New Testament. We submit,
that the duty of collation is precisely
parallel in both case^, but that it has
never yet been practically extended
to the LXX. Take e. g. the spurious
verse introduced into the Vatican,
Dcut. xxvii. 23, which interdicts — a
question now bo much agitated — the
marriage of the deceased wife's sister.
It is left in the Oxford edition just as
if it had a right to be there, whereas
it ou{;ht either to have been totally
expunged, or at least Htigmati&ed with
obdi. So in Ps, xiii. 3, an interpo-
lation from Horn, uu 13 continues to
astonish and confound the collator of
the Hebrew. Even the mass of apo-
cryphal prayers and hymns— not ior-
gctting Upaatv^Tj Maptat rijy OconiiKOu^-
is scrupulously exhibited at p. P259 of
thia etfition. Perhaps this may pass
with the Delegates, as collation ; at
any rate, it ranks as PtMor Varietas Co^
flieis Alexandrini, — Surely the editors
The 0.rfcrd Ediiion of the Sepimgmt. [March,
of the Vulgate. It is also given in Bo§,
but never in the edit. 1848.— Even tlie
tflble fur rectifying the dislocated
chapters in Jeremiah is omitted.
It ijr our full belief Miat Bishop
Pearson, who was deeply conversant
with the LXX. appreciated this diffi-
culty, and applied his learning and
talents to provide the remedy. When
ahont forty years of age, heifa^ nilniitcr
of St. Clement's Easteheap. It was at
thi3 time, 1G53, that a handsome edi-
tion of the Septuagiiit appeared from
the press of Roger Daniel. It was,
Htrange to say, the first which bud
appeared in England. It was the
Edith Pf-inceps Anglicana. It adopted
the Keformed order of the hooks, like
that of the foreign Protestant editiona
of tlie LXX. and like our English
Bible. It was in harmony with our
biblical canon, aa laid down in the
gjxtli Article. It ignored the old Ito-
miah order, and threw the apocryphal
books into appendix. It omitted the
apocryphal parts of Esther. It purified
Daniel from Susanna and Be! ; in short,
to a gi*eat extent, it harmonized the
order of the books and chapters ac*
cording to the original We *ay, to a
great extcnti for it left much to carry
out it^ plan. The transpositions of
Jeremiafi were not rectified. In th(5
Third Book of Kings, large portions
remained uncorrected (these are easllj
distinguished by the absence of sticho-
mctry)* butmust^ if not all» are noticed
and corrected in the Scholia, The
object and design of the Scholia iiro
pluinly intimated in the concluding ob*
scrvfttions : — In Notatwiihus citatur tw-
terdum Tfxbis Sciiptm^iE^ iton ui juxta
Codivem Vat, iinpresuJis est^ scd ui est in
tdiiit MSS. ex qntbus plercoqtie notatiafus
stitntie smit: tdfpie constdlo factum^ ut
ea varieiuSi prater mi. ma in wtuiiotdliVA^
tamen cjstaret. The same remark is still
more plainly repeated in a short address
" To the Render,*' ( LectoHJ in which
this p!an of fiUinij up the lacunit of the
Roman edition i:i briefly delineated
and exemplified. It is dedicated to
the Westminster Scholars, who were
then under the care of Busby, the
intimate friend of Pearson. — ^Tow, it
is plaioi t!uit such a plan required
the hand of a master. It was na
ordinary inind which could devise,
or execute, this renovation of the text
of the LXX. In short, no ane then
254
would have ajctedfar more wisely, had
tuch extraneous matter been altogether
omitted.
If, instead of placing all tfiis muss
of error and confusion befure the
reader, sometimes in the text, at others
In the notes, a faithful mid critical in-
vestigation of the text had been adopted,
un the plan of Griesbach*s edition of
the New Testaoient, we should enjoy
Bome prospect of ultimately obtaining
the natural concord between the ver-
sion and the original. The general
rule to be observed would have been
to prefer, cteteris paribus^ tlie reading
which answered best with the Hebrew,
and which thus rendered the version its
fiiitliful represcntati vc- By this method,
the numerous MSS. collated by Holmes
and Parsons miglit have been brought
to shed lut<tro and improvement on
the text. It would have been a work
of much skill and labour, of profound
Iciirhing, and of great critical sagacity ;
but the object would have justified the
dedication of the highest talent. It is
just that species of labour and talent
which may be demanded from well-
endowed professors of Greek, Hebrew,
and Divinity, at our universities.
But even supposing this demand to
be too high, as requiring snme Pear-
ion's extraordinary conjunction of 7-eal
and learning to tulfil the taiik, yet
iurely we might reiisonablv look for
an impioverl edition of the LXX.,
from a collation of the Complutensian,
Vatican, and Alexandrian texts. It in
fortunate, we had almost said provi-
dential, that whatever is false or defec-
tive in the one, may be easily rectified
by thu other. But this result can never
be obtained by merely placing them
in juxtaposition. It is oy the substitu*
tiun of one tor the other, that the only
practical improvements can be made
in the text. All else terminates in
darkness and confusion. Let u man
sit down to study the Septuagint in
the edition of Ilolmes and Parsons,
«he Will soon feel the truth of this
riion. The same effect, on a smaller
sCAle, results from the study of thu last
Oxford Septuagint, The student has
no critical guide to aiil and direct him
in the choice of lections. Nor ha* he
any friendly hint, as Morinus oflen
supplies from the notes of NobiUus, to
inform him — non eat in llehrat}. This
hint is common in all the ancient edits.
The Oxford Edition r*fihe Septuagint,
I
■
In Kngland but John Pearson could
Imve ventured o»i the bboui\ We
assert that the Preface, short as it is^
betokeni the hand of a nm^tcri uud the
Scholia contain irrefragable evidence
th<*7 were composed bjr the author of
the Pre/aiio PanEneiica, which ap-
peared twelve yeara afterwards, when
Pearson had become the Master of
Trintt/ at Cambridge. We Ibrbear to
enlarge on the merits? of that Preface
— they are uoiversally aeknowl*.*dgetU
In the concluding paraj^raph^ lie a^^uin
avows his desire of a re visa! of the text :
Quoruam nuiem h<rc Seninntm VersiOf
etiam S* Hirranymi tentjivyre corruptil
fuit fltnuc violiita* lianda ext opcra^ nt
m pristiim pitnUm restitni tt rvdinteg*
jpttri pos^iU &L'- He closos, by wishing
lliat Ifsiiac Vossius would undertake the
work. But, aa Orabe has sajraciously
hinteti, it hail been nmeh blotter* if
Pearson himself had executed his own
wishes- He had equal erudition, and
far superior judgment, — ►It should bo
distinctly remembere«l| that this Cam-
bridge edition copie.'i that of London^
even in il5 tvpograiihical erratti. That
the Master of Trinity, under the well-
known initials J. P. would not have
written a prtiface, or given Ins sanction
'io anjr edition of the LXX. of which
lie did nrtt approve the order and
arranj^euiL'nt, is a lelf-evident truth.
The natural inference again follows^
that Pearson was the real and respon-
sible editor of both these editions of
the LXX* We possess a copy of the
Scholiat from the biblical collection
of the Duke of Su*isex, on the lly-leaf
of which this fact ta recognised m the
following inscription written in a very
old hand — Jtmnni^ P> arsons Ep* Cm-
laiia.
Nor does it at all affect the furce
of this conclusion, that these editions
are somewhat incorrectly printed,
Pearson had too much on his hands to
turn corrector of the press, and it was
then no easy matter, for the iirst time.
to print a correct Septuagint, so many
arc the peculiarities of grammar and
orthography. Nor does it impair
this chain of circumstantial evidence,
thnt Bishop Walton has spoken some-
what disparagingly of botii these edi-
tions, OS being too much accommodated
to the existing Hebrew text** It is
diilieult to reconcile this objection with
other parts of his Prolegomena. In
sect. ix. 3 (p. 139, edit. Wranghara),
he menti<^>ns the numerous transposi-
tions in the text of the LXX.^ and
accounts for them xipe ex sckedanwi cow-
fushne — five ei sciolorum audacia, &c.
but vindicates the original order and
authority of the translator*. Now* this
was all that Bishop Pearson required
to K^nnetion his adjustment of chapter
and versci to the order of the original,
and it exactly corresponds to the plan
luid down in both the London and
Csimbriilge editions : nor* indeed, does
Walton hiuiiielt^ appear to have any
other object in view. J^l in hoc numme
labormtilnm^ xi qui mrm in ipm f tJrr-
sionfj ocirurrani^ at ex diligrnti rallU'
tione cfim Ilcbrao aliisque VeU. monU'
mentis^ et dinUnguendo inter librarityrvm
f'mtta et glo^tefnata in textum illapm
fpiiP proruus ejiciendof et idia qutB In-
ter pp. hpifui tribtiuntttrt cmn tcxtii Heb.
t'Ohctltatift fiify et itu tandem prittino
nilifri Ver/iio Acer! ntdAlitnima et auti"
tfuUtinna rettitttatur, — Sec* 56, p, 167|
edit. WrRDgham*
Such were the comprehensive views
of these master critics. But there are,
ami always have been, editors of an-
other spirit ; men sei'vilely cleaving
to the MS. or adhering to the mis-
takes of transcribers; who convert
errors into various lections, and who
exhibit and amplify their erudition by
enoriuous piles of antiquated blunders.
These " l»lack-letter dogs/' as they
were facetiously called by the author
of " The Pursuits of Literature," can
nevei* let an old blunder be forgotten.
They delight to immortalize errata and
* TJiertf is, indeed, some apology for Walton and Boa in their aoimadtrersicins.
This edition was falsely characterised on the title-pag*^— /«jf/a Exemplar Vaiicanum
RomeB editum, acenrotiaime el ad gmussim tet^VMutn. — Now, ancU a description
of It could tiefrr have been girea by the real editor; tar it did not follow the
Romin, etea in the order of the booki, much U'sa in numeroos portious of the teit.
The inference, therefore, is, that the titte-page wm left solely to the printer and hw
asaistanta, who strove to recommend the work by a fslse but pUui^lbte ssiertion. It
waa the publitihcr, not the editor^ who could alone hare been guilty of inch a palpable
lUiitateaieat.
h^/TfUml^Huon f»fthe Septunginl,
c<
atfmXfiaTa; thcy juntiiy tlie rebuke of
Time oii the aid Oxford antiqujiry^ —
Fk on jovLT memory, Mojter Hearne 3
WMtcfer I forget^ you learn.
Such men find an inoxhau^tii>!e charm tn
the lacuneg — the transpositian — the in-
ierpolation of the MbS. of the LXX.
What is it to theui that The Addibimeritti
£iM. have not ashadow of authenticity?
Are not they as old as the days of
Origen aod Jerome ? What to them
that "Susanna" and "Bel** have no
more right to form parts of Daniel,
than if we were to deform our English
Bibles by some monkish legend or
mediaeval fable ? It is true ** The Sonfi
of the Three Children" was never
intoned in the ilanlei^ that it wan
probably the exercise of some ingeni-
ous Hellenistic student — ^but it existed
long before the era of the Reformation
— ergo^ we have no critical right to
denounce such ancient forgeries.
Now, really we should apologise for
this sarcastic language, had we any
liopc of reclaiming these learned scho-
liasts from their perverse obliquities*
But centuries have passed away, and
the Oxford text of the LXX. a.i>.
1848 remains unaltered and unim-
proved. It is in vain that all the Pro-
testant editions of the Septuagint in
Germany and Holhuid— in vain that
Person at home^ unci Bos and Brei-
lmg<rr abroad, have followed the ex-
ftinple of T . . t } u . , , . , , <1 tlie Keform e rs, —
the old il order is stereo-
iype<l ifi 1 - sfi. They prize their
Septuagint.st'hieily l'>i tlt^ ii ileformltie*.
Liiui the dcvDt^^ps of (.1 at ton and Old
Sarum, they view them as the stars of
• constitutiou ; or rather like old
klnsop, whoi when at work on his
nwij>, pronounced the death-
hools — the downful
Ing, — QuDUMfie tatt'
a nottra Y
revert to the text
I't of thi» article
u[>ology. In
xxvi. — xxxix*
They are all
i;..,, to the
n. But
— ^ by thi?<
ure left in all their anti-
». Their sole mark is
>metry. What is the
gross negligence ?
The answer is to be found in the
title-page* It is MSecufwinm J^zempUir^
VtUiantHm Rortut Eciihmi. The sarntJ
remark will apply to the third book!
of Kings, chapters iii. iv. v., totlcre*!
miah from the 2;5th chapter to the 51st|.j
and to various minor transpositions ini
the Proverbs, &c. But even this doei j
not reach the height and depth and]
breadth of these anomalies. Jn nu-l
merous instances, even the transposi-
tions of vt^rses in the same chapter aroJ
left unrectified. Take e. g, 3 Kings, j
chap, vi, ; the stichometry stands thus l\
1, 17, 18, 1, 38» 2, 3. In chap, viiij
18, 21, 19, 28. Or turn to Jer. xxx,
and xxxiv. &c* This kind of numera^
tion is abo very frequent in tbel
Attic edition of the Christifln 4vnow-|
ledtfe Society. We could not hava
believed in such rebellions agains
Cocker, without ocular witness, Hajl
it been the direct intention of thai
editors to turn the Woni of God into
ridicule, they could not have pursued]
any more disaBlroua course, or playe'
more ludicrous antics. But all thij
we presume, is justifiable, SccmtdumX
Exemplar Vaticanum Riuntr Editum^ ofi
Potior Varietal Codicis Ahxandrint
It is no marvel that the reputation 1
of the LXX. should rank but venfl
low amongst Protestants, or thftt their i
version should bu inccf^sftntly con«J
trasted with the on;(inal, whilst the texll
remains in this forlorn condition. Cer*
tain it is, that suchaSronts were never^
oftered to any classic author. Toleav#|
large unfilled ktcnntr^ to interpose uu*
merous and strange interpolations^*!
to leave chapters and verses misplaced J
and misn umbered — to leave lar^j
spaces devoid of stichometry, — such ill
tlie uingular treatment which has been T
reserved for that version, from whidLj
our Blessed Saviour in all probability f
was taught to read, when a child a|J
Nazareth — that version, which he loved 1
to quote, if not to the Pharisees andl
doctors of the law, to '*tbe commomi
people, who heard him ghidly,"^ — ihatj
version* which formed the text-book oi
Apostolic preaching — from which allj
the ancient versions, except the Syriae>. I
were made — which constituted the solft 1
S<.'ripture8 of the Old Testament fori
the iirst four centuries; from whicbj
Auguatine drew his Meditations, andl
Cbrysostom his Homilies. Forgive uspl
gentle reader, if our remoo8tmnc«i|
*
K
floand somewhat barsh and severe.
These are ancient and obstinate ulcers :
they demaud the fu-obe; no mild
enkoUieats could effect the cure.
It ifl asserted by raanj, there n a
wide and essential diflerence between
the c&Qon of the Greek i^nd Homan
Church, and that the superLority h all
on the side of the former. But thts is
» great mistake. The difference Is
very sligh t ancj u n im portan t, 1 1 chi etl y
coQsisU in the admlHsion of the fourth
book of EsdraSf and the fourth book
of Maccabees, and in a trifling change
in the position of the books. But their
real agreement is essential and radical.
They ttgree in blending the apocry-
phal with the canonical Seriptures^ —
the spurious parts of Esther with the
genuine— the fables of Susanna and
Bel with the Visions of Daniel. It
makes no practical dilTerGnce, that, in
the East, they read Suisanna at the
beginning, and Draco at the end,
whereas, in the West, they place both
at the close of the proph et. It makes no
difference, whether we find the Prayer
of AjGftrias in the midst of Daniel, or
at the end of the Psalms. Nor can
we discover, that the relative estima-
tion, in which the apocryphal books
are held, differs in the slightest degree.
When Oiconomus, the most eminent
of the living Athenian divines, heard
of the proposed alteration of order in
the booKs, he threatened to denounce
the whole design, as dangerous and
unscriptural. Now, this conduct ex-
actly corresponds to the dogmas of
Rome. It IS thus the note of the
Douay stands at the tenth chapter of
Esther : " Here St. Jerome advertizeth
the reader, that what follows is not in
the Hebrew; but is found in the
Septuflffiut Greek edition, which the
LXXII. interpreters translated out of
the Hebrew, or added by the inspira*
tion of the Holy Ghost." So also
chap. xiii. of Daniel : *' This history
of Susanna, in all the ancient Greet
and Latin Bibles, was placed in the
beginning of the Book of Daniel, till
Jerome, in his translation, detached it
from thence ; which is also the ease of
the history of Bel and the Dragon.
But Ixith the one and the other are
received by the Catholic Church, and
was from the beginning a part of the
Christian Bible."— When the Oxford
editors of the LXX. resolved to expel
Gext. Mao. Vol, XL J,
the Protestant order of Bos, Franeq,
1709, and to substitute the papal order
of the Six tine Exemplar, ** Komas
editum," 1586, they virtually put their
hand and seal to these dogmas of the
Romish Church on the canon, as op-
posed to the Anglican. And when, m
1 848, they included the strange nssem-
blttge of apocryphal by inns at the close
of tlie Psalms, with the ascription of
the title ecorrffcos' to the Virgin Mary,
as the Potior Varietas Codicis AUz^
andnm\ they virtually indorsed the
ignorance and superstition of the Greek
Church, as superior " to that pure and
apostoitcal part of the Catholic Church
which is established in these Tealms," —
as they constantly profess before aer-
mon at St. Mary's.
Nor is this edition creditable to the
University Pres«, from the careless
and desultory manner in which the
Alexandrian is adduced to supply the
defects of the Vatican MS. or rather
the Roman Exemplar. Take, e.g.
Jeremiah, chap. lii. verses 27 — 31.
Three verses are here wanting. Why
arc they not supplied from the Alex-
andrian text ? — Nor should the dde-
gatea have confined their collation to
the Alexandrian. It should have em-
braced the Complutensian, whenever
the defects of the Vatican could not be
other wi.se amended. Thus, in Exodus,
chapters xxvii. 26 — 28, xxxvi, 5 — 28,
xxxvii. — ^xl. large lactmtBi large spaces
without stichoraetry, may be rectified-
From the same source, all the disloca-
tions of Jeremiah may be adjusted to
the Hebrew original. Such correc-
tions of the text are worth all the cart-
loads of various readings in Holmes
and Parsons — which Schleusner has
justly denominatod mdavt illnm et in-
dige^tam rariarmn lectionum^ aut potivjt
tneiidarum famiginenu This farrago^
however, has cost about 7,000/. ! As
to its real value, perhaps, Tischendorf,
the last editor of the LXX. (Lips.
1B50), has formed a reasonable esti-
mate : Eae (collationes) veruy queinad*
tnodum in editis hahenbtr^ wm modo uni*
rfersec grariier differunt irder #e Jide
atqne acciifcUione^ sed ad ipsott principalejs
tesiex tarn nfgligenter tamque tnalefact^
moU^ td etiam aiquc etiam doleridum tit
lantos nummos rara liheraliiaie per An-
glium s^ttppeditatiM^ criHctB sacriB pariim
profuisse, Prolog, xxxv* Lex. Vet.
Test. Glaag. 1822.
lU Omfimi Eikiim mfikm S^pim^igimi. [Mvcli,
Hie fmre qneilioii wm i
I Aor tbe Uni'rersitf of Ozlbtd, im its
.vhe-
e uiii<rersii^ or uzidni, im its
I of tfc« LuL or of %nj other
ient or modcnit haM toe ttgbl
hvKo. oar ImUigaI emoii^ as
tlie SixOi Arliel« of oar
^ dravdif — ^Tbe an$wer to tliis qoestkni
^ k groftllj mrrowed bj the knowladgi}
liiil ^bm olttnge is rtseeot. It Is vir-
tnollr answered by tli« iposlaej of
Hie Oxfofd Fms. Till tlse jew 1 SIT,
I the Mcfttes felt tliej were robjeet to
^ ODT BptieiUni canon in their editioafl
^ 0f Ike Septosguit. They theo, J^
Ac jini Amv^ irentnred to apostanse
fran the En^ish eoiioii — to %iiore
the Belbnnatioa — to lbiig«t Bos ^nd
«D the Pkt)«est«iil editon of the LXX.
and to hoist the ilig of the Greek and
Bomisii Chureh on the Alexandrian
pharos. Let % ease be fortliwith sab-
» Biltted to Dr, FhiUimofc or Dr. Twisa,
to oseertaln, whether they arc boand, or
liot« lo conform to the aatborrty of tire
Sixth Article^ in the publication of
thdr Gredt Bibles, as well as of all
f other Bibles, printed at tbe Univcrnty
Piness.
But, whaterer be the legal opinion of
civil lant at Doctors* Coniiuonf, there
can be but one decision, re«peeting this
nncanonical and Roman taiog conduet.
In the minds of all soond and ortho*
I dox Fh>teslanta, whether in^ or out,
of the UniTerfity of Oxfof<i Some
jmn ago, a Tiolent outcry wai raised
■gainst the Unitarians, for altering and
motilattoff a popular rdigious work,
entitled MeimM*i Grtat ImpoHanee
of a RfUgioUM Life. But what J3 giich
a Ttolation, conii>ared to the filent and
unauthorised introduction of another
order^ in the academical edition of the
LXX. at the Unlvermty Press ? Bead
the Monihim to this edition — we give
it entire : —
"De»ideratur ▼ersioots LXX, inter-
pretnm editio qnic nee mole gravis essct
nee pretio immodico Tcninft, Iluic
igitur incommodo obriom ituri recudi
t AcimQsconte:xlnm secundum exemplar
** a. 1586 Tulgatnm, positts in
margine fcctionibus varila
\ Alexnndrint, con omnibus qui-
a, ne nicnJs excrescerct opn^ nutUs
^tomen reels Is, quas lector ibus tt»ui fore
trtmtxs* Quod vero ad llbrom
spectat, non modo Theodo«
I tcftiooem exhibutmos, sed etiam
t iOam Tm» &^ e codice Chigi*
ono RoiEkSi 0. 1 TTi, pahiiei|«riif
OsobB die xxx* Jeai :
Weaak,vhelheraByi
bedmmlRNBlhbJfsa
dekgoles hod dMpted frm the oi^er
of Im hooksi le Owj om ttsaolly %
by PktilestaBti, andes they vere edited
ai Oxibrd tfll 181^ F U sho«U te
remembered that Bos peofaaes lefek
low the Tolicaa editMn« es will Me
these Oxford edtton— &ciiMlbBi Em^
tmfiof Vm^mmBm Bamm nftfan twj
he adopts the FktHSftoMi eider ef lis
hooks, ad plaees ill the njiiijjilnl
wTttfai^ omr ItihKfci, es they mm
found in our Beiiidi htbieo^ with the
?dIi of &e Additmmim Eftk.
whn ^'or in Us text. ItwoulA
hare been only epriglli olid honeor*
able that this choi^ iheold have heee
distinctlT Botieed in the HMten. H
been giren — not of any change bal
of the Bi^mptar VaOeamam Bamm
ediimit, t^A6, in tlie cditioe 1SI7«
Bot« the JfaatHoR of the last editioii ie
rabstitutod instead of this imtioe. 'nit
Is the edttion now in geaoel etraola*
tton. The former was more expcnaTii
and mtcnded for the libnfj— 4he lesl
is cheap* It may serve to ooeosloni
the el veXXelle the ordo- ef the TttU
gate, or renM themof llieireld sohool-
book Sium d$ JMMi,
But this briel' MMiam is ete geillf
of another firand. It professes to gifn
the more roluable portion of the mH*
OBI letHons of the Alexandrian Codex.
Now, we B^ain ask, how can this large
mass of interpolation at the dose ef
tbe Psalms be reckoned amongst the
rariemt readm^M of the Alexandrian
Codex? How can ** The Prayer of
Manasses,** or ** th<j T " Aiariay,"
" The Hymn of our nr ** The
Mominff Hymn," be mcmaed under
the ** rarity UcthnfM f " But the motive
for Introducing this ** mattri fm ny o
hMfi*' is plain and obvious* U was to
accustom the stndent to the Popish
title of Alary— IT/>o<rfvy7 Blap^ t^
^oT^Kiw. Such is the FaUor Fill itils
Co(Uefi Al^rondrinL It now retnoSns
for the rulers of our Church, or the In-
dependent members of Convocation,
to take measure* for calling the dele*
gates to account for the post, and to
enter into sufficient reeoguisonoe for
the future.
From tlus wene of wasteful ezpeft*
1854.]
diture and of critical neg:ligencet we
gbdly and hopefully turn to the Uni-
versity of Pearson— to the University
of Cambridge. We entreat that learned
Acwiemy to shew itself worthy of its
vocation, by accomplishing this ffreat
desideratum. There are many emment
Hbli^nl sieTiolnr^ In that Univerfity*
who are fufly able to carry this noble
design mto effect. We have minutely
and critically exnmrncd I he question,
: ' ' 1 It by the collation of the
• -fan, the Vatican* and the
- -■-*- ^^ ,^ --- :- rod
The Ojtford Edition <*fihe SeptiiagmL
i
IS, may be sn ud
i ya recurrence lie
Mj, or the Coi w.
J o1 lowing, as r<| .^
ng3, ii. a/i-45, — ten verses are here
cient. Supply these from the Ibl-
_ chapter, verses 36 '40, where
•re interpolated, and all will be
So chap. X. verse 22, is a large
interpolation belonging to the preced-
ing chapter, verses 14-26* Q. E. D,
Now» these and similar passages may
be at once recti fiefl by the Compluten-
Stan.
What i^ndera the Oxford edition of
1 1^48 without eiXCUAc, is this — that Bos
h;- -■" ' '•'-d them in his Notejs; and
t! ind them in the Scholia of
}\ . ... ^ . ITie same assertion may be
made of the Alexandrian text. It may
be rectified either by the Vatican, or
the Com pi ute us ran. The value of the
ComplutensLm, when either or both
of the others are erroneous, has never
been sufficiently estimated. We c^ar-
nestly wish that some cheap and port-
able edition of that text were imme-
diately published. It would enable the
student to collate the version witlt the
original, without any Interruption or
difliculty. It would prove a singular
help to the study of the Hebrew and
Greek Bible.
At the end of the canonical Daniel
of the LXX,, e<lit. Roma; 1772, is the
foUowingsubficription: AANIHA KATA
TO Y2 O . Eypd^r; t { dvriypd(pov txovTO s
7 !i 7rap(Ti$i)* ThU
M, A thai the canoni-
cal WmX here conduded. At the end
of the two apocryphal chapters, eon*
taining ** Susanna and Bel " (the last
entitled, EK nPO^HTEIAS AMBA-
KOYM VIOY mSOY EK TH2 *YAH2
AEYl), is the repetition, ^ayiqk tear a
Tovf 6, As the learner! editor reolarkj,
the former deaignated the end of the
archetypal text^ the latter merely sig-
nified, tnat the two apocryphal chflp-
tera were foutid in the same docu*
ment. It would have been only fair
if the Oxford editors of the edit. 184d
li ' " [ d both these ttubscriptioDf,
; 'Icarly diaciiminate thcori-
giimi, jium the idscititioui portions of
Daniel.
N0i€^ — Th# former trtivlo cout&iaed a
mittatemeat which we are drairous to
correct. It attributed iaadvcrteiitly to
Origen the opinion of hii cQrrciii)ondetit
African tit, respecting the Book of Sus^atia.
lo place of Origen, we now substitute the
autnority, or rather wit, of Jerome. ^' Haec
ideireb refbro, ut difficQltatem nobis D«-
nielit 0it«iMl6remj qai apad HebrKOS neo
Stttaime babet hittorism, nee H|mntini
Triam Pueroram, nee Belij et Draconii
fabulas, quns not, cjaia in toto orbe dia-
pertK sunt, f era autepotlto easf|ue juga-
lante subjecimud, ne Tideremur apud im-
perttos msji^naiiii pi^rteui vohiininis detnm-
caase/* — ** t)eindc tanlum fuiiii«e ocii Tribui
puerin ^Ttllabatur, ut tn camiao o^tuantia
inceadii metro ladcreut, et per ordinem
ad laudcm Dei oumla ekmtnta pro?a-
care at. A at uaod miricalam divinteqae
aipirattoriit indicium, ? el draconeni iote^
fectam of1& pidi," &e. Stc. IVrbapt it la
better to omit the remainder, as too jooose
even for apocryphal oeosures. Bui wo
can Dot forbear the following extract from
his Prologue to Esther ; '* I^bram Esther
rariia trauBlatoribos constat eaae vltiatum,
quem ego de arcbivU Ueb. rerelana, ver*
Dam ^ Terbo eipressint transtuli* Qaem
libraiu editio vulgata laciniasis bine tnde
vcrborum tiuibus trohit, addens ea qu« ex
tempore dici poterant et audiri, licat noli-
turn est schoUribuf discipliais, sutupto
thematc, excogitare, &c. — Vos auteini O
Paula et Euatoehiam, quonium et biblio-
thecas Heb. atuduiitii iatrare, et intertip.
certain ina comprobastis, teaentcs Esther
Uebraicum Hbram per aingula verbai
ciQAtraiu traniilatioaeui aspicite/' &c — It
should aUo have been noted^ that the
Syriac veriiiou of the Book of Esther »
free from these apocryphal interpolations.
Of all the aacient versbuK, this aloae waa
made immediately from the Hebrew^ the
rest beiug taken from the LXX.
260
MONITMENTS OF THE ENGLISH REPUBLICAN REFUGEES IS THE
CHURCH AT VEVAY LS SWITZERLAND.
XXIiift loi^ been known UuU two of
tibm ptrtao implioftled m the trUl tmd
esMoAm of GMriestlieFirBt lie buried
withm the clmrcli at Vevajr in Swlt-
zerUnd, snd tbait the tn«criptioDS to
their memory Havc hereioforc appeared
in prioL One is the mural monument
of the celebrated Edmund Ludlow,
placed against the north wall of a
small diapel on the flame side of the
dutrch; the other it a monumental
dab in the north aisle, adjoining the
chapel in questioa, and covering the
remains of Andrew Broughton.
I hadf manj jears aso, remarked two
other moDumental slabs, of similar de-
sign, close bj, and which, as it appeared
to me, would^ if examined, be dis-
oorered to record the decease of two
of their exiled companions. One of
these, from being able to read the word
**Nicoua^" would, I concluded, be
found to be commemorative of Nicholas
Lore. Bein^, during the autumn of
the last jear, for a short time resident
at Vevaj, I determined, if practicable,
to solve this Question, and accordiogl v,
with the permiaaion of the Syndic, very
readilj and courteously granted, 1 was
enableil to do so* It became necessary
to remove two fixed ranges of strong
wooden seats, and the disclosure was
cileeCed* Bnti before I proceed to
gfre copies of these newly- found in-
scripiionsp I must dmrtlj adv«ri to
the two that had been previoiislj 6b*
senred sod recorded. The first Rolieaii
of them is contained in
Travels. He began his
tour in December, 1699, and appeanJ
to have been at Tevay during the winter ^
of the fc^owing year. He copied^
both inscriptions, namely Lndlow*s and
Bronghton s, but makes no mention of
the other two, and, 6xim the fact of
his conjecturing that Broughton had
been clerk to the High Court of .Tustiot^ |
it may be inferred that he had not t
the mterestittg work, then reeentlv
Srinted at Veray, called " Ludlow s
lemoirs,** inasmuch as Ludlow dit*^
tinctly states that Broughton was i
clerk of that court.
Gixe, in his Tour throash Switxer* !
land, merely mentions LudTowV monu-
ment, remarking that AddUon had aU
ready recorded iu He makes no dlusioa
to the other monumental stabs, not even \
to BroughtonY Copies of the inscnp*
tions to Ludlow and Broughton were ,
given in the 77th volume of the Gentle* ^
man*s Magaieine, and they have probahljij
been reprinted in man/ other pla
but, as the arrangement of the lines!
was not preserved in those copies, I *
now give them as they appear on the
stones:
[Above is a shield heariag hi£ crest, vis. a lion cmmpaat]
Siste graducn, et re^oe.
Eiejaoel Eniicr?Kn Lrntow, Anglos natione, provhietse WittoDiradjt, dliai Hea-
Wwmijtlis wdints, tciistorisque Pariiameitti^ cujus quoque fait ipse membrnfn, patnim stem-
m H nobilis, virtute propriA nobtltor, irligione protettmos, et iosigni pietate coitus*
icis anno xxiii, tribunus militum, paulu post exercidb pnetor pnmarios,
Time Hybcruorum domitor.
^tts et vitB prodigns, in victoriiL clemens et mansuetOE, pslriv libertatis
''•nfor, et potestalij arbttrariK propugnator acerrimua,
pstnu XXXII annts eztorns, meliohque fortuj)A digous, apnd Helvetios
antio Lxxnt moriens,ommbai iui dcsidenum rclioquens, sedes Btemss
Lietos BdTola?it.
um. Id perpetnazn vene et Aiooene eqjra msritam defauctum amtcidie
U vovet Domlna Klizavrtb de Thohas, rjai streoua et iiiae»ti««ima
' qnam in matrimonio consors dilecti«sima ^ qnv, animi magoitadtne ell
igalis mota, eutn in cxiliiim ad obittim usque constanter secuta est.
Anoo Dommi 1693.
1854.] MonutMntB of EngliMh Republkan Refugees.
Depositorium
AMURViK BnoufSHTON Annigeri
AnglicAni Majdatonentit
ComiUtu Cantii
Ulii bis Praetor urhanus
Dignatiuique etiiun fait aen-
tfiitiam Re^i E^gxim proftui
Quam ob caoMin eipulias patrii «ii4
Peregri nation e ejus fiaitA
Solo fienectotti morbo affectus
Heqniesceas a iBboribm saia
Iti Domino obdormiTit
23 die Feb: Aniio Dom: 1687,
j^tatis »aK 84.
261
OMNE-SOLVM-FORTi«B\TRiA
QyiA-rATRisAD'<^6g4
The well known Ii
>«aUIM FOETI PATBJA, ui i v rAl«l^,
niMl bad been placed bj Ltidlow orer
l&e door of his house tit Vevay^ ap-
pears Ui be now at Hey wood I louse
near Weatburji whither it wna cnn-
ifeyed, with far more of enthuaifism
than of good taste, by a gentleman of
Hbe namej* but not, as appears from
"She pedigree, of the lineage of the
LudlowB of Hill Deverell, of which
ail^ our Parliamentarian was ao dis-
nguished a member.
The good work done by Sir Richard
oare in undertaking the history of
lliis county^ deserves all possible praiaef
yet one cannot repress a smile at his
Bmplicity where he tells us that ** the
inscripiion would have been more
a propos if the latter part of it, quia
pairii(^ had been omitted, for his (Lud-
in Wilts" I M^ Sir
iuLuai'i, i'JLs uNvj .^ouic former writers
in this M«gazine,t seems strangely to
have puzzled over what appears to me
a very simple translation. The first
clause of the motto is from Ovid,J and
the addition of quia fatsib to the
poet*8 words was, no doubt, intended
to convey the following meaning, —
^^ because it is the land ol God, bis Cre-
ator, the Father of all." Shflkspere*s
lines in Richard the Second are some-
what similar —
All plflce* timt the eye of Heaven vMta,
Are to Uie wise man ports and bappjr havens^
But that Ovid was a plagiarist has
been suggested to me by the contri-
butor of a paper for the Archa»ologia
hcreaflter mentioned, and we find in
a Fragment of Euripides,
♦ This board was brought from the house of Monsieur Louis Grenier at Vevay,
an old maaiion with wulU looped for defence on the tide next the lake, shortly before
1821, and placed OTer a chimney in the hall of Meywood-bonse, near Westbury,
Wilta, the residence of Abraham Ludlow, esq. who fa designaletl by Sir R. C. Hoare
as "a descendant of his (the Generars) family/*— History of Modem Wilts, Heytei-
Vury Hundred, p. 26, and Gentlemau'a Ma^aziue for Sept. 1821, p. 2J2,
t Addison's observation on the motto is, that " the first part is a piece of a verse in
Ovid, M the Uat is a cant of his own.**
X Omoe solum forti patria e«t \ ut piscibus lequor ;
Ut volacri, vacuo quicquid in orbe patet.
2
MQUumitntM uf Engiinh HepuUienn iittfugeu [MaTcfa»
arror fUv ar}p at€Tu> ntplitnfjLOij
Omnia quidcin aOr Rqiiiltv penneribiUsHi
Omnis JCTO terra forti viro |mtria.
Se« Vol. 7, p. GS5, Edit, GlA«g. U2l.
There is also a pasf^age, of which I
am remindedj in Fhucydides (lib. L
c. 43) soracwbat simihir i —
dvhptov yiip (TTiipayoyu nua-a y^ ra(jbt>r.
Of Bi'oucbtor/s pn rentage we ktiow
nothing. It will be scon tJiat be is
described on bis monument as of Maid-
stone in Kent^ and tbcre ib some ac*
eount of hira in Newton's History and
AntiquItJe^i of that pi nee, but tho Ke-
gister ol Haplism^ eontiuns no entry to
nhow Uiut be wuM a imitvcs.
We now como to the two mona-
mental shiba which 1 succeeded in
bringing to lighti and of the inserip-
tlous on which tbulblluwLngai'c eopiea.
D. O. M.
llle jiicct
Corpus NicoLAi LovK Ariuig*.
Anglicaiti tie Wintoniu in
Comitatu Sonthiimplonitt
Qui post dismuxina rerum
Bt piigfiam pro iiatHa
Tandem in Domino ret^mevit
A tuhoribus ia ipc resur^endi
gloriole in advent um iJ'ai
Noatri Je . ♦ . .
Sauetia huiH
5>'\ die Nov: An: Domi Ui»'2
Mt^tin sine 74.
Hio jacct
Tabcrunculiini tcrrcfttrc
GtUKLMi Cawlky
Armig«ri * . . . .
Nuper da Cicestr . *
tn comttatu
Sussex ijc
[U«r« tt shield of arms is inlcrpotecl.]
Qui po9tquiim ntat«
&ua iaservivU
Dei ooucilio
obrlormivit
IGGG.
The cbasnis m the above, but which,
with the exception of the presumed age
of Caw ley, arc immuteruil, were the
rcAuk of a difbcnlty in detaching the
beams supporting the b^nehes. The
word Atiglicam seemed, by the touch, to
fiAloyn Armigeri in Cawley'sf inscription.
The arms on this latter slab are
carved in nscnnewbut uncoutb fashion.
Three shields^ the centre one anr-
mounted by n crest, are placed withip
a larger shield. The centre shield is
obargtMl with a chevron ermine be-
tween three swuns' heads — the cont of
Cawley, and the crest a dcmi-griffon
i»isuin<j' from a wreath. The dexter
^hield ms a blank with an impalement,
viz : — three bulls heads, two and one.
The sinister ebield has also a blank
with an impaleinent, seemingly like two
bends. Tliese wcre^ no doubt, the coats
of the two wives of Cawley.
lire first of these exiles was the
eldest son of Dr. Nicholas Love, ono
of the kiug*H chaplains, ami master of
Winchester, by his wife Dnws.iV.elLi,
daughter of Barnabas Colne l i
hfyr, in the Ule of Wight, by i
sifter and h«lr of Sir b '' i i i M . s
of <trovc IMace, in lliu;.| jm. . J lie
frttbor of Dr. Love Wiu- John L(ivc. of
Basing, in the ssinn; county, and Ihat
pronerty remained lO i'
nf the elder son until
Francis Love Beckfoni, wim o tnniu*^^
Susanna, was sole dauf»hter and hi
ofliicbard Love* of H ■• - Tt ap-
l^eari from the Ilerai m* of
the cotinty ihht the (..,,.. ..i wiw
fourteen in 1022, and this acvnrdd with
the date on bis tombt<lone, From on*s
Visitation he would seem to have Iwion
married, but the name of the wife is not
recorded* He is described as of Nor-
ton, in Hants, and of Lineoht*s Inn
Cawley was of a Susaex familj, •.
tablished at Chichesien ^nd there
some account of bim, to|;cther with
pedigree, given by Dallaway in tl:
portion of his llistoxy of Sussex, Utit
with thia error, that bo is there stated
to have died at Hru^* Both Lore
and Cawley were membora of the
Rump Parliament, but the latter alone
signeil the king s death-warrant.
All the above parties, with the
ception of Broughtoii, arei of ooi
noticed in Noble's work»
oourtesy, the *^ Livea of the
a most meagre produoticoi,
incorrect, and where every name aj
pears as if intended as a peg on whii
to hang a string of scurruoua epiUiel
to be applied to the subjects of bis
called biographies. Coxe speaks fairly
of Ludlow* lie was a staunch repu'
lienn, no doubt. Had he lived in tu<
halcyon days of constitutional n
narchy, ! ' ' ' been a libera
Whig, I s of his memoirs
ba^e flk dii^jvuiv^^iv ^^v.vuduur that at onco
i4.'r^^H
ip.^^
I8M.]
in the Church at Vevatf,
263
endiftjns the reader fn sympntby with
his safferinn^s and bis cause. *^ lluving
(he saja) seen otir c*us€ betrayed, and
the most solemn proiiiiaes that could
be rnnde to the asserters of it, openly
Tiokted, I departed from my native
country,"
WliatercT acta of Tiolence the Parli-
Amentsry party may have perpetrated,
and we will admit tlie King's behead-
ing to he the most liagrnnt, they may
now be placed on our bookshelves in
juxta'p<jsition with the narrative of
the judicial murders of KuFsell and
Sidney, and the bloody tale of the
shambles of Jeflireys. Had Charles
succeeded, does his most infatuat<*d
apologist suppose that the scafTolds on
which (lowed his and his archbishop's
blood would not have given place to
one vast slaughter-house reeking with
that of his opponents f In these hap-
pily less saniTuinary days we are dis-
posed to shudder at almost any judi-
cial Bacrifice of life ; but in reading
history I have yet to learn why the
martyr's crown shouhl be placed on the
brow of a bad monarch, rather thim on
that of a worthy subject, and the blood
of a HujseU be deemed a holier ofler*
ing- to justice than that of a Stuart*
A paper was read about a year ago,
at the Society of Antiquaries,* com-
municating a copy of the address made
by Ludlow to the authorities of Vevay,
on his return to England after the
Revolution of 1688 ; but it was an er-
ror in the contributor to assert that the
epitaph to Love was "well known,*'
as, until I had the boarding removed,
the inscription was merely cbnjectured
— and that too by myselL The docu-
ment, which, as the writer says, Is
" curious, as presenting a specimen of
puritanical puraseology in a French
dress," is preserved, ** with ita obsolete
orthograpny," as follows : —
Adieu de M'. le General Ludlow.
Li jcudi, 25 Juillet, 1689— esUnU a«-
fcmblex * i'ord" Mom' le Bandcret,
Men" les Con" de Tofirajt Be la Fon-
taine, Dufreane, De Mont«l, Moret^ Du
Tour, Command'* DehoUz, Giguillac,
Hagooio, Scanarin, et Moy.
Mon*^ le General Ludlow^ ayant 5iit
I'honneur k cc corps de venir ea prendre
cong^ }*our »on depart d'Angleterre, a
produit par ecrit le complim* cy apres.
Lc Seig*, qui m'n jiourreo avec plu-
fiieurs nutres de mes copagnons en mea
toufTniaces et exil, poor bq paroUe et le
temogDage de Jegus, d*un asyle tr^ fa-
vorable an DOUB coadui^ant par laeolomna
de feu soubs v're benin «t eq' table goa-
vernemS m*appelaat aujaardhui p' fairc
un tour ea mon pays dY'tat, your y faire
moa possible p*^ fortiflfier lea mains de
n're Gedcon, q* est mirnculeusem* suscitd
p"" nous retirer de la maison de servitude,
et demolir I'liutel de Baal coatrc cea^t q*
prcnncnt la qncrelle p*" lay et cboisissent
pluHtoft de se mettre soabt I'obre de
I'epine que eonbs I'eq'tuble domina'on du
Roy de In Justice^ ct da prince de paix,
ajADt par la grande boot^ de Dieu depuit
plusieurs anoeea, entre autrrs providencei
iiignal<^e9 et spccialeB, Eplcm^ et pleinem*
experiment^ les effets de 1b tres gracieuse
reception k n're j'* arriT^e en cette ville,
q* Yuus a pla de nous signifier par feu M'
le Banderet de Montel de \'re part, comtne
membre du inemc corps Rvec rous; duqael
Christ eit la chef, je me trouve obtig£
devant qtie je parte p' TAngleterre, igno-
rant lea cboaes q' m*j doivent arriver, de
V0U8 temogner ma tros bumble reconnois-
saace, vons suppliant de ] 'accepter juaque*
a ce que Poccasion ec pr^te p' le maul*
fester phis reeltement* Vou> atsurant qui
je nc minqueray paa de s'cn prcvaloir pour
voui fairc voir a tous en general et a
chacuQ en particulier que je seray toute
ma vie com me obligii d'etre, Tr^a honno-
rez Seig***, votre tr<fa humble, tr^s fiddle,
ct tres obeissant serviteur,
(Sign.) Edii. LunLOWK.
Sur ce ord' d'aller prendre conge du luy
en corps, et I'il le Eioubaitte luy doaocrun
certiftcat au plus ample.
Among the recorda from which Lud*
low*3 address was extracted I found
the following, which, as will be seen by
the dote, refers to the death of Nicholai
Love : —
Le Lundi 6 9*»'*, 1682.
Mods' le Commandant et Mona*^ Dufour
Iront complimcnter Mesa*^ lea Anglais sur
la mort de Mon*"" « leur com-.
patriots, et leur aocorderont de pouvoir
i*ensevelir dana Tegltse.
There is alao a notice of a permisaion
to Ludlow's wife to disinter her hua-
band's remaini^, to remove them to
another chapel, and to put up an epi-
taph. TiMj register of buriala preserved
at the Hotel de Ville commences ia
1704, the older records having, un-
fortunately, been destroyed by a fire.
L«
264
ON THE CHARACTER OF CERVANTES AND HIS WRITINGS.
AMONGST tbe celebrated names
tfi the aDools of the grent reTival of
literftture in Europe, in the sixteenth
century, there are few more worthy
to be known and admired than Cer-
Yantea ; jet, among the great number
af readers in this country conTer»ant
with the authors of that period^ how
few are there who could tell more than
that he wrote Don Quixote I There
have, never tlicless, been many lives
written of hint, and enough is known
' of hia history to make us feel that we
can form a distinct idea of the genius
and character of the mnn. nTiat
urould we not give to possess as many
facts respecting the life of our own
Shakjjpere I I'he lives most esteemed
of Cervantea are that by Vicente de
loa Rios, which is prefixed to the edi-
tion of Don Quixote by the Spanish
Academy, Madrid, 1780, 4 torn. foL;
one by Juan Antonio FeUicer, which
'was first printed in 1778, but after-
wards, with large addition^ introduced
in his edition o! Don Quixote, Madrid,
1 797, 1 7JI8, 5 torn. 8vo. ; and one by Don
Martin Fernandez de NavaiTcte, pub-
lished by tbe Spanish Academy, Madrid,
1819. This is the life whieli Ticknor
mentions as the best of all in bis
opinion.
The family of Cervantes was noble,
but decayed* Miguel was born early
in October, 1547. The little town of
Alcala de Benares, about twenty miles
from Madrid, has the honour o( being
his birthplace. Ilis parenfs were Uod-
Tigo de Cervtuites and Dunn a Leonora
de CJortinas. liy nature he was gifted
with a brilliant genius, a rare imagina-
tioii, and a clear judgment, says one
of hiH biographers,* and so vehement
ft love of literature that he read every-
thing that came within his reach* He
I ffougat to gather information from
[ «very source, even from the torn papers
he met with in the streets, as he tells
us himself. Uid parents early encou-
tafjed bis love of learning, and he was
tjiught ^ammarand reading by Master
Juan Lo[>ez de Ooyos. Tn the yeai'
15GS it appears that Ccrviintes was in
Madrid when Queen Isabella died;
but in 1570 he wan living at Eome,
acting as Chamberlain to the Cardinal
Acquaviva. Julius Aequavivahad been
sent into Spain by Pope Pius the Fifihi
to obtain satbfaction from Philip the
Second touching certain ecdeaiastical
matters at Milan. When he returned
to Rome he was made a Cardinal, and
carried ^liguel away with him, being
probably pleased with the grace ana
beauty of his person and mind.
The holy Pontiff, Philip the Second,
and the Republic of Venice united to-
gether, soon afler this, against Selim,
the Emperor of the Turks, which
league was concluded on tbe 29th of
May, 1571 ; and Cervantes, dissatisfied
wita the idle life of a court, longing
for glory, to w hich his disposition in-
clineti him, felt an ambition to become
a soldier. "• There are no better sol-
diers than those transplanted from the
seats of learning to the fields of war,"
as he observes long afterwards in one
of his works.f This joint armament
was commanded hy Don John of Aus-
tria, a natural son of the Emperor
Charles the Fifth, and who would him-
self make an admirable hero for a ro-
mance. It was at LepantOf fighting
under hi in, that Cervantes received
the wound which deprived him of the
use of his left hami and arm for the
rest of his life. But upon this and other
details of his career in the paths of
glory, of im captivity among the Moora
at Algiera^ his sutlerings and trials,
his many adventures, and finally his
release and restoration to his own
country, having gained the love and
admiration of all who knew him by his
noble, brave, and unselfish character,
we have not present time or space to
dwell further, our ol)ject here being to
give some account of his literary la*
Sours rather than his personal history.
He returnetl to Spain in 15K0, after
a ten years' absence, poor, and without
a friend to assist his career in life.
His mother liad impoverished herself
by paying the ransom for her sons,
Miguel and an elder brother, who had
been released three years before him.
His father was dead.
• Peliicer.
t Pflrtiles, hook iii^ ch»p, 10.
1854,] The Character of
Tlie first work we hear of is his
Galatea, a pastoral romance, or eclogue,
[mode familiar to us, though somewhat
[ abridged and altered, by Flormn. It
' ; said that Cervante^J wrote it to win
[ ihe favour of a iair lady of good fiimdy
who lived at Esiimvias, a village near
Madrid, and that she ia celebrated in it
as the shepherdess Amaryllis. Be this as
It uiay, before it was finished he married
I Bonna Catalina de SalazLir, of Esqui-
viaa, whereby he seems to have gained
I Knppiness, but not wealth, though she
i was the possessor of a small property
At that place; aod, in order to gubsist
and maintain a family, he turned his
Attention to the drama. At this period
\ it was in a rude and unformed state.
He telb us of twenty or thirty plays
which were acted with apijluuse : of
these but eight or nine are known.
Sismondi, in hia Litteratiire dn Midi,
has given a curious extract from the
preface to hia plays, in which Cer-
vantes narrates what he had done for
the improvement of the dnimu, and
described the state he foun<l it in ;
modestly speaks of his own success,
and of the two most celebrated of his
works in this line — the Life in Algiera
and Kumantia: ** I was at length,"
, lays he, ** occupied with other matters,
f and I laid down njy pen and forsook
the drama. In the meantime appeared
that prodigy Lope de Vega, who imme-
diately assumed the drauiatic crown."*
Of these plays both Sismondi and
Ticknor have given us a full and ex-
cellent account. Schlegel speaks of
^ the Nuniantia as if it x? ere not merely
\ one of the most di.>«tinguished elforts
of the early Sjianisb theatre, but one
\ of the most striking e.vhibi lions of
tuodern noetry. It does not, however,
appear that this was profi table (Minugh
to go on with. He had a sister de-
pendent upon him as well as a wife to
maintain* No mcution is ever made
of children ; it is probable, therefore,
I timt he had none. In his last work,
Pci*8iles and Sigismnnda, which we
f shall notice by and by, he introduces
a poet, in whom we plainly see he
' means to describe himself, ** who came
with the company (a party of travel-
ling comedians) on purpose to help and
patch up aod mend old plays, and also
write Dew ones, an occupation that
* and huf Wriiingx.
265
brought bim more work than profit,
and more amusement than honour,
llowever," continues he, "good poetry
is always like clear water \ it improves
all tiuclean things. Like the sun^ it
passes over all impurities without being
defiled by them. It is a gleam of light
that shines forth from a dark corner,
not burning, but illumining, all It meets
with-'' Thus be consoled himself for
the lack of any profit in his pursuit, in
his usual gay and cheerful manner of
looking into all things, — thus does he,
with a lively and bright spirit, moke
even adversity smile.
He went next to Seville, which he
calls in one of his novels ^ a shelter for
the poor and a refuge for the unfortu-
nate." lie tried a quite different trade
here, acting as one of the agents of
Antonio de Guevara, a royal commia-
aary for the American fleet*, and after-
wards as a collector of moneys due to
the government and to private indi-
viduals. It was during the time he
held these employments that be had
to travel in dilTerent parts of Anda-
lusia and Granada, by which means he
became nct|uaiiited thoroughly with
life, manners, and scenery in those
beautiful parts of hia native country ;
and we perceive the I'CiJuIt in the fide-
lity and truth with which he describes
places and persons in the tales he
wrote afterwards.
But still hia evil star pursued him;
he again fell into trouble and a second
captivity, though not this time among
the Moors, but in a prison at Seville.
Diflerent accounts are given of the
cauje of this new mislbrl une. Ticknor^s,
however, is probably the true one,^
" some debts incurred, partly owing to
the failure of a person to whose care
he had entrusted money, partly, per-
haps^ to his own negligence. The sura
was so small that it seems to mark a
more severe degree of poverty than he
had yet suffered/* He was released
after about three months' imprison-
ment. Uis residence at Seville ex-
tenfled from 1588 to 1598, or perhaps
longer. Ijeaides this imprisonment at
Seville for debt in 15f>7, he seems again
to have been in conlincment at Valla-
dolid. Pellicer enters v^ry fully into
all the particulars of this ; he says that
it was in IGO^t and, afler quoting a
Gbjit. Mao. You XLl,
* Rotooe'f Translation.
^iU
MS
The CharacUv af CervmUf and hu Wriiingi, [March,
' pmftge from the Prologue to Don
Quixote^ which seems to prove thai h
waa planntid and partly writttin in fi
prison, he goes on to saj",
In & prison, then, untl without books or
Bay oUier assistance except th&t which he
could command from bis own memory and
fertile imegi nation, he composed a work
original^ deHghtlui, elegant id sty lei in-
itractirei of a marvellous tuvention, mas-
terly good tuatc, and matter for never-
ending and pleasant diversion i n work
which displays the Uvelineas of his fancy,
the rkhneas of hb genius and of hts
learningi and yet more of his Christian
philoBophy ; far, though the prison was
iocoDvenient and melancholy, yet neither
did his imngiuatioD grow dull, nor hli
inrention fail, nor did his muid grow
depressed.
He Iried, but id vain, to obtain from
the Kiuj]; an appointment in America*
setting tbrth» by cxoct ducunienta which
now constitute the most Tnluiible ma-
terial for his biography^ a general
account of bia aflventurea, services,
and BuSbrings, yrhllti n soldier in the
Levant, and of the miseries of bis life
while ft slave in Algiers. Thij was in
I590«* Ticknor takes bis authority
from the Life by Navarretc* He never
fot any thing but a formal answer to
is applicatiou.
It has been said above that the Don
Quixote was written in a prison* It
18 not exactly clear when it was begun,
but certainly during part of this time
when he was overwhelmcil with trouble
and vexation of every sort. Cervantes
was in Seville when King Philip the
Second died, 16Q$. PcUiecr says that
nothing is known of his refuge or
dwelling-place from tliis time till we
find him in VuUadolid in the year 1604.
Did he move iit once from Seville to
this town, where Philip the Thini held
his new court ? or was he wandering
in other kingdoms and provinces?
This is exactly what we know nothing
of. Pellicer is disposed to believe that
be wan, duriog this time^ acquiring that
knowledge of La Mancha, which soon
after shone forth in the Don Quixote.
However, we have not space to pursue
the in«]uiry here.
In spite of the extraordinary success
of the new production, which waa
printed at Madrid in 1GU5, and of the
universal admiration it excited, we do
not find the condition of ita Author at
all improved. He was now a courtier,
and followed the court to Madrid ; but
still poor, unfriended, and necessitous,
Hia book was trauitlatcd into all lan-
guages, and read by every body ; but
neither Philip the 'Third, nor any of
the great men of his court, once thought
of extending the hand of assistance to
a man whose name was to live for ever
as an honour and a glory to the un-
grateful country which was unworthy
to call him her son.
Eight years after this, in 1613, he
nublished his Novelas Excmplares, or
Instructive Tales, twelve in number ;
and in the preface he announces a
second part of Don Quixote. Before
it could be published, a person callifig
himself Avelliuicdii^ who is suspectra
of being a Dominican monk, came out
with an impertinent and affronting
production which he called, the second
volume of the ingenious Knight Don
Quixote de la Mancha. It is singular
that the real author of this was never
known, though all manner of conjee-
tures were ailoat at the time. Pellicer
and Navarrete give the whole (iiscus-
gion at length. Cervantes brought his
second part out earlier than he had in-
tended III consequence. It was finished
in February, 1615, and published the
autumn following. As the Duchess
said in Don Quixote^ chap, 32, it went
forth into the full daylight of the world
with the greatest applause of idl men.
It has been eaid that Cervuntes
wrote the little work calle*! The Bus-
capio or Stpiib, because he saw that
his book was read by those who could
not understand it, and that those who
could, did not rend it ; and that in it
he pointt^I out that his Don Quixoto
was a neat and veiled satire upon munj
well known and great personagesi
amongst whom were the Emperor
Charles the Fifth and the Duxe of
Lerma. lu the Life by Pellicer, man/
pages are devoted to shew the ab-
surdity of such a belief, and to prove
that it never was written by Cervantoti
ftud certainly not rctiuired by way of
enhancing the value of his book. It
w«:juld be far too long for us to enter in to
it ut present. An v one who ever read
the Buscapie, at feast the short story
that haa lieea published under that
* Tickuor^ voh ii*
1854.] The Character of Cervanta ami hU Writings,
njune, must feel perfectly satisfied that
"Peliicer is in the right. A full account
the Buscapic aiscussions may be
rusu<J in the ApjKJiiti'rx to Ticknor's
liatorjr of Spanish Literature. In
Ikct, it is clearly a mure imitation,
written by an anonymous author. The
success of Don (Quixote was proved
jncontestably by the number of ita
editions ; three if not four were mude
in the year W05y in which it waji
published. Such an iiwakener aa the
Buscapie waa consequently not needed.
The Novel as Exeraplarcd have never
been well translated. They are writ-
ten, lays Mr. Ticknor, with iin idio-
matic richness, a spirit and a ^race
which, though t)iey are tbe oldoat tales
of their class in Spain^ bave left them
ever since without successful rivals.
Some of the tales were translated into
English in 1640, There is an abridge-
ment of one of them in Floriun — The
Fucrza de la Sangre, under the name
of Leocadie^ — an English translation
by Mnbbe, London, 1640, folio. A
good many of the talcs were included
in an old Collection of Novels and
Romances, 1729. In the year 1742
an Enrjhsh translation by Snelton was
republished, and a note in Roscoe's
translation of Sismondi's Litterature
de Midi mentions a newer translation
in 2 vols. l2mo. 1 922. The year after
Cervantes had brought his Novelas
before the public, he printed bis Jour-
ney to Parnassus, a satire; and in 1615,
the same year in which the second part
of Don Quixote appeared, some come-
dies were printed which were never
acted) and he found a pubb slier for
them with difEculty.
There remaina now only one, and
that his last work, to notice, and we
must hasten to bring the lifci of our
author to a close. In the Dedication
to the Count de Lcmos which is affixed
to the second part of his Dun Quixote,
he alludes to his failing health. By the
manner in which he writes to this noble-
man, it majr be inferred that towards the
end of his life some favour and patronage
was bestowed upon him by the Count*
In the Dedication to the Count dc
Lemos, which we find in his *^ Persiles
and Sigismunda," (the work alluded
to jibovei) Ue speaks of *^ the hopes he
S67
htts entertained of his lordships good-
ness.** We would ftiin hope that some
** goodness" was intended to cheer his
old age, had bis life been longer spared
to benefit by it. The preface to this
romance was written after his return
from Esquivias, where he batl gone,
probably for change of air, and to
enjoy more quiet than he could do in
Madrid ; ana we may consider it as
almost a last legacy from him, and
containing his farewell words.
He was not very far from seventy
years of age, and his health was rapidly
failing nndcr the iiitluence of disease
and worn-out strength; yet still his
lively spirits and cheerful good-humour
were unabated, as may be seen by onv
one who takes the trouble to read thi«
very remarkable preface; and those
who take still further trouble and read
the romance itself, will perceive that
the brightness of his fancy and the
fertility of bis miagination, were like-
wise unchanged and undiminished.
We have seen with pleasure that
this work, hitherto almost entirely un-
known in this country, has just been
presented to the English public*
It was not published till six months
after the death of its author, which
took place on the 23rd of April,
1616.
The dedication is dated the 19th of
the same month ; he had received ex-
treme unction only the day before.
" My time," says he, "is snort, my
fears increase, my hopes diminish ; yet
do I greatly wish that my lite could be
prolonged, so that I might have the
great delight of seeing your Excellency
once again in Spain ; it would almost
he new life to me ; but if it be decreed
that I am to lose it, the will of heavott
be done."
The Count de Lemos was then on
his way home Irom Naples, but before
he arrived the great and noble spirit
of Cervantes was released.
Tlic number of editions through which
"Persiles and Sigismunda*' has ^one
in Spain, prt»ve the estimation in wuich
it was held in that country ; and it ap-
pears that not only Cervantes himself, .
but his friendsi thought it admirable,
and Joseph de Valdivieso said he had
cqualicd or surpassed in it all his
• The Wandering of Persiles and Sigistnunda. A northero story, by MlfUel do
Cervantes Saavedra, London. CufldaMf IdH,
260 The Characier of Cervantes and hU Writtngi. [March,
princesfl of Frleslund for his Lero iLnd
fceroine^ CervnnteA had got into wfn
ground for the display of anj amount
of imaG^ination, And might talk about
snowy islands and frozen seas without
any neceiisity for keepin)? within the
bounds of reality ; buti with the care-
lessness and inconsistency for which
he is so remarkable, and which he has <
phewn to a great de^ec also in his <
Don Quixote, he suddenly forgets that t
he must keep to the dreamland he has 1
chosen, and » by bringing In persons and j
events that belong to his own timei
fixes the date exactly.
It is imposaihle to suppose that he
was ignorant of the manners andhabitl i
of England ami Ireland at a time wheQ^
the history of both was cJosely con«^
nectcd with that of Spain ; we knoW|.^
intiecd, llint he was not. Even after j
the death of Mary, who had espoused
Philip II. a Span! eh ambassador wt^4
living nt Elizabeth's court. Cervantetl
returned from his Moorish captivity 1
in 1580, Pie must have been per- i
fectly aware of all the intrigues and (
plots of the Duke of Alva, who for 90 J
many years endeavoured to excite the
subjects of the Protestant tjueen to
rebellion and treason. He must have
known that Don John of Austria, the \
hero of Lepanlo, was plotting with the j
Pope and the Guises to depose her|{
fuarry the Queen of Scots, and obtaial
for himself the crown of England^fj
Death, indci'tl, ended the projects, and (
stayed th« ambition ofDon John; but
Btill the Pope jmd Philip the Second
rontiiiiiL'd to [iliin and plot against j
Ells^jibetb, vvhoae wise and steady reign f
was the main support of the Protestant I
Keformation. At the time of the cele-
brated cxpedlliou to Cailiz, where
Drake with his little licet of fbur-and-
twenty vcsjiicLs burnt, sunk, and de-
stroyed above a hundred of the Spanish
ships, Cei*vuntes wns living at Seville^
ami in 1598 he seems to have been
there also ; at any rate Pellk-er giv«s
U9 a sonnet, which he wrote after Ihg
sacking of Cftiliz by Essex and How-
ard. And doubtless, from tlic accounts
of the survivors who returned to Spain
former eflbrta,« In this opinion we
do not think English readers of these
days will be inclined to agree. Still
it well deserves to be known^ and read,
and appreciated. It has been said that
he looked to the Greek romances, and
took the Thea^enes and Chariclea of
Heltodorus as his modcL It is proba-
ble that this was so, but the chief
likeness consists in his taking a pair
of lovers of superhuman beauty, and
oarrying thera tnrough a variety of the
most marvellous adventures ; but here
the comparison ceases. We question
whether any modern reader would have
patience to read through many chapters
of the /Ethiopic adventures, and yet
that work has not been without its
meed of praise ; and its author, we are
told by Ileylin, chose rather to lose
his bishoprick than consent to the
burning of his book, which a pro-
vincial synod had adjudged to the fire*
In the romance of *^ 1 ersiles,'* althou^^h
there is an obun dance of improbabili-
ties and absurdities, yet the adventures
and incidents are so rapidly and spirit*
edly told as to make it attractive and
entertaining. AU hough the story is
wild and fantastic, yet the stylo is ex^
tremely beau ti Jul and graceful, and
some of the stories have an especial
interest, because wc can plainly dis-
cern in them traces of Cerrantes" own
experience in life^ and paaaages which
li^long to hiif! own history. In many
parts wo find tlio knowledge of the
world and of htitiian noture, in which
he so eminently excelled ; and tl ashes
of h if! own bright and sunny humour
arc not un frequent.
Wiih all thuscr merits, it is ihe more
extraordinary that tlirre should be
mingled in this remarkable compojii-
timi such striking absurdities. In tlic
bi'gtnnii^g of his story it is phvin that
he meant to throw the date of it so far
back that he might carry ]m pilgrims
through a sort of imaginary !aiicl, i^neh
as was inhabited by the princes and
princesses and knights errant of the
old roniancL'H be had himself sought to
put down and cast ridicule upon. By
fixing upon a prince of Iceland and a
* In the aiiprobation given nt Madrid when the book was to be nrintedt in Sep.
tomber, 1616 j—
Que de quantoB dcju eacritos, ninguno es mss ingi^aiaso,
Mas Culto, ni mas entreteiiido.
Modern History of England, Turner.
1854-] The Character of Cervantes and his Writings,
269
I
I
a(\er the dispersion of the Invincible
Armaila, he collected his ideas of the
wild rocks and dangerous shores that
were to be found among the north eru
ietts. But, setting all truth nuJ pro*
biibility aside, he chose to let his fancy
wander and create ininginary klnj|-
doras, and people the islands tVat lie
around the coasts of Great Britain
with barbarians and saTuges, at Its
own sireet will.
In the beginning of the thJrd book
of rcrailes and Si;;Istminda+ he brings
his wandering pilgrims into Portugal,
and wc know that the tune mu^t be in
the reign of either Philip the Second
or Third, when Spain and Portugal
were (as we may even in our present
time possibly again see them) united
fLSi one kingdom, and a Spanish viceroy
reigned in Lisbon*
The apparent ignorance of England
and English history which he displays,
proves most distinctly that it was not
his intention to describe tbat country
or her neighbouring islands as they
actually were, and he maintains the
same sort of icnorance in speaking of
Denmark or Norway, or indeed any of
the northern countries; evidently his
descriptions are taken from the wild
tales and exaggerated accounts he hail
read in the voyages and travels antong
the northeiii aeos, Kamusio, a Ve-
netian, published ID K150 the ]st vo-
lume of his collection of travels, his
2nd volume C4iine out in 1559, and
his 3rd in 1565. In this collection was
iti«^luded the Tnivel^ of Marco Polo,
an«l also (he curious voyages of the
Zeni Brothers.
Several enterprising navigators had
found their way Into the firozen Bcas of
hitherto unknown regions, but geo-
graphical knowledge even at the end
of the sixteenth century was very
small and scanty.
But, with respect to the corsair or
Kfrate vessels, which he represents in
is romance, as emiziog about the
' seas in sejirch of spoil, and yet as being
under the command of higldy respect-
able personages, as for instance, one
captain is spoken of as being a P^J^r-
ticular friend of the Prince of Den-
mark, and another ajspires to gain the
love of a King's daughter, we need
only look back to the history of those
times and we shall see that such things
were, and that a gentleman well born
and needy might H out a veftsel and
sail upon an expedition to which perhaps
in those days we might give a very
different name and view in quite another
light. In fact it was to the sins of
Spain that these gentlemen pirates
owed their existence. The jealousy of
the Spaniards would not allow any
other nation to trade or settle in the
West Indies. About the year 1524
those associations were begun which
ended in the terrible history of th@
buccaneers.
At that time atifl long afterwards Spaio^
in right of her priority of discovery, con-
sidered the whote of the New World aa
treasure-trove, of which iho wai lawfully
and exd naively the miitresa. Every fo-
reigner found on the coasts of the vast
AmericHu continent or among the itlnndt
was treated as a robber ; and this being the
case^ it is no wonder that seafaring ad-
veoturers became notorioas for their pre-
datory or ferocious habits, and returned
cnicUy for cruelty. Bat the cntcrprtsing
nations of Europe were not to be checked
by the tyranny of Spain. The marioen
of Europe considered the New World aa an
Eldorado, where gold and treasures were
to be had for the fetching. The harbarities
and crueltiea committed by the SpuniaTds
were circulated as populor stories and pro-
duced a great sensation. A Frenchman of
the name of Mont Bar beeame a buccaneer
on purpose to avenge his nation^ and killed
so many Spaniard! in the West Indies that
he obtained the name of the Exterminator*
Another took up the trade because he was
in debt and wished to pay his creditors ;
by degrees, many respectable men joined
the association, generally dropping their
own name and assuming a new one — Peter
of Dieppe, Bartolomeo Portngne^, Francois
rOlonnaiSfandMansveltweredisting^uished
captainit of baccaoeer or pirate ahipa in
those days; but the fame of the well known
Henry Morgan, a Wehihman, eclipsed
them all; ke waa knighted by Charles the
Seeondi and made Deputy- Governor of
Jamaica. (P. Cycl. art. Buccaneers.)
Sir Francis Drake^ our own great
circumnavigator, may be considered
as one of the greatest in this line : of
low birtht only a. common seaman at
first, embarking his whole small fortune
on a private venture to the West
Indies, a rover on the wide seas in
search of gain, not over particular about
the means whereby it was obtained
(Camden says that he got some store of
money in the West Indies **by play-
ing the seaman and the pirate"), but
S70
The Netti Patron Saint ofAmimx*
[March,
chivalrous, hravc, and altentive to all
the decorums of societyi — hh name was
long A word of drcnd in Spjinish ears \
Lope lie Vega devoted a wholu j)0«m
t^ ilie suliject of The Dragon, us he ia
called Ihrougb the whole of it. HJs
enterprise* jn South America would
now f>e ttTiued piriiticai ; but at the
ttme be lived, such deeds were but the
steps leading to the higlieat dignities.
Thus, Cervantes h not rontJincing
when he semis Permnder forth upon
an expedition ha captiun of a pinilo
Bliip to Beotir the scoa in Heareh of his
lost A uri Stella*
We have digressed far away from
our author, and to him we must now
return. It Uhb already been said that
Cervantes rlid nr>t live to see hi a patron
the Count de Lemos, nor to publish
his romance. On the 2nd of April he
bad entered th« <^>rder of Franciscan
Priiirs ; It ifl said that he had adopted
their habit three years before; it was a
fri^^uent practice in those days* His
iiiind^ though still fiili of life and vi-
vacity, was perfectly calm and serene ;
he was prepared and ready to leave a
world where life had been to him a
por[iotyal struggle ; and yet to the la^t
we find evidence of thdt brijjht gay
apirit which continual disappomtment
could never sour, tior captivity, povertjr,
or sickness ever ijuelL
On the 23<l April, 1616, when G«1
years of age, he died at Madrid. Ac*1
cording to his own desire, he
buried in the Convent of the Nuns i
the Trinity, which was near the streoil
of Leon where he lived* The povertjrf
of his funeral, and the obscurity la f
which he lived to the last, sectn to J
prove that the gratitude ho expreasell
for favours and Kindness shewn to biimi
by the Count de Lemos, was more faf |
what he trusted might be in store far
him ttian for anything he had liitherto
received.
Possibly some pecuniary assistanod.
rnay have been vouchsafed which pre*]
served him from absolute want* It I
is painful to rellect that neglect through
life should have been the fate of thii \
great man, and that he was allowed to
lie down at last in an unhonoured
grave, without ti stone or epitnph to ^
mark the spot where his remains werd I
laid. A few years afterwards (as wo ]
learn from Mr* Ticknor) the verj con* i
vent in which he had been buried woa I
removed to some other part of the
city, and no one in Spaifi can t»oint to
the spot where Cervantes found at
Inst a peaceful resting-place.
THE NEW PATRON SAINT OF AMIENS*
FROM " NotcB at Paris, particularly on
In State and Prospects of Religion," a
fKH>k of which farther notice will be found
among the Rerfews in our prei^ut Moga-
ttoe, we make the following extract reh-
tire to an extraordinary scene which took
nlaoe in one of the principal cities of
France ia the month of October last.
Amon/2; the nnmeroui practices as well o
doctrinei which uhaw forth the remal of
the spirit of MediievaHim at the present
lime, the author state*, that *' We behold
the Catacombs of Rome worked with in-
cteaied actit ity, ai if they were a spiritual
California. Bones and skeletons are ex-
humed from their quiet ahodea, and carried
to the sacred Mint of Reliques at Rome;
theacff when fitampedwlth Papal aatboritj,
they *rc iaatied throughout the world, and
are rcceired with pouip and homage in the
principal cities of France, and ore diiiplajed
to the devotion of crowded congregations
•*'*wlng before them.
^' An ancient Latin inscription was dia-
covered BOEoe time aj^o in the C&taeombt at
Rome, near the Via Solaria : it ia aa folio wa!
Ai/n.eLiAR Thbudosiah
BliNIOSlSSlMAB ET
iNCOyPAlLA&tLl FSMIHAIS
AoBCUuis OcTAtra
CoNJUGi Innocbntirsiuab
Dbpos. pa* Kal. Dae.
Nat* Amuia^ka
B. M. ?,•
i. c. J —
Tq Aureiia Theudoiia,
a mo$t benign
and incomparadlt IVomany
AuretiuK OptafuM^
to hix miiH innocent T'/e,
buried xxTih Nopemltfr,
7h her teelt-deivrtinff
k§ placed ihia mOfiumenf .
t reserve the words ' Nat, Ambiaka' to
be notiecd by and by«
* Ut, BiM mfrtnti/icit,
18540
The New Pah on Saint o/Amiem.
271
I
I
*' This iBseriptioo, which is eografen
on a marble silab^ and is still estatit^ records
the burial of a cerUiii Theiiclo«ia» Near
it were found Boroe bi>Dest which were
supposed to he her mortal remains* Aa
sh« wu iti( erred iii the Catacombs^ she
was prelum ed to be b Cftrutian, A |jhia1,
tupfNued to bare once contained blood,
w a« foun d near the rcmaioti. H coce Then-
doftia was believed by some to have been a
Chrifltiftu martyr. Antiquaries are divided
in opinion ss to the nature and purport of
tbiji evidence. Some maintain that wherever
A phial is found in the Catacombs^ there
is the grave of a martyr. Other archieo-
loj^iata are of opinion that * what in these
phiaU ia called blood is the deposit of the
wine used in the commuaioo.'*
'* However thi£ may be, these remains,
supposed to be the relics of Aurelia Theu-
doeia, were not allow ud to remain unmo-
le&tcd tn the peaceful dnnnitory of the
dead. No heed was paid to the solemn
language of that other Christian inecrip-
tionf once seen in the Catacombs at
Ronse;—
Male Pkreat
mSBPULTU» JACEAT
NGN 1IK3UR0AT
CUM JUDA PARTEM HAS P. AT
SI ftUlfi SkfULCRUM BOC VIOLA V£EIT.
May thai man pcrifh miserabiy,
Mtiy he lie unburied^
Mat/ he not Hue again.
May he hate Ait part i(m with Judat^
Whtt mutates this Grave,
♦* The grave waa rifled of its con tents.
The saered rcmaitis of this reputed Chris-
tian woman — this beloved wife — this sup-
posed Chnstmn martyr, Tbcudosia, were
exhumed from the privacy of the tomb,
and were exposed to the gaze of a morbid
curiosity. The sepulchral tablet was torn
from its place. They were subjected to
the critical scrutiny of a Roman tribunal
— the * Congregation of Relic*.' A pos-
thumous inqucit was held on the body by
thia tribunal more than 1300 years after
its deciL-ase„ and a vf rdict was pronounced
— that the remains in question were those
of Thendosia— thatTheodo«iawasaCbris;>
tian — a saint — a tnartyr-— and a milive qf
Amiens in France,
^' Th its judicial sentence of the Roman
tribunal wai ratitied by the Bishop of Rome
himself. Nor wa^ this all. The Pope
decreed that the name of Theudosia shoutd
now he added to the ritual of the church
of Amiens ;t that an office should be in-
serted there in her honour j and that hence-
forth madse5 should be said in her name
in all the parishes of the diocese of Amiens,
and an annual festival be celebrated in her
memory.
^^The matter did not rest here. These
mortal re mains > having been disinterred
from the Catacombs of Rome, must now
take a longer journey : they must be trana-
ported to Amiens in France. Accordingly
to Amietif Ihey came, where they were
received, on the ISth October last, with
extraordinary pomp of maiie, and baDncrii
and illuminations, and processionSf and
triumphal arches, and with a krge con-
course of cardinals, archbishops, and bi«
shops, $ twenty-eight in number; and they
were carried in a mag^i^ccnt csr of tri-
umph to the Cdthedral Church of Amiens,
* Bunseo, Hippolytns, L p. S37.
t Arringhi itoma Suhterraoea, iii. e. 23, p. 43(i, ed, Arnhemi 167 K
Z M. L'Abbu Gerhet] Vicar-General of Amiens, thus writes: ** Le Souverain*
I'ontife a fait plus encore pour notre sainte Amlenoise : il a voulu que son office (dt
insert dans notre liturj^to, qu^on ctiii^br&t la messe en son honneur dans toutes let
paroiases, qu'ou lui contiacrat une f^tc annuelle qui prtt place parmi nos solenoit^s lea
plus saintes. L^ossistance diviner qui dirige le 8aiut-Si6gc dans lea prescriptions dn
calte ti i^troitement lie a ia foi, vient sceller cu qudque sorte lea autres gfraiitiea»
appuyee« anr les precautions les plus ^crupuleuses qne la prudence humaine puisao
inspires"
And the Bishop of Amieus boa |>nbli^hcd the following words : ** Saiute Theudosie
est pour nous la premiere-nee peut-i^tre dc oette Eglisct iftii paya noire ranfon, qui
mcrita te don de la foi apporii bientut apres elte k noa aTcux par saint Firman* Noui
sommea n^s de son sang ; e//e huum en/anta par ta mart a rimmortatUL'*
$ See Univerf, Oct. 21. '* On peut sc li^urer cette vitle chang^e en un templet
€•• arcs de triomphe, cette foule inctinGef les bannierea, les reliquaireit preciem, et
pr^cddant le char Irinrnphal dc ta Murtyre, h la suite duquel marchaient, le b/kton
pastoral a la main, tingi huit EvCqnex,^'
Oct. 15. ^'Nons voulons d'abord placer en t^ie de ue compte — rendu les uDms del
princes de rEgliie dont la presence a donni^ tant de lustre k cette cCT^monie.
^* LL. £m. lea Csrdinaux Wi^icman Arch^v^que de Westminster, Gou^set Arch£-
v^que de Reims, et Morlot Archev^que de Tours. . . < . On remarquoit la robe et la
mantean violet des Cbanoines de Westminster."
272
7%e Neiv Patron Saint of Amiens*
[March,
and sermons^ were there (irenched to
itnm«nic congrcgnlioDBj coogratulatiixg the
inbabitnau of that eriy oa the ac<|ubitLon
of the body of a wiiit and martyr born
wtthia their waits, and asauring tbem that
thc»c rellci might b« regarded by them a»
a pledge of the Ditinc favour and protec-
tion U) the citjf and exhorting them to
imitate Theudosia in tJicir lives, and to
invoke Thcudoiia in their prayem.
** Such arc the rcaults of the diicovcry.
*• Having been brought to thia conclu-
glon, let us now pauic n moment, and
review the pniceati of evidence by which
we have been conducted thither. What
is the baiii <»f demonstration on which
this grand superstructure rests ? Is any
thing known of Theudosia ? Abaolutcly
nothing. No record boa been cited to
show that she was a Christian, none that
afae was a martyr. The belief that ihe
was 90 reata solely on the nature of tho
place ia which she waa found, and on the
phial discovered near the remains. None
baa been adduced that she was a iMr/^vff q/
" Her history ia confined to the Latin
inscdption rjuuted above. It hai, indeed,
becrn argued by Roman anticjuaries, it has
boon resolved by ttie Roman Congrrgntion
af Relic«i and by the Ulihop of Rome
himself^ that this inscription is luMcient
to evince that Tbeudosia was a native of
Amiens. And, relying on their authority,
the Vicar-Gcncrnl of Amiens, M. rAbbt'i
Gerbet (now nominated to the Episcoptil
See of Perpignan), baa written a treatise
in honour of Theudosia, as a patron saint
of Amiens ; and the Bishop of Amiens
hat reeeived her aa such in the cathedral
of that city, and a lari^c number of bishopi,
clergy, and people flocked to Amieni to
welcome her on the 12th October last;
and her name bos been added to tlie Ca-
lendar of S flints, and will be vencraled
year after year on a solemn anniveraary
of t lie Church.
'* All this is true. And here ia a aad and
striking example (may it prove a lalutary
warning t) of the nnbounded confidence
and reckless amlacity with which the
Church of Rome now speculates on the
credulity of Europe, and dictates acts of
worship and articles of foith* Is it not
also an evidence of her infatuation, and,
perhaps, nn omen of her fall ?
'^ Let the candid reader examine the in-
scriptiou in question* Tliere be will see
tbe worda Nat. Ambiana. The anti-
quaries of Rome translate thera thui.
* Born at Ambianum or Amiens.' And
they apply them to Theudosia. And the
Bishop of Rome sanctions tht* translation;
he anthorines this apfilication ; and the
Bishop of Amiens, and many of Hia col-
leagues and clergy and people act upon
it. It has force to modify their Liturgy,
and is made the groundwork of their
prayers. But is this a correct translation }
In the solemn work of religious worship
wise mt\\ will proceed warily. And ii
this irantUtion so manif^^tly true that ■
rcajsonable inquirer can be satisfied with
it ? And, much more (on tbe suppoaitjon
that the adoration of aatnta is in any caae
not unlawftil), i.^ thii$ translation so cer*
toio, is it so incontrovertible, that the
church and diocese of Amieaf, and the
* The first wa« preached by Cardinal Wiseman, and in the published report of hia
Discourse are the following words : ** Elle porte done avec elle le flambeau de la foi
primitive pour eclairer ct pour fortifier la niitre ; que cette lumiure ct^desic penHrc
dniifi les caeura non moioa que d;i:ns I'intelUgentTc cies 6deles, Oui, Theudosie, vous
Tavci Ah]\ fait. Vos of^semetits humilii^s pour Jl^sus Cbrlist ont trcssaillt aujourd'hui
A^ IQi^^BjpuUahunt QHa humiiiata, et nous ont comomniqucl' leurs trnnaporta d'all^grcase.
Et cette joie^ cette f^te auront dca rfsultats dumbleii, Ales jettent pour I'avenir li^s
fondemcuti d'une plus soUde et plus ferme pi<^td, Ce qu^eat Lueie pour Syracuiw,
Agatht p^ur Catantt Genniitft pour Parit, Agnh pour Hornet Theudosie U ser*,
r«f/ d^a pour Amient, Elle deviendra I'objet d*unc devotion ehaque jour ptm*
tendr§, a taqnfUe cette vt?Q(:^ration profonde qu'inspirc la m^moire de* saints pontifes
et martyrs dca premiers temps dotine un carsctere particulicr. Et si juMiu'a present,
inconnue dcs v6tret, voua avez cependont pri6 pour eux, combicn plus desormais
invoqu^ par eux, avec ferrcar et confl;mce, db redoublerez-vous pas vos puissantes
interoesaions aupr^s dti Dieu dea martyrs? Commences done d^ aqioitrd'hui a benir
Totre Tille et votre penple, au milieu detqneli vous aller repoier jusqu*^ voire
glorieusc ri-BurrectioD.*'
By a remarkable coincidence, the f^te at Amiens, for the translation of Theudosia,
in which the Roman Ecclcsiuiitic who hos assumed the title of Archbishop of Wcat-
tninitcr took so prominent a part» occurred on the eve of the anniversary of the trana*
lation of Kim; Edward the Confessor, the day on which some who acknowledge the
Cardinal aa tlieir Archbishop presented themselves at Westminster Abbey in order to
worship at tbs shrine of Edward the Confcsjor. The scene at Amiens is a rehearsal of
what would be enacted in Eugl&ud, if their will were coroplietl with.
Let U3 be thankful for the timely warning.
1834,]
The New Patron Saint of Amienst,
278
wliole Christian world may safdy accept
it ai n fufficient wnrraDt for acta of reli*
fioiui feneration to Tbeudosia, as a taint
I bom at Amiens » and as a patron of that
I cit J >
' Auurcdly not. It It by no means clear
that the words Nat, Ail bi ana refer to
iTheudosia at all. Indeed the laws of
[iSraminatical coQStnictiun would seem to
forbid auch an a ppti ration. Wliatover
I* may be the powers of the Papacy, spiritual
[•or temporal, it cannot cancel the canons
t of criticism. Whatever it may do for the
I unity of the Church, it cnnnot deitroy the
\ concords of gTammar. It cannot convert
Ambiana into a d^tire case and moke it
pagree with Thendosiae. It cannot force
J Ambiana to Jbiiofc the word ^feciL/ A
I ^ntmmarian of old said to a Romaa Em-
Iperor, ' Your Majesty may give the free-
(dom of city to merit bnt not to wards,*
I The same may be said of the Pojw*
But suppose that Nat. Ambiana
I'^oet refer to Theudosia. What follows ?
I Rome would gain nothing from that con-
leeasion* She can never prove thereby
rfhat Tbeadosia was if urn in the city qf
yjimient. She can never justify herself in
I |>ropoanding Theudosia as a saint of
rAmiens, to be venerated as such in the
I offices of religion, with the homage of lU
rinhnb junta.
It is, indeed t stmnge that any who
bavc breothed the air of Italy and Rome
l^onld ever have translated the words
^ Nat- Ambiana* horn at Amient. A
[ native of France^ tempted by the specious
auaJogin of language^ might, perhaps, be
betrayed into the error of rendering them
* nie Amienoise/ And Ibis the vene-
rable Btthop of Amiens has done: this
the Vicar- General of Amiens has done.*
Let them be pardoned for it. But that a
* Roman Congregation of Relica * should
do this ; that a Bishop of Rome, calling
himself infallible, Bboalddo it — this wouid
surpass belief, if we did not know by
experience into what illusions men are
betrayed, when they have wrought them-
selves up to the presumptuons imagination
that they cannot err.
Nihil eat quod credere do M
Nnn pOfc«3t, quum laadatur m» lOqtiA potastas.
** But what would Pope Gregory the First
have saict, if some Anglo-Saxon convert,
seeing the words Nat, Rom ana in a
Latin inscription, bed rendered them
* horn dt Rome ? '
'* The fact is, that in this inscription
concerning Theudosia the word Nat. is
not an abbreviation for Nata^ but for
Natione, And marvellous it is, tbot the
* Cougregation of Relics,^ ond the Roman
ArcKtfologittSt and the Bishop of Rome,
should have forgotten this, when they hod
before them several examples of (he smme
abbreviation in old Latin inscriptioMf
collected even in such common buoks at
those of Gerrard, Ursatus, and others.
Nat. Ambiana does not signify ' born at
Araiens * (a miserable solecism), but it
signifies ' on Ambion by Nation ; ' Just as
* Nat. Pan/ signifies * a Pannonian by
Nation/ and ' Nat. Dalm.' signifies a
* Dalmatian by Nation ;* and other aimilar
instances which may be seen in the volumes
just raeiitioned-t
'* Besides, if Theudosia was a saint and a
martyr (as the Roman antiquaries imagine),
it may easily be shown from other con-
siderations that Nat. Ambiana could not
mean * bom at Ambiannm or Amient.*
For the age of martyr a had passed away
* M. L'Abb^^ Gerbet, in his recent publication on Sainth Thvooosis, tranilalea
the loscripttoo above quoted as follows : —
A Aurilie Theudotitt
Trh bimgne et
Tncomparalfte Femme,
Aurttiuj Optatus
A Son Epoiue irh iiMOC#ti/e,
DipotH ia peilie dti Kalenda de Decembrt,
Nee Amienoiie^
Ft a fait (cette epitapbe k cUc) bien miritamte,
Thot making ** Ambiana** agree with " Theudosiac ; " and rendering '* Nat.
Ambiana ** ** N^ Amlenoise.'*
The Abb^ frankly allows that this Inscription is the only extant document concern-
iog Tbeadosia. *' Nous n'avona ancun monument hisiorique qui renferme quelques
dC'taila sur Sainte Theudosie. Les ancieua Martyrologes Romaini et Gallicons n ont pas
recueill) son nom." lie states as the general opinion of theprtient Antiquarians of
Rome that she was martyred between a.o. 353 and a.d. 275.
The Bishop of Amiens, in the ^' Avertissement * ' he has published on the subject
writes thus, ** Nous ne nous arrdteroni ^ prouver que Sainte Theudosie eat une fiUe
d'Amiens. C'eat son mari, Auretiua Optatus, qui nous Tatteste * Nat. Ambiana/
/fie Amienoite.* *
t Uraati Explan, Notarnm, Paris, 1723, p. 162.
Gent. Mac, Vol. XLL
2N
274
Ruined Cities in America*
[Mftreb,
btforg Amlenu rceetfatd the name of Am-
bianum. In the m;o of murtfrs it wae
called Samaoobria, Samanobriva, or Saiua-
robriva (the ntme bj vrhich Cicero calU
it) I Mtidwu not called Ambianum till late
in the fourth century,* probably not so
*• Let it then be granted for argument's
sake, that the words Nat* Aoibiana do refer
to Theudosia^ then all that can reaiJODably
be inferred from them ia this^ that »he waa
an Amhian by nation. Now, the Ambiani
inhabited a wide tract of countiy (as the
readers of Cvsor and Sirabo will remem-
ber), and it would be as absurd to infer
that a man was bom at York, because be
was born in Yorkshire, as to conclude
that a woman was bom at Ambianum (or
Amien§), because she was an Ambtanian
bj naiion. Indeed, there is nothing what-
ever to flhow that Theudosia might not
have been born of Ambian parents at
B&met where she waa buried, and where,
if the Church of Rome had not been blinded
by a q>tnt of delusion, and if she had not
desired to blind others, the mortal remains
of Theudosia would stiil be resting in
peace.
** The fact that inch scenes as this which
has now been described should be enaoted
in a large mercantile city like Amiens, in
the middle of the nineteenth century, and
in the presence, and with thcco>operation,
of nearly thirty of the most distinguished
members of the Roman hierarchy* and with
a vast concourse and applause of nitmber-
leia spectators, and that no voice should
have beeo lifted up as yet to reveal its true
character, and that tOEne ezpresstons of
desire hare even been littered in Ed gland
that such scenes should be imitated here,
is one which may well suggest sober, seri-
ous, and solemn refiections.
•* Tbe present age boasts itself an age of
intellectual illumiaation. It vaunts its
own shrewdness and sagadtf« It
to sop pose that by means of mechanical
skill, aud scientific attainments, and com*
mc-rcial actitity, and diffttiion of secular
knowledge, it may laugh to scorn the
attempts of superstition. Vain-glorious
imagination I Such an assurance ia re-
futed by the recent f^te of AmienSi and
by other similar phscuomena, which would
almost seem to indicate that, instead of
making true progress ^ Europe is reiapttrng
into tbe ignorance and barbarism of the
Dark Ages. May it not be feared that,
as a puniahment for our own intellectual
arroganOBf presumption, and pride, Al-
mighty God is blinding the eyes of those
who think they see most clearly, that the
spiritual vision of Europe is becoming
dimmer and darker, so that it cannot be-
hold the things which belong to its peace .^
*' In the mean time, however, it ia cer-
tain that sooner or later such deluttoni as
these will be exposed to the eyes of the
world. Then what a triumph will have
been given by them to scepticism I And
what a retribution will then ensue ! The
joys of the recent f^te at Amiens, and of
otber festivals hke them, will be turned to
shame and sorrow. The intidcl will point
to them and say, with a aneer of lavage
sconi. You have attempted to cheat us.
You have endeavoured — you teachers of
religion — to palm a fraud upon us in the
name of Chriitionity 1 Talk not to us of
Christianity, If preached by yo«, it roust
be false. You have deluded us enough*
Now we are free. We despise and defy
yo u . And tavictii I Look to y ou rselves.
** What a powerful force of reaction may
thus recoil on religion I What a sudden
shock to the faith of the world from such
superstitions as these ! . . . . May the
God of Truth and Peace avert their COQ-
sequenoes ! He only can.''
HUINED CITIES IN AMERICA.
{From the Sim Francisco Herald.)
I
The great basin in the middle of our
territory, bounded on the north by the
Wahsatch Mountains and the settlements
of the Mormons in Utah, ou the east by
the Rocky Mountains sktrttog tim right
bank of the Rio Grande, on the south by
the Gila, and on the west by the Sierra
Nevada, is a region stUI almost unkooWQi
Trappers and mountaineers have piised
all round the inner side of its rim^ bat
none have ever crossed it, with the exoeo*
tion of Mr. Beale, who tniTersed on bii
^ Sigebert, ad a.d, 38?, Civitatem quam Antoninus Sanianobriam (sive Sarnano-
brivam) ab adjaceate flumine appellavit Gratianus muWo nomine AmbiantM hdt
vocnri.
It appears, therefore, Uiat the name of Amiens, which had been Samanobria or
Samanobriva till the time of Gratian, circ. a.d* 382| was then changed to Ambianis,
and that Ambianum is a still later name.
1854.]
Ruined Citiet in America.
«f«
recent trip its northern elope, and Captain
Joe W(ilker« the famouB mountaineer, who
I>aas«d nearly through ito centre in the
winter of 1850. But Itttle, therefore, ia
known regarding it ; but that little h ex-
oeedtDgly interesting, and AlU the mind
with eagerness to know more. From Cap-
tain Walker we have leathered many par-
ticulars regflrding his celeh rated trip, aud
the chaxacter of thia mysterioua land^
which have never before been brought to
light. There is no lack of atreams within
it ; the Rio Coloraflo Chiquito, or Little
Red River, runs entirely across it, about
100 miles to the north of the Gila, and
almost parallel to it, and empties into thi'
Colorado. About ISO miles still further
north the San Juan foltows exactly the
fame courae aa the Little Red River^ and
empties in Grand Rivcr» the most im-
portant branch of the Colorado. Grand
River itself pursues a courise a little south
of west across the northern part of the
bofin ; while the Avonkaree, a large river
discovered by Mr. Beale, Green River*
and the Rio Virgen, are all large stresnis,
which drain the oortbern mountain rim,
and run in a southerly direction into the
Colorado.
The great basin between the Colorado
and the Rio Grande ia an immense table-
land, broken towards the Gila and the Rio
Grande by detached i>ierras. Almost all
th€ streams run through deep canons.
The country ia barren and deaolate, and
P entirely uninhabited. But thongb now so
bleak and forbidding, strewn all around
may be seen the evidence that it was om:e
peopled by a civilised and thickly settled
population. They b&ve long since diaap-
■ p«ared« but their handiwork still remainii
to attest their former greatness. Captain
Walker aaaurei na that the country from
the Colorado to the Rio Grande^ between
the Gila and San Juan, is full of ruined
habitations and cities, moat of which are
OD the table-land. Although he had fre-
cjuently met with crumbling niaisea of
masonry and nnmberleas apecimeos of
antique potteryt such aa have been noticed
in the immigrant trail south of the Gila,
it was not until his last trip across that
ha eTer saw a structure standing. On that
oocaalon he had penetrated about midway
from the Colorado into the wilderness, and
had encamped near the Little Red River,
with the Sierra Blanca looming up to the
south, wh^i he noticed at n little distance
an object that induced him to eiamine
further. Aa he approached, he found it
to be a kind of citadel, around which lay
the ruins of a city more than a mile in
I leDf^th. It was located on a geotJe de-
^m clivity that nloped towards Red River, and
^B the lines of the streets cou^ld be dtatinctly
traced, running regularly at rifbt ili|>le9
with each other. The houses had all been
built of stones, but had been reduced to
ruins by the action of some great heat,
which had evidently passed over the whole
country. It was not an ordinary confla-
gration, bnt must have been some fierce
furnace-like blast of fire, similar to that
issruing from a volcano, as the stones were
burnt — ^some of them almost cinderedi
others glazed, as if melted. This appear-
ance was visible in every ruin he met with.
A storm of fire seemed to have swept over
the whole face of the country, and the
iuhabitants must have fallen before it. In
the centre of this city wc refer to rose
abruptly a rock twenty or thirty feet high,
upon the top of which stood a portion of the
walls of what had once been an immense
bnilding. Tlie outline of the building waa
still distinct, altbougli only the northern
angle, with walls fifteen or eighteen feet
long, and ten feet high, were standing.
Thesei walls were constructed of stone, well
quarried and well buUt. All the south end
of the building seemed to have been burnt
to cinders, and to have sank to a mer«
pile of rubbish. Even the rock on which
it was built appeared to hare been partially
fiised by the heat. Captain Walker spent
some time in examining the interesting
spot. He traced many of the streets and
the outlines of the houses, but conld find
no other wall standing. Aa often aa he
had seen ruioa of this character, he bad
never until tliis occasion discovered any of
the implements of the anctent people.
Here he found a number of handmilla^
similar to those still used by the Pueblaa
and the Mexicans for grinding their cnrn.
They were made of light porous rock, and
consisted of two pieces about two feet
long and ten inches wide, the one hollowed
out, and the other made convex like a
roller to fit the concavity. They were the
only articles thnt had resisted the heat.
No metals of any kind were found. Strewn
all around might bo seen numerous frag-
ments of crockery, sometimes beantifuUy
carved, at others painted. This, however,
waa not peculiar to thia spot, as he had
seen antique pottery in every part of the
country, from San Juan to the Gira.
Captain Walker continued his journey,
and noticed several more ruins a little off
hiu route next day, but he could not stop
to eiamiue them* On this side of the
Colorado he has never seen any remains,
exoept of the present races. The Indiana
have no traditions relative to the ancient
people once thickly settled in this region.
They look with wonder upon thcfio re-
mains, but know nothing of their origin.
Captain Walker, who, we may remark, ia
a moat inteiligeut and close ubtervcr^ far
276
CorreMpondtnce of Stfhanus l/rhan*
[March,
iuperior to the generality of the old
trappers, atid witli & woDderfully retentive
memory^ is oi (ipioiou tliat this bosm^ nan'
80 barren, was once a charming countryi
lu&taining milliODs of people, and that its
preient desolation has been wrout^ht by
the action of volcanic hres. Tbe mill dis-
covered provei that the ancient race once
Urmed ; tbe country, as it now appears^
Dever oould be tilled, bcnce it is inferred
it must have been diierent in early day a.
They mait have Ijad iheep, too, for the
representation of that useful animal wai
fouod carved upon a piece of pottery.
Lieu tenant Beale states that on his irst
trip acrois the continent he discovered in
the midat of tbe wilderneas nortk of tbe
Gila what appeared to be a strong fort,
the walls of great thickneas, built of stone.
He traversed it^ and found it contained
forty-two rooms. In theviciuity numerous
balls of hard clay, from the sixe of a
bullet to that of a grape shot, were met
with. What was sini^ular about them was
the fact that frequently ten or twenty were
stuck together like a □ umber of bullets
ruQ out of hnlf-a -dozen connecting moulds^
or like a whole baking of rolls. It is
difllcalt to say what thcs€ #ere intended
for. They were so hard, however, that
the smaller ones could be discharged from
a gun. And now it remains for the anti-
quary to explore this most interesting
region in the very heart of our country,
and to say who were the people that in-
habited it. They may have been the an*
oestors of the Aitecs whom Corte^i fonnd
in Mexico, for they were known to have
come from the north. Tradition rebtes
that they sailed out frora their northern
homes directed by their prophets not to
cease their march till they came across an
eagle aittiiig upon a cactus with a serpent
in its clawd. This they found where the
city of Mexico now stands^ and there they
established their dominion. The legend is
still preserved in the device upon the
Meiicao dollar. Some remnants of tbe
Aatecs still remained within a few years
past at the ruined city of Grand Quivera^
or Pecos, in tbe wilderness of New Mejtico.
HerCf in deep eaverns, they kept alivct
with reverential care^ the sacred lire»
which was always to bum uritil the return
of Monteiuma, ft only went out about
ten years ago, when the last Indian of tbe
tribe expired.
CORRESPONDENCE OF SYLVANUS URBAN.
** Merria Englanl"— Ancient MonsMic Senl aiicovered at Vouglial— Emendation of a Panaaga In
Shakspere's Cortolanua.
**MeiiRtB Enoland/'
Mr. Urban, — There is no epithet ap-
propriated by more established consent to
its subject, than that used in tbe expres-
sion " Merry Enffiand,'' Perhaps some
of your correspondents can inforiu me^ at
what time and in what manner Ibis appro*
priation arose. I do not remember the
phrase in any of our elder writers. It may
be observed, that the word merry is used
in all our old authors with the sense of
pletuant, as well as tljat of j<i^ut.
That made thmn in a cUee for to taria.
That stood ful metif upon an haven aMq.
(CUftucor* NotmcB Pre«»tcH TaJe<)
Tbe eipression '* merry weather,'* with
the surname derived from it, is another
instance of this.
Tbara «ka roy fsebto bark awhUe may stay.
Till iDtnr wtnd and weaihetr eall Iier tbeace away.
(Spenier, Fairy Queen, lib. I. ctitto 1 S.)
Bui there can be Ultle doubt that in
the phrase *' Merry England," the epithet
was intended to describe^not the agreeable-
nesB of the country, hut the wealth and
prosperity of its inhabitants, as exhibited
especially in their foodnesa for social en-
joyments. Various writers during tbe
middle ages bear testimony to the pros-
perity enjoyed by the roaaa of the people
of England, as compared with the condi-
tion of the same classes abroad. Of the
convivial habits of our ancestors of tbe
reign of Henry VII. the following curious
notice occurs in the Italian description of
England prepared by the Venetian em-
bassy of Mfl 6, and published by the Camden
Society. '* The English take great plea-
aure in having a quantity of excellent
victual, and also in remaming a long time
at table, but are sparing of wine, when
they drink it at their ovro ezpeme. Few
people keep wine in their own hoiises^biit
they buy it, for the most part, at a tavem ;
and when they mean todriok winein abund*
J
Jorrefpondmce of S^lvanus Urban.
soce the J go to the tavern, and thtt ti
done not only bj Hie tii«n but by women
of good repute. The dcficiencj of witie
however U ainply suppb'ed by the abund*
snce of ale and beer, to the use of which
the«e people are become so habituated, that,
at an entertainment where there ii plenty
of wine, tbcy will drink them in preference
to it, and in great quantitioji. Like dis-
creet people, howcirer, they do not offer
them to Itnlians unleis they oak for them.
They think do greater honour can be con-
I ferred or received than to tnTite others to
with them, or to be inrtted them-
i ielvea 7 and they will 9pend five or «ix
I dacatt to entertain a single persoo, while
I to help him in distress they would not
, gi?c hitn a groat/'*
The propensity of our countrymen for
, {iteottful living, and their reputation for
exceeding rather on the side of *^ good
I eating" than of '• good drink iog," is ceie-
hrated by Sc&Iiger in one of hU epigrams.
int conviviP, German UK. Flnndcr, «t Ani;hi!> ;
^piA edat melius, guts melitisvi; Nbat?
ladia, GcmiaDe^ LJMa : tu non biliiji, Angle,
lb ; comedU, Flaadret bibUqae beoa.
eh may be rendered in English thus:
For feasting there aro nowhere such men
Aa Flemingi, EngUalimen, and Dutchmen ;
Whkh of the threes a qneatkin puuUug,
£voels in eating, wtiieli tn guixUiig,
Load well the hgnrU wlUi boUed and roaat,
Votir En|;li4hniiui will e«t the most \
WiU) in>Arkliiig wtne All hl^h tko fLo^fi,
Tlie Dutchman now ha« cauM to hrag on ;
The Flemhigt to tbom both sworn brottisTf
Will drink with one and oat with t'oUjer.
The epithet of merry is applied, in a
marked way^ by Spenser to London, that
land of Cockaigne, always fatnotifi for its
feasting and pageantry.
At length they ^1 to merry London came,
To mon7 London, my most kindly SurM,
That to me gave this Lifes flr«t nftlivc toorM \
Tlioti^h iVmn another place I take my name,
An houflfO ef ancient fkme,
(Spcnstcr, Piothalamltm.)
The following lines, which appear to be
an amplification of the eacpressioa ** Merry
England/' are quoted by Sir Edward Coke
in his Institutes, "from anantiont Poet«"
Angha, terr* ferax, et fertili* angulas orbii,
Insula pnedlvra, quja toto rU eget orbe»
Et cujof total Indiget orl»bi ope,
KnuWi^iPUnajonM^ ifemg Mbtra H «pta/aeari.
Libera gens, cul libera meat et libera hzigua,
Se<l lingTi^ melior Ubwlorqiic matios.
The marginal reference is to Bartkolem^Ut.
The lines arc to be found iti the work of
Bartbolemafus de Glanrill^, an English
Franciscan of the fourteenth century, a
translation of whose principal book, en-
titled De proprieiatibuMrerurH^vhs printed
as Engliab by Wynkende Worde, and sub-
sequently, in 1582, re.etlited by a Dr.
Batman, under the title of *' Batman upon
Bartholome his booke de proprietntibiis
rerum/* in which form it probably occu-
pied a shelf, with other rolumes of an
equally lively character, — the light litera-
ture of the day,— in the great lawyer*!
study. ^^ The verses shew/' says the old
translator, ^' that England is a strong Und
and a sturdie^ the plenteous t corner of the
world, so rich aland that unneth it needeth
helpc of any land, and every other land
needeth helpe of England^ England is
fall of mirth snd of game, and men oft
times able to mirth and game, free men of
heart and tongue, but their hand is more
better and more free than their tongue.**
The above Lines are not by Barlhols-
msetis, but are cited by bim from aovie
older author* Yours, &c. F. M. N.
Ancient Monastic Skal EKceNTtr discovered at Youohal.
M». UaDAK, — The accompanying Mo-
nastic Seal wns found at Youghul, co, Cork,
on the 3l8t December, 1853, by a labourer
who was working in tJie garden of Richard
Henry Rogers , E^q. at DevoDshire Pkce.
The matrix is of bronze, and is in good
preoer? ation . The device is a human Heart,
pierced from aboTC, through the midst, by
a perpeudiculsr sword-blade, and resting
on a mass of coagulated blo<Hlr the whole
ItoUim Rektion of England, p. 21.
278 Cori*eitponden€e t}f S^lvanus Urban* [March,
bemg ioclofed with lit an ecolesiasticftl
fmme-work or border. Around is the
in»cription : —
THKSRAL OF BROTUEIt JOHN TH YNQUtlL.
Who this individtial was, It may be difficiiU
now to discover \ but the name, or a very
similar one, ii not wholly unknown in
Iriah monastic history. About the year
II59| TuNDAL, or TuNGAL, a nativa of
Cork} though some aay orCajhel, fell into
an ecstasy for three days, and on Ilia re-
covpry dictated to hi<? friends around him
an account of his visions (Sancttolog. MS.
in Bibl. Cott. referred to in Smitli's Cork,
vol. ii* p. 420 and note). The owner of
the seal before us lived two centuriea after-
wardii and of course caanot be identified
with him.
The garden in which this se-al was dis-
covered forms part of tha site of the din-
solved Franciscan friary, commonly caJled
the Soutb Abbey, of YoughaL Thia house
was the first of its kind in Ireland, and,
according to the Four Maaters, was founded
in the year 1224 by Maurice FitiGcrald,
iccond Baron Opholey. It is said that he
originally designed the building for a castle,
but chan[fed it into a religious foundation
from the following circumstance i the
workmen who were digging for the cattle-
site, on the eve of a festival, begged of
their employer a piece of money to drink
his liealtb, and lie directed liis eldest ton
to give it. But the young man^ so far
from obeying hfa father's command, sternly
reproved the poor labourers ; and hi* father
became so coneerned for this opening pres-
tife, that be altered his design, and re-
solved to erect a house for Grey Friara.
At the Dissolution, this Franc iican friary
was granted to George I sham, by letters
patent bearing date 16 June, 15fl7, which
|rant wa^ soon after purchased of bim by
Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork.
The seal, having beeo discovered on the
site of a house of Franciscans, might natu-
rally be assigned to a member of that
order; and we would^ at the first impulse,
conjecture that it was lost by il* owner as
he walked or worked in the gardens of his
monastery. The Sacred Hearty however,
was the emblem of the Augustinians (see
" Die Attribiite der HeiUgeo.'' Hanover,
IS43), who for the most part bore it
** flaming/' but sometimes pierced with
a single arrow, and sometimes with two
fljrrows Bftltier - wise * The wedge - like
•word, as here, is another variation, mark-
ing, perhaps, some disttnotion of hiIbi
though not of order.
And now the inquiry is, What do W6
know of the AngustiQians of Yougbal ?
Archdall does not mention any establish*
meat of theirs at tbia place, yet there is
every reason for believing that aach existed*
Friar Lubin, in bis valuable history of the
bodvj the Orbu August inianus^ gives us a
map of Irelandft specifying the localities
where bouiws of the order existed. In
Munster we have at the mouth of this
BUekwater " Voateuth,*' i.e. The Friary
at Youghal, marked along with the adjoin*
ing monasteries of Ardmore, Lismore, and
Dangarvan, but the historian gives us no
particalars. The existence of the eata-
blishment at Youghal, it is true, is contro-
verted by the able anonymous compiler of
an Irish Monastieon, printed in London
by Willittra Mcars, in 1722, who, speaking
of houses erroneously assigned to Angus-
tinians (p. 3'23)» writes: '*Youghin mo-
nastery is likewise only vf the aforesaid
Friar Lubin's discovering, without men-
tioning the foundpr, or the time of its
foundation ; and I am well assured that
tliere were never any convenu of religious
men at Yougil, besides those of the Domi-
nicans and Franciscans.** Bat the writer
previously (p. 311) had admitted a self-
evident truth, which must weigh with us
in receiving hts authority, cspecialiy when
so dogmatieally given : *' It is possible,**
he says, ** that Friar Lubia might have
had some informations which are unkoowii
to me,** Let us now see how far Lubiii*a
record is borne out by fact.
The religious edifices of Youghal have
occupied your correspondent's attention
for the last four ycaxa, and have been
repeatedly subjected to minute investiga-
tion^ with the object of compihng a Mo-"
nwfticon BochotlenM^. In the course of
these researches, the name of an old un-
frequented road attracted attention, and
ultimately led to the discovery of what be
bc^lieveito be the ruins of the house alluded
to by the Auguetiniian writer Friar Lubin.
The road is near the town of YoughaV *t
the south aide, and is called Kilcoran, i.«.
Cilt Kttarain, The Church of Koran, Cw-
vinus or The Bowed. This saint was called
*^ Che wise''' sou of Ne(£eman,and his fes-
• Of the last difiposition, a fine fipectmeo is in the collection of my gifted friead,
Thomas Crofton Croker. It is the silver sea! of the Augustinians of Ballinrobe, co.
Mayo, Here the two arrows arc arranged cross-wise, and the inscription reads : —
'^Tme Seal or tbs Convent of the Augustiniak Erbmites or BALKNaoB.**
f This map is very curious. It is lettered, " Provincia Hibemiae Ordinis Ereral-
tanim Saacti Augustini, F- August* Lubin Ordinis Cborograph. delin. et sculp. Cum
Friuilegio Regis Chr. FEriSf \6b9,**
1854.]
Corretpondonce ofSt/lvanua Urban.
279
tiTMl ifl set down in the Irish calendars at
the 9th of Febnmry. He was of Deisi ia
MuDster, a district la the county of Water-
ford, im mediately opposite the harbour of
hTinigba]. lo the Pestilogium of MM^t,
[the Caldee, he is called ** Mochuaro«/*
Mttii pai'vuhi* Currintu.^* He was
probably a Tortillard or Hum petto.
Tbe Kilcoran road, when followed for
I Bboat ODO mile, leads past a tittle field
[ called The Shanaritie, a curious name, which
* next attracted notice. Thr appetlation ia,
' of course, Irish, and may be rct»dered
Sean-min, or S^anmaigiHt i.e. The Old
Little Ptatn, or Tlie Old Asylum or Sane-
In the old Irish laws^ the word
iM^aifin or Moyne Blgoitied a plain or lawn
I mttached to a chieftiin's house, which was
f eomidpred a place of sanctuary. An exa-
\ mination of this field brought to light a
[holy well, stopped up with stones, and
^ overshadowed by a gigantic gnarled old
thorn-tree ; and near it several mots-grown
ftnd weather-worn pieces of worked free-
I atone^ eyidcntly fragments of a religious
I building. Five of these atones were roould-
[ «d, three with Norman beads. Two were
\ ]i«rt9 of door-jambs, the rest were pieces
I of windows, a jamb, a roullion, and part
\ of a circular arch. Around spread a
I !»orial- ground, often used in the recollec-
tion of the peasants as a place of sepultQTe
for unbsptlzed infants, like the cntluraght
or kttit of Irel»nd, which are deemed un-
coDsecrated ground. Tlie patriarch of the
locality, a farmer named Magncr, now in
his 84th year, declared that he always
heard that an Augustiniaa aioaaatery ex-
jited here, and named that order of Ere-
mites, without any leading question being
put to him. The site is very near the
mouth of the Black water.
But bow came a seal of the Augustiniaus
into the garden or grounds of the Fran-
ciscan fnary ? It is well known that those
early Irish establishments which followed
the rule of Colnmba, Colombanas, Ailbe,
or Declsn, were compelled, after the
Anglo-Norman conquest, to incorporate
themselTes with bouses more immediately
under the control of the pspacyi and the
Kiicorsn, or Sbanavine, monastery may
have been subjected to this change. Per-
haps the brethren were " drafted,'* as we
might say, into the* Franciscan bouse; and
then brother John TnTJCOHrL brought
his seal with him, and lost it or threw it
moodily away in the nook where, it wai
recently found. The seal may be assigned
to the early part of the 1 4th century.
Yours, Hq* Samucl HATsrA!>r, Clk.
Sovth Abb^, Voughal, Jan. 26M, 1854.
£sf BNDATION OW A PasSAOB IN SHAKSPEBK^S CoatOLANUA.
Mr. Uhban*— So much knowledge and
I Ingenuity has been expended on the dis-
puted passages of Shakspere that it re-
qnirea some daring to hrmg forward any
conjecture that may flash across one's
mind, as one can hardly feel sure that it
18 not been anticipated and rejected ns
Dwortby ^ ootice. Even with this fear
before my eyes, I venture to lay before
you an emendation that has occurred to
me of a much- vexed passage in Coriolanus.
Aufidina (Act V. Scene 5), tpeaking of
CorioUniis^ lays,
I took liiiu :
Hide bim JolJit tervwat with me : gav« tiiai way
In aO hia own desires : aayt lot htm cliocw
Out of mv 1UǤ, bis prqjects to aeccfinpltilif
liy best slid freflheat men : wtt'iI his dsalgfuaents
la my own penon : hotp r« rt«p thtfyum
Wkkh hi 4i4 <n4 aU ki*.
These two last lines have given much
trouble to the commentators. One of
them substitutes ear (plough) for end:
another (writing, if I mistake not, in a
late number of Btackwood^s Magazine)
adopts the reading earj but transposes it
With reajy/ ao that the lines run thus :
holp to MT th« flima
Whttli Ut aia t-tap all his.
Now, in Airs Well that Ends Well
(Act 1. Scene 3), the Clown, speaking of
the friends who he expects will save him
the trouble of begetting his own children,
uses the same metaphor. ** He that eart
my land, spares my team, and gives me
leave to inn the crop."
May we not from this speech of the
Clown borrow the word inn and substitute
it for end in the speech of Aufidlus, which
will then run thus ?
holp to reap tlia Csma
VVlilcU be did inn all bit.
Possibly, — though this I advance with
great hesitation, as the next ensuing word
begins with a vowel, — ^we might for the
sake of euphony write ind^ which is a
yet nearer approach to the original read-
ing. I do not, however, by much stress
on the orthography ; the meauiog of the
word, which Johnson gives as ** house,
put under cover,'* will render the expres-
sion of AuJidius perfectly iatelligthle.
Yours, «£c. F, J. V.
280
NOTES OF THE MONTH.
DofitinAyott of tliu Fnnsatt CoUecMon of Anglo-Saxon Aiitinuiti<»-'Tli« New EngUnd nifttorte Genealo-
glaiJ Society— TJie Caerleon Arehieolo^cAl AjsociaUoii— Ilic P»]oKtiiie Arclueolckgical Sodomy— The
Public Rccordi of Scotlatnl- Propofled Scliool of Navigation— Coalbrence tor ft Uoivcrsal Alfhabet
— Ajtnlversuies of the IiisUtutc of CivU Engineers and the Chn>notogic«] loititiito— Dr. IajoM—
Sir DuTid Brewster— Miirochctti'u Statue of Ittchiird Ctcur «1b Llon^^tfttuis of Sir Frincia DnUre ft(
Offenbufg— Stutne of JelTerBon— Slirioe uf St, Itiulegoiidic of Poitiers— Picture* In the Council IloHM
At Biiatol— Salo of LonJ JijicArtiicy's Miinuscripts— Sir William Bctluiin** MSS.— Messn.
EocAUiitjc Tllca— Foreign Literary Intelligence,
The various meiTiorials which have been
made to the Tmatees of the British Mu-
aeuna to inJycc them to purchase for the
nation the unriv ailed Fauateti Coiled ion
of Anglu-Sssan Antiquities, have had no
weight with that impassive body. Tbougli
mddresaed In the most urgent terma by the
Society of Antiquaries, tlic ArchsKological
Institute, &ad by their own officers of the
Department of Antiquities, tliey have de-
murred to the expenditure of a sum "which
would be deemed ingignificnnt in the pur*
chftae of A single picture or statue of auy
importance, and that in the co*e of the
very department of our National Antiqui-
tiea which haa recently been opened with
much congratulation, but with empty
shelves » and which required aomo such
nucleus to set it forward ou a respectable
footing. The part in which the constituted
guardians of our national collections have
to iignally failed has been supplied by the
patriotism of Mn Jose[>h Mayer of Liver-
poott whose museum is at all times libe-
rally opened to the public* We understand
thiit the sum he has generously expended
on this object ia 800L, and we are happy to
liear that he has placed the disposal of the
collection, and of the valuable MS. books
in which the whole u carefully and ex-
actly described, in the experienced ban da
of Mr, C Roach Smith.
It is very pleasing to observe the great
and general interest which our American
cousins now take in tracing their English
ancestry. The annual meeting of the Neitf
England Historic Genealofficai Socititf
was held at Boston on the 4th of January.
Wm. Whiiing, esq, the President, con-
gratulated the membera on their increase
of number, and refeired to the very vahtabic
additions to the library during the past
year. ** Every one who could trace his
descent tu the early New Englandt'rs
ahould (he said) feel an honest pride at
having sprung from any of those who came
to either of the colonies in the early vessels.
The study of the genealogy of families
tended to perpetuate a reverence for the
characters of our ancestors, and to awaken
the endeavour to imitate their inflexible
virtues." The Society has published seven
7
volumes of the *' New England Historic
and Genealogical Register/' containing a
large amount of valuable historical matter.
This work is under the editorial charge of
Samuel G. Drake, esq. author of the His*
tory of Boston. Several Committees were
chosen : one for the purpose of procuring
funds to purchase EnglLsh local hiitorieSt
for which there is a daily increaaing in-
quiry. Another was appointed to under-
take the compilation of an extensive Ge-
nealogical Dictiouary of New England for
the seventeenth century.
Mr- J. E. Lee, the founder and maiu
supporter of the CatrleoH Antiquarian
Atmciaiion, la making an effort to liqui-
date the debt remaining upon the erection
of the convenient and appropriate Museum
in that town. It amounts only to fifty
pounds, and we should be glad if by direct-
ing attention to his proposals we can at
all further the object he has in view. He
requests on the one band the contribution
of objects of art, books, pictures, prints,
&c, and on the other proposea that the
same shall be dispersed again by 1 00 tickets
to be issued at ten shillings each. As
upwards of sixty tickets are already taken,
we trust that a little more oL that per-
severance for which Mr. Lee is so well
known, will accompliih his wishes. When
that is done, he promises thut the Society
shall be gratified by the publication of the
proceedings of their meeting in August
last at Caldicot Castle, accooipanied by
several etchings, tllustrative of its archi-
tecture.
A Society has been formed under the
secretaryship of Mr. W. F. Ainsworth,
Dr. Benisch, and Dr. TumbuU, with the
title of 7'Ae Palestine Artfus^ologicat At-
SQciaiion^ having for its object the explo-
ring of the ancient and modern cities and
towns, or other places of historical import-
ance, in Palestine and the adjacent conn-
trteSt with a view to the discovery of
monuments and objects of antiquity, by
means of researches on the spot. The
prospectus runs as follows : — *' Archeeolo-
logical Research iti the East having now
attained anch important results, in the dii-
covery aod acquisiciou of splendid moDti-
1854.]
NoUif of the MotUh,
28 i
jneotAt botii Egjptiati and AssjHaii ; and
I a great ■rcbHcological chain of inquiry
I^Ting been Lhiu e»tabtUhed, from Egyp*
[tiao Thebes to the 8tt« of Nmeveb, it has
I tiiggesUfd that Palestine prcfents tt-
[•df the middle link in this chain, as beiDff
llbll of rich promise to researches and
[inquiries of a similar character. If Egypt
nd Aaayria/'' sajs the prospectua of the
tSodety, ** bare afforded so maoj valuable
noQumeots to the truth of hi^torr aad
{'traditioD, it maj reaaoDubly be expected
Ithat Palesliae would yield as rich a hajTT&st.
IWby ahoold not the sites of the ancteut
Ititiea and ton^ns of the Hebren^j, and of
Itiie aboriginal inhabitants of CaoaaUf he
Tozplond? And why might not the Io<
foalitic^ of importaot monuments — espe-
[clalij of the Hebrews — be aoui^ht for,
LVader the guidance of acriptaral auibority
rwid of tradition; — as, for instance, the
I Egyptian coffins of the Patriarchs at Hebron
land Sichem — the twelve stones set up by
|lo<hua At Gilg<il and in tbe Jordan— the
DOQumental record of the Law in the
K Stone of Sichem— the Sacred Ark, sup-
Iposed to have been concealed by the pro-
||>het Jeremiah in some recess — with many
lotbeni, which will suggest themselves to
I tbe biblical reader? The discovery, if
[not also the recovery, of these precious
Ixelics of Hebrew antiquity, might be ac-
Icompaoied or followed by the acquisition
I of various objects of biiiiorical importance,
J»^-«s coins, vessels^ inipkmcDts,iculpturef
[inaoriptiona, maouscripta^ and other docu-
Ittients, all illustrative of the mont ioterest-
llog periods of remotest antiquity ; and
Ithat in the Holy Lund, the iand of (he
T Bible, such a treasure of archteological
Ijcnowledge would pos^c-^s a high degree of
limportsnce, as corroborative of tbe sacred
IwritingS) and would douhtless be ao es-
lleemed, as well by the learned as by the
lieligious world,*' — The idea of the Pales-
rano Arcbieological Association seems to
ave arisen m the body of the Syro-
fEgyptian Society, — with which Society it
lnould appear to have the most friendly
: retatioos*
Five or six years ago, the more ancient
Records in her Majesty's Geaerai Registm-
^^ffoute /or Scotland, mt Edinburgh, were
^Kftiade accessible, free of any charge, for
^Btoorposes of historical, antiquarian, and
^Dtermrj research. Tlie privilege has been
^EAighly appreciated — the liberal example
thus set in Scotland having since been fol-
lowed in England ; und, in order to make
it more generally available, an officer has
now, we hear, been appointed to the spe-
cial charge of this department of the public
service. The geetleraan nominated to the
office, Mr. Joseph Robertson, has entered
cm his duties ; and we have no doubt that
Gknt, Mao, Vol. XLL
be will afford to men of letters » and to all
otfaeri who may be engiged in archsolo-
gical inquiries of a literary character, every
facility for consulting the national records
of Scotland which h consistent with tbeir
safe custody and proper preservation.
John Disney, esq, P.S.A. whohaa lately
Fo mnnificently founded a professorship
and museum uf archseology at Cambridge,
has signified his intention of founding, in
connexion with the Cosmos Institute, a
ScAoot of P^avigation. There is at present
only one public school of this kind for the
jlirst port in the world.
A Conference has been held at the resi-
dence of the Chevalier Bunsen, on the
subject of a CMmtm/ MpkabtL Among
those present were Sir John Hen die I, Sir
Charles Trevelyan, Professor Owen, Dr.
Max MilUer, Dr. Pertz of Berlin, and other
distinguished men of science and literature,
with the Revs. Henry Venn, Trestrail, and
other rep reset! taitves of missionary socie<
lies. The Chevalier Bunsen stated the
object of the Conference, which was to
consult as to the practicability of adopting
a uniform system of expressing foreign
alphabets by Roman characters. The ad-
vantages of such a system, both ficicotitic
and practical, were urged, the former in
connection with the study of ethnology and
philology, and the latter chiefly in connec-
tion with the great Protestant missiooary
enterprises of the present time. Professor
Le pains and Dr. Max Milller have devoted
much time to Uiek subject, founding their
phonology on the physiological principles
ably eipounded by Dr, Johannes Miiller,
and publii^hed in the Transactions of the
Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
To the soundness of Dr. J. MQller's
researches Professor Owen bore testi-
mony, and expressed his agreement with
the results. Any differences in the organs
of speech in various races of men were
too trifial to present any difllculty for
practical arrangement of alphabets. Sir
John Herschcl, in the course of his ob-
servations, said Chat too much exactness
must not be attempted in defining the
phonetic symbols, for the vowel sounds
were practically in finite, from the flexibility
of the organs of voice. Ifi English he
thought we had at least thirteen vowels.
Mr. Norria thought there were more, and
Mr. Cull seventeen. Sir John Herachel
thought that a certain definite number of
typical signs must be selected, leaving
each nation or province to attach to them
their own shades and variety of sound. A
distinct graphic sign for every sound would
be impossible. Dr. Max Milller^s pro-
posal is to use the Roman alphabet, with
the addition of italics, for certain modifi-
cations of vowel aoundsi and also some
20
k.
282
Noiu of the Month,
[MarcL^
oODBOQaatB, The use of kidics has the
idfUktafc over pmnts, or other diacritical
li%nii of being universally uodcratood and
in goncrnl use* The fir»t practical point
to be §c tiled is tliat referred to by Sir
John Her«chct~Uic ndopttoa of the pri-
mary alphabet, the letters or notinds of
which must be selected for the widest pos-
flible range of une.
The Annual General Meeting of the
^tiintiQn qf CivU Kngintert took place
Dec. 20, Jnnie« Meadows Rcndcl, eiq,
President, in the chair* The report re-
Yiewed the progre6i of eoj^uecHng nt home
and ahrogd; and the grcnt woik^t both of
fiublic utility and of architectural erobcU
iabment, proceeding in France, under the
pretcnt energetic ruler of that kiugdooi,
were pointed out aa worthy of exciting our
natiounl emulatioD, Telford medals were
tircscuEcd t" Meaara.Coode, Clerk, Brooke,
iluntiugtou^ Burt, Duncan, Siemens, Che-
verton, and Barrett ; and premiums of
book^ to Messr«. Richard«on, Armstrong,
KawlinfiOUr and Sewell. The financial
statement showed that, though there was a
btJavy debt for printing, yet the annual in-
come now, for the first time, exceeded the
ordinary cxpendittire* This statement, as
to the printing debt, produced a length-
ened diacusKian, which resulted in the de-
termination that eoiitrihutiotm i«hould be
collected from membera of nil claaseii, on
the following scale : Prcsidcnti 30 guineas;
past presidents, vice-presidents, and mem-
bers and sstociates of the council, 20 gui«
nens each \ members 5 guineaft each, nnd
as&oeiatea 1 guinea each. This aasegsment
was cheerfully agreed to, and seirer&l mem-
bers and associates prcieui doubled the
amount of their contributions. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected for the
ensuing year :— -Messrs* James Simpson,
President; G. P. Bidder, L K. Brunei, J.
Locke, M,P., R. Stephenson, M.P., Vice-
Presidents; J. Cubitt, J. K. ErriogtoOt
J. Fowler, C. 11. Gregory, J. Hawkshaw,
T. Hawksley, J. R. JVrClean, C. May, J.
Penn, and J, S. linsseU, members; and
il* Ai Hunt, and C. Gesch, M.P.«asso-
CUttei of the Coandh Mr, Rendel h&6
occupied the chair for two years.
The anniTersary meeting of the Chrono-
hgical ImtiiuU^M held on the '21st Dec.
being the winter solstice, Dr> John Lee,
LL.D. President elect, in the chair. Dr*
Lee liOB held the office of treasurer of tlm
institute for the last three years* Dr.
Wiillnm Camps is his succsesior, Thomas
Joseph Pcttigrcw, e*q. F.R.S. being nomi-
nated to the office of Vice-President. The
following oommnnications were made to
the mcetit^gi — 1. ♦' On the Chronological
btudy of History,'' by Dr. Bell, ilhisti-ated
^v reference to his chart, *' The Stream of
Time/* 2, " On the order of the Genera*
tiou,*' an ancient chronological tract, bf
Mr. Asber and Mr. Black, the registrar <
the institute, accompanied with the ezhib
tion of a Hebrew manuscript tb^rvofi
3. ** On the Evidence in favour of the '
shortest Period for the Ministry of Jesus
Christ," by Mr. Mardon. 4. *^ On the
Date of the Battle of Cremona, fought
between the Armies of YitcUius and V».
pasian,'' by the Rev. S. D. Halkctl
5. A short notice on the dates of the I
ramidi at Ghiseh and Abousaeir, by Mr.
John Freeman. The Institute has pub-
Lished the first part of its Transactions*
On the 9th Feb. in the Court of Cob
mon Council, the freedom of the City i
London was presented to AuiUn. Henry
Layardf D.C.L. and M.P., in a box ap-
proprifitely carved with the most remark*
able symbols derived from the Aiayr ^
scnlptures.
The Hatian Society of Sciences, at tbeir
last general meeting, elected Sir David
Brewtter to the place of one of its twelve
foreign memberis, vacant by the death of
M. Ara^o.
Baron Marochettl's 8tatU€ qf Richard
Cwur dt Lionf which had so fine an aspect
At the western end of the Great Exhibi-
tion of Ib51, h;is been placed ou a tempo >
rary pedestal in New Palace Yard, in front
of the door of Westminster Hall. The
great masiies of the contiguous buildings
here detract much from itB effect. It
appean» as if placed in n square bandbox.
It is stated also that Sir Charles Barry
complains that it does not harmonise with
the architectural features around it.
A ifiatutf iifSir Francit l>rok$ baa been
presented to the town of Offenburg by
Herr Andreas Friederichf a sculptor living
in Strasburg, It is exeoutod in <ine-graiae3
red sandstone, nine fe«i hif h, and has boeii
erected on a handsome pedestal of land-
stone fourteen feet high, in one of the
best situations in the town. Sir Francis
Drake is represented standing on his ship
at Deptford, on the 1th April, 1587, hav-
ing just been made a knight by the Queen,
The sculptor, having no idea of the plain
knighthood by the sword, still retained in
England, and in England only, hns placed
some imoginary iiuiffnia of knighthood,
with a portrait of the Queen, suspended
by a massive chain from bis neck. He
holds an his right band a map of America,
and in his left a bundle of potato-stalks,
vrith the roots, leaves, flowers, and berries
attached. His arm leaoi on an anchor,
over which a mantle falls in ample folds.
On each side of the pedestal ore ioserip-
tiunfi, the first being, ** Sir Francis Drnke,
the introducer of potatoes into Europe in
the year of our Lord 158C i^* the sccofid,
18540
Notes of the Month,
** TUe thAQki of the town of Offenburg to
I Andre&s Fricderich of Straabargt the exe-
I cutor and founder of the statue ;*' the
1 third, '* TUe blessiDgs of raiUiona of men
' who cultivate (lie globe of the earth la thy
I most im{ierighabTe glory j*' and the fourth,
' The precious gift of God^ as the help of
[the poor against need, prevents bitter
l^uit." The citizens of Oflenbarg hare
I presented the artist with a BiWcr goblet,
I on the lid of which stands & model, in the
ime metal, of the itatue to Drake.
A statue of Jpffenont third President
I of the United State ^'^ <^^3t on the 25th
I Jan. St the royal foundry at Munich. It
lb thirteen feet highland has taken ten
'tons of metal. This U one of the fire
statues which will surround the equestrian
one of Washington, at Richmond, in Tir*
£*nia, and which is twenty>two feet in
sight. The model of the statue is by
I Hiram Powers.
A valuable purchase has just been made
I lor the Louvre. U is an enamelled chest
[ of the twelfth or thirteenth century, ori-
I ginally destined to contain the remains of
I St. Radeffonde, patron of the town of
Poitierg, The colours arc very brilliant,
I and the chest is exquisitely finished, even
I to the minutest cliasiug of the four groups
) which fill its several compartments.
Some of the old Portraits of Kings and
Ifioaocillurs lu thi^ Bristol CouncU Hottse
I lave of late Ijeen undergoing the process
I of cleaning, when they wen* found to have
[ been most cJitravagantly and abejurdty be-
[daubed at sofne former period. A very
I indifferent portrait of Charles the First,
I of which the ejxternal surface has been
1 Dearly removed, has proved to be an cx-
[ceUent picture, worthy of Comelins Jan*
I son. One of Charles the Second is re-
[fltored by the same process into his brother
I James, having apparently been translated
[into the more popular monarch after the
iRevolntion. Its original purchase is sup-
[ posed to be recorded in the following
litems: "1686\ April 7. Paid John llos-
I'ltins for the King'» picture, 10/. hs. Paid
llbr gilding frame, 13*.*' These restora*
I lions have been performed by Mr. Cur-
Qock, portrait-painter.
Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of Piccfl-
Iditly, have sold by auction the library and
Imanuscripts collected by Gtorge^ Earl qf
\Macartney, whose important diplomatic
lengagenieutj) in China and at the Court of
I St. Petersburg have given his name no
Itnean place in history. Lord Macartney
|4icd in lidOd', and the external condition
lof Ills books would seem to indicate tbnt
his library has lain dormant from that time
to the present. The printed book* can-
r tilted of such historical and topographical
f WQrk9 as may be found in the best fur*
nished hbraries, with others relating to the
histories of those countries which were
the scenes of the Earl's diplomatic ser-
vices. The mnnugcriptf, which were
numerous and important, elicited spirited
competition. Am oug them were the fol-
lowing : — A Collection of Originftl Manu-
scripts and Autograph Letters of aud
relating to Francis Atterbury, Bishop of
Rochester, fold for 30/. Two folio
volumes of Letters and Documents ad-
dressed to Sir 6. Dowmngr British Miniji-
ter to the Netherlands, 1644 to 1682,
155/. lu this collection were two holo-
graph letters of Andrew Marvel, and many
other intereatlug papers. Hobbes' Le-
viathan, a curious manuscript, said to be
the identicnl one presented to Charles II.
by the author, 15/, 10j». A notice of this
MS. will be found in the Gcntlcmaa's
Magazine for 1813. An an published
MS. of Sir Kcoclm Digby's Journal of
his proceedings against the Algerines, and
afterwards aj^ainst the Venetians, 9\L 10«.
Among the Heraldic MSS. were, A
Visitation of Essex, 13/. Visitation
of Essex and Norfolk, 10/, 10*. Visita-
tion of Hertfordshire, l5/» Visitation
of Lancashire, 16/. Visitation of Norfolk
and Worcestershire, 22/. Visitation of
Oxfordshire, 12/. Visitation of Somerset-
shire, 10/. A large collection of CaBes,
Pedigrees, Petitions, and Rolls of Nobilityi
14/. lOf. Ralph Brookes Account of the
Seymour Family, 9/. 10*. Anstis and
Dale's Collections of Pedigrees, &c. of the
Powlet Family, 10/. 10*. Peerage Cases,
a large collection, MS. and printed, formed
by John Anstis, Garter-King-at-Arms, 24A
Arms of the Gentry of Staffordshire, as
they are entered in visitation of 166.1^ made
by W. Dugdale, &c. 32/. 10*. Sir Erasmus
Go wer's Journal of the Proceedings of Her
Maje8ty*s ship Lion, commencing Aug.
17&3, and enaing Jan. 1794, on a voyage
to China, 26/. Proceedings and Corres-
pondence of the Select Committee at Fort
St. George, during the Government of Earl
Macartney, 9f. 1 0*. Letters during Sir G,
Macartney's residence in Russia, from
1764 to 1767| with the then Secretary of
State, and two other lota of MSS. rdating
to tlustiia, 21/. Proceedings of Messrs.
Sfidteir, Staunton, and Hudleston, for the
Ncgoliation of Peace with Tippoo Sultaun,
IL 0*. Copies of the Corres^pondence at
Bengal and Madras between the Earl of
Macartney, Warren Hastings, and others,
7/. 5*.
We regret to see an announcement that
the Librarif and MSS. (f the late Sir
William Bet ham, USster KJng-of-Arms,
are likely to be diaperscd by auction.
The collection is so important to the f^imily
and general history of Irelaad, that it m
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MiiceiianeouM Revittwi,
IMnTchf
▼erf dealr&bte tliAt it should be ke}jt entire,
aad placed m Bome public Hbrtiry inDublin.
The Ust Pattern -Book of Bneamtie
Til€$t nuinofMctured by Maw and Com-
pmnji tt Benthall, near Oro^elej, offert n
crmt variety of choice to those wha arc
loolined to adopt thin elegant and coqtc-
nlent mode of pavement. Beatdei the nu-
rneroua ccelediastica! patterns which have
now been repeated in Tariou* wayp, the
book COD tains iieveral adaptations of
Greeks Italian, and MoreH({ue ornAmenta»
tlon. which have been dcfigned by Mr*
H. U. Garhn^, architect. Theie wtU he
uaeful for domcittc me. V<iv churches
people cannot do better than select s^me
of the direct cnpiet of the ancient titest
which cannot easily be iurpu»ed. Thti
pattern-book \^ further remarkable for ttt
very excellent cxamplca of arrangemeot.
It is tranimttted stamped from the mana-
factarerB, and »pectmen tttea are to he
seen at 1 1 , Alderagate-street.
Tlic public library at Viciine, in Franco,
haa be CO totally destroyed by fire ; 8000
%'olumeg and some very valuable old MSS.
were burnt to cinders, and a painting by
Claude Lorraine, representing Tht Dmugh*
ier* of Lot i was a good deal damaged.
The Rev, Peter Brown of Wishaw has
collected a quantity of unpybhthed mate-
rials with reference to OliYer Cromwell*i
visitii to Scotland, which ht propoMt
to publish.
HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.
NoUt tti ParU^yartieutartj/ on the State
ttnd Protpeett nf Rett ff ion. Po»t 8»o, —
Thii book conioins the subfttnncc of a
journal kept during a vbit to Paris in the
autumn of loKt year; and, tbough no iisme
appeam on the title-page, we gather from
a note in p, 12 that it proceeda from a
dignitary of the abbey-church of Wett-
initister,— w(?ll known for hi* actife jtesl
in the cause of the Church of England and
in every good work connected tberewith»
— who previously, in I84ri, published "A
Diary in France,'' written during the relgQ
of Lonia- Philippe. Dr* Wordsworth's
primary object in hin last vifiit to Pari«
appears to hn\e been to examine the MS. of
the Philoaophniiienn, attributed to Hippo-
lytust which is preserved in the National
Library ; but he aluio made it his business
to viiil churches and schoolst and other
institutions, and to make iicrious inq|uirics
in erery accessible or opportune quarter*
which could aford him information on tbc
preaent state of religion in France. The
result is by no means ene^mruf^iti^ to those
who aspire ftir the progre«a of CliTistijinity,
and for the future pence and amendment
of society.
** It would appear (he remarks) that at
the prcient critical period a large class of
the French people imagines that the na-
tional religion — the Roman Catholic creed
—is not fobtered by the higher powers
because Ihcy believe in it as a rcvelalion
ftfom heaven, snd therefore true, and Me-
CMsary to he received and propagated ;
but is worn by them as a mask, and used
AS an instrument of government— an in-
genious and elTcctive machine of Machia-
veltan polit7. Tbey etiispect the civil and
eeclciitaslical powers of acting a potitinal
part, in order to serve their own secular
ends \ they charge the higher claaaes with
hypocrisy and duplicity. Thus the m&ntt
influence of the Stale and Church may
perhaps be silently declining, even at a
time when, by their combination, Cfaey
seem to be strong* And there may be
reason In tbiak that the time may not be
distant, when the people may rise against
those wlio, ai they suppose, bi?e oonipired
together to delude and oppress them«
" The papal element in the French
Church makes tt very difficiilt for the tivil
power to deal with it. Louia* Philippe
feared and [iteriecuted itaa an enemy, and,
in order to diiarm and cripple it, pa-
tronised lihcral measurei and developed
liberal powers, which eventually became
too strong for his own government ; and
so lie precipitated his own fall. Napo-
leon III. pursues a ditfereut policy; he
favoura the hierarchy and the church, and
encourages it to develop its own principles.
But is it not to be apprehended that the
aame papal element which made Louis-
Philippe jealous of the Church, will now,
being chi'ritihed by the Stata, render the
government of Napoleon 111. obnoxious
to the uatioti, and, by its extravagances
and impojjtures, provoke and strengthen
the cause of infidelity and revolution, and
prepare the way for the downfall of his
dy nafity ? Until the papal clement is
eliminated from iht.' Church of France, the
church can never be a source of strength
to the throne ; it will rather be a cause of
peril to it. But if that were done, then
tlie church atid throne might aid each
other, and flourish together.^'
In a subaequeiit place Dr. Wordsworth
remarks :
" It seems that the pre&eat crisis is re-
uiftikublc in this respect : oow, in tlie
I
1854.]
Miscelluneout Reviews.
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I
mitidle of tlie iiineteentU century, France,
and a considerable portion of Europe, \b
fatllng back into the modea of thought
and action of the twelfth and thirteentli
centuries with regard to the fiipacf , This
may be instanced in the following pir-
ticulars :
**I. The reproduction of tlie Ultra-
montane theory, efen in temporal tnntterf,
concerning the powers of the papacy — it«
fiupremacy and infallibility.
** 11. In the eatimnte of the actions of
indtf idual popf^. We are now called upon
by Romaiiist writers in France to unlearn
our history, Not merely (we are aasnred)
do the characters of such popes an Boni-
face VllL, Gregory VII., Innocent III.,
and Pins V. require no ajioto^t but tbete
pnntifla are to be regarded as models for
imitation, as patterns for popes, and aa
ebjectj of special veneration to the clergy
and laity for faith, s&intiiness.and courage,
"III, The documents of Roman cccle-
iiastical history, which were rejected as
spurious by snch learned R, C. writers of
the French Church as Fleury, Dupin, and
TiUemont (who would uow^ I suppoae, be
pro*oribed as Jansenists), ai-e not only re-
ccifed as genuine and true, however late
may be their origin, mid however incon-
sistent they may be with known historical
facta, but they arc to be made the grmnd-
work of church history, and all other do-
cuments are to be corrected by them and
ooufornied to them.
**1V. This revival of the spirit of me-
dicTsliBm shows itself in numerous prac-
tices as well as doctrines* For ejiHrai>ie —
L We oow see » band of pilgrims set-
ting out from Pariit to the Holy Land to
worship at the Holy Sepulchre.
2. We behold Ibe Cataeombs of Rome
worked with increajied activity, as if they
were a spiritual California.
(On this subject we have e^ttracted in
• former portion of this Magazine Or.
Wordsworth's able exposure of the recent
erection of a new Patron Saint at Amiens.]
•*3. The worship of the Blessed Virgio,
superseding the religion of Christ, i^ too
obvious to be iubistcd upon.
** 4. Again, wc see reports of miracles^
apparitions, jkc. promulgated by the church
with great conhdence and activity. In
fact, the Apocalyptic prophecy appear*
to be receiving a complete fulfilment i the
mysterious powder, there foreshadowed, of
* the faithless church/ whose seat is on
the Seven Hillii, is labouring with rebtless
energy to make every one receive its mark,
and with marvellous success.*'
Dr. Wordiiwortb has also made various
inquiries as to the present state of Pro-
testantism in France. It is, unhappily, di-
vided into two discordant parties. Whilst
the Roman Catholics have almost entirely
relinquished their Gallicanism, the Pro-
testants are still separated into Calvinists
imd Lutherans. ** Btit what is very re-
markable, is, that the Parisian R.C. press
does not wage a systematic warfare with
Paritian Protestantism, or with French
Protestantism ; but almost all its anti-
Protestant artillery is levelled across the
Channel against the Church f>f England,
This is, perhaps, the strongest testimony
that could be given, and the noblest homage
that could be paid to that church — as the
Btrongeit bulwark of the Reformation.*'
W^hen a pastor of the Evangelique or
Refortned Protestant party was asked,
** * What is the state of your own churches ?
Do yon make much progress ?' he replied
' YeS| we make some : but the circum-
fltanoe I mentioned is one of our hinder-
aoccs. The people love#/pec/ac/ein religion,
and w§ have little of that to offer in our
churches \ hence^ I candidly own,' said he,
* that Protcstantisra in our form is not
suited for France as she is now. It is too
dry, too cold. There ore other things
against us. The name of Prateniant in
France is regarded as synonym oui with
that of re&ef/e, it ex cites aouvenirs de la
guerre. Then our divisions tell greatly
agaiaet us. Still there i^ a con&iderabte
demand in the communes of Frtincp for
Protestant instructors, qui sont tr^a aim^s.
1 was paateur in a certain commune, where
I had five intliiuteun under me ; our in*
structlon is generally preferred to that of
the Roman Catholic schools. But the
government is now opposed to as, and we
have great difficulties thrown in our way
by the civil and eccle^tiastical powers. All
the weight of the authority of the country
is cast into the scale of Rome,"
The same speaker gave it as his opinion
that hi the north of France there was little
religious faith of any kind among the
middle aud lower clas-es, — in the south,
ejome little. The author, of course, makes
some reflections upon the measures which
may best tend to remedy this lamentable
state of things. '* Aud next to Divine
Grace, and Ibe Divine Word, we must look
to sound learning, and especially to an
accurate study of early church history, for
the manifestation of the truth, and for the
exposure of the cheats and impostures now
palmed upon an unsuspecting world under
the venerable uame of Christian antiquity.
The Church of Rome has now many hearts
and hands stirred by a spirit similar to
that which actuated the mind, and pro-
duced the works, of her illuatriouB an-
nalist Cardinal Haronius ; and it will fare
iU for the camee of Christianity in England
if our Universities and capitular bodies do
not endeavour to raise a race of students*
^w
Mmellaneoui Revitwi.
[Msircbi
animated bj the temper, and instigftted by
the zeal, and endowed with the erQdJtioii,
of Itaac Caiaubon."'
F^rance before thf Repdludon ; or,
PWJtee*. InJideU, md Uuffueno(9^ B^f
L, F, Bungener, Author of tht History
qf the Council ^f Trent, 2 p^/*.— Tbis
iJt a translation of the wdl^knoirn work
*' TroiB ScrcDons sous Loob XV/' It is
the most skiirully constractcd of the au>
Ihor's storiL's, wUik the ArgumcDtatiTG
part of the book ia in no reapuct inferior
to that in the llijitory of the Conncil of
Trent — a volumft which should be m the
haiids of every student of history*
The volamea before ua are dUided be-
twacn the court, the city^ am! the desert^
as the locality of the pro^crtlicd Protestant
Church in France was called. The scenes
nt court are the most brillinnlly puinted,
thoie to the city the moat gmjihically
deacribrdt and those in the desert tbe
most touching* It is all, too, liiatdry aod
not fictiouj and hbtory, moreover, more
•tartling than nny thing ever dreiimed of
by weavera of romance. The nuthor'»
powers of condensation are rciilly roanrel-
lous, and for hnlliaot power of nnrrative
he has no ooe that can be eompnred with
him bnt Lnmnrtinc. Wc see tlmt the
prvaenl is called the '* aotborised edition,''
Dot il appears to us to conUiin k-ss tnntter
tkan that in TrQbner's American transhi-
tion, published under the title of ** The
Priest and the Huguenot." In both in-
stances the original htts been most skil-
fully translated.
The ablest of Bungencr's works has not
yet found a translator, wc allude to bis
**E§quis8C8 du !?«** Siode," in which
Voltaire is the central figure. That
wretched deity of those who denied all
other gods is splendidly annihilated in
tliat incomparable work ; and we counsel
all who read syBCematically to peniie it
before they ventnre upon Bnngener'a
forthcoming volume ** Julien, ou In fin
d»ttn SiMc."
A Memoir qf the IJjls and Lahonrs nf
Dr. A, Judi(m> By Francis Wnyland,
D, D, *? volt. Niibet, — 1 1 ia u n fo rt u naf c
that Home of the best of our new books do
oecaaioo&liy get thrust aside to make way
for the importunate claims of such as treat
on subjects of a great, but temporary,
interest* Among those recently placed
before us, let us now particularly make the
honourable meotion to which they are so
well entitled, of two volumes which come
to US from America, though reprinted, and
with good success, In London. Dr. Way-
land's Memoirs of the celebrated American
Baptist niissioDary in Burmahf Dr, Jud-
Bon, owe their interest to TariouB cauiet :
— chiefly, indeed, to the rare lingleneia of
heart and purpose which penraded Dr-
JudKon^ft whole career, — but also from the
remarkable aid his labours received from
no le<s than three admirable women, sue-
cc458ively the partakers of the missionary 'a
counsels, and most efl^ectire partners in '
hia toils. The name of the fir«t Mri*
JtidjOQ— of that heroic woman who mlnla-
tcred to her husband and his companions'
wanrg throughout iheir cruel captivity of
twenty -one months in Ava,— Tit tolerably
well known. To Anne Judaon, indeed,
the mliksionary path was almost wholly one
of sorrow and discouragement. For seveii
yeari the church at Rangoon covild num-
ber only three native converts; and, after
the terrible persecutions of Ava, the ihat*
tcred health of the brave wife gave way.
After fourteen years of married life, thir-
teen of which bad been pasaed in foreign
climes, the path had just begun to look
hrightcr, and the hope of better succeas to
dawn ou them, when an ilLuess of a few
days, in ht-r huabaod's abaence, cairicd
her off, leaving one motherleas babe, soon
to follow her. Strange as it may leera,
her merits seem tu have been fall/
equalled, in many respects surpaased, by '
her successor, who, herself the widow of ^
an excellent missionary, married Dr. Jud-
&0I1 eight years after the death of his lirst
wife. To ttiis companion, indeed, was owing
much even of that influeoco among th^
heathen which might be oBcribed to hia
own efforts, since it h clear that, during a
great part of his widowcrhood, habita of i
asceticism and a dbeosed aversion to society
had been growing upon him. From thes4
notions and habiu^ which might have eaten ^
the heart oat of hia noble enterprises, liii ^
second marriage entirely freed him. He
was now made the father of living and \
promiaing children His wife, a learned,
talented, cner^^ctic, loving Christian wo-
man, speaking and writing the native lan-
guages fluently, holding his work dearer
than life, raised Ijia heart, his mind,
and hope. With her he hnd the blessing 1
of living ten year?, when a disease, whoio j
symptoms had threatened her, b&camel
more decidedly developed, and her husband ^
\v»h told tkat the only chance for protracted
life was in a sea-voyage and a northern cli*
mate. As she was too ill to go alone, Dr.
Judson, unwilling as he was to leave hia '
work, felt constrained to accompany hert .
They reached the Isle of France, There
her health appeared to be so far improvcd| '
as that both made up their minds that it '
was possible for her to proceed without |
him ; and he determined to return to the
mission. We recollect no more touching
instance of quiet heroism and fidelity to
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doty than this. They tntght h«vo hoped
to roeet ngain, hut the hazard and the sepa-
ration were dreadful . Happily, however,
as it moat hi* said, the deceptive appear-
ances of recovery quiclcly gave place to
realities, about which there could be no
mistake. They proceeded together, when,
just off the Island of St. Helena,, the de-
voted and beloved Sarah Judaon breathed
her last» There was time to carry the body
on shore, and to bury her by the side of a
sister labourer io the Christian field. It was
during the few days of sojourn near the
Isle of France, while their separation ap-
peared to be decided on, that she wrotti
the beautiful lines which follow s^-
Wo part on this green talet, love,
Thou for the eastern main ;
I for the setting sun, love.
Oh, when to meet again ?
My heart is sad for thee, love,
For lone thy way will be :
And oft thy teJirs will fnll, love.
For thy children and for me.
The music of thy daugh term's voice
ThouTt miss for many a year ;
And the merry about of thioe eldet boys,
ThoaH^t li^t III vain to hear.
When we knelt to see our Henry die,
Afid beard his la^t faint moan,
Each wipM the tear from other's eye;
Now each must weep alone.
My tean fail fast for thee, lovej
How can I say, farewell !
But fi^o— thy God be with thee, love,
Thy hcart'& de^p grief to quelL
Yet roy spirit clings to thee, loTe,
Thy soul remaina with me;
And oft we*U hold commnnton sweet
Over the distant sea.
And who can paint our mutoal joy,
When, all our wand'rings o*er,
We lioth shall clasp our infants three
At home, on Burmah^s s^hore 1
But higher shall our raptures glow,
On yon celestial plain.
When the lov*d and parted here below
Meet, ne'er to part again I
Tbeo gird thine armour on, love ;
Nor faint thou by the way,
Till Boodh shall fall, and Burmah's son*
Shall own Messiah's sway 1
One can hardly rcAtlse the fact of a third
marriage; and yet this afiectionate man,
wrung to thi:? heart by his losses and the
desolation of his prospcctirs, could not con-
template a return to hi» work alone.
Wonderful to say, in this case alio the
choice seems to Lave been dictated by
soiind wisdom, and to have been produc*
tite of hlessingt to the full as rare and
predotti u those be had previously known.
He had pursued his sad voyage after the
death of Serah Judson, and for the first
and last time revisited tlie land of his birth,
since that time when (in 1815) he sailed
from its shores to found the Burmah mis-
sion. He remained some months in New
York and Boston ; ond set sail with his
third partner on the 11 th of July, IB46,
on his last laboars in Rangoon, where first •
he had preached the GospeU Those la*
boors, however, were not destined to be
long protracted ; and we are indebted to
the pen of his faithful wife for the beautiful
and touching account of his last hours,
when on a voyage positively ordered as
the only chance for prolonged life. It is
a blessing to know that, during a large por*
tion of that life, he had been permitted to
see many fruits of his missionarj toils. For
thirty -seven years he laboured in Burmah
—ho gathered together its first Christiia
congregation — ^tried by intense suffering,
botmy and meatnl —labouring with his pen
and voice — completing his translation of
the Bible, hiB Dictionary, and his Tracts.
And now we have it to say, that, whereas
during the first seven years of his mission
three converts only bad been brought in,
the number of Burmese and of Karens
who were, at the close of his life, constant,
aud for the most part consistent, worship-
pers J a Christian churches and readers of
the Christian Scriptures, exceeded ef^AI
ihoutand !
Of kU the good soldiers that have proved
their armour on this field, Dr, Judson is
the pioneer. His talent for the acquisition
of languaget, his fluent, powerful use of that
language, his tact, — above all, his indo-
mitahle paLicnce and courage, have cleared
the way for all followers ; and to him must
ever be a-scribed, under Providence, what-
ever of true and Christian character may
hereafter be developed in that land of fear-
ful aud cruel superstition.
Memoir qf ihe Rev, Richard Heme
Shepherdt Idle Minisitr of Ronelagh
Chapel, CheUea: with a SelecHon/rom hU
Puf/UcaUona and Correspondence, Edited
hy his Sons the Rev. Richard Shepherd and
Samuel Shepherd, E«q, F.S,A. Nitbet.
Htjo.— When the celebrated Rotunda at
Ranelagb, once the resort of all the gayest
of the gay, was taken down and sold piece-
meal in 1805, it occurred to some benevo-
lent people, that it would be a good and
Christian deed to establish schools and a
place of worship amongst the neglected
and dissolate population who had settled
in that neighbourhood, once set apart for
the indulgence of fashionable dissipation.
One of the refreshment rooms of Ranelsgh
was accordingly hired for the purpose. It
was first op^aed. «& ^ %t\iQ^3\-\^iHi^> «A
MisceUaneotis I^eineuf^.
IMiixvK
after n time for worship on Sundtfi^ Iti
those days the exteaaire piriab of ChcUeu,
111 which t!ii§ tTBiiJiaction took plftoe* bU
thotigh it cODl^iincd about IS^OQO tnhabit-
iinta, hail onTy one amnll church, which
wfis crowded U|i vrilb ancic-iit uionumentti,
■n<l an Epiicopul chapel, which wai then
and is iitill in jirivnte hands. Both tbe^c
placea of worship w^re Rtttiate on the side
of the i>aFish at the fart li eat distance from
Ranelnt^h, The need of some addition to
these scanty means of rchgiona ioatrnction
may therefore be well conceived. Mnny
good men encon ragged the work at Rsoc*
lagh, at though done tn a way which neces-
fsHlyf so fsr as concerned eilernal order,
disGOtiaecttd it with the Established
Charch* The grest dilTiculty was to Had
person! willing and able to derote them-
selTOS to the tninisterial portion of the
work, which it is ohdous was essentially
of a missionary riiaracter. For several
years the Sunday services were performed
by ministers of varioiis eTangclicsl dissent-
ing bodies, and hy such lay membera of
their congregations as, having *' the gift of
teaching/' were permitted to preach ^ al-
thoagh never formally set apart to the
miftisterial office. Amongst them was the
subject of the present biogrnphy. Bom at
Bicester in 1775^ he had come early in life
to London with his parents, and had hi^en
brought up to dome comtnarcial pursuit*
It is not stated io the Memoir what it wsa*
hnt we believe lie occupied the post of
clerk or hook-keeper to n trsdeiman in an
extensive wny of business in St. James's
Street. Thrown in the way of the Rev.
Thomas Scott the commentator, who was
then chaplain at the Lock, and alio of
Cowpcr's friend J6bn Newton, he had
imbibed their doctrines and their spirit,
arvd wai anxious to devote himself to the
ministry. Friends who were persuaded of
his ability and conscientiousness offered to
assist him in going to Oxford, and obtain-
ing a degree ; but Scott on bemg coaaulted
seems to have thought the difficulties,
arising probably from the deficiency in Mr.
J> hep herd's early cducitkm, too formidable
to he encountered at the age of thirty, and
thus the Established Church lost the »er-
tIcm of a good and able man who was
■JUdoiu to ha?e derotcd himself to her
eiuie. Embarking with characteristic ar-
dour in the Itbour commenced at Rane-
lagh, he made himself so u&eful there, that
alter Nome years the work fell entirely
into his hands, and on thi>t 14th January,
18M|, he was set apart to the ministry over
the congregation which hi: had been one
principal means of forming and keeping
together. The cstabHshment of Sunday
schools, and the other customary adjuncts
to an nctire Christian congregation under
if
the iuperintendeuce of a settled pastor,
soon rsised the importance of the church*
The Ranelagh refresh meat- room ceased to
be large enough for their accom mods tic n« |
A handsome building was erected in George
Street, Sloane Square, which was termed, I
in memory of its small beginning, ** Rane- j
liijih'* Chapel, and there Mr, Shrcpherd
ofGcmted from 1 BIB to 1848. He died on
the IGth May* 1^50, In his 75th year.
The Memoir put forth by his sons con-
tains evidcoco of the general respect in
which he was held, not only by the minis-
ters of Dlaaenting congregations, and by
his early acqaaintances Scott and Newton,
hnt by Leigh Richmoml, whom he assisted
in the collation of some of the works pub-
lished in *'Thc Fathers of the Church/' and
by the Rev. Henry Blunt, who himself la-
boured in what he terms the aanoe '* moral
wilderness" with Mr. Shepherd. Three
letters of M r. B 1 un t ' s are here printctU One,
in which he acknowledges the receipt of
an ** interesting and truly scriptural ad*
dress" from Mr. Shepherd to his *' Church
and Congregation,*" contains the following :
** If all who differ from the Establish inent
in doctfine or polity were to ijieak tad
think and act in the spirit in which that
truly pastoral IcUcr ia expressed, there
wouldj I am convinced, never have been
the separation in feelings and interfsts
which you lament in yotir note. I believe
no one has a more entirely catholic feeling
with respect to all orthodox Dissenters
than myself. I can from my heart, and I
do dsily on my knees, wish them God
speed ; but how to remedy the grief ancQ
of which yon very justly complaiaf I con-
fess I see not."
The book also cootains some spirited
iiiipj^ by James Montgomery, contributed
for a special icrvice at Ranelagh Chapel
on the Abolition of Slavery. They com-
mence—
Ages, agea I have departed,
Since the first dark veatel bore
Afric's children, broken-hearted.
To the Caribbean shuic : —
She, like Rachel,
Weeping for they were no more.
Millions, millions I hsve been slaughtered^
In the tight and on the deep ;
Millions, millions more, have watercdr
With such teara :ii captives weep,
Fields ot truvnil,
Where their hones till judgment sleep*
We must refer to the book itself for the
remainder.
Our recollections of Mr. Shepherd and
his ministry, which have been refreshed
by the perusal of this volume, although
not leading us to attribute lo him the pos-
session of any high intellectual qualities,
1854,]
Mutcelhneous Reviews*
289
Amoi
^K to ui
^1 teosi
■ »t tl
diittnctly picture htm at no common man,
Hia Tiews were all of the bright side of
reli^on. It was not his to terrify a guilty
conscience, like a Whiteficld or a Wcaley^
but gently, mitdly, lovingly, to
Allure to brighter worlds, and lead the way.
Well ftn^ io ordinary English literature,
he had a reteotiTe memory for fact? and
anecdotes, and great skill in the introdnc
tion and application of thenit not only in
hia conTersatioD, but also in hU sermotis.
Snatches of verse, too, were of especial
use to him. His memory was stoned with
them, and he had a happy talent in pour-
ing them out* Thrown, as it would seem
against his will, into the formal position
of a Disaenter, he did not carry with him
the slightest animosity against the Charcb.
Indeed, tn all things, and towards all men,
hii religion was that of cbeerfulne»8 and
good will Besides the special dai ms whi ch
his memory has open the congregation
amongst whom he ministered, he is entitled
to uniTcrsal regard a« haying kept alive a
tense of religion in a neighbourhood which,
at that time, was entirely overlooked by
the Established Church. He thus pre-
d the way for that better state of things
lich has ainoe succeeded.
»
N
lUuiirationt of the Spiret and Towers
qf the Medieval CAurchet q/ England ^
preceded by tame Ohtervations «n the Ar-
ekiieeture of the Middle Agea and it* Spire
Growth, By Charles Wickes, Architect.
Fo/» i, : Sfiite*. AtUk and Imp. Folio. — •
This realty magnificent book was com*
meoced by Mr. Wickes in all the energy
of youth, and, after some yeard* perse-
termnce, he has proceeded to the extent of
a vnlnme, which contains forty-one sub-
jects of Spires, comprised in twenty-six
plates. The second volume, of similar ex-
tent, is to be devoted to Towers. Mr,
Wickcs's drawings are characterised at
once by boldness and precision. The Spires
rise b«fore ns in the majesty and the truth
of thciir originals. His plates are executed
in simple bat effective outline; and it is
annouDoed that another edition, in shaded
and tinted lithography, will be issued, at
the tam« prices, for those who prefer the
higher pictorial effect so produced. The
outUne edition is offered more especially
to architects and to those who are anxious
to study details for instruction ; and on
this point we cannot repress some inti-
mation of regret that Mr. Wickes has not
further facilitated such researches by in-
lerting internal sections of some of the
raofet remarkable examples of the media: val
prifiCipleft of construction. His external
Tiewi are truly admirable; and, so far as
they are ealcalsted to educate tlie eye in
GsNt. Mag. Vol. XLl.
the beauties of outliae and contour, they
cannot fail of producing a beoefictal effect
on the taste of ecclesiastical architects.
It was especially in the stone countries of
Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, and Ox-
fordshire thnt the mediaeval Spires attained
their exquisite perfection , In the present
day they are arising thickly upon the clay
of Middlesex and amidst the humble cam-
paniles of Surrey and Sussex, and indeed
wherever a railway can bring the malerisL
One of the most beautiful of modem spires
has been erected with stone brought from
Bath near the railway station at Ealinfr,
The more Liberal spirit that has arisen in
recent years in the erection of the superior
class of churches has made the Spire a
decidedly favourite feature, and therefore
Mr. Wickes* s work is exceedingly well
timed. He has classed his examples under
the three chronological heads of Early-
English, 1200—1272; Decorated, 1272—
1377 s and Perpendicular, 1377—1546.
Of the Early-English we have five speci*
mens, of which, however, two only belong
entirely to this period, Witney, and Sutton,
CO, Northampton, The thi^ others are
Early- English only so far as the towers
are concerned, the spires belonging to the
second period. They are St. Mary's at
Stamford, and Raunds and Ketton, both
in Northamptonshire, of which the second
is the mofit remarkable for tfae harmony of
its design. Of the Decorated style thir-
teen further examples are given ; among
which are the Cathedrals of Lichfield,
Salisbury, and Pcterboronght St. Mary at
Oxford, St. Mary RedctlfFe at Bristol, and,
scarcely inferior to these in beauty, St.
Wolfran's at Gnmtham ; to which may be
added, as favourable specimens of a sim.
pier style, Bloxham and Oakham, while
Lo6twithiel is remarkable on account of
its peculiarity. The specimens of the
Perpendicular style arc twenty-three in
number ; the most beautiful of them being
Oundle, Rnshton, and King's Sutton, all
in Northamptonsliire, and St Michoars
at Coventry, while Kenstone, Wallcott,
and Oakham commend themselves by their
simplicity; All Saints* Stamford, St.
James's at Louth, and Moulton, co, Lin-
coln, by the exquisite style of their deco-
rations; and Patrington, St. Nicholas*
at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Graffham, co,
Huntingdon, and St, Peter and St. Paul
at Exeter, by peculiarities of structure*
These various tpectmcns of style suffi-
ciently establish the author's judgment m
the selection of his subjects. His intro-
ductory remarks present a rapid but highly
iuteresttog sketch of the history of medi-
aval Church architecture ; and are to he
followed in the second volume by a more
coMpkto etfiy on steeple arclittectuve.
51?
:
SM
Miscfllamout Reviewi*
[^l&rch.
1^,Am Affpindir io IA< Lsctwr^ mi Col'
tkut^r CoiUt^ iogttktr vUh a Rtply to
tk§ Animadvernons t^f (hf lUv, B* L*
C¥tt4. By the Bet, Henry JebkuM. B.D*
JUdar qf Stun^ay^ Buix, Bro, pp, 47.—
f. Coichetter OmIU not a Roman Temple:
btin0 a Review qf *' A Lecture u» Ool*
Chester Cam tie, ky the ReP* H. /enJttM,
B^B* ;" reprinted, with addHitme, fmm
ike B*eejt and West S^fotk Gazette qf
Jan* 7/A and Sept, 9th 1S53. Tb which
h added an Appendix. By the Rev*
EiiwAfd L, Cuiu, B.A. H&norary Secrf-
tary (/ the Seeex Archmehgteal Soektp,
Hvo, pp, 39.— It is • twelfemootli tiaee
we noticed Mr. Jcokiii«'t Lecture^ in our
Majiuine for Feb. 1853, p* 180. Since
thai time he hai beea answered once ind
iifmin by Mr. Cntta in the columDS of a
lt>c«i p»per, and now we have the whole
ootttroverej before ub in the pamphlets
above described. It is one which we can-
not bat regard with astonishment in oar
pretent adTanccd state of arehitcctnral
knowledge, hut it will not be without its
use in tlie learned infonnation it has drawn
fortbi we may say from both combatants,
though we must award to Mr. Cutis the
the merit of having nsed hi» weapons to
the better purpose. Mr. Jenkins has
relied too impUcttly on the dkt4 of anti-
quaries of i bye-gone generation- the men
of the'* ingenious hypothesis*' and'* happy
ooi^eeture/' who appealed muro \a books
tlia& to things, and to authursttie ntlier
Ihftii 6icts, just reversing the independfliit
BiAJdm of Juvenal, the motto of the Royal
Society of London, aud of all true Bncon-
ian pbilosoperv,
Nuitiue in verba.
To appeal to the great names of Roy, and
King, and Stukelcy, is, as Mr. CutU Uas
well remarked, tantamount to prefcrriog
the conclufiioQS of Ptolemy to those of
Newton, or of Paracelsus to Faraday.
The theory of General Roy, here adopted
by Mr. Jenkins, i», it will be recollected,
that Colchester Castle is the identical
Temple which, according to Tacitui, visu
erected by the colonists of Camulodutium
in honour of their deiAed Emperor Clau-
dius. Mr, Jenkins conjectures that it was
subsequently coavfrted into a castle by
the Aomani ; tben became the cathedral
church of the carliei t bishops of Colches-
tflrj and lastly was cou verted into a Norman
castle. The arguments employed In sup-
porting this theory are to tbe effect that
the materials of the buiidmg and its mode
of conBtructioti are Roman, that it$ plan
and general features are different from
thouc of a Norman keep, and that tlve part
u«uaUy called tbr Clinpel corresponds with
the ordiuary plan of a Roman ttmpie,- —
the remaining portions of the structure
being appropriated as pneata'
guard-towers, &e. Mr. Cutts, in rcpTf^J
has triumphantly proTcd that, whilst ill
materials are in great meaiUTB Eomao, itiJ
construction is etaentially Normao, be«f» 1
ing a striking resemblance to many otb«|
Norman castle«, and p&rticolarly to th«l
White Tower of the Tower of London |'
whereas the similarity to a Eoman temple
is perfectly riatooary and fantaatieaL The
only circum&tapce that has giTeatlie caitlo
of Colchester a different appearauoa frois \
those of Uedingfaam, Rochester, Norwicbi i
Newcastle, and many more of the sams]
Norman Kra, is that of its upper story baf«
ing been removed in the reign of Chartes II*
The former existence of this is amply
provedt not merely by the analogy of other ^
boildiDga of the kind, but by the actual ro* I
main of a portion of the west wall, forming
the jamb of a window, and shewing tbe turn*
ing of a window. arch of the second story^
adjoining the north- west tower* Of thia
Mr. Cutis has given an etching, and he
has also placed in juita-poeition the plant J
of 1* the ground-floors of the WhittJ
Tower of London and of Colchester Caatle
2. their first floors; and 3. their tecon
doors — having, by investigation wiibiiil
the present rcwf of Colchester Castle, reco-
vered a good part of the plan of that story.
In the position of the chapel, with it« pro-
jecting semi-circular end, the castles oil
London and Colchester ore renaarkablvl
similar ; and again m having a main irai|l
running across the building, north audi
south, from the west end of the chapel«{
and extending through each floor of tht i
structure. Their great doors are alio in
the same position, contiguous to a staircase
in tbe south-western corner of the struc-
ture, and approached eitemally by gj
straight staircase. The Tower of London
is said to have been erected m 1078. As
no castle at Colchester h meationed in
Domesday book, compiled in 1085, and ii i
a charter of William Rufus, dated Christ* 1
mas 1091, grauta '' the tower and castle of "
Colchester'' to his steward Eudo, Mr«
Cutts concludes that Colchester Castle wai
built between those two dates : but whe«J
tber its age is actually to be limited be*]
tween those two dates or not, its ttra ill
unquestionable. We do not for our portt^
attach importance to the omission of the
castle in Domesday book : for we think,
in any case, there was then probably tome
cBstle at CoIchest4.'r, if not this Normenj
tower { but Mr. Jenkins's theory of adopt*]
ing Godric's church (mentioned in thtl
Domesday Aurvcy) as meaning the castltl
is manifesity absurd. Mr. Cutts sbewtl
that thi2 entry belonp to the church of thf I
Holy IViuity. With regard to the Roma»J
materials employed in building thcoaftlef|
R
Miscellaneous Reviews*
m
Dr, Duncan of Colchester (to whom Mr.
Cutts IS indebted for hta etchtngs), has
eiamioed thera with attention. In a letter
addrcised to the Esacx Gaxette (Sept. 29),
he states that he has cnre fully measured
some hundreds of tUes in the caMle, in the
town walls, the conduit, St. 3otolph*s, and
Trinity tower, and he is decidedly of opi-
nion that greater irregularity of tiles eiiats
in the casttc than in the other bulldhigs of
the city. The Roman tiles are frequently
identified by portions still adhering to
them of the [peculiar red mortar which was
u»ed at that eera, and which is in colour
contrasted with the Norman mortar. It
id not at all improbable, however, that the
manufacture of tiles or bricks of the
tloman form was continued on the spot
for centtirics after the Romans themselres
were departed, their manufacture having
been more preralent in luediceval times
than has been generally supposed, and
nercr wholly abandoned in places where
they were required from theabience of atone.
■ Lastly, ai to what has been observe J be-
neath the soil J wc need scarcely remind
our readcrii how abundantly Roman re-
mains exist throughout the site of Colches-
■ ter, and that it is but natural that the im»
mediate vicinity of the castle should have
its share. It appears not improbable that
some Roman building stood on the spot,
as foundntions apparently Roman hare
been traced ; bat they were evidently
treated with contempt by Ihc Norman
architects, whose walls cross them ob*
liquely, as shown in Mr, Jenkins's own
^^ plan* It may possibly have been the tcm-
^K pie of Claudius; but nothing has occurred
^f to shew that it was more than an ordinary
villa, which had been destroyed contuHes
before the ca.^tle was built.
Mr. Cutts' Appendix consists of a cir-
eumstantial survey of the Costlc, which
will be acceptable as a guide in visiting its
remains.
Tbk Aknotated Edition op the
BKGL13H PoKTS. Edited by Robert Bell,
Author 0/ The History of Hunia^ Lives of
tMe Engtiith Poeti, ^c, {To te published
in Monthly VotumfH,) Poeiicat Workg of
John Dry (ten, in Two Volumes, — Poetical
lVork» qf Henry Howard Earl qf Surrey t
Minor Contemporary Poeii^ and T%omat
8ackvilh,Lord BuckhnrtL l^mo. (J.W.
Parker.) — Annotated editions have grown
somewhat into disfavour, and not without
reason : for wbcnannotators overload their
author, either with impertinent and tedious
oommentarles, or with histories and bio-
graplues where mere explanations are
required, or with centoes of verbal critl-
dsin, or, worse than all, with prolonged
contradictions of their predecessors, bear-
ing little if any relation to the author's
test, then it is no wonder if the reader is
tired and disgusted. On the other hand,
nothing is more certain than this, that our
older poets can neither be appreciated nor
even understood without some notes : and
we will venture to say that explanatory
notes can scarcely be too numerouSf
though they may easily be too long. Even
when not absolutely required by the majo-
rity of readers, they may be pardoned,
when short and correct. The Editor of
the Collection of Poets, the commence-
ment of which wc now notice, propose!
that it shall be characterised by the com-
pleteness of its notes, biographical, critical,
and historical. He enters upon bis task
in an historical spirit, with the evident aim
of instructing as well as pleasing the lover
of English Poetry : having adopted for his
motto some right-minded sentiments of
Sir James Stephen, which set forth how
that our national poets are the greatest and
the best commentators on our history,
" and often throw more rich and brilliant
colours, and sometimes even more clear
and steady Itghts, on the time» and doings
of our forefftthers, than are to be gathered
out of all the chroniclers together, from
the Venerable Bede to the Philosophical
Hume," Mr. Bell promises also to en-
hance the value of his edition by a acrupu*
lous collation of Its teit. It is further to
be distinguished from preceding collective
editions by including the works of several
poets which have been entirely omitted
from them, ** especially those stores of
Lyrictkl and BdLid Poetry in which our
literature b richer than that of any other
country, ond which, independently of their
poetical claims, nre peculiarly interesting as
illustrations of historical events and national
customs." This abject is to be effected,
in part, by the publication of occasional
volumes, which will contain, " according
to circumstances, poetry of a particular
class or period ; collections illustrative of
customs, manners, and historical events ;
or specimens, with critical annotations, of
the Minor Poets." These volumes will
be complete in themselves, as will be the
works of the principal Poets. An Intro-
ductory Volume will be devoted to the
early history of English Poetry ; whihst in
regard to the Lives of the Poets, we con-
clude, judging from the eiamples before
us, that it is Mr, Beirs intention to make
them both full and saftisfactory. It is true
that, in the cases both of Sarrey and Dry-
den, he has the advantage to follow in the
wake of very painstaking predecessors, who
have devoted much time and labour to
their researches; but we rely upon bis
elForts to make his future biographies of
oorriipondeDt qualit]^, as well by the ac*
292
MUcelUtueiiU$ Reviews.
[Marcht
qQiBilian af iit}win«tenal« us by the due cm-
ployroerit of such as have bfcn gathered by
lie asiiduity of previouji inriuirer*.
The poetry of Henry Ho tear d Earl of
* u luorc rcmarkabie for some fine
Jisnges tlion ita general attracliveDese.
Its *' Beautief " might be comprised ia a
very few pages indeed. Bui it U itnixts-
l«ibie not to perceive its importaot effecta
the dcve lope roe Dt of English poetryj
lirhcti we read how eiceedingly popular it
[was in the middk of the sixteenth century,
land how mnch it modelled the style of hta
Dooessors. *' The itiflaeDGe (remarkB
itm Bell, which) Surrey exerdaed OTer
I English poetry cannot be estimated by Itie
[txteut of his contribution 9 1 or by thoir re-
iception in our liraes. He founded n new
Lara in vereiht^atioUf pMrilied and strongth-
Janed our ])oclicid diction, and» carefully
lahuaning the Yices of his predecessors ^ set
I the example of & stj^fe in which, for the
[first time, verbal pedantry nnd fantastical
"evices were wholly ignored. He was also
' tfao Urit Hriler of English blank verse, and
fbe flnt EngliHU poet who understood nnd
exeaiplificd the art of translation. It is
strictly true, as Mr. Hallam obaervei, that
* the taiste of Ihis accumplished man is
more strtklng Ibao his genius \* but it
ibould be remembered that it is to this
Tvry ctrcomatance we are indebted to him
for the Berrices he rendered to our poetiail
literature.*'
Mr, Bell has wholly rejected the fan-
tastic notion of Dr. Nott that all Surrey's
love poems — a description which com-
priMt nearly the whole of hit« smaller
pieces — have reference to bis passion for
**tlie fair Gernldine/' the exiled daughter
of the Earl of Kildare. The poet's sonnet
ipecially descriptive of tbut young lady is
well known ; and there is one other In
vbioh be addresses her by her Anglicised
nrnama of Garrett ^ but the utmost tn-
gvnutty of the mo»t attentive render has
been unable to gatl^er from any of the
Other poems a single positive fact jdcatify-
ing the party to whom they are addressed.
From their deficiency of personal allusions
they afTord (as Mr, Bell remarks) no
means of determining whether they repre-
sent a couatant pa&aion, or a succession of
passing impressions, or whether they were
not for the most part studies of love or
axerciaes of a poetical gallantry. Mr. Bell
inclines to the latter view, whilst one or
two of them, as he tbiiiks;, are distinct in
their relation to the legitimate object of
the Poet's affectionSf the Conntess of
Surrey. He refers particularly to two
poems which were composed at sea when
the Earl was crossing over to France. It
is our impression that several of the other
ns were written dtinog another period
of leisure, namely that which wa« forced
upon the writer by his imprisonment at
Windsor — which place is mcntioaed in at
least three pieces ; and we tliink that in
those poems the hiir Geraldinc was his lady-
love. At any event, Mr, Bell has done
quite right in restoring the whole collection
to the order it had in the early editions »
which may at Irast imply some connection
in respect to the time of their composition,
as their eeqneace in the author's nianu*
script may very probably still be pre-
senredj whereas that formed by Dr. Nott
was entirely fiotitious and fantastical ^ in-
▼ented to support his own romance of
Surrey and Geraldine.
In his Lift qf Dry den Mr. Bell cornea
after three nble and diligent predecesaora,
John son » Molooe, snd Sir Walter Scott j
yet he has not cultirated the f)«ld in vain,
nor without more than a gleanlug of new
and intercstii^g materials. For most of
these he ia indebted to Sir Henry Drydeii
the jirce^ent rcprcacntative of the family,
to Mr. BcvtUc Drydcn, and to Sir Thomas
Phillipps of MiJdtohill. The communica-
tions of the last are of most value. They
consist of five inedited letter* of the Poet,
written to hii friend William Watih
esquire, of Abberley in Worcestershire,
forming part of a series uf sixteen, of which
the other eleven were published by Malone
in Drydeu'a Miscellatieoas Proec Works.
In his Hrat letter Dryden addressed this
gentleman, who was more than thirty years
his junior, with absurd flattery and ser-
vility. In those dayi , it is true, Che same
want of truth which still attaches to the
concluding formula of '*Your obedient
humble servant^' was not unfrequently the
pervading spirit of aneotire complimentary
epistle ; it ii ncceiaary to bear this cirQum-
stance fully in mind to be able to credit
the reality of such a production ai tbe
folio wing: —
'*My desre Patron, — Nothing cou'd
plesae me better than to know you as well
by the endowments of your miod as by
those of your person. I knew before this
discovery that you were iogeaious, but not
that you were a Poet, and one of the best
that these times produce, or the succeed-
ing times can expect. Give me leave not
onely to honour but to love you ; and I
shall endeavour on my part to make more
advances to you than you have made to
me^ who are both by gratitude and by in-
clinatlon Your most faithful I humble Ser-
vant, John Dbyden."
„ The other letters to this correspondent
arc, however, in a totally different strain.
They are composed in terms of familiar
friendship, and are filled with news, both
political and literary. W^e take a few pass-
ages from one which was written t?bili(
1854.]
Mi^ceUa n eau^ Ke views.
293
^
Dryden wa» cogagcd on hU last (and un-
fUccessfoL) plaj, *' Love TriumpliaTit :**
** Dorfey has brought another farce upon
the tttge : but hU luck haa left him : it
was suffered but four days, and then kicked
off for C¥er. Yet his second act was wond*>r'
fully ditcrtuigi where the scene wos in
ficdlam, and Mrs. Bracegirdtc and Solon
wen? mnd j the ^ingiDjj wm wonderfully
good, and the two whom I have named
iuog better than Redding and Mrs. Ayloff,
whose trade it wng,— at leaat our parlmlity
carried it for them. The rest wos woeful
stuff, and coucluded with catcalls ; of which
the two Dohle Dukes of Richmond and
St. Alban's were chief managers*
(These noble IcAdera of the catcalls were
two of the natitral sons of King Charles
the Second. Conltl not Mr. Bell have told
us Ums name of Durfey'a farce ?)
** The play 1 am now writing is a feigned
alory, and a tragicomedy^ of tlie name of
The Spanish Fryer; and I am enre the
tale of it Ls likely to be diverting enough.
I have plotted it all, and written two acts
of it This morning I had their chief co-
mediant whom they call Solon^ with roe,
to consult with him concerning his own
character : and truly 1 think he has Che
belt understanding of any mania thePtay*
hoasc.
** Mr. Wycherley's Poems will not come
out till Michaelmas term. If his versifica-
tion prove as well as his wit 1 shall believe
it will be extraordinary. Howcter, Con-
greve and Southern and I shall not fail to
appear before it, and if you will come in
he will have reason to acknowledge it as a
favour, and on our sides you shall be very
welcome to makeup the meae."
There is a hearty good-fellowship in this
co-operation of the poetH, in order to re-
commend to the world a new-comer, which
is creditable to the fraternity, and to its
veteran eiponent|the honest and '* glorious
John." His next letter thus announces
hia greatest poetical enterprise : —
*' I have undertaken to translate alt
Virgil, and as an essay have already para*
phra&ed the Third Georgic as an eiample.
It will be published in Tonaon*s next
Mijscellsnieij, in Hilary term. I propose
to do it by subscription, having an bimdred
and two brass cutts (fsc), with the coat of
arms of the subscriber to each cutt ; every
stibscriber to pay five guineys, half in
band ; besides another inferior subscrip-
tion of two guineys for the rest, whose
names arc only written in a catalogue,
printed with the book,'*
Besides these letters, Mr, Hell has ac-
quired two documents of some importance
relative to the biography of Dryden. The
one has reference to his marriage ^ and the
^er ta hia pensions t but both of those
rather suggest than dispense with further
inquiry. The former, which is Dryden 's
niarriagc-licence, granted in the office of
the Vicar>general of the Archbishop of
Canterbury on the last dny of Nov. 1663,
declares that Dame Elijaheth Howard in-
tended to marry " with the consent of her
father Thomas Earlc of Berkcs/* a fact
which former biographers have doahted t
but It does not explain why, she being a
pariMhioner of St. Martin's in the Fields,
and Dryden of St. Clement Danes, the
we tiding should have been celebrated in
the church of St. Swithcn'a by London
Stone. The licence was ohtaiQed only the
day iK'fore the marriage. There is still,
therefore, some suspicion upon the publi-
city of this marriage.
Witb refipect to Dryden's pension Mr.
Bell has recovered an imperfect Treasury
warrant, dated May 6, 1684, ilirccting the
payment of 60/, for one quarter of his
pension of ^(HJ/. due at Midsummer 1660,
and of ^f^L for one quarter of his addi*
tional annuity of 100/. due at Lady. day
in the same year. Mr. Bell bos in some
degree misunderstood this document, when
be states that it shows that Dry den's ad-
ditional pension was ^' directed to take
effect fvom the quarter ending at Lady*
day, 1680;^*^ inasmuch as it proves, at
least, tbat this addition to his income waa
granted at some prior date, a quarter being
actually '* due at Lady-day, 1680,'* The
document therefore does not appt^r to
have that relation to Dryden's conversion
to the Church of Rome which Mr. Bel! Is
inclined to ascribe to it : nor can it be posi-
tively connected with Dryden'a appeal to
Lord Rochester, which Malone supposed
to have been written in August 1683. It
may not have been the first quarterly
order of the kind t and possibly some other
of those sibylline leaves, the mutilated
Exchequer papers, may still throw further
light upon this question,
The Complete Works, Pottry and Prvu,
of iA§ Rev, Edward Young, LL.D. for-
merly Rtetor of Wehvyn, Ha'tfordMhirtf
^T. revited and eoUatid with the earliHi
editiom* lb which it prefixed a L\fe f^
the Author^ by John Doran, LL.D. In
two volumeif V2mo, (Te^f.)— Mr. Bell's
task on one of the most popular poets of
the last century is, we may ssy, antici-
pated in the very complete and rareful
edition of Young which is now before us*
The work of its editorial revision has been
lealously performed by the printer, Mr.
James Nichols, of Uoxton-sqnare, who
has prefixed a preface, containing some
very interesting bibliographical particulars,
especially in regard to the various editions
pf Dr* Young's most celebrated work^ the
294
Miscellaneoui Rofiews*
[ March,
Ntght TliDUghta, For hh own teit he has
preferrifd that of the edition of U^^, which
had the henefit of the autlior's final emen-
dations. Having placed, in fequence to
the Night Tli oughts, the author's Para-
phrase of Job and his Poem on the La»t
Day, the editor gifes Young*9 other writ-
ingf in strictlj chronological order ; intro-
ducing, in I heir proper place*, all the
pieces which, Jifter Dr. Young bad hirasclf
made a f t/ecf iOn (in four Yolumeff, 17G2),
were afterwards hrougbt together in a Hflh
volume in 1767, and a sixth in 1778. Mr.
Nichola has also assembled n scries of k-t
ter* written by Young, and some of thtiui
at an earlier period than anv before pub*
lishcd. Tbesc are addressed to Mr, Jolvn
Williams, who was afterwards secretary
and son -in 'law of Richurd West, Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, hut who wos at
the time (in 1739) traTeltlng on the conti*
nent, in charge of some young gentlemen
of quality. These letters are more cha*
ractertsed by a frivolous levity than any
more valuable ingredient : but they i^uppty
at Jeaat testimony for which the poet's
biographers were at some loss, that he had
hi mfi elf travelled abroad in early life. He
say I that when at Nice, " I contracted a
ireat intimacy with the ^fcditerraneao.
lEfCfy day I made him a solemn visit. He
roared fcry agreeably. ... If you fisit
my quondam huhitiidoD, you will pass a
soleoiQ assembly of cypresses, 1 bsTC
great regard for their memory and welfare;
they took up my quarrel against the lun,
and often defended mc from his insultSi
when be waa much more furious than you
now represent him." Mr. Nichols, how-
ever, meutions another oircumstancc which
may make Mr. BtU prick up his ears : he
Itates that Dr. Young's directiona for the
posthumouB destruction of his pnpers, were
not carried into effect t '* that they are still
in existence in his son's family, and may
ere long he given to the world, are subjects
of common belief in literary cirolei.""
Dr. Doran has performed the task of
delineating the life of Young with hi^
wonted vivacity and variety of illustration.
Few literary hiograpbiea have taken so
agreeable a form. Dr» Doran is Qot« how-
ever, one of thoie writers who unavoidably
become enamoured of their subject. He
u peril dps rather severe, than otherwise,
oo Dr. Young's personal frailties and iu-
oonsistencies j and very impartiaily critical
on his literary production*. The leading
points of hii remnrks on the Night
Thoughts are as follow : '* Although some
have ealled its sublimity 'fustian,' and its
melanoboly artiJSchil, its comhinationi gro-
teaque, ita phraseology involved, and its
reaaoainif sometimes confujod, it stands,
oa the whole, as a monument of the incx-
hanstlblo wit (in the proper sense of the
word) and genius of the author. It^ moril^
is express^ly directed against thnt of Pop
io his Essay on ^faUi wherein the worh
was taught to be content with the preaentnj
without troubling itself about the hcre^
arter. A great portion of Pope's poei
consists merely of a versified translation <
PascarA Thoughts and Mnxims; but
sentiments of Young are, with one or \
exceptions, entirely original. Too m^nf
of the sirailcA are drawn from the play^
house and the stage ; from the aetoft| j
dftisiied and undressed; even Denth hniVi
self, on uuc occflsiooi appears nt a door»
keeper. . . . The maje-Jtic melanchol^fl
that reigns throughout the poem i:^ to
often Interrupted by trivial, satiricAl» o^
sarcastic passages, to admit of our belieT
that the author was much in love with tlu
sadness he commends. ... It is a fact|J
however, that Young made roelanohol]^
'modish/ Young gentlemen could^ lilu^'l
Prinee Arthur, become sad as night, ou^l
of mere wantonness. His poem is said to |
have induced physicians to prohibit detl**!
catc patients from perusing it. Beattiep 1
writing to the Duchess of Gordon, trnati I
that her Grace will not think of reading saT]
doll a book * aa Young's Night Thoughts.* f
The grave gentleman gallantly proteitij
that the lady is far too bright for soch lad 1
themes ; (hat the autlior only tntoxicateiJ
pcDple, and that iiitoiication of ftny lorf
is prejudicial to health. He Maerti, roorr
over, thut the poet wa* himself too wise i
be sad, and that, when bo commended 1
mournful meditatioiis, he was himself ai
gay as it wos his wont to be. * Believe
me,* he adds,
* Believe me, the shepherd but feigna ;
He's wretched to show he has wit/
There is, no doubt, some truth in this.''
To Young*s Satires Dr. Doran awardi
more unequivocal praise. He remarki
that " The Satires will live for ever, be-
cause, in description, they are true reflexei I
of the times, and in sentiment apnllcabls ^
to all other ages ; individuQl in allusion,
yet general in application. . . . In Gold*
smith's time these Satires had fallen below
their originally great reputation. They
merit, however, complete restoration to
public favour. In spite of some uncouth ,
rhymes and awkward phrases, they ooa-
tuio lines of great elegance, wit sparkling '
and rapid, ease of exprcs&ion, indisputable
common bense, and an endless good-nature
even when the scourge is being most
lustily ajiplied/' In one trifling point of
Young's biography wc suspect that Dr^
Doran has been embarrassed in a waf
which is not unusual with those who do
keep themselves constantly alive to so
MucalUmeoui Rniewt.
295
I
froquent a cause of error* On the 24 tb
of March, 1719, the Duke of Wharton
granted to Young an annuity of 101)/.,
stating in the hond '^ thut ttie public good
is adiranced by ibe tncourngeoient of learn-
ing and the polite arts, and that bin Grace
had derived pleasure from Dr. Young^a
attempta therein ;'' upou which the bio-
grapher remarks that be doea not see bow
that could well be, inasmuch as Young
did not take bis degree of "Dr." undit
th« lOtb of June in the tame je^t^ aud he
adds, that ''the degree may have been
aasumed hy anticipation, or by sooie aca*
demic«d usage to me unknown/' But any
inch mysterioni e^tplanation is rendered
luineeetsary when wc recollect that the
34th of March waa then the itui day of
the year.
The Poetical Workt of John Drydtn.
With Illuitrntiont hy John Franklin.
12mo. {Rouliedg9),—ThiA is a portion of
another series of the Poets, now in course
of publication. To those who ore content
with a non-annotated edition , but which
is rMommended by a clear print and good
paper, and moreovtir by excellent illiutra-
tive designs, which are as ably engraved
by Mr. Daliiel as they are designed by
Mr. Franklin^ we can congcientiously ia-
troduce Messrs. Routledge^s edition. Tbe
works of Chaucert Spenser, Milton^ Dry-
den, Pope, Tiiomaon, and Beattie^ have
already appeared in thiis series i and Mr.
Robert Aris Willmott is engaged to super-
intend tbose which are to follow.
I
The Pictorial Book of Ancient Ballad
pQitry qf Great Britain, Historical, Tra-
ditionat, and liomantic, to ichich are
added A Selection of Mo dent Imitation*
and fome Tiantlationt. Edited 6y J. S.
Moore, es$. A New Edition, (Waab-
boume.) 8vo. — ^This collection presents,
in a com prehe naive and attractive form,
a greater body of our popular ballads than
can be elsewhere so readily met with. The
ancient ballads are the best from those
aiiembled by Percy, Ritson, Evans, Scott,
JamiesoD, Buchan, and others » as well as
tome more recently edited by the Percy
Society : tlie modem imitationj$ are from
the pens of Scott, Southey, Cotcridge,
Taylor, Percy, Chattcrton, &c. The Latter
dirision forms a second volume, or other-
wise ^ as the owner of the book may prefer.
The present edition is improved by a more
correctly chronological arrangement of the
earlier pieces ; it is furnitibcd with a glos-
sary of obsolete words, and it is altoguther
well adapted for popular use.
The Sony of Roland^ at chanted before
the Battle qf IIaMtin(fii, by the Minstrel
Taillefer, Tranatated by the Author of
" Emilia Wyndham.^' Small ^to.^Araidst
the cycle of romance connected with the
feats of Charlemagne and his Paladins, one
of the most popular waa the lay of the
Battle of Roncesvalles, where Roland the
nephew of the great Emperor, and his
faithful companion Olivier, were slain by
the infidel Moors of Spain. The chro-
oiders state that this story was sung by
the miaatrcl Taillofer, and repeated by the
Norman soldiers, on the eve of the battle
of Hastings. In the words of the author
before us, *' It had become a question of
considerable interest among atitic|narie«
wbtither the identical song of Roland, as
chanted at the battle of Hastings, wer«
still in existence. At length (it is added)
♦/ hag been diecovered ; " — that is to say,
a poem on this subject, preserved in the
Bodlciau Library, after having beeu noticed
by Tyrwhitt in his edition of Chaucer, and
by the Abbe de la Rue in his essay on the
Norman Trouveres, waa transcribed under
the patronage of M,. Guizot, and edited
by M. Fr Michel, in 1837. But that this
poem, consisting of about four thousand
lines, was the veriluble ballad ^* chanted
before the battle of Hoiitings,^' is in the
first place highly im probable, from its
great length ; and, in the next, it is con-
tradicted by it§ style. Mr. Wright (in his
Biographia Britannica Literaria, ii. 120)
believes that iu writer, Turold, flourished
in England about the time of King Stephen.
Mr. Wright, however, assigns to the poet
the merit of describing battle-acenes with
somewhat of Homeric vigour, and of intro-
ducing pathetic traits which sometimea
possess considerable beauty. It appears
that ten years after the original poem was
published by M. ^lichel, it was translated
by M. G(6inn into the French language as
it existed in the time of Amyot, and more
recently a modem version has been given
by M, Vitet, in the Revue dcs Deux
Moodcs. The latter, however, is an abridge
meut of the original, aud it is from thia
abridgment by M. Vitet that the Engliab
translation before us has been made. It
is an edition de liare, handsomely printed
on fine paper, with red borders. We give
one brief specimen, the description of th«
court of Charles at Cordova : — ** He is In
his orchard, iind at his side are seen Roknd*
Olivier, Geoffrey of Anjou, and many
others — all song of sweet France. There
are fifteen tbonsand of them and mor«.
Seated on the silken staffs, they pass the
time in play. The more sage and aged at
the chess, the young bachebn lightly skir-
mtabing among themselves. The Emperor
is seated in a golden chair under Ihe shade
296
Miiceilaneons Reviews.
[March,
of AH egliatinc and a ptnc tree* Hii
b«Ard is white ai the driwn snow { hiii
body b nobly fthnped nnii framed ; liia
brow of inajestj. Whoso icekcth him,
needs none to point him out" Now, Mr.
Wright haK detected Una same pajuago as
a ipeeimen from the on^tial. The trans -
latioti abridget it, aod not to adrantage.
Thwa, in the enumeration of the peers of
the Emperor* it sayn, *' With him were
Roland and Oliver, San sun the mild, and
AnieiH the fierce, GeoflVej of Anjon the
rojat Gonfatonier ; and there were b.Uq
Warin and Gnurs j where these were,
were also many more ; from iweet Trance
were aaiembled lifteen thouitad.'' !Surely,
there b lome pictnreiquenesi in thitf that
hit escaped " the Author of Flmilta Wynd>
ham." Moreover, lome of the comrtiers
were placing at tahles, i. e. draft*, others
at che^is, which formn an mtere^ting notice
of old ** sports and pattimeB." So im-
perfect a tranilation ii by no means latis-
^ctory.
Poetry of the Ahti-Jacohin : with ffj -
planatory Notes by Charles Edmonds.
Second Sdition, consideraMy eniarytd,
l2mo»— The poetry of tht Anti- Jacobin is
worth every one's perusal on two nrcounta,
->ai A uiMterpiec^ of wit, and as a ? ivid
mirror of political history. Mr. Edmontl^'u
former edition (which we ooticed in our
Mag:axine for July 1B&2) was received with
so much favour, that h« has redoubled hti
exertions to render the present still more
complete. Hia excellent prefncci ond hii
continuoui illustrations raifle thi-i produc-
tion into the rank of an historical work.
The hints of Tarious contributors have
improved his notes, and he particularly
acknowledges those of the veterATi Sir Ro*
bert Adair, now the sole surviving hero of
the A nti' Jacobin, and one of t)ie writers
in it^ counterpart. The Rolliad. In order
that the parodies moy be readily appre-
ciated, t!m Editor has placed their ori-
ginaln in juxtaposition ; and he has further
illustrated the book by six etchings, re-
duced from the cancntui-es uf James Gill-
ray which were originslly designed to ac-
company the verses. The " Fruspectus
of the Anti-Jacobin, a Weekly Examiner,"
which was written by Mr. Canning, is also
for the firat time prefixed to the collected
Poetry. We cannot wonder that in the
present generation, whose tuitc for poli-
tical satire i^ continually sharpened by it^
favourite Punch, the Poetry of the Anti-
Jacobin should again be populir ; but
there is still a deficicucy which, regarding
the book as an historical one, we should
wish to see supplied : it ought tn have an
index of name».
The Aniobiograpky qf WiUiam Jerdmt^
ifc. Sfc. fViiA hie Literary, Political, and
Sociat RemiHtweneet and CorreMpondenee
during the iatt fifty peart. Vot. iV, —
With this volume, Mr. Jerdan closes the
record of his literary and social career, and
he closes it with i spirit of mingled hope-
fulness, cheerfulness, complaint, and de-
spondency, which leaves on the mind
the reader only a feeling of meUncholfJ
It is indeed inspiriting to find an oU
literary soldier like the Autiobiographerf]
refusing to be ranked as an emenVtis, i
declaring bis power as well as his abilitf
Co don his haroess and serve the republu
of letters even as he did of old. It is in-
spiriting, but we could wish that it were
not necessary. That the power has not
gone is evidenced bjr the volume before
us, which contains^ bcaidci pergonal nar-
rative, many anecdotes iUustrattve of social 1
life that have with them an biitorica! value.
T\iM Ptite Eiiaya on Juvenile DeltH'
queney, Ay Mica tab Hilt, Seq i and bjf ,
C, ¥. Comwallis. — It is quite a duty toi
notice these striking and ralntblc EssayikJ
LaJy Noel Byron, whose generous o#erj
ealled them forth, has been very willinglrj
induced to add another hundred pouncb]
to the two hundred originDlly proffcred| I
and has thereby secured for the public two I
essays of a widely different character, but j
equally effective, instead of one. There it 1
not anything very new in the volume { ,
but a good and useful arrangement of *
many facta on Ibe part of Mr, Hill, and a
clearly -stated argument from Miss Corn-
wallis. The fault which strikes us* mean-
while, in all the projects of juvenile re-.
formation we have ai yet seen, ii the want
of providon for the regular payment ofj
industry in the schools now institntinf '
tliroughont the country for thiii class of I
boys and girls. We have had the subject
very much before us, and really cannot
see how so obvious a means of counteract*
ing the love of stimulus which leads to
cagernetii after unlawful gains can ever
he fairly and suitably met, i^ave by an
education into the culm and steady pur-
suits of lawful objects of interest. In-
dustry— the hxed habit of working for a
viitblo result, however small— it surely
the simplest, safest, and most rations! mode
of overcoming idlers and vsgabonds. That
in many cases it would be troublesome and
difficult wc allow ; but, on the other band,
it surely nould greatly facilttato the mas-
ter's power, by enabling him sometimes to
punish, simply by withholding for a time
the otrtjnJer's power of working on bii
own account. If the labour can he id
itjfelf interesting, and its results attended
with fluctuation, and dependent on care,
18540
Miscellaneous Neviews*
097
•o mueb the better, ai in tUc case o( agri.
^cultural schools, where boys cuHivate «
orlion of the ground them set ves, *fl«r
ItaTiog given pftrt of the labour of the day
* I the school lields> Undfr other circuin-
Qcea might not a scale of toarkB or
|licketi be ar ranged for the furtbertdoe of
"ndiistry, attaching a certain value to a
[liombcr of theie?
Wc cannot believe th.it so rational a
linode of dealing with young peo})lc, ao
||ierfeetl}' natural moreover, and in accord-
ance with that whirh wouhl have falleo to
heir lot io tlie event of their having^ pur-
sued a course of steady conduct at home,
be rejected^ aim ply on account of
x|ieiise. Rate tljc revrarda of such labour
ery low, of course ; but how small an ad-
lition would the rent of another acre or
vo of land for gardens be to most of theae
Icstablighmcnts: when com ppired with tlic
Igood nionil effects, it is jtcarcely to be
" bought of. In no case, perhaps, is it
Ifbctrable that reformatory schools should
I !be large eatahlbhnK'ntst. The more widely
rdi«i(>ersed the better. Let them approach
Iks nearly as may be to housebold^, only
Jet them he ruled upon such ordinary
tprineiplcs of labour and moderate ji^ain as
nay initiate their inmates into a healthy
i mode of living^ and actiog. It cannot of
course be said that the common everyday
motives to useful employment thus set
before the young deliiKjuents are of the
iliighest sort ; but, on the other hand, they
Ido not iuterfere with the moat exalted
f pKnciplei. The boy who labours soberly
•nd diligently for a time will almost always
ibe the boy most docile, most intelligent,
lliiost alive to better print-iplea of action.
|It ia a hard, al(uo;$t a hopeless labour to
fight against roving propensities ?iraply
with the weapons of moral argument ; and
llhe few instances brought forward of radi-
al improvement are largely over-balanced
Pf the QUiuerous failures. Would this be
be case if the practical and tangible re*
dts of industry Mrere made clearer ?
Th§ new SuccetitioH and Legacy Duty
7)ib(t9. Bm C. M. Willich.- We have
already noticed the useful series of popubr
tables, to whicli ibe present appear as a
aiipplemcnt. No one nrho has been plac^
in the position of an executor will fail to
recognise the advantage of a ready matiual
for reference as to the dutiet) j«ayablc upon
legacies and annuities even under the old
law, but this has become still more neces-
sary from the unavoidably complex cha-
racter of the new Succession Duties Act.
This Act came into operation from the 19th
May, 1853. It imposes dutien to the same
amount as the Legacy Duty Acts according
to consanguinity, except that the brother
Gent, Ma**, Vot,. XLK
or sister of a graudtatber Of grandmother
of the deceased or their desceiidnoits will
pay SLK per cent, instead of ten. This
alteration is also introduced in the scale
for legacy duties. The interest of every
sticcessor to real property (in which are
included leaseholds of ail df*nomtnatinn^)
is considered to be the vrIqc of an unnnity
equal to the current value of such pro-
perty during the residue of his Ufe, or any
less period during which he shall be en-
titled to it, Tlic tables appended to the
Act are of great length, which was neces-
sary in order to cstabli,sh the mode of
estimating the value of property held upon
any number of joint lives. Mr. Wtllich
has confined himself in the tables before
US to the case where there is only one life,
that of the successor, to be taken into
consideration ; but »s thi* constitntes the
getieral rule, they will be found in almost
every instance to provide oil the informa-
tion required.
Curiotitiei ofBrhtol and itt NeighOour^
hood. Nos. 1 — <S. Royal 8vo. — Monthly
penny sheets commenced in September
last. ' They are tilled with historicttes of
the by^gone annals of Bristol, descriptions
of its localities and of the neighbouring
places, a biographical catalogue of Bristol
worthicsi and a variety of notes and memo-
randa. We arc told that the citizens of
Biistowe have found these papers suf-
ficiently interesting to buy them eagerly ;
and we add our own verdict that they de-
serve preservation and a good leather cover
hereafter To omi note we must deiDur:
it is that which derives the Blanket of our
beds from the name of a family of woollen
manufacturers in Bristol : '* The pro*
prietors were three brothers — Edward,
Edmond, and Thomas Blanket, They were
enterprising, skilful, and successful men,
and were the tirat to manufacture the uteful
article of hed- furniture which has im-
mor tali Fed their name, — the Blanket, Tho-
mas Blanket was one of the bailifTs in
131 1 , and Edward Blanket was member in
Parliament for Bristol in the year liGi*."
Mr. Way, m his edition of the Proinp-
toritim Purvulorum, tells u* that ** fititnket
is taken from the French blimchet, woollen
cloth, no doubt of a white colour. Lan^
ffeid, Itmgain, btaneftet, drop de lain§*
Ratjuefort-" And the Promptorium itsell
dtsttngutsbcs two ncceptatioiif of the word»
— the bltmket of a bed, and blanket, white
cloth. We would suggest that the records
respecting the Bristol manufacturers hare
been misread so far as this, the termlna-
ting contraction for the letters er has been
overlooked. Like other traders at that
time, they were named from their band!*
crafty Blanketeni, t. e. maker? of bhinketOt
296
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.
HOCIBTT or ANT1QVA1I1K».
Ffb. 2. J. Tftytie Collier, efcj. V.P.
Joicph JackioD Howard, ctq* of Trinity
Hall, Cambndget and Leo Road, Black-
heath ; George A* Carthew, eiq. iolicitor,
of East Dereham, Norfolk ; Tattersoll
Auckland, Ciq. tolicUor, Lewes; aod the
Rev. Tboinaa Kin;, of Adelaide Row,
Haveratock Htll, were elected Fellows.
Mr. Collier presented i copy of a Pro-
claoiBtioii isfuecl in the reign of Joinee I*
lutboriAiDg the collectloa of subacriptiom
for the relief of the inhabitants of !^trat-
lDfd«on-ATon, after the ^reat fire that
oimfltim«d many houset In that town.
The Ee?/rhoniaa Hugo exhibited eomc
Btditeval kniven nnd an iron axe-head,
rtmniif found in the Thames, near Fleet
diteh.
Mr. Bd5cke eibibited several leaden
sTinir-hullets, one of which woa inscribed
CiESAR R. L. ILand nnotber KIKH .
A^HNIS^ with the figure of » thunder-
bolt; a die for the reverse of the well-
known coins of Berenice, Queen of Pto-
lemy king of Egypt, beanng the Qneen'i
name and a cormteopis filled with frniti i
« Greek and a Roman comb, the former
found at Pompeii, the latter near Co-
bkiiti ; also a line ivorj' comb, carred
with two figures of men fighting and a
third blowing a horn, said to have been
found In Wales, and apparently of the
twelfth century ; and a stMl in steel, aaid
to be Uie work of Cellini, engraved and
set with the arms of Cosmo de Medici«
Capt, B. WiUiama exhibited two Roman
coina and a bronxe head of a javelin,
lately discovered in digging a foundation
at Cote, near Bamptou, Oxfordshire. The
Goint were of Trajan and Hadrian.
The Rev. Edward TroUope exhibited
drawings of some munU paintings, dii*
covered a short time since in the church
of R^ttceby, in Lincolnshire. The por-
tion which Mr. Trollope had copied ex-
hibited the figure of an a^ed man, his
head surrounded by a nimbus, holding in
his hand an object which had been partly
defaced, bot which is either a purae or a
bell ; if the latter object, Mr. Trollope
lapposed the figure to be that of St. An-
thony. Before the saint is part of an
anhuMl renembUng a ti^^er or a panther,
which may he co(i!»)dered a* repreaenting
the devil, [Qu* was not the figure Saint
Giles Tvith his hare^ and the supposed pume
t wound kid bare on his thigh ?]
%ir. Shaw exhibited ti drawing of a very
itifol comb, formed of ivory and orno-
in«nt#d with precious stoniw, having a
semicircular plate of silver, ioaorfbtd^ j
FfiCTRN , s . LVPi, It is prcaeTfed in llw
treasury of the Cathedral of Sens, which
also contains a portion of the vestmenta
of St. Thomas k Decket, who resided in
that dty when he fled from England .
St. Lupus was the 18th Archbishop of
Sens, and died in 628.
The first portion was then read of a
commanicatioD from Sir Henry Ellis, Di-
rector, *' Upon the Early History of Lord
Lieutenants of Counties/' introductory
to two fiets of instructions directed to the
Earl of Bedford, the first in the reign of
Philip and Mary, and tlip second in that of
EliMbeth, in the ycnr 1574, The latter,
were suggeited by the doubtful proceed-
ings of the French King, »nd the great
preparations tlirn making by the King of
Spain in the Low Countries.
Fkb, 9. John Bmce, esq. Treasurer, in
ihe chair.
A picture in oil of Ralph Thoreaby,
F.R.S. the historian of Leeds, was pre-
sented to the Society by John Bowyer
NicboU.csq. F.S.A.
Mr. Edward Pretty exhibited drawiogv
of various relics of the Anglo-Saxon pe*
riod, found about thirty yeart aince in
widening and repairing the road on the
tine of the ancient Watling street, aboat
a mile from Rugby. They consisted of
urns, beads, fibulia, and a variety of per-
sonal ornaments and implements, with the
osaal description of weapons chamoteristic
of pagan interment.
The Secretary comniunicatetl a letter,
written by Anne Countess of Pembroke to
Capt. Adam Boynes, in London. The
letter is dated from Skipton Caatle, a short
time after the death of Cromwell and it
ibhowB how jealously every act of the
Royalists was regarded by their enemiet
t\i that period. Tbe writer complains thai
the repairs she is mnking to her cutl6 |
have attracted the attention and arooaed
the Ruspicion« of ^ome of her ill -disposed
neighbours, and protects that what she ia
doing it for no other purpose than the con*
venicnce of ber«e1f and household* She
speaks of a fetter inclosed to '* Lord Iaq
bert," and eiclaims very warmly agaixwt <
the unjust sutpicious of her enemtea,
Feb. 16. Sir R. H. loglis, Bart. V.P. \
Charles Parker, esq. of the Grove, Bio-
field, Berkshire, was elected a Fellow of ^
the Society; and Jared Sparkes, esq. late
Preaident of Cambridge (joiversity, U.S.
wns elected an Honorary Member.
Fred. Ouvry, esq. F.S,A- presented
four drawinga reprctmtinf the grotos<|oeIy
IdM.]
AnHqtmrian Reiearches.
2M
I
I
ctrred bench -andi In tht church of South
Brent, co, Somerset.
Mr, Samuel Ander^oa, of Whitby, com-
tnuDicated no iccount of the opeaiiif of
ft Britiili b&rrow, known ns the Swarth-
hone, which it ftitunted upon a lofty ridge
of land about four milej from Whitby, on
the high road leading to Guisborough.
It is the central and largest of three, which
were formerly coimected by a line of large
gtooea ; and it meaaorei in the droinifar-
ence of its base no less than 280 fleet.
Vestiges of several internientB were founds
in one in stance the body had been buried
entiret in another in a cist or coffin; and
also some nmt. The barrow was furtlier
remarkable from being divided by walls*
iiinQiag acro§e it from north to soulli,
about three feet npart, and live in l<*ngth ;
in hdgbt four feet, and in thickness about
two, many of the ttones being so large
that they could be barely lifted by two
strong mCTh
The tirat portion was then rend of a
letter from Henry H. Brcen, eaq, F.S.A.
containing some account of the Carib^i
or abortgioal inhabitant! of the Leiaer
AntiUes.
THK ARCBJKOl.OGlCAt iNSTITtiTE*
Fk^. 3. The Hon. Richard Neville, V,P.
Mr. J. Rogers described lome remark-
able examples of the pecaliar arrangements
in church architecture designated as '' Lych-
noscoi^esf**" They exist tu a remote district
of Cornwall, oear the Lizard Point, in the
churches of Mawgan, Crude, Cury, and
Wendron» He exhibited drawings uud
plans in iUustration of these curious details^
situated in a locality little known to anti-
quaries*
An acoount of discoveries of sepolchral
umi on Ballon Kill, co. Carlo w, by Mr,
Richardson Smith, was read. They are
of remarkably elaborate workmanship, and
highly ornamented. A cemetery of great
extent appears to hare existed al thti spot,
and urns have been found at various times
in great numbers. Many of them have
been wajitonly destroyed or through super-
alitioiis notions, under the belief that they
were fitbricated by witches. In some in-
stances the urns were placed within a kind
of cromlech^ and skeletons were found
mixed amongst the interments, which in-
dicated the practice of cremation. Some
of the urns from Ballon Hill were placed
in the Archiuolo^ical Court at the Dublin
Indnstrial Exhibitiou, aod excited much
attention on account of their curious de-
coration*
Mr. H. O'Neill produced a series of
rubbings from the most characteriKtic do-
sifnt on certain sculptured crosses of stone
in Ireland. The notice of antiquaries has
been called to this class of early Christian
monuments by the recent exhibition of
several casta at Dublin, which have been
transferred to the Sydenham coUectionfl.
lMr« O'Neill offered aome remarks on the
peculiarities of orDnmentation^ and stated
that the^e crosses are sculptured in granite
or some material obtained in Ireland. He
exhibited several drawings of examples at
MoDaiterhotce, Kelh, Kilklispeen, 4kc.
and stated that the continuation of hia
lUuatrations of theie remarkable sculptarea
would forthwith he published. — Mr, Wett-
wood remarked that it was important to
trace the origin of these productioos, form-
ing a remarkable section in the history of
art. It had been imagined that these
croaaes were brought from Italy or some
foreign country; and one of the recent
writers on Irish antiquities bad even de-
nied tht; poflstbility of their having been
produced by Iriih workmen. Tlie fact
that they are ccimpOMed of matenaU indi-
genous to the country deserves notice.
The oonjectnrfl that they had been brought
from Rome was» however, sufiicientiy dis-
proved by comparison with Irish illuniina>
tioDS and other works of an early period
in the sister kingdom. — In reference to
the same subject of inquiry, Mr. Weatma-
cott remarked that it deserved careful con-
sideration, as leading to a question Ckf grant
interest iu regurd to the history of Alt.
The character of the relic vi and the tlyle
of ornament showed points of essential
difference frotn the features of Italian de«
sign, in eacamples which might he assigned
to contemporary dates. The ornament of
these Irisjh suulpiurea is very peculiar, and
bears little or no reiemblaocc to that found
in early works in Italy; but it presenta
sufficient analogy with the types occurring
in the East to make it worth inquiry
whether the design of these crosses may
not have been derived » directly or indi-
rectly, from that source. Amongst consU
derations which wouldsomewhnt strengthen
this Buppo&ition, the «titf and ugly forms
given to the human figure may be men-
tioned as deserving especial notice. At
an early period there was great variance
of opinion iu regard to the character of
form suitable for the repreaentation of
sacred persons ; and according to one
party, chiefly of the Eastern Church, it
was considered that the Saviour ought not
to be portrayed under a form of beauty^
but, 00 the contrary, of a repulsive cha-
racter. This strange opinion seems to
have been founded on the expressions of
the prophet Isaiah—" He hath no form or
oomeHness/' and, " There is no beauty
that we should desire bimt" From the
pre?alenoe of thii notiou^ ^ i^^i» %xVU->
Aniiquarutn Besearchfi.
[March,
IMM ind even cle fortuity of deHii^n appeftrt
ill thr Art of tli« Eastern ichooli, tJ well
M wherever the lame infloeDce extended,
llie WeaCern Church, however, happily
for Art, took a different view of the qaes-
tion^rfjcoltDgtbearguuienUoftheEaitorn
dlvinrif and adoptiug ttie more pbiloao-
phical principle that bcautjr of ieniimeiit
•houht he Uluitratod by beauty of form.
They argued that no bcnuty could be too
great lo repreient tlic founder of Chrlitt-
anity, or tllufttrntr so divinr and perfect a
faith aji that whioh he ttad taught. The
ijifluenee of Pone Adrian L and the
high fluihority of St. Amhrote went far
to eftablith ihia opinion, nnd fiied that
type or character of repreieiitation which
has prefaced in the Ijatia or Wettern
Church ; thuH leading to those beautiful
and affeotiog represcntationB of the Saviour,
the Virj^iij the Apostles, and other holy
pertons which charactering the productloaa
of the Itolian schools in the purer timet
of Chrialinn art. In reference to many of
the fttraoge adaptadoni of the hiimaD
figure to the torttioui ihape« of ornamflnta
on the Iriih Croaacip Mr. Wcstmacott
wii difpoied to think there was no par-
ticular roeamng int«tided by the sculptor.
Thia feature h probably only the reeuk of
caprice^ or an effort of iag:eQuity in the
endeavour to odape inch fomii fo aa to
fill or fit the contracted ipaces upon theac
eurioui croitei.
Mr. Aihnrst Majetidic brought drawings
of aeveral effigicii of the De VcreB, pre-
ferred at Earl (i Coloe, EiseXf and valu-
able aa illu8tratioDi of early cofttume r in
addition to hit obserrationi on thc»e me-
moriahf, he (jave an account of cert&iu
recent diacoveriet at Ifedingham Caatle,
Mr» George VuUiainy produced two
malleta and the ball, used termer ly in the
faihionoble game of P&ll Mall, or fmiU*
mttiiie^ which gave its name to the street
■o called. The malls are of wood, with
long tbiu handles, the portion wliitih utruck
the ball being atrongly liooijed with iron.
Theae oljecti, prohabty the only exi«bng
relict of the game m Eijglatnl, had been
recently found in the houic of the lali;
Mr, VulISaniy, in Pall Mall, which had
been in the poiacaaion of Im faintly for
130 yeart. The game was introduced
about the do*e of the giiteentli centnry,
and an alley appeam to have been formed
for the enjoyment of Buch disport, where
Pall Mall is now uituatird : at the time of
the Commonwcatlh it fell into disuse, and
bousea were by degreet erected along the
math At the Eeatoration a new mall
was formed in the park by Charles II.
' lok great delight in this game : and
lusious occur in Pepy»*t Memoir*
I the new mall, and the amuse'
meDis of the Merry Monaroh. Mr. Cun-
ningham has collected varioti» noticea re-
girding this subject in his useful Hand-
book of LfOndon.
Amongst objects ejthibited were, ft
bronae weapon of rare form, and a gold.
])omander, both found io the TbameSt and |
brought by Mr. Pranks ; aeveral curiouji
weapons by Mr. Beruhard Smith ; a tery
t!hoioe example of Majolica, painted by
FranceacA Xanto Avello, in 1533 ; tome ,
curiooi repreaentationi of the emblenis of 1
the Passion, found at an ancient cattle, in
CO. Cork, by Mr. G. Dunoyer ; several
documents relating to property in the West
of England, by Mr. Norris ; and several
Tftluable manuacripts by Mr. 0. Des*
borough Bedford.
aRrriflH ARCH^COLOOICAL Ak^SOClATlOX,
Jan. 2S, Ralph Bernal, caq. M,A.
President.
Mr. Clarke, of Easton, reported the
discovery of some coins at Brnndeston« in
Suffolk, consisting of a penny of Edw, K
a half-groat of Blixabeth, a shilling of
Charles II. and a sixpence of William HI.
A fetterlock had also been found at the
same place, having a rib of brass on each
side of the barreli patting through the
loop of the bow to form the joint. At
Letheringham i dUcovery of coint hi
alto been made, among which were mtny^
tokens of VAriout traders^, sperimenit of th^
silver cotnafEc of tleniy VIII. Charles L
and James II.
Mr. Walter Hawkins, F.K.A, eihibit4»d
a Roman Christian lamp, and Mr. H,
Syer Cuming read a short paper upon tliat
and other tpecimena which he eibiblted
on the occasion. They were all of terra
cotttt. One had, in low relief, a peacock
with its tail spread out, and over it were
tliiee niiiihi, cmhiemfltic of the Trinity,
The peacock h an eiirly Cbrittian emblem* |
and is met with in the Roman catacomba«.
both alone and in conjunction with thai
Cross. Another specimen was found at
Colchester, bearing the sacred monogramt
and a er»jt' ffemmaiat the floriated cross of
Triumph. It h also ornamented with re-
prpjientatiomi of dovei, presumed to be
typical of the seven gifts of the Holy
Spirit. This lamp is of Byaantine work-
manship.
Mr. Pretty produced noticea of the dii-
covery of Roman remalna at Hardingitonoi
in Northamptontbire. The pottery fotinil |
resembled that deacribed by the late Mr.
Artis, as having been obtained at Castor.
Mr. George Vere Irving read the Urtt
pai't of an elaborate paper *' On the Chro-
nology and Geography of the Wars be-
tween the Saxons of Northumherlnnd snd
Uie Northern Britons, from the Battle of
18540
Aniiquarian Researches,
301
Argoed to that of KalUacz.^' Willi the
esceptioD of the Count de la Yiticinarqa(\
imthorA have merely treated of tliU period
MS iiD epis<)de in works of a luoi'c extended
nature, whife the atteniion of the learned
BUthoi' of the Pof mes des Barde« Bretoua
du vj*^' Sitl'cle has been fto niudi directed
to the literature of Brit any and Wales,
that he is natnrally led to attach too tittle
weight to the information obtainable from
other sources,— such aa the Saxon chro-
nicles, the Ecclesiastical vritinfi, and the
Irish amiaU. It might, however, be con-
lidently maintaliied that no chfouology
could be satiffHCtory which did not unite
the facta contained in these independent
authorities into something tike a consistent
whole.
After briefly enumerating the various
battles recorded by the three bards, —
Talieain^ Llywarch, and Aneurin, with
Ihe dates assigned to them hj Viilemarqiie,
viz, the battle of Argoedt in which Urien
of Keghed and hi& sou Owt^o defeated the
Saion leader known as the Flamebearer^
circa A,o, 547 i the battle of G wcnn Ys-
trad, between M7-579i the combat of
Menao^ in which a Saxon leader, conjec-
tured by Villemarquc to be the Flame-
bearer, was killed A.n. 5G0| a battle in
which Urieo was killed^ between 572-579,
(thii ViUBmarque identifier with the siege
of Theodoric of Nortliuinberland, in the
inland of Medeanti mentioned by Ncnnius,)
and lastly, the battle of Kaltraezj a.d*
57*i.58l*, when tbe Sa\onii successfully
•ttacked the British kingdom of Strath-
Clyde, and captured Dumbarton, its capital
ciiyt — Mr. Irving proceeded to examine
the grounds on which that chronology was
bttiied, lu its main Tea Lures it reated on
the identity of the^ Flamebearer with Ida,
the founder of the Northumberland king*
dom. To thi*>, however ^ he objected —
Ut, that tlic chief reason of identification
wa» the supposed fact that Ida wa» the
most warUke King of the Saxons, and the
most severe ravager of the HritonsT but no
corroboration of thii wa^ tu be found In
the 8axon historians; on the contrary, he
proved by several quotationii from Bode,
and Witloun of Malmeahury, tliat they all
concur in aasiguing thi,s pre-eminence to
Etlielfrid, his grami^on and aucceasof.
2nd. In a poem of Talieain it la stated
thatf when the Flanicbearcr wa^ killed^ he
was taken by surprise. No historian re-
lates such an incident in connexion with
Ida, but they all agree that thii» was a
feature in the death of Ethelfrid. 3rd,
Bun, or Bebba, was the wife of the Flame-
bearer. She was killed at Kaltraer. If,
Itowever^ she was the wife of Ida she would
liardljr have survived bim so long, mote
especialty if the date of the battle is found
to be much later than the period assigned
to it by Villemarqae. Independent o(
which we have the direct evidence of Neii-
ninsi that she was the wife of Ethelfrid,
who gave her the town of Bamhorough
in Northumberland, which from her was
called Bebbenberg. The idea that Urien
was killed when beseigiug Theodoric ap-
pears to be founded on an erroneous inter-
pretation of the pastage in Nennius. For
this opinion several reasons were given,
and, intfr aUOf the fact that Urien ts there
stated to have fought ant only against
Theodoric, but also against his successorN
Freothwulf and Hnisa. The date aialgned
to thf battle of KaUrac2, it was contended,
was much too carly» because Aneurin,
who celebrates this contest, expressly
mentions the fall in it of Domnal Brec,
King of the Scots, and it was ahown that
this event appears in Ihe annati of Ulsl«r
under a.o. (>41; while the accuracy of
this record is corroborated by the season
of tlie year when his death occurred, and
also by the Dubradic Duan and the annals
of Tyhearnac.
After stating these objections to the
received chronology, Mr- Irving pro-
ceeded to explain that which he proposed
to substitute for it ; and, as a preliminary
step, eutered into an examination of tfae
light which might he thrown on the sab-
ject by an idcntificatJon of three com-
panions in arms of Urien, ennmernted in
Nennius ^ Ryderthen, Morgan, and
Gwallog — with persons of whom notice
is met with in the other records.
Ryderthen he agreed with most of the
previous authors must be ideutitied with
Roderick the Bountiful, the King of
Strathclyde, and the patron of St. Kcn-
tigeru, who reigned from 550 to GOl.
Morgtun had sometimes been supposed
to he Morkern, the predecessor of Ro-
derick \ but the facts recorded in the
life of St, Kentigern render this idea
untenable, Yilleniurque points to a Mor-
gan, King of Glamorgan; but the evidence
in the Liber Llandavensis, though it
proves his existence at the time, in no
way connects him with these northern
waft : on the contrary^ it appears impro-
bable that n king of South Wales should
be mixed up in a struggle so far from
home, while it is curious that in only one
passage do any of the. bards refer to a
warrior undoubtedly from Wales proper,
and in it Morien of Fowis is called a
stranger. From these reasons Mr* Irving
was induced to seek the kingdom of
Morgan in the North, und believes he has
found it in the Scot* of Argyleshire, who
are proved by passages in Adamnanus
and the Annals of Ulster to have invsided
Northumbfrlaud in compuny with tlie
m2
Aniif/uarian Huearvhei*
[March,
Noribcru Eritant, sad that MorgAii re«
L|itri»imU AiilAU, ttif mont powerful kinj^
&f iliU iiuiiuii, th<* immc beiitg a cor-
Pruptiiiii tif hin pntrotiyiait' Mho <jowrrjin.
flwitllog. Mr. IrviriLT kxm inelined to
OonAHlrr with C1i»tmcr«. iUv, King of the
IIjilgOYiti nml NovMnirsi» which wouhl
ender complete th<j teag ue of the whole
or uitnitnural HriLonii ; but of
l^he admitlffl h« could liriog no direct
Iproof.
I In eouchiiilou of the [^Aper, Mr. Irving
[eotitended that none of the battlea celo^
[Vriited by the bnrdj^ cutild be Httigned
[to «n fArlier period thaa tha roign of
I Frpothwiilf, and tli«t of tJiowJ recorded
by them ibe coonbt&t of Mepao w«i pro-
I bably the first in date, identifying it witlj
[ the battle in the ajHiiit* of Ulster, ah, 5ftl,
[jBtf/ZttiH Manan in quo riclor tn-at Aodhan
iMoe Oamran. Aj< this ycur c(irrc'spu(}it«
E%ith that iu which Frcothwulf ihrd, he
I Ibought it probable Uf wms the Saxon
y leader mentioned iti tluii poem.
Tlic Uf of the hauls of (Jwenn 0»tr»d
I eontniaji no data by which the ymr of thin
I engngcment can ht* 4i*cert<*incd*
The buttle of Argued Mr. trviog thought
WAN fought fiomo time after the acceastoa
of Ethiilfrid in A,n, 51)3. roujiidcrjag thi!»
L king lo hate hceu the Flamehcarer of the
[iMurdB*
The oontesl in irhiob Urien iras killed
[Mr. Irfing tdentiftcd with the battlr of
Egesanataae, recorded by Bede and tbi
Saioii Chronicle at having brrn fought
A.o. 603.
Tb« war of Kaltraev Mr. f rrmg placed,
§ov the leBionN already «tatcd|in a.», B41 ;
I hut obaer\fed Hint there were many paa-
iMgee iM the poem of Aneurin which
to allude to a later contett.
[ilthougb that occurred in a»o. &4U, and
pointed out the curioui light wbicti thi*
^ record of the latter in the Aunah of
Ulster throw upon an ohncure paaaage bi
NeudiiuH relultre to Fendu of Merciaand
the city of Jadeo.
Mr, Irving i^upported theau datei by
mucli minute criticism.
Ft&,%, T. J. IVtttgrew^eiq. RR.S.
F.S.A. V.P,
The RcT. Thomas Hugo. F.S.A* «-
^ bibited three interetting tibnliie found
^ Mt Ratcliffe Highway in the autumn of
1059 ; one of theae wan coonideri^d to be
Dininb, another was what h termed a
^ llec^ade brooch, having ten points^ at the
Qitremity of each of which ha(J formerly
f been tunerted some ornament, noiir dis-
I appeared I and the third a drcular one,
with different coloured substances intro-
The latter two are esteemed to b«-
her to a late Roman or tin Anglo-
liriod. Mr< Clarke exhibited a
brsii coin of Fauatina the Elder found «t
Framlifighdm. in Suffolk. Mr. Wim-
bridge, F.S.A. exhibited rubbing* from
two tepulchral bra»«eij, one of wbieh ia at
(Jbisbalt, nenr Snffron W aldcii, in Esiex,
and represents 8ir John de la Pole and
Juan his wife, daughter and heircM of
John Lord Cobbam. TIiia is of a date
between 1370 and 1.175. It bad long
been nhftcured beneath a pew« Inii has
now t ' ! near the nUar. It is
prob i John do la Pole AMsisted
in riL.,.. ....^ Akc church , and his armo*
rial bearings are found on the south door.
A fragment only of the in scrip tion re-
mains, and gtve« aa ^fkm$ pH^M, The
other ruhbiag was from Ibe braia of
Nicholas dc Aumbedmer fisbmonger of
London^ at Taplow, Bucks. It is an
elegant cross (circa I350)t and ia en-
l^raved in Gougb' a Sepulchral Monuments
Mr. Brent, ]un, P,8.A. exhibited draw*
ings of a gepulcbral slab and a stone cross,
( outained in the Dover Museum, The for-
raer was that of Peter de Creon, jfuppo»ed
lo ho au ApglO'Normnu poet, in the reign
of John, llii father Maurice was also a
poet« and held offices at the close of the
I <,'Ch and begiuning of the 13th century.
The cross has been Agured iu the Arcbso-
logia. Vol. XXV. and ba» Runic cbaroe-
tcra ; irspecting tbeitc howerer tbcrc was
much difference of opinion in regard to
their inlerptclMtion, and the tubject was
referred for further inquiry,
Mr. F* J. Baigcnt communicated draw-
inga of aome discoveriei recently made by
him at Winchester College. They are
sculplurei ornaments, displayed by the
removal of pannelHng and whitewash in
what ia the Library. This, until the time
of the Reformation I wm u ch)intry> erected
itnd endowed by John Fromond. of Spar-
sholt, Hants, m is shown by a document
in the Au^entation Office, being a sur^
vey taken in the reigti of Henry VII L
Fromond was a benefactor to both of
Wykeham^fi. collegei, nnd he founded the
ibantry in 1430. The ornaments dis-
covered by Mr. Baigent consist of — 1*
A repreientatiun of the royal lion (used
AS a crest of the British Sovereigns since
the time of Vldw, HI.) made to do the
office of a nbi eld -bearer, having the arms
uf Fromond, Axure, a chevron or be-
tween three fleurs de lys argent. 2, A
richly-sculptured mitre placed upon a
heart, the whole being surrounded by a
wreath of entwined branches and flowers.
This is the emblem of Williara Waynflete,
fometime master of Winchester School*
and bi»Uop of the diocese from 1447 to
1486. The emblem appears oii his monu>
meatal effigy in Winchester Catbedral.
3. Two aniouda qnarreliag and contending
1854.]
AnHquartan Re$0arche»*
303
with each other* 4. A warder blowiDg t
trumpet and wielding a b«ttle*axe ; be-
liiud him are the hiDder parls of an
amiiDal, probably a Hon, belonging to
anothfir coiupartrnent, and from hii neck
ia suapended a shield with the Fromond
armorial bearings. The cap on hia bead
ia highly ornamented ^ and the aleevc^ of
hia dreaa ari* slashed or indeoted, and be-
long to the l&th century.
Mr. A. H. Burkitt, P.S.A. delivered
the concluding part of bis paper on the
IVadeamen'd Signa of London \ and an
faltefMtiaf ooor«r>ation on the ancient
lUMtMt ol the city terminated the huttinesa
of the erening.
fiCMlSMATlC SOCIETY.
Jan. 26* Mr, Gibbf < ommuiiioated
suggestions '* On an unpubHahcd Shilling
of Queen Anne of the Second Uauc of the
Edinbnrj^h Mint/* Hia object was to
show that the ahiJUng marked "MTO? £•''
which has hitherto escaped noticet doe^
not interfere with the Hcconnt given by
Rudtng of the second coinage of Queen
Anne in Scotlnnd. The main difficulty iK
the date, which BIr. Oibbs suggests n ob-
viated by the us^* of the old style.
A paper by Mr. R» S. Pooi<* \va& rt-ad
*• On a Copper Coin (called Kas^b^gi)
%truck by Feth *Alee, Shall of Persia."
The peculiarity of this cUaa of money is
that it bears variou* aniinala, probably
with symbolic meaniDgs. On the coin in
«|Qestton is a Hon seising a fttag, the same
type as is found ou the coins of ancient
Persia, described by tUe Due de Lnynes.
in his work on the " Money of the Satra-
pies and of Photmcia,'* On fhrsc, the
most frequent tyj^ies are n lion de%'Ouring
3 bull and a Hon devouring a stug*. Mr,
Poole showed that the Hon devouring a
stag may be considered as one of the
national type* of Per*ii» Many ancient
Rt5r<^»f, which were, mote or ki*» con-
iM : thai country t had ooin« »imi
1 t^d, as Acanthuf in Macedonia,
ju.M , ,vi^ \ri Lucania ; whih* some other
coins, m those of TiireBs in tiiicia, and of
Bocchus king of Mauritaota. exhibit what
may be called analogous typef,
Mr. Webfter fcnt some " Remarks on
the Blundered Legends found on Anglo-
Saxon Coini/* Mr, Webatcr consider*
that the coins of this class, which have
led to much iH^enssion, and have been
carefully investigated by M. Tliomsen the
curator of the Mascum at Copenhagen, in
an article in the sixty-second number of
the Numismatic Chronicle, were forgeries,
necnted in alt probability by the Danes,
who committed many dcpred:i lions in Kent
and elsewhere during the reigns of Ethel-
r«d the Second, Ciiut» and Edward the
Confessor.
A discovery, very interestiog to English
uumibtnatistSi has been made on the small
Danish island Yhrlen, situate between the
islands of Thorseng and Fyen, close to
Fuhnen. Some pertouir observlDg near a
few moleholes in the ground several coins
lying about, commenced digging np the
soil close thereto ; when, to their surprise,
they found the remains of a leathern bag,
which bad been decorated with gold orna-
menta, in which, and round about it, were
a quantity of broken nerk laces and brace-
lets of silver of very curious workmanship,
and 250 pieces of silver coins. These
coins in part contained on the obverse side
a head, with and without a sceptre, with
the inscription, '' Adelred Ri Anglo i'*
and ou the reverse a cross, with an iu»cnp<
tion, but which aa yet has not been made
out« It is thought that these coins be-
longed to some portion of the Danegeld^
by which King *' Ethelred the Unwise/^
at the conctusioii of the tenth century,
sought to compromise the devastating in-
cursions of the Danish King, Svend
Tvcikjog, Besides these coins, there were
others, bearing Byxantine and Latin in-
scriptions, with busts and Bishop*s mitres
on thejn, In all, there are thirty different
sorts of coins found, which have been for-
warded to the Ancient Northern Museum
at Copenhagen. The island in question has
never been touched by the ploughshare \
and it appears that this store haa been the
reiult of some former plunder, which, for
security *s sake, was placed in the poeition
in which it was found.
The fine cabinet of coins fonoed by the
Ute Mr. Christopher Edmonds haa just
been sold by Menra. Sotheby and Wilkin-
son. It comprised only 270 specimeDs,
collected with judgment and great taste»
and cootaiued some of the choicest exam^
pics in point of artistic merit and beauty
of preservation. The following were aome
of thi' more important and interesting lots.
Lot 32, Mithridates King of Pontus, G(J/.;
lot 9, a coin of Syracuse, l3/« I5#. ; tot 1 1,
another with the laureated bead of ApoUO|
14/. 5#. ; lot 1 6, a coin of Tarentum, 14/. Sa. ;
lot 17 1 Athenfi, with galeated head of Mi>
nerva, 'i^l ; lot 1^, a Persiandaric,5/. lOt.;
lot 25, coin of Lysimachus, 10/. 5s.; lot
29, Ptolemy Sotcr and Berenice, 13/. 13ff.;
lot ao, Ptolemy Lathyrut, 13/. I3#. ; lot
Sit Arsino^, 11/. bt. % lot 37, Cunobeline«
10/. ; lot 58, B. Severus, with full-fsoed
bust of Domna between the profile basts
uf her sons Caracalla and GetSt 15/, ; lot
59, Severus, Domna, and Caracalla, a rare
coin struck in Syria^ 14/,; lot 19B, the
304
Foreign News.
[March,
George noble of Heury VML, J3/. 15#,;
Jot 89, sovcn^ign uf Henry VII,, 2-U, ; lot
93. the double- sovereign of Edward VL,
45/. IQ«. ^ lot IIG, tbe liO-sliilliuj^ piece
of OliTcr Cromwell , conflidered tha ^nest
known, 67/^ ; lot 117, another specimen
[.lightiy inferior, iBL ins. , lot 120. the
lO-shiUing piece of the same period, 3W» ;
lot 129r pattern for a BO-aUilliog piece
(Scotch) of James II., 7/*; lot 143, pat-
tern for guinea of Anne, I'iV, I5jf. ; lot
157, the rare pattern for a 5-gninea piwre
of George III>i l^ai. ht.; Lot t5*,},Pi8trucci*ft
beuuttfal pattern for a 5-pound piece« -
2U/. 5#, ; lot ITTi, Wyon's pattern for th«J
crown of George III. in gold, I H. 5ir. 5!
lot 206, Wyon'a i>roof of the Victork]
crown in gold, 21/. -, lot 214, a mednilioa
of William IV. by Chantrey and Wyon,
2:1/. 10#. J lot 225. the i20.shillmg piece of
Charles L, 10/. Tbe Aftle wat conducted
with much spurit, and llie 270 coins pro-
duced the large sum of I ;^01/. Dx.
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The ciplanalions given to the Uttaiian
Miiiifttenj at lynndon and Paris of tlie at-
titude of the combii^ed fleets in the Black
Seii not being considered satisfactory,
(hose niioisstcrtfi have withdrawn from their
reBpi<ctive mi»tsion«». Baron Brunow^ had
on interview with Lord Clarendon on the
6th of Feb. for the puqjosc of furnially
Fuspeoding diplomatic relationi, aud left
London for Brn.iicU on the 8th. M,
Kisfideff r|uited Paris on llie Gth.
OrdciH wcro immediately sent to Sir
liamiltoo Seymour and Geu. Caatelbajac
liy the rrspectiTe governmeatB of England
and France to leave St. Petersburg, and
Active preparations for war with Rufiaia
■re now proceeding in both countries.
The Emperor Nicbolto, after deriining
the terms offered by the Vienna Conference
and diacnted to by Turkey, proposed other
lermHi the basis of which waii that a
Tnrkbh plenipotentiary sshonld go to St.
Petersburg and advific with the repre-
^ntativcB of the four conrts, but that
there whonld be no formal conference*
The demand:! of Prince Menachikoff were
likewise renewed, and a treaty tigainat
affording asylum to revolutionists de-
manded. These terms were unaniniousily
considered by the conference as not suit-
able to be proposed to Turkey. The
Emperor nlao sent Count Orloff on a
special mtssioa to tJie Courts of Vienna
and Berlin to endeavour to detach ihi'm
from the western powers, aud induce
tbem to form aoroe treaty either of alliance
or neutrality. His effurts, however, arc
understood to have been completely no-
succe&sfult aud a ttmilar proposal through
Count Budberg, the Russiian Minister iit
Berlin, to the Prussian Government, ac-
campanied by a promise of protection on
the part of the Emperor, baa been rejected
with some indignation. The Prince of
10
Prussia hag declared openly for an alliance J
with France and England.
On the 2yth of January, tlie Emperor ;
Napoleon addressed an antograph letter
to the Emperor of Russia, stating his
anxious desire for peace, and offering to
reopen tht.' negociations and withdraw thfl \
ftcct from the Black Sea, on condition of J
the simultaneous evacuation of the Princi-
palities. This letter appears to have been
rather intended ad a manifesto to the 1
French people than with any hope of sfii
ces« in bringing about a peace. The reply
of the Cz^ar has been a positive refusal,
and is Raid to be couched in terms not
over courteous to the French Emperor.
PHnoe Napoleon, cousin of the Em-
peror, is on a state visit to Belgium, by
the invitation of King Leopold. This
fact ift held to prove the adhesion of the
Belgian Court to the aide of France and
England.
The flench contingent of the army
destined for service in Turkey will be
70jOO() men ; the lirst two divisions, under
Generals Canrobcrt and Boacqnct, will
leave Toulon and .\lgiers on the 1st of
Miirch.
Since the Battle of Citate the military
operntions in JVnUackin have not been
important. A letter of Omar Poaha,
published in the Motiitcur, states the
number of Russians killed in that battle
at 3,tHlD, including three colonels and
many other officers. Gen. Orloff, the Rus-
sian commander (? Gt*n. Anrep), has since
died of his wounds. The Turks had 3t)0
men killed and 700 wounded, among the
latter Ismail and Mustnpha Pasha. Skir*
mishcA art' constantly taking place be*
tween the outposts ft lone; the whole line of
Hie Danube, and the Turks have several
times bombarded Ginrgevo from Raatx-
chuk. On the other band, the Rnssiani
l8o4.]
Pt'omotions and Preformmitst^
305
bave bombarded Isaktchi, but without
much effect, and have been repuLaed in an
) mtteoipt to estdbliih fortih cat ions on an
bland opposite Matschitu Omar Fosha
BftioiateA the Ru^^f^ian force on the Danube
' ftomeirhat uudcr 87,000, from which loi»ca
^ mod sickness ninst make a large dcfduetion.
^ He states the Turkish loss in Asia in the
two battles (Akal T^icbe and Ale^andrapol
or Gumri) al about 2000 men and 14 guiip,
f vith about 4000 wounded; this he at-
I iribtites to bad geoeral>ihip. The Ritssian
ti» however, appeari to have been con-
[ iideTable, and no important ad?antagfe has
r been obtained by these saccesaeu.
Tbe Turkish army is oow1)eiii^ brotij^ht
I iuto better discipline and reorganized no-
. der Kur^ichid Pasha or Geo* Gnyon, aa
\ Eni^hshmao..
The combiDcd fleet.^ returned to the
iBotphoftts after a short cruit^e in the
J Sllick Sed on account of the want of safe
laoieliorage, sud the stormincss of the
laeaion. Further rein force meot« for the
Imrmy of Asia have since been sent to
I Batouuit under the escort of FreDch and
r Cuglish Btearaers.
A »enouj insurrection baa broken out
I Bmoo^ the Greek population in Albania.
The insurgents are said to be 3000 strong
tnd are threatening the town of Janina.
^miiCf,— The Miniitcr of Pinancet M.
Bineau, ha^ published a report on the
financial results of the year 185:^. With-
out any new tax or loan 150,0O0p00Or.
have been spent in public works, and tbe
redaction of tlie Fife per Cents, to Four-
and-a-Hslf per Cent, Stock has enabled
the Government to save about SOO.OOOA,
on the interest of tbe funded debt. At
the same time tbe aunual deficit has been
rednceJ, by a large increase in the or-
dinary sources of revenue. The whole
deficiency on the year 1853 had been csti-
mated at 4,000,000/. sterling; but, to
meet this deficiency, there has been an in-
crease in the receipts, over and above the
estimated revenue, of more than 3,1100,000/.
sterling, and the difference between the
revenue actually received and the actual
expenditure of last year is stated to be
onlyieO.OOO/. Thedirect and indirect t^iiea
of the year 1852 produced 06,500,0001'.
(2,800,000/.) more than the preceding
year ; and the year 1B53 has produced
42,000,000f. (l,750,00O;.) more than IB52.
//a/y.— 'Disturbances have taken place
In Papal provinces on accoaut #f the high
price of provisiaaB.
Canada.-^On the 1st Feb, the Parlia-
ment House of Quebec, with the buildings
attached, was destroyed by fire. Part of
tbe valu!ible library and fteveral fine por>
traits were destroyed.
PROiMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c.
Shkripts poktbe Yeah 1851.
ii*-^F, C, p. Turner, of Howbury ball, c&tj.
tn.-^J. J. Wheble, of Uulmersht^ court, esq,
ks— Henry Hanmer, of Stock RTove, esq.
[Cambridge And Huntingdan— George WiUiaui
1 Rowley, of the Priury, St, Neot'i*, esq.
I Cumberlsud— T. A. Hoskins. of HtK^ham^ esq.
I Cheshire.— r. l>. P. Astlcy. of lluckinfteld, esq.
1 Cornwatt.— Francis Howell, of Ethy house, esq*
tl>i;rbysb.— W. D, Lowe, of Locko park, esq.
iDevon.'-R. S. tiari, of Rou^emout, esq.
[l>orset.— .Sir H. Oirland«r, of Parnhiiu, Bart.
I|>arham — H . J. B. Baker* of Elemorc hsil, esq.
rEssei.— Ibomas White, of VV eatber^fleld, esq.
Idouc— J. H. KIwRSjOf Coleshorne hou!ic,esq.
lleref.— E.Chsdwick, of PudtlleHlone courl,esq.
Herts.— Robert Hanbury^ of Poles, in Than-
drld^fe. esq.
IKeat. — Alex. Glendiitlui;, or.^vrnoaka, esq.
Laiic— Richard Fort, ot llead hall, eu]*
Leic.--H. C. Binjjbam, of Wariwaby, esq.
Line— Ant bony Willsou, of linuceby bait, esq.
Monm.— Thomas Urown, of El>bw vnii\ ciq.
Norfolk— Benj. B. CabbelJ.of Crumer bnll.eyq.
Northampton,— Lord Henley, of WnUord.
Xorthaoib.— ii. K. Widddn^ton, of Newton^csq.
Notts.—,*). B. Wild, of Costwk. e* [
Oxford.— John Wm Fan' '^ ley. esq.
Rot land.— Kobt. Lee Bri weU, esq.
Salop — R. A. Slaney, qI - moi, e»q.
ilomerset - J. C Smnervilif. t>i juinier, esq.
StmflTord.— John liavenport, of \Vestwo<Kli esq-
Gi>(T, Mao, Vol, XLJ,
Southsmpion.'— Jeremiah Hubert Ives, of BenI*
worth IiaU, near Alton, esq.
SufTolk.— vvindi^or Parker, of Clopton halLesq.
ijiirrey.- flol>ert €roalinr,of Botleys park, esq.
.Sasscx.— John Day, of Newtek, esq.
Warwick.— W. C. Alston, of Elmdon, esq.
Weatni.— John Wilson, of tbe Howe, esq.
WiltN— li^iuund LewK CluLterbiick, of Har-
donhoish pArk, ee<|.
Worr.— Edw. lieareroll, of Mere hall, esq.
York.— Henry Willoa^faby, of Birdsall, esr{.
WALES.
An^lesea.— R. B. Owen, of Haulfre, esq.
Brecon.— John Powell, of xVnttoii Mount, esq.
Carnarvon —T. L. D.J. Pa^rry, of MadryD,esq.
Caroiarthen.— John Jones, of Ulaeitoa, esq.
Cardij^in— Moritiari Jones, of Penlan, esq.
Denbiffh— Richard Jone«,of Bellin pUce, esq.
Flint— Henry Rnikef, of Llwyneirrin, etq.
(ibinor^aTi.— \V.Lfewpltyii,ofC<Hirlrolmsn,esq.
Mont^oujery.— J, .\L .S*>vr<riu\ of Wiillop, esq,
Mtrion,— GA.tluddiirt,' I iirliyn.esq.
IVinbroke.— Hon. R. F i istle hall.
Ksilnor.— John Jon e.s, ot ' <^q.
Gakkttil Prefkrmknts.
Dec. 20, Hetiry Robertson, esq. to be one of
Uer Majesty's Hon. Corps uf Genttenteii^ai^
Arms, vtet shield.
/«M. 14 1 AotfUilua Paffet, e«u|t» mm Secre*
306
Promotions and Preferments.
[March,
tiry of Lmtion at Athens, to be Secretary of
Lention m the Harne.
Jan. 16. Alex. Carrie, esq. advocate, to be
Sheriff of Forfarshire, vUe L'Amy, resigned.
Jam. 17. Francis Smith, esq. to be Solicitor-
General, Edward MacDowell, esq. Crown Soli-
citor and Clerk of the Peace, Edward John-
stone Manley, esq. Colonial Auditor, and John
Forster, esq. Accountant of Stores In Van
Dieroen's Land.
Jam. 18. The Ri^ht Hon. Spencer Horatio
Walpole, the Rijrht Hon. Joseph Xapier, Sir
Alexander J. E. Cockbum. Attorney-General,
Sir Richard BetbelU Solicitor-General, Thomas
Emerson Headlam, esq. Q.C. Vincent Scully,
esq. Q.C, Robert Lowe, esq. barrister-at-law,
'William David Lewis, esq. barrister-at-Iaw,
Henry Drummond, esq., John Evelyn Denison,
esq., Robert Wilson, esq., and William Strick-
land Cookson, esq. to bo Commissioners for
considering- the Refnstration of Title with re-
ference to toe sale and transfer of Land.
Jan. 34. Stephen Rice, esq. to be Treasurer
for Prince Edward Island.
Jam, 96. Thomas Hare, esq. and Walker
Skirrow, esq. the Inspectors for the purposes
of the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853. to be. Jointly
with the Secretary to the Board of Charity
Commissioners for England and Wales, Oflicial
Trustees of ChariUble Funds.
Jam, 80. Royal Artillery, Col. R. Jones to be
Col.-Commandant ; Lieut.-Col. F. Haultain to
be Colonel; brevet Mi^or H.J. Morris to be
Lieut -Colonel.— Anthony Musgrave, esq. to be
Colonial Secretary and Clerk of the Crown for
Antigua.~Doctor Paolo Dingli to be President
of the Court of Appeal, Doctor Antonio Mical*
lef one of her Majesty's Judges, and Doctor
Adriano Dingli Crown Advocate, in Malta.
Jam. 81. William Courthope, esq. Rouge
Croix Pursuivant of Arms, to be Somerset
Herald.
West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. W. H. 0. Portroan to be
Colonel, vice Culonel Tyntc, who is permitted
to retain the rank of Colonel of \eomanry,
without pay, in consideration of 5C years'
service.
Feb. 3. 3d Light Dragoons, brevet Major
Walter Unett to be Major.— 49th Foot, Capt.
C. T. Powell to be Mi^or.— 5«th Foot, Major
Souldon Oakeley to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Capt.
S. S. Cox to be Major— Jd West India Regi-
ment, Major H. W. Whitfield to be Lieut.-
Colonel.— Brevet, Major J. W. Randolph, of
49th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Capt. J. U.
Holmes, 59th Beonl N. Inf. to the rank of
Major in the East Indies.
Feb. 4. Alexander Stuart Logan, esq. advo-
cate, to be Sheriff of Forfarshire.
F9b, 6. Royal Artillery, brevet Colonel W.
Brereton to be Colonel; Capt. J. M'Coy to bo
Lieut.-Colonel.
Feb. 7. 17th Light Dragoons. Major-Gcn.
Sir J. M. Wallace to be Colonel.— 16th Foot,
Major-Gen. T. E. Napier, C.B. to be Colonel —
60th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Viscount Gough.GC H.
to be Colonel-in«Cbicf.
Feb. 10. Philip Edmund Wodehouse, esq.,
some time Superintendent of Honduras, to w
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British
Guiana.— 10th Light Dragoons. .Major John
Wilkie to be Lieut.-Colonel; Capt. Lord G. A.
Beauclerk to be Major.
Feb. 13. James Robinson Planchi^, gent, to
be Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms.
Feb. 14. Hercules George Robert Robinson,
esq. to be President and Senior Member of
Council of Montserrat —Stephen Rice and
George Birnie, esquires, to be Members of the
Executive Council : and Josenh Hensley, esq.
to be a Member or the Legislative Council, of
Prince Edward's Island.- Alfred J. Dancome
and William Hamilton, esquires, to be :
hers of the Legislative Council of the Twka
and Caicos Islands.
Feb. 16. John Bowring, LL.D. Governor of
Hongkong, and Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary
and Chief Superintendent of Britisa Trade in
China, knighted by the Queen.
Feb. 17. Scots Fusilier Guards, Malor and
Col. Henry Lord Rokeby to be Lieot.-Colonel ;
Capt. and Lieut.-Col. and Col. G. M. Eden to
be Major; Lieut, and Capt. H. P. De Bathe
to be Captain and Lieut..Col.— Royal Artillery i
to be Col.-Commandant, Colonel J. E. Jones \
to be Colonels, Lieut.-Colonels P. V. England,
1. Whitty, and H. L. Sweeting; to be Ueiit..
Colonels, Captains E. I*. Grant. J. W. Mitchell,
(J. J. nercbford, R. F. Crawford. J. St. George,
W. R. Nedham, E. C. Warde. and H. C. Stace.
—Royal Engineers: to be Col.-Commandant,
Lieut.Gen. Sir H. Goldfinch, K.C.B.; to be
Colonels, Lieut.-Col. P. Barry, brevet Col. Sir
W. Reid, and Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Ord; to be
Lieut.-Colonels, brevet Majors H. Senrante,
H. O. Crawley, J. Twiss, J. Walpole. T. A.
Larcom, brevet Lieut.-Col. E. Vicars, brevet
Majors St. Aubvn Molesworth, K. Frome, and
Capt. C. E. Wil'kinson.
Feb. 21. Lord Raglan. GC.B. to be Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Forces about proceediog
on a particular service ; Colonels H. J. W.
Bentinck, Sir Colin Campbell. K.C.B.. Richard
Airey. and William Eyre, C.B. to be Briga-
diers-General while employed upon the Staff
of the same forces.
Feb. 24. Grenadier Guards, Capt. and Lieut.-
Col. and brevet Col. T. Wood to be Major;
Lieut, and Capt. E. W. Pakenharo to be Qipt.
and Lieut.-Colonel.
Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Hart, to be Jndge
of the Bristol County Court, rice Palmer; and
Edward Cooke, caq. tu be Judge of the York
County Court, rire Elsley.
George Atkinson, esq. of the Inner Temple,
to be a serjeant-at-law.
Loft us lienry Bland, esq. M.P.. Richard
.\rmstrong, esq, and John Thomas Ball, LL.I),
to be Queen's Counsel in Ireland.
Fiancis Henry llaiiisbotham, M.D. to be
Obstetric Physician to tlie London Hospital.
Members returned to serre in Parliament,
Brecknock.— John L. V. Watkins. esq.
Devomhire C5okM>.— Lawrence Palk. esq.
Glome fB(ut).—Sir Michael 11. H. Beach, liart.
Lii^vrn.— Jonathan Joseph Richardson, esq.
Lomih CoMN^y — Chich. Fortescue, esq. re-el.
Ludlow.—Hon. Percy E. Herbert.
Oxford Univertity.—^ArW. Heathcote, Bart.
ShropsMre (South).— Robert Clive. esq.
StqitordsAire (Southj.— Lord Paget.
Stmier firefP.— Henry V.'yndham, esq.
Naval Preferments.
Jan. 12. Capt. the Earl of Hardwicke to be
Rear-Admiral on the Reserved HalfpayList:
Capt. H. 1). Chads, CB. to be Rear A<lmiral of
the Blue; Captains John Shekel and G. ().
Leiuprierc to be lletircd Rear-Adniirals on the
terms proposed 1st Sept. 1840.
Jan. 21. Vice-Admirals F. Temple and H.
Gordon, on the Reserved llalfpay List, to be
Admirals on the same list— Capt. John Robb
to the Caesar 00.
Jan. 23. Capt. James Willcox to the Dragon 6.
—Capt. William K. Hall to the Bulldog 6.—
Comm. George P. Mends to the James Watt 90.
Jan, 96, Cqmm. Henry Croft to the Ciesar 9U.
I
ia540
TcchiimHcai Pr^fimmntg.^^Birfh^,
307
"^ A, T. f.. Vid»l to Uc Rear-
Mie 1 Cipt, J . O. OrahAm to he
unrzl, on tlic Urms propoiei!
iff iu the
Adni
/Vft, 2. Comm. Auftutut d. Booth to tUe
Nil* do.
/>*. TO. Capt. Jame* ! ' ' " >nd Coroni.
AU%. C. Gonim, to ihi
. ^^*;.M R«-^r-A*lm >in Gordon
to be Viet- / • ptjiip jQ^jj
Leith to b. ^
AV^ 1« ilett to be
^f^'^ ' I, t!» one of the
^' • Ji 10 the PhtEnix
Ftefttii Mttu|., lorMj caw. tietchtr'i expedition
to B«4;chey Itliod.
EcCLEfilASTlCAL PAKlifiaM«xrs.
Rmt. J. A Miilltlns, Ardi<lf^rtiM(irv ofCoIumbo.
J^^y UonotAry
Rpv
Cftll»rdr.
Rev W.(. ; of Xerille Ilfttl.
Durham, I ''■■-. > ;rti;,rii.
Rev. VV. ActtiJk, \
0%J ,v cuiiifoiitiiiied).'
Rev in be, St. UemiAn*! PUc«
Cii - n. Kent.
K*v, 11. U. UjttiicUftr4, KtlDwIck-by.Wttloii
r.C Vorkiibire.
Rev* I- liuV.UtJUU WtiUorj W.f ( 'unJi^rlftrrd
Rev, li. r I .ii,
U«V U, ilr iid,
.^V. M' _._ .. . ,....,. .._.,,rf-
• ^ L^slry V. Keiit.
.1 rstone R N'ulla.
i-^i li . ..c. ^[. Alb*n, Wood Street,
W. i^t. Ulavc K. bitver fcjlreet, Uindoa.
^R«V. J. R Ii4kpr», HA^kk EplscopAl CUAi>eJ,
'l>3b.
tuber Uud,
-, * .i,,.,^L. ,. , inirham.
Liiiti atoke V. vf. Uoddingtoii
I lid Kjston C Nott^.
. , ,VK , iJalbcckV.Caiob.
kVC UncAshire.
iceBl«ral].
» \ .tersbjre*
^<.• n, naiiinuui, uf r'iiicjv-ii|.'''.'ii'Twced V*
Nortbuijuberliad.
Kev. W. ifiniiMon. Scalford V. LeicealeriJiire.
Kcv, ' ■ ■ ri*o«, Waimer F,C w. St.
Sas: at.
Ret Sewchurfh H* and V- Kent,
r V. Lineal nature.
P.C. iSalop.
1 c^^ateraLire.
jtr \. I ta H* KciJt.
Rev. :, ^t. I'hihp's CbipeK
IQC.
lackinu-kV. dio, Meatb.
UB, UciufcaUip it St. Cutlt-
K«T.C. Martball, Hu-piirhoy F^C. UncMbhe.
Rrv.S.W.Maul. BmmfordV.fr.Bur-'-^'^ ^ ■^■
Rov. G, \V. S. M«ute;ith, Hftscom'"
Rev. T. P. Metcalfe, Htlbroueb fVC
Rev.J.P.A^Morahejid.Salcombe-Retis^.i'vs-'u,
Rev. H. Owen, Llanerchyuiedd PC. Anjleaey,
Rev. G. Parkeft Templedorm li^ dio. Cloyne.
Rev. T. Reynold*, Holy Triuity P.C Wool.
trich, KcDt.
Rev. H. Roundell, BucV:if!R^hRra V.
Rev. F. P. Seymour, 11- r^ U H«&t«.
Re?. D. Slyinan, St. l\\ iiiell* Latic.
Rev. C. P. Smitli. Creii u
RcY. J. II- SmitU, DorsmiTJiin U- vtioocestersli.
Rev. B. Smith. Worth P.C, Kent.
Rev, 8. H. Smyth, Rarlinp V. Es«!f*x
Rev. D. Stewart. Maidstone V '' "
Rev. Jr Stroud, Dondkig:h {or Dev.
Rev. C. V. H. Sumner. Wc^l iit-
RevG.DTl. ir]i i fiueetiboiouiii iM- Kent.
Rev. R. !> "i wKinge R. Dorset.
Rev. W. Vnilni, . iriichurch R. Essex.
Rev.J.H.Wftke,:?utton-on-tbf-Forc8tV.Yorkib.
Rev R. Walker, Dnmatcad-Ueliou Vr Esaex.
Tb Chaptainoiei,
R«Vt H. AlexJLDder. H..M.S. Nepiuue
Rev. C. J. E. R. ArchdeacOD, Naval lujtructur
to M.M.9. Crcasv.
Rev. W^ Baxter (ColoiiiaO» Honip Kou^.
Rev. T. Davis, B.M.S. Pique.
Rev^ F Fitz-PntrJck. to Marqueii of Headfurt.
Rev. F. Fleming^. to the Fortea. Maorititis.
I tun. and Kev. A. A, B. Han bury, to Lurd
Bateman.
iUv. F. Hanoaot H.M. Guard ship Hogue.
Kev. C.S- Ha^clls, Colonial for the OaTd Coast.
Rev.K. M. Knapp, Naval Inatructor to HM.8.
Jamet Watt.
Rev. C. Marshall^ to the General Gemetery,
Hirporhey, Manchester.
Rev, F. H. S. Pcndieton, at Montevideo.
Rev- S K. Stotbert. H.M,8, Queen.
Rev. J. Thorp, City Gaol. Oxford.
Rev, M. Warborton* to the Earl of Klleameie.
Rev, C. O. Yeo, H.M.S. James Watt,
C&tieffiaie and SchdtaUic AppoinlttgenU.
Rev. R. D. Dingle, Vir^ V- ---^ of the Dio-
cesan Tratninip Scbi'
Rev. R, Gunnery. AiS' tary of the
Cliorch of Enrland f ■ lety.
Rev. G. P. llarrii, ^tu * of Wr«x*
bam Gramniar School mre.
Rev. T. Jarrett, Utgim 1 ru re; ^< ir^ u. vf tTebrevVf
Univeraity of Cambhd;;e.
Rev. W. RawsoTtj Diocesan Ititpeci- of Schools
for the Deanery of Wendover» Bucks.
Itev. H. G. Williams. Profctsorahip of Arabic,
University of Canibridtfe,
J. H. Geit^e. B.A. Assiatant-Mn^iterablp, Pro-
prietary School, lalfnrton.
Max Muller, M.A. Profeaaorship of Modern
LanfUBkfe^, University of Oxford.
li. V. Wiiriiiras, B.A. Aasislant-Master, Gram-
mar School, Dedham, Eiaex.
Ha Kinffscote, to be Secretary to the Cathedral
Commission.
BIRTHS.
Mrs
JVor. d6. At Cape Town, the lion.
Ileory Barrlnj^ton, a dau.
Jan. 5. Tbe Duchess d'Anmale, a second
son, which received the title of Due de Guise.
^ — ^10, At Bayswater, the wife of Geornfe Vul-
liamy, esq. a son. — Al Gloucester terr. Hyde
park, the wife of Wm. ^m. Pole, esq. a aon
nnd a dau. )&. At Aldermaston Court,
Berks. Mrs. Higford Burr, a son. — 16. At
Canterbury, the wife of Capt. Edmund CH>m*
wall Lerh, 97th llcjct. a aon. 17 At Keon-
brook, Carrick'On-Shaanon, the wife of Lieut*
ace
Marrmgen,
lifcoT
J 0)10 r* ToWenlrtUJ. VL'S- a iJ*u>^ At Lcnjr-
rqrd« Salop* Lad]r HMtcr Leckct a son. ^19.
la St, Junra'i ag. l*dy t.ytielton» a son.
22^ At Ihf Lodfitiff, Bni«eDci«e, Oxfaitl, Mrs.
Hariajrtdii. a a>u. !}3. At Wesimiaater,
tli«mre of the- Rev H. G, Lkldell. a d»a.—
In ThttHoe tq. the iw^ifc of Wm. Dijf by Seymotir,
etq. M.P. • 8<»n. 24. At IJolkhim, the
Ofruiitess of Leicester^ a dio. 35, At VVelb,
the wilie of Uie Rev. Wm. Beadon tieathcote.
a dsQ.^-*36 At Carlton terrftce, the Ck>oittei3
erf Cftledon, a son*— At Rise, near H utl, the wife
of Win, Bethell ^-' ^ -■ > sr Malta, the
wife of R Corn -*ist- Sec, a
ilau. At Grr :k, th« wife
ol William Heij. , . a dau.
-SJ. At Castle fii∈ Irs. Charles
W. KiiTOt, a dau - — ^q. the wife
of Edward M»jorib*i*i^-» >>..-. -. i a dau.
The wife of Wm. Ilarcourt Hare, esrj of Twy-
cro«», Leic. a son* 30 At the Pnt)n',Tein-
ptemarc, Ireland, I^dv Cankfi, a son and heir.
31. At Ickleford hoa^e« uctar MitcbiD, the
Hon, Mrs. F> Dudley Kydcr, a Jaii, la
Hans plnce^ the wife uf Philip tlose. e«q. a soo.
At Gosport* the wife of H. D. I\ CunnioiT'
ham. eii^. il K., F.S.A. a aoii.
/r^6. 1. At Ellon castle, XJl. the wife of C\
KIphinttooe Dairy mole, eaq. a aon. 3. At
the houaeof Ladv Karriet Mttchell, VVoktnir-
luuii, ibe wife or Lieut -Col. Hotrh Mitchell,
Oreo. Qoarda. a son. ^Al RadwcM honnet
netr BaUtock, HerU, the wife of Francis Leslie
Pym, es« a dau. — ^— At Glonce^tcr termce,
Itrde park, the wife of Alexander Lindsay, e^'|.
Adao. S. At Aveofni: rectory, the wife of
Capt. Warburtoo, a son. in Tavistock sq.
the wife Qt Edw, Solly, e*q, F.ll.S. a aon.^
4, A i CVJle!il»rtme, t he wife of J . H . KI wea, et*i .
a son. — -r^-- ■ '" -f Alfred Arthur Wallis,
esq, of H . Line, a son and heir
—At Kli ing:e, GIouc. the wife of
Capt. Henry u .--jv mi ,adaa. 3. loCharles
street, IJerkeley »q, the Marchiooesa of Or-
moode, a dan. At Berry hill. Notts, the
lady of Sir &)w. Walker, adao,^ «. In Groa-
veoor St. the Viacounleas Brack ley, a son,
In Fark st. Grosvenor sq. the wife of Geo. H,
Elliott, esq. of BinGeld park, Berks, a sou and
heir. 7. At Upper Grosvenor street, Lfldy
Dorothy Nevill, a oait. — -At Bradenhmn hail,
Norf. the wife of Win. HiLg^ard, esq. a aon,
a. At Writtle pnrk. the wife of Iht Hon. Fred,
Petre, ason. At Ueltield, near Dublin, the
wife at Majar William Crompton, a «oa.
% At the residence of the Earl of Wetnyss,
Kditihuri^h, the Rif;ht Hon. the Counters of
Warwick, a son* U . At Ilaverholme priary,
the Countess of Wjnchels^^s, * diin* — 13. At
Blackadder. Lady Houston rio^we]!, of twins,
a son and dau, In Upper BiooK st. the wife
of Charles Peurudttorke, esq> of Comptoii (lark,
Wilts, a dau^
late of Ith Draroon Guards, to riclana Wil-
kiorbby. of Wollatou hoose.
Oct. 11. At Trinity, Allahabad, Frederic
Anraatas £^yr, esq. II th Re^t^ H.N J to
Helen- Ramsay, aecood dau. of Ureut.-Cot. D.
Birrcll. 51st Heit. B,XM.
A*«r. 14. At Barrackpore. f^^ •' H w Crm^ ^
funL R N\ to Annabclta-(> Hd
survivinnc dau. of the late 1>
17. At Bombay, Major j; ;,., . . .... t^miL
of the Southern .Vlshratta Irrejuiar Horse, to
Catherine- Ellis, eldest dau- uf the late Ueut.-
Col. Frederick Hickes, Bombay Army«
26. At Ruf^bv, Isaac Spv^mer, esq, LincolnH
inn, only son of the late Isaac $pootier, e»ii. ti
Charlotte- Augusta, second dau. of the \mU
John Chatilcld Tyler, esq. Forelands,
grove.
SO, At DonbcAd St. A ndrew. Wilts, tlie I
Chartea Fiane Bdae, M,A. son of the Rev.
Bd^e, Rector of Xed^inf and Xaurbton, Sitd
toK
Dn
At
uf the late IJav
Uec.\. At i
esq, to Maria, <Ii.h.. .
Haft, At TunbnU.:
i^tephen HttrMt, eldi
left, esq. IJarrow-or
pcinia^ eldest dau. of >
Justice of 5ydnev„ N
l^os. Stokes //^^
to Elixa, widon
Rfjt. At Lt I
tin, esq. eldest ?ui
' - n*»v. Wd
i^^^t da««j
MARRIAGES.
Jui^ 1. At Melbonme, Austr. Henry Paift-
ton, esq. to Sophia- El vina, second dau. of Lyu-
den Poiagdeslre, esq.
30. At Motueka, New Zealand, A. L. G.
CmmpbeU^ esq. second son of the lAto Sir Alei.
Cauipbell, Bart, of Abberncbil. Perthshire, to
Hester-Anne, youn^E^st dau. of the tatc Kdw.
n. Copeman, esq. uf (Joltiaball, Norfolk,
Aug^ 30, At Ci!tirn*.rnore, Galloway, Alex.
Clark Forbet, ' ; r, only son of .*Jir
John Forbes, M :i, to Litlias- M iller,
eldest (lao. of J ut, e*«q, of Cairns-
morc. At WeUiiijituii, xNcw Zealand, Ueut.
F. R. Chf4ue\t, R, En^, to Grace, youngest dau,
*>f the late W*m, Barr, esq. of Hamilton, N. D.
S^t. L At Wollaton, Notts. Jolin Richard
timyth Wnm4^***<\. of Dri-'hanr raslle,cc> Cork,
fred Ac«l«vi
' . AadcrsoQ
Rev, Alfl _
I iixnas Hevr^
Clara- Yi
f»hcn, Chii
—At Dof«r»|
tth, Devy
of the r
llelowM*
f»N, esq. eldest ?uii u« ii*-iir^ liniLin, esq. fli
Littlenort, to Eliia, third dau, of the Rev
Joseph Chamberlaiti. At Bast Teifrimoatb
the Rev. Sydney Oeon^ Stluyn^ to FmRo
the eldfst dau, of Alfred I'rotheroe, esq,
C^stl'' (lodwvn, Glouc At Charles the Mi
tyr. " ' tlie Rev. J, Bartlttt, B A. Vi*
of." Mmwall, to Auuie, second dai
of 1 I, efij. of Plymouth. ^ Rol
Oncnyr iMi.w,<'r, .\&!«i4tant-C'hAp]ain 1LE.1,C.
to AnnC'Emmelinr, eldest tlaii- of the Rev, S, '
Gully. Hector of Berrynarbor, Devon.
Berne, Wiliiaro Drilwvo laiuim, son of Alfn'd
Isnson, esq. to Ada. eldest dau uf Capt. Robt,
Tboinhill. At Orroskirk, the Rev. C. J.
ForsAatr, to Maria, fourth dau. of the late Isaae
Raines, esq. M-D, of Bnrton lidsea, near Hull,'
At Croydon, William Lang, esq, of Wit
sor, to Carolina, second dau. or the late Jo
Jacob, esq. formerly ofSestrles, Kent.
a. At St T)nr!^tjin^-in theWeat, Hear
Figg.yowi, Tijoc. R. Etif J
toSarali. .;;. R*X -1
AtBelffi> r, Incumbeol
ofGlenti i,<iJiu, of William
Kwart, i - i-*t.
3. At\^ JMaeiK.Ooiligan,
esq. barri!^i('r-at I-Hivj. to Mary, third dau. of
the Hon. Georj^c N. Tavlor, of Barbados.
At St. Stcpben's-by-SaH'aah, Cornwall, Samp,
son Revellf esq, to Grace-Ru^enie, only dau»
of Andrew Sniith, esq. aurpon R,X, andf
granddau, of the late Peter \ an Lennep,
of Smyrna.
0. At St. GeorreS Hanover m, Walkeft
eldest son of Walker ^^^irror, esq, Q,C, Com-l
miasioner in Bankropty, to Emily, widow of
Skvnner Geonpe WoodrofTe. eaq, of Hamstall
Ridware, Staff; ami yoitiiii^cst dan. of the late
Georp^e Rush, I- tkni hall, Essex.
At Weymouth, .'rt HawkesHorth,
j^teele Rogert, 1 teuart, eldest dau*
of the late W. 1 j. Capt, llttli Lau<
ccrs, of LiitU' ibbey, Bucks* — <
At Marinate, th^ A\r4 Boys Kllmtm% i
Rectorof Berwick, buaacA. to Geor^na-Fmn-
ces, «tecond wnrvivinf dan, of the late John
IH64.J
Ma
ifiagtrf.
;109
I
Plitmmer, e»u. of Bedfuiil siqiiarc auel Mariratp.
At Oxford, Mr. EdwartJ JMamofh\ of tbe
R, 3kiil collejrc, Sandhurst, Jci KatJieriiie, eldest
dan. of Mr- Heater, Town (Jkrk of < Is ford.
At Frankloii, the Rev Jolin Morpn Brottn^
son of James liiown. esti. of Dudshorj-, f^iic,
to Frances-Lake* liflh d*u. of ihc Kev* lleDry
Bellaim. Kecior of litdwortli, Warw, At
St. Markka Kennitif^tuu^ David Leopold Lewi§^
wq. of WilbrTOk. to tihia-Fritdiard, youngest
dau. of the late Capt. Skerry, Mlh Footi and
■fster of Capt. C J- Sherry, Rlat Foot. At
H«ltl9«]r» GeorjEC Ht-nry Caznlef, cstj. of Cbit-
tenham, late Capt. 33rd Keg;t. to Eifima-Gcr-
tmde. eldest dau- of II. i\ Fhitpott, esq. of
Uflrham lioti$e, near Leweu^ At Hereford,
the Kev. Kdward Nugent Brett Vicar of All
Salnta* in that cily. to KHiabcth, third aor-
vivinjr dau. of the late Hev. James \km%^ of
Staunton pirk, Heref. and Rector of St. Peter-
lift-Poer, London.
7. At Son I hoe, Hunts, th*! Rev. F. Lojier
Lamotfe, MA, Curato of St illinB^ fleet, York«h.
tu Mnria, dau. of llie hite Rich&rd Moorsoni,,
Mq. of Air>' ball. Whithy.- — \t NantjfwylU,
Radnor, the Rev. Rhys Jones Uoifd, B.A, Rec-
tor of Troedyrour, Cant, to Aunn, eldest dan*
of Thomas Lcwb Lloyd, esq. At Rirhmond,
Capt William Leekin, 39* h Reg^^t. to Henrietta,
dau. of the lAte llcv, W. li. >Vinniiv^, of Red-
fbrd.
8. At Paris, diaries Hrary //tt^eif, esq. of
Kuddinx-ton, Notts, to Charlotte, widow of
Thomas RadcliltSymeii, esq, of fiallvbe^g;, co.
Wicklow, third dan of the Uiprht Hon. iobni
Richards, a Buron of the Exche<iuerin Ireland.
At Leckhamptonp Clieltenham, the Rev-
Joaepb BoMwertk, DM. snd F.RS, to Anoe-
Marrareti widow of Col. Hamilton Firing ton.
' At Other)', near Bridgwater, Abraham Hil-
Kou§e, esfi. of Cliffoii^ to Anne-Noble, eldest
dau. of the Iste Rev. J. .siuptun, 1>.D. Rector
of Fort b head.- — At Kensin;fton, the Rev*
Benedict Arthttre, Inctimbent of St. Cathe-
hne*s, Tranmere, Cheshire, tuJosephiiie-Jaoe,
third dan. of the late Ihimphry Ballrtrd, esq.
-*-The Rev* C.Grant €hitUnd<:ti^ toCaroline-
Isabella, dau, of tlie R<?v. Francis T> lailhfull,
Rector of Hatlickl, Herts. At ilrip^hton,
Frederick -Thomas, only son of T. M. A'eiVA,
esq, of Bracondale, near Norwich, to F. i.\
CJeitrude, eldest dau. of the Rev. Henry But-
ter field, M.A. Minor Canon of Wtndisor, and
Rector of Fuhnt-r, Bucks. At Stamford,
John PtfkiHf. esq. 7 1 St B^njfal Nl. second son
of John Perkins, esq. M.L>. of BruaseK to
Maria, only dau. ot M. W. Jackson, esq-
F.R.C.S. At StGeori^e's llloomsbury, Jolin
Hindmar*h^ esij. barrister, only son of Capt,
Sir Johti Hindmarsh, tt.N , KJL fiovernor of
Helijcrolaml, to Mary, third dan. of Samnel
Ujn>f, eaij. of Soutb'^ea. At CrosthwaJle,
Cutiib, Capt Gfiiijjr Srfnn, R, Canadinn Rille
Rr^t. t -V surviving dan. of
the lai [ M.D. — -At Malta,
Cfjmm. ! , R N. of Moorhurst,
burrey, to ALiry-ELuiiui, rifib dau. of the late
Arthur Cuthbert Mar^h, esq, of Eastbury, near
Watford, Herts.
la. At St. tieorge's Hanover %q. Richard
Radii, esq. of East rftonehrnise, to Martha-
Sophia, Tflict of the late M. A Gosselin, esq.
2ud llombay Lij^bt Cav. At i§t. Georg^oS
l^lanovcr *q. Commodore ??ir Charles IJtftkttmt
K.C B. to the HoEi. Jane-Siirah, widow of Hugh
llolhech, esq, of FarnborooRh, Warw.and dau.
of Lord Bridport.
n. At Chard, the Rev. Huf^hOiafyn Grove
MarrfM, B.A, eldest son of the late J. C. G.
Morris, esq. Capt. R.N. of Mere, Wilts, to
Alice-Maria, youngest dau. of the late Rev,
W. B. Whitehead, Yicar of t:haid.^-^At St.
I'ancras, William Henry ile C«rf r rrf , i-sq. R.N.
to Josephine, eldest dau. of H J. It Elwor*
thy, esq. At Paris, the Bsrou d^Aerascn
Beijeren de Voskoi^ ChnroberJaln to the King
of the Netherlands, and Tiis Couniellor of Lega-
tion at Pari% to Anna-Msria, youngest dau. of
the late Robert Nassau Sutton, etsij.
15. At Rcrnioudsey, Waltef JVv?^»]per, etq.of
Brock ham, Surrey, second sou ot Henry T,
Nipper, esq. of Laken lodge. Susaen, to Anne-
Adelaide, youni^eat dau. of ihe late Dr. McLean,
of B4 rmondsey. — ^The Rev. J. K^naston, H.A.
St. Briavtfl's, Glouc. to Mary, dau. of J. Peel,
esq. Middleton hall, Warw. At St. Luke's,
Robert C- Thorp, M,D. of the H.E.LC.S. to
Amefia-Catherine, the funrtli dau. of J. J.
Gabourel, esq. of St. Helier's At Tburles*
CO. 'npperary, Mnj, Gait/ord. 73d HIghbnders,
son of the Dean of Christ CUiirch, to Jane-
Vaughan, dau, of the Ven. H. Cotton, Arch-
deacon ofCashel, and widow of Major Mond-
zatu1i>eTt, 10th Foot.
H. At Walmer, the Rev. Thomas N. Bland^
Rector of Usfratboryje, Leic. to Mary-Fuller*
second dau. of the late K. Boys, esi|. M.D. of
the Royal Hospital, Haslar. At xMaRon,
Wm. Walker, esq. to Mary, only dau. of Tlioa.
Ettv, esij, of Nevvbfgiri house, Malton.—
At Wandsworth, Wilbam Henry Domritie, eaq,
of Uncoln^s Ion. j^onncer son of Sir W. Bom-
ville, llart. to Elita-King, surviving dan. of
Col. Aspinwall, Inte Consul -Gen. of United
States at London. Ai St. George^s Hanover
square, the Rt'V. John FfUfferaldt son of the
late Gerald Fitriijerald, esq. of Bith, and the
Queen ^s County, to Clare, eldest dau. of the
Rev. Gf'Offfe M. Muigrave, Vicar of Dordeti,
Kent.— At Voxford, Suffolk, the Rev. Pcrcy-
Sloper, younRest son o( the late Rev. Henry
Warirtrn, Rector of Asbinffton, Sussex, to Mar-
ffaret-Charlotte, eldest tlau. of thu late Rer,
Wililtm Barlee, Rector of West CliiUinB-ton.
15. At Baruslsple, Major Waifet, of Stoke
hill. Bislio|»toke, to Caroline Janetta, eldeal
dau. of J. B. Biifnell. esq. M.Li. — -At South-
molton,Thos. BuuttoH^ ^iin. esq. of St. Johti^s
wood, to Frsnces-Antonia, youngest dau. of
John Elworlhy Cutcliffe, t^q. At St. Peter's
Pimlico, the Hon. and Rev. John VenabJea
Vtrnatt, Rector of Nut ha II and Kirby, Notts,
to Caroline, fourth dau. of the late Gen. the
Hon. Sir Edward Paret, G.C.B. At Wells,
Capt. Henry Hope ainffhnm, R.N. to Anne-
Margaret, eldest ilau. of James Younir. esrj,
sister of the Rev. H. Young, Rector of Holler-
ley, SulTolk. At St. George's BEoomsbtiry,
Frederick KwfflMiy, esq. of Ipswich, to Atine-
Maria, widow of Algernon Frampton, esq.
MD. of Lonrloo. At Sierra Leone. Lieut.
Ate^iamter^ Flag-Limit, to Adin, Bruce, only
son of tlie InteAdm. Alexander, to Jane- LettlA-
Trou bridge, only dau. of Hear- A dm. Brucei
Commanaer-in-Chief of the Station. ^ At
Faml>orciugh| Warw. Lieut.-Col. Henry Cart'
u>Htfht, Gren. Guards, son of the late W. R.
Cartwright, esq. of Aynhoe, to Jane, dau. of
Williini Holbccb, esq. of Farnborough. At
dtreatham, William Bletfitt, esq. of Blackwall.
and Dove house, Pinner, Middlesex, to Jane,
only dau. of James Turner, esq. Streatbam
hill.' — At Widcombe, near Harh, Edward
Foster Conlion, esq. to EltMbefh-Kerr, relict
of Thomas Colville, es*]. of Anntield, ."^ttrting-
shire, At King's Lynn^ Edward, eldest son
of Josh- GrHHtiu, esq. of Fenny Orayton, to
Mary >i. eldest dau. of H. Pond, esrj, Waterloo
house, High street, Lynn, Norfolk.
16. At Dublin, Thomas J. youngest son of
the late Brent Xevilte, esq. of Aslibrook, co,
Dublin, to Amelia E. eldest dau. of Leander
Ransom, esq. of New York.
17. At St. George's Hanover sq. WiJiiajji
Lotttfter, esq. youngest son of the Hon, Col.
Lowther, HB.M. Secretary of Legation at
aio
Maniageif,
[March,
Naplefi to Cbarlotte-Atice» dftO' of the Ricbt
Hon Diroii tarke.
aO. At Dublin, FercJinand Uaiitiury WiUiawuii
(is(\. of Col uU rook park. Monro out li«Ui re, to
EliKahcth'Jane, eTdcst dou. of tho late John
Ptuneuif McKobert, esq, of BttUyi^loujfli, co.
Down, and formerly of tLe 7St!) EIi;;lklander%.
At Greenwich* K !■'. Morrison, ^iq. I9tli
\legt. only non of Uichard Morrisnn. esq. nnd
ifrandson of tbe late Sir Richnri Mnrrt^f'n, vt
Wiilcot, WickJkJWt to Jane, i
late Colquboun Grant, es'i
Zinte.^ At Ryde, l»(e of
Charles, only Aon of tUe late \1 j jqi (Jenerftl ^^lr
ChNilUj A*kwortJk, K.C 11, and K/r.S. to Bllaa-
tjt'Mi, firm, . f Arthur Frederick, eiq At
. tlse Hi'V. Edw. TAi-in^.
leja|:e, Camb. and Head
ill Scli i(\ to Caroline-
Mane Luist, dau. ui the late Kocli,
of Ikmjk, of h1-> Prus^mri 3 toms*
At \VooHiiirou;jh, Warr^ j sj -
^eou, of Newton Abbot, yuim;;c-=
icn IL Jane, v^q. of CliuOf^tow, r
Dorotliy. yaiui|rest diiu. or the ImIc
CbiltouLanibcon Vouii|^, Rectorof Diidhruake,
Devon.
ai. At Lonp UufLJes. Xoithjiruj't ttiu H'-'V.
Kdward Fxlwais >
Nor til borough,
only dflo,of Sjtim
Buckley. -At \i,-jJh4Ui, vV^Ut j LgJk y Uar
mati tSctttiUftd^ I'nq. barri^tf r-at-lnw, to ^Aiiib-
Auii. ouly 8urvivin;r dau^ of tbe bite Jobii
Jo«ep}i EJytrrave, esq. At Thurntorjj iSaitiuel
j^ite//c>/i,e»i|. of Hckcrinjf* so)iritor,to Han nab,
ouly dan. of tbe lato llev. U. U. .Scholefleld,
Vicar of Ganton. At Friltlevtell, IiAtc-x,
Lieut. J. RuffoU$,Usl Beojj. N.l. lu Kliza, third
dan* of Cob Uatemau^ of Xorwood, Surrey.
33. At Fanitiaia Koyab BuckH^Frnncitt TVi-o*,
Mf). IJ.A. Eiteter colleffet Uxford» to KU7di-.Mc'
liora, youngest dau- of the Inte John Tanner.
enq. of Scaton, Devoa«)bire. At Ail Soula^
MArylebo&e, tbe Right Hon, Holt MarktnzU,
of Wimpoltf at. to Hairict, ^lidow of Thomaa
Lm Marcuant, ea^i. of Aspeden lodfe, Herta.— ^
At Boornemoulbf Dora. Harry Hichd. Parkett
esq. Hod. ELC.S. son of tbe late Major-Oen
J. 11. Parker, C.B., R, Art, and gramlsou of
the late Sir Myde larker, K.U.B. to Louisa-
Harriet, vuaoKo^t dnu^ of tbe late Rcar-Adtu
John DuifMarkbitid, CJl.
34. At Fnri«i WilUam E^lontaeu LtudM, ul
the SOth, third aon oJ Sir Joseph Leeda, Bart,
to Bmmi, eld«»t dau. of Henry K lid yard, esq.
Itte of Rio Janeiro.
36. In London, WitUani IlowUi/, eaq. sou or
tbe late Rer. John Rowley , of Virginia, and
nei)Uevr of the Ijite Adm. Sir Joaiai Rowley,
Bart* to llo«eita, second daa. of tbe late Mr.
RietLtrdGoddnrd.
37. At Carabiidi^, the Rev.T. M. Dick*ott,
M.A. Head Master of tlie Grammar Scboot,
HerAvick-upon-Tweed,toAJary-L:[i£.ibetb,itdcr
dau. of WiUiam Collin, esq. of Cambridgc.^
.Vt Chippenbaro, Wills, George Uatjieard^ esq.
of Headingley JiaU, near Leeds, to Sopbia-
Eliaabeth. eldest dau. of Capt. li. IL Bndd,
li,N, of Chippenham*
38. At Glasjicow, the Rev. John Hkt^rtt^H,
M.A, BoUon^ rnroberlRnd, to A^nei»t dau. of
ll,(. .... ^.A.,. ..;..., .. ,, esq. Mutton hall*
I) Lj > I s J ajoea Thtmuon,
ess uf the late Jamea
TbuiM-ruii, ji^i^, I/. I Mut -^ftur at Glaa^w* to
BUaalMtb, only dau. of the late W. J Hrncock,
esq* Asiistant Poor Law Commiiiaioncr.
At LiverpoU the Rev. E. VV, Lomajtf ALA. of
lily, to Caroline, eldest dati. of Mr- E. Cox,
Toatetli park.
39* At Doljrelly, the Rev. E, W. O. Bridge-
man. Vicar of Kinoerlcy. :?aIop, eldest ton of
Kear-Adm. the Hon, CO, Bridj^emao, to Liliai-
Frances, ^Pcoml dau. Of Richard Richards, e^q.
ofC ' " I'lrk cretcent, t
Rui esq. to Hnri
dfiii Lawry, Tti . -
il, - '.c^;.— — \t ra.iatng'-
toi of Edmund Tr«-
ki\ I race, Hyde park*
to . dau, of tbe late J.
IL. :*evoD, AtVVeflt
r\, \v. T. rntnfr-iH
. ^.ni wf lb. ■':
dley. to Jail
I of Tbot. A
jir; I'.ause, W'mcaFituii. Al
sr -^q. Charles J. A.
efecj ^ i,toKllen-Far^? v^^finl'^
est li^iii. uf C V Jnlin»Ort, esq- i ■
rioglnn, Devon. At ijil. Peter
the Rev, Wiliiflisi Eavinl C/,t,',
Fro feasor at Hi
burv% to Georpi
\\>bt»Le Bas.
college.
SI. At ijt, I'eter's Eaton <»q. Cbtiaii ,
/•Veer, esq. of Gloucester crescent, Hyde par»_
third aon Df George lVeer« esq. Utte of Handt-
^vortb, to Jijllflua Elitabetb, eldest stirvifiiif
dan. of Aii^^elma dc Arroyavei esq. of Palace
gardens, Kensinti^ton.
Jan a At Rhayader, the Rev. Walter Her*
bert Awdry, M.\- \o tin £■*.•-[ ^ou nf tlie lute
John Awdry, < i
ALiry*Llewelh .
Kvnus, Tl.r.l"
•IV.; .
t*' ' ,v-it dau. ^.... !■
Tlr i.in-^f, of 11-
— :.utt(ngbin, I
iiaiUktii, .MA lu Kmily, f"^ •
James Greew, esq. of Noi ;
Consul ior the M-H' .r - i
Ruller /^V/fdM-r^
Fellowes,of Pfl.
Auue, youHRt'^L
Le^cr, of isiarctuAit. Ai '
David Macdowall Ftanei, i f
Lord Sialtoiin, tn Mary-GtkUe, . . -,^.
of Kdward Goniie Helb esq. of rrtftaiiiktownt
c\j. Mnyo.
4. At Kilworth, Lcic. Hf^tiH vVtu u.^^t^t,
caq, 44th Re^ct. B.K.L only soi. c «
Lieut. -Col. Hailcs. KM. to Fan. ii
Roas, yoimg^esi daw, of the late t^.v,,. .:. . ..;t*
tout, ii,N.- — At Leauiinrton Friors» Warw.
the Rev. William Jamn, Rector of Billon, to
Anna, widow of the late Rev. J- T. Parker,
Vicar of Newbold-on-AAon, and Rector of Bit*
ton.^ At Child well, I he Rev. William Ta^lvr,
Reetor of Swyimerlon, SlalT. second son of
Samuel Faylor, esq of Eccleston, Lane, to
Fatiny. third dau. of John Marriott, esq. of
Liverpool. At Hampton-in-Arden, VVarw.
Henry TJkornley, esq. of Marston ball, near
Birminghani, to Emily-Martba, ooly dau, of
the Rev. J. A. Moms, AM, Vicar of Hamptoii-
in-Arden.
j. At button Goldfield, Warw. Sir Fraacif
lid ward Hcotf, Bart, of Great Barr hall, to
lUildred-Anne. eldest dan. of Sir Wm. Hartoppj
liart.— At Chichester, the Rev. W. H. L. GU-
brrtt B.A. Urasenosecotletre, Uxford, to Euiily-
Jane, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Brown,
Canon of Chichestcr.^ -At Sevenoaks, R- W,
Percival Biittiscombe, esq. eldest son of tbe
Rev. Robert Samuel liaitificombe, ^icar of
Bark way, llerl^, to Eleanors, eldest dau, of
William Lambard, e'.q. of Beech motit, i5ev en-
oaks, Kent^*— At btanwick, the Rev. Thomaa
Charles Brand VornttHlt M,A. Curate of Law*
bitton, CorBwaJI,to Frances-Ricbardsou, eldest
dau« of Geortre Gascoyne, esq, of Stauwick
ball, N'ortbapiplai^liire«
311
OBITUARY.
N
FlBLD-MAllSllALVlSCOUMTBKmStFORD.
/an. 8. At hit seat, Bed^bury-park,
K«nt, Bged 86, the Rit^ht Hon. \ViUiatn
Cmrr Bcfetford, Lord VUconnt Bere«ford,
aC.B., G CS, KXS.. K S.F.. K,SM.,
Cftldriel-in. Chief <»f the 60th Foot, Colooel
of the 16th Foott Governor of Jersey,
Duke of EWag, and Marqbis of Campo-
Maytir m Spafn* CouDt of Traocoso in
Poftui5i»l, nnd a Ftflt! -Marshal of Portugal,
and Cap' A of Spain.
Tbb i* I aoldier and the late
Admiral r?rir Jinm Poo Beresford, Bart*
KX.B,. who died on tlie ^d Oct. 1844
(tec our Vol xxii, p. 64fi), were uoturAl
children of Gcor?;e de la Pocr Bereaford,
first Marquees of Watcrford. TUcf both
recetred for arma those of the Bereaford
family, difl^reDced by a bordiore wary er*
roincj in Heu of n bordure enf^railed : the
rr<»Bt of the Admiral hating the addition
of a naval, and that of the General of a
maraJ crown.
The Vjiconnt wm bom on the 2d Oc-
tober^ 1768: and entered the army in
Aogasf , 1 rB5^ aa Ensign in the 6th Foot.
In the spring of J 786 he embarked with
hii reiBfiinent for Nova Scotia, where he
raoeived bla fin t wound, which deprived
bim of the sight of his left e5e, from the
fttfl of ft brother eporUman. With thi4
f r^t disadvantage he began a professional
cMttrTf not te*8 remarkable for its great
anoceas than forits varied character— «Iike
diatinj^nished by bold adventure, oceaaional
iTvr- "- *' r ditpUy of reckless during,
aiv ise of confide; rablc skill. He
rcii itig the first four years of his
military life in Nova Scotia ; but, having
been appointed to a Lieutenancy in the
16th Foot, retortied to Engbnd in 1790,
Htt was promoted in Jan, IT9I, to the
nink of CaptatfHond in the May foUotving
(ibtainetl a compnny in the ti^nh Foot,
Early in 1793 Captain BercsfonJ, with
bis regiment, embarked at Cork for foreign
aenrice* and formed part of the flrojy which
in the spring of that year took poMcs^ion
of Toulon. M hen the British troop* evn-
coated that pbee, he uccompuiiied the force
which w»fi sent to Cursict, »nd wasi in the
midst of the hoLtcsl tighting at CaWi,
Bastia. and 8t. Fiorenzu. His promotion
was rapid; be was adfitnced to the rank
of Mi^or in March, 1 794 ; to tUat of Lten-
tenant- Colo Del on the ! I tb Ang, follow-
ing; and (Ji 1795 we fiad him the com-
nuinding offic«r of the 88th Foot. In thcit
SMUT hit rfgiment embarked nnder Sir
iilpb Abercfomby for the Weal Indie*,
bat the 88tb were recalled, and Colonel
Bereaford remained on home service unlit,
in 1799, he sailed for India. He had
icarcely more than arrived, however, when
he was ordered to proceed by the Red Sea
to Egypt, being entrusted with the com-
mand of a bi-igade in Sir David Baird's
army. Having fought his way through
the Egvpttan campaign, he returned to
this country, and in the year 1 800 received
the brevet rank of Colonel.
The nett field of active opcrntioni in
which his aervicei were required was the
Cape of Good Hope, in the re-con quest of
which colony he bore a conspicuous part.
From tbence, with the rank of Brigadier-
General, be was sent in command of a
amall detachment to aeize Bnenoa Ayres,
where a first saooeaswas soon followed by
reverse. He obtained poasession of the
city, and won aome victories in the open
field } be had, however, only 1200 men
under his command, ond, the enemy hav-
ing ftt length succeeded in getting together
as many thousands, General Beresford
wa9^ after three days' resistance, obliged
to capitulate, though he placed 700 of the
enemy hort de combat. General Linlera,
who was opposed to Bcresford on tliia
occasion, ndmiti:«>d that he had agreed to
receive and treat the Uriibh as prisonen of
war, who were to be forthwith exchanged;
bat his governmeni maintained that our
forces hnd surrendered at discretion.
Liniers honourably, but ineffectuiiDy, pro-
tested against this grots breach of faith ;
ond Genernl Bercsl'ord, having betn de-
tained a prisoner for six months, contrived
early in the year 1807 to effect his escape,
and returned to England,
In the winter of 1807 an expedition was
i^nt to Madeira, of whioh the naval por-
tion was commanded by Admiral Hood,
and the troops by General Bereaford. By
this force Madeira was seised on the 24th,
of December io that year, and thencefor-
ward retained in trust for the royal family
of Porlugnl, which bad jnst then emigrated
to the Braaijs.
I'be time had at length arrived when
there was to be an ead of thego separate
and desultory expeditions, and the forces
of England were to be concentrated opon
(he vast Geries of operations koown as the
Peninsular War. General Bereaford re-
mained m the offices of Governor and
Commander-in-Cbief at Madeira until
Aaguit, 1808, when he was called upon
to join the British army in Portugal, where
he arrived shortly after the luttlc of
;
112
Osi rr:.4 a v. — G^^n^r^u Lfi*'^ Bfr^amr^
Ifudi,
Tlaa^m. m<1 *b« snr mrii** v*j!«n > v!i«
«lf goqiaiM«inngr Air «rftlin^ -h^ tupab^-
dMC »»!'tinw| .-•'Yvyppfia^ The -rt-m* laon
«Cw!h L«MMn .um stpmilabM. H< vn-
0Mitcil -•tth ^»r ioha >Ci»o«*f irair -i*
SpMn. -«« pr-«cnc »c :b^ mtt'..* if i>w
mwM. *rrir*»}- ^m|m^ .q Mcrof Tiui
with -:'a*m *•) Hii^tniKi. Oti tIi« J^dt ^
AprJ. I-iO* -Ih5 -wic 'if Wt^or.4';^acrBl
m >;<Mifern».i iqon iiia itui :a F*3.
Ii)>l9, 9^ V94 \r*Mr*ti y\ prneeed a femmi
tSfli< M ?-3rf-ii^i. fi'^r fhe p4rp4M> ^( cdciiif
the cooHiMiKt ')^ z'lm trmj of thar kine--
4001. omlrr th« wtluMirf of rbe FriBfce
RcfNic 4f P'Htiifal. vich the Ltvai rank if
IiMtaiimC.<i«ii^r>L Bw tppotneBrac u
Xanhal CMnnMniiiii^ <.^r Arrhar Wd.
h»ley baik% Marihttl-Geaprai and C4b-
■■nder-in-f^-.^f of tiie PortofiMM jtbv
wa* m«i« on tA<» l«t of March. IMO ;
tad pltciBC^ himaelf, as looa ad pnaaibie,
•C th«t head of 12,%!) a^n. h« actaefc«d
tiM frokth in :h« north of PortofiJ,
erowgd the Upf«r Dovro, dmre Loiaou'i
baefc to .Kmannte, and there,
with a force ander Sir Arthar
WelMey, pTiriiaed the reereadnf eaemy
til) that &ivmtm of the Preneh %rmj wt
vlterlj diaorfanixed.
When Beref^rd oadertook to vahe
aol£er» of the PortofOMe, their military
luM vat Uim in Eoropeaa eatimation.
Bat, with hifh riaaliAcations and fServid
joal, Berftford began hit task like a man
thoroughly in eamett — he wonlri hare
them well teS, well paid, well clothed,
well appointed, well lodged » and hard
worked. No more planderioi^, not eren
petty pilfering escaped the bah ; no
aMre sloth, no more neglect of health, no
more rioting, no drawing of kniTes on
each other, no intemperance, not ev^n the
shadow or ffemblan<M! of disorder. It was
a relentless tTranny, but yet a ]>erfect di»-
dpline, which thus converted an imbecile
rabble into a brave and powerful army.
To institute a comparison between him
and other commanilers would be inridious ;
bat it may at least In* said that his military
reputation, though very high, was not of
the most eminent order— at all events, not
in the conduct of operations on a grand
scale. But in organisation snd discipline,
in the art of quickly turning swarms of
ueasants into legions of clever soldiers, he
had no rival ; and lie exercincil this species
of ability— which is most rare as well as
iirecious — with equal snccess among the
Portuguese, to whom he was alien, as
among those of his owb countrymen with
whom he was brst acquainted. The sol-
diers of Portugal, as they advanced in the
Bcala of diicipliDf, not only gratified their
ymufn^yT'HT imi -fXt'iiu "he ^iudixk ii
iicsiucir'^s.
rie fisi-uverr -va* iLade :
ine If iiem 3*a wjme ■ i anar-
rvilon* .T^ner iian. ' r!ia» w»?re ailrd
-^ivrh iotn'tUn «ad muarrvs jf waica rhtea
Terr vtmaaon lad vp^oiuhLt Jvcd m.
perfect inciuuROfuiieai: -He rear jf ianifer
ptns vmy m x -Uust fbr iistincsum. sad
■yafhnaiaam vaa mbmvated ivr amckT.
The aacde if dlie iterra Bauoco. nj«guc
» 'Jie 17-h. it Ao^tuc 1:^1 'K Aimahed
wamm yi 'Jie jactlMC resuits if :iie semaM
which Xanhai Ber-riAird renJrreti tu diac
aackuu wbose snay he 'aad ixnihfrtaken to
6yrm lod liucrwc. He af covm Djok
th^ tHUBcdiaSe direcsiua of c:ie tnopa
whieh he had sntned, and 'Jier. having
perfect coandence in caesr jtficera and
their ailxes. behaved jdminhlT. Their
steailiaeas lad bravery were a oreditahJe
ta theasaelves aa to the aiea who <ii:wi-
pfined and led them on.
Daring the aextftjar years che ieceaaed
waa kaowa u Sir William B<svaiord.
haivittf • for hia servicea at Baaaco. been
elected a Knighc of the Bath oa the Idth
of October. 1:^10. L'poa many measo-
rable occaaioaa he performed the daoes of
a geaerai of divisioo ; and not one aaaoag
the illvatrioiu leaders who cuotriboted to
the military renown of England during
the campaigns in Spain and Portugal ever
displayed more ability or devotion in car-
rying oot the instractions of his com-
maader. His merits in the exercise of an
independent and separate command form
quite another question, which may best
be conaidered in connexion with the san-
guinary battle of Albnera. where it be-
came his duty to lead 27.000 men. For
England that battle was a victory, and to
the soldiers, as well as to the officers, a
source of undying renown : the men
dropped by whole r inks, but never thought
of turning ; they fell without flinching —
*' their backs to the earth and their feet
to the foe." Our allies numbered 20,000,
and, though the Portuguese fought well,
while the Spaniards behaved not much
worse than usual, yet, according to cus-
tom, the burden of the fight was borne
and the ])rice of the victory paid by the
British troops. From 1,500 English
muskets a parting volley fell upon the
routed columns of the French as they fled
down the Sierra; but the remainder of
our force, which that morning had ex-
ceeded 6,000 men, lay dead or bleeding
on the field of battle. Still it would be a
hard measure of justice to throw all the
blame of this result upon any Hl>8olute
incapacity of Sir William Beresford. Soult
was perhaps the very ablest of the French
MarsbaU ; his force was complete in every
1854.]
Obituary.— G^<?m^ Lord Beresford,
613
ariDr while the iroopi led by the Eoglkh
General were comparatively few in nuro>
bcr» and the Spanish portirjn of the army
ill provided, ill office red ^ and worse com-
manded* In all battles errors of jadg*
uent are committed by the moft succett-
fnj eomwaadem ; and» ia retrieving tach
errors, no roan could display more gfd-
lantry than Sir William Bereaford. Like
Richard I. his bercalean strength and in-
tense pugnacity impelled him to pErfjrm
the duties oF a mao-at-arma ralLer than
those of a circumspect leader. He was
not posted on a height in the rear of his
army* according to the practice of maoy
generals, but, placing himaclf at the head
of every lucce^iive advance, he was always
to be found wherever the battle raged
most fiercely, one moment dragging for-
ward a Spaoiah standard-bearer literally
by the coUar, while at another period of
the fight he was seen engaged hand to
hand mtb a Polish Lancer who had at*
tacked him, and whom he grasjMd by the
throat, pulled out of hi» saddle , and flung
to the earth aii an ordinary man would
ttnhorse a boy. The battle of Albuera —
considering the high reputation of Soult»
the numerical streogth of the French, and
the peiiod of the war — wo* undoubtedly
an important victory ; * yet less of Sir
, WUliftm Bereaford'a fatne la derived from
Bsngoinary conflict than from the
[admirable manner in which lie was accus-
[lomed to carry out the designs of hii chief
i when acting under the immediate supcr-
{▼iiion of that great commander. The
' thanks of Parliament were on the 7th of
June voted "to Sir William Beresford
and to the army under his command for
the glorious Battle of Albuera/ fought on
I the 16th of May, 181L Mr. PercevQl,
[being then First Minister, proposed the
iTote in a triumphant speech, and the pro-
Iposition was seconded by Lord Caatlc-
iTeagb amid much cheering. It is a re-
[ttdukable coincidence that on the same
writ was issued for the county
erford, avacancy having been created
repreeentatioo, which Sir William
'Beresford was immediately elected to fill.
Jmight of the shire for the county of
" ■ " Sir WilltMQ Beresford made
I and gave no votes. In those
larqueas of Waterford could.
with the aid of one or two othen, nominate
whomsoever ho pleased to sit for his
xounty ; but it was, in effect , keeping the
seat vacant to confer it on a general
officer whose position at the head of a
foreign army nltogether precluded bis
attendance in Parliamentf and even shut
him out from a knowledge of those aflairs
which in the present day the humblest
legislator is expected to understand. At
the general election m 1812 he was a
second time returnct| for Waterford i but,
absent from Wcatminstcr, he was pre^nt
wherever contcits were decided i not by
peaceful votes, but by bayonets and artil-
lery, bearing his part at Bndajos, where
the Duke of Weilington marked his con-
duct with especial thanks and approbation ;
at Salamanca, wliero he was severely
wounded ; at Victoria ; at tbe various
battles on the Pyrenees ; at Nivelle, where
he led the right of the centre ; at Nive,
and at Orthea. It was also his fortunate
lot to be in command of the British troops
which took podiiession of Borcleaux, and
he subsequently bore a distinguished part
in the battle of Toulou&e. When be was
raised to the peerage in May, 18H| a grant
of 2,000/. per annum wns made to himself
and the two next inheritors of the title ;
bnt he has died without issue. Soon after
hia return to thia country the city of Lon-
don presented him with a valuable sword,
and in July^ 1B15, he was honoured with
the especial acknowledgments and thanks
of the Prince Regent, receiving from the
hands of his Royal Highness the high
distinction of a cross and seven clasps. In
addition to the order of the Bath, he
received that of the Tower and Sword,
those of St, HcrracncgilJe, of San Fer-
nando, of St. Ferdinand and Merit, and the
Hanoverian Goelphic order. The Spanish
Government conferred upon him the title
of Marquess of Campo* Mayor and Duke
of Elvas; the Portuguese that of Conde
di Trancoso ; and, shortly after his return
from tlic Peninsula, he received from bis
own Sovereign the Governorship of Jersey.
In the latter end of the summer of IB 15
he was commissioned to proceed to Por-
tugal, for the purpose of negotiating with
respect to the support to be rendered by
that country against the enemies of Eng-
land ; but the neceidty for any aid from
* O who shall grudge him Albnera's bays,
Who brought a race regenerate to the field ;
Roused them to emulate their fathers' praise^
Tempered their headlong rage, their courage steeled ;
And raised fair LusilaDiu"^ falkn shield,
And gave new edge to Lusitania's sword,
And taught her sous forgotten arms to wicld-^
Shiver my hnrp, and burst its every cord,
If it forget thy worth, victorious BKRasi'oao. (Sir W. Scott.)
Gewt, Mac, Vol. XLl, 2 S
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314 Obit(7AAT«-*(7^, Sir Alexander Mackenzie^ Bart. [March,
Portogal, or Uom toy of our alliet io the
proicctttion of the war, toon pawed awajr,
and Lord Bf renford continued to maintaio'
•o good an underttanding with the Porta-
roeae OoTemtnent, that within two jeari
froin that time he wag employed by them
to procee'l to Rio Janeiro, where he fop-
pretaed a conspiracy that at firat threatened
to be formidable. In the year 1822 he
reeeited the appointment of Lieatenant-
Oeneral of the Ordnance, and the com-
mand of the ICth Pbot. In 1825 he waa
promoted to the ranic of General in the
army ; and when the Duke of Wellington
became head of the Gorcrnment in 1828
Viacoant Bereaford aenred under him aa
Maater-General of the Ordnance, which
office he held till the Whigs came into
power In Not. 1830.
Here ended Uie public career of Vla-
connt Bereaford ; and, considering that he
had now " declined into the vale of years,"
it might be supposed that nothing even of
his personal history remained to be added.
Not so, howcTcr, for that which with most
men is called a settlement at the beginning
of life, was with him a settling down for old
ago. It was some time after he had
attained threescore years that ho took a
wife. On the 29th Nov. 1832, ho mar-
ried the Hon. Louisa Hope, widow ot
Thomas Hope, esq. of Deepdene, the
author of Anaitasius, &c. and youngeat
daughter of the Most Rev. William Berea-
ford, Archbishop of Tuam, first Lord
Decies. She died at Bcdgebury Park, on
the 2Ut July, 1R51, aged sixty-eight.
Lord Bereaford 's funeral was solemnized
with much state on Tuesday the 17tU Jan.
at the new church of Kilndown, in the
parish of Goudhurst, which was erected in
1840, principally at the cost of Lord and
Ladv bcrcsford. The Bcresford vault is
on the south ttidc of the church, aud is
surmounted by u mausoleum of singular
beauty, consisting of two tombs under a
canopy sustained bv pillars of polished
granite, — a design derived from that of
the Scttglin family at Verona. The chief
mourner was Mr. Alex. J. Bcresford Hope,
M.P., step-son of the deceased ; and ho
was accompanied by Mr. Henry T. Hope,
Lord John BcrcsforJ, Rev. J. E. Bcrcs-
ford, Cnpt. Denis W. Pack, Earl Talbot,
Mr. Dunbar, I^ord E. Bnicc, Baron do
Otto, Rev. A. Hammond, Right Hon.
W. Brrcsford, Sir Jolm Hamilton, Lord
('ranl)ournr, Sir John Kirkland, Mr.
Adrian Hope, Mr. Bcresford Pclrso, C«pt.
Pack, Mr. 1). Willonnhby, Capt. Eden,
Sir John Anson, the Duko of Montrose,
Rev. A. Arm»triing, Colonel Windham,
Mr. Ladhrokc, aud Mr. E. Jidmson.
Among the invited guests were Count de
Lnvradio, Count de Villa Real, Sir R.
Harvey, Dr. Watson, \jord Hardinge,
Lord Downes, Mr. Vaniellar, Sir John
Hcrschell, Mr. Walton Roberts, &c. A
large number of clergy was also present.
The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr.
Harrison, assisted by a numerous choir ;
and the earth was sprinkled on the coffin
by John Blunt, a veteran soldier from the
neighbouring parish of Horsmooden, who
lost a leg when fighting under Lord Berea-
ford at Albuera.
After the funeral, the will of the de-
ceased was read at Bedgcbury Park ; when
it appeared that the Bedgebury Park estates
and those in Staffordshire and Derbyshire
are bequeathed to Mr. A. J. Bcresford
Hope, who is also left residuary legatee.
To Capt. Denis William Pack, of the
Royal Artillery, second son of the late
Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B.
and nephew and godson of the deceased,
arc bequeathed all the estates in the co.
Carlow, on condition that he shall assume
the name and arms of Beresford. His
Lordship's Orders are left to the Marquess
of Waterford, as head of the house of
Beresford. Tlie executors arc the Arch-
bishop of Armagh, the Marquess of Water-
ford, Sir John Kirkland, Mr. A. J. Bcres-
ford Hope, and Mr. Drummond the
banker.
Honourable mention has been made in
the Portuguese Cortes of the memory of
Lord Beresford by the Duke of Terccira
and other officers who served under him,
and his death has been recorded upon the
journals of both Houses, with the same
sentiments of regret as in the case of the
Duke of Wellington.
General Sir Alkx. Mackenzie, Bart.
Oct, 17. At Bath, in his 83d year.
General Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Bart,
of Fairburn, co. Ross, the senior General
in her Mojcsty's service, G.C.H. and G.C.
of the order of St. Januarius.
He was the eldest son of Roderick Mac-
kenzie, esq. by Catharine daughter of Wil-
liam Baillie,e8q. of Ross Hull, Ross-shire,
and half-sister to Sir Ewen Raillie, some-
time Commander-in-Chief in Bengal, who
waa created a Baronet in 1819, with re-
mainder to the male issue of Mrs. Mac-
kenzie. Sir Alexander succeeded to the
title on the death of his uncle, August 21,
1820.
He wns a school-fellow of Sir Walter
Scott in Edinburgh, and afterwards of the
Duke of Wellington at the Military aca-
demy in Angers, " where (as stated by
himself in a memornnduni written at the
time of the Dukc*s decease) wc remained
a year, and wc then travelled together
through some parta of France,"
1854.]
OBiTiTARVt— C7tftt. ^iV Thomas Bradford^
315
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He catered the nrray on the 30Ui June,
1787. »* Eo^ig^n io the Ist or Royal Scoti.
in which regiment he Sf r? ed for foar yeart
aod a hiklf. He was thcu promoted into
tbii 42d Htgblanderg, and pais«ing rapidly
through the interm^iate steps of Captain
•ad Majur, he cbtAined tlie nmk of Lietit,-
Colo « el ijj Feb. J 7 94 by raising tlie iM
Battdiou of the 7btb or Uoss-ahire High-
laodefit of which regiment he wa« §ccoiid
iii ' it the capture of the Cape of
C 1 17i)5. He aext commanded
tU v^,,. i v^.ajcnt, and ac led OS a Brigadier-
General In the Meditcrrimeaa tncotnm&ad
of the army iji the two Culabrias.
At the re-commencemcot of war in 1 803|
tut was placed a^ a Major-Gcoeral on the
•tajr,aad aacce««ively commanded bri^ides
on the coast of Kent, in Ireland, at Hull,
sad ti Brighton. In IB08 he wof ap-
poiotMi second in command of the forces
wscinbled at Cork, under Sir Arthur
Wellcsley ; but on the change of the dea-
tinfttSon of that eicpedition from Buenos
Ay res to Portngul, his post was conceded
to Sir Brent Spencer, who was already
BCFTtng on the coast of the Peninsula^ and
General Mackenzie was transferred to
Sicily, tn the mean time, his junioii —
UiUt Graiiamr Bere&ford, and otber^^ all
obtained positions under Wellington , and
tke lost by this accident tbe tide which
night have carried him forward to more
promiiji '■ ■ loo.
He c wever, iu employment.
For t i- .... ilje Sicilies and Calabria,
hv om the King of Naples the
Gr of St. jAQUfl^riua ; and that
of the Uiiuoverian order was tiubsequcntly
cooferred upon him by King George IV.
by whom, und by H.R.H, the Duke of
York I he was much estcemeiU For some
(Ifj... K f . . ^jjQ conclusion of the war in
1 .- M anded the North of t rcland«
111 r be full rank of General in
UJ i t nod at the time of bit death be W4s
tbe senior of that rank.
General Sir A. Mackenzie has left a
varietY of munificent bequeata for religious
and charitable object*. \ r ^ ' - * ' - tn arc :
to the Cburch Pastoral A I OOOf. ;
to (he Consumption Ho,; , ''*l* ; to
the Scotish Hospital, :>00^. j to the Nor-
them Infirmary, lovcruess, 500/. i to the
poor of Inverness and of Dingwall, 100/.
each I to the Inverness Dispensary, lOOf-j
to tb« United HospiUl at Bath, ZWl. ; to
tho Western Hospital at Bath, 100/.; to
tbe Bath Society for tbe Relief of the Sick
Poor, 200/. ; to the Bath District Bene*
volcnt Institution, 200/. Tbe residue of
thm property, which was proved as under
80,000/., is lefi equally to his nephews.
Sir Roderick Impey Murchiion and Mr.
K. March isoQ,
GCN. Sir Tuumah BsADroRD, G.C.B.
A(W. 2B. In EatoQ'Square, aged 76,
General Sir Thomas Bradford, GX.B.
G.C.H. and K.T.S. Colonel of Her Ma-
jesty ^s 'Ith Regiment of Foot.
He was the son of Thomas Bradford,
esq. of Ashdown, Sussex, by a daughter
of William Otter, esq. of Welham, co,
Nottingham, and was brother to tbe late
Sir Henry Holies Bradford, K.C.B. of tbe
Grenadier Guards, who died in 1816 from
a wound received at Waterloo. He entered
tie army as Ensign of an indepeodeot
company on the 2atli Oct. 179S, became
a Lieutenant in the following month, and
a Captain in 179^. In Sept, 1T95 he was
promoted to the majority of the Notting-
ham Fencibles, with tbe rank of Major in
the army. He ^rrcd in Irebind during
the Rebellion in IT 98. In 1804 be was
^ent to organiM; the Volunteer corps in
the Nortb of England, and in October of
that year he was placed on the full pay of
bis rank iu the 3d Garrison Battalion. In
June 1605 he became Major in the &7tb
Foot, in which rank he was employed as
an assistant Adjutant -General with the
army in Hanover, under Lord Cathcart;
and, on the return of tbe army from that
country, he became Assistant Adjutant-
General At the Horse Guards. In 1806
he rtceived the appointmeut of Deptitr
Adjutant -General ond chief of th&t de»
partment iu the expedition prepared for
South America under Sir Samuel Aucb-
mniy, during which he was present at the
attack and siege of Monte Video, and at
the attack on Buenos Ayres. On his return
he was for a short time Assistant AdjutanU
Geaeral to the troops iu Scotland; and in
June IB08 be was appointed to the Ad-
jutant-General's department of the army
in Portugal. He was present at the battles
of Vimicra and Curunns. On tbe return
of the troops to England he became
Assistant Adjutant-General in the Kent
district. In 1809 he was promoted to be
Lieutenant-Culooel in the 8Sd regiment,
and iu IS 10 to the brevet rank of Colonel.
Shortly after be joined the army in Portu-^
gal, nod in December of tbe «ame year he
was appointed by Marshal Beresford to
the command of a brigade in tbe Portu-
guese army, with the rank of Brigadier-
General. He served in the Peninsula
from that time to tbe general peace in
1814, aud was engaged at the battle of
Salamanca, the siege of Burgos, tbe battle
of Vittoria, tbe oaaault of Tolosa, the at-
tack of tbts outworks of San Sebastinn and
tbe siege of that fortress, tbe actions of
the Nive on the 9th to the 12th Dec. Idl3,
near Biaritz, the passage of tbe Adour,
and tbe inveatment of Bayonoe and repulse
of the fortie, at wbtch be was severely
U 1 6 I ) III T u A K Y. — Gtm . *ViV A* De JBu its. — A dm, NtMhmn . [ J
woumkd* In Miiy IHK'l lie wam |iromoted
to Uic ntnk of Mnjor-Gcnfral in tltc
Britinh nrtny* imd nf Marabal di; CA114H1
in tbat of PortriRal. For bit iervlc«a
fltiriitf; the Pvniri^ul.tr war be w»i awarded
mednli for Vimi^Ti, ComnTm^ Salamanca,
Vittoria, St« Sob a it i an « and the Niv«f and
received tbe thnnks of both Hotitc« of
FurlUijicnt. He wjiji ftominatcd a Knight
C!ofnt»«ndrr of tlic Tower and 8 word
by tb(£ Princu Krgetit of Portugal, and
A Knight Comtnander of the Balh in
On the conclusion of the war hcj was
appointed to the ftnfT of the Northern
divlNlon ail Mnjor-Gcncrat, whenre, in
Ju[ie 1815, be wan removtHl to the itnflTof
the Duke of W id linn ton *n France, wbcro
Im i;<>mrn(ifukd ihc 7th BifUion in Poriii,
Atit], on tlir reduction of Ibe force^ a brigade
in tht; iirmy of oeeitpation. In 1819 be
w;i)i jt|)|iokntcd to tbe command of the
trr»o{m til Hcotlandt where he I'ontinued
till n I ]irFimot«d to Lieut, -Gen cm) m 1825.
Ill thri mcJiii tira« bo roccifed the Colonelcy
of tho ^Mth icgimrnl in 18*-i3. Soon after
tittaintng the rnnk of Lieut.- General ho
wn^ n]i|>oiiitcd ComQinndcivju* Chief in
liombAy* and a MfMiihur of Coum^ll in
that prcAidiTtiey. Ih* Ai?rvcd in IndU until
the eUme uf lH'i;>, abimt whit'h time ho
wm rcinovtjd to the rnmniHnil of tin* 3(Mli
fr^iment. In I Hit 2 bn hecaine n cominii*
•ioriiT of the ttojal Military College and
of the Uoyal Military Aiylum, In IH U
be Vim invented by Kia| Willkni IV.
with the Grand Crow of the ILuioverian
Ouctpliij! order, and in IH.18 liy Queen
Victoria with the Grand Crom of the liith.
lie attained the full nink of (iciienil in
)8'tl, nnd wun iip|ininleil Colnmd of the
4lh« or Kinj(*K Own, rej^iment in 1816.
Sir T\nmui% Bradford wai twice mirried^
tni) IciivcN by bis l)rat marriage two soni
and three dnugbtera.
lie ninrried, necondly» tlic widow of
Lieut*- Colonel Philip Ainille, and niece
of Ualph Atkiniou, e»ip Hit Km^ond
daughter, Gcorgfana AnRii«ta - Fredprica,
wan married in iHKi to tlie Rev. Henry
Ritdiaid Ridley, Vitnir of Straulon, Dur-
hrtm, younger brother to Sir Matthew
White Ridley. Bnrt.
Gkm. Sir Aut^traTtia Dr Dnrra. K.CJI.
M)r>< 2H. In Camhridge Kcpiare, Loudon,
aged HH, Gonernl Sir Angin^tUK Dc Bulttt,
K.CJT,
He wiiR (he son of Elinw He Ru!t*i> ciq.
of the county of Wieklow, He luitered the
Roynl Engineer* a§ a Firnt Li cut en urn t in
1702 1 bci^amc ('ftptain In I79(>, and LJout,-
Coloncl in INDfi. Il« was prenent at the
•'^taa ofToubn, Ha»t!ii| and Cahi ; and
wBi very favourably meotioiied by Lord
Hood in hi a dcapatchei 00 tbe aarrender
of BftMtis.
He became a Colonel in I Si 4, and af1t«r-
wardii U>T nome yearn commanded the
Royal Kngtncera in Jermry. He waa pro-
moted to the rank of NIajor- General in
the army in 18'2l j wai appointed Colonel
Commandant of the Royal Engincera In
iHiH'; became a Lieut. -General in I837i
and a General in 1851. He woa knighted
by her Mojeaty in 1837.
Sir Auguntna De Untts married in 1804,
a daughter of Francis Mincbin, eaq.
Hia will baa been proved by hin aorta,
Auguiittiit De Butta and James Wbitahed
f}e Rntta, caqri. two of hit execatora : the
person ally in England being eatimsted at
1(),0l»0/. Thin property, together with
eatatejt in Dublin, he haa left to tniste«a,
to raiar iiniiuiiit^s for hia widow^ Lady 0e
tiutta, and bin four aona.
AntimaL NKsiiAit*
N(m. 4. At ?:imoutb, aged 85, Chrii^
topher John WtUiaina Nc«bam, eacj. Ad-
mi rn J on reaervcd Imlf-pay.
He woa the Honof Chriitopher Neaham,
caq. who was Aide-de-Curip to Colonel
Monaon at the cupture of Manilla in 1 l^i%
hy Mary WtlHams, dnughter of Adm. Wnii
Peeic VVilt lama- Freeman, e^c^. who died
Admiral of the Fleet in 18:J(».
He entered the navy in Jan. 1782, aa
fimt^elaii.^ vuhtnteer on board the Jnno
frigate ; ami in June in the following year
wuH prcttent in the action fought between
Sir Edward Hughee nnd M. de Soffrein,
off Cuddalore. In l7Hf}, when alillamid-
ahipmnn, and travelling in France, he waa
at Vernon during an imcuft^ when the mob
were about to hang a wealthy man* a M.
Planter. Tlie Britiah middy, paaiing se-
ct den tally, inquired what tliey were going
to d<i, and, being informed, he mshed
forward nnd expostulated with the frenzied
popnbce. He was derided and puabed
away. Nothing daunted, and antsured of
their determination to auapend their vie-
tim, be once more auceeeded in getting to
tlic atranger, dung to him with manly de-
voted grajip, aikil declared that they might
as wetl liiirig one innocent man as another,
and if thuy bunged M. Planter they abould
hang him. The heroic conduct and the
energetic renolve of the youthful Engliah-
man fortunately appeased the infuriated
throng. He wna carrit'd about in triumph
aa a brave fellow, and M, Planter^ Itfi
WBB navcd liy an inAtsntaneous escape. For
thti act the General Assembly decreed him
a civic crown and a uniform sword of the
National Guard of Paris, observing that
" he who unarmed had expoaed hia life ta
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stve that of M, Planter, would always
make a noble use of tbaC sword to defeCKl
liberty and repress anarchj and con-
fusion."
In June 1790 Mr. Nesham became at-
t«cbcd to the Salisbury 50, bearing the
flag of Vice* Ad m. Milbank, at Newfound*
land ; and on the 17 th Nov* following be
wa4 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
In July 1791 lie was appaioted to the
Drake sloop, and in Sept. 1792 to the
Niger 32, both in the Channel ; and in
May 1793 to the Adamant bO^ in which
he served sncceasivelj on the West India,
Newfoandland, Lissboni and North Sea
stations; and on the lUh Oct. 17D7 took
part in the action off Camperdown. On
the 2d Jan. 1798 he was promoted to
Commander ; and on the 13th April j 1 SOI,
appointed to the SufSsante tiloop. He
wai posted on the ^29tli April 1802; and
on the 2Gth Oct 1804, appointed to the
Foudroyant 8(1, bearing the flag of Sir
Thoa. Graves off Rocbfort, where he eon-
turned until Feb. 1805. In March 1807
he wai appointed to tlie Ulysses 44, tn
July 1^08 to the Intrepid 64, and in July
1809 to the Captain 74, all on the Went
India ttation. In the first of th^se ghipa
he co-operated in the reduction of Marie
Galanle in March 1808. In the Intrepid
he assisted in the reduction of Martinlc|ue,
and was metitioned In terms of high ap-
probation for bis able support of Com mo-
dore George Cockbura. In April 18O0
the Intrepid was severely eut up in an en-
gHgement off Guadaloupe with the French
Agates Uenriade and Fi-licite. In Dec.
IB09 he returned to England, and paid off
the Captain, which was then found unfit
for further service.
On the e^d July, 1830, Captain Nesbam
was appointed to the Melville 74 in the
Mediterranean, where he remained about
twelve months.
He became a retired Rear- Admiral Jan.
10, 1837 ; but was transferred to the active
liat Aug. 17r 1840 ; on the 9th Nov. 1846,
advanced to the rank of Vice- Admiral j and
on the 30th July, 1852, to tbatof Admim).
He received the war medal in 184*l\ with
two bars, for Camperdown and Marti-
nique.
He married first, in 1802, the Hon.
Margaret- Anne Graves, youngest daughter
of the first Lord Graves, and b]r that lady,
who died in 1808, he badan only daughter^
who became, in Jan. 18:il, Ibe wife of
Major Lloyd of the 73rd Regiment. The
Admiral married secondly, in July 1B33,
Elizabeth » youngest daughter of Col. Ni-^
CjboUi Bayly, (brother to the ^rst Earl of
Uxbridge,) and first couein to the Mar*
quesa of Anglesey.
Rear-Admieal Ramsden.
D^c. 30. At Byrom Hall, near Ferry-
bridge, Yorkshire, Rear- Admiral Wtllt&m
Ramsden, of Oxton Hall, Tadcaster.
Admiral Ramsden was bom at Byrom
Hal) in 1789^ the second son of Sir John
Hamsden, the third Baronet of thot place,
by the Hon. Louisa Susan Ingram Shep-
herd, fifth and youngest daughter and co-
heir of Charles ninth and la»t Viscount
Irrine, and sister-in-law to FrauciB second
Marquess of Hertford, K.G,
He entered the Navy in Ang. 1803, as
firat-cloaa volunteer on board the Eicel*
lent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron j and in
Sept. 1806, after having served for about
three years in the Mediterranean, joined,
as midahipman. the Royal William, Hag-
ship of Adm. George Montagu at Ports-
mouth. In the early part of 1807 he sailed
in the Modestc -16, Capt, Hon, George
Elliott, for the East Indies ; where be re-
moved to the Culloden 74, the flag-ship of
Sir Edward Pel lew, and wos nominated,
Hth Oct. 1808, acting Lieutenant of the
Dasher stoop. He waa confirmed 30 Lh Dec.
following. He invalided borne in 1810,
and joined next In April, 1811, the Kent
74, again on the Mediterranean station.
He waa made Commander Hth June,
1813, into the Ferret brig, on the north
coast of Spain, and left that vessel in
April, 1814. In Feb. 1818 he was ap-
pointed to the Dotterel sloop ; from which,
in the following April, lie was transferred
to the Scout, in which sloop he continued,
again in the Mediterranean, until about
Oct. 1821 ; and on the 26th Dec. 1822,
waa advanced to post* rank. He accepted
the retirement Oct. 1. 1846.
Admiral Ramsden married, Aug. 6,
18'27t Lady AnnabeUn Pautut^ eldest dau.
of Charles 13 th Marquess of Winchester,
and sister to the present Marquess.
Major-Gf-v. T, W. Taylor, C.B.
Jan, 8. At Hnccombe, Devonshire, the
seat of his son-io-law Sir Walter P. Ca-
rew, Bart, aged 71 , Major-GeneralThorasa
William Tayior, C.B. of Ogwell House,
Devon, Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst, and Colonel
of the 17 th Lancers.
Ttiis gentleman was the elder son of
Pierce Joseph Taylor, e-Sf|. of Ogwell and
Denbury, by Charlotte, fifth daughter of
the Very Rev. William Cooke. Dean of
Ely, and Provost of King^s College, Cam-
bridge. He was born on the 13th July,
178- I and entered the cavalry service as
Cornet in the 5th Dragoou Guards in
1804; became a Lieutenant in 1805 ; Cap-
tain, 1807 : Major, July, 1814 j Lieut.*
Colonel, 1815 ; Colonel, 1837. He served
as Assistant- Adjutant-General to the forcQ
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Obituary* — Hon. Robert Henry Clive, Af.P. [March,
under Sir James Craig, in the Mediterra-
nean, during 1805 and IBOG. He wai
employed on the staff at the attack and
capture of Java, in 1811, including the
attack of the oatpr>st near Weltevrcden,
and the storming of the lines of Cornelia.
He senred also in the campaign of 1815,
with the 10th Hussars, and was present at
the battle of Waterloo.
He expired in the presence of his wife
and three sons, and his daughter Lady
Carew. Hia body was interred in the family
Tank, at Denbury Church, on Tuesday,
17th Dec.
General Taylor marrieil,on the 1 4ih Jati.
1810, Aniie-Uarvcy, daughter of John
Petrie, caq. formerly of Gatton, Surrey,
and has issue four sons and fi?e daughters.
The former were: 1. Fierce-Gilbert* Ed-
ward, in the Bengal service, who married
in 1836 Sophia, daughter of Major Shaw,
of the East India Company's army, and
has issue ; 2. Arthur- Joseph, in the Royal
llorso Artillery ; 3. the Re?. Fitzwilliam
John Taylor, of Christchurch, Oxford,
Rector of West O^ell and Rottery,
Devon; and 4. Reynell-George, in the
Bengal Cavalry. The daughters were,— •
1. Anne-Frances, married in 1837 to Sir
Walter Falk Carew, Bart, and has issue ;
S. Harriet-Maria, married in 1837 to W.
B. Fortescnei esq. of Fallapit, co. Devon ;
3. Georgiana-Janc, married to R. Barnard,
esq. of Kineton, co. Warwick ; 4. Amelia-
Mary ; and 5. Eliza-Charlotte-Slccch.
Hon. Robbrt Henry Clivk, M.P.
Jan. 20. At Shrewsbury, aged 05, the
Hon. Robert Henry Clive. M.F. of Oak-
ley Park , Shropshire, and Hcwell Grange,
Worcestershire, and one of the Represen-
tatives of the Southern division of the
county of Salop, Colonel Commandant of
the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, and
a Deputy Lieutenant of that county, (^hair-
mao of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway, and Deputy Chairman of the
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, and a
Magistrate of the counties of Salop and
Worcester.
This gentleman was the second son of
Edward first Earl of Powis by Lady Hen-
rietta Antonia Herbert} fourth but only
surviving daughter of Ilenry-Artliur first
Earl of Powis, and sister and heir to
George- Edward- Henry- Arthur the second
Earl of the creation of 1748. He was
born Januarv 15, 1785, and matriculated
at St. John s college, Cambridge, where
the degree of M.A. was conferred upon
him in 1800.
During a portion of the administration
of Lord Sidmouth he undertook the duties
of Under Secretary of State for the Home
Department, and tfterwtrdi proceeded on
foreign travel. On bis return to this coun-
try, and on the resignation of his relative
Henry Clive, esq. he was returned at the
general election in 1818, in conjunction
with hia brother Lord Clive ^afterwards
Earl of Fowi«), as repreaentative for the
borough of Ludlow, a seat which he re-
tained until the year l'^32, when, on the
ebullition of party feeling excited by the
passing of the Reform Bill, he was dis-
placed by Mr. Romilly after a Hcvere con-
test, remark ible for conduct, as Mr. Clive
considered at the time, uncxamplcJ in
the annals of elections, and he expressed
his determination not to place himself in
a situation again to be subjected to the
caprice of those who had once deceived
him. His high and honourable mind was
deeply sensitive upon bis rejection by con-
stituents to whom he had always proved
himself a neighbour alive to their local
ioterests and prosperity, — and a repre-
sentative zealous, true, and faithful to the
great public interests confided to his care
and judgment.
As a proof, however, of the regard he
occupied in the breasts of his friends and
the freeholdera of the district, a few days
only elapsed after his rejection by the
electors of Ludlow, when he was, without
the least solicitation on his part, nomi-
nated and elected as one of the knights to
represent the Southern division of the
county of Salop, a position which he held
until the time of his lamented decease.
Althougli not prominent us a debater in
Parliament, yet, during the thirty-six years
he was a Member oC that House, he exer-
cised such a faithful and conscientious
discharge of every duty to which he was
called, that he attained a popularity as
general as it was well deserved, from many
whose views on political matters did not
probably altogether coincide with his
own. He supported Conservative mea-
sures upon principle, and from personal
conviction was induced to give his support
to the free-trade system as promulgated
by Sir Robert Peel. In consequence of
this he was occasionally interrogated by
some of his agricultural constituents, who
at district and other meetings not unfre-
quently raised questions, and called for
explanations from him, in a manner more
straightforward than courteous. Under
this ordeal, however, he had always a ready
and sufficient answer to his catechists, and,
from his general knowledge of the com-
mercial as well as the agricultural relations
of the country, he was moreover enabled
to iustify the line of policy he had taken,
as being in his view the best for the public
good. Whilst these subjects were under
discussion, it may be mentioned as a noble
trait in the character of Mr. Clive, that
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he waj offered by thfi theti adixiiniistrii*
tioa the peeragr that liitd brcome dormant
by the decease of bjs bnitlier-in-liiw Other-
Arthur sixth Eiirl of Plymouth, but which
he in deference declined, 'on the gromid of
political consistency* and that high eenss
of honour which be considered dearer to
himself than either titles or riches.
As an extensive bind proprietor in the
comities of Srilop and Worcester mid in
South Walea, Mr. Cliire directed much of his
attention to agriculture, and endeavoured
to excite bis tenantry to the adoption of
the most improved methods of cultiva-
tion. In thU he was eminently succed»ful|
as by his own energy^ mtelli^ence, practi-
cal knowledge, and example , he was well
qnaltfied to assist and direct them, and
which several interesting papers contri-
buted by hitn to the publications of the
Royal A ijri cultural Society of England
fully confirm. He also rendered much
assistance in his own vidnity as Presidio nt
of the Ludlow Agricultural Society. To
this it may be added^ that he was a fnoi^t
generous and considerate landlord^ and bis
kindness was particularly evinced in pro-
moting the comfort and welfare of the
cottagers on his cftntci, which was far-
ther happily illuatrated in the erection of
tasteful group 3 of dwellings for their ac-
commodation, and in the proliiic gardens
thereto attached. He was the originator
of the Bromfield Horticultural Society, the
•luinBl show of which excited considerable
Interest.
Id whatever public business he under-
took he raanifestcd the highest integrity,
and he was remarkable for unifarm punc-
tuality in relation to the financial or
magisterial afTairs of the counlii;*s with
which he was connected, and in bia attend-
anoe at the various railway meetings at
which he wa«, as chainuan or deputy
chairman, nfccssitited to take an active
and prominent part. In private life, by hi4
aflfable and mild disposition^ be giiincd the
esteem of all parties, and secured the
regard of a large circle of friends, by whom
his death will be sincerely regretted, and
especially by those who were allied to him
in the more endeared rektioos of domestic
affection, where hi^ lit;ht shone conspi-
cuous, as a husband, parent, master, and
Christian genileman.
Previoasly to the passing of the Mnnici-
pal Act be was for severil years a member
of the corporation of Shrewsbury, and in
1824 be filled the omce of treasurer to the
Salop Infirmary. He was a member of,
and took rauHi interest in, th^* Hereford
Dioeesan Buardof Educ;ilion, and in other
objects of usefulness^ ojji occ.^ision required,
Mr, Clive had a welUatored mine of in-
formation on most iubjects, cultivated in
his earlier years by foreign travel, and sub-
sequently enlarged by research and obser-
vation. In polite literature he had consi.
derable knowledge, and in works of art, of
which he waa a connoisseur and patron, he
evinced a refined and discriminative taste.
In lB4i he publislied a volume, entitled
"Documents connected with the Hii.itory
of Ludlow and the Lords Marchera,*' a
work containing valuable information In
reference to the Court and the Lords Pre-
sidents of the Marchers of Wales, whose
jtiriadiction for more than two hundred
years extended over a wide tract of coun-
try. In 1^59 be was President of the
Cambrian Arcbieological Association, and
occupied the chair at the annual meeting
held at Ludlow ^ when he gave a condae
epitome of the interesting antiquities
wbicl* abound in that locality.
In 1H19 Mr. Clive married Harriet,
daughter of Other. Hick man fifth Esr! of
Plymouth, and sister and heiress of Other-
Arthur the sixth Earl f that lady survives
him, with three sous and three daugbters,
namely, 1. Henrietta- So rah, married last
year to Edward Hussey, esq. ; C. Robert
Clive, esq. elected M,P. for Ludlow in
1851, and marrietliu lHr>2 to Lady Mary
Selina Bridgraan, youngest daughter of tbe
Earl of Bradford ; 3. Mary ; 4. George-
Herbert, now in tbe East Indie^i with the
52tid Regt. ; 5, William-Windsor^ and
G. Victoria- Alexandrina^ a goddaughter of
her Majesty.
Ttu illness which cau(»ed tbe decease of
Mr, Clive was somewhat sudden in its
nature. On the 30th Dec. he kit his
home and happy family in tolerable health
to attend a meeting of the Shrewsbury and
Hereford Railway at the former town.
The morning was cold and wet, and it is
considered that he became chilled in walk^
ing from Oakley Park to the Brora field
station. On reaching tbe board-room at
the Shrewsbury station be was found so
unwell, that it was suggested he should
immediately retire to the residence of J. J.
Peele, esq, town clerk of Shrewsbury,
where medical assistance was obtained ;
but, notwithstanding the most skilful
means were used, he grAdually lingered
with exemplary patience and Christian
hope until Saturday, January 90th, when
exhausted nature quietly sunk in death.
The remains of Mr. Clive having been
removed from Shrewsbury to Oakley Park,
were interred on the 2dth at Bromfield^ in
a vault in the churchyard, constructed
some years ago under his own direction,*
Agreeably to tbe request of the deceased,
* His parents repose within the church,
in a vault which was closed at the inter-
ment of his father in 183H,
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Obituary, — RkJiat'd ffanbuty Gum^, Esq* [March,
the fuoersl was privAte, and the attend-
ance confined to r«latir«s and fricuds, who
walked from the mandoiii accompanied by
aUty of Ihe tenantry. Aa maoj of the
workmcQ on the estate had each a fdt of
hlack cloth ittgt &c. and all the cottagers
had five pounds preiented to tbcm to pur-
choae moumtng, and to the ehUdreraattend'
ing the village school of Bromfteld were
given drcssea and aultabk habilitnenta.
The tahabitanta of Ludlow testified their
esteem for the memory of the deceased by
a suspensiou of bQaiaesa qu the day of the
funeral \ and the corportition of the town
irotcd a retolution of condolence to Lady
Harriet Clive and the family on their tad
befeavvmctiit. A Eimilar compliment passed
from the Mayor, &c. of Shrewsbury » It
may be bIfo stated that the freeholders of
the aouthcrn difision of Shropshire, as
efjndng their tense of tbe anxious and
lealuus servicea of his late lamented
fatlier, unanimously elected » on the Sth of
Ff-bruary, Robert Clive, esq. to supply
hia pUce as their repreientallve in Par-
liament. H, P.
Richard Hakburv GifuwRri Esq.
Jan. 1. At his seat, Tliickthorn, near
Norwich J aged 70, Richard Han bury Gur-
ney, esq. senior partner in the Norwich
Bank, and for many years a representative
of that city in Parliament.
Mr. Gurney was a junior half-brother
to the present Hudson Guriiey, esq. of
Keswick r near Norwich, formerly for
many years M«P. for Shaftesbury and
Newtown, Hanti, and a Vice-President of
the Society of Antiquaries ; being tbe only
son of Richard Gurney, esq. of Keswick,
by hit second wife Rachel, daughter of
Osgood U anbury f esq. of Old field Grange,
in Essex.
In early life Mr. Richard Guruey wab a
member of the Society of Priendi). For
many years he occupied a very conspicu-
ous and In^uential position in Norfolk, as
the head of the Norwich Banking hrm.
He was 6nt returned to ParUament for
Norwich in 1818, after a contest in which
there were polled^ — for William Smith,
esq. 2089 [ for R. H. Gurnev, esq. 2m2 i
and for the Hon. E. Harbonl 1474. He
was re-eleeted in 1820» but in 182G gave
way, without a poll, to Mr. Jonaihsii Peel,
la 1830 he opposed Mr, Peel KUGOeisfuUy,
the result of tbe poll being, —
R. H. Guroey, esq. * . . 2363
Robert Grant, esq. * . . . S279
JonathiiQ Peel, esq. . . . . 1913
Sir Charles Ogle .... 17(>'i
He was afain returned in 1^31, together
1 Mr. Grant, by a large mnjority over
12
Sir Charles Wetherell and Mr. Michael
Thomas Sadler, who had been propoaed
without their knowledge.
The enactment of reform had a contrary
effect at Norwich to its results elsewhere.
The Whigs were defeated in 163?, aad
Conservatives returned —
Lord Stormont 1985
Sir James Scarlett ... * 1936
R. H. Guroey, esq. . • . 1746
Charles Dcllendcn Ker, esq. . 1716
Mr. Gurney did not sit in parliament
after 1832 ; but he was twice proposed for
the Eastern division of the county of Nor-
folk» lirst at the election in Jan. 1835 with
the following rcstilt —
Edmond Wodehouse, esq. , 3492
Lord Walpole 3196
Wm* Howe Windham, esq. . 3076
Ricbard Hanbury Gurney, esq. 2«66
and again at the general election of 1837^
Edmond Wodchouset esq. . 3654
Henry N, Bnrrottghcs, esq, , 3523
Wm. Howe Windham, esq. . 3237
Richard Hanbury Guroey, esq. 2978
Mr. Gurney was, throughout bis life, a
Whig in politics. During the long period
for which he represented Norwich he wtt
ever anxious to promote its interests by
his purse no less tban his persenal exer<
tious. He was ¥ery hi;^hly esteemed for
his great liberality and kindness of heart.
He was a lover of old English h ports in
general, and particularly fond of hor»«'-
racing, but wais ni^ver known to make a bet.
Pi'ubate of bis will hui been granted to
the acting executors, Mr. Jobn Henry
Gurney and Mr, Sampson Foster, with
power rcijerved to the other executor, Mr.
Hudson Gurney. The personal estate in
the province of Cnnterbury is sworn under
5(H>,0Q0r, tbat in the province of York
under 2i»,00Uf. The residuary personal
properly, together with the estates, which
arc considerable, are entailed on the tes-
tator's daughter, her husband Mr. John
Henry Gurney, and their issue, subject to
the life interest of the testator's widow in
tbe bulk of the real and a portion of the
personal estate ; Mr. John Heniy Gur-
ney (tbe teatator*s sonnn-law) being sola
trustee.
The remains of Mr* Gurney were in*
terred on Monday, the 11 th Jan. at the
Rosary, Thorpe, near Norwich, where a
piece of ground had been some time since
purchased for the purpone. The hearse was
followed by se^'enteen mourning coachea,
containing the nearest relatives and family
connexions, clerks belonging to the bank,
and tbe tcnaotry. There were also up-
wards of thirty private carriages. The
funeral service was read by tbe Rev, John
1854.] Obituary.— JS", C. L, Kay, E^q.— fT. Rkkford, E^q. 321
Alexander, Independent mtoister ; the ser-
▼ice was almost literally th« same ii is
used in the EatabliBhed Church.
E, C L. Kay, Ehq.
Nqv. 24. At Manningbam Hall, near
Bradford, Yorksliire» aged 83| Ellis Cuii-
]ife Lister Kay, esq. a ma^atratc and
Deputy Licuten&nt of the We«t Riding^,
•ud formerly M.P. for Bracjford.
This geotlemaa was paternally a member
' of the family of Cimlifle, and derived from
J m common aocestor of Sir Robert Henry
Cwnliffe, Bart, of Livcqiool. His grand-
father, EUif Cualiffe, esq. of Hkley and
High House, Addtngham, married Eliza-
beth, daughter of the Re?. Thomas Lister,
I uncle of Samuel Lister, esq. of MaDmngf-
ham, a junior branch of the house of
Ribblesdale*
He WHS born on the 13th May, 1774,
the eldest Ron of John CunUffe, esq, of
Fairfield Hall, Addingham» by Mary^ only
daughter of the Re?, William Thompson,
I Hector of Addingham. He first assumed
the additional name of Lister on suc-
ceeding to the estates of that family, and
. afterwards, in 1641, the additional name
I ©f Kay, on the death of his father-in-law,
[ William Kay, esq.
Oq the creation of Bradford into a par*
I Jiamentary borough by the Reform Act in
I 1832, Mr. Lister was returued as one of
I its first members, after a contest which
, terminated thus^ —
Ellis Cunlilfe Lister, esq. , . 650
John Hardy, esq. . . . « . 471
George Banks, esq 402
In 1835 he was not re-elected without a
\ Struggle, but the former members retained
[ their seats —
John Hardy, esq. f»ll
Ellis Cunlifle Lister, esq. . - 689
Mr, George Hadfield ... 392
In 1837—
Ellis Cunliffe Lister, esq, . . 635
WilUam BasAeld, esq. ... 6^1
Joha Hardy, esq 443
Wm. Busfield, jun. esq. . . . 383
In 1841 Mr, Lister retired, and was
1 succeeded in the representation of Brad-
^Ibrd by hjs eldest san, who defeated Mr.
l3iisfietd; but on the premature dentb of
I^Hr. William Lister almost immediately
lifter, in Sept. of the same year, Mr, Bus-
1 field recovered the seat.
Mr, Liister married, first, in 1794, his
I cousin Ruth-Myers, niece and heiress of
I Samuel Lister, esq. of Manningham, by
irliom he had no issue ; and secondly, in
l^eb. Itf0£>, Mary, only child of William
^^whauk, pgq. ofU'rwardH Kay, of Haram
|CI range and Cottingham, near Hul^ by
Gent» Mag. Vol, XLi,
whom he had issue 6ve sons and four
daughters. The former were, U William
Cunlrffe Ltster, esq. barrister- at-l aw, and
M,P. for Bradford, who died Aug. 12,
1841 ; 2. John, boni in 181 ft. who will
assume the additional name of Kay on, the
death of his mother ; 3, Ellis, who died
in 1833 ; 4, Samuel ; and 5, Thomas-
ThompioQ, The daughters were, Mary,
married to Joshua Ingham, esq.of Blake-
halt; % Han-ioltc; 3. Anne; and 4, BHxa-
beth. Emily.
William RiCKPOUD, Esa.
Jan. 14. At his house at Green End,
Aylesbury, aged 85, William Rickford,
esq, a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant
of Buckinghamshire.
He was bom Nov. 30, 1768, the only
son of William Rickford, esq. of Ayles-
bury. He was a banker in that town, and
formerly its member in several parliaments.
His first election was in 1818, when the
poll terminated, for Ijord Nugent 854,
William Rickford. esq. 490, and C. C.
Cavendish, esq. A2i>. In 1820, 1826, and
1830, he was re-elected without a contest ;
but in 1B3I there was ogain a struggle, by
which he was placed at the head of the
poll-
William Rickford, esq. . 983
Lord Nugent .... 6u4
Lord Kirkwall . . , . 508
Agaiui after the enlargement of the con-
stituency, in 183^—
William Rickford, esq. . 1076
Lt.-Col. H. Hanroer . , 657
T. B. Hobhouse, esq. , . (^03
lu 1835—
William Rickford, esq. . 855
Lt.-Col. H. Hanmer . . 586
T. B. Hobhouse, esq. . , 508
Dr. John Lee .... 209
Mr, Rickford stood a fifth contest in 1837*
but was again returned, at the head of the
poll^
William Rickford, esq. . 805
W. M. Praed, esq. . . . 057
Lord Nugent . . . , , 540
At the dissolution of 1841 be retired
from Parliamentt He had always sup-
ported liberal Conservative principles.
Mr. Rickford married, Sept, 28, 17DU
Mary Vaotlerhelm, by whom be had issue
two sonin, Willitim and James, who both
died young, and he leaves an only sur-
tiving daughter, and heires^ Elixabeth-
Harriet, married in 1821 to Sir Adtlcy
Pnston Cooper, Bart, of Gadcsbndj^e Park,
Hertf, by whom fihe h3s a uuoierous
familv.
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WauAM Pawson^ Esq.
/tffi* 5. At Edinbtirgh, aged 74, WU-
[liatn Pawftorij e«q* of Shawdoa, Northuto-
Wlmttd*
Thli gentleman was bora in Maj* 1780.
He ent«red tbe Eofal Niry at tbe time
of tbe battle of Caniperdovrn asi a midsbip-
inaQ In the Venerable^ the flag-ihtp of Ad-
miral Duncan^ and snb&equeotly served in
her under liia uuclct Admiral Sir George
I Fairfax. He continued to be actively em-
rvlojed until tbe peace of 1815 in the
ChiDiiel, Mediterranean, and West India
^ Muadronfl, scrring in the Coorageux,
\ Chatapeake, aad other ships. He was
wrecked on the coa^t of Holland during
tbe French occupation of that country, and
WAfl detained a prisoner of war, until ejc-
changed tuto the Deairde frigate, and aeot
boms* as acting Prize Master, in a veaael
she bad taken. On the passage across to
Varmontb, the prisoners attempted to red-
cap turo the ship, when Mr. Pawfon, by
bis energetic mannen, supported by a
•mail crew of a single midsliititnan and six
•earn en, succeeded in aubdaing the out-
break, and brought the prize la^ into uort.
In 1817 Mr. Fawson, by tbe death of
liis brother, George Fawson Hargreaves,
ri^. became possessed of tbe Sliawdon
estates ; and in 1826 he served as Htgli
Sheriff" of Northumberland,
He married in 1817 Mflry*Anne, daugh-
ter of the Rev. R. Trotter, of Morpeth,
by whom bi- has left a son and heir, ViU
mm John Fawson, esq.
W. A. Roberts, Esq.
iVoir. 28, At Bewdley, aged 83, Wilson
Ayleibury Roberts, esq. fcrmerly M.P.
for that borough, a mtgistrate and Deputy
Lieutenant of Worcestershire, and a ma-
gistrate of Warwickshire.
Mr. Roberts was the great-graudson of
Mr, Henry Roberts, who settled at Druit-
wich about tbe year 170 &, and was one of
the first that citabhshed exteDsive salt-
works at that pkce. His grandfather*
Richard Roberts, esq. morried Dorothy,
lister and coheir of William Aylesbury,
esq. of Packwood, co. Warwick, from whieli
source he derived his christian name. His
father bore the same ; and by fietty^Caru-
line Crane, niece and heiicss of Thomas
Cbeeke, esq. of BcwJley, had issue two
sons, Thomaa-Aylcsbury, who died un-
married in 1903, and the aubjcot of the
present notice.
Mr. Roberts was born on tbe 2ard June,
1771. He was first returned to Parlia-
ment for Bewdley (which even then re-
turned but one member) at the general
election of 18IH, and he cootiautM to sit
for Uie boronKh during five pailiumcuU,
.liiasotution in ld5V, when the
operation of Reform rendered bis re-electioB
impo&sible.
His remains were committed on the 6tfa
Dec. to their last resting place in Dow lea
churchyard. Tbe funeral was attended by
John Bury, esq. and Slade Baker, e«q.
executors ; John Crane, esq. banker, Tbos.
Baker, esq. Rer. Jos. Crane, and E. R.
Nicholas, e«q. as frieoia of the deoeaifd |
J, H. Walker, etq. and TliooM liojdv
esq. as the principd mouroeri. Tbe body
was lowered into the gn^ft to rest side by
side with Mr. Roberts's late companion
and time-bonoured •ervanC, Mr. Jamei
Lankester.
ChABLRS JOBxTlK0At, £»<t.
Sept> 26. At Penrith, near Sydney,
New Sooth Wales, Charles John Tindal,
esq, a Member of the Hon, Society of
Lincoln*s Inn, a Director of tbe South Sea
House, and one of the Commisaioners of
Lieutenancy of the City of LoiMlon,
He was the youufceat son of the Late
Right Hon. Sir Nicholas Conyn^bam
Tindal, Knt. Lord Chief Juatice of th«
Court of Common Pleas, and roceired kU
education at Trinity College, Cambridge,
where his respected father before bim had
early in life distinguished himself. Mr.
Tiodal was for several years Marshal to his
father, and his urbanity and gentlemanly
manners will be long recollected not only
by all of his own year at Cambridge, but
also by every one with whom in his official
capacity he came in contact while attending
his father on the various circuits. Shortly
before tlic Chief Justice's death, Mr.
Tindal was appointed to the office of Re-
gistrar of tbe Acknowledgements of the
Deeds of Married Women, which post on
the elevation of Sir Thomas Wilde to the
Chief Justiceship, he afterwards held con*
jointly with Mr. Edward Archer Wilde,
until the appointment of Sir John JenriS|
who bestowed it on his son-in-law, Mr.
Bankea. Since that linae Mr. Tindal held
no place whatever, passing the greater
portion of his time at his hou$e, Milland
Place, Liphook, Hants, where bis health
becoming gradually more and more im«
paired, be at length determined, on the
advice of his physician. Dr. WilliamBt to
try the edfect of a long sea voyage, and at
the recommendation of that genUeman
sailed on the '20th Jan. 1853, in tbe Panthea
for Sydney, New South Wales. At Ryde,
in the neighbourhood of that town, he re-
sided for iome time, but afterwards moved
to St. Mary's, South Creek, Penrith, and
his strength rapidly declining, his constitu*
tiou at leiigth gave way to the repeated *
attacks which had no long been under*
mining it, to the deep regret of a very ei«
tensive drcle of friends and icquaiflUnccs,
18^
Obituary.—/*. A. Cojt, D.D*, ZL.D.
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to wbotn biB aaiformly gentlemanly <uid
aoiMble conduct bad uniTcrsatly endcAred
him.
F. A, Cox, D.D.p hUV,
Sept. 5. At bis reaidmcc, King Ed-
ward i road, Soalb Hackney, aged 70,
Francis Augustxia Cox, D,D. LL,D, for
more than forty- two years pastor of the
Baptist cborcb ia that place.
Dr. Coi wai bora at Leighton Buzzard,
in Bedfordshire, on the 7th March, 1793.
Ha was an only son, and had one sister,
eighteen years hh junior, married first to
the Rev, Mr. James, and secondly to the
R€T, W. Killingwortb ; and she is still
tlTiog. From bis graodfatheri who was
long a respected member of the Baptist
commanitj in tlte same town, be inherited
considerable property. His early educa-
tion WBB received from Mr- Cornfield at
Northampton ; at the age of sixteen be
was admitted into tbe college at Bri&tol^
then under the superintendence of Dr»
Rylind; and he lasUy trntercd the univer^
sity of Edinburgh^ where he proceeded to
tbe degree of M.A* On tbc 4th April,
1804, be was ordained to the miniitry of
tbe Baptist congregation at Clipstone, a
large village in NorthamptOD^bire, where
he continued for some yearsi daring which
time a large chapel was erected there. He
ttibsequentty occupied for twelve months
tbe ptilpit which had been vacated by the
celebrated Robert Hall at Cambridge ; anS,
after an interval, during which be had no
permanent cDgugement, he settled at Hack-
ney on tbe 3rd Oct. 181K Hia congre-
gation then met at Shore Place, in a build-
ing wblch has since been destroyed ; hut
we find from Robin8on*s History of Hack-
ney that in the very next year it moved to
a larger chapel built in Mare*street, and
that Mr. Cox's stipend as minister was
400/.
On bis settlement in the Qeighbourbood
of the metropolia, Mr, Cox took an active
part in all tbe public societies and other
buoineea connected with bii communion.
He wo 8 one of those who aaaisted in com-
mencing The Baptist Magazine (a publi-
cation still continued) in tbe year 180!>,
advatictng a portion of tbc requiflite capital.
He wrote an essay in tbe first uiunber,
and became a frequent contributor. For
three years, tbe uiual term of service, he
waa Secretary to the General Body of
Disscniiug Ministers of tbc Three Deno-
minations residing in and near Loudon
and Westminster,
^* Two thing )i eapccially adapted him for
|>iibUc business : bis habitual good temper,
and bis talent as a public speaker, being
ready, fluent, discreet, and attractive.
His ability in this way, combined witb bis
kind willingness to assist every good un-
dertaking, caused him to be sought for by
tbe projectors of religious enterpriaei and
the manogcra of charitable institntionj,
out of his own circle as well as in it. Hli
appearance was preposaesiiog, and hia
manners were always gentlemanly and
bland. In tbe earlier part of life be wot
tall, tbin, and graceful i but as he in-
creased in years his form became portly,
the remains of his dark curly hair became
perfectly whitCi and bis whole aspect wai
that of afi ne old man/^ (Baptist Magazine.)
Mr, Cox was one of tbe projectors ond
founders of the London Univenity, tbe
scbeme of which originated with a few Dis-
senting ministers. They were introdoced
by Mr. Brougham (before he was Lord
Chancellor) to some of bis political friends,
by whose aid tbe project was accomplished,
but it was determined that no minister of
religion should be placed on the CounclL
Mr. Cox became Librarian, but did not
hold tbe office long. When Lord Broogham
was made Rector of the University of
Glasgow be procureil for Mr. Cox the
degree of LL.D. That of D,D. was sub-
sequently conferred upon him in AmertcS;,
when he visited the university of Water-
vilte.
Dr, Cox's earliest publication wns An
Essay on the Excellence of Christian
Knowledge, published in 1806; the next,
A Sermon on Apo^tucy, 1812, which had
been preached before ** tbe monthly meet-
ing of ministers." In 1815 be produced
Tbe Life of Phi tip Melancthon ; compris-
ing an account of the most important
traosactiona of the Reformation, 8vo. i
and in 1817, Female Scripiura Biographer ;
including an Essay on what Christian itj
baa done for Women ; two vols. 8vo.
This work bos recently been reprinted. In
1894 be published a Vindication of tba
sentiments and practice of tbe Baptists,
against attacks which bad been made upon
them by doctors Dwigbt, Ewing, and
Wardlaw, In 1836 appeared a Narrative
of tbc Journey which be bad made in tbe
previous year in America, in conjunction
with Dr. Hoby, at the request of tbe Bap-
tist Uoioif. Many other pieces, of minor
importance, appeared from his pen; but
bifi principal work was the History of the
first fifty years of the Baptist Missionary
Society, which he produced in 1842, tbe
year in which the jubilee of tbat instita-
tion was celebrated.
His " Biblical Antiquities, illustrating
the Language, Geography, and History of
Palestine,** was reprinted from tbe Encyclo-
pedia Mtitropolitana, in 1852, post (dvo.
Dr. Cox married first, in 161 1, a daughter
of Jonathan King, esq. of Watford, who,
after leaving bim two cbildreoi a son and
OoiTUAHV, — Ret\ William Jay,
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daughter, died young. Mi£s Savory, of
Plymouth^ became bii second wife, aod
WHS hia inteOigent and judicious helpmsite
&nd couasellor during the greater part of
his tniuiaterial life ; she was Ihe mother
of four sons and one daughter. After a
eODiidoruble interval Dr. Cox married the
widow of Mn M. G. Jones, of St. Faura
Churchyard ; and that lady survives him.
Of his serrn children three onty arc Living
— bis iOD by the first wife, and liii two
yoanger ions by the iccood j and all of
thetD were either in AustraiiA or on their
way thither at the tune of hia death.
Rkv. William Jav.
Bee, 27. At Bath, in hia H5th year,
the Rev. William Jay^ the eminent Dis-
•entitig Minbter.
Mr. Jay wai bom at Tiahury, in Wilt-
shire, on (he 3lh May, 17i>d. His [>arentJ9
were pcrtoos in humhlfi circumstances, and
he himaelf, in his younger days, laboured
as a mason's hoy. Having attracted the
notice of the Rev. Mr, Winter, a Presby-
terian minister iii his village, be wag iotro-
duced to the core and tuition of the Rev,
CamBlius Winter, of Morlbo rough, a Dw-
senting miniBter, who wnn much en^nged
in preporinif younjif men for the pulpit,
and whose Life, written by Mr. Jay, baa
lijid a lar^ circnUtion. A mere youth
when he began to preach, not having at-
tained hia sixteenth year, hIa first public
attempt at n sermon was mside in the village
of Abtington in Wiltshire, He preached
m Surrey Chapel when only aiitecn; and
Uiere is no doubt that Rowland Hill die-
certied aomethiog extraordinary in the tad
whom he permitted to occupy such a post.
He has stated in one of hii publtcatlona
that before he wai of age be had delivered
nearly one tbonsand aermona. At first he
preached atvafioQi small places in theaame
part of Wiltshire, aud for nearly a twelve-
month be officiated aa the minister of Lady
Maxwell's Chape!, at the Hotwclls, Clifton.
On the 31st Jan, UiJl, he was i^cttled as
the minister of Argryle Chapel^ in Hath,
having previously for many moniha preached
there,
Mr. Jay^B regular ministry yvn$ confined
to Bath, and was interrnpted only by an-
nual viaiti to London and to the coaat.
By hifl writings, however, he was so exten-
sively known, that few persons of any de-
nomination omitted an opportunity of hear-
ing liim. He continued to be the minister
of Argyle Chapel until January, 1853,
during the remarkable period of sixty-two
years. In Jan, 1841, when Mr. Jay had
completed the tiftieth year of bis minijjtry,
the tubilce was celebrated by religious ser-
he chapel, and by a social meet-
was held in the Assembly Rooms
on Tuesday, the 2nd Feb. 1641, On that
oocasion 8^0 pcraons breakfasted together,
and a testimonial of respect was presented
to Mr. Jay : it consisted of a salver with
an appropriate inicriptloUt and a purse
which contained G50/,
The circumstances connected with his
resignation of the pastoral duties at Argyle
Chapel have been the subject of much dts-
cuiislon, and occasioned n disunion among
his people, which resulted in the secession
of a large number, who now assemhte for
worship in the Assembly Rooms. There
is no doubt that this embittered his latter
dayg, and be has been more than once, we
understand, heard to express bis belief
that thi^ wound thus made would never be
healed. During the last year be has occa-
aionnlly preached at Bradford (in which
town he baa, since his second marriage,
frequently resided), at Bratton, and other
small places in the neighbourhood ; and,
not very long since, he preached at the
chapel near the residence of the Earl of
Dude.
In a desoription of Mr. Jay's manner
of preaching written in 1«19, we 6nd the
following remarks: *'Hii eloquence is
aotnetime^ highly animated, but more com-
monly tender and pathetic. Much, no
doubt, of the impressicm he makes is ovring
to his vocal powers, and his full manage-
ment of their induenccs. His friends know
what emotion he has frequently excited by
a single sentence. There is, however, no
art or affectation in his manner. It is
nature speaking : it la simply a naturol
feeling, and a serious anxiety to produce a
useful effect; and Mr. Sheridan once said^
when he heard him. This is the moat per-
fectly natural orator I ever met with.
** His favourite^ though by no means
invariable, method of preaching is textual :
and so attentive is he to perspicuity and
order, that few discoursea are so easily
understood, and so generally recollected.
He is accustomed only to write the out-
lines of his sermons, and to leave, after
much meditation, the tilling up to the ex-
tempore energy of the raomeut of delivery,
Hia acquaintance with the Sacred Volume
is great, and enables him to bring forward
passages which are seldom noticed by
many others \ yet not in the way of a
fanciful mode of aUegory, hut mther as
supplying more, and better, practical and
appropriate remarks. He frequently pro-
duces great effect by a judicious use of
anecdotes; though, in his anxiety to be
simple and familiar, and to be understood
and felt by the common people, he per-
haps occasionally descends too much from
a very refined taste.'' (European Maga-
2ine, Jan. 1819.)
Ac the same period his works consisted
4
1854.] Obituaryv^^. Z. VuUiami^i Esq*~Dr. GroUfend, 825
of eigbt volumesr most of which bad passed
through aeveral large editions, and had
been republished ia America. They con-
Msted almost wholly of sermons, together
-with an Essay on Marriage, and Memoirs
of the Rev, Cornelius Winter and the Rcr.
John Clark.
His last literary work was a Yolame of
JLectores on Female Scriptural CharactcrSf
originally delitered more than forty- eight
years ago, which has been published since
bis death, inscribed to the Dowager Conn-
leai of Ducie, in a dedication dated in the
very month of his death.
It ia stated that Mr. Jay had for many
J'eara in preparation an account of his own
ife and times, and that it is branght down
to a rery recent period.
Mr. Jay married, in the same year that
lie fettled in Bath« Anne, daughtirr of the
RtT, Edward Davies, Rector of Bath
Easton, and of Coy church in Wales : and
by that lady he had three sons and three
daughters. Mrs* Jay died a few years ago,
and he afterwards married Miss Head, of
Bradford, who survives him.
His body was consigned to the family
vault, in the burial-ground in Snow-hiUr
belonging to Argyle Chapel, on Tuesday
tlve 3rd Jan. The mourners were, Mr,
Cyms Jay, Mr* Ernest Jay^ E. Asbton,
esq.r Ref. R. BoltOD, Rev* Jay Bolton,
Re?. James Bolton, Joshua Whittakeri
esq-, and the Rev. J. A. James.
Mr. Jsy^s portrait was painted by Mr.
Etty, and an engraving from it was pub-
lished in the European MagaziDc for Jan.
1819.
I
Bknjamin Lswis Vulltauy, E&(i*
Jen. 8. Aged 74, Benjamin Lewis
Vwlliamy, esq. of Pall Mall, F.R.A.S.,
F. R*G,S., aad Associate of the Institute of
Civil Engineers, Watch and Clock moker
to her Majesty, the Office of Woods, Ord-
nance, and Post Office. He was the son
of a geolleroan of the same name who was
before him Clockmaker to the Crown, fltc,
and wboie family has held that appoint-
ment by royal warrant for 130 years, con-
ducting their business tn tlie same house
in Fall Mall. Mr. VuUiamy pursued the
art in a truly scientifie spirit, and bad
written much in various places on matters
connected with it. The business will no
longer be continued under the name.
Mr* Vnlliamy has left two sonij— Ben-
jamin-Lewis, who has for some years re.
sided in Italy^ and George, an architect,
and secretary to the Archaeological Institute
of Great Britain and Ireland; and one
daoghter, the wife of the Rev. S. J. Rigaud,
Head Master of the Grammar School at
Ipswich, eldest eon of the late Prof. Rigaud
of Oxford.
Da, Geotjcfend.
Dee, 1 5. At Hanover, in his 7 8th year,
Dr. George Fricdrich Grotefcnd, the phi*
lologist and antiquary.
He was bom at MundeUi on the 9th
June, 1775, and received his early educa-
tion in the school of his native town and
in the educational estAblishment at Ilfcld.
In 1795 be entered the University of Got-
tingen, where he was brought into close
connciion with Heyne, Tychsen, Heeren,
and other eminent scholars. By the in*
ftuencc of the former, exerted on his be-
half, he became one of the teachers of
the Gymnaainm in 1797* After this he
made hiinself known by a little work en-
tilled, " De Fasigraphia, five Script ura
Uoiversali/'' pablished at GoUingen in
1799. In 1803 be was advaneed Co the
ofl!cG of protector of the Gymnasium, and
three years afterwards, In 1806, to that of
CO- rector of the same establish mcnt ; in
lyl^ be was promoted to the office of pro-
fessor of classical literature in the Lyceum
of Frankfortoii-tho-Main ; from whence^
in 18'21t he was summoned to take the
directorship of the Lyceum at Hanover,
which oi&cc he held until IS\9, Besides
many learned and profound essays or trea-
tises, published in the Allgemeine Eney-
klopildie and in other journals devoted to
litaratiire, a ^ery long catalogu e of hit
literary works i* enumerated in the bio-
f^raphy given of him m the Uannoversche
Zeitung. He was, however, pre-eminent
in regard to his literary renown, on ac-
count of the fortunate results that attended
his efforts, commenced in 1809, in the de-
ciphering of the Persepolitan cuneiform
inseriptions, and which have been further
extended by subsequent investigators in
the same department of archoeological lite-
rary research, as Lassen, Bourtiowf, Botta,
Hincks, Rawlinsonj Layard, and others.
Indeed, Dr. Grotefend appears to have
been the first to furnish the key to tlie
elucidation of these very remarkable in-
scriptions ; and in that respect he may be
said to bear the same relation to this sub-
ject that our own countryman, Dr. Thomai
Young, hears tn another hut not less in-
teresting kindred subject, namely, the de-
ciphering of the Egyptian hieroglyphic
writings, aided, however, as he was by th«
Rosetta Stone, and in which he has been
so successfully followed by ChaiiipoHion
and others. In what estimation his la-
bours in the cause of literature were held,
the numerous diplomat be received from
many learned societies in Germany and
other countries will plainly testify. In
1847 the King of Prussia bestowed upon
him the honourable distinction of the third
class of the order of the Red Eagle of
Prussia, and sobaeqaeDtly the King of''
326 OfliTUARY — ^* Arundahy Siq. — Mr. J, S. Siorer* [March,
Hnnover coRferred upon him the rank of
member of ttic fourth class of the Royal
Guelpbic Order of lUnover ; tnd on ac-
count of thb distioction he dedicated to
tbaC sovereign his kst work, on the deci*
pheHnip of the iuscriptloDs relating to As-
sfrl&n and Babylonian Kings at Niraroud,
Dr. Grotefend was no less amiable and
rsipectvd as n man than he was distio-
fuiihed at a icholar. He wan naturally
endowed with a constitution of unuiual
haaltlsinefs and vigour, of which he wiiely
tTailcd him8f<lf by his peracvcHng efforts
In study^ ntid by which he was able to reap
for htmfielf fluch a rich harvest In the at-
trnttive field* of lltcraturt*. In lib death
society in general^ and literature in parti-
cular, hove sustained a heavy loss,— ^om
a paptr bp Dr, W, Campi^ read tf^/utf
ih§ SyrO'UgypHan Society,
Fr\nct8 ArundalKj Esftt
Sept. 9. At BrightoD, in his 47th year,
Francii A run dale ^ eso. architect.
Mr* Arundole was born in London, on
the 9th Auguit, 1807* He served his
articles for seven years with the elder
Pugin I and, on the expiration of that
time, occompantetl Mr. Pugin in hia tour
of Normandy, and in conjunction with
Mesirs. 0. B. Moore, Fcrrcy, aud Talbot
Bury, made the drawiugf published as
" SpecimetiB of the Architectural Anti-
quitici of Normandy/' In 1831 lie went
out to Mr, Hny, who was investigating
the autiquitiea of Egypt ; and made draw-
tngfl of idL the principal remains la that
country. This* gave th<* tone to his future
life* lie afterwards joined Mr* L'ather-
wood and Mr, Bouoml, witli whom, in
1833, he visited the Holy Land, and made
a Very large nnmber of drawinfs and
sketches* He was one of the very few
Christians who have obtained admission
into tiie Mosque of Omar, built on the
lite of the Temple of Solomon ; and of
this he made eareful drawings. Altogether
he was nine years in the East. When in
Upper Egypt he inhabited one of the ex-
cavated tombs, wherCf probably^ the seeds
of those maladbd were Laid which after-
wards terminated his life. After return-
ing from the Ea^t Mr* Arundalc visited
Italy, Greece^ Atiia Minor, and otlier
oarttt, where he made nntnerous drawings.
He had prcvioujily pubtiohed his journal
made in tbu Eai^t, and xvbcn in Italy com-
menced, but did not finish, a reprint ol^
the works of PaMudio* More recently, in
conjunction with Mr. Boiionii nod Mr.
Birch, he published a work on Egyptian
antiquities: but be had not the art of da-
seen ding to popularise, and the sale was
small* Ue had of late years painted se-
Fe/al Urge pkinres in oil^ from his aketches
abroad* Oconpicd as he had been entirely
Afl an architectural nrtist, in«the first paff]
of his career, he had not practised as i
architect t the only building known li|
have beeti executed by him being a Boat^
house at Birmingham, for Mr. Bovi
Adderley.
Mr. Arundalc married a daughter of^
Mr. Piclterfgill, the Royal Academidaii,
who remains with six children to deplore
his irreparable loss.
Note. — During Mr* Arundale*s visits to
the East he collected %Ofae Antiquitief, of-|
which his widow wonld wish to dispose*]
We give a list of them, with their pncci
In our Advertisement sheet, In the hop
that it may strike the eye of some on
interested in sncb miriosities, — Edit,
Mr* Jams 8 S. Store r.
£>sc.23. In King Edward-terrace, Islinf^J
ton, aged 82, James Sargaut Storer, foM
mcrly of Cambridge, an eminent draught4«4
man and engr;ivcr, particularly in tbn
department of topography and antiqult!et«|
In most of his published works MfV
Storer was ansociatcd with his eldest son J,
the late Henry Sargant Storer, who die
8tb January, 1837, and was buried in tht^
family vaidl at St. Jameses Chapel, PeQ^i
tonville, now the resting-place of his faihef.f
The engraved works of the MesBrf«|
Storer, for the mofct part token from thefa
own accurate drawings, arc very numerouiwl
The following U a list of the chief of thci%|
arranged, at nearly as possible, in the ordeffl
of time* I
** Cowper, illustrated by a serien of ?ievnl
iu ur near the park of Weston Underwood
Bticlcs* Accompanied with copioas
Hcrintions. 1803* 4 to. This was a fa? otiri
work, and passed through eeveral i
Many years after its first appearance, th
views were re-engraved on a smaller scale
and from varied a»pects. Tlie new editiofk
is entitled, • ' The Rural Walks of Cow-
per^ displayed in a series of views near
Oloey, Bucks.'' (No date.)
*^ Views In North Britain, illustrative of
the Works of Robert Bumsi with a Sketch
of his Life/* 1805*
A third work of the same character, in
itlust ration of Bloomfield*
'* Select Views of London and its En-
virons*" (Engraved in coiyunctian with
Mr, John Greig*) 1804-5. Two voU. 4 to-
containing seventy-one plates*
*' The Antiquarian and Topogratdiical
Cabinet.'*^ (Also in conjunctiou with Mr.
Grejg.) 10 vols. (500 plates.) 18074L
** Autient Reliques.** (A eontiauation
of aimilar plates.) 2 vols. 8vo. 1812,
Another edition of the " Cabinet,' ' in
combination with the plates of the work
kst-men tiosed . 1817*11^.
dS7
The antiquitiea of Eogtand are u deeply
indebted to James St ore r as to almost aof
other artUt. His works will preserve faith"
ful re&embl&aces of buildiop, many of
whkh ha?e already fallea before the de*
stroyer, and nol a few of which are not
e1flewber« delineated
1854.] Obituary.— %f. Van E^cketu-^Mr. C. Barber,
♦' Views and Descriptioa of the Abbey
of FonthilU Wilts/* 1812. Large 8to.
** Histrionic Topography; or the Birth
Places, Restdencee, and Fuoera! Moou-
ments of the most distingnJbhed Actors/'
(With descriptiouss by J, Norris Brewer,)
1813. 8vo,
'* The Portfolio. A collection of En-
granoga from Antiquarian, Architectaral ,
aod Topographical subjects/' 4 vols*
1B23-24.
*'The CathedraU of Great BritaiQ.*'
4 vols, IBH.19. Characterized by the
late Mr* Pagiti as by far the hfst views of
our cathedrals for accuracy of drawing and
detail. The letterpress waa written wholly
by a Mr. Brown, who maoifeated much
intemperate zeal in his religious and poli-
tical rcmnrks. Mr. Browu died in the
prime of lifr, ia a tour to the continent,
and is noticed in Britton^s Chronological
History of Cbri«»tian Architecture (ap-
pended to the 6fth volume of his Archi-
tectural Antiquities, p. xsix.)*
The plates in " A Dialogue — after the
manner of Caatiglione on Oxford," by
Rowley LaiceUes, Esq. 1822.
*' Delineations of GiuueestersUtre; being
48 Views of the principal Seats/* (with
Deacriptioui by J. N. Brewer.) 1821. 4to.
** DeUncations of Fountaiot Abbey* co.
York,'* 4to. (about WlO,) with plates on
a larger scale than most of the Messrs.
St4}rers' work«| a ad of a high degree of
excellence.
The platea In Cromwell's '* History of
Clerkenwell/' 182 i4.
The plates in Cromwell's ** Walks
thrtmgh Islington/' 1835. (Somewhat
dight, but accurate,)
A large and magniticent interior view of
Kill's College Chapel, Cambridge, look-
ing west. Tlie largest work of tbe Messrs*
Storer. It was not finished till after Mr.
H. S, Storer*8 death, and the fini^bed
ooptea are iuaGrib£d to his memory.
A large view of Highbury College.
J. Vak Eyckek.
Dm. ... At his residence, Place de la
Chancellerie, Brussells, J. Van Eycken,
painter.
His works were chiefly religious subjects,
or epiaodea of life treated allegorically.
Her Majeaty is the possessor of tus picture
called ** Abundance,^' representing a lovely
mother with her twin infants. It i& paioted
in the most luscious colour of the modern
Belgian school. He eichibited at the Royal
Academy four years ago three 5nG pictures,
which were not duly estimated by our
amateurar and were retnrncd to Brussells.
Her Majeaty and H.R.H. Prince Albert,
however, had a finer appreciation of hii
high artistic attainments, and the royal
collection boasts the possession of three of
hia pictures. Before his death he gave
permission to engrave the picture of
*' Abundance/' which will} undoubtedly,
make bis talent appreciated, although too
late for this inestimable artist to enjoy thitt
dintlnction he so fully merited.
While painting a large composition in
the transept of the church in the Hub
Laute, called ** La Chapelle," he bad the
misfortune to fall from the scaffolding.
Although not much injured, it had a bad
effect on his fragile health, oocaaioued by
the poignant grief felt at the premature
death of hit wife, to whom he was so ten-
dei-ly attached, that he never oeaaed to
mourn her up to tlie period of hia own
decettf.
Ml
Other wprki qf unknown daU*
lUuitratiofis to a Life of the Rev. John
Newton.
A work on Edinburgh.
A Panoramic View of that City.
A large South View of Rotherham
Church, Yorkshire.
A »crie« of Views of the College Gates
at Cambridge (and other illustrationa of
Cambridge, where Mr. S. for some years
reaided).
The letterpress to some of the above-
named works is believed to have been
written by Mr. James Storer, though it h
not known that he ever ostensibly assumed
H the position of au author.
I
Charles BjL&Bua.
Jan, ... At Liverpool, Mr. Charlei
Barber, President of the Liverpool Aca*
demy of Arta.
Mr. Barber wai a native uf Birming-
bam, but had been resident in Liverpool
or its neighbourhood for above forty yeara,
during the whole of which period be occa>
pied an eminent poaitioa in relation to
local art. From the opening of the Royal
Institution, Mr. Barber was connected
with itr and acted as teacher of drawing.
H« was one of the earliest members of the
Literary and Philosophical Society, in the
proceedings of which he took a lively
intereit to the last, and to which, in times
gone by, he was a frequent contributor of
papers. With the literary men by whom
Liverpool was distinguiabed during the
first quarter of the present century, Eoa-
coc, Traill, Sbepherdg and others, ne wu
ms
Obituary. — Mr, Philip KHtz.
[March*
on t<;rais of familiAr intercourse, and was
one Oif the first to encoartige and aisbt the
lute TtiomiLft Rick man in hii studicfl of
Gothic architecture, in whlcli he aftcr-
ivarda obtalntid ao much cdebrity. Wlieti
the Architectural and Archieuiogicril So-
ciety WM formed, Mr. Barber gave it bb
warm and cordial aid. He waa one of
ita first membera, filled the office of vice-
president for two years^ and wa« aisiduous
and constaut in hia ntteadnnce until pre-
Tented by recent infirmities.
As sn artiit Mr. Barber waa an tn^
thntiastic lover of nature ; be never wearied
in hb attentive defotion to catcb her
changeful cxpreuBbnn, whether m the
varied and gorgeoaa effects of aanriae, the
mysterioua matUk of miit* or the tpark-
linjj bnllinncy of sunlight on the waterj.
During hii motnentt of leisure bia pencil
wai ever in liii hand, atrivieg to embody
and make patent the aensc of the beattttful
aa preaeot to bia mental virion. He was
a regular contributor to our local eihi-
bUionSf and^ occaaionally, at the exhibition
of the Royal Academy in London. Re-
lieved during his latter years from the
Deceaaity of toil, by the possession of ample
private uieanB, his enthusiasm for art con-
tinued to the last. Above a year ago he
auffercd severely from an attack of paraly-
sis^ from which he partially recovered, but
which left its cflTecti on his Mtteranec. His
mind and right hand, howeveri were still
healtby and aound ; and it will give some
idea of the character of the man to state,
that under these circumatances he com-
pleted two pictures which were exhibited
in Trafalgar- sc|uare» London, in 1849 :
these were, •' Evening after Rain, a lug-
ngo train preparing to ahunt ?" and '*The
Diwn of Day. a foraging party returning."
As President of the Liverpool Academy
he won the respect and etteem of hu bro-
ther artiste, soothing, when necessary, the
g»nuit irritabiU eatuntf and encouraging
the younger members in their aspirations
after distinction and success. By the
Academy the loss of his counsels and sup-
port will be severely felt, particularly at
the present juncture, when they seem
likely to be turned adrift without a local
habitation to call their own.^ Li firpoet
Courier.
Mb. Philip Kiitz.
Jan, 13. At Southampton, aged 49,
Mr. Philip Ktit^f, professor of masic, and
organist of All Saints* Church.
He was bom at Lymini^tonf where his
father estiibhshed hii! reputation as a
mut<ici)tn of consid(*rable emini'nce, and
brought Mp six sons to bitt profession,
Philip, the eldest, early became a com^ioaer
of ball. room music. He canie to reside in
J3
SouiliAnipton about twenty-five years ago,
and showed the versatility of hb talentfli
by composing, beaidea njuch classical 1
muaic, a variety of ballade, of which tti#J
wr>rds were freqaently his own, and OQttJ
scries of naval songs, called " The Song! I
of the Mid-Watch," the Admiralty did]
him the honour of ordering them to be i
added to Dibdin*s in a special edition pub- |
lisbcd for the navy. Besides his musical |
works be was the author of '* Tales of tl*e
New Forest,'* which he was well quuhfied
to write, from his intimate aequaintauce
with the scenery of the Forest, sod the :
manners of its people. He was a grettM \
advocate for the Hull all system, and in*
trodoced it in Southampton and other '
places, and indeed sought to cultivate a
musical taste among the young generally.
His teotiires on music were exceedingly
attractive at all the Literary Instttutioni
of these connties. He was a most brilliant
performer on the pianoforte and viotia^
and conducted Prtganini's concerts when
very young. He has for many years held
the office of organist at All Saints* churcb| '
and there, as well as previously at other
churches, raised and taught a choir, and
perfected the vocal service. His wife and
an only son have to mourn the loss of an
atTectionate huabnnd and father — the pro-
fession of one of its most meritorious i
accomplished members, and the Masonto ]
brethren a brother whom they esteemed.
He always gave a willing assistance to the
craftr and distinguished himself amongst
them, and was P.P.G.O. of Hampshire*
One of his Masonic compositionst *' Faith,
Nope, and Charity," is possessed by every i
Loofe in the province, and is introduced \
at most of their festive entertainments.
DEATHS,
ARRANOED IN CHaOHOLOOICAL 0IH>BB.
AuQ. ... At New Vork, agM nearly 90, Mr.
John Kobk. Ho etnigratdd wboa jroung, from J
(iniflon, near Uorougtibridge, Yorluihlre, amaMod 1
HL lai'eo fortuQ«ii, and, Laving no Imuo, has bo* 1
quj^dtbt^fl It (except fonrteeii thoaaand doUais lui
ciiarttAhle fnstltutlona) ta tiLiown relattvai
of whom rcsfda In Yorkshire. He was an
of the Weile]ran Society for a numtwr of yeacs. I
Sept. II. At Uobart Town, Alfred kargetli^]
cnq. third Mm of the lata Thimias Morgetts, osq. or^
[Ienili}gft»rd Greyi HuiitinttflonsUlro.
ifejit. la. At L mUllftlj , Charles St. John, 1I.I>.
Inspoclor-gcn. of HospiUJ* in Calcutta. He en-
tered the Mrvlce as Ilo«i>ttiU A«Ki«tant in rail, ,
tteeamo rcgimemtHl Surgeon In IB^, dtaffSnrgaoa J
tSSti, an AsslBtaot Inspector 1839, Dvp. Io«|
•pcctor-generol Oct. lM;i, anil iQipector-geiiei
July 1 850. lie wrved in the renln«aJa from Sa^
iHji to the eud of tJje war, and snbae^tieotly'ln]
th« Aniericjui war. 1
A'ov^T. Drowned, at San Jorge, Rio Nscro»J
tttndfli 'trIieTitfl!, In attempting to ford a river am]
hofM T ■ ' Wj Thouiiit Fair, Jan.
itir^ I NrjiiiAA 1 ftir, G.«i. of lldlnhurghi, J
foriii' . . M,i» A>Teii. ■
Aof'. 1 '. Aiicvii 24. ileihert-John, Mcond ma of
Richard BaatmiTe MaxichirkP, esq, of Kuffby,
1854.]
Obituary.
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I
Xot. 1 6 . Aj^rd 67 , M^ or-G^nenl Jmaim Gamp-
beiU K.H. Uta Lteat.-Colon^l of tlie 95th Foot, to
which commission he wa» appointed in S«pt. JS3L
He ftttained the rAnk of Culonel m j 119.4 , luid that
of MjUor-GBntral in I I.M . His body w^s Ijiterml
In the KenMl Gr««ni Cemeiery.
^0«S1. At Meernt, ftffod 3». F(inn>% wife of
Gttpt. fdwftTil Grfrntliam, H..VI. 98th Regt. eldest
d^Q. of E, T. jRHverin, esq, of rortsmouth,
Jfw. 22, At Ipawich. ku hk hdth year, James
ThomdUic, 0*1. ime of tUe few fturvivor* of the old
corpomtion, in vrMch heiterved the office of ButUiT
in theye^rt tHOd, 1819. ie»t».«nd t»19. Ba waa
TraBSorer of the fiiswich Ch&ritic^ for lUAnv yearn
nwSoaAti> the pausing of tlie Maulclpal lieform
Dill, wtieo he wm ehoien Auditor of the Corpora-
tion, an ofRcG which he ht-ld to Im death.
Aot. 2T, At DHltii^ Mrhf*re lie hud Iweo lately
elected deputy secretary and niana<tor of the
Delhi Bank, aged 31» Francls-Hocnaghten, second
•on of Brown* Robeirta, esq,
Dec. t. From a ntroke of tlio *iiii, oa his pa»-
BOge to Madraa, iu the Oriental, Wo day* after
Inrtos AdeHf «|Ecd 30* Frederic J ajiie» Norton,
third Aur^-tiiJiJK too of the late Sir John Bayid
Norton.
Dee. 9i. At Ooacott&h, between Bnv galore and Ma-
tLrafl« aged 39, J«nu« Luin^lalnc Sandy»-Liimj»-
daiJic. Liunt. 15th Li^ht Dragooni*, eldest sitrvlring
of the KcT, Ldwin Sandy« LuiiL-ndaihc, of BJ*-
&Ci N.D. and Ke<:tr»r of I'Pper Hardrefl
slUng« Kent.
At La Goayra, Henry Joseph Lonl»
srly partner In the linn of Fovlos, Lord*
'.and Co^
13. In Jtuimica, aged 4Q, J(iniet>StrtJige,
eldmt and la5t surviving non of €ol. Kaddan.
Dk. N. At Clifton t Comiiwvnder Thomas Jack-
NJQ (i3» on the rtv^ncil list of li*"}l. This otlltcr
entered ttie navy in \nw, iu the ^tarlborough 74,
Crtpt, Solheby^ ►tatloned in tlie Clitinncl, and
iu the followiuif Nor. iMuiovrd to the SnpcrTi 71,
In whicij ho served until ihl. I»is7 ; partidpdtiaK
; that period In Smunnirejs' nclian of 15ih
iSOUthe action in the Gnlph of Ulhraltar,
i'b pOTfUlt of the ilectt to the ^Ve3t Indies,
I>ackworth'i« action off .St. £)oQilngo, 6th tub.
18W, wh<?n he wo.* -^likhtly wouBded, and in the
expeditiou to Co])CQha|{en. Ue then became at-t-
" 'eutenant of the Naaaau 61, which elfccted^
ipAuy with the Stately 04, the cjipture and
ictlnrn of rhp ITfliiKh 74, I'rindtii Christlaii
onftrmntSoii in the rank
n the 17th of the entu-
I vQliiiitHry command »
> kt«, which a^dlifteii
I ill Bart, of i fiUTiiy
'I'lHiintnieiiti were,
10, rtMiuette* paid off Ui
, HI,!, to the VVanp tdoop,
he ^rrv^nl nn the Nor Eli American and
ntU put out of commH-
^< ioot! Uope» Cttpt. Clnvi*.
i^^cst !»on of the Lite
'>-'Un Urownlow O'^-
u/ Sif J oil 11 iMxirn,
of 11
ing \!
»ith >v^>\.. lHi^',<,''I
lit bonnttn^ and i
and *ii^ men. Hi-
ft! 1000 U> Wio t'onii 11.1
Jan. l»$li, utid loth Fct*.
tn which
Meilli'
xioii I
0'
Brc['
J. 1-
Ai i
horn, C'-^i. ttiini -Mil i.( iij.'
Bitrt. of Chlelcsands lYiory.
IMc. IH. At Surinmn. ri;.*r I Ml, A. Mi:i4kinto^h,e^(i.
Dei. 2). At I. till .'Irt ycnr.EdwarfJ-
dohn, «veoud Mils ' i^oc, H.M. late of
Corpus Chri'^ti t'<u , r.
"K-, 32. At 11 jllam Rnj^cr
, <*«ii, t)i "^sr lllchanl
»n, iiart. v\ \ nrc.
Dt€. 'J4. liebcna, xmU: ir w III uun Sagon Pige,
late of iiC4U*boroufe^h, intlititor; and ^luirldeilly, Jon.
1», at the residence of hi* ^j-\-\ , W s Piippe, pollcltor,
Doke-et. IIaIlvUoatcr•«^ ^uguu^
lalaof Scafborough, vol) lie.
At Bajswater, a^cd a^ ^ iford,
Ctiief offleer of the dilp Ik. iv\v j ^[ s cmn-'
pany'a Jier*', only d> lid of the hue l>r. HadfonU M.l>.
L
Gknt. M^^.. Vol, XLl
If0L\ w. At Qtttnton, eo- Northaniptim, anted 30.
>fAriamie-£lliab«th, dde«t dau. of Rev. SB.
Word, Rector of that phiCA.
Dec. 37. At Tonbrldfl^e Welb, ag«d 7d« Hexe-
kiah Brown, c»(i. late Capt. In the Boyal South
Lincoln Militia.
AtBruinptoa, EliAabetU-Purviai, dau. of Ardil-
bAld Kidd, ^sq.
At UrisfeM, Edward Thomaa, e^q. He wu a li-
beral iiip^rter of tlie Temperance caujie, iifn\ had
stihicrib«d b(H. towards the expenses of tlie first
year's agitation of iho rt;'nipf:rance Alliance.
iter. 38. At Rogliwul Ilooxe, Antrim. «i^ It,
Thoma»-Farker, jonn;,'cst jton of Col. Glllmore.
Dk. 30. At Falmoutti, Crtpt. Chflrlc* Penifelly,
H.N. He entered tlio navy in 17%, and served for
itbcteen year* on fnll.pay^ beaidoB rabaequent em-
ployment in the Water and Coast Guard. He was
made Lieutenant m lUiii ; in April II U» ftCtlnx-
Commandln^ of the Gtuidaloape 16, for hia con-
duct In l&adtng: a dlviiUm of the flotllUi in the
attack on Genoa; aod oonflrmed Commander In
September foUowinc.
Jtm. 1. At St, KItts. aged 28, Groce-Wilhel-
mina, only daa. of Uie late Wll3l»m Bowrln, o»q.
of the Pamdiite Estate, Nevis, and graaddati. of
Kear-Adm. dourly, KJU,
At Malta, aged 43, Lord HumUton Fnncii Cbl-
chester, brother to the Haniutn of Don^rail. H«
w«A the fifth Kjn ot Cieortpe-Auffoataa 9d iMrqaeii,
K.F. by Annu, d^iu. of Sir Edwwd May, Bart He
married In m37 HooorJa^Aitiilafiii, dau. of Henry
James Blake, esii. and stater to Lord Waltscourt i
hut has left no tirae. He was an onsucccwfuf
candidate for the county DoneKol 'U the ;^nera1
election of Ii333, and for the town of lieKkst at
that of 18 12.
At Sandwich, Ciuiadii West, af^ed 34, John,
third son of Henry nolioes, esq. solicitor, Konisc}'.
At Nevia. Of^ 96, Pkbcfleld Mills, c^. of tlm
Inner Temple, chief Juatke of that i.iland ; also,
iAv, 9, ai Kevis,aKed 30, Qeortfe lUce Mills, e*a.
hi^ brother. They Mitli died of cholera,
Jan, 2. At Campden-Rfore, Keusingtou, aged
TiS, Col. Francis Uaktuan, of the Hadros Army.
At Bnstol, U. A. Hogarth, qm[, aecoud mu of
the Ute Henry Spence Ho^pulh, esq. of Foni
Place, SUilord,' Essex.
At WaiinfawT, Cordig. QeorgQ HlchjurdM, (u»q.
Into of KpMjm.
Jan. 3. .\tCambermn, Marla-Uenrlettu A^hton,
yonnj5e«it dan. of the late Joseph Aahton, e*i.
formerly of Plalstow, Easer.
At Bally castle, co. Antrim, aged 89, Mary, reiki
of Atexaudur HcNeole, eeq.
JaH. i. At Itcaminster, Dorset, aged 29, Ann-
Margaret, second dau. of Samuel Cuie, oaC|.
At Windsor, aged 72, Mary, wlilow of Jamo.^
Ira^^r, e!*q. of Ik'lloilruii, Inverueashire.
At llUun, tluntrt, nged ha, Mr. liavld Ijiurance,
for many ye«r> itcwiinl to the late Earl of Cury*-
fort and his tru»tees>
Jan. tt. In l>evnuKhire-p>t. (J\ieeu-4iq. Hsoil 8*J,
JiHie, eltle»t dau. of Bcnjanxin Baldwin, euq. late
of Wuk Ingham, Bc'rkii, and formerly of Karlngdon t
and pilstcr of Itobert Baldwin, e«|. of Paternm-
tcr-row.
At the rectory. Great Wigborough, Sorah-Jauct
wil^ of the Iter, ttodfrcy Bird.
At Greenwich, aged 20, Bcg^iuald-Latham, second
pton of tbo late Bev. WBlhuu Bomulalle, Vicar of
Wandsworth.
At f^tirUng, aged 7(t, It. Bum, i^|. U.N.
At Abercora Lodge, St. John's Wood, aged &'i|
Thomo^'Dowblgfin, esq. head of the lute eminent
tlrm of JDowfaiigin and Son, cAbinet maker* and
upbolsterert, Hoant-«treet, Grosvenor-equare.
At CenlhaltQU, Surrey, aged 77, Ann, relict of
Joseph Kftrldge, e»q.
.\t Sydenham, agc«I •'>^, Jame» F^oken, esq.
At Grove House, I'pkt llolloway, Aged 7T, the
widow of Mr. Jame> Gurucy.
At Rugby, agwl 17, Wltlioni, second 6urviTiH(f
•^n of Ro^wrt IlayTnw, c*i. of Great Glenn, Ijelc.
2U
330
Obituary.
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birifitnKiM'ii.
At i.Ui*Uw\T^\. .i^cil 7'). U.- li'iri AtirMlj<-il.i
'Jownnliviiil, t:iir'l 'li:ii;)iri:r of < intr^i nr-t l.ori
ftJiyfiiiii:.
7.1/1 7 Al -^o ii.Miinritoii. ;i<i:ii '.7, MiJi4t<**fli,
r.l(lr4t il-iii. 'il rii- I iN: I ipt. I'.Htiii'l iicniari, ol
J;iir«l<- :'i:i. iM-ir viiitii:i:iii'|i>i]
At l>4vi|i^!i .^ati-i , ri<!iii IMmIi M. .i/c<I Mi, Crfpl.
W. iSriii ",ijil»>
Al I *■ '• r, .1. ■ 'I M. Ml I. i-i < /.Mil. Mur I •on t,[
l}i<:|.4t«- l.'iiiin I'M '.;Mii,- •( 'it) ■ -<Tnii'1 [.'nnl/iii
Al Hi. II A,! i-"'.r/. Ml- i-,iiTh<ihiii\ Mary
'•■■rrm !■■, win- u. \if:li ti|< 'ih ( h ,;,.v
I-«.iji-..i, .i:«-.t 'l.i.i i.t th- 1 1'- III-. \MlliAiii
f.'r'j*v«'. »'.! iiiiriv v ir I''- '.■/i 'ir \\-in i'.ui i--,
illi'l '•! I.U-i\;ii.i.ii L. ili.;i
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U\ ii<-^filif:iiM;-lii|ii<li[i^- ■. »:•• ir l'...'i
At ll'ii'ii ■. 'i.ni.ni-l lii-.n*^. I- i|. «,f lJt«; iMi
i-'illih-iv l.iKlit 111'. -I-' ii-.'l H ,11 I.I :hi: U'!v. Ji«:i.i
lial': liii! , l.'«- toi II! Nr-v>i'ji|ii|i', >iiMitik
Al .^i.iuir-ii l-iili.i«, 1 iillifiiii-r'i.-i'i, .i\f*"\ 'I'i, Nfr*
Ililiiiiiiii;.
At H '■ I'- i'liy. I |.-l.>rii'", licuiti, Ann, wlf»i »if
t!i«! I{<'v. r VV. I,ilii-l-.i<iri«-. I:i-i till fit I |i.I.yifii-,iiii>l
only '•iirsiviii;( il.iii t,\ ihi- |,iii- |.fliiiMii>i I'(n:1, c-14
of W)tliiii:.'ii>n iiiill. N'irli.lk.
Al i iinrui.i •'. \\,||,. KlintiiJ-lli, witi! it itir it«v.
.1. .1. <;ill!ii.-., In- iunlH:Mt 'ii ♦»! riiMi.wMn' Trif.
l^llMldll.
Ak'i-'l 7;», I'lliii ll'ri'it, r-'i rir »-i||im|iilN, fjor-
wlrktiniT.
Mri. i I jrniHiii t'nylf-r Hull, wlili.\». Ihi- Muter
of l.iiMii. <!■ !i. ( Mvii'i, 'if <iiyl« I M.mnr, i'\i\tr. ut
r;')iHl I|..;h'.
Ak<^<I '>7, M:iiy- \nii'', i-li|i'it li.ni. ol the Ut<*
John ilii.{iii>, <- -fi. "I |i iililifli.
In liivht'i' h- "1. II :«■■! 1*1, wlnl ■ dii n visit In tp-r
Win, <f*-iiii I W l.vil«kl;iT, i"wt KUr«lii:tli,n'llrt of
idrhiinl l,v'li"l;lii. t-Mi M h. f.f SI. IVln'ii, St.
AIImii' .•.Illy iiii./lili-i •»! llii; btH Itoliert Wiflff,
("HI. Ill li'oiivrll, i. IH'*.
At K' niiitiL'iiiii-t«-ri iro-l dr,, |fi| ritninn, /■•((.
Al I'.- . Ill", ..l.-.ii;., .l;;l-ll h'l, S, ,|„„ J .iw.llil
ill«-li4Ml>'., *"*{. (.lilt, in III- l;viiiial aiiiiv, from
"vliteli lie rvllrd In iH-iH.
At l:i« f'-^TltriM 'if K«T VyT.-in-ifcw. S^.-iUumptAT),
2^'«! »'>.\T.i:.f. -'."■..,■' 0.' Iri'/s^M Cari^l/^ipii«r
S;ie. k. J: .'.".
AiCts"! M. ', .Af .t*. .. >ar.-t-: if>r. of J'/iei»:i aykei.
Mr .J^.-.-.-ii ■ .r!, t,-. Je*. :.-••.. A.;:r^A>.a&d
v.,i*:r-\iw. l*.,-i/*o;.. Mrrrji/cr of ti.t Court ot
C'lnifAoii «■'.:■.'...
A*, hr.rfhlin. i-.'*:'! «<•., i::. >la. «:fe 'A K. C Webb.
•:i^|. 'jf We:.: .■■.':■. -i. i.^-x
y<ii> - a: l.-ii.Ji I^;^irl, .*jrrej, a;;*! 6i. Wil-
liam .\ I -■-«•■, i: j
>'i']'!--.iv. .ft^'e) '.'i, *•«:.. 3« I 7 'Wii: buciuU, caq.
of i,«:«:'l-.
Kiiii.y-Iy. i.«i. .%.f- of... e i :<..-. 'jf.r,:*: Crebbe,
l:'^\^tT of M'T'.o'i. N;ri'.;k
^•. lUr *. '..a.".-l 71. Mm. Sir.ii. I>u:.e. relict
of J(*:iry I»i-H'i':. '"J firr.'jv.iv '.r lUrwi'h, At.l
iiiOt:.«-r it If. "f. I>-:i..", '--q -wi. iiror. C'll uerter.
At i'.«uiliiii{. lier*- Mj^-i ■>, ller.ry 5i<:;ilien«
]r.-«:r, I'lyriii •.' . I'. S. M-iJ/. f'lrrneriy ."xxre-
Mfyto t..- :'*'.- Vi'i-.A'ir.i. -if ". .larle- i'curcrc,
A'lijnral >jr K':«-4r I ''•Klr.:i;."i.:i, iu
.\t l.'.A*:-, .1 ■'■ I 7'., .Mi . S .-Jin*:! i i.nt, J'/rintrlj
a l^iin^T «r. . i{.'.j';r:..:it ot l . 1'. t'jAn.
At "nV.i:.. ;■•'■., . ;:i.. ■■ . *."'■ '■: I-i .. -i'lrovc,
«:•«( ot ti.i: ll'-y^: iiu- »• Mm: .1, :r,>l v- firi;:e*t<U:j.
.j| III*" jittr |{i'>;ni« i;ii.i'/.*-«|. of .'*.'idM-jn.I>vvon.
.^t »«Mitria:ii;u •.!, v^l *'''* ^ ranr«r«. ttife of Lieut,
"rt-o*!".
Al her brot.'icr'i leii-i-n- •:. S/..'l>'i}am, Utrk*,
■il"'l *'). '^xr.'.t if iriiii:.. '.f Oi'lin.;.
M ifow.i:-ii. I'.iin, .^L-L 'ii. ^r^ llArUira Hen-
li -JiO;.
A;,"r'l 1I..I ■.-.!. K -..:..• i."t Mliott-linj^'f?, Hlack-
tiMtti, .irid f-rr^h-wiurf. Luri'lon fln'lk;-.'.
Al I^in-lir '. I. ».".-<l III, <:athcr:iie, Wulnxr of
.fiilin Crtlliinl M.ini.vll,fV(. of fiat {ilitrc. Attorney •
nt*laMr. nn'i eliJfi' •iirvlvini{ %L*l<:r of the lut«
.\din. Sir IFio- M.i-ti.-niiAii Il;ir']y, bait.ihistmw
of (lrt*cn»i(-h ]lo<|i:t'ii. »li'! wiLs inarrifl in I7h7.
At MH^tiiik'«.iii'';'l '11. l.niiJy-l.>4vii<.iiife of J Amen
Mure, cs'|. oi<jl«iiii-i'sttr-j>l. I*i»rtnian-«i.
Al 1h,\eT. iit'-'l 'il. .\rtliiir-ll»-iiry, youii;.'c^t "On
of Williiini s:iiikf y, i'M|.
At Ho'it^ry ( -iSt.iyi'. inl'ton. hgfl C-'t. Mr.
Tinifiliiy lifLi.n Miiith, ii|.iti:li ot 3^' ye.iri* parub
« lerk 1.1 rti. iJcn-'t'- .m-l .*»!. I'l'-'ir » r4iil'--wlurf.
In briit'il, :iif"\ :i^,li. •froij«» Mnifn IncWett,
b.t<i. rrciiliiir i.t tnc l{inV.i:i}iUy Court, .inil for-
Miiriv of ll'i'i;t'i:.
At t»ii- ]'.' tiiy, '•'■Mir. V\',unli''ri#fi,ih, Ifant^,
• 4U!i:rin<-, V nlo'A ol iliif l>v. I iio-. Al •!'■:. V^arrfii.
Jftn. 't Ir, '*t'.l:e .Si wintjl-in-iKjii, u.if'1 f,0,
!■ Iin MmTill.i-«'j
.\t saii'l ilnttoii, '.'.ir \ork, a'.'>:'l 7''. (.'olori«:l
.Mi'-Miii'l (:h:Mi-i-,< .It. lull: 01 IlK- lllh l^ra;:oon«,
lUijrli re^riiiK-iii 111' 4-iil(:ii-il.if Coriif't in ITr.t. lie
l•^v*^l in tli'- I'l-nin^nlii. viu- ■ip|iointi'-l .M.tjor of
Isriirs'l'- III I'll 4, iiml w.i^ pn--«Mit ut WuinrhM.
Ill I^'vonniiiri'-.-^t. I'iiitl.inii-i»l. Jiiiic, wlfo ol
AHreil Klninn*, f<<|. A.K.A.
.\l IhoiMiton, .r.;'l .'■'•. Il'-niy <i»'rvi*,**''rj.
At hriKhtoii, l.o'iiiii,|iiiiiih d.iii.ot the Utc-lohii
liall, (■«(. oi fill tHlft'lr, M|is'-i.
At Wift.i lull, m. If N.intMii-h,ii;.'t-il74.rcnel<i{i<>,
i.nlow III .Ihuiv VViilliicll il.iiiiinoiifl. C'l- of Wi<-
t.illUII fl.ili.
A-j:rtl It, .Iiihii- 1 iiov youniTKit -miII ot the late J.
'1. .Ii'fliTy. t'^i ot ro.\ I'ltt^, Viil'Jiiii;, Kent.
In Scynioiir-|il. l.ii«t'iii-H<(. ngvl '21*. .Ibdc, wifu
III ,1. i'. KintHJi, e>M|. .inii yuuiiKvit ihtii. of Jienry
I'nKiinhriil^o-. iw|.
At tho fioiiM- ol libr siin-in-l.iw, J lani] intend ,
I>omthy, n-lli-t of .S. I'arkiM, lw]. of Uirinini(liani.
At J>aNtiin, Kllzdt>etli .si*w11, nif«-i' ot Cliri^-
toplipr \Vat*fin, i"^\. ninl ttilnl il.iii. of the late ilev.
.fftineN .Sewfll, Vii-ai nf ftiii'iulpli, MafTortl-iiire.
At llithnUi-U'rrM'p, York. m;wl li3, KUnxU'th ,
wnlow ol lli-nry luft, ,M.I>. Wc-iloynn iiiiuMcr.
At lirlL'liliiti, atf'il U'.t, riionui'- Wllllain Thoinp-
•iii, i-w(. Ill I <if lliilii^wiiish, .SutVolk, fo:- ni:i::y
yf«rt 11 riiniilcnt At ^Millt>lW"|ii,.ll|l| i\ iiiiKi-tritv c\
tliAt l>oruui(li.
teyl
1654] Obituary*
In St. Pitil'»-aq. Ttiirk» i((ed SO, Jum, widow ot
TTlo*. Tnton> esq. Df Farnhun And Knjureaborott^b.
At Uncolti, ig«1 6S, Mary; ftistor of Gomnuuiafir
John VVUson/B.N.
id F«cklu.m-iye, aged 77 » WilUiin, tacond imr-
iMlf son of tb« Ub Jobn Woodl] ridge » tmci. of
MMMTwetl'^Kreini .
Jhn. 10, WhtUt on a ri^it at the jresideiic* of
T. L. 0«ry, es4), Daventrj. )D% .Une BaUiiitflitor
to tti« Utti i>. Batlin^ enr]. surgeon, of Brannston,
JbnniB'tjr of Daventry.
At Calais. Lcmp^ter Biilkclor, eiq. C«pt. uoat'
aehod, lat*" or H M. 4nrh Kc^, aad yoaiij;;e«t can
of the Vi "■ , nf Huotlv Hall, SUIT.
Ftjji ] ;d«arda, <M({ . and eldest
di«^ ' I A, esq, of Brighton.
At - ,t, i f TOima, widow of Itie B«v.
Jolin
All :ri,1liomaa OrMi), isaii.
At Vi »rK^^c^^U'r, Mary-Anne, jnungest dftll, of
b0lfit OifiC. aUb«rt IIcaai«ote, UN.
A I Nifwai-lt-apon-Tre^nt, a^fcii 82, Aiin«, widow
p'^-^- ♦■-'■*-+-- -; nud only Hnrvlving chtM
ick. 09^. of tUc Ponds
. Torktliiny.
At i.tjiitiijucun, i.ucir :i,yQuni;estdatiffbterof the
Ber. J. H, Hunt, Vicar of Woedoii Beck, Nor*
thamjK
In i<ondon, aged tl« QetAvla*, eon uf EiehaAl
Lloyd, e^.
At lircut hentloy, co. Eaaei, ftgfd IQO, Mr. Jai.
London . fie had, to the Uut, a heauttfiil tac«d of
llatr, of raven blacknu^A, wltli acarcoly ft tinjfe
of gray.
Aged 99, Samuel Flttt, eac;. of Keppel^t.
^RtUMU-ea.
At VeotDor, aged W, Ckorge Rubtrtion, t«q. of
' litmehotMet Lonuau.
At Bralliford rectory, aced 55, SXarla Shirley,
widow of the Bi«hop of Sodor and Man. She wojv
tlic dao, of WDUaoi Waddingrton, e«q. waa married
to the BeT. Wultcr Atur Shirley (aflarwanLi
I Bishop) in 1827, and left his widow In 1^47, hav-
HOe one too and one daughter,
1^ Klppil Bouee, Fulhatn-ruad, Dcirotiiy-Mar*
Lrelwt of Charles Shakealiafl, ««ri.
At Dllchett, In the |iarijb of Roec A<*h. Devon i
Jobti Ayre Ihoiuas, mq. leaving a widow with
IhreocbiUdren.
.il. At Lhbon, Aged TO, William StieUon
^_ !tt. esq.
* 41 Cherry Burton, aged 66, David Bnrton. eeq.
At Kcrtciringhain Pvk, KorfeUc, Catherine, In-
btit dan. of the Rev. WlUiAm Hay Gurney, of
Murth Kuncton,
I dS, John Harvey, esq. of Tlckmoad Howe,
y, Glouc«fter,
1 77, Harriet, wift of John Litcbfletd^ mq.
' Ibr^rly of Keppdnrt. HuneU'iq.
At Onalow-iq. Brompton. aireti &9. Sna^n, wife
Of Ilajor-Gen, Macdooald, Royal Artillery.
AtOamden-iown, Mary-Palm (!>r, relict of Lieot.-
Col. Hoore. ofU.M, Utb Foot.
In Upper Bclgrave-place, aged ea, Mlctmel
Rowed, eeq.
At Mavehftlle, Sawbrtdgeworth, Herts. Willl«m
atnrgcoin Sfioa, etq. eldest eon of Uie late Rev. W.
£. Siin9, Rector ol Wt^it B^rgbolt, Essex.
At Margato, aged 79, Ann, wi«s of John SUter,
At Plyinootli, aged »t. v " , m-
perinteudeiit enghiaar oi ^*
water. He waa a native > ; ,v*At
the sami«9tion of hi» frieiari atj'i > uururyiiitLa tbo
late John Renuio that he wjw appointed, on the
Id Deo. l«ll, to the Flymonth llreakwater. wltti
which he waa eoanoeted frooi Ita commencement
tu ib« perio<l of hi» decease. Hii remobu were
Interred In kia fiunfly rauit to the New C«aielery,
Ptymontb.
The relict of Eercalea Tailyour, esq. of H olden
H«ll. Forfer.
At Waltafi>on-Thani«i, aged i», JoaniM, relkt
of Col, John Taylor, a.E,LC,S.
asi
At Newetfdo, iged 74, Uary-Sedier, 4«a. of tiie
late Jobn Todd, eaq. Tofts, near Haydon-brtdge,
At Hasting*, agrd 47, Lieut. Thomas Prynr
W'hooler, Hji. He entered the service IH09,
pouvd hln ejjimioation IH16, and obbiincd hiji
commisalon 1826.
Jan. Vi. In Of>t-k-«t. Bitrllngtoo-garden*. 4ged
dO,CharlcA ' -" '". esq. of AmoM villa, co.
I>nlillo, an J i u's-inn, barrLster-et-law.
Aged fi2, ^tjetb, reUct of Henry
Berry, esq. ur ^H..iM.'ii--i.j,
At Kottinir-tiUU Reginald Cliarles Jones, !<econd
son of iWKTi «Jliver Jonci, esq. of Fonnion Caatlo.
At Tumham^ffTcon, Midd)c.v!x, Fran^'oiie Plil-
Uplno HenriitUe Loohmann, dan, of the late C. G.
LocbiifaiHi,e<H>> l^oyal HlUiaryCoUcKO, Sandhurst.
At T - ' c, CO. Dublin, s^red 87, Emily,
relict
Aj^ .m-en.osq. of Exeter, aoJidtor,
At t.n. iuiiimui, «ged TB, John Gregory Welch,
e«q, lute of Arlc Hoiuc, ama^irbttnMte of the county
of iflonconter.
At Green [1111^ Kadiiiole, aged 74, George Wela-
ford, e»q.
JoH, 13. At CocnpntAll, Cboshlre, aged 74,
George Andrew. ei%q,
A^ «1, Jamcw Alien BoB, eeq, of (Jre»( Oak*
jTHain
f'onipton, eaq.
' Ku\ itif^iy, Cbarlotie, wife
''<^-, Ann, relict of Aiex-
* ■-'*!..
L'ed 75, Agatha,
-'^ find slaier to
-t> F. Hoff-
imjf, esq. of
.i»«-% ii)\} :*r, 'Iter,
|^Eed 70, Jean, widow of Thos.
i- Richmond, Margaret^
'ft. third ■urvirlDg MO
!i Sophia Powler-
.VI. of H,M,Cns»
l^rlor, etq. Upper Charlotte^.
' ■ '' irj% wife of Henry Shcp*
Fllirr
At
pard, .
Ai:v •r{^WnrHlrf»tf«?,of Poyltt
park, >ui:-' ■ ' ■ U'fifH.il.**
7tb Hegt. 0^ I C.S.
Jmn. 14. ..^ of Mr.
rickering, AnMy» loniiitirf, liirci 't*, .Jane,rell«'t
of Joaepb Bawlbrd, esq.
At Tunbrklge Well«, Anthony George Wright
fiiddiilph, esq. of Bartou Park, jiui-wx. He wiui
the eldest son of Anthony Wrlj^ht, esq- ^7
Lucy ht» wife, daiigbier of Edmnntl Plowdeu«
ej<q. and grandson of Ar ' " i^hl, esq. of
Wealdside, Eist'X, by All knd co-heir
of John Blddulph, p-q - i'^ Bwrtoo,
throuffb whose ni ' I heir
of Sir Henry *i Mr.
JHddnJpb woA a cii 'itt*.
Ho fueeeededio ill
orbbklnsonui Joi
hi lli35, and assui.
tional iurnamii and iirin!f ur l^iuoiii[ii]. tic mur-
ried in 1^71 C^thftrine*DoTOthy, eldest dan. of llto
Ule S. T. ^^t*yj>^, «!W|. of rhinby. by whom he
leavi'/ ^ ' •' ' tiiony-John.
At , tigod S9|
Wm. . ■ iti;vn.rn^.
At ncner.iirii it<»n.-,H, u.-.n- [^.iMiin, ntfed 72,
Thomodi Boy**, esq. of Dannow. '"o. WcJtford. He
waa the eldest 6on of Samaot Boyie:, esq. of &an«
now, ^ Dorothy, dan. of Robert fhaplond Carew,
osq. of OMOelKiroagk, hi IIm mmt eoonly. Ho
Obituary,
[March,
«rM ftt dl Uflie* i. Arm aJvocAl^ 4ir UberaJ oplnloni.
^...1 ,.,. .r.M.„4||| (rtood of TJiouMn Moon, vliOMB
iri«ir H ^mBtfimi » m inttraiMaf
At ttie rvdd«o«« of hU •an-ln-l«ir F. II. Il«f-
<luUI» wi. of Moitttoti, tt^ n^ John Brjnui,
e«j. B.N.
At l.««ininj:toa« ikoi) 64 « flkhtfil Iti>re Crokcr,
et^i, Ll«ul,-Col. In Ui« l»tU (UtfUtiont uf HoMar*,
•ar«nd vin of tUc l«te Kdwanl t 'raker » e«|, of Itot-
Al TJ^UbnJ. Mr, K1H*^'V 'i - ► -'.r nnA
nuUlHitit«tir»J Iristninwn^ whr)
■Qttalned ^erlniu InJiirl' tlit;
r..*t..,-.. * .„.,.f;... i>,.>\,..,, ^ .iU«»f»
' iitnoiJ irom ihi* unlbri-
^ > ':4 ycftm wife of Ui«
i{«r spri»jrtoi>, Devon.
At i hiiiK'ton, ciq. for
mutt: .; (..^ex. He WM the
Kficr«l UtutUrtNl
'"' M'Mir)- Miicliu,
...r ..f sir
t U«x
t Mc-
mir J
'", fo.
**'"' ■
. . 1 :«OM ;
,, .1, '■.,;■ i:.»)ii
VWiitim (who «■.
1... .'.„ : ,.,^,1 »,im>,.
>fr. MofK^in hji*
n ■,!■• 1 ''l^.tlipr.
Lmlfr-" ' ■ ' 1-
.. ... ..>:y>.
A^''
|jrt>lt» ev], {itifl of the jtiik
tico-
rr'V.
AL ■
.1,. ..,M*.I 1n> \(r> r*
Uiy -
Msnl L
of ti^
iMl '
tiiiil-
^,__,.,^,_..^ ,___.
Mlie r«Uin«4 the povieMion ul aU twr lM;nilii;M
jUnacMt nnjin{i«ilrM Ull the late«t period of her
eil*t*'«t^!i,
At I^wMmui, tttftvi G4, lIchiTr Si»AiTOW.ft»q.
At Sicv, jwrc^l :w, the Jlun, WUIiiim lliuitiltott
Stiwrt I' "■■ f ■'■ ►f-lnw» fniirUi anil yon ngoit aoa
ofOi i'»tuiirt.
J<f , »^wi K I , Juhu .Vnnfttronitt «m.
At .: a;i n4lvAm-ed jmj1», CtttllCfintt,
wMoiA ■ ! ; . , (jjw], dttu. of tlie Iter. \V. .SOoUf
Ih
U«lph UriindUug, Mq.
41, rcUct of Jolm Klii|{-
ikm.
At
i. ICn. FrsQtitt Mltchvll,
iAU:u
l>or»<?t.
At ) ork .
J ho«. 8i«Al«, eiq. tocoQa
tUn. ofMr i
^ l^menthurpc.
At
ti.^r .
i 1 Doutrhty-d. iic«d 7JV,
*T'"
1 ]iou»s WnMi.
_ ;,„. U4^, MQ. of L^pwr P«rk,ki,
»-, . .. -.»
^ii««^, ^i^or«Hi^» fwupgm dim, o(
tlio lute E«t. J. F, Browne IMimi* of WMdftaat
A«f4 iJkf lohn Jatnr i t^t* Ittli
lloynl Utic«n« of Burde » i * li<? ««■
tli«ooW«ir?iriiip •>■"■' H.rjaygr,
d«a. of Antlicmy i vibf
rtrtnce, co, L«ic, «. . . i l«
At 11ymi>ath,«cpil m. Carpenter,
fortiifrly e maatar prtittf" > i&t L<iUlaii.
He WM the fiUtent perwiii ,......, v ,-.irt of A«4A-
«Eit4 of the CouipAnf of ^tetionerv* buirtag bean
etocied A 1lv«r|iiutii lii 1769* called m the CSrartla
I83R, and erfTed •'" ■'«■'' ■' xi-*^^ i-i IMft.
Mr.Carpeoterw*^ nUM* i
inan, and retired i 'tMlu
At Bury ^t. eduw._ . > Oati.
uf the Iftte J* Crotm, c»ij
JnCbcalartlild-el. ast-'i •dkA.Mi.
At Brilfbtoii, ftepldapLU — c..v,,;iir, wSdOV of
the fter. John CouttiKf « Keetor of T ' ' '
Surror-
Bn.i m|.
A> u^ntdTftJ
TrriM t 'iium Ofwrne, of
jhur tv«lilre,tnd
•ntit ' I .
* ....^-Carmlcitael,
tuwke lJuv«y« ««q. Wfrlcgr*
rO, I
"■•'\ 76, nionuM H*Ck«ioe«
AL *>a, nionum MftKOiii #ai|.
At .^.. .I'm, Mary-AiLBf dai, of
Nr, AiilemjuTi JKwugcTldirf,
Jau, t7. •! Hry-n. M.wffi:oirierjrahlrB, fS. K,
Wytbcii lt&£Ur, t^|. Riitlior of the Hook <tf the
BiuiUle^. Ac.
IC<her-1 runccN, nifi* of Laocuini $, Oax4i,eiiq.
At lUth, «M<o«I <>' \v.n(,.,v, rnmifiln. M.D.
At l^el*?r, iu-< relict of ^aiUBil
(Jafe4<:k« f*i, M.l* ,
In Itcrncrn-it. ^ijv., .,., t». .(*> (l«datle, esq.
At Oakley tfoone, Atptia-nNid» Oarollue-ilrAi e
FUJicr, fouuffcst lurrirliiit dm. of John t'Uher.
eni^ formerly of Mttlahanver HonM, Hfttitn.
At TorriiLgton. a^ed <». ei(Mbf^h« wife of Ltirttt.
.Ml. Kurr. lllh VotA.
T.
y, widow Of John
II, Mijpfl «, Henry, yuutijfert loii of tlia
111 MdnlAiJUt, Uart,
t; ; M i>, 44ged V3, Clwrloito-llaria Koirf» dan,
of tltc late Sir riiomM Neare, Bart.
At CanielfonJ, tuied tiv, UobL-rt renrcfi. eaq.
At Uonchunh, LW. n^cA H, Tlimtiaji Edmonda
Uutter« olde'kt *ou of tbo Ute John Untter, r«q. of
Upficr Clapton.
Aifod .17, the wife of J. It. Soldi, mi of Lovaf
Ke»uington-1aiu!, Ntswttigton tlntta.
At SoutTtport, aged 7ri, Chartea Turner* tmi. of J
Liverpool.
At Stroud. rtlouc, nkged &7, WlllUm John %ood^
esq. only son of the late Iter. J»fm Wood, V'trar
of lleroe.
Jtm, la. AtBrij^hton, acwl l»,Uotiglaa<;]iarie«, i
ieoond iarvtvtii« son of the late Rar. Robert Ai»>
denon, and tiopTiew ti> txird TelirnmcratJi.
tn CilouccAtiT'pl. New-road, »ge*l 70, Mlu Ann
)[. liuurgoyne.
Aged «i3l, George Dovey, oq. uf Cafnden-temce,
Camden -town.
A«ed 35, Samuel Turner Fetron, If.D. of Itod-
deMlon, Herta. late lYoCbaaor of GMneae Utaratiune,
Kinif 1 C<illeg«, Lrnidon.
At Malta, from a aerere coutniloil In tlie lt#«4,
oc£%<aGTied by thr accidental fklUng of a ItkKk,
while in the ciLorntkin of his duty on board
tl.yt.ii, .Kummmuun, Winiam Davkl Locb, Uetit^
K.lf., otdeat flurrlrtmr vjn of HMT^Adtn. Pr«ncl|
^ rtklno l«QOh
18540
Obituary.
33^
ilone^KlUii-rniiidA, n^lfo wf tUe ft«v. .1. B.
MAUgtun.
At F' Wills, Aiun«i-Otwfty» x<>ung-
AttJn fUer sou-lu-Uw 4.]t. Friend,
. of iiUiMaA^^ Uyd0*p«rk, «g^l IJO^ KUxabeth,
hct of liicliAJrd UoUiftm Plg«on» esq. lAte Trea*
«r of Christ'* EocpttaL
Aged W, George, cldoitt son of tr. W. K. Pirtter,
esq. SecQiidBrj of London.
In rcntonTUl^, ar^f'l Tn. Willi.im Prior. Mq.
At TtiimiAeae, Vurl ' 'O, Mw-y, Vflfc
of the Rev. TTiouiJUi v. i
ill Hunt--T-?t. Jivi-.! iiri^iii, liaq. i>n-
[- T tost,
. w, w .
'i J- ._,__. __-._■:_■■_. .. . ■■•■v.
At M«Ul^tou&» iiarriwtt wiilov. ui Jotui V\ arirlck,
144. ■IdemaAn and QugktirATe or rimt l)oroii4;li.
At Ca»b»m, «ged !I6, Xjonix^, only diau. of Win .
We»ver» 06»q.
At Clieltcnh^u. ogtxl St» Elizulteth. wtdow of
the RcT, TtMor WriitUt, Rector of Marks J oy JCa»ex,
.\^cil 71, Marg;iirel, wifp of Joflcph Brook»
^ ate*, e«q. of Weal Dingle, near Liverpool.
MtH, 19. At Tliurli&Aton , Leio. ag^ 13, Anne*
Mats, wWe of the Rev. CK K. Bruxner, RecLor.
At linmsmple. AgeU 77, ElUaberb, relict of
Jabn (jril>tile, esq.
A«ed %2, the ITinceai dowa|er KotiAry, gr««t-
KTttoiIiDotticr of the fUne of T'ortugMl. widow of
FruiclA-Jo^ih I'j jEu t' Kiituiry in Hungiury.
At J*hfjeni\ wlnphfleld, \MillAiTi
I'nin, ami. t*c ht, MftntA.
At Brecktfn: , ir Tliirsk, Jaiic-Mur-
Ifjiret, U«u. of UiiiitLUk i:utMo, e«i. of Kewby
Wbko, YorkAhlre.
DA^itl WDwn, CAii. t4ite of St. Jotm'ii-vrood, and
Hrightou.
Ja». W> At Varkhftm, Elwubeth, relict of J.
C'-addy» r«q. of l&owden.
At Bath, nged %1, Mbs i:. Fraiu-^*! CultlvrelU dan.
of the Ute Sir Jamej^ Caldwell, Jinrl. mid Count
of the Holy lioninu Luipirc^ of CAStle CoJldwrdl,
CO. Fermatuigh.
At UwsHngH^ Angelica, younK&^t djiiu of Uie
Ute JoKn Morten Crlppft, i^^n i>i N'.viuLrtou, Stii%-
4«s, and irraiuUu. ai ihc ^m iiean-
mtxi* Ruth, of Wliubloiluii '■
At Td^imoatli, age»l s^, ... liwpinc.
oMi, LL.lJ. Mnj^strttle nnd iM^piity-Lwut. of Mld-
lUe&ex,
Aged 7H, Joliti Tiawkiii^, e«<|, of ilyelAi)d.i.
llert*.
At Ever»liot, WUliata Jeuiungj4» esq.
At tlio DeAiiCT)', CUc*tcr4e-btMet, 1>orotliy,
tjlduat d*ti. i>f tiio kto Irrwiol* .loiuiiion, cm\. of
S'eircutJ<>.
Aged M,. foil n J'^nnri .ut <.i if.kll .t l>uilley.
brother to Uic late ! nm, M.A.
terttierly Wear uf li i ' U'y ■
At rh.^iti.i,h!.5Li .1 , . i-w of WU-
[ Miao.
V'l, iLiry, widow
^ .|, of Nyneheiui-
vr of the K4SV-
( Cornwall; and
ii.,., .. .1. ..^ ..,.,, „.., .... i-'i'V- A^-hfitrd
Saninrilt e^j. lonuerly M J
JftTK'i\. At LouiRfhtoh, 1 It,
dau , of Sir <jeorge Curroll , ^ . . .
[browned, in the wreck uf ti
(recorded in our Ust Miiijni/iii'j, i
I'kttUon, only son of i^toddurt i.L^. .i. , . .
Richmond, Surrey ; w>d, tti^cl ;>h, A« limr-.M,
lioorge, fourth son of tbo late Lieut .-ColoticJ
L'EBtrange, of Jloyatown* King- County.
At Walsall, aged Ih, Mary-Jane, m(6 Of Ufco
Rev. Henry Franri* Kewttolt.
At Newca«>tle, agnl tiO, Joliu Hteareiuon J?^ii|Cet,
eaq. »urgejon.
At Nicolsnyuictt, North Titwton, l)ovon. nged 37*
JoiniM Scofctr Mq*
Wttlvyim Minister, lato superintendent of th«
Dorer drcult, and financial secretary of the
Keat dlitrfet. He had been a Wesleyaa minister
Ibr thirty-two ynun^ but h^d for sotne weeks re«
UoquUhiod hUi tninisterial dntieii in can^eqnence
of dttagneokent with the leading' ^uurty in the
Cotnlfcrenoe.
At Byram Farm, near Ferry bridgi?, aged 73,
Benjamin Croikbaw, esq.
At Bodmin, aged 73, Joeepb Hamley, vKq. for
many years coroner for Eaat Com will.
At Amptljiii, Miirtha- Sophia, eldest dan. of
the lute AVilliam flaynooii, ej»q.
Aged .!'>, Mrs. EluAt*etii Kelly, kte of Bi-oa-l*
stttlri^, widow of Joim David Kelly, &iq, «oliclroi%
of Drury-laiu'.
At Hanulngtou rectory, llanta, Ellia-Tr*orUer,
wife of Ihe Hew \, J. \\\ Murriton ; and on tbe
nib iu<^t. tlit>ir infujit, Krelyn, 14 days old.
At Tt^-ltki'nbain, tt^ed Hi, Mary, widow of John
Ranuilcn,, e.*^^.
At Dartfofd, a^rod ^, Tbonuu Smith. e.«).
At Dorkiut', Surrey, Sarali, wMow of the R«f .
John WbltehoUBe.
At Cowley \'aIo, St. Helcn'i, Eliubeth-AanOf
eldest dan. of the late John B«mea, e^q. of the
Icner Texnpic.
At nymontb, aired 3T, three weeka afl^r hj^
arrlTal from India, Edw. Ilate^esq. Lieut. 7th NM.
At Newcastle-upon-Tjiie, Fraucla Winter Buf-
loaji, eaq, fonrtli aon of tiie hite Job Bulmao, of
Cox Lodge, North umtierlaud, e»q.
At l^Tonport, ageil Gl, WlRIam O. Byers, e«q*
proprietor of the DcTonport Independent ncwuf-
P«p«r.
AtULandAff, ugv^l b% Mi» Sarah Coffin.
At Chtppoohant, Mrs. Colborne, wife of Mr.
Willlatn Colbonics and mother of Dr. \V. H. Col-
home.
At Butb, Mrs. J. M. ColcbfDoke» widow of Lieut,
J. Llric CoTchrooke, of the Madraa Army*
At SoBtliaiuptou, aged €7, Wuren HiftlJtga
LeaUe Frith, Col. IMmgol ArtiUerj'.
Aged ij7. Plana, wife of John Hartry, eaq, of
Acre-lane, Brixton, and St. MartliiVlaBe.
At Stepnoy, aged J3. Mr. t)iuiie1 Jobn Haya*,'
eldest son of' the Uto Capt. Hayes. EUi widow li
the niece of the Ute James Earmer, e«q. of Ingrei*
Park, Koot.
At Plymouth, aged S7,Ca^olint^-Julia, wifio of
the Rev, Arthur A. L<:wIh, Curate of Jjt, Peter's,
I1rinontb,.aitd yonngc$t dnti. of the late Mr. Jus-
tice; Taunton.
At Gsteabcad, aged h7, C&tliedne, widow of
TltomoA Siriuhumc, e*q.
At Kcn;dngton gmvel-pit4, ago*! 57, Jftltie^
riiUip Wehsttr, owi. of Little Brick-hiU.
At IlnrEiley, suddenly item aptiplej^i'* on hia re-
turn from bunting, aged 63, Joaoph WhitOf esq. of
Jam. 24. At Woodford. Aged ^1, £lkabeth« wUb
of Abel Cbaproati, naq* She wfti mo dan. of Jolin
Chimcir Fry, ceq. ot W«rleT Lodge, Eaae^ Kod
grwuiiau. of the celebrated Mra, F^. She wftt
BiArrfed In lft46 ; and hA« left four dangbten,
tn Welilngtoa-road, HL .lohn'4 Wood, aeed7i,
Solomon Cohen, esq.
At Penton Lodge, near Andover,aged 63, Ellxa-
^>eUj, wife of Williain CuWtt, esq. MJ\ She w**
tlie 3d dau. of WLlliani Marlett, e«q. of Norfolk,
irni «... I.I ikried iu l»H.
V. aged 81, Mflr7<Aaiie, widow of
:tJJl&!l.
.. ;...:i'a Wood, aged M, AlBxander HomtU
ion Enrlir, tawi. Roy. Art. Ute of St. Katherioe**.
court, Sonierset.
In (>xford-Hq. Uyde-pork, aged M, Matilda, wife
of Jamea H. KuthuTDn, eaq.
At the reiddenee of her son-ln-tuw Captain NeJI
Cook, Soutliaroptou, ageil 77, Charlotte, wldnw of
Lient. Jobn Lanih. uf CoCtingham, near tlnU.
At Brighton, Catberltie, <hitt. of the late Rev,
Tliomft* \\m\s, Uh.D,, Rector of St. iJeorge*!!,
P)ooni«l>tity,
1854.]
Obituary.
335
Rot:r*?TT;, Fnrt he ^m appMnted Under Sborlff, atid
b >c fiame houounble office for
t I tbe county.
•eor^ti LamlMirt Clifford, ON).
tHc ^v^v-^ tJie v<4iM|_. -it son of tbe Hon. ThotnAii
Mqt<{, of fixjill, SmlTnrdshiw (4th «m of ilio
1 Lijrd ClifTord) by BarLara* youngvjt duu. and
'co-heir of >lnme» ftth Lonl Aston, of Forfur. by
Liuly B&rbor* Talbot, dau. of G<?orffe Utb Earl ot
Shrci^tjury. Ho umrriod in 181^ MAry.dAU.of
Wiiiter Hill Coyney, e»q. of We»loD Coyncy, co.
SUfTord. and lud usue a son, Cliarles, Iwm in
At CUpliMB Common, aged S4 , V
At Lbneiiotite, ai^ed 34, £d>^
maQ,e»q. a lurgeon in extensiv
prT»^ipltat«d bimnelf from tbu !ie*ona-it<>ry mndnvv
Of hJ> reild«nco during a fit of Inianity ArlaiJig
itoa\ Ibrier.
A^ G7* Arcbibald Dyer* luq. son of tUe lale
TliofDa« Dyer, esq. of the Treasary, and tTotber
of Sir TUoqaas Swinnerton Dyer, Bart.
At Dover, aged GO, Lieut. Henry Paget Jun«»,
B.N. (l8l4)coimnauiUnK H3I.S Violft.
Ai Know-bury piu'»oxiage, near Lnrl]ow» Jane,
rcHct of Ballard Jjuiues NcmMianU e^q. and f^r-
merly (Jje vifc of Ctio Rer. J, Lloyd Jonea, Pine
MAdoc, Denblgbahlre.
In tho Clo«e, Norwich, aged «*», Hobert PliimiK
tre, esq.
In linnlier>it. Bmniwick-wj. n^ a*»» Pet«r
Barcu, emi, inrKeon, Litcham, Norfolk .
At Plyiaourh, aged 7ft, Harriet, widow of Major
P. M. l*opf?r, 4th Ketrt,
At Voik.At [
laieif/. M ; ibrintrb
Miss .lean bu, btllei of
MaucUllUc." to wliotn tlie vore.es of Bum» have
giTWj «ciuhrity. The bUftlHind ei Jean Smith was
Mr> CaiulliBb, ft m«dlcal man ; and her son li tbe
Rev. Dr. Candlinti , of Edlnbnr^h.
Ai DubtlQ, a Jew named Cobcn, who followed
ttie tTAdo of u penell-inalior. and had lieen r^-
dent in tlmt city for tlmi^ out ti( mind. Although
living', to oQtwurd appearance, in a state of wretrh-
edneiss, lie wu* known to b« poiwesficd of wealth*
and it Is l>Blieved tlmt the 'mm will prove to be
not under, if not above, iiO,000/. With thv excep-
tion of bomo trifling ^uinutlteji to two poor relatJvea
in EngJand, and another of lOCW. a year to the
Jewbh congregation In Dnhlin, the whole of the
property H demised to the Hebrew charitiihlfl In-
ns of London. A brother of Baron Roth-^
i-; tJie cxfculor of Uie wUL
I iDOkljTi, N'.'ff Yi rli , itHt'd *I7^ yir. General
Cuniiinghani, i r ibeChel-
teuhtim Chrr.; ^ioal pro-
prietora of thv ette. Ue
■erved his ajjiirt-mice-ililp on I ifwjiian'i Exeter
FlyiiiK ro>t.
At Paris, aRtd »3. >L Plen'e Didot, vm of AM-
hrolie Didot, ^nd broth cr of Ftrmln Didot. The
fnnen&l of this senior of the French press took
|:'Uco ;it thi- rcnctprr rTMntit Pijrm.s^-p,
-..,■• ^ ■ . ' ■ \ih,
, 50
^t«r
e la&t slirvlving
Nearly her lait
V ' Jt iiete vemdpliMi/'
iid. m. John'a Wood,
1, .-.q. formerly of Planta-
t>i*u " Virf itt Hircf; " ntnl Ck'orgetowr.Deiuenira,
BritUb Onlnna.
Aged (iA„ Mr. G«orge Bradier, of Copthalt-
buildings and Low«r<ro«d, Islington, tormerly of
Od^oek.
At
ehlTri
TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OP LONDON.
(From the Reitijinit issued by (he Regkirar'GeneraL)
Dent ha Registered
51
Week ending
1
J: «
SaturdAj,
Unikr
15 to
60iQd
Age not
TottL
Males.
Femalef.
«•&
lb.
m.
upwards.
gpecilietl.
P3
Jao. 28 .
520
308
264
20 1172
569
503
1655
Feb. 4 .
556
374
253
15 1198
616
582
1655
„ u .
579
352
23@
9 117B
593
585
1797
,, lf» .
588
339
227
— ri54
575
579
1539
AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, Feb. 17.
Wbeat. I Barley.
#. d. «. </.
dS 4 41 3
Ofttfl.
27 4
Rye.
48 :
BtAiia.
#. d.
17 10
Fcaa.
#. if.
50 3
PRICE OF HOPS, ten. 20.
Sttisex Pockets, 9/. 9#. to UL 8#,^Keijt Pockets, 1 U. (U. to 17/. Of.
PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, Fk». 20,
Hay, 3/. 15#. to 5/. 5*.— Straw, \L 12*, to 2/. 2*,— Clover, 4/* 10#. to 6/. 0#»
SMITHFIELD, Fkb. 20. To sink the Offal^pcr stone of 8lbs.
Head of Crattle at Market, Feb. 20.
Eeef 3t.
Mutton «•.** ....«.a<.
Veal .,•,,. •4«.
Fork ,.at.
6rf. to 4t. 10^,
0</. to 5f . Orf.
td. to 5«. 4r/.
Qif. to 4f . lOcl.
Beasts.. 3,710 Calves 28
Sheep and Lambs 20,810 Pigs 220
COAL MARKET, Feb, 17.
Wallt Ends, Ac. 2J^, Od, to 25#. 6<f. per ton* Otbet totU, IVlMAqI^*,^^,
TALLOW, per cfft,«.rown Tallow^ ^ii, 3d. Xttto^ ^tow,^"^, ^4.
:
336
METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, by W- CAKY, Strand.
From Janwary 26, to Februay 25, 1854, both ineluHvt,
F«hreiibeit*i Therm.
Jan.
ii6
«7
88
V9
30
31
F.I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0
10 30
50 I
45
50
56|
50
54
54
44
34
43
45
5ti
54
40
44
43
• in
m ,30,
48, ,
48 .
m to,
50 30,
48 ,
43 J ,
36 ,
35 ,
44 ao,
58
4L
30
30
36
Weather.
Fahrenbeit'i Therm.
'^4 11 § li i I
ai ilfktr
4t 'do.
41 do.
83 run
13 ;cloiidf
oelldo.
03 .henry rain
17 , doudf, fair |
29 foggy '
m ifainoldy.rain!
Feb. I •
11 I 34
12 , 32
IS 32
14 I 33
30,
ram, cloudy
cloudy, fair
do, hall
fntr, hail, rain
rain,
cloi
15
39
16
35
17
37
18
33
19
42
20
40
21
42
22 ' 43
23 43
24 > 43
25 45
41 .35
39 32
36 30
30 38
38 37
40 40
50 41
40 34
52 45
47 40
48 ! 46
49 38
48 43
48 47
51 46
in. pts.
30,23
.17
,53
.54
29,93
! ,98
.57
.54
.91
.88
30,24
, 36
. 37
.33
,38
'icloady
i|do. fair
ijdo. do.
I do. do.
!,do. rain
lido, fair
, do.do.iow.ro.
I'lnoir, m. fair
I fair, cloudy
cldy. fair! ro.
do. do. do.
I fair, rain
,'do. cldy. rain
I ! fair
do. cloudy
DAILY PRICE OF 8T0CKS.
a
9 ^
U
i
m
Ex. BilU
iTlOOO.
28 217
30215
31216
1 2161
2 215
3 215 :
4
6217 I
7 216i,
H 21611
o; — '
10 .
11'217
13216 ,
14;217 ,
15
16 218
17i218
18
20,
21218
22218
23'
924
914
90|
92| 5|
91
904
92 5|
9U
-lO|
m
m —
91| ,
92f
92i H
91 .
9U
m
m
^H &J
9'ln
921
9*4, ^
92.
9li
mV H
U2t 1
92I
SI'-
92i
m H
n ;
Oil
93|
Jj2f 1
92
93|
9i^
92]
94 ^
n
92|
93i
92
91#
^1-
92
92
92
914
93|; —
91
J>14
93 5]
91 .
91
924 5i
91 ;
91}
9lf
93 5}
92||
93S_
115
-. — — par. 4 pm.
1004 230 par. 4 pm.
11512,32 1 5 pm.
"^ 6 pra.
K 2 pm.
4 pm.
10 pm.
10 pm.
6 pm.
10 pm.
,—'—231
lOi I 232
-■ 115 230
9
9
9
10
10
11
710 pm.
7 11 pm.
11 pm.
7 11pm.
8 pm.
7llpm.
12 pm.
12 pm.
13 pm.
13 pm.
14 pm.
15 pm.
13 pm.
13 16 pm.
20 pm.
17 pm.
20 pm.
20 pm.
20 pm.
20 pm.
20 pm.
14
20
17
17
17
17
17
17 21 pm
18 21 pm.
22 18 pm
19 pm.
19 pm
22 pm.
21 pm.
21 pm.
22
22
18
18
18
J. J. ARNULL, Stock and Share Broker,
3, Copthall Chambers, Angel Court,
ThrogmortoD Street, London.
/• 30 jriCWOLS AND tOyB, »Ri:«TlMl*, 2^, VK^V.IKMV.-Jsir ^^AH.YVrj*
THE
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
HISTORICAL REVIEW.
APRIL, 1854.
CONTENTS.
PAOS
^ MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.— Tbft New Amlefii snint— Mwior-hoaiic at PneklecUarch— Antt^
qaiUen found At CaLstor— Ale-fardi— Salut Sllhn an<1 Saint Ot^lthu, lcc\ &o. , ♦»..»,., 9Si
Weisi's History of the Protestant Refugees of Fraiice .#•••• , , 339
Thft Positive Philogopby of Auguate Comtc , , , ,,,,,. 346
TraiU of the Caara ,..,.» , 351
Pilj^rimoge to High Place*— Einsiedlcn ia Switzerlaod ..«.*•• i •«....• i .,•.., 358
Moore and the Right Honourable Jolin Wilsoo Crokcr •. ♦ 3G5
I The Table of PrtcedcDcy , ..**,,,,..,,,, 371
I The SeptoBgint of the Moscow Bible Society, and the Septua^t puhlished by
Messrs. Bagster, ..«**« 374
CORRESPONDEKCE OF STL V ANUS CBBAN.-Tlie Ojtford Edition of the Septmi^at--
Ancient W'eddinjf Ccrcinonio*— Tlie Lord Miijror'* PtMCoant of I6H4— Norden, ttieTopo*
grapher— EmcDdaUon of a Prjim^C' in CoiiolanuA. .,,. ,*..,.. 979
^KOTKS OP THE MONTH.— Proposed Reform of tlie University of Oxford— FouadAtlon qf n
EjiHq KrofcaMmliipftt OxItMnd- PubUc Librarie:^ uid MtLneuuiA— Literary and FbUowpIiical
Sodety of Newoutlo— LllmiTy of tlio Nortbompton Arctdtocturftl Society— Qeologicul
MiLBOcuu at tfus London UniTenlhr CoUesQ— Zuolofclcal Society— AnnlyenarlM of ttio
PaljB0ntO{?nir»liUiit, Statistical, and Lonilan ICodkal Societies— Printers' Ptunslon Sodety—
TbflTbomtou Schools — Untvensily of AtNxrdeeti— dirtat'fl Hospital- The Patace ofWest-
mftOBtBr— Tlic New Crystal Palace— Manoliciurea of the Ualted Btktm o( Amorka -Pro-
poaedKemoiia) to Ardi1>khop Lel^gbtQa— Hap of London in the Olden Time— ijvtlUoui
Views of the Fortiflcatious of London —Forged Antliiiiitiea—Darllng'tt Clerical Llliniry-
Ltstter of Olh er CromiveU and Koynl Autographu, , .-,,... SM*
I HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS- Dr. JoliniitonV Botany of the Eastern
llorder«, 392 ; O'Iirlen'8 Realdtincr n riif [>;i.'jihltTi r- ■ i" - "m ' HiCh Rocnan
Stata>i from IftlA to IftM, LortN f m ^ ragmenti
Littcrakes , 3% ; Tlic WUtohire A i _ 1 1 i -Guiaot'i
Repreientjitive floveminisnt— Manu Jl ^ in.%iilu^iL.»i La. ui m u-. lULivd u.c is.i -i vv iahU'Jim ;
KoTel:9 and Tales by Qj^thc— Lyra Au»trull»'Llaiid of Uo[Ki iteiriew, 3Xt ; llio t^vUl and the
Fold ..,,..,,.,....,..,.,... , .„ 400
[ANTK,* irics, 40(1 ; Society of Antlquariea of New-
I Association, 403; NucQiamatlfi Society-
< L <> and South^sitst of Iretaod ArduBologlcal
SucLiiLy— ruliiatiwe ArcUuiuluipviil AiiuciuLiua— Excaratlooft at Ninevob,40S; Antiquities
atRome * *. 406
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.— Foreign Now»i 407 ; Domestic Occurrences WJ
iFroinotloni and Frcferniouts^il ; DirtbA and MarrLu^pen ..« ....,*.....,,,.,..., 413
lOBITtTARY ; with Memoirs ofThflllarqtte^ of Ix^ndoiiderry ; \l9connt NctteniHe ; Bishop of
Salialmry; Vicc-Adimral ilon. Ocortfo Poulctt ; Hon. .kmes Uor«J Wdlucc ; Sir John
Strschan. Bart. ; Sir Tbomiw PilidngtaTi, Bait. ; Sir Heurv Peytrjn, liart- ; Sir lUlph
Lopes. D^u-t- ; Capt, Sir Evenurd Hoinc» Bart, i Sir NVilliam Baiiiic, Hart. ; Sir John
Conroy, Bart. ; Sir Henry lliera Elliot, KX.D. ; .sir Jtiuicui Thoiniion, K.CB, ; liev.
RlchanlJcnk>n(i, n.D.j Iter. J. L. Richard*, i>.D.i Itev. W. P. Grew ell ; Kev. W. U.
Dljton, K.A., F.S.A. ; Robert Alexander, Ei<q. ; Col, Jollffe ; John Fardell, Esq. F.SJL. ;
Nathaniel liindiiAutJ^li, F.«q. ; Henry Belcher, Esq.; Thomas SaundOTit E»q> ; Mr. Johii
ilarthj; M. Bian(iui.,_ .41&— 4aS
Cluut DECtAIZO • , *f ..«.,,•,..,. 4«C
BxATsa, arranged In Chronologicid Order .««,....*,..,.». 418
ReiSi4triar-0eTteral*n Retumi of Mortality in the Metropolis— Mark otA, 447 1 Meteorologtcal
JjUry-Daiiy Price of Stocks 4IB
Br SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent.
388
MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Mn. UftBAN% — Maf I ndd one addi-
tional testimoaj ag^ainat the Arnicas Nati-
idijff so tblf dltcussed in your last numberi
▼it., Ihat Nat. cannot aUnd for Nat A*
becauM in the ae|falcbral it|te an abbre-
Tiation is Dcrer made metclj for the sake
of taviog a fio|^ Tovet (final). Can
the Arcbiepiaoopd Diiientiiif Minister of
Wcit minster produce a tiogle in stance ?
C, Di LA ParHE.
Ma. UasAK, — ^Tbe notice in your last
(p. 226) of '*the ancient raBoaion at
l^icklechiircb ** recalla a time when I
tf sited it, now nearly thirty yean iioce.
My P<?ncilHngs on the Way, in my Excur-
iion Book of H2G, sketch a description
that may be interesling now, ** Passing
down a road that leads to the coal -pi t4, an
old manor-honfte strikef the eye, with
quaint-look Id ^ square stone winilows
Midi J mullioiied, and a roof embattled in
ibarp pointed an|;k«, A« I entered a
iittle tnclosurc before the door, two an-
tiqneums or ja|^s flanked the porob] they
are now used for geraniums, and theiioiise
for a acbooL Mr. Archer, tht; principal,
■bowed me within several curious old
mantel-piecoi and cornice* to mateh,
dilmncy-cofltngs beautifully embellished
with heraldic carvingSt as well as old
medillions and injcriptionft illustralifc of
the family of Dennis, wlio once occupied
this house, while the Rlilloys were settled
In one immediately iidjaoeot. Coming
out, I obicrved an fnticripHon oTrr the
porch, which stated the erection to hare
baen in Hil2, Mr. Wilson, Mr, Arcljer's
BMistant, then led ine to the garden^ and
directed my attention to tlw truces which,
after the Ispse of centuries, define the
moat which onee eocircled that pakce of
the Saxon kinfi, where Edmtiiid was as-
sassinated by an outlawed robber. With-
in the ambit of tbifi mimt is a small mount
or pile, iUppOKed to have been contiected
with the o!d t^tructure. Thence through
Shot wood to Mangotslicld*** * . .
Yours, &c. John Dalton.
Our old friend, Mr. GonnAfin John*
flON, of Norwich, informs us that few din-
coveries have been recently maih^ at
Caistor (the Vcnta loeuorem), except a
few Small Brai»s coins of a tery eommon
type, and those generally in a very cor*
rodcd state j but that a boot three weeks
since a bbourer on the farm picked up a
itnarius of Augustus (the earliest coin
that has come under hit notice found
there), of a rather rare type : —
Obverse. Head of Augustus i beneath
It, IMP.X<
Reverse. A bull butting i beneath,
jkvavaTvs. Divi . r.
"Hie rerersG U given In Kln|, Tab, xl?.
Mr Goddard Johnson has also rectire
from the same place, part of a stone, harin
a hole through it, eowttertunk. The
stones (of which be has had seTeral)
jenerally rather kidney-shaped, weighid
from 3 to IG ounces. For what purpose thef |
were used is not with any certainty known
bat it ia conjectured that they were I
mert. From the shape of the hole ibey 1
cannot be fastened on a shaft, but possibly
a thong was paaaed through the bote, and
then fastened round tlic wrist, and wh«i
In close contact with an enemy were
thrown at them, immediately recoTcredtj
and repeated. Mr. Johnson doa
recollect their being noticed in any archir-
logical work, but begs us lo diroot the at-
tention of anti(]ttariess to the tul^ect.
Mm. UiLBA^r, — I have long had in my
poiseision an ALa-YAmn, stteh as that
described in your November M^gasii
It ia a glHaa tube, blown into a bulb at <
end, and a trnmpet-mouth at Che Othel^
It is less than a yard in length, and coo^l
Uim an impifriai pint. If ale toert «ol#1
by the j/ardf it must have been by aid of si
dtferent imtrunieot; since this is vervj
thin, atid, by its shajie, eiposed to ever
haaard. I have always considered it as ft.1
bacchanalian puszle, by which the drinkvl
lug a pint of ale at one draught, no diflicull|
labour in itself, becomes, from the abapei
a task for even a Dutch Iterculef,
South Vave, VorkMhirt^, Feb. 17* Dllus.
r>. 11. H. inquires whether the dedica-J
tion of the Church, which formerly exiatedl
in London, was to Saint Osith or Saint]
Sithe. The many pictures which formerljl
existed in English churches of S. Sithai ]
were of a different saint to Saint Osltha.
S. seudift us an impression from a seal-
ring, which is of goldi set trlth a coroeUan,]
on which the following coat of anna i«]
engraved : on a pale, between two palleta^i
three epread-eaglea. This ia a singular I
and ingeniously contrived coat ; but we do '
not find it In Glover's Ordinary,
A Correspondeot at Dover informs ua
that the old mansion in that town, whidli
was engraved in the Gentleman's Magt
«inc for May \^A\), and more fully d9^j
acribed In July following, was pulled dowa |
last year.
Erbata, Jan. p. 07). The glovlta ex»
hibited at the Society of Antiouanea wei
found at Wellington, not at Worcester*
Feb. p. 183, 2ud column, line 14, for
T. Vulpy read J. M, Volpy ; line IG, for
C Vernon read C, J, Vcnion.
March, p. 254, coL 2, for *' The trani*
positions of Jeremiah were not rectified,'*^
read '* It arranged the dislocations of]
Jeremiah according to the Hebrew stand-
ard." P, 259, for Sacra de Prq/anUJ
n*d Sacra Pro/oww*
iUtoire ctes R^fagiet ProUstanti de France Jepui's k R^rocation de I'Eilit de Nantet,
jiuqu'ik no6 jouri. Par Charles Weiss. Faris^ 1853. 2 tomes )2mo.
THE promulgation of tlie Edict of
Naiit42ti by Henry tlic Fourtb, in li598,
WAS QUO of tl]e most important nets m
civil and religiou:^ biytory. The nee -
forth the iWiScKuation of reason ami faith
m religion wa(> jusiifieil, and they were
permitted to go forth with joy, the
littrbingera of iiior;d and intellecluul
progroas. But a policy so little in
jii with the social condition
i>. ^ould not fail to oxcite the
cljiiiiuiir or' all the men of cxti'eme
party view^. The old Leaguera, the
CothoHcs "k gron grains** — doubted
Ibe sincurity of iJenry*s conversjion,
ttnd the Protestants were hardly less
tuspicious^ Dijpletssis Mornay (jultted
the court* Some dayd afler tne at-
tempt made upon the King*s life by
Jean Chatei^ Henry received Theodore
Agrippa d*Anbigne, and showed him
his lip pierced by the dagger of the
aasassuu " Sire," refdied the old Hu-
ienot, " hitherto you have renounced
For our God hath cruaUrd the tyrant, our God hatli mlsed the ahiTe,
And mocked the counncl of the wise, and the valour of the brave.
Tliea glory to bis liol^ Name, from whom all glories ire !
And glory to our Sovereign Lord^ King Henry ofNafarre.
The clergy feared from the efiict the
diminution of their revenues — the par-
liament considered it to be an infrac-
tion of their rightj? — by the mass of the
people it was received as tlie mark of
victory^ or the brand of shame, accord -
ing to the parties witlj whuyh tliey were
alHed. Time moderated theae views.
The King won over the chiefs of the
Catholics^ and controlled those of the
Ptotestanta; and, although there waa
God only with your lips, and God hath
been content to pierce your lips alone;
but renounce him with your heart, and
in your heart vou will bo stricken."
What h this ecfict, said tlic Leaguers,
but a law which grants a legal exisit-
ence to heretics, to men excommunt-
cateil, given over to the civil power in
this world, and to eternal punishments
ill Iho future? The Huguenots re-
torted by ap^ieab a»ainst an apostacj
which maintamed a (also religion. Thoy
recalled tlie fteriod of the King's earlier
career; they evoked the memory of
llie days of the eicge of Rochelle, the
disaster of Moncontouri the victoriea
of Gjutras and of Tvry, when they
rushed to the battle where they saw
the wliite plume shine, singing, as with
one voice, the hymns of Marot, or re-
turned Irom victory while tbo loud
note of thanksgiving pealed forth fVom
amid their bannered no9ts» —
occasional discontent, peace was [>re*
served during the remainder of his
reign. The death of Henrv the Fourth
renewed the hopes and the hatred of
both parties. The Protestants, hardljr
satisfied with the confirmation of the
edict by Mary de* Medici, obtained a
permission to convoke their assembly
general at Chatellerault. Dissension
arose among their chiefs; the instdioua
poHcy of the Duke de Bouillon was
defeated, ftnd Duplessis Mornny drew
up the Act of K«C(»n(!iliJitiont wbieh
was signed by all the heads of the party
at Saumur* This act cslablbheil reully
a representative republic in the very
lieart of an absolute kingdom. Siicli
a power necessarily excitetl fear; for
at the beginning of the seventeenth
century the Protestants possessed no
less than 816 churches, divided into 16
{larishes, and controlled by 6*2 col-
oqueSi which met quarterly to regnlute
their afiairs. It was not long before
each party prepared for war, and, when
power passed from the hands of Con-
cini into those of iVlbert de Luynes,
the government resolved to destroy the
formidable political organisation which
had enabled the Protestants to brave
the royal authority, or to appear a?
an independent power in the state.
The pulpit resounded with discourses
against the Calvinists. At Lvons^
Moulins, Dijon J and Bruges, an infu-
riated niuUitude broke into their ceme-
teries, violated the sanctity of their
graves, destroyed their churches, and
compelled their pastors to flee. They
appealed for justice to the ordinary
tribunals^ and also to the King»but in
vain. Beam was decbired united to
the crown ; the Catholic reli^^don was
re-eatabliahcd ; and Louis (he Thir-
teenth Tcturjied to Puris amid the
shouts of the populace. lie had hnrdly
received the lelicitutioTifl of his couu-
c'dlors, when he heard of the revolt of
the Bearneso. An assembly -gen oral
of the deputies of the Protestants was
summoned at Kochelle. This was
lUegaL In vain the Duke de Bouillon,
Sully t and DuplessJs sought to induce
them to desist from their designs*
Confident in their strength, the a.^seni-
bly published, on the lOlh May, IG21,
a declaration, the result of which was
to constitute a Protestant republic,^ —
to make Hochelle the Amstenlani of
France— to authorise the levying of
taxes — to maintain war against the
crown — and to enter into treaties with
foreign powers. The Protestant party
had joiscalculated their strength; they
had truste<l in Buckingham, and for-
fjtten Richelieu. Kodielle faU. The
reaty of Alaia in IG'il) closed the wars
on account of religion, but the Calvin-
ists had ceased to be a political power.
Hichelteu guaranteed ihem iho free
exercise of their worship { he allowed
340 The HUioYif of the Protestctnt I^efugccK of France, [April,
also their religious organisation, and
their synods, but he demolished their
fortiiie<l cities of refuge, and conceded
the privileges they retained, not as in
former times — by a treaty as between
two powers — but simply as an ad of
g^racc from the sovereign.
This act was the inauguration of a
new era. Deprived of all political
influence, excluded by degrees frotn
almost all offices of the state, the Pro-
testants devoted themselves to agri-
culture and commerce. They covered
the philnsof Bcfini and the West with
rich harvests. The vineyards of Berri
restored prospcritjr to that district;
fertile pastures enriched the mountaia ^
gorges of the Cevennes. The hour-
gcoFsie of the cities evinced a similar
industry. They revived old manufac-
tures— they perfected new. In Guienno
tljCY had the almost entire command |
of the wine-trade; in the two province*
of Brouage and Oleron twelve fnmiliei j
possessed the monopoly of the snle of
wine and salt, which amountetl yearly ,
to from twelve to fifteen hundred (
thousand livres. Caen became the mart j
of the cloth manufacturers of Vire, Pa-
lais e, and Argcntau. The commercial
iutcicourfie between France and Ger-
many fell exclusively into the hands of .|
the lieformers. Even Baville in 1B69
bore testimony to the commercial ac-
tivity of the merchants of Nismes, and
tbci r industrial superiority. To the Pro* ]
test ants France owed the rapid advance
of niaritinic commerce, and the pros-
perity of the ports of Bordeaux, lio-
chcllci and Normandy. They competed i
in the manufacture of woollen cloth I
with the merchants of England andj
Holland. Kheims, Hhetel^ Sezannei '
and Abbeville were celebrated for their
factories. Gold and silver lace^ and
lace of silk and thread, occupied the j
inhabitants of Montmorency and Vil» j
licrs le Bel. Tlie hats of Caudebeo]
found eittensive sale among the sallantfl j
of Enghind and Germany. All thesei| I
with the trades of silk and metal]
Ivutions, made Colbert say with truth, I
that fashion was to France what th^i
mines of Peru were to Spain. To other I
products of skdled industry must bel
added tlie pancr manufacture of Au-
vergne. Mills were estnblished at Am*
bcrt, Thiers, and Chamidieres. Among;!
these Ambert was especially remark-
able \ its productions realised anBuallj
185 L] The HUtojy of the Prute$tant Refugees of France. Ml
not lcs« than 80,000 crowns. Normandy
l^as the mart of the linen tmilc; the
tjinen manufocturers of Coutances, up to
Il664» exporteti annually to tlie amount
I'Of 800^000 livTCs. In Britany, where the
|jFrote8tanls were settled, at Renncs,
[ Nantes, and Vitrc, their chief occupation
' WHS the manufacture of sail* cloth, or
iailei Noifah.% so called from the first
tlkctory having been est a blishediitNoyaJ,
) ftnd in eight or ten of the neighbouring
com manes. Superior m importance,
' distinguished alite for taste and excel*
lence of workmanship, were the silk
) manufactories of Lyons. Even atlter
the revocation of the eciict, Lyons
imported fiOOO bales of silk, of which
3000 were there usetl, 1,500 at Tours,
700 at Paris, and the remainder in
smaller towns. A question has been
riused aa to the cause of this superiority
of the Protestant workmen over those
of the Catholics ; we think it may be at-
* tributcd partly to their exclusion from
the guilds of arts and trades, which ieft
them free to act unfettered by tradi-
tionary laws and usages, which regu-
lated the hours of labour, the number
of workmen, the quality of the raw
material, and its fabrication. Per-
mitted to unite, and aware that unity
is strength, they combined capital and
labour; they established large manu-
factories ; fixed a scale of wages having
due relation to prices ; and directed at-
tention to new processes and inventions.
It baa been calculated also, that, by
their avoidance of religious festivals,
and many conventional claims estab-
lished by the customs of the trades, the
Protestant worked 3 1 0, and the CathoKc
only 260 days* Other moral and social
causes tended also to a more active de-
velopment of their commercial pursuits.
To enlarge the sphere of intellectual
action, to free it from the traditions of
the past) is the necessary tendency of
the reformed religion. Appealing to
reason rather than to imagination, it
elevates individual character, and,
deprived of the forms of an impres-
sive ritual, it seeks strength in the
cultivation of loftier and purer spi-
ritual conceptions of the objects of
faith. Impresse<-1 with the value of
education in its highest sense, the
Calvinists founded Uie celebrated uni-
versities of tsaumur, Montauban, Niraes,
and Sedan. There the genius of their
greatest preachers mm trained, and
thei*e were developed those powers of
mind which dignified Henri Basnage,
the learned commentator of the Cou-
t urn ede Nor man die; Valentin Conrart,
still recalled as the founder of the
Academy of France ; Pierre du Moulin,
Daille, Drelincourt, Mestrezat, AUix,
and Claude, who gave renown to the
church of Charenton. To the nobility
the career of arms was still open, and
it wiis to the Huguenot aristocracy
Prance owetl some of those great vic-
tories she yet recalb with pride. The
Comte de Gassion, the Marechals
Guebriant, Hantzau, Chatillon, Tu-
renne, Schomberg, and the brave Du-
((uesne, all belonged to the reformed
religion. But the Huguenot nobility
gradually conformed to the Catholic
Church. To this they were induced by
many causes. The government was re-
solute upon excluding them, so far as
it was possible, from all state rewards.
They were disgusted with the control
assumed by the Assemblies, and hu-
miliated, as the Baron des Adretz said,
to find the diseurs instituted as judges
over the faiseurs. They would have
maintained tbeir faith against the se-
cular arm, but they fell beneath the
intellectual power of Bossuet and Ar*
nauld. Jurieu, one of their chief mi-
nisters, had admitted the salvability of
memlicrs of both churches. Those,
therefore, who thought with Henry the
Fourth J ** que les honneurs ct les dig-
nitos valaient bien tme messe,** were
the more readily converted; while those
who recoiled from the consequences of
the Roman Catholic doctrine of the
loss of eternal life to them who repu*
diatc her creed, resolved to act upon
the principle of taking "le parti le
pluf sur," and thus reconcile their tem-
poral and eternal intei^ests. The de-
fection of the chiefs freed their fbl*
lowers from the consequences of their
political intrigues. Satisfied with the
concessions tliey had obtained, and
fully occupied with commerce, the Pro*
test ants stood aloof from the factions
formed against Richelieu and MazariUi
Their loyalty became proverbial. \VTjen
during the Fronde, in reply to the " Qui
Vive?" they wererequirea to cry " Vi-
ve nt lea Pr incest or *' Vive la Fronde,"
they so cbnst^intly Miouted " Taut s'ea
fnut; Vive le Koi,*' that the King's
adherent sobtained the sobricmet of
the paity, ^^ Tmi\i %' ^\i i«NkC "^^3.^3^
U42 The Bistofy of ike Proiestant H^ugeea of France. [April,
|>ore (HJUfltatit testlinonj to their loyal
aenrk«& In lfi.'58, in reply to the ad-
dress of tbc Uelegalcs of tlieir us-
scinblies he assure J them tbnt ** in aa
calotte, ni sou earuotcre," jjrvvenleil
hh (>ublJa acki low lodgement <if their
£dcht)'. He did more) he timlntniocd
the provisions of the edict, he opened
to tncm un honourable career in the
civil service of the crown* It was
to the Calvinbts tlie department of
finance was pHncirvally confided, and
both Fout^uet and Colbert defendetl
tbem, a* men of eapflcity and honour.
Tbtifi, upon the death ol Mazarin, the
Protestant religion y/hh more than
toicrated ; it was protected. The ele-
ments of civil discord were extinct.
All parties renounced the struggle for
1 power* all tjought the maintenanee of
peace and of public order, f ^ouii mid
ti'idy^ " L'ctat c'esfc nioi,"
Let Uij now trace the cau^e ol' the
I misery which ensued. Notwitliatandlng
the loyidly and the political subjection
of the Huguenots, they were htitcil and
I <lreadeil a^a party ii^ tlie slate. Ujtoh
^ tbipi point the ♦Jesuits and tiierlanHeniat*
[ were united. The clergy never ceased
[to excite the populace, who detested
f theju for their reli^nun,and envied them
[for their wealth. But this feeling had
[remained i\s an inert force except for
I lis accordance with the desire*! of the
iKing. Louis had upon his assumption
Fof power adopted the traditionary
Ipoliey of Itichc'licu. He resolved to
l-ipcclude the CalviniriLs from idl the
plonourtt and even the service of the
ftte. They had been a party, they
*Were a party, they luiglit revive agaith
Other uUluencei^ yuperveneil, all de-
pendent u[>on his pergonal eharacter.
To a handsome form Loutti the
Fourteenth united many excellent t|ua-
litics. Ills intellect was clear, hiA j uila^-
ment sound, hiH views elevated. He
was generouH with grjice, aud amiable
with dignity. Kn man waa more ob-
serviUit of siclf-reiipect^ few men have
d^en more studious to encourage it in
others. The»e equalities unfortunately
were marred by a bad education, Hw
mind waa nurtured in the pide of the
jmrple, hiu'dened Ly adulation into the
most obdurate ftelliahness. Nothing
wat inteileetual, great, or good — France
liad no interests — glory there waa
QonA — nnldi6 associated witii him. Al-
(i^g la h9 superior to opioioDy
he was ever under the tnlluence of
others, and pnased his life the tool of
hij* ministers, of women, and of priest«i J
His knowledge was limited ; he waa
learned in court history, studied poli-
tical treaties, and diiipta^ed a r»edantic
eiudition in the law^ of that mvolous
ceremonial which formed the intellec-
tual solace and occupation ot his court.
He has been lauded tm the patron of
literature : yet he peraeculed Port
Uoyal, of which Pascal was the chief;
caused the death of llacinc, exiled
Fenclon, and depreciated LaFontaine*
If he admired Bo i lean and Bijssuet,
and showed favour to Massillon and
Hourdahme, it must be remembered
that he was conscious of the power of
the satirist ; and thai in his spirit of
imperfect devotion he feared more tlian
he appreciated the doctrines they
preaclicd. To conclude, he was infirm
of purpose, lluetuatin^ ever iHJtween
extremes ol* pa^^ion and devotion, eor*
rupting his court by hin morals, and
lelming tt by his manners ; alwayg
under the intlucnce of false ideas and
absurd prejudice^!, and regordleis of
human life, of human hai ] ■■ ^ ^" the
result to I'Vance in the ;j k of
his amhition or of his wdL ^i ./ nu ujigcr
proof can be uddm:ed td' his habitual
>nbjectiou to opinion than the inllu*
encc exercised over liiio by the trium-
virate coiupfjscd of M.idour iL' i\T.'iiu-
lenon, Luuvois, an 1 u-^e*
The characters of ti <^'
State it is neces.sary to comprehend,
that we may rightly estimate all the
causes which led U} the Revocation*
To beauty and a pleasing figure
Madame de Maintenon uniteii mon-
ners combining reserve with graceful
esise. Her convei'iiation was natural
and tlowing, witty and epigrammatic;
drawing its resources but little from
others; sustained by an ex tensive know*
ledge of books, ot the world, and of
various conditions of society, always
appropriate, and expressive ofeheerful-
nea« and good sense. Her intellect was
singularly clear. Devoid uf im^igination,
impassive, and unimpressive, her judg-
ment was combined with so great a
spirit of calculating prudence thai it
assumed the chanicter of habitual
selfishness* No one ever more delibe-
rately c*onsidered the elTeet of Uer
actions upon others, no one moro in-
variably kept h«4' own Interest ia ykn.
The ffuiortf of the Proliant Rgjugeei of France. S4S
For this »he wa« humble, for this she
WHA proud, demure, flattering, insi-
nuating, or complaisant. Of love and
|£riendFhi[i she was jDcapnble. Hei*
llrietnUhip wus Himplj the associatinn
lof the liitoLlect, her love never rose
Fliejond csteeui. Her devotion waa
iincere, but devotion alone is nofc mo-
tali t J \ she was anjtious to be worthy
of henven and jet to possess the worltl.
This struggle may possibly have caused
Lthut inconsequence of action with
rhieh she has been reproached. 8he
iraB the friend of Ninon dc rEtieloB,
Mftdame de Monlcbcvreuilt and
Iliad ame de Ponmicreuil, three of the
I most abandoned women of her day.
8be did not hesitate to be the *^ cover-
slut*' of tho king's adultcnius int4?r-
course, or to weAJcen the nd'ection of
Louis for Madame de Montespan, to
whom ahe owed her pooition, her re-
lidence in France, her bread. No gene-
[tous emotion ever induced her to h&jsurd
her own interest for another's! good.
Racine died of chagrin, by her own con-
fi<^'rate act; ahe sulTcred the exile of
1\ iielun without a word. Louis on his
I death- bed w as uban d o n ed ^ a n d h er most
AioujUe ex pressi o n s wcnx- those of the
rirearines^ of lifC) and the painful con-
|traat of the pleasures she had known
' I the society of others in com^>ttrii«on
_ Hith the ceaseless misery of the kin^^'F.
^ What plea can extcnuatCi what re;ison
justify » her faithlesbness to the Marquis
de Villottc? In perhdy, thou^jh not
in etTect, it recalled tlic sin of David
against Uriah. Yet we nm»t not forget
her extensive charityt the kind pro*
tection she extended to her compunions
In misfortunei the tbumlrttion of HL
Cyr* her rare contempt of lucre, and
I Ikcr diihcult position as ra^arded Louis
pftnd the court.
The character of Lnuvoia hius been
ably sketche^l by his con tern jjorarict!.
iHe united to a vigorous intellect a
_ ower of abstraction equal to the charge
of various public departnients, in which
ho displayed the most peri'ect know-
ledge of details and the highest talent
in their direclion. This was partieu-
. iai'ly remarkable during the wanft^ in
rhioh to gratify his seltish anibitioni
vainit the remonstrances of Colbert,
he advice of Turonne, notwithstand-
Dg the increasing mijjery of the people,
1 de«pite of the lotiring aapeot of
political horiJBoo, he eo constuntly
led the King. This selfish ambition
marked his career. His mind was
harsh and resolute, restrained by no
moral influence, ark now lodging no law
but the King^s wilt, shrinking from
no injustice; nor Irom cruelty, nor
from crime, if requisite for bis ends.
To aei-ve hi.H ambition, he had been
content to make the only sacrifice of
his life — the too open indulgence of
his debaucheries. To forward this he
stimulated at once the vices and the
weakness of Louis, and, at the period
when the King had determined on the
conversion of the Huguenots, his name
passed with horror from lip to lip as
the cause of the inhuman devastation
of the Palatinate.
Pere La Clmiset the confessor of the
King, united to the learning and supple
morals of the Jesuit, a disposition natu-
rally conciliatory and kind. ItisdJthcult
to determine upon what ethical theory
he permitted the King's *Miai«ons,
es{)ecially that with Madame de Mon-
tespon, of whom he was the friend, or
by what moral principles he reconciled
his duties as the King*s confessor with
the manners of the court. It was not
that he was insensible to virtue, but
indifferent to vice, when worldly in-
terests prevailed. For these he re*
strained the exercise of excellent
qualities, and pandertnl tu the worst
inclinations of the King. Had Loui«
l>een inclined to toleration, he had
been tolerant; and, if he allowed the
persecution of the Huguenots, it was
not from conviction as a duty, or
fervour of religious zeal, but the cal-
culating spirit of the Jesuit, and the
hive of ease of age.
The LHiurt of Louis the Fourteenth
displayed tliat combination of the in*
tellectual and the i^ocial cjualities ao
remarkable in the character of the
French nation, and that adulation of
present power and of prevoiling opinion
which in individuals is uieanness, ki
nations a vice. None dared oppose
the will of the king. The nobility
were divided into castes, alike in one
respect — their struggle to obtain his
favours, Gallantry was their recrea-
tion, war their pursuit, and they excited
the ambition of Louis to advance their
own. ITie clergy, as a class, were ele-
vated by such men as Bossuet^ MassLUon,
Flecbier, and Bourdaloue ; but, with
rar»' exrcptltmK, thf*y vr*ir«d^bi*(5t4\s^
344 TV Huiaty of the Proiestani Refugees ofFratue. [April,
people. Colbert iiAAl hitherto procaetdd
them, bat on hi'j death the power o^
Lourois prevailed. Stricken wish Mc&e
hediuting remorse tor his adnlterood
life, and <atiated bj itd in^ial^s^Bee.
Loaid had conceiTed the idea of Ubcor-
ing for the coQTersioQ of the CaZTinldci
as an expiation of hii «n. It viitf zo
him what the tow of the crofti IlmI
been to the Cnuader. The imamens
was faToorable. Men's miikij wen
affitateii bj the eJect ot the eli>^'iefiL-e
M Amauld and of Bosquet. X ever h^u
intellect imported more grace to <b-
thuiasm. or enthosiadm hKn desr^^i
bj moro fri taIooj ani woH-ilr ccc-
«ideruioc5. The pride of Lf^cLs wjd
propitla:eil and exciud vj the hi:c<
that he shocU achieTe :hie zviry 'if
subdoinj a «eci waich hai dedeii ^id
ancesteri. Acccriia^* j in I'-'TT ie «c
aade a lax^e soxs. froci tbe -* dr-.ii ie
regale" to thij es>L P-Ij^oc zhai
academician, a cocTert of *- > rani Le
plus «ur,' ar..i whc ii j iuire»"rai.
r>dapMii .jn lL» iie:i:h-beiL wu -kiri-u
with iu 3>;:r.-.In-'«gra:ioc iltfai :'v'^
bbhK^ctf. 'Jii inie&iir.aw an*i lie -iissVT"
cf the prcTinces. A dec:.ir iz^i 'St-
ditor jATcccn: wi* jear'-r r^&icr*;;
tie CTl'zJLTt^ fSSl "T a !:'CT*r^ WJ*
£x*i i: vx L:T7>t* r^sj* iftu; : viec lie
z>x.ij wis MTcr. :e.i. : ■•? :iiI.Li'!t5 -ris
«»Ki. ar, : "..?-* ■-:' iVirr* -w.:! -isxrir
=.siei.ahs :.: .i^s-r^.e la* .'-li* "v.!*!
fsirtie-.: lie »rf:ji.i-.i -iUcrio^ ic ?^-
Lnioruioe, bigotrr. and relaxed morab.
Of the higher orders manj were simplj
proAusfional belieren : ot' the lower,
the maioritT were but i«*norant teach-
en. TiLit therv* wad much uncen^ and
pioa 4 iaith among all claries miut be
at once allowed. Loais hail from hid
ummption of power r»olred to dii-
eoarage the extension of Calvinism.
From the tint he refiueii to the Pro-
leitants as we have «ud. all participa-
tion in the honours ot the <ta&e. In 166:2
Im ordered twentj-two chur>:hes of the
Hocaenots to be destrojed in the Pars
de uex. In the same Tear thej were
Ibrbidden to inuir their dea«l except
at daTbreak or nightfall. ChiLlren cf
mixetl marriajFes wer« to bo hiptided
«s Catholics. The bodies of those who
kftd reUn«el from Cathcxliciim were
ivAised iHtnal. and dracge^i to the
■ttnat ditch, naked. t£rac^ the
tfnetf^ In 1(S6S. curates and magis-
tntes were aathorlded to enter the
TOoau of the djicg. to exbi^n them :.-«
eoKlbm to the' Catfao^ religion, and
if bapaueoce. an^csifc. or pain ex^i^rteii
CfCB an cncertain si^n. the hviT va^
chined &3r banal in the Cashciic ceue-
•ht. and the chx!^ir«n were drv^eti to
the' MaAk Bn^!er thejmtex: iLat their
at had a^• 3r«»!. Tmey were Dftx: f.>r-
1 1«5 pc\>Tide fa=»is Vac ibc fcr 904:1
of riMir mi&ssserr : iheir «ci*vZts wcr^
oc li^iitHi :*> a *r:.k.'. zzz:,-
|7cas dissascef rrocu. :c>e :.'wi4.
'ftOBwiE»res:ri:.?ed :«> iho iizi^-e^z
all tlie aeirusd rr.\S!»*:\!c* wdre
^gaiait tlKca. Ti^j wers i:^
to pnt ''C to TOtee^ -m-cxxt
owB ufsi. If a CaiCicL*'
Lfvned !» wjtf <fe!i'x'.-,-ied zr.
If We were feec wiihri
of % CalYAaKac <kx^i^ ihtt
«f iSbt tkxpek WW ritS'ie so
tbe cic«l&a'aTa:a £/ks
FaaSf . c&ai;«a c^f Ph>
mett aucwec ts. air:i7e
Tian ce a«&.*ss»:
to Se A-ib3c3Lu»i
&r iWec fcssrefx:-
■i dMBT rSpfUTf W£7»
-:v tr:£i lie a- -•■**'
jiarr= icwr-*. >»-.t:ji i^y..- - j- wirf i»*iri
jtarxr
v: >•!
us fSfc-t-V*-*. -.-.Xa 21-
iWOiMiMa
^a;:;^! lie nfti-j . ii»* :i .-u'i«s n-
* ■-:. TJT'r •■•:■::■ ■..r. I~ -; in T'ij-a*
iiTT^* i-e iLiJitiCvx. iXTiL.- J.**: "a tit*
e&csf ::' •»♦.£ Kuc* * •rx :' rti-
aaii V r>i-*'j:. I: "recksje -ii; mvt* -r
Pari* zc i-csiki i^ T-^*isLr«>. :-^=-r'
^ MKyr-ymr roc uie js*: -oe Tr-r-^
1834.] The nUtnrtf of the Pi o(f slant H*ifni*e€it uf France,
I
she entreated, she advised^ she exhorleil,
Mndiunc d*Aubigne, sbc reminds her
brother, ou^ht to convert some one of
our joung rcia lions. AnothL-r h tohj,
how constJintly Vans is edified by the
sight of her leading some "six livres"
convert into the churches* A third h
thos exhorted : *' Convertisscz voiis
comino ttint d*Autre.s convertissex vous
arcc Dieu seul^ cojivertissex voua eiifin
— ctmtme il mm plairn^ ma is convcr-
tiisez vous.'* There was much true
seiilf and as ntueh prudence as zeal,
in this display. Louis was to be
kept as he had been woo, llcr discre-
tion was roused, he had reproached
her with having been aCalviaist, Ku-
bigny was *^ intraitable,"— -Lonvois her
enemy. Xor did she forget " k* parti
le plna t^iir/' — the temporal interests of
her family. On the KHh Miiy, lt>81,
having procured lier brother a ^^ jjot
de viii,'* of 11«,W0 francii, she rccom-
mettded him to ky it out with discre-
tion, ludding, the kiida in Poitou are
now selling for almost nothing, the dis-
tress of the Huguenots will force the
sale of more; you can, at little cost,
establish yourself magnificently in
Poitou. She was right. Jealous of her
influencet resolved to maintain his own,
considering religion as a mere matter
of civil polity, curbin«j his will to the
superiority of the King s alone, Louvois
resolved to gratity his masters wish,
and to destroy the Calvinist party.
Accordingly, *^11 y meladu militaire/*
he wrote to Jklarilluc, intendant of
Poitou* whom be judged to be the fit
agent for his plans, starch 18tb, JGbl,
to authorise the persecution known ils
that of the "dragonnades ." The de-
tails can be but brretly given. By
these instructions, the only roynl ex-
ceptions to the .-jo Idlers* lust nnd power,
were rape and munier. They were
billeted exclusively on the Cjilvinista;
neither rank nor poverty wns ex-
cepted. With furious cries they en-
tered the house, they demanded
money; if it were denied, the inhubit-
ants were subjected to every kind of
outrage, even to torture, to compel
their conversion. Their feet nad hand*
were slowly burntj their limbs broken
by blows, their lips seared with hot
^K irons; others were tlimwu into dun*
I
Gxifx, Mag, Vox.. Xhl
geons, of which the stagnant air '^&^
jioisoned with noisome vupoursT and bid-
den to lie there and rot. The rtuccei?M
of this first mission snrpast^ei! even the
hopes of Louvois. For a while he was
controlled by ptdltical consideration??^
but in Ifi84 the dragonnadea recom-
menced. They now increased the ttn*-
tares?, by bints obtained from I he Jesui to
and the Dominicans, Minds educated
beneath the stern monds of Calvinism,
were condemned to listen to the con-
versation, the oathit, and blaspbcnious
jests of drunken soldiers. They were
forced to labour ; their bodies were sub-
jected to cruel pains from suspension
by ropes, oftimea the tlesh was pinched,
their heads thrust into heated ovens ;
and finally thuH exhuustetl, by a retine-
ment of cruelty, the curse of Ladurlad
was fulfilled in its full bitterness on
them^ —
And sleep &hidl obey me,
And visit thee net er,
for all rest was denied them by relays
of wretchcH who compelled them to
stand, or who roused them by brutal
violence, If nature for u moment yielded
to repose* Women bred up with I he
tenderest etire were subjected io the
most odious officestand the mostshmne-
le.-s outrages. The result may be sur-
mised. Conversions rapidly increased ;
and the returns were now not by hun-
dreds, but by cities, by districts, and
by provinces. Lonia ordered public
rejoicings, the church ordained thanks-
givings, the court wus fervent In adu-
lation. Some attribute*! these collec-
tive conversions to Divine grace,—
" Dieu se sert de toutes voles pour
ramener a lui le^ heretiques," wrote
jViadame de Malntenon ; and Bourda-
loue and Fenclon were sent into the
provinces to take spiritual possession
of their folds. The dragoons, said
Madame de Sevigne, have been hitherto
excellent missicmaries ; the preachers
now sent will perfect their work. The
court was France to Louis, and the
court thought Protesbintism was ex-
tinct. On the 22nd October, ltJ85,
he signed, at Fontainebleau, the Revo-
cation of the Kilit^t of Nantes. Tho
resulU of that measure will be the
subject nf a future paper.
'iX
346
TIIK POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY OP AUGUSTE COMTE.
The Ponitif 0 Philofophf of Augutte Comt«, freeljr trantUted and condemed bj Harriet
Mirtineau. 2 voU. Cbapman.
WH firn disinclined to dnvotc much In the first sta^e all phenomena are
Hpnrr to fi notice of Mm Martincau*8 regarded from tlie theological point of
tfanfilntion and condcnnntion of M.
Conitnn IVmltiyc I'hilofiophj, although
wo have n^nd nil Huch parts of the work
M nro rcndnble hy those not mvantt^
with care and painful thought. Few
readers, perhaps, arc rpialified to judge
of thu ]irofoun(l s]>ecuIations on the
older scirnccs which are contained in
these \wayy volumes. Not many ran
accompany M. (*omte in hU fur-reuch-
ing hisloncnl surveys, without feeling
the continual necessity of refreshing
their memories concerning the jiast,
and making sure of the correctness of
his stnlcMientH by frecpient reference
to hooks. A nurt, however, and it is
by no means tlie least important nnrt,
of thnt which he (and his traiislalor
also) desires to set forth for the benefit
of society, tli)fii lie on the surface. Any
Intelligent earnest English mind— any
man or woman of fair average infor-
mation, and tolerably trained habits of
thought — is f\illy capable of deciding
on the soundness or unsoundness of
that which it is really of most cunse-
nuonee to understuncf in the thiniry of
tlie Positive Philosophv. Disclaimed,
as such a notion may ()e, in words, by
M. Comte, he cortaiidy clws make an
appiml to internal consciousness — to a
consciousness which can alone Iw ulti-
mate judgi^ of tlio truth of several of
those matters which he has put forth
an outer facts ; and, if we are correct
In saving this, every intelligent mind is
capable of pnmouncing whether ^1.
Omite is right or wrong, to a large
extent. So, with re^artl to many ques-
tions of notorious historical fact, long
or lately past, thero is really no stu-
peudou.^ dtlllculty in deciding whether
w« can accept either his statements, or
his inforonccs fnnn them,
M. Comte s tluniry has often been
•tatcil ; but we must give it oniv again.
Kvery seienoe in the course of its
human applications passes, according
U) him, thn>ugh three several stages :
p«rha|w we should s}ieak more cor-
nectly if we said that the human race
^ >ti progress oomca to view the
SMtMT ihxtQ Mvend wpeok
view ; the hidden cause is all in all—
the facts themselves are regarded only
as emanations from that cause — Whence
they arc passed over with slight exa-
mination, and the mind only rests on
the invisible. All phenomena are thus
referred " to the immediate action of
supcniatural beings."
In the second stage the mind is not
employed so much with the holy and
reverential view of the great First
Cause, but it has made to itself a
number of idols of the mind — forces,
entities, &c. — some supposed powers,
inherent in all beings. This he calls
the metaphysical stage.
In the third stage men are no longer
seeking in the dark forabsolute notions,
for the oricin or destination of the uni-
verse, for the cause of causes. Nothing
is true in fact, nothing is knowable but
actually observed facts and their re-
lations— the invariable relations of suc-
cession and resemblance. The number
of separate i)henomena which may be
referretl to general laws is ever in-
creasing, and the true " advancement
of learning" is therefore only by the
way of Positive Philosophy.
in harmony with his notion of the
three great stages of progressive
science, M. Comte further maintains
that thus also is it with the individual
mind, if it be at all " up to its time."
This, too, passes through three great
eras. In tiie first it is pious, referring
all to supernatural causes. In the
second it is metaphysical — begin-
ning to explore the region of abstrac-
tions— giving a species of personal
power to forces of nature, &c. ; and
lastly, imssing into the practical and
|x>sitive, when it waives away
AU Uiat the ptfvnt, aII th« prie»t luuh uoght,—
neither re<iuiring nor wishing for the
reference which was neeiled for its
earlier stages, but gradually simplify-
ing and reducing the number of things
which cannot be referred to general
laws, and finding, in that process of
reduction, amply enough for its con-
tentment and joy.
1654.] The Positive Philosophy ofAvgutte Comtt.
847
I
This, we sincerely think, is a fair
statement of what we can gather from
M, Conite's book, as now transhvted
Qtid condonsod. If in «ny way Miis-
iaken, lt?t us bei'orrccted i but that the
brief view given wouM be the obvious
and popular one, we can hardly doubt.
Now here are two asauuiDtiotiii, of
the truth of one of which at least awy
one may form :i judjjment. We begin
by the peraoiml and individual oiitj.
Here we are sure that — not, as Miss
Mnrtineau predicts, '■ in theological
sellishness or metaphysical pride," — but
really from the best exercise of their
matured jndgment>> will inuny even
advancetl mindsj diMiy the correctness
of M. Conite's philosophy as it bears
upon the question of individual pro-
gress. Moiit earnestly do we also deny
it for them* They may. or they may
not* have passed distin<*tly through the
two first 8[)ecified stages. If they have,
the anticipated result come to paj^s?
'jf one can judge <*f such a fact
Liraself ; and I to a large extent, he
can say bow it is with others. Well,
then, how stands the case ? Do the
early devout, an they go ou and tchilt
they go on, generally leave their de-
votion behinii ? Of course, in some
cases tliey do ; but it is far indeed from
being the case with many^ and those
the best specimens of humanity. True
it is, that there is much of fancy in the
devout fervours of many a young spirit;
there is a time of shifting and <|iiestion-
ing in mutters of feeling as well as in
those of opinion, and all who are honest
with themselves must learn to dia*
tinguish, though by a painful process,
between the reaUties of religious com*
munion and its counterl'eits — between
steady daylight and certain Itirid
ll ashes, making darkness vii^ible. Just^
however, we think, as the physiciiin's
quire us men or women to part with
any good element which has beun ours
in any stage of the way, indeed, we
cannot Inibeve. On the con trary, there
seem to be a thousand reasons why wo
should want the blessed consciousness
of a Father in Heaven, more and more
as life goes on. Our eras of existence
have need of such an intluencing power,
to hallow every change, and to touch
our worldliness by a beam of his di*
vine lights Our busy lives need lliai
— we must keep his Sabbaths in our
hearts, as well m outwardly. Our sin-
fulness needs Him, most of all. The
mournful consciousness of wasted
hours, neglected opportunities, and
forgotten benefits, presses upon lonely
hours with a weight only to be re-
moved by the voice of one speaking to
the weary and heavy daden ; and, if we
really thought that IncrcasGd know-
ledge of the world around us would
hide '%\s gieat Maker fioni our view,
the enlarged pages of the volume of
natural science would be a sad con-
templation indeed ; but, in reality, we
believe, the more we know the more
deeply shall we be humiliated by the
spectacle of the ineflectivcness of mere
knowledge; the more earnestly will
recourse be had to those wonderful
aptitudes of the devout mind to seek
moral strength ut invisible fountains,
which no jdiilosophy and no acquaint-
ance with facts can teach us to ignore-
M. Comtc must nut aOect to despise
self-consciousness on these points. He
has invited it as plainly as he iovitea
to historical or scientjiic research. He
tells us of our three individual eras.
How, but by individuid inquiry, can
we know whether he is right or wrong ?
Believing the iuqulry to be perfectly
fair, wo make it; and this is the result.
Mobt painful it is, on such a point, to
strong sensibility in the presence of lind ourselves at issue with Miss Mar-
lering decreases, while his active
' es to relieve it gather strength by
use, so surely in many minds do deep
and fixed habits of personal piety, and
constant reference to an Almighty
friend, take the place of that vehe-
mence of personal feebng which dis-
tinguished ihom at an earlier period. To
say of such persons that they have got
out of the theologicid sta^e will be ever
an error and a libel. That which was
onee a good will be everlastingly such
to thera* That PBooaKSS should re-
lincau ; yet more confounding to our
hopes and wishes, to fiud her possessed
by the extraordinary conviction that
she is doing service to society by
making more widely known to English
readers a systematic piece of argument
leading directly to the disparagement
of all that has hitherto been found
capable of sustaining men under theb"
heaviest sorrows, and enabling them to
look higher than the imperfect models
of earth for examples and stimtilrmta
to yirtue. There is no mistaking tins
146
llie PosUwe Philotophy ofAugUite Camt0*
[April,
poiDt. Her luw cjf "human progress"
noitlier accepts our lawgiver, our guide
by llnj way, uor tlii! end to wliich
Cijribtiafis aspire. Fill lifu with busi-
iiesa as we may— -crowd lis tj arrow
■pun with objects over so in teres tin g
or »o viituable in theukwelvcs — wbwt do
wo find at tbt^ end of ull| but a dreary
void wliere Lbe bright presence of a
benevolent God is not ? And liow then
can we, without the keenest sorrow,
receive her Introduction, eloquent as
it is?
If it be deHtred to extinguish preaamp-
tloii, to draw awny from low simSy to
fill life witli worthy occupations and ele-
vating pleasure^}, and to ruii^ Uucuan hope
and human effort to the In gli est attainable
point, it Heem$ to me thnt the best resource
It the piifhuit of Pofitive PhiloBOphy^wilh
its train of noble truths and irreaisttble
inducements. The prospect* it opem are
bonndles* ; for among the laws it esta-
blishes, that of human progress is couspi*
cuiKis* The virtues it fosters are all those
of wliicli man is capable ; and the noblest
are tboRc which arc more eminently fos-
tered. The habit of trutb-fieeking and
'trutb-speakinj^r and of true dealing with
srif and with all thiags, la evidentty a
priraary requisite; and^ this habit ooce
ptTfectcd» the nattiral conscience, thus
disciplined, will train up aII other moral
attributes to ionne ei|uality with it. To
nil «ho know what the study of Positive
Pbilosophy . . , its effect on human
a^pirntion and hnmao diar ipljne is fio plain,
that any doubt can be explained only on
the supposition that accusers do not know
what it h they are calling in question.
My hope la that this book may achieve,
besides the purposes entertained by its
author, the one more that he did not in-
tend— of conveying a sufficient rebuke to
those who, in theological sf I fishnets or
metaphysical pride, speak evil of a philo-
sophy which is too lofty and too simple,
ton bumble and too generous, for the habit
of their minds. The case is dear. The
Irtvv of progress is conspicuously it work
throughout human history. The only 6eld
of progress ia now that of Positive Pbilo-
Rophy^ Muder whatever name it may be
known to the real stttdents of etery sect ;
and therefore must that philosophy be
faTourablt! to those virtues whose repres-
sion would be incompatible with progress.
And now, wilh regard to the world
at large, though to consider from the
bistoiical point of view whether the
theory of bumaidry here promulgated
has ft jiudiciency of" truth to c^otnmand
our as)*ent, would occupy iar too nm*'h
rooiTij one very memorable passage in
M. C'Omte wilh regard to France can
be eai^ily verified, coming so near our
own time: it will^ we think, startle
many refiders*
There hm always (he says) been an out-
cry in one direction or another about the
demoralisation thnt humanity must under-
go if this or that su|)>ergtition were sup-
pressed ; and we see the foUy, when it
relates to a matter which to ua has long
ceased to be connected with religion, as,
for instaocet the observance of periooal
clean UnesB, wbich the Brahmins insist on
making wholly dependent on theological
prescription. For some centuries after
Christianity was widely established* a great
number of statesmen, and even philoso-
phers, went on lamenting the corruption
wbich must follow the downfall of poly-
theistic superstitions. The greatest service
that could be rendered to hnmao kind
while this ^ort of clamour exbt«t, is that a
whole nation should manifest a high order
of virtue while essentially alienated from
theological belief. Tkit service v»dt ren*
dered bp the demonttraiion attending $Ae^
French Uevolution. Wken^ from the
leaders to the lowest citizens ^ there iP«f
seett so much courage , military and chic,
auch patriotic devotednest^ so many acts
of disinterestedness, obscure as well es
conspicuous, and especially througktmt
the iphole of the republican defence, while
the ancient faith teas abased or persecuted^
it was impossible to hold to the retrograde
belivf of the moral necessity of religious
opinions. It will not be supposed that
Dciijin was the animating influence tn this
case I for not only are its prescriptioos
confused and precarious^ but the people
were nearly as indifferent tn modem Deism
as to any other religious system. — Vol. ii*
p. 249, 350.
No one but a French man we think
eouhl hiive penned this reiuarkuble
passage. A I rcnchnmn, we know, ciin
scarcely help te cling that even his
countrymen s worst actions have a re-
decndug quality which niakea them
quite unlike the bad actions of other
(icoplej but we do feel it a humiliating
specimen of nationality.
M. Comte, if reviewing the actions
of other nationalities, would not surely
make so great a mistake as to suppose
that ail the instances of virtue he
speaks of came out ofa new and strange
Ktate of society, and that none were
an inheritance from the old and yet very
recent slate. Much, indeedj ihat wrts
rnUed Chri«»tiatiity in France before the
J
1854.] TJiif Positive Philosophy of Avgtiste Comte,
349
Revolution, every one koows was not so
at aU» — vf&A TJithiiv base nnd tlc^ading
Buper^tition. Yet, inoht surelj, there
were many pure, virtuous^ and Bni^erc
Christians m old Fninue. Could the
influence of iheir extimnle and tench'
ings be lost throughout a nation in a
few years ? \Mio knows how large a
part they Btill retained in hearts that
were, it may be, but diinly conscious
of the intluence ?
Wlio know.i Liio intliviiJuitI boar, in whicli
Ht» hjibtt» flril were y>wn, oren ak * seed ?
Who that Ahttll polut^ vi with ct wariil, ii]i<1 «ny
Thia poriiofi of the river of ray raiinl
Cftme from yon fountain ?
No rmtural nurture of any kind, we
believe, was goin;j on during the French
Revolutjon. The donieslie hearth-
fires were extingtiiahed. A high order
of virtue was out of the question,
though isolated acts of noblcnes;^, no
doubt, appeared to brighten the dark-
ness of that time. When» indeed,
women were going mad by hundreds,
and the births of idiots and precoci-
ously stimulated naturea were more
numerous than jierhaps ever before
known in cmy nation, im stable fortii
of character could bo prognosticated \
and the last thing to be expected was
a generally " high order of virtue."
Heroic emotions, !iere and there,
fpring up over when the depths of
humanity are stirred as they were
then ; but a fitting time of education
it can never be. Neither the r^uiet
, iiiJitcmttl rearing of infiincy, nor the
fatherly culture of the young, can pro-
ceed by well-ordered stages at such a
season ; ant! we are ctnnpelled to feel
how low n^ust be AI. Comte's type, if
he can regard the French Revolution
character as of an exalted kind. Had
it been bo, how strange that a low
and vulgar form of mditary tyranny
should so soon Ijave succeeded to the
previous elevation ! The present stute
of French morality, indeed, M. Comtc
does not rate high : on the contrary,
he LimenlB over it, while imputing
tits short-comings and its evils in a
great measure to the presence of so
much only half-demoiished theology.
And yet if M. Comte would go abroiid
and make a quiet examination of the
diflerent circles of French social life,
^ where would he Und the patrons and
■ admirers of the viciouh dramas nntl
impure novels which pollute French
literature ? Not, we are sure, among
the 5obei% serious c^ort of French Pro-
testants— not among the devout and
consistent of I'atholies. It would be,
we suspect, almost wholly among the
godless in theory and practice.
The world cannot, in short, any more
than the individual, spare its theology
as it grows older. Its inventions, its
clearing up of many ditiiculties, its now
cosy explanations of various pheno-
mena carry it up to a certain point
with wonderful facibty ; but, contem-
plating the dense mass of ignorance
and vice which everywhere comes into
our view of society, even in a Chrintian
land, we Jeel it a hollow mockery to
point to a knowledge of nature as that
which ie to cure our social evils. Know-
ledge indeed directed by love can do
great things— the knowledge of po-
sitive physical facts, everybody allows,
may and does aid essentially in the
proper appliance of means to ends :
but the awakened heart, the mii^sionary
mind, precedes all the real benefits
society has received from the applica-
tion of such knowledge ; flnd if the
capital fact of a Father in Heaven
brooding over the kind designs of his
children, prompting the desire to recal
the wandering, and ready ever to re-
ceive the lost son, is to be ignoi'ed,
how wild, how misdirected, how in-
efficacious vf ill be human jdans of re-
lief I We conclude, indeed, that M,
Comte, and Miss Martineau also, would
have much to say abont the frequent
mis-direction of Christian effort. Any-
thing of this kind ought to be humbly,
nay thanklully^ in as far as it is true,
received ; but then let us make the
full uses of such concessions. Let
them throw us back, as they ought,
upon ourselves, and, when we arc most
t!eeply humbled by them, it will be the
titne to feel more strongly than we
have ever done before, that we want
to benmre fiuthful to the light given us,
rather than to seek darkness : to put
out our lamp because it is not the sun,
would seem but foolish policy, and so,
and much worse, would be tlie ab-
surdity of giving up fuith and hope
because they have not been productive,
through the sinfulness una weakness
of humanity, of the fullness of bless-
ing ttiey were meant to convey^
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TRAITS OF THE CZARS.
IT ill oxActly a thousand ^cars unco
Utiric the Sciindin avian chief, assisted
by a piratical fon^Ot invaded thu eastern
snores of the Ualtictand laid the founda-
tions of a dominion which his succes-
iors hehi for something lilce seven cen-
turies, iieforo two hundred years had
olafMetl the Russians had made no less
than thriH) attemnts to plunder Con-
stantinople ; and the \Ki\'icy of the chiefs
of the firat i)eriotl is that of the Czars
of the fttUi. Tlie former erected a
statue in the square of Taurus, on
whitih there miraculously apiieared n
written pro[>heoy, that the liuss would
ono ilay sit in tlie scat of the (trcek
tm|K'n)r. This mendacious policy still
intluenoes the governmont, and Nicho-
las the Cxar sanctitms the lie which
dticlari's that the Virgin 1^1 ary has ap-
poaretl hovering over his army, by way
of testimony that their march in the
dirvetion of Constantinople was blessetl
by her approval.
All the early expetlitions made
■gainst the last-named city were by
MA, and, doiipite the ferocity with which
ihoy were maintained, the commercial
relations of the Cirock empire and the
Russian state were but slight I v atleotod,
and iHMisetpiontly the civilisation of
the Uuss was not materially im}>edod.
Uurio was succoctletl by his son Igor, *
whiv«o wife and successor, i)lga, went
to C^mstantinople to In? Imptizeil. This
raligious oircumstanoe did not prevent
her siMi Sviatoslav from attempting to
destr\>y the holv city : but ho was so
nMi(;hIy troatoii in the attempt by John
Zimisci^s that he humbly thanlced tho
latter for a sate ivuduot back to his
doiuiniinis. The pr\*sont Cj:ar, Nicholas,
has had the edVouterv to cite this oc-
ourrcnce as a pr\Mf of the friendly
union which was lv2*un in early times
between the Kus.s and the liroek.
▲ luau kuivks dowu a thief in tho
lu|:hway. but if the robbor falls under
tke whe^'l of a w^^risou the man pulls
him out of the peril, and th^rvuivn th«
brigand Uxists th.it they have shaken
band* and orv friemb! * Under VUdi-
ittir> the skmi of Sviatoalar, all Russia
«M converted to a wrv e^juiviK^ol sort
tsuaniiy ; and with him ends the
lb« CJun ot* the dr*c wriod.
Vladimir divided his extensive do-
minions among his ten sons. The natural
result of this course was an internecine
war of succession carried on during
two centuries and a-half, with all the
aggravated ferocity peculiar to family
(luarrels. The Tartars benefited by
the dissensions, and made of the people
a herd of slaves ; and the fratricidal
disturbances and the Tartar supremacy
fill up the second and third periods of
the Russian historj.
The fourth period commences with
Ivan 1. and Lis establishment of a
capital at Moscow, in 1 325 ; but he
and his successors had to struggle daily
with the Tartar hordes, who were not
thoroughly subdued till 14*25, when
Ivan ill. mounted tho ducal throne,
o|)ened the fifth period, and, after a
reign full of what is calletl " glory,"
left a large inheritance to his son Ivan
the Terrible, a.d. 1533.
This monster was without teeth when
ho succeedeil to his tather*s greatness,
but his mother, Helena, reigned during
his minority, and set such an example
to hor sex that Messalina was pure by
coiniMirisoii. The Ihw w:i5 trained to
Ik» a savage, to kill animals, to ride
OYor iMsople in the street.*. He was
taught to be a destroyer; and the Czars
of later days have not tor-jot ten the in-
struction, thouirh they apply it more
tenderly. Ivan was only m his teens
when he had ono of his own attendants
worried by dogs in the public highway,
The yuung geutloman thought it ex-
ci^llent sport : and he was euvx>uraged
to intUilge in it by tho Gluiiky family,
who wore proud to bo the preceptors
of so pmmising a pupil . It was that
tamily who seriou>ly taught hitu that
he was an exception to the command-
ment which s;iid " Thou shalt d.-» no
murder.** They inculcatovi assassina-
tion OS a virtue in a priiico.
He robl^eii his pei»p'e, r.tn moroly by
oppressive taxation, but by vi;I j-ir oi-on
plunder — ^a prwess which Xi.holas
i^arriv'S out mor^ p^^litely ly i"tv>:vI
loons, i'hey wh^^ CTv^ar.o^l Vy -.v.-.y of
dissent were shin !• i- their auiic.ty:
and he jocosely cv'>:ujx'lii'vl r-art r.ts i,y
slay their children, a?'.»i cli:: Irt^a o-:?
another; and then, if he were u»^c t..v»
weanr. slew the sarvivrr. where •">?
I
ir«» lefl bre a tiling, an<l, like Scrub,
"laujjhed fonsumedlj/' He placed
Mmself upon that equality vrith God
frtim wlilcli the preseut Czjir has hardly
descended, by one shallow step, ilis
devotion was oatentatious, and he was
CTcr extmplitrilj devout when he was
not stupidly drunk. He would rise from
his knres to let slip hta wild besrs
among the citizen? in the streets^ and
** the most pioua of Czara " finished his
pmyera aa he looked on at the slaughter,
pluminff himself on his maenani-
mitj when he Hun ^ :\ few snmlT coins
among the woumled. He sometimes
safTered, however, from a snrft?it of
deaths and the jesters were then anm-
mooed to raise the imperial spirits.
They must have addressed themselves
t/> their task with delightful buoyancy,
remembering thnt a bad joke was sure
to be strangled in the throat of th<.'
utterer — and the latter died \vith his
sorry )est. The very tiubles wei*e not
safe. He once flung over Prince Gooa-
dof, who bad failed in an attempt to
be witty, a tureen of scalding hot soup,
and as the prince endeavoured to ej-
cape, the Czar plunged a knife intu his
side. The unhappy noble fell ileail, and
Ivan, remarking that he had " carried
the joke far enough," bade the physi-
cian attend to him. " It is only God
and your majesty," said the medical
toady, " who can restore the nrince to
lile ; he is quite gone/* The Czar was
a little alTected at the event, but he
took a pleasant way of forgetting it.
A favourite noble happened to meet
him, and bent in reverence before him.
The Czar was delighted to fall in with
him, and took hold of him by the ear,
just aa Napoleon used to do with his
arch* favourites; but the French em-
J)eror was accustomed to leave the ear
le pinched upon the head of its owner ;
not so Ivan, who using his knife cut
oil' the niemher and thing it into the
face of his ancient fi'iend, who received
the same with many ackDowledgments
of his master s condecension. Ivan was
the husband of seven wives — at once ;
and tlm was the only circumstance in
hi« character which the Greek Church
in Kussiu ever afi'ected to blame in him.
His oiitr lo espouse our Virgin Queen
**" :aheth must have made that graci-
lady mei'ry. Ivan hlmseU soon
ceased to be so. In a tit of fury he
liis own son dead by blows trom
an iron bar, and God and outraged na-
ture no longer spared this most hideouit
of monsters, lie became gloomy, but
hardly less cruel ; and partial madness
succeeded to gloom* and death at last
to both.
This savage was nevertheless one of
the*ablest of men and of rulers^ when
he chose to let his natural abilities for
good have away over his natural dispo-
sition for evil. He introduced printing
into Russia, gave it a code of laws,
encouraged religious toleration, and
promoted civilization by patronising
the line arts throughout their brilliant
circle with a liberality never perhaps
known out of his dominions. But he
Wiis a UoloFsu5 of intemperance in all
things, and intemperance begat cruelty,
and the indulgence of both led to in-
sanity,— and therewith, strange to say,
this great incarnation of the ^* beastly"
died a natural death ! So strange are
all things in the land of the Czars 1
In the person of his son and sucj^efsor
Feodor L^ ended the line of Kuric.
Boris, the brother-in-law of Feodor,
and murderer of Demetrius, Feodor*<i
brother, was elected Czar uller the
death of the son of Ivan IV. His dis-
astrous reign was followed by the more
disiistrous one of his son, teodor II.,
who was ultimately strangled, and his
place taken by a monk, who is known
as the false Demetriu^^ and who met
the fate he had intiicted on his prede-
cessor. Under the reign of the suc-
ccssorof the pseudo-Demetrius, Vasaili,
Russia was torn by insurrection and
famine. To make confusion worse
confounded, the Poles swept over the
cf»untry, destroyed every thing before
them, reigned over ruin, and that with
such unexampled tyranny, that the
nation rose, drove them out, and chose
for their Czar, Michael, the tiri*t sove-
reign of the present dynasty — of the
house of Rom a not. The new Czar
created his father Patriarch of the
Greek Church in Russia, and chose for
his wil*i the daughter of a man who
was ploughing in the fields when the
information reached hini that he waf
father-in-law of the Czar. Nicholas,
therefore, has no claim to sneer at the
marriage nf Lciuin Nanoleon with the
gran«ldnughter of Mr. Fitzpatnck.
The tirst Romanof made a worse choice,
and he gained power bv the same
means wa that which raised the present
TVaifjr nfthe Czarn.
Spm
k
Emperor of the French to the throne
-popular elet^tioii.
Mjcbaul Eonianof was elected in
If>]3v and thirty 'two years ref'torWHrds
L bu Iclt the throne to Alexia, tlie fiitUer
[of Peter the Grent (by % seeoiid mar-
Iriage), lie was succeeded by Fco^lor
kllLt a son by his {\v^l wife; but his
[sietcr Sophia and Prince (Talitziu
[ruledt while he conti:;ntedly slumbered,
^Then came the half- brotbtjr?, Ivan und
Peter conjoiptly. The hitter eouhl
endure no rival like ivan, jitiU less a
, iuperior like Sophia, lie accordingly
J dethroned the iir^jt^ sent the latter to
monastery, and destroyed the nu-
oerous body ot' Strelitzes, who bad
►espoused her cause. There wiia one
^exception to the iinivert^id massacre of
Khese men, which will be interesting?
\%xy those who remember the name of
fl'icholas's J ate en voy to \ i en n a * W he n
Nhe Strelilzea who hnd not been assas-
Vfinated were being judicially executed,
I they were called by name, one ntler
I the otber^ to the block. At lcn|;th the
Iturn came of a youthful ?oldierj rmmod
I Orel. He boUuy advanced, and na tlie
llieads of his comrades impeded his way
Ito the block, he put them aside with
liis fv^^i^ sayingt ** Make room, com-
rades^ I am coming to join you," Ilia
boldness won liini liis life» and Peter*
ennobling bis name of Orel {i. e* Kngle)
by an addiiioiml .syllable, ultimately
*" estowed on him the dignity which is
DW worn by bis descendant, Count
Peter woi* perhaps the greatest of
ihe Czard of the sixth period; but the
details of his story are too well knowji
need rec;imtu1atioji. 1 will, bow-
er, notice how he bore himself iu
[tbat invai^ion of Turkey in 1712, from
irLich ho escaped m a condition which,
bad as it was, will, it is to be hoped,
be envied by hi.s imitator, Nicholas.
The triumph of the Czar Peter over
tbe King of Sweden at Pultowa, was
the full revenge for a blunder and a
crime committed by Charles. The
latter had received a Jjivonian depu*
tat ion, at tbe head of which was an
ofHcer named Patka!, The object of
the deputation was to yhew the grie-
vances under which Livonia was suf-
fering. Charles XIL received the
members graciously^ and complimented
AlJkuJ on his patriotic frankness. A
fyw dujrs after the subject assumed a
difiercnt aspect in his capricious eyes,
and the Livoni.iii was then proclaimetl
by him as a tra.itor. PatkTil eticaped,
and entered the service of the Czar.
In this act there was no disloyalty to
Charles, tor Pntkul, as a free Livoniai])
liad a perfect right to select his own
master. That master subsequently
employed him tn a matter of diplomacy
»t tlie court of that unclean and infa-
mous monster — Augustus of Poland.
The Livonian was there under the
sacred character of ambassador ; but
Augustus flung him over to the mud
cruelty of Charles, as soon iis the latter
thought proiKir to demand bun. The
insane Siv^cde sat down and wrote the
doom of his victim; and by virtue of
ihU royul doeu men I, Patkul was broken
on the wheel, and subsequently quar-
tered. All humanity cried shame!
upon the penietrator of a deed the chief
guilt in which attaches to that crowned
and cowardly brute — ^Augustus.
Peter, who was especially incensed
ut this tragcily, was avengeil, thuuglt
not ap[iea9ed| by the victory at Pul-
towa, and the conquest of Uiga and
the Livonian provinces. Charles, after
the loss of that bloudy day, took sanc-
tuary and .scanty charity at the hearth
ol' the Sultan. Chafeil and moody, he
inirsed his wr:ith at Hender, where, in
return for the small allowance and not
over candy -ed courtesy be met witli
from the head of Lslamism, he stirred
up the latter to ei most uncomfortable
consetoui^uess of the dangers which the
C Htoman empire would now incur were
the triumi^bs of Russia to be unchecked.
The suggestions f>f Charles were ren-
dered of double imijortance by tho«e
made in similar spirit by the Khan of
the Crimean Tartars, whom Peter
thrcatene*! to devour? and when the
Swedish envoy, Foniatowski, repre-
sented in fuller details to the Divan
the perils which menaced Turkey from
the side of Russia, the Turks, in a
mingled fever of fear and fury, calfeU
out ibr *■ war against those red barba-
rians/' whom a cunningly-devised pro-
pliecy had lu-M up t<j thetr hati^ and
terror, trom the moment that the
cre-iccnt shone out in triumph over
the double -necked eagle, which proudly
symbolized the empire of the (Greeks,
Peter was as unjust in his quarrel
with Turkey as the Czar Kicholas ti
Xi,mi \ ^ttd Turkey has been no
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prompt in her warlike declarations
than slie was then \ — save, indeed, on
one point, her treatment of the? Russmn
envoj m. Constantinnple* \^'lien the
Sultan declared war agaiuitt Peter, he
UDinediately shut up Pctor*s repre-
sentative in the Castle of the ^even
Towers. Count Tola to j, it may be
added, deserved such a tlite much less
thaa Prince ^lenschikoflT on a more
reeenl; occasion, whose arrogance was
the more lively as he knew that the
ie verity of the old Ottoman code of
mftnners was more somnolent than of
yore.
The arrangements made by Peter
for the campaign contrast favourablv
with the blundering tactics whicL
hitherto, at least, have ordy earned
didgrace for the Uussian arms on
the Turkish frontier- J^Iohlavisi was
marched upon by a force under Prince
Galitzin ; and a second, under Marshal
Sheremetof, advancc^i on the same
point. The land forces at Azoph and
on the shores of the Black Sea, and
the fleets near the former and on the
waters of the Euxine, were under the
supreme command of one man, Ad-
miriil Aprixin* It was the inr)st singu-
lar and the most faulty of Peter's
ammgementa. In this respect Nicholas
has excelled his predecessor.
Peter^ as he sat ut supper the ni^lit
before he left Moscow, bad with him
two friends and counsellors, both of
whom had sprung from the lowest of
stations by power of the sweetest of
▼oices. One was MenzikolF, who called
"hot pies/* with so inL-lodiuii.-* a note
in the streets id' JL»scow% that Peter
was won by the tune a« well as the
wares of the illiterate peasant pastry-
cook fi'oni the banks of the Volga.
He bade the lad renounce his callings
sent hinv to school^ and (in ally made of
him what the Duke of Parma (when
he absents himself from his duchy)
ever makes of his old groom, Jem
Ward — regent of his dominions. Peter
left MenzikolTat the bead of allairs at
St. Petersburg, while the senate of
regency was established at Moscow.
The other friend of Peter was a woman,
who, in her Swedish obscurity, was
known by the name of Martha. The
widow of a Swedish serjeant, she had
been capture<l at the siege of Miigde-
burg by Geufrfll Bauer. The epi-
curean genortil pbced his prisoner at
Grnt, Mag. Vol, XLl.
the head of his cullmiry department,
where her ability attracted the com-
mendations of ^lenxikofl', who subse-
tjuently introduced her to the Czai%
She was as ignorant of letters aa the
handle of one of her own saucepans ;
and, though she was far from impe-
rially beautifulj she was pretty» viva-
cious, full of grace of motion, and
with that ^ift which Shakspeare and
Luther praised as highly as Peter loved
it, — namely, a soft and sweet voice,
** an excellent thing in woman I" Pet^r
had privately married this heroine,
who, on being made an honest woman,
assumed the names of Catharine-
Alexina. They had now been married
four years, and Peter, before setting
out to the Prutli, made public decla-
ration of their union. General Bauer's
cook was Czarina of Muscovy, and
thongli she could neither read nor
write, she had as much sense of the
strong common sort as half-a- hundred
princesses who could do both.
Strong sense and a sweet voice :
with these charms she soothed the
savage nature of Peter, and brought
the imperial Cymon sighing to the feet
of the novel Iphigenia. But Peter was
not like the swain who " whistled, as
he went for \v1int of thought;" he was
not a " fool of nature," and be needed
something more than a nyraph to curb
the devil in him. Catharine wsis the pre-
cise person fitted for the task. Shec<:juld
be coarse of speech nnd as unrefmed in
manner as her lord ; but she ever kept
under dominion what be was constantly
aOowing to get the dominion over him
—namely, her wits. Peter was for
ever losing his, and, when this occurred,
Catharine told him of bis short-comings
with a candour which bruught down
upon !ier a torrent of abuse, and then
her persuasive voice musically wooed
her abuser to a confession of error, and
expressions of sorrow for fierce tin-
cleaidiness of language. The might of
her nuigic consisted in this, that she
never lot^t her temper; the helplessness
of the terrible Czar was to be Ibund in
the opposite fact that he not only !ost
bis temper, but therewith became en-
tirely oblivious of himself. The odds
were all on the lady's side.
The Czarina was resolved to accom-
pany the Czar in this great expedition,
of which the pre.Kcnt presence of the
Muscovites between the Pruth and the
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[April,
Dfttiubc if but the logiciil sequence*
Peter was rejoiced to posACSs ao ni>ble
an aide-de-camp iit his aido j mid
thou|^!ii Vis difHcuIticit aroMC \i\ \m mill)
und »ul^c•^iIl|^^ Lcavdy fell upcm Imui»
be counsel) cdf or feigned Lo counsel,
ber returu to sflfety, bcr indig^rmnt
tcflm, bcr vehement praters, her witub-
\i\il lookftf niJd her most irrcaiiitiblu of
voices won a no very rcUictaul coiiiiefit
from the Czar, too delighted to consent
that flbe should continue to tibnre ivith
bim in triumph or defcut.
The position of Ruism witb reapect
to foreign nations, when tbiji invasion
of Turkey was roaolved upout was, in
many pcnnts of view, very hi mi tar to
Uiat in which the siame power stands
ttt this moment. Kusdia had, \i% the
fVietid of order, demanded the iilliance
of other nations ; but the latter,
strongly convinced of her mcDdaeity
and di a honesty, cither stood openly
hostilci or " hostikdy neutral" tutor
won over the King of Poland to his
fiidc, but llm Folish diet patriolically
Saraly^ed their iicrvJIe and dinui-aceful
jng* The Qnxr bad eJt cited Moldavia
to revolt* just as Nicholas, who pro-
iweB to hate revolution.*)* ha» invoked
liisurreottous in Greece lo embarrass
the Turkjs, in Spain an<r ii) France to
give Louis-NaiM>leon occupatidu at
ome ; and Kt he probably would do
In England, but that, with a foe before
Ufl, Englishmen know but one party,
and care but for one object — the honour
and inte reals of their country. Peter
had the ^ood ^race not to diaclaim
extenaion of outuptetit. Nicholas has
won for himnclf ovcrlaBtinj/ infamy by
making a disclaimer w!ucn belie** and
is belied by his acts. At the very mo-
ment when the present Cxar inffjrmed
those "Friend^/* who were made to
look in the oye* of every man in St.
Petcrshur*^ aa the dchjuatca of the
whole Knglinh people, imphu*In^ at the
iuotstool of Nicholas that he would
vouchsafe to grant that people peace,
— when he assured them, by hi» sold,
by his hotiour, that be abhorred war,
and had no intention to make or to
keep any territorial conqut^t^ta — the
Auatrian papers were, at the same
momeui, publitihtng to the wortd the
propositions which lie had made to tho
court of Vienna, by Count OrlofT, and
which were to the clfect that if Aufitria
ftod Prussia unked with him, their
claims ihould be considered when, at
the eloae of the war, the redistributioo^
of tlie Turkish dominion'^ Hliould coiiittj
under diseusstun' lie tboUj^ht to allur
ihoni by the templing iniquity of i
new partition -treaty. It woa JonutbM,
Wild invci*;ling Blueskin to burgiarf I
by oiTenng a share of i'l*^ >J.!T»,|.,y.^ but^
intendinf^ to cheat his c< when
the coveted boot/ was u ,^..
Wcli, Peter WHS grievously diaup
pointed by the failure of the outbreak
m Moldavia. Cantounr, the Christiao
Vaivode there, had organised a ravolt,
and his confederate, the Bishop of Je-
rusalem, had bleated the attempt to
make of Moldavia an indei>endent mo»
noi'chy, witli Demetrius Cantemir foj
king, under the pn^tection of the Csar.
Brancovan, Vaivo^le of VVallachia, had
engaged to strike in on the same side,
but tliia treasonable bubble cxplodedi
although Ruaaia did her very utmost
to keep it aOoat. Brancuvan dis-
covered that Cantenur's projects were
influenced by the most »elf]tih tiiottvea
— and, moreover, the Chriatian ponulii*
tions of the two provinces could not
be induced to Ibllow their lofal chiefs
in the path of treason ; they rcnmincNl
aianch ndbcrunts to the Turkiih cau»e,
and served the Sultan bravely. As
for t!ic BinhtiD, he lied; and had the
utmost dillii-ulty to preserve his head
upon hia shoulders during his Jlight.
More than once, his pursuers were in-
conveniently close to htm, but he at
length found aafoty, and Kusj^ia had
to mourn, as she does now, over agents
who bud been detected, imd treason
that had been rendered abortive.
The tbrces of I lie respective armies,
their tautic«, and the chnructeri*ilica of
their leaders, present theinselves to us
in strong contrast with the armies,
discipline, and ollicers of the present
time. The ex -woodcutter, Baltaji
Mehemot, ultimately cronHcd the Da-
nube at tlic head of 100,000 men. The
army of Peter was numerically greater
by thirty thousand; but his forcet^
were scattered, and not more than
forty thouaand were collected under
hia banner. Both armies wei-e direoU^d
towarda on© point, Jassy. Bultaji, tJie
old woodcutter in the oourtii of the
Seraglio, led hi» men along the bank
of the Pruth, and in the course of his
march he deapatohed a Polish envoy,
Pontatowflki, to Charles, at Bender,
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InTitiu^ hiui tu pay a vis^it to die
Turkish camp. Charles, when at the
height of his power, cared very little
for etiquette, but in Ihe days of bis
ndversity he refused to sncrificc the
rights of his royal dignity* nnd he
an/rrily ifisrsted on the woodcutter first
making a visit of homage to the King
of Sweden* Baltaji smiled at the re-
quest, struck his tent^, and passed ou,
much more desirous of circuutventing
Alarshal Sheremetolfj who, with a
large force, was to the south of Jassy^
than of viaitijig a crownless and cho-
leric king. The buter would probably
have had a more unwelcome visitor at
Bender, in the person of the Czar and
his wild hordes, hnd not tlje Kbau of
Crimea, with honlef? «8 wiblj watched
the residence and cared for the safety
of the downcast Swede,
The marcli of Peter upon Jassy was
slowly etfected, and with great at-
tendant suflering. Swarms of locusts
hid entirely destroyed the herbage by
the way, and the supplies of water
were miserably inefficient, Tije courage
of the Russ was, however, supported
by the exnmple of the Czarina, who
not only suffered in common wiib the
soldiery, but lent solace to her fellow-
sufferers. She was in her sphere in
such a scene. It was not the first time
she had followed the drum, and no
"canliniere" was more prompt to
succour and gentle in administering
than Catharine, when the sick and the
luingi'y called for aid. She and the
army generally looked to Jfl«sy as at
once their granary and resting-place ;
but, when they had reached that long-
desired fortress of their hopes, the fa-
mished invaders found scarcely enough
ill«rein to furnish tbeni with one day's
|fcllYisions, Thereupon » the wonl " for*
i^urd" WHS given» and the famished
Russians staggered on towards the
Pruth, in sight of which thcv arrived
on the 18th of June, 1712. fterethey
were worse off than ever. The Turks
had crosse*) the river before the Mos-
covite banner was in sight, and two
hundred thousand men, for to such
number was the Osmanli levy swollen
by the Tartar re-ittforcements, now
stood ready to shower down upon Peter
the storm of shot and steel which he
frantically ati-ovc to turn a^lde. He
WAS in the most critical position front
the Tcry first, and it is very clear that
bis perils afforded no warning to the
Russian generals, who, with less fatal
results, nearly fell, in the early part of
the -present campaign, into a somewhat
similar position. Peter beheld on one
side of the river the hostile camp of
the Crimean Tartiirs, while, t>n the
other, the main body of the Turkish
forces had so mano&uvred as to cut off
his retreat upon Jassy. He attempted
to procure a little water from the river
to refrci^h bis men, who were not only
weak from hunger, but half -mad from
thirst. The Turkish artillery, how-
ever, was so directed that no drawer of
water approached the bonk without
certain loss of life.
The Czar's resolution was at oncii
formed. He shaped his force into one
grand hollow square, against which the
Turkish masses flung themselves like
surge upon the rocks, falling: back with
broken crests. It was solely owing to
the bad training of the Turkish officers
that the Russian square was not en*
tirely annihilaterl. And, it may be
added, that if the training be some-
what better now, which is very ques-
tionable so far as the greater number
of the otScera is concerned, the method
of instruction is as distasteful to these
gentlemen as evei . In proof of this,
It is only nece.'ssary to cite an incident
noticed \^ty recently by the *'Owtt
Correspondent" of the Times. The
Europi*nn drillers of tlie Turks were
generally called "adviser?,*' though
seldom listened to. *' A Ilungftriaii
cavalry officer," writes the Correspon-
dent, *" was not long since in this
position, as drill-instructor. Afler a
week or two of drill the Turkish officera
assembled in a body, and represented
to the Hungarian that the trouble and
work of European drill were intolerable*
* If you persevere in this,' saiJ they,
* we will intrigue at Constantinople,
and cause your removal. Sit down,
like a senstble man, and smoke your
pipe in peace. Why should you tor-
ment yourself nnd us ?* * What could
I do ? said the Hungarian to a friend
of mine, * I can*t afford to lose the
pay ; so I submitted, as others do.* A
Russian officer, now a prisoner at the
sera*kierBte here, observes, * that every
Turkish soldier should hjwe a decora-
tion of brilliants, and that every officer
deserved the bastinado/ '" By such
officen^ irefft ihe Turk? led in the laat
TraiU n/the C^garM.
[ApKl,
emiuTf, On tliftl occdAioo, by Ibe
Pratb, they were m <Wplar*bly igno-
rnnt tlmt they kepi MSftiJing the JUttanan
square on one side only, «o thml Peter
was enibled to luaitilaio s continu-
ally rcmired front. Doring three
whole aayt wm thjfl terrific! and un-
eaual eonflict kepi up; nor did the
Muieovite difleiplinc qoail for a mo-
ment 1)efQre the fariotis onslaught of
the unnumbered foe. At the end of
the third day the Hus^iana* powder was
exhausted ; the men stood with empty
pouches and firelockj before the welf-
providcd enemy. Peter was like an
ungovernable wild beast in the awful
fury of hiM wrath ; and in hid despair
benadwell nij^h lowt all by ordering
ilia now diminished army to lower
bayonets and at their point force its
way though the hu5>tile forcf% which
hoped for nothing bett<!r llian such de-
livery of such a prey. But he saw that
jiuch an attempt might involve the en-
tire lo.^* of the army, the Czarina, and
hitniielf. In the acute agony of his
despairing irresolution he shut himself
up m his tent, within the square, and,
flinging off all self-control, he so
abandoned himself to the tempest of
bis rage that he at length rolled on the
ground in frightful convulsions. lie
bad Mtertily forbidden the access of
Catharine to him, on pain of death;
but when he opened his eyes, and reason
again dawned upon him, the Czarina
was at his side. His lirst impulse waa
to strike her, but she whtspored the
word *^ negotiation i ** and this hitherto
unthouf;ht-of meims of escape fell so
suthleofyj yet *<o relVcuhinirly, upon the
chafed mind of PetiTj that the strong
man wiw chnnged, and he wt'pt more
like a chihl than a hero — except indeed
It Greek hero, who was j^cncrally weep*
tog when he was not lying, and was
sometimes doln;^ both.
Peter refused, however^ to interfere
personally in this matteiv lie would
not allow \m iirime to be employed ;
but Catharine had wit enoiicFh to do
without him, nm] ijucet^cdcil tlie l>etter
for being [iii\ to herself. She sent the
usual prci^cnts to the wood-cutting
vi«icr, lurs iiinl jewels, — customary ud-
dition^ to give weight to n request for
an audience. The letter of requuMt wjih
written by Murfilud Shercmetof, and a
glA of good solid gold was addressed
to the kiaja. The night wore heiivily
on while the menengers war aba^nii
the day dsirned, the attack wis no
feriottBly resumed ; but still no I
brought the answer of the Turk. To
remain in doubt was worse than to
know the worst, and Peter wcM bej
doing rather than remain inactive,
prey to his inquietude. His actrrit^fi
took an originallY heroic form. He s«fe^|
down and peom^ a letter to the f
at Moscow ; but in hii* beleaguered i
dition there was little u$e m confii
it to a bearer, who must inevitably,
it would appear, be captured or
The letter was written, neTertfa
and it was to this efTeet —
I have to anooauce to joa thftt, Tictim
of false ioformation, and from no error of
my own, I am now beleaguered in
camp hf a Tarkiih force which is
tirau more mimeRmt thin thtt at my eom-*-!
roand* We lie without proTiflioos, andg
asstalt, ctptif Hy, and death are iamisii
unless HcsTcn Touchsafes asau
means anknowa to oorselves. If to be 4
capttte to the Turks should be my I
ceue from that mo meat And an til you 1
hold me again to consider me an 7<)af|
Crar ; diarcgard all orders brought in mf
name, and care as little for those whioh
may appear to bear my lign-manual, Bot|
I may be doomed to die in this place;
iuch be my deitiny, and jrou receive i
authenticated proof thereof, proceed af^
once to elect my saccetsor, choosing the
most worthy from among yoarselrea.
A soldier boldly volunteered to carr/j
tills missive to tlie Senate ; and, whe
he left the Czars quarters with ih
document hvlMj bestowed about hi
Peter, who was sometimes enthuaii
tjcally pious, solemnly prayed that I
would speed the bearer on his wayJ
lie arrived safely in about nine days. '
In the nieuntimct the Vizier vouch-
safing no reply to the application made
to him for an audience preparatory to
negotialjonj a council of war was held*
at which Catharine was present. The
conclusion there arrived at took the
form once more of ii unanimous re-
i!olvc that, should the Vizier demand
unconditional surrender, the Russians
would cut their way through the Turk-
ish army, or perish in the attempt.
This resolution having been agreed to,
the army waited in silent observation
of itri great antagonist; and the latter
now soon terminated the suspense by
moat inexplicably consenting to an im-
mediate and mutual >»u spurns ion of arms*
18540
TrnitK of the Czars.
357
»
According to the terms sent in by
Baltjvji Meheraet, Peter was required
to deliver to the sentence of the Sultan
the traitorous Christian subject of the
lntler> Cantemir Vaivmle of Moldavia,
who hftfl fought against tlie Osmanlis
in the ranks of the Russians, Peter
exhibited true heroism on this occa-
sion, repljing to the request, thrit he
would prefer abandoning to the Turks
all the territory extending even to
Gursk, leather than betray Cantemir,
"I might regain the territory,** said
the Csar, "but lost honour is like lost
time — it is never ao:ain to be recovered.
All 1 have is my honour ; losing that,
I lose my kingly state/* Baltaji yielded
on this point ; but he was not content
with merely driviniif the liuss back to
his own stepj>e&. He compelled him to
surrender Azoph, Ttiganrog, and other
important pointy, the cbiel' of which
were connected with Feter*a darling
project of supreme maritime power on
the Black Sea. When these and some
other bitter sacrifices were nnule — and
the tact should be remembered wlieti
ihii hour comes for negotiating with
Nicholas, a treaty was signed by the
two powers nt the little village of
Falksen, on the banks of the river
Pruth.
Peter died in 17'2j, and, the son
Ale3cis whom his cruelty destroyed
being dead, his wife Catharine suc-
ceeded to a greatness which she glo-
riously upheld during a brief period of
little more than two years.
I have scarcely space left to show
how the House of Brunswick came tiJ
rule in Russia, but will attempt to do
flO as well as my narrowing limits will
aUow.
On the death of Catliariue, the son
of the unhappy and murdered Alexis
asceoded the throne. His rei^, how-
ever, was unmarked by any mcident
of importance, and his character, like
his reign, presented nothing worthy of
remark. In 1730 he was aueceedcd
by the Empress Anne, the niece of
Peter the Great, and wite of the Duke
of Holstein. All her acts, however,
were the consequences of the influence
exercised over her by Biron ; but her
reiffn was marked by her intrigues in
Pomnd, her successful wars against
Turkey and Tartary, and her unjusti-
fiable invasion of the Crimea. Anne
WA9 as much troubled about the im-
perial Bucce«sion as our own Elizabeth
was touching the heirship to the crown
of England. At length her eyes fell,
most unfortunately for the object
looked at, upon the infiint son of the
Princess Anne and the Prince Anthony
Ulric of Brunswick, brother of the
reigning Duke* The infant m ques-
tion was at the time but a few weeka
old ; and when, in 1740, he became
Czar of all the Russias,ouly two months
rested on the young brow selected to
wear a crown, wbicli proved to him to
be the most e^tquisite instrument of
torture that ever wrung anguish from
the frame and very soul of man,.
Ivan in* ranks as the most unfor-
tunate, iind the most undeservedly
unfortunate, of the Muscovite Czars.
He succeeded to the imperial throne
by right of nomination on the part of
the Empress Anne. His mother was
appointed Regent over him. She had
ft bosom friend in Elizabeth, the
youngest daughter of the Czar Peter,
and this bosom friend was incessantly
occupied in plots to overthrow the
Regent whom she |>rofessed to love.
The latter wns repeatedly warned of
the danger which menaced herself and
soUt but she frankly communicated
these warnings to Eli^abeth^ and in the
tears, oaths, and protestations of that
very strongly professing lady, she dis-
cerned nothing but the virtuous elo-
quence of much injured loyalty. 8 be
was awoke from her dream of con-
fidence when the physician Lestocc|»
on the 24th November, 1741, aller
presenting Elizabeth with a card on
one side of which she was re pre*
sen ted crowneff ami on the other veiUd,
and bidding the daughter of Peter
choose between a throne and a convent,
headed the conr^piracy whichj in a brief
hour or twit, d eposes 1 the young Czar,
overthrew the maternal llegent, and
ende<l for ever the dynasty of Bruns-
wick in all the Russias.
The for tress of Riga was the first scene
of the imprisonment of the fallen fa-
mily, whence, at the end of a year and
a half, they were transferred to the
fortress of Dunamunde. Their suffer-
ings were intense, and every species of
cruelty, short of death, was uiHicled
on them. They were subsequeutlv
transferred to rianienburg, and still
later to Choknegori, near ArchangeL
The little Ivan was separated from his
3»$
Purnmmgt r» iftf^ P%z:^.
\Te€^
Hs TU iC-^ TT ll iii CkSSH: c/
wise ip» -w-u likfc :;;" N:. ?*:«T*CJirr.
rasilts :"' be- rr-ii:-:--:.* irz-slij. H*
ki w-i* 3iri*r?i 'rr hi? k^rer^ ilis
&sL*r ifei Li var-tT-lrr. r-i: 'ilj =:-:ci.*r
cf ri'dH*^ :.: J:i%jj»L wi-fr- :&» Lik o£
her cftii-irsr. ?i-e Pr^-.re** Cdiiurioe.
Mb;*; '7t i^a:!: : : Vis ex^.'a-el iarin^
h» rsi^r- ins fc-.-o^i*! bj ;h** rw^
fijrami^' Pe:er III. ; j= i PeE^r 05 his
wifi*. the r'laoc* 'm/ !T:tiZ!o.i5 CdLhi-
nn* lU — :c«e who wi« gl-.^rioos jj %
sorepeOT- bi: tii»? *^s^nce otf irorian-
booii. woo *a* ?a ?h* throoe «arrna^'ieil
br 1 th^atr-jral «plend-:ar. in-l vilei
sifrLieniT .jn her 'Thaue pervif. — ui
epign!nnL&:io eti to the epic ct her
fife.
Pc-» thirtr-f.^iir rear^ o( her ywav.
fiwm 1 7^ to 1 79^, were jears in which
eTenrchi::^ door-lshei la Russia, are
tmth. honestr, and Tirtue. Her suc-
cessor Piul ileserres to Lire it reinem-
a^rls" ::' il** ruifr. :•: 'Jw fi.:cc: as
>£«R "v* .-'--.i.Ti-rx :•-: rjasr i«Ui»L=:k
ie £&» ■jan.i*! 1 .-•'n " £urrEr :x ^Jf-
xv^ZP. '.■ ▼ti»:"" bi li? ~ : :Li.ii H*
iii» zt^a: T-.T«r :: i^bir- 1 "w-j:* iajrilT
:c Ktl* S:ci£T:-:* wi-c i-f *..▼:■: - "-Tea
-rcc^nb^ire "^'.''^ -^1 ■.*•-•: ty.i* aJ#-
;resi-f^ i*'i*r *i-* rxT* w^-i; 1 *ceiTir^!d
hi* ;wn i^izsirib'l-r i:ii .'"^L-^ss ▼::>*-
The :clj :oc:^.:i^ r:r:r,':i<',A:i*L'i 'ius
riT^e L^^* :■: :*-'? ▼:t'. -> i^i*? :f
sie C»:rzr*?M i: V^-i^u. ■•"U :ce •:£
wbicii :i* b»=a:::ir-il i=-: z-hr'.-^-s-^i ▼"A
ot Alei ir'itf r wi?, «.? ?: Cink. u»
hercis-f. >a^ ri-:^ :-.x-ar:^rf: i»ff
htt«cain.«i*< ihiMren iz Mr;7uzj w:di
:hetr =::ci-fr. — «r hii :*=•:** ^ strew ;
%Bfi *h-i r'l-l Tiri.-H :h':i7 ::•;-.■ is w'Ti 1
CMz::c ■ier::-:ci3n:i':c ■::' :cC'i-ime«
lad ;eai-arr. ini r^r* i::eria«>! »
expresrfi-:a« whi.-a tcL-i ^i-* leurer? :hi:
the T;Tta?.;< ini i:5:c:<;*i --niTnfta
enriiil the ^:i:ei izi izVi'isiiis^
The br:-.ht?r -:* Al.-i.in:er. rr.'* rr*-
sen: Cri? X-trhoU?, lii^ 'j. * rnfi'fce:«ff.T.
prr r': **. > : r:i> i * ri: ;«: r. : ' ■ • : : i ■ : r! ni 1
■|iAr:er :i 1 .:ec:'irv 'z*; 116 btjf^ L17-
he i? now e!i«ie:iv nir-.-^ t." '.-.irrT .:uLt
:o succvfsi, in»l whi-.-h jas :njie :t' aim
the enemv •'»c the htxoiar. ri.-»f. i2.*i :he
outUw cc' E:ir»'«re.
.1 Pos.i-'f.
PILGRIMAGE TO HIGH PLACES-EINSIEDLEN IN >niTZERL-VNP
IT has been a custom in the greftt
mtems of relij^on. to associate with
mar worship all that could engage the
senses, and attract the imagination.
In accord with this principle, it has
been tike practice, to fix upon spots
TCmsikable for some peculiar natural
ftatore of beautr. or of grandeur, as
itting places of derotion. More e$pe-
ddlj ooes this applj to places of pil-
— ' — ge ; and tasuredlT, if there could
t thing more than another, able to
I tile clonda that woridij struggles
4ver the mind, or to restore it.
Iflt Ae bodj, to healthfkl Tigmr,
it would be a joumej to some dis-
tant spot. And wha& more exhila-
rating than the mountain * ^Vha: more
likelr ti> induce the minii to deToti-.-nal
fiETTOur tii:m ir« ^ilen^. an*: r'iCT«d
grandeur' This is one reas.a war
■*high places" hare alwar? been ra;irite*i
out as sites for ?uch 1 purp«"»se. A- l:iai's
Peak, in Cejlon. is the m«"»?t rem:irkable
of them in connection w^rh :h*» Hud-
dhist creed. — perhap* rhe m^^'^z re-
markable in the world. Ir is i miMm-
rain ot* most sir.irular tbnnaricr* lad :;>
terrible and »langeroui asccn: ooabt-
len enhances the ralue of the pilgrim's
pwttfifr At MoiiMxtatv in Spm^ b
aaoiiier most rpmarkaMe And aiifohr
wcMtodj leas dmgeroos of
, tft^pOgmiiwaaUaoooiiiiiiiflli
the wliole joomej; butt as Uus wUl
tprm m sabject hj iUelf, I will at pre*
teal leere it, and proceed to tiiMl of
KimiwilMi, in Switierknd*
Hie litiiation of Einoedleii, tboagli
le» lemai^ble tban tiie two fbmtt
abore oMotioued, is nererUieless in the
t of tome of tbe finef t scenery on
I »de tbe Alps. It la in the canton
near the lake of Zurich, well
kaowo to autumnal tourists; and lU
liislory has an interest, apart from oilier
matt^v, in eonneclion with an episode
in the earl/ records of the Keforuiation,
sad tbe fate of one of its moat celebrated
lenden* The word Einsiedlen aigniBea
Hermitage, or rather Desert; and in
the Xfatin tongue ia generally rendered
L^^l'ocua Heremltaruni/* or "Locus
leremi/* At an early period the neigh*
Durhood had the name of ^'ltn$ter
dd,"* or dark wood, and bears aoalogj
rith that of the Block Forest on the
J^her aide of the Rhine, to which, in-
d, in primeyal timed it was probably
[inited, forming part of those vast
'oreatii spoken of by Ciesar as ^* Her-
aix ail vie," and said to be nine day a'
Dumey in extent.
The founder of the monastery of
^Sinaiedlen was St Metnrad, or Megin-
ad, as it h £ometimea spclt.^ He was
orn about the year BQ5 in Sulghen,
town of Suabia; and was* on hia
kther*s aide, of the family of Iluhen-
llern (now reigning iu Prussia), and
jffts alao connected with the uoble
Italian houae of Colon nil. Uis mother
vaa Countesa of Sul^hen. He early
■winced hia predilection for the mo-
rpaatic life, and entered into the order
j of Benedictines at Reichenau. Hence
I lie was removed by ids superior to
iBoUinghen, a small monn^tery de-
loendent upon RcMchenau, situate at
Iwe side of the Lake of Zurich. Here
Ike instructed bl^ disci plcji with umeh
l^iligence ; but hi:^ heart yearned for a
etirement more absolute, and a life
l^f complete contemplation. Looking
lout from the window of his cell, he
Jobserved the dark and gloomy for eat in
be distance. To his eyea it looked a
loynti
pboe t&il ptoottsed tiie dttiired likBot
lor kia deroQt rereriea. Aecordii^^,
one day he eroded tike like with Im
sdiolars* le&ving them by ita sda,
amiistDg ihemaeiVes with fiahii^; Im^
alone, aaoended the summit of IlitHtut
£t»elt which had never l»efore been
neoooipliiliod by the woodcuitera, and
wlu» repffcacatod to hiin the ffreal
dsnger to which he would be subject
by such an attempt. Aller having
well e:Kaauned the to^ of this barren
mountain, and findins it esuecly tuited
to bia purpoie, he deecended with a
joyful bmn, and went to the village
of Altendorfi where he lodged at the
honae of a widow.
This lady was of a pioui and cha-
ritable character, smif St, Bleinrad
therefore made her his confident in
the project he had in view, to retire
entimy fi^m the world, ami to fix hia
abode m the desert place he had just
visited. And ihia was necessary, aa
the Saint required some one to attend
to his worldly wants, — the celestial
alone occupied his Uioughts. Having
obtained the lady *» consent, and a pro*
mise of »ecreay, nothing remained but
the consent of hia abbot, Erlebald,
which he at length obtained ; and in
the year ft32, und in the twenty-fifth
of his age, Meinrad left the monastio
cell at Uollinghen for the gloomy woods
of Mount Etzel. Hero he constructed
a hut of the trunks and branches of
ttees, woven totrether, and the widow
of Altendorf, faithful to her promise,
not only sustained him with food, but,
in process of time, caused a little cull,
with a chapel, to be erected for him on
the mount.
But the news of his sanctity drew
towards him a concourse of admirers,
so much ao^ that he contemplated to
fly yet further into the recesses of the
forest* He took occasion of the visit
of some frietid^^ to seek a more iiuitaUe
spot, and having led theoi tu the little
river Sila, where they engnged them*
uelvca in ftahini^s whilst at their aport, he
withdrew, and penetrated the thickest
of the woods. Ily a fortunate chance
he came to a little plain, surrounded
and enclosed by barren mountains,
whose sides were shadetl by lofty pines,
and possessing an abundant spring of
I
I
mQ
Pilgnmage to High Places*
[April,
water. Horc be duteniimed to fix liii^
u ew Boj ti urn. I le w en t to his bene fac -
tre»8, the widow of Alt^ridorr, thunkiiig
her grateridly for tbe cell in wtiicb be
bad passed seven lon^ years, and» taking
with him bis worldly goodn, cousisting
of a uiisaul, tbe Rule of St. Benedict,
the works of John Cassian* and some
homilieaj came to his new abodt^. This
was the place where afterwards ai*os6
the famouK monastery of Einaiedlen,
then called " Heremuin," or the Desert.
He did Dot want for friends in hh
new dwelling. The most distinguished
was t^he Princess Hildegard, daughter
of the Emperor Lodowick the Pious,
and abbess <if the convent of Frauen-
munster. She built bim a cell, and a
chapel, which Meinrad dedicated to
the Virgin ^fary, and placed in it a
statue of the Virgin, l>eforG which ho
kept a lamp continually burning He
again renewed his fasts and vigib,
though often tempted of the Prince
of Darkness, who troubled hiui with
dismal groanings in the forestj un-
natural shades which veiled the sun,
and other threatening signs* But in
vain, for the saint was comforted by
angels, who constrained the rebellious
spirits to take flight. Thus he lived
twenty-six jear«. when he met his
martyrdom at the bands of two assas-
sins. These niiscreantii came to a vil-
lage on the lake of Zurich, to learn the
road, and by night endeavoured to
reach the dwelling of Mcinrad ; but,
having wandered about in the thickets
and bushes, it was d.iy-break before they
arrived at hia cell. Some itows, that
the anchoret fed in this solitude, saw
them comint^, and raised loud cries,
which echoed through the woodi? anil
mountains. The saml knew that his
murderers were nigh ; be had just
finished mass, and commended himself
to the saints, when he opened the door,
and, saluting ihcnj, iuvjted them into
his cell They entered, but iJpecdily
came out, keeping behind the saint,
who 0 tiered them bread and wine, told
them he knew they were goin^ to kill
him, and requestei! that atler his death
they would place a candle at his head
and feett which he had for that pur*
pose provided. One, numed Ftichaid,
then ueld him, whilst the other, Peter
by name, beat hinj with a knotted staff;
finally, he was strucrk down by a heavy
blow on the head^ and then strangled.
This event took place about the yei\r
860.
The murderers were, however, dis-
coveret], and contessed their crime;
and, by order of Count Adelbert, im-
perial prefect at Zurich, were burnt
alive, and their lishes thrown into the
river Liniat. But the body of the aaint
was taken to the monastery of Beiche-
nau with great honours, where it re-
mained until 103J), when it was Qgaiti
brought biiuk to Einsiedlen, and Mein*
rad enrolled among the saints.
The cell and chapel remamed for
flome years deserted, allowed to ffo
to ruin, and was overrun with weecU
and brambles, when in 906 St. Henno,
of the stock of the princes of Burgundy,
became enamoui*ed of the ascetic life,
and desirous of emulating the fame of
the deceased Jleinrad. Accordingly,
he came to the deserted place, restx>red
the chapel, and made adtlitional habita-
tions to the orin^inalcell ; and, by the con-
sent of the lord of the domain, the Count
of Kappersvil, part of the plain was
cleareu,and the neiglibouring mouotatti
brought under culture. Moreover, he
invited friends of like dls position to come
;ind live there, Griidually , by numerous
bequests and privileges, the cells in-
creased in number, riches, and inha-
bitants. Bcnuo, however, at\er livi
there nineteen years, was elected bisi
of Metz, in Lorraine, Here troubl
awaited him. Fanatical tumults aroie
against bim, for rcproTing with
muL-h zeat the dissoluteness of the
people. He was thrown into prison,
and loaded with chains ; and with cruel
barbarity deprived of his eyes, amongst
other gro5s inflignities. It is easy to
imagine that he sighed for the solitude
of his beloved ICinaiedlen ; and after
resigning his epi.scopul dignity at the
council of Duisburg, he, with joy,
caused hinii«<.If' to be conducted back
to t he des c r t . 11 ere he w i\s soon joined
by St. Elicrard, of the family of the
Counts of Fran con ill, who gave all hia
wealth to the use of the rising nionas'
tery. Tt was now contemplated by the
iiolitaiies to erect a large church, and
cloister, in Imnour of the Virgin Mary,
St. l^Iauricc, and the Martyrs of ihe
Theban legion : and the brother of St.
Eberard bought the site and the whole
demesne of the Counts of RappersviK
and gave it to the hermits. Many
eminent persons became liberal bene-
Lha-
roic ]
too I
>ene-
I
£ictQri» and tmaag them tke Eatress
Atkljude. wife of LoUuir, King of
Italj, iftenrmrds Emperor. B^ino
died ia SMO, mud was haried m front
of Uie oratory of the Virgin, by his
frtead Ebenrd; wiio look lus place as
Mio^ and appointed as lus Ticar and
ooadjutor* one Dietland, a monk of
great probity.
lli« new edifices being finished, no-
thing remained but the consecration;
M in 94d tiie abbot sent to Ck>nrad
biabop of Conatnneet praybg him to
com« nod oelebnite tl^ sacred cere-
mony. H« aiiifintedj and on the 13th
of ^ptember arrived at the monas-
tery, and the dedication was i-esolved
on the following day. Besides the
bishop of Constance, Uldaric bi^p
of Angibarg was invited^ together
with many princes and nobles^ at-
tracted not leas by the sanctity of Uie
plaee^ than by their coosangumity to
Ebermrd, and other monks. This con-
secration is the great miracle of Ein-
siedlen: and to t£s day its aoniversary
attnu^ a nnmeromt multitude of pil-
|;rims from all parts of ilie neighbotir-
mg oountiiea : and it probably tended,
more than anything el^ to raise the
{kme of the place, to one of the most
celebrated of the Christian shrinea*
Conrad* the bL^hop of Constance,
rose, aooording to his custom) at mid-
night to praj I and to make his prayers
more grateral and acceptable to God
he entered into the coapel of Our
Lady. The writers, who relate the
story, do not say the worthy bishop
fell asleep over his devotions, but they
all state ne had the most beautiful and
jojooa visum that was ever seen.
Wlien in the mld^t of his pru^er, the
sweetest melodj, as if from a distance^
broke npon his ears. He soon compre-
hended that this vvas assuredly sung by
angels » and that it was the order, and
ceremonies which are appointed to be
1 in the dedication of churches,
be same was beard by many monks,
pho at that time were praying, or
eping the vigil. Conrad, however,
himself given the whole fact in
to a book entitled ^^ De 8e-
I Scdretorom,** and sa^iir,
Lord descended from Heaven to
brate the sacred office before the attar,
hed in a Tiolet-coloured chasuble ; the
' Etaogdi^ts placing the mitre on bis
I, and dbptacing it, according to custom.
imnr. Mag. \ ol* XLL
Amg^ bore golden tfaarihle», tfappiag
with their wiog*, as with branches of tresa.
Close bj, SC Grcforj held the fiabdhifli
in hid huid, i&d St* Peter the pastoral
staff. But St. Au^nstin and SL iUibfOie
stood before the Lord. Marj the Virfis
itood upon the tXtAr respkndenl as ti^t*
niog. St. ^lichael was precentor. St.
Stephen read the ept^tk* the Blessed Lan-
rencc the go^I. The^Sanctus" was
sun; thus ! *' Sanctas Dens, ia atdi gto-
rios« Virginia, miflerere nobis. Beaedietvs
Maris hhiks ia vtemiiiD re^natnnti qni
veniL'' The Agnus Dd» thui : "' Af ani
Dei, miserere rtvorum in te credentioia^
miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, uuaerere mor-
toonuQ» in te pie (juleeoentium, miaerere
nobis. Agnoj Dei, da pacem ?i?is et
defnnctis in te pie requientibu^. Domious
vobiacum/* The angel answered : " Qui
sedet 0uper Cherubiu et intaetur abyiaoa.**
Thofl far Conrad him^lf; bat he,
astounded at the vision, passed the
night, and the following day, abnoit
until noou. Id an ecstatic stupor. The
consecration being thns delayed, the
peojile at length began to be im-
patient : Conrad tried to delay the ce-
remony, by stating he wiahed to await
other si^n5 ; but, it being represented
to him tnat noon being near it was too
late to defer it, he related to the pre-
lates his vision^ and gave it hia opinion
that the chapel was already conse-
crated. But, however, some hesitating
to accept this view, and ikinking it
might be the bishop*s dream, occa-
sioned by the (atigue of long praying,
it WHS thought proper to proceed to
the ceremony, on account of the in-
creasing impatience of the people* Ac-
cordingly they began with the chapel;
when, wonderful to say, a loud voice
was heard, three times repeating these
words: ** Desist, desist, U brother! the
chapel is already divinely consecrated."
At this prodigy, the people were seized
with a pious horror, and on do account
would permit the bishop to proceed
with the ceremony* Then Conrad,
with the rest of the assembly, conse-
crated the churcht which surrounded it,
as requested by Ebcrard, to the honour
of St. Maurice and his companions.
Ever since this time the anniversary,
on the fourteenth of September, has
been a grand festival; and if it happens
to fall on a Sunday, it is ejtlended to
fifteen days, ending with a procession
of the host, which ts generally carried
by some foreign prelate, sbould there
Pilgrimage ta M^ Pkntu*
[A|>ril,
be one TUiting the thrino si Uuit
period.
Tbe fame of the shrine and roou&s*
Iciy waa now establiahed; pUgrims
became numerous, and their rich
oflb-in^ soon nuidc the shrine as
wealthy* as It was famoas. Misfor-
tunes^ however, were not altogetber
removed from a place »o aacreo, and
80 favoured. Several times, both the
church and the conventual buU dings
wef« deitroyed by fire. The first in-
atanoe occurred in 1029, through the
carele9ine99 of a servitor of the abb^y ;
everything was destroyed but the cha[>el
of Our Lady, which in this, as in all
other instance^ escaped intact. In
rj26 a vtry destructive conflagration
again took place, by which a great
Sortion of the rich offerings, &c. were
eetroyed, toother with valuable char-
ters accorded by difTerent princes and
prates. The third was in HGd, when
mooastery and church were reduced to
asheSf the walb alone remaining ; but
the chapel sustained not the least hurt,
although it is said to have hi^l ft
roof of wood : however, the abbot,
with the consent of the bishop of
Constance, had the walls and roof
made of stonCi which was completed
in 1466, the cost being def ray ed by
eleemosynary gifts from noble and dis-
tinguished persons. Another lire hap-
pened in 1509, scarcely less destruc-
tive. It bmn at the house of a baker,
and the immes, having ravaged the
town of Einsicdilen, at length reached
the monastery. Conrad, the abbot,
ran to the holy chapel, and there in-
voked the powerful aid of the Virgin
Mary. But the flames ?t-opped not,
and were on the point of attacking
the chapel itself, when attain Conrad
rushed mto the place and beeouf^ht
heavenly aid, ** jjtdivufu»ly remimlu^
the Virgin^^ says one writer, ♦» that the
whole monastery belonged to her'* In
a moment the fury of the fire abated,
and the church, abbatiul palace, and
many of the monks* cellst sod houses of
the chaplains, were preserver! unhurt.
The fiAh fire belongs to the history of
heresy, which now began to show its
head, in the very fVont of this ancient
retreat of orthodoxy, and from which
the very tlureahold of the chapel itself
was not free.
It appears, that Conrad, although
h0 taaaoae much for the abbey^ was
Mt ^ nam lor troubled times. The
warning voice of reform did not mak
him seuf^ible of the evil of non-pe«i« j
denc4j; he was fond of his eaai
like the monk of Chaucer, cared noil
for the text which says ** that hunleril
ben not holic men.** He appointed ftj
vicar, one Barnabas, of the Counl« «
Saxe,and generally lived at St. Gerolt|» J
wliere he pawed his time in the pica* r
Miref of the cfaace, and came but]
now and then to the abbey. At tbo4
death of Barnabas, in 1501, he ap«f
pointed as his successor, Theobald, A I
rery young monk, sprung from th#j
Baron's of Geruldseck ; and, finding hi||
inexperience not likely to be prodaa*!
tive of good, he gave him a ooadjutofv]
named John Ort, a secular, and hiiJ
secretary. IJow this Theobald ap*j
pointed as a helper to John Oechlui, I
the parish-priest of Einsiedlen, a very j
infirm man, Ulric Zwingle, whot(||
name is so indissolubly associated wttT
the early history of the Reformation.
This active spirit soon made hims '
conspicuous. United with him
friendship, were two chaplains, nan
Leo and Luke, together with Theobal4i|
who ruled the monastery as vicar.
was about the year 1518, that, at th
annual (bast of the Dedication, Zwtnglft|
preached to the people against indul*
gences, pilgrimages, the worship ot th
virgin, and the other points of dii
pute. And such was his succets, f'
those who came with giAs to the sbrin
returned home without prcsentin
them, and vowed to make no more pif
fr images. Even the little town of
ansiedlen itself, although in a great
measure dependent on the influx of
pious travellers, fell away from the old
faith, and became an adiierent of the
new doctrines. At length, Conrad
heard of these affairs, and with alarmed
iteal set aliout repressing the evil which
had become to threatening. He ap*
plied to tfce ienatfira of the canton
Swit«, protectors of the monastery, to
repress Zwiugle and his followers by
force.
Zwingte fied to Zurich, and became
preacher in the mother ohurch. Hit,
Iriends the chaplains followed him, t
Conrad endeavoured to strengthen 1
position by obtaining a confirmation of
privileges from Leo X, and Uie Km*
peror Maximilian I. Theobald held
ooDununication with Zwioglei ftod
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EmikdhH in SwiUftrluhd.
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I
finnllv inin» J hi in ut XuricU in 1520,
tai in the palace
of c lien. Such was
ibe desertion^ tUiit no monk reuininetl
in the cloister but the abbot hini^df.
lie hiul hikA but two novices during a
long rale of forty -iivc years ^ one was
Theobald, and the other was in prison
for some crime. Among other reasons,
besides the spread of the new opinions,
for this singular defection, were the
wars which the Swiss carried on f(>r
liberty nji^ainst the Emfjcror Ma^tiini-
lian I. The old abbot endeavoured to
recall to him the fugitive Theobald,
but with no avail ; and at length he
resigned his abbacy into the hands oi'
Lo<K>wiok Blarer, monk of St* Gall,
20th July, 1626, and died on the 27th
of (X^tober in the same year*
Of the Swiss cantons, five adhered
to the Church of Home,— Lucerne,
tilE, Unterwald, Zug, and Uri; and
titrugglc of opinions soon became
one of rSS and bloody conllict. The
Bcmfffk cantons look up arms, putting
forward a manifesto m which their
reasons for so doing were declared*
They appoinK-d eignt*:eii widows of
the five cantons to pray night and day
in the chajjel of Our Lady of Kinsied-
len, taking that oiliec by six at a time
alternately, whil:«t numerous proceiJ*
sions were matle to ask aid of the
Vu^giji herself. Tlic day of battle wa»
eome. The heretical army, so s»ay the
Bomanist historiana, numbered '20,000
men, that of " the CathoHca" but 8,000.
An assault was made by a column of
tbeir army, which proved singularly
for the heretics were de-
, with a slaughter of 2,000; and
these were many senators and
of Zurich, many priests who
had left the faith of Rome, and some of
I had held dignities, but one of the
mosi noted was Theobald of Gerold-
seck* 2£ w ingle himself was in the fight ;
he did not cease to encourage his party,
and behaved with a coun^e worthy of
his energetic spirit* He> also, the great
leader of the cause, was mortally
wounded. Fearful of recognition, or
in his dying agony, he turned his face
to the ground ,- but was recognised by
a soldier of the enemy, who urged him
to eon^BM* Zw ingle, unable to speak,
siiook his head in refusal. " At least
invoke the aid of Gt>d and the Virgii^"
said the soldiert He waved him away,
when the incensed warrior immediately
struck him with a halbert^ and so killed
him outright. His lifeless body re-
ceived those barbarous insults, which
legislators have awarded to traitors;
it was cut into four quarters by the
executioner of Lucerne, and was aller-
words burnt, and the ashes scattered
to the winds of heaven*
The Reformers seem to have been
more successful io debate than in battle^
for in no less than five actions they
were signally defeated, and, in couie'
tjuencc, the ^ve Catholic cantons sue-
ceedetl in cnining over to their side
Appenzel, Glarus, Soleure, and Fri-
burg. The liomaoist writers magnify
the numbers of the enemy to an in-
credible degree, as if to show the value
of the protection of Our Lad]|r of Ein*
siedlen, to whom the victories were
ascribed.
An army assembled together from
some of the chief towns of the Re*
formed party, to avenge the death of
Zwingle ; and on tlm night of the 24th
of October, 1531, a detachment ad-
vauceil, without beat of drum, and
posted thomselves on Mount (^abel, a
few leagues from Einsiedlen* They
were discovered by some scouts of the
opponents, and suddenly attacked and
nut to flight by a small body of the
latter. And, it la said, tlie Virgin her-
self was seen, clothed in a wliite and
sliininp cloud, preceding the array of
her faithful servants. Other victories
in favour of tlie orthodox, and against
the heretics, are recorded with much
unction by the former. It is not neces-
sary to make mention of them parti*
culariy ; but they certainly had some
iniluence on the fortunes oi the monas-
tery, as some of the lands about the lake
of Zurich were restored to it. Lodo-
wick, the abbot, was indefatigable in bi«
attempts to raise the abbey from its
fallen stale ; and at his death, in 1544,
left four young monks to carry out his
views.
The last Are was in 157 7^ and ia iaid
to have been at the instigation of a
heretic, 8toeter by name, who induced
two vagabonds to throw combustibles
into the houses, and with such success,
that the town, and all the conventual
buildings* were destroyed — the church,
chapel, and relics being saved. The
bells, ten in number, were tnelted,
except that which called tlifi fiythfat
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Pilgrimage to High Placts.
[April,
U) tUo holy clmpcl. It fell from the
h tower upon the hard parement of the
church without being broken, or even
cracked, which of course wan coo si-
dcred n prodigy, and the result of
^ divine interposition* Hie inHtlgntorof
this crime, Stoeteri was first tortiired
by having hia flcah torn from him bj
red-hot pincerPy then broken on the
wheel ; and both those who put bis
idea into execution were executed.
The cantons of Switzerland gave liberal
I aid in restoration, the city of Berne
^ ftlone abstaining ; even the heretical
i city of Zurich a«nt, in a most liberal
[ manner, two liundrcd mcaaurcs of com
to the monastery.
It is not Beedful to enter into the
IMirticulara of the restoration of tlie
mined buildings. But it was not alone
the material portiona of the nhhey that
were renewed^ for^ by the means of
, great displays of piety on the part of
I eminent [wraons towards the shrine of
Our Lady, it again rose both in cele-
brity and riches. It would be tedious
, to enumerate the long list of bencfac-
f tioris by kings and princes, lords spiritual
I and temporal : a few of those of hia-
. torlral importance must suffice for our
I pre scribed limits.
I St. Char I e.^ Borromeo archbishop of
[Hihin, came here in 1570, and his de-
votion before the imnge of the Virgin
[ was recorder! in the process of his cano-
[jiization by hh companion in travel,
I •* Ihi duui orarct, maiiantibus uWrtim
I Inch ry mis res per sum vidi ;" and it up-
I penrs by hia own letters that he took
[ some from Einsiedten many relics.
I Maximilian, archduke of Au^^tna,
lin 159** gave two heads of the virgin
[oompinions of 8t, Ursubi, that were
[in the royal chapel of Neuatadt, in
I acknowledgment of tlie raising of the
lii«ge of Waradin by the Turks, who
Iliad besi^ed that place with a Inrgc
|aniiy. He also presented a waxen
' iper of eighty pounds' weight, a heart
[ gold, three hundred crowns of gold,
two large plutes of silver, on which were
[represented the retreat of the Turks
and the city of Waradin, and with
[these were the standardji taken from
[ the enemy* After he became king of
Poland, he sent his diadem of massive
I gold, enriched with precioufl stones,
» which was for a long time worn by the
miraculous image at the principal
In the y«ar 1088, Maria Theresa,
Countesfn of Furstenberg, came to
Einsiedlcn with a large and illustrious
cortt^ge. But that wTiich added pecu-
liar interest to this visit, was, thot a
young Turkish lady, taken prisoner in
the sacking of the town of NeuheiscI,
accompanied her. She waa baptiaed
by the abbot, and the Frinceso, who
bad been instrumental in her conver-
sion, stood as her sponsor at the font.
During the Thirty Year^' War, when
the Swe<Jes penetrated to the frontiers
of Switzerland^ it is related, that on
several occasions, special devotions to
Our Lady of Eineicdlcn were succeeded
by immediat42 aid. Uberling, on tlic
Lake of Constat»ce, was besieged in
1<]'V2 by the Swedes under the Doke
of Sax e- Wei mar. During the siege
the citizen 9 unanimously invoked tfio
assistance of the Virgin, and made a
vow of a solemn procession to the sacred
sbrine. f)n the 20 th of April, about
nine or ten in the morning, the Mother
of God appeared in tlie air over the
city, to give comfort to the besieged ;
and the etieray finally withdrew, trei-
burg, in the Black Forest, also received
I)rotection from a simdar attempt.
leguebach, a monastery in Suabia,
also tells a like story, and many ex-
amplcii are related of active help being
given to the Catholic Swiss againit
Uieir Protestant countrymen. But I
must regain from further details on
that head. I shall also pass over the
little incidents which chequered the
fortunes of Kinsiedlen from the close
of the seventeenth century to that of
the eighteenth, when a cry more tcrri-
ble than that of reform reached the
silent seclusion of Mcinrad, The
French array of the Kevolution^ on ita
invasion of Switzerland, violated the
tombs, broke the relics of the saintSi
and mixed their bones with others so
as not to be distinguished. But the
venerable image, with Its rteh adorn-
ings, had been removed and hidden,
and that which Schauenburg sent to
Paris was but a counterfeit.
The image itself is black, and about
3 feet 6 inches in height (scarcely anv
of i!ie miracukius images vary much
in this respect). It is of wood, and
holds a sceptre in the right hand, and
the child JesuB in the left. It is placed
iw n niche, surrounded with a great
rpsary of silver, with two angels in the
1854.J Moore and ike Right Bon. John Wihon Croker*
d65
flct of holding tlie crown upon lier
head. Sixteen large tapern, of eighty
pounds weight, are maintaiced by the
Catholic cantons and other Swisa com-
munities. Switz^ FrcibuFf^, Xup^ Ap-
THinzel, Bregenz, Rapperswil, Haden^
Einaiedlcn, Lucerne^ Unterwald, Gla-
rus, Uri, and Altdorf, the Abbey of St.
Gall, Soleure, the country of Gastres,
Einsiedlen, are the names in the order
In which they are placed^ the locality
of the shrine being twice represented.
The chapel \& yerj smalls and is n
distinct structure inclosed within the
church, which accounts for its having
so frequently escaped destruction by
fire. It measures about 21 feet in
length, width and height 19 feet. It has
a «nfdl choir, 6 feet long and 13 feet
wide, and at the entrance is a g^eat
ehieldt on which is inscribed in golden
letters " Sanctus, sanetuf, sanctus Deus
in auhi gloriosoc Virginia, miserere
nobis,'' — words said to have been u»cd
in the miraculoiw dedication.
J. G, Wa
I
MOORE AND THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN WILSON CROKER.
Correspondence between the Right Hon. J, W. Croker and the Right Hon. Lord John
Ruuelli on some passages of Moore's Diary. With a Pastscnpt by Mr. Croker,
explftoatory of Mr, Moore's AoquainCancc aad Correspondence with him. 8vo,
THE publication of Moore's Diary
produced the " Correspondence " be-
tween the Right Hon. Jolm Wilson
Croker and Lord John Kussell, with
which our readers are familiar. This
Correspondence has reappeared with
a Postscript sa sigDificaut as a lady's,
and twice as long. We do not thmk
Mr, Croker has any reason to congra-
tulate himself on its publiciition. The
^ following is what we learn from it.
At the close of the last century there
flrere two students at Trinity College,
I Dublin, who appear to have been
united in the bonds of friendship. One
of them, Moore^ early in the present
century, published a translation of
Aniicreon : his friend, Mr* Croker, sub-
scribed for two copies. " I was," he
says modestly, *' with the exception of
one Brown, Esq. the ontt/ person,
English or Irish, who subscribed for
two copies-" Consequently, he was a
more liberal Maecenas than any other
of the friends of the bard, save that il-
lustriously obscure person Mr. Brown.
The 67th Ole of Anacreou in Moore*8
edition was made up by him out of
three or four different fragments. Mr.
Croker had done the same previously
with some remains of Sapphoi AlcieuSf
&c. Moore wrote to bin friend to in-
form htm that he had followed this
example, and in the Anacreon he con-
fessed that he had ttlcen the idea of
welding the fragments into one ode
from a " literary friend," This was
more than half a century ago; but
Mr. Croker never, as it would seem,
forgave the offence, and at the age of
74 ne rakes up the matter for the pur-
pose of injurmg Moore in the public
esteem. The Bard had not helped him
tn immortality by printing his name
(a name then utterly unknown to the
world) in the notes to Anacreon, and
tlie wrath of the youth survives in the
breast of the old man*
At a later period, when Moore wad
labouring with weakness in the eyes,
Mr. Croker served him as an amanu-
ensis, by writing to the poet s dictation
" one, or I rather think two, of Moore's
prettiest songs." The minstrel did not
make public mention of the fact, but
his ancient friend now does it for him,
as if to prove how intense was the
poet's ingratitude. A coolness appears
to have ensued; and it was not till
1800, on some matters connectetl with
Moore's Bermuda appointment, that
the two collegians were reconciled.
"I was a fool to quarrel with you,"
says Moore candidly ; " and I assure
you tliat it is with all my heart and soul
that I enter into the renewal of our
friendship."
At this timo the poet was anxious
to surrender his appointment, if he
could do so without pecuniary sacrifice.
He applied to Mr. Croker, then at the
Admiralty, and ai^ked " Would it be
possible, do you think, to procure the
oiiice for any unobjectionable person
who should make it worth my white to
resign in bis favour?" Mr. Crokcir
Momeufwith^ Right Hon. John WiUrm Croker. [Aprils
but pvmtTv&X tills Ielt«r of bis friend,
but ho ha-^ not kept Anj copj of his
own answer — which, if it be not strange,
is certainly unft>rtuniite. Uoi^irer»
h% makes u() for ihc ileticiencj bj de-
wmneiog the propositi as indecent ^* to
• pmm in mv (Mr, Croker^s) officlnl
situatian," ffc adds, or intimates
rather, that he evaded it deh'cntcly.
Moore, who had beon appointed by a
mliustry indecent and indeiicatc enough
to give An office of very great import-
ance to a man entirely unqualified for
it, does not appear to have thought
that Mr. Croker's sense of propriety
could liave been seriously rullled ; fuirl
he accordingly asks point-blank, ui u
second letter, whether, if he eouhl find
a purchaser of the appointment, Mi\
Croker had interest enough to get
luin named a^ Moore's suceesaor. " I
know," says Moore, "this rounds very
like one of those transactions which wo
patriots cry out against aa unworthy
of the crent Russell and Algernon
Sidney, —and so undoubtedly at was ;
buii as we have said, Moore having been
noiaitiatod to the oflice by a minister
wha knew his unfitness, he thought
there was not much harm done if ho
oonld sell it to an ** wnohjeciumahU
person/' Mr. OnJket has aailn pm-
served his frien«l*i letter, and he ilaes
tt now to blast that fricnd^s charader
with. His own answ<ar to It is not
IbHiHNmiing : ** I dare say," he writes,
'^ I WM unwilling that even a copyist
should see such a proposition, —so
chary was he of his fricnd*a honour I
but he prfxerrcfl the letter containing
the proposition of 1809, and treats the
public with it in 1 H54,
The answer, whatever it may have
been, does not soem to have offended
Moorei and occttiooal letters paaead
between the friends from this pcnod
down at least to ISS3, Mr. Croker
hanJIy knows, (the unmethodical man!)
how he bus accidentaUy preserved them,
or found them among his chaos of
papers I but there they are, down io
the most hi significant notes, all pro-
duced for Mr. Croker's especial pur-
pose. ^' On the 22nd May, 1 8 1 2,'* says
the eat -Secretary, '* Moore announced
to me his suduen appearance to his
friendu in the new cliaractcr of a hus-
''«nd and a father ;" and Mr. Croker
kei this delicate comment on his
nd> teat .' — " The approximation
of characters, usually sepoimted by a
longer interval, I remember
much surprised roe." Is this com*'
uient mode to injure Moore or Io an*
noy his widow Y It is cortaunly In the
most execrable taste ; but even Ma .
Croker adds that the marriage watf|
not kept concealed from Mr.
and Lady Donegal ; and thetel
might have foregone the luxury o^ thiM
sneer.
The letters which fallow are of
friendly character, asserting tbewriteB^i
respect for the talents of Afr. Croket^j
and acknowledging the performance i
hh hands of various Iriendly offioei^J
It does not appear, however, that thej I
met at all frequently. The inierconrie
seems mainly to have been kept up by
correspondence* Of this correspond^ j
cnce Mr. Crt^ker quotes all tbat he
thinks will establish his own case, and <
damage Moore. Not a line of his own
letters is given ; and of those of Muore'f
he says, *^I only wonder how even tksm
happened to be preserved ! " To whM
we can only say, ♦* O*, Mr, Rigbiff^
Now, of course, in all this the pnblio i
would have been very Little interested
but for the appearance of Moore*! j
** Diary." In one of the volumes of j
that work, under the date of April 7% ^
1833, there occurs the following pee*
sage! '^Barnes, the editor of the TiAe%^
bqjiged mei^ in anything I miglil noi
write fbr him, to epare Orokeci wlae
I tx)ld him was an nnneoeMerv ei«iiiN ,
as Croker and I were c^ tliW** tVt J
this Lord John Ruiseill i
following note : —
To Moore it was unnecetsir^ to sddreil ,
a request to spare a friend* Ir the reqiiist ,
bad been addreised to the other psrtn
asking him to spare Moore, what wouU
hare been the ««olt ? Probably, while
Moore was sli?e, and able to wIeU Uii
pen, it tnight have been saeeseiM. Bid ]
Moore been deadi it would havs ierwed
only to give additional sest to the pleasure
of tafe roaligtiity.
When Mr. Croker read tkit he 1
Ills unlucky correspondence with liorAl
John Eussell. lie oommenoed a^et]
the vulgar fashion of aoeuBing Ium ad* |
versary of judging of the zest and ] '
sure of malignity from his own pen
exjierience. Hut it appears to uttbalj
Lord John Kussell had good grottiuli 1
for being angry, and that it would hftfi ]
beller faSoone Mr. Croker to have I
1854*] Maar0 and the Ei^hi Hon, John Wikon Cmk^r.
867
m&kbg upology rather tiian renewing
npfiTence* For such oSeooe m Ue bad
faoaunilted bad never jet been known
1 m Engknd— at aU evenU not in eucib
I degree* He bad written a reriew in
[iIm QoarterlT, wbicb wa« not merely
^W^afl to Mooref but was cruel in the
[ txtreme to the poet*8 widow. We have
I &e?er beard but one opinion eziireifled
iQin this latter point. There was iioine-
ribiiig peculiarly heartless in reiter-
ating to the aoUtary mourner that the
iflectionate paaaagea which her husband
wrote of her in his Diary were all moon-
I jhioe. Mr. Croker could at the best
, kaTe known nothing about it, and need
notf in his rage apainst the poet, have
1 outraged the feebngs of the |»oet's nick
Ltad farroiriiig wife. But we do more
^tlmi iustiee to Mr. Croker by thia
1 temark, for he had good rea^na for
> knowing how sinoerely Moore was
[ Attached to ^^ fieasy," seeing that be
^ Kad the assurance under Moore's own
t band ; it runs as follows, in one of the
I letters from Moore to Mr. Croker, and
b quoted by the latter, at page ^7 of
' Ills pamphlet : —
I think I have it laft found out the life
thst snitB me* for I never was bo happy.
I read a great deal^ aad write a little, nod
kive the bett samples of buDQBQ nature
bafore me from morahij till ni^bt— which
aaittples coautt ia a pure affectionate wife^
lad a Uttls rosy pug-nosed innocent child.
Lord Jdhu, then, had good reason
for asking Mr» Croker if he eould pos-
sibly think himself justified in embit-
tering the last years of the widow of
Bifooret aneenng at his dcnneetic a0ec-
tions, and loaoing his memory with
reproach ? And what is Mr. Croker's
reply ? — that, in Am opinion, the article
in question needed no jus till cation ;
that he has fks much respect and sym-
pathy for MrsL Moore as his lordship;
and, we suppoae to show that respect
md sympathy f and his good manners
to booty he sneer ingly speaka of the
inestimable lady in (|ue9tion as Lord
Jolin^s " lalsress hn^ moHm V* Mr. Cro -
ker describes himself as in his " 74th
year, and in a probably advanoed stage
of a mortal disease," but be boaatfl that
he is ^^not yet in his dotage." AJasl
Sir, there is a ferocity of dotage, and
it is of thai you are now suAering.
The review in which so much of this
ferocity was manifested, appears to
have owed laost of ita ili-feellng to
wounded vanity. In the Diary, under
the date Oct. 14, 1830, occurs the fol«
lowing paesage :
M«t — , who walked about with me,
and made me take a family dinned with
him at bit hotel. / Aort not Htm mo mnch
^f him »inc€ W9 u*er0 in coUegt iogfthtr,
and I fiad that his vanity is even greater
than has been reported to me« and his
clevemeAs much less than 1 expected. He
is, uudoubtedly, a food partizaa, a quick
skirmisher of reviews and newspapers, and
a sort of serrant-of-oU-work for his em-
ployers ; but, as to anything of a higher
order of lalent, I am greatly min taken if
be bis the sMgbtest claim to it. — lij. 156.
The public neither knew nor cared
who was here portrayed, but in the
111 Mr. Croker appears to have
1 himself, and his complaint
1^ tiiii i^Ioore Bhould have written thus
of him in a private diary, when in his
letters the poet was continually ex-
pressing respect for his talents. Mr*
broker does not take into account that
^loore, in his letters, rendered judg-
ment chieily of wluit bo had read or
heai'd; and which judgment a few
hours' renewed intercourse (tMe'd'iSte)
appears to have modified, very much
to Mr. Croker*3 iriortification. The
entry was no/, as ^Ir, Croker asserts,
** left for publication by Moore." The
poet's papers were bequeathed to the
discretion of a literary executor, and
the executor, while inserting the por-
trait, erased the name. Mr. Croker
himself gives a graphical account of the
meeting to which nis friend alludes :
In the summer of 1820, l;i coasequeDoe
of a deep and irreparable domestic cala-
mity, 1 took Mrs. Croker to make a short
tour in France for change of scene. It
happened that, walking one evening in the
garden of fit. Cloud, we met Mr. and Mrs.
Moore (the latter we neither of us ever
saw before or since) ; after a few wordi of
very cordial greeting between Moore and
me, he iotroduoed Mrs. Moore. A short
conversation ensued, and then each party
pursued Uieir walk. We left Paris in a
few days, and did not rctoro for a fort-
nighty when I boked out for Moore» and
baw as much of him as I couUl ; but Mrs.
Croker did not make any advances — as
Moore eridcntly wished — to improve her
acquaintaace with Mrs. Moore. Moore
probabljr did not know, or at least appro,
elate, the extent of my wife's aflltction and
reluctance to cee ttrangers (which wai the
sola motiva of bar reserve towards Mrs.
Mo4sra)v mA bcinf » «• we now see (whidi
ii III tl)u WAjf \n «»^
<Mli
UkU wilt
I and (ha /%/#/ //on, JoAn H^iUm Craktr. [Aprili
ill 4 t'ojiwUtii fidiftd wliirti iiiiiitii liATC AS fuuch in]|vliod nd^
^ |-ltl«t iMWi a (IcpresMiig '
Miitf ItdiitiiJ lit unci no mmi who
l< if, anil rismcmbcrH tlmi he majr
1 iUvyn Imve writt4!ii ihougbt- ■
i'» to Uie aiillior^ can luwe any
uilu r I lilt uiuMisy ft'cliii;,;!*. In recara
to tctUT'*, h**wi»v<'r, thci*4i U snjuetluiig i
cm i' ■ .' .. '■ i^ Mr. Crt'l'T ;
iiiroij pul»ii»ln?«i 111
liio iitoinary uf ihr Lord John could
nk ttmi it wii!« htivr iMi M|i|n>iiuiitijr ofrepl^ring to llio .
•Mil ii»iii r*
I M(i ItlUlM' I '
>**», H li r\.
II •limit ip»(i|iil tijitiM*
Th9>fn iiiiiv Imi ttiiiinlhlitii In nil UiiN
> Jiir iUt>ii(^ who K
ihitr MiHiio wttii mi liuit loiter, mi il thm pemi^tttfe puhli
or 8ome Imhxma
)' I fillini CKtion waj the act of tome ioduerDoll
H^i , vri' iVionil, for wboM incliacretioii^ liowerer
^^^- >«<« Lord Jolw OKnd not ft ilimw* Ui^
tM« tuf^jrs Mid» Above aU, Mr.
sliij Ulrai m Qolkaa wbOeTor in H of ^
kW h» «<Mi^ mnftrk liy Lord Jote, to Ike
iS^f wlikli ikKlJir^MooralMemndklt
U^m wUl ;^ Oiml li 10 tW 9aL-9t9mm9. iHikk Lord
kii M ieoni omI «yc^ wodhi onlf te]
V C>%4^ noH^Miod 10 pliMilnd ^ 1
W^mAX ^^ iW c^Mireo tilken 1^ lidi lite
iMilk AmA waUk
ISlSt^«»dbt«klM>
i^
* »i
I
cAnnot be d»sptit<KL It h tliat in which
he touchin^Iy says lliat the nearer a
man is to the Jimits of life, the more
careful he should he to ace that his
reputation stands right In the eyos of
the public. No doubt that this ia the
fact, and Mr. Croker might have taken
even higher grouml But, taking his
sentiment at itn full value, we, in all
sincerity, and particularly because of
his indignation at Moore when tlic lat-
ter wounded the delicacy of the Admi-
ralty Se^?retary in relation to the Ber-
muda nffair, venture to remind Mr.
Croker that there is one other matter
in which he is concerned, and which,
aa he plumea himself on his delicacy,
it behoves him to explain.
The matter to which we are about
to refer does not, it h true, in any way
concern Moore, but it does very nearly
touch the Rtffht Honourable John Wil-
son Croker. The chief accusation which
the latter gentleman brings against the
poet lA that of having indecently and
indelicately outraged the conscientionn
acruple.**, &c. of the then Secretary of
'"^ ! Admiralty, by applying to bim for
aisistance in the siJe and disposal of
Moore's '* place" in Bermuda. Tbiis Id
the most tcrious charge, for all the
rest of Mr, Croker's bill of indictment
sounds much more like the mntterings
of a revengeful school-boy than the
hearty objections of a candid man. The
letters Jaid by like charged pistols, and
coming »u accidentally to hand when
wanted — the bad spirit that is manifest
from the 4^haniiclecr sort of epigraph
on the title-page down to the "unis,**
atl this is hardly worth observation
comparoil with the violence alleged to
have been committed by ^loore upon
Mr* Croker'a official delicacy* N(jw,
we will not presume to hint a word
in denial of such delicacy being Mr*
Croker^s especial distinction, — at the
.^arne time we request attention to the
following details.
No man was ever more bitterly de-
nounced in the Quarterly Review than
■ O'Meara, surgeon to Napoleon at St.
Helena. The Review taunted him with
being a base spy ; which appctirs to
have been true enough* But who em-
ployed him? O^Meara is chargcil in
the Review in question (vol. xjtxviii.
p. *237) with "* exposing to ail mankind
^n the conversations which had been con-
^B fided to the ear of friendship/* Very
likely ; hut by whom was he instigated ?
and to whom did he look for his re-
ward ? We do not pretend to answer
the question ; but we refer our rentiers
to Forsyth's work on Sir Ilwdson Lowe.
For our own parts we will hQ satisfied
to quote, without comment, what we
iind in the AtheniEum for July 2, 1853.
The reviewer of Forsy th'd work, in that
periodicab thus writes : — "If the facts
recorded in the work before us be true,
it is evident that, in the fii-st instance,
O'Meara had l>ecn encouraged from
the Admiralty to play what many per-
sons would call die part of a spy on
Napoleon*8 words and thoughts. The
name of Mr. Wilson Croker is mixed
up very strangely in this business, and
before having his counter-statement it
would be perhaps hasty to pronounce
on the accusations in I^lr. Forsyth^a
work." This was written in July of
last year ; and, if a counter-statement
has been nntde, all that we can say is,
that we have heard nothing of it- The
resulta of O'JMeara's ** base eapionnagc "
of Napoleon were conveyeil to the
Admiralty in letters addressed to one
Finlaison. But, as the Atbemeum re-
murks, "the cbftracter of O'Meara,
thus self- tarnished, is not the question ;
the conduct of much higher persona tn
involved. Who was it that encouraged
O'Meara to pursue this conduct ? Let
the Admiralty Clerk tell : " and thereon
the Athenajum makes the following
citation from Forayth's work. Ftnlaiaon
writes to 0*Meara : —
Your letters of the 1 6th of March and
the 22rid April came duly to band, and
furnished a real feast to some very great
folks here. 1 also received a hitter from
yon on your first arrival, which was con-
sidered very interesting. Not a line of
any thing yon hare written to me since you
sailed has been ever made public. [We
shonld state here that» as Napoleon read
the Engliih papers, the surgeon was afraid
lest any of hia accoimts of the caged Hon
shoMld meet the eye of the captive.] The
moment your letters came they were given
to Mr. Croker, who considered them ex-
tremely interesting, and circulated copies
among the Cabinet ministers ; and ho
desires mc to assure you that they never
have been, nor Bball they ever hereafter
he, seen by any other person. I coojectare
also that your letters have even amused
H-tLH . the Prince Regent, They arc
written with that g^ood sense, discrimina*
tion, and naivetx Unit they could not fail
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Tim Table ofPrecedetity*
371
this otficia! delicacy by asking him
fcir help in selling t!ie Bennuda ap-
pointment— it must not be forgotten
that, while Mr, Croker protests tbut
he WM not merely coy, but indignant^
Moorc'a Diary affirms, in a v*'ry ^ber
entry, that the oilieial gentleman was
sometime* anything but reluctant to
help his friend. In the fifth volume,
under the date December 27, 1826,
are the following words : — ** A kind
letter from Croker, in answer to one I
wrote to him asking hh opinion as
to my Bermuda situation, whether 1
should give it up, &c. &c. Advises me
not to give it up, nnd thinks he could
procure me a projier por.'iou fit to be
my deputy/^ And again : in vol. v.
)j. 320 (Nov. 27, 1828), we have the
ioHowing: — "Called atdlfterent places.
Bat with C some time, and b;ul a good
deal of talk about my Bermuda place
— thinks I cannot take any steps an to
a deputy (at least a deputy with te^
curity) till there ii^ isometbing to give
wourity/or, which can only occur with
a war." The italica are Moore's, and
they arc remarkably significant. Now
Moore, whose great misfortune it was,
as he himself said, to be alw»ya in want
of money, certainly never thought of
making over all his duties to a nubslitute
without retaining some of the pecuniary
advantages of the appointment in ques-
tion. A coiuparison of dates will tmow,
perhaps, that the above entries do not
refer to the actual transaction revealed
by ^Ir. Croker, but they appear to re-
late to negotiations of a similar nature.
However this may be, no one will in-
dulge Mr, Croker in his eagerness to
destroy the reputation of Moore, until
the entire facU are before the public.
The latter will at least sus[>cnd its
judgment until Mr. Croker's letters
are placeil side by side with those of
Moore — a coui'se to which we presume
thiit Mr. Croker, strong in blaraeleas-
ness, can have no possible objection.
At all events, let uu have the letters :
without them the case is simply, in old
Scotish phmse, ** Not proven.'*
THE TABLE OF PRECEDENCY,
" Orders and degrees
Jar not with Liberty, but well consut/^
THE Table of Precedency is about
the most complicated piece of ma-
chinery for setting us in motion, the
most confused arrangement for the
** order of our going," that could well
have been concocted* W^e by no
means undervalue the privilege of a
ioevi ttaiuH in a dinner procession* It
ia exoe^ingly useful to have a notion
as to how one is to be disposed of on
the order for sailing, as well as to know
where one is ultimately to settle down
at the anchorage. We write this ii|
the nuucultne gender, and having no
** handJe to our name ; '* but the ques-
tIoii« as respects the " sot\er sei," an
epithet, by the way, of very doubtful
application in this case, is one of pri-
mary importance if we would prevent
those shocks to the nervous system
which now and then occur, even in the
most amiably disposed families, through
the blunders of many most excellent
persons whose habits of thought have
rarely led them to wander within the
intricate majses of these conventional
arrangements of society* For instance,
we have marked the sidelong glance,
the movement of the chin, the eleva-
tion of the shoulder, and tlie shitting
of the chair, when a Viscountess has
been walked off leaving the daughter
of a Marciuess behind in dudgeon and
disgtist. We have observed how the
wife of the younger son of an Earl has
stared with an intermixture of sui-priee
and scorn at the stupidity that could
presume to order out before her the
wife of the elder sou of a Baron. We
can call to mind the amusing scene
when the wife of one of our most dis-
tinguished distillers, the daughter of
the younger son of a junior Baron,
once looked daggers at the ignorant
and unsuspecting master of the feast
lor placing the daughter of one qT our
oldest Baronets " betwixt" his arm
*' and her nobility." On this occasion
we well remember that the safterer
never rallied during the whole of the
evening — ate but little — said less. In
the drawing-room (we do uot \«^\«.viA
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— w« wlikla tn a/» of ^coK.:ng r;d^"
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Imt biuLan^i no I^m a proud 'iestztstifi'
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M ScuIjc vouU call it, in ih^i ~ tice^t
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matl polacea who waalu^ tbeir limb^
in the neare&t riTukt, ami Q;inle«l tLeir
loins with goal'skins— h^ U.-«ii ou5te<l
of what ahe erroneoujl/ conceired to
be her birthright bj the pretcniioiu of
the wif« of aomcoMcurc Knight Cooi-
numler of the Ikth, but who happened
to hare led aibrlomliope,aiid hadsacri-
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;if ii.riKT Ti-rii-T: ;•: .•:';::i.ij.jiiul7 ar-
riri. .a. '-. '-iK iui-iirtt=^ i*£?'inisc .c
j«ta.*r- ."i-r:-a;p uti ".Mixtrj^ -c "an
aJ:.ii.a;ri. :j.***-.:t i,-.cr..i. -oiirrir ^
rtSijfT rift >Irsf;i,7^t-.-? H^ 3itZ-
LSi:-*_-.iS5. '•^' : ▼ zL mzinnL-'.^t^ I TIL 11-
KTj.-if' :.:-.il-r-l Tit y.LT.Jzx -r^
u#* fp«;r:ji^ :cjrij'7 r:;^-- iirt^ xjat.
^^ W'.ir~' i^i'i iri '.'^: i-" r^'^-s::
sen .: ^i:^c rfj^z-iz.: _i 'i^-.z .-:iii:j.
wlii. 1 lir2= r.ir--i-.ii i."-i ^f'-i::^ t;
bll: i- Ti-r .-Jl^-t :ii-= ▼!:'; .: i:: -fx-
3Ir:i:- -.I-- . : in . "Ji zr :•. ::r. :t. ': -ir, ij.T izcr
i>; A Lilr li. -is^ ini Lir.-i* i.:: :^-^ .".cz:t
fer'.rc iii-iz*i *.;. TL-e tilri iw »-e
is ;i 1 --•: r*: -i'L ::. ir. a* i " . Iz !r ^ .-: - = : r.
be: i-ivln^ il?.; i ?'»ilT =:x-i*" ..i ar 1
pr-jp*:r:T in ihr ':-.*in:j iiin'ilr-ri bj
theod-criwj. In th-e i-*:Tr illrcim-i.
wLit irjLi to c-r ivc-e r ^^'i* iz^ to l-e
:L« criicHon r Th-*T w-j^e a* n-eaHj
ai po»«ItIe oc a j.-ar. ^i? \\l-z >Lim=icR
of acrftige to \** w.T^bl^i^i'f This
wo'J'i kiv-r l-rcn t-:o r^'id: JL tru-.-kl-r.jT
to the 'i-Lirttr ^iilon* inl tb-s '.<?dr^l
of guoriiaij «. la -iesp^riuon w i :c*i^*d
up, juit ;ki it" W2 w-re on tLo cri-.-kt;:-
ground at ILirrjw. l>:Kre the rdrtivs
arriTed.
Il i* onlT since the- P^aoe thii ih-?
ijUCition ot the \tT'i*:M'l*in<:y ■:!' anib.i*-
sa«iors has, if we mistake not. Ksja Je-
tenuined. and instance* wore forniorly
fro<|uent of a roj»uIar, or nith»»r irr\*i:u-
lar, race — the rule:* *A ihe.I'tckey C liili
l)ein£ wholU iinh».'e«!->l— l^twi^en the
1854.]
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parties, coujiled with no meonsiJerttble
jostling of the rival repreBcnttUivea
of majesty, — Franr^j pui*liiiig iiercely
against Russia, Kuasia rutluly tripping
up Austria, the latter luilccoroUHiy
elbowing Spain» &c. ike* Tliis mi^Iit
have been/ ami ptirliaps was, cafled
Physical Frecedeocy.
But this same table of degrees is by
no means confined to th« Court and the
dining-room p It pervadi's all clasi^es.
Mer grace^s lidy and my lortl's gentle-
man occupy their re^p-ective posi-
tions in the graduated scale of seats
among the guests* domestics at the
CbrigtmBS gathering in the servants*
hjdl» if indeed the nerves of **our old
nobility" have not hitherto shrank
from carrying out a reform of that
"High Life Below Stairs*' nuiaance
called a *^ second table," wheje 4ie
pampered ofTripri ng of ^ome indus-
trious labourer cannot sit down to
meals with the meiuier dependents of
his class, and where port and sherry,
denied to the man of education and in
holy orders, with a wife and family, is
dnly providctl for the psilatea of these
pests, and often times plunderers, of
their patrons. The Lady Bab, the
Duke, and Sir Harry of our friend
Garrick, all **so devilish proud of their
nobility," not forgetting Lord Francis
and Bob the Bishop ^Hipping off" their
" four bottles of Burgundy a-piece,'*
are admirable specimens of what it may
be hoped is a nearly extinct species. Yet
we well remember how the gentleman of
the Port Admiral of Plymouth, though
he came in late, would not tolerate
that Tom the footman, " a slovenly, un-
handsome" clown, should ait "betwixt"
the joint and his *' nobility." All this
reminds us of an anecdote of the late
lamented Princess Charlotte, who once
rang her bell at Clarcmont, and ordered
the servant to remove a couple of band-
Vioxes, on which he went out say tug that
he would "send someone" — **What
ought 1 to have done!:'" asked ILK.H.
of her estbnable Chamberlain^^'* Why,
Madam, if your R(jyal Highness were
A man, the best thing would have been
to have kicked him down stairs. Under
the circumstances, and as I was not at
hand to do so^ you will allow me in-
sUtntly to discharge him," was the very
prompt and eflVctive reply.
Respect in sf our position at dinner,
although this is no actual portion of
the subject, there is a sort of hemi-
spherical difTerence of opinion. In the
Last we have noticed that the lady of
the house, after the manner of her
most gracious Majesty, precedes her
guests ; in the West, as we all know,
she invariably follows them. We are
of opinion, putting our Occidental pre-
judices aside, that this latter is the best
arrangement. Then the next person
in rank to the one who falls back for
the purpose of conducting our hostess
(though after the host and the lady of
highest position,) proeeefls with the
lady second in rank. But where h
this, our second best maoj to place him-
self? The majority, and we think
correctly, locate him at the bottom of
the table, placing the lady he con-
ducts next to his host. We say we
think correctly, first, because it is the
homage due to the lady second in rank
to be seated next to her host; secondly,
although precedency is a question for
generiu convenience, all those who
meet, meet as gentlemen on erpial
terms. Nevertheless, there arc some
aspirants, and es^)ecia!lj those who
from having the m mi mum of rank de-
sire the maximum of advantage, and
beln^ only juit squeezed into ** ^Vho i
who/ are, ns is invariably the case,
more alive to their privilege, and covet
the honour of being next to our hostess
at dinner, with a Transatlantic "go
a-head" that shall be applicable to our
host after dinner. Such ijj the ambition
which urges the newly-made Baronet,
Sir Jeremiah Jinglecash, to make an
trhdoii movement for the occupation-
of this post whenever the opportunity
occurs.
But to revert to the real point, and
from which we have seemingly, though
slighlly, wandered. With a view of
giving additional tranquillity to the
mind at such a moment, and of intro-
ducing greater simplicity to our system,
wc submit, in the soberest seriousness
(praying, meanwhile, respectfully the
attention of our worthy friends H. M.'b
Master of the Ceremonies and Garter
King of Arms), the following revision
of that fashionable code which governs
the approach to the tables of our
Amphitryons. L.
The Queen.
The Queen Dowager.
The mother of the Queen regnant.
The Friocess of Wales.
874
The Septuagint of the Moicow Bible Society* [April,
Prtiic«ii<s, dftUgbtcrs of the SoTcreign.
WiTCa of the Soverci^'ft y conger Jioiw.
A¥iY«i of the Soveretgn'i graiidsone.
The Sovereign'* grauddaughters.
The Soirerf:iga'8 siatera.
The So ve reign 'ii aurilB*
The Sovereign's niecee.
Wive* of PrmccB of the Blond Royal,
Wl?e« of the elder sons of Priocci of the
Blood Rojal.
Bnughters of Princes of the Blood Royal.
WivBB of the younger sons of Princes of
the Blood RoyaL
Danghlerf of the yoonger sons of Princes
of the Blood RoyaL
Diiohef»es.
Marduo&eMei.
Counteiies*
TiACountesBes.
Baronesses.
Wivea of the elder sons of Dakea.
Daughters of Duke*.
Wives of the younger sona of Dukes.
Wivet of the elder sons of Marquesses.
Daughters of Marqueaeef «
Wives of the younger sons of Marquesses.
Wives of the elder sons of Earls*
Daugblerti of Earls.
Wivea of the younger sons of EarU.
Wives of the elder sons of VisconQts*
Daughters of Viscounts.
Wife* of the younger sons of Visoouuti.
Wives of the elder sons of BarooB.
Daughters of Baroos.
Wives of the younger son« of Barons,
Wives of Archbishopt.
Wives of Bishops.
Wives of BaroDets.
Wives of Kniglita Grand Crosses of the
following Orders In snccession :
Garter.
Thistle.
Bath,
St. Patrick.
St, Mii'hael and St. George.
Guelph.
Wives of Knights Comioauders of the
same iti succesaioQ.
Wives of Knights Bachelors.
Wives of the eldest sons of the younger
sons of Peers.
Danghtera of the younger sons of Peers*
Wives of Knights Companiona of the Bath.
Wives of the younger sons of the younger
• sons of Peers.
Wivea of the elder sons of Baronets.
Daughters of Baronets.
Wives of the elder sons of Knights in
succeaaion as before.
Daughters of Knights Companions of th«
Bath.
Wives of Esquires and Gentlemen-
Daughters of Esquires and Geotlemen.
THE SEPTUAGINT OF THE MOSCOW BIBLE SOCIETY,
TA BIDAIA, ToifT iarivt 'H 6e/a r^«^/) n/* IltcXrttas re (car Kao'^s
AtuOtfKjjs^ *ll ^ir HaXaia kaTa rovi 'E/5^o/i>ijk"o>'raj Ik tov ut$ ol6y re
k'. r* X. *E£eru7r<u0/j ht* evXoy ins n}i 'AyiwTftrjfi Aton:ovtTy}i ^vy6bov
Uuffutv Ttap 'VtiJtrtnQt', Xftph rit^ Kara r?/»' M<5<tj^«>' 'l^pof^iftXtKfji Ko4-
yoTTfTos. *Rv M*i(rj(9* Ei' r^ Ttfi 'AyiitirrcrJji^ Itvyi'*hov TVToypaij*ei^,
II IIAAAIA AIABHKH KATA Tf>riVEBAOMHKO>TA. Tlie Greek Septosgint
Version of the Old Teatament according to the Vatican Edition : together with
the real Septuagint Version of Daniel and the Apocrjrpha, including the Fourth
Book of Maccabeesi and an Historical Introduction. London. Bagster and Sons.
to an eilition of the LXX. which ra-
ther more than thirty years ago (1821)
was published by the Moscow Bible
Society. It appears that, shortly be-
fore the death of the Emperor Alex-
nuderT two zealous Russian merchauta,
brothers, nnmed Zosimadoi {utv i) /jr^^tj
tfTTat ut fn'tln/(f, Prsef.) prevailed on
the Ruaaian Synod to allow tbeai to
print this edition of the Septuagint nt
their own expense, as members of the
Bible Society at Moscow. It forms a
hntidsome quarto^ and is neither more
HAVING laid before our readers a
^ detailed aceount of the respective edi-
tions of the LXX. by the Christian
Knowledge Society, and by the Uni-
versity ot Oxford, we nmv propose to
tftke a short and summnry notice of
thst edition of the Moscow Septuagint,
which constitutes the haai»i of the
former, and from which the Synod
of Attica entailed such nuinful per-
plexities on the London Bonrd. It ia
somewhat amusing to tind, that these
bluadera and perplexities nmy be traced
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Of less than a reprmt of Grabe's eiii*
tion (Oxford, 1707-10, without the
notes and i Hub tmti oris.
Tbese wore days, wlieii the Britlali
and Foreign Bible Society felt no scru-
ple in blending llie Apocrypha with the
canonic ftl booK^» hi their Continental
editions. Till Uie btirricnne about the
Apocryphii, it was regarded as no
dishonour lo the Won! of God, to com-
mingle jt Tf ith tilt* word of man. To
please the Hornanist^ or the member
of the Greek Church, Susanna and
Daniel and Bel and the Dragon wei*€
throwrn togetbci". But the lluldnnes
and Dr* Thompson sounded the alarm,
and the Philigtmes were driven beyond
Dan and Beersheba. It is uinrvellous
what changes have taken place in the
last thirty years ; but it is still more
marvellous, that the Christian Know-
ledge Society did not remember and
consider these changes.
The rule is now made absolute —
ih^re ihuU l^e no Apocrtmhtt. It is a
wise rule, and a safe* It is the rule
and symbol of Protestantism- Form-
erly, It wa5 thought, you might favour
A weak brother— you might help him
with some rotten crutch. But it is
liow discovered, that it is much better
to place hira upon Ins own legs, and to
enable him to walk, without any orutoh.
We feel eouvince^J, that, so lar as the
Word of (iod is concerneil, this is the
only honest, direct, and defensible
course of procedure.
Stillt tliere must be some regard
paid to the point^^ of the compass^
The Eastern and ^Veatern world will
never renounce their respective dis-
tmctiotifl. In the East, the reverence
Ibr the version of the LXX. will nlways
be much higher than it can obtain in
the West. As all the Oriental versions
(but the Syriac) — the Samaritan, the
Georgian, the Arnbic, the Armenian,
the Ethiopic, the Persian, and the
Sclavonic — were drawn from the LXX.
this reverence has nervadcd all the
Eastern churches. Whatever modern
or vernacular versions are circulate*!
amongst these churches, should there-
fore uutiuestionably be made from I he
text of the LXX.
But the decision of Protestants in
favour of the Hebrew text prevents
their coming to this natural and e^jui-
table compromi:*e. There i» an absurd
rule, we Itave been told, in the Bible
H table col
H rule, we
Society by which no version can be
made frotn the Septuagint ! Accord-
ingly, they attempt to circulate Romaic
vers tuna drawn from the Hebrew in
Greece and Turkey, instead of turn-
ing the Hellenistic XXX. into modem
Greek* — Now tliipi is a sheer example
of wliat may be called ultra- Protestant
bigotry -
How diMerent was the conduct of
Philip Melancthon I In 1545, he pub-
lished an edition of the LXX. at Basil,
to which he has prefixetl a preface,
wherein the claims of the Greek ver*
»ion are impartially stated. He docs
not pretend to question the superiority
of the Hebrew, a« the origiiml ; but
be pleads for the Septuagint, as used
by the Greek Church, as quote<i by
the Apostles, and of infinite utility in
iltuf^trating the New Testiiment. Ver^
nionem L^erd Grtpcmti Prophaiamm 9cio
ionge tftpuxlidiorvjn esse *ifwf fordibua;
itedUtmen extare etnn vtih est^ etim ea
Grffci etitmmttm ttttwhir^ et eoUaiio
xmpe Latinis prodtuse posnt: denifpie
cum scutentiit a Paulo citato oitemkini^
tunc earn in tnfmilms Apo^tolorum ftmtft*
Piutremdniilitas non anpenumdae^ty quod
cum strmonem Apostoli Graci tcribinies
ex hoc lihro mtmpnerint^ mtHwt int&lli-
geni pondera tperborum in Apo^tot^cis
mynptfx^ rpti (diente. hf^enf htmc lihrttm*
Had Melancihon lived at the pi*e-
seiit day, when the missionary spirit is
so alive to raising up tlui iireek Church
from its present prostrate and forlorn
condition, would he have hesitated
to circulate motlern versions from
the LXX* in any part of the East?
Would be have hesitated to dissemi-
nate Romaic editions of the Septuagint
throughout Greece, and Turkey, and
Hussia ? To make ** new" versions 111
the Romaic from the Hebrew text, is
a work very difficult and full of dan-
ger, pletmm opfix aitfw. It Fujipoaea
the most perfei!t knowledge of the
Hebrew tuul the Romaic, and, when
accomplished, it is calculated to puzzle
and coufbTiml the nioilern Greek, who
has always been accuitomcd to the
text of the LXX. But, if you pre-
sent to him this .iccu^tomed t<.»xt in his
own vernacular, he reads it off as a
spoken language, and he at once ac-
knowleflges the worrli* of Holy Writ.
The same inrerericc will apply to those
more distant landd>m which the Arabic,
the Ethiopic, or tlic Pecw^efwwsvMk^t^^
The Sephmgint of ike Moscow Bible Socieft/. f ApriU
ill use. These arc the Iwgiiaged of
the priests and the learned : the com-
mon people have their own dialeet,
und in that dialect, or vulgar tongue^
modem versions of the Old Testament
Soripturea should be bascnl on the L XX-,
and the mi^ionariea who address them
should preach from the LXX,
But, to efleet this object, it is neoes-
sarj that the text of the LXX. should
be restored to something like its pri-
pieral atate, thot it should be brought
Into union with the Hebrew, that its
chapten and verses should be arrange<l
aooording to that standard. There
will always remain some important dis*
crcpancies between the version and
the original — there will always be jsuf-
I ficieni matter for critical dispute — but,
, «o iar aa the knowledge of saving trulh
k coneerned, the Old Testament —
whcthor read according to the Hebrew
or the SejJtuagintal text — will ever
liear the same witness to Christ an<l
Christhmity.
We wish, therefore, to call the espe-
cial attention of the Christian Know-
ledj^ and the Bible Society to the
dinuBJon of cheap and portable editions
of the Septuagiiit in modern Greek, as
the most powerful and natural means
of bringing the great mass of Oriental
Christians to the knowle<lge of Moses
and the Prophets. The brstory of the
Chriiitian Church, from its earliest in-
fancjr, testifies to the imjiortance ami
providential designs of this version.
The earliest of Cbriatians were the
Hellenistic Jews, who bad been accus-
tomed to the reading of the LXX.,
and who recognised in Jesus and his
disciples the verification of the ancient
Prophets, During the succeeding four
hundred ytjars, that version continued
the fkilndum of the Christian Church.
Even long after Jerome made his Latin
version from the Hebrew, it was widely
U!*ed ill the Western, whilst it remained
the sole Scriptures of the Old Testa-
jnent, in the Plastcrn Church. It h
there the only authorised text at the
firescnt day ; but its language is no
OQgcr spoken in it5 ancient, or rather
HeDenistic, type. It retjuirca, ihcro-
forCi to be modernised into the ver-
nacular Houiaic in Greece and Asia
^inor*, and throughout a large portion
?r Turkey in Europe.
The Sclavonic trit^es have always
l»een chiefly oonncctetl with the Eastern
Church, and consequently have been
accustomed to derive their knowledge
of the Old Testament from the Gredk
text — the modem versions in their
respective dialecta should therefore be
based on the text of the LXX.
It is of the utmost importance now
to bring home these fact^ to the busi-
ness and bosom of all who feel any
interest in the cause of Protestantism
in the East. The Cxars of Russia, ever
since the time of Peter the First, have
aspired to be the spiritual, as well as
temporal, despots over their] intermi-
nable dominions,* Formerly, tlie Pa-
triarch of Constantinople contested tlie
ecclesiastical primacy with the Pope ;
but the Czar is now the reigning Ori-
ental PontiflT. During the reign of
Alexander, this spiritual power was
exercised in favour of the Protestants
nnd the Bible Society — ►hence the pub-
lication of tlic Moscow Septuagint in
1821— but at his death, affairs took
another turn. The Emperor Nicholas
expelled the Society and the mission-
aries— his policy led him to keep
down the growing liberties of the Chris-
tians ill Turkey — the l*airiarch became
his servile instrument. The Sultao«
from TK)licy took the more liberal view
of their Christian subjects. It is this
opposition of policy which has led to
that strange and anomalous spectacle
which we now behold.
Here are England and Franceleagued
together apparently to uphold the
Crescent against tlie Cross, whilst
Russia is apparently upholding the
Cross against the Crescent. But all
tills is more mirttgey it is deceptio msuM*
The rotil antagonists ai'e knowledge,
liberty, civilisation, on one part, super-
stition, despotism^ and barbarism, on
the other. Pope Nicholas in the East,
like Pope Pius m the West, is, as usual,
opposed to the Bible Society and to all
Protestant missions. He has no ob-
jection to the Greek Church, m long
AS it keeps the commonalty in igno-
rance and sujierstitioii. He is the advo*
catc of the pricBthood and tlie synod,
so long ns ihey obey his mandates;
but the Bible Society and Bishop Go-
bat are his instinctive aversion; for
how should a Pope fall in love with
* See Speii<3«r'i Trayeti in Eoropeaa Turkey in 1850, vol. L pp. 204--246,
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t bat civi I ftnd (ecclesiastical liberty which
13 the oiTspring of Prutegtiintisin ?
But to strike borne to the Czar, to
call forth nil hia zeal mid animosity,
one thing iji yet wanted, that is, tho
diffusion of the Greek Bible in the
modern dialects of the Ejust, according
to the Alexandrian f«xt of the LXx!
Let Romaic, Slavonic, GeorgiaUi and
Ilungnrion copies of the Septuagiut be
disaeminat^jd in ererj direction, accom-
panieil with corresponding versions of
the New Testament ; notblng would
so tend to break the fetters of ig-
norance and supers titioa — to destroy
the despotism of the priest — to intro-
duce freedom of conscience and liberty
of thought. But it should be the pure
and original Septungint, undefiled with
Apocrypha. It should be the Sep-
tuagint in the order of the Hebrew and
English Bible. Such a Romaic Sep-
tuagint would form a new era in Greece
and Turkey* at St. Pctersburgb and
Moscow.
We cannot dose this article with-
out a brief notice of an edition of the
LXX. which has lately appeared from
the press of Messrs. Bagater. After
tlie scTere condemnation which we
have been compelled to pasi on the
Septuiigints of the Christian Know*
ledgo Society and the University of
Oxford, it la pleasant to fiound the notes
of praise and commendation on this
truly cxcetieut edition. It follows the
Protestant order of the books, and
throws the Apocrypha to the rear,
with the exception ot the {^[lurioui ports
of Esther. It introduces no idolatrous
ascriptions to the Virgin, under tbo
semblance of Potior Van etas Codicis
/Ut^xantlrini. But we arc sorry that
the apocryphal song of "The Three
Children ' has been alloweil to remain
in the thinl chapter of the Septungintal
Daniel, and that " Susanna" and " Bel "
have been subjoined, p. 757.
The distinguishing feature of this
edition is the "Introduction," giving
" an historical account of tlie Sep tua-
gint version, and of the principal texts
in which it is current/* Thougb brief,
it is eminently comjirehensive. It is
evidently the result of much reading,
and of sound scholar dbip. But we
cannot agree with the learned editor's
estimate of the Sep tuagint, that it is
nothing more than *^au honestly-made
version;" or tbjit the apostles conl'ciTed
Gbnt. UlvQ, Vol. XLL
on it no hrglier character by their nu-
merous citations. Certain it is, that
their own writings would then bo re-
duced to the same level ; for no writer
can ri&e above the authorities on which
his own claims to credibility are
founded.
If this be true of human writers on
ordinary topics, how much more power-
fully dues It apply to the evangelists
and apostles — men professing to be
immediately inspired irom above ! Had
such men iounoed their appeals to the
Old Testament on faulty and erroneous
translations, their authority would have
been liable to every si>ecies of objec-
tion. It would have been at once re-
plied by the Pbariseett and doctors of
the law, — You misunderstand and mis-
apply our Scriptures ; you are adopt-
ing a version which does not represent
the sense of the originiil. Such ure
the assertions of our modern Hebrew
lecturers; but we never hear that
these objections were urged of old
agaiuiit Jesus and thcupostJes — a plain
evidence that the version of tho Sep-
tuagint was then esteemed of standard
authority.
The least, the lowest^ view which can
be taken is this, — that so much of the
LXX. as is found in the New Testa-
ment is of the same rank in truth and
value as the context, and that no ap-
parent fliscrepancies of the Hebrew
shall be allowed to degrade these cila*
tions. When their number and variety
are impartially considered, we feel fully
convinced that the great majority of
believers in the inspiration of the
writers of the New Tcfitament, will
deem the version of the LXX. some-
thing more than **an honestly-mado
version, in pretty general use at the
time when they wrote/* — But we must
again declare our ajiprobation of tliis
edition, and of the valuable Introduc-
tion, subject to these limitations. — *' We
find," says its author, "amongst the
members of the Eastern churches who
use the Greek language, that the Sep-
tuagint has been, and is still, so tho-
roughly received as authentic Scripture,
that any eCTort to introtlucc auiongst
them versions which accur.itely repre-
sent the Hebrew (as has been attempted
in modern times) has been wholly
fruitless.'* — Let this fact be cahaly dis*
cussed at our approaching religious
anniversaries.
ZC
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CORRESPONDENCE OF SYLVANUS URBAN.
T1l« OifOPd BdlUon of Um Septtuifdnt^Aiident Weddlnfc Oemxwtnle^-'The Lord Uayor'i Pigouit i
Ifldi— NonVon, tlie Topogn»plicr--£mindatloii of » Paan^ In CorioUnus.
The Ozfobd Edition of thb Septuaoint.
Mr UaBAN, — An article appeared in
your last number reSectiag in no measured
langu^nge on an edition af tlie Septuagint
printed at the University Press at Oxford.
It is not my jiurpostj to investigate the
motives which may bave incited the writer
to Doake thia unprovoked attack. I will
only request you to admit into your jour-
lud a few lines of answer to hia calumniea,
and of exposure of hia iiiaccaracies, that
may 6u(!ice to clear the managers of the
UniTersity Pres£ from the imputationa
which he has thought fit to attach to them.
A cheap aiid portable edition of the
Septuagiot was much wanted. It hap^
peii5, perhaps not to the credit of gacred
literature either in Eogland or on the
CQDtinent^ that no attempt has been made,
to any great extent at least, ta make a
critical revision of this important version.
Although the lajik would be an eitremely
difficult one, anJ a perfect work could
hardly be expected from the Jabotirs of u
stoglo individual, t^ttU it h to be lamented
that so little has yet been done. There
being, howerer, no such rcccnsioD m
cxiatence, how was the present want to be
supplied ? It is notorious that two edi-
tions (viz. that of Rome 1586, and that
by Grabe 1707 and following years), have
been printed afivr two of the most ancient
MSS, extant, nor have the general ac-
euracy and tiJdity of t!»e§c editions ever
been impeached. To give therefore a fair
repre&eDtation of these two editions at one
Tiew (omitting to notice the insertrons of
Grabe in a small character from other
quartern* tban the Alex, MS*) was con-
sidered under all circumstances the bc&t
course which cowld be adopted. But to
deviate from the text of that edition whtcb
was chosen as the basia of the reprint, or
to disturb (he order of the several books
as tkey are found la that edition withoul^
assigning a reiaon at every step, would
have been to take a liberty unwarranted by
the rules of philological criticism. Manu-
script copies of the entiie tranalalion are
extremely rare» but in the caie of those
whicb arc known it is believed the sei'eral
books are never arranged at* they occur in
the English version. Nor in the con-
Teniencc of the reader much embarrassed
by the retention of an arrangement which,
from whatever cause, has prevailed from a
very remote period, as he is it full liberty
to study the several books in such ordef I
as he pleases. It is clear to every man of I
common sense that the mere position of I
the Apocryphal Books does not in tbi]
slightest degree affect their autbenticityi J
or endow them witb any authority beyond]
whqt they legitimately possess. Sundf*
there is a strong tendency in this writer'tJ
mind to confound the duty of an exact j
copyist of a certain text with that of ^l
critic engaged in :»ettUng the Canon of J
Scripture.
So much fur the general outline of tbtti
edition pub li shed at Oxford in 1S48. l]
may now proceed to exumine the cbargotl
made as to particular points. 1. Apor^l
tion of the 23rd verse of Dent* xxvli* |
is ttltegeJ to be auppoaititioua, and, there*
fore, according to the writer ought to bare ]
been expunged or marked with an'obeltiCt [
To have omitted the passage altogethef 1
when the Vatican recension retains ill
would have been to commit a fraud, as the J
title-piige declares that this recension iij
a!w£iya followed : to mark it with uu obel(i« I
would have been beside the purpose of &a]
edition professing to give a certain textpi
and that only ; meanwhile the reader ii |
not h ft without means of knowing that I
much doubt attjiches to the (Missage, as t hi J
note at the bottom of tbe page will inform ]
him that it is absent from the Akxandrins
codex. 2. The same rejnark applies X»\
the " interpolation ** in IValm xiii. 3.
3. But 1 am really at a k>is4 to understand j
what the writer tntendi when he goes oa ]
to state, *' even the mass of apocryphal I
prayers and hymns is scrupulously ex*
hibitcd at p. 1259 of this edition.'' Wi!l|
any one believe th,it ici the Oxford editiott I
there is nothing of the kind? At th*j
close of the Psalms indeed a note is sob- j
joined shewing that at the end of tbft J
psalter there occurs in the Alexand. MS,
a series of odes and prayers partly iakeo
fipm scripture and partly apocryphal, lAc
iiile* of which are given ; but of the odetM
themsflves and prayers not a single word*]
To have omitted these titles would have I
been to deprive the reader of a notice of 1
the contents of this nncicnt copy. Nothing j
more than tbis has been done^ nothing]
more was meant. 4, Again he says/'e
the tabic for rectifying the dialooftt«d 1
chapters in Jeremiah is omitted.'* ^fUH
the reader believe afler tbis poiiUve w-
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(hrr^^pand^tci qf%hanu$ t^hjtn*
are
serdoD tliat sucL a table t# printed rery
conspicuously at tlie commencemeni of
Jeremioii, p. 1 597 ? 5, Further, the editor
is accused of carelestness for not sap-
plying Tonet 27 to 31 in Jerem. Jii. from
tbe Alexandrine text. Nonr liere the
editor is qtiite guiltless of caretesiaess,
bat the writer himself cannot be deemed
dear either of iguornnoe or of wilful
nuirepreaentation. For the verses referred
to do not €tut in the AJex. MS. They
appear indeed in Grabe's edition and in
Breittioger's reprint, bat in a lesser cba>
racter, and with a mark shewtog that they
■
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haTc been inserted from another quarter •
and it baa been already stated that
such interpolatiooa have been disregarded
thro ugh on t the collation.
litiough has now been said in contradic-
tion to the writer's barefisted assertions.
It is much to be regretted that in his seal
for what he calh Protestantism he hts for-
gotten that the Christian graces of truth
and charity are far more cxcetlent than
spirit of psrty, and that there is an oU
atlikge ever to be kept in mind, " Candoor
should accomimny criticism/*
Yours, &G. OxoiriKN»is.
Anciemt Wbooinci CiRKifONima.
Mm, Uruant,^ — In turning over Poly-
dorc Vergil's work, entitled De Remm
Iwveniortimjff *' Of the discoverers of
things," I find a passage illustrative of nn
interesting subject of Engli«h '* Folklore/'
It is an illusion to the uiarringe ceremonies
practised in England in the fifteenth cen-
tury. 1 should mention that it is found
in the earlier part of the book, which was
published in 1499, shortly sfier the nu-
thor's first mission to England. Perhaps
some of your corrcirpondenti may be able
to throw additional light upon the customs
referred to. I will translate tltc pa^^^a^e
entire. It is found in the fourth chapter
of the first book, the chapter which trent<^
of the origin of marriage, &c. : ~
'* Among the Romans, according to
Festus, three boys who had each a father
and mother living, accompanied the bride,
one to carry before the party a torch of
white- thorn f for the marriage took plitce at
night, as we are told by Plutarch in his
Prubtimti, and the two others to support
the bride. The torch was borne in honour
of Ceres, that as CereSt who is held to be
the mother of earth and crestrix of all
its products, feeds mortals, so the bride
beeomiog a housewife might feed her
children. The custom is preserved to this
day, especially in England, that two youths
accompany the lady, as paranymphif to
church, where the pricBt blesses her and
her husband, and two men bring them
home, while u thini, instead of a torch,
bears before them a vessel of silver or of
gold. The bride—at all events in country
ptaces^ — is led home with a wreath of com
(spicea corona) upon her head, or carrying
the wreath in her hand, or else, as she
enters the house, wheat Is thrown upon
her bead, as though fertility were to follow
from this ceremony. But to return to
Roman customs. . . As soon as the
bride was brought into the house a pecn-
Bmr drink was offered for her to taste :
Kec pitful trttnm nlvao ctun lacta pupaver
Samere et cxpresis mclla Uquata fkvU i
Cnni prtmuni cufifffo Venn* wt detlticts msrlto
Hoc biWti c\ rilo tempore nopta fait,
Orid. r^MlL
Let poppy brcufted und ^tiow-whlte mOk ba dress'd
WWli llquiJ, honey from the cull* erprta^^ j
When Venus first was lirowght to Vulcan's iSde,
C)f thii *i|ic ilnink, nn<! thus became a bride.
*■ Instead of all these ingredients honey
only is at present tasted upon these occa*
fions at Rome. in the same manner
amung the English th? bride, after the
priest has pronounced the blessing in the
diurch, begins to drink, the groom and
the other pr rsoni present doing after her
the like.''
1 can throw no further light upon the
ceremonies here mentioned, except by the
suggestion that the Italian clergyman was
very probably mistaken in supposing there
Was any connection between the English
customs and those which he cites them to
illustrate. The drinking list mentioned
was, we moy conjecture, a loving-cup
which was drniik to the health of the bride
and bridegroom, — a ceremony now dc*
ferred till the conclusion of the wedding
breakfast. Tlie gold or silver veaael, which
was carried before the wedding party,
may have been the tankard of llippocras.
Tyre, or Malvescy, which was taken to
church for this purpose. The paranymphi^
in the shape of bridemcn, still surrivc,
but an orange- flower wreath has been sub-
stituted for the wheaten garland of our
gTcat-great-grand mothers.
The following passage in Harrison's
well-known Description of England, eirca
15*^5, which is prefixed to Hollinshed'i
Chroiiiolci may allude to the disuse of
some of the customs referred to by Poly-
dorc Vergil :— ** The superfluous numbers
of idle wakes, guilds, fraternities, church-
ales, helpe-ales» and soule-ales called also
dirge-ales, with the heaihmish rioting at
bridt-aUa, are well diminished and laid
aside."
Yours, &c. P.M.N.
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Correspondence of Siflvanus Urban.
[Aprili
TuK LoRn Mayor'
1 1, Monipelier-tfiu&ret Brompfon,
Mb. Urban, — Among the ** wiiifft and
strops** of ephemeral literature ttiere arc
ttiw pamphleti of ^catcr rarity than those
whkh ileserlhed the pageants exhibited in
London OD the occasion of the influgurn-
tion of its Lord Mayor,
In IHA] Mr, John Googh Nichols ap-
pended to hU Account of London Pagejants
a hibliograpliical Hat of these productionf
of tli« civic poets laureate.
Induced by that list, and hy a fefr iCAt-
tenod notices of the contrnts of these
pamphlets, 1 wns led to puhHaii under
the auspices of the late Percy Society two
volumes descriptive of these annual ceie-
bratioaSf for which purpose I visited the
Bodleian and other public and private
libra ries^ and, though 1 wa^ unable to eee
many of those wbich figured in Mr, Ni-
chots'a list, yet I had the mlvantage of that
gentlemim's knowledge la adding many
imtQs and additions to my book. After
thatj a few more c^ime under my iiispec-
lion^ which I described in the introduction
to a collection of tongs from civic pageants
puhliahcd also by the Percy Society ; and
I now owe to the courtesy of John Bruce,
csij. Treasurer of the Society of Auticjoa-
ries, the conamunication of one other
imgeanl which 1 had not seen before, and
which I hilt gentleman discovered in the
iihrary of Sir Harry Verney, Bart. It is
comparatively late in datCt hut is the pro-
duction of one of the best of City poets.
Thomas Jordan, who enlivened hia pageants
with Kings and B|veeches to a greater extent
than others who had preceded him, and
showed conaiderablc ability in whimsical
impersonations. The title runs thus :—
** London's Roial Trutmpu for the
City's Loyal Magistrate. Performed on
Wednesday, Oct* 29, 16^4, at the inaugu-
ration of the Rt. Honble. Sir James Smithy
Kut. Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Devised and composed by Tho. Jordan^
Geot."
The first pageant was e:xhibvted in
Chi'apaide, aod represented the chariot of
Industry, " accomodated with twelve vir-
gins^' and *' the speaker/" Mtirnpolis^ "«
majestick, masculine womaUt sitting on a
i»L<at of Mai oral ty, liko that of tlie hustings
in Guild-hall, thus habited: ahlackcurl'd
peruke, and on it a silver helmet^ with a
large plume of feathers, red, white, green,
orivnge, and blew, which are her martial
habillamenta, A velvet gown of scarlet
and purple in pale, equally divided. A
bright chain of gold double about her
shoulder5, a gold scarf ahout her middle^
deep fringed with silver ; in one hand she
bears the City sword, and the banner em-
blaxoned with the civic arms tn the other."
s Paokant or 1684.
Her twelve companions repreicnt the
twelve livery conapanies. They each bear
the shield of arms used by them reapec-
tively, and are thus habited: 1, Merea-
twra, for the Mercers, wears a silver robe,
a mantfe of pink sarsnet, and a gold coro-
net. 9. Aronia form, fov the Grocers,
wears a white satin robe, a black sarsnet
mantle fringed with silver, and a silver
coronet sprinkled with cloves. 3» Fan'
naria^ for the Drapers, wears a purple
robe, a scark't mantle, and a wreath of
bays tipped with gold. A. Pucaria, for
the Fishmongers, is dressed in sea-green
and silver. 5. Auri/era, for the Gold,
smiths, wears a gold rohe, a silver luaaite,
and a crown imperial ; holding a touch-
stone in her left hand* 6. Ptlicui^t, for
the Skinners, in a rohe of erminoj a mttntlfl|J
of gold, and an iinpcrid crown* 7. FVjn*
tiuria, for the Merchant -taylorst in a robe
of scarlet^ a purple mautle, and sea-green
coronet, on whose top Is a ship under sail.
8. Miniiiaria, for the Haberdashers^ in a
robe of Siky-colour and gold, a mantle of
divers colours, her " locks full tycd with
sundry sorts of small ribbon of various
colois, a gaudy chaplet of divers delight-
full flowers." 9. Salina^ for the Sidtera,
in a sky-colored robe, a carnation mnnttctJ
both fringed with gold, and a chaplet oil
white and yellow roses. 10, Ferraria, fori
the Ironmongers, In a robe of red 8atiii|
and a gold mantle, '* tyed with a broadi
Mazerine blew ribbon,*' U. FmiYori«,|
for the Vintiiers, in a robe of wliite sillc]
embroidered with vines, grape?, and leavetfl
on her head a wreath of vine and grapef,'
12. LanariOf for the Cloth -workers, in a
robe of black and gold, with a silver mantle
aod a coronet of golden teazles. The
chariot was drawn by two lions ov^pH-i
hied SABLE — one rode by a ** youtyf
Oriflutal Indian negro royally arrayed, *
bearing the English banner j the other by
** a West Indian cacicjt or lord," bearing^
the Lord Mayor^s banner, MeiropoUwg j
*' with majestic motion, grandeur, i
gravity,'^ addresses a fipcech to the Majof I
explanatory of the pageant, ending wltllT
moral exhortations on hia diitiei.
The second pageant, called " the fabrick
of Fate," is described as ** a delightful .
strticture of curious dimensions according J
to the composite order of architecture, art- J
fully painted and richly gilded, contilQiDgl
teu emblematic figures, Fortune, Long*
life. Strength, Riches, Beauty, Honour,
Liberty, Pleasure, Fancy, and Agility, who
are all *• in contention with Fortune wbicb i
of their qualities doth most merit prehemi« i
ncnce. and are parlkularly answered in '
repartee by the goddess Fortune, vocally,
in sHio retit^UvQ —
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Co i ' rtwpo n dett ee of ' S^ Iva n us Urba n .
381
Fortune, I am the great goddess
That governs the bodiea
Of morula by sea and by Uad ;
WliDt me a cannot hit
By Strength, wealth, and wit,
1 do bat with tarning my hand.
Chorus, Then cease your cootetiliou, and siknce your brAwl,
Ye c|u«rrel for eo things 'tis Fortune doth all.
Lonff'ti/e. Long^lifci long-life^ long*ljfe is a thing
That pleases the t^easant, and coaiforLs the kiog :
In liisty lotig life there be many expedient^)
Long life is Ihe promis<ed reward ofobedlents.
PkirtUHe* But when with diseases and crosses attended ,
They d&yly do wish that their long life was ended*
3.
StrenjfiA* Strength, when 'tis well manrtged with valour and vigor,
Suhdites mighty prioces, and rules them with rigor [
*Th bald anil imperious ; it stoutly eudures,
Jlakcs courtiers of coblers, and barons of brewers :
Torus kingdoms to states
F\»rtttH€. But when Fortune prohibits,
Th«n down go the states-mcu, and up go the jibbeti.
4,
RicAa. Tis rare to ha rich ; for in riches men find
All things that are pleasant for body or mind :
It comprehends all things— ^tia treasure that paints
Rebellion, and gate a long life to such saints.
Fortune^ But when they were drawn on a sledge or a cart,
Wealth could not prevail, saints and angels must port.
CAorug, Then cease your contention, and silence your brawl,
For Riches hath wings, and will fly from yc all.
5.
Beauty* There is no sicb treasure as bright Beauty brings ;
'Tipleisur*! to all, and it c.i|)tiTatea kings :
To female fair faces men dl do their duty,
Troy -town is in ashes , burn*d down by a beauty ;
fortune* But, after ten years spent in war for a feather.
The town and the trifie ly buried together.
C^rtif. Tlien cease your conteution, &c.
G.
Honour 4 Men hascard long life, wealth, and beauty for Honor,
The wealthiest and wisest do all doat upon her ;
True Honour's derived from royal relation :
*Tis Honour's the cauae of this day*s celebratton.
Fortune. Your Honour's mistaken, for Fortune's power such is,
She can make a dairy-wench rise to a dutchess.
Ch^or^9, Long-life, Strength, and Beauty, aod Honour must fall
To nothing; hut he that hath Fortune, hath all.
Fortune, then, ui a rhyming speech, declares tliat ahe will protect
" Loudon's Lord Mayor,
And with my benediction charm his chayr.
His sword, and balance, that no plotting zealot
May wrong the magistrate, the prince, or prelate;
And that his twelve months* regiment may he
Blest in the progress and catastrophe/*
The speech ended, the Mayor proceed*
to '* Bow-steeple,- ' where the third pageant
IS placed, representing *' a ruitiok building,
called a grove or grotto, in which there sit
four couple of priucely shepherds and ahep-
k.
herdcssesi who, in pastoral order to the
Mayor and Recorder, do sweeten their
throats with musical notes, where in madri-
gal manner, with scrip, hook^ and banoerr
with bag-pipe and fiddle, and a ram in the
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middle, with courage undaunted, they
chearfully chant it,'* and sing a love ditty,
** Pastor Fido the great Shepherd/' ad-
" Secure hia flock from the
Of wolves, and little foxes'
After much good coanael, an " amorous
shepherd and shepherdess'*' sing another
love ditty, and *' my Lord departeth well
pleased, and with his reverend retinue pro-
ceedeth in his progress towards Guild-hall,
but is once more intercepted by a fourth
pageant, called the Downs of Delight,
where are divers poor shepherds and shep-
herdesses singing, dancing, piping, vault-
ing, tumbling, with all the accomplish-
ments of a pastoral scene of drolls ; and
the old spyder (I mean spinner), at her
woollen wheel, whilst the corders claw it
away : and every person in the scene
strives with one another who shall be
[April,
dressing the Mayor in a figurative speech,
and exhorting him to
voracious maws
teeth and paws."
most eminent in the curiosity of confu-
sion and dignity of disorder. The obser-
vation of which sent my Lord away in a
fit of laughter, which lasted till be came
to Grocers' -hall," where the banquet is
held. " The several silk-works and tri-
umphs are likewise conveyed into Black-
well-hall, and the children that sit in the
pageants there refresh themselves." The
description concludes with a song as " A
welcome home to the King and Duke, upon
their return from Newmarket, Oct. 23,
1684, and passing through the city." It
ends thus —
** Guild-hall yields no ryots, the rabbles are banished,
The king, duke, and city, one government steers.
Tub-doctors are silenced, and tumults are vanished,
As vapours disperse when Apollo appears.'^
execution of the regicides by Charles the
Second. The concluding lines of the last
extract allude to the warfare between
court and city, which ended in that unoon-
•titutional act — the suspension of the city
charter.
I am, Sir, yours very truly,
F. W. Fairholt.
The chief interest of this pareant con-
sists in the curious impersonation of the
twelve great livery comoanies, all "pro-
perly habited" for the aelectation of^the
citixens, and of which I do not remember
another instance. The political allusions
are also of interest, particularly in stansa 4
of the song, which takes for its theme the
NORDKN, THE TOPOORAPHKB.
Mr. Urban, — The following particu-
lars relating to this industrious writer,
taken as they are from original sources,
will, I trust, prove of some interest to
TOur readers. Where little is actually
Known, additional information is valued in
a higher proportion than its intrinsic
worth would otherwise justify ; and every-
thing relating to the private alSairs of John
Norden is involved in the gpreatest ob-
scurity.
In many of Norden's writings there are
direct references to his narrow circum-
stances, and by the first of the following
documents it is clear that the straitened
condition of his pecuniary affairs must
have existed at the date it refisrs to. In
the thirty-eighth year of Queen Elizabeth ^s
reign John Norden "of Fulham*'* ap-
pealed to the Court of Requests on behalf
of himself and some friends who were in-
volved with him in his refusal to repay
with interest a loan of 15/. The history
of the transaction will best be read in the
language of the original. Norden prayed
for an injunction to restrain the parties
complained of from suing him upon his
bond, which he had given to secure the
loan and the interest which was agreed
upon, at the rate of about 40 per cent,
per annum.
The tale of the scrivener, when first ap-
plied to, was one that is still found to
answer in similar cases ; " he had not anie
monie of his owne, nor knew of anie that
would be lent after the rate of tenn poundes
in the hundred," but he knew of some one
of whom it might be obtained at a lUtU
higher rate of interest ; so the bargain was
concluded for 15/. to be lent for three
months for 33#. Ad, Norden, after repay-
ing interest to the amount of a third of the
principal in nine months, found that he
had entered into a very bad bargain, and,
making use of what seems to be an extra-
ordinary condition under which the loan
had been agreed upon, prayed that the
forms of the Court of Requests might be
* The preface to the Survey of Middlesex and Hertford was written at Norden's
" poore house, neere Fulham, 4 November, 1596," the very year of this loan trans-
aetton. See ^ Norden's Description of Esaex," edited for the Camden Society by Sir
Hear/ EUk, Introd. xliij.
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I
put in oper&tioDt to enable him to fihevr,
from the evideoce of tJie persoua then
suing him and bis suretlcB, that tbe tuao
who rcally^ lent tbe moDey wat dead, and
that another had been put in his place to
obtain recovery of the loan*
There ii a curiout circumitanco reapect-
mg Nordea, over which considerable doubt
Btul rests, — Were tbe tt^pogmpbcr and tbe
writer of tht^olqgical works (aome of which
bare ttraoge titles) one and the tame p<;r*
ton? Sir Benry Kilii^, in the many par-
tknlira he baa coilecUsd relating to Nordcn
ia the pubUcation of tbe Camden Society
fi] realty referred to, has not cleared up this
poiu'. By *' racking the style" of the two
aets of writingB some in»portant variety or
s^imilarity miglit perbapa be traced, and in
the following document there if an ex-
pression which appears to me somewhat to
amack of the theologian. Then, as now,
few compkinants perhaps knew to the
fullest extent how scandnloyfily they had
been troited till their counsel had drawn
their biU or stated tbeir c«^, and therein
it is found that the moat direful treatment
is complained of, and the mobt disastrous
results alleged as the probable consequences
of the deiendant*8 misdeeds. But the alle-
gation of Norden, that tlio uiiirious agree-
ment OD the part of the scriveaer ** waa
altogether against Cbristianitie and good
conscience" is a form of animadversion
which I liave not hilherto met with in
siialUr documents, and one which may be
thought lo savour of a pecuUiir direction of
mental occupation : —
" To the Que DCS most cxcelkot Ma*'*.
** In moste bumble wise complayningc,
sbewelh unto yo' moale cicclknt Ma*'^
yo'^HigboGsraythfulL and obedient subject
John Noi'den of Fulhoni in the eowntie
of Middlesex gent. George Allen of Ibe
cittie of Westminster cookc, and *
Wagget of the same scryvener, That
wheras yo*^ Higbnes leyd subject John
Norden f about two yearcs now laste paste,
havinge some estraordinarye occa^iun to
use mouie, repayred unto one * Pear-
son a scryvener without Temple Barr^
London, and willed bim to procure hitii
tbe Bumuie of ffyfteene poundcs upon in-
treste, wheruijou the scyd • Pearson,
intendinge to make an unconscionable
gayne of ^o^ iligbnea seyd subject^ and
neverthelesse to gyve somme couller or lik-
iyhoode that tbe same might be profitable
unto yo"* Highnei aeyd subject, told yo'
Higbnes seyd subject that he had not anie
monie of his owne nor knew of ante that
would be lent after tbe rate of tenn poundes
in the hundred, neverthelesse if yo<^ High*
nea seyd subject so pleased he would pro-
cure unto him yo** Higbnes seyd subject,
from one Charles Barnabye (a man alto-
gether unknown unto yo' seyd subject),
the some of fyfteeoe poundes, so as yo^
Higbnes seyd subject would enter bandef
unto the seyd Charles Barnabic to pay
unto him for the bane tbcrof for three
monetbes thesumeof xxxiij' iiij**, w'** oon-
dicion if the same Charles ao looge should
live, wberupon yo' Highnes seyd subjectf
by reason of the urgent occasions he then
had to use moiiie^ and intendinge withall
verie shortlie to make meanes to satisfie
the same and to iutreat tbe seyd Charles
Barnubye, when he should come to his
acquayntauRee^ to mittigatc some parte of
tbe same cxtrearoe contract, was con-
strayued and dyd enter bande, together
w^'^ two aulficient sureties, unto the sayd
Chaxlea Barnabye, in tbe some of thertye
poundes, w*** condicion to tbe effect aflbre-
sayd, and payd unto the seyd •
Person the seyd in treat for nyne monethflf
after the rate aforsayd, making for tbe
seyd lone and secaring(?) therof three se-
verall contructes one after the other, so
that the seyd Peerson receyvid of yo' seyd
subject to the use of the same Barnabye,
whose factor in that beliaulfe tbe seyd
Peerson was, tbe somme of five poundes
for the interest at tbe seid thre seTerall
deyes. After w^^ yo* Highnes ieyd sub-
ject, perceyvinge the great inconTenienoe
he- had entred into, and that the practise
of the scyd Peerson and Barnahye was to
make yo' seyd subject enter into tbe seyd
bandei, w*^ a perswacion that tbe seyd
liaroabye whose person yo' seyd subject
knew not, might dye and so yo' sub*
ject should be eased of the repayment of
the seyd xv'l But if the aeyd Baruibye
should have dyed, he beinge (as indede be
was) unknown unto yo^ seyd subject, yet
might the scyd Peerson find some of the
same name that might demannd the same
monie. And iiavinge credeblye hearde
that the seyd Charles Barnaby, of wbome
the seyd Peerson pr(»cured the seyd monie,
was dead, he yo' scyd subject did therfore
retayne in his bandes and cuittodie and not
salisfie the seyd usurious intrest unCill be
might be further advertixed of the truth
tberof, wberupon the therde seyd bonde
was presentlie putt in sute at tbe common
taw. And yo' Highnes seyd subject, fear*
inge the duuoger that might be brought
upon his sureties, and withall knowing
that if the aeyd Charles Bamabye, of
who me the monie was borrowed, were
dead, yet if the seyd Peerson could bringe
fourth anie other of that name (yor sub-
ject not beinge able to disprove it), the
penaltie of tbe seyd bande would be re-
Blanks In original.
t Ttond,
384
Carrespandence ofSt/ivanun Urban,
[April,
coven;d agayuat btm and hU turetiet,
wu contented and dyd enter new bandc
unto the aeyd Charles Burnabye, to-
gether w**" yof other seyd subjccteB,
George Alien and ♦ Wa^fg^ctt, i« the
lumc of fortie i>oi#hdf , with condician for
the payment of IwentLe three pounder
xnj* i{ij*'f in lieu and recompence of the
aeyd %^^K Now lo k ht if it may please
yo"" moste excellent Ma'**, the seyd Charles
Barnaby and * Peeraon have {as
yo*" anhject thitikcth) confederated and
combined themaekes together of a covet*
acute desire to reape oat themaeWes un-
reasonable gayne by the intonerablc baae
of yo^ Highnes seyd aubjecte, well know-
ing ta fo' seyd sahject thincketh that the
»eyd Charlefl Barnabye, of whome the seyd
monie wai tint borrowed, is (and before
the first day of payment aforseid wa»)
dead, and so by the aeyd hargayne the
teyd latter band in e<{uitlG and conscience
ia discharged i and fearinge that the trttth
of the premiises will in time be brought
to light, upon the verie first breach of the
aeyd ohligation hafe so wrought that the
seyd Charles Barnaby bath comenced se-
vcrall stitei agaynit yo** Highnea ieyd sub-
jeetes upon the seyd hand at the comoa
lawe, and w"'' all extrenietie doth prose-
cute the same, intending to take the whole
penaltie of the seyd obligacion contrarie
to all cquitie and good conscieoce. In
tender conslderacion wherof, and foraa*
much at yo*^ llighncs seyd aubjccte can
not prove that the seyd Charles BaToabie,
of whorac the monie waa firat borrowed, is
dead, hut by the oatbes of the said Charles
Bamnby^ in whose name yo** Highnea seyd
auljjectes now are sued, and of the seyd
* PciTson, who was so pryvy to the
seyd contract, and that yo"" seyd subject
bopeth that they will in their aansweres
upon theur oathes eonfease the truth of the
premiiies. And fonumuch as the seyd
agreement was so untoUerablie usurious
and altogether agoynat Chriitianctie and
f ood eoDflclencc, and for that your lligh-
iMt i«yd subject hath (as aSbrescyd) with-
Id Dyne monethea after the receyt of the
Beyd xv'* repayd t^' therof, may it please
yo*" mostc cicellent Ma*'=, the premisses
considered, to grsitut unto ya^ seyd sub-
ject yo^ most gratious writt of Privie Seal,
to be directed to the aeyd Charles Bar-
miby and * Pecrson, com&undlDg
them and eyther of theym therby at a
oertayne day, and tinder a certayne pay]i*i|
therin to he lymltted, personallie to ap-
peare before yo*^ Ma*^" in yo' Highnes ho*
norable Court of Requestes, and then and
ther to aunswer the premisses and to sett
downe the trew name, addition, and place
of abode of the said Chtirlei Barnaby, in
whose name the first band was so taken,
and further to stand to and abide §iiiche
order and directyon therin as to yo' High.
nea and yo*^ counsel I in the seyd Court
shalbc thowght ngre&hte w*** eciuitic and
conscience. And also to graunt unto
yo^ seyd suhjectes yo'^ moat gratious writt
of Injunction, to be directed to the seyd
Charles Barnaby, his counsellors, attor-
neys, and soliciters, upon a payn theria to
be lymitted, noe further to prosecute or
proct>ed in tiny action or autc upon the
seyd baud untitl such time as other and
further order be by yo"" Highnes and
yOr seyd counsell taken therin. And
yOT Ma"'" seyd aubjectes, acoordyng to
their most hounden dntes, shall day Be
pray to God for the prosperous preserva-
tion of your most excellent Ma»^* in health
and fell cite long to reigne over us.
(Endorsed) xij" die Fcbr* a* R' R"*
EUaaheth* «tc, xxxviij*.
Defend' Tocct'^ per nuncium
(signed) Jvl, C^saa.
*^ JohVs Norden versus Carolnm Bania*
bie def."
The next document is a copy of the
original letter of Norden to King James,
endorsed G Jan. 1604, praying to be ap.
pointed Surfcyor to the duchy of Corn-
wall. It refers to bis former labours in
*' describinge some of the ahyrcs of Eng-
lande,'* some part of which be had pre-
sented to the King, and It somewhat
raguely speaks of promises of pecuniary
HUpport as having been made to him in
reward of his services, in the ** trataile*'
of which and in his prosecution of the
promised allowance, he alleges, he had
spent near 1,000/. *'tohis undoingc,'*§
King James was evidently favourably dia*
posed towards Norden in this matter, and
the memorandum made by Sir Thomas
Lake, clerk of the Privy Seal, and after-
wards principal Secretary of State, upon
the petition, was probably indited from
the King's own lips. The answer of the
Lords Nottingham and Cranbonie wiU bo
remarked as equally pithy and aatiffactor]^.
Here then we have the record of the
§ In the address to King James upon his accession, Norden, while begging emrDettIf
for employment, makes a statement very similar lo a portion of the following letter j
he says that he had been ^' employed by authority In the re-description of the shires of
England,'* in which he had spent abotu one thousand marks and fi%'e years, and alJudes
to the *' great impoverishment" he had experienced in trying to obtain his promised
allowance from Que«n Kliaabeth.— Sir li* Ellis's Introduction to Norden's Survey of
Essex, p. xxxiv.
1 854-]
Correspondence of Syhantu Urban,
aB5
corompnctfment of Norden** connection
with tbe duchy of Cornwall, fof wbkb he
wai afterwards exteoiirdy emplojed,
'* To tiic KyngcH moite excellctit Ma''',
** The humble petition of yo^ Mii"'" moste
faythfuU subjecte, John Norden,
*' Whoe moste humhlie besecUeth yo'
Ma*' thnt wher he hath bene a petitioner
unto your Highnes for some reeonapence
for farmer imfdoymcntes in the de^cribinge
of some of the shyres of £ngIantU% wherof
fo' Mt}^ grttiouslie accepted some nart
at yo»^ poope subjectes hande-a, w" a
princelie desire to have releyvcd yo' sub-
jecte, whoe hath spent in tbe travaite and
the attendance for hia promised alio wan ce
uere 1,0 00^*, to his undoings And the
honorable peraons to whose conaiderac'ont
yo*^ Ma'r referred his recumpcnce to be sett
down, not teeming wilUnge to drawe anie
thinge from yo' Ma*' for his rciiefe charge-
able unto yor Utghnrs.
'^ Hts moste homble sutc unto yo' Ma*7
Lb, That the same would be pleaicd
t0 graonte him theoMce of Survey''
of yo^ Ma*''* landea belong inge unto
the Duehie of Cornwall (ai yo'" Ma*'
hath latelie made a peculier auditor
for theaaine), a service which wilbe
profitable unto yo' Ma*', and where-
by yo*^ Highues' honorable officers
of yo' Highnes* land revenues may
be truly informed of the estate of
everye perticuler. Humbly referr-
inge the fee and allowance for his
charge and travaile unto yo*^ moste
excellent Mn*', or to such of their
honors as it shall ple^ij^e the aame
Co appoynt to aUbrd considerioion
of yo*" poore subjecteu detervingc in
the service* And he aball hold
hirosetfc royally reeomjicnced at
yr Ma*'*' hande$, and shall endevour
to performe the servioe w*** fayth*
fntl care and diligence.
*• The K. Ma*''* pleasure is that the Lo.
Admirall and the Lo. Viscou?il Crunborn,
who gave testimony to his Ma^^ of thi^ peti-
tioQer*8 aervicei shall consyder whether this
be A iDMit sutc for his Ma*' to grant him,
and thereof ccrtefy hii Highnca.
(Sifftied) Tho. Lakk.
" Wee thincke this suyte fitt for the
peticiotier, and he fit for it> if it
808 like yo*^ Ma*^,
{Signed) Notingham. Cranhoamk.
{Bmdorud) G Jon. Wn. The Lo. Ad* <
mirall and the L. of Crauborn, for John
Nordeor ^ be Surveyo'' of the Duchy of
Cornwall/'
I will &0W g$ve aonae particular i abow*
ing the rate at which Korden was paid for
professional Isboura.
The Survey of tbe Castle and Forest
of Windsor is known to have been one of
Norden's greatest works; tbe MS. Harl,
No. 3,74;*, is one of the most splendid of
the kind remaining.* In Mr. Devon's
•* Issued of the E^t chequer, Jamei L'^ (p*
71) we aee by the following entry what waa
given to Norden for it.
** 3rd of August, 1€07 . To John Norden,
in part payment of an order, dateJ the lasit
day of August 1607, for the snm of 1 00/.
parcel of 200(. limited by a privy seal
dated 3rd August 1607, to be taken to
him as of his Majesty's free gift and re-
tvard, for taking a survey of the Castle
and Forest of Windsor with the parks
thereunto belonging, whereof he hath made
and presented unto his Majesty an exact
desc ri pti on , — 1 00/, ' '
With regard to Norden's pay under the
Duchy of Cornwall, wc find at p. 313 of
the same work this entry.
** 37 November, 1613. To John Norden,
appointed to survey tbe late Princess
lands tn the counties of Devon and Corn*
wall, &c. the sum of 102f. 13f. frf. in
full payment of 202/. 13*. itl.\ to ^-it,
182/. 13#. 'id. for the charges of himself,
servants, and horses, employed in the said
survey, by the space of 138 dfiys, at
2 6 J. Sd. the day { and 20/. for abstracting
and engrossing tbe first book for tbe
Prince und some of bis council, of which
said sum there was formerly imprc«ted uinto
him 100/. according to a list of the par-
ticular debt^ of the said Prince, subscribed
and allowed by his Majesty, 102/. 1 3*. 4d/*
By the kindness of a friend I have been
favoured with an examination of two of
Norden's original bills in the years I6i'0
and 1621, as deputy of Sir Richard Smith,
general surveyor of the duchy. The fir^t
is for 99/. iri#. 4d, for 74 day^i' work at
2ti«. ad. the day ; 66/, 13i. 4d. having been
received in advance. The second bill ia
for 12W. 6*. nd, of which 66/. I3#. id, had
been prepaid. It is for the services of the
father and snn» the former at the daily
rate mentioned aY>ove^ the latter at lialf
that amount.
Both bills are for surveys in various
counties. The rate of pay allowed to
Norden was certainly very good, higher
tbaji the professioa obtain at tbe present
day, and, with the engagements Norden
had at such a rate, the embaras&ed state of
his atfairi roust have been owing to other
circumst meet.
Yours, &c. J. B,
^ Tntrod* to tho Sflsex Surfey^ p. xxv,
Gkwt. Mac*. Vot. XLL 5 D
NoU9 ofth^ Month. [April,
BiCBNDATION OF A PaSSAOB IN CoEIOLANUt.
Me. Urban, — My atUDtion having
been attracted to a letter, signed ** F. J.V/*
in jour last number, npon a lA'oposed
•Biandation of a doubtftil passage in Corio-
Ibbbs, I Tenture to oifer what I conceive
to be a very obvioos and common-iense
ictding of what we are told is a most diifi-
cnlt and pnzsUng passage. To me, I eon-
fais, it is somewhat tingolar that so mncfa
timt and critical acumen should be spent
upon a comparatively modem writer with
•0 small an amount of profit.
The emendations npon the passage in
question appear to be simply wild con-
jectures, which no scholar would venture
to risk in castigating a Greek or Latin
BBthor. Why then Siould the language
of Shakspere, at all times so forcible yet
■imple, so full of sense yet so easy of com-
prehension, be tortured into the silliest
nonsense which learned ease can invent ?
Take the passage before us :—
I took him:
Maie him Joint lenrant with mt : fare him way
In all hl« own deriret : nay, lot him chooM
Oat of mjr flies, his prqfocU to accomplish,
1^ host and fresheat man : lenr'd hia deiignmenta
In my own person : Mp to reap thefwM
WkkhhtiUdmiaahu.
Anfidius b here summing up all that he
has done for Coriolanua, closing his cata-
logue of favours by saying that he (Au-
fidius) had «' kolp lo re^p tk^/mmt wkiek
did end ali Ats,*' or which, in the end,
b9km§9d MoUlp io Coriolanua.
The A« in the last line is redundant — a
mere printer's blunder; and the entire
passage stands correctly thus : —
holp to reap the Ikme
Which did end aU his.
Yours, &c Augustus Gubst.
NoU.—WMh submission to Hr. Goert,
we still think that the suggestion of our
correspondent Mr. Vipan — that tmd is ei|ui-
valent to inn — is not only happy but pro-
bable, as supported by the passage fhnn
AU's Well that Ends WeU. It is poaaible
to spend too little as well as too much time
in deciding upon such points of criticiam;
and Dr. Goest has in his haste omitted to
uotaoe that the omissioo of the word ke in
the last line would impair the rhythm of
the verse : and would require some other
altention, such as, 7^ wkieh^ &c. If bis
own ear does not tell him this, be should
consult the E^ssay on Rhythm by his name-
sake the Master of Caius.~Altl.
NOTES OF THE MONTH.
Propoied Reform of the IJnirersity of Oxford— Foundation of a Latin Profe«8orship at Oxford— Public
Libraries and Hnwams— Literar>' and Philosophical Societ}- of Newcastle— Library of ttie North-
ampton Architectural Society— Geological HuNeum at the London University Golleire— Zoolofdcal
Society— AnnivcTNariet of the P«lff>onto(^aphical, Statistical, and London Medical Societies-
Printers' Pension Society— Tlie Ttiomton SchooU— University of Aberdeen— Christ's Hospital— The
PaUce of WestminKter— Tlie New Cr}'sUl Palace— Manufsctures of the United SUtes of America-
Proposed MenuMial to Archbishop Lcifrhton- Map of London in the Olden Time — Flctitions Views
of the FortiflcationN of London— Forced Antiquitiaa— Dnrllnir's Clerical Library— Letter of Oliver
Cromwell and Bo^-al AvtOKraphs.
On the 17th March Lord John Russell
introduced to the House of Commons the
ministerial measure for the better ^vem-
Ment of the Unhertity qf Oj^fbrd, The
principal details are as follow :-^
Fint, as to the constitution of the
tJaiTenity, it is proposed to establish or
levhre a certain assembly, to be termed
Congregation; this Congregation is to
deet a Council, and to this Council are to
butrensferred, on the first day of next Mi-
diaelmas Term, *'all the powers, privileges, *
■ad ftinctions now possessed or exercised
Iry the Hebdomadal Board," heretofore
ae goreming body of the University
(which it will be remembered is now corn-
ed exclusiTely, with the exception of
seats assign^ to the Proctors, of the
■ q( Colkges or Halls). The mem-
ben of Congregation are created Jiy cer-
tain prescribed qualifications, which will
be found to include the following persons:
1. the High Steward; 3. the Heads of
Colleges and Halls ; 3. Canons of Christ
Church; 4. the Proctors; 5. the Deputy-
Steward, the Public Orator, the Keeper of
the ArchiTes, the Assessor, the Registrar,
the University Counsel, the Librarians
and Sub-Librarians of the University Li-
brary, and the Keepers of the University
Museums (the two latter classes condi-
tionally) ; 6. the Professors, Public Read-
ers, Preelcctors, and Assistant or Deputy-
Professors ; 7. the Public fjcaminers ; 8.
all membera of the Council; 9. Tutors of
Colleges and Halls, and other officers (or
one of sucb^ engaged in the discipline of
these societies ; 10. all Masters of private
18540
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387
I
Halts ; 1 L all retlclaiU who may kwft
at atiy time been qnaUfiod by the powieii'
lioa for three yeani or upwards of any of
tlw foregoing qualiftcaiiont ; 12. ill noQ>
reti^iiCa who may hnve been 90 qiiaJified
r<w tweUe years ;' LI. all refideot;! habi-
tually eiif^ed in the study of »onicbrflnch
of learning or soi en ce ; 14. all «ach per-
»ont aa may, utiilec conditionB 8|tecifted,
be added to the sbove-mentiooed clas^ea.
Such it to be the con*tit«ency of Con-
grei^tion, and Cao^regation ia to elect, a«
membera of the Unlvonity Council, tix
Heada of College! or 1 1 Mis, six Profetsors^
and six menibeni of Convocation, beiof
of not leaf than five years' etandinf . To
thcieare to be Added, as officiAl membert,
the Vice-chancellor and Proctors, together
with one Head of a College, and one
Profetftor appointed by the Chnncell or,
and one other Profesaor, always of the
Theological Fiiculty, to be elected sqia-
rttely aa aforeaaid.' The Conniril, thus
conatiHng of twenty«four members, i§ to
hare the prlvilp^ oif framing itrntatea, to
be promttlgared in CoogTefatioii — Conere-
gadon hating the power of " 1 lu
Bogtlsbf but not of morini^ m,
except fireYiou«ly» and by ws.l,..^. ,,.. Lh«
first notification of the measure. Such is
an outline of the UniverKityconiitttutiont
For the reform of the i^ollegiate foanda*
tioos, the better application of IheiV re-
Tcnuea, the iroproTemeot of the Fellowthip
lystem, and the extension of the Univer-
iity, certain general regnlationa are to be
enacted of the character foUowinj^ : — All
oatha directed against the disci orare of
college matters, or the acceptance of col-
lege changes, are to be abolished. Ail
preferential claims to college preferment
arising from other circnrnttaneet thsn
thoae of peraonal qnaliRcatioufi are, ^itb
oertlia exeeptSont, to be eitinguLshed,
8iib)a«t to these exceptions, all Fellowshipa
and Schotarships are to be open to the
whole University, and ^led up by public
examtnaiion. Fellowships are not to be
made necessarily terminable, bat they are
to be held aa vacated within one year from
the time of election, nnlets the holder
shall be resident for not less than twenty-
four weeks in each year, and ihtll be oc-
cupied donog fiucb period either in tuition,
or in the discharge of University or pa-
rochial duties, or in private study, Cer-
tiia conditions, however, are contemplated
Mbnitting of noR' real deuce, and leave of
ibaence may be given by the Colleges for
fited purposes, and for periods not exceed-
ing five years in the whole. It appears,
too, that after twenty-one yearn' tenure of
a Pellowsbip on these terms the holder
may retire, as it were, upon two-thirds of
hia emolumenta, without being any longer
bound by the foregoing obligations. Of
course these arrangements are profpectivei
and do not alfect existing interests. K
retention of preferential claims to Fellow-
sibips seems to be still designed in favour
of the lineal defcendantx of a founder, and
of the holders of close Scholarabips in
CoUegeir where two or more close scholars
can compete for the appointment, and
where one-half of the whole number of
Fellowships shall be open. Scholarships,
too, may still, under certain conditions, be
adjudged with reference to birth-place,
education at any acbool, indigence, or
membership of any College. All these
exceptional caae*, however, are to be ri*
gorously scrutiniied,
Tn extension of the University system,
it is to be made allowable that any member
of Convocation, being of a certain stand-
ing to be hereafter determined, may be
licensed to open his own bouae, if within a
mile and a-half of the University, as «
private Hall for the reception of students,
who are to be matriculated like other
students, without the necessity of being
entered at any existing Hall or College*
Aa the Masters ot these private Kails are
til be members of Congregation, and as
rheir students are to be admitted to all the
privileges of the University, there is evi-
dently room provided for an unlimited
extension of academical ciiucation. FiiuiUy,
and by way of bringing all these provi-
sions into practical and early operation,
certain Commissionen are to be appointed
for the purposes of the act. The Col-
leges are then to be empowered to make
ordinances d their own, subject to the
ComTnissioners* approval, for the founda-
tion of Profes«»orf>hips, the opening of
Fellowships, and other desirable objectSi
and the University is to enjoy the same
discretion with reference to the establish-
ment of private Halls and other arrange-
ments ; but, if such ordiiuinces shall not
have been framed to the aatis faction of
the Commitfrioners by the firAt day of
Michaelmas Term, 1855, the Commie*
sionera are to proceed to such work them-
selves. The statute thus made by the
Commissioners, if approveii by Her Ma-
jesty in Council f are to be laid before
both Houses of Parliament, and, unless an
address be presented against them from
one Honte or other within forty days, are
to become statutes of the University forth-*
vrith.
At a Convocation held at Oxford on the
1 4th March, a statute' for establishing n
Professorship of tlie Latin language and
literature was carried by a majority of 26
to 17.
With the view of ascertaining the diffi-
culties and impedimente which prevent the
388
NoUi of the Month.
[April,
■doptioii of the provUions of the Act 13
and 14 Victoria, chap. 65, ^ for enabling
Town Councils to eittablish Public Li-
brariet and Muteumi,*' the Society of
Arts has iisned a let of queries to the town
clerks of all boroughs included in the Act.
The points on which information is parti-
cularly requested arc, whether the amount
of the rate— one halfpenny per pound per
annum —is sufficient, and whether the rate
ahould be limited to the provision of the
building, fixtures, Sec. or be extended to
the purchsse of books, specimens, &c.
Mr. Ewart has already brought in a bill
to amend the Act in question. The bill
applies to the whole of the United King-
dom, and purports to give the same faci-
lities for establishing free public libraries
and museums as have been enacted in re-
spect to the establishing of baths and wash-
houses and lodging-houses. The rate to be
levied for the expense of a public library
or museum, or both, is not to exceed ]d,
in the pound in any one year ; but money
may be borrowed on the security of the
rates for better carrying the Act into exe-
cution. The Act to be adopted by towns
or districts of 8,000 inhabitants.
The Literary and Philotophieal Society
^ Newcaetle'Upon-T)fne hias one of the
largest and best assorted libraries in the
North of England, but the costly building
which contains it entailed a heavy debt,
which, though reduced from time to time,
■UIl amounts to 6,200/. At a recent meet-
ing of the committee it was announced
that Mr. Robert Stephenson (M.P. for
Whitby), the eminent engineer, grateful
for the advantages he derived from the
library when a young man, had offered to
pay off one- half of the debt, provided
means arc taken to pay the other half be-
fore the next anniversary, and that the
annual subscription shall be reduced to
one guinea. This liberal offer was of course
accepted by the members, and every effort
will be made to provide the amount by the
time specified. The society has been in
existence for sixty-one years, and the an-
nual subscription wan originally one guinea ;
afterwards this was altered to a guinea und
A half, and since 1H27 it has been two
guineas— the number of members fluctu-
ating, and latterly declining. The stipu-
lated change in the amount of subscription
will no doubt increase the number of
subscribers, and render the society more
effective, as has proved the cane in the
Society of Antiquaries of London.
The Marquen of Northampton has pre-
sented to the Architectural Society of the
^"cheaconry of Northampton all the dupli-
'4 of works of architectural and arcbse-
al art from his library at Castle
\ These, with a recent gift of Earl
Spencer, and presents from various other
gentlemen, render the library a valuable
acquisition to the county.
Sir Roderick Murchison and Mr. Green-
ough, the Father of (Seology in this coun-
try, have presented their valuable collec-
tions of minerals and fossils to the London
University College, with a view of assist-
ing in the completion of a Geological Mu-
eeum there, of which the nucleus alreadv
exists. It is stated that several other emi-
nent geologists have also intimated their
intention of adding to the collection.
The annual report of the Zoological
Society gives an account of continually
increasing public favour. Last year the
number of persons, not Fellows of the So-
ciety, who visited the collections exceeded
all precedent, the year of the Great Exhi«
bition alone excepted. It is noticeable,
however, that no day even in that memorable
summer approached the spectacle which
was witnessed on Whit Monday last, when
upwards of 22,000 persons paid for ad-
mission to the Society's collection. ** Al-
though," says the report, " this vast mul-
titude necessarily embraced many grades
of the population, it is a most gratifying
fact, which deserves to be recorded, that
not a single instance of misconduct in any
shape occurred during the whole day; but,
on the contrary, the general character of
the assemblage was that of earnest and
intelligent enjoyment." Besides the addi-
tions made from time to time to the
gardens, the chief point in the history of
the collection during the past year, is the
new and interesting re -arrangement of
living fish, mollusca, zoophytes, and other
aquatic animals.
The Annual General Meeting of the
Paltgontographical Society was held on
the 24 th March in the apartments of the
Geological Society, Somerset House. The
volume for 1853, now ready for delivery,
contains the Fossil Corals of the Devonian
Formation of Great Britain, by MM.
Milne Edwards and Jules Haime, illus-
trated in 54 phites of 104^ figures.
The anniversary meeting of the Sta-
tiitical Society took place on the 15th
March, Earl Fitzwilliam, the President,
in the chair. The number of membera
continues to increase, as do all the sources
of income. A General Index to the first
fifteen volumes of the Society's Journal,
made by Mr. Wheatley, the Bibliographer
and Librarian, is passing through the
press. On a ballot taken for officers for
the year ensuing, the following was de-
clared to be the list, (the names in italics
being those of new Members of Council) :
President, the Right lion. Earl Fitzwil-
liam : Treasurer, B. Phillips, esq. ; Hono-
rary Secretaries, W. D. Oswald, esq. and
Nutejt of' the Month,
I
W. A. Guy, M.B.; Council, J. Bird,
M.D. ; Sir J, P. Boileau, Bart. ; Lord A.
CliQri^bin ; J, T. Dansoti, esq. j Lord VU-
covnt Ebrington : W. Farr, esq. ; J, W.
Gilbnrtp ei*q. ; Right Hod. W. E. GUU-
fttovie ; Tht Earl of Harrmtbif ; J, Hey-
wood, e»q. ; T, Hodgkin, M,D. ; /, Hume,
e4q* / C JeUicoe^ etq. ; W. G. Lumleyp
taq, i Eight Hon. iL Mackenzie : Horace
Mditn, etq, ; W. Newmarcli, esq*; Lord
Ovcrstone j the Lord Bishop of Oiford ;
Right Hon. Sir J. S, Pak'mgton, Bart. ;
Sir G, Staunton, Bart.; Lieut.- Colonel
W- H. Sykcs f Sir J. Emerson Tcnncnt ;
T- Tooke, esq. j Lord Harry G, Vane ;
Lord Wodebouae; the Rev. E. Wyatt-
EdgeU.
On ibe 8£h March a large number of
the leading meinberB of the medical pro-
feisioQ ftssemhted at the Albion Tarern,
Aldersgate-street, to celebrate the 85th
anniversary of The Medical Society of
tendon. The annual oration wai delivered
by Mr. H. Smith, Tlie gold Fothergiliiaa
medal wa« presented to Mr, Richardson
for bia priie essay on the " Diseaaes of
the Foetus," and the silver Fothcrgillittn
medal was awarded to Dr. Routh for
great serricea rendered to the society
daring the time be acted ai one of ita
■ecretaries*
The Annual Report of the Printn»^
Petutinn Socielg announces the founda-
tion of two additional peniions — viz. the
Franklin Pension and tbe Caxton Pension;
tbe first derived from the sale of the ori-
ginal presa worked at by Benjamin Frank-
liii in London ; the second fmpi the pre*
aeptation to the Society of the funds
originally subscribed for tbe erection of a
monument to Caxton. These pensions
will not be large in amount, we fear ; but
the money ii appropriately bestowed. The
amount handed over from the Caxton Com-
mittee, to become a light in the abode of
some wortby servaut of the art instead of
being a lamp in Westmiristerf is about
1757. Eiforts are being made to increase
this sum by the subscriptions of such bm
feel an intere^it in the prosperity of this
excellent charity. The proceeds of the
last anniversary dinner amounted to 400/.
Sir Robert Feel, M.P. for Tam worth, has
consented to preside at the next, which
will take place at the London Tavern on
the t\th of May.
Mr. Richard Thornton, a welUknown
merchant in London , has recently erected
and endowed, at a cost of 15,000/. some
commodious schools for the parishes of
Barton and Thornton, in Lonsdale, co.
Weatmerland, as a benefaction to the place
of bis nativity.
Colonel W, B. Sgkes, one of the Direc-
tors of the East India Company, woa
deeted Lord Rector of MiihscbiLl College,
Aberdeen, on the Ist of March, by three
out of the four Nations, and a numerical
majority of votes of HO to lOa. Ckilonel
Sykes has commended himself to the
favourable notice of the University by
placing a portion of his East Indian
patronage at the disposal of the senators.
The vacancy of the Prestider.c^ of
Christ** Hospitat occasioned by tbe death
of Mr. Alderman Thompson, has been seised
upon to give testimony to the present un-
popularity of the Corporation of London*
The office has for three centuries been
held by the magnates of t!»e City— the
Hospital having been, originally, a City
foundation, — in modem phrase a work-
bouse for the pauper children of tbe me-
tropolis. The President has been always
an Alderman, and in several instances,
including the latt, the Alderman elected
has been the Lord Mayor in office when a
vacancy occurred. Tbe opponents of the
Corporation proposed the Duke of Cam-
bridge : and he was elected by 210 votes,
the Lord Mayor rccclTing only 87. Hia
Royal Highness being in attendance, waa
immediately introduced and installed in
the chair.
A return has been made to the House of
Commons on the state and progress of the
Art- decoration of the new Patact 9/ Weti-
minater. The return gives a list of the
several statues and paintings completed or
in progress, with a statement of their
destination and expense. The estimate of
cost is as follows : — House of Lords,
fresco paintings, 4,800/. ; metal atatoes,
4,fj80/, ; upper waiting-hall, fresco paint'
iugs, 3,500/. ; St. Stephen's-hall, statnes,
8,600/. ; the Prince's chamber, statuesj
3,835/. ; bas-reliefa, 750/. ; portrait of
Henry VI I. 50/.; the Queen's robing-
roora, 4,900/. ; the Peers* robin g-room,
9,000/.? the Peens' corridor, 3,650/. ; the
Commons' corridor, 3, 650/. i sundry works,
220/. ; and adding 5,800/. expended in
premiums in the ExhibitioDA of 1B43 and
1847, and for the purchase of two cartoons
exhibiud in 18-15,— the total cost of what
has been undertaken will amount to
53,335/., of which tbe sum of 20,660/. has
been already paid. '^The remainder will
only be required by degrees, for a large
proportion of the works are not com-
pleted. The Peers' robing -room, for in-
atttoce, is not yet bnilt ; but a sum of not
less than 9,tMjO/. is devoted to the nine
fresco paintings which are to be placed in
this apartment, and which the artist, Mr.
J. R. Herbert, was to have nine yeara
from April, 1851, to complete. They are
to be Scriptnre subjects, the iltuatratioaa
to ** have reference to the idea of Justice
on earth, and its dcvelopcment in Law
■490
\vtr» "/ :h* Mohth.
April.
Tbe lt» •..;. •.■■.7 I-ri'. .r.--. !Lt rs'l • I :: :.!1.
licP. :; •- •■ .^.■. L .: I>iijitl. The t.te\*\
■; r: <. >.M;::.e
■■^t?
!•• Kjdio^
•f.U'f O'.TpiiiytJ f.!t bw»ih *idt-6
Jur: £!•.•- C'-^il W.-r: ;-.U'i ".iit: C'.:jjn.ov>'
tvrriJ.r > t • vriTLLUf «ijJ \ 3u:j'Irlc lii»-
-ubJL^t. Ti..; LO- ' .'S»i''Il L:iTi- dvlr:-
mir.T 1 i' ■. .'A •'...- c fi'l'-T- ir ?ii!\ coii-
oecte ! " :. liit- i- /r-I lia.l. tfj- ^iirorio-
iorii&i r -..r • i --.ibj'":'* nr ul |'#-r«:ii!ii»i'e'i
bii»jib»i' • tro-n '\xi\ hail, 'i'lie *»jHit*
ia .Si. Srri • vii"^ Hall, wl.iu roiu|-i«r'c-?.
nili rti'ri.i-i.ni **r'''.'*'n. Haiiipii«'ri. Loril
Fiili.'.fci:0. L/iT'i. C i.icniloii. lyjnl S*.«TniTp.
Sir R-. bt-rl Wnlj ; ,r, L'»rd t Intbam. L-jrd
Mwuvn-'IJ. liurkc. Fox. i'iti. and (i rattan.
Tb'.'s-. -f (. iHrM.'lon. KalkUmi. and ir»iiij»-
dca arc .- r.n pji-^rl: tljc rtmaiiidtT. t^i-. p'.-
iiift' e r. '^rl^-'-narmd.aft-i oinriii<'-i>ji)ed.
Mr. iJii r it The rinlr artist t-inpluytr.l w'no
for a iiiuil* J |Hrrii^d rtw-eireB a »ahrT. He
i* ut jr- • ^ •- •rjL'aff'i in j'-'iniiug '" TliC
Le^eud ijf KiuL' Artiiur," anfl ih«: aurtt.
meat {iroiides ihat lie slull rea'ivc i
MUry of fiAil. a year fur Fix year*.
Tlic Oryktal Palace Company are |»ro-
eeedio^ vith their ereat wark with uodi-
BiDiffhed eiiterprimr. Tiiey have \oted
the raieiD!! of .'.^O.OOO/. niure money.
mmkixiK a miliioa in all ; they are If-ttini;
tbcsr t|>ai'e fa!>t at from 7«. (td, t j tJOr.
t iqcare foot ; in one instaoce oOU/. has
been ^iven for a plot uf space V feel hy 8 :
and seren Indiutrial Courts arc to he
erected under the tiuperintendence of
Mctira. Barry, Tite, Thoma^. Stokes.
Craee, CharpentiiT, and Semper, for the
Me of exhibitor«. The art and natural
hiftory worki are proceedinf^ with great
'dity and beauty under the guidance of
. Layard, Owen Jones, and Di^by
Wfatt, and Professors Owen. Forbe^
Untn, and 8ir JoMpli Poxton. The
IAm of a monster organ it relinquished.
Vhe watcr-towen at each end of the build-
iam- have not been found adequate for
king the fountains, but 2U,0(HIA will
I let that right — not soon enough ,
verer, to exhibit the jH» d>au at the
pi of May, when the building is posi-
■tely to be opened. Up to the present
dmc the sum of 679,720/. has been ex-
pended under the following head« : Pur.
ehaee of land, 50,240/. ; Purchase and re-
'wal of the materials of the oriicinnl
'log, 95,000/. ; Construction uf the
baiUling of the Crystal Palace,
4li ; 'Humelp heating apparatus^
itc l4.5v.^ : \^ :i:£», wattr-towers, &c.
.4. V«»/. : Hidrav.iic wyrk*. 9.'^.670/.;
Park :crr"\.' *, ES'-iet:-. \i-- ''*.214/. : New
: .'sdi : '.- 1} ;■: tSt' t*. A:.-. *. i'*"/. : Pi&nts.
i:^rurri n 'k-. t u!t'.n:D«. Ck^. inside the
j<^M->:. I'.t. »•/. : .V%'.ur:ii fll^!orT iiiu»tra-
v.uL*. Ii.!7'./. ; 1 ;m.' Ar: Cvurt*.— Pom-
jMtn. Ali.As vra. \!s?\-ian. tinek, Ro-
•naii. Ki:>|t:^n. Meti.icTul. Renaisff>nce,
ilil;sr.. atjJ Uyzvit'm. -.lltK^y)!. : Coilec-
•.,^>:i vi ^.n. J lure. JA»"« /. : .Sundry fit-
Tine- ;J r...l:E:;^•r: I .»- hiiiidini:. 7.(KK»/. ;
(ieneral cI(.•eIl^• ;>. iorluJ.ne enriiieering
•tall. !»ujH.-r'nse3d<nrc. cflsri.-r* s^tlaries. law
.<Ld Par'i-irreri'jry rxptrists. surreying,
irnl r:ii !..\--, mA •; •* ri|ini">U8 dis-
'■'..r«*'.!i'ij>. ;.'•. ■'4/.
TiiC M:*ii-li r ■ nn..-^: I.- r- who went
.1*1 ye:ir l- Ne.v ^ ■.rk lo aitmd the
AuieriiLii ]• >Pi>;i; il Kihibition. finding
itio|*e:iin.i: |•u^t]•ont^J. i^ti-rmiucd to em-
pin- ttie iiiterral in Feprir^t^Iy risiting
Tanou^ part!* ot the L'liUcit Slates in which
raw matemU w.ri' l:kely to be most
ibundan'.. iiieeli3nic:il !>ktli nu».«t largely
^ipplii'd. ii:.i:)uf3t-riinii«; in.uctry fairly
r<itabU»hvd. :ind :tr' and Mririu'r most per-
fectly i!f\i'l.«|K 1. Tiie rep«-»ri* on two of
the>e tour* li:ivr jussi h*-in presented to
I'ariiiip'.eut — ur.e made hy Mr. (jeorge
\Valli», wltj uM.hrtiHtk the eximination of
most ut t!:f lit'prtriinents of manufacturing
iudurtry : thr- oti.er by Mr. Joseph Whit-
worth, chiefly o»i machinery. Both re-
ports contnin a grvut mass of interesting
informatiiMi on th^' present condition of
I he I'niUii State*.
A pri>ii'».>:il lii. m rircul ition to erect
sonif M puloliral menmriil m-.ir the grave
of Arvkbttfiup Lfit/kt'-'ti, He lies buried
at Hi'r^ft il Kiytiu*. in the county of
Sus'H'X. in whit-ii Milage, alter lii^ resiinia-
lion uf tlie -n* «if (ihKc»w in lo7J--l, he
renided uiitil hi<> dratli in 10'' L During
iltat period he coii^tautly took i>art in the
|ierforman<'e of tlio church services either
at H orbited Keynes or one of the neigh-
bourini; parishes, and fnquently visited
the |KMir and sick. l!i> bi>dy was deposited
in a sm.ill aisle or cliupel on the south-
east Mdi' of the church, belonging to Ed-
ward Lizhtinaker. cq. his brother-in-law.
.\bout M-venty years nun that chapel having
fallen into ile«'ay. wui» pulled <lown, and
probably at that' time the Archbishop's
gravestone wa-* broken, and the fragments
placed Rcainst the adjacent wall, where
they remain. The several object> pro])osed
are. I. n simpie and a]>propriate tomb;
*\ new hittings in the chun'li. particularly
for the school chiUlrrn ; and .{. some
stained j^lns^ in the ch.incei window ; the
Nurpluf), if any, to be devoted to the better
endowment of the ]»arish schools. Those
who asei^ted in perpetuating the hallowed
IBM,]
Notes cfth4 Month,
391
I
I
memonale of Kfn and of Hooker, and all
who rflTerene« the nnmr of the trat? evan-
gdicil l^ightan, wiU tiMten to cootrihate
to tills design, which has receiired thff sane-
tion of the Biflhop of Chieh eater. It Is an
Oct'^'iifion whifh will surely draw forth «om<"
teitimnciy from the Epii^copal Church of
ScwtlunL Tlie London bunkers arc Meisrt-
Dniiiimond« and Messrs. Uoare, in Fleet
StTvet.
Mr* W. Newton, of Chancery Lanet
BQtborof "A Diiplay of Heraldry," 1846,
8to. has prepared for early publication a
Map of London in the olden tlme^ which
promises to be of great archwological and
topcf raphical utility. It is in the form of
a bird's-eye view of Londoa iind its sub-
urbs ^ and 19 complltfrl from John Roque*^
survey inade io the beginning of the last
century, OgiJfy*i old map, the print by
RAdntpbofl Aj^i^i the representation of
London by Hofoaglo^ published at Nu-
rcmbcra: in 1572, and every other import-
ant accetstble authority. The map will
be published entire, and in divisions to
bind up with the teit in foHo.
In connection with this subject we
should notice thAt the fictiitout character
of certain tiews of the Fortifications of
l^ndon at the time of the Civil War has
been exposed by the Editor of ** Notes
and Queries/* A set of twenty etchings
was published hist year^ porportioi^ to be
taken from drawings made in 1643 by
Capt. John Eyre of Oliver Cromwell^s
own regijnent* These and some other
drawings ascribed to Hollar have crime
from the same manufactory. The geuuiuc
map of the Portiticntiuu& of London was
engraved by Vcrtne in 173B, and copie-d
in the Gentleman's Magazine for June,
171.9.
An E«aex ptiper btatcH thftt sevi^ml
London archoLologists and collectors of
antic[uittes have recently been deceived,
iu the purchase of silver coins bearing ihe
retembhince of genuine Bntiith and early
Saxon coins of Cunobeline utid hii^ epoch,
and clever imitations of the late Roman
denarii on one aide, and Saxon on the
other, which prove to be counterfeit pre-
eeotmenta of the same. The \:indor« re-
present the Coins Io hnve been discovered
at Colchester, but those sold are IVmnd to
have been brought from Ipawich.
There is at present submitted to public
Inspection in the Museum of Art at Mari-
borough House a small but exceedingly
curious collection of models in clay and
wax, said to have been found in a bouse
at Florence, and believed to be original
fttndies by Michael Angelo, Raffaelle,
Donatelto, and other celebrated Italian
sculptors. This collection, having been
offered to the French Government and to
the tmstees of the Drititih Museum and
National Gallery without tinding a pur-
chaser, is now exhibited, that it may un-
dergo a careful examination by the best
judges, and have its value n»certAined.
Whether its estimated money value (vi«.
SiOOOf.) be a fair market price w© are not
prepared to say ; but there can be no
question about the artistic meriti of these
interesting model;!*
We are requested by Mr, Darling, the
mjinager of the Clerical (or MetropolUan)
Library, to contradictr as entirely without
foundation, an injurious report that tbst
establishment is in the market, and abont
to be sold. Mr. Darling is making con-
stant progress with his excellent catalogue,
or Cychptdia Bibliographical which has
now proceeded to its XVllIth Part, as far
as the name of Sortees.
The urigiual of one of the most remark*
able and characteristic Letters of Oliver
Cromwell has been sold during the past
month by Messrs. Pottkk and Simpson.
It was written shortly after the battle of
Worofster, in answer to an address of con-
gratulation* which be had received from
the colonists of Boston iti New England,
at the hand of their pastor Mr. John
Cotton. It is giveu by Mr. Carlyle (vol.
ii. p. 358), having been originally pub-
lished in Harris's collection of Letters,
p. 518, io a partially modemtsed form.
More faithfully copied, it reads as follows :
** Worthye ^', and my Christian freind,
** I received yours a few dayes sithenoe*
It was welcome to me beoaose signed by
you, whome I love and honour in the
Lord, but more to see some of the same
grounds of our actiones stirringe in you
that have in us, to quiet us to our worke,
and iupporte os therein ; m^ hath had great-
est diflBcuItye in our engagement in Scot-
land, by reason wee have had to doe w*^
some whoe were (1 verily thinke) Godly,
bat thorough weaknesse, and the subtiltye
of Sathan. involved in interests against the
Lord and his people^ With what tender-
oesse we have proceeded with such, and
that in synct'ritye, oar papers (which I
suppose yon fanve seen) will in part mani-
fest, and f give you some comfortable
assurance off. The Lord hath marvelously
appeared even against thera, and now
agaioe, wht'n all the power was devolved
into the Scottish Kinge and the malignant
partic, ihcy invadeinge England, the Lord
rajned upon them such snare-s as the en-
closed will sheWf-f- only the Narrative is
short in this, that of their whole armie
* This is also extant, in Hnteblnson**
Collection, 1769, p. 236.
t Inrlosed wss a printed Nnrmtlfv of
the Battlf* of Worceiiter.
392
MUceUaneou9 Reviews.
[April,
when the Narrative wft« frftmed not five of
theirfl wliole urmie were returned. Surely,
Sf, the Lord ia greatiy to be feared, ab to
be praised. Wee need j^ prayers ia this
as much as ever. How «h&ll wee behave
oar selves after such raercyes ? W* hat is
the Lord & doeiog ? What prophe»ies are
now fullfillinge ? Wlioe ia a God like
ours ? To know his will, to doe his will,
are both of Hira.
*' I tookc thifi libertyc from buaine-^se
to salute you thus in a word ; truly I am
ready e to serve yoii aod the rest of our
brethreo and the clim-che w*"* you, ] am
a poore weuke creature^ aod not worthye
the name of a wormet yett accepted lo
s«rve [the Lord] and his people ; indeed,
[my dear] frcind, between you [and mee,]
you kiiowe not mee, [my weak]nefisei» my
inordinate passionii, my [|unskii]fullaease
and every way un^ttnesse to my worke ;
yettp yett» the Lord wboe will have mercye
m whome Hee will, does as you see. Pray
for mee. Salute all Christian fremdes,
though unknowen. I reat,
^* Your affectionate freind to serve you,
*' O. CaOMWMLL.
«*Octob'2*, 1651/'
The letter was hrat dated on the 29lh of
September, but aflerwards altered to the
2d of October. The direction is, —
For my esteemed friend
Mr Cotton* Piiator
to the Church att Boston
in New England,
theis«..
The sed ii stUl tttached, being a ihleld of
six quarterings and the crest of Cromw«lL.
Since the letter was first copied, it hag lott I '
portion of tlte second leaf, containing tb«i
words which we have inclosed in bracket«»|
After a vigorous competition, this highly
iutere^tiog document was knocked down
for 367. to Mr. IL Stevens, the Amerio
agent ; and will therefore again cross overi
to the New Englanders, to whom let all]
credit be given for a due appreciation
their most important literary monuments*!
At the same sale was alto a curious dOi>
cument, thus described in the catalogue :—
*' Publication of the Peace between Eug-
knd and the Utiiied Netherlands/*
priiUed broadside,, one page folio, Au
U (24), 1GG7, signed on behalf of"th«"
States- General by the Duke of Ripperds,
H. Beverniack, tlQybert, Rongestall, Vsa
Arckenborck ; and on behalf of the King ■
of Great Britain by Denzil Lord HoUeif 1
and Sir H« Coventry, with the seals of alti
the parties; an important original StAttJ
document. The peace thus ingloriou '
concluded, after so lavish an expenditure J
on the wnjTt may he regarded as the com-
mencement of Charles's difKculties. ThitfJ
lot sold for ZL It. A letter of Richanll
Cromwell, addressed to the Lords of thol
Comuil, April 2«, IG57, relating to th0j
business of the New Forest, was sold for]
4/. One signed by Queen Eliiabeth, ad*
dressed to Henri IV, Oct 17, 1**198, for £/,!
A memoriall for Anthony Huisey e»quire»f
govemer of the merchant adventurert, '
signed by Marye (ht Quene^ 1556', for
3/. 7#.
HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.
Terra Lindisfarnienbis, — The Ne^
turai History qf the Eattern Borden,
By George Johnston, M.D. Bdin. LL,D*
qf MarUchat OolUfft, Aberdeen; Fellow
qfiAe Rxiyal College of Surg eons qf Edin-
burgh, 4c. Vol. L The Botany, Swt,
pp. 336. — The earliest topographical works
that were written in England were those
which tremted of local and natural feattire«,
to which Aubrey and Ash mole, Plot and
Salmon, paid their chief attention ; and it
WHS not until Sir William Du^dale had
set a different example in his Warwick'
shire that the staple material of topogra-
phy came to be considered as consisting
of family pedigree and the descent of
feudal and territorial property. Now,
thongh we are far from undervaluing the
interest of gcntilitial and biographical his-
tory, which lends such material aidi to the
general history of the country and its
pb^ we must admit that we find some^
thing peculiarly refreshing in a book which
treats of the country itself. Its natural j
wonders both below and above the surface^ j
the enduring beauties of its mountains audi
its streams, and the ever-varying charmif
of that vesture in which it is annually andl
perennially cluthed by the untiring band]
of Nature, Such a book is that which we j
have now before us : and though its spe* f
cific subject is '' The Botany '^ of the dis«l
trict to which it relates, it is sufficiently^ ]
varied tn its contents — sulhciently inter-]
tpersed with anecdote, and folk-lore, and i
legend, and poetry, and biography, and
local description, to be generally interest-
ing to every intelligent reader. " It is very
true,*' says the author, *' that I have been
a scholar for many years in the Book of
Nature ; and 1 have taught myself to take J
note of, and pleasure in, those works i
with which the Creator has crowded and
adorned the piths I daily walk ; snd sun^
1854.]
3iiifcellaneou9 Reviews*
a9a
I am that now I can se^; and appreciate a
beauty and cxeelkuce where otlierwise
thej would not li«ve impre&ged me.'' A.
icUoUr studying lu sach a gpirit may con-
ftdently hope that he opens that great
Book aright — and fitly may he learn, and
0tlj teach. Dr. Johnston apprisee his
f«aderi that his own work ia oot exactly
*'a book of useful knowledge, in the sense
that men ioterpret the useful/' but its aim
Is to lead to habits of correct obsenratioD,
to the ready clasiificatioii of minute faots^
and to the studies that woo the spirit away
from gToasne«8, that keep the mind in life
aod action, and funiiish it with varied and
ever-germinating matter of thought and
illii«tradoD, — "at once adorning and re-
liering the toila and vexations of a busy
life, and refimog and exalting the enjoy-
ments of a social one."
*' The Eastern border*,^* which form the
held of the author's obseryations, ** com-
prehend the whole of Berwickshire^ the
Liberties of Berwick, North Durham, and
the immediately adjacent parts of Nor-
thumbertand and Roxhurghihire. To-
gether they form a district of a nearly
circolar figure, about forty miles in dia-
metefr and bounded by a tolerably distinct
outline^ which the eye can trace out from
any commanding height within its area.
It consists of a succession of elevated ridges
and intermediate valleysi running almost
parallel to each other, with hills occasion-
ally rifling from the plain itself. While
the surfiicti is in general under cultivationj
and full of productire virtue, there are
many tracts of heath and of ' morishe ctiU
ground of litle valore,'— so many and so
dispersed, that scarcely any farm can be
said to be without its parcel of waste land.
Extensive muirs, too, occupy portions of
the very centre, while the elevated bound-
ary is clothed with heath, or with a green
sward intermingled with heath, and having
oaaea of ranker growth to freshen the
proapect. The Tweed and tU tributaries,
glancing at rare intervals on the eye,
meander through the basin, opening up
valleys of various breadths and of great
beauty^ while faangbs and deans and glens,
each threaded by its own bum or rivulet,
are found everywhere, affording an endless
series of haunts io the naturalist who may
love to court their intricate and reoeding
lecrets. The district, as a whok\ is as
fisir a one^ to my partial eye, as ever glad-
dened the heart of man/'
It is roughly estimated as containing a
thousand square miles, or about 700,000
acres. There are many eminences which
command magnificent views, somo of the
finest of which are Langton Edge, Soutra
Bill, Hume and Berwick Castles, and
Haltdon. Dr. Johnston proi^dg to de-
Gbnt. Mag. Vol. XLI.
scribe the soilst the waters, and the cli-
mate, into which our space will not permit
ns to foOow him : but we must give a few
short extracts, in order to show tlie delighl-
ful manner in which he treats the smaller
topics of his discourse. The localities of
one species of violet are thus picturesquely
sketched: ** Viola Lutea* This violet is
found on the entire range of the Cheviots
and of the Lammermuirs, wherever the
sward is free of rank herbage and heatheri
aad hence it is found especially on the
green tops of the hills that are occupied
with the remains of the camps of the
ancient British people. It grows on the
steep banks above Fast Castle, and on
those of Coldingham lough. It occupies
the British camp at Ernesheugh \ and sur-
vives those that were on Ewieside, Bancle-
edge, and Presto n-cleugb. It grows tn the
trenches of an old encampment at War-
law bank, above Auchincraw or Alden-
crawe (always pronounced Eddincraw);
and amid the traces of the Covenanters'
encampment on Dunse-law. It is on the
Eildon 'hills; on Sterrock above Kirk
Yetholm ; and on every caim-crowoed
summit amidst the Cheviots. It tnigbt
aptly emblazon the armt of the British
antiquary."
CraHberriet arc fonnd in tome boggy
spots in the district, but are gradually
becoming rare from the encroachments of
the farmer. The author remembers the
time when a small quantity of native cran-
berries was annuaDy sold in Berwick ;
but the practice is obsolete, and the fact
might soon have been disputed, had it not
been placed upon record. There was once
B ** cranberry boag where the grounds of
Twcedmoutb, Ord, and Scremerston doe
meet/* of such extent and vulgnr noto-
riety as to have been made a landmark ;
but, were other boundary unknown, it
might now require a nice and judicial in-
quiry to determine the exact position of it.
Here m another happy botanical illus-
tration of history : *' "The Rev. James
Raine, in his History of North Durham,
p» 55, notices, from Bede, that the wooden
church of Lindisrarne, rebuilt by Finan
in the Scotisb fashion, was thatched with
reeds, ' in all probability the wiry Beni
(Arundo areoaria) which grows in such
abundance on the island/ The cabin in
the Fern iislands, to which St. Cuthbert
retired, would much resemble those huts
of divots or sods and stone which are still
built by shepherds in our muirlands as a
shelter in bad weather \ and the Saint, it
is no improbable conjecture, may have got
his lesson in the art when ho wn^ a shep.
herd boy on the banks of the Loader. The
rude hut, built, Bede expressly tells ug, of
stones and turf, was aa rudely thatched, —
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Miicellaneoui Rmn^wi,
395
the great riven of Europe were to b« opea
to the thlpt of all nations ; bat it is eri-
dent that, either from apathy or design, the
Danube will be Terj shortly closed alto-
gether. The cliannels at Salioa, St.
6eorge» aad Kilia^ are all in (he haad» of
Rujaia. On condidoD of her keeptiig
open the channel of SuUna, Austria con*
seoted that each of her vesseU should pay
a toii to Russia of two dollars. How haa
Bnssia performed her part of the contract ?
Noliuiig would be easier, by nieaos of a
properij managed dredging vessel, Mr.
O'Brien thinks, than to keep this channel
opes. But the single vessel profeuedly
employed by Russia for this purposa wai
lying idle at the mouth of the river^ aad.
jadgioc from it« filthy and neglected ap-
Mraioet rauat have been long disuied.
Tlie Hcliiiasf of the Wallachian provinces
is ahown by the enortnouB quantity of
grain* overflowing the storehouses of
Ibraih&f and lying in large mounds in the
streets, for want of house-room. The
various other and abundant products of
the aotl, which only the difficulty of trans ^
port prevents from making their way to
all parts of the world, sufficiently show
how much Russia has done and can do to
obstruct trade, by her faitblesjneas to her
engagements,
Mr* O'firien^s account of Bucharest
wiJl be read with intercGit. Ita l!ir»t ap-
pearance is striking ; its three hundred
ohurchesi each of which has two or more
spires, rising up graoefuHy to the sky.
The reader may be surprised to bear
that it covers nearly as much ground ps
Paris* but then it muat be added that a
third of this space is taken up by gardena
ao that the bright green foliage of trees
breaks the uniformity of building and in-
craasea the beantiful effect. Neither waa
the traveller greatly disappointed on nearer
act(uaint&nce. After a long faubourg of
gardena and ooe-storied bouees, he reached
a street* broad and well built, containing
some jtne erections. This i« the quarter
where the Spanish Jews have tbdr private
residences. Furtber ou arc good streeU,
with handsome shops on either «id«, full
of bustle. There are handsome hotels,
and living, except in bouse reut, appears
to be moderate. The Opera House is as
handsome and comniodiouji a theatre as is
to be found in any city of Europe, capable
of aceommodating from seven to eight
hundred people, sod very luxuriously htted
up* with* at the time Mr. O'Brien visited
it (last October)«a refpectabiy good Italian
eompauy* There is a public promenade*
and alao a public garden, Inid out in
English style, and exceedingly pretty,
with bright flowers, fine trees, numerous
fonntaiasT and a small lake.
Of all this Russia seemed to be the then
supreme arbiter; and this, Mr. O^Bnen
thinks, tells against the propriety of its
distinctive name, which ' ^ " ir^nifies
" city of pleasure/* Adi ^usijian
army of IS.OdOmen oc^.,, . ..- neigh-
bourhood under Prifice Gortj^chakotf, and
went through its movements in a review
with admirable precision, appearing also to
be well officered. It is melancholy to think
that, whatever be the event of a war, whether
Turk or Ru&aian carry the day, these pro-
vinces must be the great sufferers. For
still will foreign troops feed on the rich pro-
ducts and live attheexpenfeofthc people.
Russia affects to treat the inhnbitants as
vsssals ol the Turk, while the Turk hates
them as Giaours. Thus are the poor
Moldo-WnllachisDs beaten from pillsr to
post without the pofcer of redress. A
more docile, bard-working, honest people,
according to the present journalist, can
hardly be found. Such thiugs as drunken
riots are unknown, and theft is rare.
Among the upper ctavses there are many
weU^edncmted aud gifted men, who, fur
want of a suitable public career in their
own land* are depressed there, or are vo-
luntary exiles elsewhere, Rusdian com-
missaries 6x the price of provittons, which
during last summer were much under*
charged « There is not a treaty formed
for the benefit of these provinces which
Russia has not violated* She has gained
the bitter hatred of the people i and <KJuld
wc but contemplate, as the result of the
contest now waging in the VVallachian
provinces, the establishment of a govern-
ment independent alike of Mutruvite and
Mahometan, it would be a cheering issuo
of a war. Here are two principalities,
capable of supporting twenty milUons of
souls. Suppose a ruler chosen for them
amoog the royal families of Gcrmuoy^und
a regular dynasty formed : then nn end
might be put to the wretched plots among
the Boyards and the deputies of Russia
which keep the country always turbulent
and depressed. No region in Europe pos*
sesses more of the elements of pi'osperity,
and none has been more wretchedly mis-
governed.
Mr. O'Brien, who has resided much In
Greece, speaks with praise of its govern-
ment, and believes every calumny may
be traced to Russia. King Otho, be it
said, has violated no promises, and, with
the exception of his brother Moximiliun
of Bavaria, is really the ooly sovereign of
the Continent who has adhered to his
oaths from the year 1648 till now.
The Journal of Mr. O'Brien seems to
us honestly and simply wriiien^ and it will
be, we think, extensively read.
396
MUcfllaneous Beviews^
[April,
The Roman Stattt/Trom 18 IJ) ia 1850.
Vol, IV. By Luigi Carlo Farini. TYang-
iated^ und^r the aupfriniendence of the
Honble, W. B. Gladsiontj by a Lady, —
Lorenzo Benonii or, Pmaagei in the Life
qf an liaiian. Second Edition. (CoiiHla-
hle.)—Cattellamonte : an Italian Biogra-
phy of \%n, 2vok. (We8tertoti,)~iT^<jy.
ment» Liiier aires : Art. Santa Rota. By
Victor CousJQ* — ^The concluding volume
of M. Fnrini's work is IrUDsLAted witb
eipecial care. It treats, of course, of
matten of Tery lively interest. The siege
of Romef itflantecedeDtB and cooisectuencei,
— the whole being wound up by a Enm-
mary view of (lie present position of the
dlflTerent states of Italy, and tbe author's
opinion tbereupotir in a long and well*
written letter to Mr. Gladstone. There Is,
however^ a general tone of contempt, and
iome vituperation of the Mazzini party, of
the ground for which we are not entirely
convinced, since all are allowed to have
their theories » and style ia a matter to be
largely allowed for. Especially we may
■ay thii^ since it really does not appear
that M. Farini thinks any better of the
position of Italy than Mazslni himself.
The difficulties of thnt position, as
stated in the letter to which we refer,
seem no nearer being met by the most
moderate, than by the most stnogenl,
mea»urea which can be proposed. The
Republic: an idea, it is well known, has
been adopted by many Itallanfi, who ar«
by no means Republicans from convictioti
— by mtioy who would willingly and glndly
accept of good government under a repre-
aentative monarchy, but for the practical
lEDpofisibility of meeting with a bead. In-
dependence of foreign rulers being the
poHit to which the wishes of all turn, it ia
scarcely fair to brand with distinctive oh-
loijuy those who, unable to see their way
to it through the moDarchical principle,
and deeply distrtistful of the petty princes,
come to the resolution of confiding only
in a general federal government.
It is not, however* possible In tbe limits
allowed here to diflcuia so complex a sub-
jcct. The facts of M, Parinra work are
all we can touch on.
First among these, it must, one h
grieved to see, be stated, that, though
three and a half years have now pasaed
since the siege^ the Government of Rome
Itself baa not become more tender, merci-
ful, and just, but quite tbe reverse. The
Pope, so for from softeciing, hai become
Ivnrsh and revengeful. Numerous are the
instances of petty tyranny recorded by M.
Farini. New and inquisitorial laws have
been framed, newly-constituted crimes
have been severely puntihed, while Hog-
ging and profCriptloD, and twenty years of
tbe galleys for small ofieiices, are in the
ordinary course of what is ctadled " jus- ,
tice." I
Meanwbile (says M. Faritii) the peopl«|
are not protected from real criminals.
Never were the brigandia known to be so*
daring. In sptEe of all the foreign troops
in the papal states, tbeae things are going
on dady j tbe brigands stop, atrip, and
murder travBllers, and plunder the small
towns and villageSf undeterred by all that
the soldiers can do to keep them down,
The taies in these papal states are enor-
mouSf tbe finances and commerce at tbei
lowest ebb, while smuggling is perpettiiJIf I
practised. There is neither public nor pH*|
vale security. The country seems abio«l
lutely without moral guidance — without |
liberty to do well, or protection from evil-^
doers. Factions are raging, acts of private"
vengeance are numerous. So much for the
city and state in which his Holiness has his
abode, and which he professes to govern !
Witb regard to the other Italian states,
things arc scarcely better. M. Farini ob-
seryea that bis correspondent is weU awar#|
what Naples was in 1850. Is its condition
amended ? He answers, *'No.*'
In Tuscany, capital punishment is pro-
claimed. Leopold destroys all the better
institutions he has framed. Every on«
knows bow he visits liberty of conscience.
In Lombardy and Venice, Austria holds
sway, ruling by the sharp argument of the
sword. Farma and Modena are mnch
under Austrian influence also*
Piedmont is tbe blessed exception t she
preserves free institutions : public works
proceed, and commerce and maniifac-
tares flourish. Yet is Piedmont watched
jealously by all her neighbours. A liberal
state, surrounded by arbitrary rulers, can
scarcely be looked upon with favour ; and
sbe is also by no means regarded witdj
complacence by the ecclesiastical powers.
It is not M, Farini'a opinion that the Pope
should be divested of all temporal power.
He would have him a prince, — but a prince
with very circumscribed territory. His
Government, he maintains, ought to be,
just as maeb as that of any other prince,
composed of laymen ; no irresponsible ec*
olesiastic should have power either to defy
the law or to execute it, hut the Pope,
being the '* Prince of Peace," ought to
govern his people in that way in which
the subjects of &Just ruler are governed.
It k not because the Pope has tern-
poral power tliat imprecations ore uttered
against him, but because there is no re-
cognition of the separate functions of the
priest and of the ruler. The great, tlie
astounding diflScalty, however, ia how to
bring about so vast a change « " Can tbe
Pope/' asks Mariotti, " to say nothing of
J
1854.]
MUcellaneoui Reviews.
B97
Mm«elf and hi a cflrdloftlst do awtj with hit
four arch biihopa and ninety-eigh( hifhop»?
C«D he reduce the prodigious number of
his priests, which are a^ one twenty-eighth
of the po puliation ? C!an he uncowl his
moaks, two thonsAnd and twenty -five of
whom iwarm in the streeta of Rome atone ?
Neither can he permit the people to pub-
liih a Ime of iuqairy or rebuke of eccle-
Biaslicalvtcei.'^
ConaideratioQS like thefle^ of the magni-
tude of the eviU attcadaut ou Ilalian mb-
goTernmeot, are scarcely Butceptible of
exaggeration. The more we read about
tbem the leas arc we Burprited at the
*< treasons, stratagems, and spoils" by
which such erilt, apparently lo irremedia-
ble by fair and open means, htTc been
met. Nor» surely, are we candid in the
suppo«Ltion that those who hare resorted
to such secret agency do so hccause it is
in harmony with their charaoters and
taites. '* Secret societies " {was that Tir-
tuotui Hnd honourable man, Santa Rosfli
often heard to say) *' are the plague and
curse of Italy ! but bow are the people to
dispense with them, wben there h no puh-
licityf DO legaliKed means of expressiog
onr opinions with iniipuiilty ?" Who could
more deeply deplore, oay» even with a
flecret shame, the hariog been drawn at
last into the net which he had so long
tried lo avoid? So, also, a it with the
author of Lorenzo Benoni, written, we
•are aasnred, by one of the Brothers
Rufhni, men who have left a most aflec-
tionate and t cduring recollection of them-
selves in the cities of their eiile.
" Verily^ I assure you,*' says he, ** tbe
path of a conspirator h not strewn with
roses, t know of no existence which re-
quires such continual self-abnegation and
endurance, . . . He censes to belong tn
himself — he becomes the toy of any one
he may chance to meet — he most go out
when ha would rather stay at home, and
stay at home when he would rather go out
— he has to talk when he would be silent,
and hold vigils when longing to be in bed.
Verily, 1 *ay, it is a miserable life. It has,
it is true, its compensations, few, but sweety
the occaatonal ioiercotirse with lofty minds
and devoted aoula; the glimpse of the silfcr
lining of the^rk cloud, and the conviction
that all this wear and tear i^ smoothing the
way, inch by inch, towards a noble and
holy end/' — Lorenio Benonij p. 245.
Again, *^ Seen from a distance^ and
viewed as a whole, nothing more striking
lind fnll of poetry than the mighty com-
pendium of so many wills and forces
moved by one spring, and working Us
way in the dark, through diflficnlty and
danger of every description, towards the
noblest and most legitimate of conquc*te,
that of liberty and independence ! But tf
from the contemplation of this whole you
descend to observe the detail », farewell
poetry, and hail to very common- place
prose! How much egotism, how much
littleness, clogs the springs of this multi-
farious machinery/* — 244.
The hook fjnm which we quote ii heauti-
fttlly written, and has strong in wsrd marks
of tmthfalnesS) though in the incidenti
there may he a mixture of fiction. The
picture of the lire of the young Genoese at
college^ of the various officials^^the well-
drawn characters of the author's father*
mother, and uncles^^-the enthushistic por*
trait of Fantaaio, (about whose identity
there can be no d ouht,) an d of Cttsar, Alfred ,
and the Prince, all fill up thecanvaia bravely,
yet there Is no crowding. If the materials
are mostly gleaned from real life, yet doei
the author hold the pen of a masterly
novelist. How amusing, if it were not so
mournful an anticipation of graver plays at
government, is the account of the school-
boy ** constitution,*' with ita eighteen ar*
ticles 1 And how naturally the idea of a
republic seemS to have sprung out of the
absurdity of a public education, which
though iniitituted by a deapotic govern-
ment (as that of Piedmont was at this pe-
riod) was entirely republican \
" Our indignation against tyrmnta and
our enthusiasm even for their asaaaainSf
seemed to be purposely eicited. The lub-
jectt given us for themes in the classes
were ever in this range of ideas. Some*
times we were to hurl the thunder of our
Latin eloquence upon Ctesar about to pass
the Rubicon. At others, Brutus, both
elder and younger, Mutius Sctevola, Cato,
etc. were to be deified in poetry/'- — p, 60.
In imitalion, we suppose, of this very
interesting and successful work, another
Italian has given ua a story called Gas-
tellamonte, cast in the same mouild ; the
hero here, too, giving the period of hia
Bchool-lifp. This lifPi however, is at Parma^
not ut Genoa, and the time is later, namely
in lB3t. It is not without merit -, the
first volume in particular is lively and
clever; but the author is far below his
predecessor in the power of toninff doum
his pictures. Throughout the whole of
Lorenzo llenoni, indeed, the sweetness of
an amiable character preponderates. There
ia no bragging, no boasting or vain-glory ;
no swaggering over patriotism and liberty.
You feel they are swelling at his heart, but
they do not make him brutal towards even
his country's worst foes. No work written
by an eiile was ever less personally bttter :
and therefore has it done more for Italian
sufferers perhaps than any other, except
SUvio Pel lien. As for M. Cousin's tri-
bute to the memory of the Count de Santa
398
Muc€ilamwus BmvUwm.
1, it u ODC of the most moning pic-
tuct of a friendship born in sdTenity ve
CTtr read. It only coofinns whacercr the
pidiUc has heard of that noble, Mnipuloas,
refined, and intenseij bonoarable spirit,
vhich wanted nothiof bat the power of a
loo^r and more patient endorance of its
iBCfitaUe Lot, and viiich seems to hare
■ntinr**H the stroke of dealh by seekinf
it in an obscnre skinnish, from whence no
neord of iu fate has erer transpire*!.
Tkt WiUsMirt Arckmohgical mmd Nmlu-
rmi Hiti^rf Mc^miine, pukiisAtd under
ikt UneiMM ^ tkt Soeieijf formed in
tkmi eeumip, A.D. I8a3. Ao. /. 8vo.~
Kieept as a record of the formation and
coBstttotion of the Wiltshire Society, we
do not find the contents of this First
Nomber rerj tnbatantitl. The mlei of
the Society and its list of members are
fDUowcd by a report cf the inaug^oral
■wtinf (of which we fare a foil account
in oar Magazine for NoTember Usty, in-
dsidinf the excellent addresses of Mr.
Poolet Scrope, the Ber. J. E. Jackson.
hmI Mr. Britton, and a paper on the
Oniithology of the Coonty, by the Ber.
A. C. .Smith. Next foUow« a series of
Qneries, relatinf to the arcfaseology, to-
pofraphy, and nataral history of Wilr«bire.
Bone eoliectioas ou certain ancient Wilt-
iUre Castoms, made by Mr. F. A. Car-
riagton, relate to— 1. The Cocking Siooi,
iButrated by representatiooa of one at
Wotton Basset in I&iS, aik-i another at
Worthing ^we presume in tiiusrz;; 2.
Hammers : 3. Usrrcst Home; 4. Tae
Wooset (% popalsr panisbment for conjiigal
infidelity; ; and J. Dog-rapperj, which were
weapons for driving dogs out of ciiurchei.
TVis paper u. on the whole, rather diffu^^e
sad amusing, than complete: it trareU
Ihr oat of the coancy, without gatheriDi*
what has been elsewhere pubti»hed on tLt
Mfflc sabjects. Next su-rceed locae ex-
trmei9 from a Book of Church Go^jds in
Wiltshire in 1553 ; bat of such a document
m this, a Coonty Society sboaM give the
vholc, either in full or in abstract. Laatly
comes a short paper entitled " A few words
to Wiltshire £xiomoi<?gists " by the Ref.
W. C. Lakif. On the whole, this pro-
daction wears the appearance rather of
talk than performance. The object of
ooatribators should be, not so mocb to
dbrd passing smuaemeot, as to complete
aaysahjecu they undertake , aad to exitaust
than to their power. Let tif^m emulate.
0, the xeal and indo^try of ti^c Sussex
' tj in digging into the public records.
Wo Cnr the title *' saagaziae " — as gene-
laUy accepted in theae degenerate days —
nifarr harmoniies with the idea of play
However that auy be, we
CApril,
to nod soBie more Hfuient
oontribucion to Wiltshire history in the
next issue of the Society's Transactioaa :
in which case we would suggest that a
higher price than tig ki ten ptnee might be
allowable, particuUrly as members of the
Society will reeeive its publications gia-
tnitously. An exeesaiTCiy low price is
likely to l«^ad to the production of a work
of inferior fjadiCT.
HiaiCTf of tkt Origin uf lUprtn^nUiwt
GovtmmetU in Europe. Bg M. Guiio4,
Tranelnted ^ A. B. Scobie. Poei eoo.
fp, XX. aJd. (Bfihn^i Standmrd Libmrf).
— Strictly •peaking this is not a biatory,
but a course of lectures on the history of
rcpreientACiTe government. TLey were
principally deliTered in 1 920-22, and in
their pn^seat form oootaia the author's
reriaions. They relate to England, France,
and Spain, but the Englis'i portion rir-
tuaily ends with Henry VII., a f'rw lines
only being deroted to the remainder of
the subject. Thu4 it ia the aatiquariaa
history of parli4ments that n chietly treated
of, and for the sab»eqaeriC period the
reader muit have recourse to Townsend,
and similar writert. Toe tra&slator of
Michelet's Modern HiaU^rv has said of
another «or& of M. Guiiot's ^the History
of CiTiliftat^ini that ic u " pLiiosophy
without fact." Tue prftieut voiume is
not eq'iaiiT liMJu* t>> that objection, but
history Izhvtrtd io the form of lectures
cannot entirely e^^ap: it. Many readers,
bowcTcr, will be aoxLoui to L&un what an
emin'^Dt state^iuan and acaator has said
on the luhiject of parliaments. \or m it
too much to siy. that every person who
pridea hims:it on trie extrcue of the
suifrsg^ siiocld Wd'jw aoacrin^nj; of its
hist/jry, wl.ch iie will here r.iii deftcnbed
by an ahle Land. Tu^rt is a -raalier French
work on the subject, ^hii.-h nts never been
translated *.o our knovLctiffe, er.tLcied
''' Etudes Hutonques et Pouti^ues sur les
AssembU^ Repreientaires," oy M. Bodin
the yo302er, Pans. {^2^, limo.* Prcrious
to publication it W4i read at the A thence
BoyaL Tne En^luh portion of toe work
ends with I^ic«t.r'> Parlitment, and the
French one with Philip de Valois. A con-
tinuation was ii.:im&ted. but whether it
appeared we sp!: uiiioie to fay.
Geohgic-il KxQuravjiu r','tad thi hie of
Wujhl. By a. A. Mir.leli. LL.D. Jrr.
.ird Edition. — TL^re axe few more iuttir. sc-
ixkg and iaa'.nic'.ve ioi.Miirie? ! .r *r.^ ^fj-
It^gical iiudei^t 'i^n ih^ I>Ie i.>: '^i^itt.
It presents a coa^{ ictc series oc the ^-u^tc
• It was briedy CL.i:i.:r^.J io Gent. Mii.
Jan. Ibio. p. ^.
1854.]
Miseeiianeatu Reviews,
399
I
I of the aouth of Enfflatid, with
th« underlying and over lying wealden and
efieoe bed*, csrposed under the neatest
▼ariety of circumatences^ and affordti, in
the roioantic lea and land cliffy which con-
stitnte the chief feature of the pictnresqne
beauty of the island, an endlesa variety of
aectiona in which their strocturc may he
readily ezamtned. From these also may
be obtained an abnudiint supply of foafil
recDaini in excellent preservation. The
beanty of its scenery, its ready acccaaihility
from the metropohs, and the af reeahlenesa
of the climate, render the Isle of Wight a
favourite resort* Dr. Mantell's *' Excur-
sions *' will be found a jilpasant and in-
stractive hand-book for visitors. We ob-
serve that it is in its third edition, and is
pnhlibhed as one of Mr. Bohn's wcll-knoirn
and excellent series of popular scientific
works. We may hope, therefore, that the
neglect of the geology of the island la-
mented by the author in the prt face to the
first edition has ceased, and is being re-
placed by an interest which will tend
equally to the advancement of science and
the gratification and instruction of the
viiitora themselves.
Nw§h and Tal€f hjf G^he. Tram-
hU^ chiefly by R. D. Boylan, Stq,
(Bohn's series,) — The first of these trans-
lations, ** Elective Affinities/' ia announced
in the preface as beiug contributed by ^* a
gentleman well-known in the literary world,
who doe^ not wish his name to appear.'*
At a translation, it may rank among the
chef-d'teuvres of our time. As to the de«
fifableoeaa of making the great German
more fomiliarly known to English every*
day readers, through the translation of
such a work, we care little to discuss it.
It will do no harm, we believe, and it is
every way better that a man should not be
a myth, but a plain reality, when be haa
left abundant materials for showing him-
self as he was or is. The construction of
the story, its utter absurdity and ridicu-
lous moral or immoral puzzles, render it
unlikely to seduce any one from the plain
faths of duty and of ordinary good>Miise.
t is not GAtbe, not any one in short of
the German novel writers we know, how-
ever wrong we may think them, that will
do any harm in England. It is the
Eugene Sues, the Georges Sands, that
breathe a poisoned breath orer our moral
atmosphere, and that not because of their
indelicacies, but because of their deliberate
and powerful attacks upon alt social insti-
tutions; because they heartlessly knock
aside the crutch upon which the cripple
leans, without doing any thing which can
enable him to go without it.
Lyra AuttraliM i OTt Attempts to Siny
in a Stranyt Land. By Caroline W.
Leakey. —Australia b in many reapectf
an exceedingly queer place. Salt-water
fish Inhabit its Hvets i some of its best
looking fruit it made of wood, having at
least its hardness, and the cherries there
grow with their stones not on the tn but
on the oti/-side. It is the last place in
the world where we shonldi have yet ex-
pected to have fallen in with a poet or
poetess. A sterile place, first sown broad-
cast with felons and afterwards occupied
by struggling men essapng to becoitfe
rich, and having no other object in the
world, iii hut an nop ro mi sing locaHty for
the miustrcl. But the truth appears to
be that these genernliUes will no longer
apply to the wide continent at the anti-
podes. Woman, the great civilizer, has
established a home there, and the sisters
of song are not mute amid sounds of daily
care and strife, success and failure. The
echoes of the Australian harp have reaefa^
England, at last, and they tend to prove
that a well-qualified bird can sing at all
times and in all places, now in the sun
and anou in the shade. In the pretty
volume before us we have mourofut mea-
sures illustrative of the shadowi of Death,
more cheerful strains brightening with
hope, metrical tale« which esiity wis the
ear, and miscellaneolis poems wherein
mirth alternates with sadness. We add
one sample from the lady's measure, add-
ing that it rather suits our space than
does justice to her roerlta»
A Calm at 8ea,
And we npon tlie bonndleu lake alou« t
The «tiU ah- gtrt as wtth a i«pptilrc ions ;
Above a Md of araentness—the tiue
'Vht lallor leves to call lifai own, tnta blae {
The sea, sntraac'd as twat bjr tome imre Uioogbt,
In rttant gattng Q]k, from tieaven lud eaugtit
A deeper dye of lovellBea and grace,
A thooBand i|alet mdlas upon its &ce ;
Until almoit wearied wa
Of the sweet monotony,
IM M'iih wroe spirit would aruiue
The nlQinbrou,^ ocean from repose.
So calm, M tlko the htisli of mighty Deatk^
When be hath fttayed the Isdt fhiut stniggllJig
broath,
And left, where ant was warm Titallt}%
A coJd but boavtUta! mortality.
The Band ^f Hope Review, and Child.
ren*g Friend^ 1853. — ^The second year of
a monthly paper, (its price one half-
penny,) deigned " to train up the young
in Temperance and Peace principles, — In
obedience to parents, — the observance ef
the Sabbath, — the practice of kindness to
animals^ — and, abote allj, a love for the
Sacred Scriptures/' These are excellent
objeoli ; and they are njrged in a great
AmiifM
[A|iril,i
t by Mr. H. Aacfaf .
of it wfllttvetiboB ii
r<ib^, A'#, »<,)— Tfcii ii "A iniriw iiilftrarjliOvl^bB]
riwi^iBiM Bf fhf TTrliiri irf fUjrTr il-nn * fer,«JUq«lraittl kiAicir «lmlM»i
1W atffav^ «te w vtil bmni m Ifce be if md^tnlj dr««« hcfoad Mi i
r«f Uifdilifvt. te8l]fa,hM tmli* A tatcac^ ta tic "Co
risfliit«9feicatilk4« of ctep. fi. - Esiest •! kaovM
ilMk«liymdkt^ilillHMlitf«. nioBcflkeUKhc
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES,
fhl.n. LoH ViMWl MalMMi« Firail-
Mf. IbfliBW Bittam vlfat, of Swke-
■M-TrMt Mr. J«feA Hah** editor of
K nHbBlii LiMm I^ev*, ijad Mr.
MO. WAA0 cf lifw-
Mtf ably PMpiw <f
' Twmg 1 porooBol
JMt MfliBM !■■ pri0|prMl0ir# AMMiif
llMBVit Afl Mif MMft draalar ilmk «r
iqme cold Md vitiiikd imUm, wliieh
ii iMtefltiad fa tlw Nenia BnluBin of
Biylii
TCi Bar. Dr. CoUisfvood Braee read
wm maamtA of the esmvaliaaa node laat
aofianV o« tfc* lk< of the Bflaen WeD
(of vhicfc wr hAT« tlfcadj pfca eone
■0tiet in oitr ttiey>fliiii for Deeeipber, p.
il7> Dr.BfifliCipiCMedhiiflpiBHmthat
Ihe emiMm tm Hn WaU «m aoi roafed,
iBfl Be mMDaMB ttcv siaiatoicr fiimi
Mm a# ihi baa-Nlldb OB IV^jaB'e ColnBUi.
Ra oiiihhBi Hal the fmt Will waa
'^awf not io uadk a oankr to reeiat
ck. ai a Une of fertiaaica to eoauBaad
ygmatry* IChla k iluywn bj tbe prin-
1 latee opcaiBf an tbe Kortbem aide :
it appauB tbai at a aiibietpeiit period
ere mmdk aomncted ia tbeir di-
ia* thk leeaM to indicate a
ydtm the barbariaaa had become
foraudftble. M HooKateadt the
arn gate waa i«dnced to kaa than
aU^ and the ihnihold riiaed moie
tbree feei (tee DeeoBber, p. 616).
atinf diaaofOfi baa laontij beeo
He fidaity of Hooaataeib. A
10 ofif the campr but oa the
t ^yie of the wiU, haa
I la have been aa am}
netarca hare bam fooad m
lafothcrl
Brteaia, and aa TV^^o'e i
thai aH^eirBr'a raiapaiga a|MMl
Marck 2, i. P. ColIkr« eaq* T.P.
John More Molyaaai^ aa^. of ]
Parki Sarrey, Robert Fckmob, UUSk I
Rjde, tba Rrr. Jaha wArfioa Mi
M*A. and Sir Babort Bardett* Bte«»i
electad FeOam.
Lord Lottdeahovomh eihibilcd Iwa 1
luc caameOad plaooea, aeeo!
letter ham Mr. Fairbolt.
kaowaof thdr hiatoryi bottbef appear!
hate baea pottiooa of aa al£u'*piace.
%area of SHnd and Solovon, of 1
naead eapper gilt, we afiiad to theae 1
tiona bf aopper piaa, and each haa the I
of the personage rrpreaeatail, with the 1
ditloB pp. for ympk&lA. Ihej are
poaed to be the wodi of the "
oe&ttuy,
Mr. 0*NeiU exhibited aeveral
of Irifb crof^ct, two fron the oomuSf
lOlkeDnjp two from tbe.coonty Loalb,
aad the reat from Tippcrarj,
Menrt. Warner ethibited bj the haadi
of Chadca Reed, aao. a oelt taoald, aad
aome porae daapa of the nadlKf al period.
Mr. Braoe, "Wiaanrof. exhibitad a fine
sttd curioaa apwiaiea of the old BmBA
caclE pottle. It ia atamped <* Sack I Al,^
Ooe thai bai beea engraTed ia HalliweU'a
Sbakapere ia fimitariT marked ''Sack
1650/' Bad A third ia MarnrAtt*a Hiatorr
of PotUry, *» S«ck 1^59." Aphotognmh
of Ibia object wai preseated bj Dr. Dia-
mond.
Mr* Edward Phillipi, of Covcntrj, <
hibitcd fereral cuHoai ezampka of ;
1854.]
Antiquarian ReMearche^,
401
I
^m tkim
^m ttmc
L
griia«* sigut in J«ftd ; some coins ; imil a
cut in copper of tbe silver medal struck
by the Diitcb on the execution of Charles
the First, Tliey were founds together
mih B. dagger, in Ibe Sherborne river ut
Coveutijr.
Mr. Collier, V.r, read a momoir, ca-
titlcd "Sir Waiter Raleigh and Sir Fraacia
Vere/' in coiitmuatioa of bis former com-
munications regarding tbe life and career
of Raleigh. The chief point which was
now iliustrated wilb regard to that states-
man was to prove that he posficssed the
monopoly of grantiog licences for aclliog
wine* anterior to the date of tbe defeat of
the Spanish Armada : on which occasion
Mr. Tytler and other biographers had
stated that it was conferred upon him«
The documents adduced ehow that he was
necociattiif a reoewal of tbe patent in
1587, With regard to Sir Francis Vcre,
after citing some passages of iiia Com-
mentaries relative to Raleigh» Mr, Collier
intro-duced a nanative of an attempt which
was made by the young Earl of Northum-
berland to call the veteran to account for
baring spoken slighCiDgly and jeeringly of
youthful lords,
March 9, John Bruce, esq. Trcas. in
the chair.
The Rev. Thomas Hugo eihihited a
broQie armilla, sBid to have been found iu
the Thames near Fleet Ditch.
The conclusion of Mr. H. H. Brcen's
*^ Memoir on the Caribs, or Aboriginal
Inhabitants of the Lesser Atitjlks," was
then read^ Tbe writer maintains that
there is do foundation for the charge of
cannibalism brought by Europeans against
the Caiibsj and considers it a story in-
vented us ttu excuse for the cruelty exer-
cised Against that very interesting and
now extinct race. The Caribs had aluo
been represented as being tnsenjiible to
tbe passion of love \ a charge which Mr,
Brien considers equally unfounded, and
negatived by tbe melancholy tem|)eraaient
of these people.
Frederic Onvry, esq. F.S.A. communi-
cated an account of the discovery of some
remains of the Anglo- Saxon period at
.MentmorCp in Buckinghamshire, during
excavations for a mansion now building by
the Baron M. A. de Rothschild* Several
interments have been brutt^ht to lights
and with some of the skeletons has been
discovered that distinctive accompaniment
of Anglo-Saxon burial, the iron knife.
The ground had been previously used
either by tbe Romaus or by a tribe ob-
serviug the practice of cremation, ai shown
by many traces of ashes. A coin of
ConBtans also occurred « Mr. Ouvry ex-
hibited several objects found at Mentmore,
among which were a circular fibula very
Gent* Mao, Vol, XLL
closely reaembtiog a specimen found by
Mr. Wylie in the Anglo-Saxon graven at
Fairford in Gloucestershire^; a broose spur
assigned to the thirteenth century ; and
an iron instrument, coBJecturid to liavc
been used to prevent the wearer from
slipping when jousting on foot. He also
exhibited a fragment of a fine iincient
British urn, found with a skeleton at
Linchbde in tbe same neighbourhood; and
be stated that iti the adjoining parish of
Wing some Saxou iuterments were also
disturbed in digging the fouodations of
the schools.
March 16. J, P. Collier, esq. V.P*
Tlie following gentlemen were elected
Fellows: tbe Rev. Duncan Campbell, M*A,
Rector of Pentridge and Cranbome, Dor-
set; Henry Barrodt esq. soticitort Nor-
wich ; John Winter Jones, esq. Assistant
Keeper of the Printed Books in the
Britii^h Museum ; and George Grcnville
Pigott, esq. of Doddershall Paik, Bucks.
Sir Henry Ellis* Director, cjtbibited a
cast from the first Great Seal of Chsriea
IL bearing the date 1653 on both tides.
The original is attached to a general Par-
don dated T Jan. I6ti0-1, granted to
William Meredith, esq. of Leeds Abbey,
Kent. Sandford bas given an outline en-
graving of this seal.
Henry Chiaholm, c«q. presented an im-
pression of tbe ancient seal of the Cham-
berlains of the Excliequer. It is of silver,
about the sixe of a half-crown, and bears
the fnll-faced head of the King, placed
between two keys, and beneath it a lion.
passant. Tbe legend is ^iguUu' oflKcU
rrrrptr t rarrarit rrgis in an g I in. It is
probably of the reign of Edward I*
This seal, which is now in the custody
of Lord Monteagle, tbe Auditor of the
Exchequer, is still used for sealing war-
rants for legalising weights and mea-
sures.
A paper entitled " Notices of the last
days of Isabelln Queen of Edward tbe
Second, drawn from an account of the ex-
penses of her Household," by Edward A.
Bond, Egerton librarian in the depart-
ment of MS S. in the British Museum, was
then read.
March 23. Sir R. H. Inglis. Bart. V.R
A letter having been read from the
Treasurer, announcing hts resignation of
tbe office, it was moved by Edward Haw-
kins, esq. and seconded by Wm. Durrsnt
Cooper, es<i, ** That the Society concur
with tbe Council in expressing their re-
gret at the toss which they have severally
experienced by the retirement of John
Br nee, esq. from the office of Treasurer ;
and that they desire to acknowledge with
tlieir best thanks the eminent .^ervicei
^vhich he has rendered to tb»i Society in
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the ditcharge of the duties whioh have
been confided to him.''
Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Baft.
and Ekhard Redmond Caton, esq. of
Park Hill, Sliropshirc^ were elected Fel-
lowi of the Society*
John Evans, e»q. P.S.A. cominuDicated
an account of the Mflrriagc Eipenict of
the daughter of Sir William More^ of
Lofelefr in the year 1567, transcribed
from one of the tmpubltshed IvOittley MSS.
The Secretary then read a tratislfttion
of a commuuicatloLi from M. Frederic
Troyon, of Bel Air, deacriptive of an arti-
ficial bill called la Motte du Cbatdard, at
Chavannfif on the river Ve;ron. This
hill I which was flnrrounded by two con-
centric ditcher, has been recently removed^
and waa found to hafc bean formed of
altertiate beds of clayey earth miied with
fliuts^ and of charcoal and cinders. The
latter contained a large quantity of the
bones of auimah of all kinds, bat no hn*
mail bonea or cinerary orna. The condu-
flion ia that thb monnd waa a taorifidal
altar ; and M. Troyon cited some afmilar
monuments of uncient iilolalry that have
been observed in Ru&aia aod in various
parts of Germ any. They answer to I be
description given by Pausanias of the altar
of the Olympian Jopiter.
SOOtXTY or Atm^UARIEB OF NKW*
CASTLE-tfpON-TYNK.
Fth. 6, The 41st aiintverfary of this
Society was held^ John Hodgson Hinde,
©so. V.P. in the chair.
The report of the Council announced
the completion of the third part of the
fourth volume t»f the Society's Transac-
tions; and that tbecuucludiug part of that
Yolnms would be printed this year. It
vritl contain some valuable transcripts from
the public records relating to Northumber-
land snil to the Castle, Much progress
has been made in the preparation of the
Catalogae of Roman Antiquities. The
sculpture*, altar^t and inscriptions have
been examined uud numbered by tbe Rev.
Dr. Bruce^ and it ii proposed that the
Catalogue, which will ap^iear dunns^ the
summer, shall be illustrated with wood-
engravings.
Mr. Clayton submitted an inscription,
recently found a few yards from the House-
steads mile-castle, Din Coeidio Vaifiius
F. 8, L. M. Thin* is the second inscri]!'
tioD to the BHtieih Mars tluit ba^ been
found in Northumberland.
Mr. Adamson laid before the meeting n
dttalogne he had prepared of the North-
umbrian Stycas, in the posscsi^ion of the
Society ; and another of their ooUection of
Tradesmen's Tokens.
Eitracts were read from several Inqui*
sitions of Proofs of Age^ preserved in the
Tower of London, relative to North-
nmbriau faroiliest from the reign of Ed-
ward IlL to that of Richard 11.
Mr. Robert Brown^ of Sunderland, com-
municated '" an Inquiry into the origin of
the name Suuderlandf and as to the births
place of Venerable Bede." Tlie passage
of Bede*s Ecclesiastical History in which
he speaks of himself ** qui natua in Utrh
iorio ejusdem mooasterii*' (Jarrow), alTe
translated by King Alfred as *^ Sunderland
of the monastery/' After an elaborate
iovestigation, Mr. Brown arrived at the
conclusion that the name of Sunderland
was applied excluitively to that part of
Wearmouth which was aundertd by the
river Wear from the actual estate of the
monastery, and upon which a town of
artificers and others was formed at an
early period „ probably in the seventh cen-
tury. It is remarkable that Webster in
his Anglo-American Dictionary still defines
the £ogliih word *' territory " in this
sense : '* A tract of land belonging to and
under the dominion of a prince or state,
lying at a distance from the parent country
or from the seat of go vera meat \ ai, the
territories of British India, the territories
of the United States, the territory of Ml-
chigan, the North- West territory :'' add-
ing, with reference to the latter eiamples :
** These districts of country, when rec«if6d
into the Union and acknowledged to be
States, lose the appctlaiion of Territory.*'
Whilst Monk-Weormoulh and Bishop*
WearmoQth belonged to the Monks and
the Bishop respectively, SundiirUnd-by-
the- Sea was all andent freehold r
Mr. Caley, of Gateshead, exhibited A
gorgeous dalmatic, supposed to be four
hundred years old ; and a stole, of still
higher antiquity ; and also a ** Jacobite
garter,'' several ynrda in length, and worked
with this inscription \^
Come lett us with one heart agree
To pray that God may bless P. C*
The members then proceeded to the an-
nual election, which resulted as follows t—>
The Duke of NorthnmherUndT Patron ;
Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart. F.S.A,
President; Sir C. M. L, Monck, Bart.
Mr. Hodgson Hinde, and the Hon. U,
T. Liddell. M.P., Vice-Presidents; Mr.
Adamaon, F.L.S, &c- and Dr. Charltoa*
Secretaries ; Mr. A damson, Treasurer ;
Rev. E. H, Adamaon, Dr. Bruce, and
Messrs. Thomas Bell, John Clayton, Joba
Dobson, John Fenwick, William Kcdl,
H. G. Potter, O. B. Richardson, E. Spoor,
M. Wheatley, and Robert W^ite, Council.
March I. Mr. G. Bourchier Ricbardaoo
read a paper on Sir John Marlay and hla
OescendantBt Descended from an nocEieiit
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lAcaily in the Nortlu Sir John Marlaj was
knighted bf Kiog Chflrlei I. in 1639, and
wfti afkerwarda Mayor of Newcastle when
that town was besieged by the Scote in
1644, On their triumph he w&a severely
persecuted «8 a deUoqueot, and on the
iSd Jitne» 1645, wm committed to the
Tower ** for high treason, aud for levying
mstuiil war agiun»t the King and Parlia-
ment." At the Reit oration he resumed
his post as a magistrate in Newcastle, was
sent to represent the borough in Parlia-
ment, and was progenitor of a family which
tow some generations maintained its im-
portance* Through one of fits eons he was
ancestor of • Chief Justice of Irelnnd, «
Bishop of Clonfert, and the great Irish
orator and statesman Henry Grattan.
Mr. HodgM>n Hinde presented to the
Society an exact transcript from the Red
Boole of the Exchequer, compiled in the
reign of Henry III. of the rents payable
from certain baronies tti Northumberland
for the ward or defence of the Castle,
nillTTSU ARCMJKOLOGICAL A^^«lOCl ATION.
Feb. 22, S. R. Solly, F.R.8., F.S.A.,
V.P., iotheChatr.
The Rev. Mr. Hugo exhibited a fine
itone oelt found in the bed of the Thames
in October last. It belonged to the second
diWaion of Mr, Hugo's arrangeaients of
those implements as given in the Journal
of the Association. Mr. Gunston laid upon
the table some specimens of encaustic tiles,
the oiioet ancient of which was from Dor-
ehetler Abbey » Oxon, and the latest from
St, Bartholomew's, Smithfield, Mr, C,
Elliott eihibtted a remarkably fine Roman
▼aae, containing the remains of an entire
body after cremation. It formerly be-
longed to the Rev. Mr, Spurgen of Nor*
widb, and he obtained it from Cats tor,
Norfolk. Mr Elliott ahu txhibited a
Roman terra-cotta lamp^ in the centre of
which a gladiator ia depicted. Mr. Petrie
produced a large collection rjf keys, spoons,
ahesinst a short sword, knives, &c, obtained
during the paAt year whilst forming the
new sewers at Greenwich. They were, as
might he expected » of difffreiu periodu,
and among them were five tine hpedraens
of keys bctoutcing to the fittt^eoth century,
and a pewter spoon of the time of EliEa-
beth. The sword was considered to be
also of that period.
Mr. Scott exhibited two drawings be had
jast made of two Bepulchral slabs lately
discovered in the city, on the site of the
Church of St. Beoetfink, Threadneedle
Streel, One of these, obtained at a depth
of lit fcct, was taken out of the old foun-
dation walls, the design upon it being a
shaft supporting a circle (most probably a
cross), together with an interlaced omt-
ment not onfrequently seen on Saxon or
early Norman sculptures. A slab resem-
bling this ia engraved in the xviith vol. of
the Archieologia^ and was found at Cam-
bridge in 1810. The other slab was dis-
covered 50 feet on the south side of the
church, and at a depth of 15 feet from the
surface* This had a raised trefoil-beaded
cross, and the remains of an inscriptioD,
which was read thus : [Of your cbaritic]
for the soul of William Bron pray a pater-
noster,
Mr. H. Syer Cuming read the first of a
series of paper illustrative of stone irople*
ments, and exhibited a large snd fine col-
lection of sjiecrimcns of the axe, the adze,
and hammer, to which the statements in
tlie present paper were confined. He
pointed out the importance of carefully
studying the works of ravage nations who
still relaia the use of stone instruments,
with a view to the belter understanding of
the lithic relics discovered in the Britannic
i§lands ; suggesting that in the islands of
the Pacific ocean may still be found a
reflex of the habits and mode of life of our
own rude ancestors. Mr, Cuming de»
scribed in detail the more simple form of
the axe or celt, making a distinction be-
tween it and the adze, which had been
overlooked by antiquaries, and be enume-
rated the different kinds of mauls, ajio-
hamniers, and axes with perforation! for
handles, and closed his examination of the
European division by condemning the
theory of ThorUeiuti, who contended that
these things were mere emblems of the
power of Tborj the mighty Thunder-god
of the North. Having alluded to the
asserted discovery of stone iuiplements in
India, Mr, CucnJng proceeded to view the
specimens obtained from the Hepukhral
mounds of North America. The axes,
adxes, &c, of the savages, of the Oceanic
regions were also dwelt upon, special men-
tion being made of the terrible Meri of
the New Zealandero, and of the curiously
hafled ad3»s from the Hcrvey's ^roup.
Afore A 8, Ralph Bernal, esq, Prca*
Mr. Sadd exhibited a Saxon fibula of A
circolar form, and alio an enamelled me-
dieval badge found at Cambridge. The
fbrm of the badge, which lias a ring for
suspeniiion, is that of a quatrefoil inclosing
a square in which on a blue ground ia •
lion passant regardant. A semi-fleur de
lis dimidiated per fees appears in each.
semicircle, the ground being red; the
animtd, flowers, snd bordenog lines are
black. It was conjectured to be of the
middle of the sixteenth centnry. Mr»
Brent exhibited a leaden token found be-
tween Canterbury and Fordwich. On one
side were the letters u b, and on the other
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KlMCEjfNV AKO SOUTH-EAST OF IRELAND
A&Cn^O LOGICAL SOCIETY.
Jan, 18. The fiftb annual meeting of
this Society wm bcl4 at Kilkenny, Patrick
Watler*, esq* in the chair. The report
announced an increaiie of 113 members
till ring the past j&Lr^ and 20 were elected
at thjji meeting.
Mr. John Dunne of Garryricken com-
miinicated some interesting notices at a
travelliQf bard or antiqnary, named Wil-
liam Meagher, who set out at an early age
from the flag« of Coolaugh, his oattre
place, on a literary cxcnndon through the
hofpitable counties of Munster ; tiud after
an ahtenoe of iteveral years returned home
loaded, both extemftUy aod internally, with
all the ancient tore of the province. He
printed hia collections at Carrick-oa-Suir
in 1B10, under an Irish title, which tmns-
latod nHum, ''The Garland of Honey
Flowen, colled from the writing:* of the
most eminent Bards of the Rin^dom/*
Edward Hoare^ esq, of Cork, commti-
tiicated a paper on his annnUr brooch^
which was engrared in our Magazine for
February.
Dr. Keating of ColUn made a comma-
nication relative to the antiquities of that
town : and other papers were received,—
On the abortive scheme (nearly one hua-
dred yean since) to connect Killenoy with
the tidal waters of the Nore; On the Pagan
cemetery on Halloo hill, co. Carlo w, by
Mr. Richardson Smith ; On the Trades-
men's Tokens of the Seventeenth Century,
by Dr. Aquilla Smith. M.R,LA. \ On the
Ormonde Coin,, with aa Appendix on Mr.
lindsay's printed list of Ancient Coins,
by the same ; On the Surrender of Rosa
Castle^ Killaraey, in Jane 16^2^ by John
P. Prendergast, esq* barrister.at-law ; and
On the ancient Red Book of the Exchequer,
at Dublin, by James F. Fergnson, esq.
PA1.E8TINK ARCH.SOLOOIOAL
ASSOCIATION.
Ftb. 28. The first general moetiiig of
this Association , the formation of which
was noticed in our last nnmbcr, p. 280,
was held at 22, Hurt Street, B loo mti bury
Sqaare,.J>r. I^ce in tbc chair, — The chair-
man addressed the meeting upon the ob-
jects and progress of the society, winch
already nujnbored more than eighty 8ub>
scribing members, most of whom had pre-
sented donations towards carrying out ihe
objects of the society. The Rev, Dr.
Tnrnbiill, one of the secretaries, thea
exphuned the origin and principal features
of the Association at length.
Mr. W. H. Black read a paper *H)n the
necesfary Connection between the Anti*
quities of Palest! oe and Biblical Interpre-
tation."
Mr. W, F. Aiusworth read a paper *♦ Oi>
the Primitive Monnmeots of Palestine,"
in which he showed that, with the excep-
tion of the monument discovered by Capt.
Byam Martin on the west side of the Jor-
dan, the monolith of Rihah, and the sap-
posed stone of Bohan, none of the primi-
tive monuments noticed in the Holy Wri-
tings had as yet been discovered, nor had
any of the iellM, mounds, or heaps of ruin,
so Qumerotis throughout the country, been
excavated or explored in search for them
or for other antiquities.
Mr, Ains worth read a paper from the
Chevalier de Vandervclde, who bad been
recently to the shores of the Dead Sea, to
examine the site of M. de Sautcy^s sup*
posed discovery of the ruins of Sodom, and
which he stated to be merely a collection
of stones rolled down by the neighbouring
torrents.
BXCATATIONS AT NlKSVlKH.
Of late the French Govertiment has
made some renewed attempts in the en-
virons of Khorsabad, The ruins formerly
in part examined by M. Botta occupy a
rectangnlar space of great extent, in which
at certain intervals occnr small conical
hills supposed to mark the sites of towers
or fortified gates which defended the walls.
M. Botta hid not excavated theie ele-
vations, and M. Place therefore paid great
attention to this task. The first objects
foand consisted of some small articles of
agate, marble, aod cornelian, of such
preservation and polish as if they had
recently issued from the bands of the
artist la another of the hiUs was found
a large staircase, or rather a series of
terraces, formed of burnt and inicribed
bricks. Below the lowest of these terraces
was a double muierrain^ built with great
accuracy. Excavations made in the east
side of this hilt led to the discovery of
brass hinges and pins, which had belonged
to doors, of which nothing but the metal
and the stones in which these were fixed
remained. M. Place next arrived at
a spot which has received the name o(
the Magazine of Pitchers. No adequate
idea can be formed of the quantity of vases
found in this locality ; they were of all
shapes and sizes — broad^ narrow, com*
pressed, aod contracted at their oriilcc*
Most of ihcoi had been broken by the
weight of the earth which rested upon
them ; still lS\. Place discovered some
which were perfect, and which will form the
nucleus of a collection of Assyrian ceramic
nrt. They were filled with clay, which,
however I had become an hard that it was
impoasible to remove it, without, in many
cases, breaking the vases. Some contained
articles made of caat copper, amongst which
406
Aniiquarian HesearchH*
[April,
were tome heatk of gaxeMes, fkithfaUy
reeemblin^ those repieaeated on the bniBfi
rclievi, and M. Place thinki that thjsy were
u<ed for baling^ out the wine or oil con-
tained in the pitchers. On tbe eastern
fitde of the waIIm is nnotlier tiflU wliich
M. Place cftnaed to be excavated. It coo-
taiaed pitcheriif 1 m^tre 04 higbf and tiie
red precipitates found at their bottooiii
prove tlittt these hallii vrere the wiue-celliirs
of the old uionarchs of Aiiyria. M. Place
ejcamined ail parts of the palace ^ and
wherever be founi;l the subterranean gal-
lerieii, be perceived tliat the Awyrion
irohitectB bad used both the pointed and
rotmd arch. M. Place next directed his
attention to what M. Uotta bad euUed
ehe " ruined building/* but bad left un-
explored. He soon came to the coa^
victioQ that, far from being a ruined
haildingp this part of the palace was in
the course of conitruction at the time the
whole became a ruin. On inspecting the
circumvallation of the city, M. Place re-
marked on the aoutb-weat side a pretty
high hill» apparently another unexplored
mound of the aamc fixe, and equalling in
extent of area that ot the large palace.
But it is not a single palace or palaces
wbicb await farther esLamination, but a
whole Asayriaa city may yet be diacovered
and exbujned.
At a mountain called Maltai, being one
of the range dividtng the plains lying
beyond the first tier of the MesopotaLinian
iDouutiutiSt on long rangei of perpendicular
rock, resembling waits built by nature,
have been discovered large incised bassi*
relievi, containing thirty-two figure?, 1 m.
3J in height. They comprise three com-
partments, and represent persons standing
in rows, and holding in their bandlB
the staff of command, crowns or rings,
branches of trees, &c, ; they are ideated on
the backs of animals, bulla or lions, — not
resembling those of Kborsabad, as they
have neither wings nor haman heads and
tiaras. The hill of Baviao, north-east of
Khorsabad, possesses also, like that of
Maltai, a number of these basst-relieTi cut
in the rock. They arc undoubtedly the
work of Assyrian artists [ and amongst
them is, nearly on the top of the hiU, a
sculpture, divided into nine compartments,
njpreaenttog figures of Assyria a king«,
or natural size, and resembliog those
at Kborsabad. Four of these hgitros,
being out of reach, are in a fine state of
fMTtservation.
AllTlUVITiet» Of ROMI.
In laying the foundation for the Pas-
lioQtst Convent at the Scala Santa, have
been lately discovered some stibstructures
of the ancient Lateran Palace conferred
by Constaotine on the Popes^ conaiderable
remains of which existed in the time of
Sixtus V,, but were IcTellcd with iha
ground for the construction of Iha building
destined to contain the holy stairs — the
chapel, now called '* Sancta Sanctoram,"
alone excepted. A bath and its conduits,
a well, still supplied with water, and va-
rious small chambers, arc here distin-
guishable by the fragments of walls, at
the height of one or t«o feet, in fUman
brickwork of tbe best description ; fluted
columns and Corinthian capitals of white
marble lie strewn in fragments, very im-
perfect ; bat the nioiit valuable diseoterf
is an ancient mosaic, forming tlia pave*
ment of a hall, and measuring 60^ by d6
palms — therefore the largest Roman mosaic
unbroken into fragments yet brought to
light I i^ot, however, that it is preserved
intact, having sunk into holes, now filled
with water, in more than one place. The
material i^ marble, of grey, yellow, and
green tints, mixed with red porphyry : tba
design, a series of octagotis with decorated
borders, and oblongs presenting the oma-
men'tal pattern resembling interwoven rib-
bons of various colours, known by the
term ** £tniscaD meaodera." Of tbe oc-
tagons there are forty-eight, four con*
tainiog heads, male and female, which are
merely expressed by inlaid outlines, with
an intermixture of marble and smalt » the
others containing designs in flowers and
foliage gracefully conceived, one in ^e
form of A floral cross most frequently re-
peated. This mosaic will be removed, and
placed in tlte Late ran Museum. Viaconti
has published a learned report of these
excavations in the official papers. He has
since aDnoimced the diacoirery, on the
Fiame i^pot, of two silver coins, with the
names of Leo IV. and the Emperor Lo-
thatre, expressed in quaint monograms,
that of the emperor having tbe letter H,as
names now written with the initial L are
said to have been anciently written HL,
to indicate the gutterai pronunciation
then given them \ also a leaden &ti/i4, or
the seal appended to papal edicts, tlumea
called ^* bulls,'" with the name of Cdestine
III., and heads of Saints Peter and Pasd
on the reverse.
407
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Tk« fTmrwHh RuMsia*— Some remarkt in
[ the Journal cJc St. Petersbotirp, inalludon
to negoctationg betvveeu the Rii^sian and
English Governments in the early part of
last year^ have indured the English Mi-
Diitrf to lay before Parliament the secret
correapODdence betweeu Sir G. HainlU
lati Sefmuur and the English ForeigQ
' Office, ia which the whole tnitia«etion ap-
pemrs in dfttaiL It appean that coniiden-
i tial ooinmanicatioue were made p«rsot]nllv
by the Bmperor Nicholas to thr* Englisii
representative, to the effect that Hie Turk-
iflh Empire was in the condition of a sick
man, who might die at any moment, and
that it vras desirable an uuderstanding
ihould be arrived at between Rusiia and
EngUod as to the course to be adopted in
t of its dissohitioni thathd should not
pit the establishmant of an indt'pendent
Empire, or that any other Power
_^__^ letse Constantinople, but that he
wottld not occiipy it except provisianftliy.
He also stated that he should mfike no
objection to England taking po&s«>ssion of
Egypt and Candia, and that he was sure
! coDi«ot of Austria, and was indif-
|t as to the view which iniglit be taken
ance, provided England and Russia
f^ire^S agreed. To tliia it waa replied by
Ix»rd J* Russell, and afterward Lord Cla-
rendon, that they h id no reason lo thtok
Ihat tblb ease of Turkey was so desperate,
^«Qy such amn^ements as were pro*
1 by the Emperor were the surcit way
ng about the catastrophe which wof
flrcsded, and that the Enghsh government
desired no accession of territory.
It U stated by the Moniteur tbHi suh-
aequently to these communications simUar
OTertnrtii were made through the medium
'of Baron Kisseltff to the Emperor Napo^
leoQ with the same result.
On the 'iUh of Feb. a formal mromons
Was despatched to the Emperor of Russia
I liy the govern m en ta of France and Eoglind,
' ealHng upon bim to give a promise to
e?acaute the principalities by the AOiU of
, Aprils aud recjniring him to give nn answer
within fix days ot the receipt of thet com-
mumcfttion. Immediately upon its re-
ceipt, however, the English and French
Consuls were informed by Count Neseel-
rode that DO anawer would be given.
A Declaration of War appeared on the
2<^th of Maroh in the Supplement t^ the
London Oaaette, The docnment goes tt
considerable length ioto the history of
the transactions which have ended in the
present rupture. It states that Her Ma-
jesty had assiiited in promoting an arrange-
ment by which justice was done to the
complaints of the Emperor of Russia with
respect to the holy places. That the
Russian govemmrnt, contrary to its ansu''
ranees given to Her Majesty, made de-
mands upon the Sultan, winch substituted
the Emperor of Russia's authority for his
own, over a large portion of his subjeetSf
and enforced those demands with a threat.
That in consequence Her Muje«ty thought
proper that her fleet ehould} in co-opera~
tion wftli that of the Emperor of the
French, advance to the neighbourhood of
the Dardaueltest That this advance was
not prior, but snbjiequent, to the reaolu-
tion of the Russian Emperor to invade
the principal i ties ; the menace of invasion
haTing been conveyed in Count Nesscl-
rode*s note to Redachid Pasha of the 19th
(31st) of May, and rc-star^d in his desjiatch
to Baron Brunow of the 20th of May (1st
of June), which announced the intention
to occupy the principalities, if the Porte
did not within a week comply with the
demAudji of Russia i while the despatch to
Her Majesty's ambassador, authorising
him to send for the fleet, was dated the
31st of May, and the order to the Admiral
to proceed to the Dardanelles wia dated
the 2nd of June. The declaration goei
en to relate the attempts wadei in con-
junction with the sovereigns of Anstria,
France* and Prussia, to maintain and tub*
sequcntly to restore peace, and concludes by
Htatiug that thoee having been ineffeotnali
and the Emperor ^f i?M^.^iJi lu-ing manifently
bent on the do T the Ottoman
Empire, Her M _ _ called upon to
take up arms, in conjunction with the
Emperor of the Freneb, for the defence of
her ally the Snltao, and to save Europe
from the preponderance of a power which
has violated the faith of treaties, and
defies the opinion of the civilised world*
The English division of tlie army for
the East is intended to consist of abont
35,000 men under the command of Liord
A«gbn. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge
will have the command of one of the divi-
sions. Abont 10^000 men have embarked
for Malta, inclti^fing battalions of the Seoie
Magicienne
Archer
Des|ierate .
Conflict
Driver
GorgOQ
RoB&moad
Prometheus
AlbftQ
Lightning
40tJ Foreign News*
Fusilier and Coldsti-<»m guards. The
second divisiou U preparing for ecabarka-
tioo, and instructions have been sent to
MalU that the first should immediately
proceeJ to the Turkith dominions.
The fleet destined to operate in the
Bultic left Spithead oa the llth of March,
and the Downs on die lath* With a
fkTOurablfl wind this great fleet made tlie
oaast of Sweden in forty-eight hours. Ad-
miral Napier arrived in Copenhagen on
the 'iOth, haviDg left the fleet anchored in
Wingo Souud. At that time it consisted
of the following v^sels :
Scnw JAne qf Baiih Shipt,
Hone-
Guns. Toiii. Ctck, Power.
Duke of Welling*
ton . .131 3700 liao 780
Royal George .121 2616 m^ tOO
St/ Jean D'Acrc 101 3400 900 650
FHncesa Royal - 91 312!) 850 400
Creepy , * 81 2537 750 iOO
Hogue . . 60 1750 660 450
Ajai, . * CO ITGl 500 450
Blenheim . * 60 1747 600 450
Edinburgh . 5B 1772 €60 450
[April,
tronn. Ton*.
. 16 1258
. 14 973
« B 1100
. 8 1013
. G 1056
. t) 1111
. 6 1059
. 5 800
. 3 405
. 3 290
Crew.
960
170
175
175
160
160
160
100
50
50
Poirer.
400
200
400
4O0
280
320
286
220
100
100
Smiing Linw of BaiiU Ships.
Neptune . * 120 2705 990
Monarch . . 84 22B6 750
Boscawen . 70 2212 €50
Scrtw Frigaitt and Corvettes
Imperieuie
. 51
2347
530
360
Euryaltts .
. 51
2271
530
4O0
Arrogant .
Amphion .
. 4T
1872
450
360
, 34
1474
320
300
Dauntless .
. 33
1490
300
5B0
Tribune .
. 36
1570
30O
300
Miranda .
. 14
1039
170
250
Cruiier
. 14
750
160
60
Paddle-wheel Friffatet and
r shopt.
Leopard .
. le
1412
280
560
Odin
, 16
1310
270
5O0
Valorous .
. 16
1255
220
400
Dragon
. 6
1270
2O0
560
Bulldog .
. 6
1123
160
500
Vulture .
6
1190
200
470
Basilisk .
. 6
980
160
400
This fleet will hf! further augmented by
the following nhipiand yesselsi irrespective
of the French contingent : —
Ho(ric>
Gaiii. Toni. Crew. Fower.
St. George . 120 2719 970 —
James Watt * 91 3083 820 60O
Nile * . 91 2598 820 50O
CBMr * , 91 2761 850 400
Algiers * • 91 preiNiringAt Dtvonport
Hannibal . . 91 276ri 820 450
Prince Regent . 90 2613 820 —
Majestic . , 81 2589 750 4O0
Cumberland . 70 2195 700 —
Umni€i . . 41 1215 450 -^
ftnelope . . 16 1616 300 650
9
Four French sail of the line, one a screw
of 100 guns:, the Austerlitz, carrying Vice*
Admiral Duchesnes, arc on their way to
join the fleet.
Admiral Napier left Copenhagea for
Stockholm on the 22nd, and the fleet
entered the Great Belt on the 25th.
Rutxia. — The most vigorous prepara-
tions for defence are being carried on in
the Baltic porta. At Cronstadt the inha-
bitaota have been invited to leave the
towot and the houses have been fortified.
The Baltic provinces, as well as those bor-
dering on Prussia and Austria, have been
declared in a state of siege. The Rossian
Baltic fleet consiRts, according to the
Frcmden Blatt, of 27 ships of the line^ in-
cludifig 3 three>deckerti, 18 frigntes, and
15 corvettes and smaller vessels » besides
steamers , No ne of the Urge r TeneU hate
steam power. These are at present distri-
buted in the three ports of Cronstadt,
Revel, and Eiga.
Russia has acknowledged the neatrality
of Sweden,
France. — The fir»t portion of the ezpe-
ditiou to the East sailed from Marseilles
ou the 1 9th of March. The remsioder of
the force embarked in (he course of the
ensuing week at the ports of Toulon, Mar-
seilles, and Algiers. The French army
will proceed direct to Gallipoli, on the
peninsula which forms the European aide
of the DardaueUes. The General in Chief
is Marshal de St. A maud, late at the bead
of the Ministry of War. Prince Napo-
leon, the son of Jerome, commands ooie
of the divisions under biro* Manhal
Vaillant succeeds St. Arnaud aa Minister
of War.
A Convention hn^ been signed at Cofi-
ttantinopte betvi^een the representatives of
Turkey and the Western powers, by which
the Porte engages not to treat with Rosaia
without their consent, A separate treaty
provides for the amelioration of the condi-
tion of tlie Christian subjects of the Porte,
and their elevation to social and political
equality with Mussulmans.
The English steam frigate Retribution
was sent from Beicos Bay on the llth,
accompanied by the French steamer Ca-
ton, to stop the construction of a stockade
18540
Dofneaiic Occur tentes*
409
which the Rtusiaoi are esUtblt&liiQj; at tfao
mouth of th<! Danube. If the Rufgiftojs
resist r the Retribution lias ortJerji to lire
upon them. Steamers luaire also becu
detpatched to the coa»t of Epiras to witch
the Greek id surge alt , but the commatiders
have received a uotilicatjon from the
Turkish authoritica that their assi^^itancc
will not be required in auppreaaing the iu-
tjurrcctjon.
On the Danube the Roidiana have
abandoned the intetitiau of attacking Kat-
afat. They cootinue to receife consider-
able reinforcementi, but the itrength of
the forces on the two 6ide« of the Danube
continues nearly balanced.
On the 15th of March Gen. Gorticha-
koff endeavoured to take posgc&aion of an
island in the Danube opposite Turtukai*
The Turka^ however, gucceeded in de-
stroying a bridge which the HuKsiana hftd
built and occupied. The latter lost about
2OQ0 killed, the Turks scarcely sustainiii^
any loA0, Wc Icaru by a telegmpbic des-
patch from Vienna of the 27th of March.
that a Rtissiao force of 35,000 men crossed
the Danube on the 23rd from Drdilow.
Austraiia. The Committee on the oeir
Constitution for the Colony of Victoria
have given in their Report. All Legisla-
tive Cottncillors are to be British-bom
subjects, and to have a freehold quah6 ca-
tion of 10,000/. value, or 1000/. per ann.
A freehold of 1000/. or 100/. per ann., a
leasehold of 300/, a-year, or a degree in
any British University with a reside noe of
12 months in Victoria, will be the nuali-
fication for an taction to the Legul stive
Council. Meuihers of the Uou&e of As-
aenobly are to have freehold property of
wool, value or 1 00/. per atiu. and if an alien
to have been naturalized I'ive years, and
to have resided two years in the colony.
The qualification of ait elector to be a
freehohl of 5/. annual value, a leasehold
of 10/*, the being a householder of a 10/,
house, a holder of a salary of 100/. per
ann., or an occupant of crown liinds.
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
the 31st Jan. her Majcity opened
Wn of Parliament in person, and
the following Speech from the
** Mp iMrIt m4 G^tiemeR,—\ am alwsytt happy
to mast voo In Parllanieut ; sxtd on the jirtaont
' s n Is with peculiar ioHAfaction ttmt I recur
lo jovr aartiunce and Hdvkv,
** The bopsf mrhlcli 1 e&prejued at tJxi cloife of
tfta last ssiskifl, Uiat a «pe(Kly ««(tlMueflt woiiid bcs
eflaetid of the diirareoces sxtsttng between Kiuhsia
and the Otlonun Porte, htive not been realised *
and I regret to »}-
] liiite <HDn !
liwlth tho ^iiM
eor>,liT ■
Mtorr
I
rirf^ro baseti-
! sA co-ot)crS'>
I , BUid my en-
1.^ iiMK^^.tapretenc
:>]Uen<]in^ parties.
:;, Imvc iHscii nnre-
^'vcre in UitiMS en-
II 0 of Uio war may
;l» country, and of
ty nmk*'! II furth«?r
hi mi]ItAr>' foro4.»4,
uiy ri'pi-c*ejitarioii9t
II) limtin^ to Die n»ato-^
ftit^jTOcntatlon f.f
irltU the view of
Mttd uf more elT<.t lu
ration of |ie«c«. 1 Have directed tUst the papers
cxplanatiny of the negociailons which have tftken
place upon tliU Bahjcct «haU be couimnnkated to
ritiiout " '
The esti*
■: , and 1
tli the
*. ture,
I bf ard to
you wItiiQut tleloy.
trust yon
ejdgeocie^
they hSTC i>v»-n rr.j»iii;'i vhifi <\ n\v
economy.
** iiff Loni» nnd itmntfi-mni^^ln the year which
lissjust t^n- " .-.-'" ' ' aa Abundsnt
harreft h • ut . Jity tiii*
dUpeuMti' : i4 proviaiont
has bean enilJlIlc<^u, nnn \nr |tn>, .itiiiuA of the poor
Uftvo been increased ; but their piitionce tia» Men
Gknt. Mao. Vol. XLL
eaeuiplsry; and the care of the Le^sUUturSf
erioced by tho reductioti of taxe« afTtwitiDg tha
neeenorieA of lifo, ha« greatly tended to preoarra
a spirit of oaateiitoiQnt.
*' 1 have the satisfaction of anDouncing to you
that the comxnerce of the conntry U fttll pres-
peitmsi tlist trade, l)0tli of export and Import^
lui been largely on tlic increue ; and thai the
revenue of the past year ha« l>een more than ada*
quafe t)0 the demands of the pablte service.
*' I recommend to your consld«aatkni a BUI
wUUb I luire ordered so be fhuned fbr opening
the coarting-crade of the United KiniEdom to the
fthJps of nlT friendly nattonsi and I look ftn-ward
with satlsfiietlon to the removsl of the last leglsla-
ti^ rastilctlon apon the um; of foreign sMpfinf
for the benefit of my people.
** Ooromankatioiis have been addrened by my
eoinmand to the Unlveriittes of Oaford and Cam*
brid{;e. with r«fereiiee io the Improvement which
it may be deairaUe to sfflbct In thehr Inctitatloiia.
These coaununicatkniu wlQ be Isid befturs yea,
and meumret will be proposed for your oomiMni-
tion with the view of giving effect to such tm*
provementrt.
" riie c«<tAblijihmcnti reqaiaitfi fbr the conduct
f»r Uic Civil Senriee. and the arrangcitnenita bear*
lug upon itA condition, have receoUy l>eBa ander
review ; and 1 »haIL direct a plan to be laid bsfliire
you which will liave for its object to improve tha
system of odmlailon, and tliereby to Incresse the
efficiency of the service.
*' llie recent meaiiuraB of Legal Reform havo
proved bii^hly boneCclalt and t2fcs ssoeeM which
hiyi attenderl them may irsU eoooiirsM you to
- eati. BiRti
proceed witli fiirtlier aniendmeati. BiDtwill ba
inbinitted to you for trnnidttrrlng f^ni the Ecclc*
ftioaticat to tiic Civil Courts the coipilmuce of
tcstamcutary and of nuilrlmonlsl csu»efi» and fbr
giving increased efficiency to the superior Courts
of Cainmon Law.
" The lawt relating to the Relief of the Poor
have of Iste undergone mach lalutaiy sffitend*
3G
410
Domeitk Oeeurrmcet*
[April,
meat ; but tbor« ii one bruicli to which I eameatty
dtraet TOUT litMitkni . Ttia Uw of settloment ini.
liM ttm fttttflkm of lAltMnir ;- vai If tblN rc^bifiint
oin wHh «J^ b« T«1ax0d, t)i« iroirkiaciaD may 1m
* ' - * ' , rrjcfeAse the fruits* of hi* industry, unci
n{ cuiJltal iiiid of labour will he more
" ■ " ;, ,1 to you Ibr the
amtj / 1 u tlio Ke{in»cn Ia>
tJon I i^nt Iff cent ex-
]-hfnfiu-" ha-- ■JiMii.u i!iar It I- ' 1- tako
more uffi^ctiml precautiont n !< of
lirilwry, .inr! of rfjiTTipt pnicH*^ tt
Mill ,il 'I I HUT moK*
coin; iLiprbiL'lplea
of til'. '--frtriTii^ irep?
made ni inc ivpn-'CuT.itinTi on ' '' "'■ " -
TDiiiit. lu reeommeuding tin
consklpratlnn, my desire 1* to ii»i
of jn^; ■ : :,tt>lncrciiJie pener.u Oi^nn-ionc.''
in t J ; . juid to give Additioiuil BtublUty
to til iiutloiw ofthe Htatp,
" 1 Mibinil to yonr w'r 1 ' " "\oa of
the«6ljxiportiuitfabJecr> pro*-
p«rytJttr<Pom»olj, atidt.. n*/'
The Address in the House of Lords
Wfis moved by the Earl of Camarron, and
sccouded by iJie Earl of Ducie ; that In
the CommoDis was mared by Lord Castle-
roise and Beconded by Mr* Tlioiiison
H&okey ; and both were carried without a
dlvisioo.
On the 13th Feb. Lord John Ruascll
brought forward his Rkporm B[ll in the
Houee of Commons. Its pl&a ts briery
this : — Boroughs with leas than 300 irotcrs
in a pormltttioii of 5,000 persons, are to
}» deprived of their members, and bo-
rotigha with less than ^'iOO, or Icbb than
10,000 inhabitants, are to be deprived of
one member. Sixty-two seats will thus
be created. 'Hie West Riding of York-
flbire and Sotith Lancashire are to be
divided into two parts, each of which is
to return three members, and an additional
member is to be given to each county and
town ooutaiiiing^ more than 100,000 ioha-
bitantf. But in these cases the electors
arc to yote for two of the candidates
only, so that when the minority ex-
ceeds two-fifths of the constituency, the
minority will return one representative.
Additions are to be made to the re pre -
sentiition of the metropolis, and Kensing-
ton and Chelsea united are to return two
members* The Inns of Court are to return
two* and the University of London one.
In counties, the franchise is to be lowered
to 10/, All pei^ons in the receipt of 100/.
lb-year, who have 50/. in any Savings Bank,
wbo enjoy dividends of 10/. on Baok
Stock, or pay iOv. income or asBeaaed '
taxes, are to be enfranchised. ^
THE ECCLEaiA8TlCAL COMMISSION,
The sixtli general report of the Ecclesl*
ftstieal Commisf loners givet a detailed ac- ,
count of their proceedings duKog the yeaV- J
ending Nov, 1, 18&3. During the yeatj
two prelates, the Archbujhop of York aa4 j
the Bishop of Peterborough, have coo-]
scoted to receive fixed instead of ^uctOat- 1
ing incomes, and to pay over to the Cpm*
mi&sion any surplus of their reventiei|
beyond the amount fixed by law at thai
proper income of the see. Tbeae tw^J
prelates, having been appointed prior tqj
1848, could not have been compelled itf\
make this arrangement* The coma "
sioner* received during the year 25,497 f»]
in respect of epi&copal revenues, 51,183^1
from capitular revenues, and 4ti,.>l)2/. froa I
estates vested in the commLssion. AmoncJ
the year's payments are — to augmentei|J
sees 38,574/., chapters 9,3G4/., archdea^l
conriea 4,6?3/., livings 80,813/. The total I
number of benefices permanently au^f
mented by the commiasioners is now 850|
with a population of 2,337,127, and the
annunl grants amount to 4b', 160/. in per-
petuity. There have also been *41 dis-
tricts constituted by the comtnlssioaera
under Sir R. Peers Act of 1843* theJ
nggrcgatc population being 8M,370; of J
those districts, 183 have been already pro^ J
Tided with churches, and have become new ]
parishes ; and the permanent annual charge
upon the funds of the commission i» re-
spect of districts and new parishes la now
34,246/. There are two special funds^ oil
which the commissionera also render aiij
account. One is called the ** Maltbf
Fund,'* and is constituted of *' the Biiho|^*1
of Durham^s benefactions ;^* his Lordshi|[]
paid over 2,456/. last year, and has no
altogether paid 14,162/«^ the amount
applied towards the erection of parson
houses in the diocese. The other fua4
arises from a munificent devise of estate
by the late Air. Henry Gaily Kuigbt
the erection of churches or endowment i
smalt Uvings ; a qnestion arose as to the
validity of the devise, but an arrangemeat
has been come to, and the commi^ionersJ
have about 37,000/. from this source, anil
intend to apply it in grants towarda pn»*
riding parsonage houaes.
411
PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c.
I
Gazette PaErKaMENTS.
Jan. 35. The Hon. licnry Edward Jolin
Stanlef. now First Paid Alt(ich*< to H. M,
Enabaasy at Constantinople! to be Secretary of
t«ntioo it Athens.
Pfb. 91. To be Br1(c>^ter-Generals on the
Staff of tbe Forces about proceeding apon a
pnrticular service : Colonel WiKiam Gator,
R. Art., and Colonel W, B. Tylden, R, Enjfi*
neera.
Ftft. 2% Lord Harris to l>e Governor of
Madras.— Tboman Liddell, taq. to be Colonial
Sartcyor for Sierra Li'oiie.— Peter G. Fraser,
eao. to be a Member of tl»e Le^fslative Council
of vm DIemen's Lmd— Cnpt. Charles Tavlor
Du Plat, K. Art, to Ije Equerry to bis K. H.
Prince Albert, vice Lieut. CoL the Hon. Alex.
Gordon, who is appointeii Kxtra Equerry*
Feb. ti. Commander Robert Tench Bed-
ford. A,N. to be one of the Gentlemen Usher}
Quarterly Waiters In Ordinary to Her Ma-
jesty. Royal Marines, Capt. James Bti-
chanan and Capt, II. G. Mitford to be Lieut, -
Colonels Deputy Inspector-Gen. Ver}ing,
M,0, to be Inspector-General of Ordumce
Hospitals,— Surgeon Alex. M'Kecknic, M.D.
fli3<JK surpeon and medical storekeeper of the
Royal ilofipital, Hastifi to be Inspector of Hos-
pitals ; J5ur-.0!i ,M'\ BrtsMti, NLD. (1836),
surfceon (vT it Woolwtcb,
tobeDfp 1*^.
Feb. 25 « nee^G.C.B.,
Lleut.-Gen. Lord Ita^lui, i,.t U., Earl Grey,
Lieut,-Gen., Karl Catbcart. K C.B., Lord Fan-
mure, K.r, Lieut. -Gen, Lord Beaton, G.CB.,
the Rt, Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Rt. Hon. Sir
J. S. Paklngton, Bart,, the Rt. Hon, lidwar^l
Kllice, Colonel George Buller, C,U„ and Colo-
nel W. T. KnollySj to be Commissioners for
Inquirinjp into the seTer&l mode* of iiromotloii
and retirement in Her Majesty's military
fbrces.
West Kent Militiat Viscount Torrin^ton to
be li'^nf
Mill'
Ut
11*1.
shii
Lit
Lie
Gn
to I
M......... .,
van to be Majiir.— Co
and Capt, P. G. IL -
and Lieut. -Colonel—.. >
Lieot.-CuL G. W. Kordvce, froiix i
Foot» to be Capt. and Lleut.-L
Foot, Lien* ' ' ■■' '•' ^' ^^-■■' '- ^,...
Foot, to h >\. a.
Rum lev, i or IL
yiad'- ' ■ 1-,.-. u,. ' ^'-1
ler ' —Royal Vm
iDCi Mill to he M
tars ■■ •■* ' ■^•■■" '
to I
froi
Uch.
b« M
of llitf I ! , irmn i i iti
Foot; J. 1 r ; W. UtkU,
M.IK, froj ,]uder, from
20th Foot.
Marth 6. Chichester Samuel Forteacue, e*q.
to be a Lord of the Tressnry.— Capt. Henry
Ratcliffe Searlc to be - • ['oUce Magis-
trate for Sierra Leon<? : t and James
iivnf'( — Kiirfrir .Tnil K irimrdlneahirc
. esq. to be
..t. the Hon.
_. ^ ..-,„.. -Woreester-
Ca>alry, Lord VVsrd to be
Captitin Robert CUve to be
,th \\..^t York Militia, Col.
of lOtb Hussars,
udaut.
f <; A. F.Sulli-
.— Co irds, Lieut.
be CaptatD
Sawkln?, e^'iuires. to be Cil ' ^ " ' r
the Gold Const.—WintJim 11 i
be a Metnlier of Council of i
—Philip ."^lornous, esq* to bo oiii> of ij M,
Corps of Gentlemen at- Arms, t^te ICUsoti,
retired.
MnrcA % The Eari of -: lo bo
Vicc-Admiral of the count' -Tlia \
Earl of Yarborouifh to be Vi- of the
county of Lincoln.— Rawson WillKnn llawsoiip
e»q*, now Treasurer for Maori rtii!<^, to be Colo-
nidi Fcrrctrtn- for thr> Cnnr of (Tnnd HopfV— »
Fpli-. -■ ■ '■ . ' • ,e
Provost-Mrtr^lnl af (Jn'iMiJa -,'■
esu. to be Attorney-General for
John Watts Ebdon, esq. to bo Solid tl
for the Cape of i :
Jdarch 13. J « n^ eti| . Ad voca tt,
to be Sheriff of ^ Bell, resij^oed.
MarekU. It , Lieu t.-Cof David
M'Adam to be ' nd Cuminnnitant ;
brevet Msjor Sj Kins to be Lieut,-
Colonel.
^orcA 16. C-ornellus Kortrig^hr, esq. to be
President and Senibr Member of the CoDncil
of the Virp^n Islands.— Lieut.-Colonel Muudy,
Assistant Quartermaster-Getierat at Kilkenny^
to be Military Secretary for War and the Colo-
nies.
AftfffA 17. 33d Foot, Major H. W. Bonbtiry
to be Major.
March 22. Ed man d Semper, esq. to be a
Memtfer of Cotined at Montserrat.
MarcAU, 3il LiU^ (UmuU, LieuL-Gcn. Lord
Seatoti, G.C.B ^ J . from '^th Foot,
to be Colonel - Major-Gen. W. H.
Sewell, C.B. tg V i'tii Yui,i. Lieut.-
Col. H. D. Kyle to I r
Hattalfon of Parkhm i.
Randal Ituniley, trot] 1 i i-
Colonel; Msjor Ferdi , C.Lt, lo be
Major— Brevet. To i iienerals on
the Staff of the F<*r- ..1^.' M!..,n
a particular *•
father, CB. b
disran, lliii Hi
J. B. B. 1
Foot, H' i
Guards, :r.i .
and George iiullcr, t
miMBloii'4 to bear d.-i
A, r \l.-^.1iir„l,. Ill;
Mr, I
Ull.i: n
Forces from the 2Hh March.
To be Aides-de-Cltmp to Lord Raglan : Major
Lord BurgbersU. Capt. P. Somerset, Lieut.
Hon, .S. Calthorpe, Capt, Xigcl Kjngscoie.
Naval Prkpkrhents.
Feb, 17. Cant. Harry Eyres (IWt) to the St.
Geoiie IM.— Capt. Henry Smith riSiC) to the
Neptune ISO. — Commander*) Willliinj Bnya
{IB^C} to the Fi*»tard flnir"*bip at Woolwich,
for t.-- — ' ' " tford i Henry May
n« ^; W, H. Gennya
{IH
//-p, ii . t_ jpt. i. M (185S) to the
Phccuix screw steam uveylng fur-
412
Pi'omotions and Preferme7tis,
[April,
tber relief Cor air Edwtrd B*lcber'» expedition
at B<rediy lalAnd*— Ueut.S.G, Cre3sweU{1Bi9)
to be Lieut. -Commander of the Tulbot aa, and
to tccompsny the Phoenix.— Lie lit. Co^in C- A.
Kadc (1841) to be Lii?ut.-Ctimta&Dder of the
jAoaB (Tunnery ship at ^heerncss.
Feb,n. yeut. Kdwanl H. G. Umbert (184<i>
to be Commander.
Frh. %3. Capt* J. Fiilford to the Cofiway.
F€b. Oi. Vice-Adm. Sir Charlea Napier »
K.C.B. to hoist bis fla^ in the Duke of Wel-
Un^ow, for the Command in Cbief of the Baltic
fleet — Commodore Henry Byam Martin, C,B,
to the Nile 9L— Captain of tiic Fleet, Michael
Seymour (othe l>uke€fWeIlinicton.— Captains
B. J. Sullivan to Li^htnine, E. M. Lyons to
Miranda t^. lulmtitiil Ncr.-itiicoti' to Archer U*
John Foolo to Co nrtictH.— Commanders George
Wodehouse to linsamond, H C. Utter to Alban,
Arthur Cufutnitai^ to Gorg^ojij E. B« Rice to
Prometbeua* the Hon. A. A. CMhratie to
Driver. It, Jenkins to Talbot.— Ueu tenant Johti
de C. ABnewtohedag-Lieuteuaiit to ViceAdni.
Blr Cliarlea Napier.
Ffh. 28 r Co mm. Robert Jenkiui (1So3) to
(he Talbot 31.
March ^. Capt. Frederick Huttoti (I fW 4) to
the Neptune 130,— Capt, Henry Smith (IfcWJ
to the Prince tiej^ent 90.— C^smm, Uenj. H.
Uutiee (1848) to the N opt tine 130,
March 8. Comm. ijamuel Moorish (IBS!) to
the Imaum 73. rcceivinff-abip at Jainaica.
March 9. Rear-Adm. J. H. I'luroridne to be
an Admiral ol the Fteet under the command
of Vice- A dm. Sir Charles Napier, K.CB.
March 13. Comm. Jamea H oak en ftiftSJ) to
the BeMeisle 34 troopship, commisaiQDed as an
lioapital-ship in thtj Baltic lleet.
M^rch 14* Master George Ilitidlecombe
(18^5) to be AlAster of the Baltic fleet.— Aleic.
M*Kechnie, ML), to the Bellcii^lo hospital-ahip,
in attendance on the Baltic fleet,— Siirjfeona
Eobcrt D^;ith. M»D. (18^2), and James J. Mar-
tin, M.D. (iftSI), to the Belleisle; Kdward
Orovea (1846) to the Gorgoti steamsloop, it
Tort am out h.
March 1(5. Capt. William H, Hall (Ili44) to
the Hecia paddlewheel steamsloop.
Ware* 18. Capt. Hon. Fred. W. Grey. C,B,
(1838), Alde-de-Camp to the Queen, to the
Hannibal 91 at"rew stcamisbip.
Murch 33. Comm. Oliver J. JonoA (1B49) to
the Hannibal.
AfrtrcA 25. Comtnander James F, B. Waio-
wri£ht, of the Wincli eater, to he Captain —
The Hon. M, St op ford to be Hear- Ad mi rat
Superintendent of IK'Vonport Dockyard, pro
t em .—Capt. J. C. Fi tiger aid from Wm cheater,
flag^ship in China, to Calliope, on the Austra-
lian SUtioa— J. F.B, WaJnwriijht to the Win-
cheater.
ECCLEBIABTICAL PrKFSRMBNTS.
Rev. W. K. Hamilton, Bialioprlc of aatiabnry.
Rev. G. H. S. Johuaon, Deanery of Wells, Som,
Rev. J. BaJllle (R. of N unburn hoi me), C&nonry
Heaidentiil in York Minster,
Rev. W. Cochran (Incarobent of St. Andrew's^
Red River), to be first Archdeacon of Asiinc-
boJne, dio. Kupert'a Land.
Rev. J. HuriKT tlncumbent of Chriat Church,
Cumberland), to be lirst Archdeacoti of Cum >
berland, dio. RupcrCa Land.
Rev. J. S. Maater (H.ofaiorley), Hon.Canoury,
Man cheater Cjilhcdral.
Rev. W. W, Johnson, Minor Can. Mnncheater.
Rev. B.W. Adams,Clo^hran R. archdio. Dublin.
Rev.W. St. L. Aldworlh,\Vest BarshamV. Norf.
Rev. A. T. Armatrongt Aahton-ou-Ribbte F.C,
Lancashire.
Rev. a. Arnott, St. Luke P.C. Berwick Street*
Kev. C H. Awdry, Seap-y V, Wilts,
Rev, J. Bftilie, Fog:birt R^ arehdio. Armagb.
Rev. E. S. Baukea, Corfe*Castle R. Doraet.
Rev. T n. BauTier. Holy Innoc. PC. UverpooL
Rev, A. H. Barker, Kickmansworth V. Herts,
Rev. H. A, Barrett, Ivangley P.C. Norfolk,
Rev, H- W. li^ckwith, St Mary Diabopbill
Sen. R. York.
Rev. ii. Fit* M. Boyle, St. Peter P.C Hammer-
smith, Middketex.
Rev. P. Brett. Mount- B urea R. Essex.
Rev. M.H.S, Charoimeya, Epperstooe R. Notts. \
Rev. T, Coldwell, Green's-Norton R. w. Wbit-
tlebury snd Silverstone P.C.Northamptooah*
Rev. C. A. A. Craven. Horstey P-C. North umto.
Rev. T. Cupb^. Edlaston R, Derbyshire.
Rev. J. Dav, Bedfield R, Suffnlk.
Rev. L, Ekj'wdail, Rathfarnham R, DubUu.
Rev. H. Dow son. Little Horsted It. SuaaeXt
Rev. R. Cell. Rirk-Ireton R. Derbyshire.
Rev. H* C. Grfy, Warttintf V. Sussex.
Rev. J, S. Hall, Hovinjfham R. Yorkshire,
Rev. A, Vk\ lleadlain, Whorllon P.C. Darham.
Rev. K. Hen:KinAn, Urompton-lUlph R. Som.
Rev. A. Hill. Chartield R Gloucestershire.
Rev. R. Hill, Wormesley P-C Herefordshire.
Rev. A. D, Hilton, ^^Jrlingbury il. Northampt^
Rev. J. Hilton. Orlinjtbury It. N[>rthamptonstit |
Rev. T Horsfall, Barrow In- Furness PC,
Rev. \V. Lempriere, S. Warnborouifb R. Hanta.fl
Rev.G. R. Mackarness, llnm V. StaflTordsbirt.r
Rev. N. B. Milnea, Coltey- Weston R. Npn,
Rev. H, Morgan, St, Athan R, Olnmor^nah.
Rev. F. Mor»e, St. John P.C Lady wood, Wanr, I
Rev. W. L, Newham, Hackford R, Norfolk*
Rev. C. L, Pemberton, Curry-!VlaJiet K. Som-
Rcv. J- Pilliu(f, Grimsartfh P.C Lancashire,
Rev. W. T Freed y, Kittiaford H, Someraet*
Rev. W, Riyjr, St. Paul P.C Grange, CartmelL^
Rev. J. C, Rowlstt. St. Paul R. Exeter. j
Rev, W. L. Scott, Abthorpe V. Northamptonah^j
Rev.C.St;aver,St.John PC. Belfast, dio. Dowii«|
Rev, B. Simpsout Bossall V, w. ButtercrftmlMrl
C Flaxton C and Sandbutton C Yorkabtfie^f
Rev. C F. Smith, Bishop-Thorpe V. Yorksh.
Rev.LG. Smith, Tedstonc-deda^Mere R.Hen '
Rev. A. R, Stcrt. HayJeieh R. Essex.
Rev.B. H, Unwtn,Chetldon-Fiti'PatneR.Son
Rev. W. 11. While, Kenton V, Suffolk.
Rev. G. Whitlock, Milton-Bryant R. Beds.
Rev. J. Wilson, St. James F.C. Preston, Lahc*
Rev, H. S. Wrijpht, Rersled P.C. lane.
7>? Chaptmncieg*
Rev. B. Brander, the Union, Calne. Wilta,
Rev. R. J. Burton, to tite Enrt of Portsinoullk,J
Rev. W. Capel (Assistant). H.E.lC S. Mailrait
Rev, J. M. Clurk, H,M,S. the Valorous of tll«l
Baltic Fleet.
Rev. J. U. Edwards, Conway, flsj^-ship, Cofk,
Rev, W, G. Green, H.M.S. Monarcli.
Rev, R. Halpin, Rev. R. Hamilton, and Rer.
H. Wrig;ht, to the Stafl' of the Expedition t<i
the East.
Rev. G, R. Husband, at Guinea. France,
Rev, S, H. Jacob, H,M S. Dauntless.
Rev. J. 11. Kiiapp, H.M.S. Nile.I
Rev. G. A, M. Li tie (and Naval Inatrnctof),
H.M,S, Monarch, at Sheer ness.
Rev. H, H. Matchetl, H.M.S. Blenheim.
Rev, G. Mock I en to tbe Troops at Milta.
Rev. J. Smithard (and Naval lnstructor)i
H.M.S, C^rsar, at Ports month.
Rev. T. H. Watson. H.M S. A fax.
Rev. E. A. Willinma, HM.S. St. Georre.
Rev. J. P. Wrijfht, to the Enjflish iUilwAf
Officers and Labourers at Valence, France.
Rev. S. Smith, in H.M. Fleet for the Baltic.
Coilepiaie and Sehotatdc Appointme^
Rev. W. H. Cartwri^bt (R. of Bntcoojbe,
one of the District DioceMo Ins|>ectorB (
ScIiooIh for the deanery of Chew.
1S540
Births — Marriages*
413
I
Rev* R. CboJroeIey» Junior Proctor of Oxfofil
University. 1854-5,
Rev. J, Pftrnell, 8econ J- Master, Arehbiahop
Imiwn's ScliooU London.
Rcr. Q. W. He ya!f, Undcr-MMteraliin, Mafl-
borougli Cortege.
Kev, H. Fowler, Princijjal of the Colleziate
School, Gloucester.
Rev. J, IK Light foot. Rector of Exeter College,
Oxford. *
K*y. i. Miliicr. Principal of the C^llnrtate In-
atitnt^, Sydney, Australia.
B«ir. E. Stokes, Senior Proctor of Oxford Uni-
versity, IS54.S,
R«ir, J. S. Blackwood, LL,D, to bfr Travel Mnr
SecreUry to the British urbanization of tbe
Bvanj^elical Alliance.
BIRTHS*
L«tetst. At the Chateau of Erinp. in Bavaria,
the Hon. Mrs. Jam en Krekine» a sod,
Feb. 5. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ibe wife of
Sir Gaapard Le Marcbant, a son. IL At
Naplei, the lady of Sir Gcorg:c Beaumont, linrt.
ft dau.^ 15, In South, st. G'rosvenor aq, the
wife of G. T. Dqncombe, esq. a dau. 17. In
Chcaham pi. tbe wife of the Hon. Richard
Cavendish, a dau 18. At RnflTord hati, Lady
Arabella Heaketb, a dau.— at. At Rutland
fate, Hyde pk. Lady Edward Fitiabin Howard,
a daa. At RichiUK^ park, Bucks, Lady
Willahire, adau. — -23. In Fit iwiltiam square,
Dublin, the Countess of Courtovrn, a son.
At Brighton, tbe wife of John Round^jun.esi].
a aon. — -23. Lady Baird, of :^aughton hall, h
son. 34. At Winff, Bucks, the wife of the
Her. P. T.Oiivry, a dau. US. At Marcbing-
ton, StalTordsbire, L«dy Harriet Vernoo, a *on
and heir. 27 At Kast Sheen, the Hon, Mrs.
Horatio FitiRoy, a dau. 28. At Urendon
vicara^, co. Npn. tbe wife of the Rev. Daniel
Brent, D,D. a son.
March 1. At Yoalston park, near Baru-
staple, the wife of 9ir Arthur Chichester, Bart,
a daa. — -At Washington rectory, Duriiani,
the wife of Hon. and Rev. L. W. Uemnan, a
dau. At One Asb. Rochdale, the wife of
John Bright, .M.P. a dau. — At BJclcUley,
llucks, the wife of Richard ^Iby Lowndes, esq.
i dau. At Woolston, &>m. the wife of Henry
Ilobh>ouse« esg. a sou. 2, At Grafton at.
the wife of T. Thistlethwayte, esq. Southwick
|MU-k, Hanta, a son. — ^5. At Porlainoulh, the
wife of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochratie,
K.C.B. Comtnauder-iii-Chief. a dau^ 6. In
Charles at. Berkeley aq. the wife of Georee
Cavendish Benttnck, esq. a son. — 8 At Bath,
Lady Wade, a dau. At Bushev, .Mrs. In-
jratn Travers, a dau.-^ — At Sahsbury, the wife
of tbe Rev. Precentor Uaiutlton, ji^ »un,
». Mrs, Charles Riviuji^ton, Cpp^r Woburn
£lace, a son. At Stonehouse, the wife of
ieut.-Col. Erhngtou, 51st Liipht iof. a son.
■ 10. At Oran, Yorkabire, the wife of the
Hon. J. C. Dundas, a son. 13. In Caven-
I'diab aq. Lady John .Manners, adau.— At Nor*
^Itnd aq. Netting hill, the wife of Comyns Row-
I Berkeley, esq. a son. 13. At vVymood-
I rectory, Leic. the Hou. Mrs. John Beres-
ribfd, a son.— 16. At Eaton id. Belgrave aq.
be wife of Ralph L. Lopes, esq. barrister-at-
klaw, ■ son. At HeigUam, the wife of Major
I £. T. Hibguse* a son.
MARRIAGES,
Jan. 5. At Brighton, John Eugene Skad-
[ tPeW, e«4|. only son of Cspt. Shadwell, of Bath.
I *lid Horfield, Gtour. to Frances. Kile n, secoim
dau. of Benjamin Wood, caq. of Newnton
house, Wilts. At Gittisham, Devon, Edm.
Pridvaux St, Jubyn, esq. Cspt. l€lh M.N.L to
Caroline- Acne, eldest dau, of M. F. Gordon,
esq. of At>erreldte, — -At Bovev Tracy, the
Rev. Samuel VVnrcinjf Mangin^ to Rosainond-
Fountainc-AildiRon, dau. of the late Rev. W. A.
Fountaine, of Midtlleton St, George, Durham.
At St. Mary church, Capt. John .Scott Pkill'
twtig, BengTil Army, sow of the Lord Bishop of
Exeter, to 8usan, second dsu. of the Rimt. T,
KJtson, of Sbipbay house.
e. At Wyke Regis, the Rev. Nassau Catk^
cart, of Belfast, to Fanny, eldest dan. of the
late Adm. Payne, of We> mouth. At is wans-
combe, Kent, Bernard Wa^miiulh, esq. Assis-
tant-Surveyor of Lloyd'*, to Jane, eldest dau.
of Cspt. Umfr*ville, R.N.
7. At Lichfield, the Rev, William Bidfn,
B.A. Incumbent of Gayton, Staff, to Maria-
Lucy, yonnffest dau. of the late .Mr, Chsrlea
Kofmejt, of Derby. At Wivoliseorobe, Sooi,
the Rev. James William WiUmmM.Qt Leaming-
ton Priors, sou of the Rev. David Williim*,
Rectxjr of Baughurst, Hants, to Anna-Maria,
third dau. of Jauies VValrJron, esq. solicitor.
0, At Heacham, .Norfolk, I.oveIl Rrrve^ esq.
of I^enrletta sL C<jvcni garden, and West hill,
Wandsworth, to Martha, secoud dau. of the
late StepTien Reeve, e»c|. of Twyford, Norfolk.
10 At Weston-super-Mare, the Rev. William
Mrnzie*, Rector of^ Winoall, Hants, to Jane-
Sophia, only surviving dau. of the late James
Alleyne Hendy, esq. ^f.D. o/ Chelmsford. At
Cook bam, Berks, tbe Rev, Samuel Bentleu,
M. A. Curate of Aahton Keynes, Wilts, son of
John Bent ley, esq. Secretary of (he Bank of
England, to Rosamond- Harriett, younger dau.
of Rear-Ad ru. Clowes, of Maidenhead, At
Glasgow, the Rev. John Thomas B9\fle^ Chap-
lain to the Bishop of Glasgow andGslloway, io
Sophia, youngest dau. of the late J. James, esq.
At Clatfnrd, Francis, sou of John Walker,
esq. of WeMt bourne st. Hyde pk, to Margaret-
Sonhia, dau. of the late Laent.-CoL Iremonger,
of Whcrwell priory, near .\ndovcr. At BlW ,
Hants, Capt. Frederic Brock, IL Welsh FaS-
hers, to Margaret-Jane- Dorothy, dau, of Geo.
Henry Erringtun, esq. of Colchester. At
Bedford chapel, the Rev. J. Gllberd Peart^t
B.A. son of J. G, Pcarse, esq. Broom house,
So nth mo I ton, to Julia, youngeat dau. of the
late Capt. George Truacott, R.N-^At Pad-
dington, Thomas Henry farrrr, esq. of the
Board uf Trade, eldest son of the late Thomas
Farrer, e&n. to Frsnces, third surviving dau.
of tlie late William Erskine, esq. and arand-
dau. of the Right Hon. .Sir James Mack^toah.
— At Keniitigton, Capt. Lockhart Mure
Yatifint. Ih.:)mbay Cav. third son of late Major-
Gen. SirThomsA Vftlitnt, K.CB. toGeorgiana-
Barbara, eldest dau. of James .Malcolmson
esq.- —At Eton collejie, Capt Bmwnlow Ed-
ward Lajfard, to Louisa- H en rietta^ youngest
dau. of the Rev. Thomas Qirter, Fellow of
Eton college, and Vicar of Burnh&m. At St»
Luke's Chelsea, William J. Reynolds, esq. B,A,
of the Royal Military Asylum, to Rosa- Russell,
third dan. of tbe late John Bainbridge, esq.
-—At Harwich, William H. Grape*, esq. iStt
Royal Irish,, fourth son of the late Major-Get).
Graves, to Antoinetta, secoud dau. of the late
George Deane, esq.
11. At Chepstow, the Rev. Garnoos WU-
tiamt, Vicarof Llowcs, Radnorsh. to Catherine-
Frances, second dau. of Fen ion Hort, esq. of
Hardwick house, near Chepstow. At Donnv-
brook, the Rev. James Runwf^, M.A. Pemb.
coll. (Jiford, to Eliia, dau. of" the Rev. J T
Medlycotl,of Rockitt^s castle, Waterford.
At Cheshiiut, Herts, Barnard Dickinson liar-
maHj of Monks houae, Corsham, Wilta, aecofid
son of tbe late Ejiekiel Hanuan, es<|. of Theo^
4U
OBITUARY.
The M A aac isss of LoaiooNDEnaT, K^G.
March \, At Holdernesse-faouset Park-
[kne^JMffd 76, the Moat Hon. CliBries WiU
llUm Vaae» third iV]ar({uee3 of London^
[llerry (lBl6)»EarIof Londonderry (I79(i)»
[Viscount C»«tlepeagh (1795), and Baron
I Stewart of Londonderry (1789), all dig^-
rnitief in the peerage of Ireland^ Earl
iTine, and Viscount Seaham of Wynyard
Itnd S^abAiBf CO. Dorbam (182.}) ; Baron
I Stew Art of Stewart's Court and Bally -
llmwn, CO. Donegal (lB14)p in the peerage
* * United Kingdom ; K.G,, GX.B,
night Grand Croeg of the orders of
elph» of Hanover, the Tower and
Sword of Portu^l, the Black and Red
|]CjiglcB of Prusaia^ and the Sword of
I Sweden, a Koight of St. George of RuBsiat
I » Privy Councillor; f^rd Lieutenant of
|t))e coQuty and Vice Admiral of the coaat
I of Purhain, Custos Hotulorum of tlic
I counties of Dowu and Londondcrryi a
I General in the army. Colonel of the Snd
I Xiife Guardib, and DX\L.
Thii nobleman wa« the only son by the
lljeoond marriage of Robert first Mjirquesa
ffif Londonderry with Lady FrancL*a Pratt,
Idanghtcr of Charles ilrst Eurl Camden
Ifnd Lord Chancellor of England, He
l|Vii4 bom on the I8th of May, 1778, in
I jdiry- street, Dublin.
When tittle more than fourteen yeara
T age he received a comiDLs^ion oa Ensign
I the lOBth Foot, in which he was ap-
Jointed to a company in 1794, and in
tme of that year he joined the expedition
' under the Earl of Moira, deatined to re-
lliere the Duke of York from the perilous
I litaation in which he was placed after the
I reduction of Ypres, the defeat of General
f Plerfayt, and the taking of Charleroy.
I Captain Stewart was appointed Assij^tant
I Quartermaster - general to that division
, of the forces which landed at fele Dieu,
I finfier General Doyle ; and after the re-
[turn of the British array he was attached
I to Col. Charles Crawford's miaiion to the
I Austrian armies in 179^>, 17f)f), and 17^7.
[At the battle of Douauwert he was
[irouoded by a musket-ball, which entered
I his face under the eye, went through his
Dose, and was extracted on the opposite
Ljide* This wouud was received whilst
I charging with aome heavy Austrian caralry
I that were driven back by the French Hns-
l^iars. In a senseteaa state he was carried
r|»ack to the village of Donauwert, where
llie was put into a cart with some wounded
ans, and in tliat condition cooTeyed
(rear.
On his return home be was appointed
Aide de*camp to his uncle Earl Caniden,
then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He
had succeeded, on the 31st July 1795t to
the majority of the 106th Foot ; and on
the 1st Jan. 1797 he was promoted to a
Liout.'Colonelcy in the 3th Drogoons. A
letter from General Robert Dundas is ex-
tant (and printed in the Royal Military
Calendar, lg'20f toI. ti. p, 412), in wliich,
after tipeakiag of the 5th Dragooni as
having been, when encamped in the Cur-
ragh of Kildare, under his commandi as
** the worst of all possible bad regimepts,"
he acknowledges the great improvement
that had taken place under the immediate
command of Colonel Stewart, and adds,
'^ You possess the characteristic powers
that are necesMry to make a good officer ;
and I am perfectly convinced that hnd the
Tith Dragoons remained in Ireland under
your direction, they would soon have be-
come the best regiment of cavalry in this
country.*' Lieut. 'Colonel Stewart served
with the 5th Dragoons during the Irith
rebellioD ; but, notwithstanding its partial
improvement, its insubordination con-
tinued 80 great that it was shortly after
disbanded, at the representation of the
Lord Lieulcmmt.
In connection with Ibis measure of
severity, Lieut.* Culonel Stewart received
a marked proof of the Royal bvour as ex-
tended towards himself. He was six days
after appoiuted to the Lieut. -Colonelcy of
the l@th Light Drag;cona, which was then
made a regiment of Hussars. His activity
was distinguished in (Completing and ren-
dering efficient this corps, which had been
previously reduced to a skeleton ; and in
1799 he accompanied two squadrons of it
in Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition to
Holland. During this campaign Lieut*-
Coloncl Stew art wn^ again wounded in the
head, whilst at the outposts near Scbagen-
burg, A ball struck the gla^s he was look'
iDg through, which it broke ; but the tube
turned the force of the baJli which had
otherwise proved fataL
On the ^.'ith Sept. 1803 he was ap-
pointed Aide>de-camp to his Majesty, with
the rank of Colonel, and soon afterwards
be occupied for a time the situation of
Under Secretary of State in the Wer
department.
He left that situation to assume the
command of a brigade of Hussars under
Sir John Moore, in Portugal, where be
was to act with the rank of Brigadier-
General. On the advance of the army into
4Ui
Obiti'ary.— 74? Matf£ue*s of Lot^KuH^nry. K^G. [April.
Scaia. h« corgred tiie i&afCTX of Sir Jjhii
Hope's diviiuTa. dcria^ «hi£c ix Arprucd
a TmA post at Raeda. s&i ::ok cae
wisotf cKort of a T&!«ule co3T9t of
cottoa. Daring the r*:rsac of S^ Jooa
Moore'f arasj. he wis !■ tfa« cavalrr
actioot of St^apia iz&d Beairmte. aa*!
ha ccadwc vu rerntcdlj pniMd by Sir
Jooa Moore. On cas ccn5?oa uac G«ae-
rtl m:j;ksd : '• Oir eirijy b t-tt npc-
rior sx qvalitr to asj :a« Fmu:h Iut? :
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18^*3 OunuAKY, — The Mavtimnit oj Londomlut'ty, K.G. 4l7
I tl^ the tide of Baron Stewart ; ami
^on the 25th of the same month he was ap-
pointed a Lord of tbo Bedchamber, which
of^cc he continued to hold until Auj. 1827.
On the ^7 1 h J ul y J 8 1 4 , he WM awo rn a Privy
CouDcillm% This wag on oc<»5ioa of his
being appoioted amboseador to Austria ;
I a^nd on the lltb August, together with hit
brother Lord Caatlereagh, the Earl of
^Ciaocarty^ and Enrl Cathcart, be waa con-
ed one of the PlenipotCDtiaries on the
of Great Britain to the Congress of
iDB, the Duice of WelUoglon heioi^
Tsuhsequcntly added as Firat Pleaipotentiary
^<f)ii the ISth Jan. 1B15.
On the melancholy death of his half-
brother Robert the second Marquess of
I Londonderry, then Preialer, on the l^th
I Aug, 1822, Lord Stewart succeeded to the
' dtgnitiea conferred on their father iu the
peeraifc of Irelaod ; and on the 2Sth
of March, 1823, he was adTsaced to the
dij^Dltiea of Earl Vane and Viseount Sea-
iyiliaiD, in the peerage of the United King*
i^dom, with special remainder to his issue
Lrmalc by his second wife, in right of whom
\ht had previously assumed the name
ind arms of Vane. His second marriage,
[ to PranGes-Anoet only ilaun^hterand heiress
nf Sir Harry Vane Tempest (by Anne
LCkiUQtesa of Antrim), had taken place on
[Uat 3rd April 1819.
Tile immense poaaessious to which this
I lady waa heiress, together with the fact of
ber being a ward in Chancery, nttracted,
; the tim€, a great degree of public in-
[ tereit, Tlie responsibilities devolf ed upon
.Lord Londonderry by the management of
the property of hits bride, embracing a con-
alderable portion of the county of Durham,
i and including some of the most important
I coal-mines in Uic country, opened a new
l^Hctd for the exercttie of energies which the
asatioQ of war had thrawn into tempo-
Ijrary inaction. His lordahip applied liim-
■elf with a rigorous activity, which formed
<me of his characteristics, to the develop-
jnent of the vast resources of the e&tatca ;
juid iu this sphere of exertion exhibited
ftn enterfirise and souud judgment, the
.fruits of which will be permanently en-
[joyed by his successors* Among the great
, works of improvement which Lord Lon-
donderry planned and carried out to com-
pletion, was the construction of Seaham
harbour, an undertaking almost unprece-
dented as an instance of private enterprise,^
11 nd justly accounted amongst the wonders
of engineering achievemciils, 1 1 was com-
pleted in 1H47.
The Marquess of Londonderry on se-
veral occasions came forward as an author.
In 1B05 he pnbliahed Suggestions for the
Improvement of the Force of the British
Empire; and in 1828 A Narrative of tlie
GiNT. Mag. Vol, XLL
Penimiilar War, 1B08— 1813. ito. lo
which he is believed to have had the as-
sistance of the Rev. Mr. Gleig, now Chap-
lain to the Forces* More recently he
conferred au important boon on English
history by the pubhcation of the Corre-
spondence of his brother, Robert Marquess
of Londonderry, K.G.
During the short administration of Sir
Robert Peel in 1835 the Marquess of IjOU-
dondcrry was nominated for Ambaa&ador
to Russia ; but some difficulties which
arose, upon a motion of Mr* Shiel in the
House of Commons, occasioned his relin-
quishment of this appointment.
In politics Lord Londonderry was always
attached to the Tory party. He was lat-
terly a strong opponent of the propofted
abolition of the Vice-Royalty of Ireland.
He hsd formed relations of intimacy with
the present Emperor of the French when
an exile in this country, and effectually
exerted himself to mitigate the rigours of
Louis-Nspoleon's imprisonment in the for-
treas of Ham. In return, he solicited, and
obtained, from Louis-Napoleon the release
of Abd.el-Kader.
Lord Stewart vvi3.s nominated to the com*^
mand of the UUh Hussars on the 3d Feb.
1820^ When holding thatappoiatmeut he
fought a duel with Mr. Battier* a cornel;
ia the regiment, to whose complaints of
arrogant and contemptuous conduct in hii
brother officers he had refused to attend.
Subsequently, in 184U, in consequence of
a speech which he had made in the House
of Lords, he was challenged by Mr. Henry
G rattan, M.P. for Meath coanty, and again
obeyed the call of honour.
On the 10th Jan. 1837, he atUined th«
rank of General in the army ; and in June,
1843, on the death of Earl Catbcarl, he
was removed to the command of the 2d
Life Guards. In IB^i, during the short
administration of the Esrl of Derby, he
was decorated with the insignia of the
order of the Garter, which had become
vacant by the death of the Duke of Wel-
lington.
The M&rquess of Londonderry died from
the effects of a sudden attack of influenza,
which proved too severe for a constitution
already weakened by the natural decay of
age. His death was free from pain, and
his la»t moments were solaced by the pre-
sence of nearly all the members of his
family, including his youngest daughter,
and his sister Viscountess Hardinge.
On the evening of Monday, Mnrch 13,
his body was removed from Holdernesse
House to the terminus of the Great North-
ern Railway at King's Cross, preparatoiy
to its conveyance to the North. His
three sons and other relatives attended.
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16S4.] OuiTUAHY.— JOj*. Denunn, BUhop of Salhhury.
419
Liter«e Humjmiorei at the exatnioation
l©f EaiterTcrm, 1822. In 1856 he wa*
I elected to a feltowiihip at Mcrton collrgc ;
' and he ihtti sacceedcd to the Ticarage of
St- Pet«r*i-in»the.Kast, Oxford^ a amttll
college living, where he remftine<l up to
bis appointment, in March 1 83 7 ♦ to the gee
^abnry, at the early age of thirty-six.
> Deniaofj had ncrj aired considerable
itioo while filling the office of Select
f'Pmcher before the Univeraity, though
I his paroehlal experience had been con^oed
to a small pariah in Oxford, where he
I worked with remarkable auccess. He waa,
I bowever, at this time a resident Fellow,
I tnd he carried into the episcopate some-
j what of the retiring babiCs of a Etcholar.
[ The change was a sudden one^literally
from the cloiiter to the palace ; but Dr,
Deniflon took with him a very amiable
temper, refined mannera^ an accompUdhed
tone of mind, diligence in hnsiaeBs, and
perfect integrity of purpose, A constitu-
tional timidity prevented him from dolnj
entire joatice either to himself or to the
princtples which be la known to have
maintained. He waa well known a< a
I fkvourer of the revival of the Church'a
Srnodicat powers ; and in the recent ses-
on of convocation he displayed conslder-
^•ble resolntion in furtberiog the move-
ment. His patronage was fairly and
I Impartially bestowed ; and in all practical
I works— schools* and the like — his admi-
I Hist rati ve powers shone* To the city of
> fialtabnry his loss will be a personal one.
) He was a resident LlisUop ; and he dis-
I ebarged the duties of hospitality as well to
I •chool-children as to county magnates,
L During the visitation of the cholera, his
I jyersonal attentions were freely given to
ttie sjck. On the wbole, if England has
bad greater prelates than Bishop DenisonT
J we may apeak of him as one eminently
l^oflBeased of sioglcue^s of purpose, clear-
of judgment, amiability of temper,
I and diligence in administration^ In poli-
\ tics be was a Whig, hut he seldom spoke
i in Phrtiament. The last occasion which
I we remember was wheti he triumphantly
rTindicated himself from a groondleg&
lebargc of appropriating to his income
I Store than thp legislature had aaoctioned."
\*— Homing Chronicle,
** Sincere in his convictions, hat tolerant
Itowards those who differed from him ;
jsealous for the truth, but charitable in
^regard to those whom he belicTcd to be
I tn error ; dispensing hia benevolence with
\ V targe and liberal hand ; a secret bene-
Ifactor to numbers who never knew the
I eource of the bounty of which they were
the recipients ; thoughtful, patient, and
I eonsiderate in investigating the claims of
[ tbe dMiitoter and kind, delicate, and ju-
dicious in relteviog their wants ; an ae^e
promoter of any and every undertakings
that held out the promise either of utility
or beneficence ; — it must l>e confessed that
the Late Bishop's fulfilment of the func-
tions of his aacred office was marked by a
constant and conscientious seose of duty,
and by an earnest endeavour to accomplish
the utmost possible amount of good within
the limit of his ability and means. It aays
much for his character and worth that be
was held in the highest estimation by those
who were most frecjuently brought into
familiar intercourse with him, and that
the truest respect is felt tor his memory,
both by cbarchmen and distent ers in his
own cathedral city. The last act of his
public life was to preside at a meeting of
the Church Missionary Society, and the
last incident in his private life waa the
testifying his affection for one of his kins-
men, on the eve of embarcatiou for a distant
land/* — Salisb u ry Herald,
The following is a list of Bishop Danl-
son*s publications v —
The Sin of causing Offlences t a Sermoiu
Oxford, \%^h, 8vo.
A Review of the state of the quest! oti
respecting the admission of Diasenters to
the Universities. London, 18,15. 8vo»
Sermons. Oxford, 1836* Bvo.
The Church the Teacher of her Children t '
a Sermon. Oxford, 1939. gvo.
The obligations of the Clergy in preach-
ing the Word of God : a Charge. 1842,
A Charge in Sept. 1842,
The Inward Call : a Charge to Candi-
dates for Holy Orders. 1843. Rvo,
Obedience to the Law of God the end
of Education t a Sermon on the opening
of the School at Marlborough. 1843. 8vo.
A Charge. 1845.
Brotherly Love and Loyalty : a Sermon
preached at a meeting of the Wiltshire
Friendly Society. 184B.
Sorrow and Consolation : a Sermon
preached Easter Day, 1850, after the
funeral of the Very Rev. P. Lear. Salis-
bury, 1850. Bvo.
Difficulties in the Church i a Sermoa*
1853. 8vo.
Speech in the House of Lordi, June 25,
1853 (relative to the charge of having re*
ceivcd more than the legitimate income of
his See). 1853. Bvo.
His death ensued a^er a short illness.
On the 28Ui Feb, be went to Portsraooth,
where he caught cold, which cold, shortly
after his retum^ supervening on a morbid
condition of the liver, induced a complete
derangement of the biliary fanctions, ter-
minating in black jaundice. On Friday
and Saturday an apparent change for the
better took place, and hopes were enter-
tained of hia recovery*, but on Sunday
422
OmTLTARY, — Sir Ralph Loptg^ Bart
[April,
IlAiriet, daughter of Thomag PiUbngh,
eiq« stid widow of James BradiUawt esq.
of Portlnnd^ place; and by that ladlj he
(tad two sons, Sir Hcciry, hia tuccMior,
anil AlgernoD, who died in 1806, ngcd
iixtt^fn uionthn. The prcscut Baronet wag
born in 1804, and m&rricd in 1827 Geor-
gian a, third daughter of Chifatopher Bc-
thell Codnngton, eirj. of Doddington Park^
CO. Gtouc. by which he has itsne one 8ur>
viring^ son, Atgeroon, a CotDet in the
First Life Guards.
His bodj was intered In the fkinilj vault
at Doddington, on the 3rd Mareh.
Sta Ralph Lops^^ fiAitT.
Jan, 23. At Mariatowc, near Ptytnouth,
aged 66, Sir Ralph Lopee, the second
Baronet (1805) of Maristowe Honi#», m,
Devon, and of Westbur^p Wilf^ " " ' >r
South Devonihire^a maf^istrAt)
Lieutenant of Devonshire ani
and a Deputy Warden of the s
He W1U bom on the 10th s . -i,
the only son of Abr&liatn Friiiioo, eso* of
London, merchant* by Enther, daugnter
of Mordecai Rodriguea Lope«, esq. of
Claphanii go. Surrey, ion of Abraham
Lope»« of Jamaica. On the death, March
2<{, 1831, of his uncle Sir MnnitJiseh
Miiieh Lopes, aomeiinne M.P* for Bam-
ftaple, Grainpound, and Westbufy, (on
whom the Baronetcy had been conferred
with a special remainder^) he succeeded to
the title and estate*, and by royal licence
granted in May following he assumed the
torname and armn of Lopes, (.^ee a me-
moir of htm in our Migaxine for May,
1831.)
He received his education at Wincheatcr
eollcfr, and at Braxenose college, Oiford,
where be graduated In t honours^ B,A.
ApH124, 18IL
He was elected to Parliament in 1816,
«nd again in IBl R, for the borough of West-
bury, which he continued to represent
tintU the dissolution in 182(1. His uncle Sir
Manasseh was afterwards himself member
for the borough* and resigned in favour of
Sir Robert Peel in 1829, on the memorable
expultfoti of the latter from the reprpsenta-
Hon of the University of 0:iford. Mr*
Franco again sat for Wciithury in the (last
unreformed) parliament of 1^31, When
the borough was reduced to one member
he was elected, without oppositionj its
sole representative, in 1832* and ogain in
1B35. Id 1837 he was opposed, and de-
feated, by John Ivatt Briscoe, esrj. ([irevi-
ously member for East Surrey), the latter
polJlng 98 totes, and Sir Ralph Lopes 7H,
In 1841 Sir RalpVs clectton was unop-
posed, but Id 1817 he was not a candidate.
lie always supported the Conservative
He was appointed Special Deputy War-
den of the Stannaries in 1852^
Sir Ralph Lopes married, May 8, |8l7i
Rusan^Gibbs* eldest daughter of the late
Abraham Ludlow* esq. of Hey wood House,
Wilts, by whom he hud i^sue (with three
others who died in infancy) fonr sous :
t. Sir Lopes Maaseb, his successor; 2.
Ralph- Lndlow Lopes, esq. M. A. of Christ
church, Oxford, and a barrister'at^taw, who
married in 1851 EUfabetht third daupi:hi»'r
of S. T. Kekewich, esq. of Pearaorc, ru.
Devon, and has issue i 3* Henry- Charles,
B.A. of BatUol college, Oxford, and bar-
rister-at-law ; t. Edmund -Francia, of
OHet college, Oxford.
The present Baronet, Sir Lopea Mtttek^
Lopes, was bom in 1818, and isunmafri«""
He was of Oriel college, Oxford, M.I
1845, and appointed a Captain in the 2d '
Devon militia in 1853. He was an unauio.
ceasful candidate for Westhory at the last
election.
The fuueral of Sir Ralph Franco took
place at Bickleigh church on the t^d March
attended by the prenent Baronet and hij
brothers, and many ollter rebtives n'
friends. The pall-bcnrerf were Sir J. Yjj
g„ii.. •.-:, V ^*"" ^'' " rkewich, Mr.-
S»i ■'^JSuryi Mr.
Fill' . . ■ ,: . ■ . L :: ■ ■ kcr.
The wiil of 8ir Ralph Lopes baa be<
proved in the Prerogative Court of Caoti.
bury, by Sir Mossch Lopes, Bart*, Ralp
Ludlow Lopev, esq* Henry G. G. Ludtoiff^
esq. Robert Bailey FoUett, esq. and Ed.
ward Archer, esq. the exoeutora. The
j>ersonal estate within the dlocete
sworn under 180,000/, The Mariston
and all the Devonshire estates and
Westbury property descend to the prese nt
Baronet. The Somersetshire estates, partly
under the will of the first BaroQ«t an
partly dftder the taifcator^i will,
the absolute property of Mr. Ralph 1
The bequests are numerous, and the baa
which wan always ready during life, uno
tentationsly but munificently, to fabserlb
to the wants and necessitlea of <
and to seek objects for its bounty, is no
inactive after death ; for, by the will, pr
vision is made for the poor of every par
in which his extensive DovonahirB eita
arc situated, Amongst the bequasta tra^
— to the poor of the parish of Bickleig^
500/. ? of Shaugh* fiOO/. ; of Tainerto
Folliott, 500/* I of } ]
of Buekland* ;>U0/. :
of Mcavey, .100/. Jon
the Widows* house, nt Ts
forever. These moneys ui aH
invested in Government secui ai
names of the owner of*the Mm
tates for the time being* with &uy ottie
person whom he may aptK)iot, and
1854.] Sir X Simchan.^Sir T. Pilkingion^^Sir H. Peyton, 421
NortbQmberland in 1844, bj the will of
Thomas Lord Wallace, whose wife Jane
dowager Viscountess Melville was one of
his auuts, being Uie aixth daughter of
I John second E^irl of Hope^oun (see the
[ memoir of Lord Wallace in our Magazine
I for April, 1844).
At the general election of 1835 he was
returned to Parliament for the county of
^ Linlithgow; and again in 1837, after a
I eontest with the Hoq. Robert Fulke Gre-
^iUe, whom he defeated hy :J29 votes to
I H 1 , I n Ju i}.e . 1 « 3 9 , he retired from Par-
I liament by accepting the Gtewardship of
Ihe Chiltcm Hundred)^.
He married, March 4^ 1837, Lady Mary
PkttDces Nugent, youngest daughter of
I Oeorge- Frederick seventh Earl of Weat-
meath, and sister to the presenC Marquess;
> and by that lady^ who survives him* he
has left isiue three sons and four daugh-
ters. His j5on and heir, John-Georgc*
Frederick, was bom in 1B39.
Sir John Strachan, Bart.
/dn, 28. At his residence, CliffdeU}
Teignmoutb, after a long and severe illness,
Sir John Strachan, of Thornton, co. Stir-
UogttheBth Baronet (of Nova Scotia 1 625).
He was horn at Montrose, and was the
yxk and heir of Sir John Strachan the
I icfeiith Baronet, hy Elizabeth, daughter
of Darid Hunter, esq. of Blackness, CO.
! Forfar.
His father was served the nearest heir-
[ l&ale general of Sir Alexander Strocban the
I first Baronet J ia the year 184 1, after the litte
lain dormant for thirteen years, from
I Idle decease of Sir Richard Strachan, G.C.B.,
Itlie distiAgniBhed Admiral, who died in
I 18^. Sir John died June 9th, 1844 ; and
livas lucceeded by the gentleman now de.
who was one of the Gentleman
Quarterly Waiters in orrfiuary to
Kajesty.
Sir John Strachau married Mary AnDe^
daughter of laaae Elton, esq. of Stapleton
House, CO* GloQoei^ter, and Whitestaunton
House, Somerset; but had no issue*
SmTHOiiAa Pilkinoton, Baut.
Fwh* 7« At Funchal, Madeira, in his
. 25th year, Su: Thomas Edward Pilkington,
i of Cbevet hall, Yorkshire, the 9th Baronet
I (of Nova Scotia li)35), a magistrate and
Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding,
He was horn at Che vet hall in lH*i9,
I the eldest son of Sir William the 8th
Baronet, by Mary, second daughter and
eohetr of the late Thomas Swinnerton, esq.
[ of Butterton hall, Staflbrdshire, and Wo>
Court, CO. Monmouth. He sue-
ed to the baronetcy on the death of
bii father, October H, 1«50, He was ap*
I pointed a Captain in the West Riding
liiMtow
Yeomanry Cavalry in 1852, but resigned
iu lHr>3; and in the latter year was ap-
pointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the West
Riding.
Having died unmarried, he is succeeded
by his next brother, now Sir William
Melbourne Swinncrtou Fiikington. Sir
William, who has hitherto enjoyed the
Che vet estates, now relinquishes tiicra,
according to his father's will, to hia
younger brother, Lionel Pilkington, e«q.
Sm HiNttY Peyton. Bart.
F€b, 24. At Swift's House, near Bi-
cester, aged 74, Sir Henry Peyton, Ihe
second Bart. (1776), oLJD aldington, co.
Cambridge.
He was horn on the 1st July, 177d, at
Narborough hall, near Swaffham, Norfolk,
the elder hou of Sir Henry Dashwood the
first Baronet of the creation of 177tJ,
by Frances, eldest daughter of Sir John
Rous, Bart, of Henham hall, co. Suffolk,
and sister to John first Earl of Strad broke.
The family ia a junior brsDch of the
Daahwoods of KirtUngton, co. Oxford,
advanced to a Baronetcy in 1684; and is
doubly descended from the Peyton s,through
Margaret, daughter of Sir Sewstcr Peyton,
the wife of the grandfather of the subject
of this notice; and through AJgerninat
daughter of Sir Algernon Peyton, the wife
of bis great-grandfather. Sir Algernon
Peyton, of Doddiagton, descended from a
Junior branch of the Peytoni, of Isleham,
in the same county, al^o Baronets, of the
first creation in I Gil, was advanced to a
Baronetcy in lGtj6-7. On the death of his
grandson the third Baronet in 1771, that
creation became eitinctj and hia nephew
Henry Dashwood, esq* (father of the
subject of this notioe) assumed the name
of Peyton and was created a Baronet in
17 ye.
Whilst still a minor, Sir Henry suc-
ceeded to the baronetcy in May, 1780. Hig
father died one of the members in parlia-
ment for the county of Cambridge, which
he had represented from the year 17B2;
and on the death of General Adeane in
1602 the friends of Sir Henry looked to
him to occnpy the same poi^ition. He was
suooessfiil, after an arduous contest of llvo
days, the number of votes polled being,
for Sir Henry Peyton, IS&S; for Lord
Charles Somerset Manners, 1500 : but at
the general election, two months after-
wards, Sir Henry was not a candidate, and
he was not again a member of the senate.
He was best known in London as a
member of the old Fowr-in-Hand Club ;
and, with the exception of another Cam-
bridigeshire Baronet, he was considered
the Hrst amateur whip in England.
Sir Henry Pcytonraarried July 8, 1803,
422
OnirvARY,'^ Sir Ralph Lopei^ Bari*
[ApriU
Harriet I daughter of Thomai FitKhugh,
eiq* and widow of Jamea Bradsliaw, esq.
of Portland- |ilace; and by that lady he
had two aoiiSj Sir Heory, his sueceaaor,
ind Algernon, who died in tB06, ag^ed
sixteen mouths. The preaeot Baronet was
bi>ni ia 1804, and married in 1827 Geor-
giana, third dnughter of Christopher Be-
tbell Codringtontetq.ofDodrHngtonParkf
eo. Clone, by which he bo* iasne one tur-
vlvlnf son, Algernon, a Cor&et in the
First Life Guards.
His body was iotered Ln the family yaalt
ftt Doddington, oo the 3rd Marob.
Sm RAt.fB LoPKSr Bart,
Jan, 23, At Maristowe, near Plymouth,
a^ed 66, Sir Ralph Lopes, the secocid
Baronet (1805) of Maristowe House, co.
Devon, and of Westbury, Wilta, M.P. for
South Devon§hire,a magistrate and Deputy
LienteDant of Dei^onahire and Wiltshiret
and 4 Deputy Warden of the Stannaries.
He was bora on the 10th Sept, 1788,
the only son of Abraham Franco, esq. of
London, merchant, by Esther^ daughter
of Mordecai Rodrigues Lopes, e8C|. of
Clapham, co, Surrey, son of Abraham
Lopea^ of Jamaica. On the death, March
26, 1831, of his uncle Sir Mana^eh
Masseh Lopes, sometime M.P. for Bam-
itaple, Crampon nd, and Westbury, (on
whom the Baronetcy had been conferred
with a special remainder,) he sococeded to
the title and estates, andt by royal licence
granted in May following he OBsumed the
surname and arms of Lopes. (See o me-
moir of him m our Mogazinc for May,
1831.)
He received his education at Winchester
college, and at Brazenose college, Oxford,
where he graduated Inthonours, B.A,
ApHl 24,1811.
He was elected to Parliament in 1816,
and again in 1 8 1 8, for the borough of West-
bury, which he continued to represent
until the dissolution in 1820. His uncle Sir
Manaiseh was afterwards himself member
for the borough, and resigned in fsTour of
Sir Robert Peel in 1829, on the memorable
eipmlaion of the latter from the representa-
tion of the University of Oxford. Mr,
Franco again sat for Westbury in the (last
unreformcd) parliament of 1831. When
the borough was reduced to one member
he was elected, without opposition, its
iole representntive, in 1832, and again in
1835, In 1837 he was opposed, and de-
feated, by John Ivatt Briscoe, esq. (previ*
ously member for Eiwt Surrey), the latter
foiling 98 votes, and Sir Ralph Lopea 7*5,
n 1841 Sir Ralph's elecMon was unop-
posed, but in 1847 he was not a candidate.
He always fiip|M>rted the Conaervatite
party.
He was appointed Special Deputy War-
den of the Stannaries in 1852,
Sir Ralph Lopes married. May 8, 181 7*
Susan -Gibhs, eldest daughter of the late
Abnihnm Ludlow, enq. of Hey wood House,
Wilts, by whom he had issue (with three
others who died in infancy) four pons :
1, Sir Lopes Masseh, his successor; 2.
Ralph-Ludlow Lopes, esq, M,A. of Christ
church, Oxford, and a barrister- at-hiw, who
married in 1851 Elizabeth, third daughter
of S, Ti Kekewich, esq. of Peamore, co.
Devon, and has issue ; 3. Henry* Charles,
B.A. of Balliol college, Oxford, and bar*
rister-at-law ; 4. Edmund -Franeitt of
Oriel college, Oiford.
The present Baronet, Sir Lopea Masseh
Lopes, was bom in 1818, and is unmarried.
He was of Oncl college, Oiford, M^A.
1845, and nppoint^d a Captain in the 2d
Devon militia in 1853, He was an ansue-
eessful candidate for Westbury at the last
election .
The funeral of Sir Ralph Franco took
place at Bickleigh church on the 2d March,
attended by the present Baronet and bis
brothers, and many other relatives and
friends. The pall-bearers were Sir J. Y.
Buller, Sir A. BuUer, Mr. Kekewich. Mr,
Strode, Mr. E. Clark, Mr. Gregory, Mr,
Follett, and Mr. W. H. lUwker.
The will of Sir Rxilph Lopes has been
proved in the Prerogative Court of Canter*
bury, by Sir Masseh Lopes, Bart,, ~
Ludlow Lopej, esq. Henry G, G, Ludl
esq. Robert Btitley Follett, esq. and
ward Archer, esq. the exoeutors. The
I>«rsonal estate within the diocese was
sworn under 180,000/. The Mari«towe
and all the Devonshire estates and the
Westbury property descend to the preseet
Baronet. The Somersetshire estates, part}y
under the will of the first Baronet aad
partly tftder the testator*s will, become
tlie absolute property of Mr. Ralph Lopes.
The becjuests are numeroun, and the hsad
which was always ready during life, unos*
tentatiously but munificently, to subecHbe
to the wants and necessities of others,
and to seek objects for its bounty, is not
inactive after death \ for, by the will, pro-
vision is made for the poor of every parish
in which his extensive Devonshire estates
arc situated. Amongst the bequests are :
— to the poor of the parish of Bickleigh,
501}/. ; of Shaagh, 500/, ; of Tamerton
Folliott, hmL ; of W«lkliampton, 500/, ;
of Buckland, 500/. ; of Sheepstor, 300£ ;
of Meavey, 30n/. To the poor widows in
the Widows' house, at Tamerton, 8/. a-yeBr
for ever. These moneys are directed to be
invested in Government securities, in the
names of the owner of»the Maristowe es-
tates for the time being, with any other
penon whom he may appoint^ and the
ianter* j
Rald^H
adl^aH
dEli^
54,J .SVr J, E. /Towiej.— .Sir W. BmUie,^Sir J. Cmroy. 423
was engaged In the ChJoeie war, con-
tributing to the capture of Woosaog and
Sbanghae, and participating in the ope-
rations on the Yang-tse-Kittng, for wWch
services he was nominated a Companioa
of rhe Bath Dec. 24, 184'^.
In Dec. 1B45| when senior naval officer
at New Zealand, be onglnated the id*
gtmctions which were afterwards adopted
by Capt. Charles Graham, during whoae
siege of th« itrotigbold of Kawiti he was
cntruated with the defence of & pats
sit Q a ted at the point of deharcation, and
l>ehaved with nnweared attention, eeal,
and eiertion.
He was more recently appointed to the
command of the Calliope 26»whicb returned
to Sydney a few tkys before bis death from
an eight months' cruise, her captain then
Bttiferidg from the eflfccta of paralysis, with
which he was seized white the vessel was
off the coast of New Zealand. The de-
ceased officer was interred at the Camper-
down Cemetery on the 4th, with the uitial
naTol and military honoors, attended by the
GoTernor and chief officers of the ciTil
departments, the officer! and crews of the
Calliope, Fantome, and Torch, and the
military officers and regiments etationed
there.
Sir Everard Home having died un-
married, the baronetcy has become eitinct.
lAOuabent of the respective parishes ; the
idaction of the objects of the testator's
bounty to be with the owner of Marii-
I towe, but, as far as circumstances will per-
lit, he is to select in such a manner ** as
Imay for the time being seem moat likely
I to encourage among the persons intended
I to be benefited thereby, habits of industry,
[ providence, and lionourabie aelf- reliance.*"'
I The sum of 1,000/. is also left for the aug-
J mentation of the vicarage of Walkhamp-
I ton. All these bequ^ts are free of legacy
I duty. The testator had, daring life, rebuilt
I the church of Bickleigh, and made m,u-
LAiAeent donations to the cimrttahle instU
lioss of this countyf as well as many in
\ metropolis.
[ Cai*t. Sia Jas. EvKBAnn Uomk, Bart.
i^ov. Sf. At Sydney, aged 55, €apt.
I Sir James Everard Home, the second Bart.
(11^13), C.B., commanding the Calliope
[ S6, and seuior officer on the Australian
i New Zealand station.
He was bom on the ^25th Oct. 1798, the
I dd«r son of Sir Everard Home, V.P.R.S.
\ and F.S.A. Serjeant Surgeon to King
[ George the Third, who was created a
Baronet ia 1B13, by Jane, daughter and
coheiress of the Rev. James Tanatall, D,D.
I ind widow of Stephen Thompson, esq.
He entered the navy Anril 10^ 1810, as
t midflhipman on boara the Euryaltis
frigate, Capt. G. H« L, Dimdas ; cind,
having sailed to the Mediterranean, was
[ tben transferred, in Aug. 1*^1^, to the
Malta 80, the flag-ship of Sir Benj. lialto-
well, with whom he s^ubecquently served
t St Cork on board the Tonoant '«0. He
1 afterwards joined the Sybille frigate, bear-
iug the flag of Sir Home Popham ; and,
when in the West Indies, was promoted
July Hp lS14j to a limtenancy in the
Larne 20. From that ship he was removed
to the Pique 36, and then to the Helicon
10, on the Home station ; after which he
WM prom<»tcd to Commander Jan^ C8,
1899.
He succeeded hU father as Baronet on
theSlftt August 18^1^.
He did not again go afloat until 1884 ;
on the l8t Feb, in which year he BMumed
the command of the Racehorse IH, tlien
fitting for the West Indies. She took an
active part in the siege of Paria in IB.^5,
and was for tteveral days in contest with
the batteries there, in company with a
Bntzillaii squadron. Soon after she had
been paid off, he was promoted to the
rank of Captain Dec. 5, 1837.
On the 30tli AugUFt 1841, be was ap-
pointed to the North Star 2G, wliit^h from
thut time until the summer of l«4t> was
employed on the East India station. Dur-
" I period Sir Jatnes Everard Home
SiJt William Bailuk, Ba&t.
Jan. 28. At Perth, aged 69, Sir Wll.
liam Baillie, of Polkemmet, co, Linlithgow,
Bart,
Sir William BaiUie was born in Edin-
burgh, and was the aon of William Baillie,
esq. sometime a lord of session under the
title of Lord Polk em met, by Margaret,
daughter of Sir James Colquhoun^ Bart.
of Lusf. He was created a Baronet hy
patent dated Nov. 14, 1823.
He married, April 25, 1815, Mary-
Lyon, youngest daughter of James Den-
nJatoun, esq. of Colgrain, co. Dumbarton,
coheir to her mother Margaret, daughter
of Allan Drcghorn of Blochairn ; and by
that lady he has left issue five sons : 1. Sir
William ; 2. Jamcs-Deniustouo j 3. Robert \
4. Thomas ; 5. John-Hope ; and three
daughters. The present Baronet was bom
in 1816, and sat in parliament for the
county of Linlithgow from 1B45 to 1647.
biK John Conroy, BAar*
Marth . . ♦ At hia rcsideoce, Arlior*
field, near Reading, aged 07, Sir John
Conroy, Bart* of Llanbryrmiair, eo. Gla-
morgan, Knight Commander of the Hano-
verian Guelphic order, of the Portugucsr
order of the Tower and Sword, aj
1854. J Dr, Jmkym, Dean of Welfx. — jRev. Dr. RkkardY. At^
to ** the poor who Were always with him ^ '
WIS couaUot and uorailiu^.
Da, Jbnkyns, Dean of Wells.
March 6. At hia lodging*, BaUiol Col-
lege, Oxford, aged ?2, ttie Very Re?,
Richard Jeokyos, D.D. Deftn of Welb,
Master of BftJhol Coilefe,
Dr. Jeokyaa was a oatire of Someraet-
I thire, the soa of the Ee?. John JenkyQg,
BXIL. a Prebendary of Wells, nnd for
^ forty years Vicar of Evercreech, wKo died
I in 1824, Having been elected FelJaw of
Balhol as soon as be was statutably qtiali-
t fied. he toolc the degree of B.A. ia 1804,
SQd was forthwith appoiQled Tutor by the
I then MaBt€r« Dr. Parsons^ wbo dt.-^ecraed
I in the youthful object of hlii choice such
{ ■cholarsliip, talents, and dUigetice, aa were
calculated to further hia deBigna of raieing
the character and incrcasiag the useful nesii
of the college over which he ably presided.
The Master's cjq>cctEilit>us were fiil^lled j
I and it was not long before he had ahiin-
I dant proofs of the wisdom of his selection
[of Tutor, in the ameliorated conidition of
I the whole society, and iu the number^ the
j literary diilinction, and the prevsiUng good
I order of the junior and independoit mem-
bers of the college, ilaviog taken the
degree of M. A. in 1806, Mr, Jenkyui held
the office of Master of the $choot»im \bQ2i
\ aud that of Public Eiamincr in IS 11 and
1812, In 1819, on the death of Dr. Par-
I coni, who had been for some previous
1 years Bi»hop of Peterborough, he was
^elected Master* At that time he wos
I Senior Tutor atid Bursar of the college,
I aod third upon thehst of Fellows. Ue then
I proceeded to the degrees of BtDt and D,D*
la the governoaent of his colle^, hia
I steady aitn waa to act on the principles and
lo carry out the plans of his excellent and
1 revered predecessor* The latter bad by
I his firmness and vigour restored the prac-
Jtice of open election lo Fellowships, in
I accordance with the statutes ; and the new
] Master was resolved to uphold nnd per-
Ipetuate the aaroe practice, bj sedulous and
leeaaeless endeavours to exclude all those
lainister influences of party and of fft'
Ivooritismi which had, in some former
[times, most injuriously opposed the whole
I tpirit and contravened the evident purpose
I of the foundation. Success rewarded his
I etrenuouii and honest efforts ; and he found
himself surrounded by a body of Fellows^
I who cordially co-operated with himself in
11 practicable amendments of study and
Idiicipline ; and, finally, in throwing open
I to competition the scholarships of thecol-
llege, which were in the gift of the Master
J and Fellows, A Vi&itatoriiil Decree con-
I firmed rhei»ociet;*f voluntary abandonment
Eof nomination aud patronage in this instance.
, Mac. Vol. XLK
The Maater^'s occupation and intereat in
the affain of hit own college did not inter-
fere with hia atleotian to those of the iint •
versity. At the meetings of the Hcbdoiu*
adal Board, in the oMce of Vice- Chancellor
from 1B24 to 1828, in the Delegacies of
the Press and of AccotinCs, he distinguished
himself by regular and punctual applica-
tion to business, by prudent counsel,, by
gentlemanlike courtesy, and by unswerving
uprightness.
When the Deanery of Wells became
vacant in 1845, by the death of Dr, Good-
enough, Sir Robert Peel, at that time
Prime Minister, fixed his eye on the Mas-
ter of Balliol, as entitled, for his academi-
cal merits and services^ to a mark of royal
favour; but refrained from making the
offer until be bad satisfied himself tlmt
promotion to the deanery would not have
the effect of removing the Master from
Balliol and from Oxford. The preferment,
at length tendered in the moat handsome
manner, had peculiar recommendations
for Dr. Jcnkyns, from personal and family
associations with the county of Somerset
and the Church of Wells i hut<waa, at the
same time, regarded by him ai an occasion
uf augmented responsibility and a call to
fresh activity and zeal in the cause of sa-
cred learning and reUgion. He has siuoe
divided each ycax between Oiford and
Wclk, coDscientioualy diicbarging every
duty of his important stations \ and leav-
ing behind, at both places, a memory
which will belong aud gratefully cherished.
Dr. Jenkyns, we believe, has left a
widow and children.
His sister is Mrs. Gaisford, the wife of
the Dean of Christchurch,
Dr,Jeak jus's funeral took place at Wells,
on the 13th March : the choir, which has
long been closed on account of the restora-
tions in progress, being then re-opened for
service. The chief mourners were the Rev.
Dr, Henry Jeukyns, the Rev. G, Tbriog,
H. Uobhouse, eaq. H. Blissett, esq. and
the Rev. G. Blissett -, aud the pall-bearers
£. Palmer, esq. T. Walrond, esq, the Rev.
C. E. Prichard, and the Rev. Messrs.
Riddell^ Lake, Jewett, Wooleombe, and
Wall. Besides the clergy and olficera ol
tlie cathedral, the attendance was increased
by forty commoners and scholars of Bal-
liol college and forty theological students
of Wells. The service was read by the
Rev, Canon Barnard and the Ven. Arch-
deacon Law.
Rav, J. L. Richards, D.D.
Feb, 27. At Bonchurch, in the Isle of
Wight, aged 56, the Rev. Joseph Loscombe
Richards, D.D, Rector of Exeter College,
Oxford, Vicar of Kidliogton, Oxfordshire,
and Chaplain to H,H.U, Prince Albert*
3 I
4M
OuirvAtLY^^Met. J. L. Biekardsf D^D.
[April,
Ur. Riebtfdf wm tWi Mm of ibe Bev.
imf!\iU Ki4;b«rdi, of Trnmatom, in ilet on-
nhSrr., In If; IS be enterMl m • oMDBooer
at Y^ntittr OlUfge, wkteh wm then vnder
Um! A'trwiton t3f Dr. OAft, of whom be
•Iwvfii retahied an affectionate rtrntm-
brancir. He paMied thrcmgh bit aniYeraity
conrne with only moderate (lirtinctioD, ob-
tainini^ a aecond cUuia in LUmiM Hmmmi*
oriims at the Micbaclmaa ExamtnatioD of
}HVJ, He WM, hownrer, wbile ftill an
undergra/luate, riectcd a Fellow of bie eol-
Ufiffif (m the Devon foandation ; and roee
fery rapid Ij to the bif^beat ofllcea con-
nected with ita tnition and diacipline. He
became Totor almoat immediatelj after
taking bit M,A. degree in 1H22, and 8nb-
Rector a few yrara later. Thrae oflicea
be retained till the Tear 185Jif when the
living of Hnahey, in Hertfordthire, becom-
Ing vacant, be accepted it, and exchanged
college life for the labooni of a conntrj
pariiib. Wbile Rector of Boahey be mar-
ried, on the 2Hth Hept. lK;i7, Francea.
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. J. W.
Baugh, Chancellor of Briitol, and the aifter
Of a college pupil, the Rev. Folliott Baugh,
aome time Fellow of All 8ouU*, and now
Vicar of CheUfleU, Kent. This lady be
unfortunately loat, by death, in the fol-
lowing year.
Dr. Richarda remained but a abort time
at Buiheyt for in the year 1838, on the
death of the Rector of Exeter, Dr. Jonea,
be waa elected, after a abarp contest, to
the vacant headship, to whicli is attached
the vicarage of Kidlington witl^ Water
Eaton.
He was api)ointed a Select Preacher in
the univemity in 1853, and at the time of
bis death he waa a Delegate of Accounts.
Ho had formerly filled the office of Public
Examiner in IHSH.
In the important positions of Head of
a large college and member of the Hebdo-
madal Hoard, Dr. Riohards succeeded in
gaining the esteem and respect of all. Very
conscientious, and therefore not very rapid
in the conduct of business — very strict,
and, perhaps, a little over-preciiie in his
regard for forms, he yet, l)y his singleness
of purpose, his straightforward and un-
flinchiiig honesty, his freedom from all
disguise or arrih'$ peruie, and hia paina-
taking laboriousness, made himself re-
garded as one, alike in college and univer-
aity mntters, on whom all could thoroughly
depend, and with whose aid none could
diHpensc. Despite the difTerencos of the-
ological opinion which soparattnl him from
the bulk of his colleagues, ho waa placed
up(»n almost nil rommitties, and looked to
in almost all husinoss of importance. The
oourtrousness of his manners caused bis
•election f^om among the body of Heada
of Houaea for consexioD with tbe Court,
and in tbe office of Cbaplain to Prioea
Albert he offered to tbe highest cirdea in
tbe realm a favourable spedmctt of tbe
Oxford dignitary. Simple and qoiat ia bia
deneaooar, kind and gentle in bia treat-
ment of those dependent on bim, bonaat
and firm in his assertion of those priaei-
plea which be believed to be tnie, nn-
weariedly aaaiduoua in tbe diacbarge of
every duty which belonged to bim, be
carriea to the grave tbe heartfelt affe<^ion
of many, and tbe deep respect of all. It
will not be caaily to supply hia place,
ettber in the college over which he ao auo-
eesafnlly presided, or in tbe board to wbieh
he gave such frequent aid. Had hia health
allowed him to accept the office of Vioe-
Chaocellor at the laat vacancy, and bad be
been spared to inaugurate the new ayatcm
which is now dawning on the Univeralty,
we should have looked with confidence—
we say this without reflecting upon others
— to see the changes introduced without
those difficulties and chances of collision
which now cloud the University horixon.
The funeral of Dr. Richarda took place
in Exeter College Chapel, on Tneaday the
7th of March. The Undergraduatea of
tbe College formed the first part of the
proceaaion, preceding the coffin, the pall
being borne by the following Fellows :—
vix. Mr. P. A. Kingdon, the Rev. J. P.
Tweed, the Rev. F. Fansbawe, tbe Rev.
H. Low, the Rev. W. Ince, Mr. C. W.
Boase, Mr. George Ridding, and tbe Rev.
T. H. Shqipard. Immediately in front of
tbe bier were the Rev. W. Andrews, Sub-
Rector, and the Rev. W. W. Woollcombe,
the Senior Fellow in residence. Imme-
diately after it followed the relations and
connexions of the deceaaed : Mr. U. Fur-
neaux. Fellow of Corpus, and his brother,
nephews of the deceaaed ; the Rev. Upton
Richards, of Margaret Chapel, London;
the Rev. J. W. Richarda, of Salisbury ;
the Rev. W. D. Furneaux, the Rev. R.
Martin, the Rev. T. Furneaux, &c. After-
wards came the Vice - Chancellor, the
Warden of Wadham, the Principal of Mag-
dalen Hall, and the Regius Professor of
Divinity (the two last being former Fellows
of the College) ; then such of the actual
Fellowa aa were not pall-bearera ; and
finally, a largo body of persons, formerly
Fellows of the College, or personal friends
of the late Rector. Dr. Richarda waa in-
terred, aeconliog to his desire, by the side
of his wife.
He baa provided by his will for the per-
manent establishment of an annual theolo-
gical prise, which during his lifetime he
was in the habit of offering for the com-
petition of all B.A. membera of Exeter
ooUege. He has alao provided proapectively
18540
Obituary,— 7i^ Hm. W. P. GreswelL
417
tor the fotindaHon of tm exbibittou of the
I annoAl vnlttc of 36f. to be awarded by the
Rector nnd five senior Fellows to an Exeter
undergraduate on claims of poverty and
good conduct*
Subscriptions are being collected for a
I memonal to his name, the exact applica-
I tion of whieh ia not at present fixed. It
U proposed that the fund rained should be
sppHed to some collegiate parpoae^ cither
} the eatablishment of an annual prize, or,
I if the amount ig sufficient, the foundation
I of an exhibition for a poor and dewrving
I ttndent. It is thought that the latter
frould b« a ppedftlly appropriate memorial
of one who Is known to have had so much
at heart the cause of university extension.
The subscriptions already promised f«-
ceed 400/.
A portrait of Dr. Richnrds h announced
for publication, from a drawing by Mr»
George Richmond, engraved by Mr. Frnticis
HolL
Th8 Rkv. W. P, Grbswrll.
19. After a life of piety and use-
is, extended to B9 year«, the Rev.
Parr GreflweU, Incumbent of
1, in the parish of Manchester.
Mr, Greawell did not appear much
I before the public^ yet he must ever be ro-
pirded as occupying a diftinguiihed place
among Lancashire worthies, for bis learn*
I ing, industry r and persereratice. and <br
' the bright reautta of hrs abilities and line
mental characteristics. It is now about
fix ty- three years since the incumbency of
the chapelry of Denton and Hnughton waa
presented to him by the then Earl of
Wilton, the patron of the liTing. It pro-
duced no great pecuniary emolument, but
Icnowin^ how " therewith to he content,"
he fed his flock, and was for some time
'* passing rich** upon 1(K>/. a year. He
opened a scbooi, and his learning soon pro-
cured for him the notice and patronage of
■ome whoae children have since risen to
emiiieAoe by the aid of the Instructions he
imparted, and the correct habits of thought
and action in which he trained them.
While educating others, the claima of a
large family, to be cnred for In the name
reapect, wt-'^- ---^'-'^Msly attended to, with
the hap]^i Educated up to a
certain p^ n.-^elf, of five wna who
went to *>.\rord, two won the bighcit
honours of that University, both lu classics
and mathematics, and two others the
highest honoart in classics. Each rose
by his own merit to the post of FcUow
in his colU'ge,* and one of there ww
elected President of Corpus Chri»ti, though
he declined the appointment, conceiving
that it would interfere with the purauit of
his etudiea. Another son hat won a name
for himself by the princely munificence
with which he has sought to meet the
spiritual and educational wantaof the place
of his birth, t
An ea rnes t , patient , and laborious stude nt
himself, Mr. Greswell the elder waa an ex-
ample of how much persevering energy can
achieve upon means so small at odc time
that we wonder how they could be of ser-
vice; tnd possibly the recollection of the
difiicultiei he had had to struggle with
especially endeared to him the spot where
he overcame them. His was a long term
of incumbency j for the greater portion of
it he Ifflboured In the Tillages with the
utmost as&iduity, and when he felt no
longer equal to his task he entrusted the
chief portion of his pastoral work to a curate,
selected with care. It wM only about the
middle of last year that he finally re-
nounced the trust committed to him so
many years before, and advanced age had
tben made such inroads upon the ]ihy5iciil
powers of the venerable man, that the
Bishop of Mancheiter went to Denton
especially to receive his resignation. It
is a pleasing circumstanoe that the Rev.
Mr, Nicol, at that time officiating aa
curate, was appointed to the vocant in-
♦ WiUiwn Greswell, B.A. 1R18, M.A. 1820, Fellow of Balliol College.
Edward Greswell, B,A. Iftl9, M.A. 1822, B.0. IBM, Feaowand Tutor of Corptis
Christi.
Richard Greswell, B.A, 1822, M.A. 1825, B.D. 1836, Fellow and Tutoi- of
Worcester.
Francis Hague Greswell, B.A. 182G| M.A. 1899, Pellow of Brafenose (deceased).
Clement Greswell, B.A. 18?T, M.A* l«31 , Fellow and Tutor of Oriel College, tnd
now Rector of Tortworth, co. Gloucester.
t The new church at Denton, consecrated on the 15th of October laat by the Lord
Bishop of Manchester, was chiefly promoted and built at the cost of the Rev, Richard
Greswell, Fellow and (late) Tutor of Worcester College, Oxford ; and amongst his friends
present on this interesting occasion were, the Bishop of Cvford (who preached the
iermon from Acts, xviii. 10, '* For I have much people in this city"), the Chancellor
Of the Exchequer and Mt9. Gladstone, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. the Earl and
Countess of Wilton, Sir William and Lady Heathcote, and a large body of clergy. In
the afternoon of the same day the Bishop of Oxford and Mr, Gladstone assisted in
laying the foundation stone of a second set of new schools to be attached to the cimrch-
4:^8
OmruAaY — /ier. W. H, DUon, M,A*) l\S,A, [April,
oumbencj. TUt Hiihop» as the only means
in hli power of lewUfying hh Admiration
of Mr* Grc«w«irn |?ri*nt literary lueritt
yfferi*f1 bim ati HoHurnry Cnnonry in tliu
cutlteflra!, but this was rr 'ipectfully dec lined .
Mr. Greiwrl! unnk cnlmly to rewtj sur-
ronndcit nn liii dying bed by hia four sar-
vivingfianj<twbo had imbibed tbcir reverence
of Kim A J a |mrent, frotn the gentle care he
hiid beittowcd upon tlicm in their early
life, nod the continued wntchfnlnesi of
their interests he had exhibiled long after
tb«y pasaect from b«;ii«ealh the patemul roof;
for MUM WMki it hid beea tpparent that
hit end wai ipproacbiaf , and hU family
were summoned to attend, It was fatting
that hifl last rematn« should reit in the
place endeared to him by ao many aisocia-
tiotis [ they were interred in the yaid at-
tached to the quaint old fabric knotrn ss
Di'ntou ChQ|ieL tlic Bishop of Manchester
attendinif to perform the la*t riles for the
dead* The village wn* in innurnin|, every
houio woa darkened, and all the inhabi-
tAAtji, who couldf attended his funeral.
We add a Itat of Mr. Grca well's literary
work a i' —
Memoirs of Angelus Politianus, Joannes
Picus Mirandula, Actius SinceruM Saona-
anriufl, Petrus Bembusj Hieronymus Fra-
caitoriuii, MarcuB Antoniutt Flatnioius,
and the Amnlthei : Trantltttinai from their
poetical Works ; ond Notes and Observa-
tion* concerning other Literary Characters
oflba PiAceolh and Sixteenth Ccnturiee.
Mattcheater, lBo\, Hvo. A socood edltioui
Manchester, 1805.
Annals of Parisian Typograpbyt oon*
tainmg an account of the earficfit typo-
graphical c&tabHiihment» of Paris; and
notiees and illustrations of the moat re-
niarkahle productions of the Parisian
Ciothic Press. 1«18. 8vo.
A V^iew of the Enrly Parisian Greek
PrcKs ; including the Lives of the Stephaui,
notices of other contemporary Greek
Printers of Paris, and various particulars
of the Literary and Ecclesiastical History
of their times. Edited by [his son] Ed-
ward GrcawelU B.D. Oxfurd, 1833. 2
voU. Bro«
The judgment paased upon these works
by M. Bmnetin his Manuel da Libratre,
ia as foUowv r ^'Ces deux our rages sout des
comptlatiuna qui ne ren ferment presque
ancun fnit nouvcaUi et oh nous avonii re-
mnrqur bicn des itiexaetituik«. Noan-
moins il.t ae font lire avec int^r/rt/'
There was afterwards printed at Oifurd
** A Sequel '* to tJic latter work : but after
A very few copies had liccn given away, it
wan i^uppre^s^tHt by its author, for aome
renfioti nncxplaliied^
Thn Monast4«ry of St, Werhurgh, a
pfjfm, with Notes. 18/1. »?tiro.
Rev. W. 11. DixoN, M.A., F.S.A,
F^h, 17. At his house in the Minst^
yard^ York, agrd 7<K the Rev. Williai
Henry Dixon, M.A., F.S.A.. Rector
Etton, Vicar of Bii»hopthorpe, Canon
sidentiary of York, nud Domestic Chap
lain to the Archbishop of York.
Mr. Dixon wa« the son of the RsfJ
Henry Dtjton, Vicar of Wadworth, nci
Doncaster, and Anne, daughter of the P
William Mason, Vicar of Holy Trinit]
HulL The Ma»ons had been nettled i
Hull, and were opulent merchants the
for some generations. From his uncle tb
Hev. William Mason the poet, and biogn
pher of Gray, Mr. Dixon derited thegreaU
part of his private fortune. He was eda
cated at the grammar school of Houghton^
le-Spring, and at Pembroke College, Caoi^
bridge, where hegraduatedB. A. 180., M J
1 80 . • His classical attainmenU were €
siderable, and he had made some proA^
ciency in the knowledge of Hcbrew.
For many years in the earlier part of hia
life, Mr. Dixon held various amall cores
with little or no emolument attoched to
them. Forty years ago he was a conatant
preacher in Ripon MiDster» where hia
sennona were much admired. Through-
out life he never relaxed in his ministerial
duties. He waa a man of undoubted piety
and strong devotional feeling, though he
ever shrunk from all display. Hia vol ee
was clear and musicaff and of oonsiili
power, and hu elocution almost p<
The admirable way in which ha jh*i-
formed the services of the Church, aiid hii
great courtesy and elegant refinement of
manners, attracted the obaervation of the
late Archbishop of York, who appointed
him one of hia Domestic Chaplaing, and
was hia xealons friend and patron. He
was appointed Prebendary of Ripon io
1815 J Vicar of Bisliopthorpe in 1B24;
Prebendary of Market Wcighton in 1825;
and Canon Residentiary of York in 1831.
On resigning the vicarage of Bishopthorpe,
in 1B34, he wasappninted Vicarof TopcUITo
and of Sutton-on-Forcat. Afterwards he
vacated these two benefices, and waa re*
appointed to the vicarage of Bishopthorpe
and instituted to the rectory of Ettoo,
in the East Riding, in 1837.
To th c !^ tri c t f ul fil men 1 0 f h ia eccleaiastical
dudea Mr. Dixon always added asealoita and
liberal care for the many inttitutioni of the
city of York by which charity ia diapanaad
and knowledge advanced. No one lived
with a kinder sympathy, or a more open
hand for the troubles and distreaaes of all,
however little connected with him, espe-
dally among his poorer brethren of the
clergy and their connections. Hia charily
waa never narrowed by hia opiniona, or hia
friendly feelings diverted by any di^erenee
1854.]
QMTUARY.'^'Mohert Alexander f Esq.
429
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of ^iewa. Iti the lave id^ practice of
mufii! he followed the cxumple of hi§ uncle
Mason^ formerly Precentor (as well as &
Canon Rcsidentinry) of York Cotbedral,
mid like him paid much attention to
the choral services of tbe cliurch. H\s
onlf other relaxation^ besides that social
coorerse to which he was always a ready
and ao acceptable contributor, consisted in
study ; and the atydies in whicb he most
delighted were those of ecclesiastical hio*
graphy and history. As the fruit of these
re^earchea^ he has left a digeiited collection
of historical and biographical incidents
relative to the Cathedral, under the title of
" Fasti Eboraceoses, or a Catatog:ae of the
Memhen of the Cathedral Church of
York*** These occupy nine quarto %*oltimeB
of manuscript ; and we trust tbey may
hereafter be publiflhed,
Mr. Dixoa piiblished one or two Ser-
mons, but we believe nothing else.
He was elected a Fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries May 31 » 1821.
Five weeks a^o hk \mi sermon was heard
in the parish church of Holy Tritutj, Good-
ramgate^ preached with his usual impres*
aiveneASf on the words — ** Oh ! teach us to
number our days that we may apply our
liearts unto wisdom f^ and from that ser-
mon he may be said to have gone home to
die, considering his days as numbered for
some time before they closed, and going
down to the grave with great devotion ^ re*
•ignation, and serenity.
A few years ago, the late Mr. Jonathan
Gray, himself, and some other friends,
projected the Public Cemetery of York ;
knowing, as they did, and deploring, the
crowded state of the churchyards in the
city« Mr. Gray 's remains and Mr. Dixon's
will now lie in the same cemetery, and
within a few yards of each other.
ROBISRT ALKXANOEa, E^*i*
Ftb, 9. At Great Crosby, near Liver-
pool, in his .S9th yeari Robert Alexander
esq. editor of the Liverpool Mail.
Mr. Alexandcir was born at Paisley,
where his father was an extensive builder.
He was educated at the Grammar School
of P^aley, and from his youth upwards was
an extremely diligent student. Endowed
with an eitraorditiary memory, he could
not fail to profit by his close application
to books. On arriving at manhood he
engaged in the manufacturing business in
his native town; but in that he was not
successffiL He then went to Coik, but
with as little success. He next removed
to Glasgow and engaged in merciintile
pursuits, but only for a brief period,
Busine^ was not his forte. Reading,
ch. and reflection became his more
congenial occupation. And while yet a
young man of some five and twenty sum-
mers, he resolved henceforth to devote hia
energies to literature and journalism,
Mr. Alexander commenced his career
as a jonrnalist at Hamilton, by taking
charge of the Clydesdale Journal, a Con-
servative newspaper. It was removed to
Glasgow, under the name of the Clydesdale
Journal and Glasgow Sentinel, and was
conducted by him for a considerable |ime;
hut, failing to attract adequate support
from the Conservative party, it was even-^
tnally discontinued. IVlr. Alexander then
proceeded to London, w^herc, for several
years, he occupied himself with con-
tributions to a variety of the most popular
periodicals. He subsequently accepted an
en gage men f at Exeter, and conducted the
Western Luminary for a year or two.
Preferring London, he became editor of
the Watchman^ a high ConservatiTe jour-
nal, ami one which for a while was attem*
ded with signal success.
His services were next transferred to a
paper entitled, the Morning Journal. The
ability which he brought to bear upon ita
management was rewarded with a very
extensive circulation until the great con-
troversies arose both in the senate and the
press on the vexed tjuestioo of Roman
Catholic Emancipation, when, so severe
were the strictures on men and measures,
so fearless and pungent the denunciations
of the tortuous policy of Peel, published
in the Morning Journal, that the govem-
meot took advantage of unadvised ex-
pressions which hJid escaped, no doubt
injudiciously but almost unconsciously, in
the warmth of argument and the vehemence
of invective, A crioainal proiiecution was
vindictively followed up, Mr. Alexander
was confined in Newgate, bnt the full term
of the sentence was commuted and re-
mitted.
On Ilia release^ Mr, Alexander was
hailed by numbers as a far-seeing champion
and fearless confessor for our Protestant
constitution, and, upon urgent invitatiooi
he made a lengthened sojourn at the
hospitable mansion of that warm-hearted
Irishman Sir Barcourt Lees. But he
alike disrelished inaction or ostentation.
He always shrank from setting up as a
political martyr. And bis steady devotion
to great principles still prompted bim to
a zealous and generous support of that
great Tory party whose chiefs had dealt
so harshly with himself. He became
editor of the Liverpool Standard, whicli '
was Arst started and supported by the
subscriptions of local Conservatives, and
which contbiued to be their chief organ
until, upon disputes occurring ronreniing
430
Colonel Joliffe.*^ohn PardeN, E^q, F.S.A. [April,
« difid^d maniifemeot, Mr, Alexander
left U, and iti 1836 founded a joumaL of
hb owtii the Liverpool Mull, to which his
subsequent life wa9 devoted. In this
Ciptdty, he con?c!enti(maly and hfthitually
strove to femler his public Inbnurs con*
ducive to the piiblic good. None cati
eotmt the saluiary iuduences he has been
enabled to dtfl'tiBe tbroagh the great cotti>
mumty which he addressed. Above all,
<>ti e^ry occasion, and in everv causc^ he
took especial delight in advocating what
be conceived to be the true interests of
the ignorant, the poor* stid the defencdess.
He excelled in that most useful acquire-
nent, n koovledge of comaion things.
In private life he vras a warm and nn-
awenring fnend, and an instructive atid
•iitertaining connpauion. Advancing years
induced hira to remove from the annoy-
ances of the town ^ and to find his chief
delight in his books and bis f^nrden.
To the last day of his conBciousness>
with humble gratitude to his Maker, be
solemnly recounted that his simple p^^y^^j
'* betlher poverty nor richea/' had tiirough
all bis days been mer^Tifully granted.
Colonel Joliffr.
Afarch 15. At Ammerdown Park,
Somersetshire, John Twyford Joiiffe, esq.
Lient.-Cotouel of the first Someraetsbire
Yeomanry Cavalry.
Mr. Joliffe was descended from a race
of bigb antiquity. He was the aou and
heir ^ Thomas Samuel Joliffe, esq. M.P.
ft)f Ritenrfield, by Mary Anne Twyfurd^
beln«B of the Twyfards of Kilmersdun^
CO. Somerset The family name, ori-
ginally Joli, has been frequently cor-
rupted by capricious additions or termi-
nations, and, about three centuries sineef
was usually written Jolyfe or JoUff. Sir
Bernard Burke, in bis "♦ Dictionary of the
Landed Gentry" baa bnetly dctniled the
particulars of Mr. Joliffe's Ibicage ; but,
in his history of tlie Royal fiimilies of
England and Scotland, he baa elaborately
traced the deceased's connexion with the
Plantagenet sovereigns, and shown him
to have been the fourteenth, hi direct
descent, from Edward lit. Without
unduly estimating the value of such recom-
mendation, it may justly be remarked that,
although ancestral honours and heraldic
diatitictiona —
cjtjnns et prosivos, et q«m non fecfniUA ipsi—
are no proof or argument of personal merit
. In the hereditary possessor, they shed at
least a reflective lustre on whoever can
establish a claim to them. In discharging
the demands of domestic obligations, Mr.
Joliffe has left few to surpass him ; and,
in Ml charaetor of an ettensiTc landholder ^
he was so tr^ly appreciated, that his loss
will be considered irreparable by a nu-
merous and tnteltigcnt tenantry.
At particular periods since the passing
of the Reform .\ct, be received appli-
cations fnim influcntiiil parttea in different
coni^tituencies to avow himself & candidate
in the ConBervftlive interest ; but bis
retired and unu'ifuming habits induced
him respectfully to decline Hi<* fluttering
invitation. His only ^ its of a
public nature were tho- Colonel
in the Est Somerset iiigmcin, nod of a
magistrate and ttepnty -lieu tenant in the
!tame county. A ware of the dutie!^, as well
as rights, of opulence, he liberally re-
sponded to solidrations for pecuniary aid
from those the truth of whose statements
he had aecuratcly ascertained j and the
writer of this sketch has been so ci*
tensively the agent of bis liberalities as to
have frequently bestowed hundreds of
pounds upon distressed iudividuala.
Surrounded by friends, and watched
over in profound and ceaseless anxiety by
those of bis household whom bis bounty
had enriched, he expired after a lingering
and painful illness, which baffled the efforts
of the most distinguished surgical pro-
fessors.
Colonel JoMe's landed estates were^
fbr the far greater part, entailed; these
devolve on bia only surrivin^ brotbef ;
but his personal property, which cannot
hdve been inconsiderable) was at hia o#n
drspoBrtl.
John Fardell, Esq. F.S.A,
Feb. 5, At Sprotborough rectory, York-
shire, in his 70th year, John Fardell, esq.
of Hotbeck Lodge, Lincolnshire, a ma^S-
trate and Deputy Lieutenant of that county,
a barrifiter-at-law, and F.S.A., formerly
M.P. for Lincoln.
He wds born May 4, 1784, the eldest
son of John Fardell, esq. of Lincoln, who
died in 1805, by Penelope, daughter of
Jnhti Hay ward, esq. of the same city. He
was elected a Fellow of the Societr of
Antiquaries of London June 15, 1609;
and was called to the bar by the Hon.
Society of the Middle Tbmple July 9.
1H24.
Mr, Fardell represented thedty of Liii*
coin in the pnrliament of 1830.
He married, Sept. 26, 1809, Mary,
youngest daughter of John Tunnard, esq.
of Frampton House in the same county «
and had issue two sons, the Rev. John
George Fardell, B.A. Rector of Sprot-
boroughf Yorkshire, and Charles Fardell »
e4Mi, of the Middle Temple, B.A. of St,
John's collegCi Cambridge.
1854.] Obituahy,— A^. HindKat^h, Esq.S. Bekker, Esq. 481
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Nathaniel Hikdhaugh, £sa.
/«»« 15. At Pensber Houses oo. Dur-
hiiUr aged 59. NathaDiel Hindhangh, esq.
piineipal agent of the Marqueaa of Loa*
He wu B native of Rothbuiy , Nortbiim-
beckndf bis fatfaefp Mr, Josepb lltnrU
bangh, being manti^er of a brewery there.
Hating been taught reatling at a *^ dame
icbooP' conducted by **Tibby Allen,"
widow of Jaines Alkn.thc Duke'uf Nurth-
nniberUnd'a famous pipur, (whoge written
life and adveatiares mast be famiUar to
many,) he wa« afterwards mcitructed in
vritiog and arithmetic at the Free School
at Neweaitle, and then sent by bis father
lo a merchant's office, where, without
foitnne orfriend^^.he made his way by dint
of iudiiatry, atep by step, antil be became
one of the moat eminent citizen^i of the
port. He waB largely connected with tljc
timber and coal trade of the Tyne, having
been npw«rda of forty years ia the Icitter
depsrlmeQt in the fittincc-oMce of Mr, Jo-
•eph Lamb tu\d partners. This long ex-
perience of buHint'^! waa combined with n
clear judgment and tirmneBS of purpoiip,
which enabled him at all timca to act with
more than udnal piomptnesi^ and deciftion ;
iXid hiis great ability ns a merchant and
manager of extensive concerns waa only
equalled by hia uniform integrity and can*
dour. He possessed the entire confidence
and friendship of the Marque«a of Lon-
donderry, of the owners of the collieries
with whii^h he was so long connected, and
of every one who had transactions with
him* Hia virtues in every relation of life
require no comment* Mr. llindhaugh bad
attended bis office in Newcastle on Satur-
day the 14tb Jan. and died vuddmly from
coogestiOD of the heart early on the foU
lowing morning. Hiii remains were in-
terred in ieeniond Cemetery.
HiNRY BeLCHBII, £914*
JVA. 14. At Warwick, aged 68, Henry
Belcher, esq. of Mayfield House, Whitby.
Mr. Belcher was born at Manchester on
the 19th Nov. 1 785. He served hia clerk-
ahip to Messrs. Milne, solicitors in that
town, and resided there until ISl 1 ; when
he removed to Whitby, and entered into
partnership with Mr. Clarke, of Guisbo-
rough, the business being conducted, for
about ten years, under the firm of Clarke
and Welch er. He then for several years
continued hid profession alone, until in
1833 Mr. N. L.ingbornc became his part-
ner, and Ihey were afterwards joined by
Mr. J. Bucbojinan. The formLT having
died, the latter retired in 1835, when Mr.
Belcher was again alone until 1850; he was
then joined by Mr. Gray ; and recently by
another addition the firm had become
Belcher, Gray, and Brewster.
Prom the period of Mr. Belcher^ first
settlement in Whitby he had been one of
the best fnetids of the town, the great en-
cottrager of its local improvements, the
moat liberal patron of its public institu-
tions, and the kindest adviser of vtA strug-
gling inhabitaots. He was one of the most
aetivc promoten of the Whitby and Pick*
ering railway, which wns the third in the
kingdom completed for the conveyance of
passengers (and that not by steam but by
horse-power). On its completion, be
exerted himself in the formation of the
Whitby Stone Company ; and in ooiy unc-
tion with the late Mr. Thoma« Simpson
he built an hotel and a street of cottages
and workshops. HeaJao actively assisted
in obtaining au act of parliAoient for the
coustruction of a railway from Whitby to
Ca$tleton. This was not formed \ but, the
statutory time having elapsed, he has,
during the bat year, itrenuously advo*
cated the claims of ^e North Yorkshire
and Cleveland Railway.
As a friend of religious education, he
evinced hii seal so long since ai Id'i^O in
promoting the formation of a lociil society
in connexion with that for Promotini^ Chris-
tian Knowledge. The new church of St.
Matthew, at Grosmont near Whitby, which
was commenced in 1810, opened in 1842,
and consecrated in 18.^0, has been, prin-
ci pally by his active exertions, erected at
the cost of ] ,360/. and endowed with 1 ,0€0/.
befrides 700/. for a parsonage, of which he
was shortly to have laid the foimdation
stone. He also materially contributf'd to
the enlargement of the ancient parish
church of Whitby, and to the erection of
that of St. John's.
In 184'i he published a pamphlet show-
ing the inefficient state of schools for the
poor in the neighbourhood of Whitby j and
since tiiat fieriod schools have been erected
at Whitby, Staithes, Lytb, and Danby.
Of the National Schools at Whitby, and
of the Infant School'^, he was, from their
establishment, either Treasurer or Secre-
tary, or both ; and for many year$ he
was Secretary of the LancaHterian school.
From the year lH:i8 he has been President
of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical
Society ; and, on the foundation of the
Whitby Institute iu 1H15, he also became
President of that association. Before both
he frequently delivered lectures, among
the s^ubjcntd r.| - t - l> - r- The English
Poete; The-. Uhc Sacred
Scriptures, cor i jiociully with
reference to their pocticul character ; and
one on Mechanics* lni>titutions — by which
last he waa gratified in efTecting hi^ prin-
cipal object; that of attracting atteutiou
^
432 Obituary,^ TVwmoA' Saunders, Enq. F.S,A* [April,
to the advantages of claas-iiifltnictioQ, anil
increaaing the tiu tubers of those wiliitig to
afail theiiiEelvea of tbem. Mr. Bt:lcher
wsA also President of the Choral Society «
and the Floral aud Horticultural Society ;
aod one of tlie Secretaries of the Agdcttl-
tura{ Society.
Betides the pamphlet already mentioned^
he wrote one in 1845 setting forth the id*
vantage! of tlic West CUff at Whithy for
building purposes i and he al^o wrote the
letterjireas of a very pfctty book on the
Scenery of the Whitby and Pickering
Railway.
Mr fielcher died luddctily of aneurism
of the heart, whilst visiting his iiist^rs at
Warwick ; and his body was interred in
the ceraetcTy of St, Mary's church in ibat
town. The same day was obserred at
Whitby by a cessntton from business and
labour, and two sermous were prendiedr
one in St* Jolm'ii church hy the Rev. James
Davidson, M.A, and the othtr in Gros-
moot church by the Rev. Williftoi Keaue,
M,A. Vicar of Whitby.
A portrait of Mr. Belcher, painted for
the Whitby Institmto,. now hangs in their
reading -room i and another hu been re-
eently Uthogritphed from a daguerreotype.
It is tiitended to fill the chancel window
of Grosmont dmrcb with stained glass, as
A further memonnl of his public sprrit and
active beneficence.
Thomas SAUNftsRs^ Ena. F.S.A.
Jan. 23. At West Lodge, Hammci'-
smith f flgtsd Gd, Thomas Saunders, esq.
CompiroUer of tlie Chamber of tlie City
of London, one of the Directors of tlie
London Life Associationr and F.S.A*
This very amiable and benevolent geu<
tlemau was the son of Mr, JaD]e4» Saunderi»,
citisen and tish monger of London, for
many yeors one of the members of the
Court of Common Council for the ward of
Billing legate. He was articled to Mr.
James Htlli solicitor, of Salters' Hall.
In 18M he was elected a member of the
Court of Common Council for Bridge
Ward (his brother Mr. Nathaniel Saun-
dera being then a Common Couiicilnmn of
the fame ward) i and he continued a mem-
ber until the year 1820.
Mr. Saunders was elected a Fellow of
the Society of Antlqnariea Dec. 21, 1839 ;
Mud a little more than twenty years ago he
filled a very conspicuous part in the anti-
quarian world ,^ by hiazealoujn exertionfi for
the preservation of ** The Ladye Chapel/'
attached to the eastern end of the church
of SL Saviour in the borough of South-
wark. That tine and spacious church,
which was formerly the conventual church
of St. Mary Overk, was granted hy king
Henry MIL afler the dissolution of mo-
naatenaa to the parishioners of the ne«
parish of St. Saviour, which was formed
by the union of the psriabes of St. Margaret
and St. Mary Magdalen. The church had
buffeted in the course of lime very con-
siderable dilapidations, but had for a few
previous years been undergoing cxtenaive
repairs,'^ which met with a course of
constant opposition from a party which
sympathised neither with its parochial
claims, its architeotttral beau ties* or itaj
historical assodationi. Their vigorooi i
tack required on equally resolute defeno
Mr, Saunders tuid his friends threw then
selves on the gaud-feeling of the public i
lorgc^ and spared neither labour nor
pouse to raise subscriptions that might i
part at least alleviate the parish rat<
This was effected in great measure hy hh
personal influence, and by the employmen
of eloquent advocates and coadjutors,-
amoog the most actifo of whom were ''
Sydney Taylor, Mr. A. J. Kempe, F.S
and Mr. E. J. Carlos (all now no roore)^
who eloquently by their s^^eeches and i '
writings maintained the claims of the struo
ture. A large sum was raised by
acriptions, and by other means, as con* I
certs, fancy^fairs, &c, but aU. was imuf*
licient to cover the ejLpcnseSi and we 1
that 700/. was still due to Mr. Saunderf]
il the commencement of 1835, (Gtnti
Mag. Jan. 1835, p. 83.) However, tb
object was effected. The Lady Chapel wa
admirably restored, principally by the pn
fessional skill and gratuitous liberality i
Mr. George Gwilt, under the su|>erta^l
tendenoe of a committee, consisting of
two architects, Mr. L. N> Cottinsham and
Mr. James Savage (both since deceased),
and of three other members, viz. Mr*
Saunders* Mr. Carlos, and Mr. G*
Corner, F.S. A.
After the Lady Chapel had been re*
stored by the indefatigable exertioni of
Mr. Saunders, and his frteoda 4mA
lubourerSp it would have been
from public view but for hit continua
uud most persevering zeaL The Corpon
tion of London were deairoaa of buildij
* The tower — which had a far mo
magiii^ceot aspect before the level of the
adjoiniug bridge and roads was raised, and
before Alderman Uumpbery had nearly
buried it witliio hm colossal warehouses—
and also the choir, bud been thorough
restored some ten years before; Wo "
a a tale men t in the spring of lb32
ja,Ol>0/. had then been expended, and 1
20,000/. more would be n&quired, in
eluding the nave< The repaim of the T
Chapel were eatimatcd at 3,500/. of wbto
2,000/. had been collected. (Gent. Ma
April 1832, p, 302.)
1854.]
O jj I r D A H V . — John Ma » iht , £Vf/ .
4n$
houses in Wellington -street^ wUitih wouUl
have thut in the dmrcti» but Mr, tSaundcr^
obtiitned* through a Cnnimittee of the
Uouhc of Commons, thai: a Hjiace of 110
feet in widlU shoukl he left open, in order
that thifl Doble ecclesi&atical e^trncture
might be seen, aud form a* it doei the
best orDitrnent to the entrance t^ the City
by Land an Bridge.
Themo»t lamentable consequence of this
tlf«ir wafi that the strength of the friends
of St. Mftry Or cries Church was eiliAusted
by their prolonged aud repeated efforts :
and after they hud preserred the Lmdy
Chapel, which, however admirable in ita
architecture, was after all merely an fx-
creacence of the church itself — the De-
structive party^ within a few years, had in
turn their triumph and their leTenge, for,
under the pretence that the roof-timbers
were decayed, the nave or main body of
the edifice was destroyed, and a miserable
substitute erected in its place.
There was another church, on the
northern approach to London Bridge, to
which Mr, Saunders extended hi* regard.
Thii* was Smnt Michael's Crooked Lane^
which was removed; in order to form King
William Street The late Mr. Herbert,
librariaci to the City of London at Guild-
hall, was employed by Mr. Saunders to
oommemorate its history and its sepulchral
memorials i but only two portions were
printed, consisting of 100 pagee, @vo« lb3L
Mr. Saunders was elected Comptroller
of the Chamber of London in 1841, and
he was }iO universally beloved in the city
of London that his election was almoist
unanimous. Previously to his undertaking
this office, he held the appointments of
Vestry Clerk of the several parishes of
St. Martin Vintry, St. Michael Royal, St.
Benet Gracechurchp St. Leonard East-
cheap, St. ^fary Bothaw, and AUhallowe
the Great, which he then resigned. Ho
was also Clerk of Dowgate Ward, and
Hi^norary Solicitor to the Shipwrecked
Miriners' Royal Benevolent Society. This
was only one instance of his untiring zeal
in good works^ — in fact, he was one of the
most unselfish of men. The Noviomagian
Society (of Autiquaries), of which he was
an old and much-esteemed member, will
long cherish the memory of their genial
and kind-hearted " Comptroller.'*
He mairried Susanna^ daughter of James
CfOuldiDg, esq. who is left his widow, with
two ionti Th{»mas and John (both unmar-
ried), tnd four daughters. Of the latter,
Sarah, the eldest, was married in ISfi^ to the
Rev. Edward Hardwiokc, of Artcy, co. Staf-
ford ; and Maria, the thirds in 1849 to
Engene Hardwicke, esq. of Pmnche Court,
CO* Worcester*
Joif5* Martin', Esq.
GsNT* Mag. Vol. XLL
Felt, 17. At the hou«(r of Thomas Wil-
sou, esq. Douglas, l»le of Man, aged 64,
John ^lartin, esq. of Ltndsey house, Chel-
sea, the Painter of Bebhazzar's Feast,
This great artist was a Northumbrian
by birth, having first seen the light at
HayJon Bridge. Hii* brother, the " Natu-
ral Philosopher," was bom at Tow House,
near ilaltwhistle; while hia equally noto*
TiOME relative, the incendiary of York
Minster, first saw the light at High House,
near Heihani. His jurentage was humble,
his father having taught the small «word
and singlestick at the Chancelfor^s Head
in Newcastle; hut deceased overcame the
di^culties of his early position in tife in a
msnner peculiar to great geniuses.
From notes supplied by Martin him-
self^chicfly to the " Athcoenm '' in former
years — we are able lo trAt*e the outline of
his career. *^ 1 was born at a house called
the East-land Ends, Haydon Briflge, near
HesLham^ 19th of July, 1789, and received
the nidiments of my education at the well-
known free school of that place. Having,
from my earliest years, attempted to draw,
and expressed a determination to * be a
painter," the question arose ^ how Co turn
my desires to proftUbtc account ;' and it
was ultimately decided to make me a herald
painter — in consequence of which, upon
the removal of my family to Newcastle, 1
was, when fourteen, apprenticed to Wil-
son, the coach -builder, of that town. I
worked with bim for a year, in no small
degree disgusted at the drudgery which,
as junior apprentice, I had to endure, and
at not being allowed to practise the higher
mysteries of the art ; when, just previously
to the expiration of the year (from which
period I was to have an increase of pay),
one of tJje senior apprentices told me that
my employer would evade the payment of
the first quarter, on the ground that * I
went on trial,' and that * it was not in the
indentures.' As it had been foretold, so
it turned out. Upon claiming the increase,
I was referred to my articles, and the ori-
ginal sum was tendered. This I indigo
najitly rejected, saying, ' What 1 youVc
soon beginning then, aud mean to serve
me the &ame as you did sttch an one ? but
/ won't submit;^ and, turning on my heel,
I hastened home. My father highly ap-
proved of my conduct, declared that 1
sbovild not go back, and immediately fur-
nished me with proper drawing materials,
the most satisfactory reward I could re-
ceive. I worked uway to my he«rt> con-
tent for some days; when, at length, while
so employed, the town sergeant came to
take me off to the Guildhall to answer
charges brought against me by my master.
I was dreadfully frightened, the mort^ so
Obituaby^— ^o/iii Mart in f JiSf.
CApA
u none of my lunily were nilliia c&II to
■MOnfMiy am ; anil on calcfing t!ie court
af iMirt Mak it the m^i of tlie Alder-
MML ioA BUf VMAer* wilb towering |f«c«,
and Ilk wffngiiti* I wu ch«rge«l on oath
inch fMolenee, hiving riis away, reMBou^
eoa4iiet» and threatauBg to d(> a privjitc
ii^wy. In rei>lr, I timyiif^iMM Ihc ^cta
M thflf ooattmd. This witoeai {iroduced
qgiinal mo proted the oorreotaeia of tay
iMiauBl » i««rf fiartioiilir $ ijad Iha
m^m^^mam irai i Hmfiiirni in my firour.
T^nmftt^f 1hft», to my matf •: f —^ ' 'Yon
hive fttatod fo«r diauti > voc,
lod appfehaoaiOBa of mv ' , , n pri-
vit« 111)0171 under lh««« airoumitaiu*eit
J on cia bif« 00 objection to retarniiag
JDj- tndentttreay' Mr* Wilaonwta not pre-
pmd Ibr this, bat tbc lidefmaii iromc*
dklilY 80id« ' Taa, Mr* WiUon, you muat
gift Am boy hii indentiirei/ Tbev wcr«
•eeocidliif ly hindad over to me ; ana I »aa
•0 oveijoyed that, idthout waitnig longer.
I bowed md thanked the court, and run*
aiiif off to the ooach fartoryt flouriibed
tlie ixidentnrea over my head* orji^o^, * 1
hjtfe ^ot tny tnd«nturca» and your uiacter
haa tJiVrn a f«lae oatb ; and 1 don't know
whether he ii not in the pillory by tbu I *
Mf fcwily were delighted with the apirit
I Md ditplayed, and it my eniiiieliiatiofi
from in occapatifm they tiv via iincon*
gc&lat I atid my father it OQoe took tnea*
mraa to plioe mr iindfr •» Ililiin miater
M greol oMrit lad mmdo repolitkii in
Kewcaatlei nimed Boniftee Moaio, tlie
father of tlie cflchiJitcd enimel peintcr.
Chirtca Muaao or Miut. i remained
nnder hii inatimetiofta about a year, when
Mr. C« Muaa, who waa a^ttled in L4m*\nn,
wiahod hii Ihthtr to came jind m
hini* ittd M. Mtiaa4> ur^^vd upon
the idvantige of my a(compiiiu;,..K . •m.
After much ci>gtUtioti, many mijigiiing*
on my raotlirr^a purl, and »o)emii chargeN
to our friend, it wu ultimately a^raod
that T ihoiild join him in Loudoo within a
few motithi. I a<*cording1y arrived in
London at I he begioDing of 8cpU:mher,
** My firat reaolve on leaving my pa-
rente wai, never more to receive that pe-
cuniary aanialsoGe which I knew could uot
be iparcd, and by perteveraoce I wu ena-
bled to keep thi § reaol u ti 0 n . Som e mooths
ifcer my arrival iti London, doding i waji
not 10 comfortable aa 1 could wiah in Mr.
C\ Mu«a's fiimily, ] removi*U tu Adam
Street West, Ciiiubcrlaiid Place, itnd it
waa there that, by tbe cloaett apiilicaUon
till two and tbrpc o'clock in the morning,
in tbe depth of winter, 1 obtaiued that
knowledge of perapectivc and architecture
which hii lince been «o viluihje to me.
I WM it tbi« time, duKng the day^ em-
ployed by Mr. C* Ma»*a ftna.
on chini and glaa«» by which* md
wmter-colour drivings, and te4
aupport^d my»elf: in UcU tnl
atntggling artbt'sf life, whrn 1
whtch I did at nineteen. It w&f now
deed ntoesaary for me to work, lod ii
waa ambitioua of fame, I determined
paintiog A large picture. I thKfwforf ,
1812, produced my firat wofk« isdi%
aeireh of the WiUrt of Dblivion,
wif eucntod in 1 month. You oay
gueaa my loxv*- ■'^ ••- ' ^^^ftheird
rnen who wvrc frame
puting as to v. ^ i* of the
tore 1 Hope aluioiit fvT*ook lue, for mi
dopesdod on thia work* It wai, Uq«cv<
aold to ttie lite Mr. KiQotDf , the
director, for fifty guiniaa, lod well do
remember the iDStpfeaaihle delight
wife md I csporienoed it tbe tinv*
next worki were Piridiio, whidi wii
to a Mr. 8poiig for arveity guinesa,
Thtr ExpuUion, which U \u my own pot-
aeaaion. My next ;
wii tent to Mr. Wi
bt» tnapectioo, and 1
that [ ftrst met Le-
cekbnted« I ilial
ban* mmucr with vs
tif , Mjiog thiit we Ui u
la youDg ariitts who, Im: 1
reflect honour on their
triea.'»
Sadak, Martm*i firai picture, ma
in tbe Royal Academy. The Expi
waa aent to the firidah Inatttutiou ; the)
Farad iac to the Academy* where it ub«
tained 1 place tit the great room* Thif
cireumttaoce aeemed it} Matttn the wtn*
riiiK Hpura; and tlie next year, whoi
11 wfiK hung In onr of the «nt#^'
. ^oi..., ii^ reaenied the act aa an ina^lt t^
his f«me« Uii neit picture waa Joahtm
thia again waa pat into tbe ante^rooniA.
tlioagh« whtfn it waa afterwards exhibited
in Pall Mall, it attracted much atlentio«,
and carried ofl tbe prixc of the > ^Lo
picture, howeter, huug in ih \
Htudto fur yeara, and wu;^ iv.t d
hia fame was well catabli-^' ' u^ n i I ly
bpread. (t then Tuund .1 pn-Jii-fr *ij a
companion piece to BcUbaxxar'a Feast
To return to Mr. Martin's own notcaof'
hi* life : ** Doirn to thi« period I
supported my»elf uid family by poriDi!
almost rv i— . * *
teiichiuK^ 1
enamel j- ^ ^ , ,
in fact, the iiftual lule of n ;;
artiat'a life. I had been kj ii
with my acpia drawiogSf that tlic Bt^Uap
of Saliitbury (FiaherJ, the tutor to th»
Princess Charlotte, adviaed me not to riak
my reputation by attempting the hirge^
OafTUARY, — John MardftTEiJ'
405
picture of JosUua, As i^ generally the
case in iuch matters, these well-mrant rc-
comraeiidjitioiis had no efTect ; but, at all
events, the confidence I had io my powers
was joatified, for tlie succf ss uf my Joshum
opt;ned a new era to me. Tn \H\S T re-
moved Io 11 tioperior house, and had to
dcvf'1 * ' itlng Borae
imrjj but, io
18U(. I , , . : -. . .:. t Baby!on»
which wa5 second only to Che Bclshaxinr
in tht attention it excit<*d* The following
year came Macbetli, one of my most sue-
ceSBful landstipes. Then, in 1^2 1, Bel-
shazzar*« Fea^t^ an vU^>'
which occupied a year iu
which rec4»ivcd theprcmiui.i u,. -.i *.. i,\.j.i
Ihe British frHfltiition/'
** My picture of Belahnzisar'ji Feast orl-
g^lULt^d in an argument with AlUton. He
wafl himitdf going to paint thr iiubjeet,
and was explaining hfa idea^, whlcli ap-
peared to me altogether wrongt and I gave
him my conception ; he then told me that
there was a prize poem at Cambridge,
written by Mr. T. S. Hughes, which ex-
nelly tallied with my notions, and advised
me to read it. I did bo, and determined
on painting the picture. ! was &trongIy
disjuaded from this by many, amonj^ others
Leslie, who so entirely differed from ray
notions of the treatment, that he called on
purpose, and spent part of a morning in
the vain endeavour of preventing my com-
mitting myself, and so injuring the repu-
tation I wan obtaining. This opposition
only eonfirmed my Inlentioni, and in 1 B^l
I eihibited my picture.*'
In the succeeding ye^ir, Martin produced
bia Destruction of Merculanenm ; in 1823
tppcarcd The Seventh Plngne and The
Psplikn Bower J in I8'2i The Creation ;
in \mG The Deluge; and in \S2H The Fall
of Kincveh. Thb completed the cycle of
his greater works. The ortiiit'ii itlostra-
tions of Milton, for which he received
^,000 guineas, were drawn by him on the
platea. His principal pictures are, or were,
10 the gaUeries of Mr. Ho[>e, Lord De
Tabley» the Duket of Buekinghiim and
Sutherland, Prince Albert, Mr. Scaris-
brick, and Earl Grey.
Of late Mr. Martin's name ban be«o
much and very honourably before t lie pubtit'
In cODtiexioa with variouii ^jUus for the
improvwDeot of London, hia gcniua dealing
frith the ample i«paces and actual facts of
the modern Babylon as it had preTionaly
done with those of the im Agination. Other
schemes nbo occupied hi* mind. As he
himself reports of all these multiplied ac*
livitiea, — " My attention was firfit occupied
in endeiivoaHog to procnre an improved
fupply of pare water to London, diverting
the sewage from the river, and rendering
it available as manure; and in 18^7 and
1828 1 published plans for the pnrpose.
In 1829 I published further plans for ac-
complishing the same objects by different
mean^, namely, a weir jicross thoThameaf
and for draining the mar$h? Isnd^, &c. In
1832, IHU, IB36, 18:18, 1842, IS-t.-i, 1845,
' * ■", I published and repnbliahed ad-
irticnlitrs — lieing so bent upon
„.T w >j.^t that I was d^rtermined never to
abandon it ; and though I have reaped no
other advantage, I have at least the satis-
faction of knowing that the agitation thus
kept upt conFtantly, solely by myself, bat «
ifi a va^t alteration in the qcan-
fuality of the wnter inpplied by
• >.r - rr.|punies, and in the ^tablishment
uf n Boiird of Health, which will, in all
probiibility, eventually carry out most of
the objects I have been so long urging.
Amongst the other proposals which 1 have
advanced are, — my railway connecting the
river and docks with all the railways that
diverge from London, and appareutly ap-
proved by the Railway Termini Commfs*
sioners, as the line they intimate coincidei
with that submitted by me, and published
in their report ; the principle of rail
♦idopted by the Grout Western line ; the
liphthouse for the smd^i appropriated by
T^lr. Walker in his Maplin Sand light-
!iou*e ; tlic flat anchor and wire cable ;
mode of ventilating coal-mines ; floating
harbour nnd pier ; iron )»hip ; and various
other inventions of comparatively minor
traportance, but all conducing to the great
ends of improving the health of the coun-
try, tnerpasing the produce of the land,
nnd furnishing employment for the people
in remuofTativc works/'
Mr. ^fartin'fi quarrel with the Royal
Academy— as in the oa«e of Haydon — was
of ancient date; but hii permanent ejcclu-
aion from their body was the result of his
independence rather than of their blind-
ness or jealousy. .Martin, from the heights
of popular favour, chotfCi to look down on
the honours to be gained in Somerset
House or Trafalgar-square. Uu withdrew
his name from the books, and the acade*
micians, however arilling to elect him, had
lo«)t the power.
Martin was a Knight of the order of
Leopold of Austria ; but had received no
other honours in his own country than the
popular estimation of bis works.
The oainter was seized with the illness
which bus terminated his career on the
12th of November. While engai^cd in
paioting — being apparently in the enjoy-
ment of good heialth— *hc waa suddezdy
attacked with a paral)'tic stroke, which
deprived him of the use of speech and of
his right luind. His family was assured
that recovery from the attack was impro-
M* JSltmfui^'^Ckrgy Diem^d.
[Aptir.
t»«bif«~bat liopQ w» beld oat l^«t be
would not be tooa Uketi mmitf* kkomi. a
fortnleLt »fUr the tdiurr h« ceitcd to
_|||U fooil, except hi lll« 99tf MWflcvl
'MAthin,— ftrtnf la Mi aOnidMli tSie
flnirrc»«(f)n ibit In io Mof be ▼« idisg
OQ f ome principle irliieh be had icc^lea
tfi tiU own tfiM, thonf fa he hft4 mo liiiifer
Che iHTver to iipf«!r ifid wbere*
fore. >*oU}inf »o«Irf > to cb^iife
dUiliyiPlteo) of rigid Mri«titHne-i', — and t£e
iSBupMncc wUt ih*t luititre r^oeivrd an
In^fHmn* ■'^•^'•"^'^r^ from will"^'**' •*"'' *"*
englb mad
It be eceaed
aWfUt au in tlie ef«nlng. Up U> HUUiii
ttn botir of hb deiith Hf« wa« iK>otcio«ii, nnd
he 11 , ' ■ ^ ^
ii i!i tone and
ivoi Last
The rUtiirt of HcitYcn, On i
jMrkt he had been etnp1r>yed fur ihr i.r*t
^W^ 7^^^* — o" them he may be said io
bere t^^ni the la»t cfforf- - '^ *'^- '"^nius.
Of cnurie Ihetc work* ar Ufd*
Within a fonoi^ht of I ii«: sal
to hb iOD, 51 r. Chai. Mnrtiii, hr » tketch
of hU hr«fl; nffd he then pointed ont, in
hiA ' arlifttic fautti, with a
jn I ig of their uAttire. Mr.
MMrrui jjiix in rcveral children — all of
Ihrm grown up.
Hia mepili wfr« too great — too original
— not to be frc*'ly canra««ed, even when
they wern not fiercely denied. No doubt
hbk art wan th&atrical. He addres«ed thi;
eye rather Ihnn the mind» He produced
hia iraiid eflcctt by il)n«ion — pcrhapa, by
imposiition ; but it is not to be gainmiyed
Ihiit he did |»roduee ctfecta. Powlbly it
waa aeene-painting — ilclght of band ; but
It waa aUo ucw. If ea«y, Iho atyle wna
hit own* Nobody elte had caught the
titck by which he ravi«heil the icntca of
Lhr ■* ' ' , Kid Konirtimen dazxlcd the
Im >f calmer moo. Le^jitimale
or 1. „ - \ there wfta & NpcU in Mnr-
tin'» urL It had power ovrr the eye, nnd
often led captiTC the judgment*
cbet bwritwHoiit aod aneeecded tbe oe1«-
braM J.U.nmj a« Pniemor of Polit»etl ,
RoOBOny at the CoiucrTatoirc dca Arta et ]
M^tiafi, In ll|.)4 he waa elected a mem.
ber ef IW Academy of Mtiml nnd Political 1
ScJesen. From 1946 to 184@ be rcpre. 1
•orted tbe depaitaMot of t^ Gironde, ia i
tbc Chaaiber ifi Depvliea.
M. Blanqni Had trsTt
Ettrope^ in order to stu
the differeot proceaaea of tnauii:r v nno to.
rial ecottomy. Hit tours far thr»e ubjcvtl J
have been r^-^'trjn.^.? mt> -« r,,!],^**: — ri^i^.-^i i
in Fraof
two in Si .,
Srrriaf bd<1 the couulrka of the E.a»u »«* j
veral of which hate been the i^hjecta
book I nod teientific memoin. After
actiTe inqttlfx for three yean througboell
the eight- f""- '^'[^arimeot* of Fmee, hel
Uai yeur n important work aSI
thi? agfi< : , pnUdon of tbecoantj
iihich he hni tioJcrtaken by order of tli
Academy of Moral and Political Scienee^J
Hin mnnt ahte work, howerer, ii eooilal
drrcd to be hi* Cours d* Economic Indo*-!
triellci c^jQsifting of hts lectures ddiircreiji
at the Confferratoire des Art4 ct 5t^Uen
Hii poweri bi a pubbc speaker were
remarkable ai the maatery which he had I
aci|u'!rcd over the aubjecti of h»« di»c|uitUJ
tiont.
CLERGY DECEASED.
Srpl, .. At VtiTi l*T:atii, tUc i:«?r,
liirArtf. kte run: -Uoi'. MeatA.
/v. . 12. rh<! I fK MiUTity, Cit
wf St NIrliolwV, ,(i,
Or<, It. Al AlcTutiii'-r v|iiiirr, t..nTfdoif.aca(!
/Mr. Ift. At Slok^'l Crcrft. Bri^tnl, jyjfld |t,l
the Jter. Stunafl lyn". M.A, i •^mutoat
•on uf lUo tJov. Johri Kyre. I ' Wuli.
/*n- »7. Acr*M 4n. the Itcv ^r^An*
*<♦. it.^ of Wlfiflnfctoji. Hrrbt. (JM7).
Ih ^ of ChH.t Cntiirh, (»»frtrd, l!.A.
A4f&\ 71, Uie
It*^ Ion HuyrooBT,
>io' [i«rtorhlall<ta
li' inr NODHi time
t>'^ wtth hta tm
tU< ''Cniitttrnr of
^;t.-. .,:^
cIm ;■,
M. BLANQtl*
Jan. ','H. At Pari*, aged 55, Jerome
Adotphr Blanqui (Mlnt^).
He waA horn m ili*^ at Nice, tbe eldett
i»on of u numeronn (amily ; and at an early
age wnn liitroduccil Into the acrvice of hia
ijonntry in ihr ih pnrtment of Public In-
^•rtictian. In lH2-% he waa Appointed Pro-
laor of ilintnirrel Kiunoniie Inilubtriellc
the tpccinl School of Commerce at
ria» in Id^O he becNUne Director of
jCrittiryihiLr 1(1*1 iinoitiiUi. .A''
rejCM^i tJ»ey ra<piaat)ai1 tn
wliSch pmeeederf trttm Wlnrv
Eton »% (hllow- "
tfur liMr«.c*, "wii '
f)f*rr» ii'f lhr 1«f !
l^p V ■ : ■■
tiU
full.
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18^4.]
Clergy Deceoied^
Kton, co«^
ill rA )!if> th
,.r.-.iM,J ulinvr. H^W^y h^ji
long been
' *t of
leATtung.
lwt«Ml
ii] tlicnilii
VTlp-
tlailfiOfttir
i*\
Ikx. IS.
1 ift,
the UcT. /
, '-'..:., L.-.-i-..,:., Lij the
Convict E-
Zlw. H»,
ni^ Xott^, the R«r. /amcf
S^fe^-
V. - L
luit pLwe (lti46). How«A
jtfsm
Cliriali cuUetfet G^nibridgc, B.A. J»20,
jEfJT
At UVvtmi
i,v ^\ i-tii.na vniihainptoij-
!*blrc, te \v>
Mi[i«,M.A.
Hector of 1
i lUy a fDom*
t>er nr sv ;
1 ridgft, gm-
' *- of Cwn?
«ttin'-
haJK
,i?( pro^^ntotl
tOhi^ .! ...
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l)tc.H.
At ii*%ltrW,
LKirb. age*! j>«, the Rei.'.
Anthony A nriol DarLfr,
, Inruiutjetit Of Ihe pnri*li
( l«24). Ho wa* of St. T'cfor'^ coIleg«?» Cimibridt«5,
B.A. IH'/I.M.A, 1^33,
At Hiinibledon, Sqirey, atrcd 5G» tlie Rut. IT*
H?*^ ti I doctor
oflJi.i:, .1 ... ^ ^lluiri>f
St. JwUii « toUegij, UAlotii, iJ,A, ITi^l, >i,A. 1795,
I>K, Ti, At sjtemft, in xfrthi wiisthcr he Itad
B for tlip Ikintflt of h I ' 10, tlic Itev.
_e/rf1"/^M.A. He IV ritvHer.T. U.
y, Fcllovf of Qmecti'-. ^., i s^t ; and itm
nfthe«ame college^ ll.A. w^, MA. \^il. Tiie
flcc«ftded wut Uie second U\cumbent of Emmonnel
churchy BoJtQO-le-Moor*, <> whirh d,* wjw jastJ-
ttitedin IBil^AQd when '^Uji^ rcmotn*
bend ftir his zealous an* mlnifttcrlai
Ubonrs, lii« exteniire ili... :.. [J to poor of a
VCT7 populous dbitiict, iLnti for Uic IdndneM and
urlNUiity of hk dlspoAltlon, trhicU aerurcd him
genenl tttoem in primtp life.
i)ec. 39. At Hjwey, Line, ared M^ the Iter,
JWM» i)»iifMh Vicar of that |taH.th Cl«4ij,
Z»«-. 3 L A t iHibUn » the i:ev . yoAn IlaiUam, late
Cnnite of Clondcfradt co, Clarie.
£o<<^y. At Dublin, aged 70, the Her, Kditard
(To*, Vicar of Eml^ty^ co. Tlpperwy. Ho wail
MJL Trinity collo^fc, Dublin.
Jaf¥. 2, In Dublin, aK«d 7:2^ tbfl Rav, J^ohn
S^t^e^, Rector of CleOni^h * i* k iTmnnjurh,
Jan. ^-t. AtWarkri-t' nd^Uio
rcalUcnco of blA i^n thi- , aged
N, the Kcv. fWndiua JL. , i. , . . laugh^
4rt, eo, Louth, t» whiih be wiu^ iriatimted in IMI.
/a«. H. r>f iiij[irle.K received tbrec dajm lielbra
Ao*cl aa*, the
' Clare
rfolk.
•i;1<-iif ,it •fiii.
Ill A rodwv
Rev. J«>#*;/ '
littll,Caint
tl(j wiia A u..-:.:.'^ .-- ■.-_— " It*.' nf
fonu-ott St. Ftrtfit" feou* IH40 to !'*«-
of Baraingluun attar Thetford^ a:i i
BmaveU near Attleboron^b. 15 v h
hii body w*n Interred at loni
tliat of hla friend the lato !{•
Lono. AlouMit aQ Uie neiglU „
present.
Aged €0, the Ilev. Dr. |^fr», IfiAiater of Bo-
barm^ co. Han0. He waa tb« eldeat Mm of Mr.
(teoTse Forhoi, sbcrtff wubstttuto of Banff; grm-
duatsd lt.A. at King's colle^, Aberdoen i and was
preseotisd t» the paxiah of JJohann br Uw Karl of
FUliin IHIG. He waa Moderator of '
AaaeiDbljr in lasa, juid there waa acar
man north of AlWirdejen who occupie i
minent po^itinn in the cye^ of the Clwu-^:^; o:
Scotland.
Jan, 10. At Soathwold, SdiTolk, In bW «'^Otli
year, the Rev. Jlmrt^ William /lotu Dm ft. lor 34
foara Iiummbent ef R^on cum Son ib wold, to
wbfcli be waa preaenled In I82U by the Earl of
Stradbroke. He was of Magdalene college, Oxfonl,
3.A. 1»I5,M.A. lets.
N'HTtor of tliat place
Itow ftnd Tutor of
sc ; luid ftriifluatod
i .V ]'^-rt
. Tho-
itdty
In Duhain, the Rev. Thomas 8i^ooir, Rector of
Urgtin, Carlow.
In Jamaica, agod 3^1. the l^ev. H*tir^ Jamis SU*
rmttm, Inctinibent of the pariah of St. Thomas In
the Valt'. He was of Corpua Chrl«*tl collcfit!,
Cambridge, B,A. I&44-
At IkikewrcU, Perbyshlre, affed S5, the Rev,
Charkt TharoU, TlKtot of Ludhorough, Ltocolu-
ahlMt, to which he wru prc«iented in ISSG by R.
Tboraldi eaq. He iraa orEmmanad college, Cani>
bridge, B.A. 1023. U.A. Iti36.
Jan. 18. At I'rcKton, SulTolk, agftd 55, tlio Rev,
Wmiam ffmr^i .*7A. //:.»/ - .
(1S39). He wa-^
Kinmanucl ooiu,
U.A. IHlOafl lath
Jan. N. AtGloucc r
mas Evans, D.D. Vicor i
(11144), for many yoofi ii^,..
School, luid GhAplohi of tiie
A«yluni. He was of Orid c
18^6, M.A. 1B»» ll.bQd D.a I ,,.
Xt Nortliampttm, ag¥d t(l, tiie Rev. Hiuntui
lIcmhudL-fe, lonie time Rector of Watton, Horta.
and late Curute of Whiatou, co. Northampton.
At the Portobdlo hotci, Dublin, agctl 63. the
Rev. /oArt Uther.
Jan, 13. The Rev. Ji$nitt MiOir, D.D. Vicar of
rvitiu^on, and one of the Jliuor Canoofl of Dur-
ham C^tlicflral.to both of which prefermentJi bo
WJM appointed lu !*23.
Jan, IG. At Xlfbicomijc, a^cd 7!J, tlie Rev.
WitlUuti Allcn^ late Fellow of St. John's oolkini,
Oxford, B.A. !79T, M a hoi
AtChoddon.N 7i\ the Iler, Ft a rwig
irarrr, llcctof «'' [lahic (H*00} and of
Heniyocfc, co. D - - . .irid a I'rebcoidary of
W*fll» {Ifti3). He Mtin uf Orid coUege, Oxford,
liC.L. 1709, D.C.L. lM'i9. He waa for many ycara
All Active magistrate for i»omOT»etahire.
Jan, 17. Aged &3, tha Ruv. Jamfi SeMtbwM
Dunn, Forp. Curate of Mja^ningtrce, Eaiex (IS40).
He was of St. John'a coHi^, Cacnhridite, B.A.
mifi,M.A. 1»I9.
Jan. 18. At Liege, the Rev, Chm-ia mmii JHtt^
eldt-^t sun of -Jln^m.L. ifiti. -v*.. ,.( FtrKton. Htiwan
0f>^ MA. 1829.
A: i'haftm fftotc
^' .1 ..., i^..i a, Utc Curate
of < •'on of John OhAfyn Morrid, eaq.
H.y ;^,Wilt». He bad jnarried, only
on U i,- - . l4UFt,AUce-)[fLri&,fUughteroftbe
late fiev. Wjiliani lUtley NVhitcheail, M.A. Pte-
twndary of Walla,
Jan. 19. At the Rev. W. inilUng'i, Eutnor
rectory, co. Hercfonl, aged 24, the Rev. Htnry
f'«ff*r, fiftit son of Licul,-GoL FuHcr, C.li,
Jan. 20. At l-Ixeter, aged HI, the Uev. OtofM
Tetrv Cat-Tithm^ formerly and for many years the
foitliful and esteemed p<utor of Newton St. Cyn»,
which ho redgnod bn IB33. Ho was of St. Peter*a
college, Cambridge, LL.B. 175».">.
At Aberystwith, aged Xt, the Rov. EditanlJomi^
l*erp. Cnratf: ui LUmvchaiam. co- Cardlgvi (1453),
Jan. 23 n , Ltjno , ajted 7^ , the Rev.
irdHwn ) of that pnri^h (IBIS), to
which ho , I by MilUam yjite«, esq,
Jiiiu 27. At l^iUjigtori, a^ed 74, the Rev. Jlto-
ma* James Jftamaidf \ icar of Codicote, Herta.
(IU14). He waa of Thnitv imIU'lC- Cjhh bridge,
B.A. 1*03, M,A. 180ft, rr Uvhig
in l^iM by Dr. Duinpii'
J«n,'2A. Aged 38, 1 %MJl.
• ?'» of St. Itrhivd sr, to. ijluuc.
At Gittiahani, Doron, aged 56, the
'>t(U Joftn Marker^ Rector of that pkriab
and 01 i furway, and a maghstrata for the county.
Jan. 30. At Shang4in«gh castle, near Bray, co.
Dublin, the Rev. Gforge Oodtbvm, eldest fioa of
liio Irttc (.fcnerd Sir Oeorge Cockbnni, G.C.H.
At Molesworfh, co. HuntlDgdou, aged 74, the
llev. John OxUte^ Rector of that paridSi. He was
formwiy Curate of Stoneftrare, and Rector of
ScAWton, In the north riding of Yorkshire,
li$3 iMt twnred In Uie AoAlrtllAii coloolw fttf
About twenty years.
0(1. 0. At Spitnijb Totm. JanuUck* «cea iA»
the Hon. Jtitiu MaIii.
O^, II. At Bonnujti ' * - /^denik l!an*r»
afOil M. AAiatonl C uttr»1 H. F,
CtlOli Ocf. II. lir. J >ieN E, FbI-
OOOtif* M^. In cli^fCV ut iituuuiuu A' I '
Od. 27. Xvsd 29, lUrgery, «i£» oi
StowATl limatT, M.D, Mayor of s;
Oit,U. At Bow Iddad, iMtod tl», M.u la.juiiry,
eldest child of Captain Jorvi», HM.
<kt. U. At UooKkouv, MOd 41 « WUliAm Hor-
ruQO« «MJ. K.H.C.S. who wiiA BppoUiU^ suriooo
of iJiAtoolony In ItHI. Ut waj Inrn at Ltatidlly,
CO. Oarmtftlion ; wax the first ltccii«od tocturor cm
Amtongr aM PUyidokigy «t tbe NevcAAtto Scbool
of MMiaiw. c«t]ihllafafld in llUfi. which pwitioo
lid OoolJiraed to occupy for fire vcar^ ; and w*»
tfocted FeUow of tbe Hoyal Collcfe of Surgeons
wbea tlut d^f«e wiw nrrt itiitit«t«d.
Oi*. U, On the Rlrar Hunter, N. &. W«lc&,
1 70, Col. Keaaetb Snodgnuti, C B.
^IM. 19. Knu- Sfdney, N. S. WtJiaa, G«orfi;e
BiBlT Iflitio Alttouuter, wq. Civil Sarrioo, Ben-
gill, only »ot) of thft late IL^or-Geii. James Alex-
ander, H.E.1X. St'rv. luTiiic • wife and dknm
eliildren.
AT ^ ^ ■liijOT NovmcA.rarkcj-.ssrh Book.
N J . r. I >e l4to Capt ^ar kc^j* , of tiath .
V i >n»t*>Ti Bay, N. S. Wales*, a^ed
^k ' ^' i|. uttcond toa of Ihc
lat' 111 Itegt.
CkttFif>^. >i>in>K4»i M>ii 01 niti. JohniOD, oa<l. of
Gr«at YAnaottUi.
Jfm, G, At Malboiinic, Atutrolia, wltik Iwltilnff
In the Yura Yorra Itfror, njced 31, RichArd,
younger «o4i ol Mr. lUiiry riiillp Fo!-©», book-
aellort d S<rutta Audkiy-ct.
iViw. 7. At llcirxnmuj, Victoria, aged 43,
JVw. 0. At North Lodge. 6t- Jolm'* Wood,
S«ratt, ruUct of Jd.«t, i*.vcrcift, omi. foriuerly of ttol*
lentoii, CO, Stoifurdf and mother of J. W. I'ycrof^,
Wl. F4J-A.
Nov, 11. On board tho Vclox, oi Sydney, Jolin
at«Dliai D« lfol«. Mq. eldest ion of tlw Um J. U.
He Mole, tmt* toiioitor to tb« Morclumt Taylors'
saqiiovit
QOntlv ivi
for t'
the
Sadi.
tUl'
du
Eli;
bo i-* ujjl m? ^*i*i<iiw.
drc^f). AtCaIid4^ In CreUi,«addcQly, Ucury
CricJitou A^ruew, (s«q.
£»(v. 30. At Trinidad, Aged 99, Harry FrcMlcnok
Barnett, ^m. HJt.CS. yoausuH son of Liic latu
llr, ItHirnett, of Wf»rc*.«iti*r.
I illy Porvi*, a.
ii of Enfkmd.
«d to Acabi-
ilUboy At tlio
' . nwi ftflor coquet*
rcur, ««d iiuuiy pcr-
rof. and performer
: 0^ the pro-
i ucb he niAdo
t ttp a lATge
istrlAn.
n, ro-
^ ukonur, est}. LL»D.
He woB bom in
Jffif. U. At St, KildA, Holbounie, N.S.W.,
OnoUofl Niahet VVUkie. wliiia of Jauicsb Uakolin ,
OM. ofOlrig.
kw, IT. Jolin U. JUy. ami. Chief CI<rrK uf tho
Admiralty, lie had been In the scr vifc nf tb«
Admiralty far aoorly tialf a century ! ' '.
twoson^t in tho ifllDe eorvkc. Mr.
rlCTk of the second clAfi§, at Wl;
Mr, E. II. IlAy.ol the third cla»«, ut NMUcr r;
llotiae,
XMc. 3. At Banff. .ijr^fH'iM, .1 Aim Vrinffle, iL^^f
Sherilf-Sui "■- \- '■ ■ \
bom In I
Signet III I
in Edinbur^tu tor i-iuui vr mivj vc.ir^ \hi»i m^-
pointed 10 his Ul« dBco hi ]hii.
Ike. H. Aged aa, Mr. EdwrjH rrmTtntrv, l?»'
pbilADlliro^icA] JbttOdor of the r ,
Ike. 9. At HATwich, Thon^
lke.U, At JeaiAica. iigoci 4
ridgOi KOii of tliB Uto Thm. icitt-ruigc, e^-ri o|
8iMoa-bAlJ, liiiirolk.
Dfr 17. Agrri ^3. Mr. lohn QatM^ lOCOnd BiAJ^
tor ('■' ' ■ . ■ Tli««ror4.
/' 1, ElimDotli. rvUct
ofv,
on the Iiiu
CbApmAn, [
man, CAq. ol \'. irniM-lr-.t.
At rfn)z«por?, aiced t2ft, Aufuttnii iiAicliwell
Johnstmie, Bvnt^ol Kfig, Kccoiid niinrlriflff mn pf
the lAteJaiii«e4oluiittMM,U.D. H.EJ.a5!
On tho Ilhner CNtfiifli, lMl««eii I'atiiH Aiid ItArr,
vei s I
Uf.u,.- I..,
thr-itlr ,■ ,
Oinbn'.ili. -i^ --, ,
on Ut" pip.
riru-LMi- >.•
fiUuUy in A t:ixuiiica«ni. '
l*r(*iV. Aged 13, £<
hirourTiMy known n-
m.in' -. ■■''
" J I
*♦ l.^
** liiMory OI lui; '
la London, a^ I
a diatoffuUhod m. .
Alkcrdeen, and wm^ inc 'yoenud and only fiun'ivJAg
«on of Qilbert Falconer, esq« of Braeside, !• Ifeshirc.
The Uamburf iNUiker, L. Uetne, who absconded,
loavlag^ deficit of 500,000 thalerv (75,0004.)* hu
perished lulacrAtdy, between Sydney and llel*
honmo, of cturvAtton.
Mr, John iiodj^Cb, of tlid firm of UodgcA and
Smith, Dablij). The nsrival of a spirit of hi^tork
ns«)arch, axid the euUiratlou of arctuiMjlagical and
u^ntlquoriAn puri^uiu In LreJood, owed on impetus
luid eticouraA^cment to the taste and lilierulity of
tliu tlnii to which the deceased bcioQsed. The
Irbh ArchiBolagicAl and Celtic Sodt'tiea imUaly
owe thrtr existence to the fusierhig core of Mowm.
HMpf!* HTid Smf^li t to them M!*n are due the
" " ' M 0'DonofAii*«
Xadtors, and
, Audtotbera
tin_' xMenicii ^.'lioui- (,j iMiiiun arc. very mucb In-
dobtod for tho rciJUtation tUcy enjoy atiroad.
At hu »ctit in ttic Miuth of irciland. WMaxn £liot
HudHon. Ue wait the son of a prufeseion^ efmtte-
man whone uamo U repeatedly mentioned ia the
Liven nf €iimin and Mooro. Ee look an active
|«ir' itdlcAticiin Of "TtiO I ' 1
ia*' levutod 10 themi I i
phn nation Allty." In^ j
Mr. iiin it>>uii'v uiiAiiiUkeBlswere v«rTcorii]ui>i-at>ie,
and tie had coiltxioU « quADtity of origliiAl Irieb
nm-ii*
T T LutencdTf aa
111 the Broid-
4]jiu an %ag'
]nhu-\AU, ■■ (leceiLNed had been
mo iunili ' t theinard^r.
Aged 71', imAtlc natlior, who
tnoslAted siht; jr Scjindal. .\nothur
u( hh drnmw, T rain*. lOAy liulc him
*
440
Obit VAST.
tf tiMn- maA
[April,
«0«r Ut tntt dM 4Mtarat Ms
ttfo flaf t« fe«v« fecca Kile LMrfi Ite Ci«]
/iin. At ChfcfcwfT, i«K4 », Mr.
jTtyliil, uJUkism, ant clnt ta dkc dcy
/OT,i, At C«n«Mr», Em( fadifli, •«•« »(,
■iL SM IC<<t, tMMl taL aTc, L. -EiflV, «it.
Jb»,V AtCharfMck, BMr^A*«p<
IMif, C0. He ii>wit ttc Mifti
to fiaMrmrt » la ITW, ni ««i pmiHrt te Ike
iM wttb CoaMHa4or* Boaiiart. He ««i alio
li !■ tke cjtfjMBarMi aoatk «i fte Boaboe
to tMM, aa4 to Sir i4ka Itoekvvrlk'*
k eC M. lM«to«» to lif«K, He vw hmIc
MMBt to Ike kOrr y«v ; ■fteiwto «kv cv9
jMfi^actfir* «ervk«tolfee AJu7<l, anita 1*11
WW ifpotetAt to tbe ow— < eT flto fTenlc M,
IB flto Mlo«ta« fear ke toek fvt tosTfcttetow
•dfMi vtths WMdroaoT Ike CMaar to ikeGalf
arVMice.ta vkkh ike Bfvoli 74 vw taken, aail
fli* Hcrcw* 1« MavB «p. rortkfe tarrtee ke r»-
Wifi fci» goat r iiaariitorfiiii. aai to l»U wtawj.
aHii CB. Fran rjct. UU to Jan. Wl< k« ohb-
■■Mlc4lke Dat94; aMike accepted Ike rctkv-
■•■I a#a Bcar-A4Binl to IMI.
Jte,<. fTai. E4vartK ant. a# Brtolot« banker.
8t kae left |>erwal ymiinily amomtfaf to
MUMir. ffiawn.ljaatvi OUhnm f>lwwU,caq.
fi kii Mindpal Icfalee.
At JUcbf. W^ui, anEond msnWlmi «on af
Hikart Hajinai, cni- oC Great <ilcnn, Leic.
Um.V^, At BaflMdM, Moljnenz^OMrtei Mars-
toB^aao. Gmml BJIrL ; and on Ike 14tk Ckaiiocte-
/«». U. At Galentto, imam Oaiar Brafvn,
m^ ChrU Serrkn, elde« aon of Ike kle Bar.
tevMBrmp Senior Cbaptato on tke BcacU
/m. U. At AJOMan. agad 4ft, Hooorto, wife oT
Mr Hanrr MonlfOBMrr Lnvranee, KX.B. rMmn-
«t inniW ^Ike laie Bcr. tiaorfa JCanltoU,
TOfCanidonafk.
Jtoi. I«. At OikQSta, EHia, fonofcxt dan. of
flto lata Jaac* Carrfe,aM|. of Box^pij.
In Januka, Hn. Ileron, vid«ir of Alex. Ueroo.
eM. of Wlfton and C/rerfiinj MaatatkNu.
/an. 19. At Torqoaj, a«ad 64, Lydto, vfdov of
Pkflfy Lajxock Stocvy, eiq. anat to Lord Ash-
kwton. She wa« the jroaBj^ dao. of Sir Franefe
Bartac, Bart bjr Henrietta, dan. of Wm. Uerrtog,
aaLwa* married in IMK,an41eftawkknrtoIM3.
Jm. 90. At CambenreU, a(ed 67, Mary, viie
ef Ckarlaa BrraehJeTf e«i. late of Maidatone.
/an. 1ft. Anna Maria Jonea, anthoreni of the
** ^kgmjr *o4 other iwfek. She died a |»aper.
/an. ». At Wadjdey Hall, n«ar Sheffield, the
Wklini II of his father, ag«d 92, Henry Fowler,
/an.' 38. At Wanrkk, to his ftOth year, Mr.
B«7 T. Cooke, bookseller. He pubUvhed the
Cknrehes of Warwickshire and 8<ane other topo-
giwhieal works.
Vm.ia. At the Island of 84. Michael's, Asores,
■fBd 91, WUUam Brander, eaq.
Ifr. Chimmo, naval »torekeeper at Malu Dock-
/an. 90. AtGrantcbester,Camb.a4;ed61,Cook
Ftowar, esq. formerly of Sooth Bepps Lodfce.
/an. 91. In Upper Gloocesler-flt. Robert How-
ard, M.D. a medical practHifOner who had pnb-
IMiad rarlons works on the toppoaed deleterious
fafloence of Salt on the Human Frame. He liad
bean llring apparently in expectation that his
books would uJtunately bring him patients, and, by
the practice of a pinching economy, made reqtect-
able prirate resources support him for many
yean. But he had staked his all on the success
of his books. The good sense of the public de-
tected the latent Insanity from which they pro-
ceeded, and kept aloof Itom the author. Wlienthe
list torereifii W9f in tko pnrift, cud kte attena-
13
a«nccle.
^ Aft. I. At MBTwfck, Tken— CavenSsk, cb|,
mnMrly os DuMte, afterwards of Saflskory, and
ulaly as SSorwiek.
At FtenlBBviDe, Fmea^ wifc af Dr. Iin^aaj
WBaClarfce,ofg»eCTSt.anapdlr,BB<ilitiit
dan. a# the Brr. Edward Ckn»<e, ftonMtfy leetar
a# die Mary Arckca, Exeiar.
AfBdM, &»ah, wtfc of B. CeeCe, ea|. <f Clay-
of 9C Savtanr's,
Cadtortoe,reUctef J)
At Snnbnry, Mlddkaex, Mad ft< Charfea Dsktee
GUckrisI, esq. sonteon, ftmcrly «f Twkken-
kans.
At ClaphanMMnm on^agnd 77, Ana, widow af
77, Ana, wfctow af
forBcrly of FrMay-st. Ckanstie.
Ai BKipsaa Kroofk, Anne, widow af Cnarin
Hahiatkwayte, esq. fenaerfy of BrkEUa«taa i^Mf ,
and Ike Mx Clerks oOke, Lotttea.
A«Bd 4i, Heary Bokcrts, eaq. of 1
ft«r anuiy years an hikahifant of Warwick.
At York, a««4 69, Tkoa. 8kip«on,c8q. lasrrkMt
At Cofebester, afBd IX,Ckarias Alan. eUasi son
of Ike late Ber. Charles SCorMk Smylktok
BfHjamin WQsoa, esq, of Eeaatagtoa, fca— ly"
of Oneen's eoUc«a, Cansbrtdge.
A*. 9, Aged 99, Henry-Haniuieiton, yanngnst
aon of Edward Nelson Alcxaader. cb|. of Healk
FWd, Hatilu, aad late of ILM. Mtk Foot.
In Park-road, St. John's Wood, ag«l 79. Iba
Samh Anderson, sister of the late Depnty-Com-
At Leeds, aged M, Henry Jemiins, esq.
In c;ordoo-aq. aged m), Maria- Anne, widow of
Svrnfen Jerris, tM\.
At GUMtoobmr, a<Rd 60, Stephen Troabrklge,
esq. manager of the bank in ttiat town. His re-
mains were interred at Wtncanton, in whJeh town
be was the manager of the bank for 97 years.
At Gore, L'pchurch, Kent, aged 3>i, John
Waiter, esq.
/M. 9. At Pan, Lower Pyrenees, Ellen, wffc of
J. B. Bernard, esq. of Paris, and second sarrftina
dan. of Wm. Andrews, esq. of York.
Aged 9ft, Wm.-AlUson, only son of W. Cooper,
esq. of Ox Close Honae, IJttlethorpe, near Bipon.
Aged 59, Richanl Fuller, e^q. of the Bookery,
l>arUng.
Aged 79, Bkhard Parratt Hulme, esq. of Maiaon-
etie, near Totnen.
At Cheltanham, Mr. B. Leycaster, of Cambryge
ViUas. He was attendtog the Bachelors' BaU, at
the Aasembiy-rooms, was suddenly seixed with a
At, and died in about ten mtoutes.
At We»ton.soper-Mare. aged 74, Mi^for !>kef.
flngton Lntwidge, K.I.C.S. Iliidras, of Holmrook
Hau, CuinberbuKl.
WflUam, second son of WilUam Martyn, esq. of
Combe, Deron.
At Petwortb, aged m*,, fanny, relkrt of Edward
Tooth Petar, esq.
Aged 63. Elixabeth, wife of Edward Preston,
fm. Boae-hill House, Ecdes.
ifr. Charles BoMnson, one of the masters in the
Junior department of the City of London Scho(d.
Three days before, wliile mending a pen, he acci-
dentally cut his thumb, and, though the incision
was dight, it brought on lock-jaw.
Aged 94, Thomas, eldest son of Isaac Kimpton
Waner, esq. of Ware.
At Osbome-terraee, Clapham-road, aged 50,
Agii«i-Mi7powdcr, wife of B. Totmin Winter, esq .
I
1854.] QfllTUARY.
At K«ir Brotnptoiu Aged n» OeonrQ Watoon
Wood,e»).
F«&. 4. Annie, wifo of nicfiard Ald«ra<Hif ^aq.
surgeoQ, ufVork.
At Bo3Uiioor, ftg«d 76, Hichant SAm. Bunr, a«4i.
At DedlAy Hotue. co. Lniurk, Mm. Catlmrinc
Cuneroa Campltell, of Bedlity And PctcrsbUI. tlau.
of tlifl btte Jamm Ontnpljell, esq. of PctenUiil), mid
wife of llioiiUMi CraJff CUrifltta, «aq.
In npp«r Hyde Purk-at, ngwl ftfi, Jamt^ Cun-
Uflfc, e«i* i>f Lombard- St.
At BitU, hfifi] (j7, Jame^ llATVVf^ t»q.
At Wctciii Parfonage, fkiphta B, wtfe of th« Kev.
G. H. Kompe.
At the borrackfl. frotii dijieiuc of th« heart,
Mjdjor Leonard, PAymAner of tlie Plymoiitli dlrl-
bion of Royft] Mftrinea. Ho ten cd with diatinction
tkHoat and ashore in the 1«t« alTalrA hi the River
FUte.
At Hti^oQs CoUege. Nort)it1«ot, Kent, agvd i»l.
Ana, relkt of John lIlU«n, ewj. UlC« of clmveaend.
Aged si, ElixAbetU, T«U«t of Isaac lloore^eiiq.
of Fortnua-pl. Malda-liOl,
At Eaitbotinie, SumwL, agM 6a, Harriet, widow
of Tliomaa Xoakea, etq.
At Sadlef, near UTurpool, a^M B4, NicboTaa
Eohinaon, eaq.
At Tunbrldge Wolh, Hija LooIm Nerillc SmUb.
tato of SL Slaiycbiireh, Torqaay,
Mr- Bichard Wamcford, M>Ucitor, of Symond**-
inn, Cli«nc«n'-lane.
F«&. 5- At thft house of her lon-ln-law the Rev.
D. P. M. HoJbert, 31. A. Ch&^ter.pl. B(%r«nt's Park
Terrace, of Lronchltlj, aged 70, Mp*. Barnett.daia.
of tbe Rev. MUea MartiudalQ, Uto tiovcnior of
the W«sl«gr OoUegv for J*reach«ra, Woodhottta
GrOTO, Leeda.
At (jreenwich, aged 50, Capt. George Schbidler
Browii, formerly of the 7aiid Foot,
At liri^lJton, t^e96 81 , EUKab«tlv, relict of Ui^or
Hugh FalcotiAr, 7 Ist Mand(*ra.
At Weymouth,, at an adriinced ag^, the relict of
General Thomas Fhippa Howard, C.B.
At Stockton^n-Tc«a, Btiddonly, after retiring to
raaC, aged fi8, Thomas Hntchinson, esq. tron<
iiiOTchant'
At Bedford, ajfed Ae, Cliarlos Frederick FaU
grave, oaq.
In Upper PliiJBmore-pl. Ke»sbiiEftQn,G. li. \'hi*
cent, wq. of IStaple-inn, and Cronch'«nd. Ilomsey.
At Oter Stowcy, SDmero«t»hire. aged 73, "Dio^.
Ward, eaii.
Aged 76, tUlxalH'tb, wife of T. Woodham, esq,
of Wincboster.
/W »fi. In Ulbfion^v^. I«llngtoii, aged 64, Jane,
reli' t -■ ' ' Adeney,CJH4.
A! ■<-, Nottiug-hlll, Mary, widow of
Cul , t--B. Thfe chai-itaMe tind amiii-
bk 1 ! uukTi ini*«?d l»v many persons in
the rn ^ ..i - :■ '»L
At' i I, Uyde-jiMrk-^q. aged five moothii,
Artlkui r u y. youngest child of H. DalWac, esq.
At SU'ko N<M»lu^on,rtged liO, Wm. Dudley, ^^i,
CaV'*' ''ame-i -fohn Enoch, late of ftoth Ref{t, Mil
of Licut.-Col. Mnot'h, Anfti&tAnt <|TiBrtcrmR»ter
(icii. lU th«5 Uon>e Onards.
AniiJi, eldest dan. of the hite Christopher Finch ,
eaq. of Sudbury.
At Dover, aged G3, Charlotte, wife of Iticiiard
tIaUbrd, eaq. of Paddock Uouat, near Canter-
!>tiry.
At Whitby, aged 79, Lient-C^jl. Bi«e!l Harvey,
KAL many years Private Secretary to H,RJI. the
Duke of Kent» and snbseqaently rmpectiDg Held
Offloer of tlie Leeds and 01a«^gow Dliitricta.
At St. Ives, aged 87, Alico, relict of the Rev.
Hugh Maokonxie.
At Chelsea, Frc^Ierick Btemelt Pollard, eiq. late
of C^cntta, fourth and yaungeat tnrviving aon of
IlobcTt BlemoU Pollard, esq. of firomptou.
At Groeowicht UIm MfuUnft Herney.
At Bnmfbot, Dumfrietahlre, Jane, widow of
Otorge Whlgharo, eaq. of SaUtday-hnl
Aged 59, Allc«, widow of the Ucv, VVm. Wrfglit,
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and eldest flan, of tlio late Bcv, — Laiigford^ Wil-
barton, Ule of £Iy.
FiHf.l. At the Waldrons, Croydon, aged 44,
James Bonorandf, eeq.
Aged ea, .\ndrcw 0»'''- rtt ^-. of Woodford
Hall, Emex, and Cheaj
At Letcooilie Regla, i i ^ aa C^odlake,
eaq. for nearly BO year the Wantage
Bench of Magi^ratea, > / years chair-
man of the Qnarter Se- -: Ion. He waa
alaoa maglitnite for V, ,.., ...U rarely failed
to attend the Quiurtc-r .S«9.<nons for that coonty
when any Im^tortant qncstion wan to he dlacusaod.
Agnes- Align "^ta-^Uzahotb, wife of G, B. Good-
man, esq. NoUcltor, of Brighton, and eldest dan. of
the late Capt. James Itichard^.
Aged 17, Agnea-Mary, eldest dan. of the Rev.
H. Khiaey, British Chaplain atDnnkirk.
Arthur l>o Liale, beconil ffoa of Lieut,-<^Dl.
Oakeley, r-'^^^' '"- ♦
At Ken : -S^ Henry Seaile, esq.
/V*i. H. , YorkJhire, aged J5, KUca,
wiftiof thii uv,, . >,. .,alJlO.
In Glonce&ter'pl. Hyde Fark-^ardens, aged 87,
Marnret, widow of George Brown, eM|. of RnwcU-
j,(^, f.-.t.. ..<f !*,.r.l,rirl,..- ^velU,
, Cumh«rlaud, aged ."Kl,
Mn of tji'orge Head Head, e*i.
of ' ; -. i;iL Cedar*, Clflphnm Coiu-
nii'i I clan, of the late TTiiomaa Wood-
roji ' 1 tif Stock well Park, SniTcy,
AL u.,..K,.-iuiMj Villa*, aged 79, Kstlxer, rthct
of Benjamin Leadboatcr, eaq.
Amelia, dau. of J. A. Levy, esq. of Olouocfrtor*
A -T^iames Lniiia*AlvarcE, wifte of
W, ^f Port St. Mary**, Spain.
Ai rr . ,.,.., t .kc^turc, GIooc agod 89, Aon, rclk t
of J, flatter, esq.
In Snrrey-iq. Sunnel Woodward, esq. of Lloyd's
and Auatinfiiiuni.
Ftlt.^. At Normanby HoJl, In Cleveland,
Ocorpc Edwin Ward Jackson, esq. a Justice of the
peace for the nortli riding of Yorkabire.
At Hover, WlUiaui, eldest son of John R. Ifmu*
niery, esq. and jjjandson of John Mnimncry, esr^
In Upper Grotvenor-st. London, Mary, inlknt
dau. of Mr. and Lady Dorothy NevllJ.
At Didliagton HuB, NorihBc, )lrs. Tysscii Am-
hm-sit.
Fib. 10. In EoaacB-square, aged &3, Thomas
Clarke, eaq.
.\goiUV-', T- ■' ^ ' \Vm. While T'" '-^ N-
of the 74tl Ueattahii f
.HiUorlnii li*37,ln the 7 1
At hi* Ikiih--, i, liJ'jiiJrll Hopper, e-Hi. i^^,y^^■^ uLci-
hill, aged ^J, Edwin Hopper, esq.
At fkrathamptoD, aged B3, Ixaac Low, ckii. uf
L>iidhur-rt. Hcputy^Commiwary-goner*!.
At sidcup. Rent, aged 37, Thomai, eldest son of
Tlit)ma« FrivhanI, wiq. eorgeon.
[n KentlMh-tQWU, aged 74, Daniel Valentine
BMerc. esq.
In Alphiugifjn, Devon, Anne-GBlles, wfdoM' of
Jrjhn Tyttt^r, esq. nargeon E.LC.S.
i^«A. II. In Harrlngton-sq. aged 5€, Sarah-
.Vnn, relict of John l^her, esq. of Hawthomfi,
lliirehateh, Berka.
Aged more than SO, Sadi n ; H«;
come to thhi country with Hi'. . Jric^uri,
traveller Mungo Park, whom J^v ^n u i^t ;,. ,i in thu
.Vratdc language.
At Canterbury, Charlotte-KmUy, wlfb of Charles
SiacFarhinc, c»q.
In the Albany-n^ad. CambcrwvU, WtUlam R. S.
Hotte, esq. ijarriater. He lived hy himself, and
had returned to hln hooM late on Satarday night,
having Itocn to a pahllc house near, and ordrn-d
some gin. On Sunday morning he was found
lying upon his Sice on the gronnd. and with hh
head over the fender. A bottle timijUiung gin lay
heiide him, and from the position of the dccea«*d
It was evident that tie had tkllen while in a stale of
intoxication, snd Ilia neck coming on the edge of
442
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CAj
itht flmdtr liifl cbok«4 blm. in hit pocketi were
gnad gold md tUtts to thie tmonm of i9t, l&f.
t)k»lfliMraftlH)aecm«ilttfikeinootliilMck wm
iOQBd dawd tn ^liQ nail; buuM, wtUt s bott)* f»f gtn
lUoif lief >ld4«.
_jLlBlftekhc»ti)-|)ftrk, Ki*nf, Aged a3| SvMiinali'
tBmbttt. wtii! of Munmf Ftkb«rdM»,eiq.
At W$ mtJMir'ft, liiTem«M4CTTace, «f ttd 9t, ltd-
«iii4| on)T Km of Iho nev, Allh»d Took«^ llX
At Uutbua, ftKtd 3», llArr>£]li«Mti» «lft of
/I6. tt, Ajnd 39, Edwnnt Adatnt Mdulej,
«q, only ctilld OfCupl. Oiddol«T. £.rc.d. of Wig-
At Rochfbrd, ii«ed «t, lldbeMii, iH^ ol Mkhad)
Coil I I'M ri, f «.|,
of iMmeM, Jind
Li' ^ho itt
Oil'
101
At AylcfttNlfy, Affid AS,
ofTboraH I>eU« caa.
At BH|kilOii,«(d dov o(
Ro^MTt COkrCt, «aQ. ol • CicdL
At KhntxitUm, a^J ni, .ladiew Fmii», #■!,
A««d tft* A(U« tUu. of Kf. Jcdin armhaQl, ftt
ttidgBlMlt,
At Bedlkinl, Cb«Tlott<f'Ellt»l*th, mil of rt. 8,
J0m^« c^j. Aiiil onljr dill, of Jolin WftikCTp taq* «!
At JLii vrrAlt. iM}. up-
Wifd* of
At fti< n», tUnbft))*
UrenooK c^dt luc* OAdirett,
inq. Of Littioy-v.
' n.JT. TTrfto.
J Kit AjUit«d-roA4l, til
Blr. ai'.i-irr ^if the St^w
Mr
A }, e*(j,
C)ii> ' jit Ldyu^^iu^ lu liii» JJUuUjr, 1/ritli
nun
s . N n, Ak-el ^7» Harriet- AlUuU.
wa rUon, OMi> of £lJnn,
ana
A Jkiuru, ocAT Wortlngton,
A ' dge^ ow|, late of Raauiinte
A ' J^otta, Aged ea, Wllllwii noaid-
wni t j^ well kiioWFi ik* (.mr nf ilm uw^t
hoh ■ : 'I ■"■;,
At " .' ■ . ^.. :. ■'' ^ !
Jt2DC» J4iuJLilUb, e^.
At Lbttenmrthp Ofed OS, Jnhn :;
niAii Hirer tVir "^'urea'* L^rlcwtLT^hd" 1
panv !■
A'
Mo-
Ii Uod-
^t ,:/..^ . , ■ . '.: .- ■,. ^ ■■( C*)4..
mtmiofi-ntjit-anireieiidf ACOd 09, Edward
iuner, em- IT. And I>X.
r^f' I 1 HI, Prtiitwood^Love, widow or
Will ' •'4J . of StocJUetf h^DuH .
Ai juM, ag«d 3S, Frftderfck* pjung-
iHtAoai oi Uii4 loio riiUlp Mftllett CMC. <»q.
wAtWhlthonutoWtaitod D9, Mm. Elbabetli Dn-
Al AljiUtiy llaU, Yorkahlre, a^(\ tl, Pqrothy,
widow of Uie licv, T, Hiifs,
At \>nien. near Ilaiiover.afed ^5, Uottt.-Col,
Frtdeiiek Jutiti Horn.
At Piiri.1, iiKod 43, tJie wife of Capt. Wllloi lohn-
«m. UN. of flanMliiiiii.n fTalS, Wilts.
At BnulnKhjuii \ riiio Towni-
Ucnd.yotingeM *i ^
At LuttmlnKtcii ^ MiOit WMt«.
I 4ipy ycar« DiMtrr ui luw<.c*t<.: <.UiLtnniar Bchtitd.
f ^f PftrlA, aicud «i7, John WUllAii)Jion« esq. of
BiMllfffiton LiDdge» Clic^ler.
At Ta-wpa, ftg»?il &*t MjiD'. eltlwt ilAU. oflho lato
Saraucl WtK)d4. e«i, of TaitelJi Piitk, Liverpool,
mid fonii«rly of London.
JTtlf, 15. At Shaft4»t}iinr,afiCd l(»,HoiLr7'Jolli],
titird 9(jn of WUham Burndgt, esq.
of I
. RIcliftTJl W.
Trii' -^ ■ , ' , Tjagti, Mon gf V.
Autio De^ii Cj ul {^tjcctkVntad \^
rell^-i of CliarJea Dcare, in fif i
Kinuini.
17, Wm. Utroo, «•%.
At Can
flurgeon.
At Mo&kjctiLiKu, uuui
At Torquty, lujor 1
(. affi*f1 70, Nannie, widow
i ■ . Hill tiluUicr uf It. Mjiuriifl
ScJniUiof, of LiiUiSua.
At tliu Grove, iie;ir Box lllll. Dori
Mary, widow of Win, Skmiiigton, • ^ i
of S. W. Singer, esq. of MfckJ^m.
At Paq, am 33, AJexfuuler, «lde«t ion of Mark
Sprot.cvi- fitdanik '
Sto.i
Fet. 11. At 1
at-lttw, of tbo II
tiie lifir 11 f <jrit\
dcKi
nklik. N,B.
1 . wtft? (if r*i6orff«
l: cUIM of Uie late Ja
wii^ enlled f
<'•, and t« thai
i-at^lAH iji 184^.
Anne Boddam, Oaq, of tlia \»tc
'idjua, «aq. ftjrmerly OoTOtut^r of _
At Wortburg, Ilararia, Francei, wife of
Thoimas Cooto. 1I.D. and youagek dan. of \
Lewl«, esq. of Wobnrn-«l.
At Leamington, ajced 64, lleiiHctta Gnu >
nlnghmne, fbnrth dan. of the hitt) Qeorg« dndkl
Oanningbam«, eiq. Blount Konnedy, eo. WlcJt*
low.
tn London, aged U, OUet, tlilrd son of ttie lat«
Wm. 13owUng, eaq. of Over WaUap. Hanta.
At Leamington, EUiiMtti. widow Hi John
FIotcTior. CM}.
A r ' , Wore, aged 75, Charle* Edn
Ha: ^
At _ nt, Aged 83, Mary •HarrUot},w1dair'^
of WUUjuii U.Lrding, era. fonnerly Cblef Accotmt-
ant In Uio Transport OfBce.
1854*]
Obituary*
44B
I
*
I
At HAmmtrnnllh, u(«d A3, John Fetor Hcndar'
«oil. caq. of BnltOQ-at Pioeadilly.
At St.. Heller'i, .lerMf. «ged 61 « EUKabotli,
widow of Cliorlod Ktty lUrttn, e«q. Beo^ C.S.
At AlliM, Agod 73. WHUmn MltdMiU, ami. tocr-
cHint juul »tflp(iim«r.
At PlyimiQtit, «gi«d 73, Mary. ^au. of tlie Ute
Poter Oogier, e«q, mercbiutt at Dortiaoutb.
At 9»«attuiR, AUcia-PretTHUui, d*u« of the
iRta WnUHm Porter, (no. R.N.
At Clmr lot to-row^ Walworth, agod M, Bfro.
Onec Uftnn&h, relict of Cecil HU, cmi- Gi>iioral
Accoantttnt of KiicliW, aarvUini^ liim 3A yoars.
In Edwiinil-«t. PortttiKii-Mi. Wm, St«irirn<tf estj.
In Horley-pK Gathehne-Loniu,, wile of the 1^,
S, T. TOwtisend.
At Hrlifliton, tufed §3, DianA, widow of tUa Eor.
Henry Trollf>pe, Bcctor of HftniJtgtoti, Line.
At the Rectory f Drisnabofr, IreUnU, ■jfad 71,
Cutlicrijie Anne Tyrrell, reUci of Qtargc Tpren,
mq. and datt. of tbi) lal6 Very Rev. tUchard Weni-
1*7 Bond, ]>e»n of Hoi».
/W. 18. At DttrUngton, a^ TO, Thomaa Eaatoo
Abbott, a«<i.
At Share, Surrey, aged a.^. llitt Catbarliifl
Bray, d«ugbt«r of the lat« WUliam Bray, eoq,
lYeaa. S,A. author of the Hlitory of that County.
At Bury, near Goiitort, Mary, relict of Joseph
Carter, esq. and mother cf the B«v. Bicliard F.
Carter, Hector of Rowner.
Kathartuei-Janet second dan. of Uvedale Oor-
bett, esq. of A^ton HjiII, Salop,
At New Brighton, (Jhealiire, aged Vf, franee^-
Roch«, third daa. of Richard I>annt. etq. ol
Knockaliowlerii, co. Cork.
At Bfloartta, near Conway, at her eoo'tt ^* E^'
varda, aged 76, Mary-Anne, relict of the Key,
Tbootta Edwafdi, Rector of Aldford.
At Kaat Cowea Park, ji^red 67, Klehant Nelme
GiianraQt eaq. late of the Hon. East InUia Com*
ptiiy*a Hoine ftorvloe.
At B*th«ick, a^ HB, Anna, widow cf John
Guy, eeq.
At Denmark-hlU, aff«d 14, Annie •3pon«ir, dau.
of the Bev. John Hartngton, Bector of Little filn-
ton, Wiltji; atirl, on the 42rt, at Brtghton, «4je<l
IS, IIN'llUn^ton^Leinpriere, aldoftt aon of Willtatu
Vouag, e»q. of New York, both grandchUdren of
the lat© Vice-Adm. Young.
At Lower Edmonton, Artbar-Ghar1«8, eon of the
late Artbnr Kowell, eaq. Groawnor-wf. PimU«u.
At Braboumo, Kaat, aged OO, Mary, rtitct of
Rev, Aliraham Purahnuio, fcr 45 yearaVICiarur
Brabooma and Konk^* Morton, and Hector of
l'iinst«d.
At Naplei, aged IB, Alexander, youngest son of
Baroti Charies da Rothvctiild.
At Bath, aged 6d, Mary^Aiine-Calharfaeii widow
Df TlioDuu RowQitb, eaq fojnneTly ol CooiDl>r
Lodge, Blagdon.
At Bath, aged N, Ellxabvth, wile nf John S.
At Uonkstown, Dublin, ag«d Sd, R, Sweny, osq.
•oUoilor.
Ftb. 19. AtNflwiibau),agedS»,llary-Anbella,
wiib of W. O. A*htMii wj. aoUHtor, Clerk of the
Fi«ea fbr Cambridge, dau. of the lata Rev. WU-
liain Jay, of Bath, of whom a momoir waa given
In oar last magejlna.
At Stroud, mmc* aged R$, EUaabatli, VfUot of
the I' If " H!iwkiiia,of Plymoath.
Ai , ug«l 96, FiniDcea-Uary, aacoTid
dun ibomtJon Heysham, nvi . of Bath ,
A^tu (L'.MNtu Overton, osii. toUeiior, Fakcj«.
tam^
Aged r*3. Loui^, relict of Mr. WUUam PemeU,
of Lower EaalBmithickl, youtvgeat daii< of Charles
Long, eau. of Stlaleada, Enei,
At Qiimamkrt Aagbatiu PamI, eaq. of Ad wen
Lodge. Tor.
AI Lawitham, aged U^ Catheriiie, wife of AUhxi
C L. Weea, «sq.
Feb, SO. At Scarborough, JaitinA-ll«cla<)| wiVi;
^ Of SMoaon Lucaa Bohrona, aiq.
At Dorkinc, a^ed 67, Mr. Jamoa Bttckmaafeer
fomicrly J>f 4IM Itond-street,
At Stratford, Esseas, a^cd 77. E. Qurford* o«q.
At EdfrlxiAton. ag&l 71, John Co p«, fwq.
At St AiiLni^tinVroad, CauidBn-*tjiiHro, WU-
liain I It, esq. late of Cniyford. Kent,
A' T t, dficd^ €7, Sanili, widow of
Sani;.,.. ; ,_., - .i.
In l'r<»vo'iUi»tt4, Uanip»tead-roiKl,agcd 4G, Fro-
derick Eran«, eaq.
At l.«thaia House. Oamii M. T, fitichiin Hep-
hum, widow (i( Sir .loUn Buchan IleV'tiuro, Bart,
of Smtiiiton Ut^plMirTi.
At BurwcU, C-amb. ai^ed (aio, the relirt of VYoot-
tOli taaacaoD. atq. of Uandwadc Hall,
At Barnard Cuatle, ngcd 6*j,Oliarlorte, wlfb of
Robt. Lakeland, e»ii, fourth tUu»;Ut(<r vf thu late
Tliomae Hayea, cmi of Alflaby Hull, Pickering.
Aged Ag, at Bad well .\«h. SutTolk, iSiiuinel Par-
ker, esq.
At Eaatbounio, Buttea, aged 6G| Mary, retiot of
Joho Peanon. oeq.
At Worceaicr, aged Si&^Hmp^ i' >ih...n.,r.\, etq.
F.Il.C,3. senior »iirgeon to tin i iry*
At Soittb Lamb<tli. aged 6t< imons,
o«q of the Arm of Brondrett, i....».i., ..^i Sim-
mons, of the Inner TetQ|de.
At AlpUJD^rturt, Oetron, aged 61, Graoa, wUb of
John W. Siicll, esq,
Edmund-Btichluoo-Aahlhrd, youngeftt aon of
John WillUmft, e>q. F.R.C.B, of i^ottiaaa.
Filt. 21. At lireat Yamunith. aged 79, WURiuti
Baynoi, eaq. Ibrmariy Captain In the Han. East
tiidLa Compiny^a naval terHco,
At Wadbory Houfo, Bom. aged 33, Elizabeth*
Anne, wife of Frederick Brodle, esq. of Uie Gore,
£astl>oarnc. Susflci,
At the residentito of her brother Edward Towna-
end Cox, e*q, of Birminghafn, Mra. Mary Cox, of
ALti cnstone -upon- Siour.
Aged 7i, rv. ..'i.>- i.tr.i.t ^^^^ of Nottlngham^pl.
In Lfiuil ■ ilUmn-GoodenougH,
eldest sbii Wickham GrifflLh,
UccloT of ! ..,..,,
At Siuti t »4, Willium Bumcy Ha-
ringcon, a- ry Unwoa tiorington, eaq.
form-""'"
1 1 1 1. gardens., aged 70. Peter
Ker I I Licli, uiid Width amalciw.
Mdj j-i,j!T..Li.-,, ti.liL,i ilAu. *^1 *^->' ^■•■' '^harlea
Brandon Ityo. a«q. of Leckhiii i^looc.
Feb. ^. Aged 00, Sum) vife of
Cluw. Anneitey, esq. MJ>. Uit*> »■< .i.- - , .. Grey*.
At Auntnater, aged 'i6, Ann-^opiiin-Cortia, vtifo
of Charles W. Bond, esq. aolioitor.
At Bury St> Edmund^, aged 71t, Anne, widow
of John droabia, aaq, of W«it Blow, youngeat dan.
of tlio hitc» WilUam Boek. esq.
At C«mberwaU, aged 73, Elizabeth . widow of
tlie Her. Joaeph Darby, MA. Carat© of Epaom
and Vicar of Bkenfritli, Monnionth.
At Rodaton^co. Meatli. aged 6a, Christopher
Drmko, ^q.
At Btuunton Harold, LeU'. tl\c Hon. DeTereuz
Hngli Lupus Shbrley, iniant son of Eori Ferrers.
UharWs MiUett, esq. of Chicklade, near Bindon,
Wills.
At Duiibam-oU'Trent. Notu, aged 45, ThAniaA
Willliun NewBtead, i'«i.
At MklUurvt, Ai?<?d 4ifi, Honr\' Walla, esq. wUdtor.
Fr' ■'■' '* ^'■-'-
uf .t
Wii.
a<i'i'.
ii.
Di.l
Iv.
1 Nj. Frances, relict
■I-
Braddiick, relitt of
1 1 .iLilniaford*
ret, wife of James BUck*
, L'tdeit dau. of the
• kird'pL Rui«GU-6(^.
, n.iiniviiiiii, aged 86, Wm I«HW«
ijor4Jcn. Lawrenct, C.B.
444
Obituary.
[April,
At lUUi, i'mrtti-n l^iwUiiT, CMi. lonncrly of
Kllrtif. CO. MAnth.
At It«««wlliifr, \lr». Ann Id'Mc.it Ma«'kcn>:li', iiuiny
,vr«rN FfNtiUwit In Umt tfiwu. ||pr Mfrc H ncH known,
tmt mUf fttiiMi'M M iiri*(t(llnic In SfotlMul In I74'>.
In (!iir/on-«t. MayfAJr, .iMnu't i'urkc, cwf. of
l.lnroln'N-lnn-tlMliU.
At (MUt llonllon, iM-von, iifrcd 0.1, Jwm', widow
rif Mr. AMennwi I'IiIIUim, o( KxrU'T.
At llolticiu'h, At(f(l H4, John I1ii}>|ifi, c«|.
At lUrvMU', AKPil <M, WlUliun IOmuI, rmi. for-
merly of Hi. .Imiii'ii'^.iil. I^Midon.
Ari'Mf-nUlly ilrowni-il, hy tin* U|MwtUnK of • l>oat
nti till* Tlianirn ni'ur Cuvfrnliiim. luctil l7,(-hHrl('H'
lU<li-llfr«>.StroiiK, tlilnl mm of tlii< \nU' Cupt.ClHUitc
AilnlldniN |{4tlM!rtji, of tlin MftilriiK Amiv.
At r^Uiilmrtfli, MUm MHTKitn^t Sinnll, nMcNt iinr-
vlvlnic <!«"• of till' liitv ICi-v. Alfjuuiilcr Snuill, I).I>.
MInblpr irf KUfonc|ulmr, Klffnlilrr.
At l(4>Mllntr, mttsl M, WlllUini Talniiultcc, Civ|.
At IllNlioiMiiympton, Devon, uffi'd ill, John
Tiirkor, whoM* lirothi'r.thri'c yearn older, i» at tliiii
tiim* In thr luilvit dl«cluirim of hU dutlca ftfivorfCtT
at Ht. Urorin''ii (Miapol, WTndnor.
i^fh. u. In llniliro, aved HO. Comui. JamcH
KMrnlry Antold, H.N. llti cntertMl the navy in
III03 In the lU'pulM* 74, and wan iireNent In Sir It.
Calder'N action Ti Julv, iWM.ai the iiamtiiffi* of tho
llanlanelleM \Hm, and' In the eximlitlon to Hunh.
Inic iHOi). Ilu wan niado Lieutenant iNlo.and a}>-
IMrfnted In that vear to tlie Ikslford 74. in Ih13 to
eoinnMnd tlin Neptune ttMider.ln IHU to the Vuln-
Mnt 74. and In In»3 to the Coaiit Oimnl. In lH4fi
h(t wa* apiMdnttMl to the Oeeati HO, KtiardMlilp at
Hlii»erneM, wtiere h«* remained for mhuo yearn, llo
WM In riHvtpt of the out>peniilon of Oreenwicb
lloapltal.
At (.llflini, SuNan, wift* of Thou, l^ne C^oulmn.eMi.
At Kiniow. tnirnwall. airrd 4U. WtlHani Daulmx,
imu, Ute lllirh Sherlir of the county.
A«V4l »tl. II. A. EHot, emi. eldent iH>n of Capt.
KUot, U.N.
At Willliiffhatn, Canih. airiH) 4C, Ann, wife of
8t«phon l>Wry, em|.
At l|Mwioh, .Sarah>Uoxanna, third dan. of tlio
l«tii HIrhanI Hall (litwer, eM^. of K. I. Comitanv'N
prrvliH^,
At the roctory. WMton Kavell, affMl .^7, Sarah-
Ann, wil^ of Itev. It. H. Knight.
AjcihI 77, Mm. KlUabeth Savage Ijindor, dau.
of the late Waller Ijuidor, e^i}. of Warwick, and
of l|»i*ley i\nirt, Warw.
KU-hanl Mattliewn, e^i. ^«antHit-law, of IWIitlia
VlUa*. Iidlucton, and IllMton, 0-an)briitK«Khire. He
wa<* calleil to the bar at the Middle Temple, April
HA, lH'i4 : and to Ihedeirnwof 9i«rje*nt-at-law July
T, IH5S. He (onuerly went the Northern Cir\'ult.
At lUUton, At an adrance^l At^>. Ko)>crt Mcl-
hufad). e^l.of II.M.S.
At IVrquay, aire*! 3'i. Kmily>rrance:i, wife of
John Ihoma* N\vrrl», e^i. of MillhouM\ button
Courtney, H«rk«.
In Knd!>l«ii;ti>at. Ismbella. MH*ond dau. of Janio.^
9. Walker, e«i). Ute of New South Waie-v
/■*♦. a*. At I'llfton. Charle» Kdw. nomard.ee«q.
At Atftmlbr. l^k\ at:v«l SI, Jane, wile of Klch-
ar«l r.he!«)«n, e**). leavim; an Infant family.
.VjE^l M, John MKhael KelUm», ex*), of Ki>ley,
lVrl»ythlnp.
At ^-antwbnry. njed v;. William Kinlayxm
«M. late purwT K.N.
At Metlbounto rvi'tixry, a^r^d 91. Mr>. KHral>eUt
lliHliPim.
At Tottenluut\. atvd 77. IJicharU UlWall.e*!.
Ute of lJme«»t. and (iracochurch<4.
,\)£tHl TT, JoUn I iitlc. o.*i. of iMchvvmbe Hou5<,
OUmc.
At I'Uidiam.riw*. airvd 77.Sanih,«iv!ow ot IVu-
lainin MalUm, e^ of K«ell.
At n«)( lUlU near 1unl>ruUe. Marta. rehvt %fi
ttk-harxl fater. e*i. »ttrK, iVnunercuUr\>aa >U*«.
At Haidar. l.ieut. Ji>Neph >^uui, i:.N He en>
teitnl tho ^ertK-e In l*\V>, ami tkA.« nuble l.ieuws
nam UM; atW «hh*h lio ««« Ryr about three
rear* on the Co«»t blocka<le aa raMmun
Lieut, of tlio Hyperion 42 and KamilUea 74. Alto-
Ijcther he iicrvul for thirteen yean on ftill pay.
At St. SaTiour's, Jemey, aged Xt, Slargaret-
Marv. wife of Wm. .SterenNon, eaq. aurg. E.I.G J.
eldest dau. of the Ute Mi^or Itich. Stock. 4Mi Fool.
At HahCtix. agc<l .M), Ann, youngest daiL of the
late John Walker, e«i. of Crowmieiit.
At Northampton , aged 30, Thonuu Bailey, ddeit
fion of Thomai Warne, caq. of Suaaex Villa, Re-
geiit'ii-park.
At WoodNtock. Col. John Neave Wells, C.B. Ufa
Itoyal Kng. lum of the Ute Admiral Wello, of
Holme, Hantii. He saw much active tenrlcc fixxn
IHDH to 1H14. including tho Itattles of Roleia.
Vimicra, < 'orunna, the siege of I-lushing, blockade
of Cadix, action of Daroma, passage of the BUas-
soa, and blM'kado of lUyonne ; and was also in tba
campaign of lielglum and France In 1815.
At Stourton. Wilts, aged Gl, Elizabetb, wife of
the Kev. S. Williams.
Frh. 26. At Farleigh CasUe, Som. aged 79, Mary-
Anne, widow of Henry Hrookc, eiq. of Henbury.
At (ilouceMtcr-crescent, RegentVpark, aged 72,
Tlioman Theodore Campbell, esq. Ute of the
Audit-olTlcc, Somerset House.
At Whoatley, Oxfordshire, Harriet- Vashon.vUB
of Ilev. l-Uiward Klton, Incumbent of tliat parish.
Aged GCi, (leorge Karren, esq. late of We»t-
bourne-terrace.
At Highiiury, aged 83, Ann, relict of Robert
(Urland, esti.
At Lewes, aged 64, Eliza, widow of William
SUnfi)rd (irignon, esq. of Jamaica.
In I>over-pl. New Kent-road, ag^ 80, Henry
Thomas Hewitt, esq. of the Stock Exchange.
At Goldsborough Hall, aged 38, the Lady Rli-
xabcth I^ascellcs. She was the eldest cliild of
riick-John Marquess of Clanrlcarde by the Hon.
Harriet Canning, only dau. of the Right Hon.
(leorgo (banning and tho Viscountess Canning.
She was marrioil in 1H4A to Lord Viscount Las-
celIos,and luw left issue four sons and one daughter.
. At Kromo, Frank Mansford, B.A. of Durham
I'uiversity, youngest son of the Ute J. £. Hans-
Ibrd, c<«|.
In l-jiper ILirley-M. London, aged 79, A. L.
M(Mies. eitq.
At Ctym CasUe, Mlntsliire, aged 3.S, Ellen, wifb
of .lamen Spence, 0!«u.
At Hastings, agud .S3, WiUUm Ward, esq. of
Cheshunt and the Stivk Vjcchangc.
At I'olchester, agisl 39, Thomus-XUllett, only
sur\ iving wm of the Ute Thomas Wythe, esq. of
Middloton, Norfolk.
At OtterlHHini. age«l M*. William Crawley
Yontfi». CMi. Irtto «»f the .%*! llegt. youngest son of
the late Kev. Duke Yonge, of Comwood.
/•«ft. '27. At KdinbnrKh, Mary-Catherine, wife
of Jume.H Campbell l>ro«lic, es«i. of Lethen and
Coulmony.
Aged 7*1, Sarah, wife of William Thoous Goad,
esq. of Hackbhdge, Canthalton.
Mary, wife of Koltert (iraham, esq. Buxton
House, Forest, Leyton.
lVi>wned off the Putcli coast whiU attempting
to e!^*ai^ fnnu the steamship Edinburgh, aged 30,
Charles Monlan, c.<q. merchant, of Hamburgh.
.Kgeti .'v«^, W. r. IMUn>,esq. Mlicitor. Swaffham.
AgiHl a^^ Hiomas Munning^ Vickcrj*. esq. of
IjncolnVmn-tleM:«. mlicitor.
Agt«l 46, Hcnr> Wliitmore, c.mi. sur^peon, Cc^-
geshall. EvM>x.
fr^. :^. \t iNith. Af-otl •'.!, Wm. Baldock, e«i.
.Vge»l yj, y\ illiAm Bartholomew, e»i. of Ipi^^r
lUker-^tn'et.
At HamiUon liHlp*. near Fdinbnrgh. F.liiJi. wife
\>i the lJi\ . Joh:\ IV\vle, Im-umt<enl of St. Mark's
EpiskVpal Churx-h. IVrR^lvllo. eldest dau. of llie
Ute Honrj WUKvk KeyuoU. esq. of KfUdal.
At the liorenimen: Hou.^. Tortola. a^^ni W,
Lku: .^.\'l. John Con'.ell ChaiL^, Prvsideiit «»f tho
Bnti»h X'lrgm l^land^.
At M'.neiieoil. l-reret-Malor Henrr mnit:UiCrw.
1854.]
Obitoary.
44S
ptir, Ufce of 40tli E«^uieut ; anil qd tbo 2lit Jan,
Miiry WdnTord Cowjior, hi* sister.
At Roxbor€Uii{li, CO, Kerry, hkiit, Jvocs Day
£«sar, A iC&LUiit and venerable oAlc«r of tbe 30tu
Fgot, with which he st'rvod fii Ibo Feciiuula.
At lilHckhcjitli^ Amelia, thln^l dAU. of the tate
John EloQliA, e»q, sx\v\ *ihter of the Rev. J. II.
KlouU* Cur«t« of St. Runwild's, Colobester*
At St. Hclier^A, Jcrwy, aa«d G9, Biflhard Xeir-
miui, esq. formerly of AJMaion, StuME.
At York, n^ TJ* Mary-Ann, widow of Thonma
(Jrebunl, immj. of Hatton^giurdflti, »fld Hnfj^ltrAeld-
Kear Torquay, Karry-Stbthorpe, aon of CaptAin
G. T. Plnchani, kto of 3.1 Wa-lmt Litfhl Iiifiintry,
At Hixllovr, Wore, aged "JJ, Anno, wife of Lewis
Slunw, esq. tiiird dau. of Mr. J. MaUuU^of VVooit-
AtSwinton Morley, «g«Ml lA, Lydin. relict of
B«r, Rolien Sutton » of GiMt fiilney, «nd d«ii. of
Hkamel Byam, uaq. of AJitlgiia.
In Blnde^tt lUnehMter-sq. Cftpit. Win. Hani-
Ing Woodg&te, SGt^h Reixtmcnt.
lat^f. At North Shields, aged 67, Alice, ralict
of the Rer. J&niei Oarke, &r.A. t and a few d«ya
previouidy, ag«d tiS, MUs Edaettii Adams. Tbeaa
nljiters fo^n<^rly and fbr many yvan CAirSed oa
M MCliool in HBwl«y-9i|. Ifargmte,
In lh« £jut IndloA, Lieut. Q. A. EOftrman, EoaU
agent (1 81 1 >.
AtNcwYork,ratrick O'Donoghue, one of the
jrlib rabdii of 1848, who broke hLi parolo and
At Tiogierf Captain Charles Dudley Oliver,
SOtb Begt.
At Stockbolm, aged BO, Mr, Samtiet Owen, to
whom Swcdtm owei the first introduetkin of itcwn*
boatA. Ue went orer as a atmple workman, bat
hy \\\% Uidustry and meduuiical tiUeota railed
himseif to the position of owner of a large maidiine
establiahnient
At Sprin(rf)eld*led|{e, Sodfaury, a««d Ti, IXary-
Oitiboii, retkt of C^. Bodney Weotwerth Sims,
liith Foot, eldest dan. of the late Rev. At^Vk New-
maa, R«ctor of Comard Parra.
At St. retersburK. Lieut. Peter Wliite, R.K.
March 1. At Low-row, CuoiberUiid, aged 44,
\\. Cowan, eao. railway contactor,
Al Newton House « Ferth, John Cunningham,
esq. of Newton I late Lieut. 9^nd Highlanders.
In Wand«worth-road* aged 70» Jamoa Day, (^.
second son of the Lat& Her. K. Day, of Norwich.
At Ouernaey, Ell/Jibeth Jane (Jrant. dan. of tho
tate Lieut,-Col. JaineftOrant. 4Gth llext. grunddjtu.
of MiO<ir-Oei) . William Grant, IUl.
At SoQth Werohory, Deron, aged 74. Thomat
LocJi7«r,e(N]. a Magictrato and Deputy Ueiilenant
flbr the oonaty.
At Leamington, a^od Gi, Octavia, wife of Saml.
IIUTatt, eaii. formerly of Sutton, Surrey, yonngeftt
dfto. of IHe late W. J)«dfbrd. esti. of Woltham-
•Imr.
In at Jamea'n-ft. aged fto, Lieat,-Col. Vaehell,
fonnerly Licul.-Colonel of the Caintrridgealiire
mutta.
Mtwch 1. At Sandwkh, Charlotte, wife of tho
Rev. Edward N. Uraddon, Vicar of St. Mary** and
St. Clemein'tt, Sandwich.
Agfd iK Harriet, wlfb of il. Braston, esq. R.N.
In Pali Mali, aged ?a, Benjamin Dacotta, e«q.
one of the Cow remaining oflkcrs engaged in the
hattle of Tralklgar.
At at Neoffe, aged S4, WUlkm Day, etq.
Aged TB, WEniam Grainger, esq. of New Bnuit^
ford.
At Coombe, near Modbury, l>evon. aged hi,
Wm. Matthews, eeq. of I'lymonth.
At Brighton, aged 7^, Harriot, relict of il.
Munn, ea^.
At the Swediab Legation, lu llamin.«t. West,
aged 51, his RseeUeney Baron R«bau»«n, tlie
Swedish Ambtttfadtir. Ilia Exjcelleney was for
ifwny years In early lioyhood reaident at Bccktn*
ham. Kent, bis father having loiig resided in this
conntry.
At Regent's Villas, Upper Avenue-road, Re-
gent .i l»»irk, agpd 70. SAr&h, rcUct of C. W, R.
Riihri, esq. of tno Five Houses, Clapton.
At Kowington, tiged §9, Tbomaa WaUis, esq.
Ill Upper Harlcv-st. aged «0, Mias Watts.
jran:^ 3. At HamlKirg, Josephine, wife of 0.
L. A. Ek^brens, eaq. formerly of London, third dau.
of Joseph Fewten. esq. of Kennlngtoa.
At Strand-on-the-Green, aged 95, Mr». Sarah
Crolv.
At Paris, iiged 75, Clehmd, relict of Joseph Ciun-
berlcgc, esq. of Bombay.
At Bhlh-hill, Sydenham, Kent, nged GO. Junet-
Jurnuin, wife of Itoliert EsjiU', sinrgeon R.N. young-
est dan. of the tntb Win. Sitndtis,eJKt. of Sydenham.
At Bothcrhithe. iMfpd 77, WillUiu Howard, esq.
late of King nud Qut'cn ironworks.
At Btttli, Af^cd h'y, John Wiiiirfleld Shawc, e^.
At S^authatnptctn, lurtil Ijl, Lieut, Ju^^in Smith,
(f) H.N. He entered tlie •en-ice IH07, waa at tho
battle of Algiers in l»l<l In tlie Hi-ela bomb, and
was made Lieut. IM!21, imvinjir tlien merved forthir-
teen j-vars on full pay.
At Hammersmith, acvd 44, Henry We*tt, esq,
third son of the Utc Ltent.-CoL Francis Ralph
Wea«, 3»d R^-jr*
At rv = • , d m, Eteaoor, wife of Mr. Chaa.
Ulu I icr, of Took's-ct. Cbancery-lano .
A( of Wight, aged 70. Barnard
Winter, son m utc Uto John Winter, esq. of Acton,
Middlesex.
Marth 4. At St. George's Hospital, in conse-
quence of a fall from hb horse in Hyde Park,
aged 32, Beniy John Blagroro, esq. kte of Olou-
eeater House, London, and Orangis%'aUey,Jftmaiea,
eldest minrfTing son of the hite Frederick Richard
Cootie, esq. and grandson of the late John Bla-
nrove, esq. of AtwUiot House, Hants^ and CardltT
Rati, Jamaica.
At Kingstown, near Dtibhn, aged 78, the Right
Hon, MabeUft IjMly Dlayney, wife of Andrew-
Thomai llth i^ord Blarney. She was the eldest
dau. of James 1st Earl of Caledon ; was manled
Iti 1796, and was left a widow in lg34. She waa
mother of the preaemt Lovd Blayney and two sur-
virlng daughtej^.
At East ClilTi Devon» aged ftS, George Sarago
Cortii, cdq. a magislnte and Deputy Lieittenant
for the county.
At Northampton, Sarah, wife of Augustus Ereai
M.D, of ChcUrnliauL
Frunciii, tliJrJ sou of tlic Rer. S. E. Garrard, of
Park lliill, Suiraj-il, near Evesham.
At NsJHli House, I^oiucntet, aged G12, James Adttn
Gordon, c^Hq. of Knockespock and Tcrpenle, Aber-
deenaluro, and of Stocks HouBe, Herts.
At Cad<i^n-pL Sarah, wifo of WillMm Hay,
esq. C.B. (>>mmliBSloiner oif Police.
At Brighton, aged 7S, iianry Hopkins, est^ of
Ilubtjome Lodge, Christchnreh.
At Paddington-greon, aged 64, John Jamea
Kent, caq.
March 5. Aged 38, John Barker,eaq. of Bridge
north.
At UlsydDD-houiM!, near Kowcastle-npon-Tyne,
aged W, Isabella, wife of P. Brown, esq. MJ>.
At lilghgate, Looisa, eldest dau. of the Ijita
ChurlfDs Browning, esq. of Epsom.
AtDudleigh Salterton, aged S4, Margaret, relkt
of Charlci James Clarke, esa. of JanMUca.
Wiiliau], youngtist son of ViceKAdm« Croft, of
Stilliugtou, Yorkabire.
In Harl v<«t. aged J»3, Elizabeth , widow of Heury
Hughs, esq. prhiter to the Hon. House of Com-
mons, and formerly one of the Court of Asatafeanta
of tho Stationers' Company, who died Sept. A.
ISIO,
At WeiUbill, Wandiiworth, agod 83, DmSel
Langton, esq.
In Cecil-st. Strand, aged ao, Sarah, rettet of
Geori^ Norman, esq. of Her Ma|est]r*s ^mps and
Taxes.
446
Obituary.
[April.
At li«<r n9fili«tw*#, tlift Rftv, J. S. Boont, SUa-
At i.K .. . ..... .r,. - _ .-.
Wyi,
L»dy Onrdnej*. She wn '
ftr>t Lor<l CiM-i«iflo«, l'> !
dM. of L. B. rUmitfYl, DKq. nriM v^,ii iiuu s imi nt
Match A. At '
, *i tiio lujiiKu or iii»
ii«ph(»w Mr. J, S. Chftrftfin. iiffcii 71, rhoQuw
Akbln, Mq. Ut« of Horldtji«rt<>n-boni«o, I rtndiburj,
Ksot.
In Utftf^ir' 1 ' :■ " '' •• ' M t lUii.
of th« l»U' I HIT,
•lid »M*?r' ^^'*0[^ll
Fejisi, ' ' 11, nr'ui
At u4 Tl« >Min Utflljror* att|. Into
of It' UjahopH|iftlfn
At I iteriktii, iitjgol At, ' \ ot Ilonty
Mnundrcill, omi, til Hvda
At WSnrhenter, W, .1. ' 1 ^urftmn.
At CATfi'lcri'town. Affoil ii, i^iimt i'irlUbril,e»i|.
Iktiisr of Jm. IL HiilLlbrd, e«ij. K;d. of llrl«li-
ton.
Atl'orttnAti'*^ ^ ' * 1i<4ck-
UtdWirfo > Wi«
ryr,
At
Al i-inMniuu, li^;"'! ■>
JlWvAT At Worll.iii
Cotetiiiiu.
At LramUiKton, J«tH* Uwtmis, witft of tlui Uur,
.Tntjn Crfcljc, Vicar of Le*itit«iKt«n Prlor^i^ xoungMt
dmi (/f tTio lnt« Jitino^^MiQitOfiOp «Mii of UjifHir
Wlia^Kjle-Jit,
At IIji'IItsc;', iiut'A «»«><', ♦*. f>moflkr>, <mi,
At MllllH, dtu. of tlio lAt« WllllAlll
Flu I i^ar
At I, FYttiieei, wifo t>f Utiiit.^ul.
tiAll I
A' 1, Til oinM Adgiiuin Hilt,
At 1 ,4!n<iiM}n, M^il GUI;
In M| ymingfvivcoii of
the Jut' 111 ^* ii*'*\ »?^i .if ChrUtletittn, iiMr
Oliottor.
At thr rc:^ir1rTirr of htfl witt, Alsrnt rprtnTy, OMr
Bldcii iiiAiiy
At I : ' ', ' : :: III (tmi
Of Be&rrA<lmlr.»] Mmu-v
ijfore^ft « At I'lrif^hMii. fi;.c.J O, C»UiaHiiii-Aii-
A I " s Tftno. relict of
fho J r of m«c|>l».i»UJi-
TyntliJiiu , 1 i'rj>tnL hliMimailionnly
dan. of lit HI, tii stix'ktoii Koiuo,
Wnt««ind ^'-M in KurvUt \nh'j («««
our VoL «:is
AjKCil 4t), • it Lath LnwthUn Oluir-
t«rU, Ho * if-dmtructtoii by ruttiiii{
hLi throAt Vkich a Lti/<>r Uurliiff an altoiolc of d«IU
rlnm trointtia. Ho wm weU kndWD lu an OrieniJii
Hiupslrt.
In Uktir-plaoot R«tfentVpttrk» aecd SH, AroM-
iMld OoekOt OM). torgoon.
Aifod CA, .)ohn Courage, e»r|. of Dulirkh,
At thf rtctoty, Jkrtlioiolfsr, Cheililro* Mrs. Ed-
ward Duncombe.
In Upper fiak«r-«t. afod M, Bftd^fet, iddow of
Aoilffir F«ltli«m,>oiq.
Al St. Uoimnl'A'On-Soa^ ConitiiiM Allco, dan.
of the Iftte IZ«v. WlUUm Uanroy, Aihnovon aiob*,
CO. Cork.
In tJii$>erO«urK u-aq.agodttd.Mn.
mil, wi<lnwof<'.i ifih
. .... -,... .v.. otta,i
<..k>iiMt^ hnach of Ihtf
I r«Uiigtoi)«
Ik. a««d Uf HoAlh
.Hit: I nili koA Of tUe lalol
llaih i
a;
lia euLiireii luu !f"r
•ttd asrvod ikvr ai
In lias iMtwIla f
CM], if:p.
At KtUntmrK^J, KHfiv j
J,, ,> -I -
■ur-. -
f&r lf»i'' Mi-.nu "1 1 '"111 \ N I.
PliQbe, %rif« of riiuirui* Tufnart C«q. at iUllMr*
r«*d| 8l*mfrfr<t-liiU
At Brof.*! ' ■ ' '^ !,•«•€
sa^BiUaUi r AA]
Aetoti,(i9(j ifmttt
e*fi» ortiret'u-rti. iiru-nn'imr^sn.
In nnltc«-^t Cari^n«U«b-*ri. ng«d 74, WVOkm
Henry Wlukuy, mq,
MarekU. Al Wytittlu - v i-
A^l 93, Hah ti nil , vrU\i>
Al ChHt<*rihfltt!t, UK'^'i
AIIhii V ' ' ■ : I Hi: Jiru„Mii Army, iiiui til
At ' M'i, .Tntin tlTnllf>ir. fw|
von, Jiffcil 78, ^U»>Anilt ',
* ili^ Rowley ilUU omi, uf
Mr 1ynf«njt,ofq aUlcnnnti
hill Wait, airod 54,
viiirMi of ttia Cnm-
1 c»p«ctCi1 liy t
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wi'1 ,1 I' I' ■ . of .Mr. V. 1', AtkiuaouofKll-
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Ai . vutijoi. I'lolicaftar (oC j
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lurur oil I 'MrHiPiUtiiral j
■olonooaHv SVlUMDonrvl
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It broko, and he Mil wtth It. aiul lay IkKT tomo ^
I8M.]
OltlTVAHY.
447
ftbOQt deren hours «fter,
At Siowfibedoii Cottage, near t^rllnctotl^ IVorf.
HaII.
At Aldbarougb. neu- Jlon>QghbrtiJlc«, Ag««1 3^*
Ifn. R. Muiicy. tUa. of tbe late Rev. B. Unuley,
\lcv td SherifMlntton.
At Warerlt'y Abbqr, Surrsy^ ageA tl, Anno-
Eliza))eth, wir« of Gcor^ TlKRIIli NldiolMiQ, «»q.
ifdrol IL Aged fil, Qeotve .Andertoo, cmj. of
Ifoseley Wake r«ran.
At Stunlbrd-hfU, a^vd €7, June* BroKrne, «aq.
to yattbT4-pl Eliu-tooli*, nUb of TiMNti*!!
At Tv-'^ — "^ - ' -' * ^!,v«3»T
Caiij' . <^
Warwick Havkinfl, «»q. M.f . for UiAt Vkcoiu^Il
At BlahopwMnnonUi, «f94 HA, Aiina>^arta'
Paniberti»n,«We*tdaii.ef*»"-^ ' ^
esq. Dtmeran, and gmn
At Haitiey-Wlotoeyf inui-
wUc of G. W. H-*rm «4q.
At Stoke ircMriflftoD, aged A7» Saintwl K«r-
At §bffltoo Mallist, aced iSl, Cordelia, widow of
Donald luckay. e^. ofBridftb Gotana.
At Lon^boroogh, a^od 41, F, C. Kohlc^esq,
iiirg«on. *_
At St Jobn'* Woo*J, »ct»l 41, SaTfl«-i mrcn-
TIenry. yotmnst >-- ' " ' r^ Jtcv. Jobn Savilr
Ogle, D.D. ofKiJ-V rUunibertand, tat«
M.P, for South Ki, 1
At Taylstock, a^^cNi i^, i.ji|ii. WlUdbounic, late
of tbe I)«¥ou Bum AfiDe.
I{. Holme*,
te Stephen
.•kiie-Cborlotte,
fnofitL Willi of Johfl WiUktnaoiig Ml. el j«aa»-
•t Adetpy.
JAmrt IS. At Brighton, Aged 7e, Jobn FoUer*
Ion Elphiastone.esq.
At U«di]igtoii, ftffM SI ' "- ' '^ QiO., term*
erlyi prfnter In sW r i ho pub.
liabed The ^ontf nbrmi xtrK^l peri.
odlcaTdiifingth*^-*-
At Sblrl^, oeuj < «Dcli [
Erclyn Hoa», e»<i loe of ]
tbe Koyal West limj^ nnu dtiniui isKnctCoi
pany.
At Fnofiald, Wilti. ae«d T6, Catberlofi, rellel of I
Qenrge Ryley. 094. of Hangmord.
At lib IMNr**, nymoutb, a^ed 99, Bear/
Smiftii eoq. MUTfeon.
At GlielaeB, agod (A, Jane, relict of the UtO
Lleat. Jolm Wilton. 53i1 Rcsgt.
At Fortsmontluaged «0, Oeo. Victor, eiq. J.p,
JfarcA 13. At Wlodlt^onc, Dm-ham, in hla Sd
yoar, <j}eorge*l-*redcrick, third »on of Sir WIIUl
Edeii.
At ilaaUr Hoiir ' ' ' " "-- ^-rrmtui]
ntsRoy Pblppa, > Tean
D'Aere, Mitortlie « vu : a ^
nephew to tbe Si[ari|ui:'^-ui ,.\'.:iLiLLuii>r , mm ijirand*
*on of the DnJce of Qrafton.
At KeUer, Salop, a^ed 97, Jolm Tho«. H ope. tmi* i
Ann, wife «f Mr, Key, wi^eon, Brixton, Mttit ]
dca. of tbe late Aiidi«w Flnde ThoinaB, era. I
At Charlton, Glouc. aged 41, Cbarle* WOliaiiL ]
Fan], iMt.
At Audover, a^ed SA, Mary, relict of Jokm SwMd* 1
apple, aq. of Foxeote, near Andover.
At South 8hle)d».apy! ^^' f---. .-^^ Wawn. esq*
At Hlncltley, a|te«l 73 f H. J, Whi-
tcttoo, em{. of Sketci; me account I
uf Uiti andent finally 01 uMiitnuu i« jciven In
NlrboU' Laiocstcr&blre, tv. pp. 115, lU, 161.
TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OF LONDON.
{F^om the Reiurna iatued bjf tht Re fit trar- General,)
Deaths R^glaterea
4
Week eoding
S&tufds]r»
Ui)d«r
15.
15 to
60.
60 ftod Age not
upwarfb. ipedflfld.
Tbtal.
1 Malei.
Femilei.
Fdi. 85 .
Mar, 4 .
M n .
M 18 ,
640
519
619
562
416
393
425
348
275 3
223
292 ; 5
254 21
13^
1135
1341
U85
! 65?
580
688
604
67r
555
653
581
1795
1739
1800
' 1764
AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN. March 18.
Wheat* Barley. I OttU.
t. d. s* d* I 9, d
79 2 3d 9 I 27 :
PRICE OF HOPS, March 27.
finaici Pooketfl, 9/. 9f. to UL St.— Kent FockeU, 11/. Ot. to 17/. Oi.
PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, March 27-
Hay. 3/. 15*. to 5/. 5f.— Straw, \L \%s. to 'IL 2*.— Clover, 4/. 10*. to 6/. 0#.
8MITHFIELD, Marcb 27. To smk the Offal— per atone of 81b».
[Beef 3*. 2/f. to 4«. 64. | Head of Cnttle at Market, MaAch 27.
[Mutton ..3f« 9^.to5f. 2d, Beasta.. 4,116 Calvea 1061
(Teal 4f. H<l. to 5*. %d. Sheep atid Lamtis 21,440 Pigs 310]
[pork ,.3#. 0rf.to4f, M,\
COAL MARKET, March 27.
Walla Endf , 6tc. 16*. M. to 22*. OJ. per ton. Other aorta, 16*. Od. to 20*. Od.
TALLOW, per cirt,— Town Tallow, 07i. Od. \«.Uttw Eamm^^^i. ^^
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
HISTORICAL REVIEW.
MAY, 1854.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
HINCE CORRESPONDENCE^Nomlflii tlie Topourtplwr— tmporUUon ol Hunwn Ut.ir for
Wig-nittker*— Rifi^ Hivr?n by- CharJet T. to Sfr PhUlp W*rwk'k— Libmry of Uw BrtUsli
Muactitn— Will af the Mjirquesg of Lomloivlerry ....„,. ♦ ♦ „ 4flO
Memoirs of ElizabetU, Princess Palatine of Buhetnia*. .•«.•••««.*..•.•••.««« 431
M, VillemAin's Sotivenirs — ^Cuunt Louis ile Nnrboime .■••*«.« •••t«.a •.•.••• 468
letter on the outbreak of War with France in 1549«. •*••«#••.• «4«« •» 467
Letters of Lady Brilliana Harley 468*
Tbe Cbnrch of Burtoii-upori- H umber (with Engrainng»), , , 4 76^]
Hiixthaa§eD on tbe Internal State of Ru»sia ..,, 47tf
The Dii^^n^ at Gloui^f^ter. By Jobn Clarke, Esq^. Architect 48
A Sonnet tributary to tlic Poet Bernard Bartoa ....».•.,,...,,.•,,...••.... 481
CORRESFOHDEKGE OF SYLVAXUS UKBAN.-AnnwQr to ChiODlensli on th* Oxjbnl Sep-
tott^t,48«; NotSco of Fleet Httlu* in ttip rttign of Henry I 4»
NOTES OF TJIE MONTH.— PivjpOM ! »t»imLv.ion to the I > tplomttofi—
Eihibltioo of EducatJoiMU M*.-! n of Art— rnbllt i MnneumB--
Hdimtiflc Socictipt of LlTerjicn.*! ihn Ck-oin-atthical ott1 iiJ Society —
Burllntrton flouM— Surrey ArcLiiii>lu^K4iil biuckty—Saia of Antiquities-- &il4i of tlie CoUec-
tton« of Ge>orK^> Arnold, e^\,, l-\S.A.— t'ropcned Publication of die F&usMtt Collection—
Opening to view of St, rtiiil's CutliLdral— St*tne§ of Sti^tkcnwn nnd Dftlton— OoUdhall
Ifoutunrnt of WelllD^Kton — St«tne of tJrcorsp 11. in Lekeatsr-witiarB — Honomenl to
dkantrey— Foreiurn Statue*— Tlie Unitorsfty of Oxford— BookmOlcra' Prariaent IiudltlitloD
HISTORICAL AKD MISCELLAlfEOUS liKVlPW^ <>;*«.,.. *^, v- . - - »k. ohorcheiMid
Aft^tiltoctunl Botany, 49^1 Sir C. Ai i i Narway, ih.i
ForBKtisr** Norway tmd lli iScencry, i ■ i ^s rf6. ; Hon.
Kobart Corion't Annenlit, 499 ; Tbe \VMUikiUi|is^> ». ..^^.t. ^ »i,tj ^.Ki^4..uiiaa, by Oer-
TUiten, dOO ; Hickio*a Tr«njilatian of Arl«tO)>)uuie3i, sm ; Yonge'ft I'reatiJes of Cicero, ib. :
lllniiciu& F«lLzt by Holdcn, A03 ; Stricktuid't Itmno. Itecftl tnd Uepabllcaiif ib. ; WAtMm'n
StUott, noma, nod Ydldiu Tati^rrnla^, !S(M \ Works of Ttf<ciMu. 505 ; Tbe Eocluibwtlca]
Bli4i»7 of Socrateia, »&. ; Gilison'ii Northunibdan Carid«a, Gbnrdim, nnd Antiquities, M6 ;
Kurraf *s Britiah CUmIcs : Works uf Ohvtr Gordmillli, edited by Petrr Cuiinlngbam« &07 ;
Dr. Sni"* - ■ ii*i T of Ofbbon, 50»t i Dr. Cummin^* Eeo«dlcdonA, or tb« fUessed Ufo, ib, ;
Noek in WorcciteriOibrv, <6. ; Diary and Letters of Madame IfArblay, 509 ;
Dr. ' Iter to Vl!»c<mnt P^merelDn. ib, j N'arifJiii PablScattooa In Theology,
ib.; ka},'.'i ^ bL.iijliAtlc Greek Teatunent, ^10; AOun !§niltli'« Theory of Honil Senti-
ment*, ib. ; VVAililini;t4)n'« JoJin I'enry, t^ie Pilgrim Martyr, 5) 1 ; Ped*s Salem Redeemed,
t&.; Wbito ou i«ynitK)ll«m, ^. i Klnfaton's Bine J4cket» &12
AJiTIQUARlAN RESEARCHES. -Sockty of Antiquaries, &13; Knmismatie Sodaty, 613;
Royml Society of Ut»^'nituf«— imtiAb ArchsologicalAjiocdation ...»*..*.,.* Jil4
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE,— Fonsign Neir», 515 ; Domcitlc Oocurrence* 5IT
Pronattoiie and PrefiDrmont», !V18 ; Blrtlii and Marria^ttt
OBmjABY; with Memoir* of The Dolce of Portland} V'&icount Doopralle; Lord Hoftyn;
Barao da Rcb«iu»en ; Sir Jamee Wylie, Bart, ; Mr. Jiutice Talfonrd ; Vlee-Adiodnl
Elliati Kaar-Adrniral Fikon ; Lieut-Oeneral Jomet Hay, C.B. ; ll^for-Oeneral Godwin {
Colonel Mminmlii, C.B. ; Captain Latter ; Colonial C. £. Gordon ; Colond D. J, Balllngal] ;
Lient.-Colonel Monypeiuiy ; Aubrey Bcaaclcrk. £sq. j Kraaelj lAvr. Hurt, E*q. ; Thomaa
' IJijodlakc. Km.; Oorge* Lowtlier, £«q. ; Edmuntl ti. DuriielU E««i. ; Rer. II. B. WlUon,
' DJ3. ; Itet. Oeorae Stanky Ftbcr j Rev. KUir. Jamet, M.A, ; Jtlchard UarrU, Zaq. j
t^4mu» HcnHtKMl. Eiq. ; Juhn Suiiti], Enq. ; Jamee Maleolt Rfcbardton, Eeq. ; Ber. Samikl
UagO ', M. Viiifontl ; M i^enQUiird ; Silirlo PeUieo ; Temoteeo QitMri ; Blgnor BuMnl ;
■Blame lierUoz; Ur, G. P. Uanllng ; Oiiptaln Werner .*. ..533— M|
CLEaat DacEAsan , ,..«....,
DaaTJiB, arntnged in Cbroaologlcal Order .« ..«,,«..
Regiitrar-Generai'e Retunia of Mortality In the Metropolis— Marketi, 559 1 Meteorolegleal
Diary -DftUyPrlee of StockJ .*
By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gbht.
450
MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Ma* Urban, — As a pendant to the
paper of J. B. on Norden the Topugra-
phtTf in jour Muga^ine for April, I gWc
jon A copy of an indortement on one of
tlic ** ran ti luted Exchequer Recordi "in
my possessioa.
" Iti*' Decembri« IG15
John Nordcn employed for
S'vey of sondry Mb ma*' manno^
Com' Wiltes & Som'set
V^ Jtv Ind*
Imprested xt^
remanet xxxv'' xx*
order made for xx^' in pt/'
The origina] document, consistrng of
forty-one lines on one side of a sheet of
foolscap, appears to have been wholly In
Norden's handwriting, and it waaoo doubt
Bigned by him, but, like many other valu-
•ble and interesting papers , on the turn-
out of the Exchequer records it was torn
in half (from top to bottom), leaving tbe
h&lf lines only which came to my himds.
Yours, ifec. U. Cole,
During tli6 fnihion of wearing full-bot*
tomed wiga there w«g a ooiiBiderable im-
portation of human hair into this country,
aa appears in the following curiouB para-
graph in the London Mercury, March
25 to April 1, 1721 :— '* 'Tis reported
that great quantities of lltiman Hair lie
now ready packed up at Rouen in France
(which waj collectml from Maraeillea,
Provence* and Languedoc, the only places
where the plague ragea,) to be trauBporlcd
to England, and that tbe viilainoua dealers
have 80 bribed the country, that tbe
coasts of Buasex and Devon are open for
them whenever they come. Thia ought
to rouse every peraon to uae his utmoat
endeavour to detect and bring to justice
these diabolical wretches, who would ra-
ther chnse to sacrifice a whole nation
than be disappointed in their avariciout
ends ; for if ibis tmportatiou is not pre^
vented it must iDfalliblj bring a mlBcrable
desolation upon this country.'^
Cbarloi the Fir*t, when in the lale of
Wight, gave from hia finger to Sir Philip
Warwick a ring bcariog a figure cut iti an
onyx, in order lo seal the letters written
for him by Sir Philip at the time of the
Treaty. This ring was left by Sir Philip
to Sir Cbarlea Cottcrell, Master of the
Ceremonies; and in his «rill, dated 16th
April, 1701, it fs heqneathed to Sir Ste-
phen Fox* ( Archie ologia, xxxv. 343«)
Are any further particulars of its history
known ? Q.
Library of the Britith Mu»€um, — To
tL T. who asks whether it i» not extra-
ordinary thot fio important a work as
Dulaure's History of Paris is not to be
found in the library of the British Museum*
we can only reply that tbe deficieiKriec of
the collection are ttill very manifest.
Though vast numbers of foreign works
have been added of late years, the mass U
not of the most useful description : whidi
seems to show that tbe ptircboscs acqaired
have been rather incidental^ and in whole-
sale quantities, than discriminative. But
it is ako to be lamented that so many
English works arc still wanting. For ex-
am plc» in the Obituary of the present
Magazine is recorded the death of the Rev,
Thomas Pennington, who wa6 the author
of two volumes of Contineotal Tours i
neither of these hooks are in the library of
the Britiah Museum.
In the Table of Precedency in our lait
Magasine, p. 374, is this error: for
** Daughters of Knights Companioas of
the Bath/' read " Daughters of Kniglitl
of tbe different Orders, in succession ai
before."
Tbe will of tbe late MarquiBss of Lon*
donderry has been proved at Doctors'
Commons, 1 1 consists of a few lines,
givitig all bis estates, real and personal, to
his Mire bio neas, absolutely and at her
entire disposal, appointing her also sole
executrix. An endorsement, in his own
handwriting, recapitulates ita contents in
terms of most affectionate endearment.
The personal estate in the province of
Canterbury has been sworn under 45,tM}0^*
which, when added to that within the pro-
vince of York, wbich is under 2r)0»000f.
and in Ireland under 40,000/. makes in
aggregate of personal property loft by tbe
deceased of 135,000/. exclusive of all tbe
vast settled estates and coUieries of tbe
Vane and Londonderry fa mi ties in England
and Ireland, in the former of which the
deceased is succeeded by Lady London-
derry, and in the latter by the present
Marquesas.
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
HISTOIUCAL REVIEW.
ELIZABETH, THE PRINCESS PALATINE
ft of the PdnoeM Palatine Elizabeth of Bohemta \ iuctadui^ her Correspondence
with the Greet Men of her diy^ snd Memoir? of the Court of HollaDd under the
PriM6i oi Oringe. By the Barooese Blaze de Bury. 8to. Bentley, 1 854.
Tfl£ interest of thla work is two*
t fold. Of the PrincesB Elizabeth tite
Author tells us all that she has been
•ble to gather^ wbioh, in spite of the
[ tttl«-piigi! promise of **Corn?spon(lence
with 2T«8t men,** is very little, but that
littlo IS prefaced by some valuable and
interesting details respecting the great
bero of the House of Orange, princi-
pally derived fruni u work entitled the
'* ArcUivea of the House of Orange,"
pubUtibed under the authority of the
King of Holland/ and as yet but little
known in t!iiti country.
William ofNiissau/rrinoe of Orange,
fondly remembered amongst the people
whom be freed from the tyranny of
Spain by the title of" Father William,"
and commemorated by those who have
less regfttd for hijn by the nickname of
'* The Taciturn,** was four times mar-
ried. Hie tir^t wife, Aime van Egmond,
was daughter of Alaximllian Count of
Buron* To her thti Prince was united
ID very early life, and by her he bad two
children, a daughter, Mary, and a son^
Philip. The latter was kidnapped in
1568 by the Duke of Alva from Louyain,
where ne was pursuing his studies at the
university, and was sent prisoner into
Spain. This event not only separated
the father and son — ^the prince and his
heir^for many years: it did more*
By ttueh mean* as theologioiii* in Spain
then knew how to use to perfection,
the young Prince waa jirevented fol-
lowing the example of his father in
forsaking the faith of Rome, and thus
the barrier of adrene religions aa well
as that of separate interests was placed
between William and his son. The si-
tuation of his heir is very necessary to
be borne in mind when considering the
conduct oflhePrinceof Orange towards
those who were entitled literally to look
up to him as their *' Father "
^Villiam's second marriage waa a
very unfortunate one. The lady was
Anne, daughter of Maurice Elector oi'
Saxony, and the match seem^ to have
bc*en made hu^iily. In I06I, shortly
after tlie death of Anne of Egmoiid*
By this second marriage the Prince
hiid three children, two daughters and
bis second son, Maurice, bom tn 1567,
This was the illustrioua successor who
consolidated bis father's victories, and
established the independence of his
country. But between him and his
father circumstances, afi in the case of
Maurice* js elder brother, interposed a
cloud. When Maurice was about four
yi^iiM old, and bis cabn un impassioned
father waa actively ei^gaged in the
struggle against Spain, and often in
the greatest perj>lexity as to how it
was to be maintainctl, a deep private
calamity was superadded to tnat BhaJrc
of the public evils which was alreadr
pressing heavily upon him. The lA
of his heir waa kdlowed by tlie disgrace
of his wii'e. Of the partner in her
guilt but little is known. He, or more
probably his wife, fdlevi some subor*
dinate office in the household of the
Princesi. But all that really appean
in the book before us w^ that he wa« a
married man, and that in the inqufrj
452
Eli»abelh the Princett Paiatine.
[M.y,
IV kick took ploco he was dcffigtmUid by
the k>rif?r B. The Prince*^ conduct
on this occaaion wan charncterjatic.
When til lings were brought to him of
his dishonour, he caused the paperii of
the Frinceii«*a paramour to be seized,
and the culprit to be put under arrest.
Letter* of the Princess were dis-
covered, and the examination of the
prisoner lefl no doubt of their guilt*
The facta betnff ascertained, the Prince
caltidy sent a Protestant clergyman to
hid wife. Through Lim he advised her
to examine her conscience, and to con-
fess her guilt, so that means might be
derised to keep her disgrace a secret,
and to prevent her children suflerin;^
from their mother's crime. Her answer
was as follows. It will be read with
' •atonishment* Although long, we do
not find it possible to abridge it.
My Lord,
I heard liit Monday, with gr»t sttr-
priM, from Ur. Merlin^ that 70a had had B.
taken priaoner, aod had asked, or caused
to be asked, of him thiagi which menace
my honour far too nesrly* I do not bc'
Itcve that one Imib of my wbole body is
exempt from a feeling of just iodlgoation
at ^he ioEnlt yon bnvc thereby offered to
me, to yourself, to my entire sex, and to
our pcwr children. If in your heart yoo
will Ihmk over the matter, remembermg
how, for ten yearn, I have lived with yoa,
mnd the coudnct 1 have obnerved, you can
do no other than bear wituest to my
fidelity, truth, aod proper behafiour; I
' phould, therefurei have hoped* as you had
•ucb strong proofii of my honour and
honesty, that you would have denied all
credcDG« to any bad liURpicioni or rcportJ^
and that your heart would have ^ivcn them
no access, for you ought certainly to better
tnut your own heart and your own eyes,
than the light and idle inventions of other
people. I cau only believe that God has
withdrawn from you hia hand, and blinded
yoa with sin. . . . Aj to what Dr. Merlin
teltf roe from you about the priaoner's
avowals, I am by all such avowala moat
astounded ; for it is a false and hideous
lie, whether be may have said it or not,
and I take God to witneaa that I have
never broken my bridal oath. However,
I emu tioderftand, if the priaotier above
alluded to baa really made such confeiiions
(which I scarcely credit) » that they may
have been the produce of fear of torture,
or of torture it*elf J for he in aufficicntly
puflillanimouis by nature. If you were in
the hands of the Dtike of Alva (wUttU God
forbid E) you might, perhaps, nirow tlmt
'•Ht^ ia black ; coasequentty, he is not,
perhaps, so much to bo blamed for aajia^
that which ia against my honour — anjnaf
c|ue5tions geoerally obtain lyiog aniwcra
— and so has it happened in (his caae ;
but yoa will have to answer it to God aad
to all honourable men, that upon bare
suspicions you have im prisoned an indi-
vidual, and cast so gross a slur upon your
wifeU fair name I Secondly, the befbre-
mcntioncd doctor tells me you pretend to
protc my guilt by letten in your posaaa-
sion ; that can you never do ; for it will
never be found that I ever wrote a letter
other than such aa a tme, honourable
woman might write. Thirdly, he avers Chat
wJtneasea are there,— witncases selecled
from out my household, or having formeiij
belonged to it, and who are ready witb
their trhtimony t God in Heaven! what
false lies are those which would effect that
of which 1 never even dreamed ! Any one
may easily recognise the lie; for, supposing
me to have forgotten myself (from which
the Almighty has preserved and will pre-
serve me), I fancy 1 should have called
no one by to witness it. How often one
is surrounded in one's home by monstera
worse than lions and dragons I I wiah I
knew the names of such witnesaes, for 1
should well know what to reply to them I
And BO. too, you let me be counselled bj
this said doctor, to examine well my con-
science, and, should I recognise my goilt,
to avow it in time, so that means may be
devi«ed of keeping it secret, and prevent-
ing our children, when they come hither,
from being despised on account of their
mother's crime f
I have eaamined my conscience, and
find myself uinocent of all the disbonotir
whereof you accuse me, ond justly will tko
contempt attach to my children through
my me-ins. But I now entreat of yon that
you will descend into your conscience, and
will examine it and reflect upon the vast
shame you are bringing upon your chil-
dreu and yourself, if you allow uH this to
go further, and become matter for peopk*a
talk I The wisest course would be that
you should let drop reports you have ao
lightly listened to and credited, and not
permit them to circuUte any further, to
your own shame, and to the delight of
your enemies ; aod, moreover, to the fear>
fully heavy charge upon yoar consciaocpa ;
for the wrong you are doing me, ii no
small a load, believe me. I do not ipeak
thus (os you may, perhsps, imagine),
from fear of being proved guilty of what
you have advanced, God is my witnesi
that I act not from any such motive, aee-
ing I know my own conscience so entirely :
hut solely to spore you from shame, inaa*
much as, however clearly 1 may prove my
purity and freedom from reproach, still aU
1864.J
EUzabeth the Prinvetts Palatine.
^5a
'my life will a duubt fititen to my honour^
otie beliering me innocent, another the
reverse. If my advice does not persuade
yoa, I am, ncTerthelcas, quite ready to
meet you on other ground, and defend my
ioQfKieace to the laiat breath of my life,
not only before my relative*, btit before
evcii the cotirt* of the realm {*' Kirch^s
K&miDergericbt/*) iti order that each one
may be enabled to judge of my purity, and
the injtiry you have done me. You sent
three women to me here, with orders that
no knife should be left within my reach !
This w«« unnecessary; and you needed
not to fear lest I should do myself a barm.
.Although the cross you have laden me wiCb
III the moat crushing load I could be called
upon to bear, yet am 1 cooaoled, for I
trust in God niiy Lord, and in my right,
and ajn confident I shall be ftaved, eren aa
waa Susaana, and n& was aUo Daniel. To
say all this waa the reason of my wishing
to speak with you j and herewith I recora-
mend you lo our Lord God, to whom I
pray, with all my heart, that he may give
you grace to perceive what it would be
most seemly and most honourable that you
ahould do.
Your most unfortUQate,
Anne of Saxony.
Wliat ensued doea not very clearly
iipjiear : save tfiat, shortly aller this
letter had been written by the Priucess,
the coniessron of her paratnour was
read to her^ and the man himself wrote
to her apprising her of the course he
had taken. Overwhelmed by accumu-
lated proofa of hvpoeriay and guilti
her courageous impudence gave way.
She confessed her crime, and threw
herself upon the mercy of !ier bus-
V>and. The followin^r letter to her pa-
ramour bears date three days ailer the
one we Iiave just quoteel.
I have received your letter with joy
(writer she), for it teaches me that the
Lord bos been pleased to give yon the
g^race to atow the great and heavy sin that
we two have committed, and likewise that
you comfort your&elf with His Word, and
give up to him all care of you for life or
death. It waa no slight torment to me to
think that, perhaps, for my sake, you
would refuse to malie this avowal, and thnt
I should therehy, in fact, be the canse of
your damnation in body and soul; but
now, as 1 perceive^ the Lord ha« merci>
fully delivered me from this anxiety. In
regard to mjself, I have this day also con-
fe.^sed my crime before God, and before
all men, and doubt not but the Lord who
i& so compassionate will forgive me. I
acknowledge so entirely my guilt towards
my husband, that 1 have caused my most
humble pardon to be asked of him ; and
hope that, with his habitual goodnest, he
will be merciful and not just, as hitherto
he has shown himself both towards you
and me ; for if he had acted with more
justice, he would have allowed neither of
us to be so well treated as we have been,
and therefore I trust the Almighty will to
inspire him, that he shall show yet more
pity and save your life, which 1 wish with
all my heart, in order that you may be
once more united to yonr wife and chii*
dren* 1 feel myself very ill at ease, for
having so ill rewarded your wife for all her
services; and for yourself, I commend
you to tlie Divine mercy and protection,
and implore God*s grace to comfort and
console you, and preserve ns from sin such
as we have committed.
Amne of S^xoky.
Secresy waa preaerved an to the
cause of the sepumtion which ensued,
and four years afterwards, when the
iVince was about to embark for a third
time upon the ventures of inatrimon^^
a sentence of divorce was procured m
some quiet but not id together private
way. The sentence was founded pro-
bably upon the lady's confession, but
the partial secreay increased the very
evil it was intended to avoid, and gave
rise to a multitude of unjusi suspicions
against the Prince,
William*fl third wife was Charlotte
de Bourbon, IMademoiselle de Mont-
t)ensier. She had been brought up by
ler mother as a Protestant, but the
Duke her father had inveigled her into
a nunnery, and confined her there, out
of spite, it was said^ to her mother, who
had contrived to complete the aliena-
tion from Rome of her eldest daughter
by efTecting her marriage with the
Duke de Sctinn. Charlotte was kept
in her nunnery many years, ** though
losing no opportunity to protest against
her forced confinement." In 1572 the
nunnery fell into the power of the
IJuguenots, and the Princess escaped
to Heidelberg, where slie lived amongst
people who looked upon the Prince of
Orange as exhibitiuff the y^ry perfec-
tion of heroism, Slie entered heart
and soul into the general feeling, and
the Prince, no less attracted by the
admirable i^nalities of the high-born
Frenchwoman, determined to unite
their fates. His friends were unani-
mous in advising him against the match,
which waa condemned by the world at
454
Ihiusabeih ike Pt'incwsji PakUme,
[M«y,
Urfe m a mere aahttoia for cbaDginn
Alt old wife for a new one. Besides,
u wot urged bj unany people^ the
iselecteU ladj wna **a Frenchwoman,"
which was thought to be much against
her, " a nnn/* which was still wors<.\
**aiid A runaway nun to boot^" which
wa** wor^t of all Fifty other reasons
were adiluccd again&t the marriage.
** If he be not mad," wrate the Ltand-
erave of Hesse, *' he ought to wish to
he free of wife antl children altogether."
The Prince wa« of atioilier mind. Ue
declared that he had ** no vocation for
a single life,'* nnd he saw nothing in
all "the cares, occupations, aflair?, and
annoyances, whercm*' he was "con-
diautly plunged up to the neck,** but
atlditional rea^sons tor having "recourse
to that eon»olation and heJn cujiecially
ordained for man in the blessed mar-
ried state," To the lady herself fiis
offers were anything but enticing, Hia
charge to his ambassador, whom he
sent with his proposals, ran as follows :
He alwll say that almost all my poascAsiona
are settled on my fir^t children, and thnt
on that account I have no power to asiore
any dowry to MaJcoioiaelle, but that my
intention is to do my best in that rnpeet
a4;oording to the means it shall please
God to grant me, Aa to the house 1
have built at MidiUiiburgi and the one 1
am building at Ciertniideuburg, thoun^h it
ia nothing to be spoken of, yet if she will
accept the gift as a begin uio^ and testi-
mony of my good willj there will he no
difficulty therein.
Moreover, that we are at war^ without
any knowlege of the probable termination
of the aame^ and that I ain deeply in-
dobted on that account to many princes^
lords, captains, and military adventurers.
Tttat 1 aui bcginQhij^ to grow old, see-
ing ihat 1 am aootewlteri; about my forty-
second yesr.
The heart of Charlotte de Bour-
bofi was irrevocably moAged ; she
neided nothing lave the ^tnce^s ofibr
aa a prelude to her consent ; but the
world at lar^e continued outrageous
in its opposition. The Prince took
his cuBtomarv course : he married, and
let\ the world to draw its own con-
clusions, ** Since (.lod gave me the
power to reason and discern/* ho ittate*
m a vindicatory letter uddresMd to hii
brother, *' I have always been resolved
lo oare for words or threats in
«a^ot)i where I could act ac-
0 my oonaeieiioe, and without
prejudice to my ne^hbcvar.^ One ob*
jection was the scandal which it occa« ^
^fonc<l respecting the offence of Aood j
of Saxony. \Vc quote ' T* jice'i
answer, for the sake ot i tJta
invaluable eentiment wuu vmucLi !|
concludes*
AUs f (ha sayt) it has already eooia l«
sttoh a pass, that the very ehtldren pirUtte
of it, and that hi Prance, in Italy, hi 8p«l«<
and in England, as moeh as bere. f^«
hapa thU might have haen avoided Id tiM
beginning i bat it is too late now. and la
Me |»aif we thomid aeejl ItMtona, bui m9t
Charlotte de Bourbon proved a moit {
atfectionate wile, and «oon overcame^
by the universal propriety of her coo-
duct, the prejudices which she bad at
first to cnci mater. The FriDce^s ad*
mirable brother John, who was no le« ,
oppoeed to the nuvtch than all the ro
of liis friends, came altimatdy to wrtit
nf it thus : —
Tlic Prince looksi su well, and U of such
good courage^ in spile of the small comfort |
be emoys, and the extent of hia trouble*,
his laboore, and hi» perils, that you would
hardly believe it, and woald be immeaiely I
rtiQiced thereat. Of a surety it is a buuI
precious coasolatiou and wondrous relief*
that God ihould have given him a wife i
diaUnguiihed by her virtual her piety, \m9
%a^t iuti'liigeiicti — ^in a word, so perfectly
ail thot lie could wtih ; iu return, he lovea |
bur teDJerly.
In March, 15d2, an attempt was
made to assassinate the Prince. A ball
from a pistrd entering under his ear oti
one side of his fai^e, passed out at hia
oppoaite cheek. ViolenL hemorrhag^i '
ensued from a severed vein, and lor {
tiiaoY days his life was thought to be ,
in tne greatest danger. The anxiet/
of his affectiooatc wife was intense^
The Prince recovered, but she fell n j
victim to fatigue and trouble. On tls«
dth May, 1262, the Prince waa again
a widower. By Charlotte de Botirboil
he had six daughterei, but no son.
The Prince'jj fourth wife was Louisa
de Coli;jny, daughter of Admiral do J
Coligny, the Huguenot leader, who fell 1
in the massacre of Saint I5artluilomeW| i
and widow of the Coiute de Telignj. i
By her he had one child, a son iiaBie4 ]
Frederick Henry. This lady surriTeil \
the Prince.
On the Frince*fl roekaebaly aaia
linatioD it became a Mnoiia qneiiti
I
I
hat was to be done with his twelve
chiklren, or rather with his eleven, for
Philip» his heir, still reninine^l a pri-
aoner in Hpain, Overwhelmed and
oppreaaed with an infinity of bualnesa
and ** head- worry/* be himaelfhad been
able to give but little attention to their
eflacation. Count John hta brother
had indeed io this respect been more to
them than their father. After a brief
interval^ Maurii'e, the second son, suc-
ceeded to hia father's canimand in the
contest against Spain. He supplied
also with great af lection the place of a
parent towanls his little brother Fre-
derick Henry, many years his junior.
The nine dan frhters were taken charge
of, some by their uncle Connt John,
and the rest by their stepmother Louisa
de Coligny. Amongst them, one, cele-
brated for her deniureness — a daughter
of Charlotte de Bourbon — was named
Louisa Juliana. In due time this young
lady WB^ married to the Elector' Pala-
tine, and became the mother of Frede-
rick, the titular King of Bohemia, the
hiuband of Eli/^abetb, daughter of our
James L Several of the children of
Frederick and Elizal>eth are well known
in English history. Rupert made him-
self conspicuous during our Civil Wai*
in many a blomly field. Maurice was
a kmd of satellite attendant upon the
fortunes of im more iiery brother*
Sophia, the youngest daughter, married
the Elector of Hanover, and became
the ance4itorof our present royal family.
Elizabeth, the elde^jt daughter, ordi-
narily termed the Princess Palatine,
IB the aubjoet of the present bio-
graphy.
The date of her birth, which took
place at Heidelberg, is not directlv
stated in the present work, but it
occurred in 1618. Her youth wai
spent in Holland, where her mother
Llizaljeth found shelter on the ex-
pulsion of her husband from his as-
sumed kingdom of Bohemia and his
inheriled palatmatti< On the death of
their father, the elder brothers went
forth into the world aa soldiers of for-
tune, wbiUt the four daughtercs — Eliza-
beth of course amongst them — lived
with their mother at the Hague. Gitled,
and for the most part beautiful, these
hidles formed one of the most dis*
tinguiahed family circles in Europe.
Science, muiiie, painting, anri literature
B Soiencei
bad each its special representative \n
their pleasant coterie. Their mother,
retaining her love of horsemanship and
a fondness for the ff porta of the field,
(felighteil in being abroad at the head
of a splenditl train. Discrowned as
she had been, she cimducted herself
on these ocea.sions as though she were
still every inch a queen, and attracted
around her abantl of chivalrous knights,
who pitied her misfortunes, and affected
to sigh at the remembrance of her
charms* Uer daughter Elizabeth, pre-
ferring the quiet of a study and the
refined liattery o£ liUerateur*^ acf^ulred
a reputation for wonderful protieiency
in leurning. At fifteen there was talk
of her marriage with the King of
Poland, but the young lady is said to
have declined, ret using to abjure Pro-
testontism, ao we are told by histo-
rians and fttitterere, but, according to
our au thorns .Hpeculatiouf^, befau?^e hef
cousin Frederick William of Bran den*
burgh chftiicetl to come into Hollantl
that same ycjr, and to remain there
for his education for four years. Who
knows, asks the author, what sentiment,
** unavowed even of therai^elve*^," may
have been mutually inspired tn Fre-
derick William and Elizabeth ? Who
knows indeed ? The lady may, on this
supposition, have refused a crown on
account of a sentiment of which she
was ttlnioisti if not altogether, uncon-
scious J Refused it was, in all proba-
bility, for her, not by her ; and there-
upon, as WG are tcdd, she gave herself
up to *' philosophical speculation,*' and
an acquaintance with the celebrated
Anna Maria de Schilrmann, one of the
wonders of the age — a lady who was
familiar with all the seiencea and all
the bin gunge?, ancient and motlern,
with which the learned were then
ACfiuaintcd, and moreover was a poet,
anrl could sing, and painty and engrave^
and model, and carve in wood, and
make tujjestries, which last, we are told,
'* have a repuUition throughout the
civilized wofld." She was in truth a
female Crichton, and did everything
in such a way — which is always the
caae with wonderful people — as would
^* alone have suliiced to engurc her
undying celebrity, had [pray mark the
" had,'* ye who poiweM anything of
Anna Maria de Schlirmann*e clever*
nesn] iiiedeirotodhenielf excltuivety to
45e
EtimUih &€ Prmgmt Patmim^
[H-f,
BoiifedUi
little Qie, «ve u»
'cr of ha mx,
V voder peeofiiT
Wkm
iibea lier
fiddt of tB^pnf^ oBii
wmamdL DcMBrtesimiiitiiiailewitfa
AbAh% of thedeSdkiiniimiiJt. Theoce
r iiid KliTabc^ A^gr »omc
■■citioa ia tiie Cotanoii
SboUiD%fi)ilowodyo*
gsf« ** blolmlile pitMifr of
Kd-ofOieMw " -
icr* EGombdh, on ikt
tn dew olioo to
even cojojed tlio dittiacfion of
C ike ooIt ugw^ Bule or frinalf:!
■e dear bteByaee, m tJbe erttna*
of the jpUlfloofiher, re»Uj oom*
Ml his vorfca. Cos i
thoi the philoM
the de SchiiiiMiMi io 6ibv the
tolashle VoitiM, asd
hioHelf to be ieUerol bf hie royal
po^Md iolbverf Ifo devotioD <if
the lidf wii rmH bj k«ler» wmA
dalfealiooi, in wkkh the phOomher
mm her prutea id wordt the loAieaft
and the taoal ania^iifttife. The pre*
aeni anthor ajoofea us that he was
''iMeefer end we adviae her readen
In iftqeire BO iknher.
The beewee of the phtkMopfaer and
fhfrtwniaHoii of the pnii6e« eonlhiued
fiv BBUijr jcan. But Deacartea waa
anbitaooa, and be wat perwcated. He
desired to add a queen ta the Uat of
hia irotenea« and the number of his
protector!^ He did wf^^ but the Qnceii,
emdaOj sndi a queen a« Chriattfie
or Sweden, conki not tolerate « nral
neer ber throne, wherever thai throne
aittht be erected. She determined to
fHpi alone in the dodicfttions of 0ea*
earteiy and repobe^l the friendlj ad-
fanoe* of EltTabeth with contenipi.
But even qoeem are aanietimes foiled.
The phjloaopbet was eaugbt, but could
aed be kept. He went to Stockholm,
■ad diere waa rnfis Irom his pera»^
entors, but noifrom hia friends. Within
a £bw weeks of hti airival the thooght-
leas conduct of his petrooess hurried
him to hii grarew He was taken hj
the great oooqueror from both bis
rifal admirers, £liabetb lost one who
did not ev«n obtain tfae J
gnwe.
In ICSOdm
reatttndlothen
psttnneeaeai
to the pnlaee ofher bmlier, the ]
Palatine, and ww conipsanHed km \
\om of Deaeartas bv
of the leaned of Hoddheif. Ia 11
dtt sawaeded to Ae Joiat d
Beiibrd. one of the '
the hands ofl
abbess.
^irDwn mto i
iCniholinhaii^
d.brlhaHn-
^of anj
„_ ^ ., , , carried wits 1
the QotioBS whidi were nataral to 1
character, and to the csreaaaatanoea
past life. She fare hciaili; aa
was fii^t she shoaUdo^moteheartiijI
the stad J of rdigioB, and la Che [
tioeofitspreeepUL Urn was a
incideat to her new po^tiaai in4
peribnaed it, bat ro a wa/ tistaiail
one who bad beea an cslle and
ftveod of A philosopher whoni
Cbordihadperfleciitcd. HcroUl
Anna Maria de Scfafinnum, \
Prinoesa aecBied fiited to lb
now carolled herself as one of
diaciplaaofLabadie^ai
whose ^th and practice wen
veittDy deemed aaeh as the
oaght not to patronise. I>rirea 1
plM to nisiee br ^general
ranee,** as Labadie s foOowm daelniwd»
or bj the ** iust indignation
qoent upAD MM immoralitiea^*'
enemies explAincd, the de \
appealed io the old (rieadahip of I
^ncess Elizabeth, and beaougbt '
to me the new teacher'a shelter and i ^
asjlum io the Abbey of UerfortL EIi-^
ULoeth's fubjcets were scandalised
the notion, but she persisted,
ntes were thrown open to the <
siast aad his little flock. The
of the Church's priTfleges wm ex
topersonswbomiheChnrehfaadeTe _
where deaoBooed and the jtf^.r^f rt^-l
pudiated. The dJaiatisfactiot
beth's sabfects was kept do
ihr^t of bringing in ''a ihoas
dragoons,'* to teach them good
banonr* Thej appealed eg^inst
Elijsabeth the Princeits Palatine.
1854.]
tyrauny of tLeir :ibbef«5t and bhe was
ordered by imperiul decrt.M3 to exf>el
th« LubftdisU from hur teiritorj. She
refuised. To defy an emperor waa a
thing congenial to the daughter of
Freoerick V. and she did so. The
Labadista had more diacrction than
their protectress. They retired to
Altona, where unliraited liberty of con-
science had just been proclaimed.
They went forth ebaiiting the praises
of tJie Princess FnlntineT and the latter
satialled her pride by haughtily de-
claring that she hud bent to neither
kingf nor kaiser » but had treated
with the s4Lme disdain the imperial
power and her own rebellious sub-
jects.
The reception given to these people
by Elizabetli, anil the favour which
she extended to their doctrines, a^
well as to their persons, made her
thenceforth a mark for all holders of
peculiar opinions. The Quakers opened
communication a with her, She was
visited by William Peun, and corre-
sponded with him, and held relidous
meetings with Quaker deputations.
Her relations were ashamed of her,
and declared she had become imbecile.
The present autboreas seems to partake
in that opinion. Wo cannot see any
evidence that such was the fact. Her
descent, the traditions of her family,
and her own personal history are quite
sufficient to explain everything that
may be read about her. Nor are we
willing to conclude with our authoress
that " pure, genuine, orthodox Christi-
anity, without regard to the diviaions
of Catholic and Protestant," was " as
little adopted in fact by Elizabeth
as Quakerism, Mcthotlism, or any
other religious form.'* She evidently
possessed many of the faults of
most royal people — faults almost in-
separable from their education. She
was self-willed, proud, obstinate, and
overbearing. These are unchristian
qualities ; but that would be a harsh
unchristian judgment which would
deny to their possessors all right to
the character of Christians. Combined
with these infirmities we see much that
might be truly Christian in her con-
duet. Even the reception of the La-
badipts and the friendship shewn to the
Quakers might be the result of an en-
larged spirit of toleration, irrespective
of "the divisions of Cutholic and Fro-
Gent, Mao. Vol. XLL
457
testant," in which spirit might be found
the very life and e.^scnceof "pure, genu-
ine Christian ity." We omit the word
**ciHhodox/* It has been so much
abused as to be unfit to be introduced
Into such a question.
Af\er the removal of the Labadists
the Princess Elizabeth seems to hnve
done wliat she couhl to regain the
affection of her little band of alienuteil
subjects ; and, if Penn be admitted as
ft witness, not without success. Nor
should it be forgotten, in considering
the biography of one whose Christi-
anity is questmnefl by her biographer,
that she accomplished her end not by
unworthy concessions to popular pre-
judices, but by the practice before
them of graces which we would fain
believe were Christian. Hear what is
said of her by Penn :—
She would co uetantly, every last day in
the week, sit tn judgment, and hear and
determine cause^i herself', where her pa-
tieoce, justice, and mercy were admirable ;
frequently remitting her forfeitures where
the party waa poor, or other wise raerito-
rioos. And, which was excellent, though
uoQSual, she would temper her diAcoursefi
with reli^oiii and strangely draw con-
ceraeii partie§ to submission and agree-
ment ; exercising: not so much the rigour
of her power as the power of her pereua-
gjou.
Her meek ne IE and humility appeared to
me extraordinary ; she never couddered
the quality » but the merit of the people she
entertained. Did she hear of a retired
maU} hid from the worlds and seeking after
the {knowledge of a better^ she was sure to
set him down in the catalogue of her
charity if he wanted it. I have casually
seen, I believe, fifty tokens sealed and
superscribed to the MVeral poor lubjecta
of her bounty, whose distances would not
Bufler them to know one another^ though
they knew her, whom yet some of them
had never seen. Thus, though she kept
no sumptuous table in her owu court, she
spread the tables of the poor in their soli-
tary cells, breaking brejid to virtuous pil-
grims, according to their want and her
ability ; abstemious in herself* and la ap-
parel void of all vain ornaments. 1 must
needs say her mind had a nohle prospect ;
her eye was to a better and more lasting
inheritance than can be found below, which
made her often to despise the greatness of
courts and learning of the schools, of which
she was an extraordinary judge. Being
once at Hamburgh, a religions person
whoia she went to see for religion's sake,
teliinir her it wa« too grent an honour for
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t4> the fury of the anarchrsta, who were
annoyetl bj his politeness and firmness ;
ami nbamloned or ill- supported by the
moderates, who diii trustee 1 his bold-
ness.** Ilis term of oflice ended by the
foUowmg letter from the King: — "1
inform you, sir, that I have just nomi-
nnted M. do Grave to the depnrtment
of w:ir. You will deliver up your port-
folio to him.** This was three months
before the 20th of June. lie himself
was proscribed the 11th of August,
and saved from death only by the COU-
ra^couiJ friendship and privdeged po-
sition of Madame de Slliel. The end
of timt fatal year saw him emigrate
into England, where he lived in inti-
mate communion with nio^t of the
lending men of the day, always e^f-
cepting Burke, whose liorror of the
Revolution was so great that he refused
all kind of social intercourse even with
its first actors and subsequent victims.
When the news arrived of the ap-
proaching trial of the King, M. de
Narbonne assembled together all those
of his ancient coJletigues who were iu
London at the time, rec[uiring frotn
them a common declaralion in which
each should take on himself the re-
sponsibility of his ministerial actn, and
in which they should demnud permis-
sion to appear at the bar of the Con-
vention to defend themselves, each in
his own name, and for his own share
of the imputed governmenlul crimes,
and so rcbeve the monarch of part of
the weight of impeachment. This *Hra-
dition of Strallord," as it vtaa called,
negatived by the refugees, on nc-
,nt of the ilit^idity of the Conven-
tion* M. de Narbonne then alone
wrote to the Convention, denmndlnj
the power of rendering an account or
bis ministerial labours, and the per-
inission to take on himself the rcsi>on-
sibility of all tbfit he had done. The
tribunal refused bim^ i\» also a safe
conduct to Lally de Tollendal, who
ofiered to plead the King'^ cause. But
thii was a noble act in De Nurbonne*s
life, and one not to be forgotten.
His endeavours to make Pitt take up
the royal cause were also unsuccessfuL
** England could not,*" said the English
minigter, **^ for any consideration in the
world expose herself to intercede in
vain for sudi a cause, and befoits such
men," It waa only after the decapita-
tiou of the monarch that the '^ keavea-
bom minister** throw olf hiij cloak of
non-intervention, and declared war to
the republican government of France.
ftl. de Niirbonne waf now as zealous
in the defence nf hii counti7 as he had
been of bis Kin^f; but **Fitt,** says
Villemain, "struck with a secret terror,
as well as ulcerated with implacable
haired against all that was done in
France, hating (he French Revolution
with a politicsd and personal hatred,
fearing it for the constitution, the laws,
the domestic life of England," looked
on war as the only means of arresting
its progress, believing that the pro-
scribed French would aid the invading
armies. Narbonne was opposed to this
view : —
I know only one ihinf of Frimce (h«
laid), which ia, that excess of peril may
render her inTiuoible, and that under the
iutersal lyraany to which she submita ia
a paaaionate love of her tcmtonal inde-
pendence. At the threat of war and of
iDvaiion I hate seen thousands of voluu-
tecra assemble under the tricolor ffag. I
hava seen royalist officers become renub-
lican under the fire of the enemy, nud the
point of honoor of birth nmcb lees powerful
than the eotrnteraigib The threats of the
foreigQeT coonterbalanoe the exceisca of
the ibterior rtffir^tf and, under a detested
power, jou will meet with a people devoted
to the bleeding country they defend. I
have done too little in my short tenure of
office*, but what I then saw and knew la
sacred for me. Men who have miogled
in the government of their country have
contracted another debt be^ldfi that of
common Adelity : they are pledged to the
country as it the priest to the man whose
confession he has receifed, and whoie in-
terior condition he Ivus seen. There ia a
■ecrot therein of which itulhing permita
the revelation — neither the miafortane nor
even the crime of those who have confided
it ! hate, like you, sir (he coDtinaed)i
the san^inary policy of the corhmitteea
of the Convention ; 1 expect for myself
from them only proscription and death*
Ilut if, from my administratiou of war and
the recollections which it has left me, I
should say one word hurtful to the military
defence of my country, I elioiihl believe
myself a traitor, and should be one. I
prefer rather to be an exile, hunted per-
haps soon from his exile as ho has been
from his country.
The conversation was not prolonged
after this. The separation wu^ cold ;
and a few weeks after M. de Narbonne
WAS imperatively commanded to leave
460
M. Viileutaitks Soutemrs.
[M.V.
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»c-i in'^-l^-:-il *Taipa:bT. WL'l^ in
Sw":zzrliri he w^ lirowc in ■jcii:*l':
w::~. rxffv lam oue "^ulusir'.cu* exilt: ;"
azi.i^s c-.Liirs w::h Ljul* PLiii;--?-
wb.»>e wb:!^ 1:2 r, trosi ihe criile :o
lie iriTr, "Wi* oce I.^cj: rvaun\>*, «
Wtl is in i.;c»i ^n:^.:; vn :Le ri;.!:T
c-:' ill ".-linx^ Luniin. Ai dr>t Lc I:T-!d
a; Z^^. w';-: LL? 5i*:cr Ma>: j::.^ Ait
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fcjkTiiz :^ j:Ttf rti'uze to ;& ^^^tcnt c:*
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abi&ST aai «" hi* ptw^r. prv: -i^Tlnz
that avahcd him.
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the saspcc^ iE*i :t ti-?
of TaQeTru>i. durirj :h?
of ^ firit ccztsaliie.
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of R.=* cii!«fv; vu 1 d iTxc: conqnnt. he
hii i= £r:e«a ni-Tii rasqusbed EfjpC
rcuct^ Alexmcr-.i lie his sfttiTe to«a.
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lie Dcwr: ui'i MrAccaqwred the citiei
of Gt£& &:i£ Ji^ft ::&< 1 C-^Mder. and
pined r-ir >.* i: : l* fx : : f M :aa: "HiftVor
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cf ill r->::x:-» r.-r^L* i:.-^-* moft
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Uto^u: l-'i .-i i * s'fT*? mi- "11* T»:rieftXo
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h:r- w ii: ? - : : -sMi .: . >r^-. .^rrr f<,7J«o «cd
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cv-Ttf:-. J'. .-!.-.:». wi. wert t:*c J --2^ and
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rt: .T=.» liij**. Tx: "^t =:ec nbeLi
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»«rr*.-. i- A- ^r-.-TLi . — r : z-i* tcrhenBBea
df>-«T<d. rii: i.i-rt: xz,i L:<-rl r^arta. of
wrurt. Ex: 1:: ::.» .vi^- -f. T^i* araiy.
vhich Grfnj.TL r-:::.ip*r:e 'i.\i s.:« rrocfht
bak-k fr.-z: ILt.j".'.. lii v: ri. aUs I vu
to jrtTt *.. s-LiT i-ai iz: r-.««;^r» there,
he :. -.^i :: iri:.- — ill "»i- vrre lae tri-
€Ct:r .-;i:ki£<. O-r-nl* lrt*i iaMlire^i t>
bead b^rrr; «::t p-'ry. «:»::■:». e-ir^i iis ;
as>i '; -.♦ fci-f. r- :::* dir w ir:: "k irtir.'aed
ih/s JXrif.-^. -T. wirf f. .-=:-:■; :i ih.;*? vbo
■t'fc.: i-iT- !.=*•• »: :i:* *:^^."-*f::r. The
daj «f;-r •■;L.-^jer s':.-T.i»M:i :i_j :xa -jc by
UM^.T. "«":-.•- ::• :.. jtsts* .* r^r.^ va*
f-'.^TT-^ii: :-.■.:'.:-»•. l» .1 ::- dry: i.LrzJe
::' *',- £r*i: 1 i.-j^ii^. Pi'- 3^?i: day
pjc-ri t^ :h* v;rji. i: :ie :\'r: -t" u* c.a-
(^aervr: isd. by i:e rx^'i fi-xc: rf hi»
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br.w.
pir.c
1854.]
M, VUlemain's Souvemrs,
461
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I
I
vie^ii, the calm and clcameM of his com-
(nandi, he appeared the natural chief of
all thoic whom hi§ fortune entranced.
We havQ cited this passage at lengtli,
aa about the best and most eloquent of
ft writer considered among me best
and most eloquent in France.
In 1809 the fortunes of the eX'
minister M. de Narbonne began to re-
llouruih. Invited by the Due de Fel-
tres, minister of war, to take service
under the Emperor, who restored him
his title of General, he undertook the
goyermnent of Eaab during the cam-
paign of Esdiing and Wagram. From
thence he was sent to be governor of
Trieste, where hia mother, or his re-
Suted motlier, had lived ever since the
eath of her patronesses, Mesdomes
Vicloire and Adelaide. Madame de
Narbtuine was of the old regime^ a
determined enemy to the Revolution,
and to eaeh and ail of its fruits; re-
fusing all the advantages which her
son's tKisition might have afforded her,
"havmg no less repugnance for the
benefits than for the power of the Em-
peror," When Napoleon knew of this,
he said good-humouredly, " Ah ^a,
mon cher Narbonne, il n*est pas bon
pour mon service que vous voyiez trop
fiouventvotremere; on m'assure qu*elle
ne m'liime pas/' — ** It est vrai, Sire,"
repondit le sincere courtisan, " elle en
est rest4^e II radrairation/*
On the marriage of Napoleon with
Marie-Louise, Narbonne was nomi-
nated grand-master of the household
of the Empress; but on her steadily
refusing to sanction or accept that no-
mination from a generous feeling, in-
sisting on maintaining the Count dc
Beauharnais in that position, Napo*
Icon cut short the difficulty by makmg
Narbonne his aide-de-camp at the age
of fifty- five. From thence begins the
more important part of these memoirs,
detailing as they do private conver-
sations between the Emperor and his
aide-de-camp, for a period of three
years; to which con versations, we pre-
sume, M. ViUeniain can lay greater
claims of authenticity, than a fertile
imagination which on a word has built
up a dialogue — on a hint has fashioned
a theory.
Of the Russian campaign M. Ville-
main says, that many have deceived
themselves as to the nature of the war,
taking that for its essential cause which
was sumply the pretext. Notwith-
standing Napoleon^s animosity to the
English, and his desire to close Europe
against them as they had closed tnc
sea against him, he did not pursue an^
system of Continental blockade on his
way to I^Ioscow. Ue himself contra-
vened the blockade by his " licences,"
knowing it to be in the end impracti-
cable, though still endeavouring to
make it as hurtful as possible to the
enemy. The ukaae of the Emperor
Alexander, of the 25th December,
1810, admitting English merchandise
under a neutral tlag, had annoyed him
above everything else, as a declaration
of independence, and as prophetic of
that terrible rivalry which he saw
would come one day, and which he
wished to annihilate during his life-
time ; ** believing it^" ho said, " too for-
midable for any one who should be
only his heir." *He feared the Tartar
races ; going back to the olden times
when they first poured down into the
South, and holding to the belief of
their destiny and inherited instinct of
future conquests. " Remember Su-
varoffand his Tartars in Italy," he said.
" The answer is, banish them beyond
Moscow. And when can Eurone do
this if not now, and by me ? " lie had
conceived this fear from the time when
he had seen the Russians in Italy, and
had believed that the superabundant
energy created in 1789 ought to van-
quish barbarism by revolution^ and the
northerns by the southerns, lie said
that Marius had adjourned the Gothic
invasion for three ages, and that his
victories had created Cicsar; and he
added, —
The difficulty in this war is only one of
moral order. In using the material force
accumulated by the Revolution, no passions
must he imchaiDed : Poland must be raised,
but not emancipated ; and the independ-
ence of Western Europe assured without
rousing any republican ferment. Here is
all the problem. You know bow that wsr
in my hands has been the antidote of
anarchy ; and, now that I wish to oao M
again to osiure the independence of the
West, I muit take care that it does not
reanimote whut it has suppressed — the
spirit of revolutionary liberty. I love the
Poles on the field of battle; they are a
valiant race; but as to their delibemtife
aasemblieft, their tiberum veto, their diets
on horseback with naked sabres, I wish
nothing of all that. I wish In Poland a
462
M. Villemams Sotivmin,
[May,
camp and not a forum. However, we
sbttll hate a kind of diet, to ftupport the
levien to be tnade in the Grand Duchy of
WarfAWf but nothing beyond. 1 wiil make
war on Alexnoder with eourtconi amiB,
with two thousand moutbi of fire, and fiwc
himdred tliouaand Boldjens^ without ioiur-
rection. 1 will lake Moscow from him ;
I wiU drtTti him back Into Asia* Bat 1
wilt not suffer a club at Warsaw^ tior at
CmcoWt nor eliewliere.
lmpot*tttiit words these ! getting forth
plainly enough Napoleon*s double-
dealing with Poland, nnd showing the
total want of frankness and truth in
the saviour to whom they trusted for
their deliverrtiit!e,
In vain Bassano and De Nnrbonne
opy>ose<l these views ; in vain thcj re-
presented that Moacow was not Russia,
and that the Russians even conquered
at Moscow would not be conquered in
their power and strength; that the
Emperor*s own idea of preventing a
new invasion of barbarians showed tnat
this was not a war with a civilized
nation; and that other modes ofobtain-
jng victory than by ** mouths of lire"
and "tbousanda of soldiers," should be
resorted to, and that the re-establish-
ment of the Polish nationality, the
reorganization of the Polish kingdom^
was a better manner of eonijuest than
the taking of Moscow; in vain they
urged on Iiim the lengtli of the way,
the deserts to be traversed, the late-
ness of the season, anti the irregular
mode of Cossack warfare* Bent on
hia own ruin^ and blinded bjf the mythic
glory of the conquest of the imperial
city, Napoleon listened to none but his
own reasonings, believed in none but
bin own views, '' A terrible blow," he
said, **8truok to the heart of the empire
in Moscow the Grand, Moscow the
Holy, will deliver up to me on the
instant this blind ami apathetic nation.'^
No oth^jr argument could reach him.
But perhaps the secret atler all lay
in the belief that from Russia he could
march to India, to i^trike the English
there in their stronghold, **Had it
not been for the English corsair and
the French emigrant who directed the
Turkisli fire, and whichi joined to the
plague, mnde him abandon the siege of
Ht» Jean d'Aci*e, he would then have
made the conquest of half of Asia,*' he
said ; '' but now, suppose Moscow token,
Ka88ia subdued, the Czar reconciled.
or dead from some palace-plot — ^per-
haps a new throne and a dependent
one — tell me if there is no access to
the Ganges for a large army of French^
men and of auxiliaries from Teftis—
the Ganges, which only nee«ls to b€
touched with a French sword to destroy
the whole scnifolding of mercantile ,
greatness throughout India."
Napoleon also counted on the aid of I
the Turks in this campaign \ for he said J
that Turkey had been too ill-treated
by Russia not to be implacable against
her on the first occasion ; and though
they might be afraid of him and watch j
him narrowly in Egypt, stiH, men wer* ]
always governed by their principal fears
and hatreds, and the Turks, owing mor6
hatred to Russia, and having moPtj
cause of fear from her than from hina«
self, would naturally support his causd ]
by harassing the enemy for them-
selves. After this conversation, filled ai
it was with large visions of the future^ 1
with wild dreams and wilder hopei^J
II nd with a very Arabian Nights' eattw
of glory, De I^arbonne cried out ail
he xiassed young Villemain, ** Quet'i
Itomme! quelles grandes Id^esI queltfl
revesi Oil est Ic garde-fou de c^\
genie ? (Test ti nc pas y ci*oire. Ofl '
est entrc Bedlam et le Pantheon !** A
judgment true of most great men|
whose victories one scarcely knowtfj
whether to ascribe to destiny or to cal*l
culation, — whose gemus leans as tnuchj
to madness as it does to inspiration,-
and whose losses always hover on th^
borders of success, as their victorie
always pa^s before the gates of ruin.
On the 9 th of May Napoleon
Paris for his Russian campaign ; a t
date for such a brief season of actio
as the climate afforded. Bat a judicia
blindness seems to have been cast ove
him, and, wrapped up in schemes
gh)ry, he neglected many of the prin*.
cipal means of succcis. From Dresden
M* de Narbonnc cmTted Napoleon's
ultimatum to Alexander at \ iln% la,
which, couched In mild terms, he i
talned the casttjii hdii\ his protest again
the ukase of December, and his mte
diction on all Russian commerce witH
England. Alexander was firm in his
intention of braving the war, having,
as he said, space and time for himself ii
and determined not " to lay down hj
arms while there wiia a soldier left i
Russia, or the remotest comer of
M. VilhmaMg Sauvmin.
I
ritory to ilefeml/' liU Hjjitem of war-
firo waii confetti^cdly to a?oiJ nil Urge
baUki, juid to fight by tedium Jin<l
climate. Nuixdeoxii on his side, [Jer-
sisied in hi a reHolutiuQ^ and set out
from Dfesdifii the 20lh of June, aaso-
Ciatiog, by proolaaiation, the " Liberty
of Poland" iu the caiupaij*ii, but leaving
Uii name and an inacriptian as the i^le
proofs of bia design, — one of the most
fatal of the many mistakes made in thid
disasti^ouj campaign; for Poland ru-
atored, a nation whole and entire, and
devoted to him, woidd have been one
of hJfl moat powerful allies for tlie i>re*
aenti and an efiectual barrier against
the future, of Ku^eia. The fatal policy
of llie partition of Pplaiid la beih'/ t'^^
to-day as keenly aa it was felt
and hml Bonaparte seen either hi
interest, or taken to heart tlie eternal
tmtli of the right — had England also
stepped forward then as she is obligeil
to do now — the history of tho present
would be written in very diflerent cha-
racters to what it is written in tonlay !
Kew delays at Vtlna, owing lo tbc
scarcity of provisions, to sicknussi and
the embarraasment of moving Uia im*
menijo tu'my, threw the campaign yet
more tlangeroii^Iy late, the Russians
quietly retreating; but still and still,
in spite of alt that was urged on him,
the Emperor saw but hope and triumph
in the end* and the fatal march went
tn* The only chance of a tiLtohed
luittte was at Vitepsk. The French
were intoxicated with joy at the pros-
pect of a ti-ial of stren^, duahed, too,
by a brilliant skirmiiih beailed and won
on that day by I^Iuratt But in the
oighttUoiselesaly, like an army oi ghosts,
the Euasians struck their tents and
marched away into tho darkness and
the distance ; and not a man of all the
French army knew until the daylight
came that they hud gone, and no one
could tell which way they ha<l taken.
^^Thc campaign of 1812 is finished,^'
iaid Nnpolcun impatiently, as he re-
turned to the dettertcil town^ after a
^n attempt to di^^cover the retreating
army : '' that of ) 81 3 shall do the rest/'
And his intention then was to remain
al Vitepsk for the winter, to rally and
to rest nts army, and to reorganiae the
kingdom of Poland. But in a few
days, aa if urged on bv delirium, re'>
poiMtsed hy his old idea of Motcerw
and the Cmj ittbmifliivet he gave
orders to continue the march ; and,
oarelesa of the councils of Duroc, Nar-
bonne,and others, ho pursued still this
mirage of victory, which was to be
tamed into a lake of blood instead »
On the 1 3th of August the French
army, decimated by desertion, sick-
ness, want of medical aid, and famine,
by murderous skirmishes and by in*
dividual a^iaaiinations, set out from
Vitepk to wttrm its frozen blood by
the fires which Moscow itself lighted
up for its own funeral pile.
A terrible instance of Russian cun-
ning was in the accidental retention
at Moscow of an *^ important personage
in the Russian police," Thit import'
mt peraonage received from Nnpoleoa
10 miasion of carrying to the C^ar an
lUtograph latter and offers of peace.
One knows (»aji our author) how that
old Ruifidn general who, succeeding to
the clever temporiratioas of BarcUy do
Tolly, had undergone the terrible fires of
Borodino, then, slowly retreatini^ on a way
itrewn with dead, haa aaen Moecow buia
like Smolensk, and amaaaed in his oae
heart aH the hatred of Eossia^— one knows*
I Bay, how Kntusofl"^ intrenched in the
camp where, on the way to Kalouga, he
had placed his bleeding battalioai in safety,
and daily recruited his army, suddenly
appeared to wish for negociations and pre*
liminary ooofcrences— how he acoepted for
himsalf a pri?ate armittice^reoelvad and
paased to hia master meitagGa from Nspo.
leon-^and was finally, with a tardy refusal
from the Czar, pnbticly reprimanded for
his indiscreet under takiogf and for his pre^
tended zeal for peace 1
This was a barbarian's ruse for time,
certainly ; but a ruse likely to succeed
again with the men of civilization, the
men of Western Europe, who learn so
little from the liistory of the past.
Two characteristic anecdotes of Na-
poleon are given in this detail. One,
that on the very ove of the retreat
from Moscow^ workmen were employed
in taking down the famo^T^ (golden cross
of Ivan from the summit of the cathe*
Ural, which Napoleon intended for tha
cupola of one of the Parisian churchea,
lui the trophy and the symbol of hii
liussian conquest* The other, that,
on the march, seeing a carnage of a
form luid draught interdicted, he gave
orders to have it and all its coutenti
burnt on the spot. He was told that
it belonged to bis aida*da-oaDipir M. de
Narbonne. The oivltr wM n^ealad»
464
M, ViUemains Souvmira*
[May.
fljid executed. But immediately afler-
Wftrds he gent u thoiisaiul Napoleotis
to M. de Narboniie, by Duroc, Inr he
Bald he knew that he wo.^ not rich.
Diiroc placed the money in u casket
which had the Emperor's arms an it,
ttod carried thl^ and some books to the
general. Narbonae sent the money
to a regiment of young soldiers who
seemed to suffer more man the rest ;
and the next day^ when the Emperor
said to him, kindly, " Well, Narb^Jnne,
the loss of your baggage is ntrw re-
paired ? you have received ? " ** Yes,
aire," he answered^ *^and witli grati-
tude : but, as your majesty will doubt-
lessly permit me, I haTc kept only the
books ; amongst others^ two treatises
by Seneca, ^ De Beneficjis,* and * De
Patientia/ They are useful to have
with one on a campaign."
Another and a very beautiful anec-
dote is told of Narbonne also* After
a tremendous night of eold and hunger,
when the day broke over a phuir of
snow covered with horses and with
men, the Emperor called his aide -de-
camp to him, sa^nng in a weakened
voice, *' What a night, my dear general
— it has not been worse for the senti-
nels than for me, who have passed it
in sleepless thought. Cornel let the
guard be relieved, and do you come to
the distribution, and take this to re-
fresh you, for courage alone docs not
keep one warm in this cold of 28 de-
grees/* He then poured out a large
cup of boiling chocolate and coflee
mixed, and gave it to Narbonne* Tiic
ftide-de-eamp, retreating a few steps,
with the cup in his hand, nearly ran
against a soldier of the lmi>eriai Guard,
lying on the snow, his hands convub-
ively grasping his fusil, and his whole
fiiime ana ibatures speaking of inde-
ficribable suflTering. Narbonne btooped
down to him. " Well, mon bi*ave^' he
said, *' here is a bad night passed 1 at
least we have the morning 1 rise." The
soldier made a tremendous effort, but
was unable to move his limbs, stiffened
with the cold as they were. ** Here,
we must help you a little." Then said
de Narbonne » giving him the cup of
chocolatCt " Take thisj there is more at
the quarter general." The soldier hesi-
tated*—carried his hand to his bear-skin
—then took the euji, and, having
emptied it at a draught, by a struggle
raised himself to his full height, and
appeared what he waa^ — one of the
bravest soldiers in the Imperial Guard, i
" Ah! general," he said, "how cold and '
hunger demoralise some men of heart.
Is it possible that I shouhl have ac-
cepted that from you who are my su*
perior, and who have taken it from
your own lips to give to me I I entreat
you to forgive me ; and, ma foi^ now
that my stomach is warmed I am
ashamed of myself." " Tut, my bro-
ther ! what I have done is very little,
and we ought to divide, as brothers,
the little that remains to us ; " and then,
remembering that of the sixty thou*
sand francs which Napoleon had paid
him on leaving Moscow not a sou re-
mained^ for he had divided it all with
the poor officers, be aaid to the guard
who returned him the cup, " No, no,
tnon brave! keep this for tne expenses
of the journey ; the outside belongs to
you as well as the inside, and will be
useful in Poland, where we are enter-
ing," The soldier drew back and made
the military salute, absolutely refusing
the gift ; but when Narbonne pressed
hiui again he broke oQ' a small frag- ,
ment from the rim, saying, "I will
keep this little Napoleon from the
golden cup, and it shall be my medal,
reminding me of the honour I have '
had in mounting guard at such a fete
behind the Emperor's carriage, and
l>eing relieved by you." Yet this man,
brave, devoted, simple^ generous, waa
only a type of that glorious body of the
Imperial Guard, left behind among the
snows of Russia — the fate of which
Napoleon could never thiuk of m after-
days without the bitterest regret — the
flower of hiii army and the pride of
France offered up as a sacrifice to his
madness and ambition.
The bulletin which preceded the re-
turn of the wrecked army to Paris did
the Emperor more harm than tfae^
actual sorrow of which he had been
the cause. At the end of this fearful
history of the dead and missing — the
first authentic history which had reached
France, were these words ; — '■'■ Janmis
la sante de rEmpereur n*a etc meil*
leure." And also this sentence: — "Ceox
(pic le nature a crees superieurs it tout,
conservtirent leur gaitc et leurs ma-
nieres ordin aires ; et ne virent dans
de nouveaux perils que foccasion^d'une
gloire nouvelte." The first was taken
as a mark of inditTerence and shame-
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M* VilUmainM tSouvenirn,
46d
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less selfisbucsij ; the liiuit as the bitiereai
irony ; and perhaps together tbey did
more U> alienate the feelioga of the
nation than the drained resources, the
slaughtered armies, or the fettered
thought which had been his doing,
Miiny tooJc the phrase concerning
(jfaiety aa an allusion to De Narbonne,
who had become proverbial for the
serenity and eheerfuhiess of his man-
ners. He even kept up the Itnbit of
having liis hair dressed and powdered
every morning, all through the retreat j
imd there he might be seen seated on
the trunk of a tree, ^aily chatting with
his comrade^t his coiffure as carefully
arranged as if dressing for a levee, with
tlje deep snow lyijig round him, and
the dead and the dying at his feet.
One of his most intimate friends com-
plimented him on the evident allusion
to him in the bulletin, " Ah ! '' he said,
bitterly^ " fEmpereur |wut tout dire ;
nmi.^ gaieto est hi en fort/* A sjieecU
that redeems the anecdote from the
depths of egotism and vatiity, raising
whiit were cL*c a mere mockery and a
monkey puerility into a principle and
a power, none the less admirable be-
cause, jHirhaps, forced in its particular
application*
A curious instance of Napoleon's
desire for universality waa to be aeen
III the decree, dated from the Kremlin,
regulating the aflUirs of the Theatx'e
Franeais, This a^ain was done m a
certain spirit of bravado, a wish to
ap{>ear at all times suOBcient for every
phase of his position, and able to con-
troul the internal arrangements of a
thuatre while planning the destruction
of empires. Side by side with this de-
cree in the Recueil dea Lois de f Em-
pire, stands the one which orders mili-
tary punishment on those parents who
favour the desertion of tneir sons : a
decree as false to policy a a repugnant
to humanity — recalling times of worse
thaQ barbarian tyranny — ^times when
the voice of nature wjis the last voice
listened to among the shrieks and
screams of the oppressed. Between
these two decrees lies the whole Na-
poleonic world* They may be taken
as the dais and the footeloth of his
throne; the two extremes which em-
braced and included every other sym-
bol of his powerf and in the distance
between which lay the secret of his won-
derful influence over his generation,
G£HT» Maq* Vol. XLI.
To be conqueror of Ruiisiii, uiid to
be practical ptvpe of France, were
equally ardent wishes of Naiwleon.
lie protested indeed that he did not
wbh to make an innovation in religion;
he but wished to restore the times of
the religious policy of Louis XIV.
before the revocation of the edict of
Nantes, and to raise and control, but
not enslave the church, " I will not
be an Abdallah-Manon," he said, " but
a CoEstimtine ; nL-ither docile in teni-
floral nor schismatic in theological
matters. If I keep Rome for my son,
1 will give Notre Dame to ih^ Tope;
but then I will raise Paris ao high in
the estimation of men that its cathedral
would naturally become that of the
Catholic world." And when he re-
turned from Russia he sent for Har-
bonne, whom he much wished to con-
vert to hi a views respecting the church*
But the aide-de-camp held contrary
opinions, and was firm to them, advi-
smg the course which wiis adopted
later by necessity, of sending back the
Pope to Rome without conditions,
fetters^ or French garrison, lie re-
fused all concurrence in his detention,
jia well as in the retrenchment of his
spiritual power. It would no longer
be the battle of the Gallican church
against the excessive pretensions of
Rome, he said, but the battle of the
spiritual chief of Christianity — or at
least the PoutilT of one ofitA most ve-
nerable churches — against the chief of
the French empire. He contended also
that the pontificjd autocracy of the
Czar, to wuich Napoleon had alluded
as a precedent for himself, was an
anachronism impossible for Francetaud
that the ecclesiastical supremacy exer-
cised by the English crown supported
a dissenting church and an estahlished
schism — at once the civil sanction of
and the counterpoise to Puritanism —
a counterpoise that would be sooner or
later worthless and without power. He
eoDlended that in a religious point of
view the Pope ought to be free ; ** and
to be free in this world one must be
master somewhere." Narbonne added
to these jjohtical objections others of a
more spiritual character, so that the
Emperor asked with a smile, ** in what
boudoir of the cighteentii century had
he learnt so much theology ?" adding
more seriously that he deceived him-
self as to the present time; that he
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|>enetration on the Frencli siile, slie
might have used umre slowness und
more reiierve, and liiive prolonged her
iiidecisiou to the time when new
ohBDces might hate arisen* Ab it was,
the Tugend-Band and other asso-
ciations, and poeta like Kurner, arose ;
and the great Emp-eror was defeated,
notwithstanding the seciiritj which he
fancied he had gained for himself in
his royal tmtrriage.
In an interview with Mett^rnich,
Ha|)oleon aaid auddenly, ** Ah I Met-
ternich, how much has England given
yon to make war on mc ? " Another
|>oiyf)iU'd shaft that retarne<l to the
band whitih shot it, and brought more
ruin than it cause<l paiii. Tlie coalition
was formed^ and the throne of Napo-
leon shakent the glory and the prestige
of France were gone, and the Allied
Powers walked over the prostrate
nation, when they planted their senti-
nels before tho Tuilerics. But before
the dark clay really came, Nar bonne
died at Torgan, at the age of fifty-
eight, of iynhns fever, caught by at*
tending on the sick in the city.
I
LETTER ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH PRANCE IN 1M9,
THE foUowtJig letter, writt^a ioimediatcly uj>oa the decldration of War between
EmglaDd und France in 1549 • maj be Interesting at the presriit moment, as showing
how such Importnnt ixnttcrs were uadertaken three centuries ago. The Posticript, it
will bo observed, ** lets loose the dogs of war," in the shnpc of a« inmiy privateers as
chose to issue from the English ports, and make prise of any Frenchrnnii^a WArt'.«.
The origiaal, which is wbollf in the handwriting of Mr, Secrernry Ptitre, ineluditig
the Btgaattjre, is now in the possession of Robert Cole, esq. F.S.A. to whom we are
indebted for the transcript.
Sir John Uajrward, in hits Life and Roigne of King Edward the Slith, states that
Henri II* was tempted to declare war at ttie period in q^uestion on learning the dis-
tttrbed Stat* of England from internal rebellion. After relating the circumstances of
the several iosnrrections in Devonshire, Norfolk, and Yorkshbe, Hay ward adds, *• Now
the French King, supposing to make his hand bj these rode ravages in Enf»land, brake
oir his treaty of peace, proclaimed hostilltle, and denounced the same by his Embassador
to the King. Hereupon all Frenchmen in England not denizens were taken prisoners,
and all their goods seised for the King/' Shortly after, the French recaptured Bou-
logne, which had for some years been in the (lossesaion of the EagUih,
well. From
After oar ryght harty coramenda-
cions to youre good lordshipp. Thys
<ittye the Frenehe Embassadr hath
bene with n-s and dcclaryd unto us
that the Fi*enche k?n;if hath revolted
hyni, and hath declared open warre
agenst the kyngg majcstie and all hya
Bubjectd. Wliorfore Uiys ys to wjrll
and requyre you to gyve order with
all spede possyble to all the fwjrts of
the CO un trey of Kent, and all other
places of your jnrysdyciou, that thei
nave good gard and care to the porta
in all places where the enemy inaye
dyscende, and iiho to the countre to
be readyc to the defence yf thei shall
ill atw place. And that thei doo
all F5renchemenfi niarchandyse,
tpes, and goods what so€ ever thei
lyn^ not deny sens, and ther per-
i also, as enmys to the kynoa
ntJijestle, and put them in salf custody
tyll further order be taken ns appc*
ieytieth. Thus we pray you Ikyle not.
Fare ye most hartely
WestmS the viij** of August 1549.
Your lovyng frend,
Edward So«*bett,
Post script. — And floras mnche the
Frenche kyng hath now declaryd hym
self open eninye to the kyngs inajestie,
hys majestie gyveth lycence to all
m&ner hts subjects fourthwitb to arnie
them selves and ther vessells to the
ace, and to make pryse of any Frenche-
mans wares.
Address,
To our lovyng frende Sir Thomas
Cheyne knyght, Treasurer of
the kyngs majesties most ho*
norabie honshold, and Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports
hast post hast
bast
for lyff
£ur lyff
for lyff
for lyiZ
Letters qfLad^ Briiliana Harle^,
I
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trDOtt ^ve us tUe impression nflteii of
premature age : what anxious tliought
aits on the brow eveti at twenty I lujw
awe-Htriking ihey are at thirty !
The Lmly Briiliana llariey» wbiwe
letterij are now given us through the
instrumentality of the Camden Society,
is ill no respect an exaggeration of the
serious wife and piother of her time.
On the contrary, we biilievc ber to
have tjeen in everything mild and mo-
tlerate, though leaning always to the
Puritan side ; in thin according well
with ber husband, though of a less
stem and severe frame of laind* Her
iiersonai piety h distinctively her own.
t site on her easily and naturally, and
coineH out mingled with every expres-
sion of her motherly tenderness in her
long corres[w>ndence with her son.
She Is not indee<l a Lady liachel
Russell, The compass* the variety
are wanting. Defective education, and
an inferiority in the associates of ber
life, to say nothing of wretched bo<bly
health, appear toTiave kept the Lady
Briliiuna Harley considerably below
even her natural power of progress.
In a moral point of view she seems to
us, in 30 far as tried, worthy of com-
panionship even with that iucompara-
tilc woman to whom we have just ad-
verted. By virtue of that common
bond, the steadfast performance of
duties "as ever in the great Tatikmas-
ter*s eye," a friendship, had they been
contemporaries must have grown up
between two such noble natures, how-
ever in other matters little resembling
etch other* For who of like mind can
ever be proof against the winning
power of a bfe governed by the hit^jhest
motives, pursuing ittf course with a
hearty simplicity of purpose, with the
determination to serve God in sorrow
and in joy ?
The pai't borne by Sir Robert
Harley, husband to Lady Briiliana, in
the civil wars, was by no means an
obscure one. A country gentleman,
inheriting considerable personal estates
in Herefordshire, made a Knight of the
Bath at the coronation of King James
the First in 1603, there was time du-
ring the long life of his father for hira
to be well exercisetl in all social ques-
tions, lie was married to hi;^ iirat wife
at a very early perio<?, and, losing her,
married a second time ; this wife was
tlie jiisster of Sir Kicbard, afterwards
Lord Newport, of High Ercoll, in Salop,
.and had no lesrf than nine children
by Sir Robert, all dying in infancy.
** Last of all the woman died also ;**
and, two yeiirs subsequent to her de-
tf'ease, Briiliana Conway, daughter of
Baron Conway of Ragley, in Warwick-
shire, became the Lady Briiliana
Harley of our present tale. Even then,
at the period of this third marriage,
and for seven succceiling years, Sir
Robertas untitled father still survived,
and the »on lived either in the pa-
ternal castle at Brampton Brian, or at
Stanage Lodge in tne same parish.
There be enacted the country gentle-
man for tt large portion of his time,
though all the **talk** was certainly
not ** of bullocks ;" for he was a ma-
gistrate and deputy-lieutenant of the
county of Hereford, a Member of Par-
liament representing the borough of
Radnor in two of James the First's
parliaments, and the county of Here-
ford in that memorable assembly of
the twenty -first of James, which de-
nounced Lord Bacon and spared »
guiHier man in Buckingham.
The predilections of Sir Robert being
strongly in favour of Puritan sim-
plicity, and, of course, intensely op-
posed to Popery, we may be very sure
that he was one of that "country
party," which, in order to detect con-
cealed Catholics, supriosed to have
entered the House illegally, through
court favour, moved " that the Com-
mons should go in a body and publicly
receive the Saci'ament at St. Mar-
garet's Church," naming Archbishop
Usher for the purpose of officiating
and preaching the sermon.
The British Solomon, it may be ob-
aerved, on this occasion, as on most
others of a like kind, attempted to dic-
tate the discourse, professing hia anxiety
lest any of his faithful servants should
not be in a fit state after so much ve-
hement debating to partake of the
sacred rite, hinting the desirableness of
greater love to their King and country,
and a more ready granting of supplies,
remembering that **He twice gives
who gives quickly,"
U slier, however, was too staunch a
Protestant to omit the main point, and
took care to read a strong lesson to
Romanists, if any such were present at
the discourse (delivered after all not
at St. Margaret's but in the Teui^jle
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47!
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husband entering into reUellion, never
imagining whnt misery it wouM bring
upcm the kingdom."
But it is ri^ht to let the editor iay
more thun tlild : —
Though there are uo quotations • In
Freoch or Lattu, it is evident ibe was ac^
qualm ted ^tU these lao^ages, and her
mind well stored with the knowledge of
Holy Scripture and divinity, as well ns of
ancient and modern history, and fully in-
tent upon the evcntsi, both domeistic and
foreign, of the momentouH years in which
she lired.
The Letters are printed iti the order of
their datea ; some few undated arc so pkced
by authority of internal evidence. Upon
ft more careful examination of the con-
tents, No. 106 appear* to be misdated in
the year ^oot an uncommon mistake, when,
as in these letters, the old style is used^
and the new year commenced 25th March),
and misplaced, and the undated letter No.
1S4, misptaccd.
All the letters except the first, dated
Eagley, the seat of her father In Warwick-
shire, are from Bromton or Brompton,
now Brampton Bryan Ca§tlc, They are
written in a bold and legible hand, vvith
few contractions, and scarcely an erasure ;
but the use of capitals, and the spelling ,
not only of the names of persons and
placesi but of everyday words, are varied
and irrcguhir. A few of the letters are
written by an amanuensiij in seasons of
sickueAS} but signed by herself as usual,
or with her initials* They were generally
sent by an express messenger or tbe car-
rier, occaafonally by a friend, or the trades-
men, but most rarely by the post of Here-
ford, Leominster, Shrewsbury, or Ludlow,
then recently establithed, and not much
to be depended upon. The insecurity of
letters at this f'- -^-' rise to a variety
of secret corr^ , one of which,
very simple, is > » '^ hy Letters 188,
189. &c.
The earlier letters (1625—1633) are
addressed to her hasbaod ; and the re-
mainder (1638—1643), with the exception
of a Letter to Sir Robert and two letters
written to her friend Mrs. Wullcote of
WaJleote, during her trouble* at Bramp-
ton, to her son Edward, commencing in
Oct 1638, during his residence in Oxford.
Tbe letters are written with tbe greatest
fondness of maternal affection, and abound
with excellent remarks and advice on his
studies, liealth, and conduct in the Uni-
versity, with frequent alinsions to aflfairs
home and foreign. A deeply religious tone
pervades tl^e whole of them; it is scarcely
possible to find a single letter without the
evidences of practical piety.f
It is not ensj to select among these
letters. All are full of sound counsel
— most diMpIay great anxiety about his
health — aomt; contain announcementa
of the coming of savoury vinnds —
others give little touches of character
which allow her to have been an ob-
Hvrver of human nature. This is the
second letter to her son, when he must
have been no more than between 14
and 15 years of age, though a student
of I^Iftgdalen Hail, Oxford.
To my dear son, Mr. Edward Rarley,
Good Ned, — I was doubly gkd to re-
ceive yoor letter, both for the assurance
of your coming well to Oxford, and that I
received it by your father's hand, wbo» I
thank God, came well home yesterday
about four o'clock. I am glad you tJkd
Oxford ; it is true it is to be liked, and
happy are we when we like both places
and conditions that we must be in. If we
could be so wise, we should find much
more sweetness to our liTti than we do ;
for certainly there is some good in all con-
ditions (but that of tin), if we had the art
to distract the sweet and leave the rest.
Now I earnestly desire you may have that
wisdom, that from all the flower* of learn-
ing you may draw tbe honey and leave
the rest. I am glud you find any tbit are
good where you are. 1 believe that there
are but few noblemen's sons in Oxford ;
for now, for the most part, they send their
sons into Ftance, when they are very
young, there to be bred. Send mc word
whether my brother Bray do send to you,
and whether Sir Robert Tracy did come
to see you, for he told your father he
would ; and let me know who shows you
any kindness, when you have a fit oppor-
tunity. Commend toy service to Mrs*
Witkeson, and tell her 1 thank ber for her
favour to yon. 1 may well say yon are
my well-beloved child ; therefore i cannot
but tell you 1 mij^s you. I thank God I
am something better with my cold than I
was ; your brother Robin has had no fit
since the Monday before you went away ;
the rest of your sisters and brother, I
thank God, are well. Remember me to
your tutor. If you would have aoytbingi
let me know it. Be not forgetful to write
* And yet there are iiluatraJtions, as in Letter tbe Sixteenth, where Lady Briliiana
cites tbe example of Seneca (spelt Senecjue) as an instance of the difficulty of not hdog
proud of outward adommcots.
t Introduction, p. xiii.
472
i^Uerjt ofLfodif BrUUana UaHe^.
fM«y,
tome; aoU the Lnrd iti tnrrcy bl<i>SB you,
botli * .*mr Boul nad the good
thi.
\t.,*. ..i>.u, ..v. u.^nBtcmotliertilldcathf
BmttiANA Uakley.
Be careful to k^^ep the Sabbath.
.^01^,2, 1638.
She keeps hitn frUjTAlly endowcKl with
Iponey, but it doems to be all ^he can
spare. ** I have sent you a little purse
with some small money hi h^ nli the
pence I had, that you may hrtvc a penny
to give to a poor boily^ and a pair of
glovcii, not inat I tliink you have not
uettar in Oxford » but that you may
some times rcmeuiber her that seklum
has you out of ht^r thoughtti.*'
A woman of centle birtb berself*
how fall of gentlewomaiily feeling is
the following paif^agel
Mr. Scudatnore, that dwellji hard by
llcrerord, who married my Lord Scud&-
tnore^e ftister, told your futhrr the other
day at Hereford, thul he would see you at
Oxford ; he haa been abroad in Fraucc
ajid I Lilly : if he do come to you be
ciirufid to use him with all respect. But
ill the: cDtertainirtg of any such be not
pttt out of yourself; speak freely, and
alwnys remember, that they are but men ;
and for being gentleincn, it puts no dit-
toncc betwetiu you ; for you have part in
nobleftc^a of birth : though some have
piftfie before you, yet you may be iu their
coinprtuy. And thin I say to you, not to
uiiike you proud or cooceited of yourself,
but that you ihould know youraclf, and lo
not to be put out of yourself, when you
nrc in better company than ordinary : for
t have seen many, when they come in to
good eompany, lose thcm§elres* Surely
they have too high esteem of man ; for
they can go boldly to God, and lose them-
aelfe^ before men. Remember, tbereTore,
wheii you are witb them, that you are but
with iho«e who are such as yourself; though
tome wiser aad more honourable*
Thiij account of her reading, and
lier criticism on Luther, are at least
curious.
Having beeu often not well, and con*
fined to so solitary a place as my bed, I
made choice of an entertainmeat for my*
!)olf which might be eaiy and of some
benefit to myself; iiiwldch I made choice
to read the Life of Luther, written by Mr*
Calvin, ] did the more willingly read it
becaune he is generally branded with am-
bition, which rauM^d him to do what he
did, and that the papists do so generally
upbraid UB that we cannot tell where our
religion wof before Luther ; und some
have tojced him of an lotemperate life.
ThvAG reasons made me desire to rend hta
LAftt to see upon what ground these opt-
nions were built \ and findiug »uch satis*
faction to myself, how faUeJy tbese were
raised, I put it into Eoglijih, and here in-
closed have seat it you ; it ia not all bU
Life, for 1 put no more into Englisb than
was not in the book of Martyrs*
These thinga of note I find in it, firaCly,
what Luther acknowledges, be was in
»tructed in the truth by an old man, >
led him to the doctrine of justtficatioa 1
faith in Christ : and Erasmui, when hi
opinion was asked of Luther, said he *
in the right. It is true the truth
much obacureil with error; and then
pleased the Lord to raise up Luther as |
trumpet to proebum His truth, and ss
standard <bearer to ho!d out the enaigo i
His truth ; which did but make those
appear of tbe Lord's iide, who were
before. And it is apparent to me th«
no ambitious ends moved Luther ^ for f
all tbe course of his lift I iioi
ambition : though he lo^
as far aa I can observe* Ui ^.v . , , ^ilo
to be esteemed more IcHrnLHl than he wa
So thnt in Luther we sec our own factfisi
thoy thtit stand for Uie old true way th«
bring np new doctrines, nnd it ii ambUioo
uuder the veil of rcUgiout Another ob
nervation I find in Luther, that all hll
fatting and strictness, in the way of poprrf ^
never gave Mm peace of conscience ; fof |
he had great fears till he hud thoroughl|: I
learned the doctrine of justificatton bfj
Christ alooe ; and so it will bo with
all ; no peace shall we have in our 0^
rigbteousiiciti. And one thing more I]
must tell you, that I am not of their mtnaJ
wbo think if be had been of a milder]
temper it had been better; and so Era^^l
mus says ', but I think no other tpiriiJ
could have served his turn. He was t4»|
cry aloud, like a trumpet ; he was to hav« I
a Jonas spirit. Thus, my dear Ned. yoi| I
may see bow willingly I impart auything j
to you iu which I liad any good. I roajf j
truly say I never enjoy anything that it 1
good but presently my thougbta refleotl
upon you j but if anything that is evil
befall me 1 would wilUugly bear it all my«
self, and so wtUingly would I bear the ill
you should have, and rejoice that yoii
should enjoy what is good.
We are bound to note some ijreat
curiofiitie** of spelUug, Perhaps, in* '
deed, they may not b^ much wor»o {
than thoac of Lady liuchel Russell^
with whicfi we are not in [,'ciieral
lavoured, though wc know pivtty well
by apeeiincnw what tbcy must have
been. Our Lady Hriltinna gives us
lt*64.]
Letters of Lad%f BriUiana Hurley,
478
** Pljeb/* for February; Chethire beftrs
ihe remarkable ap[K'nrimce of ** Scbes-
chimre** (p. 158) ; und o often sUndsfor
ktaa in " rernar^uabelf," aud "scbecr"
Ibr sbire, Essex seemu to be " Ex-
ecke**** Deceive is an awfu! word; she
brings it out in new faabion* **de-
ceaufe/^ The most common mistake h
ID the transposition of letters, — write
is iu general ** rwite," kc, "susplji-
cient" for sufficient, &c. &c.
In our extracts it will be seen that
we mo«t|j take the liberty of giving
what this true gentlewoman mirani to
write rather than what her pen occa-
sionally did write; and, iniieed, we
cannot at all sec why the editor should
conceive bad spelMug to be so serj
sacred a thing. It may be satisf«ctory
in the first jiublic^tion of an important
document, on which mutters of real
conae(|uence depend, to ^ive an exact
facsimile; but when a lady expressing
herself clearly and wclK yet, through
«Iefective edufsitioUi writes *SSciies-
che«re" for '* Chei^liirer and ** Pheb^'"
for ** FebV' it h difficult to undersLind
why we must have to puzzle over her
errors. These^ however, are amnller
mfttters. We are most bound to note
her candour and self- watchfulness, as
where, speaking of some good but in-
j udicious men, she begs her son *^ to look
through the clouds of their infirmities
upon the sunnhine of their virtues/*
and sees the dangers of the day on
every side ; as at p, 69 ; —
I Atn half of an opinion to put joar
brother* out to school. They coDtinue
Btill itilf in their opinion*; and, in my
ajipreheniion, upOQ small ground. My
fc«r is left we sboald fall into the tame
error aa Calvio did, who was so earnest
in oppoiing the popish holjdays that be
iotreiichrd «pou the buly Sabbath ; so 1
fenr we shall be to earnest m beating down
their too mach vdlfying of th<! Comtnoa
Prayer Boole, that we shall My more for
it than ever we intended.
My dear Ned, keep alwayf a watch over
your precious soul ; tie yourself to a d4ily
self-examinattoti ; think ovfir the company
you have been in, and what your discimr*e
was, and bow you found yuursclf affected ;
' in the ditcourse* of reiigiun ob*erve
; knowledge you were able to express,
(with what affection to it ; and where
yon find yourself to come s>hort labour lo
repair that want ; if it be in knowledge of
any point, read something that may mform
you in what you tied you know not ; if
Grwt, Ma<3. Vol. XLK
the fault be in ■ffeetioas, that you find a
wearioe»a in tbut discourse of religioUt go
to God, beg of Him new afTcciioiis to love
those things which by nature we cannot
love* After discourse call to mind whether
yoo have been too apt to take exceptions,
or whether any have provoked you, and
examine yourself how you took it. My
dear Ned, you are to me next my owa
heart; and this it the rule I take with
myselff and I think it is the best way to
be acquainted with our own heariii, for we
know not what i» in us till occasioas and
trmptaiion draw out that matter which
lies quiet; and in a due observation we
sh»dt find at last in whut we are proud, in
whni feiirfulf and what will vex and eat
our hearts with care and grief. 1 can
spenk it of myself, there are many tbinga
which I see wise men and women trouble
themselves with, that I bless my gracioas
God for they never touched my heart; but
I will not clear myself, for there are c^ome
things that of myself I cannot bear them;
so tbiit if I should have only nb>ervrd my-
self in some thinirs, should think I were
of so settled a mind I would not he moved;
but I know there are blusts that trouble
any calm which is not »cttl«;d upon that
Rock which is higher than ountclves. My
dear Ned, 1 will not excuse my length of
lines, though it may be you orny thiuk it
too long a letter ; but rather think upon
the affection with which I write it, who am
Your most affectionate mother,
Brilliana Harlct.
Nov. if 1639^ Bromton Catiie.
The interest with which she follows
the political career of her husband and
son may be anticipated. We have
brief touches of all the principal matters
in agitation --of Lord StraiTord'a trial,
&c. Intiuiatioos occur occasionally of
ditleTences in the views of the young
brothers left at home, ** Your brother
liobiii/' she 8ay8» " cares not to know
how it goes in the Parliament. Your
brother Tom is the likest you, and loves
you dearly/* Her anxieties about
health are ^reat. Rhe wishes hit
** lodgings were at Linconsine (Lin*
coln*s Itin)i and not in the laine (Chan-
cery-lane) over against it; tho*e laine«
were the unsweatesis places iti London,
and always the sickness is in those
places. I eould wifih you had rather
been iu the Temple or Graaeine(Gray*fl
Inn). Gntfieine, my thinko, is a fine
place." She concludes with tending
him " a peace of angelica roote ;** he
may "carry it in his pockety and bite
sometimes of it.** Yet healtbfulne$$
3P
474
Letters of Lady Br il liana ffarieys
[Maj,
in Brampton Bryan Castle was not tt»
be boastc^d of. Fevers and agues and
^evore colds seem to bave been the
order of the thy among its inmates,
and bleeding and blistering lUe per-
petuiil practice.
l!/dward Ilarle/t in ffpite of his
mother's anxious wishes and endea-
?ourft, was not in Parliament during
her lifetime. In fact bis jouth (only
18} at the time when she hoped that
the death of the Member for Hereford
would have opened the wbj to his
election, itself would have rendered it
undeairable ; but this she does not ap-
pear to have fclL In IG42 a somewhat
more suitable charge ofFered. He waa
made coptaiu of a troop of horse in the
Parliamentarj army, which he joined
under the comniund of Sir William
Waller, and afterwards bad n rcf^iment
of foot. In the various skirmishes and
actions in which this command engaged
him^ he met with Hcverul e.'^catIes
and some severe wounds, Meanwhde^
the calls upon his fnother*8 courage
and patience were great.
WhiUt Sir Robert was rn^ng^d in Par-
hnmeut, she became an object of itmpicion
to h^r lojtl neigbbourf , aad after repeated
mtDor |irovocatiuns and thr»teomg«, the
pluadrriogs of his purk of deer and g«mf ,
;ind tho withholding of his rents, the
cA^tlo wa» surrounded by the soldiers of
the rii)alii<tf or " malignants," under Sir
Williutu Vavasour and Colonel Liogca.
Shut up now iu Brampton Csstle with her
cliddren* and ntfii^Lbourfi, ** who resorted
thither to keepebfrnaeivet from the pluader
and YtllnDoui u^iige then the practice of
the Cavaltersi*^ witb the advice of Dr.
Nathaniel Wright^ a phjsician of Hereford,
frequentlj jo attendance upon bcr» and
who nGw» with hit wife, took up his quar-
ters there, and devoted himaelf and bis
money to the caate, and that of a vclerani
tent to her by Coloael Ma«aey from Glou-
cester, snd her own servants, s be defended
it wilb a prudence and valour wortby of
her diatinguit>bed family. The siege com-
mrhced '2b July, 1643, '^qq a day on
which libe and her youn^ children were
eogaged in prayer and buuiHintion for the
mercy of God to avert tlie dreadful jtidg*
meat then justly feared,''* and conUuued
for SIX weeki ; when the betiegej-j, ularmed
by the opcrationji tn and Hbout the Forest
of Dean, were hurried ojf to the neigh-
bourhood of Glouceitcr. " The first stroke
of the Cavaliers in the liege was upon &
poor aged blind mang who waa without
any provocation killed in the tfreet,*'
During tbe siege ** the cook was shot bf ]
a poisoned bullet, and a ronninn stream J
Ihtt furnished the village was poisoned/* |
The church, panonagf-hottfep and dwelt- 1
ing bouses, together with tbe mill abovtJ
a quarter of a mile off, with the buitdincfj
belonging to the castle, were all deitroyrn ! |
and early in the foUowing year, Sir J
Michael Wood boose, governor of Ludlow
(having been saccesafnl inhisbnital attack
on Hopton Castle, whicbf in Its distress,
had received assistance from Brampttm .
Caatle)t came before it again, when, after
a galliut defence made by the servantii |
under Dr. Wright's direction, it furres-
dered at mercy only, and the inmates* in-
cluding three' of Sir Robert's younger |
children, were taken prisoners, afber ft I
siege of three weeks. There were taken 1
67 men, lOO arms, two btrrels of powder| ]
and a whole yearns provtsioos**
The letter* written by LaJjf BHI-
liana daring this tiuie of trial are brie'
and cautious. Tbey indicate, howcYeti J
great distress.
My dear Ned, I know it will grieve fOii
to know how I am used. It ii with all thm I
msltee that can be. Mr. Wtgmore wiHJ
not let the fowler bring me any fowl, oor '
will not suffer any of mj servants pa».
Tbey have forbid my rents to be piaid.
They draw away the young horses at Wig*
more, and none of my servauta dare gf»
scarce as far as tbe town. And» dear Ned,
if God were not merciful to me, 1 should
be in a very miserable ooodllion. 1 am
threatened every day to be beset with
soldiers. My hope is tbe Lord will not
deliver me nor mine into their bunds; for
surely they would use all cruelty towards
me, for I am told that they desire not to
leave your father neither root nor branch.
You and 1 must forgive them. Dear Ned,
detirc the prayers of the godly for us at
Brompton. I desire to ......
as it is possible that I may keep the poa-
session of your father's house for him.
I know not whether this will come to
your blind or no, but this 1 know^ that 1
long to hear from you, and I pray God
blesit yun» as I desire the soul should be
blessed, of your
Most afectiouate mother,
DaiLLiANA. Harlsv.
Jan. 28. 1642.
Again —
Now they say they will starve me out
of my house ; tbey have taken away all
your fisther'a rents, and thej asy they wlU
Editor's prefa<
I
18540
Lettern of Lady BrilHnna FJarle^f,
I
drirc awiy the cjittle, and tUeo I shall
h«Te nothing to life npoo ; for all their
aim \% to enforce roc to let thow; men I
have go, that then they might aeixe upon
my house ajid cut oar tbroata by a few
rogues^ and then say they knew not who
did it ; for io they «ay they knew not who
drove away the nix coltt, but Mr, Con-
ningsby keeps tbetn, though 1 have written
to him for them. They have used all
means to leave mo hare no man in ray liouse»
and tell me that then I tball be safe ; but
I have no caute to traat them. I thank
God wc arc all well.
How ftflfectlonately the mother's heart
cleavea to her %on h seen to the last.
My dejir Ned, — On Saturday I re-
ceived your letter by Raphe. Your being
well is mine, and llierefore you may be-
lieve I rejoice in it. That you left me with
sorrow J when you went last from Bromp-
ton, I believe ; for I think, with comfort
J think of it, tbftt you arc not only a child,
but one with cbild-hke affections to me,
and I know you have so much understand-
ing that you did well weigh the condition I
waa in ; but, I believe it, your leaving of
me was more sorrow than my condition
could be; but 1 hu{)e the Lord will in
mercy give you to me again, for you are
both a Joseph and a Benjamin to me, and,
dear Ned, long to see me ; and ] hope
when you have spent some little time in
the army you will come to Brompton.
Since you desired yonr brother to come to
yon, 1 could not deny it, though 1 waa loth
t4> leave bim (give him leave ?). 1 hope
he is oome, before this, safe to you ; and
I pray God bless you both together, and
that I may again have you return in safety
with your dear father.
But this conttnunl itrife^ combined
with the anxieties and uncertainties of
tbflence^ could not be endureil much
longer ; and this excellent woman,
iilways of delicate health, aeems to have
sunk under a new threatening of the
enemy and an attack of severe cold.
In this state she wrote her last letter,
dated Oct. 9th, 1643, and died a very
few days afterwards, leaving her hus-
band with three sons and four daugh-
ters: Edward, Robert, and Thomas;
Brilliana, Dorothea, Margaret, and
Elixmbeth. Doubtless her remains were
interred in the family tomb at Brampton
Bryan church ; yet, as the building waa
then a ruin, and the registers for the
time destroyed, no record of her burial
remains. Two gm)d and moderate dt-
vfriL's, I'it^rson and Stanley Gower,were
the rectors durinfj the whole career of
Lady Brilliana. The church was re-
built by Sir Edward Harley during his
father's life, and was reopened for the
first time on occnbion of the funeral <if
Sir Robert, which took place on the
10th Dec. 1G56, iuH thirteen years
afker the death of Lady Brilliana; the
funeral sermon being preached by the
Rev. Thomas FrovseU, minister of
Ctun, in Somersetshire, an old attached
family friend and greatly respected
clergyman. Whoever is curious in
these compositions will find a long ex-
tract from the sermon in the present
volume. It partakes of thnt high en-
comiastic strain, with its necessary dis-
claimer of merit, so usual in the funeral
addresses of the day. Those^ on the
other hand, who dwell with greater
interest (ju the traces of a tnother*s in-
fluence will have pleasure in following
out whatever cjin now be known of
the son of Brilliana Harley.
We can only here briefly say that
he steered bis course in a middle path,
with no deviation from principle, but
aa one might well do who had seen
much of extreme parties and hated
their violence. Never shrinking from
the odium of Presbytenanism, he waa
of course no favourite at the court of
Charles the Second, though willing
enough to make trial of the Stuart
again. Charles cave him the govern-
ment of Dunkirk, on receiving which
he was made a knight. He married
twice. His first wife, to whom he waa
united about a year afler bis mother s
death, was the daughter of a Devon-
shire baronet; his second, of a Glouces-
tershire squire. By the first he had
four daughters ; by the second Robert,
aflerwarrls first Karl of Oxford; Ed-
ward, Auditor of the Imprest; Natba*
niel, a merchant of Aleppo; Brian;
and Abigail.
Sir Edward Harley lived to the age
of 76f and died at Brampton Bryan,
Dec. 8th, J 700.
hurch of Bttrttm*uprm-Humh€r.
eaae to St. Peter'St or the mother
cburchf and its origin is of more mo^^lero
date* Tlie earliest part ot it, ihe
fbiincel» is, it is true^ of kle Norumn
work, but its hiind^ome tower \t Eftrly-
Eii^fliBb, and tbe choir is in the Deco-
rated stjle.
It h the square tower of St. Peter s
church which otTers the chief attraction
to the antiquariun viaitor to Burton,
As he approaches ttie churchy unl, he
will remark the solidity of its struc-
ture^ the peculiarity of it8 wiiidowi*,
and the singular style of ornamentation
with which it is covered on tbe northern
ttud southern sides. Our sketch \a
taken from the south. Tbe masonry
is rough, but good, and of great sto-
lidity. From the ground rises a series
ofsquare-edged ribs» or vertical string-
courses, formed of long and short stones
alternately^ and tj?rminatmg, a little
above the level of the first floor of the
interior, in round arches From the
apex of each of these arches rises ano-
ther similar string-course, foruiiiig to-
gether a second series^ which termi-
nates in a series of triangular heads,
under which, in the middle, is the
window of the lirst Hoor, formed in tlie
usual manner of Saxon windows, with
two arches, supported Ky a thick ba-
luster column, A horizontal string-
course rests on the points of the trian-
galur head I?, and upon this stands the
•econd dour window, which bus two
angular heads instead of arches, sup-
porte<l also by a baluster cnlumn. On
a second horizontal Btnn*»-cours«e above
stands tbe third window, consisting of
two arches, but taller than the lower
windows, and supported by a balujtter
column of more slender proportions.
Tbe lower appears to be perfect to tbe
summit: but it had perhaps once a
spire. Instead of the usual long-and-
short work at the angles of the walls,
they lire formed by a string-course
exactly similar to those on the face of
the tower, except that it is rather
broader. The original window on the
upper part of the west side of the tower
bsB been destroyt^d to make place for
one in the Decorate*! style, and that
below it is concealed by the clock.
A doorway of very solid and early
character between two of the vertical
ribs on the south side, introduces us
to the interior of the tower, where we
see the bold, massive character of the
masonry to great fldvanlage. Two
larger circular doorways, of extremely
bold work, face each other in the east
and west walls of the tower. The work
16 remarkably sharp and perfect, and
the atones look almost as fresh as when
they came from the mason's chiseL A
wooden staircase leads to the first floor,
and this as well as the other floors are
easily accessible to the visitor, who can
make a closer examination of the win-
dows from the inside. The annexed
cut represents the window on the fimt
6oor ftfi seen from the interior.
window In Biirtoii 8teepl«.
Altogether this tower is one of the
most remarkable examples in the
kingdom of the style of architecture
wliich seenis io be correctly ascribed to
our Anglo- Haxon forefathers; the only
tower which bears a very close resem-
blance to it in the internal ornamenta-
tion is one in another county, hut
curiously enough in a parish of the
same nanjc, that of the church of FarFs
iJarton in Northauiptonsbire. Tbe
tower is the only part of the original
church of Barton-upon-Humber that
remains, the church itnclf being a late
Perpendicular building, without any
feature of interest.
At a distance of two miles to the
eastward of Barton, we arrive at the
large straggling village of Barrow,
which is also deserving of a visits as its
name would lead us at (mce to suppo^
it on the site or in the neighbourhood
of some ancient settlement. In fact,
between the village and the river, in
the low ground known as the Barrow
marshes, there are very extraordinary
and extensive earth-works, known
popularly (like the intrenchmenta at
47a
Tk€ Imtemal Stai^ o/KmsM,
[M.y/
Btftoo) bj the name of tlie Cttiki.
nene cAitli-warki mre mo doidiC of &
verf eorlj djite« ^ iln^ Mn moeam^
paiuedwiUi fawfowi* or Mpdclnal l«*
«afiti<XBOo^vl>^ kovo been opmod,
«od iiKjentcd tbe ocml deporin of
. ■rr.wli
to tbo
Bortlufei pcfiod*
m^ or ni^ a roauAlie traditiott eos-
O01UW tbeao earllrvorkt, llni thej
were iSe work oi tke fsbiiloiM Bo«*
ber, kmm of like Hium« wkn, Aeeordiat
to Geoorey of If omooQtbt beaded tkis
port of tlie mlamd ia tlK liowi of t^
fom oTBrvtm. sni wImIi drevnod aol
fiu* firofli bnoe» gave ya aaoie to Aa
riftr* Sti^doYt «bo vat a di&Mt
obmcr, bat a my tad cxplaioer of
csrtbvorfc* la ba wbai be eaUi aa
"•aiaia taaiife" of tbe aaoiettt Britoai,
and piaon it ia bli - AIrd (da*** of
BrilU bail^i^i. ft ba# beeo Mtp-
poaed, vitb tooiewbai aoreplaaBbtUrj.^
tbat tbif nc%bbo«ifbood araa tbo titmi
tbe edefaralad batik of BmnoAb
betveca ktnc AtbdilBa and iba ]
and Sco4dA ioTaden, bttt I
bdigyc Ibal the amhworba, wbicdhj
oeruiolj of mmck
qmtj, bare any i
great ev«oU A '
taoQ of tboa, vilb a'alaa, la gtvco
Mr. Heakdaa. ■ tba volMe of "^
tbeBrftJA ^ ^ ,
Id vMcn I ailliB^p^y FBfer for
OB tbf ndject.
TBE IfTTEftNAL STATE Of EESSiA.
Mra ^-^^'*- Am TiiiTld^tf. 4^
Mla»ii. Yoa A^ait rk«hcfrTJMiin«a»a. HiMtv, IMT-
BYtfcaaidof^ltfaaBofAir^F^- wbeibJte good or fer evil, aa in 1
ifioB,*aadBaay vokaaaiofaatrreaBd rert of Earape^ and it m mmne T
, we are iolerdsfy befaabacMiaflouelcnb»nalf toi
twitbtbaCcari
I pea- ml
^MUba.
I prgadleaii be w31
tiba viib
tba Mewbidk
nd to bb idtb.
1 ii tbe fait vbo bM placed
u Ih9 raboiaM viadi roiMffiti Uadernairtea«lbai
)JBm^ «b»e tazei are
IV a* afltt wBBfa ci cij i
I iiujiil Uader apaijgmalj
iiwiet B^pobantbe v^^ tbraatesf to JS
pvt of bk boobw tbe of 1 niiiiiMa «nb tbe MiaL erik
bHwttOi tbe reeab- liaDcbertar. BdbU tbe andk of i
W Goflaak. aad ibe anted ckarcb, be dieeovmoalri
(tbeavC Mid dirtwn wbfle.akk byAkb
-^Mfberlaetitarj^tbe mbi k fattii^ tbe laaliBM af i
«f kETiBkev Md tbe paiikwJkaadtba i M i of Fa
4yqf|giBtatiilaiili vd Oaaa,
^ k.M<i «r ttambt. Of tba i
8uaiiba«M tMadwiibktbeGMitioflbe]
-m wbkk ibe enpire, wa baw ta deal wid
ad to oosiay. d8gDO0U0OO,aBdtbaaa««£vided
Alt 6a apas L IW ktabknta af ibe
%&iaarkA — be
lofibtOar.
P!i;;[[!j»
1854.]
The Internal State of Russia,
479
II. The serfs belonging to the nobles
and to o(her freemen, who amount to
24,000,000.
III. The Cosan^ks, of whom there
are nearly 2,000^000.
Providence (says Haxlliaoseo) hat
divided Eossld into Tour great rtfgiotm,
which, \i fully peo^tted, could not etiM la-
dependetaly of one another. The northern
portion of the empire n a tract of foreat
larger Chan Spain ; next there b a zone
of barren land, which exrenda from the
Ural to Smolenako, comprising 18,000
B(|uare miles, and contaifiinj^ 16|,0O0,000
inbabitants. Adjoining tbU U the famoQB
region of the " Bbck Earth," the fertility
of which i» imeq nailed on the globe. Id
this Kotie, twice the size of France, corn
crops have been taken in Buc^easton for a
ccotiiry, without interruption and without
manure. The labourer merciy diaturbs
tbe surface of the soil, while the straw and
dtuig supply the want of wood, and are
used as fuei To the south and soath-eaat
reach the houndlesb steppes, which bave
been traversed by uomade tribes and their
flocks for tbousiiadf of years. Colonies
have been sown like ooAes in these vast
regions, which, if planted and peopled,
might become one of the most flouriiihifig
districts of Europe, but unfortuoately the
Russians are great destroyerji of timber,
and even fruit* trees do not escape if their
destruction will supply the want of the
moment. As to planting, it is almost un*
heard of, for no Russian undertakes any-
thing from which he does not cipect an
immediate return, so that the forests are
continually diminishing, and fuel and sheU
ter are becoming more and more rare.
The soil of Russia beluaged originally
to the nation en matMtt to tbe exclusion
of all pri^ato property, but tbe right of
disposing of it belonged to the Csar. Nor
was it till the commencement of the Htb
century that the Czars began to transform
Into hereditary propertien the grants for-
merly made to the nobles for life, or for a
fixed period. At the death of Peter 1.,
one half of the cultivated land bad by this
meams become private property, and at
the present moment the proportion is still
greater, in spite of the enormous addition
made to the imperial domain, under Cathe-
rine ILt by the conAscittion of the lands
of the monasteries and of the patriarchy as
well OS the annexation of New Rossia,
Courland, and tbe Transcaucasia n pro-
vinces^ As every peasant is either a serf
whose master must maintain him, or a
member of a commune, and entitled Lo a
share of the soil belonging to it, no such
thing as paoperism can exist, lo all other
European countries there are sounds in
llie air announcing an approaching revo-
lution, tbe motto of which is tbe abolition
of bereJiiary pn>perty and an equal divi-
sion of land. Hut in Russia no such con-
vulsiou is possible, for there the Utopia
of the revolutionists is already realised,
Russia baa always possessed that freedom
in the exercise of trades which Etirope, by
the abolitioQ of guilds and corporations,
is only now struggling to obtain.
In the national organisation of tbe
Slaavs, an hereditary nobility occupied
but a small space^ and bolbre the time
of Peter the Great it owed its power
and ifiduence rather to the favour of
tbe sovereign than to its own position
or numbers. Latterly it has been
eflhced by the Tschin or nobility of
public service, established by Peter I,,
which is attainable by all who are not
serfs, BO that the humblest individual
may, under certain conditions, acquire
nobility, not only for himself but for
his succesHors.
The origin and development of the
other states of Europe were feudal —
tbat of Russia, on tbe contrary, was
patriarclml. This distinction suffices
to cxplitin in a great degree the social
and political condition of tbat country.
There tbe family is the nation in minia-
ture^ in wbicb the authority of the
father is absolute. On his death, if the
family determine to soparate, wbicb is
always considered a great misfortune,
the eldest son transfers a fourteenth
of the common property to the daugb*
ters, a seventh to tbe widow, and
divides tbe rest between himself and
hia brothers, the house being valued
M part of bis own share. In case the
family becomes too numerous to occupy
a single dwelling, tbe several ofi^i boots
build bonaes on the common property,
and, still preserving their obedience to
the head of the family, continue to cul-
tivate the land in common.
The commune (Mir) is the family
enlarged, and like it, is ruled by its
father and chief/ the Storost, who is
elected annually, and receives a salarj*
• We have no doubt that Bcrzen is perfectly right In asserting that the power of
the Staro»t is limited. It b otdy absolute when the whole community agree with bim.
He has great power over each individual, bat the whole commune can at &ay time
compel bim either to resign his post, or to yield to their views.
480
Tkft IniernnI State of Ru.f«m.
HtK election, mnd alt matters of unusual
iiUfHtrt«nce, tire decided iijKin in iin
nsi^einbly of the wliole commune. The
iuliubitHnt!» of till? communes bavc pre-
served in ti jrreat de<^ce their inde-
fjendent ftdministration and iheir per-
son jil freedom. They can enguge in
comujorce^ or in any profession ; tbey
ciiti purchase land and houses in any
part of the em pi re, save m Moscow
Hod St. Petersburg; they can send
their children to the public schof»la and
univenHities, so that not only the vari-
ous branches of the public service, but
also the honours of nobility, are witbin
their reach.
Tlie communes are, by the new re-
guhitions» about 7000 in number, und
their condition is y\try various— some
possess a sufjerabundance of laml,
whilst others have not enou<?h tf» sup-
port their popuhition, Tliey hold iheir
Isiud directly «>f the crown, to which
they pay the ohroky which wiih origi-
nally a rent, but which has become a
sort of capitation tax. It is divided
by the cotninune itself amongst its
memljcrs, an<J h laid upon the portions
of land, not upon the individual, so
that a rich man has sonictimes two lota
of land assigned i^ hi in, in order to
make him pay a double share of the
vbrok,
A fresh division of the soil is re-
garded as a serious evil, and it would
be of rare occurrence were it not
enforced by law, as olteti as the census
for regulating the conscription and the
capitation lax is taken by the govern-
ment. Since the death af Peter L the
land has usually remained about lift ecu
years in the same hands. Although
there are evils attached to such a
tenure, they are far less than a similar
iystem wouhl entail in any other part
of Europe. Indeed German colonists,
who carried with them their own cus-
toms, have in some instances demanded
?ermisiiion to adopt the Russian system,
'be forests and pastures, as well as
the rights of ^hing and the chose, are
maintained in common, or let on lease
for the general good. It is only the
lands lit for cultivation which are
divide*!. When the " Black Partition"
is to take place, peasants, chosen on
account of their experience, divide the
land first of all into tracts of equal
value; they next subdivide these into
/ci/*, n remrv^ being set aside to pro-
4
[May.
vide against coti tin genet es. On ibe
day appointed, although the whole
populittiou is assen»bled, there is nei-
ther tumult nor confu>ion. The por-
tions are assigned by ballot^ and it
rarely happens that any one is dissatis*
tied. As every man is entitled to aH
allotment of land as soon as he marrieSi
it may readily be imagined that the
wedding of a son is a cause of rcjoicinjj.
In the first [^luce, whether the bride
be rich or poor, ugly or beautifuh she
at any rate brings a strong p'jir of
hands to assist in the domestic duties |
and, in the next, the fumily pro|>erty
receives an imiuefliitte augmentsition.
Thus the inducements to marriage are |
so strong that it is easier to lind a rmm
who bus had three wives, than one who
has never married. This |)reniinui on
matrimony formerly produced awtrange
ami uimntural abune, Pjithers, in order
to obtain an additional portion of the
common land jnarried their sons almost
as soon aa tbey were born^ nn<l it was
not uncommon, at Moscow, to see a '
woman of ffiur-and-twenty C4irry»ng
her promising husband, oi six years ^
old, in her arm^n The consequence
was that it became (he eu!»tom tor the
father to live with his daughter-in-law.
The government, however* has endea-
voured to put an end to this evil, by
forbidding the marriiige of nnilea under I
eighteen, and of femaleH under sixteen.
In 1837 a great eflcnt was made to
ameliorate the condition of the crown
peasants, and the communnl system j
was in some degree modified. Up to i
that time all bueniuess between a com-
mune and the government wa» tmna*
acted by three otBcials — a receiver of ]
taxes, an in selector of public granarussi
and an oflicer appolntetl to receive the i
recruits ; but in that jfcar a new do*
partment for the administration of Che
imperial domains was formed. It con-
sists of four boards : to the first of
which belong the alFairs of the thirty-
nine governments of Central Uussia;
to the second, those of the eighteen j
governments of the Baltic, White Hug-
sian. Western, and Transcaucasian pni-
vinces ; the third is devoted to the im-
provement of agriculture, and the re*
gistry of lands and schools; while the '
fourth has the charge of the forests.
The local administration is left to
the communes themselves. Villages^
of I,*'»0<> inhabitiml^ »till constitute J
1854.]
The Intei^tial State of Ruma*
481
I
separata coaiDiunea; but the smaller
iriuages are either uniteil into com-
nmneB of aVxmt }/\Q^ soub* or into
canton a of almut l>,000. The latter
arc administered by a chief (Golowa),
with two as.Histant8 and a registrar*
The commune is ruled by its mayor
(Starschina), and» in case several vil-
lagea have been united, by the Starost
oreach Tillage under him, with a re-
ceiver of revenue, and an inspect or of
the public ffranaries. A 1 1 these officers,
who are elected by ballot, receive a
small amount of pay, and enjoy certain
honours and prerogatives. The assem-
blies of the cummunea are composed
of deputies, in the proportion of one for
every five hearths. The attj^jmbJies of
the cantons are composed of a com-
mittee, to which each of the communal
anemblies sends a deputy for every
ten famllio^. The communal assem-
blies meet three times a-year to elect
officera, and to settle such business as
rentst the distribution of land, the sub-
division of taxcflj the audit of accounts,
the admission of new memberst the
diamiiisal of those who wieh to retire,
the enrolment of recruits, 5jc,
The Tribunal of the Commune con-
sist* of the StarHchina and two mem*
bers, elected by the peasants. That
of the canton is formed by the Golowa
and two others similarly chosen. The
former court cannot adjudicate In a
matter of greater value thjin five silver
roubles, nor the latter in one of more
than fifteen, unless at the request of
Ixjlh parties. Their ix)wcr is aliW)
limited in rejipect to the punishment
of crime. In all cases of quarrel or
litigation, the matter must first be re-
ferred U^ arbitrators \ and it is only
after these have failed to bring about
a settlement that it can be carried be-
fore a tribunal.
In spite of institutions under which
ft great degree of liberty and happiness
might be enjoyed, and notwithstanding
the eflbrts of the government to ame-
liorate their condition^ the inhabitants
of the free communes are in a state of
great and increasing misery. They
are often reduced to cruel hardships
by one or more of the richer pendants
bribing the imperial otHciali"^ and being
enabled by their collusion to manage
the lands for their own benefit: for
inijtance, they obtain a lease of a part
of the common property for a mere
G£if T. Mao. Vol. IHA.
trille» and the commune, in order to
regain the use of land which really be-
longs to it, has to pay an exorbitant
rent. Another species of oppression
and extortion arises from the abuse of
their trust by thq, government oflicers
themselves, and by the hpravnik^yihom
dutj it is to regulate tlie billeting of
soldiers, as well as the amount of la-
bour and contributions in kind for
roads and other purposes. The Is^'
pnwmkj usunlly a petty noble of broken
fortunes and evil repute, is elected by
the landowners of the district ; and, to
repay them for their votes, be throws
every burden he can upon the peasants
of the crown, to the exemption of pri-
vate property.
They also sufler from the unfair in-
cidence of the capitation tax before
mentioned, by which rich and poor are
taxed alike, without regard to their
respective means. Its terrible conse-
quences may be inferred from the
fact that, during the ten years end-
ing in 1 836, arrears lo the amoont uf
67,O0O,OCX> roubles were remitted, while
an amount almost as great remained
suspended, like the sword of Darooeles,
over the heads of the peasants.
But the worst features in their con-
dition, and those which the government
is least likely to remedy, are the con-
scription, and the encouragement given
to drunkenness. The evils of the
former, which have been frequently
described, will be augmented to an
unbearable degree should the ukase be
enforced which ordains that in March,
1854, a levy of nine men out of every
thousand souls shidl take place through-
out Western Russia. Thoee of the
latter are less known. In the central
provinces the farmer of the duty on
spirits buys the assistance of the local
authorities, and between them it is
arranged that all business shall be car-
ried on at the public-bouse, glass in
hand. In the other provinces, where
the farmer of the duty has also an ex-
clusive right of sale in his own district|
he compels each commune to take a
certain quantity per heiid, or ebe he
forces the peasants to pay a certain
sum for permission to buy spirits else-
where, threatening, in case of refusal,
to accuse them of a breach of the
revenue laws; and thejr know that
whether innocent or guilty, if once
accused, they are sure to be condemned*
7W MaUnmi S<m$t ^'
[Jfar,
7'
Ike nnis ^ ia sae wvia cc H&xs-
ini Roflu tbe peuoats ir<s m4memi
lk& TMxrk wBo fr^jia tbeir Lvziben
w^ ciu sofc iatcwrtJiL? cL^a In Tliiitiii
•ve tbsir prt»^t !L&T«rT to accident,
lar! K. this'iav u:«ir *u>&W''r b^ beea
tmj hnr :r jt t^ ir.og. In tcrKJ 'Jxaief
Che on! J sbires wcr* tiie •ieK'ai'isuiM
«f praoaen ot' wir. vho K nnai :h«
penocflJ lahe of the nooiea. The {>»'
MBCi wen fre«.3Jvi ccluriiei tlx foil
■t ytuij ttLxnii^ wil-) »:rrii*i ':>>m< ui*i
so at pieuvre. I: u tmr:- that. wSlcd
KiUdLA wu 'livipl-Ai ir.^j a ziombier ot
pcttT ttntes. caeii prince rO'ieiToarel
to keep ju minj inbj-xta i.« poniU'r
whhin hu own ternron<<: but merv:
b no xnitAnce of any further inter -
ivcDce with lUrir freeiioni. anil rf en
tku hindrance ww IriMi^t to an eml
bj the flworl of the latars and the
•npremacj of Moicow. In the time
«f the Czar Borij GodounoC H was
ftared thai the land woold cease to be
cvltivated, owin^ to the dislike of the
peasant* to afmcaltiire, and to their
kabit of wandering to the towns and
banks of riTcrs in search of more con-
genial emplojnient. An uka.«e wa^t
Sberefore issn^ in 16<)l. hj which thej
were forbidtien to rerooYv.* from place
to place, ami were fixe«l for erer to
the spot where they liail liappened to
be on the day of St. (ieorge last poased.
St. George^s day is still cooiinemorated
in the songs of the Rossian peasants
ai fatal to their liberty, although it
was not till long after that they were
actually depriT^ of their personal
freedom. At first the change was not
very sererelj felt, for, as long as a^-
enltnre contmned to be their principal
employment, the lord of the soil, who
jarely resided on the spot, contented
himself with a moderate rent, and felt
tB interest in the welfare of the pea-
Mnt0, for he knew that if they were
distressed or OTertazed his land would
go oat of cuItiTation.
It was the passion of Peter the Great
ibr the introduction of European ciri-
lintion ^ and^ luxury, which moulded
wnSkf^ into its present form. Induced
by bun, the rich proprietors built fac-
which thejr pUeed under the
of raragnen, and they
wsn as Im VMS azfsriminajenmml
asseuiiBUw i^s? thjar'incarrir^ae 9&c-
aeas «c<n juivi ± dtwre i£ i j w ii ■
atsfi the icri criered mw -:c ias vft-
la^eA. ia Ije^ :Y r*ns «r lerTam, to
fKtrrjie aaa^is ix zha tt«ruriea. IkoR
men. &i:»iir.z tbis aiu icaur wanv wc
wpciie*!. ?iTe cp {tctt •3<her kiwi «^
totL i»i '\h^ i^isA zr»iaaaT c«eaMe
estiibi'acftHi tiu: zzz I^jtI <oa>i iifinse
of tks ialt:*:^ •::; ns ««:rt' in wbastfver
manzLtf he cLcse. Bi: :• was qaxkiy
•itKOTerel :Lit. vhen tbe peaeant wai
depHrc*: or th-* itimnla? of »bx-m-
tcTv^t. L^ i'.fc his woci*^i icxiritT ami
intdii^'^nce. and h^cuce aruiw the ews-
lom ot billowing him to ^h-.cee ha own
empiovment. en the <ole cooditioa etf*
hif f«jin^ an annuil mm to h't* owner.
The f-rorrtetor i? bc4ir.'i to mainain
his KrtV, I'r. it ih<eT are empiojed in
agriculture, he most pr«.»Ti<Je th^em with
land «nlfici«n: Vjt their support In
return, he i^ entitled to eithef meoey
or «erTice. in the former ease!, he lajrs
an oir k or rent upon the whole vd*
lage. In the latter case, the pcasnnti
eiUier work lor him three days in the
week, or they cnltirate a portion ot
the land for hii benefit, having ano-
ther fortion a5<igne«l ti^ them for thdr
own maintenance.
The I<'knl canui.'t adjmi^ hi.« ^rf to
receire more than forty Itlowa with the
rod, or fiftet:ii with the stick, but the
limitation i^ ot little Talue, as there is
no autliority to enforco it. The serf
has not the jiowor to make a will, bat
since the year 1 '^4'2 hi? right to enter
into a bargain ur contract is reco^*
nised by law. He can scarcely be said
to own pro{)erty, for all that he has
belongs to his hirl, an<l can be seized
by him, but custom and public opinion
forbid the exercise of this right. In-
dividuals and whole Tillages sometimes
purchase their freedom; and, in the
case of the latter, their houses and
lands are includeil in the bargain. We
learn from Ilaxthausen that Prince
Sch^rcmctefr, who owns 128,000 souls,
some of whom possess millions, has re-
ceived from S0,000 to 100,000 roubles
for the enfranchisement of a sinj^le
serf; but it often happens tbat rich
men prefer the protection of a master,
and many of the great proprietors take
a pride in the WMlth of their serft.
1864.]
The Intefnal State ^fRuttut.
483
I
II hm been the fashion to look upon
serfage as something totally diHiirent
from slavery, but the opinion has no
better foundation than the proi'eajieil
liberality of the Eiuperor Alexander^
and the eagerness with which he en-
deavoured, at the Conj^esff of Vienna,
to further the views of England in re-
sard to the slave-trade treaties. It is,
nowever, with some surprine that we
find it asserted by so favourabk an
authority ha Haxthausen, that the
slave -trade is allowed in Russia itself
He mentions that, at the fair of Kasan,
the merchants of Bokhai*tt annually
make larf^e purchases of ffirls for ex-
port to Central Asia, and also, that^
although Hussia endeavours by all
miiiiile itop the so^ealled slave-trade
amongsit the tribes of the Caucasus
wiUi whom she la at war, idic sanctions
it amou[(«t those who acknowledge her
supremacy.
Herzen tells us that the serfs con-
sider their condition one of absolute
slavery, and that they nmke the only
protest in their power against it by
massacring the nobles and burning
their houses. He adds on the authority
of puldic documents, that, down to the
year 1841, aiittv or seventy proprietors
were murderea annually. The provo-
cation must aeeasionally be very great;
for instance, when it happens that not
only more recent settlers^ but even
freemen, residing on lands cultivated
by their forefathers, lintl themselve^^
suddenly adjudged to be sorfti, iu ccm-
sequence of thn production of a grant
made to some favourite in a pi-eceding
reiffii, of lands at the time uusurveyed
ana supposed to be uninhabited.
Tlie government appear to have
#MMBiiUed a fatal oversight live-and-
fcmty years ago, in not limiting the
power of the lor<l over his serf, before
they increased the duties on imports^
and so gave a great stimulus to their
home manufactures. The necessity for
exteniUng the protection of tlie law to
Uie aerfii working In factories becomes
Bverf day more pressing, and the c«»u-
dition of the agricultund serfs is also
growing worse and worse in conse-
quence of mortgages, cases of joint-
ownership of vdlageS) and even of
families, ami, still more, the transfer of
eatates from the old nobles to new men.
The Cossacks, who owe their im-
portance not to theif numberif but to
their character, may materially laHu-
ence the future fortunes of Ilufisia^
either for good or for evil. Even llaxt-
huusen, who sees every act of the
{government in the most favourable
ight, declares that the attempt to abo-
lish their privileges is fratight with
danger, and he earnestly racummendi
the Czar, in spite of ajiparciit success
amongst the Little Russian C<issacks of
the Volga and the Ukraine, to abstain
from interference with those of the
Don and the Ura). He describes them
ns the freest people in Europe, and
states that they possesa the most com-
plete internal liberty. Neither Cxar
nor noble can hold land in their terri-
tories, and far from paying taxes, they,
oil the contrary, I'eceive aflowancei foi
their chiefs, and for the widows and
orphans of those slain in battle.
Every Cossack between the ages of
iUleen end fifty^five is liable to mill*
tary service, and is bound to provide
bis own arms and horse, and must
maintain himself whilst employed in
his own district, but, when beyond it,
be is supplied by the government with
forage, ratioua, and a small amount of
pay. They formerly elected their Het-
inan and ofhcers, but these are now
appointed by the Czar, and it is not
usual to 5nd a Coiaattk entrusted with
the former poet. When the Hetman
receives an order to raise a contingent^
he summons all those who are fit for
service to tlie market-place^ They
then ascertain what proportion the
number i-equired bminj to those from
whom they are to be selected, and if,
for instance, it proves to be one in
three, they separate into groups of
three. One of these says, "I will give
so mueh not t^o serve;" the others then
say what the^ will give to be exempt ;
and the biddings arc continued till one
of them says, ** I can ofier no more, I
must go," and he is entitled tn the
sums named by the others. In 1837,
tbe Cossacks of the Ural having already
dispatched to the army of the Caucasus
two- thirds of their men liable to ser-
vice, bad only 3,300, out of about
12,000, at home, when owing to the
exigencies of the war, they suddenly
received an order to furnish an addi-
tional 2,200 men. In three weeks the
four regimenta of 5.jO men each were
mounted and equ 1 the 1,100
rich Conacks wi« d at hooi^
464
The Internal Siale of Rttstta.
[May.
hod pAid down in a few dap the incre*
iible sum of 1,500,000 roubles to the
Bewlj-riised recruits*
In onlm&Ty tiineH tfie Co^aacks
-furnish for polioe and military duty
fl 26,000 men and 224 piecea of or til-
llerjr, but these figures may be enor-
Imously and almost inatanttineouBly in-
rcreiided* In some casefl, where nearly
Tsll the men have been destroyed, the
• tribe has been compelled to receive
I oolnnistH drafted (Vom other parts of
[the empire. Thus, in the yeani 1809-
tll, the Emperor Alexaadcr compelled
Itlie BUck Bea CoMacks to receive
I amongst tliein 20,000 fltrangerft, and,
I as a lar|Te proportion of these fell vie-
I limn to the clrmat^, 25,000 more were
[lent to the Kuban in 1825.
Although their name conies to them
I from a Tartar tribe, which waj to be
[Ibund at the foot of the CaueasuB a
I tbousand years ago, the Co§8ackt» are
[ mainly of Hussian blood, daahcd, in-
[ deed, with that of Turks, Poles, Serbs,
I and Tartars, The greater part of them
J are Starovirtzt's or Members of the old
t faiths that is to say, they belong to the
I Greek, but not to the Kudt^iao Church*
^ They have a strong sympeithy with
[their brethren in faith, who are scat-
tert?d throughout both Great and
1 Little Russia. The latter have I'csisted
livery intluence that has been brought
l|o bear upon them, from the time when
l^etif abolished the Patriarchate^ and
iliaither pemeeution nor concesi^ion can
fmake tfaeni conform tn the Iioperial
( State Church* Thi^y bohl to aneicnt
. eustoms, not in religion only, but in all
I things, and the government drcadd the
['Tinseen opposition of the Starovirtz(?,
whenever it is meditating any religious
innovation or internal change.
Great as have l>een the services of
the Cosasacks from the time of Jermak
down to the present day^ they are now
more necessary to Russia than ever.
I They are her only eflicient warriors in
the Cau(;asiis ; they albird a cheap and
faithful guard for her advanced posts
ftnd extended frontier in Asia; and
they furnish an internal police which
could scarcely be replaced, as her
other Christian populations have a
strong antipathy to mount a home. But
the destruction of their independence
has been detennined on ; the Govern-
ment, however, in carrying out its
measures has met with a decided check,
and found it nec^e8»ary to wait for a
more favourable opportunity. About
ten years ago, an ukase was issued
abolishing the privileges of the Don
G(»iisacks and assimilating their terri-
tories to the rest of the empire. A
rumour, however, is said to have
reached the Government that, in spite
of the absence of the Hetman with a
large contingent purposely withdrawn
to a distant frontier, the deputy-bet-
man, with 50,000 horsemen, was pre-
paring to ride to Moscow for the purpose
of laying a humble remonstrance at
the feet of the Czar ; the consefiuence
was that the ukase was explained away
as a mistake, and the English [lapcrs
publishetl the uknsc and its witbrjrawal
within a few weeks of one another.
Gigantic as appears the aggressive
furce which Hussia possesses against
Europe it is out of her i>ower to carry
on war on a grand scale in the East,
owing to the immense difficulties of
transporting men and stores across the
almost desert steprH!S. Nor is this im-
pediment diminishing. On the con-
trary, the depopulation of her southern
provinces is said to be rapidly increas-
ing. Although her military colonies,
formed with but little regard to
humanity,* have in some mstances
succeeded, it has been at a fabulous
cost ; and their numbers do not make
up for a twentieth part of the thousands
who have token refuge in Turkey.
The Tatars of southern Russia are by
this means reduced to 300,000; and
the descend nnts of the Zaporavian Cos-
sacks, who lied across the Danube when
Potemkin transported their brethren
to the Kuban, arc at this moment form-
ing part of the army under Omar
Pasha. But the most wonderful event
:
:
* " The terrible history of the military colonies tells us what the Russian peasant
is when attacked in his last stronghold. To carry out the planji of the Hbtral Alex-
ander, villages were taken hy RHHsult — the exasperation of the peasants reached to such
[a pitch th*t Uiey slew their children to rescue them from odious inatitntions forced
|1l]pon them at the point of the bsyonct. The goTernmcnt, enraged at opposition^
tondofnoed these brave men to die under the rod, but the bloody insurrectign of the
^iar^ia HmtiJia in 1831, proved how indomitnhte was the spirit of this unfortansta
aplc* *''^//u Hepttopi^emmt du iditt RevQiuHonairet en MmwU,
1854,]
TfiB Internal State ofBrnna.
of this kind which occurs in Russian
history ha|)jx»ned in 1771, when a
bocly of Calmueks, amounting, with
their women and chililren^ to nearly
half Q million, deii from the banks q^
the Volga in the depth of winter, pre-
ferring to fa<!e the most appalling
dangers, rather than re ami n within the
boundariea of Hussia* Animated by
defpair, they continued their tlit^bt
during ten months of intolerable hard-
ship^ fighting almost con tin uaUy against
the armies and tribes which Russia
morcd against them. At len^h, after
they were reduced to one-huti of their
original numbers, the llight and pur-
suit were brouMu to a termination by
their crossing the Chinese frontier near
the Lake of Baikal, where they were
received bj the authorities of the Ce-
lestial Empire with instant proteetion
and generous hospitality.
B Levchine * gives a remarkable in-
^ stance of the means to which Russia
doea not scruple to resort, in order to
keep down one population by the aid of
(another, perhaps equally discontented.
In 1755 the Baskirs, who bad made an
unauccesaful revolt eleven yeara before,
in the course of which nearly all their
viihigea had been burnt, and forty
thouiand of their men destroyed, found
their condition so intolerable, that they
again took up arms. The moment was
one of imminent danger to Russia^ and
a single reverse would have entailed
the loss of every post along the frontier,
ex^oept perhaps Orenburg itself; for
the Tatars of Kazan and the hordes of
^ft the Kirgliiz were on the point of join -
^^ ing the Baskirs in striking a blow tor
^K UlbertY and the Prophet* NeplouieJf,
^m %& Governor of Orenburg, instantly
^V summoned reinforcemeuts from the
^f Cossacks of the Don and the Cal mucks
of the Ural. He also anned several
neighbouring tribes, and at the same
time took another measure^ which the
Russian historian de^ribes as vrueU ff*ti
■ indispenMabte. He says :
N^louicff found it Qccesssry, for the
safety of the frontier, to pbuje an irrecon-
cileable feud between the Baakirs and the
Kirghiz; and, although he would have
485
preferred a more humane method, he felt
hi mtelf compelled to yield to f^ircum stances,
and to proclaim to the khan and sulUns
of the Kirghiz, that, as a reward for tfadr
fldelit J and devotion to Russia, the Em-
press had conferred upon them the wifes
and daughters of the Baskirs, who had
been sent aoDongst them for lecuKty. The
Kirghiz eagerly Mixed upon their prey,
and the Baikirs, maddened with rage and
jealousy, thought only of ven^ance. They
demanded permission from N^pIouieflF to
cross the Ural Ho refused to grant it;
but, at the same time* sent secret orders
to the commandaotJi of the vaHoua forts,
to take no notice of any bodies of men,
who should attempt to cross the river.
Taking advantage of the pretended negli-
geooe of the guards the Baskirs crossed
over into the steppes, and began to
massacre the men and to carry off the
women of the Kirghiz, The htter flew to
arms, in self-defence, aod the work of
mutual slaughter was carried on, until
N^plotiieff judged that both tribe* were
sufflcientlf exhausted. He then took mea-
sures which put a stop to the effosioa of
blood r but the hatred betweeu the two
races continues undiminished to this day.
From such incidents as these, it may
be inferred that Russia cnoiaiiis vast
masses of unwilling subjects, and is hy
no means exempt from the dangers of
internal convulsion, should she ever
be BO pressed abroad aa to offer a
chance of successful insurrection, not
only to the Poles and the Cossacks, but
also to the Baskirs and other Tatar
tribes. Crolovin t makes a powerful
appeal to our fear», when he declares
that "Tartary, that nursery of in-
vaders, which extends from the Caapian
Sea to China, and which overflows with
inhabitants, might, if aroused byEussia
in a year of short pasturage, throw
masses of warriors upon India." But
there is no Hindoo- Koosb between the
step|ies of Tartary and the plains of
Russia,! — and should an Aflghan or
Tatar cont^^ueror seiz* upon a moment
when Russia was pre -occupied by war,
or distracted by rebellion, he would
find but little to prevent his repeating
the invasiou of the Mongols, and en-
riching the hordes of Asia with the
spoils of Troitza and the Kremlin,
I
• See Deteripiion dtsHordit ei det Steppu det Kir^hit'Kaznht^ by Levchine, who
quotea from the diary of a Ruaaian officer engaged in the pursuit, ftnd also from an
icoomil of tlie flight written by a Chiuese Priaoe, aud translated by M. Lipotsof.
f Tht Caucatu*^ hy I van Golovin.
X Even so lately as in the reign of the Empresa Eliaabcth, a Tktar iuTaaion was
fleriouslf apprcheuded*
486
[Itoy,
THE DiaOIKOS AT GLOUOStTBR.
THE reotot ex««vitioni «t Kinfiliolni,
iitjr Qbtto«itcr» hafQ dntwa lototf little
itttntion to tlie subject of looat aaiiqui-
U«t, Aitil hiT« ckarly dctcrniincd the site
9f »n a«cl«nt cemetery. In my Architoc-
luf«l HUtOJ7 of Qlouo«it«r, pubUthod in
lf)5<>, ( mMtioiud (h« di|C0f«rks ol «oiiMp
itone ooffisfi legionary •wordi. l««liryw«*
iori<M* tii4 otMT fttoerral rf\ic; wbiefa
tutrkcd this ipot u a pl*«:o uf •epulturt,
aad I alio dcAnt^d it» uleot, vie, from
Wottoti la Kiafsholoi. £inc« that , further
dii«otama bav« b««ji mad« and comuiiiiii-
Mted to this Macaxioa by nyMlf" and
0(h«fi, and ik» ottaaUon of thu cemetery ia
aoF pcnDueQuy iitt)«d. But I hara a
word to aay arith regard to Mr* Akcrmaa'a
renurk* racently ft'»d to th« 8*jckry of
Anttqttariea, aud rrportud in taat Jntiuary^a
number.
Mr. Akerman doc« notthiok tbat Kiofi*
koln waa over tbc «ita of a palaoa of Ibt
8«aoQ kingtt but merely a rtfar ialaodi
ocoop&cd at loDici diataat Utoo by aii army.
Now, wbcthrr a palace itood th<rrt? caooot
b« determlncil, but tli#t lotnv kind of
buildiof (pruUbly forttdcd] occupiinl the
lite or the Kif*ff»^'dm Ctune cannot he
doubted by any one wbo luokn ni thl»i
ipot attentifcly^ or hat known it for many
yttara.
Tha Klngabolaa Cloae la » lam laid
Ml of Mgbt of Iba ttiaia road« ftodi aaarly
a boodfcd yurdi illatant from the ipot
frbara tba priiicipal oumbera of e^ins, &^*
wart dlacQvarod. HcituaJoM of a diicli arr
plainly Tiaible ciQ each mile of il, and on
tin? V ' -■ - ^b a branrh of thv Severn
rjiii timoi, T\w fifid U ron-
ildcj. ,, „' ^ ^1**0 ^^'^ nurroundljig
country, and during Uie lute flood wns
literally ati inUnd. But this cmtimiot' is
ifldently not «ill niturnl, fcir (hi' form ia mi
rtgnUfT and the anglpn ko Mhnrp^ tUmt w«
mtttt coiti^lude that art hni b<.'nn callad in
to ttid aod a««itt the baodtwork cif nature i
And, y^'^ r..i,t.riv 'iftlKa in^re oltf ation of
the 'Uim 1 cmx diitiuctly
trai:i iiirgc
building, bonit'lbit»g In
this bhape, tbuugh no-
thing but green mounds
mark iti «ite.
Vicwcfl from ibc ** Lit-
Uo Me^ldow,'* (aa it ia i — -.
called t though it in a very ' ' i *
large field on tbc wcat nidf of tbe close,}
tbc mound baa an cJitr«mcly t^rrace-llkc
D
Appearance, not at all ttmitar to a natvirtl
hillock. Added to thin I can stotc tb# J
fiet that recnains of Uone^pork nctaatlf j
exiited, not from rriy own obaerratiovr. ]
bot from the efidenff of ^ho«^ who re* I
membered tb«m wome fif^v go I
much for Ktngiholm, ut *bimf 4
particubiHy intercating baa bc;cii diacuvofti |
alAce my laat oommuadoatiioii.
Tbe eioavnttims fur the aawatagv^ thnngli \
eitantifi uire and carried to « !
very gTCii^ <>«tc not broil pht any'
particuUrl) ucw f^cla to light, ' t
CHndpnlly to confirm what >
now and havf ' ' • '
cicnt itate of
accounted for I, .,.. ...:. . ,..,,,,,^ ,4,
yet been only made up the eentrei of tha |
streetf, consequently miaainir the pate*
mentif &e. tbit might b« found under Cb« 1
praeent bou»e» ; for, except in one inataaei^ I
it bai been invHriably a«c< 1 at Qttfi \
V urn oorre*pon tied in iLm lu
dernGbjn- --i- « v ^ -< i^ .v-.^.H.ivanoll
atjproacL hr city. Wbef J
tficy dw s^ more relici of tbl) 1
past. In Uh* NiMihgftitt Street, for thf j
H once of nb out three hundred yards, tbff
Old Homan road waa discovertd, aboal tf|| ]
feet 91% inehet below the iiarface. It wm|1
oompoaad of al4»tiM of trrefolar abftptij
baddad ja oentot or vtfj ioi «Mfter, 1
t layer of oonoreU | aod ao bard and 1
pmit waa ita alructure that tba worttaaee.]
wrre obliged to uae great axertiona
break it with their picka^an. StrangeJf 4
enough, fuur laige ai|uared planki of j
charred wood ivcrr. found near a idaoe bvi
whii'h tlic liver Twivrr formerly croiaea]
the uirtttt^ phired lranivpr»ely andot ec|U^|
distanceiit. The depth at whiih they <mJ-]
cnirrcd etincea their enliqiiity ; and lliHf J
accurate adjustment abo sliewi I bat tliarf I
muft have been placed io their poelttol
for f oine definite ptirpoae. I aooottwl fm
it tbua— tbat the ne^gbbott^ood of
atrtacn waa OMraby, and that tbe plaab,
may have been uaed ai a aort of bond fof I
keeping tbe Burface of the road in au even
utate.
Setml Roman rem«fn»r wrrr frinttd in
Worceitcr Street aric! '
amongMt othern, fr
moua vase, thi^ tup, iimintrr, ,t,ui iwu n«n*
diei of which are alouc? preaorv«d* K
aeetned to bp a large water ewrr. ^^pv^thI
other >mal]cr fragments of i
were found niid§r the aurfacc ii >* j
• See our Mif axioe for July L8M, p. 39.
1854,] A Sonnet trilnttar^ ta the Pott Bernard Barton, 487
thn* shewing that they were of earlier
date.
Of mediffival and other relicA aeireral of
interest haf© beeu discoTered* Id the
lower part of the Westgate Street^ or
rather in a merchant's yard adJoiniDg,
several encaustic tiles of great beaitty were
diacovered about rLx feet beneath the lur*
face. They were of the lifl€€uth century f
and most probably belonged to some large
hall or private hou^^er no ecclesiastical
building haviniir occupied the site.
The foundations of the North Gate gave
considerable trouble to the workmen, for
they were like solid rock, and were very
deep and eitensive. At the site of the
lower North Gate the walls were found
entire, and the whole line of excavation,
in a transverse direotiouiwaa thickly sown
with sculls and human bones ; and this \%
not to be wondered at when we consider
the hot akirmisbini^ which took place on
thfll aide of the city during the siege.
There Is one important fact I wish to
QOtioe before I conclude » and that is Ibe
dlfferenee between the ancient and present
level of the city of Gloncei^. Roman
rem sins are found geuerally ten^ eomc-
tunea fifteen , feet below the modern sur-
face. The floor of St. Nicholas church is
at least six feet ; and an encaustic floor
lately found was in a still lower position
with regard to the riyer. The stones and
ring, which evidently formed part of the
Roman quay, were said to be twenty feet
below the surface, but this 1 think exag-
gerated. Nevertheless, they were tar below
the present level of the river at high water.
Now i am inclined to think that all these
fitieta show that the bed of the river hat
gradoally been filling up to an extent we con
hardly calculate, and that the high floods^
which for the last handred years have
annually snbruerged the country adjoining
the river, are comparatively of modern
occurrence* The fact of the Abbey Church
having been rebuilt on a site further from
the river than that on which it originally
stood shews that, in the time of the
8a&onS| annoyance began to be expe-
rienced ; indeed* had it been so beforet
the Hooni of moat of tba churches would
yearly have 8een submcrrged under eight
or nine feet of water. But these facta I
leave for geologists to decide upon, hoping
next month to have more to communicate
on the subject of Gloucester antiquities.
A »ONNBT, TRIBUTARY TO THE POET BERNARD BARTON.
With thy sweet verse af with thyself I walk,
B^iBTos, and list thy hush for whispering,
Soft as the waving of ao Angers wing,
To aid the quiet of thy bosom -talk.
With folded arm thou art prepared to dwell
Within thyself retired ; whilst thou dost woo
That eabiocs3 of the breast, which may subdue
The tumults throbbing in its inmost cell.
My thought* led captive at the poet*B will,
Follows accordant, and the soothed soul
Owns the overpowering of thy control,
While the whdmVl heart the foster'd raptures fill.
The lustrous beaming of thy heavenward eye
Telb how thy spirit bides lis ecstacy*
Tnrei/e^ CormtxtlL
C. V. LsGbicb,
CORRESPONDENCE OP SYLVANUS URBAN.
A^rvwvA TO Oxo;<i«ifst8.— Ths Oxfobji SsrrvACiKT.
Mm, U»»A?*,— **/! k^^p^n^r ptrk^pt
noi to tkt ertiii ^ merwA IHmr^wrm
eUher in Ba^imiwF 9mik§ mmHamt^ikMi
mo aitempt Atft ^i§m mmiU, to mmf prmt
^rittU at iM»i, io make a criiicol rmtron
qf iM$ importoMi vtrHon. AUkongh ike
tatk mottid be em tJitremtl^ difficult on^,
mid m perfect work eowiUi kardJy bo ejr-
pfcUd/rom (ht lohomrt of a tinglt indi-
viduolt ttill it if to ho limented thot to
lUilo ho$ yti boon dono,*" Such it the
Apology whicb, I will not imj m j antagODiftt,
bal mj sdvoeate, has geoeroasl j proTided
for me in your but namber* I cannot
find it in my heart, slter such an acknow-
kdgmeai, to adopt the tone of controrersj,
or scarcely to allude to lome harth ex-
pre»iiona in hU defence, againit what he
terms, *^ an unprovoked attack/^ Had be
been strictly an unknown correspondent^
I mightp perhaps, have been betrayed
into the hin|;uage of recrimination \ hut,
when I entertain no donbt that this candid
and important, oonfeafiton Uua proceeded
from one of no inferior authority than
the Dean of Christchurch and the Regiiu»
Profetsor of Greek at Oxford, and who
if, unqucitionably, the most learned Greek
scholar in the kingdom, I feel too much
bononred by hh notice, and too much gra-
tiiod by hit admission, to indulge in one
angry expreision.
As it would not b^ respcctfiili however,
to pass by in sitence the anituadversioni
of your distinguished correspondent, per-
mit me briefly, Mr, Urban, and I hope
dispaisionately, to advert to his tending
propositions. ** It is clear,^^ he say^, " to
any man of common sense, that the mere
position of the apocryphal books docs not
in the slightest degree affect their anthen-
ttcity, or endow them with any authority
beyond what they legitimstely possess."
To a few recluse critics this assertion may
be theoretically troe ; but it does not hold
good in regard to the great majority of
mankind. Ever since the Reformation,
tbo position of these books has been a
iubject of dispute, and a line of demarca-i*
tion between Protestants and Papists, It
ia not for the University of Oxford to iiigalt
the feelings of our people, or to defy the
decisions of our Church. Greek MSS.
cannot be pleaded against English Articles.
The SiiEth Article has once» and for ever,
prescribed to all members of the Anglican
Church the exact order in which our Bibles
ire to be arranged.
S
Nor let it be rappoied tbia dedaioii wm
pee«Uiaf to our nadonal Clrarcb. It wm
lil0eclM> of Luther and MdaneHioii. No
toooer hftd Lotber'a German Tenaon ap-
peared, than the Moe Ptotertuil dispoai* j
tion of the booka became tbe mark aa4 '
token of all Protestant editions of the Holf |
Scriptures. The editors of the LXX. bad j
the honour of being amongit hat oi
followers. Lonicenu, aa we hxvo alrMdf 1
noticed, led the way at Strasburgh, mj
15%, The more illosfrious McUncthoil ]
followed in the Basil Edition of U49.
Though both these editors followed ()>• j
teit of the Aldine in 151t4, they reversed]
the order of that edition, and aubstitoteij
the order of Luther. MogmoHimi liordbBi
They spurned the thraldom of Monkiab^
copyists, and asserted that ^* liberty wit^ j
which the Qpfpel had made them frre.*' j
Your readers, Mr. Urban, are already to* J
quainted with the preface of the for
editor. Melancthon has thus discrimlvj
nated between the canonical and uiioaiM»»l
nical, AnOKPY*Al AI IIAP KBPAf' '
OI2 EK TOV T12N ASlOIUrrON
APIOMOY r\ IKAOISTAN TAI.
The learned Professor abo defends dm]
plan of this Oxford impression of
LXX. from the sudden demand of a cheafi |
and portable edition. But as more than \
thirty years had passed away since the
last edition lu 1^17, we must recur to his
own confeasioo, it i§ to to tttmomtod to
iittU had been done. Nor can the pIsD thus
hastily adopted be admitted as tbe best,
''under all circumstances," Surely , it
would have been far better to have adopted
Grabe'i printed text (which may be con-
sidered the Alexandrine, hating been re-
printed both at Moscow and Atheos)|
than to adhere to the Alexandrian MS.
rcprebeuted in his larger type, or as traoft*!
cribed in tbe fac- simile of Mn Baber. H]
is not the object of a cheap and portable'
edition, to exhibit the contents of a aingte
MS. but to furnish the reader with a cor-
rect and useful text — to rectify disloca-
tions, to fill up lactmitf and to amend in-
correct stichometry. Now, although this
would not provide " a perfect work,'* and
tbotigh any iuteiligent bible-clerk might
have performed *' the task/' yet it would
have been a wondrous advance on the
actual edition of 1B4I^.
When tbe learned Professor speaks of
the *' perfect work," and the "extreme
difficulty of the task,'^ be roost advert to
1854.]
Cof*re»pondenee of Si/lvanus Urban,
489
the *' critical revision " of text, whicb^ no
doubt t would demand^ not onlj c«re and
iadaatry, but critical talent of the highcat
order^ and Buch, perhap-i, m few others
but himself could fully furnish. But it is
" the outride of the cup and the platter "
which must be first cleaned. We must
bef in (It ttie be giTining» and that is not far,
or hard to find*— fount your fingi^rs^ and
arrange the arithmetic of chapter and
?cr8e- Look well to the end of Exodus,
and consult Grnbe, or rather the oliler
Wetsteio^* on the numerous dislocations
in the four cx>ncluding chapttrs^ Proceed
to the dislocations throughout the third
book of Kicig§, which are too^ many and
compliicated to be entimerated. They may
be rectified by Bos, Grabe, or the Complu-
tensian. Expel the spurious parts of Esther,
bracket the end of Job. and the iSUt
Psalm, and the short preface to the " La*
mentation^/' Rectify the dislocations in
Jeremiah. Free Daniel from Susanna and
the Drii^oUf hc> and you will hare done
much to purify the LXX. And nil ibis
may be easily accomplished by consulting
Grabc and Bob, and the Scholia of Bishop
Pearson ; abore all, by collatini^ thcCom-
plutensian text, as printed In the Antvverp
Polyglott. Such an edition ^onldbe^reeted
as the first instalment due to the LXX.
For ** the perfect work " we muat be con-
tent to wait till ^* the deaJmen'i bones,"
collected by Mes;srfi, Holmes and Parsons,
have been carefully sorted and examined.
Hie iaifftr t Hoc oputt !
K With respect to my objection in
retaininsf the spurious curse, Deut. xxvfi.
23, as though it really existed in the Va-
tican MS, I cannot, with ull deference,
perceive the force of the learned Professor's
defence. It is not easy to understand
what is meant by The Vatican receutkm.
So far as we know anything about the
editioh of 1^86, we must confide on the
PtefacQ prefixed to that edition. It states^
that it was chiefly based on a codex sup-
posed to be more than 1200 years old, and
consequently before the time of Jerome.
Now it is irajiossible to believe that such a
codex contained this spurious curse, which
is not alluded to by Jerome, or any of the
early Fathers. It must, therefore, have
been either introduced from some of the
other MSS, which they consulted, or be
an iaterpohition in the Vatican codex. With
such convictions, I stated that it ought
either to have been omifted, or Hiigmatiged
with an obelus. I cannot admit that the
adhereJice to a bad plan, though ** stated
on the title-page,*' is any justification of
allowing a spurious curse to remain unno*
tieed in the text.
It is worthy of re mark , that no allusion
was roade to this passaf^c in the evidence
given before the Committee of the House
of Commons, on the question respecting
the marriage of a deceased wife'H sister.
Though Cardinal AViseman and Doctor
Pust'y entered into the most elaborate de*
tails and references to aricient councilSi
yet neither of them made any allusion to
thi.H spurious curse in the Roman edition
of the LXX ! In vain have I solicited the
Cardinal to examine the codex at the Va<
tican, and to report on this carious ques-
tion—the oracle is dumb. There is every
rea^son to conclude it is a base interpola*
tion, introduced to sanction the traffic of
Papal dispensations, and consequently it
ought either to be obliterated, bracketed,
or marked with an obelus. — There cannot
he '*much doubt" attaching to such a
passage.
2. The same remark applies to " the
interpolation in Psalm xiii. 3/^ This
*' interpolation '* is taken verhaiim from
Rom. iii. 13 — 18. It is evidently nothing
more than a ^lot* of some well-meanings
but officious cop]ri$t. It isliard to helieTO
that it exists in this very ancle ut codex ;
but, whether there or not, as a ^loti it
ought to ha^e bsen inclosed in bracketi.
Strange to say, the learned Thomas Gale
has foisted it into the test of his Alex*
andrine edition of the Psalmai Oxford,
1678!
3. The next animadversion of Oxooi-
ensis relates to that strange medley of
odes and prayers at p, 1359 of this edi*
tion. I objected to all notice of such odes
and prayers, whether Scriptural or Apocry-
phulj as entirely foreign to *' any cheap
and portable edition ;** but ray main ob-
jection was to the profane ascription »
I am still of opinion that such an idolatrous
title should not have been introdaced, aa
Potior varietat codicit Atesamdrini.
4. To the next charge I at once plead
'* guilty."^ I inadvertently overlooked
'• the table ** for rectifying the misplaced
k
^ As a specimen, we copy his corrections of chapters ixxvi. and xxxvii. ** Yersiu
aeptem priores concordant com Hebr. ; rcliqua, ad finem usque, transposita sunt ex
c. xxxix. kf. 1, nsqne ad v. 31, inclusive: mutilato tanthm versu 3. Cap. xxxvii.
intricathis est : ejus initium pctitnr ex c. xxxvi. Heb. v, 8, ex jMirte truncato, ct v. 9 *
post, oniissis So versibus, saltum facit ad v. 35 cjufid. cap. 36, subjungens v. 36, 37,
38, mox osfiuit ex c. xxxviii. v. 9, 10, 11 et It! (hos duos inutilat), I:), 14, usque ad
23 inclusive. Oriff, coni. Marc. liastl, 1631, p, 195,— The notes of Wetstcin arc very
valuable. These correctiona may also be found iu Grabe De VHii* LXX, p, 10,
G«NT. Mao, Vol. \LL I Bb
480
Chmtpawhiie* ofSghxuuu Urian.
CMv.
[iiifcjptcim in leremkli. It mi not ia ib«
"'moflsOd. I bad lieeo Accustomed to
lit it at the end ol the Preface in Boa.
Bf 1 laf *^^ PitemvL*^ 1 aaghi to hATe
I Bora eaatiotia before I pveferred inch
rtn ttafoUBded ebarfe— nek o^enifkto will
^ occur. Th« Oxford editor bai stninbled
* tft Um tbrvsbold— be bas overlooked Ibe
f ^loiiMkiMi title of Generii I PSNKSIX
[ VQZif or.
5. The cooclvdiiif obaerrmtioo, retp«ct-
^ l*f 1li« omifeioii of tbe Tencsi 27—31 in
, Icr. fiii» is ilready raffideotlf angwercd,
^ % rvfbrfinf to our differenoe of opinioo
conecfninf tlic plan, as r^tive to tbe
Alexandrian teitf and the Aleiandnan
MS* If utility be the object of " a cheap
iod portable Vditio«.** it oi^bt to em-
brace tbe filling- op of all tdcmtof. Indeed,
whether yon regard tbe Vatican or the
Alezaodrian MS., ft U mert pedantrj and
I ]wiid«iY to fort^o the aid and atsistance of
I ftther MSS. which ma? correct their errors,
\ «r nmtdf their defecU.
Mj ftioeet, and 1 may add my obliga-
Hou, to nie Tery leoraed Dean of ChrUt-
dmith, will nor permit me to dwell on
his doting paragmpb^ My ProteatantiBm
!■ that of tbe Church of Bogtand* as laid
dk>wn in her Liturgy and /urtidei. My
canon of Scripture ii that which ia stated
fci h^ liilh trtiele* I &dmit tbut ** ean-
dour thonld always accompany crittcum ;*'
but I oannot admit, thai tt it *' ptitf WfinU'*
to ttaad vp Ibr the ordor of tW rwfiitiit
ELbte. Of U»t ** tha Cbriatian gffKii 4t
truth mmi chanty^' arc ^oUtod hypr^
tttstliif Igrail ftfUng the Virgiit Mwy.
'«The Mother ol God/'
And DOW, Mr. Urba«. I wtU oomIiJc
these 6epl«a«|ncnl notieeat with the rkmr
lof ooBfielum. that they have not btaa
altagilhor naeksa. Brief and imparfcel
•• they iTOf Ihoy hin HPalEaMd pvMis
*■ The dUsti«a Enowlodgo Society *^
now aciivelj magja^td m preparing an
ameOLlcd rdittan of the Alesaadrtan tcxt>
*' Tlic lament" of tbe kftn»ed Daan of
Christ Cbnrcb will compel the Uniivfitey
of Oxford hereafter to retiae tho Fatasaft.
Bnt be wotdd confer an ineatiniahle fknme
on sacrad UCeratnre, if he would ImA tim
way ** in the ntinon of tUi imfMVlHi
?enioa.*' His profoond knowWgn ttf
Greek lexicO||irraph]r, his iodefatifable la-
bourc on Hcphwsiion and the EtyniologiiXMi
— bis critiesl acumen as ediior ol d«nK
dotui, all point htm out as tht ivatoicr of
tbe LXX. Let him dadkUt hk lon^tt-
iog jears to thk gteat dmidirmtmm hm
will en}oy the wish of Braanm^fiitoii
dmrttmr in sacrii lUmit ttmmquUU #oft-
sflMwrert /
BH^kim, Aprii 15, Ift54.
FlSIT HlTHK.
Ma, Urb4J*, — In tbe third folio (reeta)
of that ancient book tbe liber A sive Pi-
lotttl^ GOntniDing the ancient evidences of
the Dean and Cbopter of St. Paurs, tp-
pears a notice of Fleet Hithc, perhaps tbe
inost indent that is now extant. Stowe
does not notice this ancient Hi tbe, which
is my apology for referring you to tbe
^ Weagre account that is preserved of its
origin and application, as eridenccd by the
following Process of Recognition :
**Hcnricu8 Rci Angliie ricccomiti Lond*
Bulatem prccipio quod rccognotci fadatli
|»er probos homines de ward& in cjui est
nitha * ilia de fleta qnam Henricua Arbo-
tariuB tenet, ubi naves Sancti Panli solent
cum pctr& spplicare, an Ula hida sit Sancti
FftUli an Henrici ? Et nares Sancti Paul!
yolent et debent ibi esse quieti de tbelonio
Ct oonsuetudine. Bt qnod Sanctuf Pauloi
et Episcopal jaate ibi habere deboemnt
teeundum quod recognitum fmonU iine
dlUdone eis fadatis habere in omotbtfs
rebus. Ne nuper hoc auHiam fnde da-
morcm. Teste W. de pont* tpnd Wlnt^
mam.**
This writ of recognition is of the Hbm
of Henry L as spprsre ffum the style of
the King, and from the fe#fr of tbe writ.
The name of Henricus ArboraH'^
the Woodmosger, occurs on ^
Roll of the Pipe for the 31 Hen. I. r unuintj
and Middlesex), and olno in the R^*tmm
de Clerkcnwetl,f as one of the ear Heat
donors to the nunnery of Clcrkeowell.
Hie circumftanoe of Hinry Wood-
monger's name appearing upon so aodent
a process is also conArmitory of the re-
marks of the RcT. Mr. Hunter with regard
to tbe true age of the Pipe Roll. 31 Hen. I,
Theproccftsitcrifvi, ,«. ti.nt rh..^ M«»»-
WRs in tbe pos-*-
monger (proba
wharf); thatt!
to the Dean an«:
were wont to unaliip thcxr lading at that
t This if written hitla iu the oHginat, but the d was constantly used hmg after th«
•son ttroes for fk. The monastery of Louth or Luth Park Is ouoatanUy written
Moo. de Parco Lurfc.
^ Mas, CoU. PttUftiuo, B* ft*
18»4.]
NttUi of the 3fonfh.
4»1
place ; fttitl that they sought to be quit of
an ancient toll And custom «XActed from
thetn.
Iti all probability some of your intdli-
S^nt readers may be abte lo toforin me at
what partJcalftT point on the stream the
** Hithe *' W89 sitiiftt«,— whether at Fleet
BHdfe or Holborn Bridge, or at the lo-
cality where this river in later diiyt ia taid
to roll ** ita large tribute of deAd doga to
Thamea/' m. at the month of the Hirer.
Stowe ia corroborated in hti recital of* the
averiuetit in the complaint made in Par-
Uamoalr 1307, "That whereaa in tiiii«i
paat the connie of water, ranoing at London
under Oldeborae Bridge and Fleete Bridge
into the Thames, had been of such breadth
and depth, that ten or twelve ships (navtJf)
at once, with merchandise, were wont to
come to the foresaid Bridge of Fleete, and
some of them to Oldeborae Bridge," — by
the words '* abi navea Saocti PnoU aolent
cum petra applicare,"—' which abips and
vessels, laden with stone and Kentish rag
for the repair of their church, maat hate
dr«wn some depth of water*
Vours, &c. T. E, T.
I
NOTES OF THE MONTH.
Sdcntlilc CommJkiijon to the Eaat— Arctic Exploration— Exhibition of Edaciitloniil Mochhtery
— fleftOolj of Art— Public Libraries and Miueum»— Scion tiflc SocletlfS of Llrcrpool— Hedali of
the Gec^niiphlcal and Astronomical Society— Uurtington Hoose— Sumsr Archieolcx^t Sodeiy—
Sale of Antiquities— Solo of tbc Co1I«etlonA of George Arnold, esq., F.3. A,— Proposed Ftiljllcatlon
of the Fatu^iett Collection— Opening to view of St, Paul's Cathedral— Staitne* of Stephenson aftd
Dalton— Guiidhall Monmncnt of Wellington— Stutuc of Georire n. In Lelcefter-<qniirfr-Moaumeot
to CliAJitrr) -ForcigTi Stattieu— Tlie L'alvcrHJty of Osfonl— Booksellers* ProvldcMi In«tttntlon.
Some seHooa elTorta have b«en making
in inflaential quartern to induce our Go-
Tcrnmeut to imitate the excellent eiample
of our new alliea io sending forth to the
YjMtt under the protection of our expedi-
tionary armies, some men of science, who
may bring hack nith them conqae^ta more
permanent and more talnablc than the
transient glorien of military ancceea. It
hat been well remarked upon thia oecasioa
by our contemporary the AtheQeum» that
** Turkey is a land of unknown treasures.
Gold-lieida await the eye of the geologist.
Imperial mina invite the antiquary. The
librariea of Brouaaa and Constantinople
offer a wide and unexplored field to the
bittorian and the cl&saic* Every roadstead
in the Black Sea, every reach of the Bog.
p horns, has ita novelty for the geographer-
^ho, again, has exhausted the botany of
the Crimea, the Caucasiao coasts, or the
•hores of Anatolia f A commissioa well
ehtfieii — ^oonaiatiDg, say, of a director ^ a
iHitoriographer, a marine painter, two geo-
ioglati, two geographers^ a literary aoti-
cpitry, m architectural draughtsman, two
botanists, and two or thre€ photographers,
^- could not fail to bring back with them
from the East a large ACcessiOD to our
knowledge/- A« a preliminary measure,
a committee has been appototed by the
Royal and some Other of tbe leading scien-
tifie societies, consisting of Sir R. L Mur-
chlson, Professor E. Forbes, Dr. Hooker^
and others. They at once entered into
eommunvcation with Lord Raghiar the
Commander of the Foroei \ who is under*
stood to approve, to a certain extent, of
the idea; but he teea difUcuUies, as a
military man, in the way of the explorers.
For the prcftent^ therefore, be thinks it
better that science shall be left to itself,
and that the arincd force shall alone occupy
attention. When, however, the army ihaLl
have been some little time in tbe field, and
ita destination shall be better knowoi the
Commander of the Forces bope4 ttiat he
will be able to further the vievvs of the sci-
entific Comtnitiee, Tbb time, we trust,
will soon arrive.
It appears that the Admiralty, witboat
sanctioning any new Exepdition to search
for Sir John Franklin, have determined
that such orders shall be issued to 8ir E.
Belcher as will empower him to continue
the search for the nitsain^ ExpeJition for
another year. The names of the officers
and crews of the Erebus and Terror, con-
trary to the notice given by the Admiralty,
are still retained in tbe ** Navy List," and
will remain there until the return of the
scajrcbing ships. Thia change may be in
some measure due to Lady Fronklini who
has addressed a long and cloc|tient protegt
to the Admiralty against the removal of
her husband's name from the Admiralty's
books until all tfrarcb for htm terminates.
Next June the Society of Arts propose,
in connexion with the many good works
in furtherance of which their energies are
now employed, to open a special Rjikiti-
Hon of EdueaUonal Machine^. The
492
NoUs ufthe MmUh*
[May.
idea IK, to collect a aertcs of niodi*)», t)liinj,
boQkfi, diitgritniiit and itppRratUH, whicli
»lmU iUustrntti the actuni practice of Hchoot
teacliiDg iti the great 8tutcii at Europe nnd
AmericAi bo «b to com pn re this witU thut
prevjiilm^ ill tbti United Kiogdum and in
tome of our i>riticipal Colotiie*, Arrnoge-
nicnts lire alrcudy eTitered into which cti-
iurc tucctfM to the ftcheme. Lord Cia«
rtrndoo, OB Foreign Secretary, aitd the
Duitc Mt Newcastle, aa Miniiter for the
Uotuuii'jf, hfivc given the plan their full
tiUjipurt ; and promi§ei of cordial cci-u|>e-
TAtion have be<Ba ret't-ived from th*! Cow-
mittfri; of Council on Editcotioii, the De-
purl mmt of Science luui Art, the Irish
CommtsHioner» of Edticatiou^ the Natiotial
School Society, tht; British and Foreign
iSchotifl Society, and other hodi^fl. iVinQt:
Albert nhowa hia interest iii the scheme
by hrnding A flubhcription, to defray the
nccet^Miry coat uf cnUecting and exhibiting
the model»<, with 100/,
The movement, which haa ilH centre iu
the n«w Department of Scieiico ainl Art
•t Marlborough House^ advances tftcndily
and jirosjierouily* *rbc jHropIc i>f Wir-
iiiit^hiim^ NottingHatD, and the Poltcnctt,
hdvc tteferally organised their *ehoolfl of
design into Schools of Art^ to he con-
dmrlcd OM self- supporting prineiples. The
Brislul ichixii hoji outgrown itM accommo-
dation m ijix monthji. Bath, Unrniarthent
Cftrli«le, nnd Duiifermline, are ahuut to
estahliah Schoola of Art in their rcipcctive
loCttlitieei ; aud several other towns ure
only waiting until iiiaMtera are certitied aa
competent, in order to comnierice upera-
liorid, Iti lliis lutler lii»t are auch im-
porUint plaeea us Liverpool, Glouceater,
Exeter, aud Truro.
Mr. Ewart's Bill on Public Libra*
rit* and Mwfeumtt the ohjeel of which
was to extend the operation yf the Act uf
185(1, has been thrown oui ju the Hont$e
of Coniuiona hy a vote of HS to Mr». TJie
Government n]*posetI the billon i tie ground
that* although the working of the former
Act wttR so far tiucceaaftti, fufficient time
hnd not elapsed to atford experience for
Jfurther legifilation.
The literary and Mcientilic tnhiilMlnnts of
Liv€rjftjift have been endeiivounng lately
to bring ubouta union rjf their four Irarneil
aocietiei^f with the view of diniini&hinK the
working expeiiMc.i, und of being able to
dovota more of their funds to tlic legitimate
purpoftM of their assttcKition. The four
aocielies publishing "Transactions/' are
tlie Literary aud Philuaiiphieitl, the Fuly-
teclmic, the Architectural and Arebacu-
logical» and llie Historic ; and a committet^
of delegates was appointed from among
them to report on their ynion. After a
careful eiamination of the matter it woa
recommended that the amilgamalion of tbe
Historic with the Literary and Phtio*
m)phicAl Society i« both practical and de-
sirable. The union of the Polytocbnic was
recommended with some heaiiAtiou* aad
the Architectural, it was thought, should
remain independent. On the meeting of
the respective councils, the Literary and
PhilosophicaL Society, founded iu 181!^,
andn umbering about 1 10 m embers » adopted
the report by a majority of more than three
to one. The Hintoric Society, founded in
lH4irt, and numbering 310 mcmbeti. m«t
and adopted the report nnauunously. Ill
both cases liekgales were apfwtikted again
to sketch out a new code of laws, and to
make such arrangeinenls as may be ne-
cessary to carry out the details. l*h«
Polytechnic decided against amalganiatian*
U wjis founded in 18;{H, and has about 170
members^ a large proportion of whom,
though engaged a& practical mcchauics,
and taking a warm interest in their own
subjects, would not cure for learning uf a
more general kind. The two former so-
cieties will be united at the close of thio
present session. If some such arrange-
ment could be ciTcc(eti among the muUt*
tuilinous nimiJieation^ of our nietropoUtau
societies, it would probably promote their
eucrgiea, aa well as economise their re*
souTcest
At the last meeting of the Royai Om-
graphirai Sncitty, the Founder*» med.^
was prcflcntrd to Admiral \V. IL Smyth,
K.R.S, lor bis nhle and ull but exhauative
work on (he Mnliterraneau Sea* Tba
l*utrou*a» medal was assigned to Capt,
M'llure for his iiuportant discoveriei in
the I'oltir Scrt.
The AjitroHomieal Societjf 'ir gold med
has been presented to M r. Charles liamker^ .]
for his long-continued observations, ai
esjH'ciHtly for his catalogue of 12,000 alara,
Burhngion ffouMe, in Piccadilly, has
been purchiiAed for thennlion by the Chief
CommiisiontT of Woods and Forests, at
the sum of XhOMOL, and it is said that
the noble family to whom it belonged hattt I
refused larger offers in their anxietf to
preserve it from desecration. It is therebyr
prevented from passing into ihe hands of
speculators, who were proposing to turn
it into a sort of London Palais RoyaL
Years ago, in IHOl^ this mansion, one of
the finest in London, was on the eve of
destruction. A lease was obtained, and
tlie building saved, by Lord George Cavea-
dish. At length it has become public pro-
perty,— and ere long the public will be
able, we presume^ to explore the marvels
long hid behind the liigh wall which ahuti
out curious eyes. The usts to which it ii
to be put is not, as yet, determined ; bul
the uicB are mauy which it« central aitua-
».]
A^o/w ofihe Month.
493
I
I
liou and t^pactoua ftrca nre well ncUpted
to serve. PosAlbly it will receive the
Itsamed (tocietiea who are ilceadiag an cx-
jiulsiou from Sanierset House, in conse-
qnencc of the tncreaaitig demand for go-
vcrnnien! offices, and who liuTe been
threjitcTiinl with exile to Kensington Gore.
It is annoQDced by tlie Secretaries of
the propiisfd Surrey Archt^ological So-
ciety that iU inaugural meeting will be
hnld on the lOch of May, at the Bridge
House E^otel^ at the Surrey foot of Lon-
don Bridge, A morning meeting, at one
o'clock, will consist of members only ; at
an evening meeting, af seven, various pa-
pers will be read» ond articles of anti-
ciujirian interest cibibited (which may be
sunt to the care of Charles Bridge r, eaq.
Curator.) The ebair will be taken by
Henry Druinmondf esq. M*P.| F*R*S.,
Vicc-Prcsidetit.
A vttlujiblc collection of Worka of An*
cient ^r^ has been sold during the paat
month by Mc«ara. Solheby and Wilkinson.
It iitcluded auiphoric, statucttra, bronxeii,
fib II lie, va»e«, masks, lacbrymaturiea,
cameos, Etrusc^in puttcry, terracottas,
gemSf ancient jewellery, marbles, ivories,
aroiouT, marqueterie, mosaics, VencLian
and Germao glass » and Eaffaelleand Faenjea
ware. Among the more curious speci-
mcna may be tnentitmed, a pair of Etrus-
can ear-riugs formed i<l hallow ovaU of
flat beaten gold ; an Etruscan bronze of a
gronp of small 6gures wititesstng aa exe-
cution ; a bronze Crouj^h from XaQthus,
suppof^d to baTO been an incense burner ;
a broDxe lamp from Cuma?, intended for
suipension, ornamented with boj^^es of
lion's heads ; and an Etruscan vtwe^ the
bottom of which was formed by a wild
bcASt'a head find j«)ws. We may add to
this tiat a small gold statuette of Ctiptd,
and some ancient vases of semi-opaqne
Greek 'glasst (omid in a tomb at Huvo,
very pearly and iriJeficeut from long cor-
rosion ; and some curious bracelets, bulla: ,
necklaces, and tirings of Greek workman*
&bip. Of the luxurious fifteenth century
work there were some rich loiitances. Of
these, the best was a silver shrine, twenty-
five inches high, containing a figure of St.
John, and attended by cherubim, angels,
children holding festoons^ and decorated
with fruit and Huwcrs ; and a baronial
salt-cclUr, .suronounted by a figure of Fame,
surrounded by Cupids riding on dolphins.
Mr. Phillips, of Bond-street, has been
down to Ash by Lodge, near Daventry, in
order to difperse by his hammer the valu-
able collection of Pictures and Books coi-
Iteted by Georffe Arnotd* eaq. F.S.A. who
died in 1806, and by bis father and grand-
father, and which were particularly noticed
' Mr. Baker in his History of Northtmp*
ton shire, vol, i. p. 247. There were 195
1«jUs of pictures, amonjj; which the mo«t
remarkable were the following : — Porlraits
of George Arnold, e*q. (grandfather of the
above George), and his daughter, by Ho-
garth, painted tn the house by that great
English master ; the former was sold for
d\t. and the latter for 37/. 6«. and they were
purchased by the-Hev. Dr. Arnold, of
Headington, near Oxford. A third picture
attnbuted to Hogarth, and said to repre-
sent Miss Ray, or more probably Miaa
Emery, was sold for the higher sum of
71/. IB». A portrait by Holbein of John
Halea, founder of Coventry Free School,
1554, was sold for 51/. Mania de Vo»t by
bimself, and his wife (the pair), 30/. !>*. lid
Sir Thomaft M-iyerue, M.D. (byRubena?)
16/, 16*. Death of Seneca, by Vandyck,
37/. B«. Contiuence of Scipiu, by Fadua'
nino, 15/. 5«. Danae, by Gentilesehi,
25/. it. Conversion of St. Paul, by Die-
peabeck, 17/, lit. The Last Judgment,
by Rubens, 21 L Game Cock and Fowls,
by Hondekocfcr, 17/. H#. Gd, King Wil-
liam HI. and Queen Mary going in atate
to Parliament thru ugh the old Horse-
Guards, by Old Wyck, H/. A View of
Aahby Lodge, by G. Barrett, 2/. 2#.— Two
days' sale of Books followed on the 21st
and 22d April. The collection consisted
of upwards of 5,000 volumesi and was par-
ticularly rich in Natural llistoiy, Numia-
mntica, and old Chronicles, and more par-
ticularly in English Topography, atnoug
which were — Nichols's Leicestershire, large
paper, 8 1/, ; l!utcbius*a Dorsetshire, '2d tdiL
brge paper, 81/.; Dugdale's W^arwick-
«hire, 20/.; and most of the other County
Histories at equally good prices. Gougfa*s
Sepulchral Monuments, 3 vols. 56/. 1 1#.
Among tiie chronicle? were, Froissart^s
Chronicle in Engfish, 1553, 25/. j Caiton'i
Chronicle by Wyakcn de Worde, 18/.
Mr. Mayer, of Liverpool, the purchaser
of the much talked of Fauttett Cuihciion
qf Sa^on Aniiquitiet from the Kentish
tumuli, has resolved to publish a hand-
some quarto volume of the manuscript ac-
counts of the opening of the barrows, and
of the discoveries made in them, to be
cdittd, with copious foot-noteSi by Mr. C,
Boach Smith. The objects, aa our readers
know, cnnabt chiefly of weapons, jew-
ellery, and pergonal ornaments, imple^
ments and ulenaiU, coins, pottery, glass,
and vases; and the circumstances under
which all these were discovered are mi-
nutely described in the diariea of Mr.
Faussett. Among the personal omo meats
the gold brooches^ set with precious stones
and filagree, which are of the highest in-
terest as specimens of the artistic skill of
our ancestors, are to be engraved and
painted in fac- simile in colours | and it U
494
Not4t» of the Month,
CM.y,
Iiropofled to represent nttmeroas other ob-
eets bj engravings dtid wooden tj> Some
lindscapc viewi are also to be inierted of
the localitjet tn which the remafni were
foand. The subscriptioa ii only two
guineAj,
Some of the moat taste ftii of the archi-
tects of Londan have been endeavoaring
to perpetuate the vfry excellent ricw of
the Oiifiedral Church qf BL PauVi which
if opened at the j u nction o f t he new street at
the fouth-east bide of the Chorcbyanl, It
is itiuch to be feared that this hitherto un-
riT ailed view will be agtfin blocked up by
■ome of the colotsal warehouses which are
now so nnieli the fashion ; bat, should the
nrohitecta prove sttceeiiful, tlic area wilt
form one of the finctt openings In the
metropoiis, and one which would be moat
approprintely ornamented by a statoc of
Sir Christopher Wren, on the seme of his
greateat triampb.
Mr. Bally 'a atatue of Oeorgc Slpphcn-
$on has been erected in the great hall of
the Etuton-sQUare Station. It i« a com-
manding work, and in the purest tasle.
It confronts the spectator with a medi-
tative mien, as though pondering OTer the
mighty and mysterious power the genius
of the engineer so largely helped to call
into existence. Ita aspect is tnassire and
grinds and the likeness perfectly retained.
The total subscriptions for erecting a
memorial to the memory of Dr* Daltonf
author of the atomic theory, have at length
r«acbed5»3IS/.f of which 1,175/. h» to be
expended upon a bronze statue to be placed
in front of the Royal Iniirmary, Man-
chester, and 4,1^5f. in founding achotar-
ships and prizes to tlie new Owens College,
Mauchoiter Of the Inst tium, 3,500/* is
to be invented in perpetual corporation
bonds at four per cent, realising 30/, per
annum for each of two scholarships in
chemistry; 1,^5UA h to be iDTested for
two mathematical aeholarahips, realising
25/, per annum for each ; and 375/. si-
milarly infested ia to give an annual prize
of 15/. in natural history, Mr. Theed is
to copy in bronze the statue already car?ed
in marble.
The monument to he erected by the
City of London to the Duke of Welling-
ton has been given to Mr. John Bell, It
is to be erected in Guildhall, and will form
an appropriate companion to the memorial
of Nelson.
Meanwhile, an extraordiniiry story haa
been revealed by an inquiry in the House
of Commons, as to the rate of the statue of
O forge the Secand which stood in the area
of Leicester Square. It is stated by Sir
William Molesworth that when Mr. Wyld
flfeetcd hii GfMt Globe, this statao waa
found to be merely of lead, filled with rtaf ,
and was consequently carted away, " with
other rubbish!'* A history of ptiblic
statues would be one of tli« " coriositi^ of
literature,"
A monument, but not of sculpture, bn
been erected to the memory of oof onoe
greatest sculptor, Sir FVancit Chtmtreyt
at bis native village of Norton near Shcf*
field. It is on obelisk of Cornwall granite,
twenty-one feet ten inches high, in one
block, fttirmounting a boiie of the same
material, erected on Norton Green, The
ba«e is three feet high ; it weighs upwards
of nine tons, and the shaft nearly as mueli.
The faundation is a solid square of ma*
sonry, twenty-five tons haTiog been ntod
in its construction. The detign — a plain
shaft on three steps — was furnished by
Mr. Hard wick, tt,A., and one word only,
the name of Cuantrby, is graven in the
stone. The principal promoter of thia
monument has been the Rev. H, Pearson,
the Vicar of Norton.
An iron statue of William the Second,
King qf Hottand, has been erected at the
Haguf. The king wears the uniform of
a gcneraL and the handa are raised as in
tht: Attitude of addressing an andience.
In Freiburg a monument has been com-
pleted to celebrate the memory of Bwr*
tkotd Schwarit the monk who hos the
reputation of having discovered, in 1340.
gunpowder, and in 1154 lost his life by
an ezpluslon in the pursuit of his inveaiti*
gatiooi. The monnment consists of an
octagonal basin, in the centre of which
rises a colnma, out of which flow four
streams of water. The column serrcs as
a pedestal to a statue of Schwarx, hewn
out of grey stone by Knittcl, the Frei-
burg scalp tor.
The ministerial scheme for regulating
the government of the Univerriig qf
Oj^ord passed its second reading In the
House of Commons on the 7th April
without a division. Dcau Irdand't Scho-
larship for the advancement of classical
taste and leamiug hasi been awarded to
Mr, William Lambert Newman, Scholar
of BalHol College; and the Hertford
(Latin) Scholarship to Mr, F. B, M.
Montgoroeric, Commoner of the samtf col-
lege. The former had obtained the Hert-
ford Latin Scholarship, and the latter one
of the open Craven Scholarships,
The Annual Report of the Booktellert'
Provident Institution ^ which hss just been
issued to the 5S0 members, states that,
during the year, IB members and 1^
widows of members have received assist-
ance from the funds to the amount of
rj:^4/. 4#. Bd, The amount of capital In*
vested up to the preaeat time is 80f9(HI.
4M
HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.
AKcieni Ooihic Ckurchet : their Pro~
portimtM and Chromafict, Part 111. By
William Pettit Griffith, ArchiUci, F.S.A.
ifC, ito. — Arehiteetural Boiany. By the
sAme, 4lo. (with miuj Plate*.) — The moiQ
object of Mr, Griffith's profess iodkI works,
which bare already Attnined considerable
cirealation and approval, is to ahow that
the true principles of arch i tec ttiral design
are ba^ed upon natural forms ; and that
the early architecta derived their propor-
tions from the same source. Amongst
many quotations which he makes in eup>
port of the conchiiion that certain fiiicd
rules of proportion were maintained in the
middle ages, is a remarkable passage re-
lative to Ihe dome of Sienna, upoo which
a commiasion of Krehifeects in th<! year
1321 reported, '* That the new work ought
not to proceed any further, because, if
completed as it bad been begun, it would
not haTC that measure in length, breadth,
and heightt whieh ihe rultt for a church
rtquirt,*^ This decision obviously applied
to certain settled rules, which, though they
are not prescnrcd in writings may proba-
bly be deduced from the examiiiatioQ and
itudy of eiiAtitig monQineiits of mediae fal
art*
The Rev, Mr. Kerrich, in an elaborat*
paper contained in the Idth volnrtsc of the
Archaiologia, (1821,) enlarged on the uj^e
of ** the mysterious figure called the vesica
piscia, in the architecture of the Middle
Ages." Mr. Griflith maiDtains that the
oval ligure to called ia but the nheit, whilst
the equilateral triangle is the kemtl of the
architectural tiut, and to that figure must
we look for all the potent etfects of just
proportions. It was thii form, as he sug-
gests, which dictated the general propor^
tions, both in plan and elevation, of all
the finest churches of the mediaeval ages.
At the same time, the square aud the pen-
tagon were found very uaeful in certain
portions of the design. The chapter -
housee of Welle, York, and Salisbury
Cathedrals, and of Westminster Abbey, are
proportioned by two conjoint »quareji
forming an octagon; and those of Lincoln,
Worceater, and others, by two conjoint
pentagons, forming a decagon. Mr« Grif-
fith has ex em [1 Lifted his ideaa upon the
grouQd-[>liUiB of many of the fineat and
most remarkable churches in this country.
Then, as regards the minor details, it has
been juatly remarked that architectural
forma were applied to every kind of medi-
eval ornamentation. Not only the interior
or ftsed foraitore of buildings, but also
thoie which wik caUod movtrables, in-
cluding plate and the garniture of the
feative board, and even personal costume,
partook of this chftracteristic ; and it was
usually produced by the multiplication of
regular geometrical figures, in conformity
to which the artist modelled his pnttems
of foliage and other objects derived from
nature.
The latter portion of Mr, Griffith's last
publication (and which \& sold separately)
is devoted to this subject : and under the
title of '* Architectural Botany " he sets
forth, ^€fmndun% arfem^ the geometricai
distribution of foliage^ flowers, fruit, ^c.
which he cxemplifieB in ti;vcnty original
designs adopted from tiie vegetable king-
dom.
An Bight Weeka^ Joumai in^ Norway ^
See. m 1852. By Sir C, Anderson, Bart
Po§t 8»o,— The author of this pleasant and
interesting volume has twice visited Sweden
and Norway, first in 1 929 and again in 1852.
The present volume is the substance of
his journal during the latter tour; in the
course of which hi^t attention was alive not
only] to the natural beauties and scenery of
those countries, which have been described
by other hands, but more particularly to
the ecclesiastical architecture, of which he
presents his readers with sundry " rough
outlines,^' sketched with the anastatic
pencil. His descriptions of some of the
old stone churches in Norway will lead
the architectural antiquary to com|>are
thcrn with the most ancient structures of
that class on the eastern side of England t
of which he remarks, that *' It is probable
that buildings attributed to the Saxons,
on the eastern side of England, are the
workt of the Scandinavians whilst they
had rule, and the citica of Tfork and Lin-
coln, and the towns of Nottingham, Lei*
cester, Stamford, and Derby were Daniab
burghs." (p. 18.)
One of the most remarkable of these
churches is tlwt of Aggershuus or Akkars,
at Christiania, said to have been built by
king Olaf, the saint, and still the cathedral
church of one of the four dioceses of Nor*
way ; of tliis Sir Charles Anderson gtve«
various sketchea snd a ground-plan.
" At Gran void are two curious stone
churches in one churchy aid ; the smaller
roofless, having been fired by lightning ;
said to have been built by two Bisters^
which is probable, the naves of both being
of the aarae style. The large church, now
in uae, is much tike Akkars church, but
handsomer ; the tower has been carded
up, and form» a square belfry at the inter-
496
Miscelianeous Retiewt,
[May.
MCtion of the nave and chancel. The
hue of tbii tower and that of Akkars re-
•rmble that of the old tow^r of Stow in
Linoolnihire. On the wett tide of tbr
tower are two circalar aperture*. Tcnr
nmilar lo thoie f-jond at Stow, and sup-
poied to have been the old beifrr windowi ;
tfaree more are alio aeeo in the gable of
the we»t front. The rialtin^ of t»i- ai^lr*
is earij abd rude, thii of thr n^ve trarly-
poinied. ae alM> the criancrL"
At another place the traTtller «i^ a^in
reojiodrd of the ancient church of Stow : —
"' The church of Sijdre con»iftt« of nare
aad chancel of ftone, nidelr built. Mea-
■«red one ttone i:> the wall, »is fe-.t luo^
bj one and a half thick : th* wali of the
BBTC about tventj fe^t hirfa. There is a
roand- beaded door on the north »ide, the
•idet of Bhich are ei^ht ttet to the s\ ring
of the a:ch. which is comf>o»ed of three
larfe Konet. It if like tfie door in the
north traniept at Slow. The window* on
the Donh »ide of the nave Tenr nidr. being
■lere flits, with ooe »torie laid orer, hol-
lowed to form the top."
" Oddtmcei chorda if a ftone ^ailJinx.
with a wooden fpire. The onlj ancient
part is an apie at the ea*: end. mvch like
that of Akkarf. bat sakaUrr. .\ rune
, about ten Utt high, bv tao feet
and three inches and a half thick,
rtandf in the charci.Taid ; an'.ther ftone
without runcf lies in the eruM below. The
lafffe lecier» on the brr/ad fide axe ao won
M to be il!egii>ie. I o:-pie^ tho«e on the
rdfe. and Pr vfecaor M L r;f CLr-^iaiiU
rend then, off a: once thu». Atimdr ftirdi
tirkm ^u€ p'^nptr CHHft kims kmim « odalt
aim, * Errind m&de thif c'-.«rv-.. z''-«df''''n
of Olaf 'the laiSi:. on Lit estate udm/, :
and if the f<>ifr:-& bt^: tii» csisrci^ wlt
noc tie rvdfaiLtr LiTt bc;iit t^
iof AkkAra?"
IVe vooden chnrcLes r/, Norwaj are
dho in their vaj laosi rcakirkablc. parti-
alvlj horn the mnster in wLkh their
■BBlpiared featnrcs imitate thoie of ftone.
A liV lad BQrt pr9tef42ne o&e a: Bor-
~ in one of %-j Charles
ff *fftriiw, and is described at
IS " It if Hated bcl7v 'Jbt saxall
, aa a ioverr meadow. side, cl-jae
^ liter, and baekcd bj lofty hii:f,
birch and nA ; a f of fours
i^Maa done bj. TJt beli-
» of wood, «andf ckac br the
I are Bearir as perftc: at
r vara baih, Atc or rx huadrvd
\ be of ktf r date
1W charch has a Noraua
aH ro=»d,eo-
. wh \ '--^.eit out irvm
I mde aifiea. a
1W chancal
and apse are sunnoonteJ br a wooden cu-
j>ola. in shape like that at Trooyem ca-
thedral ; the walls, roof, and pagoda- fhapeJ
|ii:inacle at the u»p. are covered with
wooden fhiogles. lapping over each other,
and fhapt- d like the leave* of an arti4:hoke,
but longer and more {Kiiuicij. It is pitched
over, of a reddi«h colour, and the wood
seemf in Kood preservation. The wefct
door if Very elabor«i**. the othtrr* leas so.
Foliage. s«rperiu. and J.ragons iuterladng
form tfic chief nniauiebis; >-nd the bold-
neas of the execution e<:jnaU ti*kt of €»Hy-
EngUfh work. The pillar* are carried ap
to the ro-jf. as would naturally t>^ the case
in a tim^xrr c3u»truLtion. anj the arches
and triforium aie pit^ctd on. So also must
have been the capital* of the yVA^r*, whith
are g -ne. Se«rrai ^A the CJirrri bracket*
sop}>ortitiZ t!.e rir« of th» ry>f fti.i remain.
The church n*ay be a*yOo: eighty or ninety
feet I'jng. T;.e nave it dindtrd frvin ti:^
cfaaxfc-:! by three arche* *nJ a *<rr*fu.
Above the c ntre arch, in tLe triforiuiu, i«
the w'XMlm KoJel of a church with a fpire.
probably a rt'ijuary '.t fcrf.ruiu. I^ehind
it« in tJe roof \txtT t'le chant*., if a i^ffrd
rnn-dter. abobt which I could make out
nothing. . . . Ob* ran best m« at t'le
euftem er.d Low thr »h>!* bu:;<Jing i§
fraiceJ. upon a base of none, Ivid Vj^tihter
without c-njeijt, a^ the f>u'jdttionf of the
s«t<r« * are now. TLi p..!ir» of the fouih
door have rro:e4>',ae animii* oa the capi-
tals, and end btl.»» in m-jD*'.er»' head* —
somewhat L//n^*.irdc in tLwacter. Tl»e
gab';ef j( ^:.^ cave and pisnacie lermiaate
in c.*ar;i&.irad^. and a paitera of open
work ruL^ al: 2g t^e ridge. All the other
poiLtf. can'.jrr* ovtr the fmaU u^zMrt
wiii'iowc. aijd ^j^Ifry rabka, are sur-
moc:.ted eai-j. with a fsali crow. The
belfry ia» aa a.-ode t .-thA it. wc-e** the
belif Lair, of tit sazne cLa.'ViVr at that
running r'^uai tie citrci.. *ii ti*ty ap-
pear t'.- ys coeval. Of iLe Veil* one ocJy
is aneiex.t. hiv:i.g tL? word* ^ ^kscttt^
LATuz^cczv? hi cid letUT». Tie w->>d
aaed in t^-ew ccr.vtf buiidarsf :# p:-*.
which must Livr b«c "twrHsx-t frr^m bt-
low. for VirrL aii aip^f^ are tit ol" y •re*s
in tiif rdtj."
Sir C Larjtt .\ndeTi.-.'r. aii» tLat Hiacr-
dahl c*.tr:L. iz. Te>-=.a.'-k.K.. i» the on'y
building Le Lm i*tsz '^f it all •■:ir*.ir ^'>
Borrr:^. tad it has t*ei tr.'At'z.lLt i :c-
sfde ; bet tLat :t it very ;•:•«. ■.!». tLtt
there may yet trjr. r.i-er rLx.rzi,t% J t.i.«
dharacter :b '.ie vkl".*7i »i-":i. rn* '.'A
hither. > be»« i:t:t<-.3 i-y freeze* '. .-rift*.
We tac Mr. Fo«rft*T in "Njrwty t::i
itj Sjeierv." wiici we *Lil rrtvtr.uv
• Tilt nrjtn .1 N-^rway tr?-
Ttrj yr c«:itjyi&g farr.-r.eadf.
1854.]
MUcelUmeowt Reviews,
407
proceed to notice,) notieing Hitterdnbl as
the best specimen of its class, though we
j_do not perceive that he describes aoy
ttheri^t and only mentioDe that of fiorgund
•Hghilj. He gi?ea as the generic charttcter
of the ancient Norwegtati cburcheii that
** They are built of pine timber, notwith-
standing which the general effect is massive.
The deUils are elaborate ; rounded ap«e*
to the chancels, transept », cbupela nnd
porches, exterior cloistered galleries, lofty
spires or cupolttSt all richly ornamented
with eucircled crosses on the gables, and
dragons' hejids carved iti hold relief pro-
jecting from the aogle», hretik the general
outline with picturesque variety/' This
dcscriplion answers closely to Borgund*
aud we presume entirely lo Hiiterdahl :
but »t \a singular that only one such church
should have mvX the eye of either traveller.
Nor may and iU Scenery ; compHting
the Joumaf of a Tour by Edward Price,
E^q. mth cofuiderabie addiiions; and a
Road* Book for 7\j«m/#, wtih Hinh io
Anylftt and Sporttmen. Edited and
Compiled by Thomas Forester, B»g, A,M,
author qf ** Norway in 1848-49," ^e.
(JSoAiiV niuttrated' Library.) l^mo. —
W c bad written the preceding review* and
laid down Sir Charles Anderson's book,
before we took up the very agreeable ami
exceedingly complete volume now before
us : wbich is, in fact, a summary of all
that previoaa tourists have published on
Norway and it« wild and magnificent
scenery. The foundation of the hook is
the tour written by Mr. Price, and pub-
liahed in 1834 with twenty 'One plates,
which Mr. Bohn now no chenpLy repro-
duces. Mr. Price'* tour, which, having
merely the objects of ii landscape-painter,
wa» naturally purtia], is supplied io its
defects by information drawn from various
other author;!. Of all ihv^e Mr. Forejter
gives a full accouut in hi^ intipductory
chapter, in whicJb he describes the suc-
cessive tours made by English and some
continental tourist** The first English
publication which gave any account of
Norwegian scenery was by Mary Wooll-
stonecraft, afterwards Mrs. Godwin, who
made a shorl residence upon the cosfit in
the year 1795. Ne^t follow the well-known
Travels of Dr. Clarke, not published until
1819, ten years after he was in Norway,
the only intervening publication being
some views made by an artist named Edy,
some time before 1815. Captain, after-
wards Sir A. De Capell Brooke, was the
first English tourist that accomplished the
journey to the northern extremity of the
European continent ; his Travels were
pabliahed in 1822. Mr. Price's cjicursion
Gbht. Mao. You XLL
took place in 1 82b' ; and the year after he
was followed by Mr. H. D. Inglis, who
published first under the nom de voyage
of DtTwefit Conway, and afterwards under
bis proper name. In 1827 and 182** the
Rev. Robert Everest accompliahed the
most eilcnsive tour in Norway yet per-
formed by any English traveller ; its re-
sult* were publifthi:d in 1829. He was
followed in 1830 by Mr. C. B. Elliot, and
in 1834 by Mr. John Barrow, who both
also favoured the world with the result of
their observations. In 1835 Lieut. W. H.
Breton, R.N. published ** Scandinavian
Sketches:"' ia 1856 appeared « '^Journal of
a Residence in Norway,^' by Samuel Lalng,
esq. 1834 to 1836; and in 1840 "Norway
and the Norwegians," by R,G. Latham, esq.
In 1847 Mr. Forester and Lieut, (now
Capt.) Biddulph, El. Art. planned a series
of excursions through unfreijiiented parts
of Norway, which they achieved during
the two following years, and which are
fully de*cribt?d in Mr. Foreitter's own
volume of Travels, Besides these works »
of which Mr. Forester renders a full ac-
countf he alludes to Mr. Be!ton*s '*Two
Summers in Norway,*' in which satmon-
fishing ia cleverly treated, and to a book
by Mr. Lloyd, who, as for aa bear. killing
goeSt is the Gordon Camming of the Nor-
wegian wilds ; and, among the landscape
painters, to Danby, West of Bristol, John
William Edy, Colonel SkiuldAbrand, Tis-
count Adalbert de Beaumont, and, hut^
the Rev. Alfred Smith, whose '^ Sketches
in Norway" were published in 1847*
From such materials, reviewed in tio hasty
spirit, but rather digested in the course of
actual use and consumption, Mr. Forester
has compiled the very ezcellent manual
before us, which, while it supplies (in its
ttecond chapter) practical suggestions to
embryo travellers, and a descriptive scries
of routes for the whole country, can only
be compared to some of Ihe best of Mur-
ray's Continental Handbooks^, as present-
ing an epitome of every branch of iafor«
mation requisite to the attainment of the
proper advantages and plejisures of travel,
the mitigation of its inconveniences, and
the greatest economy of time and personal
fatigue.
Antiquiiiea of Shropshire. By the Rev*
R. W, Eyton, Rector of My ton. Parte U
io III. Royal ^tfo, — The present age hfts
not been very prolific in that important
class of publications— County Histories,
and such publications of this kind as have
appeared latterly have been mostly of a
pictorial or popnlar character. In fact a
bonajide county history is a very labori-
ous undertaking, sufficient to exhaust the
ical of a maii*s life. His maUtvx^Jt*. m^
4?^
MiKtllttMwu Bmnrt.
rybir.
rtrt'l t »- Lui^. for b»
j'».yir
rer.*r*.i ■.* it- "-v twot it.'9'Lrt. jni*jlic
and f'lkV. cv.-i*9'.'r.jLi f'^ f-.»ri»*ti'. <r
otIkt r^* .-.-.:t-.e* t'jd it LA§ tv Mek op
Iue» rt :**s- ■.:. «'•*: Tir-e^T tsd L:&9Ct
rt^-.'-e i-r««: .x^*! tu..«]f»d£*. to link
ta^e-i. *-•- k iz.-Jb^.r ••vj^twi '',f pEfitcce.
to rsiirr 'bt-j. -.Tiiltvl*: it-i. -pLrt. tL*
lilt ft-.-.i'/r ii:»T ti.z.iL Liu^i^lf «cu«^ii>
fwtfir.ftOt. :f. :-. rvi^iog iji L':r:.i*lf «a
eajtict «-i:cfa « wvitr ^:«<vr.fta has rcti«-
jbUt to c;*o9»t:«r. ati ir r«4a:re« crmrsfe
a* vt:^ u seL to ficfc tr«?x.. Br iY»:r:ct-
Mr. £r!4C. faA» i^^rvizv^d t|j« •c'.uai U^./vr <>f
Lc Lai coMm *Jlut {•^n. i duisf
■■(A ttt.j«erft*.t, t&«* •.L*T«f»'rt ite !=i'./rt
troab*«t>wzi« tv doL vitL. U> d*H LardiT
obatrte tiiat tLt tvt^.f^a aod '.birwD'.h
ariet f'^nc Tit xxirj^. it.*rrr>c*.iar aad
■TAJi*. f^ri. d 'A '.'Br ir>oal aaaalf. Mr.
EjtoO C9Gt!.e4 Kl«EB»t!f B«i'.iT t« tbe IL-
ttrrai wtkL tl8f'i«4 *>«t»«efi t'je Nvnaia
CoB4|eert ^r^d 'Jm dcft'.ii of Henrr III. or.
■ odber W9rdt. :.t hu uftdrrtakaa tbc ttrri-
tsml bJaiM-v of tUr coaatT froen the di«-
tribcU9b vf t:.« Uodt at :: apf^tart io tt«
DoaaewUr Scnty trf that wtch wt fiai :u
tte Hvai't: K/:-U. At tk«e f vrrofT f-rr:..d,
■cartT tL* »h'j> cvui?T '>f St vj. ft^nced
tW frtToctij lAlariiart vf tv« Nvraari Eirl
BaffT de McK^T-.'xcTT. ab. wtt |«roeUed
imK, «a4«r hsan. '.o a l::!7.V.t ^'^f cstK.rdi*
■ate citseftaiDf. Id th« i^r? v-rie« of 19-
taSiae atnuf'^e* vhjcfa ocrsrr»d dariDi;
Ike tvo onianaf ti:<at f'j.ioaH the death
flf tkc Coik4acror. tie hc^rdtr iandhoidtn
fcai been capcciaJT actiTc and the vork
rf lUaiDdci anj cvafifcatK-n. ibdependest
flf olfacr canm. Lad prvdaoed k rreat
MMknoa, BoC ocilj io ti«e po»Mi*ion of
fts laad, b«t IB tb« cbaraCjer *A the
fMsm. Mr. BjtOB hai, ve tbmk jadid-
•■4r« ^CBi he ooald ondcruke the viole,
I tt« tasjcr yrr.'i^'n of tradar
paiacaajii frv::. f»*.£.tr t*^
HHb^OT throvffa the pruoeM of inbirr-
r cftchantc. or nle. vlKh
tlf the period atnoe tu: thjr-
I ccstvy, to drroCie Lii&Mif eotireST
that aiore Btirrinii period vhea the
s of landlordt waa more fmjaentJT
I bj the fortaoe of the avord.
We are told is the proapcctof. that
■^F- Ejton'a " Antiqutiei of $hrop»aire "*
» fana JTg ToiMM,eBch conamiag of
rMftt. or
hate three before w . cjiffaiiiln| a i
part of t^ Nor3»a& bvadred «tf Alaodca-
:mi. whicu i%r.*d*d alm»ft a ^naxter of
The BBodtni co«E?T. aad npoc thcae we
mar aafeir rn as ot-^cjoo oa tbe Baaacr
ia vL:cb the acihvr u pe^oncinr hit tatk.
He tetsni t-^ u« fj LiTt exasiL«Ct t^d ap-
preciateil t-jt '>riri5»»i mavnaii moa? eaR*
fttiij abd oo&K'3«rBtiwIr. TLe viaxnDevt
of DoiMKdAT hrrA vf^ rerard to each
Banor u tiy'jd':^ a&d e^. as pared vRh
jtf pabK'^afM oLiha-.-a. aad tLe Tariow
cha&rrf lid '.'.Le: r-rc^ai»tauoea eQ«-
acOfJ w:-i. :: tre drtaiiec wtth at m«ch
^•reetHOb at tie icfeteruli v::: aUo«. Mr.
Erwri'i ftyie i* f.tpie aad cotr.»*. yet,
at' the *aa:.\ : xe. rt ;t awA c-jre artrac-
:.Te thaa '.'a: :■. wLy.h «acr. worki are t»o
oftcii wr:n^i. arid, it. rrit* of tie nataral
drTDVit oMLt MV-e«rt- Whea «e oaoe take
'.'. I'J'.j 'y.z LLii. wt t-'t -t-i ■-■•. :.'.:a f*^
•.'./ j«»*'* w.::. t orr-uii dc^tt -.f iLVcrt*:
cr«at«d by :••• Vx»k kself.' N.t doea tie
aathvr. j'a •ra-.-iar ttit Si.rof»t!re laada
from '.ie (et.crB*:oa to aaothw. e«er let
flip arj '.pp9r.-Bi!T 'jf treat: ar a» «Tth
aoUi*f <>f .'jnvvi ca^.oz.1 or ftrikiay
toochirf of i^nAirr^y.-nrf Ka:.aen or hmU-
ridu: chara-.te.-. Maa; Xi*'j are the »-
ttaaoek «c :<ere meet «ith of %fX\ of no-
letkcc aL'i :uja»tioe b; the ctrvorer laad-
ii^lder! arai^^vt iLt veaker. Af aa exam-
ple, we maT ftai? that cae of these.
llwBQM C '>rbet. of Ta»>T. do docht oae o#
the proud iiwi Ji-.-tr* ^f li* daj. itj as
tr«t fcav:e ti3.c ^riJ^r prosr ■.■ct3?3 for ec-
croacL«Lier,ti -t.. •. \'^. r.iX.\\ of t-t Cr>w»
aLd for ■;«•-« u'. .*M il;'--*:!:* :l rerard
to an :Lf*T:-.'r If-i-.v. 'er; atl :3 the Utter
caae. :-.e - <:i cy.rt. w;thoct fi^rly jn-
TefVritm tte c*-w. LJjairti f.c rir^t
t>o tbe »trvor.r T'»r.y. ^^-jt :'.• ;-ir^ent
wai rtT«tne4 n ft Ki'jr'f c:>ttr. Tae
foliow:^? :s tjjc 'rM r^.'T^ of proceed -
iofa in tilt loiter.
" K:cikri ie Vr^vr^ wVjxplai&'.tb of
Tkomai i^r^-et, f.: Tbi*^I«. f.r titt oa the
day of iL: Ir.^e*t. . a '.: tht H-jIt CroM. in
the e:rh*«*sjti. yn- vf t&e K at E jw. I. ,
be weik^.L or '.a'Jrtd to be •eixed by Peter
de Tat«e;e. Li»«erTaat. :n Morfitld. aineen
ewe ilr*p of ^Zi. Talttr. iad e;tTe»i veCbera
rA mis, Tala#-. *-jd »tJ. c^jnitly deuin* the
aajae, w^Je^^by M:i Rician: wy? tLtt he
ia daiLa^i to tLt extent of lOOf.. aad
therefore he pr j-iuceti wit&efte^ '»erf«m -,
Ace. Tbe »a=e Riciird de Prei»'.»ae ccm-
plaSaeth of W;Iaar;. Craw^. th*: on Wed-
netday :d feast of tie UecjLit:?c T St.
John' Bapti^T. i-j the kiax't i:!oe:e*fT»th
yeir, Lt i.»k tw„ of *a:d R--.hxr4*- cows,
of 20#. T«]o?. and one heifer of half a merk
ralne. isd cao*^J them to be dnreo to
tbe maaor of Th'.mas Corbet de Tafler,
tt KdWe'^lladleT , aad there detaim them;
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I
_ ibereby he (Eichard) hAth damage of 40«.
'and thereof he produceth witoe^iea.
*' And Thonuu Corbet aod William
Cras^t appear^ and denjr the viokuoe aud
injury, jfcc. And Thomaa Corbet saitL that
tho febcep belonged to Richard Fitz-
Thomaa, bis viUam ; &ad that he seizctl
them aa hia own proper chatteU, and in
hit own dBmesne, as he was well entitUd
to do* And hareof he puts himself upon
the couatry (a jurt), ;>nd Richard do
Prefton likewise (puts himself).
*• And William Crasset aaith that Rich-
ard de Preaton impleaded the aforesaid
Thomoa Corbet in the county (court) for
unjust seizure of said cowa and heifer,
and the result was that they were adjodged
to Thomaa Corbet as cbatlelti of Kicbiird
Fitz-Thomas. hia villain ; and that under
that decision he (William), as the king's
badifft and by order of the sheriff, seized
Ibem a ad delivered them to Thomas Corbet
f^The senteoce.) ** Because William
Craaaet ackaowledges the seizure, and
now shows no warrant whereby he could
h*ve any authority to seize the eaid beaits
or deliver them to Thomas Corbeti it lis
decreed that Richard de Preston do reco*
ver the cows aud heifer, as against William
Craaset, and his damages, which are taxed
at two merks. And let William Craaaet
be kept in custody.
*' And na to the sheep, (the jurors find
that) they were Richard Fitz^Thomas's,
aod given by him into charge of Rieliard
de Preston, and Thomas Corbet took them,
the said Thomas not beiag seised of Rich-
ard FiU-Thomu9 as of a villaiu by whom
he could claim to appropriate sheep as hia
own proper chattels. And because it 'i&
found by the jury that Thomas Corbet
seized them, Scq, out of his demesne,
&Cm although they were Richard Fitz-
Thomas's, of whom be was not possessed,
as of a villaiut it is decreed that Richard
recover the sheep and his damages, which
are taxed by the jury at 30»., against said
Thomas Corbet. Aud Thomas Corbet is
in mtMericordia,"
The clergy, in these respects, were quite
aa ofttrbearing as the luity, aud they ma-
nigod often to ezerclsc oppres&ioa with
eveo greater impunity. A case of this kind
occurs in the chapel of Aston Eyre, as
laid open by certain charters in the Salop
emrtulary analysed by Mr. Eytoa, who
remarks on them : —
*' I have been particular to give at some
length the contents of these successive
churters, lest the injustice which they
imply should escape identificatton. A be-
nevolent layman founds and <3ndows a
church ; a pious bishop consecrates it. It
bftppcns to be n district where a great
■bwfciaims a presiriptivc parochial juris-
-dietioDt but by no moui taxes itself with
such a cure of aooti ai wouhl nsceisitate
the foundation of more churches. In pro*
cess of time, the said abbey not only ap-
propriates part of the endowment of lite
di>trict church, but claims s right of pre*
sentineut lo the residue. The founder's
heir remonstrateti or contests the matter.
The diocti^an bishop is the judge. He
awards the right of advowson to the abbey,
his expectation being that he himself shall
nominate to the existing Vivconcy. Wicked
as was the ^cal element of Henry tho
Eighth's Reformation, truly it was, in its
▼ery wickedness, but a measure of retribu-
tion 1 The Church which had robbed and
cheated was in turn plundered.''
These eitracts relate to matters of more
general interest, and are scattered here
and there through the pages of Mr*
Eyton's book, which of course is one, aa
to its general design, of local interest, and
one which we douht not every gentle-
man's libmry in the county will
Hither to, Shropshire has really [
DO county history at all, but we cau safely
say, from an examination of these three
parts, that, in the limits which Mr. Eytoo
has taken, It will now possess one deserv-
iug to rank with the very t^esl workt of
the kind.
Before we close our notice , we must sojr
a word on Mr, £y ton's iUustratians. Ue
has had no intention of producing a popih
lar work, and much leas n piolonal ono«
and our readers must not suppose by the
tttte that be intended to enter mueh auto
what is more especially designated the
'* archaeology*^ of the county. But there
is one class of monumental antiquities
which belong rather more particularly to
hia subject, as he has taken it, and those
are the remaiQa of Norman architecture»
the memorials, iodeed, of many of tlie
manorial proprietors whose history occu-
pies his pen* Each number contains three
very fine engravinga on wood, from draw-
ings by the Rev. J. L. Petit. Tlie sub-
jects of those already published are, a
view of the church of Upton Cressett ;
the Norman chancel of Uuatibrd; the
south chaneel door at Morville ; the curi-
ouily sculptured doorway head, or tym-
panum, of Aston Eyre church ; archi*
tectural details from Morville ; the sculp-
tared Norman fonts at Morville and Upton
Cretaett ; and iciciaetl slabs at Quatford,
At^menia: a Y^ear ai Rrstroom^ and on
tke Frontiers ^ Hu9iia, IWkeyt and
Pemiu. J5y ih^ Hon, Robert Curzon, —
The object of Mr. Carson's yearns resi-
dence in Armenia is briefly detailed in his
preface. The btirdcr tribes, on the con-
fioea of Turkey and Periitu from Mount
Ararat to the Western Euphrates, havi*
almoit from tinvo immemuriai been tlm
fiW
MiwfUaneout Revitwi.
[Miy.
terror and §cour%e of triTe^kn aad mer.
•hraU. The Koordj« headed bj c^Ttun
Rob Royi of their own, pilUge the nnfor-
' taftdtc cftrmraiit without merej^ and nre
frctttly faeilitmted ta their work bj the
tofen cUmftte and the nstore of the coun-
trj, for months fn srery fear buried in
mow,
Turkey und Ferda, alike mmojed by
these bunded in corrigible tribe>a, requeited
in 1842 the aid of En|;land and her present
enemy^ the Czar, ia forming a diitrict line
of border between their respect if e eouo-
I Irieas to be followed by a treaty of nltiance,
''Iky meana of which each power might give
fkir notice to the barbamn Koordii, that, if
forayi were undertaken, it must be en-
lirely on their own Account, snd not, aa
I heretofore, on the pretence that what waa
dtangreeable to Tnrkey would be well
pleasing to Persia, and tfic9 verta. They
were^ in short, to be put in their proper
itosition as robbers and outlaws, disdaliued
by iK^tli parties i and a conference between
a Turkiih, a Peraian, a RuisiaUt and an
Kni^Uflh CJommiitsioncr was appointed to
beat the bounds, aod thus to tranquilixe
the country.
A broad belt of land between Persia and
> Turkey being conaidered aa neutral ground,
[ the diffioolty wan compticated by the claims
[nf some of the tribes inhabiting it, and it
I WAS neoessary to t^ikc tbe evidence of the
loeal ohleftaina ; meantime, Col. Willijimi,
[the English CommiKaionerr falling ill, Mr.
f Cunton, at that time Secretary to Sir Strat-
ford Canning, took his place. Afterwards
Col. Williama recovered^ and, from his
' eloter and more lengthenod researches
Into the hiitory and peculiarities of these
I tegiona, M r, Curzon authoriaea ui to expect
L far morfl valuable volume thati his own.
We are glad to look forward to this :
for Mr. Curzon^s book, though lively and
clever, ia rather disappointing* The tone
, if flashy, and tbe iturvey ^uperAcial. It is
not matter of congratulation when a writer
gets tbe habit of dealing with great crimes
and abominable criminals jestingly. lm>
perceptibly, perhaps, Mr. Curzon baa
fallen into thia, from a reatdeuiie among
ipecixufna of humanity, combining just
that amount of barharium, with some of
the aecidenta of civilijtatlon, wliiuh tickle
the riaiblo facuUicii of a merry-heiirtcd
inan. But jetting on auck moiLstera us
one heara of in these pugea is, to say the
least, in bad taste*
Still, to be fair to Mr. CurKoni — ^hia
miiaion dates back more thar» ten years;
looking at the pimt ihrouiirh the inUrrveu-
Ing period, lit^ hris ucijuirtiJ a fixed habit
pmbabiv of vtenin^ t\u' hiirbaric phase of
man aa one of I he nfce§M»ry wlagea of hiw
wrsei and the details \w kivcm, in as far
ite/ were witnessed by^ or faithfully
reported to him on the spot, bew «a ia*
terest for us at this time on which he doM
well to calculate. We. however, like him
beat on his own aabject, tbe tnvalnabUi
treasures still exieting In Armenia of the
MS. kind, and regret ezoeediogly that ill.
ne»s prevented his visiting the patriarchal
Monastery of Etchmiasin, where, he bc-
Ueves, nearly 3,000 MSS. yet remain «Q-
known, or little known, *♦ unleas," hftNiji,
*' within these few years they hate b^
examined by any Ruaaian antiquary. No
other traveller,'' adds Mr. Cunon, " baa
been there who was oom|>etent to overlook
a dusty library, so at to give any idea, not
of what there is, but even of what it may
be likely to contain.'*
What might appear rash in this astertion
is explained by tbe remark, that, in order
to aetse on these treasures, or form *Q
accurate general notion of their existence,
requires a peculiarly cultivated habit of
observation; a mere student of ancient
MS^. would require time, and would loar
by delay what it ii absolutely necesfsry
to snatch almost on the wing. A prac-
tised eye and quick hand will sei^e in a
moment what is of value, and this, remem-
bering what we have read of the jealouay
of the ignorant keepers of these treuurea,
if an argument of no little weight in favour
of a quick-sighted gentleman, who will
ha*e msde his bargain, while a slow pro*
feasor is sweeping the cobwebs from these
dusty records.
Any waVt we should like to have a few
more of them exposeil to learned and lei-
Burely examination here. Our Bodleian
Library has about 20 volumes, the British
Muaeuin not more, if so mnny ; the Royal
Library at Parts about ^0<h Of private
colleotioos there are few. Mr. Curson
himself has about 1:2, of which he describca
two as splendid specimens. In the Con-
vent of St, Loacaro, at V'enice, there are
grent treasures. About 1,200 Armenian
MSS. arc not only ttored there, hut their
value is appreciated, and good use madtyf
them by their possessors. Among
are three copies of the Ooapela, and i
Ritual written in uncial letters, besides six
or seven richly iUumioated copies of the
Scriptures.
The Wanderinift ttf PernU§ and Sip^M-
mttnda. A Northern Siory. By Miguel
dc Cervantes Saa vedra.— We spoke at
iuch length of this volume in our March
number tlmt tittle remains to be added,
save the expression of our commendation
touching the way in which tbe translator's
work has bw?n effected Tlie task involved
^'m by no meana a slight one. A modern
Spunish farce preteiiU f«'w ditficultiea.
even to a ktudent who has not made much
yrogreas in the language ; but it is qiiit«
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another matter with an idlomattcal work
U]r CervnQtejt. Difficult as ibe tajik must
have becn» it hnj been most gracefully ac-
complished ^ and the record of th<> woiider-
iogs of the iiiarTellous pair reads like nn
old chroQicle penned b]r an old EngliBih
aqtbor, who«e elaborate care was only £ur-
paused by the fire of his imagination. We
think the story is iinproTed by ita being
broken up into indivtduAl hintoriea ; it is
just sncb a wild and woradrouA romance
as t bid that gains by such an arrange ment.
Wc ha? e spoken of such of its details as
do Cf^iisiderablc violence to truth aod pro-
bability, but those are not more beyond
fact and potsihility than are many of the
details in the Monte Christo and the
Pauline of Dumas. If Cervantes was oc-
casionally eztravagAnt* it was doubtless
becaose he chose to be so. Ttiat he could
be truthful and natural wc alt know ; but,
if proof of the ftame were needed, it would
only be necessary to point to the brief, too
brief, introdut^tion to the Wanderings. It
is really a marre) in its way. It is little to
say of it that it has the picturesque facility
of Sterne ; it is a picture entirely original
in subject as in treatment ; so thoroughly
graphic that ef ery accessory in it not ooly
clearly presents itself to the eye but clings
to the memory. Thus, for instance, we
not only admire the Kick author, the
student f and the miales, but ne also admire
the care with which honest Miguel is made
to look almost defiant against the sickness
that so mercilessly deprives him of tbe
wine-cup. So again with the student, be
is already more familiar to us than the
Don Basilio whom we have seen bq many
scores of times in 11 Barbiere. And not
only the student^ hut his bands, those
troublesome bands that never would set
properly, and that were always getting
awry I Let young authors study this in-
tra duclion atone, and they will And their
accpunt in so doing. What an artist was
be who was so cunning iu word-paindogp
when he worked even in the very shadow
of that Death by whom he was so soon
afterwards stricken down I
M* MinvcU Fetich Ociavius. Edited
h^ H. A, Uolden, M.A. Pott %w.yp, xL
260.— This volume is edited for the Cam-
bridge University Press, The editor, who
ti Clasaicol Lecturer of Trinity College,
ba^ also published an expurgated Aris-
tophanes. Hill object in supervising the
republication of Mioucius Felix is to liave
the Octavius used in our scbools and
universities '^ as a subatitote for some
Pagan writer of iuferior claims,^* and as
introduction to the other Christian
Apologists. As this edition is designed
for younger students, explanatory notes
are gireo, and lUufitnittons introduced
from authors of ibe nearest age, " more
especially from Tertnllian, whose apolo*
gfltic treatise is in itself a commentary
upon our dialogue/' (p. viii.) Not thwt
Mr. Holden considers Tertullian as the
later writer; on the contrary he regards
Minucius as the copyist, and the Apology
as ** the production of an original mind,
called for by the exigency of the times,
and stamped with a peculiar character of
its own.'' (][x.) tiut for cjuestions con-
cerning the literary history of tbe Octa-
vius, the reader must consult the Intro-
duction, in which they arc fully examined,
and the Dissertation of Dalduinus (Bau-
douin) which is prefixed to the text. Be-
fore the time of Adrian Junius this work
was considered as the eighth hook of
Arnobius Adversns Geutes, owing to its
title being misunderstood, and was first
published as such with Arnobius at Rome
in 1542. Harles, who mentions this fact,
gives this character of the dialogue : "In
illo libetlo ... Mioucius causam Chris<
tianorum, si eum cum ceteris scriptoribus
ecclesiasticifi eomparas, eleganter defendit.
Sed in dictione modiaque lofjuendi et
forma dialogt, non minus quam in refn-
tandis a vero Dei cnltu alien orum erro-
ribuB, deaidcrabis sensnm pnlcri rectique,
et jndicii acumen." (Notitia Latins, p.
217.) 2. M. Nodier, in his *' Biblio^
th^i|ue Sacree " (1826), which is founded
on Dr. Harwood's Notices of Editions of
the Fathers, says : " Le style de cet
^crivain^ d'ailleurs plein de solidity ft de
savoir, est extrtmement ek^antj et c*e»t
pent'^tre I'exces de cette parure inusit^
dans les livres ansteres des premiers Chr^
tiens, qui a fait dire a certains critiquea
modernes que le famenx dialogue de Minu-
tins ^toit moios rouvragc d'un theologicn
qui a profond^ment ttudi6 lea maticres
s^rieuses dont il s^occupe, que celtii d\in
homme du moudc qui excrce a plaisir son
imagination sur uue matiere dono^.**
(p. 158-9.) 3. M. Beugnot, in his Prixe
** Uistoire de la Destruction du Paganisme
en Occident " (1H35), speaks more farour-
ably, and probably from greater know-
ledge. '* Minutius Felix, avocat distingu<f,
voulut rendre populaire le proces reli-
gieux qui se d^battatt au tribunal de Tern*
pire romain. Dans un dialogue intitule
OcLavius il mit en scene un paien et an
Chretien qui exposent et discutent avec
beaucoup de clarte, de calmeetde science
les grandes questions qui dans ce temps
preoecupaient tons les esprits serieux.
Les Chretiens rxprimerent le regret que
Minutius Feiix n*eiit pat devoue sa vie
enti^re a la defense d'une religion qui
deja lui devait beaucoup.'^ (vol, ij>, 119-
120.) And after justly observAg that
Muc9llafUQU$ Revitmi*
tht Pigatii ibrattk from » literarr con-
tett, h« fta;« the Chniliaai were forced
to Introduce an imafintrf hefttbea di*-
|mUnt in tbeir polemical writinga; addiof ,
** rOctATiui de Miaotiua F6U1 en fonniit
U prcuve/' ♦ (p. 166.) 4. Dr Adam
Clarke, in kii ** EcolentaattCAl Literature,^*
calU it *' a learned and eloquent defence
of the Cbrijtian religion/' or rather *^a
oonfutatian of idolatry, an assertion of
God't general and particular ProTidence,
and a refutation of the nbaurd and aho*
minable calaiDDiea urged a^atoit the Chria-
tiana*" (i. Ihh,) 5. Mr. Riddle, lu hia
'* Eedefliafttlcal Antiquitiea/* eutui up an
afial|sii of it by saytnj^, '^ This treutiae, in
thortt oontaina a weU*condenird atate-
ment of the arfumenU for and againat
Cbriatianity which were current at the
begiooing of the third century." (p. 76<.7.)
The editor haa given Lindner 'a Latin
analyiifl, and a marginal one of Uia owu io
EngUkh. There are «l«o ^* copious Iti-
dicee/' hut the general aueomlta the cele*
hrated paasag<4 on imagca, x. i% xiix. 7,
Mxii. 1. The editor writes Rigaat for
Rtganit, and ne^eota to tram late the name
of Heraldna (UeraiJd). But these are
minor blemitboat which will probably
difippcar in the next edition ; nor should
we omit to meation* that aa there if only
one known MSL of Mmucius (at Paria) he
haa oarefuUy exatuined iU Tlie trt^ttse
of Cyprian, De Vanitate Idolorum, which
la poj^ly an abridgement of the Octavioa,
ia appropriately appended, from the text
of Routhp with a few uUeraliooa.
Thi Comedhs 0/ Aruiophania, A IU9-
ral iraHtiaiioH. B\f W. J, llickie* Poit
8i«0p 2 voIm, {Buhn'tt Ctauicat Library.)
—We are not very partial to prose trana-
latlQiia of poeta, but a§ there will always
b« fitideiita who are glad to have the use
of tbeVf tke demand (in the language of
political ecDuomiita) will in sure a supply.
The text adopted ii that of Dindorf, at
revised for Didot'a lujit edition. The
translator aims at rendering his author aa
cloaelyt as the idioma of the two languages
allow, excepting 10 passages that are ex-
tremely offensive. Unfortunately, thia a
a digtin^iahing feature in Anatopbauea,
and Harlos concludes a long paragraph 00
hta abUitiea, by saying '* dicai:itate, aer-
moni^quc aoerbitate ac petulaotiA omnea
fere vicit, lefeaqne nquitatia et decori . . .
pudoriaqoe, et prster mores reUqoii pne-
oepta, Comicis pnescripta, sttpe migravit/*
* In quoting this elaborate work of M.
Beognot's we do not mean to expresa
'naliAed praise of it, for in the latter
m he shows the ecclesiastical par*
rary plainly.
[M«jr.
(Lit. Gf. p. 1^0 Ilia eharwster ta well
expressed by Cicero in a few wordai, ** F^
oeliasimtu poeta veteris oomediB.*' (Ml
Legibua, ji. 15.) Among the moderB%j
the reader may coxunilt with pleasure Mdl«i
ler'a atiAnisbed work on the Literature o||
Greece, the elegant criticism of La i
(Coura, vol. 2), and Scihlegers dticrimlMfj
tive analysis, in hia work on
Literature. Wordsworth remarka, thiil
cboroa of the Cimudi, before tbey 4
meaee their (bght, ia replete with poelkaA]
beanty, and abows that the poet raigfat^
have been as disttogiiiabed for lyrical at
he was for dramatic exeellenoef or^ in m
word, a Pindar, if be ^$idL not been
Aristophaoes. (Greece, p. 88.) Nielpiiliiv]
who frequently introducea him in the Leoi j
turet on Ancient History, calls him
greate^tt master of comedy (ii. 54), <
also pronounoes him to have bees n goo< ]
citixen ^65), but warn* us against oire^l
rating him ainri 1 authority. '*Tb# J
poet belonged the oppoaitioOf 1
and therefore tui-K irn: mrt^rty of r •"'"^*"t- '
ing the actual govern meat aa h
in all thtDfs, and of devising « -, ;*
ties for censuring it on all occastoasL' f
((M, 43.) Yet he considers bim aa '* •
md& not inferior to Thucydidea in jnd^-
ment and iotetlect, though in ofelier
ipcctt he it widely diflfcrent from bim/*1
(190.) Heercn's chapter on '* The InHu-
ence of Poetry on the Government,** ta i
his Political History of Greece, \& wortbl
reading for the remarks on comedy, though
be seems to underrate it, by arguing tnni
the representatioDa of public ebaraders
did not injure them more *^ than the oarl* ,
catures of modern times/* (p. 27B«) It]
would be rather bold in a commentator 1
call Ariatopfaanes a political Giliray
Rowlandson. But we arc losing sight a4l
Mr. Hickie, and must make amenda by]
flaying, that hta name is a good gnaniitettl
for the execution of his task. Th/t 1
from various editors are copious; and thraiil
of the plays, vis. the Lysistrata, Tbesmo*!
phortu2utf8e, and Ecclesiaxosas bare n«?M]
appeared in prose before.
TVeafiset qf Oeero. By C. D. Yonge,
B,A, Post Hv(k.pp, bio, {Bohn*M C^w ,
sical Library.)-^ Vhh volume eontaius %hm I
traatisea on the Nature of the Godts, Diiri* I
natioo, Pate, Laws, and the Repablidy]
The first is a revision of the translation hf \
Dr. T. Francklin, 1741, the others
originally published by F. Darham, m^t \
in 1^41; but as the version was too difTuB
it was referred to the present editor, who J
t Did Niebuhr mean to throw out a
hint to young political cuthu siesta, witb
whom demagoffiMs wero oraclea r'
1854,]
Mi»€diane<^U9 R^viewi^
503
Has r« vised it, and collated it with recent
texts. This, as he obieires, hsB occasioned
mnterial alterations and additions. The
letter of li. Cicero to his brother, " De
I'eti done Consulates/* is also given.* A
short account of the discorery of the
treatise •' On the Common we«dth " is pre-
fixed to it. Mr. Barham had already
furnished Introdactionf, in which he term*
the first book " a splendid epilomc of the
political science in the age of Cicero ; and
probably the moat eloquent plea in fivour
of mixed monarchy to be found in all lite-
rature.*' (p, 285.) Ncf ertheless Profes-
sor Spalding asserts thnt it '* has disap-
pointed the hopes of scholars/' (Italy, i.
1 29 . ) N iebnh r , wh o ha d st u d i ed i t Martt
propHOf says, •' In hi* work * De rcpnb-
lica/ we have an opportanity of seeing
how little Liitorical knowledge he pos-
sessed when he began writing it." But
he defends him from the charge of mere
ignorance, by arguing, that '* the task of
writing a history of Rome would have re^
qnired a series of itiidies for which he had
no time." (Led, on Roman Hist. f. 45.)
Since its discovery in 1822 by Mai, it has
gone through at least fourteen editions in
Italy, Genaanyt France, and England^ as
we have compated, A short abstract of
it will be foand in Mr. Hollings' Life of
Cicero, d. 264-6, Cicero himself (Ad Q.
F. ii. 14; calls it " spissum sane opus et
opcrosuro/' and says if it succeeds the la-
bour will be well bestowed, or if not he
will throw it into the sea. Neither des-
tiny precisely awaited it, for It is valued
as a fragment, a fste which no author an-
ticipates for his writings. It escapes the
oblivion which he dreads, but falU short
of the fame for which he toils.
Rome^ Reffai and Repubtican i aPismily
Hiftory of Home. By Jane Margaret
Strickland. Edited hy Agnea Strickland.
— The story of old Ilome, often a^ it has
been told, i* still a tempting theme, at-
tractive alike to the narrator and the lis-
tener, to the historian and to the student.
It is a story from which men of all minds
may draw a moral ; contemplate it in any
point of view, and tt bears a peculiar in*
struction. The philosopher, the poet, the
politician, the moralist, the socialist, and
tlie priest, can, each in his separate way,
draw a moral from the varied legends of
that ancient state j and yet all theise have
errod, insomuch as they have all lent to
their personages too theatrical an aspect»
and students see great characters pass In
* It baa been separately edited by C. G.
Schwart2 (Altdorff, 171!)); by Hummel
(Nuremburg, 1791); ami translated into
Italian by Faedobti (Padua, 1732),
prond array before them , scarcely
bering that they are something more than
charsclerst and that, if counterfeit present,
raents, they arc presentments of stem
realities. The early scenes, especially, of
Roman history have had the colouring and
stage arrangements, the machinery, the
groupingVt and the '* startling effiecta *' of
some moving melodrama, and we have ad-
mired the characters, because they vrere
decked out so bravely. The truth is,
however, tfiat Hnmulns and his followers
were greater knaves than Rnric and his
felloW'brigands, In whom the Rassians
applaudingly behold the founders of th^
nation. The same view attaches to later
times. We think of the i«n«ta as some
of us used to sec it in the dtji when John
Kemhle was Csesar, Corfnlanof, or Cato*
But the august assembly of conscript
fathers seldom sat down in such dignity
as their representatives naed to do at
Covent Garden and Old Dniry, They
were too often more like the French
"Mountain '' or transatlantic " Congress*"
when its ruling spirits are absent, and the
younger legislators, feeling themselves ex
ephebi9f indulge in flinging bard words
and bowie knives at each othtr. Later
bistorians have done something towards
removing the view of Rome on the stage,
and enabling us to contemplate it in ita
natural condition. In this respect each
takes his separate way and m^od, and
MiBS Jaoe Strickland has chosen hen.
She has not entirely succeeded, simply be-
cause she has been too bold, boasting too
prematurely that in her volumes (the
present is the first of a series) ** the
most eminent individuals in every age,
whether they be heathen or Christian, will
be exhibited jtr«/ qm ihep played 4 heir im*
portant pari in the eventful drama of life.*'
We might aay of this what is said of
Ophelia in the play, ** Methinks the lady
doth profess too much ;'* and this is, in-
deed, the case. But, notwithstanding the
fact that Miss Jane Strickland does not
achieve all r»t which she aims, or which
indeed she proteases to have accomplished,
it must, in all fairness, be acknowledged
that she has manifested very great
talent, and given a very brilliant pro-
mise, which wc hope to see realised in
the future. Her present volume com-
mences with the foundation of Rome, and
closes with the fall of the democracy, and
of the illuitrious champion of that un-
grateful section of tlie people, C* Gracchuf.
The whole details concerning the Gracchi
are, perhaps, the best written in the vo-
lume ; and the story of the Sempronian
houi^e, from its origio till its absorption
into the ranks of Cbristianity, forms aa
charming an episode as we have for a lon^
i
sm
Mue^lkmeoug R^vmmw*
[M»y.
tiMe mek with. We ans f«r kw pleased
with B BarrmtiTe from «-tiicli we liiil ex-
pected Biore» the moving ule of poor Vir-
gtaia ; but ia tbe simple incidents of that
poor m&iika't wtorj tlaere are JifficultieB
wUch naj cabomas aa antlioMM » noC ao
when ihe haa to portiaj the luniae, anil
liqBM, and Motb«r of the GraechL Tliere
ii gntJt ^«nt too in Um skeldit nAiadi*
faotofilf Dfief, of Lucreda, bcr wrongs
ftod their reveoge. It is ladeed in narra-
tire that our axithoreas exeeU ; and of ber
powers in thU neapect there can not be two
opioioos. The case is different when she
wttera fieotiments ear caikedr6, maoj of
which the vllifind wiU not beiodoned bj
lbs world. The tame late will fbllov some
of ber soggestioos; but, despite these
dfvwbacks, ber book is, as we bave said,
elefer« ori^iaal, and foil of proaiise. Wc
wtMt Add thai tbe manuscript has been kit
wtthoot safieknl rcTiaion, the editing
moat csaidcaiiy pcHbnned, and the ** re*
vises *' moat ocflifciitlj read. The gram-
natical faults are not few^ slips of the pen
have not been corrected, and grsTc errors
in style not been, as thej mifht easily
bsTe been, amended. If the aatboreaa
gave no sign of promiae« these matters
wonld be hardly worth atteadmg to i bat
the contrary being the case, we tnut that
our gentle animsdversioiia will be accepted
in a friendly ipirit, and be followed by the
improvement for tbe sake of which they
are made.
S^ilugiy Ftorm, and Velleius Paiereu^
Alt. TYmuUied 6y J. S. Wstsoo, M.A.
Fmt ntto. jfff, xti., d60. (/7oAfi> OtitfiMf
JUArmr^,) — There are seversl preecdaols
for including these writers in one f olume,
as many editions in the 1 7 th century com-
bine them,^ and Ba«kenriUe published
Sallost along with Horoi in l7T4.t The
transLstor is head master of the Proprietary
GfUDBar School at Stockwell, and there-
fore may be allowed to perform his literary
travels, without the formality of bis pass-
port being inspected. Howefer, as we
hmwe bad occasion to use this volume
while reading tbe Latin Yelleins, we i»n
bear witness to the general czoellenoe of
the renioo, and the pertinence and utility
of the notes.
Of the principal of these three histo-
rians, Nielnihr says, *' The works of Sal-
* That of Janssoo, Amst. 1647, )6mo,
contains no less tbsn ten minor historians,
including Faului Diaoouus and Jomaodea.
f Of this book Dr. Harwood jnstly
Hiifs« ** it wears a wretched aspect.'^ In-
' Is Baskerville's ttont, owing to
ess of the paper, and as such is a
Ib its kind.
lost are of siKh a ktod« that Ika i
read then tbe iBor« do we #ad K
ID them ; they are trac modsfai of «
historical oonpoaitiott.** ^h 3^) Oft
second, *^ The worh of Plof^s, whkli
written to supply tbk want [of • <_
notion of the early luslary of Bm«]
extremely tasteless, and ■hlwi a
nesB aad an ignoranoe of &eta whadh i
quite asitoniahing.'' (ii. 2^) Of
third, ** There are exoelkwt maleriale
it [the early life of Tlberiua] in Vci
Paterculns, who, whatever we may t
of hts personal character, is one of
most iogenioos writers of anti(|ttity.
very much reaemblea, in his i
aflectatioo, the Frendh historians of i
18 th century, espectally those of the I
of Lonls XVtb, but he possa
talent, and k an etceUmt hktoriml
source," (ii. 195, note.) His own charac-
ter of Sallvst, '' iEmnlumque Thncydsdip
Sallustinm,*' (b. ii. c. 36,)oQght not III h£|
omitted here.
The reader may be pleased to see I
opinions of ubotber c!ritic, whose etnii
however, lies cbicHy in cLaai'
graphy. Harles« while rating the i
■onal cfaaracter of Sallnst very low, allowsl
that " opcimis ac gravissimit hi«torie scrip* ]
toribns est jure adoumerandus.*" (No
Lat- p, <>6.) Of Floras be ssys,
itt Epitomeo . . . stilo tumido et frigii%l
et roagk poetko ant panef^yrico in
lum Romnnnra qoam historico, pl^
•ei I tentiarum atqoe argutiarani /
.iod of VeUeius, ** Eleganterq^i
venost^ne hktoriam explicuit, >diiu»tiuii
imttatus, sed stilo dorido usus haw
cedit ab aurea stmpUciuie.*' (11^.)
In the case of Sallust, Mr, Watson*s
principal guide is Cortios ; iu that of
Floras, Duker ; in that of VeUeius, Kraiise ;.|
while much of Baker's trausktion k i
ed, where it had not been superaoded by
Kraose's oorrectiooa. The reader wilt be
amused at hk gravely saying, that thft ^
style of Floras " k aU/or^lf ." (p. i
The most important fragments of
have been translated, as well as the ipnri^'l
ous epktki to Cssar, '* which pnMent ft J
good imitation of Salluit's styk/' andth»|
Oeckmations which pass under the a
of Salluit and Cicero. Nkbuhr
** Much baa already been done for J
but there are yet many laurels to
gained.*' (ii. 45-6.) Mr. Watson k <
titled to the praise of editorship, the tronblail
of which he has sedulously nndertakeiuj
But as we have used hk traoslatioa
Velleius, our remarks are chiefly dii
to that part of the volnme. He proper1]r|
includes the suspected paieages. At c 3^
b. i. he properly renders ^* A Luprrcali in
Palatium venusj'* (a passage which sadly
■
■
puziles learoeri) '* looking from the Lu-
percal towards Mount Faktine;*' but he
should have girea a note, like that m Che
Bipoatine Indejc^ *' Versus in Pftlatiuin^
pro timpiieu Paltttiam Tersus, i, 15/**
At c. 32, b. it. he trimaktes descripto by
raUedt whereas Ne«rcomb*a old trttu elation
(172-lr) which »ays, ** dispersed in all the
convenient harbours,'^ appears preferable*
The controverted passage in c 51, is ren-
dered, •*nota mere sojoaroer in Spain,
bat a native Spaniard." At c. 33 he fol-
lows the reading beUum Miihridaticum^
instead ot piraiicum^ apparently deferring
to KrauaCf and thinking a note unneces-
uury. At c 59, be reads pravenii\ instead
of Hensius' pramiteit in a passage which
has exercised the ingenuity of editors.
But we are getting beyond our limits , and
must only add, that an index to the three
biEtoiiaiis concludes the volume.
The Germafda of TaciitL9, with Ethnn-
ioffical Dixiertatiowt and Notet. By R. G.
Latham r M.D, F.H.S. BtfO. pp. cjrJrviiL
1 80, eix^. ( Walton and MabertyJj—TAe
Workt qf Tadtat. VoL L Tht Annait,
Pott SvQ. pp. 461. (BoAnV Ctauical
Libraty*) — ^The preservation of the works
of TacitoB, so far aa time has spared
tliem, is doubtless owing to tbc sealouji
vanity of his imperial nameaake. whose
partiality » however » was fortunate in its
object. '' Comeliam Taciturn icriptorem
btttoriic Augusts, quod parentem luum
eundem diceret, in omnibus bibliothecis
collocari jussit : et ne Icctorum incaria
deperiret, librum perannoa siogutoe deeies
acribi pnblicitus in cunctis arcbiis joasit,
et in bibltolliecia ponL-' (Vopiscos in
Tacito, c. 10, ex oonj, Casauboni.) Of
late years, while his works have been col-
lectively published by Orelli, Wolther, and
Bach, the "Germania^^ has been Efepa*
rately edited by Kiessling (Leipzig, 1832^),
Wcisbaupt (Solothurn, 1B14), and Mass-
mann (Quediinberg, 1847). Nor must we
overlook the edition of it by Dr. W. Smith,
in cQDJunction with the '* Agricola,'^ and
the first book of the Annals. Niebuhr,
observing that Tacitus avoids exuberance
of style, says, *' This peculiar study of
conciaeneas is more prominent in the earlier
writings, to whtch his * Germania'' belongs^
thau in bis later oaes/^ (Lect. on Roman
Hist. ii. 260.) Crevier call* it a ehef-
d'ttum'e, and has made it so fully the boaia
of his chapter on German wart, that his
laugnage, so far as it goes, ia equivalent to
a translation .+
^ Baker strangely renders this passage
<* who was promoted to that office (Censor-
ship) from being priest of Pan.**
t We are here repeating a remark of
GiWT. Mao. Vol. XLL
Dr. Latbam*s elaborate volume is avow-
edly " of a very difTerenl magnitude from
that of the usual commentators," hia ob-
ject being to trace the migrations of the
German tribes, in addition to his author's
notices. *' The work is rather a com-
mentary upon the geographical part of the
Gemtania, than on the Germania itself ^ —
the purely descriptive part, relating to the
customs of the c:trly Germans, beiog pasaed
over almost iicco ptdeJ^ He considers
the Germanic area of Tacitus as extending
" from the Rhine to the parts about the
amber-country of Courland in the north,
and as far aa GalliGia to the south/'
(p. xlv.) This is more extensive than tbat
of Springer, who denned the work aa
treating *' de moribua victuque Germaao*
rum, qui Westphaliam incoluerunt^^ (See
Harks, Not. LaL p. 175.) Everything in
ethnology, as Or, Latham remarks, is a
conflict of difficulties (p. 106) ; but the
Westphalian hypothesis receives some sup-
port from bis own annotations. (See on
chap. 33.) As an editorial labour, thia
volume is likely to have few imitators, and
fewer equals. But, numerous and valuable
aa are the notes^ too many extracts are
given at full length from writers of com-
mon occurrence, where references would
have sufficed. We only regret that the
learned and laborious editor has not given
us B transtation of bis own.
The Tolome of the " Classical Library,'*
which is mentioned above, is a revision of
the ** Oxford translation, " with notes,
which are chiefly bistoricaL Aa it la not
a new work, but a republication, its cha-
racter is known. We shall only observe
tbat Niebuhr, who spoke of Tacitna' early
writings as Ibe most concise, appears to
contradict himself when he gives the same
character to the Annals, which were
vrritten after the Histories, so difficult is
it to theorise on points like thlfi. Harles
may be quoted in support of the latter
opinion : for he says that in the AnnalSi
" nti argumcntum poscebat, stilus est aic-
cior presaiorque*" than in the HistorieSf
'* in quibua priccipue ccrnitur vis judiciit
orationis ubertas et sententiarum copia.*'
Perhaps it would be aafest to say that his
stylo is marked by conciseness, except in
the Histories, where it is more difl'use.
The BccUfiaslical History o/ SocraUw,
Tranatated. Pott %vo. Pp. xx. 449.
(SoAn's EccUiiiuiieal Library.)— ThiB
history extends from the accession of
Conatantinc, a. n. 305, to the 38th year
of Thcodosius II. thus including a period
the late Professor Hancock, of the MtU-
tary College at Sandhurst, who had pro-
jected an edition for the studeats' use.
ST
$M
Miscettaneom Rwiew0.
CM.?,
of MO ftanf and forming « sequel to
Rtttaebltti. Tb« writer ts tumiuned Seko-
tftMfftnt from hftvini^ prnrtisrd fts mn
iitlYijcnti, »f*er IraTin^ th^ Rhttoricjil
RrhfH»li. Mr. SoanrKw, in hb edition of
Mo«bfiii)t tenna his hhtor; '' faithfiil/'
{I 44<K note,) M, Nodicfp in bis Biblio-
tbe^m? S^CT^, 1886, snyi, " C*eit un
^ri«^iiiii in/dio«re, mais an historien im-
m>rt«»t,*' (p. 414.) The continitator of
br. Adam Clarke's Sacred Llteratvre
(Mr. J. B. Cfarlce) says, '* The hlttorv
fa rtrj important if wecooaider the peHod
of whteh it trcata; and the value of it
will be loePBMed If we reflect upon the
manner in wIMl it waa written . . , Hav-
ing written tbe twt) ftrat boolca oo the
BUthoritT of Ruftnut, wlioae aocoont he
aftemafds fo«nd to be pardal, be reiiaed
fbe whole ; be toitgbt for information
from thote who lited at the time when
tba etenta he reeordi took pUce ; he in*
VMtlglMted dommetitit, exammtrd current
fftpofta, aad declared wb^ U btnaelf bad
am/' («. 224.) Tbe ficfclofr mmmM
glf«a «a no partieiilan of Ifcia trualaftiofli^
Mt a9«<«ril notea are appended, and a large
aalccriOB from Valeaiut i Tuloin), who edited
Soeittlea wfib Enaebiuf, &e/ in I6€8y ia
plaoed at the end. An indifferent traami'
lioii «f Iboaa bialorians, by Merrdith Han-
wam^mm pMk^mA m 157T, and far the
fiitii tine ia tflSl. A heater one afi-
petf^ i« 16f^3 (reprinted in 1709, fblk>),
00 the baaia of Vate*t«t ; and a de^ectiTe
by 8afli«fl PariEor was p«b *
ifal72fi tlitlcitofTaloatoawo
lopriirtiad at CaanbrW^e fa W» by Read-
tat, of wtoai Moors M. Modl^r aaya,
« MhHaa If9ia.ooff««lo ot trea-ottfinable,
Sll sot 4mmt lie iorpaaaer.*' (^ 412.)
irl«a, bwwovar, obiema, •• Jltodbftf
«Bri«& to rrf Hro fsrfe hand adro tnai^ia
i^liit." ^K<^ia Grwea, p. nX) M.
i'lMBfr asoBifOOO Vasil a poor vopffoit was
1 liiiliii at 1Mb, mbk Hio Itate of
iroB«OB,'*«oio liittio Ifl* aMcie,^ bot,
oaow^og to BariAi, Iba year was 1740
(l^ 7*1)% Itbogtoaieootieafioaoetotiie
be
P •
logtlbcr, COB
r, aad fa ao a
iaa^Hos QaKisi^ Qloiiiw. aotf
or. Tlm^B^iHm. B§
|baoa» Jbf. R&iL Oao
the hands of the t>nt lofofBui* isi
historical ttatemeoU wbfcb tho
curate will often fill to r«D4«r !■ _
He employs the title '* !4or<bwabffti»»^
wc presume, ia a wider and mora M^icofl
sense than as applied to tbe preseot ©ooitty
of Northumberland ; for even In hia Pirat
Sonea there were aoipe artldia ftiatfag io
placaa ia the blibapric of Piiyfcaia t ^^
jeeta were, tbe r«iiied Priory of flacbaloi
tbe Abbey Cbardb of Hexham ; iba 9te-
rWi Omrchn of Hooghtoa4e-fco4i^,
Morpeth, Bothal, OTingbam, and ftyfan,
the ancient Casties of Pnidboe and of
Bolba], and the mined Abbey of Itow-
miotfler. At a Secood Scrka lio m^
fWhed, Dilstmi Hall, inrHtdiOf womofraaf
Jamet Earl of Drrwentwaler, '♦ a noftyr
in the Rebellion of 1:45/' and a aisii lo
Bambur^^h Castle.
The present or Tbird 6eflta ta i
with riftits to Nawoitb Castle,
Priory, and Corby C^uCle. te <
tbe ruined BM>naatcrica of ButBtbora, Ji^
TOW, and Tyuomoota} BiioOp laiwuliBBW
aad tbe town of Hartlepool s KuaLBilli
on-Tt»i «m1 Dariiam CalbadraL Mo0l
of tiwK ewayi bave beca already bcHari
tbo piMe ai pmrt read bofara r-
OMkllea* Hw bat waa wrHtaa oi
gionoftbefWt of tiie
that OD BfiBltbar^ Ptioiy mm rwd at cka
aame aMvtiBg. Tbe artkte On Tyntm Ktb
aofatife of iIm f#Bifa
Priory ia
rceently aaada lor tbe pf^eriOtioo of Ha
ra^os, in wbi^ Mr. Of baoa baa tJbaa a
▼eey cftcsaat ahanu Wot we aa^ Mffftoo
moat plfsoiwi, pfflMfo* la fbt pcnfll of
tbe ilfvc aad «]»e liil afUclea^ tl
deacriblBff tbat ooMe barderfiM
** Kawortb CssHa, tftd tbe aociiiat
of GillealaDd/> and Hbe latHtr Aat
faoMoa BMuiitoB uf tile Hovafia,
CaaHeioGtaiBbcilaiid. ftef
of Lord Garliila baa MSwH
eapava at yiaao^a^ asaoa tsa MO a^ i
it was aeiioaaly Iniaied ia tbe year IM4.
"^ It was bitte wmHi of tiio foaer
faagle more cspeeiaily tliat Ibe b
oaifcred. Tbeball,tbeciaipcl**l>*l
aad tba JooiaHii
Imfrraly i^Moi H
Ibe most patt of
tlHBe pcaHoaa baTe
oanect teste that tbey hnunrii i wall i
>4fevWb»lki artafchwMb
- tfitiaaa wbitb M ^ to be *y fei
tooiarid
18^40
Miicelianeotu Bepiews*
m
&bov« it. Tbu WM the pH»on of the
Ij698tk, md it refluuQft in all its Bn4;icnt
om ftnd terror.
'^ Thfl nobla h4ll of Na worth Castle i«
DW pcrhapt uniqae of it« kind. The fine
I timber roof it baa received (from the
IliMJgn of Mr* Satlvio, the emiQeot &rehit«ct,
Irbo bw directed the reatorationa «t the
tty) oontributea greatly to the antique
and iiii|>reaaive charActer of the hull. O^rer
the ipaoiona firepUa<^ thu folio wing appro-
priate venea hJive been intcrihedi 00 a
acroli beario^ the date 1H44 —
•*OUll BBAUTlrtJt BOUaiC, WHBRB OL'R
VATBIUS PRAISKD TIIEK^ IS DURHBO tTP
tWITH FtttB.
" On a acroli bearing date 1849—
**TEOtr SHA1.T fiR CALLED THK RK-
fAIAKR OFTBK HHKACH ; THB ABaTOABlt
'or FATBS TO OWBLL IN,
*' Along the whole length of tbe haU, oa
eaeb aide, heraldtc shields are diapbyd on
the eorbelt aupportiuic the ribaof the roof.
Begin aiog at the upper (the aouth) end,
there are on the eaatero aide the ahielda oJf
Howard, Mowbray, Braose, Segrave, De
Brotberton, Fitzalan, Wurren, Tilney,
Andleyi U vedale, Cavcndiah : cm the
weatem aide, Dae re, De Multoa, De Mor-
Tille, Vaux^ Engainef Entravers, Gr«j>
atolte* Grimthorpi Bolebec, De Mertay,
Boteler — a
^' Lon^ array of oaightaf ahadowa/*
** The hatl contains many family por-
trait!, Bome Due tapestry » and soTeral
pieeea of armour* « « ^
"The Warders* Gallery* instead of
btfng paced by living guards, ie now also
lined with portraits of buried aacealryi
some of which hate been brought froiu
Caslle Howard. The five noble pieces of
tapeatry in the hall iikewiae eame from
Castle Howard. They are said to have
been made aa a marriajj^e present to Henry
IV, of Pranoe and Mary de Medici s. Ail
the armour that waa kept in the gallery at
the time of the fire periahed, but (hat
which was in the hall asoaped. A cnm-
piete suit, now in the gallery, is of elabo-
rate workmanship. It need not be said
that all these reliqoes add greatly to the
antique character and interest of tlie veoe-
rable waUsp and aid to place the t iiitor in
preaenoe of **tbe spirit of the olden time/'
** So Naworth »tandj, atUl ru^rged is of old,
Arai*d Ukc a knl^t wttliont, auitero and bold,
Bat rU wltMn bwpaakt tlw better day,
And the bJafld inflaanca of a CarUale*! sfray.**
ThtWifrkg of Oliver Goldtmith. Bdifgd
iy Peter Cunningham, F,S.i4. 8w. (Tb
he eomj^lttfd m Four Volumrv,) Mur-
rmf^t BrUuh Classiei^ — At a time when
anch OTcrweening efforts are made to pro-
dace books at tile lowest posaihle coat, to
the starvation of good workmanship both
literary and material, it is refrealung to
witness the commencement of a better
order of things. Mr, Murray's *' British
CUssics" promise to be handsome but
aeoaible and unpretending library booksp
neither dear at their present cost* nor
liable to deteriorate materially in value
hereafter. Such a seriea, we should hope,
if likely to convince the public not merely
that cheapoesa is perleotty oomaliient with
a clear type and good paper, but that
under an opposite system it does not
really deserve its name.
Mr. Cunningham has bestowed great
C3tt; upon thia editiun of the Works of
Goldtmlth. It will not only contain mora
of bis pieces than any other ; but it ia also
the first in whieh they will appear exactly
as Ibeir author left them. Goldsmith waa
a careful corrector of iila writings; but
Mr. Cunningham tells u* that in none of
the numerous editions of hi* Poems have
*' The Traveller *' and '* The Deserted
Village*' appeared as finally corrected by
their author, except in the beautiful and
moat acrurate volume edited by Mr. Bolton
Coruey.
The same remark applies, in a great
degreef to hi< prose writtnga. They have
been reprinted from early editions^ without
the last tonehei of their nuthor. Mr
Cunningham baa been careful, not only
to give the text of the latt oditions, but
to point oot the more important variations
of the earlier ones. ^ Some of these, ha
remarks, '* arc of importance to the dlia
nnderatandiog of Goldsmith's career, and
all contain useful lesaona to the student
of English prose." Qoldamith's biography
of Beau Nash is a remarkable insymoe t
*Mt is written with oarq, and finished
mote through happiness than piiina-*
though the paina were great, as any one
may see who will take the trouble to com-
pare, as I have done, the two editions of
1762. But former editors have oot trou-
bled themselves with the second edition,
and consequently have missed whole pages
of new matter, with some excellent addi-
tional stories and verbal correctious.'"
Throoghoutthc work, Mr. Cunningham
has remodelled, and adopted, the notes of
his predecessors, without aaauming parti-
cular credit for the considerable anLOWlt
of fresh illuatratlons which he has bean
enabled to ooUoet. Goldsmith's lettert^
which contain many of his happiest touches
and itrokea of character, will be intro*
duoed i and in the fourth volume will be
found a long unpubltahed poem, whieh
has been communicated by Mr. Bolton
Corney. From Mr. George Daniel the
Editor has received an unpublished MS. of
506
Mitcetlaneout Rwit»i,
Cifar.
David Gamck* tfhtoh funiUHes a btgbly
ftmusmg tccouut of OoId«mith's last po«ii-
e»l prodaction. We here trmoscribe it :—
* An the cauisc of writing tbf foUowiog
poem, called Retaliation, has not be«n
roily explained, a perfon concrrued in the
busineM begs leave to give the foUowiog
joat and minute account of the whole affair.
** At a in«eting [at the St. James's Coffee-
houie iti St, James*! fttreet] of a company
of gentlemen who were well known to each
other, and divertinj^ tbemsekcf, among
many other things, with the peculiar oddi-
ties of Dr. Gxildtmitb, who would never
allow a superior in any art, from writing
poetry down to dancing a bompipef the
Dr. with great eagemecs tniiited upon
tryiiif his epigramxnatic powers with Mr,
Garriick, and each of them was to write
Ifaa other's epitaph. Mr. Garrick imme-
diittly Slid that his epitaph was finiahed,
■nd ipokc ti&e following dUtich extempore.
Ban tta Nolly Qoldniilli, Ibr ilwnii«« calM
Man,
Wbo ▼tote like aa angri, b«t talk-^ mm Foot PiDtt.
OoMtnitli, upoQ th« compaiiy's bufhiiif
^viy haartil J, grew very thoughtful , and
^iSjbM wottld not, or could not, write any
thfvf It that time : however, he went to
««ffk» Aiid aoow weeks after prodaeed the
iDQawiag pdnled poem eiUed UmtuHmiiim^
iriddi bM heeii anicli adsiredi wA gooe
tkroofh asvaral editiflns. Tlie pnhliek in
pmmal have beca saiaiikeB in fanamtmig
tlMt this pom waa wfitta ia eager by the
Doetor; \% was joat the oeoitfary; the
wlK»le on all tides was done with the greatest
good-hvatonr ; and the following poeaa
la aMBeseript were written hy several of
dki geatleaicii on parpose to provohe the
liMi. D. QamaxcK.*^
French and Germ ail tranilations. Dr*
Smith's own commentaries are fortaed
upon the same rule. He has availed 1
self of the research ei of Kiebuhr, SaviipDy, ^
and the other great philologers and jarfati i
of Germany, the investigatioos of j
Qrieotal scholars, both in this country sadj
on the eoQtiiieiit, and the disooverice of«)
Layard and other enterpriiiag traveUere
in the East ; with the intention that every
subject comprehended in Gibbon's vast
work should rrceive the fuUe-st iUnstrvtiOB ,
that can be imparted by all the adv
in historical knowledge made since tbe j
time when it was written. To noihiiig I
than this is Gibbon's work entitlod, be* '
cavset in Niebuhr's opinion, it **wtd
never be exoelled/* nor superseded: The
obviooi necessity, therefore, is to complete m
it by judicious annotation ;; and mcli* ta ]
its hifbeat aense, we may ventore to i ~
if the charecter of the mnaotatioa aair|
supplied. — ^Tbis vrorfc is one of the eariai]
of Mnmy's '* Britiah Claeaies,'' and ^
be eompleted In eight volemee, of whM.j
two have already appeared.
The eloquent and impreasive v«i%a o#^
Dr. CrjkiJkiiVG are produced by Mr,^
J. F. Shaw in a very oonveskient I
Not the least attractive of then is one re-
cently published under the title of Bfe#-
cfir/iims; or fAt mmttiL^t: the
argument of which ia to diew that an tr«f ]
oa earth, ante sntatte preacaee aad
henedic^oa of the Greet H%h PHeet :
that those who would jncuteate the peaei |
bility of this happy lilt witbout Cbri*^]
tianity, *' do their bf»t to qaeaehor dafi««|
the (nor fire from Heavea tbaibomaoa tb*]
id ta fhilitieiie llm baie4
leeeNag Oe iNvyager ta
nt i9iiiiry 4ffAe AwMar aa^JWf^ Tie Rmmkitr m Wm
iif JliMai Mmmii i. Bf Edwiid Gibboa, SlTrep N^m ea i
m§, WM .Vefs* if UfA Milmmm mid Cieas. By Jeba Noake, .datler #*"' IFei
iJCCMial. Miled mik wdmmmM NUm et^$mr im OHm fhmt.** ttee.- ^
Mib, iXJX Jb Mi§it -^r^fnl ini i iiaifaJlM inliMf. i
(llwfay.y-lbtaedWaaef ofe work vbieb aabstea aolie^ ia 4
«^* -mt ii«rk of G4hboa it «aliifuisbed Megaeiae fbrNaenrtbu. It&l.
-"tsTWt tait. the iiiMMliiii of tbe years' persevmaee Mr^ Keabe tea i
en to sanni wtwOT^ aad canee*
as of tbaae aaiai Ibe Bdiior has of the
4 e sefff A
fJble
Utrn
rors of Oftbfia, or aflbrd of a^fnhJuj bimjJUl Be i
ft reqaifea. ha has i
of theee fermeilj appeadal eat b
,0m^ aad af edMi gitaa by bifa Mniiipeaili^lj dry, ae aoa
Aellbiy^oald be
wMTiTiMbitef a
tebaffcaef^T^abeeiafy. wTiil
IB$4.}
MUcellaneous Reviews.
509
bick into such hiitorical informntion «s
recordg only can supply, Mr, Noake hsK
done good service by his personal visita-
lion of the parishes of Worcestershire ;
describing all 6uch ninttcrs as have ttt«
traded hh intelligent observation, and not
flinching from censnriiig such defects us
appear to call for remedy or restoration.
He rs not only attentive to the picturesque
and the curious, to family a^d sepulchral
meraorialg, anil to ecclesiastical antiqut-
tie* in general ; but he has an especial
eye to parochial charitkin, and to theprovi-
aions made for the education of the poor.
His book Is well calculated to direct at-
tention to these matters, not only now^ hut
in future tixneg^ when it will from time to
time be opened either for amazement or
information, and in that way, it ii proba-
ble, it may in many caiet fUfg^t import-
ant inquiriei, mid oondiice to beneficial
measures.
Diary andLtftert of Madame D^Arblay^
Auihoret* of** Evelina,^" " Ceeiliitf'* 8fe.
Edited By her Nieee. In Seven Volumtf.
12iN0. — This Diary is very agreeable read-
ing no doubt, and desierveij to be made
generally accejisible ; but wc think in the
preient edition the aim at cheapness in
carried too far. The paper i» tiimay and
trans^parent, and unworthy of a library
book. Literary memoirs like Miss Bur-
ney^s eirpeeially reqtiire marginal notes^
but these, also for economy's sake, arc
deferred till tbe close of the Tolnme, and
are there arranged^ after a new fashion ,
in a biographical alphabet. Wc cannot
wholly approte of this. It h bad enough
to try readers* eyes with railway novels.
Soch a work as the present, if worth re-
printing aa an EngUah clastic, is worth
somewhat better materials.
A Letter to ViMcount PalmerifOHp S(c.
By C.J* Vaughan, D,D.—Tht considera-
tion of Dr. Vanghon's able letter to Lord
Pal mere ton, taken apart from the hiitory
of any parliouUr case of school trans-
gression, has made us feel the difhculties
of the public schoolmaster in a way we
did not anticipate. No one can have put
the matter more clearly and fairly than
Dr. Vaugban \ and, in as far as he baa
dealt with the question of a monitorial
power which shall be confined only to
observing and reporting to the matter, it
teems to nt quite unanswerable. Neither
it the substitution of a body of inferior
ma&ters, called ushers, hy any meant an
unobjectionable thing. The question, bow*
ever, is not settled yet ; the view of anta>
gonist diliicnlties haii not decided us in
^vour of elder young gentlemen caning
their younger schoolfellows a» a regular
part of school law; nor can any words
about *' tbe great glory of »n English public
school, its free development of character,
itt social el ptusivenets, in short its Uberty ,"
hide from our view tbe many fscts with
which very impartial writers have made
at acquainted respecting the sadly low
moral standard of character afterwards
developed at our nniveraities by those
brought up at our public school** They
who have read that remarkable book,
'* Five Years nt an Bngliah University,'*
by an American^ will know what we mean.
We can hardly conceive an Englishman's
thoughtful attention being given to that
book, without a corresponding conviction
ari^ng that we are anything but sound in
our early discipline. Dr. Vaugban tries
to make the beat of his difficulties ( and,
although in a recent instance he may have
unaccountably remitted his care, we are
very sure his general spirit is lofty and
Christian; bnt the serious and startling
dieclofuret of the evils of public schools
in Englnnd, which neither Dr. Arnold
himself nor any of hiii successors have
done much to remove, stilt stare us in the
face, and forbid us to accept the partial
good results of high character and influence
in the principal for a general reformation
in systems.
Thkolooy. — l.MedHali&nMand PrayetB
on the Otdinatian Service /or Deacane^
l^mo. pp. \41* — These are drawn up by
tbe llev, J. H. Finder, Principal of the
Th eol ogicul C oil cge at Wells. Work* pub-
lished with such an object may generally
be considered free of criticttm ; but, we
mutt ask, what i» the precise meaning of
tbe term •' Apostolic Fathers?" (p. 16,)
Why the Early Councils are to be studied
before *' the Evidences of Divine Revela-
tion,** wc cannot tell; but it tcemt a
faulty arrangement, and likely to exalt
human authority unduly.^ — 2. Help and
Coft^rt for the Sick Poor. Fcp. 8w,
pp, 76. This pamphlet is written by the
author of *' Sicknett, its Trials and Blett^
ings.*' It contains many good remarksp
but its price must place it beyond the
reach of the ** sick poor," A tract, con*
taining tbe substance of it, might be very
useful. The *' few words to those in hos-
pitals,'' particularly the suggestions to
those who are the subject of clinical lec-
tures, are apparently the fruit of obterra-
tion and experience. — 3. TViiM tpoken im
iMpe, By the Rep, H. li. Beamiflh. M.A,
Fcp. 8t^. pp, rti. 474. This is a series
of sermons to prove " Romanism and
Tracts nanism refuied by the Word of
God." The volume is dedicated to the
Duchess Dowager of Beaufort, The depths
of controversy can hardly be fathomed in
Miscellaneous Reviewif
I
In his MemoirBf fisyii of ibis work, <* 8a
ThiSoric des Bentimens morsux^ pnbli^e en
175B, m'liTatt donD^ une grande idee dc
sa aag^actt^ et de ea profoudeur/' (c. xii.
p. 237, rot. iO And McCoUoch, In bii
'* Literature of Political Economy," inci-
dentally calls tbis treatise " one of the best
and most eloquent works on moral science,'*
(p. ll.) The editors of the Bio^apMe
Unit. Cla3»ique hawe ^ven a less favour-
able opinion.* ** Cc Uths I'a fait con naltre
partout comme moratiste, sans lui doaner
auCDne gloire; car il n'en eat point bors
dc la ¥6ril6 .... Le sceptfque Hume,
aon ami, lui disait que jamniB il nV-proii'
vait ancnn sentiment tendre pour les
indigens ; qu'il n'avait pour eux aacune
tymnatkie . que pourtant il les tH^cotirait ;
qii'U fail ait bieo, par coaa^queut, donuer
de ses actet de cbarit^ une autre raison,
apparemment la convcteoce, toujours in-
variable dana tous fca bommes, du bien et
dn mal, du juste et de Tinjuste. L'on
pouvait faire et l'on a fait bien d'autres
objectioDS oontre le tyst^me mornle de
r^conomiste ^-eoisais, qui ne trouve pa*
aujourd'hui beaucoup de d^fenacurs.* '
Still the writer admits, thai his psycho-
logical dhcttperies (whicli term be thinks
suits them best,) are remarkable for their
tnitb and delicacy. Tbe late Archbishop
Me^e, in bb celebrated work *• On the
Atooemeiit,*^ (No. xtii.) quotes from tbb
work a long passage on that subject, the
sappreasion of which in the later editions
erinces, ** that be did not altogether escape
the infeetiou of David Hume's society, and
adds one proof more to the many that
already existed, of the danj^cr* even to the
most enlightened, from a familiar contact
with infidelity/* The passage in qaeation
ought to be reutorcd, at least as an ap-
pendix ; but we have searched for it in vain
in this edition. We give the conclu&ion :
'* The doctrines of Revelation coincide, in
every respect^ with those original amiiciffa-
fioiM ^f nature , and, as tlK»y teaoh us how
little we can dej^nd upon the imperfection
of our own virtue, so they shew us, at tlie
■ami limci that tbe moat }K>werful imitr-
cmakm baa been made, and tbe most
dreadful attmetntvit has ^eem paid for our
mani/otd Irana^remiomM omd imquUitt/*
We have only farther to aay, that tbe
dliJtrti>tion on the origin of modem )aa>
gvagea, and the UU of the author, by
Do^d Stewart » are included in tbisTolume.
J6kn Pmrf, ihti Pit§tim- Martyr, l6Sf -
1593. 17yJoha WaddiAgtM. 8to. {Catk,)
— Mr, WaddtiiKtoa fa entitled to credit
for hii roatum* He has collected his
materials with exemplary care and dili-
gence; but we CAnnot congratulate bim
on their osc. He is full of angry preju-
dices, and writes in an inflated aJFected
way, which is very damaging to his repu*
tfttion as an author, and altogether niioous
to the cause which he has in hand. Penry't
case vras a very hard and wicked one ; but
it fs absord to consider the present book
as containing a candid or, in any sense of
the words, a full, accurate, or fair inquiry
into the facts of his life and treatment
It would augur badly of the intellectual
condition of the body of Dissenters for
whom tbe author writes, if such a book as
this coal J possibly be genendly acceptable
to thetn. With every disposition to join
with the author in mourning over the cruel
and untimely fate of a man of such bright
promise as Penry, it is impossible to say
more of bis book than that, however well
meant, it is prejudiced, weak, and uuskilful
In the highest degree.
* Alluding to hia making sympathy tlie
ground oi morality* (See Tennemftiiii*)
8aUm Redeemed i or, The Veur <if Ju-
bilee: a Lyrical Drama, By E. Peel.
Fep, Sco, pp. 9B, — There is considerable
poetical merit in this composition. The
subject appears to be taken from Zecba-
rioh xir, 3, 4 ; and, if the autlior has not
fully succeeded, it is because success is
impossible, where the event exceeds all
human attempts at sublimity. We might
quote the first stanza of the chorus at p.
69 as narticularly ()nc. Sometimes, how-
ever^ tne author aims too high, where sim-
pler expreasions would have sofhced , Thus
at L \, 2.—
A woe
To dwarf aU other woes,
would better have been '* beyond all other
woes."* At stanza ii. to call the che-
rubim ** the $m9rded »onfi of morning," if
using a heavy epithet. In fact, the dra-
matic form of religious poetry has not
greatly prospered in modern handa (Mil-
man is the chief exception) ; and the author
must be content with our saying, that we
have little superior to himself, m a kind
tbatbas baffled ao many of his competitors.
h SymbaUtm tuited to the Spirit^ the
Age f By William White. 8ro.— this ii
a sensible, thoughtful, and suggestive essay.
The title is not, wc will venture to aay|
* We have a precedent for saying this.
The line
Ob grief, beyond all other grief 1
in a translation from the Portuguese poet
1. A. Da Cunha (Stamondi, e. 40), oomea
fully up, as every reader will feel, to the
dignity of tbe subject, and needs no at*
tempt at improving upon it.
Antif/narian Hesearches.
[May,
very well chosen ; it docs not sccin to ua
to express the queitioii of the time and
of all limCi'^that chielly which it coDcems
i]« to know. For symbolism itself there
surely can he no qucEtion at alL ETcry
age is fpU of it J every age has reiipect to
it. What we want is to come to uq un-
dersltQding of the legitimate proTitice of
symbolism ; of its progress with a pro^
gressivc time ; of the changes — at all
CTents the additions— which human life
requires. The eTcrlasting fitness of re-
pre-sentations of the Christian history, the
simpler emblems of its facts and of the
facts of human history^ which most fol-
low it — the FoDtj the DovCi the Cross —
never can grow old ; never should be
missed from our sacred edifices. What
we need is some further expansion of these
ideas ; something that. Christian stUl, and
elevating and consoling still, shall yet be
in h&rmony with English life in this pre-
■.est period — something that, being neither
mean nor vulgar, yet shall connect the
Church and the daily life more thou now ;
something not wholly of the past, remind-
ing us not only of the great work done for
us ages ago, but of the ever present, con*
ttnuul outpouring of mercies and blessings.
We do not kaow bow to give precisely an
exemplification of our meaning ; but let
ftoy one try to tliink what images he would
bring around him, if wisbicig to realise
and yet to idealifie whatever the Almighty
lias given him of light aoti help on his
onward path. Let him try to see all
things through that light, and stirely some
warmth and richness will come upon the
coldness and barene-ss of churches.
Bine JaekeU; or, CMp§ qf ike Old
Block. A Narrative of the Galfani Sjt-
ploiU of British Seamen and qfthe Prim-
cipal EtenUi in the Naval Servicet during
the reign of her Moat GraciouM Majexty
Queen Victoria. By W. H. G. Kingston,
Eiq, l2mo. — The nature of this book is
fairly described in the title-page, except
that its narrative is not a continuous one.
This will be no drawback to the entertain*
meot it will aJQTord, as the aneedotical fonn
has its peculisr attractions. Its materials
are compiled with evident care and fidelity.
Thougb the reign of Victoria has hitherto
been considered a period of peace, it baa
not been destitute of active incideots in
the naval service ; of which the principal
items are furnished by — the capture of
Aden in 1839, the war in Syria, that in
China, and that in Burmah, the various
actions incidental to the suppression of
piracy in Borneo and the Eastern archi-
pelago, and of the slave-trade on the coast
of Africa, the eipeditioa up the Niger,
that to the Antartic seas, and several to
the polar regions of the North. All these
topics, and several isolated instances of
heroism and self*devotion , give their varied
colouring to Mr. Kingston's "yama;"
andr altogether, the volume, as an au-
thentic contribution to the naval history of
the present reign, po&s^aes mono than a
passing interest.
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.
SOCIETY OF ANTtUUARlES.
March 30, J. Payne Collier, esq, V.P.
Octavios Morgan, esq. F,S.A, exhibited
one of the raalb formerly used for playing
the game of puilh maille, found in the
house of the late Jlr. Vtilliamy of Pal! Mall,
as already noticed in p. 300.
The Rev, Tlioraos Hugo, F.S.A. exhi-
bited a Celtic armilla of bronze, recently
found during the excavations for buildings
in Backlerflbnry,
Dr. Augustus Guest, F.S.A. communi-
cated an account which he had received
from Mr. C. H, Purday, accompanying a
drawing of a fresco recently discovered on
the north»east pier of the central tower of
Carlisle cathedral, jfr. Guest suggested
that this painting wjib intended to repre-
sent an incident in the life of St. Cuthbcrt
as related hy Beds, where the death of
8
St. Aidan was revealed to llic holy man
while tending his flocks. This explana-
tion, however, was not considered satis-
factory, inasmuch as there is no flock
represented in tlie picture, .At the hoad
of (he sleeper are two homed animals,
seated in something like heraldic postures. j
The Almighty is appearing to him, audi
angel, now partially obliterated, is making;*"
some direct communication to his ears.
Dr. Guest also, by the favour of L. J.
Mackintosh, esq. exhibited a memorial
Ring of Charles the First, which has a
portrait of the king in enamel, and
inscription at the back, recording the i
of his execution. In the same custody J
preserved a piece of plaid, of a patteri
now unknown, but supposed to have beeii^
worn by the Pretender.
Benjamin Williams, esq* F.S.A. retd
18540
Antiquarian Hesearches*
513
k
tome ** additionAl renaarks oo tlie Htde of
Land, and on tooie aocieotMvnoriai Cun-
toin§ iti Ojtford shire,"
J, Payne Collier, esq, V.P. contributed,
ai AH addition to the Society*i$ collection,
fifteen ptctoriiil Broadsideif, of the Inst
century, which he had Lately rescued from
an old house in Berkshire. They are
adorned with large woodcutj^ Bomc of
which, especially that of '*thc Tree of
Fortune,'* are of considerably older date
than the time when they were printed.
They were chiefly, if not entirely, of the
mantifactory of ^!r. Diceyj in Bow church-
yard.
April 6 The Lord Vise. Mnhoth Pre*.
Mods. Aotoiue Charma, Profetseur de
Philoaophie k la Faculty des Lettrea de
Caen, and the Ahbc Cochet, lo^pecteur
dea Monumenf Ubtoriques pour le de-
partemcnt de Seine Infcrieure, were elected
Foreign Merobira of the Society j and
Uetiry Robioson, esq. of Cheaham-street,
was elected Fellow.
The Rev. Tbomaa Hugo, F.S.A. cx-
hihited a Ruman «poon and Ugula receally
discovered in Bucklersbury.
John Adey Repton* esq. F.S.A. com-
municated a drawing of examples of Anglo-
Sajton, Norman, and other arches, made
by himself about forty years ago, accom-
panied by observations on their different
styles, with their dates and peculiar cha-
racteristics.
Dr. Aug. Gaest commuidaited an ac-
count of recent diacQTertes at Canoaaj the an-
cient Canuaium, in Apulia, made by Signer
Bonucci, from whose report it appears
that the nccropolii of Canusium is some
miles in extentj abounding in sepulcbral
rem sine of three distinct clashes of the
former iohabitHnts of the city ; namely,
those of the poor, tliose belonging to the
richer or middle cIaflae!^, and those belong-
ing fo persons of opulence or distinction.
Among the vaaea difrcovered, one bears a
representation of the Rape of Europa,
another Medea extricating Jason, a third
the liberation of Andromeda, and a fourth
the death of Patroclus ; but the most
remarkable vase yet discovered is one on
which is represented Darius surrounded
hv his satraps, between Greece and Asia,
abof e whom is a figure waring a torch,
April 24. The anniversary meeting was
held, and Lord Viscount Mahon delivered
hit annual address as President. It was
stated that twenty members had died da»
ring the past year^ and one bad resigned ;
whilst seventy- five new Fellows have been
elected, witb nine honorary Foreign Mem*
hers : so that the strength of the Society
has materially iucreoj^ed, under the opera-
tion of its new regulations for admisiion
and subscription. A special vote of thanks
GiENT. Mag. Vol. XLI.
was passed to Mr, Bruce the retiring
Treasurer, to whose judicious management
this change in the Society's status is prin-
cipalty due. The meeting then proceeded
to the election of Council and Officers for
the ensuing year. The following list, as
propo&ed by the Council, was unanimously
contiru^ed : — E)leven Members from the old
Council, The Viscount Mahon, President;
Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford, V.P,, John
Payne Collier, esq. VJ\, Admiral W. H,
Smyth, V.P., Sir He.iry Ellis, KJL Di-
rector, Viscount Strangford, John Bruce,
G^q., Richard Ford, esq. Auditor^ John
Henry Parker, esq. Auditor, Edward
Hawkins, esq,, and John B. Bergoe» esq.
Ten new Members : — Frederic Ouvry,
esq., Treasurer, Hon. Richard Comwallis
Neville, Auditor, Robert Porrctt, esq*
Auditor, AVm. Our ran t Cooper, esq.,
Fredk. Wm. Fairholt, esq., Edward Foss,
esq.. Rev. Thomas Hugo, M.A** Colonel
Mure, M.P., William Titc, esq.» Thomas
Wright, esq.
John Yongc Akerman, esq. was re-elected
Secretary ; and it was understood that the
President will nominate Lord Viscount
Strangford to succeed Sir R. H. Inglis^
the retiring Vice-President,
KtlMtSMATIC BOCIETr.
March 23. Edward Hawkins, esq. V.P.
Mr. Vaoi read a paper ** Oa the Mo-
netary System of Tibet, as illustrated by
the ciisting Coins of that Country." The
paper was mainly due to a report furnished
by Capt. Henry Strachey to Mr. Vaux,
when purchasing for the British Museum,
some months since, a collection of Coins
of Tibet and the adjoining counties^
made by that gentleman during his re-
sidence at Ltidak. It sppein that the
Tibetans hare united the coinage of India
with the bnllion of China, and, from the
extensive use of bad money, that it has
come to pass, that the Chinese ingots of
silver arc at present the only real standard
which may be entirely relied on for perma-
nence, uniformity, and purity of metal.
These ingots^ which have various names,
are imported from Yarkend. to which place
they are brought from Khatay or Nor-
thern China. They are made of a sort of
boat shape, the cavity being partly MIed
up solid (as though poured in after the
shell had been first made), so that they can
be piled up with the bottom of one fitting
into the rim of another. They are stamped
on the inside with Chinese characters, and
arc of nearly pure metal. As they are
liable to be clipped, the merchants gene-
rally test them by weighing in a small steel-
yard. The government of Ladak has had
a silver currency of its own for the last 250
years ; the earliest coins are of nearly pur©
3U
514
A»HqtMriam JUttarckt*.
[M.J,
■Uver, probably that of iLe Chinese ingots,
and are ttamped with a barbarooa imitatiofi
of the Penian name of Mahmnd Khan, who
filled in Tibetastan abont a.d. 1667; other
namts. as that of Shah Jehan of Dehli,
are soroedmefl met with. Of late yean
the coinage has been mnch debased, chiefly
by the agents of Maharajah GhoUb Singh,
in 1847. The only difference in the form
of the coin was the snbstitation of the
name of GhoUb Singh, with a representa-
tion of the Kathar or Indian dagger, for
the former letters, the workmanship being
hardly superior to that of the older money.
There is no natire oopper coinage in
Ladak, and for want of it small payments
are ntnally made by handsful of meal, tea,
&c Indian money is not, to any great
eitent, imported in Ladak. The Turkish
races of Bokhara and Khokend have a
coinage of their own, but the only part of
this which reaches Ladak is the gold TUioAj
imported by way of Yarkend. These coins
bear the names and titles of Khans of
Bokhara and Khokend, with the date and
place of mintage, and are, when well pra-
lerved, very beantifnl specimens of oriental
sedallic art. Like all other gold, how-
ever, in Lariak, the Turkish coins are used
as merchandize, and not as money.
Mr. ETans read a paper on the mode
adopted by the indent Celtic population
of England, in casting certain tin coins,
which remain of their times.
Mr. ChaffiBra, in a letter to J. B. Bergne,
esq. drew attention to a Tery curious and
unique siege- piece struck in Pontefract
Castle. Its size makes it doubtful whether
it was intended for a twcshilling or a
half-crown piece.
Mr. C. Roach Smith exhibited a medal
in lead, struck in commemoration of the
escape of King Charles the Second from
the battle of Worcester.
steen, of Christiania, who has tbewii that
Olafs delaat and an edipat took plaaa am
the same day. The lecoad evnat Mr.
Hogg has proved to haTc been, ia reaUtj,
an instance of the andent Scandinaviaa
Hohm§mmff, that is, a dael fought op^Mi an
island; and that this combat took place
oa the isUnd of Alney or Olney, a small
tract formed by the separation of tka
stream of the Serem into two chanaala,
OB the north-west side of the dty of
Gloucester. [The same idea has been ro-
cently promulgated by Mr. Akermaa In
a paper read before the Sodety of Aati-
queries : see our Feb. number, p. 173.]
April 19. The Rot. D. J. Heath read
a paper ** On the Sdect Hieratic Papyri,"
published by the British Museum in 1844,
in the deciphering of which he has lately
been making considerable progress. Mr.
Heath belicTea he has succeeded in dit-
covering that some of these, as the fiflb
and sixth of the Anastasi collection, whie^
belong to the reign of Menephthah tbs
Second, narrate the exodus of a ** mixed
multitude" from Egypt, and, probably,
that of the Jews themselves.
ROTAL SOCIBTT Or LITBRATURB.
Mareh 22. A paper waa read, *' On
Two Events that occurred in the Life of
King Canute the Dane,'* communioated
by John Hogg, esq. M.A. The events
were the battle which was fought by King
Olaf with his Norwegian subjects, who had
revolted, to which English historians have
hitherto assigned an incorrect date ; and
the single combat, which is said to have
taken place between Edmund Ironside
and Canute, and which led to the division
of England, a few weeks subsequently,
between those monarchs. Mr. Hogg de-
monstrated, from a careful examination of
the different authorities, that the date of
the 6nt event had been placed in a.d.
10£8, 10S9, 1030, respectively, but that
the last is the correct one { being esta-
bliihed by the reiearohaa of Prof. Har-
BRITISU ARCHjKOLOOICAL asbociatiov.
Miirch 22. S. R. Solly, esq. F.R.S. Y.P.
The Rev. Mr. Hugo presented a coUeo-
tion of various fragments of pottery, tic
obtained in excsTations made in the dty of
London, to be deposited with other sped-
mens already in the possession of the As-
sociation. Mr. O'Connor exhibited a
dagger of the dose of the seventeenth cen-
tury, which, though somewhat resembling
the old hunting-knives in form, was con-
sidered to be a culteliumt employed aa a
guard in fighting with the sword. The
blade is about a foot in length, sharp on
one edge; the back broad at the upper
part, but turning sharp towards the point.
On both sides are stam))ed the Prussian
eagle holding the sceptre and orb, and
the word potzoam. The horn hilt and
brass cross-guard appeared to have origi-
nally bdonged to another weapon. In the
Meyrick collection is an anelace from the
same manufactory, having on it the words
" Regicnt : Prints Cari, Potsdam, F.W.R."
Captain Tupper exhibited a small Roman
key found at Freshford, near Bath. B.
Barrow, esq. communicated an account of
the examination of some British tumuli in
the Isle of Wight, with drawings of the
vases and dagger found in them.
Mr. Baigent forwarded a drawing ttom
a stone coffin -lid, commemorating the
builder of the chancel of the church of
Woolhampton, near Newbury. The in-
scription IS in Lombardic charactera round
the edgo^Hio : jacbt : RiOAROva : dr :
IfiSi]
Voreign News*
Hs&cLOND I Rector : hvjvs : loce :
CON HIT OR X CANCBLLi. Tbeae letter* were
in brass, but all that now exL^t arc the
auokeci oavitiea or matrices of the letters.
From tbe architectural character of the
chancel this slab cannot be of later date
thaci 1350. A second and very elaborate
paper by Mr. Baigeot was read^^ *^ On the
Diiicovery of Maral Painttngs in St. Jobn's
at Winchester/* Tbcy represented the
nmrder of Saint Thomns of Canterbury, in
a finished style of execution, and will be
StYcn in colouri^ in the next number of tbo
ournal of the Aatociatioa.
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
FOREIGN NEWS.
We stated in our last number that a
treaty bad been si^pied between Turkey
and the Western Powen, binding the
former to ameliorate the position of ita
Christiaii subjects. This ii not the case,
and it has since been officially itated that
the Western Powers haTe no intention of
demanding such a derogation of the aoTe*
reign dignity of the Porte, The only
treaty signed is that refernug to fch« con-
duet of the war.
A protocol waa signet] at VieiiTia on the
fJth of April between England, France,
Austria, and Prussiatin which the German
Powers declared their continued accord of
opinion with Fronre and England on Che
Russian question.
On the loth of April a convention was
signed in London by Lord ClsrendoQ and
Count Waleweki, as plenipotentiaries of
their reispective govenimenta» relative to
the aid to be given to the Ottoman Em-
£ire. The convention binds the High
ontracting Powers lo uie all their exer-
tions to free the territory of the Sultan
from Ruflsiao occupation, and to entertain
separately no overt^ris for peace. They
renounce any persooal advantage from tbe
war » and invite tbe other European Powers
to join tbe alliance.
An offensive and defensive alliance h>ia
boen concluded between Prussia and Aus-
tria. The treaty was signed at Berlin^ on
the 20th of April, by Baron Jlantcuftel
and Baron Hess.
Rutiia. — A suppiement to the Jonrnjil
of St. Peterflbnrgb of the 1st (I3tb) April
contains a Drclaralion in reply to the
proclamation of war by the Western
Sowers. Tills psper attempt*, at conti-
erable length, to justify the course of
the RuBsian Emperor, and to show that the
war has been forced on him by the French
and Eoglisb governments, nnd ends by
declaring that " tbe responsibility of tbe
calamities of war belongs to the power
which has declared it, not to that which
is bound to accept it.'*
Tlie Grand Duke Constantine has taken
the commancl at Cronotadt.
PrancB. — The Duke of Cambridge and
Lord Raglan left London on the lOlh of
April, and arrived at Paris the next morn*
ing, when they were received by the Mi-
nister of War and the Englkh Ambassador.
They proceeded to visit tlj« Emperor nt
the TuilcrW, to whom the Duke presented
on autograph letter from her Mtjesty. On
the tSth a grand review took place tn tbe
Champ de Mars.
Prince Napoleon took hi* departure from
Paris for the East on the Utb, and ou the
IGth Maralial St AmAu>1,and on the 18th
Lord Raglan, left Paris for Constantinople
by way of Mariieilles. Tlie Dnlf e of Cam-
bridge remained till the fallowing day,
when he left for Vienna, to be present at
the marriage of the Emperor of Austria.
He is said to be the bearer of an autograph
letter of congratulation from the Queen.
Do tbe 2Ist Lord Lucan, the commander
of tbe EoglisU cavalry, passed through
Paris, on his way to tbe East.
On the 20th of April the main body of
the French Baltic fleet left tbe harbour of
Brest under the command of Admiral Par-
se val Descb^oes, Tbe fleet, including the
ships already on their way, consists of
23 vcKtcls, of which 9 are ships of the line
of 90 guns and upwards. On the 24th
tbe fieet was seen off Plymouth.
The Bailie,— The fleet left Kiel on the
29th of March for Kioge Bay, about ten
miles from Copenhagen. On tbe 3rd April
Rear-Admiral Plumridgc was detached
with five steamships for the Gulf of Fin-
land. Sir Charles Napier, with the rest
of tbe dret, left Kioge Bay on the 12th
for Gothland, ahd was reported to be off
that iiknd on tbe 19th. Several Rutslan
merchant vessels have been captured.
Vtiana,~-OtL the 26th of April the
Emperor of Austria was married to the
Princesi Eltzabetb of Bavaria. On the
occasion of tbe marriage the state of siege
has been removed in Hungary and Lom-
516
Foreign News.
ISSmj,
md anacrow polkieBl ofeadcn
hare rceetred a p«rdoa«
Greece, — It b cowidcrtd eertasn tbat
tfce hmmrfttikHk m Epinu and TbcaaaJf
hm been acti^dj proaaoCed bj the GrtA
eoart, and emeially bj the Qaeen Amelia.
A krge Bumber of the fsbjecta of King
Otho, aad erea of Ua ofteen aad eaploy^,
have croaacd the frontier to aaaist the ia-
mrfeata. Aboot the end fA March the
Tarkifth t^mnk d'aiairea, Nctachet Paaha,
addrrtaed a <&aiaad to the Greek forera*
aMnt reqoiriof that thia noremeat fhoold
be ttoppad, the oflleera recalled, and cer-
tain profeaai>n in the aai^enttjr diaaiiaaed.
The repljr not being eoasidered aati^fac-
tory, all eoaaionicatioaa betweea the
fOvemiBcnta hare been watpendedt and the
Porte haa ordered all Helleniatie Greeka
to leare the Ottoman dominiooa. A ftrong
note haa been addreaKd to the Greek
goverameat by the Eagliah aad Freacfa
miolaterf, bat d^re ia reaaon to beltere
that the iafataatjon of King and people ta
too great to allow of ita exerciaing any
fadlaenee. In the mean tin»e the inaor-
fenta do not appear to gain grovnd. On
the IMh Mardi Oaman Paaha took the
eoBunand of Arta« The Torka hare 8000
men ia Janina, and the Greeks are stated
to be driven to the moantains, where thejr
moat shortly experience serere distress for
waat of svppliea. Lord Stratford de Red-
cfiflTc haa addreased a drcoUr note to the
Britiah oooaola condemning the insorrec-
tion.
GmsUnUinopU. — The potsestions of the
Bosqaes, which are werj considerable,
hare been declared the property of the
state. The Sheik-nl-Islam, who is at the
head of the religions body, baring refused
his consent to this ordinance, was deposed.
Gallipoli, at the entrance of the sea of
Marmora, was selected as the point of
debarkation of the French and English
army. The first detachment of the French
dirifion arrired in the beginning of April ;
and on the 8th the first portion of the
Britbh contingent landed from the Golden
Fleece transport. The accommodation,
howerer, has been found extremely de-
ficient at Gallipoli, and some British regi-
ments hare since landed at ScntarL
The Danubian PHneipalitiee, — The
Rasaians crossed the Danube at three se-
reral points, opposite Brailow, Galatx, and
Ismau, on the 33rd March, and now oc-
cupy the district called the Dobmdscba,
which is shut in between the Danube and
the Black Sea on the north, east, and
west, and bounded to the souf h by the re-
mains of a Roman intrenchment known as
Trajan's Wall. At Matschin some loss
was suffered by the fire from the Turkish
batteries, but on the whole this morement
ofafl
appcara to hare bee
sacrifice than aught bare beem <
The Rassians hare aow poaa
the foiti eases ia this fiatrict, aad are
to namber 50,000 bms. The rig;ht \
<d the Tarkish army which ia oppoas
them consists of about 60,000.
had beea for some days bombarded oa the
19th, bat had not sarrendered.
Prince Paskiewitch, who arrired at Ba-
charest on the 5th of April, haa beea
appointed Comaiaader-in-chief of the
Rastian actire army. Prince Gortacbakoff
will remain as secood in comaaaad. TW
new Commander-in-chief has gtren orders
to eracaate Lesaer Wallachia. The town
c4 Fokschani in WaDachia, which bad been
fortified by the Roaaians, haa been de-
stroyed, with a considerable qaantity of
stores and ammunition.
On the 26tb and 29th of March aosae
fighting took place in the neighboorbood
i4 Kalafiit. On the former oocasicm the
engagement was entirely confined to
caraby, aad the adrantage waa on the
side of the Turks, who took som^ storea
and the military cheat at Poiana, and
forced the enemy to retire with the loaa
of 120 men. On the 30th at SkripeCz
10,000 in&ntry and 2000 cavalry were
engaged with a superior Rossian force and
succeeded in driring them back. Soaae
further rencontres took place on the 3rd
and 4tb of April, but without important
results.
Tke Black 8ea.— On the 3rd of March
seren Russian steamers, with transporta,
left Sebastopol, and proceeded to withdraw
the garrisons from the numerous isolated
forts on the coast of Circassia, established
for the purpose of checking the contra-
band traffic in slares. An addidon of
5000 men was thus made to the garrison
of Sebastopol. An EngK«»b and French
steamer were seen during the embarkation,
but they contented themselres with aacer-
taining the nature of the proceedings of
the Russians and did not attempt to attack
them.
The combined fleets left Beicos Bay on
the 24th March and sailed towards Varna,
where 1000 Marinea were landed to aaaist
in the defence of the place. The fleets
anchored in Karama Bay on the 26th.
A ministerial cri»is hsis taken place in
Denmark. The ministry, who are faronr-
able to Russia, demanded the dismiaaal of
two of their number who bad roted with
the Opposition, and, on this being refused,
tendered their resignations. The Oppo-
sition, howerer, has not felt itself suf-
ficiently strong to replace them, and they
hare consequently resumed office and
gained their point.
Spain, — Mr. Soul^, the American mi-
1854.]
Domestic Occurrences.
517
I
iiiater at tliii court, bos cl«raaode^3 300,000
dollars as r repArntion for injury sustained
by tbe ownert of tbe Black Wurrior, an
Americmti vessel detained by the Spanisb
autboritii*B at Cuba. Th<> demand h laid
to hiTc been couched in strong and offen-
iive language, and to ha?e been met by b
Fefusal. The Spanish Government has
iasaed a decree for the snpprcaaion of the
ulaTfi-trade in Cuba. Every slave is to be
fumisbeii with papers ebowiug hi» place of
birth, owner's namei &c.; and those for
whom such paper* eannot be produced will
be regarded as having been illegally im-
ported. This measure appear* calculated
to effect its purpose^ if honestly carried
out *t but it is Co be feared that Cubnn dU-
bonestj will find a means of evading it.
A decree has also been issued prohibiting
the equipment or reception of privateers
under the Russian fla^. Doq Francisco
de Paula, oucle of the Queen, has married
a woman oamed Teresa Redondo, with
whom he bas been living for some time.
It is said that the marriage was advised by
the King, whn is the son of Don Fran-
cisco, upon moral grouf)ds*
The Duke of Parma died on tbe 37tb
of March from the effects of a wound in-
flicted by an unknown assnssin on the pre-
vioi&s evening* The Ducliesi of Parmar
who is sister of the Duke dc Bordeaux,
assumed the government as regent for tlie
young Duke Robert, who was bora July 9,
1848, The government of the Duobeas
gives much satisfaction. She has removed
tbe state of siege which was continued by
the bte Duke from IHB.
United Slaiei.— A drnught of a conven-
tion has been agreed upon between the
British government and the U.S. minister
Mr, Buchaaau regarding tbe right of
searoh and impressment of seamen. Thia
agreement will remove the causes wl^iob in-
volved OB in war with that country in ISIS.
■ The principal event at home during the
H post month has been the withdrawal of
^m the proposed me assure for the Reform of
B Parliament, On moving the adjournment
for tbe Enstcr rcceas on the 1 Hh of April,
Lord John Russell stated that the Ministry
had come to this determiination. ** They
could hnrdly press the second reading of
the Bill without being prepared, if neces-
sary, to dissolve Parliament, and to stake
their existence as a Ministry upon tbe soc-
Icess of the measure ; bnt having thoaght
it their duty to bring down measagea to
both Mouses of Parliamentf and to ask
supplies at the commencement of an ardu-
ous and, it might be, a protracted struggle,
it was hardly compatible with their duty
to shrink from the posts they occupied,
and to decline the responsihUity which
belonged to the war."
WiMlnesday the 26tb of April was, by
her Majesty's command, generally ob-
served throughout the Kingdom as a day
of genernl humiliation and prayer upon the
commencement of War.
April G. At the assizes at Gloucester,
Richard Hugh Smithy the pretender to
■ tbe estates of Smyth of Aihton Court
(at related b our Magazine for Sept. last,
p, 315,) was brought to trial on two indict
menta for forgery and perjury j the forgery
being that of the alleged will produced in
support of bis claim, and the perjury com-
mitted In tbe evidence he gave io his own
behalf when that action was tried. The
proceedings occupied two days, and the
DOMESTIC OCCURUENCES.
jury found the prisoner guilty of uttering
documents knowing them to be forged, and
also guilty of forging the said documents.
He waa sentenced to be transported be-
yond the seas for the space of twenty years.
April 9. The church of Wtst Tarring^
near Worthing, was re-opened for divine
worship, after having been closed since
the 1 3th June last. With the exception of
tbe chancel, it has been completely re-
stored, under the direction of Mr. Joseph
Peacock, architect, of Bloomsbury-aqnaFei
The inserted windows have been removed,
and new ones of appropriate style have
been suhstituted. Entirely new roofs have
been put to the nave and aisles, with open
timbers, and covered with Horsham atone,
The whole of the church has been rcseatod
with open benches, and the aisles paved
with blacV ond red tiles. Tbe pulpit and
reading-desk are of carved oak, enriched
with the tooth ornament, and have been
placed on the north and south sides of the
chancel arch. The font has been restored
to its central place near the Western en-
trance, from which it had been disturbed
for tbe erection of a gallery, now removed^
and is relieved by a carved screen beneath
the tower arch. It is of Caen stone, sup-
ported on eight Purbeck marble shafts,
and is a restoration from a portion of the
base of the old font. A memorial window,
by Mr. Willcment, has been placed at the
east end of the south aisle, embodying the
two great commandments, and illustrated
by the parable of "Tbe Good Samaritan,"
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18540
Promatimi and PfifermenU.
519
I
bnrfh, to beSccreUry o' Hmbitty at Constin-
April 19. Royal Marines, Ueut.-Col. Cljarlea
Comptoti Pratt to be Colonel Secund Com-
miuidant ; Capt. H. W. I'arke, of the ArliUer/
Ckiiitpanie«. to tie Lieut. -Colonel. —Iloyat Sau-
T» {^nd Minerij Capt. I'. A. Yorke to W.
;<Fra] florae Gnarda, Capt. R. H.
r^:
LiLMjt.-i :<n. \\
Capt.A.Muiw
CoL J. Rrorrn
'■X
Mnjor,
-Tfith Fwt, brevet
I;
( -.ii K, -N. n.iiiij.s, who
Itaitaliou at VViitcbe9teri
V FSnter to Kp Major.—
r tr, G.
. Heory
I 'If ooni^i
(ul. u IKTowoa*
t Teioplemoft', to be
I it. -Col W, F, Beat-
Col-:.
tft..i . ■
H.irt t > be \t
Uuke of Hp
tobcM;
liend, < '
Colonel .
son, of the list lihha rompany^f Service, to
have tlie loqAl rutiK of D^loiiel while etiiployett
In the Turktih donnlriionii^.
April %2. Jamea Karl *( n
dine, KX to be Ueut. <• ii
of the ab ire of Fi fc . - J o!i f i i o
!nf At-
^|, to be
i. esq, to
r Trioce
KUward
^ Lotig-
McAa-
' eMefo-
1 , 1 rice Ed-
:!litJdJf,Ci.!.i.tubeMem'
of Siprra Ij30ne,— Hugh
iers, «iq. to be Collector
of Castujiir, KthHiril Urimee. cm to be Au-
ditor-Geueral, and Niirman Qinipbcll, eiq* to
be Registrar General for tbe colooy of Victoria.
be Treat itrer, i
torney-Geiier.
Colonial ScLf
be IW'
Bdwanl
Palmer
worth, i
lay, ao(i
bers of
ward li-
ber of
Culliog !
Colonel Horh Henry Rose, C B. :lecrcUry of
Emb«a9y at conatantiooplc, to be Military
CommlasloDer to tbe PreDCb Expeditlooar)'
Army in the East,
Cbarlea Cavetidisb CltfTord^eaq to be Private
Secretary to Lord Palmerstou.
The Right Hon. T. U. Macaulay, MJ*., tUc
RJffht Hon. l>jrd A'-liburton* Mr, John Sbaw
I^fe\re, CJl, ttiL' Kev. Henry Mehill, H.ri,,
Principal of Hailcyburj' Collejfc, and the Rev,
Bei^amin Jowptt, Fellow aud Tutor of fUlliol
Collejpe, Oxford, to be a committee for the pur-
pose of cooaideriof the best means of carrying
out the clauses of tbe Governmeut of India Act
of last ae^aioR, ander wbicli admi3<iio» to tbe
Cotlejre of Haileybury will bercaAer be open to
competition.
Emt India l/aii^e,— The following ia tbe liat
appointed by the Court of Directors of tbe Eaat
India Coinpauy on the Bib of March, 18^4, to be
Directors under the Act lOth and I7th of Vic-
toria, chap. *!5:— Mr. C. MItfs, Mr, RuiaeU
Ellice, Mr. W. Uotter»vi Mr. J,
Shepherd, Mr. M. T. 6mv H. WiN
lock, K.L.^., Sir J. Vil . Lieut ^
Colooe) W, H. i^ykes, Mr. LUiot A!ac(ia|rhten,
Major /. Qllphant, the Hon. W. H. Xe^lie
Melvlll, Mn R. 1>. Mikk.'!?^. M,P,, Mr W. J,
Eaatwlck, Mr. J. D ud Mr H, T.
Prlnnep. Major I mt is chosen
Chairman, and Klli '«fni «s<l- l>«-
BUty-Cbairman.
Lord Bateman to be Chairman of the S^hrewa-
bury and Bimtiuipham Railway t*,<iiopany.
Richard Hartley Renncdy, c*q. elected
Alderman of Cheap Ward.
■ Rlcha
■ Aldermj
MemhrM rtiumwd to Hftf in Ptirliam$ni*
Durham (NQrfkl—ljQr^^ ^ aoe.
LiJtkeartl — Riilph Wni. <
SiiufJuimt/fmi.— 'SlV A. J, ini, 8oU-
< i* rL after accepting the Recorder-
J , . . .'.. —Win* ikbaw Lindsay, esq.
fi^tmi^fiuHd.—Tht Earl of Bectire.
NaVaJ* pRirJUlMKNTS,
Aprii t. tOn the removal of the name of
Rear-Admiral of tbe Blue ^ir John Franklin
from the list), Capt. Ijord Colchester to be
Rear- Admiral on tbe reserved list ; Capt.
Charles Hope to be Rear- Admiral of tbe Bine.
AprUi. Capt. Erasmus Ommanuey (Deputy
Controller-General of the Coastjfraard) to the
Eurydice H^, Capt. G. N. Broke to tbe Gla-
diator 9team-fricate.
Aprit 18. To be Captains, James A. Paynter.
J. d Prevoat, Sir Wlfliam Wiseman, Earl, and
N. VansitUrt.— To be Commanders^ F T. C.
Strode, G. O. Willea, and W, E. A. Gordon,
I^CCLKStABTlCAL Pfti;rC&MRKTa.
lU0it Rev. T. Carr, D.D. (late Biabop of Bom-
bay), Bath R. s^omeniet.
Rev. H. Bukerstetb (R- of 8t. Giles-in-the-
Fields. London), Canonry in the Cathedral
Church of gjilisbury.
Rev. U. Durnford (R. of Middleton), Hon,
Can. in theCath*»(lr.xU hur, ii ,,f \fi»...^h/-.f^r.
Rev. W. Hey (Mn >l,
York), Can. in tin rk.
Rev. — Lowe, Minoi « ., ... ,». ... ., Jrai
Church or Llurbam.
Rev. T, liichftrd-soti, Pneit-Vicarof thet^fttlic.
•Iral Church of St. Uavid^a.
Rev. \>. Richardson (P.C. of St. DaTid^a),
Caiionry ot Llandiailio-GogoAT in the Cathe-
dral Church of St. David's.
Rpv. J . l\ WilUama, i)ab-Dean of the Cathedral
Church of 8t. liavjd's.
H^y II n ,. I I »*,.*..»... \ ^'Tffordsbire.
Rev, V. t,
Rev. J e-Moora R. w.
SmalU.M-i.. . , oM,».M.i^......,
Rev.C.liadey.KlsdooH w.HoTsleyC.Northurob.
Rev. W. H. Beever, 8t. Hilary V, Glamor?.
Hev. R. Caxe, RatbcoDuell V. dio. Meath.
Rev. J. Colborne, Holy Trinity P.C Painawick
(or l^^lad), Glouceaterahire. «
Rev. J, Cronshaw, St. Thomas P.a Wiipaii.
Rev. J. R, Crowfoot, Southwold PC. SoflTolk.
Rev.C. l-><kersal^ Uwer-Beedin; P.aiittasw.
Rev. S 5 ' ' ^'^ ' .Tcott P.C. OtforxUh,
Rev. V. -< R. Wore.
Rev. H th Littleton P.C. w.
Middii: Lu4i«-u II I L. ^Vorceaterahire,
Rev. J. Foa (V. of UcdoD). Prestoo-in- Holder-
ness V. Yorkshire (by diap«oaaltuu).
Rev. G. E. Freeman, Emmanuel PvC. Bolton-
le- Moors, LaucsalUre.
Rev. J. Geldait, Puddin^ton V. Beds.
Rev. P. Gilpin, Yarcombe V. Devon.
Rev. J. Grave*, Kilmocar V. dio. Oasory.
Rev. E. H^ J. Hawke, WiUmEham R. Line.
Rrv. J. Hemsted, Gratwich ^t. Mary R. SialT.
Rev. R. Henders»on, Brompton- Ralph R. Som.
Rev. R. W. Hi|r^, D.C.L. Handboruu^'h R Oaf.
Rev. C. Hfll, Cu I worth R. and V. Northampt^
Rev. H. D, Hiitoo, Orlioi^bury R. Northampt,
Rev. C. A. ttunrer, Tauwofth V. Warw,
Rev. R. T. Jenkina. LlanL " ■ ' Ci
Rev. J. Jerram, Fleet V.
Rev. 9. J. Jerram, Chobli v,
Rev. J. Keeling, St. Paul i\r. i.is^ m Grove.
Rev. A. H. Leech, Emiy V. IreUnd.
Rev. J. Macbe«n, St. Andrew's Church, C«ylon,
Bcv, W. ». McDouall, Ootden R. AJutrolk.
520
Birthi — Marriagc9*
[May,
it«v. A. McLftuirhlitii FpiiDor R. V. lud Pre«
bend, din. C«slieL
Rpv. W- Mjirah, WtflliersHpld V. E*s*x,
Rev^ M. blitchell, Kirtlinur V. CambridKCAliire.
Rev.W, L- XewhoLCn, Harrow-nprin-SoarV.Lcic,
Re?. C- F. Normnn, Porti»lieaa R. Somerset.
Rev. i. D. Palmour, JelTreyaton V. Pcmb.
Rev. N. G. Pilkiii^tOK, iSunday Eveiim^ Lee-
t II resb Ip, Si . An d ren *9 , N e wraa 1 1 c- u poa-Ty nc.
Rev. F. J. Foole, St Jolin PX. l^eda.
Rev. ¥. Re«de» 9L Johu PC. Hove, Sassex.
Rev. Q:\\ Ri'pd, Hayes R. Kent.
Rev. 6. S. Robertson, Pi^litk-atoae P.C^ Bucks.
Rev. J. R(i93, St. Jimca P.C. w. Pocktborpc*
Norwicl).
Rev. F. A. Savile, North Uuish R. Devonshire.
R4»v. W. L. Sbarpe, 8t. Paul's P.C. Whippicff'
hum. isle of Wigbt.
Rev. T. SJkes, Cbevenin/; R. Kent.
Rev. J. Spirbnir, Eccleston R- LAiicaabire,
Rev. a W. Stpedman, FylSeW R. Hants.
Rev. F. Stonhoi]»e, Honily R. WarwicksHire.
Rev. G. Swift, St. John's Chapol. Beverley.
Rev. A. Tat ham. Halam P.C NoUs,
Rev.C.Tayler,yaraby-in-thL"-\Vrilows V.Notts-
Rev. G> D/l'lioinson. Qucenbarough P.C. Kent.
Rev. F. E. Toner, Elmslborpe R, vc. Karl 3hil-
lon C Lejceatersbire.
Rev, L. Tuttiett, Ua 61ar*ton PC. Waiw.
Rev. W. Verdon^ Pendlebury P.C. Ijinc.
Rev. J. Walcot» Ribbesford R. Worcesterabine.
Rev. H. G Wiltiams, Preston K. Suffolk.
Rev, H. WriKbt, Hambletloii R Surrey,
Rev. P. W) nter, D-D. (Pr^^sident of St. Jobn*s
Coll. Onford), South VVAmtK>roug'li R. Uants.
Tfi Chitpiainciea,
Rev. W. Bell, H.M.S. Oelleisle, hoapilal-sbip,
with the HmUic Fleet.
Rev. E. L. Uowman, H.M.S. Tribune.
Rev. J. D. Hunce, H.M.S. GonMmy.
Rev. J. M. Edwards. II. MS. HannibsiL
Rev, H. W. t^fan. H,M. Force* in the East.
Rev. F. Finchi, ll.M.S. Irnperieuiie.
Rev. T. Gardner, tb*r Garrtacn^ Cork.
Rev. H.J-Garrod. Royal I ntirra a ry, Liverpool.
Rev, A.Green well, the County Prisons^ Durnam.
Rev. H. L. Hu^scv, to Lady llolle.
Rev. G. Uwkss, H.M. Forces in the Kot.
Rev. A. J. McCmuslBod (Mmionary), Mel-
boome, Australia.
Rev. F. R. Stratton, H.M.9. Edinburgh.
Rev. J. H. Tbeodosiust the Union, Stafford.
Rcv.T. C. E. Warcui). ILM.S. Edinbursfh.
Collegiate and Scholaxlic Appolntmenis^
R45V. A. Barry, Head MMtersbipj Le^da Gram-
maj School .
Rev — Perowne, Professorship of Bngliah
History, and Lectufesbip of Modern History,
King^'B Coll«|fe, J^ndon.
Rev.R.Scott, Jla^terahipof lif*lliol ColteifcOxf-
Rev. T. L. Itovvtett, Association Secretary to
the London Society for Promotin(f Cbris-
tianity among the Jews,
BIRTHS.
Jmn. 11. At McIboMrne. VicLoria, the wife of
Hoffh CulHnif Eardley Cliilders. esq. a son.
MarcA I a. At Rome* the wife of Henry Ed-
wyn Cbaodos Hcudamore Stanhop«, eso. a son,
19. In Eaton 3<]|' tbc Viscountess Enfield,
A dan. At Boulo^e, Iwidy Mutr Mackenzie,
a aoD. 20. In Piccaddly, Lady Catharine
Caroeffief a son and heir. At Heme Uay,
the wne of Frederick Jimes Perceval, csi], s
son. At Brighton, the wife of C^oL Kenieya
Tynte, M.P. a dan. 21. At Florence. Mrs-
Robert Hay Murray, a aoo.- — -M, In Sussex
sqoare,. \\n. Lon|{:n»n, a dau. 34. At
Peterley hoasei Ducks, the wife of WildniAa
Yates Peel, eAo. a dau. At Mylon, Warw.
the wife of Lieut -Col. Windliam. late Ctold-
stream Guards, a son, — -26. In New street,
Lady Mary llonre, a son. The Hon. Mra.
Edward Wirfftield. a son. — -m. At Eatoo sq.
Pimlico, the wife of J. H. Manners SuttoD.
esq. MP. a sou. At Leytonstone bou9e,
Essex, the wife of T. Fowell Buxton, esq a
son. -In Hill st. Berkeley sq Mrs, Henry
Hippisley, of Lambourne PI. Berks, a son.—
AC Baden Baden, the wife of the Rev. Henry
Lateward, Brit. Chaplain, a dau.- — At Ulver**
croft, Leic. the wife of Thomas Henry Pares,
esq. a son. 29. At Druroboe, Lady Hayes,
a dau. 31. At Bournemouth, Hants, the
Hon. Mrs, Abercromby. ason. At Gibraltar,
the wife of U. Walpole Dasbwoodj Lieut. R. U.
Art. a son.
Lately • At Freshwater, LW. Mrs, Alfred
Tennyson, a son. At Kilkenny, the wife of
Lieut-Col. Mundy, a son,
April I. At Eaton pi. the wife of John llar-
Tcy Aatetl, esq. a dau. ^At Holbrooke %rmn^,
the wife of Charles M. Caldecott, esq. a son.
— -a. At Putney, Lady Eardlcy Wilmot. a
dau. At Fawsley, the aeat of her fatber, Sir
C. Knijrbtley, Bart, the Hon. ^Ira. Gage, a son,
- — At Kensington gore, Hyde park, the wife
of Robert W. Myloe, eaq* a son. 3. At
Torquay, thti Hon. Mrs. Bprinjr Rice, a dau.
4. At the vicarage. Tudely^ Kent, tlie wife
of the llev. John Beauvoif Dah^on, a son.—
5. At the rectory, Booghton Malherbe, tike
wife of the Rev. Edward Moore, a son.
7. At Glynn, Udy Vivian, aaon. ^At Water-
loo, Hants, the wife of John Moore Napier
Napier, esq. a son. — -In James at. Buckmg-
ham gate, the wife of the ReY. K. B. A. MoDeyt
a (Ian. — -8. At Grey abbey, Lady Charlotte
Montgofnery, a dau. At Dyrham park, tbe
Hon. Mrs. Trotter, a aon. 10. Ladjr Raj-
leigh, a son.- — At Brxlnle hall, Yorksture, the
wife of H. Beresford Peirse, esq. a »on.^—
11. At Thorpe, next Norwich, at her father's,
the Rev. Sir George Stracey, Bart, the wife of
Berkeley Macpheraon, esq. a boo. ^In Upper
Itarleyst. Mrs. Henry R. Reynolds,* dan.
1^. .\t Borne mouth, Hiinta, the Hon. Mrs. H.
Maimers Sutton, a sou,- ^In RusacII sq. Ibc
wife of Brausby Win. Powy*, esq. a dau-
13. At Edwiosford, Cnrm. Lady Drummond,
a dau . 1 ti La w ndes aq - the tloa . M rs, i^mytbf
a dau.- — The wife of the Rev. Wm. Andersoi^
Curate of Staines, a aon. 14. At 9p
hall, Suffolk, the wife of Comm. Tyasen, RP
& Mn. — -At OldbEiry Hmll, Warw. the wife of
John Hardy, c*q. a son. 15. The wife of
Capt. G. T. Phipps Hornby. R.N. a dau.
At St. John's Wood, the wife of Hepworth
Di!ion,e3(|. FS A. a dau, 19. The wife of
the Hon. John C. Erskiue, a dau.
MARRIAGES.
Ju It/ 36. At the Cape of Good Hope, ArtH^
LtimSerf, esq. Bengal Art. aon of Comm.
G. R. Lambert, R,N. to Louisa-Baiitia, d
of the late John Bi-thop, esq. of Sunbury.
yoi\ to. At Melbourne, the Rev. Henry H,
Paulct HaHttfield. Minister of St. Peter's churc*
son of tiie late Capt. Edward Handheld. R.J
to Mary'Leigh, eldest dau. of Wm. Up
Tripp, eiiq.
n. At St David'acathednil, Henry Fn
ton AHftey, esq. M.L.C. of Anatey J^rtOD, 1
Adelaide, second dan. of Peter Roberta, e«
Aasistant (JOmmiflsary-Gen. of Van Uiemen'a
Land.
Dec. 16. At Jullundur, E.L Charles Rdw.
Ormartt esq. 29th Bengal N. Inf. second %ua q{
the late Rev. C, J. Urman. of Shouldbam, to
laabella-Jane, second dau. of Major VL i,
Hawthorne^ 7th Bengal Cavalry.
1834.]
Ma
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22, At ^iioUtN>re, W. V. SJkeittiit esq. aoth
Bombay N.I. lecond ma of E, \V. 8h«weU,
esq. of Ctic1tentiam» to LoQiM-Pjiiilma. tliirt)
lumvioj^ dAu. cif ibe Iftte Gen. J. S. Wood«
UeutenMht of the Tower.
37, At I'jiiina, Lieut. Rol^ert Matlaby, son
of Joscpli iMilMby. eA<^, of Lcjilev- p.irk, Stuff,
to Sopbiii'Blayoey, (Idest dau. of tlu' Ute Ett-
mand T. Kai-pur^ eaq. of H.E LCo'n. Med.
Serrice.
J««. 3, At Madnta, Chsrlfs Philip GattHnff,
esq. Civil Service, sou of Lif ut.-Uol, GostJiogf
Camrn, tt. Art. AlalU, to Selirm-Amie-Mary.
ChJU-loltt, dau, of Sir VansiUart Stonbonae,
Bart.
4. At Jaulnali, £.L5cptimua Hadgtottt esq.
Lieut. 3d Madras Llirht Cav. younn^at son of
the late Maior-Geu. C. Hodjrson, Bombay Art.
to Harriet. Isabella, eldest dau. of Lieut-Col.
W. E. Litcbrield, %d Madras Ught Cavalry*
la. At Oombay, Fre«lerick Talbot Came*otUt,
ttij^ H.BJX\S. aoQ of Herbi^rt Comemrall, esq.
of Oetbury hall.dbropsli. to ElizA-Su#an-Anna.
beUSi eldest dau, of Major Bidwell Ed ward es,
KH,
■ IT. At fi^mbay, Fred<?ri<: Lcn^ford Yongt,
esq. 16th NJ. to (leorifiiina-Anfiie-Cbalniers,
elaer dan.; and licly Frederic BoUon^ esq.
Itlh N.l. to Eliji^Jaq*, yt>aiifferd:ni. of Lieut-
Col. D. G. I»u(r, BoroUy Army.
as. At Tborpe» near Noririch, the Rev.
Arthor Gilhcrt^ M.A, of Gay tow. Norfolk, to
Aiina» only survivinf^ dau. of the Jate John
Hammond, esq. At Georjfi?town, the Re?.
F. J. Wtfutt, Rector of St. I'aurs, Demcr.ira.
to Bmma-Wilday, dau. of J. Tearce, esq. and
widow of the Rev. A, J. BorJindor, Rector of
St. Patrick's. Herb ice.
36. At Spondoti, Derb. John Blaekttood^
e*q. publisher, Edinburr t», to Julia, yonn^est
dau. of the late Rev. J. lilandford, Rector of
Kirton, Xotts.^ At Bury, Lane H odder Ro^
berUt esq. IM)th Reg-t. to Jane, youafrest dao.
ol Ricliai-d Walker, eso. Wood hill, Bury.
At Bakewell, R, L Allnutlt esii. M.tidatone,
to ElizA-Jane. eldest dau. of tbe Ule l>r. Mur-
rey, of Uroadsitone, Wt^tonibire, and ideco of
Lady 1/Owtbropp of Alf^a bouse, Scarborough.
-^-At EUna, Hants, Richard Fowrues II in-
grmffft ^^ of tbe Grove, Worth, tsussex, to
Bmata, relict of F, C. Wilspn, enq. of Lan^ley,
Elina, and youni^est dau. of the late H. T.
Timi<>n, esq, of Tatcli bury Mount. At Dor-
bam, UertraiuU second son of John GttrdaHf
esq. of Aiiain^ton hnll, SufT. to Sai-ab-Kvelyn,
eldest dau. of the Rev. W. C. KJug, Rector of
St. Mary-le-Bow, l>urbam At Hetcbworth.
Surrey, the Rev. Henry Clarence Pi^fou, MA.
Curate of Elomsey, Hampshire, to Catherine-
Louiaa, foartU dau. of the late Rev. Lewis
Way, fornierl^ of Stansted |»ark, j^ussex.
At MeUon, Wdllam Mordcn Cartkrw^ e^q. of
Cariabrook, LiLe of Wi^ht, son of the Isle Kev.
Tljomas Csrthew, of uoodbridf^e, to Matilda-
Sophia* only surviving^ dau. of the late John
Hayward Btickinf^ham, i-sq. of Melton.
At St. Marylebooe, J. T. AkermaH, esq. to
Elleii'Augusta, eldest dau. of Egbert 9teer
Cossens, esq.
38. At Uayonne, Prpilcrirk \forrh<, esq.
Lieut. R.N', ttiird boim' Alurri."*. Hart,
of Sketty park. Glans idy chilil of
tbe late Clmrks Bra — ^At \\f^\
Ham, Essex, Alfred i'urmriitir ^imoiu, esq-
Bengal Art, eldest son of the late W, Simons,
eflq.lLE.LCS. to Catherine- Ann,, second dao,
of the late Kdw. ijtock, esq. of l'lai»tow, Essex.
Feb. 9. At St. Georpe's Hanover sq. the
Hev. Arthur F. 11. fickattfiHtl, youiiK^est son of
the Isle Rev. J. Scholetield, Rector of [Urton*
on-tbe- Heath, Warw. to Hsrriet, eldest dau,
of tbe late Peter Pope Firth, esq. of Rose hilL
Rolherhnm. — At ChigweU. Samuel, second
Gent. MAii, Vol, XLL
I
I
son of Wm. Loftus I^owndeg, esq. Q.C. to
Letitin- Baden, eldest dau. of Uiu. Geo. Wat-
son, esq.^ At Cheltenham, Robert D, Qibny^
esq, 50ib Deiifr«l N*!- so»* of Dr. Giliny, to
Sijp,j.iii.Mr»n.ri,y.e(^ vouoeest dau. of Abraham
1' r{, of Kilshaneck, co. Cork.-- —
■ \ r Hryanston so, tbe Rev. Charles
Ik^.L ... ,,r.v-.,. Hector of VVinclifield, Hunt*,
to iiAbciiA>Elixabetb« younjircst dnu. of tbe lute
Rev. J. H. G. l^froy, Rpcli>r of Ashe, Hants.
At Toranto, Frederic, second son of the
late Rev. Wm, Bartit, Rector of West Chil-
tinzton. to Emma-Bu^annahj, second dau. of
S. i^trickland, esq.
14. At Wandswortli. Dr. Thomas Ditton,
H.E.LC.:^. eldest son of Dr. l>illofi. Provincial
Inspector, Ireland, to Adelaide- Bryatit, yooni^-
cat dau. of the late Hev. Thomas Hatch, Vicar
of Walton Of i-Thnmea. At Clieltenbafn, the
Rev. Allen Gordon Cameron, Curate of Penk-
ridge, Staff, to Mary, only dsti. of late Geo-
Wm. TrailU esq of Veira, N.B. At GUarl-
eon, Kent, Comn]. Robert CooJff, R.N. fourth
son of Sir Chas. Henry Coote, Bart, M.F. to
Lucy, eldest dau. of Rear- Adra. 3lr W. E. Parry,
Lieut. -Gov. of Green wicti Hospital. At
Leamifitrton Prior's, Jonas StiaoHi, esq. late
Opt, 4Sth Re^t. to Harrict-innea, youoffest
dsu, of Arnrdd riiompson. esq. late of the 81st
Reijt. 'At Gswestry, the Rev. Georsfe Cnth-
ftert. Curate, to F.mily, widow of the Rev. John
Poole, B.A. Ut'Ctorof Llandysiilo. At Calais,
Andrew Coff^^, esq. Jl*. Listowel, Co. KcrrVi
to Eleanor- Dorothea, young:e8t dau. of D. r,
Ryan, esq. barrtster. At Mart ley, Wore,
Charles J. Bridge, esq. of New Zealand, to
El istabetli- Frances, youngest dau. of Sir Cbas.
Hsstinjfs, M.D, D,C.L. of Worcester. At
Monkstown, Dublin, the Rev. Robert W. Cagtt
Vicar of RathconnelK to Maria, fourth dm. of
the Rev, John Hunt, Prebendary of Rath-
mi cbael.
15. Tbe Rev. Robert Pinekney, eldest son
of Robert Pinckney, eaq. of Araesbory, to
Marianne-Adelaide, dau. of D- C MacreijFbt«
esq. M.D. HautevJIle, Jersey, and e^randdau.
of the lato Sir William Paxton. At Paddiny-
ton, the Rev. Jame& WHjfbt ToimAm, Perp,
Curate of LiodsL>y, Suflfulk, to Mary. Charlotte-
Harriet, widow of C. L. Suipdeo, esq. Lieut.
39th Madrss N. Inf and only dau. of tbe late
Rev.J. C. Wright, Rector of^Wal kern, Herts.
-^ — At Lamport, N'tb'pt. the Rev. C. P. Buck-
uforth. Rector of Stierboroe, Hants. *ecorid
son of T. R. BucKworthj esq of Cockley Cley,
Norfolk, to Morta, second dau- of Lieut. -Ci^L
Packe, of Tvryford hall.
16. At St. Pancras, the Rev. C. F. Brougk-
ton. Rector of Norbury-cum-Snel«ton, JOerb.
to Mary*Jaue, only child of Wm. Fennell, eaq.
of Cumberland terrace, Reifeftt's park. At
St- Geori^e'a Hanover sq. Edward, third ton
of the late Hon. and Rev. Arthur Fc^tey, of
Abbeyk'ix, Ireland, to Anne-Julia, younirest
ilflu. of the Jate Samuel Page, esq. or Hidley
liouse, Middlesex. .\l St. George's Hanover
square, Capt. Fearon, Utb Bombay N.I. eldest
Min of the late Gen. Fearon, to Claudine
A'hmuty, ehlest dau. of Col. Claude Ilouglas,
Benga.1 .\rmy^ At St. Andrew's, Plymonth,
Major Robt, .Vtnrray BaMii«r,9<9d Highfandem,
to Anne, second dau. of Joseph Perj^uson, esq*
M. F. for Carlisle. At Staintoo. in Cleveland,
Robert Calverley BtwUskt^ eaq. second son of
C. B. Bewicke, eao.ofCoulby manor, co. York,
to Mary-Teresa, third dau. of the Rev. Wm.
Gooch, Canon of York, At Maidstone,
Thoa. Sarrent LiUltf eso. Capt. unntt. second
son of l^liijur Little, of Cliarltou, to Julia,
younfl^eiat dau. of the Rev. William Vallancer
RectorofSontbchurch, Essex. At Brighton,
Behj- Oclavius Englfheart, second surviviof
son of N. B, Eng^ieheart, esq, of Doctors* mta-
3 X
5tS
[May,
moni and Blaekiipalli, to CordetiN» younffrtt
d»U, of TTiP late Hnrrv fH.nkrr, e*<t- *>^ imifh.
tOi
tkl.
to i :
Gray, r«.'i nf
Miivlebone, K
of Lincoln'^ Inri
mnii ;
Giir
Ctin
Of
J. II'
ton
to J
Dciiiijrtrk litn,-
the Ri?v. Wm
I Ilk bourne, E:^«<i'S:,
if th^ htr John
isn, only cbjtd of Henry
> nt'«t park. At Clirist
'Uii,Q»n. |rHLnd!!L011
iMi» of (Jholitrm,
indiUtJ rf ihf! Inte
rritiity chufi '
csq.ofWe»r
t Chartcs Hk: i
— At St. Leonanl'^, YmUi,
Ifoopfr^ H*A. Incumbent af
M«riAtij>l«itph, l>evon, aecnnct «in of H , Hooper^
esq. of Mount RattforU, to Helen, youngcal
dau. of laic Commlsaary-Oen. Palmer,- — At
Dwrthif^on, Jolm .ttifei\to,i, tsq. -f Iljnrnhjr,
Climb. youn|«^
Aldoraon Aldrr
Torkiihlret to h i
the latf Jo»eph !l iin . !«'.
30. At rmiUwall I lohn
Of U. ' ■ ' ■ 1
liltc
and iIhu. 01 thf Kev. >Iiii'
ster, lkverlcy.-~-\t lants,
the Ker. Chas. J. Dii ^ .krrngf-
mor*. DuWin, Hdt'st snn .-t tlio 1'*1. liittiopc^f
Meatli, to A];ne:9-vVnruatn» second dan. of H,
Oumbleton, e»(i. fpf ThnrnbiU pk tuir 4i>nr(i
*mpton^^ A* Kensington, Maj. I ;
forti, late of tlte llomoay Army
dan. of Richanl Wciitbrook, m»<{.
Wlnnrrsh, lierks.
ai At Kenntnfton, Lieut -Gen. Dttt>m, of
Lnw'rr iti^Ktlvv st. i.-» Auc^'-Ta, 4<u1>'dnn, of
Sp' iiider?,
fl -At
■Hios. Wm* SandM. ua*j. t j
Kerry, aDd niece f>f thf \n\
4
Caahel. At f! ,'
1
Icy. in Lady i
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I'f hjrllinjjtoii jv' ■
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Anne I1«tefnan i
man. Robert
y
eoUeif*, Cambi 1
11.
Ffaon, e»q. of 1'
!•*
stMd» Neville h
u
to Louisa, fuurtfi surviun^^ <nii
a
Pope, cii|. Ute rritielpal !*rc. to ii
"ti
of the itoanl of Ciistoni!i.^-'~At '*■
tlAle, James /ir'3rai««f eag. of UemetO, >>
inii
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more, to Eliia, fourth diu, of »Ue late Ctiri
«l
Wilson, e*q of RIcrm.nflr'n p.irk
ai. At Birn i • Quter^ e
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of Kdjfbaston, ! dati.
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de TralToril. Hart,
2s At llublin CAStlr, ^\( Th.
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>tu)iri Atexaniti.'! ' _ i.^
AuicUii, dau. of Tn 'i- , r, la^. of
t'ftfleton liall; Cnmb ifuit, At
L*m<?rick, Capt. Cba- /jjtoWj K,8.F.
7th [>r«£OOQ Ouftjds, lu AiJirccilR-MiUlred,
•eeotia dau. of Huj^h Sirxi^ton* tw\, of Hait'l-
YtOOd; CO. Clare.
. CwukpUcM, ;
, tlie Rev. i
I lien collcffr,
f Alfred lUt-^yn. t'bq. ul
At Cheltenham, Charles
■'n%y^ esq. eldest son of
i^isq. of CheUenham, to
ihkst dan. of the bite
' iitutii. IL Mis A-.v]utn.
iUv. lul
and ist
H«ta, til
of the Rev. hd^^ard 1
(^aret- Helen, eldest
ifn), - Ai I nverloii. V
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d.i uU'i.
It, VVdls;
f nr, Cu!* I
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•i'l • Rev.
OJ:.. . —At
Hi. , M,l).
frn Kent,
10 ^ Wm,
Pn t ra,.
b*ti _ , 1 ifb^ of
C«hirle>, to Aui^A, yvuugeat Uau. of tb« lAt«
At 81. J i:
iVoff, . 1
son of IIhl . , in,
to Cattieruit'^LUiiAbt'th, uui) chil<l of lUU*
Greene, esq, of Oloucesier terrace, Hyde i»ark,
At St. Marylebone, Rlcbjird FrankUnd
Rvtl\/n, esq. ynnnpeftt H'^ti of Iftte Wm KvelyHi
esq. R.N. to Charlotti, younjseflt sl>ter Of
Frandt Erctyn, eiq. of Kyiisbam and Cortoo*
d38
o B rr U A R Y.
Th^ OuKE of PoaTLAKD.
March 27- At Welberk. Notts, in Uti
8Gtb yeur» the Mo:it Noble William Henry
Cȴeiidkb Scott- Bentinck, fourth Duke
of Porllund and Mani«e§s of THchfield
(1716), fifth EaH of Portland, Viscount
Woodstock and li&roQ of Cirencester
(16h9)» a Privy ConneiUor, a Family
Truatce of tlie British Muieutn, a Coin-
missioncr of the MetropaliUti Roads, aod
D,CX.
His Gritce wts born in Loudon on llie
21th June» 1768. He waa the eldest aon
of William- He nry-CavenditiU the third
Duke and K.G., for many years a Cabinet
Minister, and who died| when a second
time Prvmier, on the 30th Oct. 1809.
Hia motber was Lady Dorothy Carendish,
only daughter of William fourth Duke of
Dcfoushire, K.G. He was educated at
Westminster School, and at Christcburch,
Oxford, where the honorary degree of
DXL. wag conferred upon hiuY in 1793.
In Dec. 1790 he waa returned to the
House of Common* for Petcrsfield; but
iu April 1791, biving accepted the
gtewardaliip of the Chiltern hundredii,
he wa» elected for Buckinghamshire, the
represeutatiou of which had tlicn become
Tflcaut by the death of Ralph Earl V^erney.
The Marquess of Titchfield sat for the
county of Buckiugham in tive parliamentji
^at first logether with the Ri^ht Hon.
Jamea Greoville (subiiequeutly Lord Glaa-
tonbury), aud afterwards with ibc late
Duke of Buckingham— until his accession
to the petirage ; and was so fortunate a^
to avoid any contested election.
In 1795 he was appointed Lord- Lien •
tenant of the county of xMiddlescj, which
post he continued to occupy until 1842,
when he nLsigned, and was succeeded by
tha Marquess of Salisbury.
On the 4tL Aug. t79S, be married (by
apeciAl licence, at Mrs. Scott^ii in Picca-
dilly) Henrietta, the eldest of the three
daughters and co-heirs of Major- General
John Scott, of Balcomie, co- Fife, of
whom the second, Lucy, was married to
Francis nintli Enrl of Moray, and JoBn»
the youngest, was the wife of the Right
Hon. George Canniug, and after his death
was created Viscountess Canning. Upon
this marriage the MarqucBS of Titch^eld
assumed the name of Scott before Ben-
tinck, aud quartered the arras of Scott of
Balcomie quarterly with hia former prin-
cipal quarters of Beutiock and Cavendish.
On the 31st March, 1807, the Marquesa
of Titchfield was appointed a junior Lord
of the Treasury, his father theu taking
office as First Lor«) ; but on the lUth
Sept. following be retired, and the Eight
Hon. John Foster and the Hon. Richard
Ryder succeeded him, the number of
Lords Commiasioners being then in-
creased from five to six.
On the 30th Oct 1309, he succeeded
to the peerage by the death of his father.
When Mr. Canning, his brother-iU'
taWf became Prime Minister, the Duke of
Portland was, in April 1827, appointed
Lord Privy Seal, on which occasion he
was sworn a Privy Councillor ; and alter
Mr. Canning ^§ premature death, in the
following August, the Duke of Portland
became Lord President of the Council.
This post he retained only during that
temporary arraugcmeut called the Gode-
ricli administration, which lasted until the
following J anuary. Altogether, his tenure
of office was brief, and the cpnaequence of
his family connectiooe; rather than any
personal ambition.
When he ftist entered the Honsc of
Commons as a young roan* he gave hit
adhesion to the Pitt part^, with whom he
continued to act, and did not withdraw
from them under Lord Liverpool. Bia
connexion with Mr. Canning, however,
had some tendency to liberalise hia senti-
ments, and he was uuderstood to lean
towardis that party in the cabinet of which
his eminent relative wa:^ the leader and
the head. When he becanie asaociatcd
with the more conservative Whigs who
formed part of Mr- Canning's Cabinet, he
gradually ceased to be a strong Tory, and
at length might (airXy be reckoned among
the adherents of the opposite section.
Latterly he had taken no very active
share in the buaioeas of legislation or the
ordinary affairs of public life ; he resided
principally ia the country, going through
the duties and enjoying the pleasures of 4
country gentleman on the great scide
which a man of his enormouG wealth and
high station naturally commanded, and
earning that esteem and affection among
hia friends^ and neighbours which bavo
attended him throug:hout a long life.
It is at least v to his forbear-
ance in the exi ^r^ political influ-
ence when we Uuvj, .„.,,, ^iUtr having been a
Duke for forty-five years, he has died
without the Garter, which was worn by
his father aud grandfather, as well at by
the founder of his family in England, the
first Bentinck Earl of Portland.
The Duchess of Portland died on the
524
Obitu A RY. — Viscount Doneraiie. — Lord Mostyn. [ M*y,
28th April, 1844, hafing had is^ue four
sons and Hvt daaghters; 1. William
Henry Cavendish, Marquess of Titch field,
who died in 1824, in his S8tb year, un-
married ; 2. Lady Henrietta, unmarried ;
3. Lady Caroline, who died in 1838, in
her 29th year; 4. William-John, now
Duke of Portland; 5. Lord William
George Frederick Carendiih Bentiock,
who died Sept. 21, 1848, M.P. for King*s
Lynn, and the leader of the Protectionist
party; 6. Lord Henry William Bentinck,
M.P. for the Northern division of Not-
tinghamshire, and a Family Trustee of the
British Museum, born in 1804; 7. Lady
Charlotte, married in 1827 to John
Evelyn Denison, esq. of Ossington,
formerly M.P. for South Nottingham-
shire, and now for Malton ; 8. the Right
Hon. Lucy Lady Howard de Waldeo,
married in 1828 to Lord Howard de
Walden, and has a numerous family ; and
9. Lady Mary, who is unmarried.
The present Duke was born in 1800,
and is unmarried.
The funeral of the late Duke of Port-
land took place at Bolsover, in Derby-
shire, on Tuesday the 4th of April. In
accordance with the express directions of
the deceased, who is said to have limited
the outlay to 100/., it was conducted as
privately as possible. No private car-
riages were permitted to form part of the
eorUpe, which consisted simply of a hearse
and three ordinary mourning coaches, the
first two containing Lord Henry Bentinck,
M.P. (the present Duke being prevented
by illness from attending), Mr. Evelyn
DeniBon, M.P., I^dy Charlotte Denison,
Lady Howard Ue W^aiden, and two sons of
Lord Howard de Walden, who is absent as
Ambasaador in Belgium. The last car-
riage was occupied by Mr. Ward the late
Duke's surgeon, Mr. Neal, steward, and
Mr. Kelk, house steward. The funeral
service was performed by the Vicar of
Bolsover, the Rev. John Hamilton Gray.
The Duke had expressed a wish that his
remains should be interred in the open
churchyard ; but this desire was so far
deviated from that a vault under the
Cavendish chantry, at the south side of
the chancel, which had not been opened
for 138 years, was selected to receive the
body. The late Duchess and the late
Lord George Bentinck were interred at
the church of St. Marylebone.
Vtbcgunt Doneraile.
March 27, At Doneraile, co. Cork, in
his 68th year, the Right Hon. Hayes St.
Leger, third Viscount Doneraile (1785)
and Baron Doneraile (1776), a Represen-
tative Peer for Ireland, and Colonel of the
(>)rk Light Infantry.
He was bom at Doneraile Hooie, oo.
Cork, on the 9th May 1786, and was tlie
elder and only surviving son of Hayes
second Viscount Doneraile, by Charlotte,
fourth daughter of James Bernard, esq.
of Castle Bernard, and sister to the first
Earl of Bandon. He snoceeded his father
in the peerage on the 8th Nor. 1819 ; sod
was elected a Representative Peer of In-
land in 1830.
His Lordship was an honest and eon-
siatent supporter of Consenrative politics ;
and, as f resident landlord in Ireland, he
was all that could be desired by bis na-
merous and grateful tenantry.
He married June 14, 1816, his cousin
Lady Charlotte Esther Bernard, second
daughter of Francis first Earl of Bandon;
and by that lady, who died Feb. 7, 1846,
he had issue an only child, Hayes now
Viscount Doneraile, who married in 1851
Mary. Anne- Grace- Louisa, only danghter
of George Lenox Cuningham, esq. Chief
Clerk in the Foreign Office, by whom he
has issue one daughter.
Lord Mosttn.
April's, At Pengwern, Flintshire, in
his 86th year, the Right Hon. Edward
Price Lloyd, Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn,
CO. Flint, and a Baronetf
He was the son and heir of Bell Lloyd,
esq. by Anne, daughter and heiress of
Edward Pryce,e8q. of Bodfach, co. Mont-
gomery. On the 26th May, 17.95, he
succeeded to the dignity of a Baronet, on
the death of his great-uncle Sir Edward
Lloyd, on whom it had been conferred in
1778, with remainder (in default of issue
male) to his nephew. Bell Lloyd, esq. and
his i^suc male.
Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd sat in Par-
liament for many years as Member for
the Flint district of boroughs, supporting
the Whig party. He was first returned
at the general election of 1806, after a
contest with Colonel William Shipley. In
the following year Colonel Shipley was
elected by the majority of one vote only,
there having been three candidates, who
divided the electors with remarkable
equality : —
Col. William Shipley . .129
Sir S. R. Glynne, Bart. . . 128
Sir Edw. Pryce Lloyd, Bart. . 120
In 181? Sir Edward recovered bis seat
without a contest ; and he was unopposed
at the five following elections, continuing
in the House of Commons until raised to
the peerage as Ljrd Mostyn in Oct. 1831.
On the 17th April in that year, by the
death of his brother-in-law Sir Thomas
Mostyn, of Mostyn, the sixth and last
Baronet, the estates of that family bad
Baron de Rehamten — Sir James Wjflie^ Bart,
5S5
become the Inberttince of his wife« and 1n«
eldest SOD (tbe prcieut Lord) bad taken
the lame of Moityn nftiT hia own.
Lady Mostyn»who wa* El izabc^th, third
daughter of Sir Ro|^er Mostyo, tlie fifth
Baronet, was married on thclUhFeb.
1791, and died on the 25tli Not. 1842,
having bttd intsue two sons aod two daugh-
ters: \, Edward- Mostyn J now Lord MoB-
tyu ; 2. the Hon. Elbabetb ; ;L the Hon.
Essex ; and 4. the Hon. ThomaB-Price,
all nn married.
The present Lord was born in 17^5, and
married in 1827 Lady Margaret Scott,
eldest sister of the Earl of ClonmcUp by
wbotu he baa a numeroufl family. He is
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire^ Co-
loncl of the Royal Merionethshire Light
Infantry, and has been Member for Fiint-
ihira in the present Parliament.
Baron o£ Rehauskn',
March 2. At the house of the Swedisb
Legation, lialkia-street West, aged J>1,
his EJtcellent'y the Chevalier John G»
Baron de Hehauten.
Baron de Rehausen was born in 1802.
In early boyhood be was resident lu
Engtandf bis father being then Swedish
minister in this country,. Tlic smi was
Buccesaively attached to the Legations at
St. Petersburg, the Usgiuei and Paris.
FrotD Ihc last he wjis removed to London,
wh«re he first became Consul and then Se*
cretary of Legation under Count Bjorn-
stjerna, who was for a Ion 5 period the
Swedish mitiLster here. Duiing the oc-
casional absences of Count Bjornstjerna
he was accredited ns Charge d'ACFuires ;
and ia 1S4U; on the final return of that
minister, was appointed his successor.
Since that period, tbe Haron dc Rchausen
hud discharged the diplomatic functioos
of his office with great satisfaction both to
his own sovereign and to the gOTernment
of this country.
His Excelleocy died after an illness of
about six weeks, which commenced with
small poi.
tSia Jabiies Wtli£, Baht.
Lattly. At St. Petersburg, aged B6,
Sir Jamea Wylie, M.D., Knt. and Bart,
and a Knight of many foreign orders.
Sir Jumes was by birth a Scotchman.
He entered the Russian service in 1790 aa
Senior Surgeon in the Eletsky regiment.
In 1798 he was appointed Physician to the
Imperial Court, and iti that capacity he
attended Paul I. in bis travels to Moscow
and Kasan. In 1799 be was appointed
SurgeoD in Ordinary to the Emperor, aod
Physician to the heir apparentt the Grand
Duke Alexander, In 1804 he formed the
viatut medicuM of the Medical Academy of
St. Petersburg and Moscow, of which he
was President for thirty years. In I8OG
he was made General Inspector of the
Board of Health of the Army; in 1812
Direq^r of the Medical Department of
the Ministry of War; and in 1814 at-
tendant Physician id ordinary to tbe Em-
peror Alexander ; and he was at the
period of his decease Inspector-General of
the Board of Hcnlth of the Russian Army,
Director of the Medical Department of the
Imperial Court, and actual Privy Coun-
cillor, Knight of the Orders of St. WiacJi-
mir, St. Alexander Ncwsky, St. Anne, the
Red Eagle of Prussia, Leopold of Austria,
of the Legion of Honour, and of the
Crown of Wurtembnrg. He received from
the Prince Regent (George IV.) the ho-
nour of knighthood at Ascot Heath races
in 18H, conferred by the sword of the
Hetmaii Count Piatoff ; and was created a
Baronet, on the second July in the same
year, at the request of t lie Emperor Alex*
ander, on his departure from Englaad*
Sir James, having no issue, is reported
to have bequeathed the whole of bta very
large fortuue to the Czar Nicholas.
Mr. Justick Talfouhd.
March 13. At Stafford, ugcd 58, Sir
Thomas Noon Talfourd, Knt. one of the
Judges of her Majesty *8 Court of Common
Pleas, and D.C.L.
He was bom at Reading on the 2fitb
May, 1 795. H is father was a brewer, and
his mother was tbe daughter of Mr. Tho-
ma.s Noon, minister of an Independent
congregation in that town. Me was edu-
cated partly at the Dissenters' grammar-
school ut Mill Hill, and afterwards at the
grammar-school, Reading, under Dr.
Valpy, for whom he invariably expressed
an almost iilial reverence. In 1813 he
became tbe pupil of the celebrated special
pleader, the late Mr. Chitty, with whom
he remained four years, and in whose office
he first met with his friend of after years,
the tragedian Macready. In IB 17 he
began to practice a pecuil* pleading on his
own account. During those early yean
of his residence in London he depended in
great measure for support upon his literary
exertions, both as law reporter to the
Times newspaper^and as a contributor to the
New Monthly Magaxine, nnd other periodi-
cals. He was associated with Charles
Lamb, Curey, Haxlitt, and Leigh Hunt
in filling the columns of the London M&-
gaxine during the most popular period of
its career. He also wrote occasionally
for the Edinburgh Review.
He was called to the bar by the Middle
Temple on the 9th Feb. 189L He joined
the Oxford circuit and Berkshire sessions;
and hU loeal connections, coupled with
526
OBiTUAHY.^^r* Jmtice Talfourd*
[May.
the highly favoumble impression left of
Ilia tslent49 amongst liis townspeople and
school fellowfl, 8000 gained bim op|}orti.i-
tiities of earnitig distinction. He waa al-
ways a ready, iluent, and eloquent speaker ;;
and what he wanted in «e?ere taite, he
more than compeniiated by feeliog, fuuey,
and earnestness. Iti les« tban the Hbual
period uf probation be mndc biG way to
the bead of his circuit, and held it against
all competitors, though 6ome nraongst
them (Mr. Justice Maule, for inntauce,)
were of a very formidable calibre of intel-
Ject. Iti 1B33 be applied for a sillc gown,
but RndtDg hb application not immediately
auccesafult he took the coif, and became a
Serjeant. He was for some years Queen's
Aucieot Seijeant, and Recorder of Ban-
bury,
At the general election in Jon. IB35 he
waa returned to Parliament for Reading«
Mr. Pyahc Palmer, the former Liberal
ruombcr, having retired. His competitor
of kindred politics was the present mem-
ber for Pontefract ; and the result of the
poll was as follows : —
Mr. S^ijeantTalfourd . 64:i
Charles Russellf esq. . .441
BenjamLo Obviera, esq. . 384
At the election in 1837 Mr. Fysbe Pal-
mer Bgaia came forward, and two Liberal
memberii were returned, to the exclusion
of Mr. Russell, the poll concluding thus i
Mr. Serjeant Talfourd , 468
Charles Fyahe Palmer, esq. 457
Charles Russell^ e«q. . . 448
At the neict election^ however, the Con-
scrratives again rallied, and were succeas-
ful ill returning two members, Mr. Russell
and Lord Cbelaen^ Mr. Talfourd prudently
holding aloof. But in 1847 the balance
was again turned, and Mr. Talfourd wati
restored to his i^eat, after the foUowing
poll:—
Francis Pigott, esq. , . G14
Mr. Serjeant Talfourd . 596
Charles Russell, esq. . . 521
Viscount Chelsea . . * 371*
In bie legislative capacity^ Mn Serjea^nt
T«ilfourti introduced two useful measures i
founded upon jutit princJplcs, namely, the
Custody of Infants Act, and the Copy-
right Alt of \%A\ \ and he made some
successful speeches, although his style was
too florid for the House of Commons.
He was made a Judge of the Comuiou
Fleas and knighted in IB4S, and be is ge-
ucrally admitted to have discharged bis
judicial duties with discretion, adequate
learning, ability, and conseientiougneas.
But the space which the late Mr. Jus-
tice Talfourd has lilled in the pubUc mind,
and bis claims to be remembered by pos-
terity^ are almost exclusively owing to hl«
dramatic productiona, of which Ion is pre-
emmently tbe first. The last two acta of
this drama are fall of exquisite poetry,
and manifest a very high order of imagiaa'
tioa ; as an actini^ pl^y* though at first
very successful, it has not kept its pUoe
on the stage, and, ou the whole, it may bo
considered better titted for the closet than
the stage. The »ame remark must he ap*
plied to The Athenian Captive and Ulen-
coe. He n as also the author of Vactition
Rambles, and a Life of Charles Lamb
and edited the Literary Remains of W _
liam Ha/litt. In fact, his warmest sym
pathies at every period of life were with
literature, art, and the tirama \ and it is
much to be feared that the fortune lie has
bequeathed to bis widow and numerous
family has been materially lesscped by hig
liberality to struggling merit and genius
in difficulties, or to what he, with hia
warm heart and trusting spirit, v^aa ivtis-
tied to encourage and relieve under thcte
denominations.
Mr. Justice Talfourd was on the Ox*
ford Circuit at the time of his death. In
aasoeiation with Mr, Justice Wightman,
he opened the coroniitiston at Oxford on
the tjth of March, and that at Stufford on
the 1 1 th, Ou tbe following day (Sunday)
he was present at church, and oo tbe
Monday morning he look an early walk.
At the usual hour he entered tbe court, and
commenced his address to the grand jury.
He proceeded with his usual energy, but at
times with evident hesitation and difficulty*
In aliudjiig to the state of the calendar,
which contained a list of upwards of 1 00
prisoners, matiy of them charged with the
moat atroeioua offences short of murder,
he called the attention of the grand jury
to the fact that there were no fewer than
17 cases of manslaughter, and 30 cases
where persons were charged with the crime
of highway robbery. These crimes, his
lordship observed, might be traced iu a
vast number of cases to the vice of intem-
perance, which was so prevalent in the
mining districts; and, while commenting
upon this itate of things, his lordship
feelingly deplored the want of sympathy
which existed between the higher and
lower classes, and urged the duty of tbe
superior ranks of society to take a more
lively interest in the welfare of those who
were beneath them. While commeni
upon these topics, hia Lorddiip
coDiiiderably excited and flushed in
face, and accurate observers noticed that
hia voice became somewhat thick and in*
articulatG. On a sodden he fell forward
with his face upon his hook, and then
swayed on one side towards Mr, Saoaogi
his senior olerki and Ms second ttm KU.
the"
1B540 OBnvARr,—Mr. Jmike Talfourd.— V'ke-Adm. HUot. 527
Tfaomfti Taifourd, his lordship's niArshal,
I frho cuaglit Kim in t!ieir trms. Dr. HoK
UDd and Dr. Knight* two mn^itratet who
were on the bench at the time, immedi*
' «tely rushed to his Lordahip'a asiistan<:e,
I lennoTed hi§ neckcloth, &c. and called for
[ frtter, but it was of no avail. Hii brpath-
} ivLg was itertorons and hiH face tiTul, antl
but a feeble action of ihe ptiise could be
I felt. Mr, Justice Wightman was hnr-
I riedly summoned from the Civil Courts
I ttid hastened to the 8pot» but only arrived
f in time to tee hb h rather judge home on
I the shooIdeTS of six genUemen from the
eourt^ and on arriving at the Judges'
lodgings, adjoining the court, it was found
[ thst life was quite extinct. Mr. Francis
I Talfbnrdf hts Lordship's eldest ton, who
had just joined the Oiford Circtiit, was
precluded by etiquette from being in the
Crown Court during the chftrge to the
frajid jury. He was immediately sum-
moned, but did not arriirc before his father
[ had ceased to breathe.
The members of the bar could not fail
j to call to mind that his lordship's cleva-
[ tion to the bench was comtnunlcated to
Stafford in an equaDy snddeu manner
daring the assizes which took place at that
I town about four years siocc.
In his charge to the grand jury at the
, Derby Assixes, Mr. Justice Coleridge elo-
quently alluded to ** the awfully sudden
death of my brother TalfonrtL He wna
I sitting, as 1 do now, discharging the same
duty in which I am engaged, and in the
act of addressing the grand jury, when in
an instant that eloquent tongue Was nr-
. rested by the hand of death, and that ge*
f Berous, unselfish heart was cold. Surely
nothing can exemplify more strikingly the
uncertainty of life. There he was sitting,
I M I am now, administering justice— people
were trembling at the thought of having to
come before him, but in a minute his
I function was over, and he was gone to his
J own nccount. Gentlemen, as he was the
^ leader of another circuit, and 1 believe had
never visited this as a judge, he was pro*
I bably not much known to you either at
t the bar or on the beoch. His literiiry per-
forraaneet you can scarcely be ignorant of;
but, indeed, he was much more than
I nierely a distinguished leader, an eminent
Hndge, or a great ornament of our literature.
I Ho had one ruling purpose of his life, —
I tiie doing good to his fellowcrcatures in
I hisgeneration. He was eminently courteous
and kind, generous, simple- hearted, of
^ great modesty, of the strictest honour,
and of spotless integrity."
He was created a Doctor of Civil Law
, by the University of Oiford, on the SOth
June 1844.
air T. N, Talfourd married, in t82i,
the daughter of John Towell Hutt, esq* of
Clapton, Middlrsrx, by whom he has left
issue three sons and two daughters.
One of his sons, who was numed I -a rah
after his old friend, died in iufiiicy.
His fnnerol took place at the Cemetery,
Nurwofid, on the 2f)th of March. In the
first carriage following the hearse were
the three sons of the deceased, Francis
Talfourd, esq-, Wm, Tatfourd, esq., Thos.
Noon Talfourd, esq., and P. Talfourd,
esq., his brother. The second carriage
contained Paterion Rutt, esq,, Northcote
Rutt, esq., John Salter, esq., and Wm.
Salter, esq., his brothers-in-law. In the
remnining carriages were several private
friends of the deceased, the Rev. George
Hamilton, who officiated nt the interment,
nnd Me^.sra. Sansom, hli first and second
olcrks. The only prii^ate carnages that
fallowed were those of the deceased, Mr.
Justiee WightmAo, Mr. Bfcron PUtt, Chas,
Kean, esq. and Mr. Blckersteth, R.A.
Vrc«-ADMiitAL Kluot,
L<ittlif. .\ged 86, Vice-Admiral Robert
Elliot, on the reserved half-pay list.
The deceased was brother of Major-
General Henry Elliot, and was horn in
Roxburghshire in Oct. UGT* He entered
the service in Jnly, 1791, on board the
Uttnkirk, flag- ship at Plymouth, and served
us midshipman on the North American
and Home stations in the Diomede 44,
Thl-5he, Edgar 74. Hector 74, Robust 74,
And Bellerophon 74. Having pjssed his
examination in 17>^B, he was promoted,
July 13, 179J, to a lieutenancy in the
Savage sloop, and two years biter became
first of the Greyhound 'At, Having as-
siumed the command, Dec. 26, 1796, of
the Piymouth hired armed lugger, Mr.
Elliot, in March, 171)7, took (anil was
officially reported for his great activity and
successful exertions on the occasion) the
privateers Epcrvierof 7 guns, and L*A.miti£
of H guns. He was promoted to the rank
of ('ommandcr in the Good Design, ano-
ther hired armed lugger, Feb. l4, 1801,
and for his services in that vessel he ob-
tained the Egyptian gold medal. Having
been appointed, April H, 1B04, to the
Lucifer bomb, he proceeded to the Medi-
terranean, and, after entering the Darda-
ntlU'8, was particularly active off the island
of Prota, where be assisted, Feb. 27, 1807,
in covering the lauding of the boats pre-
viously to an attack on the eDcmy, whose
retreat he was lubsf^uently, with the
Isunches of the squadron under his orders,
employed to intercept. He afterwards
hoisted the flag of Sir Alexander Ball,
whom he assisted in carrying on the port
duties at Valetta, until posted, June 27,
IftOf), Itito the Porcupine 24. Daring the
528 Rear-Adm* Falcon^-^LieuU-Gen. James Hay^ C*B. [May,
ensuing: five years Cflptftiii Elliot was Tery
actively employed. His latt appointment
wa«, Oct. 20, 1813, to the SurrcillaDte 38,
in which frigate he served off the north
coast of Spnin. He wfnt on haJf-pay in
Marchj 181 4 - obtained the Cftptnm*a good-
service pension Feb. ISj 1842 j and wa«
admitted to the out^pension of Greenwich
Hospital July 15, 19 IL Hig aiisumption
of flag-rank took place Nov. 9^ lfi46» and
the good>service pi^nsion waa a^ain awarded
to him in 185h Rear-AJmiral Elliot had
for the last twelve or fifteen ycara heen
perfectly blind — a misfortune partly uttri-
butftble to bit serrtce in Egypt.
He married Anne, daughter of Andrevr
Hilley, esq* of Plymouth, by whom he
had^ with two daughters, one sod, the pre-
Mat Comma ndcr Robert Hilley Elliot3'N,
Rbar-Admihal Falcon.
Jan 11. In Wen tb ou rne- terrace , Lou-
don, Gordon Thomas Falcon, e«q. Reaj-
Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral Falcon had served on full
pay for 32 years. He entered the nairy in
1794, as A.B. on board the Sheeraesa,
Capt. Wm. George Fairfax, the fla^<ahip
in Ibe diannel of Rear-Adm. Henry Har-
vey, and hariDi^ aoon attained the rating:
of midshipman^ accompanied the former
officer into the Re|iulsc and Venerable,
74*8« the latt^er heariug^ the flag of Admiral
Dutiean, with whom he participated in the
battle off Camperdowii, Oct. 1 1 , im. He
followed the admiral into the Kent, 71 \
and during his attachment to that ship,, he
was lent for three months, in 17 9B, as
acting Lieutenant to the Champion 2I)|
Capt, Henry Raper. In May, 17&9, be
joined the Buiy 18^ and in Sept. following
the Hyaena frigate, and or May 15, 1800,
be was eon termed Lieutenant into the
Wright armed ship. He was subsequently
appointed, Aug. 3.?, 18D0, to the Andro-
meda 32 I Juoe 9t 1802, to the Cambrian
40, and July 21, 1803, to the Leander 50,
both flag-ships of Sir Andrew Mitchell ; in
1B0€ to the Leopard 50; in 1808 to the
BarfleurSB; in 1809 to the Ganges 78,
and Barfleur again, bearing each the flag
of Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley. W^hile
in the Leander Mr Fnlcon assisted, under
Capt. John Talbot* at the capture, Feb,
23, 1805, of the Villc dc MUan, French
frigate of 46 guns, and the simultaneous
re-capture of her prize, the Cleopatra 32 ;
and when with Capt. 8, P. Humphreys,
IQ the Leopard, he was one of the oflicers
ient to search the United States' frigate
Cbcfiapeake for deserters, after that vessel
had stnack her colours, March 22, ISOT.
On March 8, 181 1 , while ncting as Captain
of the Macedonian 38^ he was made Com-
mander into the Melpomene^ troop-ahip,
10
Attaining post rank, Oct. S9, 1813, he
noon afterwords joined the Leander 50,
and on March 14, 1 81 4, obtained command
of the Cyane of 32 Runs and 171 men.
After a furious action ofl Madeira, in whw '
besides being much cut to pieces^ she so
tained a loss of 6 men kUIed and
wounded, that veesel, together with her
consort the Levant, of 20 guns and 131
men, was unfortunately captured by the
American ship Constimtioii, of 34 guns
and 469 men, Feb. 90, 1615. Captain
Falcon consequently became a prisoner of
war, but, peace soon restoring him to
liberty, be returned horae» and was after-
wards appointed, June 34, 1817, to the
Tyne 2G, in which vessel, in Oct. 1820, he
brought from South America to England
specie to the amount of nearly 700,000/. ;
March 1, 1823, to the Isls 50, lying at
Chatham ; June ?3, 1823, to the Spartiatc
76, and Aug. 21, 1825, Wellesley 74, flag-
ahips of Sir George Eyre, on the South
American station ; and May 1, 1833, to
the Son Josef 110, and Sept. 5, 1835, to
the Royal Adelaide 104, bearing each the
flag of Sir Wm. Uargood, commander-in-
chief at Plymouth, where he continued
until paid 03", April 30, 133G. On Feo.
17t 1845, he was employed a? Captain of
the Royal Sovereign yaeht^ and Superin-'
tendent of the Dockyard at Pembroke ; he
wa* promoted to the rank of Rear-Admii^
in Aug. IH4«.
Admiral Falcon married, Oct. 7, 18.'34,
Louisa, widow of Captdn Cursharo, and
daughter of the late Richard Morrick, esq.
of Runcton, oo. Susseir, by whom be had
lajiuc.
Lievt.-Gbnrral Jamks Hav, C.B*
Feb. 25. At his scat, near Krlbnni, oo,
Longford, LieuL Geueral James Hay, C.B.
Colonel of the 79th nis;hljader8.
He was appointed Coniet in the l€th
Dragoons Jane 10, 1795; Lieutenant
April 26, 1798; Captain Feb. 28, 1805;
and Major in the same regiment Jan. S,
181^. He served in Spain and Portugal,
was present at the passage of the Douro
and capture of Oporto, in the affair with
the Fiench rear-guard near Salamanca,
the battle of Ta!avero, the actions at Re-
dinha, Gondeijtn, Fos d'Avouce. and Sabu-
gal ; the battle of Fuentes d'Onor ; and
commanded tlie regiment iu an affair with
tlie lancera De Berg, near E$pecia, where
he took their colonel, a chef d'escadron,
and 79 prisoners, and '* particularly dis-
tingnisbed himself," as stated in the Duke
of Wellington's despatches. Oo going
into action at Salamanca be had his right
arm broken. He commanded tl
merit during the siege of Burgos, <
several times engaged with the
'^ the regl^H
^s, and wi^^^l
the e^^^^H
18540
Obituary. — Major^Gen. Godwhh C*B*
5*29
and a^aiD «t MonaBterto, in the retreat to
PortugaU when the regiment oompofed
the rear i^ard^ and suffered severely. He
again commanded the regimeDt at the bat-
tlet of Vittoritt, the Ni Telle, and the NiTe,
the passage of the Bidafltoa and Adoor,
and entrj into Bordeaux. He received a
gold medal and clasp for the battles of
Vittoria and ihe Ntve; and for his aer-
vicea was promoted Lieut. -Coionei, Feb.
18, 1813, He afterwards serTed the cam-
paign of I8i5» aad commanded the llith
Lancers at Quatre-Eras and WaterloOt
where he was so severely wounded that it
wia eight dan before he could be re*
mOYed from the field of battle into Brua.
mIs.
Hanng been for some years on the
half'paj of the IGth Dragooni, he was
promotod to the rank of Major- General
Nov/ 23, 1841, and to that of Lieut.-
Gencral in 18SL
Major- Gene HAL Godwin, C.B.
Oci. 26, At Simla in Bengal^ aged (J9,
Major-General Henry Godwiu, C,B, Com-
mander of the Sirhiod Division of the
Bengal army.
General Godwin entered the army in
Oct. 1799 aa Ensign in the 9th Foot, with
which he served on the expedition to the
Ferrol in 1800; in that to Hanover in
1805; and in Portugal from Sept. 1808
to Ju!y 1809f including the passage of the
DourOf having attained hti company in
March 1808. In 18 LO he marched with
•the light company in a flaolc baltalion
from Gibraltar to the lirst defence of
Tar if 0. He was a volunteer with Lord
Blajney from Gibraltar on the expedition
I to Malaga, and present at the attack on
j the fortreas of Fuengarola. In 1811 he
1 ]Nro<xeded again to Tarifa^ in command of
I tiie two flank companies, to join the force
! itnder Lord Lynedoch, and was present
mt the battle of Barroaa, and severely
wounded. For that battle he received the
war^medal with one cla^p ; and for his
general serTices in the Peninsala he was
nominated a Companion of the Bath.
On the 26th May, 1814. he waa pro-
moted to a majority in the 5th West India
regiment, from which he was removed to
I the 41st Foot on the 30th Nov. 1815.
In 1822 he embarked in command of
f the 41st for Madras. In 1824 he joined
Sir Archibald Campbell with that regiment
I In the inTaaion of the Burmese empire,
> and he served throughout that war, from
I the landing and capture of Rangoon until
Ihe peace made in Feb. 1826, and during
I ita progrei»s he wa« employed in six several
(^mmands against the enemy. In Oct.
\ 1824 he embarked with a force from Ran-
[ goon to capture the province of Maitaban,
Gbnt. Mao. Vol. XU,
where he stormed its strongly fortified
town, taking thirty-two pieces of heavy
ordnance and oth^^r armsi. On the Sth
Feb. 1825. he captured the fortified posi-
tion of Tantabain, taking 36 pieces of ar-
tillery and other arms. He was also
present in every action with the enemy
(except those in Dec. 1 82 1» when he was
still employed at Martaban), particularly
at Sembike on the Ut Dec. 1825, when in
command of the advanoed gnard he carried
the front face of the enemy's position. He
commanded the 1st Brigade of the Madras
division, and was twice thanked by the
Governor- General in Cooncit. He waa
placed on half.pay of the @7th Foot^ June
25. 1827.
He attained the rank of Colonel^ Jon.
10, 1837, and that of Major-General Nov.
9, 1846. He afterwards held the brevet
of Lieut. -General, but he was one of those
in whose cases it was cancelled in the year
185S.
On the breaking out of the second Bur-
mefic war in the tpring of 185^2, General
Godwm, as an officer of experience in that
country, was selected to command the
Bengal division of the army. He arrived
in the Rangoon river at the beginning of
April Durioi^ the same month he effected
the capture of the town of Rangoon. ♦* No
man, remarks Capt. Laurie in his nar-
rative of the war, "^ bore the fatigues of
the day better than the gallant General ;
be waa busy everywhere, animating their
troops by his presence." The struggle
was decided by the storming of the Great
Pagoda, as noticed in the memoir of Capt.
Latter in our present number. On the
1 9th May the town of Basseln was
stormed, and on the 4th of June that of
Pegu. His reputation subsequently suf-
fered, from the lingering progress of the
war. It is affirmed, however, that he
acted strictly in obedience to orders : and
Lord Dalhoosie has distinctly expreaaed
his fult approval of General Godwin's
conduct. Whatever objections may be
taken to the employment of aged com*
mandera, General Godwin in activity of
mind and body was aa young as his Aide
de Camps. The manner in which his
death has been caused bears evidence to
his octivity* It was by overheating him-
self with eierdse that his fatal malady waa
originated. Thb occurred during a visit
to General Sir W. M. Gomm, the Com-
mander-in-Chief, at Simlah. The i>e/Ai
Gazette of the 29th Oct. contained the
following announcement :—
**With deep sorrow — a sorrow sacred
to the memory of rare private worth and
recorded public merit — the Commander-
in-Chief m India makes known to the
army the death, at Sitnlabi after brief bat
ay
Obituary, — CcU MowUmn, CB* — Capt Latter. [Mayp
«eT«re iUnew, of Major Geneml Qodiriti,
C.Bti comtntudiai; tbe SirLiad division,
and recently holding chief conimftiid of
the comtaixied Ibid force which iicbi«fed
th« ronanett of E^fQ*
"Sir WilUaai Gomm feeU smrfid tkat
Uie ftrmj At Ur^ will regtvt with him the
tildden departure from amid iCa ranfca of
a dlitiogiiifhed ioUUer, a gnlUnt Imdcf,
and an ardeni pmmotrr of its intereata t
while aomc* fverbapa, will mourn with Ilia
Excellcoejr over Che ion of a lotifHrM
and juttly-Tnlued fnetidf faitlidil iod tniA
froTCk youth npwarda to the cIq(« of an
ttiaful aiid honoured life.
*'W. M.CIoMH, General,
** Commander -in* Chief East lodiea/*
The honorary title of a Knifht Com-
mander of the Bath, and the oomaaand of
H.M/s SOth Foot, had been recently e^iii^
ferred on Oeoeral Godwin by tbe ittthoit'*
tiei at home \ \mi death had ilready mre-
TenCcd the rcceptioQ of these rewaraa of
the reteran'a warltre.
Colonel MouifTAiif, C.B,
Ftk 8. At Puttyghnr, aged 57, Colonel
Armine S>ii]]CM lieory Moiiotain, CB.,
AdiiitanUgetiefi! to brr Majrsty's Forcei
In udla, and Aide-de-CAm]> to tht* Qneeti.
He was the fourth and yoonf^t son of
the Rifht Rev. Jacob Mountain, D,D.,
the flftt BUhofi of Quebec, by Elizabeth
Milttrod Wall Kcntj«h, coheSreaa of Bard>
teld Hatlt Keeex. He waa bom at Quebec,
Feb. 4, I7'i7 ; and received ii military edu-
cation in GennaDy. lie there acquired
great facility in latigua^s \ and he tp^a
and wrote moat of the European and seve-
ral of the Oriental tongues. He went out
to India as Military Secretary to Sir Colin
Halkett \ beoame Aide>de-Cainp to Lord
WtlUam Bentint-'k \ aad eerred ai Adjn-
taut'gcneral in the Chlaaae war, aoder
Lord Oou^i^h, where he rooeived three balls
through his body* He reViriMd to Eng*
land with the wreck of the d6tb raiment;
which he soon made one of the first in the
nrmy^ and continued to command it, aa
Lient.-ColoneU until he went out again to
India ai Aide-de'Camp to I^rd Dalhousle,
tben Goremor-GeneraL He waa soon
after appointed A cljutant> General. He
OOtntnanded a brigade at CbiUtan wallah »
and reoeiTcd the warm thanks of Lord
Oough for a brilliant and gallant charge
whioh secured the victory. On the neit
day he was wounded through the loft
handt by the sccidental discharge of a
niitoi when mounting hla charger. After
ibe iOcoet«f\it termination of the battle of
Gttjerat he wm promoted to the oomnand
of a division under General Sir WalMr
Gilbert, and aent by him in purtuU of the
Colonel Monntain wu taken tU \
i9th Jan. laat, when on march with tlt£
Cotnmander-m- Chief fWtrn Ca wo pore bo
Puttyghur, and he died, of ferer, whes fai
camp at the latter piece.
In a general order issued on Ibe OMM
day, tbe Commander-in-Chiof ntdla lb«
following remarks: — ^^^ Doubtlea, tbo iiB*
portant duties of the department of«r
which Colonel Mountam has ineaiitod
throvg^ ^ course of five yeart hafo beio
ditcbargcd with eq^ual puoctuality bf v^
rioui pradeovMora, and with equal rofard
for the diidyiiaB md honour of tbo arwy i
but rarelfi if ofir, exhibiting tbat latkaiiM
blcDdiof of srbfliiity of deaoeoftoor mA
considerate feeling with unflinching alMb»
dinesB of purpose and impartialftj tn*
iwvnring In the performance of thoai net
enftMoently oneroua and painf^ dMtiM.
TIm Commander-in-Chitf baa no neti «»
record for information in India, or of Iwr
Mfljesty's army generally, that the able
official adviser and fHend who«e low he ia
dtploring aervad aa head of the Mtoe de-
partment throttghotit tbe Chineao «er ^
1840*1, and held oonunand Of a brl|liit
throughout that of the Ponjab in li«M|
was with the foree under Sir Wolfeir Gil-
bert, in oomtaand of a difuioa ;
fbrmly seqaltlad bioHetf, in mtk of \
ioApo^ttnt trttfta, with the lOuad J«d^
meot and toldter-ltke ardour wkiefa i
failed to anioMUe him wberoTer Clw dmok
tunlty offered. In all tbe aoeial lolmoili
of life Colonel Mountaio mido
eitenaifaly beloved and
ipected and eeteemodj and Sir
Gomm ft«U well aaeurcd that hii
ture will be slneerety and deeply ngroteid
by numbers of all claases and ordera of
eoeiety in India ai well ai at home.**
He was twice married: first to Jfi»»
daughter of the Rt, Rev. Thoou LHlli
O'Beime, Lord Bishop of Maatk; eaeosdlj
to Annie, elder daughter of Colonel Ooft*
das, of C^rron HaU, Falkirk.
Dec. 8« At Prome, in Burmah, In Ma
37th year, Capt, Thomas Latter, of tbe «?tb
Bengal Natite Infantry, Deputy Coaamia*
Bioner at that plaee.
He was the only ton of the late Milor
Barr^ Latter and Jolhma Ann kle w&,
sister to the Rev. Richard Jefflriya,r
of Cockfleld, near Bury 8t. EdmoildV
C'aptatn Latter having obtained a C
appoiutmeiit to Bengal, went omi in 18
at the age of 19» i Anlibed NMar and
olaaiie, having been ednoilnd nnder hit
natemal uncle, the Rev, Charles leEfAftfti
second Wrangler and Fellow of St. Jobn*i
CoUege, Cambridge. He waa ordered to
tola &e 4Bth Native Infantty at DiM»
1834.]
Obitdarv. — CapL LatU7\
5Sl
Irota vhkh regitnout be cliftBgcd in 1837
to tbs 67tb Deogil NJ* then ta ikrrteao,
in wbioU profince, baving & remarkoblc
talfltit for Innguagfe, and bclnj^ very stu-
difius, bo became a firet-rale Buruaeee
■QhoUrt aiui publithed a Grammar of tbat
Unfuago, wbirh was very highly esteemed.
Ilia GOmmUDicatioriB od the aubjeot of
Buddhist remains, medals^ and other mat-
ters have beeu rr«4}ueiitly publi&liiMl and
referred to in rarioaa pcriodicaU of the day.
On the opening of QcgotiatioQS with the
Bi»rinea€» prvviouciy to the breaking out
of th« late war, he waa attached to Com-
modore Lambert' a cspedition as chief in-
terpreter, in which office *' be dbcharged
bia functions to the entire fiatisfaction of
the Government (see Government Dia-
patchei, April S8, 1352), having been un-
waveriog hi his efforta to maintain peace"
On the commencement of hoBtihtiee he
W»i made interpreter to Genertd Godwin,
it) which position Hha added to his olaifui
by the duty which he well performeti on
the aasault of tbe great Pagoda at Ran-
goon/'* The particulars have already been
publiihed io Lautie'a '^Burmcie War/'
h^tf bariiig been favoured with a copy of
tha letter which he wrote on the occaaion
to bla mother, we thall prefer to relate
tbern in bia own words ;—
*' Manffoon, April 17, IB^'i.
" My dearest Mother, — As tbe diflpatehes
are going oflf 1 write a few lines to tell you
J am quite safe and untouched. The itorm*
ing of the great Pagoda took place the day
before yeaterday, and I have not had a
moment to apara aiace Ibe place fell into
our haudi.
** I have time to say Utde, except that
at joy earoest suggettion the General
changed hia plant, and stormed at tbe
fioiot I poiuted out to him. I told him
that bit men were auffering greatly from
the enemy's gunsi and that, if he would
allow me to lead on the storm in the
direetion whieh I pointed out, he ahould
be inside in twenty minutes. After much
heaitatjon ba agreed to it. i led the for-
lorn hope i the ar«it fifty that followed me
had twenty^eight knocked dowu by the
first volley. We stormed in the face of
three plateaus of musketeers; and one poor
offi^r (Lieut. Doran), a young man who
mabed up to support me, waa knocked
over within two feet of me, with aefen
bullets in bim ; the neit who uame and
joined me (Col. Cootea), IBth Royal Iriab,
waa tbot in two places, and his life was
only saved by a bullet striking the muxzle
of hia pistol in bis belt, and taking a piece
out. When the General came np it waa
about seventeen minutes, and, as X had
kept my word, I kept away from meeting
' n, iO| after some timci one of his
A*D.C/8t who had been sent to find me
out, took me up, and the dear good man
ahook me wsrwly by the hand and said,
* Latter, 1 ihaiik you, not only for your
advice but your gall nnlry— you have saved
ufi a great many of our men/ And now,
with best love, in great haste, believe me
ever your most affectionate and dutiful
son, TuoMAs Lattkh/^
At the storming of Bassein, on the 10th
of May, Capt. Latter was again employed.
While holding a parley with the Burmese,
be was struck down hy a spent ball, and
the non^Gommissioned officer who accom-
panied him was killed and fell over him,
so that for some time he was supposed to
be slain. Subsequently he accompanied
the expodttion to Pegu, as related in
Laurie^s '* Second Burmese War/' p* 179,
where he is spoken of as " our Chevalier
Bayard, ' sans peur et sans reproche/*''
For the lost year of his life lie had oo*
copied the post of Deputy Commiisioner
at Prome ; where (in the words of Captain
D'Oyly of his own regime nt,) he has met
the subtle falsehood and crafty policy of
the court of Ava with a sagacity that few
could equal The same gentleman, who
has known him intimately since 1B48,
declares that he shall be always ready to
record his testimony to Captain Latter' 8
eminent abilitiee, untiring energy, his reso-
lution, and dauntless spirit. The govern*
roent of Ava have for months been com-
passing his assassination: and on thn
approach of the very night in vrhich it
waa accomplished, after dining with Mr.
Wilson, a medical officer attached to tbe
4th Sikh regimenl, on witbing^ him " Good
night," he said, ** It is well for you that
you can go to bed surrounded by your
Sikhs ; I can never lay my head down on
my pillow without thinking I may never
wake.'' He went to bed about eleven
o'clock. About two o'clock a.m. one of
the aentrlea over the treaaore beard one
ejaculation from the bed which alarmed
him. He, not liking to leave his post,
called to Captain Latter, and receiving no
reply he roused the Treaanry guard, which
consisted of eight men» who immediately
fell in. He then ran to the bed ; he saw
no one, but called for the aenrants, two of
whom came running to tbe spot : one waa
a German, and the other a Hindostanea
servant. The former ran to the treaiury,
and aeizing the light returned to his maa*
ter's bed« Captain Latter was then dying {
he just raised his eyes to his aervant^s face
and expired without a movement. The
medical men are all of opinion that a
wound in the throat was the Arst received;
that it waa thf? only fatal one, and that
death must have been almost instantaneous.
There were four other woundjt.
!j32
UmruARY.^— C*o^. C*. E* Gordon, i?. H. Art.
IMay,
A *laDdcrftua RUtement havlnf appeared
ia the pnpcr* to I lie t-ffect tlint the murder
of UtiA gallant nflicer wa^ to be ftttiibutedf
not to poUtical motkcH, but to the rereoge
of a rt:1ation of some females with whom be
wat falntlj taid to haire had intrifuei, hif
uncle r the Rev* R, Jeffrey b^ haa publiihed
a Utter, In which he layi ;
'*ThU Btorj waa no doubt devised by
the wily court of Ava» who inaligated^ or
ita emisaaries who perpetrated^ Ihe deed,
ill hopes of diTerting atteniioa, and atert-
ing from tbemselTei the deserved veo-
geance. It waa eagerly caught at by the
author of an uDpnnoipled Indian journal,
the Calcutta Citixcn, It ia utterly un-
worthy of notice ai an explanation of the
sad o{!eurreoce. Had such been Cnptnln
Lattcr^s propeusities he might have in-
dulged them, a& too many have done, and
not a few in high positions, to their full ex-
tent vfitbout at nil cndRngtrring hi* personAl
safety. Tite true explanation is — that this
galUut public officer, who was well known
to be a marked object of fear and hatred
of the Burmese gofernmeni— many plots
against whose life had been discovered and
frastratedf and more than one actual at-
tempt mado^HJo one occasion the bullet
of the assassin just missing him^ and the
wadding ittrikiog his horse — did at last fall
a victim to the blow of au ciniiisary of
the wily and perfidious court of Ava. I
might go on to show how abhorrent the
life attributed to him was to hi^ pursuits ;
how he spent short intervals uf leisure
that he could snatch from bis arduous
public duties in the pursuits of literature
and science ; how, with the view of exalt-
ing the British character for science in
the eyes of the Burmeae, and afibrding
entertaining instruction to the natives and
the soldiery » he had proeured firom Eng-
land expensive philosophical apparatus,
«lid shortly before his death waa in cor-
RStpondeuee for tuore ; how, besides bis
jMlblic merit as a soldier, which no one
dbputes, he was known to a large private
circle, who could testify to hi* wortli in
the endearing relations of husband, father,
and friend— '1 might confidently appeal to
the whole Indian society, where his gen-
tlemanly manners maile hira a welcome
guest in the houses of the most scrupulous
und refined ; 1 might refer to the volumes
of uninterrupted correspondence wich his
pioua parent, containing his feelings on
aabjectt of a far higher nature, which ar«
now her only consolation, and which she
values very far beyond alt the hononrt he
gained in his abort but brilliant career.*'
Captain Latter was buried at Promc
mih military honours on the afternoon of
the 8th Dec, tJie Brigadier ordering all
offioera not on dtity, with the exception
of commanding officers and adjutants « to
attend the funeral The coffin wat placed
on a gun-carriage, and drawn to within
a slmrt distance of the burying-ground,
whence it was carried by a party of tb«
Pusiliert . The service waa performed hf
the Rev. Mr. Burney, and it waa interest]
to observe, whea he came to the wori
** Dost to dust," that many of the native
sepoys of the €7th preaaed forward to
mark their respect by sprinkling earth
upon the coffin*
Captain Latter was married in D<
1B46 to his first cousin, Charlotte Ell:
beth Law, third daughter of Prancii Lftir»
e«q. formerly of the Bengal Civil Serricft.
and late of Bedgbury Park, Kent, by
whom be had one daughter, Dolorea
Charlotte, both of whom he survived.
CoLONiL C. E. Go»noN, R. H. Abt,
March 15. On the railway at Creire,
aged G7» Colonel Charles Edward Gordon,
of the Royal Horse Artillery,
He was one of the tons of Cliarlca
Gordon, esq. of Wardhouse, co. Aberdeen.
He wa* appointed Second Lieutenant In
the Artillery on the Hth Sept, and Pinrt
Lieuteiiont on the 6th Dec. 1803; Cap-
tain on the 17th March, 18H j Breret
Major July 22nd, 1830 j Lieut. -Colonel
Nov. 24tb, l«:ia
He was on service in the PenliiaiiU
from May, 1813, until the close of tbe
war, including the defence of Cadix, si^ge
of St. Sebastian, pasaage of the BidasMa,
Nivelle, Nive, and Orthes. He waa idao
engaged in the occupation of BourdeattSfj
tbe affairs on the Dordogne, and the
vestment of Blaye. He received tlie silve
war medal with four claspf . He afterwRr
served in Canada, and was Asaiitant AdJQ
taut- General, in Ireland, until li^5l, when
he was made Colonel of the Artillery.
Colonel Gordon had been on a viajt 1
his brother, Vice- Ad mini Sir James i
ander Gordon, Lieut-GoTemor of Or
wich Hospital, and was on his return
his residence at Glenburn Castle, in
oardinesbire, when his death took place.
He was riding in a third-clasi carriagie;
and when waiting at Stafford, a drunken
man, who had already misconducted him-
self In another compartment of the
riage, was forced into his companyp
aome altercation with the in
About ten minutes after. Colonel Gordon'i
head was seen to droop, and on the tr '
arriving at Crewe, it was ascertained that
he was dead. A coroner^s inquest was
held, and a verdict returned, that he died
from natural causes. The body was
brought to town, and deposited in the
mausoleum of Greenwich Hospital | but
three days siaer, it was exbomed^ asd
CoL D* J* BaiiingaU, R*M*^^LieuL-CoL Montfpeiim/.
I
I
I
ig&in seat to Crewe to be subjected to a
second inquiry. On this occasion Sir
John Ltd del!, MVD. Phyaician to Green-
wich Hospital, dcpos&d tbat he had made
a post uiDrteiu ezAtDitiation , and found
that death had been caused by an aifecttou
of the heart, to which the deceased had
loDg been subject, and auy sudden ex-
citcmeat would be likely to cause death ;
but in consequence of the evidence that
b&d been given resecting the conduct
of the inspector at Stafford, the jury re-
turned a verdict of manslaughter ogaiiist
bim, and the Coroner issued a warrant for
hia apprehenmon in order to hi* being
cHed at the ensuing R^aixes at Chester.
His trial hiu anbaeqtieatly taken place, and
haa rrjiultcd in ao acquittal
Colonel Gordon was father-in-law of
William Duckett, esq. of Russell Town
Park, CO. Carlow, High Sheriff of that
county in 1825.
Col. Dattd Jakiks Bai.un*oall, R.M.
March 31. At Southj^ea, aged 64, Co-
lonel David Jaiiiffl Ballingdl, Colonel
Comoiandant of the Woolwich division of
Royal Marines.
Be woa the eldest son of the late Lleul.-
Gcneral BaMingalL
At the early age of 12 years he served
as a midship ma a in the St. Geore;e, the
ffag-ship of Lord Nelson, at Copenhagen,
his father being the Colonel of Marines gf
the fleet* He watthen appointed, in 1803,
Second Lieutenant of Marines, and served
ID the artillery companies of the corps on
the coast of Norway, in tbe North Seas,
and the blockading of Calais, Boulogne,
Dieppe, aud Havre, when he was fre-
quently engaged with the eneiny*B flotilla.
He next served in the West Indies and
Gulf of Me:rico ; was present at tlie cap-
ture of tlic Marengo and Belle Poule ; at
the boarding and capture of two French
privateer loggers : and on the iietd of
Vimiera, 2l9t Aug. 1808. He volunteered
26th Feb. 1809, in the boats of tbe Resist-
ance, at the hoardmg and carrying La
Mouche, French man-of-war schooner,
under a constant Are of grape and mus-
kelry i and in the night of the following
day, at the cutting oot of four French
luggers, laden with supplies for the divi-
sion of Marshal Sonlt, from the barboar
of Santa Clara, on the north coast of Spain.
He landed lOtb March, 1»309, at the head
of the Marines from the Resistance* carried
a battery of four guns, and assisted iu the
capture and blowing-up of a French man-
of-war schooner, and destroyed her con-
voy laden with supphes for the French
army. Subsequently^ at the siege of Cadiz,
he landed and destroyed the platform of
the battery of Estaponaj near Mahiga.
From April 10th, 1832, to Slst May,
1833, he commanded the Royal Marines
occupying the castles of Naupolc de Ro*
mania, vri th an dlied garrison of French
and Russians, during an attack made by an
insurrectionary force of five thousand Al-
banlans^ under Demetrius Greva,
Subsequently, he was sent out to the
Lakes of Canada as senior officer of Ma-
rines during the late insurrection in that
colony, when he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant- Colonel. On his re*
turn to England he was personally selected
to proceed with a battalion of RrOyal Ma-
rines to Ireland, where he commanded
from 1844 to 1846. In 1H49 be was ad-
vanced to tbe rank of Colonel Second
Commandaot, and in 1851 he was ap-
pointed at Colonel Commandant to the
Woolwich Division, aud shortly after re-
tired on full pay from that command.
LiKUT.-COLONKL MONYPaNKY*
March 15. In LansJown Crescent, Ken*
sington Park, aged 57, Thomas Gybbon
Monypcnoy, esq. of Hole House, Rolvcn-
den, Kent, Lieut. -Colonel of the West
Kent Light Infantry, a Deputy- Lieutenant
of Kent, and a magistrate for the counties
of Kent and Sussex.
This gentleman was descended from the
ftDcient Scotifih family of Mony penny of
Pitmtllie, co. Fife. His grandfather's
grandfather, Capt. James Monypenny,
R.N. settled in Kenton marrying, in iri4,
Mary, daughter of Robert Gyhbon, esq.
of Hole House, Rolveoden. His father,
Thomas Monypenny, esq. of Maytham
Hill, Kent, died in 1814, having married
Catharine, daugliter of Isaac Rutton, esq.
of Ospringe and Whitehills, Kent.
Colonel Monypenny was born at Hawk*
hurst in 1797. He entered the army at
an early age, and served as an Ensign in
the 13th regiment of Foot at the battle of
WAtcrloo, where he was slightly wounded.
Mr. Monypenny became a candidote for
the borough of Rye at the general election
of 1835, in opposition to the former
memher Mr. Edward Barrett Curteis. He
polled 101 votes, and Mr. Curteis was
elected by 211. At the next election, in
1837. Mr. Monypenny was elected, Mr.
Curteis not going to a poll. He sat until
the dissolution in 1841, and then retired ;
whereupon Mr. Curteis recovered his scat,
defeating tbe new Conservative candidate,
Mr. Charles Hay Frew en.
Colonel Monypenny enjoyed the esteem
of his neigbbours as a country gentleman
of polished manners, and is represented
by those who best knew him as a kind and
indulgent father and a most benevolent
friend of the poor.
He married, Jan. 8p 1818, his coasin
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18340 €hrg9S Lamther, E^q^^R R. Dtmiell, Esq, FJi.S, 585
and prHctiied u an Equltj draitflitsttksii
■ad confcjruiiccr* He wat appointed ^ ia
coDJunctioQ with Mr*. Baliiuy^ Q.C., joitit
CommiMioner of thus BirmtDgbam Coort
of Bankrnptcf » sbortlj after the paiaiii^
of the Act, in 1842 ( from whicii period^
hf hit iq^al koowledse, and ciMirtaotia d^
mtanour, he has ever firen the ^raalart
flatiafkctfon in the ejtecittioa of that officer
He re[M>rbed the Equity side of tht
Court of Excbequeff before the Lord
Chief BaroQr daring the years 1617 — 20»
and hii Reports were pubtisbed in 1824.
lie wfti the author of a work on tbe Prao-
tice of the High Court of Chancery, pub*
lished in 18* » ; and of which a aeeood iiu*
preesion, edited by T. fi. Ueadlani, eeq*
appeared to two volumea 8vo. 1S45. Alao
oft Praciioat Obaeryationi on the New
Chancery Orders of the ^6th Aug. 1841^
published in that year, and a aecgnd edt*
tiou, with the sub«eqoeQt Order«« in 1842 s
and, Considerationa on Rjoform in Chan*
eery, IH45.
Mr. Daniell has left a numerous family.
OoftGKi LownrBft, Esq.
Feb. 23. At hii residence « Hamptoii
hall, Somersetahiret in his ^5th year,
Gorig^s Lowtto-« esq. lata of KUniei oo.
Meatii.
Mr. Lowtbet- was descended from Wil-
liam fifth too of Sir Christopher Lowttier
of Lowtber, the present Eart of Lonsdale
beinf descended from Sir John the eldest
too. His grandfather, Gorges Lowther,
esq. was father of the Irish House of
Commons, in which he sat for fifty years.
On his death the House, by onanimoos
vote, went into mourning for three days.
Mr. Lowther was educated at Win-
ihcater CoUege^ and at the military Col*
lege at Angers.
From the election in 1790 unlfl Ihc
Union be was a member of the Irish par-
liament for the borough of Ratoath in the
county of Meath, being at the fomnr date
a Comet in his Majenty^ tenric^.
He commenced his military career in
the 5ih Dragoon Guards, with which he
served during tho rebellion in Ireland |
and afterwards commanded for sixteen
years a volunteer troop of Light Dragoons
m the county of Hants, where he had es-
tates, and on one •ocsaion be was iDBtru-
mental in diBpersing a large body of mal-
contents on their way from Portsmouth to
hamiotk<f (br whieb he received the thinks
of tlui coiinty.
Since his death Mr. Lowther has been
■teled to have bceo the author of several
works of a controversial charaeter; but
the otdy one we have diaoofend (in the
library of the British Mmeum) is, The
IPVoeeedingt at ianpe i» the Court oj King's
Bendii in tke erace The King against
Gorges Lowther, esq. for a Libel on John
Thomas Bstt, eeq. a ma^rate for Wilts.
This was printed at Mr* Lowther's expense
at Wiachester, Bvo. pp. 164, The trial
took place in Michaelmas temi 1805 ; bis
Oifeioe was w riti Df an iftsultiiig end libellous
l«tter to certain magirtratea o€ the county
of Willa, arising from a private matter
not worth de«cribing, and be was lined 100/.
He married Julia, daughter of the Rev.
Thomas Huntingford, D.D. and niece of
the Right Rev. Geoi^e Isaac Huntingford,
Lord Bishop of Hereford; by whom he
hia left issue 6^ eons and four daughters.
£j>iiu>n VL Dakikll, Esa* F.R.8^
March 21. At Meriden Hall, near Co-
ventry, Edmund Robert DanielU esq*
CommiasioQer of the Birmingham Court
of Bankruptcy, and F.R.S.
Tlila gemtleman was a brother of the late
Profeieor Daoiell, of King's College, Lon-
don ; and was formerly Secretary to the
Royal Institution. He was caJlea t^ tbe
bar at the Middle Tonpic, Nov. $^, l@lt? ;
Rsv. Harrt BuiflTow Wilsok, D.D.
No9* 21, In his SOUi year^ the Rev.
Harry Bristow Wilson, D.D., Rector of
the united parbhes of St. Mary Aldermary
and St. Thomas the A{>o«tle, in the city
of LondoD*
Dr. Wilson was born on the 23d Augusti
1774, the son of William Wilson, geat)»>
man, of tbe parish of St. Gregory, in the
city of London. He was educated at
Merchant-Taylora' School, which he left
in 179'^, supersjuinated for election to St*
John's College, Oxford, but next in so*
niority to the boy who obtained his elec^
tien* He was admitted a commoner of
Lhu ain College, Oxford, on the 12th Feb.
1793, and eleot^ a scholar of that eociety
on the foundation of Robert asd Jton
Trap(Ki, on the Smh Jnm^ 17iH. He
graduated B.A. oo the 10th Oct. 1796,
and M.A. on the 23d May, 1799. Oa
the 14lh F^b. 1793, be was appointed
third under-master of Merchant-Taylora'
school, iu the city of London ; and Oft
the 1st Feb. 1805, second underomutaih
In 1807 we And him desigiMited ia cnnlt
and lecturer of 8t. MichimPs BudaktOt^
Lecturer of St. Matthias* and fit. loiui
tbe Bsptiel*s, and in 1614 (in addition)
Townsend's Lecturer at St. Miohaeri
Crooked Lane. On the 2d Aug. 1616,
he was collated by Archbishop Mantiers-
Sutton to tbe united pariahii of St. Mstfy
Aldermary and St. ThooMi tlM AfMltoi
which he retained until hia Aeeeeee. Be
proceeded tti ttie degree of B«D. on the
Slat June. 1810 i and to that of D.D.
Jan.. 14| 1818. He cesigncd his master*
ship at Merchant-Taylors' scfa^ ia H^24.
536
Obituary,— /?«». Harrif Brutow WiUmf I>.D, CMayt
Whilit * fiii*t«r nf Merf ItBiit T«]rlort%
Dr* Wilioii miiiertook to write a hiaCorjr
of tJist efUblbhmcfil, from iU foonila-
tion. U« wii tapportrd bf a |(r«nt of
100/. from the Mrrchnnt-Tiylon* Com-
pinv* mid tif a Diimcrciu* body of lob-
NflMllf mi the work WM coinpleled in
tm& fnltmiM, quarto, of irhicli th« firit
iipp«ftred ui I8i^,iud thi: nccotid in IHIS.
It li A vrfy Uboriouji «ttt) acnurftte book.
thoiifh Aomrtthttt iril1jtt«;tl in itn Rtylr, and
•itrmvafatit hi iU t>eriinnil euloi^tm.
Whtlfi engKged tn thU ta»k, Dr. WiUon
waa induoed to extend bii rficaroliea into
thfl earlier bittory of the Minor of the
Roae, and the psriib of St. Lanrvnce
Poitntoey, within which the «chool wai
eitabliihrd in the yenr ISCU The proa-
paetui of t hit work ii dated March ^ With
tti Ib:jI (he flr»t portion was publiahtrj,
ttmlcr thii titli»t ** A Uittory of the P»rt«h
of Stt Laurence Pouutiicy, Ltnidon [ in-
eludings from doeuinentt bitliorto unpnb*
tiiihtidi an account of CorpuM C'iiri^li (or
Poantnr^y) Colli^ge, in the laid parith/*
Thii publirtttiim conRiate of 288 very
oloe«ly pritiicd {|unrro pnge*, of which
pp. xOO— 279 rtrc Kupplcmentary to the
iLMtory of Mcrchant'Taylori* School. On
Other mntt^ri cooiieotod with the tocality
the not h or haM enlarged with an elaborate
mkutf!iifji ii1mo«t unprecedented ; andp
thoui^b tiiere may be a di(rerenr43 of opinion
aa to the neceiiRity for print inn ^^ *'^ iome
portloni of thtj tlucimii?utary evidenceii It
ii impoAiiiblr not ta ailmiri^ tne grcnt poins
which Dr. Wilion devoted to the develop-
ment of hit reHcrnrchet. nor to regret tlmt
the work wa* not complctrd. It in ob-
vlou* tlmt ita progri^BM wan impeded by
the ejipenno already incurriid, mui which
added, it may be feared, ti» tlie author's
embaratimentii ariting from oilier uttuai'ii.
In lB44f Dr UiUon received » silver
talver, bearing the following innrription ;
—•• Preserili'd to the Eev. H, 1), Wilnon,
D.D* Reetor of the united parithes of St.
Mary Aiderinary and St, Thomeji the
Apoftle, in teitiinony of their gmtefnl
lense of his uniform kindness in presiding
over thtrir meetingn. and of tlieir Bpprecia-
tion of the conscientious and faithful Uis-
chargo of all his duties as pastor of the
paHtb^ and also for bis having voluntarily
undrrtaken the duties of the Afternoon
Lr.clureabip without any remuneration. —
June2liit., 1HM.''
At n later period* Dr. Wilson was in a
itate of litigation with aome of his pa-
rilllloiiert on the matter of tithei. and also
with rtfereuce to liia gkhc'-land. which was
tflboted by the widening of Queen-street.
On theie And otbir milfjectK he issued
a f ariety of pimphlett { and we now
append an tm perfect litt of hit publi-'
cationi, in adiUdovi to thoM already men-
tioned.
A Sermon preached in the chapel of the
Foundling Hospital on the 20th Jan. 180L
Sermons on moral sobjecta (2<3 in notn-
ber>. 1807. 8 ro. pp. 464.
t'wo Sermoni on the Death of Children.
1810. 8vo.
An Index to sobjecta not noticed, or
imperfectly referred to^ in the Index to the
principal matters contained in the Note*
to the Family Bible lately pnbliabed under
the direction of the Society for Pronaotinf
Christian Knowledge. I8ld. 4to.
A Sermon on behalf of the Incorporated
Society for the Propafation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parti. 1895. 8ro.
A Letter to the Pariahionen of SL
TbomoA the Apostle in the City of Loo*
don. 1B26. 4to.
A second Letter. 1829. 4to.
The Sympathiaing High Prieat. Tbi
Sermona. 1828. 8vo.
A Letter to the Pariah ioners of tbtf
united parishes of St Mary Alder mary
and St. Thomat the Apostle, on the n«m-
paymetit of their Tithet. 18^5. Svo.
To the Oocupiera of House* in the pa-
rish of St. Thomaa the Apostle^ to be taken
down for widening and improving Qneoi-
street, 1848,
Obieiratioai on the Law and Pmotii
of Sequestration of Eccletiastical
ficei ; with particular reference to a late
caae of dilapidation during sequeatration.
1836. 8vo.
Contention for the Faith; a Sermi
preached 8tb Oct. 1842.
Case of the Rector of St. Thomaa
Apoatle with his parishioners. 1849.
A Letter to the Paritbionera of
Thomos the Apostle. 1850.
A Word of Counsel to persons p
sing the Jewish religion within the Bri^
empire. 1850.
St Thomus the Apoitle'i chnrch-yi
and proposed rectory ; a Letter to the
rishioners of St. Thomaithe Apoatle, 185
A Gross Job : or the caae of the chu]
ynrd of St Martin's in the Vintry ; ai
dresHcd. at thiij conjuocturei to the co
sideratiou of the parishioners of St, Tho*^
mas the AposUe. 1H52.
Dr. Wilton married Mary- Anne, daiigh*
ter of the Rev. John Moore. LL.6. Minor
Canon of St. Paul's, and hoii iiioe two
children, a son and a daughter. Tbd
former is the Rev. Henry Bristow Wil»on«
B.D. late Fellow and Tutor of St. Jobn'i
College, Oiford, and for some ttme PnH
feasor of Angto-Sazon in that university*
He is now Rector of Great Stoughton, cob
Huntingdon 1 and is author of a Letter
on Univertity and College Reform* re.
cently published, as well aa other work a.
iS54-] OfliTUARy. — Hev. George Stanley Faber^ BM.
537
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R»v. Gkokgs STAXX.SY FABKn, B.D.
Jan, 37. At his residence as Maiter
of Sberbum Hospital^ near Durham »
agwd 80, the Rct. George Stanley Paber,
B,D, Prebendary of Salislmry, whose the-
ological writiaj^f particularly those* on
Prophecy, have during more than half a
century received a Tcry wide and general
acceptation.
He was born on the 25th Oct, 1773 »
and was the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas
Faher, by Anne, daughter of the Rev,
David Trnvisa. He wm educattid by the
Eer. Richard Hiid^n^ M. A, at the Gram-
mar school of Heppeobolme, nearHilifaXt
where he remained until be went to the
uniTcraity. He commenced bia Oxford
career at University College at the age of
aiiteeOf and took his degree of B,A. when
only mneteeo. Before he had reached
his twenty-first year, he was elected
a Fellow and Tutor of Liucoln College,
He proceeded M.A. 1796, B.D. \mx
Me lerred the office of Proctor in I BO I;
and in the «ame year* as Hampton Lec-
turer, he preached the di«cour(iea which
he shortly afier published under the title
of Horv Moaaicft.
At that pneriod the stagnation which bad
long settled over the Church of England
was at length broken by the tempest of
the French Revolution. The solemn time
awakened solemn thomght^, and forgotten
truths were preached to eager hearers.
Foremost among the preachers in bis own
university was the young but able theolo-
gian whose death we now record. He
embraced, by no means as the corner-
stone of atecbnical system, hut as a living
principle of action, the Evangetical doc-
trines of the universal necessity of con-
version, justification by faith, and (when
subsc(|uent cotitroversy had brought it
into prominenCL') the sole authority of
Scripture as the rule of faith. Such
doctrines he proclaimed zealously and
boldly \ teaching none other things than
our great Reformers from Craunaer to
Hooker did teach, and such as he read
aod heartily acknowledged in the articles
and homilies of the Church. By this
conduct, as well as by his able writings,
be attracted the notice^ nnd conciliated
the friendship^ of such able scholars as
Bishop Burgess and Bishop Van Mildert^
and of such exeeilent men as Bishop Bar-
rington, the Mnrquess of Bath, Lord
Bexley, and Dr. Rouch.
Mr. Paber was married. May 31, 1803,
(at Marylebone Churcht by Dr. Horsley,
Bishop of St, Asaph,) to Eliza 'Sophia,
younger daughter of Major John Scott-
Waj-iog, of Itice, co, Chester, some time
M.Rfor Stockbridgc.
Having by this step relinqaished bis
GiNT. Mag. Vot. XLL
fellowship, he went to reside with bis
father at Calverley, iiemr Bradford, in
Yorkahirc, where, for two years, he acted
as curate. In 1805 he was collated by
his constant friend and patron, Bishop
Barrington» to the vicarage of Stockton-
upon-Tecs» which be resigned three years
after for that of Redmarshall, also io the
county of Durham ; and m 1811 he waa
collated by the same prelate to the vicar-
age of Longnewton, where be remained
during twenty-one years. In 1831 Bishop
Burgess collated Mr, Faher to a prebend
in Salisbury cathedral ■ and in 1B32
Bishop Van Mildert gave him the mastcr-
ftbip of Sherbura Hospital, when he re-
signed the rectory of Longocwton*
Mr. Fttber'fi writings up<in prophecy,
and upon the principal doetrines and con-
troversies which have successively agitatod
the Church, were continued through a
period of more than forty years. We can
here only give a general idea of them by
pasting their several titles under review, in
the following (probably imperfect) chro-
nological aeries : —
Two Sermons preached before the Uni*
varsity of Oxford, Feb, 10, 1799.
An attempt to explain, by recent events,
Five of the Seven Vials mentioned in
the Revelations (ivi, 1)^ and an Inquiry
into (be Scriptursl significalion of the
word Bara (Gen. i* I, 2). Oxford, 1799,
8vo.
Horn; Mosaics?, or, a View of the Mo-
saical Records, with respect to their coin-
cidence with profane antiquity, their in-
ternal cfedibility, and their conneiion with
Christianity, comprehending the substance
of eight lectures read at the lecture founded
by the Rev, John Bampton, 1801. Two
vols. 8vo» Second edition, 1818,
Divine authority conferred by Episcopal
Ordination necessary to a tegitimttte dis-
cbarge of the Christian ministry ; a Ser-
mon preached before the University of
Oxford, May 16, 1801,
A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the
Cabyri, or the great gods of PhoeniciS|
Samotbrace, Egypt, Troas, Greece, Italy,
and Crete ; being an attempt to deduce
the several orgies of Isis, Ceres, Ac, from
the union of the rites in cotnoaemoration
of the Deluge, &c. 1603. Two vols. 8vo.
1 ^Thoughts on the Arminian and Calvin -
istic Controversy, 1904. 8vo,
Dissertation on the Prop heciea that bave
been fulfilled, are now fulfUllng, or will
hereafter be fulfilled, relative to the great
period of 1260 years; the Papal and Ma*
hommedao apostacies ; the tyrannical
reign of Antichrist, or the infidel Power ;
and the Restoration of the Jews, 1806.
Two vols. 8vo, Fourth edition IBIO,
Fifth edition 1814. Vol. iU. 1818,
3Z
Obituary, — Rev, George Stanley Faber^ B.D. CW«y,
gf Ui« Uoty Tnoitj. 18j^. tVo fOli.
Bvo.
RecapihiJated Apoatuj tha cm]| Bft-
tionale of ike coDcc»led Apocslf ptk asBi
of the Roman Empire. 1B33. UsNk
The primitive doctrine of EkcCloi.
1830. 8ro. Becozkdedttioa, 184^.
An account of Mr. Hu*cobcUi*i prp-
fctted ReftttBtioo of the argument of *' n<
Dimculiies of Roffiatiiam/' 1 »3S. 0f«u
The primitive doctrine of J iiati6caboB,
investigated rdativcly to the a^vrvrml 4f§-
oiLionA of the Cburcli oJ Hotna and tla
Church of England : with a ijiedal rtier*
eoce to the opioiunt of the late Mr* Kboi*
1837. 8to.
An iuquiry into the Hiitory lu^ T%e»>
logy of the aQcteot Villenaes and AM*
geoftct. 1<)J8. Bvo*
The primitive doctrine of Reg«timllMi.
1840* 8vo«
Cbriat^a difpottrse a I Cap«nuiiiai fiiiL
to ihe I
the vet}
the diviU<.B v)i lui: iv^ I
soioidally waiatained t u^cMaii;
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tli«t lie dMired no more than to elucidate
tbc rulei by which the iDtcrpretation of
prophecf i» to he determined. Owe prio-
cipio whkh he eslabliiihed fttid ciempli6ed
wutf that the doliocatiOQS of eveat^ m
prophecy are Dot appUcatjle to the desti-
nieH of Individudbi, but to tkoae of po!icks&
audnationi. It was thus that in 1805 be
traced iu the violently slain and rcviired
Sereatb Head of the Apocalyptio Beaiit,
not tlie f&tc of tbe Emperor Napoleon,
but of the imperial form of government
— overwhelmcii iu 13 15 — dormant during
the Restoration — and revived in the persnu
of tbe Second Napoleon. When ho had
onae ventured upon an elucidation of pro-
phecy aioeordin^ to hi§ fixed canons, he
wsi nerer awayed towards a varied inter-
preUtioQ under the immediate preaence
of efents apparently trreconcilablB with
his firat deliberate imprecsion. The hra-
cbure« whiab he published hut year upon
the Revival of the Empire in France, and
the Downfall of Turkey, were, for the
most part, only reprints of his deductions
from the prophetical records publiahcd
forty years before.
Mr. Faber'a controverflial writing i,ihou^h
from their very nature thoy will be less
long-lived thao hia works on prophecy,
have hitherto been more extensively uaefuU
Hii argumentative ttyle waa severely logi-
cal; arising frooa a love of exactitude,
whieU hi» ttrong common aenae taught
him to be the basis of truth. Whilat occa-
sionally compelled to adopt analysis, be
loved rather, and made more frequent uae
of, the synthetical method of reasoning.
He did not, of course, refuse the aid of
any weapon of pbiloaophy: analogy wai,
however, very sparingly employed by him.
Uia powers of CO ncentratiou were remark-
able; as waa also the per«evenmcQ with
which be puraued the atudy which, at any
period, engaged hia ihoughta. He seemed
to adopt the aentimenta of Cicero ; 'Mi»c
atudta adolescent! am alunt, senectntem
obleotant, tecundti res omaut, adversiis
perfugiuM et solatium procbent : delectant
domi, non impediunt foris ; pernoctant
nnbiscum, peregrinantur, ruaticantur/^
Throughout his life hi* industry was ex-
traordinary. Although he retired at no
very early hour, it waa hit invariable cua-
torn to be seated at his desk by six o'clock
in tbe morning, during winter as well aa
lumoier, and tbis too to within three
months of hl^ decease. Nor did this con-
Btaot use of his faculties impair their
energy. He waa able to tbe lot t to read
the smallest print without a lens; and his
coatributiona, during the la^t few montba,
to variooa pnpera and periodicals, proved
the unweakened vigour of his intellect.
Hia acquaintance with the polite literature
of modern as well a^i ancient Datloni waa
very extensive \ nor was he ever at a fault
in detect! Dg a garbled or imperfect quota-
tion from bia favourite authors. In nothing
was he more severely accurate than iu his
referencea to patristic theology; and he
had, aa he expressed it, ''' an awkward
habit of verification," extremely annoying
to a dijiingenuDUB opponent, which was,
however^ by no maani a laborioua prooesa
to him, for, to use another favourite ex-
preasion of his, ** he had wintered and
summered '' the original authors. From
the variety and accuracy of his knowledge
he never was expoi^ed to the temptation of
subritituting persona! rcflcetiona for argu-
'meDt, and hia well-disciplined mind saved
him from any exhibition of loaa of temper*
Whilst he adhered pertinaciou.Hty to facts
himself, be never allowed his adversary to
wander from the qucation in point without
immediately recalling him, refusing to
diacuf a new aubjectt until the one in hand
had been first disposed of.
In the immediate circle of bis frienda,
his amiable and engaging qualities were
naiveraally acknowledged. In the govern-
ment of the charitable institution over
which be had presided for twenty-two
yeari, he waa conaiderate, though firm and
impartial i whilst the appeal of need, from
whateier quarter, alwaji found hii oar
ready and bi^ hand open He was not a
person of an excitable or enthuaiastic tem-
perament, but there was a deep current of
devotional feeling whioU pervaded hia
heart and characterised hU life. His
mind waa na clouded to tbe laat, and the
power of true religion was beautifully dia-
played in the calm and confident faith
wbioh luitained him during hia paasage
through the valley of the shadow of death.
By the lady before named Mr, Faber
had five children, of whom two survive
him, — Char lea Wariug Faber, esq. bar-
rifiter-atdaw, and Ltent. -Colonel William
Raikea Faber. Hia other children died in
their infancy. Ilia body was interred in
the chapel of Sherburn Hospital,
A portrait of Mr. Faber, hy T. PhilUpi,
R. A., was exhibited at the Royal Academy
in the year 1842.
Esv. F^nwAnn Jamci* M.A.
April 6, At Alton, aged 64, tlie Rev*
Edward Jame§, M.A. formerly of Christ
Church, Oxford, Canon of Winchester,
Vicar of Alton, Hanti, and Chaplain to
the Bishop of the diocese, and a Canon of
Lland&ff.
Mr. James was the third son of the Ret.
Thomas James, D.D.* Head Moater of
* Of whom a memoir will bo found in
our vol. LXXJ?. p. 99'i. Dr. James was
Obituarv-— /?«♦. Edward Jamet^ M,A»
CM.y.
Rufhy, Can on of Worc«fter. And R«ctOf
of HarriogUm, Worceilrrshtre, by Ara-
bellt,foartb daaghter of Mr. W. Caldeeott
of Rofby. He was educftted^ ^^^^ l^**
fitfaier, on the foundation of Eton School ,
If here he wha •unociati^d with the late miioh-
lamented Dr. Llofd, Bithop of Oxford
(who died in 18^). the Bishop of Win-
ehMt«ri the Profoit of Eton (ctarum §i
Wtmtrmhilt nom^n /)« the Dean of 8t, pjturn,
Sir John Patte«on, Juntke Coleridge, Sec.
Ate. — a diitinfubhed band of cotempo-
raaeoui Kini;** ieho)iir>. At tbut lime the
eEaminatiouii of tbi> oollegers wcff nearly
nofiiitiAl, niid tboAe wbo went to iichool at
the earlb'jtl n^it were mont Hkelj to be
elected olT to Kitig'n; conflcqtiently, while
three otbera (of whom Sir John Fatteaon
waa lecond, though by far the most di«>
tingniflhed at Cambridge,) obtained vacant
tobolafKbipt in that college, Mr. James
was HU|iermniiuated in 1B08, and entered
nt Christ Cbufcb, Oxford. Shortly after
Inking bis degree, bu beciime tutor to the
Hon. E. G, Stanley (now Eorl of Derby)
at Eton and nt Oxford, with whom he
oontlnued on the mont friendly terma till
his dejith. * ' He reaped," nays the Morn-
ing Post, " the first fraila of bis Isbours
on aeeinif his noble pupil obtiun the Cbun-
eellor'a ine4al for Latin Terse as an under-
graduate; and in 1B£» 2 was in attendance
on Lord Derby (then Prime Minister) in
Downing Street, when the deputatloD from
Oxford eame to install his lordahip in the
office of Chancellor/*
After taking holy orders, Mr. James
wai fUGcesjiively Viear of Dat«het, and
Perpetnal Curate of Sheen, Surrey, where
J|0 wit tutor to many ofiblemen^s sons.
Whan the nffectioi»ate frietul of his youth,
Mr. Charles Sumner, became Bishop of
LlAndsif,. be gave Mr James one of the
oaiionriee in bis cathedral, auoh as it Is ;
ind when trintlated to Winchester in
a Fellow of King^s College^ Cum bridge,
and a most sueeessful Hrad Master of
Rugby from the year 117^ to 17%', when
ill*licnltb compelled him to retire, and the
trustees of the school petitioned Mr. Piit
to bentow the canonry oo him» By his
first wife, daughter of Mr. M under of
Coventry^ be htid, 1. Thomas, a barrister,
and, ^2. Mary, married to the late Rev. J.
WiMgflpld, D.D., Head Master of West,
niinntrr School : by his second, 1. the
Right lUv. J, T. James, D.D., late Bishop
of Cjilciittai 2. Willinm, M.A., Vicar of
Bilton, Warwickshire, imd late Fellow of
Oriel CoUpge ; ^, Edward, now deceased;
4, (tenrge, officer io tUt* lloyal Artillery j
6. Sopbia-Ci'ifbt^rine, married to Robert
Morris, esq< of Cheltenhsm ; and, G^ Isa-
bella-Oi'tsvt^. Dr. James died in 1804.
^
1828, made him hii examimiig Chapkia,
honouring h\m with the fifat canoary at
his diiposal, to which the Demo cod Chap-
ter added in 1332 the vicaraf^ of Alton.
In this post he was hard-workiof KbA
exemplai7, the parish pricat of " _
town, full of fiery and <|iurrelaon»9 Dis*
senters, varying his Utc hf m pleMttrt
summer residence in the CAthedru dom
as canon, where his hospitalltj and aed
fur the noble fabric and ito Bervioe* wifl
dwayi be remembered, and bj ocosiioMl
Thiit* at "election** time to Dr, Hawtmfi
then Head Maiter and since Froroet of
that great aohool whoae pride and honov
is its connection with this sccompliabeil
aehohr, and munificent and gencrwm Milk
It is only fair to Mr. Jamea'a memory
to say that he wot a sound High Cburdi-
man, though, from his intimate relations
with the Bishop — standing, as he did, alooe
amongst all shadei of uttra-Proteatantiam.
and perhaps from excess of charity — ^he
could make little resistance to bigotrj, mad
lax prlnciplet and practices in tlie dioene.
By Mr. James, and by him aJmoat alooe
of the "dignitaries" (except the worthy
Warden of New College^ were the aotbor
of the ** Christian Year/* and Mr. TroDob,
cordially welcomed in the Close.
Mr. James publiAhed, in 1830. a ** Me-
tnoir of Bishop Jamef,** which waa thui
highly eulogised by the Quarterly ftm*
view : f " We have before us a moooir
of Heber*s suoceasor, the last Biahop ol
Calcutta, drawn up with great nnilnnw
and good tiense by his brother, the Rer.
E. James, Prebendary of Wiocbcster- It
ii too brief to admit of a formal notice ;
but we must not omit the opportunity of
bearing testimony to the virtue and piety
of this highly accomplished and amiable
man, whope sole misfortune is to be altoosi
forced into a comparison, after a still
shorter career of fame (1B27-1B29), with
Middleton, who was certainly one of the
first scholars which the Church of Eng-
land bos in late years produced, and with
Heber, whose poetic genius aloue would
have thrown a peculiar lustre round hia
name. Bishop James seems to have ex-
ercised his functions with great modera*
tion and good sense ; his measure of aa-
signing, where it was possible, parochial
t Vol. xLiit. page 400. Bishop James
before his elevation was Student of Christ
Church, and published bis "Travels in
Russia," which created a very favourable
impres«ion. From 1HI8 to 18^7 he was
Vicar of Flitton» Bedfordshire. Only one
son survives of the late bisliop*s family —
the Rev. J. A. James, M.A. late Fellow
of King*s College. (See our vol« iecix.
page 56.1.)
1854.] Obituary. — R. Harris^ Esq, M>P, — J, Hmwood^ Etq.
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districti and a deftnite sphere of duty to
the clergy in Calcattn appears extremely
judicioiia : and in all hia mtercourBe wilh
liit bretliren hk g«i]t]eDe§« and cOQcilia-
tion seem to ibov that he was no un-
worthy tuccesfor to those who preceded
him .....*'
Mr. Edward Jamea married Cdtharine,
daughter of F. Reevefi» esq. by whom he
has three daughters (all uDinarried) and
three sons ; 1. the Rev. Edward Stanley
James, M-A. of Merton Colbge, Vicar
of East Let^jombe, Berkshire; 2. Rev,
Charles Caldecott James, B.A, Fellow of
King's College — a gentleman, who after a
sncceoifal career of industry at Eton, was
placed third in the firat class of the Claa-
aical Tripos in IBS"^; baying voluntarily
offered hiui^elf for examiaation for his
degree, first of all Kiiig*a-mea, who threw
up their prifilege two or three years agO|
hat with a re«ervation of their rights for
those who mex% matriculated preriously.
Mr. Charlefl James oirea much of his
success to hiji father^ a scholai-ahip and in-
dustry. A. Arthur Coleridge Jamea, now
on the foundation of Eton.
The remains of Mr, James were fol-
lowed to the grave in Alton churchyard
by those who had been Im frienda from
youth — Judge Coleridge, Sir J. Fatteaon,
Dr. Hawtrey, &c., the Biahop of Winches-
ter officiating. Those who mourn the loss
of so worthy a man mny breathe the old
heathen poet*^ Catholic prnyer over hia
tomb^' —
vXfSiog ii}tfdZot(t^ teal oX^wg *Am Ikolo 1
C. B. B.
RiCBAHP Hakbis, Ehu. M.P,
Fett. 2. At Leicester, aged 7Ct Richard
Harris* Esq. formerly M.P. for that town.
Mr. Harris was bom tn the humbler
ranks of Ufe, and was in every respect the
architect of bis own fortune. As a boy
he waa employed in the office of the Lei-
cester Hcraldi then conducted fay Mr.,
afterwards Sir Richard, IMiillipg. He was
Bubicquently connected with the staple
manufacture of the borough, and made his
money by hosiery. After having occupied
a seat ai a oonncillor and alderman ,
almost from the commencement of the
new corporation, he was chosen mayor in
1843, and duriug hii year of office wag
invited to dine with Queen Victoria at
Bel voir Castle^- an honour never before
conferred on a mayor of Leicester. On
that occasion her Majesty condescended to
notice him kindly, and the late Duke of
Wellington entered into conversation with
him. Mr. Harris was indeed a fitting
type of a great and growing community
of manufacturers^ and thus exemplified
the wo r lis of a Book which he daily con-
snited : *' Seest thou a man diligent in
business ? he shall stand before Kings ond
not before mean men/^ Though delicicnt
in those advantages which education con*
fers, he was endowed with good sense,
and earned by his upright character and
conduict a position often denied to men of
more brilliant endowments. He had been
through life a consistent Liberal in poli-
tics, and, after entertaining infidel views
in early life, he joined the Baptist Church
in Sept* 1800» and had subsecjuently
maintained an honourable religious pro-
fession. He was an intimate friend of the
celebrated Dr. Carey, served as deacon to
the Rev. Robert Hall, and united with
Mr, James Cort and others in the erec-
tion of Charles-street chapel in Leicester.
Mr. Harris was returned to Parliament
for Leicester, together with Mr. John
Elli«, in April 1848, on the previous elec-
tion of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr.
Richard Gardner being declared void by
a committee i and be sat until the disso-
lution in 1852, His business is continued
by his sons.
A large portrait of Mr. Harris is an^
nounced for publication.
Jamcb HBN%voon, Esa,
April a. At Hull, aged 70. James Hen-
wood, esq. one of Her Majesty's Justicef
of the Peace for that borough.
Mr. Henwood was a native of Canter-
bury^ but had resided in Hull considerably
more than half a century. He was con-
nected, during the whole of that time,
with the bank of Messrs. Samuel Smith,
Brothers, and Co. first in the capacity of
clerk, and eventnally as a partner, A
rare combination of intellectual power and
moral excellence pointed him out as emi-
nently worthy of the elevation to which he
attained. As a banker his opinion was
always respected, and felt to be important
in cases diffieult of solution. His policy
waa always liberal when it was expedient
that money should be advanced for the
promotion of public improvements. Nor
was iih advice leas influential as deputy*
chairman of the Dock Company, as a rail-
way director, or oa a magiitrate* Pre-
ferring the pablic good to hi< own privar^
interests, his aim was always to tecnre the
rights of all parties. Caution, discrimina-
tion, and sagacity were the leading traits
of hia mental confititution ; and he bad
the further advantage, in reasoning, of a
perfect command of temper. His waa the
charity "that is not cosily provoked.'^
Most of the philanthropic institutions of
the town found in him a liberal patron,
cesaiOQ lacwt of the estates of tUe timgli*
bourhood fell under his directioDf iacludiQ
thoie of the Earl of SUeffield, Lord Vi»
cf»unt Gftget the Ee?. John Goring, aad^
others.
The great alteration in tlie reUtion be-
tween land lord nod teoant incidental to
the chatig:es in the law of titbfia. the ar-
rangement of parochial differeooea,
the introduction of railways, opened « »ti
wider »phere of action to Mr. Srn -^"^ — * —-e^i
opinions were constantly in r
and his awards were received u
ried satisfactiuD, his judgment as a rpfer
being sotight far beyond the countf i
Sossex.
For many years Mr. Smith wu in i
habitant of Lewes, to which he remofOi
upOQ resigning the farming husiaesa
Bevendean. Here he enjoyed the resp
of the inhabitants, alike for the kiodii
of hii character, his charitable dtspo»itio
and the liberality with which be supporttt
the varioQ!} locat objects of interest in tb
town. As a friend he was unswerviit
and in his domestic relations he '
Q^eetionatc hoshaud and a kind {utreot.
HiH body was interred at Falmer, at-
tended by hi J brother, brother-in-law, tnd
son-in-law, and more than two hundred
friends.
542 ObititABy,— ^/oAn Smithy Eiq. — J* M. RkhardMon% Etq, [May,
while his prlrttte charities are known to
baf« been very eirtea^i^e. He took an
active part in founding the Lyceum, of
which be was for many years the President;
audi to token of their respect, the sub*
Aoribers to that institution very recently
placed in their library, at therir own ex-
pense. a striking portrait of Mr. Henwoodi
from the pencil of George Pycock Green,
esq.
Mr. Hen wood was a oontistent Method-
ist, and for many years took an active
part, as a class- leader and a local preacher,
in diffusing practical Christianity among
the m.asses. But, though a Methodist^ he
Tenerated the Cburgb of England, his
sympathies being with Ibe eTatigelical
clergy* His catholic fe«lina:s» in short,
led him to m%intnin the kindliest inter-
course with orthodox Christians of erery
name. He was a publir-spiritt^d man in
the beat sense of the expres^iion, sBcalously
patronising all that tended to promote the
trade and commerce of the town, as well
as erery object of philanthropy. In poU-
tioa be waa a liberal Cooaervative, com-
bining a love for terapernte reforms with
a jealous attachment to the institutioos of
the conn try. As a fnend his attachments,
once formed, were enduring i nor did he
allow differences of opiciioii in politics or
religion to produce the ieast es t range me nt
in hifl alfections. The literary ncquire-
ments of Mr. Hen wood were raried and
extensive, his habits being those of close
appUciition to study, and hit memory re-
markably tenacious. Both his pen and
his tongue — for he was no mean orator —
attested the superior cnltirstion of his
miud. As he lived so he died, in the
poaseasion of a lively faith in the truths of
revealed religioa, and of a hope full of
immortality.
JoHX Smith, Esq*
Mmeh 20. In bis 67th year, John
Smith, eaq. of St.^nne's, Lewes.
Mr. Smith occupied for some years a
farm at Beveodean, where his talent and
integrity obtained the confidence of the
present Earl of Chichester, who opened
to him a more extensive lield, gradually
entrusting him with the management of
his estates, and placing in his hands the
supervision of Stanmer, Laughion, &€, ;
these, under hU guidanoe and directioii,
cxpe rienccd the greatest ben eli t. H ts mind
was at once inquiring and practical \ and
with a happy mixture of suavity and firra-
neis, Mr. Smith conciliated the good feci-
iDg of the tenantry, whilst he ever encou*
raged any improvement to the estate. His
success in administering Lord Chichester'^s
estates canted his advice to be sought after
by other Uaded proprietora, aod in sue-
Jamks Malcott RtcHAtinsoM, Eaa.
March X At his residence ^ ■ H'—k.
heath Park, aged ^A^ Jsmes M i
ardson, esq. of Cornhill. boojs d
East In din agent,
Mr. William Richardson was for msny
years a bookseller under the Royal Ex-
change, and had also a shop ofipositr, in
Cornhill. On his death In iHll^htwaa^
succeeded by two nephews, Mr. Jo'
Richardson, who continued the butto
under the Royal Exchange, and died AtigJ
1840; and the late Mr. James Ma
Richardson, who remained in the abo
opposite the Royal Excbaage. The I
neas, under Mr. James Richardson's in.^
telligent direction aod unwearied habtta
of application, rose to considerable im-
portance, aod gave birth to an East India
counexion to which the retail book-sbop
formed a mere ante- room.
Mr. Richardson married early in life,
and became the parent of a numerous
family. Many years ago he fixed his re-
sidence at Greenwich, where his libernliiy
and amiability were proverbial. Hia hubits
were peculiarly simple. He rose with the
early dawn, took exercise in his garden,
and was off to business befoee many of hia
houseboM were moving. He arrived in
town at eight, took biH breakfast, and at
nine was at his desk : opened aU bis Ut-
tersr and gave the necessary dir^ctioni to
18540
Obituary.— /?et;. Samnel Rowe, 3LA,
643
Mb clerks. Few change* were perceptible
in his establish ment. Hii servanU con-
ttaucd ta their situatiotig, and his nffection
for them was onlj lecood to that which
be entertained totrards his own family.
On hia re torn to Greenwich, after the
ordinary dutt<?s of the day, and dlimiBttrng
hia family with prayer, his travelling desk
wag opened, and he frequently sat lill after
midnight writing to numerous correspond-
ent«. His advice wai constantly asked by
men of the highest Btandlog in India : and
the children consigned from tlie East to
his care for education exceeded his own
Ycry numerous family* At his hospitable
board he was never known to touch wine
or malt liquor ; but he always kept at hi*
elbow a decanter of clear toast-aod- water
to perform the cordial old cnstom of drink-
ing with hia gncsts. His charity was pro-
fuftety generous; and his penetration of
daoracter Bingularly accurate. Of this the
following was a very retaarkable instance,
fiebg desirous to establish some kdtes in
a preparatory school, as a meaQs for their
■uppurtf he did not rest until they became
to prosperous as to require a Latin usher.
This want he supplied in the person of a
raw but intelligent youth from the Blue-
coat school. The boy, not liking his new
duties, suddenly left without warning. Mr*
Richardson on reodving this information
immediatety went in pursoit, inqniring in
every quarter where there was a chance of
bit hearing of the fugitive. Amongst the
number vica a wealthy relative of the
youth, who, on learning the object of Mr,
Kichardsou'a visit, abruptly censured him
for being at anv trouble about ao ** worth-
less a boy." liis reply was characteristic :
'* 1 see something about that boy which,
by God*s providence, I wish to bring out.
He is no common boy, and find him I
will.** After many inauiries he did find
him^ took him to his house, and, after a
severe lecture, encouraged him to return
and become reconciled to his duties, with
a prombe that if he did so he would make
& man of him. TTiis promise he faithfully
performed. The young man was enabled
to go to the university of Cambridge, and
keep his terms, without relinquishing hia
situation ; and that runaway boy is now a
bright star of our Church, and the Rector
of one of the largest metropolitan parishes.
On another occasioDi when Mr, Rich-
ardson was solicited to relieve a distressed
and aged person, who in early days he had
slightly known, but who, from attending
to politics rather thnn bis business, was
reduced with his wife to destitution, a re-
lative interfered with the suggestion that
so improvident a person was unworthy of
assistance. " Hush, hush !'' was his reply,
'* this is a case of real distress : let ns first
relieve It, and then we will diicass its
merits,'* Many other such good deeds
might be cited ; and many more there were
which were known only to **Him that
seetb in secret/*
Though a member of the Court of As-
sistants of the Stationers' Company, Mr.
Richardson declined serving the office of
Master, judging ihat it was iucomputlblc
with the regular occupation of bis time,
which we have already described.
At hii decease, lis children, grand-
children, and great'grandcbildren, num-
bered from seventy to eighty; most of
whom attended at his grave in Old CharU
ton church to pay a last sad duty to one
who through life loved his Muker and his
tieighbours.
Rev. bAMU£L Rowe, M..\,
SepL 15, 1853. At Crediton, aged 60,
the Rev. Samuel Rowe, M.A. Tlcar of
Crediion, and Perpetual Carate of Post^
bury St, Luke.
Mr, Rowe was originally a bookseller
at Plymouth, in partnership with his bro*
ther; but having a desire to enter the
church he was encouraged, by the kind-
ness of his friends, who raised a subaerip-
tion for the purpose, to rcpaii' to the uni-
versity of Oxford, at a later age than is
customary.
He became a member of Jesus college,
imd, having studied herd, he gradtiated
B.A. 182C, M.A. 1853. He was elected
to the vicarage of Crediton, by the twelve
governor* of the church, in the year
1835. having a majority of two votes over
the Rev. Charles Gregory, then Curate j
and at the same time was presented to
the neighbouring chapel of St. Luke's at
Poatbury (also in Crediton parish,) which
is in the gift of J. H, Hippealey, esq,
Mr. Rowe was the author of a guicJe^
book entitled a ^* Panorama of Plymouth,**
published we beKere when he was a book-
seller. In 1848 he produced a more im-
portant work, eutitled " A Perambulation
in the ancient and royal Forest of Bart-
moor." 8vo,
He was also the author of " An Appeal
to the Rubric, in a Review of the several
clauset» of the Ritual Code : with sugges-
tions for general uniformity in the public
services of the United Church of England
and Ireland, IB41,** Bwo. t and of a Church
Psalm Book, which went throogh several
editions.
His parishioners at Crediton highly ap-
prt'ciaied his ministerial services, to which
he was deeply devoted, Ol foreign mis-
sions he was a lealous and warm-hearted
advocate. In 1B42 Uis name was an-
nounced as likely to be appointed to the
bighoprick of Barbados.
544
Obituary,— J/. Visconti.
[May,
Nemrl]F fifty of the neighbouring clergy
attetided at the funeral of Mr. Rowe, when
the acrvicc was performed by Itic Rev,
Jamea Deans, the Rev, Thoraajj Ren wick,
and the Rev. J. Hatch a rd, of Plymouth*
Hli hody waft interred in the ehurchyard.
Mr. Rowe married in 1B29, und hai» left
mx children^ a aon aod five duughterB.
The former h now at the university of
Oxford.
M. VlSCONTI.
Dee. 29. At PariB^ in hifi 57th year,
M. Louis Joaf:tumi Viseontit Member of
the Institute, President of the Soci*5m* dea
Architecte«, and an officer of the Legion
of Honour.
M. Viiconti was bom in Rome, where
Mb father, Etiniua Quirinua Vificontif a
learned antiquary « and a man of great ta^itc
in matter* of Art, was director of the
Mti8et> Pit! Clemeotiiio. When the armies
of tbe French Republic infaded Italy and
stripped tbe country of its richest treasures,
at tbe end of tlie last century^ tbe elder
Viaconti, witb his family, followed them to
Paris, where, on the rc-orgnntiation of tbe
Institute, ia IHOO, he was nominated
uiember of tlie first class in tbe depart^
meat of the Beaux Arts. He died in 1918,
after a life laboriously and zealously passed
in aiiiiquarian pursuits.
The son was placed under the ttiition of
the eminent architect Percicr, and whitat
in hia pupilage he recciTcd five medals at
the School of Architectare, in addition to
the Department prize in 19M, and the
second pri^e for the plan of a library.
When twenty-six years old he left TEcole
dcB Beaux- Art«, and was employed for some
lime aa an Inspector of Public Buildings.
He then becamt^ architect- surveyor of the
third aod eighth arrondissementu, tbe
duties of which office he performed for
twenty- two years. In 1R25 he was ap-
pointed architect of the Grande Biblio-
th^que; and^ returning to those studies
which had witnessed hia earliest succeases,
he devised no lesa than twenty-nine plana
for making that ediUce in harmony witb
its importance. At one time he thought
that he should be at last entrusted with
the fulfilment of that noble task. That
hope, though dispelled then, bod been re-
TiTcd of late years, and he had it still tkt
bevt aa much aa ever; because there, at
leaat, in an independent de&ign, he would
have been able to inacribc his tboughta^ to
display bis invention and his taste iiQ-
ahackled ; whereas, in the completion of
the Louvre, he was obliged to bring htm<
self down to tbe levt'l of general! data auti
to adopt even the details devised by otheis.
Death has hindered him from seeing tlie
completion of tbe Louvre, but the plan
12
which he has traced will be followed. Tbe
works were commenced in July, 1852 ; all
the parts of this vast structure are now
above ground, atid that portion of it which
runs along the Rue de Rivoli, with ita
facade at right ungles, i« already com-
pleted to itd full height. Tbe plan of M.
Visconti has the merit of simplicity in a
matter which baa given birth to many ex-
triTtgant projects. Ho baa succeeded in
concealing the difference of level between
the two corridors. In remedying the de-
fect of parallelism between the two palacei,
it can hardly be expected that tbe same
snccess will be attained.
Among tbe great works with which the
name of M, Yiaconti baa been associated,
the tomb of Napoleon stands most promi-
nent. Tbe grants advanced to tbe archi*
tect during the performance of this task
provoked the attention of those m embers
of the Chamber who arc accustomed to
maintain the credit of France in diacos*
sions on the Budget. As a corering tor
the coffin Yisconti procured &om Finland
an enormous block of porphyry, of which
the French savanM could not tell tbe name.
Many persons took paios to show that hr
finer »tone for tbe purpose could have
been obtained in France at much lets
trouble and expense. But, although pro-
tracted by such opposition, the work wti
accomplished at last.
M. Visconti was aleo the architect of
various funeral monuments to generals of
the Empire. For example: — those of
Marshals Lauriaton, Saint Cyr, Suchet,
Soult, &c. In temporary structures erected
for public f^tes, his marvellous fertility of
invention was a constant subject of admi-
ration. His faculty of conception and his
great activity enabled him to accomplish
all those public works, without neglecting
those of hia numerous patrons. Number-
less hotels and palaces were constructed
from hia plans. Among tbe various monu-
ments raised by him at Paris, those which
attract most attention by their eleguicCt
and which will be preserved as the best
proof of his taste and the versatility of his
talents, are the three fountains — GaiUoa^
Molii'^re, and De la Place Louvoia, In the
fountain In the square of Saint Snlpioe,
tbe nble architect seems to have been less
happily inspired, and not to have im-
pressed upon the work that character of
majesty and dignity which the monument
of Servandoni deserved.
M. Viaronti waa a member of many ficK
reign learned and artistic societies. At the
Institute he belonged to the section of
Architecture, which consisted of only eight
mcmbersj five of whom died in 1353. Vis-
conti was seized, on the 29th of December,
with an attack of apoplexy, caoaedt Appa<.
]
1854,]
Ob ! T u A R Y* — Mc ns, Hen o na t cL
545
reutlyt by overwork log^, from which two
previous attacks^ and the rem oust ranees
of bU medical advisers, had been unable
to rettraiii him.
Hit faneral obsequiefl took place on the
3rd Jan.f at tli«! church of Sl Phllippe-
du-Roale. ThRre waii a very crowded
attendance, and all the academies were
represented by depuUtions, The chief
mourners were M. Visconti, jnu.* the Vis-
ooaot de Dodun de Kerodan, son in-l«iv
of tbe dei^aaed, Viscount Dodun, sen.,
and the MarquU Dalan, aUo a relative.
The pall was held by M. Raout Rochet te,
representing the Aead^ie des Beaux
Arts; Count Nieuwerkerkep Director-
Genera! of the Musics; M* Blanctie, re-
preiientitig the Minister of State; and M,
Carystie, in the name of the Eeole des
B«AUz Arts. After the cereenony at the
charchr the body was removed to the
cemetery of Pdre4a- Chaise. A carriage of
the Emperor followed, and his Majesty
wn represented by M* Tajcher de la
Pagerie. M. Duchfttel» the ex-Minist«r,
wsa among the diatiaguiished persons who
paid their respects to the memory of the
deceased. At ths eemftery funeral ora-
tions were delivered by M* Achille Fould,
Minister of State; by M. Raoul Rochettc,
perpetual Secretary of the Academie dea
Beam Arts ; M* Carystie, on behalf of the
Council of Public Buildings; M. Eohault
de Fkury, in the name of the Crntral So-
ciety of Architects; and M. Hittorf, of the
Institute.
The cabinet of M. Visconti, consisting
of objects of virtu of great variety, pic*
tares, drawinga^ engravings, &c« Stc, has
recently been sold in Paris. These works
of art were mostly collected by the elder
Visconti, and were considered of great
value*
MoN«>, Rknooard*
Bw, — . At Paris, aged 98, IVIoni.
Atitoine Augustin R^nouard, the emiaent
bibliographer.
M. R^nouardwaa born iit Paris in 1 7 lib'.
He was originally a manufacturer of gauze
in that city ; and whilst so occupied he
wrote and published in 17^) '* Retiexions
ftur lea fabriquea natioaales et sur celles
des galea en portieuHer,^' and an "Essai
aur lea moyens de rcndre let barrieres veri-
table ment flvantflgeuf an commerce, taot
interieur quVxtJi*rieur ? Par M. R . , . .,
fabricant de gaze,"
la Oct. 179^ he rendered his first great
aervice to Itti^rature. The insane hostility
towards every inanimate souvenir of former
times which then infected the French
Government had brought tliem to the
opinion that it was a scandalous thing to
offend any longer the eyes of good Re-
Gknt. Mag. Vou XLl.
publicans by the many ahameful marks of
former servitude that remained in the
public bbraries of Paris and the depart*
meiit^. It was consequently deenned ne-
cessary to change the binding of all books
bearing arms or fleurs-de-lis, to remove
armorial engravings, and all dedications to
kings or princes ; and in s^hort to mutilate
mo«t thoroughly some of the finest literary
monuments. M. Renousrd, having timely
warning of the coming storm, determined
if possible to arrest it : and immediately
penned a remone^trance, which (his friends
MM« Arm. Charlemagne and Charditi
having coosented to add their signatures,)
was printed under the title of '^ Observa-
tions dc quelques patriotes sur la nj^eessite
de conserverles monuments detalitterature
et des arts/^ In the course of twenty-
four hours these observations were printed
at the press of M. Didot, and circulated
to every public establishment of Paris and
to each of the members of the Conven-
tion. This measure t which ttiigbt have
cost the three patriots their he«ds, pro-
duced an unhoped-for effect, and on the
motion of Thibaut and Chenier, the paper
was referred to the Comite d'lnatfuction
Publiqne; and happily it converted the
mania of deatruetion into a ps-ssiou for
preserving and collecting. Not content
with his immediate iuece^s, M. R^nouard,
fearful least the conservati? e decree should
make too tardy a circulation in the pro-
vinces, bad it printed at hta own cost, and
was thus the means of arresting many an
act of vandulism.
It was shortly after this period that be
became a bookseller. In that profession
he was eratntDt both as a dealer in old
books and as a publisher. He commenced
his publications iu 1794 by editing " Au-
doeni Epigrammatn " in two volumes
l^mo. In 1795 be published *' Lucani
Pharsalia*' in folio; and commenced a
series of Latin classics which when oom-
nleted formed thirty volumci iu octavo.
He afterwards produced various editions
of some of the best French authors, as
Berquin (in 20 vol*. 8vo.), PsacaU Mag-
sillout de la Rouchefoucmuld, &c. ike.
His bibliogrftphical lahours commenced
as early as 1795, when he produced a
** Catalogue des livres imprim^es par
J. n, fiodoQJ."
In 1803 appeared, in two volumes 8vo.
the first edition of his " Annales de Plm-
primerie deft Aides," containing the history
of the press of the three celebrated printers
who successively bore the name of Maau-
tttis Aldus. To this work M. R^nonard
added a Supplement in lB12i which was
superseded by a second edition of the
work, in 3 vols. 8vn. 18:25 ; and by a third
in 1814. Uoiforrrly with the 1 nut he printed
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1854.] Obitdary. — Tommttso Grom.'^Giamhaituia Rubini 547
Austm ha* no ppnul settlements ; its Go-
ve mmcDt avoidi, a^ tnticb at potfiible, in-
flicting the puoliihiiiient of death, and, con-
icquently, with part of lt» population ever
about to be m? urgent, it ii obliged to in-
crease the pains and terrors of incarcera-
tion. Peliico wa* a lamentable victim of
thtfl sjstem ; his long seclasion and suffer-
inga within the dread walls of Spielbarg,
away from his parents, and brothers and
sisters, whom he lo?ed so dearly, would,
In any accouat, have excited feelings of tbe
deepejjt comtriisemtion * but his own na-
rative has proclaimed liia protracted agony
to the world with appalling and undying
effect. ** Mie Prigioot " has been trans-
lated into eTery langxiage of Europe. The
traaalation iolo English, by Roscoe^ was
published in London 1932.
Peliico regained his freedom in Aug. 1830,
hy the amnesty then extended to political
offenders. On his release he settled in
Turin, and had been almost ever since em*
ployed OS librarian in the house of the Mar>
chesa Barolo ; to whom it was said a year
or two since that he wab married — a report
which the poet indignantly denied as ca-
lumnious to the cbanicter of the lady.
Daring his residence in Piedmont be had
the satisfBction of receiving two tokens of
homage^the first was the dedication to
him by Gioberti of hi a great work on
Italy, at " the first of Italian patriots,'* and
the other, the decoration of St. Maurice.
Of genius the most highly gifted, of dis-
position gentle and benevolent in the ex>
trcmcp aiTiible, virtuous, and honourable,
Silvio Pcllico was the delight and charm of
all who knew bim. Sad tt is to think that
such a man should have been tbe subjeet
of sach snffe rings and sorrow.
TOMMASO GrOBIsI.
Dec, 10, ^ At Florence, aged 6&, Tora-
maso Grosai, the poet.
Next to Manzoni, Grossi was ranked as
the most distinguished anthor of modem
Italy. Ilia principal works are " The
Lombards at the Ptrat Crusade/' and
'^ Marco Visconti,'* of which an English
tranBlation was published In London, in
Iwo vols. 12mo. 1845. He also wrote
** La Pioggia d'Oro et la Fuggitive,**
poems in the Milanese dialect. 1822.
i2mo.
After attaining great poetical distimi-
tlon, he adopted the somewhat nncongc-
nial calling of a notary, and in that capa*
city, in the year 1848, he had the satisfac-
tion of drawing up the deed by which —
thoagh nnfortunateW only for a short
time— a union was effected between Lom-
hardy and Piedmont. He did not, how-
ever, take any very active interest in
pcUdcfl.
Orossi was the Intimate friend of Man-
xoni and of Massimo d*Azeglio, and was
as mach beloved for the suavity of hU dis-
]xi9ition and agreeable manners as ad*
mired for his literary talents.
GlAMDATTrSTA. RuBINI.
March 2. At Romano, in the province
of BcrgamOf in his 59th year* Signor
Giambattista Ruhini, once the greatest of
tenor singers.
Rubini was born on the 7th of April,
1795. His father was a professional mti-
siciao and teacher of muste. He oom-
menced his musical career by playing the
violin in tbe church of Romano, and was
pronounced not to possess the qonlities
requisite for a singer, by a ccrtiiin *' Don
Santo, priest and orgsnist, of Adro, near
Brescia," in whose hands he was placed
for instruction. His father, however, did
not accept this sentence t he contrived in
some meaanre to teach the boy himself,
and brought him out at the age of twelve,
like the Kynastons of Shakspere'a stage,
in a female part.
In IBi5 he was engaged at Naples, at a
modest salary, and his reputation continued
to increase until he went to Paris in 1^25.
There he obtained triumphant succe^i in
the Cencrentola, Donna del Lago, Gazsa
Ladra, and Otello • and in a short time
after be became the acknowledged '* King
of Tenors " not only in Paris, but at Lon-
don, St. Petersburg, and in other parts of
Europe. His brightest years were those
divided between London and Paris, when
he formed one of the quartett with Madame
Grisl, Signori Lablai^be and Tamburini;
bis most lucrative professional days were
possibly those last ones spent in St. Peters-
burg, where the Czar, to do bim honour,
made him Colonel of a regiment. For
several years preceding 1831 he received
only comparatively small portions of bis
eamings^ — the remainder going to an Ita-
lian speculator, who had, so to speak,
leased him for a certain period at a fized
rate ; but of late years his receipts averaged
8dt>l>f- per annum. Being of a very par-
simonious habit, he has left behind him a
fortune eatimatcd at 1>0,000/.
How great an artist he was it is difficult
Lo convey in a few words, and this not only
because his greatness belonged to the ope-
ratic style of a past generation, hut because
it was accompanied by certain qnaliites
which the changed taste of onr day pro-
tests against (and not unfairly) as bo many
defects. He was one of the most accom-
plished vocalists ever heard, the instinct
for singing having been in his coj^e per-
fected by coTLsummate study and practice
of the art. Uis production of tone, his
management of breath, his unhesitating
648
Madame H. Berlins* — Mr, G* P* Harding.
CM*),
ccrUiuly ill tbc com m anil t/f inkrvNil, bU
power of uBing /at$ftio nnd natural voice
Alternatdy, are thitigs which m the present
epoch of crude* bawling vehemence and
Inflrxibtlity Eccni like lo minj lost arU*
Purtber, when hii voice began to give way,
Rttbini noanagcd to produce liti moat ex-
quisite eflectfl ; and to set fortb bis indi-
▼iduftUty by abfolutely turning defect and
decay to account Hid striking contriiHtji
Qt piano with /orie arc to be dated from
the time when he could no longer com-
miind n steady meiia vqc€. But thougli
boutidlew in accomplishment, Kubini was
impg»cbBble iti point tif ianU\ His love
of ornnment was frciiucntly more romark-
»%b\v than cither his variety or bii propriety
ID ornametit. At timea thcie diaplaya
were ulonoat repftlaivc ; but the artist could
alwayi faaGinate his audience back into
good humour
Again, when undertaking an opera,
Rabini seemed unablis to study bb part
aa a whole, but reserved hiinwlf for a few
points, such as a captttina, a burtit in a
Jinaht or the like ; tn this inferior to Du-
prcx^ who, though linishin^ highly alito,
w*a always en i^ ♦wf , in one act preparing
for the next, and linking pnasnge to puiaage
with unpnrngoncd dramatic vigour ami
fervour. Yt I who ever got so mueb out
of ** thnt capatitia,'^ '* tlmt burst," ** thuse
biiri of tiCitatht^^^ m Rubini ? He was
bomi'ly in f»ri*sence; iis an nctor, null; mt
a drdnimcr, tnprlcious, negligent, and
nnsatiiifying^ nnd y*:t on the stuge he was
Hlwuyik nit"replnhh\ becmusr wf the pass ion,
and warmth, and tendcirneiis, and wondrous
artistic finish of hi 6 singing, when he chose
to put tbcrn fnrth. His unquestioned and
UOi verbal popularity explains the well-
known reply of Madninc Mara, who, to
iOiDcone rcpfOAchlug brr with bt*r motion-
IcssneBB, n& Queen Ilodclinda, replied,
*' Would you have me sing with my arms
ujjd leg* ? W'but i cannot do with mj
voice, 1 will nut do at alK"
As a inati, Rubtni wns singularly insipid ^
a certain liunhommit} of manner, with which
bit idolators were fain to content them-
•elvef, being accompanied by a quiet par-
almoraiouii love of money, fiuch as is not
the rule among the opera queens and kings
of Italy.
He married, many years ago, Mdlle.
Chomel, u French lady, who aang in the
Italian opera- houseft as La ComeUi. We
believe that be has left no family, nor
any pupils, on whom a urn all part even of
hii mantle can have fallen.— Cbielty from
Th§ Aikenanm.
Madamk H, Bealioz.
^^itly. At bi?r red deuce at Montmartre
Paris, Madutue H. Berlioz, wife of
the emiotiut mutical cotopotar ati4
of that name.
She was many years ago well knowsi
the London stage as Miaa Smitf
Having previously performed in ib« |mH
vmces and at Dublin, she ottme frooi the
lattfT spliore to Dniry lane, aod BiAde brr
debut OS Lttitia Hardy in The BeU<*s
Stratagem, on the '^Oth Jan. 18 IB* Having
been well received, the aasamed on tlM
^6th Feb. following the character of Ltdf
Ettcket in Three Weeks after Marri«fe,
iuhI diiplayed great spirit iu the parL
In the height of her reputation abe accmn-
paoied Kean and an English compnoj to
Paris. There she obtained immena« wnc*
ceas by her performance of DpheUn md
Dcsdemona, and this succesi not a little
aided in promoting the " roioiuatic " move-
ment which bad then vigoronsly cotD-
menced in literature and art, in oppositioo
to the stilted pragmatical school called by
tbc French " classic.*^ It was her acttiof ,
in fact, wliicb revealed to Frederick Le*
maitre, Madame Dorval, and others, th«i
new style in which they subaequFntly took
the town by storm. In Paris she made
the acfpiaintance of Berliox, and, baYinf
married him, s>he abandoned the stage*
Mr* G, 1\ llAimiNO.
Dec. 23. At HrrnilLii Buildings^ Lam*
belli, Mr. (ieorgc Perfect Harding, artiat.
From the tine of art purjued by tkis
gen (k* man it might be supposed that be
wa^ of tbc same feunily as Kdward and
Silvester H*irdinp;, formerly of Pail Mnllp
the publishers of the Illuitrationa of
Shakespeare, and of the Utograpbicai
Mirrour, a series of portrnits, accom-
panted v>itb memoirft, which appeared in
the years 1 7[»5.1^03. In tlie third volume
of the latter work we liud one plate
etched by G. P. Harding— that of Esther
Inglis, published in the year 1801 ; bui«
from inquiries made in various quartervt
we are inclined to believe that he was no
relation to the publisberi.
During the greater part of hia life
Mr. George Perfect Harding waa engaged
in copying ancient portraits in water*
colours, in which pursuit he visited many
of the principal mantilons of the no*
bility, a£ Wobuni, Althoip, Costlc Ash by,
Gorbambury, Hatfield, Ca^lnobury, Cob*
ham, Knowle, PcusburHt, Luton, Wreat,
Hincbingbroke, Wroxton, Strawberry-
bill, anil several others : beaidea the more
public galleries, the royal palacea, the col-
lege balls at the univeraitiei, those of
City companies, he, &c. His ai
always a minute and faithful tranacHp
not merely of the features, but of the ocw*
tume and other accessories of the pivture.
Too many of our engraved portraiCa are
O B I T u A R y * — Capla in Wa rn et\
I
only partlttl copies of their originals, tbe
minvUite of costume or of the hackgronnid
being slighted!, from an tncliimtioti to coo*
nomise time* tnnible, or expense; a oil
Tcry often a whole-leugth hns been re-
duceti to a half-length, or to a mere head.
In this reapect Harding directlj differed
froin his namesnke (but altio no relation)
Harding the book seller, who published
that great book, so niogaificecit in its ori-
ginal form, and »o largely succeasfnl be-
yond it» intrinsic mcritH — Lodge'it lllua-
triouB Portraits. At an early itage of tbis
woi k tberc was a negociation between the
two Hnrdings for the supply of lubjccta,
but it came to no cfTcctf partly, in all
probability, because the pnblisber, who
Ti-as not liberal, would not accede to the
artists* terms, but partly also, as Mr, G,
P. Harding assured ns^ becanae the ortiat
would not submit to the mutilation of the
ptcttires required by the publisher, who
chose that all the sub]ecta should be
brought to a nearly uniform scale, and cou-
aequeutly, if whole -length ft, be shorn of
some of their most interesting f«itured.
In the year 1«40 Ibe success of the
Camden Society anil of others for the pro-
duction of curious books upon the prin-
ciple of joint-stock subscription, sug^ea ted
the formation of a similar association for
the tuukipltcation of EDglith Historical
Portraits ; atad it was established under
the name of the Graogcr Society, in allu-
sion to the author of the Biographical
Hiatory of England. The substance of
Its first prospectus will be found in our
Magazine for Nov. 1840. The collection
of copiea already made by Mr. Harding
offered materialii for some years to come.
There was, however, some roisaiinage-
ment in the conduct of this scheme. Some
difficuJtiesj we imagine, arose from Hard-
mg himself, who was inclined to assume
thai the society was to deal ^ ith himself
alone. But the great error, we think, waa
that tlic Council submitted to his tugges^
lion of engraving all their productions
'* in the best style of art^^' and conse-
quently at a high rate of cost, instead of
at the same time commencing a secondary
aeries of printa of an inferior class, but in
the collector's phrajie *' useful^* for histo-
ric£tl illustration, which would have gra-
ti6i-d the members with a return propor-
tioufd to their subscriptions. The tJrauger
Society aubsLHtcd for little more than two
years, and produced some very interesting
prints, which were excellently engraved by
Messrs. W. Greatbach and Joseph Brown.
Upon its cessation Bfr. Harding pur-
sued the same plan by private sab^erip'
tion, which he continued for about fire
years, at one pound per annum. In this
way be produced fifteen more portraits,
which are also engraved by Messrs.
Greatbach and Brown, and the plates of
which arc now the property of Mr. Hoi-
loway, of Bedford-street, Covcnt Garden.
Besides these publications, Mr. Harding
furnished the portraits to some of the
most imjiortivnt works of historical biogra-
phy, such as those by Mr. Jesse, &c.
One of bis series (at an earlier period)
was that of the Deans of Westminster,
collected to accompany their memoira
in Nealc and Brayley's History of Wc«t-
min.'^ter Abbey, 1822-3 : and consisting
of eighteen plates. The portrait of the
actual dean, Dr. Ireland, was drawn from
the life by Mr. Harding : and he engraved
that derived from the monumental brass
of Dean Bill. The remainder were exe-
cuted by at her artists.
Shortly after, he delineated the ancient
oil-paintings and all the fscpulchral brasses
remaining in West minster Abbey, and
published tbem in 1R?5, as a sequel to the
work just mentioned^ with descriptions
written by the late Mr. Thomas Moule,
F.S.A.
To that gentleman he was again indebted
for tlie memoirs which accompany hta
series of historical portraits \ and also
for the heraldic embellishments which
adorn a manuscript book on the Princes
of Walc«, of which he printed a descrip-
tion in 182B, Svo. (and twelte copies in
quarto), and which wns subsequently pur-
chased by her Majesty ,
For some years Mr. Hardiug was a
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, hut
be retired in consequence of reduced
means. At an advanced period of life he
married a young womiau, and had a nume-
rous family. From his pricca bein(? high,
and hie patrons in a great degree supplied
with his productiont, his drawings had
accumulated upon his hands, and his
chief resource in his latter years was the
forced sale of a portion of his stock by
auction. We remember one if not more
of these sales at Chriatie's, and two by
Messrs. SoLbeby and Wilkinson. The
last was only a few months before his
death, and we believe it made a final clear*
snee of the artist's productions. One of
his most highly finished works, a copy of
the great picture of the Clifford family at
Skipton Castle (which is very indifiereatlr
cngrarcd in Whitaker's History of Craven)
was sold to W. D. Christie, esq. (formerly
M.P. for Weymouth), for 2H.
There is a small portrait of Mr. Hard-
ing, engraved by Mr. Joseph Brown, from
a likeness painted by himself in 1B26.
Captai!^ Wahner,
Dee. 5. At Bloomfield Terrace, Pim-
lico, Mr. Samuel Alfred Warner, Master
550
iUN.,
Obituary. — Capinin Warner*
[Mtf,
commonly' called *' Captain War-
w«U' known for bb boasted infen-
tiofM of certain warlike projecttlet, and of
♦'the long range,'*
Mr. Warner wa«, we betjefe» a native
of Kent, the aon of WiUiiin Warner,
maater maricter. Accordinji to his own
atorj, bia father waa m niter of the
Nautiloi, a vewel which for about four
yean was hired by the Secretary of
SUtCj apd empbyed under Lord Caaile-
retf h 10 landiog ipiea : and when so eo*
gifedi towardt the end of the war, Cap-
tarn Wtroer (aa he anerted) sank two
pHTateer* by hia "iovitible ihelU," one
off Fotkestonep and the other lu SL Valery
Hay. Thia ttory bus been regarded as
bearing ?ery much of a Munchansen com-
pleiioDr ioasmnch aa these achieTemeots,
if they took place » were kqit perfectly
neorvt at the time. Beaidea, no trace
could be found of the gofemm<*nt ba?ing
hired any such vessel. MorcoTer, in the
▼ery aame breath » when examined by a
oommisnion in ld47» Captain Warner
alated that he had »atts6ed himself of the
power* of hit invisible shells for about
iwcntv-seven or twenty-eight years, which
would go back only to the year 1319 at
furthest.
His inrention of the Long Range he
pUced abnut twelve yean before the time
of his examination, — that li, in IS 35.
Om the Bth February, 18-11, an eiperi-
ment uf his Bheli was made in the grounds
of Mr. Hoyd,. in Essex* in the presence of
Sir Robert Peel, Sir George Murray, Sir
Henry liardmge. Sir Francia Hurdctt,
Viacotiut Ingeitre, Colonel Gurwood^ and
others. A large boat twenty -three feet
long, which had been lilled in with solid
timber, was suddenly struck as with light -
ningi and scattered into a thousand frag-
ments.
On the 24th July^ l^^i, a more puhtio
exhibiUoii of this wonderful invention
came oif b^rure Brighton. On this occa-
aton the whole population of that large
town was gathered along the beach. The
ship destined for destruction was the John
o* Gannt, of 30€ tona measurement, given
for the purpose by Messrs. Soamei. She
wa» towed from Shoreham to a point
nearly opposite the Fort, from whonoe a
l4plil, was given I and immediately the
fMwl fras seen t^ turn on its side, a
it ream of w titer and i>>moke to issue from
i|» hiild, Hnd it4 maats to fall oflff when it
fostaiitly wunt duwn. Its parts were sub-
s«i|neuUy washed on shore, and it was
found to hnve been nearly cut in two.
Mr, Wurncr profeased to have discharged
hii missile from the steamer which towed
• ship. The experiment, however, wia
oonaidcr^d s/Uiafactoryj inaamtich as
the intended nettm had been in the hands
of his own men, and nobody coald be sure
bow far it had not been prepared fur the
catastrophe.
Some three years before thU ieeond €Z*
periment took place the inyeotloo lta4
been inve«tigated by a commUeion ap*
pointed by Government- ami rnntlsthig
of Sir Howard Dougia*, ' u
Colonel Chaloner, and Cij -u
had promouDoed decidedly ogaiu^t U ^ and
when Captain Warner claimed tlic gcK>4
opinion of Admiral ^ir Edward Owen,
then absent in the Mediterranean, the
latter, on hearing of his a**prf».if> v^mt^
to say that there was no dilfi r i-
nion between himself and ^ i I
Douglas, but that the propoailiun al Mr.
Warner "appeared to him to contain
nothing more than an onusnal ahare of
the most barefaced charlatanerie.'" In a
speech made in the House of Commons oa
th(! 25th June, 1947, Sir Howard DongUf
described the destruction of the Jobn
o^ Gaunt aa " a trick of tlic ^m« class u
the btowiDg-op of the punt on the fiab-
tK>ndp whicn consisted merely of sheila
sunk and anchored under the water, and 1
long rope attached to the punt, which at
a ngnal given was drawn by a team of
horsea, and which on striking the compo*
lition blew ap the vetsel. The dettrtictiou
of the John o' Gaunt was just the same«
except that a steamer was employed in
stead of the team of horses.**
Sir Howard Douglas took the oppoi
nity to make this statement in the con;
of an explanation which be gave of ~
Warner's ** long range.'' Thi^, in fi
was no range at all, but an operation to
conducted by monster balloous. W^e have
not space here to enter into the detaili ;
but they will be found in an article on
** Captain Warner's Inventions,'* bjr tht
Editor of the United Service Magaxint,
published in that periodical for June l'^^2^
At the latter period Captain Warner'a
patron, Earl Tdlbot, who had twice when
Lord Ingestrc brought hia claims before the
Houiie of Commons, had recently moved
in the House uf Lonls for a committee of
inquiry iuto the efficacy of the alleged new
projectile. It is scarcely necessary to add
that ihii effort proved as abortive aa the
forme r» Lord Monteaglo brought forward
a letter from Sir Robert Peel, written on
reading Sir Howard Douglas's speech, in
which he remarked, ** I did tiot require
such a demoQstration of the cbailatanerie
of Mr. W^amer. I deeply regret that bo
mncb valuable time has been thrown away
on this man and hb projects."^ The Duke
of Wellington Hpuke with warmth against
the propo^d committee^ the Earl of Roese
recommended its pofit}>oQemeQt, and the
^riq^J
m
18540
Cltrg^ JJtcmad
Earl of WincbelMA pronouDceil tbe iUeg«d
invt-QtioD^ to be '* perfect humbiig from
beifiiKiiag (o end.*'
The projector,, however,— berngt it ia
cbaritabJc to suppose, one of tho^ rnono-
maowct who, after repented attempts to
deoeiTe othert, are at leogtU supremely
fttiisectftful in deceiring thctnseWev, — main-
tained to Ibe list that be was posMsied of
tbe lecret of ao explotive compound much
more powerfal than any ia known use t
and rveenllj be had been very taoguine
of coming to lome advantageous arrange-
ment with the TurkiiU goTcrnment.
Captain Warner died very Inddenly of
apopleiy. After e xpending all his meana
in the prosecution of Uis diacoveries, he
left a family of seven children, with their
moiher,* in utter destitution : tbe eldest^
a girt, being 15, and tbe youngest only a
year old. Two boy» are of the ag«« of
15 and 11. One cbild has died since its
father. The Rev. Robert Ltddell, Perpe-
tual Curate of St. PauFa, KQlght^h ridge »
toliinteered to be the almoner of tbe public
towarda the family^ which i& rt^sident in
his pariah, and for some weeks after their
auddeo bereavement he made varioiia com-
mnnieatioos to theTtmea newspaper npon
the progress of hia exertions.
CLERGY DECEASED,
t)9e, 19 jHfi'j, At tbe OaIu, North Walaham, Nor-
folk, «£uc 76, the Iter, WtUiam Ttin^ l^vi'dtnsj
tarmcuy Ilcml Muster of tlio nramtnar Scbool at
th4t pUcct to which oflicc he w.i» eloetAd iJi ISOT.
fie WM the aatltor of a translation of Looglniis on
fto SablJjoe in Wrtthiff. iritb Holei Originid and
iinclud, and tJiree t>uaertatl{}n!i, printed at Nor-
wteh la 1196. and diMlfcated to H.R.H. tlie Duke of
Suasci. Ill 18 IG be wa4 Ini^ttltntod on hH own
nresentatlusi to tlie rectory of Wrobnry ia Here-
liMNliiliLre.
Ikt. 7\. ia32. At tiie nuidieDco of litt gr«nd«fon
William C. F. Sparroir, <*.^, HanHnel! ferraca,
Ftiolleo, hi hU 9ad yr •' "" « Fm*
nutfftim, U. A. of i>eal , t^ , audco,
ter ft4 YMr* MfHor of I v* mt the
till,- ' - ' ^-..,f
Til- .if
Cti' ' !■ ruLTtlll mi4
Hi i4'T, the Rot.
M ' ' Ncfrthbonme
and .^nrn iiul PerpetUAl
Curate 01 • annt the ce^
lebratod . k1 edited tlie
Worka of Mrv >.<iU)i)rir)4- i,niN»i una tbe LcHera
Of Mra. Elizabeth M<mliigti. lie died In 1849,
oi^xi MO; and b noUced in our (MHtBary, vol.
«»H p, 303. Hi« eider brother, now deceased,
waa flnt achalar of Trlulty cti^Hege, Carobridce,
B.A. 17»0, and liaTtnglK^en ejected Fullow of Clare
liali, lie proceeded M.A. 17«S. He wiu fnfltt luted
to the rectory of Kinfduvm, in Kcdi, wtiicli wim in
lib own patronage, in ITiti i and rollatvd U> th«
rectory <^ Thorley, in Ilertfonbhiro, In iTi», by
* This was at first supposed to be Cspt.
Warner's widow. It is since stated that
his wife, who survives him, was Hving
wparate from him at Ashford in Kent, in
tkfl rtoeipt of parochial relief.
Bishop .Forteaa. In eirty life he was Chaplain to
Henrietta l^urt Pultcmey, CottntMS of Bath, who
died in \Him -, »u(i nft^rwardi held the latne mp-
jiointiiient to Uird Chief .luatk^ Elipnijoi-uk^h,
He MB* the nutlioroftwo vi 1 iFu
Ihht'tl ut diaUiit ^leriotU o( i d
"* t'ODtineota] £]|<rur«ilon« ; l . , . _ i_j,s
SwItaerUnd, atid Germany, ia 4iM, U»;, aiid
nwit; with K Dc«crlptioii of Paris, and Ihe *iUi-
eiom of Saroy. I'^mi*.
other, " A Jour 1
and a ReAidem ,
NajiJe*, >
tlte Qu< I
to VViirt..
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VicAr of JUtkcr, vo
Lhiinln, IK' wiis the
Hnd Iho
Ciifope,
irt mii,
iLAl
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Kinffsof
to
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l*«ur*'f:'ni
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in-
vol. ih.
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stain rn
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aad m ragalar
ttaocb at HarK
Major Apthorii
:2i>,lM2,afterl>
Colonel in ttie ilx .
wkian he was \m
IsubelU tbe CatboUc
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£>**,... At Si. lULuy,!..
the HiBv. Q^nrgt tVahtnite, V i
liactor of M (teoruwVMii ,
lirothc? to tbe Aev. J
U.A. of Coedriglan, 1
only mn of tlio moomu u. ..
welyn Trftbvme, eaq. lit* *u
and at Dniveriiij eollefo, C>
doatad BJL. Uao, M.A. i^'i.
to tbe Ticaraae of 8t. 1
OopLftgtan, and presented to s
hit father, lie married in Ip^2 i .
Gilbert Koyd, 9m\. and has lea i«i«iO (w«p iH«ii« aiul
two daoKhlvrs.
Fd>.^. At Old Aberdeen, aaed s>), the Very
Her. Wimam Jmk, Prtnctpal uf Kini^a «aU««re,
there.
F$6, H, At Borw^, near Kewmarltst, the
Jtev. /«MMi Jaktmn 3ainm.V^out id thai parlklu
He woi of Ghriif N oollaca, Canbrldge, D.A. isQl,
M.A. )i04 ; and waa preaeatatf lo iimrsU hy the
UniTonritr of €aaibrld«B hi tsoa,
Ai DaUi. aged ftl, the Rev. ^Ma Ftmott Jtyi<<
formerly Vicar of Bengsoi Herti tn which I
praaented lu 1629 bjr the Uh i<e Pyde,
e*q. of Ware Park. He wat
Cambrktgo, B.A Ui". M A ■-..
The HcT. /trr ijmmim of Ulanvalr*
i'eft, Ift, At L 4.^ I0U. , thn Rrv /:./.
552
CUyg%f Deceased,
[May,
Ftik. IT, At Kintm, Stiffolk, (i««d 86, the Rot.
yichAlat Wood, Vfctr oflbAt ixaUh (TMI9),
Feb. 30. tn Soulkampbon-buildiags, Holbonii
the Rtiv. Dr. /dnwi TTWNinJon, for niaiiy yean one
of the forolgn ngmttA of the Britdjih otid Foreign
Bible Society,
At Roytmi, Prostwicb. L*nc, aged 63, the Bev,
Ilaur^ T. Tumtr, Aasistuit Mlokter of St PauI's
clittrch, Rojrton,
/Vft, 22. At littUntroe, »ged 40, the Rot, .B<>6er*
Graham JWmAjod, lAte Curate of PaaAel4, Esaeir.
He WW the onlj loii of Thtmuu BroiuheiMl, esq. of
DnddtngtoiitCO. Lincoln ; and a member of Ji*8UA
college. Cawiijridgt*,B.A. 1835.
At Norwich, Hgftd »>, Uio llev. /o*ii CknaOkr,
H.A. cldt^st son of the lAte Dr. CheroUler, of Avpel
b*U, Suffolk. He was ofGonviJIc^ and Csioft COl*
lege, Cambridge, B.A. i»m, UA. IU2.
Feb. 23. In London, a^etl 72, the nr>v, WiKma
JliiiH^Wc/, Rector of Mnton Bryiuit. BMs (IBll),
and of Coltrvestoii, eo. Northampton (t8l3>. He
WW a eon of thv HiglU Hon, Sir Jiubm IfAiufleM,
eonietime Chief Justice of the Common PIcom. He
wae of Trinity coiie^e, Cambridire, B.A. 1804,
II.A. 1807.
Feb. 25.' At Woott«>D Wawen, co. Wftrwkk,
a^ed §d» tJie Rev. /o^ KBii, Vlc*r of that pariftti«
&ad a magiitTate for the county. He woji formerly
FiUoirof Kinif'ii coiieije. Comlnridge. B.A. 1792,
ICJL 1T96, and woji presented to his ii>-ing by the
oolleffein lso».
At BArbadoa, tiie R^. //«nry Giorff* Smthtttitj
B.A. Trin. eoll, DnWln,
Ffb. 36. At BromiiffroTe, the Bar. John Witts,
Rector of Soutii Perrott, Donetahire (1948).
Ftb. 27. The i?..'V. WiUiam Dir&ft, Pfcrp. Cnmte
of Tong, Yorkshire (isaa).
At \lila Ccdombija, near Florence, the Her.
f/rtwv« Brietdak CrvMnwm^ late of St, John's,
VVlthycombe, Sotn. He waa of .Magdalen cotteige,
Oxford, created M.A, in 1814,
Lairip. The Rev. Anthonif Themuu Cttrr, Perp.
Curate of St, John'n, Beverley ( I H44). He was of
Queen's coUet^. Cambridge, B.A. IS29, M-A.
laaa,
Tim Rev. /oftrt Horatio Pkletuaa, Ttecbar of
Blymbill, Salop ( i $40). He m of Worcester col-
lege, Oxford, B.A. 1797.
At Si. John's, New Dninnwick, the Rev. Benja-
min O. Or&Mf 3>.l*- Cbfttiialn to the Oarrtson. He
was the oldest MiHJslonnry ecmnpttedl with the
Charch of England tn ttie Itritlah Cotonie}!. His
Orit miscdoQ was at Prejiton, near HnUfa-x, where,
prior to tbecoQumncemeiitof the present century,
he had charg<e of the Karoons, aliNOut 440 of whom
were aettlcd in that vicinity. He was afterward^!
appointed to thu pariah of Sitjckvlllc, cind suhse-
ftnently to tliat of St, CfeorKp's. Haiifajt, wtience,
in IH'Zfi, lie was removed to Uie rectory of tiip cfty
of St. John, New Bmnswlcic, which he hold for
firie^jii year*.
The Rev, JatttiM Smith, lucumbcnt of Minchall'it
episcopal cbnrch, dioc. Brecliin.
March I. At Bulltlngton^ Warwickshire, a^ad
43, the Rer. mmam Geor^te Fatttr^ Vkar of that
parish (19«0>, He was of St. Jobn'a eoll«ffi», Caid>
brldife. B,A. isas, K.A, IBad.
ManhZ. At East Harlsey, aged 50, the Rev.
Ivdatham Walkden SUek, Ferp. Curate of Ingleby
AraeUflto and East Harlaey, Yorkshira (10 IS).
Mat-eh 4. At Goodahaw, Lane, the R«v. JamtM
BeU, F*Tp. Cnrate of tlwit place (i848).
March 6. At Swindon , aged 77 , the Rev. JttmtM
Orttob^, of Worcester college, Oxford. B,A. 1804,
M.A. 1808.
At Ratburan, a^ed BG, the Rev. Francis lothje,
far many years Rector of Itatliwran and Vicar of
KOiDocar, dloc. Oasory.
At Woroeetar, aged 31, the Rot. Fdteard Wii-
Ham Scott, M.A. foarth son of the late Edward
WiJiiam Scott, esq. one of Her Majesty's Counsel
In Ireland.
March 7, At Falford, a^fcd 39, the Rev. J(>stpfi
ffmry Sutton, M.A. Rector of St. Mary Bishoplilll
13
YMl^i
ija York
ire tohb
.^iiLuUon
.Senior. York (ia44ji aodChAplatai to Hbn YorlE-
abtre Lunatic Asylium*
JfardkS. At Newtowo, Witerlbtd, Ibe Ber.
Arthur W^nnt, Precentor of the eftCh«dnla «f
Waterford and [J^niore, and Chaplain to the Lort
Bishop of CasheL
Matuh D, At Haramersmith, Mlddl««!t, <C«d
b».ihc Rev. Oeorffe mishalm.DJy, Pcrp, Camle
of *;t Peter'*, Hammeramlth (l**3V)And Rector of
Ashmore, Dorset (ISftB). He was of Worceatar
college, t>xford, B.A. l(iU, MA. t9l«. B. §M
11 .D. ma?.
At St. Mary's coUo|ce, St. An Irt-.v ... tbc' Vory
Jiitw. Robert ffatikmfji.^ ' ^1*
lege, Prluuiritia ProAMtor oi ui.
verslty, Ant minister of the 1 ^'i.
and FJi.S.E.
At KontlNt>oare, Devon, aged 6&, the Rev. Rich-
arH Arthur Kolmfs, R«etor of that parlih ()a39).
He was of St. Peter^i college* Caailirl4«», B.i.
1819, M.A. 1825.
March 10. In S«ckrill&>«treet, agvd 79. ttMlflf.
DfiKon MiyrrtU, of MonKford. Berk*. H# w«a of
ChriiJ cliarch, Uiford. B A. 17W. M.A. 17»».
At Martin, Line imed G3, tlie lt» v. ,/-V.»
bfittfjt Smithy i>.D, Rrctor uf .*i.
Tklartin (1841), Pcrju t^urnte of I
and Head ^faster nf HomeLt^tlr i
He woii in early life a con
Chronicle : and often refbrri
coani^ction with the prisss, i .
be qualified himself for holy oM > st-
ated at Christ college, Caiubrii tl,
D.D. l«3T. nt» death resulted fr , i^-
cdvod in a railroad accident
Mardx 11. At Hastings, age^l 43, the Her.
Thomoi RoiftdiUim, fct- llTtv vejir>. Vicar uf Fen-
atanton wltti MlHoti, !' 'y «,
raenilter of Qiieen'sn *♦,
and aflorwardj* Fellj . aII,
M.A. 1797 : by the iatlti scKiyty iic Wiu prt**.uted
to blH living hi 1§03.
J/urcA 13. At Nice, (Mfed 58, the Rev, KUi
fiurrouuhes, of the Mxtnor-house, Long Stratton,
Norfolk, a magUitrate and depttty-Ueutenant of
the county. Ho was tlie clde#t son of the Ber,
£;ilb Bnrrooghes, of l..oug Stratton, who died la
1891, hy Sarah-Nasmytb. only dau. of Koibtft
HarKh, esti. He wax of Corpus Chffatf eoUefe,
Cumbridce , B. A . i S 1 8 . He married 'i n 1 b'2,1 Eli ra-
lxftli-PhillJiJfi,eJdi"*td»iu.ofLloat.-Gen. Sir Fnucli
Wilder, sometixuc M.P. for Amndel, ^nd Uadiieue
two SOU!* and one dangbtcr.
ifarcA 14. At Llyawen, co. Brecknock, Aoet-
den tally drowned, the Itcv. ir. M. nUMamtt, BeetDf
of that parish (lit47).
March 1*1. Aged 46, the Rev, Smith CMU, only
son of tbe late Baddeley ChUd, esq. of BarUaton,
StajTonljihiro ; and grandson of Admiral Smith
ChJia, who died in 1*13.
March 31. At Apsley, co. Bedford, a^ed 79, the
Her. Richard Fmn, Rector of LitUc Wigt»orom(ll,
K»sex (iM'ifl).
March 22. At Hcole House, near I^an^port,
Soinemet. aj;cd77,tho Rev. Saam*t A^t^rd, He
was of Queen's college, 0.\fcnl, B.A. I797»MX
lISOO.
March 23. At New Y'ork, VS., tliO Rev. Jdte
R*A>ert Wiftiwtus, eldeit son of tlie K«v. Haary
Williams, Rcctiir of Llanedi, co. CannartbeM.
March 24. At UvX3i]c l.^tge, near Chester. •0tA
13, the Rev. ptjiffM! WiHiani Hamilton^ l*Brp, Cu-
rate of Utiildon Slrotf'f ' i..>*iMr..
JfflrcA 2B. At ll^i T. J. WOktrnt,
<lfyd£u-,) Welwb Cur ctiurvh.
MatdhK, in the ■ "> '■* fUt
Rev. ;/<wy FanhU, M.A. < *t
of Wiihocb ; ctuiinn4in of tl si
Ely, and a tuagistrati) for Luv ,..»...,,, ,„ ^^^mmt
bridge, Norfolk I and Lincoln, lio w««»the ttatrd na
of John Fardell, esq. of Lincoln, by Kleanar i*«tt»*
tope, dan. of .lohn Hnyvi nrd, esq, of Uie aame city:
niid brother to tiie late John FardeU,e*|> of wlboa
A brief memoir was given in onr last ILtswine, j^
1854.J
Obituary.
553
I
4m. Ho WM of St. Jolui'a coUege, Cambridge,
B.A. I&I7, M.A. 1820. Ho married in IS'IO, Ellia,
eldfiit Han. of Uic IliRhi Re v. Bowyer Edward
Sparke, Lord Blj^hop of £]f ; and by tU»t pr«Ute
WM collated to a prei*ncj of Ely la l«IO, iJie
vicftnige of Waterbeach In IS22, i\nd Umt of Wiii-
}i«ch Id l»3]. Mr. FtrdoU Ujw left two •ons and
two dau^htm. Ilia elder datLgbtor, Heater-Eliza,
maniod in IS47 the Hon. and Rev. CharloA
Frederic Octaviiu Spencer, M.A. Vksarof Cumninr,
jooitgeat brother of Lord ChnrcliilL HU body
waa Interred in £Ty cnthcdml.
ifiir«A^. At Edlnburgii, tiic Kcv,Joh» WtiUon
Farjruson, M.A. Minister ^f St. James's Episcoiwl
Gh«|iel (isaa) and Sjnod Clerk of tlio dioc«w of
Bdlulmrgh, Hla death la attnbuted to the strain
of mintt and anxiety Incurred on In; half of WlUlam
Cmnming, lately executed at Edinburgh, a eom-
mutatioii of whose sentence he exerted himself to
procure ; aggravmted by expoaore to intense cold
in the lock-up on the night prece<liQg th« exocu*
tion . He has left a wldour and infiuit fiunily.
Marth ». Of Apopteaiy, when on horaeback,
aoed S7,tll« B«T. ThtfmaiSdffrare, Rector of North
Kuworth.Lek. and ama^lstniLe for the county.
He waa forintrly FelloKr of St. JuhnS coUt'i^o, Cam-
briOge, whtta be krrwliuted D.A. 1*^10, MA. 1^*17 ;
and was imtJtuto*! to his 11 ring, wliieh was in his
own patronage. In 1812, Hia ion, the Rct. C. W,
Belgrave, i» ChupUiu of H.M^. LasndeTi one of
the Baltic n^xt.
At F^clutl, Madeira, In his S4th vear, the Rer,
Francis taUrtm, of Trinity college, Oxford,
yoongeat son of Jamea Paterson, o«q. of Comwall-
teiracft. Regenfa Park.
MtfrdiZi. At DutPlIn, aged TO, the Rev. /cMMf
CoKiSk. D J^. for upwards of forty yeara lOniiter
of 81. Mary's Abbey Seoicb C!mrch» Dublin, and
for MNDO yean GoTernnacnt CoinmiMiunor, and
member of tli« National Board of Kducaiian for
Irvbuid.
Aged 64| the Ro7. Rkhard WdUm^ F^rp. Coratie
of Great Croaby, near Liverpool,
Aprd 3. At Great Malvern, Wcxt. aged 17, the
Rev. Edttard Morrix, yoiing«*t son of tlfte lata
Tliomas Morris » e«q, of Llonstephjn, CO, Car-
marthen.
April 3. At Newrark-upon-Trent, aged 73, the
Kev. Jo$«fih a>dl«, I>.D. He wait of Magdalene
hall, Oxfbid, B.A. I»'il, M.A, 18t2, B, and D.0.
1S36.
At the honse of hhi son-in-law lfr» Porter,
Rocbford Town, near Boston, aged G6, the Kcv.
Eoliert Jarr(4d Kntg^ Rector of Wymondham,
Norfolk {lUih He was of Catliarlne liall , Cainb.
B. A .1814. He wan for th irty-aix year* the laborioUM
curate of Wisbech ; and» in regurd to the andden
bercAvcment whlcli ha^ befallen his widow and
numerous fumlly m> soon after liis recent prefer-
ment, a public subscription for their beueflt has
iMMsn opened in that town. His fiineral In the
cemetery at Wisbech wa*^ attcnde*! by aliout sixty
or seren^ gentlemen, the poll being held by the
naayor and soren clergymen.
Ap^itB. At Southampton, the Rev. WiMam
Au^tn, formerly Roctor of Horstcd Keynea, Sus-
sei. He was of Bnuenose cotlego, Oxlbrd, B.A.
ISIO, M.A. IHU ; and was presented to Horsted
Keyneit in 1812 by F. M. Austen, esq.
At Tolland vleanLge, t'omwall, in tdsMth year,
the Hev. Daniei Ecans^ Vicar of Kcveme, in Uliat
county (1839), and fcmnerly Curate of Sherborne.
At l>ovcr, aKC<l 75>, the Kcv. T^^aaj Morrit^
Rector of St. Jomea's in that town, and Vicar of
Hougham, Kent, He was the second son of Sir
John Morris, the flrsi Baronet of Clasemont, co.
GUunorgan, by Henrietta, dan, of Sir Pidhp Mus-
gravo, Hart, Ik- wiu of Oriel college, Oiforit, K.A*
1§04, MJk. 1S07; and wa» pre'«;nte<i to both his
livings in 1818.
A^ 7. At St. Helicr, Jersey, aged 58, the Eev.
0«frtfe MarthaB Moiivdl, B«ctor of Swallow, co.
Lincohj<19i1i).
April 10, On his voyage from Madeira to Eog*
GftNT, Mag, Vot. XLL
land, in lua aOih year, tlju Key. J/art ffotfgard,
M.A. Student of ChrUl ehurch, Oxford ; Mcond
surylrin;! son of John Ha4(;;;ii.ril, LL,D. of Doctors'
Commons. He graduated B.A. ^47, M.A. 18M>.
DEATHS,
AHItANnED IN CHRONOLOQICAL OBDER.
A'oc^a*, IhhZ. In the Island ofTrirtranD'Acunha,
in the Soutli Atlantic Ocean, aged 63, Wm. Glass,
e*fi. known by the title of " Governor Giaas."
IMC. 8. At West Maitlaud, N. S. Wales, aged
39, Frederick Joshua Beardmore, esq. surgeon,
eldest son of Joshua B. ev];. of Ooxmore, Herta.
D#c. 33. At Port Callio. Peru, aged 3G, Wllltani
mcond ion of the late John Ooates, eeq. Drook
HooAc, Buck^tlej^h.
Dec. 24. Off Sydney, Auitrallo. aged ao, Wm.
Ward Harvev.ciq. R.N. of H.M.S^V. Torch, wn
of the Rev. H, Harvey, M.A. Canon of Bristol,
and Viciir nf tJlveston, tllouc. He was in ctiarge
of the Torch at the time, audi upon the upsettiag
of one of the boats of that vessel in a sodden
aqooll, was drowned in the brave but fmltlaas
attempt to sure the lires of two young fHends.
Jan. 4. In Mortla^o-equare, aged 87, Edwanl
Wllilams, esq. of Herringstone, Dorsetshire. He
was the only son of ThomsA WllUnnw. ew|. of Her-
ringstone, by Jane, dau, of Sir Edwsrd Wilmot,
Bart. He married In 1796 Anne, only daughter
and hehr of Jame« Flynn, esq. of Swolnswick,
Som. and hod iseeo one ion and four daughters.
HU son, James WUmot Wllliatos, esq. married In
K2i Ellfal!>cth'Anne, second dan. of R. Mogenis,
esq. formerly M.P. for Enntsklllen. and bos issue.
Jan. H. t'n hii. paasago firom Calcutta, aged 16,
Harn-Lowls, third son of James Cosserat, cs(|.
Jan. W, At Port Natal, James-TyKen, eldest
fton of the late James Eyre Watson, esq. of FU-
loDf ley« Worw.
Jam. 71. At Cakntto, Caroline-Beraa, relict of
TJet^t. W. HaiK, youngest dau. of the late Ucv.
Jolin WUcox, M.A.
Jan, 34. At Allahabad, East Indies, Lieut-Col.
Henry Farrant, commanding H.M. 81ft Regt.
YOtUfest son of the Ute Thomas Farrant, esq. of
IfDntagii-^t. Portmoa-oq. and Northstead HuBie.
Ghelafleld, Kent.
Jam. 2a. At Atlahabod, on the Ganges, aged 54,
Uetit.-CoL William Tnylor Shortt, late 87tb EeiTt*
He commanded the 62nd Regt. at the acttons of
FeroTBihoh and Sobraon, and was wounded In the
side in the former action, and had his borae shot
tinder him, a ball graaing his head at the some in-
stant. HUmaJorl^ in the 62 ml was dated 1 6th
April, 1841, and his Bt. Lieut.^Colondcy was
granted ibr the Puiijaub with a medal and claps.
He was grand-nephew to Major-<j*n. W, Taylor,
CoL of the 24th Bmgt. E^juerry and A. B.C. to
King G«>orge III. and COl.*Commandant &Qth.
Jan. 28. At Bombay, on his way to England,
Ci»t. Arthur Morrla, 4th Bombay Rlties.
/tefr. 1 . At Tonley. aged 76, Lieut-Gen. Patrick
^era, of IVinley, Colonel of the asd Bengal
Native lol^try.
At Bombay, Ann, wife of Liottt,-CoI. G. D, Duff,
onljBarvivtng sister of Sir George Hayter.
Ftb. 3. On board one of fhe river Nile steam-
boats, Henry, second son of Lieut. Broome, Ma-
dras Army.
Al Croydon, Walter Evans, esq.
At Tangier, while on leave Ihnn Gibraltar,
Charles Dudley Oliver, Capt, 30th Itegx. son of the
Jate Adm. Itotiert Dudley UUvcr.
Feb. 3. At Carriglc*, near Dublin, aged 24,
TbeodtMta, dau. of tlie late Rev. Thomxu GoCT.
At Hyde-side, Lower Edmonton, aged 74,
George Soillor, c»q. late ofSouthwsrk.
At Gibraltar, agod 73, WUliora SherwiD, esq.
fbr many years a merchant at tlint place, son of
the bite William Sherwill , emi. of Topiham.
F*b.h. At Bungay, Lucy, relict of Samuel
Clarke, esq. of Bergh Apton, Suffolk.
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Wo-fi-rtor.. .it,»| 'ff ti.*- '.tti M^Jr.vi \.w\i\ (^i.aJry.
At /I*-nf'.r»l, .iKiil ■>., M*.iir>, fourth 'ou of Wil-
lUrii )'u!Iiiij(, 0H<|.
At ':Upli«iri. a;;«'i 7.1, Mi^.i iloflifi'-lil, lorniefly
r»f It.i^hajii Orft-ur»*.
Ar Airitiorill'Ur^h, I {iiitT (.'aiia'l.i.iiy '1 7'i, I.Ij*-.
iMvcr U'-yii'*;'!-,!-"!.
Af i»4lt'.ti-Mi-I iirij' •■», I.-irw. :jif'.-'l *»•*, WjlliiUii
Sputy*', *'V\. f'triiteriy of VaAoS*', •lUr^.'i.oii.
At Ivii.y.j'iu-k. mar J;«:jiiiiii;iii<-, Armc, rcli' t ul
Uu; Yji". liiffljrrt Willuiiii', J:<-'tor of ]>,iiiiiinri«i.
At JtvititlHiry-jMirk. Minxtoii. ii:;**! <•«, Murx,
rtllirl of I hoiri.f< W '.iiMuT, •: 'i.
/V6. Vi. At L<^iiiiiii^t'iii, <i;^fi 1/, WiUuni
CIupuuui, «!v|. lii virt> Lii-ittiijdiil lu tlu: Kin«;
lSrii{iMlc, Captuiii of a i'ortiu'iii ^m- n'^itwiit.ainl in
tlio CAriiurviri \fi]it>.i, «'-r\v<l in titi- I'l niriJ-iiiu,
and 1ril^ at the ImIIIi- of \Vut<-ri(H;.
AtWbltUcM'inl.raiiiii.aKifl m:i, Kydia « .tuuiiiix;
■Dd on th<' 'iltl, i4;i-ii hi, IJcnnoi («nriiiiiiK,Mhtcr«
of Henry fiiiniilnK. Si-nior l.M|iiir«! l:i-ili<ll of the
University uf (^Minltrultre, of whom u iiivincilr wuh
glrai In our FKhnmry .Maicuziue.
•*— 'ilcnly, ut Uu- jiRrwina«i.*, Great Yw-mouth,
1. I>lAna, willow of llear-Ailiniral llillii, of
Sail, Knex, tliini lUo. of Uie UU: ThoniM
A^ kf.J-.\n^, Urtyftfi Aff^ -^t VJja frmiUM
Ar.z^^ •lA.A^r
a: Lr. :«;* h' ■ ^^. xM^a^^A, 1, a.:rr«T, *d^ S«.
S-.i V. .1. AW*- *•' Lati.'j«.. w^iit of T. W««6-
'.uv.. «^<ri .i '^ .1. je^M:
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.: •'. :, ...•■.., f »,iu.ac;.V/ii.
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L.k.-.>.'i. v^^^.i -vr. -.f :iM: i«ti 5iX *^mMr:.» CagMM-
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a: 'A ... >■'. t.../.'oc:h, react U
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A* : i ■-. -■..-. ,-■ . : 'f Lic-M. Cvl. C'a
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A: !«•■:. !:•.».. . u*--'. M. II ^^.^ai •«rAUix
r..-!:.. I'l. '.fr..i-.„:. I., -u- J .^.l^c. 1:.N'. •<: I'^cn*.
J/i> /< i. a: M.wlc.i-j. 3lAr>-Aa;«c, « :u«4 ^Uo.
of l:.>l<* :: i..<.x^:i. b-,. NcAport.
l>ro:..er of Uu lU::. U i^. I>iK/ :.. lif ioo^.
J/'K'-'k %. a: I..4^'o Ma»-»i'^i.-. ItAJv. Mr»b-
.ioiji-, '.n.y .-iu V|.|*..; uaj. uf i;.iA&A> S. JMitKiii.
fw^. o! T.'.t M.iJ.'.r Jl'Jii^ . 7'-';*li;*ict-n.
In 11' V lii-i. >t. 1' Jill r I*. ■»-*-! £^'t, Ariziafaald
M.1* I ',!.:. ■■...-, » .V :.
If'it'h*. K'. \'*- .'.Ai:fi I'. \'.:.v\:\''wi:fjiC^i:.<-
i;u:.;.)v, kT.i,.-i :,i,. '.f -.: ii'-^ . .-^ JI.:y:fcr.
A! « :.• I'.c.-.ai.i. -' 7' . M.irv. ■*: *.** of TUte.
Tirr. ;.■•■....,. .: i::a. ;.'..■ .:ii.
J/./ ■ 7 .: i-- ■•• . a: .Vii.'.-ii-. I:i-:.*.iiii. uNi-
«urfc- ...
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I1.....'m..|-.-1j:./. .-.J.
A: N'-w ^f.rk. a.:i- i '.\\. i i.^ii- ■> r..i:l;< J.tnlaAy,
tvi. ti l"»l all I '.lily ..i..i.;.^- ^.1. ..»f tl.L Uu
riiih,. i...k.- L»:i.:.viy. i-.-i- M.K.l.C.'*.
Kilif'i I1} .III 4i-i I'lL-iit.il fx] loMoii uhcii .•>l^fer-
iziteiiilin;.'- tLe iil.i^tii:;: of tlu.- root 'ff .1 (rcc witii
t(uniK.iwili:r. J ir'>( I.ii u:. Wuli.nu Cuuxiui;;Iiam
syuion-i.'*. I:..M. :.oii:i^'i •: mij. uI JU»r-A<luiirAl by-
IlKtIiiN. 01 >iMlti>Ii li'i. ><■. II.U:t>.
At Kill il-.ii<e, i:i-i,'lii«»iji. u«;iil 73. LiKv, totf
surviving 'luit.ol' tin- I^v. Hviiiy \\ :llj.ti:i*>, l^cctor
ofMaiie.iopl. >uiri«.k.
Marrh '.>. .\^'l-iI t,i, Su>ann.th. vid' uf CMptAia
Juiieik M<-<-iiii;.'. ot lh<- iI>tliC, C'-'.i Uvfiter.
At W.'i.iiliy Al U\\ l«alii .«!:•-•! r^, John WllIlMD
Whjtlfi.V'Mi. I. II ut. l«t I. iiir.ii>LirL- Militia, yonu^er
-^tn iif tliv Lit*: r.i]it:iiii W liiiU-. of U luUry AUn-y.
ilat'-h lo. At Ki|i{4-i.iLitii' IIou««, liiuibUae,
M«ry,r(lii t of tiie l:<:\ . l^r. Murray, rtf Kiliua<loi'k.
At .N|iri»i:fli-I'l, ['rutol '^tati^, i:otKri-t,«:ldc*t m>u
of the lute holn-rt 'fill lUiivui, es/|. ot Ii'»*u-b.
J/fir'AII. At \\i\eliM:omli«, .NjIii. Miirj:ar«t-
Minter, n.'lict ofuii \wv. LUwarU Hack. Cur«lc' tif
St. UiividV, I.\i-icr, anU Cliai<laiu to tli« ^rn»ou
of AiiHi>oIi.s Jloyul. N'li.i .^otia.
At\\e>l Mall, .^hetlan«i, .Ik'*' I "^'i. recilia-Aun ,
eldcfct daii.of roiiiiu. W. M. itrun'l, It.N.
At Kiiii;.<iey, (.'an<ula, Ilvrii't, M'«.-oud dau. uf Uic
late Lit'iit -Col. William Cox, K. Art.
Morch \'i. At hi> daui^htcr'*', Norwich, H|{Oil 73,
18^4.]
If C<)MoAf , Kaarew Tiny, em. ion uf Ut0 M^or-
a. Sat, of kottnfblftiryj BAQlEiIttiv.
It ItncklngTiAm, Aood f»» SfkhMt JCftenainani,
r
H of North Core, Suffolk.
^P Aii^A ^"'. Robert Clif^mbi^n. e*.i. of Or*y*i Inn,
bajrr-I' ■
A -WnTl«m» >'oan^ef
*>«i . Amlwor ICefttliig,
Ufti I till for 61 fearntro-
tl/Mor \n thnt iiQircrhiiy.
At Sueton-iMuflt, Heret a^ 33, FiMtikl^ Jas,
VAUjftum Gwiert, eaq,
tAt--
Geii
At , , „ ,
MO. Lluut. on tlie retired litft of tho Kujia Bticka
MnttlA, and half-p«y 6f tTte late Flnt rrortxtoniU
BittttSfon.
Sf» ' " McMn^solidtor, of Swanrsea.
r.i I 37, Ann-Wood, wife of Mr. T.
H. I i>;nicr» Suw^ejc, youngent duu. of
fho itiie ]^ V tiiorpo Wni. Fowlce, of sadbniy.
Jfan-h II, At Edinburifl], iuam Bfiiov, esq.
Of rowfouTt^
Afed4t;. - - ' -
At Qlo
CftMliyi M<i. ronuprly » t II n. I>r«:fcyajra,
mouth.
Af ftunfiue, BgnA iS, Winiiin ediwds« «iQ,
ITT , T . ] M u V . place, Loodotu
M - iitiieA. iged 77, Sarah, retlcC ot Veni,
At Wri^hton, KlLta-Cr-r
llA«rkm«. «iq. lltilr«5<
At Upper Clapton, i^:
I Horse Art
I Aahbr, Bffed l». Hcnry*Tbo*. IfouAley,
- .— ^*rtne HaD, Camb. yotinjfor awn of tho
Re? ► ^nmani MoiuI«y. Vicar ift Cofd Ashby.
In Tork^L Poftmni-aq. a^ 79, Uiaa Sarah
Ill)bl1T<rr»1 .
At ^ ' ^arah* relict of Edvfard
A-
ft. n
Ti nn ConvBtit, .^tonc, StAffbrtUh.
the >aiji i^toarton, «lxlh dau. of ftio
tale lAjnl ftumriou.
fn Endsleig^h^. Ta^iitock^. Janet, wflte of
Tliomatf Sat}i«rland, e^i.
At Rye-lime. Peekhain, a^^ 60, Harriet, widow
of Wm. Woollpy, esq.
March 15. At Wa»itead» Esinpx , nc^ft 'tfl . TIf n rj-
Ohapman, etj. Be waa the >.i\ '
Abel Chapman^ oaq. of Wo*
dan. cfDastel BeO. ««|. Ife m
in 192)6, PrtacUla-Snaan, dan. ot K'Tii.^. ^> iti'''nci<i,
nand tia» teft lisoe.
t Bearf tj w , fVrmr, ftpifil f5ft, Jnntina'Snsniittm,
n of WnUaiD
L'hailea tan*
Of :
M.iifi 17. )
B. neii, t*q. 1 1
fOiuigett MTi oi
r«]niMAter-(j«iier.ki >
At Urlxtou, aieed
lunntJ, i^-^q, ^nriroon.
widow of
JforrAVT,
In West; ,
VlsciMitit of fhe Uland of Jertey*
At Algburfli, HMf UYe^VH*?,
yotmnettC dau . of i" "
tJw late
on, Shrptnn Mnllet, aged
Agwf €», EU
At
72, tne t;ev. J, r
At Stoke, near
Anne, widow ot
Uattt.-OOTemor or MHinr' aim ^.iitiruM rort.
At North-<rre««it, B«dfbrd-iq. aged 7b, Mba
£«Ooi|.
In To(ningtoii-«q. o^ted 71, Frederick Crofloin,
ea^. bili» Mijor find JUfi.
At SletHMofi £ms, Iq Mt tZnd year, fi«c«r
1*7, Ed word Serrca,
r. s, fi. awrea, of
on-1>«i, iffed 90,
liuttci Webb
Rev, vvuil.tm .'
W. G, Uylton J
daoi^bter ood c*
of Strealhiun, Knt.
of Coreniry, f^^Mit-ip l
Earf. She woa left a h ,
the preaent Fliironut amt
bert £aat JoUiiTc, who .IM lu IH3:I.
A^od A3, l«iftbcaiii'KiiiilK!lU-t'liAnter,
ohn Ha ,
At Brld^nd, Aano, wife of
I,. ^: . • ., ■■ ■ .■ ■
for-
IK I
nnete vi
only dau.
town, ?n
eM.- '
K >
foa
0'C«"iuuell ; but
fentcd by Wr, i
eaii'+ ' '
at I
of .
thi
fMi'
dl^.. v,:-.|i..i
.\ ^t, John
At fiuth, where ahe I old resided fbr many yean,
Ml'*! R*^, <» nutlivo of Warwtrk.
A= • ' ' ly^vjy, ikg^A ftS, Stephen
H<< Lieut, aod Jaatk« of Uio
Ag«M -•V, Aij-, '■' * " f LytnpBton(»*
At Iilidgton, u actfe,
jr*rcA If. A. lieu J
556
OBIXrART.
ryhx.
t-a-T, wtii Ti, S^«rrah. relic: cf Mr. Ci-iri-r*
A-C'^vrt. »-i i*.-.s:d Ifcu. of '±je 'jte Mr. J.i:a
Ora=i, i C'.w:.*:ri— ^.-:•r F»r=. ll.:.cs:K.
a: fcr^f.-r.. A^fl I''. Mirzinrt. f.-^rti 4i-. ^.f
K.Vr. H«.l\r. *^ ..f L-.=^- Jk-'. -. N'.r?.-:::*..
a: tl- rtT^-lttN< '.f Mi.-.r Triitr>, F.rtwtJ..
*j;t.i •is. Mr? illeiz-or U'j«r.
a: Wt»: fcr-.Ti.w.ct. Hesry H.Lari. tt.; v-
lin'.cr.
a; kr. =::.:■. r.. »i*-'. 43. K:«r..T-.:raer. wife cf
Ja£«r< L K:: ^ivn:^ c^;. cf :Lt AiniralTy. S.xr.rr-
Ir. C*;.'sr*-.j:. a^ ••. Frv::t«. r.Ii-.: cf
A: bru^'c*. *^1 44. <.'ii*r'.e» Le P-*r Trer.*.'.;.
e*;. He *»■• U-*; ^<i^r,vl fc,n .f the !{■.= at. : Ver.
Ctmr**:-^ Lrt I'.^r fr*::-.ii. An.- 'Ino-.:-. -.f .Vr -j*h.
ly > ji :. y . ^ '. ■! 1 •: . ■: ? P.. -^m i» t Iwt ol , t «.; . ; *>. i
irim^n:';: 1-4 » l.:« ci.u.<n In-.^et-A- ::« 4*Ji
<Ua. '.f ti;e Ii:^ If-.=. ar.d M-^ts Il«v. F,*er Tre:. .*^.
IxiTi Arv;.li»j.'.-; '.4 T'-ini ; by wlicm Le L»i
l»3e 1 y^r.. »t.., ::ei! :r. 1«I7.
At *An.i^»:e, KcLt. li^e^l 4'.«. I har'.LKc, wife cf
tlie iJeT. J^L:; <- H. Wel^h.
At •^.•-iL*«i*. JvLa W.jrtbiiptor, e*;. Li:e of
At llnnt'jr^i. x:ed TS, Eifi*l*:!i-Mir>-. wLl. w ^f
the F>v. ft' ca* l'nJ«rr»'.i^l. !*Te r.e«.i^r of I'.'j^,
ar.ii Car.or. kru'lvnnAry of Hernrfr! Catlic^r^.
ifur-'A I'j. In VjevHS-pjaJ, b4>>wa:er. i^e-l
W). Mi*^ II;irr;..S: iVvltyii.
In Pimli' o. a4:c«l 95. Jamn CLalk, eiq. for:r.er:y
of i^cectorjiuli. Kent.
At Bou»'j«ne.»ur-Mer. Aniu. wiJp of Mr. Fre«ie-
rkk Cal'liLutte. of Nevltum M^ ket. ar.-J f^-urth
dao. of tb« late i>v. Thom^* l-ifk. of Shizuphnj;
Tliura, Soffuik.
In rppcr StamfonI'*:. Lam'jcth. ii»l 30, Lliza*
iKth'C'PA'^aile. »:fe oi Hearr Cvliiok, e^i.
At Buckley. Mint^i. ■4«'e<l 74. Cdruli::e-MAry,
wUow of IJeat.-4;t/l. 1 f'iulkei, of Lriiiatt. Ilrab.
dan. of the Utc Hubert Jocelyn. e^i Capt. K.N.
At Afbfunl. KvDt. ai;«<l ^0. <>e«.nse Ktile. esq.
ftrrmerly of '!iiildforl-rt. Hiuic«lI-'<4.
AgtA &M, EJixaU'tJt, youn^rest dau. of Die late
GcoTRe Benson ^irult, ewi. of iiriJt;i-!i:II. I.»erby-
ihire.
Aged '94, William Tvwoley, c^i- of TowKlieo'J,
Lancashire.
At Uri^htun, a^dl 07, i'liylia, vriie of Iliunpton
Weekek. M.D.
J/ifr^A W. At F.pwm, aped 40, lite relic: of J.
\V. li<iTiU, tv\. of Southaniiitun.
At Caiul<«r»tll. a^'e^J »»4, Mr. Tim. I'^njaniin
Cliamlirrv, Ute or QiieenboruuKh. Ke:it.
At Lucker rectori', Nurtbiiixiberlaiiil. the rv<l-
dence of her lon-in-Iaw tt:c I lev. o. V. Hall, mxd
Ay, Mrs. Chinn, of Merthyr, wulow of Mr. ThoIua.^
Cbinn.
At Batli, Kllen-Maria, eldot dau. of the la:v
William Cobbold, ew}. of C'liche^ter.
In £aton-pI. Slary-llamiltou, InLuit dau. of
Jamet Pnff. e«q. M.r.
At Trowbridjrt, Wilts, a«ed 01. Marj-, n-liet of
Hffnry KKgar, ib^.
Suddenly, on board H.M.S. Itoicawcn, ax vlic
WM leaving; Spithead for the lUItio, a^-ed '21, 1.i«-ut.
tlie Ixird Ollbert Nonnan <;ro«Tei)or. Mcond xon
of the Xanioess of WestmlnKter, und bmther b)
the DuchcM of Northumberland. Hv liad ^fenud
■■ LiMteiiant on board ller MiOcaty'» yucht.
At Cbcliica. and U, (Yederick li\L>M:tt Ilgoper,
CM. late of Beading.
Aft KevtOD, Camb. aged B4. W. llurrell. e^i.
la WImpolait. Charlotte-Rovhford, widow of
"- Bkterd M. Jephwrn, Bart, who died in 1825.
'-FM Ut McoBd wife, and elde»t dau. of Lieut. -
^ilai Smith, H. Art.
>«miic eged 65. CoK Ittco Jones. KMI.,
idtaif Boyal Engineer^ in that i;arrison.
■'. fai Soath America and in thi* l*enln«ub»,
"■Mint at the pawage of the I>onro and
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relirt uT .l«'!..i TLom-xjii. e^-i-
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Fn-m l'»33t'- l^S*' l.v ti.'n:ii:.in.lt-l tl.t' Hya. irth
1-*, nn :!:e F.a'i In-li.i '*:.ii:":). aT:d fnii: 1*41 to
l>40 il;i' I'y ••un'ej'iv.-: vi*m.'!, fur i-Art of thf lime
a* i '»i;i::i'.-I"ri'. ■ :i tiic "^i:::i- >Li*:i.T.. He uxArr^vd
ill l-^lr* .'•. miTv i-'*arjli. "J^i. •*.iu. ■ ! :l«' Kt:f JAniei
IraTiU-ui!:*: S;n ud^r. t-^i. a:;. I l.j'« Itf: i^-ue i-ae
H«!l and I'Tie dun^liUT.
Ai l.i-tviiliicl, CorT.w.il'.. jure-l 10. Lonl%a-
Frimi*. only *-?iiM i-f .luhn (.'i-r.it'^ 111', wett. ««i.
Ai lijr hull'*' oi her iT-tiicr-i::-' iw rh>'iuas
ruvkU'.csq. CUi'luin Common. Mi.v> JEImi!y BrvtA^I-
hur>t.
At Abi-ryHtwith. .iL'ed '•»i. W ilium C-'M* GU-
J.-erLvm. v-*\. *•{ (\»fn»r*yn.
At Keadmi;, a::«il W, J. P. tl-.H-Klii'd. c-i.!.
At Ari;n.nn.in IIoum.'. K>rkoud^ri^hl4ll. llobcrt
Ker, f*ii.
At Ilniy^cll Hall. ncAr SM:n:'.ird, a^ed 7'».Mp'.
EtheMretl Anne liinh Iti-ynard^-n. Shu wa< the
eldest dau. (if .Ia«.-ifM:r>-ii:irdMin.«if Hol>-ti-eil Hall,
((crvat-in^ndsiin of AbrAli.ini lliyn.-udv.in, i<q.
Lord Mayor «f London Jn If-i'jJ J.\ Anno. lUlr-^t
ibiu. of Sir Jt'hn Cu^t. U;irt ..nnd M*ter to tin- tir^t
Lord Bruwnlow. Slie w.i^ luamed in ImK to (>!.•>
ncral Ttioma.^ lilrth. who a>»umol. i-ii tlie douili
of liis father-in -Utw in IMl.tlu- adil:tii-n.il !i.-\nie
and arm* of i:vyn:ird*on,anddied in l'»47. loavinjc
i sue four K'H-^ jind two daiu'hti rs.
At Tonjuay, ui;td .■»3, .K-hn S.i.11iT, «. vj. ».f i;:ou-
co>«t»'r-torr. i:cjjenf>-|»ark.an'l f'.'riufrJy oi « 'ajaca,
Mexito.
Mil reft 23. At W.d.iin!. IIC.S. ■■ij.-e^i »;•,«. Elua-
l)eth, rolict of i)aniel Skinner, e<t|.
Aj,i'd M4, John Sierljiml. c?«i. many yiMr^ a rc>i-
dent of Margate.
At Alnwick, ajre*! 4»t, Tliom.X'* Tho^^ c^i. ^<•lr.
In otnaburuh-'trei't. iJt'jvnt's-parls, a*:ci| 7'>.
1854.]
Obituart.
557
I
Uuiarat-A$i«dKO, wife of Robert Wiitkiiis, «>q.
Iftto of Anmdfil.
Ann, retlct of JoBSph AbWtt, cm\, ofUandbedr
Hill, Denbighghirc. She woa the eldt'st dau. of
WUltaiii Bury, eaq. of Swlnton, oo» Ljuic.
In ihtt BelgTAve-ruod, J. U. BiydoD, esq. late of
aoattiftmptoQ.
JaiBH GlajtoOt eiq' of Fercy-«t. O-edfcid-aqaare,
fargMn.
At Deptftml, nffed 38 » Edw&TiI Cowcber, eiq.
At Hiinituri;!!, ag^d 34, Snmael EdmuncU, eoq*
of Brud/ord. Wilts.
At L«e, Kcin» Charles Godwin, esq. of the Stock
Exdumge.
Aged 67, Wm, Llttld, eaq, of t'pper Sydenham.
At WhItftoD Frtory, Sbr.l^«d a6, tbo Hon. Geor-
gi«iUk*LotiiM«lCary. wife of Opt. ¥, Motftyn Owen,
44t]t FoHOt, Sbe we« tlie yoiinse«t dAU. of Ricluird
4tli Lord Berwick, by Froacee-Mari*, tetMnd d«ii*
of Wm. MoBtyn Owen, eeq.; and wee Duirrtcd 184A.
At StoekweU-greea, e^ 64, CbarlM Bailey
Pepper, ceg. formerly ofGrrat Queeci'ttreel^ West'
mlDjtvr. flti was the father of Jolu] Henry Pepper,
esq. the well-known ProJto«eor of Cliemlditry at the
PolytechlUc Inetltuttoa, B«gent-fi£reftt.
Aged 61, Samnel Sporrett, caq. of Leloestcr.
At St. Alteii'i Villaa, Hl^htfate-riae, aged 67,
John Stride, esq>
At Keautngton-creec. aged 69, Mary, relict of
Daniel Toohey, eiq.
At Saadgale, Kent, waiiatn^Qeorge-Wyndbam,
only ntrrtrfng hod or FraaclA Tywaea, e«q.
At Laiiwiide, near Edinburgh, ii«ed 75, .1. T.
Walker, esq, fbrm^ly of Sonth-st. f%AbQry^ and
Dorking, Surrey,
At Kciitijib-town,&{;ed t^3, J. Willing Warren ,e«q,
March ^, At the ttrovc^ Uavorfordwetti Anne,
eldest turrlviiif; diiu. of the late Rev. Jamee Bowcn,
Rector of Ruscrowthpr, I'embrokeAhlre.
At Richmond, Jiired 8 1 * Capt. Carter, bite Adju-
tant in the Nortli Hiding Militia,
At BciQcUurch, L W., LoniM-EUxabeth, wife of
Chaxkfl Caatleman, e«i. of St. lTe*« Home, Banta,
and yoaDBMt eJiOd of the late John Uuney, eiq.
of LyineiDorNt.
At Backitey. ajred 34. Tbomfts-AqnUla, eldest
■on of Uje Kev. Thomas Aquilla Dale, Lonth, Line.
At Korth-bauk, &k^ 7», Licut.-Oen. Edward
Darley, formerly of the 6 tit Regt.
At Siognmbert Somereeti £inmii, eldeat dau. of
George Elen, eiq.
At Seafortb, near Liverpool, EinniA, wide of
likhard l-Yy, esq.
At Torquay, Pnlteney Main, esq. cldcMt JH)n of
the late Folteney MelJi,ewi. formerly ef 7 4tb Kegt.
At Croydon, aged 7G, Hbu Sarah Ii«ihia Rice.
At Bcptfbrd, Aged Ha, Jolm David Bolt, esq. late
of the Navy Office, chief clerk and accountant for
Mareh Sfi. In WelliedE-etreet, «MEcd 72, Anne-
CaroUne, eldest dau. of ^e late Jolui DIagrove,
&SQ. tif AHMliot-bouse, Hanti, aiid Oordilf-tiall,
Jamaica,
At Edmonton, aged 70, Anna^Maria, wife of
El(ttxf»r Booker, eaq.
At Windleatiam, Surrey, £Iiiabeth, widow of
EUab Bretei}, esq.
At Keiuingtoo, aged GS, Elisabeth, wife of Ben-
jamin Broadbridge, esq.
Mary- Ann, second dau. of the late Rev, Robert
Etberedgc. of PulLam, Norfolk.
At Korwith, aged 79, Jamea Goodwin, esq.
solicitor.
At Forest Rieet Walthatoitow, agtd 71* Joeepli
Owen Harris, eiq.
At Norton, aged 8(i, Tbomaa Howes, esq.
At UfTculme, aged Hft, Miss Jennetee Joiutt, only
sifter of the late John Jones, esq. of Franklyn.
In Victoria-road, Kensington, Addalde, wilii Of
George Macke*on, esq.
In her fourth year, Ada-El Irjihetht yoongeat
dan . of John Salt, esq. of Gordon-sq.
At Olieltejamm, aged SI, Sarah, widow of Ellaa
Taylor I eaq. of Sli«itirick Hotue, Som.
Al Bengeo Lodge, near Hertford, aged »3,
Benedict*, widow of Thom»« Wedgwood, eeq, of
Orer House, Boralem.
Aged 20, Alfred, eldest son of John Jainet
Wilkinson, e*iq. of Camberwel] .
Mareh 36. At Erdington, Warw. aged 79, Anne,
relict of Thofi. B«ntley Buxton, esq. of Leiceeter.
At her residence, Dublin, aged 90, the Rt. Hon.
Eibca Llow>u: €ountei<ts of Clanricarde. She was
dan. of the late Sir Thomaa Burke,. Bart, of
Marble-hiU, cr>. Calway, and was married hi 1799
to Juhn-TluHnAN thirteenth Earl of Clanricarde,
^^^i,„ *!., 1 >-*» ijiT^y^ jgQjj^ learing iaaue the pro-
P< -jf Clanricarde, Heater-CatliBrino
n ' v^ do waia' r of Sligo, and Emily Into
Couh...-". ..H ixuwth.
At Wottoti-uiid(;r-£dfre, Glonc. aged 49, George
Qode, esq. formerly of Mark-lane.
In Hamliton-terr. St. John's-wood, agvd ST.
Henry CIt(u-1g!& Dakeyne, enq. He was the eldest
acm of Jotiu Deokln, or Dakeyne, of Bagtllorpe
Houko, Barford, Notts, by Anna-Maria, widow of
Oamond BeauTOlr, esq. of Dovrnhall tiall, Essex,
and dau. and colieir of Henry Whirledge, or
*;i ; r I>akcyn« to Burke't
L K'A Topographer and
(it,n a.M^,.. . *iu «....*. tu Mary, only dau. of
the tate .Juiin Gautit, esq. of Leek, co. Stafford,
and had iMiie two aods and two danghtorB,
Aged 8i, WilUam Davey, esq. of Bamhom cot-
tage, netir Tlwtfticd, Norfolk,
Aged 60« Mn. Hannali Falcke, of Oxford -at,
reUct of Jacob Faleke, esq. of Qreat VarmotitJiu
In Oreat 5nxiond^t. aged »1, Mary, relict of
George Hoi met, esq.
At Bath, Mary, reUct of Lt-Col. MamUaB, R.M.
In Braton-at. aged 7a, Joanna, relict of D. U.
Murphy, esq. of EaUug.
At Brifthten, Catharine, wUb of James Fleming
Word, esq.
At Mucking Hall, Esarx, aged 40, ElLiui, wift? of
John Sawell, e»q.
At Soiithmoltoii , aged 80, Mm, ElkabetU Sibbett,
March 11, At Edinburgh. Ellubeth, dau. of
the late NarcUsus Bati, esq. Purdysbom, Bel^t.
In Pimllco, aged 60, Lucy, second datt, of tlie
laic WiBlam Capon, esq. the well-known archi-
tectural dranghfeanan and scene-painter of West-
mluiter.
At Dresden, aged il, Anna-Sidonla, wlfs of
Jamea Gay Child, esq.
At Fermoy, Irehuad, aged S4, WiBiam Henry
Hopkinson, Capt. G2tid Regt. only son of W. L.
Hopkinsonj esq, St. Martin's, Stsrarard.
At Ely, agtd 64, Mary, wUb of Henry Pigott^
esq. solicitor.
At lallngton , aged A 1 , Mary- Ann , widow of Major
SaflTery, formerly of Downhara, Norfolk, and sceond
dau. of tlie late Charles Morrio, esq. of Loddlngton
Kali, Leicealer^hire.
Aged <i5, John, eld^rt (ion of the late Bei^omln
Watorbouse, «!q. of Jamaica, and Uussell-«q.
JforcA 38, Aged 6H, Henry BUnahard, esq. of
Great Ormond-«t.
Aged 68, Sarah -Anne, wife of O. Dyer, eeq. of
PrlnceesVtcrr. Albert-rood, Begent'a-pork.
At the rectory, Long Melford, aged 19, MatBda,
dau. of the Utu Rer. Sr Angustni firydges Hbd-
ulker, Bart.
At Alton, Hants, aged 73, Deborah, widow of
Joim Hooper, eeq. of Kennlngton, mrgeon.
In tJ^iiior Seymour^t. West, Aug^da, wife of
Italph Howitt, esq.
In Dorset-pl. aged 73, SuMinnah, reUct of Alex-
ander Cophmd Hutchison, Aur(^n R.N.
In the Old Ken t^rood, aged 49. VMLUam Ropkina
Kilpln, eeq. formerly of IQngsclere. Ilantsi.
Aged 75, Mr. Nathaniel Palmer, soUcitor, Great
Yarmouth,
At Dpper Wahnor, «g«d 6!2, Miss Elixabeth
FUcher.
At Batli. ag«d 80, Robert Radclyffe, esq. of Poot-
denton Hollf Lancosh.
sss
Obituaby-
tM»r*
At ttM Hall, Bevarley, tgcd 9t, Hrt. Wfttker.
road, aged 7 1 , Ifarj-Ajin, widow df Tbomtti JlnMM*^
At Eastry Eoubo, Eamt^ Comnt. CIuh. HaqghMl
BiritM'. K.N. Ik wiitsiNiorilMUitelter.Gbflrkts
Bihart Vlcir i>f TUmcnteBfl^ Kant, and aeplMfw Do
yiM-Mm, Sir TbmoM Bbk»r, 1LC3. M« «ii.
tarsdr tiM xmwf tuft Ii4i46, wa» fiof iMtfaaiymn on
lyi-VngTf wM M»4« Utot. Ill l»U, and Con»'
ander »M<h Ha ser¥«l diir% tlio CMnam
CMBpalBiisin lft40s]id 1941.
M Brldgwaler, aood OU, Jolm Bow«ii, 6H|.
]l«a]Mr,aa4,
At Horat,
lorat, Berks, ngod Hi, DorotHy, wMww af
At flu Betrcat, VtwVbtm, used &'■>. M^ry, wifu
Of Alaaandar GaUawar, retfred Camm. U.N.
At tolce$tor, af(«d ftJ, Jiifl; i
non. relkt of tbo Jier. ' -^
Widdlal. Hvrti.
A« Bow, MJddleiax, 11^ 91, John Parker, osq.
lale of tbe ward of Porttoken, oldost bou of the
laAo Bar. Jolm Pa]-ker» of Ctatto Ctrroek and
CvMBraw, Comberlmd.
At 6«imfcnbkl]], aced m, Weixilar SlmiNOfi,
mn. of Stanlortl-UU lad Qroafc towoaf-a^ mm of
tlia Iffto Gcddes U. StapttMi, en.
At St. Pttlav^ Tliaoot^ anait td, Uias Aiia T«B-
ILit, late of tiwDHia, Murfwto.
At Stalndnip, iiffed S*, John TmU«r» «*i. for-
iemf\y Colonel of tbo Ilurluun Loca) MiUtU, a
iiuglatfate and Ocvat^'-Lioui. of Oial coua^ for
AX Bruaael*. agod 38, Oharloa, sialh MA of tlie
\tm Fraaela Watkbia, aCQ, of Whitbjr, Torka*
At Scarboroui^i, agad «B, Uarriat, dam. of ttko
Ute Sam. Wonnoild, onq. of York.
March 30. At tM Wataaford Koipitel, Lvm*
Ingtoii, acad 34. Heniy Jamat Fmnk«, aM|. ]fJ>,
Mddmt nurmii of tlte OftaMiaJHient, aad laoMiil
ion of the Rev. J. Fraak«, MA. of WbMltoMy,
near PBterbarooih.
At BictiiiiOiBd, BaiTojr, ai^cd iri, EU/a>Marla-
Qoofglan** oaly das. el U»pt, MArry«t (runiaa,
M EdlntatUflkragQd 6a, WilJiaifi Juiduon, esQ.
lalawpartofttadftngmrggtin U.E.rO.S.
Aged 64, Samuel Rtitherfoord, esii. sULrgeoo, of
St. Qeocge'»4o-the-£a*t.
At Wanniostcr, o^od 73, Mr. T, i\ irinidall, of
Ika kite flffai of Ubsdell and Prkc, timbor 6mU
AtGIactcmlMinr^agQd 78, Moset Und^rwoml, aaq.
MmrAVk^ EUKabatli, aldest Oaa. of tto lata
lUdiard BoultoQ, o»q. of ILurock Hall, ooar
niwdlnlh 1 iitin
At H«dto7-«neB, MkidloMx, a«od 7», Coaimia-
MrJMkn . J. EHckeas, looela] eoomiailoiicr of pto-
perty and income tax, &c.
At WefEba«ni»>frovi^B«ytwatar,a«}d 10,W1t<
liam-Aiiiniitiia*>w«iad son af Mi^or W.T. Lagrwd,
Ooytaft RMa Bagt.
AL Fair Oak, aged 15. ifaiT'<S*OfliiiM, onlgr
QbUd of Hia Hon. Jolua Canagio.
A t Stratfbfd-oa-Aron, md &4, Jo)w GaU^, «M|,
Ag«d 38, Margaretf wifo of J, A* evoonw, ecq.
CX KJng'i Laogl^.
At TU^to Foroat. aged 6. ^ro1lLL^^llH.Hettry-
■jlloiKtttliaoaofSlrW.Hylt r irt.
At OiwaatoTt Satou, agad i ruder
. kite of tliilg«iUi>L
In GloiiceateT'^road, RegvotV^afk* AoguattiK
Hoore, of Soutti<ao. Oraf'a-tiaif aoltoiior.
iS, Blcliaffd Baolbnl Bol>liiaoiiv aw). of
At Blaadiard, aged M, Mrs. KUm Ann Rogarv.
AA l«toeal«r, afod 75, Soralj, wil^ of Mr. Aklar.
nun Bowlett.
A«M4r. Mitt CbamboTB, of Rugby, iMat of Mri.
B«1gravo, of North Kllworth.
At Feckanhatiif Med ?«» Ike 1ai« of tlia Clnrk-
soiu. wlio liate ofBdatad iw ekrka of that jnuJuI^
for npwardfl of two hutidrai yaaiiL Tb
part of hill Ufo wttfl spent In ttia «nf
Mi4««tn the ArdUery. Wlhw Ikeranae
flttber he bvcanto tbm tutor of ebair at
and the FeekanluiB liaigen ara the boil f
fn Iba oovo'^.
At Greenwich, ".^^i *'', Kdward Itli
F.R.AJi. far 9pyy yaara Ha
of the Groetiwk 1 >>oU.
Aprii I. At I.:... - -., £ttanigh,
AonA-^iarta. tldrtl d*ti. of the Raf
Champneya, Itactor of SL Gettrgn with SL 1
LondoB, and Vki«r of WyrnrdWhury, Hacli
At Dorcheiiter, ag«d 23» Ada, th« only t
tba Rar. Dacra ClnbetoHfc
At gontb B«ak, R«gMitf« fark^ agnl M,
Groan, eai].
In Hyde Pjwk-ai}. ago*! ttt», Lattna-Oai
relict of Rt^bert Stbbertt aM|, f)f ChaMMI !
Da^hB. Sba WM Iba dan. of FktNL llte^bbafd,
«af. of JaKnAai and ww ounlad In Its*.
Margaral, wUb «f Hioauw HnglMi, aa^^ «f
Yatmd, Daabld^MMfa*
Aft UMtwattTiMay Aylc^l^ury, BockBr CaeiNi,
wife of Jolm Lent ^^- LLJ>., F.R.S., Am.
Aged 79, Mm Loat, of Gbitban^
At Leatdav Muior, nmr Colebi
Mr«. Eliiabeth rainllon. _
At nraBaaaf egad Vi^ HMOMAif WMsur of ^
Stroad.esq. ofthe fino of Sir ^nam MUb
Cot. bMtkartt metbar of W. Sinmd, eav.
CnpL Jamcjj Stroud, It.N. «1I of Swatommi i
aunt to Mr, A^ P. HoUand, Witr* Oonafy J
DcvIeon: nrul at lirtttXt'^'d v«rkmhirr»
Ekliiinl, oiily fliirvivJMj
Suiilnon of the lateK'
nrl, Clone, tnouinbcui . ....u.i^ _.i^
and nephew to the abora Mrs. ivtrottd.
At c arnijfidKciwrea 27, Edward BraalMi V«
aei}. Fellow of Kln^* cotlcije. nod (b
wii of ttio Utt" O«org« Tanee, II.D.
April -jL At Tivarton, aged M, Sarfth, <
dan, of the late John OuvrtI, wn. eaq. ear
At Colcrmi. Wilts, Mary, wf^ of ttka^ 1
iH.Tt llearbeotci.
Agtxl 17. a. MacQfMfM, en). 9tanley-«l. .
At Plymonth, aged 74, Ami,wldawaf M. J
ton, e»q.
At AiDwcn-srrore, llart*. AMikleoitWiri
London, naed 7 1 , StnlTord 1
Agcti S7, IfeviUiHuiQ, eldeA MMl'af I
Phnnp«t, e«t. of Middle Teinpla, barring
At Horcnoe. OeorKfana>Cferoeaiiite, trilllgf I
Kev, John Stopar, of West Weodbay, PwlM,
At iMuteaater, affad 90, MaOlda, wMaw eg ;
V^liite, tieq, dan. of fba laa& Rev. ttui
Rector of A»bcead« Somy.
At the Abbey, Uotme OoltrMa,
Mary, wife of .\j)hley H, Wilton, eaq.
AprH S. At Itraaapioo Bryan, Serif.,
Shiart-Cave, wife of tlic Rov. N. Bv
Cttrataofthftt place.
At Shirley, near Soutliainpton, aged 77, ]
Greene, relict of Peter Rerthon, eaq.
At Perth, Sir John BUwot, K.C.H. j
He held the office of GammlBaary of ttoa Foi
under the Doke of WoUlni^ton during ilia i
of tbo Fenlaatdar war, and was appointed m i^
wiBMiry^euvral In 181 L Uo waa kni^lMBA i
l«39. and nomlnatod K.C.B. in IKfWI. Mf ?
death a pennon of 5601. baa rarerted to thel^ "
Sh John wju u nativa of Perth, and hv ]
there for niatiy year* pMt,
la Bloomfleld-roiul, Mali
l>oyi, wife of Will lain Cotton, eai^ of tt« ,
t>fnca, Sonicract irotijie,aAddan.«ffha)i
WhitHeld, esq. of FoHiigdon.
At Craabrook, Kent, egad 87, wmiam-^l
aacood aoa of Cbsrlaa R. tunftudyeat). of i
gate, Hyde-park.
Anna, wUbaf J. 1, liodtllMK aaq. of 1
Surrey.
Aged >l« mr. Jgmaa Ref<lbff« Javwvod.a
of Rirer-lcrraoa Ko^tb, I ' — ^ '
1854.]
Obituaey.
559
I
I
I
At Droghe<U* aged 11 ^ Mjiry-Anne, wijte of Fre-
d«riek Lacy, <Mq.
At Cunbndgtt, n^ 77, Ilwy-Ajau, vidow of tbe
Rer. Qeo.Lis{iinj7wc11.Vlciu-or riigh E^uter^Ewtex.
Aged 64. *;"«*" in wife of tlic Hot. John Loire,
Bectorof- l^h*
Id Mont ^eU^aq. nged I&, JuIijuu^
yotu^gttt cU .... uic C. L, riLUlip«, c«q.
At oufidford, vgod 6^, John R«nd, e«Q.
At Keoiiiigtoii* aigotf 68, Jftiiusi Winn, omk
Jjtfitf 4. Jano, ifriDe of Jobn AIl«n, osq. M J>. of
Coniber.
At BroDtry. Tiilouc. iifsod 48, Willlotn Cave, eaq.
A?*»H Ci^ »f^irv- \iin^ rriUrt of TUomas QUyi oaq.
lat*?
A [ Aim, at on ndvAnced use, J. Qe>
mcui. . . , ^^^a^former^of DrtfflAld.
At ^uiJirurii-iiUl, ajped 47, Artbnr CraTen, esq.
At IJttll brook, nter fiiitlt, Ann», eldait dau, of
the late [laniel I>e(i]«, em}, of FAveinbani.
At Limerick, a^ed 10, Howard, eldeat sou of
Lieut -Co], iJoii^liKi, Asfti'^tant Adjutant^en.
TliC iCiRbt H£»n. Mariii VLwoimtaia Gort. Site
was tlie eldest dan. of tlie KigUt Hon. StancUaU
OVinidy, first VJAcouotf ivillainorc.atid Lord Cbief
Baron of tlio £ti>hC4;uer m Irclaod, by KatluuHlne,
2nd dan. of Jotiu 'niomoji WaUcr. «iiq, of Caatlo-^
towD, CO. Uniorick ; wa^ marrted In 1^14, end baa
left a my nusoerotui fkunily.
At Lower Clapton, ugod G», Mlsa Sophia HooH-
9t«*ter,
At HoDtpeUar, In France, Geonrliut-Reiirletla,
focond dan. of tbt Hate AdmirAl Sir Charles Henry
KdowIw, Bart.
At Eoljwood, BulAi&t, Janu, wife of Jaiitfi» D.
Manliallf MJ>. and ddo^it dan. of Sheridan
KoowlM, aiq.
In Jert«7, Cape. JoUn Uorria, ILC.S. lata ot
Mauantoddy. East Indioa.
At StrtchwurtU, EUzabetll, «l|| if %it BfT.
wmiam Thorpe, Vicar, and fwiuitcil dan* of
tba lBt« Tbomat fimytli, esq. of Eaat Dereham.
In Suffolk -pL Anne, wife of Jotm Wray, e«q,
and yonngcHt dan. of the lato John Coxl, esq. of
l^erborough.
Apra r%. In cnarcc»-ft, aged SO, (be Hom.
Edmund tu-n.v .ivir^i* ro ViKotmt TorrlDgton.
In Qncr nstor, aged 46, EUtahetii^
yonngeat « < i> Francis Fladgale, esq.
At latt 1 1 .^^ , , , .. uotL Fcrcy-Philip, youngeat
son of iljB Kc¥. U, Fraser, Hector of Cherlton.
Kent.
At Northiam, «g«d *»4, Eliuibeth, wldov of
Jolia Qladwiak, eaq. ofCrlpfia, Ewlmrtt.
At Epwm,ag«d 77, Alice, eldest aUter of the
lale likhard Harvoy. ^w}.
At AetoD, aged 63, Jatnci Howdtl, esq. of Sontll-
ampton-at. Plisroy-tq. Church warden of St. Ann't,
Soho.
In Argyll-Rt. Oeorge SmlUi, esq. soUdier.
At rtaatlngSf aged 64. Capt. John Trotter,
R.A.
At Great Ea«Con, E«*e3C, raicahetti, wife of the
Rev. T. K. Wame.andeldeitdao. of the late John
Glmii^hAm, esq. of Walworth, Surrey,
At WeymoatAii egei <)7, LooIm, jonngcrt dan.
of tho late WilUem wUItnott, e^q. of Stit^rbome.
Sophla-Uar«y^, eldeit dan. of the Into John
Worrall, esq. Comm. R.N.
Aprit G. At Cttfton, Itary^Ann, wife of Joseph
Allen, esq. lale of Upper Olonceatcr-pl, Donet-
square, and Wcymontli.
Ag)ed 31, T. IL Ainhrosie, cki. of ICanehester^.
At Brtstol, ogcsl HI , llioroas Daniel, esq.
ApHI ly After a «hort illncM, Sophia, the be*
loved wife of I'hillp Parker, eeq. of Chew Magna,
Somerset, and youngest daughter of the late
Ja0i»eB Harford, esq. of the eeme place.
TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OF LONDON,
{From the Returns itnted by the Regutrar^ General.)
Deatbg Registered
Week ending
SaturdAjTi
Uoaeri
15. 1
1
15 t«
60.
60aBil
upwariU.
spedlied.
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MaJei.
Femalei.
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Apr. 1 .
.. 15 *
614 1
702
556
521 '
551
50O
a53
235
282
228
196
5
5
4
120O
1489
1142
108G
1 622
1 829
589
555
578
Geo
553
551
1805
1948
1742
1573
AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, April 2L
Wkeat. I Barlej.
9. d. », d,
7B 3 36 10
OatB.
#. d,
27 6
Rye,
#. d.
44 0
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§\ d. I «. d,
45 7 42 8
PRICE OP HOPS, Arm. 24.
Suaiex Packet!, 9/. d». to 11/. Sf.-^Kent Pcwketa, IH. Oy, to 17/. Of.
PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, Apsil24.
Hay, 4/. Of. to 5/. 10*.— Straw, li, 12*. to 21, 2«.— €lo?er, 4/. 15«. to ef. 6f.
SMITHFIELD, April 24, To sink the Offal— per stone of 81b«.
Head of Cattle ttt Market, April 24.
fkaala 4,445 CaWea lb7
Sbcep and Lambs 21,470 Pigs 380
Beef.. •..•.34r
Mutton 3#.
Veal 4*.
Pork.... ., 3t
Orf. to 4#.
Oil. to 5«.
Od, to 5#.
Od. to 4t,
Art.
8rf.
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COAL MARKET, April 2L
Walla £ii4a, Ike. Ida. ^d. to 2Gf . OJ. per ton. Other sorts, lOt. 3d. to 184. 9d.
TALLOW, per cwt,— Town Tallow, 64f , U. X^Vifxm B^amxa, ^U, ^*
560
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J. J. ARNULL, Stock and Share Broker,
3, Copthall Chambers, Angel Court,
Throgmorton Street, London.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
lUSTOJUCAL llEVIEW.
JUNE, 1854.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
MTKOR CORRESPOKDKKCE,— DeKCcnOimtJ of Joseph Hull Hlslio|> of Norwich— Kirw In
Uurke't Hemldic \ l«iiittlon.t— BIn« Aiwl Kn©e-b«* kle of Chitrlu.^ L— Fortrnit of Jolm
Hiil«»— Kenr etlitioii of the Septnajlnt- rnmccorate rfpreseutalion of LaiukIi of Rojnl
IAllwrtlA niuatnted News -..„,. &Gt
Leaves from a Rusaian Pttrterre » ., 563
Hiitorj of Latin Chmtianity ,* 569
Our Lad f of MonUeirat 576
MemorlaU of Amelia Opi« , . , . , ♦ » , 581
Mnriaion of tUe DennU Family at Pucklcchurcb, co, Gloucester (irtM ffji Enffrtming) 590
The Revocation of tlie Edict of Nantes , 592
■ CORKKSPONDKNCE OF SYLVANUS URBAK.-A Plea for tlic tfercotcned City ChnrchM
—The Briri^li Museum Ulirary— The l«te Mjwtcr of Sherlnirn Ht>^tal— Original Letter
antl AnecdQie* of Adnitral Vcruoo— Over»i|fhUi of SchiUcr nnd Shnk .rptre , 5%
NOTKS OF THE MOKTH— TUe Cryaliil P«lacc at Syiknhati] - Meiuorial of The Great ExhM-
tioa of l»jJ—Tnide Museum— Scotlsh Inilivftrka Mxiwmu— Chthriiford Mnspum-IiritL4h
Maseura—rtaynl Society— AnniirerBarleji of tlie Itoyal ikvtiiTHfiMtal./joologir.il, h.^I Mirnj-
t.M:opkml Soth'tita— I(]&ugiaratiYo MceUngiof the Bristohind Surrt^Ajxha-Mj] -i
"CAmlirW;,"e Mcetint; of tli« ArcJilbOlogfc«] Institute— Sus^x ArthtPoIot:
Ari'ha'oto^cal and Archltoctanil Ueettjif; ut I^k&tter Quuden Soviets mi
K Society— The i'hiloljiblon— AnnlTenarlje* of the LJierary FuntI Soc^ny. riiJiiLeia 1 Vaiioa
H Society, and AriUti' llenevoltut Futid— The Art TmIou- Ltindoii iiUitueA— AVellingtOTi
m MonnuKMit ut <"ralldh*ll- Vacant siwiro near St. PuuT^ Cathetlrftl— Lord Cliarles Towns-
liend'^ Picturvs— HojfBirth's portrait of Mrs. via rrick— French Plctiina— Panwaaiaof Berlin
— Kojftor^titMi ofBrighton Parlali Church— Swuffhain Chorch - Foreign Literary IntiilUgence G04
HISTORICAL AND MISCKLLANEOUS RE VIEWS. -The Old Printec and Uie Modem l^rcsi,
hy t'^harles Knight, CIO ; I h* Land of Proniiw ; or, My Jmpre^ionH of Atwtriklla— Pooley'w
NoUw on the CrtJfts of Holy-Rijod, t»loLii?, 613 ; Cborley on ilodern Oentmn Music, 613;
The OTjjaonn of Ari.Htolle, triin minted by O. l-. Owon, liU ; C. B, J^mlUr^ Catalogue of his
Miu«uni of Antiqultleji-, and ColJ«<tanea ADthjua, Port IIL — Varknu Worki on Theology,
615; TyiTitn?.** Handbook of Unry St. Kdimiud*!!h-HoU'« Janui, Ice., and lllu Parken'i
Sura mtr iiktjtchea and other Pooini >.........***.. €16
ANTIQUARIAN UKSEAHCHES.— The ArcliasologlcaJ IniiUtutc, 617 ; British ArcbicologlcAl
A.«iocijition, 021 ; Socl<My of Antiquaries of Ncweastle>iipou-Tync, Ga2 ; Cambridge Anti-
quarimi ikicicty— North Oifijnlflhln> ArchJBOIoaical Society —Suffolk Iriitilute of An,"hre-
ology»r.23; Norfolk uiid Norwich ArcblQOlOglcal Society, <ab; York.-,hlr« Autiqum'i&ii
Club— Kilkenny ami Soiillj EauI of Ireland ArvJuDologlca] Soitety, C'i6 ; Orcek Slliig-bulk-t.fii Ci7
HISTORICAL CHRONIC LE.-^For«iifn News, GM ; Donmrtlc Ocetirrences G31
Promotion* and PrpfcnncntH, 632 ; Rirttis, 634 t Horrlaeni CSA
OIllTUARY; with Mcnioir* of Tlie Duke of Parma ; The ILu^ucm of Anglesey j Tlie Earl of
Lkhflctd ; Lord Colhorno; Lord Cocklium i Tli« Knight of OliJi i Licut.-Gen. Sir C. W.
^H_ Thornton ; Ib^or-Adm. tiUTord ; Colonel W« E. }*oweU ; Colonel W. Acton { Itotkcrt RivU
^H dyflte, Eaq. t dohn Dtivjet (^illiert. Ksq.; TlioniitA Humcr Uahwyt Edq. ; XIr. Aldcnmiri
^^L ThoiupfiOtt ; Mr. Aldennau lloopor; Rkhard I>e beauvoir Itonyon, E<»q. ; Frfdi^n> k
^^^^H Hodgson , £«i. ; Michael Gnixelirook, V.^. ; John Dickey, Kaq. % Colonel E. L. Godti-ey ;
^^^^^1 Rof, Br, WardUw ; Itov. Dr. Collym- 1 Pi-oftt^aor Jaraoaon i Prrifesior Wilson ; Janice
^^^^P MonlRoniery, Esq. ; Ueorue Kewport, Emi « t Jt.S. ; Edward RklJle, E44. F.1L Xm%. 3. ;
^^^^ Mr. F. Croll; Mr. Darid Vedder 037—663
H^ C^noT DMcaAMSD ^,** 662
^^ DsATBiiamuiged in ChnmolOflail Order .......*,..., 664
Heg1(itrar-Ge!neral*ft Returns of Mortality in the Metropotls— Markets, G7I ; Meteorological
Diary—Daily Price of Stocka.... G72
Br SYLYANUS URBAN, Gent.
562
MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.
The Rev. G. C. Gorham will be obliged
to any one who can inform him whether
there are existing any descendants of Dr.
Joseph Hall, Bishop of Exeter, and
afterwards of Norwich. He would also be
flad of any genealogical notices of the
(ishop's family ; or references to thtm if
any such have been published.
In the genealogical publications of Mr.
Burke, now Ulster King of Arms, there
are doubtless many foolish things, which
have been supplied by vain and credulous
correspondents, whose contributions the
Editor did not care, or did not ventare,
to prune : but we think few will be found
which can equal in absurdity one that has
been pointed out to us by Wilton ikn sis.
In Burke's Heraldic Illustrations, Supple-
ment, Plate IX. is a print professing to
represent the coat of Charles John Long-
croft, esq. of Havant : and it is, in fact,
the coat of Long, of Wiltshire I To justify
this it is pretended that the family of
Longcroft is descended from ** a younger
son" of Sir Robert Long, M.P. for
Wilts in 12 Hen. VI. and that, having
married an heiretaqf Croft, they ehangid
their name to Longerq/if It is next
stated that these Longcrofts were seated at
Long Croft, co. Stafford, until the 5 Elix.
and finally that they reverted to Wiltshire,
and were fixed at *' Willeford," meaning
we presume Wilsford, in that county.
The facts are : 1. That Sir Robert Long,
M.P. for Wills, was simply Robert Long,
esquire, as appears in Burke*M Commoners,
iii. 212 ; 2. His only younger son was the
eventual continuator of the 1 ine of Wraxhall
— that is, bis son Thomas, through him,
became the heir to his uncle Henry, and
grandfather Robert ; 3. No such marriage
of Croft was ever heard of before ; 4. On
referring to Shaw's Staffordshire, i. 102,
under Longcroft, not a syllable appears
of any such family ; S. In Sir Bernard
Burke's own Armoury the only Longcrofts
noticed are a Worcestershire family, with
an entirely different coat !
The ring given by King Charles the
First to Sir Philip Warwick (noticed in
p. 450) was in the possession of Sir
Stephen Fox's descendant, the kite Earl
of Ilchcster, but was stolen from his Lord-
ship's house in Old Burlington Street
about 70 years ago, together with some
other articles of interest. A golden knee-
buckle worn by the king on the scaffold,
and also given to Sir Philip Warwick, and
by him to Sir Stephen Fox, is still pre-
served at Melbury. T.
The portrait of John Hales, Founder qf
' ^Vffe School at Coventry, sold among
Hctam at Aihby Lodge (as noticed
in our last number, p. 493), was purchased
by Henry Butterwortb, Esq. F.S.A., of
Fleet Street, who is a native of Coventry,
and, ".some sixty years since," was a
scholar on John Hales' s foundation. The
picture is on panel, and bears the date 1554,
the very year in which Holbein died in
London; it must be regarded, therefore,
as one of his latest works. We much re-
joice in learning its present custody ; and
the more so, because we have reason to
suppose that it is Mr. Buttcrworth'a in-
tention eventually to restore it to his Alma
Mater, on whose walls, it would appear
from Carlisle's Grammar Schools, it for-
merly hung. There is an indifferent copy
of it now suspended in St. Mary's hall in
Coventry ; and an etching has been made
from it by Mrs. Dawson Turner. We
may add, that some interesting memorials
of John Hales and his foundations have
been published in vol. ii. of the CoUeeta*
nea Topographies et Genealogicaand voL i.
of the Topographer and Genealogist.
Inp. 4H8,for AIIOKPT^AJ road Ano-
KPT«0I. (This error crept in after the
proof had passed the writer's eye.) We
are happy to learn that the object of our
zealous Correspondent has been so far at-
tained that the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge is now earnestly en-
gsged in a new edition of the Septuagint,
from the Alexandrian text. IC will be
executed at Cambridge, under the care of
Mr. Field, who edited some part of Chry-
sostom. Of the intentions of Oxford vre
are not yet informed ; but she will pro-
bably do something to repair her past
neglect, and vindicate her regard for Bib-
lical Literature.
P. 423. Sir John Conroy died on the
2d of March.
H. O. complains of the inaccuracy of
the engraving of the Launch of the Royal
Albert, in the Illustrated News, which
represents Her Majesty as accompanied
by two Princes and one Princess, instead
of by the Prince of Wales and two of the
Princesses. Wc apprehend that such dis-
crepancies from the fact must be matters
of very common occurrence, as in most
cases it is probable that a sketch of the
scene is taken before any ceremonial takes
place. They will have the advantage here-
after of being correct in point of costume
at least, which few historical pictures are ;
but, as to perfect authenticity, they cer-
tainly must not be relied upon with much
greater confidence than if they had been
designed at a greater distance from the
scenes they undertake to commemorate.
P. 505, col. i. I. 17, for Hensius read
He^ntitis.
I
I
AMON'G tlie hooks which recent
circumstaoces hiive called forth, or
which have derived from these latter
niueh incidentiil importance, we are
disposed to give a prominent place to
tlie ** Seei*et History of the Court and
Government ofEussia under Alexander
the First and the Emperor Nicholas,"
by J. H, Scbnitzler, Thia work has
appeared in two good jwirtly octavo
volumea. We cannot indeed say that
the history it details is in the proper
senise of the word "s^ret." Secret
history ia like that which came to li^ht
when the narrative of the sayin;^ and
doings of the Czar, as detailed by Sir
G. Seymour to the home Government^
was delirercd by the latter to the pub-
lic for its peculiar edification- Such
a chapter of the private annab of the
world hm seldom been opened to the
wonder and indignation of mankind, —
a chapter which showeU an Emperor
acting the part of "Shai-])" in "The
Lying Valet/' and which has won for rid
hero the title assumed by Holicre*s valcl^
in Latin as rieketty as his principles,
"Imperator maximus furborum !"
The secrethistory of ^li% Schnitzler is
perhaps in this niutJi ** secret,*' that a
great portion of it has not hitherto been
known to English readers. The author
does not reveal profound mysteries of
which he has been made the sole coufi-
dantj but he has industriously gathered
from patent sources a variety of inci-
dents, attractive in their nature, agree-
ably told, and for the most part new,
at least to those who have not made
Russia, its men, it« manners, and its
morals J their particular study.
The author, a Russian employe^
boasts of his *^ Ti^^lant and long- con-
tinued observation," and we are by
no means disposed to deny that he
possesses the faculty, or that he has
vigorously exercised it. He writes
impartially, or nearly so ; for the bias
towards Kussian Czars and systems is
occasionally perceptible ; and where
partiaUty is perceptible, he gives his
reasons for ail he advances. In shorty
bis volumes form two pleasant par-
terres, and from it we cull a few leaves,
adding one or two from other sources to
make up our literary bouquet for June.
The law of Russia must be a sublime
puzzle and perplexity to all ^luscovito
plaintiffs and defendants. As a general
rule, it may be averred that the richest
rann has always the greatest right on
bis side, providetl only that he be liberal
in the employment of his riches.
When the present Czar ascended the
throne, he published a very melodra-
matic sort of manifesto, in which it
was said that the law was the great
ark in which alone there was safety
fbr all. Those were not the precise
words, but they are substantially cor-
rect. Nicholas, however, soon after
added an explanatory rider to the
manifesto, in which he laid down the
very iutelljgible rule that ** The Auto-
crat, from whom emanates every kind
of justice, Is the only irrevocable judj^'e :
his decisions alone are detinitive." This
rule, of course, destroys the elTectivc
working of any law, and the Czar's
iu9tice,however unobjectionable it may
DC when caprice or impulse help him
in a proper direction, must often be even
worse than the wt:ll*known " Justices*
justice" which, in a more civilized
country than Muscovy, occasionally
scandalizes Astraea and uer friends.
ft64
Leaves from a Rnsnan Parterre.
[JuDe,
Tliere U no diviaion ofjiidicml and
OflminlBtrath'e power. Wben the Czar
fimh his interest rn so Ooing, he cafts
ill his entire pi*r8onaJ weight to bring
down the beam of Themifl tin his plea-
sure won 1*1 have it bend. Soinctiineu
this fjersonal interference la drolJ
enough in its methoJ of ilkstration.
Thu8i we are told that a law-suk was
pending before the fenatCi and the
litigtint* were kept in a state *:»f similar
BUBpcnac. The jiid<Tcs wouhl not help
the matter on, the lawyers would not
belp 1 he judges, and the litigants would
[not !ielj) iheinselvcji by giving the
^^jyttcr to tlieir arbitrators, and resting
content with an award of shells. The
affair beeanie so notonousi that the
Czar at length took interest in the
matter* He might at once have quick-
eneil the judges, who were waiting to
be bribed, by eojntnnnding them to
pronounce judgment, lie chosei how-
ever, HO eimally eflectual nutocrnlic
method. lie did not, indeed, dismiss
and disgrace the leading interpreters
of the law» ajf he might have done-^
for what ean Ije jiat do ? — He satisfied
lib sense of justice and law by seiKitJg
on the porsoM of tha cbaucellor and
the attorney -general of the depart-
ment of the court to which tl»e law-
ijuit belonged, and kept tbeni in close
confinetuent for twenty-four liours in
the guard room of the senate.
It may, however, be observed that,
confused as the law and its administra^
tion limy be, there h a miniiiter of justice
to wilt en over all, and the only rcijuisito
fu r th e ex e c u t ion o I"th e ollice th a t solemn
olhciul licldom or never possesses — we
mean, a knowledge of die law* The
high trust hay heen hchl hy poet*,
diplonvaliHts, and old soldiers j ni short,
nothing could possibly be more absurd,
except, perhapv^ entrusting the ma-
nagement of the navy to a civilian
lord, who is profounffly unconscious
of the diderencc between *^ jjort*' and
"starbounL"
But, if Russia hast little regard for
fitnes»> when making up[iointments to
high ofhr'CH, rihe h not always indiJler-
ent upon the rjoint of qualificfltion.
The seiiute tt< a judiciid body composed
ehiedy of soldiers who have attained
the grade of lieutenant-general, and
of civil functionaries who nave reacbed
the rank of privy counsellora, Thcs.^
arc never promoted to be senalora
until ihey lire too old to learn the
dtitie« of the office. If thej he onifj
old and stupid enough, th^t is «tl
is retjuircd of them, in <?acli dcp
inent of this august bt>dy, all the re
work is done by the pre*«idcnt whili
the other members ore anloep m ihcM
diuirs. This is realb • " -» Hr,,,.r:ition
We arc tt>ld by Mr it m%
man u->cript has been hand-
writing of the Empress Kliznbctbl
Petrownn, in which she hat! Uken not««
of tlic njimcs of the ofHcers of thi]
guanln, (heir term of service, tlic
conduet, the distinct ions or the puiiitH-
ments awarded to them, £cc« tiiid Ilk I
which this singular nole wii^s foUDdl
ufiiler one of tin* n;i.mt<* •— *' DisiDiiAodl
from the guar<l ' nAtori]
on acrotitU of ' tm»
proper hrhfi rioiu \ i i mn ] « a u i n cti tic, ^
ami the following anecdote \\iiB tho <
same tiuality to recommend it. In
1 827, Cancrine, the miniwtiT of finance,
presidwl in the nenatc at the adjudicn*
tion of the farming of s]>irituou.s liquors.
Une of his friends sprtof him t!H>ri\
asked him with a sniilu u I
ever encouraged the idc'
ft senator ? ** W \\y not ? " n- i
very sensible man I **wlien w»
old, must we not expect to 3^^ _: n
in the company of children ?" i L/ t^
ure characteristic incidents ; at the
same time we must not omit to add an
assertion of the author's, njunely, that
^^Niehohis has appointed as senators &
great many men still vigorous, and of
whom great expectatmns may be
formed, such as toe privy eounaellom
OuverofT and Baron Paul de llnhn,
fienerala Kai^sarolV, Gorgoli, Mor-
doinoll," &c. Whut may be* the nature
of the ex pec tilt ions thus ibmied we do
not know, but we believe that these
gentlemen will jn^rrectly satisfy tho
viewH of the Czar, if they confine them-
selves to being as little n'sefut, and aa
largely ac<tuiescent, as their older
fellow- peers.
The will *tf the C«ar ia in fact tha
law of the land, and the senate en-
forces the iiaine, where fto much is f»cr-
niittcd to it, irres(>ective of all elaima
f»f legality and justice : hence arofl^
mut'h of the liatreil %vhich the old
Kusftian pi-asantry felt against the no-
bility. Mimy of the wrongs of the
former have, to the dis^u^t of the
latter, been redressed by Nicholas, in
1854,]
Leaves from a Russian Parterre,
5G5
wlmm the lower orders affect to dia-
cera a protector against tlie oppres-
fiions of the arbtocracj. Few Czars
hfive sent so many members of that
aristocracy to Siheriu aa tbo Czar
" Kicbolau" fie has tempered isome
mercy with his sevei ity, by permitting,
on many occasions, the wives of the
oftending nobles to accompany their
busbanels int« their dii»tant cxdc. A
more reeeiit writt^r than Mr. Sehriitz-
ler a vera that the political exlleji id
Siberia arc by no me4an8 ri*^oroy»ly
treated ; that it is not mi usual to meet
them ut the halls and other aocial festi-
vals held by the t^ovornors of the lo-
cality, and that all that is expectcil of
them is perfect si! e nee on all political
questions. With respect to the kdie»
who ahare in the penalties indicted un
their lor<l!*» Mr, Schniiisler mentions a
bevy of these heroines joyjusly em*
bracing the destiny which had de-
5Ce at i e d on thei r h usban ds . Th us, a (iev
naming several heroines who isiit side
by side with their hirds, '^^ stowed four
together in (dtighesy or two -wheeled
carts, without any other jieat than
bundles of straw, and who, in this
fashion, traversed the seven hundred
and firty leagues that He between St.
Petersburg' and Tobolsk, he adds —
"and it ib well-knowa that Prince
Sergiua Vollsonski\H charming wife
(whoac maiden name was Raiefoki) de-
ceived lier parents, whom she adored,
to perform b or d u ty li k e w i ne. So j oy -
i'ully did these noble women jiacrrRce
themselves, that a foreigner, a tra-
velling companion of one of ihem,
heard this strange threat uttered by a
mother in speaking to her Boniewhat
petulaut daughter,—" Sophia^ if you
do not behave well, you shall not go
to Siberia ! "
Not one iif the conspirators above
alluded to hinl l>een guilty of any
such heavy political oltence lu? that
which has been committed by the
Czar himself against the iieace of tlie
world, and at the coi4t of sacred truth
and of that honour which, it is said,
should llnd a sanctuary in the breasts
of monarcbs when it has tied from the
hearts of meaner men The great
felony of the Czar, which has for its
object the annexation of Turkey, is
only passingly alluded to by Mr.
Schnitzler ; but the crime itself is ad*
mitted^ — m the crime, if not of the
nation, at least of a class. The lius-
aians, he says, have dreamed some-
times of another capital. St, Peters-
burg is considered as having fulfilled
its transitory purpose ; and, as neither
iloseow nor even AVnrsaw, bo much
nearer to Uie (Jrerman frontier, would
be likely to be chosen, the Russian
imagination, we are told, has wandered
from the extreme North to the ex-
tremity of the South, where, " ioBteiid
of the sombre landscape of pining
nature and a freezing climate, it be-
held the brilliant spectacle of a mag-
nificent site J enlivened by a sun of
unsullied splendour^ whose genial
warmth dilates the heart, which, on
tfic conlrarj', sinks under the northern
aky. This capital is Constantinople,
the key of the East, and destined to
become sometime or other one of the
richest marts of the commerce of the
world.'* The admiring author then
describe.-* the position of the coveted
possession in a sort of geographical
rapture. He points out the connec-
tion existing between Turkey and Rus-
sia by means of great rivers, and he
speaks of the Ottoman capital as com-
manding the entrance of the Mediter-
ranean, where '* the greatest interests
of civilization are now concentrated,
and where the r|uarrels between the
first powers of Christendom will hence-
forth be settled," Looking forward to
that terrible consummation — Constan-
tinople becoming the capital of the Mus-
covite empire — the writer boldly avers
that it would cause the dismember-
ment of Russia. Such an occurrence,
be maintains, " would not only occa-
sion a new phasis In the aflairs of the
world, but become also the cause of
a comjjlete overthrow in the interior
condition of that empire.*' He be-
comes, however, le^is dogmatic as he
proceeds, and concludes hypotheti-
cally by sugge^iting thut then, " ac-
cording to all probability, the North
would detach itaclf from the South;
new states would be ibrmed ; and the
future prospects uf the Sclavonic race
would assume a very difi^erent asf^ect.'*
The Cjsar himself is by no means
80 hypothetical. He looki* upon "ce
monsieur " the Sultan as moribund ;
and be has long been plotting how to
cheat the natural heirs out of their
inheritance. Uis great trust, after
placing it impioutdy where it will not
Ztavujhm » JftmftMi Anriirf^
find aooeptanoe, U in that famous pal-
ladium (if ** ' , the picture of the
Virgin ot painted, of c^ursCf
b/ ot, LuKu'. lie hopes to carry it
baok and set It up triumnhanily ta the
ConitantinopoUlan templei from winch
it waa stolen in the twelfth ceiiturj by
the Grand Duke Jownc Dolgorouku
It is said in HuHsia tlmt the picture
wait A free gift from the Eraperor
Emmmiuel Com n en us to the Princess
Eudoxia. It successively occupied
places of honour in yarious parts of
Southern Russia, nnd was finally trani-
ferrcni froru Vludiniir tt> Moscow, about
the year HOO, when Tiinierlane was
approaching the holy city) and the in-
hamtaiits thereof saw no safety but in
the presence of tbia Queen of the
Angels* The picture was brought into
Moscow under such a demonstration
of rejoicing, honours, and superstition
as the world had seldom seen. " The
Muticovites ran forth to meet her, fell
on their faces before her, and kissed
the ground over which she had passed/*
"Mother of God! Mother of God I"
^oded they* ** save Uusf^iu I " The pal-
lidium was deposited in the Kremlin,
ind from the very houi of its crossing
the tliresliold Ttmour is said to have
boeu compelled by an invisible power
to withdraw from the road to Moscow.
Since then there hiis bet^ii no lack of
tniranles performed by the image, nor
of witnesses to swear to them ; and as,
on the occaaiou of the burning of Mos-
cow, when cTcrything else in the great
cathedral was in flames, this picture
aJone continued uninjured^ why it is
M dear as logic cati make lU if logic
be sood for anything;, that the designs
ofNiohohtf upon the property of the
Moslem must nave the sanction of that
power by whom these miracles are
permitted — which is not ut all impro-
bable. Much future greatness must,
of course, be in store for a potentate
who alone, of all the laity of the em»
pire, has the privilege of Potchimm
imrttkcnum, of receiving the couiinu-
nion In both kinds — ^'the boily and
blood separately." We only wonder
that Nicholas gave up, at his corona-
tion, that other privilege or observance
which dates from the days of the By-
zantine Conatantine, and according to
w hi ch a prohpopf^ a li ould h a v e sp ri n kled
showers of gold du^t upon the head of
the Our.
It was ai that coromuUmi ihiil the
Archpatriarch so algj '" ' ^•
dressed the Czar br t!
most proud of — "all-or ai
predecessor Peter I. t]
appelUtion, and the pitv-.^ •..
hurried the Strelitacs into rebcllio
against him on the ground that be ha
foreign recruits in his army, that
i<Am
rnn.b.
lUvoured
beardsi n
other pi;i
1 igi 0 n , uy force of a i ms. 1 1 ,
of Peter in punishing the
rebels was appalling, ilui.
the revolters, including pri-
decapitated, or were uung qu
lines of gibbets in the p1»in «»f Pro^
obrojensk. TIj
orthodoxy! an
on the road to lunvcn, U j
Roman criminals, proceedlti
E lace of death, once . • •- -
y the way, thev
" Ave, Caesar ! Aloi i. o.,
but they got no more gracious repljfl
than a cold " Avetc vou !" and thcjr^
passed on to be pluugbtcred. Peteri
went to exult in the sight of tin- lo
struclion of bis cuemJc^* aud
to the fact here because we li;.
Schuitzler's volume a fuller
the event to which tlm Oir
their elevation than we were idLln (o
give in a late number. **Thc con* *
demned Strelitzep/* says the author^']
■* lay their heads on long bcain!** which
sei*red as a block for ythul '
One of the culprits who wa-
near, iinding tlie Cjtar in lu^ \\ ly,
* llooui, Lord V cried he, * I must lay
my head there V TIith unhappy tuaa
lost his life; but another owed hla.
salvation to a proof of »imilnr sat^
froid. This other was the)'uuii^ IvEQ.
Orel, named in a previuus number,
and whose coolness this day made ibe
greatness of the OrlolfH, or, as this
word is pronounced iu RuH-^ia, Arlofft*
Just as he was «oing to kneel down
before the fatal block, he saw it wii4
encumbered with tbo head of one of
his conifmnions. He Is said to have
kicked it away, saying, * This is jnj
phice, it must be clear.' Peler ob*
served the act, and being struck bj
the young man*s calmness, granted hica
a pardon ; afterward? he phiced hini
in a regiment of the line, wbcro
the Strtditz shortly so distinguished
I
liimsclf that be acquireil tbc rank of
officer, and consequently ihe title of
noble. Tills Strclitx was named Ivan,
and aumamed Orel, that is t<i say»
' the Eagle.' I Ic waa the author of the
family OrlofF,"
And sfHjftkmg of the Cznr*3 great-
ne*6, achieved, or aimed at, vre cannot
refrain from turning from the volumes
before us to an extract from Fraser's
Magazine, which appeared just after
the vtt^it of the Czar to this country.
It IS written by one who knew well
the policy and the views of RusBia, It
might indeed have been composed by
the Cxar himseU^ and it shows how
very averse he has ever been to an
union of the " Four Powers/' in op-
position to his own system* Here is
the important '* manifesto" — for the
passage below has really the force and
value of a static-paper*
The politicf of Western Europe hiv©
rnuoU «nfHsed the atteotion of the Empe-
ror NicholAs. He Ins not viewed with
&ftti&fftt:tioti the teodeocies of Auitria^
Frustib^ and Great EnCoin to sjmpathi&e
with France ; and he b by no mean a
aatififjed witli their policy in regard to
Spain, FortugaU or Beldam. Nor is he
by Auy incani of <-.-.'■-' ^nt the inlflu-
enco eiercised by < u and France
III Bi^ypt aver the . .. i ihe Pacha, or
in Turkey over that of tht Sultan, is for
good ; or ia favourable to true and en-
lightened conaervalisQi. . . * The affairs
of feJi^rvia have occupied much of his
mind; and he is greatly opposed to auy
uniuu of the elder branches of the Bour-
bons of Spain and Naples with the younger
branch of France, To Prince Mettcrnich
and Austria he leaves the care of Italy,
and buBies himself but tittle ac to its fate.
He is aatbiied that rebellions in that por-
tiou of Europe will be promptly sop-
p relied by Amtriaji vigilance and power •
but should a general ribingf either io
Venetian Lombnrdy, the Papal States, or
in other portions of Italy occur^ to render
the interveutioi^ of his armies necei^saryf
he would not hesitate to aid in replacing
thoec countries in the condition in which
they were placed by the trenties of Vienna*
The return of the Conservatives to power
in Great Britain was a source of unfeigned
Batidfaction to the Emperor Nicholas. Of
Lord Falmeraton, be entertains a very
mean opinion. For Sir Robert Fee}^ Lord
Aberdeen,, and the Dake nf WcUiugton,
he invariably expresses the inost nnfeigned
respect.
The patriotic English author pro*
ceeds to cOTisider if it were right and
expedient for CJreat Britain to coalesce
with Kiissia a^jainst other powertr, and
hiscouelusionisexukinglyex pressed by
the flhoiit of** Yes ! Lonis live the Eni'
peror!" Now/*/ //a/imi," we
think that "re tn' the Czar got
the belter of one portiim of the presvS in
England long before he attempted to
win to his Jtide EiKjland^a representative
in Russia, The Czar^it appears, made
no secret of his contempt for Palmer -
ston, and did not attempt to hide his
admiration for Aberdeen: the value
which those statesmen set upon his
opinion of them is amusingly exempli-
fied in the fact that they both belong
to the ministry which unanimously de-
clared war agamst the Mascarille among
monarchs.
The history of the events which were
concluded by the coronation of Ni-
cholas forjns incontestably the most
atti-active portion of Mr. Schnitzler'fl
volumes. At the death of Alexander,
the next male heir was Constant! ne,
Alexander'a brother; but the crown
devolved upon Nicholas^ a younger
brother* Wc remember that thl^ pass-
ing over of Cons taut iuc was at first
con?tflered to have been in virtue of
that fatal ukase of Peter the Great
which conferred on every Russian
Cjtar the right of naming hi a succes5on
This uka3e, however^ was set aside by
the sensible decree of poor Paul, who,
considering he was accounted insane,
was the autlior of many acts that had
about them a raarvelloua air of wisdom,
and who deftnitelv fixed the succession
according to mafc hereditary descent,
failing which, the vacant throne was to
be ascended by that princess who, at
the time of the decease of the last
Emperor, was his nearest relation* The
circumstances which deprived Constan-
tinc of his iijberltanco belong to the
romance of history ; they ure furnicd
of facts far i»ti'auger ihan fiction.
In the last year of the life of Cathe-
rine, a little girl just in her teens, the
sister of Leopold now King of the
Belgians, and known as the Princess
Julienne of Saxc-Coburg, was taken
to St. Petersbui'g. Const an tine was
then a little boy, and could not bear
the little beauty from Suxo-Coburg.
The pretty prmcess was not more
taken with the self-wlllfil, flat-nosed,
fmall- ey ed|Tar til r - 1 ook i ng, an d T» r tar*
568
tempered CzarovitclL. Bat their se-
Term! opinions were not consulted, and
of boj and girl Catharine made one
flesh. It was a deplorable anion ; and
tlie onljr unanimity of sentiment ma-
toalljr acknowlerlged br the anhappj
children was an unanimity of antipittliy
for each other. Through four weary
Tears they dragged the fetters which
lore could not uide with roses, and
then they separated. The little Grand
Duchess retired to Germany with a
handsome amount of alimony, and
when some years afterwards oTerturcs
were made that had a reconciliation
for their object, the blooming young
Ducheits wisely refuseil to listen to
them. She kept her widowed state
and her pension. Her conduct was
easily justific<l ; she would have sacri-
ficed her personal dignity and for-
feited her self-respect had she again
piUowe<l her heafl on the breai<t of a
man who, during their separation, ha<l
been by no means particular where he
Sillowcd his own. And so the imperial
ymon went in search of another Iphi-
genia.
A quarter of a century had elapse<l
since the fruitless union of Constantine
and Julienne. The former was then
at the very highest of his gigantic
strength, his furious temper, and his
unutterable ugliness. He was at the
time in Toland, where his little eyes
one evening happened to fall upon a
Tision of the most delicate beauty, in
the person of a young Polish countess,
Jeanne (iudzinskn, who wus as highly
estimable for her luentnl (qualities and
for her purely womanly virtues as she
was renowned for that roncjuering
beauty before the intellectual expres-
sion of which all men bent in admiring
subjection.
fJeanne Gudzinaka was not to be
wooed and won but as virtuous maiden
might, and Icnst of all was she inclined
to listen to the addresses of a prince
who had a wife living, or to abandon
her faith un<l adopt that of the Greek
Church, even wlien all other obstacles
to an iinnerial marriage had been swept
away. Constantine was at his wits'
end, but perhaps the lady may, after
all, have helpeu him out of his diffi-
culty. He went to his brother the
Czar, and Alexander called in his coun-
sellor the Church ; and, afler much
licussion, the monarch agreed to a
Leavesjrom a RustiaM PairUrre*
CJ-
left-kanded marriage bein^ coadodri
between the eoamoured pur, provided
the brer woaki sarrender Ii» right to
a throne oo whidi he ooold not be
allowed to sit aide by aide with a jmt-
vemm lady, and that lady a Pole. Cqb-
stantine' thought of "^ All for I^Te,**
and joyfully consented. The Char^
however little reluctant to pronooBoe
a divorce between the prince and his
first wife, wqm difficult upon the point
of permitting either of the tliToreed
parties to marry again. It waa* how-
ever, only a show of difficulty, and
ultimately the clerical powers went
even further than they were asked, and
authorised the union of Constantine
and Jeanne, by simply declaring the
previous one, faictween the same prince
and Julienne, to have been null and
void from the beginning.
The marriage took place on the 5th
of June, 1820, and two months subse-
quently the Czar raised the bride to
the rank of "Princess of Lowica,"
with remainder to her heirs. Of these
latter there were none, and this cir-
cumstance was the only spot on the
undimmed sunshine of happiness which
rested upon the house or the Russian
prince and the Polish lady.
Horace Walpole, speaking of these
lefl - handed marriages, says, trulj
enough, that they are absurd evasions
of the indissolubility of marriage, "as
if the Almighty ha<l restrained His
ordinance to one-half of a man's person,
and allowed a [n*eater latitude to his
left side than to his right, or pronounced
the former more ignoble than the latter.
The consciences both of princely and
noble i)ersons are quieted if the more
plebeian side is married to one who
would degrade the more illustrious
moiety ; but, as if the laws of matri-
mony had no refi*rence to the children
to be thence propagated, the children
of a left-handed alliance are not entitled
to inherit. Shocking consequence of
a senseless equivocation, that only sa-
tisfies pride, not justice, and calculated
for an acrpiittal at the heralds' office,
not at the last tribunal!'*
Thoughts like these did not afl'ect the
tranquillity of the wedded life of Con-
stantino and the Princess of Lowicz.
To his admirable wife the imperial
husband is said to have ever been as
the most assiduous of lovers, as indeed
was his father Paul to the pretty Marie
History of Cht*i3tianitif,
I
Fedcorowna» nnd sometimes so demon*
stmtively ao that even Sir Nnlbaniel
Wraxall was put to the blush. The
Duke of Orleans and Ills wife, a Prin-
cess of Conti, who probably were for &
time the raost ridiculouslj ostentatious
of thetr fondness of all married pairs,
were cold compared with the Czaro-
▼itch and his consort. Each indeed
had good grounds for being happy.
The wife made of her htiaband a new
being, and the husband gratefully ac-
knowledged the metamoqihosis, and
blessed the irresistible inlluence of his
wife.
Long before Alexander died, sus-
picion was ailoAt that Constantine was
not to be his successor. An almanac
published in 1825 at Frankfort^ under
the control too of the Prussian cen-
sorship, ventured to stylo the Grand
Duke Nicholas '* heir to the throne "
Persons who had occasion at this period
to approach the wife of Nicholas — for-
merly the Princess Charlotte of Prussia
— declared that a certain asaumption
of haughtiness indicate^l that she was
not unaware of her husband's prospects.
It is belieyed that, though Constan-
tfne did readily accede to Oie proposed
surrender of his inheritance as the
price of permission for his second mar-
riage, he at first suggested that the
heirs of such marriage might bo ex-
cluded, but that he himself might wear
the crown in default of nearer heirs
of his brother. He however gave up
all ideas of imperio! greatness rather
than be deprived of marrying the Polish
object of his love. In the deed of re-
nunciation which he executed he mo*
desily attributed his abnegation of the
throne to his incapacity to bear the
burthen and rcsponsiliility of a crown.
He was all the happier for it; and,
when opportunity was given him to
profit it he would by violatinsf his
pledge, he preserved his faith like an
honest man, and was happy in the ap-
proving smiles of a wife who had as
little ambition as himself — except to
reign at a quiet hearth. For her, Con-
Stan line sacrificed undoubtedly a briU
Uant position, but he never regretted
the act, and his devotion to his wife
increased as their union waxed old.
So fond had be grown, this once ahnost
inhuman savage, of private life and
pure domestic felicity, that, just before
death cut short his days, he was enter-
tiiiuing an idea of carrying his devotion
still further, and, so soon as he should
have accomphshed his forty years' ser*
vice, of retiring into private life, fixing
his residence at Frankfort -on -the -
Blaine. Eleven brief years formed the
limit of duration of this singular, and
singu !arly feli c i tons, union. ThePrin-
cess died, a few months after her hus-
band, at St Petersburg, on the 20th
of November, 183L In her, Kussia
lost more virtue, ability, and general
worth than had ever been seated on
the imperial throne of which she had
not been deemed worthy by the elder
member of a family who traced its de-
scent from the Czarina of tlie first of
the Romanoffs, who took her from a
cottage and made her the mother of
princes.
With this pleasant little drama we
must bring our notice to a close, but
not without a word of recommendation
for Mr. Schnitzler's volumes, by which
It has been elicited*
J. DoAAK.
I
I
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■^^ HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY.
Hifitory of La6n Christianity j in clad In f that of the Popes to the Poutlfioate of Nicolas V.
By Henry Hart MLhnan, D,D. Dean of St. Paul:*. 3 vols. 8vo* Murray*
THIS is awork of very great import-
ance. Next to the events narrated in
the Sacred Scriptures, there are none
which aliect our highest interests more
nearly than those of which Dean Mil-
man treats. Through the Latin Church,
the history of which is the author's
theme, our ancestors received their
knowledge of the **good tidings ofgr^t
Gejit/AUg.Vol.XLL
joy which should be to all people " and,
fallen and degraded as that church
may have been, and may still be, those
who derived from her a benefit alto-
gether so mcstimable cannot but re-
gard her pftst history with a feeling of
curiosity somewhat akin to that with
which men study the annals of tlieir
own country, or pore over the pedigree
4D
BliMy of Chriitiamt^
y-%
cf Uidr htaXif, But f I matt do! be
CQHoeiJed thai, %i tlie fkftme time ttmi
Ii#ti]i Qbmtiiinrtj ciTtlised ftnd ctnns*-
tiiiiifed cmr iiknd, §he sowed AtnockgRi
Ht tll6 weeds of errom which* is tft^
Mw itpf ttlmoftt choked the beHer
Eanr«iit. The histonr of tbt$t ermci
Ibrmfl t canffdembfc part of I>eiifi
Ifitfiwn^i wotk. In the cwlj penod^
IselibtCJ A Til! Tnnnaslii'isTTi csT>ori*nj
ttttnu!t fii i;»e9
tmage wr' on.
The riic nil J growth oi li>
mfstftkes, with ifif* frowMe^ i
thc^ffJ^VcOCfrv
liy their Pidt', ,
' "In miok-ricc iium age to ngc,
% unfortHnately, the cvrnmee
the
...... iiiv', are
V nnges^ The
1 imrailoxical tir)y».'Uies — ^nnrl
lowera of the low! I Sftirtout
to acts of cruel tv ?"
Innocent I. wlio ;
Home A,t>. 4«M?, w:i-
porif'' ' ., Li» to Ijiji tnuc,
1 1 > i- ij r till of 1 tfimc iiro^e
fmrn IP I IK13! ' ^ '* '\i\ of
the western v,-y< niy
Ovor other cImu^ml- >v.,. n^tj-j nj>-
pt*[lritc; Innocent, in one of hh cnrliest
t'pi»tleB, declnrcfl that nil the churchca
of the West, Imving been planted by
St. Peter and his succcssorfj, owed
fillfil obedience in the iinrent •««, «<id
were bound to follow ner example in
point.H of discipline, and to maintain a
rigid unironnMy with nil lier usages
(i* 8y)« Hut thiti paternal antbortty wan
very diffl'r**Til fmin the superiority ns*
lumed In * t lie Urea t, although
♦even he r> ,\ ith hnrror the title
1 '"of riilvi'i- I I. ,.,|... iir.'Oi(Mrncing_ it
'to 1m' .^!m- k,,, i^.„ „,r A ,i:. Mii.^t. Fa*
f tcrnnl jiiif liu] ji V wnnfiiil tiiMH? different
from the stjncriority claimed by the
1 "false dccretnia aanetioned by Ivirho-
fins I. (x,D, 858). This ♦* manual of
sacerdotal Christianity" conaiated of
fifty* nine letters and decrees, Ihbri*
cmed in the liftmi ttC Um iwvDijiiliMl
popes, fnm Ctemeiil to MM^Mm
the forced donntta of OqniHaliijit
tttd thnty-fiioe Ate d0«<mv vitf^ "^^
MH of Bcvtrai nm mthnMm ma
0iidd«nfy firoiQBlgRled «iid m
adopted by the Obnrob of Hmam, i
fkbricattons vtill remiltt Ibe IIni
tion and btai* of llio ooiio* 1«*V i
nlthmigh «Tcii RmniiOMliolio vrilaio]
hare kmg abundoned llwir
fn tln^m not intrelr the ftt|N
^ hut •* the whole
i^^ discipliiie of ^
.ire hy from tbe high**]
•*?ree, thcfF ftncTlity afid
ImmuiuLi i^iofvecvliynfi iWf 1
iMnnnri L^bi of nppetl it]
tbo
^* the chureh "aytletn,*' to
to many i>eople. Ilefort the !
tion one or two writer* bid begw ti ]
doubt their authenticity, '^ m» ht
they dared to donbt'* (it. .^74). Tbtj
MnL'df'liiirg ccntonator*, and aftcvj
iidel. exposetl the fraiid willl I
iMn nr^uraents. <*ThcJe«iiij
La Torr. 1 a feobk defenool j
he was into obBdtrity hf\
BlondeL Sinte that time there fanij
hf»**n hftrdly fi murmur of defene^*'
Hut lot t
'jL* proper ^
f'ntirj^ni '' '' ' '^
they "TV
their plft< . M
Unilcr their isi
authority, all li.v
tiooa of Home tN'
lofty claims nf llil .
versal dominion of the Pope, and the
absolute independence of the dergr
of all lay authority, were but the Icy*
timuto results. It took some eeutunea
to woi-k them out It required fa-
vouring limed and a bold and daring
Rctiiua to fasten them upon the prot-
lrat€ worlfL These concurred in HiU
debrand, and Rome, the i ! th©»
ocracy, siuch oa f^hc ap: ring
the middle ages, wai the i-ci^uii.
Tbe nuthor'a Damtm of the rim
and i^---— ^ f^** ']- -I'VituHl domiokflt
of li ndte
He til. V ... i.v>v;, .i...i,.oL tbe con
of the time, the church nod the poolMT '
1854.]
Huior^ of ChriaHMiif.
571
were ocoasionally driTon to act for
tbo general preservation and welfare,
and how power once obtainetl wftfl
held sacred and made a >tone
for further exactions. 1 1 i >e3 in
somewhat studied but pictorial lan-
guage the occasiaimlly striking inci-
denta of the long period which hiji
history comprehenc^ ; the mck oC
Komo by Alaiic^ the rise of MohAni-
medanism, the crusader, Uie disputes
between Pope and Emperor, the live^
of B^rengarius, Abeiard» Arnold of
Brescia, and multitudes of others* It
is incompatible with our space, how-
erer consonnnt with our indination,
to follow the author through his long
detaiL We will rather select, aa nn
example of hiti general mode of deal-
ing with his subjeotr ^ account of
Becket, in whose history we nr^ aU
interested*
Tbe clnim of exemption from 86cu<*
Ur control on the part of the clergy
had difsquleted the Church of England
from the period of the Norman Con*
quest. It had prejudiced the Con-
queror against the An^lo-Sflxon elerflr^,
had Gonauccd to the deposition of Stt*
gand, and had embroiled the realm
duriug the primacies of Auiclin und
Theobitld, The validity of thia exemp-
tion was the <iue»ti<»n in di * ■* '
tween Henry Jj. and Bee I
olnim of tlie clcrj^y is thus ^u.vv . . y
the present author. He terms it " the
great strife for the malutcnance of the
BaceribtAl order as a separate caste of
mankind, subject only to its own juris^
diction^ and irresponsible but to its
own supenora* Every individual,** he
continues, ^^ in that caste, to it« lowest
doorkcepOTtdiumed an absolute immu-
nity from capital punishment. The
executioner m those agca sacrificed
hund^ds of eommon human lives to
the terror of the law ; ihe churchman
alone, to the most menial of the clerical
body, stood above such law. The
churchman too was judge without ap-
peal in all cau.^ea of privilege or of
property which he possessed, or in
which be claimed the right of pusaes-
scsion." (iii. 44K) Were these lofty
immunities to be conceded P This was
the question to be tried. The parties
contesting; this great isime were, on the
one side, Henry 11* of England —
A sovereign, at his accession ^ with the
i eatensive l<»Titori«a and kia Ifmiled
power, with vait oommaad of wealth
above sny monarch of bis time ; • man of
great ability, dflcisionf and activity; of
ungoveroahk passions aud tntentiG prido,
which did not prerent him from aloopiag
to dissimulation, iutrtgae, and fubtia
policy*
On the other side, as the upholder
of the clerical caste with all iU immuni-
ties stood Beoket« Dr. MUman refuaoi
all credence to the legendary Sara-*
conic descent of the mother of tue great
priestly mnrtyr^ a legend which Lin-
gard passed over tn silence and Sharon
Turner adopted rn simple faith. Kor
will Dr, Milnian admit the Saxon de-
scent through Becket's father, which
was asserted by Lord Lylteltou and is
acquiesced in by Mons. Thien-y. The
saint's parents, according to Dean Mil-
man, were hcmeit people of the burgher
class, living at Caen. Tliey removod
to London, where Becket's father oe«
cupied a respectable station as a mer*
chant. The young Becket was trained
to business. Erom the monast^y of
Merton he was promoted to the count*
ing'bouao of a merchant, and after*
wards to the oOloe of the Sheri^' of
London, After a time he was sent to
Paris to complete his knowledge of the
languagte of hia ancestors, and on his
return was thrown by good fortune,
and the inlhience of his obvious abdity,
in the way of archbishop Theobald,
who admitted him into his household
and ultimately into bis nearest confi-
dence. In the archbishop*^ train Becket
visited Borne, and, layman as he still
was, received from hia archiepiscxmal
patron many rich preferments. His
talents displayed themselves in various
dillicull negotiations, and were re-
warded by an archdeaconry, and the
richest ofiicea in the Church short of a
bishopriek. On the accession of Henry
II. tho archbishop recommende*! his
favourite Becket to the patronage of
the young sovereign. Henry at once
took him Into his good graces, and at
Theobald's suggestion conferred npoa
him the office or Chancellor, During
the remainder of archbishop Theo-
bald*s liie, Becket governed the King
with tho same clevernCB^, devotion,
and magnilicence, which, livo centuries
afterwwda, were exhibitc<l by Wolsey,
In doing so Becket, like Wolsey, dis-
played great talents. True be hu-
moured ihe royal follies, but he also
57»
Mkiory pf Chrisiiani^^
[JoDt^
ttifftd die bniiiMit of the &UU witli
MfamrMged tkill ud dignilj.
The tfennfon wliicli be tioodt4»wird«
liif mnerv^gn mtf be fudged from ta
aaeodole in which the Klag pUjed St
Mirtiji fti Becket'tf expeme*
Am thej rode throogh the ttrteti of Lq&^
don on a bleak winter daf , thef met a
begfir in fags. '' Would it not be cha-
fity/' laid the luag, '^ Co give that fellow
ft eleak and ootct him from the cold r'
Beeket aiaeotcd; on which the King
idacked the ri^ fnired mantle frooi the
ahoidders of the atmgglmg ChanceUor, and
threw it, to the amaxeaieot and admiration
of the byitanderft, no doubt to the aecret
cnry of the courtiere at thia proof of
Becket'a faTuurj to the ihivenng beggar.
On the deeth of Theobald, popular
espectfttjoiimstjintlj fixed upon Becket
is fiiieoeoetsor. Becket bimaelf is said
to fcijfobeeii tinwiUing, foreseeio^ that
hJipmioiioil would place him in op-
poittioa to hii royal beoefactor. Nor
did he I land alone in biji reluctance.
Hie monkj of Canterbury objected to
«toei one who had never worn the
eowL The King bore down all opposi-
tion. He diiregarded what be sup-
po«ed to be the affected coyness of
Becket, and lent down bit great jus-
ticiaryf Hicbard de Luei, to awe the
rufractory monka into Bubmi«sion,
Becket was elected, and Gilbert Foiiot,
bishop of Herefordi declared that the
King liad wrought a miracle, hy turn-
ing a Bolrlier and a hiyinan mto an
archbiBhop. Let ua listen to Dean
Miiiimn's account of the immediate
result*
The King had indeed wrought a greater
miracle than himielf intended, or than
FoHot thought possible. Becket became
at once not merely a decent prelete, but
an auatere and mortified monk : hf; teemed
determined to make up fur hii w&nt of
ascetic qualiAcations ; to crowd a whote
life of monkhood into a few years. Under
hit eaQODlc«] dreat be wore a monk'i frock,
Ualrclotb next bla skin ; bi« itudies, bU
devotion a, were long» regular, rigid. At
the miss he was frcqueotlf mcUed into
passionate tean. In bia outward demean-
Ottr, indeed, thougb be aiabmittcd to prl-
Tate flagellation, and tbe moat levere
roaeerationa, Becket wai (till tbe atately
jjnrlate ; bia food, tbougb acanty to abate-
uiiouatieaH, waa, ai bis conatitution re-
ctulred, mure delicate i bb charities were
H. Arcbbiihop Tbeobald had
Ho uiualamciunt of the primate's
alini, BeoM ign doubled (bat;
€t9tj night in privaey, no doubt
Oitaititknu than the moat public eKbibi>%|
tlou» with bis own hands he waahed I "
feet of thirteen bman. Uia tjible
still hoapitahk aad somptuoiuK hat in^^
stead of laMghta end nobles, he
only learned clerks, and eapeeially the
gnlars, whom he oonrted with the m
obseqnioBs deferenee. For tbe Bpfigbll|
eonTerwtioos of fofmer tinea were
grave books in the Latin of the chnreb,
Bot the change was not alooie tn blifl
habits and mode ol life. The King i
not hare reprof ed, he might have j
the most punctilioos regard for the
cencj, tbe dignity of the higheal <
aiattic in tbe resLm. Bot the
dmrchman began to betraj it««2f in mor
unexpected acts. While still in Fr«oett |
Henry was startled at receiving a peremp
torf resignation of tbe chancellairmhtp»
inconsistent with tbe retigiotii fuoetioBa i
tbe pnoiate. This aet WM ii k
bill of divorce from all pMOtttl Intiaaaef '
with the King, a dissolution of their old
familiar and friendlj intercourse. It waa
not merely*that tbe holy and austere prc«
late withdrew from tbe unbecoming pica- j
sures of tbe court, the chase, tbe ban^u
the tournament, even the war j they i
no more to meet at the council board and'l
the seat of judicature. It bad been saill
that Becket was co-aorereign with tha
King ; he now appeared (and there were
not wanting secret and invidious enensiea
to suggest, and to inflame tbe sttspicioa«)«
rival sovereign. The King, when Beckd ]
met bim on his landing at SontbampUMi^ I
did not attempt to conceal his dissatiafae* |
tion ', his reception of bis old friend wet j
cold.
It were unjust to bumsn nature to tup^ \
pose that it did not cost Becket a violeat I
struggle, a pninful sacrifice, thus ai it
were to rend bimielf from tbe familiarit]^ j
and fnendahip of hit muuifioent bene*]
factor. It wad no doubt a aerere sense o# 1
dutj which crushed bia natural affectiona* [
eipectallj aa vulgar ambition must havtt
pointed out a more sure and ssfe way to
power and fame. Such ambiiion wouI4
hardly bare hesitated between the nUiog j
all orders through tbe King, and tbe loU-
tary and dangerous position of oppostag;
so powerful a monarch to maintain the
interesta and secure the favour of on»
order alone*
Tbe firat public difference botweca
tbe Kin<^ and Becket i^ thought to havo |
bad relation to the King's intended I
reimpositionofDancgelt. Becket alone
opposed the meditated measure, on the
ground that the odious impost was «
Butoty of Cht*iitianit^.
mere voluntary pftyment* aiid not a
tax to be levied by authority. ** By
the eyc5 of God, said Henry, hi3
usual oath, "it shall be enrolled." — "By
the same eyes by which you a wear,"
replied the prelate, ** it shall never be
levied on my lands, whilst I live "
Such an unwise defiance was fol-
lowed ere long by other acta in the
fiame spirit. But the Iving struck at
the root of all such causes of dispute
by choosing the question of the immu-
nities of the clergy as his field of battle.
Crimes of great atrocity were in those
rough ilajs committed by members of
the clerical order, but the culprits were
tried in the eccleaiaatieal courts, where
no higher punishments were inflicted
than " Hagellation, imprisonment, and
degrada ti on/' To gi ve u p a clergy man
to a civil tribunal was termed *' giving
up Christ to be crnciiied by the heathen.'*
To mutilate the person of one in holy
orders was held to be directly contrary
to the Scripture ; and it was deemed
a thing inconceivable that hiftds which
had but now "made God'* (iii* 4^9)
should be tied behind the back like
those of a conimon male fact or ^ or that
his neck should be wrung on a gibbet
before whom kings had but now lx>wed
in reverential homage.
A gross ca-vc occurred of a clerk in-
«ufl5ciently punished for a grievous
offence. The King summoned a great
council to consider the (iuestion^ and
it was agreed that accused clerks should
thenceforth be delivered up to the or-
dinnry tribunals for trial. Becketwas
foremost in opposition. He maintained
the inviolability of the persons of the
clergy, and insistctl that they should
not be bound hy the new law. The
bishops were called upon by the King
to declare their concurrence in its pro-
visions, Becket added these words to
the customary formula of consent —
"saving my order," which totally nul-
lifie<l tne proceeding. All the other
bishops save one followed his example.
But time and further consideration,
with some experience of the weight of
the royal indignation, produced an
alteration in their minds. Becket
yielded to the entreaties of his brethren,
the new law was reduced to writing,
and was confirmed by the bishops m
a solemn oath of consent at a council
held at Clarendon. Becket took this
oatbf but^ when callod upon to further
ratify the act by affixing his seal, he
declined. Repenting ftlready of what
he had done, he not only refused to
put his seal, but wrote to the pope re*
cjuesting to be absolved from nis oath.
The compliant head of the Church,
at that time an exile ia France^ was
harassed by an anti-pope, who was
supported by the emperor. He yielded
immediately to Beckei's request. The
primate's oath was nullified, and his
concurrence in the Constitutions of
Clarendon was quashed. But Henry
was not thus to be foiled. He also
applied to the pope, and extorted from
his feebleness a variety of conces-
sions which reduced the power and
irritated the temper of the incau-
tious primate. The king also brought
forwai^d money claims against the
archbishop, arising out of the accounts
of bis chancellorship, which still re-
mained unsettled. The amount de*
manded bv the king was 44,000 marks,
an overwhelming sum. Becket took
counsel of his brother prelates, who
advised him to throw himself on the
mercy of the sovereign. He Rejected
their advice, denied the validity of the
Constitutions of Clarendon and the
jurisdiction of a civil tribunal to try a
cruestion in which he was intei'ested.
Finally, he appealed to the pope. Such
conduct was deemed not merely n
breach of the constitutions of Claren-
don, to which Becket had sworn, but a
treasonable defiance of the King ; and
the lay Imrons referred with indignant
regret to the times of the Conqueror,
"who knew best how to deal with
these turbulent churchmen." The
bishops were inhibited by Becket from
taking part in the further proceedings
against him. The Kiiig summoned
them to perform their duty. They
appealed in vain to the primate to re-
lease them from their canonical obe*
dience as hissuffragans. All the answer
they could extract from him was, "I
hear."
They returned to the Kia^, and with
difficnlty obtained an exemptioa from con-
cnrreace in the sentence ; they prozniBcd
to join ia a aupplicfition to the pope to
depoae Becket. The King permitted their
appeal. Robert Earl of Leicester^ a grave
aad aged uohlemaut was commissioned to
proDOunce the sentence. Leiceater had
hardly begun when Becket sternly iater-
rupted him, " Thy acnteuce ! son and
J
iiri, htm mn Ini f Tb« mug «ia pkttMd
l» Moaiola »« «|plmtt my wiil to tbd
llMllfcfcihnnrlr ol Cftatarburv, i wm Ui«8
dioUitd irM frcMQ «U wecuUr obli($«tioii».
Y« ir€ iBjr clxikJreii ; |ireauiae jt a^oiC
Urn and rMiofi to tit to jodft&ent ou jroor
tplrit^ fattvr ? T tm to 1^ jQ^ed only,
under God, bj the Popr. To him I ip*
ipcsl F bcfots Mm I eitc yoa, bftrom and
ity fvfhmifl, to if^fiMr* Uftd«f lbs pro*
If bsroW^W
CIm Citbollo ClbttT«h ood tbe
ApoiioUe 9m I dt|i«rt ! ** He roM wid
vilkod lAomiy down IKa hmlU A d««p
isonntir ran tliroagh tbi erowd« 8omo
took up ttniwi and throw th««i si hini.
Oaft uttered the word ** traitor 1 " Tho
old chifalrtjui itfiirit woke in tho ioqI o(
BooktL *^ Were it oot for my order you
ihoutd rue that word.'* But by other «e*
coon til hi! rcitrilncd not bU UaguAgc to
tbii pardomiblo ini propriety — he met acorn
with KJOm, One officnr of the King't
iipbriMed for havinj;^ hfid i
AtiHelm, the ICing;*f
bfOthiTt h$ oaltod '* Q«jiUrd and Cata-
nlto/* The door wai looked, but for-
tnnataly tho key waa found, lie puii«d
out Into Ibo itrret, where he wa« received
by the popuLacL% to whom he had eudeared
blmiclf iiy hi« churiUcJi, hU nunti i i
pefhiip« by hia courageouii opponj
the Khif ftnd the miblc^^amid Juu
c^lanmtiona, llt^y prcnard foclrjuciy around
Mm for hia blriHing thut he could icarciely
gfotde hia horte. He returned to the
ohuroh of Hi* Andrew, and plaoed hUeroti
by tho altar of the Virgin. ** Thta wna a
fo^rftil diiy/' iftid Piu*fitaphc». ** Tlio
dnr f ' "'tneut,*' ba rapUed, *' will bo
II < After Mupi^r ba iant tho
h ihri^rord, Worceatar, and Ru*
• h. I ii^ Liii; Kitk|$ to rcmieat permiiaiod
t>^ li ^vr tills Idugilom 1 Inn King coldly
deferred hit Answer till the OKJrrow.
Heeket and hia frlend« no doubt thought
bU Ufe tn danger} ho li lald to have ro-
oaived iome alarming warnirtga. It la r«*
ported, on the otiier hand, that the Kinf^
apprel I (Utilise ot thn (icnw m'»\ of hiti fol-
lower*, iaiiurd a jirocUniutiotk that no one
should do bunn to tho arohbiihop or bii
poople. It S» mure likely thut th^^ King,
who muat have known the peril of at-
tempting the lih' of an urehhiNhoj), would
hnvn appreheudrd and inmuiitU-d litni to
priiim. Ileiikot f^xpriuittHi hia intc^iition ta
pnaa the i!ilf(ht in Ihti t^hiirch i hiN l>f d wiu
■trewn briora llui altar. At niiituiglit hu
l\iif, and with only two moiiko ajid a
aervanl ttoh uiit of the northern gatOi tho
onlv nne wbic.h w^» not gunrdod. IJo car-
ried with lum only bin ariihiepiaoopal pall
liid hii leah The weathi^r wua wet and
itormv. but lite ne:it morning they reached
LiacQln^ aiad lodged w itb a ploui Mtm —
nleity and odmlfilloft of
tbii«. Al liMOtt W lo#k tiM dia-
IPUM of a BMk, dfvppoi d0«» tba WilbflA
to a honBltifa la tkm hmm Wofifllvgli
tbo CiaUnaana of
by rtnm PMfcdi. aiudi .... , _
found bta way to Eitr^t i^t ^^
from Deal, a
Church in
tbaro a iroelc. OiiA41i
im board ft boti^ i«al
and by the «fc»li|[r
Plaadora. To i
OB tba opiiD abore aaar Omt^Hi^M. Bia
largo looM abou vada U dlOflKlt to m§M
through the taod wUhont fiUittf * Ha iala
down in despair. After iOBM Maj waa
obtained, for a prelate aoffBatoaMil to tbi
pranoing war*hofse orilately c«taIeai!K,«
aorfy nflj; wlthotit a taddle, and wifli g
y\-' But be aoofi got
n tik. Hobadi
adTCTUurm rij tuci way, Ho
nearly bolrayed by gaaiiig wttli d^gi^ am
a falcon upon a jroitag fH«iro*a vrltf « Ua
fright puniahed him for thia raUpa^ ialo
hia acoular veidtiea, Tba boat of a cmaU
inu recognHed him by hii lor- ih4
the whitr^iitria of hii handa. ii#
" ' ' ' r lair >fc«raia|
:e joioed by
.1- . !,, . t J^ ill h('*"n !»ft
behind to col it
Canterbury : ^ ' rk«
and HOuie pUte.
Ikcket*!* reception '-^ "Trunce WM
trluiuplml. *M ttui a I ^ LqqU
VIL. ^liki' my brulL.. utaiid,
I'l Id not dare U) ')^
in' I • ' ii>v r!*:i':j.v." Ti^' . ^ dtk
Qxilc 11] Ft lul to ilvnry bj
strong tics :c, aUhnn^rh now
ftlmot^r uiKiuLou L-d
HccktL to biB nit- ^'•
mcnt^ bull iu A hnli'-^ ^grood
to Hoii»l loLrutL'n into J t' prt*
liminsiry iiniuiry, lu hia lUterVKJiri
with ISeiikut hi8 hoUnoM34 comleninod
«
thuCaniititutlondorCIa ^
bukod
IL'^kot for having v^
ted to
ilionj,aud iiasured him
"vm
i\nd support. Whilst i
i
on tho conlrinoiit, tht.- ^
M.^,«
., *^>r
Moveral v«^a»^t a luocel*^ion
Qf
viol«at
prcK^CtMl'""^ ''"t l"*fh s,ul,.*
Th
(' ICiijjnj
*ll"OVC *
a
kin&niti
nf
4(Kj pcraous. Under hia 1
Ihunty, the urchbisliotj v\i>
u-
■'4
thrice to anawor
■■'iit
conleinptuous rt'k
If
fvtmullQd tliti Coai^iiiulioiui t»f Uta-tta*
1
I
1854.]
RUiory qf ChrhHanity.
575
doii, abeolred all the bishops from the
oaths by which thej had sworn to main-
tain thenif and excommunicated all his
pri n ei pal opponents , The pope wavrnd
and temponaed; special legates wept
and accepted bribess ; Henry was vio-
lent and padsion.'Oe; Becket proud
and in all concessions constant to his
obnoxiouj exception, "saving the ho-
nour of God and the rights of the
Cburch"^ — which included everything
in dispute ; the bishops, overawed and
jmralysed by Becket s excomnniBi ca-
tion, were gradually goin;^ uv ' v-^
Mdc. Becket uhirnatelytht
Jay the kingdom undrr ' ini,
and such was the ^y\\ fear
entertained of his spirit;-,.: ^. ; i, that
all the bishops except two were pre-
pared to obey him. At this point the
pope waa induced to interfere, lie
released the bishops froml^cket*3 ex*
f)oniii]ianication. There followed a
tioUoir recc^nciliation, which left all the
CWQScs of dispute unsettled, and gave
Becket an opportunity for fccerciaing
▼cngeance. He Inndfd nt Sandwich
from Whit sand, but sent before him
fresih aentencea of ex communication
which, on a new pretence, he had pro-
cured from the iK)peBgainsthia enemies,
^\b<e:a the falmiattiog itistrnmeDtg were
read before tliein [Becket^s suffragans and
tlie Arcbbi&hop of York], in which was
this passage, •^wc will fill your faces with
igQominjr,^* their rountfnnncffl fr!!. They
eent Mcsamgers to coropUiu to He^^kct,
that he cAmt not in pejioe, hut ia fire and
flime, traraplio^ his brotKer bishops under
his feet, and miking their necks his foot-
stool ; tlmi he had condemned thein an-
oited, tiDhcJird, unjudged, *' There is no
poaoe/' Becket stL-rnly reijlicd^ ** but to
men of good wilL" It wns s^id that Lon-
don was disposed to humble himself before
Becket ; hut York, trusting in his wealth,
boss ted that be hnd in his power the pope,
the king, and all thctr roarts.
Instead of the port of Dover, where he
W9M ex|>cctrd, Becket's teatel, with the
liepiscopal banner dispUyed, cast an-
' at Sandwich. Sood after bis lauding
eared in arms the sberifi^ of Kent,
aadulph de Broc, and other of his ene-
mies. They icarcUed his baggage, fiercely
demanded that be should absolve the
bishops, and endeavoured to force the
Archdescon of Sens, a foreign ecclesiastic^
to take an oath to keep the peace of the
Tvalm. John of Oifbrd was shocked^ and
their violfnco. On bis wsy to
r the country ckrgy came forth
with their flocki to meet him ; they strewed
tlielr garments in his way, cbantingt
** BleMed is he that cometli in the naoie
of the Lord/' Arri? ed at Canterbury, ha
rode at onoe to the charch with a Ya»t
proecflsioa of ckrgy, amid the ringiog of
the bells and the chanting of mu»ic. Ha
took his archiepiscopal throne, and after-
wards preached on the text, " Here we
have no abiding city," The next morniog
came again the aherilTof Kent, with Ran-
dalph de Broc, and the meiteegers of the
bishopi, demanding their absolution.
Becket evaded Che question by asserting
that the excommnni cation was not pro-
nounced by him, but by his saperior the
pope ; that be had no power to abrogate
the sentence. Tbld deelaration was directly
at Lssoe witii the bnllof <^commiinicatioD.
If the bishop!! gave satiBfaction to the arch^
bt};hop, be had power to act on behalf of
the pope. But to the satisfaction which,
according to one occonnt, be did demand,
that they should stand a poblic trial, in
other wordsj place theinsetves at his mercy,
they would not, and hardly could^ submit.
They set ont immediately to the King in
Normandy.
It was on the arrival of the newly
excommunicated prelates in the pre-
sence of the King that he let full the
fatal words which Jed to the murder of
the archbishop. We need not dwell
upon the ctrcumeitaQoes. They will
be foun'l - "■ ^.1^ tnTestfgatetl in Mr,
J. G. K i rri mages of Walsing-
hum rii iirv, 1849, p. 21*,
an view^ vol. xoiii.
p, : I wicked as was
the crime of Hecket's murflerer^i no
one can read the detail of his life with*
out fiereeiving how directly his turbu*
lenoe and firroc^ce conduced to the
final result* The principles on which
he acted were at rarianc^ with aU
gov e.xoept that wliich plao^
a1' 'l panimount authority ill
the Lirmtis ot the clurgy. In their re-
snltSt a» carried out by Becket, thett
principles were unqueutton;^ ' *'-.^
son able; but there does not ^ t
day to have been any ordinal ^ , i liui.al
competent to take cogniaance of his
conduct. For §everal yiiars Becket
destroyed the peace of the kingtlom,
hia cuTOgnnce and vindictivenesa con*
tinually lidding fresh fuel to the flumes
of discord, and, although the conduct
of Henry 11., and indeed that of eTery
person engaged in the dispute, icema
to have been harvh and wicked,
Becket*i own potomil tharo in the
Om^L^^l
it«r
Oint LA0T Of MOimBKBAT.
MoimoauT
\mm\
LM^sttd Si. i^^ of Goni
fl^kmnMrtlbrtlK Kiaitifie
Mi tnvdler. li ii nkloolpl*
^cilf iMe of the aiopi BB^vbr of oft*
|i«Mf«frittks»«Ml ito pedtliar duracter
^fteovveyed ia iUnane. Hantaemt
~[6ci the sawn mouiiUui, and tbe
i of tto moorngtaj ityifmM a saw
[^ fcalf tbrongh a rodL lis gienenl form
[ ii ibal of a oone, bat this is made up
nf an immenie tiinnber of predpitovs
|)eaJu» or imalkr cooes, wkidi tower
no in elose proximilj like the pinna-
, eles of a goUiJC spire. lu impintaiice
[ fls a nalitral object i^ great! j enhanced
bj its standing alone, interrupted bj
no other mounUin of like altitude
which niigbt detract from its appareot
height, Wild as the place in the pious
I kfjoids connected with it are wihlcr
[ atjll ; but it has an interest fnr bcjond
I ihis« in connecting, like Etn^iedlen, the
er of a remarkable man with its
tVflorj'* In tht9 case, however, the
i is OD the side of counter-reform;
[and it is that of its greatest leader,
^Jgnatiufl Lojola.
One of the most minute descriptions
of tlii« place ij) to be found in the Jour->
ncy of Philip Thicknesse, the eurlj
^jNitron of Gainaborough. There h a
L^Ktutemporary narrative in Swinbumc*s
vTrarelst whicii is however less com-
plete ; but I ahull use the two^ nnd al.iO
check their accuracy with the Spanish
account and history, entitled, " Com-
pendio llistortal o relacion breve y
Tcridicn del portento^o Santuarlo y
2
Upoa a
ontadrai
Ha«fthej
miles ia aremafm^e^ awi what thaSpa-
aiar^calftvo losaea hi hcljght. As H
ii fike BBto BO other ■nasifaia, so il I
■Uoib quite imeoiiaeelcd wMi aay, the^h
not TCTj dlftsat from wtmrn ^07 k^ J
The ascentf which is usaaHjri
with miilesi hn^ma bj a nscnd
Hankedtvy I
steep road, 1
cipitous declivities, and, afler ]
inff for two or three hours, the ti*» i
▼eller arrives at a plain aboat the ,
middle of the monntam, and here it it
that the monastery is buUt. Froaa*!
hence bejrin tbe r^ difficultloi
which assaU the pious pU^im, or »d*
venturous tourist, who wishes to Tisit
the hermitages. This portion of iba
ascent commences by a staircase of J
stone, consisting of 800 steps, cut out J
of the Boltd rock, exoeedioglj
and in some places almost pcrpen*
dicular ; in fact so difficult, that Thick -
nesse observes, "after reaching tha
top of the first stage, it was not with*
out some apprehension, that, if there
was no better road down, we must have <
become hermits.''* A second ascenl,
longer, but less steep, conducts
through Jlowery and pcrfomed paths,
rich with th^ myrtle, jasmioe, the
1854.]
Our Lady of Montierrat
577
rosemarj, lavetidcrf ancl thyme, and
other fragrant shrubs^ to the tirst her-
mitage, dedicated to »St James, patron
Saint of Spain. Thia is two thousand
three hundred paces from the convent,
yet it hangs so directly over it, that
the rocks convey not only the sound
of the organ, and the voices of the
monks sinf^ing in the choir, but you
may hear men in common conversation
irom the piazza beluw. The second
bermitage h that of Su Knthariue,
situated in a deep secluded vale. At
the time of Thicsnesse's visit thia was
tenanted by a hermit, who had made
the birds about him so familiar with
h\s presence, as not only to manifest
no fearer but to become obedient to his
call, to settle upon his head, and even
to entangle their feet in his beard» and
take bread out of his mouth. The
attachmenL of recluses and prisoners
to the poor company of dumb creatures
teems to be nature's protest a^atOBt a
condition so contrary to die Taws of
our being. Yet^ even in this en joy -
incDt, the poor hermit scarcely abided
by the rigid rules of his profession, for
they are forbi<ldcn to keep *' dog, cat^
or bird, or any living thing, lest their
attention should be withdrawn from
heavenly to earthly uflections/*
Kext the |)il!rnmH arrive at the her*
niilsLge of SU John the Baptist, about
800 iiiicea further, huving on the eaet
Bide a frightful prwipice, Here Philip
the Third dined July 1 1 th. 1^99. Nut
far oli' is the chapvl of St. Michael,
near to which i^ the grotto in which
the nnraculoiiH image of the Virgin is
laid to have been ibund. From hence
you proceed to the cell of St. Uno-
friys, fixed in a cleft of one of ihapine
heads (for so the peaks are called by
Thicknesse, from the Spanish l>crias,)
and its access is diflkult and dangerous,
being reached by a ladder of sixty
steps, after which a tremendous chasm
niuat be crossed by a little wooden
bridge. The space on which it stands
Is very limited ; but from it is an
extensive prospect, embracing, when
the air is clear, the islands of Mi-
norca, JMajorca, Ivica, &c. By a hid-
der of an hundred stops, the cell of
St. Magdalen is attained; and hence
is a path to the highest part of the
mountain, three thousand five hundred
5 aces distant, leading to the cell of St*
eromct an ascent of great Iktiguo and
6£KT. Mao. Vox.* XLL
didiculty. The seventh hermitage iff
dedicated to St. Antony, the father of
hermits, and its ascent is so dangerous
that few are tempted to visit it. Tho
turret is so small that it will not con-
tain two men, and is near the edge of
a frightful precipice, one hundred and
eighty fathoms in perpendicular descent,
NeJtt is the cell of 8t. Saviour, to
attain which it h necessary to clamber
over the crags on all- fours, and its
oratory is cut out of the living rock.
Thence the descent begins, and at six
hundred paces distant is the hermitage
of Hi* Benedict. Here the hermit hiis
the right of entertaining his brethren
once a -year, when they receive the
sacrament from the mountain vicar.
The hermitage of St. Anne h next
approached ; it is larger than the rest,
and IS nearly in the centre of all, sur-
rounded by noble trees of "the ever-
green oak, the cork, the cypress, and
spreading fig-tree," It was built in
1498, and pilgrims pay a more than
ordinary devotion here, which may be
attributcMJ to the fact of it being dedi-
cated to the mother of the Virgin*
Eight hundred and fifty pacea distant,
in a solitary deep wood, stands the
hermitage of the IJolv Trinity. Next
comes that of the Holy Cross, which is
that nearest to ihe convent. The last
is that of St. Diinas, the origin of which
is singular. It was formerly a strong
castle, inhabited by baiiditii, who plun-
dere<l the country far and near, and
would frequently demand provisions
and wine of the convent^ over which
it hang8, by lowering baskets by cords.
If their demands were not complied
with, "They tumbled down rocks of
an immense size, which frequently
damaged the buildingis, and killed the
people beneath."
At length the monks, by the assistancs
of good gilflsfics, and a conitant attention
to the motioDfl of their troublesome
boardertf having observed that the greater
part were gone oat on a marauding party,
persuaded seren or eight atout fanners to
believe that Heaven would reward them
if they could st*ale the horrid precipices,
and by surprise seize the castle, and secure
the few nho remauied m it; and these
brave men accordingly got into it unob-
served, killed ooe of the men, and secured
tbe others for a public example. The
castle wag then demolished, and a hermit-
age called St. Dimas. or the Good Thief,
buUt upua the ^pot.
4E
578
It II sarrounded on all sides by drend*
ful precipices, and ia entered on the
eaai aide by a drawbridge, which,
when drawn up, renders a^sc^a im-
pose ibte.
It is difficult to say at what time tbia
mountain became consecrated to be-
come the babitation of recluaodf but it
is extrernely probable that it was very
early in the Chriiitian era. The wild
and singular legend of John Guerin
gives UB a tradition which goca back
to the ninth century, and, as it reUtes
to the devotion towards the image of
the Virgin preserved here, it properly
belongs to the early hlatory of Our
Lady of Montserrat,
John Guerin was a holy hermit, who
lud chosen for hia seclusion the wil*
demess of ^lontserrat. The fame of
Ma piety, however, and of his austerity,
could not be concealed from the world
he had renou n ced . H e w orked miracles,
and was particularly potent in ejecting
devils. The Count of Barcelona had
A daughter of Buch surpassinp beauty,
that no one could look upon her with*
out becoming enamoured. But she
became possessed of a devil. All the
exordsts came to drive him away, but
in vain; he baffled them all. la de»
spair, the father took her to the holy
hermit, whose fame and potency against
the powers of darkness bad reiicbcd his
cars. John Guerin betook himself to
prayer, and the evil spirit was ejected
Mttci'iog wild cries.
The father was overjoyc<l ; but, fear-
ful that the fiend niignt return, he
thought he had better leave hia daugh-
ter in the bands of so pious a man, and
one so powerful against the emissaries
of Satan. Some writers say that SutJin
bad taken up his abode in a grotto
near the cell of Ttm^rin, and under the
form of a hermit bad gained his con-
fidence. Guerin became tempted by
the beauty of the princess, and his in*
sidious neighbour urged him onwards
to the moral precipice oe was approach-
ing. In short, Guerin, oVr-mastered
by a wicked passion or the wiles of
Batan, violated the person of the youn^
princess, and afterwards, to conceal
nia crime, cut her throat, and buried
the body under a rock. Sbatne and
remorse pursued him. lie made a pil-
oniDtge to Kome^ threw himself at the
Jeet of the Pone^ and confessed his
crime. The holy father, struck with
Our Lady ofMoniMerraL
[June,
bofTor, commanded him u a penance
to go on all fours back to MontserriU ;
to uve alone ; to speak to no one ; iknd
never to raise himself on his feet, until
an infant of three months' old should
announce to biia the pardon of Ueaven
for his crime.
He obeyed : and for seven long years
liveii in the midst of the woods on the
mountain with savage beasts, walking
and feeding like them. One day it
chanced that the Count of BarceToaa
was hunting on the mountain of Mont*
serrat, when bis followers found in a
cavern a creature in the human form,
but hairy bkc a bear, and moving on
all* fours. They took bim alive, and
led him to Barcelona, where be was
chained 'Up in a stable of the caaUc*
Some days after, the Count made m
grand festival on the occasion of a son
being born to blm. The guests beird
speak of the singular monster, and
asked to sec it. It was brought into
the banqueting hall, and the infant mt
the same time enter^ed in tlie arms of
its nurse. No sooner had the babe
cast its eyes on the crenture, than it
said, in a loud voice, '* Rise, brother
John Guerin ; God hath forgiven tbj
sins.'*
The astonishment at this murademay
be imagined, and Guerin was caUe<l
upon to relate his history. With %
groan be declared his sins, and threw
himself upon the mercy of the Count;
who said, *^ Since God has pardoned
you, I do with all my heart ; bat tell
me where you have buried my daugh-
ter, that I may inter her in the tomb
of her ancestors." Guerin went, and
pointed out the spot. They dog up
the earth, when, behold I the girl was
found tf/irtf, and of ravishing beauty*
There was, however, a mark about her
neck like a scarlet cord, to r *' * ■ fui
place where her throat h:< r.
She related to her father th*u ^.iiL m-ly
Virgin, to whom nhe always recom-
mended herself, hnd preserved her thus
miraculously in the bosom of the earth.
A convent of nuns was accordingly
erected by her desii^e on the spot, the
princess was made abbess, and Guerin
confessor and director.
It may be as well to observe, that
there are many versions of thi? wild
st/>ry to be found in the collections of
** Contcs Dcvots,'* and one, cnnttiining
very many points of reseuiblauce, is
1854.]
Our Lad^ of MonUerrai,
679
I
among those noticed by Le GrAud*^
In fact, the temptations to which re-
el a»e< were subject from the wiles of
Satan was a fruitful themo for diactts-
siOQ Bmoogst medimval writcra*
The prot4?ction of the Virgin, thus
manifested at Montserrat, was still
further to be exprewed ; for about
this time, or perhaps as a sequel to this
events shepherds tending their Hocks
perceived on several successive nijyhts
an^ls, surrounded with a brilliant
light, singing on the summit of the
rock where the body of the young girl
had been found alive. These things at
lenjrth came to the cars of the Bishop
ofManrcsaf who^ having exiimine<l into
the facts, determineil to set out far
Moutserrat himself, which he did with
a large concourse of clergy and nobi-
lity. At the same hour tiie light np*
pearcd as usuol, the same sweet soundf,
too» greet4»d their ears. Home labourers
of Lugar, a Utile vilLige not far distant
anxious 1^ behold the pro<ligy, caane
also, and determined to diirib up to
the ppot whence the shi I ' ' ; ij^sued.
It wuti a work of gr* \y and
labour, but they were guioea in their
search by an exquisite fragrance to a
eavc hollowed out of a rock, and there
Ihey found an imago of Oqt Lntly and
tbe child Jo*"'^ A -. ! tradition further
atateat tlmt i , first brought to
Spain in a[.^ : . .g^^f was placed
mre at the time of the invasion of the
Uoora, by the ministry of angelis lo
preserve it from insult and desecraiion.
Having achieved this pious under-
taking, the labourers calle<l out to those
at the foot of ihe rock announcing their
discovery, which was hailed by the a»*
•embly with shouts of tbankagiving.
The bishop approached, and reverently
received the holy image in his arma,
and a procession was formed with the
intent to carry it in triumph to Uie
city of Manresa. But a new prodigy
took place. They had hardly reache«l
tbe mtddle of tlie mountain on their
depoent, near the foot of some of the
moil elevated j^eaks, when behold it
waa impoifibla to move tbe image a
atep f uithcr. So th e bishop, peroei vi ng
this new sign, at once knew that it waa
the wish of the ** Queen of Ueaven "
that the Image should bare remain^ and
a chapel be erected to her honour.
Tltis was the spot whore the monastery
ta now fixed, and which has had so
world* wide a celebrity for the possea*
alon of this miraculous treasure*
Tlie fortunes of Montscrrat were
scarcely interrupted, and its history
presenti us with a long list of bene-
fuctorB continually pouring in richea
to its treasury. The most noble of
Europe vied in their devotion towarda
tho sacred shrine, and the bare enu-
mcr.ition of bernuests would weary the
reader. Ferdinand of Castile, and Isa-
bella of Aragon, were among the most
di»ttnguish«?d of the Spanish sovereigns
in the bst of benefactors, and it waa to
their pious zeal that the convent was
indebted for the foundation of « new
and more extensive church. They
visited the shrine with great pomp in
1492, and offbretl a silver lump to tho
Virgin weighing 25 marciis, and en-
dowed it with 2Q0 ducats. They ap-
pointed also from among the mouk.i
the firat archbishop of the Indies, one
Fra Bernardo lioil, with twelve monks
aa companions, who constituted the
tirst apostolic missionaries to the New
World. Philip IL and Philip lU. wer«
both especial benefactors, and the visit
of the latter, on 11th July, 1599, waa
one of peculiar solemnity. Tbe Kintf
had come for the especial purpose «
asi^istlng at the translation of the vene-
rable image irom tbe old church to
the new one, now completed. Ho re*
mained at the convent four days, and
on one naid a Tisit to all the her-
mita^^ dining at that of Ht. John the
Baptist^ and returning much fatigued
at ten o'clock at night. On the fol-
lowing dav tbe oereojony of the trans-
lation took plac«« All tbe monks and
henoits having heard mass, and con-
fessed, and the King also, the sacred
image was placeil upon tbe altar of th«
old church, vested m a rich mantle of
gold stuff, a present from the Dukt
of Brunswick, tho sleeves alone of
which were valued at ci;>hteen thou«
sand ducats. The abbot and si^tty-
two monks, in rich copes of gold
brocade, fiAeen hermits, and forty*
three lay brothers, all bearing lighted
tapera, formed in procession. The
fcuolars followed, and a large con-
course of people from all parts of
Spain. As soon as the image reached
* f abttoo^, vol. v« p, fi9.
Our Lady ofMonUerrat*
the now cliiurclH the King, bearing a
tivper, with an escuclieon of his arms,
ami followed bj bis nobles, joined the
procossion, and a hymn in honour of
the Virgin was sung. After this was
over, the King took the itnage of the
Virgin in his arms, and placed it on
the hl'^h altiir; theo» taking bia taper,
he fell on his knees before it in prayer,
which histed several minutes. This
ceremony over, it was then removed
to the niche appropriated for It bj the
nionks*
Don John of Austria, the hero of Le-
Eanto, was a benefactor to the shnne,
avin^ visitc^l it as a pilgrim, and pre-
sented a. lamp of silver weighing thirty
murks. lie, although only thirty -three
yeai-B of age at hh death, had become bo
much m love with the hermit life as to
have intcnderl to end his days amongst
the wild and lofty peaks of Montserrat.
After his deutb a sumptuous monu-
ment was erected to his memory in the
monastic church. Of other notabilities
who paid devotions to this shrine by
bene tactions, were Louis XIV. of
France, and his wife Blaria-Theresa*
Among the long list are also the names
of the Doke of Alva, notorious for his
atrocities in the Low Countries, and
the Duke of iledina Ck;li, who was
one of the leaders of the Spanisih
Armada*
la the hcttpF of rich oflerings which
existed there during the last century,
was a sword given to the Emperor oi'
Auslria by Anne Queen of England,
It was presented by Prince Charles of
Austria, **who, with his consort, Chris-
tiana of Brunswick, visited Mon(?<errat
in 1703, and having kissed ihe Virpin'fi
band, left at her lect his gnld-hilied
swortl, set with seventy-nine largo
brilliants " All orders of the churchi
popcj?, cardinals, bi&hopSi and almost
every order of society, were represented
amongst the benefactors of this shrine,
ftud the enunierution of its incalculable
riches reads like a leaf from a fairy
tale or the Arabian Nights Entertain-
ment. The imtigc of the Virgin had
four crowns, two of polid gold, two
pUled with goM, richly set with dia-
nionds* One of them had two thousand
five hundred emeralds in it ; but the
richest contained one thousand one
tired and twenty-four diamonds,
rif which were valued at live hun-
ducats each ; besides there were
eighteen hundred pd
thirty eight large m
one sapphires, ood ft!
top of this crown wl
adorned with diani
eighteen thousand da
ofthe gold alone of \
twenty-five poundij
jewels upwarus of fii
ofthe infant Jesus n!
valuable ; two were d
silver, and they were i
of the greatest valuer
but a small part of i
treasury ; and abck<
were eighty-five lad
fact, with the exc«
this was the most weJ
of the Virgin, {
But the most intern
the history of Monfj
connection with Igiil
great fouuiler of tne
serrat had much to d
which converted the]
— ^a hero of romanccti
** Acta Sanctorum." ,
spirit of a knight-ers
ever, was already a i|
Ignatius warmed htti
rutives of Roland, i
romantic heroes of Q
he could aspire to b|
such a ItBt, and at thi
luna in 1^'iK he bd
na ever did the fabi
Round Table. That I
by Francis the Fin
fended by Ignatius $
when the town nut}
a .lingh* follower rel
dL'l, whioh container
of troops. Alter i
bravely resisted, a hi
and Ignntius, obstiui
was titruck down by 1
which wounded his h
the same time a bullcl
He was taken pri»one
struck by his magn
spared the little gd]
ducted him before tli
French army; who, i
and chivalric feellp
litter to the family o
which was not far
captured town.
His wounds wero^
treatment un&kibal 1 1
ings of the patient
1854-]
MenioriaU of Amelia Opie,
5BI
and his conralcd^cncc tedioas. The
actiTe spirit of a man of Iwenty'Dine
ye&ra chafed at Ihis inert life, and he
sought consolation for his compelled
ennui in books, of which, however, at
this period, he knew but little nsore
than what had guided hh early as-
pirations— ^the romances of chivalry.
Xhose brought to him now were the
lives of heroes of another sorb — the
legends of the sainta. The effect upon
hia ardent spirit was to effect a change,
which nevertheless was still tinctured
with romance, and he took the resolu-
tion to dub himself *^ Knijht of the
Holy Virgin/* As soon as his wounds
permitted, he mounted his horse and
paid a visit of ceremony to his relative
the Duke of Kajara. Thence, dis-
missing his attendants, he set off alone
to the sacred shrine of Montserrat, full
of hij* new project, and with intent to
keep the " watch of his armour" before
the sacred image itself; to oifer up his
earthly weapons, and receive others of
a spiritual character, more fitted for
his new career.
As he journeyed by the way, he was
encountered by a Moorish knight \
they aaluted each other, and proceeded
together on the same route, Mont-
fferrat nppeared in sight, and Ignatius
having oWrved that he was thither
bound on pilgrimage, it led to a dia-
cuasion, and tinally to a dispute. Vows
were forgotten; and the *' Knight of
the Virgin'* had his a word drawn, pro-
voking the infidel to mortal combat.
The tatter, however, was not anxious
to encounter so forward a champion,
and chone rather to trust to his fleet
coureer. He was hotly pursued, untU
Ignaims nrrested himseU" at the meet-
ing of two roads, one of which led to
Montserrat, the other from it» His
vow now came up before him, and
brought on a revulsion of feeling ; he
no longer pursued the Moor, but has-
tened onw«rds to Montserrat. Here,
having made confession, he, according
to the custom of chivalry, passed one
night in watching his arms before the
altar of the Virgin, constantly in prayer,
and devoting himself as a knight to
Jesus and his mother Mary, in the
morning he hung his sword to a pillar
near the altar, as a sign of renuncia-
tion of earthly warfare; gave his horse
to the monastery, and his clothes to
the poor, and habited in a humble
veatment of linen letl Montserrat on
his new mission.
As yet nothing has been said of the
image itself; it appears to be, how-
ever, a seated ligure, holding the child
Jesus on the lap in front* Without
very careful and accurate drawings it
would be impossible to say much with
certainty about its age^ but those who
have seen it describe the features aa
regular and handsome, which militateB
against an antiquity earlier than the
thirteenth century^ and perhaps a rigid
inquiry would tend to fix it near to
the same period which brought that of
Lorctto to Italy. It is extremely im-
probable that any earlier date can be
ascribed to it, still less that the ninth
century was capable of producing a
figure bearing any indication of female
beauty. lis beij^ht appears to be
that generally observed in miraculous
images of the Virgin. Its colour is
black, or in the Spanish tongue ** Mo-
reno,** or Moorittn ; and it may here
be worthy of remark that some images
of the Virgin are styled " The Moorish
Queen of heaven,"
J. G. Waller,
MEMORIALS OF AMELIA OPIE.
Memoriils of Amelia Opie. Compiled from her Diaries, Letters, and Journals.
Lucy Brightwell ; edited by Tboinafi BrightweU. Longman.
Br
THIS seems to be a very simple,
unprofessional piece of biograpny;
brought out with an afiectionate desire
to fulfil the duties of a loving friend
and neighbour, and growing, we be-
lievCt even unexpectedly, from the
busiuess of executorship* AYe cannot
pretend to say it is all that those who
knew the good and most agreeable
woman whose memorials are here col-
lected could desire. Sufficient lime has
not been allowed for selection from
many probably existing letters, and a
great advuutage would nave accrued to
562
Memoriah of Amelia Opie*
[Jane,
theToliimc had Ibo separate iinpTesdioDs
of some two or three able judges, who
knew Airs. Opic at different periods of
her career, been naked for and ob»
tained. Those who remember the com-
inumcations of Mr. Basil JJontagu
and the liev. Sydney Smith to the Me-
moirs of Sir James Maekinloshf wiil
know what we mean. There mu?t surely
ixave been some, though perhaj^:* but
few, among these frienda who were at
liberty nud leisure to give the rcmi-
niBcences we desire. The sinmlicity
and freshness of Mis^ Brlghtivell s own
loving testim«>ny to the iiiflueuco of
her aged friend upon all around her,
is, meanwhile, botli aCeetin^ and en-
gaging; and there ia conalderable fit-
ness in this |ireparution of the memo-
rials of 90 persevering a resident in the
city of her birth, by a U>wns woman.
Few people have felt local attachments
more strongly than Mrs- Opie, It was
a part of her religion to cloa\e to the
seenes of her early youth, to her fa-
thers grave, to the meeting-house
where she worsliipjjed, and to the
private homes^ within and without the
city, where her best Ibelings had been
exercised. She had bad a home in
London, and id ways entered the great
metropolis with pleasure; but it did
not satisfy her fully. There is some-
thing very winning ami very respceta-
ble m these provincial attachments.
We feel as we read that her3 was no
mere dreain of society, but a practical,
BO0ial*life, lo which lew cikix pcrlectly
atUin amid the scJitUring and di7erse
claims of an enormous capital.
In a short preface, Mr, iirighlwdl
thus give* the history of the eompib-
tion.
Kh the executor of Mrs, OiJic, her papers
nnd tetters came into my hnnila ; and tt
devolvi-d on me to dccirie in what way to
dispose of ihera. There had becD, I be-
lieve, a general imiiression amoog^ her
friends ibnt 8lie would hcraelf prepare no
accuuat of her life ; htitj nltlionKh she
Mcins to have made Bome efl'orts iit com-
meacing the task, aud the siibjcct was
often affectionatclj rccomTneiided^ and
etea urged upon hcr^ she has left it a
matter of regret to her friends (and espe-
ciallj so to the compilers of these memoirt)
that no ** ftUtobiagra|ihy *' was found
amoog her papers. Nor did Mrs* Opie
crcr distinctly gtrc any direetioQS as to
the publiration of her MS8,, or any me-
moir of her life; but we have, we tbink,
stroag presumptive evidence tbat the an*
ttcipatedf if not desired ^ that &t should ho
dooe.
Not long before she died, she said that
hcF executor would have no light task
with her papers j and a few days before
she breathed her last^ when she could ao
longer hold a pen, she called her attend^
ant to her, and dictated a most touching
and affectionate farewell address to me a&d
my daughter, directing the delivery of
▼arious small articles as remembranoea t*
a few most intimate frieuda, and rrf|iiMt*
ing us to complete what sbo had left un-
done ; adding) that she had ooufidence ia
our judgment, and believed tliat wc should
** dw everythiog for the bc*t.*'
It has been with an earnest desire to
jitstify this trmt, and to pcrftct, as far st
In our powcrp that which <<he had in fiu^
commenced, bat left incomplete, that these
pages hnve been put to the press*
It will be seen, in the coarse «f Chin
memoirs, that the materials from whM
they are compiled are principally papers,
letters, and diaries, of Mrs. Opie' a own
writing; a few letters premured by her,
and judged to be of general interest, and
bciiring upon her history, we have ihoui^t
it well to give. It would have been no
difPiciilt tflsk to have greaMy ex. tended
these memoirs, had it bectt deemed ex-
pedient to make a free use of the letten
received by her, and of which a very las^fe
number were fonml among her papenf
but we bave not felt oursdves at lilieity
tn adopt such a course^ and we tmat thm
will be found in this volunus few (may wa
say we hope no) violations of prirata tthd
contideutial communicalioas*
Upon the last paragraph we would
venture to remark, that no doubt Mr.
Briwhtwell is quite right in not uainr
letierts, nnpermilted; but tbat hv
scniple neeil surely not have apph'ed
to the use tii any addressed by Mra.
Opie herself to her friendf, if ib«jr
gave their consent,
^Ve will not dwell on the earliest
pa^cs of the work, excepting to state
that i\Irs, Oj»ie*s father, I)r. James
Aldcrsou, was one ot^ six children, of
whom one brother was a iih^cM>:,^t|
at Hull, another, Uobert, r,
and another, Thomae, a nv ,._ .it
Newcastle* Of the sisters, one was
married to Mr. WckhI house ; at>ailijer«
tenderly cherished and nursed in c3t-
tren^e old age by Mrs. Opie, died tringte)
at Norwich, in the yenr 1848. By h<>r
mother*s side, Mr."*. Opie was descendieil
from a long line of ance»tors« trao0al4tt
up to the reign of Bdward tho Knl^
\
I
I
&nd eai*lier, residing for ceD tunes in
tlie nei»bbourhood of Holt, Norfolk.
Amelia Brjggs^ however, the mother
of Mrs, Opie, waa born in India, where
Lcr futbcr was a writer in the Com-
pao v's service ; both lie and bis wife
died young, leaving the one orpban
girl to be l>r ought over by a faith fut
Hindo<j nurse to Englandi there to be
cherisbed and retired by her father**
family, and finally to become the wife
of Dr. James Alderman ^and the mother
of Amelia Opie. She lived till Mrs*
Opie wa5 jufit fifteen —
Then, after yearn of patient piin.
That tender wife and mother died,
were her daughter^ after - written
words respecting her. The traces of
ber influence over Amelia arc not in-
signifiuant. There are a few pages of
autobiography too lon^ to be extmcted,
and not to be abridged witbont injury^
which convey the idea of her mothers
tenderness and firmness. In i hem, Mrs.
Opie has jotted down some of her early
recollect iunsj indicative of the begin-
nings of a character— imaginative, sen-
timental, and injpubive — also very
tender and benevolent* The terrors
of her childhood were greats but five
pre<}ominated — b!ack beetles, frogs, a
skeleton, a bl^ick man, and madmen in
general, seem to have lianntcd her. In
due lime, and by her molher*s assidu-
ous attention, all these great terrors
were mastered, and even converted,
in ono case, into objects of e3]>ecial in-
terest and affection ; insomnch that the
little girl made frequent visits to Bed-
lam— not of course to lis interior, but
to the outward walls; to lling balf-
pence and nosegays to her friends
among the poor lunatics, and her allow-
once of podiet-money was in constant
demand for this class of suflerers.
Wisely enough, the parents checked
the exuberance of her charity, find-
ing the excitement to be injurious;
"ior," snys Mrs. Opie, " it was evident
that I was proud of their acquaintance
and of my own attachment to them,**
and " I was continually talking of what
I had said to the mad folks tuid they
to me,** Prohibition was followed up
by salutary diversion of the thoughts,
in the shape of dancing-school and
French lessons ; and yet the image of
one sad hcQ seen in Norwich Bedlam
haunted her for many a year, and WHS
H one sad ft
^l haunted 1
present with her when she wrote ber
" Father and Daughter."
The mother, who seems both to have
understood the child and to have bad
right and healthful ideas of education,
must have been a loss indeed to such
a girl 1 Surely, had there been the
guardianship of a mature and sensible
woman, those early and somewhat in-
decorous visita to the ttisi pntts courts
would hardly have been permitted. It
IS true she went at first accompanied
by a female ; but the second time the
enterprise was alone, and bold enough,
it must be confessed* The judge, Sir
Henry Gould, seeing her eagerness,
ordered one of the servants of tho
court to **miike way for that young
lady,** and, having thus taken her place
on the bench, it became her almost
constant practice to attend the courts,
except when the trials were likely to in-
volve tbcpunishment of death. Other-
wise, through her life, she scarcely
ever missed attendance during Nor-
wich assizes, and has left her thoughts
on the subject in an unfinished paper,
entitled "Reminiscences of Judges*
Courts," written in 1844. The assize
week, she says, " has always possessed
for me an attraction of nn intellectual
kind, which I still feel irresistible — a
love for whiub has * grown with my
growth and strengthened with my
strength/" In the year 1838, when
she was in her sixty* eighth year, she
speaks of being in court eleven hours
one day, and from nine o*clock to seven
on the next. And, some years later,
inviting a friend to accompany her,
and urging attendance at nine o clock,
she says, —
I fear thou art a luybones ; but, in-
deed, by ten o'clock,, 1 have ofteu seen
the beat pUces liUed. Often (how of tea 1)
both as a young aud old womaa have I
been io that court by bulf-paft leven ia the
morniog^ — was tbiB time last year.— -A. O.
This in 18481 but we most return
far, far back. There are no traces in
this volume of any governess or female
companion in her fiither*3 bouse. At
fifteen she must have been placed in a
conspicuous nohltion, and was both
niistreag of tlie household at home,
and mingling in gay society abroad.
Just at that period, indeed, Norwich
was, asMi^ Brightwell says, nearly at
its beat as to worldly prosperity. The
French Bevolution had not disturbed
584
Metnoriah of Amelia Opie.
t3
commercial retfttionff, and mnnv of the
inhftbitunts were gay, wealthy, and
luxurioufl.
One firm and most useful femnlo
friendship Amelia had formc^d in Nor-
wich, that of the late Mrs, John Tay-
Iqc — the womtm of **■ lit^h thou^Iits nnd
Sntle dcocU " spoken of by Mr. Basil
otitvigu^ in the Memoirs of Mackin*
tosh* To Mrs. Opie s credit he it gaid,
thiit she clini;^ through every viinety
of fortune, or at least every species of
infltierice, mort! ur les3 favourable io
t!hiU*iit5t<ir, with constancy, to this friend
of her youth. Most happily, many of
her own Iftters to Mrs. Taylor liivQ
been preserved, and are among tho
moat valuable portion« of the book.
A memoruble page of her life was
noon to be openeiL Writing about it
not very long Iwfore her decease, she
ftaya : —
Tbc occurrooce* of the year 179i hive
lately been pressing wkh such power oa
my rcixicDdbraDce, dcmaadling fro to mv a
decided confewicm that it wai the most
inlcrestiiig period of my long Ufe. (or
ncnrly such.) tliitt I mn uichncd to give an
acnuuLit of vrhnt made it «o, and ucktiow-
kdjSf lliut it was Cbe 0|>poituiiity uiiejc-
pecU*dly afforded me of attending the
triali of H«idv, llornc Tooke, »iid 'Hiel-
wallt it Uic Old Builcy, for Hi{^h Trenion,
Wbat a (>ro«|)ect of entertainment was
openiiiK before me when (white oq n visit
at South{;tttCt near London,) 1 beard that
it these apiiruachtiig tTmleit to which I
boped to ohlniii adutb^ion, I should not
only lieur thti first plendtTt nt the har, but
biiUold, Slid probably bear examined, ilic
firat naaf^uatea uf tU<< land | and ou the
event depended^ nut n ni$i prius cause^ or
one of petty larceny, but iaterests of u
|jtiblie nature, nnd most nearly nfferting:
the aafety and piofperity of the nation;
aye, and much peraon^illy interesting Co
myself; as I knew, in the secret of my
heart, that my own prospects for life
night probably be changed and darkened
by the result* To such a height had
purty*spirit reached on both sides, in my
native city and elsewhere, that even inno*
cent men were accused of treasonable in-
tentions and practices, who talked, when
eicitcd by coutraiictian, the fearful things
they would never hove thought of acting ;
and I had reason to heUeve that if the
" futons*' about to be tried should not be
*' acquitted felomi^*' certain friends of
mine would have cnugrated to Aincricai
and my bdovcd father would have been
iudnced to aiMJuinpuny them !
This waSf i»dtcd| an alurming idea to
was only beglaalog to taate th«
\ of London aoetety, nod who
me. who
pleasuret
could still say, in spita of the ezcitcmfint
of party feeling, and my unity of opiuioa
with the Liberals of that day. ** Efi«cbs<Ml !
withall thy faults 1 !- ' • .t;!i ■' nn4
when, on the 28th ill ^
of Thomas Hardy ii ,
House in the Old Bailey fcxistcuce ai^4u« red,
in my eyes, a new, but painful interest ;
and with the pleo^iing anticipatiooa of '
unexpected enjoyment awaiting lae
mingled some opitaretitly wdUfoua
fears of evil to come. How vividly da^
nften sow, in my lone and lonely portiQ ,
live over the cseitemeuts of those far dlsr
tant days in the many, mnny evening
hours, which 1 pass not t^i
Alone! If 'tii to be al/me.^ti
ore east
to ftntumon phantafus frovi ttkQ 4
from tlie inist,
Long worou In the Uflglsd web a(dn my
tiralA,
TRl tlina and space ara thtngft of Bought, atiA i
onmagslu.
Yes I how often (as I
with si! these alternate
and pleasure, of d!> i
tion, the last days • i
hue days of Novemli. - , . , . : ! . • •
From London she wrote, ubout ihfi
period, thui to Mrs, Taylor,
My father will have told y>r>^ a great deal:
he will have told y ^w mueii we
are interested and lie probabli
event of the apptu.i. ....*^ ^.i^\&. Woatd
to God you and your ii unhand were ei|nalJy
so^ for then would one of my cares h« re«
moved I as you would, like us, perhaps
liirii a longing eye towards Amrrica «« a
place of refuge ; and one of tK t
ttes thai binds me to Norwi<
converted into an sttraction iu mr^-. m'. ut
the new world. On this at least, I hope,
we aie at sll events resolved ; lo emifr4ti
if the event of tlie trial be fatal ; that rt,
provided the Morgans do not give np their
present resolution, and that we can carry
a little society along with us, in which we
can be happy, nhoutd Philadelphia disa|K
point our expettatTons. I write to you on
this subject in conhdencc ; ai we do ool
wi^h our iutcnllon to be much know a at
present. How dianged 1 am I How I
sicken at the recollection of past follies
ftod past connections, and wish from the
bottom of my soul that I had never as>
sociatcd but with you and others like yon.
But it is fully to dwell on tl'f- n tit • \t ,.,^\f
incapacitates one for enj t ;
it shall now be my can. i ue
future, and I trust In God that it mil uot
disappoint me.
1654.]
i In 1797, the criiid of her own fate
I wiu Appronching ; Mr. Opie bad seen
I* her, and almost immedjAlely became
her lover.
Ttie ftm time Mr. Opte lair bts futare
wtfff wai at an eveDing party, at the hooie
of one of her ear!y rrien<(B ; among the
Sfoeatt aasembtedf were Mr. Opie, and a
unily perBonally known to the writer of
thete Memoirs. Some of thoie present
were rather eagerly expecting the arrival
of Miss Alderson; but the evening was
wearing away, and a till »he did not ap-
pear At length the door was flung dpeo,
and she entered, bright and ami ling, dressed
in a robe of blue, her neck and arms hare;
and on her head a small bonnet, placed in
somewhat coquettish stjie, sideways, and
Barmoonted by « ptuine of three white
feathers. Her beautiful hair hung in rich
waving tresses over her shoulders; her
face was kindling with pleasure at sight of
her old friends ; and her whole appear*
ance was animated and glowing. At the
time she came in, Opie was sitting on a
sofa, beside Mr. F., who had been saying,
from time to time, *' Amelia is coming ;
Amelia will surely come. Why is she not
hpre ?" and who«e cy©8 were turned in her
directinn. He was interrupted by his com*
■ panion eof^erly esdaiming, " Who is that ?
Who is that ?*' and hastily rising, he
pressed forward, to be introduced to the
fair object whose sudden appearance hsd
so impressed him. He was evidently
smitten ; charmed, at fir^t sight, and, as
she ssvs, *' almost from my first arriv^al
Mr. Opie became my a?owed lover/'
She told him that *^' hh chances of
aucceaa were as one in a thousand ;"
and, as we are left to infer, she was
herself far from heart-whole. "I was
ingenuous with him on principle, and
1 told him my tjituaticiu, and tfje state
of my heart. He said he should still
perstitt, and would risk all consequences
to his own peace ; and so he did and
doea,and I have not resolution to forbid
his vistta/* So the matter went on,
something like a fate, till the lover's
intense eagerness prevailed. She re-
turned to Norwich, but was married in
London, her father accompanying, on
tlie following May 8th, 1798. There
is a fragment of the last letter from
Opie before the marriage, preserved
(bow memorable!) through the whole
remaining forty-five years of Vtfe^ It
thus concludes : —
To love thee much better than I did, is,
I think. impo«i»ible; but my heart springs
forward at the thought of thy near ap>
Gbwt. Mao* Vol. XLL
MemariaU of Amelia OpU,
S0S
proacb* God bless thee ever, my dearest
love, and guard thee up to thy fond,
auxioui, devoted, J. O.
The correspondence with Mrs. Tay-
lor continues during the period of her
married life. Writing in Jan- 1800,
she says —
I have led a most hnppy and delightful
life since my return, and tn the whole two
months have not been out more than four
times ; bo spouse and I hod uo tiiuabhles
about visiting, and that is the only thing
we ever quarrel about. If I would stay at
home for ever, I believe he would be
merry from morning to night ; and be a
lover more than a husband 1 He had a
mind to accompany me to an assembly in
Nottingham Place, bat Mrs. Sharpe (a
most amiable woman) frightened him by
decUring he should dance with her^ if
he did.
What the friendships of dissipated
women are, Mrs, R, H.'s going to a ball,
while poor U, T. was dying, sufficiently
proves, I remember with satufaction
that I saw her, and abooV hands with her,
at the November bull. Indeed she had a
heart ; and I can't help recollecting that
when I had the scarlet fever she called on
me every day, regardless of danger, and
eat at the foot of my bed. Besides, she
was the friend of twenty years, and com-
paatoo of my childhood, and I feel, the
older I grow, the more tenderly I cling to
the scenes, end recollections, and compa^
nions of my early hourt. When I now
look at Mr. Bruckner*s black cap, roy
ineniory gets astride on the tassel of it,
and off she gallops at a very pleasant rate ;
wooden desks, green bags, blotted books,
inked hands, faces, and gowas, rise in
array before me. 1 see Mrs* Bcecroft
^Miss Diion 1 should say) with her plump
good-humoured face, laughing till she
loses her ejes, and shakes the whole form;
but, I must own, the roost welcome objects
that the hoofs of memory's hobby-horse
kick up, are the great B/s, or boas, on
my exercises I I do not choose to remem-
ber how often I was marked for being
idle. ... So you have had riots, I am
glad they are over. Mrs. Adair called on
me this morning, and she tells me that
Charles Harvey was tern hi j alarmed after
be had committed CoL Montgomery. A
fine idea this gives one of the state of a
town, where a man is alarmed at having
done his duty !
I am fery much afinaid my spouse will
not live long f be has got a fit of tidi-
ness on him ; sod yesterday evening and
this evening, he bat employed himself in
putting bis painting- room to rights. Thia
ooiifimu what I said to him tike other day;
4F
586
Memoriah of Amelia Opie
[June,
that almost «very man wai beau and
Blnveiij at some time of hb life. Charka
Fox once wore pink heels ? now he has a a
iin powdered crop. And I expect that, m
my husband has been a sloveo hlthertOf
be wiU be a beau in future ; for he U bo
pleaaed with his handy works, and capers
aboutp and »af s, ** Look there J how neat !
and how prettily 1 have disponed the
things! Did you ever Bee the like?"
Certainly 1 never did where be was before.
Oh 1 he will certainly be a beau in time.
Past ten o*clock ! I must now aay fare-
well ; but let roe own that I missed you
terribly when 1 was ilL I have no female
friend and neighbour ; and mea are not
the thing on tiuch occasions, BesideSr
you on all uccastunB would be the female
nrigbbour I should choose. Love to your
apoufc. Write boou, and God bless you,
Tbe ** only subject of quurrt:! " — the
love of coiajwiny — here utlverted to,
was not, however, quite alone. Ilia
wife loved to revisit her native plsiee
and her father, and somellmea Opie's
pjUienee whs exhausted.
My dearest life (he writes), I cannot he
ftarry that you do not wtay longer, though,
tii^ I said, on your father** account^ I
would consent to it. Pray,lo»e, forgive
e, and make yourself easy, for 1 did not
Bonietitues below it; and yet the works
sbe produecflhad a piii * ted
to ft considerable exi 'ly
on the society for auilu* m^y ♦»ej"e
wnttea, "Tenderness is jour forte,
and carelessne^ is your fault.,*' were
tbe concluding words of n note from
the Kev, Sydney Smith, when return-
ing her some ilS. tales, Bent f<ir hu
ins|>eetion. With submission, no one
knew better than tbe reverend critic
that ** carelcssnesa " was not the root of
the evil. The lOogiciJ character of the
mind, and the meujrre help it had re-
ceived from disciphne and edticatlon^
made it a hopeless thing to exact from
Mrs, Opie correctness merely «0 tbe
result of a little more aire* She wn8»
as Mrs. Inchbald said, '* far olc
than her books." Her converM
was ot^en charming, and she fsmh
largely in ideas by the improved
of society to which her husband's ^
fession introduced her. lie too bene*
fiterl, at least equally, by the ranTK^rtlon
with such a woman, Tbey^v ris
together in 1802; and, not ^ . yf
the immense interest which so liveiy a
mind as hers would derive from the first
,.„ , , ^ *' ^ ma mi >y^^ ^^^ ^ foramn land, there were her
.aspect till my Uist lett.r was gone hnt jtl^^j^^-^^ ^,,^;, ^^ ^ ^,.,ifi^ ^ ^
It might be loo strong ; I bad been count
ing ilmcMt the hoursi till your arrival for
some timef and have been unwell and un-
able to sleep these last tliree weeks, so
that I could not make up my mind to tbe
disappnintment. As to coming down again
I cannot think of it. ... . Pray, love, be
easy, and as I suppose you will not stay,
eome up as sood aa possible, fur I long to
see you as much at ever I did iu my life.
In 1601, her career of acknowledged
authorship bos^nn. She had, before
marriage, published a novel anony-
mously, **Tbe Dan^j^ers of Coc|uetry,"^
not without merit, but not exciting
any general interest; but **The Father
and Daughter " was a decided ^lucce.ss.
Then followed Poems, reviewed in the
first volume of the Edinburgh Review,
in a timid tone, not calculated to &x
upon the mind of the authoress such
an impression of the judgment of her
critic as might greatly influence her
future writings. In her there was in-
deed what has been called "a fatal
facility of doing things pretty well,"
which kept her pen going at an easy
rate — sometimes above mediocrity,
flf>ot» and names dear to memory I
presented to her, clothed in living
and blood, Kosciusko was there, ai
there were plenty of at leaat mi'di^imi
patriots who liked to hear her slug
"Fall, tyrants, fall!" on the Botde-
vards, while the great tyranny waa
all tbe while fast preparing. She
saw tbe First Consul ; also, far better
lot i she saw and was now introductcl
to Charles Jamea Fox, whose {MCtwre
her husband soon afterwards painted/
Two short years, and the artist was
no more. What brilliant yeara they
were ! Sitters crowded upon liim ;
and his lectures, which occupied him
in composition and delivery from Sept.
1806 till March 1807, wore deservedly
admired. They cost him his life, how
ever, lie fell ill immediately Aller
the delivery of the last; never m^
covered, but sunk to rest on the 9th of
April following.
All this part of Miss Brij^htwelTa
volume, and that which followa, up
neiu'ly to the period of Dr. Aldersoo^
decease, though not deficient in lu^-
* This picture is novr at Holkharn.
1854.]
Memoviah of Amelia Ople.
587
teriubi makes us fed the want of tbose
toucLua wliicb could only have been
cmniuuukated by one living in most
respects the^ame eurt t>f lifl* with Mra.
Opie. Though she returned tu Norwich
and her fatherV house aa her home, she
went every year to London, and entered
lurgely into society* She wrote con-
stantly to Dr, Alderson in absence. She
mentions dinners in which LordDudle/
and Lord King» the ever -welcome
Sj^dnev Smith, Lady Crewe, the Mac-
kintoahed^ Romillys, and Lord Erftkine*
were guests. We can make room oidy
for one letter, dated June 24th, 18U.
My dear F«thBr»— That far
J hail gnttca yeiterdiy fti half.fiMt four
o'clock, when Lord Tam worthy and Mis.
L< M. after him, came in and mternipted
me » and I was forced to turn the latter
oat that 1 mfght drees to go to Mac-
kintosh's tn dinner at six o'clock; but I
consoled myaclf hy the certainty of getting
a frank. I will now ^o on to that of which
roy mind is moft fiill, namely, my yester-
day's dinner^ which it was almost worth
coming op to towo on purpose to be at.
I got to M.'s at Kix, the hour appointed ;
found no (Ire^ alas 1 and no one to re<
ceive me; happily* soon after arrived Mr.
Whiihaw, horror- struck at do fire, and
saying in alt civiUsed houses there must be
one in such weather ; but be warmed him-
self and foe by inveighing against poor
Lord Cochrane 'a pillory, which all the
lawyers, and all London, I hojie, disap-
prove. How unwise too ! for it leads as to
forget his fault io bis ponighment — but
this is by the bye, Next arrived Dr.
Brown, whom I presented to Wbtshaw.
Then came Lady M., and then Sir James,
and I found three different hours for
dining had been named to the different
guests; and Mr. W. and I anticipated
hunger being added to cold* Next came
Flajfair, then Richard Payne Knight, then
John WLHiam Ward, ju^t come from Paris,
and lastly, at about half-past seven, the
great traveller and so forth — Baron de
Hnmboldt ; he was not presented to roe,
therefore I could not ask whether he or
bis brother brought my letter from Helen
Willi«Bis — and to dinner we went, Ward
handing me; so I sat by him, and on
ay other band was Mr. Knight. I cer*
tainly never saw so many first-rate men
her ; but again it would have been
nrrat d€ riekea$€t with me, had not
' parson been a whetting-stone to the
' ^t and information of the other.
Politics^ science, literature, Greek, mo-
rsls, church government, infidelity^ sects,
pbUosophy, characters of the Emjicror
of Rtissin, King of Prussia, of Blucher, of
FliitufT, given in a dearaud simple manner
by the Baron, and commented on by
others, formed the never^flaggiog dis-
course throughout the dinner* I did not
talk much, as you may ^ess, for 1 had
scarcely ears enough to listen witlu Ward
wa*; more charming and more malii^ioufrly
witty, more Puck -like, than I had seen
him for years ; and what he did not
choose to venture aloiid, be whispered
in my ear — more a^eeabU; than polite ;
but once I caught myself in an argu-
ment with Mr. Knight, and I trembled
at my own temerity. Talk across the
table I could not have done ; but Mr. K.
was my neighbour, and none but he heard
my daring. I will give you one of Ward's
sarcasms ; but an unusually good-natured
one, as it would flatter, not wounds the
persons at whom it was aimed. *' 1 bear
(said [) you returned from Paris with
a Curd in b1/* ^ Yea, the Cardinal Gim-
salva, and I had the great satisfaction
of putting him at length under the pro-
tection of a Sileaian Jew,** *• Not being
abb (said Sir James) to find any Scotch
philosophers at hand to take his place.'*
** But had there been any Scotch philo-
sophers to consign him to, I should still
have preferred the Jew, because I know
there would have been some chance of his
converting the Jew." The philoaophera
present laughed; and thia introduced a
curious discussion on infidelity. .....
(Enter the Baron de Humboldt to break-
hai with me, and then [ take him to
Mrs. Siddons.) Alas ! it was no Baron —
so I may go on. Ward saw Lafayette at
Paris ; almoitt the only man of a Revolu-
tutioo who has survived one, and lived
to enjoy life. He owned to me he did
not care to see him ; for, in his opinions
on such a subject, be was too much of
a Burkite, to relish seeing Lafayette. De
Humboldt spoke highly of him, and men-
tioned with pleasure, ai a proof of tole-
rance of opinion, that Lafayette has always
been beloved and aatocinted with by per-
sons of totaUy opposite opinions to bis
own, and has been enriched bf them at
their death : lately he has ucqtilred much
by the death of Monsieur de Lusignan,
whom I once knew very well. . . , Hero
is the Baron indeed I He is very charm-
ing ! So hill of information, and so sim-
ple in his manner of giving it. , , . .
Two o'clock. I have lived more in two
or three hours to day than I usually live
in a month. I have been to Peru, to
Mexico, climbing the Table Mountain,
besides bearing much on alt subji'CUt^
amusing, instructive, and interesting. This
charming Chamberlain of Frederick W iU
liam (I mean the King of Prussia) goes
Mem^rktb^ Amelia OpiV.
to*diif ; bnt I «» to Me hi* brother, who
b now a|)pomted ninbAU&dar from Prusiin
tg^ Pratioc, on Sfui(Uy ceruitily, tf not
before. ,,.,,,
Thna, Uid in the mMf of royalties
«od nmbiumulors, of Sundny ctilk<r» ftTid
Bundaj dinners, pussetl rb»* London
tfpHfigB of Amelia <>pie*a life up to
1814. Yet it waa m thU very summer,
nny, it waa about a fortnight l)«fore
the last-incntioned britUantilmner^tliAt
(fhe received a quiet epistle from Mr.
J- J. Gurney, announcing the increa^d
illness and danger of hia brother, but
alio insinuating cauuona and doubts
respecting her way of life, followed
about a month al\^rwardi» by one much
longer, in which be presses the same
tram of thought ujion her* ** Liked ♦
flfttieredf and admtred,— I know thou
art so ; and, unless thou art of a very
different composition to thy friend, I
aiii sHtisfied it muiit afford no small
tcmptiition to thee, and require on thy
part much watchfulness/* He apolo-
giises, however, "for uddressirin; some-
thing in the shape of advice to one so
much older and more experienced"
than himself.
That an impression was made on
lier mirjd, and her conscience pricked
by these letters there can be no doubt,
especially as the death of Mr, Giirney*s
brother, and the striking* funeral ser-
vice> which she attended (having tra-
velled all night for the purjMJse), soon
followed. But, though, from that time,
she attended the religious worship of
the Quakers, we must pa^^s on eleven
years before we come to the ft>Howing
letter to the Friends of the Mouthly
Meeting : —
Respected Friends, — Having attended
joiif place of woniUip for uiorc tbum ctt;>ca
jears^ and being novr fatly i^onviiiced of
the truth of Frieods' principles, I can no
longer be easy without expressing my
etfnest desire to be admitted into mem-
bership with your society. My former
opioiona and habits were, I own, at vsri-
siiee with yours; but hating, through
Divine mercy, been convinced of the error
of my early belief* and of the eniptinesa
of worldly plefl»QreSr I tru»t that the sauie
mercy has kd me to desire to " walk ia
the narrow way " that seema to lie before
me, and to promiic me *' that peai^c which
the world cannot give/' — 1 am, yours,
with respect sod esteem, A, O.
As the result of this application,
ahe was received into memberships
Aug. IL l«t23. TiPO
wards her father died.
ordinurily our dislike to J
the deep communtnga of a
yet, H» one of tw<v csolj*
j)rayers of Mrs. i>pic*a» sre
pointing to the toudit^
i'or her tather found amoBS hSer fmpenk
clate<i April, 1821, and bere giYeiHim
which are these worda :^-
In grateful return for that tt^ ^
gave me here, and which, under Thy i
provide oce, be has tenderly w»tcii«<i <
and tried to render Uappv, f-rvwHI^ ■int,^
Lord ! ro be the humbte n
him to Thee. O, let u*
together to the watrrib, ditr, vi. i #.)
Here, indeed, was the true drYidii
line between her past
Not in membership,
speech ; but in th*' t r ■ -
and the nobler >
time. In the mid.-L ^ .
and regret, the kind c<.
met with WHS great. £
Lady Cork writes : —
**Si99nM iir- ^ ;. r
maMtfvr^Kff/ ni^ motto to]
I must be ghi i urc happy t \x4
I must confess I have too much Mf(f^ naf
to feel it a tng at my heart, the m^ekame^
I have of etijoyiug yoar society n 'in
Will your pnmiMvo cap never dinr ** i
me« and enjoy a qaiet society ? bac re«hy|
am I never to aee you again ^ Yoar T ~
hament friend docs not wear a broad^
brimmed hat; so pray« pray. i*r^jf do not
put on the boonet. So come to me and
be my love» in a dove coloured garb, and a
simple head-dress. Teach us your pure
morals, and your friend of the Lowar^
ilouie abalL join ua, and approve of ymi
compliance. He will agree with me, Iha
good people, mixing with the world, arsof
iulitiitely more use thaa when they oonf^tie
the m twelves to one set. Pray treat me wtfh
• letter aometimes ; and when you do
write (if you happen to think of it),
whether your Norwich goods are cheap
upon the spot than I can get thr"» i" ».•«-
— ^thia is of no conscf|Urnce. <
give me one of your 200 picitii riy]
welcome to my phix, if you will ctiiue *ud
paint it, or shull I step to you ? 1 could
fill a paper with fun, but the cold water of
your last makes mo end my letter. God
bless you I Adieu* — Yours ever, sinner
or siiiut, M. Coaa a no OauKar.
What [ do 3'ou give up Holkluim, yoar
singing and muaie, and do you really sec
harm in singing } Now F. siuga aU day
loogp aud thiaka It her duty.
Memariah of Amelia Opie,
»
I
OtJiera, of course, were lees good-
humoured — ami some were even Blaii-
derous ; for herself, her chief subject
of self'debate as to externals seema to
have been between the Wealeyans and
the Friends. ** Many of her relations,"
she tells Mrs, Fry, " on her mother's
side, had been united for generations
past to the Wealcyan Methodists,"
which consideratiun had Bometimes in-
clined her towards a union with that
fleet of worahipi^ers, and it may be
added that the vVesleyan Hymn-book
wna the compuniou of all her wander-
ings, and its contents read and re-
peated by her on her death* be<l.
If, in parts of Mias Brightwcirs vo-
lume we have wished for that kind of
Buppression which we cannot find, we,
in tuis place, desire some punitive ad-
dition to the matermb. There are
copious extracts from Mrs, Opie's
diarie«, from the journals of her foreign
and English tours ; but we Bhould have
much preferreii to read some of her more
quiet letters. She suffered most deeply
on the death of her father, and seems
to have been long unnble to shake off
the gloom which every return to her
Norwich home occasioned her; this
and only this period of her liie gives
lis an iHii>reaaion of a morbid stale of
inind^ Gradually, however, she reco-
vered her tone. The ancient^ almost
unparalleled, sweetness of temper, the
cheerfiil active sympathies of her beau-
tiful nature, revived again, and flowed
through deeper channels. How in-
tensely she loved Christian companion-
ahip, Cow she delighted in her friends
ana the occupations they gave her,
can never be the subject of a moment's
doubt ; but one memorable truth mujjt
be told of her, that the strength of her
own convictions never led her into
presumptuous condeinnation of others ;
and [)erhaps her perfect freedom from
sectarian oitterness may have, here
and there, led a bigot to think of her
a^ attaching less value to the essentials
of her faith than really was the case.
Mr- Bright well says truly,
Mrs. Opie hud no liking for rcUgiou«
controverty, and seemed to roe always
destront of avoiding it. 1 believe she
disliked dogmatic theory altogether. Her
religion was the ** shemng oat of a good
conversatioQ her works, with meekneBB of
wisdom. "
She cTer deemed her union ** with
Friends " the happiest event of her life;
and she did honour to her profetsioo of
their principles hy shewing that thej were
not incompatible with good mflnneni and
relSaed taste. She met with some among
them who have aiwajs appeared to me
to come the nearest to the standard of
Cbristifln perfection ; these were her dear*
eat friends on earth, and abe i« now, with
them, nnmbcred among the blessed dead
who have died in the Lord* who have
ceased from their labours, and whose
works do follow them.
Very numerous were her sorrows.
One pressed heavily upon her. In
1844 she was called to the deathbed
of her relative, Henry Briggs, R.A.
She had been anticipating thi», early
in January, and wrote, —
I do so ciTJoy ray home. In a rooming
I am only too full of company ; hot when
at nightfall 1 draw my sofa round, for a
long cvenuii^ to myeelf, I have iuch a feel-
ing of thankfulnesi I — and so I ooijht. It
Is well to see how the burden is fitted to
the back by oitr uiercifol Father. I have
been a lane woman through life ; an ooly
child ! a childless widow ! All my nearest
tie* engrossed by nearer ones of their own.
If I did not love to be alone, and enjoy
the prinlcgej leisure gives, what wouhJ
have become of me 1 — hat I love my lot,
and every year it grows dearer still—'
though parting with beloved friends throws,
for a while, a deep shadow over my path*
Six days after she writes : —
1 go on my melancholy jonmey to^
morrow, scarcely expecting to see roy poor
cousin alive ; bat he wishes to see me, and
it is therefore my duty to go. , • . •
Again, some days aflter^ —
Going into bis gallery of pictures, where
BO many, alas! are unfinished, reminds
me BO powerfully of bygone days, when I
stood in my ttum gallery, where finished
and unfinisbed pictures abounded !
Many were the bereavements of her
latter years. ReLitives and friends
dropped fast around her — and, hculthj
as was her general state, she had severe
occasional Ulnei^ses, and a remarkable
allowance of sharp, if not dangerous,
bodily suffenng. Touching as is the
latter part of the volume, it should be
read unbroken. We could hardly
forgive ourselves were we to mutilate
MiasBrightWLdrs beautiful detail of the
closing scenes. Suffice it to say that
here we feel the full benefit of such a bio-
grapher. ITn? filial feeling, the devoted,
admiring love with which the aged
ManMwfi'Houne at Pucklechurchj eo. Gloue.
590
fricntl iri conttftriipI.-iUfl in Ih.t «lyin;^
iKmn, anr] cvmi aft^.T dttatli itii«.*ll' has
come, \a irifitiiti-ly Uh* <tar:rc.*d u thing
to bi* u th^rni'; for rriticiniii. HlcMsed
are all tboy vrlio hare caller] forth such
reclingis~blciiM<.'d thuy whu have ex-
perienced tbeni !
Of the pcraonul apf >carance of Mrs.
Opic in her lattvr ye:trs these few de-
icriptire touches are givcn,^
8he w«a about the ktandard beiKht of
woman ; her hair was worn in waving
folds in front, and behind it wu seen
through ihia cap, (gathered into a braid ;
ita colour was peculiar — 'twixt flaxen and
gfay ; it was niiuiiually fine and delicate,
and had a natural bend or wave. Her
Quaker cap waH of beautiful lawn, and
faiitcnrd Umeatli the chin with wliitni>«:rt,
which had uriiall criinpi:d frilU ; her drcM
wai UNually of rich niik or satin, often of
a fawn or );rey culour ; and over the hust
was drawn a niunlin or nrt handkerchief
ill thick fohU, faatcoing into the waifft,
round which was worn a hand of the ftamc
material n« the dreMM ; an apron, usually
of net or muitlin, protected (or adorned;
the front of the gown. Her feet, which
[Jane,
were small and well -formed* peeped oat
beneath the drcis. On ber bands she
wore small, black, netted moffatees, (ibe
sometimes repaired them while Ulking to
her rriendx.) and the cuflia of her gown
were secured by a small loop at one comer,
which she wore pasted over the thamb, so
as to prevent them from timiinK badior
nicking upon the arm* Her flgarewu
stout, the throat short ; ber carriage v«s
intariably erect, and aha bora har head
rather thrown back, and with an air of
dignity. Her eoantenanee, id her later
years, lost much of that ftre wfaieh once
irradiated it ; bat the eapraaiioa waa more
pleasing, softer, more tender* and loviag.
Her eyes were especially charming ; Acre
was in them an ardour Bslngied with
gentleneis that bespoke her tma natare,
and occasionally tliey were raiaed upwards
with a look most peculiar and expressive,
when her sympathy was more than nsnally
excited. Her complexion was fair, and
the kindling blu»h mantled in her cheek,
betraying any passing emotion, for, like
her friend I^fayette, she " blushed like a
girl to hear her own praises." Altogether
she attracted you, and you drew near to her,
and liked to look into her face, and felt that
old age, in her, was beaatiful and comely.
MANSION OF THE DENNIS FAMILY AT PUCKLECHURCH,
Cf). GLOUCESTER.
HAVIXO l»onn prcMcnt***! with a
vi«!W of thJH niicii'nt niunHirtii, reriMitly
<lestn)y«Ml Cst?*! <jur Niinilx.T for March,
i). •i'iPi, uikI for April, p. .'J:18), wc have
ia«l the a<M'oinf«inyin;^ c;ii;rr:iviM;; iiukIc
of it; thinking that, it will ha iiiter(.'!<t-
irif^f not MKfn'ly a-s a H[K»cinw?n of a
dasfl of stono Iioumcm very fnyiiiont in
that district of the country/ hut par-
ticularly as a inonir>riul to tlio»c who
have BiKfnt sonic of tlioir »;arlii.'.st, and
[icrhapji liappicxt, dayH within its walls.
The account of tliu outjddt: of this
house, as given by Uudilcr (17<i«), is
as follows, hut, unfortunately he docs
not (lcs<Til)(> tin; inMith, oi'thc mansion :
A cnpiinl hoiiK<; and CMtnte at Fiickic-
church, formirrly iMslonging to William
Dennis, v.si[. in now the j>roperty of John
Hugh Smyth, i'.w\. (rldcNt non of Sir Jarrit
Smyth, Bart.) in right of Elizabeth bis wife,
diughti'r and sole heiress of Henry Wool-
noni;h, esq. who purchased them of Mrs.
Mary HutliT, eldest daughter and coheir
of William Dennis, esq. There is a lan^e
scutcheon of arms c^nrcd in stone : Quar-
terly of eiKht. 1. Gules, a bend in^railcd
azure between three leopard's faces or,
jcssant fleurs-de-lis of the second, for
Dennii, 2. Or, within a bordure [q. gules?]
a raven proper, for Corbet, 3. Argent,
on a chief ^ules three besants, for RuMteL
•I. Or, five fusils in fess azure, for Pen-
nington, r>. Ix>zcngy or and azure, a
chevron gules, for G^irget. 6. Argent, on
a bend gules three martlets or, winged
vert, for Danvert. 7. Two bars, on a
chief three stag's heads caboshed. 8.
• Oin; <'f iIhmj- is Systoii ('ourt, the ancient sent of the Trotmnns, of whieh tlnTc
nrr two viewn in Foshroke'M (iloueostershire. A tliinl, very similar to the Court
lloiixeat I'lifkliThureli, in l'iistli|) llall, near Winchcoinb, of which a view appeared
some ycJirs ago in " The Mirror."
-^•g=rS-.s»3^'^ ■
m,
Tbe Court Houac at I^icktcchiufh, co. Gioac.
niDe, three ro«ei gules, S ADd i, for
SOU.*
Sir Robert At%tig Hn 1712)t gives
many particulars of tbe buildert and
owners of tbia uld maiislon :
A great piirt of ttie mannor of PuckEe*
church does still cooLiticie in the bisbop*
rick of Batb, but a cODsidcrable part came
to tbe feiinily of the Duimia^d. Henry
Dennis had livery thereof granted to him
4 Eliz. William Deania^ esq. dyed seised
thereof 1701, and left two daughtera co-
heiresses, vfho have a lar^e seat called
7^ Ofurt Home, and a liirge estate in
this and other parishes* They hate been
a Tcry ancient family, of long standing in
this county. There have been more High
Sheriff* of t bis family than any other.
The Church is large, with an isle on the
Dorth side, at the upper end of which ii
the burying place of the Dennis's. There
are two old monuments in the aiale, with
two Blatues for tbe Dennises. An in-
scription for Hugh Dennis, esq. who died
1539. Another handsome monument for
John Dennis^ esq. son of Henry Dennit ;
he died 1638. Another for John Deimiti,
who died 16G0. Another for John Den-
nis, esq. who died HiB2. Another very
bnndaonie white marble montiment in tbe
north ible fur WtLltain Dennis, esq. who
died 1701.
The several inscriptions of these
monumeota are printed in Rudder's
llistorj.
Mr. LysoDs J gives a view of one of
the ** statues" noticed by Sir Robert
Atkins; but tbe male effi^ has na
reference to the Dennis family, Mr.
Lysons says it la of the time of Edward
III.; of which age is alao tbe other
monuinent, with a female effigy.
Pucklechurch is a vidagc situated
Ijetweeu Bristol and Chipping Sodbury.
It mvesname to a hundred, and oi^curs
in I>ome«day Book, as Pukrecrcce^ a
name which has been supposed to sig-
nify ** the stately and magnificent
church," but which perhaps referred
to the ancient dedication of tbe church
to Saint Pulcheriuiiif a dedication which
was afterwards altered to Saint Tbomafi
of Canterbury,
♦ Rudder, p. 6U.
t Gloucestershire Collections, PUte XX.
t Gloucestershire, p, 61 Ot
592
THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES*
Thk Exilks.*
Hjatoire des R^fiigi^ ProteatAnU de Prance. Par Ch. Wdis. 9 tomett IS
Pans. 1853.
Hhtory of tbe Protestants of France, from the Rprormatioa to the Preseat Time, Bf
G. de Felice, Tranaiated. l2mo. Loodon, 1854.
Higtoire de In Liiterature Fran^atwj k I'Etranger depuis Ic commencement dii IT****
Steele. 2 lomest Bto. Parui, 1353, Par A. Sajoaiu
The Witnessef in Sackcloth t an Account of the Attack upon the Refonned Chorebct
of France in the Seven teen th Century. By a Deseeodant of a Refngeeu 12mo.
London, 1852*
had extorted the unwilling^ pnuse of
ttie King, and the purity of whose U^es
the enforced respect of their opponents
— were instuntly ilestroyed. Of eigh(
hundred churijhea none were allowed
to remain; the celebration of Pro*
testant worship waa interdicted on
board tihips of war and merehant
vessels ; no Catholic could hire a Fro*
t^stont servant — no IVoieatant one of
his own communion, llie rite of
marriage could alone be administered
by llie Catholic priesthood, to whom
also the privilege of forbidding
obsi*qnies of the dead was conced*
It has been said this act was j»o[
lar. Admit It What are we then
think of the moral condition of
c^urt or of the people under the in
iluence of the Church of Rome ? For
frt^in the Church, from the Jesuits aa its
then moving power^ thia persecufion
proceeded, aiiil by that Church and that
onler was continued, until the infidelity
that cruelty and immoral ity had engen«
dered, reacting on the ignorance of the
masses, crushed both by the proscrip-
tions of tijc Reign of Terror and the
passions of ihe lie volution. Upon his
death-bed Louis the Fourt<?enth bore
testimotry to the truth of this, declaring
to the Cardinals De Rohan and De
Bissy, and to his confessor the Jesuit
Lc Tel Her, ^^ that he was whaOjf i^^Tto*
rant qfthe affairs of the Church ; ihtU
he had actmacc*yrditig to their deaire ;
and that he threw upon th*fm the respon'
iibiUfy before GodT That the act
was popular, however, cannot be de-
nied. When he afllxed the seal of the
state to the revocation, the chancellor
Le Tellier repeated with enthusiasm
the ^^ Nunc dimittis" of Simeon, Bon*
suet, Massillon, and Flechier made t2ke
AFTER years of fraudulent evasion,
Ijouis the Fourteenth (as we have seen
in our April Miigazine) signed the Re-
vocation of the Etlict of Nantes on the
2^nd October, 1685. The object of
the present paper is to show the im-
mediate results, to trace the course nf
the extensive emigration it occasioned,
and to estimate it^ inlluence upon the
literature and social condition of Eu-
rope in the seventeenth century.
From that date, Proteatantiiim in
France was considered as a crime against
ihe stata The exercise of the re-
formed wox'ship in churches and pri-
vate houses was forbidden. The minis-
ters, unless they abjured^ were warned
to quit the kingdom within fifteen days,
un<tcr penalty of the galleys for life,
Tlie Protestant schools were closed ;
private parental instruction wiis far-
bidden ; children Iwrn after the Edict
were to t>e considered Cutholics, and
as such only could be boptipcd under
the penalty of a fine of five hundred
livres. Emigration was forbidden under
the penalty of the galleys or impriflon-
ment : four motiths was allowed for
tliose who sought to return to France,
at the expiration of which term their
property was confiscated. All the ar-
ticles of the severe laws against the
relapsed were confirmed ; rewards were
offered for the betrayal of the ministers
who still ventured to officiate ; and the
severest penalties awaited those whose
faith reverenced their office, or whose
charity extended them relief The
churches of Charcnton, of Caen, and
of Nismes, which so long had gathered
within their walls the congregations
which docked from great distances to
listen to ihe ministrations of Claude
and of Du Bosc — men whose eloquence
lom
i
18540
The RevocaUon qfihe Edict of Nantes.
693
L
iitrt the subject of their most eloquent
panef^jTiGS^ Tbc Jausenist joineil with
the Jesuit in praises. Even Arnault
eoukl usscrt — '"^ The means emplojcd,
indeed, were somewhat violent, but by
no means unjtist!" A "Te Deum
was chantttd at Kome, anil the churches
were crowded for the celebration of
A solemn thankitgiving throughout
France. Courtiers, such tis the Mar*
uuia D&nc^eau, — intellectual women of
the world, auch a^i Madame de iS^vigne,
— intendanta of the provinces, such n^
the Marquis de laxrousse and La-
moignon de Baville — priests, such as
the Abb^ C hay la— all united with the
dregs of the most debased population
iu exultation. There were other and
better Bpfrits, who stoo<l afar ofl' and
wept. The extremes to which, under
the instigation of the Jesuits, the do*
niinant party proceeded, occasioned a
slight reaction; and we recall with
pleasure the names of the Muri|ui3 de
Pomponne, of Vauban, Fun*jlun, and
Racine. For a time the Protei^tants
sunk iML'ueath the op[»rcssi^>n of a death-
like stupor, and then, as if nature was
unequal to the utterance of so much
grief, in the Bilenee of desiiair they
went forth from the land who.^e cities
had become to them the strongholds of
injustice, whose churches were pro*
faned by the sacrilege of forced abju-
rations, and whose soil waa polluted by
the shedding of innocent blood. They
were preceded by their rnistors — men
emmeot for Iheir piety, forced to seek
concealment in tne lairs of beasts,
hungry and in rags, driven from their
famuies and their llocks, seeking from
the charity of stran^era protection and
hospitality. Counfless crowds sue*
ceeded. In vain were guards placed
at the gates of towns, at bridges, ports,
the highways, the frontier, and the
mountain passes; in vain were the pea-
santry armed as guards ; in vain were
the laws* stretched to the uttermost ;^ —
every precaution failed. Glen's hearts
relented; their covetousness yielded
to the temptation of bribes; every
disguise was assumed : and as shep-
herd^ pilgrims, isoldiers, men and
women servants, mendicants, travelling
vendors of chaplets and rosaries, and
smu'rglers, the emigration continued.*
All all^mpts to obtain an accurate
return of the number of the emi-
grants have faded, nor can we in this
respect do better than I'efer to Mr.
Weiss's work, vol. i. pp. 105 — 117.
Vauban deplored the loss of a hun-
dred thousand inb.ibitants, nine thou-
sand sailors, twelve thousand soldiers,
six hundred officers, and the strength
of all thtt manufacturing towni of
France. Siseiondi vaguely estimates
the number as between three or four
hundred thousand, Ciipefigue calcu-
lates it at two hundred and thirty
thousand ; but in truth the reports of
the intendants of the provinces, and of
the Protestant and Catholic historians,
arc not to be relied upon ; they mnde
intentionally false returns, and later
writers have been unable to ascertain
the truth. Monsieur de Felice says it
appears probable that between the
years 1569 to 17fiO, during which the
persecution continued, about four or
five hundred thousand j>ersons were
driven out of FVance, who belonged
to the most enlightened, the most in-
dui^trious, and the most moral portion
of the nation. Great as was the misery
of exile, It was happiness when com-
pared with the lot of those who were
arrested in their flight. With heavy
chains about tbeir necks, linked to the
lowest ruiliansr, they were driven in
forced marches upon the public roads
to the galleys at Marsedles. Their
food was a scanty supply of bad bread,
they were lodged In the worst portions
of tlie worst gaols, cast upon the etone
Hoor, or huddled together without
covering in tiqufidrons in the streets.
Their punishment was for the moat
part for life. In June, 1686, more
than six hundred Protestants were
chained at tlie gallcja of Marseilles,
condeiiincd upon the sole decision of
the Marshal de Mi>utrevel, or of La-
moignon de Uaville. Uoulainvillicra
assures us that under the intendancy
of the latter, iu the single province of
Lauguedoc, a hundred thousand per-
80uii fell victims to a premature death,
and that of this number a tenth pe-
rished by fire, strangulation, or the
wheel. The preachers and the pas^tors
were doomed to certain death. Among
these may be cited Isaac Ilornel, an old
managed seventy-two, who was broken
alive uj>on the wneel by an executioner
* Benoit, Hittoire de U Kevocation d« l*H(1it dc Nabtfi,
Gkst, Maq, Vot. XI.I. 4 G
594
Hie Revocation of the Edict o/Nantw
made drunk for the Insk, nml who pro-
lon^iHUhc torttm^ with nor mission oi'tlio
iniigistratcs. Fuloran Key and Claudu
Brousson followcMl, and the lutal number
of those executed in the years inune-
difttcly [ireccding the Act ol' J le voca-
tion, and during the reign of Louis
the Fifteenth, has been estimated at
twenty-five. Wc will now trace the
course of the emigrants in their lands
of refuge.
The first tu prulit by the fault of
Louis the Fourteenth was the (ireut
Elector Frederick William of liran-
dcnburffh. He replied to the e<lict of
revocation by that of Potsdam, *29th
October, \C>H5. liy this the emigrants
were assured of protection for life and
property, and the free exercise of their
religion. Provisions and means of
transi)ort were provided, they were
allowed to choose the place of their
abode, unoccunie<l houses and waste
lands were allotted to them, funds
were liberally advanced, luid they were
declared exempt from taxes. The
rights of citizenship were fully cun-
C4^ed, pastors appomtcd to congrega-
tions, and to the nobility honourable
employment in the civil service, or
commands and regiments in the army,
over troops of their own country-
men, were olfered. Tlie ctiipiette of
the court was also nio<lilied, ami, with a
refmcment of feeling that enhanred the
elevation of their rank, the Klectress
Louisa 1 lenrietta, and the future Queen
Sophia Charlotte, so intimately asso-
ciated with literature and science, came
forward to welcome within their circle
the families and the distinguished men
among those who had preferred exile
to apostacy. No less than throe French
literary institutions wore founded, the
" French (-ollego," the '' Academy of
Nobles," and the " French Instituti',"
all eminent for their educational course,
the merit of their professors, and the
number of the students. A French
press was established untler the aus-
pices of the Klector; and the hcmse of
ICzechiel Spanheim, his chief agent in
these measures, was oj>onc«l weekly
for the reception of the castors and of
the more eminent of the Protestant
emigrants. Here were Ibiinil Davicl
Ancillon, who ranked among the best
of the reformed preachers, and whom
the Elector nominated pastor of the
church at Ikrlin. .lactpies Abbadie,who
[June,
Rubscipicntly withdrew, with Marshal
Schomborg, to Kn<;1anc1, and was uuvk
Dciui of Ivillaloc in Ireland ; bom at
Ik'arn in 1657, and who die<l in London
in 1724. Abbadic in ohieAy known
by his " Treatise on tlie Truth of the
Christian Religion," a work which ex-
cited the enthusiasm upon its appear-
ance of both Catholicii and IVotestanti,
and u|)on which Madame dc Scvigoc
and the Count de Bussy Kabutin ex-
hausted their elo<iuencc of praise.
Although now, especially in Englaikl,
almost forgotten, it is deserving of its
past rei>ute. It stands in the vanguard
of those works which combated the
growing infidelity of it6 time, and long
withstood the intfuencc of writers of the
succeeding age. Abba<lie*s eloquence
as a preacher is more fully conceded;
he extended largely the subjects of
discourse then admitted in the pulpiti
of the Keformcd Church, and his style,
occasionallv iramnous, is always clo-
(lucnt^ rich m ideas, and copious in
illustration. To these men were also
associated Isaac Jaquclot, bom at
Vassv Deo. IG, 1(>47, the author of
the Tieatisc of the Existence of God;
Jacques Leiifant, and Isaac dc Beau-
sobre, who joine<l ailerwards the emi*
grants in Holland.
But it was chielly the establishment
of manufactures hitherto unknown, or
unskilfully exercised, which occupied
the attention of the Elector. For this
))urpose he encouraged emigration
irom Languetloc, Normandy, and Fi-
cardy. The emigrants were established
in the cities most favourable for their
occupations. Magdeburg, Halle, and
Berlin were made central points of
commercial enterprise. The woollen
manufacture, that of hat^ glove mak-
ing, and tanneries were iiiliXKluccd ;
gold.xmith work and the art of metal
castings were improved — in short,
the intluonce of tin; emigrants occa-
sioned not only an amended social
condition, but laid the foundation of
the present commercial prosperity
of IVussia. As a necessary result,
capital flowed in, cities were cn-
lar«^^''l, pnpuhition inerea.*«od, and at
tin? periini of his death, in It5s8, the
Fiedler had alrcidy reaped the rewanl
of his enlarged and Christian policy,
by the ap()roa(.>hing elevation of his
domains to the rank of an European
IKjwor. His successors lollowed in his
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The Revoeathn ttfthtf Edict of Nantes.
69B
path. The "Academy of Berlin/* wbtch
owed Its early celebrity to the emi-
grant!', still recals their Tiiiin»»s by the
talent and lenrnini!; of their ilt'scend-
nnts, niid iiiSavigny,LaMotbe Fouijui^',
Charles Frctiene MIchelel, Adoljihe
Emmu, and Arltdbert Chtimisso, Fr*ince
bUII reeognifies the genius of her exiled
«>n». It rs to the French refugees that
PruBsia greatly owes her rapid mental
dcYelopraent. Prior to the estiibli ali-
ment of the academy the use of the
Latin language wna predominant. It
was superseded by the French ; and if
the Germans reproacli the emigration
aa baTing exerciweil a prejudicial in-
fluence on the cultivation of their own
tongue, they must admit also tbat ita
spiritual influence checked the mate-
naliani of the reign of Frederick the
Great, improved etlucation, and, by
refining taste, awakened the talent of
their own writers, und propare<l the
public for their appreciation.
Long prior to the revocation of the
edict, England bad been the city of
refuge for the persecuted for consci-
ence* sake- Hither fled numbers of
the destined victims of Alva, of the
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, the pro-
scribed dissidents of the rival sects of
Holland, and the persecuted of the
states of Europe. To the French re-
fugees England oftered many advan-
tages. Colonies of their countryincu
were already established in I^ondon,
Canterbury, Norwich, and other pro-
vincial towns. So early as the *24tb
July, 1550, the Flemings were settled
ta a congregation in Austin Friars ; and,
although the French possessed an equal
right to use this, their numbers induced
tbem to obtain a lease, on the IGth
October, 1550, of the church of St,
Anthony's Hospital, in Tbreadncedle
Street. In addition to this, waij the
influence derived from the long com-
mercial intercourse carried on almost
exclusively bv the colonists of Franco
with Englanfj. Similar opinions upon
articles of faith, upon the great doc-
trines of civil and religious liberty,
and the aid and encouragement ex-
tended to them by Elizabeth and Crom-
well, all combined to make our land to
the refugees the land of promise^ wlien,
like Israel of oM, they fled from before
the face of their oppressor. They came
principally from Normandy, Picardy,
Britany, and Guienne* It has been
estimated that in the ten years imInc^-
diatcly preceding and following the
i-evocation eighty thousand sought here
an asylum, of whom a third at least
were located in London. To the five
churches originally ftp]>ointed for the
service of the French Church no less
than twenty-six were added, almost all
founded l>etwcen the reigns of William
the Third and George the First. Public
feeling was deeply excited upon their
arrival. There was a rumour that
Charles the Second had abjured the
Protestiint religion upon his death -bed.
Tlie bigotry and the cruelty of his suc-
cessor were known. If tjoxm could
eject from his kingdom, and condemn
to the galleys, to imprisonment in
loathsome dungeon?^ to death upon the
wheel, or drive into exile the greater
part of the most industrious popula-
tion of France, without provocation on
their part, at the instigation of the
priesthood, or the exercise of his un-
controlled will, what might not be ex-
pected from a sovereign, excited by
public hatrcil, cruel by instinct, re-
vengeful by nature, who sought the
rcistoration of his church, and with its
supremacy that also of hia own arbi-
trary power ? There was not one of
these *' witnesses in sacklolh" whose
story did not thrill the hearts of their
hearers, antl add to the gathering
gloom of public opinion.
The court temporised, James secretly
approved what he openly diaavowca,
Ihc Church expressed its sympathy,
the frequenters of the coffee-house dis-
cussed the act of Louis in excited
groups. Faces long hidden in con-
cealment were seen in wonted places
of resort. But it was among the Dis-
senters, the descendants of the men
who had condemned the **Man Charles**
and driven his family into exile, that
the deepest feeling of resentment
glowed. They had themselves suffered
the affliction of persecution. If sucli
principles and such power were to
prevail as strewed the shores with
exhausted exiles, the wrecks of human
happiness, what safeguard for civil and
religious liberty remained ? All parties
were united. Large collections were
made for the stdTercrs, public opinion
wajs stiumbitcd by a succcsHii»n of pam-
phlets an'l caricalarcs, the lower orders
eagerly bought up the cheap books
which narrated the event, and there
596
The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
[Juoe,
was hardly one who did not chaunt the
popular songs which warned the nation
of the danger of a popish king, or
heightened the popular horror of
" wooden shoes" and the government
of " painted madams.** The principal
towns soon received colonics of emi-
ffrants. In London, they were chiefly
located in Blackfriars and Spitalficlds.
The great commercial benefits of their
accession were soon evident. Every
branch of the silk manufacture was
introduced or perfected. The linen
trade, and that of sail-cloth, became so
prosperous that the exports from
France comparatively ceased. The art
of printc<l calicoes was established;
fabrics of mixed materials of all kinds
improved. The trades of paper-mak-
ing, hat-making, cutlery, jewellery,
were advanced by numbers of skilled
workmen, from the most prosperous
towns of France. Macphersou states
that, so marked was the influence of
the emigration u])on commerce, that
between the years lG8d and 17.')*), the
diminution of the annual value of
French goods into England amounted
to 1,800,000/. Many important manu-
factures were withdrawn from Franco
for ever ; in others, such as in silk, a
rivalry was created, which has ex-
tended to the present time. But the
benefits of the emigration were not
limited to commerce; we owe to it
the honourable citizenship of many
families, the public services of Marshal
Scliomberg and of Kuvigny, Marquis
of Galloway, the literary repute of St.
Evremond, Kapin Thoyras, Pierre
Antoinc Motteux, Jacques Abbadie,
and Jacques Saurin. In later years
that of Samuel liomilly, Saurin the
Attorney-General for Ireland, and
Henry Layard. Our linuts now compel
us to conclude with a rapid glance at
the condition and the influence of the
exiles in Holland.
The United Provinces had at this
time reached the height of their pros-
perity. Their government had been
conducted by a succession of able men,
their navy was powerful, their com-
merce extensive, and the population
industrious, hardy, and enduring. The
violence of the religious factions of
the Gomarists and the Arminians had
ceased, und political party spirit was
controlled, or flowed gradually towards
the concentration of power in the
hands of the Prince of Orange. In
1668 the Dutch had curbed the power
of Louis by the Triple Alliance By
the valour of their na^Zt »o<l ^
skill of Van Tromp and De Ruyter,
and the genius of their great Stadt-
holder, they resisted with success the
shameless alliance of Charles the Se-
cond with Louis against their inde-
pendence. The Treat/ of Nim^uen
leAi them for a period weakened, bat
yet so disciplined by reverse as to
appear again as a great state in the
war of the Spanish succession. It was
not only by a similar impulse, given to
industry and commerce, as in the case
of England and Prussia, that Holland
profited by the act of the revocation of
the edict. Her fleets were manned by
able seamen, her troops disciplined by
French officers, and those regiments
of emigrants were raised which accom-
panied William the Third under
Schomberg to England. These con-
sisted of three French regiments of
infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and
seven hundred and thirty-six officers
incorporate«l with the difTerent batta-
lions of the army. Nor was it by arms
alone the refugees serveil the republic ;
they advanced its interests no less by
their political writings than their di-
plomatic talents. Three men were in
this respect remarkable — Pierre Bayle,
Pierre Juricu, and Jacques Saurin. At
this period a great change had taken
place in Holland ; a liberal toleration
was conceded ; personal liberty was
secure; the press was free. Bayle
availed himself of this advantage ; he
established, by his writings, a school of
analytic criticism, and encouraged the
tendency towards that philosophic
scepticism which subsequently gave
the tone to French society in -the
salons of Madame de Tencin, Madame
(jeoffrin, Madame du Defiant, and
Mademoiselle L*£spinasse, in the years
preceding the Revolution. Baylc's
power as a writer is no less remarkable
for its erudition than its style. A clear
strong intellect, associated with imagi-
nation; a lively satirical humour, com-
bined with great dialectic skill, prevail
throughout. It is to these he oweil
the popularity of his writings, and it
was these in the " Pensecs sur les
Comctes," in his" Criti(iue de Tllistoire
du Calvinisme du Pcre Maimbourg," in
his contributions to the " Nouvelles de
1854.} Tlie Revocalian of the Edici of Nantes,
597
I
lit Kirpublicjiic tics Lettrcs,'* and tlie
** Comnientaire Pliiloaophiquc/* that
BO largely inliuencetl public opinioni
The good he dTectcd Is very doubtful.
Il could hjivc been obtained by other
uieans. The evil he occ4isioned was
lon^f mAnifest* If on the one band he
could unerringly unravel the miuglcd
skein of truth and ialj>chood, if he
<.'«>uld lay down those priuciplea of
iiileralion upon which social mstitu-
lions must real, he yet on the other
feels pleasure in dangerous paradoxes,
in presenting falsehood equally favour-
ably as truth, in weakening sound
priiifiple or diminishing its consc-
(luiince, Baylc was combnled by
Jurieu ; but his violence and sujteepti-
ble vanity, whilst they involved him
in perpetual controversy, exposed him
to ihu powerful pen of his antago-
nist, and the eloquent criticism of Ar-
nauld and Bossuet. Jurieu's defects,
however, had many redeeming qua*
lities; he was sincere in his religious
professions; an unjielding opponent
of the power of Louis, his solid eru-
dition advanced theological science,
and his generous advo^cy of the
iu:laiuis of the exiles greatly tntligated
their atllictions. Bayle, in their days
t»r intercourse, declared, *' he is the
iirst man of our communion, whelher
it he for sound judgment or the nicety
nf his wit ;*' but the part he took in
the extravagance of a few ignorant
Calvinrsis at a Liter period occasioned
the recall of this opinion, and dimi-
nished bis inl!uenee.
It IB impossible to sketch even the
outline of the literary career of such
men as Jean Le ClerCi Jacques Bas-
nage, Klie Benott, to whom we owe
the History of the Edict of Kantes,
and Isaac de Beausobre ; but the name
of Jacrtues 8aurtu must not be passed*
Suurin was long the most eminent
preacher of the Hague, and rivals in
the Kcft>rme<l the place and fame of
Bossuet in tlie Roman Catholic Church.
To extensive knowledge he united
strong reasoning i>owers, and a vigorous
and originiil imagination. His argti-
ment is always clearly exposed, closely
deduced from the premises, and forcibly
pursued to its conclusion. No man
has exceeded his powers of admonition
and exhortation; none equalled him in
the solemnity, the elevation, and the
Scriptural beauty of the prayer with
which be sometimes comniencctl, most
generally closed, his discourse. His
fault is a tendency to metaphysical
abstraction ; he is lost in his subject,
and forgets bis auditors. Great were
his responsibditicii, greatly were these
fulfdlcd. He had to awaken con-
science, to give it strength and confi-
dence, amid the misery of exile, in the
moral government of God* He bad to
rally the dispersed members of a pcr-
secutcil church, to defend the prineiplcss
of the Reformation, to revive the in-
fluence of spiritual religion weakened
by vain theological disputes, to shew
that the exercise of reason iseompatiblo
with an unsullied faith, and to combat
the danger of indilTerence in the name
of toleration. Hia fame has survived
the jealous enmity to which he tell a
victim, and is still recalled in Holland
with respect.
Such is the mere outline of Ujc
causes and the consequences of the
KcvocatioQ of the Edict of Nantes;
for its fuller historv we must refer our
readers to the worts cited at the be-
ginning of this article. That of M,
Weiss is nn extremely valuable com-
t illation, but it is to be regretted he
ms such feeble powers of portraying
character, or of depicting events. The
volumes of Mons, Sayou.s illustrate, so
far m they extend, with much ability,
the history of the Literature of Ihe
Refugees. The compilation by G. do
Felice, and the "* Witnesses in Sack-
cloth," which last contains a useful
bibbographieal notice of the principal
works upon the history of this period,
should be in the hands of ay cry one
who resfyccts the great struggle for
liberty of conscience, or who venerates
the memory of these martyrs of his
faith. No one can rise from their
perusal without the profound convic-
tion, "There's a Divinity does shape
our ends, rough-hew them how wo
will.'* Consider the termination of the
career of Louis, He outlived the
adoration of bis subjects, his ambition
was controlled by the geniul of Wil-
liam the Third, stricken down by that
of Marlborough and of Eugene. His
heir and his successors were consigned
to premature graves ; want desolated
bis kingdom, which he left as a heri-
tage to a child to whom he was almost
unknown. Infidelity aud voluptuous-
ness corrupted the higher classeB, the
598
Correipondenee ofSyhanut Urban,
[June,
most industrious |)ortion of his subjects
was exiled, the moss of the remainder
was oppressed and disaffected. To the
last he was n King, ol>eyed but not
honoured, surrounded by interested
courtiers, subservient ministers, timo-
rous in reh'gious duty, deriving no
strength, no peace, no consolation from
his faith; a))ove all men, "with none to
bless him, none whom he could l)Iess."
His death was a day of joy, and as his
funeral passed amid tlio mocking jests
of his subjects the Huguenots recalled
Uio wonls familiar to the disciples of
the lieformed Churcli : — " Is this the
man that made the earth to tremble,
that did shake kingdoms,** " that made
the world as a wilderness,** *Uhat
opened not the ^ates of his prisoners?'*
and they bowed m reverence as they be-
held the extinguished glory of him, the
pride of the morning, thus ** cut down
to the ground, which didst weaken the
nations.** When a few more years had
elapsed, the Jesuits were dispersed, and
their order proHcribe<l throughout Eu-
rope. The bigotry of the Church, the
sceptical ciTrontery, and the relaxe<l
lives of many of its leaders, — the in-
Aucnce of the writings of Voltaire,
Rousseau, Diderot, and D*Alembert,
the debased morals of the court, all
united, burst at last those conventional
bonds which had restrained the passions
of society and overspread the land
with the terrible results of the lievolu-
tion. In that hour of universal pro-
8crii)tion, when the descendants of
Louis the Fourteenth commenced that
painful exile, the Edict of which to
them is still in all its bitterness re-
newed, when hi« ilead bodj, and thow
of his race, were dragged in the bigli-
way and cast into diahonoored craves,
even as he had ordained should be the
lot of those who refused to sacriSce
their faith unto his wiU, when the
cruelty of lengthened imprisonmeBt
and uniust death upon the scaflbid
closed the short career of his successor's
son — men recalled the sufleren of
1 685, for Uiev beheld in these events the
judgment which hod ffone forth upon
the Kevocation of the ISdict of Nantea
By his proscriptions, b/ hia wars of
ambition and of vain-glory, Louis the
Fourteenth had made the hearths of lus
subjects desolate ; and lo ! a stranger,
and to his race an usurper, is now
enthroned in his palace bj the will
of their descendants. He closed the
temple of the Huguenots. Visit Ver-
sailles, enter the chapel wherein the
noblest of his land once throneed, to
listen to the eloquence of Bouraalone.
The cha[>el is deserted, its condition
mocks its former [weantry, and the
palace of the Great A&narch is a public
show. He separate<l the husbana from
the wife, detained them through lonjg
years of cruel imprisonment, and theu*
children bowed down unto the grave
like flowers stricken by untimely frost
Who can read the narrative of the
prisoners of the Temple, of the sepa-
ration of Louis the Eighteenth and his
Queen, of the cruel lingering death of
the Dauphin, whose crime was — he was
a king's satij and not feel that in this
dreail reverse there is the lesson of
moral retribution.
CORRESPONDENCE OF SYLVAN US URBAN.
A PiM for tho threatoneil City GlmrchM— Tho British Miuenin Library— The lata Master of Sherbom
Hospital— <)riglnal I.«ttor and Anoc<lotefi of Admiral Vomon— Oversigiits of Schiller and Shakspere.
A Plea for the threatened City Churches.
Mr. Urban, — About twenty years ago
a Bcheme Waa suggested for the remoTal
of a large number of City Churches ; this
upon the o[)poBition made to it was not
persisted in. About six years afterwards
(1840), upon the proposed removal of the
Ciiurcii of St. Bartholomew, by the Ex-
change, tlie matter was again agitated.
After that church had been removed (which
was eiTected after some opposition), the
question was allowed to rest until the end
of the last and the commencement of the
present year, when, after the publication
of a pamphlet advocating the scheme, we
find the Bishop of London supporting it.
Since then a bill under the title of the
"Church Building Acts Amendment Bill,"
(as if its promoters were desirous of con-
cealing the object of it by not explaining
it in the title), lias been introduced into
and is now passing through Parliament.
It will be observed that the bill em-
18M,]
Cormpondence of S^kmnntt Urban,
ftW
braces a larger lii^Ul ttian was origitially
intendei], iiuistnUGli as it extends to tho
whole coubtryt anil not to Landoo alone,
which appears to have b«eii the odf^iital
iiiteotioii. With reapcct to Lotidan, it
may be saict that this Dili wHI destroy in a
few months all remembraacea of those
great sacrifices the citizens of London
made in behalf of their church after the
great Fire of London. We have only to
consider for a tnoment how great those
must have been. At that it me hundreds
were homelc££ and houaeleaa^ yet they set
to work : Ix'sides building ImbitatioDs for
thcnn selves I they built habitations for
their God. It is true they did not build
up all the churches which were destroyed^
but they did what they might Jia?e been
excused for not doing,— they kept aacred
nearly all the spots upon which the
churches had stood. We might have made
money of them, and with that money hav^e
rebuilt the others. Shall we destroy ail
tbeic monuments of piety ? Shall we put
up all these buildiuga and the conaecrfited
ground upon which they atand to the
highest bidder ? Aa well might it be said
that our cathedrals are uaeleee, or nearly
so, and no longer necessary — that churches
are wanted in other ptacea^ tbat money
' be obtained by the sale of the cathe-
snd the ground upon which they
d — St. Paul's itself might be remofed,
■ a small cbiirch would aecnmmodate its
oongregatioUt and the ground is valuable.
We have antiquarian and arehu^nlogicat
sodetiea and aasoeiations, mt'ti opolitiin anil
local ; but at the same titne thut we eS'
tablish these associatiotia we d&itroy our
memonals of the pasL Those in Lincoln
and thoiie in Norwich are also threat-
ened. We preserve and restore Crosby
Hallr and, at nearly tlie same time, we
are to destroy the church connected with
it. No one can enter the church of
St* Helen's without reverential feelings.
Here arc the altar- tomb and rticumbent
figures of Sir Juho Crosby, the builder
of the hallt and bis lady ; the monument
of Sir William Pickering, who died in
1 543 ; an altar-tomb Govered witli a marble
slab, inacnhed, ** Sir Thomas Gresham,
Knight, bury^ Decern ''^ la, 1579/' and
the monument of Sir Julius Cossar, Privy
Counsellor to King James the Pirst. Are
we to destroy the church now standing in
Cornhill, and build over the ground on
which *' in the year of our Lord God
c.LXXix. Lucius the first Christian king
of this lund, then called Britain^ founded
the first ctmrcli in London, that is to say,
the church of St. PetLT upon Cornhill ;**
and who ** founded there an^archbishop^s
see, and made that church the metropo-
litan and Lhtef church of the kingdom.'*
Other churches might be pftrtieulfirly re-
ferred tOt but it \a scarcely poi-isiblc to
imagine that our Legislature will allow
Ihe^e buildiogii and the ground which has
been kept saered since the Fire to be
brought to the hammer. We cannot ex-
pect parties to build churches or to sub-
scribe to the erection of them, to th«
erection of monuments or memorial win*
dowi, when they cannot be sure but that
they may afterwards he put up to sale,
and applied iv^ secular objects.
Assuming that all the churches laow
existing in London and the ministers ap-
pointed to them arc not now required,
there can really be Little di^lcully in
making arrangements for alternate services
tn some of the former, and the removil of
some of the latter to other fields of labour.
With respect to alternate services, it must
be borne in mind that the churches are at
no great distance apart, that one set of
officers could do duly at two, and the in-
convenience to the congregatioDS would be
but little (if any at all) in many charches.
In the country there are alternate services
in churches which are at a distance apart.
If this course were adopted, it would be
necessary to make some provisiott for the
repairs; the expense of these would not be
great, and there would be found few
parishes in which the parishioners would
not be willing to keep their church on this
condition. Lot uji not destroy throughout
all our large cities and towna the moDH-
mcnts of the piety of our forefathers^
we should preserve these temples, which
are *" tho honour of our native place" and
** the bulwarks of our land.^' fiishop
Blomfield eulogises the view from the
summit of St. Paurs, and Uie Rev. Rich-
ard Hooper in bis " Plea for the City
Churches" (See Notes and Queries, 1854,
p. 51,) says, " A walk in the city may be
as iostructive and as good a cure for me'
lancboly as the charming country, An old
city church can tell lis tale, and a good
one too. We thought of the quaint old
monuments, handed down ^om older
chuiehes ^tis true, but still over the stum*
hering ashoa of our forefathers, and whea
the thought of the destroying hand that
hung over them arose, amid many asso-
dationa, the Bsrd of Avon*a fearful moDa«
mental denunciation came to our aid,
ULe«t be tbf; man Ui&t spares ibeM Rtoae«,
And cnrvt Im ho dut moves theie l>onei."
It may be added^that the effect which
the contemplated great destruction of
churches in this country — the stronghold
of Protestantism — may have in the world,
does not appear to have been alluded toby
the promoters of the measure. It may
deserve some consideration.
Yours, &c. J. nm B.
600
Correspondence of AS^hanag Urban,
fjime.
Tmc BuiTii^H MTTi^evM LmtiAnY.
Ma. UsBANf — In your "Minor Cor-
reapofidence'' far the present inatith, I
obfler?e the following passage.
" To H, T. who ailts whether k U not
exiraordiaary that so im|iortatit a work m
Dulaure's History of Paris ia not to be
found in the library of the British Muscunij^
we caa only reply that ttic deficieDcies of
the coUectioii are stiU very mauifeat."
From the wording of this sewtence, a
reader would probably infer that H. T.'s
complaint was well grounded; but if ko he
wonld be entirely mietaken. 1 felt pretty
confident that I had consulted Dulaure's
History at the Museum many years ago,
and on referring: to the Catalogue 1 found
the following entries.
" 575 h.] Dulaure (Jocq. Ant.) Histoire
physique civile e t morale de Paris. U To en*
8?o. Par, 1829.
"575 k] Atlas. 4to. Par. 1829/'
I found also another work on a nearly
related subject by the same author.
**&76 b.] Dulflure (Jaeq. Ant.) Histoire
physiquet civile et morale des environi dc
Paris. 7 torn. Svo. Paris, 1H25'«.''
To both of these books I observed an
old press* mark (Gal. 4 B B e), drawn
through with the peo, which shews that
the works were in the Museum library
wheti it was located Id old Montague
House, DOW many years ago. In fihort,
there appears lit thia case to have been an
oversight, but eot on the |mrt of the Mit-
ieum authorities.
Permit me to take this opportunity of
correcting another oversight with regard
to the sama establishment. In the me«
moir of Count Pompeo Litta^ inserted in
the Gentleman's Magazine for February,
1B53, it is stated that bis magnjlicflnt
work on the genealogies of Italian fami-
lies was '* published in parts, to the extent
of about five large faho;;,'* and to this a
note Is appended : '* Qu. ? — We hav«
looked at the copy in the British Ma*
seum, and it consists of twelve fasciculi,
which are all bound in one folio volume.**
I see that in the Museum Catalogue more
thain forty fasciculi arc mentioupd, and I
am certain that when I looked at the Mu-
ieum copy* when tlie work was still gning
on, in Count Litta's lifetime, it consisted
of four or five folio volumes. These are
trifles, but even in trifles it is worth while
to he correct. A statement of this kind
produces nn impression to the disadvantage
of the Museum offidals which it is not
right they should labour under^ when it is
not in consonance with focta.
To return to the Minor Correspondence.
You proceed to remark of the Museum,
5
that, ^' though vast qusndtics of foi
works have been added of late yean,
mass is not of the most useful descripli
which s«emi to shew that the pnrcli
acquired have been rather incidental and
wholesale quantities than discrimioatife.'*
It is somewhat singular that in tlie rcry
opposite page, in the review of the Barooesi
HloKe de Bury's Memoirs of the Prinom
Palatine of Bohemia, the critic rci '~
that the book contains "tome tbIi
and interciting details respecting the gi
hero of the house of Orange, principally
derived from a work entitled 'Arcliires
of the House of Orange,* published ondcf
the authority of ttie King of Holland, aait
as yet but little known in this couotry,"
Litttc known as it is, that work, and
hundreds of other Dutch publications, to
Dutch and French, bearing on the history
of England, have been for years on the
shelves of the British Museum. In fket,
I happen to know that the chief Dotch
periodical for some years past have been
gone through by one of the ofUctals of the
library, to ascertain which of the worki
reviewed in them were of sufficient Tains
to be added to its stores.
The notice in the Minor CorresfiOfK
concludes with a lament that so i
English works are still waittiog at the
Museum, of which two arc pointed oat b
particnlar. One of these, a book of the
Rev. Thomas Penuington^s, published in
1809, I was not surprised at,^ — ^huodredf
and thousands of English works issned to
the early part of the present century were
kept out of the Museum by the opemttoD
of two continued causes, one that the
Copyright Act was not enforced, the other
that Englit^h books were not purohaaed.
But the second instance was more remark-
able. The title is given thus (at p. bb\
of your last number), " A Journey into
various purts of Europe, and a Residence
in them during the years 1818^ 1819, H*'28,
and 1841,*' If the dates were correnct. it
was evident that this work must have heea
puhlihhcd since 1841, and for some time
before that period an increased activity oa
the part of the Museum collectors had
made it somewhat difficult for a subatanttal
publication in two octavo voiuines issued
in I^odou to pass unclaimed. I hare the
work now before me, and it turns out that
my suspicions wera well-founded. For
" 1828 and 1841 "read '* 1820 and 1821 ;••
the date of publication is 1^25. Unless
1 am mnch mistaken, the ** obituarists** of
the Gentleman*s Magazine will find no
occasion to make complaint of the
of any F^imihir publication of twenty
18540
CarreJtpondence of S^lvanm Urban*
Ml
liter, and possibly at some future period
it may be thought that the oflldnlH who
sabjected themselves to trouble and ex-
pjiod themaelre^ to obloquy to obt&in this
reault, are after a^l not deserving of aaml-
tigated Gcosure.
Vourii &C.
LcCTORi
Tmr i,ati5 Master of SiiGRuutiN Hospital.
I
I
Mr, UnDANf — In your memoir of that
able divine and excelleot man, the late Mr,
Fabert pubhshed in your May magazine,
the date of bis Sernioa on Episcopal Ordi-
nation should have been 1802 (not 1801);
and the date of his Thoughts op the Ar*
miuian otid Calvioiiitic Cootroveny should
tiafe been 1803.
Bid not Mr. Faber publiab a pamphlet
or pamphlets in controversy with Bishop
Bethell on the Efficacy of Baptism * of
whicli there is no notice in that memoir ?
Ilia Provincial Letters (2 thin vols.
Painter, 1B44, the date of the 2nd edition]
are not mentioned.
The Inte Master of Sberhurn Hospital
was a descendant of French rffugees^ who
came over into England on the revocation
of the Edict of Nantes, Whatever ex-
pectation he might entertain » he received
from Bishop llorsley no substantial evi-
dence of his lordship's good will in the
shape of ecclesiastical preferment But,
by bis marriage, Mr. Faber became ac-
<|uaiatcd with Biabop Barringtoo, whose
consoientious disposal of preferment, and
whose introduction into his diocese of
eminent divineSt was proverbial. That
worthy prelate, ai itatea in tlie obituary,
became h is s teady patro n . When V i car of
RedmarshaU, 1 believe, the Bi^ibop oiTered
him a second living. That o^er Mr.
Faber respectfully declineJ, on the ground
that he could not reconcile plurality to
his conscience. Bi^^bop Harrington was
too good a man to take offeoce. Uis
.1 answer was, that he hoped such
ienttousness would be no injury to
Paber, either in this world or in the
next; and^ in IBM, hh pntron translated
Mr, Faber from Rcdmarshall to Long-
new ton.
Bishop Van Mildert exercised sound
judgment and discernment when be pre*
sented Mr. Faber to Sberhurn Hospital.
Some good-nnturcd go* between wished^ at
the time^ to shake the Bishop's favourable
opinion of Mr. Faber. The Bishop's
answer was, " I am well aware myself and
Mr. Faber do not think exactly alike on
all theological points ; but that is no
reason why he should be debarred from
prefermentp which he so justly merits,'^
An honoarable sentimentf not a little in
advance of the day in which it was
ottered, and fully justified by Mr, Faber'a
conduct through the one-and- twenty years
durinj which be presided over S herb urn
Hospital.
For the '^ otium cum dignitate*' was
not made by him any pretext for theologi-
cal or literary indolence; and, perhaps,
no preceding Master had so generously
and to conscientiously devoted a very
considerable part of the income of his
mastership to the permanent improvement
of the Hospital estate.^, and to the comfort
of bis successors. Wherever Mr. Faber
had been located, the improved condition
of the parsonage houses evidenced that ho
did not merely ** seek his own things.*'
He found the Hospital and Estates of
Sberhurn neglected and dilapidated, ba
left them in an hooonrably dtOereut state:
augmented incomes to the incumbents of
livings under his patrons ge ; the chanoeFi
of their churches restored ; agricultural
buildings erected on the farm* ; the chapel ,
hou^e, and ofitces rebuilt ; the grounds
greatly improved ; these things bear evi-
dence to the generous con sclent iousnesi
of the late Master of Sherburn Hosptial,
And though we think a copying of thd
patch'work architecture of difTerent dat<»
in the restoration of the chapel, and the
erection of the house and offices in the
Grecian or Palhidian styles, to have been
no small mistakes, still these fabrics will
long bear their testimony that Mr, Faber
had far too noble a mind to " live unto
himself/' Even those who the most
widely differed from him on matters of
arcbitectoml taste, must now readily allow
to the tate Master of Sherburn Hoi^piUd
the higher meed, that as a good steward
and fuithful Master he justly deserves to
be colled *' a repairer of the breadi, tho
restorer of paths to dwell in/*
\ onrft, &c. E. W- S.
Map Uihf 1854.
OEtomAL Lkitbr akb Anecdotm of Aduulal Vernon.
Mr. UnBAN,— In the second volume
of the "Philological Museum,*' 1833 (p,
703), there is an ingenious e4i»iy, entitled
** Cleon and Adtiiiral Vernon/' which has
since been copied into Malkin's ** Histo-
rical FaialleU/' 1835, vol. ii. chap, 5.
G«KT* Mao. Vol. XLI,
The writer justly observes that U»c con-
queror of Porto Bello failed as admiral on
the West India station, "thus showing
that a coup dt tnnin, whether in politics
or war, though it often succeeds most si g.
nally,it no safeefidenro of general ability,"'*
Hi
6oa
Correspondence of Sylvanus Urhcm*
[Janey
(p. 239.) Oar historians are agreed in
represcQting Vernon as a man of more
courage than experience, and of more bold-
Dess than talent, which may be admitted
compatibly with a reasonable amount of
praise.
I have aa unpublished letter from Ad-
miral Vernon to his cousin, Thomas Ver-
non, Esq. of firistol, of which I transcribe
a portion, omitting what is purely personal,
as it was written at the time of a severe
affliction in his relative's family.
** Nacton, September 6tb, 1744.
"Sir,— I should sooner have acknow-
ledged your letter of the 23d past, but
that I am just returned from a progress I
have been making with my son among our
tenants. I heartily condole with you . . .
and hope you will have that regard for
your self, and your Spouse, as not to sacri-
fice your Health, and your Busyness to a
calamity ... I assure you, I have the
same good oppinion of your Nephew that
you have . . . and I shall always have a plea-
sure in doing [him] any good offices in my
SDwer . . . But you icnow very well, how
ttle that may be ; for one who finds him-
self under the persecution of an A n*
for being tof sincere a Protestant, to
iwallow the favourite Doctrine of Implicit
fiuth in M rs,J the only thing I can
conceive they have to lay to my charge.
'' But should any incident call me to
any future command at sea, which the ill
treatment I have met with can give me
little Inclination to; you may assure your
self I should have a sincere pleasure in
placing your worthy Nephew suitable to
bis merit, and forwarding him in any good
offices in my power.
** With my best wishes for your perfect
recovery of your health ; and Services to
Mrs. Vernon and you, I am,
« Sir,
" Your most obedient
" humble servant,
**E. Vernon."
" For Thomas Vernon, Esqr. Coun-
celoor at Law, at hia house, npon
Ck>lledge Green, Bristall, Soracr-
letshire.
" flroe. E. Vernon."
Thomas Vernon, to whom this letter
was addressed, was of the Middle Temple,
but practised as a provincial barrister at
Bristol. He was counsel for the Crown
at the trial of Captain Goodere in 1 740
for the murder of his brother, Sir John
Dinely Goodere. The prisoner had the
effrontery to offer him an orange in court,
which he declined, under a suspicion that
* Administration,
into //ersecntion,
t 8o in MS.jfor too.
it might be poiaoned. Admiral Vernon
stayed several days at hia honae after his
return from Porto Bekio, when be was
obliged to go out and show hiniaelf to Um
people, who crowded round the house to
see him.
The language of Admiral VenMm's
letter shows, tl^ bis share in the failnrt
at Carthagena had not taught him alienee,
and that he unreasonably expected to be
employed by a miniatry againat whom he
was constantly declaiming. It ahonld be
added, with reference to the promiae ex-
pressed in this letter, that when he was
afterwards employed, during the rebelUoo
in 1745, in defending the coaats of Kent
and Sussex, he took out two of hia re-
lative's nephews in hia ship.
Perhaps, Mr. Urban, there is m ten-
dency in persons who have performed eat
brilliant action to overrate their own iai*
portance. The defeat of the French omvoy
in Flanders in 1708 by General Webb
(which was represented in tapeatry at
Stowe), intoxicated him to auch a degree
that he was perpetually talking of it.
Speaker Onslow mentiona, in ooe of his
MS. notes on Burnetts** Own Time," that
the Duke of Argyle, ^ who had heard it
from him twenty times before," told hin
he wished he had been wounded in his
tongue, ** for then everybody dae would
have talked of your action.** (Bd. Oxoa.,
1822, vol. V. p. 367.)
Horace Walpole has found another
parallel to Admiral Vernon in Wilkes.
Writing to Sir Horace Mann, March 31,
17G8, he says, " In my own opinion, the
House of Commons is the place iriiere he
can do least hurt, for he ia a wretched
speaker, and will auk to contempt, like
Admiral Vernon, who I remember jost
auch an illuminated hero, with two birth-
days in one year. You will aay, he can
write better than Vernon — true; and them-
fore bis case is more desperate. BeaidciL
Vernon was rich : Wilkes is undone ; and
though he has had great support, hia pa-
trons will be sick of maintaining him."
(Letters to Sir H. M., oonclading Seriea,
vol. i. p. 383.)
Horace Walpole did not foreaee that
Wilkes had tact enough to avoid a fall, by
bringing his career to a close in a locmtiFe
appointment. But Vernon had the merit
of disinterestedness, and of a better private
character.
Of different historians, Voltaire in bis
" Siecle do Louis XV." (chap. 8) ap-
pears to be the most favourable to Vernon,
in estimating the result of the taking of
He seems to have written //rosecution just before, and altered it
I Ministers.
Imnus Urban,
605
Porto Bello. But is h45 correct ia what
follow* ? for if 80 his arcoont is curious
and instroctiTe. The En«H«i^ ^'^^ «!iys,
were »o tannine in expe< i .jena
to be taken alio, that thtj >1 iu
imagined surrender as if it Um\ tilrcudy
happt^ned : — " De sorte qne* duns le temps
m^me que Vernon en levait Ik sit^ge, ils
fircnt frapper une m^datlle on Ton voyait
le port et les environs dc Cartba^enCp
avec cette l^^gende : Ji a pru Carthagin^,
Le refer* repr^sentait ramiral Vcroon,
et on y lisait ces mota : — Au vengeur rfe
Ma fiairie, H y a beaiicoup d'eiemplen dc
oea m^daillea prfinatiii^e^ qui trompe*
raieni la posteritf, si 1'bistoire, plus iid^te
et ploj eiactCf ne pr^enatt pas de le\Un
cnneura." I have two brass medals of
differeot sizes » struck in commetnoralion
of the former successful attack. On the
obrerie ia his portraitt half-length on the
smaller medal, and whole-length on tha
larger one» with the word* — "The British
Glory reviT*d by Admiral Vcmon/' On
the referse is a view of the fort, with six
ships before it, and the words—" He took
Forto Bello with «it shipa only. Not, 98,
1739.^' The larger one h&ft a bole in It,
and seemft to hare been worn hj one of
tlic family, and the figures have been pw-
tislly effaced by the friction.*
There is a " Uiitolre de la Colomhie,"
by M. Lallement, Paris, 182G, which I
mention to show how super^cially history
ia sometimev^i written* It passes orer the
two c3q>editioDS against Porto Hello and
Carthngena in these words : " Lea An-
glais mcoa^aient frcquemment Ics ports de
Touest, et lenrs teotatives, rcpouas6efl,
laissaient toujours sur ce* bords dea rela-
tions enrop^cnnes." (p. 50.) The ex-
ploits of tnc buccaneers, in which Car-
tbagena bad its share, are omitted, as ii
also the disastrous attempt of Sir Walter
Raleigh on the easterly acttletuents. It ii
not by such histories that tbe mistakes
commemorated by Voltaire are corrected*
P,S. — Can any of your Correspondenti
furnish me with the parentage of Thoma«
Venion, and his relationship to the Ad-
miral, whom 1 have called his oousin from
family tradition r
Yours, &.C, J. T. M.
I
OvKHfflOBTS OF ScUtLLlR AND ShAKSPERS.
Ab^uniHio Uonas tlormitat
Iaban, — In reading the other day
I William Tell I was atirprised to
find the effect of one of tbe finest passages
in tbe drama marred by the introductioa
of a feature which seems entirely at vari-
ance with the tenor of tbe whole.
The hero of the piece is lying in ambu^b
awaidng the coming of Gesster with a
view to assasfiinnte hira, and, while con-
templating the path by nhiehhis Tictira ia
approaching » he breaks out into the fol*
lowing^ aolilo<|iiy :
Ihcr gi'hi
Der •orgcnvolle KAufTminnii, inxl tier lekbt
C3flaehurvle PUger -hIw <iiitmcht*go Mbnch,
I JlMifiKir— mnd <ler haltre Spitdinanit,
' mlt dar schwer Wadlnn Horn
I Jwifeomml ftrn der Menicliaa Utndam,
Dam J«de bCr^we rahrt on'* End dor Welt,
Sle alle sletien ihnpa Wc«C4 fort
An thr (jnflctinfl— und mdnon Lit der iionU
Now we may ask. Why ia the ** gloomy
robber * ^ introduced here ? the train <^
thought in William Tell's mind appears
to he tills : All other men are abroad on
their lawful labour or buaiDcea — 1 alone
for an III purpose^ that of murder. Nov^
to bring out this idea effect ively, it
would surely have been adTisable to sup
press all thought of the ** gloomy rob-
ber,'* however probable it might be that
he would be found on the road, bm weU
ai the pious monk and the reat,
A similar orersight in Shakspere ocouri
to me. The fallen Wolsey is dehorting
Cromwell from the fault by which he him-
self has forfeited his happiness.
Cromwell, I djorso tliee, tUng swsy amfaitloQ ;
lly that sin (W Ibe angeJi ; bow can man then,
Tk« fflwitft ^htt Maktr, Im^ to win by 't ?
Here tbe argument seems to be, Lofty
aspirations were the cause of the fall of tbe
angels ; much more then are they unauited
to man, a being so much lower in the
scale of creation^ Here tben we should
p^tpcct that the epithet appended to maa
would be exprcssiYe of his weakness and
mortality, or at all events of his inferi-
ority to the angels, whereas the epithet
we really have presents him in the very
highest view ia which he can possibly ap-
pear, the image of Mm Maker*
Yours, ate* F. J* V,
* There is a half-sheet roestotinto of Admiral Vernon, bj Faber, dedicated to the
Lord Mayor, kc, of L<mdon, and dated 1740, tbe time when bis popularity was at itt
height.
604
NOTES OF THE MONTH.
Till" Cry.Ul rulacc at Sydenham - Mciuorinl of ihc Cnsat Kxhihition of 1851— Tnule Mu«iim— Scoti*
IiKliisthAl MuM-iim Chtlm»fr»nl Mu!«iiin -Ilritiitli Miucuni -Iloyal Society— An nivcirariei of tbt
Knyal (k'Oifr.iirhical, ZiNiIo;;i«al, and MionKvoiiical Soeictivi— Inangurative Mectiiif^K of the BiMoi
and Surrey Anh«.)lfigicAl Sotietim --<:ambrid^ Meeting of the ArcbaMiloKicol In>tltute-— Siuw
Aroha'olof^ical S'wicty- -An-liaoln^jical and ArchitC4 tural Meeting at I>cicc^tcr--Cttm«l«n Sockty—
SIiJikesK'n,' Sim icty nioPliilobiWon -Annlver»arlCHof the Literary Fund Society, lYInters* Itn-
»ion Si^u-ty, and Artists' Ik-ncvolcnt Fund— The Art rniim— I^ndon Statuca— Wellington Mo«ii«
mcnt at (iuildliall - Vacant j<iia«-c near St. I'ttul'ii Catlic<iral -I^rd Cliarlcii Townaliend'ii PictaRi
- IIu;^rtliV jtortralt of 3!r!«. (^nirrirk — French rirtureft— Panorania of Berlin — KeatonUtoo d
Brighton Parisli Churcli— SwalTliam Charch -Foreign Literary IntelliKence.
AnnounccmeDtfl arc made that tbe
Cryttal Palace at Sydenham will be
opened with a fitting ceremonial on the
luih of June. Her Majesty, it is snid,
will assist at the inauguration ; and the
directors, wc understand, have resolved to
issue cards of invitation to the presidents
and vice-presidents of all the learned
iio<:ieties — to the dignitaries of the univer-
sities— to the mayors of all municipal towns
— and to other clabses of persons, in a pro-
bable aggregate of from twenty to thirty
thouMand persons. The Governments of
France, Belgium, and Prussia, and the
other principal foreign powers, have inti-
mated their intention of sending commis-
sioners. To assist in the musical arrange-
ments, 1000 performers of the Sacred
Harmonic and New Philharmonic Societies
have volunteered their gratuitous services.
Although a considerable time must
elapse before the Crystal Palace can be
called complete, and some years before it
reaches perfection, there is already suffi-
cient attraction to require many visits to
do justice to the objects of interest pre-
sented. The Assyrian, Egyptian, (ircek,
Roman, Pompeian, and Alhambra courts
are perfect re-productions of the finest spe-
cimens of work of their respective styles.
The Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance
courts also present a collection of some of
the most beautiful works of medieval art,
thougli wanting in the unity of design
which pervades the other divisions. One
of the finest effects in the building is that
of the pair of colossal Egyptian figures,
with the avenue of sphinxes, in the tran-
septs at the northern end. Casts of the
highest works of ancient sculpture, scru-
pulously made from the originals in what-
ever part of the world they may be, orna-
ment the avenues of the nave, and, with
fountains and fh)wers, will pre.sent a pro-
spect under the magnificent arched roof
certainly never before equalled in any
building. At the southern end, among
tropical plants, will be seen a collection of
models of savage tribes of various parts of
the world, forming an interesting illustra-
tion of ethnological science ; and on an
island in a lake in the gardens are the
results of an attempt to re-produce in form
and appearance, as they walked the earth,
the strange and gigantic forms of the
animals whose existence has been revealed
to us by geological investigation, aiid
whose shape, nature, and habits have been
deciphered from the moat inconsiderable
remains by the diligence of comparative
anatomists. The Industrial portion of the
collection is not in so forward a state, bat
will not be neglected, although forming
here but a secondary, instead of as in
Hyde Park the principal, featnre of the
Exhibition.
Tbe subscribers to the Memorial f^ike
Great Exhibition o/I85l having commn-
nicatcd to H.R.H. Prince Albert a report
of their proceedings, soliciting his Royal
Highnoss's counsel **as to the best mode
of transmitting to posterity a memorial of
that great event," the Prince has replied
by his >»ecretary, the Hon. Charles Grey,
suggesting that " it might probably be
done by the endowment of one or more
professorships ; by the institution of pe-
riodical exhibitions; by the purchase of
fine works of art for the national museums;
or by the endowment of prizes for specific
objects. But that which strikes his Royal
Highness at this moment as the simplest
and most effectual method, would be to
found Scholarships, as prizes for profi-
ciency in certain branches of study con-
nected with art and science. Tliesc might
be travelling scholarships, and if the sum
subscribed should amount to 10,000/. the
interest would be sufficient to found foar,
or one for each of the four great classes
into which the Exhibition was divided,
while by this means also the connection
between our efforts in art and science, and
those of other nations, would be main-
tained." The letter concludes with re-
marking that the Prince would be glad
to find that the plan adopted was one
towards which his Royal Highness would
be enabled himself to have the pleasure of
contributing; thus putting a negative to
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e05
tbe propofltd Hl»tiie of tbe Prince, irbich
lias occaAiooed so much differeDce of
opinlou.
It will be remembered tbat the com'
mittee of Lloyd's were foremost in 1851
in iirginj on the Royal Commission tbe
impartiiQcc of establishing^ a Trade JMu-
IMtum, and in pointing out its use to the
merchants and manafucturers of the city
of London. The committee have now
transmitted a circular to tbeir agents all
OTcr tbe world) expressing a hope that they
may be able to aid in the collection. The
Lords of the Treasury have issued ipstnic-
tiona to tbe Commissioners of Customs to
pafis direct to tbe house of the Society of
Arts all packages containing specimens for
the rouscamf to be there delivered free of
duty. Promises of aid and co-operation
in the formation of the mu»eum have al^o
been made by the Highland and Agricut-
Itural Society of Scotland » the Royal Scot-
tish Society of Arts^ and tbe Zoological
Society of London.
Government has decided to propose a
mnt of 7000/. for tbe purchase of a site
for the Svotisk IndmlriH Mmeum to be
established at Edinburgh. The site fixed
on is a piece of ground behind the college,
at present occupied by a chapel and one
of the hospitals. Tbe College Musfcum
will be ceded by the town couocil to the
new niuseumr aad the whole phced under
I tbe superiatendence of tbe Board of Trade.
It is gratifying to observe in tbe pro-
tineial papers the constant accetsions
which arc made to the stores of tbe local
mutettma established throughout the coun-
try, and tbe ipcreased attention which is
consequently paid to objects of scientific
and aiitiquariaxi interest. Wherever a com-
modious receptacle is formed for such col-
f kclions, there is generally no deficiency of
j contributions from neighbours and frieoils,
[who flrc glad to pkce their dormant and
patent curiosities in a position where they
I may be at once preserved and admired.
[The town of Chelmsford was one of the
I first to eatahlisb such a museum, which
I set on foot nearly twenty years ago by
he aeal and energy of Mr. T, C. Neale,
' Springfield; and we are gbd to observe
I that he does not now desert the creation
lof his perseverioicr efforts. Tbe season of
I the Chelmsford Philosophical Society has
teen opened by a lecture on Fossil Re-
Imaina given by Mr. Neale, which was
iniustrated by the Fpeciracns now collected
Ifxi the museum, and by others found in
Warious places in the county, as well as by
l^ome fine specimens sent by Mr. W. D.
fSaull, F.G.S.
A report of the income, expenditurei
l«nd general progress of the British MU'
Hum, for the year ending 31st March^
1854, shows that tbe gross expenditure on
Parliamentary igrants is 70,203/. Ida. 2^.,
of which 1,112/, I5f. ^d. has gone for
excavations in Assyria end transport of
marbles. The items of expenditure on the
Bridgewater,Farnborough, and Swiney be*
questsjfor the purchajie of mauuscriptSi pro*
vision of lectures, &c., are respectively —
669/.5*.2<?., 243/.l5#.8J„ and 2TU.6#.1</.
The estimated expenditure for 1854
amounts to 55,225/., while the sum
granted is 55,840/, The number of per-
sons admitted to Tiew tbe general collec*
tioti from Christmas 1852 to IBS^i was
661,113. The number of visits to the
reading-room was G7,794, to the galleries
of sc\d;pture 6,518, to tlie print-room
3,928. Ten pages of the report are occu-
pied by a catalogue of recent acciuisitionB
and chang<^ in the arrangements.
The following is a list of the candidates
for the Fellowship of the Rojfal Soehiy,
the names of the hfteen recommended by
the Council for election being printed in
italics: — Jam€t Atlman, M,D, i Henry
Foster Baxter, esq. ; Edward William
Brajfhyyitq, ; Alexander Bryton^ M,D.;
James Caird, esq.; /. Lockhart darker
esq,; Williiira Coulson, esq.; Thomas
Rusaell Crampton, esq. ; Joseph Dickin-
son^ M.D.! Solomon Moses Drach, esq. ;
Major Duckett; John Eric Erichsen, esq.*,
Sir Cbarlbs Pox j Ronald Campbell Gutm,
etq. ; ^Villiam Bird llerapath, M.D. ;
Robert Huntr esq. ; John Bennet Lowes,
esq, ; Edward Joseph Lowe* ei^q. ; Robert
Mall elf esq. ; Charles Mai/, etq. ; Captain
Moore, R,N. ; Heory Peri gal, esq. j Cap-
tain Straeheif ; i?. D, Thomson^ esq, ;
Charles Vincent Walker, esq. ; Samuel
Charles Whitl/vead^ e*q* ; Robert Wight,
M.D. i Thomas WilUams, M.D, ; W, C,
Wiiiiamsant esq* ; George Fergusson Wil-
son, esq. The narober of Fellows deceased
during the past year has been twenty-five i
consequently the Society is undergoing a
systematic reduction of its memhers.
The annual meeting of the Rfiyal Geo^
graphical Society was held on the 2:?nd of
May, the Earl of Elleimerc in tbe chair.
During the last year 112 ordinary and
two corresponding meml>ers had been
added to the society ; making the total
number 7^) ordinary and 58 honorary and
corresponding members. The financial po*
sitioQ of the society was also tatisfactory ;
tbe ordinary receipts, which in the year
1848 were only tij)6/. ; in 184i), 778/. ; in
1850, 1,0riG/, ; in 1851, 1,056/.; in 1852,
1,220/.; were in 1853, 1,693/. 0*. Bd,
In extension of the Society's sphere of use-
fulness, Uer ^lajesty's Ministers have felt
themselves justified in tendering a yearly
grant of 500/,, in order that an apartment
bo provided in which the society's valuable
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[June,
collection of maps aud charts may be ren-
dered available for public reference. This
proposition has been gratefully accepted,
and the council is now engaged upon the
preliminaries requisite for carrying into
effect with the least possible delay arrange-
ments in accordance with the Treasury
minute. The additions to tljc library
daring the past year consisted of 400
volumes of books and pamphlets, 300
sheets of maps and charts, and 10 atlasses.
The gold medals have been awarded as
follows : — The Founder's Medal to Rear-
Admiral William Henry Smjth, K.S.F.,
for his numerous valuable maritime surveys
in the Mediterranean, pursued at a con-
siderable pecuniary cost to himself, and
commenced at a time when our acquaint-
ance with the physical geography of that
sea and the surrounding countries was
most imperfect — surveys which produced
105 charts and maps, still used by the
Admiralty, and established upwards of
1200 maritime positions on the coasts of
France, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia,
Sicily, Croatia, Dalmatia, the Ionian Isles,
Greece, and the shores of Africa, from
Egypt to Morocco ; also for his writings
upon the climatology and natural history
of large tracts (including his memoirs on
Sicily and Sardinia), and especially for his
recent able work •* The Mediterranean,"
in which his own observations are embo-
died in a rich compendium of the actual
geography of those regions as compared
with their physical features recorded in
the classical and mediaeval ages. The Pa-
tron's Medal to Robert M'Clure, R.N.,
of Her Majesty's Ship Investigator, for
his remarkable exertions in getting to
Behring's Strait early enough in 1850 (the
same year he left England) to enable him,
against great difficulties, to navigate his
ship through the ice of the Polar Seas, for
his survey of Baring Island, and, above all,
for his brilliant discovery of the North -
West Passage.
The annual meeting of the Zoological
Society was held on the 29th of April ;
Sir James Clark, Bart, in the chair. The
report was exceeding satisfactory. The
receipts for admission to the gardens ex-
ceeded those of the preceding year by
3,413/. 18«., and the garden sales presen-
ted an increase of 1,130/. 7«. 3<f. over
those of 1852, which included 700/. re-
ceived for two giraffes, and 115/. for a
lioness. There was also a decrease of 859/.
in expenditure fur wages, advertisements,
and food. The building expenditure like-
wise exhibited a decrease of 1,943/. as com-
pared with the previous year. Although
the number of fellows remained the same,
the annual subscriptions increased 135/. 3«.
The receipts from all sources, indudlng a
previous balance of S80/., amounted to
17,508/. The number of admissions,
exclusive of charity schools and other free
admissions, was 409,606.
The report of the Mierucopicai Society,
presented at the foarteenth annivemry
meeting, states that the number of mem-
bers at the last anniversary was 203. Since
that time there have been elected 28,
making the total number 231 ; this num-
ber being reduced by three retirements,
whilst no deaths are mentioned. The
cabinet of objects and the library have
been increased by various donations.
We have to record this month the in-
auguration of two new Archseologicai
Societies.
The first meeting of the Bristol Arthtg-
ological Society was held on the 11th
February, 1854, the Right Worshipful the
Mayor, the President, in the chair, — when
an Introductory paper was read by the
Honorary Secretary, D. W. Nash, esq. At
the second meeting, held on the 2nd May,
two papers were read : the first by Thos.
Garrard, esq. Chamberlain of Bristol, on
John Guy, a citiien of Bristol, and one of
the early coloniaers of Newfoundland.
The second was by Peter Lereraage, esq.
on a Runic Inscription adjoining the arms
of Bishop Robinson (Bishop of Bristol,
translated to London, 1713), on a painted
glass in the west window of the cathedraL
After this George Pryce, esq. exhibited
some drawings copied by him from some
frescoes on the ceiling of the dormitories
occupied formerly by the canons of tiie
Abbey of St. Augustine. From the head-
dresses of the figures and other adornments
it is evident that they were execated after
the dissolution of the abbey — most pro-
bably in the reign of James the First.
Some presents of antiquities have already
been made to the Society, which now con-
sists of about sixty members ; it includes
in its ranks the leading local antiqnariea—
the Rev. John Eagles, M.A., the Rer. J.
Reyuell Wreford, D.D., F.S.A., A. H.
Palmer, esq., George Pryce, esq., etc.,
and there seems every likelihood of its
becoming a very useful and Taluable So«
ciety.
The Surrey Archaologieal Society held
its inaugural meeting at the Bridge Uooae
Hotel in Southwark on the 10th of May,
when Henry Drummond, esq., M.P.,
F.R.S., presided. It was announced that
the Society had enrolled 365 members, of
whom 38 had paid life subscriptions of fiye
pounds. The annual subscription is fixed
at ten shillings, with ten shillings entrance.
Mr. Drummond addressed the meeting in
an introductory discourse, in which he ad-
vanced many excellent arguments for the
pursuit of archieological research ; and be
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was followed by the Rev. Mr. Jesiop, who
rend Ml eloquent eftsay on the Religioa«
Bearings of Archoeology upon Architec-
klurc and Art. Mr. George Bish Webb,
THon. Secretary, R<d some remarks writ tea
by Colonel Prosier, Governor of Qie Mili-
tary College at Saadhuratf upon a l*rge
inap, coade same years ago at the College,
|#f the Roman road from Silche>irer to
Stainet, acoompanied by a memorandum
Imade by Mr. Lance, upon the aame aub-
and Mr. Henry Lawea Long, who
tfsUtediD niakiDg the survey* favoured the
oeeting with some remarks. Mr. MiUer
ptead a description of a crosa-bow wbicb
I jwas exhibited ; tt waa formerly in the mu-
I ieum of Mr. Greene of LicbHeld, and wai
I engraved in the GeDtlcman*a Mngazinc for
1784, At that time it wa« atatcd to have
^been found on the field of the battle of
Bosworth ; but ita art is not aaterior to
[ the reign of Henry VHI. A great variety
I of objects of interest connected with the
\ county were rangeii upon the tables ; of
Iflomc of which, that belonged to the late
] Mr. Glover of Reigatei a deaeription was
I read by his son*in.law, Mr* Hart.
The aoQual meeting of the Arehmoh-
I pk^l Jnttittite will take place at Cam-
bridge, nnd will commence on Tuesday
July 4^ when Profiyssor Willis will deliver
discourEO on the more aucient Colte-
: giate and Ecclesiastical Buildings. Kx-
ouraioni will be made to Bury, Hengrove,
&c. by invitation of the Suffolk Ar-
choeologists ; to AuiUey End; to Mr.
Neville* a discoveries at Chester ford, hi^
Museum of Saxoo Antiquities, /kc. ; to
I SaiTron Wwldcn, Anglesey Abbey, and Ely*
I We are glad to hear that the ivamieat
rencouragement has been given by the
[ University authorities.
The meetings of several otVier archaeo-
I logical societies we bave noticed in our
[department devoted to that subject; but
[ we have further to mention that the Sufieje
[ArchmolofficAl Society, which now consists
lof 644 members^ has held its quarterly
I'meeting on the 11th May, at Michelham
] Pdory ; and ^ ill hold its anmial gather-
|<ing at Wiochelsea and Rye on TUuraday,
tjuly Lltb, The yorkihire Af/nculturat
1 Bocieiif holds a meeting at Shipton on the
I 31 St May, and purposes vrdting Bolton
I Abbey the following day. The new Wttrfeg-
\ier Archittcturol will meet shortly at Co-
f gentry, probably i» conjunction witli the
[Oxford Society.
There haa alau l>een ti very iuteresttng
[^reunion at Leitnitr, on the 1 7ih and 18th
? May, of the Architectural Societies of the
ItHoceie of Lincoln, and of the Archdea*
Iconry of Northampton. Some important
rpapers, chiefly relating to the town of Lei-
«t«r, were read ; via.— On the Churches
of Leicester, by the Rev. G. Ayliffe Poole {
on Roman Leicester, by J. F; Hollings,
esq. \ on Monumental Sculpture, by Sir
Charles Anderson, Bart,; on Leicester
Abbey, its History, and the Excavationa
made on ila site, by James TliompwUf esq. j
on Repairing and RcfiUing Old Churches,
by Sir Henry E, L. Dryden, Bart.; and
on Mitred Abbeye, by the Rev, Pyiidar
Lowe, Hon* Secretary of the Lincoln
Society,
The anniveraary meeting of the Csmd^
Socitty was held on the 2nd of May,
Lord Braybrooke, the President, in the
chair. The report congratulated the mem-
bers upon the publication of a second
portion of the '^Promptorium : An English
and Latin Dictionary of Words in use
during the Fifteen tb Century, compiled
chiefly from the Promptorium Parvulorum,
by Albert Way, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.,*'
expressing a strong hope that Mr. Way's
engagements uill enable him sneedily to
complete Ibis important work. It waa alio
noticed tliat since the Inst meeting there
bave been delivered to the membcrt, —
Regultc luclusarum? The Ancren Rewle ;
A Trcati&e on the Rules and Duties of
Monastic Life, in the Anglo-Saxon Dialect
of the 13th Century. Edited by the Rev.
James Morton, B*D. Prebendary of Lin-
coln: a \vork, which like the preceding,
is a valuable contribution to Englidi philo-
logy, and of great interest for its illustra-
tion of tltc suciat and religioua condidoo
of the age in wliich it waa produced.
Letters of the Lady Brilliana Harley :
Kij.'i— Hii3. Ediled by the Rev. T. T.
Lewis, M.A. The Household Roll of
Richard 8 w infield, Bishop of Htreford,
18 Ediv. L Edited by the Rev. John Webb,
M.A„ F.S.A., Vol. L Tbe CoanoU have
added the following works to tbe liat of
suggested publications ; —
I, A MS. Narrative of Proceedings »t
Tuobridge in 164*'^, written by Mr. Thomas
WeLler, a resident in that town: with
various in edited letters relating to the
same period. To be edited by Richard
Almack, Esq, F.S.A.
I I. The Correspondence of Sir Robert
Cotton, from the Cottouian MS. (Julius
C. MI.) To be edited by the Rev, Joseph
Stevenson, M.A.
n\. Tbe Household Book of William
Lord Howard, '* Belted Will." To be
edited by James Crosby, Esq., P.S.A.
Among the works in the Press are
two, the Domesday of St. Paul's, Lon-
don, >rh!ch has been delayed by the
illness of tbe editor, the venerable Arch-
deacon Hale ; and the Extent of the Lands
held in England by the Knights Templars,
edited by the Rev. L. B. Larking, which
are colculAted to Diointoin the high chanic-
608
Notni of the Month*
[Jn
ter of the Society, and neither of irhicfa
could have been committed to the prcM
without iti aid. Tlie income of the Society
daring the lait year has been nearly 600/. ;
and the Auditors re]>urt a balance in hand
of 2'«'8/.
Tlie SAaketpeare Society has made its
exit from the literary stage, and vre regret
to add, like many improyident members of
the histrionic profession, in embarrassed
circumstances. Thegrcat mistake through*
out its career has been printing too large
a number of copies of its works, relying
upon the world-wide popuUirity of the
name of its patron. The remaining copies
have been sold by auction at a woefully
depreciated rate.
A new printing club of the aristocratic
and ciclusivc class hns been formed of
gentlemen interested in the history, col-
Usction, and peculiarities of curious books.
It has assumed for its name The PhiiO'
kiblon, the term used by Richard de Bury
to designate such pursuits. It purposes
treading in the steps of the Rozburghe
Club ; to further bibliographical pursuits,
and print private miscellanies. The society
consists of thirty members, with Prince
Albert as Patron, the Earl of Gosford as
President, and two joint-secretaries, the
Belgian Minister and Mr. Monckton
Mihies. The meetings for the transaction
of business take place on the last Saturdays
in the month, from February to July
indusive.
The anniversary dinner of the Literary
Fund Society was held on the 3rd of May,
at the Albion Tavern, (the Freemasons*
being pre-engaged,) when Liord Viscount
Mahon presided, and delivered a very able
and well-eoosidcred address. It was an-
nounced that the relief distributed during
the past year had amounted to 1,4<)()/.,
among H pcrsonK, of whom 31 were
gentlemen, and 10* were ladies.
Tlie Printert* Pention Society* t Dinner
on the following day wait presided over by
Dr. Layard, in tlie absence of Sir Robert
Peel, Bart.
At the dinner of the Artiste* Benevolent
Fund Society, on the I3th of May, the
chairman, Lord Yarborough, ntated that
during the past year 769/. had been paid
in the form of dividends to widows, and
162/. to orphans. The subscriptions an-
nounced at the dinner amounted to
33'i/. 7#. U.,
The annual general meeting of the Art
Union of Jj)ndon was held in the Lyceum
Theatre on the V5th April, I^rd Mont-
eagle, President, in the chair. The sub-
scriptionM for the year amounted to the
sum of r2,lM()/. 16«., and cnch subscriber
of the currrnt year has received an i^ngrav-
ing of Mr. Stanfield'H pirture, " Tilbury
Fori-Wind againit Tide.*' For the ea-
auing year it is propCMed to offer to cack
aubscriber an impreaaion of a plate by Mr.
Willmore, from the picture "A Walw
Party/' by Mr. J. J. Cbalon, together
with a volume contelning thirty wood ea.
gratings, IHuitrative of *' Cbilde Uaroldr
from drawings by Mesara. Anadell, Cope,
R. A. E. Corbould, Dodgson, Duncaa.
T. Faed, John Gilbert, Jamea Godwin,
F. Goodall, A.R.A., J. HoUand, Hnhae,
Hart, R.A.. Lake Price, Leitch, Selons,
Tenniel, and Wehnert. One hundred and
seventy-eight works of art were purcliased
by the prizeholders laat yesu- from the
various public exhibitiona of the aeaaon,
ranging in value from 250/. downwards.
The reserved fund now amounta to the
sum of 5,761/. The earn aet apart for
prises, to be selected by the prizeholders.
were thus allotted, viz. : — 95 worka, at 10/.
each ; 20, at 15/. ; 30, at 20/. ; 30, at 25/. ;
30, at 40/. ; 14, at 50/. ; 20, at 60/. ; 13.
at 80/. ; 6, at 100/. ; 3, at 150/. ; 1, at 200/L ;
1. at 250/. To these are added : 5 bronzes
of her Majesty ; 2 bronzea of " Satan Dis-
mayed ;'* 5 bronies in relief of " Tlie Duke
of Wellington entering Madrid i*" 40 tazzas
in iron ; GO Parian statuettes, " Solitude C'
80 porcelain statuettes, "The Dancing
Girl Reposing*/' 30 silver medala of Flax-
man ; and 500 impressions of the litho-
graph, " The Three Bows ;" making in all
913 prizes, being about one to every thir-
teen members.
In consequence of the destruction and
removal of the statue of King George II.
in Leicester-s(iuare (already mentioned in
p. 49-1), the Chief Commissioner of the
Board of Works has brought a Bill into
Parliament to take powers for protecting
and maintaining the Public Statues in the
metropolis. The selection of the monu-
ments named in the schedule haa been re-
garded as arbitrary and defective. It
proposes to assume the custody of Charles
the First at Charing-cross ; Charlea the
Second at Chelsea Hospital; Jnmes the
Second behind Whitehall ; Queen Anne, in
Queen-square ; George the Second, in
Golden-square and Greenwich Hospital;
George the Third in Somerset House and
Pall Mall East; George the Fourth, in
Trafalgar- square ; the Duke of Kent, at
the top of Portland -place; the Achillea,
in Hyde Park ; Wyatt's Wellington, at
Hyde Park Corner, and Wellington in the
Tower; Nelson, on the Column; and
Canning in New Palace-yard. But it omits
William the Third, in St. James's-squarc ;
George the Firi«t, on the top of Blooms -
burv steeple ; the Duke of Cumberland,
in Cavendish -square; the Duke of Bed-
ford, in Russell -square ; Fox, in Blocmis-
burv-squsrc ; Pitt, in lianover-s^uare ;
I
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Notes of the Month*
609
Lord Geor^go Bcntmckt in CavendUh*
square ; old Msjor Cartwri^lit, m Burton-
cresceot ; and nil the rc«t| noble and
ignoble, of our ptiblic outcasts. The Cify
monumentfi are aUo excluded. The reason
assigned Par some of these cxceptioDs is,
that the stataes are private property ; that
of Lord George Bentinck belonging to the
Duke of Portland, th4t of Mr. Fox to the
Duke of Bedford, and that of Mr. Pitt to
the Earl of Haretvood.
Mr, Beirs selected tnodcl for the Wet-
lingtQn monmmeot, to be erected by the
corporation of London in Guildhall, re-
presenta the Duke between Peace and War,
a male and female figure. The pedeatat ia
inacribed "Duty/* supported by "Wis-
dom''and "Honour;'* and on the sub -
plinth ia a bas-relief of the Field of Wa-
terloo, intended to be of considerable size,
and containing portraita of Wellington,
Napoleon, Ney, Aogleae»^ Hnrdinge, and
othera. The composition is distinguished
by a noble simplicity, and promiaes to be
a fine work.
At the recent sale of the picfwet qf
lord Charles Tfiwrahendf a fine painting
by Danby, ** Morning on the Lake of
Zurich,/* solJ for CGl> guineas — Mr. Danhy
having received 500 for it ; a good Hilton,
*' Venus seeking for Cuptd at the Bath of
Diana/' 660 guinea { *■ Brttomart res-
cuing A mo ret Uovti the Enchantress/'
420 guineas ; *' Wood Nymphs bathtDg,"
by Frost, 431 g^iineas; "Sterne and the
Griaettc/* by Leslie, 510 ga. ; '* Prayer/'
(a Mother and Child), by Frith, 410 gs. ;
"Bashful LoTCr and Maiden Coy," by
Frank Stone, 300 gs,*, "First lutcrTJCW
i>f Peter the Great with the Empress
Catharine,'* 25^ gs.
At a sale of the collection of James
Wadmore, esq. at Christie's, Hogarih**
phiur* of Mrt. Garrick^ in a pink and
white dress, holding a nosegay, has been
sold for 51/. \2i.
From the Exhibition qf Modem French
PictureM^ now in Londour the Earl of
Ellesmerc has purchased *' Fraooeaoa da
Rimini/* by M. Ary Scheffer, for 1200 gs.,
and the Duke of Argyll has purchased the
*• Conversion of St. Augustin," by the
same celebrated artist, for 250 gs. It
appears, however, that these pictures are
not the originals. The real " Francesca
da Rimini/' by Arj Scheffer, with the
figures as large aa life, was formerly in the
collection of the Dnches* d'Orleons, and
is noiv in itic Demtdoff Gallery at Florence.
The original "St. Augustin/' al*o life-
size, belongs to the ex-Quccn Anit^^lie, and
is at Clarcmont, The pictures now in Pall
MaU arc copies by the artist himself of
reduced size.
Mr. Burford has opened in Leicester*
GsifT, Mag. Vol« XLI,
square n new Panorama qf Berlin. U is
taken from the dome of the cathedral, and
comprehends moat of the magnificeut public
edifices of that noble city. In other re-
spects, from the flatness of the locality, the
view it deficient in any striking features ;
but the artkta have manifested, if possible,
more than their ordinary skill in the
management of aerial perspective, In which
the view is perfect.
In regard to the proposed opening to
the south of 5^/. PauVn Cathedral, a deput-
ation from the committee of the Institute
of British Architects, accompanied by Mr.
Masterman, M.P.,asd Sir J. Duke, M<P.,
attended by appointment (upon the 15th of
May) the Improvement Committee of the
corporation. Mr. Titc, on the part of the
deputation, explained the views of the
architects in regard thereto, and what had
been the wishes with respect to the ap.
preaches to the catbedml of Sir C. Wren,
ilr. Hardwickc read a letter from Lord
John Russell^ expressiog his entire con-
currence with the object of the deputation.
Mr. Sydney Smirke and Mr. Masterman
observed, that the concession of the land
would be gratefully rcceivcfi by the public.
The chairman replied, that the Improve-
ment Commitlee as trustees must proceed
with caution. With the great schemea
already before tTiera, the loss of GO,OQO/.
was an important item. To afford the
public time for consideration, the corpora-
tion have railed off the space in question,
which affords a most charming view of the
CathedraL We hope it will never be agam
hid from view*
The old parish church of St. Nicholas at
Brighion has been restored, in combina*
tion with a monumental memorial to the
Duke of Wellington, who, it will be re-
membered, was sometime a pupil of Mr«
Wngner, the grandfather of the present
Vicar of Brighton^ Few churches were
formerly more choked up with gallcricn.
These have been wholly removed. The
aisles have been both lengthened and
widened: and the monumental tablets
have been wholly removed from the walli
and pillars, and ranged all together apoa
the walls at the western end of the ttrnc*
ture. We think such sweeping measures
are scarcely justitiable as regards the inter*
cstcd parties who have heretofore paid for
their erection, nor altckgether commend-
able in point of taste, as monuments of
beauty and of interest are condemned alike
with the rest. However, the mutilated
pllUrs have been restored with Bolney
stone — their original material ; the whole
structure has been thoroughly refit-
ted with open seats (c^culated to ac-
commodate 8:15 personi), the chancel*
screeni ittelf an elegant design of the D^*
41
610
MuceUaneous Reviews,
[JuDe,
corated period » hoi been somewhat too
^rgeooslj bediflened wHh colouri, and
the chancel ifl embellbhed iftith encaustic
tiles. The east window bst been filled
with Btained glass : of which the eubjectf
nre, — in the centre, the miniculoiif draught
of fiihes, on one side the Saviour sum*
monicig Peter and Andrew to become
fiiherB of tnen, nnd on the other Peter
CAlling to our Lord to gave him from sink-
ing. The Wellington Memorial baa beeu
erected in the aisle aonth of the chancel.
It is designed by Mr* Carpenteft the local
architect, who has also 8ujit?riiittnded llie
repairs of the church ; and has been sculp-
tnr«d by Mr, Philip of Vauxhall. It con-
ilsta of a pyramidal canopied structure, in
the Decorated style of the Eleanor crofisea,
terminating in s floriated finlal^ and in-
oloiiDg in a niche near its summit an ahi«
baster atatne of Saint George, representing^
him as iheathiog his sword after slaying
the dragon, la allusion to the completion
of the Christian's warfare. Round the
plinth of the base the following inecriptton
is inserted on fillets of brass: ^<lX(nit
\i\km ?!2llrl!ingtort flare Tromiie sarro^
flanrta. tua ipsr a&olrsf rue Drum rolr-
jiaV rr^IfHiSCtltur. And on a scroll above,
the names of the four crowning victories of
the great General^a campaigns \ AsSAYEt
Torres Vedhasi VcrroniA, Watbr-
LOO, The cost of this monument com-
plete was 350/, The total eipeosei of the
restoration of the church have been about
5^500/. In its exterior appearance tho
former aspect is not mnteriftlly altered*
In repairing the tower, some stones carved
with Norman ornamontSf probably belong-
ing to an earlier churchi were found in Che
buttres ses and embatilemeo ts . Th e ch urch-
yard will be closed for any future inter-
ment after the month of Ju^e, 1851.
The tine cruciform church at Swaffham^
in Norfolki which has been under restora.
tion since 1841^, is now reopened for
divine service, llie principal features of
the restoration have been the opening of
the western arch into tlie tower ; the re-
leatiDg of the ioor with open benches of
oak, by which 180 additional sittiDgs have
beeu sectired ; a new p«lpitf deskt Hee* |
and an east window of painted gUu by
Wailes, the bequest of Misa ElU Morae^
representing the Resurrection and Sitting
in Glory of Christ, at a cost of 440/. The
expenses of the repairs, 1640/., were en-
tirely raised by voluntary contributions*
A very beanttful iepniehrai hrtut taHei^
designed by Mr« ^allerf of London, has
been recently placed iti the cathedral of
Dunketd to tiic memory of the late DettO.
It repreaents the Last Supper : the toirei
of which are seen withiu an arcade of
three pointed arches, supported by sleodcir
columns of Italian Byzantine cbajractrr.
The chief beauty of the design conaisU in
the general arrangement, and the richnesa
and the beauty of the ornamental borders,
which are relieved by colour^ and other
accessories. Tfaeinscriptiou h asfaUovn :
'*To the honour and glory of God. In
memory of John Skinner, A.M., Dean of
Dnnkeldf and Pastor of thia church for 44
yeai-s, born 20th August 1769, died 2Ad
Sept. )84L This is a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jcaua
came into the world to save sinaen.*'
The brass is inserted in an ornatnental
tablet of rusiret'Coloured marble, relieved
by details tn alabaster.
Dr. Wetssteini Prossiau Conaul ^t
Damaii who had already enriclied the
Royal Library of Berlin with MT«nl
MSS., has made another Urge puroha^e
of Arab documents — nearly five hundred
in number.
Signor SigU has discovered in Florence
Galileo's Commentaries on Dante, which
were supposed to have been lost. They
are in the autograph of the philosopher*
CoL Rawhnson writes from Bagdad
that his agents have discovered another
obelisk at I^imroud. Ue has recelTed a
cast of the inscription, which consists of
five bun dred lines. The obelisk was erected
by Shalmaunrishj the founder of C^lah,
son of Asfiur-dan-pa!, and it records 27 of
his battles; so that the historical iater««t
of this new record is of considerable im-
portance.
HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.
T%e Old Printer and th« Modern Prtst,
By Charles Knight. 12mo,— The first por-
tion of this volume consists of a re-moulded
narrative of "William Caxton ^ a Bio-
graphy," first written by Mr. Knight for
his Weekly Volume in the year 1H44.
The second portion takes an extended
Tiew of the progress of the Press down to
our own day, especially in relation to the
important department of Cheap PopttUr
Literature. Of this Litter subject a better
historian than Mr. Knight could ecarcclf
be found. He is well entitled to adopt
the boast of iEneas, — quorum part magn^
/tti/ and, while his long experience bfta
given him ample acqaaintaoco witk the
18540
Mhcellanenut Ifeviewt*
811
woodrotu devcloi^etnentg of popt&lor Ute-
ri turei few could either mould itA gtatisticff
into a more agreeable nairrative* or esti-
mate with greater judgment and iuiielU-
gence tlicir teudenciex and re«ult«. tu
the earlier history — we mean ihe bio-
grapLy of Caxton— tbere \a not however
all tbe ijrecieion in statement that might
be expected. It ii true that few <iubjecta
ha?e beea more confused by their com-
men ta tors than the early ausaU of the art
of Printing; atUI^ the known fact« con-
nected with it« introduction into this
country are few, and we think may ba
clearly understood and appreciated. The
main fact is tbi«, that pnntin^ waa first
aet on foot in this country by William
CaztoD in the year 1474, and not at an
earlier dat£ by Frederick CoracUis. The
latter Bappoaition ia diitinctly and aatia-
factorily ahown to be unfounded by Mr.
Knight, lie dnes not however quite so
diattuctly &k the precise epoch of the esta-
hliahnaeat of Caxton's presa. Caxtoo
Mmself commemorated the date very pro*
mioently in what is called hid ** mark/'
(affiled^ us was cuHtomary, to every book
he issued,) which was formed of the inter-
laced figuroi 74, accompanied by the
initiali of hia name; aud the same was
continued by hi< oaslatant and succeaaor,
Wjnkyn di» Worde. But the plEuuest and
pnoat conapicuoua monuments ure lubject
to the ohlitemtions of time and ignorance.
The meaning of those Arabic figures waa
forgotten, and after a while, from their
obsolete form, they were even no longer
In the catalogue of the produc*
I of Caxtoa^B press, which Mr. Knigbt
I ad an Appendix to his narrative, and
wlileh was supplied to bim by Sir Henry
Ellis^ there are three works bearing an
earlier date than 1474. The first of these
ia ** Le Recuerl des Histoires dc Troyes,"
written by Robert le Fe^re, which was
printed before the death of Philip Duke
of Burgundy in 14ti7. The second is the
speech made by Dr. Edward Russell to
Charles Duke of Burgundy in 1469- These
are admitted to be "doubtfur' as pro-
ductiimfl of Caxton. The tiiird is •* The
Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye,''
transiated by Caxton from the French
" Recueili"— ** whych sayd translacion and
werke was begonne in Bruges in 14G8 and
ended in the holy cyte of Colen 19 Sept.
141 U" Now, Mr. Knight aaanmea, as
his predecessors have done, that Caxton
priniedt as well as translated, this book.
This we think is an unauthorised assump-
tion. The typographical antiquaries have
based their conclusions upon a atmilarity
of type* Mr. Knight*a own remarks upon
this point are well founded : '' If (be says)
the resemblance of types were sufficient to
determine tbe printer of two or nioi*
books, tlten Fust and Sclusffer ought to
be called tlie printers of the French •' Re-
cueil " oa well as of the Eogltsh which
Caxton aaya he printed [or caused to b«
printed] at Cologne. There can be little
doubt that, when Caxton went to Cologne
to be a printer [?] in 1471, he became
possessed of the types and matrices witli
which he printed his translation of Le
Fevre, and subsequently brought to Eng-
land to print his * Game of Chess/ " At
the end of the English ** Recuyell/* Cax-
ton makes special boast of the book being
printed. ** I have practised and learned,
at my great charge anci dispense^ to ordain
this said book in print, after the manner
and form as you may here see.'' He had
superintended, and probably asaitted, in
its printing. Still we cannot regard the
mere circumstance of procnring the print*
ing of hia own work to be eqnivalent
to setting up as a printer. The art was
first commenced in Cologne in the year
1470 by one Conrad Winters^ and he pro-
bably was the real printer of tbe RecnydU
It was yet three years later before Caxtoa
bimsel/ became a printer, and then he set
up hit press within the abbey of West-
miosterj his first production being '* The
Game and PI aye of the Chesse, translated
out of the French, fynysshid the la^^t day
of Marche, 1474.*' His subsequent career
b well known from his productions, which
were numerous until hia death in 1491.
At the close of his career we have a little
contemporary evidence respecting Mm
from the churchwardens'' accounts of St.
Margaret's, Westminster : and here we
re|;ret that Mr. Knight has not availed
himself in full of that source of informa*
tion.* In an imaginary conversation
among the surviving coadjutors of the
venerable Printer, he makes Wynkya de
Wordfi say, '*The Churchwardens of St.
Margaret*8 asked me six-and-eight'pence
yesterday for the volume that our master
left the parish ; for not a copy can I get,
if we should want to print again. Six-
and-eightpence I That was exactly what
he charged bis customers for the volume."
In this passage we cannot be surprised
that tbe imagination of the writer should
originally have deviated from the facta,
hut we regret that he should retain such
deviations in the spite of evidence to the
contrary. It misrcprcAeoti Caxton's be*
quest to the parish of St. Margaret^s as
* In our Magazine for May, l(i48, will
be found accurate copiei of all the entries
relative to Caxton in tlic church war dens'
accounts of St. Margaret's, Westminster,
carefully extracted by the Rev. Mackenxie
Walcott, then Curate of the parish.
612
MisceUaneouM Revim/ts^
lUTJng consiited of one book » imXmA of tt
leait Aiitcen copies of hit Golden Legend,
ftad it fortlm viirapreMots whit wm
CTidenily the pmetlee of the time, m. to
mU books hf bargain, and not at a fixed
jirioe. It will be teen by reference to the
cxtraets given io oor Magaxine for May,
ia48f that, whilit lome of tbeac copiea
were loid for Gt. 8d«, othera were fold for
6«. iif,. 5«. %d., 5t, Ud,, &t. 10^., Sf.,
and two together for lOt, id. There ttiU
remiined one copy in store io the year
1500. Altogethert notUiog can be wone
conceived than the words put into the
mouth of Wynkyn de Worde ; for the
Golden Legend wai in fact the book that
wa« pauing through the preid at the time
of Cftxton's death* and it was not fiutihcd
nntil the 20th May* 1493,— that h (to all
appearance) two years after, and yet we
hftTC repeated testimony of the church-
ward ena of St. Margjirel, that the books
were **of the beqoeat of William Caiton/'
There is another oversight of Mr.
Knight's which has passed into this new
edition of C ax ton's biography uncorrected.
After stating that the princess Margaret
of York was married to Charles of Bur-
gundy on the 3rd July, 1468, he adds
that **we have the distinct evidence of
Caxton that he was rrsiding at Bruges
sOQie months previous to tlic marriage^*'
beotiise lie states that his transUtton of
the Recuyell of the HLstoryes of Troye
was bi'gun at Bruges on the first day of
March 1<I$8 (p. 64, and again p. 75).
But the biographer here lotes sight of tlie
old style of cocnputation ; and the 1st
March, I46t^, was douhtteis etght months
after, and not four months before, the
marriage of the English princess*
There is stiU one other imperfection
which should be amended in a future
edition. A wood-cut is given of the illu-
minated draw ing in the BritUh Museum
of Lydgate *' prcirtttrng a book to the
Earl of Salisbury;'* but, as there are tno
figures kneeling before the Eurl, any reader
to whom the subject is new would not know
which of the two is intended for the Foet.
No doubt Mr. Knight is well nware lUut
the Monk is Lydgate, and the Pilgrim is
in fact a personification of his book : hut
as the Utter ii the more prominent figvire,
for want of explanation, there is much
room for doubt, if not for misappre-
hension.
We may add that the coujecture that the
Wilham Caxtoo who was buried at Saint
Margaret's, Westmingter, in l480,wttB the
father of the Printer, in very improbable,
inasmuch as the Printer himself is sup-
posed to have been I'ighty at hts death in
14{)I, If nil unfounded conjectures were
not equally worthless, it would be more
eonai«tent to imigioe him the FHstfr^i
son, or bia gnnilsoii.
Tkt LtndifPrtymUw $ or. BIjf im^m
siont tf Auitrmlia, By the JstfAor ^
** Goldtn Drtmtu mnd Wttking EmHtmr
POit 8»a. — This is a liv«?1y fftfnfO if
anecdotes and gosaip. which may be feed
with moeh amusement bj the aatirical
and Ught'hoarted, but not witbootmany a
sigh from those who rei^ard more serioaaly
the records of human depravity, l^l?*'^
many reports from the same qaarteri It ii
for the most part a ntnnin^ commentary
upon the text —
Effodiuntur opes, irrttameafca maJonua*
The good -luck of the digger ia too oftni
the prelude merely to a transitory term of
reckless drunkcnoesaand indttlscflei*,whi!«t
the deeper crimes of fraut] ort '
are fostered in the more ca»4 * '
by **ibe cumcd thirit of gold. \nna
all, there is an amaslAf BfliPiinC of pro-
gressive and expansive ImproTciiieiit. Tbs
author sUt«s that the Colony of New
South Wales was never in a more pros*
porous coodilion than m^w. Altbooghha
admiU that the gold mania ha« for a #Be
diverted the work of c' r r
thrown the sense of mor
tween cmployen and labuw, v^, .-„U u,*
paired eouftJ^nce in various brmebei of
bnainess, still ho looks to the effect of the
severe lessons which many have rxpe-
rienced in the pursuit of gold, and to the
constant influx of new emigrants, for the
maintenance and progrefs of indostrtal
purtuits. He adopts the opinicm of Count
Strelecki that the Anglo- Satun nir« Is
proof against transplantation, niid retains
its energy, its perseverance, and other oa«
tional characteristics in spite of foreign
asBociations. *'The race of Anglo^Aus-
trslians now springing up are oast in the
same mould as their fathers, impressed
with the same public duties, aihI privnte
virtues i and, although prcti<»us £J Do"
radosexemplify that demorsLixation attemia
gold-aeeking, we do not apprehend that
the community of New South Wale* will
degenerate. The prosperity of the Colony
rests upon n surer baits than a golden one ;,
for, in consequenco of its natural advan-
tages and geographical position, it baa
become the entrepot for the traffic of th*
South Seas/'
Notet on /Ae Cro§9 9/ Atrmty Hoif'
Rood^ Gloue€«ter$hire. Read hffor§ a
meeiing of the Cottctwold Cinbt Jan, SI.
1«M. ji^ Charles I'oolcy. 8po*— This U
an iuterosting monograph on a oooc de*
gant churchyard cross, of which the abaft
U still ilanilingi and tbo etrttd httd la
|}res«rved within the church. The parish
wfti culled Amiicy Crucia, or Ainney Holy
Roodf long before this cross was erected ;
hut the cross may have owed its beauty
in jmrt to the idi^ti^ whkh the name of the
filace suggested. The manor belon^d to
the oiookt of Tewkesbury ; and tljey would
naturally wish to adorn the »pot with a
crois wortlij of its name. We find that
on the territoiy described as Omenie or
Oiuend in the Domesday Survey three
parish churches were erected » which were
dedicated respectively to St. Mary, St.
Peter^ and the Holy Crosg. The present
writer appears to suspect that the Holy
Rood of Amucy was au object of pilgrim-
age, hut he has not adduced any proof of
luch having been the fact. The head of
the churchyaid cross (of^hichtbe frontis-
piece exhibits representatious« cleverly
tithographed iu imitation of calotypes,)
has four Bculplured faces. Of these the
two wider, or fronts, contain t be holy rood
with Mary and Johu^ and the Virgin seated
with her holy infant; yid the narrower
ends, or ^ide^, hare standing figures of an
ecclesiastic and a knight, Ttie former
statue it assigned by Mr. Pooky to Gyrnl-
dus the first abhat of Tewkesbury ; and
the latter to its founder Robert Fitz-
Haimon. These ei planations aeem exceed-
iugly hnppy. The erection of the cross
is attributed to abbat Parker, at the close
of the fourteenth century.
Mfodern German Muwtc. B^ H. F.
Chorley. 2 mU, — Tht^ is not essentially
a new book, but at once an abridgement
and development of one published in the
year 1841, entitled ** Music and Manners
in France ami Germany/' mach of which
wc remember reading with great interest,
and are very glad to see transferred into
the present volumes, together with a large
quantity of, if not fresher, at least mneh
better written matter. If in the original
work there was somethitig more unpro-
fessional, and therefore perhnpa more
likely to please the uoprofesiional and le&a
instructed portion of his readers tban iu
the present, that remark must be made
with an important reservation Iu favour of
numerous pasi^agea in which a mattered
mindf an enlarged experience of life, and
a stronger hokl on great principles are
visible. As in the announcement at the
end of the volume Mr. Chortey promisca
to treat of "The Religion and Morals of
Genius, in a series of Essays and Itlnstra-
tioas/' it is particnlarly agreeable to re-
mark these traces of deepened thought
and feeling. It cannot but be that cer-
tain faults of mannerism are particularly
apt to haunt the journalist. That he
should try to escape from what is com-
mon-place, who can wonder? Tl%at the
endeavour should sometimes appear over-
strained, and the use of language artificinl,
Is, in certain stages of his progress, likely
enough. The only refuge for him is to
get into the nobler, the more real life of
art and of nature, in which the mastery
of language is complete ^ by retfion of its
being the simple utterance of an enriched
mind, faithful in its own afpi rations after
progress, and an eye of greater discern-
meut aii to that which may advance or
retard the progress of society. Taking
the matter in this point of view, Mr.
Chorlcy descries more and more to re-
MiiceUane&ut lUmmfi**
|[JtM
OftiTfi the ttitnkf , both of |>rofefiilonal
men t&d of bti getiertl rcAden. We need
otiljr point to the striking chapter nn tlitt
influence of Aottria upon art, pcrhnpi one
of the heat in the book, to show the strong
tense iind appreciation of whnt an un-
worthy influence can and cannot do for tho
tons ofgenins, which it seeing to t>e p«cU'
liarly Mr. Chorlcy's vocation to point oat.
Mafic is certainly not hii only tbeiD«,
Society has a larg^ share in the work, and
there are also fresh i^timpset of nature,
and tender touches from the hands of a
friend, awakening up the mcinory of ono
who won ail bearti aa ««U tf cara, doriiif
hia frandf but short Cftf^r.
There arc also opiniona, u • * : tal,
bat practical, which to oui junt
ones. Among them let ujk rue >*,ua.i Mr.
Chorley aays of '* the homc-ijosition of
the moaicians in Qernany/' Often and
oftca hate the adtantagea of obtainiof
life-appointmeots from thtlr different
courts been held up to English musiciana
as objects of envy. It is supposed that
the secure poaaession of one of these ap-
pointments must calm the mind of him
who holds it, set him free from the pres-
euro of petty cares and riTalriea, and cujible
him to serve his art in peace and quitrt*
niest. Thoie who so think have ntstther
reflected deeplyi nor observed dourly. The
foUvwiag pwwge iatijnate» M *' '
ley has at least not adoptcii
** ▲ man mujt be of the tU.^^ rvuM^i., .^
naiit the iafluencea of a routine cxi^tenoe,
|»ai«ad among tliose with whom »ic»pUcity
of habita does not mean an exemption
from clssar* distinctions and alaas- prejudices,
or the discouragement of a cenaorioua and
gossiping spirit* While, as the servant of
a cx>urt which is not always compoaetl of
iuch gracious and cultivated persouageaat
a Princess Amelia of Soaony, or the fami-
Uei that now preside over Saxe Weimar,
the artist must minister to every mode, no
. matter how corrupt — to every cap rice, no
patter how inane, in hia doiet, the crea-
f dve thicker Is tempted into an opiiiionAted
) lelf- contentment from the moment he
knows hiM own fortune to be secure, and
I bis position jtscertJiiued, let him please or
I wrong the public ever to much. If he be
[idmtred, be runs a dojigei* of being puflod
[vpt if he be misunderstood, he is pretty
to b« led into bickerings with hii
Oi in place of cooaidering how he
i^n oofiaUiatc tbem. Chance baa indulged
[i&e with aonie opportunities of observe*
^'tinn : tind I oan hardly cite one instaooo of
1 atJve muaidan holding a life-
! iu a amall towu who has not
' hull I lint r the worse for it ai regards his
Ifrti (\r else who ha» not enjoyed hia com-
peteiico with muk t yfrr-mJiitajiir of tore-
neas, tense of injoftice, an v , is ta
make one aigh for * the h*ft«
and peacMS therewttb,' fi^r the •TfoO^s
cart, or the Mpty's t*nt. »a betM* liM
the luiuriea of a life pa«se«l in an ■!■»•
sphere of such irritability For,
again, ta to position and fortiuM'i nlUis
nppnintment by no means olTera thm flntl
shelter of a faky land* There mtj happen
such thing* to the old tnualGfnti •• ihi
coining of * a new king, who knew Mt
Joseph/ and who haa hia own cilhetio
notions, his own favourit«a to prorlde for,
or else hia own plan of anring on his
chapel that he may spend on hia atwd. We
have aeen such homUiatisg at^hta as eleo*
tora wrangling with men old in yean and
honours about a few thalera in eaoeaa or
arrear of their aalarics, or nboot • few
days of holiday, «a the kapell-aietat»r ooc
speaking t(» tixi« oonccrUmfifitmr, humiw
of some Ti ed betwixt tbem try
the thea^- vc."
The OrfantfTit or Lugieal TVeaiUt§ nf
Arhioih. TYmuiated «jr O. F. Ow«»«
M,A. 2 vqU, p&wi Sfo. (B^tkn'M Ctit99iM
Lilfr^r^.) — Tenneman, in hi» Uiatorj of
riiilosophy, aayi of theae Twmi^am, '* Am-
tote, par ceiix de tM tmfW9(gm quo Tan
rduific atms le tttre d'Or^onmii, c«l mnm
Pt«itin lis pUilosuphe 4ui a rvndu !• pia§
' l>>^ii|Uf,*' (i'ausin'a trmai-
Aristotle^s view of the
Duir.ij..L i. Uu^ defined: — ^** La logiqan,
o'eU rinatnimeot Urganum) de tosti
acienco ou philoaopuicp mala aeuleuMttt
quant h hi forme (restiiotion qui pins tard
fot »! souTfflt m^onnne) ear c'ett l*eix-
' . ; , - 1 ■ . , • poor
ipM
remarks on this r€$iriciiQn in Mr. tliU't
edition of Ahlricht whteh has long been a
standard one at Oxford, '* It (logic) is a
staff, which cannot diaoover the road» uor
convey its bearer into it i yet enabloi bim
to proceed with greater esao whnn bn 1»
in the right path/* (p. io.) Tba trans*
lator of the OrKiinon has added noloiy
ayliogi^stic examples, and :ui unnlyaja, to*
gether with the intr I»agx>g«)
of Porphyry. Amon. * r* whoae
aid i^ i with uppiuhatinn li the
late 'J \or (formerly well-known
as **Tiic i jufoiiist''), ** whose strict in-
tegrity in cudcavouriJiig to gife the mean*
iag of the text" has i><Mi«>i tn Jitm hlgb
tliough tnrdy praise. itimos to
which the srirnct* is i Oiford
for iu prot- fUr*
John 11 u> i'^^ra
est sua Ijiui ' >l; I ha
was one at * tody b«*
yofiiiiihA,
18640
MUcellanmuM HMmews.
610
render * tcftiinony wliieh we feel lo be
jtutly due.
We huve been fiifoured by Mr. C. Roach
Smith wttb a eo\tj of the illustrated CaIa-
logue liaisonD^c which he hAsjaitpnutedof
his MtiMfum qfAntiquititx, When it is coii*
sidered tbat this very large coUectiou has
been formed during the laat twenty year*
almoitcxclusiTcly from the relics of Ancient
London, recovered by^ e]ie«Y&tione for
aewers or honses, or dredged from the bed
of the Tlittmes, it cannot fail to excite
aurpriBe and admiration in ©fery observer*
Mr. C. Roach Smith, however, has added
to that zeal in collecting which often goes
no further, such an intelligent «pirit of
analyelB,. cawpariaon^ and armngement
that he has contributed as much as uny of
onf living antitjuarics io raise the purauit
of archKotogy into a science. We ishall
hope to lake a fuller review of bis Cata*
logue io our next Magazine.
Mr. Roach Smith hia also lately issued
to his suhscribera the third Part of VoL
Hi. of his Colhctanta Aniiqna. It con-
taioa a continuation of bis illuatrationa of
the very interesting remains of a Roman
castrum, or castle, at Jublaiiu, in the de*
partment of Mayenne; a paper on the
antiquitiea of Evreux ; and another by Mr.
Crofton Croker on tbe Gold PlatcA A\^
oorered, at various times, in Ireland.
THtoLOOT.— 1, 5oine At:cottM ^ Me
C^uneii «/ Aitea, B^ John Kaye, D.D.
Lord Bhhop of Lincoln. Sm, pp, vii.
306. — Tbe [luhlicatioti of thia work was
poatpooed In cooserpience of the death of
the learned and pious author, partly be*
cause the re^iaion of the preface had not
been completed^ and partly in the hope of
ftnding an appendix among hit papers.
TbtB expectation not having been realised^
the work is published aa he leil it, having
been submitted for verbal revision only to
the care of his friend Professor Jeremie.
It ia designed to assist the student lu
studying the Arian controversy, with re-
ference in part to Gihhon and also to
Newman's History of the Ariaus,* It
also contains aome account of the four
orations of Athanaaiua againat the Arians,
and of the tract De Incamatione Christi.
* The author thinks Gibbon impartial
as the controveniy did not lie between
Chriatians and heathen philosophers, but
between Christians, on whom " he is
content to look down with contemptuous
impartiality*''' (preface, p. Ti») The readfr
may compare this with what M, Gulf-ot
says of Or* Lingard's impartiality '* between
the king and the parliament/' (l:liat. of
Englifh Revolution, preface, p. xix.)
Wo cannot help regretting thus to taks
lesTe of tbe labours of one of our motk
learned prelates, but it is in the fulleal
trust that they will prove a durable monu*
ment to his memory.-^^. Difficulties I'ja
the Church, A Sermon. By Edward
Lord Buhop of Saihbury, 8 to. pp, 28.
This sermon now receives a posthumoua
notice, aa the author has suddenly been
removed. Criticism of course is out of
place under the circumstances, and there-
fore we have merely to state that it wai
preached (from John vi. 67, 68) at the
reopeoing of m church in the author 'a
diocetfe. It is cfaietiy devoted to the refu*
tation of St. Peter's alleged iupremicy
and Roman episcopate. — ^3. AnnotaHom9
on. the ApotioUeai KpiitUt. VoL L PariL
RoitANs. By T. W. Peile, D.D, 8vo,
We have already t^poken of the firat edition
of thiM work, uiid its qualificationa, both
favourable and unfavourable. (Nov. 1849.)
This portion is now revised, and con*
aiderably enlarged, as itcoutaioB 252 pages
instead of 176. We are glad to see that
Dr. Peile has expunged a dictatorial pas-
sage in the preface, in which he called on
the American commentator, Mr, [lodge,
'*to reconsider and revise what, as it
now standi, accords not with the general
soundness and comprehensiveness of his
riews reapeeting St Paul 'a doctrine, but
ia to be traced rather to that stumbling,
stone to too many interpreters of Scrip-
ture, QdhtrwnCM io a preconceived ayttem
^ iheoioffy.'* (p. XV.) Had Dr. Peile,
we would aski a patent of eiemption from
preposaesaion ? However, he now vrith
greater propriety contents himMiIf with
aaying, *♦ that he concurs in part with Mr,
Hodge.'* (i>, viii.) On tbe whole, we
conaider this volume as an improvement
on its predecc.*^" r *' -h we cannot help
thinking, from >' lays on certain
points^ that hi-. : ,^^ ^;i they make him
their chief authority) are in danger of
becoming formaliata. But we repeat ouf
former opinion uidiesitatiogly, vis. that
Dr. PeUe^a annotations form a useful
appendage to their predeoesaors.— 4. 7^«
Bihle Hand-Book, By J. Angus, Z).A
Member qf ihe Royal AHatie Society*
\2mQ, pp. viii* 660. Thia volume belongg
to the educational series of the Ileligiout
Tract Society. We hope it will not be
forced into competition with the larger
work of Mr. Home, aa that would he un-
reasonabie, on fteoount of tluir different
siaes. It is li.iu^vi^r, an eicclicDt substi-
tute, to ^ . aa are precluded by
the prict i nixing the other. The
nrrangemeiu i^ 6o judicioua (see p, iii.)
that the deeper portions may be omitted
by junior readers, though as a whole the
book is adapted to far more advanced onei,
Misctillan€OUi Review**
iiQt) there are few (wc believe) who will
not IcuriT aomothing from list copioua cod>
tenia* So (mr as we have yet had occasioa
lo mik,kc use of )t, we have reason to speak
favourablf, and it would juBtify a more
cjitended notice if we had room* At a
specimen, we would refer to p. 167, where
toe writer ahowa that, aa the 4:oQt«xt of
I Cor. iii. 15 i« figttrmtive, this ver&e
*' must be uaderttood in a sense consiatcnt
witli the general argument of the poasage/*
Oa one point we differ from the author ;
he expUinjif Rcr, fii, 17, hy the form of
acquitul with a white atone ; but the t&i-
sera of hoapitjility aniwers better to the
whole aeutcnce, as exemplified in the
PoenuluA of Plautus, Act v. s. 2. (See
Mr. Home on that passage.) The index,
we would observe, ia unequal, at some
points of little moment are iuserled, and
others omitted. — 5. 77t€ HuUean Lee*
inresfor 1853. By the Rev. M. Cowlc,
M*A. 8po. pp. xii. 260. This is it re-
spectable volume, altliough we should not
place it exactly in the fii^t class of such
productions. This subject ia '* Scripture
Biflicultica," but it is aot in the form of
pulpit oratory that such topics cnn he best
discussed* How mticli of their wcii^ht,
for iuttanoe, would Hcngstcnbcrg*s ** Dis»
iertatioDB on the Genuineness of DnnieP*
lose if Ihcy were cast in the form of dis-
courses 1 The first sermon, on the jjcueral
subject, is good, and euutatns nutch sble
reaaoning, which may be applied to other
topics, OS the same armtmr serves to defend
the wearer agaiiuit diderent enemies. But
it is hazardous to say (p. 7) that sacra*
mental union was the difficulty which drove
the Jews from Christ (see John vi.)i and
u €l'>ud of controversiul dust is rcibed hy
such expressions. To quote LutTctiiis is
Jowering the preacher to the orator (p. 20) ;
and, if Tillotaou has done ao oogentty, it
is to extort an argumant from an enemy.
A little further revision of Ibe stylo would
hate improviHl it» but jierhjips the time
wfts too limited for this. Two sermons
are added: 1. On Spiritual Watchfulness j
'2* A Warning againnt Seltishness. — 6",
The Principles of Church Government,
Btf G. Steward. Hiro. pp. xL 3tiO, This
subject is here applied to Wcsleyan Me-
thodism. It would be presumptuous iu
us to offf^r nny suggestions townrds recon-
ciling ditfcrences m thot connexion. But
wc may justly iray, that the author of this
lolumc has brought seriousness, gooij
sense, and learning to the consideration
of the question. For u favourable spe-
cimen we would refer lo the Disiertatiun
on Power at p. 7^.
Hither and Thither; or, Sketchet o/
TrfkveU on both tides of the Attantic, By
Regitudd Fowler, R*^, B^trMmt mi J
Bvo. pp. 272,-— This voltimc ccintninj s
tourist^a obtervntions on -
Lisbon, 6ibraltartCadi£^
hemisphere; and New York
in the other. The author ni
its title, as having been r* "-
to apply to a greater t:'^
countries. It is, howcv , i , ,
cnougb, and as be ia the first to adop; »
and ffuah quaintnesses are now not unu^uj .
we do not anticipate that any exceplio©
wiE be taken to it. He further chum* the
merit of revision and condenaalioo, and
that he has not written merely on first
impressions^ but after repeated visits to
tlte places described : but, after all, tbe
most we can say is^ that the book is a plca^
santly written diary« not so entirely free
from those trifling incidents which arc only
of temporary tmportancOf and that exela*
sively to the person conosmedr ta Ibe
author himself* after the ** omissions '* be
mentions, possibly imagines. Such booWst
may always be read with atnuBeinent ; with
what proportion of information is de-
pendent upon the amount of the readerV
previous acquaintance with tbe ol^ecti
described.
A Handbook ^f B^r\f St^ BdmwWi m
the County of Sttfolk, By Samuel
Tymms, F.S.A, Homrary Stcrttaryo/lhi
Sn^oik Institute of Archmtl**^*/ mtd SWttt-
rai Hitttfry. 12mo.— Tlic
very nccrptJiblo manual w
of *' The Compendium '-
tory.*' a task which has
cised an advantagooos ii:
capabilities for cofopresMing ti,
amount of Information ioto lU
possible compass. We have scarcely ever
seen so great an amount and variety of
information comprised in the same s^pace
as in the seventy pa^es before u«, Tbe
Handbook is as full of the History of
Dury as, according to the old simile, '^*an
egg ia full of meat." The arch icotogiita
who propose to meet at Cambridge this
year, and to extend their excursion into
East Anglia, will do well to provide them-
selves with it. Of St. Mary's church at
Dury iV{r. Tymms has already published
an architectural and historical account,
upou a more ample scale : and we look
forward to the time when he may become
the historian of the town at large, upon a
plan oommensurote with so importaut and
intcroating a subject.
Poetry,— Janujff Lake Sonnet 9j ife* By
0Avid Holt.
Su mmer Sketrh tetmd oth er Poemt, By
Bessie llnyncr Parkes. — Both these nm^U
jieuci of the modern muse Are hightj
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cUaracteriatic of the time in wbbh we
live, but yi5t there U tlie widest possibJe
di^erence id the iiiipreasion thtj make on
our minds* ^tr. Holt h^ perhaps, with
no such inteDtioiif an imitator chiefly.
He la wpU read in Wordsworth of course,
•nd hag ac^qiuiintflnce with much good
poetry ,* it lurnnta bim somewhat too con-
fltantly, — goes with Tiini to the utountain
and the lake, and puts into bis rtiirid many
words which do not seem ao much the
exprei«ioni$ of native thought »s mixrd up
aemoric* of the ihooghts of others. There
is very little, in i^hort^ that In new, though
the Tolume hns a p leasing character.
Of Miss Parkes voiunic \cc are afraid
we must say that it is not *' pleasing'" at
all. Whoso reads it will fiod bimsflf in
the midst of odd thougbtSf very oddly
expressed ; and yet there is a vernal fresh*
ne8S| an overcoming in^piratLoii drawn
from nature her self, about it which tempted
u« 1o a second ^nd much more profiUblc
reading thnn Ibe first. Ten thousand
pitifs it is tliat so sympathetic, so gene-
rons a spirit os these Aummcr ftketchcs
display, should cut loose from all niles of
art and parient rultwre. They ** who
strive for the fotindation of a principle ''
should indeed do fo, ** regarding nought
as trivial ; '* and when they endeavour lo
foster the noble desire of woman to fulfil
her highest destination, they i^hotild take
care to set their ejrecri/tre as well as their
imayinatwtf standard high ; they should
not add to the already too prevalent notion
that the freedom of woman is apt to be an
unregulated, di.iorderly, sketchy thing.
There are beautiful passages in these
poems, giving promise of noble writing
hereafter, if the author would hold back
for ten years or so, or only write for her-
self and her friends.
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.
THE ARCH.t:oLar»ieAL institittk.
March 3, W, H. Blnauw, Esq., F.S,A.,
in the chair.
The eleclbn of several new members
trss announced, iiiL-Iuding His Grace the
Dulie of Hamilton ami the Lord lyondes-
borough. Mr. Yates read a roemoir by
Dr. LcemanSp the distinguished antiquary
of Holland, Curator of the Leyden Mu-
seum, relating to certain weapons and
implements of stone, such as axe- hen ds,
wedges, iVc. found in Java and nnrneo,
and preserved amongst the irotlections at
Leydeo, The rdiqiit^s of the primeval
period in atmosst nil countiiis prei>ent cer-
ttiiu features of jiialogy, but it is interest-
ing to compnre together the vestiges of the
rude tribes by whom our own country and
other parts of Europe* were occupieAl with
those of remote nations. The axc-heads,
wedges, and other A!>latic antiquities of
which Mr. Yates producnl drawings by
Dr. LeecnauBi comprise some forms wholly
unknown nmong^t Euro^iean reliques of a
iitnilar ck^s. The materials employed in
their formuiiofi are basalt, quartz, horn-
stone^ chalcedony, jasper, and other sub-
stances abou-^ding in Java ; but there are
CO ni«i derations connected with the snbject
which have led to the supposition that the
island was once inhabited by an African
or I ndo- African population , The popular
tradition of the Javanese attributes tlie
origin of the stone wtdges to thunder-
storms, a circnm stance deserving of note*
since in various parish of Europe such
objects are called thunder hnmniers or
Grkt. Mag, Vol. XLL
thundrr-bolts. The stone reliques found
in llornco are regarded by the inhabit&ntSy
as were the ftint arrow-heatls or elf*boIts
by the Scotieih highbinder:^, with a certain
superstitious veneration, They arc pre-
served in bag* of woven cane, nnd sus-
pended ill their dwellings aniongi$t their
Eimnlet.^.
In illusti-utian of this subject Mr. Yates
inviti^d nttention to the vcr^ instructive
scries of Scandinavian stone wcripons and
implements from the nnuiifeum of Mr,
Ruach Smith, ami exhibited on this occa-^
fiion with htK kind permi««iion. They bad
been preseiiled to Mr. Roach Smith by
the King of Denmark, and are of much
interest for the jnurpose of comparison
with the objects of the *' Stone Period/'
found in the Briti<ih Islands. Mr. Smith
had aUo sent for the inspection of the
Institute two stone axes of large dimen-
sions and skilful workuiansLip, discovered
at Hillyardsr near Shanklin, in t!>e Isle of
Wight.
Mr. O'Neill offered tiomc remarks OA
the sculptured designs of certain Crosses
in Ireland, of which he had prepared
drawings for his publication now in pro-
gress. He produced rubbings from a sin-
gular design on a cross at Kilklispeen,
representing a funeral procession, the
headless cnrpse being conveyed on a horse,
and accompanied by seven persons appa-
rently bisliops. He also exhibited repre-
sentations of a richly sculptured croas al
Tuam, i-emarkable for it? great height,
which in its perfect state had been about
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[♦lime.
thirty feet^ the proportiou^ being rcmark-
obly slender. A model haid hetti shonii in
tbe Dublin Exbibilion of last year, whicb
would be |)1acGd iu tbc Crystal Palace at
Sydenkam. This cross bears tbe name of
Terlocb O^Couor, tbc king, wbo liyed In
tbc twelftb century. In the conversation
which ensued, Mr. Cbantrell observed
tbeit many sculptured jelique«> exist in the
northern comities resembling in charocter
those from Iretaud, to mrhkh the attention
of the Society had been colled on several
occa^ioDs by Mr. O'Neill, and he men*
Uoned some valuable examples eitbting in
Yorkshire. Mr. Westwnod expressed his
opinion of the value of these sculptures us
the oidy remaining materials of their class
for the illoElration of the early history of
art in tlus country, and staled his feeling
that an important service would be ren-
dered to archecoioglcal science by the
conscientious reproduction of a series of
thcae early aeulplures, similar in the fidelity
of detail and appreciation of tbe pecwliar
character of their ornamentation to the
TAluable publication on the sculptured
monuments in North BritolDp produced
by Mr. Patrick Chalmeri.
Tlie Rev, Edward Trollope gave an
account of a lingular decorative pavement
existing at Rhcims ; and he exhibited re-
presentations of sevenil portions of the
work> whicb appear*! to be of the thirteenth
century. The subjects are from Old Tes-
tament history; they ai-e portrayed by an
iiDiMual mode of art, as applied to the
eurichment of pavements. Each subject
is designed in outline on a large quarry of
atone, and, the lines being filled iii with
leadf the decoration waa rendered very
dursbte^ and many of the stabs remain in
a perfect state.
Mr. Hawkins addressed the meeting,
calling the attetitton of the Society to the
resulta which must inevitably attend tbc
dettructioa of Churches and Grave-yards^
through the proposed Bill now before
Parliament. He urged upon the consi-
deration of all who take interest in the
conservation of national monuments and
memorials* the reckless annihilation of
all sepulchral inscriptions and tablets,
which had occurred on previous occasion b,
where cburchea in Loudon had been s.icri-
Hced to the alleged demands of public
convenience ; and he strongly expressed
Lis apprehension, that extensive evils
must arise if the project were carried into
effect, and so large a number of aucieut
parish churches in the City of London
were destroyed. Mr. Hawkins suggested
Ihc propriety of addressing a memorial
to Her Mnjc.sty*s Secretary of State for
the Home Department* praying for con-
lideratioo of thie iniportant subject, and
the provbloD Of som^ means whereby' tli
sepulchral memorials in the various di^
crated churches might be rescued frofl
destruction ; and that in al! cases whefl
the removal of any ancient parish chu
might be deemed requisite, all monumentj
inscriptions might be transcribed with
care, and enregistcied* Mr, Hawkh
adverted to their value, as eridence lo qn
tions of de«;centf and in support of righfel
to property and personal privileges,
denng the subject well deserving, as
appeared, of the attention of Her Ma
jesty'a Government, at a time when B
extensive a work of desecration waa !fl
contemplation.
The Rev. Joseph Hunter made &otii«l
remarks on the importantanee of the
queation bro tight before the Society by
Mr. Hawkins, and urged upon the altea<>'
tion of the meeting, how desirable it nct\ '
that all moumcntal inscriptions through***
out the kingdom should be systematic»Hj
recorded ; their effect as legal evidcoc
might perhApa have been over-Talucd b^
»ome, but they nre of the highest utility
and interest to the genealogist and the
topographer He thought that the incum-
benta of parishes might cause regis tratiotmj
to be made of tuch inscriptions, atid|
secure the preservation of - "— ^nnetlf
record. It was then pr Mf.1
MattbewB, seconded by M , ', and]
unanimously ngrecd, that a men[i(»r!a
should be forthwith prepared, to be* trana
mltted on behalf of the Institute to the
Home Department,
Mr, Nesbitt produced some rnbbitigt^
from sepulchral br.issc:* in Poland, as
one of a singular memorial of that kind i
Erfurt Cathedral, representing a cand
who died in 1505. Tlw upper part of th
figure is eo graved on brass plate, the
lower portion being sculptured in low
relief J the heraldic ncce^soncs are veryj
curious. Mr. Nesbitt r.xhibited ils
several admirable casts from gculptur
ivories, ctuefly existing at Parts, con
prising some in the collection of M. Sats^
vagcotp one of which had been considered
to be of English work ; and some fina
examples in Mr. Founlaine's coUecUon at
Narford Hall.
The Rev. W, Sneyd exhibited seTCf
beautiful enamels, and media*val works j
metal, ivory, niothtT-o'-pcarl, Ac, MfA
Westwood brought two ivory combs, of
very remarkable character, belonging ta
Mr. BoOckc, one of them being appar<^ntly
of a classical age, tbe other of an early
Christian age.
Amongs other objects exhibited, were
a silver inscribed betrothal ring, found ^
near Sudbury, brought by Mr. Det»boroug^1|
Bedford, as also some decorative pave
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ment tiles, poriioni of Samiati ware» and
other retiquca found in exca?atiODB at
Hftbcrdaahera* Hall. Mr. Wynne. M.P.,
l>rought & kaden dove, originally slbered
and gilt, found at Vale Cruois Abbey, a
specimen of a class of objects aoinetiraes
regarded ai Roman Eagles ; aUo a sin^
guiar bronze dUc found at CaitelUy-Beref
in tlie course of atcavitions made there
by Mr, Wynoc. Mr. Morgan produced
A metal stamp, bearing the Aptus Det,
and supposed to bare been uaed for making
tbe consecrated wax tabkt« de«ignjited by
that appellation. It hud buen obutued at
Newport, and appeafg to be of the thir-
teenth century. Mr. Caton brought *evc-
ral impresstona from scalx, comprising
tboofi of Sir John de Burgh, Sheriff of
Salop, 1442; of Sir Thomai More j of
Sir Job Cbailtoni Chief Justice of Chester
and Speaker of the Uou^e of Commoni io
the reign of James II. ; al«o the fine town
seal of Shrewsbury, and the seal of the
Grammar School at Pooklington, York-
shire, Soveral other impre&iions frora
seals were tent by the Hon. W. Vox
Slrangways, Mis« Julia Bockett exhi-
bited a curious pack of pUying^ards^ each
card being engraved with a subject relating
to the Spanish Armada. Mr. Le Keux
brought a series of engravings representing
the urcbitectaral features of the Cathedral
at Drontheim» in Norway, a structure of
great interest, and the place of the Coro-
nation of the Kings of Norway.
April 7* Octavius Morgan, esq., M,P,,
Vice-President.
The uiemorial which had been addressed
to Vifloount FdmersioD, in purfiuance of
the resolution carried at the previous
meeting, in regard to the pre serration of
Sepulchral Memorials, was rea^l, as also
the answer which had been received from
the Home Office, ackuowledging the re-
ceipt of the remonstrance of the Institute.
A discussion ensued, in which a strong
feeling was shewn that some conservative
precautions were especially cidled for in
the exiaiing emergency, A communica-
tion was received from Mr. Marklaod^
eipressive of hit anxious wish that some
influence might be exerted to arrest the
threatened desecration of churches and
monumental memorials. The Rev.Tbomaa
Hugo stated that he Imd seen, during the
past weck,mutilated grave-slabs and tombs
carted away through the streets as rubbish
from one of the churches in the city.
Amongst the parish churches of which the
deatructioD is contemplated, were, as Mr.
Hugo observed, some of those most inter*
eating in their architectural features, as
well as the character of their sepulchral
memotriali, now to be found in London.
He meiitiooAd eap^cUUy St, Helen's and
St. EthelburgaV, whicli present portiDiLt
of Early Decorated work, valuable to the
architectural antiquary. The tombs and
eflligies of Sir Thomas Gresbam, Sir JuUus
Coesar, Sir William Pickering, and Sir Johu
Crosby, the builder of Crosby Hall, are
amongit those now in Jeopardy, through
the scheme of church-deat ruction.
After conversation, in which Mr. Morgan,
Mr. Vcrnou, Mr, Hawkins, and many
menibers present took part, it was deter-
mined that the Central Committee should
re<|ue&t an interview with the Bishop of
London, urgently to request his considera-
tioti of the evils apprehended from the ill-
advised sacrifice of so many consecrated
sites.
The Rev. Dr. Todd gave an account of
the recent discovery of a large hoard of
gold oruaments in the County Clare, of
which he produced the more remarkablo
specuuens, which present some feattires of
novelty in the series of objects apparently
intended to be worn as collars or gorgets.
The precise place where this discovery
occurred had not been ascertained. Such
diacorcrie», Dr. Todd observed, are usu-
ally attinided with much mystery, through
the apprebenaioti of the claim of '' trea-
tture-trove ;"' and the injurious result, oa
regards science, is too frequently expe>
rienced iu Ireland, sinca rcUques of this
nature are often hatitily condemned to the
crucible, aud the evidence which is of es-
senttJil value to the arcbteologist is loit. In
the present initanco he had reason to be-
lieve that a very large treasure bad been
found in a railway catting ; the great mats
of the gold had been bought by a jeweller
in Umerick and immedintidy melted down.
The remarkable and novel types presented
by the (evt pieces which had come into the
possession of the Royal Iri&h Acadeuiy,
and T^hicli were now exhibited to the Insti-
tute, must cause great regret that the
entire hoard had not been examined by
8omc antiquary competeat to make a selec-^
tioD. Mr, Hawkins offered some remarks
on the law of trea^urc-truve, and the
auccciiful manner in which the recent
regulations in Denmark had operated.
Mr. Clayton, of Newcaitlc, stated some
facta which had occurred in the Nortli
within his knowledge, ahewing the preju-
dicial results which may ariiie from the
claim ; and the Rev. John Webb offered
some remarka to the same eifect, citing on
important discovery of Roman aurei in
Worcestershire; be observed that it was a
circumstance worthy of note, that Richard
Coeur de Lion lost his life owing to the
attempt Co enforce this feodal ckim at
Chala2.
Mr. Hawkins gave an account of the tea-
seilated pavement recently found luLondoik
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The priQctpil subject uppeared to he
Ariadne seated on Et, panther^ and nil the
nccompanifing ornnnienU of the deaiKti
were of a bacchanalian character. He
supposed that it had probably formed the
floor of tt banqucting-room. The design is
of Ane charaetcr^ aod Mr. HawktQi bad
entertained the hope that the pivement
might have been obtained for the collec-
tion of national antiquities at the British
Museum, to which a gootl example of tea*
sellated work would form a valtisble acces-
sion i biit,ai* he wfts informed, it had been
secured for the Sydenham Crystal Palace.
Mr. West wood remarked tliat a portion of
a Be pule bra L slnb of the Anglo-SaicoQ age
had been brought to light in the same ex-
cavations whicii hail disclosed to view this
mosaic floor ; and he hoped that tt would
not be neglected, as such relitiues are of
considerable rarity amongist the discofcrics
made hitherto in London, The Rev, T.
Hugo remarked that, as he had been as-
sured, a second mosaic floor eiiats adjoin-
ing to that already uncovered, and tlic
porfionK fdready found teemed to shew
that its design is superior to that of the
Ariadne*
Mr. O'Neill exhibited some rubbing*
from the sculpt nires on crosses at Monos*
terboice and Termonfcchin ; tlie latter
presenting on one side a figure crucified,
and on the other a figure holding b cross
in the left hand^ and a staff with a double
volute in the right : human heads are intro-
duced on the transverse limbs. Mr. O'Ncil!
sought to shew, by certain exnmpks whicih
lie produced, that the origin of the inter*
laced or riband ornament on the Irish
eroiset had been, as technically termed,
" xoomorphic/* or derived from animal
forms. In proof of this assertion, he od-
duccd examples of seq>eiits intertwined, of
interlaced orniiment presenting in part
serpent-forms^ and^ lastly , triple whorl a
and iuterbccd ornaments, devoid of any
trace of animal forms. This curious rjues-
tion appears well deserving of close atten-
tion, and the beat clue to the true chro-
nology of these varied types of ornament
may be doubtlessly obtained from MSS.
of which the date can be ascertained, in
preference to sculptures which are rarely
assignable to any precise pi'rioJ*
Dr. Todd made some obacrifltious upon
these sculptures in IreUnd; and he stated
that a very curiouK relique had rccetitly
b«en communicated to the Kilkenny Ar-
cl)«olf>gical Society, which had excited
much attention. It was a short staff of
metal, richly wrought in the style of the
Irish shrines and sacred objects, of which
so fine a series had been bst year dis-
played in the Archaeological Court, formed
tinder Lord Talbot's direction at Dublin.
This siiigutar object^ of which he ahowe
8 sketch, bons some resemblance in for
to the pastoral staff carried by bishops an
abbots of the Greek Church, resefDbliQf t
crutch, of which the handle or cro«»-f*
was formed with two beads of a Armg
or some animaU turned upwards snd
curved. Mr. Westwood observed lb
similar objects now used in the Rti
Greek Church ore represented in the i
nificentwork on the Antiquities of Russia,
of which a copy had recently been acqtiired
for the British Museum. Mr. Nightingale
stated that the pastoral staff, which he
had seen commonly in use in the oriental
churches, bears u close resemblance in form
to the object found in Ireland. Ita con-
struction appears, however, rather to in*
dicate that it was the handle which served
for cHrrying in procession some sacred
object which wais affixed to it.
Mr. Howlctt gave a detailed accoant of
the various mccbfinical means for faotli'
tating the accurate delineation of build,
ings, landscnpes, &c., and saggested a
metbo<l which he had used with advantage,
and which he considered well .idapted for
the use of nrchfeolrtglats, who were not
adepts ill the art of design, or who might
desire some aid in rapidly and correctly
producing representations of any objects
wliich fell in their way. Mr, Howlett*s
mode of proceeding is to draw with a
crayon upon glass placed in an ervct frame,
80 tliat the eye being fixed by ineana of a
stationary sight or point of view in fn>at,
the objcctij t>ecn through the transparent
plane might be delineated, and the crayon
lines aflerwards traced on paper. Mr.
lio«lett observed that it would be very
desirable to have a complete survey of all
national monuments, as Government had
alrcTdy directed lite Ordnance Survey of
the Geographical and Geological features
of the British Islands; and he thought that *
an accurate delineation in outline by i
snch mechanical means might prove avail^
able in a very satisfactory manner for at&Gh
a purpose. Mr. Le Kenx suggested that
the prodnctions of photography w^otild be
infinitely preferable, both in detail and in
their unrivalled accuracy.
Mr. Bernhard Smith brought some early
weapons of stone and bronxe, and two
curious daggfrs of Indian workmanchip.
The Rev. IT. Hugo exhibited a bronae
armlet, probably lloman, lately found in
Bucklersbury. Mr. Figg commuuicated
the discovery of an enamelled relique of
hronse, in a tumulus near JLewea* Mr.
C. Tucker exhibited several beantifal gold
rings found io Devonshire; one of lh«m
thus inscribed, — " Droit nsaye pur fern
quere (coeur) gayc;'' a dimiuutite oval
watch of elegant fashion, made by Uexuri
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B«riiud \ and some mmiaturc pieces of
plate, date about 1600. Mr* Forrest sent
some fioe plates of enAmelled work; an
lilftbiwter tablet representing the DiArtjr-
dom of Stt Tliomaa of C^antcrbury j a
cnrioQi pewter tankard of Gertiiau vrork,
from the collectioo of Mr, R. Naptcr of
Glasgow^ and other fnedievi<il object*, Mr,
Nightin|ale'exhibited two object* of terra-
cotta from Wiltshire ; one of them a per*
forated diiic of unknown uie, the ottier a
creaset or LatDp^ probably of sacred use,
found in digj^ing a f^ritve at 8u NirhoUa"
Church, Wilton.
Among.'t other auctpnt rrlica exhibi-
ted, were a gold riiip, inscribed tout mnn
ctier ff»er. with figures of St. Christopher
and St. Margaret, aUo a portion of early
chaaifig in bronxc, twelfth ccotury-work^
by Mr. Franks \ a cullectioa of Spanidi
pavemeut tiles or axuleioSr by Mr. Rohde
Hawkins; an ornaroental brick of fine
design, of Flemish workmanBhip, exhibited
by Memrf, Bradbury and Evans, lately
found in rebnilding their extensive pre-
raise?> ill Whitefriari*, and representing in,
bold relief the arms and donee* of the
Emperor Cliurlcs V,, with the date 1542 ;
an imprcji&ion from a seijulchral brass
diacovered under the pcwmtj durinf^ the
re€«nt reatoratioua of the cliurcb of New-
ark, NettB, with uu escutclicon of tlic arms
of tbe Drapers' Company, presented to
the Collection of the Institute by the Reif ,
J. Byron; a act of mlvcr toilet implement!*
with a seal of crystal on coloured foila^
dated ISas, by Mr. Hcllyer.
Mr. Blackburn exhibited a richly sculp-
tured ivory Imtvi^ of oriental work, aiip-
po.sed to have been long time preserved
aa a tenure horn of soin*» property in
£ngtand| but its hiiitory had not been
ascertained i nljio s cotlectioo of be^ntifnl
fiaiat-laoe dnsaaca for some noble infant
in The earlier part of the Keventeentb
eentory, and a rieUly embroiderrd Mhirt or
linen tunic, which had been kfipt lu n
relic in Mr* Blackburn's family, with the
tradition that it bad belin^d to Ch;irlea L»
and had been wont by him at \i\A execu-
tion- It bears stains of blooil. This relicpic,
OS also the horn, had descended to the
present possessor from the Hare*, of Stow
Hall^ Norfolk ; a bdy of that family hav-
ing espouied the Li>rd Keeper Coventry,
in tbe time of Charles L The Rev. C.
Manning sent a rep recent at ion of a wooden
frame, fouud in one of the windows at
Framingham Earl, Norfolk, probably for
hxiog Ihc ** feneatralle ** or net-work,
which in early times was used in Ueu of
glass* Mr. B. Williams exhibited im-
presj»ions from tbe ancient mayoralty seal
of Loudon, and from Beferal iuterestliig
aeali in the coHectioiu of M. Metirier,
in Guernsey, comprising ofBcial seals
of the Channel Itlaodg, with several of
the G rand i son, de Fratcllis, Delacourt,
Cheyne, Turberrille, Albigni, and other
families of note, Mr. Way produced
numerouK impressions from the valuable
examples of seals found by Mr. Ready
amongst the muniuienta of Corpus CoU
lege^, Cambridge, to which he had been
permitted to have access, especially a
beautiful seal of Sir Peter Courtenay, in
tbe reign of Richard IL ; and a aeal,
hitherto unknown, of John Baliol, The
colJcctiorss formed by Mr. Ready in the
niUQiLuent rooms of Caius College, Pem«
broke and Qncen's, are of the highest
interest to the collector of seal* j and
impres!iions will be supplied on very mo-
derate terras, on application to Mr. Ready^
♦St. Botolph*a-strek;t, Crtmhridge*
nRtrisii ARCH J|-:oLOGrcAi. ahsociatiov.
April I?. Annual General Meeting.
Ralph Bernal, esq. M,A, President, in the
chair.
The Auditors' Report wai prcnented
and received, by whicli it appeared that
during the last year 9 .isiiiociatcs had died,
one foreign mcmberand one correspondent,
tbitt 27 ^s^iociates had withdrawn, and that
11 had been erased for non-payment of
their subscriptions; &0 asiociutcs had
Iwen elected, 5 honorary foreigii member*,
and one correspondent. The sum of
4J3/, 13*. Orf, had been received, and
520^. I2t, l»<f, paid by the Treasurer, in-
cluding some payments for illustrations,
some of which had no! yet been used in
the Joornal. The great number of papers
and the tiec^«ary illustrations had made
such demands upon the fiuanceH that it
waa resolved, in order to prevent the
diminution of their number, to establish
a voluntary donation fund in addition to
the annual t^ubncriplion, and upwards of
\\i\ii. were on the iiis»taut subscribed.
Mr. Pettigrt^w read iioticca of the deceased
members, including the Earl Ducie, Lord
Skelmcraddle, Sir W, Betham, J. Dodsley
CulT, esq, S. W, Stevenson, csf|, &c. which
have since been printed in tbe Jouroal«
Vot« of thanks to the officers, auditors, nnd
others who had rendered services to the
Society during the year were passed, and
a ballot taken for officers and council for
the eosuiog year, when the foUowiug were
elected: Fresident^ R, Bemil, M,A. ;
Vice- President*, J. H* Davis, F.S,A. Sir
F, Dwarris, F,R.S. F.S.A., J. Hey wood,
M,P, F.R.S. F.S.A,John l/?e, LL,D,
F.R,S. F.S.A., T, J, Pettigrew, F.R.S.
F.S,A„S. R. Solly, F.R,S, F.S,A.,E. G,
Harcourt Vernon, M.P., Sir Gardner
Wilkinson, D.CL. F.R.S,; Ti-eaturet^ T.
J. Pettigrew, F.R.S. Secretmiev, CharUi
aas
B«ilr* P.S.A. Re?. Tboi. Htago, M.A.
-F,S.A.,J. R. punches Rottgf Croijfi For
^Foreign Correspond en ce,W. Betttie^ M.D,
BeffUtrar^ Cnraior^ and Librarian^ Alfred
I White, P.L.S. ; DroughUmatk, II. C.
' Pictgeon J CouHcUt W, J. A ins worth,
' F.S.A,, A. Aahpitel, F.S.A., W, H* BUck,
H* ^y«r Cumipg, li. Diiejtbury, John
' £lllf, George Godwui, F.R.S. F.S.A.,
N»th. Gould, P.S.Am J. O. HamwcH,
F.tt^S. F,S,Am R. Horoian-Fiiher, G.
Vcrc Irvuig, H, Lawes Long. M. P. Lott,
F.S.A , C. Lvnchp Wni. Colder MnrihuU,
RA., Win. Mi-ynt^t J.Wluchi-'ord, F.S^A.;
. Audiioft, W, IL Palin aud J. Wtrohritlgtr,
I F,StA.
Afuy 24, T. J. Pettigrew, esq. V*P.
Mr. J, Chirke^ of Eaeton, exhibited a
imAU br«if ccjin af CooatanUnut Tiheriut,
found in Suffolk. (It in noticed in Akrr>
I V)in*S CAtiilogu«t ii- 407). He aUo com-
putiicfttfld Ih0 particulars of the thticovery
of mural paintinga in Eaatoti Church,
which Are now destroyed. One of the
fignria, of whkh a tracingr wni sent, rcprc-
eetiled an old triAn, appAretitly a cuptite*
with hi» liA»d« fastened behmd him, uhout
to be shot by aji arrhcT in » clonic cup aud
bttvtng A long beard. The other ^ifurcs
were of A bishop, a king, a charlatati on
liorscback with a deep conical cap and a
ktiot of ribbons dying from the top of it*
Tlie N^Uivity wa& abo reprri^euled.
Mr. Tlioinpgoii ciKhlhilvd a muuh eor-
rcidtnl bronze which had been t'lmmclled^
and represented a bird; tht.' Iiend iind one
of his Irigii were wanting. Mr, Pcltigrew
pronnuiiced it to be Egyptian, aud it moat
prububly had bi* longed to a aiandard ;
the bird (ippcarcd to be Ihe ibk. It had
heeti discovered among aome old branBp
snd its bistury thcrefoie unknowo.
The Rev. Mr* Uugo oihibited a small
lironse Ucrcoles found m New Cannon
fitreet, and Riiotbcr from York was aUo
exhibitedi the klter of a more loeient
charaeten
Mr. Bennett sent a drawing of tlie porch
of Chulk Church, Kent, representing in
lU srulptnre (ho Whilsuti Ate. This
lubjoct htw bcrn rr>piou«ly treated by Mr.
Pouee in Carter 'n Specimens of Ancient
Sculpture in refercnoe to St. John*a
Church, Cirenec«trr.
Mr. Hoy exhibited 25 charteru relating
to the Morelon (Enrl Docie) fitmily j they
were referred for particular exaoiination.
Sovernl bad their seals, and were very
perfeoL Tbey bt^onged to the Hlh aod
15tli centuries.
Mr. W. W. King cihibittd several
rubbings from interesting brasses of the
I5tli century, chiefly from St. Alban's.
The remainder of the cvenbig was oc-
cupied in the reading of a long paper by
Antiquarian Jiu$areh§M*
tJmm,
Capt. Shortt,of Hanvitra*, entitled "Notii
of a Visit to Berry Caatla aod Sidbitiy
Castle» the latter luprioaed ta be tM
Tidortig or TidertU of the auonymOBi
Raveiioaa, in the county of Dcyoo-"
Tlie Chairman anoottnotd that tlM
Eleventh Annual Coogresa would be ImU
in the month of August next at Chepstov^
and that Roglaod, Tinterti, Ciu'Uoo, Ipo.
would form objects for tb« exeunicA^.
and that a vbtit would aUo hm paid l»
Brivtol.
May 10. T. J. Pcttigrcw, e»q- V.P.
Mr, Patrick exiiihitcd a large gold be*
truthal ring, formerly io thts iioaiifaaioi] of
Lord Southampton ; the initials wer« II.
and S. one on eaob «ide of a tru« lover's
knot.
Mr. Whichcord exhibited mn wly iim
of orientnt fabrication, and a fia« tiiktijmn^
head, H inches in leugUi, both Utcly round
At MaidNtoue.
The Her. Mr. Hugoexbtbtted a broiut
tibuta and ring beln>n £•(!>? to the Romaa
period, and aii w alai^ IB
broiue, found i-
Mr. C. R. Gi . - *
ancient sculpttr
Itievotiltii of the V
parish for upward* ot 20 yeurt. J its a
sepulchral monument, and repn^ent^ three
figures. Time has done n r la
its surface, and obgcurinl II bai
it preaenU a spe4:imen ot ki** -
Mr. C alder Marshall pronouut •
Greek.
Mr. O'Connor produced a Urge coUec*
tion of untiquilies, chictfy in bronxe, and
found in different parts of Ireliuid. Upon
tliese Mr. Syre Cuming reed a paper
descriptive of their peculiar character istiea.
Mr, Gunston exhibited tb« rubbing of the
well-known line bra»s at St. Albao'aof i^
Abbot de la Mere, of Flotniib laictllNm
and remiiikable beauty,
Mr. Petiigrew also produced rubbings
from three brasses, taken by Mr. J.
Clarke, from Ea^ton Chtirch« SufTotk,
early to the fifteenth ecutury, ae tlie
armour denoted, tin ' insmplloii
now remains attAchrij rbo othera
of two members of ij, ., ^.-i-l fn^mi*,
bearing dale 1.^84 und I6i»l/ J
offerH a very 6ue cxamplo nf t j ,
costume of the time.
An interesting discussion retaltikf to
the prejservatioD of brasses io cbarolie^
in the course of which an immense uonbcp |
of lost ones were referred to, cknaed tbt^
meeting.
ftOCIlTY or ANTlQUA&iBS OW NfcW
C4fiTLK*1IP0N.TY|fK.
JIlay 9. Mr. W. H. D. Longetaffe nm
• paper entitled '* The Enaigiui of Swi»« '
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burne and Wmleiitigton/' and Gxtiibit«d
a gold rltig^f of nmall size, wliich w&a found
by m old womnn nt WasUingtoo, co. Dur-
ham , atid \s now in the pos^eHaioti of Ro-
bert Davis^ c«q. of Wrehcnton lionise.
It bears tUc motto in block letter Joyt
9€mifyn; which motto FtaodH in juxta-
{>OEitton to the slnndard of Widdringtoii,
n the Visitation of 1575. Mr Long-
staffti ia inclined to attribute this relic to
the reign of Edward Ihc Fourth ; at which
period Ral|di Woderington marriwl Felicin.
a coheiress of Clastonof Horden, co» Dur-
ham ; and he oonjeetures thtit Hie family
motto may have been ado|)tcd at the time
of that marriDgCT in ollusion to t1>e lady's
ehristiiiii name. The chairman , M r. John
ClnytGn* remarked that when the ancestral
iMiiiii of the Widdiin^tons were forfeited
after the Rebellion of 1715, that portion ^
ia the county of Durham, wliich was held
by the Inst Lord in right of bis wife, a
Te Til pest of Stella, esciiped forfeiture, as
Lord WivMringkm hnd only a lifc-iutcrcst
in Jt ; and the prrFcnt ownci» Mr. Towne-
ley^ is the rcprest?nl!itive of the female
branch of the family, to whom \i patsed.
CAMKRIDGK ANTKIUARIAN SOCIETV,
May 8v The Master of GonviUe and
CaiuB college in the chisr.
It wfti announced that the Sof ietj had
beeoiiie tijc possessors of the whole of the
antitjiijirian collections of the late Mr. I.
Deck,
A pttjKjr was read, entitled ** A Notice
of Two Catalogued of a Monastic Library^''
by the Master of Je^us college. These
eatalofuea ore preserved iu !hc library of
Ji'sus college, iu a volume which formerly
belonged to the abbey of Revesby, in
Liucolnshit c, llie oldest of them is pro*
bttbly of about the date of 11 12, nnd the
other autcrior to 1200. They represent
the books to have been tirrangeil in »lalt^r
designated by the letters of the altdmbet,
and the classing seems to have been made
partly in reference to individual authors ;
for instance, the works of St, Augustine
are in one stall, of Dcda in another. Their
early date is mwrked espednlly by the
absence from them of any books con ueeted
wiih the schoolmen.
Mr. J. E. D. Mayor, of St, John*fl
college, read some very in teres ting and
impublished letters of Matthew Prior and
of R. Askbam, extracted from the col-
lection of manuscripts made by T. Baker,
of SL John*! college.
NORTH OXrORCSaiEE ARCH.COLOOTCAt
SOCIETY.
April 4,-^At the quarterly meeting
held at Baubury a large collection of
antiquities wai exhibitedi among which
were the gloves presented by Charles L
to the Lord Mayor of York, and a letter
relnting to the execution of King Charles
1., exhibited by Rev. E. Payne, of Swal-
cliffe. Rev. J. Hewitt, of Bloxliam,
exhibited a silver cruclfijft said to have
been worn by Charles 1,, also a richly
embroidered bag for his great seal, Mr*
T. Bcesley, of Banbury, an original
warrant of Sir Wm. Compton, the go-
vernor of Banbury Castle, to the constables
of Boddicoti>, eommanding them, upon
pain of death, to bring all the raasonSi
caipeulerSi iind sawyers wUhin their town-
ship to «hc castle, to be there employed
iu his mfijesl)> gcrvice. Rev. G. C.
Payne, who occupied the chair, read the
fir-it paper, which was on the Execution
of Charles L ; the BccDud paper, relative
lo the Civil War and the iiiege of Bdobury,
wan by Lord Alwyue Compton ; the third,
by Mr. A. B. Rye, was on the Ancient
Town and Camp of Madmaratone ; and
thefuurlh, by Mr. E. G. Bruton, was on
the voluB and importance of Arcliaeology,
and its influence on decorative and
ornamental art,
^UKrOLK INSTITUTE OF ARt H.*;0r.OG Y.
April 21, This Society held its annual
meeting at Eye, and, notwithstanding the
very inclement weather in the e;irty part
of the raoiniiig, was attended by a nu-
merous party of Brcbrcologists, with the
iLoblu PreiiidenI of the IiistitiUe, the Rev.
Lord Arthur Hervey, at their head, and a
few zealouH friends from the Norfolk
Archtevlogieal Society. The firat place
visited was the intercBting Church of
Yaxley, which oftera many attractions to
the eeclesiul agist. Its porch, of late per-
pendicular work, is one of the bandsomei t
in the county, with some curiona figures
in the spaodrils of the arch of entrance.
The pulpit is the finest of the Jacobean
period in the county ; and the rood screen,
which i^ entire, retaiiu ttie figures of St.
Clare, St. Dorothy, St. Birbara, and St.
Mury Magdalen, which adorned the lower
panels on the south side. In the chancel
aVe the old choir seats, a Holy Sejmlchre,
and a low-^idc window, and ihe caat
window contains some fine fragroenta of
painted glass.
The party next proceeded to the As-
sembly kooms at Eye, where the annual
report of the Committee was read. It
stated that since the last anniversary
meeting an excellent small collection of
fpecimens in Natural History ba» become
the property of the Institute, which now
embraces within its range of inquiry the
natural history as well as the arcbiieology
and topography of the entire county of
Suffolk. The Committee hMt also ac*
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Aniiquaviafl Researches,
{^^FttD€>
comuUted a number of AQtiquitie«r and
hare commenced tho forma tioa of a
library of works relative to the county,
or written by Suffolk author?. They are
also Jeairous, ns opportunities olfer, of
ac<]utrmg not only aotiquitirj;, origiual
deeds, and MSS., but vievrs, portraits,
and r<:preBecitBldooft,eogravt?d or otherwine,
in any wsy iliostrative: of tbe topography
of tbe couoiy>
The Rev* J. A. Campbell redd an
interesting memoir, by T. W, Barlow,
ctq,, of Manchcater, of the life and
laboura of Dr. William Broome, AomcUme
▼icir of Eye, who tmnslated eight book.^
of tbe Odyfisey for Pope^and wrote all the
iioteSr receiving for \%u labour the sam of
5CKl/> only, aud^ in CQnse<|iieac« of bis
OompLiint^f a niche in the Dunciad ;
whiUt tbe other coadjutor, Feu ton, got
300/. for bis translation of only four books.
The books traujilated by Dr. Broome were,
B€ cor din;; to Dr. Jidinson, book^ 2, 6, ^y
11, 12, 16, la, und^ZS.
The Rev, R, Cobbold then exidiiined to
the meeting a eurioui politieal painting of
the seventeenth century, referring to the
relii^ioud dis.fenttun9 of that unhappy
period.
Among^ the ttnliquitics exhibited were —
by 1.0 I'd llenniker and tlie Rev. .S. \V.
Ball, a British cinerary nrn, and part
of anutber found in IH^l nt Stoke
Ash, on the nortli !»ule of I he ri?nlet below
tbe church ; and *onie fraj^mi-nti of other
vessels, celt, ftc.^Dy Sir E. C. Kerrison,
Bart, two oomputi, ojr rtintols of lordi^hip^
landit, niiinors, 5tc., in the conutics of
SufToIk, Norfolk, Eases, &c., belrmging fii
Sir Thomas Comwaleys, of Brume Hall,
in the 10th und SOtl* Eliz.—By the Rev.
C. R. Manning;^ ton gold Roin.iii i:oini*,
found at Eye in May iTtil : several
hundred of the in were found at the time,
chiefly of the Emperors Huriorius and
Areadius, in a leaden box ; and neur them
were some bum:in Iraneij. A small gold
peiLdant ornaincnt of the Saxoo period
found at Pnfgrave in 1H,jL A subsidy
roll of Tlojtne Hurulred, 17 tins. I, — By
Mrii. Chcncry, n miudl mazer-cup, *iet ia
Bilver ; and a metal box of Duteli work-
manship, of the seventeenth century, en-
graven on one side with the Creatiou of
Adam an I Eve, and on the other the Temp-
tation.— By Mrs. Edgar Chenery, of Eye,
WBX impressions of seals of Henry Vll*
(pro bfcvibua coram jystiijiariis), Henry
VIII. (Exebequer Seal), and Qaeen ^lary ;
also an elegant silv(T biiisket for cunft'C-
tlonery. — By tlic Rci^. Henry Creeil, an
early vi ateh made by Uubert Ffrni^ London,
one of the first membera of the Clock mikersi^
Company, temp. Chas. 1. : it is a beau-
tiful specimen of stud-work upon lor-
toiseabi;!!, and works witJ^ a cliiun^ ooeof
tbeeBrtiest iDade. An Eaglisli watch (one
of the first made) attached to *i ron»cin-
porary dial piats, con>^ ml
instead of a ehainf whs cQ
invented. The maker v>a> ^^u^^ujd
East, Londini/* He was appoioted osie
of the As&istanU on the estabUsiimcut at
the Clockmakers* Cooipaaj in IGdKUy
Charter of Charles K TUi» dial watcb h
in the poBseasion of Mr. Marsh, oX Dia.
Beautifully canred ivory tobacco- stopper.
A leaden medal in commemoratfa^ of
the Peace concluded with tlie Dutah at
Breda, Jyne 29, lij67. Obvi^r*-*" »n » ^c^r*
gae, '* Rediit Concordia M .je*
Juue I4i67." Rever!u:» ** i»i , vr*
tis.*^ In ejierguj, ** Procul Hii%4^ «dila
Bestis Regnis. June 29, IC^»" ^A
silver taper standi used f ' 4 a light
before the image of the a aaiiU,
in the fourteenth ccntu,;. ...> Lht Rev.
U. Tuddf A bluck jack, of a quart tnoaKurr*
tipped with silver, from Conuvttll, By
Mr. T. G. Youfiginaii, sonce li,
supposed to be of tbe time ot IL
— By Mr. Sjaiuel Tymini ; a i\xig wttli
cameo onyx of Assyriati head. A leaden
token of very aneiri!^ 1 .*.. ..,;.i .>. , r
'Muhti Edwards '
St. Edmund's. J? 1 ,
impretisious of the seals ut tUe h>
of Eye ; the boaour of Eye ; and Ihr
of Eye, A seal of Ivtbilwald, UiJiu^i
of Dunwieb, from silver niatrin fOuiHiat
Eye. .Seal of Butlcy Priory, Suffolk,
from a deed ddLed 4 Edw. J V'. in Ctiius
t!u!legt% Cambridge. Seal of Mkhael Dc
hi Pole, first Earl of SofTolk ; and aeal
uf Michael Stanhope, Vice^Admitul of
Suffolk. tiK'ditod senl of Tboixma d«
TolKngtou, Abbot of Bury in i:iiJ8, A
quarter noble of Edw. \\\ siruek aUor llie
victory nt Mortimer's Crosjt fotiod ia tike
churtdiyaid, Uiny.
After examining the Local Musieum, tlie
t'ompiuy proc edcd to ih^ castte
the Rev. H. Creed read an acci^unt ^
Caiftle Hill, nnd ita adjacent e«rthw<
tnuing it through the British > HomanT
and Norman limes \ the builder of |ji*o
Caw tie, Itobert Ma let ; and the linld^^rs of
the castle and honour of Eye from Kdric
falconer to Edward the Coafefssor, to the
present owner, Sir E. C Kerrison, Bart, *
and pointed out tbe remains of tbe earth-
work and Norman mnsoory, aa well as the
extent of it originally.
The visitors afterwards went to the
church, where the Rev, H* Creed directed
attention to all its many beaut res, both
externally and internolTy, showin*' fVotit
documentary evidence the dates of the
vartou.<i partA, ami e.t plaining tUeir uevs
and intentions, The tower, of iijc p^r*
wiM|^
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Antiquarian Retearches.
6?5
pcndicular period, is very magaifioent, ond
the oootemporary poreh large uid haod-
aooie. The Utter appears not to have
be^n iimfthed. the aeries of trefoiUbeaded
paneli having never been faecd with the
cut flint-work which forma so striking a
feature of the church -work of this period.
In the interior ia a perfect rood-acreeo,
with much of the original gilding and
colour remaining : and in the lower panels
on either side may still be seen tlie figures
of saints f which addend much to its original
besiity.
It WAS intended to liave adjourned from
the church to the Priory Farm ; where
aorne few fragments of the conventual
buildings still exist, with a curious series
of smalt moated jnclosures, but time
would not permit.
On thet 7th of July the Institute
anticipate the honour of entertaining the
members nf the Archnologicat Institute of
Great Britain^ who propose to come over
to Bury from their Anuoal Meeting at
Cambridge-
KOayOLK ANU NOnWlCH ARCti.£OLO-
(JICAL SOClKTTf.
April 20* The Rev. John Gunn road
an interesting paper respcn^ting the pa-
rishes of Irstead and Barton Turf. The
lurf formation tu the valleys of B^rtoEi
Turf and Irsteai)» from the rapidity of its
conversion from water to solid land, is
singularly adapted for the preservation of
any articles that may have been accident-
ally dropped into the water, as coinsy
crockery, and every description of imple-
menta or utensils — ancient canoes or boats,
skeletons of men and animals. Some
coins nf Edward lit, were found in cut-
ting turf, about two feet beneath the pre-
sent surface^ near the boundaries of Cat-
field and Irstead, proving that wdtcr pre-
vailed on the surfaee. and indicating also
the depth which covered the ground while
such coins were current. The mode in
which turf beds are formed, and water is
converted into terra firm a, Mr. Gunu hns
observed during his residence at Irstead,
now nearly a quarter of a century. There
is a magui6cent broad^ part in Barton
Turf and part in Irstead^ besides another
smaller one; and in many part* where he
could sail his boat tweuty-foor years ago
in part of Barton and Irstead Broad, be
ow walk without wetting his feet ;
irhere knd was in the same condition
at which will nuw just bear his
weight, heavy cattle art; feeding and carts
and horses are borne upoo it. The pro-
cess by which these changes are effected
is this — eed|i^ and rushes grow at certain
depths in the water, and if not cut down
annually, their roots lose their hold in the
GBgT. Maq. Vot, XLI.
muddy soilt and risCi forming floating
mosfes or small islands. Tliese are drifted
about by the wind and currents, till they
settle in some spot where, if the water is
deep, they float upon the surface till they
gradually decay and aink to the bottom,
and aueceasive layers silt or fill up the
deep waterj or if it be shallow, the floating
islands are stranded* and soon form solid
land. This process, which is a matter of
observation, will account for the finding
roota of rushes deposited at great depths
beneath the surface, apparently ns if they
had grown there, ten or twenty feet be-
neath the level of the water. It has been
by no means uncommon to find human
bones associated with the bones of ^tet^
and of the Bos primigenins, at a consider-
able depth beneath the turf deposit.
Mr. Guiiu next introduced »ome obser-
vations on the rhnnges which have taken
place in the customs and modes of life of
the inhabitants since the decay of what
may be termed the manorial system. At
one time there was u sub-di^'isiou of the
Irstead manor into ** the Lower and
Upper ; " and when wc consider that but
a sm nil part of the acreage of this parish
was then under plough, compared with
what there rs at present, it must be a
matter of surprise that a lord of the manor
at that lime cnuld inaiiitain his dignity,
and occupy the spacious halls which still
bear evidence of his state. The difllcolty
of accounting for this is increased by the
fact that two or three entire parishes aro
required to maintain the establishment
of one country squire at the present day.
In explanation of this Mr. Gunn suggested
that *' theexfent of water, rough woodlund,
and morasses, furnished the lords of the
mnnor of the olden time with amusemeut
and occupation in hunting, hawking, flshlng,
otter hunting, and badger baiting, every
day in the week, besides the necessity for
destroying pole-cats and foiea. They fur-
nished his table also with venison, game,
and fish in ab an dance. The Titlains were
enf^aged in cultivating tlie soil, and fur-
nished suflirient corn for food snd barley
to cheer them all with the old English
beverage. Thus they had no occasion to
travel for amusement sake, or to indulge
in expensive foreign wines for their eihl-
liration It appears to me that a satis-
factory solution is thus afl^orded to the
problem how the dignity of the lords of
manors could be maintained on so small
an area as was under their jurifidiction.
We read too of their driving their car-
riages and four horses, and this gives ua
an idea of considerable style. Their
horses, however, were employed in culti-
vating the land, and occasionally taken
from the cart and applied to the carriage t
Ah
026
Aniiquai'ian Researches*
[JiiDe»
aod, conftidering tbc lUte of the roads»
horsey of that JescnpLton were the only
ones adapted for the work. So late ae
1730^ when Mr. Norns wc^nt out in hia
carriage ui fiill style, fotir bktrk harse»
were taken from agricultural work and had
their long tails (vvbioh generaUj hung up
in the carnage- ho uise) screwed nr otherwise
fastened on for the occasion. The material
of clotheKf too, waj far more durable than at
presf ot, although very i^plendid and coMlly
at tint. It appears, tlicrefore, that to
form an effective history of by-gone times,
we ought tal^e furniihed with such data
a» Bbhop Stanley tuggeflti, including the
acreage of the parishes from time to timet
the prices uf commodltiet and of labour
especially, and the various customs relat-
ing to the sports of the time and military
iurvices."
Mr. Gunn alsn produced extracts from
Ihe parish- registers, which extend back to
the very earliest date of 1536.
Mr. Harrod laid on the table a plan of
Walsingham abhey^ as indicated by receut
excavaliouSf which he stated that Mr, Lee
Warner was quietly continuing : and the
Eev« C, E. Manning read some urGliitec^
tural notices of the church of UellingtODi
about seven miles to the south-east of
Norwich*
YORKSHEAE ANTIClU A.RI A.N CLUB.
April 1 9. Mr, Procter gave an account
of the diacovery of the remains of a Roman
villa, recently made abont three miles from
Thorp Arch. The site is a field knowu by
the name of Dalton Parlours, and which,
before the inclosuret formed part of Clif'-
ford Moor. It was formerly called Abbey
Field, from the remains of walla then ex-
isting, and which were remnved about the
year 1806. The field is now tilled, and at
various periods coins, tiles, and other re-
mains of Roman occupation have bc«Q
ploughed up. During the present spring
the Rev. B. EamonsoQ, of Collingham,
and F. R. Carroll, esq, of Thorp Arch,
decided to examine the site, and invited
several gentlemen to view the result. The
portion of the villa thus discovered cod*
sists, in the lirgt place, of two rooms, with
the remains of hypocausts* The western
one, which measured 8 ft. G in. by 8 ft, 2 io.
had five rows of pillars, each row being five
in number, built of Ihe usual flat Roman
tiles, and three feet in height. Thts room
bad been mach larger, but part bad been
pr«vioosly destroyed and its boundaries
obliterated. At its western end were the
remains of a fire-place, On the cast it
was bouTided by a wall, communicating
with a second hypocaust by on opening
like a flue. This chamber was nearly of
the same siz«^ and bod piUon of stone as
well as of tile, the samo In nunaUer aad
arrangement as was observed in the first*
These pillars seem to have supported a
floor of thick concrete, laid on tiles or
flag:;, passing across the top of the pillar*.
Amongbtt the remains were found a uumber
of square hollow tiles, with an opeiting; in
one »iUe for the conveyance of hot air.
At the eastern end of this secoxid hvpo*
canst was a space of IS feet loog^ Wnich
had not been excavated except by a broad
trench extending diagonaljy ocroas it, wblcib
revealed nothing but a large number of
tesserae, which had probably formed part
of a floor. Beyond this was a slab of cod-
Crete, 7 feet by S feet, and grooved at one
corner, as if to allow the escape of wat^r;
this had no doubt formed the bottom of «
bath ; and further on was found a groared
channel set in atones, and in connecUoo
with the grooved comer of the alab ol
concrete. The excavations will be coo*
tinued. Numerous skeletoos have been
fouud near the remains, and in one case
interment under tiles seems to have beca
adopted. Coins of Antoninus Fins* Poa-
tumus, ConatantiDe» &c. have been found
in the locality.
Mr. Fritcbctt, jon* exhibited Acrreral
Greek and Roman coins found near RIpoo.
He also produced a skull which had re-
cently been dug out of a barrow at Aldro»
Mr. Cook Ethowed a silver coin of Edred^
and a Roman bell, both found near York.
Other Rooaan relics, found lately at the
Mounti near York, were also examined
by the members.
KtL&ENNY A&fO SOUTH- 8AST Or IIL£XA^I»
AaCHJlQLOOtCAX SOCiaTT.
At the March meeting of this socieij it
was joined by the Earl of Rotfse^ Sir J.
Bernard Burke, and several otlier new
members.
The Rev, Coostantine Cosgrave, P.P.^
Keash, Bidlymote, forwarded a com*
munication on the district of Duuaveera^b,
in the county of Sligo, in one of the
valleys of which culled Carrick-no«horao
stand a number of huge primeval mona-
ments. The most prominent of these is
one known as *' Rocking-stoues,'* aod» at
a distance from it of about nine feet, is ^,
cromlech of corresponding proportions^
The superincumbent slab is in the usual
sloping po.iiiion, and possesses all the
charaeteristica of the class of antiqultiea
to which it belongs, although deeply
marked by the decaying hand of time.
The glens of this district, perhaps the
most romantic and beautiful in Ireland,
are particularly noted as being the paueg
through which the O'Donnells, Priaoos of
Tirconnell, invariably marched their forcce
when on their way to the county Cl«r«|
18540
Antiquarian Uttsearcfies.
627
Tor the pyrpose of cnrorcing tUeJr lu-
prcmacf over that and the adjomiiig
territorie*. Here it wan thiit Con O^Doii-
lie J I rnoomUered MacDermott, Prince of
Moylurg, and here he was deprived of the
tatiimttDie cathach, or battler, which had
the alleged |tnritege of eosttritig victory to
iu poflseiior It consulted of a niana-
tcript of the FtolmB^ nsterted to have bec«
writteo by St Columbkilli*, ia the alxth
century. Here nbo occurred the conflict
between Red Ungh O'Donnetl'B forces
and those of Elixubeth commaoded by Sir
Conycrs CliHTordp in which the latter were
defeated snd their commander iloitu The
Kpot where this event took ptace ii indi*
cated by a monnraent, which la kept in
suitAble repair by Vitcoant Lorton.
William Hockett, E§q., of Midleton,
tnirgestcd an iatercsttDi; Held for invej-
tigation tn the exploration of some of
those anciint heaps of burnt^d atones
scattered through the country, known in
the county Cork as " Faliodi Fia '* (i.e.
Fenian feists), in Tippcmry aa " Peer
Ronttst'* and in Uliter as ** Gtanta^
Cinders*'* lie described some Inveiti-
gfttions made on this subject in South
Munater, the rciult of which was, thftt
those heaps of stones —which were evi-
dently friaieval cooking-hrarths — u^uaUy
formed a kind of crtscent crater, cm-
bracing a pool of water. In several
instances wooden troughs were found,
formed in the hollow of a targe tree, the
tise of which manifestly was to boil wster^
by passing heat«d stones in at one end and
out at tb« other in rapid aucccssiou. He
bad teen one such trough formed of
boards and trenaiU disphiying no mean
skill in carpentry. Another was con-
structed of marl brought to a hardness
cqunl to stone ; it was in a crater four feet
iti diameter. The average dimensions of
tho^ troughs might be given as 6 feet
longt * (fct broad, and 11 deep, e:xRept the
hollowed trees, which were sometimes
longer and narrower* Mr* llackeit
£tnted be had remarked indicationn of the
exiatencc of heaps of" Giants'^ Chdirrs '*
in the cownty of Kilkenny, near DeiineM-
bridge, Luke*8 Well, and other places, and
be hatl no doubt they would well repiif
ex.tmi nation.
Mr.
ments
proi-"*
A
Prim commk^ mc docu*
relative to < *ny Canal,
a the pen of Pr*
Aqv : 11 read, bring a
complete literary hiiitory of llic curious
afirl remirlfflbte mm rrtllfi! " f he Sf,
ruirickV
volumw *i:
first COllcM KT.r'.niLitJIJ lO lUli Ii'^LUlfttlLli U:
puzxle, in hU commuiucation on the
Ormonde coin and Confederate money*
Dn Smitli, having quoted Evelyn, D la-
course of MedalSr p^ 133, and plate
liiv- ; Thoresby, Ducatna Leodieasia,
p. 37B.ti, 4SI ; Nicholson, Irish Histo-
rical Library, p. 170 ; Leake, Hiitoricar
Account of English Money j Harris's
Ware, vol, it. p. S19| and Simon, Irish
Coins, p. 48 ; controvertwl Dr. Cane*a
reasoning seriatim, and in doing so
endeavoured to establish his own view of
the jsubjcct, which is to the effect that the
coin, of which there are several varlettea,
was struck os a private token immediately
after the Restoration, and that Dublin
was probably the place of tta mintage*
May 3. Among numerous presents tbla
day made, was the brass matrix of a seal
of the thirteenth century found in a lield
near the workhouse at Kilkenny : bearing
as escutcheon charged with a lion rampant,
and round the verge the inscription, %*
TBOMii riL* HKKaicT o« hos, Itvras
conjectured that Ibis Thomas de Ros was
a monk of St. John's abbey, and men-
tioned in the ]Hitent roll of 12B8. which
records that ** Brother Robert, prior of the
monastery of St* John, Kilkenny, being
worn out with age, appointed as his
attorneys Richard Ic Whyte and Thomaa
dc Ros/*
With reference to his comtnunicAlion on
the ** Giants* Cinders '' at the previoua
meeting, Mr. Haekett sent some notioea
of another ckss of ancient indicia , hitherto
unnoticed. They are subterranean sewer-
like passages, constructed of dry atODet,
frequently met with in fields where there
is DO vcstage of building or other works.
Having ascertained that they are not
drains, nor In. any way sepulcbraf, Mr.
Haekett suggested that they were intended
as boundary lines, or-' ^- ■• ^ : -- t. i,..f
that the baked cUy ^
coal, which have ii' ^ ■ ; i,
and generally regarded as aepuit^kral, were
also hidden boundary witnessei, such aa
arc described in the Uws oftheGentoos* —
Mr. Graves remarked that the Oenfoo
luw referred to prest^nted a striking re-
Rcmblance to some passages in the Brthoa
laws of Ireland relative to ancient boun-
daries ; aud remarked tUat it would be
interettiug to aacertain wbether any
Ogham inscriptiona were deposited in these
QMMJ >
A.t a reri'ii
'he Cork
Ci.
jc-ir c J!
tbeni
B28
foreign
ftem
f June,
die sDcient capitat of Cepholontm. The
lirst ejihibUed, which weij^he 1 oz.3 dwtB.|
ifl tnicribed NIKENPII, and, beneath, the
word ATO; a pnsaag* from Diodorus Si*
cuius shows the uie of Che same word.
This legend m*y be interpreted '* I bore
off a victory twice/' No, 2 was inscribed
BAHAE05, **thc King'ji"— probably used
bjr the royal body-guArds^ or some com-
poay maintamcd at the King'a expen&e.
Nufl. Z^ 4» 5f bore the ^anie legend, of which
the letters EPAI alone are visible. No.
6f aiPvVT, probably some imperatiTe farm
Crom the verb ^t^mm^ and may signify
** try me.*' Mr. Caulfseld produced two
other sling-buUetB from the cabinet of Mr.
W. liCyceitcr r each of them weighed
about 3ois. 2dwt5. The legends were
Tcry perfect No. 1, A1^EJI\AT2. Mr.
Caulfield quoted a paasage from an ancient
gla«s to show that this was a name given
to Pluto, No. 2. legend APliTELiE2.
There was a noble Atbeuian of this name,
turnamed Justus, and tlie legend probably
meant to convey an idea iLat those who
used it wotild seejnstice done. The words
«AIKE (appear)^ ^EXAI (take this), AETE
(desist), have been inscribed mi oCben
Some of the bulleu have beeti found
weighing as much as an Attic pound,
and specimens have been found on the
plains of Mamthon and Corey ra at Athena.
They were sometimes used as a warning
by secret friends la an encmy*« camp.
Thufl, when Sylla laid siege to Athens,
and the city was reduced bf fa mine, a
secret friend within the walls informed
the Roman general that, oo the follow iag
night, Achelaus (the getieml of Mtth-
ri dates) intended to introduce
visions for the Pincus ; the i
WHS inscribed oq a sling bul.. .. :-,*.\a
was thuEi enabled to intercept the supfily.
Mr. CaulBcld, in the course of bis paper,
quoted several other ancient authors iti
reference to this curious subject ; which^
it will be recollected, was discussed a few
years ago in a paper by Mr. Eroeat
Hawkins read before the «— -•^^ nf
Antiquaries of London, and p: ..i
Archicologia. Inour Mngaziii h,
p. Sp8» wiil also be found a description of
some inscribed sting- bullets recently ex-
hibited to the same Society.
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The text of ttie treaties of Const ant i*
nople and Berlim has been published. The
former, which was signed on the ]«th of
March by Geo. Baraguay d'Uillierfl, Lord
Stratford de Redcliffe^and Redschid Patiha,
OS plenipotentiaries for iheir respective
sovereigns, engages the western powers
to HSnd assistance by land us well as sea
to the support of the Ottoman empire, und
provides for the action of the allied Army
witliout control or interfere net? on the part
of the Turkish government, which, how-
ever, irt bownd to afford every aid nnd
facility for tht^ir accommodntiou jind sup-
ply It is likewise agreed that no separate
overtures for peace shall be received by
uny of the contracting jKiwera, and es-
pecisilly that ihc Sultan shall conclude no
nrmistiic or engage iu uny ncgocialton for
a peace withnut the consent of his allies.
Lo^tly, the Eraptror of the French aiitl her
Britannic Mojebty engage to withdraw from
the Ottoman territory immediately on the
conclusion of a peace, and to give up to
the Turkish authorities nil the fortresses
or positions they may have occupied with-
in forty days from the exchange of the
ratification of a treaty by which the war
shall be termioated. The treaty of Berlin
of the 20lh of April binds the contra ctfng
powers of Austria and Prussia to n. strict
offensive and defensive alliance. It stafea
the regret with which these Govenimcnta
have seen the outbreak of bostilitfa
between Rusjsia and the Western Fowe
and engages them to continue their elTofi
for a pacification. It provides that if i
of the powers (Austria) should find it
I e?snry to take aji active part, the oilier
would take incasurca to protect that nctinn ;
but thnt if Russia should advTi ' j
the line of the Balkans both
dare war. The continued occu^.^., i. i>f
the Priticipolities for an ioitrfinite period
or their annexation to nu:i:«i.L would Itke-
wise form a ground for a declat^tioti of
war. Power is reserved for tlie other
German States to join the Alliance, It U
reported that the Governments of Hanover^
Wtirtemburg^ and Bavaria, have fttreodT
&ent in their adhesion*
France. — Generals d'Hautpoul^ B«M.
giiiiy d'HilHers, and Oraano, are to be
raided (o the rank of Marshals. Two tarw«
camps are to be formed, one of 100,000
men near St. Omcr and the otber of
5D«000 men aearMArgeiUes. The former
wUlf it is satdf be commanded by the Em~
peror hi person,
Vienna. — The Conference of the repre*
lenUtWei of the fuur iioireni hwbeeii re-
pewed, ftnd « new protocol aigned, di^-
cluritig their coutiQued accord on the
Turkish tioestioD,
The Austrian and Prussian ministers
have preseotcd to the Diet at Prtukfort^
oa llie 2jtU May, a joint dedartti um» an-
isouDciog the contiaued cordiality of the
four powcrsj and declariog that the inte-
rest* of German J required the mamtenance
of the integrity of Turkey. The Austro-
Prussian treaty was laid before the Diet,
and the other Germtia states invited to
udherQ to it.
TA# Baltic, — The main portion of the
fleet It. ft the bay of Elsogabben on the 5th
May, aud was joined by the fquadron
under Adra. Plnmridge ou the 8th, On
the 16th the fleet was off Hango Point.
The French fleet reached Kid on the
20tli.
The whole of the Russian coast in the
Baltic and Black Sea has been deehired m
a state of blockade,
CQn«taniinople,— A. difficulty arose about
the end of ApriJ between Gen. Baraguay
d'HiUiers and the Turkbh Guvcrnrocnt
with regard to the threatened cjcpuUton of
the Cathohc Greeks. The nmbassarfor is
said to have conducted hims^elf wiiU greut
harshne«a. Itcdschid Paiiha waiiconipeUecJ
to yield, but the French Government is
about to ehaoge its ambossttdor.
Lurd Uaglan reached CoastanUnople on
the 2Pth of Aprd. On the Tth of May
Marshal St. Arnaud, and on the IHh the
Duke of Cambridge, arrlfed at GalUpoli*
A strong intrenched camp is being formed
at that place. The Diikt; of Cambridge
proceeded on the U/th to Conslantino^ile,
Prepamtions are made fwr the immediate
embavkaliuti of an English diviMon for
Varna» The French have already a con-
^ideruble force at Adrianoplc, and will
jsarch by the Balkans to th^r seat of war«
The DanuLian Vrotinces. — On the
2iJth of April the Turks under Sali Paiha
crossed the Duuubc fram Nlcopolia,
routed the Ilus«iuns, took two guni*, and
lU'c «aid til haVe kilhil or wounded
1000 men. The Uusiiiana retrfated upon
Krajova^ which place Ihey had left a
£ew dayB before in course uf evacnatlng
L^JLcfiScr Walluchia. Between the nvcr
I^Jpbyl and Radova they were met by the
Turks, and a sanguinary conflict took
place, which ended in the Rusm>-u)s being
driven flCTO;a the river. On the lOth of
May Said Pasha with irjOU men crossed
the Danube la boats, near Giurgcvo.
He destroyed some Russian batteries and
returned to the right bank. On the 1:2th
a flgbt took place at Oltenitza, when 300
Boshi-Bazoiiks had crossed the river and
attacked a fortified post occupied by the
Russians. They wero repulsed with the
loss of 200 men. The floods in the Danube
had suspended the Russmn operations
against Slliiitria, which had received no
damage from the distant canuoDsde to
which ft had for some time b«en sub*
jectcd. Some oalworks have however
been destroyed. On the ItJth terms were
oflV:red by Marshal Pa<»kiewitch to Mus&a
Pasha, the governor of Silistria j and on
the 17 th, on the refmal of theaa terms,
the bomhnrdaient was r ccommeDoed. The
head quarters of M, Faakiewitch are at
Ralarasch. An attack took place on the
21 s^t, but while the Russian accounts re-
present it as successful, and having been
followed by the ofler ,of capitulation by
the Turkish governor, the Turkish reports
state that it was repulsed.
The following is the present posidon
and strength of the two armies on the
Danube :— The Russian extreme right is
posted along the left bank of the Aiuta.
The reserve is at Pilestj, au important
town of Great Wallnchia, '20 leagues to
the N,>\\ of Buehareat. Tlie centre ex-
tends from Giurgcvo, op^iosite to Rut-
schuk, to Katarasch and Rassova^ along
the left hank of the Danube, having its
reserve at Bucharest, M leagues from the
river. The left wing begins at Rassova,
and occupies the Dobriidscha, communl--
cating, by Odessa, with the troops of
Osten-Sacken* Its reserve occupies Mat-
sehin and its vicinity. The line of opera-
tions of the Ru^iian army stretches over
a distance of at least 50 leagues, from the
Alula to the mouths of the Danubtt, Its
force is calcnlited at between 150,000 and
18(1,000 men. The second reserves are
still on the banks of the Dnieper, their
ert^eclive force being unknown. The Turks,
whu have likewise effected a movement of
concent ration since their adversaries} aban-
doned the environs of Kalafat, occupy the
following positions .—Their left wing is
on tjjc rij^ht honk of tlie Atuta, with its
head-quarters near SIfltina, and its reserve
at Krajova, communicating with tlie
centre by the Danube, towards the conflu-
ence of the Aluta. This wing is formed
of the troops which lately garrisom'd
WIddin r^^\^ K^hf:it, nnd of n portiMn
of the '
Sophia.
sjou army, n-T m^i .'
trill, occup'<
Rtttschu
risous ol
from .«»•
The
690
Foreign News*
[JoTte,
3biimlB. The right wing lines Tr«jan'ji
Wall, with itf rewrve at Bft^ardjick atid
Vama. The Turkish fortsc on those dif-
, — Nnt poioti tnaj be eitimatcd at from
> 119,000 to ISO, 000 Gombatatits, including
^ the garrifions of the itrong placei. The
troops *>f the second line are concentrated
, found Adrianople, and the 50,01)0 or
fiO»000 EngUsh and Prennh ulrcady arrived
tt OalltpoL, S^niiarif aod Coiifttantinopte
fbi'm the third line.
The Black 5*fl.— On the 7tk of k^ni
the steamer Furious arrived off Odessa to
fbtch awaj the English conaml. The vessel
carrted a flag of truce, and aent a boat alio
with A ling of irate to the shore. The
couBut had already left, and th& boat waa
returning to the steamer, when one of the
Rusil an batteries opened fire upon her and
fired seTcn shots at her and nt the steamer,
but without inflicting any injorjr, On re-
cciving inforraatton of thii owtrngc, Ad-
mirals Dundas and HameUnwith the maia
body of the fleet set sail for Odessi. On
the ^Ut a ftrtg of tmce was sent to demand
that all the French and English vessels in
the harbour should be given up. As no
answer was received up to seven a.m., on
the 2Snd six English and three French
steamers, with six rocket- boats, under the
immediate orders of Captain Jonei, opened
lire on the Imperial fort and mole, and
Rusfian vessels lying there. By three
p.m. the magazine was blown up, the forts
Were destroyed, and the ships sunk or
burnt. The city of Odessa, and the mole
containing tho merchant vessels of all
nations, were not nmlejited. The English
loss was only one killed and ten wounded,
and that of the French two killed and three
wounded. The damage done by thcenemy*s
fire wns trifling. The French steam-frtgate
Vaubau wa» set on fire by red-hot shot,
but by the ooo! couvnge and actif Sty of her
captain and crew the lire was speedily ex*
tiDguishcd.
During the eonfusion of the attack nine
Engtiah and two French merchantmen
eaoaped ftrom the harbour. The loss of
the Russians has been estimated at 90O
kilted and 300 wounded. Gen. Osten
Saekcn only ackoowledges the loss of 4
hilled and 64 wouodi^d ! Tiie fleet l«»ft
Odessa for the coa.st of the Crimea, which
la now block.tded by -7 vessels, A detach -
fiient of iHsven steamers was desputched to
operate against the Russian forts on the
ClrCftssian coast. It Is reported fhat the
Roisians, despairing of tnaintaimng these
forts, hate sbnndoned tliem all, and retired
upon Kutais in Imeritia. They were im-
mediately occupied by the Circaaslans, who
took 1500 RuaetaQ prisouen at Soukkum
Kaleh.
The Ottoman fleet, coDiistirjg of 9?
shtpt carrying 1040 ptlt^i, and commsn^*
by Vice -Admiral Km
left Constantinople fo: t J
on the 4th of Maf, carrjing 5fHtn mrn u
disembarkation m Abasia. Muthira
Faska (Adm. Sladc) arcompanici the ell
pcdition.
On the 10th May the T'srr ^fe^tu^lp\
16 guns, Capt, Giffard, gof
about three miles from <J
pursuit of a Rnsflian scho.
into the port. The Ruseinii
batteries and fired into ha ^>i
shot, and cocnpletely dis.iblcd ?
steamers came up, but Wfie unafj
der assistance. It ia said that the Raasiiifk#J
continued to fire after the flag^ had be
hauled down, and signals of disitre^ nmdd
The truth may be merely that the fire wa«J
renewed to destroy the vessel -after th
crew hod been got out. As the Ruaslanti
were unable to get her off, she was barot to
the water'a edge, Capt, Giffard loat his
foot in the actioUi and a midshipman was
killed.
Crwe^.— An ttltimatum has been tdJ
dressed to the Orcek Oorernroent
France and England, demanding the o!i
seivancc of strict neutrality, and the pti
nishment of the Greek olBeers who hflv
taken part in the inb^rrection. A
was required by the 22Dd of May*
division of Gen. Forey, with a detscbme
of English murines, left Malta for Athe
on the 22nd, with the intention of
pyiog the Pirwus,
The Greek seas hare lately been mttc
infested by pirates, whom the goTcmmcnfj
seems to have been utterly unn'
willing to restrain. Some of t]<
and French rcssels are now cruising iite
them, and hare already attacked and svvtij
several.
On the SSth of April the town of Ar
in EpimSt was attacked and taken by th ^
Turks tinder Osman Pasha, and 3,009^
insurgents under Karaisk iki defeated. On
the e6th Osman Pashi " / ' '
pal body of the InsurL r
Gen. Tsavellai!, and tou., , ..
btiggiige, moncyj arms, an
lu the baggagvof Tsafella*! t,
is said to have been discovcrtnl a eon
pondeocc with *M, Scarhti Soutfo,
Greek Minister of War, which fully e4^«
Itshes the complicity of the Greek govern^
ment in the insurrection. The Soulic
have laid down their arms, and the instir
recti on, as ht as Epirus is concemrfl, l§
at an end. In nrs^niy and Afacf
insurgents under Karat a Rso 8 hav^ i
some success and tiken several vjiLigra j
but the last accounts report that they f
sustained a defeat.
Napfef,— The harsh treatment of f^
1854,]
Domestic Occurrmices.
'004
vktiius ot state cruelty in the Neapolitan
pruooA hai reoeatlj b^ii aggravated by
chaming tUe pnaoDers^ among whom ta
the ejt-Mliilster Poeiio^ to the wall, uaJer
the preteQce that a paper had beau thrown
ont nf one of the windows.
SpatM^ — A decree for a forced lo&n nf
2, 000 ,000/, KteriiDg waa pnbllBhed in the
Gazette on the ^0&.
llie G over anient has offered to return
the fine impoied on the Bhck Warrior,
but refuaei to give the compensation de-
memded. Great effartfi are mado to put
CubuL in a state of defence*
United Slai&t, — A reply bais been mode
by Mr. Marcy, Secretary of State^ on the
part of the American Goremmenty to the
oommumcation of the declarationa of
England and Franca aa to neutral flagi.
Hla letter, which ii dated April S8, ex*
preaaeB aatLsfaction at the roazimi adopted
by the latter powers, and givea an asaur-
ance that the President will enforce the
laws against privateering.
Cape qf Good Hopt^—'ThQ abandon*
ment of the Orange Kiyer sovereignty haa
bean carried into efk^ The authority
wai banded over by Sir George Clerk to a
proviiional government, and ia now placed
in the hands of a Volluraad, or council,
which is an elective body, renewed every
four years, under a presitkntf to be elected
every five year». The territory so relin*
quiihed now constitutes the ** Orange
Eiver Free SUte."
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
JQ the 8th May the ChauceUor of the
Eacheciuer brought forward bis supple*
mmitary Budget, of which the lubatance
is aa follows : The Income tax is doubled ,
i,fk raited from seven ponce to fourteen
IMue in the pound* The Sugar duties,
WUch would, by law, be payable on and
alter July S next, to beaugmetued by one
shilling and one shilling and sixpence per
cwt. The Malt tax to he raised by one
half — via. from two shillings and eight-
pence-bptlfpenny to four shillings. The
duty on Spirits in Scotland to he raised
one shilling per gallon, and in Ireland
eight pence per gallon*
Map 10. This day the Corporation of
The SonM of the Gerffy commemorated its
Bicentenary Festival. The interior of St.
Paurs cathedral was fitted up by, Mr*
Newman the architect, so that full service
might be performed under the dome with
the effect of 300 voices. The sermon was
preached by the Arcbbishop of Canter-
bury. H. R. H. Prince Albert attended
the serrice, and in the eveoing presided
at the dinner in Merchant-taylors' ball,
when hia apeech was characteriaed by his
oustomarygood sense and pertinency. The
^nancial report anQOunced that his Royal
Higbniiis contributed 100 guineas, that
the 1 13 stewards of tbe festival had handed
in lists amounting to 3500/., that the col-
lection at the cathedral doors was 690^*,
the subscriptions 3145/., and an estimated
sum of 3600/. might be expected from the
proceeds of sermons. Including a dona-
tion of 500/. from the dowager Lady Wil-
looghby de Broke, the receipta of the year
would amount to 1 2^054
Jlay 14. The Royal All
pierced for 131 gufia,
Wooiunch Dockyard in the presence of
her Majesty, Prince Albert, and other
members of the Royal Family. She is of
3726 tons burden, :£T2 feet in length, 61
feet broad, and <*(j feet deep, and her
screw-propeller will be driven by trunk
engines of 500-horse power. She was de«
signed by Mr. Oliver Lang, tbe late master*
shipwright of Woolwich, and bos been
twelve years on the stooks*
Tbe Commiasioners appointed to in-
c|uirv into the existiog state of the City of
Loudon have issued a comprehensive Re-
port, which has been presented to Parlia-
ment. The report enters very minutely
into the constitutioo, rights, and govern-
ment of the corporation. We subjoin tbe
heads of the principal reconunendaUottt s
L That a new charter be issued» con-
taining all such provisions in existing
charters of the corporation of London,
and all such customs of the city, as it may
be deemed expedient to preserve. 2.
That the Lord Mayor be elected by the
common council, from the oommon oonn-
cillors, or from persons quaUfied to bo
common councillors. 3. That the Alder-
men be elected by tlie burgesses of the
wards for six years, and be re-eligibte;
that they he jastices of the peace during
their term of office. 4. That the powers
of the Municipal Corporations Act with
respect to the appointmeot of stipendiary
magistrates be extended to the corpora-
tion of London, h. That the Court of
Aldermen be abolished, and that its func-
tions be transferred to the Common ConocLl.
6. That the number of wards be reduced
I number not less than IS, nor
»n 16^ and that thdr area and
18 r wis
632
Pramotwns and Pi*€fei^nmts.
[ Juiit»,
equaL 7. That each ward return one
alderman and five common councilmen to
the commoD council ; nod that their qua-
ItRefttiou be that prescribed by the Muiii-
cipftl Corporations Act for the larger class
of boroughs, numcty, the jio«sesiion of
real or personal ettate of 1,000/., or being
rated on an annual value of at least 30/.
8. Tbit the voters in the wArd-mote
elections be the ocmipicrs of premi^ea in
the v?Brd rated to the acnoiint of 10/. prr
annum » without nnj adiUlionnl qualifier*
tjon, 9. That the flection:! in common
hall be abolished. 1 0. Thut Lhe Shc^rilTs
be elected by the common council. IK
That the Lord Mayor's court and the
Sberiflf's conrt be coosoUdated, oud that
an uppeal be given from such court to one
of the Bupt'rior cnurlR at Wcstminnter.
12, That the Conrt of Huattogs be nbo-
Uahcd. IJ, That the court at St. M:ir-
linVle-Grand be abolished, 14. Th^itall
regulatiouii prohibiting persons not free of
the city from carrying on »ny trade or
using any liandicraft wilbin the city, be
abolbhed. 15. That the melage of grain,
fruit, and other meni5urft*^ile goudti be no
longer compiUeory. 16, That the Ft^llow-
»hip of Porters he dissolved, and that
olber privilfgcs of porters be abolished.
17. That the admission of brokers by the
Court of Ayermeti bo abolwhed. 18.
Tliat the street loll on carta not the pro-
perty of freemen be abolished. 19. That
Ihc city police be incorporntcd with I he
metropolitan police. 20. That the con-
lerirancy of the river Thames be trani-
ferred to a board consihting of the Lord
Mayor^ the First Lord of the Adnitrnlty,
the President of the Board of Trfldc, the
Deputy-master of the Trinity-boiise» and
the Fiist Commi&sioner of Woods. '21.
That the exclosire privileges of the Com-
pany of Watermeo and Lightermen on the
river Thames be aboHabed. 22. That 1
accounts of the revenue and e^pendituf^
of the corporatfon he consolidaLed. ^^J
That the money and securities of the c »;
poration be lodged in the Bank of En
hind. 2L That the election of auditon
be amended. 23. That the provisions of 1
the Municipal Corporations Act, with re* I
sped to the mortgnging of lands, and thai
making of an annual return of the rereuut 1
and expenditure to the Secretary of Stat«>,l
be extended to the eoqi oration of London.
2f). That the Irish Society be diaaolved ? 1
that its trusti be declared by Act of P«r^]
lianoent ; and that new trustees be 'P*!
pointed by the Lord Chancellor of Iro
land. 27. That the external bonndariei^
of the city remain unchanged \ but that
the municipal eouneKion between the cor-
poration of London and a part of tb^ j
bornngh of SooUnvark bo abolished.
That the rest of the metropolia be divide^*]
Tnto districts for municipal purpose*, 39uJ
That, ill the event of such division beinif I
made, a Metropolitan Board of Works b^l
c rented], composed of members deplit«4('l
to tt from I he council of each inetrof>{|«i
litan muniripol body, including the com*
mon council of the city. 30, That
coal duties now collected by the oar
tion of London, so long aa they ;
in force, be under the admtQistratioii i
(his board ; and that, in case the
duties which expire in 18G2 should not be
renewt^d, the 1/. duty now levied on be.
half of the city should caaae at the i
time. .^L That this board be em pofi
to levy a rate, limited to a fined pound*
for [lublic works of general mc ^ i i
utility, over the metropolitan di:
That no works be executed by ilui boap.
unless the plans have beeu approved by |
Committee of the I'rivy Council,
PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS. &c.
Gaxkttk Prefkrments.
April *^* CliArlcfi^, Henderson, esq. to bt?
Consul in th«? Itepuhlic of Parap-oiiy.— T9th
Fool* Stsrg. ThoniAs OokHe Scot. M.D., from
48th Foot, to lie Surgvon.-'Depni liattnlion at
Walfuer, SiaflT-Sorg. AlejianJer Gihi». M.P* to
be dursetin — IJepi^t Battalion st Winchester,,
Surf. John Gmnt, from 79th Foot, X(\ he Bur-
m*— D^pflt Battalion at Fermoy, HUifT-Surff,
Jinel Smith to he Surgeon— l)ep<5t BattflHou
at Templcfnore, Sur^j. W. I. Ure^ilm. M.D.,
ffom JCth Foot, to ba Sorsreon-— Staff, Wilkin
Govett llomaine, esq. barrister-nt-taw, to be
Oeputy Jodjre AdvocAte wiih IW troops on a
psrlirular service to ttie eastward of Malta. —
lire vet, Cn|>t. Kheneter Jones, of MtU Foot, to
be Major j brevet-M«jor Elteneter Jones, of
e^tb Foot, to be Ueut.-ColoneL
9
AprU MK WiJlia m Off I e Carr . esq. to be Chief
Justice of Ceylon.— liufh Culling- Eardley
Childers, Edward Grimes, tnrl CbArlea Mac
Mation, csqrn. to be non-elective meinberw oC
the Legislative Council of the cotoay of Vic-
toria.
Glocesterahire Y»K>mAnry. the Duke of Clean-
Tort to be Lieut-Colonel Commnndant. — Rovit
MoiitfforapryBhire Milida, Major tbe Hon.
Henry H anbury Tracy to hf |j«»nt CohttiicJ
Commandant; Capt. Jr' ■ i-~^^ ■*
Pryxe to be >IaJor.— hf
II ■ F Co!»tRnce to ht .
Charles Uedini^reld tu hr .imj r. -4tn w a^t
York Mitilin, Major George C*ir ties, lAt«
Foott to be Ma/or,— 61 b West York MiL,
Robert Stansfifitd, esq., late I9ih Foot, to"
Major.
1854.]
Pi'otnoHom tmd Pr^fermenk.
«a8
* ¥*'J^ W'J^*' *'^«** Purvci to U ISqQtrry
ta thi* Ducbw* of Cambridge.
J/tfv 2. Ucnt ..Geo . Sir Hew mirympte Ross^
K.C Jl lo h^ Lf<»ut..C^i)crArortheOrdnBnco.
J/*j> J. Kni|fhl«l, Kieharti Kiidtlen Crowdi?!',
esq, vnv ol Dit JudK«s of the Qjurt of ComuKiu
[1^A»* ftiii] Samut'l fiignoldj e^jq. Mayor of
Mmf 5, air W. P. Vfom\, Knt. VicisClvaii.
ci'Mfjr. Sjr J. n\ 0>leridjfe, KnU Justice of tUe
Uu' , tlie ttijht IJoii. Jo*ci)h Napier.
i*'r kburn, Attornpy-fnMjpralt Sir
R. I . itor-Gonertl, SirT. K. Perry,
Km , J tj.shsw Ufevn?. mq.» H.S. Keatinjf*
ev\^ U.CXi Ttioiiuift Greenwood, esq.* James
Stewart, Mq.» and Germain I^vic. e&q» to be
Coram ha Vuniprs for liiquiirJn;»^inro tbe arrange-
mftitn of thf IrjTi«i of Court and tmis of Cban.
t-ery, for projiiotiojj tin- Stiuly n( r.aw and
Jurisprudence* and securin ' luca-
tiontu the StudetiU,— 4lst 1 Surg*
W. A. Andrrsoi), from 5l*t I -eon-
— 4Ctb ¥om, StilMtargeon ^3 be
Surgeon — 4^ lb F*>ot, Awi ; A. P.
Sbellon. Mir, from COtbFn r^-eon.
—nd Foot, Ueui.-C^L W K^Iabtr. from lialf-
pilf 6Sd Foot, to be Lieut.-(>)lonct.— Ambutan<:«
Corps, Cnpl. John Jtrnr-* Grant, half pay
unatl., Statr Officer cr ' , to b« Com-
ipandaiit, and to rau^ ^sist, Quar-
termast*>r.Cicn.— Ho-: t.ifl^Surg- of
the let ClanA, J. S, 4 1 l.^• Hop. la-
iuector^Gen.ofHoapM iajT. V\\E.
HoldawortJi, from 2d I ' j* Quarter-
maftler-Gen. fn Nova Scwtia, uitti the rank of
Llent.-Col. in the army. — Vot.^Surg'. Felix
lleUnv. Ut Drat^oon Guard?, to be Vct.-Sur|f.
tg t«i todioj; to Turkey.
^^/ in» Uandcock Middleton* esq,
to tir <jorp» of Gentfemen-at-Armi,
fffAf CoUcr, retired.— J, Hratli HaviUml. esq.
to be ft inenit>er of the lixecuiive CcuncU of
Prince EdMiinJ IsLmd.
3i jiiaii, Ktil.,
no\^ Mird l&lnnd,
to Ij I i, . J ici-Odef of
tlie lUhiuua ii»UH4k.— Uooiiuick Haty, ea^}. to
lie Ueat.-Govcriior of Prince £<iwarcl Iftland.
Miav 9* Uoyal Horse Guards Blue, General
LonI Haitian, GCH.. from 5Sd Foot, to be
COlonH,--Md Foot, Mftj. -G en. Johnnie l>oo aid,
CU. to be DiloBel.— 70tb Foot, Maior-Gen.
G. ;W. Paty, an. lo te Colotiel.-e6th Foot,
Ma]or-Gen. Lord James Hay to bt Culonet
May 13. 3tl Dragooti Guard.^, StafT-iSurireon
R< M^ AJlen to be ^urgfeon.— 2d Foot» brevet
Major 'l\ Atldiaon to be Major.— 98tb Foot,
M^OT E. Haythorne to bo Lieut.* Colonel ;
Capl. f. Peyton to be Major.
Jwajr IS. John Dens, esq. one of the U>rd»
of Seaalonr to be one of the Lords ot Justiciary
in Bcottacd'— CharleA Neavea, cm\, advocate,
to be one of the Lordi of Se^^iou in Scotland.
— Capt. Tlinr,.,., v.Mf.r.n VVstkins, H.X. to be
Uarboorni i irtnc Magiatratefor the
colony ot 1 1
Mmf\9* . ....^«>9 of Atholl to be one
of the f.a(Ue«» u* tb*? HedchambtT in Ordinary
to Her Majesty, v\ce the Countess of Chmrte-
mont, resiffuedi,— 16t)i Light Hra^oona, Capt.
W. T, Dickaon lo be Major.-Utlt Foot, Major
Tbomaa Urook« to be Lieut.-t}oU)iiel i Capt.
J, F. Kemitt to b« Major.— Cbarlea Jaeaca Lin-
dam, eaq., lato Lieut. Rifle Urigiide, to be orie
of H. M. Hon. Ckrrps of Gentlemeii-at-Arma.
Ifay SO. Wthiam Yonuir, e#q. to bo Atlor*^
nay^GenerAl ; Lt?wi» M. Wilkins, e.sq. lo be
Provijicial Secretary ; William A. Henr\Vesi|,
lobeiktlicitor-Generali and J^v*- ii ' • sseke,
eaq. to be Cominiiiaioner of i - for
the province of Nova 8cQtia, I < nry
Rawatonse,cs4|.tobePoatmai>;t. .vi .^.. inland
of &laari(iu!i.
Gbmt. MAOt Vol, XLI.
Majt M. Mijor Geoiffc Howurd Tyse, 3d
LifeGuardf, toueof4' ' i ^i
Quarterly Waiter* in '
MayW. TJlh foot, i o
b« Llcnt»>Colonel} Capt* X< P^ XoumL La be
Major.
To be Pirectors of tbe East Itidla Company,
Appointed by Her Majesty und^r the provisions
of the Ifl and 17 Vic- cap, 95:— Lieut --G.jn.
Sir Geoi-pe Pollock, G.C.H., John P«iILih1
Wiliouithby, esij.. and Sir Frederick Cuiru,
liart. [The other Ui rectors arc named in f* STL* J
Captain Gossett to he Deputy l^erjecint-nt*
Arma attendant on tbe Houae of Commons,
rite John Ckmenlson, esq, retired.
Memhert reittitted to serte iii Parliament
Devonn&rt.^Sir Erskine Parry.
Flff*if#)f/rf.-Tln^ IK ,.i..H M.UoydMostyn.
tJfUtlinffw.^Vr -rri, esq.
Urrt/tntlMhirt li, eaq»
Naval Prkfkbhbkts.
Maifl. Vice-Adm.C. J. Johnaton to receive
a penafon of XSXU. a year.— Kear-Adm. Philip
Browne to be Vice-Admiral on re§erved hall-
pay.— K£ar-Adfn. Henry Preacolt* CB. to be
Vice-Adm. of the Blue —Capt William Keatj^
Capt. Sir Henry John Leekr, K.n,,Cfti>t- Tho*
inaa Martin, C«pL Henry Edwards, to be Rear-
Admirals on the Reserved Li!4t.— Capt. C. H.
Fremaolle lo be Rear'Admiral of the Blue,—
Retired Capt. J. G. ApLiu to be Retired Rear*
AdmlraL
To be CaptAina.^A. P. £. WUmot, Robert
Coyote.
Captain Mauselt to the Povrerful U.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon,
brother of the Premier, M.P. for Aberdeen*
ibtre, and who waa a member of Lord Had-
diogrton'a Board of AdtniraUy, has been «t»^
{minted Cofnmander.iQ-ehlef at Sbeermeaa, H«#
the Hon. Joceline Percy, CBt wboae term of
aervice baa e«;pired^
Ecclesiastical FiLKr«RMSNTs*
Rev, H, J. Barnard, CoiDb« the Utb Caooonr
in the CAtbedral Lhiirch of Wells.
Ven- C. B.Clou^bj Deanery&QdCbancellorahip
of ift. Asaph,
Rev. W. H, Con (R. of Tenby), Hon. Canonry
In the Cathedral Church or Hereford.
Rev, C. l>odic»an (R. of Croft), Archdeaconry
of Richmond, Uio, Kipou.
Rev. H« J. Elii»on (Iticurobent of F^en«ior),
Hon. Cm in tti<< win iir.Nirhurchof Lichlield,
Rev. W. ArCiiU! '!> Lectureahip m
the Cathedral ^at^rford-
Rev.C.Alleo.St. i lia.«t, dio.Conoor.
Rev.H.W.G.Ar lleadenV. Midd«,
Reir. R. W. Ba^o K. Suaaex.
Rer, T. Bartlett, l \ , iUds.
Rev. W- R. L, Bcnoiftt, Holy TrlDity J^Q,
Dover, Kent.
Itev. r lu.iir \tinwH,rne St. Andrtfw V, w.
It,-.
Rev . ClkHAt Cboreh PX.
Ctf...,. , -■■
Rev. li. Boys, 1' r^f
Rev. — BulLNV I- rw».
Rev aa, *
Rev It
Ali»u. .. . *:, V
Peter Coif b'
I
I
iUir. W. (>!' " "1-1 1 well \\C^ w. ¥m.\iMX\
||«v, J > J I ' > I'w PX. Sate Moor.
it^V. A. L, I un... M,>. thD. SL Jitia4>» P,C.
P«titanviHo, l^mloii.
Kev. A* Cow bur II, Ti'UMibAtn V. GloiM^esteralK
R* V . J . Dii V i ' ^ T - r t o II V . Vtirkah i re.
R^v, W. 1' Cburcli P(":> Kbondda
Vjilley, f
Rev C. noiifflufi, r M»rf V. w. St.
Michncl V J»n-1 vV.
Hcv. R. Ki!-- ^' '■ ^'•-'•"'
Hcv. F. Fir
R<-v.a. iT.ai
Bl?V, A. Gcilifr. k ^v irli i-nnr;,
R«v, R, Gjlcs, r iiohisliiie,
Rev. J. Grave*, t iio. tissory.
Rev, F. T, Grpnorj, .^f lUry'ii PlJitt PC.
WrothJitu, KpiiL
R«v. K. R< liampdeiu Rftton Biaho;> R. Heref.
&»▼. C. lUre, St. Munrhip's R. LimcHck.
Sit . E. Ilawkv, Willinjfhftm R. Ur^coliitibirt'>
Sir. E- C Ilawtrty, iJJi. (Provost oC Eton
College). Firnhnm lloya] R. Bucks.
Rev. 8, J, Hcilhcoto, Willi ton PC. Soniersee.
Rev. M. tltibiion, Tcmplcscobin R. and V. dio.
Ferns.
Eev. J. McC. Hussey, Afternoon Pfeacbcnihip
at the Foundbnif Hospital, tendon,
R«v. F. J KilaoM, Kemyock R. l>eTon.
Rev. R. D. L«k'ib^n, North Wootlon FX'.DorMt.
Rev. J. Leatlartlrtle, LitllP I'lumpstead R, Norf,
Rev. A. K, Leecb, limly V.
RCY. J. Lee<i, St. Mark I'.C. Inllnjcton, Middx.
Hftv. J. P !Jjr^ffii<ir> DIJ. (Rector of Exeter
QvV " ^:1d^in(i:toft v. w. water
E;r
Rev lljiddon V. Northtmpt*
Rev. J. li. Luii^in vine, Ecclettoti R. Cbe«liire.
Rev. J, Macnaiiffbt^iit. Cbiyaostom P.C. Ever-
toil, Ltiifaablre.
Rev. R. A. Maunaeil, Moniing Prenrber in tbe
Cathedral Cbnrcb of Li m crick.
Rev, G, W. 8. Menteatb, HaacomlM' R. Surrey.
Rirv. C A. Molony* llouffbam V. Kpnt,
Rev, E. Morpfun, Uanycnalirn P.O. Cardi/^an.
Rev. H. Morcftiii Henvetiw PC. Cnrdi^ansbire.
Rev. F. O. Morris, Nanburnbolmp R, Yorkah.
Rev. W. P. MiisB;ravc» Eltoo R, Yorkitilre.
Rev. A. Neltlfuliip, Minsterworlh V. Oloac.
Rev. J. Pt*el, llernaby [qy. Tbornaby?] P.C.
Yorksblre.
Rev.O. A IVrnn.Swtrnn-Guildcn P^crhpsli.
Rev.G.O - iNKftoii.Ht'yrn
Eav. C- F ulh Lufleikl
Rev.C.T.U iiiaaHGoM* >
Rev. W. Uaiitlnlpli. St, Jamea P.U AM«M-^!nj»r.
Dorset.
Rev. Q. Renaud, Woc?dbill P.C, Herta.
Rev. 8. Kobini^, St. Jameii R. Dover. Rent.
Rer. T. RuImuii, Klrk-i^atbam V. Yorkshire.
Rtv. A. D. HbKfto, llraiici'tieth R. Durham*
Rev. 1^. Btorr, Urenchky V. Kent.
R«v. W .*<totbert, Macclcafield Foreal Cbapelt
Cheibire.
Rav. J. Htroud, Bundley R. Uevoo.
Hon. %nii Rev. IL W. V. Htuart, Baminfton
V. Warwirkflbiff,
Rev. 0. Tbomw, 8t, Georf^e IL Glamorifanih,
Rev. T. II. ll.Tboinpsoii, Wcyhill R. Hatita.
Rev. C Tbornbill, Iturwell V. trmnb.
Rev, C. TboTotun, Nurtb and ^iitb Raucvby
V« Lin col n»h Ire.
Rev. H. L, Towusend, D.l>. LouUi R. arcJidlo,
Annsjch.
Rev, G. R. Timier. New Radnor It
Rev. W, C, Wel-sfi.nl, :-'..] I ronl R Sojnei^l.
Rev. D. Williatn- > ^ n. m^ k:v.,M.s!,Mi .^.
Hev, T. P. Wilv : ^'. (...m. ■ :.:. ■ .
Ri!V, T. Woodri'.- ' .. s\ Hni-, l..^H,n,,•
ka Binsted €. aad liiuj^iky C. El an la.
Rev. W, W. Woollcotfil»e, WooHOii R. N'p'n.
Tin ekmptvitititt.
Rev. R. j? I f '^rttm^ott.
Rev. J. A ^lU-
ReT, O. W • iadiatftf.
Rev, W. 11. lauimiiii. iii^mbay Prealdeacy,
HF.J.Cfl.
Rev M T>r< Dnruh. to tlif Earl of lim^ck.
Rev H.M.Gaol, i*ytl*iey, N^W.
Rev \ of UretDbitb, ta tlie Rlalio^
ot
Rar, A. \\\ l^aviards, to tbe BUhop of THrrr,
Rat. W. Goode. AVarbortoniati Iwectttftahlp,
LttR'ubtN lilt], LMid'Hi.
^urr
ikiv. J. lUotp. Lh*; lUdUUr luIuLUury, Uxtiitd.
Rev. D. Waltb. Ibe Unian, Chicbeater.
ColhgiaU and SckolotUe ApffOimtmmii,
Rev. B. P. Arnold, oua of II.M.'s iti9|i«cCofi
Rev i!turcahlp(l8IM)
ill 1-
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r»i j^iver«ii> uf Canibridfe*
Rev U, one of H.M.^a loapactofi
of
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Gio needier.
Rev. H- todiret Head-Maatersbip of Horuemik
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St. Andrew's.
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;Srcretiii
of the U ,
deacon ricj ut
Rev. R. Ilcw&oii.
>tl£fliions to tL; ,, i
Ror. W, Kendall. A«»ociati'
Cbureh Pastoral Aid Sect.
Rev. H. W^^'"*- fHti-.r. ..«,... ..
ofHuiii
Rev. J. B .i and Oncat'Uloff
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inrnt of Additional Curate a In fopu*
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i.ry
BIRTHS.
Jan, It. At Melboi
of HuffhCullinf Karii
April i, Tbe wife < I
of Hyde, a dau.^^-^6. .\t Ctuiuiitirj^t], tiOn«e.
tbe Hon. Mrs. Lane, a dan.^^— II At tha
Admiralty, Mra. Stilne, a dAU -— 1.1 .\t Mnt,t-
le^Oraod, tbe wife of l
trd Uraitoona, ason.-
Sooi. tbe wife of Frr
eaq, a dau. 16. Viscou!
lion and beir. 17. At
YorkiU. the wJfp of W 11 I
~>1* At H»i'
VavAto)!!, a d t
of AnrliitTiv I
t9. At I. .
Frank C i •
ivife of J (V
wife of <
31. I
t5. Ini- .,
Veaey Daw&un, a aou.«— 3G. In tLaJLuu pla^ai;,
Lafty ColviUf, a soA and Mr. ^Al
^^■^
mUVTHM^^*
0M
mouth, HanU, the wifeof tHe Rev. Dr, I>icken,
Reclor of Norton, Suffolk* a loii.-^ls. At
Brighton, the wife of Lieut.-CoL Nedbam,
R, Art. R son. At Briftiton, the vrife of
Beaumont Ifunkey, esq.ason.- 30. At Cor-
ahs in, Lirly Mfthuen, a &on. At Cairnhill,
LanarkHliire, Lady Ajy^nea More N'tsbctt, a tlati.
^— In Dublin, Lady Lurr&n^ adaii. AtColU-
liaiD ball, dtiJI'olk, the wifp of U Conrao, tfvq.
• aoii.
" 9 I. In Eaton »(|. Lady Gilbert K«Diie(Jy,
I. At Cbcltenhanit the wifeof J, A^g
Oeoer. esq. a ton, 2. At Cambndi^e
ace» Hyde |>ark, the wife of Robert Ogiiby
Moore, e«q. a aon. 3, In Belg^rave so. the
Hon, lira. Keith Stewarfc, a dau. — ^At Weat
■*^, Suffolk, the wife of W. W, Roabbrooke,
XN. a dau. — -At Li»ke«rd, tUc wife of
^ ev* Jtnatt Glcncro«9» a aon and heir.^—
At Eaton «q. the wife of Col. Codriagtonf
Coldatream GuardH, a son. S. At Eaton pi.
Sooth, ttie Hon. Mm, George Denmaii, a son.
- — 6. In Eaton pi. the Countess of Mulrrave,
a son, At Ayot St, Lawrence, Lady Emily
Cavendish, a boq At the vicarafi:e. New-
bold-oO'AvoD, the wife of the llev/rheodoatiia
W. Boughtoti Leigh, ason. ^7. At Coinber-
lantt lin nee, Ri-arent's iiark, the wife of John
Evrtii < , » »on.^ At >Vhattey, near
Froh if J, H, Shore, etq. a dau.
&. A> It .sq. Lady Ameliu»Wentworth
Heaui:lLrk,a sun. 9. At^omersal Herbert,
the wife of VV. FitzHerbert, eaq, a duu.
10. At Great Stanhope at, Mayfair, Lady Anne
TnfnelL a »on and heir.- — IL In Park at.
Groavetuir n\. the Hon. Mrs. Proctor Beaii-
chaini», a dau. — -Y2. In South at. Grosvenor
aqtiare, the Hoi lipson, a son and
heir, At GilT ffolk, the wife of
Capt. Orealey* H indaaghtera.
MARRIAGES.
8tpi. ft» 16SS. At Chriat cbnrcb, Canterbury
SettiemeDtj Edward Jaraea L€f, es^i. of Leslie,
on the Wairao ri?er, to Harrielte-Maria, ae-
cond dau. of the Rev. R, B. Paot, late Fellow
of Exeter collere, and Coaaraissary to Ihe
Blahop of New Zealand.
JVotr. 30. At Anatrahod, Western Anstmlia,
Henry William BrowH^ ColoniaJ Chmptaiii, of
Bunhnry, to Lucy, fourth dau. of MafshAll
Waller Clifton, esq*
Dee. 6. At Adelaide, Dr. J. C. Bompant Aa-
aiatant Colonial Sur^ou, to Mti»s dcruttoo, of
London.
/«A. 7- At Pjiddin^ton, the Hon« George
WrottttUy, Lieut. R.E. third »onof Lord Wrot-
tatlay, to Marf&ret-Ann, dau.of Gen. Sir John
F, Burjfoytie, G C.U.
31^ At Byculta, Edward MeUme Law/ardf
eaq. 4th Madrajf Light Cav. to Elizabeth-Mar-
(Tsret, aecond aurTiving dau. of the Ret. J. G.
Wrench. D.CL. Vicar of ^lehorat, Snaaex.
Feb. 3. At Calcutta, John D'Oyly Oa^.
second officer of the Peniusnlar and Uriental
Company's eteamship Bengal, and .^on of Ben-
jamin Gaby, esq. of Bath, solicitor, to Ann*
Elizabeth, eldest dao. of the tale Wm. Grc«na-
w»y, esq. of Calcutta.
4, At Delhi, William Henry Lmee, esq. Beo-
K1 Civil Service, third surviving son of John
we, e»q. of Hyde pk. sn, to Harriett-Ix^niaa,
eldest daa. of Charles Robert Gwatkin, late of
60th Regt, B.N J, andgranddau. of Brigadier
£. Gwatkin.
a At Serampore, John NenmareM, eag. of
Calcutta, eldest aon of the Rev, J, L, New-
march, Vicmr of Hooton Fairnell, Yorksh. to
Mary-Eliaa, only child of late Thoman Hag.
■ranton Leather, esq. and aOep-dau. of Jamea
Uiuic, esq. of Serampore.
9. At Kerowly. Rfljprrdtanat J*i«« R. Bat-
taniynt^ eaq. LI i tl of theGovera-'
ment college, B« ibella'Georjfiana,
fourth dan. of til T. Monck Mason,
H.^?, and gramlUfiu, oi ltic late Hon. Sir Geo.
Grey, Ban. KCB.
IS. At Benares, India, Robert Mmtndtrton,
esq. C,d. to Augusta- .Maria, dau. of the late
Hugh Kennedy, esq. ColtrB^ CO. Down.
21. At Bombay, William StoArt Fumeaux,
esq. Capt. Ist Borobay Fuailiera, eldest son of
Cul I'urneaux, Royal Art. to Piana- Harriet,
seconfl (t.iij. of John Warden, esq. Member of
Ck^uncil, Bombay.
Latch' At Southampton, the Hon. and Rev.
Arthur iS^i^r/fw, Rector of Newdigate, Surrey,
to Annie-Jane, second dau. of the Rev. George
RUon. At St. James's Piccadilly, Francia
HWd, of Ttin, coll. Camh. eldest sorvivinr
aon of the Itev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart. ^
Glaxenwood house, Essex, to Louisa- Mary.
eldeal dau. of Robert Hodgson, esq. of Apple*
ahaw, and granddaa. of late Gen. Hodgson.
Mareh L At Long ITiorpi!, Peterborough,
George- Henry, eldest son of George Virtue^
esq. of Finsbury square, to Mnriann, only child
of Richard Dean. esa. of Uing Thorpe, Peler-
borougb. At St . Slarvlebonet H enry Hodget,
tnq. of Lowestoft, to Emily, eldest dao. of the
Chev, George Mandera, Portuguese Consul*
General for Ireland.
3, At gpronghtoo, Suffolk, Horace Ca^oid,
esq. of Walton, yoongest ion of George Cob-
liold, esq- ofraiM.l Hall, Trimley St. Martin,
to Kathar ' 'tingest dau. of Tbomat
H&ward, • -roke, George Rashleigh
EdgeU^csi R. Fusiliers, to Mroily.
widow of CjLiii. Gi-ii\cit I5th Foot* and eldest
dau. of Lieut-Col. Nootb, Uevonport. At
St. Pancras, Charles Creetlt e*q. of Duke 8t<
SL James's, to Loaisa-DorotheA, second dao.
of the Right Hon, Sir John Ptillock, Lord Chief
Baron.
4. At Duiabftrg. Pmasla, E. T. Dundttt, esq.
of Manor, N.B. to Ererilda, third dau. of the
Rev. Mordannt Barnard, Rector of Little Bard-
field. Easeiu
7. At Aahton-uoder-Lyne, the Rev. U. Rees
WtAbtf 3.C.L. to Hannah, eldest dau. of Ralpli
Kershaw, eaq. of Audenshaw. At Kdm-
burgh, the Rev. David Ptavfair, B A. .Minister
of Abercom, to Jane-Kincald, youngest dau«
of the late James Pitcnimt e*q. M.D.
8. At Uaubadarn Fawr, Jamea U. RmtHkiQ^
esq. solicitor, Hereford, to Margarets alian,
dao. of the late Rice Jone«» estj, banker, Abe-
ryatwttb,
9. At St. George'fl Bloom sbury, Henry
Graves Bull. eaq. M.D. of Hereford, to Elisa-
beth, second dau. qI Henry Read, esq. late of
Buckhorat bill, Essex. AtStreathara.Capt.
M^mak^, 14th (Kiojr'a) Ught Draroosa.
Soannat aoji of UeuL Gen. Sir Thotnas H*Mft-
on, Bart, K.C.B. to Jolia, widow of Josepli
Davici*, esq. of i^tonccot. Surrey, dao. of Jamei
Coater, eaq. of Strentham. At Burlingham
St. Edmood, Norf. Dixon Edward //o*f*, Capt.
Royal Art. son of the late Sir George Hoate,
K.C.B. to Jane-.%Iary, dau. of the Rev. Jere-
miah Burroughes, Rector of Burlingham.
10. At Egf Bnckbind, Devon, Sir Wm. Nor-
ria Toim^, Bart, of ]k!arlow nark, Uucka, to
Florence, second dau. of Erving Clarke, esq.
of Efford manor, nvar I'ly mouth.
11. At Christ church St. Mary lebone, John
£PUr^ ' - - \f 11 -Charlotte, eldest *lau.
of I T. esq. A. 11. A. At
W r i ' . J . iVkitU^, eiif . M . D.
of Biiiw.M.ii,, .1,,,* to Harriet- Anne, only
child Of Lhomas Haroiin. enq.
13. AtTortola, James- Watson, son oi the
late James Vunhp, e^q. Glasgow, to Augusta-
Cornell, fourth tiau. ; and ar the same timey
6^
Marrmgi*^
[Jiuie*
Gteffloi, Ma4< lb« Rev. H. GJf4lMf#iM^ Bettor
of iMmikitA to £ltu-Weitt Moacett d*«. of
the lftt« lic«t..-Ciol. C3Md», iVriiiiffif of Ibc
14. At liocrick.CipC. Frederick B«aabcr»>
Icy* lUh Foot, to ^nb-Mary-Anoff, duu of
ArdidcAOOO KeatiDji^.
16. At Wnt Brompion. tbf R«t. U. <?•
GarrrU, Carate of Cardiff, to Emm^^nlkftBi-
Eardley» yoani^eat d«u. of Ute Capt. Budlcr
Hawftrd. BenfftJ Fusilien, AtCbrutclivrcii
MaiTl«bOMri'aciit, WiUUm Ar^^iMif <beTl«t
R^ of Ucfifal Infaaro . tJiird «m of the tolc
liMt^Col. fiiifo. K H. to Adeteide-Aofuta,
yooofeat daa. of Sir Richard H«ii«fmn.
li. At Monkfttofrn. cq. DubUn, Wtlltam
JviMfiT. caq- CapL nth (fTiivce AJb€rt*s 0«»)
UoaBnt Hdest son of ^ilr WaiUm Fostrr,
Bart, of Thorpe, Norfolk, to Georpoa, second
dui* of Richard Armit, e»q. fonnerty of tilt 3d
Kcft. ol Fool Guarda.
SL At Sorrey cbtpel, the Rpt. FrtDCls
Jtoypt of Rtpley, Hants, to dopbu-Eoima,
teeoed dan, of E. PerroDet S«1U, esq. of Fcr>
riagw Baaaex.- — ^At St. George'* Hmuoveraq.
Rowtaad IFImk, rsq. eld»t ftoa of Cbarks
Winn, Mq. of No«tell priory. Yorkshire, and
Appleby ball, Linc^ ti> Harriet-Maria Amrtta,
a«ecuid d*o. of the late Lieiit.-CoL Duroarcsq,
and niece of the Karl of liuieat»oroofh.
At Hradford, Samuel 0af«wdM, Jan. esq. of
Wifa«cy, only »on of Samuel Batemao. esq. ot
Critnple bouse, near Harrofnite, to Elita-Jaoe«
eldest dau* of Jloaeph Baxter, es^i. of Blake
HIU hou<^ >'<^i'' HrKilford. At PaddioKton,
TlriMMs " '<(>«> eldnt sou of W; G.
Wattoi], - ^^ell, to Ctaudioe-Mariao,
fifth dau- .. i„- — :. John Gore, esq. of Harts,
Woodford.— At isk. Paul's^ Deptfofd, Robert
Francis LamgUy. esq. of CardifT. solicitor, to
Ro«a>Lydia, youD|re»t dau, of the late J. A.
ftice, e*q- of Bromley.
33. At Moretonhampstead* T. Howard BI-
^in^tone Stane, e*iq. Madras NM. to Matilda-
Cathartne, youni^est dau. of the Rer. W. Charles
Clack» Rector of Moretonharapstead
33. At ExmoBth, John James Uarru, eaq.
of Hayne, second »oii of the tate I. U. Harh.^,
esq. of Hayne, to Francds- Amelia, eldest dao,
of the late Edward Acton, esq. of Gatacrc
park. At Membitry, 9«niacl Uom^tt, esq. of
Hftwkchurch, Doraett to Eiiubeth.Janc, only
dau. of Samuel Hewberyt esq^ of Goodmans,
Devon. At St. Pan eras. Georffc i^'rwcomeu^
esq. Lieut. R N. to Ann Jane- Brown, eldest
dau. of John Vauiphai], esq . of .Viddlesburoug^h,
Yorkshire. At I>evonport» John ButteeU es-i-
of Flelei eldeat aon of the late J. C. Uulteel,
e«q. and Lady Eltubeth Bulteeltand f randaou
of the late Eari Grey, to Rmphent, jroonmt
dau. of the late Lieot.-Col. Fareona, CU.G.
34. At St Gcijrg^e'i* Hauoter iq. Wyndham-
Berkeley, eldest son of \\\ D. Portmant eaq. to
Bmily-dharlotte, eldest dau. of the UteOeor^
*rewtoo, esq. of Crottonpark.
3$. At Birkenhead, Henry Lredt, esq. ae>
cood aon of :^ir Jooeph Leeda^ Bart« to Anna-
Dorothea, second dao. of the H«v. J. E. H.
Simpson. M.A. of Dnimsnatt lectory, Mona^-
han. Ireland.
38. At St. Geofjre's Hanover sq. Georie
Marfcham (iiJTnrd, esq. of the Inner Temple,
Fellow of New college. Oxford, fourth son of
Adm. John Gtlfard, to Maria, second dau. of
the late Charles Pilgrim, m\. of King-ffield^
near Sonth«nnpt«ii. At St. GeorKe'a Hftno>
»er w]. T' ^ f fitovetf A.M Arcb»
de«con irlotte, s^ond dau.
of the 1 t Affleck, Bart
At Mar>i«-o*<ii<', m.iiFv> Paul Wood^ etq. of
Bimira «(. and Gray's inn. to Mary, youni^er
dm. of John Lyall, esq.— At St. Ueorjjc's
Bajiover sq tbe Hon. Rowland ff^inrn, to Mar-
gareita-Steph&iiD, second dau. of the late Geo.
OtIMMi esq. B^[»l C
R. fSBUnlRC, 0% H.O. «
tbviiie-llaryVcldMt dw
Walker, e«i. of OverbAtl, Emiex. At Dobtti,
OuvlesT. JlfdMioii, esq. Iloiiil>av Ann v. aoi
of eke lal« Major-Gen. Andrew , m
Afioie-AckcHMi, ><mmeat dmo. o : W.
Gol^ilwii^eiq. J.P ofCrosh. <
39. At Stretton-eB-le. Field, Derb. the Rer,
Howanl l3a«fA, third son of Rslph Googh, esq
of Gonebrook bottae, S^tafT, to Julia- Mead,
ymnn' ^>m^ o^ ^^^ Hev. W. A. C. B. Can,
•tcctor of thai pajish.
9IK At9bvdi<H|toa. Gknic. Gootxe Wet»t«ad
' " ■ ' " ^ " ■ '% 1^, eldest son of Tboi.
of Cheltenham* to lU-
iry. cidMt dao. of Win. l>eht. esq.
of Bickley park, Kent. At Pn Kr».
kioe Grant Lcn^iisore, e«q. ^r SI.
aon of Dr. Laoffmote. of Finsbrjv ii«f,
third dau. of the late Gasper >\ i of
Tarislock sq. ^Qn^t, Rot>ert : ; , of
Cabirlif ke. CD. Kilkenny, son of nr
Knox, to Phklippa-Allen, eldest
of Fred- Uodesay.of Lou^bry. r
granddan of the tate s^ir B B
—At Briehum, Capt. John Uu*Uo**
of the late Rer. J. Hodsoti. Vicar oi
to Matilda, dao. of Major Roe, I :
Briffhtoo. At Croydoti, Edward /
Croydon, to ElJaabeth-Loat, eldest da>
Russell, esq. CrnrioiK At Wa;..- ,.
Lieut. Guaru' 'foyai Enjf. to Jom>
phioe-Ltxxie, ' llamiltou l1eiitiio|r«
esq. of the Ko UospitaJ at Malta.—
At <i»hill; George C-r/, e^q, of Grecolawalls,
Nonhamb. to Isabella, youngest dau. of the
Ute H. Colbeck, esq. Lenin
A^ 4. At Flgreoce* 1<
Looita. only dan. of the H
Damer. At St. Geoiift; .
bert Aittionby ^tewfy, esq, ol Waitord mafMir,
SbropahJre, to CatberiDe-AoDe, widow of O.C
Archer, esq. of Mount John, co. Wiclilow.
At Banbridipe« Alexander James Smihi
esq. SSit Rcft. to EtiiabelU, third dau. of
Tyrrell, esq. M.D. At Witichesler, KrnL-^
Mackitnsit^ esq. to Frances- M&r)\ eldevt dao.
of Jobn Barton Baldwin, esq. late of luetlioipt
s0.n. At Maidstone. FnioioM
1. 2Gih Benral Light lof. la
J -"^ dau. of John Mercer. CM. of
.\L.... >...,. ^-\t Salford. the Rev. rrel P.
Uougk^ ALA. of Ninj™, China, to UaryA'fMt^
eldest dau. of C. R. Le Mare, eaq. of thr
Granite, near Manchester At Ripon, tht
llev. U. W. Wright, MA. Incumhetit of ^.
JoIju's, Newcastle, to Locy, eldest dau. of tht
late Bernard Ha^oe, esq.
5. At Weymouth. Frank, yotnigest son «l
the late John Drewett .d«i#ffit, «9u, of Hft
Majesty's Urduatice, to Johanna-Biluw eldal
dau. of the Rev. H. J. Urqohait. Vicar if
Fleet, Dorset.
e. At St. Georjce^s Hanover sq. Mmmm Ja*
eAaaoM, esq. 4th Madras Light Cav. lo ~' '
Y,
Katherioe, second dau. of John Harris, caa.
Argyll »t- At it. Jameses FiccadiUy , UHasi
JiaaAanrr eldest aon of Osgood Ilaiilmry7<i«.
of Holtield grange. Eaae^, i© Be)c».Ctea*
line, only dau. of W. H, N'ewton, esq. of tm-
mington.- — At Warton, Ij*t)c Joseph I9*ail4'
aiafr, esii. second son of >ViilUiin %Vaith«MU,
e*q. lo KtlMbeth, \ounj.fe»t dau. of VFilttaai
Sharp, esq. of Limlcn tiall \i BittcriHi
Georjfu-Francis, fun rtli son of Jobn tfttmnitn,
csq-of Ctapham commuti, to I »ifi
dau- of William Kew, esq. of t ) .|th
road,^ At Dublin, the Rev. I r .—
Rector of Rikommack. Ardaj^h, tu Rrhecca*
Jane, youngest dau. of the late J. C Kdl«v
staff, esq, of Liftlea, I^nt^^ford — l,At
9tooe, John Tbofiiss Dof.
son of the late Lirut.-Gr
IkCJi. to Ann-Catharine,
late Capl. B. Backhouae, 63a ^^^t
637
OBITUARY.
Thk Duke of Parma.
March ^6. At Pfirma, aged 31, Ferdi-
nand ChnTlea (HI.) Josepb Maris Vittorio
BallbasRr de Bourboo, Infante of Spain,
Dnkc of Parma, Piaceaza^ and tbc states
annexed.
The sovcri'ignty of Par ma descended to
the Spttni^b Bourbons by tbe marriage of
tbc heiresH of Parnese to Philip the Filth
of Spain. Hit sons, Cbarlen the First
(afterwards Cbnrlcs the Third of Spain)
and Pbibp, were both Dnkca of Parma, as
was bis ^nodi&on Ferdinand (a son of the
latter), who by the Archclucheu Maria-
AmeHa, daughter of th« Emperor Francis L
had issue Lnuls King of Etruria. Loois
married the Infantft Maria-Louisa- Jose-
phinaof Spain, who was hia cousin-germm
by her mother, and second-cousin by her
paternal grandfather Charies HI, From
this marriage was bom Charles H, Duke
of Parma, the father of the nuhject of the
present notice. This prince (who is still
living) was formerly Duke of Lucca, in
which principality be succeeded his mother
m 1821. In Oct. 1847 he ceded Lucca to
Tuscany ; and in December of the same
year, on the death of the Archduchess
Maria- Louisa, the widow of the Emperor
Napoleott, he sacceeded to the sovereignty
of Parma, Piacentia, &c. After a reign of
only fifteen months he abdicated in favour
of hif son, who assumed the title of
Charles the Third.
This prince was born on the 14th Jan.
1B23, his mother being the Princess The-
tes.1 of Sardinin, daughter of King Victor-
Emmannel, Having succeeded to the
dnohics by the abdication of his father,
dated the Hth March, 1819, he assumed
the reins of governuient by n proclamatioa
dited the 27th Anguit following. His
reign has been one continual period of
arbitrary misrule. The duchy had been
declared in a state of siege in 1B48, and
the state of aiege continues to this day.
Every college, school, and seminary wss
closed in 1848, and the youth of the duchy
have ever since bee ndenied all education,
either at home or abroad. The Duke used
the public moneys to any extent, and at
any time it suited his purpose. He fixed
no limits to the civil list, and gave no
account of either rerenne or expeuditure.
He allowed no *" — - "'- ' '♦om.
He sobr«**^
and hlf
i
Yorkshire jockey, or groom, named Ward.
Besides the outrages which lignalized every
year of his reign, the Duke had lately
driTcn the people to despair by a forced
loan of eight millions, which would haTc
achieved the ruin of the landowoers, — a
loan for which neither war nor any public
calamity could afford a shade of a pretext.
To give an idea of the manner in which
this money was squnndered away, it is
sufficient to say, that, on the occasion of
his !ate journey to Madrid^ — a journey un-
dertaken for the sole purpose of following
a woman with whom he had some in-
trigue— he took with him 300,000 francs
oat of the money which had been destined
for the construction of a railway, A sum
of the same amount he had iuTested In a
diamond, intended as a wedding present
to the future Empress of Austria, and for
that wedding he was preparing himself,
with all his court, to travel to Vienna in
grand statCi aud at an enormous cost.
Immense sums were alio lavished to keep
up an ormy of 5000 men, though be could
not yet dispense with, and htid dearly to
pay for, Austrian garrisons in all his towns ;
and he had lately been extravagant in ea*
dowing, painting, and gilding the Operm-
house. He had disgusted his people by a
life such as even Italian courts had been
unused to, and had given serious cause of
offence to his Duchess, who in vain at-
tempted to recall him to a better course,
and to withdraw him from the fatal in-
fluence of minions, especially of Baron
Ward, whom he had made his prime
minister at home, and general agent and
representative abroad.
The Duke was assassinated on the 26th
of March . Various accounts of the occur-
rence have been circulated. It was at first
stated to have been perpetrated by a soldier
in a low wine-shop ; but it now appears
that it occurred as follows ; — The Duke
WAS walking In the Strada Santa Lucia,
dressed in the costume of an Hungarian
general, and accompanied by an aide-de-
camp. As he passed a by-street called
Borgo San Giorgio, a man rushed upon
him and stabbed liim in the stomach. The
assassin immediately ejected hb escape^
in which he was evidently favoured by the
by-standers, and he has not since been
discovered. On the following day it was
fmmd that the wires of the telegraphic line
•*''»'»rine with Lombardy had been
■*•
1B45, the Princess
Henrietta, daughter
638
Obituary. — The Marqueas of Anglesey,
[Jone,;
of the Ute Prince Ferdmand d'Artois, Dttc
de Berrif and siatcr of the Dtic de Bor-
deaux (CoDitedeChambord). The Diiche«a
survives him, with four children : 1. Mar-
garet - Marva • Theresa - Hcimetta, born
JaD. 1, lti47; *2. Robert-Charle*-l^ub-
M&riai bia aaccesflOft boiTi ou Lhe 3i\\ Jui]r,
1848; 3» Alice - Mnri a 'Carol ine- Fcrdi-
nanda - Rachel- Anne - Pliiloroenar bom
1849 ; and 4, Henry > CU«irtea • Louia-
George- Abraham -Paul p Couat of Bardi,
horn t^51
The Dachesa of Parma haa assumed the
regency during the minority of her eoTi
Pnucc Robert, The ministry is dissolved^
and Baron Ward hot received orderi to
quit the coimlry, iuid never to return to
it« This order baa given great faiisfaction.
TiTK MaAIAI/KSS of ANaLMSKY, K.G.
A^nl 29. At Uia town reaidence in Old
Burlih^tou-slrectf in hia 86th year« the
Moat Noble llenry William Paget, Mar<
?aeas of Angleacj (1B15), aecond Earl of
Abridge (1784), tenth Baron Paget of
Beaudeaert, co. Stafford (by writ 1550),
the fourth Baronet (of the kingdom of
Ireland, 1730), Knight of the Garter,
Knight Grand Croas of the Batli, and
Knight of the orders of the Guelpha of
Hanover, Maria Theresa of Austria i St.
George of Ruisia, and William of the
Netberlanda^ a PHvy Councillor, a Field
Marshal of Her Majesty's forces, Colonel
of the Royal Horse Guard S| a member of
the Board of General Officers, Captain of
Cowea CoAtle, Lord Lieutetiont of Staf-
fordshire, Lord lieutenant and Custoa
Rotulorum of the county of Anglesey,
Yice*AdmiraI of the coast of North Walea
and the county of Carmarthen^ Chamber-
lain and Chancellor of North Wales, Con-
stable of the castle of CarnarvoQt Buiger
of Snowdon Forest, &c, ^c.
The Marquejis of Anglesey wis bom
on the 17th of May, in the year 1768.
He was the eldest child of Uenry first Earl
of Uxbridge, by Jane, eldest daughter of
the Very Rev. Arthur Champagne, Dean
of Clonniacnoise. His father had the
numerona family of seven sons and five
dangbtera, of whom h€ waa the last aur*
Tivor, although the whole of them, except
the youngest, survived the years of child-
hood. The third son. Sir Arthur, waa a
Privy Councillor and Grand Crois of the
Bath. The fourth. Sir Edward, a General
and abo Grand Cross of the Bath. The
tftb, Sir Charles, a Vice- Admiral and
Grand Cross of Hanover. Of the daugh-
Icra, the eldest waa Countess of Galloway ;
the fourth, Countess of EnnlaVillcn ; the
youngest, Lady Graves i and the thirds
I the wifa of the late Right Hon. General
Sir G^rge Murray, GX\B.
Few and unimportant are tbe de
which have been pr»erved to us of
gallant nobleman s early youth. Wbe
still young, he was placed at Wcitmirist^
School, and after leaving Westrointlcr* T
was entered at Chriatchurch, Oxford, i
was created M.A. ou the2@th June, 17fi
At the beginningof the Revolationoi^ i
in 179J, Lord Paget, with all Xh^it
vacioQs impetuosity which diaiiuguiaha
his snbsequtnt career, raised amatig
father's tenantry the SOth E«giiiieal
Pooti or Staffordshire Volunteers,
have since distinguished themaelvea
many a hard* fought field, frofu the Pyr;
mida to the Sutlej. When Doropleted
600 men, Lord Paget was preaeated witl
the Lieutenant- Colonelcy, and on
more being added, his Lordship was ofl
the Colonelcy, which he declmed» <
ground of his not having then be
foreign service. Meanwhile, he reoaiv
the commissions of Lieutenant in the 7t
Foot, March 11, 17f^3; CapUin ia
tiSdd, on the 25 tb March ; Major iii th
(jath, on the 2,9th May ; and Licut.*Co
lonel on the l!^th Sept. 1793. Hia faiherj
who had for many years commanded th
Staffordshire, or King's Owi
which was permanently quorte
Windsor, under the immediate eye c _
George the Third, eagerly seconded Hit^
disposition of hia son to take a share id
the vast military movements which wore
then going forward. Accordingly, three
months after the letter of service. Lord
Paget, with his regiment, embarked k r
Guernsey, and from thence, in 17114, he
joined his Royal Highness the Duke of
York in Flanders; and in the alternate
cbeckt and tnompbi of that caiDpai^
commenced hia military career. Iq the
disastrous repulse of Turcoing he first
earned a name for dashing bravery. From
the date of that important check the
Engli&h troops lost ground daily, retired
rapidly upon Bois4e-Duc, and from thence
across the Meuse, During this aie!mora,ble
retreat, which was ctfected in the midst of
an inf^nsc frost, and in want of aloiQel
every necessary, Lord Paget, at the be*d
of bis gallant 80th, acquired additional
laurels ; and, although at that time only
26 years of age, he, during the temporary
absence of Lord C&lhcart, had the di&tinc*
tion of replacing that officer at the head of
the brigade.
Ou the l,>tli June, 1794, his Lor<lahir>
was appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the ICtb
Light Dragoons; on the .Id May« 1796^
he ubtAtued the rank of Colonel ; and om
the 6th April, 17^7, he was removed from
the Lieut. -Colonelcy of the SOth to tha
active command of the 7th Light Dragooas,
which with other bodies of cavaJry m%m
1864.]
Obituary, — 77i« Marquens of Anghm^f.
M9
I
•ent down to Iptwich for drill. There H
wu that hit lordship commeDoed that
fteriei of erolutioos, and Uid the foiinda-
tioQ of that system of dtsGipline, iivbich
effected an entire reform in cavalry prac-
tice.
Lord Paget waa merobei* for the Car-
narToa dbtrict of boroughs in the ptrlia-
ment of 1790-6.
At the clo»© of ir99 he again prepared
to accompany the Dtike of York io the
eipedition to Holland. In the (general
attack made on the 2nii Oct. 1799, Lord
Paget waa attached to the difiiion under
the command of the Ruuian General de
Herman t posted on the Sand HilU, where
hia brilliant cavalry manoeaTrea contrthuted
materially to the victory that day obtained
by British troops under circumstances of
the moat discouraging nature, l^te in
the evening the enemy'a cavalry, having
been defeated in an attempt which they
made upon the Drittsh Horse Artillery^
were charged by Lord Paget* s brigade and
driven back with considerable lota, nearly
to £gmont-op-Zee. In the final retreat
hia lordahip's arduous aervicea were recog-
nised by his being honoured with the dt^-
ciilt and dangerous duty of protecting the
rear. While engaged in this doty, tome
)}iee«s of our canoon having been cap-
tared in a skirmiib, hii lordihip, with one
tquadron, made a deaperate attack upon
the force of Gen, Simon, amounting to
leven squadrona^ utterly routed them, and
recajiturcd the British and five of the
enemy's cannon, fustaining a merely no*
mtoal fotf.
Soon after the return of the army from
Holland, on the Itt July, 179S, Lord
Paget wat united to Lady Caroline Etiaa-
beth VlUicrt, daughter of the Earl of
Jersey, by whom he had eight children,
but with whom, neverthcteaa, he did not
lead ao happy a life aa might have been
Anticipated. It terminated in a divorce,
pronounced by the Scotch courta in 1ft 10,
when her ladyahip was remarried to the
Dnke of Argyll. She died in l^^^.').
After this time Lord Paget remained for
some yeara devoting himself entirety to
the discharge of his regimental duties*
By his unremitting attention nnd admirable
discipUtief the 7th Light Dragoons, in
which he took much pride, became one of
the firat cavalry corps In the service. He
waa prom ' * *- »» r^.. ...^^ April 29,
1802; ail 11125,1808.
Toward. :... . ' . K-ml RiLM-t
was ordered into 8p(Lin with t^^
of cavalry, consisting of the
I5tb, and li^th regiments of Hi* «•"•''«
itreiigthen Uic corps of the ftfi
Sir David Baird, who wai
through Qatllria for the ptirp<»ar
log a junction with the main body advane-
if>g upon SalKmanca^ under the brave but
unfortunate Sir John Moore. Lord Paget
disembarked his force at Coranna,amidst in-
numerable difficulties opposed by the want
of forage, the i--^^- M he Spaniards, and
the InsufficicTi hey afforded, and
proceeded in U . Mken by the di vi-
sion of Sir David Baird. On the 1 0th
Dec. Lord Paget arrived at Zamora, and,
after a long and laborious march, brought
up to the assistance of Sir John an active
and well-equippfd body of cavalry.
In the retreat his cavalry brigade brought
up the rear, when kit lordship's aomewhat
impradeot ardour frequently exposed him
to Imminent danger. SkirmiabeSf of
course, were of more than daily occur-
rence ; but by the masterly disposition of
hit lordship, and the consummate disci-
pline and alacrity he had infused into hia
brigades, the British troops were enabled
to continue their retreat with trifling lost.
At the commencement of the retreat
his lordshfp put himself at the bead of
four hundred of his men at Sahagun, and
resolutely attacked a body of nine hundred
French. The English fought with incre-
dible valour, putting the enemy to Aigbt»
and capturing nearly two hundred men,
besidea thirty killed and several more
wounded.
Soon after, in passing Mayaga, Lord
Paget heard that a party of the enemy
was in the town. On reconootteringt he
discovered two squadrona withont and a
small party within. Ordering op two
squadrons of the tenth Dragoons, be id*
vanced through the town, when the enemy
retreated to high ground. Hia lordship
then ordered one squadron to the attack,
which spproiiched within two hundred
yards of the enemy, and then slackened
their pace. Thinking that they hesitated^
Lord Paget rode through them, and oom-
menced the charge ; the French remain-
ing firm, and firing their carbines, with
some effect. The charge was made with
the greatest order, and the result was a
hundred prisoners, with fifty of their
horses, and neorly as many left dead on
the fteld.
A third enteqtrite, at Ben even te^ amidst
the worst dreamstaooes of the retruatf waa
still more brave and sucoeasful. The
whole of the infantry and heavy artillery
ha! ' "^ "' - -hoe, when the French made
thi uoei Lord Paget was f till io
thi. idaced himself at the head
of *ht' ' ira Just aa tha anemf
'^liog with Che picqueta,
np-fnX Stuart at the
640
Obituary. — Jlie Marquess of Anglesey,
[Jane,
hftd crossed it On the other Aide thej
I formed agaiEi, and IhrejiC^ned a second
\ attempt ; but were again repulaedt and
I tbe Commander of the Imperial Guards
Generftl Lefebvre Deanouett«s, was taken
priionen To tbts brare repabe of tbe
Advanced guard of tbeFrencb, tbe B&re ar-
rival of tbe Engtisb at Corutma may m a
great measure be ascribed.
Tlie battle of Corunim took plae* in a
few days, and %fcv^ Lord Paget another
opportunity of diitingukbing himaelf.
While some soldiera were cotiTeying their
vrounded and dying commander from the
field, Lord Paget hastened with tbe reserve
to support the right wing of the army.
Perceiving Colond Beck with, at tbe head
of tbe riflJe corp«, retiring before a supe-
rior force, hii lordship attacked ihia force
with surprising courage, repulied it, and
then pressing on di^iperaed every thing
before him, till the enemy, perceiving their
left wing in danger, drew it entirely back.
This bold movement decided the fate of
the day ; it deterred the French from
further advance » an til the body of the
commander was safely interred, and the
entire army embarked in the vessels wait*
iag in the harbuur.
Lord Paget received a medal for his
conduct in the action at Sahagua ; and a
tnagniJicent gronpe in silver was prei>enled
to him, bearing the following inscription :
** This piece of plate is presenterl to Licut.-
Generol Lord Paget, by the Prince Regitnt,
his Royal Highness I he Duke of Cumber-
land, and the insciibed OfGceni of the
Hits Mir brigade, who hove Berved under his
Lordship*B command, in token of their ad-
miration of his high military acquiremeDte,
■nd of the courage and talents conatantly
\ displayed by him in leading the Hussars
to Ttctory against the French cavalry,
daring the campaign in tbo Peaiuiala in
1808/'
In the autumn of 1809 Lord Paget re.
turned to England^ where he remained
for some time, taking no part iu tbe stib-
iequent Peninsiular campaigns. During
this time hi a lordship was, in IS 10, di-
vorced from Lcidy Paget, and then married
Lady Cowley, the daughter of tbe Earl of
Cadogan, and mother of the present Lord
Cowley, who had been divorced from Lord
Cowley in tbe same year.
From 1806 to 1312 Lord Paget sat in
' the House of Commons as representative
for Miibourn Port ; when the death of his
father^ in the latter year, removed him to
• the House of Peers as Earl of Uibridge.
In the spring of iB15 be commanded the
i troopa assembled In Loudon to quell the
^ Corn Bill riots ; and immediately after,
when all Europe was thunderstruck by
Napoleon's audden biirst into France from
10
his island cage, the allka recalled their
scattered armieii, and ogoiii took tbe fteld*
This campaign was to be fought by mi-
nutes. Both sides knew well that all
depended on time. By a happy appoint*
meut, the cammand of the Urge caralry
forces attached to the Anglo- Belgum army
was given to the Ear! of Ujt bridge.
Next to the great leader of the host, the
victory of Waterloo was more indebted to
the Earl of Uxbridge tboa any other of
tlie nnmeroiia warriors of that memorabk
day. An eye^witoeaa of his lordahip^a
conduct remarks, that **• he displayed coo-
sniiimate valour in the sight of his ad-
miring men." As it was the great objecst
of the moment to kindle the spirit of oar
troop?, what could more effectually do
this than the display, the gallantry, and
the dash of their superior ? Tkia was the
more important from the fact that, not
having as yet made an es^ay ou tbe Cuiras-
siers, they entertained an idea that all
attack upon them was incfTectQal. Twice
bad the gallant Earl led the Guards to the
charge, cheering them with the rallying
cry of *^ Now for the honour of tbe honae-
hold troops I" when three heavy maiaea
of the enemy's infantry advanced, atip-
ported by artillery, and a numeroua body
of Cuirassiers. This formidable force
drove in the Belgians, leaving the High-
land brigade to receive the shock. At this
critical moment Lord Uxbridge gallopfid
np to the second heavy brigade, under the
command of t^ir William Ponsonby, whev
the three regiments were wheeled up in
the most masterly style, preseuttng a boao-
tlful front of about thtrleen hundred men.
As the Earl rode down the line, he was
received by a general ^hout and cheer from
tbe brigade. Then, placing fatmaelf at
their head, they made the most rapid and
destructive charge ever witnessed. The
division they attacked consisted of upwards
of nine thousand men underCouotD^Srlon.
Of these, three thousand were made pH*
suncrs, and the rest killed ; with the ex*
cepliou of a few hundred men, who formed
themselveii under cover of the Cuiraastersi.
After this his lordship bravely led tbe same
troops in sevcrsd other brilliant attacks,
cutting in pieces whole battaliona of the
old French Guard, into whose masaea
they penetrated.
After performing prodigies of valour*
and apparently getting through the arduona
struggles of the day, tbe Earl received a
wound in the knee, by almost the ta»t shot
that was jired. At first the wound was
not considered material \ but upon snr*
gical examination it was found necessary
to amputate tbe leg. For this purpose
his lordship was conveyed to Watsrloo,
and taken to the house of a reapeotftbls
1854,]
Obituary* — Th« Murf^Ht^is afAnglescif.
64 L
draper In the village, tieaily opposite the
head quarterfi of the commandcr-iu-chicr.
Tlhc operation was performed without
debjTf and witb the best soecess. Strangere
who visit the place are always shown with
pride the chair %\\ which his lordiihip sat
to undergo the operation ; the hoot that
was taken from the amputated leg ; the
j^pot in the garden where the limb was
huriedt and over which the friendly owner
has planted a weeping willow, adorning
the a^naes leading to the spot with appro-
priate shrubs.
1*he Prince Regent was prompt in re-
warding the bravery of his servant ^ for in
fire days after tbe battle wc find his lord-
ship raited to a marquitate of the united
kingdom by the title of Marquejts of An-
glesey.
In about two montba the noble Mar-
quesj* was able to leave his retreat in
Waterloo and rcturo to England, Hii
stay in London was as short and private
I possible ; but on passing through Licb-
field on his way to the faunily seat at BeaU'
desert* he was received with public and
appropriate bonotirt^. In anticipatioa of
his arrival, a costly sword had been voted
by the corporation , who, in full costume,
and attended by the prineipnt inhabitants
on horieback, met his lordr^hip at some
distance from tbe city, and conductefl hini
to their ball, amidst the acidamations of a
prodigious muUiltide collected from a cir-
cuit of many miles. On reaching tbe hall
Ihe sword was presented by the Mayor,
and an address delivered by the Recorder.
To the latter tbe nobk Marquess repbed
in a speech of singular modesty and good
sense. Two allusions* one to the Duke
of Wellington, and the other to bimselft
were delivf red with great animatron^ and
produced a powerfol effect. He nobly
diaclaimed the boo our of the victory, and
attributed tbe whole to the surpaissing
wisdom and valour of the commander-in-
chief. Then pointing to the seat of his
own wounds to Ihe artificial limb be bad
heen compelled to assume, and to the
glittering weapon he had just placed be-
side it — '* Tboogh I cannot look forward
to the cxt'rcise of my former vigour, hut
must expfct to remain the subject of
bodily infirmity, and of consequeot occa-
aional depression of mind, yet with this
bwot4 by my side I thai I derive fresh
ttren^th and spirits from thr ,--">'--'■' ^
it will eicite, and shall \\<)\
aity demands, aod DDDortuii I
of farther serr^
Some wee
a visit at Be
^ent and tbt
then staying
I JUord Craven.
Gkm. Ma<
For his services at Waterloo the Mar-
quess of Anglesea was nomionted a Knight
Grand Cross of the order of the Bath, in
1B15 ; alto by the Emperor of Austria a
Commander of the order of Maria Theresa,
and by the Emperor of Russia a Knight of
the order of St. George, of the second
class. J n 1 8 1 G h e was nomiQated a Knig ht
Grand Cross of the HanoverSao Guclphic
order, and in 1818 elected a Knight of tbe
Garter.
Ho attained the full rank of General on
the 12th August, 1810. He was unpo-
pular during the period of Queen Caroline's
trial, in IB20, on account of the support
which he gave to the bill of pains and
penalties ; and on one occasion he was
surrounded by the populace, who insisted
on his shouting ** The Queen forever!*'
After nvucb reluctance, he at length cried
out — '*The Queen 1 the Queen ! and may
all your wives be like herl"
At the coronation of George the Fourth,
in 18S1, the Marquess of Anglesey sus-
tained tbe office of Lord High Steward of
England ; and the grace and dtgiiity with
which he accompanied the Cbaropion during
the ceremony of the Challenge in West-
minster Hall were the subject of uui versa!
ad mi ration.
In 1826 he received the appointment of
Captain of Cowes Castle (which will not
again be tilled up).
On the 30th April, 1B27, when Iho
Duke of WeDington ceased to he Master-
general of the Ordnance, the Mar«|uess of
Anglesey succeeded him, and on that oc-
casion he was sworn a member of tlio
Privy Council, and took a seat in the
Cabinet. His tenure of office at this
perbd extended to the spring of the fol-
iawing year ; when, on the Ist March, he
was sworn Lord Lieuteoant- Governor and
Governor-general of Ireland. In this im-
portant station, as representative of bia
Sovereign, bis lordship engaged the warm
affections of the Irish people. He secured
tlieir obedience to the laws. He subdued
religious animosities. He conciliated ge-
neral goodwill. He sought to ameliorate
and improve the condition of the labour-
ing classes ; commerce received an active
spring through his patronage and munifi-
cence, and every means were put in pro-
gress towards national prosperity, when
he waa recalled by the king** minister in
the twelfth month of bis Ticc-regal func-
tions. He was succeeded by the Duke of
mberland; but became Viceroy
• rloBc of IB30, under tbe Grey
^« '831 matters went
n% tbe year of
leen the
tar ruler
ifainst a
ObituAby. — Jlie Marqu^st ofAnglut^n
042
certeia order of public meetings, and tbe
ftrtunl rukr Jisobeying, iiadergoing trial,
plcndiiig guilty, mid m getting off liarm-
less ajs to induce the report and impression,
never afterwards entirely got rid of, that
there wa;» coinpromii;e and even coUuBiou
between the agitator aod the Whig Go-
Tern ment. In Moore's Memoirs it ap-
pears that the poet thought tbe Viceroy
extremely nerroug nh-out the state of Ire-
land, But in public there was never any
appearance of discomposure^ Those who
saw him mobbed in Dublin streets, aa
somelinieii happened, can well remember
the smiling good humouri the look of
amusement, with which the lame soldier.
alone and armed only with his umbrella,
Bted his weapon to rap the knucltles of
the noisT Poddies who laid hands on the
bridle of his pony. He was very popular
in the midst of his proclamatioas and
coercions. Hb bearing suited the temper
of the Irish j and there really was a good
deal of love between them. The coercion
acta thut he called for were, however,
fatal to Lord Grey*s government. The
one he obtained in 1833 was severe. Lord
Grey thought it ought to be renewed^ with
the omiasion of the provision for martial
law. Others thought not ; and Lord Grey
went out upon it. There was misynder-
standing in the cabinet, cauiimg a renewal
of the complaint of underhand dealings
with O'Connell, while O'Connell declared
bimtelf tricked ; and Lord Grey's retire*
ment was the conset|Ucnce. Thus it ap-
peara to have been Lord Angle*ey^ re-
markable lot to have precipitated Catholic
emancipation by his first abort tenure of
the Ticeroyalty, and the breaking up of
the Grey cabioct by the second. Some
interesting letters and other papers re*
garding his Irish administration, which he
at this time communicated to the lute Lord
Cloncurry, are printed in the Recollec-
tions of that nobleman. (See our January
number, p. 86.)
Lord Anglesey again became Master*
General of the Ordnance on the formatioQ
of Lord John Russell's administration in
1846; and he held that office till Lord
Derby csrae into power, in March, 1852.
After commanding the 7th Light Dra-
goons for more than forty years » he was
removed to tlie command of the Royal
Horse Guards in 1342. In 1846 he was
advanced to the rank of Field Marshal,
and at his death he was the only Field
Marshal in the British army, with the ex-
ception of her Majesty's consort and uncle.
In 184.9 he was appointed Lord Lfea-
te&ant and Cnstoi* Rotulorum of the county
of Stafford, having been previously for
many years Lord Lieuteoaot of tbe county
of Anglesey, In which are situated the
QJtiii%
estates of his ancestors in tbe male*lioe
the Baylcys, who became Pageta in the
person of his father is the year 1770.
** All have thought and felt alike about
the merits of Lord Anglesey. In every
jouroal, in every society, the same senti-
ment has prevailed. It was the peculiarity
indeed of his frank and noble natnre to
make itself understood, and to impress alt
who had intercourse with him, howercr
slight, with a lively sense of hia qnalitiei^
It might almost be said that hia character
could be read off at fight, the exprtu
image of chivalry as he was. H\f bearing
bespoke the man, so gallant, so high, so
courteous. Seldom have bravery, geatlo*
ness, and generosity been combined la
such noble proportions. In bis ch&racter
there was not a fold, it was all open as
(lay. HU politics were thoroughly Liberal,
and with more far-sighted and sound states-
manship in them than the world has per*
hsps given him credit for. ITiere is not
within the last forty years a single Im-
portant measure of reform in Church ixid
State of which Lord Anglesey was not a
strenuous, a steady, and an early adtocmte;
He generally, indeed, was in advance of
public opinion, and strongly urged mea«
fures which were opposed at the time aa
Radical, but which are now extolled for
thdr wisdom, «nd the settled law of the
tftntl. Catholic Emancipation, Reform tn
Parliament, Free Trade, Reform of the
Irish Church, hjid in him an •
stanch champion. He was a re^
the Corn Laws and a thorough Free Trstdc*
years before those objects became popular,
and he disapproved of the compromise of
the low fixed duty proposed in 1840, as
short of what justice and policy required.
Upon Sir R5hurt Peel bringing forward
his plan of Free Trade, it was remarked
Co Lord Angieiiey that he must not sbitt
his eyes to the injury it would do to the
landed interest. His answer was, ' Nerer
mind — it is right and juatf and the landed
interest must not stand in the way of right.*
The Board of Education Id Ireland, one
of the greatest benefits ever coaferred on
that country, was Lord Anglesey's work^
The credit has been given to Lord Derbjp
but it is so far from being descrred that
he was actually hostile to the scheme,
which originated with Lord Anglesey^ and
was by his energies and exertions con-
ducted to success. Lord Angleiey's poli-
tical services were not appreciated, because
he was not a speaker, and could not talk
well of what he did well, or at least could
not do justice in words to his own acta.
But he had a sound, shrewd understand-
ing, a judgment seldom at fisult, oltea
acting like an instinct, and accompaiuod
vrith a moral courage not inferior to bit
1854.]
OBiTtJARY*-^TA# Mafftte^fs of Angtes^if.
64d
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briUUnt phystcal braTerj io the fielil of
battle. Few men hare better uoderttoatt
tbemselves than Lord Anglesey, and be
knew exoctty for what he was fit and for
what he was not fit, and office bad no at-
traction far bim ciccpt where lay hit iphern
of utility^ beyond which he never sought,
nor would accept employment,
** Lord Anglesey's administration of the
Ordnance Department woa remarkable for
its Bcrupalona justice, and attention to
all soldierly interests and claims; other
influences than tho»e of doty had not the
ilightest weight with him. We hare bemrd
complaints of his refuging favours to old
friends,^ but he practised what he subjected
others to, and acted the noble part of re-
fusing a favour to himself when there waa
another whom he Ihooght more descrring
of it. On the death of the Duke of Gor-
don, the command of the Scots Fusilier
Guards was offered in the most gratifying
way by King William to Lord Anglesey.
He receiTed the letter commuoicatiDg his
Majesty's pleasure at night, and at eight
the following morning he was in St. James's
Palace requesting an interview, which he
readily obtained. Be eipressed his gra-
titude for the King's kind inteution^ and
the admiration in which he held the corpsi
the command of which was offered to bim;
but he added, * I am sure tJiat in naming
me to this honour your Majesty has not
borne in mind the fact that Lord Ludlow
lost an arm in Holland at the bead of this
Tcry regiment.' The King acknowledged
that the fact had escaped his memory, and
thanked Lord Anglesey for reminding him.
Lord Ludlow had the rcgimcntt and Lord
Anglesey had tlie satisfaction of seeing a
brate old soldier rewarded » and made
happy for the rest of his life.
*' While at the Ordnance Office be ren-
dered the service of putting the coast
defences in a pr'^*'^'- -<^^*'> of preparation.'
On one of his \ , ictton to Ports-
mouth he was a li by the Duke
of WBtlitigton» uiid fuudt interesting was
the spectacle of itie two veteranSi old com-
panions in urms, totteriug along together,
arm-in-arm, each fancying he was the prop
of the other, and supporting the unatcJidy
step.* The older was, however, by far
the younger, notwithstanding the loss of
bis leg. What Lord Anglesey was to the
last in appearauce will dwell in the recol-
lection of tbonsands. He seemed to have
left age behind him, and, for a quarter of
a century after be had tamed three-score,
* The same spectacle was witnessed
during the ojiening of the Great Eibibttioo
of 1891 1 and the Duke And Marquess
wew ^-*— ♦■!»# <«rH»in«aioiis in tb« House
there was the same upright buoyant car-
riage and youthfuily cheerful mit-n. Yet
his sufferingi from a nervous disease were
of the most cruel nature, but they never
affected citlier bis system or bis spirits*
His activity with his single leg was some-
thing marvellous, and, apropos of that, we
must mention a fact illustrative of his
character.
" After the battle of Waterloo a pension
of 1,200/. a^year was voted to him for the
loss of bis leg» but he woultl not accept
the grant. He did not like the idea of
turning blood to gold. It is easy to cal«
culatc the large ium which this self-denial
saved to the nation,
" AH through life, and to his last breath,
duty was with him, as with bis great com-
rade in arms the Dnke, the ruling senti-
ment; indeed, in Lord Anglesey's dying
hours, when his mind wandered occasion-
ally for a few instants, the inquiry was,
what brigade was on duty, and upon the
answer that it was not bis own« he seemed
relieved that he was not neglecting bis
turn of duty.
" His death was serene, more than re-
signed, cheerful. He was surrounded by
numerous loving relatives, and cheered
them with pleasant words almost with his
dying breath ; and so parted this brave and
honest splnt." — Examiner^
By his first wife, already luimed, the
Marquess of Anglesey had issue two sons
and six daughters : 1. Lady Caroline,
married in iti\7 to the present Duke of
Richmond and Lennox, and has issue; 2.
Henry, now Marquess of Anglesey; 3.
Lady Jaue, married in 18?4 to the present
Marquess of Conyngham, and has issue;
4. Lady Geor^^iatm, married in 1833 to
Edward Lord Crofton, and has issue i 5. *
Lady Augusta, married in ia20 to Arthur
lint LordTeroplcmare, who died in 1837,
leaving itane; 6. Lord WiUiani Paget,
Capt. R.N. who married in 1827 Fanny
only dan. of the late Lleut.-Gcn. Sir Francis
dc Rothenburgh, and has issue a son ; 7>
Lady Agnes, married in 1829 to the Right
Hon, George Stevens Byng, eldest son of
Lord Strafford, and died in lB4a, leaving
issue ; and 8. Lord Arthur Paget, who died
in 1825, in bis 2Ut year.
By his second wife, who died on Che
8th July, 1863, the Marques^ had fur-
ther ii»Buc six sons and four daughters :
3. Lady Emily-CaroIlne, married in 1832
to Lord Viscount Sydney -, 10. Lord Cla-
rence Edward Paget, Captain R.N. who
married in 1852 Martha- Stuart^ youngest
daughter of the late Adm. Sir Rot>ert
Waller Otway, Bart G.CB. and has iasue
a son t II. Lady Mary, married in 1 838 to
the Earl of Sandwich, and has iaiue; 12.
Lord Alfred, who died an infant; 13. Lord
644
Obitoabv.— TTie Earl ofLulffield,
[Jane^
Alfred Heorj Paget, Major in the trmy,
«n.d ?tf P. for Licbfield, who married ia
1H47 Cecilia, second tl^ugliter of the late
QfiOrge TlmmoH Wy^iidliamj estj. of Cromer
^lupi Norfolk, uiitl has several children ;
' 14. Lord George - Augustus • Frederick
Paget, Captain iu the Greaidier guards,
and M.P. for Beaymanj ; 15. Lady Ade-
kide (the youogeit surviving child)^ mar-
ried in 1851 to the Hon, Frederick WiMiam
Cadogan, youugeat ton of Earl Cadogan^
and hibi i&eue a daughter ; 16. Lord Albert-
Augu&lui- William ; 17. Lord Albert«Ar-
Ihur; and 18, Lady Eleanor^ who all died
infanta.
We have endeavoured to ascertain the
memberfl of the Marquesi of Anglesey*a
gmiidcliUilren, and we find thfy amount
to about forty-flve ; hiji great -grand chil-
dren to ten or twelve.
The iirstent Marqaesji, who was born
in 17S7| has been a Privy Councillor since
1830 (when he was appointed Lord Cham-
bcrlaiti), and a member of the Houae of
Prera£meelS32, when he was summoned to
Purliamcnt in hb father'a barony of Paget,
to aiisist in the enactment of Parliamentary
Reform. He married fir^tin 1H19 Eleanor,
ftecond daughter of the late Colonel John
■nd Lady Charlotte Camphell ; and, Be-
eonilly, iu IB33, Henrietta- Maria, fourth
daugliter of the Right Hon. Sir Charles
Bagot, G.C.B. and has iasuc by bqi!»
ladies. Hia eldest aon, Henry*Willintn*
George, now Earl of Uxbridgc, waa born
iu 1821, and married in I84i^ SopUu*
second daughter of the late Jamea ETera>
field, esq, of Dcune Park, Saaacx, by whom
we believe he lias no laiue.
The hody of the late Marqaess was de.
poiited in the family vault in Uchtieid
cathedral, as wa» that of his late M<i-
chioness. It waa attended from UxLrui^,-
Houae, on Friday the 5th May, bv -.::
escort of the Horse-Gu&rda Blue, by (kOki
mourning coaches contaiaiog relatiTes, and
hy the carriages of— her Majesty (with aix
bornes and ten aervaota), H»R.H. Prtoc
Albert, their Royal Highoessea the Duch«i
uf Kent and Duebee^ of Glouceattr, i
French Ambassador, and about ^ixty li >
of the principal nobility and gentry , ^ i»u
went in prooe^^ion to the Eustoa-cquare
Station of the Midland Railway, by which
the funeral cortege was couveyed by special
train to Lichfield, where the assembly,
room of the George Hotel had been pre.
parted for the ceremony o€ lying in atabe.
The next day, the streeta of L.acbfield
were lined by about 1,300 of the mititia,
and the Angleaey troop of Yeomanry Ca-
valry came from Burton to take a place in
the prooession» which at twelve moved U^%m
the George Hotel in the foUowiog order ;*^
The Anglesey Iroop of Yeomanry Cavalry, on foot.
The Town Crier of Lichfield.
The Maeebearers of the Corporation, bearing the Maces, covered with crape*
The Mayor, Aldermen, and members of the Town CounciL
Magittratea of the City.
The Band of the First Regiment of the King's Own Staffbrdahire Militia,
State Plumes of Feathers,
The Coronet and Baton of the deceased, on a velvet cushion, borne by a msa on horvebtck*
THE HEARSE,
with state plumes and escocheons of armorial beariogs.
Colonel the Hon. P, W. Talbot,
Mourning Coaches r—Oontaining, L The Earl of Ux bridge, IxJfd Paget, Lord Alfred
Paget, Lord George Paget; 2, The Duke of Richmond, Lord Crofton, Lord Enfield.
Lord Sydney; 3. Lord Sandwich, Hon. Frederick Cado^an, Lord Cadogan, lyord
March; ■!. Lord Temp lera ore, Lord Maitktonc, Hon, Henry Paget, Hon. Alexander
Paget; 5. Hon, Mr, Byng, Hon. Mr. Crofton, Lord Hinchlobrooke, Mr. Aneuaim
Paget; 6, Hon, and Rev. Francis Paget, Hon. Henry Gravet, Rev. Edward l^get^
Colonel Paget ; 7^ Lord Adolphua FitxcUrence, Hon. and Rev. Gerald irellpjlc/i '
Lord Robert GroAvenor, Colonel liagot; 8, Sir William dc Tnyll, Sir Frederick Stofi
General Robbias, Colonel Keane ; 9. Lord Hathcrton, Dr. Quin, Mr. Cameron^
Private carriages — The otficers of the Second Regiment of Staffordshire MilitJii«
J
Thk Eaul of Lichvikld.
March \H, At his residence in Stan-
hope-street, May Fair, in bis 39th year,
the Right Hon. Tliomos William Anson,
Earl of Lichfield (1831), second Viscount
An^on of Sbugborough and Orgravc, co.
Stafford, and llaion Soherton of Soherton,
CO. Southampton (IHOt;), a Privy Conij-
cillor, Lieut.' Colo ml uf the Queen's Own
Regiment of StttfTordshire Yeomanry, and"
D.CX.
The Earl of Lich Held waa born at Shog*^
borough on the 20th Oct. 1795, and w^
the eldest son of Thomas first Viacoq_^_
Anson, by Lady Anne Margaret Coke^"
third daughter of Thomas-William first
Earl of Letoeiiter.
He succeeded hiit father as Viacouitt
1854.]
Obituary. — hord Colhorne,
64S
I
AnsoQ Ob tbc3lst July, 1818. On Ibe
^4tb Nov, 1824 lie was sworn a Privy
Couocillor upon the occasion of his bcUig
nppoiiiteil MaskT of IjU Majesty's Buck-
liounilii, which office he held until Dec.
1H34, At the coronation of WiHiam tlie
Fourlb he was advanced to the dignity of
Karl of LiLhiicId by patent d&tcd the 8th
Si?p tern her* IS3U
From May 1835 to Sept. 1841, bis
Lord*hi|i occupied the office of Postmaster-
ISeneral ; and during his udministration of
the Post-office the system of a uniform
penny postage was bruuglit into operation.
He lieM the office of Poitmaater-general
without a seat m the Cabinet. One of the
most remarkftble incident in hia political
life was the astseniblage st his house in St,
JamesVsqunre, during the administration
of Lord Md bourne, of a great party
gatherings at which some arrangements
were wndcrstooi! to he made with Jfr.
0*CoimeIl and other Iri&b members, wklch
were subBi^uctitly very frequently referred
to as **The Lichfield House Compact*"
In 1842 the Eurl of Lichfield fell iuto
serious pecuniary difHcultiei. His mtkg-
niliceut mansion in St. J ameii's Square was
dismantled, and its contents dispersed hy
the hammer of Air. George Robins, as were
those ilio of his country se^it at Shugbo-
roughp where the same official held a sale
for twelve days. An account of the prices
produced by tbe most remarkable pictures
and pieces of statuary there dispensed will
be found in our voh xviii. p. 40j, His
Lordship had previounly been a warm Bup*
porter of the turf. In lH3t> his horae Elia
won the great St- Leger stakes «t Don-
caster ; and in sjiorting matters he was the
intimate friend and confederate of tbe late
Lord George Beutinck.
The Karl of Lichfield married, on the
lltb February, lHE9j Louisa- Catharine,
youugest daughter of Nathaoiei Phillips,
esq. of Slebechi co. Pembroke; aud by
that lady, who survives him, he had Lsiuo
four sons and four daughters, who are all
living. Thi'ir names ore as follows : 1 ,
Lady Louisa. Mury-Anne, married in ltt38
to Edward King Tenisou, esq. of Kilrooao
Castlct CO. Roscommon, son of the late
Thom&i Teulsoi^ esq. and Lady Frances
Kiag, dtiughter of Edward first Earl of
Kingston : Ludy Louisa is the author of
a handsome hook of Travels in Spain rc-
centlf published; 2. Lady Annd-Frederica,
marncd in 1«J3 to Francis Lord Elcho, a
Lord of tbe Treasury, aud MP. for Had-
dingtonsbire, eldest son of the Earl of
Wemyss and March, and has a numerous
family; 3. Thomas^ George, now Earl of
Liclijield; 4. Ludy Harriet- Frances-Maria,
married in Icf-'il to the Hon. Augnstus-
Henry Veroou» eldest son of Lord Vernon,
and has issue two daughters ; it, the Bon,
William- Victor- Leopold- Horalio, Lieut,
R.N. , godson to I1.R.1L the Duchess of
Ktnt ; ll* the Hon. Augustus- Uenry-Ar-
chibahl, Ensign in tht 4 Itb Foot; 7. Lady
Gwendolena- Isabella- Anna-Maria; and, 8.
the Hon- Adalbert- John- Robert, born in
1840.
The present Earl was bora in 1825, and
is unmarried. He has sut in tbt^ present
Parliament for Lichfield.
Lord Coi.naii-VR.
Afsy 3. In Hill Street, Berkeley S£|uare,
aged 75, the Right Honorable Nicholas
William Ridley Colbome, Lord Colbome.
This lamented nobleman was the second
son of Sir Matthew^ White Ridley, of Blag-
don, in the county of Korthumberland,
IJart, by Sarah, daughter and sole heir of
Benjamin Colbome, esq. in accordance
with whose will, proved iii 1?93, Lord
Colbome, then Mr. Rtdky, assumed, June
21, le03, in addition to that of Ridley, th^
tuune and arms of Colborne. He was born
April H, 177 5)1, in the parish of St. Mary-
lebone, and was cJueatcd at Westminster,
and at Oxford, tit which UDiveriity he was
a m umber of Clirigt Church college, and
where he graduati^d B.A. June 15, 1800.
On Dec. lU, 1793, he was enteiedof Gray^t
Inn, but withdrew from that Society April
26, IdOl), without being called to the Bur.
He fir&t took his seat in parliament in 1804
fur the borough of Appleby, and from that
time, with a ihort interval, until the year
1837* was a Member of tbe House of Com-
mons, rcpre«enting in different parlia-
ments, Mttlmcsbury, Blechingley, Thct-
ford, Horsham, and Wells- During the
whole period of his political career he wu
closely united to the Whig party, and gave
a zealous and uDdcvimtiDg support to all
the chief liberal measures that were brought
forward. In 1839, during the adminis*
tration of Lord Melbourne, he was raised
to the peerage by the title of Baron Col-
borne, of West Harling, in the county of
Norfolk, and, it may be almost superfluoua
to add, continued his adhesion to the
liberal party until the day of his decease*
But, as regards Lord Colborne's public
position, he wui belter known to the world
AS a warm and active promoter and en-
courager of art, and more particularly that
of painting; and he has nobly carried oot
this object by bequeathing to the nation,
for its gallery, of which he was a trustee,
eight of his tcry valuable pictures.
Lord Colbome was a director of the
British Institution, and one of the mem-
bers of the Fine Arts Commission, still
sitting under the able preaideocy of Prince
Albert. He was, likemuny others, a con-
tributor to numerous charitable inttitu*
046
0»iTtJAiiY- — Li^rd Cockhum,
tionc; tnitf better than tht«, hU ttsifltanee,
in any cflie of I I ' rJiy Ihat merited
suppart^ was n? n vnin.
It is, howevti, . ' ' »lie Inte re-
Bpected peer in all i as of do-
mestic Uie which col)^ rhnrm of
our Eagliah home* that iht: ^
pleulng part of this brief hu
tasir remain*. He waa apen-hcarle<^ *iori u,
ind of a nature siDgukrly kind and con-
ciUaCory. HU manaef was pcciiUarly
engagiog. There was a cordiality in liis
grcetingt that wai the indei of hia friend -
ship and of his hospitality, and the henjg-
oity of his parting wordf made yot) l(»iig
Meet him agaiu. There was a plnyfol-
In hia features, a bUndiicsB in hlg
f6!ee, and a sparkling of tlie eye that be-
tokened the benevolence of hia heart. It
waa the sunshine of a happy and con-
tented mind desirous to make others par-
takers of ita brightness. In his own wide-
spreading circle of kindreil and friends he
wmi the central point towards which their
affectioDB convtrged, and, in reCam, \m
own love and regard were radiated around
upon those who are yet left Co mourn him.
Many, in all grndes, will be the tongues
that Will speak in praiae, and many the
beartA that will deplore the loss of a
friendly neighbour, a generous hcnefactor,
and a sound, a just, aod a kind adviser;
and on tlim latter point we write with a
fntl knowledge of fflcts when wc say that,
on laokibg routid for ati arhitrsttor, no
better could be found tUnu Lord Colborne,
and mnny were the differences that hp
satisfactorily fttljudieated. In a word^ he
was one of those moft ' ' * ' rs of
ioeiety — n highly tnil hju-
tfyeeulk'Riiin, enjoy iit^ ._ ^^ ■ jds,
with grutitude to the tiiver of nil good,
but enjoying theni^ at the same time, for
the welfare and cnjoymtnt of others*
Lord Colbomc waa married at 8t, Mary-
lebone Church, June 14, 1808, to Char-
lotte, eldest diiughter of the Right Ho.
nourabte Thonirvs Steele, by Chailotlr,
eldest daughter, and eventually &c\^ heir,
of General Sir David Lindiiay, of Evelick,
N. B., Bart* By her, who survives him,
hfl had issue : William-Ntcholss, who died
unmarried iii IHJfi, being then M,[*. for
Fvichmond ; Henrietta-Susanna, married to
Brampton Gurdon, of Lctton, co. Norfolk,
esq. and has issue; Maria-Charlotte, mar-
ried to Sir George Edmund Nugent, Bart,
of We^thorpe lIou£c, co, Bueks, and lias
issue; Emily -France!*, married to John
Moyer Heathcote^ of Conning ton CdBtIc,co.
HttAfiagdon^ esq., and died 1849, leaving
Isfne; and Louisa -Harriett, married Co
HarvieMortonFarquhur, esq., next brother
to Sir Walter Parqubar, Bart*^ and has
ifiue.
The intermeiit tnolc pUre mi KeDttS
Green Cemeterjr on the lltb inatatit, b
the same vault where the rnxsjufia of loi
only son had previously been placed.
The title, it will be seen, la eztincl
Load CocKittrmK*
April 26. At E dis burgh, a^ed 75, Ueorj
Thomas Cockbura, esq. one of tlie Lorli
of the Court of SesatoOi and a Lord Cobu
missioner f^*" »--'' i"^-
He was ibftU €7<N^b«n,
esq. a Bar'* fitter in SciotliBJ>
by a daughter of C«ut. David Rennia of
Melville VmW^, and ^UXtst lo EiisabeCl
first Vlsco
He wtis Scotbli bar h
ISOO ; and ^^ <i.^ ..( i' .M.v^^ Solieitor-Geocnl
for ScutUnd in Nov, 1830, at the
time that tlie late Lord Jclfrey was i
Attorney. In 1834 he was placed on the
bench as one of the permanent Lordi
ordinary of the Couit of Session ; a&d in
1837 he received the additional appomt-
ment of a Lord CommlssioncJ' of JiiaCi*
ciary.
** The la*t, or nearly the last, furriror
of that brilliant group of Whig barrister!
who f(0 ai en ally adorned the Jrpn? pro-
feaalofl and the political :
land^tUe sharer of ih<*
princSplc, - ' *^ - hlbour> ui uumtr,
Jetrrey, Murray, and Fn!-
lerloii^Iu 1 \ early Trontli. in «pite
of family connections aji .; in.
fluences, the ardent, ui rrt
temperate and judicious frica J '
rellf[ious liberty, and of th'
prill ' ' vhjch he lived tu f-e mc
trill ir the universal recognitioD.
In l! . M.riod of the stmggle none
could ejtcapv ho.mility ; but for many long
yeur^ he had surrounded himself with
friends of all parties, and of htm it maybe
said, aa of Professor Wil?«on, that ererj
poUlieal difTerence had tang been forgotten
in generous admiration and regard* Aj a
(ttcader, especially in criMM«i.J . Mtsr* or
jury trials, we sliall ncvn
equal of Mr, Cockburn.
and that only on some ucc**ftioij*, ap-
nroadn-d him. His sagacity, ht^ brevi^,
ins marvellous power of expr^ssion^so
homely, yet so truly and touchinglj
eloquent, his niiiigkd pathos and hnmoor,
WiA winning Scotish intuuLr, his masterly
nnalyfli^ of evidence, an J tlie mt-Tisc
earneatiic«is, not the k*i*
was visibly chahti iied m\t\
which he identilied lii
made bis appealii to
powerful, and frequcu..,
judge, he was distinguish
detection of faUehoud in | i
evidencei by breadth and dtaUo^ftaaM j
1854,] The Knight of Glm.—LL-Gm. Sir a W. Tltornton, 647
of Ticw» not unffequeiiUy receiving ihe
coofirmation of the House of Lords on
nppealf by his gTAcefal and luminous
expogUioii, by pnrlty and impartiality of
character, and by uniform alTiibility and
conrtesy of demeanour* As a citixenf his
titme is issociated with eTery thiDg wkicb
idoms the melropolift of Seotland ; for in
Ills Bonnd sense, ^ood taite, and univertal
popnlirity, bis fellow-dti^cns were wont
to seek and find a jiafe guide in civic im-
provement and a sure guarantee of public
m?our. Within the Hmaller circle of
fncnds and rektives on whom tbta bereave-
ment fallj to heavily, how kind he was,
how genial, and how chiirmlng ; and how
happy he made all who knew him, iu<j in
the lovely home which it wag hU pride
And pleasure to adorn, he gathered his
frienas round hi« hofipitable board » and
eotertained them with stores of aaecdotc?
and flashes of wit, we need not say. None
who have visited Bonaly can lose the
recollection of their ho»t/' — Caledonian
Mvreury.
Lord Cockburn wrote the Life of his
friend Lord Jeffrey, which (with a se-
lection of Lord Jeffrey's correipondeoco)
was publbUed in two fotumea 8vo. 1852.
We are not aware that he published any
other important work. His love of art
and of the metropolis of Scotland drew
from him about five years ago a charac-
teristic pamphlet on ** The Best Way of
Spoiling the Beauty of Edinburgh/* He
was aUo the writer of some articles in the
Edinburgh Review.
Lord Cockbuni opened the Circalt
Court at Ayr on the 1 %{h of April. Being
rather indisposed, he was relieved by Lord
Ivory of the arduous duty of presiding nt
a trial for murder, which occupied nearly
two days ; but after the conviction the
sentence of death was pronounced by Lord
Cockbum, It was the last judicial act
which he perforuiedi and none who heard
him will ever forget it. Brief, gentle,
simple, solemn, it was an exquisite specie
men of the pathetic eloquence in whieh he
was unrivalled. Many cye» lilled with
tears as the touching tones of that match-
Iflis voice fell on the listening cars of a
^ded audience — when ho urged* not
Jy but kindly, the unhappy man
L he addres43ed to u&e aright the few
fleeting days between him and eternity,
and make his peace witli God through
Jesus Christ Ere one &hort week had
passed, the judge, who pronounced the
sentence and urged the use of time's swift-
winged hours, had anticipated the man
whom he condemned, and was summoned
from the judgment'Stat un earth to appeal-
before the tribunal of Heaven.
The biography of Jeffrey is closed by
words which may not inaptly be applied to
him who wrote them : — *' A* soon as it
was known that he was gone, the eminence
of his tatcnts, the great objects to which
they hid bpcn devoted, his elevation by
gradual triumph over many prejudices to
the highee^t stations, even the abundsnce
of his virtues, were all forgotten in the
personal love of the man/^
Lord Cockbum has left a large family,
and is survived by Mrs. Cockbum, sister
of Mrs. Maitland, now the widow of Lord
Dundrennan, and of Mrs. Fullerton, now
the widow of Lord Fullerton, the three
sisters having married three young advo-
cates, who maintained through life the
closest friendship, and all died Judges of
the Supreme Court of Scotland,
Tub Knight of Glin.
April 25. At Glin Castle, near lime-
riok, after a few hours' illness, of cholera,
John rraunceis Fitxgerald, Knight of
Glin, Lieut. -Colon el of the county of
Limerick Militia, a Deputy Lieutenant
and magistrate of the same county.
He was born on the 28th June 1791
the son and heir of John Fitzgerald,
Knight of Glin, by Margaretta-Marist
daughter of John Frannceia Gwyna, esq*
of Combe Fiorey, co. Somerset.
He was a member of Christ's college,
Cambridge, where the degree of M.A. was
conferred upon him in 1812, Ho was
also admitted to the same degree at Trinity
rollege, Dublin. He served the office of
Sheriff of the county of Limerick in 1630«
He married July 28, l?sl2, Bridget,
fifth daughter of the Rev. Joseph Eyre,
of Westcrhami Kent \ and had issue two
sons, JohQ-FraunceiS'Eyre, and Kdcnond-
UrmcstoD-M*Leod; and two daughters,
Cjeraldine-Anne, and Margsretta-Sophia*
His elder son married in 1B35, Clara, oolj
daughter of Gerald Blenoerhasset, esq.
of Riddlestown, co, limerick, and hat
issue.
Lt.-Gen. Sir C. W.Tboxnton, K,C.U.
April 6. At bis apartments io St.
Jameses Palace, aged 90, Lieut. -General Sir
Charlei WadeThomtoD, Kat. and K.C.H.
Lieut. -Governor of Hull.
He was appointed Second Lieutenant
in the Royal Artillery in 1779, and First
Lieutenant in 1782. In March 1T93 be
accompanied the Guards to Holland, and
was wounded in the battle of Famars ; he
also served during the siege of Valen-
cienne^j ; and at the taking of Lannoy he lost
his right arm by a cannon-shot. In Nov.
1793 he was promoted to Captain, He
was afterwards Assistant- Barrack -Master-
General at the office in Spring Gardens,
London. In 1816 he was appointed
fi4S Rmr-Adm. Giffhrd. — CoL PowcfL-^Li/*w
Li^rut.'GoTemor of Hull^ which command
he held! until hU death.
If e became Equerry to H.R.H, the Duke
of Cumberlfttid oa the i'lth July 1813 j
tinii he was also honoured with the friend-
shi|i of their late Majesties George the
Fourth nnd WilUnm the Fourth. He was
knighted by the Utter in 181!, and nomU
nntid a Knight Commander of the
Hanoverinn Gdclphic Order by the
King of Hanover in 1837, having been for
many years before a knight of the third
class of the same order.
He vras promoted to the rank of Lieat.-
Colonel in 1811. to that of Colonel 1825»
Major- General 1837, and Lieut. -General
in 1846.
HcAfl-AnMIRAL GlFFOHn.
Sept. 20, 18,13. At Mont Orgneil cot-
tagt, Jersey, Rcar-AdmiralJames Gifford,
on the retired list of IHiii.
This officer entered the Navy in 1786*
as miJshipmaQ on hoard the Aajflstonce,
Capt. Wm. Bcntinckf beanng the broad
pendunt of Commodore Sir C. Doujlaa on
the Halifax atation. He lenred luc-
ceasively in the WeaMJ, Jimo, Colossus
74, Robust 74, and St. George 58, the
flag-ship during the oecapation of Toulon,
He was made Lieutenant Oct. 22, 1703,
And joitii'd the Lutine 32, and aUo serfed
in ttint capacity in the Potnpee 74 and
Prince and Prince George 9S% the flag-
ships of Rear- Admiral Sir C. Cotton,
He was mndt- Commander May 7, 1802 ;
and, after holding for a few months the
netinf; command of the Braafe frigate, was
appointed, on the 8th May 1804, to the
S|K:cdy; on the IGth May 1808 to the
Sarpen ; and iTth Feb. IBl'i to the Shel-
drafcc; sloops employed on the Channel
am] Baltic stations.
He was promoted to Fost-Captain Aug.
19, 1812 J and became a retired Rcar-
Adoilnl on the l&t Oct. 1846,
Co LONE r, W. E. POWKLL.
April 10. In Hyde Park- terrace, aged
<((», William Edward Powell, Esq. of
Nanteost Lord Lieutenant of Cardigan-
shire, Colonel of the Militia of thntcowuty,
and l.ntc M,P. for tbesame.
He was born on the 16rti Fob. 1788,
the elder sou of Tlioma^ Po^vell, cic|. of
Nanteog, by Elinor, eldest daughter of
Edwsrd Maurice Corbet, esq. of Ynys-y-
maengwyn — by Hannah his wife, daughter
and coheir willi her sister Mary wife of
Sir John Hill of llawkstoncBart. of John
Chatnbre, esq. of Pclton in Shropshire.
He was retnrfied to parliftmeat for
Cafdiginshire in May 1816 on the death
of Thomas Johnes, esq. and sat in cIcTcn
successive parliaments nalil the Disso-
11
lotion in 1852, having ncrer hud •
competitor for his aeat. Ho Toted wttli
the Conservative party.
Colonel Powell was twice married t first,
in 1810, to Laura- Edwyna, eldest daughter
of James SackviUe Tufton Phelp, *«f|. «f
Coaton House, Leicestershire. She diH
m 182?, leaving two sons, A\1ULifti-
Thomii Rowland, and Conieliua.
The Colonel married secondlj, in !84i,
Harriett- Dell, widow of George Ackcr»,
esq. of Moreton Hall, Cheshire^ aa4
youngest daughter of Henry Hattoa, e«i|.
of Cherry Will ingham, co. Ltiocoln.
His son and successor was
1815, and married iu 1839 tits
Roi^a-Edwyna, daughter of George Cbtfrrf,
esq. of Buckland, co, Hereford, (by
Elcanorot daughter of J. S. T. Phelp, esq.
above named), and has isi«te.
LlEUT.-CoLONEL W. AcTOlf^
April 10. At Westaaton, co. WtcVlov,
William Acton, esq, Lieut.. Colonel of the
Wick low Militia, a magistrate and Deputy
Lieutenant, and late M. P. for thatcoftmty.
This gentleman was the elder «od it
Thomas Acton, esq. of Westaston* by
Sidney, daughter of JoshuA Davis* esq*
barrister at law, of Dublia. H
as High Sheriff of the county Wicklow
1820. At the general election of [H'S2
'4
»iiti *
7tr
no
132
became a candidate for ilu itatioa
of that county in parli .t
unfuccefsiful, tbc two LiU^.^j ...tii^btLuei
being returned —
James G rattan, esq* ■ <
Colonel Ralph Howard
Major William Acion
Major John Humphreys
After the election of ldi5 had beea^
allowed to pass unqueslloDed, the j(
1837 witnessed another contest betwi
the same parties, but with the same result
as before —
James Grattan, esq 598
Col. Sir Ralph Howard . , . 697
Lient-CoL William Acton . , 63:1
Major John Hampbreys ■ * « 6
In imi Colonel Acton had better :
cess, and was placed at the head of
poll-
Lieut. -Col. William Actou . , (560
Sir Ralph Howard . . . . 5cit)
James G rattan, esq 561
In 1847 he was again returoedr togtl
with Lord Viscount Milton, without a
test. In May 1848 he retired, by
the stewardship of the Chiltero tlunffre<l£
He bad voted with the Conaereative and
Protectionist i>arty ; snd his electioneering
expenses, attended by peti^ons tO tbt
m
18o4;] Obituary,—/?. Radchife, Esq,— J. D, Gilbert, Esq, 649
I
Boose of Commons, are said to have coat
bim upwards of 30^000/.
Colonel Aciob married in 1817 CaroUne
dangbter of Tbomas Walker, esq. Matter
111 Chancerj ; b^ whom he had issue three
soas, ThomaB, William, and Charles ; and
one dangbteri Jane*
Roovar RAOcLrrFK. Esa.
Marth 28> At Bath, aged BO, Robert
Radcljffe, esq. of Fox den ton-ball ^ I^in-
caibij-e.
He wa^ born on the I4th Dec» 1773»
snd was the only son of Robert Radclyffe,
esq* of Foxdentoo^ (descended from Ihe
RadelxfTei of Ord&haU,) by bia cou«in
Frances, third daughter of the Rev.
Samuet Sidebottom, M-A, Rector of
Middleton. He succeeded to the family
eatateg when still a minor on the death of
hm father in 17B3«
In I8ia he served the office of High
Sheriff of Dorsetshire.
He married m 17}^6 Mary, fifth
daughter of Thomas Patten, esq, of Bank,
near Warrington, by whom he had isane
three sons and six daughters. The former
were, 1. Robert, who married in l>i37
Ai^es, second daughter of the Late Rev.
Henry Sill^ of Burton, Weatraerland ; 2,
Charles- James, of the 5th Dragoon
Guards, wbo married in 1835 Anna-
Maria, only child of the late R. Ltl-
lington^ esq. of Stockley, co. Dorset ; and
3. Frederick. William, in holy orders.
His eldest daughter, Mary* was married
in 1837 to William Hallett, esq. of
Philliols, Dorsetshire; son of William
Halletti esq. of Condys, Hants. #
John Davirs Gilbert, Esa.
AifHl 16, At Pridcaux Place, Cornwall,
when on a yisit to his brother*in-law
Charles Prideaux-Brune, esq. in hia 43rd
year, John Daries Gilbert, esq* of Tre-
lissick, cOi Cornwall, and of Eastbonrne,
Sussex.
This gentleman was the only son of
Davies Gilbert, esq, (formerly Giddy),
sometime President of the Royal Society,
by Mary- Anne, only daughter and heiress
of Thomas Gilbert, esq. of Eastbourne.
Be was bom in tlie house of his grand-
mother at St, Erth in Cornwall. ** Though
a Comlshman by birth, his early years
were principally spent at Eastbourne, but
lie always retained a passionate attachment
to the home of his ancestors, and a
thorough dcTotion to Cornish interests.
From his youth he appears to have looked
> forward to a permanent abode in this
I county 5 and, on succeeding to his palri-
I mony, he purchased the beautiful demesne
GiNT* Mag, Vol. XLI,
of Trelissick, where be has since resided.
He valued his station as a country
gentleman not merely for its dignity, but
for its responsibilities. Hia lively interest
in the success of agriculture, his ajcsidnous
attention to the duties of the magistracy,
the liberal cast of his politics, and bis
constant readiness for any active service,
marked him as a useful and rising public
man, who would some day come to the
highest honour bis countrymen could
h^tow upon him. Hb talents were rather
solid than shining — >not lo much the
display of brilliant ability as of lofty
principle. His character lay upon the
surface— bis fronk open countenance, the
cordiality of his manner, and bis sunny
temper, were the clear indications of
what he really was, one of nature^ a own
nobility,, a thoroughly sincere, warm-
hearted, and right-minded man. Alt
Cornwall mo urns over hia tomb. Not
twelve months ago we heard him say.
Here I have come to live, and here I hope
to die.''— Wefl Briton.
Mr. Gilbert inherited considerable
estates in Sussex from the will of his uncle
Charles Gilbert esq.
He married, Oct. 7, 1851, the Hon.
Anna- Dorothea, elder daughter of Ro*
bcrt Lord Carew, K.P. Lord Lieutenant
of the CO. Wei ford; and has left issue
one son.
His funeral took place at Feock in
Cornwall on Saturday the 29th April*
Thomas Plumkb Halskv, Esa.
April 24. Aged 38, Thomas Plnmer
Halsey, esq. of Great Gaddesden, Uert<
fords hi re, one of the Members of Parlia-
ment for that county.
This gentleman's father, the late Josepb
Thompson HaUey, esq. who died in 1618,
assumed the name of Halsey instead of
Whately by Act of Parliament in the year
1804* oa occasion of bis marriage with
Sarah the only daughter of Thomas
Halsey, esq. formerly M.P. for Hert-
fordshire, aud sole heiress of the family of
that namCf which has been seated at Great
Gaddesden from the time of Elisabeth. Mr.
Whately was a brother of the present
.Archbishop of Dublin ; and the aon of the
Rev. Joseph Whately, D-D. of Nonesuch
Park, Surrey, by Jane Plume r, sister to
William Pluraer, esq. of Ware Park, for-
merly also M.P. for HeKfordshire. Mrs.
llolsey, who is still living, married se-
condly, in 1821, the Rev, John Fiti Moore,
wbo, on his marriage, assumed the addi-
tional name of Halsey.
Mr, Thomas Flumer Halsey waa bom
on the 96th Jan, IB15.
He was first elected to p&rE&ment for
4 O
>«f Hertford firlthoot o)>p<Mltiott,
P4K^ oil the f tcanry occ»*ioiie4
tiy the itiGQ««tbn of the jirneiit Ktrl of
Yifoimoi to the peerege i «nd liAtl been
VtohotM In H47 md 1S53. Hit fOlM
wtf« (ivtn with th« ConMnrttiirv and
Proteetioiilit ntrty.
He merHed, In Jitt. 1839» PredeHee,
dauxhter of Ueut,- Colonel F^re<leHek
J(ihiiiton» the re|ire*ei\Uit(Te of Jobnaton
of Hilton on the Merie» co* Berwiek) hf
ivhoio he hiid iiiiM, Thott —■ fnA^rkk,
horn In lH:it), and now at Btofiitod otb«r
chUitrfn.
Mr. HiWy w«i on* of tbon whoee
Hvvi litN loet \n tb« StooImio itenmer^
In iioiifM«ifae« of htr ooUlabo with the
BIdlii off VtUi Frtaea, en liir miy (hmi
QwOTtoMinfillee. Mis IMo wm ehand
^ Ml wife end an inauit eon. StiMlbert.
AHhiir»8ii$kvUlei with their two ataid»;
Un* Sdw. Lewb Knlfhl, with thrtv little
dhlldr«a tttd two wiitiiif*wo«eD t Mr. md
Mn, VMite ittd • uleoet va^ ^« «n>*^
t«i7 wd two tffnwBts of Sir Robetf feel
— In feU etstMQ ■BgUdi {MWMOfvni. Sotoa
r Iturtlehinect Wire Mfvd, of whom 9lf
Eohart root w«a larfowly pwitrf^ hy
Willi AH TnoMrtoK^ Ena. M.f,
ta At Bcdwrlty HtntK, CO*
MoMMAth, tfVd «i, WIUiMi ThmofiOA,
Mf. of XhMmf Un» WiilaitrlMMLiiMl
FMydlUffMI ROlMi ttk GwMiOt]|Wli» M«P*
fbr the eovnly of WoetaMtlud, iMUor
Ahietwimof tke eto of I>imIo«» Ptoridiil
oTCMH^ aM|iM*ColoMlof tkt lloyil
lltmift* TlM^FMriilaMt of te
Aitnhty Omimm, > Dli lulm of Hit
of tlfllttd, MMl of tliO CwhdMi,
Mieri MM Lmw ftilhnw, endlVM'
oIKhif^Cdliftir ^
JMfk Ammivmui
lr» Jinte t%OMpeoD e# Qrmte tmt
Ail to WeetiMrkBd, wUtoWtal^
hiin looolid Ihr mm ammJim.
4fil
Wii iilieed it tho haul of
terminited tbiu, —
AUlenriin Thoinpeon
A1i!€rm»n Wnlthmiit
Willi Jim Wiird, ceq, .
AUlcrman Woid • •
AMf rman Veoobloi .
AldcrisaQ GiiTsU
He Wii ro^leoted for the dt; ^
oppoiittonin IB30 ond 1831, on th«lbr-
mor oeoMion with the nme ooUeognei «
heforf . «Dd on the Utter with Mr. AUaw
mmn Vetiablei in the iiUce of Mr. Wird*
In 1B52he (ir«t canvftM^ the
of the boroDRh of 8tinderlinil, notj
i» ■ prominent member of the
interest but ai « gaod Reformer,
etreidj roted for Pariiimentsirj
and for the abolition of tbo Com l^wi.
He wii, however, ont-voted hj CnpUte
Barrio^tonp a Conaervatifo, as well sa ^
two other candidates, who were bott
Liberati, the i)oU tcrminatms thns, —
Sir WiUiam Chaytor . , 696
Ciptain Birring ton . • &25
Difid Bardsy, eM|. * . 402
Wmiim TbonpsoD, eM|. • 37^
Captain Barrlnfton's aeot
vicant the year after, AldanDAH Tboonu
too Wis then more nioooasiyf polln^ 574
I ifihist &56j whieb wm gtwm to the
otliir lib«ml csadidv- w. n — Ur.
\u 1S3S his fo\
pOfMilar^ ind be wi9 . toedi
the poll, bcukK retansod m coc^use
with Mr* Baioliy to the ejLcItt»iun of J
W. Chaftor. The poUlsg wm— Thootf
iOtt M4, Bvckv m, Chaytor 599.
Ift 1031 the AMemMi wm ofi» it (
heed of the poll, in ooahraatiM wHfc Mr.
Ao4pe# Wlho, who jK iniril Mr*
White tt^.Bifdaym.
InlMl, (Mr. While
tbi picieoUao of i filoHon, w%w kHhtai
t liffe feilnnti and he inallf heoMwone
of the wfdthleil Iran nwetofs in thoM^
on el flM ta»teiinW%riBw1ie
IH wia iHOTidHopertliiienl In ISSO
te Ike OonM hepoo^ CMMten. Ihr
«%kii ha Ml «ita lite. Intm^wM
jasmin of London^lhr tte
of CW; he aerPfd tte ««m «f
1 imt, s(n« tftat of Lost Ma|or
In im hie heoMM t osaAtee to tw-
ISM.] •/. K, ffooper, Esq^^^E. De Beaumir Ben^/on, Bif. Ml
otTTtd in eCoae in th« front of Iiis bouw^
ramoTtd tli«m in a fit of indif natmu. The
Atdermtn rtUincd hia »eat for Westnier-
Uod until bU death.
He was for tome years Chalrmaii of the
Comrnlttce iit Lloyd's, but re»t$ned oo
the iubscribers expreawof themselrcd d«-
utisficd with hia havrng joined the Sun-
derland Sbtpownera' Mutual Aasumnce
Aiaociatioo,
He profited largely by liiii iron-workf,
and waa extptiairely, we cannot say how
profitably, connected with railways. How-
ever, it ia certain that be U?ed far below bia
iiicooief aod that he continually uude targe
aoceaiions to bia realiaed property, (t
waa otiiy id January last that it was an-
noimccd that he had purtihaaed fur 9^,000/.
the Damacre estate, late the property of
the Duke of Hamilton,
Alderman Tbompsoo married ia 1817
AmcUa, lecond dauKhter of Samnel Hom-
fray^ eaq« formerly M.P. for Stofford, and
niece to Sir Charlea Morgan, Btirt. of
Tredegar. He has left that Udy his widow,
and an only child, Amelia, married in
1842 to Thomas Earl of Btctlire, son and
heir- apparent of the Marquees of Head*
fort, who haa iasue,
TUc Earl of BcctiTe has been elected to
tnooeed his father-in-iaw as one of the
meilibers for Westmerland.
,.^ Ax a speciul court of Aldermen held on
7 Ik Mofcb, an unanimoua resolution
f aased ** expressing tbcfr deep teoae
ba great I05* they have sustained « and
of the cxrellent maimer in which their
departed brother di»cb:irged the important
duties entrusted to him, including those of
Chief Magimlrate and President of Christ's
Uoapital, and bis bonoaruble and matily
conduct on all occasions/'
JoHw Kimnbhslby HaoFr.n» Esa^
Afffii 1?. At St. Leonard '»-on* Sea,
afed 63, John Kinnertley Hooper, esq*
AM«tlMn of the City of London for the
wtrd of ftneenhithe, President of St Bar-
flieloniew''f Uotpital, and Deputy Chair.
■Nlioftk^ Monarch Life Astnrani^e Oifiee.
1J« Wi» tbo third son of the late Richard
Hooper, eaq. of Queenhtthe, and of Limpa-
field^ Surrey, and carried on boiinesa aa a
wine merchant.
He was elected Alderman of Qoeen*
bifibe ward in 1840, on the death of Alder-
aiftQ Vennblcj. He served the olfiee of
Sberiff in 1B43, and was elected Lord
Mayor in 1847. The year in which be
filled the civic chair waa one of no ordi-
nary dilfioulty and reaponsibility. During
ita course occurred the memorable lOth
April (1b4JsI), when the safety^ not only of
Uie metropolifl} but of the country at large.
seemed to lie placed in jeopardy by tb«
myrmidonij of Mr. Feorgus O'Connor*
The Lord Mayor evinced on tbii oceation
much tense and decision. Later in the
same year he received the French National
Gunrd at the Mansion House.
In bis ward be was the liberal lupporter
of all the local charities, and there were
few mea, either in public or private lifer
of more oonsistent character, or more
genemUy respected.
RioaAHD Db Bbauvoir Bknvon, Esq.
Affrit . . . Aged 84, Richard De
Oeanvoir Benyon, esq. of Englefield
House, CO. Bcrk^, a magistrate and Deputy
Lieutenant of that county.
The grandfather of this gentleman, Ri-
chard Benyon, esq. Governor of Fort St.
George in the East Indies, married for hia
(btrd wife Mary, daughter of Frascia
Tya«en, cflq. of Balmes House, Hackney ,
and widow of Powlctt Wrighte, eiq. •
grandaon of Lord Keeper Wrighte, By
this marriage he had an only aoo, Richard
Benyon, esq. who married Ijannah^ eldest
daughter of Sir Edward tlnlse, Bart, of
Breamore House, Hants, aud bad ij^isuc an
only son, the gentleman now deceased.
Mr. Benyon succeeded his father in
1796- He represented Walliogford durifig
two parliamentf, from 1806 to 1812. In
18 14, after incceedtng to the e*tJites of hia
bttlf-uncle Powlett Wrighte, esq. (who bad
diftd in 1779,) be assumed the snmamei
of Powlett Wrighle ; and in 1822 after the
death of his distaot relative the Rev. Peter
De Bcauvoir, Rector of Davenbam, Efsei^
from whom he inherited very Inrge pro-
perty, both in estates and in the fond?,
he anumed that gentleman's name. He
was High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1316.
He married Sept. 27, 1797, Elijtabetb,
only daugbtir of Sir Francis Sykes, Bart,
of Basildon Park, Berkslurc, by the Hon,
Elizabeth Moncltton, his ^Ife, daughter of
William second Viscount Gal way. That
lady died without iaeue on the ^9th Oct.
1822. Mr. Be ny on '« sisters were married
to William Henry FeUowea, of Ramsey
Abbey, M,P. for HuDtingdonahire, and to
George fourth Lord Viscount Midleton.
The hitter was the mother of the present
Vifeonnt.
When the Eoyal Berkahire tfoepital
was founded at Reading* Mr- Btoyon
contributed the munificent anm of 5000/. 1
and by bis liberality aided materially in th0
formation of that iuvdiiable charity* A
ward in the hospital, called after him, will
lastingly perpetuate hia benevolence. Ho
was conaidered by far the richest
moner bi Berkshire.
652 F. Hodgson^ E$q.^^M, Grazebrook, Esq^-^. Dickey^ Esq*
FsEDEfttCK Hodgson, Estt.
March 30. At hia residence in Paris ,
ID hb 59th fear, Fredericls Haclg»on| esq.
loraacrly M.P, for Barnstaple.
Mfi Hodgson was a brewer aiid mer-
cbAnt in that town ; ami was fint returned
I by it to parliameat in March 1854. The
I TiCaneywas occasioned by Michael Nolan
enq. the former member, accepting the
office of a Welsh judge ; he was a candi-
datis for re-election, hut being opposedtoot
only by Mr* Hodgson, hut by Mr. Atkins,
Aldermau of London, tbe former was
elected by 181 votes, Mr. Nolan polling
153 and Mr, Atkins 115. In ltt26 there
It another contest^ which termiiiated
thm—
Fred. Hodgson » esq 401
H. Alexander, esq 377
Michael Nolan, esq 12(i
In 1B30 Mr. Hodgson did not j^ to the
poll ; hut in 1S31 he was again sue-
oeasful—
Fred« Hodgson t esq. . • . . Mh
J. P. B. Chichester, esq. * . 218
G. Tudor, esq 184
S* L. Stevens, esq 1 75
Again, m 1B32 and 1835, Mr. Hodgson
abstained from the contests which then
took place for the borough of Barnstaple ;
hut in 1837 be was re-elected —
J. P. B, Chichester, esq. . . • 387
Fred, Hodgson^ esq* . * * . 350
Hon. W. S. Best 348
Again in 1841, after a lery cbie
stniggle—
Fred. Hodgson, esq. .... 360
Montague GorCj esq 349
John Wm. Forte scne, esq. , . 346
Sir J. P. B. Chichester ... 343
In 1847 Mr. Hodgson was defeated —
Richard B renin dge, esq* . * . 4G4
Hon. John Wm. Fortescoe , . 396*
Fred,, Hodgson ^ esq 35<j
His TOtes were given with the Con-
serTative and Protectionist party.
For the last three yean he had been
resident In Paris.
Michael Grakebrook, £sa.
April 24. At Audnam, Stafrordshire,
aged 65, Michael G rase brook, esq. a De-
puty Lieutenant of Worcestershire, and a
magistrate for the counties of Stafford,
Worcester, and Salop.
Mr. Grazebrook traced his descent from
an ancient Staffordshire family seated at
Greysbrook hall, in the parish of Sben-
stone. He was the chairman of the Iron,
masters of South Staffordshire, from the
period of the instltiition of their assocta-
tion ; and also of romo nulw«y eon
and other institutions, froin whom
ceived several handsome preseni
plate. He was twice invited to bi
candidate for a seat lo the House of Coi
mons, on the old Liberal interest i bat
never took any conapicaoua part in poUl '
Mr» Grazebrook married the ool
daughter of John Phillips, esq.: merchant.
Birmingham j by whom he has left two
sons and a daughter.
His funeral took place at Old Swiofiind
on the ^29 th of April. The motsmen
were : — Michael Phillips Gmzcbrook, «q.,
John P. Grazebrook, esq., John Moi
esq., William Grazebrook, esq.,
Grazebrock, eaq.t George Gmiebn
Charles Grazebrook, esq. Pall b(
Edward Addenbrooke, esq., John Addi
hrooke, esq,, W. O. Foster, esq.. G. M;
kenzie Kettle, esq*. Captain Hickm;
William Trow, esq,, Dr. Freeth, and
Cortwright. Eight old serrants bore the
coffin of their late master to tbe grare.
JoTfN DtcKET, Esq*
March 31. At Antrim, in him 88th
John Dtckey, esq. of Cullybackie.
He was the representative of his ft
and name now for upwards of 200
connected by property and reaidenoe
the counties of Antrim and Derry. Ha
more immediate ancestors were from tbe
west of Scotland, and one of tbem, John
Dickie or Dicke, settled early on the Ulster
plantation, from which he had to flee to
Scotland for a time from hia connexioil
with Messrs. Leckie, Cruikshauk, and
others, through the artifices of Use eel
brated Colonel Blood, the conspirator. 1:
was present in Colonel Phiilipa*s
tingent, llii? first that arrived to _
the city of Derry during its memorable!
siege in 1688, was after driven under the
walls, and had his house at Bally muJIy,
near the Rocwater, burned by the army of
James on its retreat. A notice of this
family is given In onr Magazine of Apnl
1851, p. 377. His descendant* armed
themselves as Volunteers in 1715,
again in 1745, and offered their eenii
to resist the Pretenders. John of Catl^ _
backie, the grandfather of the deceased
and grandson of the preceding, with bit
sons, raised a party and marched to
rickfcrgus to oppose Mons. Tharot
1760, and the history of tbe gloi
Yolnnteert of 1780 contains their namea
as officers commanding corps of their own
raising. In the dark page of 179d their
names are written, and the deceased waa
imprisoned, with other suspected Autrii
gentry, in the old court-house of Coleraini
where they were treated with every ii
dignity and privation during that tno'
rmed
.^
Eased I
.u bit
^Car^y
namea "
m
dr
Johnei E, L. Godfretf, — Rev. R, Wnrdlaw^ D*i
653
mentcras period. Like tits predecessors lie
ITM a Scots Prcsbyteriin, artd offi elated
11 BQ elder in the charch at CuUybackic.
Froni the yonnger sons of this familj de-
rive sereral respectable families, besidei a
large conuexion too extensive to be emime-
ratcd in Ireland, Scotland, India, and New
York. He died sincerely respected by oil
his acquaintance ; and leaves by hta wife,
Hose, daughter and heiress of the late
WUliam McNaghten, esq. of Ballyrcagh,
Oldatone, co» Antrim^ mnd his wife Do*
rothy Major, two sons, the elder Adam,
the younger William McNaghten Dickey,
who ire both married and have issue, be«
lidei three dinghters, and Bcveral grand-
children.
COLOWEL E. L. GoDFftlT.
Jsn. 9, At Fort Louis, Mauritius, aged
65, Colonel Edward Lee Godfrey, Post-
master-General of the colony.
This veteran officer wn a ton of the kle
Dr. Edward Godfrey of Great Alie-atreet,
Goodnian/a Fieldn. At the age of 17 be
entered the 20th Regiment, with which he
served from the expedition to Walcheren
down to the close of the Pcniojnilar cam-
paign, anil dlEtinguiBbed himself in several
hard'foughl arlJonSf especially at the
battle of Orthcs, where he was wounded-
He afterwards entered the 73rd, and, after
several years additioiml service in thiit
corp9, retired ai< Captain.
Being in Parta towards the close of
1832, Marshal SolignaCt who had been
appointed to command the liberating army
at Oporto, offered tiim an appointment on
liis HtafiT, which he accepted. In the sharp
fight which took place at Pastileiro, on
the 18th Jda, \%y\. Major Godfrey dia-
tiaguished himself mnch, and was severely
ided. On \m recofery be was ap-
Mnjor of the Ftizlleiros Eacoseaes,
*he was with that Regiment whco the
Mignetite irmy was firat decisively re-
pulsed on the 55tli July, and in all the
successive engagements which took place
up to the I7th Augnst, when Marshal
Bourmout was finally driven from the
lines of Oi>orto. On the 27th Sept, be
embarked with the expedition under
Colonel Shaw, and waa at the taking of
Oubidos and the ijub«equent pursuit of
the enemy to Santarem. In May 1834
he was appointed Lient.- Colonel in com-
mand of the Irish Regimeoti and took an
active port in different akii'mishea and
fighta until Don Miguel wa^ driven from
Portugal. In Sept. 1 836, he was appointed
to the command of the 8th Regiment of
the Scotch Brigade, in tbe British Atiii-
liary Legion, then lerving in Spain under
General Sir De Lacv Evan^. In the aharp
fight of the 5th May, 1^56, when the
Carlifit lines in front of St. Sebastian were
attacked, he galhntly rushed at the head
of his Regiment into the Carlist battery
at Lngtires, He took an active part in all
the other fights and skirmishes of the
Legion, and iioally retired from it with
several decorations and the rank of
Brigadier- GeneraL
He was afterwards appointed one of
Her Majesty's Commi.'5*ioners for the
settlement of disputed hnd claims in New
Zealand ; and the combined integrity,
discretion, and promptitude with which be
discharged that arduous duty, obtained for
him the fullest approbation of his
superiors.
.\fter suffering severely for a few yoare
from an affection of the knee -joint, which
incapacitated him from again offering him-
self for military scrFice, he regained such
a measure of health as enabled him to
accept of the civil ajipointment of Post-
master in the Mauritius, offered him by
the Duke of Newcastle. In addition to
three foreign orders of military merit,
Colooel Godfrey received a war medal
with five clasps for his services in the
Peninsular.
Rt,\\ ^Kuvn Wahdla^w, D.D.
iJtc. 17, At Glasgow, within a few daja
of completing his 74th year, the Rev,
Ralph Wardlaw, D.D. Pastor of the Con-
gregntionol Church in West George Street,
and one of the Professors of the Congre-
gational College for the Education of
Ministers.
Dr. Wardlaw was bom at Dalkeith,
near Edinburgh < During his infancy hii
father removed to Glasgow, where he
became one of t!ie moat honourable of its
merchants and magistratef. His mother
was Anne, daughter of the Rev. James
Fif her, granddaughter of the Rev. Ebene-
xer Erskinct and great-granddaughter of
Henry Erskine, who was one of those who
suffered imprisonment for non- conformity
to tlie Episcopal Church, He was sent to
the High School of Glasgow before he was
eight years of age, and to the University
before he was quite twelve* At a very
early age he determined to devote himself
to the ministry of the gospel, and his theo-
logical instmctor was the venerable Dr.
Lawson of Selkirk, who was tlie Professor
in the Tbeological Seminary of the United
Secession Church* After he was ready to
receive licence as a preacher, he found
that he could not conscientiously subscribe
to some of the articles in the Symbol of
that church, and, after examining a move-
ment carried on by theRev*GreviHe Ewing
and the Rev. Mr. Innes, in favour of Con-
gregationalism, he joined that party, and
became a mimher of Mr. Ewing's church*
.I»4
Obituary. — Rev. Ralph Wardiaw^ DJD*
^ On the IGth Feb* 1803, he was ord«ined
Pliitor OTor a congregation osgcnihled in
North Albion Street, then consisting of
only tixty-one merabers. U subsequently
incraica very considerably, nml in 1819
be erected a new chapel in Wt-st George
Street, which hns sinee been occupied by
one of tbe largest and most tibernL cDngrc-
galiona m tbe city. Through the fame of
Grcvilte Ewiu^ and Dr, Ward I aw mauy
Congregatir>ni of tbe same faith and order
nwere farmed in differerbt parts of Scotland,
and Dr. Wardlaw lived to see nenrly two
ihanidrcd churches in the country of the
Mine ordcrv though some of them differed
on doctrinal pointji.
In 1811 Dr. Wardlaw was ofisocinted
wUh GreriUe Ewmg in the tutorship of
Glasgow Theobgical Acadetny, and he
contioned to give hii acrvicea to that in-
ttttution up to the time of bis deatli. For
more than a quarter of a century he taught
without fee or reward, and indeed never
received more than a nominal *mm for his
Tttlnable gervicPB. On the HJlb Jaii, 1850,
he received, in the presence of a very
crowded tneeling in the City Ifnll, a [ire-
aentmtion of ?iliTr plate to the value of
about 150/. On the completion of the
50th year of his ministry, in Feb. 1853,
his people raited a larf^e sum to erect a
mission -hotise at DovebJlI atatioop which
15 to bear his name.
From a eulogy pronounced by the Rev.
Dr. John Macfnrlane, at the Erakrne
church, in Glasgow, on the Sunday after
Dr. Wardlaw*s death, we give, in a com-
pressed form, the following summary of
his cbflroeter :— -
*' There was in bis whole character a
wonderful combination of the peculiarities
of the two apostles Paul and John — great-
ness and goodness — power :«nJ gentleness
—fervour and morlcsly— xeal aod love — -
courage nnd cnution^forwardness and
prudence^brilliaut action and holy medi-
tation. CalhoIicUy was alike an element
in the two diaei pies— they were not secta-
ries. Though decided in their convictions,
and ready to speak them out, and act them
out, before the church and the world,
they contracted no unlavely spiles against
Others, and eschewed llic dirty smoky
cabins of seetariftoisni and bigotry. So did
Dr. Warillaw. He was tbe emboJiment
of tbe principle of the Evangelical Alli-
ance. It was Httle to him what might be
the ♦ ism ' of any man, provided he was a
lover of Jeaus and of his trath.
** In him the Christian advocite was
truly a finished portrait. Taking bin posi-
tion, even in young life, by the banks of
Ziofli he wisely selected the pebbles which
were after wardis slung at the head of error.
As fin expotinder of doctrine p be wu
textual, logical, and nafterlr. As a eritie,
he was profound, aoute« and oaadid. Ai
a philotophtr, he was Cbrisiian and )«t
scholarly ; simple, yet comprebetistTf* Hs
seemed to be equally at home in synibf sii
and analysU, which is ratiier a rare com-
bination of t-jKcelleiices. As a contra
verfiialist* he was fearless though kindly^
truthfal tboQffh courteous, and uacotDprv-
mlsiog though reaiooable* la tbe artaa
his weapon was always koowa by iht
gleam of its {Hilisb, always felt \if
keenness of tti edge^ and often pron
victorious by Ihe perfect 9\
fence. His arena itself Wiu» alwaya «|
one, always a scriptural one. It \
not what he advocated — it was advocated I
bible ground, and with a truly hihlej
** As a Cbris^tian author, he 9t4
most among the first, not only as I
his voluminous writiDgs, but
their calibre, their fame, and their
DCBS. Tliere are few indeed of tbe Ck
doctrines which he has not beai
elocidiited, and few of the Christi
cepts which he has not clearly and U^
explained. His works remain atnoi^
most valuable tressuries of tbe Churcli \
God. One of his earliest eflforta is one
his best— his work on the Socioiaa <
tfoversy ; and his hut work is not \
to it— on Miracles—^ ' * Ub aj
force, though wiehl - sirnpU
and gentleness of a li . . - .v3, he '
hshes the modern structuree of jofl
'* As a Christian minister, lie vrail
fal, afFectionate, and earnest, tJis
courses, publii^hed and unpobltshed, \
made his pulpit better known im
country, I may f^y in Europe and
rica, than that of any Uving preac'
style of preaching was all his own,, j
ginality was evident in the smootT
clear, steady current of his tbou^
the calm but sablime oast of his <
and in the tactr as well as genius, t
address. Like Hall of Bristol, or Cba
among!it ourselves, he stands oat in
pulpit as alone in the posseaaion of th
cieellences for whieh bis name will
handed down to future ge nr rations;,
" In him Christian philanthropy had
one of its most impressive illtsatratioiis.
Hi:^ heart was large and it was warns.
Every human interest had a placa Umtiv^
and est,Tj human being had an adtoMite
there. He had a tear for every I
he bad a smite for every joy. \X% \aA^{
curse there for every foe to hnnaaii Uap
ness and holiness, and he had a
there for every friend of man as r .
of the world or a traveller to etemif
might not be Howard miliCautr but be i
Howard eloquent, and compassionate, i_^„
practical. U« was the friend ol the poor
1854.]
Obituary.— /Ter. W. B. Collier, D.D.
655
—the pfttroQofcverjf charity — an associate
of every inititutefor the present and lasting
good of hts felloW' citizens and Ms fcllow-
mcn. In the more private walks of life
he was indeed a most lovely character, and
in all hit relationships acted thronghout as
one frbo, having first of all loved Jesus
Christ, allowed the OTerflowings thereof
to fail upon, anoint, and bless all within
the circle of its approach.*
The following is a list of Dr, Wardlaw*8
works. His great and earliest work on
the Socioiau Controversy, published ubout
forty years ago* A Treatise on Infant
finptism; Lectures on Ecclesiasitics, 2
vols. ; a volume of Sermons j Letters to
Society of Friends^ Lectures on the Sab-
bath ; Msn's Responsibility for his Belief ^
drawn forth by certain opinions stated by
Lord Brougham, when being insugumtmd
as Lord Rector of (jlasgow college;
Chrlstisn Ethics, in many refip«c;ts his
principal work; a Hymn Book, which has
passed through many editions ; Memoir
of the late Rev. J* Rcid, missionary ; Dis-
courses on the Atonement ; a work on
Congregational Independency; Lectures
on Prostitntion in Glasgow ; Lancaster
System of Education j lectures on the
History of Joseph; a work in reply to
Mr. Yates on Unitarianism ; Sermon on
lh« death of Mrs. GrevilJe Ewing; on
Death of Rev, Gr«ville Ewing ; Sketch of
the late Dr. M^AIl, Manchester ; Dts-^
course on the late Christopher Anderson ^
Edinburgh, Ac. &c. He wrote a beautiful
introduction to Bishop Hall's works ;
also, a Sermon on the doctrine of Particu-
lar Providence. His Ust work was on
Mirsclesi which in a few weeks reached a
second edition. It is understood that he
left finished msnuacript for very many
volumes ; and his works will be more ge*
tierally valuable, and probably not less
voluminous, than those of Dr. Cbahners.
His correspondence alone would fill many
Tolames, and the manuscripts of his lec-
tures and expositions are immense. Every-
thing he wrote was a finished production j
not a letter, not a point superfluous or
wanting, or indistinct.
Dr. Wardlaw married, shortly after his
ordinatioQi a relative of bis own. Miss
Jane Smith, who survives hirai, with a large
family. One of his sons has been for many
yean a missionary at Ballary, and two of
his daughters alio went to the mission
field with their husbands. Another of his
sons is a most honourmble and much es-
teemed man of bosiness in Gla.^gow.
Rev* W, B. CottYBa, D.D.
Luttly, la his 72Dd fear, the Rev.
William Beogo Collyefp DJ>., LL.D. and
F.S.A.
Dr. CoUycr was the only surviving child
of Mr. Thomas Colly er, a builder, at
Dcptford, where he was horn on the 14th
April, 1782. After having pre tiously en-
tered upon the mdimcnts of learning at
two neighbonring schools, he was, at the
age of eight, placed at the public school
belonging to the Leathersellers' Company
at Lewisham, and at thirteen under the
care of the Rev, John Fell, as preparatory
to his admission to the Old College at
Homcrton. He entered that institution
as a scholar in 17dB» and remained there
for three years and a half, under the
tuition of Dr. Fisher, the Ditinity Pro-
fessor, being a contemporary of his friend
Dr. Raffles.
During the vacations at Homerton, and
indeed as early as at thirteen years of age,
Mr. Colly er was in tbt; habit of teaching
at various Sunday schools, within nine
miles of his father's residence at Black -
heath Hill, and of publicly addressing the
children, their parents, and such of the
neighbours as chose Co attend^ at the close
of his instructions. In the year 1800,
when tittle more than eighteen, he opened
his ministry at Peckh&m, to a congrega-
tion at first extremely small, but to which
he was duly ordained in Dec, 1801, and
where he continued for many years. The
ehapel, uhleh had been first erected in
17 1 7, was enlarged in 1603, and again la
1 BQ8 I and at length was wholly rebuilt in
1916. The new structure^ nhich was pro-
vided to hold 1300 persons, received the
name of Hanover Chapei, and its opening
was attended by H. R. H. the Duke of
Sussex.
Mr. Colly er received the diploma of
D.D. from the university of Edinburgh,
in the year 1809, in compliment to his
volume of '* Lectures on Scripture Facts.**
On the death of the celebrated Hugh
Worthington iti IB 13, he received an in-
vitation to succeed to the pulpit at Solterg'
Hall Chapel. With the consent of hia
congregation at Feckham, arrangements
were made that he should accept this
without leaving them.
** As a preacher Dr. Collyer ranks
among the most popular of the present
day* Both his sermons and lectures are
distinguished by a depth of research i a
fidelity of doctrine, and a doseneas of
argument, which are rendered doubly in-
teresting by a supctrior elegance of style»
and an unusual amplitude of illustration.
Pleasing in his person, and graceful in his
manners, the plaintive and feeling tone of
Dr. Collyer render his eloquence peculi-
arly interesting ; and though his language
and his expression may occasionally re-
quire more extent and variety, and «
greater choice of selection, yet this defect
656
Obituary. — Professor Jameion,
IJxm,
tinne* only from being too readily satisfied
with doing well, ifhal he is capable of
doing so nmch better,*' — European Maga-
sine, Nov. 1817.
Dr. Collycr published —
Fugitive Piecea for the iiM of Schools*
1803, Two vols.
Lcctorei on Scripture Facta. 1607*
Lectures on Scripture Prophecy* 1809*
Lectures on Scripture Miracles. 1812.
Lectures on Scripture Parables, 1815,
Lectures oo Scripture Doctrines, 1818.
Lectures oa Scripture Duties. 1819,
Lectures on Scripture Comparisou ] or
Christianity compared with Hinduism,
Mahommedism, the Anticnt Philosophy,
and Debm. 1825,
Hymns, desig^ned as n Supplement to
Dr Watts's. 1812.
Tho Double Bereavement : two Ser-
mons, on the Deaths of H. R. H. the Duke
of Kent^ and H.M. King George 1IL
1820.
Services suited to the solemnisation of
Matrimony, administration of Baptism,
&c. altered from the services of the Church
ofEnglandi with original Hymaa, 1837,
Anniversary Onitiou, delivered Nov,
22, 1H15, before IL R. H. the Duke of
Ke»t,» and the Philosophical Society of
London, of which he was a Vice- Frosidcnt,
He also pubUi^licd nevcral other single
sermons, and edited varirmi books. At
the time of bis death Dr. Collycr was the
oldest member of the London Board of
Congregational Ministers.
He married, October 20, 1813, Mary,
daughter and coheiress of Thomas Hawkes,
esq. of Lutterworth, by whom he bad a
daughter, born in IBI 1.
Notwithstanding his well-known bene*
volenee, he has been enabled, by the aid
of a legacy left liim some time siioee, to
make an ample provision for his widow.
His personal estate has been sworn under
5,000/.
His portrait, painted by S. Drummond,
R.A. was engraved by Henry Meyer, in
the European Magaxine for Not. 1817.
PHOFRSSOK JaMCHOV.
April 10, At Edinburgh, aged 81,
Hobert Jameson, est}. Regius Professor
of Natural History in the university of
Edinburgh, and Keeper of the University
Museum.
Professor Jameson was bom at Leith in
1773. He studied medicine in bis youth,
bnt abandoned all intentions of pursaing
the practice of thrit profession very early,
the attractioQM of the natural history sci-
ences having more charms for him. The
professional studies Ihroujs^h which he had
gone pro?e(l, however, highly useful to
him diuriog hit alter-teachings, and enabled
him to appreciate dnlf *hm phyaiolofkt]
as well as the ayxt ' " ' nrs of
TiBtnriil history* I f Aids
rnpid progress in geti. ^,. __ . at •«
early age, since, in bis S.5th yrtar, l« 1798,
he published his " Outline of the Mfatrsl-
ogy of the ShetUod Isl■■^' ^f dw
Island of Arran, mih an , oon-
taining Observations on Prat, Ivrtp, 9a4
Coal /' and in 18O0 his '* Ontlittap of (h*
Mineralogy of the Scottistt Uki.*'
To perfect btmself in hit fAPBiarite f«r«
suits he proceeded to Pribttrg in Sttcooy,
and beoune a dtioiple of the cekbfsM
Werner, of who*e peculiiir doctrlnca hi
was for aome time one of tlie ableat a4f«>
catrs, and in gratefiil commcioaratiflsi eif
whose merits he fousvi-'^ tUs. WenseHaii
Society, a body that i eri tnemo-
rable services to nnr rr- Pro-
fessor Jameson^s German roved
afterwards not only of no > utafe
to himself, but also to science throus^hoot
Britain ; for at a time when eoiaparatiTely
few persons studied the Geman ? i : -■ — ,
or made themselves acquainiteil
doings of German philoaophers, t
of the Edinburgh PhllosophicHl J^amai
kept naturalists and gvologi^iU well tiu
formed of the process of their scicticaa ta
the states of Germany.
In 1801, on the death of Dr. Walker, a
philosopher and practical naturalist tt
great merit, Mr. Jaiqeaon was appointed
his successor in the EtHnbiirgh chair of
Natural History. From that time forward,
ho exercised a great influence throagh tJM
medium of his numerous pupils, many nf
whom became highly eminent. Qiddk to
perceive true merit, and ever watchfalof
indications of scieotilic ability, he net«r
lost sight of any student who manifested a
love for natural history to any of ita
branches. During his instructive wslka
and excuntons to eiplorc the geological
phenomena of the ncighboui hood af Edin*
burgh, he laid the foundations for sfrec>-
tionate friendship with his J uuinr«. I'Ji.*.-
rambles were among the chief >
of his course, and, as long as htr
permitted bim to ooodoct tliem, he Itad a
large body of admiring ditcipliss.
In 1808 Jsmesou published his ^'Systeoi
of Mineralogy, comprehending OryctiK
guosy. Geognosy, M ioeralof! '^ ^^ n " i»f-»r. i - 1 r-
M ioeralogicnl Geography . < i
Mineralojfy." This work wu : i
a different form in 1816*
In iHDt in connection with Dr. (now
Sir David) Brewster, he commenced liM
publication of The Edinburgh Fhshoao-
phiciil Journal ; which hss been refnlarlf
published quarterly since tliat time. At
the end of the tenth voiumci Jamatoa
beoame the ioJ^s #ditdr ; and he conductafi
1654,]
Obituarv* — Pi^Jiuov WiUtmM
W7
il to the dif of his dentU wiib great abEitr*
A^ one of the organ jj of commuDicaiiou
between tlie scientific world and the
public, Jnmeson'fl Edinbttrgb Joumal hai
always cooiinaadeil a most iioporUnt
position, — thi; practical and popular cha-
racter of bis mmd giving to this periodical
a tone and colouring which were more
agreeable to the nmltttode than that which
ordinarilf distinguishes our scientific lite-
rature. Professor Jameson was the author
of otber works on minenibgy and geology,
and numerous papers written by him will
be found tn the Wcrncrian Traniactiotia
and in Nicholson' s Journal.
All the specimens within the walls of
the present museuoi, and mariy thousands
besides, hare been arranged and placed
by bb own bands. The correspondence
carried on must have been eoormoua before
such a coUectiou could have been brought
together, and the expense both of money
and time very great. The vast collections
of all the branches of natural history, not
only in the East and West Museum i, but
stored up in the 8tore*roDm8, arc enormous.
We understand that there arc nearly 40,0{H)
specimens of rocks and mmerals, geo*
graphically arranged i 10 ^(KH) specimens of
fossils ; @00 Bpecimena of crania and
skeletons ; B.OOO birds ; 90(1 fishes and
reptilcK ; 900 invertebrate animals ; the
collection of insects vei^ l^rge, consisting
of many thousand specimens ; 300 speci-
TOCQfl of recent shdls. The coltectioti of
drawings, casts » models, geological and
geographical maps, and of instmmeDts
used in tbe survey of countries, is very
valuable. The access of visitors to this
vast collection has been hitherto restricted
with an excess of care. Since it is deter-
mined to found a National Museum of
Practical Geology and Agriculture in
Edinburgh, it will probably beoome more
available to tfie public.
Professor Jameson w^as unmarried. In
private life he was the kindest of relatives,
and beloved by a large circle of friends.
Id peraon be was slender and wiry, with a
countenance strongly expressive of vivid
Sntellectnal power. Latterly he was con-
lined to his house by contiaued Illness and
infirmity, but to the Ust be retained bis
enthuaiaitic devotion to science.
PnovRS&aK Wilson.
ApHiS, At Edinburgh, in his G9th
r, John Wilson p esq, late Professor of
loral Philosophy in the university of
bat city*
Professor Wilson was the ton of a
accessfal manufacturer in Paisley, where
s was boru on the l^th Mav 178i7. At
early s»<^ *♦*
Qorcfa)
Joseph M*Intyre, an eminent clergyman
of the church of Scotland ; and there be
evidently acquired bis passionate taste for
the wild scenery and tlie active sports of
the mountains. At the age of thirteen he
removed to the university of Glasgow, and
five years later he was entered of Mag-
dalene college, OxfoH. When at Oxford
his character retained and deepened all its
peculiar traits. He took several college
honours ; and was the first boxer, leaper,
and runner among the students. In 1B06
be gained the Ncwdigate prize in English
verse, the subject being in ** Recom-
meodation of the Study of Grecian and
Romsn Architecture." He graduated
B.A. 1807, M.A. 1810.
When he left Oxford he betook him-
self to tbe Lake country, where his father
had purchased tbe estate of Ellcray,
sitoated on the shores of Windermere.
Here he speedily became intimate with
Wordsworth, Southcy, Coleridge, and De
Qnincey, the last of whom describes him
as then a tall, fresh, fine* looking youths
dressed like a sailor, and full of frankness,
eccentricity, and fire, lie was at that
time vacillating between various aohemcs
of life, all more or less singular. He was
now projecting a journey to the interior of
Africa, and now determining to be for life
a writer of poetry. Ho contributed some
One letters to Coleridge*s Friend, under
the signature of Mathetes, Prom that
gifted man^ however, he afterwards became
estranged. About this period we find
him thus described in a letter from Sir
Walter Scott to Miss Baillic : —
**Tbe author of the elegy upon poor
Grahame is John Wilson, a young roan of
very considerable poetical powers. He is
now engaged in a poem called The Isle of
Palms, BOmethiQg in the style of Soutbey.
He is an eccentric genius, and has fixed
himself on the banks of Windermere, but
occasionally resides in Edinburgh, where
be now is. Perhaps you have seen him.
His fiither was a wealthy Paisley manu-
facturer ; his mother a sister of Robert
Sym, He seems an excellent, warm-
hearted, and euthy^ia^tic young man;
something too much, perhaps, of tbe latter
quality places him among the list of
originals/'
" The Isle of Palms, and other Poems,"
were published in 1812, Rvo. and Wilson
subsequently produced *' The City of tbe
Plague," a poem as much diatingaiiihed
for its delicacy of feeling as its extreme
beauty of expression.
In 1815 their author wis called to tlii
Scotish bar, but he never had practice at
an advocate.
On the poblication of the Fourth Canto
f 'hilde Harold, Wilson wrote his first
4P
6ja
Omrv An\j^<Prof€Siar WiUan,
[Jo&eY
itft pagea
ftnd otitj paper in Uie Edinbnrgtt Review
— tiQ eloquent cntiijuo upon tb^t pro*-
dttctioiK
in IB 17 Blackwood 'i M<kgaxiii« wu
atnrtied; oitd fehorily after Wilnon vtns
ftitiled to itn ntuJT, luid begrtn ihat terics of
^oTifnJM«<M.iM— gtftfo on' '• 'Hric and
Kr I and wiK . ' nl and
pr : TOO tad coiJt;
liMliiied iu imdistd or tumicui
for Mlf m qiMf^f of « ff iih»ry,
Urown ,
iirftd by hj« frirndt^ ctpMtally by Sir
Walter 8coLtt to »tand as a oandidato (wr
the Tnesiiit rliAir, His opponent was Sir
WiUiam HnmiUon, who had devoted im*
Of nic ialrnt and reacamh to the utiidy of
iBornl und meatal soi^noe : but WilBoti,
tbowih httherto but littlo known, waa
■ifiitod in the facii of much tkilrnt oppa-
•itioii, princtpatly by political iniluenoe,
for p/irty »pirit wan Uutn running very high
in Edinburgh, VVil»on on thii occaiion
cvineed a proper *«n»r of the import anee
of bis new re«ponaibiIitiea« lie com*
meoced to prrparo his loolurcs with great
care ; and bii ineceaa ia the diair was tueh
•a Co abaah bii adterMiries and delight hia
friendB. Tboio who attended bi^ Icctnrr*
wiH never forget the etotjuenor and grnius
with which he cnltvtnH ihe didactic
dineouriHtt of the clatv, und the bofiny
oombtiistion of litt^ratare with pUiloaopliy
which ebaratfterifted hi* lecturi^».
He publiihed no more votumoa of
poetry Jjut in the eourne tif Uw next few
yoar» he produced thrrr novHii, — L)glit.<i
and Shadow* of 8eoiiMh Lifr, The Trtala
of Margaret LindHay. and The Forneitera,
whaob were all powrrfully written and
fosdastlng books, Thf^ie worksi eon-
lribot«d to nl9t hla charueter, not onfy aa
« writer, but a* » mm.
In Itf2ti, mt the rcmovil of Mr. Lock-
hart to lAmdoitt Wilton bti»me the
priui^ipal, though not the oiteD»ibhr»
editor of Black«oo<rs Ktai;nsiae | audi bii
life for ten yenra from that date booMne
idculiftcd wJLi) that pnbtirntion. After
that pcnoil, from unrei^bleH heitUbt and a
>pint broken by the io»» of hijt nife^ hit
powera were much impaired. He reeo-
veffMl however for a time, but hi« ** Dies
Borcalca*' were coo*idefed to Iw Ur
inferior in ipirit to the ♦* N octet Am-
''f'""' " "f the former pi-riod.
lie made a ndrtMion from hii
( ' '»!« to Hbkokwoodr under the
title of ** Reofealiona of CbriitopbcT
Nfi'th/* in three volumes^
In 1R53 he saw th« ncoeaaity of re-
nlgniug hia ehair. owing to the increaaiog
woeknoda of hia frame. A PdtfiQQ of
300/. vna grmt^d to litm by Lord Jska
EnwelU About a fc«r ago hi* wM
began to waver and dM^y^ f^^^ vtpttitti
•ttfteke of parolyaia* From hia cotUgs ta
Laaiwmda ha was remored to Edn ^-"— *•
and, ftlier vartouv lloct nation a, i
wu at length rttleaacd frov^ »'
which had become *' a body
*• Wiljon was not « t»ti
lie did not produce great rcsalu a;
workhifi: •tefl4lity on any oiio net of Ueia
p btcottiPttrod t»l
»..M .....i ^H.. .«Mu .haude sod moor mi
rock and wator— « good wholeaome S^
irtct, with its wiler fresh snd its air pun*
though it may be that it oontained not '
aerc thoroughly free from wrcida, or l
tiervlog to befamoim for high furtning auti
htnvy rfopi.
"Th^re are very many pocnia betlar
than The Tile of Palmn. But we nsj y«K
read in it» and in the City of ihs Plsgir.
not a littis of tbe grace ami trndenicv.
the eaqulaite fcelittr, the rich powrr M
enjoyment ^
mind Uke W
a form to i
couipletr iJi
WOOtPs M:,
to the jootb of t
u:ti afterwards toek
tioiii '
1 la
My wli.
chaitent^d «1
tru'^ A miu
Jior
MO moat fleet UdV
h^ tn n«. uor lot
il i "
tapvtlda
uatttveor
1
ha* bii hebmd hito.
And
lew
u hi
ici ««« hepa
thati Heaide9tbewriHn;f« thua f^nnatSfitM,
.1.
J rdlttlte
mny xuA hr •t-holmtir, bot tbff
he Huniething better, for to hin the
itufly of man waa no ooouH adooot***—
They
wiil
John Wilaoo v ii4iB
man, with broad ml
prodiij;'' ■■"■ '\' iiiiio*. rii« fsot
was In <iir, whirb hs woft
long a . . . _ ^, ., ,, round hta wasiltt
featurci like a tion't mane« to vfaklb^
indeed, it w.-is oftrn eompnred^ being BUlch
of the lame hue. IHn lipa were alvray*
working, vrhlle hit grey Ibahing eyea bad
a weird tort of hiok which wsa higldf
characteristic. In HIm dreaa he vraji aiw-
pill ufv ^l-tM'ttly, VVii>> "II I'i- ipparmt
I , he had A <ent and
n ndly heart . nt wa
lovfcs «»pocia]ty in hii Uticr yvrnta, of all
that waa generous and ^(hhI and •adirtd^
and hit ainccre tS&slJton for Dr, CtudACM I
I
1854.]
OenvAtc!.— James Mbn^enurgt E*q.
669
and others of his collenj^eff tnott enkineut
for piety and active pbllnnthropr, he giivc
proof of a religious prindpk nr deeper
than any m«re sentimeotal feeling or
phUosophical pertuailoo.
He could enter Into the spirit of lake
scenery deeply witli WordBWorth when
floating on Windermere &t tanset: and he
could, aB we see by Moorc*s Diary, imitate
Wordswortb^ft mouologucs to odminitioa
under the lamp at » jovial Edinburgh
B up per- table. He could collect as strange
& Bet of oddities about him there as ever
JobnBon or FichUng did in their City
lodgingB ; and he could waudcr alone for a
week along the Irout Ktreamg^ and by the
mountain tarna of WestmcrUnd. He
could proudly l^d the regatta from Mr.
Bolton'B at Storr'Sj as *' Admiral of the
Lake/* with Canning, Scott^WordsiYorth,
Soutbey^ and othcrg, and shed an intel-
kctual sunBhine as radiant as that which
glittered on Windermere ; and he could
forbid the felling of any treea at Elleray,
and shrond himself in ita damp gloom,
when its miatress waa gone, fearing a
hc([ne»t of melaocholy which he never
surmounted. The manner in whicli he
saw, wooed, and won hts wife was quite in
keeping with bis romantic and original
character. Seeing, among a party visiting
the lakea, a lady whose appearance struck
him, be found out at what inn they were
guing to stay ; and, inducing the landlord
to allow him to act as waiter, he contrived
to have an opportunity of &eeinji; more of
the object of his admiration, and then of
declaring his passion. The reanlt was in
every way more fortunate than so irref^tar
an introduction might have produced.
The ** grace and gentle goodness " of his
wife were bound about hia heartstrings ;
and the thought of her was known and
felt to underlie all hiB moods from the
time of her death. She loved Elleray, a»d
the trees about it, and he allowed not a
twig of them to be touched till the place
gT«w too moaay and mournful, and then
he parted with it. He was much beloved
ID that neighbourhood, where he met with
kindness whatever waa genuioe, while he
repulsed and shamed atl flatteries and
aflectationi. Every old boatman and
yonng angler, hoary old shepherd and
primitive dame among the hills of the
district} knew him and enjoyed his pre-
Beoce. He was a steady and genial fnend
to poor Hartley Coleridge for a long
course of years. He made others happy
by beiDg fo intenaely happy himself, when
bis brighter moods were on him. He felt
and enjoyed too intensely, and paid the
penalty in the deep melancholy of the
[ close of his life. He could not chajiten the
Lejtnberance of hla love of nature and of
genial hnman intercourse: and he mi
cut off from both, long before his death,
Jamch Homtoomery, E»(i.
April 30. At bis residence, the Mount,
Sheffield, aged 83, James Montgomery,
Esq., the Poet.
James Moot^mery was born Nov. 4,
1771, al IrvSnej in Ayrshire. His father
wflB a Moravian missionary, who, leaving
his son at Pulueck in liorkshire to be
educated, went to the West Indies, where
he and the poet*s mother both died.
When only twelve years old» the bent of
the boy^s mind was shown by the pro-
duction of various small poems. These
indications could not save him at first
from the fate assigned to him, and he was
aent to earn his oread as assistant in a
general shop. He thirsted for other
occnpatlons, and one day set off with
^t. f>rf, in his pocket to walk to London,
to seek fame and fortune. In \\\a first
effort be broke down, and for a while gavn
u]i his plan to take service in another
sltuAtton^ Only for a time, however, waa
he content, and a second effort to reach
the metropolis was snccesafnl, 6o far as
bringing bim to the spot he had longed
for, but unsuccessful in his main hope^—
that of finding a publisher for his voluma
of verses. But the bookseller who refused
Montgomery's poems accepted his UbottTi
and lie became shopman to Mr. Harrison
in Paternoster row. After eight months^
however, he returned to YorkiihTre, and in
17B3 he gained a post in the establishineut
of Mr. GtdeSj a bookseller of Sheffield^ who
had set up a newspaper called The Sheffield
Register. On this paper Montgomery
worked con amore^ and when his master had
to fly from England to avoid impri&oament
for printing bbelloua articles, the young
poet bec4une the editor and pubUsuer of
the paper, the name of which he changed
to The Sheffield Irb. In the columns of
this print he advocated political and
religiooa freedom, and, like his pre-
decessor, he incurred the censure of the
Attorney -General, by whom be was prose-
cuted, lined, and imprisoned \ in the first
instance, in 1795, for three months, for
reprinting a aonr commemorating ** The
Fall of the Basttlc;" in the second oaae,
for six months in ITD6, for an account he
gave of a riot in Sheffield.
He contributed to maguiiieff, and.
despite adverse criticism in the ^* Edin-
burgh Review,'' established his right to
rank as a poet In 1#I)7 he puUlished
*' Prison Amusements;*' in 1805, The
Ocean; in 1800, The W'anderer in Swit*
xerland ; in I809, The West Indies i and
in 181S, The Worid before the Flood.
By these vporka he obtained the chief
OfiiTVARY^^ George Newport, Esq. F.R^S* [Jtme,
660
reputatiim he haa ftioee enjajed. In 1819
ftppcared " GrcooUnd/' a poem in fite
canto*; and in 182R, *'Thc Pelican Isltnd,
and otbcr Poemi/^ In 1851 the whole of
bii worki were tJi^od in one folume, 8vo,,
«Qd of whieh two cditioat are In cir-
culation ; ond la IBj3, " Original Ilymnip
for Public, Private, and Social Devotion/'
" Hj§ larger poemi. though belonging
to that dtfpcnsation under wliich sonoiity
of cadence und pomp of words were more
CultiTittcd than thought or hncy^ may be
Ffturncd to, even in thcae dtyi, by all
hrgc -minded readen of Teme, becaote of
t certain harmony in their onmberflr fui
elevation of tone and sentiment, and a
feeling for the picturefque in deaeription.
Hill lyrics and minor versea are of higher
merit. Witbout reaching the treahnein and
originality of Wordsworth'** short poems,
they are far in advance on 'The Poplar
Field/ and * The Rose,' and * The Morn-
ing Dream,* and the Olncy Kymna of
Cow per, which in their dny were »o much
admired and ao largely cited* ' Moonlight
in York Caatle/ *The Grave;' the verse*
to * the Memory of Jo»cph Browne ' the
Quaker martyr, and * The Common Lot*
(to name only a few among many)^ have a
feeting and a sincerity, consistent with
sweetnesa of cadence and elevation {if not
aubtlety) of imagination. They are not
canliog ; they are not cold j they are not
weak ; they have a faith and a truth in
them beyond the couTenttons of any creed
shaped by well-meaning human formality.
Montgomery's prose, so far as wd know
it, was genialt kindly, and direct in the ex-
presaion of puqmse and judgment, hut not
vigorous. "^^ /A ennam.
The Iris continued under his manage-
ment, till about 1840; it was then bought
by other jiarties, and is now extinct.
A few years back Uie Queen conferred
upon Mr* Montgomery a peoBlon of IbQL
a year.
His funeral took place at the ShefRotd
cemetery, and, in addition to the relations
and immediate friends of Mr. Montgo-
mery, coniisted of depatstions from the
corporation of the town and from all the
public in«tiCut)ons, Every class appear-
ing defiiroua to testify its respect and re-
gret, a vast concourse of people accom-
mnied the body to its last reating-place.
The church, fhjm its smalluess, could not
contain the monrners, bat the service was
read in the cemetery by the Rev. T. Sate,
Vicar of Sheffield.
It is expected that a monument will be
raised to his memory j Mr* T, Milncs, the
sculptor, a year or two back, took a bust
of him, which is a fme likeness^ and an
exGelleot work of art.
Gvonnx NKwronx, E»a. P.iLS.
Aprii 7* At his reaidcuee in Cam*
bridge-street, Hyde Park, lU^er a ihait
ilbiesa atUnded with fewr. ng^d 51, Geoi^
Newport, esq. Fellow of the Royal Golfegt
of Surgeons, and of tiie Royat, Lfit»ia,
and Entomological Soeletiei^ »ad ftiso «l
many simiUr societies on ths eODlSsal
and in America,
This gentleman waa the ton of a whscL
Wright at Canlerburj, an^ waa hioiKlf
apprenticed to the tra*lc. He worked for
a time at the hammer and snril, hut |ii^
attention being early drawn to a mo
of nataral history, established in that t
by Mr. Masters* the nurseryman* bet
from the structure of whe«U to
insects, and obtained tlie post of
He commenced with great zeal to stmiv
the anatomy of articulated animals* ana,
selecting medicine for hia prof^eastoa, be
became a student of University CoU
London. Here he attracted the ati
of Dr. Grant, and, during hia va^
rambles, he continued diligently to nb;
the habits and economy of the insect wodL
He paid frequent visits to places in bb
native county, es|iect^illy to Richboroogb,
near Sandwich, and his observatioQa were
made on the commonest species. As an
instance of the value and originality of his
researches, we may mention that the hum-
ble-bee, the white cabbage butterfly, the
tortoise- 1 boll butterfly, and the buff-tip
moth, afforded him materiala for pspefi
deemed of sufficient importance for pub*
lication in the Philosophical Transactioiis
of the Royal Society. But the great
triumph of Mr. Newport* s anatomical
researches vraa bis discovery that, hs tbe
generative system of the higher ani»ali»
the impregnation of the ovum by the
spermatozoa is not merely the reanit of
contact, hut of penetration ; and for
his paper published in the Pliilosophical
Transactions of the Royal Sodety fi^r
1851, entitled *' On the Impr^gnaCioB of
the Ovum in the Amphibia,'* Mr. Newport
had the distinguished honour to reoeti*
the Society's Royal Medal. fie eon-
tributed, also, numerous ralttablo ptf^n
on insect structure to the TmtiaetioDS
of the Linniesn Society, and to the
Eotomotogfcal Society, of whieh b« waa
for two years President. He wrote oc-
casionally in periodicals, as, for ejuunplc,
the article Insects, in the ** Cyclopsedia of
Anatomy and Physiology ;*' and, though
his pursuits were not greatly varied, t»e
studied also the archieology of hia natite
county and cathedral.
Mr. Newport settled at tbe west end of
London ks a surgeon, but his heart
and mind were too much engrossed
in mieroscoplcal investigation, leading ta
OBiTVARV^-^Edward RiddU, Esq. F.R,'AstS,
philosophic ends, to obtaio much practice.
He potsesaed sincere and intereated friends
in Dr. MarAhall Hall, Str John Forbes,
and Sir J nines Clark ; and the l&st pro-
cured him a pcaaion from the eivil list of
100/. a year. He exercised great facility
ID making hia disiections, and acquired a
deitciity in drawing either with the right
hand or the left, which in hia demon-
strations of insect aDatomy and physiology
was iavaluable. Hia style of writing was
flowing and agreeable, though some might
pronoance it to be ▼erboae. In all cases
his papers, ereii though on abstruse
details, are Tery readable.
Mr. Newport was morbidly sensitire to
oriticiflm, and viewed with a somewhat
jaundiced eye the labours of others.
Heoce among little minds he made com-
batire and hitter cnemiea. Not very long
fliDce an attack, hardly justifiable, was
made ia the ** Annals and Magaxtne of
Natural History/* upon his researches on
the Blond and Respiratory StnieCures of
Animals ; and, sure of his strengtht one of
the latest acts of Mr. Newport's life was
to address a note to that periodical, in
which he says, *^l have obserred with
surprise and regret such a mass of er-
roDeoua statements, that I shall feel called
upon to attempt to remedy the injury
which those errors are likely to inflict on
aeience by their promulgation,*' Mr.
New|>ort*s skill in minute detnoojstratioQ
was remarkable, and his views were always
sound. A medal offered by the Agri-
cultural Society of Saffron Walden, for
the best £»say on the Tnrnip Fly, was
readily gained by him ; and bii researches
made during the last few years on the
embryology and reproduction of Batrachian
reptiles, and out of which the discovery
just noted was elicited, have gained liim
universal renown. Mr. Newport was a
member of the Council of the Royal
Society at the time of his decease, and
only the dwy previous was dictating from
hia bed on his favourite subject of the
impregnation of the ovum. The wheel-
wright of Canterbury lived to receive the
highest honours for researches in natural
knowledge which this country has to
bestow \ and it remains to mourn that a
naturalist of such high philosophic powers
should have been cut off in the zenith and
vigour of his useful career. — IriMary
A subscription (lisntted to one guinea)
has been set on foot among the Fellows of
the Royal and Idnnasan Societies, for a
tombstone over his grave.
EnWARD RiDDLK, EsQ. F.R.AiT.S.
March 31. At Greenwich, aged 67,
Edward Riddle, esq. F.R.A0t»S. late
Head Master of the Greenwidi Hospital
Schools.
Mr. Riddle waa one of the most dis^
tinguished of the many eminent mathema-
ticians who have been reared within the
watershed of tlie Tyne, He was born at
Trougheod in 178R, and tnt kept school
at Otterbum, on Reed water, where he be-
came acquainted with the late Mr. James
Thompson, a person well-known in those
parts for upwards of half a century for his
knowledge of many branches of science,
and his attAinments tn mathematics. From
him Mr. Riddle derived that taste for the
sciences which clung to his mind to the
end of hiu life. From Otterburn he re*
moved to Whitburn, in the county of Dur-
ham; and while there, in 1310, his name
first appeared in the Ladles' Diary, then
under the editorship of Dr. Hutton, to
which he for many years continued a con-
tributor, and his solutions were always
remarkable for beauty and accuracy* In
the years IBU and 1 819 he obtained
the prize given by the editor of that pe-
riodical.
After continuing seven years at Whit-
burnt Mr. Riddle, through the recom*
mendation of Dr. Hutton, was appointed
Master of the Trinity House School, New-
castle, in which he remained for the same
length of time, proving by bis energy and
abilities of the greatest service to the nan-
tical education of the port, which had pre-
viously been in the lowest possible state.
In 18^1, while holding that situation, he
made an extensive series of observations
to ascertain the longitude of that school,
and *' to determine, by actual experiment,
what confidence may now be placed in the
result]) of lunar observations." The mean
longitude wos found to be 1 deg. 37 min.
17 sec- W. These observations are given
iu a table in his Remarks on the Present
State of Nautical Astronomy, published
in 1621, a little essay admirably written,
and proving that he was as able to become
the historian of science as to extend her
boundaries*
In lB2t, by the same powerful influence
of Dr. Huttottf he was appointed Master
of the Upper School, Royal Naval Asylum,
Greenwich, where he remained till the
period of his retirement in 1851, Soon
after bis removal to London, he became a
member of the Royal Astronomical So«
ciety, to which he contributed several
valnable papers. Mr. Riddle was one of
the council of that learned body, and took
an active part in alt its plans for the ad-
vancement of science. In the third volume
of the Transactions of the Society, there
is an able paper by him, ** On Finding
the Rates of Timekeepers,'' in which he
showed liow this could be done without a
662 Mr* F* CroU. — Mr, David Vedder. — Clergy Deceased. [Jane,
Intuit tiutrament. To amfttetir Kstrono-
Bterti and to searAring mea not having
ftocetl to such an iDiStruinetit, his method
must be very uaeful. la the twelfth to*
lume of the same Transactions appeared
another of his pRpers, ** On the Loii^'tude
of Madrsi bj Moon-Culmiaating Ol^ser-
YatioDs/* which is very elftborate, and con-
tains many valuable formulte and remarks.
His most Tsluoble work, however, is hid
** Treatise on Navigation and Nautical
Astronomy," It forms a course of mathe-
matics for the nautical man, containing as
much ulgebra and geometry as is necessary
for the demonstratioDs of the various pro-
blems which it comprehends*
Mp. Riddle was noted for the surprising
quickness and accuracy i^ith which he took
celestial observations. Shortly after his
retirement in 1851^ his bnst in marble
was presented to him by a large nwmher
of friends, accompanied with the expres-
sion of their high esteem for his worth
both as a public and a private man. It
was presented in the boys' department of
Grecuwich Sehoo! — ^the Admiral and all
the officers attending in full uniform.
These were deserving honours for a long,
useful, and honourable life. He retired
on full salary. Uii sont John Riddle,
F,R*A.S. a worthy son of a worthy sire,
tucceeded him as head master of the Mathc-
matiGal Scboo! at Greenwich Hospital.
Mr. F. Croll.
Feb, 12. At Edinburgh, aged 2?; Mr.
Francis Croll, a young engraver who was
rapidly rising into emiueuce in his natire
At a very early age his talent for draw-
ing attracted tiie notice of the Messrs.
Ritchie, the welUknown Scotish sculptors,
who urged his frknds to cultivate it i he
was, therefore, in due ticite articled to Mr.
Dobbie, of Edinburgh, an engraver, and
an excellent draughtsman and natuxalist,
with whom he made considerable progress
in drawing p but not much m the art of
engraving, inasmuch as his uia£ter had
little employment in work;! of any im-
portauce. On tlie death of Mr. Dobbie,
before the expiration of his term of ser-
vitude, he was placed with Mr. R. C. Bctl,
with whom he remained two years. To this
gentleman, who engraved for the Art*
Journal Etty's Picture of The Duett,
Wyatt's Astronomer, and Wilkic*8 Bag-
piper, all in the Vernon Gallery, Mr. Croll
always acknowledged he was indebted for
his proficiency in the art of engraving.
He afterwards engraved for the same aeries
the Tired Soldier, from the picture by F.
GoodolU A.R,A.
WhUe thus occupied with bii graver,
Mr. CroQ found time to &tteod the
of the Scotish Academy^, under the dliM*
tion of the late Sir W. Allan. R.A. hImk
tact and ability to impart knowledge, Gtm-
bined with a readiness on the part of dkt
young student to receive it, enabled tl0
Ibtter to become a superior drauglilaiBii,
This gave htm the power to eagrav« vlft
much facility and correctQess, esp«cnllf
in portraiture; and hence he w«t fre-
quently employed by the Edinburgh p«b*
Ushers in the execution of portraila. He
was one of a few engravera cooimiaB
by the Scotish Association for the
couragement of Art, to engraTe a
of plates from *'The Cottar's Safiiifdty
Night/' from drawings by J. Faed, B^JL
While on the subject entrusted to hia,
number five on the list, the disease whleh
terminated his life first manifested itaelf :
he died soon after the oompletioin of Ihc
plate, — Art JournaL
Ma. David Veddkr.
Feh. U. At Newington, near
burgh, in his 64th year, Mr, David V
^ir. Vedder had been a likrge isoatl
to periodicals, and was the anthor '
veral poems, of which the first published
was ** The Covenaaters^ Commuiilioii*"
The next was,—
Orcadian Sketches ; legendary and ly«
rical pieces. Edinburgh, 18^2* l2mo.
(A volume dedicated to AJJaa Cunning-
ham.)
In the same year he published, —
A Memoir of Sir Walter Scott, with
critical notices of hia writings* Dandee,
1839. lemo.
And subsequently —
Poems, Legendary, I^yrical, aad I>e>
scriptive, 1842. 8vo.
The Pictorial Gift-book of Layt and
Lithography. Edinburgh, 1848. 4 to.
The £tory of Reynard the Pox : o new
version. Illustrated by the desinia of
Gustav Cadtod. 4to. 1852.
CLERGY DECEASED.
[P. 437.] Rey. Winiam VaU*, Ilectfjr td ,
HtojT. I.anc. wiw of Bnweniise toll, dxlbrtf
\1^\K M.A. grand oornpOTinder ]i§k05. Wlib
eiiccptlon li«! wiis tU« oKU^at clcrgTmaji ia
deanery of Leylaad, having been tioctor of £cci!^
ton for npurordt of Ibrt}' jreara.
[P. 458.] The fUiY, ih^rutd Sr , , ,. .
oacoad ton of Wm. Serr
Setrgeamt and HUnet cu
cheater lie wasth^ril>
liarifh chiirch of -■
I>o)ntnjRTit ho fill- .
from IB25 uulU hk , .
tho collegiate chapt«j: iu
Chaplain to the Doka or ^
a farvw^ sarmon on leu'' -. ^
3 Fob. 1^83 ; slid a semtoo ou >
of provicUxig Church AccoomitH
1854.]
Obituahy.
665
liardk ^. At Gr««n Bank, a^^ 3«, Virgar^t*
wifflol Thoniu JuMi Bock home, coq. of West
Hendon Uotue, Sttftdcrlnnd.
Matth as. Aged 23, Robort-CbatOdd, tMrd Mm
of the Uto Atwrnhom Cbirkc, a-^i. of Newport.
Mardv 30. Henry Junei Frank*, M.D, liotue-
surfcon to tlw Wameford lio«pltJil, Leamington^
AOd Ftilow of Queen'fl collcir^, lUniiLnifham.
In St Jaroea'a-sq. Hjirrict, widow of Gaorg«
l^rng, fiiq. H.P. for l[iddlG«ojr. She woa Die dan*
of Sir Win. MontgoDiccyr Dart, of PteeWea.co, Wig-
ton. She was left a widow In Jan. 1^47*
At Canterbury, aged 8«, Mm. Hannah Camp-
beli, alster of the late 1^, ArcMbold Golfn Oaap-
1»en,afWatUiig^«tr«et.
AtCoklieaivr, aA«d G7, Joa^pli Garter £lsden« esq.
At Lower CUipton, a^ed 8»» Mlsa Dorotlij Far-
rell.
Aged 1%^ SIrf. Cbarlottc Fletcher, of Chotaca,
and forojcrly of Ucdford, widow of Jtajor Joseph
FJttchcr, t'ilh H^ugul N. Inf.
la Jlraoiiwick-pl. Walwortij-r^^Kil .i-n! n 2. Henry
Grant, eaq. late a loember if^*.
At Westerhaiu , ]ioiit,«r< > ■ !m].
AtBratnptan, aged W, _ . yjn,
y&uiigaiit aoo of the late itfT. AnlUouy IwAwboo,
maaler of the Omtamar SdiooL
In GlooceatiBr-pL BcgentV«<i. Lucy, widow of
l::dwardl.«eae,e*fi.
AtCheitealtara, Llont'CoK Nnrniiui Maclean,
C.B> late of AAth Itegt. and of EjuitlKJuma terrace,
London,
AX We7bridjtL% in hor Tfttli year, France»-Jiilia,
widow of Thoraua Martin, eaQ. of Linrrpool, who
la noticed tn the Ohituar)' of our Magudne for Hay
At Ayiesbniry, «j^ 8a, Mary, widow of William
RicJtford.ewj. MP. for .Ayloabory, who died ou the
Hth of June lit'^t (liCC KIm memoir in p. a^t).
G. it, .Sciitclicrd. iim llomb<iy NM., third son of
the lato J. S. i*iiaUhenl, H.KJ,C,8.
Marth 3 1 . Aged 3U, .Mr. T. L. Wade, son of tilt
lato Ucat. WlUiam Johiv.Wade. B.K.
At Morton, near GaJnford, aged 91, Henry
Wade, esfi* Late of Ueadlam.
■I nri/ I At Funchal, Madeira, a|^ M, Ghv.>
! ' *<in of Ht'tiry Juacpt Cherer, esq. of
St. JohnVwood.
... I,. ^ - vi>, agvd 7G, Catharine, wife of Gem^O
Wilhain Loo, cAr[. liit« of Hyde Park-at. and tiie
United Stale*.
April 4. Appd 64, MIm C^*Tdew, dan. of I>r.
Caritrw, Oortiwaii.
Aged 4a, Mr. S^imucl Oauntlctt, third wn of
(he late Itev. H. *!aiintlett. Vicar of Olney, Bncka,
Afrril 6, In Thiiytr-^t. ag«J 'i3, Mary, relict of
Vcmou tCnigiit, ijftri, winter of the latii Itcv* John
White, Hector of Ihurdwick, Uuck^, and Preb. of
SniltlHiry,
April 7. At Bourton, Dorset, aged 67, Lieut,
Matthew Krans, on retired fnll-pay R. Art.
In A]pliA-()L Uogent*B-iwk, aged 67, WOlUm
Jonca, eaq.
At Ilttswarp, near Whitby, aged 57, Robert
Broithwalte, eaq. sliipowner.
At Ba}^5water, aged 63, Anthony CaJvert Ec-
clt"«ton, esq.
Aged BO, Ml«a Marj' Ann Hunt, of Hano\-er*«t.
lallngtoti.
At Carendiab-sq. aged 3^, Catherine' Louisa^
Gcorgina Planners, wlfc of the Itight Hon. I^ord
John Man oerii, MT. ^bo waa the only dan. of
li»fr late Colonel Marlay. waa married on the tOtli
June, 1)^51, and bail left iscue a son, Uonrv-Jobn*
Brinilcy, Iwrn In la-^S, On tlie ilth March she
Eve birth to a daughter, who waa nanuMl Edith-
btharine-Mnry, and di«l on the 24th. Her Lady-
fhip, baling been attacked with ft?arlet ferer, sunk
after a painful illneaa^
Mary, third dan. of tlie late Jeremiah MorgiWi
fliq. of Bonham, VVilt*.
At Aberyatwitli, aged 6d, JBoderick Eofdlcy
Jtkhardea, eaa. of Peoglaia, Qudli^nnahire.
At Sandwich, aged 80, ]fra. Solly,
Gbkt. Mag, Yol* XLL
At Brighton, PeneJopiKSara]], wife of EdwADi
WUborfbrce Unwln, o»q.
At Woobnm Hou.<«, Bnckn^agcd 61 Anno^inth,
relict of Willinm VonHbles, ctq. Alderman and
Lord Mayor of London.
At the Manor Hon.te, Bampton, aged 66, Fre-
derick Whitakcr, esq. Jnntice of the rcat'e and
Depnty Lienteoant of OxfordBhire,
At Mallow, aged 55, Joaeph Dooghty Windham.
o«q. late Capt. I at Foot, yonngest 5otl of the tattt
Vice- Admiral Windham, by Anne, dan. of Peter
Thenn*«)n,e»rj.
Aprils, At Exeter, unddcnly, Jfary-Bccktord,
widow of Charles Beran^esq. of Devon Alilre-pl.
At Preston HoO, near EdinbnrKh, WiUlam Bum
Callander, eaq.
At Woolwich, Dorothea- Anne, wife of the Rev.
Jaincs C, Connolly, Cluiplain of Woolwich Dock-
yard,
Julia, wife of Lieut. Keiify Hope Crpjtilwk.OOth
llejrt. yonntfeH «lao. of AJexaiidcr ilatfleid, v^y.
Hyde Park-tcrr.
In I^ODdon, ased St, Mr. Beni > tilrd
son of the lato Jaioea Finch , e* i r .
In Cpper Uarley-at. Edwar^J ... .. , iliUrd
■on of Robert Ton (ilehn, c*i.
At Landtide, Devon, aged ^5, Henry Dawtmey
Uarvey, esq.
At HammcrHmlth, aged 46, Joaeph Eayn^, eaq.
At Bangor rectory, Flintahlre, aged 61, Julia,
wifls of tlie HcT. fJ. A. E. Mamh.
Aged US, Anne wife of Mr. Krnnci* Price, of Bar-
well FieltL^, youngest dan. of Wro, Hnnt Power,
eaq. ftmnerliy nf Barwell Hou«e.
At Hodit^igh, SutTolk, agod 33, Mr. Arthur
P^uid, stndont at r,ny*» Hoapltal.
At Wt'at VlUa, Wctherby, aged 89, Francea,
widow of E^lward Iltchardwn, cjwi, of Bond End,
Knarcs borough ,
At Kcnsinfftoii, aged «o^ Fnmocs-Sraria-Racbel,
widow of lIoIid Henry Roiigi'uionr, esq.
At Brighton, agcil t*3» Lieut. -CoL Tho«. Trusty
Trickey. He married EUziitteth, dun. of Lieut,-
Col, Wniiam Hill, and nlitcr to LiouL-OoL C. M.
Hill, of the imhregt.
Ag^d 21 , Janic*-A\*i»Iflm, son of Wliliom ^higlc-
ton, esq, Aolldtor.
At Hastings, Harriott-Klitabcth, eldest cUn. of
.Tohn Woite. esq. of Stiiptjon Houjh% Kerks.
Aprils. In Jaroes-«treet. Weitboumc*terr. aged
78, ElijcabetU, eldest dan. of the late Henry Arnott,
esq. of liuckJngham-st. Strauil,
In London, at^ed '2"J, Janie'*, youn^^cat son of John
Clancy, esq. of KLlneTnauagti^ Hublin.
In L'pper Derkeioy-st, aged 78, Mrs. DanielJ,
relict of Jaratyi Daniell,eaq.
At Kirkland, Kendal, aged 83, Mrs. DemUaoo*
At Wcston-«npeir-M«Te, Mary-Anne, relict of
Andrew J>oran, esq. of Heavltree.
In London, aged 68,Emiitft,onIy dan. of the latti
Thomaa Orlmston, esq. of arlnuihm Garth and
Klin wlck-Juit»-Wattou ,
At Hoiford Honic, Itegont'a-park, i^god GG,
James Holfbrd, eiq.
At Norwich, aged 89, Mrs. Francea Je3t.
At St. lx^onanr«'On-.Sesa, aged 23,Thonma More-
ton Ledum, third *on of J. F. Ledaam, eai|. of
Chad Hall, near lUrmlngbani.
At Edgbastmi, Sarah, second dan, of the lata
Jolm Lin wood, e^.
At Brecon, Anne-Sophia, fourth dau. of the lata
Henry Lucas, M.D. Brecon.
\t H'li^'wrjod-groTe, New llronipton, aged 76,
t of Bf chard M^bct, e^aq. of tlie Hon.
mpany's late Maritime Service,
Pothertun, aged GO, the Rcr. Edward
r 30 years minister of Koondwell*
.;,i- Ann, wife of Tbomaa SoorKeont, OKq.
and relict of William BreckiMll, eaq. of UhnglOfD.
At Tnnbridge Wells, Looiaa-iSarahi wlfb of J«s,
Sntton, eaq.
At Crtck, Savannah, dan. of the late John V(\A%*
nielli eaq.
4 Q
a66
Obituaey.
[Jm^i
4fHl 10# At Pome » Julia, wtfti of Cayt. BrlHtow.
md ddest diQ. or the Ute liei\t«-G«Q. Henry 8«(*
kUh Kniglit.
SADUu, irife of Henrr Canller, eiq. of Her Ka^
JcMt]r'» CtiftoniJi and Flautow.
At HorahAm. M. B. Cowie, em, UH.
In Lufidon-st. Fltxruy-Aq. aged SO, Jan)e« Jon«fl,
eaq. snrgoon.
At Carljcle, Dora, wlf^ «f W. G. C. Mooiai, tsq.
Aj^ 75, liaker MontsU, ««}. of Sk Olkiri,
Oxford.
At Clitrlton Kinf;'^, CU«ItctUuuii, A£ed i4, llr.
Gtiaj-le* Pftul, Architect, lometlmo leoictftrj of lUc
Cbeltetthkju aud OxXorn Railumy Ootnpm^r*
At OnnoDil Cottucs, Ormond-nMul^ Old Kent
rood, aged 02, Joeepn T. Wlltbow* eso.
ilj^rtf II. At Bedford^, afvd 77, CaroUno,
wldour of tho But, J. W. Alexander, of najmet
Easex,
At T>nrkiiii7. a4^ 7€, Cjipt Joieph BftlcMn.
At iise, Xorfolk, Mary, relict of the
JUfx ,D.D.
Al . „ ^ii^ »g<?d 77» Eli^ttbeUi, willow of
Scuuui'l Jaiuea >Miuiie, t'*t|. of PljinouiU, »QUciU>r,
At Bruges, aged GO, Wtlliajii Turner, cjki* a ma-
gLitrate and Dcputy-Lieut> of OxfordAhiric.
In Bayirwater, aged AS, Matthow WlLtoDt e^. of
Great Queen-at. Llncoln't-lnn-fleldj.
Aprtl 13, At Waleot, near Hrt^fg, agtKl 3:>,
BSc&ard HarmondCuinbDrland, Lieut fiJstfieogrLl
N.lnf.
At GTOve llutise* Tomham, aged IS, Wannali
Liickia, relict of UaXtcn Pre we, e*|.
Aged 71a, Antic, wlfu of Hiodiaa Edwards, of
Haptoii Hjii]. No] Nik. «iih oi tlii' Sodcty of Fiienda.
At n Judd,esq,
Al t. Mary Aie» at au
adva v; . . i won-kuown name in
Ittrelgn i^olilkii, lie Muk^ interred In the burial-
groQBd of tlie Spaulili and FortugneM Jewa, Hile-
BEtd.
At York, ig«d 6, Siuuma-Ada, youngest dau, of
tbo Eev, E. I. Ralj^ee.
Aged 56, Grace, nifB of G. Serojisbe, oaq. mar*
chant, of Exeter.
At, CamberwuU-grove, Frances, eldeat daa. of
the iitc .Tahn Stackbou^e, e*q.
At Durslcy, Glouc. aged li, G«orge \lziri], «iq.
Aprii 1 3. At Sbennanbury-park, Siuaes, Caro-
line, thirri ii;in. nf Stephen Haaler Gballea, eag.
A^ i-road-etaHoD, on the BHstol and
Exf 1 itddcnly, iige«l T4, Isaac Toogood
Cowij.: , . : NewioD Aldxtt, formerly Lieot.
in tlte army. The deceaacd gentleman left hia
homQ in hifl ujiuaI healtb on n visit to bb broti!ier
at Tfvi;rt<Hi. jml ]» ,i] onlyjnst rvudicd the sta-
tJoa wluui '! ly fvent took place.
At FrliTi' J LiitVpttrk, tleorge Dyer,
e*q. of tlif J _ _iiiiland, sunMng hlj wilfe
only 16 dayit.
At ClUpping Churart aged 84, Gliarlotte, widow
of Brooke Dalnen Ttarlock, esq.
At Bath. Thomas Luff, esq. a connection by
marringv of the late celebrated Dr. J^^nner.
In confequence of a carriaM acddont, by which
he was thrown over the brlage At Cralggie upon
the rocky bank* of the rifcr Nairn, John noc-
phenon, esq. of Heath cottage, near Invemeas,
imde to Mr. Mackintobb, of Holm.
Jiunea Pidiiicr, eaq, of Nottlng-hlll.
At Earapton-conrt PBince, aged 70, Charlotte
Angnsta, midow of the RIglit Hon. Joseph Pbintn-
On her parage from Inilia, on hotkni the Hy-
daitpeflt Jane Charlotte, wife of Surgeon Shillito,
61 at fiengal KJ.
In Francii-at. TottcntinuK*<mrt-ro«d, «g«d Tl,
Mary We«t, widow, il^ter of the Ute Dr. Gideon
Algernon Mantel K
At CUptum-cominon, dt %l^ ad^'anced age,
L^dia. widow of Jatin firoadlcy WUaoa, eeq.
AprO 14. At Chelnuford, aged 76^ George
Brown, osq.
A4»d 81 , Wm. Docking, c«q. of North Wiililuun,
tt^lft^nnerly of HantholJ and EoIle«hy,
M 71, Wm. flaol
At BlOKhatn, Oxon^
(be late Thomaa £agl>»
In BniMwiek*aq. «gM 1 , .
At LUuifoif Vlcaraffe. Uvimi. aged 19, 1
lick-BAadoiLt only §urr\rin£ chVtd of Ifiie Rif.l
auuGrtffiUt.
In B<eencv-«q. Bnjrlitoa, iic«il C3» IIIBi 1
of the R«T* WlllUm BatMKJtL.
By the acctdeutAl (Uacli«rg« of A |ratt,«iiil
Walter-RowseU, thtrd eon of W. T. BDoilf . r
of the Etist India Souse, and ll«tin LedfcT
tham-itow.
At (;ro\e-hUl tIou«#» Oimbcrvti]. acid
Emma, eldest <lau. of the late *l1i<noaa Kqr,
_ Aged 5n, Colin Mack(!m£lc, «aq. Ulft of Iwl
fsq, of [
Lordlfl
Eait.
At Dedbani, Emck, a^;^ il.
Iintwlla, wife of ^ >
CO. of Cork, aan
the sorond dan.
G.C.B. and was marru
creilini, i
79, Harrid-i:
At Audorer, aoed Sci ,
At £tUT St. Edmun^l
F. 0. IVohart, esq. ILD.
In Montagn-«q. aged _. ,
lecond dan. of the liOe WUlimu FycrofU i
EMmonton.
In Bedford^q. aged 59, G«orge ScholcMM
April t5. Aged 90, Mrs. Ben taJI, mo^tf •
A. A. Uentall, of the T^ufcmag^ Farm, f
Reding.
At Clevelana, Ohio, Edii2ui« wife of
Cowt^ll, c»i. anil dau. oJ* DdTfd EapMMin, M^-HI
of Tenterden, leaving A^e «ihtlar«ii to dipil
their loB9.
At (rtUlton ifctrirr, Kent, l^ged 66, Mmf, ^
of Charles Del mar, e6ti.
At Hackney, nged 6§, Alexuidar 04>oip^f%
At Newton Stacey, neftr Andorer. flglA 1^
Leonard Lywood,eaq.
At Hor»baoi, aged 7"^ <'h;xiioif^ (^(''^^ life*
itf Capt. Richard Morrl «nlft,
and youngeit dan . oi «m« §g^
merly of Braxted-park, L _ j. , , ' -j^^
At Melton Mowbrav. SarsUi, widow gi Gdli
Oakcley, esq. of CruraUo, co. T>ubliii-
At L'pUndi, near Fiirehaia, tiajiu, tha r
of her nephew, France* Hmigarettsa ,
«arr1rlng chiUl of tho late J€»lm P;ari«, «i|, tf
London.
At Menchlon House, Witlierid^, ag«d C7, 4^
Partridge, eaq.
Ln Uppr "^ ii^iiv, iric-st apwi ©7^ Colonel J
Payler, ia' eiit<xr«rl the i
la tdOS. S4 ->}fi and 7 i
paign :( \. , \(..Mre, aiidai
8nc Duko all
di^ Lietitee dT
«le*;v . : _ b«ttl6i of!
NlvelieitK c recQlvtd llitf
medal wit: ttAlned tiM i
M^Joir leii, : u ._— . ,aJ3, C<vT""
Aged 66, Janu»ifiuMeiil,esq. late >
Jamea'si, and Croydoo, Surrey.
A^ed 17, Mary-Esther, wife of \V «...
lynjun. esq. Grc«QtMi.nk, Bury, and
of 0. O. Walker, eaq. Che^ham, Iturv.
At North NlbUv t'.wm,^ =,ge<l 76*
relict of WoJter 1' tc, e^q.
Apfitia. Al ' Kichiuond,
the Lady EUaahcLJ. l.. . ...iiuiin^ aecond i
John second Earluf Ashburohani*
At Boston, Line, aged 75, Charlotete, rwUet of
Augnstni Doggan, esq.
Capt. James Eykyn, IMh MJN,I. of Ac^l^tw.
Shropshire j and on the 9tb of MorcA, afc J" '
Frederick Charles, li U only child .
At Chndldgh, aged 36. Emnm-kfAi-th* ^
LiciU,'C<>L C. Lethbridgt', E.LCS.
At Hackney, Sarah, relict of FruieEt
neui, e*q.
At Union'grove, Wandsworth-road,
Bllxobeth.Jlary-Ann, wilb of Herterl*
Swayne,esq. ofMarkyate-slrQet, Bed*.
Acja«tw»
*M.d^
eEt H^H
1854.]
Obituary.
edT
Apritir, At 9n»lttOa-41fl-TMa, Robvrt Ap-
pleby, eaq, *
At Torqoay, Eliubetli, wife of Ediranl B. Bft<l-
dell, c»]. lAl« Capt. liHh R6gt,,dmn.ot ihb lata
WllUftrn Hopklne. osq, of DttMlii.
At ilnni Moufreluini, a^fcd f9, MaiTt ttlfl Widow
i/f Jolui ItAven Kray, eiq.
Aged a2» Tbomoi C4vc Unrwn Care, esq, of Hep-
ton Lodge, tUrd ton of ilie lAtA Sir WUlbtn Catu
Btowo CaTet BftrT
" " ^ ^ It* Clmrltoti, e^q,
of MoM!» Crawcotur, esq.
U-do Park.
-tsoti
. I Jed*.
■ .ctq.
bnson.
•'>ii of
ui, JoJiU \\tavct, e-sq, into Of
^1 ri'Wtbury, Tiarricttt sccund d»u»
11] -^ Ti , r*i . of Cltwbury Mortiiner*
; : T 1 id^e, tui of KcQAlnnton
hlc of Wliflit. Edlth-Cliwlotti'-
!ii an tUu. of t!ie Htm, W, !l, AiJie
At liflw, (
AtT.-rqiMv, ic-.l IT.Fr.i
OfT. A.Un;a-n, * -^ ^ M'^ I;,
AtSt. AUuiif-...
At Il.i^?..:, S.i.,
At ''vfr,,,,, ,
Ai
At
Ataer^l^
of till I >.
AiTcV
lad tit
At \\.
M«riii. '
«*Coun 11 Au)
Ai Rome, Aane^Francra, wife of C^ J. Lapri*
maudayef eiq.
In lAmdaa, at tbe bouae^ol her grandaon. agi^d
Ml, Mao\ relict of Edward Lodge, enq, of Laji-
ca«t«r.
At Eftlhn.% MiiUlciM'^, ftged h% Edward Itoljio-
mn, esq. ol tlui War Office.
At Kettering, aged Id, WUUjun Rou^ton^ taq.
At FairlAWTi, South port, Aged 90» Kkbard
Sftundon^ ej(|.
At Bedfimt, CapC. William Shttm, Utc of Srd
tiragoon Goi&rdfl. He attained that ntulc In 181.1,
Hnd wt3 plACfA on tialf-pay tn 1SI6.
At Kmber^^iurt, aged 90, HUni'^Sopliia^j'QIiUigest
dao^btcr of Sir Clianeft Sullivan, Bart.
AtCbeltcnhajn.M^ 9S,SuMinn4^MariA, rolkt o(
the liL'v. Kcurj' Wiird, of liuvt^ring Bower, Essex.
ApriJ VJ. At L^.'4-i.iuj r-..<u».^ii. fU'UcntVi^iark,
Harriettt*,
At Souti' ijplon, eaq.
only »<*u ijJ' . ler.
At II
At ' ■ li4*-
twth, uliiam
Qraan, Iktclor of (ir4Via«y.
At Lyonji, aged 24, Lieut. Artliiir J, Grey* UJST,^
teutJi *<.iMjr the lit I' Hua. and Right tier. Edward
' ' refwrd.
\iiQa-^rudith, etdciii datt.
I'hlt.'. c"?i], ijf 'Ituiiuckside,
lron«iile, e»q, of Hoogltt' > i .
Afc PisddLngtCiii, aged 5^, ; <w of
CapL Robert lCaithew«, 3&tli Iikii.
Ag«d 31, John, funrt^t •on i>(Jn». Ponaford, eeq.
of Uaekwood^park. Hants.
At Bfroconihe, a^ed (t^» ITojiry Pttrtor, eao.
At YanD« Yorluidre, aged 7!^, Ann, relict of
Josiah RhodM, eeq,.
AX Dcvonport, aged 34, Charloite, wife of J. L.
L. Sole, esq.
A t l-ijjebcmnie* SuMttx* aged 60, Jane,
; v, Charlf!f Alcoclf, late Arch-
■ i\
•ged ata, Mary Ann, youngest
Uto Valentine liana ClotCt eiq-
, 8«iiiiie] CoUyer, ciq. Aolidtor, of
:, Lamheth.
■ ---, aged ^0. John
-* 'f <i .Old Kpnt-roid^
; ,. Doiikint esq. Ha
'Wughlcj u( Be«^|amin Hawea,
*voa» Jtm. late H.P.) who 1^
left Ml wtd^fiTf wHIi a tunBerotui laxoXif, to Unitnt
his lOM.
At Wooljjit, aged 91. Orl>eU Hustler, gent. Utt
Sf r •rtn-hi -law, Francis C-At-^
ten , nged 93, Eliiabeth, TvWct
of S: late Snrreyor of Sloops,
78. .lamp* Parker, esq*
v^ldow
N and
^q. of
|. of Ilji^injrlian<tt.
Ihm. I, I 111, Henry
riikc,
nrt of
ApnI2[
DfOW.Cti.i;
only dan.
Dme» RaJ I
Aif©tl70, 1
In Clu-t.
A'
linjtii-
R. Fbltc, t'44i, of Kc^ijigUnil
ElUa, wifi? of Henry aroom, e*4. «f OlVflhaill*
M Stockwell, nsfd 5«, HarrJ^'t, reMct of Jamen
LacT, otq, of f^alidbnry,
EUzAbcth. A;n\. tif ttio late Commander Jcmca
Lown \' y ' Itrhen-ftsrry.
At I i^'\ LancatUre, «g«d »S, James
Af^ti n. rrisclUa, wife of ikliael
Maurtoe, of Ladbroke Yillas, ^
AtBrackl^, «g6dS3,CharIori I'^tepti
Faxton.
At hU chambers in Clcment'«-inn, aged G5,
Mr. Thoina» HodfiL Virimiiii.il .Mj.]i1er to the
" Momiug Heral'i
At Bayswiuor^ i ^q.
At UmitlriiffonU ^. eaq.
At SoutUiimptiiD, u^ol ^[U Llii^Ulh, widiiw of
■ToliD Wclr, c»q, Director-Gen. of the Army MMteal
Btiord,
At Fliirlilev^roAd, 5*t, John's- wood, sgod SO,
Davbl Wtlaon', esq. Lite (jf Stamford -hUL
Aprii 22, At Holghoaj, HJ« Alithea Alderman,
dau. of the late noljert Alderman, e»q. of Dory
St EdimcindS
In niiem*ey,a(tf>d liO^C iln^nol San^marei Brock
KM, h.-\K 4«tli K»x»t.
his rank in
19310, and won jiLNccd on
15,
At Sioidgatc, K<»nt, l^:
Eaat Kort»lk MUktia, lat^
rmfck, esq.
' "irt-
At Harrogate, aged 9. '
. eldei^t dau.
of Sir Willi mil Eafn-oH'',
iltlUPurliBin.
Ai -
• -'^, Itmcham, esq.
late
n iK
Ai ■';..■ .;.i. ^ ! .
uam Thoofifl* Fox,
j»ou {if tlii£ UUb Jului llii>|>t^iu« l ux, eA(|. of Northern
Coort, Chmuun.
At Solcomlw, near Sldmontlit the wife of George
Btfortiincr, esq.
At Torquay, aged m, Thomaa Wyatt, eaq. of
llnrstcri'Ki'vni.^. ami Urid^ton, Sunes, and Lato
of til. t*.
Aj-- 'j:, Kent, n lied 32, Thomafl,
youjJr '■ it'-'Linfler, esq.
A^ >?,eKl of IsOoTtDD.
At I ,tnii,eaq. ILR.aS.
for in . r tx> the cjctflBofllre
copper aiiU litUex work* ou tUu we»tem fide of tha
Swnusea River.
At Brutou, Somer^t, oged 70, Edward Hlcki
Finch, esq. of CopUtall-courl, and Brixton-hUl,
Sorrey.
At liin.mni. ,ilw1 2;i, Jntl4i-Franc«», loeand
da II -) 'eke t Hector of DuwUsh.
Wak-
jj.,. _ irwoll, aj2txl €6, Thomas
ABpiij-i, cw^. ^ ^imlituuan of a litierarT tarn of
mind and an occa*|oneU contrllmtor to this maga^
XlUiLV
of Pt
In A .. _. ■, ■ , , . : ' •■ ,
John GuurU'imy, vm^. f .XLC.b».L,
At her uncf«*», Admfral fCattny, of BaHbrtf,
668
OfilTUARV.
[JiUMb
WATirldc, w«d 14. JMette Gr«ce Vivian Ftwer,
MCQCI4 dAu. of W. l<Va»er, eaq. Ute liiirrlitar i»t
Lftir.
Oq bemrd H.M.S. Uio *' Iloyal Geotisie,*' «fir ELlk-
BAbeu Id tti« llAltk Sea, Hr. Utmy Fns^liind, RM.
mm of this lute riex-. ileury Fr(>«liini1, IttTtw of
lUidEeloii, SulTulk, and nephew of tlu* lUx Jmuvm
Round, U.li. Ub^ \MM\y vra* burted witb niiliUry
hunoiir* on ilic rulk»wlii|( daf, In i tmall cliiirch-
yanl bi the InUud otUtMOt.
At Lohjk' flurtUty Vicara<Efl. Nurthumberlind,
Aged Hl« Mitry. widow of iJenr^o HaJJp <»q. of
1(1 hiM 48tti year, Thouuu Hod|riiOti, e«]. F.It.C.S.
of HttHlii\.
Off Andtic:! ill feliro iijiteftmer ErcoUuio (w noticckl
in thi? mt'iJiolr of Mr. Httlwy, in » fornwur p«^rv>,
ii«ed S6, Cluirkttte Miu-r Owrn, ^«iA^ uf Kdwanl
Lewifl Ki%ht, OM). UU> of H.:y. 2(vth lU't^t. : alMt,
tiMdr two children, Eiluiird-Jn^hn-AlUnaron, ii^a^d
96 ilMliliUK and RolM.'rt'W>iin, nevd h inontlis.
Aflo^ Sit Georift NU htiljMin, v*i\, i)f fliuhptto.
luEom, ddeifc son of Jmues Tooltt, e»<j. of ShiT-
At Henley-on-lluiMft. Mlii Mur Wnodboose,
funoorly of Fark-atreet, Orotfeiior^MiuAre.
AprU 25. AKvd 73, Jai<4!ph Abbott, of Der-
rnondsey, and late of the lUm. La»t Inilla C^nn-
yany** iiervke.
At Aberdeen, ii^ied 37, Ci«orKfl Armatmn^, onq.
eldest ton of ths Uev. Geo. Armatrovig, of Uriittol.
A(red 77, BenJ. Bally, esq. ofThmidncedlcv-ct.
At Exi"t«T» *t MH twhaiHiHl h^^ Nancy, relict of
Hionut^ Follett, e^q. of LlveiiMiol.
At St. Leoimnl'A Emily, wifts of J. HrAiit. caq.
jun, of Gkmnorbton, aitd dAU. of *L Morrisou, laMj.
At irrcftt Buddiow, aioetl CI, lliouuvi King, csq^
nuuiy ye«ra aurgeon of Chelmsfonl.
At ]<«l«»te, aged 6ft, Tbudmu Nealo. (>»].
In Alhaay-atreot, Ik^etira-pajit, agwl TI, Mar-
fpaett widow of Jamei FAttiaon, emit, fonucrly »
J>trect»r nfttie Fjwt Intli* Company.
Ajcrd 4.'i,Ctuyf. lUwlljiK.fivi. of ExvUT,i«>lidtor.
jijpra ac. At IJaya water. *tftd 72. Klkiibeth.
widow of Jatnea Bvvrrid;;^, ck}, of Wandnrortli*
AgeA 90, Iaaa£ Brcud, csci, (if IlAtli.
At Lcauilngton, Grace, relict of Uic Rev. Anhiir
ItuUcr, and dan. of the late Charkii hyndt cw|. of
MuUAntean, TyrotHt,
At l*l}'inourh, IH\M C^liill, eop. late Ta^iiuiati'r
«4tli noirliiient.
At Nke, IkVtIliain JahnH>ii CUtinpbell, eisq. tbinl
nftw ijf iiw liu*' Lit'tit.-(k-n. Colin Campbell, Ulciit«*
Uovernor of (•llirnlliir.
Al Looser M,ik<-,U\ . lu.ii Whitby, after A few
hn[ji ijy dan. of tlio Uto
AWi . LiriTikcr.
At , ildii^t dun. of the
kte Sii' vhjiiiiiji Wvuu loiicit.
At Euis* ate, War. J^^JClI N I , t ranclA llanunett^esq.
At E»Ukt''toii. ntred »H1, George I^vcll. C'tq. late
Her Mnjt'^ty's Iii>iJi'i-tur of the Manufacture vt
Sntull Annn.
At Brandt' n h n r ^ -1 m* L < • , lull Lain-road , Elbuiticth ,
Lady f Jiril I ■ 1 . Sir h vd , Ogilby ,
cifthelloti I > '!< aenicc.
In U|i|Ht! _ i^-pk. agi?<l 71, Ga-
iMTlclt? Ibfctdc'ai, Ut*i IVof, of HaiiMi at King's CoL
Loindon.
At Sunderliind, aged 59, Mr. ,U>Un H;i«llji|rc
Veilcb, iiro|irfrtor of tlic " Kxa-
lulncr." lie WAS fur emny >< with
tlie " Durlmm Clironkle," oi ui L*aj.thtHl
by Mr. Juhn ArnbniH*; ttllhaiu*, whi*c trial Iti
1 1*22 fur a libcd on the Dnrlinm clergy ufftirded
an opjiortunlty for a dlnplny of chjqnence by
htii connMd, Mr. (mm jMnU Broutrhani, whkh
has l»een dtJ.Hljfnnii^id tia " iindoubttMliy th^ noblest
f^lfort of modem onilor> ." itn Mr. Wililainjt* re-
ttreuient Itoni the ]jroprii-lijnibi|i uf t)ic '* Durham
ChronKJe'^ hi I»'i3, Mr, Vcitch aaccoeded Idm an
editor, and, after a alorrt Ijitcnid, aa propaietor of
that iiaper i which bo cODtiiittc4 to condact ouUi
it Maaed mto
r lie conuacnoed ttM '
l&M, when
fonowing ycar^
Examiner." He waa an tmratmi a»d I
vocale of a UlMinil poll<7« *tMt liM»k mn I
enervt'tii tuirt in the ffn>«t qneatkiaa mW^lth
Ut inind during tti« ettntMl fnl
III V !,
A : _ i< TFdLc«i,L«linjrton«ace4CS^Bt>vA
WigiLu,^^ ilowaatlMeAdeataonorOelWM
of^ London Militia, wlio traa an oBimfet 1M>
amith in Cheattflde with the late Mr.
» liladaalk,^*
'>UL3i wrvaHh.
.«. Annw-CtftnaiL
and eldeei tfaa. «
. i^sq. «f Balkr
Goodbehere. II
with Sir S. UaCL
in which botfne^
ii mported to ba ^
At Qualnton >
wife of the Itev. i
tljclab' William 7r#vi.
Apriiil. At I'ark i
EUtalieth, vrUlow of E^l
street .ind Have*.
A^L<1 7i, UuU^rt Buckle^ esq. collector oC
Ite venue, Caiubrld^.
At Edinbur>fh, Aimc-Mdrv, widow ofOoL
CAniTtbell, R.A.
At X^'thrin luv. tii'iir I aiinti<n. .i 'I'll l? ^^rV^i
Chur ,
At l>i^tlfiuU>M^ a^Cf^ ai, i,<.
of Ltucfiln'A'imi, luid o(f T^t
,Stortfor<l.
At Larh Wkworih, agvii f1^ •«-
lloni Grul\
lu Loijil I' ^ti Knox [UrrlMBi.Pi
furroerly ii
At Po.1 rd Spekv*. mbS ai
.Mm Fred. : , „ ^^
At HotuiutaiftUiith, a^i^u 7t». Ulmt flarriH Ilak^
At tiiwardeaton rect&ry, Korfolk, aurd M,J<*>
Turner Kemp, eaq.
At Bonlogne, Juhatia KltMbeth, widov ^
Frederic Clinton Mundy, eMj« yoanietst i!aii.oribl
late Itev* Win, Antrobm, n«K>tor of Acton, B^
dlescx.
In Moiint-0t. Onwtrennr *•]. «£fed K!, LienL-GWk
George Nelthort^e. of th*» " . .t v ..f-f,,||^ XUUte,
At .Vrmijm . near Go* ^ Edrad, 1
5on, 034]. of Went Moutit -^^sh
M Chard* a(fi'<l li.l s -1-
Acrd ■Ji.C.iilk.
Yanllcy, Mc.ir ,._, g^
.lait. of WiUmin L ..,. •!» —
v4/>ril aw. Atfud 2a, iGnirj' H lUinxu miali.
eldest >toti of the Itev. William If, CUrlbe, CviS
of Herringfleet.
At Belmont, Dartnioutli, a^o<1 43, It
of l^iiiiiol f'lKtner, <4iiq.
GtwHrtard, I'M!, .i ,
Dobwjii, e«j. of 11
Edward r^w.k
MUhtim, r
At ICit-r
reUtt of <!_ :, .,
cliester, uud tlaa. ui tile Utn iiciu->A(lin TJumiiLLm
of-nchtleld. »*inain|««^
At Londnnderrv, atped 64,
late North Mayo Uegt.
At Cliettonlmm. aged 74, Siamuel Uean Tk^^
llecker, isq, *
At Dublin, aged m , rctirwl Itear- Adm \RkfteM
Timtall. '^
.l<itm-Gcire, rkb-t
Townjrf«!nd, of Iliri
-4/^*r2i>. In"
relU-t o« km:inM, I
L^. J
rcliet of
of Jamea MM
-y of no-
Jamea Uemaickt m%*
Gru;.
nud ■-.: ;.,,..-. ,
hudduiily, rtl Gj]r«i, a-
death of Iuh father, ■■
IXalton, esw. aeonnd aou
krdw<
Of t
At Bardtttll rectory, buHnlk, n^^ yy^ j
I
I
m
Mojiji, reiki of J«mc» DrniUp, cnq. H.D. of Syden-
hi»iii» Kt'iit.
Ar CboUetilwimt iwed 10, Ikniuib, relict af the
Vtry Ucv. UmIrt Ix^o, Jjcan of WalerfunU
At Bute HouM'. IVttiniliftm, a^Mt 7!i, the Uott
Hon. Caroline, Miirchianem dawM^r of Queena-
Iwrry. Slic wa«^ Uie tlilnl dan. and cohelreas of
Heaiy thtnl Tmkc nf Biic<:1euch nntl Qtietrni^
lierry, KA}. by Kllxalxlh, cUu. of (Seornts I>uki? ot
Ifofitagu, mild wju miirnvl In lAtXI to L'harlfM^
I>OQ(r]«d, nq, am?rwiird9 (hj IHIO) fIflJi Mw'qiKa**
0/ fj^eenibftiTy, K.l\ wliu died in lHt37, hnvitik;
had kfoe tltfhl iUui^htcrs, whi'rcujKiji lie was *iit--
oeeded Ity luA t>rothc:r the yreacnt miu'qiip»«. Her
bd]nlil|ii waa dittinteubhcd for ber evanj^lic^
JimTsaH chart taTj?c nets.
AtSoiit! .1 74, M^or Jahn Tlioriiton,
late of I ^e vtmi a fMuscnuvr firoin
Guemacy ijiioii In the *' Courier," and
the vcaocl IuuLhl; [uiiht^l he fell fruni liliirpiit and
Injure hi« hej»d. tvtry attention waa paid, but
he died of the etfcct of tlie f^ll tiicmtyHievpia hoim
sfterwarda. Vunlict, '* Accidental Hvjith."
At B«tntgate, aucd 28, Alamnnc-Fratn^a, ilau.
of Col. S, H. Wllltams, lloval blTiicinoerfl.
April 30. At HeavitTT«, auod 31, Mr. Edward
B. Crabtjc. He ^aa tJrio confldentiiil clerk of
K. L. K«mp« esq, wlicitor, and ai>pttrlior to the
^''enl?raLle the Archdcuron of Exeter.
At York -pi. PortTnan-iiQ, Hi^ifd mo^ Alin» rcMct of
Col. Daere* 3nJ Wc»t York Militia.
Aget\ %3, Margaret, relict of Fruntia Fonter^ esq,
of Majmenle,
CaroHn(.«-Susaii-Pte«cott, irlTe of tho Rer, Rlch-
•nlaoa FuaaeU, of Chjintrj' Panonofe, flotneniet.
At the \'kaniji:c, Culm-, WUta, iwed 69, xVun,
WHct 'ff iVt^.e. (tilturrt HeatUcotc, R.N.
T> ■ ■ _ ^^j of Lower B«lgrave-«tT««t.
I N' of ticorge Lalihley, taq. SiOrley,
nt,.. , ,, ,j-:.jn.
At h,n?,Jn^-w**rd, Yurk«lilr«i, hla native pliC9^
»e«d 70, Dr. Ncvton. a iieEl-kiKmii Metbortiat
|(re«cl«r for tlftj-fivo yeari. Hla fimrrttl waa
numeiwialy attended by aeveral of the incAt emi-
nent mjnlaieiii nf the Wadeyva eonucvtion. HIa
rcmalnji were depcMited In a vault In EoHintrwold
uhurchyard. He had only two or three wttrks a^o
removed to tlie town of E^jdujo^'^d*!. In hi* native
Yorkshire,
At Exmoutli, aged TO, KlUea^ widow of Lieut. -
r^L Uuljon, of B««ii«]k«]np4odg«, noHr Taunton.
In Kcppel'»t, HiiMQil'«q.iigedG7tlflwRotierUou.
At lirklixui, a^d ^3, Anoe-EUzft, eldeat d«u.
of JJr, Symea.
Ik^TiJ, Edwurd Wllloughhy, eR(. <rf BotUbrd^.
LdUdy at Sii-cple Aston, (>»n«,a*it?d 87, Cliarlolte,
dim. of tiip tttfu Veri' Iter. B- Xewcciiube, formerly
iNsan of Itfx he«l<T,
viriLa, Wilhain Jones
oimI mu of tlie late
( dofH.M. noapltals.
I trry, widow of S. terry,
At litocm F<>
St. John, Lieu:
Dr, St. Jtdin, ]i,
At€«n<. ri,.i:! ■
In fkH-ru' I 1 M r II-S41. a^e^ 28, Il^ibert Hole
lalters, i-^1. r.ipt. :5lst Be^tt. elder son of Italph
VValtArs, c«|. of South lJ^i>e Tower, Durham.
Jfrry J At Cleve-hill. Glonc, Fnuice*, wife of
D. f
Hall, Vorkabire, aged 70, ¥nDei»
L"J..
: I '1 1 , Louiafli-Locy, eldeai dftti.
o^f ' illium Henry CbotOQ and
, jit iin advancod a^, SanUi, relict
or I u da, e«4. of Biverlord, near Totnea.
li ^h^pA f,A, TaTillna, widow nf Capt.
'• ' NtiN I I Vet, BAtt, and ffjf
>, Wiltiaim Joiie, ei«q.
Mcni'lier of <jni>'»-itin.
Nf Fen^ellN Parkin
MjuTi b. 1»06, a-s
icblllc T4, and
iigar. lie wo^
ofterwirda in t)if ^itnf ^htp at the blockade of
Ferrol and Cbt 1^ ^ ii the defence of Cadix.
He had only ['t*Ml the retirement
under the urdi r \%4Ck
AtHambkvlM . lUi hanU, siater of
tlie late Ki'v, i: ar of tliat puri^h.
At Canibcrv. , Ellen, «lfu of John
Mountjijy Smitli, • ^.j.
At thf SifiUh Set! Hoaie, «ged56, Jobn Ttckell
Viner, v^^i^
Afttji 2. At IVr^hore, Jobn Yeend Bedfi»rd, esw],
of tht» Abliey, Per»bon^.
In rhr*^t*'n^old-*t. Muytjiir, aged j*l, the Hon,
wn, apsd &8, Ma^dalena-FranciQA
r r!ic lier. David Collie, of Malacca,
' uirJnPT, of Ihidhopip, ilau, of
tl n Gardner. nHj. H.E.LC.S,'ii
ij;ui\ . trie wife or the Rev. T. Jonea, Rector of
AllhaUuwa, LoiEibftnl*fft. nnd late \1cftr of OtmI
Bcntley.
At Soho-hiU, Hand- ' : u Light-
foot, «'x|. one of the I < mi^iuuxi
Vnnkinif Cointkjiny fi< 'it.
At Catlierington, Hani-., Ann Kli/aU-th, Ihird
and liijit iiu-\1v1nft dan. of tlic late J. Kiebarda. ew].
At Tiiitton,ai:«d 66, iiXaa Miiry Jaqiiia Sharp, dau,
of the ]aUi Daniid Sharvst»(|. of Godabniug, Sarr^.
At Bufh, Tcmperaiiec SophLi, widow of George
Udny, cjHi uf Oie Beniffd Civil Service.
t-itori^iana, widinw trf ,lohn NVIiea-tley, caq. for-
merly €f the Supretne Court, Calcutta.
At Brtjtiitfjo, Anij.Tclktof Capl. M, WYdtc. R.N.
In Hlnd-«(t. Manche^ter-sq. tYancea, relict of
th«i liev. S, Woorii^te, Vicar of Pembnrr. Kent,
At Boteler*s Maraton, Warwick, aged 37, Ann-
C^therine, fbnrth dan« of the late Thomo* An-
drews Woodward, esq, of Orent ComticrtciD, Wore,
and of Botetor'a Maraton.
At Kowtoit Bushel, at an advanced age, Ellxa-
beth, eldeat dau. of Nkhobta Aduna Bartlett,
e«q. lata of Lndbrook, arid of Harldon.
At StrattoD, Cirenc<ater. (ilouc, Mary, wife of
Lieut, C, A. I^oyne, «»th Bengal X. Inf.
At Lewea, a^ed 55, Mary -Ann, wife of Tlionuis
Haire, e«q. M.D. and only dan. of the kte WlUtaui
FrankUn Hick, e«q. of Lewea.
At the Dockyard, Fortatnouth, aged 10. iMboI*
Aniie, oldest dau. of CapL &It Tbomaa Mattland.
C.B.ofH.M.S. Ejt.^ellent.
i/tiy 4. In York-buildinKA, New-road, aged 77,
John barrow, esq. late of the tlrm of Borrow and
Turner.
At Farrtnsjdon, Borks, atfisl 80, Edward Hunt
Bur: rutUerof CorneUuA Butler, esq. of
ir. • ,cx.
; , Aifod e 1 . Ttioiiiaa Chodwick, esq*
formal !y ">J l liirn boron (iti, shipowner.
.\t Edinhuri^h, aged W, tho Hon. George &taf*
ford FrH*er, third nun of Lord Lovat.
At Cheltenham, agtvl Hi, Elijcabeth, relict of
William LanKton, vmi. l.at of Sutton, Surrey, and
fortntrly of Chii^innhaju, BuckA.
At Tavi.-rtock. SaJtrciu, youngest wn of the late
niotna* Hohiu», cj»<i. of Venn, near Tavistock.
Aliped 75, irturrard Koche, e4<i. of l'pi>or WeUiog.
ton-fttreet.
At Cambrid^, age! 73, Mttr>', relict of tlie Rev.
Thm. ScabrooK, MCnar of NVickluuiibrook, Sufftdk.
May .s. In London, aged S3, William Ooodman,
younuer mxi of tht: Bcv. William Bleeck, Rector of
Hulfth, and Krandaon of the bite John Ooodmra,
vaq. of Dare Hoiue, VtilUu
At Danbur>% aKed K9, Sarah, relict of John By.
I^To, esq of Fruttons, Danlmry.
At Hiiii! 1 oy. Goot^ Campbell, em.
Ill M' , l£oi^nri-pftrk, ^xetl 6A,
Ralph til I V , esq. fbrmerly of HttcblD.
AtCflttoij, tn ir }^orwicb, Mary, widow of tb©
Rev. Henry Cbarlea Hoborr, Canon of Hereford,
and nephew of Robert Earl of Bnekiufthaaishlre.
She was the eldest datt. of the Late Sir Tliomaa
Bcauvhaiap Proctor^ c«q. of L4ngloy-i>ark, Xor-
folk, br Marr fnd dsa. of Rdb«H P*ii]tar, Wi, tit
Soimiintf. Hefkf, VM marriod In INOO, and won
^ in 1844. baring had 1«iig 1li« lala
jfl Holmrt of the Scot* Qnjn
c , Liift, e«q.
Ai Bidilwoll, near S«inptont Oxfln, €ni4rie»
At '
Conv
wnti
A* 1
told 1 1
At i-..: ...,.
nobcrtsou^ «wi, oi I
At ClirioD. flfft' '
Die Ror. 8(r i- 1
VtgllOlM,
nuvrtodfl!
IraL :
i^od 19, AjDfdtiitt, only
adMettut Ltj, «tq. H.ll.
ily<le PiTk. )ig«(t 61, Jolm
Uie R<v. O, RotM»rt*, Ctirt-
roUct of D, Kuslmt, cmj.
of Jfliinc9
relict i>f
I'hmIImiI^
i^tihii
»/ wJiotD
CMiw the incKmtl Wi/ft (lif Sit J . Cr. 1 IiOUIiIM,
Mho had aevon] cUtldrcn.
At Broekonaott Cottage, Chaddi»ril«y Carhett,
■9«d to, Mr. John Wlgfey^ lAte he»l ttiMtrr of
IIM Free Sclioot
JTny e. At OflUnffhRin, IC«nt, ngod 64, JmneM,
Ibarth aon of the Uit« Rev. Joseph Durrill, of
H&ibain, Vorkab.
Honice-JonM, Mm of WUhiini Csrtor, coroner
for Surrey.
At Brighton, und 7S, Ifirgarel, wUb of lii^or
WmUui Chadwtek.
At Ewt Retford, •god i3, Gi*o. Henry Chjindlor,
eeq. odIx ^nrrlTlng ncn o( the late R^v. f«eorgt<'
Chftndler, M.A. one of U^ie acnior magtiitnvtca of
the Weet Rfdins.
WUtUin ChLcheistcr, esq. of Uphftin Ifotiaet nei&r
Ledbttfj, brother of the Int*- '^ '" < •■i-h'^'t-r, p!S(i,
If .D. of CheltAahaifi, And U^fn,
of Worcester. Also, on ii i«ii-
lon, Sooierfletahbii, s^i n-, --.- .....v., CJbl-
clieiter, mothisr of Mrs. Cbaroheri.
At Qrmi Gbetiterftird, Wmch, ognA 63, Oireu
Hewitt Edwiirdf , caq.
At Ashur^t Lotljce, SnuninffHillf «c<^ m4, Jain*,
widow of Frjindf <Jrceor*e*n. of Trewnrtbenlck,
Cornwall, &nd dau. of tlie Ute William Urqttliart^
(MO. of Cnifiston, Abcrdeetuhire.
At Briffhioo* aired M, Maty Ann» wtfb of Char1c»
KbiK, oaq.
At Edinburgh, Lluutttimnt-Gol. WilHiim Skene.
At IniOpen, Aged 15, JoeeiAh-Frr, jromigeeit ton of
the tftte Jowph Stockoy, e*q. of LAUjport,
Hoy 7. At Buaton. a««l 49, Anne, wife of 1^ U*
Uvn Uenry Adams^ ead, tmirlatef ««t>Uw.
At BiiKblem, aged m, £4ward Bmioabi t%(i, of
Gulldlbrd-«t.
At SoDtbaniptoii, aged 71. Daniel Brooki, c«t.
AI Ol4ka|{ow, aged SS^Lteat. Edward John Dod,
l«te of the 6yd Bengal Natire Inftuitry.
At IT - ' -" '" ^' ' " ' - vt tt, Sainuel bai-
liff, L' *'jinibi1dp*.
In \ iQt, esq. of Aber-
lonr. bft-tuMiar, !i ivjiuiH i.iut. of tliat co. tor-
marlT of Jamaica, and many years an ocUvu
aBeinber of the legl^ature of that Inland.
In Pafk-ao. Rei«nt'i-park. Almon HtU, t^i.
In BedAifd-4aine, Clapham, agvd 71, Ttioxnaa
Joltof , «Kl.
Aged 93, Alfred Gaicoigne Lfntle. eaq. of QreiA
QtMMi-el. Weatmln«t«r.
Ann Katluuina Storer, of Upper Urd^^mA-t^.
relict of Anthony Gilbert Storer^ eeq. of Pttrtey-
park, Berks.
tJloyS. Agedfifl^lfaiT.wtltoof JamesAndeHon,
«n. of Brldije-at* BlaeJt6i«n.
In AJbanj'et. Regent Vpark. aged H, Cbarlea.
jQongeat son of Henry Bcriiers. tu^. and grandimi
|«f the late Wm. Bcmert, esq. of QiMi}
I At hit raaMtooce^Id* of Portland, u
Piwtro***, wq. of th« 31^
Son. and Pewtrc^a, papei
At Norland-terrace. N ,
PrenilergaHt. Utc of tlie ITIU RhjI *iid 8ft! W_l-fiL
At Woodrlidng Hall. Norfolk, a^e.1 7^, John
WeyliiiiJ t'ln
Jfi '^ury, used 7it AUffttaM, fiilEl
of .In
At; . JJiugc- Francee-DoTOtivf, ■
John lkHiUi,«w|.<innuerby.
At Bath. acM 97. Matthaw Hnyter Chaflln. oi^.
In 1 MikLft.ftiiv.fiV lutii 4T. Amellii* wtib of Mr.
W. v
At I, R»d il. Hadsme CtSimim
Angii.,.., :.,;i,a iWcb refttgae, who baa rv-
AMod lu the <Qwn ffver slnM the fte^olittlaB of
I7y«.
fn fhr n,:.-Pti's i^tiBon, midd*ti!t' n.^..,! lio, MIm
ElLffl' tithorowof ^ iJ lata
miki >.«lonalH.'* an I n of A
MmiLu ^. ,...,. :...u. She had in... ... .... uoeaft^
prlaon for abottt dgbtoen nionthn for • «cbaU 4aiN»
At Peterabam. aged 98. Ann-£llMbetli, rgOct <if
Siunnel Harper^ er^t.
At Torquay, wgwl 27» KIm £lls»beib Ifans-
roore.
At Rlelunond, Mary Cl«ere wmnsdU, i^a oi
the Rcr. K. A, Wlllinott, Si. C9«lberln^ Bmt
WlKMl.
At RaiiMgato. B«ed 16, AdcU.dAogtilar efB«rf
WymJMi, *«q. o^ Valp*ratao, CliUt, fend grBl«d-4as.
of aie tjito (tvn. OrWiCoNo, F:x-I*rvaldent of tiM ISfii
puhU<' of Pcni.
Mar Ifl, IT*llTi -
c»T|, LLJl. of Wlij
of Strf^dbmk.^. >'
in l«r'>
At-
M
turn 4
Ai
Milt I
At '
high
e«M|. M.
i:rti*>,
ttl 1
\ :lgtt«llli
t ofdieBff.
AM waa
-no, the toe
^ 'Ma «#
• Elrf
»f John ttiiltfb, MO, «f
H»rfi«t, w
itflue,
J/offlL In Tliurlof^*^ Rrrxniptaii, aged tSp
Latira-^:r.--i - - ■^ j- «■-';- •■-" — - - i HJP»
At \'"i'-. 'LK^lft
Kijkia n
At Nfjnruii, n^a t ', ni.M<r^ri- i rnuirnrT Lj^Bftt
esq. M.D,
At Weethory, Wilt». aged n\, Ann. vlfs «r B«ft-
Jamin OreThury, eaq.
At Bath, Margaret , rrHrt of Jmm&» r\»el.fM.df
H^nnor ll^n^p, l.>eoniimtcr» late Lleot.-Cdl. oMfaA
At iTiicir, Hyde park, i^gel M, Wtt>
Ham I
uiv'fWHirv-rvTT^cf^ (f
1854.] Obituary.
671
Mny VI. At PtjrmouUi, ii««(l 4lt Mr. Jolm
Cromer BelUmy, stiTg«0D, ke^
At Wo^iMH, near RoAi, SfktildjHPluefoy, wile ol
Uie Kcv. >V * C. Brant.
At tbe residence of lier ton &tr. John Hoilnm,
Southatupton. and 63, Mn. Stuantkjt Soj^liUHOd-
kjn^ formerly in Torpoint, Corn wall.
At the reaiidenoB of ber non-ln-Iair, RuKwU'pt.
FItxroTHMi. A|^ 61 , J«ii«-EilwsrdKr ^^lotr ^ Ed-
ward vUrurms LftweitUq. K]4e&nt-«t-kw,
Ti> -v-rowi, a^ l4« William LeeitA,
9^\ ' • reat Clocton , fiisei .
M ■ I ve, Herts, Lucy. relU t of Wmiam
Lord HcBdlc^liikH), Mtfl M tirjod-
Unka, eM|. Sbe wa« i FMwiml
Rofcr Pratt, etq. af riy ik, wa«
nurried bt lflS6 to I^rd Uciidlc^iukuj, nbo dioit
witbout iMne In 1839, ami in 1S4I ta Mr. lUr)uri-
At CoUtnfwood ITauiio. Torr^tuy, t.oiiisji, wifta Df
C1iarl«s Mastwi, eaq.
At Wat4!irft)f4, tiie wife of ThomAi Francli Uca-
g1i«r,tlM Irlwh exile.
Aged 17, H«rt}i«*A]kc, third dau. of Immc
Perry, esq. of Sliniblnnii-. SvrhiirfuTiU E<m,x.
At Ej|fiicfiir4,Derori, r^un-
toM OfPorbBDfliQtb, ^^ i arl of
Portnnoiilb, uid listtr m siie
WW the second d>u. of IlujpiU iirat I-iul lurlcJicue,
by Heater, third dun* of ihe Right Hon. George
Grenville. Sbe heeann \\w stn ud wife of New-
toD late Earl of Fortani' md hiA widow
in Jatmary lavt, bavtm proMint Earl
and throe dangbtera. b- .rym.'i;j;ft/!fie.
At Brighton , aged 67 , 1 Ja\ i
many years of tlie corpa of I
reyorsand Draaghtsmen, ami i
JSoyal IfiUtarx Academy, Woolwich.
At Woreeiiter, ii^ 4a. Charles Sbelton, esq.
fOffeon.
Aged 30, William Henry Taylor, secoud son of
Wm. Taylor, esq, of Radcliffe-on-Trtnt, Notts, late
C^pt In S7th EtBt.
kav 13. At filatchfbrd, Aahton, aged 74, J.
Berry, esq.
At Welwyo, Hertj, agod IB, Cmtna France*,
tlcle.1t dau. of ttie ITou, <ie». Edgcurnbe.
At OobhJiin-park, tlie e«at of llarrey Combe,
esq. JAinc-i White Hlgghfis, esq. of norruesad, Herts.
Af Nuwinarkel, aged B9, Mr. Leonapl Llllfora,
Html kt*'-h:!ii, Initrr known n*.. T'lrk l.MlfMi J,
v\ I* Keed,
dli < Kcod,
I .Ifeof the net, FA-
w:w •' '. ^-', St.ifrMni.
Man U, At '■ K^
Lady Uulaa IX r
WUllam n. Qtnt r
John flrart Eorl uf Sbi
gall, dnnghter of U v
A'- ■
ila
A!
lliils, comuiaaJloni LI.
ifdy 16. Aged 9$, '
Rusaan mABket.Wllha
Ibo late Uobert Owst, esq. id Bersuoudsey.
At Hastings, aged IR, Mary ConataDCe, third
and <»lileM -urviuijif child of the R«v, John Dsiy-
man, [ie< r ri , Cumberland.
At >1( ideniMS of ber aon-ln-law
Krcdcrii r - i. aged 70, Fanny, widow
of Lieut. James IJttie, itN. of Gosport,
1..- Al'i'
harried
ii-ciu L-jubn,, eldest
1 ly Rmily LAwrepice,
vifv. of Lieutenant
■If.
, wife of Mr,
ii only <Ua. of
TABLE OP MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OF LONDON.
(From the Returns itiued by (he RcgUirar-General,)
Deaths Regtatered
il
Week ending
j
Saturdaj,
Under
I5t4>
60 and Age not
Total.
1 Mates.
Feoudes.
15.
60,
upwards, specified.
fS
Apr. 1% ,
609
342
IMl 1 lldl
! 609
584
1789
n 29 .
591
391
224 1 1211
603
608
1566
Msy 6 .
641
372
294 26 1263
6J7
626
1885
M 13 .
529
344
217
3 1093
555
528
1872
H 20 *
594
383
207
4 1186
618
570
1789
AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, May 26.
Wheat.
t. d,
76 2
Barley.
f. d,
37 2
Oats,
f. d,
2d 4
Rye.
48 6
Beans.
49 3
Peai.
s, d,
47 2
I
PRICE OF HOPS, Mav 29.
The accounta from the platitntions are af n very unfavourable character, the fly in-
nreafitag rapidly ; and iiiik»a a favourable change takes plac« ahortlyj the prospect of a
blight will be rather alarxning.
PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SM1THFIELD» Mat 27.
Hay, 2/. m, to Ti/. 0*.— Straw, 1/. 12». to 2i, 2*.— Clover. 3/, 10#. to 6/. Qt.
SMITHFIELD, May 29. To siuk the Offal— per stone of 81bi
Beef 3f. Brf. to :># . 0<i.
Mutton 3f » ^d, to ht, Od.
Veal..* 4t. 2<l, to5«. 4if.
Pork.. 3#. Qd,%Q44. Bd,
COAL MAilKET, May 26.
•^ Endi, 6lc, 16«. Od. to 25i. 0^. per ton. Other lorti, I8«. Zd, to 20#. 0^.
\ p«r cwt»— Town TaUa?r, 61i, Oi, Yellow Russia, 62f, 64.
Head of CAttlc at Market, Mat 29.
Beaata 3,476 Calves 249
Sheep and Lamba 24^970 Piga 300
1
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INDEX
TO ESSAYS, DISSERTATIONS, AND HtSTORlCAL PASSAGES.
7%e Principal Memmra in the QmtVMkX are dittiHcU^ mtertd In iki$ Jndfx,
A^detn Univernlf^ election of Lord
Reel or 389
Act&n, U.-CoL WiUiam, inennuif of 648
Aintwerihf Afr, James, memoir of 1 J 4
AkkarMC%utchfChthtmmn, described 49^
Ale Tardf one described 338
Aiejrandtr, Robert^ e^. mtmoir of 4?9
Alexandria f small bra^ii coins of 65
AmericOy Ruined Cities in 974
Amitvst iVetf? Patron Saini o/TtO, 338
Amnejf Hoty^Raod Cr^ft 613
AngUuy^ Marqueas qf^ memoir of 63d
Angh'SajL^n Aniiquitiet, collection of
280, 400
Coimt blundered Legeiidi
of 303
' relict from B;%rtlyw J 73
Antiquariett Socie% of, r*» vised Statutes
of 50 i proct-eding* 63 J 7 ^,S98,40O,5 1 2
— ' "- of Newea*tU-upoH-
Tyne^ meeilnf of 69
Antiquary y Wundering$ of un 135
Aniiquitiet, lale of 493 ; forged 391
Ami' Corn-Law League prices 164
Arabic Lexicon ^ Mr. Lane's 164
Areh4^hfficoL4&$ocuxtion , p roc ecd i n ^« 68,
30O, 403,514*621
— CoMrt at the Dublin Exhi-
bition 66
— Imtituier proceeding! of
66, 173, 299> 617 ; annual meeiing 607
Attkiitciural Socieiica of Lincoln and
Northampton t reunion 607
Arctic Expedition 491
Arnold^ George, esq. saEe of hi« pictures
mill book 9 493
Arrow heads o!si\ex(oundinli.BrlUH\G%
Art Union of London, geoera) met- ling
of 608
Artitt^ Benevolent Fund Society 608
Arundale, Francia, etq. memoir of 326
Aaceticitm, Early Female ^46
Aahty LodgCr sale at 493
Aahton-under-Lyne, St. Peter*a Church,
stained gla«5 at i'i
Aaavrian Excavation 5fid^fy^pT0Ceeilingi
5*5
Astrolabe, dated 134^2, uses of 67
[JDial, made in 1589, 63
ciety*i gold medAl 492
^1 (rom 72
♦ fhnatitutim of 40s
•^eUl framework
Bailiie, Sir WiUia$nt raemoir of 423
Ballingall, Col. D, J, memoir of 533
Ballon Hilt, co,Carlmi\UT*^i discovered 299
Baltic Fleet, news from 408, 515
Banbury Caaite, warrant reUtmg to 623
BannereU, notices of 46
Ban^Jkld Halt, tUver cojdb of Eliiabetb
footed J76
Bar her, Mr. Charlea, roeratiir of 327
Bar dwell Church, mural p.iiutiiigi at 176
Barker, Mr. TMnes, picture of Nelson 54
Bart low Hilla, excavaliout near 67 1
relics from 173
Barton^ Bernard, tributary sonnet to 48/
Barton-upcn-Humber Church 476
Basilitfieht gold cup betouging to bt§
Empress 17^
Bavaria, King of bis new order of
cbiv»lry 55
Baxter, Richard, hia Pulpit at Kidder-
minater 33
Beaiiclerk, Aubrey Wm* eaq. tnetuolr uf
534
Beaufort, Duke of, memoir of 80
BeckeCa ditpute with Hmry ILhlX
Bede, Venerable, birtii-placc of»402
Bedingfield, Sir Henry, and the Prineeti
Eliiabethl, 122
Belair, remarkable skull at 64
Belcher, Henry, eaq. memoir of 43|
Bell of Trim, the Great J 1 4
Belt, Rear-Adm, Chriatr. mennnir of 87
BelPa Wellington monument^ 494, 609
Benett Ji^hn, eaq. mouuraent to 53
Bentinck, Lord George, statue of 55
Benyon, Richard De Btauwnr^ eaq, me*
moir of 65 1
Berenice^ Queen, coins of 66, 298
Beretford, Field -Mar thai Fitcountt me-
muir uf 31 1
Berlin, Panorama o/*609
• RoyatLil'raTy,hriikb\c MSS,at 610
BerlioZf Madame H memoir t>f 548
Berry t Miaa^ Memoir of Racbatl Lady
Russell HI
Betham, Sir William, library and MSS.
t.f 283
Bethell, CoL the Farliamenlarian, letter
of 173
Betrothal-ring, gold inscribed 622
Bexfeld, William /?. ^fua, D* memoir
of 102
Birmingham, conference on the refor*
maiioii of juveutle criminals 73
Blofk Sea Fleet, nei«& from 516, 630
4R
674
Index ta EnatfSt i^e.
Bionqui, Af. memoir of 436
Btois^ Biihop Ptier dc, c barter and teal
of 175
Bhre heath, battle of 04
Borgund Churchy drscTiption of iOG
Bohemia t Frinceas Paiatin§ Elivibiih rf
451
Bt»k MaMu/nciurerg of N€W Twk 164
BoohMttteTM flf Londi^n 165
'-— Provident In*tiluiionfaLf\tmMl
report 494
Borneo, tTone relici fuuiid in HIT
Bmirbon, CharloHe 4r, anil Ibe Prince of
Oraii|^e 433
Boumtmoutk, stone axe-be»di found 68
Bmpyer, Wtliiam, the Elders Primitr,
The^togicat Papert o/ 160
Bax-Mowr, fibula fuunJ %i 64
Bradford^ Gen, Sir Tktmoit memoir of
315
BrandeetoHt Suffolk, a fetterlock and
ciJiut dificijvi!red 300
Brenty South, Church, c4rvlii|;ft in 99d
Brrmtter^ Sir David, t\ecitd member of
Jtnti^n Society of Scienres ^89
Bridgemater^ carved lock of 14B0 found
at 404
Brighton^ St. Niekolaa* Did Church, res-
tuf-atiui) uf 6^9
Bristol Arck€f9hgicml Society, proposed
furmatioti c»f IGZ \ firi»t in^rtii»^ 6U6'
■ Cmtndl Houte, paifitiugs utSBS
Britain, France, and the Channel Itlamdt,
primieval munumi^rKi ill 173
Britiih harrew known ae Swarthkone,
opeiiiiiK til 299
Bntith Museum, Famaett c{:ilkc4)on of
aniiqtiititfi, and Larpent's collection of
pln)i, rejected bv !62
^ lAtrarj^ of the, Guitlc lo
57 I dereMi in 450, bOO
^ «'xp»'fittii Lire of 605
Bywater, Th^maM, accoutiUbook of 1G5
Coeriton Antiquarian Attoeiati^m, Mu-
•eum of S40
Caittar, aiiiujmii^ft fMund at 338, 403
CaJiJomia^ u**wt (rum 7 3
Cumbmdge AnliquafiaH SocUtj^t nieeliap
of 404, 6^^3
i>iit« 9/, rtect«d PreOdcnt of
CbrittU Hospital Z^3
"- imprtmemeniM^ 1853, 36
— ^ Anttquitiri of 175^ 403
— Umvettitjf, during U»e lut
iSTrtfit^ Tumuli in Yorkthirt, antiquitiei
fuMiid ill 63
Brttith urn found at Linchlade 401
Britom and Soxohm, cbmtmlugjr of their
biittles 'too
Broadtidet, Pictorial, of I Btb century 513
Brwid Street ^ Londun, Rnmait teisellated
P'tTcmi'iit di-irii veered 404
Bro^we, J>r, Witliam, mrmoir of $24
Btoughton, Andrew, nionument to 360
Buch^ Lmtie rpn, c uUrctioni t»f 55
BucklerMbury^^unqmutt^ found in 512,
5 1 a, 6vO, fj2^
Budget, tijpplcmettt.iry ^^\
Burke' t Heraldic Vitniatiunt 562
Burlington Houte^ %A\t uf 492
Bu^y Athenofum, imyf^uralion of 51
Bury St. Edmund'a Church, memorial
ivindow in 165
— tntiquiiiet of IT6,
eu
Butteiln Church, Abfolulion Crosici
found at 179
cenmry 93
■ ' - Hulsean prixM 164
Muniment \
tealf in Hi
Cambridgeshire, Fen tUad 404
Camden Soetety, afiitivcraar^F 607
Canada, new& from 305
Canoia, the andeni Camusium, fepulcbnl
remains ditc*»vrred 513
Canute and Edmund JramMidtt baltte be-
twiren 514
Cap§ Cod, anecdote of a viiil to 5$
Cape of Good Hope, newa fruin 7% 631
Caribt, memoir un the 401
CatliiU Cathedral, fre«cu dUeorefed Sit
Curfer'e Ancient Arckiiettmre, dn»iiici
of 165
Castel del Monte, described 175
Caiiett-y-Bere, brottzc? diic found at £1^
Castort fi^Qt NQi-wieh^ bti»nae biiat foaud
174
Catholic and Jptttilie €%iirrJI, aeeo««l
uf 180
Cawlejt, f^ilUam, mnnumeQl to f99
Caxton, blogfaphy wf 61 1
Celestine ill, bulla uf 406
Celtic coint found in the htc of 7%amt ^
Cervantes and his Wri tinge 264
Peniln and Stgi»inuiida W,
500
Ceylon, Fi«b-book money of 6S
Chalk Church, •rulptured porpb of CIS
Channel istanda, chartert relft«|itf tt* (I
Chantrey^ Sir Francix, (no««tiinetil to 451
Charles I. anfmuriiiU of 1 14 ; »»lrer emn
ol discovered 300 ; meoiorial nnf of
519; rin« and knee> buckle ©r 450,
562; embrujdrrrd 6birt, 621 ; glov«%
crucifts, and embroidered bag^ af 6f3i
lecier rrlatitti; to t-xecutit>ci of 6^3
Charles //. avj^nrn at Brugea f 4 | Ml
first great aral 401
Churpiyny, Brocnrdus de^ mrtnnntfUtrf
fffijsy of 68
Charters belonging to the dkamtui ftjamif.
65
Chayne, William de, teal of Ss
Chenies, ttitinumetital fffl^ie^ at f?7
Chestetford, exravatinni at 175
Chichester Theological CaUe^^^ Principal
appiinCed 54
Chishali, brass of Sir John de U IH>li %t
302
Christ's Hospiiaif elflctloa of Pr««iilegit 319
Index to Esiayi^ Sfc.
675
Ckrittian Knmtflfdgi S/oeiet^, and ibc
Ckrittian Sepukhral VMgn of ear If
timet t 172
ChrUHanit^, Hittifry of Latin &69
Vhronfiifigical Imtitutet aniiiventry of
Chtontdogy and Geo^nphy of the Wart
between the Sasont and Britont .100
Ckurchet and GratftyardSf desiruciiofi
Limdemf eoniemp\me6 reroovRl
or ITS, 598,619
iJlare Court Leet^ paper on 11 B
" butt of Jniiocetit VT* found iit 177
^— County of, gold ornamentt di«co-
¥frfd 619
Ciaveringj Sir THo. Jokn^ mptnoir of 87
Oii'f, Hm, Robert Henry , M,P, in«muir
of3l8
doneurry. Lord, nifmoir of 82
Chmgh, fltnt Arrow- hc«rli fauiid at 404
Clyst St. George Charchf reRtorilion of
166
Coat' Money from Dortetthire 60
Cotklmm, Lord, Qiemmr uf 646
Coin* di8<?Qvered m Evenli-y 55 j unptib-
IUK*'d vnrietie* of ruTe ^^ ; ro^o.tioble
of Edward II. fuuiid in ex^iivjiiifi^ in
Btiry»itree( ,Loridon6H! Runtaii middle^
braii of ClAudjui, found ai Kiripb<ilmi
near GloocMitr 1*3; an tinpuhliibed
typ*" of CtJrtobeliiie 175 ; a proai of
Philip and Mnry, a penny of Kin|f John
fttfuck at Dublin, a penny of Henry
111. 176
Cotitorne, Lord, memoir of 645
Coleketter^ Roman atiiiquitiet at 70
— Cattle, cuiarovcriy on 290
Coltyer, Rev, Wm. Bengo, D D* memoir
of 655
Cowr(*y, Sir Johut memoir of 4^3, 565
Conttabte, Sir Afarmaduke, tnunument
rr«tured 53
Canitant, coin of found Jit Mf nfm*>re 401
Comtantine of Ruttia, marrin^e ut 567
Comtanttnople, panurama of 54
Cbnttontinopie^ Conveniiun st|riied at 408
■ news ffiim 516* ^"iS
ConstantitK^de and Selling treat lei be-
tween 628
Constantinue Tit-eriut, brass coin of 622
Cooper, Edward, Archd, of Hereford, \t\-
ciSfd irpulebral purtraU t>f 68
Copy right t and Stereotype Plates t lale of
51
Coriitlanut^ Emendation f^ a pntHtge in
279, 3«6
Coie, Ruman eoina found at S9B
CoumeVe Feet 49
Co%trtenay, Sir Peter, leal of 6^1
Coventry t untiquiiieft found in ibe Sber^
ho^ofi Hirer at 400
iM^iuriii, D.D* memoir of
Creon, Peter de, »epukbra1 ilab of 303
Cricket St. Thomas, monunient of Earl
CVo^rr, Ri. Hon, /. f¥^, Mid MooPe'f
Diary 115,365
Crott, Mr. fV-antit, memoir of 603
Cromwell, Oliver^ original warrant of 176
letiarof 391
Richard, autograph of 393
Ci^t qfAmney Hoiy* Rood 619
CfiotMt of Lead t abiolution engraved oii|
J lib century 173
CrvcifijF <ifthe I I/A Century enamelled 68
Cryttal Palace^ New, expenict of 390;
conipleiion of (»04
Cunoleiinef coin of 175
Cyprutf i^epiilehril effipy from 67
C^art, Traitt of the 350
Dacret, ^ice-Adm. Jamet R, memoir ftf
ml
Balmatie, and ancient Hole 403
Daltcn, Dr, subscription for memorial
10 494
Danieil, Edmund R. esq. m^motr of 535
ihmn^n PrindpaHtiet, newt from 51 6|
J>arling'e Cterieal Library 39 *
tkirtmoutk, Earl of, mrmoir of \BB
Dat/ of llumitialitm and Prayer 517
De Huttt, Gen, Sir Auguttui, mt-moir of
316
Denmark, newi from 516
DenUon, Dr. Bp. of Saliibury, memoir
of 418
Dennit /amity, arms of SV6 ; ancient
mansion of ihe family nf 338, 591
Depping, George Bernard ,memt*\Tij\ 105
Devit*t Ditch near Brandon 404
DtrfMshire, Edw, Earl tff, treatment by
Q, Mary 4
■ ^ - gnid ringt found in 630
Diekey, John, e§q, memoir of 653
Dinetey - Goodrre, Sir Joh m , m u rtl c r o f 603
Diocletian, Emperor, coin* temp. r>f 55
Diron, Rev. ff^lliam Henry, memoir of
428
Doneraile, Plteount, memtitr of 5^4
Dorchetter Abbey, Oron. encauitic tilef
from 403
Dmtetthire, coal. money from 68
Dover Mutevm, tepulcbral slab and itonc
cross at 303
old maniiiin taken down 338
Drake, Sir Francitf and tbe Spaniards
368
. Slatoe at Offenburg
Drantheim Cathedral, arcbit ectiire of 6 19
Dryden the Poet, \rUert ol 592
Dubitn Exhibition, Arehetologieal Court
at 66
Dubnotfetlmtnut, an tbe attribution of a
new t%pe in »ilver to 66
DiiPiii-ffd Cathedralt sepulchral brati Irl
610
676
Inder to Essa^fs^ J^c,
Dunavferaght rueking-itouei in t Lie dis-
trict c'f 6*26'
Barti Colncy effigies of ibe Ver*« at 3a0
E^Ht priipused ficientiftcr euitimiikion to
the 4£H
Easitm Church, Suffolk, brassei And
myrHt paiiuirigs in 622
Eccte*iatHctil Commtmon 410
Bdici c/ Nantes t prumulgAtion c»r the
339 $ revucitiori of 5f>S
Edmmdt.Mr. CAritr.saUufhii coins 303
Edred, coins of 66, S2G
Edward //. roae- noble of 63
Edward IK coins of 66, 624
Egypt and Indiat .lucieril worihif' in 13 1
Einsiediertt Moiiaitery wf 358
Elizahetht Princeu (rtfttrwards Queen),
lier imprisunment at Woodstock 3^
1 22 ; letter of 4h ; autograph of 392
EUice^ Capi. AlfxandcTt racmtir of 89
Eilioil, Sir Hetiry Mien^ iiu'tnoir of 424
-- — — Vice^Adm, Robtttf menaoir of 527
Etlia, Sir Henry ^ vute of i banks to 63
Encituitic nita tnf Mefttn. Maw 2«4
EngiueerM, IntiUuihn of Cipit, meeting
of 282
England, as Mketchedhy Foreign Arthti 28
EnvermeUf Frank cemttcry at, yh'it lo
63
Escottf Bickhamt etq. tnemoirof 91
Elchmiatin, Monmlery q/^ MSS« 9,t 5CN)
Euston-s^uare Siaiion, stAtue of George
Ste)>heiHoij erected ;it 494
Evenlry, near Bradley , coiut discovered
at 55
Ewin, Dr. litigious character of 24
Ewing, James, esq, nietnoir of 503
Exchequer t Chamberiains of, seal of 401
Ejrhtbilion of Educational Machinery
proposed 4!l]
^1851, Mrmoriai o/m4
qf Modern Fren ck Pici « res HQB
Eycken, J, P^an, memoir of 327
Eye, Roman gold coins found at 624
Eye Castfe, account of 624
Fabet\ Rev^ Gearge Stanley, iTK^oioir of
Falcon t Eear-Adm. Cordon T. memoir
of 528
Far dell, Jahn, esq, memoir of 430
Faucii, Mr^Jahn Saviite, memL>ir of 104
Fautsett'Sf Dt, Coins j sale of 5 1
^—^^~ Collection of Aniif/uititi 16?,
280, 493
Fen Road, Cambridgeshire 404
Fenestrelttt wuoderi frame for 621
Fereday Fellowships at Oxford 163
Fthula, Binjs;uUr circolar 64
Fischer de Waldheim, Dr. memoir of 2 1 2
Fit h' hook money «f Ceyton 66
Fleet Nithe, siluaCioii of 490
Florence, Gali leu's CotutneiiUries on
Dmic at 610
Fontaine, Af. Louis , memoir of 103
Forged Jniiquitiu^ 391
Fortifications of London ^ fictitioai tifVf
of 391
Fax, Charles Jametf famiSjr of 927 ; 3*011111
of 228; letter of, 179^, 235
Fox, Sir Sti^hen, e^t\y life of 227
Fore, bit exaggeration as aii bUtoriaol
Frammghttfn Earl, ancient wifido«>
frame ai 621
fVance, news from 305, 408, 515, 638
^^— Letter on proctamati^n ^ Wtf
with, in 1549, 467
Prospects of Religion m 284
-^ — — » perstcutioti of the Protet tantj ia
;i45
Francis t, golden seal of G4
Freibury, monument to &eriUold Seb«afa
494
FredeTnckII.Emperor,hMuun^%e%\Ki\\^%
French Refugees' reception in Pruma 5^
'^ Emigrants in London BS6
- — — Pictures, Exkibiiion »f609
Friederich, Andreas, his statue ©f Sir F.
Drake 282
Fullerton, Lord, memoir of 87
Galileo's Commentaries on Dani^ 610
Galwoy Brooch, description of t4^
1:6
Gardiner, FFilliam, esq. meiDoir of 9S
Garrick^ Mrs. Hogarth's picture of 6C9
Gaye, Jane Trimmer, rnetnorial wiitdutt
to 62
Geographieal Socieiy's p^lJ medal A^i
• anniversary of 605
Geohgieai Museum^ minerals and fotsili
presented to 388
George IL ttaloe in Lricester-sanire
494, 60«
Gerville, Monsieur de, memoir of, 21!
Gifford, Rear-Jdm, Jat, memoir of 643
Gilbert, John Davies, ei^. memoir cit 64S
Gillkrest, Jamet, M.D, memoir of^lO
GiUow, Rev, Richard, memoir of 213
Glasgow, Victoria Bridge^ opened tif
traffic 180
Glin, The Knight of, memoir of G47
67fliictf*f<rr, antiquities discovered at 173*
48G
Gloucester, Richard D, of, BJitogrA\»h £B
Gloves, ornamei<ted, temp. Charier J, €5
Gnostic talisman 68
Godfrey, Cot. Edwd, Lee, memoir of 65d
Godtcin, Aloj.-Gen. Henry, memoir of &?S
Goodere, CapL trial of 602
Goodlake, Thomas, esq. memoir of 534
Gordon^ Coi, Charles E, memoir of 5^
Gordon Square, Catholic and A pot to
Church I go
CraxebrooA, Michael, esq, memoir of 65S
Greece, news from 5 J 6, 630
Greek Sling- bullet t, description of 69T
Greenwich, antiquities fotitid at 403
Gregory, Capt, fFiliiam, memoir of^Oj
Oreswell, Rei*, fK Parr, oit^moir of 4f
Grossi, Tommaso, memoir of 547
Grottfend, Dr, George F. memoir of SM
Ind£X to Essays, ^c>
677
Gunmingt Htnryf esg. meniuir of 207
Gumeyt X /. auri Mrs* Opie 588
kick. Hanburpt etq. tnemotr of 320
Haherdiithtrt* Baiit an tiqiiilies found at
G19
Haggittt ^*'* Arthur, memorial window
io 165
HagMtt statue of Will&am 11. king of
Hullntidf at the 494
Hatet, John, Portrait e/*493, 5G«
Halt, Jotephf Bp* of Norwich t deteemd^
ants of 56$
Haltey, Thomat Phtmer, etq. mettioir of
Hamburg, fntamationat Cop jf rig ktwithSO
Harding, Mr, Gtmge Per/cvtf memoir uf
548
Hardingftone^ Rid man remainiat .iOO
HaringtoH, Rev, Richardf D^J}, memoir
uf 206
Harhf/i Sir Robert, c ha meter of 469
Robert, Jir ft Karl of Oxford 47 I
^ Lady BrillitAna^ Letters to \xet
Soti 47 \
Harper Brclhert, of New York 1 64
Harrit, Richard ^ etq. M,P. memol r of 54 1
Harrofwby, Dudley Earl of , moiiu mental
brasi tu 5:i
Bawtrey, Dr, sale of bi» library^ 165
Hajft Lt,-Cen,Jameif memoir of 528
Hiding ham Castie, difcoverkf jit 300
Htnnezei^ tle«cendanti of ihe 69
Henry //. and Betket 5* I
Henry ill. pefi ny of 176
Henry VHi, golilen seal of 64
Hen wood, James j esq. memoir of 541
Hfnzey, Joshua ^ pert rait of 69
Hereules^ bronae Bgurcs of 6'iS
Herodotus, on tUe panicle itv in 16 1
Hexham, gold riiip foiitid At 68
Hieiatic Papyri^ On the Select 514
Halyards, isle of IViyht, »lo»e aiei dis*
covered 617
Hind, Mr. discovery of a (ilaiiet by 54
Hindhaughf Nathaniel, esq, memtiir of
43r
Hoar e J Mrs, Frances D. memoir of ^4
llodffMon, Frederick y esq, memoir uf 658
Hogarth'i picture of Mrs. Garfick 609
Holland, Hen*y first Lord 2%^
Home, Capt, Sir Jas, Kverard, memoir
of 493
Homerton College, tale of 54
Hooper, John Kinnertley, esq. memoir of
651
■ Horn of Ivory, sculptured, 621
Houseiteadu, rliscuverief at 400, 402
Huguenots i suffenngt of the 344
Bmlstmmmrue 164
Mimmm tair for Wiff-maksrst importa-
•"^m W, «otihets by 53
ffickard,ieii\t of n^
*q, menioir of
Huysj Thomas, Physician to Quem Mary^
grant of armt lo 176
Hy the from the Canal 139
Illustrated News, inncQumc printiin 562
India, iicwi from ^2
Iniemational Copyright ettab limbed 50
Intramural Interment 7i
Ipswich, memorial window ^iSt.AIathtw't
Church b2
Ireland, AnciefU Map of 21^
iculpturedcrusiefiin I ?5, 599*617
•^^^^ ^ cfiriuufr reli(}ue found hi 620
— ^— Giaiiti" Ciiiderfl, iu vet ligation of
Irish antiquities in stone, gold, and bronze
174
Army List, 1689-90 159
Church Mission Society 1 8 1
Irstead and Batten Turf, on tbe turf
formation of 6S5
habella Queen of Edward IL notices of
ihe U^t day« of 401
Italy, disturbances in 305
Itiiory casket of Saracenic work 1 7 5
l99ry eoml'S, rrmarkable 298. 618
Jacobite garter with an inscription 402
Jamaica, news rr<im 178
James I, letter to the Emperor of Russia 45
■ proclamaiioii of '298
IL Irish Army List, 1689-90 159
Rev. Edward, mtrmoir of 539
Jameson, Projetaor Hubert, memuir orG56
Java, weapuna and implements of 617
Jay^ Rev, iFilHam^ memoir of 334
Jefferson, President, *l«ioe of 283
Jenkins, Sir Richard, cuemciirofl97
Jenkyns,Dr,Dean (^ Welh,mtimoii uf425
John 7*aylcur, wreck of tbe tliip 181
Joliffe, Col. Jno. Twyford, memoir of 430
Joryny or Jouringt explanation of ibc
word 226
Kay, Ellis Cunliffe Lister, Esq, memoir
of 321
Kent, On the Sea Margins o/404
Kidderminster^ Ba^ter'a pulpit at 33
King-s College, London, professors ap-
puinied 54
King^holm, near Claueettsr^ relici found
at 173, 486
Kilkenny Arch^ologicai Society, meet*
logs of 405, 626
Kilkenny, tea! of Thorn A4 de Ros 62?
Kilklispeen Cross, sculpture of G17
Klili, Mr. Philips memoir of 328
Knights Banneret 46
La Chaise, Pere, character of 343
Lallements fiisiory of Columbia, Stric-
ture! on, 603
Lambert, Mqjor'Gen* an order by, 1650
173
Lanceuhiret ilrikes of workmen in 73
Larpent Collection qf Plays 162
Laieran Palace, ancient mofcaic of the 406
Latter, Ospt, Thomas, memoir of 530
Lawless, Hon, Cecil, memoir of 87
678
Index to Esia^i^ ^c*
Lapurd^ Austin Hemy, ffefdom of ibe
City of Luiiduii prMt^iJtfd lo 2tt3
It^amtd Soeieliei in ike Uftiled Kingdom
56
Ledbury f incited memorijil found at 68
Le Cric^t C\ F, sofinet lo Eeruarit Bar-
ion 487
L9ie€tter, Metiing- 9f AreMleciural S^*
cietiet ai 6U7
Leighton^ Arehb* propoEcd memo rial to
390
XeCAerJHf A411N, tokens ftfid coins founiiaou
Lewei^ bronze riflique fouiul n^nr 6^0
Librariea and Muneumt, Pubiie 3^6,49*2
JUckfitld Cathedrafj munu mental brast
in 52
Lic^etdf Earl 0/, metnttir of 644
LUtebonne^ bronze n^ilt «t&tue from 59
Linehiade^ Bririilj urn fuund at 401
Literary Fund Socieiyf miaiTenafy of 6O6
* Penii&nt 54
Property t *ale of 51
Liverpoot Muteum of AntiquHiet S80
Sciend/k Societiet o/492
London Bookteilert I6&
» Bridge, fold fin^ found 176
• Corporation^ Report on 631
^" -■ FkciiUoitt Vicw9 ^ the Foriifi-
caiions ^391
■^ ^^ French Emigrants in S96
■- ^~ map uf, ill ibe oldun time 391
Medicnt Sifeielyt meenng of 389
Paffeant of 1684, 380
diica¥fries of aniiquitiei 404,
619, 625
London Unitfertity Ofllegt, geolo^cal
my^eum ai ,188
Londonderry ^MarqutiM 4^, memoir of 4 i 5 ;
will 450
Lopet^ Sir Ralph, memuir of 422
Lord Lieutenants of Counties ^ early his-
tory «f *e98
Lord Mnyor'i Pageant of 1684, 3B0
Lothairet Emperor^ silver coin of 406
Loui$ VI I, of France, letter of 6S
Louii XIK of France^ character of 342
L<ntvoi*, r ha meter of 343
Love, A^ichotas, munument to 362
Lowther, Gorges, esq. memoir of S3 5
Loyola t fgn, his early hiitury 580
Lucas, John tetq. memorial window (o 517
Luciem, The Toxaris of 37
Ludhw, Edmund, monument to ?60
Lychrroteopes in Churches 299
Lyd'mrd Milicent, iconoclaim at 2
Macartney^ George Earl of, sale of Ibe
library &nd MSS. of 283
Mackenzie^ Gen. Sir Alex, memoir of 314
Mackeson, L t. - Col. Frederic, me m oi rof 200
Maddox, Mr. Witter^ memoir of 1W2
Maestricht, coffer let with gems from 176
Maidstone, spear-head, See. found at 69S
Maintenon, Madame de^ cbRratier of 342
Majolica, choice examptei of 176, 30O
MaiUi the Poet, firit wife of 2
Maltal Moimtaist, batai-r^licHp 40€
Maltbyt fyitliam, ##7. iriemoir of9Q0
Mar lay. Sir Jofm.^ and M^detc^mdamti Iflf
Marlborough Hom*e^ iDodeU bjr lialM
sculptors 391
Marochttti't Statue qT RUkard CmerM
Lion 282
Martin^ J oIm^ esq. memoir of 433
Mary, Queen, autograph of 392
Mayenctt Roman eaiket foutid at 174
Mayer, Jotepk, muieuiii of aniiqiiftla
2tJ0, 493
Meagher, WilHamf litcrnry »xcurti«ttaf
405
Medical Society of LondontfDemi log of S9
Medici, Cosmo de, iraJ, viilh arms of Sfl
Meere's dispute with Sir /jPI BaUigk iB
Mentmore, AngtO'S&VMi remaiiii funadf
at 401
Merij weapdnsof iheNew ZeaUfidert 404
Merrie England, meaniDg^ of the f^TWH
276
Meial Box engraved, of 17th eentaiy M
Metcalfe ^StrT, Theophitug, m emoir of lf\
Microicopicat Society t SOU
Middlesex Hospital, enUr^ement of 181
MtU, Rev. ft^. Hodge, D.D, nieaiotr of 901
Moir, Dr. monument to 55
Monaster hoice, sculptured cross at 620
Monastic Library Ca^fttogve^, anno iili,
623
Montgomery, James, €9f. memoir of 6&9
Montseirat, Our jAkdy of, shrme of Vi^
Monypenny, Lt*'C&l. Thomas G.mtmtstt
of 533
Moore, Tho9* and Ht, Hm. JT, /IT. CMv
Uo, 365
More, Sir William, marria|>;« eapetiiet af
the dau^hier of, I5ti7, 4Ul
More, Sir Thomas, seal of 6 19
Moreton Family, charters relating to €28
Mosfyn, Lord, nirmoir of 53(4
la Mottedu Chdielard,nrt ificinl hi II of 401
Mount Harry f near L^mes^ British on
diicoTtreil near 175
Mountain, Col. ^rntifte S, H, nmMlr
of 530
Mulready*s Interior <^a Barber* 9 Sktp SS
MuBeumSy Local, coutributiona to $tl5
Mnsselbufgh, monument to Dr. Moir 54
Mutdebury, Col. George, memoir vf _
Nantes, Recocation of the Edict «/&M^
Napier, Capt, Henry E, mettiotr of ^'
Naplee, prisoners at 630
Napoteon's Russian Campaign 46S
Narbonne, M. de. Life of 45tt
Naworth Castle, rest oration of 606
Needleufork, icrop, Henry VII. 694
Nelson and Wellington, Totmbe 0/ %
Rev. H^ilham Bart, monttoietit
to 2
Netherlands, Treaty of Peace with 1$67»
392
Nesham, Adm. Christ, J. 19^ neotoirol
316
r o«
Index to E*»ay§, SfO.
679
I
I
NtiiirtfiUtf Jamtt Yiaamni^ tnetnoir of
418
Newark Churchy sepulchral br an at 63 1
Neufturtfh^ Counteti o/^ metnoir of 63
AVif'Cannon Street ,iAi^covt net In '404|6?3
Newca»ii€'Vpm-Tjfne,wmki of ihe eaitie
in 1557 » 69 i rents payable for ttt de-
fefi€€403
-^ - ■ — XAterary and Phi-
la»9ftkicai Society t library of 388
-^- Haciety qf Anti^uatiett m^tt-
iii|fiuf69, 40i, 622
New England Historic Cenealo^ieat S&*
ciet^t mertiitg uf ^60
Newmarket Heath, galdea wUiitle found
in
Newport, metal ft amp 13th eentory
frirm 619
Newport^ George, etq. meaiotr of 660
New York, deaiructive Ore al, 164
New Zealand, antiquities from, 404
Nimroudf Obelitk dittcovered 610
Nineveh, Eicavatiitnt at 405
Not den the Topographer, notice* of 382»
385, 450
Nctfotk and Norwich jhehieological So-
ciety, meeting of 695
Noirris, Capt. memoir tif 90
Northampton^ Architectural Society 3H8,
Go:
N^fhumbrian Familietj proofs of age of
402
Siyca^y catalo^fiie of 402
Norton Batant Churrh^ mojitjcurnt in 53
Nortnn, near Sheffield ^ st/itue of Sir
Framii Chaiirrry at 494
Norway ff^ooden Chmchei 496
Norwich, Hotpttal/or Sick Children 163
'— keformatory Asylum for Crimi-
nab 163
Numttmatie Societyj meeUog^s of 65, 303,
4l)4, 513
Nuneaton Church, inonumenU refttori^d
S3 ; ornAfTipnted (ite from 68
Old and New TeHament, On the MS,
fertionM of the 68
OpiCn ^Irt. Amelia, niecnolr of 95, 513 j
mrmoriaU uf 581
Orange, Prince o/» hiitorical notioei of
451
Orloff', family of 567
Oee^igatl, Sason Cemetery at 137
Oxford Septuagint, remarks on 1 14| $59,
378, 488
^—^ Univereity, iittellifrence 55, 163»
387, 494 ; r«furm of 50, 386
Osfordihire (North) Areharelogieat 5o-
ciety 633
Paiaontographieal Society, meeling of
388
Palestine Archceological Aseociation, for*
motion of 280; firal mer-tmg i05
Paigrave, Saxon ornament found at 624
Fail Mali, malleti and ball used in ibe
game 300, 512
Palmerttom^ Lord Vitce/nni^ ialeoded re«
si gnat ion of 73
Panama, Old, coins discovered at 179
Panorama of Constantinople 54; of
Berlin 609
Papyri, On the Seteei Hieratic B\4
Pafliament, Seiiioo 1854 opened by Ibt
iiaeeu 409
Parma, Duke oft dehth &17^ tDemoir637
Ptuco, Rear-Adm. John, memotr of 88
Paula and Euktochium, AMceticiem 6f^46
Pellico, Silvio, memoir of 546
Pembroke, Ann Count est of, letter of 298
Petiian copper coin (called Kasbeifi) 303
Periiies and Sigitmunda, by Cenrantea
267,500
Pertz, Dr. visit to Enfcland 55
Peter, Czar, invaMon of Turkey 352
Petit, Lt.-CoL Peter John, monumental
bras« of 52
Peto, Mr. gift to Baptist Missionary Se*
ciety 164
Peyton, Sir Henry, memoir of 421
Phitobibtont The, formation of ibe So-
ciety 608
Phipt, Sir f^lliam^ family of 46
Phipps, Sir Comtantine, family of 46
Phystcinns (English) in Rus«ia 44
Piccadilly, deicribed by Dumtis 29
Pickering CkurcK mural palntiiifs in 69
Pickering tfTSchmarsh, family <jf 2
Pictures, itle of Mr. Arnold's, 499; of
Lord C. Towns bend's, 600
Pigott , Mr , 5my/ A.sai e of I h e ! i bra ry of I ^^
Pilgrimage to High Places 358
Pilyrim *a Progress ttranslated into Chimsg
Piikington, Sir T^mas, memoir of 4f I
Planet, New, diseuvery of 54
Platjues, enamelled, l3ih ct-ntury 400
Playing Cards engraved 619
Ptnnket, Lard, memoir of 1 65, I9I
Pockhngton Grammar Sehoot, seal of 6 19
Point-lace Dresses, Mth Century 621
Poitiers, shrine of St. Radegonde 283
Poland, lepijlchr^l brasses in 618
Pontefract Castle ^ siege- piece strack in
514
Ponton, Thomas, esq. memoir of 92
Pope Innocent f^l, bull uf I77
Portland, Duke of mtmoir t>f 523
Portsmouth, Earl of , memoir of 1 90
Portugal, Queen a/^ memoir of 79
Potter 9^ Marks 138
Pattdam, ancient cutlery from 514
PoMlett, Fice-Adm . Hon .G, memoirof420
Powell, Cat. fFil^am Edward^ memoir
of 648
PratelHs, teals of 65
Precedency, Table e/"37 1 ♦ 450
Preseot Working' Man* sLibrary, opening
of 51
Pretender, manifesto of tbe 64
Printer f Pension Society, annual report
389; dinner 608
G60
Indeje to EiS(i^9%
PrinUitg Clult in ikeVnited Kingdom ^(i
PHitBaa^M 164
PrmfUt tee Smith
PruMtia, Commercial Ptmperiiy nftiDA
PutkUchurckf Mantion tf ike Dentiii
Fkmityat92G, :«38, 5£H)
Eadcl§if0f Hoberit etq. memuir of 649
R4id€>»U^t General JoeepK nan, me mot r of
101
Retkan<t olrculir window at 175
Railway*, kiul occupied by tBl
Raleigh, Sir fl'atter, at Sherborne i Mr,
Cullier'« memu&r uf 401
Ramtden, Rear-Adm, WilHamf memoir
of3J7
Raneiagh Chapel 288
RavgooHf ihv church nt '296
R^ttdtffe Highway, filiulip fouiia al 302
Rauncebj/ Church t painuii^t diicoverecl at
17St«9B
Readgt Mr, hit collect iim of se&lfl 62 1
Ri/orm BiH 410; wit lulr a w n 5 1 7
Btkmumt, Baron de, m«fn(iir uf htb
Reliquary itfUttten metal , 1 5tli cofitury Cfcl
Renfrew Athenmum^ mAU;;ur4Ced 55
IZfiioMart/y MoAf . j4ii/o»»f Aug^ memoir oT
545
Rheimet deo<jrAtiv« pjivf merit »( (SIS
Rhine* Land and it a Romance 940
Richard Cttur de Lion, Mfttuc of 282
///. MS.wiib the nutdgraph of <J8
Rtchai(hJtev^J>Ln*vof*ihtt memoir of 4^5
Richardxonf Jamee Makett, et^. itieiiioir
of 549
Richbor^ngh, coin of Pepin faund Mt 66
Rick ford, ff^lHamt e»q. memoir of .121
Riddle, Edward, eeq, mtm^iir of 661
Ring* Money ai a Medium (tf ExchangeGh
— Silver, irith 174
Ripon, Greek and Homuu coiiia fauoil
Rnberd, Witt^n A. ettf. memoir of 323
R&cheeter, Sason remainx at 6iA
Roman Catholics^ niiniber fif I BO
/2i}i9ianCArf«/ianLan«/>i,(leacription(»f300
— ^-^ and Fianki$h Cemcteriee 55
tetra-coiiu lamp 403
Home, Antiquities o/ 40(j
Caiiieombt at *il(l
Rood' screen at laxiey Church 013
Rowe, Rev. Samuet, memoir of 543
Royal Albert, Launch of the 563, 631
Rnyal Autographs 39'i
Royal Society, ;iiiuiver«ary 50 j elections
605
^Xi/*rafun'i meet in go f 5 \ 4
Rubini, Ciamhaititta, memoir uf 547
Rugby ^ Anglo-S txori r<?Iic& found near Sdd
Rustetl, Backet Lady, cbaracier of 140
X*OT-d William, trial of 143
RuMsia, Englith Phyeicians in 44
i^ Emperor of, Uiivt* from Queen
Elizahetb and Jamet I. lo 45
— — and Turkey, war between 71
Wur with 304, 4CI, 408, 515
Ruieia, Traita of the Cs«rt 350
con trait bet ween the C«liack
and (he Serf 478
Ruseian Parterre t Leave* J^m a 5ti3
54ie4r Pottlee 400
^. Alban'e, letseUatetl patrettitiit aai
rehta from 67
St, Bene^fink Church, icpuJcbral ttite
diicuvcred on tile of 403
St, Eihelburga's Church, lombn Afi4 «a.
tiqutt&ei in 619
St, Ht/en'e Church, arcbitecturc of Cl9
5l. Luke, picture* atiil ttafuei oi like
Virgin Mary, aitrthu(e4 tu ]3i
St. Afartin'e WoikkQuee^ .incieut tcillp-
tnre from iiH
St, Patrtek*t Money, biatory of G37
St, Pautt Caihedrai, mew tfiem m^,
op«ned 494 « SOU
St, Radegonde, of Poiiiere, ibrUic %4 283
St, Sithe, and St. Ositha, dedicatioa oft
church to 338
St, Tli&ma* of Canterbut^f paint ifigi of
the murder of 515
■ alAbait«r
letoffiei
la Saletie, n\^pu.nUiin of the V^ir^in ai 10
Sailtbury, Dr, Venison ^ Bieh^p of^ me-
mutr of 418
Sandon Chmrcht monumental braM in 53
Saunders, Hkomat, e»^, F.S,A, itiem«ir
of 432 (fee July Mug, p. 9,)
Saviour Crucified, peculiar itiea ia lb«
repre&ei)tattu)ii of 1^5
Sajton Broocht set with gane IZ^
^^^ fibula found near '■" )^
/^oi'on an^/ irii A illumifiu , {f^
Saxony, Anne of, Utri r* o( Abl
Scandinaman Stofie fVrapone 617
Schiller, Overeight e/ Go3
Schleeinger, Max, detcHption of tlie
EnirUGh 30
Schneider, Herr J, C F. memoir of f IS
Schomberg, Rev, A, C, iiteuiuir of 114
SehoolMof Art, titinbiUUed A^'i
Schwrirs, Bertkold, fni>mjaieii| to 494
Scotish induUrial Mueeum 606
Scot la nd, Society of A ntiq uariex Muecmm ,
free admiuion to 55
- "-» Public Recofdt </, free accesa
to 28 1
Screw Line of Battle Sh^t 408
SeaU of «o\d of Francit \, and Uenry
VUI. 64, from the Chiunel lilaiida &Sg
of HumeC 172, of the Aufuiitniani
Ballinrnbe 278,of CbatnberUinf nf tl
Exchequer 40 1, varinut ancient 17^
298, 6I9, 62 r, 6:4, 6J7 i coUccied
Mr. Ready, 621
Seal-ring, engraved 338
Sene Cathedral^ ivory rumh at SUO
Septuagint, The, of the ChruHam Kmem*
ledge Society 148, ^26
— Oxford Edition ^f 114, S5«,
378, 488
^
IntUs to Estaifi, Sfc.
681
I
Septuagint, Tht^ of tk€ M(ficow Bibh
Socittp 374
pubiUhetl by Afetsrt, BaJtter
374
• — — new fdition of 562
Sepulchral Uiage» nf Earig Chriitiofi
Tlmei 172
Shakespeare S^»cietyf terminAtiou of 60d
SkaktpeT9, Over fig hi qf6Q3
Shaktperean dUcotftriet in America 1 64
Shm-bome, Sir Walter Raleigh at 17
Sherbome, Rtvett relict fuund in 174
SherbumHotpilal, The late MaHero/SOl
Sheriffifor the year 18&4» list of 305
Shreieihirjf, teal of the luwn of 613
Shrinet ami Imagu of the Virgin Mary
129
Silekestert Roman antiqultkii fuund 174
Silver, TmUi fnttrtimenU of IhSBt 691
Simeon^ Sir Richard G* meojoir of 197
Sting*l/ulletij iuscrihed ^$%
Smith f John, E»q. merooir of 542
— ' Mr, C, Roach, leuer on the an-
ttquitiet at Colcheiter '0
{or ProtUJt Riehnrd Hugh, I rial
of 517
Sodom ^ suppoted ruint qf 40h
Sompting Churchy proposed restoration
oi67
Somof the Ciergyt bUceritenary Fe«tiral
631
Sorbiere,M,3itmt^*yU^Lm^A^In I6d0| 114
S&uthamptoHt Did Dock, fall of the wall
IB!
Spain, newt from 7^, 178» 631
Spaniih teai of polished jet \1^
• pavement tiles 6^ I
Springetif Lady, &ktU a« at* ocuUit 468
Stanhope^ Michael^ Vice-4dm, seal t»f 6§4
Stanley family , ariecdotc^i of 36
Stanton, ci>. Staff, ^uld lor que fuund at 174
Star Cham Ler proceeding M, ciampk of IB
StatUticat $ocieiy,e[ecuon of officers 3^8
Statues in London 494^ bill for protection
i»f 608
Straiford-on~Avon, preiit fire at 998
Stephenson, George, italue of 494
Steifent, Mr. H, EnglUb library 5 1
StevcntoHt Seth fVm. e*<i. F.S.4, memoir
of 208
Stjom, puhlieaiioii of, in Nurwiiy 1 64
Stake Ash, Britlsb cinerary urn, fourtd at
mi
Stone Implemcnttt Illwirated, 403
Stoner, Mr^ J&s» SargeuU, memoir of
356
Straehan, Sir John, memutr of 431
Stuketey, Dr, extracts from MS« diaiiei
of 48
Sudbury* lilver betrothal ring 618
Suffolk Institute ofArehtBoiogyt meet ingi
of 176,623
Sunderland, origin of lb**
Surrey Areh^oiogica
of 163,493; h
GiKT* Mao. V
Surrey^ Henry H^/Ward, Earl qf, poeiry
of ^92
Sussex jtrch*»alogical Society, meeting of
607
Swoffttam Church, reiloration of 6 JO
Swiney Prise 164
Sydenham^ Cry ttat Palace at , completioo
of 6fM
Syracuse, gold coins 404
Tatfourd,Mr. Justice, memoir of 525
Taper 'Stand, silver, lit b century 624
Tarring Church, rettoration of 517
Taylor, Major-Gen, Tho.^. memoirof317
Te^monfichin, tculplored cross at 6*^0
TesseUated'pavement foujid in Londoi46 1 9
Thames, antiquities found in 298, 300,
401,403
Thanet, hie ^, Celtic coini found in BB
Theudosia, new pat rou satntof A mieni 27 0
Thomason, Hon, Jama, memoir ol 199
Thompion, William, esq, M.P, memoir of
650
Thomson ^ Sir James, memoir of 424
ITiorciby, Ralph, portrait of 298
Thornton, Li,- Gen. Sir C, W* memoir of
647
ThorntonSchoolst^rcciefistn^tiidointfl^BB
Thorp Arch, m Roman villa at 626
Thynghul, Seal of John 277
7Ti6e/, Monetary System ofbi^
Tiger steamer, destruction of 630
Ti le, -Paving, an c i en 1 6 8 ; M r, M aw 'g £84
Tindalt Charles John, esq, memoir of 323
Tinesis used by Hei-odotus 226
Tokens, stone mould for casittig 60
Topographers, the firtt English 392
TWny, sione sepulchre discovered at 63
Townshend,Ld. CMBdleuflik pictures 609
Dwaris of Lucian 37
Trade Museum ^{yb
Treasure* trove, if j urious effect of t be law
of 619
7V»i», the ^reat bell of 114
IViptyck of Ivory, J3ib eenlury 65
7VubKhaWi Mr. James, memoir of !)7
Truster, Dr, John, araeedt^tes of 114
Tuam Cathedral^ %chi\^t\ittd arcb in 175
^^^ tculptured cro«s at 617
T^rin, newt from 178
Turkey, newi from 71, 515
™ invasion by Czar Peier 352
United States, Preiident'i mesiage 72
nevrs from 178, 517, 631
toanu(«ctyre« of 390
Univertal Alphabet, conference on 281
Up'Lyme, teitellated pavement 173
Vale Cruets Abbey, leaden dote found at
619
Van Diemen*s Land, news from 72
f'edder^ Mr. David, memoir of 662
Venetian glass* covered cup of 68
f^ere, Sir Francis, and the Earl qf
Northumberland 401
*^*-iiwi. Adm» letter and aoecdotci of 601
'komas, inquiry concerning 603
4 S
6S3
IndiM to Booki RivieWed*
Fe^Miiant <K»lfls or, dkcovettd at BtrU
bw, 174
Fevay Church, monumtnt* of the Eiig-
li&ti republicATi refugees m 260
^ifnna, news from 515
■ Conference at 6tfl
FifUJiff tn /Vanef) Ubriiy deitroyed by
fire, 584
Filkina-Saga, publication af 164
Fitr|i*il Marify apparition of 10
■ Shfinet and Imaffii ^IS9,
364
Vticonti, M.LcMitJoaehlm ffiiemoh of 544
Vuiiiamy, B, L, tuq. memoir of 3S5
Wttiktr^ Cnpt. Joe, Tttit to the ruined
cltiei of America, 974
Wallace, Hon^JamesMopej memoir of 4fO
Watiaehiaf tiewi from 177
Fflansrfbrd, Snff&tk, ancii*Tit relict found €1
M^ar declared wUh Rmitia 407
War With J^iuvy 1549, Letter 9m 467
f^ardlaWyRev,Ra}ph,D.DAnemo\TO\^hi
Warner^ Capt. Samuel Alfred^ tnetnoir
of 549
Warmiekt Sir Philip, Ring pii>en by
Charles I, to 450, 563
Wathin^tenj co, Durham^ gold ring^ with
n otto, found at 623
Weapon* f Ancient 6'8
in Mime and bronte^ tfgO
fFehbt General, anecdote of 602
fVedding Cerem&nies, Ancient 379
f^eddtc, Mr, Th&matt memoir of 100
ff^elfordt Saxon fibula found near 68
Weileitetf, Marchioness, nieinoir of 188
Wellington Colleg ft Incorpmntion *»/163
■ City of London Monument in
GuUdhaU, 494, BOO
Memorial at Brighton 609
ff^eth, Dean of, Dr* Je«kyn«, memoir
of 4^5
IVcnden, Rnman remain*, relict found
at 67, 175
fFettmintter, Palace qf, decoration , of 389
Whartont Nehemia, letters by, 1642, 64
Whitby, British harrow opened near 999
fFkitefriart^ ornamental brtck found at
621
0^Mrimgt0m, ftifiiily of e^^
Wighit I*U ofy BriiiiU Tutu «li a n
0%g'wmiter9f Uutnati hair imponrf fr
450
Wilkes, Jphn, character of 0trt j
miHam II, King qf H^imd, ftatut i .
494 I
WltlimnstMr* Samuel^ m^iBoirall^t 1
/f7^on, Pro/>f5or JoAji, memyjrof ^T '
■ Rev. Harry BrUtem^ J>Jl
meniotrof53S I
ff^tton, earthen lamp fouftd at 691
ff^mchetifr, leaden token dmed tU\, I
found at 68 '
¥f^mckntef Coilege, tculptored wwr
mentt discorered 209
Winche$ter, St. John'w, Mural palnHtfi
discorered 5 1 5
Window^/rame for a feneitrelle €tt
Wingfield family^ bratart of 6^
^'heman^ Cardinal, bia sermon at Aisi^
272
Wit ham. Sir Chariew, menmir of f T
Woodstock^ Pfincett £titeibeih a prfmttf
of 3, 122
Woolhampton^ stone coffin fid from 3ftl
H^oolwichf launch of tbe flo)a1 Albeit
631
Worcester Architecimrai Sa€ietyf mtftiil
«D7
Wyeliffes Veriiont of Old and Kf«
Teitamcnt 68
Wylie^ Sir Jamei^ memc^lr of MS
Yajtley Church ^ architecture of 5tJ
y*^hrlen, I>ani*h island ef^ ancient «•)■*
difioverrd 303
York, aritiquitiei found at 69, ^ft
Y^kihire, antiquities fbund in BfHIik
tiimuli in 63
YorkMre AyricuUttrat ^oeMr* «MCCh|
ofeOT
Yorkshire Antiquarian Ctub, tneeHnfiif
69, 696
Yorkshire Woldt^ in er i A ci al t u m o hit •« A
Youghal, Monastic Seal discovered tt ffTt
Zoological Society, annnal report, 5i8
, _-„ annual ineethif €lie
Zwingle, Uiric, his early brttoiy 36*
INDEX TO BOOKS REVIEWED.
Adame, Partiamentary Handbook 169
Aili^ord 6S
Akcrman,J, Y* Remaint of Pagan Saxon*
dom 166
Amnejf Holy Rood, Notci on the Crosa
of 612
Ancient Gothic Churches 405
Anderson, Sir C. Journal in Nomay 495
Angus, Or* J, Bible H«nd*Book 615
Apoitolical Epistles, Annmtatiome «« 615
Anslophanes, Comedies Transistttd 503
irfhiiai4a499
Astronomical and Q^^le^iami i^kmtmam
16i
Avillm and other Tales 62
Ballad Poetry, Pidoriai Bmk ^t$^
Band of Nope Rrviem 39^
Bartlett, IK H, Tbe Pilgrim Falhm «
Bath, Cwnection of, with tkt f ilwnwi
and Science of Enylamd 1(»T
Beamish, Rev, H, H. Trutb aMitca In
Love 509
BHl, R. A.AQMat«d BdBn^ms mi fiwiik
Fo«tt291
H Index to Baoki Umiemed. 6M ^|
■ ^«ne<fi>/t09i#, or lAe B/e4Jtf<; I4r§ 508
Emphaiic Gruk Teitdmini 5 1 0 ^H
IfiWtf , 7Vtti/iw OM ptctUiarHiH •/ 60
E if ton. Rev, R, fF, Aniiquitiet of Sbrop- ^^|
J9i^/« Hand' Book 615
ftbire 497 ^H
i?/M«JarjtWt5lS
F<rif A/'ii' Fromiser, The 60 ^H
BaAjiV CioMcoi Uhrary 505» ^14
Famj/y Altar, The I69 ^H
FaHm V Roman States from 1 8 1 5 to 1 B50, ^H
396 ^H
^i»oAfr, X Ob«oLeu Words and PbrAiff
Jur/d <ritcf /^e Fold, The 400 ^H
lo the Bible 61
F/y Leavett or Scrapi and Skeiche* 69 ^^M
Bou^n, R, J}. Tr&nilfttion of GOibt'i
Forester, TV Norway and its Scenery 497 ^^M
NoveU tod Talet 390
Foiter, J, LiecCures at firoadmead Cba|M]| ^^M
Bfightwtllf L, Memoritli of A.iDtIia
Brisrol 510 ^H
Opie58l
Fowler, R, Hitber and Tbitber 616 ^H
^rii**/, CWno#tli«#*/997
Fox, Charlt* James, Life 0/221 ^H
Mroadmtad Chafei, BritM, Ueturu ol
Fragmenit Litter air et 396 ^^B
510
f>aii£« 5«/oie Me Resolution 2H$ ^H
Bungm«ft L, F* Frtnee before the He*
Histmy o/the ProtettanU o/5S% ^H
volution 386
/'VonMii, J. lEluBtmted Edition of Drydeo ^H
Bumeti Discourte on the Fatioral Care
395 ^H
IG9
(Tet^afi Mutic, Modem 613 ^^|
Bury, Baronut B* <f#, Memoirs of EJiJsa-
Gibbon, E, Roman Empire 508 ^^M
betb the PrinceiS Pmlmdne 450
Gihaon, W, S, NoitbumbrianCatllei,&c. ^H
^ury SU Edmund'*^ Hand* Book 0/6I6
^H
Car/CTi, E. von. John, a Tale 171
GoldMmUh, OHvtr, Worki of 507 ^H
Castetlamimie 396
G^th^s Nfweh and Talet 399 ^H
Ccrt/AMlef, Ptrfiilef aod SigUmund* d67v
<;olAfc CAwreAe^p ^Jfcienl 495 ^H
500
Griffith, R* T, H. Tran«lavion of Tba ^H
Charla RoMsel 63
Birth of tbe War.God 6I ^H
CA<7i/'i In^Doar Campaniim 61
Chorletf, H, K Modern German Mutic 6 la
^1
Christian TitUt 60
CroHus on ih€ RighU of War and Peaet ^H
Cikru/nuu, £ffv, R Seeoet in Life ol
936 ^M
Cbriftt 61
Gui tot's Representative Goifemmeni S$% ^^M
Cicero y TreatUet of hO%
Happy Be$otv€, The 69 ^^H
Citrical BdvcalUm 510
Harlcy, Lady Rrillinna, Letters ^468 ^H
Cotchetter Cattle, Lecture itn «90
Haverf0ld,Rev, T. T, Cbarlet Routiel 69 ^^H
Collectanea Anii^ua I66, 615
Haxtkaustn on the Internal Stat9 of ^^|
Cooper T. H, Guide to Lytiton 168
Russia 47H ^H
Council of Nicea, Account (if the 615
Help and Comfort for the Sick Poor 509 ^H
Coutmt Victor, Frafcmentt Litterairet 396
Hickie^fF* J* Tr:iiiilaiion of AriitopUanei ^^|
CWi>. Rw, M. Hulteao lieciurea fur
509 ^H
)ii5a, 616
HtlA«r (UkI TAiMer 616 ^H
Croker, Rt, Bon. /. W. and Motfre*i Diary
^o/(/e9i, H. ^. Edition of Minucii Felieii ^H
365
Octavtuf501 ^H
CrmUmi^Mn.NMemoTMe^omtn J7I
i/o/l, D. Janufl, Lake Sonnets 616 ^H
CStmmmg, Dr, B^nedtctiont 508
f/«i/<eaNX«ceNrej/9r I853t 616 ^H
Cimningkam, P. Ediuoa of GotdiroUb's
Hutnor Rev, A, Learned Societies and ^^M
Work* 507
Printing Clubs 56 ^H
thtrson. Hon, R, Armenia 499
Hunter, Joseph, Connection of Bath wilb ^^M
Cutit, Rev. E. L. on Colcbester Cait le S9O
tbe Literature of England 167 ^^M
Dalc^ Rev^ T. Burnetii Dii^ourfe oo tbe
Janus, Lak§ Sonnets, 4fr, 616 ^^M
Pafttoral Care 169
Jenkine.Rev, H, on Colebester Caitle 990 ^H
DaUon, W. I'he Family h\i%x 169
John.- a tale 17 1 ^H
B D'ArhlQiff Madame^ Dtiiry and Letlcn of
■ 509
Johnson, G* Natural History of tbe ^^M
Eastern Borders 399 ^^M
Judson, Dr, A, Memoir of 986 ^^M
J>ifficultU9 in th^ Church, a Sermon 615
Juteniie Delinquency, Essays on 996 ^^M
/>orf*f Pternge, Ac, for IB54* 169
Kttye, Dr, /, Account of tbe Council of ^^M
H Doran,/* Wofk>ofDr, Edw.Young 993
Nicea615 ^H
■ I>ryden, BelCi Life ^999
KefT, Mrs, A, Tranfilatioo of Ranke't ^^1
■ H^orkt 0/295
History of Servta 170 ^^H
■ Betlenmiiool Hi*torv of «*<—'- sos
KingUm, m H. G, Blue Jackets 519 ^H
H £<fm<»Ji '^ *^'"
Knight, C. Once upon a Time I68 ^H
■ 996
< Did Printer and tbe Modem ^H
■ EiW9ifS
<sio ^M
684
Jfide^ io Books Reviewed,
Latham, M <7. Gerniftnia of Tacitus 605
Latin Cftrliiumiiy, fJiitory of hQ^
Leakey^ C. fV* Lyra Au«itralii i99
Leartud Svttetiet and Printing Otub§ &f
tli* United Kingdom 58
Ltti^r U VUcvunt PaSfMr*ton 509
Uwis, T. T. lettifrs tif Lid^r Brikriana
HftHey 469
Lffremo Benoni 3d6
Louisa von Ptettenkam 63
Lpntonj Guide to 168
Lpra JtiStratiB 399
Methaine, C. P. % Valedictory Offering
169
Mantettf G, A, Geologkal Eicurtions 398
Martineau, H* tra natation of Positive
Phiioiopby 346
Memorable Women 171
Memorials of Amelia Opie 59 1
Miller, /. Ply leitvei 69
Milman^ Dr. H. H. History of Latin
CliriHiaittty 569
Minucii FeUeit Oetaviv* 501
MmtMif Volume, SuceifSfful Men uf
Modern Ttmet 6S
Moore, Life of Thomat 1 15
Moore's Diary and Mr, Croker 363
Moore, X ^. Pictorial Book of Baltid
Poetry, 595
Muhck, Miss, A Villon and oihcr tales 6^
Murray's British Claesics 507
Natural History <(f the Eastern Borders
399
Noake, J, The Rambler tn Worcester*
ibire 500
JVertkumhiian Casttetf Churekea, and
Antiquities, deicriptjon of 506
Norway, Et^bt wevki' Journal in 1859,
495
- -^^ and its Scenery <9l
Notet Ql Pans 284
O'Brien^ P. Journal of a R«iidtncii in
I lie D^nubjatt PnncipAlttiet 324
OlsoUte n^ords andPArates in the Bibh 61
Ocean and her Rulers 17 I
Old Printer and ike Medem Pre*s Cll 0
Onee upon a Time 168
Opie, Amelia, Memoriale tffSil
Ordinati&n Service/or Deeeana 5U9
Oryanon„ The, of Arts to tie translated 614
Chfid, Tranelaiion qf FaUit Sfc, 5«
[ Owen, O. F. Trantlatioii of OrgauonSH
OJ^ford Bdilion of the Stptuagint 114,
S59, M», 488
Palmer*ton, ViseoutU, letter to 509
Parkcs, B. R* Summer tketcbei, ar»d
oibiT puerot 616
Peel, E* Salem Redeemed 5 1 1
Peerage , Baronetage ^ and Knighiagefor
1854 169
Peile, Dr, T. W. anuotaiioni on ibe
ApoKolicttl Epiiilei 615
[ Penry, John, the Pitgrim Martyr 51 1
Perntes and Siyismunda 267, 500
Pictorial Boek of Ballad Poetry £95
Pilgrim Faiheis, 7%e 56
Pinder, Rev, J. H. Qrdiuattoo Sep
Ueaconi 509
Poetry of the AniUJacohin S^fi
Poets, Enyliih, Annotated ediikmi
Pooley, a Note* on tbe Cfoaa of/
Hoky.Rood 619
Positive PhUoeoph^ ^f Am^msie €^«1%|
The 346
Principles ^if Church GtmemmmiM^
Pfite Essays on Juvenile DeHmgmemqfiS$
Protutani Refugees ist /Vanr#, bJitaty tf J
338, 599
/f«fi<fe//,£./>. Peculiatit IPS of the Bible ill '
Rttey, ff. 7*, TraniUtioii of Terence lai
PLtKdrut 57
— ^— ^^ Translatiati of Ovid 5d
Robinson, H, F, A Su miner- day Drtia
171
Roman SlmiH,from 1015 l« 1850» SSI
Rome, Reg0l and Repubiieam 503
Russell, Lord John^ Lite uf Mi^ore ttS
-— ■ ■ Life ul Cliarlea Javi
Fox 227
,Lady Roehet, Letters HO
Russia, Internal State of 476
-, Secret History «jf'563
Rutherford% Mr, Chiidren 6 1
Salem Redeemed, a Lyrieal I>r*mftill
S&lishury, Edward Bp. of^ DllSmilliis
ill the Church 615
SalluMt, flams, and yeiltiue PaiertmkUt
Tranilaled 504
Saimrday and Sunday 69
Sautt, W, D* Connection between Aitr^
nom ical and Geological Pbeno PI en>|ifll
Sasondomf Ren%aine ^^ Pagan 16S
Scenes in the l^e qf Christ 61
Sehhsinger, Max, Sautilcringa in'^
abuot London 98
Schnitzier, J,H. Secret Utatory of Russia
563
Scoble, A, R* GuiiutU Reprrsentavif»
Government 398
Septuagint of the VhrisiioM Km^teledgt
Society, The 148
ttf the Moscow Sitle
374
lustia fl
cntavif»
meffd!ft H
5ad^f
qf the Univorsity ^ O^ord
111* 959, 378,468
Sermons, by Isiiae Williams, M.D, 16I>
by late Arcbd* Ytckers 60
Strxia and the Servian Revvluiion 170
Shepherd, Rev, R^ //* Memoir qfiBJ
Shropshire, Antiquities qf i97
Sidney, Rciu E, The Field and tbe Fold
400
« Sir Philip, and other Sietrt of
the Sixteenth Century 6 \
Siavo Son, The 170
5^wi*AV Theory of Moral Seniimenti 510
C* Roach, CgltectAnea Antfqyap
166, 615
W, Edition of Gibbon 508
Ind€9 to Namet.
685
Smg rf Roland^ TramUkltd 995
Spir€t and TowerSf Medtevil S89
Steward f G, Principle a of Cburcb Go-
v«riiaierit 616
Strickland, Jane M, Rome, Regat nuf}
Rtptiblican 5U3
Suceesnon and Ltgaep Duty TaMes, new
Summer -dojf^ » th'tanii A LTl
Summer Sketcltet and other Poems 616
Sunday Reading* SO
Surrey, Henry Howard Earl o/, Poetry
Sworde^ T, Sunday R«aditi^ 60
Je SymbofUm suited to Ihf Spirit of the
Jgtf 511
Tacitu*^ Works of &QS
' — GermaHia 0/^505
Taylor t J, Emph&ucGreekTnt&meni&lO
Terence and Pkadrui T^amlated 57
Theory &f Moral Sentiment* 5 1 0
Drttfh upaken in Love 509
7*ymmt, S. Hand-Book of Bury St. Ed-
mund'i 616
TVn^, 5, H Chmtiaii Titles 60
Valedictory Ofermg J 69
Pickers, Archd, Sertnons by ihe late 60
Villemmn't M. Souvenirit 458
Waddington^J, John Peory, the PilgKm
Martyr 511
Wandering* itfan Antiquary 135
Walton^ /. S. TraniUtinn of Sallust,
Florus, And Vrlleius 504
fPayland, F, Memoir of I3f« A» Judsuo
286
}V§i*9*t Proteituit Refugees in France
338, 592
Wenckste^-nt O. EiigFiEh Edition of Max
Schtesiiig^r Sg
fPhewelt^ W. Tranilaiion of Grotiui S36
White^ W, on S^iaboljim 511
Wickee, C. Spires ainlToweri of EiiKlaiid
?89
ff^ght^ hie oft Geological Excunioni
398
fFilkine, Aire. W, N, The Slave Son m
William t J Isaac ^ Sermon a 169
Wiilich, C. M. New Succeis'ton and
Legacy Duty Tibleg 297
WiUthire Archaeological and Natural
History Magazine 398
Wttnesits in Sackcloth 592
Worcesterthiret Rambler in 508
H^ordswoHh's, Br. Notes at Paris 284
Work^ plenty to do, and how to do it 62
ff^riffht, T'Aj^.Waudedngiuran Antiquary
135
Vonget C, D. Trealiieg of Cicero 509
Younffj Kev. Edward, Works of 293
INDEX TO NAMES.
Ilicla^ltif Promotiohf . PreffrmeDts* Births, MjirrtagftjanU BeMlhi.—Ttie longer Artitlet
of De^itlu *ro entered io the precedtfig ludrx lo EBiiiiy»<
AbboUj J. 668. T.
E. 443
Abereroinby, Hon.
Mri.520. R.H.
134
Ablifti, A. 557
Abiid» H. 519
Ackerky, E. 109
A*Cour(, S. 556
Acton, F. A. 636.
W. 307
Adam, W. P. 74
Adanitf A. 670. B,
W. 413* CI H.
W. 411. H, L.
no. 4. T. 186.
R. 445
Adamtoiii C. K.
186
Addingtoo,Rt.Hon.
H. U. 518
Addison, Major T.
633
Adeane, R. J. 110
Adeneyi J. 441
Affleck, C. 636
Agnew, H. C. 439.
T. 184. Lt. J. de
C. 412
Aguilar, S. 668
Airey, Col. R. 306
Aitc bison, C, T,
636
Ait ken, D. M. 185
AktTfnan,J.T.52l
Akbin, T; 446
Alcock. J. 667
Atdaii]» Mri. W. 76
Aldcorn, Dr. A. 18^
Alder, C, F. 331
Alderman, Mtss A,
667
Alderion, A. 441.
J. 522
AlduuB,J. 182
Aldiidge, A. E. 182
Aldworlb, W, St. L.
412
Alexander! C. 6$^.
G.H.M*439. H.
307. H. H. 440.
J. 223. Li. 309*
T. 334, 411,667
Aiiugtoni C. A. 75
Alford, H* 75. S.
552. W. 519
Allan, Ca|ii. G. 74.
W. G. 654
Allen, C. 633. C.A.
446. E.334, J.
215, 559. M. A,
559, M. A. G.
185. Major W.
W. 518. R. 182,
442. R. M, 633.
W. 437
Allison, H. 109
Allnutl.F. 218. G,
S,78, R. L. 521
Allport,T. 667
Alitaji,W.MI,3l8.
W. C. 305
AUes, W. 330
Ambrose, T.H. 559
Ainhurst^ Mrs. T.
441
Amur, J. 108
Anderson, A. 77.
D. 107. D. C.
332. J. 182, 519.
L. 556, M< 308.
Mist 5. 440. Mrs.
W. 520. S, M.
no. W. A. 633
Anderton, G, 447.
M. 670
Andrew, G. 331.
Rear-Adni.J.W.
440
Andrews, A. M. 78.
E. 223
Annestey, Hon. F.
78. S. S. 443
Anttey, H. F. 520
Ansiice, B. R, 436
Anstic, M« 76
Anthony, H. 446
ApUn, Capt. J. G.
633. H.76. L.76
Appleby, R, 06?
AppUfcird, W, P.
663
Aptborp, F. 551
Aribdeacon, C. J.
E,R.307. M. 104
Archer, C. A. 636
Armit, G« 636
ArEQStrongi A. T,
Ini^ io Nam^i.
4 19. a S68. H.
W.O 633. J.333.
Maj. G,C.74. R.
soe
F.444. E.P^SJB,
634. FX.76. M*
Arnot, Dr. H* 76
AriTott.E, 665. M,
A, 558. S. 4J3
Arrowimilh, A. 663
Arro>avej J. E, de
310
Arihure, B. 30^
Artbun, W. 633
Anhy, C. 3?t«
Arundtle* J. 321
A*h, VV. 104
Aihburnbftm, Lidy
Aahbiirtun^Rt,Hoil*
Urd 519
Atbrord, J. 106
Asbley, M. 17
A«htoi>, M* A. 443.
Asburst, G. 1 1 1
A«hwortli, F.C.310
jUpindU A. M. 1.
446
AtpiniraU, £. K*
309
Aiulb J. H. 519.
Mm. J. H, 520
Asiley,F.D.P.305.
G. C. 5«9*
Aaton, D. N, 1S2
Atholl,Duch.«f»633
Aik]ii64jft,DrT.5IB.
G. 306. M.IIO.
Mr*. 446. R.414.
W.75
Atkyni, E. 11 »
Aubrey, F. 443
d'Aumale, Dyvbess,
307
Auitcn, W. 653.
Uifbp J. £. 18^
Auiiln,E.A.554. F.
Awdry, C* U. 412.
W. H. 310
Aitford,Miij.R. 105
Aylmer, G. W, 105
Aytmin, E.W. 443
Babtiijfiun, Capt*76
BAcbeloT, F. 75
Back» M. M. 654
Ba«kbouse.A.C.636
M. 665. Mrs. G.
C,75. R.D.9I7
Bicop, H. F. 182.
R. W. 633
BtdcodCfT. »07
Baddeley, E. A. 44S
B«got,Lt.*CoLHon,
W. 518. MrvC.
Bailey, 8. SI 4, 668.
C. 519. W.2i3.
finilje, J. 413
Baillie, J. 412
Baiiibridge, J. 218,
R. R. 413
Buiiibrigge, M^Of*
G«n. P. 518
Bainei, F, A. 77. J*
J, 55L L.S.670
Boird, J. H. 556.
Lady, 413
Bik«r, B. E. 323.
Coinm. C.H.558.
E*77« G.A.307.
H,79. HJ.B,305
Balcbin,C«pt.J.666
Baldock, T. 182.
W. 444
BAldwiu F. M. 636.
J. 329. M. S. C.
558. T. 107
Balfuar Dr. H. M.
22K G, W. 522
Bill. D. 332. G*
220. J. T. 306
BalUntyne,J.R.635
Ballard, J« J. 309
Balviiird, CoJ. W.
664
BamberH. K. t07
B4iikei» £. S. 412
Banner, M^Ior R.
M.521. T.B.412
Banneraian, Sir A.
633
Barber» S. A. 441
Barker, A. A. 437.
A. H. 412. J.
445. Mrs. A.C
108, W, 109
Barkworth,L.F.522
Barlee, E, 215. M.
C, 309
Barlie, W. 521
Barling,!. 108
Barluw, Gapt.
W. 78
Barnard, E. 635. H.
J. 633. M. 334
Barneti D. 106. £.
A. 333. J. 216.
P. 182. R. 106.
T. 332
Barnett» E. H. H.
F. 439. J. F. 439,
Mrs. 44 1
Bari)ii,E.522.F.63€
Barr, G. 308
Barrett, H.A. 182,
412. M.666
H.
Barrinfftof), Hon*
Mrs. H. 307
Barrow J. 669. Mrt*
E. 334. R. *7
Barry, A, 77» 520.
Lt.-CoL P. 306
Birier, J. T. 308
BartbolocoeWr W.
444
Bartborp, J. 76
Bartborpe, M* E.
2lg
Barilatt.E. 222,669.
J. 75,309. T.633
BatBford J. 331
Bastard, E.R,P. J 86
Bate, A, 308, £.
333
Bateman, E. 310,
J. F. 181, Urd,
519. s. ess
Batet, E, ?20. J.
J, 183
Bather, M. 221
Batbo, E. 441
Balburd, L. C. 182
Batltni M»i J. 33 1
Batson, M, 522
Battersby, E. 411
Bauiicorobc,H. 307
R, W. P. 310
B;ittye, £. 22i
Baudot, E. 74.
fiaater, E. J. 636,
G.R.W.332. W.
307
Bay^etd, E. 221
Bayley, C. N. 218,
C,T,217. E.182.
W. B. 519.
Ba>lii, T. 221
Bayne, G. S. 186
Baynea, W. 443
Baxaipe, A. G. 554
Beacb. Sir M. U.
H. 306
Beaitiith, G. 663
B*iin, E. 414 H.
108. J. P,eS4
B« a re raft, E. 305
Ben rd m n re « P. J . 553
Beation.Lt.-Cul.W.
R 519
Bpatlie,T. 334
Beaucbinipi Hon.
Mrt. P. 635. T.
W. P. B. 518
Beaitchant, U J. IT.
185
Beauclerk, Capt.
Lord G. A* 306,
Lady A. W. 635
Beaufort, Capt. H.
Duke of, 519.
Duke of, 639
Lad/, 4lt
Bc«rer^ £. D. «!•
Beck, B. H^ S|&
J. <X 10«
Beck«itb, H. 2N.
U. W. 412
Bectire«C*rlol.SI|
Bedford, B. m.
CoiiiB.a*T.4ll.
G« A. l%9. i. t
Bediitfifeld,Ctf«.a
F.411
B4N!%er, W, H, IIJ
Behrrnds, J.G.fill
Bebr^nf. J.445. /^J
Beit b, Surg. R. 411
Belffrairc, T. 6M
Bell, E. J. CSC ^
W. 5SS. J«4M
559L L«,.Get^«
J. 18L M,aai(ii
W. 520
Beliftlra. P« L. W
Bellaoiy, J, CX 671
Belle«, T, W, 8S4
Belle«. P. U 44f
Bellroan, MU« 8.
110. S. 218
Beman, £, 33«
Benb«y^S. O. 441
Beneif, S, 11^. P,
188. J. T. 182.
M. A. 109. W.
R, U. 633
Beunei, C, H.43I
Ben tun, D, O. U,
186. J. 107, S.
i. 554
BentkB, Kirn. $H
Beniitick, C<>I.H.J._
C. 413
Bentli^y, S, 413
Btrckem, 8. d«,i
Bereaford, Ca^t. L
J. 306. G.A.lSi
Han«Mr**l,4l|
W. M. IBS
R. 413
Bernard, C, E. 444.
D.W.JSK E.4
Beniera, C. 6T0
Btrrnrvgtofi A.
186
Berry, H. E.S3K
67 L R. 999
Bertbon, E. G.
Betfts, H. E, Im"
Befhel), Mr«. Wj
308. Sfr R, ;
683
Index to Names*
R, a34
Bev«ridtc«, E- 669
Bi^wicktf, R, (;. 5£1
Bickell, R« 665
BkkenufffCapi.R,
189. E, J. 6S6
Bick«fiiietb,U.S9l*
R, 519
Biddlecombe,G,4l9
BidOulph, A. 670.
A. G, W, 331
BtgiielJ, C. J. 309
hi^mM, S. GiS
Biiifhiiin, Cipt. H.
H, 309. H. C,
3US
Birch, H.W.R* 437
Bircbyi, S. J.330
Bird, M. B. B. 443.
It. 918. S.J.329
Bifky, T. 74
Birnie, G. 306?
Birrell, H. R. 308
Bitliopp F. H, 75,
106, L* B, 590
BisfrCtt, Sir J, 5S8
Bbckjidder, M. 443
Bbcknin H. 2U
Bbckdeii. B. 920
Hliicker»Mrs.L.9ld
BlKcket, A. A. 671
Blttckett^ C. R. 43a
BUrkmore, B. 667
BUcki*iK>d, CApt.P.
P. 556. J. S.4I3.
J. &9I
Blaj^rof r* A. C. 657*
H.J. 445. Mri.
9(7
Blair, Lt. C. F. H.
664, T. 633
Blake, T. 335
BlMkeney,R.P.633
Blaker, C. 622
BlRncbara,H.D.307
Bland, F. A. 599.
L. H.306p T.N.
309
ElAndf^^rd, J. 551
Blane,C«pC. R. 518
BlansharJ, H. 557
BUyney, Ri. Hon.
»M. Udy, 445
Bleek, W, G. €69
Bktioe, J. M. 218
Blei»ett, L. F. 556
Blcftltt, W. 309
Bligb,Hon.E.V.599
BloiDcfteld, T, £.
W. 7ft
n. a.
Brount, H«M. IB5
Blaxam, M. A* 554
Blucke, R. S. 299
Bluridell.M. toe
Blytb, C. B. 7fJ
BcMldain, M. A. 44^
Bi>de, J. E.634
Body, F. G. 919
Bo|ri«^L,t.*CoLA.74
Buhun, e. M. 339
BolUbio, M, 104
BulUho, W. 185
Bahorii U. F. 521.
Mif» H. 656
BompM, Dr, J, C.
635
Bond, A. S. C. 443.
J. 44G
Botiiie11,MiisH.l06
Bonornrrdii J. 441
Biiuker, A. M. 557
Boorit E. fC. 186
Bot>ib, Capt. 438.
Cumm. A.S, 307.
J, C. F. D. 670
BooChby, H. 109*
Lndy, 76
Boriiuder,E.W.52l
Borrftdaile, RX.399
Borrar, M* A, 9?3
Bo«cawen,W.H.414
Bo&wtl1,LadyH.30S
Boiwoitb, J, 309
Batildersiin, MaJQf
J. C. 74
BouHotii E. 558. T.
309
BourdilUn>Capt.B.
C. 78, E. JOS*
T. 559
Bourn, G. 914
Bourne, Mrc. J. 76.
R. 1 1 1
Boii$«e1d, W. 196
Bom flower, A. C.
109
BDvitt,E.5S4, Mrf*
J. W. 556
Bowden»U. Ill, J,
189
Bowdon, H. 185
B^wenf A. 105^ 557.
J. 558, M. A.
T. 990. W. T.
554
Bower, A, 414.
Capt* C. 189. F,
N. 107
Bowerbank, L. 915
Bowman, E. L. 590.
1.307
Bowrm. G. W. 329
W^** - J, 18}|
Boyd, W. D. SSI
Boyden« R. 555
Boyer, R. l05
Bovle, C. S. 290.
E. 444. E, FUt-
M. 412. J. T.
413* Lt.-Col,l89,
R. V. 185
Bf>yf,Cofnm.W.4n.
M. F.309. R.633
Boya«, T. 33 1
Bracber, G. 335
Brackenbury^W. O
518
Brackiey, Viftcteif.
308
Braddell, E. 667
Braddofi, C. 445
Bradford, Li < -Cot.
B. N. 664
Bradley, R. A. 438
Bradihaw, Capt. J.
217. R. L. 305
Brailafurd, T. 663
BraUbwaite, R.665
Bramab, E, 670
BratTihiill,M.B.4l4
Braricalet>fie» S- M,
Marcbese, 104
Brand, C. A. 554.
H.219. Hon, G.
669
Braiider,B.4l2. W.
440
Brandfofd, A. 521
Bratidliiig, R. 339.
R. H. 915
Brandon. A. 919
Brandt, F, 916
Bran^conibe, Capt.
W. 330
Brant, M. P. 671
Brmune, 0. M. 182
Braxton, H. 445
Bray, M. 667. M!ii
C. 443
Braybrooke,W,4l4
Brenkey.T.9l6
Brce, E. N. 309
Brcnebley, M. 440
Brend, T. 668
Brent, Mr«. D. 413
Breretoii, Col. W,
306
Bretlin. W. J. 639
Breton«Capt.C.399.
E. 557
Brett, E, P. 307. J.
216. P. 419
Brciter,MiiHP. 334
Brice, C. 77
Bridge, C. J, R91
Brid^eman, E.W,0.
310. Hon, Mrf.
C. T.O. Ill
687
Rridjsren, C. 438
Brid^ta, B. G. 182
BriggsE. 668. Lt
W. 636
Brigbt, Mn.J. 413
Briifbtwen, H. 439,
919
Bristow, J. 666. J.
B. 555* R. 107
Broadhfid'e, E.55T
Bruad burst, MittE.
556
Broadley, A* E. 105
Brock, Capl.F,4l3.
Capt.T. 182. CoL
S. 667. O. W. J,
334
Brodte, E. A. 443.
Udy M»183. M.
C, 444
Brodrick, W, 78
Broke, Capt, G. N.
519
Brombead, R.G.559
Brookr, J,334. M.
A. 444. Ma|.T.
633. Mill d. 106.
M.S.919. T.437
Brooki, A. 169. D«
670. J. G. 449*
W. iOG
Broome, P. 182. H,
553
Brougbain.Mrs.W*
76
Broogbton, C. P.
521. P. A, 919
Brown,E,667. A.E.
104. A. R. 414.
Capt.G,S.441.D.
307. £.959,414.
E.J.310. G.666.
H. 329. H. VV.
635. 1.445. J.
C. 440. J, M.309,
Lt.-Col. J. 519.
Lt.-Col.N.R. 1«U
Lt.-Gen.&irG.74.
M. 441, M. A^
599. Mrf, A. 339.
S. 219. T. 918,
305. W. R. 189
Browne, A, 75, 291.
C.663. C. B.76.
D,A.555. E,H.
634. G. A, 915.
Hon.G. A. 78. J.
815, 447, Mrt.J,
D.75. Rear. Adm*
P. 633. S. 109.
T. P. 915. W.C.
189. W. T. C.
310
Browning, L. 44S
Brownripe, C. iSS
W 688 Indes ta Names. ^^^T 1
Bmcci C«ff. W. T. Burroughs*, E. 652, il 44i. Mrt, H. C%the$rf, U^Mrtu \
74. J,555* J. L, J. M, 635 665. N. 519. R* F-"' ^^ « M^-r- '
T, 30S> Burrou^hi, Lt. W. 74. Sir a 306. < Sir a !
BfumelJ, E» 75 M. 104 Sir J, 4lK Sir T' '^1
Brune, F, M.78 Dunlem, W. M. 16 J, E, 2 IB. T. T. C«tor. < 1
■
BfUtH>fi»C.334 BHffluU, F, W. 522 444. W. 518, F. S. 1
■
Bruiner, A. M, $33 Bomnhjiit« H. S33 634. W, J. C68 Cmtev. M L 1
■
Bryin, J. 332. R. Burron, D»33U R. Campion, A. 667 Caul-, S • 1
■
S. 634 J. 412 Cttrtilliih, Mrt . 335 CaoMoi., i\ IL ^i f
^
Bryjiiii, J. 522 Burv, C, U* 108. Cunr, R. 636 Can*, f. 66^ f.ir.
J
Br»Jiiii, U. 667, 1. H. 185. R. S. Cannon, C. mo, CSC. T.C-B,^. 1
^
^92. S. B. W. 441. W. H.216 1.331 W, ^59 1
■
184 Buibby, M. 320 CapBilote, M, 2?0 CA¥ttndbli« tiftiu ■■
Brydon, J. H.557 Bmler, E. H. 669. Cupel, W, 412 Mre.R.4i3. LMf 1 |
BryBon,Sur(?* A.41] H. 182 Capet, A, E. S19 E* 63Jfr. T. 4ltl
Buchatiati, C«pt. J. Buttemer, A. 185. Capon, L. 557 W. H» P, 18f
•
4 1 L J. 636 R, \V. 220 Cjirdale. E. T, 638 Cay, U. 76
^ Buckingham, M.S. Buittrfttjld, E. C. Carden, J. H. 216. Cualet, t^ H. tfi^i
■ 521 €.309 Liicty, 300 Cazenov
■ Buckle, J. E. 78. Butterwc>rlh,B.220 Cardrvr. MiM, 665 Chails, i
R.Sm Buitoii, A. 557. Cardljcan,Earlof4ll S06. K. W, t^
Buckley, W.E. 310 Lady, 76. Mri. Car«w» Mri.W.H.P, Li,-Col. 4. C.44i*
B.*ckm«»ti!r,J.443 T. F. 550 183 Cbmtwiek, B. 30S. ]
Buekwor»h, C. P. Bydf, J. P. 551 Cnrry, M. 77 M. <J7a
521 Byen, Lt.-Gen. P* CarUk, J. 553 ChafUfu M. U. ^0
Budd, H. 214. S. 553. W. G. 333 Carlyle, Mr«. 220 CbMdeeuU ^ ilmC
E. 310 Bygrave, S. 669. S. Cnrmlchael-Smytlj, 634
j
■ Bud^eii, L. ^IB A. 310 Major R. 77 Chalk, J. $^G
■ Bulkt^icv, L.331 Byiig,H. 665. Hon. Carpegie, Lady C. Cballen, B. S34. C.
■ Bull, Dr. 105. H. E. 5.S9. 520. M. G. 558 666
■ C. 635. J. A. Byibetca. G. 217 Carprnter, A. 219. Chaltner^ E. B. TS
■ 33L RfY. 633 Cal»btf|], B. B. 305 M.S.i85. W.332 ChAtnb^rUtit.K. 181
i
■ Bulleji. C. V. 108. Caddell, H. 18^ Carr, A.T. 438, 55?. Chamber«,A.H.lUE),
m F. 438 Caddy, E. 333 G. 636. T. 519. E, 184. J. «»,
' Bulkr, CmI G. 41 J. Cadogran,LadvA.183 W. Q, 632 Mita 558. R.U&.
G. 668 Cagf, R. 519. R. Carringu»n, W. W, T. B. 5fi«
K Buiky, T, 217 W, 521 220 Chimip^W.T. N.T4
■ Bulinitii, F. W. 333 Caliill, D. 668 Carroll, M. 333 CbAmpnev« J. 30?
^ Bulled, J. 636 Cuinc, T. 182 CarUr,C,l09. Capt. Cbaitiptiey«, A. Rt.
Bun bury, Major H. Cairnes, Major G. 557. C. R. 78. 558, M. H. 8,
^ VV. 411 632 E.108. C. R.77. 412. f.wC
■ Bunce, Comm. B. Ciiiriii> F. 105 G. W. L. P. 414. Chandler, 6. tf.fi7o
1
■ H. 412. J. B. 520 Caldecott. A. 441. H.J.^70. J.334, Cbant^S.Sil
■ Boncb, R. 78 Mri. C. M. 520 667. L. H. 413. Chaplin, E.2l», V»
■ Bnimy, J. 558 CaldkoVti^* A, 556 M. 106, 443< W. 110 ■ ^
■ Burcb, A. E. 184 Caldi^trn, Mii^E. H. Il>6 Cbapman,E.7 8,133.
■ Biird, G. G. 1B2 F, 333 Carteret, W. H. de H. 555. I. F.76.
■ Buffitt,F. A- 217 Cttedon, C'tesi of, 309 J.668. J.S.M3.
■ Burford, E. 443 308 Carlhcw, Adm. J. Lt. W. 439. T.
■ BorfbersU. Mjijur Callandrr.W.B, 665 182. W. M. 521 IO9. W. ^M
■ Lurd, 4tl Galley, J. J. 332 Cart%vrigbt,Lt.-Col. Cbarkgouiil, CcoM
■ Bnrgovnr, M. A. Cairo w, E. M. 185 H.309. W.H.412 of« 633
635.' Mil* A.M. C«Uhorpe,Lt. Hon. Carat, W. 633 C bark* wo nil, J. R«
1
332 S. 411 Carui-Wilion, C. 634
li
—^ Burke, H. 667 Cambridge, J. P. 76 307 Charlton, T. 6IP7 li
■ Burn 11. 329 Cameron, A. G.52I. Carvetb, H. 558 Charrlagtiui, N. G. ■
■ Buriie,Lt.H.K.]e4 C. H. 74. E.A. 77 Canri(beii,G.T.437 70 ■
■ Burnett, W. S. 331 Campbell, A. L. G. Cary, S. 439 CharterU. Capl^ ft, ■
■ Burns W. 307 308. A. M. 668. Cafte, F. 442 L. L. 446 ^M
■ Burr, Mrs. H. 307 Capt. A. N. 74. CaM, C. 185 Cher. r.L7< ^M
■ Burrell, Dr. W. H. E 522. G. 669. Ca^sell, J. H.N.182 Chee ^M
^ SI8. J. 330 J, B, 216. J. C. Caii^n.R. I(*e ChetHiKim, j. trKS ^H
Biirrids*', H. J.442 222. Major Gen. Casterton, S. 222 Chrr^r, C. H. f ^H
Borrill, J. 670 J. 329. Major R. Cittk, F. A. 185 Chealyn, ^H
Burrough, J.A.634 P. 518. Mrt. C. Cattleman, L.E.557 Mrt. C ^H
Cbefin«y,Lt.F.R.3O0
Cb*TAllier, J, 552
Cliichetter, LaJy
413. Lord H. F.
Mn. W. H. 308.
W.670
Cbild, A. S. -557.
G*A.438. S* 552
iCblldcrt, CoL hL
330. Hr.EJeS,
&19, <>3?. Mri.
H. C E, 520,034
thildf r i. 438
ttbtmaiQ, Mr. 440
[Chiiin, Mr9. 556
Chiihuliti, 6. 552
I Cfaiuejiden, C. G.
3U9
[ ChWers, S. 556
Cliodv^ick, T. 6SB
CboltiifrleV|CBpt*M.
ia4, VA69. R.4J3
fCbnitian^E. 76
' Cbriilie, E, C. 163
I Cbriitiiunt J. 411
Clrurcb, E. W, m
ChurcbiU»S. 75
[tUrkpM.C. 636
Clatiry, J, 665
[ Clnririciirde, Higbt
Hon. E. dowiger
C'tcii of, 5d7
' Clare, Mrs. W. H.
306
I ClAremonltCftpt.E.
Clirk, J. M* 4N,
M.P. 186* ViAm
I Clarke, A. 182,4^5.
E.L.&b4. F.440,
635. H.VV.F.668,
L.553. Li.A.R.
JB4. Lt* A. 1^2.
M.445. Mrf.332.
R.C.665. R.M.
S2K S. 664. T.
. ^^'
iCUrkion* Mr. 558
iCUugbtorit E. 106
IClixion, B. S. 663
IClaKToii, J* D. 78
ICUy, M. A. 559.
J, H. 44?
CtayloD, J. 557
Cleland, A. a. 438
^Cl*-menger, G. W.
' 634
lementf, J» 559
Dletnentiun, J* 633
^lciii«tion^ A. &5ti
)l»ff«rd»C. C. 519.
a f. ^-i^. Hon*
»* J,
CUhiiD, L. 635
Ciifiton, Lidy L. D,
67 1 * L.L, 669
Ctiiiotd, E. M. 75
dive, C^pi.R. 411.
U.S. 186. R.306
Clode, C. 185
Clote. E. 437. M.
A. 667
Clots, S. 106
Cioiigb, Ven.C. B,
633
Clu«^€a, R. R4I3
Clutterbuckp E, t.
305
Coape« Mist, 106
Cuaies, E. 110. H.
514. W. 553
Cobb, E, M. 184.
M. II. 555
Cobbe, Lt,.Col. H.
C. 518
Cobbold, E, M. 556.
H. 635
Ccicljrati, W. 412
Coclirji»e,A,ailO.
Comm. Ilun. A.
A. 4 IS. Lady, 413
Cock. M. 441
Cockburn, G. 437.
M^jor-Gen.SlrF.
181. Sir A. J. E.
306,519,633. VV*
A. 184
Cocke^ A* 446
CocktfU.Ll.-CoLW.
510
Cocks J* 332. Mrt.
T. S. 76
Cuddinp^ton, J. 109
CtHlsurr, H. 668
Codriiigton, Mrs.
CoL 635
Coffey, A, 551
Ctiffin, C. 330, Mii*
S. 333. Mrf.518
Cohen, Mr. 335. S.
333
Ccilbeek, 1. 636
Co I borne, J, 5 IP.
Mri. 333
CoVbran, J. 107
Colchesicr, Cupt.
Lord, 519
Culd»elI,T-41S
Co(e,A.2i7. A.W.
438. E.W.I 86.
M.P.334. R.W.
442
Colcbrookr,Mrt. J^
M. 333
Colemnn, J. 438.
M.219. Mist F.
446. W. 670. W.
T. 2S0
Ctilcridgp, Sir J. T.
63!
Collard, J. 109
Colledgc, G. W. 636
Colleton, Sir R. A.
F. G. 76
CoUett, W. 634
Cullick, E. C. 556
Callie, M. F. 669
Collin, M. E. 310
Collin*, E. 218, F,
106
Collinion, Mil* T.
108
Colli*, S. L. 668
Colljer, S. 667
Colqubi>un,A.A.636
Colton, M. C. 414
Colville, E. K. 309.
Lady, 634
Colvin, J. 182
Combe, J, D. 77
ComiDS, M. 76
Cumpif ne. Mri. 335
Complin, C. t03
Comport r R' '4*12
CompioB, II. 667
Comptoii, J. H. 182.
T. 331
Condamlne, H. M.
de U, 663
Conner, S. A. 185
Cunriollv, D. A. 665
Conolly; J. 75
ConrAii,Mrs,L.635
Cofiroy, J. H. 519
CoiiJitftble,A.A. 108.
J. 107
Cofiyngbam,Lt.-CoI.
Cooke, E. 306. H.
T. 440. J. 333,
553. P. D. 107.
S. 182
Cookaon^ M. l09.
Mr*. J. 76. S.F.
no. W.S. 306
Corper, F. 109* J.
E.78. M.C.635.
\V. A. 440
Cooie, Comm. R.
521. F. 442. R.
633. S, 440
Cope, J. 443
Copemsn, H.A.aoe
C.»rbeil, K. J. 443
Coroiack, Capr. D.
lOi
Cormtck,E, H.667
Cornewali,F;r.52I
Comweii, T. C. B,
310
Corp, Mri, H. 220
Cort, J. J, 75, 634
Coueni, E. A. 521
Coiteratj H. L. 553
Cotiiogbam, H.77
Cotton, E. 558. Lt.*
Gen. S,r W. 518.
Majur H. 74
Coulson, A. F. F.
107. E. F, 309.
T. L. 444
Courn^e, J. 446
CuurtaiilJ,Mn, 107
Court en ay, A. L.
634. J. 667. W.
R. 107.
Counbope, VV. 306
Courtney, S. E, C,
332
Courtoivn,C'les! of,
413
Coventry, B.F.B. 76
Cowan ,Sur|f. D.I 09.
W. 445
Coward, I. T. GS6.
J. 77
Cowbiim, A. 034
Cowtber, E. 557
Cowell, E. 666
Cowie, M. B. 666
Cow per, A. 523,
M^jor H. D. 444
Coi, A.M. 329. C.
310,331, Capl.S.
S. 306. H. 554.
J. C. 183. Mils
M. 443. R. S.
186. W. H. 633
Coxe, E. F. 332
Coyie, J, 185
CraUbp, E. B. 669.
E. L.330. K.184
Cracroli, E. 186
Craduck, E. H. 183
Craig, L. A. 78. J.
H.446, M.B.522
Craiifi«td,T, 215
Cranley,Vi8c'te6s,76
Cray furd,C apt. H*
W.308. F. A. B.
182. J. 74
Craven, A, 522, 559,
C. A. A. 412.
Cipt. C. C. 518.
W. Earl of, 518
Craw coo r, H. 667
Crawford, Capt, R.
F. 306
Crawfurd,C. W, P,
77
Craw ley, Lt-Col.W.
W. 441. Major
H, O. 306. M.
G. 330
CreBgb»Lt.-Cot.G,
V. 518
Crealock, J. 665
Cream, G. l82
4T
690
Cmd«C,635* Mi<«
A. M, 2W
Creii|itf iiy, C, J. C.
b2l
C re ti ire tl^Bon * M rt.
V. QH, Lt. S,
G. 413
Crippn, A. SSS
Craft, Cvmin,H.306.
J. H.75. J. W.
SI9, W. 445
Croftor», F. 555
Crufti, J. 182
Crokcr, R. H. 332
Cn>ry, Mn. 5. 44&
Crompton, Mn. W.
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75. Sir C. 309
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M. S. 554
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419, Mr*. J. 442.
R. C. 183. R.T.
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W. 333
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a 591. w.ii^H
IL W. CC8. S, A.
Larcotfif M^jorT. A.
H.M.3e8. I.E.
LltileiPtMid, fi. ^^H
444
63U
521. Mrt A.T.
Llc^elijrtip W. S^^H
fCtiillp J. 3:)0
Urge, C. fiTO
634
Uoja, A. Mf: ^H
lCmll)f,CaLW*T,
Lurpent, S. 6. 107
Le«f#.H,A.C.a34.
991. 0.3;l!. t.^H
411
Laicel1ts» E. 31 H.
L. P. 330
309. W. E,91^B
^H KnoH,n,6(i4
Udy E. 444
U|:h, Mn, E. C.
Loat,£.63e. AfJii^H
^H ICno«ilet,G>H. 659
UifewArd^ Mrf. H*
307. Mrfi.R.CSoe
558 ^H
^H Kno%, Cxpf. R. .f.
&90
Le GmiuS C. 991
Lot»b. Mitt A. W^M
^H
U Trobe, S. 334
Lriceilcr, C'tcfS of.
Locb, W. D. 39t^B
^H Koob, C. M, L, 310
Laitriiiiev* P. 3?9
306
Loelti»«fi«ky F. F. ^^M
^^B KohiirypPrifiCfsdow.
Lavie, G. 63:?
Leijjh. 0. W. 990,
391 ^^H
^H
Li wet, J. E. 67t
Mri.T.W.B.e.l5
Lockettf J. W« €^H
^H Kon rit^^ t\ 4Jr
LK*tord, E.M.635
Leith, Capi, J. 307
Lockycf , T. 449 ^B
^B Kyli-, U'CoU H.D,
Lftwleii, G. 590.
Le M*rchRi»t» H.
Loci>ek^ W. 694 ^^|
^t 4H
H. te2
310. Lftdy, 413.
Lodge, r. 559. ^H
I KyDA«eoii, J. 309.
LawrriK«?,E.U671.
Major T. 518J
^56. M.6Gr7. ^M
■ H. J. 77
H,Udy,44a U.
Le Marc, M.V. 636
^M
■ Lft Btnbe, M. dfj
Co!. A. J. 592.
Lemprier«,Ciip1,C.
Lo(iin. Am S. Sm^M
^^ fiA4
Miti»443. W.^0
0. 306. W. 4r9
L,„i,^« F ^v. 3f^H
^H Liey»H,667. M.A.
Uivt, E. *i22.
LfOn»rd,Ma|ort44l
Lciii 1 ^^1
^H
La«toisA.554«665.
Leiter, Mr*. E. JOT
Lon '^^^l
^H LAiCfle^n, R. D. t734
D. H. 105. E. 78
L'C4(ranj^e» G. 333
3<ij^* flH
^H Lninl.A. 110
Lawtoii, £. C. 43B,
LeCntiir. J. 411
R. P. : i^
^^ LnUlilPV, E* Gas
5M
Uihbridge. E, M.
W« 30^. w^i^H
t L^kr, K. 3.14
Lax, M. 331
6G6
ie3. W. H^H
r Lakeland, C* 445
L*y, A. 670
LeiHom *" '^^
Lof'f' - H i^n^H
1 Lakftntiti, Ciipt* S.
LaynrUfUpt. 0. E.
Leviii|;«?
L«.i ^^^^H
L . »74
413. Lt..CoI. B.
Levv.i
Mr^H
^^ L«aib, C. 3a3» Ent.
V.439. W,A
^J
Index to iV«mw.
I
I
L4)iifCuevmr, J. 6.
634
Li>n«dale, W. 74
Lap«s,Mrft*ItL.4l3
Lor^ine, E. M, 78
Lurd, M. J. 32^
Luttii, J. 593
ti>vet(> R. D. 414
Low, L 441
Lowf, R. 74. S06.
Rev, 5 19. S.3Sa.
W, D, 305. W.
H.Ga5
LownUefyCC.ao?.
Mff, k» S. 413.
S. 591
Uwry, E. 667. H.
310. J. 634
Loi^lber, G, 444.
W, 3(19
Lui«tliro|>» Sir W«
Lurai^ A. S. ^65
Luce, W. laa
Liiekt>ck»T.G. SI.
183
Luff, T. «i66
Lugard, Lt.-CoL E.
518
Lukia, E. D. 78
Luioidaiiie»A,H. 76
Luudy, F. <J16
LuDflden, H.G. 334
Lur|an, Lady, 6'35
Lut«ii«r, Dr. W. R.
T. 439
Lutwidgp, Major S,
440
Lux mo ore, C«S.663
Lyall, M. 33^2, 63G
Lydtfkk*fr, E. 330
Lytnbvry, J. '2J&
Lyiicb,CApt.H. 1^.74
Lynde, A. G. 670
l^nes, J. 185
Lynn, G. D. 670
Lyom, CapL E» M.
413
Lyre»T. J 08
Lyuelion,Laffy,308
Lywood, L. 666
M'AdaiDi Lt.-CkrL
U. 4)1
McAulny. R. 519
MftCAuUy, Rt, Hon.
T, B. 5J9
MiicbvJin, J. 5J9
MacbifMb. J, 1 05
MftcCjilt, Mijur G.
518
Gbhtt. Mao. Vou
McC^ut, A. 75
McCduiUiid, A. J.
620
M'Clieiine, T. 332
MeCIex, Mn, 105
M'Coy,C«p*.J;306
MacDermoLtjR. H.
438
MvUonAld^ Mijor.
Gen, J. 633
Micdonald, C^pt* A.
6G4. S. 331
Miic Donnell , A* 554
McDouftll,W.S.519
M^Doug^ll^ Major
P. L. 411
MacDowell. E. 306
M*Eacbeii< E. 519
M^ccronif G. L 185
MicFarUfie, C, E.
441
MjicfarUne, R. 181
McGee, Cap<.H, E.
5IB
Macbcll, J. F. 067
MAchu.J. H. 339
MackArneit, G. R.
412
M»ck»y, C. 447
M*Kecbnie, A. 419
M'Keckmef»Sur|^«A.
411
Mackenzie, A. 441.
C. 6G6, C. I. 186.
F, 636. K. 636.
LadyM.5?0. Mrfi.
A* R. 444. Rt.
Hon. H. 310
Mackey, H. 664
Mftckie, J. 78
M*KiUt*p,J. 78
M<Kinnoii,D.R.518
JVlackiiitoflfa, A. ^^9
Mackley, E. 414
Mick worth* H. F.
77. J-H. 77
M*Le«n, A. A. 309
MArlean, J. N.414.
Lf.-CuJ. N. 665.
S. B. ;7
MacLeod. D. A. 414
M*Uod»J. MF.74
Macluud, Mj^jur U.
J. 449
McL4tighLin|A.59a
MicMabon, C. 639
M*M&hon,Capt.635
McManus^ Lt.-Cul.
U.74
McMurilcj, Ca^it. A.
C.4II
M'Murdo, Mrs. 183
Macnagbien. E, 519
Mactiainars, M. 555
Micnaugbt, J. 634
XLL
McNtalCp M. 3^9
M*NdtUF. H, 919.
L. 291
MePbersun, Le.-
Gen. Q. 108
Macph«riori, Dr. K.
555. J.666. Mr*.
B. 590
Maeqijeeii,T.P.S5d
Mac^uoid, 5. 558
Macrae, R, C. 184
Macnjigbt,M.A.591
McRober(,E.J.3lO
Maowbiner, Dr. J.
918
M*Williaa», J. 106
Mftddari, J. S. 399
Maddy, E. D. 414
Mahoii,SirW.V, R.
77
Matuwarin^, C, 184
.Mail, Hon. J. 439
Mahknd^ Capt. Sir
T.n2, LA. 669
Majuribanks, Mri.
E. 308
Makeion, A. 557
Malcolm, C. N. W.
439
Malcuimion, G. B.
413
Maiden, B. S. 414
Malet.M.S. M.I04
Mallaby, U, R, 521
MaiJatu, S. 444
Maltby. B. G. 334
Man, J. L. 78
Maoby, A. 438
Maiiclark, J.C. 105
MancUrke,H.J.328
Mander, C. 990
Man den, E. 635
Mandron, E. 918
Maogin, S.W. 413
Mangle«, R.D. 519.
W. H, 78
Manley, B.J. 306
Manners I C. L. G.
Lady. 665, E.C.
M.665. Lady, 76,
Lady J. 413
Mansrit, Capi. 633
Mansfield, C. 330.
W. 553
Maiiftfurd, F. 444
Maiil,S.W, 183.307
Mantftcb, R. 437
Marcb, Earl of. 182
Marfleet, J. 4U
Marj^esaou, P. 184
MarsetlB, A. 398.
H. 634
Mar kby, T. l83
Marker, T. J. 437
Markhaiii,Col.F.5l8
Markland^UR.dlO
M«rr, R(. Huii. P.
S. Ctett of, 919
Marriott, C.F. 666.
E. B.77. F.3ia
Martaek, J. 76
Martb, J. 66h, M*
E. 309, W, 590
Mirtball^ C* 307f
437. G.920. J.
559* M.557,S.77
Maritorif C. L. 440.
M. C. 440
Mmrtip»Capt.T.63d*
Comm.H. B.4I9*
E. 9^1,443. F.
J. 665. G. 186.
H.W.i08, Rear.
Adro. W. F. 75.
S.76. Surf. J. J.
419
Marti neaU| L 77 .
Mariyn.W. 4 14,440
MassingbifD, J. D.
163
Maaon, A. G. 635.
A. W. 217
Maiter» J. S. 419
M altera, L. 671
Maiebetr,H.tl.419
Mate, R. P. 75
Matheion, Hon.
Mr*. 635
Maibew, J. 76
MHtbtaSpJJ86. J.
A. 307
Matbiion.E.G.9ld
Maabeiii,A.75. C.
667, J. 916. M.
F. 321. R. 444.
W. 445
Maudr, L. 105
Miiu^Ebari, G. 917.
J. E. F. 333. S.
B. 183
Maule,E.M.77. M.
78
MaundersonpR. 635
M^undrtll, A. 446
Maunsrll.R. A.634
Maurice, P. 667
M>xfield, J. M. 75
Maxwell, LE.C. 555.
Lt.XoLCF.iai
^Uy, C. H. 189.
CoaiiD.H.4ll. T.
186
Mayert, J. P. 991
Maybew, Capi. W.
A.J. 74. S.438
Mayne, A. O. 333
Mead, U. eS3
Meagher, F. 918.
Mn.T. F, 671
Medland,E.F. A, 7i
4 U
698
Indts to Namet.
I
Me%o^tt«E, 413
U^rWut, S. 554
Mriii, P* 5&7
Mi^ldrum. J. 44S
Mcihimb, iL 444
L, 519
MetviU,FJ06. H.
7t», M9
M'lviDi*, A.. M. 76\
Viir, IMS
Mrlvin, J. W, 5S5
M«iir^, B. M* III
Mr(»dii.U<>niiii, G. P#
306. G.P,183. S.
loa
MmiKcmIi, C»pt. T.
U ^. 554, G. W.
S. 307t 634
M«tifii!i. W, 413
]derr«r»B* ltl3. G*
110. J. 6i6
H«r««r6tb«r, W. L.
76
Merry, A. R. 654
MerviMt, U. 439
MetrAU.>.C.3S0. E.
M* 3i4. F. 77*
T, P. 307
M«tbtien, Lidy 635
M«yrtrk, E. 6i2
Mi'^alUr, Dr. A. 306
Mia.iletor), W. H.
633
Milburn, E« C. 666
Mtl(Jiiity,C.A.Si.l.
414
Milrt, T* 75
MiUrn, K. 441
Millar, C4pt. J. 162.
D.S.77. Df, A,
664. J. 183, 437
Mi|]«u, C. 443
MillA, C. 519. £.
44^. G. R. 329.
P. 359. W. 439
MilcnftniE. H.Lsdy
111
Millie. Mrs. 634
Miliier, 0.555. J.
184,413. S.A.233
Miliict, N. B. 41S
Mi1wBrd,Mr».$.fl8
Mlfiff«y, G. 109
Miritier, L. G. 414
Miichell, Cupi. J,
W. 306. I. A.
670. M. 219*590,
Mrt. F.332. Mr*,
H. 308. T. 163.
W. 443. W* H,
r 188
Mltford, Cftpt* H.
G. 411.
Mockler, G. 4 IS
M«)lv»wt»rtfa» Major
St. A. 306. R,M8
Mi>leyiit, F. VV. B.
MoliotrAiis, s. ^m
Mullrr, Cftpt. J. O,
4U
Molony, C. A. 634.
F. W. 78
Molyne *ux. £. 446
Mitucrit^f Mm D.
iiJ9
M>iivy, M. du P.
446. Mrs. fC E.
MulMtl«, f). BB^
M<»iri*-fl,«fe,T.L.76
MuiiifuriJ, e. R.3I0
M u < 1 1 f^o nier^ , D . .M ^
tJidy C. 520
Mt>Mti24inbert, J.
V. 309
M<iO(ly, Lt. W. N.
217
Mour, J. F* 186
Muorv, A. 184. A.
H. 558. E.44I.
M(ttL.9l7. Mr*.
E. 520. Mn. R.
O. 635. M. P.
331. N. 181
Mooritb, Com 01. 6.
413
Muariom, M, 309
M^irdAH., C. 444
Mordaunt, H. 33S
Muretwood^ G. 555
Mor^n, C. R. 339
E. 634* H. 419,
634. J. A. 219.
M. 77,665. Mri.
A. 921. W.L.I83
Mnrice^ A. D. S3 4
Mori encuu r< ,C o on m
J. S. 556
Morley, A. T. 109.
Mrt. R. 447
Morrell, B. 666. B.
553, Mri.J. 184
MorrJ»« A. E. 105.
Capt. A. 553.
CapU J, 559. E.
553. E. M. 310.
P. 591. P. O.
634. H. C. G.
309,437. Major
H. J, 306. R.
414. T, 553
Marriioi»t E. 333.
E. T. 3i3. R. F,
310. VV*439
Uortm, F. 419
Morvhead, J, P. A.
S07
M'Titnieri Mri* O.
667
M*>f«ori, M. 414.
W. 183
Mo4ei, A. L. 444.
r. 434
Mo*i. F, B.447. M.
449
Muiiyii, Hon. T«
B. M. L. 633
MutU. W. R.«5.441
M.^mlry, n.T. 555
Munwn, T. 3 49
Mui hcf, A. 6T0
Mt^l^KtfriJgr, M. A.
339
Mulciby, J. 109
MiJlerav«f Cum of
635
Mt^Iler, M. 307
MaLliMs E, Ml
MumforJ»F,M.4I4
Mtiannery, W. 441
Mui»dav, J. E. 668
Muiidy;U..Col.4n.
Mra. 590. Mn.
B. M. 76
Munti.H. 183.445.
H, R. 414
Mur)r(H<'apt*A>519.
M. W. 106
Mutit, M. 106
Miiri>. A. 334, E.
D. 330. D. 74
Murray, Capt. A.
181. M. 554.
Mri. R. U. 520.
W. D. 436
Myrrey, B. J. 591
Murphy, J. 557.
M. W. 518
Murton, Col. H. J.
330
Muifrnv#» A* 306.
C.309. W.P.634
My**ri, F. W, 438.
H, M. 664
Mylne, Mra, R. W.
590
Niai, Lady. 183
Naiic«, C. L.A.999
Napier, Hon. E* A.
185. Mra, J.M.
N, 520, Lord,
518. Major.-Geti.
T. B. 306. Rij^bt
Hon. J. 306, 633,
Sir R. J. M. 518.
Vi&e-Adm.Sif C.
412
Nipper, W. 309
NArmioarejHiaa E,
670
Naab, P. J. 993
Niteri [L L. 164
Nra-e, C, M-Mj
Nf«1bAm« Capt.
a. acre. ^f%,m
Nreld, Mr*. J.
NeiU. Mft|.ir iT.
74
Ntfhtiorper 1
L. 217
sia
Nef Hert«r*f A^ SSS '
d, G. Ids
p,A. ei4
NevH**. Mr»,
Krvill. Lnilv I
LA€lyT.M.rj
M. 441. W.
111,918
Nevill«, Hon.L.TI»l
H. L.4i4. Mfu'
R. 76* T.J. 309
Newall, S. 183
Newbery, E. J. $.16
Ne^bol!, M.i, 53J
NVweomHe, C. 669
Nt'wcoinen, G.636
Ne««tibam, W, K |
int. W,T,75
Ntvibani,W.L.4l9||
590
NtnInfUii, MiiiS* j
350
Nr»UndJL668. H.
999, 440
Nffwman, C, 991,
Ma)afH.W.5t8.
R. 445
New march, J, 635
Ne«tteAa.l*.VV.443
Nenrtuii, Dr. 669. E*
106. E. C. 616.
H.C. 6^6. N.IX
H, 916, T. 186.
W. 109
NUi, E, W. IS I
NichoU»,W, Jp 446
NMioll. G. W.77.
M. L. 77
NicholU, \Y. 334
NichoUuTt,A.e.447,
D. no. F. IDC.
6, 668. H. IBS.
Mri.8.C.$ft8. R.
108
Nieol, W. 414
NicoUon, Sir F» ^
E. 189
Niibet, S. n^l
Ind4M to Nom^i*
•99
W Mi«b«tt,UdjA.M.
OrmetLt«W.H.t8S
E. 8.76, 188. 0.
Pflrie, Mri. H. B*
635
Ormonde, Marvbti.
30?. H. R. 3 to.
520
NUon, H, 166
of, 308
J. 558, 667. Ma.
Pembertoii, a L^
NiiAkei, H.44I
Ormiby, Capt. J.W.
]or N. A. 439.
412
NobJe,F.a447. J.
618. W.A. 75
Mri. in. Mrs.
Pendleton, P. H.
G. 107. Mr.J.3S8
Orriiby, M. 2:20
J. 433. 5. 343,
m. F.H.asOT
No*l,T.2l4
Otborn, J. B. 3^9
559. W.305. W,
Penfold, S. 1 10
Norbyry, M. A. D.
Oiborne^ M. ?29
o.ut
Pengelly, Cipt, C*
184
OfUr, C. hn
Park«ft,D.330. M«
329
Norfolk, Duke of.
0»man, W. tSO
110
Penn«raiber, Col* J.
182
Offoryi «tfe of Bp.
Parkin, Capt. J. P.
L. 4U. W. 181
Narroiint C, F. 5£0.
af»76
66d. J. U 18S
Pennrll, M. J, 581
HA. 78. M.SI9.
Oiwrll, E. W. «15
Parncll, L. 443
Penney, M.N. 217
S. 445
Oiler,C. 76.Comm.
Ptrr, C. 106
Pennlngtoii, J. W.
Norreyv -Dame C.
H. C. 419
Parrati, T. 445
M. lOl. T. 551
C.J. «18
Ottky, Capt. P. F.
Parry, C. 184. L.
Penny^C. J. 183
Norrii, E. F. 444
664. G. L. 414
5^1. M.A.C.B.
Penrice, C. 216 ]
Noftli, F. 633
Ouvry, H. A. 414.
184. Sir E. 633.
Penrott, Hod. 0. I.
NgrtbcotefSir$.74,
Mm. P. T. 413
SirW.E. 74, T.
W%
S. 558
Overbury^ A, 670
L. D. J. 305
Penruddotkt, Mn.
Norton, A.215.FJ,
Overton, J. 443
Pinon, S. 108
C. 308
350. d.H\5
OTinfior), T. 334
PariontfE. 636. J.
Ptpper, C. B. 557
NoliJiKe, M. 108
Open. G. 316. H.
182. T. 330
Pereeval, Mn.F.J.
Ncnell, A. C. 443
307. E. B* 305.
Partridge, J. 666
520
Nurtn, G. S. 76
S. 445
Paicoe, £. J. 329
Percy, Hon. J. 633
NuDnelpjr, h, 554
Oweni, J. StS
Paike^M. 1.104
Perkiiii, J. 309
Niitbatl, CipU W.
Oxier, J. 437
Pasley, Lt,-Gen. Sir
Perowtie, Rev. 530
F.74
PadJico, Don, %%Q
C. W. 74
Perrier, A. 77
Nuit, C. 183
Pieke, M. 531
Paisy, Lt.-Col. £.
Perry, M. A. 671*
Oake, J. 77
Pare, A. H. &SS.
A. J»5SK J, 185.
W. W. 618
Sir T. B. 633
Oakelcy, A. De U
Pmcr, M 444
Perryn, G. A. 634
441. MajorS,306.
R. 329
Paterioii, E. 107,
Peikett, H.414
S. €S6
Paret. A. 305, 53$.
C.309. J,S.333.
F. 553, 663
Prtar, F, 440
O'Cunnell, J. 75
Paton, S. 108
Peter, M. 185
Od^n, W. 411
Lord, 306. Lord
PairtcktoD, M. 654
Petre»Hon. Mn, F.
0*Dono|;hur,P.44&
G. 539
Patteiuo, H. 308
308
Offley, J. M. Sia
Pain, R. 55«. W.
Patiiion,M. 668
Pttiy, S. A. 77
Ogborike,Mrt,E*220
333
P^tiriek, B. 8. 183
Pewtretf, B. 670
Ofiilby, E. Lad^eGB
Paisley, J. B. 110
Putulto, Capt. J. B.
Pevton, Capt. F,
OglAiiaer,SjrH.305
Pkk«-nbani^Capi.E.
74
633
Ogle, M, 77. 185. S.
W.306. G.D,78
Pa«y,M>i}or-Gen.G,
W. 633
PUelp«, T. P.S64
C. H. 447
Pakincton,R(.Hoii.
mr J. S.4U
Pbilipf, Capt. 1§4.
0'Grady,G.deCJ86
Paul, A. 448* C.
0.522
Obren, E. 667
Palgrave, C F. 441
666. C.W*447*
PhiHppf, C. ei5
OlUlicld, C. t06
Palk, L. 306
H. M. 635
PbtlHppi,Mra.A«L.
Oldham, L. A. 441.
Pallif, G, $9€
Pawtofi, G. 216
76. C. 522. G*
M. «17
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411. H. 441
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