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Rateliff 5 p.ct. - 10 O MISCELLANEOUS 1 10 Vauxhall 201 1 Annuity, British 41 Australian (Agricult') Bank, Irish Provincial 5 pm. Pier 2 10 4 p.ct. METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND, South Sea Stock, April 19, 914. Old South Sea Ann. April 6, 81. April 11, 817. April 24, 82. RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. 104, Corner of Bank-buildings, Cornhill. J. B. NICHOLS, 25, PARLIAMENT STREET. MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. A CORRESPONDENT says, "I have had much pleasure in examining the restored side of the Temple Church, and pronounce it to be a most faithful imitation of the ancient architecture. Some few members of the design have been supplied by Mr. Smirke, but the north side still furnishes sufficient authority for the beautiful mouldings which enrich the admirably proportioned triple windows. If it were not hypercriinal, I would object to the crosses on the gables as not in character with the building, and not lofty enough, but I will not dwell on imperfections where there is so much to admire. The removal of a curious and very ancient Chapel from the south side of the Round Church, has brought the aile of the Norman edifice into view, and the windows, disencumbered of their heavy Doric dressings, appear in their original simplicity; they are narrow and lofty, and approximate to the shape of the lancet pointed windows, which were of period not far subsequent to the age of the Norman work. It may be doubted whether the buttresses (I am still speaking of the Round Church) are coeval with the walls; certainly they were grotesque and unsightly till the architect gave them their present form. The whole of this restoration is in stone, and the skilful masonry of the Temple Church will be admired when such plastered buildings as Lichfield Cathedral will have lost all traces of the splendid architecture which once adorned them." In reference to a passage in our Memoir of Mr. Mitford (p. 368), we have been informed that that gentleman was not only Lieut.-Colonel in the South Hampshire Militia, but for upwards of a year Colonel of the regiment. He first joined it as Captain, May 22, 1769; was appointed Lieut.-Col. Nov. 22, 1779; and from Aug. 9, 1805, to the date of his resignation, Oct. 15, 1806, held the Colonelcy. It was in the same regiment that Gibbon was Lieut.-Colonel. When Mr. Mitford first had a company, that distinguished writer was his commanding officer, and it was to the Lieut.-Colonelcy that had been held by the Historian of Rome, that the Historian of Greece succeeded in 1779.-Mr. Mitford first sat in the House of Commons as Member for Newport in Cornwall. He was returned in 1785 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Sir John Coghill, bart., and represented that borough till the close of the Parliament in 1790. From 1790 to 1796 he was not a Member of the House. We feel great pleasure in adding a fact much to the credit of Mr. Mitford's memory, that a Bill is now passing through the House of Commons for substituting a building lately built by him as the future Church of Exbury and Leap, in lieu of the present Church or Chapel." M. A. observes, "It appears that at length two respectable friends of Bishop Heber, at Oxford, have started a design for a monument to the memory of that model of meekness, goodness, and piety. It is, perhaps, not very creditable to those who profess to have his name so highly in honour, not to have come forward more generally and with greater enthusiasm. I trust, however, that the design will now proceed, and that his venerated name will add lustre to the eminent memorials that adorn the Cathedral of St. Paul's. It has been suggested, that some memorial may be erected at Oxford. Venerating, as I do, that seat of learning, no one will pretend to say that Oxford is the place for a monument to Reginald Heber. His mind, character, and services, were the property of the Universal Church of Christ. The Church of England may have produced greater, but never a more diligent, devoted, soberminded Christian. Short as was his career, it spread a lustre over every state in which he was placed; whether as student or preacher, parish priest or prelate. I trust nothing more is required than merely to direct attention to the subject." L. observes," On looking into Wren's Parentalia, I find that no mention is made of one of the sisters of Sir Christopher; viz. Anne. She was born (as appears from the Register of Knoyle, in the County of Wilts, of which place her father was Rector,) in the year 1634. She married Dr. Henry Brunsell (son of the Rev. Oliver Brunsell, Vicar of Wroughton, co. Wilts), Prebendary of Ely, and Rector of Stretham in the Isle of Ely, where he was buried in 1678. She died in 1667, and was buried (as I presume from the following inscription in Le Neve) at Stretham Church in the Isle of Ely: "Anna filia ChristopheriWren, Dec.Windsor et Wolverhampton, uxor Henr. Brounsell, LL.D. et mater Hear. Christopherique, hic sepultor: et Annæ adhuc superstitis, exiguae quidem molis; sed gemmarum instar magni pretii et virtutis, vitam egit aliis jucundissimam, sibi autem acerbam propter varios corporis dolores, quos admirabili patientiâ et æquanimitate perpessa, animam placidissimè Deo reddidit, 27 die Feb. A. D'ni 1667, æt. suæ 33." R. enquires where he can find the celebrated hymn of St. Hilary, beginning, Lucis largitor splendida, as he has searched in vain all books of the Latinity of the middle ages for it. If the proposed Historian of Bedfordshire would favour us with his name and address, we could, through the kindness of a veteran Antiquary, materially assist his views. ERRATA.-P. 92, b. 9 from bottom, for Thresher read Treacher; 170, a. 41, for Leigh read Legh. GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. MAY, 1827. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 1 Mr. URBAN, ORIGINAL LETTER OF DR. DAVIES. May 12. INCLOSE an original Letter, written in Dec. 1787, by Doctor Davies, then Master of Eton School, to Sir John Riggs Miller, the first Baronet, respecting his son, the late worthy and lamented Sir John Edward Riggs Miller, bart. on whose death in August 1825, the title became extinct. It notices, as you will remark, an alteration in the system at Eton. A CONSTANT READER. London, at Mr. Faulder's, Bookseller, New Bond-street. DEAR SIR, Dec. 24, 1787. I MUST first make an apology for my long silence, at which you must have been much surprised, if not, as I fear, somewhat displeased; but when, I first received your letter, I determined not to answer it till the holidays, that during the interval I might have an opportunity of making more particular observations on him who was the subject of it; then I intended to have seen you in town, but I did not come so early as I thought I should. After that I went down again to Windsor to instal Dr. Langford Canon of Windsor. Upon my return, your House adjourned, and I did not endeavour to find you in town, supposing that you immediately went down to your villa, where I hope this will find you. If I had sat down to write a letter to you without any previous inquiries on your part concerning your son, I should have inform'd you how happy he had made me by his great diligence and improvement, by his good behaviour and regularity, after his being put into the sixth form; that he had added much to the credit he had gained at the last speeches before their Ma In jesties, as well as to my good opinion of his abilities and disposition. In his prose compositions his style of Latin is very good, his sentiments strong and clear, with much good sense, and illustrations of the subject by examples from his own reading and observation, improving upon those which I have suggested in giving the theme. his verses there is an originality of poetical fancy and invention peculiarly his own, his expression neat and elegant, with a rythm of verse that shews his good ear; but still he must continue to cultivate both species of composition with the same if not more diligence and accuracy, before I shall be able to call them exactis minimum distantiæ, and this is the great mean of improvement while he continues with me; this the foundation of his fame as an Eton scholar. In all other parts, his reputation is as high as it can well be; but elegance of writing is the fiuishing here; therefore I beg you will inculcate this to him. Constant pains in all his exercises; and in some particular subjects which suit his fancy, still greater exertions to produce a capital piece. The longer he continues (and I hope at present his own inclination accords with your intentions), the greater will be his improvement. In regard to his moral character, his inclination, temper, and other qualities (points of the greatest consequence, and which you enquire after with an highly commendable and truly parental anxiety and affection), the result of my enquiries, confirmed by his tutor and his dame, still tends more to enhance my good opinion. I can discover no evil propensity, but all tending the contrary way. He is beloved by all his schoolfellows, but among his peers in class, age, &c. his intimates are of the best sort, like himself. |