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MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

The views of the Churches of North Marston, Bucks, and Staveley, Derbyshire, are in the hands of the Engraver.

JUVENIS is informed, that the Compendium of County History is unavoidably postponed, on account of the lamented indisposition of the Compiler.

We are sorry that our Birmingham Correspondent," A Dissenter," should have given himself the trouble of sending what he could not reasonably expect to see printed.

S. R. in reply to the inquiry of "SCANIA" (in vol. LXXXIX. p. 104) respecting the situation of Knudstorp, where Tycho Brahe was born, states, "It has always been allowed that Brahe was of Danish birth, although his parents were originally from Sweden; and I find on an excellent German map lately published at Berlin, a town called Knudstrup, in Jutland, a little to the South of Wiborg, which very probably was Brahe's birth-place, particularly as a friend of mine has in vain looked on Hermelin's map for Knudstorp near Kelsingborg. Not any such town, I can assure SCANIA, exists on the island of Huen, having myself visited it in 1816."

M. H. authoress of "Affection's Gift," &c. wishes to learn why "OMICRON (p. 228) ascribes the beautiful stanzas, entitled To-morrow,' to Miss Blannil, as they are decidedly mentioned as being written by Miss Parker in Dr. Styles's brief Memoir of her excellent brother, who was the intimate and beloved friend of his biographer; and of course the authority appears unquestionable."

G. H. W. observes, "The barony of Nelson of Hilborough, was granted in remainder to the male issue of Viscount Nelson's sisters, but not to themselves. Is Beatson correct in stating the Nelson Earldom to be in remainder to the sisters ?" He also informs us, in answer to a remark (p. 86, b. 25), "that Countess Talbot's mother was not the Hon. Miss Dutton; she was sister to a Peer, not daughter; and consequently not the Hon."

Mr.J.STOCKDALE HARDY, in answer to the question proposed by a Correspondent, in p. 194, says, that "according to some recent decisions of the Court of King's Bench, it is absolutely necessary that there should be two Churchwardens in all parishes, where a common law custom cannot be established to elect only one. The Courts of Quarter Sessions are in the habit of receiving evidence as to this custom, and of annulling indentures, certificates, &c.where it cannot be established, and where only one churchwarden is returned."

W. C. D. remarks, that there is an error in the Obituary of Dr. Haweis, where

the writer (p. 277) says that he was "edu-
cated at Christ's College, Cambridge,
where he took the degree of LL.B. in
1772." W.C. D. then says, "When I was
an under-graduate at Oxford, Dr. Haweis
was a member of Magdalen Hall. He was
at that time an evangelical preacher in one
of the parish churches, where, though I
am not one of the elect, curiosity led me.
And I am sorry to recollect that his
Evening Lectures too often gave occa.
sion-not to Christian love. As far as
I remember bis connexion with Mr. Ma-
dan, cannot think he ever became a
member of any other University than that
which perhaps can feel no honour in claim-
ing him."

PAUSANIAS remarks that "he visited the
remains of Newenham Priory, near Bed-
ford, the beginning of last August. The
walls of this extensive, and once cele-
brated, building now only remain, en-
closing a space of about 80 acres of fine
meadow land, on the banks of the Ouse,
in the parish of Goldington. This Priory
was founded in the reign of King Henry I.
The walls are, for the most part, in good
preservation, composed of stone, but re-
paired in some parts with brick."

The popular Ballad of Lillebullero (inquired after by a CORRESPONDENT) may be found in Percy's Reliques, II. p. 367, and the Music in the 18th edition of the Dancing Master, vol. I. p. 116.

LITERATI BRISTOLIENSES respectfully submit the following suggestion to RoBERT SOUTHEY, Esq.: "The literary world has been so much gratified by what has already been given us by your pen from the Spanish, that we are induced to submit to your consideration the works of 'Don Quevedo de Villegas,' as being both well deserving and much in need of a new translation into English. A communication of your sentiments on this subject, through the medium of the Gentleman's Magazine, or any other channel which may be agreeable to yourself, will confer an obligation upon many lovers of wit and humour, who have been condemned to view the merits of the above Satirist thro' the mist of very bad translations."

A CONSTANT READER would be glad to learn "whether a widow of an incumbent has any right by law to remain in the parsonage house a day after the death of her husband? If no right, whether she can claim time for the removal of her goods?"

J. B. asks, "Where Lawrence Sheriff lived in London, where he died, and where he was buried ?"

P. wishes to be referred to any Work wherein the marriages and descendants of Sir William Talbot are to be found.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

For

APRIL, 1820.

MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

Mr. URBAN,

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AME in noble minds is an incitement to great and generous actions. 66 It is," our immortal Milton says, a plant which does not grow in mortal soil;" and whilst it elevates the thoughts to deeds of high renown, it looks for their reward in the approbation of the just and good, and in the praise of future ages, where it hopes to live to their remotest period. This was sentiment, and a wish which prevailed in as noble a mind as ever man possessed, and of whom I gave a faint sketch in a memoir of the late Right Hon. Warren Hastings, in your invaluable Magazine of September, 1818.

A wish to transmit to posterity some further and more particular proofs of the merits of that great and good man, induces me to send you herewith, and to request the additional favour of you to admit them into your excellent Publication, the

Addresses of the Civil Inhabitants of Calcutta, and of the Military Officers of the Bengal Establishment, when Mr. Hastings left that country, which he had governed so many years with honour to himself, and with the greatest advantage to the East India Company and to the Nation at large. These addresses were delivered to the House of Lords on his impeachment, and are a complete vindication of his character from the aspersions which had been cast upon it;-but as these documents are little known; and there seems to be a peculiar fitness in giving them a more extensive circulation at this particular time, when the India Company have just voted a Statue to be erected to his memory, in the India House; and the inha bitants of Calcutta (at the same time) bave likewise voted one to be erected in that settlement, I venture, Mr. Urban, to solicit the favour of your reception of these testimonials into

your inestimable Repository. It may not be irrelevant to add, that when the native subjects of Bengal heard of Mr. Hastings's impeachment, and the nature of the accusations brought against him, they all, with one consent, from the highest to the lowest, in every province of the kingdom, sent addresses and testimonials, de siring they might be transmitted to England, expressing their sense of his wise and equitable administration of his government, and of the peace, security, and happiness they enjoyed under it. These testimonials were presented to the House of Lords, and duplicate originals are now lodged in the Library of the East India House.

With profound veneration, esteem, and respect, for the memory of Mr. Hastings, and with every good wish for your prosperity, Mr. Urbau, I beg leave to subscribe myself, AMICUS.

Address from the British Inhabitants of Calcutta.

"TO THE HON. WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ. GOVERNOR GENERAL. "Honourable Sir,

"We the British inhabitants of Calcutta, impressed with real concern at your departure from India, entreat your acceptance of this public tribute in testiwhole tenor of your long administration, mony of our general satisfaction with the and our lasting sense of your many patriotic exertions.

"For a series of years we have uninterruptedly enjoyed under your government the blessings of private comfort and public tranquillity; and no one can recollect a period wherein impartial justice, political wisdom, and a liberal attention to the rights of individuals, were more eminently conspicuous.

"We have seen you in many of the most critical situations to which political life can be exposed. In none of these have we perceived you to deviate from the dignity of your station, the integrity of your character, or the vigour of your

public conduct. In every vicissitude you have been collected and provident; and whilst you have proved yourself invulnerable to insurrection, you have equally displayed yourself superior to calumny.

"The grand outlines of the connexion by which this country is united to Great Britain, have been, under your auspices, precisely ascertained, and its continuance decisively secured. The unwieldy system of the double government has been reduced to order and simplicity, the administration of civil and criminal justice, instead of a burthen on individuals or an engine of corruption, has, under your prudent reformation, become a blessing to ten millions of people. Arts have been uniformly patronized; the channels of com. munication between ourselves and the natives have, by your liberal encouragement, been opened; and our settlement has increased to a degree of magnitude and splendour which evinces the wisdom of your measures, and the mildness of your Government.

"Whilst the rest of India looked up to you for preservation from the distractions of war, and the desolations of famine, we have enjoyed an uninterrupted plenty and security,-blessings which, whilst we continue to possess them, we shall never cease to remember were procured for us by your spirited measures, which have raised upon a most solid basis the superstructure of public happiness.

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May that happiness and every other be secured to you during the remaining period of your life, which can arise from the possession of unsullied virtue, and the consciousness of unremitted labours for the good of society; and may you be blessed on your return with the brightest reward a patriot mind can court,-the applause of your Sovereign, and the gratitude of a country to which you have proved yourself so illustrious an orna. ment. We have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servants.

(Signed by all the Inhabitants of Calcutta.) "(Dated) Calcutta, Feb. 1, 1785."

Address from the Army on the Bengal Establishment to Mr. Hastings, transmitted to him in England soon after his departure from Calcutta. "To WARREN HASTINGS, Esq. "6 Sir,

"We whose names are hereunto subscribed, officers of the Bengal Army, with profound respect, and most perfect esteem, take the liberty of addressing you on your departure from amongst us.

"Many of us, as citizens, have already signed the general Address, which was projected, prepared, and signed, in the short space of thirty hours, and presented to you on the morning of your departure,

with the signature of near three hundred of the principal persons of the settlement, to which large additions have been since made, and are still making.

"But it was judged, that an Address from the Officers of the Army, in their collective capacity, after you had left the settlement, would more fully demonstrate to yourself, and to all the world, how very dear you were to them as soldiers, and afford them an opportunity of recording the causes of their esteem, by a recital of the events which produced it.

"We all know, Sir, either by having seen it, or by having heard it from those who were on the spot, that you have been very near thirteen years at the head of this settlement; that you came to the Chair as Governor immediately after the most dreadful calamity that ever befel a people, and found the country much depopulated, the Treasury empty, and a most enormous debt contracted; that the plans which you so judiciously laid when Governor, were afterwards carried into execution by the Governor General aud Supreme Council, of which you have hitherto been the head, and effected a discharge of the debt, filled the Treasury with cash, and restored life and vigour to the country; that during that period the Government was convulsed by jarring interests and unusual opposition; but, nevertheless, you maintained your post with dignity to the State, with honour to your self, and confusion to the enemies of your country; that the natives, taking advantage of what they supposed a divided Government, entered into a confederacy to destroy the influence of the English in India, and to set up that of the French, who secretly promoted the union, and afterwards joined in league with them; that all these efforts were baffled, and India preserved to us by your firmness and the vigour of your Government, from which an expedition, planned by yourself, was sent forth, and an army under General Goddard, traversed regions unknown, from the East to the West of India, in spite of the disasters which befel those who were to co-operate, reached the coasts of Surat, and conquered provinces from the powers at war with our nation.

"It is also well known, that in the midst of this scene of trouble, the French, and Spaniards, and afterwards the Dutch, joined to attack us, and were aided by the late Hyder-Ally, who, before the Dutch war, invaded the Carnatic, defeated the English in battle, and reduced to his obedience the whole of that country, except Madras and Villore, and some few paltry forts in the neighbourhood of the Presidency that when all men considered the state of the Carnatic to be desperate, you rose to rescue them from impending ruin ;

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and though Bengal was threatened with invasions, you, nobly resolving to meet the enemy at a distance, sent out two detachments, which gave strength and vigour to the army under Sir Eyre Coote, thereby saved the British possessions in that part of India, and reduced the enemy to-conclude an honourable peace without the loss of territory; and lastly, that the armies serving were paid, fed, clothed, and armed, by the exertions and resources of your Government.

"Thus, Sir, under your administration, have the united efforts of our numerous and powerful enemies been frustrated; and India, by the conquests there made from the European powers, has afforded the means of redeeming what the nation lost to them in every other part of the globe.

"We therefore entreat you to accept this just and grateful tribute of our praises, and our warmest thanks, for having opened the paths which led to glory, and afforded to the Bengal army the means of acquiring honour, and of being serviceable to the State at large.

"Permit us now, Sir, to express our feelings on your departure. Time, and the contemplation of your illustrious ac

tions, created an esteem which is deeply

rooted in our hearts; and our sorrow at losing the man whom we considered as the father of the settlement, is, as it ought to be, great and poignant; we must, therefore, seek for consolation in our hopes that you are going to receive those honours and rewards which are due to superior merit; and with united voice we pray that such may be the event.

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Signed by 4 Colonels, 15 Lieut.-Cois. 25 Majors, 71 Captains, 324 Lieuts. 47 Ensigns, 71 Lieut. Fire Workers, Surgeons, &c."

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Mr. URBAN, Dallington, April 10. OUR Correspondent "Mentor," p. 222, wishes for an answer from some gentleman belonging to the Ecclesiastical Court, to questions respecting a Faculty Pew in a parish church. I do not belong to the Ecclesiastical Court, but I believe the following extract from "Burn's Ecclesiastical Law" will answer his first question, which is this:

"Does a Faculty Pew in a parish church go with the person (to whom it was granted and his heirs), or does the same go with the dwelling house, wherever the person resided, at the time such faculty

was granted?"

A seat may not be granted by the Ordinary to a person and his heirs absolutely. For the seat doth not belong to the person, but to the in

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habitant; otherwise if he and his heirs go away, and dwell in another parish, they shall yet retain their seat, which is unreasonable.- GibChurch, vol. I. p. 330, vol. IV. p. 503. son, 197; Burn's Eccles. Law, art.

A Faculty, in reference to his second question, I take to be necessarily entered in the Bishop's Court, as any other legal document.

A seat, therefore, appears to be granted to the house and not to the person; and should the inhabitant of the house be either "an elderly maiden lady with an only niece," or a father of a family with 20 children, as long as they remain such inhabitants, and no longer, they are entitled to such grant, to the exclusion of every other person whatsoever.

The new pewing of churches would doubtless afford, in many instances, the most essential accommodation in populous parishes; but where funds sufficient for the purpose are at hand, the existing laws at present are fully sufficient for the desirable ends of "Mentor's" suggestion; and are, if I may be allowed to offer an opinion, far superior to any new Act of Parliament that might be made, throwing, though in an excellent cause, a very severe responsibility upon the shoulders of the incumbent, which he alone, in most instances, would be unwilling to encounter, unassisted by his legal and active coadjutors, the two Churchwardens. T. F.

LETTERS FROM THE CONTINENT. (Continued from p. 27.) LETTER III.

Amiens, August 5, 1818.

MY last from Cambrai only de

tailed our progress as far as Aire. From thence we proceeded by Lillers to Bethune. Near Lillers we passed, on the left, two large Convents, which are both ruined. Nethune is a fortified town, and has a spacious market-place. This town and Aire have each probably about

* Another Correspondent (A) answers this enquiry to the same purport. He adds, "I quite agree with Mentor, that if the priated Pews, they need not put the paVestries would properly allot the unapprcrishes to expense to build or enlarge churches there is a case in point at this moment with respect to the Abbey Church of St. Alban, and I have no doubt that the same is the case in other churches."

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