C. C. says, << one of your Correspondents in your Magazine for December, 1823, p. 509, is surprised that no mention is made by Hayley in his Life, written by himself, of Cyril Jackson, the late learned and excellent Dean of Christ Church.-The Dean, I know, thought but little of Hayley, either as a poet or a scholar. He considered him merely as a literary gossip, and was therefore by no means desirous of cultivating any intimacy with him when they became neighbours. Hayley, however, called upon the Dean, and was received with ordinary courtesy. When the visitor rose to take his leave, the Dean shook him by the hand, and said (with that peculiar voice and manner which all who knew him can never forget) Mr. Hayley, I trust that you and I may always be very good friends and neighbours, that is, I trust that we may see very little of one another.'—This anecdote is quite consistent with your Correspondent's story about the butter."

R. remarks, "I wish to call the attention of the Legislature, or of the Bench of Bishops, to the objectionable practice of placing sprigs of holly, laurel, &c. in our Churches and windows at the season of Christmas. Whether the custom be of Pagan or Popish origin, it might be sufficient with us, as Christians, to discontinue it; but it is productive of much injury, as leading to much crime. The plantations of these shrubs in every situation are seriously injured in gentlemen's and gardener's grounds, and fences broken down and destroyed to get at them; and many young depredators are induced to commence with this nefarious practice for the sake of the gain which attends it. Nor does it end even here, as those who break into grounds for this purpose, will not scruple to take any thing else with them which lies in their way. If therefore a stop could be put to this criminality, by discontinuing the practice which leads to it, it would, I am persuaded, lessen at least one species of crime."

E. R. observes, "in your Obituary of the Earl of Barrymore, p. 177, you state that as he died without issue, all the titles have become extinct, except the ancient Baronies of Barry and Olethan, which devolve on his only sister, Lady Caroline Melfort.'. Lord Barrymore's sister did indeed marry Count Melfort, and he had an only child by her, a daughter; but, if I am not misinformed, she and her child have both been dead many years. The heir to Earl Barrymore's second title of Buttevant is a grandson of the late Redmond Barry, esq. of Jamaica, who died in 1748."

Mr. J. HAMBLETON states that B*, p. 419, is wrong in his supposition that the Rondeau which he introduced has been

hitherto unpublished. It is given as a specimen of that species of poetry in the rules of French versification, subjoined to the justly esteemed work of Restaut on the general principles of French Grammar.

I. F. would feel much obliged to any of our Bibliographical readers who would inform him of the name of the author of the following little treatise, published by William Weekly, of Ipswich, viz. "The Good Master's Plea, and the Evil Servant's Cavil," 12mo. He is in possession of a very imperfect copy of the work, which is without the title-page and the greater part of the introduction; and from its mutilated state is only able to collect that it was published after the author's decease by his three friends, Matthew Lawrence, Robert Stansbye, and Isaac Basil. He finds also from MS. "Collections relating to the Town of Ipswich," that Matt. Lawrence was the Town Preacher ; Rob. Stansbye, Rector of St. Helen; and Isaac Basil, Rector of St. Mary at Stoke.

C. informs us, "that there has been lately found an iron instrument under the surface in unbaring the rock to dig stones near Sempringham Abbey Church in Lincolnshire, on the estate of Earl Fortescue. There are seven tines (8 inc. long) springing from a solid base, (of 4 inches in length) like those of a hay-fork. It was no doubt fitted into a wooden shaft, as forks are now used; but whether the points where sharp, like a pin, or barbed as a dart, time hath so corroded their ends, that it is not possible to tell. The use of it, as supposed, was for fishing for eels."

I..M. says, "in your last Magazine, p. 342, you quote from Wadd's Nugæ Chirugice,' the following epigram, which Mr. W. attributes to Cordus:

Tres medicus facies habet; unam quando rogatur Angelicam: mox est, cum juvat, ipse Deus. Post ubi curato, poscit sua piæmia, morbo,

Horridus apparet, terribilisque Sathan. I know not on what authority this epigram is given; but in the Nuga Venales,' printed in 1720, I find the following among the 'Crepundia Poetica,' p. 320.

Esculapius Trifrons. Intrantis Medici facies tres esse videntur Ægrotanti; hominis, Dæmonis, atque Dei. Quam primum accessit Medicus dixitque salutum, En Deus, aut custos Angelus, æger ait: Cum morbum Medicina fugaverit, ecce homo, clamet,

Cum poscit Medicus præmia, vade, Satan. Which of these is the genuine Epigram?

P. 449. The Lines to Lord Byron on having converted a Human Skull to the purpose of a Goblet, were not written by T. Moore, esq. but by W. H. Sterndale, who is now in Bengal, and were first inserted anonymously in the Sheffield "Iris." In the first line of the stanzas alluded to, for trim read rim.

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Mr. URBAN, PRESENT with a very interesting document; and am of opinion, that the respect and veneration we bear our late, as well as present Sovereign, will experience no diminution from the instance of ROYAL CONCERN the following Extract

upon an event in which the national feeling and pride were so deeply engaged. A beautiful copy of this Ex

tract on vellum was made at the request of Emma Lady Hamilton, for the Queen of Naples. W. P.

Extract of a Letter from Sir Herbert Taylor, to William Marsden, Esq. dated Windsor, 7th November, 1805. "His Majesty has commanded me to express in the strongest terms, his feelings of approbation of every part of the conduct of his gallant fleet, whose glorious and meritorious exertions are made yet more conspicuous, if possible, by the details of the opposition and difficulties which it had to encounter, both during and subsequent to the glorious action, and by the intrepidity and skill with which they were overcome.

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Every tribute of praise appears to his Majesty due to Lord Nelson, whose loss he never can sufficiently regret. But his Majesty considers it very for tunate that the command (under circumstances so critical) should have devolved upon an officer of such consummate valour, judgment, and skill as Admiral Collingwood has proved himself to be; every part of whose conduct he considers as deserving of his entire approbation and admiration. The feeling manner in which he has described the events of that great day, and those subsequent, and the modesty with which he speaks of himself, whilst he does justice in terms so elegant and

"At the end of the town, looking into the field, where cows and buffaloes graze, the Portugals have a pretty house and church, with orchards of Indian fruit adjoining. The English have only a buryingplace, called Mendam's Point, from the first man's name there interred, where are some few tombs that make a pretty show at entering the Haven; but neither Church or Hospital; both which are mightily to be desired."

The earliest notice of the erection of an English Church is to be found in Hamilton, (vol. I. p. 187,) in a passage which does not appear to have been penned with his usual candour. It is as follows.

"Notwithstanding the Company was at much charge in building of forts, they had no thoughts of building a church for many years after; Sir George Oxendon began to build one, and charitable collections were gathered for that use; but when Sir George died, piety grew sick, and the building of churches was grown unfashionable. Indeed it was a long while before the island had people enough to fill a chapel that was in the fort, for as fast as recruits came from Britain, they died in Bombay, which got the island a bad name."

The chapel in the fort here referred to, was erected and fitted up by the East India Company about the year 1666. It was not a detached edifice,

but