490 St. Donat's Church, Glamorganshire.-Stradling Family. [June, 2." Here lyeth Edward Stradlinge, kt, the 4th of that name (sonne to Thomas Stradlinge, Esquier, and Jenet his wyfe, the daughter of Thomas Mathewe of Rader, in the county of Glamorgan, esquier), who died in the Castell of St. Donatt, the 8 day of May, in the yere of our Lord 1535, and was buried in the chauncel of the Church ther, whose bones were after translated by his nephewe Edward Stradlinge, k, the 5th of that name, into the Chappell ther, in the yere of our Lord 1573; also here lyeth Elizabeth his wife, daughter to Thomas Arundell of Lanhcyron in the county of Cornwall, kt, who died in childbead at Merthermawre, the 20 day of Febry, in the yere of our Lord 1513, and was buryed ther, whos bones. Thomas Stradlinge, knight, her sonne, caused to be taken up and caryed to St. Donats, and buryed in the chauncell of the Church ther with her husband, the 8 day of Maye, in the yere of our Lord 1536; and were afterwards, by Edward Stradlinge, knight, the 5th of that name, her nephewe, translated out of the chauncell into the Chappell ther in the yere of our Lord 1573," 3. (The centre Painting). "Thes Pictures do represent Sir Edward Stradlinge, kt, the 5th of that name (and sonne to Sir Thomas Stradlinge, knight, and Katerin his wife, daughter to Sir Thomas Gamage of Corty, kt), and the Lady Agnes Strad -linge his wife, daughter to Sir Edward Gage of Sussex, kt, and Elizth his wife, daughter to John Parker of Willington, in the county of Sussex, esquier, which said Sir Edward, nowe, in his life-time, has set forth thes Monuments of thes his auncestors, deceased; and, by God's grace, meaneth both he and his wife, after their decease, to keepe them bodilly company in this sealfe-same place.-Anno Domini, 1590." The following Inscriptions remain to the memory of this family: Against the North wall is a fine old monument composed of alabaster and coloured marbles, with a man in armour, and a lady kneeling at an altar, with much gilding and ornament, agreeably to the custom of the time. On it are the Arms of Stradling and Gage, with this inscription: "Edward' Stradling', 5 Maioru: Fil: et Hieres 17' Equestris Ordinis 16'. Hic in D'no obdormiscit, qui Juvenis Gallia, Germania et Italia Peragratis, Redux Patriæ principi suis semper charus fidelis amantissim' vixit; octogenarius obiit 15 Maii, 1609. Agnetam D'ni Edw. Gage, mil. fil.. habuit in uxore' qua' mœstissima' viduam sobole orbam relinquens, Jo. Stradlingum mil. Francisci natum e multis juniorem fil, adopt. Elisabethæ Gage, uxoris nep'ti, multa sobole mascula fœcundæ junctum integra hæreditate donavit. D'na agneta con viro et Jo: Strad: mil. fil. adopt: Patri. Pietatis officii et amoris ergo ac posteritati sepeliendæ hoc sacrum po' 15 Maii, 1610." On the South side of the Chapel is a white marble monument to four children of Sir Edward Stradling, bart.: "H. S. E. "Gullielmus Stradling, Hungerfordus, Rachel, et Edmundus, D'ni Edwardi Stradling de Castro Sancti Donat, in agro Gla morganensi, Equitis et Baronetti, et D'næ Elisabethæ conjugis piissimæ, ex antiqua et nobili Hungerfordorum de Castro Farley Hungerford in agro Somerset. familia oriundæ, liberi nobilissimorum parentum, generosa proles illis vita brevis sed innocens contigit, etenim dùm eximium oris pulchritudinem pulcherrimis moribus ex ornarent. Et non vulgarem præberent expectationem, morte immatura præærepti, magnum sui desiderium reliquerent, brevem hanc tabellam liberis suis charissimis parentes posuere. Anno Dom' M.D.CLXXXIII." In the centre of the Chapel, is a beautiful marble tomb: (South side): "To the sacred memory of Edward Stradling of St. Donat's Castle in Glamorganshire, esq. the eldest son of Sr Edward Stradling, bart. by Elizabeth, daughter of Sr Edward Mansel of Margam in the same county, bart. He was born the 30th of March, 1699, and departed this life in the fear of God the 3d day of Oct. 1726, aged 27, to the unspeakable griefe of his parents and all that knew him, being a most accomplished gentleman in all respects." Arms: Stradling: Barry of 6 Arg. and Az. surmounted of a bend Gul. charged with 3 roses Argent, barbed and seeded proper. Crest: a stag at gaze, Arg. Motto: "Duwn Digon" (God and enough). On the North side: "Here lies Sr Thomas Stradling, the 24 Bart. of England, and the last of the name. He was the second son of Sr Edw. Stradling, bart. by Elizabeth, daughter of Sr Edward Mansel of Margam, bart. and younger brother to Edw. Stradling, esq. deposited within this tomb. He died at Monpellier, the 27th of September, 1738, N. S. and was buried here the 19th of March following. By his death the title and family, after its continuance here near 700 years, became extinct. Ætatis suæ 28." Arms: Party per pale Stradling and Mansel. Stradling, as above. Man sel, 7 sel, Arg. a chevron between three manches, Sable. The Registers commence in 1570; in which are the following notices: On the first page of the Register: "1652. Thomas Carne married to Jane Stradling, 27 April. Mr. URBAN, April 27. THE Education of the Poor is a THE subject on which a great many opinions subsist. Many are the objections raised against it, and great is the odium thrown on its avowed Of all the objections advocates. esq. to Elizabeth Stradling, Sept. 1653. In the church-yard is a very fine Cross; on the top of which are the remains of a figure of the Virgin and Child on one side; and of our Saviour on the Cross, with two females kneeling, on the other. There is a tomb in the church-yard which, although of no antiquity, is worthy of notice, as it records a melancholy event which occurred in the vicinity of St. Donat: "Sacred to the memory of Sackville Turner, esq. a Captain in his Majesty's 33d regiment, and of Sarah, his wife, who were cast away and drowned near this place on the night of the 5th of September, 1774. He was born at Therfield in the county of Hertford, 1740. She was born at Warton, in the county of Norfolk, 1752. They lost two children; the eldest not a year and a half old. Loved, esteem ed, and respected, for every good quality that could adorn human nature; blessed with a genteel competency, with health and content to enjoy it; happy in themselves, and above all so in each other, this couple, without a moment's warning, was cut off!-Reader! Let not this severe stroke of affliction to all that knew them be thrown away upon thee. Be thou, like them, prepared!" On the East side of the tomb is: "Sacred also to the memory of Susanna Crockley, who was drowned at the same time, whose fidelity and attachment as a relation and companion, were evident in the last moments of her life." urged against it, there are only two, which appear to possess any share of plausibility; and, consequently, only two which merit serious confutation. The first is, that the Education of the Lower Orders increases their natural aversion to subordination; the other, that it lays them open to the influence of that mass of profaneness and disloyalty, which daily issues from the press. I now propose to consider the first objection; viz. that the Edu. cation of the Lower Orders increases their natural aversion to subordination. There are two weapons with which we combat opinion-argument and experience. I shall begin with a few words, by way of argument;-Is it not a universally received axiom, in the system of Modern Education, with re gard to the Upper Classes, that the more the mind is opened, the more it becomes sensible of its own deficiencies, and, consequently, the more favourable to the growth of humility? And why should the same circuinstance produce a quite opposite effect on the Lower Classes? If the Poor are instructed, from the perusal of their Bibles, to follow the precepts therein contained, it follows that the strength of the argument greatly depends on what line of conduct the Bible enforces. Now does the Bible teach insubordination? Or, does it enforce submission to lawfulauthority, and respect to the superiority of rank and station? The latter most undoubtedly-the Bible places the duties of obedience and subordination, in a much higher point of view of laws. In our Statute Book, they than they can be in a human code are only introduced as affecting man's temporal interest; in the Statute Book of the King of kings, they are, co-equally with every other virtue, made the foundation of our hopes of a blessed eternity. I appeal then to the common sense of every reader, whether an intimate knowledge of the Bible is at all calculated to cause discontent and pride in the minds of the Poor. I ask, which is most likely to |