Nov. 23. At Cabool, Affghanistan, Lieut. H. Laing, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Laing, of Brighton. At Cabool, aged 32, of wounds received in the sortie at that place, Capt. Thomas Walker, of the 4th Local Horse, second son of the late William Walker, esq. of Brunswick-sq. and the Inner Temple, and nephew to Lieut.-General Sleigh, C.B. Nov. 27. At Ghazeepore, on board his boat on his way to the Presidency, brevet Major John Hicks, late of 17th Native Infantry. Dec. 4. At Hansi, Col. James Skin. ner, C.B. commanding at that station. Males Dec. 10. At Hyderabad, Emily Louisa, wife of Capt. Stanley, of his highness the Nizam's army, second dau. of Capt. Nicholson, of H. M. 84th regt. and niece to Admiral Sir Thomas Williams. Lately. At Amherst, J. H. Serjeant. son, esq. Major of Her Majesty's 58th regt. and eldest son of the Rev. J. Serjeantson, Rector of Kirby Knowle, Yorkshire. Jan. 2. At Lucknow, Capt. A. R. Macdonald, 4th regt. Native Infantry. Jan. 8. At Beyrout, Thomas Nicholson, esq. son of the late I. Nicholson, esq. of King's Arms-yard and Southend Green. BILL OF MORTALITY, Mar. 29 to Apr. 19, 1842. Christened. 431 Females 416} 847 Whereof have died under two years old...230 AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, Apr. 23. Sussex Pockets, 51. Os. to 61. 08.—Kent Pockets, 51. 58. to 81. 10s. PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, Apr. 23. Hay, 21. 158. to 4/. 12s.-Straw, 11. 18s. to 21. 2s.-Clover, 41. 15s. to 67. Os. SMITHFIELD, April 25, To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs. Beef.....................3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Lamb..... .58. 6d. to 68. 4d. Head of Cattle at Market, April 25. Beasts... 2,981 Calves 86 Mutton Veal.. Pork........ 6d. ....3s. 6d. to 4s. ..4s. Od. to 58. Od. Sheep and Lambs 25,700 Pigs 480 HARCOAL MARKET, Apr. 22. Walls Ends, from 18s. 3d. to 23s. per ton. Other sorts from 13s. 9d. to 19s. TALLOW, per cwt.-Town Tallow, 48s. Yellow Russia, 48s. CANDLES, 8s. per doz. Moulds, 98. 6d. PRICES OF SHARES. At the Office of WOLFE, BROTHERS, Stock and Share Brokers, East Birmingham Canal, 193.- Ellesmere and Chester, 68.- Grand Junction 124. Kennet and Avon, 174.- Leeds and Liverpool, 700.- Regent's, 104, Rochdale, 60.-London Dock Stock, 79.-St. Katharine's, 97.and West India, 104.London and Birmingham Railway, 180. Great Western, 29.- -London and Southwestern, 614. Grand Junction Water Works, 584. -West Middlesex, 94. Globe Insurance, 116. Guardian, 354.-Hope, 54. Chartered Gas, 57. -Imperial Gas, 63.-Phoenix Gas, 30.- -London and Westminster Bank, 22.- Reversionary Interest, 95. For Prices of all other Shares enquire as above. METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND, Fahrenheit's Therm. Fahrenheit's Therm. in. pts. 36 29, 78 fair, cloudy 79 do. do. 76 fr. cldy, fr. 94do. do. do. 89 sh.sm. r. fa. 67 cldy, do. do. 43 34 do.hl.s.sh.r. 47 34 68do. sh. r. hl. 46 38 30, 21 47 35 86sh. sl. cl. rn. J. J. ARNULL, English and Foreign Stock and Share Broker, 1, Bank Buildings, London. J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, PRINTERS, 25, PARLIAMENT-STREET. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. JUNE, 1842. BY SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. CONTENTS. MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.-Early life of Chantrey-Inscription at the new FAGE 570 571 Inscription in St. George's Chapel, Windsor (with a Plate) 591 Anglo-Saxon Motto proposed for the New Royal Exchange 592 Age of the Three Metrical Romances "The Clerk of Tranent ib. 593 Pedigree and Notices of the Family of Savery 594 .... AN INQUIRY INTO THE TRUE HISTORY OF KING ARTHUR. Section III. 596 The Turkish Letters distinguished from the Turkish Spy-St. Foix 600 ib. The Edition of "Iphigenia in Aulis," attributed to Bishop Monk Dr. Wordsworth's Sermons, preached at Harrow School, 617; Hussey's Roman Road from Alchester to Dorchester, 620; Johnson's Nuces Philosophicæ, 622; Waagen's Life of Rubens, 625; Gresley's Forest of Arden, 629; Paget's St. Antholin's, 630; Anderson's Ancient Models, 632; Miscellaneous Reviews 633 638 645 FINE ARTS.-Art Union of London, 635; Islington Art Union, 637; Promotions, and Preferments, 658; Births and Marriages and several examples of the "HERALDRY OF FISH," ........ MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. It is our intention to give a circumstantial account of the recent Sale at Strawberry Hill, with such historical particulars of the curiosities themselves, as we may be able to collect. The first portion, relating to the Pictures, was in type for the present Magazine, but is unavoidably deferred. MR. URBAN,-I have laid the letter respecting Sir F. Chantrey, contained in your number for March, 1842, p. 258, before Wm. Botham, esq. who was an apprentice of Mr. Ramsey at the time that Chantrey became an apprentice of that gentleman; Mr. Botham entered into partnership with Mr. Ramsey after his apprenticeship, and thus Chantrey became the apprentice of Ramsey and Botham. This partnership continued until after Chantrey's time expired, and from this circumstance Mr. Botham is able to speak with great certainty concerning the termination of Chantrey's apprenticeship. Nothing that could be construed into running away occurred. But his fellowapprentices at Ramsey's always accused Chantrey with running away from a distant relation named Burk, a grocer, in the Far Gate, Sheffield, to whom he was apprenticed before he came to Mr. Ramsey. It is but just to Mr. Ramsey, jun., who is now an artist in London, No. 12, Newman-st. Oxford-st. to remark that he never was at all brought up to his father's business, that of a carver and gilder. This may correct the first paragraph in the letter above-mentioned. en Yours, &c. Cambridge, KIRKE SWANN, B.A. April 7, 1842. Christ's Coll. MR. URBAN,-Your satisfactory statement, in answer to my note, respecting the claims of Mr. Mathias to the authorship of the "Pursuits of Literature," courages me to hope that you will give your opinion of the Latinity of the inscription on the foundation-stone of the new Royal Exchange. It has been remarked by a critic that the following expressions are not correct; but the writer, whoever he was, can probably refer to some authority for them. "Favente Regina Elizabetha," for Elizabetha Regina; Inchoante structuram Rege Carolo," for Carolo Rege; "Anfractu viarum quaquaversus explicato," for quaquaverso ; "Deus O. M. conservator, &c. &c. &c., arceto," for arceat, or if it be the vocative, arceas. I believe another remark of the critic is, that in the following sentence "statuit" is put for posuit: "Lapidem auspicalem statuit."-Yours, F. R. S. T. Q. in reply to the inquiries of W. H. C. in the Minor Correspondence of last month, begs to inform him that some years since there was published at Paris a detailed account of the Life of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, in two 8vo. volumes. The name both of the author and the publisher has escaped his memory, but it was highly esteemed as a work of much research and great merit. CYDWELI says:-In the Dict. Historique it is stated, that Desrues, the noted poisoner and forger, was examined by torture, and broken on the wheel, in 1777. But had not the use of torture been already abolished by Louis XVI. ?—A note in Millot's Histoire de France (vol. ii. p. 364, ed. 1220), says, that in 1764, the parliament of Dôle condemned a person to be burned, who "ayant renoncé à Dieu, et s'étant obligé par serment de ne plus servir que le diable, avait été changé en loup-garou. Voyez Mém. de l'Acad. des Inscript. t. 16." Is the date correct? Whether the quarto or duodecimo edition is referred to, I should also be glad to learn. PLANTAGENET wishes to know the names of the "Seven hundreds of Cookham and Bray," which are frequently alluded to in charters of the 14th and 15th centuries; and suggests that our learned Correspondent, G. C. G. might probably be able to give him the desired information. MR. CHAS. DE L. NASH inquires for a pedigree or account of the Nash's of Herefordshire and south of Ireland. The Delliners' of Herefordshire allied with Brooke Watsons', the Pierses' of the county of Kerry. MR. CHARLES CLARK, of Great Totham Hall, Essex, is making collections for the History of the Priory of Tiptree, Essex, and is desirous to receive any particulars of the family of Montchesny. Is he aware that they were summoned to Parliament; and that some account of the family will be found in Dugdale's Baronage, i. 561? See also Collectanea Topog. et Geneal. v. 389. We are requested to correct an error in the notice of the death of Captain Edmund William Cartwright in our Obituary for April. It appears that this lamented young officer, instead of lingering in the Lazaretto at Malta until the 10th of February, as was first reported, died on the 29th of January, the day after that on which he landed from the Oriental steamer. THE MAGAZINE. GENTLEMAN'S The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, including numerous Letters now first published from the original Manuscripts. 6 vols. 8vo. R. Bentley. STRAWBERRY HILL. ABOUT a century has now elapsed since Mrs. Chevenix, the toywoman* in Bond Street, in one of her suburban excursions, laid a little egg on a bank near Twickenham, called in elder times, and in the arcadian days of shepherds and shepherdesses, by the name of Strawberry Hill. This Horace Walpole, passing by, saw, and hatched; and in the course of a little time, out of it proceeded one of the prettiest and most fantastic little fairy castles, not bigger than a silver threepence, that the eye ever beheld. This tiny castle was found, on entering, to consist of a number of small ornamented closets and chambers, enriched with Gothic chimney-pieces, and windows lustrous with emerald and ruby tints, and empanneled cielings, and small monastic cloisters and galleries of princely beauty; and on further search, there were to be descried, Florentine caskets, and Italiant bronzes, and ancient trunks of mother-of-pearl, and rosewood and ivory cabinets filled with rare enamels by Petitot, and miniature portraits of exquisite beauty by Hilliard and Oliver. There were to be seen, in colours more lasting than their own, those enchanting forms that had glided through the galleries of Trianon and Versailles, the Vallieres, the Mazarins, the Montespans, and the Sevignés, and by their side. appeared in bearded majesty" the grave and dignified statesmen of the days of Elizabeth and James; all immortalized on snuff-boxes, in lockets, on watchcases, enshrined in diamonds, and contracted to a size, as if the living forms had been descried through the tip of a fairy's microscope. Then there were to be seen hunting horns of Limoges enamel, and daggers of emerald and turquoise; bells of rare design encrusted with silver ‡ butterflies, *The original house was built by Lord Bradford's coachman, and called Chopstraw Hall; but the piece of ground on which it stands in the old leases is called Strawberry Hill-shot. Cibber once took this house and wrote one of his plays here, The Refusal; after him, Talbot, Bishop of Durham, had it for eight years; then Henry Brydges, the Marquis of Carnarvon. It was next had by Mrs. Chevenix, who let it to Lord John Sackville. Mr. Walpole took the remainder of the lease in May 1747, and the next year bought it by Act of Parliament. See description of the villa of Horace Walpole, p. 1. † Walpole bought the whole very valuable collection of bronzes which Conyers Middleton had made when residing at Rome. Some of them are very curious and fine. See Descr. Catalogue, p. 56, and Middleton's "Germanæ quædam Antiquitatis Monumenta." Walpole began his collections at Lord Oxford's sale in 1742; so they have lasted just a century. "As to Benvenuto Cellini, if the Duke could take it (the coffee-pot) for his, the V. Letters, vol. i. people in England understand all work too well to be deceived." p. 253. The "bell" came from the collection of the Marquis Leonati at Parma, |