where she desired that they should be reunited in the tomb. A renewal of the regrets of the townspeople of Newark took place, when this melancholy ceremony was performed; and as the body of Charles Cavendish passed through Leicester, all the magistrates and gentry of the country joined a procession in honour of his memory.

Of all the afflictions with which Christian was visited, the loss of this beloved son seems most to have taken hold on her mind: she had had already to deplore the death of her only daughter, the beautiful and amiable Lady Rich, whose fine quali-· ties are celebrated by the poets, wits, and orators of her time; and this grief, joined to that she experienced for the sufferings of the royal fugitives, greatly impressed her future life with sadness.

When the opposing army had obtained possession of the King's person, and were carrying that ill-fated monarch from place to place, they allowed him to rest a night at Latimers-a seat of the family in Buckinghamshire, where the Countess Christian happened then to be, with her son, the Earl of Devonshire, and an interesting interview took place between them, relative to the King's affairs.

After Worcester fight in 1651, she received and took care of many of the King's faithful and unprotected servants, supporting and relieving them till the restoration of their master. The expenses she thus incurred were great, and it required much management to meet them, and repair the conse

quences of her liberality. This she was enabled to do, by accepting the hospitality of her brother, the Earl of Elgin, in whose house she lived in retirement for three years, at Ampthill; after which, finding that her retrenchment had entirely answered the end she had proposed, she purchased a seat at Roehampton, in Surrey, and there recommenced her former mode of living; extending her benevolence and usefulness as before.

In this retreat she gathered round her all who were friendly to the royal cause, and lost no opportunity of exciting and urging them to exertion, in order to bring about the King's return. She corresponded with the Duke of Hamilton, the Earls of Holland and Norwich, and others, in cypher; and her persuasions went far to determine them to be diligent in their endeavours. This could not, however, continue long without her becoming suspected; and on one occasion her loyalty had nearly cost her dear; for a troop of horse was about to be sent down to fetch her from Ampthill; but she had a friend amongst the enemy, her goldsmith, who contrived by bribery to turn away the storm, and she escaped free.

With General Monck she carried on a secret correspondence, and obtained from him a private signal, by which she was to understand his real intentions respecting the King's restoration.

At length she had the satisfaction of seeing the accomplishment of her wishes, and Charles the

Second seated on the throne of England. As she required nothing from the royal gratitude but words, it was not found so difficult to repay her as many other partisans of the family; and as far as respect and kindness and liberal acknowledgment went, she had no cause to complain.

The King, Queen, Queen-mother, and the rest of the royal family, would frequently honour her with unceremonious visits; calling unexpectedly on her, and remaining to dine; an attention which gratified her extremely, and was easily paid. Her attendance at Court was dispensed with on great occasions, in consideration of her age, and she was privately admitted to the Queen, who received her always with the strongest marks of consideration and affection. If courtesy had been all that those required of Charles, who had ruined themselves in his cause, none would have had reason to complain; but his extravagance and exhausted coffers rendered more substantial marks of his gratitude impossible.

The countess received all the reward she sought, in beholding the old order of things restored;* and, during the remainder of her life, she saw only the bright side of the prospect, and descended to the grave full of years and honours-a pattern of old English hospitality, charity, and benevolence, combined with care, prudence, and management, rarely

Evelyn speaks of her in his Diary: "4 Aug. 1662. Came to see me the old Countess of Devonshire, with that excellent and worthy person, my lord, her son, from Rowhampton."

to be met with in one accustomed to the magnificence which she had known all her life; and who had begun her career at so very early an age.

She died in 1674, on the 16th of January; and her son, the Earl of Devonshire, buried her with great pomp, omitting no ceremony which, in the eyes of the world, could add honour to her memory, though the greatest was the character she left behind; a worthy example to her numerous descendants, and a proud recollection to her immediate relatives.

ANNE CLIFFORD,

COUNTESS OF DORSET, PEMBROKE, AND MONTGOMERY.

ANOTHER Bess of Hardwick, in her passion and talent for building, and in her exact economy, in her spirit, and in some circumstances of her life, but infinitely her superior in mind and disposition, as well as learning and accomplishments, Anne Clifford was one of the most remarkable women of her time.

She was the daughter and heir of George, Earl of Cumberland, and was born January 30th, 1589.

The father was distinguished for his naval expeditions, of which he made no less than eleven : "the history of his singular life must be sought," says an historian, "sometimes in the journal of the sailor, and sometimes in the tablets of the courtier. His voyages were chiefly to the West Indies, and were generally undertaken at his own charge;