Salutem hilaris hominibus dare. Beatum tamen vixisse se adserens, Plenus voti omnis, desero gratus hu Miles Christi morte triumpho! There is a good representation of Sir William's profile, taken, as I understand, from one executed by Wilton; and at the bottom of the Monument are his armorial bearings. It is on the South wall of the chancel, and adjoining it is a monument to Lady Browne, who died some years before the Knight. In the chancel are several monuments to the Folkes family, and also to the Hovels, who were the former lords of the whole parish; the last of whom, Sir William, left three daughters his co-heiresses, one of whom was married to Martin Folkes, esq. and brought the estate into that family. Sir William Browne left only one daughter, the wife of William Folkes, esq. and mother to the present Sir Martin Browne Folkes, bart.; which accounts for his remains being deposited here. This village is seven miles from the borough of Lyon, and on the road from thence to Cromer; and appears to contain little worthy of notice. Hillington-hall, the seat of Sir Martin Browne Folkes, and for many generations the residence of his ancestors, bears the marks of some antiquity. Though not decorated with porticos, and the grounds unornamented, this place appears to possess much more valuable qualities, all the comforts so peculiar to the residences of English country gentle Ient, wh, a signed Correspond ent, whose signature is E., requests information in what work is to be found the expression, Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. Where to discover the Latin words I did not exactly know; but your Readers will perceive the sentiment assigned to Antilochus by LUCIAN in the Dialogue between Antilochus and Achilles: The original passage runs thus, Φέρει δὲ παραμυθίαν καὶ ἡ κοινωνία το πράγματος, καὶ τὸ μὴ μόνον αὐτὸν πεπονθέναι. This mean idea is nobly combated, in his Purad. Reg. L. 1. v. 401. by the poet MILTON: Fellowship in pain, divides not smart, Nor lightens aught each man's peculiar load." In the same dialogue between Antilochus and Achilles, LUCIAN makes the former notice the cowardly speech which HOMER gives to the latter in Od. A. v. 488. PLATO, De Repub. III. also, objects to the thought. And the mighty Stagirite reproves the same impropriety of sentiment in Iphigenia at Aulis, when she says, Ignominy is preferable to death. His censure is very concise, Τῷ δὲ ἀνωμάλε, ἡ ἐν Αὐλίδι Ιφιγένεια. Οὐδὲν γὰς ἔοικεν ἡ ἱκελεύεσα τῇ ὑσέξᾳ. ARISTOT. De Poet. XVIII. Pray where is this passage? Ex pede Herculem. A FIFTH-FORM LAD. H. "The man that fights and runs away, May live to fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Can never rise to fight again." Mr. URBAN, March 7. F the Gentleman who ascribes these four lines to Sir John Mennes, in the reign of Charles the Second, will have the goodness to favour your readers with a copy of the Poem in which they occur, or with a competent Extract from it containing them, with reference to page, &c. he will confer an obligation, and remove the uncertainty under which most persons have lain with regard to the Author of them. B.C. +++ A Staffordshire Freeholder in our next. Mr. SIR, Shrewsbury, Sept. 19, 1814. A blance of many Residences and S you have preserved the sem Birth-places of eminent men in your valuable Repository, I am induced to send you a Drawing of BENNETT's HILL (see Plate I.), the residence of your venerable Friend and Correspondent William Hutton, esq. F. A. S. S. not doubting but it will be acceptable to many of his Friends. This pleasant Villa is situated about two miles from Birmingham, near Saltley, on the declivity of a gentle eminence. Mr. Hulton, the indefatigable Antiquary, Historian, and Tourist, at the close of this month completes his ninety-first year; and when I saw him, on the 5th of July, 1814, was in perfect health, and his mental faculties unimpaired :-He observed to me with a smile (speaking of his loug journeys and tours), My longest journey now is to my Son's cottage*, and my most extensive tour, that of my own garden; but," added he, "I am completely happy; I have all that can be desired in this world—a competency sufficient for all I want, and a son and daughter whose study it is to render me every comfort in their power." Yours, &c. D.PARKES. Feb. 13. Mr. URBAN, myself a short account of the small but exquisite remains of KIRKHAM ABBEY, in Yorkshire, may find admission in your pages. The scattered ruins of this very antient abbey are situated in a beautiful valley, through which flows, with a winding and charmingly-varied course, the river Derwent. The extreme magnificence of the surrounding scenery, and the grand effect of light and shade produced by the variety of objects bere presented, and the contrast of the ivy-mantled mouldering ruins in the foreground, present to view an assemblage not frequently to be met with, and of which, words fail to convey an adequate idea. The first and most interesting fragment which we approach, is the gateway, a work of Edward III. in all the splendour of that period; a time when Pointed * Adjoining his own garden. Architecture reached its summit of perfection and beauty. The design is not large, and the ornaments, though numerous, are not crowded; but, from their justness of distribution, have the most exquisite effect. It consists of two divisions: The first having the entrance, a large arch of round character covered by a pedi ment; in the spandrels are shields, and small figures in alto-relievo, St. George and the Dragon, &c. The second has two, windows with the ornamental tracery perfect; between. them, in the centre, a niche with a figure, and one on each, side: the whole surmounted with pediments, having in the intermediate spaces shields of various arms, which are likewise distributed over other parts of the front.. The whole terminates with an elegant cornice, and a straight parapet of quatrefoil pannels. At the South-west angle is a turret and pinnacle; a similar one at the North-west has been destroyed. A few paces in front of the gate is the mutilated base of an old cross. Passing through the gateway, a short distance Eastward, over uneven masses of stone and walls, are vestiges of much older work; but devastation has carried its relentless influence so far, that their original utility is left to conjecture, though their relative situation conveys some idea to what purpose they must formerly have been applied. Of these an extremely curious and enriched Saxon doorway claims particular notice: I am inclined to believe it the ori ginal entrance to the Chapter-house. The arch, supported by three columns on each side, is very highly ornamented, as are the spaces on the exterior, and between the columns ; the whole in very perfect preservation, but the connecting buildings totally demolished. To the right of the door-way, in an adjoining wall, are two recessed early Pointed arches, but appear never to have been open: elegantly filled in, and ornamented, this might probably have been part of the cloisters. Near there are many small fragments of walls, arches, &c. their former use. but too much mutilated to ascertain A considerable distance North-west of this, and nearly in a line with the Gate, subsists a solitary vestige of the sacred ་ sacred edifice; this alone remains, to denote the situation, the style, and the grandeur of the whole. It is of the early Pointed style, consisting of one division and part of another, in which is a very lofty narrow windów, and two buttresses, most elegantly proportioned, with shafts and enriched capitals on the chamfered angles: the whole in so perfect a state that scarcely the courses of stone visible. In 1784, the upper part fell down, consisting of a turret and pinnacle, beautifully mantled with ivy. are In a farm-house opposite the gate way, is preserved the abbey font, which was dug from among the ruins not many years since; it is perfect, and very much ornamented, but does not appear to be much older than the reign of Henry VI. It may be deemed a great curiosity, as this decorative appendage to a church was generally marked as an object for destruction. This fine Cistertian Monastery, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was founded by Sir Walter L'Espec, knt. and Adelina his wife, in the year 1121. It is not improbable that the fragments of Saxon work are part of the original buildings of this date. Its value before the general dissolution amounted, according to Speed, to 3001. 15s. 6d.; and by Dugdale, to 2691. 5s. 9d. It was surrendered Dec. 8th, 1539, in the 30th year of Henry VIII. by John Keldwick the prior, and seventeen canons: it was afterwards granted to Sir Henry Knevet, knt. About five miles North of Kirkham is CASTLE HOWARD, a stupendous and magnificent mansion, erected by Sir John Vanbrugh on the site of the Old Castle of Hinderskelf, and is the noble residence of the Earl of Carlisle, K. G. The North tremity of the North wing forms the kitchen; it has a square tower at each angle. The number of roofs, cupolas, and massy clustered chimneys in the intermediate space, and the general picturesque assemblage of the whole design, is striking, and impressively grand. In the front, and extending Eastward above 500 yards, is a noble terrace, decorated with statues, terminated by a large Ionic temple, having four porticos. The interior of this princely mansion abounds with works of art; the walls of the hall were painted by Peligrini with the history of Phaeton; the recesses occupied by antique statues ; and on pedestals are distributed many fine busts. Every room throughout has numerous relicks of antiquity to claim notice, and the numberless pictures which adorn the walls, with the extensive and choice collection of vases, would require a volume to describe, and prove useless to enumerate in this limited space. About half a mile South-east of the house is the mausoleum, of the Doric order: it measures 50 feet in diameter, of a circular form, and is 90 feet high. Returning from Castle Howard towards Kirkham, about five miles from thence, is the small village of Crambe. The Church has been much altered, and would not merit the slightest notice did it not contain an antient font. It stands toward the West end of the aile, is large, of a square form, supported by a stout centre shaft, with four columns at the angles, having ornamented capitals, and the upper part decorated with intersecting semicircular arches. Nearly two miles Southward of this village on the road to York, is Howsham, a fine mansion on gently rising ground, near the river Derwent, built about the time of Queen Elizabeth, the seat of the worthy and amiable Mrs. Cholmley, to whom belongs the magnificent Abbey at Whitby, in the same county. The valley in which it is situated is beautiful, and the surrounding scenery varied and delightful. J. C. B. front which we approach has a fine centre, with a cupola rising from the roof, and two extensive wings, the North-east of which was finished according to the original design; the other was erected by Sir James Robinson, but without any attention either to extent, or character of the style. The South, or garden front, is very magnificent; the centre, a pediment supported by fluted pilasters, is approached by a grand flight of stone steps; which, with the range of tree which have precedency in the N treating of particular Colleges, pilasters along the whole façade, is particularly fine. The Eastern ex- order of time, naturally claim pri PETER-HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE. From Mr. DYER'S "History of the University and Colleges of CAM BRIDGE." |
