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HE Right Honourable CHARLES JAMES FOX is represented on a mattress, falling into the arms of Liberty. Peace (with the olive branch and dove) is reclining on his knee. An African thanking him for the part he took in the cause of Freedom. Born Jan. 24, 1749; died Sept. 13, 1806, aged fifty-seven.-Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor.

Where the bells are rung for Church Service is a monument to Captain MONTAGUE. He fell with Captains Harvey and Hutt in Earl Howe's engagement, on the 1st of June, 1794, when a signal and important victory was obtained over the French fleet. The King and Parliament, in consequence, directed this monument to be erected. The Captain is represented with his hand resting on his sword; Victory, alighting, is waving the laurel crown over his head; a trophy of naval flags hangs over a bassorelievo of prisoners behind; on the front of this pedestal is the engagement; on the right side is Neptune's trident, and a crown of oak; on the left, a wreath of laurel containing the word "Constitution;" the base is guarded by two lions.-Flaxman, sculptor.

On the right, upon a pedestal with appropriate emblems, is an exceedingly animated and life-like bust of the Right Hon. Sir JAMES MACINTOSH, M.P., one of the most distinguished men of his time, and who attained to great eminence in literature, philosophy, history, and politics. He was born at Aldonric, on the banks of Lochness, Scotland, on the 24th October, 1765; was knighted in 1804; in 1830 he was appointed to a seat at the Board of Control, and died 30th May, 1832, regretted (it is said) with more sincerity, and admired with less envy than any man of his age.-Theed, sculptor.

At the back, is a monument sacred to the memory of the Honourable GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK LAKE, late Lieutenant-Colonel in his Majesty's twenty-ninth Regiment of Foot, who fell at the head of his Grenadiers, in driving the enemy from the heights of Roleia, in Portugal, on the 17th of August, 1808. This stone is erected to his memory by the officers, non-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates of the corps, as a testimony of their high regard and esteem.-Smith, sculptor.

Beneath is a monument to the Right Hon. GEORGE TIERNEY, whose bust is placed on a pedestal, with the following inscription:-"To the memory of the Right Honourable George Tierney, "born in 1752; died in 1830. A man equally distinguished for "the disinterested integrity of his public conduct, and the un"pretended virtues of his private life. In Parliament he was long conspicuous for a style of oratory peculiarly his own; "plain, familiar, forcible, and persuasive, abounding in proofs "of natural shrewdness, and strokes of original learning, and "sustained throughout by an accurate knowledge of details, and

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an unostentatious command of clear language. Without having "obtained the rewards of wealth or station, he secured the respect "and esteem of his contemporaries, by the consistency of his political principles, and his unwearied activity in supporting "them; by the simplicity of his manners, and the benevolence of "his character; and by an unaffected reverence for religion. "His surviving friends have raised this monument, to be a testi66 mony of their affection, and a reward of his talents and virtues." -Westmacott, jun., sculptor.

Next is a new monument to the memory of HENRY RICHARD VASSAL FOX, Baron Holland, born November 23, 1773, and died October 22, 1840, aged sixty-seven. On the steps that lead up to the door of a vault are three figures; on the left hand of the spectator is Genius, with his old funeral emblem, the reversed torch; climbing the steps to the right are, in rich combination, Literature and Science. A scroll is in the hands of Literature, and that of Science rests upon her wheel. Over the doorway of the tomb, the key-stone, enriched by a coiling serpent (the old emblem of eternity), assists to support the cornice, from which rise a rusticated pediment and pedestal; on the latter is placed a colossal bust of the deceased Lord, and on either side of the tomb are bassi-relievi, representing severally Charity and Justice. The monument is twenty feet high, eleven feet six inches wide, and has six feet of projection from the wall. The architectural portions are of Sicilian marble. Without inscription.-Baily, sculptor.

On the left is a monument erected by the corps of Royal Engineers, to the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir RICHARD FLETCHER, Knight and Baronet, who, after highly-distinguished services, as Commanding Royal Engineer, with the army under the Duke of Wellington, in the Peninsular War, was killed at the storming of St. Sebastian, 1812, in the forty-fifth year of his age. -Baily, sculptor.

Above is a tablet with naval trophies, sacred to the memory of Rear-Admiral Sir GEORGE HOPE, K.C.B., erected by several Captains in the Royal Navy, who served under him as Midshipmen.- -Turnerelli, sculptor.

A small tablet to the memory of the Hon. CHARLES BANKS STANHOPE, Second son of Charles, Earl of Stanhope, and nephew of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Major of the fiftieth Regiment of Foot, who in the act of gallantly encouraging his men, fell by a musket-shot in the battle of Corunna. This tablet is affectionately inscribed by his afflicted sister, who can neither do justice to his virtues, nor sufficiently deplore his loss. Born 3rd June, 1785; died 16th January, 1809.

WILLIAM HORNECK, Esq.-This monument is embellished with books, plans, and instruments of fortification, alluding to the employment of the deceased as Chief Engineer to the Royal Train. The inscription informs us that he learned the art of war under the great Duke of Marlborough. He died May 9, 1746, aged sixty-two.

Beneath, to the right, is a bust erected to Major JAMES

RENNELL, who died March 29, 1830, in his eighty-eighth year. His useful life, firm character, and high talents, are amply exhibited in his works, and need no other monument. This tablet, therefore, merely_records, that this celebrated man was buried near this spot.-Baily, sculptor.

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ZACHARY MACAULAY.-A bust on a pedestal; the inscription as follows:-" In grateful remembrance of Zachary Macaulay, who, during a protracted life, with an intense but quiet perseverance, which no success could relax, no reverse could "subdue, no toil, privations, or reproach could daunt, devoted his "time, talents, fortune, and all the energies of his mind and body to the service of the most injured and helpless of man"kind; and partook for more than forty years in the counsels "and in the labours which, guided and blessed by God, first "rescued the British empire from the guilt of the Slave Trade, "and finally conferred freedom on 800,000 slaves; this tablet is "erected by those who drew wisdom from his mind, and a lesson "from his life, and who humbly rejoice in the assurance that, "through the Divine Redeemer, the foundation of all his hopes, "he shares in the happiness of those who rest from their labours, "and their works do follow them." He was born at Inverary, North Britain, on the 2nd of May, 1768, and died in London on the 13th of May, 1838.-Weekes, sculptor.

On the left, in the middle of a pyramid, is a large medallion of brass, resting on a cherub below, and suspended by another at top. Round the medal is a Latin inscription, thus translated :"JOHN CONDUITT, Master of the Mint." This gentleman succeeded his relation, the great Sir Isaac Newton, in that office, and desired to be buried near him, as appears by a long Latin inscription on the base. He died on the 23rd of May, 1737, aged forty-nine. Catherine, his wife, died on the 20th of January, 1739, aged fifty-nine, and lies interred in the same tomb.-Cheere, sculptor.

A stone arch has been turned over the West door, on which is erected a monument, voted by Parliament to the memory of the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT. This illustrious statesman is represented habited in the Robes of Chancellor of the Exchequer. To the right of the base of the statue, is History recording his speeches, whilst Anarchy, on the left, lies subdued, and writhing in chains at his feet. The statues composing this group are nine feet in height. Inscription :-" This monument is erected by "Parliament to William Pitt, son of William, Earl of Chatham, "in testimony of gratitude for the eminent public services, and of regret for the irreparable loss of that great and disinterested "Minister. He died Jan. 23, 1806, in the forty-seventh year of "his age."-Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A., sculptor.

On the left is a lofty pyramid of a bluish coloured marble, to the memory of Sir THOMAS HARDY, Knt., whose effigy is reclining upon a tomb of elegant workmanship, with a naked boy on his left side weeping over an urn. The inscription, a little history of the deceased's life, is here copied :-"Sir Thomas

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Hardy, to whose memory this monument was erected, was bred "in the Royal Navy from his youth, and was made a Captain in "1693. In the expedition to Cadiz, under Sir George Rook, he "commanded the Pembroke; and when the fleet left the coast of Spain to return to England, he was ordered to Lagos Bay, "where he got intelligence of the Spanish galleons being arrived "in the harbour of Vigo, under convoy of seventeen French men"of-war. By his great diligence and judgment he joined the 66 English fleet, and gave the Admiral that intelligence which 66 engaged him to make the best of his way to Vigo, where all the "aforementioned galleons and men-of-war were either taken or "destroyed. After the success of that action, the Admiral sent "him with an account of it to the Queen, who ordered him a "considerable present, and knighted him. Some years after"wards he was made a Rear-Admiral, and received several other "marks of favour and esteem from her Majesty, and from her "Royal Consort, Prince George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral "of England. He died August 16, 1732, aged sixty-seven."Cheere, sculptor.

Captain JAMES CORNEWALL.-This noble monument, which is thirty-six feet high, has a large base and pyramid of rich Sicilian marble. Against the pyramid is a rock (embellished with naval trophies, sea weeds, &c.) in which are two cavities; in the one is a Latin epitaph; in the other, a view of the sea-fight before Toulon, in bas-relief, on the foreground whereof the Marlborough, of ninety guns, is seen fiercely engaged with Admiral Navarre's ship, the Real, of one hundred and fourteen guns, and her two seconds, all raking the Marlborough fore and aft. On the rock stand two figures; the one represents Britannia, under the character of Minerva, accompanied with a lion; the other figure is expressive of Fame, who, having presented to Minerva a medallion of the hero, supports it, whilst exhibited to public view. The medallion is accompanied with a globe and various honorary crowns, as due to valour. Behind the figure is a lofty spreading palm-tree (whereon is fixed the hero's shield or coat of arms), together with a laurel-tree, both which issue from the naturally barren rock, as alluding to some heroic and uncommon event. The inscription :-" Amongst the monuments of ancient merit in "this sacred Cathedral, let the name of James Cornewall be preserved, the third son of Henry Cornewall, of Bradwarden Castle, in the County of Hereford, Esq., who, from the very old "and illustrious stock of the Plantagenets, deriving a truly "ancient spirit, became a naval commander of the first eminence; equally and deservedly honoured by the tears and applause of Britons, as a man who bravely defended the cause of his country in that sea-fight off Toulon, and being by a chain-shot I deprived of both his legs at a blow, fell unconquered, on the "3rd of February, 1743, in the forty-fifth year of his age, bequeathing his animated example to his fellow sailors, as a legacy of a dying Englishman, whose extraordinary valour "could not be recommended to the emulation of posterity in a

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more ample eulogy, than by so singular an instance of honour; "since the Parliament of Great Britain, by an unanimous suf"frage, resolved that a monument, at the public expense, should "be consecrated to the memory of this most heorical person."Tayler, sculptor.

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2T the back of Cornewall's, is the monument to the Righ Honourable JAMES CRAGGS, who was made Secretary at War in April, 1717, and one of his Majesty's Privy Council and Secretary of State, in March, 1718. The statue of this gentleman, large as the life, is finely represented as leaning on an urn, which has upon it, in golden characters, an inscription, showing that he was principal Secretary of State, and a man universally beloved, which is there particularly marked, because, as he was of low extraction, being only a shoemaker's son, it is the more admirable, that in the high station to which his merit had raised him, he should escape envy, and acquire the general esteem. He died February 16, 1720, aged thirty-five. Upon the base of the monument is this epitaph, written by Mr. Pope :

"Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere,

In action faithful, and in honour clear!

Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end,
Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd,

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Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the muse he lov'd.” -Signor Guelphi, sculptor.

The next monument that invites our attention is a statue of WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, which was placed here by the friends and admirers of the late Poet. Mr. Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth, in Cumberland, on April 7, 1770, and died at Rydal Mount, Ambleside, Westmoreland, on April 23, 1850. The statue is much admired; and the meditative attitude in which the Poet is represented, and the quiet and sacred spot in which it is placed, apart from the crowd, and in a peaceful retirement of its own, harmonize with, and are expressive of, the tranquil tenour of his life, and the thoughtful, sublime, and philosophic character of his works. The place which has been thus happily selected for the statue is the Baptistry of the Minster; and in the centre of it is the Font. And in allusion to this circumstance, the following Sonnet, from Mr. Wordsworth's Poems, has been inscribed near the statue.-Thrupp, sculptor.

HOLY BAPTISM.

(Ecclesiastical Sonnets, vol. iv., p. 289.) "Blest be the Church, that watching o'er the needs Of Infancy, provides a timely shower Whose virtue changes to a Christian Flower, A growth from sinful Nature's bed of weeds!