66 trem lugertes ademptum pro more ac pietate Westmonasteri"ensi exequias reddiderunt."

Against the wall, in the centre of the east walk, is a monument to the memory of GEORGE WALSH, Esq., with the following inscription: Near this place are deposited the remains of George "Walsh, Esq., late Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's forces, "and Colonel of the 49th regiment of foot, who died Oct. 23, "1761, aged seventy-three."

The toils of life and pangs of death are o'er,

And care, and pain, and sickness, are no more.

To the left has been lately erected a tablet, sacred to the memory of WALTER HAWKES, who, serving in the East Indies, and having deserved well during the space of more than twentyseven years, almost worn out with sickness and wounds, as he was now returning to his native country, being overtaken by a storm in the Indian Ocean, was, together with his dearest wife, the partner of his life and danger, alas! swallowed up, and perished by shipwreck, never to be too much lamented, the year of our Lord, 1808. Struck with so sad a fate of his companion, William Franklin put up this stone; for both were King's scholars in this school, brought up in the same studies, together endured arduous warfare.

To the memory of JAMES WILLIAM DODD, who for thirty-four years was one of the Ushers of Westminster School, the duties of which he discharged with consummate ability. The Westminsters, his pupils, resident at the boarding-house under his immediate care, have, bewailing his loss, caused this tablet to be erected. He died on the 29th day of August, 1818, in the fiftyseventh year of his age.

In the east walk (where, over the entrance into the ChapterHouse, is a most remarkable old Gothic window, well worth observing), is erected a monument, to preserve and unite the memory of two affectionate brothers, valiant soldiers, and sincere Christians. SCIPIO DUROURE, Esq., Adjutant-General of the British forces, Colonel of the twelfth regiment of foot, and Captain or Keeper of his Majesty's Castle of St. Mawes, in Cornwall, who, after forty-one years' faithful services, was mortally wounded at the battle of Fontenoy, and died May 10, 1745, aged fifty-six years, and lies interred on the ramparts of Aeth, in the Low Countries; and ALEXANDER DUROURE, Esq., Lieutenant-General of the British forces, Colonel of the fourth, or King's own regiment of foot, and Captain or Keeper of his Majesty's Castle of St. Mawes, in Cornwall, who, after fiftyseven years' faithful services, died at Toulouse, in France, on the 2nd January, 1765, aged seventy-four years, and lies interred in this cloister.

Near this is a monument for HENRY WITHERS, LieutenantGeneral, descended from a military stock, and bred to arms in Britain, Dunkirk, and Tangier, through the whole course of the last wars of England with France. He served in Ireland, in the Low Countries, and in Germany; was present in every battle, and at every seige, and distinguished in all by an activity, a valour, and zeal, which Nature gave, and Honour improved. A love of glory, and of his country, animated and raised him above that spirit which the trade of war inspires-a desire of acquiring riches and honours by the miseries of mankind. His temper was humane, his benevolence universal; and, among all those ancient virtues which he preserved in practice and in credit, none was more remarkable than his hospitality. He died at the age of seventy-eight years, November 11, 1729.

Here, Withers, rest! thou bravest gentlest mind,
Thy country's friend, but more of human kind.
Oh! born to arms! oh, worth in youth approved,
Oh, soft humanity, in age beloved;

For thee the hardy vet'ran drops a tear,
And the gay courtier feels his sigh sincere.
Withers, adieu! yet not with thee remove
Thy martial spirit or thy social love:
Amidst corruption, luxury, and rage,
Still leave some ancient virtues to our age:
Nor let us say (those English glories gone)
The last true Briton lies beneath this stone.

We shall take notice of a few more inscriptions, and close our account. The first you will see upon a handsome monument in the east walk, almost facing the ancient Abbots' already spoken of." Reader, if thou art a Briton, behold this tomb with 66 reverence and regret! Here lie the remains of DANIEL 66 PULTENEY, the kindest relation, the truest friend, the "warmest patriot, the worthiest man! He exercised virtues in "this age, sufficient to have distinguished him, even in the best. "Sagacious by nature, industrious by habit, inquisitive with art, "he gained a complete knowledge of the state of Britain, foreign " and domestic; in most the backward fruit of tedious expe"rience, in him the early acquisition of undissipated youth. "He served the court several years; abroad, and in the 66 auspicious reign of Queen Anne; at home, in the reign of that "excellent Prince, King George I. He served his country "always; at court independent, in the senate unbiassed.

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"lament thy own; for know, the loss of so much private virtue " is a public calamity."

In the West Cloisters is a neat tablet, in memory of the Rev. EDWARD SMEDLEY, A.M., Rector of Powderham, and of North Bovey, in the county of Devon, and from 1774 to 1820, one of the ushers of Westminster School. Born November 5, 1750; died August 6, 1825. Also of Hannah his wife, daughter of George Bellas, Esq. Born August 21, 1754; died October 17, 1824. This tablet is erected by their surviving children.

To you, dear names, these filial thanks we give,
For more than life, for knowledge how to live-
For many a rule with holy wisdom fraught,
And works embodying the creed you taught;
For faith triumphant, tho' the lips which told
Its glowing lessons, now, alas! are cold;

Faith, which proclaiming that the dead but sleep,
Invites us home to those whom here we weep.

-Westmacott, Jun., sculptor.

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In the west walk there is one monument that deserves particular attention, as it commemorates a charity, which otherwise might, in time, like many others, be perverted or forgotten. The inscription is as follows:-" Here rest in hope of a blessed resur"6 rection, CHARLES GODOLPHIN, Esq., brother of the Right "Honourable Sidney Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer "of Great Britain, who died July 16, 1720, aged sixty-nine; "and Mrs. Godolphin, his wife, who died July 29, 1726, aged "sixty-three; whose excellent qualities and endowments can never be forgotten, particularly the public-spirited zeal with "which he served his country in Parliament, and the indefati66 gable application, great skill, and nice integrity, with which "he discharged the trust of a Commissioner of the Customs for 66 many years. Nor was she less eminent for her ingenuity, "with sincere love of her friends, and constancy in religious "worship. But as charity and benevolence were the distin"guishing parts of their characters, so were they most conspi66 cuously displayed by the last act of their lives; a pious and "charitable institution, by him designed and ordered, and by "her completed, to the glory of God, and for a bright example "to mankind; the endowment whereof is a rent-charge of one "hundred and eighty pounds a-year, issuing out of lands in "Somersetshire, and of which one hundred and sixty pounds 66 a-year are to be ever applied, from the 24th June, 1726, to the "educating eight young gentlewomen, who are so born, and "whose parents are of the Church of England, whose fortunes "do not exceed three hundred pounds, and whose parents or "friends will undertake to provide them with decent apparel; "and after the death of the said Mrs. Godolphin, and William "Godolphin, Esq., her nephew, such as have neither father

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or mother; which said young gentlewomen are not to be ad"mitted before they are eight years old, nor to be continued after "the age of nineteen, and are to be brought up in the city of "New Sarum, or some other town in the county of Wilts, under "the care of some prudent governess, or schoolmistress, a com"municant of the Church of England; and the overplus, after an allowance of £5. a-year for collecting the said rent-charge, "is to be applied to binding out one or more poor children ap66 prentices, whose parents are of the Church of England. In perpetual memory whereof, Mrs. Francis Hall, executrix to her aunt, Mrs. Godolphin, has, according to her will, and by her order, caused this inscription to be engraven on their monu66 ment, 1772."

Just here is a tablet, with a coat of arms over, and a musicbook under it, containing the following inscription :-" Near this 66 place are deposited, the remains of BENJAMIN COOKE, Doctor "in Music of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and "Organist and Master of the Choristers of this Collegiate Church, "for above thirty years. His professional knowledge, talents, " and skill, were profound, pleasing, and various; in his works "they are recorded, and within these walls their power has been "felt and understood. The simplicity of his manners, the in"tegrity of his heart, and the innocency of his life, have numbered "him among those who kept the commandments of God, and the "faith of their Saviour Jesus Christ. He departed this life on "the 14th of September, 1793, and in the fifty-ninth year of "his age."

Upon a tablet that has emblems of music-" To the memory "of JAMES BARTLEMAN, formerly a Chorister and Lay-Clerk "of Westminster Abbey, and Gentleman of His Majesty's Royal "Chapel. Educated by Dr. Cooke, he caught all the taste and "science of that great master, which he augmented and adorned "with the peculiar powers of his native genius: he possessed I qualities which are seldom united-a lively enthusiasm, with (6 an exact judgment, and established a perfect model of a correct "style, and a commanding voice, simple and powerful, tender and dignified, solemn, chaste, and purely English. His social and "domestic virtues corresponded with these rare endowments; "affectionate and liberal, sincere and open-hearted, he was not "less beloved by his family and friends, than admired by all "for his pre-eminence in his profession. He was born the 19th "of September, 1769, died the 15th of April, 1821, and was "buried in this cloister, near his beloved master."

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Near this is a small but very neat monument, made of artificial stone, erected by John English Dolben, Esq. The Latin inscription is to the following purport :-" To the memory of EDWARD

"WORTLEY MONTAGUE, who was cast away, on his return to "England, in 1777, from the East Indies, in the twenty-seventh 66 year of his age. In memory of their friendship, which com"menced at Westminster School, continued for some time at "Oxford, not diminished by the greatest distance, scarcely dis"solved by death, and, if it please God, to be renewed in Heaven "-J. E. D., to whom the deceased bequeathed his books (and "appointed joint residuary legatee), erected this monument."

In this walk is erected a monument to W. BUCHAN, M.D., author of the Domestic Medicine, who died 1805.

"WILLIAM WOOLLETT, born August 22, 1735." The genius of engraving is represented, handing down to posterity the works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. A monument with his bust on the top.

A tablet to Mr. JOHN BROUGHTON and his wife Elizabeth; she died in 1784, and himself in 1789.

R. MONK, Esq., died 1831, his wife Catherine, 1832.

A tablet in memory of HARRIET, wife of the Rev. JOHN BENDied 7th of August, 1831.

TALL.

Having exceeded the bounds at first intended, we shall conclude, in the words of an ingenious writer on the subject of this Abbey:-"I have wandered," says he, " with pleasure, into the 66 most gloomy recesses of this last resort of grandeur, to contem66 plate human life, and trace mankind through all the wilderness "of their frailties and misfortunes, from their cradles to their 66 graves. I have reflected on the shortness of our duration here, " and that I was but one of the millions who had been employed "in the same manner, in ruminating on the trophies of mortality "before me; that I must moulder to dust in the same manner, "and quit the scene to a new generation, without leaving the "shadow of my existence behind me; that this huge fabric, this "sacred repository of fame and grandeur, would only be the "stage for the same performances; would receive new accessions "of noble dust; would be adorned with other sepulchres of cost "and magnificence; would be crowded with successive admirers; 66 and, at last, by the unavoidable decays of time, bury the whole "collection of antiquities in general obscurity, and be the monu"ment of its own ruin."