OF THE TOMBS, &c. IN THE CHAPEL OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST. On the left hand are four little monuments, lately erected, one to the memory of Lieutenant-General William Anne Villettes, second son of Arthur Villettes, Esq. his late Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of Turin and the Helvetic Cantons, who, in consideration of essential services rendered to his country during a period of 33 years, at Toulon, in Corsica, at Malta, and many other places, was appointed Colonel of the 64th Regiment of Infantry, and Lieutenant-Governor and Commander of the Forts in Jamaica; but while engaged in a tour of military inspection in that island, was seized with a fever, and died near Port Antonio, on the 13th of July 1808, aged 54 years. A worthy member of society was thus taken from the public, a valuable officer was lost to the King's service, and the island of Jamaica was deprived of a man well calculated to promote its happiness and prosperity. His residence there was indeed short, yet his manly but mild virtues, his dignified but affable deportment, his firm but conciliatory conduct, had secured him the confidence and esteem of the whole community. The sculptur'd marble shall dissolve in dust, W. Cartwright, T. Bowdler, J. Cazenove, have erected this tablet as a tribute of friendship. A second, to the memory of General Stuart, having a fine medallion of him, held by a boy, and military implements placed about; the Latin inscription is to the following purport :-In memory of of a man truly noble, the Honourable Sir Charles Stuart, Knight of the Bath, fourth son of John, Earl of Bute, who began his military career in America; and was afterwards sent, during the raging of the war with France, Commander-inChief against Corsica and Minorca, both which he happily subdued. He was again called forth, agreeably to the wishes of all good men, and already destined, by the favour of his Sovereign, to greater appointments, but died at Richmond, in the year of our Lord 1801, aged 47, leaving the public as well as his friends, to deplore, and that deeply, the loss of so great a man, on whose extraordinary talents, military conduct, and approved valour, whether dangers were to be averted or her wrongs avenged, his country could at all times rely with the greatest security and confidence. The third consists of a delicate female figure, mourning near two urns, holding a scroll, on which is expressed-" I shall go to them, but they shall not return to me." 2 Sam. xii. 23. A weeping willow hangs over the urns, and on them are the initial letters of the deceased's names, the coat of arms, and a flag is held by a lion; a cannon, balls, and two swords, are represented to commemorate the early and similar falls of Benjamin John Forbes, late Lieutenant in his Majesty's 74th regiment of foot; and Richard Gordon Forbes, late Lieutenant in the First regiment of Foot Guards, the eldest sons of Lieutenant-General Gordon Forbes, Colonel of the 29th regiment of foot, and Margaret his wife, eldest daughter of the late Benjamin Sullivan, Esq. of Domenagh, in the county of Cork; both of whom fell in the service of their King and country, deeply regretted by their regiments, and the detachment of the army with which they served. The former at the assault of Kistnagherry, in the East Indies, 12th of November 1791, aged 19 years; the latter near Alkmaar, in North Holland, the 19th of September 1799, aged 20 years. This monument, no less a tribute of justice to exemplary merit, than a record of the tenderest parental sense of filial piety, is erected and dedicated, A. D. 1803. The fourth is to the memory of Richard Kempenfelt, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, who was lost in his Majesty's ship Royal George, which overset and sunk at Spithead, on the 29th of August 1782, by which fatal event about nine hundred persons were launched into eternity, and his King and country deprived of the services of a great and meritorious officer, in the 64th year of his age. This monument was erected pursuant to the will of his brother, Gustavus Adolphus Kempenfelt, Esq. who died at his seat, Lady-place, Husley, Berkshire, on the 14th of March 1808, aged 87, of whose philanthropy and humanity, his liberal subscriptions and bequests to most of the charitable institutions in this country, will be lasting records. On a white marble column is, neatly sculpt, the Admiral ascending and the ship sinking. In the centre of this chapel is a most curious monument to the memory of Sir Francis Vere, a gentleman of the first reputation both for learning and arms; but being trained from his youth in the camp, he made the art of war his particular study, in which he was equalled by few, excelled by none, His monument is a table supported by four Knights kneeling, on which lie the several parts of a complete suit of armour, and underneath the effigy of Sir Francis, lying as if undressed, in a loose gown, on a quilt of alabaster. This great warrior was 30 years in the Dutch service, 20 of which he commanded the auxiliary troops of England, and gained immortal honour. He died Aug. 28, 1698, in the 54th year of his age. On the base of his monument monument is a short Latin inscription in letters of gold, shewing to whom it belongs; that he was nephew of the Earl of Oxford, and Governor of Portsmouth and the Brille; and that his disconsolate widow, out of the abundance of her affection, had consecrated this monument to his memory. Eastward of this, and close to the wall, is a monument on which is represented, in relief, the siege of a town; alluding, perhaps, to that of Newport, in the Netherlands. The principal figure is a General on horseback holding a baton, and having one eye blemished. As this monument was erected to the memory of Sir Georgé Holles, nephew of Sir Francis Vere, and a Major-General under him, we are inclined to think that this piece of sculpture is intended to perpetuate the story of that memorable battle in which Sir Francis was wounded, and acquired much glory. A cannon, being rendered very conspicuous, seems to point that out as the instrument by which his horse was killed; and the blemish in the General's eye, the hurt he might receive when he fell. On one side of this pedestal sits a Pallas, on the other Bellona, lamenting the death of that great warrior, represented above in a Roman habit, standing erect upon a lofty altar, with a cherub supporting the plinth whereon he stands. This monument is very ingeniously executed. Sir George died May 16, 1626, aged 50. 1 Adjoining is a monument lately erected to the memory of Sir George Pocock, K. B. Admiral of the Blue, who distinguished himself at the taking of Geriah, and in leading the attack at the reduction of Chandernagore; afterwards, with an inferior force, he defeated the French fleet under M. D. Aché in three several engagements: returning from his successful career in the East, he was appointed to command the fleet upon the expedition against against the Havannah, by his united efforts in the conquest of which, he added fresh laurels to his own brow, and a valuable possession to this kingdom. Indefatigably active and persevering in his own duty, he enforced a strict observance of it in others, at the same time with so much manners, as to gain the love and esteem of all who served under him; whose merit he was not more quick in discerning, or more ready to reward, than he was ever backward in acknowledging his own. A life so honourable to himself, and so endeared to his friends and his family, was happily extended to the age of 86, and resigned in the year 1793, with the same tranquil and serene mind which peculiarly marked and adorned the whole course of it. A figure of Britannia, with one arm extended, holding a thunderbolt, leans the other arm on a fine medallion of Sir George, below which are repre. sented sea-horses, the anchor, &c. A monument was here erected by the East India Company, as a grateful testimony to the va lour and eminent services of Captain Edward Cook, Commander of his Majesty's ship Sybille, who, on the 1st of March 1799, after a long and well-contested engagement, captured La Forte, a French frigate of very superior force, in the Bay of Bengal-an event not more splendid in its achievement, than important in its result to the British trade in India. He died in consequence of the severe wounds he received in this memorable action, on the 23d of May 1799, aged 27 years. The captain is supposed to be sinking under the fatal wound which he received from the enemy's ship; he is however supported by a sailor, and is extending his right arm, as in the act of commanding or exhorting his men, though himself wounded and faint: he is also grasping the British flag, to denote the fidelity of his mind to the cause, even |