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 Ill-fated Ferdinand! thou hast undone thyself, and rendered me culpable and wretched; but the infant is at least innocent; I did not curse, not reprobate that, therefore I will allow something to keep it from want."—On his return Ernest was called, and directed to pay them quarterly twenty crowns. The old man was overjoyed, and tried to obtain a larger allowance, but his master was immovable: "To keep them from want is sufficient, it is the charity I would bestow on a stranger, they have no claims upon me."

Glad even to have gained this point, Ernest hastened to them with the intelligence, with a quarter's advance, and bid them look on it as a lucky omen of future reconciliation. Ferdinand was transported; he wrote to his father a letter full of acknowledgments, deep contrition for having offended him, and every possible submission his situation would allow of; but his letter was returned unopened, and Ernest forbidden to mention his name.Rhodophil frequently visited them, and often made Claudina little presents, which were


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 very acceptable, for they experienced a loss which made their little income very confined. One morning, on coming down stairs, there seemed a disorder in the room very unusual; no fire was made, no preparation for breakfast, and the door of the house left on the latch. Their aunt, who had always performed all the offices of a servant, assisted by Claudina whilst Ferdinand nursed his little boy. This aunt it was plain was gone out, but for what, or where to, they could form no conjecture; however, they exerted themselves to do the necessary offices, but when they came to prepare their breakfast, they could find no spoons, and in a short time after discovered the drawers in the room had been opened, and all Claudina's linen was taken away; they likewise missed Ferdinand's watch, which hung in the room.

Strangely alarmed, they made every possible search, which only served to discover more losses, and to convince them they had been robbed, and by this aunt. Their consternation cannot be expressed; but the cruel

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 truth was unquestionable, and with the very little money they had, they were obliged to purchase necessaries for use, which was a heavy drawback. What could have induced this woman to injure and desert them they could not imagine; but the fact was certain, and the loss and inconvenience great. Claudina was again with child, and this event added to the continued displeasure of the Count, which affected her husband with a deep melancholy, threw her into a low nervous disorder, which rendered her but little capable of domestic business, and but for the kindness of Rhodophil and Ernest, they must have perished. Mean time it was very visible that a heavy dejection overwhelmed the Count, his constitution grew weak, his spirits sunk, his appetite lost.—Every one was alarmed; the physician gave it as his opinion that it was a constitution breaking up, but no immediate danger; at length he confined himself solely to his apartment, and saw only Rhodophil, the physician, and his valet.


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 Ferdinand was informed of his father's situation, and was nearly distracted. He entreated Rhodophil to intercede for him, 'that he might once more throw himself at the feet of his justly offended parent, and receive a last blessing." His entreaties were rejected—his presence forbidden. He then wrote a few lines, imploring his beloved father to revoke the heavy curse he had laid upon him and his wife.—His brother returned the letter, his father had refused it, and commanded him to mention his name no more. The truly wretched Ferdinand used to walk before the Castle gates for days together, imploring admittance, but all was fruitless; no servant dared to disobey orders, so positively given to the contrary.

One morning, whilst leaning his arms on the outside gate, Ernest came to him: "I will run the risque, follow me to my chamber, Sir, no time is to be lost." More dead than alive, he attended Ernest without speaking, when, at the very entrance of the house, they met his brother. He started back with


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 amazement: "Good God! Ferdinand! how came you here?"

"Pardon me, Sir," said Ernest, much confused; "but from what I hear, my noble master is at the point of death; now, and now only, when he must solicit mercy from his heavenly father, is the time to try if he will extend that mercy, on his part, which he must supplicate from the Almighty."

"You are right," replied Rhodophil;—"Come with me to the anti-chamber, my dear brother, and I will procure you admittance, though all others are forbidden."—Ernest bowed and withdrew; with a beating heart and trembling limbs Ferdinand entered the anti-chamber, where Rhodophil's valet sat, who also started at seeing the unexpected guest his master brought in.

"Wait without," said Rhodophil, "nor at your peril permit any one to enter."—The servant quitted the room.

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 Scarcely daring to breathe, Ferdinand waited near a quarter of an hour in all the agonies of suspense and terror.

Rhodophil at length appeared:—"He sleeps," said he, "every thing depends on rest, we must not disturb him, wait a little." Ferdinand bowed his head, he could not trust to his voice, his heart beat with increasing violence. Near half an hour elapsed, when his attention was suddenly roused by two or three deep groans. He started, and flew to the door; a short gallery communicated to the bed chamber of the Count, there he listened, a kind of bustle seemed to be in the room, but the groans were not repeated; his hand was on the lock, hardly sensible whether he intended to open it or not, when it was suddenly opened on the other side. The Count's valet appeared: "Be so good to return!" said he, "all is over, my master is no more!"

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7.—(1) It is hereby declared that the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1940, which limit the amount of the liability of the owners of docks and canals, and of harbour and conservancy authorities, apply for the purpose of limiting the liability of His Majesty in His capacity as the owner of any dock or canal, or in His capacity as a harbour or conservancy authority, and that all the relevant provisions of the said Acts have effect in relation to His Majesty accordingly.

(2) In this section the expressions “dock”, “harbour”, “owner”, “harbour authority” and “conservancy authority” have respectively the same meanings as they have for the purposes of section two of the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act, 1900.

(3) In this section references to His Majesty include references to any Government department and to any officer of the Crown in his capacity as such.

8.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the law relating to civil salvage, whether of life or property, except sections five hundred and fifty-one to five hundred and fifty-four of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or any corresponding provisions relating to aircraft, shall apply in relation to salvage services rendered after the commencement of this Act in assisting any of His Majesty’s ships or aircraft, or in saving life therefrom, or in saving any cargo or apparel belonging to His Majesty in right of His Government in the United Kingdom, in the same manner as if the ship, aircraft, cargo or apparel belonged to a private person.

(2) Where after the commencement of this Act salvage services are rendered by or on behalf of His Majesty, whether in right of His Government in the United Kingdom or otherwise, His Majesty shall be entitled to claim salvage in respect of those services to the same extent as any other salvor, and shall have the same rights and remedies in respect of those services as any other salvor.

9.—(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, no proceedings in tort shall lie against the Crown for anything done or omitted to be done in relation to a postal packet by any person while employed as a servant or agent of the Crown, or for anything done or omitted to be done in relation to a telephonic communication by any person while so employed; nor shall any officer of the Crown be subject, except at the suit of the Crown, to any civil liability for any of the matters aforesaid.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirteen of the Post Office Act, 1908, proceedings shall lie against the Crown under this subsection in respect of loss of or damage to a registered inland postal packet, not being a telegram, in so far as the loss or damage is due to any wrongful act done or any

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 The subsequent circumstances have been fully related, and having sent Ferdinand to Vienna, we shall attend to Claudina and her children, who were for several days inconsolable for the departure of her husband.

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attention that affection, and the duties of hospitality enjoined, was paid by Rhodophil to his sister-in-law, and no longer restrained by the prudence and pride of Ferdinand, he made her a number of considerable presents, increased the finery of her wardrobe, was assiduous to amuse her, and in short gained so highly on the esteem and gratitude of Claudina, that she insensibly felt


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 her regret lessened for the loss of her husband, and although she sometimes felt and expressed a concern for his safety, yet the well-timed amusements Rhodophil prepared for her, left that occasional anxiety but as a passing cloud upon her memory, that was followed by brighter ideas. Ernest, who had engaged to pay every attention to his mistress, as he called her, found nothing was wanting from him to comfort her, and so captious is the human mind, that, though he would have been grieved to have seen her unhappy, yet he was very much displeased to see her so cheerful.

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neglect or default committed by a person employed as a servant or agent of the Crown while performing or purporting to perform his functions as such in relation to the receipt, carriage, delivery or other dealing with the packet:

Provided that:—
 * (a) no proceedings shall lie under this subsection in respect of any postal packet registered before the commencement of this Act;
 * (b) the amount recoverable in any proceedings under this subsection shall not exceed the market value of the packet in question (excluding the market value of any message or information which it bears) at the time. when the cause of action arises;
 * (c) the amount recoverable in any such proceedings shall not in any event exceed the maximum amount which, under the Post Office Regulations, is available for compensating the persons aggrieved having regard to the fee paid in respect of the registration of the packet; and
 * (d) the Crown shall not be liable under this subsection in respect of any packet unless such conditions as are prescribed by Post Office Regulations in relation to registered inland postal packets have been complied with in relation to that packet.

For the purposes of any proceedings under this subsection, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown on behalf of the Crown, that the loss of or damage to the packet was due to some wrongful act done, or some neglect or default committed, by a person employed as a servant or agent of the Crown while performing or purporting to perform his functions as such in relation to the receipt, carriage, delivery or other dealing with the packet.

(3) No relief shall be available under subsection (2) of this section except upon a claim by the sender or the addressee of the packet in question; and the sender or addressee of the packet shall be entitled to claim any relief available under the said subsection in respect of the packet, whether or not he is the person damnified by the injury complained of, and to give a good discharge in respect of all claims in respect of the packet under the said subsection:

Provided that where the court is satisfied, upon an application by any person who is not the sender or addressee of the packet, that the sender and the addressee are unable or unwilling to enforce their remedies in respect of the packet under the said subsection, the court may, upon such terms as to security for Rh


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 ments before she married, and of course with the advantages of his conversation her mind must have been enlightened, and her understanding improved, yet still a number of improper ideas, habitual from early life, would at times recur, and render both her sentiments and behaviour very unequal. She had been always taught to expect that her beauty would make her fortune, therefore of course she thought highly of her charms, and when she sometimes listened to the extravagant praises of Rhodophil, she was ready to blame herself for so quickly accepting the offer of a younger, portionless brother, when, in all probability, had she waited, she might have been a Countess.

A too frequent repetition of those thoughts by degrees undermined the warmth of her affection for her husband, and one day, when walking in the garden with Rhodophil, that he was lavish in his encomiums on her person, she interrupted by asking, with a look of naivete, "How it happened, that, if he thought so well of her, he had not loved her like Ferdinand?"


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 "And did I not love you?—Yes, Claudina," replied he, "from the first moment I adored you; but could I see my brother wretched?—Or could I hope you would reserve the blessing of your hand for me until my father's death? Neither dared I think of marrying you to involve you in wretchedness. Had you suffered for me, what I have known you to bear with Ferdinand, I should have been distracted. No, Claudina, such was the delicacy of my passion, that I chose to be miserable myself, rather than make the woman I adored unhappy; to lay her under the interdiction of a father, the weight of a curse would have sunk me to the grave."

Not a word of this was lost on Claudina; every syllable sunk into her soul; she began to reflect on what she had forfeited by marrying Ferdinand, and blamed the ardour of that love which had sought its own gratification at her expense. Rhodophil saw the workings of her mind, and pursued his insidious tale.


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costs and otherwise as the court thinks just, allow that other person to bring proceedings under the said subsection in the name of the sender or the addressee of the packet.

Any reference in this subsection to the sender or addressee of the packet includes a reference to his personal representatives.

(4) Where by virtue of the last preceding subsection any person recovers any money or property which, apart from that subsection, would have been recoverable by some other person, the money or property so recovered shall be held on trust for that person.

(5) Post Office Regulations may be made for prescribing the conditions to be observed for the purposes of this section in relation to registered inland postal packets.

(6) No claim for salvage shall lie against the Crown by virtue of section eight of this Act in respect of anything done to, or suffered in relation to, any postal packets while they are being carried by sea or by air.

(7) In this section:—
 * The expression “postal packet” has, subject as hereinafter provided, the same meaning as in the Post Office Act, 1908, and accordingly includes a telegram;
 * The expression “Post Office Regulations” has the same meaning as in the Post Office Act, 1908;
 * The expression “inland postal packet” means a postal packet which is posted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for delivery, at any place in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, to the person to whom it is addressed;
 * The expression “sender”, in relation to a postal packet, has such meaning as may be assigned to it by Post Office Regulations.

(8) Any reference in this section to a postal packet shall be construed as including a reference to the contents of such a packet.

10.—(1) Nothing done or omitted to be done by a member of the armed forces of the Crown while on duty as such shall subject either him or the Crown to liability in tort for causing the death of another person, or for causing personal injury to another person, in so far as the death or personal injury is due to anything suffered by that other person while he is a member of the armed forces of the Crown if—
 * (a) at the time when that thing is suffered by that other person, he is either on duty as a member of the armed forces of the Crown or is, though not on duty as such, on any land, premises, ship, aircraft or vehicle for the time being used for the purposes of the armed forces. of the Crown; and

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 "When my brother married you, how great was my misery—what sleepless nights, what days of anguish! yet how did I labour for your happiness? Now I may tell you:—Know then, my father never allowed you one shilling; I invented that tale to spare your delicacy, that you might not feel yourself too much obliged to me; but could I do too much for the woman I adored? During my father's illness I laboured with uncommon zeal to procure a settlement for you, to procure a pardon for my brother. I ventured to brave his utmost resentment by taking him into the next room (not thinking his death so very near) in the hope of having him revoke that dreadful curse he had laid upon him; but, alas! he died, and all my endeavours were fruitless."

"How!" exclaimed she, "Did he not see his father? Did he not forgive him on his death-bed?"

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 "Good Heavens!" said she, "what imposition, what falsities did Ferdinand tell me!" She then repeated to him what has been already mentioned, and the very circumstances which he had invented to calm her mind, and restore her peace, were now turned against him, as a piece of base duplicity, and the inference drawn was, 'that if he was capable of so much deceit in one thing, he might in another, and therefore she could have no confidence where there was room for doubts."—Rhodophil, who was perfectly acquainted with his brother's motives for the deception, pretended to be entirely ignorant of them, and, by the most artful finesse, gave a colouring to an action dictated by tenderness alone, that stamped an indelible impression on the mind of Claudina, to the injury of that love and truth she owed to the most affectionate of husbands.

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 he found himself placed. His expressions to Claudina were replete with tenderness, and all his anxiety arose from a separation that he knew must be equally painful to her. The only consolation he could promise to himself were her letters, and he besought her to indulge him with hearing of herself and children by every opportunity. To his brother he was grateful and affectionate; to Ernest kind and friendly, requesting him to watch over the health and peace of his beloved wife, whose tender sensibility he was apprehensive would injure her constitution.

Poor Ferdinand! little did he conceive that his little bark of happiness was wrecked upon a fatal shore that blasted all his hopes for ever; much less could he have an idea to what hand he was indebted for conducting her to the port of destruction. Ernest, when he had perused his letter, sighed heavily:—"Alas!" said he, "how one fatal action has destroyed the peace of a whole family for ever! The mole that has long laboured to undermine the happiness of Ferdinand has


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Provided that this subsection shall not exempt a member of the said forces from liability in tort in any case in which the court is satisfied that the act or omission was not connected with the execution of his duties as a member of those forces.

(2) No proceedings in tort shall lie against the Crown for death or personal injury due to anything suffered by a member of the armed forces of the Crown if—
 * (a) that thing is suffered by him in consequence of the nature or condition of any such land, premises, ship, aircraft or vehicle as aforesaid, or in consequence of the nature or condition of any equipment or supplies used for the purposes of those forces; and
 * (b) the Minister of Pensions certifies as mentioned in the preceding subsection;

nor shall any act or omission of an officer of the Crown subject him to liability in tort for death or personal injury, in so far as the death or personal injury is due to anything suffered by a member of the armed forces of the Crown being a thing as to which the conditions aforesaid are satisfied.

(3) The Admiralty or a Secretary of State, if satisfied that it is the fact:—
 * (a) that a person was or was not on any particular occasion on duty as a member of the armed forces of the Crown; or
 * (b) that at any particular time any land, premises, ship, aircraft, vehicle, equipment or supplies was or was not, or were or were not, used for the purposes of the said forces;

may issue a certificate certifying that to be the fact; and any such certificate shall, for the purposes of this section, be conclusive as to the fact which it certifies.

11.—(1) Nothing in Part I of this Act shall extinguish or abridge any powers or authorities which, if this Act had not been passed, would have been exercisable by virtue of the prerogative of the Crown, or any powers or authorities conferred on the Crown by any statute, and, in particular, nothing in the said Part I shall extinguish or abridge any powers or authorities exercisable by the Crown, whether in time of peace or of war, for the purpose of the defence of the realm or of training, or maintaining the efficiency of, any of the armed forces of the Crown. 9


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 now succeeded; his own rash hand first pointed the weapon that must wound his bosom beyond all possibility of a cure, for I too plainly see his wife is grown indifferent to him, and attached to the pleasures of the world!"

Days and weeks passed away, and saw Claudina gay and happy; they heard often from Ferdinand, who had been twice in an engagement, and had been promoted.—When the campaign was over he hoped to return and embrace all the treasures he possessed in one circle, a tender wife, a generous and affectionate brother, and his darling children.—This hope, so flattering to him, was little capable of giving pleasure to the inhabitants of the Castle; and Ernest observed all at once a deep thoughtfulness take possession of the Count, and a pensive melancholy steal over the features of Claudina, for neither of which was there apparently any cause.


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 One day, being in the room which had formerly been the library, and adjoining to Claudina's bed chamber, sitting at the window indulging his own reflections, he thought he heard the Count's voice in a whispering tone; there was nothing extraordinary or reprehensible in his being in her apartment, yet some how Ernest found his curiosity excited to know why the conversation should be in a whisper; he therefore listened, and though he could only make out indirect sentences and half words, he understood but too much, and retired overwhelmed with astonishment and horror; a scheme replete with the most unpardonable wickedness seemed to be in agitation, which it was his duty, if possible, to prevent.

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 one day, accompanied by Peter (then also a lad) and Ernest, the horse of Peter took fright: Ernest, who had an excellent one, as quickly followed, overtook the other, and by a dexterous manoeuvre stopped the horse in the very moment when he must have plunged over a precipice. This signal service Peter never had forgotten, and though he could boast but of little principle or integrity in any one point, yet he always looked up to Ernest as the preserver of his life; when the old man scarcely remembered a single circumstance of it, and had sometimes been at a loss to account for Peter's particular civilities to him. These attentions, however, encouraged Ernest to address him, and to endeavour, if possible, to gain his confidence, being well assured that his master's secrets were in his possession.

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 friendly reception; both warmed his heart. After a little preparatory conversation the old Gentleman remarked, 'that he was fearful the Count, or his sister-in-law, was ill, as they appeared to be very dull and melancholy."

"As to illness, Mr. Ernest," answered Peter, 'there is not much of that I believe; but they have enough to make them melancholy, when it is likely Mr. Ferdinand may soon come home."

"How!" cried the other, 'that is strange indeed! I should rather think they would be overjoyed at that, though to be sure he won't stay long."

"Ah! bless you, Mr. Ernest, you know nothing of the business, and yet it is as plain as the nose in your face."

"Why, you know, Peter, I never pry into secrets, and am no tattler of other people's affairs."

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(2) Where in any proceedings under this Act it is material to determine whether anything was properly done or omitted to be done in the exercise of the prerogative of the Crown, the Admiralty or a Secretary of State may, if satisfied that the act or omission was necessary for any such purpose as is mentioned in the last preceding subsection, issue a certificate to the effect that the act or omission was necessary for that purpose; and the certificate shall, in those proceedings, 'be conclusive as to the matter so certified.

12.—(1) When this Act comes into operation, the preceding provisions of this Part of this Act (except subsections (3) and (4) of section five thereof and any provision which is expressly related to the commencement of this Act) shall be deemed to have had effect as from the beginning of the thirteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and forty-seven:

Provided that where by virtue of this subsection proceedings are brought against the Crown in respect of a tort alleged to have been committed on or after the said thirteenth day of February and before the commencement of this Act, the Crown may rely upon the appropriate provisions of the law relating to the limitation of time for bringing proceedings as if this Act had at all material times been in force.

(2) Where any civil proceedings brought before the commencement of this Act have not been finally determined, and the court for the time being seized of those proceedings is of opinion that having regard to the provisions of this section the Crown ought to be made a party to the proceedings for the purpose of disposing completely and effectually of the questions involved in the cause or matter before the court, the court may order that the Crown be made a party thereto upon such terms, if any, as the court thinks just, and may make such consequential orders as the court thinks expedient.

The High Court.

13. Subject to the provisions of this Act, all such civil proceedings by or against the Crown as are mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby abolished, and all civil proceedings by or against the Crown in the High Court shall be instituted and proceeded with in accordance with rules of court and not otherwise.

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 edness goes forward here."—"Why don't you drink, Peter?"

"I do, I do, thank your love." Two or three glasses opened his heart still more freely. "To tell you the truth, Mr. Ernest, my master, the Count, is but a bad man, for seeing he has got all the fortune, he might have let his brother keep his wife to himself."

"How! why, sure! why, you do not think he wants to separate them, do you?"

"Bless your soul, why they be leagued together, and to my mind Madame Claudina loves him more than ever she did her husband."

"Astonishing!" cried Ernest.

"Yes, 'tis astonishing to be sure, because Mr. Ferdinand is a much handsomer man; but I'll let you know the whole if you'll be secret."

"You know I am no talker, Peter."

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 "Impossible!" exclaimed the other.

"No, no, 'tis not impossible, the truth is out, and master wants to persuade her to go away to some place in Hungary, as if she runned away, and then they think Mr. Ferdinand will kill himself, or break his heart, or something, and then they two are to be married. This was one scheme; then another was, to have Mr. Ferdinand way-laid and killed, for if he comes home all will come out, and then 'twill for a certainty be murder among them."

"Good Heavens! what treachery and infamy! How did you learn all this, Peter?"

"Why, because I am in master's secrets; he can't do without me."

"Then I conjure you, Peter, to let me know all your proceedings; I will amply reward you, and God will bless you if you serve the innocent."

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 with me, and so I think it my duty to serve you, and if you desire me I will tell you all, only don't speak a word of it to master or any body." This Ernest faithfully promised, and Peter engaged to step into his room, whenever he could gain any intelligence to communicate.

This information of Peter's corroborating the conversation he had overheard in the library, left Ernest no room for doubt of a connexion terrible to think of, yet what steps to take, whether to acquaint Ferdinand with the dreadful secret, or to let him still remain ignorant and happy, were measures he thought must depend on the result of their determinations, and for the knowledge of them he depended on Peter. Nothing particular transpired for two days. Claudina's dejection increased, and she seemed very ill, her appetite was lost, and frequent faintings alarmed the family; but she refused to have medical advice, and said it was only weakness from a violent cold. On the third night, however, she was seized with convulsions, only her


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 maid and Rhodophil attended her, and for hours her life was in great danger; but towards the morning she grew better. Rhodophil seemed transported that the convulsions had left her, and observed among the servants that his sister-in-law had for many years been subject to those fits at times, and the approach of the disorder had occasioned the weakness and dejection of her spirits for some days before, he was glad the crisis was over.

This tale passed current with the servants; but Ernest had his suspicions, which a short time confirmed, for she soon recovered, and was as gay and as happy as usual. The arrival of Ferdinand, in about three weeks after, seemed to give general joy in the family.—Ernest alone was unhappy, because he knew too much, yet he resolved to be silent, rather than destroy the peace of his beloved master, (as he always called him) and render his future days miserable.


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had a month's leave of absence; he had been promoted to a higher rank than he could have hoped for, his prospects in the army were such as to inspire a hope of being in a short time able to provide for his family. He returned to them enlivened by expectation, and transported to embrace a darling wife, and a generous brother. In the evening, when retired to the apartment of his Claudina, when expressing his raptures at seeing her so well and happy, a deep and hollow groan made


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 him start from his chair, and threw his wife into a trembling fit.—"What, or where does that groan come from?" cried she. He was about to answer, when a second, still more alarming, was followed by those words from the same voice Ferdinand had twice before heard:—Fly, fly from her arms, as you would avoid sin and death!"—Claudina shrieked and fainted. Her husband rang the bell for assistance. She relapsed from one fit into another for several hours; all was fright and confusion, for he did not choose to account for her disorder among the servants: One, however, observed these were worse fits than she had lately, because they lasted longer.

"What then," asked Ferdinand, "has she before now had such seizures as this?"

"Yes, Sir," answered the servant, "a short time ago, and my master told us, as to be sure you know, that Madame was often troubled with them."

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 before now been alarmed in a similar manner; but the words dwelt upon his memory:—What could be their import—"As you would avoid sin and death!" Good God! how shocking! He had not time, however for much reflection, the state his wife lay in chiefly engrossed his attention; he insisted upon medical advice, and a physician was sent for. Before he could make his appearance distraction had seized her brain; she talked wild and incoherent, of death, murder, Rhodophil and Ferdinand! When the Doctor came he declared her in a frenzy fever, and methods were taken to lower it so effectually, that in a few hours she lay quite in a torpid state, insensible to every thing round her.—Poor Ferdinand withdrew for a few moments at the request of Rhodophil.

"Alas!" cried he, "is this my welcome! Have I returned home with the dear delight of being happy in the bosom of my family, and must this dreadful prohibition cause me consummate wretchedness!"


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 "What prohibition?" asked Rhodophil, eagerly. Ferdinand was sensible that he had said too much, that he had excited a curiosity he knew not how to elude. After a little pause and consideration, he acquainted Rhodophil with the preceding circumstance, adding, 'that the voice seemed to be his father's." The other sunk back in his chair, pale and trembling, unable to utter a syllable, his eyes fixed on his brother with a wild inquiring look.—"I see," said Ferdinand, "you are extremely shocked; had not Claudina been present with me, I should hardly have ventured to relate to you so strange and improbable a circumstance, fearful lest you should have ridiculed my visionary ideas; but I am too well assured of the reality."

"Of what?" cried the Count, falteringly: "What did you hear else?"

"No more than the words I have repeated, words sufficient to harrow up my soul, to fill me with dreadful apprehensions, and terrifying images. What they mean, Heaven only knows, for I am not conscious


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 of any crimes, and after having so long lived with my wife, why this alarming caution now? Why, I am forbidden to return to her arms by supernatural powers, is beyond my comprehension to define; I see only that there is, there must be, some dreadful cause, and that I am marked out for misery. O, Rhodophil! wretched are the days of those who fail in their first duties, obedience to a parent; and sure destruction follows a father's curse." No longer able to repress his emotions Ferdinand wept aloud.

Rhodophil, who was by this time a little recovered (though his eye was still wandering with an affrighted glance, and his limbs no longer boasted their usual steadiness) sought to speak comfort to his brother: "I will not (said he) tell you that it is possible your senses might be deceived; I am neither credulous, nor superstitious, yet I think you would do right to pay some observance to a warning from the dead, and all that we can infer is, that the union between you and your wife is displeasing to Heaven."—"Where-


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 fore," cried Ferdinand, "the want of birth and riches is no crime in the sight of God; I married unknown to my father, that was a sin against his authority; but can it be a crime of that magnitude to draw down the displeasure of Heaven?"

"Oh! yes, if it provoked a father's malediction, it rendered both criminal, and I am the wretched victim; I am singled out from hundreds who have committed the same error, the same unpardonable act of disobedience, to be held up as a pharos to warn unthinking youth of the miseries attending a too hasty connexion unsanctioned by a parent's approbation. Oh! my father, I am indeed severely punished!"

This apostrophe drove Rhodophil from the room; he could not support the sight of his brother's distress. Ernest immediately entered; the afflicted heart clings for consolation to the first sympathizing friend; the old man was shocked to see him; he rested his head on the shoulder of Ernest, whilst he repeated what had happened in Claudina's


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 apartment. "Dear unhappy creature!"—added he, "I have destroyed her peace, my fatal love has undone her; in humble obscurity she might have been happy, and I have dragged her into wretchedness."

"My dear master (said Ernest) do not reproach yourself on her account; your wife cannot, ought not to blame you, whatever the circumstances may be that renders your union improper; to her you have always done your duty. If she is unhappy, you are not to blame; the offence against your father was designed to promote her happiness as well as your own, why it has failed, we are not to inquire; but remember this, that the same voice which bid you fly from your wife, pronounced the words 'Pardon and peace;' if there is credibility in one, there is in the other."

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 any grounds for them. The 'pardon and peace' has never been one day absent from my memory, strange if it should, when it is the ground-work, the only hold I have to reconcile me to myself: But, alas! if I lay hold on that for consolation, if I look on those words as a sacred command, what must I now sacrifice to the same mandate? My wife, my dear innocent wife, the mother of my children, the sweet comforter under all my misfortunes, must I give up her society, fly her arms? Oh! stern and cruel!"

"Stop, Sir (said Ernest, interrupting him) reflect, who you are accusing, remember that, to us short-sighted mortals, the events which often appear most distressing, are intended for our greatest blessings."

"Ernest," replied Ferdinand, "you are a natural philosopher, you know not the difficulty of being a practical one, and at your age the passions have lost their turbulence. O, that I also was old, or laid peaceably in my grave! But I forget Claudina," (added he, rising briskly, and rushing to her apartment.)


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 She had just began to show some signs of recollection, but the moment he appeared she shrieked and turned from him. His little boy Charles was in the room; he ran to his father: "My mamma will not speak to me, will not kiss me; indeed, papa, I have not been naughty."—The artless voice of innocence overcame Ferdinand; he struggled to repress his emotions, but the big drops rolled down his face. He embraced his child, then turning to her, "Claudina! my dear Claudina, will you not speak to us?" She turned her head, her eyes met his, she groaned, and averted them to the child. "My poor boy!" exclaimed she. He ran to her arms. She embraced him: "Go, go, my child, to your father." Ferdinand was deeply affected. He ordered the attendants to withdraw, then seating himself by her: "My best, my only love (said he) take comfort, you have been terrified, recover yourself, my Claudina." He would have taken her hand; she withdrew it. "Revere the voice of Heaven," cried she, greatly agitated, "obey its decrees, pollution is


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 in my touch, and unless you wish me mad indeed approach me not. Poor unhappy man! well may you curse the hour you first saw me."

"Who, I!" cried he, "I curse; alas! too well I know the horrors of that rash impetuosity of the mind. No, but for your sake I have no regrets; I have drawn down the wrath of Heaven and you, innocent as you are, must suffer the sad effects."

"Innocent!" repeated she, "leave me, Ferdinand, I beseech you to leave me; once more, if you would preserve us both from everlasting perdition, reverence that sacred command, fly me as you would do a scorpion that might sting you to death." Inexpressibly shocked, and apprehensive that her senses were again wandering, he rang the bell, and on the entrance of the servants withdrew: Regardless of what constructions might be put on the orders she gave, she insisted that neither her husband or Rhodophil should be again admitted to her apartment.


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 The house was melancholy, for every one in it was gloomy and unhappy; they shunned each other; the two brothers met at meals, but those meals were short and unsociable; each feared to inquire into particulars they had reason to dread; yet they heard Claudina was better. The third day, when torturing suspense, and disappointed love, had worn Ferdinand almost to a shadow, Ernest entered the room: "I am come, Sir, from Madame Claudina."

"What (cried the other) have you been admitted?"

"I was sent for, Sir, and have had a long conversation."

"O, tell me, quickly tell, the result, my mind is in tumults."

"I know it, Sir, and therefore am I come. Pray, Heaven, that what I have to relate may compose it. I received an order to attend on your Lady; I obeyed, and my old heart ached to see the ravages grief had made. She ordered every one from the room; she was sitting on the side of the bed:


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 Ernest (said she, with much solemnity) you are the faithful servant and friend of the family; on your fidelity I rely, and your assistance I solicit."

"Assistance! (repeated Ferdinand) of what nature, pray?"

"Have the goodness to hear me, Sir, without interruption," resumed Ernest: "I assured the Lady she might depend upon my readiness to serve her in every thing consistent with my duty." This was her answer.

"Some circumstances have arisen that render it absolutely necessary I should quit this house, and be separated from my husband; I wish to go away equally unknown to him or his brother: I am not destitute of money, and for this purpose shall use it without scruple. I intend to retire into a convent, will you assist me privately?" I assured her I would, and immediately took an oath never to reveal the place of her abode without her consent."

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 herself in a convent, she to be the sacrifice for my errors? Do you think I will ever suffer this?"

"I do, Sir (answered he, calmly) I think you respect the will of Heaven, that you will consider, you must separate to be happy.—I shall this day set about an inquiry for a proper residence for her, and when I have found it, neither force nor persuasions shall oblige me to reveal the secret without her permission. What I say to you is in confidence which she allows of; but it is her earnest request you do not mention it to your brother."

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 The next day the old man was absent, and Ferdinand rightly conjectured he was about making preparations for her departure. He kept his eye on her apartment, his heart was in great agitations, he found the "awful voice" had effectually terrified Claudina, and that her resolution was taken; he could not but applaud her fortitude, though he was overwhelmed with anguish. Sometimes it occurred to him as very extraordinary, that having resided several months together after his father's death in that house, in that same apartment, without the least disturbance; why now, after so much time had elapsed, a supernatural being should command him to 'fly from her arms, as he would avoid sin and death." The more he reflected, the more he was puzzled, the whole was so very wonderful, so much exceeding credibility, that he was sometimes tempted to think it was all illusion; but then the proofs returned, Claudina heard the last fatal command as well as himself, there could be no doubt of it: If then he admitted the one, he could not be


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 mistaken in the other: Had his brother then a 'corrupt heart?' His brother, who had ever been his friend, the protector of his wife and children, whose conduct had ever appeared so fair, so open? Then he recollected his information from Ernest, and other circumstances, as a counterbalance to those acts of generosity. Puzzled, lost in conjecture, and miserably unhappy, Ferdinand passed that day and night, having inquired, previous to his retiring, how his wife did, and heard that she was much better, but desired to be undisturbed; they will then proceed on their plan, thought he, in a day or two, and it behoves me to be attentive to their motions.

The morning came, weak and unrefreshed, he threw on his clothes, and proceeded to the gallery, which communicated with Claudina's apartment, there he met Ernest:—"Return, Sir (said he) if you please, to your apartment, I wish to speak to you."—Ferdinand complied; they entered, and shut the door. "Now, my dear master, collect


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"Gone!" exclaimed the other, "how—where—when?"

"She went from hence last night, and is already in a place of safety."

"Then she cannot be far off," cried Ferdinand.

"Pardon me, Sir, when I said she was in a place of safety; it did not imply that she was at the end of her journey; but, however, here, Sir, is a letter, which she ordered me to deliver to you."—He hastily tore it open, and read the following lines:

"Adieu, my amiable and too tender husband:—Husband! O Heavens! my tears blot out the name; adieu then best, and most injured of men—warned by a miraculous event, I fly from you, from guilt and misery. Forget me and be happy: I am dead to you and the world; on the verge of the grave, the prospect was dreadful: I devote the rest of my days to penitence and prayer. My infant I take with me; she may one day


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 in the basket, giving them the forms of the young girls, her wonted attendants in the castle of her father. And as, after completing her court, two turnips still remained, she gave to one the figure of a cat, as soft, as flowing-haired, as caressing as ever came from far Angora, and fashioned the other into the prettiest little lap-dog, the most frisking, amusing little pet, that lady could desire. And now in possession of all she needed, she arranged her court, and appointed to her attendants their respective posts; and never was princess better served than she. All her wishes were anticipated, her slightest gesture or look was instantly understood. Several weeks passed on in undisturbed enjoyment. Dancing, singing, music, an ever varying round of entertainments succeeded each other in the harem of the Gnome. But after some time the Princess began to observe that the complexion of her attendants was gradually losing its brilliancy. The great mirror of the marble saloon first led her to observe that she alone continued as fresh and bright as a new-blown rose, while her beloved Brinhilda, and her other women, were more like faded flowers, nearly expiring from drought; yet they all assured her they were in perfect health. Assuredly it was not from want of living well that they looked thus pale and exhausted, for the table of the Gnome was set out with equal profusion and refinement. But not the less did the


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 face was so wofully long that even at a considerable distance his embarrassment was plainly visible. “Thou hast deceived me,” cried she; “where is the basket? I have been seeking it an hour without success.”

“Dear mistress of my heart,” replied the Gnome, in faltering accents, “Canst thou forgive my want of foresight? I have promised what it is not possible for me to perform. Through the whole country have I been in search of turnips, but they have all long been gathered, and lie withering or rotting in the cellars. The fields are mourning, the valleys filled with snow; it is only in the scenes blessed by thy presence that spring is perennial; it is only under thy feet that flowers are ever springing up. Have patience but for three months, and thy companions shall be restored to thee.” But ere the Gnome had done speaking, Emma had already turned her back on him, and had run to shut herself up in her boudoir. He immediately proceeded to the next market town in the guise of a farmer, bought an ass, which he loaded with sacks of turnip seed, enough for a whole acre; which having carefully sowed, he gave the field in charge to one of his ministering spirits, with orders to keep up a good subterranean fire beneath its whole surface, so as to bring forward these turnips with the rapidity of pineapples in a hot-house.

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A tree attaining 150 feet in height, with a girth of about 15 to 20 feet, forming in the forest a narrow round-topped head, but with spreading branches when isolated. Bark of old trees dark brown, deeply furrowed with broad ridges, which are scaly on the surface.

Leaves up to 3 feet in length, of fifteen to twenty-three leaflets, which are ovate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, sub-sessile, with coarse sharp irregular serrations; upper surface with a very minute and very scattered pubescence; lower surface with numerous glandular and simple hairs. Rachis with yellow glands and scattered glandular hairs. Young shoots with sessile yellow glands and numerous glandular hairs; older shoots pubescent. Leaf-scars obcordate, deeply notched at the apex, without any band of pubescence on their upper edge.

Staminate catkins three to five inches long; scales with six orbicular concave pubescent lobes, and a bract ¼ inch long, which is triangular and tomentose; stamens twenty to thirty. Pistillate flowers, two to five in a spike; involucre laciniate in margin or reduced to an obscure ring below the apex of the ovary; perianth lobes ovate, acute.

Fruit solitary or in pairs, globose or slightly pear-shaped, pubescent, not viscid, yellowish green, 1½ to 2 inches in diameter; nut oval or oblong, 1⅛ to 1½ inch, deeply ridged irregularly, four-celled interiorly at the base, and slightly two-celled at the apex.

In summer it is readily distinguishable from J. cinerea and the Eastern Asiatic species, which have serrate leaflets, by the character of the leaf-scar, which is deeply notched at the apex and without the transverse band above its upper margin, which characterises those species. The long acuminate pubescent leaflets distinguish it from the hybrids pyriformis and Vilmoriniana. It has much larger leaflets than J. rupestris, and cannot be confused with J. stenocarpa, which has a broadly obovate terminal leaflet.

In winter the following characters are available:—Twigs stout, reddish brown, glandular-pubescent; lenticels small. Leaf-scars on prominent pulvini, obcordate, deeply notched above, without pubescent band, with three groups of bundle-dots. Pith large, buff-coloured, with wide open chambers. Terminal bud ovoid or conical, grey-tomentose,


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264 few black walnuts of large size, and met with men who were travelling about purposely to find and buy them in all accessible places. In the North Carolina forestry exhibit at the St. Louis Exhibition in 1904, I saw a walnut log from a tree in Jackson County, Kentucky, over 12 feet long and 52 inches in diameter which had evidently been lying long in the forest, and had been repeatedly burnt over, which produced over 800 cubic feet of timber, and was sold, as I was told, for $800. I heard of another still standing in Kentucky which was valued at $1000.

These great trees are now hardly to be seen except in remote regions where it is impossible to get them out, and when I visited the Lower Wabash Valley in southern Illinois, where Prof. R. Ridgway found the largest deciduous trees in the United States, I did not see one of great size. Dr. J. Schneck, who was my guide and who knows the flora of this region better than anyone, gives in his Catalogue of the Flora of the Lower Wabash, the measurements of a tree taken by himself as follows:—Circumference, at 3 feet above the swell of the root, 22 feet; height of trunk to first branch, 74 feet; total height, 155 feet. Prof. Ridgway measured another 15 feet in girth at 3 feet, and 71 feet to the first branch, where the trunk was 3 feet in diameter. Assuming such trees to have measured 12 feet in girth in the middle they would contain 600 to 700 feet of clean timber in the first length alone, and now be worth as much as many acres of the land they grew on would fetch when cleared for agriculture.

But in regions which have colder summers and poorer soil, the black walnut does not attain anything like these dimensions, and I have seen none in New England which equal the best trees in Britain. Emerson speaks of one in the Botanic Garden at Cambridge, Mass., as measuring 6 feet 3 inches at 3 feet from the ground, and the tree which he figures growing near Roslyn was a poor specimen of small size.

In Canada it was once abundant in the rich forests of Southern Ontario, but almost all the old trees have been cut down, and plantations are now being made in various parts of Ontario and Western Quebec, and in Alberta and British Columbia, as well as in many parts of the United States from Kansas to California.

Black walnuts of great size are indeed now so rare that I have been unable to procure a really good photograph of the tree in its native forest, and there is none in Pinchot and Ashe's Timber Trees of N. Carolina. These authors say that it bears seed abundantly only every three or four years, and that young seedlings are not common except in low fertile, rather open lands, or in meadows which border streams. The growth is very rapid until the tree has reached a large size; only small trees send up shoots from the stump.

The tree, however, has been so largely planted in many parts of the States and in Canada, and succeeds so well, even so far west as British Columbia, that it may again become generally useful as a timber tree.


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266 who knew the tree well, considered as I do that it was a hardier and better timber tree than the common walnut.

The black walnut cannot be expected to attain great size except on deep soil in a warm situation. A tree grown from a nut, brought by my father from America over 60 years ago, is now only about 60 feet high and 3 feet in girth, on the dry oolite of the Cotswolds; whilst in Kent, on good loam, it has attained 100 feet by 12 feet in about 100 years, and probably contains as much timber, and that of twice the value, as any oak of its age in Great Britain. It seems indifferent to the chemical nature of the soil, if it is deep, light, and well drained, and should have a southern or western aspect.

It is stated in Woods and Forests that the tree is almost if not entirely rabbitproof, for when nearly everything else is barked it is left untouched, even in a young state.

I have no certain knowledge as to the age which this tree attains, but from the fact that the old ones at Fulham Palace and Syon are dead or dying, I should suppose that, like the common walnut, it is not a very long-lived tree.

The high value of the timber of the black walnut has led to experiments with the tree in Continental forests. These trials have, however, hitherto been only on a small scale.

In the State forests of Prussia the black walnut has been planted in twenty-two different stations, the whole area under cultivation being thirty-one acres, the separate plots varying in size from seven acres to a rood. Schwappach draws the following conclusions from the results obtained in these experimental plots:—Of all the exotic species which have been tried in Prussia, Juglans nigra is the most exacting as regards soil and climate. It only thrives on deep moist rich soils, such as loamy sand rich in humus or pure loam, and never succeeds on shallow soils of any kind, or on wet clay or sand. It requires for its good development a considerable amount of warmth and a long season of vegetation. It has only succeeded on the best oak soils, such as the alluvial lands by the rivers Oder, Mulde, and Elster, and in certain restricted areas of the hilly land of central and western Germany.

Schwappach gives a description of the long tap-root of the seedling, and the consequent difficulty in transplanting; but he lays stress upon the fact that in Germany the seedlings normally make their appearance very late, and believes that this is one of the main causes of failure, as the young plants do not then ripen their wood, and are destroyed by late frosts. He advocates the early germination of the seeds by artificial means, such as by placing them in pits covered with straw, soil, and horse-dung. These speedily germinate, and are then planted in the forest in gaps of about a rood in extent, which are the result of clear felling, or under


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268 79 feet by 12 feet. At Syon House there was a fine tree mentioned by Loudon, as then 79 feet high and 2 feet 11 inches in diameter. In 1849, according to the manuscript catalogue of trees at Syon, it was go feet by 7 feet 3 inches; when I saw it in 1903 its top was gone, the tree fast decaying, and the girth about 10 feet.

At Youngsbury, near Ware, Herts, there are two fine trees which Mr. H. Clinton Baker measured in March 1906. The larger was go feet high by 11 feet 10 inches in girth; the smaller 80 feet by 11 feet 3 inches. At Albury, Surrey, near the gardener''s cottage, there is a tree which measured in 1904, 90 feet by 9 feet 2 inches. At Arley Castle a black walnut is bearing mistletoe. At Barton, near Bury St. Edmunds, there is one which is about 75 feet by 7 feet, which cannot be more than about 60 years old.

Sir Hugh Beevor reports a fine tree, 80 feet high by 12 feet girth, at Spixworth Hall, Norfolk. In the rooms of the Hall there is some flooring made of locallygrown black walnut. At Wimpole, he measured another tree 78 feet by 12 feet 8 inches.

At Strathfieldsaye there is a plantation of eighteen young black walnuts in a group on the lawn, which, though about eighteen years old when I saw them in 1903, were only 8 to 10 feet high. Three others raised at the same time but planted out younger are twice as high. This seems to me to prove the importance of not keeping this tree long in the nursery. A fine tree on the other side of the house at the same place is about 80 feet by 7 feet, and had a few nuts on it even in the wet season of 1903.

At Fulham Palace there was a tree, which, according to Loudon, was 150 years old in 1835, being then about 70 feet high and 5 feet in diameter. In 1879 this tree was 16 feet in girth breast-high, and had passed its prime; and has been quite dead for ten years. This is the largest girth of any black walnut recorded in England.

At Bisham Abbey, near Marlow, the property of Sir H. J. Vansittart Neale, growing in a grove near the garden, where they have been drawn up by other trees, are four fine black walnuts, of the age of which there is no record. The tallest is nearly if not quite 100 feet high, with a clean bole about half as long, and a girth of 8 feet 2 inches; the others have shorter trunks, the biggest being 10 feet 3 inches in girth, and another 8 feet 6 inches, but are nearly as tall.

At Corsham Court, Wilts, the seat of Lord Methuen, is one of the finest specimens in England, with a clean trunk about 35 feet without a branch and 11 feet 5 inches in girth. It is 75 to 80 feet high, and has a very spreading crown of drooping branches, which cover a space 30 yards across. At Lacock Abbey, near Corsham, the seat of Mr. C.H. Talbot, are some good trees planted by the grandfather of the present owner between 1780 and 1800, of which the largest is about 100 feet by 11 feet 5 inches, with a bole of 8 feet, but this has ceased to bear nuts. The others were planted subsequent to 1828, and the best of them is 60 to 70 feet high by 7 feet girth, and bears nuts profusely.


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270 Boulger's statement as to its freedom from insect attack, yet the furniture which I have had made from three of the trees in question is distinctly superior to that of common walnut, and as good as imported black walnut, in colour; and when properly seasoned, for which three or four years should be allowed, as good cabinetmaker's wood as the best Circassian or Italian walnut: and Unwin, quoting Nordlinger and Mayr, says that the timber of trees grown in Germany has the same specific gravity and the same beautifully coloured heartwood as in America. I am informed by experienced cabinetmakers and timber merchants that the colour and quality of the wood now imported is, either on account of its being younger or grown in different localities, inferior to what it used to be when first introduced to this market, and Mr. A. Howard told me that he could not buy American timber of better quality than that of a tree blown down at Albury which was given me by the Duke of Northumberland. It takes a beautiful polish either with oil or French polish, has not warped in the least degree, and has in many cases a beautifully variegated figure. The sapwood is thick and of a paler colour, and should not be used in first-class work any more than that of the common walnut, which is always attacked sooner or later by the larve of a woodboring beetle.

From what I saw of it in America, I believe it to be extremely durable when exposed to the weather, as it lasts long in fences, and large canoes were made from it, whilst it was the favourite wood for furniture until its increasing scarcity and price caused it to be superseded by oak and mahogany.

Old trees often show a beautiful wavy grain, as well as a variety of markings, and from the forks and burrs veneers are cut, which, though of a different colour, are equal in beauty and pattern to mahogany or satinwood.

Cobbett states, though he does not appear to have seen it himself, that there was at New York part of a black walnut trunk, which measured 36 feet round at the base, and had been scooped out and used as a bar-room, and afterwards as a grocer's shop, and that this tree, if it had been sawed into inch boards, would have yielded 50,000 feet, worth at that time 51500, but this seems exaggerated; though Loudon states (p. 1438) that a tree, perhaps the same as the one Cobbett speaks of, and grown on the south side of Lake Erie, was exhibited in London in 1827, which was 12 feet in diameter, hollowed out and furnished as a sitting-room.


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 Gidleigh, John, gent. ., matric. 17 March, 1653-4, B.A. 10 Oct., 1657, M.A. 21 June, 1660; lived at Exeter upon his own estate; settled at Great Marlow, Bucks, where he died. See Calamy, ii. 109.  Gidley, Bartholomew, s. Bartholomew, of Winkley, Devon, pleb. ., matric. 21 June, 1633, aged 20; a student of Middle Temple 1634. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.  Gifford, Anthony (Gyfford), s. Antony, of Hardingston, Northants, cler. ., matric. 17 May, 1708, aged 16 (17 4to); B.A. 1711, M.A. 1714, rector of Avington, Berks, 1717, of Tuffield als Nuffield, Oxon, 1724; his father instituted vicar of Hardingstone 1676, etc. See Foster's Index Eccl.  Gifford, Arthur (Gyfforde), s. Arthur, of Chittlehampton, Devon, arm. ., matric. 18 Feb. 1626-7, aged 20; B.A. from 22 Oct., 1629; M.A. from. 7 June, 1632, rector of Bideford, sequestered 1644; died 5 May, 1666. See ''Add. MS''. 15,671, p. 91.  Gifford, Benjamin, s. William, of Bemister, Dorset, arm. ., matric. 30 April, 1706, aged 17; M.P. Dorchester 1710, until his death 13 June, 1713; brother of John H.G. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary.  [] Gifford, Bonaventure, the popish president of ., March or June to Oct., 1688, a Sorbon doctor and a secular priest, bishop elect of Madaura (in partibus infidelium); died at Hammersmith 12 March, 1703, aged 89. See Ath. iv. 237, 898; Foley's Society of Jesus, i. 1st s. 543n. & D.N.B.  Giffard, Charles (Gyffarde), of London, gen. cond. ., matric. 16 Jan., 1589-90, aged 14; sup. for B.A. 28 Jan., 1593-4, student of Lincoln's Inn 1594. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.  Giffard, Charles, s. Fran., of Rushall, Wilts, cler. , matric. 3 Nov., 1692, aged 16; B.A. 1696, M.A. 1699 (as Charles Francis); brother of John 1693.

Gifford, Edmund, of Dorset, cler. fil. , matric. 15 March, 1604-5, aged 18 (subs. Jefford) B.A. 20 Oct., 1607 (as Jefford), M.A. 12 June, 1610 (as Gifford), rector of Wayford, Somerset, 1611-23, and of Bettiscombe, Dorset, 1617-43. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Gifford, Emanuel, M.A. Cambridge; incorporated 30 *Aug., 1605, (s. Anthony, of Milton Damerell, Devon), of Tapley, Devon, 1633, M.P. Rye 1621-2, Bury St Edmunds 1626; will proved 7 Dec., 1633. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary.
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Gifford, Francis, B.A. from ., Cambridge*, 1650-1; incorporated as M.A. 19 Nov., 1660, vicar of Pateshull, Northants, 1661, and Dunstable 1663, resigned both 1683 because he would not take the abjuration oath, rector of Rushall, Wilts, 1682-1703; father of Charles 1692, and John 1693. See Fasti, ii. 227; Hearne, iii. 245; & Foster's Index Eccl.

Gifforde, George, B.A. 25 Feb., 1526-7, perhaps M.P. Midhurst 1529-36. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary.

Gifforde, George, of in or before 1568, vicar of All Saints' and St. Peter's, Maldon, Essex, 1582, deprived 1584. See Ath. ii. 291; Foster's Index Eccl.; & D.N.B.

Giffard, George, of Devon, arm. ., matric. 11 Oct., 1583, aged 17, probably of Tiverton, Devon (son and heir of Roger, of Tiverton Castle); baptised at Braunton 27 Sept., 1564; died 26 June, 1622.

Gifford, George, s. John, of London, S.T.D. ., matric. 3 June, 1636, aged 16; B.A. from 16 Jan., 1639-40, bar.-atlaw, Gray's Inn, 1648, treasurer 1683; his father, of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, S.T.P. See Foster's Judges and Barristers.
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Gifford, George, "seru.", s. George of Malden, Essex, pleb. ., matric. 28 June, 1639, aged 15, B.A. 18 March, 1643-4, B.D. 11 Sept., 1660, Gresham professor of divinity 1661, rector of St. Dunstan's-in-the-East 1656 and 1661, president of Sion College 1677 and 1678; died unmarried July, 1686. See Foster's Index Eccl.; Rawl. v. 494; Burrows, 559; & Gardiner, 144.

Gifford, George, s. G., of Witham Friary, Somerset, pleb. ., matric. 16 Oct., 1699, aged 15; B.A. 1706, perhaps vicar of Downton, Wilts, 1715. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Gifford, Henry (Gyffard), of Middlesex, gent. , matric. entry under date 15 April, 1580, aged 20; student of Lincoln's Inn 1584. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Gifford, Henry, of London, equitis fil. ., matric. 14 Oct., 1596, aged 15; perhaps son of Sir George, of Oxon.

Gifforde, Henry, of Somerset, gent. ., matric. 14 Oct., 1597, aged 17; student of the Middle Temple 1601, as son and heir of John, of Wellington, Somerset, gent., deceased. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
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Gifford, Henry, s. Richard, of King's Somborne, Southants, militis. , matric. 12 Dec., 1628, aged 17; B.A. 5 Feb., 1628-9, M.A. 20 Oct., 1631; his father knighted 7 May, 1603.

Giffard, Henry (Gyffard) s. Thomas, of Scotton, Yorks, sacerd. , matric. 11 May, 1632, aged 18.

Gifford, Henry, B.A. from ., Cambridge, 1675-6, M.A. 1684, incorporated 14 July, 1684, vicar of Montacute, Somerset, 1677. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Gifford, Hugh (Gyffoorde), M.A. (sup. 9 Nov.), 1507, as vicar at Windsor, vicar of Ruislip, Middlesex, 1516, rector of St. Mary Bothaw, London, 1528, See Foster's Index Eccl. & O.H.S. i. 55.

Gifford, Humfry, of, B.A. (sup. 5 July), 1567; student of Middle Temple 1568, as 3s. of Thomas, late of Chillington, co. Stafford, kt. See Walter 1568. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
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Gifford, John (or Giffard), of Wilts, gent. ., matric. 11 Dec., 1584, aged 19; scholar 1584. B.A. 14 June, 1588, M.A. 7 April, 1592, licenced to practice medicine 17 Dec., 1596, B. and D.Med. 7 Dec., 1598. fellow college of physicians 1598; buried in the chancel of Hornchurch, Essex, 27 Sept., 1647. See Munk's Roll, i. 114.

Gifford, John (Gyfforde), of Devon, pleb. ., matric. 4 Feb., 1591-2, aged 12; probably of Halsbury (s. John of same); died 19 Feb., 1624-5, buried at Parkham.

Gifford, John, of co. Worcester, pleb. , matric. 9 Nov., 1604, aged 15.

Giffard, John, of Essex, cler. fil. , matric. 18 May, 1610, aged 15; B.A. 17 June, 1613, M.A. 20 June, 1616, rector of St. Michael Bassishaw, London, 1636, until expelled 1642. See Walker's Sufferings, 170.

Gifford, John, s. William, of Wellington, Somerset, gent. ., matric. 20 June, 1628, aged 17.
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Giffard, John, arm. fil. ., matric. 23 Nov., 1652.

Gifford, John, s. Francis, of Pateshall, Northants, cler. , matric. 13 March, 1692-3, aged 16; B.A. 1696, M.A. 1699 (as Giffard), chaplain to the Marquis of Teviotdale, rector of Mainstone, Salop, 1708, and of Rushall, 1704, and of Upton Lovell, Wilts, 1705; brother of Charles 1692. See Rawl. xvii. 167; & Foster's Index Eccl.
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 Gifford, John of  1706. See Gefford, page 556.

Gifford, John Hoskins s. William, of Beminster, Dorset, arm. ., matric. 7 Dec., 1710, aged 17; a student of the Middle Temple 1710; M.P. Bridport 1713-14, Westbury 1727-34; died in 1744; brother of Benjamin. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary.

Gifford, Ravenscroft s. Jasp., of Polmers, near Ross, in Ireland, gent. ., matric. 18 July, 1684, aged 17; B.A. from. 1689.

Gifforde, Richard of co. Worcester, ., matric. entry under date 11 Nov., 1574, aged 15.

Gifford, Richard arm. ., matric. 10 March, 1656-7 B.A. 12 Feb., 1658-9. See Rawl. xvii. 169. []

Gifford, Richard s. R., of Simbre (? Sombourne), Hants, gent. , matric. 7 March, 1672-3, aged 18.

Giffard, Richard s. William, of Ealing, Middlesex, gent. ., matric. 12 June, 1686. aged 18.

Gifford, Richard s. R., of Salesbur (Sarum 4to.), Wilts, gent. ., matric. 15 Nov., 1707, aged 17.

Gifforde, Robert of, in and before 1568.

Gifford, Roger (or Giffard) of  1555, B.A. 14 Aug., 1556; fellow of. 1557, M.A. 15 Feb., 1559-60, proctor 1562 and 1563; fellow. 1563, B.Med. and admitted to practice 23 June, 1563, D.Med. (sup. 9 Nov.), 1565, junior Linacre lecturer physician to Q. Elizabeth (s. Ralph of Steeple Claydon, Bucks), president college of physicians 1581-2-3-4, M.P. Old Sarum 1585-6, 1588-9, precentor of St. Davids, with prebend of Llanbedr-pont Stephen 1592; died 27 Jan., 1596-7; buried in St. Bride's, Fleet Street. See Munk's Roll, i. 68; O.H.S. iv. 263; and D.N.B. []

Giffard, Roger s. John, of Brightly, Devon, gent. ., matric. 16 Dec., 1663, aged 17; student of Lincoln's Inn 1663; baptised at Chittlehampton 14 Feb., 1645-6; buried at Parkham 25 Oct., 1724. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Giffard, Samuel (Gyfford) of Essex, cler. fil. ., matric. 22 Nov., 1605, aged 16; B.A. 14 Feb., 1609-10, M.A. 8 July, 1613, vicar of Althorne, Essex, 1614, rector of Snoreham, Essex, at his death in 1638. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Gifford, Samuel s. Rich., of Pateshull, Northants, minister. ., matric. 11 March, 1663-4, aged 17; vicar of Little Houghton, Northants, 1675-6, of Brayfield 1686, until his death in 1732, aged 85. See Baker's Northants, i. 151; & Foster's Index Eccl.

Gifforde, Thomas of Bucks,, matric. entry under date 10 Jan., 1574-5, aged 16.

Giffard, Thomas (Gyffard) of London, arm. ., matric. 6 Nov., 1590, aged 16; student of Lincoln's Inn 1592. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Giffard, Thomas (Gyffard) of Devon, arm. ., matric. 22 Feb., 1593-4, aged 15 (1s. John, of Halsbury); buried at Parkham 25 Oct., 1595, aged 18; brother of William 1602. []

Gifford, Thomas B.A. from ., * Cambridge, 1612; incorporated as M.A. 9 July, 1616.

Gifford, Thomas D.Med. Leyden May, 1636; incorporated 20 May, 1642. See Fasti, ii. 9.

Giffard, Thomas s. William, of London, pleb. ., matric. 15 June, 1702, aged 19; B.A. 1706, rector of Rushall, Wilts, 1708. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Gifforde, Walter of, in and before 1568. See Humfry 1567. []

Gifforde, W. of Hants, arm. ., entry under date 21 June, 1583, aged 11; possibly William Gifford, late of Staple Inn, gent., admitted to Gray's Inn 7 Feb., 1588-9. See Foster's Gray's Inn Register.

Gifford, William s. John, of Weston-under-Edge, co. Gloucester; of. 1569, M.A. and B.D. of Louvaine, public professor of theology at Rheims, created D.D. at Pont-a-Mousson Nov., 1584, dean of the church of St. Peter at L'Isle in Flanders, etc., etc., archbishop of Rheims 1622, and became a duke and the first peer of France; died 11 April, 1629. See Ath. ii. 453; & D.N.B.

Gifford, William of Devon, arm. ., matric. 16 July, 1602, aged 17; student of Inner Temple 1607, as of Parkham, Devon, gent. (2s. John), baptised at Parkham 8 Nov., 1582; brother of Thomas 1594. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Gifford, William subscribed 23 April, 1613; possibly a student of the Inner Temple 1617, as of Northaw, Middlesex, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Gifford, Sir William kt., created D.C.L. 22 Sept., 1715, commissioner at Portsmouth, knighted 6 Sept., 1705, M.P. Portsmouth Dec., 1702-8, (Feb.) 1711-13; died 18 Nov., 1724. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary. []

Gilbart, Ambrose of Wilts., pleb. ., matric. 22 Jan., 1584-5, aged 18; B.A. 6 July, 1586, M.A. 21 April, 1589, rector of Hampreston, Dorset, 1591. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Gilbert, Ambrose B.A. from ., * Cambridge, 1613; incorporated as M.A. 15 July, 1617.

Gilbert, Edward M.A. Cambridge, incorporated 15 July, 1572, vicar of Brading, Isle of Wight, 1579. See Foster's Index Eccl.

Gilbert, Edward of Somerset, pleb. , matric. 12 Dec., 1600, aged 17.

Gilbert, Edward cler. fil. , matric. 18 March, 1657-8, B.A. 4 Nov., 1658; incorporated at Cambridge 1676, M.A. from. 1676, rector of Barton-upon-Dunsmore, co. Warwick, 1660. See Foster's Index Eccl. []

Gilbert, George (Gilberd) s. Nicholas, of Bocconoc, Cornwall, arm. ., matric. 3 March, 1636-7, aged 18; B.A. 10 Nov., 1640.

Gilbert, Henry (Gylbert) of Somerset, arm. ., matric. 19 Feb., 1590-1, aged 15.

Gilbert, Henry of co. Derby, arm. fil. nat. max. ., matric. 31 May, 1616, aged 18; of Locko, co. Derby (s. Thomas), died 1657; brother of William same date.

Gilbert, Henry (Gilberd) s. Thomas, of Fradley, co. Stafford, gent. ., matric. 3 Feb., 1625-6, aged 17; B.A. 10 Feb., 1628-9, B.C.L. 14 March, 1631-2, student of Middle Temple 1627, rector of Clifton Campville, co. Stafford, 1632, See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Gilbert, Henry s. H(enry), of Locko, co. Derby, arm. ., matric. 5 Dec., 1676, aged 17; of Locko, M.P. co. Derby 1690-5; died 1720. []

Gilbert, Henry s. William, of Culworth, Northants, cler. , matric. 17 Dec., 1688, aged 15; brother of William 1681, and of John 1691.

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 Gilbert, Humphrey (Gylbert) s. H., of Compton, Devon, arm. ., matric. 16 March, 1701-2, aged 16; of Walton-on-Thames, baptised at Marldon 6 Aug., 1685; will dated 30 Oct., 1773; brother of John 1701.

Gilbert, James (Gylberde) B.A. 8 Feb., 1506-7; fellow of. 1507, M.A. licenced 5 June, 1511, and disp. 11th (because presented to a vicarage), vicar of East Ham, Essex, 1511, rector of Kingsdon, Somerset, 1521, rector of St. Christopher-le-Stocks, London, 1536, rector of Allerton, Somerset, 1536, prebendary of Cudworth 1537; seems to have died in 1556. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Gilbert, James s. Henry, of Clifton, co. Stafford, pleb. (subs. paup.). ., matric. 21 May, 1669, aged 16, B.A. 16 Jan., 1672-3; M.A. from 1680.

Gilberte, James s. J., of Longdon, co. Worcester, pleb. ., matric. 7 Dec., 1683, aged 16.

Gilbart, John B.Mus. (sup. 17 Jan.), 1510-11. []

Gilbert, John ; fellow of New Coll. 1503-9, fix)m Sherborne in Dorset, B.A. 28 June, 1507, M.A. (sup. 30 May), xsix, " fellow of college near Winton ; " died 16 July, 1514. See O.H.S. i. 54.

Gilbert, John, of Sussex, pleb. Hart Hall, matric entry under date 1567, aged 18; B.A x8 Feb., Z568-9, M.A II July, 1572. See London Marriage Licences, ed. Foster.

Gilbert, John (Gylbert), of co. Warwick, cler. fil. Magdalen Hall, matric. 16 June, 1620, aged so. B.A. 28 June, 1620; M.A from Broadgates Hall 18 June, 1623, rector of Sawford, als Salford, Oxon, 1624, and of Bourton-on-Dunsmore, co. Warwick, 1629, canon of Lichfield 1628. See Foster's Index Bed,

Gilbert, John (CHbbert), s. Robert, of Milcombe, Oxon, pleb. Trinity Coll.. matric. 17 May, 1622, aged 16.

Gilbart, John, s. John, of Willington. Sussex, pleb. Wadham Coll., matric. 30 June, 1626, aged 17.

Gilbert, John, pleb. St. John's Coll., matric. 13 Nov., i6|o, B.A. 27 Feb.. 1650-1, a nonjuror, vicar of Medmenham, Bucks, 1661-89 ; became minister at Great Marlow, where he died Feb., 1706 ; buried at Shottisbrooke. See Heame, i. 211 ; & Foster's Index Bed [11]

Gilbert, John, cler. fil. Wadham Coll.. matric. x April. 1656, scholar 1656, aged 18, as of Bourton- on-Dunsmore, CO. Warwick, aged 18 ; R A 12 Oct., 1658, M.A. 3 July. i66x ; licenced 12 June, x66p, to marry Emma Blagrave, of the city of Oxiord, widow, aged ax. See London Marriage Licences^ ed. Foster.

Gilbert, John, s. J(ohn), of Sarum', Wilts, gent Hart hall, matric. 9 April, 1674. aged 15 ; B. A 1677. M.A 1680 ; incorporated at Cambridge 1687 ; of Thrumpton, Notts, clerk; licenced (v. G.)i April, 1689, to marry Henrietta Danvers, of St. Clement Danes, spinster ; vicar of St, John Baptist, Peter- borough. 1688. See Aih. iv. 794 ; Fasti, ii. 372 ; Rawl. vi. x ; & Foster's Index Bed,

Gilbert, John, s. William, of Culworth, Northants. cler. Lincoln Coll., matric. 25 Nov., 1691, aged 16 ; B.A. 1695, rector of Tiffield, Northants, 1^8, until his death 19 April, 1730 ; brother of Henry 1688, and of William x68i. See Foster's Index Bcdesiasticus,

Gilbert, John (Gylbert), s. Humph., of Marldon, Devon, arm. Exeter Coll., matric. 13 March, XTOO-z, aged 17; baptised at Marldon 21 Feb., 1683-4 ; died 13 June, 1733 ; brother of Humphrey 1702. [15]

Gilberd, John, s. William, of " West Allington," (410. ) Devon, gent Exeter Coll., matric. 15 Dec, X701, aged 17 ; student of Middle Temple 1703. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg,

Gilbert, John, s. J(ohn), of London, gent. Mag- dalen Hall, matric 14 July, 17x1, aged 17; B.A. from Trinity Coll. 1715 ; fellow of Mer- ton Coll. 1716, M.A' i Feb., 1717-18, LL.D. Lambeth, 8 Jan., 1724-5: of Merchant Taylors* school 1701 ; bom 18 Oct, 1693, chaplain in ordinary to Geo. L, vicar of Ashburton X72X, rector of St. Peter Tavy 1723, canon of EJceter 1723, and of Christ Church (Oxford) 1725, d«m of Exeter 1726, bishop of Llandaff 1740, of Salisbury 1748, archbishop of York 1757 ; died 9 Aug., 1761. See D.N.B. ; Bawl. v. 480 ; & Robinson, ii. 6.

Gilbert. Nicholas (vel GUbard), MA.; B.Med. 1571.

Gilbert, Richard, "seru.," s. John, of KilUngsbuiye, Northants, pleb. St. Edmund Hall, matric 3 Nov., 1643, aged 19; B.A 21 May, 1645, ^Y request of the chanceUor, because he had served 10 months with the regiment of the Earl of Dover.

Gilbert, Richard, s. John, of Launceston, Cornwall, pleb. pp. Gloucester Hall, matric 9 Dec, 1664, aged 19. [20]

Gilbert, Richard, s. Sam, of Bridgenile, Cornwall, gent. Wadham Coll., matric 19 Feb., 1694-5, aged 17. See Samuel 1655.

Gilbert, Richard, s. William, of Greatworth, Northants, cler. Christ Church, matric 15 Nov., 1714, aged 17 ; B.A. 1718, vicar of Blakesle>', Northants, 1730, rector cf Greatworth 1731. See Foster's Index Bed,

Gilbert, Sampson, s. Thomas, of Oxford, pleb. Christ Church, matric. 21 May, 1702, aged 18 ; B.A. 29 Jan., 1705-6. M.A. 1709, vicar of Lowdharo, Notts, 1713. See Foster's Index Bed,

Gilbert, Samuel, gent. Exeter Coll., matric 25 July, 1655, a student of Inner Temple 1657, as of Bridgerule, Cornwall ; see Richard 1695. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Gilberte, Thomas, of Devon, gent Exeter Coll., matric 24 Oct., x6oo, aged 19; student of Middle Temple x6oi, as son and heir of William, of South Bovey, Devon, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court

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Gilbert, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Worcester (city) pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 90 June, 1603, aged 18.

Gilbert. Thomas, s. William, of Frees, Salop, pleb. St. JSDMUND Hall, matric. 13 Nov., 1629, aged x6 ; B.A 28 June, 1633, M.A. 7 Nov., 1638, created B.D. 19 May, 1648, chaplain Magdalen Coll. 1656-60, vicar of St Laurence, Reading, 1647-50, " nonconformist, living in Oxon," " the common epitaph maker for dissenters," vicar of Nash. co. Monmouth, 1635, minister of Over Winchendon, Bucks, and rector of Edgmond, Salop. 1649, ejected 1662 from both for nonconformity ; died in Oxford 15 July, 1694, adraon. 25 Aug., 1694; father of Thomas 1669. See Ath. iv. 406 ; Bhxam, ii. 159 ; Rawl, iii. 441, Fasti, ii. 1x4, 180 ; Calamy, i. 300, iii. 145 ; & D,N.B,

Gilbert, Thomas, pleb. Wadham CoLU, matric x April, 1656.

Gilbert, Thomas ; Bibliopola, s. Tho., of Oxford, minister. Privilegiatus 3 April, 1669, aged ax.

Gilbert, William (or Gylberde), regular canon and prior or abbot of Bruton in Somerset, B.D. (disp. 15 May), 1506, D.D. 8 Feb., 1506-7, vicar of Mine- head 1507-26, bishop of Megarensis (or Mayo), suffragan of Wells 15x9-26, vicar of South Petherton 1525, See Atk, il 730. £»oJ [ 571 ]


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 march, old witch!” This harmless expression she took in such ill part, that, for mere peace’ sake, he was obliged to lead her to the door and shut her out: and then, undressing himself, he stept into bed; and, in defiance of the straw which every-where stuck out, and a quilt of a hundred weight, he sunk into a deep slumber under the agreeable serenade of those clamorous outcries which Mrs. Sweetbread still kept up on the outside of the door.

“Fire and furies!” exclaimed Mr. Schnackenberger, as Juno broke out into uproarious barking about midnight: the door was opened from the outside; and in stepped the landlady, arrayed in a night-dress that improved her charms into a rivalry with those of her sign at the street-door; accompanied by a fellow, who, by way of salutation, cracked an immense hunting-whip.

“So it’s here that I’m to get my own again?” cried the fellow: and forthwith Mr. Jeremiah stepped out of bed, and hauled him up to the light of the lamp which the landlady carried.

“Yes, Sir,” said the rough-rider, “it’s I, sure enough;” and, to judge by the countenance of his female conductor, every accent of his anger was music of the spheres to her unquenchable wrath: “I’m the man, sure enough, whose horse you rode away with; and that you’ll find to be a true bill.”

“Rode away with!” cried Mr. Jeremiah: “Now, may the sweetest of all thunderbolts” “but, rascal, this instant what’s to pay? then take thy carrion out of the stable, and be off.” So saying, Mr. Schnackenberger strode to the bed for his well-filled purse.

On these signs of solvency, however, the horse-dealer turned up the gentler phasis of his character, and said, “Nay, nay; since things are so, why it’s all right; and, in the Lord’s name, keep the horse as long as you want him.”

“Dog! in the first place, and firstly, tell me what’s your demand? in the second place, and secondly, go to the

But whilst the rough-rider continued with low bows to decline the first offer, being satisfied, as it seemed, with the second, the choleric Mr. Schnackenberger cried out, “Seize him, Juno!” And straightway Juno leaped upon him, and executed the arrest so punctually—that the trembling equestrian, without further regard to ceremony, made out his charge.

Forthwith Mr. Jeremiah paid down the demand upon the table, throwing in something extra, with the words, “That for the fright.” The dealer in horse-flesh returned him a thousand thanks; hoped for his honour’s further patronage; and then, upon being civilly assured by Mr. Jeremiah, that if he did not in one instant walk down the stairs, he would, to his certain knowledge, have to fly down them; the rough-rider, in company with the landlady, took a rapid and polite leave of Mr. Schnackenberger; who was too much irritated by the affront to compose himself again to sleep.

Day was beginning to dawn, when a smoke, which forced its way through the door, and which grew every instant thicker and more oppressive, a second time summoned Mr. Schnackenberger from his bed. As he threw open the door, such a volume of flames rolled in from the staircase which was already on fire from top to bottom—that he saw there was no time to be lost: so he took his pipe, loaded it as quickly as possible, lighted it from the flames of the staircase, began smoking, and then, drawing on his pea-green coat and buckling on his sword, he put his


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 reasonable. Bah! You draw too much on your imaginations. Shall we sit down?

. No, let us take a turn through the plaza; we can rest later. We are ahead of the crowd.

. [Bowing] Good morning, Don Basilio. Señoritas, good morning

. The rector of the university and his daughters, Jimena and Belisa.

. Are those names or jokes?

. They are no jokes. We call them Poetry and Rhetoric; the father afflicts the community with them both.

. They are thinking of marriage. They get no rest during the feria, when there are strangers in town.

. Whom have we here? A magnificent woman!

. Most extraordinary! The Governor's wife.

. Yes, Josefina, and my daughter with her.

. And Esperanza Remolinos.

. Do you mean to tell me that woman is only a governor's wife? Why then do we have empires?

. Look, Carmen, we are among friends. This is a reception! [The men rise and bow] How do you do?

. [To ] How is that for a corrida?

. A whole herd in herself!

. Are you on your way from the cathedral? How was the service?

. Divine! Everybody was there.

. It was simply suffocating.

. You ought to have heard His Reverence. What a sermon!


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. It wasn't a sermon, it was a sensible discourse. How did you like it, Josefina?

. Splendidly! I agreed with it in everything.

. I am so glad to hear you say so. Now it will be your duty to help us persuade your husband to stand with us and the decent people in the community upon the side of order and right.

. Yes, that is true. But men do have their ideas—at least they have what they call their ideas. They have obligations. Santiago is not able to do whatever he pleases.

. With us upon his side he will be able to do whatever he pleases. He can afford to snap his fingers at the government. The respectable element of Moraleda is solidly with us.

. [Aside] I had better change the subject. [Aloud] Josefina almost fainted in the cathedral.

. Oh, I had a dreadful quarter of an hour! Every eye was fixed upon me.

. You must have had a dreadful quarter of an hour.

. What do you say to a stroll?

. No, indeed; I am too tired. Let us sit down here for a moment—that is, if you don't mind? [To.

. Certainly not.

. We shall rejoin you presently. My dear Marquis, what do you say to a stroll? After mass, the promenade is superb.

. [To ] I have picked the little mottled one for you; I felt certain that you would be pleased. Have you had time to look them over?

. He'll try to make the best of it.

. Leave it to me. You


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 are going to create such a sensation this year that hereafter you will never want to kill any bulls but papa's.

. [To ] The Marchioness knows.

. I agree with her.

. I shall wear your cloak. I never intend to appear in it unless you are present.

. Tell me, really, do you like it?

. Do I?

. I made it myself; I did all the embroidery.

. I shall keep it to be buried in.

. Heavens! Don't speak of such a thing! I want you to live and to kill many bulls.

. [To ] Bulls of papa's.

. Naturally, people here are a little suspicious after that affair two years ago. You have very few admirers. But I get in a good word whenever I have an opportunity.

. So long as you are there, I don't care if they turn the whole herd loose in the plaza.

. The public admires toreros who get hurt.

. For heaven's sake, don't you think of such a thing—no matter what they admire.

. No, better not. You must deny yourself.

. Really, you must.

. [To ] I'll tell you later. Mamma is looking, and you know what that means.

. Aren't you coming to the Palace this evening to see the fireworks?

. I hope so. Be careful! I don't want to displease mamma.


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. [Laughing loudly] It seems to me I have heard that story before.

. [To ] What do you think of a woman who spends all her time flirting with a bull-fighter? She forgets she is not in Madrid, where everything goes.

. But what can we do?

. She ought to remember with whom she is and behave accordingly.

. [To and ] Won't you take something.? It was terribly hot in the cathedral.

. Did His Reverence have much to say?

. Yes, he was very eloquent.

. We were discussing bulls and the Marquis's daughter.

. Antonio don't know what to do—take it from me! The poor fellow is done for. And he won't listen to any talk. Why, he can't even sign a paper unless the Marquis's bulls are scratched all over it! And what bulls! Just to show you: last year a shower came up at Salamanca; there was a puddle in the middle of the ring. The bull ran out, the people yelled—and the bull stuck his nose in the puddle.

. My dear Marquis, it is the old story. The province is rich, its resources are inexhaustible; but everything here is subordinated to Madrid. It is a calamity. This poor Santiago, with the best intentions in the world, can do nothing. Besides, between ourselves, his wife makes him ridiculous. Not that she is bad, but she is frivolous—educated in Madrid, and there you know everything is superficial. Ah! I beg your pardon; I forgot you were from Madrid.

. You will not find my daughter superficial; she


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