GUERNSEY.-Aug. 30. Sibella, wife of Major Wm. Stirling, of the Bombay Army, of Clifton House, Exeter, and youngest dau. of W. L. Hockin, esq. of Dartmouth. In the year 1836 she was shipwrecked on the uninhabited Island of Astova, where, during a period of 68 days, by the good example and great exertion, under the influence of religious feeling, of herself and husband, the comforts of the crew of the shipwrecked vessel were attended to, and discipline preserved.-On the following day, aged 6, Ellen-Mary, youngest child of the above; both of scarlet fever.

EAST INDIES.-May 6. At Kurrachee, in Sinde, where he had shortly before arrived from Rajcote, in command of the left wing of his regiment, aged 23, Lieut. George Frederic Thorne, of the 14th reg. of Bombay Native Infantry, third and youngest son of Lieut.-Col. P. F. Thorne, K.H. (late of the 94th reg.) Of a truly military family in one continued line for more than a century and a half, he early imbibed a high feeling for that noble profession, and educated at Addiscombe, he there gave proofs of talent which might have led him to look to the highest honours of the service.

May 26. At Jaffnapatam, aged 20, Lieut. A. F. Colley, Ceylon Rifle reg. only son of the late Major Augustus Keppel Colley, R.M.

June 27. At Kalka, Bengal, Major Urmston, H. M. 31st reg. fourth son of the late Capt. James Urmston, of the East India Co's Maritime Service.

Lately. At Hyderabad, Capt. Durbin, 29th regt. second son of J. J. Durbin, esq. of Cheltenham.

At Calcutta, aged 22, Charles Henry Thompson, fifth son of Abraham Thomp. son, esq. of Bewdley.

July 29. At Ahmednuggur, aged 29, Arthur Andrew Charles Forbes, esq. of the Bombay Civil Service, third son of the late John Forbes Mitchell, esq. of Thainston, Aberdeenshire.

WEST INDIES.-June.. Accidentally drowned, near Kingston, Jamaica, aged 21, Henry-Thomas, fourth son of Lee Shaw, esq. and nephew of Sir Robert Shaw, Bart. of Bushy Park, near Dublin.

ABROAD.-Dec. 3. At Rome, aged 33, Lady Maria-Harriet, wife of Sir Wm. M. Somerville, Bart. M.P. sister to the Marquess of Conyngham. She was the second and last surviving daughter of Henry the first Marquess, by Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Denison, esq. of Denbies, Surrey; and was married in 1832, to Sir William Somerville, but had no issue.

Feb. 10. At Bathurst, Cape of Good Hope, in her 79th year, Mrs. Ann Biddulph, widow of Simon Biddulph, esq.

formerly of Tamworth. She was the only daughter of Thomas Burnet, esq. captain in the Royal Navy, and great-grandaughter of the celebrated Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, and (upon the death of her brother, Major-General John Burnet) became sole legal representative of that learned prelate.

April 3. At Florence, aged 61, Elizabeth, wife of Major-General Daubeney, eldest daughter of the late Venerable Archdeacon Daubeney.

April 19. On board the Fairlie, on his passage to England from China, Captain Cyrus Daniell, Paymaster of H. M. 55th reg. He served for many years with the 76th reg. and was in Spain under Sir John Moore, at the Siege of Flushing, in the Peninsula from July 1813 to Feb. 1814, including the battle of the 31st of August in the Pyrenees, passage of the Bidassoa, battle of Nivelle, operations in front of St. Jean de Luz; and battles of the Nive, on the 9th, 10th, and 13th Dec. 1813. He subsequently retired from the service by sale of his lieutenancy, and re-entered the army, Nov. 8, 1821, by the purchase of a second lieutenancy in the Rifle Brigade, and being placed on half pay, was brought on full pay as paymaster, 55th regt. March 14, 1822. Two of his sons hold commissions as Lieutenants in the 55th.

May 5. At Philadelphia, Professor Sanderson, author of the "American in Paris."

May 26. Drowned by falling overboard, on his passage to the East Indies, aged 20, Walter Oke Cleave, eldest son of W. O. Cleave, esq. surgeon, of Clifton.

July 27. At St. John's, New Brunswick, aged 40, Emily, wife of Mr. George Blatch, and eldest dau. of the late George Roberts, esq. of Warminster, one of the authors of Pinnock's Catechisms," and various other popular educational works.

Aug. 7. At Castellamare, aged 5, Le Norman, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Brabazon.

Aug. 14. At the Villa Catagiole, at Florence, the youthful Archduke Rainer of Tuscany, third son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

At the baths of Lucca, aged 63, Lady Hester Annabella Macleod, dau. of Arthur first Earl of Mountnorris and eighth Viscount Valentia, by his first wife, the Hon. Lucy Fortescue Lyttelton, only dau. of George first Lord Lyttelton; and sister to the late Earl of Mountnorris, of whom a memoir is given in our present Magazine. She was married in 1801 to the late Major-Gen. Norman Macleod, C.B. who died in 1831, and her son, Arthur Lyttelton Macleod, esq. is the

SAXON remarks, "The circular aperture in the lower part of the south wall, and near the door, of the chapel at Coombes in Sussex, mentioned in p. 338, has never been a Confessional. It is too old. But such like apertures never were confessionals. This one can have had but one purpose, for the convenience of persons hearing mass, who, whilst under Churchcensures, were not permitted to come within the walls. A person might be so under Church-censure as to be allowed to come into the churchyard, and up to the sacred edifice, but not to enter in."

PLANTAGENET observes that the form and dimension of the arches alluded to in the last passage of the letter of B. F. W. in our last number, p. 360, are not given. Possibly such arches may be blocked up pier-arches, formerly communicating with a sacristy or vestiary; or they may have been merely of an ornamental character, like those frequently met with on the interior of aisle-walls, and on the exterior of towers and porches.

In his account of the Magdalen Hospital at Winchester, in our last number, B. omitted to mention that the removal of aged inmates in the winter of 1665 to lodgings within the city, was, in all probability, attended with fatal consequences, for early in the following year the plague raged with fearful violence, carrying off its victims in large numbers, amongst whom it cannot be doubted were some of these unfortunate individuals. On the destruction of their ancient dwellings on the hill, some small cottages were erected for them near Water-lane, and in digging the foundations the workmen struck on several Roman sepulchres containing human bones, urns, and other remains of that period. The brass plate to the memory of Dr. Ebden is probably lost, but the whole inscription may be seen, together with the lines below, in a history of this city published in 1773, commonly called the "Anonymous History," a work, it must be admitted, containing so many errors as to create distrust in any of its statements, in the absence of other authority.

He that both God and good men fear'd and lov'd,

Which by example cherish't or reprov'd,
Heer lyes enter'd. He living was, dead is,
A preacher whom the church lov'd, the people
mys;
[greate,

His life for length, learning for truth was
His doctrine pure, his deeds without deceite,
And in his life time was, and att his end,
To rich and poore, a father and a freinde.

The annual value is there given at 411. 68. 8d. as certified to the Augmentation Office by the commissioners appointed under the 37th of Hen. VIII. a copy of which appears in the Appendix. Between 1547 and 1562 the pay for the outpensioners appears to have been lost, and the number reduced to eight. A full report of the present income was made a few years ago to the Charity Commissioners; it has not fallen under my notice, but I believe it does not exceed 100%, a year,"

In our notice (p. 410) of a painting on the south wall of Lenham Church, Kent, it was stated that it represents a kneeling figure praying to the Virgin, &c. which does not give a sufficient explanation of the subject. The following description may perhaps be better understood the Archangel Michael is weighing souls; one is in the lower scale praying to the Virgin Mary; she is crowned as the Queen of Heaven, and is throwing a rosary upon the beam to shew the efficacy of prayer, and to give weight to the scale; her right hand is raised, as bestowing a blessing, or interceding for the good soul. The other scale, which is upraised, has two devils or evil spirits using their utmost power to pull down the scale; another imp is seated on the upper part of the beam with a soul in his right hand, and blowing a horn with his left, either in exultation at his success or calling for other evil spirits to assist, as there are evident remains of a more extensive arrangement of the design. The Archangel and the Virgin are on separate mounds; under the latter trefoils springing up, which are probably allusive to the Trinity, but by some have been mistaken for stars, as designating the Queen of Heaven. There is a beautiful simplicity in the design, far superior to the execution. In answer to Mr. Godwin's question Mr. Pretty observes that the painting has every appearance of being in dis emper. In p. 409 it is stated that Mr. M. H. Bloxam exhibited "a fine collection of Roman and Romano-British coins from Warwickshire;" it should have been antiquities instead of coins. In our list of the Sectional Committees, &c. the following should have been represented as present: The Rev. F. Dawson, Prebendary of Canterbury, Joseph Arden, esq. and the Rev. Charles Hassells.

are

ERRATA.-P. 339, line 25 from bottom, for "doctrines," read "destinies." P. 348, line 9 from top, for "Stycas," read "Spaniards." Ib. line 1 of note, for "court," read" cement."