Meend, The, Thomas Symonds, esq. Moccas Court, Sir George Cornwall, bart. Rotherwas, Charles Bodenham, esq. Stoke Édith, Edward Foley, esq. Members to Parliament. For the County, 2; Hereford, 2; Leominster, 2; Weobley, 2; total 8. Produce. Apples, Pears, Hops, Wool, Cattle, Corn, Wood. Manufactures. Leather, Gloves, Flannels, Hats, Iron. POPULATION. Hundreds, 11; Parishes, 221; Market-lowns, 7; Houses, 19,296. Families employed in Agriculture, 12,599; in Trade, 5,044; in neither, 2,438, total, 20,081. Baptisms. Males, 1953; Females, 1303.-Marriages, 633.—Burials, Males, 853; Females, 832. Towns having not less than 1000 inhabitants, viz. Hereford(principal city)1,668 7,306 Kington Leominster Ross.. ... ... ..... Houses. Inhab. .764 3,238 Pembridge.. 625 3,136 Bromyard .556 2,261 Total, Towns, 7; Houses, 4,486; Inhabitants, 19,794. HISTORY. A. D. 51, on Coxwall Knoll, near Brampton Brian, Caractacus defeated, his wife, daughters, and brothers, taken prisoners by Ostorius Scapula, the Roman general, to whom Caractacus himself was afterwards delivered by Cartismandua, Queen of the Brigantes. 792, at Sutton Walls, Ethelbert, King of East Anglia, treacherously murdered by Offa, King of Mercia, who had invited him to his palace to marry his daughter. 939, at Hereford, the Britons agreed to pay an increased tribute to Athelstan. 1055, near Hereford, Ranulph, its Earl, defeated, the city afterwards taken, the cathedral burnt, and its Bishop slain by Gryffydd, Prince of Wales. 1141, Hereford, under William Talbot, its Earl (a partizan of the Empress Maud), taken by Stephen, who entered with great pomp, and sat crowned in the cathedral. 1263, at Hereford, the first act of hostility by the Barons against Henry III.; Peter Aqua Blanca, its Bishop, being seized by them, confined, and afterwards expelled the kingdom. 1265, at Widemarsh, near Hereford, May 28, Prince Edward (afterwards Edward I.), having tired the borses of his guards by racing, jumped on a fresh horse, and escaped from the power of the Earl of Leicester. 1326, at Hereford, the parliament assembled, which, under the influence of the Queen Isabella, and her paramour Mortimer, deposed Edward II.; and by her order Hugh de Spencer the younger, Edward's favourite, and Sir Simon de Reding, hanged, and Edmund Earl of Arundel beheaded. 1401, near Wigmore, Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, defeated, and in personal combat taken prisoner by Owen Glendour. 1404, near Leominster, Owen Glendour's army dispersed by Henry Prince of Wales, afterwards Henry V. 1461, at Mortimer's Cross, Feb. 2, Jaspar Earl of Pembroke and Lancas trians defeated, and 3800 men slain by Edward Mortimer, Earl of March (afterwards Edward IV.) when Owen Tudor, husband of Catharine of France, and grandfather to Henry VII. was taken prisoner, and shortly afterwards beheaded at Hereford. 1553, on Curnah Hill, near Leominster, the adherents of Lady Jane Grey defeated defeated by Hobby Welwayn and Throckmorton, at the head of Mary's partizans. 1643, Hereford given up to Sir William Waller and the parliamentarians, through the cowardice of Sir Richard Cave and Colonel Herbert Price! 1645, Hereford, which had been re-taken by Barnabas Scudamore, successfully defended by him in a siege of above a month against the Earl of Leven and the Scots. BIOGRAPHY. Beale, John, philosopher, author on Cyder, 17th century. Blount, Thomas, author on Manorial Tenures, Orleton (died 1679.) Carpenter, George Lord, general, Victor at Preston, Pitcher's Ocule, 1667. Clive, Catharine, comic actress, Hereford, 1711. Coningsby, Sir Thomas, founder of Hospital at Hereford, Hampton Court (died 1652.) Cornwall, James, captain, naval hero, Hereford, 1699. Davies, John, penman and poet, Hereford (died 1618.) DEVEREUX, ROBERT, Earl of Essex, favourite of Elizabeth, Netherwood, 1567. Eaton, Adam de, Cardinal, scholar (died 1379.) Edwin, Mary, Lady Dering, beautiful and amiable, Hereford, 1650. Gwynne, Eleanor, actress, mistress of Charles II. Hereford, 1640. Hackluyt, Richard, compiler of "Voyages," Eaton, about 1553. Harley, Hon. Edward, Auditor of the Imprest, benefactor, Brompton Brian, 1664. Havard, William, song-writer, author of "Banks of the Lugg," Hereford, 1734. Hereford, Roger of, author of Judicial Astrology (flor. 1170.) Kyrle, John, "the man of Ross," died 1724, æt. 90. Lawrence, Stringer, East Indian Major General, Hereford, 1697. Longmore, Edward, "Herefordshire Colossus," 7 ft. 6 in. high (died 1777.) Ross, John, Bp. of Exeter, Ross, 1719. Smith, Miles, Bp. of Gloucester, one of the translators of the Bible, Hereford, 1550. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS. In Brampton Brian Church, is entombed the famous Lord High Treasurer, Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, founder of the Harleian Library, and in Tiltey Church, his brother, Auditor Harley, founder of Brampton Brian school. In Dore Church-yard lies its Rector and Historian, Matthew Gibson. Downton Castle is the residence of Richard Payne Knight, Esq. author of the "Landscape," "Progress of Civil Society," &c.; and Foxley, of U vedale Price, Esq. author of "Essays on the Picturesque." Home Lacy was the seat of the Scudamores, of whom Sir James was the legendary "Sir Scudamore" of Spenser's "Faerie Queen."-His son, created by Charles I. Viscount Scudamore, first cultivated and introduced the "Red Streak" Apple.-In this house Pope, when visiting the last Viscount, wrote his "Man of Ross," and in it is preserved a portrait of the great Lord Strafford, copied from Vandyck in crayous by Pope. In Hope Church was interred Sir Thomas Coningsby, founder of the hospital that bears his name in Hereford, for worn-out soldiers and superannuated servants. At Ingeston House, Serjeant Hopkyns entertained James I. with a Morrice dance, performed by 10 persons, whose united ages exceeded 1000 years. Of this "nest of Nestors,” as Fuller calls them, Ralph Wigley was 111 when he danced, and lived 21 years after.-At Eaton, in February 1800, died Marga. ret Mapps, aged 110. At Ledbury, in 1735, died old Jacob Tonson the bookseller (the subject of a satirical triplet by Dryden), on whom was written an epitaph in this Magazine for February 1736, which was closely copied by Franklin in his epitaph on himself. At Marcle, Feb. 7, 1575, about two acres of land were detached from the side of the hill, and destroyed the chapel of Kynaston in its fall.-Sir Richard Baker, in his "Chronicles," gravely says, that the hill kept walking from Saturday evening 'till Monday noon, when it stood still!! Phillips (who lies buried in Hereford Cathedral) mentions the wonder in his English Georgic, "Cyder." Adam de Orleton was a principal agent for Queen Isabella, "she-wolf of France," and Mortimer, in the deposition of Edward II.; and conniving at his murder, addressed his keepers in the famous enigma: "Edwardum regem occidere nolite timere bonum est," which, if pointed after "nolite," dissuades from the murder; but, if after "timere," incites to its commission.-In Orleton Church was buried its native Blount, author of "Fragmenta Antiquitatis, or Antient Tenures and Customs," which was reprinted by Josiah Beckwith in 1784 and again by Mr. Beckwith's son in 1815. At Ross is the house, the portrait, and the monument of the benevolent John Kyrle, Pope's "Man of Ross;" born in Dymock parish, Gloucestershire. At Whitborne died and was buried, without "monument, inscription, or stone," the learned Bp. Godwin, author of "De Præsulibus Angliæ." BYRO. Mr. URBAN, June 17. exertions in For while the work of building Churches contend with YOUR zealous exert interests of existing difficulties, it will in venerat the Church of England on all occasions, induce me to offer a few hints to your numerous Readers respecting the pressing necessity of additional Churches in this Kingdom, and to state a case of distress arising from an attempt to remove it. By information, which I have lately received from the highest and most unquestionable authority, it appears that there are about three hundred new Churches wanted, in different parts of this kingdom, in consequence of the increasing population of some places, particularly in the Manufacturing Districts. Various plans have been proposed for their erection ; such as the formation of a Society for encouraging and assisting Indi viduals or Bodies who are disposed to build them; an easier and less ex, pensive mode of collecting money by Briefs; an application to Parliament for some legal redress; or a more general mode of raising Subscriptions throughout the Kingdom among the friends of the Church. That something should be speedily done, is undeniable, and I humbly hope that some of your judicious Correspondents will furnish us with their opinions on this subject. be long retarded, if not entirely prevented, as the following case abundantly proves, which, with your leave, I state, and beg permission most humbly to request the favour of your Readers to aid as far as possible. A commodious, plain, Gothic second Subscription of Vestry Vestry The Committee, appointed at a General Meeting of the Subscribers, under whose direction, the Church was erected, were obliged to borrow this sum for the purpose of paying the Workmen, the Interest of which is deducted from the Pew Rents. This deduction from the endowment is, and must be, an intolerable burden; and whilst it continues, the Church is rendered incapable of paying its way. It is therefore hoped that an appeal to British benevolence, for the purpose of liquidating this debt, will not be made in vain. While almost every foreign call upon our bounty is heard, surely this humble entreaty for domestic help will not remain unheeded. Subscriptions or Donations, to any amount, will be most thankfully received and acknowledged by the Rev. Dr. Gaskin, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn; Sir James Esdaile and Co. Lombard-street; Messrs. Hoares, Fleet-street; Sir Peter Pole and Co. Bartholomew-lane; Messrs. Rivington, Booksellers, St. Paul's Churchyard; Mr. Hatchard, 190, Piccadilly, London; and by the Rev. J. Fennell, Curate of the said Free Church at Bradford in Yorkshire. In conclusion, I only add, that the above is a case of real and urgent necessity, respecting which I shall be happy to give the most satisfactory references and explanations, and for which I shall deem it an honour to receive Donations. Wm. MORGAN, Incumbent of the Free Church, Bradford. The dotted Seats are all free for the Poor. Pulpit WR Mr. URBAN, Hackney, May 13. WRITERS on Political Economy have advanced “that the wealth of a State is the number of its inhabitants." I confess it has often puzzled me how such an inference can be drawn, when I daily hear of the situation we are in from the excess of our Population to the means of existence. Not only myself, but every one, not excepting the members of the Legislature, seem puzzled also how to remedy the present evils, and the present necessities. Every reflecting mind means well, however they may fail in their at tempts to palliate the grievance. To retrace our steps for twenty-five years, seems one way to meet the evil:-to reduce large farms into small ones— to promote a general frugality of living-and to bring back the value of money to the standard of that time, seem to be the three general principles to place us more on a level with our neighbours on the Continent, and fit us for that increase of rivalry we must experience from them in our commercial pursuits. We know that frugality in expenditure enables an individual "to bear up" against many untoward evils-and in trade against competition: if every individual would adopt this, we should soon find a national advantage derived from it. The landholder would be content with reduced rents, the merchant with reduced exports, and the trader with reduced profits. It must come to this, and we may as well set about it cheerfully as not. During the War (thanks to our Navy) we carried on what was called, in the dialect of the Exchange, "a roaring trade:" grass grew in the streets of Amsterdam, whilst the rentals of houses in Loudon were trebled, and their number in and about it doubled, we must now content ourselves to lessen these expences, for to a certainty, London and Amsterdam will be more upon a level; England and her Continental neighbours will draw nearer alike. When the Emperor Alexander stood with his arms folded across his breast at the Iron bridge at Wapping, looking down the Thames, what were his reflections for 10 minutes, whilst his attention seemed riveted to the spot? "I am looking at a River that has formed the aggrandizement of this great City,contempt ible in size, when compared to the Neva. I am standing on a spot, forming a kingdom smaller in extent than one of the smallest provinces of my Empire; and yet this spot is the only one in Europe which has not 'bowed the knee to Baal,' which never recognized that Tyrant to whom we had all submitted; and whose sons at last were the instruments of his overthrow-How is all this? Why, it is Ships, Colonies, and Commerce.'" No doubt that these, or something like them, were the reflections occupying bis mind; and no doubt can remain on our minds, but that every effort will be made, and is making, by all the Continental powers that can, to attain to the same means that we have done. And no doubt can remain on your Readers' minds, but the only way to meet it is, a scrupulous attention to those first principles I have laid down, to bring us on such a level of expenditure as to be able to meet them; leaving the event to our ingenuity, perseverance, application, Shipping, Ports, and Colonies. How long has Odessa, for instance, been known as a port in the Black Sea? and yet this year 400 sail of ships have cleared out from it, and the Grand Duke Nicholas was there previous to his being here, giving that attention to it, that shews a fixed principle to encourage, by every pos sible means, on the South-eastern extremity of that vast Empire-"Ships, Colonies, and Commerce." Again, to shew that attention is paid, and will be paid, to these things, and that the impression is strongly fixed, we find the Emperor of Austria also has declared his Port of Trieste, in the Adriatic, free; it is now filled with merchandize, and vessels of various descriptions are building. All States seem to rouse themselves from their long lethargy, during which, our insular situation, our national energies, and our national ingenuity, gave us such manifold advantages, but which now, it is but reasonable to expect, must be lessened. To meet this change of circumstances then well, will be the truest wisdom, and reduction must be the rule that all must learn. We are not, however, to confine ourselves entirely to it, but to look around us, and see if we cannot make up for our reduced commercial relations with Europe, and with America; for America is |