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Rev. H. J. Todd

Rev. Charles Barker....... 151
Rev. S. E. Batten.
Rev. T. Belsham ..........
Rev. S. T. Bloomfield......
Rev. J. Brass.
Rev. G. A. Browne...
Rev. G. Caldwell...
Rev. S. Clapham
Rev. E. Cogan..
Rev. C. C. Colton.....
Rev. Thomas Cormouls
Rev. John Corrie.
Rev. George Crabbe...
Rev. H. Drury....
Rev. S. N. Evans.....
Rev. George Feachem...... 175
Rev. Daniel Gaches........ 176
Rev. Geo. Henry Glasse 183, 561
Rev. Edward Hamley... 185
Rev. H. Hetley.

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Rev. John Horseman ...... 189 From a pupil who had sent him

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Rev. Henry Huntingford.... 196

Rev. Edward Irving...... .201 Philip Gell, Esq.

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Bust by Clarke-Frontispiece to Volume I.
Portrait by Halls-Frontispiece to Volume II.
Portrait by Dawe-Frontispiece to Volume VII.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Major Cartwright, to Dr. Parr.

Burton Crescent, 5 Jan. 1824.

MY DEAR DOCTOR, The cause of liberty standing in need of a few lines of your Latin, in the classic style and spirit of antiquity, I trust you will readily furnish them. It is thought that that cause may be promoted, and England receive great honour, by erecting in her metropolis a monument in honour of Riego. A design is nearly finished, wherein the patriot hero is seen expiring in the arms of Fame. The pedestal is so contrived, as in front to exhibit an entablature, whereon is represented the historical fact of the Spanish Cortes consecrating the sword of Riego to his country. This, in alto-relievo, as well as the figures of the dying patriot and of Fame, are to be in bronze. It also has compartments for inscriptions in five languages, namely, Spanish, English, Latin, French, and German. Those in the living languages, to speak instructively and excitingly to the natives, in whose tongue the inscriptions shall be composed; thus speaking diversely, but all to the same great end. The Latin it seems to be thought may best be concise and pithy, like that in Greek at Thermopyle. For your amusement I send you one composed for the people of England; in which it is hoped that both true religion and true patriotism may be advanced.

I shall add one for Spanish, to be submitted to an eminent Spanish dramatic poet now in London; but leaving it to him to substitute any thing better according to his judgment. The English inscription is calculated to fill the tablet prepared for it,

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but accommodated to the form of that tablet, which is three feet square, it will be in two columns.

Entitled as you are, my dear doctor, to repose, we call you not to any labour, but to a mere play of your classic fancy, and as short as you please.

I have the good fortune to have become very intimate with Riego's brother, a canon of Oviedo ; but canon as he is of a catholic cathedral, he is truly a friend of civil and religious liberty; so much so, that he never would become of the order of Priests, or having any thing to do with the frauds and mummeries of the church of Rome. Were I a papist, I could not therefore make him my confessor.

Should you come to town, perhaps you might like to meet such a canon at a dinner in Burton Crescent. May so it be. Yours truly, JOHN CARTWRIGHT.

Andrew Amos, Esq. to Dr. Parr.

Nottingham, March 14, 1824.

DEAR AND MUCH RESPECTED DR. PARR,

It is with the most lively pleasure that I accept your invitation, and I cannot but be very grateful both for the feelings which prompted it and for the terms in which it was conveyed, But I will not suffer the gratification it affords me to be clouded by any forebodings which the period of your life might suggest, however protracted beyond the ordinary space of human existence. I will venture to hope, as I shall not fail to pray, that long, long may Providence continue to hold forth an edifying example to mankind, of the zeal of the patriot, the love of the sage, the piety and benevolence of the Christian, prominently conspicuous in one individual, and triumphant over the predatory attacks of avaricious time.

I subscribe myself, with the greatest respect, and with a hope that you will convey my compliments to Mrs. Parr, your obedient servant, ANDREW AMOS.

No testimony can be more honourable to the character of Dr. Parr, or the fidelity of the family

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