January the 15th, 1766, in the 32nd year of her age. M.S. Edward, the son of James & Susanna Hogg, who died the 8th of June, 1799, aged 1 year and 7 months. James Hogg, Senior, died the 25th of Sep, 1816, aged 77 years. James, the son of James & Susanna Hogg, died the 17th of April, 1819, aged 23 years. Susanna Hogg, third wife of James Hogg, died April 22nd, 1837, aged 74 years. Elizabeth, their daugtr, died April 11th, 1825, aged 16 years.

25.

Sacred to the memory of John Keys, Esq, of Tenby, South Wales, who died at Frocester, in this County, June 19th, 1836, aged 74. Sacred to the memory of Mrs Mary Keys, relict of John Keys, Esq, who died at Tenby March 27th, 1840, aged 82.

26.

In remembrance of Henry Hotspur Marling, Esqre, of Stonehouse Court, who died November 12th, 1865, aged 38. In memory also of Harry Hotspur Marling, who died April 9th, 1874, aged 9 years, only and beloved child of Adrianna and Henry Hotspur Marling, Esqre

27.

In memory of William Mill, of this Parish, Gent, who died the 23rd of November, 1697, aged 65 years.

28.

In memory of Mary Bigland Mills, the eldest and dearly loved child of the Revd W. L. Mills and Elizabeth Catherine, his wife. Also of Anna Hayward Mills, their youngest and dearly loved child. The former died at Clevedon May 13th, 1855, in the 16th year of her age. The latter died at Stonehouse August 5th, 1864, in the 8th year of her age. Also in memory of Elizabeth Catherine, the beloved wife of the Revd W. L. Mills, M.A. [of Springbank, Stonehouse.] She died at Streatley, Berks, July 22nd, 1865, aged 54 years. And in memory of Catherine Clarence Harrison Mills, their dearly loved child, who died at New-Wandsworth March 10th, 1866, aged 19 years.

29.

Here resteth the body of Giles, the son of John Nash, of this Parish, Clothier, who departed this life the 14 day of May, in the 44th year of his age, An° Do 1719. Also Elizabeth, daughter of the said Giles Nash, who died the 2d of May, 1771, aged 63 years. 30-34.

[These five inscriptions have been printed in vol. i., pp. 208, 209, under the head of "The Pettat Family."]

35.

In memory of John Perks, of the City of Gloucester, Merchant. Ob. 7th July, 1773, æt. 29.

36.

Sacred to the memory of Mr Frederick Price, of Cainscross,

Surgeon, son of the late Robert Price, Esq., of Isleworth, Middlesex, died April 4th, A. D. 1832, aged 32 years.

37.

In affectionate remembrance of Joseph Rea, who died March 14th, 1869, aged 65 years.

38.

And

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Skipp, Esq, of this Parish, who departed this life the 3rd day of June, 1837, in the 90th year of his age. Also of Felicia, his wife, who died the 23rd day of Sept, 1826, aged 81 years. George Fowler Skipp, son of the abovenamed Thos & Felicia, died April 19th, 1808, aged 31 years. Thomas, another son, died in his infancy. Also of Felicia and Ann, their daughters. Felicia died the 30th day of Oct, 1808, aged 27 years. And Ann departed this life the 18th day of June, 1836, in the 57th year of her age.

39.

Sacred to the memory of John Stanton, Esqre, of Haywards Field, in this Parish. He died on the 30th day of November, 1847, aged 55 years. Also of Mary, his wife, who died on the 8th of June, 1865, aged 64 years.

40.

Richard Stephens, of Ebley, Gent, died Oct 15th, 1779, aged 66 years. Mary Stephens, wife of the above Richard Stephens, died the 7th of January, 1795, in the 82nd year of her age. In memory of Hannah, the amiable and beloved wife of Merrott Stephens, of the City of Gloucester, Banker, daughter of William Coles, Esq, late of Cadoxton, in the County of Glamorgan, who departed this life the 15th day of June, 1801, in the 56th year of her age. Also of the above named Merrott Stephens, Banker, of Gloucester (only son of the late Richard Stephens, of Ebley, Gent), who died August 14th, 1815, aged 68 years. His only son, John Merrott Stephens, Lieut Col', died in St. Lucia (West Indies) the 23rd of September, 1833.

41.

Sacred to the memory of Charlotte, wife of Mr Thomas White, Clothier, who departed this life June 29th, 1829, aged 40 years. Also of four children who died in their infancy. Also of Elizabeth, his second wife, who departed this life Feby 8th, 1850, aged 53 years. Also of one child who died in her infancy.

42.

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Coke White, who departed this life Sep 30th, 1857, aged 33.

43.

Beneath this tomb are deposited the remains of Thomas Woolley, Gent, who departed this life April 29th, 1826, aged 59. ABHBA.

1816. JOSEPH ALLEN, D.D., BISHOP OF BRISTOL 1834-1836. -In the Manchester School Register, so ably edited for the Chetham

Society by my old friend the Rev. J. Finch Smith, M.A., vol. ii., pp. 43-47, there is the fullest notice with which I am acquainted of this prelate. Joseph, son of William Allen, Esq., of Manchester, was baptized at St. Anne's Church, Manchester, on December 6, 1770; entered Manchester School on January 14, 1779; went to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a fellow commoner, in 1788, and on his father's reverse of fortune became a commoner, read hard, and was placed seventh among the wranglers in 1792.* Having been elected a fellow of Trinity, and engaged in the tuition of the college, he became private tutor to Lord Althorp, and was presented by Earl Spencer, his pupil's father, in 1808, to the vicarage of Battersea, having been made a prebendary of Westminster two years previously. In 1829 the Dean and Chapter presented him to the vicarage of St. Bride's, Fleet St., from which he was promoted, in 1834, to the see of Bristol, and translated in 1836 to the bishopric of Ely, which he held till his death in 1845. He printed a few sermons and charges:-The Dangers to which the Church of England is Exposed, both from without and within: a Sermon, 1822, 4to; A Charge, 1835, 4to; A Sermon at the Anniversary of the British District Societies, 1835, 4to; An Ordination Sermon, 1836, 4to; A Charge, 1837, 4to. On his appointment to Ely he had some dispute with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, which resulted in an augmentation of the income of the see. The correspondence was printed as a pamphlet, and when the bishop appeared in the House of Lords Lord Lyndhurst remarked to him, "Well, Bishop of Ely, you are the first man I ever knew to get 1,500l. a year by writing a pamphlet." He was buried in the cathedral, and in the south aisle of the choir there is a statue with a Latin inscription, the date on which of his death, being according to the Roman system of reckoning, seems to have misled the sender of the query,† who gives it as April 13, whereas the "xiii Cal. April." is March 20 of our calendar.

The following anecdote may be deemed worthy of preservation. When Dr. Allen was made Bishop of Bristol in 1834, the patronage of the living he vacated devolved, as is usual, to the Crown, and the Whigs being then in power, St. Bride's was conferred on Dr. William Carwithen, then a leading Whig in the city of Exeter, with whom Lord Ebrington, one of the members for the county of Devon, used to stay when in Exeter, and to whose influence the doctor was, no doubt, indebted for his promotion. Soon afterwards meeting Dr. Philpotts, then Bishop of Exeter, his lordship, after the usual words of congratulation, added, "And I should recommend you, Dr. Carwithen, to lose as little time as possible in embracing your bride." The advice was not heeded, the Whigs were defeated on some question and turned out, Sir Robert Peel

• He graduated B.A. 1792; M.A. 1795, and D.D. 1829. (Graduati Cantabrigienses, 1873, p. 5.)-ED. + Notes and Queries, 7th S. vii. 370.-ED.

came in, and the ecclesiastical bride was united to some more fortunate suitor. Peel's ministry, however, lasted only for a few months, and on the Whigs' return to office Carwithen was soon presented to Stoke Climsland, a valuable living in the gift of the Duchy of Cornwall, which he held till his death.

Middleton-Cheney Rectory, Banbury.

W. E. BUCKLEY.

1817.-LOCAL CASES OF LONGEVITY, 1880-1889.-At the request of several subscribers we herewith give a copy of our record of the deaths of persons 90 years old and upwards in this county and immediate neighbourhood since 1879:-Andrew Watchman, a centenarian, who died at Hill, Jan. 3rd, 1880; Rev. James Davies, formerly rector of Abbenhall, aged 96, on August 27th, 1881; Charles Gibbs,* for 40 years parish clerk of Matson, aged 99 years, on September 30th, 1881; Rev. H. Fitzgerald, rector of Bredon, aged 93 years, on April 20th, 1881; Thomas Young, at Tibberton, aged 104 years, on January 10th, 1881; Thomas Smart, at Siston, aged 101 years, on February 10th, 1881; Rev. J. Trowbridge, at Wotton-under-Edge, aged 95 years, on February 25th, 1881; Sergeant Brint, a Peninsular veteran, at Gloucester, aged 99 years, on March 6th, 1881; Mrs. Ann Webb, at Ledbury, aged 103 years, on August 4th, 1881; Sophia Vowles, in Bourton Workhouse, aged 100 years, on Nov. 9th, 1882; Mr. W. S. Dickins, J.P., aged 90 years, on August 18th, 1883; Miss C. A. Morris, at Clifton, aged 100 years, in July, 1883; Elizabeth Robbins, at Siddington, aged 100 years, on June 7th, 1884; Lady Cromie, at Witcomb, aged 92 years, on September 5th, 1885; Mary Broben, at Lydney, aged 103 years, on Nov. 16th, 1885; Mr. A. H. Jenkins, at Gloucester, aged 91 years, on Nov. 27th, 1886; Capt. J. M. Shipton, at Gloucester, aged 96 years, on February 27th, 1886; Miss Joanna Hastings, at Malvern, in her 104th year, on March 12th, 1886; Miss Amelia Abraham, at Gloucester, aged 92 years, on August 4th, 1886; Mrs. Maria Lane, at Hucclecote, aged 101 years, on January 25th, 1888; Mr. John Lovett, at Gloucester, aged 90 years, on June 5th, 1888; Mr. C. Brooke Hunt, J.P., aged 94 years, on September 19th, 1888; Canon Richard Harvey, in his 92nd year, on June 27th, 1889.-Gloucestershire Chronicle, Aug. 10, 1889.

In the same issue of the Chronicle these three cases have been recorded:-Anne Rogers Morris, at Promenade, Cheltenham, aged 90 years, on August 2nd, 1889; Robert James Farbridge, at Pittville Court, Cheltenham, aged 90 years, on August 5th, 1889; and, Elizabeth Thomas, widow of Evan Thomas, late of Gloucester, at Cardiff, aged 92 years, on August 7th, 1889. EDITOR.

1818. THE "GLOUCESTER JOURNAL" AND THE RAILWAYS.— Last week the Gloucester Journal, in an article purporting to

* For mention of this veteran see note on "Charles Gibbs, Parish Clerk of Matson, and his Predecessors," ante, iii. 37-41.

+ See note on "The Jews' Burial-ground at Gloucester," ante, p. 385.

"elucidate" the contemplated railway alterations in this city, made these remarkable statements :-"The Midland line was opened in 1844, the civic authorities of that day having allowed, on what reasonable ground is not apparent, the company to run their line right through the heart of the city, and at the same time on the same level as the adjoining streets. The Great Western line was constructed some few years later, and, whether the civic authorities had seen the error of their ways, or whether it was to suit the convenience of the company, it was made to take a sweep round the outside of the city in its approach to the station." We have never before seen so many inaccuracies in so few lines of print. In order that our contemporary may in its future efforts to assist in bringing about desirable railway improvements in Gloucester run on safe ground, and not get itself so much "off the line," we make it a present of the following accurate information:-The first railway which ran into this city was from Birmingham, was narrow gauge, and was opened for traffic to Gloucester on November 4th, 1840. On May 12th, 1845, the first train on the Great Western Railway, broad gauge, from London, ran here into the same station (the present Midland station). Trains from Bristol first ran from Stonehouse into Gloucester on the Great Western rails, but on the present curve from the millstream. After the Great Western system was continued to Cheltenham, being opened in October, 1847, passengers from London to Gloucester changed at the T station, and were conveyed by another train into the city. This changing arrangement continued till September, 1851, when the South Wales Railway was opened, and from and after this date the up and down trains ran into the one-sided Great Western station. The narrow gauge from Bristol to Gloucester was opened for traffic. on May 29th, 1854, since which time the Midland Company have had their own metals between Stonehouse and this city. The "civic authorities" had no more power than the man in the moon to protect the then thinly populated suburbs from the incursions of the railway companies, for they had no jurisdiction there till the city boundaries were extended as recently as the year 1874. The "heart of the city" was at the Cross, and not near the Park, when the Midland made entry in 1854, years after, and not before, the Western had, according to the Journal, been "made to take a sweep round the outside of the city."-Gloucestershire Chronicle, Aug. 3, 1889.

1819.-BRIMSCOMBE CHURCH: MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.-In 1879 accurate copies were taken of the two inscriptions* in the church of the Holy Trinity, Brimscombe, near Stroud :

1.

Near this spot | rest the remains of Mary, relict of James Legge, Esqre, who died November 22nd, 1845, | aged 78 years. |

* An index has been given in vol. i., p. 214.