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Rh &quot; Wilhelm read a sort of farce written in the Frankfort dialect, depicting the malheurs of a rich Frankfort trades man on a holiday jaunt on Sunday. It was very droll, and he read it admirably.&quot; Cleasby describes him as &quot;an uncommonly animated, jovial fellow.&quot; He was, accord ingly, much sought in society, which he frequented much more than his brother.

 GRIMMA, a town in the circle of Leipsic, Saxony, is situated on the left bank of the Mulde, 19 miles S.E. of Leipsic. In the Middle Ages it was an important com mercial town, but agriculture is now its principal industry, although its manufactures have for some time been increas ing. Besides large flour-mills there are yarn-bleaching and dyeing works, and outside the town are the Golzermiihle, which include an iron foundry and manufactories of paper and machinery. The principal buildings are the old castle, founded in the 12th century, in which the margraves of Meissen and the electors of Saxony often held court ; the tow r n-house, dating from 1442 ; the two normal semi naries ; the real school of the second order ; and the famous FiirstenscJiule (Illustre Moldanum) erected by the elector Maurice on the site of the former Augustine monastery and consecrated in 1550, having provision for 104 free scholars and 22 boarders, and a library now numbering 10,000 volumes. In the immediate neighbourhood are the Cister cian monastery in which Catherine von Bora lived, and the village of Doben, with an old castle in which Albert the Proud kept his father Ottoithe Rich prisoner. Grimma is of Sorbian origin, and came into the possession of Germany through the emperor Henry I. The population in 1875 was 7273.

 GRIMSBY,, a municipal and parliamentary borough and seaport town of England, county of Lincoln, is situated on the south side of the estuary of the Humber nearly opposite Spurn Head, and 17 miles E.S.E. of Hull. Since the opening in 1852, under the auspices of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, of extensive docks occupying a space of 140 acres reclaimed from the sea, the shipping trade of Grimsby has largely increased. A new dock connecting the royal dock with the old dock was opened by the Prince of Wales July 22, 1879. A dock of 26 acres in extent for the accommoda tion of the coal and timber trade is in course of construc tion ; and it is proposed still to supply additional dock accommodation by reclaiming 200 more acres from the Humber. In 1877 the number of British vessels that entered the port was 2837, with a tonnage of 355,218 ; of foreign vessels 847, with a tonnage of 258,243 ; the number of British vessels that cleared 2642, with a tonnage of 342,727 ; of foreign vessels 743, with a tonnage of 235,486. Steamers ply regularly between Grimsby and the more important Baltic ports. Until 1858 no fishing trawlers had their headquarters at Grimsby, but aince that period they have so increased that in 1877 the fishing craft numbered 505, with a tonnage of 29,924; and Grimsby has now become one of the largest fishing ports in the kingdom. For the use of the fishing vessels a special dock of 12 acres in extent was constructed; and another of 11 acres has lately been finished, as well as a graving dock capable of holding ten smacks at a time. Ice companies have also been established, with steamers of their own for conveying ice from Norway fur the use of the fisheries. Further particulars regarding the fishing trade of Grimsby will be found under the article FISHERIES, vol. ix. pp. 249, 250. The principal other industries are shipbuilding, iron and brass founding, brewing, and tanning. The chief buildings, besides the large warehouses extending along the docks, are the fine old parish church restored in 1859, the free grammar school, the custom-house, the mechanics institute, the hospital, the corn exchange, and the town- hall. A statue of the Prince Consort was unveiled 22d July 1879. The population of the municipal borough in 1861 was 11,067, and of the parliamentary borough 15,060; in 1871 the numbers were 20,244 and 26,982. The area of the former is 1737, and of the latter 16,330 acres.

 GRINDAL, (c. 1519-1583), archbishop of Canterbury, was born at Hensingham in the parish of St Bees, Cumberland, about 1519. He was educated at Cambridge, where he became fellow of Pembroke Hall in 1538, and president in 1549. In the following year lie was appointed chaplain to Bishop Ridley, in August 1551 precentor of St Paul s, in November chaplain to Edward VI., and in July 1552 prebendary of Westminster. On the accession of Mary in 1553 he took refuge on the Con tinent, staying chiefly at Strasburg, where he acquired a competent knowledge of German, and occupied himself also in collecting the &quot; writings and stories of the learned and pious sufferers in England,&quot; the result of his inquiries being afterwards communicated to John Foxe, and incor porated by him in his Book of Martyrs. Returning to England under the new regime in 1558, he assisted in the preparation of the new liturgy, and was also one of the eight Protestant divines chosen to hold public disputes with the popish prelates. In 1559 he was appointed to the mastership of Pembroke Hall, and in the same year he succeeded Bonner as bishop of London, in which capacity he, along with Archbishop Parker, shared in 1565 in the responsibility of suspending those of the London clergy who refused to submit to the Act of Uniformity, on which account an indignant mob of clergymen s wives appeared before his house at St Paul s, and were with difficulty per suaded by one of the suspended clergymen to go away quietly. In 1570 Grindal was appointed to the see of York, from which he was translated to Canterbury in February 1576. Having in the same year incurred the royal dis pleasure by refusing to suppress the meetings held among the clergy for &quot; the exercise of prophesying,&quot; he was ultimately, in June 1577, by order of the Star Chamber con fined to his house and sequestered for six months. As in November he refused to make a formal submission to the queen, his suspension was continued for several years : but though a petition for his restoration, which was drawn up by convocation in 1580, was not immediately granted, it would appear that in 1 582 he had resumed, at least partially, the exercise of his ecclesiastical functions. About the end of this year the queen, on account of his blindness, re quested him to retire on a pension, but the negotiations connected with his resignation were not completed till April 1583, and it was only after his death at Croydon, July 6th of the same year, that Whitgift, who had been nominated his successor, entered upon the see. Though