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 14          THE MONTHLY " Sir Christopher Walshingham," said he, we     ask thy forgiveness. But trust me, a Scottish knight now asks from thee something else that beauty or wealth. He asks the hand of the daughter in honourable wedlock.

" It is granted! it is granted!" exclaimed Sir Christopher; "and now, my lord Abbot, thy     mistaken zeal in calling Lord Marlowe and my-      self to this place to stay the nuptials of my daugh-      ter, has cansed the death of the guilty. Thy      sanctuary has been polluted with human blood, but      a rich reward shall, we trust, wipe out the stain      and we now ask thee to seal the nuptials of the      lovers in a way befitting the daughter of Sir Chris-      topher Walshinghame." M

MANCHESTER,

What's in a Name.--It appears that, while Manchester is now acknowledged to be amongst the greatest commercial towns in Britain, it also boasts not a few peculiarities worthy of remark. And by urning over Pigot's new Directory, it     will be found to be a seat of royalty, as it contains at present, no less than 25 Kings, and although we     have no Queens, yet there are 30 Princes, 4 Dukes 3 Earls, 47 Lords, 21 Barons, and 36 Knights We can also boast of having 2 Bishops, 80 Deans 21 Proctors, 11 Popes, 3 Priests, 3 Prophets, and 5 Monks; still it is lamentable to think that they are only 2 Christians in the whole community. we take places of Worship, it would appear that the