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54. Sacred to the memory | of the Right Reverend ; Michael Solomon Alexander, D.D. | First Protestant Bishop in Jerusalem I whose, Christian love | won the good will of his brethren of Israel | Whose Christian wisdom | Triumphed over peculiar difficulties \ And conciliated | The high regards of other Churches | Whose meekness, zeal, and Christian simplicity | Secured the affec- tion of all who knew him. | He fell asleep in the

Lord | Nov. 23, 1845. ! In the year of his

age | By the grace of God, I am what I am.

On the second side is a Greek inscription, on the third a German, and on the fourth a Hebrew. Upon a large monument of four varieties of stone.

55. Sacred | To the memory of the Right Rev. | Samuel Gobat, D.D. | From 1846-1879 | Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem | Born Jan. 26, 1799. Died May 11, 1879. | Also of Maria R. C. Gobat | His wife | Born Nov. 9, 1813. Died Aug. 1879. | Blessed are the dead which die | In the Lord, yea | Saith the Spirit, that they may | Rest from their | Works. Rev. xiv. 13.

On the second side is an Arabic inscription ; on the third, one in Hebrew ; and on the fourth one in German, with a marble medallion of the Bishop's head. On an upright panel is cut a mitre.

56. In [ Loving memory of | Mary Fearne Price | Until the day break | And the shadows flee away.

On the other side is inscribed : Mary Fearne Price | Taken home | January 18, 1885. On a stonecross.

57. She is not | Dead, but | Sleepeth. [ In loving | Memory of | Mary Elizabeth | Beloved wife of | Rev. R. Elliott Goza | Who fell asleep Oct. 1, 1887. | Aged 31. On a stone wheel cross.

58. In | Loving Memory of | Robert Houghton I Only child | Of i Richard and Frances C.

Hughes ! Died April 17th, 1899. Aged 3 years 4 months. | Jesus called a little Child unto Him. Matt, xviii. 2. On a marble cross.

59. In loving memory | Of | Sydney | Son of j^ Thomas and Caroline | Gibbon | Of Bowdon,

England, and C.M.S. Missionary I in Jerusalem Who fell asleep | July 19, 1899. I Aged 30. Ready to die at Jerusalem i For the Name | Of the Lord Jesus. On a flat stone.

60. Gladys i Rowena Connor | Whom Jesus called To Himself | May 31st, 1888. | Aged 10 months. On a flat stone.

61. Cyril Herbert Marriott | Filius Rev. Herbert Marriott | Dec. xvi., &c. A Latin text follows. On a flat stone.

62. Sacred | To the memory of | Edward Mac- cowan, M.D. | Physician for seventeen years to the Jerusalem Mission of the | Society for Promoting Christianity | Among the Jews | And entered into hia rest | On the vi. February, 1860.

1 Peter ii. 7.
 * Unto you which believe j Christ is precious |

Besides the above, there are inscriptions to Katie Kelk (63), F. W. Adeney (64), H. Israel (65), M. Benoriel (66), Dr. Schick (67), M. Dickinson (68), E. Piazza (69), R. Batte- sen (70), W. Hope (71), the Rev. C. F. Waton (72), C. H. Hillyer (73), and others in Arabic and German. DELTA.

LORD MACAULAY AND WILLIAM THOMS. That the originator of ' N. & Q., T a journal founded for the solving of problems, should himself form the subject for a problem, would indeed have been a matter of surprise to him, yet " Claudius Clear " recently offered in The British Weekly a book for the best reply to the following :

" Lord Macaulay once met Mr. W. J. Thorns, the antiquary, in the Library of the House of Lords. Mr. Thorns mentioned to Lord Macaulay that he could not quite understand why Pope had satirised Dryden in ' The Dunciad.' Lord Macaulay said that Mr. Thorns must be mistaken, and with his usual eloquence, before an audience of a score of peers, he spoke for nearly half an hour in support of his opinion, and proved beyond all doubt that it was impossible that Pope could or would have lampooned Dryden. Mr. Thorns- had all this time a copy of ' The Dunciad ' in his pocket, with the page turned down at the passage. What should Mr. Thorns have done, and why ? "

In The British Weekly for the 4th inst. it was announced that the prize had been awarded to R. M. Rees, Paulton, Bristol, who had replied as follows :

" Mr. Thorns should have gone home and sent a letter to Lord Macaulay, quoting the lines referred to and giving the place where they could be found, at the same time thanking Lord Macaulay for his most interesting and illuminating: discussion of the subject, which both for Mr. Thorns' own sake and that of the other auditors, he had found himself quite unable to interrupt."

Claudius Clear adds :

" What Mr. Thorns did, I believe, was to- go home and to take no action whatever, but curiously enough no competitor has suggested this course."

Between Macaulay and Thorns, as I am aware, there was a feeling of deep regard. My father has often spoken to me of their friendship, and the respect the great his- torian had for our founder's learning. Macaulay would frequently show this. On his being called to the House of Lords, when he was receiving the congratulations- of many peers in the library, he noticed that Thorns had joined the group, and at once went to him and expressed great pleasure that he should be among those who rejoiced at the honour that had been bestowed upon him. Among the many references in 'N. & Q.' to Macaulay is one on the 1st of December, 1854, relating to the publica- tion on the 17th of vols. iii. and iv. of his- ' History.' Twenty-five thousand copies had been printed, but these were not sufficient to meet the demand, and "the press is- already at work on a second impression." JOHN C. FRANCIS.