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There are tablets to the memory of Robert Hall in Harvey Lane and Belvoir Street Baptist Chapels.

Bristol. Robert Hall died at Bristol in 1 831, and was interred in the old Broad Mead Chapel graveyard, but in 1853 his remains were removed to Arnos Vale Cemetery. The grave lies to the west of the entrance gate, and is surmounted by a large altar-shaped coped memorial. This was erected by W. R. Warren (who married his eldest daughter, Eliza) in March, 1854. At the east end a bust of Robert Hall is carved in high relief, and the following inscriptions thereon refer to him :

(S. cope) In this vault

are deposited the remains of

the Revd. Robert Hall, M.A.

Born at Arnsby in the county

of Leicester, May ,2nd 1764.

Died in Bristol February 21st 1831.

(X. side) In

Robert Hall the highest powers of intellect and eloquence

were concentrated,

during a life of continued pain,

to the glory of God in preaching the gospel of

Jesus Christ. The humility of his heart, the simplicity and

benignity of his manner,

were not less remarkable than

the extraordinary strength and grandeur of his

mind, and that sublime and hallowed oratory by which

he was pre-eminently distinguished.

He expired with the unfinished aspiration on his

lips " Come, Lord Jesus, come "

" There shall be no more pain."

T. G. (W. end)

The Remains of the Revd. Robert Hall,

and those of William Warren, were removed from the Baptist Chapel Burial Ground, in Broad Mead, Bristol, to this Vault, December 5th, 1853.

The rest of the space on the memorial is taken up with inscriptions to the memory of his wife, daughters, and other members of his family.

On a tablet in Broad Mead Chapel, amongst other inscriptions is recorded :

The Rev. Robert Hall, A.M.

Pastor of this Church 5 years

Died 21st Feb. 18 31, 'aged 60.

DR. CHALMERS.

Edinburgh. On 27 June, 1878, a bronze statue of the Rev. Thomas Chalmers, D.D., was inaugurated, and addresses delivered by Sir John M'Neill, Lord Moncrieff, the Rev. Dr. Hanna, Provost Swan, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. It is placed in George Street, at the crossing of Castle

Street. The sculptor was Sir John Steell r and the statue is 12ft. high, standing on a. pedestal of polished Peterhead granite,, 15ft. high.

" Dr. Chalmers is represented as standing before an assemblage in quiescent attitude. He is attired in a rich Geneva gown, with ' buckled' shoon ' on his feet, being the attire he wore as Moderator of the General Assembly. The left hand supports an open quarto Bible, and the open right hand is brought round over the top of it. The face is an admirable likeness ; the grand leonine head, with the broad manly brow, around which the shaggy locks lie carelessly, yet majestic- ally, at once recalls the presence of Chalmers."

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. SAILORS.

My good friend MR. HARRY HEMS, of Exeter, points out a palpable error into* which I have drifted respecting the Drake statues (ante, p. 184). He reminds me- that Boehm's original statue was erected at Tavistock in 1883, and that a replica was given by the Duke of Bedford to Plymouth,, and unveiled on the Hoe on 14 Feb., 1884.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. (11 S. viii. 185.)

MR. G. H. WHITE kindly informs me that there is a statue of Sir John Franklin at Hobart, Tasmania. He was Governor of that colony (Van Diemen's Land) from 1834 to 1843. The statue, which is of bronze,, stands in the centre of Franklin Square, near the G.P.O. and Town Hall. The stone- pedestal is surrounded by a small basin.

" J. T. PAGE.

THE

(To & continued.)

FREEMAN'S JOURNAL/ 1763-1913.

(See ante, pp. 321, 344, 363.)

MUCH is given in this Jubilee record in praise of Dublin, and in the article on ' Dublin Industries, Past and Present,' the following lines are quoted from a poem of St. Benean in the ' Book of Rights ' :

Gifts of commerce froni all parts,

Gift of ever- widening marts,

Gift in church of reverent hearts,

Bless stout Dublin town.

And Aldfrid, King of Northumbria, who- visited the School of Lismore in the seventh century, is also quoted :

I found in the fair surface Leinster,

From Dublin to Sliev Margy,

Long-living men, health, prosperity,

Bravery, hardihood, and traffic.