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commemorative of the event was unveiled 28 Jan., 1900.

WELLINGTON.

Glasgow. In response to my request at the penultimate reference MB. T. F. DONALD has kindly supplied me with the following particulars :

" As a result of a public meeting held at Glasgow in February, 1840, an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington was erected in front of the Royal Exchange in that city. It is the work of Baron Marochetti, and consists of a granite base, sur- mounted by a statue of the Duke on horseback. He is attired in a Field-Marshal's uniform, and wears the collar of the Order of the Garter, and the Order of the Golden Fleece. On one side of the granite base is an alto - relievo depicting the battle of Assaye, on the other the battle of Waterloo. On one end a youth at the plough, on the other the soldier's return home. The statue was inaugurated on 8 October, 1840, when there were present the Scots Greys, the 92nd Highlanders, and a large number of Pensioners, many of whom wore the Waterloo medal.

" When the Duke was apprised of the intention to erect this memorial he remarked that he regarded this ' as one of the highest compliments I have ever received, coming as it does altogether unexpectedly from a city of such rank and importance.'

" The statue and the alto-relievos are of bronze."

Dublin. Through the kindness of MR. WM. MACARTHTJR I am enabled to correct an error. There is no equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington near the memorial in Phoenix Park, as stated. (See also ante, p. 175.) JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itohington, Warwickshire.

(To be continued.)

EPITAPHIANA.

ON the chancel floor of East Mersea Church, Essex, is the following inscription on a splendidly preserved brass :

Mawdlyn thy name it did so hite

Whiles here thou didst remaine

Thy soule is fled to heaven right

Of this I am certaine.

Owtred also, by husband thyne,

Thou hadst likewise to name :

Though thou from hence hast take thy flight

Yet here remaines thy fame.

Thy bodie nowe in grave remaines

All covered in clay :

Whiche here sometimes, didst live as we,

Do nowe still at this day.

A thousand and fyve hundred eke

Seaventie and two also :

She leaft this life for heavenly joy,

As I do truly knowe

December month when dayes are colde,

She bured was in grave

The eight thereof right justly tolde

Witnes by booke we have.

The church itself is old and most interest- ing, though little known, and disfigured seventy years ago by the erection of large, square, high pews, painted buff, throughout the nave, and a large gallery blocking out a fine west window. The walls of the tower are of immense thickness, with a remarkable iron door to the staircase; it was used as- a stronghold against "foreign invaders" in olden times. An attempt is being made to remove the galleries and pews, and money is much required, the neighbourhood being very poor. P. A. F. STEPHENSON.

THE LIGHTNING'S VICTIM. On a tall elm tree, by the entrance to a footpath a mile or so from Bishop's Stortford, is a memorial engraved upon a metal tablet gradually becoming indecipherable. It runs :

Reader, this plate records the death of

John Rosebrook, Which took place on the 10th day of

August, 1866.

He was struck dead by lightning under this tree. He was in humble life, but

much respected.

Be ye also ready as

our hope is this our brother was.

J. A. H. C. A. A. H.

The tree does not appear to have been injured by the stroke : it is now in full vigour, and is about 70 or 80 years old.

W. B. GEBISH.

SHEPLEYS or MIRFIELD. The following inscriptions are a remarkable series. They relate to the same family, and are in the same churchyard (Mirfield).

Here lyeth the Body of Daniell Shepley the younger, who departed this life the 25 day of January A Dom. 1630.

Our Brother 's dead, alas, I Here 's Body lies

Death's Prisoner, to the | Worms a Sacrifice.

His Soule has taken wing | to heaven tis gon.

His body rests till | the Resurrection,

Which when the world shall | bee by Flames calcin'd

Shall rise incorruptible | like gold refin'd.

Here Daniell Shepley resteth in the Dust, Untill the Resurrection of the Just Natus March the 24th A" Doini 1621

Danatus June y e 12 th 1692

Of Richard Shepley here are all th' remain*

Except what Eternity contains

Qui obiit Feb: 10th 1695

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Elizabeth his wife sleeps underground

Untill y c last and final trumpet sound.

Obiit June 9th 1706