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 i28.ni. APRIL 14, i9i7.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

SOME AUSTRALIAN MEMORIAL

INSCRIPTIONS.

I. ST. PHILIP'S CHUKCH, SYDNEY, N.S.W. THE following abstracts were made in 1895 :

1. Tablet in East Wall. Ann, wife of the Rev. William Cowper, Senior Assistant Chaplain, who departed this life xxv. January MDCCCXXXI. a. XLIX. years, <tc.

2. Brass Plate. Alfred James Lewington, Commander of N.S.W. Naval Brigade, Vice- President and a Member of the Council of N.S.W. Rifle Association, and Warden of this church. D. 20th June, 1891, a. 53 years, &c. (Coat of arms.)

3. Marble Tablet. Robert Campbell, Esqre., youngest son of the last of the old Lairds of Ashfield (cadets of Duntroon in Argyleshire, North Britain), who departed this life on the 18th of April in the year of our Lord 1846, a. 76; and Sophia, his wife, youngest d. of John Palmer, Esqre., who departed this life on the 5th of May in the year of our Lord 1833, a. 55, and were both interred in the family vault at Paramatta,

4. On Brass Lectern. In Memory of the Revd. Thomas O'Reilly, Canon of St. Andrew's Cathe- dral, and Incumbent of this church for 12 years, d. December 18th, 1881.

5. Brass Plate on East Wall of Chancel. The gift of Alexander Stuart, K.C.M.G., d. 17 June, 1886, And of Christiana Eliza, his widow, d. 26 May, 1889.

6. East Window (coloured glass). Robert Gidley King. B. March 7th, 1854. D. April 6th, 1855.

7. Marble Tablet on South Side of Chancel. Erected by parishioners and other friends in memory of the Venerable William Cowper, D.D., Archdeacon of Cumberland, Senior Assistant Chaplain in this Colony, and for 40 years the beloved pastor of this parish. Possessed of con- siderable natural ability which divine grace had sanctified, he gave himself wholly to the work of the Ministry. At the invitation of the Revd. "imuel Marsden, and constrained by the love of

hrist, he came to the Colony August 18th, 1809. ["o the close of his long career he laboured with

anstancy and zeal for the salvation of his fellow-

len. Those truths of the Gospel which he set forth in his public ministry were adorned by his Consistent life, and sustained him in the hour of

is departure, revered by multitudes who had long observed him, and loved by all who knew him. He finished his honourable and useful course on the sixth day of July, 1858, aged 79 years.

8. Brass Tablet on West Side of Chancel. The st window of this church is erected to the Glory

God, and in memory of Richard Wyatt Alger econd and youngest son of William Cosins Alger ind Jane Wyatt, his wife. B. at Hatfield Broadoak, Essex, England, 9th November, 1823 D. at Sydney 27th September, 1838.

9. Brass Tablet on West Side of Chancel, within Sacrarium. In memory of the Rev. Thomas O'Reilly, for twelve years Incumbent of this Church, and Canon of St. Andrew's Cathedral D. Deer. 18th, 1881.

10. Under Three-Light Window in Belfry. homas John James Day, b. March 30th, 1818

Also Jane Day, b. March "19th, 1842.

11. Stone on North Side of East Entrance under ?ower. The Building of this Church was com- menced A.D. 1798, and was finally completed A.D. 1810. This stone was removed from the old

'hurch of St. Philip, the foundation stone of rhich was laid on October 1st, 1800, by Captain J. G. King, R.N. It was consecrated on Decem- >er 25th, 1810, and continued to be used for divine ervice till March 27th, 1856, when the present church was consecrated.

12. Water - Colour in Vestry. St. Philip's turch, Sydney, opened 1807, pulled down 1859.

13. Photograph of same.

14. Oil Painting. Portrait of the Rev. Canon O'Reilly, presented to St. Philip's Church by the members of his Bible Class, A.D. 1882.

15. Portrait of Rev. W. Cowper.

The next article will describe memorial inscriptions in the Scots Church, Sydney.

J. W. FAWCETT. Consett, co. Durham.

CHARLES LAMB, THOMAS WESTWOOD, AND STACKHOUSE'S ' HISTORY OF THE BIBLE.' [ have just been reading the letters of Thomas West wood to Lady Alwyne Comptonj published in 1914 under the title of ' A Literary Friendship.' In these letters he refers to some of his contributions to N. & Q.,' and about one of these (4 S. x. 405) I should like to make a few remarks.

Mr. Westwood says that he has become the possessor of a copy of Stackhouse's ' History of the Bible,' described so vividly by Lamb in his ' Witches and other Night Fears.' His first search " was for the Witch of Endor, but behold, there was no Witch of Endor anywhere ! ''

Now Lamb does not talk of the Witch of Endor, but of the " Witch raising up Samuel (O that old man covered with a mantle !)." It is true that the Witch is not seen in the picture, but that does not matter ; it was the Old Man, and nothing else, that haunted little Charles's dreams. The picture, which is Plate XIII. in Stackhouse, is given by E. V. Lucas, both in his ' Life of Lamb ' and in his notes to the ' Essays of Elia.'

Next, Mr. Westwood speaks of the Ark, and again he is disappointed :

" I looked in vain for the elephant and camel that ought to have been ' staring out of the two last windows next the steerage.' There loomed the Ark, indeed, lazy and lumbering, in the middle distance, there were the sons of men, drunken and debauched, in the foreground, but the elephant and camel had paired off with the Witch of Endor."

Now this is very curious. In my edition of Stackhouse (the second) Plate IV. gives the Ark (truly " a unique piece of naval architecture") exactly as Lamb describes it,