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 12 S. IV. AUG., 1918.]

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. SIR R. LYTTLETON.

Lostwithiel, Cornwall. In Boconnoo Park is a granite obelisk, erected in 1771 by the first Lord Camelford in memory of his maternal uncle. It is 123 feet high, and stands in the centre of a square entrench- ment, supposed to have been thrown up at the time of the Civil War, when Charles I. had his head-quarters at Boconnoc House hard by. On the pedestal is inscribed :

" In gratitude and affection to the memory of Sir Richard Lyttleton, and to perpetuate the remembrance of that peculiar character of benevolence which rendered him the delight of his own age and worthy the veneration of pos- terity, 1771."

Its apex was once shattered by lightning. The obelisk was repaired by Mr. W. Larkins, a steeplejack, in 1910.

Boconnoc lies about four miles east of Lostwithiel.

H. M. GRYLLS.

Helston, Cornwall. In Coinage Hall Street, close by the bowling-green, is a memorial arch built of granite ashlar. The piers are strongly buttressed, and from the head rise four octagonal pinnacles. It bears the following inscription :

To the memory of Humphry Millett Grylls. Raised by subscription MDCCCXXXIV.

SIR A. L. JONES.

Liverpool. A memorial to Sir Alfred Jones, placed on the river front near Prince's Pier and the Dock offices, was in- augurated on July 5, 1913. It was de- signed by Sir George Frampton. On the granite plinth is a draped female figure emblematical of Liverpool overlooking the shipping on the Mersey, and at the side? are other figures typifying Commerce and Medical Research. Above is a bust me- dallion of Sir Alfred, with the following inscription :

" In memory of Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, a ship- owner, strenuous in business. He enlarged the commerce of his country by his mercantile en- terprise, and as founder of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine made science tributary to civilization in Western Africa and the Colonies of the British Empire."

SIR F. AND LADY ELDRIDGE.

Croydon. A drinking-fountain, placed on Pollard's Hill, was inaugurated July 2,1913. It is thus inscribed :

" This fountain was erected by a few burgesses and friends as a token of appreciation of the munificent gift of Pollard's Hill as an open space to the borough of Croydon by Sir Frederick and Lady Eldridge, July, 1913."

EARL OF SELKIRK.

Kirkcudbright. In the High Street, close by the entrance to the parish churchyard, stands a massive granite Cross on a square pedestal. On the tapering base, fronting the road, a brass plate is inserted, bearing the following inscription :

Erected by Cecily Louisa,

Countess of Selkirk, in loving memory of her husband

Dunbar James, Earl of Selkirk.

Born 22 April, 1809: Died 11 April, 1885.

" A man greatly beloved." x. Dan. 11.

ELEANOR DOVE.

Cullercoats, near Tynemouth. On the Dove Marine Laboratory a slab is inserted in the wall, bearing the following inscrip- tion :

" Erected 1908 by Wilfrid H. Hudleston, M.A., F.R.S., for the furtherance of Marine Biology, and as a memorial of his ancestress, Eleanor Dove."

The laboratory was opened by the Duke of -Northumberland in October, 1908.

JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

(To be continued.)

THE CORRESPONDENCE OF RICHARD EDWARDS, 1669-79.

(See 12 S. iii. 1, 44, 81, 122, 161, 205, 244, 262, 293, 323, 349, 377, 409, 439, 470, 498; iv. 39, 96, 151.)

LETTER LXXXV. John Smith to Richard Edwards.

(O.C. 3701.)

Decca November 15th 1672. Mr Richard Edwards Loving Freind

I have not heard from you since Mr Vickers's departure, nor long before, neither have I received the things desired of you: The peeces flowerd stuff Mr Vickers sett to working for you are not ready, soe have sent you a ps. of the Choice of mine with some peeces of Cloth as under written. They are sealed up in wax Cloth and sent by John Norton.*

with Richard Moseley, a dyer in the Company's service, in 1677, and caused great trouble between the English and the native Governor of HuglT. He was arrested in March, and died in prison six months later.
 * John Norton, a " freeman," allied himself