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face has been polished to receive the follow- ing inscription :

Near this spot

"Valter Scott, Junr.,

Df Newcastle-on-Tyne

Son of the Contractor for this Railway

lost his life by the accidental overturning


 * >f a locomotive

September 22nd, 1880,

aged 21 years.

His body was taken to Newcastle for burial.

SIB HENRY EDWARDS.

Weymouth. In 1886 a statue was erected to commemorate Sir Henry Edwards. It Is placed near the pier, and represents him .standing erect, and grasping a roll of papers. The pedestal is thus inscribed

" Erected by public subscription, A.D. 1886, to perpetuate the memory of the public services, munificent charity, and private worth of Sir Henry Edwards, M.P., one of the representatives of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the House of Commons from 1867 to 1885, when the town ceased to be a Parliamentary borough."

Sir IL Edwards died in 1897, aged 76, is buried at Weymouth.

JOHN KNIIX.

St. Ives, Cornwall. This curious monu- ment was erected by John Knill dxu-ing his lifetime, and was intended for his burial- place ; but his remains rest within the church of St. Andrew, Holborn, London. It stands on an elevated spot known a Worvas Hill, a little to the south-east of St. Ives, and consists of a triangular base- ment, each side measuring 25 ft. This is surmounted by a pedestal from which rises a lofty triangular spire. The structure is entirely composed of ashlar granite, and stands upon a square floor of the same material. On the three sides of the spire -are inscribed as follows : <South) Johannes Knill

1782.

(East) I know that my Redeemer liveth. (South-west) Resurgam.

Beneath the last is a shield containing Knill's arms Gules, a lion rampant or, within an orle of cross- crosslets fitchee.

Knill died March 29, 1811, leaving the monument in trust to the care of the in- cumbent, the mayor, and the collector of Customs of St. Ives. This necessitates a visit (with certain strange formalities) to the monument every five years on the feast of St. James the Apostle, followed by -a banquet and the distribution of certain /bequests.

COLIN MINTON CAMPBEIX.

Stoke-upon-Trent. In {he centre of the town is a statue to this famous potteiy manufacturer. The inscription on the pedestal speaks for itself :

(Front) Colin Minton Campbell.

Born Aug: 27th, 1827. Died Feb: 8th, 1885. (Right side) High Sheriff 1869.

Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire

1874 to 1880.

Thrice Mayor of Stoke 1880-1883. (Left side) A Successful Manufacturer A Leading Townsman and Generous Friend. (Back) Inverted by Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland, on the 1st January, 1887, in the ^

3rd Year of the Mayoralty of Alderman Leason.

GODFREY SYKES.

Sheffield. This monument is erected in Weston Park, and consists of a terra-cotta column and a pedestal containing inscrip- tions and medallions. One of the latter contains a portrait of Mr. Sykes, and on the other are represented the working tools of his art. The two remaining sides are thus inscribed :

" This monument Avas erected by the inhabitants of Sheffield in the year 1871, in memory of Godfrey Sykes. The column placed upon this pedestal is his work."

" Born at Malton in the year 1824 ; a pupil and afterwards Master of the School of Art in this town ; he was called to London in the year 1859 to superintend the decorations of South Kensing- ton Museum, and died there 1866."

The terra-cotta pillars of the entrance gates to Weston Park weie constructed from models executed by Mr. Sykes at South Kensington.

SIR WFLLIAM HARPUR.

Bedford. This statue occupies a niche over the entrance to the Town Hall, for- merly the Grammar School. It was ordered by the Trustees of the Harpur Charities on Oct. 13, 1766, from Benjamin Palmer of Bedford Row, London, and represents Sir William in his robes as Alderman of London, of which city he was Lord Mayor in 1561. A monument was at the same time erected in St. Paul's Church, hard by, where he was buried. The two memorials cost something over 200Z. It has been stated by a com- petent authority that the statue is modelled on an effigy of Colley Cibber. It is certainly not regarded as a likeness of Sir Wm.