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" I that did lend and yearly spend Thousands out of my purse-a ; And gave the King a wond'rous thing, At once a hundred horse-a."

A singular pamphlet in prose was also printed in 1641, entitled

" Newes from Sir John Sucklin, being a Relation of his Conversion from a Papist to a Protestant; also what Torment he endured by those of the Inquisition in Spaine ; and how the Lord Lekeux, his Accuser, was strucken dumbe, hee going to have the Sentence of Death passed upon him. Sent in a Letter to the Lord Conway, now being in Ireland. Printed for M. Rookes, and are to be sold in Grub Street, 1641."

This rare tract is far too marvellous to receive entire credit ; but some portions may be true. The writer says that Sir John Suckling, after his flight from London, took up his residence at Rouen, and from thence removed to Paris. Here he commenced an amour with a lady of distinction, but was soon compelled to make his escape, in order to avoid the fury of Lord Lequeux, the lady's former lover. Suckling fled to Spain, where he was followed by the nobleman, who accused him of having conspired the death of the King of Spain. After suffering various tortures he was condemned to death, but was saved by the remorse of his enemy, who confessed to his having accused him falsely. The tract concludes :

" Sir John and his lady are now living at the Hague in Holland, piously and religiously, and grieve at nothing, but that he did the kingdom of England wrong."

But puritanical malignity (for this production evidently came from that faction) was not yet ex- hausted. A large folio sheet was printed, in the centre of which an engraving represents two cava- liers, in the splendid dress and flowing hair so offensive to the roundheads ; they are surrounded with dice and drinking cups, as emblems of de- bauchery and profusion ; while 6he paper, which is closely printed, condemns in strong language, interlarded with an abundance of scriptural illus- trations and texts, all evil practices and con- versation. Beneath the engraving in the centre are the following verses :

' Much meate doth gluttony produce,

And makes a man a swine ; But hee's a temperate man indeed,

That with a leafe can dine. Hee needes no napkin for his handes,

His fingers for to wipe ; He hath his kitchen in a box,

His roaste meate in a pipe."

This singular production, which is launched against the levities of Suckling's youthful days, is entitled The Sucklington Faction, or Suckling's Roaring Boyes.

In 1642, and immediately after Sir John's death, was published a fourth performance, termed A Copy of Two Remonstrances brought over the

river Stix in Caroris Ferry-Boate, by the Ghost of Sir John Suckling.

The above-named curious tracts are slightly noticed in the Rev. Alfred Suckling's Life of his disfinguished ancestor, and the originals are pre- served in the British Museum, in the noble collec- tion presented by His Majesty King George III. EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS FIRST ESTABLISHED BY S. CARLO BORROMEO.

(2 nd S. i. 232.)

K. P. D. E. will find all the information he wishes for, concerning Sunday Schools and Poor Schools in Rome, in the second volume of Mori- chini's Jstituti di Roma. Five chapters are de- voted to the Roman poor schools. Chap. xi. The regionary schools - pp. 98 104

xii. Schools taught by religious 104 ill

xiii. Night schools. - 1^1 122

xiv. Girls' schools - - 122 131

xv. Parish schools - - 131133

From his account we find that in Rome there are fifty regionary or divisional schools, containing about 1656 children, under the care of eighty- three masters and assistants ; each master being permitted to receive but sixty pupils, unless aided by an assistant. A clerical committee appointed by the cardinal-vicar meets weekly on the busi- ness of the schools, and frequently visits the schools. The schools of the Regulars are those of the " Congregation of the Scuole Pie," instituted by S. Joseph Calasanctius, and whose members are bound by solemn vow to give gratuitous in- struction to the poor. This congregation has five schools, with 350 pupils. The members of the " Congregation of the Christian Doctrine " have five schools, with 310 pupils. The "Brotherhood of the Christian Schools," instituted by J. Baptiste de Salle, has five schools, with 1690 pupils.

Sunday schools were first founded by S. C. Borromeo, and in Milan. (See Annali di Statistica, Milano, Feb. 1834, p. 199.) In Rome the Sunday schools are united with night schools, as one day in the week is too little for the purpose of edu- cating children who are at work. Night schools were first opened in Rome in 1819, by Giacomo Casoglio. They now amount to eight schools, with 1000 pupils, and are conducted by a volun- tary association, composed of governors, bene- factors, and instructors, who give their services gratis. Only those children who cannot attend day schools are admitted. On Sundays and holi- days the pupils meet chiefly for religious instruc- tion and prayer ; on week days the schools are opened in the evening for an hour and half, during which the children are taught reading, writing,