for some time curate of Brading, and while here, he wrote those celebrated tracts of the "Annals of the Poor," which have been so extensively circulated in every part of the globe. The "Young Cottager" was buried in this churchyard; the following inscription is on her monument.

Sacred to the Memory of "LITTLE JANE," who died 30th January, 1799, in the 15th year of her age.

Ye who the power of God delight to trace,
And mark with joy each monument of grace,
Tread lightly o'er this grave, as ye explore
"The short and simple annals of the poor.'

A child reposes underneath this sod,
A child to memory dear, and dear to God.
Rejoice, yet shed the sympathetic tear-
Jane, the Young Cottager,' lies buried here.

The following is on Mrs. Ann Berry's monument, which "Little Jane read when she came out into the churchyard, and liked them so well that she learned them."

FORGIVE, blest shade! the tributary tear

That mourns thy exit from a world like this; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss.

No more confined to grovelling scenes of night;
No more a tenant, pent in mortal clay,
Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight,
And trace thy journey to the realms of day!

ARRETON, Some two or three miles from Newport and six from Brading, is also an interesting spot on account of its being the place of the interment of the "Dairyman's Daughter," so well known throughout the Christian world. The monument in the churchyard has the following inscription.

To the Memory of ELIZABETH WALLBRIDGE, "The Dairyman's Daughter," who died May 30, 1801, aged 31 years, she being dead, yet speaketh.

Stranger! if e'er by chance or feeling led,
Upon this hallowed turf thy footsteps tread,
Turn from the contemplation of this sod
And think on her whose spirit rests with God.
Lowly her lot on earth; but He, who bore
Tidings of grace and blessings to the poor,
Gave her, his truth and faithfulness to prove,
The choicest pleasures of his boundless love--

Faith, that dispelled affliction's darkest gloom,
Hope, that could cheer the passage to the tomb,
Peace, that not Hell's dark legions could destroy,
And Love, that filled the soul with heavenly joy.
Death of its sting disarmed, she knew no fear,
But tasted heaven e'en while she lingered here.
Oh! happy saint! may we, like thee, be blest-
In life be faithful, and in death find rest!

The Dairyman's cottage is at Spicers, a mile and a half from Arreton, where he was in the habit of occasionally visiting his daughter during her last illness. Mr. Richmond's "Negro Servant" lived in the family of an officer in the neighborhood. His "young cottager" was one of his Sunday-school children, and the first fruits of his ministry in that neighborhood.

father, an excellent classical scholar. At the age of seventeen, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the ministry of the Church of England, in 1797, and commenced his duties as curate of the adjoining parishes of Brading and Yaverland. The prospect of a more extended sphere of usefulness, and the inadequacy of his income to meet the demands of an increasing family, he was induced to become an assistant chaplain of the Lock Hospital. Soon after, in 1805, he became Rector of Turvey, in Bedfordshire. The traits by which he gained so much celebrity, were first communicated to the public through the medium of the “Christian Guardian.” In 1814, these tracts were united in one volume under the title of the "Annals of the Poor." It is said, that the Emperor Alexander of Russia, was so well pleased with this work, that he sent Mr. Richmond a superb ring as a testimonial of his approbation. The Princess Metstchersky made the first translation of the "Dairyman's Daughter" into the Russian language. Mr. Richmond continued his useful labors at Turvey, till within a few weeks of his death, which took place May 8th, 1827.

EXETER AND ITS VICINITY.

EXETER, the capital of Devonshire, is situated on the River Exe, nine miles from the sea, forty-three E. from Plymouth, eightyseven S. W. from Bath, and 168 from London. Population 36,000. It is a place of great antiquity. It was the seat of West Saxon kings, who resided in the castle called Rougemont, from the color of the hill on which it is built. That it was occupied by the Romans can scarcely admit of doubt, although not any vestiges of buildings erected by them remain here; this is explained by the destructive sieges to which it has been exposed; its desolation at various periods by the Saxons, Danes, and other enemies, and the probable demolition of any ancient edifices which it might have contained, to make room for the erection of some of the numerous religious foundations with which, previously to the Reformation, the city was crowded, and which procured for it the appellation of Monktown: many remains of Roman sculpture, coins, &c., have been found here, and in 1778, five bronze figures of the penates, or household gods, were discovered under the pavement of a cellar in High-street.

Exeter Cathedral is a venerable and magnificent structure, and the present fabric is said to have been about 300 years in building. The Guildhall is an ancient edifice. It was originally erected in 1330; the present front, which is supported on pillars, was built in 1593, and the whole was thoroughly repaired and beautified in 1720; it contains several valuable portraits, among the most remarkable of which are those of General Monk, Henrietta, queen of Charles I, and her daughter, Duchess

Guildhall, Freter.

of Orleans, who was born here during the civil wars, besides several others of various distinguished persons.

On an eminence, near the county goal, are the remains of Rougemont Castle, which was exceedingly strong by its situation, and was fortified with considerable skill. The period of its foundation is unknown; but it was either rebuilt or thoroughly repaired by William the Conquorer. It continued in a state of good preservation until the period of the civil war, when it was taken by Fairfax, after a siege of two months, and dismantled by order of the

Parliament. The exterior walls are all that now remains of this ancient edifice; they enclose a considerable area, and from the ramparts an extensive view of the surrounding country is obtained, extending over a circumference of more than fifty miles, and embracing the windings of the Exe, Torbay, and the beautiful country lying between the city and the sea. The moat which surrounded the castle has been filled up, planted with trees, and laid out in elegant walks. The walls of the city remained nearly in a perfect state so lately as 1769; they have, however, since that period, been partially destroyed; and of the four gates which at that time existed, but one, the west gate, now remains.

Torquay, about twenty miles south from Exeter, on the coast, is a watering-place which has rapidly risen into importance. It contains upwards of 4000 inhabitants. Its pier is the chief public work. The place is situated at the north-eastern extremity of the noble bay of Torbay, one of the finest on the English coast, and is sheltered by lofty hills on every side but the south, where it is open to the sea. Brixham, at the southern extremity of the bay, a long, straggling place, is one of the first and wealthiest fishing towns in England.

It was at Brixham Quay, that William, Prince of Orange, landed on that expedition which gave to him the British crown, and secured to England its constitution. The Dutch fleet, after some misadventures, rode safely in Torbay on the morning of the 5th of November, 1688. The townsmen of Brixham welcomed their arrival by carrying off provisions, and proffered their boats for the landing of the troops. As soon as a British regiment was sent ashore, William himself followed, and superintended the disembarkation of the remainder of the army.

In the center of the market-place of Brixham stands a monument, on which is fixed a block of stone, with this inscription engraven on it: "On this stone, and near this spot, William, Prince of Orange first set foot on landing in England, 5th of November, 1688." When, in 1823, the Duke of Clarence, afterwards William IV, visited Brixham, the inhabitants presented him with a small fragment of this stone, enclosed in a box of heart of oak.

SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

THE above is said to be a correct representation of Sir Walter Raleigh's house at Youghal, in the south of Ireland, in which he resided for a time. The building has the appearance of a comfort

able manor house of the Elizabethan era, and has a striking resemblance to the house in which he was born, fourteen miles east of Exeter. This building was originally a collegiate establishment, found in 1454. It came into the possession of Raleigh in 1603, and it is said that the first potatoes cultivated in Europe were planted in the garden attached to this house being brought here from South America by Raleigh.

Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Hayes, in the parish of Budley, Devonshire, 1552. He was for some time at Oriel College, Oxford; but the pursuits of ambition, and an active life, were more congenial to his feelings than academical labors. In 1569, he accompanied the gentlemen volunteers whom Elizabeth sent to France to support the Protestants, and there he continued for nearly six years. Though afterwards he resided in the Middle Temple, he paid no attention to law, but, in 1578, embarked for the Netherlands with the troops sent against the Spaniards, and the next year he went with his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, on an expedition to discover and colonize some part of North America. The plan did not succeed, and, in 1580, he engaged as captain in the wars of Ireland, and became one of the commissioners for the government of Munster in Lord Ormond's absence. On his return to England he became a favorite of the court, by his polite attention and gallantry to the queen. Walking in the number of her attendants, he extricated her from a dirty part of the road which she was afraid to cross, by spreading his new plush cloak on the ground, over which she gently trod and passed clean and dry. This courtesy gained him the queen's favor, and he gradually rose to places of honor and distinction. In 1583, he sailed again with his brother Gilbert in an expedition to Newfoundland; but though his companions were attacked by a contagious disease, and his brother was drowned on his return, he still was animated with the desire of new discoveries. In 1514, therefore, he obtained letters patent, and sailed to America, where he discovered Virginia, so named in honor of his virgin mistress, and in this country he afterwards, in a second and third voyage, settled flourishing colonies.

A fourth and a fifth expedition were fitted out to Virginia; and if he had done no other service to the nation, his recommendation of tobacco, which he first introduced into the country from Virginia, would, in a commercial point of view, have procured him high distinction. In 1588, his courage was eminently displayed against the Spanish Armada, to the destruction of which he ably contributed, and the following

year he was employed with a fleet in the restoration of Don Antonio, the expelled King of Portugal. In 1592, he was at the head of the expedition sent to attack the Spaniards at Panama, and on his return he became an active and eloquent speaker in the House of Commons; but he incurred the displeasure of the clergy, and the public odium, by accepting the grant of the manor of Sherborne, which formerly belonged to the see of Salisbury. Though stigmatized by his enemies with the name of atheist, it appears, however, that he was a zealous asserter of God and of His providence. In 1593, he highly offended the queen by an amour with one of her maids of honor, daughter of Sir Nicholas Throgmorton; but after being imprisoned for several months, he made due reparation for his violation of decorum by marrying the lady, with whom he lived in the enjoyment of uninterrupted domestic harmony. He engaged, in 1595, in the discovery and conquest of Guiana, in South America, and after storming the city of St. Joseph, and taking the Spanish governer prisoner, he returned to England. He was afterwards employed against Cadiz, and then became active in his opposition to Essex, and greatly contributed to the defeat of his treasonable designs: but on the death of the queen his happiuess was at an end. On the accession of James, Raleigh was not only stripped of his honors, but tried and condemned for high treason, on charges not only frivolous, but oppressive and arbitrary. Though reprieved he remained for several years a prisoner in the Tower, while his estates were lavished on Car, the royal favorite. During his long captivity, which was soothed by the attentions of his wife, the heroic prisoner devoted himself to literary pursuits, and wrote some valuable works, among which is his "History of the World," of which the first volume appeared in 1614, folio.

In 1616, after a confinement of nearly thirteen years, this illustrious character was permitted to leave his prison, and James, as if pretending first to discover his merits, sent him on an expedition to explore the golden mines of Guiana. The affair proved unfortunate; Sir Walter lost his eldest son, who was killed by the Spaniards at St. Thomas, and after destroying the town, which was burnt against his orders, he returned home to meet the most cruel and arbitrary treatment. Incensed at his conduct, the Spaniards were loud in their complaints by Gundamor their ambassador, and James ordered Raleigh to be seized. Though no blame could attach to him for his conduct in Guiana, the king, determined on his punishment, ordered his execution on his former attainder. In vain, the unfortunate leader pleaded in his defense, and asserted that his life could not be taken away in consequence of a sentence passed fifteen years before, and which had been revoked, since in his late expedition the king had granted him power of life and death over his crew. Nothing, however, availed; and the pusillanimous James, either to please the vindictive Spaniards, or to gratify his own personal enmity, assented to his death, and thus brought eternal disgrace upon his otherwise illustrious reign. This injured hero was beheaded in the old palace yard, 29th October, 1618, and suffered with great magnanimity. His body was interred in St. Margaret's, Westminster, but his head was preserved for several years in his family.

CLAREMONT,-FUNERAL OF LOUIS PHILLIPPE.

CLAREMONT PALACE, is seventeen miles south-west from London, near the village of Esher, in Surrey. The present palace was built about eighty years since, for Lord Clive, who spent upwards of £100,000 in its erection and decoration. It was purchased by Parliament in 1816, at a cost of £65,000, as a residence for Prince Leopold, who nominally occupies and maintains it as a residence for the family of Louis Phillippe, the late King of the French. It is an object of mournful and historic interest, from its being the