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145 (Ponton), d. 177-. Sarah Pon .
of the above, d. Jan. , 17 ; also their children who died hi infancy. Thomas Ponton, son of the said D and Sarah, d. 8 Oct., 1821, a. 72.
146. Edwyn Evans Leach, d. 20 Sept., 1835 .a. 54. Ann, his wife, d. 2 July, 1835, a. 76.
147. Ann, w. of John Chatterey, d. 3 Dec. 1816, a. 33. John, their son, d. 2 May, 1812
' 148. Frank Twiss, b. 19 Nov., 1785, d. 7 April 1851, a. 65.
149. Sarah Wakeling Lowdell, w. of Joseph Coventry Lowdell, M.D., and dau. of Thomas .and Mary Langridge, d. 17 April, 1822, a. 56. J. C. Lowdell, her husband, d. 16 Oct., 1825, a. 72. Joseph Lowdell, of Kennington. eldest son of the above, d. 9 July, 1834, a. 51.
150. Thomas Rogers Wagstafife, d. 21 Aug., 1840, a. 39. Also his mother and father, whose remains were removed to this place from St. Olave's, Southwark, 12 Oct., 1842, Mary Corbett Wagstaffe, d. 21 Feb., 1830, a. 55, Mathew French Wagstaffe, Esq., M.D., d. 2 Oct., 1832, a. 59.
151. Samuel, son of Hyde Williams, ESQ., -d. 7 Feb., 1845, a. 27.
152. Martha, w. of Robert Armstrong, d. 4 March, 1831, a. 34. Helen, their fourth dau., d. 22 May, 1842, a. 15. The above Robert died and was buried at Tabley, Cheshire, 23 June, 1864, a. 65.
153. Mrs. Eleanor Stickney, d. Oct., 18(50), A. 36. Caroline Stickney, her dau., d. 12 March, 1852.
154. William Mawson, d. 1 Nov., 1810, a. 21. Martha Preston Mawson, d. 3 mber, 1811.
Mawson, d. 1816, a. 71. Agnes Mawson, d. 2 April, 1820, a 31.
155. Elizabeth, w. of Henry Page, d. Nov., 178-, a. 31, and [two 'of their children. Henry Page, d. 28 Jan., 178(5), a. 40. Edward, their fion, d. 15 March, , a. 55.
156. William Lloyd, many years master of ^the Manor House Academy, Kennington Lane, d. 8 May, 1796, a 69.
157. E. S., 1780; M. A. S., 1798; E., 1812;
E., 1816.
G. S. PABRY, Lieut.-Col. ]7, Ashley Mansions, S.W.
(To be continued.)
THE BBEHON LAW. In ancient Ireland
judges were called Brehons ; and the law
they administered is now commonly known
as the Brehon Law. The Brehons had col-
lections of laws in volumes or tracts, all in
the Irish language, by which they regulated
their judgments. Many of these have been
preserved, and of late years some of the
principal ones have been published with
translations. The most important are the
- Senchus Mor,' chiefly on Irish civil law
{published in 3 vols. by the Brehon Law -Commissioners, Dublin, 1865-73), and the
- Book of Acaill,' on the criminal law and
ihe law relating to personal injuries.
The Brehon code forms a great body of old_\Lrish civil, military, and criminal law ;
it regulated the various ranks of society
from the monarch down to the slave, and
defined their several rights. Minute rules
are given for the management of property ;
for the several industries building, brewing ,
mills, water-courses, fishing weirs, bees and
honey ; for seizure of goods for tithes ;
trespass and evidence ; the relations of land-
lord and tenant ; the fees of professional
men doctors, judges, teachers, builders,
artificers ; the mutual duties of father and
son, of foster parents and foster children, of
master and servant ; and the law of contracts.
In criminal law the various offences are set
out : murder, manslaughter, wounding, theft,
and every variety of wilful damage ; and
accidental injuries from flails, sledge-
hammers, and all sorts of weapons. Injuries
between man and man were atoned for by
a compensation payment ; homicide, whether
by intent or by misadventure, was atoned
for by a money fine, or eric, adjudged by a
Brehon. The principles of the seawards are
laid down in the ' Book of Acaill.'
The language of the Brehon Law is archaic, indicating a remote antiquity ; the early books have been long lost, but suc- cessive copies were made from time to time, with commentaries and explanations ap- pended. Among the distinctive features of the Brehon Law three deserve special notice : ( 1 ) Eric, the price of a life, by which a murderer was bound to pay compensation to the family and sept of his victim. Like the Anglo-Saxon were-gild, the eric varied in amount according to the rank of the slain. (2) Tanistry, by which the successor of a chief was not necessarily his eldest son, but was elected during his lifetime from among his near relatives, the ablest man being chosen as Tanist. (3) Gavelkind, by which a man's landed estate was divided equally among all his sons.
The cursory notes above, leaving many features untouched, may induce students of old legal codes to include in their ambit the ancient law of Erin.
WILLIAM MACABTHUB.
79, Talbot Street, Dublin.
KING JAMES I.'s EXPENSES. In the British Museum Add. MS. 5751, B, f. 29 (a volume of Sir W. Musgrave's collection of original warrants), is a warrant dated 20 April, 1613, 'or payments by Lord Hay, Master of the
reat Wardrobe, to various persons. Among them is the following :
" To John Bateman, bookbinder, for binding me book of sonnettes written in vellum gilded rtdth silk strings ; for binding one French book in quarto ; for binding one book of the order of the
