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9-s.vLJuLY28,i9oo.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 63 between the two countries in difficult days. Notwithstanding the brilliant position at- tained by Lord Lytton, there is something pathetically incomplete both in his political and literary achievements. He cannot be said to have reached that rank either in statesmanship or literature at which he aimed. This may explain the sadness and unsatisfied longing of his verse. His poetry is in many respects remarkable, but it falls short _of supreme excellence, and does not retain its hold on the public mind. Some lines, amongst the best he ever wrote, in ' Last Words' seem to have a prophetic value. The hero of the poem, a sensitive, second-rate poet who has Failed in his quest of fame, says to the faithful friend who sits by his early deathbed :— However I reason it out, there remains a failure time has not retrieved. I said I would live in all lives that beat, and love in all loves that be: I would crown me lord of all passions (and the passions were lord of me !) I would compass every circle, I would enter at every door, . In the starry spiral of science, and the labyrinth of lore. . A little knowledge will turn youth grey. And I stood chill in the sun, Naming you each of the rosea; blest by the beauty of none. Talk not of Genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can. Much might be said for, and against, this discrimination of the two forms of ability, but " genius baffled " seems a not inappro- priate description of Owen Meredith. Other- wise, we must class him as a man of the highest talent who just, and only just, fell short of genius. WILLIAM E. A. AXON. Moss Side, Manchester. MURAL MONUMENTS AT ST. MAKGARET'S, WESTMINSTER, HIDDEN BY THE NEW ORGAN. (Continued from p. 2.) "In the | great vault | opposite to this spot | are deposited | the remains of | Jane | wife of the HonM> Francis Stuart | Son of Francis sixth Earl of Moray | and relict of the Rev* | Thomas Lewis O'Beirne I Lord Bishop of Meath; | who died on the 27th day I of September 1837 I Aged 83." " To the Memory of Robert Peter Esq : Audito | of the Receipt her first husband who gave | to th' use of y" poore of this parish One him | dered pound, & of Edmund English her seco'd husband, a gentleman Kinde, | Courtious | and of great hospetalltie who gave 12 | poundes in annuitie for ever to y" same use, I Margaret their loving wife daughter of S' | John Tirell of Gipping Knight who likewise | hath bequeathed one hundred pound for j the | purchasinge of one yearlie an'uitie of 20 no | bles for ever to the aforesaid poore lame' | tinge their death and for testification of | her dutifull love hath erected ye monume't." I have collected some very interesting notes upon the family of the Tyrells of Gipping, but they are too long for insertion here, and may have to be dealt with sepa- rately at some future time. " Hereby lyeth the bodye | of alexander tompkyns | the fift aonne to Rich | ard tompkyns of Mann I ingtop uppon Wye in | the Countie of hereford | Esquior who was buri | ed in August in the | yeare of our lord god | 1615." "Motes | Dnse Elizabethan Vincent | Cornubiensi hums no-minis stirpe oriunda | Quse I Nata a pud iridos Orientates regioni Bengalina I Hue migravit prse properum hie explorans tumulum | Annos qr jam dum exigens duodecim | mi tern Deo Reddidit Aniinam | Et Proximo Sepulta Conditorio I Cine- ribus suns miscuit Consanguineis | Orta est Caus- simbazariie predicts. Regione | Die 23" Julii anno CIOIOCLXXIII I mortua est islingtonice 29° Die ejus- dem mensis | Anno CIOIOCLXXXV | Mterentissimos RelinqnensParentes | Qui amoris Dolorisq infandi | Hanc Posuerunt | Mnemosynen." " To the Memory of | William Whateley | one of Her Majesty's Counsel | formerly Churchwarden of this parish | and for nearly 30 years a resident therein | This tablet is erected by friends who desire gratefully | to record their sense of the wisdom, benevolence and piety | that adorned his life and endeared him to all who knew him. | Born November 2. 1794; Died November 15. 1862. | His remains are interred at Hayes, in the County of Kent. | Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house. Ps xxiv." "Tothe | Pious Memoryof | Elizabeth | Daughter of Richard Willis | late of this Parish Esqr: | by Prudence his 2nd wife | the daughter of | Wymond Bridges Esqr: | She liv'd belov'd] A Great example of piety I Modesty and Ingenuity | She dyed a Virgin ] much lamented | in the 28th Year I of her age I upon the 5th day of March | An: Dom: | 1674.1' " In the Chancel Vault Beneath lie the Remains | of Sarah Daughter of Charles Lawrence Esqr | and wife of Sir Will"1 Young, Bart, i who departed this life Jan. 6th 1791, set. 38. j The above Sir William Young, Bart, died at Tobago (of which Island he was Governor) | 10th January 1815, aged 65 years; to whose Memory a Monument was erected at the | public Expense of the Colony in that Island, by the Unanimous Resolution of the Board | of Council and House of General Assembly in Testimony of their Respect and Regard. | In the vault beneath are also deposited the Remains of Brook Henry Young, Esq. late | Major of the 58th Regiment and Lieu' Colonel in the Army, who died 21" day of Septem' 1813. | aged 33 years. His life was spent with Honour in the Service of his Country wnich he 9nly I quitted when ill health would no longer permit him to perform the Duties of his Profession. | " On the vase over the tablet is this inscription: " S.Y. | Conjugi. matri. I Emeritse. dilectissimaB. | mierens. posuit. eheu! Viduus. | A.D. MDCCXCI." n the east wall qf the north aisle are