liam, late of the Bombay Army, 3rd July. Moseley, Mary, wife of R. Moseley, Esq., of Stratford, Essex, 27th June, aged 36. Murray, Anne Mary, youngest dau. of John Murray, Esq., of Touchadam, and Polmane, 1st July. Nicholls. On the 27th June, at Wells, Somerset, aged 18, Adelaide Esther, the wife of Cecil Nicholls, Esq., 5th Regiment M.N.I., and daughter of the late C. P. Gordon, Esq., barrister-atlaw, Madras. Ord. On the 12th July, at Gillingham, Kent, Georgina Eliza, daughter of the late Captain Harry Gough Ord, Royal Artillery, of Bexley, Kent. Osborne, Mrs. Mary Eleanor, of Kennington, 18th June, aged 23. Pateshall. Edmund Burnam, Esq., of Allensmore, co. Hereford, 11th July. This respected gentleman, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenaut for Herefordshire, died at his seat, Allensmore House, in that county, aged 69. He was eldest son of the late Edmund Lechmere, afterwards Pateshall, Esq., by Ann, his wife, daughter and heiress of William Burnam, Esq., of Westington Court, and assumed, by Royal license, upon the demise of his mother, in 1820, the additional surname and arms of Burnam. He married, 12th March, 1804, Milborough, eldest daughter and co-heir of the Rev. James Ingram, of Burford, co. Salop, of an ancient Montgomeryshire family, but has left no issue. The families of Pateshall and Lechmere, from which the deceased derives descent, are both of great antiquity, the former being traceable from the reign of Richard I. Parker, John Frederick, Esq., of Royal Hill, Greenwich, 9th July. Paxton. At Southampton, on the 4th July, James Claudius Paxton, Esq., M.B., and Radcliffe Travelling Fellow of the University of Oxford. Payne, Edward, Esq., of Lashlake, Thame, Oxon, 28th June, aged 37. Peard. On the 11th July, at Coole Brook-hill, Woolwich, and Plumstead, Powell. On the 4th July, Julia Grace, Prat. On the 4th July, at Lewisham, Kent, in her 68th year, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev. John Prat, vicar of Monkton and Birchington, in the Isle of Thanet. Preston, Miss Elizabeth, at Turnham Green, 7th July. Prime. On the 6th July, in Charlesstreet, Berkeley-square, Anne, wife of Richard Prime, Esq., M.P., of Walburton, Sussex, and daughter of the late James Shuttleworth, Esq., of Gawthorpe-hall, Lancashire. Prothero, Charles, son of the late John Prothero, Esq., of Clifton, aged 62. Purchase, William Jardine, Esq., Capt. R.N., J.P., 2d July. Raiks, Thomas, Esq., 3d July, at Brigh ton. Remmington, Samuel, Esq., East India Company's Service, 19th June, aged 59. Riddell. On the 15th July, at Cheeseburngrange, Northumberland. Margaret Riddell, of 61, Montague-sq., London, widow of Thomas Riddell, Esq., of Swinbourne Castle. Rimington, Harriet, wife of Captain Rimington, Royal Engineers, 15th June. Ripley, the Rev. W. I., 15th July, aged 24, at Warrington. Risdon, Ann, wife of John Risdon, Esq., of Lansdowne-place, 4th July, aged 74. Rogers, Henry Robert, of the Consol Office, Bank of England, 7th June, aged 60. Roper. On the 4th July, aged 36, of an affection of the lungs, William George Roper, Esq., un membre distingué du corps des Chasseurs de Chatilleurs Belgiques, and late Lieutenant in the Royal London Militia, only son of William John Roper, Esq., of 68, Snow-hill, London, and Forest of Sydenham, Kent. Ryde, William, Esq., of Bedford-place, Russell-square, 12th July, aged 71. Ryle. On the 25th June, at Fredville, Kent, Matilda Charlotte Louisa, wife of the Rev. J. C. Ryle, rector of Helmingham, Suffolk, and youngest daughter of J. P. Plumptre, Esq., M.P., for East Kent, aged 24. Sawyer, Harriette Sarah, wife of Henry J. Sawyer, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, 18th July, aged 26. Seargill, John, Esq., 27th June, at Montague-place, Russell-square, aged 55. Schmidt, J. Walter, Esq., late of Camberwell, 8th July. Senior, Miss Elizabeth Ann Compigné, Sharpe, Mrs., relict of Richard Sharpe, Simson, George, Esq., of Lethon_and Pitcorthie, formerly of Sillwood Park, Berks, 7th July, aged 82. Smith. On the 28th June, at Hammersmith, greatly beloved and highly respected, Miss Nancy Smith, sister of the late General Sir Sigismund Smith, K.C.H., of the Royal Artillery. Sone, John, Esq., 30th June, aged 57. Stanford. On the 23rd June, in Jamesstreet, St. James's-park, of scarlet fever, Mrs. John Stanford, wife of John Stanford, Esq., of Dublin, and only daughter of Sir Andrew and Lady Green, aged 19. Stephens, Mary, wife of William Henry Stephens, Esq., 5th July, aged 44. Stevens, Caroline, wife of the Rev. W. H. Stevens, curate of Stoke, near Guildford, 14th July. Stone. At Brompton, Dorothea, widow of Edward Stone, Esq., Great Munden, Herts, and sister of the late T. F. Spendlove, Esq., of Abingdon, aged 76. Stott, Mrs., late of Castle Dykes, co. Dumfries, 14th June, at Philadelphia. Strangwayes. On the 16th July, at Sandgate, Kent, after a long and painful illness, Jno. Strangwayes, Esq., of London, third son of the late Richard Strangwayes, Esq., of Well, in the county of York. Suart. At Wellington, aged 40, Mr. George Suart, eldest son of the late George Suart, Esq., of Sutton House, Sutton. Tatam, William Hardy, third son of John Tatam, Esq, of Moulton, co. Lincoln, 9th July, at Norfolk-street, Strand. Tate, William, Esq., 14th July, at Clapham, aged 72. Taylor. On the 16th June, at Crediton, Ďevon, Eliza Parr, wife of Mr. John Taylor, Paymaster and Purser, R.N., late of Her Majesty's ship America. Thomas, Lieut. G. H., R.N., 22nd June, aged 28. Thornton, Edward Norton, Esq., 5th July, aged 72. Thornton. At his residence in Lowndes-. street, on the 24th June, Butler Edmond Thornton, Esq., eldest son of the late Edmond Thornton, Esq., of Whittington-hall, county of Lancaster. Tipper, Mrs., of Derby, 10th July, aged 77. Totton. On the 23rd June, in the 53rd year of her age, at Debden Parsonage, Essex, Frances Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. William Jurin Totton. Travers, Samuel, Esq., of Peckham, 11th July, aged 57. Troughton, Sarah, youngest daughter of the late James Troughton, Esq., 28th June, at Coventry. Tuck, John Barber, Esq., of Wellingborough, 9th July, aged 78. Tuck, William, Esq., of Hoddesdon, Turner, Miss Selina, 25th June, at Ayles- Walker, Major-General Edward, aged 73. Warren, Rd. Benson, Esq., Her Majesty's Second Sergeant-at-Law in Ireland. By the death of this distinguished lawyer the Irish bar has lost its most learned and its ablest member. For many years past his position in the Equity Courts of Dublin was second to none; and since the elevation of the late Chief Justice Pennefather to the Bench, Mr. Warren was deemed the leader of the Chancery bar. His call bears date Michaelmas Term, 1806. In 1824 he obtained the honour of a silk gown, and in 1841 was promoted by Sir R. Peel to the rank of Sergeant-at-Law. From the earliest period of his forensic career, Mr. Warren gave promise of all those acquirements which years of professional labour matured to the highest excellence. As a lawyer he was profound and accurate, deeply imbued with the principles of his pro fession, and thoroughly skilled in practical details. They who contemplate the late Mr. Warren" (we quote from a contemporary Journal), " merely as a lawyer, can form by no means an adequate estimate of his character and qualities. To learning and ability he united the highest tone of mind and morals, the kindest and the gentlest deportment. Throughout his long and successful career, Sergeant Warren was never known to swerve from the most scrupulous adherence to his principles; he sought no favours, he compromised no opinions which his judgment sanctioned, he made no enemies, though he gained innumerable friends. Of his domestic life, and his discharge of those sacred relations, we speak not. His mourning relatives can best attest the worth of him whom, but for a season, they have lost." The learned gentleman died at his residence in Leeson Street, Dublin. As a testimony of respect to his memory, neither the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, or Masters in Chancery, sat in their courts the day of the Sergeant's decease. Watson, Elizabeth, widow of William Watson, Esq., of Kingsland, 8th July, aged 69. Webb, Henry, youngest son of the late Joseph Lambe Webb, of Miles Lane, London, Esq., at the residence of his mother, Seaton Lodge, Wandsworth Road, on Sunday, the 16th July, in the 23rd year of his age. Webb, Charles, Esq., Surgeon, at Oxford, 9th July, aged 53. Webber, Archdeacon, 15th June, aged 87. Wemyss, Captain Francis, Bombay Engineer, 27th June, aged 36. Wilkins, Elizabeth Anne, at Hackney, Middlesex, widow of R. Haighton Wilkins, Esq., and daughter of the late John George La Serre, of the same place, 12th July. Wilson, Rev. Francis Coleman, M.A., Incumbent of All Saints, Islington, at the house of his brother, Mr. John Elliot Wilson, Cranbrook, Kent, on the 19th of July, in the 41st year of his age. Winchelsea, Emily Georgiana, Countess of, 10th July. Her Ladyship, the second wife of George William, Earl of Winchelsea, born 9th July, 1809, was the second daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, G.C.B., by the Lady Mary, his wife, eldest daughter of William, third Earl of Mornington. Lady Winchelsea was consequently niece of the present Lord Bagot, and grand-niece of the Duke of WellingHer marriage took place on the 15th February, 1837, but there was no issue from it. She died at Haverholme Priory, Lincolnshire. ton. Wood, Lady, widow of Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., 2nd July, aged 79. Worth, William Henry, Esq., of Kidderminster, aged 46. Wright, Ann Cecilia, daughter of Robert Wright, Esq., of Kentish Town, 14th July, aged 15. THE PATRICIAN. DISCOVERY OF A REMARKABLE PLOT FOR INSURRECTION IN IRELAND, IN 1665, BY THE LADY OF CAPTAIN ROBERT OLIVER, OF CLOUGHANODFOY, Co. LIMERICK. THE student of family history, in the course of his silent researches, often happens on strange incidents of general importance, which, from their peculiar and personal character, are comparatively unknown. Treading, as he does, in bypaths, he encounters many a tale of romantic adventure that has never been blazoned in the public annals, because the scene of its occurrence was remote and retired. Viewing, as it were, the anatomy of human society in its minutest dissection, he is enabled to trace, through their whole course, the hidden springs of action; to measure the volume of the brain that has directed empires; to scan the recesses of the heart whose pulsations may have shaken worlds. Or, in less extended fields, he is called to witness deeds of calm and heroic endurance, of zeal for the public good, of devotion and duty, that have passed away unrewarded by a breath of praise, and now slumber with the dust of those who did them, in unworthy silence and neglect. One of these we shall now offer to the reader. It is a tale of female heroism, tried in the severest way, too, in sagacity and prudence, and not amid the excitement of action. And when we add that the fate of a kingdom hung in the balance, and that the success or blasting of a bloody conspiracy rested for a season on the judgment of one weak woman, we hope to win a tribute of admiration for our gentle heroine. The boundaries of the counties of Cork and Limerick, in Ireland, are a noble range of stupendous mountains, which, under different designations, extend themselves in uninterrupted succession for upwards of thirty miles. One of this chain overhung the retreat of the poet of the Faerie Queene, Kilcolman Castle, and in verse of exquisite beauty Spenser sings the praise of "Old Father Mole, Mole bright that mountain grey That walls the north side of Armulla dale ;" by which he means a large double-peaked hill, now known as the Ballyhoura Mountain. The scenery around is grand and impressive. The VOL. VI. NO. XXIX. Alpine heights, thinly planted, but plentifully clad with heather, have lochs of unknown depth on their summit, and "loom misty and wide," in a vast panorama, as the climber's eye gazes from above on their farspreading immensity. When he descends, the visitor finds himself immured in deep defiles, pierced, generally, by a brawling rivulet; and on all sides sees that he is so hemmed in among the mountains as to need the friendly services of a guide to extricate him. Solitude and deep stillness are around, broken only by the chiming fall of waters, or the light waving of wings, as the wild birds fly away from the presence of an intruder. As for inhabitants, they are few and far between; while such as are casually encountered, have an air of wild uncouthness about them, so as to make them appear, like the figures in Salvator Rosa's landscapes, as accessaries put in to heighten the scene. It was through one of these mountain-passes, on the 6th of February, 1665, about noon, a lady richly dressed, and followed at a little distance by a mounted attendant, took her way. Her palfrey was a small, stoutlimbed pony, well adapted for treading on rough causeways, or for making its way through the stony moorland that stretched far and wide in the vast distance. The lady's errand was one of mercy and love. Old Ralph Western, her forester, who, for love of her own self, had quitted her father's service in dear Somerset, was now unable, from palsy and rheumatism, to come down to see her; and he had sent his respectful duty and longing wish to behold his mistress once more, ere his eyes closed on this world for ever. He told her that he knew he was dying; and while he thanked her for all she had done to smooth his pillow in sickness, and ease his footsteps to the grave, he had made but the one petition to see her in person, that he might take his last farewell. And with thoughts of her girlish years, when the old man had fondled her as his own daughter, and meditations on all that had passed since then, and the changes that had converted herself into the staid matron, and the blithe sturdy yeoman into an asthmatic dotard, the lady rode on pensively, and ever and anon in tears. Her attendant, perceiving his mistress's emotion, dropped yet further into the rear; and the pony, judging from the loosened rein that he might profit by the abstraction of his rider, turned aside from the pathway to crop the herbage of the moor. Just then a tall figure, clad in the leathern doublet and slouched hat of the period, started from behind a crag, and approached the lady, saying, "Lady! may I speak with thee? The business is-" A shriek, sudden and wild, interrupted him; and the lady's attendant riding hastily up, scarcely saved his swooning mistress from falling heavily from her palfrey; for the suddenness of the apparition had taken away her senses, and she lay for awhile without reason or motion. On her recovery, she inquired of him had he seen aught ? "No! an' it please ye, madam, naught but grey stones and wild peat bogs." "Saw you no man, when you rode up to me?" "No living creature since we left Cloughanodfoy this morn." Well, let us push on to old Ralph's, and there I can have an escort home." The times were momentous. Though transplanted (we should, perhaps, rather say "transported") to Connaught and the western districts in great numbers, where lands, in lieu of their Munster settlements, had |