In the later volumes, is a long and most masterly paper on the Coins of the Parthian Kings, affording much that is elucidatory on this interesting class of numismatic rarities. An essay on a Colonial coin of Tyndaris in Sicily; and in the following number, an elaborate article on the Regal Coins of Mesopotamia. He has, in truth, been the first to treat successfully this portion of the early Asiatic coinage, and his premature decease has apparently arrested for some time at least, a satisfactory arrangement of this most important, but most difficult series. could be required; and so anxious was Mr. Sainthill to secure the credit of this interpretation to his friend, that the printing of the volume, then arrived at the conclusion, was delayed until the coins were engraved in illustration of Dr. Scott's reading. Yet not solely to these numismatic enquiries were his erudition and inimitable qualities subservient; they comprehended almost every other department of archaology; and however unquestionably important his printed papers are, his extensive correspondence with the principal numismatists of Europe, must no doubt be far more so, and if collected would present a series of discoveries, and many ingenious and sound observations of the highest degree of importance, and judging from the assistance I have derived from his correspondence, while compiling some of the works I have published, and others, I am yet engaged with, I can fully estimate the irreparable loss which those busied in the numismatic and archæological science have yet to deplore." A brother numismatist, and from infancy a fellow student with Dr. Scott, but now professionally employed in the East; on being apprised of his lamented friend's decease, wrote-"It is difficult as yet to realise fully the loss we have sustained. He was such an excellent man, so good a friend, and so wonderful a scholar. He was indeed one of those early lights whose very intensity precludes their burning long, and whom God has withdrawn to himself, as a guiding star of whom the world was scarce worthy. All his old friends and fellow students out here, are greatly grieved, as he was admired and beloved by all." WEBER'S MANUSCRIPT OF OBERON. His papers on the coins of Ceylon, and on a coin of Arsaces XXX., have severally their importance. He had also made considerable progress in classing and interpreting the legends on the coins of the Persian and other kings, tributary to the Parthians; a subject that It is stated, Baron Korff, the Director of the Imperial may be said to have been scarcely attempted by any Library at St. Petersburg has made known, that the other writer. The subjects in Numismatology adopted Manuscript of Oberon is in his keeping. It extends to by Dr. Scott, were for the most part those of which the two hundred and nineteen pages, text and notes toContinental Numismatists have rarely availed them-gether, and is wholly in Weber's autograph, and with a selves, few indeed have shown any ardour in the pursuit, number of marginal memoranda, from which are derived and still fewer have achieved their enquiries successfully. the particulars, that the Opera was composed partly in The Bactrian, Indo-Scythian, Parthian, Sub-Parthian, Dresden, and partly in London, between 1825 and and Sassanian coins, with some others of minor impor- 1826; and that the overture was finished in London, tance but equal difficulty, were all closely studied by April 9, 1826. Weber was then residing with Sir him, and the discoveries he made gave ample promise George Smart. What Baron Korff does not mention, that all these classes would eventually be by him most is the important fact, that this original score was incompletely and satisfactorily elucidated. tended by Weber's widow and son to have been presented to her Majesty the Queen of England; but that the widow dying, the Staatsrath persuaded the surviving son to present it to the Emperor of Russia, after having it handsomely bound for that purpose, by holding out to him the expectation of a rich Imperial present in return. What the younger Weber really received was a few lines from Count Adlerberg, expressing the Emperor Nicholas's thanks for the present. In reference to his great knowledge of the earlier spoken but now dead languages of Asia, and their great utility in the illustration of the ancient coinage of that country, the preface to the second volume of Mr. Sainthill's Ŏlla Podrida presents a corroborative fact. An inscription on certain Parthian coins had baffled all enquiry, on the part of the author of the Coinage of the Parthians, and the most distinguished oriental scholars had failed in rendering even the smallest scintilla of explanation-the work appeared, and in Mr. Sainthill's Olla Podrida, vol. II., pp. xxiii-xxv., will be found a letter from Dr. Scott, explaining most lucidly all that The late Mr. Hawes had Weber's original scores for Oberon in his possession, and he presented the writer with the first song in the second act, because it was complete on one sheet of paper. WHAT HAS BEEN MAY BE AGAIN! Upon the decease of Otho III., Emperor of Germany, Henry II. was elected his successor, and during his reign for twenty years, that is, from 1004 to 1024, the German clergy enriched and emboldened by the blind devotion to their interests of this bigoted monarch, began to assume an authority over the temporal affairs of the empire, paramount with his own; insomuch, that as their displeasure was dreaded by every prince in Germany, so also, was their friendship eagerly courted, and that influence in many respects predominated over the authoritative power of the Emperor. Memorably distinguished for this assumption of arrogance and audacity, was Meinwerk, bishop of Paderborn, of whom an historian of the eleventh century asserts-there was no meanness to which he did not descend in order to enrich his dioceses; and, whenever the Emperor refused to grant him what he demanded, he forcibly possessed himself of the object of his desires or requirement. The Emperor being once on a visit to him, Meinwerk ordered all the ewes, then with young, which were to be found on his estates, to be killed, and a mantle made of the skins of the unborn lambs, which he placed on the shoulders of Henry, on his return from the bath. The Emperor, however, desired to have a better mantle, or one more fitting to his princely person; upon which, the bishop replied-I have stripped my poor bishopric, its clergy, and its farmers who derived their livelihood from their sheep, in order to clothe thee, and God will chastise thee, if thou do not make good the loss. The Emperor smiled, but shortly after bestowed upon him the valuable estate of Stein. Henry, having once sent to the bishop for his inspection a costly vessel, Meinwerk caused it to be immediately melted, and the metal converted into a cup, which he consecrated on the altar. The Emperor having reproached him with the theft, the bishop answered, I have been guilty of no theft, but have piously consecrated to the service of God, that which was dedicated to feast thy avarice and pride, and if thou darest to take away this offering of my piety, thou wilt ensure thy own damnation. Meinwerk, on another occasion, stole a costly robe out of the Emperor's chamber, and answered Henry's censure of that act by saying-It is fitter that this garment should be retained in the temple of God, than adorn thy mortal body: as for thy threats I despise them! In something of the like spirit, the present head of the Church at Rome conducts his appropriations. Mazzini last month, forwarded fifty pounds to a friend in that city, but it was seized at the post office, and applied to the fund for raising a statue to the Immaculate Virgin! Athenæum Club, April 2. F. S. A. AUTHORSHIP OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS. The diffidence with which the opponents of the supposition that Sir Walter Scott was the author of the Waverley Novels have advanced their opinions, is both pleasing and natural, and there seems some likelihood that our own wishes would so far bear us, that we should exclaim with Sydney Smith-Oh! don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts! But we feel assured, on the other hand, that Sir Walter would himself never have opposed a free enquiry into the supposed authorship of the novels in question, and so conclude with a certain personage in Hard Times' to banish as far as possible feelings, and retain-nothing but facts. Did we not know that Sir Walter Scott was a person of the strictest integrity and uprightness, his position as a gentleman and ‘a Scotchman' would be, we conclude, sufficient guarantee for his word: and if his word is to be believed, the case runs against him. His assurance to Rogers that he was not the author, is supported by a statement still more corroborative, in Lockhart's Life. Not having this volume at hand we quote from a transcript of the passage in Smith's Ramble in the Streets of London: Towards midnight the Prince called for a bumper' with all the honours to the Author of Waverley,' and looked significantly as he was charging his own glass, to Scott. Scott seemed somewhat puzzled for a moment, but instantly recovering himself, and filling his glass to the brim, said, 'Your Royal Highness looks as if you thought had some claim to the honour of this toast. I have no such pretensions, but shall take good care that the real * Vol. III, p. 343, to which the reader is referred, and doubtless the admission acknowledged, that the Prince Regent certainly checkmated his guest, the author of Waverley, Walter, my man, for ance.' Our correspondent and others who imagine Scott NOT to have been the author of the Waverley Novels, are certainly in error. The writer for some years, commencing in 1820, was the forager in London for many of the books on witches and warlocks, and matters relative to Scottish which Scott required for his subsequent publications. These History, more particularly in reference to the Pretenders, requirements were invariably made to the late Daniel Terry, and from him to the writer. A manuscript that had been forwarded to Scott, was in part used in the Pirate. The writer who had no doubt as to the authorship of the Novels, jocularly hinted to Terry, Can I now have any doubt as to the writer? He made no reply, and 'Surly' was as deafly unconcerned as if not spoken to. The fact is, Scott enjoined secrecy to all of his associates, and they maintained his faith admirably, though attempts were frequently made to unkennel him, in a variety of ways; at himself to be the culprit. His previous assertions that he length confession was forced upon him, and he admitted was not the author,' are to be looked upon as so many trading white lies,' and there are sufficient evidential facts, that not only did he up to that point endeavour to maintain his anonymous character, but pseudonymes were proposed, and only forborne on the advisedly steady remonstrances of those persons upon whose better judgment he relied. Ed. Simon Pure hears of the high compliment that has now been paid him.' He then drank off his claret, and joined with a stentorian voice in the cheering, which the Prince himself timed. The first of the Waverley Novels appeared in [1815,] the same year that the Lord of the Isles,' the author's last great poem, was given to the public. If it be indeed the work of an author hitherto unknown,' so wrote the critic in the Edinburgh Review, Mr. Scott would do well to look to his laurels.' And let it be remembered, as a note worthy of fact, that even during the lifetime of Sir Walter, it was hinted, and believed by many, that his brother was the 'real Simon Pure,' and not himself. In these hasty notes we have but strung together a few facts that may be useful to any one who shall with time and opportunity take up the gauntlet for, or against 'the Wizard of the North.' T. H. PATTISON. THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL. In the recently published Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert, by the Hon. Charles Langdale, it is stated she was born July 26, 1756, and at the time of her second widowhood, was residing on Richmond Hill, when she became the object of the Prince's attentions; and on the authority of Lord Stourton, it was at this conjuncture that her beauty was celebrated in a popular song, in which allusion was thus made to the addresses of the heir apparent : I'd crowns resign to call her mine, Sweet lass of Richmond-hill. 3. As no. 82. The cross formed by a pellet above and below the inner beaded circle. 4. As no. 82. EDW. thus, but no cross on the King's 5. As no. 83. EDVV on obverse; on reverse, the F. R. N. HASWELL. This was a flourish of fancy, though it obtained a gene- 15-17, the following varieties have also come under my In addition to the list printed in Current Notes, pp. ral currency, and the song most ridiculously has been attributed to the poetical capabilities of the Prince. A notice. They are principally taken from coins which negative has been placed on the assertion by the claim were found at Tutbury, and passed into the hands of of the grandson of the lady upon whom it appears to have the late Mr. Wolston Roberts, of Derby. I must exbeen written. The writer it is said was Leonard press my thanks to those gentlemen who have added to McNally, born September 27, 1752, and the song was my previous list, but as noted by the editor, W. F. M.'s written by him in compliment to Miss Ianson, the daugh-list contains many of Edward the Second's pennies, an ter of Mr. William Ianson, of Richmond-hill, Seybourne, account of which I hope shortly to send to your valuable in Yorkshire; and who became the wife of McNally publication. at St. George's, Hanover Square, on January 16, 1787. Nottingham, April 15. Leonard McNally commenced as a dramatist with the comic opera, entitled, The Ruling Passion, performed at Dublin in 1779. Eight other pieces by him were represented at Covent Garden Theatre, from 1782 to 1786. Supposing him, upon his marriage, to have retired to Dublin professionally, as a barrister-at-law, the music of the words of the Lass of Richmond Hill, was composed as those of a new song,' by James Hook, the father of Dean Hook and the late Theodore Hook; and sung by Incledon at Vauxhall, in June or July 1789, where it was most popularly received. Presuming Miss Ianson to have been the Lass of Richmond Hill;' Mrs. McNally died in Dominick Street, Dublin, in September, 1795; and Mr. McNally's marriage with Miss Louisa Edgeworth, daughter of the then deceased Rev. Robert Edgeworth, of Issaid, in the county of Longford, took place in April 1800. LONDON. 1. EDW R ANGL DNS HYB 2. EDW R ANGL EX-DENS HYB 3. EDW R: ANGL DNS HYB 4. CIVITAS LONDON as no. 1. As no. 8, with English & on obverse. 5. As no. 2, but with only one dot or roundel on the breast. 6. As no. 15, the s not reversed. 7. Obv. as the last but on reverse CIVITAS LVNDON CANTERBURY. 8. As no. 32, but with Roman c's. P. 24, col. 2, line 18 from bottom, read Edward I. ANCIENT CROSSES IN WEST OF CORNWALL. The recent publication of Mr. J. T. Blight's highly illustrated volume on the Greek, Transition, Latin and Gothic Crosses; with the Celtic, Druidical, and Roman remains in the West of Cornwall, is one of those pleasurable books which ever and anon brighten the path of the antiquary and the archeologist. Drawn from the immediate objects as still seen, and engraved by the same artist, the illustrations are entitled to the highest commendation for their graphic resemblance to the originals, and are singularly valuable in aiding the reference of writers on these subjects. There are eighty pictorial representations, and in several, the positions of the objects as placed by the roadside or otherwise, are admirably pourtrayed, and opportunely recalling the object to the remembrance of the traveller in days which have past. With much truth it may be observed, the ancient crosses, still so numerous in the western part of Cornwall, have been hitherto generally neglected by the antiquary; while, from having been formed of the enduring granite, many are almost as perfect now as when they were first placed on their respective sites. It is possible they may have been equally numerous in other parts of the county, but the gradual occupation of the waste lands has caused their almost entire extinction. Some of them have been used as building materials, which has been the case more generally of late years. Many have undergone mutilation by ignorant or mischievous persons, and in this neighbourhood, the mutilated parts of many may be seen built into hedges. Adopted in the early ages by the Christians as an emblem of their faith, the Cross is believed to have been introduced with Christianity into Britain so early as the year 60. Constantine the Great, having in 311 embraced the Christian religion, is said to have set up in many places the Cross as a symbol, and became sole master of the Roman Empire in 323. The taunts of the people becoming, however, offensive to him, he in 330, quitted Rome for Byzantium, and named the city Constantinople. The conversion of the Irish is said to have followed the landing of St. Patrick in Ireland in 432; and so rapid was the promulgation of the doctrine of the Cross, that in 490, Ireland was named the Isle of Saints. Cornwall, it is stated, received its first missionaries from Ireland, and it is not improbable that some of the crosses yet remaining, were set up in this district so early as the sixth century. The Cornish Britons continued separately distinct from the Saxons, to the period of the Conquest, when their lands were appropriated by the Norman chiefs; and it is probable that the public monuments remained undisturbed and unprofaned until later times, when frequent changes occurred in the proprietary of the soil. The Knights of St. John, an order instituted in 1099, bore a cross, black upon white. Hugh de Payens, the first Superior of the Knights' Templars, visited England in 1128, when many grants of land in Cornwall were made to that fraternity, and the symbol of martyrdom, the blood-red cross, of the same form as that worn by the order of St. John, was granted to the Templars, by Pope Eugenius III., at Paris in 1146, on the commencement of the second Crusade. Both Orders held lands in Cornwall, and the peculiar form of their cross, which occurs in some few instances in the county, may possibly have been introduced by them. Crosses were used from an early period of the Christian era, to the time of the Reformation, and their style varied in accordance with the different periods, from the most simple or even rude forms, to others more chaste and elegant. The Latin form of the cross continued in Western Europe until 1050, when began the schism between the Latin and Greek churches, and during this contention, the Greek crosses in this neighbourhood are generally supposed to owe their introduction. Crosses served sometimes to denote a place of sepul ture, or to mark the resting places of the corpse on the way to its interment. The churchyard crosses were not always monumental, for occasionally one was placed near the south or chief entrance to the church, suggestive of due preparation previously to entering the sacred building. Occasionally congregations were addressed by the priest, and proclamations made from such crosses. The crosses set up in market places had much the same purposes; from these, proclamations of war or peace, or any other matter of general interest were made known in purport to the people generally. The view of one, as it formerly stood in the market place at Penzance is here shewn. Crosses on the highways served as prayer-stations, and as indices or guide-posts to the different baptistries, oratories, or other religious foundations: many of them were of great public utility, being erected on dreary moors, where there were no other indications to direct the sojourner on his way. At these stations, the rich traveller often deposited alms for the succour of the poor or distressed wayfarer who might follow him. [Dr. Willis, Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Almoner, on behalf of His Majesty, laid the first stone in the foundation of the parish church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, March 19, 1721-2; and presented the workmen with one hundred guineas from His Majesty. To this donation, the record appears to refer]. To John Tooker, for Arthur Collins [Compiler of the Peerage]. 2007. To Dr. James Douglas, for his performance, and towards publishing his Anatomical Observations. 5007. [Dr. Douglas will be long held in remembrance from the extraordinary number of the editions of Horace which he collected]. To Dr. Thomas Renton, for making known his Art, Skill and Mystery in curing Ruptures. 50002. To Sir Richard Steele, as of Royal Bounty. 5001. [He was also restored to the office of Comptroller of the Theatre Royal, May 18, 1721]. To Philip Dormer Stanhope, commonly called Lord Stanhope, in lieu of a Jewel. 5001. [His father James Stanhope, married Feb. 24, 1713, Lucy, daughter of Governor Pitt, memorable for having given name as the possessor, to the great Diamond among the Crown Jewels of France. Philip Dormer Stanhope was April 14, 1718. The Earl died Feb. 4, 1721, and by the born in 1714; and the father created Earl of Stanhope, King's command had a military funeral. This gift of a Jewel, to the second Earl, then so young, appears to have been in consideration of his father's services]. Frederick [father of King George III.], for the small pox. 1000/. Many crosses still stand near the sites of churches or chapels which have long since been destroyed, and of To Zachary Pearce, Vicar of St. Martins, as of Royal 15007. which no other vestiges remain. All these varieties and Bounty, to erect an Organ there. their peculiarities, are severally graphically defined, and To Thomas Lowther, Gent., for His Majesty's Serin reference to the divisions which have been adopted, vice. 43,0007. that is, the Greek, the Transition, and the Latin Crosses, To Sir Joseph Eyles, Knt., for the Young Princesses. the author observes, these are in many instances not free 79,0001. from objection, and must of course be to some extent To the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and others, for 24,000l. arbitrary; since several which have a Greek cross on the repair of Westminster Abbey. one face, have a Latin or Transition cross on the other; To Colonel Jasper Clayton, for inspecting the demolition of Dunkirk. 4821. and many which now have four equal parts, like the Greek cross, have evidently been broken off from the To Christopher Tilson, to answer the value of Pictures, elongated shaft of the Latin: some indulgence is there-bought by His Majesty, of John Laws, Esq. fore solicited for the attempt at identification. The cross, in height five feet, and in breadth two feet three inches, was moved in 1829 from the centre of the market-place. The following inscription HIC PROCVMBVNT CORPORA PIORVM; was then found near the base, on the reverse side. 42151. 17s. 6d. [Qu. Was this Christopher Tilson, the younger brother of Henry Tilson? See Walpole's Painters, edit. 1827, vol. III., p. 205. The pictures appear to have been purchased of the memorable originator of the Missisippi Scheme in France; dismissed by the Regent, to appease the clamour of the multitudes his projects had ruined, he returned to England, Oct. 2, 1721; and on Nov. 28, pleaded at the G |