so submit, both as a Christian and a soldier, that I shall be both a comfort and an example to you."

On Tuesday, October 14th, Lord Derby was removed from Chester. He reached Leigh on his way to Bolton that evening, and parted with his two daughters, Catherine and Amelia. On the road he called his attendant to him, and bade him, when he should come into the Isle of Man, remember him to the archdeacon there, and tell him that he well recollected the several discourses that had passed between them concerning death; that he had often said that the thoughts of death could not trouble him in fight or with sword in hand; but he feared it would somewhat startle him tamely to submit to a blow on the scaffold. "But, he continued, "tell the Archdeacon from me, that I do now find myself in an absolute change as to that opinion, for I bless GOD for it, Who hath put the comfort and courage into my soul, that I can as willingly now lay down my head the block as ever I upon did upon a pillow."

From the Earl's making no allusion to the good bishop, it may fairly be gathered that he was dead. His name was Richard Parr, and he held with the bishopric the valuable living of Eccleston in Lancashire. The living was sequestered in October, 1643. But as the Isle of Man had not yet surrendered to the parliament, it is probable that the bishop enjoyed the small revenue of his see, and performed its duties unmolested till his death. Of the archdeacon little is known. His name was Samuel Rutter. He is said by Sacheverell, in his account of the Isle of Man, "to have governed the Church with great prudence during the late civil wars," and that he was a man of exemplary goodness and moderation. At the time of the Restoration he is spoken of as being chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Derby, who was so anxious to have him made bishop, that she asked Dr. Barwick, who had been nominated by the king to that see, to forego his right, alleging that he might hope for better preferment from his majesty. It is singular that she should not have insisted on the absolute right possessed by the Earl of Derby to the nomination to the see; but probably she was well aware that a signification of her wish would be sufficient. Accordingly Dr. Barwick immediately complied, expressing his joy at being able to oblige so great a person as the countess, and showed that he had no wish for better preferment by refusing the see of Carlisle, and accepting the deanery of Durham.

To return to Lord Derby. Upon retiring to bed he lay upon his right side with his hand under his face, observing, "Methinks I lie like a monument in a church, and to-morrow I shall really be so." At rising the next morning, as he put on his shirt, he said, "This shall be my winding sheet, for this was constantly my meditation in this action." "See," said he, to one of his attendants, "that it be not taken away from me, for I will be buried in it.”

He then called for his son, Lord Strange, to put on his order, observing, "that he should return it to him again in the course of the day, and begged him to return it to the king, when he should be so happy as to see him, and to say that he sent it in all humility and gratitude as he had received it, spotless and free from any stain, according to the humble example of his ancestors."

After this they joined in prayer, and then follows an account of Mr. Greenhaugh reading the commandments, after each one of which Lord Derby made his confession, and he received “absolution and the Sacrament." The expression in the MS. account, which has been printed in Collins' Peerage, seems to leave it doubtful whether this was a private confession, or whether the writer merely intends to describe what took place before them all. But there can be no doubt that it was a private confession, because if it had been public, all would have been spoken of as communicating, and there would have been no need of any particular allusion to the absolution rather than any other part of the service. But whatever doubt there may be as to the nature of the service, there can be none as to the fact of the earl's having made a private confession to Mr. Greenhaugh, because on the scaffold, in vindicating his own conduct, he took occasion to allude to the sins which he had confided to the bosom of this good man, pointing to Mr. Greenhaugh.

We should be glad to be able to give some account of Mr. Greenhaugh; but we can only conjecture that he is the same individual spoken of in Walker's Sufferings, under the name of John Greenhalgh, B.D., an ejected fellow of S. John's college, Cambridge. It is not unlikely he was brother of Captain Greenhalgh, lieutenant-governor of the Isle of Man, in whom Lord Derby seems to have reposed great confidence.

Before starting in the morning of Wednesday, October 16th, for Bolton, Lord Derby drank a cup of beer, and again bade his attendants remember him to the archdeacon, and inform him that he used the same grace that he had taught him.

He reached Bolton at one o'clock, and being allowed two hours to prepare for death, he spent the time in prayers and comforting his attendants, explaining how he had lived and how he had prepared for death, and was no longer afraid of it.

His speech on the scaffold was as follows:

"I come and am content to die in this town, where I endeavoured to come the last time when I was in Lancashire, as to a place where I persuaded myself to be welcome, in regard the people thereof have reason to be satisfied in my love and affection to them; and that now they understand sufficiently. I am no man of blood, as some have falsely slandered me, especially in the killing of a captain in this town, whose death is declared on oath, so as the time and place now appears under the hand of a Master in Chancery, besides the several attestations of a

gentleman of honour in the kingdom, who was in the fight in this town, and of others of good report both in the town and the country; and I am confident there are some in this place who can witness my mercy and care for sparing men's lives that day.

"As for my crime (as some are pleased to call it), to come into this country with the king, I hope it deserves a better name; for I did it in obedience to his call, whom I hold myself obliged to obey, according to the protestation I took in parliament in his father's time. I confess I love monarchy, and I love my master Charles, the second of that name, whom I myself proclaimed in this country to be king. The LORD bless him and preserve him: I assure you he is the most godly, virtuous, valiant, and most discreet king that I know lives this day: and I wish so much happiness to this people after my death, that he may enjoy his right, and then they cannot want their rights. I profess here in the presence of GOD I always sought for peace, and I had no other reason; for I wanted neither means nor honours, nor did I seek to enlarge either. By my king's predecessors mine were raised again to a high condition, it is well known to the country; and it is as well known that by his enemies I am condemned to suffer by new and unknown laws. The LORD send us our king again, and our old laws again, and the LORD send us our religion again.

"As for that which is practised now, it has no name, and methinks there is more talk of religion than any good effects of it.

"Truly to me it seems I die for GOD, the king, and the laws, and this makes me not be ashamed of my life nor afraid of my death."

Here he was interrupted by a disturbance amongst the soldiers. The rest of his speech, which had been written by himself, but which was not delivered, was as follows:

"My sentence, upon which I am brought hither, was by a council of war, nothing in the captain's case alleged against me; which council I had reason to expect would have justified my plea for quarter, that being an ancient and honourable one amongst soldiers, and not violated (that I know of,) till this time, that I am made the first suffering precedent in this case.

"Now I must die, and am ready to die, I thank my GOD with a good conscience, without any malice, or any ground whatever, though others would not find mercy upon me, upon just and fair grounds; so my SAVIOUR prayed for His enemies, and so do I for mine.

"As for my faith and my religion, this much I have at this time to

say :

"I profess my faith to be in JESUS CHRIST, Who died for me, from Whom I look for my salvation, that is through His only merit and sufferings. And I die a dutiful son of the Church of England, as it was established in my late master's time and reign, and is yet professed in the Isle of Man, which is no little comfort to me. I thank my GOD for the quiet of my conscience at this time, and the assurance of those joys that are prepared for those that fear Him. Good people, pray for me, I do for you: the GOD of heaven bless you all, and send you peace: that GOD, that, is truth itself, give you grace, peace, and truth. Amen."

He died uttering the words, "Blessed be God's glorious Name for ever and ever. Let the whole earth be filled with His glory."

We hope our readers are sufficiently interested in Lord Derby to bear with some further extracts concerning him. They occur only in Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, a book which is in few people's hands, though it contains a considerable amount of useful information with regard to the times of the civil war. The earl left in MS. an account of the Island, addressed to his son, Lord Strange, in which, amongst other useful advice, he gives the following admonition as to the appointment of a Bishop of Man :

"No subject that I know hath so great royalty as this. And lest it be thought too great, keep this rule, and you will more securely keep it. Fear GOD, and honour the king. Have this in your thoughts, first, to choose a reverend and holy man to your bishop, who may carefully see the whole clergy do their duties.

"It hath been a custom heretofore, that such persons have been chosen to the place who were already beneficed in England, to the end they might better be enabled to live with reputation and honour to the country. But I have considered a farther matter in it. For by the law and custom here, the lord and bishop agreeing, might lease any part of the bishopric for twenty-one years, for lives, or further time, &c., which hath usually been done, and at this time it is so. Whereby you see few bishops have at any time enjoyed the full benefits, and have contented themselves to be called lords. But in a few years the leases will be expired, and then the bishopric shall be worth the having. And considering the cheapness of the place, I know few bishops in England can live better than he, the whole being entire. Nevertheless I would not lose the power hereof; but to keep up my prerogative (unto which of all things have a most especial regard), you may give way to leasing some petty thing or other of little moment.

"One of the chief things I herein consider is, that if the greatest part of the bishopric be leased, you will find few worthy men desirous of the place. And, if men be beneficed already, they will seldom live in the isle; which indeed I would have the whole clergy obliged unto. For so will they do GOD more service; they will relieve and instruct the poor people better. Have also great care that this bishop be not of a factious spirit. And let them be of your own choosing rather than recommended to you. So will they have the only obligation to yourself, and have no dependence of another. For it may displease you if they talk too much of York, as some ill chosen heretofore have done.

"I had a design, and GOD may enable me, to set up an university, without much charge, (as I have contrived it,) which may much oblige the nations round about us. It may get friends into the country, and enrich this land, (of which some share in time will come to the lord's purse, as is most certain thereby will much credit.) This certainly would please GOD and man. But of this I shall tell you more when [it] please [s] the LORD to settle me again in mine own."

But we have already exceeded our limits, and shall conclude this

paper with the following extract, which gives the earl's opinion of Mr. Rutter:

"You know my instructions to you. In the first place to fear the LORD is the beginning of true wisdom. And I know you are taught it of Mr. Rutter: for whom you and I may best thank GOD.

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"He is not only a good teacher to you; but a good companion both to you and me having nothing at all of the pedant. There is good proof of his labours with you. For you have profited well in your studies and without flattery to either, above what I expected by reason of your long sickness. For I cannot hope of so much scholarship from you as your brothers; who are (GOD be thanked) more healthful; and (GOD willing) shall be plied harder at their studies than you have been.

"You have already the benefit of your mother's language, so as you need not travel (as I and some others have done,) to pass our time for words; while we lost so much of our life to have studied men and

manners.

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"The method of your teaching you may remember. When GOD blesseth you with children, you may yourself give rules unto their teachers. Nevertheless lest you forget any of it, I may happily desire Mr. Rutter to set it down in writing; that you may keep the same by you with this and if others (when we are dead) pretend to greater knowledge, and a new way of teaching, you may compare his great skill with our true loves; of which these and the like endeavours shall be our witnesses. In another place I may say more of my intents concerning your breeding, travel, and the like. In the meantime I will tell you something of my commissioners' behaviour in this country, and how it fared while they ruled here. Also, something of the choice of servants."

(To be continued.)

REVIEWS AND NOTICES.

The Re-consecration, Reconciliation, &c., of Churches, according to the law and practice of the Church. By E. C. HARINGTON, A.M., Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of Exeter. 8vo. pp. 64. Rivingtons and others.

THIS pamphlet has been written at the request of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, as a sort of sequel to Mr. Harington's valuable work on the "Importance, &c. of the rite of Consecration of Churches." We hail it as a proof that we are not closing our eyes to the fulness of that precept: "Mundamini, qui fertis vasa Domini." And it is more especially satisfactory to find that one of our architectural societies has not shrunk from vindicating its concern in matters which are high