In Wiltshire there is a word used for a mess similar in meaning to that one mentioned in last week's paper"Caddle." "You have catched me quite in a caddle." When the cottage is being cleaned, washing going on, "The children are quite in a caddle" when they have dirty pinafores." I don't know the derivation of the word. J. E. ROBERT, LORD CLIVE. It may not be generally known that the great Lord Clive at one time resided at Condover Hall. I have frequently heard it spoken of, and also that his death occurred there. I have, however, recently met with proofs of his residence at Condover. In looking over some old registers, or rather copies of registers, of that parish, I found the two following entries :- "1763. Sep. 18. Margareta, D. of the Right Hon. Lord and Lady Clive. Baptized." "1764. Nov. 18. Elizabeth, D. of the Right Hon. Lord and Lady Clive. Baptd." Burke has no mention of either of these children, unless "Margaret," who was married in 1788 to Colonel Walpole, be, as is very probable, the above-mentioned "Margareta." Burke gives a daughter "Rebecca," but no "Elizabeth." SUMLEILUG. THE DEATH PLACE OF KING OSWALD. (December 16, 1874). Has the Abbey, mentioned by Pennant, between Welshpool and Oswestry, "Strata Marcella," or "Ystrat Marcell" any connection with the "Plato Marcella" of Winwich. X. A ROYAL YULE IN SHREWSBURY. In 1006, Ethelred the Second, flying before the Danes, took refuge at Shrewsbury, and held his court here at Christmas. This remote Christmas could hardly have been a merry one, for the times were rude and troublous, the king was weak and incompetent. There were, "Godless hosts of heathen swarming o'er the Northern Sea," as Tennyson says, to slay the folk, and spoil the land.” In the absence of any record, we can only conjecture how our sturdy Saxon forefathers celebrated their great midwinter festival. Doubtless they kindled huge fires and burnt the Yule log, and cheered their hearts with wassail and minstrelsy. As we modern Salopians keep the holy feast in peace, it should increase our joy to contrast the benign reign of our good Queen, and that of the ready" King, who spent Yule in Saxon Shrewsbury. R. E. D. A CHRISTMAS MISHAP. 66 un On Christmas Day, 1752, certain good people of Shrewsbury went to church; and, returning, found that their homes had disappeared bodily, in the meantime. The "Stone Bridge," taken down in 1768 to give place to the English Bridge, was an ancient structure of seventeen arches. It was guarded by a strong tower, and no fewer than thirty-three houses cumbered the parapet. On the date aforesaid, two of these houses (in consequence of the beams which supported them giving way). suddenly fell into the river with all their contents. The occupiers, being absent, saved their lives. R. E. D. SHROPSHIRE SUPERSTITIONS The following are Shropshire superstitions connected with "The twelve good days of Christmas" :-When the evergreens which have been used for decking at Christmas are taken down, they must not on any account be burnt, or misfortune will certainly befall. If the first person who comes to the house on the morning of New Year's Day happens to be a female it is a sure omen of bad luck. PROUD SALOPIAN. THE ACTON FAMILY. Among the notabilities of Shropshire may be named Charles Januarius Edward Acton, of Aldenham Hall, near Bridgnorth, born March 6th, 1803. His eminence was raised to the purple, as Cardinal Sta Maria della Pace, 24 January, 1842, and died 1849. Though a Roman Catholic he is mentioned among the distinguished men of Magdalene College, Cambridge. G. S. LORD KENYON. The life of Lloyd Kenyon, the great Lord Chief Justice of England, by a descendant of the same surname, is very acceptable to many members of the Bar, and to gentlemen of the counties of Shropshire and Flint, where he was well-known and respected. His former biographer, Lord Campbell, was signally unjust to his memory, in his lives of the Chief Justices of England, and the late Lord Denman had similar grounds of complaint. He remonstrated with Earl Russell on the appointment of Lord Campbell as his successor, and pointed out a glaring instance of unfairness in the life of Judge Park. GOLD IN SHROPSHIRE, 1735. G. S. "Oct., 1735. A Vein of Gold was reported to be discovered in a Gravel Pit this Month, near Newport in Shropshire, by a Virtuoso bringing some shining Earth to Town, which on trial produced Gold." A. A POPULAR HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. I venture to ask for the insertion of the following extracts in your valuable column of "Shreds and Patches," a column which has added considerably to Salopian literature. The extracts are taken from a short History of Shrewsbury published about six weeks ago, in a somewhat obscure weekly periodical. My reason for troubling you with them is that the information appears to be unique in its way, and requires some little explanation of its seeming incongruities, at least to one who is, as signed, a STRANGER. "When the castle was originally built, Earl Roger pulled down one fifth of the town to make room for its erection; and Cromwell after the Parliamentary War, added an additonal fort called Roushill, which is amongst the most entire of the remaining portion at the present time. * In the Abbey Foregate, is a military depôt capable of containing 25,000 stand of arms. Races are held here in September, and continue for three days. The course is at Bicton Heath, two miles to the west of the city. * * There are extensive ironworks at Coleham. *The trade to the town is facilitated by the River Severn, which is navigable for boats of thirty or indeed forty tons burden, and opens up a communication with Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, and other towns connected with these great commerical marts." DESTRUCTION OF TURNPIKES, 1735. In the Gentleman's Magazine, October, 1735, is an Account of an Attack on Turnpikes near Ledbury :-" The Commissioners of the Turnpikes hearing an Attempt would be made to pull them down, went about 8 at night with Attendants well armed to the one on the road to Hereford. Here a great number of Persons with Guns, Axes, &c., came to meet them, when the Proclamation against Riots was read by candlelyte. In the conflict 2 Men dressed in Women's Apparel, with faces blacked and axes in hand, were taken prisoners. The Gentlemen thinking that all danger was over, went home; but the Rioters being re-inforced cut down 6 Several Turnpikes, and then went to The Justice's House at one o'clock, where the prisoners were, and threatened to fire it if they were not released. They discharged several Guns at the Windows, loaded with Ball, which were returned from the House. After one Rioter was killed and several wounded they returned carrying off the dead Body, and next day the Prisoners were carried to Hereford Gaol." SHROPSHIRE WILLS. A. The following appeared in Notes and Queries of December 12th-Shropshire Wills in 1824, were to be found in four dioceses. I note all the following registries there at that date, though some of them are apparently, and probably, irrrelevant : I. Diocese of St. Asaph (containing a small part of Shropshire). Registry at Hawarden, Flintshire. The Bishop's Consistory Court. (Query. At St. Asaph or at Hawarden ?) The Registry of the Archdeacon of St. Asaph. (Probably united to that of the Consistory Court.) No Peculiars in this Diocese. The Registry (if any) of the Archdeacon of Worcester, for places in his jurisdiction. See Sir N. H. Nicholas's Notitia Historica, published 1824; the First Report of the Select Committee on the State of the Public Records; and the Valor Ecclesiasticus. JOHN W. BONE, F.S.A. Since sending the above to "N. & Q.," I have been informed from Shropshire that "all Shropshire wills proved before the establishment of the District Registries are now at the District Registry at Shrewsbury." J. W. B GEORGE BARNWELL. "Mr. Wopsle had in his hand the affecting tragedy of George Barnwell, in which he had that moment invested sixpence, with the view of heaping every word of it on the head of Pumblechook, with whom he was going to drink tea. * Mr. Wopsle, as the ill-requited uncle of the evening's tragedy, fell to meditating aloud in his garden at Camberwell."--Great Expectations. A local interest attaches itself to this crime, in consequence of a ballad on the subject being printed in Bishop Percy's "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry," in which he assigns Ludlow, and not Camberwell, as the residence of the "ill-requited uncle." Is there now any legend of such a murder having taken place in that town? 'Nay, I an uncle have : At Ludlow he doth dwell : Ere I will live in lack, And have no coyn for thee, I'll rob his house and murder him. To rob his wealthy uncle there ; Unto his uncle then He rode with might and main, Who with a welcome and good cheer Did Barnwell entertain. One fortnight's space he stayed Until it chanced so, His uncle with his cattle did Sudden within a wood, He struck his uncle down, And beat his brains out of his head; So sure he cracked his crown," &c. Bishop Percy, in his preface, speaks of the modern play founded upon the above, which was written by George Lillo, and first acted about 1730, and assigns the date of the ballad to the middle of the previous century. He quotes the title of one copy of this ballad : George thrice Barnwell, an Apprentice of London, who robbed his master and murdered his uncle at Ludlow," and concludes thus: "This tragical narrative seems to relate to a real fact; but when it happened I have not been able to discover." S. C. S. MAJOR JOHN SCOTT-WARING. The following interesting sketch of the life of this distinguished Salopian is by the Rev. George Sandford, of Sheffield : "The name of Major John Scott-Waring is transmitted to posterity in the Essays of Lord Macaulay, Lord Mahon's Life of Pitt, Burke's Landed Gentry, Smart's History of England, and the memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Warren Hastings, First GovernorGeneral of Bengal, in three volumes, by the Rev. G. R. Gleig, from which last work I collect my chief information. His father was Jonathan Scott, Esq., of Shrewsbury, representing the elder branch of the family of the Scotts, of Betton Strange, and sprung from ancestors who had taken an active part in the municipal and local transactions of the town of Shrewsbury, and his mother was Mary Sandford, of The Isle, in the parish of St. Chad. John Scott embarked in early life, as a cadet, for India, and attained the rank of Major in the East India Company's service, being actively engaged in the contest with Hyder Ally, Sultan of Mysore. When, however, Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal, became conscious of the formidable attacks that were being made in England on his political administration and character, he resolved, after mature deliberation, to send home some person in whom he could repose unlimited confidence, and to furnish him with the means of refuting whatever calumnies Mr. (afterwards Sir Philip) Francis might circulate against him, as well as of instructing both the Cabinet and such circles as it might be deemed expedient to enlighten in the true nature and object of the system on which the Bengal government was conducted. Such a man Mr. Hastings found in Major John Scott, better known a few years subsequently as Major Scott-Waring; and however the intimacy of these two gentlemen may have terminated, it is an act of bare justice to state that, as the agent of the Governor General, Major Soott was indefatigable.' 'Zeal and industry,' wrote Lord Mahon in the life of Pitt, 'were qualities possessed by Major Scott in the highest perfec. tion.' Greatness was thus thrust upon Major Scott in 1781. He stood in the same relation to Hastings which Wedderburn, afterwards Earl of Rosslyn, had undertaken for the great Lord Clive, and as member of Parliament for West Looe, Cornwall, and Stockbridge, Hants, he defended the honour and interest of his friend, the Governor General, with unblenching spirit in spite of the extraordinary eloquence, talents, and influence, of the great Masters of Debate-Fox, Pitt, and Burke. Lord Chancellor Thurlow was favourable to the cause of Hastings, and Major Scott had suggested to him the title of 'Daylesford' for his friend if elevated to the peerage. After spending thirty-three years in India, Hastings returned to England June 13th, 1785, and on the 4th of April, 1786, was charged by Mr. Burke with great crimes and misdemeanours on eleven different counts, when he petitioned through Major Scott to be supplied with a copy of the charges, and to be heard in his own defence. This request was granted, and the first of May was selected as the day on which the House of Commons would be prepared to hear him, when he vindicated his political measures with great ability. Subsequently Hastings was arraigned at the bar of the House of Lords, and for many wearisome years stood on his defence, but was acquitted April 23rd. 1795. During the lengthened trial Hastings consulted his chosen friend about all intricate transactions in India, saying frequently I will try what I can do with the aid of Mr. Scott, who alone can give me aid of this kind.' When, however, he turned his back on Westminster Hall he was impoverished, and could not tell whence the funds were to come by which the weekly bills of his household were to be discharged. £76,528 had been expended by him in law charges only, and when, through the liberality of the East India Company, he purchased Daylesford, in the county of Worcester, the seat of his ancestors, he speedily spent upwards of £40,000 in improvements. Major John Scott was never duly recompensed for his unremitting efforts and sacrifices in the cause of Warren Hastings, and the disappointment of his just expectations caused an estrangement between himself and his former friend. His private fortune also suffered in the unavoidable outlay of his public career; for he had inherited the extensive estates of his relative, Richard Hill Waring, Esq., inclusive of the mansion in Shrewsbury formerly belonging to the Cherletons, Barons of Powys, the Shelton demesne, which had been possessed by the Warings since the reign of Henry III., and a large property contiguous to Llanforda Hall, near Oswestry. There was no reward for his public services, but a heavy loss consequent on a life of labour and anxiety. His letters to Hastings are still extant, and testify of his aptitude for business, and his zeal in the service of the Governor General of Bengal. His contemporaries were struck with the peculiar charm of his manners and bearings. He left his mark on the age in which he lived, and won the admiration of his townsmen of Shrewsbury by his public spirit, while he secured their gratitude by a ready devotedness to their interests. But the remuneration which he had earned by his untiring zeal in behalf of Warren Hastings was never realized. He survived his former friend one year, and After life's fitful fever slept in death May 5th, 1819. His posterity is still to be found in the regions of the torrid zone, and in several English counties; but the once familiar and popular name of 'Scott of Shrewsbury' is missing in the municipal roll, and among the inhabitants of our ancient borough. send you these few memorials of Major John ScottWaring as of one who fought bravely in India, and spoke with equal courage in the House of Commons, seeking and valuing the esteem of the inhabitants of Shrewsbury during his eventful life, and wishing to be remembered by them afterwards with kindness and regard. He was not without the aspiration that his descendants, possessed of increasing influence, might be identified with the interests of Shrewsbury; but fortune failed to smile upon this desire." FIERY EXHALATION IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE. The following is an extract from Evelyn's Diary:"22 April, 1694. A fiery exhalation arising out of the sea spread itself in Montgomeryshire, a furlong broad and many miles in length, burning all straw, hay, thatch, and grain; but doing no harm to trees, timber, or any solid things, only firing barns or thatched houses. It left such a taint on the grass as to kill all the cattle that eat of it. I saw the attestations in the hands of the sufferers. It lasted many months." A correspondent of Notes and Queries, many years ago, introduced the subject; but failed to elicit any reply. Perhaps some of our Montgomeryshire friends may be able to furnish, from tradition or otherwise, some information on so remarkable a phenomenon. If true, such an event would scarcely be unrecorded. Seeing that Montgomeryshire is about ten miles from the sea at the nearest point, it seems strange that no allusion is made to the intervening counties, Merioneth and Cardigan, which would, in all probability, have suffered first. W. H. JANUARY 6, 1875. BOOKSELLERS IN SHREWSBURY. (9th December, 1874.) The following list is from the records of the "Combrethren of Saddlers, Painters, Glaziers, Plumbers, Curriers, and others." The date prefixed denotes the time of admission as a Freeman of the Company; the sum affixed the admission fee paid. June 12, 1696.-Thomas Gittins. June 22, 1739.-Richard Lathrop, 17s.4d. June 6, 1740.-John Cotton, 17s.4d. May 26, 1749,-Joshua Eddowes, 17s.4d. June 15th, 1750.-William Williams, 17s.4d. May 24, 1758.-Stafford Pryse, 17s. 4d. June 3, 1768.-Richard Cross, 17s. 4d. May 26, 1769.-William Laplain, 17s.4d. July 26, 1769--William Smart, foreigner, £10.10s. Od. June 8, 1792.-James Palin, foreigner, £10. June 5, 1795.-John Evans, apprentice to Thomas June 5, 1795.-John Hodges, apprentice to Philip Sandford, £1.1s.5d. June 13, 1800.-Richard Maddocks, foreigner, £10. June 5, 1801.-Thomas Newling, apprentice to Philip Sandford, £1.1s. 5d. October 30, 1807.-Theodosius Wood, apprentice to his mother, served only five years, £10. June 20, 1808.-William Slade, £10. Nov. 14, 1810.-John Watton, £10. June 11, 1811.-Thomas Howell, £1.17s. 8d. June 8. 1824.-John France, apprentice to John Watton, £1.7s. 8d. June 18, 1824, William Tibnam, foreigner. £10. May 17, 1826.-William Hulme, apprentice to Thomas June 14, 1827.-James Bell, foreigner, £10. July 24, 1844.-John Lloyd, apprentice to W. and J. July 29, 1844.-John Hasleham Leake, apprentice to Wm. Morris and Thomas Howell, 10s. June 12, 1846.-James Sandford, 10s. -Frederick Ashford Jones, 10s. -Henry Ryder, 10s. W. A. LEIGHTON. THE DEATH PLACE OF KING OSWALD (December 30, 1874). The inscription on the wall-plate at Winwick, which informs us that Oswald "From Marcelde did to Heaven remove," has suggested to a correspondent of Bye-gones (August 6, 1873), the possibility that there was some connection between it and Strata Marcella, near Welshpool; but on the 15th of October, 1874, another correspondent pointed out that Strata Marcella was founded by Owain Cyveiliog in 1170, whereas Oswald "did to Heaven remove "in 642, five hundred years before the abbey was built. JARCO. GEORGE BARNWELL (December 30, 1874). S. C. S. asks if there is any legend of such a murder as that mentioned in the ballad taking place at Ludlow. On the 25th of September, 1872, it was stated in Bye-gones that early in this century the late Mr. D. Parkes, of Shrewsbury, on a visit to the district was told that a place known as Huck's Barn, a mile from Ludlow, on the Leominster road, was said to have been the residence of Barnwell's uncle, and that there was a plot of ground known as Barnwell's Green, which rumour said was the place where the nephew lay in wait for the uncle as he returned from Leominster fair. Near to the Green Mr. Parkes was shown a thicket, where the murder was said to have been accomplished. A. R. DEATH OF VISCOUNT HILL, LORD LIEUTENANT OF SHROPSHIRE. It is our painful duty to record the decease of Lord Hill, which occurred, after a long and severe illness, at his seat, Hawkstone, in this county, on Sunday last. The kind hearted and amiable Lord Lieutenant is no more. His death causes a void, which will not easily be filled up, in the social and political affairs of this county, and it may truly be said that Shropshire has lost one of her foremost men, one of her best and noblest sons. Occupying as he did in his native county, by the favour of his Sovereign, the highest position which a subject may be called upon to occupy, the duties of which position he ever fulfilled with becoming dignity, he did not forget those other duties which his high station demanded of him. Sprung from an ancestry who have occupied a prominent page in England's history, and having himself for more than half a century taken an active share of those duties which naturally devolved upon him, he was nevertheless eminently a domestic man. As a son, brother, husband, and father, his conduct through a long life has been such as to afford a bright example to his peers, and to entitle him to the undying respect and veneration of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. As a landlord and a neighbour he had few equals, and the love and esteem in which he was held by his numerous tenantry might well excite the envy of many, who would do well to follow his example. As a sportsman and country gentleman he was in the foremost rank; he was courteous and affable to all with whom he was brought into contact, and as a man of business, punctual, just, and honorable to the highest degree. He was kindness personified, and his conciliatory and unobtrusive demeanour in all matters. whether public or private, won for him a larger share of affectionate regard than falls to the lot of ordinary mortals. Like his noble and gallant uncle, who was emphatically called "The Soldier's Friend," he too was a friend worth having, a friend to all men, and one who never made an enemy. The origin of the family is, to some extent, involved in obscurity, but the most reliable local historians believe that their original seat was Hulle, now called "Court of Hill," an elevated spot on the Titterstone Clee, in the parish of Burford. If that be so the earliest notice of them in the public records is in the 30th of Edward I., in a grant by the prior and monks of Worcester. Again William de Mortimer, Canon of Hereford, in the 5th of Edward II., grants to William de la Hulle and Alice, his wife, lands in Rokhulle and Greate. William de la Hulle, in the 5th of Edward III., grants lands to John Darel, his nephew, Chaplain of Nash, to pray for the souls of himself and Alice, his late wife, his heirs and successors. Hugh de Hull, of Hull, son of William, removed to Buntingsdale, in the north-east of Shropshire on his marriage with Eleanor de Wloukeslow, sister and co-heiress with Isabel, wife of Thomas de Stuche, from whom are descended maternally the Clives of Styche. William, the eldest son of Hugh, was the grandfather of Humphrey Hill, of Buntingsdale, from whom, in direct descent, we find Thomas Hill, of Soulton, (which fine old mansion still exists), who was sheriff of Shropshire in 1681. The third son of Humphrey Hill was Thomas, of Hodnet and Malpas, father of Sir Rowland Hill, the first Protestant Lord Mayor of London, in whose honour a column is erected in Hawkstone Park. Another member of the family, who achieved high distinction, was Richard, known in history as the "Great Hill," who was born in 1654, and educated at Shrewsbury School and St. John's College, Cambridge. This gentleman became successively Paymaster of the Army, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Italian States (Rome excepted), and afterwards to the Netherlands. He was the founder of the present family, as well as of the Hills of Attingham, and built the present mansion at Hawkstone for his nephew Rowland, who was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1732, for whom also he procured the baronetcy. Sir Rowland had a numerons family, his eldest son, Sir Richard, was for many years M. P. for the county. His second son, John, who succeeded to the family honours, was the grandfather of the late Viscount, and his sixth son was the popular but eccentric Minister of Surrey Chapel, the Rev. Rowland Hill. Previous to his accession to the baronetcy Mr. John Hill lived at Prees Hall. He married Mary, youngest daughter of John Chambre, Esq., of Petton, and became the father of sixteen children. Of these their venerable father was enabled to welcome home five sons, survivors of the wars which culminated in Waterloo, and on his subsequent presentation to George the 4th, then Prince Regent, received from him the gratifying salutation. "I am glad, indeed, to see the father of so many brave sons.' His eldest son, John, entered the army early, and served in Flanders under the Duke of York. He died in 1814, during his father's life-time. He married, in 1795, Elizabeth Rhodes, daughter of Philip Cornish, Esq., by whom he had five sons and two daughters. His eldest son, Rowland, who ultimately succeeded his grandfather as fourth Baronet, and his uncle as second Viscount, was he whose loss we now deplore. He was born on the 10th of May, 1800, and would therefore in a few months have completed bis 75th year. He entered the army at an early age, joining the Royal Horse Guards Blue. In 1821, being then only twenty-one years of age, he was elected, without opposition, as member of Parliament for the county of Salop, in the room of John Cotes, Esq. He held the seat until 1842, when, on the death of his uncle, Viscount Hill, he was called to the House of Lords. His uncle, Lord Hill, felt a just and natural pride in his first election, and announced the event to the Duke of Wellington in a letter, dated October 18th, 1821. He said "I am rejoiced to have it in my power to say that Rowland was this day elected member for the county of Salop. The proceedings throughout the whole of this business have been most gratifying to our family. I can assure your grace that your glorious campaign in the Peninsula, in which I had the good fortune to be a humble partaker, has not been forgotten by the Shropshire free"I have received holders." To this the Duke replied, your letter, and sincerely congratulate you upon the success of your nephew, and this fresh instance of the deserved respect in which you and your family are held in the county of Salop." During the whole period of his representing the county, he was only twice opposed. The first time was in 1831, during the agitation which preceded the first Reform Act, when the seats held by him and Mr. Cressett Pelham were contested by Mr. Lloyd, of Aston, and Mr. John Mytton. The poll was kept open only five days, and resulted in the triumphant return of the two old members. At the end of the fifth day the numbers polled were: For Sir Rowland Hill, 1,824; Mr. Pelham, 1,355; Mr. Lloyd, 835; Mr. Mytton, 395. The two latter thus finding their chances of success were extinguished, prudently withdrew from the contest, which may have been The second and last legally continued over another week. occasion was at the General Election in 1832, which necessarily followed the passing of Lord John Russell's Reform Bill. Mr. Pelham retired, disgusted with the division of the county, declaring that he preferred to be the representative of a whole borough rather than half a county, and subsequently was elected for Shrewsbury. Mr. Ormsby Gore became the second candidate, but the late Mr. John Cotes was returned as Sir Rowland's colleague. Sir John Hill died in 1824, and the young member succeeded to the baronetcy and the family estates. He was soon after selected by the Prime Minister, Mr. Canning, to move the address in the House of Commons. How he acquitted himself, we learn from a letter to Mrs. Hill, his mother, from Mr. Wilberforce, who wrote thus: "Your son acquitted himself in such a way in moving the address as to have produced in all who were present (all at least whose good opinion is worth having) a very favourable impression of his talents, and a still more favourable one of his moral character." On his accession to the peerage in December, 1842, the seat which he had so long and so honourably filled became vacant; and a worthy successor was found in the person of Viscount Clive (the present Earl of Powis), who was elected without opposition early in 1843. On the resignation of the late Duke of Sutherland in 1845, the high and important offices of Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Salop were conferred upon Lord Hill, to the entire satisfaction of the whole county, which did not He took the oaths of contain a more popular man. office at a Court held at Windsor Castle on the 20th November, 1845. His Lordship, as we have stated, entered the Blues at an early age, and afterwards became successively captain and lieutenant-colonel of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; and since the amalgamation of that regiment with the South Shropshire, succeeded to the command of the whole body. His Lordship was unable, however, from an attack of his old enemy, the gout, to be present at the last meeting of the regiment in May, 1874. On the formation of the Volunteer corps, Lord Hill not only officially as Lord Lieutenant, but also as a private gentleman, gave the movement his strenuous support, and those who witnessed the scene in Hawkstone Park will not soon forget the magnificent reception which his lordship gave to the Shropshire Volunteers on the occasion of their first review in 1861. He was for many years one of the trustees of Shrewsbury School, in the welfare of which he always evinced a lively interest. The Salop Infirmary, too, experienced Lord Hill's untiring exertions for its well doing. Until that of last November, he never missed being present at its anniversary meetings, of which he was looked upon as the guiding spirit. His fine manly form |