982. Portland plundered by the Danes. 998. Near Wareham Danes landed and ravaged the country. 1003. Sherborne, Shaftesbury, and Clifton, destroyed by Sueno, King of Denmark, to revenge the massacre of the Danes by Ethelred. 1015. Cerne Abbey plundered by Canute. 1052. Portland plundered by Earl Godwin. 1138. Wareham town and castle seized by Robert de Lincoln for the Empress Maud. 1139. Sherborne Castle seized by Stephen; Corfe Castle seized by Baldwin de Redvers with a body of Normans. Stephen attempted to retake it, but without success. 1142. From Wareham Robert Earl of Gloucester sailed to solicit succours from the Earl of Anjou, and in his absence Stephen burnt the town and surprised the Castle, defended by William, the Earl's eldest son. The Castle, after an obstinate defence, under Hubert de Laci, was retaken by the Earl of Gloucester, who made Hubert de Lincoln Governor for the Empress; and the Earl also took the Castles of Lullworth, and Bow and Arrow in Portland. 1146. At Wareham Henry Fitz-Empress, afterwards Henry II. embarked for Anjou. 1205. At Wareham King John landed from France. 1404. At Portland a body of French landed, but were repulsed and driven back to their ships. 1483. Near Poole the Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII. approached in a vessel from St. Malos, but, finding the shore lined with armed men, and distrusting their intentions, he sailed back to France. 1565. 1588. Shrievalty of this county disjoined from that of Somerset. Off Portland Bill (July) the Spanish Armada defeated by the Earl of Effingham, Lord High Admiral. 1642. Sherbourne Castle (Sept.) successfully defended by the Marquis of Hertford against the Earl of Bedford and the Parliamentarians. 1643. At Poole (Feb. 20) Royalists, under the Earl of Crawford, repulsed in an attack on the town.-Dorchester (Aug. 2) taken possession of by the Earl of Caernarvon, for the King. Weymouth and Portland Castle (Aug. 9) surrendered by the Parliamentarians to the Earl of Caernarvon.Wareham (Nov. 23) surprised, plundered, and 200 Royalists made prisoners by the Parliamentarian garrison of Poole. 1644. Near Poole (Feb. 18) Lord Inchiquin's Irish regiment defeated, and two pieces of ordnance taken by the Parliamentarian garrisons of Poole and Wareham.-Near Dorchester (Feb. 20) convoy sent by Prince Rupert defeated, 100 horse and 30007. in money taken by the garrison of Poole.At Holme Bridge (Feb. 27) Parliamentarians from Wareham, under Capt. Sydenham, defeated, and 40 men slain, by Capt. Purdon, of Lord Inchiquin's regiment.-At Hemiock Castle (March) Parliamentarians, under Colonel Ware, defeated, and 200 prisoners taken in Lyme Regis by Lord Paulet and Sir John Berkeley.-Near Poole (March 22) a detachment of Parliamentarian horse defeated and chased into the town by Sir Thomas Aston.-Wareham (April) taken from the Parliamentarians, 39 slain, 150 made prisoners, with 13 pieces of ordnance, by Colonel Ashburnham.—At Winterborn Whitchurch (April) Sir John Miller and 100 Royalists taken prisoners by a detachment from Sir William Waller's army.-Between Poole and Blandford 16 of the Queen's regiment killed, 40 made prisoners, and 100 horse taken by the Parliamentarians of Poole.-Weymouth (June 15), with 80 pieces of ordnance, much ammunition, and many vessels taken, by the Parliamentarians under Sir William Balfour.-Blandford Forum (July) plundered by the Parliamentarians under Major Sydenham.-Between Dorchester and Wareham, Lord Inchiquin and the Royalists defeated by Colonel Sydenham, 12 men slain, and 160 taken prisoners, of whom i Irishmen were afterwards hanged.-Wareham (Aug. 10) taken by the Parliamentarians under Colonel Sydenham and Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury and Lord Chancellor.-At Abbotsbury, (Nov.) after a gallant ressistance, Colonel Strangeways and his regiment of Royalists taken prisoners by Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1645. Weymouth and Melcombe Regis successfully defended for 18 days against the Royalists, under General Goring and Sir Lewis Dives. Siege raised Feb. 26.-Wareham (April) surprised by the Royalists.-At Shaftes bury (Aug. 2) 50 of the leaders of the Club-men taken prisoners by Gen. Fleetwood; and on Hamildon Hill (Aug. 4) 4000 of the Club-men defeated and dispersed by Cromwell, 60 slain, 400 prisoners and 12 colours taken. 1646. Corfe Castle, under Colonel Anketil, taken by Colonel Bingham and the Parliamentarians.-Portland (April 9) surrendered by Colonel Gollop to Vice-admiral Batten and the Parliamentarians. 1672. Off Lyme the English fleet worsted by the Dutch. 1685. At Lyme Regis the Duke of Monmouth, who had landed, June 11, with about 100 men, remained recruiting 'till the 15th, when he marched thence with an army of 2000 foot.-On the 13th, Lord Grey, with a detachment of 300 men from Lyme, surprised Bridport; but falling to plunder, the King's forces, which lay in a wood near the town, compelled them to retire with loss. Of the 67 persons executed for this rebellion in this county, 12 suffered at Bridport, 13 at Dorchester, 13 at Lyme Regis, 12 at Sherbourne, 5 at Wareham, 2 at Weymouth, and the remainder at Poole, Shaftesbury, and Wimbourn Minster. John Tutchin, author of the "Observator," was sentenced by Jefferies to be whipped through every town in the county, to be imprisoned 7 years, and pay a fine of 100 marks. He petitioned to be hanged and was pardoned. 1747. At Poole (Oct. 7) the Custom House broken open about 12 o'clock in the day, by about 60 armed smugglers, who carried off 4200lbs. of tea. Many of the gang were afterwards taken and executed. EMINENT NATIVES. Ashley, Sir Anthony, first brought cabbages into England from Holland, (died 1628.) Bingham, George, divine, answerer of Lindsay, Melcomb Bingham, 1715. Blandford, Walter, Bp. of Worcester, Melbury Abbas, 1619. Chafin, William, divine, anecdotist of Cranbourne Chase, Chettle, 1733. Coker, John, author of "Survey of Dorsetshire," Mapouder, (died 1655.) Corfe, William de, Provost of Oriel, Deputy at Council of Constance, Corfe Castle, D'Ewes, Sir Symonds, antiquary, author of "Parliaments of Eliz." Coxden, 1602. Erle, Sir Walter, Colonel, Parliamentarian, Charborough (died 1665.) Frampton, Robert, Bp. of Gloucester, Pimpern, 1622. Frampton, Tregonwell, "father of the turf," Moreton, 1641. Freke, Sir Thomas, benefactor, rebuilt the church, Ewern Courtney, 1563. Gibbon, Nicholas, divine, loyalist, Poole, 1605. Gower, Humphrey, divine and scholar, Master of St. John's, Cambridge, Dorchester, 1637. Gregory, Arthur, assistant to Secretary Walsingham, Lyme Regis (died about 1604.) Gundry, Nathaniel, Judge, Lyme Regis (died 1754.) Jane, Thomas, Bp. of Norwich, Milton Abbas, (died 1500.) Jolyff, George, physician, discovered the Vasa Lymphatica, East Stour, (died 1655.) Jordan, Ignatius, merchant, moral legislator, Lyme Regis, 1561. Laurence, Thomas, scholastic divine, Master of Baliol, Oxford (died 1657.) Laurence, William, lawyer, author on Marriage and Primogeniture, Wraxhall, 1611. Maltravers, Sir John, cruel keeper of Edward II. Litchet Maltravers (died 1364) Martin, Thomas, civilian, Cerne Abbas, (died 1589.) Mew, Peter, Bp. of Winchester, Purse Candel, 1618. Mockett, Richard, divine, author of "De Politia Ecclesiæ," Dorchester, 1577. Oram, Samuel Marsh, poet, Shaftesbury. Pikes, William, Roman Catholic martyr, Dorchester, (suffered 1591.) POORE, RICHARD, Bp. of Durham, founder of Salisbury Cathedral, Tarent Crawford, 1237. Riccard, Sir Andrew, merchant, President of the East India and Turkey Companies, Portisham, 1604. Rogers, Robert, benefactor, founder of Alms-houses, Poole, (died 1601.) Ryves, John, divine, Blandford Forum, (died 1665.) Saywell, William, divine, Master of Jesus College, Oxford, Pentridge (died 1701.) Stone, Stone, William, loyal divine, Wimborne Minster, 1610. Thornton, William, divine, Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford, Sherbourne, (died 1707.) (To be continued.) Sutton Coldfield, June 22. Mr. URBAN, HE "Comparative View of the and Rome," by Dr. Marsh, now Bishop of Peterborough, is a work so valuable, on account of the documents it contains, the general soundness and acuteness of its reasoning, and the importance of the conclusions which it establishes, that I am anxious to see it as free as possible from every thing which may be deemed a defect, and diminish in the slightest degree the effect of its argument. It is with this view alone, that I beg to point out an oversight which occurs in page 237, of the 2d edition of this excellent work. "Dr. Delahogue," he writes, "in quoting the third canon of the fourth Lateran Council, inserts in a parenthesis after the words Hæreticis exterminalis, the explanation id est, vi vocis expulsis. Now the extermination of heretics by the force of words, is a task too difficult even for the Church of Rome." On turning to the Lecturer of Maynooth's Tract, "De Ecclesia Christi," p. 263, the passage will be found to be printed thus exterminatis (id est ex vi vocis expulsis.)" The author evidently meant to explain the word exterminatis by the word expulsis, supposing some advantage to be derived from that explanation; and the sentence might be translated "exterminatis, that is, agreeably to the force of the word expulsis." Dr. Marsh inadvertently (as there cannot be the smallest doubt) dropped the word ex, and then his own meaning, in a grammatical view, became admissible. There is another point upon which I beg to submit some remarks. the account of the Oath taken by Romish Bishops at their Consecration, the author has attempted an explanation of the sentence occurring in it -salvo meo ordine-and interprets ordine by the epithet monastico. "In taking therefore," he adds, "an oath of obedience to the Pope, it was deemobedience should not prejudice the privileges of his own Order," p. 236. The best criticism in these cases is such as is founded on the history of the affair. The rudiments of the episcopal oath are to be found in Decretal. Greg. IX. lib. 2, cap. 24, sect. 4. This oath was first imposed by a Pope Gregory; and modern critics, Barrow, and the Romish Annotator on the Pontifical, Cataleni, agree in supposing him to be the seventh of the name. The date is therefore about A.D. 1076. The gloss, or interpretation on the place, in the edition of the Decretals, printed at Venice, 1486, is "secundum quod pertinet ad meum honorem: quia non cum armis." This is simply a stipulation not to serve in war, a very necessary one at the time; although the phrase acquired a new and alarming meaning in future times, and under other circumstances. If, however, Dr. Marsh erred in the true interpretation of the sentence, those adherents of Popery have erred far more inexcusably in every respect, who have interpreted it as a reservation in favour of Protestant Rulers: and "to pretend," as the learned writer justly concludes, "that the clause was inserted for the purpose of saving allegiance to the Kings of England, is so absurd, that we may justly wonder it could ever obtain credit." J. M. part i. p. 290, give me leave to state, that the copy of verses, entitled "To-Morrow," was copied from the Tyne Mercury, verbatim et literatim, with the exception of one Stanza, which, as not being thought equal to the rest, was omitted. The son of the late Mr. Mitchel, the respectable and able conductor of that Newspaper, says, that his late father was last year employed in the South of England in collecting materials for a volume of Fugitive Poetry, and that this copy of verses was given him by a lady as the production of Miss Susan Blamire (not Blannil, as printed p. 290), of Thackwood-nook, near Carlisle, and which authority he never doubting, in consequence printed them as such. I have not, at present, at hand the additional Stanza, otherwise I should have sent it you, as it might, perhaps, lead to a discovery of who was the original author of those beautiful lines. I have it in my power to procure a few more of the poetical compositions of Miss B. which, should this seem to afford any pleasure to the generality of your readers, I shall have equal pleasure in communicating. Take the following as a speci men. SONG, On being advised to go abroad for change of air. Tune-" Rose-bud still in bearing." Oh! urge me not to wander, Or quit my pleasant native shore, But let me still meander, On these sweet banks I lov'd before. The heart o'ercharg'd with sorrow, Can find no joy in change of scene, Nor can that cheat "To-morrow" Be aught but what "To-day" has been. If pleasure e'er o'ertakes me, 'Tis when I tread the wonted round, Where former joy awakes me, And strews its reliques o'er the ground. There's not a shrub or flower, But telis some much-lov'd tale to me, Or paints some happy hour, Which I, alas! no more must see. 1 cannot quit M. H. without returning my grateful thanks to her for the sincere pleasure which I received from the perusal of her elegant little volume, "Affection's Gift." With Mr. Urban's permission, I shall transcribe a few observations with which I felt particularly gratified. "Seriously reflect, my beloved child, before we can enjoy happiness, the mind must be prepared to receive it, that there is no transmuting power in death,-that unless we habituate the soul to virtue, and to piety here, and endeavour to attain a relish for those enjoyments we are promised in Heaven, even there happiness would be unknown to us." "That Prayer is the high privilege of frail and weak beings, that only can calm when the tumults of thought arise within, that only can bid the soul be still, and rest upon its God." Recollect how desirable, how essential it is to become better as you become wiser that, while by study and reflection you improve your understanding, you must also zealously endeavour to improve your heart." The mind cannot endure a vacuum : and if not filled with laudable pursuits, will have recourse to trifles to fill up the vanity, the frivolities of dress, the rivalvoid. Hence the passions of envy and ship of beauty, which agitate successively the bosoms of those unemployed beings. These tormentors of peace can never find place in the heart of a girl, who has learned to place delight in the performance of domestic duty and intellectual pursuits." Yours, &c. OMICRON. Mr. URBAN, Boughton, Malherb, HE following is a copy of an in- the Parish Church of Boughton Malherb, in the county of Kent. Nere this lyeth Dr. Leonell Sharpe, an old and constant preacher for 40 yeares and upward of the free saveing grace of Jesus Christ, by which grace he dyed assured of the pardon of his sinnes and of his coheritage with Christ Jesus. Hee was Chaplaine first to the Earle of Essex, and after his death to Queene Elizabeth, by her own choyse, after her to Prince Henery, and lastly to King James. Briefly, he preached fruitfully, hee lived chearefully, and he dyed ioyfully the first day of January, anno domini 1630, ætatis suæ 71: Fui Sharpius & parte mei meliori sum & totus ero quia caro mea requiescit in spe una cum humanâ naturâ angelicâ claritate fruitura. The above appears to me to afford a strong corroboration of the truth Queen Elizabeth's attachment to the of the generally-received opiniou of memory of the unfortunate Earl of Essex. Perhaps some of your Correspondents may be able to refer me to some of the histories of the times in which this curious fact is mentioned. Yours, &c. C. 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