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surprise and admiration. It is fitted to contain forty coffins,and was erected at a cost of 1500l. Near the Circle, rest Sir W. Beattie, who extracted the ball from Nelson—and Morris, the Haymarket manager. Within it, and therefore neighbouring each other, lie Daniells, the Orientalist; Joseph Chitty, the famous barrister; and under the shadow of a pretty monument, silent as "a nightingale o'ercome in music," Rosoman Mountain, the modest actress and sweet-toned singer who charmed so many of us in youth. Winding our way about, in the pensive mood which the scene so naturally awakens, the eye traces, among many others, the names of the Duchess Dowager of Leeds, Lady Galloway, two sons of the Hon. George Ponsonby, General Skelton, Admiral Donnelly, Sir M. White Ridley, Bart., and others. Near us stands an elegant tomb of white marble, raised in honour of a respected physician, Edward Turner, M.D. There is also one to the memory of Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., Secretary to the Post Office, who spent upwards of half a century "in acourse of faithful and distinguished official service." The hapless youth whom Medhurst stabbed sleeps with his sister here: hers was the broken heart. Ah! how life is linked to life, how victim follows victim! Who can say in his frenzy, "I will strike one blow," and feel sure that the death-stroke will not reach another bosom? We find a second example in another part of the Cemetery, where a low tomb, surrounded by yew, bears the affecting record that the wife of Mr. Beard was hastened to her end by the loss of an affectionate mother.
Among the obelisks is one to Sir Robert Baker, and another, of white marble, to Mrs. Tremaine, who perished by fire. Among the monuments is that of the Honourable Frances Bowles, Lord Palmerston's sister; and one of enduring granite to a good man, General Sir Ronald C. Ferguson, G.C.B. & M.P. Next to him lies his brother, Ferguson of Raith. Major General Henry Roome sleeps near them, and, within a noble granite tomb, Admiral Sir Henry Duncan. But of all the tombs which grace the Cemetery, not one is there to eclipse the strikingly plain and simple style of beauty, costly though it be, that adorns the enclosure sacred to the relics of Doctor Hewitt.
Before we quit the splendid circle, two objects require to be noticed. On the approach through the central walk from the entrance, they are the first prominent ones that present themselves (see the engraving on the last page.) One is the "Family Vault of Andrew Ducrow, Esq." It is large and lavishly decorated; but the plants which encircle it form a welcome relief to its gorgeous ornaments. There is an inscription on either side.
"Here repose in sacred memory the mortal remains ofthe beloved wife of Andrew Ducrow, Esq., by whom this monument is reared, as a last tribute to his love, as a lasting testimony to her worth—who departed this life 26th January 1837.
Shews the parting tear,
That silent drops for thee,
Till Death has brought him here."
"Within this tomb, erected by Genius for the reception of its own remains, are deposited those of Andrew Ducrow, whose death deprived the arts and sciences of an eminent professor and liberal patron; his family of an affectionate husband and father; and the world of an upright man. He died 27th of January, 1842. Το commemorate such virtues, his affectionate Widow has erected this tribute."
Opposite this striking mausoleum is one scarcely inferior to it in magnitude.
"It is the fate of most men, to have many enemies and few friends. This monumental pile is not intended to mark the career, but to shew how much its inhabitant was respected by those who knew his worth, and the benefits derived from his remedial discovery . He is now at rest, and far beyond the praises or censures of this world. Stranger, as you respect the receptacle of the dead, read the name of John St. John Long without comment."