them married in the reign of Henry VI., Locre, Newcham, Newslede, Shenhow, and Elyngham, in the county of Northumberland; manors which had come to the King by the forfeitures of Henry, late Earl of Northumberland. Sir Robert (having previously received the honour of knighthood) was, in the third and fourth years of Edward IV., Sheriff of the county of Northumberland; an office at that time of great power, trust, and emolument. In the fourth of Edward IV. "he was in such favour with Richard Nevile, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury (the greatest Peer in England, and surnamed the King Maker) that in conThe first of the family, whose name sideration of his services done, and to be occurs, is Sir Robert de Manners, Lord of done, he granted him an annuity of twenty the Manor of Ethale (now Etall) in marks out of the revenues of his lordship Northumberland. Collins, and other of Barnard Castle, during his life; and genealogists, trace a long descent. Sir the next year was constituted deputy to Robert de Manners, in the 17th of Ed-|| Richard, Duke of Gloucester (then Adward II. (1323) was returned into Chan-miral of England, Ireland, and Aquitain) cery among the principal persons of the for all the sea coasts in the bishoprick of county of Northumberland, who were cer- Durham, from the mouth of Tese, to that tified to bear arms by descent from their of Twede: and was again Sheriff of the ancestors; and, in the succeeding reign,|| county of Northumberland, in the third he signalised himself in the defence of year of Richard III." Norham Castle, of which he was governor. He greatly distinguished himself on several other occasions, and was confidentially employed by his Sovereign on various important missions. John de Manners, who died in 1482, was interred in the body of the collegiate church of St. Mary, at Warwick, beneath a stone inlaid with brass, representing him standing in armour, on a lion procumbent. Round the stone, and at his feet, were inscriptions cut in brass, in characters of the time. One of these was as follows: For the love of God and in the Day of Charitie Which lieth berid under this Ston her as ze may see, Who prayeth for his Soule God of his Grace them Hevyn blysse to be their med at their last end. In 1461, the first year of Edward IV., Sir Thomas Manners, "in consideration of his true and faithful service done to the King himself, as well as to his father," had a grant for life of twenty marks per annum, issuing out of the manors of || It was this Sir Robert Manners, who married Eleanor, eldest sister and co-heir of Edmund Lord Roos* (who died in 1508) and daughter of Thomas Lord Roos, by Philippa his wife, eldest daughter of John, Lord Tiptoft and Lord Powys, sister to John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, K.G., and co-heir to her nephew, Edward, Earl of Worcester. By this marriage, “he greatly increased his estate, and, among other possessions, had the ancient seat of Belvoir Castle, in Lincolnshire, built by Robert de Todenei, a noble Norman, on a stately ascent, overlooking the beautiful valley adjacent (thence by him called Belvoir, from the fair view of the country thereabouts) and became the chief seat of that great barony, bestowed on him by William the Conqueror."+ Sir Robert This Lord Roos was lineally descended from William, Lord Roos, of Hamlake, who died in 10 Edward II., and was one of the competitors for the kingdom of Scotland, being great grandson of Robert, Lord Roos, and Isabel his wife, natural daughter of William, King of Scotland. + Belvoir Castle, had, in the reign of Henry III. devolved on the great Baron, Robert de MEMOIR OF THE RIGHT HON. KATHARINE MARY, LADY FORester. 141 was also possessed of Helmesley (otherwise Hamlake) Castle, in Yorkshire, and Orston Castle, in the county of Notting- || ham, and divers other manors and lands appertaining to Lord Roos. his Countess, Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Paston, Knt., had a numerous family. Dying in the year 1543, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, the second Earl, in whose descendants the George, the eldest son of Sir Robert title continued, through a succession of Manners, had the title of Lord Roos, in six Earls, till 1641, when, on the death 1487, after the decease of his mother, who of George, the seventh Earl, without issue, was also lineal heir to the baronies of it devolved on his cousin John, the eighth Vaux, Trusbut, and Belvoir. Ten years|| Earl, who was grandson of Sir John Manafterwards, in a memorable expedition|| ners, of Haddon, second son of the first into Scotland, he was, for his conduct and bravery, knighted by the Earl of Surrey, general of the army. During the reign of Henry VII., and in the early part of that of Henry VIII., he performed many important services. In 1513, while engaged at the siege of Therouenne and Tournay, he fell ill and died. This Sir George Manners, Lord Roos, married Anne, relict of Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter, and sole daughter and heir of Sir Thomas St. Leger, Knt., by Anne, his wife, daughter of Richard, Duke of York, and sister of Edward IV. His eldest son, Thomas, second Lord Roos, had special livery of all the manors, castles, and lands, descended to him from the Lady Eleanor, his grandmother, sister and co-heir to Edmund, Lord Roos; and also from Isabel, the other sister and coheir of that nobleman. In the summer of 1520, he had the honour of waiting upon Henry VIII., and his Queen, at their interview with Francis I. of France, and his consort, in the vale between Ardres and Guisnes; having then in his retinue two chaplains, two gentlemen, eighteen servants, and twelve horses. He was, on the 28th of June, 1525, created Earl of Rutland-a title that had never been previously borne but by the blood royal; and he had, in consequence of his descent from the sister of King Edward IV., an augmentation to his armorial bearings; viz. Or,2 Bars Azure, and a Chief Gules (as they appear on his father's tomb, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor) which Chief was augmented to quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure, 2 Fleurs-de-Lis; Or, 2nd and 3rd Gules, and a Lyon of England.* This nobleman, by Roos, by his marriage with Isabel, daughter and heir of William de Albini, a descendant from the above-mentioned Robert de Todenei. • This nobleman was also one of the Knights Earl. This nobleman died in 1679, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, John Manners, ninth Earl, and first Duke of Rutland. He was, in 1679, previously to his father's death, called up to the House of Peers, by the title of Baron Manners, of Haddon, in the county of Derby. Possessing a large fortune, he kept up the ancient character of English hospitality, at his castle of Belvoir. So attached was he to a country life, that for many years before he died, he never visited London; and when he married his eldest son to a daughter of Lord Russel, he caused an article to be inserted in the settlement, that the lady should forfeit a portion of her jointure, if she ever lived in town without his consent. However, on experience of her admirable temper and exemplary behaviour, as well as of the Companions of the most noble order of the garter; at the time of his election to which, a curious circumstance occurred. At a chapter of the order, held at Greenwich, in 1525, he was elected; "but the King, after breaking up of that chapter, being certified that the said Lord Roos had never been knighted, whereas the statutes of the most noble order require, that whoever is a companion in it should (at least) be a Knight Batchelor, he immediately called them back to the chapter, declaring the election of Lord Roos to be void, for the cause aforesaid, and ordered the badges of the most noble order to be taken from him. And they being on that declaration taken from him, his Majesty did (as the register sets forth) with his drawn sword create him a knight; and proceeding immediately with the companions to a new election, the Lord Roos was presently again unanimously elected a companion of the order, and declared so by the King; who commanding it, all the badges were restored to him, by the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk, and he was placed in the stall appointed him, by the Lords Fitzwalter and Bergaveny." excellent judgment of his son, he afterwards allowed them to act agreeably to their own inclination. In consideration of his great merit, and of the services of his ancestors to the nation, her Majesty, Queen Anne, was pleased to advance him to the dignities of Marquess of Granby, and Duke of Rutland, on the 29th of March, 1703. By his third wife, Katharine, daughter of Baptist Noel, Viscount Campden, he had issue-1. John; -2. Katharine, married Sir John Leveson Gower, afterwards first Baron Gower, ancestor of the Marquess of Stafford ;-3. Dorothy, married Baptist Noel, third Earl of Gainsborough. His son and successor, John, the second Duke, K.G., married, first, Katharine, second daughter of William, Lord Russel, the patriot, beheaded in 1688; secondly, Lucy, sister of Bennet Sherard, first Earl of Harborough. His eldest son, by his first Duchess, was John, the third Duke, K.G., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lord Steward of the Household, &c. His Grace married Bridget, daughter and sole heir of Robert Sutton, Lord Lexington. By that lady he had five sons and six daughters, who all died young, excepting the three eldest:-1. John, Marquess of Granby, a Lieutenant General in the Army, Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces, serving under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, in Germany, where he greatly distinguished himself by his valour and his skill;-2. Robert, who assumed the name of Sutton, pursuant to the will of his uncle, Lord Lexington, who left him his estate;-3. George, who, on succeeding his brother in the Lexington estate, also took the name of Sutton.-John, Mar Frances, married, first, George, second Earl of Tyrconnel; secondly, the Hon. Philip Anstruther, second son of Baroness Newark. John, the third Duke of Rutland, died in 1779, and was succeeded by Charles, the fourth Duke, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, &c. His Grace was born on the 15th of March, 1754. On the 26th of December, 1775, he married the Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, daughter of Charles, fourth Duke of Beaufort; by whom he had issue : 1. John Henry, fifth and present Duke of Rutland, born January 4, 1778;-2. Isabella, born in 1776, married, in 1798, Richard Norman, Esq.;-3. Katharine Mary, now Lady Forester, whose portrait we have the honour of introducing, born April, 1779;-4. Charles Somerset, born in 1780, Major General in the Army, and Aid-de-camp to the King;-5. Robert, born in 1781, Lieutenant Colonel of the 3d Light Dragoons ;-6. William Robert Albini, born in 1783, died in 1793. His Grace died on the 24th of October, 1787, and was succeeded by John Henry, present and fifth Duke of Rutland, and Baron Manners, of Haddon, Rutland, Marquess of Granby, Earl of K.G., D.C.L., Lord Lieutenant of the county of Leicester, Recorder of Cambridge, and of Scarborough, &c. His Grace married, on the 22d of April, 1799, Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick, fifth and late Earl of Carlisle; by whom (who died on the 29th of November, 1825, at the age of 45) he had issue : 1. Caroline, born May 25, 1800, and died, in December, 1804;-2. Elizabeth, born January 1802, married March 7, 1822, A. R. Drummond, Esq.;-3. Emmeline Charlotte ;-4. the Marquess of Granby, born June 26, 1807; to whom his present Majesty stood sponsor, and quess of Granby (who died in 1770, during who died August 4, 1807;-5. Katharine Isa the life-time of his father) married the Lady Frances Seymour, daughter of Charles, sixth Duke of Somerset (by his second wife, Charlotte, daughter of Daniel, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham) by whom he had issue: 1. John, died young;-2. Charles, the fourth Duke; 3. Robert, Captain, R.N., mortally wounded in the defeat of the French fleet in the West Indies, on the 12th of April, 1782;-4. bella;-6. a daughter, born January, 1811;7. George John Frederick, Marquess of Granby, born August 20, 1813, to whom the Queen by proxy, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince Regent and the Duke of York, stood sponsors in person, died June 15, 1814;-8. another Marquess of Granby, born May 16, 1815;—9. a son, born November 10, 1817, died February 6, 1818;-10. John James Robert, born December 20, 1818;-11. a son, born June 22, 1820. HELENA, OF SAXE ALTENBURG. THE last pealing notes of the organ had ceased to vibrate through the pillared aisles of the Gothic chapel attached to the castle. The service for the dead was which thou art now a member! by that love which thou didst ever profess to bear me while on earth-to appear to me on this spot, and satisfy my doubts !—'Tis concluded, and the monks, who had at- || midnight-nature sleeps-the blast lulls, tended to consign the body of father Augustine to its kindred dust, slowly left the sacred pile. and the hoarse murmurs of the stream are scarcely audible. Thou, too, sleepest! I call upon thee-and for the first time thou dost not answer me-I pour out the anguish of my spirit, and the silent tomb sends forth no voice to comfort me. Thy ear is closed for ever, and deaf to my sorrow." "Ernest!" whispered a soft voice near him, which sent an icy shiver through his frame. His cheek grew pale-his lips || quivered-but his eye was steady, and his brow firmly raised. He had invoked the dead-yet was surprised that a voice from the grave answered him. It was midnight: the moon was up, and walking in brightness through the|| broken clouds which the autumnal blast continually hurried before her face. Her partial beams shed a flickering light || through the half-leafless trees that shaded the burial-place of the proud Ernestin || line, and cast on waving banners and sculptured effigies a thousand strange and grotesque shadows. All was silent, except the shivering of the cold wind through the forest, and the sullen murmurs of the river Saale, forcing its way through the deep valley beneath. The awful stillness of the scene was at length broken by a deep and heavy sigh, and Ernest rose from the steps of the altar before which he had prostrated himself in anguish and bitterness of spirit. "Thou art, indeed, gone from me for ever," he said, "my father! my counsellor! my best and earliest friend. Methinks if I could see thee again all || would be well with me. The secret thy dying lips refused to utter would doubt- || lessly have removed this heavy weight from my mind. Till this burthen is diminished, the rank to which I have been so suddenly elevated brings no joy to my heart, but only serves to increase my misery." He paused, and looked long and earnestly on the stone that had closed over his friend. "It is no fable that the dead have appeared to the living: it is a fact which has been attested by all ages; and why should this mystery, which has been revealed to others, be denied to me? I loved thee, Augustine, living, and would not shrink from thee when arrayed in the shadowy garments of immortality. I charge thee, by that invisible world of • Vide page 9. No. 40.-Vol. VII. 66 Speak on!" he cried, in a determined tone-"I am here to answer thee.""Will not thy courage fail thee?" returned the same voice. "Thou wilt tremble at the apparition thy daring invocation has conjured up.” "I hear a voice," said the Prince, glancing somewhat fearfully round him— "but no form is visible. Hide not thyself in darkness, Augustine.-Appear! and, face to face, answer me!" "He sleeps," returned the voice, " on whom thou callest, and will sleep till the archangel's trumpet shall break his slumbers, and call the children of dust to judgment. It is only the souls of the guilty that find no rest in the tomb, and wander continually through the valley of the shadow of death-who, to expiate the crimes they committed while on earth, are condemned to haunt the spot that contains their mouldering ashes, and feel all the horrible changes of mortality, till the soul becomes as corrupt as the body it is forced to inhabit." The Prince shuddered: a sudden horror came over him; his hair rose on his head; a cold perspiration bedewed his limbs ; and his teeth, though firmly compressed, grated against each other. A conviction that he was in the presence of one of those U or will base metal bear the test of the furnace? Heaven has appointed thee to be its minister of vengeance, and the fate that it has marked out for thee must be accomplished." "What wouldst thou have me do!" exclaimed the Prince, writhing with agony; "wouldst thou bid me lift my hand against my father?" lost spirits unnerved him—all his boasted || rupt tree, my son, bring forth good fruit? courage fled. At length, ashamed of his weakness, he made a desperate effort to renew his determination, and sent a hurried glance around. The moon was in her splendour-every object in the chapel was distinctly visible, and the heads of saints and warriors seemed to frown upon him in the shadowy light. He started as the silken banners waved to and fro in the breeze, with a motion of life. "This is some horrible illusion!" he cried. "Fancy, || that can conjure up imaginary forms, has peopled the air with sounds. If I am not under the influence of magic, or of a dream, assume some form, and answer e.-Speak again! and tell me who and what thou art!" me. 66 Thy mother!" "Mother!" reiterated the young man, with a scream of agony that returned in hollow echoes through the pillared aisles of the chapel to his ear-" Mother! if thou art, indeed, my mother-wherefore || dost thou walk this earth like a troubled spirit? or why do we meet only in an hour like this?" "Till my wrongs are avenged, my soul will never find peace. Ernest Carlsheim, I charge thee, by my sufferings on earth, by my torments in hell, by the cureless woe that condemned spirits feel, to mitigate my present agonies by the death of him who occasioned them-who broke the oath he swore to my dying father, to be a protector to his child-who plunged the friendless orphan committed to his care in guilt, and covered her offspring's name with dishonour! His lawless passion has not alone destroyed my body-it has slain my soul. To fill up the measure of his crimes, he has given thee a name which is not thine own, and invested thee with titles which thou canst not lawfully claim. Accept the honours he offers thee to cover his infamy, and the curse the bitter curse-of thy wretched mother shall rest for ever on thy head!" "Oh, woe is me e!" exclaimed the Prince, dashing his hand against his head, "Why should I suffer for my parent's guilt?" "Is it not written in the book that lies not-that the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children, even to the third and fourth generation? Can a cor "It was his crime to be thy father.Did he consider thy mother?" "Most wretched son! Unhappy mother! Let this cup pass from me, the contents are bitter, I cannot swallow them!" "Thou doom'st me, then, to endless misery ?" "Will this dreadful deed redeem thy soul from punishment ?” "It will ?" "But mine?" "Thou art but a passive instrument in the hands of a higher power; of thyself thou canst do nothing." "Thy wrongs shall be avenged-thy soul find rest! But then, my father!— Oh God!-My father!" "Thy resolution wavers-thou must swear to perform this, and bind thy soul by an oath that may not be broken." "By whom shall I swear? Whose name shall I invoke? To mention the Eternal One would be blasphemy, and call down upon my guilty head a fiercer punishment than that which I am commanded to inflict." Swear," said the voice, in a solemn tone, " by that unfathomable abyss that burns for ever-by those torments which may not be repeated to human ears-to avenge thy mother's wrongs!" The youth trembled, and was silent. "Hesitate another moment, and an immeasurable gulph will flow for ever between us." Ernest dashed himself to the earth, buried his face in his mantle, and pronounced distinctly the dreadful oath. A wild laugh rang along the chapel, and was succeeded by a death-like silence. The yelling of the autumnal blast was hushed, and no sound but the violent beating of his own heart was audible. "Mother!" he exclaimed, "thy dreadful mandate is accomplished. Nothing in the visible or invisible world can terrify |