acquired a taste for topography and antiquities, and was elected a F.S.A. in 1778; and some time afterwards a F.R.S. He published Chronological Tables of the County of Lincoln; London's Gratitude, an account of the Sculptures and Paintings in Guildhall; and Collections for the History of Grantham, with memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton. He also communicated numerous papers to the Society of antiquaries and the Royal Society, most of which are printed in the Archælogia and the Philosophical Transactions. His writings display deep research, and much antiquarian knowledge. He was in the commission of the peace for the county of Lincoln, and for a short time represented the borough of Midhurst in parliament. He died at Stoke Park, near Grantham, and was interred in the family vault at Stoke, Rochford. 21.-ST. BENEDICT. The founder of the order of the Benedictin Monks, was a native of Norcia, formerly an episcopal see in Umbria, and was born about the year 480. He was sent to Rome when he was very young, and there received the first part of his education. At fourteen years of age he was removed from thence to Sublaco, about forty miles distant. Here he lived a most retired life, and shut himself up in a cavern, where nobody knew any thing of him except St. Romanus, who, we are told, used to descend to him by a rope, and supply him with provisions; but being afterwards discovered by the monks of a neighbouring monastery, they chose him for their abbot. Their manners, however, not agreeing with those of Benedict, he returned to his solitude, whither many persons followed him, and put themselves under his direction, and in a short time he was enabled to build twelve monasteries. About the year 528, he retired to Mount Cassino, where idolatry was still prevalent, a temple of Apollo being erected there. He instructed the people in the adjacent country, and having converted them, broke the image of Apollo, and built two chapels on the mountain. Here he founded also a monastery, and instituted the order of his name; which in time became so famous, and extended over all Europe. It was here too that he composed his Regula Monachorum, which Saint Gregory speaks of, as the most sensible and best written piece of that kind ever published. Where Benedict died is uncertain; some say at Mount Cassino, others affirm it to have been at Rome, when he was sent thither by pope Boniface. The time of his death is also uncertain: it was either in 542, 543, or 547. 21.-MID-LENT SUNDAY. So called from being the fourth Sunday in Lent, and the middle Sunday between Quadragesima and Easter Sundays. On this day at Seville there is an usage, evidently the remains of an old custom. Children of all ranks, poor and gentle, appear in the streets fantastically dressed, somewhat like English chimney-sweepers on May-day, with caps of gilt and coloured paper, and coats made of the crusade bulls of the preceding year. During the whole day they make an incessant din with drums and rattles, and cry "Saw down the old woman." At midnight, the parties of the commonalty parade the streets, knock at every door, repeat the same cries, and conclude by sawing in two the figure of an old woman, representing Lent. This division is emblematical of Mid-Lent.-Doblado's Letters. 23.-1829.—REV. ARCHDEACON NARES DIED, The Rev. Robert Nares, M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A. V.R. -R.L.S., born at York, June 9, 1753, was the son of Dr. Nares, a musician of eminence, and organist and composer to Kings George II. and III. He was educated at Westminster School, became a king's scholar in 1767, and subsequently was elected in 1771 to a studentship of Christ-church, Oxford, where he took orders, about 1778. On leaving college, he became tutor in the family of Sir Watkin William Wynn, and afterwards obtained the livings of Easton Mauduit, and Doddington, in Northamptonshire. In 1787, he was appointed chaplain to the Duke of York, and in the ensuing year, Assistant Preacher of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn. In 1795, he became an assistant librarian at the British Museum, and soon afterwards, Librarian for the MS. department. In 1799, he was made a Canon Residentiary of Lichfield; in 1800, he was honored with the Archdeaconry of Stafford; and in 1818, appointed Rector of Allhallows, London Wall. Few individuals have been more deeply and universally lamented by the literary world and his friends, than this accomplished man. He was an exemplary divine, a profound scholar, a laborious and judicious critic, and an elegant writer. His publications are numerous, among which are Elements of Orthoepy; Principles of Government deduced from Reason; Man's best Right; two volumes of Essays; The Veracity of the Evangelists demonstrated; A Glossary, illustrative of the works of Shakspeare, and English authors in general; and numerous Sermons. In 1793, he commenced the British Critic, in conjunction with the Rev. W. Beloe, and which he continued to conduct in an able manner till the close of the forty-second volume. He also revised and corrected the Biographical Dictionary, in 1798, in conjunction with the Rev. W. Tooke, and the Rev. W. Beloe, each undertaking five out of the fifteen volumes. 25.-ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, or LADY DAY. This festival is celebrated in memory of the angel's salutation of the blessed Virgin, and appears of great antiquity. Mention is made of it in sermons attributed to Athanasius and Gregory Thaumaturgus. In the seventh century, the council of Trullo issued a canon forbidding the celebration of all festivals in Lent, except the Lord's-day, and the feast of the Annunciation. 28.-1829,-HENRY HASE DIED, ætat. 66. The chief cashier of the Bank of England, with whose name the public are so familiar by seeing it on the bank notes. He was a gentleman of extraordinary abilities, and of a social disposition, intimately acquainted with the late Dr. Abraham Rees, by whom, and by a numerous circle of friends, he was highly respected. His attention to business, great arithmetical attainments, and strict integrity of principle, were noted and duly appreciated by the late Abraham Newland, at whose recommendation, and under whose fostering care he rose gradually from a comparatively humble station to the office of assistant, or second cashier. He was also one of the executors of Mr. Newland, and at his decease was appointed by the Honorable Board of Directors to succeed him in his office. 29.-1829.-THOMAS HARRISON DIED, ÆTat. 85. He was born at Richmond, in Yorkshire, in the year 1744, and having a taste for drawing, went to Rome, under the patronage of the late Lord Dundas, about the year 1769. He remained several years in Rome, engaged in the study of architecture, and made some designs for the embellishment of the Square of Santa Maria del Popolo; in consequence of which, he had the honor of receiv ing from the hands of Pope Ganganelli, a gold and silver medal, and was also made a Member of the Academy of St. Luke, by an especial order for that purpose. Upon leaving Rome, he travelled through part of Italy and France, and returned to England in 1776; where he was soon afterwards engaged in building a bridge over the Lune, at Lancaster, consisting of five arches, being the first level bridge ever constructed in this country. Having settled at Lancaster, he designed and executed the extensive improvements and alterations in the Castle at that place; and afterwards gained a premium, and was appointed architect for rebuilding the Gaol and County Courts of Chester. The Armoury and Exchange buildings, which form the east and west wings of the County Hall, as also the chaste and unexampled Propylea, or gateway, before it, were built after designs furnished by Mr. Harrison; and the new Bridge across the Dee, now in progress, which is to be formed of one arch, of one hundred feet span, is also from his design. England is indebted partly to Mr. Harrison for the possession of those valuable antiquities, now known by the name of the Elgin Marbles. When the Earl of Elgin was appointed Ambassador to the Porte in 1799, Mr. Harrison, who was at that time in Scotland, designing a house for his Lordship, strongly recommended him to procure castes of all the remaining sculptures, &c. in Athens, but had not the least idea of the marbles themselves being removed.Since Mr. Harrison resided in Cheshire he has been engaged in several works of importance. Amongst others, a Column, at Shrewsbury, (in conjunction with Mr. Haycock,) in honor of Lord Hill; and one for the Marquis of Anglesea, erected near his Lordship's residence, on the Straits of the Menai. Also, the Triumphal Arch, at Holyhead, built to commemorate the king's landing there; as |