And till eternity with power sublime,
Shall mark the mortal hour of hoary time,
Shakspeare and Garrick like twin stars shall shine,
And earth irradiate with a beam divine.

PRATT.

Sacred to the

IMMORTAL MEMORY OF

SIR PALMES FAIRBORN, KNT.

Governor of Tangier,

In the execution of which Command, he was mortally wounded by a shot from the Moors, then besieging the town, in the 46th year of his age, October 24, 1680.

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Ye sacred reliques, which your marble keep,
Here undisturb'd by wars, in quiet sleep,
Discharge the trust which (when it was below)
Fairborn's undaunted soul did undergo,
And be the town's palladium from the foe.
Alive and dead these walls he will defend;
Great actions great examples must attend.
The Candian siege his early valour knew,
Where Turkish blood did his young hands imbrue ;
From thence returning with deserv'd applause,
Against the Moors his well flesh'd sword he draws,
The same the courage, and the same the cause.
His youth and age, his life and death combine,
As in some great and regular design,
All of a piece throughout, and all divine.

Still nearer heaven his virtues shone more bright,
Like rising flames expanding is their height,
The martyr's glory crown'd the soldier's fight.
More bravely British general never fell,

No General's death was e'er reveng'd so well,
Which his pleas'd eyes beheld before their close,
Follow'd by thousand victims of his foes.
To his lamented loss, for times to come,
His pious widow consecrates this tomb.

SIR GODFREY KNELLER, KNT.

He was Painter to

King Charles II.; James II.; William III.; Anne and George I.

Born in 1646, died in 1723, aged 17. He was Knighted, March 3, 1691, and created a Baronet May 24, 1715,

(Among his most excellent works are the Beauties of the Court of Charles II.)

His Epitaph is written by POPE.

Kneller by heaven and not a master taught,
Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought;
When now two ages he had snatch'd from fate
Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great,
Rests crown'd with princes' honors, poet's lays
Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise;
Living great nature fear'd he might outvie
Her works; and dying fears herself
may die.

PHILIP CARTERET,

Son of Lord George Carteret,

Who died March 19, 1710, aged 19,-a King's Scholar at Westminster. An emblem of time is standing on an altar supposed to be repeating the following Epitaph :

Why flows the mournful muse's tear
For thee cut down in life's full prime:
Why sighs for thee the parent dear,
Cropt by the scythe of hoary time?
Lo! this my boy's the common lot!
To me thy memory entrust;
When all that's dear shall be forgot,
I'll guard thy venerable dust.
From age to age, as I proclaim
Thy learning piety and truth;
Thy great example shall inflame
And emulation raise in youth.

LORD AUBREY BEAUCLERK

Was the youngest son of Charles, Duke of St. Alban's, by Diana, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford. He went early to sea, and was made a commander in 1731. In 1740, he was sent upon that memorable expedition to Carthagena, under the command of Admiral Vernon, in his Majesty's ship the Prince Frederick, which, with three others, were ordered to cannonade the castle Bocca Chica. One of these being obliged to quit her station, the

Prince Frederick was exposed not only to the fire of the castle, but to that of fort St. Joseph, and to two ships that guarded the mouth of the harbour, which he sustained for many hours that day, and part of the next, with uncommon intrepidity. As he was giving his command upon deck, both his legs were shot off; but such was his magnanimity, that he would not suffer his wounds to be dressed till he had communicated his orders to the first Lieutenant which were to fight his ship to the last extremity. Soon after this he gave some directions about his private affairs, and then resigned his soul with the dignity of a hero, and a christian. Thus he was taken off in the 31st year of his age; an illustrious commander of superior fortitude, and clemency, amiable in his person, steady in his affections and equalled by few in the social and domestic virtues of politeness, modesty, candour, and benevolence. He married the widow of Colonel J. Alexander, a daughter of Sir H. Newton, Knt. envoy extraordinary to the court of Florence, and to the republic of Genoa, and judge of the high court of Admiralty.

His Epitaph over the inscripton :

While Britain boasts her empire o'er the deep
This marble shall compel the brave to weep,
As men, as Britons, and as soldiers mourn—
"Tis dauntless, loyal, virtuous Beauclerk's urn.
Sweet were his manners as his soul was great,
And ripe his worth tho' immature his fate;
Each tender grace, that joy and love inspire,
Living he mingl'd with his martial fire :
Dying he bid Britannia's thunder roar,

And Spain still felt him when he breath'd no more.

TO THE MEMORY OF

SIR CHARLES WAGER, KNt.

Admiral of the white, first commander of the
Admiralty and privy councillor :
A man of great natural talents,
Who bore the highest commands,
And passed through the great employments
With credit to himself, and honor to his country.
He was in private life

Humane, temperate, just, and bountiful:
In public station

Valiant, prudent, wise, and honest;
Easy of access to all:

Plain and unaffected in his manners,
Steady and resolute in his conduct;
So remarkably happy in his presence of mind,
That no danger ever discomposed him,
Esteemed and favored by his king,
Beloved and honored by his country.
He died May 24, 1743, aged 77.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

EDWARD VERNON,

Admiral of the White Squadron
Of the British fleet.

He was the second son of James Vernon,
Who was Secretary of State to King William III,
And whose abilities and integrity
Were equally conspicuous.