sail she could crowd, and bore away; but the Rambler being much disabled in her masts and rigging, could not follow her with any hopes of success. The commander, therefore, seeing both the frigates dismasted, and the Quebec take fire, endeavoured to get as near the Quebec as possible, in hopes of saving some of her men; but no other assistance could be afforded them than by hoisting out the boat, which picked up one master's mate, two midshipmen, and fourteen more of the Quebec's people, the enemy's frigate at the same time firing at the boat. The Quebec continued burning very fiercely, with her colours flying till six o'clock, when she blew up. Words cannot sufficiently display the gallantry and magnanimity of captain Farmer on this occasion, not only in the engagement, but the fatal catastrophe with which it was attended *. Mrs. Farmer, who survived her brave husband three years, was allowed a handsome pension from government; and her eldest son was created a baronet in honour of his father, which he still enjoys.

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This town gave birth to the ingenious THOMAS May, in He published a translation of Virgil's Georgics, and Lucan's Pharsalia; also a poem on the wars of Edward III. Having been refused by Charles I. the appointment of poet laureat, in his resentment, urged him to an inveteracy against the royalists during the Civil Wars; he was consequently appointed chief clerk to the parliament, and published the history of their proceedings, and Historia Parliamenti Angliæ Breviarium. The subject of his last tribute to the Muses, was a poem on the life of Henry II. Mr. May expired in his bed, of an apoplexy, on the 13th of November, 1650.

The situation of East Grinstead, and its surrounding hills, is extremely pleasant in summer; but the roads, except merely the turnpike road, are extremely bad in the winter, so that a residence during that season of the year must be very disagreeable.

⚫ Lyttelton's Hist. of England, Vol. III. p. 383.

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The country from this part of the county to Guildford, has nothing particularly attractive for the traveller, except bad roads and poor villages. The first of these is OKEWOOD, noted for a desolate chapel of ease for five parishes, built by Edward de la Hale, in 1431. The revenues were 2001. per annum, out of which only twenty nobles were paid to the clergyman, who sometimes read prayers. This arose from the circumstance of its having been esteemed a chantry, though its founder had regularly endowed it as a chapel of ease to the adjoining parishes, the inhabitants of which lived at too great distance from their churches.

OCKLEY is rendered famous for the discomfiture of the Danes, who had landed in England from three hundred and fifty ships, and destroyed all the country from London to Canterbury. They were met at this place by Ethelwulph, son of king Egbert, who had been bishop of Winton; he destroyed them in battle, fo that very few were able to relate their defeat to their companions: this happened A. D. 851.

WOTTON is famous for having been the residence of the family of EVELYN; near which is WHITE Down, in which have been found cockle shells, pyrites, &c.

At ALBURY, the great earl of Arundel formed a beautiful mansion; it was purchased by Heneage Finch, earl of Aylesford. It is now in the possession of Samuel Thornton, Esq. M. P. This parish is famous for the residence of the Rev. WILLIAM OUGHTRED, a celebrated mathematician of the seventeenth century, who lived and died Rector. On BLACKHEATH, near Albury, have been found many remains of Roman buildings, and other antiquities.

WESTON HOUSE, the seat of the late William Man Godschall, Esq. was purchased of the family of Duncumb, by Sir Robert Godschall, alderman and lord mayor of London in 1742.

ST. MARTHA UPON THE HILL, vulgarly called MARTYRS HILL, is so named from an antient chapel, part of which

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is used by the inhabitants of Chilworth, as a parish church. It has been engraved by Mr. Grose, who says, "that the manor and patronage of the chapel belonged to the priory of Newark; it, was given by queen Elizabeth to the family of Morgan. Sir John Morgan, who was knighted at Cadiz in 1596, has a handsome monument here.

The view from this hill is very fine. It exhibits an extensive prospect over the weald of Surrey and Sussex, to the hills of Hampshire, in the south; and northernly extends to a thin blue landscape of Oxfordshire.

GUILDFORD

is delightfully situated in a most healthful air, on the side of a hill of chalk, close by the river Wey, and was antiently a royal Saxon town. King Alfred devised it to his nephew Ethelwald; and several succeeding monarchs, to the reign of queen Elizabeth, sometimes resided here,

In 1036, prince Alfred, son of king Etheldred, coming out of Normandy, with six hundred attendants, to claim the crown of England, is said to have been seized, and murdered, by the treachery of Godwin, earl of Kent. After the Conquest, it continued a considerable place; and here king John kept his birth-day. When the castle was built is unknown. History shews that it was taken by the Dauphin of France in 1216, and that in 1267, the custody of it was committed to William Aquillon, sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. King James in 1611 granted it in fee to Francis Carter. Since that time it has been neglected, and gradually sunk into ruin.

Here are some remains of a palace of great extent, which, as appears by the best authorities, was the residence of Ethelwald, the above Saxon king, about eight hundred years ago.

The town is a corporation by prescription, has an elegant town hall and council chamber, and its privileges have been enlarged by several charters. It consists of a high steward, mayor, recorder, seven magistrates, and about twenty bailiffs, by the stile of "Mayor and the approved

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