TRANSLATION: "To the ashes of William Rudhall, of Rudhall, esq. "the LAST heir of the very illustrious and not less an"cient family of Rudhall, which he adorned. Mary "Suron, spinster, erected this monument, in token of "her duty and affection. He died the 21st of Septem"ber, in the year of Christ 1651.' " Many persons, when looking at this figure, have accused the statuary of ignorance, by placing the warrior's sword on his RIGHT side; while others have excused him, by observing, that it is there placed in order to shew that the male branch of the family became extinct in his person. But, to correct such criticism, and give a proper reason, the Romans wore their shields on the left, and swords on their right sides. Therefore, to preserve what artists deem the costume, or character of the figure, the statuary shewed his good sense in assigning the sword to its present situation. The barbarous hands of ignorance have considerably defaced the original beauty of this and the adjoining monument, though care has preserved the fractured pieces. The arms of this man are badly executed, being too thin for so large a figure as is here represented. See Kennet's "Roman Antiquities." The Living of Ross is now a very valuable Rectory. The present Incumbent is the Rev. Underwood, who resides in the town. MR. MR. SCOTT's CHARITY. MR. WALTER SCOTT, a native of Ross, having, by successful application to business in London, acquired a handsome fortune,-he, towards the close of his life, made a visit to the place of his birth; and finding the school, where he was first taught to read, in a declining state, resolved on giving it effectual support. He kept his word; for, when he died, which happened soon after this promise, he left the interest of six thousand pounds, chargeable on his estate for ever, for the erection of the school house, and the cloathing and education of thirty poor boys and twenty girls, children of the inhabitants of this town;-which building has been completed, and the charity is now under such management, that future generations may lispe the name of SCOTT" with equal gratitude as before KYRLE. Great events are often produced from trifling causes, and in none do they shine more conspicuous than in the following:-Mr. Scott had, when young (like other boys), taken some pears from a garden, without thinking it a crime in so doing. Being seen eating of them in the town, by a man who guessed from whence they came, he was told by him, "that he would be hanged if found out." Terrified at the observation, he instantly left Ross and went to London, where by honest and well directed industry, he acquired the fortune, which, enabled him to found the Charity that bears his name. WALFORD WALFORD. ABOUT BOUT three miles from Ross is Walford,-which (according to the Pedigree), was the original residence of the Man of Ross's ancestors. It is situated in a beautiful and fertile plain,-bounded on the west and south west by the Wye; on the east and north east by a ridge of high land; most agreeably diversified, from one extremity to the other, by little inclosures of wood, orcharding, and corn fields; and terminating in the solemn majestic umbrage of Penyard. THE LATE MRS. CLARKE'S HOUSE, OF THE HILL: So named from its situation,-being placed on a gentle elevation on the shore of the river Wye. The mansion is a handsome modern brick building, surrounded by fine gardens and demesne lands, in the midst of a country abounding in the highest degree with every comfort that can gladen life. The writer would be guilty of a great want of respect to the memory of Mrs. Clarke, if he were to pass nnnoticed her very flattering civilities. When introduced, and the purport of the visit explained, she, with the ut most readiness, laid the Kyrle pedigree before him, with what other family papers she thought most likely to advance advance the interest of these pages,-extracts from which are given in their proper places. This Lady, sole survivor of her ancient family, tho' then [1799] in her eighty-fourth year, did the honors of the table, at which a company of eleven persons sat down to dinner; and when the festivities were removed, she related a few anecdotes, confirming the information given by William Dobbs. She well remembered Mr. Johm Kyrle, having often dined with him, though then a little girl, in the house she then resided,—described him as a plain country gentleman, whose dress at table was always a dark brown suit of cloaths,-but was too young to be much acquainted with his general habits of life. In the course of this conversation, I made particular inquiries, whether she had ever heard any conjectures offered with respect to the motives for Mr. Pope's panegeric on the Man of Ross? to which she replied in the negative; nor have I been able to obtain, from any well informed friend, such satisfactory information as to induce me to lay it before the Public. By the death of Mrs. Clarke, which event took place in 1806, her estates became, by will, the property of Kingsmill Evans, esq. of the First Regiment of Foot Guards, son of the late Colonel K. Evans, of the same Corps, who so honorably lost his life from a wound he received at the memorable battle of Lincelles in Flanders, by whose family I had the pleasure of being introduced at the HILL, and to whom I beg to express my sincerest obligations, WALFORD WALFORD COURT. ON the north side of the churchyard,-separated from it only by a small field and the public road,stands the MANOR HOUSE, a grand and spacious stone edifice when in its splendor, surrounded by a stone wall eight feet high, nearly a mile in circumference. By the marriage of Mrs. CLARKE'S ancestors, of the HILL, with the KYRLE family, the estates belonging to them became her property. This lady inheriting, by the above marriage, her late charming residence at the HILL,-Walford Court is let to Mr. Green, who farms the estate. Under such circumstances, no wonder it shares in the general fate of these mansions. Too extensive for the purposes of a farmer, a considerable part has been taken down, and even now much might be reduced, to render it comfortable to such situations in life. In erecting this building, the proprietor seems to have looked with an imitative eye on Goodrich Castle; for though.he could not command its lofty situation, he has equalled it in the extent of ground it occupies. But, alas! both the one and the other now tell us "how vain and uncertain are the distinctions of this life." Is a neat edifice, consisting of two isles, with a spacious chancel, and measures 30 yards long, by 14 wide. An isle or wing of this church is still distinguished by the name of " Kyrle's Chapel," and (on the most respectable authority), was undoubtedly a place of worship erected |