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he ought not to be called a patriot. What, do 

 his wisdom and moderation in the civil war ; his 

 opposition to the extreme measures of Cromwell ; 

 his long solitary exile ; his glorious death, count 

 for nothing ? There is, however, the charge of 

 taking money from the King of France. No 

 doubt this is a very " curious case," and I too 

 shall be anxious to see " what light Mr. Dixon 

 may be able to throw on it." The accusation rests 

 on the sole authority of Dalrymple ; and Dalrymple 

 IS not a man who can be taken on his mere word. 

 He was a violent partizan. He hated the Whigs, 

 and is convict ed of having suppressed the truth, 

 ■ ■when it suited his party or his passions to misre- 

 pi*esent. The Barillon Correspondence should be 

 again examined, and, if possible, further particu- 

 lars of the money payments to our party leaders 

 obtained. S. Walton. 



Belgrave Square. 



MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF MARY QUEEN OF 

 SCOTS AT ANTWERP. 



(Vol. v., p. 415.) 



Having visited the interesting city of Ant- 

 "werp in the autumn of 1846, I can answer the 

 •■ Query of your correspondent C. E. D. from 

 personal inspection. The monument to Mary 

 Queen of Scots is still in existence ; and consists 

 of a richly ornamented slab, placed at a consider- 

 able height from the pavement, against a pillar in 

 (I think) the southern transept of the church of 

 St. Andrew. I was told on the spot that it was 

 erected by two English ladles, but my informant 

 was silent as to the tradition respecting the head. 

 In the centre of the carvings which adorn the 

 upper part of the monument, is inserted a medal- 

 lion portrait of the beautiful but unfortunate 

 queen ; it is extremely well painted, and repre- 

 sents her in that peculiar costume so familiar to 

 those acquainted with her accustomed style of 

 dress. I inclose a copy of the inscription : — 

 " Maria Stuarta, 

 Scot, et Gall. Reg. 

 Jacob. Magn. Britan. Reg. Mater. 

 Anno 1568, in. Angl. Refugii causa descendens. 

 Cogna. Elisab. ibi regnavit. 

 Perfidla. senat, ct Ha3ret. post xix. Captivit. Annos. 

 Relig. ergo. cap. obtrunc. 

 Martyrium consumavit. Anno D. N. 1587. 

 ^ta. Regy. 45." 

 The wood-carvings, with which this church 

 abounds (especially those of the pulpit and its 

 accessories), are marvellous efforts of Art. 



M.W. B. 



Having visited the church of St. Andrew at 

 Antwerp during the autumn of last year, I am 

 able to infoi'm your correspondent C E. D. 

 Iv i(Vol. v., p. 415.) that the monument to which he 

 alludes stijl exists. 



The portrait of Mary Queen of Scots is above 

 the tablet, Avhich was, I believe, erected to the 

 memory of Elizabeth Curie ; who, after the exe- 

 cution of her mistress, resided at Antwerp, and 

 was buried in that church. F. H. 



The monument dedicated to the memory of 

 their beloved mistress by the two noble ladies of 

 the household of Mary Queen of Scots, Lady 

 Barbara Mowbray, the wife, and Elizabeth Curie, 

 the sister, of Gilbert Curie, the queen's confiden- 

 tial secretary, still exists in the church of St. An- 

 drew at Antwerp. The history, or rather story, 

 of the decapitated head having been borne away 

 by these ladies, and buried at the foot of the pillar 

 on which the monument is placed, which is alluded 

 to by your correspondent, is too apocryphal for 

 belief. There is no reason to suppose that any 

 head of the queen was carried away by these 

 devoted women into exile, excepting in the shape 

 of her portrait painted on copper ; which, instead 

 of being interred beneath the monument, is still to 

 be seen placed above the dedicatory inscription. 

 It is true that in the edition of Descamps' Voyage 

 Pittoresque de la Flandre., published at Paris and 

 Rouen in 1769, it is stated that the monument was 

 surmounted by "sonbuste en marbre;" but this 

 error was corrected in the Antwerp edition of 

 1792, where it is correctly affirmed to be "son 

 portrait peint." 



Mention is made of this crowned portrait, of a 

 circular form, in Mackie's Castles and Prisons of 

 Queen Mary^ and of the close resemblance it bears 

 to another in the possession of Lady Cathcart; 

 who assured Mr. Mackie that the two portraits 

 were painted by order of the queen, and presented 

 by her to two Scottish ladies, but whose names are 

 not mentioned. 



The following epitaph to the memory of these 

 two faithful servants of the unhappy queen, has 

 also been preserved by Jacques Le Roy in his 

 Theatre Sacre du Brabant, tom. ii. p. 90. It was 

 copied by him from a blue marble slab placed 

 over the entrance to the vault in which they were 

 deposited : — 



" D. O. M. 



Sub hoc lapide duarum feminarum vere piarum con- 

 duntur corpora D. Barbar.e Moubray et D. Elisa- 

 BETH^E CuRi.E utrwque ScotcB, nobilissimcB Maria 

 Reginm a cubiculis, quarum monumentum superiori affigi- 

 tur columner. Ilia vidua morialium legi cessit xxxi. Jidii 

 anno 1616 atatis i.vir., dum hcec semper ccelebs xxix. Maii^ 

 cetatis Lx. Dni m.dc.xx." 



In the inscription placed against the pillar, 

 dedicated to the memory of Queen Mary, Lady 

 Barbara is said to be a daughter of Lord John 

 Mowbray — Barbara Moubray, D. Johan Moubray ^ 

 Baronis F. 



The writer of this note is desirous of obtaining 

 some authentic information respecting these two 

 noble Scottish families, and hopes this commuili- 



