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direct line from Sir Thomas PhilHpps failed after 

 seven generations, and a collateral branch came 

 in, as has happened several times since. Sir John 

 Philipps died in 1764, and was succeeded by his 

 son, Sir Richard, who was in 1776 created Baron 

 Milford of the kingdom of Ireland. On the 

 death of Lord Milford without issue, in 1823, the 

 peerage became extinct; but the baronetcy passed 

 to the descendants of Hugh Philipps of Sandy 

 Haven in the county of Pembroke, Esq., who was 

 youngest son of Sir John, the first baronet. This 

 branch is now represented by the Rev. Sir James 

 Evan Philipps, eleventh baronet. The castle and 

 estates of Picton were bequeathed by Lord Mil- 

 ford to Richard Bulkeley Philipps Grant, Esq., 

 who was great-grandson of Bulkeley Philipps of 

 Abercover in the county of Carmarthen, Esq., 

 youngest son of Sir John Philipps, the fourth 

 baronet, and uncle of Lord Milford. Mr. Grant 

 assumed the mime and arms of Philipps ; was 

 created a baronet in 1828, and in 1847 a peer of 

 the realm, by the title of Baron Milford of Picton 

 Castle in the county of Pembroke. He died Jan. 

 3, 1857, without issue, and his peerage and baro- 

 netcy became extinct; the castle and estates, 

 however, passed, under the will of the first Lord 

 Milford, to his half-brother, the Rev. James 

 Heni'y Alexander Gwyther, vicar of Madeley, who, 

 in pursuance of the terms of the bequest, assumed 

 the name and arms of Philipps, and is now in 

 possession of the fair domain of Picton. Until 

 within the last sixty years, the castle preserved 

 the same form it originally had, without addition 

 or diminution ; the grounds about it only having 

 been from time to time altered to suit the conve- 

 nience or the taste of the difierent possessors. It 

 appeared to have been an oblong building, flanked 

 by six large bastions, three on each side, with 

 a narrow projection terminating in two bastions 

 of smaller dimensions at the east end, between 

 which was the grand portcuUised entrance, now 

 contracted into a handsome doorway. It was 

 evidently moated round, and approached by a 

 drawbridge, which, up to the period of the death 

 of the first Lord Milford, was supplied by a raised 

 flagged terrace between low parapets. About the 

 close of the last century. Lord Milford made an 

 addition to the west end of the castle, which 

 greatly increased its internal comfort ; but, as the 

 new building was not assimilated in style to the 

 ancient edifice, it had the effect of destroying the 

 unity of the design. This modernising was car- 

 ried still farther under the auspices of Lord Mil- 

 ford's successor ; and although the alterations 

 which Picton Castle has undergone have doubt- 

 less rendered it a more agreeable residence, it 

 must ever be a source of regret to the true ar- 

 chaeologist that so fine a specimen of the strong- 

 holds of " long ago " was ever rashly meddled 

 with. John Pavin Paitups. 



LEGEND or THE IjUXTEBELLS. 



Between Dublin and Lucan, on the River Lif- 

 fey, are some mills called " Lutterell's Mills," 

 supposed to have been built by a family of that 

 name. There is a curious legend about these 

 mills, which is firmly believed by the peasantry in 

 the locality. It is said one of the members of the 

 family was a great spendthrift, and that he was 

 not very exact as to his mode of obtaining cash to 

 gratify his propensities. The story goes on to 

 say, that being in a desperate strait on one occa- 

 sion for cash, the devil appeared to hiih, and 

 politely offered to supply the needful, on the 

 condition that he was to sell his soul to him, and 

 render it up at the expiration of seven years. 

 The bargain was struck, and next morning the 

 mills made their appearance on the bank of the 

 river, having been raised up in one night by his 

 majesty. The mills were soon transferred, upon 

 other conditions, to some one who advanced the 

 cash. At the expiration of the seven years the 

 young gentleman was found in a riotous orgy 

 with some companions, when the gentleman in 

 black whispered to him that his time was come. 

 The story goes on to say, that after a great deal 

 of parleying his sable majesty agreed to take (in- 

 stead of his bondsman) the last man found in the 

 room. " Run for your lives ! " shouted the young 

 man, and all rushed to the door, and down stairs, 

 Lutterell being the last to gain the stairhead 

 leaving the room. " Ha ! " cried the devil, as he 

 seized his victim by the throat, "I have you now." 

 " No, no," roared the man ; " don't you see that 

 fellow behind me ? " The devil turned suddenly 

 round, and grasped what appeared to be a man, 

 but it was only Lutterell's shadow, and he flew 

 away with it, the real flesh and blood escaping ; 

 but from that to the present time the members of 

 the family have no shadow. Can anyone throw 

 farther light on this story ? S. R. 



chapman's "homer." 



I have been looking over the edition of Chap- 

 man's Homer, just completed in five volumes, 

 which has been so tastefully brought out by Mr. 

 Russell Smith, and edited with such judgment as 

 well as enthusiasm by Mr. Hooper, and it has 

 occurred to me to make an inquiry, merely biblio- 

 graphical, as to the original folio or folios from 

 which this welcome reprint (it is much more) has 

 been made. This inquiry principally refers to the 

 " Batrachomyomachia," the "Hymns, Epigrams," 

 &c., which form the greater portion of the fifth 

 volume. Mr. Hooper, in his Introduction to the 

 Iliad, vol. i., and to the Odyssey, vol. i. p. xxi., 

 speaks of the original edition of these " Hymns," 

 &c., as being " a thin folio, very rare ;" and in hJ3 



