Monuments of Gen. Ludlow and Judge Broughton, 



1821 



iicss, the Knvl of Cliarleiuout lost uo oc- 

 ciisiou lo jiiijinote tlic Melfare of liis 

 ooiinlry, and on every opportunity for- 

 warded the growinjr spirit of (he eom- 

 muuity; the jiurity of his character 

 and the urbanity of his manners, en- 

 deared him to the volunteers, whose in- 

 slilutiou he (-herislied, and with whom 

 he emharked liis person without re- 

 servo •, he was universally chosen their 

 general and their leader; they were 

 protul of displaying before him the per- 

 fection of their military exercises, 

 whicli he requited witli the fondness of 

 a parental eye ; he instilled into their 

 ranks the genuine and wholesome spirit 

 of freedom, but cautioned tliem as well 

 by his example as his advice, against 

 the danger of licentiousness : they ma- 

 nifested mueh judgment in their choice 

 of this nobleman as their general. In 

 Ills principles of freedom he was entire 

 with tliem, and they borrowed reputa- 

 tion from (he known integrity of his 

 life. They increased under his foster- 

 ing hand, and, without the rigours of 

 military law, surpassed, in many in- 

 stances, tlie standing army in disci- 

 pline. 



It should be mentioned, to the im- 

 mortal honour both of their leaders and 

 themselves, that the volunteers of Ire- 

 land, self-armed, self-governed, with- 

 out CKample or precedent to guide 

 them in their conduct, have for four 

 years been in arms, without having 

 committed any instance of excess. 

 W^heu we speak of the volunteers, we 

 advert to the body, not to detached or 

 separate parts ; and if in the sequel we 

 shall lie constrained to mention any de- 

 viations from the credit of the volun- 

 teer army, we shall carefully particu- 

 larize the corps, and cautiously avoid 

 imputing the occasional impropriety of 

 those, to the bulk of that body which 

 has immortalized its fame and vindi- 

 cated its couutiy. 



As a further instance of the perfect 

 satisfaction of the kingdom, the Parlia- 

 ment voted 100,0001. as a bounty forrais- 

 ing 20,000 seamen for the fleet, to which 

 service the volunteer corps contributed 

 by beating up for, and enlisting men ; 

 and having lately shewn to England the 

 strongest proofs of spirit, they now 

 displayed the highest instances of mag- 

 nanimity. The city of Dublin was 

 eonvened, and resolved that it was ex- 

 pe<lient tliat tiie sheriffs should call the 

 several counties, in order to assist the 

 vote of Parliament : so sensible were 



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they of the full establishment of their 

 liberty, and so proud did they seem of 

 acknowledging their satisfaction. 



Thus ended, by the magnanimity of 

 England, and thedetermined resolution 

 of Ireland, a bloodless recognition of 

 the uuipialilied independence of Ire- 

 land. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 

 SIR, 

 A T \'eva}% a considerable town situ- 

 j^tL ated on the banks of Ihc Lake of 

 Geneva, is still shewn a large house, 

 now in a dilapidated state, in which 

 lived and died General Ludlow, the 

 Parliamentary leader, in a state of vo- 

 luntary banishment. His remains are 

 deposited in the church, and on a mural 

 monument is the following : 



SISTE GRADUM ET RESPISE. 



Hie jacet Edniond Ludlow Anglus na- 

 tione, provinciw Wiltonieusis, Filius Hen- 

 rici equestris ordinis, senatorisque Farlia- 

 menli, cujus quoque fuit ipse membruni, 

 patrum stenimate clarus et iiobilis, virtute 

 propria nobilior, religione protestans, et in- 

 sig^ni pictate coruscus, setatis anno 23 tri- 

 bunus niilitum, paulopast exercitus praetor 

 primarius 



TUNC HYBERNORUM DOMITOR 



In pug'na iutrepidus, et vitse prodigus, in 

 vicloiia elemens, et mansuetus, patriae li- 

 bertatis defensor, et potestatis arbitrarise 

 oppuguator acerrimus ; cujus causa ab- 

 eadem patriu 32 annis extorris meliorique 

 fortuna dignus, apud Helvetios se recepit, 

 ibique aetatis auno 73 morieus omnibus sui 

 desiderium relinquens aeternas laetus sedes 

 advolavit. 



Hocce monumeutum in pei-petuam verse 

 et sincerae erga maritum defunctum ami- 

 citise niemoriam dicat et vovet Domina 

 Elizabeth de Thomas, ejus strenua et 

 moestissima, tam in infortuniis quam in 

 matrimonio censors dilectissima, quae animi 

 magnitudine et vi amoris conjugalis mota, 

 eum in exilium ad obitum usque constant 

 ter secuta est. A. D. 1693. 



On a flat stone in the body of the 

 church, is the following to Broughton, 

 one of the judges of Charles (. 



DEPOSITORIUM 



Andreae Broughton, Armigeri Anglican! 

 Maydstonensis in Comitatu Cantij. ubi 

 bis Praetor Urbanns, Dignatusque etiam 

 fuit sententiam Regis Regum profari, quatn 

 ob causam Expnisus Patria sua peregrina- 

 tione eius finita, solo senectutis Morbo 

 atfectus Requiescens a laljoribus suis in 

 Domino obdorraivit, 23 die Feb. An". 

 Domini 1687, vEtatis suae 84. 



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