By Mr. Richard Jefferies. 



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Goddard, of ClifTe, one ; Mr. Thomas Goddard, of Swindon, one. 

 I have found a letter from John Goddard, Esq., to Henry Cromwell, 

 which seems to argue much influence with him : — 



u To His Exoellenoy the Lord Henry Cromwell, Governor of the Fources in 

 Treland, these humbly present. My Lord, I am not insensible how well it 

 might become me upon ye accompt of duty and engagements, by frequent letters 

 to certifie the reall Honour and syncere affections I owe and beare unto your 

 Lordship if that would not be an interruption to your weighty affairs and with- 

 all of no reall service ; and yet upon such an apprehension, I cannot acquit 

 myself altogether of coming short in due observance, and therefore I know not 

 how ill it may become me now to give your Lordship trouble of any lines rela- 

 ting to a private business or person ; however, I presume, upon your Lordship's 

 favour and indulgence. The bearer hereof Clinton Maund, a Master of Arts, 

 and Fellow of the College in Oxford, to which I relate, hath upon occasion pro- 

 fessed to me how his heart hath been drawn out to serve ye publicke if Providence 

 should open a way ; and now having some small affairs calling him into Ireland 

 he expressed his desire to embrace any suitable employment there upon my 

 recommendation thereto ; which I was very free to furnish him withall, not 

 upon presumption of any interest of mine in your Lordship (though I am fully 

 persuaded it may be more than I deserve), but upon what I have had opportu- 

 nity to observe in him, that is ye power of godlinesse, with a very good measure 

 of learning and parts ; considering withall, that he is not in any necessitous 

 condition, but that besides ye accommodation of his fellowship in the college 

 (which doth affoard such a subsistence, as idle drones amongst us who take no 

 thought of serving their generation can satisfy themselves to live upon all their 

 days), he had many pupills, affoarding a considerable advantage, and needed 

 not to distrust a constant supply in that kinde, if he had looked no further ; so 

 that upon ye whole my apprehensions in relation to him are that there may 

 rather be want of such persons for public imployments, than of imployment for 

 such persons ; otherwise I might truly say, I had no such personall engagements 

 towards him as might occasion to your Lordship the trouble of these lines in his 

 behalf, which are humbly submitted to your Lordship's consideration by, my 

 lord, your humble and affectionate servant, 



J. GODDARD." 



A few years ago Mr. Charles Goddard, of Swindon, entered the 

 Royal Navy, and went out to China in search of pirates. His ship 

 chased a junk, boarded her, and a sharp conflict ensued. One of 

 the pirates, seeing that all was lost, seized a burning joss-stick and 

 rushed to fire the magazine. Mr. Goddard, who was a very young 

 man, foresaw his intention, and sprang after him, cutlass in hand. 

 He was too late, the magazine was fired, and the gallant young 

 officer blown into the air. He was picked up, but only lived a few 

 hours. The Times had a long article on this act of heroism. In 

 1772, when Ambrose Goddard was elected as county member, the 

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