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as a fpy during the American war. The (lory is told 
on the front of the farcophagus ; but feveral of the figures 
have been mutilated by party-hands. 
General Hargrave’s monument is the produ&ion of 
Roubiliac. It confifts of the reprefentation of the refur- 
reftion of a body from a farcophagus, and of a conflict 
between Time and Death, wherein the former, proving 
victorious, diverts his antagonilt of his power by breaking 
his dart, and tumbling him down. Above is a great pile 
of building in a ftate of diffolution, and a cherub in the 
clouds founding the laft trumpet. The whole is finely 
imagined, and as ingenioufly executed. This gentleman 
was lieutenant general of his majelty’s forces, colonel of 
the royal Englifh fufileers, and governor of Gibraltar; 
who, having been fifty-feven years a commiflioned officer, 
died the 21ft of January, 1748, aged 79. 
Over the door which opens into the cloifters is a very 
(lately monument for general Wade. In the centre is a 
beautiful marble pillar, enriched with military trophies 
exqtiilitely wrought. The principal figures reprefent 
Fame puftiing back Time, who is eagerly approaching 
to pull down the pillar, with the enfigns of honour that 
adorn it. Wade had deferved a monument for the im¬ 
provement he made in the roads through the High¬ 
lands of Scotland, and afterwards for his lervices during 
the rebellion. See the article England, vol. vi. p. 718. 
The general’s head is in a medallion; and the infcription 
bears, that he died March 14, 1748, aged 75. 
.Between the pillars on the fouth fide of the nave, flood 
very awkwardly for lonte time a monument to the me¬ 
mory of-captain Montague, who was killed in the engage¬ 
ment on the ift of June, 1794, under earl Howe. A ma- 
jeftic figure of the captain (lands on a marble pedeftal, with 
his hand refting on a fword. Over his head is a figure of 
Victory defcending with a crown of laurel. In front of 
the pedeftal is a reprefentation of the engagement; and on 
the back of it a trophy of naval flags waving over a group 
of priloners. This is a very claffical compofition, and 
does honour to the artift, Mr. Flaxman, who firft intro¬ 
duced detached monuments into this abbey.—Direftly 
-oppofite, and in a fimilar fituation, was a monument to the 
memory of captains Flarvey and Hutt, who died of the 
•wounds they received in the fame aftion. It is compofed 
of two colollal figures of Britannia and Fame, placed one 
on each fide of a large vafe, on which are medallions of 
the deceafed captains. Britannia is decorating the vafe 
with laurel, while Fame points to the names of the heroes 
engraved on the bafe which fupports it. On the front 
of the pedeftal is a reprefentation in alto-relievo of that 
part of the aft ion in which they were engaged ; over which 
is a 1'mall flying angel, with a palm-branch in one hand, 
-and a pair of (tales in the other. The defign of this mo¬ 
nument, which is by Mr. Bacon, jun. is very happy; and 
the figures are very elegantly fculptured.—Both of thefe 
monuments were erected at the public expenfe: they have 
fince been removed from their unfightiy pofition, and car¬ 
ried againft the wall on the north fide. 
On the fouth fide is a very magnificent monument to 
the memory of admiral Tyrrell, deligned and executed by 
Mr. Read, who was pupil to the celebrated Roubiliac. 
On the top of the monument is an archangel defcending 
with a trumpet, Cummoning the admiral to eternity from 
the fea. The clouds, moving and feparating, difcover 
the celeftial light and choir of cherubs, who appear finging 
praifes to the Almighty; the back-ground reprefenting 
darknefs. The admiral’s countenance, with his right-hand 
to his bread, is exprellive of confcientious hope; his left 
arm fignificant of feeing fomething wonderfully awful. 
Fie appears rifling out of the fea from behind a large rock, 
whereon are placed his arms, with the emblems of Valour, 
Prudence, and Juftice. The fea is difcerned over the rock 
at the extremity of fight, where clouds and water feem to 
join. On one fide the rock, an angel has written this in¬ 
fcription : “The fea (hall give up her dead, and every 
one (hall be rewarded according to their works,” In her 
left hand is a celeftial crown, the reward of virtue, and 
her right hand is extended towards the admiral. Hibernia 
is leaning on- a globe, with her finger on that part of it 
where his body was committed to the fea, lamenting the 
lofs of her favourite fon. On one fide the rock is the 
Buckingham (the admiral’s (hip), the malts difabled ; on 
the other fide a large flag, with the trophies of war, near 
which is the following infcription ; “ Sacred to the memory 
of Richard Fyrrel, efq. who was defcended from an an¬ 
cient family in Ireland, and died rear-admiral of the white 
on the 26th day of June, 1766, in the joth year of his age. 
He diftinguiflied hirnfelf as an able and experienced officer 
in many gallant actions, particularly cn the third of No¬ 
vember, 1758, when, commanding the Buckingham of 66 
guns, he attacked and defeated three French (hips of war. 
In this aftion he received feveral wounds, and loft three 
fingers of his right hand. Dying on his return to Eng¬ 
land from the Leeward Ifiatuls, where he had for three 
years commanded a fquadron of his rriajefty’s (hips, his 
body, according to his own defire, was committed to the 
fea, with the proper honours and ceremonies.” 
On the fame fide, near the great weft door, is a noble 
monument to the memory of captain Cornwall, who was 
killed in the battle between the Englifh fleet under Mat¬ 
thews and Lellock, and the combined French and Spanifh 
fleets. This monument, which is thirty-fix feet high, has 
at the back of it a pyramid of rich Sicilian marble, beau¬ 
tifully variegated and finely poliflied, handing upon a 
bafe of the fame marble. Againft the pyramid is a rock, 
embellifhed with naval trophies,Tea-weeds. See. in which 
are two cavities: in the one is a Latin epitaph ; in the other, 
a view of the fea-fight before Toulon, in baifo relievo; 
in the fore-ground whereof, the Marlborough, of 90 guns, 
is feen fiercely engaged with admiral Navarro’s (hip, the 
Real, of 114 guns, and her two feconds, all raking the 
Marlborough fore and aft. On the rock Hand two figures: 
the one reprefents Britannia under the character of Mi¬ 
nerva, accompanied w ith a lion; the other is expreffive 
of Fame, who, having prefented to Minerva a medallion 
of the hero, fupports it, whilft exhibited to public view. 
The medallion is accompanied with a globe, and various 
honorary crowns, as due to valour. Behind the figures 
is a lofty fpreading palm-tree, whereon is fixed the hero’s 
(hield or coat of arms, together with a laurel-tree ; both 
which ifl’ue from the naturally-barren rock, as alluding to 
fome heroic and uncommon event. 
Over the door is the monument voted by parliament to 
Mr. Pitt, which was opened on Sunday, the 8th of Au- 
guft, 1813 ; and of which we have fpoken (lightly at 
p. 142 of this article. Mr. Carter, in the Gentleman’s 
Magazine for that month, has fpoken of it alfo, and in 
the following terms : “The Pittite groupe, hoilted fo far 
above the ken of human fight, is a compofition of the 
enormous kind, in bringing out a cololfal Statefman, Anar¬ 
chy as a true monller, and Hiftory, moulded in a Pata¬ 
gonian frame, deftitute of grace or delicacy. Mr. Pitt’s 
brawny and athletic contour makes the beholder tremble 5 
who, doubtful whether the uplifted arm is intended to 
enforce attention, or to fell the foes of Old England into 
duft and atoms, (brinks from the inveftigation of the (kill 
of the artift; and, as he re-treads his lteps towards the 
door, looks up aikance, and fees the leg-like arch of mor¬ 
tal frame—finding over the fubdued toe to his country’s 
peace, fell Anarchy. If I cannot delight in certain ltrolees 
of the chifel in this portion of the fepulchral analogy, 
what will beexpefted from me in deferibing the beauties of 
the flatue of Hiftory ? Indeed, were we not told that fucii 
is the intention of the character, no one could pofiibly 
difcover the fame. A huge mafeuhne female form, fitting, 
mod unmannerly, with the back towards you, and what 
is more, towards the altar; fcorning to (how her face 
(not through baftifulnefs forfooth) or the employ (he is 
engaged in.” We know that the City of London turns 
her back to the people at Guildhall on the monuments 
of lord Chatham and of Ndlon ; the firft was forgiven on 
account 
