THE 
MONTHLY MAGAZINE 
No_36L] DECEMBER 1, 1821. [5 of Vol. 52. 
CHESTERTON, THE BIRTH-PLACE OF DRYDEN. 
This Mansion, the seat of the Dry den family, and of the late Sir John Dryden, was 
the birth-place and occasional residence of the first poetical genius in our language. 
It was situated on the western side of the great North road, near Kate’s Cabin, about 
four miies north of Stilton; but was burnt down a few years after the present drawing 
was made. Under the head “ Stepheasiaha,” in a subsequent page, we have inserted 
an original letter of the last Lady Dryden, givingsome curious and unpublished anec¬ 
dotes of the member who conferred lustre on the family, and its interesting details 
supersede the necessity of our making further observations. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
COMMUNICATION/Vom one of the set¬ 
tlers, relative to the New British 
Colony in SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
district called the new colony 
JL is bounded to the southward by 
the Bosh mans river, on the eastward 
by the sea, on the north by the Great 
Fisli river, and to the westward by the 
district of Graaf Reynet. 
The tract of country on which the 
settlers are principally fixed, is between 
the Kowie and Great Fish rivers. There 
are some between the Kowie and the 
Boshmans rivers, but they are few in 
comparison with those on the other 
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parts. The Boshmans river was for¬ 
merly the boundary of the Caffres ter¬ 
ritory ; they were afterwards driven 
back to the Fish river, and during the 
war, which terminated a little before 
our arrival here, they were driven be¬ 
yond the Keiskamma, which is now 
the boundary of their possessions. 
Graham’s Town is at present the capi¬ 
tal of this district; its situation is com¬ 
manding and beautiful, but it is in¬ 
tended to remove the seat of govern¬ 
ment to Bathurst; a spot is fixed upon, 
streets marked out, and a few mud 
houses built; the government house or 
Drosdy is began, and Bathurst may at 
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