flowers with a deep bow,]
Miss Cox. (graciously) Thank you very much.
Doctor. We'll certainly let bygones be bygones. (To
herself) Poor man ! perhaps I've been to hard on him
after all. (Aloud) O and, Doctor, your daughter and
Mr Greenwood seem to be getting on very well together,
Dr B. Mr Greenwood makes good progress in his
German^ Rosa ?
Ros. [Hushing) O wonderful ! So good that
Gr. (interrupting) That perhaps I need not go to
Germany after all, but shall finish my education from
the lips [grows inaudible,"]
Dr B. (to Miss Coxley profoundly) Ach, and I see
my young friend, Mr Coxley, and your niece do not
quarrel themselves violently.
Miss Cox. Well, you see, Doctor, they've been
engaged for nearly a year.
[Curtain.]
H. M. A.
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THE JOHNIAN DINNER 1898.
The Dinner was held this year at Limmer's Hotel on
Wednesday, April 20th.
The Toast list was as follows :—7>i^ Queen; The College^
proposed by the Chairman, replied to by the Master ; Johntans^
proposed by Mr R. Horton-Smith, Q.C., replied to by Sir J. E.
Gorst, Mr O Leigh Clare M.P., and Mr L. H. K. Bushe-Fox;
The Chairman, proposed by the Rev Dr Jessopp.
The following is a list of those present :
Chairman :— Sir Francis S. Powell Bart. M.P.
W. A. Badham
G. G. Baily
Waller Baily
Rev H. T. E. Barlow
Rev J. F. Bateman
J. H. Beith
E. J. Brooks
P. H. Brown
S. H. Burbory
G. J. M. Burnett
L. H. K. Bushe-Fox
W. H. Chaplin
O. Leigh Clare M.P.
Rt Hon L. H. Courtney M.P.
Rev G. Crossley
Rev Canon Denton
Lewis Edmunds Q.C.
Chancellor Ferguson F.S.A.
G. B. Forster
R. H. Forster
T. E. Forster
Rt Hon Sir J. E. Gorst Q.C. M.P.
Rev A. Higbton
Rev E. Hill
L. Horton-Smith
R. Horton-Smith Q.C.
R. J. Horton-Smith
Rev R. Jamblin
Rev A. Jessopp D.D.
Rev H. A. King
W. M. Leake
Rev J. H. Lupton D.D.
J. Lupton
R. Marrack
E. Prescott
M. H. Quayle
F. W. J. Rees
S. B. Reed
R. F. Scott
B. A. Smith
Jason Smith
Rev C. Taylor D.D. MasUr
G. C. Whiteley
Rev C. H. Wood
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Pear Mr. £ditoh>
If you can fin4 a corner for this note it may possibly interest
some antiquarian or philologist. I copied it from " Observaitom
on « Toiir^ by Mr Dibdin." It is dated December 8, 1801.
Yours faithfully,
G,
Ely.
I think it rather beneath the dignity of a historian to enquire
whether it derived its name from prodigious numbers of eels
that were found near it, or from Helys, a Saxon word signifying
willows, a (question that has been combated with much
obstinacy. It is an ancient and uncouth city, and never will be
well inhabited on account of the moist and unhealthy air from
the fens; the consequence is that it is dirty and neglected.
The church is four hundred feet long, and its tower two
hundred feet high. The cupola has a handsome effect at a
distance, and therefore holds out a kind of invitation, but upon
a nearer approach you find it is merely an ornament, and buiU
more for show than use.
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John Bradbury Turner Mus.Bac.
This well-known musician died on April 14th at the age
of 64. We take the following account of him from the Musical
News of April 23rd : —
Mr Bradbury Turner has been for many years Director of
Studies, Trinity College, London, and was one of the foundation
professors of that institution. He was a native of Stockport,
and came of a musical family, having a brother of great promise,
a favourite pupil of Sterndale Bennett. When that representative
composer was once in Manchester, he went over to Stockport
to see the grave of his young proiegi, and thus became ac-
quainted with the subject of this notice, who in turn became a
favoured pupil of the great English master. Bradbury Turner
entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1852. As a student he
wrote an overture and a symphony in G minor, this last-named
work being produced at one of the academy students' concerts,
of which be was one of the founders. His compositions in*
eluded the cantata, ** Thy Kingdom come ; " a psalm, ** O Lord,
how long will Thou forget me ; *' and a trio for pianoforte,
violin, and violoncello in C minor — a very effective and
musicianly work. Many smaller works and studies came from his
pen, and it is to be regretted that he did not continue to pursue
the work of composition for which his marked talents so well
adapted him. Mr Bradbury Turner was a very successful
teacher t)f the pianoforte. As professor of the instrument he
did excellent work at Trinity College, London ; and his many
good qualities and amiability gained him the affectionate regard
of the many students under his charge. Mr Turner was a
Cambridge Mus. Bac, and held other musical distinctions.
Though educated under ** classical " influences, he was a broad-
minded admirer of all good work, including the many fine
specimens of the advanced orchestral music of the present day.
His strong, good sense always prompted him to insist upon the
careful development of the intellectual and emotional faculties
of the student, and the proper subordination of the mere techni-
calities of performance. His loss will long be mourned by
many friends and admirers.
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Rev Henry Gladwyn Jebb M.A.
The Rev Henry Gladwyn Jebb (B.A. 1852) who died at
Sheffield on Tuesday, April 19th, was the second son of
Mr Samuel Henry Jebb, of the old Notts family of Jebb of
Walton. He was born in May 1826, and married in Sept. 1853
Emma Louisa, daughter of Robert Ramsden of Carlton Hall,
Notts. He was privately educated at Stamford, and proceeded
to St John's, where he was an Exhibitioner. He graduated
B.A. in 1852 and M.A. in 1872. He was also F.S.A. He was
ordained deacon in 1851 in the diocese of Lichfield, and his
first official connection with South Yorkshire was as curate of
Wickersley, when the late Rev John Foster was rector, and
later he held a similar position in the neighbourhood of
Doncaster. The duties of Rector of Fontmell Magna, Dorset,
were discharged by him from 1870 to 1873, and in the latter
year he became Rector of Chetwynd, Salop, holding the position
until 1878. He afterwards inherited the beautiful hall and
estate at Firbeck from Mrs Myles, his aunt. It is as a country
gentleman he will perhaps be best remembered. The estate
itself is referred to by Rotherham's historian, the late Mr John
Guest, who, in speaking of one Wm West, who about 1600
acquired the property, remarks, "And amidst the vicissitude
and change of the succeeding centuries from then till now
Firbeck has still to boast almost unchanged its attributes of
undiminished beauty and unbroken peace." Being an ardent
student Mr Jebb became acquainted with many distinguished
men, and his travels abroad extended materially his sphere of
knowledge. On several occasions learned societies have
enjoyed his hospitality, and have been privileged to view some
of the many treasures he was able to show. He was made a
West Riding Justice of the Peace in August 1880, and when
he exercised his magisterial functions it was usually at the
Rotherham court, where he attended with fair regularity. He
was a capable administrator of the law, and his judgment was
very greatly valued. In Church matters he naturally took much
interest. It was through his liberality that the Church of
Firbeck was restored several years ago, and other churches in
the district have benefited by his liberality. He was a vice-
president of the Rotherham Literary and Scientific Society,
and had contributed valuable papers to this body. He was a
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man of high literary attainments, with a wonderfully retentive
memory, and his knowledge of Shakespeare was remarkable.
Politically, he favoured the Conservative cause. He was an
enthusiastic upholder of the Primrose League, and from time
to time very successful gatherings had been held at Firbeck.
By all classes he was greatly esteemed and respected. He
leaves a widow and one son and two daughters. His son is
Mr H. J. Jebb J.P.
The Rev William Willoughby Douglas M.A,
The Rev William Willoughby Douglas who died on the
19th of February last, at Salwarpe Rectory, was the eldest son
of the Reverend Henry Douglas (St John's BA. 1815), some-
time Rector of Salwarpe near Droitwich and Canon of Durham,
by his wife Eleanor, daughter of the Rev Thomas Best, Vicar
of Newland, Gloucestershire. He was born 13 July 1824, and
was ordained Deacon in 1848, and Priest in 1849 ^y the Bishop
of Worcester. He married 22 January 1850 at the Abbey
Church, Shrewsbury, Frances Jane, only daughter of William
Wybergh How Esq of Nearwell, Shrewsbury. She was sister
of the late Bishop William Walsham How of Wakefield. Bishop
How married Mr Douglas' sister. After serving curacies at
Kidderminster and Hagley, he was presented by his uncle,
Mr R. A. D. Gresley, to the family living of Salwarpe. He
was made an Honorary Canon of Worcester in 1886, and until
bis resignation last year he was Proctor in Convocation, having
held the office for twenty years. He was also Rural Dean of
Droitwich, J.P. for the County, and Vice-Chairman of the
Droitwich Petty Sessions, member of the Droitwich Rural
District Council and Board of Guardians, Chairman of the
Salwarpe Parish Council, Manager of the Droitwich National
Schools and Coventry Charity, Trustee and Chairman of the
St John Brine Baths, and one of the Committee of the Saltley
Training College, and he was an active member of many other
Societies and Committees. He was buried at Salwarpe on
February 24. The lesson was read by the Dean, and the
service at the grave by the Bishop of Worcester.
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OUR CHRONICLE.
Easier Term 1898.
The list of "Birthday Honours" for 1898 included the
names of two members of the College : The Queen has been
pleased to confer the dignity of a Baronetcy of the United
Kingdom upon Thomas Andros de la Rue Esq (B.A. 1871),
head of the great printing firm ; and to promote Mr William
Lee Warner (B.A. i86g), Political Secretary to the India Office,
from being a Companion to be a Knight Commander of the
most Exalted Order of the Star of Indian
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon S\t
John Eldon Gorst (B.A. 1857) Q.C.. M.P. for the University
and Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education^
to be a Commissioner for the Paris Exhibition of 1900^
Mr H. H. S. Cunynghame (B.A. 1874), Assistant Under-
Secretary of State for Home Department, has been appointed
by the Home Secretary a member of a Committee appointed to
inquire into the extent to which water gas and other gases
containing a large proportion of Carbon monoxide are being
manufactured and used for heating, lighting, and other
purposes, and the dangers which may attend such manufacture
and use,
Mr J. J. Harris Teall (B.A. 1873), F.R.S., formerly Fellow
of the College, has been elected a member of the Athenaeum
Club by the Committee under the provisions of Rule 2 of the
Club, which ** empowers the annual election by the Committee
of persons of distinguished eminence in science, literature, th«
arts, or for public services."
At the annual meeting of the United Grand Lodge of
Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of England held at the
Freemason's Hall, London, on April 2 7lh, the following
members of the College were appointed to offices: Mr John
Haviland, Northampton (B.A, 1871), to be Junior Grand
Deacon, Mr R. Horion Smith Q.C. (B.A. 1856), from being
Past Deputy Grand Registrar to be Past Grand Registrar.
From the Report of the General Council of the Bar for
1897-8 we learn that the following members of the College
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have served on the Council: E. L. Levett, Q.C. (B.A. 1870),
J. A. Foote Q.C. (B.A. 1872), Geo. Sills (B.A. 1856), O. Leigh
Clare M.P. (B A. 1864). and H. D. Bonsey (B A. 1874). Mr
Levett was a member of the Committee on Court Buildings and
Messrs Leigh Clare and Bonsey members of the Committee on
Matters Relating to Professional Conduct.
The following members of the College have been appointed
officers of the British Association, which is to meet this year in
Bristol: Section C (Geology), Presidenty W. H. Hudleston
F.R.S.; Section D (Biology), President, W. F. R. Weldon
F.R.S. ; Section F (Economics), Secretary, A. W. Flux ;
Section H (Anthropology), Secretary^ Dr G. Parker ; Section K
(Botany), Secretary, A. C. Seward.
At a meeting of the Senate of the University of London
held on April 28th the following appointments of members of
the College were made : Dr A. S. Wilkins (B.A. 1868), Examiner
in Latin ; Mr J. Larmor (B.A. 1880), Examiner in Mathematics
and Natural Philosophy; Dr. T. G. Bonney (B.A. 1856),
Examiner in Geology and Physical Geography; His Honor
Judge Bompas (B.A. 1858), Examiner in Common Law and the
Law and Principles of Evidence.
The Convocation of the University of London on May 24th
elected Mr J. Fletcher Moulton Q.C (B,A. 1868) a Senator in
succession to the late Sir Richard Quain.
Dr D. MacAlister (B.A. 1877), Tutor and Lecturer of the
College, has been appointed Chairman of the Business Com-
mittee of the General Medical Council. The Editorial Com-
mittee which has just issued the British Pharmacopoeia 1898,
have reported as follows to the Council : ** The Committee
desire to place on record their special indebtedness to two
members of their own body, Dr Leech and Dr MacAlister,
whose original investigations have greatly assisted in the
solution of many problems which called for anxious consider-
ation, and who have bpought to bear upon the whole of the
work a very remarkable combination of great chemical, pharma-
cological, and pharmaceutical learning, with the skill and
experience of practical physicians."
Mr J. R. Tanner (B.A. 1883), Fellow and Lecturer of the
College, has been appointed member of the Council of the
Navy Records Society.
Mr F. C. Bayard (B.A. 1874) has been appointed President
of the Royal Meteorological Society for the year 1898.
The Rev Canon H. Lowther Clarke (B.A. 1876), Vicar of
Dewsbury, has been appointed Governor of Pocklington School*
on the nomination of the College.
VOL. XX. XX
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The annual election of members of the College Council wai
held on Saturday, June 4. Mr Mason and Prof Liveing were
re-elected, and Mr Tanner was elected in the place of Prof
Mayor.
At the election of fifteen members of the Royal Society held
in May, eight Cambridge men were elected. Of these three
were members of the College. We take the following account
of their work from Nature for May 12:
Henry Frederick Baker.
M.A. Fellow and Lecturer of the College, University Lecturer in Mathe-
matics. Author of " A Treatise on AbcVs Theorem and the allied Theory **
(1897); and of the following papers, among others: — <* Weierstrassian
Formulas applied to the Binary Quartic and Ternary Cubic" {Quart, youm.
Math., vol xxiv, 1889); "Gordan's Series in the Theory of Foims"
{Messenger Math., vol xix, 1889); "The Full System of Concomitants of
Three Ternary Quadrics" (Cam*. Phil. Soc. Trans., vol xv, 1889); "The
Application of Newton*s Polygon to the Singular Points of Algebraic
Functions" {ibid », vol xv, 1893); " O" Euler'a ^-Function" {Proc, Land,
Math. Soc, vol xxi, 1890; "Fundamental Systems for Algebraic Functions"
(ibid., vol xxvi, 1895); "On Noelher's fundamental Theorem" {Math,
Annalen., yro\ xlii, 1893); "On a Geometrical Proof of Jacobi's I-Function
Formulae" {ibid., vol xliii, 1893); "On the Theory of Ricmann's Integrals"
(ibid., vol xlv, 1894); "The E^actical Determination of the Deficiency and
Adjoint ^-Curves for a Riemann Surface" {ibid., vol xlv, 1894); "On a
Certain Automorphic Function " {Camb. Phil. Soc. Proc, vol viii, 1895) *
**0\\ the Hyperelliptic Sigma-Functions " {Amer, Joum. Math.^ vol xx,
1897).
Hon Charles Algernon Parsons,
Engineer. M. Inst. C. £. Eminently distinguished as an inventor and
engineer. By his invention of the compound steam turbine he has made it
practicable to use steam economically in an engine without reciprocating
parts. He has adapted the steam turbine successfully to dynamo dnving and
other uses, and his recent application of ii to marine propulsion is a new
departure of particular interest. In developing his inventions he has shown
much scientific knowledge and experimental skill. Author of a number of
papers on the steam turbine, its theory and its applications, in Proc. Inst.
Mech. Eng,, 1888 ; Trans, of the North-East Coast Inst, of Engineers and
Shipbuilders, 1887; Inst of Civil Engineers, Conference, 1887; Trans.
Inst. Naval Architects, 1887; Inst, of Marine Engineering, 1897. Has
Investigated experimentally the action of high-speed saew propellers {Trans^
Inst, Nov. Arch., April 1897) ; also the " Behaviour of Carbon at High
Temperatures and under Great Pressures" {Proc» Roy. Soc., Phil, Mag.^
September 1893).
Albert Charles Seward,
F.G.S. University Lecturer in Botany. Has made extended researches in
Fossil Botany, the results of which have been published in a series of papers
and works, of which the following ma^ be specified : — That on the Wealden
Flora gives, for the first time, a critical and comprehensive view of the
vegetation of this important geological period, and in many respects enlarges
and modifies our previous knowledge of the subject ; " On Catamites undu-
iatus" {Geol. Mag., vol v, 1888) ; "Notes on Lontatophloios macrolepidotus,
Goldg." {Proc. Camb, PhU. Soc., vol vii, 1890) ; " FossQ Plants as Tests of
Climate" (Sedgwick Prize Essay for 1892); "On the genus Mytloxylon,
Brong." (Annals of Botany, vol vii, 1893) ; " On Pachiopteris Williamsoni^
sp. nov., a new Fern from the Coal Measures" {ibid,, vol viii, 1894);
'* Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology, British
Museum (Nat. Hist.)"; "The Wealden Flora, Part I, Thallophyta to
Phridephyta, Part II, Gymncspennji " ( 1 894-95).
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Mr R. Pendlebury (B.A. 1870"), Fellow and Lecturer of the
College, has been re-appointed University Lecturer in Mathe-
matics for five years from Lady Day 1898.
Mr A. E. H. Love (B.A. 1885), Fellow and Lecturer of the
College, has been appointed University Lecturer in Mathe-
matics in place of Mr Glazebrook of Trinity College. Out of
the five University Lecturers in Mathematics, four— Mr Pendle-
bury, Mr Larmor^ Mr Love, and Mr Baker — ^are Lecturers at
St John's ; the fifthi Dr Hobson belongs to the sister foundatioa
of Christ's College.
Prof A. A. Kanthack (M.A. i8qo) has been elected to a
Professorial Fellowship at King's College.
Mr R. F. Scott (B.A. 1875), Senior Bursar of the College,
has been appointed by the Council of the Senate to be a
Governor (i) of Farmer's Free School, Holbeach, (2} of the
Grammar School, Spalding.
Mr A. C. Seward (B.A. 1886) has been re-appointed a
University Lecturer in Botany for five years from Lady Day
1898.
The Meeting of the Teachers' Association for 1898 is to be
held in Cambridge in April next. Mr J. W. Iliflfe (B.A. 1884)
has been elected Chairman of the meeting.
Mr T. H. 5ifton (B.A. 1887) has been appointed Head
Master of the Grammar School, Abergavenny.
Mr S. W. Finn (B.A. 1890) has been appointed Head Master
of Sandbach School, Cheshire, out of nearly two hundred
candidates. For the last six years Mr Finn has been Senior
Mathematical Master and House Master at Bedford County
School.
The Council of Education of the Witwatersrand in the
Transvaal has established a Grammar School at Jeppestown
near Johannesburg. Mr J. H. Hardwick (B.A. 1893) ^^^ been
appointed the first Head Master.
Ds C. B. Rootham (B.A. 1897) has been appointed Organist
and Choir Master at Christ Church, Hampstead, in place of
Dr Walford Davies, now Organist of the Temple Church.
Dr Jolm Phillips (B.A. 1877) has been appointed Lecturer
in Practical Obstetrics by the Council of King's College,
London.
Dr H. D. Rolleston (B.A. 1886), late Fellow of the College,
has been elected Honorary Secretary of the Pathological
Society of London.
Mr H. A. Francis (B.A. 1886) M.B. B.C., has been elected
President of the Queensland Medical Society. His presidential
address is printed in the Australasian Medical Gazelle of
20 January 1898.
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Mr J. B. Maxwell (B.A. 1888) M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. has been
appointed Resident Medical Officer to the Ro}al Hospital for
diseases of the Chest, City Road, London.
Mr A. E. Elliott (B.A. 1891) M.R.C.S. L.RC.P. has been
appointed House Physician at the South Western Fever
Hospital, Stockwell, London S.W.
Mr P. W. G. Sargent (B.A. 1894) L.R.C.P. M.R.C.S. has
been appointed Clinical Assistant in the special department
for diseases of the Skin in St Thomas' Hospital.
At a meeting of the Royal College of Physicians of London
held on Friday, April 29th, the following members of the
College having conformed to the by laws and regulations, and
passed the required examinations, had licences to practice
physic granted to them: Arthur E. Gladstone (B A. 1892), Sfc
Thomas's Hospital; Alfred H. Godson (B.A. 1888), Owen's
College, Manchester and Guy's Hospital ; Percy W. G. Sargent
(B.A. 1894), St Thomas's Hospital. These gentlemen were in
May, also admitted members of the Royal College of Surgeons
of England.
Mr C. Morgan Webb I.C.S. (B.A. 1894) ^^s been transferred
from Wakema to the headquarters of the Henzada district,
Burma.
Ds J. A. Chotzner (B.A. 1895) LC.S., who has been Assistant
Magistrate and Collector at Dacca, Bengal, has been appointed
to have charge of the Narayanganj sub-division of that district.
Ds W. A. Houston (bracketed 5th Wrangler 1896) has been
awarded the second Smith's Prize for his essay '* On some steady
motions of electrons connected with the internal molecular
constitution of matter."
The following members of the College have been elected to
Stewart of Rannoch Scholarships in Hebrew: F. D. Cauiley to
the open Scholarship, and C. A. L. Senior to the Scholarship
restricted to natives of certain counties.
A. W. Foster, who has been President of the Nonconformist
Union for the May Term, has been elected Chairman for the
Long Vacation. On Tuesday, May 31st, Mr Foster was elected
a member of the Committee of the Union Society for the
Michaelmas Term 1898.
Sermons have been preached in the College Chapel this
term by Mr W. A. Cox, April 24th ; Mr C. Elsee, master at
Rugby School, May 6th ; Mr J. F. Tarleton, Vicar of Beltingham,
Northumberland, May 8th; Dr F. Watson, May 22nd; and Mr
J. Watkins, Rector of Willingham, June 5th.
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WoMENs' Degrees.
The Classical Editor of the Eagle has had but one solution
sent to him of the problem at page 583 of our last volume*
This solution is by Mr W. P. Hiern of Barnstaple (B.A. 1861).
A copy of the Index to Vols. I. to XV. has been sent to Mr,
Hiern.
The Northern Johnian Dinner 1898.
A Johnian Dinner will be held this year in Liverpool on or
about Thursday the 20th of October.
It is requested that any present or past members of the
College, who wish to receive notices of the Dinner, will send
their names to the Secretary^ J. B. Killey, 58, Croxtelh Road,
Sefton Park, Liverpool.
It may be convenient for candidates for Fellowships at the
election for 1898 to know that the following dates have been
fixed. Candidates to inform the Master of the subject of their
Dissertations not later than May 25th ; the Dissertation to be
sent to the Master not later than August 25th. The examination
will be held in the Combination Room on Saturday, Oct. 22nd,
at 9 a m. The election will take place on Monday, Nov. 7th.
College English Essay Prizes.
The following are the subjects for the College Essay Prizes :
For students now in their Subject :
Third Fear Robert Shallow, Esq
Second Fear The Rubdiydt of Omar Khayydm
Firsi Fear Richard Hooker
The essays are to be sent in to the Master on or before
Saturday the 15th of October.
The following ecclesiastical appointments are announced :
Name B.A, From To be
Litchfield, V.. (1879) Head Master, Audley P.O. Broughton, Staffs.
Grammar School
Mayor, W. P. (i88a) C. St Columba, P.C. St Cuthbert's,
Southwick Monkwearmouth
Farbrother, A. (1866) V. Leysdown, Sheer- V.Brabourne with Monks
ness Horton
Greene, H. (1871) V. New Shildon, V. St John's, Newcastle-
Durham on-Tyne
Brown, J. T. (1865) Formerly C. of Wil- V. Little Waldingfield,
lesden Suffolk