a superior feeling; he regarded her not as his idol, but as his fellow-creature in the Lord, and proved that such an affection far exceeds all the irregular passions in the world. "The heat of his youth inclined him to anger, and the goodness of his nature made him prone to love and grief; but his soul ever reigned king upon the internal throne, and was never taken captive by his senses; religion and reason, its two favoured counsellors, took order that all the passions kept within just bounds, there did him good, and furthered the public weal.” The debts Colonel Hutchinson had incurred in the public service left his excellent widow in very straitened circumstances. The estate at Owthorpe was sold to a younger branch of her husband's family, who happened to be in favour with the triumphant royalists. Mrs. Hutchinson lived to see some of her children married, and survived two of them. The precise period of her death is not mentioned. One of their descendants emigrated to America. I do not know whether any of his posterity now survive in this country. The family of Apsley merged in the noble family of Bathurst, who retain the name of Apsley as their second title. Mrs. Hutchinson was possessed of talent and learning that would have given her a high reputation in any age, and which were very extraordinary in a lady of that period; yet she performed all the duties of a woman in a most exemplary manner. The Edinburgh Review pays the following tribute to her memory: "Education is certainly far more generally diffused in our days, and accomplishments infinitely more common; but the perusal of this volume has taught us to doubt whether the better sort of women were not fashioned of old by a purer and more exalted standard; and whether the most eminent female of the present day would not appear to disadvantage by the side of Mrs. Hutchinson. There is something in the domestic virtue and calm commanding mind of this English matron, that makes the Corinnes and Heloises appear very insignificant. We may safely venture to assert that a nation which produces many such wives and mothers as Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson, must be both great and happy." MARY, COUNTESS OF WARWICK. This lady was the daughter of Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork, who was born a private gentleman, and the younger brother of a younger brother, and to no other heritage than what is expressed in the words, "God's providence is my inheritance," which motto he inscribed on the magnificent buildings he erected, and, indeed, ordered to be placed on his tomb. By that providence succeeding his unremitting and wise industry, he raised himself to such honour and estate, and left behind him such a dignified family as has very rarely, if ever, before been known; and all this with such an unspotted reputation for integrity, as that the most envious scrutiny could discover no blemish in it, and that only shone the brighter by the malignant attempts made to obscure and debase it. The mother of our lady was Catherine, only daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, principal secretary of state in Ireland. She was married to Mr. Boyle, July 25, 1603, and obtained this most honourable testimony from her husband: "I never," says he, "demanded any marriage Р - assessed of talent and learning high reputation in any age, ordinary in a lady of that al the duties of a woman The Edinburgh Review ther memory: "Education diffused in our days, and more common; but the us to doubt whether - were not fashioned of old by standard; and whether the the present day would not Somatic vine and calm English matron, that makes 1. se arrear very insignificant. ase that a nation which es and mothers as Mrs. |