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the mayor, sheriffs, burgesses, and commonalty of the foresaid town, or before the greater part of them, of whom we will that the mayor of the foresaid town for the time being, shall be one,) within the town, and county of the foresaid town, within the franchises and liberties of the same, and not elsewhere, respectively, well, and faithfully to execute, do, and exercise their said offices; and that after taking of the said oath, every such person which to the office of coroner, shall be elected and sworn as aforesaid, from time to time shall be coroners of the town and county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and that no other coroner, or any other coroners of ours, our heirs or successors, shall after any manner or sort come in, or any of them may put themselves in to do any thing within the said town and county of the said town, which to the offices of coron ers, doth now or hereafter shall belong, or appertain; and if it shall happen the said sheriffs of the county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, or the coroners of the county aforesaid, within one year after they are elected, made, and sworn to the offices of sheriffs and coroners of the town and coumy aforesaid, as aforesaid, or during the time they shall remain in the said offices, that they or any of them shall die, or for any good and sufficient cause, they shall be removed from their said offices of sherifls and coroners of the town or county of the town aforesaid, from any one or either of them, which sheriffs, not bearing or carrying themselves well in the said offices, or any one of them for any good or sufficient cause, we will that they shall be removable by the mayor, burgesses, and commonalty of the town aforesaid, for the time being, or by the greater number of them (of whom we will

that the mayor of the same town for the time being, shall be one,) then, and so often any such occa, sion shall fall or happen, it shall, and may be lawful for the said mayor, sheriffs, burgesses, and commonalty of the town aforesaid, for the time being, or for the greater part of them, (of whom, &c.) without our licence, or the licence of our heirs and successors in that behalf had or obtained within 15 days next atfer any such sheriff's, or either of them or any such coroners, or either of them shall die, or be removed out of their offices aforesaid, in the tholse! and court-house of the said town of Knockfergus aforesaid, or in any other convenient place within the foresaid town, or within the county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, to assemble themselves, and to choose, and make one or more as the case shall require, of the free burgesses of the said town, in the place or places of the said sheriffs or coroners, or in the place of the said sheriff's and coroners so dying, or from his or their place or oflices removed, and that every such person thus elected and made, or to be elected and made, (after that they have respectively taken and reserved the several oaths of their officers of sheriffs and coroners of the foresaid town and county of the town of Knockforgus, in manner and form aforesaid,) they, and every of them, may respectively have and exercise the said several offices of sheriffs and coroners within the said town, and county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, for the residue of the same year, and until any one or others of the said burgesses of the said town, to such offices of sheriffs and coroners of the said town and coun ty of the same, shall be elected and sword respectively as aforesaid.

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ed, and by these presents, for us our heirs and successors, do grant unto the said mayor, sheriffs, burgesses, and commonalty of the said town of Knockfergus, and their successors, that the mayor of said town for the time being, and his successors for the time being, and deputies and substitutes of them for the time being, and the recorder of the same town for the time being, and his successors recorders of the same town for and during the several times wherein they shall be, and respectively continue in the foresaid offices, that presently after they shall take or receive respectively the foresaid oath, commonly called the oath of supremacy, as also their oaths respectively, well and truly for executing their said offices of mayor, and recorder of the said town in form aforesaid, in these presents above specified, that they are justices and keepers of the peace, and that every one of them, as a justice and keeper of our peace, and the peace of our heirs and successors within and through the foresaid town of Knockfergus, and through the whole county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and through and within the franchises, limits, and liberties of the same town; and that they, and every of them, during the several times in which they shall respectively be, or remain in their several offices, shall bave full power and authority there for keeping and conserving our peace, and the peace of our heirs and successors, as also for causing orders and statutes made, or to be made, for the good of our peace, or the peace of our heirs and successors, and for the quiet rule and governing of our people, and of the people of our heirs and successors, in all and singular their articles within the whole town and county aforesaid, according to the sort, form, and orders of the fore

said statutes of keeping and causing the peace to be kept, and to cause all those to be punished according to the law of the land, which did, do, or have done any thing against the form and orders of the statutes, and to cause all those to appear before them, which have threatened any of our people, or the people of our heirs and successors, in their bodies, or in burning of their houses and com, and to cause them to find sufficient securities of the peace of their good bearing towards us and our people, and the people of our heirs and successors, and if they shall refuse to find such security, then to commit them to our prison within the foresaid town of Knockfergus, and within the county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, until such time as he or they shall find such and the like security, and there to cause them to be safely kept, and that the said mayor and recorder of the same town and all other mayors, and recorders of the same town, for the time being, and every of them shall be our justice and justices, and the justice and justices of our heirs and successors, for keeping the peace within the said town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and within the franchises and suburbs of the said town, and in and throughout the whole county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, as well by land as sea, and fresh waters, and also that the now mayor and recorder of the aforesaid town, and all other and singular, the other mayors and recor ders of the same town for the time being, may have power and authority by the oath of honest and lawful men of the foresaid town of Carrickfergus, or franchises of the same, or of the county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, to enquire of all manner of felonies, trespasses or transgressions, riots, routs, un. lawful meetings or assemblies, evil

conspiracies, concealments, and all other misprisons whatsoever, perpetrated or done within the foresaid town, and within the franchises and suburbs of the same, and within the county of the town aforesaid; and of all forceable entries heretofore made, or to be made by strong hand into any lands or tenements within the foresaid town, or within the franchises and suburbs of the same, and within the county of the town aforesaid, or in any of them, as also of pe iceable entries made or to be made into such lands within the said town franchi es, and suburbs and county of the same town, and have been by force, power, and strong hand held, or hereafter to be held, or made; as also to enquire of all manner of statutes, articles, and ordinances, made, or to be made, for and concerning labourers, vagabonds, carpenters, artificers, tanners, curriers, barbers, bakers, shoemakers, taylors, tylers, ostlers, weights, measures, victuals, and for and concerning all other causes, and matters, which ought to be enquired of before any justices, or keepers of the peace, in any where else within our realm of Ireland, the same also to be enquired within the town and county of the foresaid town; and then after they shall have power and authority for the executing and doing of all things which to the office of keepers or justices of the peace in any where else within our realm of Ireland doth belong or appertain; and therefore we do, for us our heirs and successors, command the mayor and recorder of the same town of Knockfergus aforesaid for the time being, and their successors, that they diligently intend, do, and execute all and singular those things in manner aforesaid; and we further command, for us, our heirs, and successors, the sheriffs of the county of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and their successors, for the

time being, that they submit, obey, answer, and attent the mayor and recorder of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and their successors, and every of them in the execution of the premises, as it becometh, and we further will, for us, our heirs, and successors, grant unto the said mayor, sheriffs, burgesses, and comnonalty of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and their successors, that no other our justices, or the jus. tices of our heirs and successors, besides our justices, and the justices of our heirs and successors, going in circuit to hold assizes, or assigned, or to be assigned, to enquire, hear, and determine, by virtue of any our trespatents or the trespatents of our heirs and successors, to them directed, or to be directed, shall go within the foresaid town or the county of the foresaid town, or the limits or precincts thereof, neither yet shail they after any sort put themselves within the same.

And further of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, we give, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said mayor, sheriffs, burgesses, and commonaity of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and their successors, alt and singular, these franchises, privileges, liberties, here underwritten, viz.-that they, and their successors for ever, may have a merchant guild within the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and that all the merchants of the foresaid town, which now are, or for ever shall be, that they shall be oue body politic incorporate by themselves, in matter, name and deed, by the name of two masters or fellows of the guild merchants of the town of Knockfergus aforesaid, and that one of said masters shall and may be called the chief or principal of the guild of merchants, and that the other of the said masters shall be called the second master of the said guild; and

that the said masters and fellows of the foresaid guild of merchants, or as many of them as shall be living, or alive, or the greater part of them, upon Monday next after the feast of St. Michael the arch-angel next ensuing the date of these presents, and so upon every other monday next following after the feast of St. Michael the arch angel every other year for ever, may be able to cause two of the more honest and discreet and fit merchants of the foresaid guild, to be masters of the guild of the merchants aforesaid, from one whole year to continue from the foresaid Monday next and immediate ly following the feast of St. Michael the arch angel aforesaid, and that may be able to create and constitute them, being so chosen masters of the guild of merchants aforesaid, from one year from thence next following, and as often as it shall hap. pen that the foresaid two masters of the guild of merchants aforesaid, or either of them for the time being, before the end of the year after any such their election, to die from his or their offices of the masters of the guild, for any cause by resignation to be deprived or removed, then we will, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the foresaid mayor, sheriffs, burgesses, and commonalty of the foresaid town, and to their successors, that the said fellows or brethren of the said guild of merchants, and their successors, or the greater part

of them, within eight days next and immediately following the death of any masters, or either of them, or after the removing or departing of any such masters, or either of them, to be able and of power to appoint and choose one other, or two others, as necessity shall require, of the same fellows or brethren of the guild of merchants, to be master or masters of the said guild of merchants for the residue of the said year, and that all and every such masters aforesaid, and their successors, from time to time may be able to make, constitute, establish, create or grant all and all manner of rules, statutes, laws, arts, and ordinances, for the common profit of the same guild, and for the better ruling and governing of the same, so often as it shall seem convenient or needful unto them, and for the executing the said statutes, rules, laws, arts, and ordinances, to impose reasonable fines and amercements upon all and every person and persons, which shall presume to contemn either the said statutes, or either of them, and to take and convert all and every such fines and amercements to their own proper use, without rendering any account to us, our heirs, or surcessors for the same, so as such rules, constitutions, laws, and ordinances, be not contrary or repagHant to our laws, customs and statutes of our realm of Ireland.

(To be continued.)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS.

A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE Extracted from an account published

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in the London Monthly Magazine. T is hoped that the sound patrio⚫ tism of the subject of this memoir, and his history being little

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known, will plead our excuse for borrowing from a contemporary print. In the present day, so markable for wide spreading profligacy and corruption, and in which instances of unbending integrity are so rare, it may be useful to hold up such inflexible characters to view, that if they do not stimulate, they may shame the present age.

"But whether Fate, or Art, untwin'd his thread,

Remains in doubt. Fame's lasting register, Shall leave his name enroll'd as great as those,

Who, at Philippi, for their country fell."

The name of this accomplished man, and incorruptible citizen, still stands high in the estimation of the nation, and will continue to be respected, while public virtue can interest the feelings, or private gratitude actuate the heart, of an Englishman. Few persons, however, are acquainted either with his merits, or his history. It is not the fashion of the present day to make either curious, or elaborate enquiries respecting the ornaments of an age, that has passed away; and the biographical dictionaries of a former period are filled with very inaccurate accounts of the subject of the present memoir. Indeed, his life, and works are included, and, it might be fairly added, entombed, in three huge quarto volumes; so that no one but a literary pioneer would be tempted to dig into such a mass, for the entertainment and instruction, either of himself, or others. Respect, however, for the memory of this great man, has produced the following attempt, to convey idea both of his character and his writings.

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Andrew Marvell was born at Kingston-upon-Hull, November 15, 1620. His father, the Rev. Andrew Marvell, born in Cambridgeshire, completed his studies at Emanuel

College, Cambridge, where he obtained the degree of master of arts, in 1603. He was afterwards elected master of the public grammar school, in Kingston-upon-Hull, and became lecturer of trinity church, in 1624: he is denominated "the facetious calvinistical minister," by Echard. At the time of the great plague,* he displayed great firmness of mind, &c. notwithstanding the burial-service had been long disused, he not only ventured to read it, on the death of Mr. Ramsden, the mayor, but also preached an excellent funeral. sermon at the same time.

In the year 1640, an unhappy eing been drowned in the Humber, vent put an end to his days, he havwhile crossing in a small boat to Barrow, in Lincolnshire, with a young couple, who were going to be married, A few minutes anterior to this fatal event, as if conscious of his danger, he called out to some of his friends who were walking upsical manner: "Ho! ho! for heaon the quay, in the following whimthrew his gold-headed cane on shore, ven, ay, ho!" and immediately which he recommended to be delivered to his son.

That son after having reaped the benefit of his instructions, was then resident at the university of Cambridge, whither he had been sent at

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mitted a student at Trinity college, of fifteen; having been adin 1635. He had already begun to distinguish himself, by the early developement of his talents, when he was inveigled to London, by the Jesuits, who were ambiThe parent, whose sudden and metious of making such a proselyte.— mentioned, followed him thither, a lancholy catastrophe has been just short time anterior to his unhappy fate, and finding his son, by acci

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