14 THE MONTHLY
" Sir Christopher Walshingham," said he, we
ask thy forgiveness. But trust me, a Scottish
knight now asks from thee something else that
beauty or wealth. He asks the hand of the
daughter in honourable wedlock.
" It is granted! it is granted!" exclaimed Sir
Christopher; "and now, my lord Abbot, thy
mistaken zeal in calling Lord Marlowe and my-
self to this place to stay the nuptials of my daugh-
ter, has cansed the death of the guilty. Thy
sanctuary has been polluted with human blood, but
a rich reward shall, we trust, wipe out the stain
and we now ask thee to seal the nuptials of the
lovers in a way befitting the daughter of Sir Chris-
topher Walshinghame." M
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MANCHESTER,
What's in a Name.--It appears that, while
Manchester is now acknowledged to be amongst
the greatest commercial towns in Britain, it also
boasts not a few peculiarities worthy of remark.
And by urning over Pigot's new Directory, it
will be found to be a seat of royalty, as it contains
at present, no less than 25 Kings, and although we
have no Queens, yet there are 30 Princes, 4 Dukes
3 Earls, 47 Lords, 21 Barons, and 36 Knights
We can also boast of having 2 Bishops, 80 Deans
21 Proctors, 11 Popes, 3 Priests, 3 Prophets, and
5 Monks; still it is lamentable to think that they
are only 2 Christians in the whole community.
we take places of Worship, it would appear that the
