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NEW HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS
IutcrcAfinE Discoveries

AuLcECAK1nR OAAIuhGAAGAs
From Chombers% journal
It is well known that in the archives OF nri-
yate families and institutions there arc m1py
collection. OF papers md manuscripts OF gen.
ctnl public interest, ~ knowledge OF which
would be OF great utility in tho Illustration OF
history. constitutional law. scicnce, and gen
eral htcraturu-" 1t WAS with view 70 their
puplcation-of course with their owners per-
u,issior-tbat Royal Commission Was Ap-
pointed in April o! last year to make inquiry
is 10 tue places IN which these collections were
deposited. The tifss report Of the Commits,
sioucts has just been published and so we'll
have their wishes been responded TO, that no
1css thsu one hundred aud eighty collections
have been placed at the disposal OF the in
spectors appointed to examine them. Nr. Il.
7. Riley and ": \ ). Horxood Wess
Tor Scotland. aud Mr.. J. r Gilbert for Ire
land Az WIS expected, many curious and in
| tcrcsting documents bearing on tho history OF
| tho country have been discoEered-sonae OF
I which were suppoecd to bare been lozt or
| 5cstroyed-while the existence OF others wss
| wholly unknown even to their owners. We
| will briefly notice few of those that are most
| interesting. First in order in tho report, 81
| well a. in numbers and Importance, are the
| documents deposited in The HOUSE OF Lorls-
the existence e MIN and TIC hI 1mpoaoce shoSt
time before the Royal Commission WAS ap.
! pointed. They conaist for the most part OF
| The original documents referred to IN the jour
nals ot the House; and the fact that they are
the originals Is accounted for by the Lorde be-
ing never satisfied with COPY OF q document
offered in evidence or brought under their no
ticc-the production Of the original being
alwayB required
Here aro the le.sers Of Charles I. and Queen
f1enriettA Maria. taken st the battle OF Ntss5y
some in the original handwriting, and some
in cipher; 1lso the Kings letter to the House
OF Lords intercediug for the life Of Lord
Strsffon1. The corrections and alterations In
this Last letter, made, seemingly. some time
| After il WAS written, arc curious and
very characteristic Of the writer, n showing
how much it Was against his inclination
to ,sk a fayor of the Parliament Ihs we'll
known postscript, !" II he must Deg. It we1 =
Ch.sitie to repryve until saterday." was ap-
pareut}y lkewise added afterwards. From the
sxme storchousa another document Of great
importance, and which has been missing for
years, has been brought once morc to Light.
This ia the original manuscript OF the BOOK %
Common Prayer. formerly annexed TO tho
,aLlishment. =, the Restoration, Of the wor,
ship sanctioned by tho Acts OF Uniformity oi
, ! Edward II md Elizabeth, Charles IL appoint
!; ed commissioners to review tho Book Gf Com
: mon Prayer, and TO prepare snch Alterations 70;
, fair eopr Of the book ss amended snd correct
, ed was ordered TO be annexed to the sct. ant
60 ii remained ttl the beginning Of the pzesen
: century, when it disappeared: Ani WA suPpoe
, ! ed to hare been burned N the nto ~
: destroyed both Houses OF F.1ha1oent N lss4
! When it VIA found, xnpthnr Volume VIA tonn'
: With il which W&s entirely unknown beng II
original volume with Ill the manuscript Altera
j, tous. from which the ''iaa1 copy above men
:, TONED var made. The deelAraGon and lstte
!, Of Charles Il addressed to the House OF Lord
!. irom RedA, and the original petition OF Arcf
d bishop Laud while in the Tower, have ali
a | once more been seen. beHidcs many other MOI
! inteceeting pubic Instruments As many
!. a,5O7 document. have been arranged n
+ sorted md moEe get re0ain TO undergo
- The H1,ton Collection, belonging to Il
ia Eatl OF Niuche1sea and Nottingham: is nc
y IN ancient deeds md charters, including 4
:; teen in Melo-Sa1on. one Of the EmPFe
10 Aaude. ard another 81 DAMN, - f.
n. land, ManT Of them hass scala in ~
"A | rre.e,ya,iop attached to them. At Port Els
At the seat Of the Earl OF ST. Germans. are ma.
10 valuable papers relating to the GvI ~aIr'
slung the By faa M ,he neenshs 1t 5,
IL Been made public by Nj. John fo7n.e7, in !
hs lie Of that f7cat patriot There ara also sew
ID letters, chiefly on political matters, bf EdTa
he Gihbon, the historian. to Edward. first LG
Eliot Many rape1s relating e re enapsTs
~ Papers," belonging to ". Phelps, Of Aon
1;s cute House, Some1setshire. They were
nc tirely unknown 10 the family Anott
re re locimen. relating 70 tho same pic
,es his wife Ueiou, with ai1idAnts respect
a. lie same-cop,ed from tho azchives ot D9
he College, ~.s found in tho Gbrs5 Of ,:ss uss
aer conege. near DazhAa- In the same uos
AZ we're original letters Of Alexander Pope, 70
!. = ristes, Mrs. fncke., also hss VIII, dsted !
DECEMBER, 17s9.. Among the manuscript!
ers Eve1,nsh.n P.sf, The ssa. Of Lord Heir n.s,
de- IL magnificent Antphonef! 10tmet* ~ ::
son ! The Messopol;t,u Church. at York. 1t II
md Tie fifteenth century, written or veliu"'
Tbs stin bound in tss ancient oAksn boards
him religious solemnitsea peculiar to eash fess
,lea Of the church are given in the rubnss,
,dsy much detail and Precision., The couee
also contains, s1oonS other Interesting Pap
gil, the original letter fFon LaaF SlthsdAis 70
g. si.tes, 1ads Lucy Herbert, It Rrnees&, & asee
syes ing her huahand's escape from tho ToEe
,stic L1pdon, tho night before hia totssaded
Miss cution-
,'ish i Lord Mostyn's collection Of newsastses