The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-18

for such an outrage. i was very young.
and had not then heard of Oliver Crom-
well, but when, few years later. / read
how he overthrow the bishops and clergy.
he at once became my hero and has re-
manned so ever since. My brother. however.
had his revenge upon the shade of this
wicked butler, for. many years after the lat
ter's death he personally, in his own little
workshop, gave his grandson thorough
training as an engineer without fee or re-
ward. Needless TO say. the young man
never knew of his relatives unkindness.
CHARMS OF COLLECTING"
consists in tracing the history OF some OF
these relics of olden times. One OF the
most interesting objects in the collection
is Oliver Cromwells watch. 1t is beau
tiful piece of workmanship oval in shape.
and very small; upon it is engraved the
makers name RI. BARNES AT WOR-
CEsTER: on the dial plate is engraved a
view of the spires of Worcester and
couple of rabbits. The watch is inclosed
in modern silver case. having this in
scription:-
This watch originally belonged to Oliver
Cromwell. the gift of His Royal Highness.
the Prince Regent. "a June. 1916, to Barnard
Attenhoffer from Zurzach.
After wandering all over the world, at
length it came into my collection; for
| fifty years ii had been in New Zealand,
where it had been taken by one of the
| original settlers, whose daughter sent II
to England year or two ago, and offered
it to me. 1 am fortunate I'm having sew
eral of divers letters, some OF which were
| unknown to Carlyle. Some OF them are
written entirely in the Protectors hand
writing. while others bear his signature
only. Many of them are very interesting
and characteristic of the man. One. dated
ed June. 1868, only ten weeks before the
| Protectors death. is addressed to Cardinal
Mazarin; in it Oliver recounts act of
piracy by a French subject off the Med
| way, when ship belonging to one Peter
PETIT was seized and taken away to France,
and compensation was demanded. The let
| ter is written in polished Latin. dictated
by Milton Che was then blind) and is signed
| by oliver in very shaky hand, being
countersigned by Thurloe. This letter was
| found by my agent on book stall on the
quays of Paris soon after the destruction
of the Tuilleries after the events of 1870;
no doubt it was part of the loot OF the
royal palace. Whether the compensation
was ultimately paid or not, there Is no
record to show, but 1t is certain 1t was not
paid before divers death. for nearly
year after, the Protector Richard caused
another letter to be written calling atten-
ton to the nonpayment of compensation.
| The letter appears in the collected Latin
letters of John Milton. 1t is not often that
a new letter of Cromwells comes TO light,
| but one came to me about three years
ago under somewhat peculiar circum-
stances. Mrs. Lomas who is about to
bring out new edition of Carlyle's Let
tiers and Speeches, wishing to compare
the printed letters with the originals in my
possession. asked leave to examine them.
In acceding to her request ! remarked
that she must not expect to find any new
letters in my collection. On the day that
the lady came to my house 1 looked through
them. and to my establishment found one
that 1 knew nothing about. On looking
into the matter discovered had bought
it on the very day upon which had been
taken with an illness that had lasted until
the day of its discovery. Needless to say
my visitor was delighted. especially when
1 told her it should make its first appear
ance in her forthcoming work. Subsequent
| ~ MIS- l<OiiidS ocHt hlc d icttcT WHICH enc
had received from the late DR.. s. r. Gardi-
ner, in which he told her of the sale Of the
letter at Sotheby's, advising her TO inquire
about it for reproduction in her new edi-
ton of Carlyle. The letter is in French
and is addressed to the secretary of a for
eign prince who had sent his congratula-
tions to Oliver upon his recent installation
as protector. 1t is thoroughly character
istic, as the following extract will show:
Il am very sensible of the congratula.
tions of your prince Although of royal
blood. he feels that soveregns have duties,
but when they sacrifice the people to their
caprices the people have the right to de-
mand an account and to put stop to their
acts of violence"
A UNIQUE BOOK OF MSS.
One of the most interesting of my treas
ures is a folio book of MSS, which is abso-
lutely unique. 1t Is the Journal of the Pro-
tectoral House of Lords, being the only
copy in existence. 1t begins with the Writ
of Summons by divers command. and con-
tinues day by day until its last sitting when
Richard Cromwell was dethroned. / give
Photographic copies of some pages of this
book In my work on 1.-THE Two Protectors
Is W. Partridge & Coz Another large book
contains over 200 MSS. respecting the siege
OF Pontefract castle. including eight holo-
graph letters by Oliver. In my work or
1.-The Two Protectors / have also intro.
duced many interesting details respecting
Richard Cromwell, which have never beer
published before. Two years ago | lent a
number of these things to the polytechnic
exhibition of Falmouth, which was opened
by the Bishop of Truro. 1 was unable to bs
present or should have related an anecdott
in which Oliver Cromwell and the bench OF
bishop figured. One of the early Quakers
John Roberts by name, was frequentl,
cited before the Bishops Court by the vicar
of his parish on various charges, such a.
non-attendance of church, etc. On one oc.
casion the bishop asked the Friend how
many children he had. He replied 81 have
had seven of whom it has pleased the Lore
TO remove three by death" Have they al
been bishoped iconfirmed)?" was the mex
question, which was answered In the mega
tive. And why not. Mr.. Roberts ?"~ asked
the bishop. Because most OF them were
born in divers days when bishops were ou
of fashion," replied the witty Quaker
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