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the Wall, as recorded in the Book of Daniel. As it was the only historical picture of this artist, and the only exhi bition of genius which he had displayed in any of his works, it occasioned a considerable degree of curiosity, as well as astonishment, among the professors of the pencil and the connoisseurs in the fine arts, at the time it was produced; and we believe that the painter was honoured, during the remainder of his life, in consequence of it, with the title of Rembrandt Wilson.

Marlow has been, for some years, in an improving state, to which the provisional establishment of the Royal Military College must have contributed, though it will be soon removed to a more suitable and convenient situation.

Such has for some time been, and such actually is the state of Europe, that a very large military establishment, or what was formerly considered as such a bug-bear,—a standing army, or, at least, what is so in effect, is now essential to our existence. The old Whigs, of a former period, considered an armed establishment, not only as hostile, but as dangerous to our liberties; such, however, is the change and chance of human affairs, the modern Whigs of the present period, look to it as a guardian of our freedom. We are assuming, if we may not be already said to have assumed, the character of an armed nation, and such we must continue to be, or share the fate of the greatest part of Europe. Under these circumstances we cannot but consider military establishments as of the utmost consequence to our political salvation, and that it was a very wise and patriotic spirit which suggested such an institution, as we are about to describe: nor can the country be too grateful to those, who by their public zeal, professional knowledge, and superior understanding, have brought it to that state of perfection which promises such real advantage to the British empire. Nor can we proceed without acknowledging what all, who are acquainted with the subject, are ready to acknowledge, the unwearied and

GREAT MARLOW.

effectual exertions of Colonel Le Merchant, the Lieut. Governor, in framing and completing such a grand national institution.

The Royal Military College was established in the year 1799. The senior department, at High Wycombe, is for the further instruction of officers in military affairs. The junior department is at Great Marlow, where the sons of noblemen and gentlemen receive a regular military education, at one hundred pounds per annum. The expences of other cadets, who are the sons of officers, are in proportion to the rank and pay of their respective parents, being from fifty to ten pounds per annum. Orphans, and the children of subaltern officers, are educated and provided gratis.

This institution will be removed to Sandhurst, near Blackwater, Berks, where a new College is about to be erected.

Some traces of a corporation are discernible in the records concerning this town; but it does not appear that any charter was ever obtained. The first return for this borough occurred in the twenty-eighth year of Edward the First, and it continued to send members till the second year of Edward the Second, after which no returns were made till the twenty-first year of James the First, when, on a petition to the House of Commons, the privilege was restored.

The church is a large ancient structure, dedicated to All Saints. It consists of a body and two aisles, with a transept dividing it from the chancel. From the tower rises a wooden spire, which is painted white. About the middle it is encircled with a black line to mark the place from whence a workman, employed in some repair, fell, not many years since, into the church-yard, a very considerable height, without receiving the least injury.

The old bridge appears to be of very remote origin. The records state that, in the reigns of Edward the Third,

Richard the Second, and Henry the Fourth, the bailiffs were allowed, in consequence of a grant for that purpose, to take certain tolls of wares, merchandize, &c. &c. passing over and under the bridge, to be applied for the maintenance of it. In 1787, this structure became so ruinous, that an application was made to the county for rebuilding it, but it appearing not to be a county bridge, the Marquis of Buckingham proposed a subscription, when a consider able sum was raised, and, in the year 1798, the present bridge was erected. The view from it of the adjacent country is full of beauty.

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