His dying words are stated to have been, "I have saved the
bird in my breast:" meaning his faith to his party. The memorial is a
square stone pillar, embossed with the arms of Percy and Lucy: they are
nearly effaced by time, though the personal valour of the hero is
written in the less perishable page of history.

The Nevilles are distinguished personages in the pages of the historians
of the North. In Durham they have left a lasting memorial of their
magnificence in Raby Castle, the principal founder of which was John de
Neville, Earl of Westmoreland; who, in 1379, obtained a license to
castellate his manor of Raby; though a part of the structure appears to
have been of more ancient date. Leland speaks of it in his time as "the
largest castle of lodgings in all the north country." It remains to this
day the most perfect castellated mansion, or, more strictly, castle, in
the kingdom, and its "_hall_" eclipses even the chivalrous
splendour of Windsor: here 700 knights, who held of the Nevilles, are
said to have been entertained at one time. The whole establishment is
maintained with much of the hospitable glories of the olden time by the
present distinguished possessor of Raby, the Marquess of Cleveland.

[6] See also pages 113 and 329 of the present volume.

[7] Hist. Scot. By Sir W. Scott, Bt., vol. i, p. 197.

[8] Ibid. p. 199.

[9] Faedera, tom. v. p. 542.

[10] Messrs Britton and Brayley--Beauties of England and Wales,
vol. v. p. 199.

* * * * *

WINTER EXHIBITION OF PICTURES, AT THE SUFFOLK-STREET GALLERY.

(_Concluded from page_ 231.)

144. Landscape and Figures. The first by _Gainsborough_; the latter
by _Morland_.

145. The Body of Harold discovered by Swanachal and two Monks, the
morning after the Battle of Hastings. _A.J. Woolmer._ A picture of
some, and not undeserved, distinction in a previous exhibition.

150. Mr. King and Mrs. Jordan in the "Country Girl." _R. Smirke,
R.A._ The drawing is easy and natural, but the colouring appears to
us deficient in tone and breadth.

153. View of the River Severn near the New Passage House.
_Nasmyth._ A delightful scene in what we may call the artist's
best, or _crisp_ style.

157. Puppy and Frog. _E. Landseer, R.A._ In the most vigorous style
of our best animal painter.

163. A State Quarry. _De Loutherbourg._

165--167. Portraits of Worlidge and Mortimer. Painted by themselves.

172