Dublin.
_Churchill's Grave._--It is not perhaps generally known, that the author of
_The Rosciad_ was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary, Dover. On a small
moss-covered head-stone is the following inscription:
"1764.
Here lie the remains of the celebrated
C. CHURCHILL."
"Life to the last enjoy'd,
Here Churchill lies.
CANDIDATE."
The notice is sufficiently brief; no date, except the year, nor age being
recorded. The biographers inform us, that he died at Boulogne of a fever,
while on a visit to Wilkes.
The cemetery where his remains are deposited is in the centre almost of
Dover; and has recently been closed for the purposes of sepulture, with the
exception of family vaults. Adjoining it is a small retired burial-place,
containing at the most but two or three graves, and originally belonging to
the Tavenors. Here is the tomb of Captain Samuel Tavenor, an officer of
Cromwell, and, during his ascendancy, one of the governors of Deal Castle.
Tavenor was a man distinguished for his courage, integrity, and piety.