[We subjoin the whole of Mr. Poynder's article, which is signed
"Miscellaneous:"--"There is at Leyden the perfect and undoubted
original of Chantrey's celebrated figures of the children at
Lichfield; and on a friend of the writer mentioning the
circumstance to that artist, he did not deny the fact. The figures
form the foreground of a celebrated painting in the Town-hall,
commemorating the heroic conduct of a former defender of that
city, when it was reduced by famine to the greatest extremities.
On this occasion the citizens are represented as earnestly
importuning the governor to surrender, and representing their
deplorable condition from the effects of the siege. Many dying
figures are introduced into the painting, and among them the
children in question are seen locked in each other's arms,
precisely as in the sculpture at Lichfield. The story proceeds to
relate, that the commander declared he would never surrender the
city; and added, that whether his fellow-citizens chose to hang
him, or throw him into the dyke, he was determined never to open
the gates to such a monster as the Duke of Alva. It is further
stated, that the providential relief of the city by some troops of
his own side rewarded his courage."]
_Autobiography of Timour._--In 1785, _Institutes, Political and
Military, of the Emperor Timour_ (incorrectly called Tamerlane), were
published at Calcutta, printed by Daniel Stuart. This work, which may
more properly be named autobiographical memoranda, written by Timour,
was composed by him originally in the Turkish language, and translated
by Abu Taulib Alhusseini into Persian, and by Major Davy into English,
to which Dr. Joseph White, of Oxford, added notes; and other matter was
affixed by a person whose name is not given. The rules for carrying to a
successful result great enterprises are profound and dignified, and the
enterprises extraordinary and interesting, though only given in outline.
This part ends with the capture of Bagdat (_d_?). I wish to know if
there exists an accredited translation from the original by Timour in
the Turkish, and of what more this extraordinary work consists; and if
any part, or all, has ever been printed in England, or in any European
language?