A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . ndationof his hosts liquors, proposed to adjourninto the cellars and taste tliem at the foun- tain head; which, says his ]Majesty. will bedrinking them in the highest eon., into the cellar they went, andbeing a little wanned already, they soonbecame a set of very jolly Baccluinalians; butMr. Hoopers jollity so mucli attracted theRoyal notice, tliat he bade him rise Sir |Edward. In the event the whole comiiany |were completely dmnk ; and tradition says |that his Majesty paid his obeis


A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . ndationof his hosts liquors, proposed to adjourninto the cellars and taste tliem at the foun- tain head; which, says his ]Majesty. will bedrinking them in the highest eon., into the cellar they went, andbeing a little wanned already, they soonbecame a set of very jolly Baccluinalians; butMr. Hoopers jollity so mucli attracted theRoyal notice, tliat he bade him rise Sir |Edward. In the event the whole comiiany |were completely dmnk ; and tradition says |that his Majesty paid his obeisance to tluicentre cask, toperpetuate which piece ot igood-fellowship, a crown was placed in the Imiddle of the arch of the cellar, which re-1mains to this day. The ancient family mansion, which bo-ilonged to the Elizabetlian style of architec ture, was pulled down by the present few years ago, when it was replaced by anjItalian villa u]>on a more eligible site. Thtjsame gentlciiian lias also rebuilt the chape and almshouse, formerly erected and main \tained hy the Hooper VISITATION OF ARMS. A VISITATION SEATS AND ARMS OF THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN GEEAT BEITAIN AND lEELAKD. ASHMORE. Charles ASHMOEE, of Belfast, in the ^ a lion rampant proper betwe«i in chief county of Antrim, Esq., Lieut-Col. of the two stars of .ixpomts gules and m base a trefoil vert. 36th (the Herefordshii-e) Regiment of Foot, ^f^?^!*-i~f*n * ^ ^°^^^ ^^*^®*^° *° branchesson of Da\id Aslimore, of the city of Dublin, ,, ^ ^ ,Esq., deceased, bears for , adsmn. OLLIFFE. Sir Francis Joseph Olliffe, Kt., , ^ entailed vert between three -r,, . ^ ., I-n- olive branches supped and fruited proper. Physician to the British Embassy at Pans, ^^ ^ ^ a Member of the Legion of Honour, son of Cres*.—On a wreath, upon anull rind sable a dove, wings the late Joseph OUifFe, Esq., of Cork, by his elevated argent, in the beak a sprig of oUve prope


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