ELIZABETH, MOTHER OF OLIVER ,'. CROMWELL. 's"' a-z .
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This Lady. who is said to have been an un- d"ubted descendant of the royal family of the Stuarts, possessed higher distinction in her own virtnes. Mr. Foster, in his Statesmen of the Common Wealth of England" pays this beautiful tribute to her worth:

 "An interesting person, indeed, was this Mo. ther of Oliver CrOmwell-a woman with the glorious faculty of self. help when other assist ance failed her !; ready for the demands of for. tune in its extremest adverse time-of spirit and energy equal to her mildness and patience; who, with the labor of her own hands, gave do. weres 10 five daughters, sufficient to marry them

 into families as honorable, but more wealthy than their own whose single pride vas hones- ty and whose passion love; who preserved in the gorgeous palace at Whitehall the simple tastes that distinguished her in the old brewery at Huntington; whose only care. amid all her spendors was the safely of hei beloved son in his dans erous eminence finally, whose closing wish. when that anxious care had outworn her strength, accorded with her whole modest and tender history. for it implored simple burial in couniry church yard, rather than the ill suited trappings of state ard ceremony where-

 with she feared and with reason feared, that his Highness. the Lord Protector of England,

 would have her carried to the royal tomb d

 which, if that were possible, wruld increase the interest she inspires, and the respect she claims The month SD small and sweet. ye: full and firm as the mouth of hero the large

 melancholy eyes; the light, pretty hair; the

 expression of quiet affectionateness suffused

 over the face. which is so modestly enyeloped in white satin hood the simple beauty of tho

 velvet cardinal she wears. and the richness of

 the small jewel that clasps it. seem to present

 before the gazer her living and breathing char acter."

 This distinguished lady. of the British Isle,

 was the mother of Henrietta Cromwell, who

 was married to Col. John Jones, in 1893. one of 1 the Judges of Charles l.; the maternal grand

 parent of Hon, William Jones, Lieut.. Governor of Connecticut colony. and married to Hannah: youngest daughter oi Governor Eaton, of New Haven; and great grand parent of Sir William Jones of India, and Rev. William Jones of Nay land, SO eminent in the annals of literature and science. ... I.J.