to note that the library is used by Mr. Round, one of the Essex M.P.’s, for a Bible-class on Sunday afternoons. Of the many distinguished natives of Colchester, I have already mentioned the Newcomens. Another famous name connected with the town is that of Daniel Whittle Harvey, a great man in London on the Liberal side, and, perhaps, still remembered by the joke in _Punch_, where, when a cabman asks another what the V.R. on his badge implied, replied, “It’s Vittle Harvey to be sure.” He commenced his career as articled clerk to a Colchester solicitor, and very early developed a considerable talent for public speaking. He became a somewhat ardent Radical, and was so zealous at public meetings in favour of Reform that he was induced in 1812 to contest the borough, but was defeated by the Conservatives. “His determination and perseverance,” writes Mr. Charles Benham in his _Colchester Worthies_, “urged him not to abandon his attempts, which were afterwards more successful, and he was several times returned at the head of the poll.” He was subsequently appointed by the Corporation of London, Chief Commissioner of the City Police. He held that office simultaneously with his seat in Parliament until the passing of the new Police Act, when he was no longer eligible for his seat in Parliament, which he relinquished in 1834, maintaining his official appointment till his death, which was about 1864. Colchester has supplied London with two Lord Mayors—one of them, Sir Thomas White, was Lord Mayor of London in 1553. He received the honour of Knighthood for preserving the peace of the city in Wyatt’s Rebellion. He made various benefactions in different towns, including Colchester, in 1566. The second was David Williams Wire, who was in D. W. Harvey’s office in his youth, and was one of the first Dissenters to become Lord Mayor. He died in 1860, and was buried at Lewisham.