“Sacred to the memory of Mr. William Pickett, artist, who died at Knightsbridge, on the 23rd day of May, 1821, aged 45 years.” I must not leave St. George’s Place without a notice of John Liston. He was born in 1776; and his father, who lived in Norris Street, giving him a superior education, he, in 1795, became second master at Archbishop Tennison’s school near Leicester Square; but thus early the stage appears to have fascinated him, for he quitted his situation for acting plays with the elder boys. He then went into a mercantile house in the City. When Liston first appeared on the stage is not accurately known; but the following note from a celebrated manager of the time appears to prove that to him, at least, he was well known. It is as follows,—_verbatim_:— “SIR, “Your not favoring Me with an answr Relative to the I-dea of the Cast, I at Random (tho’ very ill) Scratch’t Out, Makes it Necessary for Me to have Your Opinion, in Order to Prevent Aney Mistake. I am, “Sir, “With every Good Wish, “Yours, &c., “TATE WILKINSON.” He now followed the stage as a profession, and obtained engagements at various provincial establishments; among others, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, under Stephen Kemble. The first comic part he performed was the very subordinate one of _Diggory_, and even in this little part contrived to throw that irresistible originality of humour for which he afterwards became so celebrated. I have seen the copy the actor learnt from, with his erasures, interlineations, &c. His first acknowledged appearance on a London stage was at the Haymarket, on June 10th, 1805, as _Sheepface_, in “The Village Lawyer.” On the same evening Miss Tyrer made her re-appearance after a lapse of three years. She was soon after to become his wife, and they were married on Sunday, March 22nd, 1807, at St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields. Their mutual friend, Charles Taylor, the celebrated _Noodle_, in “Tom Thumb,” gave the wedding breakfast. The union proved a happy one; one son and daughter were its issue. The former entered the army; the latter married Rodwell, the composer.