with the undertaker for not waiting till he met the corpfe at the churchyard-gate, which, he faid, was always his cuftom, without regard to weather (an exception fo feelingly infitted on by your correfpondent), whatever might be the cuftom of the place whence the funeral came. Why are men lefs tenacious of the obfervance of established ceremonies than of established laws but becaufe a penalty attaches to the breach of right, but none to that of decency, which the clergy, of all men, fhould attend to for, it may fafely be affirmed, that there is no difference between the clergyman who neglects the duties of his profeffion, and him who lounges away his time in Bond-ftreet, or practifes and writes upon the fports of the field. Mr. URBAN, P. P. July 14. SEND you the refult of a lounge in changed his opinion after he had written the "Enquiry into the Conftitution of the Primitive Church," which is in favour of Prefbytery. I fhould like to know whether he would have afferted this, if the noble and learned author had been alive to fpeak for himfelf; and what was the opinion of the author of the "original draught," to which, he fays, his lordfhip afterward conformed. This was published in 1717, by Mr. Sclater, a Nonjuring clergyman, who ftept forward, when nobody elfe accepted Mr. K's modeft challenge, to correct his mistakes. Mr. Winter's two nephews, Johu and Robert, publifhed his fermons, with a funeral fermon for him by the latter. Mr. W. was chofen paftor with Mr. Bradbury, and, in a very few months, fucceeded hiin; but Mr. Bradbury left only two daughters, one married to Mr. Welch the banker, the I Edmonton churchyard. CURIOSUS. Other to Mr. John Winter, of Hanover In hoc fepulchro conduntur cineres JACOBI WARE, hujus parochia ludimagiftri, ob. 20 Maii 1771, æt. 50. Mundi damnum, fibi lucrum. Etiam reliquiæ JACOBI WARE, fen. ex hac parochiâ preceptoris, b. 14 Jun. A. D. 1772, æt. 24, propter fobrietatem fuam & induftriam dilectiffimus. Alfo of MARY WARE, On the 15th of Oct. 1795, Manet poft funera Virtus. THOMAS RUMBALL, efq. died Jan. 7, 1797. Mrs. CATHARINE WATTS, Widow, And gladly bids the dufty globe, fquare, brother to the Rev. Mr. W.Mr. W. broke his thigh a few years before his death; and, when he preached at the Tuesday lecture in Broadftreet the first time, being unable to ftand, fat on a high feat, which was the cafe with the Rev. Mr. Farmer, during the last years of his preaching at Salters -hall. IN E. Mr. URBAN, July 16. T has been obferved, I think, by Mr. Sheridan, that there were as many men at this moment employed on the buildings in and about London as would be equal to an army for the defence of the country. Every one .muft wonder. how the fpeculation for extending the capital out of itfelf can poffibly anfwer, or where is the increafe of population adequate to the tenancy and population of houfes fo haftily erected. But there is another clafs of men, of far lefs ufe than brick layers' labourers, and far greater nuifances in fociety, as we are daily expe riencing on all public meetings. I fhall eafily be understood to mean livery-fervants, who are fo redundant in all families of a certain rank and income, and, however they may be deemed neceffary to rank, muft be prejudicial to income. That a boy, or man, is ne ceffary in a family where there is a master, is not denied; but to what purpofe have a reduplication of livery, men, who are cloathed, and fed, and paid, at free coft, and have little more. 興 to provide for themfelves but the luxuries of life, while their mafters fubmit to heavy furcharges rather than pay the tax for them? Let all others be fwept away from their ftations of parade and idleness, as by Queen Elizabeth against the famous Spanish Armada. QUIZ. July 11. IN 1798 an emigrant, called Le Comte de Mantaigne, formerly an officer in the royal navy of France, went to Ruffia, by way of Conftanti nople, ftrongly recommended, by the Prince of Condé, to the Prince of Naf fau, at that time an admiral in the Ruffian fervice, and through whom the Count was immediately received by the Emprefs, Catherine II. as captain-lieutenant of the Imperial navy, and very generously rewarded for or his fidelity to his fovereign the King of France. This Count was foon after found out to be in clofe correfpondence with the famous Jacobin, Defcoches, embaflador from the Committee of Public Safety to the Ottoman Porte, to whom he promifed to contrive to fet fire to the Ruffian fleet on, the Black Sea, where he had folicited to be employed. He was tried, and condemned to be degraded and beheaded on a feaffold, but the Emprefs changed the fentence into confinement for life on an iland in the White Sea, called Solowelfky Marufni, not far from the mouth of the river Dwina, where, perhaps, he fill lives to atone for his erime by what a reflecting mind would account a lingering death. Yours, &c. CAUTUS. Mr. URBAN, July 18. SIR Edward Griffin, lieutenant-colonel of the Duke of York's regiment of guards (now called the Coldftream Regiment) in the reign of Charles II. and treasurer of the chamber to that king, 1664, in reverfion, but not actually till 1679, knighted, and by James II. created Baron Griffin of Braybrook, 1688, retired to France, and was outlawed, and continuing there till 1708, when he was taken on-board a French man of war coming to invade Scotland, condemned, but refpited, and died in the Tower 1710. He married Lady Effex Howard, eldeft daughter and coheir of James third Earl of Suffolk, and Baron Howard of Walden, who had by her an only fon, James, married to Anne, daughter and heir of Richard Rainsford, of Northamptonthire; and their eldeft, only furviving fon, Edward, took his feat in the Houfe of Lords as Lord Griffin, 1726, married Mary daughter of Edward Weldon, efq. governor of Bengal, and, dying without furviving iffue, his two fifters became his heirs. Elizabeth married, 1. Henry Grey, of Billingbere, Berks, efq.; and, 2. John Earl of Portfmouth; and died without iffue in 1762. Anne married Wm. Whitwell, efq. of Oundle, and had four fons: John, the eldeft, to whom his aunt, Lady Portfmouth, 1749, gave her fhare of the eftate at Saffron-Walden, and he, by act of Parliament 20 Geo. II. took the furname and arms of Grif fin; and fhe, by will, left him Audleyhoufe and demefnes; and, 1784, his claim to the barony of Howard of Walden was allowed. He died June 25, 1797, and with him the barony of Walden; but the barony of Braybrook, which had been revived in him 1796, devolved on Richard Aldworth Neville Griffin, efq. of Berkshire. Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, HISTORICUS. July 19. DO not recollect hearing that the lofs of Mrs. Montague's good dinner was made up, fince her death, to the footy tribe. Ought not the huma nity of thofe who undertake to alleviate their diftrefs to have performed that friendly office for (it may be) the laft time before they ceafe to exift in their corporate capacity? But perhaps a good dinner, or a belly-full, does not enter into the thoughts of thofe who find themfelves difappointed in the expectation that the poor would have learned to make cheap foup for themfelves, inftead of looking up to a yearly fupply of fomething which they could exchange for the good creature. Let us take care that, by over-eagerness to better the condition of the poor, we do not put it into their heads that their diftreffes are more real than they are. When the rage or (fhall we fay the tyranny) of Inclofure has monopolized every inch of common, fo that no milk can be had for the poor, fhall we be amufed with the milk of human kindnefs in fubfcriptions to bankers, at the difpofal of a committee who know. what paffes in the world only by report at fecond or third hand? TOMLINS.. GENERAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA GEORCIA Mr. papers, not to be opened for fixty years WITH fome difficulty I have dif- from the depofition, and fuppofed to be Mr. URBAN, July 5. covered that the deed enquired for LXXI. 799, is in vol. LXIX. p. 554, 1 add from the extracts made by Leland, Collect. vol. I. p. 450, out of the Statutes of 21 R. II. that it hath eftablished that the caftel of Lions, with the feigniory of Bromefeld and Yale to the cafiel belonging; the caftel of Chirke, with the feigniory of Chirkeland to the faid caftel belonging; the caftel of Ofwaldeftreate with the towne well waullid with ftone, and the hundred, and the xi townes to the faid caf tel belonging; the caftel of Ifabelle with the feigniory to the fame, belonging to the caftel of Dallilay with the apportenaunce in the counte of Shropfhire, and the reverfion of the feigniory of Cleve, with theyr appurtenances which Edward Erle of Rutland holdeth for terme of his natural life. Al wich townes, caftelles, and feignoryes aforefaide, were to Richard Erle of Arundel, and wich by force of the judgement given against the faide Erle yn the faid parlement, be forfeit to our foveraigne lord the king, fhaul be from hensforth annexed to the principalite of Cheftre." et et This act, printed in the Rolls of Parliament, vol. III. p.353, ftates that 66. pur l'encrefce & honour de l'eftat des princes q' ferront illoeq's & pur eafe, concord, & tranquillite de fes lieges du dit principalite, et des contees de Flynt Salop, et des f'ries q' font adgifantz a ycelles, ad grantez, ordeinez, eftabliz, q' le chaftel Lyons, ove la f'rie de Bromfeld et Yale a fit chaftell re gardantz, le chatel de Chirk ove le Irie de Chirkeslond a dit chaftel regardant, le chatel de Ofwaldftre ove la ville bien murre de pere et le hundrede et unze villes a dit chaftel regar dantz, le chaftell Ifabelle ove le f'rie aycell regardant, et le chaffel de Daliley ore les appurtenances, en le dit de convee de Salop, et le reverfion de la f'rie de Clone ove toutz la appurtenances, tous lefquieux chaftelx, fr'ies, et villes fuis dit fuerent a Richard nadgairs conte d' Arundell," &c. &c. Mr. URBAN, C. July 10. IF Queen Elizabeth's christening-bafin was in any other hands than where your correfpondent O. P. heard it is (LXX. 615), you would probably have had a defcription, if not a drawing, of it before now. In the fame library is faid to be depofited a parcel of thofe of Archdeacon Blackburn. A new catalogue of the library was announced, as printed, in the Monthly Magazine about two months ago;, but no farther notice has been taken of it. Yours,, &c. O. P. AGAIN. Mr. URBAN, IN July 13. N the parfonage-houfe at Tolpiddle, co. Dorfet, Mr. Hutchins (II. 216, fecond edit.) gives an infcription on a chimney-piece, commemorating a vi car, about the middle of the 15th century, whom he fuppofes to have had two names, Will. Ewen. q. d. Bokaler; i. e. "qui dicitur, or, as we now fpeak, alias, Bokaler." Sir Wm. Dugdale in his Baronage, II. 34, fays, "Thomas Lord Latimer was fucceeded, 1401, by his brother, Edward Latimer, called alfo Bochard." Is this a fimilar inftance of two names given to the fame perfon? D. H. Mr. URBAN, ITTLE did I think when I fub Lmitted my opinions and furmiles, my doubts and apprehenfions, on the fate of Henry the Seventh's chapel, I fhould fo foon have occafion to interrupt the thread of my memoranda by a recital of a far different nature, excited by the late conflagration in the Abbey Church itself; a confiagration which, at its first appearance, threatened the total deftruc tion of the whole pile. Ever fince I heard of the intended circumftance of turning Henry's chapel over to the deftiny of furvey, dilapidation, and ref toration, a foreboding prefentiment poffeffed my fpirits; the gloom has hung ever fince before my fight, pervaded my thoughts, and tortured me in each difturbed flumber. Indeed, until this month I delayed making my promifed fketches of cach particular part of the chapel. With a heavy heart then I began my tafk, and have taken the exterior detail of the upper ftory. I write now on the moment af tar my return from fights of dismay, terror, and confufion. It was three o'clock this afternoon, at entering into the Park from Spring-gardens in order to repair to Westminster, on looking towards the Abbey Church I be held the fummit of the lantern, of great tower in the centre of the buildJuly 9. ing, ing, one entire blaze of fire. ex tion can never paint what I f Defcrip at this moment; congenial minds can alone conceive the excruciating pang. How I flew down to the Abbey I know not; terrified men and women, foldiery both horfe and foot, making at the fame time one deftracted route to witnefs that calamity all expected. I paffed in at Poets Corner, amidit rufhing crowds, and armed volunteers. I now ftood a fpectator of a fcene which, while recollection lafts, will unceasingly dwell with me, even unto my grave. Swords, bayonets, engines, commixing in one dire array. Fire! Water! was the general cry. A thoufand voices claimed, "Where are the reverend Guardians of the Church, the Architect, the Mafter Mafon, and thofe who join with him as clerks in truft ?" All difperfed; fome in diftant parts; others gone, even their relatives could not tell whither; fome petrified with a ftupor inexplicable, ftanding within the portals of their dwellings," w were the anfwers returned from every fide. I then approached near the South great arch of the centre tower, where, at the extremeft hazard, I became a fpectator of the full horror. Burning timbers of the roof, and groins (wood) tumbling down in dreadful crafh; wide-fpread ing flames, clouds of finoke, rivers of water, all combining to imprefs on each fearful by-ftander the fenfations that fome univerfal difafter was near its fatal crifis, Defperation then became fo abfolute, that every one apprehended, if the fire communicated to the apertures leading into the four furrounding roofs, or that a fudden fhock fhould be directed to either of the grand cluf ters of colunins fupporting the tower, the mafs of the whole ftructure would fall, and bury in one difinal ruin the living multitude, and all the noble and royal memorials of this and paft ages. In the midt of this deveftation I caught by the hand, as it were by an involuntary impulfe, one of the Dignitaries of the Church, who feeling like me the measure of the prefent woe, we wailed, we fent up prayers imploring the Almighty's gracious aid to fave the Holy temple. He then, with animating words, gave renewed vigour to thole generous breatts, who, with a concern as if their own. on the ultimate fuccefs of their efforts, had come forward to ftay the wide. fpreading calamity. Let me do juftice likewife to the fervent, the unabating: zeal of the College youths, in their part, of contributing to the end all had in view, the extinction of the flames. Would I had noticed the entire body! of thofe belonging to the Church alike active! But age, and cautious reafon, weighed with fome on this occafion: their own confciences, will no doubt warrant them in this. General love and veneration for the fafety of the edifice had fo far carried thofe who conducted the conflict with the raging element, that their never-to-> be-forgotten exertions at laft got the better of its dire effects; and by fire o'clock the roof of the lantern, and the greater part of the groins connected. with them, had fallen on the pavement,. putting an end to the horrid ravage, and the fears of all prefent. Joyous fmiles took place of defpairing features; the adored pile was faved; and all was well at leaft the apparently inevitable deftruction thus avoided was fome matter of confolation. When I reflectwhatfcenes have paffed within thefe walls, in former days, of majelty, pomp, and fplendour, and indeed within my own time; when I have paced the folemn ailes at midnight, hour, to aid contemplation on the furrounding memorials, guided by the moon's pale light; when I have affifted at the facred rites, either of morn or evening fervice, the funeral Requiem, inftallations ceremonial; when I have heard the pealing organ blow," through long-drawn vaults, accompa nied by 800 voices, and inftruments making the very foundations vibrate to the feet inundation of Handelian founds. How was it poffible to bear the hideous turn given to the fo lemnities of the facred fane? The worlt is paft. Come, gentle Hope, and let my fears have reft. I will not look on this misfortune as an earnest for one more fatal. I need no warnings to induce me to behold the divine fabrick with religious awe, to touch each precious relick either of ma foury or fculpture with a pious tender nefs; I never fall innovate, take down, or change the appearance of wn exiftence depended one antient particle; my life has been, The molt confpicuous character was the Right Hon. William Windham, M. P. GENT. MAG July, 1803. and fill is devoted to be, the mental Would I had the the power to make my advice or re commendation (offered on many occa fions) attended to; but in this respect my abilities or my fortune fails me, even below my most humble defires; too much, guarded againft in future, or the perpetrators themtelves fufficiently punished. I was on the roof of the church the Saturday preceding, the then perhaps this catastrophe had never our the fame as that in which I faw happened. An Antiquary I; for this Ifcoffs receive, not thanks. Punifh ment has followed. Who has caft the fatal die? I threw not the baleful chance yet I participate in all its fad effects. Cruel neceffity! It now becomes proper to ftate what damage has accrued to the build ing, as far as my judgement can go; I who have no intereft to ferve, but that which appertains to the welfare of the royal ftructure, and the intereft I take in communicating to the publick, who in this cafe have a right paramount to all other confiderations, how fare the Antiquities of England. flames burst forth; and I warned thofe prefent of the danger likely to ens fue from the manner in which a portable furnace was left without any attendant, inftancing the late fires at Bofton church, Lincolnshire, Nor wich cathedral, Covent garden church, &c. I urged my apprehenfions. My hearers fimiled at my weakness, and thus Fleft them. HENRY THE SEVENTH'S Chapel. The two flair-cafe turrets at the Weft end of this chapel are taken down, and I am taught to believe they fome time or other are to be reftored; but, how that is to be done when the originals are no more, I am. at a lofs to comprehend., Had one of them heen restored previous to the other's lofs, fome probability might then bave been of a jutt reftoration. It was faid they were fo ruinous, that their fall was expected every moment at this I am inclined to hefitate, as the force uted to difunite the tone made me, while I flood at my work, feet the fabrick fhake under me. Where was the greateft fear to be apprehended, to let the turrets retain by a careful repair their fiations, or by demolition confign them to oblivion, and do a probable harm to the Chapel itself. have fedulonfly enumerated what frac tures or opened joints are in the building; in the interior I could perceive but one at the South Eaft angle of the groins. The window and fpace from buttress to buttress at this point (externally) is the fpot fixed upon to be the fpecimen of restoration, fo as to induce certain great characters by their munificence to further the profecution of the work. I may let them know at prefent that there is only one large ftone near the point of the arch of this trial window knocked out; and that, however the division of the lower ftory (South) has been battered afresh by the hawling up of feaffold poles, they will be all either replaced by new ftone, or restored by means of a fiucco or cement, which flucco or cement, beyond a doubt, will ftand the teft of durabi lity, as feveral of our late fronted On the Monday afternoon following I repaired to the Abbey, and found the only injury the walls of the upper part of thetowerhad received was the lofs of fome of the flones, taken out to batter down the wood groins (which were fome feet below.) Through thefe means, as al ready noticed, the fafety of the entire ftructure was enfared. The pavement beneath, nearly in the centre of the choir, has fuftained but a partial injury; and the ftall-work of the choir has fuf fered likewife very little. The greateft mifchance, however, feems to have been effected in the North tranfept, as, from the exceffive fupply of water, many of the graves fell in by which, as the folid foundation of the church from wall to wall has been cut away time after time, nay to the very columns, to make room for fuch lucrative reopofimaries, every danger was apprehended, and by the very cutters-away them felves, who in this infiance, flood full of fear and trembling for the effects of that infecurity they themselves had wrought. How much we fhould rejoice in finding no injury has been done any of the antient works! the lantern being no more than the perform ance of Sir Chriftopher Wren, and the choir decorations modern fantallic imitations of our antient Architecture: and however the tower is fituated for a ready communication to the four great roofs of the building, Heaven at this time interfered, and fruftrated the intent and rage of a fire, which, happening what way it night, either by defign, 1ecident, or inadvertency, can never be buildings |