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SE A L ffîJP SAilIîT МАЖТГЛВРЙ ILE ФЖАБШ АШЭ Ж Е М А JOT'S (DİP A CJKYiPT. Jbi/CcAtÆjL'bfj if H ItfAUrKlJJtenyxJVaeKentnfad tuary тГи of St. Mariin-te-Grand, London, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, we fully be is in science, what experi ment is in na b o le r i* occupying lhe Sile типе appro lieve that it owed its distinctive privi tural philosophy, and evidence in law. b a te d to the N ew General Post Office ; lege, as a Sanctuary, to a Royal origi We shall now abstracta few of the cu chiefly founded on authentic and hitherto nal, according to the traditions. The rious contents of this well-digested vo trudtted Manuscript Documents, connected motive evidently was to suspend sum lume. In p. 20, concerning Abjuration, Really with the History o f the Fhunda- mary execution, and the reasoning in there is an interesting extract from Ras tia7l> and generally with ancient Customs times of more power and Yİolenpe, tali, but out readers may refer to L)u- and eminent Persons ; also Observations on would naturally be very different from eange sub voce, for a full explanation.—1 the different kinds o f Sanctuary formerly In p.67 we find, that Priests did marry recognized by the Common-Law. By Al our own, because interests would be fred Johu Kempe. Illustrated with En the prima mobilia of action.—It is cer in the time of Stephen, and endowed gravings o f the Vestiges o f the Collegiate tain that the Crypt here discovered has sons and daughters with the pstates of Church, the Common Seal, Sec, et», every Romanized form. religious foundations.—In p. 64, that en, 2L2. f t J - i . “ The vaultings wer« keyed with tiles, the walls of Londou were in the same TANNER says, that King Cad- turned up at the edges, resembling the wall reign in a ruinous condition.—-In p. an or some ancient Britons, about tiles common in Roman buildings, but 32, that the private seal oi William ďc he year 677, are said to have founded broader at one end tipu the other ; and the Turri had On its face a rebus of his College here ; and that about the workmen employed in pulling down the name ide la Tout), being a representa г 700, Victred or Wythred, King structure, stated, that between two of theae tion of the White Tower of London, Kent, re-founded it. As London tiles, the concave sides facing each other, under the dominion of the Kings was invariably thrust a smaller one In the the East Saxons at the time of the shape of a wedge.” P. 7. British Foundation, Mr. Mr. Essex has shown, that the impe (p. 4) very properly rejects the Saxons worked their wall tiles in the tassent, and supposes it some con Roman manner (see the Encyclopedia usion with a story of Jeffrey of Mon- o f Antiquities) ; and that, iherefore, —ih, that the Britons erected a it is by no means easy to distinguish hutch in memory of Cadwallo, one their work from the Roman, where his heroes, which Church, from there is not collateral evidence. Now rt of Gloucester, Mr. Kempe this does occur here ; far besides а cof tivw to have been St. Martin’s, fin * of the form used by the Romans of ate. He adds, the Lower Empire and Anglo-Saxons, “ That there тли, however, в building sp- a coin of Constantine was found on Vpiited to the worship,of the true Ood the spot, and the bases of the remains : the site of St- Martin-le-Grand, by the corresponded with the level of Roman surmounted by a heart ; and on the euly Christians of on? Island, is rendered Londinum. Pp. 7, 8. reverse, a fine antique intaglio of breek f probable, by the bull of Pope W e dwell with pleasure upon this workmanship representing Hercules, at, reciting die Church to be among subject, because a strange idea has [of the fondness of our ancestors for those «tempted mom episcopal jurisdiction, prevailed, that every building in this ancient gems, see Encycloped. of An- because they were founded before Bishops country is, withouťexception, of Nor- liquides, i. 210, 211]. In p. 124 we vert ordained in the kingdom, and episcopal man origin, and all its other anti- ^find the o ld custom of sitting injudg- jurisdiction had been usurped over them, * qqities connected with Noah and the ment at gates [of which see the bn- dong times of civil commotion, insurgente ark j whereas, the former opinion cyclopedia, i.6.113]. **JôOhd. III. proceUâ turbationis in regno,—Something merely originated with Mr. King’s ac- it appears, that when the King s Justices dto may perhaps be inferred of the high count of Rochester Castle, and the h eld th eir sittin g s in St. Martin s Gates istiquity of the Church, from the taint latter With Mr, Bryant, who, says Sir for the trial of prisoners for treason or ebesen Sa its patron. St, Martin appears to hns been а favourite with the early British William Gell, without any knowledge felony, the accused were placed betöre Girişlimi, many churches, considered of of Grecian antiquities, pronounced that, then»‘ on. the other side of the street, die highest antiquity in our island, being the citadel of Tiryns was formed from and carefully guarded from advancing --^-ted to him. pp. 4, 5. the ship of Danaus, and that. Troy forward ; for if they once passed the This is very judicious and correct, never existed. Forgers of coins and water channel which divided the mid nd only requires another addition, corruptor* of history, we consider as. dle of the street, they might claim the' jit, that, according.to Staveley, who enemies to learning and improvement; saving franchise of4the sacred precinct, -»an elaborate disquisition on Sane- in fact, as men, who disregard vera and the proceedings against them be* karies, (Church«, pp. 1Ö5— 177, ed. city, who make out the necessity of immediately annulled. In p. 148 we *j0» “ the King only, gnd not the research to be useless, and would, if find that no one within the sanctuary ■fye, or any other, could, might, or they directed their hypothetical pro was to have any weapon, “ only a ed grant this privilege of Sanctuary ” pensities to law or medicine, be dan reasonable knife to kerve withall his (P- 170) ; and that this was the fact is gerous beyond description. Research meste, and that the said knife be poini- lesse." At the present day, only carv "•dent, from the privilege still annex * la voi. LXXXViii. il. pp. * 7 t, 398, will ed to the “ Verge of Court,” Holyrood be found aa account of these discoveries, ing, butchers’, and oyster knives are House, &c. Whoever, therefore, were witii a Plan and two Views of the Crypts, made with points, which fashion may- “•e subsequent subjects who refounded Coffin, &e<—EpiT. have originated in ancient prohibitions ; at all events, pointless' eating knives are not modern.—ín p. 208 we find one of the occupiers of a im é n tin Dove-ailey to be a “ Mother Marget, Brecon ” This was m the, time o! Henry Vili.*, айв . Л е , of wh,ch Apothecaries are now so appetenti was 'then ascribed to a n “ Old woman doc- tress. Here we shkll leave this neat and ound little volume, which does .Mr. Kenroe great crediti by tV Л £*№-•' ч Ы, are not modern.—In .. fw ilence, what experiment is in 11a- ,a ihilosophy, and evidence in law. one of the ot ders of a ten . щ VV hall now abstract a few of the cu- Dove-alley to i. a “ Mother Marg^ ious contents of this well-digested vo- Surgeon.” This was in the time | Ï ime. In p. 20, concerning Abjuration, Henry VIII.; and this title, of whit ‘ here is an interesnog extract from Ras Apothecaries arc now so appetent, wi ili, but out readers may refer to Du then ascribed to an ** Old woman d« $5? L- inge sub voce, (br a full explanation.— tress.” n p. 57 we find, that Priests did marry Here we shall, leave this neat aj ill.. th(..íe time‘ of" "Stephen, ' and' endowed~~л ' sound little volume, which does Ы uns and daughters with the estates of Kempe great credit. * ..uzeti form. Jigious foundations.—In p. 64, that . j vaultings were kej íe grails of London were in the same ,e i up at the edges, resev* ■ign in a ruinous condition.—In p. 49. A Memoir of Thomas Green, Esq. 4 common in Roman > . 4iat the private seal of William dc Ipswich ; with a Critique on his Wrilny 'er at one end than the . and an Account q f his Family caul Const ■ J on its face a rebus of his trons. 4io, pp. 8S. Printed by John Hi леи employed m pv-' * ^'our), being a representa- ture, stated, that betw- V ‘hite Tower of London, THIS elegantyolume, of which the concave sides far “ impression is limited to One Hu »variably thrust a sic. dred Copies, to be presented to t of a wedge.’* P. 7. more immediate and intimate F rien ‘ ,r. Essex has sho _ of the Deceased,” is highly creditai ■ ins worked their to to the Ipswich press, and is adorm ian manner (see th with an admirable portrait engrat Antiquities) j and tl by Worthington. i- s by no means easy O f Mr. Green, a brief, but corn work érőm the ř memoir will be found in our Obitu гв is not collateral evu.