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Milles, to Dr. Thomas Milles, Bishop of Waterford, while on their continental tour, 1733 to 1737, illustrated with drawings, and letter of J. Milles to his uncle ; 4 vols. folio, and 2 vols. 4to. 201. Thorpe.

Lot 1,195 consisted of the historical researches of Dr. Thomas Milles, Bishop of Waterford, thus described: Three Discourses,-1. Concerning the state of Britain before its conquest by the Romans; 2. Concerning the state of Britain under the Romans, &c.; 3. Concerning the state of Britain under the Saxons; 4. History of England from William the Conqueror to the end of the reign of Stephen: the original autograph MS. in 7 volumes, folio, with a fair copy, in 2 very large and 2 smaller folio volumes, with notes, &c. prepared for the press, but never published. 91. Thorpe.

1196. Dean Milles's observations on the curious remains and antiquities, made in different towns and various counties in England and Wales, with many drawings, 1735-43. 167. Thorpe.

1197. Observations by the same on the antiquities, churches, and palaces of Rome, a quarto volume with many prints inserted, 1734. 21. 2s. This was bought for the Dean's grandson.

A vellum transcript of the Norfolk Domesday, in a quarto of 300 pages, made early in the last century, and purchased by Dean Milles, at Anstis's sale in 1768, was sold for 51. 5s. to H. Bohn.

1206. A letter of Indulgence from Peter bishop of Exeter to those praying for the souls of the faithful buried at St. Mary Redeclyve, Bristol, 1728. 17. Thorpe.

1207. Collection of nearly 800 coats of arms, by Scipio Squire, a friend of Sir William Dugdale. 87. for the British Mu

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1,208. Sketch-book of ruins, in pencil Memoranda of English AntiquitiesMeasures and Coins of various places, (in all 4 vols.) 21. 58. British Museum.

1,209. Statutes of Trinity college, Cambridge-Merton College, Oxford-Letters to the University of Oxford, 1660-67

Ecclesiastical proceedings, 1686-7, 8 vols. folio, and 1 quarto. 31. 3s. British Museum.

Among the printed books were Anstis's own copy of his Observations upon the Order of the Bath, with many additions and letters, and his Register of the Order of the Garter, interleaved, and bound in three volumes, with some MS. additions.

There was another day's sale on the 25th April, of autograph letters, records, and documents connected with English history, partly the property of Dean Milles. An autograph letter from Sir Philip Sydney produced 41. 6s. An autograph note of Oliver Cromwell was sold for 71.; it was in fine preservation, and bore date 1648. A warrant for the payment of 1,000l. to the wife of John Hampden, dated 1652, fetched 31. Is.; an autograph letter from Dryden to his wife, 51. 12s. 6d. ; a letter from Charles I. to Sir F. Windebank, 41. 14s. 6d.; and a sign manual of Cromwell, 31. 11s. letter, unaddressed, from Dr. Johnson, was purchased for 21. 11s.; one from Lord Nelson, dated on board the Amazon, September 24, 1801, 31. 3s. The prices were throughout good.

THE ROXBURGHE CLUB.

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The Roxburghe Club held their thirtyfirst anniversary meeting on the 17th June at the Clarendon Hotel. The Earl of Powis presided, and there were present the Dukes of Buccleuch and Sutherland, the Earl Brownlow. Viscounts Mahon and Clive, Baron Parke, Sir S. R. Glynne, Bart. the Rev. Dr. Bliss, V.P., B. Botfield, David Dundas, H. Hallam, J. A. Lloyd, J. H. Markland, Treasurer, Wm. H. Miller, and Peregrine Towneley, esqs.

A book, edited by Viscount Mahon, printed at the expense of the Club, entitled

The Decline of the last Stuarts," being extracts from the despatches of British envoys to the Secretary of State, was delivered to the Members; and it is understood that at the next anniversary some valuable additions will be made to the

Roxburghe collection of works.

ARCHITECTURE.

OXFORD ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY. June 7. A Book of Ecclesiastical Sketches from Churches in Gloucestershire, &c. was presented by J. E. Millard, GENT. MAG. VOL. XX.

esq. Magdalen College. Rubbings of several modern Brasses, in close imitation of the old style, by the maker, Mr. Hardman, of Birmingham; Sketches of the

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ancient Timber Roof of Adel Church Yorkshire, supposed to be Norman, by Rev. G. Lewthwaite; and rubbings of the Brasses of John Wyndham, esq., 1572, and Florence his wife, from St. Decuman's Church, Somersetshire, by W. C. Trevelyan, esq. The last mentioned gentleman exhibited drawings of several curious Windows, Fonts, &c. chiefly in Bretagne and Normandy. Some of the Fonts have a smaller basin attached to them, and one has three basins. The President of Trinity suggested that these smaller basins were probably to hold the chrism, or holy oil, for anointing the infants after they were baptized.

The Secretary read a short account of Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire, near Twyford, illustrated by the drawings presented by Mr. Butterfield. This Church is a very perfect specimen, on a small scale, of the decorated style; cruciform, with the tower and spire rising from the intersection. It is fully described in our Magazine for Feb. 1840. It affords an excellent model for study, and we are glad to hear that the Society are about to publish engravings of it.

Mr. Addington, of Lincoln College, presented several rubbings of Brasses, and read an account of them.

THE NORMAN TOWER, BURY.

Mr. Cottingham has submitted his plans to the committee for the restoration of the Norman gateway tower at Bury St. Edmund's, together with a full and highly satisfactory explanation of them. Among the drawings exhibited, fourteen in number, executed on a large scale, were coloured views of the east and west fronts of the tower, shewing the present alarming state of the disruptured masonry; elevations of the four sides as they will appear when the proposed restoration is completed; and sections and plans shewing the way in which the four belts of iron ties will be disposed, each of which Mr. Cottingham likened to four giants grasping the four corners of the tower with both arms, and banded together round their wasts. Mr. Cottingham considered the committee to be in a situation to proceed at once with the work, as the specifications and contract could be so prepared that the contractor would be bound to proceed only so far at one time as the committee, guided by their funds, should determine. He also suggested that the iron ties should be entrusted to Mr. Potter, of London, who had made similar

ties for the tower at Hereford Cathedral, and elsewhere.

The committee unanimously resolved to advertise for tenders, and to order Mr. Potter to proceed without delay in preparing the iron ties. The committee also resolved to pay down immediately the amount of their subscriptions, and to request those gentlemen who had been kind enough to signify their intention of subscribing to do the same. Mr. Cottingham has entered upon his task in a con amore spirit; he will not receive any commission, but simply charges the trifling sum of 1007. which is included in the estimate for all his drawings, journeys, and superintendence, till the work is completed.

BAVARIA.

The King of Bavaria is building in the park of his summer palace at Aschaffenburg, near Wurtzburg, a house, which will be an exact copy of the famous house of Castor and Pollux, at Pompeii, brought to light in 1839, under the direction of the German archæologist, Herr Zann. The magnificent mosaics and fresco-paintings, the altar, furniture, utensils, all, in short, that is curious in the ancient building, will be reproduced with the utmost exactness in the Aschaffenburg structure, so as to furnish a correct notion to the moderns of the domestic life of the old Romans.

NEW CHURCHES CONSECRATED.

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Oct. 17. St. James's Church, Bradford, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Ripon. It is an elegant edifice, situated in the township of Horton, a little to the left of the road leading from Bradford to Halifax.

Oct. 19. The new parish church at Albury, Surrey, was consecrated by the Bishop of Winchester.

Oct. 24. A new church, under the designation of Trinity Chapel, with a burying ground attached, was consecrated by the Bishop of Durham, at Pelton, near Chester-le-Street. The Bishop has granted 601. a-year towards the temporary endowment; and, on his lordship's suggestion, Lady Noel Byron, as lady of the manor, has presented to the new church a permanent endowment of 10l. per

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Oct. 28. The new English church (St. Mary's) at Llanrwst, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. It has

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Ibeen built by voluntary subscription, on land presented by Lord Willoughby De Eresby; and the necessary endowment for the minister, the repairs of the church, and the general purposes of Divine worship, has been granted by the Rev. Holland Edwards, the former Rector of the parish, whose liberality to the Church in Wales is well known, especially in the parish of Llanrwst, where alone he has contributed to the amount of 40007. and upwards. This sacred edifice stands on an ascent, at the entrance of the town from Pentrevoelas, commanding a full view of the beautiful vale, and forming a most interesting object in itself. About the same time three new churches at Manchester, one erected and endowed by the "Ten Churches Association," and the others by the "Manchester and Eccles Church Building Society," were consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The first is dedicated to St. Silas, to the incumbency of which the Rev. W. Butler, B.A. has been appointed. The second is dedicated to St. Thomas, and is situate at Stretford, near Manchester; the Rev. J. Clarke, B.A., has been nominated to the Ministry. The third, St. John's, is situate at Pendlebury. The Bishop has licensed the Rev. R. Wilner, B.A., to the incumbency. Several other churches are in course of erection in the neighbourhood of Manchester.

Oct. 29. The new chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas the Apostle, at Noak Hill, situated at the extremity of the parish of Romford, Essex, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of London. It has been erected by subscription, through the exertions of Sir Thomas Neave and Sheffield Neave, esq. who have largely contributed, and who likewise gave the ground.

Oct. 31. His lordship consecrated a new chapel in the neighbourhood of the Highwoods, a part of the parish of Writtle, which is believed to be the largest parish in the county of Essex, extending seven miles in length; and of its population (some 3000 in number) a considerable portion live at an inconvenient distance from the parish church. That part of the parish known as the Highwood Quarter was fixed upon as the spot where a house of prayer was most needed, and is also convenient for the out-dwellers of the neighbouring parishes of Fryerning, Doddinghurst, and Blackmore. The architect was Mr. Webb, of Great Baddow, and the expense was about 12007. The chapel is built of red bricks, in the earlyEnglish style. At the west end is a porch, surmounted by a campanile containing one bell. At the east end is a window of

three compartments, and on each side the building is lighted by five windows. In the wall at the east end, and on the outside, is a stone bearing the following inscription:

This Episcopal Chapel, dedicated to the worship of Almighty God, and named St. Paul's, was built by subscription, in the year 1842.

"Thomas Penrose, D.C.L., Vicar. "Stephen Webb, Architect." Within there are only 12 pews, six on each side, the rest being open and free seats. The pulpit is placed on the south side of and adjoining to the altar; the reading desk on the north. There is sitting room for about 400 persons. The length of the building within the walls is 64 feet, and the width 36 feet.

Nov. 1. The Bishop consecrated the new Chapel of All Saints, at Witham, built within a few yards of the main street, the parish church being at Chipping Hill, about a mile from the town. The style of the building is early-English, and it is in the form of a Calvary Cross. The walls and buttresses are panelled externally with black flints, and bordered with white brick. A large window, of stained glass, over the altar, has been executed by Mr. Whale, of Newcastle-uponTyne. It is in three compartments, in the centre of which, in opaque colour, are written the Lord's Prayer and the Belief. The other divisions comprise the Ten Commandments. On the Communion Table was placed a splendid service of silver gilt, the present of J. F. Fortescue, esq., the High Sheriff: in the side of the chalice are set several rubies taken by Mrs. Bramston's father (the late Sir Nicholas Trant) from an Indian chief, in the Mahratta war. The roof of the chapel is handsomely constructed, and along the walls on each side are ranged as corbals carved busts of six of the Apostles. The length of the building is 101 feet, and the width in the nave 36 feet; the length of the transept is 60 feet. The accommodation for the congregation consists of on each side, capable in all of seating 300 persons-free seats for 300 adults, and for 100 children. The total cost of the erection was between 30007. and 40001. The site, including the burying ground, comprises an acre. The architect employed was Mr. Brown, of Norwich.

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Nov. 22. The consecration of the new church at Skipton Bridge, in the parish of Topcliffe, Yorkshire, was performed by the Lord Bishop of Ripon.

Nov. 30. The church of St. Andrew, Northampton, was consecrated by the Bishop of Peterborough. Its general ef.

fect, both internally and externally, is good. The windows are very beautiful, and there is a triple window at the east end. The architect was Mr. E. F. Law, of Northampton; and the cost of this handsome structure, including the endowment, repair fund, &c. amounts to 7,831. 188. 7d., which, with the exception of a 2,0001. grant from Hyndman's trustees, and a further grant of 6001. from the Peterborough Diocesan Association, has been raised by public subscription. The communion service is the joint gift of the Queen Dowager and the Protestant Confederates of the town. Its cost was 431.

Dec. 2. The new church at Ramsgill, Yorkshire, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Ripon. It is situated in the beautiful and romantic valley of Netherdale, and is a neat Gothic structure, with a well-proportioned tower. It contains about 250 sittings, of which the greater part are free. The internal decorations have been executed under the direction of Mrs. Yorke, of Beverley Hall.

Dec. 19. A new Gothic church, in Gordon-street, St. Pancras, was consecrated by the Bishop of London. It is from the design of Mr. Stevenson, architect, and provides accommodation for upwards of 1,400 persons.

Feb. 2. A handsome church at Bistern, Hampshire, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. It stands on a site contiguous to Bistern Park, given by John Mills, esq.

Feb. 27. The chapel of the Holy Trinity, Roehampton, was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is in the early-English style of architecture, from the design of Mr. Ferrey. The exterior is of the stone called Kentish rag, with the carved parts of Bath stone. The interior has an open timber roof. A rose window at the east end is richly coloured with figures (by Hailes, of Newcastle), and the seven trefoil arches under it, which form a sort of altar screen, and are supported by columns of Purbeck marble, are richly adorned with scroll patterns, in vivid colours and gold, surmounting the Creed, Commandments, &c. in illuminated characters. The altarcarpet is the general work of the ladies of Roehampton. The elaborate stone font also, at the west end, the gift of a lady, is a very ornamental feature of the chapel.

March 13. The ceremony of consecrating the new English and French Protestant church, in St. Martin's-le-Grand, was performed by the Rev. Messrs. Daugars and Mastin. This church, which originally stood in Threadneedle-street, was founded in the year 1550 by King Edward VI.; but, in the beginning of the year 1841, it was pulled down to make room for the contemplated improvements consequent upon the rebuilding of the new Royal Exchange. The cost of the re-erection has been defrayed out of the funds granted to the church by the charter of King Edward VI. The new building is of an original Gothic design, and capable of accommodating about 300 persons. The altar-piece--a design by Fogo, representing Joseph of Arimathea receiving the body of Christ-has been presented to the church by Mr. Mozhay, of the Universal Hall of Commerce; and it is understood that several French merchants resident in the metropolis have liberally contributed towards the erection of the church.

March 14. St. John's Church, at Keighley, Yorkshire, erected upon a site given by the Earl of Burlington. It has been erected under the superintendence of Mr. Rawstorne, at an expense of about 20007., and is capable of accommodating 764 persons, of which 354 are free.

April 6. The church at Merrow in Surrey, restored, enlarged, and beautified, was opened with Divine service. The Ven. Archdeacon Wilberforce with a num ber of the resident clergy attended. The building consists of two lofty aisles, the rafters of which are exposed in the olden style, and are of coloured oak. The southern aisle is unavoidably abridged in length by the Onslow family vault, which has not been disturbed, and the ancient Norman columns and arches are also pre served. A pointed arch divides the chancel and nave. There is a small gallery at the west end with a beautifully designed window, and an east window of stained glass. The pewing is wainscot, too low for the indulgence of indolence, or to spoil the architectural effect of the build. ing. The carved stone pulpit, with the stone work in the chancel, deserves notice. The restoration, or nearly rebuilding of this church, reflects great credit on the architect, Mr. Hussey.

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ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

June 1. Hudson Gurney, esq. V.P. Henry Charles Harford, esq. B.A. of Clifton, was elected a Fellow of the So ciety.

William Chaffers, jun. esq. communicated some account of the recent discoveries made in Blackfriars (already partly noticed in our last Number, p. 635). He has obtained a portion of a Roman sepulchral stone, commemorating a soldier named Celsus, a "speculator" of the second or Augustan legion, with part of his figure in bas-relief very much defaced. The monument of another soldier of the same legion, named Vivius Marcianus, was formerly found near the same spot by Sir Christopher Wren, and is represented, though very badly, in Horsley, &c. A third was found in 1806 at the back of the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill.

Mr. C. also mentioned the discovery of a portion of the more ancient city wall, 10 feet in thickness, which formerly ran in this direction from Ludgate to the Thames, and was pulled down in 1280 to make way for the monastery of Blackfriars, at which time the wall was rebuilt, making a circuit further west along the banks of the Fleet river to the Thames.

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R. L. Pearsall, esq. of Carlsruhe, communicated a rubbing from the brass plates placed over the grave of Robert Hallam, Bishop of Salisbury, in front of the altar at the Cathedral of Constance. prelate was one of the English mission sent to the council held at Constance in the year 1416, and, dying before his return, was buried, as recorded in an old German chronicle, attended by all the great dignitaries who were present at the conference, and with all the state due to a fürst bischof, or prince bishop, under which title his dignity of Cardinal, which he had attained in 1411, it may be presumed is referred to. He is represented standing in pontificals, including a crosier and a splendid mitre, within a canopy of tabernacle work, the "hovels" or niches of which are each occupied by a feathered angel. Above his shoulders are the arms of France and England quarterly, within a garter, alluding to his office of Chancellor of that most noble order, and the arms of the see of Salisbury impaling his personal arms (as we believe it was stated, though the rubbing was too indistinct to show them); around the latter is this motto, Misericordiam domini in eternam cantabo.

The Earl of Enniskillen exhibited a brass vessel found in Ireland, in shape

not very different to a modern coffee pot, and evidently intended to warm liquids. It is raised on three legs, has a handle, a straight spout, and had a lid. Round the centre are six shields, viz. 1. three chevronels; 2. defaced; 3. a fess between two chevronels; 4. three pallets within a bordure; 5. a fleur de lis; 6. a cross formée. Its height is about 10 inches, and its largest diameter 5 inches.

The Rev. Richard Garnett, of the British Museum, communicated an essay on the eastern terminus of the Wall of Antoninus. It turned principally on points of etymology, the author showing that the name of Kinneil was in fact the same with the Celtic Cean-fhail, and signifying the wall's end. No remains of the wall have been ascertained eastward of that place, which confirms this etymo. logical testimony.

The Society adjourned over Whitsuntide.
June 15. Henry Hallam esq. V.P.

C. Roach Smith, esq. F.S.A. commu. nicated some drawings by Mons. de Rheims of Calais, of the paintings discovered in July 1840 on the walls and pillars of the church of St. Mary in that town. There were two paintings of saints, and another of the virgin and child; these were surrounded with borders or frames of the armorial insignia of Thomas Wodehouse, with the inscription, Orate p. aia Thome Wodehouse, the motto, LE JOUR VIENDRA, a badge of a ragged staff or club, and these several varieties of achievements: 1. Azure, a fess quarterly sable and or between three ragged staves bendwise or, Wodehouse; 2. the same impaling Gules, a chevron componée or and sable between three fleurs de lis of the second; 3. Woodhouse and the last quarterly; 4. Wodehouse impaling Or, a chevron sable between three wolf's (?) heads erased of the second, langued gules, the chevron charged with a mullet for difference; 5. Wodehouse quartering the last and the second coats; 6. Wodehouse impaling Per fess azure and or a pale counterchanged, and three monkeys (?) of the second.

The Baron de Bode communicated an account of various antiquities discovered in 1841, in a tumulus near Astraband, the capital of ancient Parthia. They con sisted of a golden goblet weighing 36 oz. some spear heads, &c. with two female statues, which the writer conjectured might have been offered as substitutes for that self-immolation of widows which is mentioned by Herodotus, and is still practised by the Hindoos.

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