the building is surely entitled to the suffrages of the public; particularly as it has increased in reputation as the works of the Greeks have become better known to the connoisseur, and he has improved in architectural acumen; and perhaps it will not be valued the less as being an interesting subject of curiosity to enlightened foreigners, and certainly possessing their approbation."

The interior proportions of this Church are very good, and the fittings up are chaste and judicious. In the middle division of the ceiling, which is flat and stuccoed, is the word JEHOVAH, in hebrew, surrounded by a glory with clouds. The area is neatly paved, and on the north, west, and south sides, are handsome galleries, of wainscot, supported by Tuscan pillars, fluted. An altar-piece, chastely designed in the Corinthian order, and separated by pilasters in compartments, containing the Tables of the Law, the Creed, and the Lord's Prayer, is at the east end. On the apex of the pediment is a pedestal and urn, with an angel, in a reclining position on each side: these figures were from the classic chisel of the late Thos. Banks, R. A. Among the sepulchral tablets under the south gallery, is one in memory of Charles Macklin, the celebrated Comedian, who died on the 11th of July, 1797, at the great age of 107 years. He was buried in the church-yard, in which many other eminent actors, (but not an "incredible number," as Malcolm has strangely stated in his account of this parish,) have also been interred. Strype mentions another instance of remarkable longevity, as connected with this church, in the person of Marmaduke

Conwey, Esq., who was buried here on December the 23d, 1717, at the age of 108 years, and some months: the following account of him appeared in the newspapers of the day.

"He had been ever in the service of the Royal families, from the last three months of the reign of King James I. to his dying day. He attended at the Coronation of King Charles I., and bore arms for the King during the whole Civil War, in which his father and himself lost an estate of 10001. a year. After the Restoration, he had several good places under King Charles II., with whom he was very much in favour, partly from his extraordinary skill in hawking. He never had a dangerous sickness, nor lost one tooth in his whole life. He used to ride on horseback, with a hawk on his fist, which he did but two years before his death; and, in September last, he rode eight miles a hawking. He was sensible to the last moment, aud discoursed very piously of his approaching end. In a word, he died purely of old age, without the least pain or sickness."

INSIGNIA OF THE INNER AND MIDDLE TEMPLES.

These

The armorial bearing, or coguizance, of the Inner Temple, is a HOLY LAMB, and that of the Middle Temple, a Pegasus, or WINGED Horse. insignia gave origin to the following Jeux d' Esprit, which the amusing gleaner of "Heraldic Anomalies," states to have been chalked up upon one of the Temple gates.

As by the Templars' holds you go,

The Horse and Lamb display'd,

In emblematic figures shew

The merits of their trade.

That Clients may infer from thence
How just is their profession,

The LAMB sets forth their INNOCENCE,
The HORSE their EXPEDITION.

Oh happy Britons! happy Isle!

Let foreign Nations

say,

Where you get Justice without guile,
And Law without delay!

To these self-evident truths, as an "Apprentice of the Law" professionally remarked, some wicked wit, whose judgment, probably, had been stultified either by the murky air of the Chancery Court, or the cold pavement of Westminster Hall, thought proper to indite this answer:

Deluded men, these holds forego,
Nor trust such cunning elves;
These artful emblems tend to shew
Their CLIENTS, not THEMSELVES.

'Tis all a trick; these are all shams

By which they mean to cheat you;
But have a care, for you're the LAMBS,
And they the Wolves that eat you.

Nor let the thoughts of "no delay,"
To these their Courts misguide you ;
'Tis you're the shewy HORSE, and they
The Jockies that will ride you.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY.-CARVINGS IN HENRY

THE SEVENTH'S CHAPEL.

Upon a raised flooring on each side of the nave of Henry the Seventh's Chapel, is a row of oaken stalls,

in front of which are reading-desks, and under the latter, on the pavement, a corresponding row of Seats. The Sub-sellia of both, which turn back on hinges, display a very whimsical arrangement of historical, grotesque, and other carvings. Though the subjects are but little in unison with the sacred character of the edifice, there is far less impropriety here than in many of our old Choirs; wherein, as Mr. Dallaway has remarked, these ornaments became "the reciprocal vehicles of Satire between the regular and the secular Clergy," and in them "the Vices of either, be they what they might, were exhibited in images grossly indecorous."* With one exception, indeed, in which

* "Anecdotes of the Arts," p. 72, Burnet, în his Account of the Cathedral at Strasburg (Vide "Travels through Switzerland, Italy, and some parts of Germany," in 1685-6,) has given the following description of certain sculptured bas reliefs, in that Edifice, which fully correspond with the observations of Dallaway: :

"The Bas reliefs upon the tops of the great pillars of the Church are not so visible, but they are surprising, for this being a fabric of three or four hundred years old, it is very strange to see such representations as are there. There is a Procession represented, in which a hog carrieth the pot with the holy water, and asses and hogs in priestly vestments follow, to make up the procession. There is also an ass standing before an altar, as if he were going to consecrate; and one carrieth a case with reliques, within which one sees a fox; and the trains of all who go in this procession are carried up by monkies. This seems to have been made in hatred of the Monks, whom the secular Clergy abhorred at that time, because they had drawn the wealth, and the

the Foul Fiend,' is grotesquely represented in the act of bearing off a Friar on his shoulder, there does not appear to be any Conventual allusions in these carvings; and their general character is more humourous than indelicate, although in one or two instances the artist has rather overstepped the due bounds of decorum. They are, however, by no means of so reprehensible a kind as some have stated, as the reader will be convinced by the following accurate list of the principal subjects.

Under each Seat there are generally three compartments, in high relief, viz. a central and two side ones; the latter being mostly bordered by foliage, which branches out from the middle one: the figures are generally seated, or placed in inclined positions to accommodate them to the space occupied. The principal subjects are as follow:-On the North side: under the principal stall; Bacchanalians diverting themselves in a Vineyard; at the sides, bunches of Grapes. Under the lesser stalls; a grotesque Fiend bearing off a Friar on his shoulders; at the sides, a brawling Woman and a Monster beating a Drum. A Boor soliciting a Woman's favours by giving her money from his pouch, her hand being extended to receive it; at the sides, a Dragon devouring a plant,

following of the world after them; and they had exposed the secular Clergy so much for their ignorance, that it is probable, after some ages, the Monks falling under the same contempt, the secular Clergy took their turn in exposing them in so lasting a representation to the scorn of the world. There is also in the pulpit a Nun, cut in wood, lying along, and a Friar lying near her, with his breviary open before him, and his head under the Nun's habit; and the Nun's feet are shod with iron shoes."