LADOCK, a parish in the eastern division of the hund. of Powder, union of Truro, county of Cornwall; 34 miles north-west of Grampound, on the post-road from Truro to Launceston. Living, a rectory in the archd. of Cornwall and dio. of Exeter; rated at £18; gross income £841. Patron, in 1835, John Ware, Esq. The Wesleyan Methodists have a meeting-house here, and there are 5 daily schools, one of which is endowed with £5 per annum, by the late rector of the parish, the Rev. St. John Elliot. Acres 5,730. Houses 148. A. P. £4.566. Pop., in 1801, 542; in 1831, 761. Poor rates, in 1838, £293 5s. Western railway. Acres of the parish 4,170. Houses | gross income £471. Patron, in 1835, the Rev 307. A. P. £8,555. Pop., in 1801, 1,408; in 1831, Charles Palmer. Here is a daily school. Acres 1.640. Living, a vicarage in the archd. of Wilts and 5,100. Houses 60. A. P. £2,974. Pop., in 1801, dio. of Salisbury; rated at £8 4s. 2d., returned at 235; in 1831, 268. Poor rates, in 1833, £16313%. £150; gross income £339. Patron, in 1835, H. LADOCK (THE), a river in Cornwall, rising F. Talbot, Esq. The church, which is an ancient near St. Enoder, and flowing into the Falmouth structure, contains many curious monuments. Here estuary: its total length is 11 miles, for 3 of which are 2 daily schools, and a day and boarding school. it is tidal. Charities, in 1833, £2 12s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £1,017 3s. This was formerly a market-town. Fairs for horned cattle, sheep, and horses, are still held on July 7th and December 21st. In one of the streets patha village stands an ancient stone-cross On April 18th 1232, Ela, countess. dowager of Salisbury, remarks Tanner, laid the foundation of two monasteries; this in Snaylesmead, near Laycock, in the morning, for buns, and in the afternoon, that at Herfton in Somersetshire for Carthusian monks, The religious ladies here were in number about eightden, of the prden of St. Austin. This abbey was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St. Bernard, and, at the dissolution, possessed of estates amounting to £203 13s. 3d. per annum. It was granted 320 Henry VIII. to Sir Wm. Sharington." The remains of this ancient nunnery-more extensive, perhaps, than those of any other house of the kind in the kingdom-have been fitted up as a private residence, and were long occupied as such by the Talbot family. In a room in which ancient deeds are kept, is preserved a copy of the Magna Charta, as confirmed by Henry III., and sent to Ela, countess of Salisbury, during the period she held the shrievalty of the county of Wilts, for the use of the Knights and others who held lands in Wiltshire, by military service. "Beneath the cloisters," says Mr. Bowles, in his interesting volume on Lacock abbey, -"which are still in the most perfect state of preservation, the stone that covers her remains, removed from the altar of the destroyed choir, is yet entire; and the following inscription, which I give correctly I believe for the first time, may be imperfectly traced in the Monkish verse of the times,— Infra sunt defossa Elæ venerabilis ossa, Quæ dedit has sedes, sacras monialibus ædes, TRANSLATION. Beneath, the venerable Ela's bones Are buried: she, these sceues of sacred peace-- Who does not involuntarily add Pray that she rest in peace! The situation and scene around naturally excite, unconnected with the religion she professed, such an inward prayer; and the river itself, in this spot, seems to steal by, lingeringly, in union with such associations, and as if it sought to wander, from the tumult of the world, in search of loneliness and silence; for though its stealthy current Doth make no music with th' enamell'd stones, LAINDON WITH BASILDON, a parish in the hund. of Barstable, union of Billericay, county of Essex; 3 miles south by east of Billericay, and near the source of the river Crouch. It includes the chapelry of Basildon. Living, a rectory, to which is annexed the chapelry of Basildon; rated at £35 6s. 8d.; gross income £779; in the jurisdiction and patronage of the bishop of London. Here is a daily school, endowed with £20 per annum. Other charities, in 1837, £30 per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £331 14s. Acres 4,60. Houses 103. A. P. £3,486. Pop., in 1801, 242; in 1831, 536. LAINSTON, an extra-parochial liberty in the hund. of Buddlesgate, Fawley division of the county of Southampton; 3 miles north-west of Winchester, and the same distance west of the Southampton and London railway. Living, a rectory in the archd. and dio. of Winchester; rated at £2 13s. 4d., returned at £13 5s.; gross income £34. Patron, in 1835, Sir F. H. Bathurst. The church is in ruins. House 1. Pop., in 1831, 40. Other returns with Spars holt. LAITH-KIRK, a chapelry in the parish of Romald-Kirk, western division of the wapentake of Gilling, north riding of Yorkshire; 9 miles northwest of Barnard-castle, on the river Tees. Living, a curacy annexed to the rectory of Romald-Kirk. Pop. included with parish. LAKE. See WILSFORD with LAKE. LAKENHAM, a parish and village torming part of the city of Norwich; 13 mile south by west of Norwich, on the river Yare, and intersected by the London and Norwich railway. Living, a discharged vicarage, not in charge, in the jurisdiction and patronage of the dean and chapter of Norwich. There are a Primitive Methodist church here, formed in 1823; and 9 daily schools. Houses 917. Pop., in 1801, 428; in 1831, 3,810.-See NORWICH. LAKENHEATH, a parish in the hund. of Lackford, union of Mildenhall, county of Suffolk; 5 miles west-south-west of Brandon, on the Little yet, in the beautiful personification of the Poet of Ouse, or Brandon river. Living, a discharged vicaranother Avon, He gives a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays." LACTON. See LATTON. LADBROKE, or LADBROOKE, a parish in the southern division of the hund. of Knightlow, union of Southam, county of Warwick; 2 miles south of Southam, east of Watergall river, and west of the Oxford canal. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. of Coventry and dio. of Lichfield and Coventry, now in the dio. of Worcester; rated at £13 10s.; age, formerly in the archd. of Sudbury and dio. of LALANT-UNY, or LELANT-UNY, a parish in the eastern division of the hund. of Penwith, union of Penzance, county of Cornwall; 3 miles south-east of St. Ives, on the western side of the bay of St. Ives. Living, a vicarage, to which is annexed the curacy of Towednack, in the archd. of Cornwall and dio. of Exeter; rated at £22 11s. 10d.; gross income £444; in the patronage of the bishop of Exeter. Here are 2 daily schools. A fair for cattle is held here on August 15th. Acres 4,240. Houses 279. A. P. £3,165. Pop., in 1801, 1,083; in 1831, 1.602. Poor rates, in 1838, £374 9s. LALEHAM, a parish in the hund. of Spelthorne, union of Staines, county of Middlesex; 24 miles south by east of Staines. Living, a curacy, subordinate to the vicarage of Staines. Here are 2 daily schools. Charities, in 1822, £7 12s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £254 18s. The Thames abounds in fish at this place, and is much resorted to by anglers. Queen Anne is said to have had a fishing seat here. The earl of Lonsdale has a handsome mansion in the vicinity; the scenery surrounding which is remarkably picturesque and beautiful. Acres 1.290. Houses 99. A. P. £3,749. Pop., in 1801, 372; in 1831, 588. LALESTON, a parish in the hund. of Newcastle, union of Bridgend and Cowbridge, county of Glamorgan, South Wales; 24 miles west of Bridgend, in the line of the Bridgend railway, and on the postroad from Meath to Cardiff. The parish consists of the hamlets of Upper and Lower Laleston. Living, a curacy in the dio. of St. David's and province of Canterbury, not in charge; returned at £17, and consolidated with the vicarage of Newcastle. Here is a daily school. Charities, in 1837, £2 12s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £122 14s. The name is supposed to be derived from that of Lalys, chief architect to Henry I. of England, whom Grenville, lord of Neath, brought from the Holy Land in 1111. Houses 91. A. P. £1,423. Pop., in 1801, 415; in 1831, 442. Yorkshire, Wales, and Scotland. The iron balustrades which environ St. Paul's church, were cast at Lamberhurst furnace. On an average of 7 years, to 1835, hops have annually been cultivated in this parish to the extent of 235 acres; average amount of hops charged, 236,134 tbs.: of duty, £1,967 15s. 8d. Fairs for cattle are held on April 5th, and May 21st. Here remains a considerable portion of Scotney castle, an ancient structure, surrounded by a fine moat. The modern house of the same name stands close by, and was designed by Inigo Jones. Acrei 5,290. Houses 264. A. P. £1,638. Pop., in 1801 1,017; in 1831, 1,521. LAMBETH, An extensive parish and metropolitan suburb and borough, situated in the eastern division of the hund. of Brixton, union of Lambeth, county of Surrey; 1 mile south-west by south of St. Paul's Cathedral, on the south-eastern bank of the Thames, which is here crossed by the Waterloo, Westminster, and Vauxhall, bridges. The parish is inter. sected by the post-road from London to Guildford, and the London and Southampton railway, and skirted on the south-east by a branch of the Grand Surrey canal. It forms, with Southwark, one of the most extensive suburbs of London, covering an area of 16 miles in circumference. It is bounded by the parishes of Newington, Butts, Camberwell, Stratham, Clapham, Croydon, Christ-church, and St. George, and by the river Thames; and is divided into four liberties, containing Vauxhall, Kennington, Lambeth-marsh, Lambeth-wall, Stockwell, Lambeth-dean, and the Bishop's and the Prince's precincts. Acres of the parish, including the districts attached to the new churches of St. John, Waterloo road, Kennington, Brixton, and Norwood, 3,640. Houses 13,983. A. P. £220,618. Pop., in 1801, 27,937; in 831, 87,856. Ecclesiastical affairs.]-Living, a rectory in the LAMARSH, a parish in the hund. of Hinckford, archd. of Surrey and dio. of Winchester; rated at union of Sudbury, county of Essex; 6 miles north- £32 15s. 74d.; gross income £2,481; in the patroneast of Halstead, on the river Stour. Living, a age of the archbishop of Canterbury. The church rectory, in the archd. of Middlesex and dio. of Lon-is situated near the water side, and adjoining the don; rated at £12 Os. 24d.; gross income £392. Patrons, in 1535, Hurlock and others. Tithes commuted in 1839; aggregate amount £395 7s. 1d. There are 2 daily schools in this parish. Charities, in 1837, £3 15s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £232 15s. Acres 1,160. Houses 72. A. P. £1,715. Pop., in 1801, 285; in 1831, 323. LAMBCROFT, a hamlet in the parish of Kelstern, county of Lincoln; 4 miles north-west by west of Louth. Houses 5. Pop., in 1811, 15; in 1831, 34. Other returns with the parish. archiepiscopal palace. It was erected in 1377, presents a mixture of the early and decorated styles of English architecture, and is built of various materials; all, except the tower, covered with a casing of compo. It consists of a nave and aisles, with small chapels at the east end, and a chancel with a well-proportioned tower at the south-west angle. Its dimensions are as follow: length, 111 feet; breadth, 53; height, 33; and the tower to the highest part, 87. In the west front of the tower, which is in four stories, is a large pointed window LAMBERHURST, a parish, partly in the hund, with modern munnions. The windows in the north of Brenchley and Horsemonden, lathe of Aylesford, and south sides are of modern workmanship, as are county of Kent, and partly in the hund. of Loxfield- those in the clerestory. At the east end is a large Pelham, rape of Pevensey, union of Ticehurst, pointed window. The interior is spacious; the nave county of Sussex; 14 miles south by west of Maid-is divided from the aisles by 5 pointed arches resting stone, and 8 south-east by south of Tunbridge, on the post-road from London to Hastings. Living, a vicarage in the archd, and dio. of Rochester; rated at £12 10s. 5d.; gross income £659; nett income £401; in the patronage of the dean and chapter of Rochester. The Baptists have a meeting-house here; and there are 6 daily schools, two of which are endowed with £6 per annum each. In 1834, Thomas Calverley, Esq., gave about 11 perches of land for the erection of a school building. Other charities, in 1836, £38 15s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £827 3s. There were here very extensive iron-works, but they have been given up in consequence of the competition of rival establishments in on octagonal columns. Two of the arches at the west end are occupied by a gallery, which is continued round the nave and the chapels at the end of the aisles: the latter are separated from the chancel by a pointed arch. The pulpit and desks are handsome, and are grouped in the centre aisle. The altar-piece is of the Corinthian order, plain but neat. The font, which is situated at the west end of the north aisle, is a marble basin on an octagonal pillar, The Lambeth railway has been projected to commence by a junction with the London and Greenwich, near Russell street, Bermondsey, and to terminate at the Westminster. bridge-road between the York road and Lambeth-marsh. with a ponderous cone suspended above. In the western gallery is a very fine-toned organ, erected about the commencement of the last century. The families of Howard and Leigh have chapels in the interior, and several archbishops of Canterbury, one bishop of Durham, and one of Ely, have been buried here. In the churchyard is the tomb of the Trades. cants, who collected the Ashmolean museum, sub-rity was increased, in 1773, by Earl Thanet's, or the sequently bequeathed to the university of Oxford by Elias Ashmole, who lies buried in the church. St. John's, Waterloo road, is a district church, erected, in 1824, at an expense of £15,911 16s. 7d.; gross income £483. are also almshouses founded by Sir Noel Caron, ambassador from Holland, to the court of Queen Elizabeth, and others. Caron's almshouses, consisting of accommodation for 7 poor widows, were founded in 1626, and endowed with a rent-charge of £28, to be expended in pensions of £4 per annum to each of the almspeople. The income of this chaCountess of Gower's, charity, and, in 1783, by part of Hayes Fortee's charity, amounting, at the time of the charity inquiry, in 1826, the former to £34 10s., and the latter to £14 148. per annum. Walcott's chaPatron, the rector of Lam-rity is a valuable gift conferred by Edmund Walcott in 1667, for behoof of the poor of Lambeth: income £638 15s. per annum, derived from rents, besides £2,043 2s. 9d., the amount of rents paid into the Bank of England, according to directions of the court of chancery. Other endowed charities at the period of the inquiry, produced an income of about £150 per annum. The Lambeth poor-law union consists of the parish of Lambeth. The average annual expenditure on the poor of this district, during the 3 years preceding the formation of the union, was £38,890. Expenditure, in 1838, £24,598; amount levied, in 1839, £24,996 15s.: expended in relief, &c., of the poor, £16,602 6s.: total parochial rates, &c., expended, £34,000 18s. beth. St. Mary's is a curacy, erected, in 1828, at an expense of £7,634 10s. 4d.; gross income £195; also in the patronage of the rector of Lambeth. Private chapels have been erected in various places. A chapel has been recently built and endowed at Kingsheath. Patrons, the Misses Seymour :-see also article KENNINGTON. The Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists, Swedenborgians, and Independents, have places of worship here. at Southwark, for the recovery of debts under £5. Schools.]-The education returns for 1833, state the number of schools of every description in this parish to be 132, with 8,724 scholars; but this statement is by no means accurate, as about 50 private schools then existed, the proprietors of which refused to make returns. Of those returned 6 were Franchise, Government, &c.]—By the Reform act, infant, 97 daily, 18 boarding, and 10 Sunday, schools. part of Lambeth, with the parish of St. Mary NewOf the infant schools, 4 were partly supported by ington, and the parish of St. Giles Camberwell, subscription, namely, St. Thomas's, Church-street, except the manor and hamlet of Dulwich, were High-street, and North Brixton, schools. Amongst appointed to return two members to parliament; the the daily schools were:-Archbishop Tennison's, returning officer to be appointed annually by the containing 258 females, who are clothed and edu- sheriff of Surrey. The number of electors regiscated from funds accruing from endowment, aided tered, in 1837, was 7,040, of whom 4,497 polled at by subscription:-Lambeth Parochial school, found- the general election. The parish is included within ed in 1700, and containing 330 males, some of whom the bills of mortality of the metropolis, and within are clothed: endowment £40 per annum, besides the limits of the new police establishment. It is voluntary contributions :-The female Orphan asy-subject to the jurisdiction of a court of pleas, held lum instituted in 1758, incorporated in 1800, and supported by voluntary contributions in addition to its funded property: 160 females are entirely clothed, maintained, and educated in this institution:-The school of the Benevolent society of St. Patrick in Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, instituted in 1784, for the relief of the distressed Irish in the metropolis, and the education of their children, with a lending library attached, and containing 300 males and 200 females, who are educated, clothed, and apprenticed from the funds of the society, which consist of the savings of former years and public contributions:-The Licensed Victualler's school in Kennington-lane, containing 84 males and 68 females, who are maintained, clothed, and educated from the proceeds of voluntary contributions:Ten National schools, the Stockwell, Kennington district, St. John's, Norwood, and Brixton, schools, containing, in all, 1,039 males and 650 females:-Lambeth Association school in Georgestreet, partly supported by subscription, and containing 212 males:-The Eldon school, founded in 1829, and dedicated to the late Lord Eldon: it is supported by private funds, and usually contains 120 males:-Denmark-hill school, supported by voluntary contributions, and containing 25 temales. In the other 79 daily schools the instruction is at the expense of the parents. Hospitals and other Charities.]-Besides the female Orphan asylum, which may be considered as an hospital, there are others falling more exclusively under this head, including the general lying-in hospital, in York road, Westminster bridge, instituted in 1758, and rebuilt on its present site in 1828;—the Bethlehem hospital for lunatics;—and a royal universal infirmary for children, established in 1824. There Manufactures, &c.]—The inhabitants of Lambeth are employed in various branches of manufacture, the most important of which are carried on in potteries, distilleries, engine factories, iron foundries, patent shot manufactories, vinegar yards, chemical works, plate-glass works, vitriol works, and starch and soap manufactories, &c.: indeed the banks of the Thames from Rotherhithe to Vauxhall-bridge, including about 4 miles in length, are almost wholly occupied by manufactories, and by numerous wharts, at which coal, lime, and timber, are landed. There are also cotton-mills in the parish in 1838, three cotton-mills here employed 118 hands. In the reign of King John, a weekly market and a fair for 15 days were granted, but they were allowed to fall into disuse. General description.]-The construction of the three new bridges across the Thames, together with Westminster bridge, all immediately connecting this parish with the different parts of the metropolis, have greatly tended to facilitate the intercourse, improve and increase the buildings, and enhance the population, of this extensive parish. Many of the houses in Fore-street and its vicinity, near the river, and once the principal part of the parish, exhibit the most ancient specimens of metropolitan buildings still in existence. The houses are mean, and the streets narrow and dirty throughout the space between Vauxhall and Westminster bridges; but towards the south and south-east, in which directions the village or suburb ultimately extended, they are generally of a superior description. Towards the south, by Vauxhall gardens and Kennington, the houses now extend beyond the boundaries of the parish along the Portsmouth road by Clapham, and along the Brighton road by Brixton. Towards garden, Fleet-street, Charing Cross, and the western Newington also, and Walworth, the whole area is parts of the metropolis, is supposed to have given it becoming occupied. Westminster bridge leads from a decided advantage over the other Surrey theatres; the vicinity of St. James's park on the opposite side but recently dramatical entertainments, in general, of the river, through Bridge road and Westminster have been falling in public estimation. There road, on the Surrey side, to the obelisk, where this were formerly other places of entertainment in Lamline of streets is met by those from Waterloo bridge beth, such as Spring gardens nearly opposite Vauxthrough the Waterloo road, and from Blackfriars hall gardens, and Lambeth wells at Lambeth walk, bridge through Great Surrey-street. From the celebrated in the beginning of last century, but obelisk the Lainbeth road leads south-westwardly afterwards eclipsed by St. George's Spa, situated by the Blind school, the philanthropic institution, on the outside border of this parish. Lambeth wells and the Bethlehem hospital, to Church-street, and became at length a public nuisance, and were shut the vicinity of Lambeth palace, where are the Lam- up, till ultimately let as a Methodist meeting-house; beth stairs, opposite the Horse-ferry, on the opposite the music gallery being used as a pulpit. The preside of the Thames, where there is a highly pictur-mises were afterwards converted to various other esque prospect down the river, with an interesting purposes; except the dwelling, which still continued view of Westminster on the opposite shore: here to be known by the name of the Fountain publicanother new bridge has been proposed to be thrown house. across the river. The other principal streets radi- Lambeth palace.]-The residence of the archbishating from the obelisk, are the London road south-ops of Canterbury, is an extra-parochial precinct in eastward to the Greenwich road, and the Borough this parish. It is situated on the western side near road, eastward to the Newington road. From the the Thames, between Vauxhall and Westminster vicinity of the Bethlehem hospital and George's road, bridges, and appears to have been erected on the site Walcott place leads south to Kennington-lane, run-of one to which more particularly the name of the parning west-south-west to Vauxhall bridge. A little ish itself belonged; Lambard, for instance, explaining to the south of which, at Nine Elms, is the London "Lambythe, Lamhyth, or Lamythe, Saxon, Lomithis, terminus of the South-eastern railway, well situated i. sinus luteus Lel,"-to be "a house over against for economy and convenient connexion with the Westminster, whiche hathe bene honoured with the Thames; since, though by rails laid across the pub- residence of tharchebyshoppes of Canterbury ever lic road, loaded waggons pass from the station to a sythen the cominge of the Normannes into this wharf adjoining the river, it has interfered with com- realme. Before which tyme," continues he, “I paratively little property of value. The station thinke it was in the possession of the kinges; for I buildings are extensive and commodious, and the reade that Canutus the Second, comonly called main entrance is handsome. The principal streets Hardye, beinge heare at a solemne marriage betwene or roads running northwards from Vauxhall bridge, Tony Prudan and the daughter of Osgod Clappa, by the banks of the river, are Vauxhall road, Fore- two noble Danes, dyed sodenlye as he was at meate. street, and Princes-street, Bishops-walk, Palace new Some thinke he was poysoned, other insinuate that road, Pedlers-acre, and Belvidere road, or Narrow he dyed of intemperance. Amongest the rest Henry Wall, leading by an admirably turned archway be- Huntingdou comendeth him for princely liberalitye, neath the Waterloo road. In this vicinity a fine taking thoccasion of his praise at that which others wet dock has been excavated, and at Belvidere discommende: he covered his boorde (sayeth he) wharf are the Lambeth water-works, established in four times in the daye, a thinge forgotten of the 1775: the South London water-works are at Ken- princes in this age, which hardly do it once, neither nington. In the vicinity of the Belvidere road are then with that mynde or plentye that he used. Cupar's gardens, a spot formerly celebrated as a place After the deathe of Kinge Edw. called the Conof public amusement. The Surrey new road and fessour, Harold, the son of Godwyn, put the crowne York road, run southwards, parallel with the Bel- of this realme upon his head with his owne handes videre road, to the Westminster bridge road, where at Lambhythe.' The manor was conferred on the is an extensive engine factory, said to be the most see of Rochester by the sister of Edward the Concomplete in the kingdom: on its site formerly stood fessor. In the palace of the bishops of Rochester the Apollo gardens. South Lambeth has been cele- many metropolitan councils were held: in particular, brated as the residence of various eminent literary that convoked by Archbishop Anselm in 1100, to men. Farther particulars regarding Lambeth will consider the propriety of the marriage of Henry I. be found under articles KENNINGTON, NORWOOD, with Maud, daughter of the king of Scotland, who BRIXTON, VAUXHALL, &c.—which see. had taken the veil, but not the vows of a nun. There is reason to believe that the archbishops of Canterbury had a dwelling here at that period. About the year 1187, Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, obtained the manor and palace from the bishop of Rochester, in exchange for other lands, at which time the buildings appear to have been old and mean. The ancient possession of Lambeth by the see of Rochester is still commemorated by the payment to the latter, in two half-yearly sums, of five marks of silver, in consideration of lodging, firewood, forage, &c., which the bishops of Rochester had been accustomed to receive when they visited London. Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury," says Bishop Tanner, "being obliged to desist building a college for secular canons at Hakynton near Canterbury, thought he might pursue a design of that nature at 40 or 50 miles' distance, and accordingly began, about 1191, to found a fine chapel here, which he intended to make collegiate, and to endow for the maintenance of several canons or prebendaries, Places of Amusement.]-Besides Vauxhall gardens, the principal places of public amusement in Lambeth are Astley's royal amphitheatre, and the royal Cobourg theatre. Astley's is situated near Westminster bridge: it was built by Philip Astley, Esq. The present proprietors of this establishment are Messrs. Ducrow and West, the former of whom is widely celebrated as one of the most extraordinary equestrians that ever appeared in England. The front of this theatre, which is plain and of brick stuccoed, stands laterally with the houses in Bridge road. The stage is perhaps the largest and most convenient in London; the proscenium being also large and moveable for the convenience of widening and heightening the stage. The Cobourg theatre was erected in 1818: it is situated at the angle formed by the Waterloo road, crossing the New Cut. The front is built of brick, plain, and stuccoed. The stage is extensive and well-fitted up. The proximity of this theatre to the Strand, Covent ded with iron. The dimensions of the apartment within are 12 feet in length, by 9 in width, and 8 in height. It is lighted by two windows, which are only 28 inches high, by 14 inches wide on the inside, and about half as high and half as wide on the outside. Both walls and roof of the chamber are lined with oaken planks an inch and a half thick; and 8 large iron rings still remain fastened to the wood, the melancholy memorials of a barbarous tyranny, whose victims formerly pined in this dismal prison. Many names and fragments of sentences are rudely cut out on various parts of the walls. Among the principal apartments, besides the chapel and the great hall, to be afterwards described, are the room formerly appropriated as the library ;-the long_gal. Cardinal Pole, who held the see from the death of Cranmer in 1556, till 1558: this noble room con tains many portraits, of which several are in the highest degree interesting as works of art, or on account of the individuals they represent ;-the presence-chamber, an apartment of considerable antiquity;-the great dining-room, which contains a series of portraits of the archbishops from Laud to Cornwallis inclusive ;-the old and new drawingrooms, the latter a fine room measuring 33 feet by 22, built by Archbishop Cornwallis:-the steward's parlour, or great parlour, probably erected by Archbishop Cranmer; and various others, besides a great number of domestic apartments. to the honour of St. Thomas the Martyr ["the god of that see," as Lambard has it]. This his successor, Archbishop Hubert, carried on; but when it was just finished, A. D. 1199, he was forced to put it down by the papal bulls, which had been obtained at the strong instance of the monks of Christ-church, Canterbury, who were jealous of this new foundation of seculars so near the archiepiscopal palace. This caused great difference between the archbishop and those monks, which, being put to reference, the arbitrators awarded that the archbishop might here, at Lambeth, or anywhere but on the foundation of the former chapel, found an ordinary church, and place therein not less than 13, or more than 20 Premonstratensian canons, and endow the same with £100 per annum. But this last prolery, generally supposed to have been the work of posal doth not appear to have taken effect." In the 13th century several synods were held here by Archbishop Peckham: the most important of these was a general convocation of the bishops of the realm, to consider the condition of the Catholic church in England, the bishop of Hereford having made several complaints respecting it to the supreme jurisdiction at Rome. The palace was sacked, and most of the furniture and records burned, by the followers of Wat Tyler, in 1881. It was visited by Henry VII., Catherine of Arragon, and Queen Elizabeth, especially the last, who often remained here for several days, visiting Archbishops Parker and Whitgift. It was fortified in 1641, by Archbishop Laud, on previous notice of an attack by a large mob of puritans. After the fall of that primate, it was taken possession of by the House of Commons, by whom it was used as a prison, and subsequently sold to Thomas Scot, one of the regicides, and Matthew Hardy. After the Restoration, the archbishops again entered into possession, and have never since been deprived of it. The palace is surrounded by a park and gardens laid out with great taste, and now occupying at least 18 acres, including 3 to 4 acres walled in at a great expense as a kitchen-garden. Among the ornaments of the grounds are two Marseillese figtrees of great size, planted, according to tradition, by Cardinal Pole: they still bear abundance of fruit. The palace is an irregular but very extensive pile, exhibiting specimens of almost every style of architecture that has prevailed within the last 700 years. The gate-house, which forms the principal entry, was erected by Cardinal Morton about the year 1490, and is a very beautiful and magnificent structure. On each side are two lofty embattled towers, from the summits of which is one of the finest views in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. In front of this gate the ancient archiepiscopal dole, or alms, is still distributed every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, to thirty poor parishioners of Lambeth. Ten are served each day, among whom are divided three stones of beef, ten pitchers of broth thickened with oatmeal, five quartern loaves, and 20d. in copper. One of the most interesting portions of Lambeth palace is the stone-building called the Lollards' tower. It was erected by Archbishop Chichely, in the early part of the 15th century, as a place of confinement for the unhappy heretics from whom it derives its name. Under the tower is an apartment of somewhat singular appearance, called the post-room, from a large post in the midule by which its root is partly supported. The prison in which the poor Lollards were confined is at the top of the tower, and is reached by a very narrow winding staircase. Its single doorway, which is so narrow as to admit only one person at a time, is strongly barricaded by both an outer and an inner door of oak, each 31 inches thick, and thickly stud The chapel is supposed to have been erected towards the close of the 12th century. It is in the earliest style of English architecture, divided into two apartments by a richly ornamented screen of oak, and measuring 72 feet in length by 25 in breadth: the height is 30 feet. The windows on the sides are triple and lancet-shaped, and the eastern window contains five lights: they were formerly filled with ancient stained glass, which was broken by order of the parliament during the com. monwealth. The roof is flat, and ornamented with the arms of several prelates. The curious crypt under the chapel is supposed to be the oldest part of the palace. It consists of a series of strong stone-arches, supported in the centre by a short massy column, and is 36 feet long by 24 feet wide; the height of the root from the ground being about 10 feet. These vaults, of which the crypt consists, are now converted into cellars, but might possibly once have been used for divine service, as there is a second entrance to them from the north side of the cloisters, the principal one being from the northeast corner of the same place. At one end of the crypt are the remains of a building, supposed to have been at one time used as a bakehouse or kitchen. The great hall was originally erected by Archbishop Chichely in the beginning of the reign of Henry VI.; but after the palace had been sold by the parliament, this magnificent apartment was pulled down. It was rebuilt, however, on the old site, and in close imitation of the former hall, after the Restoration, by Archbishop Juxton, at an expense of £10,500. It stands on the right of the principal court-yard, and is built of fine red brick, the walls being supported by stone-buttresses, and also coped with stone, and surmounted by large balls or orbs. The length of this noble room is 93 feet, its breadth 38, and its height 50. The roof, which is of oak, and elaborately carved, is particularly splendid and imposing. The architecture of this hall is of a mixed kind, as are also the ornaments, though the whole is intended as an imita tion of the Gothic style. The whole hall is wainscoted to a considerable height, and the floor is handsomely paved. Two of the great oak-tables |