"Vivat ubi natus JOHANNES JACOB. Miles et Baronettus, 1665." Arms, a chevron between three tigers heads erazed. adjunct. "God have n mercy of John Bishop of Ely, that halowede the alters and bells aforefaid, either feting, ftanding, lycing, or kneeling." Inferiptions in the chancel: "Here lies the Honorable DIXIE WINDSR, who departed this life on the 20th of October, 1743, in the 7ft year of his age, fon to the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Windfor, Baren of Bradham and Earl of Plymouth." "Here lyeth the body of WILLIAM MAINSTONE, Efq. of Woodbury Hall, in Cambridgeshire, one of his Majefties jaf tices of the peace, who married Penelope the daughter of Judge Jones, lord chief jul. tice of the Common Pleas He dyed the 29th of August, 1683, in the 57th year of his age." Arms, Azure, a chevron Or; between three boars paffant of the fame, Gules, a fefs between three hedgehogs Argent. The church is built with a rough red ftone, and uniformly conftructed, with battlements all round, under which iffue feveral antique waterfpouts, reprefenting evil demons flying away from the found of the bells, according to a received motion in former days, when it was cuftomary to fprinkle them with holy water at their, be ing first placed in the tower, to give them a power of repelling evil fpirits from the church by their found. It confifls of a nave 66 feet long, with fide-ailes, a North and South tranfept, and a tower at the Weft end; the chancel is 48 feet by 21, and divided. from the church by a handfome fereen, on the infide of which are eight an Here is a large old ftone that feems tient feats, or falls, in the collegiate to have had on it the figure of a priest, tyle, four on each fide, which turn. with arms at each corner, but now difup, and are handfomely carved under-robed of its braffes, as are many others. neath. It is wainfcoted and feated, with desks before, for half a dozen perfons on each fide. At the Eaft end is a very handfome altar-piece (and in the church a pulpit), both given by the Bishop of Ely, when his palace in Holborn was taken down. In the South window of the chancel are two coats of arms, viz. Or, three chevrons Gules; and, Quarterly Or, a crofs engrailed Sable; between three eagles difplayed of the fame Azure, a dolphin Argent. The church (Pl. I.) is dedicated to the Bleffed Virgin Mary; it is valued at 601. per annum to the vicar, and is in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely. Indulgences were frequently granted to fuch as paid their adoration to the image of St. Lawrence, which flood in the South tranfept. And, on May 3, 1490, John Bishop of Ely confecrated one large bell in honour of the glorious Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelift, and one little hell in honour of the Holy Ghoft and St. Nicholas the Confeffor; and granted 40 days indulgence to all truly penitent, who, at the found of the great bell, fhall fav five Paternosters and five Salut. Angel. for the good flate of the Univerfal Church, for the Bishop confecrating, the King, Queen, and all the fouls of be faithful departed this life; and to all who, at the found of the little bell, fhall fay five Salut. Angel. ad Clauf. In the South tranfept: "Here lieth the body of ELIZABETH She died September the 19th, 1683." Here is an antient flone, with broken letters that are fcarcely legible, which probably covers the remains of Dr. Tindal, warden of Merton college, rector of this parish, who was buried here December the 14th, 1545. In the uave, under a plain fione: Here lieth the body of THOMAS DOD the younger, who died March the 24th, Here lieth interr'd the pious and the juft, A man of peace that's moukired into dust. His works of charity, for ever bleft, 1687, in the 76th year of his age. And now is crowned with eternal reft.. Such was his faithful life, whofe patient foul is Alfa Alice his wife, aged 103." Against the South wall of the church a handfome marble monument, In memory of RALPH LANE, Efq. of Wodbury Hall, who died the 23d of July, aged 77 years. Alfo, Elizabeth Lane, his wife, who died the roth of March, 1754, aged 80 years." Under Under a Death's head, Refurgam. N. B. The family burying-place is " on the outfide of the church, between the South porch and the tranfept, inclofed with iron pallifadoes, and planted with evergreens and flowers. MR. URBAN, June 6. LWAYS feeling pleasure in read The weight is as 1 ounce to 4 feet. The Hygrometer I allude to is fixed to an outside wall, North afpect. ~ It may equally perform in the infide, and for that purpofe is put in a frame with the cord C doubled up under a pulley F, as the dotted lines and the knob G, and the weight at H. Should your correfpondents inform Aing your Meteorological Diaries, of one more accurate and likely to be and the letters of T. S. I beg leave to remark an inftrument or two, if the fame may be done by your valuable Mifcellany; that is, an univerfal Hygrometer, or one that can communicate the fame language as the degrees of a Thermometer, which; no doubt, would make this fcience more complete. Thefe inftruments are various; but I annex a fketch and defcription of the one I think most determinate, not wishing to intrude in the pages of your Magazine. In Plate I. fig. 1. is the front view, fhewing the dial-plate divided into two parts; the fide the knob is on the moift, the other the dry. Each part is divided into 180 degrees, beginning from the top or each way." Fig. 2. is the profile view, with a brafs pulley A, tharp grooved, for it not to efcape the movement of the cord, its axis turning a finger, B, on the dial-plate (the axis ought to turn on friction-wheels running on their centres). The cord C is three-thread flaxen, ,05 of an inch thick; it was put in falt water for about a day, and then nieafared; hung up in a stove, with a weight 1 ounce to 4 feet, till it was perfectly firetched, and measured again: the difference between the two nicafurements is the exact circumference of the pulley A. As this cord will be too dry, there must be another prepared in the fame manner, und, when took out of the falt and water, tied to the knob D, and put over the pulley A, with the weight E, 1 ounce to 4 feet, tied to it. In this ftate the finger must be put at 180 moift; then, In a few days or a week, it will fhew the degrees of moisture or drynefs of the atmosphere. This inftrument has a particular, determinate point; viz. the length of the cord is limited to the circumference of the pulley, as the difference between the extreme contraction and dilatation, and the dial-plate being divided into 360 degrees, bearing the fame proportion in all circles fo divided. univerfal, it will confer a favour on, Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, H.N. Aug. 2. THAT the contagious effect of the Cow Pock has been long known, not only in this country, but even among the Phyficians of Germany, is a fingular and an incontrovertible fact; though its application as an antidote to the Small Pox feems, generally fpeaking, a recent difcovery. Among the load of German medical differtations preferved in the British Mufeum is one (8. F. c.) by John Erneft Bernard Salzer, printed at Tubingen, 1713, De Lue Vaccarum; whence I fhall tranferihe a fentence or two, treating on its communication to the human fpecies. This work is, I believe, the firft in which the Cow Pock, at leaft under that denomination, engaged the attention of a medical ftudent. P. 2.1. "A vaccis ad homines. Metus' erat, vix poffe prohiberi, quò minus tale malum cederet in præjudicium fanitatis human; modo non uno. Ante omnia per contagium ab una fpecie ad alteram, ad hominem ipfum, per fordes et fætorem non ægrarum modo, fed & mactatarum, fcilicet, cadaverum alibi non vel non profunde fatis fepultorum; per ufum coriorum et pinguedinis. Quin per ufum quotidianum lac tis: Maximè vero per fufpectiffinum taum carnium efum, quod fine horrore prium aliis ne audiri quidem potuit, quafi morticinis corvorum inftar fe nutrire." During th remainder of the differtation this erudite German appears entirely unconfcious of the important difcovery which has been of late communicated to the world; expreffes his fears of the great detriment which the fpreading of the diforder might occa fion, and his thanks to Providence for not fuffering it to increafe. The copy in the Mufeum is probably the only one in England. H. E. |