lent and imprudent Laud, to the amiable and meek-spirited Cornwallis, The former is finely painted by Vandyke; Juxon, from an original picture, at Longleat, the seat of the Marquis of Bath, in Wiltshire; Sheldon, Bancroft, Tillotson, and that of Tenison, by Simon Dubois; Wake, Potter, and that of Herring, by Hogarth; Hutton, by Hudson; Secker, by Reynolds; and Cornwallis, by Dance. These portraits mark the revolutions in the clerical dress. Archbishop Tillotson was the first prelate who wore a wig, which resembled the natural hair, and was never powdered.

The Old Drawing-Room is nineteen feet ten inches, by eighteen feet ten inches:-it was formerly called the Velvet Room, from the fabric which composed its hangings and furniture. The new drawing and dressing rooms were added to the palace, by Archbishop Cornwallis, in 1769.

The Gallery is ninety feet in length, and sixteen in breadth, the building of which is ascribed to Cardinal Pole. It is entitled to particular attention, from the valuable collection of pictures of primates and other dignitaries, with which it is decorated: among them is an admirable portrait of the founder, which Doctor Ducarel supposes to be genuine, though it has been considered by others as a copy of that in the Barberini palace.

Among the portraits are those of the Archbishops Arundel and Chichely, with that of Warham, by Holbein, which is a very fine picture, and is well known from Vertue's large print. That of Archbishop Parker is supposed to have been painted by Richard Lyne, in 1572. He was an artist of considerable merit, and retained by the archbishop on his establishment, under whose patronage he practised engraving as well as painting. There is a second portrait of the same prelate, said to be by Holbein, which was presented to Archbishop Potter, by James West, Esq. President of the Royal Society. There is also a small head, said to be of Martin Luther, but its originality is involved in doubt.-Cranmer, Whitgift, Grindal, Sheldon, and an imaginary head of Saint Dunstan, possess little attraction. The portrait of Archbishop Abbot, dated

1610, is very finely painted; and that of Laud, by Vandyke, is an admirable picture.

The other portraits in this gallery are eminent bishops, the scene of whose distinguished lives is less remote from the period in which we contemplate them. They consist of full lengths, the size of life, of the following persons.

Bishop Burnet, of Salisbury, author of the History of his own times. The excellent and renowned Bishop Hough, who filled the sees of Oxford and Worcester. The humble, holy, and patient Lloyd, to use Burnet's characteristic expressions, who was successively Bishop of Litchfield and Worcester, and Patrick, Bishop of Ely.-Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, and Terrick, Bishop of London, are two good portraits by Dance.-That of the celebrated Hoadley, of Winchester, was painted by his lady, Mrs. Sarah Hoadley, and possesses no common merit.-To these may be added the portraits of Moore, Fleetwood, Gooch, and Mawson, all successive Bishops of Ely :-A fine picture of Pearce, Bishop of Bangor, and afterwards of Rochester; and a large full length of Charles I. a copy from Vandyke,

A portrait of Catharine Parr has also found a place in this gallery, and not, as Pennant observes, without a just claim; it being reasonable to suppose, but for the death of her tyrant, that she would have been devoted to the stake, for the favour which she bore to the reformed religion. This curious picture, a three-quarter length, is painted on board, in a rich dress of scarlet and gold.-It bears not a single trace of the print among the illustrious heads engraved by Houbraken, but, from several circumstances, there is a much greater probability of its being a genuine portrait.

The windows of this apartment are enriched with beauti ful stained glass, containing the arms of many of the primates; particularly the bow window, in which are the arms. of all the protestant archbishops from Cranmer to Cornwallis.

The Vestry contains several pictures. Among others is a small piece without a frame, representing an emaciated

figure in bed, with a cap nearly drawn over his eyes, and apparently dead: it is said to represent Archbishop Juxon after his death. An ancient painting on board, supposed to pourtray the bold reformer, Martin Luther, and his wife, but totally unlike the common portraits of the former, both in dress and feature. Nothing can be finer than the heads and hands in this picture. The lady appears in a pregnant state. There is also a portrait of Cardinal Pole, and it is considered as a genuine resemblance of that celebrated churchman.

The Chapel is seventy-two feet in length, twenty-five in breadth, and thirty feet in height; and is divided into an inner and outer chapel, by an handsome carved screen. It has a flat pannelled ceiling, painted in compartments, and the pavement is composed of black and white marble. The fittings up, which are of wainscot, consist of an handsome range of stalls, with seats beneath them. The screen, as well as the archbishop's seat, with many of the other parts, are beautifully carved. The altar piece, a strange incongruity of which we see so many examples, is of the Corin thian Order.

The Post Room is so called from a large post or pillar in the centre of it which supports the roof. It is a part of the building called the Tower, and forms a kind of vestibule to the chapel. To what purpose of domestic use it was originally applied, cannot now be ascertained. The antiquary, however, may think it worthy of his attention for the broad and massy character of its walls and the gloomy air of antiquity which it possesses.-Its flat pannelled ceiling is ornamented at the intersections, with a variety of grotesque forms, angels bearing shields, arms, &c.

The Lollard's Tower is a large pile of stone building, supposed to have derived its name from a small prison at the top of it, anciently used for confining the religious sects called the Lollards.

It is an historical fact, however, that the Archbishop of Canterbury had prisons here before this tower was built,

which was in the prelacy of Archbishop Chichely; as there is an authentic account of a married chaplain brought before Archbishop Arundel, in the year 1402, out of his prisons, within the manor of Lambeth; though it is not now discoverable where those places of confinement stood. The Lollards were very much persecuted in the times of Arundel and Chichely; and several of the proceedings against them are extant in the registers of this see.

The Lollard's Prison is a small room, twelve feet long, nine feet wide, and eight feet high; the ascent to which is by a spiral stone stair-case, whose steps are much decayed. The entrance to it is through a narrow stone door-way, barely sufficient for one person to pass, which has an inner and outer door of strong oak, thickly studded with iron, and with corresponding fastenings. It still retains the large iron rings to which the former persecuted inhabitants of it were attached. There are eight of them firmly fixed to the wainscot which lines the walls, and are about breast high. Every part of this wretched chamber, not excepting the ceiling, is entirely cased with oak, near an inch and an half in thickness. It has two very small windows, narrowing outwards; one of which is to the west, and the other to the north. A small chimney is on the north side, and upon the wainscot are various scratches, half sentences, initials, and in one or two places a crucifix, &c. supposed to be cut by the prisoners confined here." These rings," says Pennant, with his philanthropic spirit," to which the devoted victims were chained before they were brought to the stake, ought to make Protestants bless the hour which freed them from so bloody a period: while the Catholics also may glory, that time has softened their zeal into charity for all sects; and made them blush at these memorials of the misguided spirit of our ancestors."

The exterior of the Lollard's tower, when viewed from the Thames, has a venerable appearance, and is the only part of the palace which is now built entirely of stone. It consists of a large tower, and a smaller square projection on the south

side, somewhat receding from it: the whole building is fivé stories in height. The larger tower has in front a number of fine windows, which enlighten the several apartments contained in it: the smaller one, the upper part of which contains the prison, is plainer and of a more massy appearance. The lower stories are now used as cellars; and the whole is shaded by the venerable trees which decorate the spot called the Bishop's Walk, on the bank of the river.

The Cloisters stand on the south side of the chapel, the north side being bounded by the great hall, and their eastern and western sides by the guard-chamber and Lollard's tower. Their area is but of small dimensions, and are apparently not much older than the library which they support. Their sides are plain, and the ceiling flat, composed of lath and plaster. They serve as avenues to the various parts of the palace.

The Crypt or Under-Chapel is generally thought 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 thirty-six feet long by twenty-four feet wide: the height from the ground to the roof is about ten feet. These vaults are now converted into cellars; but they are considered as having been formerly used as a place of worship.

The Great Hall stands on the site of the old one, which was destroyed by Scott, one of the regicides, in the year 1648. It was rebuilt by Archbishop Juxon, with all possible resemblance to the structure whose loss it has supplied.

The architecture of this magnificent fabric is of the mixed kind, as well as the ornaments, though the gothic style evidently prevails. The walls are chiefly built of a fine red brick, and are supported by buttresses, edged and coped with stone, which terminate in large globes or balls. The roof on the outside is slated, and in the centre rises a lofty elegant lantern, at the top of which are the arms of the see of Canterbury, impaled by those of Juxon, and sur