ed by his Keyah (Major Domo) of some impertinencies. I was thrust into a private hole, where I found my friend Mr Daws fast in the stocks, under the jailor's bed, where he could not so much as sit upright, but lay on his back upon broken bricks and stones, worried by a miriade of fleas, the place scarce having been swept since the palace was built, close by the com'on jakes in the court there, where usually great offenders were secured before execution, and here was I laid to accompany my friends, with whom I past thro' many ensuing troubles. None of or friends yet knew where or in what condition wee were, and these allowed us neither meat nor wine, nor was any acquaintance admitted to us, nor wee permitted to write or condition to or friends; having thus spent the torture of some hours, an honest Janizarie (by the encouragement of some remembrance) procured of the jailor to let us privately out of the stocks, and y' wee might spend ye night in his little hovell, which being but indeed convenient for one person, ye jailor would crowd yet in for a room, whose proffers of kindness were such to me as were unfit to discourse, and horrid to remember. My Mast' in the interim escaped (as I think) in a woman's habit to the Ambassad's house, where he took some weeks sanctuary; wee the next day being d'd to a guard of Janisaries, were secretly conveyed to the palace of Pictosh Aga, General of the army, and chief of the rebells, where having long waited and earnestly solicited to see the Aga himself, we were at last inform'd by a Mumgee, who was one appointed to carry y great comand for Sr Hen. Hides redelivery, y' wee must see no Aga's, but be carried away directly for Smirna to be pledges and prisoners till Sr Henry and his companion prisoners were restor'd. The next day ye chaouses being prepared for or journey, taking us with them, asked me if I had moneys to bear or charges on the way. I answered, or suff'rings were enough, without making them greater by paying for them. The chief Chaous replied, swearing, Dogs, you shall run on foot, and we will beat you before us.' And now to the sea-side wee go (none of or friends yet knowing what was become of us), where wee found one Mr Stephens, an English gent. whose face I had never yet seen, a French gent., and a Janizarie attending them, all sent from their master, the French Ambassad", to see his good commands executed, in such base ignoble usage as he had appointed for us-all which Stephens immediately told us to be as follows:-'To be chain'd forthwith to the bottom of the boat; to lye in chains every night, and to have

o' leggs chain'd under ye horses' bellies all the way to Smirna, there to be d'd to ye French Consull, and kept in chains till Sr Henry Hide should be restored; but in case he were gon, then wee were to be sent into France, to be dealt with (if the Ambassad's interest could prevail so farr) in the same manner S Hen. Hide should be in England. This these French X'tans were so Turkish to propound, but the Turks so X'tan not to execute; for knowing now our doom, I betook myself to open arguments with the Turks, shewing how unjustly wee were used, and discours'd so much to them touching o' differences as that (thro' God's help) they grew sensible of or injuries, and promis'd as much favor as they could with safety shew us, insomuch y' first wee avoided their chains in the boat, and notwithstanding their importunities, day and night, with the Chaouses, yet wee insulted over them, and rid free of chains even to Smirna; only to dissemble some hardship towards us, they gave us the worst accoutred horses, and made me sometimes (on my own desire) hold their horses for them, and take care of their shoes. Mr Dawes was indeed desperately ill with the heat and hard riding, but I accommodated him with all the service I could do him, and changing my bad horse for his worse, rid on chearfully, with my halter and bell fastened to it, lest I should stray and be lost. Arriving at Smirna, wee were carried at our own request, not to the French Consull, but to their own quarters, where now the scene began indeed to change. The Chaouses going with their great commands on board ye English ships, whither or Consull and all of merch's were fled for security, found, it seems, but rough entertainment, and were flatly deny'd, either Sr Henry Hide, or ye English merch's his fellow prisoners, at wch being enraged, they thundered out the foulest terms and menaces imaginable to or Consull, which he return'd with telling them, they were priviledg'd on shoar, but not there, angrily vowing, yt if they stopt not their foul mouths, he would have ym thrown into the sea to cool them there; hereupon they gladly leapt into their boat, and in their fury hastened to revenge themselves on us ashore, where summoning together ye Caddes Serdari, Naip, Isar-Agasi, and all the chief of the town, they repaired to the Custom-house, which stands over the sea in plain view of all o' ships; and hither came a multitude of gazers to see the sequel-we all this while did penance in a heavy pr of chains. But the Bench being set, the malefact's must appear, and I was hurried away to answer for us both; which the Chaous Aga taking all his base

revenge on me, and tumbling out a hundred dogs and Infidells,' commanded me to write forthwith to ye Consul to ye effect: That he must not delude himself, but give back Sr Henry Hide, who was not yet departed; which if he did not, or Ambassad would be imprisoned at Constple, the merchts all be hang'd and their estates confiscate:' and all this in such terms, as the Consul might give credit to: else swearing, in the highest of rage, y' I should be hang'd immediately, even there in view of all my friends on shipboard. I answered, yt I had better be hang'd for being true to my friends, than a traitor to them; nor would I write so false a thing.' But being better advised, they let me live, and only sent for Mr Dawes, and conducted us both to the Caddee (or Town Judge) his house, where being come, wee found the French Consull and his nation awaiting us; and having past some ceremonies, in order to or being delivered into his hands, wee were convey'd to his house in state, with a guard about us, when or officious attendants (incontinently) gave us the welcome of iron chains, fastened from one to the other; their courtesie afforded me a second pair, lest one leg should run away from the other; but these shacles they took off from me and put on Mr Daws, as their humours serv'd ym. Here wee staid three days, having indeed pardonable diet afforded us, but a bed without any covering, where whole regiments of chinches prey'd upon us, making us forsake or quarters, and betake us to a narrow bench, such as or chains would scarce let us lye on, feet to feet, yt wee might steal a little rest after a journey of 300 miles, and such a one, as afforded scarce anything but water to or thirst, course bread to or hunger, and the earth for or beds. The room wherein we lay, was made dark for us on purpose, and guarded with Janizaries day and night, within and without, besides a strong guard kept at the Consull's gate; wee were not permitted even to ye retiring house without o' arm'd attendance, neither suffered to go unchain'd, or chain'd apart, but one to see the other's behaviour.

(To be continued.)

E. S. C.

Mr. URBAN, Ryarsh, Aug. 20. IN the old building at Esher, the remains of Cardinal Wolsey's Palace, which, for want of a better name, we must call the Gate House, are the following fragments of pannelling. They seem to have formed originally the frieze or upper compartments of a pannelled room; and when complete

3. Another with 3 blank shields: 1. Alfieth.'-2. Alfegus.'-3. 'Brithe.... (broken off.)

4. Another with 3 shields:

1. no charge.-2. a pair of compasses dilated between 3 estoiles of 8 points. 'Alfieth.'-3. no charge.

5. Another with 3 shields:

1. two lions' passant guardant, crowned, in a bordure of roundlets. 'Blesensis.' -2. no charge. 'Tokelin.' - 3. no charge. Lucy.'

9. Another with 2 shields and an

hour-glass between them :

1, the arms of the Bishopric.-2. Quarterly; France (3 lilies), and England, in a bordine gobonny: Motto, "Onur et liesse." No name; but doubtless for Cardinal Beaufort.

10. Another piece consisting of 2 pannels, 2 shields, and an hour-glass between them, in each of the pannels:

1. the arms of the Bishopric.-2. a pelican vulning itself; Motto, "Est Deo gloria." No name; but they are the arms of Bishop Fox, I believe.-3. the arms of the Bishopric.-4. Wolsey's own coat. Motto, "Dominus mihi adjutor."

11. Another pannel with 3 shields: 1. three boars' passant in pale.-2. no charge.-3. Gyronny of 6.

12. Another with 3 shields:

1. a saltire engrailed.-2. three swords in fess, points downwards.-3. three lions passant guardant, in pale, in a bordure of roundlets.

13. Another; a mere fragment, with a scroll, on which is

"Hiis quoque finem."

14. Another, with one shield, the arms of the Bishopric, and an hourglass. Motto, "Vana solus."

The last word of the motto and the 2d shield of the pannel being

broken off.

15. A pannel with one shield, the arms of Spain thus:

Quarterly, I & IV. counter-quarterly, i & iv, counter-quarterly, 1 & 4, Castile, 2 & 3, Leon; II & III, Arragon, empaling the two Sicilies, 2 & 3, counter-quarterly, 1. Austria; 2. Burgundy, new; 3. Burgundy, old; 4. Brabant. On an escutcheon of pretence, Earls of Flanders, empaling Tiroli. All within the garter. For supporters, two eagles, wings expanded; the wings bolted with

ring to the pannel; all under an imperial crown; between which and the eagles' beaks, on each side, is a pomegranate, probably for Grenada.

Charles the Fifth was a Knight of the Garter when Archduke of Austria: is it his coat, or that of Philip King of Castile, who was a Knight of the Garter towards the close of Henry the Seventh's reign? or that of Philip the

Second?

In the house is a piece of tapestry, in good preservation, and a fine specimen, representing mountain scenery, with castles, &c. and this coat of

arms :

Quarterly, 1. Vert? an armed arm embowed at the elbow proper, garnished, or; holding a sword erect, proper, pommelled or; on its point a human head, bearded proper, crowned; from the throat gouts of blood dropping.-2. Chequy, or and vaire.-3. Sanguine? a bend or, between 2 castles triple towered, argent, over the centre tower of each an estoile of 8 points or (? a sun).-4. or, in chief, a gryphon passant, in dexter claw a sword erect proper, pommelled, or. In base, 5

Mr. URBAN,

L. B. L.

Aug. 10. THE seal of which I send you an impression, was ploughed up in the parish of Wootton, about five miles from Bedford, about a twelvemonth ago. The stone appears to be red ting, and it is set in gold. It was jasper, which is polished in the cutdoubtless the secretum or privy seal of some person of distinction. The inscription refers to its office

CLAVSA SECRETA TEGO which may be loosely translated, "I keep close secrets," but, more justly and explicitly, "I am used for sealing my master's secret and closed letters," in contradistinction to his open charters, which were directed "Omnibus ad quos," &c. and for which he would use his larger seal.

The seal was purchased by the Rev. E. R. Williamson, Honorary Librarian at the Bedford Institution, in whose possession it remains.

Yours, &c. J. G. N.

THE Church of Darenth is situated near the eastern bank of the river from which it derives its name, and at the distance of two miles from the town of Dartford. The building, in regard to appearance, is less striking than the generality of village churches, yet it shews in its architecture the work of at least four distinct periods. It has sustained a greater degree of alteration than many structures of the same class, so much so as to render it difficult to say which is the original portion of the edifice. This, however, will be ascertained most correctly by a survey of the entire structure. In plan the Church is composed of three portions, nave, choir, and chancel. To the first portion is attached a south aisle, with a quadrilateral tower at the west end, and on the north side a modern brick porch. The choir had also a south aisle, of which the pillars and arches alone remain to indicate its former existence, the site having been laid into the churchyard.

A good historical account of the Church, from the pen of the Rev. Samuel Denne, M.A. F.S.A., is to be found in "Custumale Roffense" (p.90). The author argues in favour of the architecture of the chancel being Saxon; an opinion which, for the reasons about to be given, would not, it is apprehended, be tenable at the present day.

The oldest portion of the structure is decidedly the nave, which, however unpromising in appearance at the first view, will, on inspection, present much to interest the architectural antiquary. The walls are of rubble covered with plaster, and on a close inspection various antique remains may be discovered. The western end of the nave is quoined at both the extremities with Roman brick; one of the angles now adjoins the south aisle; but, as it is worked in the same manner with the outer one, it is evident that this part of the building was once separate, and has been built up to by the subsequent additions. Above the present window, which is modern, and at the line where the gable commences, runs a bonding course of tiles, laid in a diagonal or herring-bone manner.

Beneath the window appears a semicircular arch, at present only retaining its form, which it does most tenaciously, by the strength of the rubble; it was originally the western entrance, and within the present arch, in the original state, was probably another of voussoirs, or tiles, which has been entirely removed. The aperture is walled up, and, judging from the materials as well as the nature of the plaster which covers them, this alteration must have been effected at a very early period.

On the north side of the nave are two other arches also of a semicircular form, and similar to that existing in the western front, so near to each other that they would appear to be windows, although their position in the lower part of the wall would more clearly indicate that one at least has been a doorway. The voussoirs of one of the arches are destroyed; but through the plaster and rubble, which have been used to close the aperture of the westernmost arch, appears a portion of a stone, on part of which is carved a grotesque head. Judging from the scanty remains, it would appear that the voussoirs of this arch do not radiate from the centre as usual, but are long curved stones taking the form of the arch; a very unscientific mode of construction, which leaves the arch to depend upon the strength of the rubble for its stability. The materials occupying the voids of both these arches are worthy of notice, and, like the one at the western end, they appear to have been filled up at a very early period. In the wall of the side of the church, which is now under survey, is a window of two lights, with a pointed arch, the work perhaps of the sixteenth century. The extreme angle of this portion of the building towards the east is also quoined with tiles at its foundation, and has been repaired with squared stones agreeing with the masonry of the choir and chancel, an undoubted proof of the greater antiquity of the nave. In the choir are indications of early pointed work in two lancet windows, and