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The object of Crousaz is to show that finite may be compared with finite, but that a sophism will always be the result of a comparison of finite with infinite. The exact time in which Achilles will overtake the tortoise, treating both terms as finite, he then proves by the help of figures, which it is unnecessary to copy. The principle of his solution is thus, I think, identical with that of Coleridge, and Mr. De Quincy must have been in an error in supposing it original.

May I conclude by expressing a wish, not confined to myself, of seeing a collection made by that author of the principal articles on literature and the fine arts, which he has contributed anonymously to various periodicals. Most of these were scarcely known at the time, and have now become very scarce. For instance, Archdeacon Hare in his "Guesses on Truth," (of which it is to be hoped he will not forget his promise of a second series,) has referred to a criticism on one of the scenes of Macbeth, by Mr. De Quincy. But how few know where to find the article, or, if they do, are able to disinter it from the pages of a magazine long since departed. To collect a writer's contributions to periodicals has now become common, and Mr. De Quincy is peculiarly interested in doing so, as his are scattered in publications where the matter in which they are embedded generally forms a contrast in subject and style to his speculations. I would not be understood to approve of the series of articles on Coleridge's life which has given occasion for these remarks, nor indeed of the series generally which he contributed to the same literary repository. Much of these might, for the fair fame of the author, better have remained unwritten; but even from them, after deducting the personalities and the gossip, the inaccurate statements and those that may justly offend living persons, much that deserves preservation might be selected. D. S.

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The subject is fully discussed in the Burrell MSS. which are in the British Museum; and of which, so much as refers to the Site of Anderida is transcribed by Parry into his "Coast of Sussex."

It is rather essential to this question to ascertain the site of Portus Adurni, one other of the stations of the Notitia. That it was at Shoreham does not, I think, admit of doubt. There we have the mouth of the river Adur; a Roman road; and a village called Aldrington or Aderington, besides the harbour there so well known. It seems also obvious that this river was so called, by the Britons, from their word ADWYR, which means recurvous or bent back. Camden fixes Portus Adurni at Aderington, or Shoreham. Confirmatory of the above etymology of the river is the statement of Parry, who says, in speaking of Shoreham harbour, that "the sea from thence flows up in a recursive direction for nearly two miles at high water," i. e. into the bed of the river, as I presume and see the maps of Sussex.

I cannot concur with those who imagine that Adurni is a transposition of Arundi, and should have been so written.

Forcibly as I feel the improbability of Anderida having been at or near Newenden, yet I much wish to be informed how, when, and by whom the manor of Newenden, by the name of Andred, was given to the monks of Canterbury; and how long the farm called Arndred has gone by that name. It should be recollected that Newenden is not within the territory of the Regni; and that Anderida was. The Portus Anderidæ of Richard's 15th iter was not, I contend, one and the self-same place exactly with the Anderida of his 17th. I place the former at Little Hampton, where is the mouth of the Arun; and that place is, I believe, at this day, called, in public documents, the port of Arundel. Anderida itself, I need hardly repeat, I fix at the town of Arundel.

In still adhering to the opinions I have expressed, in the essay above alluded to, and in pursuing this and other inquiries of a similar nature, I am only actuated by a sincere desire of discovering the real sites of those

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places which the Romans, in the meagre accounts they have left us of this island, have mentioned: for, notwithstanding all the labour, ingenuity, and learning, that have for very many years past been bestowed and displayed on this subject, much still remains to be done to remove the clouds which hang over it. The truth is that our most celebrated antiquaries have attempted too much, and have consequently lost sight of many circumstances which a more perfect acquaint ance with the locality of their inquiries would have enabled them to discover, and which would have materially assisted them but on this point, I am free to own, I entertain some peculiar opinions.

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Camden's reasons for fixing on Newenden as the site of Anderida appear to me of no weight. With the highest opinion of, and deference for, his talents, industry, and profound knowledge of antiquities, I am induced to join with a writer of the last century in saying, "Mr. Camden's capacity and diligence were certainly very great, but his undertaking was greater than any one man was equal to without assistance." This observation applies equally to Horsley and others.

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The situation of Arundel, with reference to the entire forest of Andredswald, is a strong circumstance in favour of that place having been the Anderida of the Romans; and it is especially so, when compared with such relative situation of Newenden. connected with this question, allow me to suggest to those who take any interest in it a perusal of a paper, in the Gentleman's Magazine for Sept. 1841, upon the towns and stations of the Regni; which has not, that I know of, been at all controverted.

Again I thank A. J. K. for his observations, to which I am now so imperfectly replying; for discussion upon these questions does much towards elucidating, if it does not settle them. Although I am strongly impressed with my conclusions respecting the site of Anderida, yet I should not be contented to leave the matter in abeyance (as he expresses himself) whilst a possibility exists of any further light being thrown on it. My perti

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IN addition to the passages from Murphy's Gray's Inn Journal, and Boswell's Life of Johnson, as given in your last Magazine, p. 374, I now add another slight resemblance between them. In Boswell, (vol. v. p. 278, ed. Croker,) Johnson says to his friend,"Why, Sir, Fleet Street has a very animated appearance; but I think the full tide of human existence is at Charing Cross." Compare the Gray's Inn Journal, No. 10, p. 67. "He has made great inquiry into the connections and business of mankind, and is actuated by so strong a desire of novelty, that he has fixed his residence at Charing Cross, that he may have an opportunity of observing the mighty throng which is constantly pressing that way." To Johnson's praise of A. Murphy, given in my last, I now add that of George Steevens, who says in a note on Romeo and Juliet. (Vol. xx. p. 207, ed. Reed.) "I was furnished with this observation by Mr. Murphy, whose very elegant and spirited defence of Shakespeare against the criticisms of Voltaire, is not one of the least considerable, out of many favours which he has conferred on the literary world." I also think that the following communication by G. Steevens relating to Johnson, has not appeared in his Life by Boswell. Dr. Johnson once assured me, that when he wrote his Irene, he had never read Othello, but meeting with it soon afterwards, was surprised to find that he gave in one of his characters a speech very strongly resembling that in which Cassio describes the effects produced by Desdemona's beauty, on such inanimate objects as the guttered rocks and congregated sands. The Doctor added, that on making the discovery, for fear of imputed plagiarism, he struck out the accidental coincidence from his own tragedy."

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FONT AND PILLAR AT ST. ALPHAGE, CANTERBURY.
(With a Plate.)

THE Church of St. Alphage at
Canterbury, as is frequently the case
with town churches, built in confined
situations, is of irregular form. It is
divided into two nearly equal parts by
a single range of arches, the character
of which, and of its other architectural
features, show that it was re-built
about the reign of King Edward the
Fourth. This fact is ascertained by
other evidence beyond a doubt.

The Font, which is hexagonal, and is represented in the annexed Plate, bears the inscription E. Her. (which is also engraved at large.) Four other

sides are carved with roses and blank

shields. The east side stands against
a pillar, to which is attached an
elaborate crane of wrought iron, for
raising the cover of the font, which is
gaily painted in green and gold, though
some subsidiary pullies appear to have
superseded its more spreading ma-
chinery.

On the second pillar from the west
end remains a singular memorial of
the re-edification of the church, com-
memorating the benefaction of one
Thomas Prude, who bequeathed the
cost of this pillar, the church probably
being in the course of re-erection at
the time of his decease. Such was the
zeal and co-operation of ancient times
in the works of the church. Somner
says of this benefactor,

"He lived in Ed. 4. dayes, and by his Will in Regist. Consistor. Cant. appoints to be buried by Christ-church porch, and therein gives as much as would build a Pillar in this Church (St. Alphage) and 5 marks to Christ-church works, anno 1468. (Antiquities of Canterbury, p. 328.)

A friend has examined for us the

will to which Somner refers. Amongst sundry benefactions of 68. 8d. and sometimes 6d. for lamps at different altars, the testator says,

"Item lego ad fabricam unius columpne in Ecclesia predicta tante pecunie summam quantam ad illius sufficiet constructionem sive edificationem."

We observe also that Hasted has mentioned an item of the same will,

by which one pair of organs was given

to the use of this church.

The height of that portion of the pillar which is represented in our Plate is about four feet. The draughtsrings, which still retain their places. man has carefully represented seven That in front probably assisted in sustaining the image of a saint which stood on the bracket, and was surmounted by the canopy. The pendants of the canopy are the royal badges of the rose and portcullis. The benefactor's arms are affixed on a brass plate, with this verse,

Gaude Prude Thoma

Per quem fit ista Columpna. The arms of Prude are thus blazoned: Azure, three otters passant in pale, each holding in his mouth a fish argent.* It has been suggested (by Mr. Moule, in his " Heraldry of Fish") that "the name of Proude may have the same origin with that of the Prudhomme, who, among fishermen, is chosen to preside over the community:" but Prud'homme (prudens homo). has nothing to do in especial with fish or fishermen. There may have been a Prudhomme who had the oversight of fishermen, as of any other craft, the title having an analogous origin to that

* Proude, of Egston, in Kent. Ordinary in Edmondson's Complete Body of Heraldry. Mr. Moule, in his "Heraldry of Fish," states that these arms are sculptured on the ceiling of the cloisters of Canterbury Cathedral; but this statement, which is evidently copied from Willement's "Heraldic Notices," &c. is contradicted by the Rev. T. Streatfeild in his Prospectus of a History of Kent, who supposes Mr. Willement to have mistaken a different coat for that of Prude.

In allusion to this singular bearing, a facetious denizen of Canterbury has made this epigrammatic translation of the black-letter versicles above printed :

Hurrah! Tom Prude, you found the siller

To rear this famous white-washed Pillar !
Some few to loaves confine their wishes;
Hurrah Tom Prude, you 've got the fishes!

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