SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME LXXXVII. PART I. Embellished with a beautiful Perspective View of the Town of ALNWICK in NORTHUMBERLAND. Mr. URBAN, Feb. 27. HE inclosed drawing of the town Twick see the Plate); though executed by a young and self-instructed hand, is an accurate representation, and a pleasing view. As such, I trust you will insert it as early as convenience permits; with the following extract from Mr. Carlisle's Topographical Dictionary. "The town of Alnwick is irregular, being built on the declivities of a hill, in various directions: the buildings are chiefly modern, and some of them approach to elegance. It is the County Town of Northumberland, and an unrepresented borough, governed by a Bailiff (nominated by his Grace; his authority derived from the obsolete office of Constable of the Castle), and four Chamberlains, chosen annually out of the freemen of the town. The Freedom of this borough was one of King John's institutions, who in a ridiculous humour ordained, that it should be obtained by passing through a deep and miry pond, on the Town Moor (which formerly bore the name of the Forest of Aidon), upon St. Mark's day. There is an antient and immemorial custom retained here, on the proclamation of the several fairs divers adjacent townships, which are free of toll in the borough by this service, send their representatives to attend the Bailiff on the eve of the fair, when he makes proclamation: after which they keep watch all night in every quarter of the town. This is the most perfect remains of watch and ward retained in any part of this county. The townships which send Representatives are, "Chatton and Chillingham, 4 men.Cold Marten and Fowbery, 4 men.-Hetten and Hezelrigge, 4 men.-Fawdon and Clinch, 4 men.-Alnham and Alnham Moor, 2 men.-Tugball and Swinhoe, 2 men,-Long Howton and Denwick, 4 men.-Lesbury and Bilton, 2 men.-Lyham and Lyham-hall, one.GENT. MAG. Suppl. LXXXVII. Part I. A Together with the principal inhabitants of the town of Alnwick. "Here is a School endowed with a revenue arising out of the Tolls*.-An Abbey for Premonstratensian Canons founded by Eustace-Fitz-John A. D. 1147. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and valued, 26 Hen. VIII., at 1897. 15s. per which time here were thirteen Canons. ann. Dugd.; 1947. 78. Speed; about The site of this house was granted, 4 Edw. VI. to Ralph Sadler and Laurence Winnington.-The Hospital of St. Leonard here was of the Foundation, and in the patronage of the noble family of the Percys, and was, by Henry Lord Percy, afterwards (the first of that name) Earl of Northumberland, annexed to the Abbey, 50 Edw. III.+" Yours, &c. A. the elevation of such a structure. Permit one who has considered the subject with a patriot feeling, to suggest an idea, to the grandeur of which your present vast undertaking will so particularly contribute. In the elevation of such a monumental perpetuation, the first and material object for consideration, is clearly the publicity of the spot: whether regarded as a last testimony of respect for the heroes who have as an excitement of the emupassed; lation of posterity to achievements of perseverance and valour; as a triumphal memorial; or as a splendid increase of the architectural gloryof the country; all must concur in the propriety of selecting the best uninterrupted central point. To find that spot, let any one place the map of London before him, and imagine himself at the foot of the Waterloo Bridge, on the Surrey side, at the elevation of the first arch; then let him go to the very place, and he will with astonishment behold himself surrounded by an uninterrupted, commanding, grand, panoramic view of the Metropolis, from Chelsea to the Tower; from the armoury that equips the young and ardent soldier, to the asylum that a grateful nation opens for the veteran invalid. This noble structure, now advancing rapidly to perfection, opens a new, magnificent, and central approach to its proud City, the avenues of which, yet unbuilt, are ready for any grand national design, that must necessarily and preeminently distinguish a Waterloo entrance. It will become the great channel of communication with all the Southern part of the kingdom; so that every Continental stranger who visits the Metropolis (from that quarter) will be reminded of our glory, our opulence, and gratitude, and those whose varied flags crowd the bosom of the wealthy Thames (from ocular testimony) will also convey to distant climes a stupendous idea of British splendour and British patriotism. As far as relates to domestic convenience, the superiority of this situation is equally incontestable; from the Northern to the Southern extremes this is the direct communication; while those who obey the calls of business or pleasure, from St. James's to the Mansion House, from the Royal Palace to the Royal Exchange, and in all their intercourse with the Western offices of Govern. meat, the Houses of Parliament, those mighty pillars of national protection, the Horse Guards and Admiralty, the Treasury, and all the State depart ments, must be proudly reminded of our day of exultation, or consoled by the reflection of the honours paid to England's departed Heroes. A diversified combination of cir. cumstances will bring more people within sight of that spot, than any other that can be pointed out. From the uninterrupted expanse, and feli citous bend of the river, it will be the actractive feature from all the Northern shore, and become a conspicuous mark for the eye to dwell on, from every exalted situation; while all embarked on excursions of civic state, or whatever their ávocations on the water, will suspend the busy oar, to contemplate a record of glory that confirms their patriotic devotion. Can any thing be more fortunate on this occasion, than the certain progress of an entire new entrance, by individual exertion, which, in an Architectural point of view, requires simply the controul of regularity and form to sanction the name of Waterloo? A wide-street from St. George's fields enters a spacious area, one side of which may be occupied by the elevation of an useful public building, with a lofty terrace towards the river; for the present (say) an Asylum for the wounded of Waterloo, or their cherished orphans; its founda tion a Mausoleum, whose consecrated catacombs might be devoted to receive the sacred remains of its brave inhabitants. Through the centre of the building the arch opens, decked with every attribute that living imagination can adjudge to the deed it is intended to commemorate. The arch is chief in the class of highly useful architecture, as of Septimus Severus, Constantine, and Titus; it is a figure that excites sublime and just ideas; its two fronts give ample space for entablements, trophies, and ornaments, and its com partments for inscriptions of victory, while on a pedestal above, stands the heroic figure of the Conqueror. Through its opening, the eye is at once presented to all that is interest ing and attractive; and the Queen of the World in Arms and Arts, suddenly bursts on the spectator in all her pre-eminence. Contemplate the sensations of a Briton's heart in passing under it. The bridges of Blackfriars and Westminster, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, in short every steeple and spire, rising to swell the grandeur of the scene. The Trafalgar arch on the opposite end! whose foundation, united by this noble cha n, will exhibit a striking symbol of that union and concord between our naval and military power, which holds the world in check; such a magnificent conjunction would constitute a monument as unrivalled in splendour as the cause and its consequences are unparalleled. Economy ceases to be a virtue on occasions like this, and parsimony degenerates to the degradation of avarice, in attempting to stint a memorial' of imperishable glory. Why then should we not raise, at the same time, a tribute so eminently due to our naval power? that power having subdued the world on the ocean, con veyed to burning Afric and the stern Peninsula the thunders which, wielded as they have been, produced in a few short years events sufficient to adorn the annals of ages yet to come, and will compel wondering posterity to allow that even a Marlborough's fame might be exceeded when sopported by the undeviating steadiness of our illustrious Regent, by a Ministry firm in their principles, and by the strenuous efforts of the Royal Personage at the head of the Army, whose penetration in discovering and in rewarding merit has raised to the summit of excellence and enthusiasm that branch of the service which, led by Wellington, has finally established the triumph of Truth over Infidelity, of Legitimate Sovereignty over Usurpation. The local superiority of Waterloo Bridge is evident; it commands the river of England; it is a splendid canopy over Father Thames' head, whose flowing tide rolls and returns commerce paramount, as Britain's Navy rides triumphant. National monuments within its controul would be magnetic; at such an entrance fo reigners would pause with astonishment, and confess that the Islanders had won, and would preserve the palm; while Englishmen, in conscious brightness, would consider the toll as a contributory return of na tional gratitude, that “ owing, owes not ;" each end affords "ample space and verge enough" for a monumental remembrance of the triumphs of Waterloo and Trafalgar. The reasons I have given are, I think, sufficient to convince all unbiassed opinions, that the site I now propose is, without exception, the most striking point of view, and commands a wider space, in ali directions, than any other in the metropolis. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, 42, Queen square, Bloomsbury. Mr. URBAN, April 28. an ancient Missal for the use of the cathedral Church of Salisbury, and printed at London in 1551, by John Kingston and Henry Sutton, (see Ames, p. 295. art. "Sutton") I find the following address from the Bibliopola to the purchasers of his book: AD SACERDOTEM. Sanctorum qui Sancta soles intrare Sacerdos [emas. Hoc Missale novum, si mihi credis, Invenies ille digestas ordine Missas Cæsaris ut Burgi verior usus habet. Cetera sunt fedis passim deformia mendis; Hoc Elephas ullâ dat sine labe tibi. This Hexastich, which is considerably more modern than the following Leonine poetry, gives us plainly the etymon of Salisbury, Sarisbury, or Sarum-as derived from Cæsaris or Cæsarum burgum; and may be adduced as a proof that the art of puffing was known in the middle of the 16th century, as well as it is in our days. The precepts or apophthegms contained in the verses, applied to every mouth in the year, relate to the Regimen sanitatis, and are closely connected with the dreams of astrological physiology still kept up in Moore's and other Almanacks.-I have taken the liberty of subjoining my observations upon them. Each month has its denouncing sentence or anathema, and four lines relating to the preservation of health. JANU JANUARIUS. The first day brings indigestion, the Prima dies mensis et septima truncat ut fourth intoxication.-This month ge By this the first and seventh day of the month are declared to be unlucky. -For what reason, we have no data to guess. The first day being the commemoration of the circumcision of Christ, the truncat ut ensis might apply in a retrospective point of view but I am at a loss to make the allusion good for the seventh. The tetrastich tells us that warm and particularly good food is to be used-a cheerful, but sober draught ought to be taken after meal; this draught cannot mean wine or spirituous liquors, since mead, medo, is prohibited in the next line.-Bathing and bleeding are recommended. FEBRUARIUS. Quarta subit mortem, prosternit tertia fortem. Nascitur occulta febris Februario multa, Potibus ac escis uti nunc si benè nescis. Frigus et horrorem fuge-pollice funde cruorem [pellis. Śuge favum mellis quo morbos pectore The third day and the fourth of February bring death to the strong— an improper use of food or drink causes hidden and inward fevers. It is recommended (naturally enough) to avoid cold, and any thing which might bring on a shivering. The bleeding at the thumb, mentioned here, seems to imply that this species of phlebotomy was antiently more commonly performed than it is now; and the sucking of a honeycomb is pointed out as a preventive against diseases of the chest and lungs. N. B. Little attention is paid here, as well as in several other places, to spelling,grammar,and quantity, which appear entirely subservient to the mania of Rhyming-I give the lext as -I found it. nerates humours and pains. Choose your food among the purest, and cause it to be well done. Bathing is salubrious: (the following words contain an egregious truism) what is superfluous is useless. Be blooded if necessary, but take no medicinal draught. APRILIS. Denus et undecimus est mortis vulnere plenus. Se probat in vere vires Aprilis babere; Cuneta renascuntur, pori tunc aperi untur. crescit. In quo scalpescit corpus, sanguis quoque Ergò solvatur venter, cruor et minu [atur. Why the tenth and eleventh of this month should be deadly days, the Author, speaking ex cathedra, does not condescend to tell: and, indeed, all these oracular sentences ought to be taken for indisputable, or not to be taken at all-they would lose their credit if they were supported by proofs. Besides, who can affirm that they are not grounded upon observations? Had we at hand the some traditional and chronological Ephemerides of the earliest centuries of the Christian æra, we might find that, by accidental occurrences, the days thus anathematized as black and unlucky, stand in the pages of his tory, like the Nefasti in the Roman Calendar, marked by some deeds of au ominous nature, conformably to the received opinion of the time. We are told in the "Quatrain" that April has strength in Spring; that all in Nature revives; that the pores of the skin open; that the body scalpescil-this word does not yield good sense; scalpere means "to scratch." Now, taking the ef fect for the cause, does it mean that the skin is liable to itchings? An ancient line of the same nature and metre, but much more intelligible, runs thus: Scalpo dum prurit, sed postquam scalpi tur, urit. MATUS. Tertius occidit, et septimus ora relidit. Maio securè laxari sit tibi cure, Scindatur vena, sed balnea dentur amœ na [ciebus; Cum calidis rebus sint fercula seu spePotibus astricta sit salvia tunc bene dieta. The third and seventh of May are denounced here as unlucky days: the third brings death, the seventh is injurious to the face or mouth-the word relidit is not Latin; yet by analogy to oblido, composed of ob and lado-we may suppose it to have the meaning adopted in the translation. -Purging, bleeding, and bathing, are here again recommended as of great importance. The diet must consist of warm food with spices; and sage mixed with the drink. This plant, the name of which attests its salubrity, was antiently of much more use than it is now. There was a sort of potion called salviatum, mentioned by Columela, 6, 9, made by a decotion of this plant, much esteemed for its virtues. Sage, in many countries, is smoked, instead of the Nicotiana or tobacco, on account of its having less pungency, and a more agreeable mell; "petite sauge," from Provence, salvia angustifolia, or sage of virtue, is often smoked by gentlemen in France, before breakfast, as a preventive against the tooth-ache, and other morbid affections of the bead. The School of Salernum recommends sage as a remedy in all diseases hence the line: arum, JUNIUS. Denus pallescit, quindenus fœdera nescit. InJunio gentes perturbat medo bibentes, Tumque novellarum fuge potus cervisi. [vera: Ne noceat cholera valet ista refectio Lactuca frondes ede, jejunus bibe fontes. Fear rules the tenth; the fifteenth holds no faith! What notorious breach of pledged faith, what dreadful events, have signalized these two days in the annals of History? This oracular line has certainly all the appearance of alluding to some peculiar facts that have happened on that day; but, as the sentence possesses all the solemnity of an oracle, it has also its obscurity. The drinking of mead, meathe, or metheglin (hydromeli), and of newlybrewed beer, is forbidden in June, lest it should kindle the bile, the fiery humour, the alcohol of human constitution; the tender leaves of young lettuce, and draughts of spring water in the morning, are not improperly recommended. dicamen: JULIUS. Terdenus mactat, Julij denus labefactat. Qui vult solamen, Julio probet hoc me[lædatVenam non scindat-nec ventrem potio Somnum compescat, et balnea cuncta parescat[munda. Salva recens unda, simul allia, salvia The thirteenth brings death; the tenth of this month debilitates.-Who wishes to enjoy good health and its comforts ought to comply with the following directions: Abstain from phlebotomy, from cathartics, from too much sleep, and all kinds of bathing; use freely fresh water, garlick, and sage. AUGUSTUS. Prima necat fortem, perditque secunda cohortem. Quisque sub Augusto vivat medicamine justo. [vitetRarò dormitat, æstum coitum quoque Balnea non curet, nec multa comestio duret: Nemo laxari debet vel phlebotomari. The first line seems to allude im plicitly to some great event, some sig nal defeat sustained by a military force, on the first and second of that month.-The apophthegms are mostly mere repetitions of what we had before; short slumbers, abstinence from exercises that cause au impetus in the blood, and an excess of perspiration; not to bathe or eat too much, and to avoid purgations and the letting of blood. SEPTEMBER. Ternus Septembris et denus fert mala membris. Fructus maturi Septembri sunt valituri; Et pyra cum vino-panis cum lacte caprino[amica Quamque dat urtica tibi potio fertur Tum venam pandas, species cum semine mandas. The third and the tenth are stated to be unwholesome days.-Pears stewed with wine and sugar, which the French call "poires a l'hypocras ;” bread soaked iù goat's milk; ptizan, made |