ing been rendered buoyant by the water which had been thrown into the Church to extinguish the flames. Pitt's mother, the Countess of Chatham, his sister, Lady Harriet Elliot, and his sister-in-law, Mary Elizabeth Sydney, late wife to the present Earl of Chatham, were also interred in the same vault.

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The monument of Mr. Fox has been erected against the wainscotting of the choir, near the great northeast column, at the intersection of the nave and transept; but it is so immediately before the eye, that the fine proportions of the figures, which are all of statuary marble, are deprived of their due effect; the base being insufficiently elevated. It consists of a group of the deceased, in a recumbent attitude, on a mattress, expiring in the arms of Liberty; who is seated at the head of the Monument, but has no distinguishing emblem at the feet, reclining languidly over the dying statesman, is Peace, with her dovetopped sceptre, regretting, in pensive resignation, the fall of him whose commanding eloquence had so frequently been exerted in her support. Near the latter figure, but advanced on the plinth, in front, and on one knee, is a Negro, with his hands gratefully clasped to his breast, as though testifying his veneration for the fallen patriot, by whom his chains had been broken, and the Slave Trade abolished. The figure of the deceased is extremely characteristic: the likeness is finely preserved; and the expression is dignified and forcible. In that of Liberty, there is much of the air and character of the Niobe: on her head is a wreath of flowers. The African, who is nearly

naked, was sculptured from the life, and is well formed; the graceful ease imparted to an attitude exceedingly difficult of execution, displays the talents of the Sculptor in a very superior point of view. Canova, after inspecting this figure in the artist's studio, assured Lord Holland, that neither in England, nor out of England, had he seen any modern work in marble that surpassed it. This Monument, which has not yet been inscribed with any epitaph, was designed and executed by Richard Westmacott, Esq. R.A. The expense was defrayed by a Subscription, the contributors to which were of different classes; namely, Mr. Fox's private friends, (including his present Majesty, who gave 1000 guineas) and the supporters of his political principles: of the former, he had more, perhaps, than any man of his time; and the latter comprehended a large portion of the rank, the talent, and the virtue of his Country.

This renowned patriot was born on the 13th of January, 1748. He was the 3d son of Henry Fox, afterwards Lord Holland, by Georgina Caroline, eldest daughter of Charles, 2d Duke of Richmond. His decease was occasioned by a dropsy, and took place at Holland House, Kensington, on the 13th of September, 1806. At that period he was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and his strenuous exertions to negotiate a Peace with France, whilst in a state of grievous bodily suffering, tended greatly to lerate his death. During the short time, however,

had continued in power, he accomplished the task of rescuing the British character from

its most opprobrious stigma, by the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

Pitt's Monument, which is of colossal magnitude, stands upon a stone arch supported by piers, immediately over the great west entrance. This, also, is the work of Westmacott; the composition includes a group of three figures, in statuary marble, the principal of which represents the deceased in his Parliamentary robes, as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is standing in an energetical attitude, as though engaged in debate, and the likeness is well preserved. History, in a reclining posture, recording his words, is on the base to the left, and on the opposite side is Anarchy, seated, in chains. The principal figure is nine feet high, and the accessory ones are of similar proportions. This Monument was erected in 1813, by Parliament, which had likewise honoured his memory by a public funeral.

The transcendent talents and persuasive oratory of Mr. Pitt, combined with the peculiar situation of national affairs, occasioned his advancement to power at a very early age; and such was the confidence placed in his abilities and principles, that for upwards of twenty years, all the resources and influence of the British Empire were subjected to his controul. His success, however, in opposing the overwhelming torrent of French aggrandizement, was not commensurate with his efforts to stem its progress; and the issue of the disastrous battle of Austerlitz, in the autumn of 1805, is known to have had a fatal influence on his declining health. He died on the 23d of January,

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1806; in the 47th year of his age. The inscription states that his Monument was raised "in testimony of Gratitude for his eminent Public Services, and of Regret for his irreparable Loss."

CIVIC HARE AND FOX HUNTING. LORD MAYOR'S BAN

QUETTING HOUSE.

To those who are but little studied in our civic antiquities, it will, doubtless, appear strange to learn that so recently as Queen Elizabeth's time, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen have recreated themselves by Hare and Fox-hunting, in the immediate vicinity of London; yet Strype, Stow's best editor, thus acquaints us with the fact, from manuscripts in his own possession.

"On the 18th of September, 1562, the Lord Maior (Harper), Aldermen, and many worshipful persons ; and divers of the Masters and Wardens of the twelve Companies, rid to the Conduit Heads to see them after the old fashion: and afore dinner they hunted the Hare, and killed her, and thence to dinner at the Head of the Conduit. There was a good number entertained with good cheer by the Chamberlain; and after dinner they went to hunting the Fox. There was a great cry for a mile, and at length the hounds killed him at the end of St. Giles's. Great hallooing at his death, and blowing of horns: and thence the Lord Maior, with all his company, rode through London to his place in Lombard-street."

The principal of the Conduit Heads from which the citions derived water, at that period, were at Con, where New Bond Street, Conduit Street,

and; Tyburn, Paddington, White Con

duit Fields, Highbury Barn, and Hackney. But the place where the hunting party dined, on the above occasion, was the Lord Mayor's Banquetting House, which occupied some part of the site of the present Stratford Place, in Oxford Road; and near which, according to Maitland, the ancient church and village of Tyborne, (now St. Mary-le-bone,) was situated Across the rivulet of Tyborne, which then flowed openly towards Tothill Fields, was a small bridge taking name from the Banquetting House, which stood near it, on the north-east side. In the neighbourhood of the bridge, were “nine fountains or Conduits, first erected about the year 1238, for supplying the City with salubrious water,” and “under the Banquetting House, were two cisterns for the reception of the water." This "handsome building,whither his Lordship with his brethren the Aldermen, occasionally repaired, on horseback, accompanied by their ladies, in waggons, to view the City Conduits, after which they were sumptuously entertained in the said mansion-house,-having been for many years neglected by the citizens, was taken down in the year 1737, and the cisterns were arched over."* The bridge, which was only fifteen feet wide, was enlarged about the same time, the City giving 1001. towards the expense. It formed a part of the highway, now Oxford Street, but the road here having been much heightened, and the whole stream covered over, not the least remains of the bridge are now visible. Pen

Maitland's "History of London," p. 779. edit. 1733.