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the abbot of Tower Hill ' s mill ; and if a lighter , or other vessel , was , by stress of weather , compelled to throw her lading overboard , that belonged to the constable , as also did the half of the goods brought on shore without the customs having been paid . All cattle falling from the bridge into the river , and animals swimming through the bridge toward the Tower , if seized by his officers , became his property ; and every cart , laden , or empty , falling into the Tower ditch , became forfeited to him .
We may here mention that the learned gentleman did not touch hi his lecture upon the constable ' s perquisites ; but as his emoluments form so interesting a part of the constable ' s salary , w e have introduced it from Bayley ' s " History of the Tower . " The worthy chairman , of the evening next called upon Mr . Taylor to read a paper to entitled " A Walk from Westminster to the Tower , " but our space will not permit us this week to give his paper in full , we shall
therefore revert to it in our next . We regret also to say that Mr . Taylor was obliged to curtail the reading of it , in order that the meeting should be closed by eleven o ' clock . The little that we did hear proved how highly interesting and instructive it was , and Mr . Taylor promised on a future occasion to give it in full . A vote of thanks having been passed to Mr . Keats for his kindness in taking the chair , the meeting separated , highly delighted with all that had been brought before it .
Upon the table in front of the chair were five numbers of the London Gazette of the early part of the seventeenth century , highly interesting and curious ; they are single pages , very small , and exhibit a striking contrast between the newspapers of that day and our present broad sheets . There was a fine specimen of chain mail armour ( the property of Mr . Clutterbuck ) , a very fine rapier , a fictile Roman lamp ( damaged ) , and a funeral bottle in the highest state of preservation , found in digging for the
foundations of some buildings in New Cannon-street in 1857 ( the property of Mr . Browne ) , a specimen of Samian ware , and an early earthenware jug , dug up at No . 68 , in Old Broad-street , some keys , & c . & c , and various specimens of Roman tessellated pavement , and we regret to say that the notice "Be pleased not to touch these articles" was of no avail . This is the more to be regretted , as it will prevent several members of the society from showing curious specimens of various descriptions , unless the council will provide glass cases for their safe keeping .
Reviews Of New Books
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[ Publishers are requested to send works for review addressed to the Editor of the Freemasons * Magazine , 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Xiincoln ' s-Inn-fields . ] cc Stenography : or a brief and simple System of Short-hand , " by Morhis Coi / eman . W . & H . S . Warr , High Hoi born . —With this little treatise in his hand , and two or three hours' study a day , the student will have no
difficulty in mastering the mysteries of short-hand , which is not only useful to the professional reporter , hut to every one who has at any time occasion to make memorandums for his future guidance in business , or as an aid to memory in literary studies . The system of the author is founded on Taylor ' s—the system generally in use by Parliamentary reporters—2 : i > 2
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London And Middlesex Ailohjiological Soc...
the abbot of Tower Hill ' s mill ; and if a lighter , or other vessel , was , by stress of weather , compelled to throw her lading overboard , that belonged to the constable , as also did the half of the goods brought on shore without the customs having been paid . All cattle falling from the bridge into the river , and animals swimming through the bridge toward the Tower , if seized by his officers , became his property ; and every cart , laden , or empty , falling into the Tower ditch , became forfeited to him .
We may here mention that the learned gentleman did not touch hi his lecture upon the constable ' s perquisites ; but as his emoluments form so interesting a part of the constable ' s salary , w e have introduced it from Bayley ' s " History of the Tower . " The worthy chairman , of the evening next called upon Mr . Taylor to read a paper to entitled " A Walk from Westminster to the Tower , " but our space will not permit us this week to give his paper in full , we shall
therefore revert to it in our next . We regret also to say that Mr . Taylor was obliged to curtail the reading of it , in order that the meeting should be closed by eleven o ' clock . The little that we did hear proved how highly interesting and instructive it was , and Mr . Taylor promised on a future occasion to give it in full . A vote of thanks having been passed to Mr . Keats for his kindness in taking the chair , the meeting separated , highly delighted with all that had been brought before it .
Upon the table in front of the chair were five numbers of the London Gazette of the early part of the seventeenth century , highly interesting and curious ; they are single pages , very small , and exhibit a striking contrast between the newspapers of that day and our present broad sheets . There was a fine specimen of chain mail armour ( the property of Mr . Clutterbuck ) , a very fine rapier , a fictile Roman lamp ( damaged ) , and a funeral bottle in the highest state of preservation , found in digging for the
foundations of some buildings in New Cannon-street in 1857 ( the property of Mr . Browne ) , a specimen of Samian ware , and an early earthenware jug , dug up at No . 68 , in Old Broad-street , some keys , & c . & c , and various specimens of Roman tessellated pavement , and we regret to say that the notice "Be pleased not to touch these articles" was of no avail . This is the more to be regretted , as it will prevent several members of the society from showing curious specimens of various descriptions , unless the council will provide glass cases for their safe keeping .
Reviews Of New Books
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review addressed to the Editor of the Freemasons * Magazine , 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Xiincoln ' s-Inn-fields . ] cc Stenography : or a brief and simple System of Short-hand , " by Morhis Coi / eman . W . & H . S . Warr , High Hoi born . —With this little treatise in his hand , and two or three hours' study a day , the student will have no
difficulty in mastering the mysteries of short-hand , which is not only useful to the professional reporter , hut to every one who has at any time occasion to make memorandums for his future guidance in business , or as an aid to memory in literary studies . The system of the author is founded on Taylor ' s—the system generally in use by Parliamentary reporters—2 : i > 2