definite system.' Mr. Leighton had adopted this process in the execution of pictorial decorations in the church of Lyndhurst, Hants. Mr. Atkinson explained that he was not present as an advocate of the process, the durability of which could only be tested by posterity; but, whatever might be the judg ment of posterity upon that point, all present must admit that this was the proper time to express their admiration of the power and high artistic skill which Mr. Parry had shown in the paintings in this church, of which he was the founder and patron."

FREEDOM OF PUBLIC WORSHIP-(THE OPEN CHURCH MOVEMENT).

Prize Essays of £50 each are announced by the Council of the National Association for Promoting Freedom of Worship, on the evils of the pew system in parish churches, and the means of awakening the public conscience to the injustice of shutting out the people at large from public worship; also, on the superiority of the offertory to pew rents in respect of the amount and certainty of revenue, the independence of the minister, and the benefit of the people. The adjudicators will be Archdeacon Sandford; Professor Burrows, Oxford; Rev. H. Hayman, Principal of Cheltenham Grammar School; and J. H. Markland, Esq., D.C.L., Bath.

The tomb to an English lady at Naples, which we mentioned in our last number, was designed (we are informed) by Mr. Edward Browning, of Stamford, and executed by Mr. Hilliam, of the same

town.

We quote this from the Building News of Sept. 2.

"A LUDICROUS MISTAKE. The Birmingham Daily Gazette of Wednesday published the following ridiculous statement:- Mr. John C. Jackson, of Hackney, a correspondent of the Times, deserves the thanks of the country for calling public attention to the determination of the Ecclesiological Society to destroy that fine building, the old church at Cheltenham. In this age, when reverence for ancient piles is carried to unpardonable excess, it is strange that a set of antiquarians should have the hardihood to propose such an act. Thanks to those who have spoken, this deed of Vandalism has been stopped; but another instance of irreverential dealing with old churches has occurred in the neighbourhood of the metropolis.' We never met with a better joke. Fancy the Ecclesiological Society determining to destroy so interesting a building! Our contemporary should read the Times correctly. It was mainly through the exertions of this society that the church was preserved."

Mr. R. Redhead has issued a prospectus and specimen pages of a Noted Prayer Book, which he proposes to publish by subscription. We fear the price fixed will hinder a very extensive sale. Yet the book will be a handsome one (though small,) and, if carefully and judiciously arranged, will be highly useful in choirs where the Plain Song of the Church is appreciated. The specimen pages comprise part of the Absolution, the LORD's Prayer, and what follows, down to the end of the Venite. The Prayers and Amens are noted in monotone; the Versicles and Responses after the LORD's Prayer have the Plain Song as given in the arrangement attributed to Tallis. The Venite is set to the First Tone Second Ending, but a reference is made in an appendix, in which this and the other Canticles are to have alternative settings.

The "division" of the words might, we think, be amended in one or two instances,—and surely the method which Mr. Redhead has adopted of marking the divisions is not the best that could be devised. The syllables that are to be sung to more than one note each are printed in italics, which gives an untidy look to the typography. With these exceptions, the book promises well.

Our friend and colleague J. C. J. has done excellent service by his letters to the Times on the scraping of Lincoln Cathedral and the threatened destruction of Heston church, Middlesex. Our readers have doubtless seen the correspondence about the latter. We understand that as the matter now stands, the "restoration" committee propose, according to Mr. Scott's advice, to save as much of the old building as possible. We are heartily glad of this decision. It is clear that by the addition of another north aisle no interference will be necessary with the existing arcades and chancel-arch. The present north wall has modern windows: so that nothing of any importance need be sacrificed.

We wish to call special attention to the new form taken this year by the Ecclesiological Society's Colour Prize in connection with the Architectural Museum. The conditions of the prizes for enamels will be seen elsewhere.

The annual meeting and excursions of the Worcester Diocesan Architectural Society are fixed for Sept. 26th, and Oct. 4th. The excursions are to Lichfield and Pershore.

Received:-H. T. E.; W. M. F.; Mr. A. H. Browne; Mr. C. Everington.

ECCLESIOLOGIST.

"Surge igitur et fac; et erit Dominus tecum."

No. CLXV.-DECEMBER, 1864.

(NEW SERIES, NO. CXXIX.)

THE CHURCH OF S. LAWRENCE, WARKWORTH. A Paper read before the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, by F. R. Wilson, Esq.

WARKWORTH is not seen correctly unless it is regarded as a link in the chain of ecclesiastical establishments extending from Lindisfarne to Durham. We know that there was a constant communication kept up between the two houses; we must, therefore, assume that there were certain places on the well-trodden route at certain distances which must have been used as stopping places, or as stages. Warkworth must have been one of these stages.

Warkworth was granted to the community at Lindisfarne by the Saxon king, Ceolwulph, together with the villages of Woodchester, (supposed to be now known as Woodhorn), Whittingham, Edlingham, and Eglingham. This was the King of Northumbria, "the most glorious Ceolwulph," at whose request Bede wrote his "Ecclesiastical History," and to whom he dedicated it, and to whom he presented it when it was completed that it might be transcribed. After a short reign of about eight years, he abdicated his throne, and entered the monastery upon Holy Island, where he lived until his death, which did not take place till upwards of twenty years afterwards. It is probable that Saxon churches were built in all these places in his lifetime; for it is on record that Bishop Ecfrid consecrated churches at four of them, and we have architectural evidence at the present day that they were built in two of them, one of them, Warkworth, being that left unmentioned. At Whittingham part of the Saxon tower is still standing, and in the course of the recent renovations at Warkworth a length of the foundations of a Saxon church was uncovered in the interior of the nave, a fragment of rough walling, four feet thick, as well as a slab of stone sculptured with a Saxon cross. I have examined Eglingham and Edlingham churches