little has been left to be done by a future editor. Nothing of this church is known prior to the Conquest; but its subsequent history is satisfactorily detailed from the reign of Henry I. when Roger de Newburgh made it collegiate. The additions and alterations made by successive Earls of Warwick, and subsequently to the fire in 1694, are described; and its architectural state is clearly and ably defined. Some interesting extracts from a MS. inventory of goods belonging to the church in 1464, in the British Museum, are then added; and also others from an account roll of the income and expenditure of the Church from 1464 to 1465, in the possession of W. Staunton, Esq. of Longbridge. The extract relating to the books bequeathed to this Church, to be used by John Rous, the antiquary, is interesting, and is rendered still more so by the publication of the indenture corroborating the grant, inserted at the instance of Mr. Staunton, whose kind assistance in imparting in formation from his antiquarian stores to topographical works, is well known and appreciated.

Many useful notes are added in explanation of these extracts, but there still remain various obsolete words and passages, which are not sufficiently obvious even to the antiquarian reader. In a few instances the contractions of the Latin words are rather defective.

In the dreadful fire which took place in 1694, "sparing neither temples or houses," only two of the many brass plates in the church were preserved, viz. one bearing the portraits of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and his Countess-and the other, Thomas Oken, (and his wife,) a great benefactor to the town of Warwick. The former brass has been repeatedly engraved, but not so the latter. We should, therefore, have been much gratified had a vignette been devoted to the representation of this liberal and benevolent man.

During the Civil Wars, it is recorded in two of the tracts published at that period, that a cannon shot was fired from the summit of the church tower against Warwick Castle, then in a state of siege by the King's forces, and that a return shot from the castle knocked off one of the pinnacles. It is also stated, that subsequently Colonel Purefoy, with true fanatical zeal, not content with destroying the cross, mutilated also several of the noble monuments in St. Mary's Chapel.

Not effectively, however, until the recent publication of Messrs. Waller, who were the first to show the beautiful patterns in punctured work for which it is remarkable.

The description of this church is to be continued in the second No. and we find by the prospectus, that, if the work meets with suitable encouragement, the "Deanery of Warwick" will be followed by an account of the other churches in the county. To this we confidently look forward, not doubting from the splendid appearance of this beginning, and from the talents of the Committee in selecting proper materials, that the "Churches of Warwickshire" will meet with ample support and patronage.

To the casual visitant, ancient country churches appear nearly to resemble each other; but, to the eye of the practised antiquary, a great dissimilarity is frequently exhibited in the interior as well as the exterior. In the remains of painted glass in the windows are sometimes to be seen the portraits and arms of benefactors to the Church hitherto unnoticed, and occasionally curious inscriptions on some of the ancient bells, brasses and engravings of eminent persons on obscure flat stones, and paintings nearly covered by whitewash, &c. There was a splendid specimen of painting on fresco, on the western wall of the Lady's Chapel in St. Mary's Church, now totally obliterated, and which, on the authority of the late Mr. Wells, was extant in the middle of the last century. Another has been lately discovered in the church of the Holy Trinity, in Coventry. In some churches are doorways and arches of a very early period, viz. Kenilworth, Beaudesert, Stoneley, &c. All these points will of course receive due attention, and as we are aware that drawings are in existence of several ancient churches, now taken down, we have only to hope that their appearance may be preserved and perpetuated in this very desirable publication.

Visiting Societies and Lay Readers: in a Letter to the Bishop of London. By Presbyter Catholicus.-Although we have no room to make extracts, as we could have wished, from this admirable Letter, we earnestly recommend it to the attention of our readers. The subjects treated of are of importance, and the view which the writer takes of them, to our mind, is quite correct. The Letter is composed in an easy, pleasing, and animated style, and has much dramatic force and interest. It is written by a person possessing a sound practical knowledge of his subject, and who has been personally familiar with the habits of the poor, and professionally instrumental in relieving them.

An Essay on Cathedral Worship. By H. D. Ryder, A.M. --We have been much pleased by the perusal of this Essay; and we hope it will be instrumental in restoring our cathedral worship to its proper form, and giving it some of the due splendour and popular character which it formerly possessed.

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Wilmot's eloquence as a preacher and zeal as a pastor, and of the benefits which his ministry effected in the parish to which he now bids farewell. His theology appears to us sound and orthodox; and his learning and talents such as to demand justly a more extended field than his last, and a more highly educated audience.

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