with stone dressings) has been entirely restored, which involved a partial rebuilding. With few exceptions, all the funds necessary for the restoration were raised in the parish, and contributed with most perfect good will. We most heartily congratulate the people of Ware on so good a work. S. Peter, Northampton.-The restoration of this very curious and wellknown specimen of Norman work, has, under the sanction of the Bishop of the diocese, and the Archdeacon, with the co-operation of the rector and parish authorities, been undertaken by the Architectural Society of the archdeaconry of Northampton, who have applied for the working drawings to Mr. Scott. The east end, though partly rebuilt in the seventeenth century, is in a most dilapidated condition; but now that the plaister has been stripped, there fortunately appears enough, though they are but small fragments, of the original windows to guide the restoration. It is proposed to leave the aisle-walls as they now are, with very late and poor insertions, simply repairing them; there are no indications of old Norman windows. We are sorry for this; if it be not thought advisable to conjecture Norman, they might be replaced in the Middle-Pointed. The restoration of the roof, however, is the crux. It was proposed in the first instance to restore it after the model of the early panelled roof at Peterborough, but this for many reasons has been abandoned; it being the wish of the committee to keep all the Norman work perfectly distinct and authentic. A moderate pitch, such as that of the original roof found against the Norman tower of S. Giles', in the same town, will probably be adopted; the timbers and construction of an early character, but not such as to affect a Norman type. A most curious fact has come to light during Mr. Scott's examination of the building, which was never suspected before, but which will be a useful warning to ecclesiologists, namely, that the tower, the subject of so much criticism, especially as to its western façade, has not only been rebuilt, but rebuilt one bay further eastward than it originally stood. The proofs of this in Mr. Scott's report are perfectly conclusive. Thus the richly sculptured arch, inserted in the west side, turns out to have been the original doorway, removed and stilted up into its present position as a mere bit of ornament. This discovery of course precludes any attempt to do more than repair the tower in its present state. ful examiner than Mr. Scott would have probably come forward with some cut and dry design of restoring the tower to its original Norman character; whereas much of its curious detail now turns out to be ornamental patchwork from an earlier tower. The chief features, however, are no doubt the same, and the unique circular-clustered buttresses may still assert their originality. The society hopes, that when sufficient funds have been collected for this restoration of S. Peter's, to undertake the restoration and enlargement of the still more interesting church of S. Sepulchre in the same town. The whole interior fittings of S. Peter's are to be strictly rubrical, with open low oak benches throughout. A less care S. James, Talaton, Devon.-We have received a letter from a "parishioner," complaining of our notice of this restoration in the number for last February. It seems we were misinformed as to the existence of all the old benches three years ago; and that the present arrangement of the nave, though not quite satisfactory, is a great improvement upon what it was then. We make this correction with sincere pleasure. Our correspondent is displeased at our strictures upon the retention of the new stall-like benches in the chancel for the use of the rector's family and servants. This he believes to be the rector's legal privilege. He is not aware how modern an abuse this "privilege" is, and were he, which he clearly is not, a constant reader of the Ecclesiologist, he would have been, we trust, converted to the belief, that to use the chancel-stalls for any thing or person, save the celebration of the services, and the persons immediately engaged in so doing, is in truth to misuse them. While objecting to the altar-rails being called puritanical, he in effect admits the truth of the complaint that, while the rest of the church has been restored, the sanctuary, the most sacred part, has been left untouched. It seems that the font was not provided with a drain, and the "parishioner" therefore thinks the use of a Wedgewood bason unobjectionable. The Sarum use did not require the water to be changed. Our present use, which makes the blessing the water a part of each baptism, does do so; ergo, the font ought to have been pierced. Not doing so was mere antiquarianism. It seems that the present squire did not himself appropriate the south aisle to the east of the screen, but that the spoliation was committed by an ancestor, in the " glorious, pious, and immortal" days of William III. The present proprietor has, to his credit, taken down two galleries, one of which was the cause of the blocking up of the east window of the aisle, of which we wrongfully accused him. We trust he will follow up his good deeds by re-opening this. Our correspondent gives one fact which we cannot pass over; that the old rectorial pews in the chancel were made up of former stalls in the rectorial stables. Had the then incumbent, or his carpenter, any vague traditionary notion of there being some natural connection between a chancel and stalls? S. Margaret, Canterbury.—This church is one of great interest in an ecclesiastical point of view, as it is the one in which, till a comparatively recent period (the time we understand of Archbishop Sutton) the Archbishops of Canterbury held their visitations. At the same time it has been most grievously misused; the east end having been pulled down to make a street, and the whole exterior disfigured, while the internal fittings are as bad as they can be. It gives us great pleasure to report that a complete restoration of the church, under the superintendence of Mr. Scott, is immediately about to be made. We have to thank the zeal and munificence of the present incumbent for this good work. 79 NOTICES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. To the Editor of the Ecclesiologist. Park Street, Westminster. SIR,-With reference to the notice of Strixton Church in your last number, I beg to state, that the publication not being under my superintendence, I am responsible for the drawings alone, which I made during an architectural tour some years ago. The proposed bell-turret is no suggestion of mine, nor can I claim any credit for it, as I never saw it till the work was published. May 22nd, 1849. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD BARR. In reply to J. F. P.-1. It is proper to chant the Psalms syllabically in English. 2. Sanctam Catholicam et Apostolicam Ecclesiam, in the Nicene Creed, is not an interpolation. As is well known, the latter part of this creed was added at the Council of Constantinople, and this passage runs, εἰς μίαν ἁγίαν κ.τ.λ. The Sarum Missal retains the sanctam. How it came to slip through in our translation we cannot tell; but the omission, of course, in no way vitiates its orthodoxy. There are ancient creeds in which this apellation is not found. 3. The candles ought always to be lighted during the celebration of the holy Eucharist. It is not necessary during matins, nor evensong, unless the season of the year compels the whole Church to be lighted. 4. Passion-week is the week before Holy-week itself, often incorrectly called Passion-week. It was so named, because the services more especially commemorative of the Passion commenced from it. 5. The paintings in question are a pretty and quite unexceptionable piece of symbolism; but they cannot be at all considered as representing the Divine Passion. They are meant to imply that our Blessed LORD bore the cross from His earliest days. 6. We can hardly say, from our correspondent's description, what the opening in question was. If he has by mistake understated the width, it must be the entrance to the rood-loft, with which, from its position, it must have in all proba bility had some connection. We thank our Truro correspondent for his very interesting letter upon oratories. We propose again recurring to the subject, when he will find that he has not been overlooked. We should in the meanwhile be very thankful for any other remarks from our readers upon the subject. As we hope soon to handle the very important subject of decorative colour generally, we wish at present, barely to acknowledge the receipt of a new pamphlet, entitled "Hints on the Arrangement of Colours in Ancient Decorative Art," by Mr. G. J. French, of Bolton, to whom we are already so much indebted for his practical contributions to ecclesiology. We are very glad to see popular attention so extensively called to this subject. Our readers will perceive more than one notice of recent polychromatising in our present number. A friend writes to us from Leintwardine, near Ludlow, about the former church. "On the north side of the altar there are evidently some paintings concealed under several coats of whitewash, which I am afraid in the contemplated repairs (not yet begun, however) may be totally destroyed. I have in vain endeavoured to obtain some information respecting this church; though, I am told, that Miss Pickering in her Friends or Foes,' alludes to it; as well as 'the Grange,' in this neighbourhood, where are the ruins of a monastery (?) the chapel of which, alas! is converted into a kitchen. There are other peculiarities about Leintwardine church, I should fully imagine, worthy of an antiquarian's notice." We have been misled by the vicar's circular with respect to S. Peter's, Winkfield. The cost of £3,000 is intended to include endowment, or parsonage in lieu of endowment. The church itself is to cost £1,500, and is to accommodate three hundred. Mr. Ferrey has scarcely had architectural justice done him. His original design was for two hundred worshippers; a plan in which the chapel-like effect, of which we complained in a building one-third larger, was suitable enough. Then the site was changed, and an aisle was added, and the porch was retrenched; and all the time the first plan was adhered to: all which is scarcely fair to an artist. These local circumstances certainly relieve Mr. Ferrey, while they leave our criticism exactly where it was. H. begs us to state, that he hopes to be able to furnish for the next Ecclesiologist some further remarks on "Lychnoscopes," together with a description of some very curious examples in Herefordshire, never yet, he believes, noticed. We beg to apologise for any delays which may have occurred in noticing books, and acknowledging communications, on account of the sudden illness of the ordinary editor. We have been honoured by a present of the handbills of the Vegetarian Society. We beg leave to have it understood that we are not in connection with Punch, nor do we profess to deal with idiosyncratic religionisms. The old Egyptians, however, worshipped the onion, and if the society in question have any intention of reviving the worship, and erecting a temple to their deity, the criticism of the plans and arrangements might, as a favour, be brought within the scope of the Ecclesiologist. THE ECCLESIOLOGIST. “Surge igitur et fac: et erit Dominus tecum.” No. LXXIV.-OCTOBER, 1849. (NEW SERIES, NO. XXXVIII.) CHAPTERS ON STAINED GLASS.-No. II. WARRINGTON AND WINSTON. 1. The History of Stained Glass, from the earliest period of the art to the present time, illustrated by coloured examples of entire windows in the various styles. By WILLIAM WARRINGTON. Folio. London : Published for the Author. 1848. 2. An Introduction to the Study of Painted Glass. With Remarks on Modern Glass Painting. By CHARLES WINSTON, Esq. Oxford: J. H. Parker. 1849. THE title of Mr. Warrington's book leads to the loftiest anticipations : the whole cycle of glass painting and every phase of it illustrated by "entire windows". The promise is sufficiently large its fulfilment is unique. It is as though an academic were to publish Lectures on Classical Poetry, illustrating the Augustan age by a choice selection from the fifth form exercises of Eton. Even this parallel hardly does credit to Mr. Warrington's view of history: to vindicate a theory of the tragic senarius by copious extracts from the unsuccessful exercises sent in for the Porson Prize more aptly reproduces this gentleman's hardy contempt for his title-page and for common sense. Our literary glazier proves what twelfth century glass is by depicting choice specimens from "Bromley S. Leonard, Stepney S. Peter, and Brompton Holy Trinity, designed and executed by W. Warrington, Esq.," in the year of grace 1841. And if we seek to know how Tudor artists painted glass, Mr. Warrington courteously points to his own rejected "design for some of the windows of the House of Lords." We ask for mediæval facts and we are put off with nineteenth century competition-sketches. We think this hardly fair: if Mr. Warrington wished to put forth the : |