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tlie original fortrefs there, wliicli was for- 

 feited by him, or one of his defcendants, 

 in 1111, and granted to Robert Fitz- 

 richard, foii of Gilbert Earl of Clare, in 

 whofe family it remained for tliree cen- 

 turies. In 1428, being then (probably 

 by another forfeiture) a part of the royal 

 polfeilions, it was ahnoll entirely dcftroy- 

 ed by fire ; but was foon after granted 

 to, and rebuilt by, Humphrey Duke of 

 Gloucciler, by whofe attainder it again 

 reverted to the crown, and falling into the 

 ]iands of Richard Duke of York, was 

 ufed on many occafions of formality as a 

 reiial palace, till the I'cign of <^ueen 

 Jiiizabeth, to whom, and to her fuccel- 

 for, the Earls of Pembroke appear to 

 have been tenants at will. (L(xlge's II- 

 lullr. of Britilh Hifiory, vol. iii. p. 344.) 

 TJie family of the Earls of Shrewlbury 

 refided in it till the great fire. 



ST. MARTIN OUTWICH. 



The donations toward rebuilding the 



church of St. Martin Outwich were, 



from the city of London, 200/., fnjni 



ihe South Sea Company, 200/., and froni 



the JMerchant Taylor's Company, 500/. 



A copper-plate, on which the foundati(m 



flone was laid, had the following infcrip- 



tiou : 



" The firft ftone for rebuilding the 



f arlfh-church of St. Martin, Outwich, 



was laid this fourth day of May, 1796, 



by the wor/hi|iful company of 



Merchant-taylors. 



Mr. John Rogers - Mafter. 



Geo. Vander Nuenberg 



Thomas Walters ■ ,,, , 



Vardens 



Thomas Bell 

 William Cooper 





To the Eriitoi' of the Mont/ili/ Magazine. 



SII!, 



^r^HE comniittee of that moft exccl- 

 X lent iiiftitution, the Philanthropic 

 •Society, in St. George's Fields, Surry, 

 liaviiig occalion for " a common J'eal," in 

 confequeiice of the Aft of Parliament 

 lately obtained ; and ha\ing, as I mi- 

 derftand, invited the commmiicalions of 

 the ingenious as to a fuitable device : 

 give me lea\e to oiTer ihem, through the 

 medium of your cnlertaiiiing nilfcellany, 

 the following, which, if I millake not, 

 vill admit of a very pirhirefque lepre- 

 fentation, and exjir<'fs the oljjects and 

 pratiitcs of the fijcicty, in as linall a 

 compals as the tafe will admit of 



" Benovolenre, clad in the mantle of 

 C'hrifiianiry, approa(.hiiig the doors of the 

 I'liiianthropir inhitiition, kiitiingan in- 

 fant luljiiil in c/iie hand und the hulf- 



naked child of a conviSl in the other t 

 the former in (hackles to fhew his crimi- 

 nality, and with dovvncad looks to imply 

 his penitence and capability of reform ; 

 the other looking innocently up in die 

 face of his benefaftrcfs, and at the fame 

 time pointing to a Ihip under fad at a 

 diltance, indicating the traiifportation of 

 the parents that fliouid have protected 

 liis infant years." The motto — " I'le" 

 Jerved to our count)!/." 



Perhaps Bcuevolence, perfonified by a 

 female figure having a flender crofs, like 

 thofe of the crufadcr-:, in her hand, or 

 having a fmall crofs marked an the 

 fhoulder of her robe, would be a compe- 

 tent allufion to this part of tiie fuiijett. 



As I know the committee are anxious 

 to gain information on tliis head, I am. 

 certain that they would feel tlieiiifelve3 

 obliijcd to any ingenious gcntlcinan or 

 arlill who would communicate any thing 

 more appropriate than I have ventured 

 to fuggclt. I am. Sir, youi-'s, iS:c. 

 St. PavPs Coffte-hoi/J'e, A SuBbCEiBER. 



iSth Odolj'cr, 18U6. 



To the Editor of the Monlhlij Magazine, 



SIR, 



PERMIT me to ftate a few fa(5^s, for 

 the purpofe of correcting the con- 

 clufion of an Enquiry into the Eftablilh- 

 meut of the Sinking Fund, inferted in 

 your Magazine, page 139. 



The appropriation of a portion of the 

 revenue for the purpofe of gradually re- 

 ducing the public debts, is a meafure 

 which had been adopted in other coun- 

 tries long before any neceffity for it ex- 

 Ihed in England : a provifion of this 

 kind had been ellablilhed in Holland in 

 1655, and in the Ecclefiaftical States in 

 1685 ; and both thefe hnking funds ori- 

 ginated in a redurtion of the intcrell 

 payable on the debts, which was the 

 means aftenvards adopted for eflablifh- 

 ing a fimilar fund in this country. 



Durin<)- the reign of King William the 

 pulilic loans were chiefly raifed on 

 terminable annuities, which arc in theni- 

 felves a fpecics of finldng fimtl ; but 

 when the prelt.'nt mode of borrowing on 

 perpetual annuities was prcferrerl, it foon 

 became evident that a continual accu- 

 mulation of fuch debts would involve the 

 government in certain ditiieulty, if it 

 did not produce Itill worfe confequences. 

 Various projects were therefore oflered 

 for the difchargc of the pulilic debts, or 

 tor confining them within moderate 

 bounds; and among (>thers, the plan of 

 fuch a finking fund as was afterwards 

 aciuallj 



