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one time have been greatly im- 
proved by warehouses and wharfs, 
(uniform, wide, and extensive,) in- 
stead of several of the docks, now in 
peace-time of but little comparative 
utility. : 
A co-operation with the Southwark 
bridge is desirable, to take off a part 
of the traffic of carriages and pedes- 
trians, which should have inviting 
roads, both in the Borough and the 
city side; the latter, in particular, isa 
most woeful disappointment. 
The Strand-bridge road to the Obe- 
lisk has been spoiled by the curve, in- 
stead of its coming out directly oppo- 
site to the London-road, as orginally 
intended. 'This concern cost upwards 
of a million. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
The MILLER’S-TOMB on HEYDOWN-HILL, 
in SUSSEX. 
N September 1815 I went to see 
the Miller’s-tomb, at the tep of 
Heydown-hill, a curiosity visited by 
almost every stranger at Worthing. 
Near the head of the tomb is an 
alcove, in which visitors sometimes 
take those refreshments which they 
bring with them, or tea, with which 
they are supplied from a cottage in its 
neighbourhood. Over the door is the 
following inscription :— 
Stranger! enjoy the sweet enchanting 
scene, 
The pleasing landscape, and the velvet 
green, 
Yet still, although the eye delighted rove, 
Think of the better scenes to come, above. 
It is an altar-tomb, inclosed with 
iyon-railing, five feet five inches in 
height. The stone which covers it is 
thus inscribed :— 
For the reception of the body of 
John Olliver, 
When deceased, by the will of God, 
Granted by William Westbrook Richard- 
son, esq. 1766. 
As Olliver did not die until 1793, it 
must have remained unoccupied about 
twenty-seven years. 
On the south side we find this 
memorial :— 
In memory of John Olliver, miller, who 
died on the 229d of April, 1793, aged 84. 
On the top is inscribed :— 
For as in Adam all died, even so in Je- 
sus Christ shall all be made alive. 1st Cor. 
xv. 22,—The law was given by Moses, 
bnt grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 
‘That whosoever believeth in him shall not 
perish, but haye eternal life. John i. 17. 
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The Miller’ s-Tomb on Heydown Hill. 
[Sept. 1, 
and iii, 15.—Whereupon, I perceive there 
is nothing better than that a man should 
rejoice in his own works; for that is his 
portion: for who shall bring him to see 
what shall be after him? Eccles, iii. 22.— 
Knowing that shortly I must put off this 
my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus 
Christ hath shewed me, 2d Peter i. 14. 
On the east side are the following 
lines :— . 
Why should my fancy any one offend, 
Whose good or ill doth not on it depend? 
’Tis at my own expense, except the land, 
(A generous grant, on which my tomb 
doth stand.) 
This is the only spot which I have chose, 
Wherein to take my long and last repose ; 
Here in the dust my body lieth down: 
You'll say,—it is not consecrated ground ; 
I grant the same, but where shall we e’er 
find 
The spot that e’er can purify the mind? 
Nor to the body any lustre give, 
The more depends on what a life we live ; 
For, when the trumpet shall begin to 
sound, 
Twill not avail where’er the body’s found. 
Blessed are they,—yea all, are they 
Who in the Lord the Saviour die ; 
Their bodies wait redemption’s day, 
And sleep in peace where’er they lie. 
On the west side is inscribed :— 
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of 
wisdom, but to keep his commandments is 
holiness to the Lord. « 
Under a sculptured circular arch is 
an emblematic contest between Time 
and Death, and the following lines, in 
which the former is supposed to 
speak :-— 
Death! why so fast, pray stay thy hand, 
And let my glass run out its sand. 
As neither Time nor Death will stay, 
Let us improve the present day. 
Why start you at that skeleton? 
’Tis your own picture which you shun; 
Alive, it did resemble thee, 
And thou, when dead, like that shalt be. 
But, tho’ Death must have its will, 
Yet old Time prolongs the date, 
Till the measure we shall fill 
What ’s allotted us by fate. 
When that’s done, then Time and Death 
Both agree to take our breath. 
From the tomb we went to the 
windmill, which Olliver had so many 
years occupied, and from which he 
enjoyed a panoramic view of great 
extent. The miller was born, and 
always lived, in a thatched cottage si- 
tuated at the brow of the hill, about a 
furlong north of the tomb, and now in- 
habited by Olliver’s nephew, who suc- 
ceeded him in business. The mistress 
of the house thought that his singular 
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