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PANGEAS. 
fome other Greek temple, whofe name has not reached 
us. The turretted houfe to the right of the fpe&ator, is 
the refidence of Mr. In wood, the architeCr. 
The firft ftone of the building was laid by his Royal 
Highnefs the Duke of York, on the ift of July, 1819; 
and on that ftone was the following infcription : 
MAKAPlb<|>0^EY;AAAE^800YT0^AEI 
<]>OT5X G3T0£ E0 N ON A<j> AN ES£N £0$: 
Which in modern Greek characters would read thus; 
(pui; ~Eva.yyi?\m an E0vw» atyavHq 
vtaq. In Englifn, “ May the light of the bleffed Gofpel 
thus ever illuminate the dark temples of the Heathen.” 
Our readers would probably think this, a very proper in¬ 
fcription for a Heathen temple converted into a Chriftian 
church, or even for a Chriftian church founded upon the 
fite of a Heathen temple ; but would be at a lofs to un- 
derftand the meaning of it under the prefent circu.m- 
ftances, or fee the propriety of an infcription in Greek, 
and ftill lefs for putting it in antique characters. We 
mud therefore inform them, that the infcription was co¬ 
pied from one of the Heathen Greek temples we have 
mentioned, which has been converted into a Chriftian 
Greek church : but what this has to do with St. Pancras 
remains to be proved. The following Englifti lines w'ere 
intended to accompany the reprefentation of the build* 
ing engraved from the architect’s original drawing : 
In chafte magnificence God’s temple Hands, 
The blended effort of Man’s mind and hands: 
O thou whogav’ft him both—to whom he owes 
A nobler tribute than earth’s boforn fhows— 
Accept his off’ring, as an outward part 
Of infelt love,—an earneft of the heart! 
And, when within its waljs thy awful Name 
Shall fanCtify his lips, oh ! let the flame 
Of holieft gratitude infpire liis pray’r 
With fervours angels need not blufli to fhare 5 
Here may thy fpecial prefence win each bread 
To feek and And—joy, purity, and reft ! 
At a fmall d'iftance beyond the old church, on the way 
to .Kenti(h-town, Hands the workhoufe, built in 1814. 
It is a noble brick building; and perhaps it will be diffi¬ 
cult to find fuch another workhoufe in the kingdom. At 
the back part, at a little diftance, is the infirmary. The 
pariftr is governed by a feleCt veftry, of which the vicar is 
prefident. The Rev. James Moore, LL.D. is the prefent 
vicar, who is univerftdly efteemed, as one of the ableft 
advocates of all charitable inftitutions ; and is one of the 
moft learned, energetic, and eloquent, preachers of the 
prefent day. 
Many public inftitutions, for charitable and other pur- 
pofes, are fituated within this parifli. Some of them, as 
the Foundling Hofpital and the Welfh charity-fchool, 
have been noticed under the article London, vol. xiii. 
p. 587-9. The Hofpital for Inoculation, and the Natural 
Small Pox Hofpital, are fituated in a field clofe to Battle- 
bridge turnpike. Both thefe excellent charities were 
founded in 1746; but the prefent buildings were only 
ereCted, theformerin 1765, and the latter in 1793. The 
building confifts of a main body and two wings, with a 
cupola, raifed on a turret of fix fides, in the centre. Here 
is alfo an Hofpital for Typhus and Scarlet Fever. 
At Camden Town, in this parilh, (lands the Veterinary 
College, a new and Angular inftitution in this country, 
eftabliftied in the year 1792, under the aufpices of perfons 
of the firft rank and fortune in the kingdom. The de¬ 
sign is for the improvement of farriery and the treatment 
of cattle in general; but perhaps it is more immediately 
intended to promote a reformation in that particular 
branch of veterinary fcience called farriery ; and to ref- 
cue the management and cure of diforders incident to 
liorfes, and frequently the lives of thofe truly-valuable 
animals, from the hands of the unlkilful and illiterate. 
It is calculated alfo to render that a refpeCtable profefiion, 
which has hitherto been confidered a difreputable occu¬ 
pation, beneath the ftudy and attention of men of liberal 
education. 
It is dated in “ Boardman’s Dictionary of the Veteri¬ 
nary Art,” that the public are indebted for this truly na¬ 
tional foundation to the humanity, difcernment, and pa¬ 
triotic exertions, of a country agricultural fociety, that 
of Odiham in Hampfhire; and that the firft profeffor of 
it was a Frenchman of the name of St. Bel, or Sainbel, 
who had previoufly diftinguiftied himfelf as a veterinary 
anatomift and writer in this country, by diffeCting and 
defcribingdifferent parts of the famous race-horfe Eclipfe, 
fo much known and admired for his fwiftnefs. 
The college is chiefly fupported by public fubfcription ; 
the annual contribution is two guineas, but the payment- 
of twenty guineas at one time conftitutes a member for 
life. And in fome infta'nces the inftitution has (hared the 
bounty of parliament; an important faving having re- 
fulted to the nation from the appointment of veterinary 
furgeons to the different regiments of Britilh cavalry, in 
confequence of it. 
The late duke of Northumberland was the firft prefi¬ 
dent of the college. There are likewife, eleven vice-pre- 
fidents, twenty-four directors, a treafurer, profeffor, fe- 
cretary, and collector. The prefident, vice prefidents, 
and ten of the directors, the treafurer and collector, are 
chofen annually, by ballot. The entire management of 
the college is in the council, which confifts of the prefi¬ 
dent, vice-prefidents, and directors; fubjeCl to the con- 
troul of four quarterly general meetings of the fubfcribers. 
The building extends in front 170 feet, and confifts o( a 
houfe for the profeffor and fecretary ; apartments for the. 
pupils ; committee-rooms, &c. In the plan likewife was 
included an amphitheatre, a mufeum, a laboratory, a 
room for pharmacy, an operating-room, a forge, very 
commodious (tabling for 500 horfes, a fpacious riding- 
houfe, a botanical garden, &c. The depth of the build¬ 
ing is 650 feet. 
Dr. Colnian is the profeffor who gives leCtures in this 
college. The anatomical (truCture of quadrupeds and 
other animals, fuch as horfes, cattle, flieep, dogs, and 
others, the difeafes to which they are fubjedt, and the re¬ 
medies proper to be applied, are inveftigated and regu¬ 
larly taught; by which means, enlightened practitioners 
of liberal education, whofe whole ftudy has been directed 
and devoted to the veterinary art in all its branches, may. 
be gradually prepared, provided, and difperfed over the 
whole kingdom, on whofe (kill and experience confidence 
may be fecurely placed. 
Pupils to the college, in addition to the leCtures and 
inftruCtions of the profeffor, and the practice of the (ta¬ 
bles, enjoy the great advantage of free admiffion to the 
medical and anatomical leCtures of the metropolis. 
Thefe pupils, previous to leaving the college, are ftriCtly 
examined by a medical committee, from whom they re¬ 
ceive a proper certificate ; and feveral, examined and ap¬ 
proved, have, it is faid, already left the college, and are 
at this time praCtifing in various parts of the country with 
great fuccefs. Subfcribers have the privilege of fending 
their difeafed animals to the college, without further ex- 
penfe than that of their daily food; and thefe, in general, 
form a fufficient number of objeCts for the praCtice of the 
profeffor and pupils to be tried and exercifed upon. On 
fixed days, the profeffor prefcribes for animals belonging 
to fubfcribers who find it inconvenient to fpare them from 
home, provided the neceffary medicines be furnifhed and 
compounded at the college. Subfcribers’ horfes are there 
alfo fnod at the ordinary price, and new improved modes 
of fnoeing praCtifed in different cafes. 
His royal highnefs the commander-in-chief having been 
pleafed to appoint a board of general officers to take into 
confideration the objeCts of this inftitution, they reported 
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