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wolf, and the fox ; and of al! thefe very beautiful engra¬ 
vings are given at the end of a paper by Mr. Wm. Clift , 
in Phil. TranJ'.for 1823. 
The Eddyftone lighthoufe is an important appendage 
to Plymouth harbour, without which the entrance to the 
harbour would be extremely dangerous. There is a duty 
payable by fliips palling the light-houfe, which is col¬ 
lected at all the neighbouring ports. Merchant-lhips 
only are fubjeft to this tax; thofe belonging to the king 
are free. For an account and hiftory of the Eddyftone 
light-houfe, fee vol. vi. p. 24.2. 
Plymouth is 43 miles louth-weft of Exeter, and 216 weft 
by fouth of London. Lat. 50. 23. N. Ion. 4. 7. VV. 
Stonehoufe is a populous town, containing about 5000 
inhabitants, fituated on the road leading from Plymouth 
to Plymouth-dock, and almoft connecting the latter with 
the former by the continuation of buildings. As Stone- 
house is a market-town, we rnuft refer, for farther par¬ 
ticulars, to its place in the alphabet. 
St. Pancras, or (as vulgarly called) Penny Crofs, is a 
chapel of eafe to St. Andrew’s, Plymouth, from which 
town it is diftant about two miles and a half, and is fitua¬ 
ted on the weftern fide of a knoll or hill, commanding a 
very beautiful view in that direction, terminating in the 
river Tamer, and the hills of Cornwall in the diftance. 
The date of the chapel is not known ; but there is reafon 
to believe its prefent fcite is not the one on which it 
originally ftcod ; and, in pblling down a part of it, the 
materials appeared to have been previoufly ufed in fome 
more ancient building; but the oldeft fepulchral infcrip- 
tion does not go beyond the latter end of the fixteenth 
century. It conlifted of one aile, 57 feet by 13, including 
the chancel at the eaft end, and was without ceiling, the 
rudely-framed timbers of the roof, and unplaftered Hating, 
carrying the imagination back to times of primitive fimpli- 
city, and even barbarifm. The eaft gable was, however, 
a handfome Gothic window of moor-ftone: and the weft 
rofe into a fmall belfry, mantled over with ivy, in which 
hung a fingle bell, of no very muiical or potent found, 
but which juft ferved to call together the inhabitants of 
the tithing dwelling in its immediate vicinity, once a- 
fortnight, to an afternoon-fervice, and four times a-year 
to a morning-fervice, with the holy facrament; which 
fervices were given by the minifter of the adjoining pariili 
of St. Budeaux (himfelf confidered as a curate to the 
vicar of St. Andrew’s), leaving his own church at thofe 
times unferved, and which appears to have been the whole 
of the fervice ever received by St. Pancras. Being embo- 
fomed in trees, and fo pleafantly fituated, it altogether 
formed a very agreeable objeft to the lovers of the pidtu- 
refque, and to fuels became every year more attractive, 
as it gradually approached the Hate of abfolute ruin, 
to which it had nearly arrived in 1820. But, as another 
feeling might be fuppofed to operate upon thofe who 
attended its periodical worlhip (and which it is only fur- 
prifing had not been fooner excited), it was at length re- 
folved to facrifice the pifturefque to the fafety and accom¬ 
modation of the congregation j and in that year the weft¬ 
ern half of the old building was taken down, and two 
ailes added, extending north and fouth, fo as to form, 
with the remaining part, the figure of a crofs, 53 feet by 
66, eaft and weft, each of the ailes being lighted, at their 
north and fouth ends, by a handfome Gothic window, fimi- 
lar to that in the eaft end, the three windows being com- 
pofed of ftained glafs. A gallery fronted with panelling 
of a Gothic pattern, and fupported on cluftered pillars 
of eaft iron, is railed at the weft end. The whole of the 
ceilings are arched, and juft below their fpringing a cor¬ 
nice is carried round the chapel, in accordance with the 
ftyle of the other parts. The chancel, as improved, has 
a very ftriking effedt; it is now feparated from the aile 
by a pointed arch, fupported on cluftered pillars, from 
which fpring the mouldings of the arch, as alfo the 
groins of the ceiling within, and from quarter-columns in 
the north-eaft and fouth-eaft angles; on each fide are 
tablets with the Commandments, &c. within frames, 
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whofe mouldings terminate in pointed arches of contrary 
flexion. The altar is enclofed by iron rails. The pulpit 
is now placed on the angle formed by the junction of the 
north aifle with the old building, fo as to command the 
whole area. An ancient moor-ftone font of octangular 
form, ftands in the centre of the ailes, and becomes a 
ftriking objedt, being feen from every part of the chapel. 
The whole of the wood-work is painted in imitation of 
dark wainfeot; and the pulpit-covering, altar-cloth, &c. 
are oferimfon velvet; the whole beingfinilhed with a due 
regard to uniformity and fimplicity of ftyle, preferving 
the original Gothic character, however faintly exhibited 
in the old building. It remains only to add to this de- 
feription, that the weftern end, in which is the entrance 
door, projedts a few feet, and rifes in a fmall fquare tower, 
whofe roof is furmounted by a crofs. The enlargement 
has given an addition of feventeen pews, befldes free fit¬ 
tings ; and the cbapel will now accommodate 300 perfons, 
whereas formerly there were only four pews (which be¬ 
longed to three families), and it would not contain 
above 100 perfons. A veftry-room has alfo been added 
in the north-eaft angle. The expenfe of this work 
has been defrayed partly by fubfeription, and partly by 
rates, but entirely by the proprietors of eftates in the 
tithing, who have moft liberally taken the whole upon 
themfelves, and exonerated their tenants (though other- 
wife bound to pay the chapel rates) from every part of 
the expenfe. They have alfo eftablifhed, with the bifliop’s 
licence, a ledturelhip, by fubfeription, which fupplies that 
portion of divine fervice hitherto unfurnilhed ; and there 
is now full fervice, twice every Sunday, as at any other 
church. Views of this chapel, in its former and prefent 
ftate, are given in the Gentleman’s Magazine for 1823, 
whence the above account is taken. 
Adjacent to Plymouth are feveral other towns and 
villages of minor confequence.— St. Budeaux, about five 
miles north of Plymouth, is a pleafant village, formerly 
the property of fir William Gorges, the only defeendant 
of whom is faid to be the celebrated Gorges, who com¬ 
manded the Chouans in Brittany during the latter part 
of the French revolution. The church is a plain Ample 
edifice, eredted in the 14th century, with the materials of 
an older ftrudture.—Buckland-Monachoruin is entitled to 
notice for its handfome church, confiding of a nave, fide- 
aifles, tranfepts, a tower, with turrets and pinnacles. The 
remains of the Drake family are depofited here, with feveral 
handfome monuments to their memory, as well as to that 
of lord Heathfield, the brave commander at the famous 
fiege of Gibraltar.—There are alfo the villages of Lipfon, 
Widey, Tamerton, Crabtree, Compton, See. &c. 
Plymouth Dock, or Devonport, is a fuburb to Ply¬ 
mouth, in the parifn of Stoke Damerell; but has at length 
become almoft equal to the town itfeif. To fo much im¬ 
portance, indeed, has it arifen, that the inhabitants, in 
1823 prefented a petition to his majefty, praying, “ that 
the name of the town of Plymouth Dock might be 
changed, and that his majefty would be pleafed to'confer 
on the faid town the name of Devonport, or fuch other 
name as to his majefty ftiould feem proper.” On the 24th 
of December, 1823, Mr. Peel, the fecretary of ftate for 
the home-department, acquainted the parties concerned, 
that “ his majefty has been gracioufly pleafed to comply 
wdth the prayer of the faid petition, and to dire£l, that 
on and after the firft day of January next, (1824,) the 
town of Plymouth Dock (hall be called and known by 
the name of Devonport, and a communication has been 
made to the feveral public departments accordingly.” A 
dutiful and loyal addrefs was prefently voted to his ma¬ 
jefty for this favour ; and we underftand, that a lofty and 
magnificent column furmounted by a ftatue of the king, 
is to be railed on Windmill-hill, to commemorate the 
change of name. 
Devonport lies weft of Plymouth, with the town of 
Stonehoufe only intervening. It is placed on the eaftern 
bank of Hamoaze. The manor, excepting a part of the 
dock-yard, is the property of the St. Aubyn family, who 
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