from being a corpulent person into a mere skeleton, and died within a short time. He was buried in this chapel, but his body was disinterred in 1693, and removed to a vault under the communion table in the church of St. Mary, Aldermary. 25. John Roettier, the medallist of Antwerp, whose father, a banker, assisted Charles II., when in exile, with money. He was appointed engraver to the Mint, and had quarters in the Tower, where he at length died, 1703. It is said that being an admirer of the charming Miss Stewart, afterwards Duchess of Richmond, he made a miniature of her face-" as well done," says Pepys, "as ever I saw anything in my whole life, I think, and a pretty thing it is that he should choose her face to represent Britannia." It is upon record that Britannia was first represented thus by the Romans upon some of their coins, seated on a globe on the sea-shore, holding a shield and a sloping spear; ships are in the distance. The same design slightly altered is still continued on our copper coinage. While upon this subject we may say a word of the design by Pistrucci of St. George and the Dragon for the obverse of the sovereign. Mr. Ruskin has very reasonably pointed out that St. George's sword is at least a yard and a half too short to damage the Dragon, while the Saint's naked toes are presented so near the mouth of the beast that they must tempt him to get a good bite at them. 26. William, Earl of Kilmarnock, and 27, Arthur, Lord Balmerino, both beheaded August 18, 1746, for their share in the rebellion on behalf of Prince Charles Edward, the Pretender. They were taken prisoners at the battle of Culloden. Their bodies were buried at the west end of the chapel, in the same grave where that of (28) Simon, Lord Lovat, another of the chiefs of this rebellion, who was beheaded 7th of April, 1747, was also placed. The coffinplates, with inscriptions (discovered in some excavations a little while ago), were placed against the west wall of the church. Lord Lovat was the last malefactor beheaded in this country. An altar tomb bears the figures of Sir R. Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of the Tower (temp. Henry VII.), also of his wife.

In the ROYAL MINT on Tower Hill, the coinage for the United Kingdom is produced. No coin is allowed to be issued until a portion has been tested by Her Majesty's assayer; he afterwards preserves one piece of each kind of coin in a pyx (Greek name for box) or casket, and these coins are compared by a jury with the standard plates kept in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey-a test called the Trial of the Pyx. The various processes of coining may be seen "by visitors who have previously obtained a written order from the Master of the Mint-available but for one day marked thereon, and for a small number of persons, not exceeding six, the number to be stated when the application is made.' It may be mentioned that the Silver Coins of the realm contain 925 parts of

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silver and 75 parts of alloy in every 1000 parts; and the Gold Coins contain 9163rds of pure gold to the 1000. A change in some of the coinage was made in commemoration of Her Majesty's Jubilee, June 1887.

The TRINITY HOUSE on Tower Hill was built by Samuel Wyatt for a corporation, founded temp. Henry VIII., having for its object the increase and encouragement of navigation, the regulation of lighthouses and sea-marks, &c., and incorporated as "The Masters, Wardens, and Assistants of the Guild or Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most Glorious and Undividable Trinity, and of St. Clement in the parish of Deptford." There are here many pictures and busts of celebrated persons, and a large painting by Gainsborough of the 'Elder Brethren of the Trinity House.' The Museum contains some interesting naval relics and curiosities. Applications for admission are to be made to the Secretary. The first stone of the New Tower Bridge was laid by the Prince of Wales, 21st June, 1886, and the Bridge is approaching completion. The Tower Gardens are in this vicinity.

LOWER THAMES STREET is that part of Thames Street below London Bridge, the above-bridge portion being known as Upper Thames Street. The south side of UPPER THAMES STREET, now occupied by wharves, was once the site of riverside palaces, and in the lanes upon the north side were once to be seen merchants' mansions, which, if not equal to the edifices of stately Venice, might at least vie with many of the Hotels of Old Paris.

We have already traversed the former.

In the churchyard of St. Benet, Paul's Wharf (between 225 and 226 Upper Thames Street), the great architect Inigo Jones was buried, June 1653. He was born in Cloth Fair, Smithfield, in 1572. Inigo is Spanish for Ignatius, which was the name of his father, a London clothworker. Of Inigo Jones-claimed by Pennant as of Welsh blood, because of his surname and "his violent passions,"-Horace Walpole said, “his name alone would save England from the reproach of not having her representative at that date among the arts; she adopted Holbein and Vandyke; she borrowed Rubens; she produced Inigo Jones."

The Church of St. Magnus, destroyed in the Great Fire, was rebuilt by Sir C. Wren, 1676. In it is a monument to Miles Coverdale, once rector of this church, who was buried here. The inscription sets forth that "in 1535 the first English Bible was published under his direction." The footway under the tower, a curious arrangement, was made in 1760, without interfering with the structure, or its uses.

The Weigh-house Chapel (Independent), on Fish Street Hill, was of historical note, dating from the Act of Uniformity. Its name was derived from the King's Weigh-house, which stood on this site, and

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