incline me to this opinion, the observations of Sir William Temple, in his description of Moore Park, Mr. Spence's translation of the Jesuits' Letters from China, and Mr. Chambers's (afterwards Sir William) work on the Buildings and Machines of the Chinese, published in 1768, folio.It is with much regret that I give up, or feel obliged to give up, the merits of inventing this style for my country; and therefore I venture, through the medium of your Miscellany, to request information on the subject. You have given an interesting series of papers on the antient Architecture of England. Could any one be found who would give a similar body of information on the grounds laid out between 1650 and the present time, a defect in the history of a most useful and entertaining art would be supplied. You, Mr. Urban, must know a great deal of the matter yourself; and perhaps could refer me to some works or papers printed in your work, likely to illustrate the subject. If not, may I hope that some reader, and if possible a Sexagenarian, or Septuagenariau, will take it up; in doing which he will, I am sure, interest every reader, and none more than edge of the antient boundaries of the Forest. At the time of Domesday survey, it was part of the possessions of Hugo de Grentesmaisnell. From him it came by marriage to Robert Bossu; and was held in demesne by the Earls of Leicester; but Robert Fitzparnel granted a great part of it to a family who assumed the name of the place, and continued residents here many years. George Henry, Earl of Stamford and Warrington, is the present Lord of the Manor, as parcel of his manor and ecclesiastical peculiar exempt jurisdiction of Groby. Clement Winstanley, esq. of Braunsion Hall, in this parish, is patron of the rectory; and the Rev. Thomas Beaumont the present Rector. The Church (see Plate II.) dedicated to St. Peter, is in the form of a cross; and consists of a small tower (in which are three bells), the upper GENT. MAG. November, 1817. part being wood, covered with slate, (as is the whole building); a nave; two small transepts, separated from the nave by low pointed arches, and extending about five feet from it; a chancel, rising one step, and the altar rising two. On the South side of the Chancel are four stone seats; and on the North side of the altar is a piscina. The female figure represented in the Plate is part of a monument of alabaster, which was found in the last century, on re-laying the chancel floor, and is now standing against the North wall. By the Return made to Parliament in 1810, Glenfield contained 79 houses, in which were as many families, consisting of 163 males, 184 females, total 347; of whom 34 were employed in agriculture, and 44 in trade, &c. Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, N. R. S. Weymouth-street, Oct. 16. THE City of Athens possesses so many claims to the attention of the Scholar and the Antiquary, that no apology seems necessary for the discussion of a subject connected with its Topography. Desirous of obviat ing some objections to my allocation of several of the remains of antiquity dispersed over the site of this interesting city, which have appeared in the recent publication of the Rev. E. J. myself invita tion held out by your Journal, for the admission of articles of original communication, to reply to the observations of the reverend Author which affect my arrangement. I am the more anxious to do so, from the circumstance that the work to which I allude is not yet completed, and that an opportunity may be afforded to the Author to retract his opinions, if it be made to appear that they have been rather hastily adopted, and without reference to the connexion existing between the parts in detail, and the subject as a whole. It will not be necessary here to dwell upon the advantages I may be fairly allowed to possess, in treating of the topography of Athens, over one who bas never visited the spot. These advantages, laying aside others I may be thought to derive from my professional pursuits, the exertion of which which cannot be considered unavail. 66 now in the same state as when our countrymen Revett and Stuart found subject sufficient for three folio volumes. This must have been obvious to any one who had visited Athens, and is moreover so well known as to attract multitudes to the spot. Amongst many other points in which I differ from those who have before me attempted to illustrate the Topography of Athens, one is of considerable importance, as affecting the positions of several buildings noticed by Pausanias. This is the point where the Persians, in the siege of Athens, surprised the citadel, and which I contend to have been in that part of the rock of the Acropolis facing the East, or in front; because there was the Téμɛvos (or sacred portion) of Aglauros, which is described by Pausanias as near the scene of this action. According to Herodotus, the front of the Acropolis was where the rock was extremely steep, and not far from the sacred inclosure of Aglauros. To my position Mr. Burrow objects, that "it is unnecessary to suppose that the temple (rò ipòv) of which Herodotus speaks was situated within, or even near to the sacred portion, orgrove, (téμevos) mentioned by Pausanias." For the sake of argument, let it be granted that they were not connected, and that the ipov of Herodotus was a temple; which, however, is contrary to the sense in which the word is commonly used by this Author! * *Herod. ii. 170. iv. 108. vi. 19. Where What is the inference? This; that the The Persians there fore surprised the Acropolis at some point towards the East, where, in the words of Pausanias, the rock was the steepest (μάλιστα απότομον). Με. Burrow would construe these words to mean extremely abrupt, and get rid of the expression of the superlative degree, merely because the circumstance of the rock being more precipitous at the East end than at any other part, would place the point of assault diametrically opposite to where he chooses to suppose it; and where, if Mr. Burrow had visited Athens, he would have known that the rock is the least abrupt, and the spot, by nature, the weakest part of the Acropolis. Herodotus does not indeed state that the rock was more abrupt at the point of assault than at any other; but he informs us that no guard was stationed there, because no one believed it possible that it was accessible by man. Mr. Burrow misrepresents me, when he states me to assume Herodotus "to mean the reverse of what he says." I make no such assumption when I endeavour to elucidate a passage rendered difficult by the adinission of two words of such contrary tendency, as ἔμπροσθεν and ὄπισθεν, when applied to designate the same spot. I contend his meaning to be, that the front of the Acropolis was on the opposite side to the approach, or behind with regard to the approach. The literal meaning, behind the approach, or road, is unintelligible. But, independently of the meaning intended to be conveyed, it must be obvious that a point in the citadel situated in the only approach to it, and within 150 yards of the Areopagus, on the declivity of which the Persians were encamped, would not be left unguarded, even had this point been the most, instead of the least abrupt. To suppose such supineness on the part of the besieged, is inconsistent with common sense, and at variance with their vigilance at this crisis, as recorded by Herodotus. I have before observed that the word ipo is not used by Herodotus to denote a temple properly so called. Pausanias sometimes uses it to express both temple and peribolus, though not always. On the present occasion, however, he uses the word TEMEVOS, which he always applies to a sacred portion of ground. Hence there is no proof of the existence of a temple. The little building of the Ionic order, formerly standing near one of the wings of the Propylæa, was ornamented with a sculptured frize. The subject represented is a combat between the Amazons and the Athenians. Mr. Burrow here places the temple of Aglauros; and in corroboration of this opinion ob"that the sculpture bears the serves, strongest testimony that the Ionic building on which they were discovered, was dedicated to some martial purpose." It is difficult to conceive what connexion could possibly exist between Aglauros and the Amazons; but it is easy to conjecture why such a subject should adorn the sepulchre (μña) of Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, by the Amazon Antiope; which Pausanias describes to be in the vicinity of the Propylæa. The dimensions of this little building, which is represented to have been 15 feet long, and eight or nine wide, will favour this supposition. The umusta, or sepulchres of Telmissus, resemble lonic temples in antis, and are crowned with a fastigium, or pedi ment. Another instance in which Mr. Burrow has chosen, without adverting to the context, to call in question my arrangement, occurs in the allocation I have given to the several parts constituting the Erectheum. A building attached to the side facing the South, the roof of which is upheld by statues of females supplying the place of columns, considered by Stuart as the Pandroseum itself, I have denominated a portico of the temple to which it is annexed. Mr. Burrow observes that "it is evident, moreover, that in the common acceptation of the phrase this little building was not a portico, for its construction permitted no passage from without." -This observation affords another proof that, in the description of buildings, it may sometimes be "a requisite qualification" to have visited them. The portico, for such it is, as I shall presently show, has a passage from without the entrance is designated in the little plan annexed to the view of the Erectheum, by the omission of the line intended to show the top of the podium upon which the statues are placed. It is true that the steps leading down to the lower level, are not there shown ; but I have mentioned the discovery of them by Lord Elgin, at the time I resided at Athens, (p. 129, note.) It was incumbent upon Mr. Burrow to read the inscription relating to the temple in question, before venturing to decide, in the manner he has done,' that I am wrong and he is right. He would there have found that, in a survey made in the archonship of Diocles, it is said, "the wall of the temple which faces the South wind is unpolished, excepting that part of it within the portico opposite the Cecropium," (p. 195.) The word pooldon will, I conceive, satisfy Mr. Burrow, that the part to which it alludes is the portico, and not the temple (vads); and he will be obliged to remove his altar and his olive tree to some other part of the building, where there will be more room for them, than the space which a staircase leaves unoccupied in an area of ten feet in width. There are various other points in which we are at variance; but, as they are more matters of opinion than of fact, I shall no further occupy your columns by noticing them. Yours, &c.. Mr. URBAN, TH WILLIAM WILKINS. Nov. 19. HE attention of all ranks in the kingdom has lately been drawn towards Derby, anxiously expecting the result of the trials of those men who have been arraigned on a charge of |