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London, England, 1807-09-03 00:00:00

C,INTERBIIi?Y 149.4.1 PE C6IIRSE.

According to Somner, by a grant made in the
year 1227, from the Prior and Convent of St.-Gre-
gory,, to. the Prior and Convent of Christ's Church,.
Canterbury, the latter _were to have a watericTurse.
through the orchard of the former, from the.con,
duit in the North Holmes, to their reservoiLin the
Cathedral Precinaj 'which water-course, as the •
words ..of the grant express :—The Prior and Con-
:vent of St. Gregory " were
.to preserveensafe and
unhurt, in as much as in them lied, and to permit
.the workmen of Christ Church to have free egress
and regress, as often as might be necessary, .for the
care and. repair of the same." This right has-been
preserved, with some trifling interruptions, from the
above date until the present period, when;in conse-
quence of the grounds forming the Priory having
been parcelled out and disposed of, that part, the
orchard above referred to, was purchasecb and liar,.
racks ereaed thereon.
In the course of ,this work, and also in fOrining
the new military road, the leaden pipe -was much
interseaedi and the regular supply of water wa, o
materially oMtruaed,„ that on the representation of
the Dean and Chapter,, and in order to pr ens fu- -
ture litigation, the Barrack Board -protl;:red, at ifs n-
own expellee, to remove the. pipe, and replace the
same in a direct hue from the large conduit, through
the new military road, into broad-street. This has,,
in consequence, lately been carried into execur"
under the direCtion of -the Dean and Chapter's sur-
veyor, Mr. Jesse White. In traenig the co.orse of
the pipe, and respecting the pipe itself; some curious
circumstances appeared, which ino be consideredworthy of record would seem, from the make,
that that part which led through the orchard of St.
Gregory, was the pipe originally laid down in 1227. .
It was very prlea„except in two or three places,
which were corroded either by the acidity of the ,
water, or by the urine of animals nitrating through
the soil. It vas-laid in a bed of fine Wick earth, in
form circular, 31 inches in diameter, .ancici inches .
the diameter of the bore, with a .seam at the,tup,
1 ridged and jointe,l, the joints, seam, and ridge, burnt , •
i together:. Connected %yid' this pipe, a branch ~%-as
discovered leading to the Couvent,of St. Gregory ;
a circumstance unknown to the Dean and Cilower,
and not described in any of their grants. The
' whole length of pipe which has been removed
1. amounts to 2660 feet. .

Conner ed with the large conduit in the North
Holmes, from.whence the above course tdlies, are a
smaller conduit, in a situation above it, and several
drains from the sides of the hills ; these the bean
and Chapter,. at a tonsiderable expence, are. also
tracing and improving, and from the able and judi
cious management of their Surveyor, will in future
receive a Considerableaugmentation of their water.:
The pipe. leading from the small conduit to the largo,
one• is also of lead, of the same form and conitruc•
tioa as that above described, but very much decay-
ed, appltently, from the corrosion of the ‘i,ater, of
from its being laid on a very broad thin brick.. •Id
tracing one of the above drains last ‘t eek, the-wo**
men found two live vipers, each about thirty inches
long, at about ten rods distant from the conduit, and

tvrifeet below 'the surface of the earth.

A wanton aa. of atrocity was committed during
the performanCe at the Theatre, Canterbury; on Sa,
turday evening.. A man, somewhat intoxicated,
threw a quart glass bottle from the gallery into alit
pit, which, falling on the bead of a servant of Lord
CRANLEY, broke, and' wounded him considerably,
luckily riot dangierously ; the fragments at. the same
time lacerated the cheek of another person, and di°
arm of. a young woman. The delinquent was imr
nhtdiately discovered, and there was .a general cry et
the moment, of ," throw him over !" but on this
subsiding, he was secured .'and taken before tho
Mayor, who committed him. to. Westgate gaol for
*rater examination, when the-parties who suffered
attended; but in consequente of the difficulty them
might be iii procuring the attendance: date evidence
hereafter, in case the prisoner shoe. ld be coinmiped
for trial, it was consented that he should be liberated,
-on the payment of three guineas, to be given to 311
Vublic charity the Mayor should dire.