Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-12
Discovery Of LmhaImed BOdles.

a writer in the "Londor Notes and
Queries" furnishes tho following interesting
account:
A few weeks ngo, in cleaning out the ruins
of an old chapel at Nuuchom, Regis, War
WickshgP, which had been pulled down all
hut The hrliry tower, forty years since, we
thought it necessary 10 trench the whole
space that we might more certainly mark
out The boundaries of the building, as we
w;hcd To restore it in some measure to it's
former state. 1t lad been used as stack
yard aud depository for rubbish by the
| tenants Of the farm on which il was, ever
since lis dilapdaIion. We begun to trench
| al the west end, and came on great many
bones and skeletons, from which the collins
had crumblcd away, till finding the earth
had been moved, we went deeper, and dis
covered lendeu coffin, quite perfect, with
out date or inscription OF any kind. There
had been an outer wooden coiiin, which
was dccaycd, hat quantities of the black
roiIcd wood were all around il. We cut
lhe lead and folded back the top so ns not to
destroy il; hencntI was n wooden coffin, in
good preservation, and also without any in
scripiiun.
As soon as the leaien top was rolled back
most oyerpowering aronalic smell diiiused
Itself all over The place. We lhcn untas,-
cncd the inner coffin, aud found the body of
II mau cnbamed with grca, care, aud hrnps
OF rosemary aud aromatic leaves piled over
him. On examining the body more closely,
we found II had been beheaded. The head
was separately wrapped up in linen, aud
Tie liueu shirt that covered the body WAS
drawn quite over the neck whore the head
had been cut of. Tho head was hid
straight with the body, and where the iniu-
ing oi tie neck aud heat shonll have been,
II was tied rO1nd with broad black ribbon
Ills hands were CROSSED on his breast the
wriEis were tied together with black rib.
hon. lie had peaked beard, aud qlIan.
NY ot long brown hair, curled and clutted
with blood, round HE neck. The only mark
on anything about him, was on Tho linen on
his chest, just above where his hands were
crossed; on II were tho letters IT. g."
worked in black silk.
On trenching towards the channel, we
came on four lcaGeu coilins, laid side by
side, with Inscriptions on each: one con-
tancd the body Of Francis, Enrl of Chicl.
ester, aud Lord DuusnoFe, 1853: the next
the hody OF Audrey, Countess of Chichester.
1852; another the body of Lady Audrey
Leigh, their daughter 1910; and the fourth
lhe body OF Sir John Anderson, son Of Lady
Chichester by her first husband. We Omen.
ed tie coffin of Lady Audrey Leigh, and
found her perfectly embalmcd aud in entire
preservation, her flesh quite plump as if she
were alive, her face very beautiful. and her
hand exceedingly small and not wnsted.-
She was dressed in fue linen, trimmed all
over with point lace, and two rows of lace,
Nat across her forehead. She looked exactly
as If she were lying asleep, aud seemed not
more Than sixteen or seventeen wears old
her eyebrows were quite perfect, and her
eyes were closed; no part of her face or
hSure was ot oil fallen in. We also opened
Lady Chichesler's coffin, but with her The
etnhsiming had apparently failed. She was
skeleton, though tie coffin was full of
aromatic leaves. Her hair, however, was
as fresh as if she lived; il was long, thick
and az soft aud glossy as that of a child, and
oi perfect auburn color.
In uenchins on one side Of where the al.
'ar lad been, we found another leaden coffin
with an inscription. Ii contained the body
Of Dame Marie Brawno, daughter Of ona Of
the Leisls, and Of tho Lady Marie, dsugh-
terto Lord Chancellor Brsckley. This body
was slao quite perfect, aud emhalmod rrin-
clpaily with very sms, coffee colore9 seed,
WIN "eieh the coffin was nearly filled, rnd
i also had SO powerful perfume that il
tliea The whole place. The linen ribbon,
&C, were quite strong aud good IN all these
instances, and remained so aiier exposure 10
the AIR. We kept piece out of each coffin,
and had il wished without it's being at ali
destroyed. Young Lady Audrey had err
rings in her ears, black epmeled serpents.