The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-25

done away with. In the earlier day. too, It
was customary for the lawyers, like the mer-
chants, to have their pillars. Chaucer, in his
Canterbury Pilgrims, alludes to this when
describing the SERGEANT of the Law as
"a seEjeant of the lave, ware and wise.
That often had ybeen at the ParUtse"
Old Fortescue tells us that the courts of law
were shut up after midday, and that the law
yers then went TO meet their clients, and hold
consultations at the Parvis and elsewhere.
The London Parvis was the portico of ST.
Paups Cathedral, where the serjeants chose
their respective pillars, as the more eminent
members of the Stock Exchange do in their
place Of meeting to this day; and a noisy,
bustling scene ST. Paul's portico must have
presented at that time.
The Temple Church, "where the barristers
resort, >" has been lately restored in a style of
magnifcence worthy of its best days, when it
glowed with more than Oriental splendor.
The only ancient part of the church now is
the Round, which you enter through a
deeply recessed and most sumptuously
ornamented gateway. In the restora-
tions, under the auspices.of the two societies,
everything has been restored, as near as can
be ascertained, to its original beauty. The
clustered columns supporting the roof of
the nave present very fine appearance.
These are the original pillows in the old church,
and are of polished marble, variegated and
is presented the most interesting example in
England of the transition of the plain mas
sive Norman to the light and elegant English
style. In the Round, one may notice the
semi circular windows of the Norman period;
but Norman in the last stage, already grown
slender and elongated. There, too, we have
the pointed windows, the perfection of what
is called the lancet style. The stained
window over the altar appears like a rich
Wor1x nf tho oldan tima althOuuh IL ie anita
modern. The FURNISHED roof is scarcely less
splendid then it was when the clang of
knighthoods gilded spur rang from the stone
pavement below. The stained window first
mentioned, with its deep rubies, rich purple
and gold, represents Christ enthroned. The
pavement of the church, remodelled in strict
correspondence with the original, is of yellow
and amber, upon ground of red. There is
much grouping of heraldic and pictorial
subjects, such as animals, with their tails
linked together; cocks and foxes, and uncouth
figures, playing upon musical instruments.
But the chief ornaments are the symbols of
the two societies of the Temple-the Lamb
and the Pegasus; or, Winged Horse, founded
on the celerity of Heracleus. The Lamb, being
the device of st. John, belonged to the Hos
pitallers of st. John, who succeeded to the
Templars. One of the members of the Inn, in
glorifying this symbolic emblem, now adopted
by the order as their own, wrote the following
eulogistic verses
GAS by the Templars' hold you GO,
The Horse and Lamb displayed,
In emblematic figures show
The merits Of their trade.
"Ihat clients may infer from thence,
How just is their profession,
The Lamb sets forth their innocence,
The Horse, their expedition.
40 happy Britonl happy isle!
Let foreign nations say:
Where you get justice without guile,
And law without delay"
To this some wag, not having the fear of grave
Benchers and gOwned serjeants before his
eyes, made the following very caustic retort:-
"Deluded men these holds forego
Nor trust such cunning elves;
These artiul emblems tend to show
| Their clients, not themselves.
| '"Tis all a trick these all are shams
| BY which they mean to cheat you;
| So have care, for you're the Lambs,
And they the wolves that eat you.
"Nor let the thoughts of no delay
To these poor courts misguide you;
| For you're the snowy Horse, and they
The jockeys that will ride you"
Among the greatest objects of interest il
this church are the recumbent figures of the
cross-legged Crusaders ON the floor. These
are nine in number, and on each side of the
central walk, in a double line. These arr
ancient monuments of Knights Templar
Selden and Plowden are buried in the vaults
of this church, and the gentle author of the
Ecclesiastical Polity'' has, very appropriately
| monument commemorative of his many
virtues and rare abilities. Beneath a worI
and moss-covered slab of grey stone, just out
side the walls of the church, is gathered the
dust of Littleton. Oliver Goldsmith is buried
in the ground east of the choir Gibbon rest
near him. There is most exquisite epitaph
in the quaint style of the day, to be read OF
the south wall, written by Littleton upon hi
| dauphter-in-laW, ending
keep well this pawn, Il ou marble chest;
Till ii be called for, let ii resl:-
For while this jewel here is set
The grave is but cabinet"
-Ne,o Jersey Magasine