|of grey marble. In the mint yard, within the precincts of this |church, is a public grammar school, founded by Henry the Eighth. | |Christ’s-church gate is an elegant structure, built in 1517. From |this gate you have a view of Oxford steeple, a tower 130 feet |high, with four handsome pinnacles; and that stately tower called |Bell Harry steeple, being 235 feet high; on its top hangs a small |bell, called _Bell Harry_, which is tolled every day for prayers: |but never rung, except on the death of a King, Queen, or |Archbishop. | |The four principal streets are disposed in the form of a Cross, |and divided into six wards. It is called the city, and county of |the city of Canterbury, and is governed by a mayor, recorder, 12 |aldermen, 24 common councilmen, with a sheriff and coroner, and 4 |serjeants at mace. It has sent members to parliament ever since |the reign of Edward the First. Great improvements have been made |here lately; the streets, which were formerly paved with flints, |are now smooth pavements; the old signs and projecting buildings |are removed, the whole is well lighted with lamps, and a regular |watch set at 10 o’clock. | |A slip of land, called _Dungehill_, of about six acres, having an |artificial mount, is now converted into the City Mall; the sides |are adorned with spiral walks to the top, the old towers with |shrubberies, and the old ramparts are also converted into a |beautiful terrace. The Guildhall, in High Street, is a handsome |and lofty building, adorned with the portraits of the City |benefactors. Over the Canterbury bank are some large and elegant |assembly rooms. Its manufactures are of worsted, silk, and cotton; |the former furnishes employment for several hundred persons, in |the fabrication of what is called Canterbury muslins. The city is |surrounded on all sides with extensive hop grounds, contains 16 |parishes, 2018 houses, and 10,498 inhabitants, and is famed for |its excellent brawn. | |The Archbishop of Canterbury is primate and metropolitan of all |England, and is the first peer in the realm; and wherever the |court may be, the King and Queen are his proper domestic |parishioners. | |To the cathedral belongs 1 archbishop, 1 dean, 1 chancellor, 1 |archdeacon, 12 prebends, 6 preachers, 6 minor canons, 6 |substitutes, 12 lay clerks, 10 choristers, 2 masters, 50 scholars, |and 12 almsmen. | 29|Capel, Surrey, 64. A parish containing 99 houses, and 675 |inhabitants. A singular phenomenon is recorded to have happened |here in the reign of Queen Elizabeth: part of a hill was divided |from the other part, and removed to some distance. | 79|Carmor Common, Hants, 91. | 223|Carneglos, Cornwall, 154. | 112|Carnicot, Somerset, 188. |