bishop of the Bohemian church; the other account states that he was consecrated in 1699 as successor to John Zugeher, bishop of the Polish church, and that the elder Jablonsky, who is styled Peter, had no successor, for that after his death no more bishops were ordained for the Bohemian church. Nay, more, in p. 9 of the appendix to the folio volume, there is a paper purporting to be from Daniel Jablonsky, in which he says that "the Bohemian branch ceased entirely in 1620." Such glaring inaccuracies and contradictions in the details of their history must reasonably shake our confidence in it; and, together with the circumstances pointed out before, must force upon us a conviction of the extreme uncertainty as to the preservation of the (asserted) episcopacy among the Taborites, from the transaction with Stephen of Austria till Jablonsky. (To be continued.) RESTORATION OF THE NAVE OF THE ANCIENT CHURCHI OF ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK. [THEY who feel for the spiritual destitution of great London parishes on the one hand, and they who are anxious for the preservation of the finer specimens of our early ecclesiastical buildings on the other, will feel a strong interest in the following brief and simple statement, and will, it is hoped, assist in raising the funds necessary for the undertaking proposed in it. A valuable and accurate historical paper respecting the church appeared a few months back in this Magazine, and to that the reader is referred for any particulars he may desire.-ED.] At a highly respectable Meeting of Clergy and Laity, held in the vestry-room of the church of Saint Saviour's, Southwark, on Thursday, the 12th day of February, 1835,-Charles Barclay, Esq., M.P., in the chair, supported by Richard Alsager, Esq., M.P., the Venerable Archdeacon Hoare, the Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, the Rev. Dr. Kenney, Benjamin Harrison, Esq., William Nottidge, Esq., Thomas Saunders, Esq., and others, it was stated to the meeting that the beautiful specimen of early English ecclesiastical architecture, the Ladye Chapel, at the east end of Saint Saviour's church, together with the choir, and its magnificent altar-screen of masonry, the north and south transepts, and the tower, had been all completely restored, and that the choir and transepts were now used for divine service. That the tower, choir, and transepts, had been restored by the parish; and that the charge of the restoration of the altar screen and Ladye Chapel had been, to a great extent, defrayed by voluntary contributions,-the sum of about 7007. only being now due in respect of the latter. That the nave is now wholly unroofed, and in a state fast approaching to ruin, and that it is highly desirable that it should be speedily and suitably restored, and the repositories of the dead preserved therein, rescued from desecration; and that the whole, or such part of the area of the same as should be found necessary, might be appropriated to the use of divine service, and the increase of church sittings, which the large population of the parish urgently requires. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese had been pleased to express his approbation of the proposal for a voluntary and limited subscription of one guinea each by the clergy and such of their parishioners, in the several parishes of the diocese, as might be inclined to contribute towards the restoration of the nave of St. Saviour's church, and the liquidation of the balance of expense for the Ladye Chapel. And that, although his Lordship did not feel himself at liberty to issue any official circular letter on the subject, yet he permitted his good wishes for the success of the measure to be mentioned, accompanied with the expression of his intention, if there should be ultimately a deficiency in the required amount, to subscribe 2007. towards the same, in addition to his subscription of 300l. already given for the Ladye Chapel, and 100l. towards the altar-screen. The following Resolutions were then proposed, and unanimously agreed to:- I. That this meeting, observing, with great regret, the present dilapidated state of the nave of the ancient church of St. Saviour, Southwark, now unroofed, and rapidly falling to decay, (a church which, being an ancient diocesan church, and a great national ornament, has claims for support far beyond those which are merely local,) consider it of great importance that strenuous exertions should be made by the public at large, and especially through the diocese of Winchester, for its speedy and suitable restoration. II. That the present meeting are aware of the large contributions, both public and private, already made towards the restoration and improvement of the centre and entire eastern portions of St. Saviour's church, (contributions most liberally made by the parishioners themselves, in the course of about twenty years, for general repairs and restoration, to the amount of upwards of 30,0007., in addition to subscriptions by the public at large, amounting to upwards of 35007. for the Ladye Chapel, and nearly 10001. for the altar-screen,) and therefore consider that the present appeal to the public should be regarded as wholly unconnected with any exertions which the parishioners of St. Saviour's may be pleased to make for the present object. III. That the present meeting further propose it to be an instruction to the committee now to be appointed, that it will attend to the increased accommodation of the parishioners for public worship, the present portion of the fabric appropriated to that purpose accommodating not more than 800 persons (while the whole population of the parish amounts to 18,000,) and no other place of public worship connected with the established church being within the limits of the parish! [The sum required will be about eleven thousand pounds. If the work can be achieved, we shall have the satisfaction of seeing one of the most interesting churches in London restored to its proper honour, and forming a conspicuous ornament of what is fast becoming the most striking entrance to the Metropolis.] ANTIQUITIES, ETC. THE TWENTY-EIGHT CONSTITUTIONS OF OTHO. XXI. ARCHBISHOPS and bishops should, in order that they may discharge their duties as their very names imply they ought, superintend and keep watch over their flocks, and exhibit themselves as examples of holiness to all. We, therefore, exhort and monish them that they resort to their cathedral churches on the principal festivals; and, moreover, that they visit their dioceses at proper times, correcting and reforming the churches therein, holding confirmations, and sowing the seed of life in the field of the Lord. And in order the better to perform what they professed at their consecration, they shall cause such their profession to be read over to them at least twice in the year. [xxI. In respect to the visitations of archbishops and bishops, it seems that originally, for the better government of the church and the correction of offences, visitations of parishes and dioceses were instituted, that so all possible care might be taken to have good order kept in all places.- Godolphin, Appendix, s. 25. As to the office of confirmation, see Canon 60. And concerning the first subject, see Canon 137, and Lind. 277 and 109, and other authorities quoted in the preceding constitution, No. 19.] XXII. As not only power, but discretion and learning, is exceedingly requisite in a judge, lest, through ignorance or unskilfulness, an informal and thereby useless sentence be given, or the guilty be permitted to escape and the innocent be subjected to punishment, we do hereby decree, that all causes, and most especially matrimonial causes, which require the most mature and diligent attention, be decided upon by such men only as are well skilled and worthy of the greatest credit, having great skill in the law, or, at least, perfectly acquainted with the conduct of the causes before them. But if there be any deans, archdeacons, or abbots, who, from privilege or custom, have cognizance of matrimonial causes, they shall take care that they be |