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themselves to obtain a reconciliation with
their parents and friends, when their con-
tract will be cancelled.
XVI. Besides the vouchers abovemen-
tioned, and the advantages arising from
their labour, a bounty may be given, at
the discretion of the committee, to such as
shall be properly discharged. This gift
shall be presented not only to those who
marry in a manner satisfactory to the com-
mittee, but also to such as shall set up
trades in whatever way they shall have
gained a proficiency; so that nothing shall
be omitted which can promote the great
ends of preserving life, of rendering that
life useful, and of recovering those who
are now lost to the community.
This plan is to be improved as expe-
rience may hereafter dictate.
St. MAGNUS'S Church, at the north east
corner of London bridge, owes its name
to its dedication to St. Magnus, who suf-
fered martyrdom under the Emperor Au-
relian, in the city of Cæsarea, for his
steady adherence to the Christian religion.
The Abbots of Westminster and Ber-
mondsey had alternately the donation of
the church, till the supppression of mo-
nasteries; it then devolved to the Crown,
and in 1553 was placed under the juris-
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diction of the Bishop of London. The
ancient edifice was laid in ruins by the
dreadful conflagration in 1666; and ten
years after, the present structure was
erected in its room, though the steeple
was not added till several years after.
It is a spacious and massy stone build-
ing; plain, and yet well ornamented.
The corners have rustic quoins, and the
body is enlightened by tall arched windows,
over each of which is a cornice supported
by scrolls, and between these is a cherub
over the center of each window. At the
west end coupled pilasters rise on each side
the door, from a plain course, and support
a pediment. The door on the north side
is also placed under a pediment, but with-
out the particular decorations of the other.
Over each door is an oval window, and
this last is decorated with festoons. The
roof is hid by a kind of Attic course,
from which the tower rises square and
plain; and from this the dial, which is
very richly ornamented, projects over the
street. The course above this is adorned
at the corners with coupled pilasters of the
Ionic order, supporting an open work in
the place of a balustrade, with large urns
at the corners, of an uncommon shape.
From within this open work rises the lan-
thorn, which has also Ionic pilasters, and
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