Croydon Palace. It was built of timber, and was, in 1278, in it's orginal state. No part of the present structure is older than the fourteenth century; and large portions of it were rebuilt by Archbishop Wake and Herring. Here Queen Elizabeth and her Court were sumptuously entertained by Archbishops Barker and Whitgift. In 1780 it was sold, and became a calico manufactory, and the gardens were used as bleaching grounds : it is now a laundry. The present summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury is three and a half miles from Croydon, at the mansion in Addington Park, which stands on the site of a hunting-seat of Henry VIII. Hard by the old Palace, is the Church of St John, erected on the ruins of older churches in 1381-1396. 'It is near the Wandle, and must have been very interesting until it was beauitfied by the barbarous taste of Churchwardens. In the rebellion, one Blesse was hired at half-a-crown a day to break the painted glass windows. High wages for such easy mischeif!