Show where becketa rones are burled thomas a buckets bones are to tho fore esain and this time it seems as i the matter were really settled and that the saints remains might henceforth he left in peace it will he remembered that when the skull and bones were discovered which gave rise controversy tro versy in the antiquarian world three years ago there were several objections I 1 urged against their being those of tho murdered archbishop the principal one being that the contemporary pope spoke i of a double sacrilege having been committed by henry in that he had not only murdered the saint but had also burned hiis sacred bones 1 this argument has now been met by tho discovery in the british museum of bome notes for a sermon to be preached at pauls cross some time after the murder in which the preacher jots down that be was by the kings command to contradict the statement that becketa bones had been burned then come some lines which are crossed through in the manuscript but which have now been deciphered and read as follows they the bones are buried beneath one of the central towers of canterbury cathedric cath edril this should be conclusive pall mall gazette |