manor of Manchester), being the owner of the building; as
well as the land, is prepared to sell them for the purpose.

A plan is in contemplation to form a New Park at
Islington, for the accommodation of the people of that
vicinity. At a Vestry meeting on the 22nd, Mr.
Lloyd, the projector of the park, gave a statement of
its locality and probable cost. He said the area
would cover 500 acres; the cost would be about
£150,000 to £200,000, and that the project had already
received the countenance of His Royal Highness Prince
Albert, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Ashley, Lord
Carlisle, and other eminent personages. Mr. Tyler, the
chairman of the Islington committee, said that they had
refrained from drawing up a petition until they could
take the sense and obtain the co-operation of the whole
15 parishes of the borough: he urged active measures
in favour of the proposed park, as he said the present
open space, unless at once secured, would be covered
with buildings in less than twelve months. Other
members having discussed the question, a resolution
approving of the proposed park was unanimously carried,
and a public meeting of the borough was determined to
be held forthwith.

At the aniversary dinner of the Governesses' Benevolent
Institution on the 17th, the Duke of Cambridge, who
filled the chair, gave a very pleasing account of the
successful labours of the Institution. During the last
seven years, the period of its existence, the ladies'
committee have investigated 775 individual cases; they
have received 3,150 applications from these distressed
ladies, and have given aid 1,620 times, with an amount
of £3,980 18s. 6d.; the annuities to the aged have also
been steadily increased. There were now 35 ladies
receiving regularly a small but certain income. The
provident fund amounts to £58,286, the savings of 553
ladies, invested in Government security, to form a
provision for their old age; whilst no less than 5,552 ladies
have availed themselves of the registration, free of
expense, of whom no less than 3,009 have been provided
with situations.

Fifty-one committees, in furtherance of the Exhibition
of Industry of 1851, have made a return of their first
subscription lists to the Royal Commissioners. The
amount of the sums announced is £43,619. In addition
to these returns, it was announced that the Royal
Academy had voted £500, and the Mercers' Company
£100, making the sum total up to this date £44,219.
Nor is the movement confined to this country. The
French Minister of Commerce has addressed a circular
to the different Chambers of Commerce and
Manufactures, calling their attention to the exhibition which
is to take place in 1851 in London, and urging on them
the necessity of using their utmost efforts among the
manufacturers in their respective districts, in order that
the products of French industry sent to England may
be such as to keep up the character of the country for
ingenuity and skill in workmanship. The circular also
explains that the exhibition will include agricultural
productions, and calls the attention of those connected
with those pursuits to the benefit which may result from
their taking part in it.

A pleasing Re-union of Employers and Work-people,
so beneficial to both classes, took place on the 20th at
Moltram, near Manchester. In the beautiful vale of
the river Goit are situated the extensive calico and muslin
print works of Mr. Matley. This was the fiftieth
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Matley's wedding-day, and
they determined to celebrate it by a feast to their work-
people. A spacious marquee was erected, and covers
were laid for between 600 and 700 guests, who, after a
procession headed by a band of music, sat down to a
plentiful repast at 2 o'clock. A handsome piece of plate,
subscribed by the workmen, was presented to Mr. Matley;
and the fete terminated with music and dancing.

The Cholera Nursery is a name which has been given
to the churchyard of St. Clement's Danes. It is crammed
with human remains, yet augmentations of corpses
and of noxious vapours are daily made. The inhabitants
of the neighbourhood are continually complaining
in the newspapers of the disgusting scenes that take
place, and of the aerial poison which rises out of the
graves; but no power seems strong enough to abate
the nuisance.

         PERSONAL NARRATIVE

THE QUEEN, Prince Albert, and the Royal family
spent the Easter holidays at Windsor Castle. On the
5th Her Majesty visited the cavalry barracks at Spittal
to witness the conclusion of Rustic Sports, which have
been going on during the week among the corporals
and privates of the 1st Life Guards. These consisted of
wrestling, a hurdle race—in which ten men ran about
three quarters of a mile, taking fourteen leaps over
hurdles,—jingling, and a broadsword combat between
two corporals. The most extraordinary feat was that
of cutting a sheep in two at one stroke of the broadsword.
The carcass having been suspended on a tree
immediately in front of the carriage in which Her
Majesty and the Prince were seated. Corporal Newton
took the sword—which had been handed to Her Majesty
and the Prince by Colonel Hall for inspection—and
with one blow severed the carcass in the middle.

The Royal family returned to Buckingham Palace on
the 6th. On the 19th Prince Albert had a visit from
the heirs presumptive to the throne of the Sandwich
Islands. The lord in waiting must have had some
difficulty in announcing them correctly; they are the
Princes Kamehameha and Liholiho. As embryo foreign
potentates they were introduced by Lord Palmerston.

Lord John Russell Took a trip to Manchester during
the Easter week, where he was pleasantly received, and
added to his popularity by the interest he manifested
in the prosperity of that great seat of industry. He left
London on the 2nd, with his lady, on a visit to Sir
Benjamin Heywood. In the course of the two following
days he inspected some of the principal manufactories,
particularly the premises of Messrs. Nasmyth and
Gaskell, the engineers and machine-makers; and the
great Mayfield print-works belonging to Alderman Neild,
where female artisans are employed in engraving patterns
on the cylinders; a novelty which appeared to give
much pleasure to the visitors. Lord John received
complimentary addresses from the corporation of
Manchester and Salford, and much good-feeling towards the
Premier was everywhere manifested.

The Oriental Club gave a banquet to Lord Gough on
the 9th at their mansion in Hanover Square. Major-
General Sir James Law Lushington presided: Lord
Hardinge and Major Edwardes were among the guests,
about a hundred in number. The Junior United Service
Club gave an entertainment to his lordship in the
following week.

Dr. Tait bade Farewell to the Rugby School on the 11th,
and the event was celebrated by the formal presentation
of addresses and gifts, testifying the affectionate respect
entertained for him by all the masters and scholars. A
large body of "old Rugbeans" were present, and took
part both in the ceremonies of presentation and speech-
making. Dr. Tait returned acknowledgments with
affectionate earnestness: he avowed his belief, that
in taking part in the great and noble system of the
school, he had learnt far more than he had taught.

Lieut. Graham, who with Mr. Elliot was tried by
court-martial for having Deserted the Childers in
consequence of the tyranny of the commander, Pitman,
and sentenced to imprisonment, has been discharged;
apparently from the presentation of the affidavit of
Matthew Speary, armourer, and George Brown,
seaman, before Mr. Justice Coleridge, of the cruelties
they had witnessed on board that vessel. Mr. Elliot
has been allowed to suffer the whole term of imprisonment.

              Obituary of Notable Persons.

The Earl of MACCLESFIELD died on the 31st March, at Ensham
Hall, near Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, aged 87. He was son of the
third Earl, by the daughter of Sir William Heathcote, Bart.
His lordship was twice married, and had issue by both marriages.
Viscount Parker succeeds to the title and estates. The
deceased was deputy-lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

Captain T. R. EDEN, R.N., commander of the Amphitrite, died
in Valparaiso recently, after a few days' illness, when he was
getting ready to return to this country with a freight which
would have realised to him about £6000. He entered the navy
in 1824, and attained his captain's rank in 1844.

The Very Rev. J . MEREWETHER, Dean of Hereford, who opposed
with great energy the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the