Camberwell, and the Roman Catholic burial-ground,
St. Mary, Islington, after the 28th inst. In Mortlake
churchyard, after the 1st of December, 1854. In the
burial-ground of St. George the Martyr, Queen-square,
after the 1st of April, 1855. In the Quakers' burial-
ground, Long-lane, Bermondsey, after the 1st of June,
1855. In the vaults of St. Peter's, Bethnal-green, after
the 1st of January, 1855. In the church of St. Mary,
Stoke Newington, and the Abney Chapel-ground, from
the present date, and in the churchyard of St. Mary,
after the 1st of August, 1855. In Tottenham Church,
from the present time; and in the churchyard, the
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and Brook-street grounds,
after the 1st of July, 1855.

In the quarter ended at Michaelmas, there were no
fewer than 537,345 bathers in the eleven Public Baths
of London, and 85,260 persons washed clothes in ten of
them: the receipts were £8410. The results in the
provinces were equally satisfactory.

The New Athenæum at Bristol was inaugurated on
the 25th inst., in the presence of Lord J. Russell, the
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Sir Robert Peel, Earl
Ducie, the Attorney-General, and other public men.
The Athenæum is a new and exceedingly commodious
building, recently erected in Corn-street, which is situated
in the very heart of the city. It comprises a lecture
room, spacious reading rooms for ladies and gentlemen,
class rooms, libraries for circulation and reference, and
all offices suited to such an establishment. Its opening
was celebrated by a public breakfast. Lord John
Russell in his address of thanks on his health being given,
said, among other observations: "Your mayor has well
said that this is a moment of very great anxiety; no doubt
that it is so for every member of the government. But
we, who have to depend upon the exertions of our
countrymen, may feel full reliance that our confidence
will not be misplaced. My noble friend who is at the
head of the War Department, and my right hon. friend
who is at the head of the Admiralty, may feel full and
steadfast reliance that any service which British soldiers,
and any service which British sailors may be sent to
perform, however difficult that service may be, will be
performed with that courage and skill which have
distinguished our country at all times. And so likewise, I
may say, with regard to my own department. This
country having resolved in its various branches, and in
various manners, that the people shall be educated,
depend upon it that task will be likewise adequately
performed, and we shall in a few years, I trust, be able
to say that the remaining defects have been amended,
and the remaining deficiencies supplied."

A Commission has been appointed, under the sign-
manual of the Queen, to raise and distribute a "Patriotic
Fund" for the relief of the widows and orphans of those
soldiers, sailors, and marines, who may fall in the
present war. The following are the names of the
Commissioners so appointed—Prince Albert, the Duke of
Newcastle, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Seymour,
the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Chichester,
Earl Nelson, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston,
Viscount Combermere, Viscount Hardinge, Baron
Rokeby, Baron Colchester, Baron Panmure, Baron
Seaton, Baron St. Leonards, Baron Raglan, Mr. Sidney
Herbert, Mr. James Lindsey, Sir James George Graham,
Mr. Lowry Corry, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Vernon
Smith, Sir John Somerset Pakington, Sir Robert
Throckmorton, Sir William Parker, Sir Thomas Byam
Martin, Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Sir Hew Dalrymple
Ross, the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Joseph Hume,
Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Wilson Patten,
Mr. Peto, Mr. Edmund Burke Roche, and Mr. John
Ball. Captain Gardiner Fishbourne, R.N., and Captain
John Henry Lefroy, R.A., are appointed secretaries.
Any three of the Commissioners form a quorum. The
Aldermen and Recorder of London, the Lord Mayors
of Dublin and York, the mayors of other towns, the
Lords-Lieutenant and Sheriffs of counties, the Governors-
General, Governors, and Lieutenant-Governors of
Colonies, are Commissioners in Aid, charged with the
formation of Local Committees in their several districts.
With these will rest the collection of money in the first
place, to be remitted to the Secretaries to the Commission,
or to the Bank of England, by whom the
remittance will be acknowledged in due course and time in
two London daily papers. The Finance and Executive
Committee will be appointed by the Commissioners,
and will draw draughts and regulate expenditure.
Numerous public meetings have been held in various
districts of the metropolis and in the principal provincial
towns, for the purpose of appointing Committees to
collect subscriptions in aid of the "Patriotic Fund."

The seventh anniversary of the Builders' Benevolent
Institution was celebrated at the London Tavern on the
26th inst., by a dinner, at which about 250 gentlemen
connected with the building trade were assembled. The
chair was taken by Mr. Lee, M.P., who, in giving the
routine preliminary toasts, took occasion more especially
to allude to the exploits of the British army in the
Crimea. The allusion received a most enthusiastic
response from the company; and one of the company,
Mr. Cundy, the eminent statuary, having given "Three
cheers for the Battle of Alma," the whole company rose,
and the cheering was continued for several minutes.
In proposing the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to
the Builders' Institute," the Chairman stated that the
society had been established in 1847, and he regretted
that the support it had received had not been at all
commensurate with the progress of the building trade. They
had received £3050 for the relief fund, and £1300 for the
building fund; but the latter was still far in arrear of
the sum required. Originally it was determined that
almshouses should not be commenced until £5000 had
been raised, but recently the stipulated sum had been
reduced to £2500. Having already received £1300, they
still required £1200, and he was determined not to
leave that chair until the deficiency had been supplied.
In conclusion he trusted that the company would not
only help him to build the almshouses, but would
subscribe to the other purposes of the charity. The secretary
read the report, and a collection was made, which,
including fifty guineas from the chairman, amounted in
the whole to upwards of £500.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE

The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family
have returned from Balmoral: they arrived at Windsor
on the 14th instant. In the homeward bound journey
her Majesty visited Hull, and the docks at Grimsby.
Dr. Cooper, the Mayor of Hull, who presented the
address of the corporation received the honour of
knighthood.

Viscount Melville having accepted the command of
the Forces in North Britain, Major-General Allen
Maclean, an old and meritorious Waterloo officer,
succeeds to his lordship's command in India.

Major Lord Burghersh, who was the bearer of the
despatches from Lord Raglan announcing the victory
on the Alma, has been gazetted to a Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonelcy.

The Rev. Dr. Frederick Barker has been appointed
Bishop of Sydney, and Metropolitan Bishop in
Australia.

All doubt is now at an end as to the Deplorable Fate
of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. Dr. Rae,
of the Hudson's Bay Company, has reached England,
bringing with him from the Arctic seas a number of
articles that belonged to Sir John Franklin and his
companions. The story of the recovery of these
memorials is most painfully interesting. Dr. Rae's
account, which may, of course, be implicitly relied upon,
is this. In the spring he fell in with a party of
Esquimaux who were in possession of a number of
articles known to belong to Sir John Franklin himself,
and other things the property of members of his party.
These articles included amongst the rest some silver
plate bearing the crests of the owners. When the Esquimaux
were questioned as to the way in which they had
become possessed of such valuables belonging to officers
of the Royal Navy of England, they said that the
vessels of Franklin had been crushed in the
icebergs, and their crews forced to set out over the snow on
their way towards the territories of the Hudson's Bay