on its lists as corresponding members. The election of such corresponding members shall be made by the Central Committee, on the proposal of one of the members thereof, either on his personal acquaintance with the candidate, or the recommendation of two ordinary members of the Association.

"The government of the Association shall be vested in a Central Committee, consisting of twenty-five persons, usually resident in London. A certain number of the members of this committee shall annually retire, and the vacancies thus created shall be filled up at the annual congress. No member of the committee thus retiring shall be eligible for re-election until the interval of a year shall have elapsed.

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Subscribing members shall be entitled to attend the annual congress, and to receive gratuitously an illustrated octavo volume, containing a summary of the proceedings of the year, and a full account of the transactions of the annual congress. They shall also have the privilege of voting at the annual election of the Central Committee.

"At a meeting held during the annual congress a report of the proceedings of the whole year will be submitted, including a statement of accounts, and the vacancies in the Central Committee, caused by the retirement of a certain number of members thereof, will be filled up."

Subscriptions may be forwarded by a Post-office order, addressed to Albert Way, esq. Honorary Secretary, 12, Rutland Gate, Hyde Park, or paid to the account of the Central Committee, with Messrs. Cockburns and Co. 4, Whitehall.

No. V. of the Journal, being the first of a second volume, has also just appeared, edited by Mr. Way. It contains articles on Tong church, Salop, by the Rev. J. L. Petit; on the history of the Great Seals of England, especially those of Edward III. (and chiefly, we believe, with reference to their architectural tracery,) by Professor Willis; on a Roman Villa, discovered at Bisley, co. Glouc. by T. Baker, esq.; on a gold Fibula, found at Odiham, Hampshire, by T. Birch, esq.; the Legend of Saint Werstan, and the first Christian establishment at Great Malvern,

by Albert Way, esq.; with Minutes of the proceedings of the Central Committee, and the customary appendices.

(Minutes of the Committee, Nov. 27,

continued from p. 298.)

Mr. Charles Spence, of Devonport, transmitted a few observations respecting the church of Beer Ferrers, co. Devon. It is beautifully situated on the banks of the

Tavy, and not far from the confluence of that river with the Tamar; it is built in the form of an exact cross, the length of the two transepts, with the intervening breadth of the nave, being exactly the same as the length of nave and chancel, viz. ninety feet. On the north side of the upper portion of the cross is the vestry room, once the chantry chapel, founded for six priests in the year 1328, by William de Ferrers, and endowed with the advowson of the church. This chapel is separated from the church by a canopied monument which probably covers the remains of its founder and his lady in form it resembles the monument of Aveline Countess of Lancaster, in Westminster Abbey, and, like it, is dishonoured by having its interior blocked up, so that part of the monument is in the chapel, and part forms the wall of the vestry.

The floor of the altar (immediately under the communion table) consists of a slab of marble, eight feet long by four feet wide, which is most beautifully carved with rosewheel circles and hexagonal elongated departments, sustaining what would seem to have been an altar-stone, about six inches in height, the sides of which are deeply grooved or fluted, in one hollow, with roses interlaced, with leaves carved thereon in bold and beautiful relief. The altar is ascended from the nave by three steps; the edge-stones of the upper compartment or step have been beautifully cut in bas-relief with shields, arabesques, &c.

The chancel and its chapels were separated from the nave and side aisles by a cancellum or screen, the basement of which is still left; it is of Decorated character, and has been richly painted; each of its compartments formerly contained a painting of some saint, and in one the mutilated figure of a female may yet be decyphered.

The nave is filled with the original open sittings of Perpendicular character, quite entire, and beautifully and elaborately carved. At the north-east, corner of these pews is a shield cut in wood, and on the south-east corner is another, whereon are blazoned horse-shocs (arms of Ferrers), and rudders of ships or vessels. The windows of the north transept are very beautiful specimens of Decorated work, as is also the great window of the south transept. Those of the south side of the church are Perpendicular. On the north side the windows are debased and bad. The eastern window, which Rickman states to have been " a fine one," has been destroyed since his survey, and a choice specimen of the true Churchwardenic style inserted in its place. There are various fragments of painted glass; but that formerly in the east window, representing Sir William Fer

rers and his lady, in tracing which C. A. Stothard fell and was killed, and which is engraved in Lysons's Devonshire, is probably in a deal case (marked Glass) which is kept in the north transept.

There is a cross legged effigy of a knight in mail in an arched recess, in the wall of the north transept.

In the north transept an elevated altarstep remains, and just before it lies an incised slab representing a cross, and at the intersection a heart irradiated. Above is an inscription, "Hic jacet Rogerus Champernowne Armiger cujus anime propicietur Deus Amen." The Champernownes became possessed of the manor of Beer Ferrers before the close of the four

teenth century. On another stone near the foregoing, are cut, in very deep relief, the words, "Orate pro Will'mo Champernoun."

Nov. 27. Mr. M. W. Boyle presented through the Rev. J. B. Deane a portfolio of prints and drawings, illustrative chiefly of places in London. It comprises, 1. Illustrations of Crosby Hall. 2. Occupiers of Crosby Hall. 3. Illustrations of St. Helen's church and priory. 4. Illustrations of Gresham College. 5. Illustrations of Leathersellers' Hall. 6. Miscellaneous Illustrations.

The Secretary read letters from Archdeacons King and Burney, stating the failure of the mediation of the Association on behalf of the fresco paintings in East Wickham church (Oct. p. 480).

Mr. Daniel Henry Haigh, of Leeds, communicated some remarks on the parish church of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, the neighbouring chapel of St. John's, and the churches of Anstan and Thorpe Salvin, co. York. Laughton was in AngloSaxon times the residence of Earl Edwin; "Ibi ten. comes Eduin aulam." (Domesday.) Westward from the church, about fifty yards distant, are the remains (as Mr. Haigh believes them to be) of Edwin's hall, consisting of a high circular mound, standing between the extremities of a crescent-shaped rampart of earth. The AngloSaxon portion of the church is small. It consists of the west wall of the north aisle, and the western bay of the north wall. It is easily distinguished from the rest of the church by its masonry, and the dark red sand-stone with which it is built; the magnesian limestone being employed in the Norman chancel, as well as in the Perpendicular nave. Mr. Rickman has given a good representation of the doorway in the north wall, in his communication on Anglo-Saxon architecture, printed in Archæologia, vol. xxvi., but an erroneous im.

pression may be conveyed by his having given the same dark tint to the hoodmoulding of the original doorway and to the low segmental arch which now forms the doorway, which is of much later date; and to make room for which the under sides of the original imposts have been cut away. Since Mr. Rickman's time, much of the rough-cast which covered this portion of the walls has been removed, and disclosed long and short quoins east of the door and close to the second buttress of the north wall; proving that here there was an angle in the wall, and leading to the supposition that this was a porch of the Saxon edifice. In digging graves on the south side of the church, the foundations of a wall have been met with; this seems to prove that the Saxon church was of greater extent than its Norman successor. Of the latter, the chancel walls and the piers on the north side of the nave remain. The rest of the church is of Early and good Perpendicular work, or rather transition from Decorated to that style. The tower is a beautiful structure, and is surmounted by a lofty crocketed octagonal spire; its height is said to be 185 feet; of the bells, one is ancient, and has the legend, in Lombardics, "Ave Maria gracia plena dominus tecum." In the lower story the springers remain of what would have been a fine vault of fan-tracery had it been completed.

Mr. James H. Dixon made a communication respecting a locality called Abbey Hill, on the high road between Calton and Winterburn, about eleven miles from Skipton in Craven, in the parish of Kirkby Malhamdale, where he has noticed extensive foundations of buildings, which he does not find alluded to by the local historians. The names of the adjacent fields are Friar's Head, Kirk Syke, Kirk Garth, Great Church Doors, Little Church Doors, Chapel Maze, &c. To what forgotten edifice, it is asked, do these remains and these names belong?

Mr. Wright read a letter from the Rev. Lambert B. Larking, stating that the Members of the Association residing in the neighbourhood of Maidstone had formed themselves into a Local Committee for furthering the objects of the Associa tion, and that he, Mr. Larking, had been requested to act as Chairman to the Committee.

The Rev. J. H. Barham exhibited a flint celt recently found in a field at Bethersden, Kent.

It has been determined that the Archæological Meeting for 1845 shall be held at Winchester, in the first week in August,

HOUSE OF LORDS.

March 10. The Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of his Bill for the relief of PERSONS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION elected to municipal offices, and explained the inconsistencies of the present system by reference to the cases of Sir M. Montefiore, Messrs. Salomons, Lousada, Cohen, and Rothschild. Each of these gentlemen are magistrates, some for several counties; some also are Deputy Lieutenants, and all might be elected to the office of High Sheriff. In the city of London they were not only eligible to this latter office, but if they refused to serve they were liable to a very heavy penalty; yet if they aspired to a dignity which was the ordinary reward of an honourable performance of the Sheriff's duty-that of Alderman-they were excluded by a clause in the form of declaration required, which, while it added nothing to the obligation of the oath, could only be subscribed by a Christian. The object of the present measure was to remove these difficulties and hardships.-The Bishop of London would not oppose this Bill, but protested against being thus precluded from resisting any attempt to obtain the admission of Jews to Parliament.-Lord Campbell hoped that the present Bill was only an instalment of the full and complete justice the Jews deserved at our hands.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Feb. 24. On the order of the day for going into Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Milner Gibson moved "that no arrangement of the SUGAR DUTIES will be satisfactory and permanent, which does not involve an equalization of Duty on Foreign and Colonial Sugar." This was negatived by 211 to 84.

Feb. 26. Lord John Russell renewed the question in the following terms: that it is the opinion of this House, that the plan proposed by her Majesty's Government in reference to the Sugar Duties professes to keep up a distinction between Foreign free labour and Foreign slave-labour Sugar, which is impracticable and illusory; and, without adequate benefit to the consumer, tends so greatly to impair the Revenue, as to render the removal of the Income and Property Tax at the end of three years extremely uncertain and improbable." Ayes, 236; Noes, 142.

Feb. 27. Mr. Bright moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the opera

tion of the GAME LAWs. The motion was supported by Sir James Graham, and agreed to.

March 4. Mr. Cowper moved for leave to bring in a Bill to promote the letting of FIELD GARDENS to the labouring poor. Sir James Graham had no objection to the introduction of the measure. The motion was then agreed to, and the Bill was read a first time.

March 5. On the Order for Committee on the PROPERTY TAX Bill, the motion for the Speaker leaving the chair was faintly opposed by a division of 23 to 96, and a proposal for the continuance of the Tax for two years instead of three negatived by 69 to 17.

March 6. Mr. Ewart moved for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Town Councils to establish MUSEUMS OF ART in Corporate Towns. Sir R. Peel said that the subject had not escaped the attention of her Majesty's Government. In the course of the present Session he should have to propose to the House a grant for the purpose of facilitating the means of access to an improved geological collection in the British Museum. He trusted, however, that the House would proceed with caution in devolving excessive powers of taxation on the municipal bodies of the country. One hon. Member now proposed the levying of a local tax for the purpose of promoting art; and another for the purpose of providing places of recreation for the people. The Government, in the course of the Session, would have to propose a scheme of local taxation for another object, more important than either of those two, -he meant the promotion of ventilation and salubrity in large towns. They must, therefore, take care that they did not raise any prejudice against these schemes by making the burden of them too heavy for their inhabitants to bear. He thought that, before they called on the towns to tax themselves for these objects, they should see what sums they could obtain from the more affluent inhabitants by voluntary contributions. Leave was given to bring in the Bill.

March 10, On the Report on the INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX Bill, Mr. Charles Buller moved as an amendment, "That the circumstances under which the renewal of the Income-Tax is at present proposed are such as to render it exceedingly improbable that Parliament will have

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the power of dispensing with its continuance at the end of three years; and that it is therefore the duty of this House to take care that the tax be imposed in a form in which its operation shall be less unequal and inquisitorial than it now is." Robert Inglis supported the amendment, and recommended the Government to make some modifications in this Bill. He also recommended that the tax should not be imposed on the first 1507. of any man's income, but only on that part of it which exceeded that sum. Several hon. Members having addressed the House, Sir R. Peel said that he proposed to continue the income-tax for three years, in order that he might try a great experiment on the industry, skill, and capital of the country. He admitted that the tax was open to objection, and that the inquisition to which parties were subjected under it was painful; but, seeing that no petitions had been presented against this Bill, he hoped that the House would receive it with the same favour as it had three years ago. He hoped also that they would not admit any modifications in the Bill, for modifications must open the door to fraud, but would

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affirm it in its present shape, as a tax both on income and property. Some further discussion followed, and the House divided, for the amendment, 112; against it, 240.

March 12. The INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX Bill was read a third time and passed.

March 14. Mr. Cobden moved for a Select Committee "to inquire into the causes and extent of the alleged existing AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS, and to inquire into the effects of Legislative Protection upon the interests of Landowners, Tenant-farmers, and Farm-labourers." Ayes 121, Noes 213.

March 17. On the order for Committee on the Customs Acts, Mr. William Miles moved, "that it is the opinion of this House that in the application of surplus revenue towards relieving the burthens of this country by reduction or remission of Taxation, due regard should be had to the necessity of affording relief to the Agricultural Interests." Ayes 213, Noes 78.

On the 20th of March the House adjourned over Easter to the 31st.

The Punjaub is again in commotion, From the very ill feeling that has existed for some time between the mother of the Maharajah and Heera Singh, an explosion was looked for, sooner or later, as inevitable. She applied to Heera Singh for some command of trust for her brother, and was backed in her demand so warmly by the council of the army, usual on such occasions, that Heera got alarmed, and put off the matter until next day, before daylight of which he was on his way, with 800 troops, to some place in the vicinity of Jumboo. The Khalsa troops in Lahore on hearing this pursued him, and on coming up killed him, Jella Pundit, and several others of the Rajah's adherents. The next day salutes were fired, and the mother of the Maharajah held a durbar. The English Government has, it is believed, no idea of interfering in this instance (though the time may not be far off when it will be obliged to do so), not being in the slightest bound to assist or uphold either party or ministry. A revolution has taken place also in Nepaul; but from the circumstances it is generally believed that it was a got-up affair. The Rajah had promised to abdicate in favour of his son. When the time came he refused; on which the son, assisted by some chiefs, deposed

him. The new Rajah is only 17 years old, and an idiot. Our Government will be compelled to interfere. The war, however, is expected to be one of diplomacy rather than of arms.

MEXICO.

Santa Anna, President of the Mexican Republic, has been entirely overthrown. It is stated that, after his troops had been much reduced by desertion, he fell in with the combined forces of his two opponents, Generals Pareddes and Bravo, on the 14th January. A battle was fought, and Santa Anna was defeated, with the loss of 500 men. He was subsequently captured while endeavouring to effect his escape. Since the proclamation of independence, twentyfive years ago, Mexico has had no less than six Presidents and one Emperor. The Emperor was Iturbide, and the Presidents are Victoria, Pedraza, Guerrero, Bustamente, Gomez, Farias, aud Santa Anna. Iturbide was shot at Tampico; Pedraza fled disguised as a monk; and Bustamente, thrice restored to power, was finally expelled by Herrera, who has been chasing Santa Anna.

WEST INDIES.

A most destructive fire has destroyed the principal portion of the town of Bridgetown in Barbadoes. It broke out in the

house of a Jew storekeeper, and was caused by a little girl playing with lucifer matches. The part of the town where it commenced is principally devoted to commerce, and the stores and houses are thickly studded. The buildings being built principally of wood the fire spread with great rapidity, and defied all efforts to suppress it. It

continued to burn with great fury for three days. The loss it is asserted will exceed half-a-million of money. The Post-office is amongst the public buildings destroyed; and so is Lee's Hotel. The house of Moore, Brothers, and Co. are sufferers to the amount of 40,000 dollars; and nearly all the principal stores are destroyed.

Metropolitan Improvements.-The new street from Long-acre to Holborn, forming the continuous line from Waterloo Bridge to the new Oxford-street (East) has been named Endell-street; and the opening which connects High-street, St. Giles's, with Monmouth and St. Andrewstreets, is called Broad-street. The new street connecting Long-acre with Coventry-street is in such a state of forwardness that it is expected to be open for traffic in a few weeks. The purchases made for it amount to about 175,000/.

The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have made a survey for a new line of street, to extend in continuation of St. James's-street and Albemarle-street, direct from St. James's Palace to the Regent's Park. It is to take the following direction:-From the end of Albemarle-street an opening will be made into Avery-row, the western side of which is to be taken down, across Bruton-street, Grosvernor-street, passing through an opening to be made in the north-western angle of South Molton-street, running up to Oxford-street in an almost parallel line with Bond-street. Crossing Oxford-street from South Molton-street, it is to pass through the centre of Stratford-place, and taking down the large range of workshops known as Woolham's paper manufactory, on the western side of Marylebone-lane, it will thus reach Wigmore-street. From this point the thoroughfare will take down a large clump of buildings at the entrance to Marylebone-lane, on the northern side of Wigmore-street, and forming on the west a place called Barrett's-court. It is then to proceed in the direction of Hindstreet Chapel, taking away Hind's-mews and the intermediate houses between the chapel and the western side of Marylebonelane. Thence it is to cross High-street, Marylebone, at its extreme southern end, next to Hind-street, and, passing through the western side of Great Barlow-street, will make its way through the miserable neighbourhood in the vicinity of the Marylebone Police Court, known as Burialground and Grotto-passages, bounded on the west by the burial-ground in Padding ton-street. Crossing Paddington-street,

Nottingham-place will be the continuous line into the new road, on the left hand side of Marylebone church, and nearly in a direct line with York-gate, the principal entrance both into the outer and inner circles of the Regent's park, and also to the entrance of the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society.

The structure for the fountains in the eastern reservoir in Trafalgar-square is now completed. It is constructed entirely of red granite, highly polished. The base is an octagon, and the pedestal, which is of a similar form, diminishes gradually to the lower basin, which is an immense block of the same material. On four sides of the pedestal are carved dolphins' heads, and above are two basins, the upper one smaller than the lower. The well in Trafalgar-square has been sunk to a depth of about 160 feet, and that in Orange-street, Leicester-square, which is on a higher elevation, about 30 feet deeper. The large cistern at the top of the enginehouse will hold 38,000 gallons of water, and that at the top of the tower, which is about 20 feet higher, about one third of that quantity. In addition to furnishing the fountains, these are intended to supply the whole of the government buildings and offices in the district, for daily use and in case of fire. The water, which rises in the borings to about 60 feet of the surface, is pumped up by two Cornish engines of 20-horse power.

Harbours of Refuge.-The report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the most eligible situations for a harbour or harbours of refuge in the British Channel, has been published. The Commission has examined Foreness, the Brake or Small Downs, Dover, Dungeness, Beachy Head, Eastbourne, and Seaford, Newhaven, and Harwich harbour. The result of their labours is a recommendation of the improvement of Harwich harbour, at a cost of 50,000.; the construction of an artificial harbour at Dover, at a cost of 2,500,000l.; the construction of a breakwater in Seaford road, at an expense of 1,250,000l.; and the construction of a breakwater at Portland, at an