ment works. He was succeeded by Captain Brandreth, Director of Works; Captain Denison (now Governor of New South Wales); Captain H. James; and, lastly, by Colonel Irvine, C.B. the directorgeneral of engineering and architectural works to the Admiralty at the present time. Its dimensions are-length, 774 feet; breadth, 400 feet; depth, 31 feet. There are two inlets on the east side, each 300 feet long by 70 wide, intended for vessels whose refitments must be completed in a great hurry, and may thus be worked upon on both sides at once. The area of water in the basin and inlets is 24 acres; the basin alone 7 acres. In the south-west corner is a large graving-dock, 80 feet wide at the entrance, and 300 feet long, with a width of 101 feet between the coping. On the west brink of the basin is a factory of handsome architecture, 687 feet long, 48 wide, and 51 high. On the south wall is a new brass-foundry, 90 feet by 110. The basin is considered capable of accommodating around its sides as many as nine steam frigates of the first class. It has employed on the average as many as 1500 men since the commencement; and, if we consider the immense body to whom it has given work off the premisesin the quarries, forests, ironworks, &c.-we have an army of labourers to whom this structure alone has afforded subsistence. The quantity of granite, Portland, and Purbeck stone used in the construction is 1,155,208 cubic feet; of bricks, 7,696,000 cubic feet; of Memel and beech timber, 735,700 cubic feet: excavations removed, 959,500 tons; clay for dam, 25,000 tons. Besides these materials, there have been used in various parts of the whole about 2500 tons of cast iron from Staffordshire. The rough cost of the labour already turned out of hand is 400,000.

KENT.

The new fortifications at Sheerness, together with the repair and heightening of the old fortifications, are now completed, and the guns mounted. The entire line of fortifications is one mile and a quarter in length, and the number of guns 118, some of which are of extraordinary size, weighing from 80 to 90 cwt. At several places along the line, nearest to the sea, the battery consists of very thick brickwork, and these parts are called the musketry batteries, there being a great number of apertures through the brickwork, designed for the pointing of muskets. The whole line is surrounded by a deep moat, which is crossed at only one place, where the fortifications cross the high road, and here there is some outer work, consisting of a bastion, a raveline, and a

second moat, and there are also two drawbridges and two pairs of strong gates. A concrete foundation has been laid down for the creation of new barracks, and piles are now being driven for the erection of several powder magazines.

Mr. Edmund Richardson, sculptor, has completed two monuments to those of the 31st and of the 16th Lancers who fell on the Sutlej, and which are to be placed in Canterbury Cathedral. The first consists of a centre panel, 3 feet by 3 feet 6 inches, containing inscriptions (203 men having fallen, besides officers); the pediment or upper member, the tattered flags of the regiment as they came out of Sobraon, an enemy's gun on carriage, &c.; the side or wing pieces, the Sikh flags and other trophies taken; and the plinth or lower member, the Sutlej medal, and a branch of laurel and cypress. These, with an upper and lower moulding, are in white marble, placed on a dark marble ground, and relieved at the corners by the words Moodkee, Ferozeshaw, Aliwal, Sobraon, in bronze scrolls. The monument is 6 feet in height and width, and the relief various. That for the 16th Lancers, which exceeds in size the former, being 8 feet high by 5 feet 6 inches wide, contains, in a centre panel, feet by 3 feet 6 inches, an alto-relief of a wounded officer resting against a palm-tree, tended by one of his troop, who has dismounted, and with the lance in one hand, is offering with the other water from his flask, the horse standing by his side. A Sikh helmet, with gorget of chain-mail near, shews the conflict his officer had encountered. the moulding below is ALIWAL in raised letters; and on the plinth, which rests on two laurelled trusses, the inscription,"To those of the 16th Lancers who fell in the discharge of their duty in the Sutlej campaign;"-the names of the killed being placed in two broken columns, with cypress wreaths suspended, one on either side of the centre panel. Above the panel is a moulding and pediment, which last contains the regimental devices, the Guznee and Sutlej medals, and Maharajpoor star and motto, Aut cursu, aut cominus armis. The monument is relieved by a dovemarble ground.

LANCASHIRE.

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April 10. The church of St. Matthias, Liverpool, was burnt down on Monday afternoon. The fire originated in the hotair tubes.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

The Pelham pillar, commenced by the late Earl of Yarborough to the memory of his father, and since carried forward

by the present earl, is now completed. This pillar occupies the highest ground in Lincolnshire. The observatory at the summit commands an extensive view of the rich agricultural country in which it is situate, and also of the German Ocean, the Humber, and the Yorkshire wolds.

MONMOUTHSHIRE.

May 31. The magnificent new South Wales Railway bridge, which crossed the river Usk at Newport, built of wood, and about 400 yards long, was completely destroyed by fire. At six o'clock the workmen engaged in completing the central arch, which was an immense pile, consisting of several tons weight of timber and iron bolts, were busy at work driving in the bolts, when one man used one which had been heated to an extraordinary degree. This immediately ignited the adjoining timber, which had been highly kyanized. The man had a bucket of water at hand, as was always usual, but it was useless; for the flames immediately leaped along on each side from the centre to each end of the bridge, and the whole extent was in a terrible blaze. The men with difficulty escaped with their lives. The bridge was almost completed when this unfortunate calamity occurred. It had been built of kyanized timber by Messrs. Rennie, Logan, and Co. and cost upwards of 20,0007. in the erection. Fortunately the firm insured recently for the full

amount.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

May 30. The parish church of St. James, Bath, was re-opened, after having been enlarged and repaired. The whole of the western end of the church has been rebuilt, on the site of the dwelling-houses which once deformed the front of the building. The edifice on this side now terminates in a bold semi-circular frontage, a new tower forming the central object, and containing the principal doorway. The tower is built in the Italian style, in keeping with the rest of the edifice. The interior has been enlarged by the addition of 480 sittings, principally for the accommodation of the poor of the parish. A gallery has been placed in the western end of the church, where the organ formerly stood, and occupies the second story of the tower. The architects employed were Messrs. Manners and Gill.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

June 5. A most destructive fire occurred at Sandon Hall, the beautiful

mansion of the Earl of Harrowby, by which the centre part of this elegant mansion has been entirely destroyed. The fire was discovered in the roof, where some plumbers were at work doing repairs. The wings of the house escaped, and all the furniture, &c. was saved.

SUFFOLK.

May 8. A disastrous fire occurred at the Ipswich paper mills. The establishment was an irregular cluster of brick and wooden buildings, situated in the heart of St. Clement's parish; with a frontage of about 160 feet, and a depth of 140, together with extensive yards and outhouses filled with beautiful and complicated machinery. The general height of the mill was two stories, except at one part towards the rear, where a wooden erection, 75 feet by 30, towered above the rest of the factory, and formed a conspicuous object for some miles round the town. This wooden erection consisted of two stories; the lower was devoted to the purposes of cutting and dusting the rags, and the topmost was used as a store room. At the time of the fire this room contained nearly a thousand tons of rags, portions of which had been stored away there for many years past. The fire is supposed to have originated here, the furnace chimney, which is 80 feet high, passing directly through this and the lower room. These mills, formerly the property of the late Mr. R. G. Ranson, have been carried on by a proprietary of shareholders for the last four years with a capital of 30,000l. From one to two hundred families found employment at the works, and between seven and eight tons of paper were manufactured weekly.

WILTSHIRE.

May 31. The Swindon Refreshment Rooms, on the Great Western Railway, held for a term of 99 years from the company, at an annual rent of one penny, were sold at Garraway's, by Alderman Farebrother, for 20,000l. and bought by Mr. Phillips, of the Virginia coffee-house, Cornhill.

WARWICKSHIRE.

April 26. The Bishop of Worcester consecrated the new church dedicated to the Holy Trinity at Hartshill and a sermon was preached by the Rev. W. J. Edge, M.A. the first incumbent. This church is indebted to a pious clergyman for the munificent gift of 1,000l. and other individuals have subscribed 4007. to augment the endowment.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

May 27. Royal Marines, brevet Major D. M'Adam, to be Lieut.-Colonel.

May 31. Henry Southern, esq. (now Secretary of Legation at Lisbon), to be Minister Plenipotentiary to the ArgentineConfederation.

June 1. Vice-Adm. Sir T. Livingstone, Bart. to be Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Adm. J. Sykes to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Capt. A. R. Sharpe, C.B. to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue-Unattached, Brevet Major W. B. Caldwell, from the 92d Foot, to be Major.-East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, Capt. J. M. Balfour, to be Major Commandant.

June 6. Richard Madox Bromley, esq. to be Secretary to the Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts, vice J. L. Mallet, esq. retired.

June 9. Royal Artillery, Major-Gen. J. W. Smith, C. B. to be Colonel Commandant.

June 10. Corps of R. Sappers and Miners, Capt. J. Walpole, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major of Brigade.

June 14. James Pulman, esq. (Norroy King of Arms), to be Clarencieux King of Arms; Edward-Howard Howard-Gibbon, esq. (York Herald), to be Norroy King of Arms.

June 16. William Smillie, esq. to be Advocate General and Crown Solicitor for the province of South Australia.-James Scotland, esq. junior, to be Solicitor General for Antigua.-William de Smidt, esq. to be Secretary to the Central Board of Commissioners for Public Roads; J. M. Hill, esq. to be Resident Magistrate at Picketberg; George Longmore, esq. to be Resident Magistrate at Mossel Bay: James Barnes, esq. to be Resident Magistrate at Riversdale, and Henry Piers, esq. to be Resident Magistrate at Tulbagh, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope.-2d West India Reg., Major-Gen. Sir R. J. Harvey, C.B. to be Colonel.-Brevet, Lieut.-Col. G. H. MacKinnon, to have the local rank of Colonel in Kaffraria, Cape of Good Hope; Capt. E. S. N. Campbell, of 90th Foot, to be Major in the Army.

June 17. Thomas William King, esq. (RougeDragon Pursuivant of Arms), to be York Herald.

June 19. Edward Stephen Dendy, gent. to be Rouge-Dragon Pursuivant of Arms.-John Steuart, esq. to be Master of the Supreme Court, and Daniel Jacob Cloete, esq. to be High Sheriff, for the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope.

June 22. Sir Thomas Le Breton, Knt. to be Bailiff of the island of Jersey.

June 23. 13th Light Dragoons, Major W. Knox to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. C. E. Doherty to be Major.-Coldstream Guards, Lieut. and Capt. S. Perceval to be Capt. and Lieut.-Colonel.-35th Foot, Major G. Browne, from 44th Foot, to be Major, vice Major J. H. O. Moore, who exchanges.-Brevet, Capt. W. H. Sitwell, 35th Foot, and Capt. G. Creswell, 92d Foot, to be Majors in the Army.

June 26. The Hon. Henry George Howard, (Secretary of Legation at the Hague,) to be Secretary of Legation at Lisbon; the Hon. Henry Elliot, (now First Paid Attaché at St. Petersburgh,) to be Secretary of Legation at the Hague.

June 27. Henry Collingwood Selby, esq. to be Advocate of Ceylon. The Rev. CharlesSamuel Twisleton, M.A. Rector of Ashow, Warw., Edward-Boyd-Turner Twisleton, esq. Chief Commissioner of Poor Laws in Ireland, and Mary-Elizabeth, widow of William Gisborne, esq. of the Civil Service in the island of

Ceylon, the brothers and sister of Frederick. Benjamin now Baron Saye and Sele, to enjoy the same precedence as if their father had succeeded to that dignity.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be Commanders.-Charles John Austen, John A. S. Wharton.

Appointments.-Commander Lord Francis Russell to the Tweed, 18; Comm. Nich. Vansittart to the Frolic, 16; Comm. E. M. Lyons to the Pilot, 16; Comm. G. W. Smith to the Helena, 16; Comm. C. F. Newland to the Ranger, 8. Lieut. George O. Willes to command the Spitfire steam vessel.

Member returned to serve in Parliament. Cheshire, N.-Geo. Cornwall Legh, esq.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. H. Irwin, to be Archdeacon of Elphin. Rev. Dr. Cowper, to be Archdeacon of Cumberland, New South Wales.

Rev. W. C. Adams, Dummer R. Hants.
Rev. T. Andrew, Egton and Newland P.C.
Lancashire.

Rev. J. Atkins, Ford R. Sussex.

Rev. T. H.; B. Baker, Preston with Sutton
Pointz R. Weymouth.

Rev. J. A. Bermingham, Killistown R. Carlow.
Rev. J. Blackburn, Horton R. Glouc.
Rev. E. Bowman, Croglin R. Cumb.
Rev. J. Brogden, Deddington V. Oxfordshi.
Rev. J. H. Brooks, Rollright R. Oxfordsh.
Rev. R. Bunch, Emanuel Church, Loughbo-
rough P.C. Leicestershire.

Rev. T. Clarke, Stock Cross, Hungerford P.C.
Berks.

Rev. P. M. Compton, Mapperton R. Dorset.
Rev. T. Crick, Staplehurst R. Kent.

Rev. H. R. Du Prẻ, Shillingford R. Berks.
Rev. M. T. Du Pré, Ryston and Roxham P.C.
Norfolk.

Rev. W. Edelman, Merton P.C. Surrey.
Rev. W. M. H. Elwyn, Waresley V. Hunts.
Rev. C. W. W. Eyton, Aston Clinton R. Bucks.
Rev. T. W. Fletcher, St. Stephen's Willenhall
P.C. Wolverhampton, Staff.

Rev. R. H. Frizell, Annesley, Mansfield, P.C.
Notts.

Rev. W. L. P. Garnons, Ulting V. Sussex.
Rev. R. Garvey, Saltfleet by St. Clement' SR.
Lincolnshire.

Rev. J. Groomes, Stratford V. Essex.
Rev. J. B. Harrison, Stapleford P.C. Nolts.
Rev. C. Harrison, Great Birch R. Essex.
Rev. J. N. Hayward, East Grinstead R. Suss.
Rev. L. Hodgson, Wetheral with Warwick
P.C. Cumberland.

Rev. C. B. Jackson, Northwood, Stoke-upon-
Trent, P.C. Staff.

Rev. E. Lillingston, Edgbaston V. Warwicksh. Rev. J. Lowthian, Farlam, Carlisle, P.C. Cumberland.

Rev. H. Mackenzie, St. Martin-in-the-Field's
V. London.

Rev. W. Y. Mills, Miserden R. Gloucestersh.
Rev. R. J. Morris, Whitstable P.C. Kent.
Rev. D. Nihill, Fitz R. Shrewsbury.
Rev. D. P. O'Connor, Fotherby V. Lincolnsh.
Rev. J. Pardoe, Leyton V. Essex.

Rev. E. Pickard, Bloxworth R. Dorsetshire.
Rev. R. Pitman, Basford V. Notts.

Rev. T. G. H. Puleston, Worthenbury R. Flintshire.