The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-29 00:00:00

A GALA DAY AT BETHNAL GREEN.

Wednesday must have been a happy day for Miss Burdett
Coutts. Columbia market, which has sprung into being
under that lady's munificent hand, has been thrown open
to the public, and is one of the most useful of all her works
of benevolence thus brought to a successful issue.
llethnal Green is not a pleasant suburb of London, and
;Is inhabitants, with few exceptions, appear to suffer from
a chronic state of squalor. Wednesday afternoon, how-
ever—as well might be the case, seeing that the
remedy for much of the evil existing in the district
has been supplied—the whole neighbourhood was ems
"rte. The site of the new market, which will insure to the
listrict a constant supply of fresh meat, vegetables, milk,
aid flowers, consists of a couple of acres of ground to the
act of the Hackney-road, and in close proximity to Shore-
ditch Church. The buildings comprising the market
form a quadrangular group in the early geometrical style of
architecture. Rising high above the rest of the structure
s the market hall, stretching before which is a large open
yard surrounded by iron railings. The approach to this
,tall is by a lafty flight of steps and through an arched
loorway. Over the latter are two colossal figures of angels
‘Jith extended wings, and scrolls in their bands
:ascribed with scriptural mottoes. The size of the ball is
104 feet by 50, with an altitude of 50 feet. In the centre
quadrangle is a clock tower, 115 feet high. Near the
summit are two gigantic figures of solid cedar, which will
eventually be employed to strike the chimes. The quadrangle
is paved with blue-tinted granite, crossed with lines of red
arcaded blocks of buildings, 210 ft. long by 45ft. in width,
run round the side of the quadrangle. It is here the shops
are situated. The buildings are four storeys high, in-
cluding the basement. The wings are four storeys high,
exclusive of their basements, which are cellared for
-.narket purposes. In one wing is " The Sir
Francis Burdett Coffee-house and Dining-rooms,"
While another is devoted to the sale of un-
adulterated beer. The other wings are occupied
as residences of a rather higher class. All the buildings are
substantial and ornamental, the walls being of yellow
)rick, relieved with terracotta and Portland stone, and
,he roofs covered with Cumberland slates of a delicate
;men colour. In the market hall slabs of polished Irish
marble, very hard and of close grain, are employed, as
being conducive to cleanliness. Almost all the external
woodwork is of teak. It is five years since the market was
commenced.

The Courts Martial Royal Commission have re-
commended the kbolition of branding in the services.

The return just issued shows that in 1868 there
were 176,729 marriages in England and Wales, 786,156
births, and 480,677 deaths.

Judgment was given on Wednesday in the bank=
ruptcy of Lord Albert Clinton, who was ordered to pay
£lOO a year on condition of his discharge.

N e arc informed that a proposal, intended to be
made to the proprietors of the North Eastern Railway that
they should grant an annuity of £2OO for life to Mr. George
Hudson, has been abandoned.

The scrutiny at Bewdley was gone into on Wednes-
say. Four votes were struck off by the petitioner for non-
residence, and one as disqualified in consequence of being a
constable for the borough. The scrutiny is proceeding.
From inquiries which have been instituted
the feeling has become strengthened that the fire
Which destroyed the church of All Saints in Savoy-square
vas the work of an incendiary. Some time since there were
riots at the church, and much alarm•was at that time created.
These riots arose out of ritualistic practices which were in-
troduced there, nod which, as was commonly the case at that
time, created much ill-feeling in the district.

Mr. Henry Bingham Baring, who died recently
at Cannes, was the eldest son of the late Mr. Henry
Paring, brother of the first Lord Ashburton. He was born
in 1804, and was educated at Christ Church. Oxford, where
ho graduated B.A. in 1825. He entered Parliament in
1831 as representative of Callington, which borough was
disfranchised by the Reform Bill of 1832, since which he
represented Marlborough iu Parliament, till the last gene-
ral election. The deceased gentleman was a Liberal-Con-
servative in politics. _

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