Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1891-07-25 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

WESTMINSTER  ABBEY.  Sir A. H. Layard writes to the Tinto to give the reasons why Sir F. Leighton, the Dean of West- , minster, and himself object to the refectory site for the monumental or mortuary chapel. They urge that the proposed addition to the Abbey should be, as far as possible, a part and continuation of the Abbey itself, and should be capable of acquiring, in the future, a similar prestige and sanctity. These conditions would not, :in their opinion, be fulfilled by the erection of the chapel on the refectory site, which is separated from the Abbey by the cloisters—a much-frequented public thoroughfare. The remains of the refectory afforded almost the offly spot available for an office for the clerk of the works, and for storing fragmentn of the old masonry (often very valuable), timber, lead, and other materials; a chapel erected on the site would run a grave risk of becoming a lumber-room, especially no the cloisters are open to the general public, and the chapel would consequently have to be intently closed. He also gives other reasons why they believe that interment in a chapel on the refectory site could never come to be considered as "Burial in Westminster Abbey:'  Ton qualterly returns of Wesleyan Methodism in Cornwall show a chilreh membership at preewnt of 19,179. _ _ .  Tux Queen of Italy, to say nothing of her skill as a pianist and singer, M a graceful performer on the 'mandoline. .  manomme. A 111.1•111i.1.1 instance has occurred in Annans of a lark voluntarily returning to its cage after having enjoyed a fortnight's liberty. One day the cage was blown to the ground by a gun of wind, and, the door opening, the bird escaped. A fortnight after the lark returned to the house, and manifested an unmistakable desire to return to its former abode. This it did, to the astonishment of its owner, when the cage door was opened. VICIORIA'S family circle now numbers 50 living descendants, including sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, great grandsons and great granddaughters. Besides these, ehe ban four sons-in-law, four daughters-in-law, live grandsons-in-law, and one grand daughter-in-law. The Queen has lost one son, one daughter, five grandsons, one granddaughter, ono great grandson, and one son-in-law. JANIIS DAVIDSON, a miner, residing at Glasgow, committed suicide by hanging himself with a clothes rope, which he fastened to a hook in the ceiling of his house. Davidson, being unable to obtain regular employment, fell into a melancholy state of nund. lv is a remarkable fact that in 1500, for the first these in the history of the trade, Great Britain in the production of pig iron failed to hold her own with America. She heat, of course, the rest of the world put together; but has to take a place second to the United States. The United States produced 18.202,703 gross tons, as compared with 7,875,130 tans in ts.e. Gaited Kingdom. , Mans; Porn, a Spaniard2wbila searching for his wife in San Jose, California, shot and killed Nicholas Smith, a neighbour, who had warned the woman to flee. Soto then defied the police, but the latter followed him into his house, and killed hint after a number of shots had been tired on both sides.  L.