discovered near Whitby. At a recent meeting of the
Leeds Northern Railway Company, Mr. Jackson, government
inspector of mines, made a report of the discovery,
in his private capacity. According to the document
read by him, "the principal seam varies from ten to
fifteen feet in thickness; and there are two smaller
seams lying below it, varying in thickness from six
inches to two feet each." He declares that "in quantity
it is inexhaustible," and "the cost of working it is
a mere trifle." It contains thirty-three per cent of iron
in the uncalcined stone. He concludes, "There is little
doubt of its creating a greater revolution in the iron-
trade than that which resulted from the discovery of
the black band in Scotland. In no part of the country
could iron be produced so cheaply as in this district.
The Cleveland Hills will become the centre of the largest
iron district in England."

Several instances have occurred of Hostility to the
Ragged Schools on the part of the poor Irish population,
apparently excited by their priests. On the 30th of
August, a complaint was made to the Southwark
magistrate of annoyance by Irish to a school at Gravel-
lane. Daniel Manning, an Irish lad, was charged by
Mr. Davis, the curate of Christchurch, Blackfriars-road,
with breaking two windows in the school-room. Mr.
Davis said, the Irish children were incited to annoy the
teachers and children of the Ragged School; and
Manning had abused the schoolmistress, and thrust two
dogs into the room. There are Roman Catholic schools
opposite. Mr. Davis said there was no attempt at
proselytism in the Ragged School: the children were
taught their duty to God and their neighbour, and
merely repeated the Lord's Prayer at the commencement
and close of the school. There were a great many
very poor old people residing in the neighbourhood, and
on Sundays divine service was performed in the school-
room; but the conduct of the low Irish and their
children, their intimidation and disgusting language,
prevented the well-disposed from attending. The
magistrate characterised this as scandalous, and directed
that the superintendent of police should be informed of
it, that he might station an officer at the place for a
time. He fined the prisoner 3s. and costs, with three
days' imprisonment in default of payment.—A Ragged
School in the neighbourhood of Cavendish-square, was
lately visited by a priest, who came in procession, with
burning tapers, and demanded the names of the children
attending the school.

The Grammar School at Tamworth was founded in
1820 by the father of the late Sir Robert Peel, and 100
boys were educated in it entirely at his cost, each boy
receiving a suit of clothes annually, and a shilling loaf
of bread. At his death a sum of £6000 was bequeathed
to his son for the same purpose. The original school
building being considered inadequate, the late Sir
Robert built a new one in 1837, and made some alterations
in the establishment. He never ceased to take a
deep interest in this school, but his attention was
specially devoted to it on his retirement from the
government of the country. In 1850 he resolved on
rebuilding the school upon an improved plan, and on a
more capacious site. The remodelling of this institution
formed one of the latest subjects of his solicitude, and he
was in frequent correspondence with his architect (Mr.
Sydney Smirke) respecting the detailed arrangements
of the interior at the period of his lamented death.
The new building has been completed by the present
baronet, and is now occupied.

The Act to Amend the Church Building Acts has
received the Royal assent. It was passed to amend
eighteen church-building acts, from the reign of George
III. to the present time. Among other things it is
declared, that where a permanent provision, satisfactory to
the Church-building Commissioners, is secured in lieu
of pew-rents, the commissioners, with the consent of
the bishop, may direct the pew-rents to cease. It is
enacted, that no select vestry shall henceforth be formed
under the provisions of the church-building acts; and
every select vestry already formed under such
provisions is declared to be abolished. The act has clauses
in reference to church patronage, to fees, and new
regulations for district chapelries.

Among the visitors to the Exhibition was an aged
woman of eighty-four, Mary Callinack, who journeyed
on foot from Penzance for that purpose. Her small
stock of money being exhausted, she bethought herself
of applying to the Lord Mayor for a little assistance.
She entered the justice-room, where his lordship was
sitting, and told him that she left Penzance five weeks
before, and had been the whole of this time walking to
the metropolis. The Lord Mayor: "What induced
you to come to London?" Mrs. Callinack: "I had a
little matter to attend to as well as to see the Exhibition.
I was there yesterday, and mean to go again to-morrow."
—The Lord Mayor: "What do you think of it?"—Mrs.
Callinack: "I think it's very good." She then said
that all her money was spent but fivepence-halfpenny.
After a little further conversation which caused
considerable merriment, the Lord Mayor made her a present
of a sovereign, telling her to take care of it, there being
a good many thieves in London. The poor creature on
receiving the gift burst into tears, and said, "Now I
shall be able to get back." She was afterwards received
by the Lady Mayoress, with whom she remained a long
time; and having partaken of tea in the housekeeper's
room, left the Mansion-house for one more visit to the
Exhibition before returning to her home.

Lord Campbell's new Act on the Administration of
Criminal Law has come into operation. By this act
criminal courts can order indictments, &c., to be amended
where the variances are not material to the merits of
the case. In indictments for murder and manslaughter
the means by which the injury was inflicted need not
be specified, and in cases of forgery and getting property
by false pretences it will be sufficient to allege that the
act was done to defraud, without stating any particular
person. A person indicted for felony may be found
guilty of a misdemeanour, and in an indictment for a
misdemeanour which turns out to be a felony the Court
may order another indictment. The sections in the 7th
of William IV. and the 1st of Victoria, which allowed
a person indicted for felony to be found guilty of an
assault, is repealed, in consequence of the great
diffculties (as in the remarkable case of the Birds) which
have arisen in the construction of the enactment. There
is a provision authorising any court, judge, or justice,
including Bankruptcy and Insolvency and County Courts,
to commit and order a prosecution for perjury. Among
the improvements effected by this act is one enabling
courts, on conviction lor certain misdemeanours, such
as conspiracy, indecent assaults, &c., to add hard labour
to the sentence for the whole or part of the time. The
act extends to all parts of the United Kingdom, with
the exception of Scotland.

The new City Sewers Act contains the following
important provisions respecting Burial Grounds: That
after any burial ground shall have ceased to be used
for the interment of the dead, the commissioners, with
the consent of the Bishop of London, may enter into
arrangements for the appropriation thereof, or any part
thereof, to public improvements, or to enlarge and
improve the streets. That the relation of any deceased
person, with the consent of the incumbent or other
person having the care of any such burial ground, in
which the body of such deceased person may have been
interred, may cause such body to be removed to any
burial ground or cemetery without the City, without any
faculty for that purpose. That the commissioners, with
the consent of the Bishop of London, may cause any
burial ground within the City after it shall have been
finally closed, to be planted, paved, or otherwise covered
over; and if the surface shall be above the level of the
adjoining ground, to cause the same to be lowered, and
for that purpose to dig and carry away the soil.
Provided always, that the graves and vaults shall be as
little disturbed as possible; and the relatives of any
deceased person whose body may, within the last twenty
years, have been interred or deposited in any grave or
vault which may be so disturbed, may cause the
remains of such person to be removed and placed in some
other burial ground, and the expenses of such (not
exceeding £10) shall be paid by the commissioners; and
the remains of such persons as shall have been interred
or deposited in the graves or vaults so disturbed which
shall not be removed or carried away shall (except such
graves or vaults as shall be finally closed up), at the