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SATURDAY.
A letter from Dean Milman to the Bishop of London respecting proposed special services in St. Paul's has been published this morning. Dr. Milman represents "expense" as the great obstacle to the realization of the project. The net income for the sustentation of the fabric of St. Paul's is less than 11001. a year. It would cost 10001. to fit up the space under the dome for special services in the most naked manner. The Dean would like to provide for the admission of a far larger con- gregation (now excluded because they cannot hear) to the choral ser- vices in the afternoon, and for the special services. "I do not wish to disguise my further views it has been the dearest wish of my heart, since I have had the honour of filling the high station of Dean of St. Paul's, to see not one narrow part alone of this great building applied to its acknowledged purposes, the worship of God and the Christian instruction of the people ; but besides this, that, instead of the cold, dull, unedifying, unseemly appearance of the interior, the cathedral should k made within worthy of its exterior grandeur and beauty. . . . . I should wish to see such decorations introduced into St. Paul's as may give some splendour, while they would not disturb the solemnity, or the exquisitely harmonious simplicity of the edifice ; some colour to enliven and gladden the eye, from foreign or native marbles, the most permanent and safe mode of embellishing a building exposed to the atmosphere of London. I would see the dome, instead of brooding like a dead weight over the area below, expanding and elevating the soul towards Heaven. I would see the sullen white of the roof, the arches, the cornices, the capitals, and the walls, broken and relieved by gilding, as we find by experience the most lasting, as well as the most appropriate decoration. I would see the adornment carried out in a rich but harmonious, and as far as possible from gaudy style, in unison with our simpler form of worship."
To do this he asks from the public 11,000/. or 12,000/. The Bishop of London, the Dean himself, and three Canons, head a subscription list with sums amounting to 400/.
The Gazette contains a notification that the Queen will hold Drawing. rooms at St. James's Palace on the 22d April and 6th May ; and Levees on the 14th and 28th April.
It is also stated that the Queen has appointed Mr. Goldwin Smith to be Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, in the room of Mr. Henry Halford Vaughan, resigned.
Mr. Bidder, Mr. Hawkesley, and Mr. Bazalgette, have reported to the Metropolitan Board of Works on the report of Sir Benjamin Hall's referees. They condemn the referees' estimates as incorrect, and their plan as "needlessly large, excessively costly," and "all but im- practicable." They regard the plan of intercepting sewers already adopted by the Board as adequate to "the drainage of the Metropolis, and the reasonable purification of the river and its banks."
The Cotton Supply Association held its first annual meeting in the Manchester Townhall yesterday ; Mr. Cheetham M.P. in the chair. Among the speakers were three other Members of Parliament, Mr. R. N. Phillips, Mr. Denby Seymour, and Mr. George Hadfield; and, in addi- tion, Sir James Brooke, Mr. Bosley, and Mr. Clegg. The speakers dwelt on the inadequate supply of cotton that at present comes to hand, on the danger of being dependent on America, and on the necessity of obtaining supplies from new sources, Africa and India.
The following papers are to be read at the meeting of the Royal Geo- graphical Society of Monday. 1. Dr. H. Rink, of Greenland, on the supposed Discovery of the North Coast of Greenland and an Open Polar Sea, &c., by Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, U. S. Navy. 2. On the Importance of Opening the Navigation of the Yang-tae-Keaug, and the Changes that have lately taken place in the bed of the Yellow River, &c. By William Lockhart, Esq., F.R.G.S.
The Special Commission of oyer and terminer for the trial of Simon Ber- nard, on an indictment charging him as a principal in the attempt on the life of the French Emperor, and also as an accessory before the fact, was opened yesterday in the Central Criminal Court, the Lord Chief Justice presiding. The Grand Jury returned true bills against the accused. The trial will take place on Monday. In the Dublin Police Court, on Thursday, Colonel Browne the chief of the offending police, took upon himself the responsibility of all that occurred at the riot on the entry of Lord Eglinton. "1 take the responsibility of all that occurred on myself. I gave the order and am accountable for every- thing that happened. The whole concern ought to be thrown upon nie, and I hope the Collegians will cast it on me and forgive me. I feel regret for what has been done—regret which will go along with use to my grave." . After that the counsel for the students, "as a gentleman" would not ask Colonel Browne another question.
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