27.--At a meeting of the "Friends of Reform," held at the Cross Keys Inn, an Association was established, "for the purpose of uniting all ranks of real Reformers into one firm and organized body, so as to strengthen and render more effective the liberal interest."

31. The subscriptions and donations to the Tewkesbury District Committee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for 1836, amounted to 26l. 13s. 6d. The amount collected in 1835 was 291. 12s. 2d.

31. From the general statement of the income and expenditure of the Tewkesbury Turnpike Trust, for the year 1836, it appears that the total debts amount to 4,546l. 13s. 9d. During the year, the trustees expended in improvements 1,6531. 8s. 3d.; of which sum 7301. 1s. was subscribed by the parish of Tewkesbury, and the inhabitants of the town and its vicinity, towards the improvement of the bridge over Old Avon, and the road contiguous to it.

31. From the general statement of the income and expenditure of the Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads, for the year 1836, it appears that the total debts amount to 47,817. Os. 1d.

31.-A fall of snow, unequalled in extent and depth since the winter of 1814, occurred in the latter part of this month: in some districts it entirely put a stop to internal communication, and in many instances proved a very serious inconvenience to persons engaged in commercial transactions. The snow, which commenced falling on the 23d, continued gradually to increase till the afternoon of Christmas-day, when it became so incessant and so heavy, that the drifts, occasioned by the cold strong breezes from the northward, blocked up the roads so as to render them in many places impassable: for three days the regular coach communication between this locality and the metropolis was completely interrupted, and even the mails, with additional horses, were unable to force their way through the heaps of snow.

IN the early part of the year 1836, the Committee, which had been appointed to superintend the erection of the New Church, agreed with Mr. John Moore for the purchase of a portion of his garden land in the Oldbury, at the rate of one thousand pounds per acre; and having been furnished with the most satisfactory designs from Mr. Trotman, their architect, which met with the decided approval of the Bishop of the Diocese, they immediately proceeded to obtain estimates.

On the 4th of June, a contract was entered into with Mr. Geo. Knight, Mr. William Hatch, Mr. Thomas Phillips Holder, and Mrs. Jane Brown and Son, for the erection of the Church, according to the plans and specifications of Mr. Trotman.

The excavations, preparatory to laying the foundation, were immediately commenced; and the building was nearly ready to receive the roof before the winter set in. It is now in the course of completion, and it is expected that it will be consecrated early in the autumn of 1837.

This edifice is intended to afford the means of divine worship, according to the national rites, to a portion of the population of Tewkesbury at a distance from the parochial or Abbey Church. It is calculated to accommodate six hundred persons,

half that number of sittings being free. This accommodation is obtained wholly upon the ground floor, so that it may be increased, if necessary, by the future addition of galleries.

The amount to be expended on the building is, according to the contract, 2,2007.: which sum, together with the purchasemoney for the land, and the erection of the enclosures, will be wholly defrayed by voluntary contribution.

The general dimensions of the structure externally are, in the extremes, about one hundred and ten feet in length by forty-two in width; the body of the church internally being upwards of eighty-six feet by thirty-five, with the addition of a recess for the communion table, twenty feet in width by eleven in depth. The average height of the interior rather

exceeds its clear width.

The style of architecture adopted is that of the Perpendicular Gothic, reduced to its simplest elements, which is thus rendered as consistent with the demands of economy as possible, while it is more tractable in the management of its details than are the earlier kindred modes. The building is executed in red brick-work, with the necessary mouldings in stone; the use of the latter material, however, being saved in all cases in which an appropriate effect can be obtained by simple cuttings in the brick-work.

The general form of plan is that of a long parallelogram, with additions at the east and west ends; that at the former being, as before mentioned, a recess for the communion table, and at the latter a lofty archway, containing an entranceporch, and flanked with buttresses terminated by pinnacles. In each of the flanks, north and south, is a range of seven lofty windows of one bay, with a buttress between every two adjacent. In the east window only is any attempt made at decoration, this being a window of four bays in width, with a tracery head, and three stages in height, the lower stage consisting of blanks in the inside, for the reception of the usual inscriptions. In the interior, the framing of the roof is exposed. to view, being slightly decorated with springers on corbels, &c.; and by the height thus gained, in connexion with lengthened proportions, and repetition of parts, it is desired to compensate in effect for the absence of ornament, so strictly enforced by the very limited extent of funds. The eastern end is rendered somewhat more decorative than the rest, in order to give a due interest to the termination of the perspective.

TEWKESBURY UNION.

IN January, the Poor Law Commissioners having objected to the valuation put upon the House of Industry by Messrs. Moore and James, and recommended that Mr. Sampson Kempthorne, a surveyor, of London, should be employed to re-value it, the Board of Guardians acceded to the proposition. Mr. Kempthorne's estimate for the purchase of the house and land, including the fixtures usually denominated tenant's fixtures, was 4600l. and the annual rental 230l.; and this valuation was approved of by the Poor Law Commissioners.

On the 30th of March, the following gentlemen were elected Guardians for this parish:

On the 6th of April, Mr. Longmore and Mr. Moore were re-elected chairman and vice-chairman of the Board of Guardians for the ensuing year.

On the 20th of April, Samuel Gale, esq. of Charlton Kings, who had gratuitously undertaken to act as auditor to the Union for the first quarter of a year, having relinquished the situation, Mr. William Moore was appointed to the office, at a salary of 157. per annum.

The salary of the clerk was, at the same time, increased from 70l. to 90l. a year.

On the 10th of August, the Rev. Robert Hepworth, B. A. curate of the parish of Tewkesbury, was appointed chaplain to the workhouse, at an annual salary of 201.

The following is an account of the number of paupers and the amount of money expended in their maintenance and relief, with the establishment and other charges, as far as relates to the parish of Tewkesbury, in the year 1836:

As the annual amount of maintaining the poor of this parish, calculated on the average of three years preceding the formation of the Union, was 25231. this account exhibits a saving of 7801. 5s. 7d. from the operation of the Poor Law Amendment Act, in the first year.

The saving to the other parishes, comprised in the Union, was comparatively much greater, owing to a better system of management having been adopted in Tewkesbury, prior to the alteration in the law, than was observed in the rural parishes. The amount expended in the whole Union, in 1836, was 47301. 14s. 10d.; and the saving, as compared with the three preceding years, was 29791. 5s. 2d. If to this be added 8001. expended in the alteration of the workhouse and in purchasing furniture, (which of course will not again occur) the total annual saving may be estimated at upwards of 3,700l. or nearly one-half of the former expenditure.

ANCIENT COINS.

IN digging for the foundation of the New Church, in the Oldbury, in June 1836, several Roman coins were discovered: they were principally those of the Constantines, and many of them were much defaced. Among them was a good copper medal of Constantine the Great: around the head, which was perfect, was inscribed "IMP. CONSTANTINUS P, F. AUG.”; on the reverse was a crowned figure, with the fore finger of the right hand uplifted; the letters P. LN. were underneath it, Ț. H. on the sides, and a motto, "SOLI INVICTO COMITI."

About the same time, a fine Roman copper coin of the second Emperor Constantius, and a silver one of the first Emperor Antoninus, were picked up near the same place. The effigy of the former was quite perfect, and around it was inscribed " CONSTANTIUS P. F. AUG." Around the head of Antoninus, on the silver coin, was inscribed, “ANTONINUS PIUS AUG. BRIT." and on the reverse, 66 MONETA AUG,”

Two of King Edward the Second's silver pennies were recently found in taking down an old house in the BartonStreet: each of them bore the inscription, 66 EDWAR. ANGL.

D. N. S. H. Y. B.; on the reverse of one of them appeared "CIVITAS LONDON," and on the other "CIVITAS D. V. N."