vaults and the existing ventilating openings be closed by brick or stone work, and that a ventilating tube be carried from each vault to the roof of the church.

3. That the works be effected under the superintendence of the Medical Officer of Health of the city of London, and that McDougal's powder chloride of lime or other disinfectants, be employed, whenever necessary.

Also that the churchwardens or such other persons as may have the care of the vaults under the undermentioned churches, chapel, and vestry respectively, do adopt, or cause to be adopted, the following measures in respect of such vaults; viz.;

SAINT CLEMENT DANES.

That the coffins in the vault beneath the church of Saint Clement Danes, be completely covered with soil mixed with charcoal, the vaults closed with brick-work or masonry, in an air-tight manner, and that a ventilating shaft to convey the air to the top of the church, be constructed.

WHITFIELD CHAPEL, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD.

That the coffins in the vaults beneath the Whitfield Chapel, Tottenham Court-road, in the parish of Saint Pancras, be completely covered with soil and charcoal, and the vaults closed with brick-work, in an air-tight manner, and that ventilating shafts from the vaults to the top of the building be constructed; also, that on the surface of the burial-ground, not occupied by walks, flagstones or monuments, a growing vegetation be maintained, and no soil which has been buried in disturbed.

SAINT CLEMENT, EAST CHEAP.

1. That, where accessible, the vaults beneath

the church and vestry of Saint Clement, East Cheap, in the city of London, be freely limewashed.

2. That the coffins in the vault under the vestry and in the Rector's vault, be covered with fresh earth and powdered charcoal.

3. That the existing ventilators and entrance be bricked up, and tubes be carried to the roof of the church from the vaults, under the vestry and north aisle of the church.

4. That the works be effected under the superintendence of the Medical Officer of Health of the city of London, and that McDougal's powder, chloride of lime, or other disinfectants, be used whenever necessary.

SAINT JAMES WITHIN, ALDGAte.

1. That the flag-stones of the aisles of the church of Saint James Within, Aldgate, in the city of London, be taken up, and the surface be covered with concrete.

2. That the coffins in the public vault be covered with fresh earth and powdered charcoal. 3. That the existing entrance to the vault be bricked up, and a ventilating tube be carried to the roof of the church.

4. That the works be effected under the superintendence of the Medical Officer of Health of the city of London, and that McDougal's powder, chloride of lime, or other disinfectants be used wherever necessary.

SAINT MARY AT HILL, AND SAINT ANDREW HUBBARD.

1. That, where accessible, the vault beneath the church of the parishes of Saint Mary at Hill and Saint Andrew Hubbard, in the city of London, be freely limewashed.

2. That the coffins in the public vault be covered with fresh earth and powdered charcoal.

3. That, if necessary, the existing ventilating shaft be carried as high as the roof of the church, and that the entrance to the vault be bricked up.

4. That the works be effected under the superintendence of the Medical Officer of Health of the city of London, and that McDougal's powder, chloride of lime, or other disinfectants be used wherever necessary.

Also that the churchwardens or such other person as may have the care of the vaults under the undermentioned churches, do respectively adopt, or cause to be adopted, the following measures in respect of such vaults, viz.:

SAINT CATHERINE CREE.

That the coffins in the vaults of Saint Catherine Cree Church, in Leadenhall-street, be covered with soil mixed with charcoal; the vaults closed in an air-tight manner, and a ventilating shaft, reaching from the vault beneath the vestry to the top of the building, constructed.

SAINT ANDREW UNDERSHAFT.

That the coffins in the vault beneath the vestry of the church of Saint Andrew Undershaft, in Leadenhall-street, be covered with soil mixed with charcoal; the vault built up in an air-tight manner, and a ventilating shaft extended to the top of the church.

SAINT STEPHEN WALBROOK.

That the existing opening for ventilating the vault beneath the church of Saint Stephen Walbrook, in the city of London, be closed with stone or brick work, and a ventilating tube be carried from the vault to the roof of the church.

SAINT PETER CHEAP.

That the coffins in the vaults beneath the church of the parish of Saint Peter Cheap, Woodstreet, in the city of London, be covered with two feet of fresh earth and six inches of powdered charcoal,

SAINT GEORGE BOTOLPH AND SAINT BOTOLPH BILLINGSGATE.

1. That, where accessible, the vault beneath the church of the united parishes of Saint George Botolph and Saint Botolph Billingsgate, in the city of London, be freely limewashed.

2. That the coffins be covered with fresh earth and powdered charcoal; that the entrance to the vault and the existing ventilating openings be closed with stone or brick work, and a ventilating tube be carried to the roof of the church.

3. That the works be effected under the direc tion of the Medical Officer of Health of the city of London, and that McDougal's powder, chloride of lime, or other disinfectants, be used whenever necessary.

Whitehall, January 13, 1859.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto James Buchanan Macaulay, Esq., C.B., some time Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, for Canada West.

Foreign-Office, January 14, 1859.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable Frederick William Adolphus Bruce, now Her Majesty's Agent and Consul

General in Egypt, to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Horace Rumbold, Esq., now Second Paid Attaché to Her Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburgh, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation in China.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Rutherford Alcock, Esq., now Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, to be Her Majesty's Consul-General in Japan.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Daniel Brooke Robertson, Esq., now Her Majesty's Consul at Shanghai, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Canton.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Harry Smith Parkes, Esq., now Her Majesty's Consul at Amoy, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Shanghai.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Walter Henry Medhurst, Esq., now Her Majesty's Consul at Foo-chow-foo, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Tangchow.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Taylor Meadows, Esq., now Interpreter to Her Majesty's Consulate at Shanghai, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Newchwang.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Martin Crofton Morrison, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Foo-chow-foo, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Foo-chow-foo.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint William Raymond Gingell, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Amoy, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Amoy.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Charles A. Sinclair, Esq., now British