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about it, although every one knows that at the South-Western District Post Office business is greatly hampered for want of room.

It is very seldom that a large freehold estate situated in the parish of St. Margaret finds it way into the market. Such an event, however, happened recently, for an estate not far from Victoria Station, and close to the Roman Catholic Cathedral, was offered for sale by Messrs. Trollope (in conjunction with Messrs. Debenham, Tewson & Co.) at the Mart on Wednesday, 9 December, in lots. The estate was sold by order of trustees, and consisted of freehold houses, being Park House, 222, Vauxhall Bridge Road, corner of Francis Street, 220, " The Forester's Arms," a fully licensed public-house ; 200 to 218 (even numbers, inclusive) in the same road ; Xo. 59, Willow Street, a well-built house, let in tenements ; Nos. 1 to 9, St. Andrew's Terrace ; and Nos. 1 to 8, Gloucester Terrace, the whole being described as a " singularly compact building site," covering an area of 41,960 ft., with a frontage to Vauxhall Bridge Road of 274 ft. 2 in., to Francis Street of about 68 ft. 6 in., and to Willow Street of about 77 ft. There was also offered for sale at the same time the freehold ground rent, amounting to 42Z. per annum, secured on Nos. 39 to 57, Willow Street adjoining (odd numbers), having a frontage to that thoroughfare of about 150 ft. It may be well to put on record that the small houses here spoken of as St. Andrew's Terrace were known, some years ago, as Andrew's Terrace, and those now known as Gloucester Terrace, were formerly Mann's Cottages, both lots of houses having been the property of Mr. Andrew Mann, who resided at Park House. In those days an earlier Gloucester Terrace consisted of all the houses in Vauxhall Bridge Road between Francis Street and Rochester Row, including those now offered for sale. At the sale an offer of 40,OOOZ. was made, but, as the reserve was not reached, the property was withdrawn with a view to sale by private treaty.

In the basement of Westminster Hospital Medical School, in Caxton Street, there was established a Men's Club in connexion with Christ Church, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Aglionby, the Vicar, after the necessary alterations had been made.

So end my notes for the past year, many indications making it probable that there will be more changes before the present year has half run its course.

W. E. HARLAND-OXLEY.

Westminster.

ST. MICHAEL LE QUERN. PKOF. SKEAT,, ante, p. 201, identifies the church of the above name with the church of St. Michael,. Cornhill. This is a mistake. The church of St. Michael le Quern stood at the west end of Cheap, in Farringdon Ward, near St. Paul's, whence it was sometimes called St. Michael at Paul's Gate.

R. R. SHABPE.

Guildhall, E.C.

The old church of St. Michael, Cornhill,. was far to the east of St. Michael le Quern, in the Ward of Cornhill. Both churches are described by Stow under their respec- tive wards, and both were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. St. Michael upon Corn- hill was rebuilt by Wren, and is still stand- ing, while St. Michael le Quern has never been rebuilt. F. S. EDEN.

An account of the parish of St. Michael le Quern will be found in ' New Remarks on London,' published in 1732, and com- nlonlv called the Parish Clerks' Book.

S. S. M'DOWALL. [J. T. also thanked for communication.]

FLOOR-CLOTH MANUFACTURE. The follow- ing document in my possession apparently refers to the manufacture of floor cloth, and illustrates the manner in which home in- dustries were hampered in the good old days " when George the Third was King " : No. 118 (General Licence). [Royal arms.]

We, whose Hands and Names are hereunto subscribed and Seals set, being the Collector of Excise in Newcastle Collection in England, and the Supervisor of Excise of Newcastle, &c. Dis- trict, within the said Collection, in Pursuance of an Act of Parliament passed in the Twenty- fourth Year of His Majesty's Reign, do hereby authorise and empower Ralph and Thomas Waters, living at Newcastle, in the Parish of St. Johns and County of Northumberland, to exercise the Trade or Business of Linen Printer- at his aforesaid House, and Places thereto belong- ing, from the 11 Day of September, 1815, to- the 11 Day of September, 1816, he having paid the Sum of 20/. for this Licence, to the said Col- lector of Excise, according to the said Act.

Given under our Hands and Seals this 12 Day of September in the Year of our Lord 1815.

WM. IKVIXG, Collector (seal). GEO. LOWES> Supervisor (seal). J. RODHAM.

Names, places, and dates are written in ink, but the printed portion, being expressed in the singular number, has not been altered, to meet the case of plural licensees.

RICHARD WELFORD.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne.