dinner; how GOD save the Queen was sung in chorus after; how the health of the bride and bridegroom was given both within doors and without; how thanks were returned, and speeches made. But the close of the day was almost as full of interest as the beginning.

In the course of the evening, the Bishop, Col. Abberley, and Sir John Morley, retired into the study of the latter.

"Now, sir," said the bishop, "I am prepared to go into the subject of the re-establishment of monasteries, and to give you my opinion with respect to your design for the restoration of AYTON PRIORY."

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