1,350 sittings, and careful provision is made for warming and ventilating. At the back of the church are convenient and well-fitted minister's and deacons' vestries, and a ladies' room. The cost of the building was 10,000l. The architects were Messrs. Searle, Son, and Yelf.

Another Congregational church of some architectural pretension, but very inferior to that just noticed, has been erected on the site of the old reservoir of the New River Company, Tolmar-square, Hampstead-road. It is 81 feet long by 51 wide; has an entrance tower with a lofty spire, vestries, &c. In style it is Second Pointed. It is built of Kentish rag, with Bath stone dressings; has 1,200 sittings, and cost 5,000l. The architect was Mr. J. Tarring.

In the country Congregational churches and chapels have been opened or are approaching completion at the following among other places:-Abingdon, Berks, to accommodate 800 persons; cost, 2,1007.; style Italian, interior rather ornamental; architect, Mr. J. S. Dodd, of Reading. Colchester, Essex, on the site of the old Octagon Chapel. The new building, which is Second Pointed in style, is of Kentish rag, with Caen stone dressings, and consists of a nave 88 feet long by 51 wide, with galleries; a tower and spire 125 feet high; vestries, a library, lecture-room, &c. It has 1,050 sittings, and cost about 5,000l.; architect, Mr. F. Barnes, of Ipswich. Albertroad, Farnworth; "Grecian;" of white brick, with Yorkshire stone dressings; 800 sittings; cost, about 2,500l. Newmarket; Gothic; of flint, with bricks interspersed; 68 feet by 42. Darlington; Second Pointed; of stone in irregular courses; cruciform, with a tower and spire 100 feet high; and a large five-light window in the principal front; 700 sittings; cost, 2,000l.; architects, Messrs. Pritchett, of Darlington. Harrogate; Second Pointed; tower and spire 130 feet high; interior, consisting of nave and aisles divided into five bays with gables, and a large five-light window at the end, is 85 feet by 45; has a gallery at west end, organ loft at east end, and will accommodate 700 persons; architects, Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson, of Leeds. Horton-lane, Bradford; Renaissance, rather ornate; 1,300 sittings; schools attached; cost together over 10,000l.; architects, Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson. Guildford, Surrey; Second Pointed; interior 63 feet by 47, and 40 feet high; 700 sittings; cost, nearly 3,000l."; architect, Mr. Peake. Attercliffe Chapel, Sheffield; Gothic; cruciform, with tall spire; in the interior a waggon roof, and a platform instead of a pulpit; 1,000 sittings; cost, 2,3007.; architect, Mr. J. Taylor. Wheeler-street, the Lozells, Birmingham; of brick, with black and white courses at intervals, and Bath stone dressings; Italian in style, with a portico of the Corinthian order; two galleries; 1,000 sittings; cost, about 3,500l.; architects, Messrs. Poulton and Woodman, of Reading. West Derby-road, Liverpool; Conventional Gothic; of local red sandstone, with white Stourton stone dressings; entrance by a porch, which leads into a spacious corridor, divided from the body of the chapel by a glazed Gothic screen; front flanked by tall turrets; apsidal termination, within which stands an octagonal platform, 13 feet in diameter, for preaching from, of Caen stone, with carved figures at the angles, and pierced panels; 850 sittings; cost, 4,500l.; Messrs. Poulton and Woodman,

architects. Redhill, Reigate, Surrey; Messrs. Poulton and Woodman, architects; cost, about 2,500. Twyn, near Cardiff; First Pointed in style; of local stone, with Bath stone dressings; has a bellturret 60 feet high; 350 sittings; cost, 1,0007.; architects, Messrs. Habershon and Pitt. Selhurst-road, Croydon; 200 sittings; cost, 3801. Uffculm, Devonshire; First Pointed; of local stone, with Bath stone dressings and red brick bands and arches; 250 sittings; cost, 545.; architect, Mr. Bedlake, of Wolverhampton. Bolton; Gothic; tower and spire at north-east angle; 1,200 sittings; cost, with school, 6,000l. ; architect, Mr. T. Oliver, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Sawbridgeworth, Herts; Second Pointed in style; tower and spire 80 feet high; 500 sittings; cost, 1,800l. Westgate, Burnley, Lancashire; Romanesque, with apsidal termination, containing the organ and choir gallery; side galleries are supported on coupled iron columns; waggon roof; lighting by six very ornamental coronas of Skidmore's make; 1,000 sittings; cost, 6,000l.; architects, Messrs. Paul and Ayliffe, of Burnley. Fairford, Berks; Gothic; 41 feet by 29, with gallery at end and schoolroom behind; cost, about 1,000,; architect, Mr. T. R. Smith. Castleford, near Pontefract ; First Pointed; brick, with stone dressings; 500 sittings; cost, about 2,2007. Pevensey-road, Eastbourne; Gothic; 400 sittings; architects, Messrs. Searle.

The Wesleyan Methodists almost keep pace with the Congregationalists both in the number and costliness of the chapels built by them, as the following list will indicate. In London, the first place must perhaps be assigned to one in Warwick-place, Kensington, designed by Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson. It is Gothic (transitional or conventional in type); is built of red brick with black bands; has a high-pitched roof, and a tower, square at bottom, octagonal above, crowned by a spire that rises to a height of 110 feet. The interior is spacious and lofty, but the windows are too low; has side galleries, and an organ gallery, and a wooden roof ceiled above the collars. It has 1,100 sittings. Another London chapel is in Mildmay Park, Islington. It is of Kentish rag and Bath stone; Second Pointed in style; the interior is 80 feet by 47, and 56 feet high, with a timber roof boarded; has about 1,000 sittings, and cost 5,170l. The architect was Mr. W. W. Pocock.

In the country, Wesleyan chapels have been built at the following among other places:-Rusholme, Manchester; Gothic; cruciform; with three-light apse filled with painted glass; 700 sittings; cost, 4,000l.; architects, Messrs. Hayley and Son, of Manchester. Harrogate; Italian in style, with considerable external architectural character, but, like many Wesleyan chapels, it has the very objectionable feature of having school and class rooms, vestries, keeper's residence, &c., in the basement; 1,000 sittings; architects, Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson. Snaith, Yorkshire, of red brick with stone dressings; style, Italian; 700 sittings; cost, 2,2007.; architects, Messrs. Lockwood and Mawson. Whitmore Reans, near Wolverhampton, façade of coloured bricks, with Doric columns (the bases and capital of stone) and entablature; 260 sittings; architect, Mr. C. Manton, of Wolverhampton. Munslow Aston, Ludlow; Gothic; of local stone,

with Grinshill stone dressings; windows of painted glass; architect, Mr. Pugh, of Hungerford. Worksop; First Pointed; of local stone, with Steetley stone dressings; 800 sittings; cost, with schools, 2,0007.; architects, Messrs. Wilson and Crosland, of Sheffield. Newcastle-onTyne; Italian Gothic; of red brick with stone dressings; has galleries supported on iron columns; 800 sittings; cost, 3,500l.; architect, Mr. G. Kyle, of Newcastle. Walsall Wood; First Pointed; of limestone with sandstone dressings; cost, 4707.; architect, Mr. S. Loxton, of Wednesbury. Park-street, Bolton; cruciform; Second Pointed ; with a large and handsome seven-light window in the entrance front and a slender turret and spire; 960 sittings; a school for 260 children; minister's house, class-rooms, &c., forming altogether a very picturesque group of buildings; cost, 9,5007.; architect, Mr. G. Woodhouse. Shirley-road, Acock's Green, Birmingham; Gothic; of red and blue brick, with stone dressings; 200 sittings; cost, about 500l.; architect, Mr. F. D. Johnson. Rowley, near Birmingham; Second Pointed; of red brick with Bath stone dressings; open timber roof, lighted by eight lucernes, so contrived as to afford ample ventilation; 200 sittings; architect, Mr. S. Loxton. Prince's Park, Liverpool; Second Pointed; high-pitched gable front, with four-light traceried windows, and richly carved and moulded doorway, flanked on each side with square towers crowned by tall spires; of stone throughout; 1,000 sittings; schools adjoining; cost, 7,000l.; architects, Messrs. Hayley and Son, of Manchester. Lowestoft, Suffolk; Italian; of white brick with Caen stone dressings; galleries round three sides, borne on iron columns; 1,250 sittings; cost, 2,500l.; architect, Mr. J. Clemence, of Lowestoft. Alderley Edge, near Macclesfield; Gothic; 550 sittings; cost, about 2,500l.; architects, Messrs. Hayley and Son. Market Rasen, Lincolnshire; a plain building, with Ionic portico; 700 sittings; cost, 3,000l. Trinity Chapel, Wolverhampton ; Early Second Pointed; of local stone, with Bath stone dressings; tower and spire of Bath stone, 115 feet high; in lower part of principal front an arcade of stone arches borne on marble columns, with carved capitals; a large traceried window above; nave, aisles, chancel, with organ chamber and vestries; 1,000 sittings, of which nearly 300 are free; cost, about 3,600l., but the elaborate reredos, and many of the other fittings are gifts; architect, Mr. G. Bidlake, of Wolverhampton. Humberstone-road, Leicester; Gothic; of brick, with stone bands and dressings; 850 sittings; cost, 2,500l.; architect, Mr. W. F. Ordish. Clifton; foreign Gothic; of Clevedon yellow limestone, alternating with bands of Williton red sandstone, on a plinth of Bath stone; 86 feet long by 39 wide; three traceried windows in front; circular window filled with stained glass at east end; 700 sittings; cost, 6,000l. Lacock, Wiltshire; Gothic; 160 sittings; cost, about 6007.; architect, Mr. J. Gale. Emscote, Warwickshire; Lombardic; of red brick, varied with blue and yellow bricks, and Bath stone dressings; 180 sittings; architect, Mr. Cundall, of Leamington. Worksop; of stone, First Pointed; 800 sittings, 200 of which are free; cost, 2,050l.; architects, Messrs. Wilson and Crosland, of Sheffield. Great Crosby, near Liverpool; a Norman porch with polished granite pillars; sloping floor; three stained glass windows; organ by