boarders are taught English, French, Spanish, music, and needlework: no children are admitted under five, or over fifteen, years of age; they wear a uniform, and are allowed to see their friends on Sundays and holidays, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 5 P.M. The halls, play ground, &c., are spacious, and the chapel is very neat. The convent covers an area of two acres, or half a cuadra, and the northern wing consists of a hospital for sick and distressed Irish. The sisters also visit the sick of the neighborhood. They receive no subsidy from the State, each of the nuns having her own dowry on entering. The rules of the order were sanctioned by Gregory XVI., in 1841, and the Sisters of Mercy have now numerous establishments in Ireland, United States, and Australia.

The Recoleta, dedicated to Our Lady of Pilar, is attached to the city cemetery, about two miles from Plaza Victoria. The church and convent were built by the Franciscans in 1720, at an outlay of £4,000 sterling. There is a tradition that the site had been sold for a suit of clothes. The convent was suppressed in 1822, and in 1858 the building was taken for a Poor Asylum.

There are four Protestant churches; the English, Scotch, American, and German.

The English Church, near the corner of Calles Mayo and Cuyo, is a handsome and commodious structure, capable of accommodating about 700 persons. The treaty of 1825 guaranteed Protestants the fullest religious liberty, and the Argentine Government had the generosity to cede this site gratis for an English church, and for the last forty years a chaplain has been attached at the expense of the British Government. Previous to that date (1827) the Protestants assembled for Divine service in a private room, where the Foreign Club now stands. The present chaplain is the Rev. J. Chubb Ford, a graduate of one of the English universities. Divine service is held every Sunday at 11 A.M., and in the evening. Two pews, marked A and B, are set apart for ship captains. The new organ presented by Mr. Lumb is a splendid instrument, and cost £500. Attached to the church are the English parochial schools, attended by about 100 children of both sexes, and under the charge of Professor Ryan.

The Scotch Church is in Calle Piedras, near Calle Rivadavia, and of the same simple architecture as usually characterises Presbyterian houses of prayer. It was built in 1838, at a cost of £7,000, and has seats for 300 persons. The first Scotch colony came to Buenos Ayres in 1827 with the Messrs. Robertson, and their countrymen now number over 2,000 in the camp and town. There are two Scotch chapels, at San Vicente and Chascomus, with resident clergymen, and the British Government allows

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a subsidy for their maintenance. The first chaplain was the late Rev. W. Brown, D.D., whose successor is Rev. James Smith, deservedly popular among men of all persuasions. Divine service every Sunday at 11 A.M. and 7 P.M.: there is a fine choir. The Scotch school was founded in 1842, and has been successively managed by Mr. Ray, Rev. Dr. Brown, Rev. J. Smith, Mr. Ramsay, and Mr. Augustus Powell: the last-named gentleman has directed it already thirteen years, on the Glasgow normal training system: the average attendance is sixty pupils, and the curriculum includes English, French, Spanish, Latin, &c. The school-room is spacious, and sometimes used for lectures.

The American, or Methodist Church, is in Calle Cangallo, opposite the Hotel du Provence; it holds about 300 persons, but the congregation intends providing a better chapel. The actual incumbent is Rev. Mr. Goodfellow, of the American Missionary Society, who has initiated a system of children's lectures on moral training. There is a Sunday school, the children of which have a graud annual féte. Several tracts on religious subjects are distributed by the curate. Divine service on Sundays 11 A.M.; also in the afternoon.

The German, or Lutheran Church, is in Calle Esmeralda, between Piedad and Cangallo. It has a pretty Gothic façade and porch, and holds about 300 persons; it was built in 1847 by the German residents, and is almost too small for the present congregation. The chaplain is the Rev. Mr. Gehrke, who has also charge of the schools attached. Divine service at 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. on Sundays. The choir is the best in the city. The architect was the late Mr. Taylor.

CEMETERIES.

The Recoleta Cemetery is much too small, covering only ten acres; here the inhabitants of the city have been interred for three centuries. Some of the tombs are grand and costly, but the place is so crowded that they appear to no advantage. The place is very much neglected, and the practise of disinterring remains after a certain number of years is a violation of the most hallowed associations. Rich persons by paying fifty years purchase are guaranteed against removal. Poor people can buy graves for five years, at prices varying from $10 to $100m, according to locality. The mausoleum of Bernardino Rivadavia, the illustrious statesman of 1828, is the finest, and stands in the central avenue. Opposite to it is a monument which will call the special attention of Englishmen, as it marks the resting-place of a valiant countryman, the

famous Admiral Brown. On a flight of marble steps, covering the vault wherein are deposited the remains of the gallant admiral and his wife, rises the base of the structure, the principal portion of which measures 4ft. by 5ft. and the upper 3 ft. by 34ft. The main shaft is 12ft. high, with a Corinthian capital bearing a naval trophy of gilt bronze 5ft. high: total height from the ground, 28ft. 6in. Upon the base are well executed «relievos» of the following naval engagements:-11th June, 30th June, Juncal and Emperatriz; also the arms of the Republic, initials of the deceased, and a graceful epitaph bordered with wreaths of shamrocks. A band encircles the column, upon which is the inscription «Guillermo Brown.>> Springing from the leaves of the capital is the trident, and surmounting all a trophy of «rostra.» The total cost was $40,000, about £300, and the site was given by Government. The whole of the work was executed in Buenos Ayres, from designs by P. Beare, C.E.: the castings weighed over five tons and were made in the establishment of F. Carulla. The epitaph, translated from the Spanish, is as follows:

WILLIAM BROWN,

BORN ON THE 22ND JUNE, 1777, AT FOXFORD, COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND.

OF BRITISH ORIGIN, BUT ARGENTINE BY HIS SERVICES.

He commanded in chief the first fleet in the War of Independence,
bringing glory and triumph to our flag, A.D. 1814, destroying
the Spanish navies at Martin Garcia and Montevideo.
Sweeping the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea from 1815 to 1818.
The ports of Callao and Guayaquil witnessed his prowess under the

Argentine banner, on January 20, and February 1, 1816. The sun that shone on Februarg 9, June 11, and July 29, 1826, in the waters of La Plata, and on February 9, 1827, in the River Uruguay, beheld the vessels of the Republic confided to Admiral Brown crowned with victory in supporting the Independence of the Sister State. He died like a true Christian, on the night of May 3, 1857, surrounded by his family, overshadowed by his great name, and at the ripe age of eighty years, having consecrated his life to naval glory.

His Widow dedicates this Monument to his memory,

and asks from all brave and grateful men a
Remembrance and a Prayer.

R. I. P.

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The monuments of the Typographic Society and the Spanish Charitable Association are handsome edifices. Not far hence is a stone with the inscription «Señor Alvarez, assassinated by his friends!» Besides the natives there are numerous Irish and French buried in the Recoleta. On the north side, against the convent wall, is a marble slab to the memory of the first Irish priest who came to Buenos Ayres, some forty years ago. Near the entrance-gate are the monuments of Colonel Brandsen, who fell in the battle of Ituzaingo, A.D. 1827, and Captain Meyer, killed in the civil war of 1864. Besides this cemetery another has been recently opened in the south end, near the Convalecencia.

The English Cemetery-About the year 1821 the English residents in this city obtained from the Government a general charter in due form for the establishment of a Protestant Cemetery. A short time afterwards a small plot of ground was purchased near the Socorro Church, which for several years was used as their burial-ground; its dimensions were, however, soon found insufficient, and in the year 1832 Mr. John Harratt purchased the present site, and transferred the ownership to the British community of Buenos Ayres. It is situate at the corner of Calles Victoria and Pasco,' about a mile and a quarter from Plaza Victoria, covering a «manzana» of 150 yards square, nicely planted and walled in. There is a neat mortuary chapel, in the centre, and the tombs are of varied taste and nationalities, including all classes of Protestants. The Germans have a quarter to themselves, and English, Scotch, and Americans occupy the rest. There are some very sad mementos, such as naval officers accidentally drowned in port, and persons killed in civil commotions. The visitor may pause at the grave of Mr. Priestly who was shot at his own door in a street-riot, or at those of Mr. Mason and General Asboth, late American Ministers for the United States. There is a touching record in a tablet, near the entrance, to the memory of Mr. Taggart, an American resident, who was drowned in rescuing some ladies from drowning in the Lujan river. No coffin is allowed to be laid at less than eight feet from the surface, and the great majority of the coffins are lined with lead. Nevertheless there is an agitation to close up the cemetery and oblige the Protestant residents to take a new site further out of town. A municipal decree has been passed to this effect.

HOSPITALS.

Few cities are better supplied than ours with institutions for the relief of the sick. The Municipality maintains two hospitals, for men and women,

irrespective of creed or nationality. There are also the English, French, Italian and Irish hospitals, and the Sanitary Institute: this last is one of the finest establishments in South America.

The Men's Hospital was founded by Don Juan de Garay under the patronage of St. Martin, a block of ground being marked out for the purpose in the distribution of the city. A building was commenced in 1611, and from that time the accounts of the establishment were submitted regularly to the Cabildo, till 1748 in this year the Bethlamite monks took charge of the hospital, and when their order was suppressed the establishment passed into the hands of Government. It was directed by a Philanthropic Society from 1828 to 1833, after which Rosas supported it by a subvention of $12,000, till the French blockade, when he suppressed it altogether as unnecessary: he, however, allowed it to be re-opened by several charitable persons in 1848, allowing a subvention of $15,000 per annum, till his fall, in 1852. Since then it has been maintained by the Municipality at a cost of nearly $2,000,000 per annum. It is situate at the corner of Calles Comercio and Balcarce, and is attended by twenty French Sisters of Charity, who treat the patients with the utmost kindness and care. The physicians are ordered to prescribe wines, delicacies, &c. ad libitum for those who require it. Old and infirm people have also an asylum here and are allowed a little pocket-money for tobacco and yerba. The average number of patients is over 4,000 yearly, of which eleven per cent. die. The proportion of nationalities is-Argentines 42, Italians 13, Spaniards 11, French 8, Germans 6, English 2, other nations 18 per cent. The average cost of a patient is $10 a day. The officials comprise —an administrator, two clerks, a chaplain, six physicians, nine medical students, and three apothecaries. The establishment also comprises a military hospital, and one for sick convicts.

The Women's Hospital, under the patronage of St. Michael, was established in 1743, by Padre Juan Alonzo Gonsalez and a Confraternity of Charity, with accommodation for ten patients. In 1784 the house was much enlarged, and again in 1823, when it passed under the charge of the Sociedad de Beneficencia, which association of benevolent ladies still directs its management. The hospital is under the care of fourteen Sisters, called Daughters of Mary, brought from Italy in 1859: the mother house and noviciate is in Montevideo, where these nuns have charge of the Caridad Hospital The order was first established in Italy in 1829, for caring the sick and teaching children: there are branch houses at Santa Fé, Rosario, and Cordoba. The Women's hospital is at No. 26 Calle Esmeralda, and it has often been proposed to remove it from so central