the size and population of the town has at length demanded this
interesting site for building purposes. Within the last three months the
house and gardens have been entirely dismantled, a range of building has
already been erected, and old Vauxhall is now numbered amongst the
things that were.

J. GOODWIN.

Birmingham.


_"Bloody Hands at Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey._--The legends of Sir Richard
Baker (Vol. ii., pp. 67. 244.) and of a member of the Holt family (Vol.
ii., p. 451.) recall to my mind one somewhat similar, connected with a
monument in the church of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, the appearance of a
"bloody hand" upon which was thus accounted for to me:--

"Two young brothers of the family of Vincent, the elder of whom had
just come into possession of the estate, were out shooting on
Fairmile Common, about two miles from the village; they had put up
several birds, but had not been able to get a single shot, when the
elder swore with an oath that he would fire at whatever they next
met with. They had not gone much further before the miller of a mill
near at hand (and which is still standing) passed them, and made
some trifling remark. As soon as he had got by, the younger brother
jokingly reminded the elder of his oath, whereupon the latter
immediately fired at the miller, who fell dead upon the spot. Young
Vincent escaped to his home, and by the influence of his family,
backed by large sums of money, no effective steps were taken to
apprehend him, and he was concealed in the 'Nunnery' on his estate