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London, England, 1849-04-25 00:00:00

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Justice

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Susan Lovell ...
Queen Mary ...

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWER3.—Yesterday a
meeting of the Commissioners took place in Guildhall;
Mr. Deputy Peacock presided. After a motion by Mr.
Deputy Lake, who complained of the state of the car-
ge way in Leadenhall -street, had been agreed to, the
surveyor put in the report on the practice of turning the
contents of cesspools int ) the sewers, which was read,
and ordered to be entered on the journals, and a motion
by :11r. Blake, on the same subject, was agreed to unani-
mou-ly. Mr. Dew, the chief clerk, then read the report
as to the supply of wa.er, which, after some observa-
tions from Mr. Deputy Stacy and Mr. Blake, was also
ordered to be entered on the journals. A number of
tenders for the cleansing of the streets of the City were
then received, and it was determined to refer the subject
to the General Purposes Committee. Mr. Deputy
Godson brought the subject of the whalebone boiling in
Aldersgate-street before the meeting, which, after some
discussion, was, on the motion of Mr. Harrison, ordered
to be referred to the Committee of Health. A communi-
cation from the secretary of the Great Central Gas
Company was read, and ordered to be referred to the
General Purposes Committee. Annexed to the letter
was a document, said to be of much importance, but
which was not read, and the Court adjourned without
deciding whether or not it should be published.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND COLONIAL SCHOOL SOCIETY.
—The annual meeting of the friends of this society was
held yesterday at Exeter Hall, and was presided over
by the Marquis of Cholmondeley (in the absence of Lord
Bexley, whose advanced age prevented his attending).
The noble chairman, having pointed out the great duty
incumbent on a country so favoured as ours to diffuse the
blessings of religious education among our dependencies,
called on the secretary to read the report. That docu•
went showed an increase in the number of children in
connexion with the schools of the society at St. John's
over that of last year, the present number being 160, and
the daily average attendance being 150. The subscrip-
tions raised in St. John's had also increased from 691. in
1847-8, to 781. in 1848-9. In other stations there had been
a falling off, owing to the decrease of means, especially
in Bona Vista and harbour Grace, where two schools,
which had existed for nearly 25 years, had been closed,
although 100 children were receiving instruction in them.
The Bishop of Newfoundland, in writing to the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, complained of the want of teachers
there, and promised salaries of from 801. to 1001. per an-
num to those who were sent out. The home receipts
of the society during the year had decreased 9201., their
amount being 1,6541. They had received 1,459/. from
abroad. The expenditure was 3,3971., leaving a deficit
of 2931. Unless the prosperity of the society was re-
stored, other schools must be closed, and the society
would cease. Among those who addressed the meeting
in support of the usual resolutions were the Rev. A.
Hewitt, the Rev. H. Stowell, the Rev. J. N. G. Armitage,
the Rev. D. Wilson, and the Rev. C. B. Gribble. The
proceedings terminated with a vote ef thanks to the
Noble Chairman.

BIRTHS.
On the 20th inst., at Dublin, the lady of Captain J. W.
Sit 4th Regiment, of a son.
mAthP utney, on the 21st inst., the wife of A. F. Bainbridge,
Esq., of a (laughter.
On the 21st inst., at Stamford-hill, Mrs. W. Tucker, of a
daughter.
On the 22d inst., at Upper Tooting, the wife of F. Clarke,
Esq., of a son.
On the 22d inst., at West-end, Hampstead, the wife of the
Rev. R. C. W. Collins, of a son.

MARRIED.
At the Episcopal Chapel, Dingwall, on the 20th inst.,
George W. H. Ross, Esq., of Cromarty, Lieutenant tad
Highlanders, to Adelaide Lucy, third daughter of Duncan
Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch, Ross-shire.

DiED.
On the 22d in t., at Bathford-house, near Bath, James
Bannatyne, Esq., eldest son of the late Major-General Ban-
natyne, of the Bombay Service.
On the 2:2d inst., aged Bi, Lady Gurney, the widow of the
late Sir John Gurney, one of the Ifarons of the Exchequer.
On the 26th ii;st., at Grosvenor. square, Southampton, 11.
Spooner, Esq , aged 71.
On the list inst., at Brompton, Margwet, the wife of J.
WooJ, Esq., Ltudoun-villas, St. John's-wood.
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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
Bliddlelex, Wednesday, April 25, 1819.