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London, England, 1846-10-12 00:00:00

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NEWMARKET RACES

(THIS DAY.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,

MATCH.—Taurina beat Hollow-back.
T.Y.C. Plate.—(Second Class.)
Farmer's Daughter
Doctrine
All ran. Won cleverly.
Handicap. T.Y.C.
Collingwood, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
Joy, 3 yrs, 7st 91b
All ran. Won by a head.
MATCLl.—Mirmillo beat Hornsea colt.
50!. Plate. A.F.

Weatberbit
Princess Alice
MATCH.—Garry Owen beat Wood Pigeon.

WARWICK AND WORCESTER
RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
An adjourned meeting of this Company was held to-
da), at one o'clock, atithe Hall of Commerce, for the
purpose of completing the registration of the votes in
favour of or against the dissolution of the Company.
Mr. T. W. Pocock occupied the chair. The entire
number registered in favour of the dissolution, up to two
o'clock to-day, was, 7,740 ; none against it ; 2,020 in
favour of its being taken as an act of bankruptcy;
aginst it, 4,970. The dissolution, therefore, was nc t
taken as an act of bankruptcy, and the Company wen
declared dissolved.

A committee was then appointed to confer with the
directors with respect to its tinanceF, and also with the
Birmingham Extension Company, with which this Com-
pany has been in some measure connected.
A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman, and
the meeting separated.

FAMINE IN ENGLAND IN 1316.—Several periods
of great scarcity have occurred in England, but the most
severe dearth that we find recorded was that which hap-
pened in 1316. It began to be severely felt in May,
1316, and pr,,eeeded to the utmost extremity until after
the harvest in 1316. In July, 1316, the quarter of
wheat rose to 30s. (equal to. 221. 10s.) and in August
reached the enormous price of 405., or 301. the quarter.
A loaf of coarse bread, which was scarcely sufficient to
support a man for a single day, P sold for four pence,
equal
in value to ss. now. Wheat rose in Scotland at one
time to the enormous sum of 100s.g e ual to 75/ the quarter
of the present currency. This dearth continued, but
with mitigated severity, until after theharvestT of 1317 ;
e
but great abundance returnedin lalB.
pies fopalme,moewipncg-
casioned a prodigious mortality amongth
to the want of proper food and the
in l r and
unwholesomecocontinued
substi-
tutes.
0
The rain set in so Ballyiolently that most of the sled of that
ast
s were so inundatedyear perishedthat
the.
the ground ; the meadow
hay crop of that year was almost utterly destroyed.
QUIT AND CROWN RENTS (IRELAND.)—The total
amount received by the Woods and Forests (Ireland), in
'
1844 was 66,3741. 2s. 2d. ; in 1845, 66,9551. ss. ld. The
total of expenditure in this department (according to the
in ess
of 1846),
B 1846), was, in 1844, 11,0311. 12ut either in this latter sums
.3
sliBo4nsa, 1 paperi,
u s s . 696
ss.
there is an error in addition, or there is a typographical
blunder in some of the items ; for, as they stand, the
total ought to be 12,5881. ss. 3d. On the Barrack-
street Improvements (Dublin), were expended, in 1844,
thelo former
395 10,3951.
l6Byath
16a. 4d.
(ine 18
4,0551. 18s. ; the receipts in
balance in hand at the beginning
inclusive), were 15,2181. 2s. 5d., in the latter, 5,1281
4s. 6d.
THE MODEL LODGING-HOUSE, ST. GILES'S.--The
erection of this building is rapidly progressing. The
frontage is rather more than 90 feet, depth 30. It is to
be divided into three compartments—for married couples,
single men, and single women.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Yesterday evening, a
public meeting, which was numerously attended, was
held at the City Lecture Theatre, Milton-street, Crip-
plegate, to aid the exertions of the Rev. Mr. Rush, of
Galway, who is now in this country to raise subscriptions
for a fund for the relief of his distressed countrymen.
The chair was taken by' the Rev. Mr. Jauch, pastor of
the German Catholic Church, in St. Thomas Apostle.
In the course of the evening some pathetic descriptions
were given of the existing distress, and interesting -ap-
peals were made by the several speakers, which were
liberally responds d to.
PAPERING A PLACE:OF 11, oitsitir.—A novel and
unusual mode of decorating a place of worship has been
displayed in the papering recently of Bridge-street
Chapel, Bristol.