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ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN
DRURY-LANE.

CAPTURE OF THE ALLEGED ASSASSIN.

On Saturday night, a few minutes before nine o'clock,
the neighbourhood of Drury-lane was thrown into the
greatest state of consternation by the commission of
another of those horrible acts of attempted assassinatiun
which in this instance, as in the recent one, will, with-
out doubt, prove fatal in its consequences.
It appears from information obtained by the reporter
from those who were witnesses of the diabolical deed,
that about ten minutes before nine o'clock the unfortunate
victim, a lithographic printer, named Blewett, residing
at 18, White Hart-yard, Drury-lane, was returning
home from his employment, and walking down
Drury-lane, from the direction of Great Queen-
street, towards Princes-street. On the arrival of
the unfortunate man near Morgan's dining-rooms,
situate at the corner of Princes-street, a youth was ob-
served to step before him and fire a pistol directly at his
dbreast. A man named Samuel Sandered, who was
rinking cutside the public-houso exactly opposite, hear-
ing the report, ran across the road, and succeeded in
catching Blewett in his arms, as he was staggering. The
poor fellow exclaimed, " Oh, I am shot,"and the blood
was 'seen issuing from the front of his shirt. At th.
moment the youth who had fired, took to his heels,
'ls
the direction of Great Queen-street, pursued bypoiclen-
constable Dunsford, 83 F. The wounded man was con-
veyed to the shop of a surgeon, in Drury-lane, where on
opening his shirt, it was discovered that he had received
a bullet wound in the left breast, from which the blood
was flowing. He was conveyed to King's College Hos-
pital, where, on being examined by Mr. Walker, the
house surgeon, it was ascertained that the ball had
entered the left breast, and passed out at the right breast.
He is also of opinion that the wound Is mortal. Imme-
diate information was forwarded relative to the sad oc-
currence to the wife of Blewett, and she lost no time in
proceeding to the bedside of her unfortunate husband at
the hospital. He was at this time able to speak, and
stated that he was wholly unconscious of who had shot
him, and that he had not the slightest quarrel with any
person.

- On inspection of the pistol, it was found to have been
recently discharged. It is a heavy barrelled pistol, such
as is used by the police, with a flint lock upon it, and the
bullets are rather small for it, being about double the
size of a pea.
William Hathaway, residing in Drury-lane, states that
he was close to the youth when he fired, and was so
stunned with the suddenness of the report that he could
not tell whether he took deliberate aim or not ; but he
saw him stand for a second afterwards with the pistol in
his hand ; and it was not until he saw the assassin run
away that he recovered himself; and then he called
"Police !" and pointed him out, whilst running, to the
constable.
Dunsford, the police-constable, continued his pursuit,
without losing sight of the accused, until he arrived iu
Little Queen-street (singularly enough, the place where
the murderer Wick was captured), and where 11,1 took
the prisoner into custody.
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT 130W-
STREET.
On the accused being taken into custody by the con-
stable he still had the pistol in his hand with which he
had committed the act, and on being searched a powder
flask, containing a considerable quantity of powder, and
a number of bullets were found on his person. ge
trembled very violently and was quite out of breath from
running, but as soon as he recovered himself he ex-
claimed to Dunsford that it was an accident.

On his arrival at the Bow-street station the prisoner
was placed within the bar until Mr. Superintendent
Pierce, who was at Covent-garden Theatre at the moment,
was sent for. During this interval he trembled exceed-
ingly and frequently buried his face in his hands. The
accused is of exceedingly juvenile appearance, with
dark hair, sallow complexion, and rather long features.
He was attired in a most respectable manner in a brown
surtout, black waistcoat and trowsers, and wore a shirt
collar turned over a black silk handkerchief a la Byron.
The charge was entered, and, on being interrogated
by the inspector, he said in a very tremulous voice,
" My name is John Braham ; I was fifteen years old
last January. I reside at No. 31, Harrison-street,
Gray's Inn-road, and am clerk to Mr. Humby, a soli-
citor, No. 8, Regent-street ; I mean Lower Regent-
street, ner Waterloo crescent.

Inspector Black—You are charged with shooting a
man in Drury-lane with a pistol.—The prisoner—It was
quite an accident.

- The accused was then removed. On the prisoner's
person was found 2/. in gold and about 14 or 15 shillings
in silver. The wounded man is described as an ex-
tremely fine, tall man.

_
From all that has transpired on the subject, it is be-
lieved that both individuals were strangers to each other,
which is confirmed by the fact that the wounded man,
when asked, had no idea by whom the shot was fired,
and that opinion is still confirmed by the following state-
ment of a female of the name of Louisa Cook, living at
No. 12, Great Earl-street, Seven Dials, which she has
made to the police:—She states that just before the act
was committed she was passing down Drury-lane, when
a youth, whom she has identified to be the one in cus-

Wily, was passing her, was pushed against_ by a man,
when he instantly turned round, and seizing her by the
throat, said to her, in a violent tone, "If it was not for
one thing I would do for you," and at the same moment
drawing a pistol from, as she states, under his arm, pre-
sented it at her. Being terribly alarmed, she forced
herself from his grasp and ran off, and in a very few
minutes afterwards she heard of Blewett having
been shot.

Up to a late hour a large crowd was congregated at
the spot in Drury-lane where the occurrence happened,
so that an extra body of police was required to be in at-
tendance to keep the thoroughfares clear.
On inquiry at the station-house it was stated that the
prisoner was not at all communicative, and that he had
been placed in a cell with two policemen.
The officer selected for the purpose of visiting the re-
sidence of the accused, No. 1, Harrison-street, Gray's
Inn-road, was Police-sergeant Pocock, of the F divi-
sion. On his arrival at the house he found that Bra-
ham's father is a grocer, in a most respectable way of
business, having lived in the neighbourhood, and being
the owner of considerable property there, for many
years. On making Mr. Braham acquainted with
the position his son was in, he expressed no considerable
surprise at it, and added that it was what they expected,
for they never could stop his taste for fire-arms. On
proceeding to the accused's bed-room on the three pair
back, he searched- it, and found two guns, a shot bag
containing a quantity of shots, a powder flask full of
powder, a box containing a quantity of bullets, a bullet
mould, and several pieces of metal for making bullets.
He also found a small cannon and a canister which had
contained powder, but which was empty. There were
also screw-drivers and a number of other instruments
used for ',removing locks, &c., from fire-arms. He also
found in the accused's box a book of a most mischievous
tendency, called " Statham's First Steps in Chemistry,"
useful as an instructor in experiments to youth of both
sexes. The father of the accused accompanied Pocock
to the st ition. He identified the pistol as belonging to
his son, but was not permitted to see him.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GROWTH OF
FLAX IN IRELAND.
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rooms, oof this sc bodyon Commercial-build-
ings, oc_
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Nevin, John Cranial°, Esqn, an
the treasurer's
M'Kibbin, M.D., John lc Bortdhtwheicßk,evJ.ohFn.
BECloaaymkdePlbyße.ilc/
aßTrhdo Robert retvi.
Secretary, after readingceeitvheed ast monthly
mmeoenttinhlgythsteatfeomuoewnti,ngrelpeotrteterdfi
atdhabteensmrec
:
"Treasury, March 6, 1816.
"Sir,—l am desired by Sir Robert Peel to inform you, that
he has read, with attention and great pleasure, the reports of
the Society for Promoting and Improving the Culture of
Flax in Ireland. He trusts that the efforts directed to so lau-
dable and important an object will meet with ample success,
and begs leave to send a donation of 251., with his best
wishes for the welfare of the society.—l have the honour to
be your obedient humble servant,

" " James Mac Adam, jun., Esq., Secretary
YOUNG.
to the Flax Society, &c., &c."
It was resolved that the thanks of the society should be
respectfully given to Sir B. Peel, for his appreciation of the
importance of the society's objects, and for his handsome
donation to its funds.
The assistants, who were being trained by Mr. Patterson,
in the Belgian mode of hand-scutching, had now been ren-
dered competent to give instructions in this system, in the
districts to which they will be allocated, in the south and
west of Ireland. The quantity of clean flax turned out, by
each individual, varied from 91bs to 14Ibs. ; and samples
were exhibited to the committee, which were much
approved of, from the neatness of the work. As the
sowing season was now fast approaching, OA ~.;,.„1_
turista, and their assistants had receive, - fl„.
themselves in readiness to kw , hold
-
two bad already 1A:00...d- - •
Cork. Letter!, ;or thei oddste.3cttso; and
.ed to the counties Kilkenny and
T.-'of —Were read from individuals in various parts
-relative to the instructions of the society's men ;
and samples of flax were shown from Galway and Clare,
which, although fire-dried and prepared in the old system,
Showed clearly the good natural qualities which would have
been brought out by a more careful system of management.
An interesting letter was submitted from the Right Hon. the
Knight of Kerry, with a sample of flax of very fair quality.
The following extract may prove of interest :
" Although I confine myself, at present, to those specific
points, and cannot venture on the general question, I will not
suppress the exultation I feel at the resuscitation of the flax
manufacture in Ireland, under the patriotic efforts of your
society. I have always looked on the linen as the congeolal
manufacture of Ireland; it is impossible to estimate thel_
importance of its extension throughout our population. Aa..
though my time of life obliges me to withdraw from all
0;1
personal interference in public concerns, I shall b
glad if I can influence others, more suited to.
co-
operation in the laudable purposes you have
considerable supply to
do not despair of Kerry furnishing a
rty the your flax market. On this particular propes view;i ,to
aattli
a great popula-
tiondeli-
have extensive employme.nt, yetthere
iu
their fields
cannotgener a l and,
ormore
b ebothn e 6
eolfdswanordk intheir throughouthom esk,ertriyieyin
of flax.'
their efforts than to the culture and preparation
f
The SECRETARY gTilegaiannadc,ctoonn t
Mr.
waavrinseits,wohficThrhinelilniagc.l
system of feeding cattle in loose bo4-t4--,
paid,: lately
ham No
by that gentleman, with flax-seed, as an auxiliary to tar_
nips, bean and pea straw, &c., appeared of much value, and
was likely to prove of muck benefit, if introduced into the

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. cattle-feeding districts of Ireland. It not only afforded a
most profitable mode of fattening upon home-grown produce
and rendered the flax crop much more valuable by the judi-
cious economy of the seed—a product which had hitherto
been very much neglected in Ireland—but the consumption
of the latter returned to the soil in the form of manure.
the greater portion of the constituents abstracted by the
growing crop, from it. It was arranged that the specimens
of linen, damask, and cambric, which gained the first prizes
at the ociety's exhibition in November last, and which were
made exclusively of Irish flax, should be presented, at an
early opportunity, to her Majesty the Queen; and that the
Marquis of Downshire, as President, and the Earl of Erne
and Lord Lurgan, as Vice-Presidents of the Society, should be
requested to arrange the presentation. The Secretary was in-
structed, on the return of the agriculturists from their la-
bours, after the seed time, to visit the members of the
society, among the English and Scoth flax-spinners, to
solicit their support, on an increased scale, since the opera-
tions of the society were now so extensive, and their succesa
So promising, that, while they must confer great benefit for
the population of the districts into which they were being
carried, they will be productive of very important results
on the British and Irish linen trade. It was mentioned.
in the course of conversation, that large orders for flax-
scutching machinery were now being executed in Belfast,
for the Pacha of Egypt, for Brittany, Bohemia, and Bel-
gium ; while, such had been the interest excited by the
progress of the Flax Improvement Society of Ireland, that
its papers and printed instructions had been translated into
several foreign languages, and were in circulation in many
foreign countries. With her suitable soil and climate, cheap
labour, and the prestige which attends her linen manufac-
ture, Ireland has no cause to fear competition; and the pm..
sent prospects of the society afforded the happiest augury for
the final attainment of its objects.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE,
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
M. I. Jacobs, tailor, Ashton-under-Lyne-first div. of 2s.
7d. in the pound, May 12, or any susequent Tuesday, at the
office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
W. Faryon, licensed victualler, Farringdon-street-a div.
of Bd. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Kent, beer brewer, Stowmarket-a div. of sd. in the
pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street.
S. Cullen, chemist, Nottingham-first div. of 3s. in the
pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Bir-
mingham.
Mr. Graham, o 7i c i nco
and
J. C. G. Webb, woolstapler, Long-lane, Bermondsey-third
div. theemnpaclioiw tde s e eatny Wednesday, at the office of
W. Wood tea dealers, Maidstone-first div.
of is. 54d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Graham, Colen2an-street:
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, • all-street. J. Martin, fringe manufacturer, Wood"
er:t pside,
May 18, at eleven-J. Clark, merchant, or
May 19, at eleven-C. B. Baker and E. J. Eastwood,Mlllw°arriese-'
housemen, London, May 19, at twe-F. J. and W. H. Alo-
lett, drapers, High Holborn, May 19, at one-AL and T. A.
Butterfield, linendrapers, Royston, May 19, at half-past two
-I. Denning, watchmaker, Titehbourne- street, St. James's',
May 19, at half-past eleven-T. W. Hooper, chemist, Ba-
thurst-street, Hyde Park-gardens, May 19, at eleven.
In the Country.
W. H. Bell, seed crusher, Hull, May 21, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court-T. W. Green, bookseller, Leeds, May
21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court-W. Collinson,
shipwright, East Butterwick, Lincolnshire, May 21, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court-J. Law and E. Hudson, cotton
spinner, Ramsden -wood, Lancashire, May 9, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court-J. Law, cotton spinner,
Ramsden-wood, Lancashire, May 9, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court-E. Hudson, cotton spinner, Ramsden-
wood, Lancashire, May 9, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court-J. Lindon, merchant, Plymouth, May 25, at
eleven, at the Exeter District Court-G. James, draper,
Leamington Priors, May 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court-G. Middleton, wine merchant, Nottingham,
May 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
L. Reis, J. Power, and G. Koenig, merchants, Fenchurch-
street, May 19-W. W. Sanderson, baker, Great Russell-
street, Covent-garden, May 15-E. Williams, linondraper,
Bishopsgate street, May 15-M. APLean, cloth factor, Ba-
singhall-street, May 1. -W. F. Brewster, chemist, Bath,
May 18-W. J. Harris, woollendraper, High-street, South-
wark, May 16-,1. Woodhams, plumber, High-street, Port-
land-town, May 15-W. Burrows, builder, Gr-street,
Hampstead-road, May 20-J. Clark, merchant,ove
Crescent,
Minories, May 19-C. Baker and E. J. Eastwood, ware-
housemen, London, May 19-J. Coker, timber dealer, Nar-
ford, Norfolk, May 20-W. Lockwood, worsted spinner,
Hightown, Yorkshire, May 21-T. Harding, schoolmaster,
Lichfield, May 16-J. Duke, plaster merchant, Newank-
upon-Trent, May 18-11. M. Naylor, haberdasher, Birming-
ham, May 15-H. Pricker, innkeeper, Southampton, May
15-C. Blackmore, tailors, Cork-street, May 15-T. Pe-
meller, coal merchant, Tysoe-straet, Spafields, May 15-J.
Warren, surgeon dentist, George-street, Hanover-square,
May 15-J. Carlile, merchant, Little Love-lane, Wood-
street, City, May 15-J. W. Frost, coffee dealer, Back-lane,
Kingsland-green, May 15-J. Spofford, linendraper, Chatham,
May 15-J. Arnold, woollendraper, Walsall, Staffordshire,
May 15-T. F. Saunders, brewer, Burton-on-Trent, May 15
-R. Headington, laceman, Bath, May 15-J. Batty%
linendraper, Courtney-terrace, Kingsland, May 15-R. Gunn,
corn dealer, Clare, Suffolk, May 15-J. Hart, builder, Green-
wich, May 15-I. Deanning, watchmaker, Tichbourne-street,
St. James's, May 15- L. Davison, grocer, Stockton-upon-
Tees, May 15-A. Oakley, seedsman, Southampton, May 15
-E. P. Best, wine merchant, Crutched-friars, City, May 15
-J. 11. Walter, ironmonger, Camberwell, May 15-C. Wil-
liamson, wine merchant, Great Portland. street, St. Mary-
lebone, May 15.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. Woollaston and A. B. Cattleld, surgeons, Tottenham—
T. Livesey and W. Rodgett, cotton spinners, Blackburn,
Lancashire—J. Turner, jun., and W. Holmes, woolstaplers,
Halifax, Yorkshire—W. Jackson and W. Burrows, linen-
drapers, Nottingham—S. Evens and J. Goodbrand, cotton
spinners, Aspull, Lancashire—D. and E. Thomas, attorneys,
Brecon—W. Cort and G. Gillespie, snuff manufacturers,
Liverpool—J. W. and T. Dawkins, watch-case spring makers,
St. John's-street-road, Clerkenwell—W. Robinson and T. G.
Dodson, attorneys, Lancaster--J. N. Cross and E. W. Willey,
tobacconists, Exeter—J. Buchanan and F. Ede, merchants,
Calcutta—E. West, 11. West, and F. Hollingworth, maim-
facsnring chemists, Derby—J. and H, Wallwork, stationers,
Manchester—J. lloyle and J. Gothard, type founders, Shef-
field—R. Webster, C. M. Webster, and H. R. Webster, rope
manufacturers, Sunder!and, Durham—J. Jones and J. A.
Paul, printers, 'West Smithfield—J. Catterall and J. Greenall,
cotton manufacturers, Preston, Lancashire—R. P. and E.
Harris, corn factors, City—M. W. S. Shaw and R. Baxter,
coal merchants, Lower East Smithfield—J. Gross and G. E.
Thompson, grocers, Woodbridge—J. Crabtree and J. M.
Cockcroft, medical and surgical practitioners, Warth, Lan-
cashire—H. King, J. Turner, R. Peach, sen., and W. R.
King, Kingston-upon-Hull—G. Callender, J. Ralph, and T.
Risk, merchants, Liverpool—lL Vamplew and John Rhodes,
coachbuilders, Bradford, Yorkshire—E. Chapman, C. Day,
and W. Chapman, coal merchants, Wapping—S. Dawbarn
and J. Davis, tailors, Liverpool—J. Walker and W. Bower,
letter cutters, Sheffield—T. H. Hair, G. S. Hair, and C. H.
Hair, lamp black manufacturers (so far as regards T. H.
Hair and G. S. Hair).
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John M'Leay, merchant, Avoch, Ross-shire, May 1 and
May 22, at two, at the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall.
J. Murray and R. Stewart, booksellers, Paisley, April 23
and May 20 at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.

It is said in military ciroles that the colonelcy of one
of the regiments now vacant will be conferred on Sir H. G.
Smith, the victor of Aliwal. The emoluments of the colonel
of a regiment are estimated at 1,0001. a-year ; but, should
the regiment be serving in India, about double that amount
whilst so serving.—Observer.
We understand that the Queen, on the intelligence
reaching her of the late attempt to assassinate Bing Louis
Philippe, wrote an autograph letter to her dear friend and,
ally congratulating his Majesty on his providential escap
This letter was instantly dispatched by a speoial messeDger
to Paris.—Observer.

he INVENTIONS.
he Triple Hair Brush. One stroke of this is equal to the
effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs, and one even-
cut brush ; to be had in four sizes, No. 7, bs. 6d ; No. 8, 76.
6d; No. 9,9 s. 6d. ; No. 10, I Is. 6d. The Double Asti-.
Pressure Nail Brush, which does not divide the quick from the
nail, no pressure being required, and thoroughly cleans and po-
lishes the nails in a tenth part of the time of any other_ :a.!,
thod ; price in bone,
6d. ; No. 4, as. ; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. The
New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between, the in-
terstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized bruslsee, No. 1,
No. I, 2s. ; No. 2,2 s. 5d..; N . 3. do.
No. 3, middling ; No. 4, soft. The
narrow brushes, No. 5, hard i 6,
No. less har:l; No. 7, mid-
J: dozen in bone; and
hard ; No. 2, less hard ;
hair warranted
tozidli:Wceoam;cheN,
„boo
ur. Gls.tB s orfipt;:w dr:stehoeinbaidygoery:skin,
tie hair
between eatllllsedeaiucmh: sortialvo
istn.
in a variety a sizes
never
the
usual badger hair slid bristle. Brush, being a selection of tbs,
strongest hair only fro
both in bone and I'vory. The above articles are the inventions'
of Ross and sons, 119 and 120, Bishops ate-str t L
and, being protected, imitatingg ee 9 outlay,
any one them will be proceed ct
against.e
Dr, , .I.A.RTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.—The folio,- - e
itclace was issued on Saturday at the General Post-Mee, St. 7" ain—
le-Grand, and the branch offices :—" The India Mail—Tt, Aartint
8.
for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islam's, Egypt, ne*lllmaa
Bong, and China, will be made up on the mernin; Of the India,2dof Mongai,'
to be forwarded via Southampton. By the oYerland closed mail to
the Mediterranean, India, &c., eid ltre‘'rguilles, in the morning et
the 7th Of May. en P '" - —sulaT Maik'‘'The next mail for Corunna,
Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira; c;adliz, and Gibraltar, will be made up
in the morning of the 27th instant (this morning), to be forwarded by
the Queen steamer, Southampton. Next mail due the Madrid
steamer, on the Ilath instant. West Indies : The next mails for
Madeira, the. British West Indies, Honduras, Havannah, and Vene.
zuela Vrili be made up on the morning of the 2d of May, to be /be:
warded by the Avon steamer, via Southampton. Next mail due
from the West Incites, Mexico, &c., on the 7th of May, at 5ea,!,,,,p.,
ton, America : The next mails for British Nortt America,
Bermuda, and the United States, will be made lln, on the even-
ing of the 4th of May, to be forwarded by the 131itannia steamer,
via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. Next mail due, the Caledonia
steamer, on the 16th of May. Now South Wales : The next Mane
for Sydney, South Australia, and f'l'ew Zealand will be made up on
the evening of the 30th inst.,to be forwarded by the Bexkshire, via
Gravesend, Madeira, Brazils, and BUltlios Ayres :—Notice : A malt
will be maot up for Monte Video, to be forwarded by her Majesty's
61i1'2 tpollo. All lettere intended to be sent by this conveyance must
be addressed ' liy her Maiet;ty's ship Apollo,' and will be liable to a
packet rate of postage of 2s. 7d. No charge will be made for news-
papers. The Apollf, is expected to sail from Portsmouth on the 28115
inst. (to-morrow). Next packet due from the Brazils, &c., her Ma-
jesty's brig Penguin, May 29, at Falmoath. Notice : herMivescrot
ship Ferret was expected to sail from Portsmouth for the
Ascension, this day, the 25th inst."
Wsome particulars
We have endeavoured to collect
.coming
of age
of
respecting the festivities in commemorattonof th
Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquis of Exeter, which take
but matters have been kept so close up to
place on Thursday next,
rumours of the day. The grand
the
this time, that we can only give
will not take place until Stamford races,
meeting of the aristecra.cyd,
I 400 invitations Ilan been sent to the
in July. Between 1,300 an dine on Thursday in a tent (just arrived
f whom are to
tenantry, 700 o
lawn, and the otloks at several of the principal
from London) on the
sit brewed itnniedi t 1
n•lns s rong .. , aC Y after the
inns in the tow .hio
will be tapped. In the afternoon, with the
birth of Lord Bum. Y.
view of a to
affording some amusement thefamilies of the tenants, Mr.
Cherie, omen will ascend in his balloon • In the evening a ball, to
which about 800 are to be invited, is to be held in the As bly
The Clatreh school children are to be treated,Seth -
rooms. but none
ei.ning to the Dissenting congregations. The labourers, their
wives and children, are to have a certain quantity of meat and ale
awned to them. On Friday the refts of th
have a ball, who will have the • 1 • e household are to
privi of inviting a friend each...-
Front a Correspondent,
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT HUNGERFoRD
MARKET Pisa.—Mr. Nv. Baker held an inquest on Saturday evening.
at the Crown Inn, High-street, Shadwell, touching the death of Mr.
Frederick Ilayward, aged 29 years, late a clerk in the service at
Messrs. Williams, merchants, of 62, Lower Thames-street. The de-
ceased NYSS one of the unfortunate persons drowned at Hungerford
Market Pier 011 Easter Sunday last. His body was picked up off St.
James's-stairs, Shaiwell, on the evening of Friday. The same
witnessts were in attendaace as at the inquiry.Prevtouste lT4beit
new transpired as to the cause of the accident, and jury re urn
the following addendum--
a verdict of " Accidental death,"
with the
H co Margot Corn.
" The jury recommend the directorsiaftitureunge
in time construction and
pany to exercise greater caution i i
management of thalf approaches to steam-boats navigating the river.
and plying at their pier.'
Dir. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview, es
Saturdays with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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