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T 1.1. E BtT N 3 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN 1NG5 SEPTEMBER l6 1846.
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te, yesterday, on the Coal-house Point, but expected off
eXt tide COU 11 T CIRCULAR. been placed in our hands as a verification of the use we , Government they are placed under is a perfect MA N CHESTER and SOUTHAMPTON ,
sale amounted 287 bags of Honduras, and nearly ' ekte
e -As"' Lots e Q , A , ~ The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the leis now
urk, from Liver ld• '-'
.1 now make of their fleeces. To guard against any mix- I despotism; that they have no vote, or voice, or in- RAILWAY. et I \l' y_ GT., kAPT. 14.-Reel. 1 Orphan, Burrows, ei . conception hereafter, we will also mention that although fluence whatever, direct or indirect, in the framing
whole sold at full rates, black brought 5s 10d to
' Cocinefeate-e-This afternoon the quantity offered6sa9tae, atbaudlic
A public meeting of the scripholders in this Company surtt 72b
thrist.wie., SEPT. 15.p0-ol\.riurga\MVl°' out 21 days.
- Adelaide, ,
countess Cunning, the Ilen. Miss KErr, Colonel Bowles,
and CI- 1 1.1 , -- • -returned
Ons.--A further advaiece has taken place in the vain r of
11],itap..44n,itSitutcrnduelIlan, assisted in, very 'lleralls.de.-„L had
final ratification frous St. Petereburgh could not he re- even those which most materially affect them; that
three o'clock on Monde- afternoon, from Southampton.Palace•yard,Westminster, to take into consideration the ‘
future guidance.
tit
tow,
Supposed
, SEPTe 12.-The schooner Express, of Yesterday morning herj Majesty and her Royal Consort ceived from him in Paris before the 13th. We believe they are ruled by the will and judgment of one position of the Company, and to adopt measures for their chiefly by the home trade : inde,edthe market has been neeel, Y•
, Pla, S from a Spanish port, being laden with took their usual early walk, that the name of Madame Pauline Garcia Viardot (the man, and three individuals completely subservient ,to
DO NCASTE R RACES. cleared. Palm. has been in extenseVe request, and prices bat e
j 11:111 Ciohc'eola'sN4sutB,dantodslsarBgdeP:irtrclbh..ees have been made private et v,
eest ena,oPfa,nisla nuts, &c., was totally lost, Bth inst., off the Lord John Russell arrived at Osborne House, yester- sister of Al alihran) will be added to this formidable him. They have often been shocked by the assignment Sir John Barker Mill took the chair.
Nteee emery Island; crew drowned. day afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. troupe ; and we are authorised to state that negotiations ,ef power over
.them to persons who, in more instances
with other artists are pending, to appear between 1847 than would readily be believed, have put the infamy of The Secretary having read the advertise
the meeting, advertisement calling
__neap— there has only been& limited business deeue,ehe market be tiet •
supplied. Olive has been extensively dealt en, holders evince,
""11•EY -SE- ---- -- Their Royal Pig se,
• ' SSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) Alfred, the Princes b.ne -es the Prince of Wales, Prince
s Royal, and the Princess Alice, took and 1849. their characters beyond doubt, and justified the aversion at- J. iv
nen , r ALKINSHAW, deputy-chairman, then said THE GREAT ST. LEGER. risen. Rape Seed Oil cannot be has upon lower term, biz t
much firmness, and obtained 411 to 421 for Galh_poli, 391
t keen
~,,V3efore THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq.) Rubiiii has been offered carte blanche, but has written of the community they dwelt among, by acts of public or he wished to inform the meeting that they had on the their accustomed exercise yesterday in the pleasure
or feL
.A I kte, 37, and Ann Elliot, 23, were indicted grounds of Osborne Howie. Her Royal Highness the that his farewell of the stage has been final, or he would private delinquency, necessitating at last their reluctant table memorials from Cheltenham, Cirencester, Crick- --.0--___ Levant and Portugal; indeed some parties it was; consul up-
Se ,pious' , not have hesitated to appear at Covent-garden Theatre removal. They have been grieved atthe insults continually lade, Swindon, Marlborough, Andover, Stockbridge, these rates, as the stock is not so large as
Spite de at 3 stealing a prayer-book, pair of razors, Prince=s Helena was taken an airing. (BY EXPRESS) tion going on satisfactorily, and the prospect of the arm 'abs
with his attached friend and maestro, Costa. The report offered by savages to a British Government; at the sad In Li 1
~ having box, at Watlingham, in the county of Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
Y. the property of Walter Skinner. of Rubini's engagement at any other establishment is spectacle of a British governor floundering on from discs- Romsey, and Southampton, praying that the directors to 40/ for Spanish and Sicily, and 381 to39wrilflonrjaarob are:ep-t.e
being much less than they were during last season. _
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer would proceed with the line. Letters also had been re- ....-..........
Sight UBetUtO said without any foundation. trous and disgraceful concession to imbecile attempts atSeal oi/
e„ r that he was a labourer, and on the yesterday. Captain Chappell had also an interview with ..
and several parcels were taken for exportation. For S
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leileiesuie the 11 of August he slept at he Red Lion the Right Hen. Gentleman. The designs for the alterations and embellishments of coercion-driven by the practice of an utterly irrational same dyed,
ceived from Earl Bruce and Viscount Duncannon to the
and he stated that other noblemen Sir Tatter' Sykes
tele 'mese WI• 1 in which the • ' The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had an in-
-1 lepers 0 ,at at ing lam, - Covent-garden Theatre are now nearly ready, and the policy into the unwilling adoption of a wiser one, he and influential landholders on the line bad signed
lago
1 tsheeeddemOilalnadrgiseipmuprrcoh‘aisne: have.; been made by the home tram In .
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eft the 3° slept. On the fll • •-' • tertiew with the Earl of Clarendon,
4, e 1 • e o owingmornieg the prisoners - yesterday, at tho process of decoration and renovation, on ft scale of un- was utterly unequal to the execution of it ; in the one
precedented splendour, hill commence in December, as case as well as the other only exposing himself to the one or other of the numerous memorials " • - acted. There has been but little desire to operate in Cod. With:
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uhe mouse very early, and when he arose from his office of the Board of Trade. which had been got up with a view to urging the di- Brocardo
114 • ssed his bundle, containing the articles enume- The Lord Chancellor had an interview with Sir soon as M. Jullien has completed his last promenade contempt and derision of the savages he was unable 3 limited, prices are lowering. For Linseed, Olive, Cocoa,
the in the aconcerts in that noble edifice, the space in which has either to conciliate or conquer. They complain of prat- rectors to continue their application to Parliament for
their Act authorising the construction of the line. He
o all
pah bundle. He instantly gave information to George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
tile ee, and with a constable went in search of the been of late years much circumscribed as regards that tical evils of misgovernment, alike undeniable and unen- LONDON—ITS RIVERS AND Rape Oil they are lower; as is the case with respect t
NrS puetr, ma n
dt h
Palm market
pricesi is
are wellab above
‘,e supplied,
those andof l
atshtedemand
season, b teeing,utfoir
further deprecated any expression on that occasion of ir-
yelestlerr.dSatyr.utt had an interview with Lord John Russell
• durable, They complain of the ruin of the public DITCHES. Fish Oils.
o'cl!tiliPlisl; who he discovered at a public-house at Bottle- portion devoted to the audience.
M. Costa has selected eighty instrumentalists for his finances, and of taxation required thereby, which the ritable feelings which were so apt to be occasioned
The followine interestine details are extracted f
L Qs:, robber
of Surrey. They were then informed . Sir 'William Denison had an interview with Earl Y by temporary failure in railway matters ; he was n
its In . . . _ from a
1 ' stocks • 1 all d • 'ions as the consumption is one
sea, _ eery, but denied all knowledge of it, but on Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. band, and sixty singers for the chorus, whose engage- are wholly unable to endure. They complain of their sure that an}, such expressions would only tend to im- lecture on " Lom,don and A nnquities," by Mr. Frankof last increase, arrivals continuing, to bedeficient as yeah
pti„,t,i_searched the prayer. book was found in the male Mr. Enderby had an interview with the Earl of Cla- meats for three years have all been signed. The orches- capital wasted, of all useful exertions restricted or pant- pede their future progress. He assured the meeting J. Scudamore. Speak.ieg of ancient London, he thus and prices tiling moderate. Haele,es have confidence, and.
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tra will be the finest in the world, nearly all the players lised, the fruits of industry destroyed, and the toil of proceeds:-
zetehough several parcel-* • Nile pocket, and the other articles found in his rendon, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. that for himself and the directors it was not their talon- p t
l'eFn-rse-•;:irthielionieesetrripettd. e ar,e still inclined to inerettatt
supplied the market sparingly -
having been under M. Costa's baton for many years at , years rendered nugatory, by the forcible occupation b It was long before the city was completely drained weeir, encore has been a largo of the When asked to account for the possession The Rev. Mr. Forshall had an interview, yesterday, Y lion on that occasion to use any means which would have come in since this day
her Majesty's Theatre. The patriarch Lindley had others of lands, which by all rules of justice they of the waters with which the ground was so plentifully business transacted in Russian on the hi not, at stiffer rates,.
?ayerbProperty the male prisoner said that the with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. influence the vote of the seripholders, that the result
saturated. The great fen entitled Moorfields was in- fine new P. Y. Candle bringing 42s 6d to 4-e's 9d,
wished to retire, but on hearing of Costa's nomination, themselves should be put and maintained in possession
m v4eti "k beloneed t • ' Dr. Lindle had interview •t il with S" might be purely their own.
lee Riven
joined him instankr. of. And they complain of the utter insecurity of life, The Secretary then read the report. deed without the city wall, whence it extended almost to 42s 3d. For forward delivery a good deaf ' has been done.
a A_ _to her by her mother on her death George Grey, at the Home. office.
pooh in ,6 for the razors and other property, they had Lord John Russell left town yesterday-, on a visit to In our announcement of August 21 we divided the and of such property as has hitherto escaped the
Sir JOAN BARKER MILL rose to move " That the re- to the high grounds of Islington, but there were seve- The demand has been active for home made,_ Let ebe market
is still well supplied.kinds of Tallow .Have met
.°lve " ntPos- • singers engaged into three classes:- rapacity of treacherous, avaricious, and cruel savages, ral marshy spots even within the precincts of the All other
k vQr _, Possession many months. He (theprosecutor) time Queen, at House, Isle of Wight. port now read be received and printed for distribution with attention, and brought previous improved ratesne
Ito ettge
et the property, and gave the prisoners wmeam..araummorms. -- - - - Ist, Artists of European fame now in this country. whose passions a mistaken policy has called into amongst the shareholders." He said he did not feel city. The ground on which Bartholomew Hospital with
, soy, 2d, Artists of European fame who have visited this ae.ivity, excited and given the most unbridled licence himself called upon to enter at any length into the de- stands was reclaimed from the waters; and when Sir
1 ~_ pollee-co- COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. country, but are no longer here. to. They would be wanting to themselves, they would Chris. Wren built the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, LATEST PRICES OF SHARE.S,
and old 42a
,v, and ,nstable of the P division produced the pro- tails after the ample report which had been read.
(MON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 3d, Artists of European fame, who have never ap- be accessory to their own destruction, if they did not he was compelled to drive piles into the moist ground IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO'M'
Contrary to his expectation, he regretted to
~,, 44ltu). Confirmed the latter part of the prosecutor's
protest against this monstrous policy; if they were not say
;f COWES, SEPT. 15. posted in this country at all, before he could lay the foundation. The name of Fen- PANIES' STOCK.
Grist and Mario are in the first category; Persiani, with the utmost earnestness to implore your Honourable that they had been disappointed of success
church-street sufficiently denotes the character of the -ea.
e beer belikng called upon for their defence, the male pri- OSBORNE PALACE.—Her Majesty took possession . „ . .
ae Ronconi, I amburine and Madame Vittrdot are in the House, while there is yet time, if time there really be, to before Parliament. He joined with the deputy-chairman
soil, and from this street issued a small stream, or bourne From tie Official List,
1. . t )44 snorted that he nurchased the razors and box of of the new building yesterday, and is so pleased with it
, Prk 4 ill Jan ' 'andthe seemed ; Salvi, Marini, Rovers, Ley Stefanoni, • Lavia, avert its still impending ill consequences. They do im- in deprecating any expression of angry feeling on that
occasicn and he was ha to allude to the numerous as it was called, which ran through Lornbard-street and -- '
PUPLISHED EVERY TUESDAY D FRIDAY EVENING.:
Xer.k_z 3.. last, - plore your Honourable House to rescue from utter failure Sherborne-lane into the Thames, and from this circuitous LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTeeMBER 15.
e. poet etter was given to her by her mother. They denied g
week, or longer, probably till after the 26th. lain to our last division. Of the genius and abilities of an attempt to colonise a country, of resources so promising and spontaneous meetinP7which from one end of the
route gave the name of Langbourne or Longbourne JOINT-STOCIL naivms.
',O Tye centlously the robbery. land to the other had been held to urge them to persist
Numerous fashionables continue to arrive for the the artists in the two first categories amateurs are aware, and so generally admitted, on principles acknowledged Ward,. to that division of the city. Another stream .
41, . eelleseeditsleeleet summed up the case to the jury, who in their application to Parliament, and he Dividend Amount
but of the distinguished talents that have yet to appear to be the best and wisest hitherto discovered, rose in Moorfields, and ran across the Poultry, down Name of Company. per of _Paid. i Price
j'f' le female verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended bathing season.
and originally made under circumstances apparently
9 the treat in store is yet little suspected. hoped one day, as their chairman, to be able
Walbrook, and Bread-street-hill into the Thames, with , Annum. Share.
1 tiflll da„ to mercy. The female was sentenced to four- ..... --
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Enough has been stated to prove that the undertaking more favourable and auspicious than ever attended an to congratulate them on receiving their Bill.
such velocity, that the spot where it entered that river
_ ei,, je solitary confinement, and the male prisoner DRURY-LANE THEATRE. 1 xs.d. X s:- d•
r,
was called Dowgate or Downgate, which name it retains
r 4 ; p.Jeenths hard labour at Covent-garden Theatre will be one of the most me- similar enterprise. They ask thus much for their own The object of their meeting then was to say whether
they would persist in going again toParliamEnt, or who- .eustralasia -•••• • • • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 " 1
,ts,
tel . meat i'liam Martin, aged 19,, pleaded guilty to an indict- The annual meeting of the proprietors of this national morable epochs in lyrical art in this country. sakes ; they ask it for the sake even of those aborigines ther they would at once give their Bill. He would to this day. It must be remembered, however, that in
titose. times London stood on a hill which
.sloped
.towards BritsihNoFth American' Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
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:14 pro chargistablishment took place yesterday morning in the
venture to suggest one t -that
hing he hoped the share-
Lae river, but that after the great fire Sir Christopher eoninmereial of London ' 5/, per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0' i
4, pen .ng him with stealing a 'eleershaum pipe, the whom nothing but the ruinous kindness of mistaken
0 h. Yof Frank Fordham, at Newington. 'saloon of the theatre. The proceedings appeared to ex- THE KAFIR WAR. friends, and the curse of unbounded licence, has
Wren caused the ground to be raised in Thames-street ei"l,
::olonial . • ..... •.•• • • , 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 ~
1:: :
tisii_ttteeciPletehti_reci that on the evening of the 1 th instant he cite very little interest, for of the 548 shareholders in the
Cape of Good Hope papers to the 24th. of June in- turned for the present. into. instruments of destruction, holders would continue to support the directors, who
,on 1 n Joint-Stock 61per cent. ho 0 0 10 0 0 ."3
(don and Westmin.s!.r 6/.. per cent.. 1100, 0 0 20 0 0 i -, ,
institution, there were not above a dozen present, and , but who, by wise and vigorous government, might were yet prepared to continue their exertions, and to
- 1 2,) 0 0 710 0 several feet, and lowered proportionately in Cannon- 31e,ropolitan
undertake any responsibility in going to Parliament. • ,
, kee or _ e prosecutor's shop, and stole the pipe in ques- those were for the-most part members of the committee. elusive have just arrived, which put us in possession Provincial of Ireland• • , 81. per cent. 1100 0 0 25 00, --
9 1411 off i, a barrel near the door. He was pursued, and yet be preserved and civilised, made valuable' auxilia- street, so that the declivity no longer retains its original Mr. Row, Highßailiff of Cheltenham, seconded the Ditto, New... •••• • • ; 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., in the absence of Lord Glen- of four days' later news from the scene of war.angle. It is recorded of this turbulent little brook, that
ie heito custody. The ries in the developement of the resources of the motion. National of Ireland •. I 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 I -
0"gall (who was prevented by indisposition from being in the year 1571 it caught a boy by the legs as he was Nat. Provncial of Eng. 1 51. per cent. 100 0 0' 35 0 0 i -
. hob ~',3 defence he said that he was in great distress information conveyed is brief, but important, as it country, made to add to the wealth and strength of the The Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, said that he appeared
I Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 r
present), occupied the chair. attempting to leap over the channel which was swollen Pitt°, Neven• " •"•
e te:e Committed the offence. shows that no more fighting had taken place at Fort empire, and be raised into a peaceable, orderly, and on that occasion representing the people of his Union of Australia ••• • , 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 I -
The following report was read by the Secretary, and
guieeeesentence of' the Court was, that he be imprisened from his seat by by a heavy shower of rain, and carried him onward to per cent.
after a few words from Mr. WELLS, Mr. GRENFELL, Peddle or its neighbourhood, nor indeed was any
n - - contented community. Your petitione.r.s rest of nothing
,
Union of London... .. 5/. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
tct elouse of Correction three months. more assured than that the same policy, so necessary parish. He was called up
the Thames with such velocity, that he must certainly
and others, it was unanimously agreed to :- serious engagement expected. Reinforcements for their own welfare, is equally requisite for the ulti- the word used by the Chairman in describing the meet-
rrirstra.A.NcE CONZPVLNIES.
skin
'cehritdr if_ tent, aged. 18, pleaded guilty to an indict- "REPORT ing sass pontaneous. He had never seen a more spon- have been drowned if he had not been killed by
OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE TO THE
were arriving, and the Governor-General was only mate preservation of their own . Finally,they taneous and more unanimous meetinghis parish- coming
natives. of
'4e kegs from 1
a -aging-lie-use in the Mint, Southvvark, a, • h • h t• f ete t t waiting the concentration of all the Burgher forces entreat your Honourable House to consider thatrpossibly t forward for the sue-
ard, Bucklersbury. But the most important of these Ammon share_'
inners. They were all most .
give 11)=0174:pro:Vs tilisisms:mtd.
T °Perty of John zones, a fellow-lodger. " The committee have again t e sa is a., ion o mee ' the •very existence of the settlements of New Zealand, b; y age itilatien _
Ileteu_a erferneteas their constituents in general assembly, and although when he intended promptly to act on the offensive, certainly
its rise near Battle-bridge, and being swelled by
.tribuqtry streams was the Fleet River, whieh took eneon ...... .
be
‘.re, th • said that the off enFe was of a serious their report %lin present a very summary statement of the result of their immediate or even early prosperity,
which, we trust, will be the 1 de ends uon the favourable reception of the ra 'er of '
e cotnp fete p pmess of this neriatnd
than
nthinfhe seeamnendomtlment
Ho o o, 50 0 0 75
'llO adof *rob •name Bare
Name of Company.
bin a man while n 10,, led tgi the same house; the
events of the, past season. the Acts of Parliament
'teen, e eerelore sentence him to six months' ininri- ____ e_,•_ • _ ____n___ .e_. _ A-6.,:1...1 ~,,,,,,..., ee-da h. b• t• su euga ion of the Kafir tribes. your petitioners.",s 0 0 -
P e that the Company had failed of success, or to excite more
Allialr,e,,l!r_La_nd For.
71).e,r..c.,e,,n..t; !(,),(,),
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their indignation than the conduct of those opponents 0o ,11 0 0 DM.

`(EY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
bait Ti THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq.)
for •me'rt Ti lot 37, and Ann Elliot, 23, were indicted
Ro
c"sioasly stealing a prayer-book, pair of razors,
Sph_4 lhaVing-bOX, at Watlingham, in the county of
r the property of Walter Skinner.
pithtsecutor said that he was a labourer, and on the
1%4 °l‘ the 3d of August he slept at the Red Lion,
tope eshouse, at Watlingham, in which place the pri-
left thelso slept. On the followingmornirg the prisoners
Led house very early, and when he arose from his
!' !'kissed his bundle, containing the articles ermine-
the pot? t bundle. He instantly gave information to
tifil‘"ee, and with a constable went in search of the
'll,i I's, Who he discovered at a public-house at Bottle-
Dry lithe county of Surrey. They were then informed
41„(1° robbery, but denied all knowledge of it, but on
kiZ searched the prayer. book was found in the male
kindller's pocket, and the other articles found in his
tf the. When asked to account for the possession
0,4 ,Property the male prisoner said that !he
"01t belonged to the female, it having
,ted, As to her by her mother on her death
;4a for the razors and other property, they had
40iptlev'n his Possession many months. lie (the prosecutor)
14to er, identified the property, and gave the prisoners
A5,,48t0y.
I'Pret„Y°lice-C 0-n stable of the P division produced the pro-
' 14litt',In't1 confirmed the latter part of the prosecutor's
ant.
tiop„4 -Sing called upon for their defence, the male pri-
itr: asserted that be nurchased the razors and box of
Ptitl:l it° January last, and the female, said that the
ktier'°°z was given to her by her mother. They denied
Arnstrenuously the robbery.
elleirtmeN summed up the case to the jury, who
r„,„ed,a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended
kep ra'9 to mercy. The female was sentenced to four-
tosi a:ib' solitary confinement, and the male prisoner
lice hard hard labour.
kept am Martin, aged 19, pleaded guilty to an indict-
hte charging bin with stealing a Meershaum pipe, the
?, 11 ,3' of Frank Fordham, at Newington.
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tett. FP-ared that on the evening of the 11th instant hs.
e
the prosecutor's shop, and stole the pipe in que
447 a barrel near the door. He was pursued, and
/4-I,:nto custody.
t'Le"L'a defence he said that he was ingreat distress
1111 ue committed the offence. g
4 thee sentence of' the Court was, that he be imprisoned
Rouse of Correction three months.
ktnt'eard Hunt, aged 18, pleaded guilty to an indict-
'to ; °barging him with stealing a pair of shoes and
the gs from a lodging-licuse in the Mint, Southwark,
Ttitt'Perty of John zones, a fellow-lodger.
CrIAIRMN dsaid that the offence was of a serious
40 OE', that of *fobbing a man while in the same house;
'041:441,(1., tkerefore sentence him to six months' itopri-
with hard labour.

The following interesting details are extracted from a
lecture on " Losclon and its A n tiquities," by Mr. Frank
J. Scudamore. Speaking of ancient London, he thus
proceeds:— -
It was long before the city was completely drained
of the waters with which the ground was so plentifully
saturated. The great fen, entitled Moorfields, was in-
deed without the city wall, whence it extended almost
to the high grounds of Islington, but there were seve-
ral marshy spots even within the precincts of the
city. The ground on which Bartholomew Hospital
stands was reclaimed from the waters; and when Sir
Chris. Wren built the church of St. Lawrence Jewry,
he was compelled to drive piles into the moist ground
before he could lay the foundation. The name of Fen-
church-street sufficiently denotes the character of the
soil, and from this street issued a small stream, or bourne
as it was called, which ran through Lombard-street and
Sherborne-lane into the Thames, and from this circuitous
route gave the name of Langbourne or Longbourne
Ward, to that division of the city. Another stream
rose in Moorfields, and ran across the Poultry, down
Walbrook, and Bread-street-hill into the Thames, with
such velocity, that the spot where it entered that river
was called Dowgate or Downgate, which name it retains
to this day. It must be remembered, however, that in
those times London stood on a hill which sloped towards
the river, but that after the great fire Sir Christopher
Wren caused the ground to be raised in Thames-street
several feet, and lowered proportionately in Cannon-
street, so that the declivity no longer retains its original
angle. It is recorded of this turbulent little brook, that
in the year 1571 it caught a boy by the legs as he was
attempting to leap over the channel which was Swollen
by a heavy shower of rain, and carried him onward to
the Thames with such velocity, that he must certainly
have been drowned if he had not been killed by
coming in contact with a cart-wheel. Nevertheless
barges used to ascend this stream ; and the highest
point of their progress is marked by the name Barge-
yard, Bucklersbury. But the most important of these
tributary streams was the Fleet River, which took
its rise near Battle-bridge, and being swelled by
the little brooks called Old Bourne and Turnmill, ran
into the Thames near to the Blackfriars Priory. Before
the year 1290, barges used to ascend the stream as far as
Holborn-bridge, and it was otherwise useful for
cleansing the district through which it passed ;
but the inhabitants of the Temple, who were not
less celebrated then than now, for taking care of
their own interests, turned off its waters into another
channel for the purpose of working the mills which
they possessed in great abundance along the banks
of the Thames, which felonious misappropriation
of the waters caused first the mouth, and subsequently
the whole course of the stream to be so choked up with
filth, that the priests of White Friars were almost stifled
by the pestilential odours, which overpowered the smell
of the incense during Divine service, and were otherwise
detrimental to the health of the citizens. As a matter of
course this nuisance lasted for a long time, for English-
men love so well to exercise their national passion for
grumbling, that they are never in a very great hurry
to remove the cause of offence. In this instance they
followed out that principle with remarkable pertinacity,
for it was not until five hundred years after the first
complaint that the ditch was completely covered over
and rendered wholesome. Those who now observe, from
Blackfriars-bridge, that vast stream of black mud issu-
ing from a dark arch, and just visible at low water, will
hardly believe it to have been so exposed even as late as
the year 1763, that a tipsy barber from the country,
going along near there one winter's night of that year,
missed his way, walked into the ditch, and was frozen to
death in an upright position. Besides these streams there
were several wells or springs in different parts of the
metropolis. There was one in Whitefriars, just by the
present St. Bride's church, Fleet-street, and called St.
Bride's Well, whence Bridewell Palace, which stood
hard by, derived its name. This residence of our ear-
liest monarchs was subsequently begged from Henry
VIII. by Bishop Ridley for charitable purposes, since
which time the name of Bridewell has gained more ce-
lebrity in connexion with the hospital and asylum,
than had been previously conferred upon it by its
royal inmates. There was another well in the parish
of St. John, Clerkenwell, called the Skinners' Well,
or Clerks' Well, round which the parish clerks of London
used to exhibit their sacred plays or mysteries in the sum-
mer evenings. In the year 1409, they exhibited the "Cre-
ation of tho World," which lasted eight days, and attracted
the nobility from all parts ofEngland. These worthyclerks
Must have been sadly at a loss fbr proper scenery, nor in-
deed could the exhibition have been tolerated except by
persons passionately fond of stage representation ; but
in an age when printing was unknown, and the Bible
not translated, the great attraction must have been the
novelty of the subjects, and the whole representations
were perhaps beneficial, inasmuch as they kept alive in
the minds of the people some few truths which would
otherwise have been lost in the wilderness of tradition.
To supply the city with plenty of fresh water was
the constant care of all public-spirited Mayors and
Aldermen, and to this end numerous conduits were
built, in various places, to which water was brought
in leaden pipes from the most covenient springs.
The chief of these was the Standard in Cheapside,
which served also as a rendezvous for the citiz' ns in
times of danger or insurrection. Here they cut off
the Bishop of Exeter's head, in 1325, and here Lord Say
and Sele was beheaded in the rebellion of Jack Cade.
In the centre of the four ways of Leadenhall, Cornhill,
Gracechurch, and Bishopsgate- streets, was a conduit
called the Water Standard, placed there in 1582,
and supplied with water from the Thames, by one
of the earliest forcing-pumps ever used in England.
Stow tells us " that a Dutchman of the name of
Peter Morris contrived a forcing-pump by means
of which he conveyed the waters of the Thames,
in leaden pipes, over the steeple of St. Magnus
church, London-bridge; and from thence to divers houses
in Thames-street and Grass-street, up to the north-west
corner of Leadenhall, the highest ground in the City,
where the waste of this main pipe rising into this
standard, provided at the charge of the City, with four
spouts running four ways, plentifully served at every
tide the commodity of the neighbours near adjoining,
and also cleansed the channels of their streets."
We who live under the New River dispensation, and
have the water laid on in our bedrooms, ready warmed
for shaving purposes, cannet properly appreciate the
blessings which these conduits conferred upon the City ;
but the romantic mind may revert with pleasure to the
quaint old streets, with their wooden houses, from whose
walls a few lanthorns, suspended on poles, shed a dim
religious light ; whilst, to complete the picture, was the
fountain, bubbling up so coolly in the hot summer
nights, and little groups of citizens lounging near its
waters for gossip, love, and pastime.

Cape of Good Hope papers to the 24th. of June in-
clusive have just arrived, which put us in possession
of four days' later news from the scene of war. The
information conveyed is brief, but important, as it
shows that no more fighting had taken place at Fort
Peddie or its neighbourhood, nor indeed was any
serious engagement expected. Reinforcements
were arriving, and the Governor-General was only
waiting the concentration of all the Burgher forces,
when he intended promptly to act on the offensive,
the result of which, we trust, will be the complete
subjugation of the Kafir tribes.
(From the South African Commercial Advertiser, of

The Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, said that he appeared
on that occasion representing the people of his
parish. He was called up from his seat by
the word used by the Chairman in describing the meet-
ings as spontaneous. He had never seen a more spon-
taneous and more unanimous meeting of his parish.
ioners. They were all most forward for the suc-
cess of this line, and nothing seemed to give
them more concern than the announcement
that the Company had failed of success, or to excite more
their indignation than the conduct of those opponents
through whom they had met with that failure. Their
approach to the town of Cheltenham had not been such
as to meet with the entire approbation of the town, but
rather than throw any obstacle in the way of
the Company's success, they agreed to submit without
expressing their dissent.
After a few words from EDWARD TOOTAL, Esq., from
Manchester,

' The committee have again the satisfaction to meet
their constituents in general assembly, and although
their report %lin present a very summary statement of
the events of the past season, the Acts of Parliament
render it imperative that a detailed account should be
annually furnished to the assembly of proprietors by the
co nmittee of the due exercise of the trust reposed in
them ; and if they are not prepared to report any great
impie,vement in the state of the funds of the concern, it
is some satisfaction to observe that the theatre has been
conducted by the lessee, during the past season, with a
corresponding degree of spirit and enterprise which
marked his efforts through the previous seasons of his
management. The committee are ready to acknowledge
the punctuality on the part of Mr. Bunn to discharge the
obligation under the terms of his agreement with them,
and the committee have thought it expedient to yield to
a solicitation of Mr. Bunn, to allow him to expend a
balance standing titton the rent account, amounting to
5551., on the decorations of the theatre for the next
season, under the superintendence of the architect of the
committee, which outlay they trust will meet the sanc-
tion and confirmation of the general assembly. Still the
committee look in vain for a surplus of income sufficient
to discharge the accruing liabilities of the corporation,
as regards their long-standing bond debt, which, in more
prosperous times, they were enabled to reduce from
30,0001. to 6,0001. But the instalments of both principal
and interest have ceased to be made for the past ten
years. The time, however, has arrived when the com-
mittee submit to the proprietary, by whose outlay alone
the theatre has been called into existence, whether some
measure should not be taken to improve their condition.
The committee have taken frequent opportunities to
suggest to the renters' trustees the inequitable position
of their body, as compared with the subscribers to the
present building. These efforts have been hitherto
ineffectual, and have at length determined the com-
mittee to bring the subject through their report to
this meeting. The committee are fully aware of
the obligation of the renters' trustees under the ex-
isting Acts of Parliament to c!aim, after the current.
expenses of the year have been discharged, priority of
payment over the other class of creditors, and of the re-
ductions made by their body from time to time, in order
to obtain the income they now enjoy. Yet, whilst that
preference is proved to have been, at the time the
theatre was built, an inconsiderate basis, involving a
scale which, in the present state of theatrical property,
it is found impossible to comply with, the injustice of it
must continue apparent. In conformity with these
views, the committee are unwilling to believe that the
renters' trustees would be averse to an arrangement
whereby an application to Parliament might amend the
present Acts, which they (the trustees) contend deprive
them of the power to make any concession towards
meeting the views of the committee. If, therefore, at
the end of Mr. Bunn's term, the committee should find
all hopes of future benefit to the proprietors had passed
away, it will materially increase the difficulties to re-let
the theatre under circumstances so much at variance
with the interests they represent, whilst those of the
renters also, it must be recollected, are solely dependent
upon the theatre being kept open. In the year 1841 an
arrangement, under very embarrassing circumstances at
the, time, was entered into with the renters' trustees to
pay'dWr pigiftlyeetint of 51. •for.evory, performance
under Which theyllive received 1,1661. 'for tife'season
just ended, and it is the subsequent condition of that
agreement which the committee repudiate, in justice to
the bondholders and to the proprietors.
"The free-trade measures of the drama and legislative
enactments have reduced the annual income of the na-
tional theatres from ten thousand pounds to lour; the
committee, therefore, suggest they have a strong claim
on Parliament, by proper appeal, and the concurrence
of a majority of the renters, to relieve the concern of an
accumulating debt, originating in the destruction of the
patent, by the powers granted by the Lord Chamberlain
by the recent Act of Parliament. The patent has been
considered by the renters' trustees a collateral security
tor their annuity, but which, the committee submit, hav-
ing been rendered valueless, shows at once the fallacy of
charging the proprietors with a heavy arrear under it,
and it is with this view the committee intend, without
loss of time, to confer with the renters' trustees, and
come to some conclusive proposition whereon may rest
secure the rights of all parties on a more equitable foun-
dation than at present exists.
" The theatre is undergoing a gradual course of sub-
stantial repair, under the superintendence of the archi-
tect, whose report represents a necessary outlay of 9001.
The committee have, therefore, thought it expedient to
make a transfer of the balance stated in their last re-
port, amounting to 6891., on account of such repairs.
" The annual accounts now laid before the meeting,
and regularly audited by Major Naylor, represent the
amount of the standing debt on the concern to be 7,553/.
16s. 5(1. The ground landlord's, and all other claims
upon the theatre peculiar to the past season, have been
discharged, amounting to 4,0871.95. 4d.; and the balance
at the bankers', applicable to discharge the current
quarter's expenses, amounts to 5821. 10s. 3d."
The committee, sub-committee, and auditors having
been re-elected in accordance with the required forms,
and a vote of thanks having been conveyed to the chair-
man, the meeting separated.

37. IN.
6 per cent.
6/. per cent,
13s. 6d. pr sh,
7s. per share
51. per cent.

s. d.
500 0 0
100 9 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
[lOO 0 0
50 0 0
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50 0 0
11 0 0
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5 J) 0
2 10 0
10 0 I)
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3 0 0

AT, LD H.ALL.—(TH IS DAY.)
SBICIDE.—Jantes Ring, a labouring man,
14t b 44' middle age and blind of au eye, was placed at
1tt0,,, before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with at-
s)Zbg to commit suicide by hanging himself'. It
:uotiet"tell from the statements or several witnesses that
Niel. 'we've o'clock last night the daughter of the pri-
Z 11,44214 into a coffee-shop in Buckley-court,
knosa-'l3, + and gave an alarm that her father,
p t,ti lodgings were in the same court, had cut his
Art • The keeper of the coffee-shop (Mr. Thomas
itttnn., acceinpanied by one of his lodgers, hastened
tri3eetlifttely with the to the spot, and found the
telillter.indeed, with his throat cut, but with a
tilig kerchief tied round his neck, with the proper run-
/teek'bot for strangulation by suspension, and other
et vrehiefs added, to give it the necessary length.
the act of finally adjusting this halter
ttain,r. Perry interfered. A policeman arrived
Zee "'rwarda and the prisoner was given into custody.
I,mtetehettlled oi; by the magistrate to explain his con-
,ltti:l7 Mid that he had for some time been saving a
b'llfiee-nielleY to provide for the expenses of his wife's
eut, which was expected shortly to take place,
,ulieedet unfortunately he got drunk last night and was
of all his money, and in consequence had deter-
.olittrhettted
tAoateateamke away with himself. Ile was now sorry
pt upon his life.
4141V;;,1derman GIBBS desired him to be taken care of
jet,; :e, to which day. he remanded him.
eh' Baxter, a bookbinder, in Bridgewater-square,
.wthlifh-erged by police-constable No. 142 (City) with
-g his (theprisoner's) wife in two places.
eP Iceman stated that, about five o'clock yesterday
018,4; saw a crowd collected in Bridgewater-gar-
Leod Jund a woman from whose head and neck the
e-ne, '.1.115 flowing profusely. Learning that the pri-
neV. nut stabbed his wife (the wounded woman) he
Ilittthini into custody.
Itetedliriee Newman, No. 3, Store-street, Gower-street,
Ilealttatbeat, shortly before the policeman came up to his
thirdenti„ e, be was passing by the corner of Bridgewater-
',.„e4nd sew the prisoner strike with his fist a
)17er eb;urr:e.as walking close behind him. The pri-
k:iseturnea cm, the woman running after him,. h_ en
heck. The
on in the round and struck her twice with a
Tee tae side of the head, and again in the
ih
he
Witthem, and seizing
teiesePhr.iseeer by ritehses rushed between
wrists restrained him from further
Witnesszef until the policeman came to his assistance..
/41d Saw the knife distinctly. It was a clasp knife,
r;e Sail, the prisoner wipe it and put it in his pocket,
„kate;:ehe was released from the witness's grasp. On
Prt„.""L?g the pocket, however, a hole was found in it,
411°e:dirk which there could be no doubt the knife had
It was not found afterwards.
prisoner in his defence said, that he was pro-
Stets" by his wife's drunkenness and violence to strike
143:014 that the wounc:s were knflictedwith a street-door
44 he had in his hand at the'time. He posi-.
kbo..Y denied that he used a knife, or that be had, one •
It i't et the time.
Sie,!as statied, however, that the surgeon who ex-
-49i,;" the woman, had no doubt that the injuries were
the with a knife. The prisoner was remanded till
°Merl is perfectly able to attend.
~t11()NV--STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
west and Guinness was charged with assaulting Eliza
Thl; a woman who lives with him as his wife.
thecomplainant was most frightfully disfigured by
b.% vektlng had suffered. Both her eyes black, and
8„,, of her face was swollen and discoloured. She
,Irte',eral bruises on her temple, and in fact her lea-
.tre ,ere hardly distinguishable. Her hands and arms
nt:ro severely bruised. She said that as the pri-
4'4d promised not to assault her any more she
nOt press the charge.
Zelabi 'Nur —What ! after receiving such injuries ?
"vore`-'4iliant—yes, Sir. He says be won't do it any
The 411 I want of him now is to leave me.
LAIC Prisoner said he would not hurt her any more,
au a did not wish to leave her. He was perfectly able
4pert her.
L54(110., 141'111Y-1(0u know you are quite at her mercyt
it„a's I would certainly punish you with the greatest
Nose Possible, if she were to prove that she received
injuries from you.
&41,t ebeftplainant repeated that she would not. press
"Qe g-nerge,.. but she ished to leave him immediately.
tih:,'B well able to support herself and her child.
the e prisoner after sulemnly promising not to molest
ezuplainant in future, was discharged.
All
„Ll3llo'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
`4el„ - "'inter was charged with stealing a boa from
; Mr. Smith, in Tottenham-court-road.
't?e t-,4" Hof utchinson, a labouring man, said he was look-
op Some Some curiosities in the window of Mr. Smith's
kb' with some others, and the woman at the bar was
them- She looked about her and then lifted the
4t1v4'•41 concealed it under her shawl, from under which
tila taken by the shopman.
it9Heurwrce. committed
her for trial.
s?Mani Osborne was charged with refractory conduct
r, George's 7orkhouse.
tlirancis Baldwin, the beadle of St. George's, said
tthee
edant came last night about half-past seven to
h
kvee rseer's office, drunk. He was offered relief,but he !e-
-ll) e d it with curses, saying that he would have a lodging
ere
to that night. His language was so abusive that he had
le given in charge. It is against the rule of the house
e
ta
T, persons in liquor in.
to Due defendant said he had no lodging, and no where
Ete for the night, and bread was useless.
Nieri nly eaeficre, thought it strange that an able-
the man, like the defendant, should be resorting to
workhouse, when wolk was so plentiful in the
tin. 47 He sent him ten days to the House of Cor-
ot.

June 24.)
Last frontier post, which arrived on Monday after-
noon, brings nothing new of any consequence. Another
detachment of waggons had been passed safely through
Trompetter's Drift to Fort Peddie, and there seems to
have been no more fighting in that quarter. It is stated
that 3,500 Burghers from the western districts have
crossed the Gamptoos river; 200 of these, with their
wagg ns, arrived in Graham's Town on Sunday, the
14th inst. Commandant Linde, with 400 Swellendam
Burghers and 200 Hottentots, marched forward from
Uitenhage on the previous 'Wednesday. Four hundred
Worcester Burghers, under 1)u Toit, with several other
partieS, had reached Uitenhage. Thus, in a few weeks
more, the colonial forces, of all sorts, will be ready to
enter on the real business of the campaign.
In the mean time, though the Kafirs have disap-
peared from the neighbourhood of the villages and
" legers" on the immediate frontier, parties of ma-
rauders are found as far down as Uitenhage, in search
of cattle nearly a hundred miles from their own border.
The following extract from a private letter gives a
lively idea of the service in which the Burghers and
troops will be engaged, probably for some months to
come :

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE
YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY.

Ditto ➢larine. • • • • • •
Atlas . •
British Commercial • •
Thericl, Med. & Gen. Life
Crown • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Eagle ..
Eng. & Scot. Law •• • •
European Life ••• • • -
Freemasons' . • - • • • • • •
Guardian • ... .
Imperial Fire • • • • • • ••
imperial Life • • • • • • • •
Indemnity Marine • • • •
Law Life .• • • • . • • • •
Legal and General Life
t.Jnden Fire •••• • • • •
London Ship •.••• • • •
Marine .. • • • • • • • • •
wed. Invlid & Gen. Life
National Leaa Fund• .
National Life .• • • • .. • .
i'alladium Life
Phoenix • . • • ...... • • • •
l'rotector Life ••.•
Provident Life • • . • ..
Rock Life
Royal Exchange
Sun Fire.. • • .....

SUNDERLAND, MONDAY NIGHT.-At an early hour
this morning a serious accident took place on the Sun-
derland Newcastle branch (late the Brandling Junction)
on the above railway, about two miles from this town.
It appears that when the half-past down train had
passed the Cleadon station, a connecting rod of the loco-
motive engine snapped asunder, and one of the pieces
penetrating the ground, the engine and tender, with two
of the carriages, were thrown off the line ; the former
fell over on one side, and the latter on the other. The
carriages fell on some stone sleepers which were laid on
the edge of an embankment, and were smashed to pieces.
In the train altogether there were eight carriages, six of
which did not receive any damage. The guard was
seated on the top of one of these, and retained his seat
until the train was brought to rest. When he got off he
saw the fireman, a young man named Joseph Henderson,
lying on a stone block. He had been thrown off the
tender, and was severely bruised about his shoulder and
neck. The engineman, Richard Hall, was next found at
the end of the engine, in a state of insensibility, with his
head seriously cut and his body scalded.
The guard immediately directed his attention to the
carriages which had been thrown off the line. Fortu-
nately the passengers were few, owing to the early hour
at which the train started, not numbering more than
eight, and of these only two, a boy and an aged woman,
w ere in the broken carriages. They were in a state of
great terror, but beyond the shock they had not sus-
tained any injury. The other passengers were none the
worse for the accident, though, as may be anticipated,
they were somewhat alarmed, as well as grateful for
their narrow escape.
The engine driver and stoker were removed to Sun-
derland in a cart, and taken to a house in Thomas-street,
occupied by the father-in-law of the engine man (Hall),
where medical assistance was promptly rendered. They
both remain in an extremely dangerous condition ;
indeed, no hopes are entertained of the recovery of Hen-
derson, the fireman. Hall was only married last week,
and his wife is living at Gateshead ; his injuries were,
however, of so serious a nature that it was not deemed
safe to remove him to his own house.

10s.
6s.
5/. per cent.
54 per cent.
51. per cent.
6/. per cent.
5/. per cent.
,61. and bonus

JAMES HOSKINS, Esq., Mayor of Portsmouth, said he
would urge them to continue their exertions for the line,
first because it was a good line. It was, a good line,
because, connecting the great manufacturing towns
of the north with the great seaport towns of
the south, it opened a track of country unsupplied with
railway communication. He urged them to do so,
secondly, because they had the most ample and over-
whelming evidence to show that it was a good line, con-
vincing to all in the kingdom except five ; and thirdly,
because all the inhabitants on the route of the line were
unanimously in favour of it.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously
with great applause.
Mr. WALKINGSHAW in moving the second resolution
said, he would but repeat what he had already said, that
he, or his brother directors would do or say nothing
which would in one iota sway in any way the opinion
of the shareholders on the subject. He moved:—
" That this meeting declares its deliberate opinion to be
that the line advocated by the Company is called for by
the public interests, and ought to be made, and that
nothing occurred in the course of the Parliamentary
proceedings which at all affects the confidence of the
shareholders in the soundness of the undertaking, as a
valuable investment."

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CAN.

" Camp Uitenhage, June 16, 1846.
" I mentioned in my last that the Kafirs had stolen
300 head of cattle within half au hour of this, and that
Commandant Du Toit, of the Worcester Burghers, had
gone in pursuit. He was fortunate enough in overtaking
the rascals at Pheasant Drift, on the Sunday River, and
shot all they saw, viz., 11, and recaptured the cattle.
Du Toit behaved nobly, shooting two himself, but I
regret that one of his men was killed by an assagai.
One Kafir got into the river and covered his head with
reeds, to make it appear that he was a bush. Young
Du Toit, however, saw his head, fired, and shot him
through the head. They took several assagais, and
two muskets, which were loaded. Both these were
pointed at Du Toit, but flashed in the pan. They also
took three horses.

Price..

Lord ERNEST BRUCE, in supporting the resolution,
said he appeared as the representative of the town of
Marlborough, and stated the very great necessity which
that town and Andover both had for that communica-
tion proffered by the line, and impressed upon the meet-
ing the desirableness of proceeding with it.
As no other person felt inclined to speak on the re-
solution, it was put and carried with acclamation.
Mr. G. FARQUHAR said he supported the line entirely,
on public grounds, for he was sure that once made it
would become one of the most important main
trunk lines in the kingdom; and, in common with
others, felt strongly inclined to urge the meeting
to vote for prosecuting the line. He moved:—
"That, therefore,a renewed application be made to Par-
liament in the ensuing session for an Act to authorise
the construction of the railway, with such changes and
modifications, if any, as to the directors may seem meet ;
and that the directors be, and they are hereby autho-
rised to take such steps, based upon the suggestions con-
tained in their report, as they may think fit, with a view
to give effect to this resolution ; and that they be
further authorised to allow dissentient shareholders to
withdraw, and the scrip be re-issued in such manner and
upon such terms as they shall think expedient."
Mr. WILLIAM LANKESTER, from Southampton, said
it was the strong desire of the people of that town to
get a connexion with ;the north-west by way of Chel-
tenham into Wales, the west of Scotland, and also with
the coast of Ireland. It was'.of no avail. to have
given them the line by Oxford, for they could not
be convinced that the longest way round was
the nearest way home. Considering it was the main
port for the mail packet from Asia, and an arsenal of the
kingdom, it was no wonder that the people were united
in their determination and their purpose to have this line.
They felt strongly on the subject, and not a little indig-
nant, if they might be allowed to express it, at the Bill
having been thrown out, and they pledged themselves
not to rest till they had obtained it.
The resolution was carried. .

" The weather continues very warm during the day,
and cold at night. No rain, however.
" 17th June.—An Aide has just arrived from
Graham's Town with a requisition to press all oxen
and waggons to convey provisions from Algoa Bay to
Graham's Town, as they are very badly off there. They
have in consequence taken our oxen, and how long we
shall remain here it is impossible to say. Our horses
get only 121 b. of oat hay per diem. I have been obliged
to buy forage and feed my horse up a little, for there is
not a blade of grass where our camp is."
Nothing seems to be publicly known respecting the
movements or intentions of the Kafirs. If they ever
meditated an attack on the colony in overwhelming
numbers, as some have supposed, they have lost their
opportunity. Such men as Macomo, Botma, or Stock,
who have known the colony, and the power it can in no
long time bring to bear upon them, must begin to be
sensible that they are in the very jaws of destruction.
The sparse and scattered population of the immediate
..tontier; with some 1,500 soldiers, have, in effect, re-
pulsed their whole force as invaders. Though cattle
have been captured, the loss of men on the Kafir side,
compared with that of the colonists and troops, cannot
but be felt by them as a decisive proof of their utter in-
capacity to continue the contest on anything like equal
terms. What then can they expect now that the number
of effective military is more than doubled on their front,
while the frontier colonists have been reinforced by five
or six thousand men from the rear ? They trust, no
doubt, to the bush, or the ravines and thickets of their
country, but in the winter even this resource fails them,
for in the months of July and August the cold and rain
on the mountains are fatal to their cattle, and the plains
will be occupied or commanded by the troops and Burghers.
Nothing further is known respecting the designs of
Creili or of the Tambookies. If they mean mischief,
they are not in a hurry.—Herald.

Between one and two hundred labourers and plate-
layers were soon procured. and set to work to remove
the engine and broken tender and carriages, and to relay
a portion of the way which had been torn up. Intelli-
gence of the accident was communicated by electric
telegraph to the principal station at Gateshead, and Mr.
Harrison, the engineer, and Mr. Allport, the general
superintendent, were speedily on the spot, making in-
quiries and giving directions. The cause of the accident
is obvious, and no care nor foresight could have pre-
vented it. The engine is almost new, and was con-
sidered to be in excellent order. The train was pro-
ceeding at a slow speed when the rod broke.
It is fortunate that this accident did not happen on
the preceding day (Sunday), when the trains were large
and crowded. Had it done so, in all probability many
liveg wogiii.bPivebeelksagtifi.e.§d, -
&p ,
me inconvenience has arisen in working the trains
to-day, in consequence of a single line only being avail-
able for a considerable distance; but the way will be
entirely restored to-night.

Price..

s. d. X 3. d.
Commercial .••• .• • • 31. per cent. Stock. ,
East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock.
East Country •• . 1/. per sh. 100 0 0
3ndon • . •
St. Katharine .••• • • • • 5 per cent. ' Stock. --
Southampton ••.. • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0

WATER-WORMS.

Name of Company.

Dividend
per

i Amount
1 of
Share.

rrr,,..

I'aid.

Anlum.

East London... • • • •• • • 81.
Grand Junction ••• . •• 31. 10s.
Rent.. • • • • ••

.£ 5. d.
100 0 0
41 13 4
100 0 0 I
100 0 0
63 12 9' '

Vauxhall .. ••••• • • • • • 51. per cent.
\Vest Middlesex .•• • • • 51. ss. pr cut.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR, JUSTICE

WILLIAMS.
(From the Bury Herald.)
It is our melancholy duty to annouce the sudden
demise of Sir John Williams, Knight, one of her Ma.
jesty's Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, which
took place at his residence, Livermere Park, near this
town, on Monday evening ast. The Learned Judge, we
understand, complained of indisposition on Monday
morning. Dr. Probart, being sent for, prescribed for
him, and towards the afternoon the distinguished patient
felt considerably better, but did not appear at dinner, which
circumstance occasioned no serious apprehensions. In the
evening, however, while resting on a sofa, or as other ru-
mours say, while being conducted to the drawing-room,
he suddenly breathed his last. The deceased, who was an
admirable scholar, was called to the bar in 1804; ap.
pointed a King's Counsel in 1827; Attorney-General to
the Queen in 1830; a Baron of the Exchequer in 1834;
and, in the same year, was appointed a Justice of the
Court of Queen's Bench. Sir John, when Mr. Williams,
acted as one of the junior counsel to Lords Brougham
and Denman in the defence of Queen Caroline.

LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES..

Dividend ' Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. i Price...
Annum. Share.
----. \ —*:
•
ank of Scotland ..... 61. per cent. £ -8. d.
1619 St; d
0 171
ayal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. -- 100 0 0 158
ritlsh Linen Company 81. par cent 100 0 0 223
mimercial Bank • • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 164
ational Bank • .. • .. • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0I 14S'
[non Bank of Scotland nil. pr cent.l 50 0 0 923 t
rn este Bank.. • • • • • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 134%
orth of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 1 5 0 0 . 7,14.
ydesdale Bank •• • • • • 6/. per cent. ; 10 0 0 131. a,
astern Bank • • • • • • • • 5/. per cent. — 10 0 0 11
tledonian Bank
linb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cert.l 5 0 0 71. 3s. .
ty of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 1 10 0 0 13/. Bs.:
,ottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. i 20 0 0 1 0 0 24a. Od
ercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 , 14%

Mr. GEORGE, of Romsey, moved—" That the thanks
of this meeting be presented to the directors for the
energy and ability with which they have devoted them-
selves to the interests of this Company, and for the ten-
der of continued service, which their report of this day
contains."
It was seconded by Mr. SAINSBURY, and carried
unanimously.
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN, at the request of the Hon.
Baronet in the chair, acknowledged the honour which the
meeting had done them. He begged now to state what
he reserved before, that the directors were now doubly
confident of success, from the evidence which had come
out in favour of the line. He said, also, that within
the last few days more than twenty thousand scrip
had been sent in unsolicited to the office, with
urgent requests to proceed. He then referred to the
opinion of Mr. Robert Stephenson, their engineer, that
no line of railway could be laid down at a cheaper rate,
and to the admission of Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the
opposing line, that he would not interfere with the Great
Western, though made, and that line along the route
must one day yet be made. They had retained their old
friends, they had gained new ones ; they had gained the
co-operation of the South-Western, and he might say,
now that they had determined to proceed, that they
would further have the co-operation of the greatest lines
in the country, although he could not enter more into
particulars then.
Lord Ernest Bruce having been voted into the chair,
a unanimous vote of thanks to Sir John Barker Mill
was passed by the meeting, which then broke up.

Bank of Scotland . • . • •
Royal Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company
Commercial Bank • • • •
National Bank • • . • • . • •
Union Bank of Scotland
Western Bank .. • . • . • •
North of Scotland Bank
Clydesdale Bank • • • • • •
Eastern Bank.. • • • • • •
Caledonian Bank
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank
City of Glasgow Bank .
Scottish Union Ins. Co.
iierculcs Insurance Co.
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • •
North British Incur. • •
Caledonian Fire Insur.
Edinliurgh Life Insur.
Edin. & u lasg. Railway
Ditto, IA Shares
Edin., Leith, & Grantn
Waspy & Ayrshir Rail.
Glasgw & Greenck Rail.
Glsgw & Gamkirk Rail.
Dundee & Arbroth Rail.
Standard Life Assarnca.

61. per cent.
61. per cent.
81. per cent:
61. per cent.
6/. per cent.
71. pr cent.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
5/. per cent.
7%1. pr cent.
61. per cert.
51. per cent.;
51. per cent. j 20 0 0
71. per cent. 100 0 0
5/. per cent. 1 10 0 0
5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0
101. per cent. 100 0 0
61. per cent. 100 0 0
1/.los. perc. ' 50 0 0
78.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0
20 0 0
7/.percent. i 50 0 0
2/. per cent. 25 0 0
51. per cent. 25 0 0
6/. per cent. 25 0 0
51. per cent. 50 0 0

STATE AND PROSPECTS OF
NEW ZEALAND.

The following are extracts from an important and very
lengthy petition ( just printed by order of the House of
Commons) presenttd by Mr. Charles Buller, from inha-
bitants of the settlements of Wellington, Nelson, New
Plymouth, and Wanganui, in the colony of New Zealand:
" That it is with sincere regret your petitioners feel
themselves under the necessity of anxiously soliciting
the attention of your Honourable House to the state of
affairs in this colony.
_

All paid.
10 0 Li
10 0 0

12 10 0

50 0 0

All paid

20 0 0

All paid.
All paid.
All paid.
All paid.
2 10 0

1614.;.

" That those affairs are in such a condition that, if not
speedily remedied, the result must be general ruin. That
the Colonial Treasury is encumbered with debt; the re-
venue rapidly diminishing, the currency deranged and
vitiated. That all commercial and agricultural opera-
tions aro checked and impeded, suspended or abandoned;
and the colonists reduced in numbers and in wealth.
That public confidence in the local government is utterly
destroyed; and there exists no adequate security for pro-
perty or life; and that the European and native races of
the country are on the verge of warfare, which in one
quarter hes actually and disastrously commenced, and
which the slightest accident or imprudence may render
as general as it would certainly be sanguinary.
" That, in the opinion of your petitioners, the imme-
diate causes of this lamentable state of things are to be
found in the erroneous policy adopted and pursued by
the present local government."
[Then follows a very elaborate and full account of the
proceedings in the colony since 1842. The petition to-
wards its conclusion proceeds thus] :
" Reviewing the whole policy and proceedings of Cap-
tain Fitzroy since his assumption of the government: re-
membering the evident prepossession of his mind by one
fixed and erroneous idea of the character of the 'natives
and one theory of governing them: the utter ignorance
of human nature betrayed by his adoption of this theory
and his mode of carrying it out: the 'want of judgment,
infirmity of purpose, and inability to profit by the expe-
rience of his predecessors or Iste own; displayed particu-
larly in his unfortunate lenity towards Honi Heki, after
the many proofs that had been given of its effects upon
other natives; in his allowing that disturber to escape
unpunished after so much display of force and of inten-
tion to use it; in the miserable collision about the sur-
render of the muskets; in the repetition at the second
attack upon Heki's pa of the errors which caused the
first to fail; and in his ultimate conclusion of a truce
with the rebels: considering further his many impolitic,
rash, inconsistent, and unnecessary declarations ; such
as his pledging himself to resign rather than use force
in any case • or as his solemn recommendation of Mr.
Spain and his court at Waikanai and pledge to enforce
his decisions, one of the most important of which he pre-
sently and so uncerimoniously overthrew at Taranaki,
and at last sweepingly condemned the court itself (after
having, in spite of the agreements at home and its ill
effects out here, so long persisted in upholding it), in
the words, The plan was wrong from the first on
which these claims have been settled :' recollecting
moreover his continual disregard of the letter or spirit of
his instructions, as in the cases of the first Debenture
Bills, and of those on the company's stoppage : of the
establishment of a militia force ; and of the waiving; of
the right of pre-emption ; looking at the fundamental
errors, and the extent and suddenness of the frequent
changes of his financial policy--at his unvarying acri-
mony against the settlers—at his unfortunate selection
or officers and confidential advisers—at his entire subjec-
tion to missionary influence—and at all the ruine-
sults of his whole administration of affairs '
casioned—reflecting upon all these 0
very critical circumstances
your petitioners feel
in the most
in tl•

STEAM-BOAT COLLISION. GRAVESEND, SEPT. 15.
—About eight o'clock last evening a collision of a fear-
ful kind took place off Gray's, between the Diamond
Company's packet the Ruby, and a small steam- packet
called the Gnome, from Woolwich, the property, we be-
lieve, of the Woolwich Company, off Gray's. The Ruby
was on her way down from London-bridge, and the
Gnome was going up the river, on her return from the
Nore, whither she had been making an "excursion,"
with a party of near 200 persons on board. As far as
we could collect the facts of the case, it appears that the
Right being rather dark) the captain of the Ruby, as is
his usual practice it seems, kept himself, and ordered to
be kept, a close look out, and observing the steamer ap-
proaching directly ahead of him, ho called out to the
helmsman to port the helm, an order that was imme-
diately obeyed ; but the Gnome having her helm at the
same time put a starboard, a collision became unavoid-
able, and the Ruby struck the Gnome on her starboard
bow with great force, although the engines of the Ruby
were with great rapidity reversed by the captains in
f
cemtnand. Still the concussion of the two vessels wasrightful, and the Gnome being the smaller and weaker
vessel, was made a wreck of. The scene on board the
latter may be easier conceived than described: She was
in her forepart literally shattered and Stove in) hilt her
engines being comparatively unity arta' were kept at work,
and she was run on the Essex shore, where she soon
takener. The coolness and
all het passengers or
sunk,party aufft e r
excursionists Ru b y hado h
t of
good management of the captain of the Ruby, both in
endeavouring to avoid the collision and When it unfor-
tunately occurred, is borne testimony to by the pas-
sengers in the Ruby, who were on tht deck at the tune;
and to his coolness and mntiagement they ascribe in a
great degree the preservation of many Of the lives of
those on board the Gnome, Where a dreadful scene of
confusion prevailed. After having taken all the Gnome's
passengers on board, and brought them to Gravesend,
and having found that no serious damage §tias tti
dis-
able the Ruby from proceeding back to tendon was in-
flicted, he, when his passengers to Gravesend. were
landed, took those of the GliO4:00 belt to Woolwich,
where he landed them at their own request Wherever
the blame of the collision may rest, it fully Rdtnitted
by the passengers that the talatain of the Ruby had
taken the only precaution he could take to avoid it—
namely, porting his helm, and reversing the engines;
and that his subsequent exertions in doing anything to
save the lives of the multitude on board the Gnome were
as judicious and coolly conducted as they were strenuous.
It is a matter of much surprise amongst those who wit-
nessed the scene, that no life was lost in the rt.--
confusion that prevailed on board
HUNGERFORD p-
long-pending dispute 1-
and Charing-ce
in cour-

FUNERAL OF LORD MBTCALFE.—Yesterday after
noon the mortal remains of Charles Theophilus, firs 4
and last Baron Metcalfe, were consigned to their lie p
resting-place. It has already been stated that th:
much-lamented nobleman died at Malshanger, net pr
Basingstoke, but his body was removed on the morn r-
ing of the funeral to witain a few miles of the churc h
of Winkfield, in Berkshire, to be deposited in the vaul It
with his ancestors. The country scat of the Metcalfe
family is Fern-hill, in the parish of Winkfield, but f
many years past that residence has been held by suc-
cessive tenants of the deceased peer, the last of whenxt
was Sir Felix Booth; its present occupant is the Dowag ea,
Lady Granville. On this account, therefore, the mourners
and attendants did not assemble, as under other circum.
stances they would have done at Fern-hill, but at Hilt,
house, the residence of his Lordship's nephew, Sir Hes-
keth Fleetwood. Hill-house is also in the parish oE
Winnfield. The obsequies of the deceased peer were
conducted in a manner quite becoming his high rank
and the great personal esteem in which he hnd ever
been held, but at the same time with no unusual or
ostentatious display. There were, of course, se venal
mourning-coaches and four, the church was hung with
black cloth, the coronet of the deceased was borne uroon
a crimson velvet cushion, the coffin was covered with
crimson velvet, the hearse was adorned with paintings Of
the arms, coronet, &c., belonging to the deceased, and'.
every part of the ceremony was performed with impres-
sive effect. Amongst the mourners were Lord Monson, .
Sir Alan M'Nab, Mr. James Metcalfe, Mr. Thomas
Metcalfe, Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., Sir Ilesketh Fleetwood,
Bart., Messrs. Martin, Brownrigg, jun., Smythe, Howell,
&c. The private carriages of several noblemen and
gentlemen followed the mourning coaches; amongst the
latter we noticed that of Lord Ashbrouke, the brother-in-
law of the deceased. It is understood that Mr. Brown-
rigg has been appointed Lord Metcalfe's executor, said
that the bulk of his Lordship's property will go to Mr.
James Metcalfe. his Lordship's brother, now in India,
inherits the baronetcy, to which the deceased peer suc-
ceeded more than twenty years ago.
ASSASSINATION Or A REVENUE OFFICER AT :BO-
LOGNA.—A letter from Bologna 'states, that the san-
fedisti have been guilty of a horrible assassination. A
revenue officer having refused to participate in their raa-
china:ions against Pius IX., fell a victim to his devotion..
As he ham expressed his intention of going to Rome,
ft2,:in, kat he should inform against them, they shot;
him, I'he erinit; was scarcely perpetrated when the san-'
fedist who were anxiously awaiting the result in the-
streets ct Faenza, began to cry out, "Behold the fruits
of the amnesty !" Happily the victim of this cowardly:
act had still life enough left before expiring to denounce;
his murderers,_and the motives of their act: T-hey wished .
to impute the act to the effects of the amnesty. His.,
statement was taken down and sworn to by seventeen
witnesses. The whole population of Faenza, Without.
distinction, followed the murdered man to his grave ;
the funeral was on a magnificent scale. Public opinion,
also, points out the sanfedisti as the murderers of the.
Siss Cloel ho was assassinated on the public square
ofw o n
Porn a few days previous to the above-mentioned
murder. c
The Vice-Chancellor of England,
Shadwell, has arrived at Whitburn lYc
ual visit to the Rev. Thomas Baku'
Advcrtion

THE ITALIAN OPERA at COVENT-
GARDEN THEATRE.
(From the Chronicle.)
In the Morning Chronicle of August 21 we announced,
on authority, the project of an Italian opera to be given
at Covent-garden Theatre early in 1847, and the en-
gagement of Mr. Costa as musical director and con- 1
ductor.
It was not our intention to have referred again to the
plans of the capitalists who have undertaken this specu-
lation until a full prospectus was in readiness ; but as
certain contradictions have been given to our statement,
and as it has been circulated most industriously, either
in the language of menace or in the accents of despair,
that nothing had been really done, it is right that our
readers should be informed precisely of the progress
made in this affair, so important for art, so promising
for artists, and so valuable for the general interests of
the public.
We do not propose to enter into any controversy with
our contemporaries. We presume that monopoly in
matters of art is regarded by the enlightened amateur
as fatal as in the commercial transactions of this world.
Competition must benefit the public, and as " free trade"
is now uppermost in the drama, we see no reason why
it should not exist in music. Let the rival managers
fight their own battles, it will be for critics to watch re-
sults in the race for superiority—" Chacuu pour eoi, et
l'art pour tout."
The vocalists already engaged for Covent-garden
Theatre are as'follow 1.-‘,4
Primi Soprani - Mdme.
Grisi.
„ Persiania.
„ Stefanoni.
~ Ronconi.
Primi Contralti
Angri.
Primi Tenori
9 , Salvi.
„ Lava.
~ Perez.
Primi Bassi Baritoni
„ Ronconi.,
„ Speck.
„ Polonini.
Primi Bassi Profondi „ Marini.
„ Selva.
„ Corradi.
~ Alba.
Primi Bassi Comici....
~ Ley.
. Secondi Donne Mdme. Piombanti.
gm
I I Secondi Tenori
„ Alberti.
Secondi Bassi
I I,
We deem it necessary to explain tb-laopez..
`the engagements signed by th -

PROTEST OF TUE DUKE or OLDENDURGII.—The
Augsburgh Gazette gives the following as the protest
made by the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh against the
letters patent of the King of Denmark:—" By the letters
patent addressed from Copenhagen on the Bth of July,
1846, by his Majesty King Christian VIII. of Denmark,
the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh has seen in what sense
it had pleased his Majesty to declare himself towards his
subjects relative to the eventualities of the successioa.
As it has not reached the knowledge of his Royal High-
ness that his Majesty had thought proper to come to an
understanding on this subject, before the publication of
the letters patttt, with the different chiefs of the special
lines belonging to the h011.5e of Oldenburgh; that at
least he has taket no stets whatsoever on this subject
with the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh, who in virtue of
existing trestle§ represents in Germany the chief of the
line of Schleswig-Holstein-Clattorp, the Grand Duke of
Oldenburgh cannot recognise in declaration, pub-
d
lished without his participation, but a not =. a per-
same
sonal ifitet:pritation of his Majesty; but at t 42•
time his Royal Highness considers it his duty, ii L
quality as head Of his house, to protest solemnly, in the
history t-_;f its tventfel rights; t against all the conse-
' quences which may be drawn from tout declaration to
the prejudice of his rights and those of his house.'
AN ELEPHANT'S DOIN.NS.---Wh learn by a gentle-
man of the city; who was at Lockport on Saturday, that
at noon of that daj ah 61ephant belonging to a mena-
gerie exhibiting there, walked out of ins tt,11:1; toward a
span of horses attached to a waggon 6Qme twenty ro,:ls
off. The horses took fright as the huge beast ap-
proached them, broke lobs:, and ran a feet rods to an
angle of a fence ; the elephant followed, cals;iflyl the
waggon, and threw the horses *or two reds over
fence. 0-- •the
of the horses rime with se broken ribs,
I and managed to escape his assailant, which fell upon the
1 other with his tusks, tore out his entrrods orails, and
morecontinued
to tos him along the . At
the peeper,
,VP.S at dinner when the I
elephant escaped from tne ti7;11.; ''...4;se up, apd called the t
animal by name. The elephant immediately ,-le-.‘red the I
word, and followed the keeper to an orchard about a
hundred rods off, where he was secured by strong chains
made fast to the trunk of a full-grown tree. Just as
our informant left in the aftrnoon, e heard that the
elephant had uprooted the tree to which he was fastened,
and had injured a man ; but learned no particulars.
:The rage of the elephant, it is said, was caused by some
tobacco concealed in the food that some of the bystanders
offered to him. People cannot be too cautious how they
trifle in such a way with an elephant.—Buffalo Cont.
mercial.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town
yesterday, from Tunbridge Wells,

• 4141'°14E'S MEMOIRS Or GEORGE IL—The octavo
itii,tsa of these interesting Memoirs is now ready for
Pri:l7 at the various booksellers. This work, as is
AiallY known was originally published in quarto,
11):' Murray, 'at the price of five guineas. Mr.
'`ra haviro. published the " Walpole Letters"
at quarto and octavo, and feeling desirous
kohPrinting an uniform edition of the " Me-
ths I:, of George the Second," purchased last yearl
Dert,`°Pyright from Mr. Murray, and has certainly
tile„,"rtaed an acceptable service to the public by givingn
tittZ What was not hitherto to be procured—namely,ia,,
Pli,llo edition of " Walpole's Memoirs of George I
1/44ettl
.uniformly with the " Letters" and with the
,jos_ r 8 of George the Third."
Nirt 41'n Any IN TROUBLE.—At the Thames P. olicet -
siho Yesterday, Mr. Broderip, the presiding magistra e,
tst,Ptutnitted Joseph Ady, cf " something to advan-
uotoriety for trial en two charges of fraud a few
stka ,
a4O ago, handed to Inspector Scott, of the II division,
itthi he had received from Ady, enclosing another,
Art;tcluested him to adopt the necessary measures to
*44 'Alt a breach of the peace. Ady's own letter, which
Nil addressed " To the Magistrates of the Thames
GP office, near Arbour- square," ran as follows:
teecntleinen,—The enclosed threatening letter is just
tome l/ed by the post. I beg the favour of your directing
" your subordinates to protect me from the
Josephri violence. I know not his name. Respectfully,
Ili Ady, 5, York-street, Commercial-road. Sept.
Ras u,'46. The letter which put Ady in so much alarm
I)tonriptten, no doubt, by some one to whom he has
heelsed something to his advantage." The writer
21d ared that he would be "at Mr. Ady's office on the
atitl; that at tvvelve, without fail, and would then and there
lalater to him, with a good horsewhip, something
, 1• 3h- would not easily forget." Ady, with a keen eye
~,A;
wari 11" s, as well as self-protection, took care to for-
Of to the magistrate, with the letters, a
," list of next
falsely stated to have been " atriotecUrein the
44444 M Sh 154.4 t

....ror and
„awl: th the Uungerford Market
Slispension Bridge Companies is now
of arrangement, and will be finally settled this
.reek, when the public will_Agbe..allovvild
.to land and em-
bark from the Suspension &e, and the ricketty float-
ing-pier which is so great_ an obstruction to the naviga-
tion of the river will be removed.

—. re

, .owever oc-
...ins, and upon the
vr the colony at prevent,
Impossible to avoid expressing,
—*met terms, their utter want of confidence
ability of Captain Fitzroy or his government sue-
cessfully to encounter the difficulties before them.
,6 tour petitioners therefore earnestly implore your
•.
the majority of Honourable louse to interfere, and literally save theni
,
err named above have from destruction. it is undeniable that the form of
•• • •

REWARDS FOR EXTINGUISRINC FIRES.--At an in-
que t held yesterday, it was suggested by a juryman that
a small fund, at the disposal of the coroner and jury,
might be most advantageously applied to reward indivi-
duals who distipguished themselves in putting out fires
and saving lives. A shilling a piece. from the house-
hollers of A district, it was said, would form an ample
fund for the purpose.

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