The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-31 00:00:00

THE WATERMEN'S STEAM COM-

PANY AND THE LORD MAYOR.
In consequence of the arbitrary conduct of the Lord
Mayor and Navigation Committee towards the Water-
men Steam Packet Company in forcibly depriving them
of the use of the Blackfriar's Free Pier, erected by the
City authorities on the site of the Old Watermen's
Pier, used originally by them for the accommodation of
the public, the directors of the Company found the m-
selves compelled to procure a landing-place as near the
old pier as possible, and accordingly took the premises
known as Paul's Wharf, belonging to Mrs. Needham,
the widow of a free waterman and constructed a pier to
draw in with the rise of the tide; thereby prevent-
ing anything like an obstruction of the river.
On Wednesday it was put in order, to see
that the arrangements were complete, and in
the evening taken, and moored close to the wharf.
This pier bad not been used by the public, nor could
any complaint have been made to the Lord Mayor that it
was a nuisance, the neighbours consenting; yet his Lord-
ship takes upon himself to decide upon the matter, and
with force of arms proceeded to demolish the pier, and
incite the parties in possession to a breach of the peace.
To accomplish this his Lordship sent, at daybreak on
Thursday, the steam-tug, St. Michael, which was
fastened to one of the barges by the policemen who were
present, according to the direction of Mr. Saunders and
Mr. Pearce, the water bailiffs, and forcibly tore the first
barge away, and towed it into the stream, and returned
for the purpose of removing the second, which was
moored to Messrs. Crawsby's iron wharf ; this
they accomplished by breaking the chains in
two. When towing both away, Waterman No. 5, moved
a-head between the barges and tug steamer, cutting
the ropes and chains in two. At this stage of the pr)-
ceedings, the policemen and shore-men boarded the
Waterman, menacing right and left with their imple-
ments, consisting of hatchets, crowbars, and staves.
They then removed the man at the helm, and were
proceeding to the engine-room, to put out the fires,
but the engineer telling them, if they came there he
would let the steam out and scald them, they de-
sisted. The captain of No. 5, after great trouble and
difficulty, got the vessel to the Southwark side of
the river, which not being in the jurisdiction of the
City, the police made a rapid exit from the Waterman
scrambling into the coal barges alongside of her, and
getting on shore. As soon as Waterman, No. 5, was re-
leased from her troublesome cargo, she resumed the con-
test with the tug, for the barge, and succeeded in driving
the tug and barges amongst the tiers of shipping at Bil-
lingsgate, where she gave up the contest, allowing the
Waterman to steam off victorious. The company then,
as speedily as possible, with other barges, repaired the
wanton damage inflicted on their property by the Lord
Mayor, and landed several passengers during the day,
who highly approved of the arrangements made by
them.
In laying the above facts before the public, it may be
asked if the Lord Mayor thinks such acts as these will
be tolerated—that a Company having prescriptive claims
to public patronage is to be subject to such arbitrary
proceedings, resulting from private pique. That such
is the fact there cannot be the least doubt, or why does
his Lordship allow other Companies to run out piers,
and peaceably retain possession of them. Such conduct
as this requires investigation, and we understand a re-
presentation of the above facts, and the persecution of
the Company by the Navigation Committee, since the
erection of the new pier, has been laid before Sir James
Graham, for the purpose of official inquiry. These
extraordinary proceedings on the part of the Lord
Mayor call for severe censure, and shall not be lose
sight of by us.

INDSOR, RIDAYEVENING.-Instruetions were re-
ceived this morning at the royal mews for the ponies and
pony carriages to be sent over to Claremmat early to-morrow
morning, it having been arranged cur the Court to leave
Buckingham Palace in thq DP:Lernoon, immediately after
luncheon. Her Majesty bud his Royal Highness Prince
Albert will be acenipanied by the Royal Family, and
attended by a 1.',-mited number of the members of the Royal
Householtl. The Court is not expected to remain at Clare-
Inept 'oeyond four or five days, or a week at the longest.
THE MEDAL FOR CHINA.—Mr. Wyon, the engraver
to the Mint, has just completed the die for the medal to be
distributed to the officers and soldiers who have served in
China during the late war. The die has been successful;
and preparations are making for striking the medals, of
which 18,000 are commanded. They are to be all of silver;
no difference being made between those to be presented to
the officers and those to be given to the men. The intrinsic
value of each is about ss. 6d. The medal is a beautiful work
of art—worthy the skill and. genius of the foremost artist of
the age in this department of art. It contains a portrait of
her Majesty, with the words " Victoria Regina ;" on the re-
verse is a trophy composed of the weapons of the army and
navy, resting under the shadow of a palm-tree which sup-
ports the armorial bearings of Great Britain ; above are the
words " Arma exposcere Pacem," and underneath is the
word " China." The ribbon is to be of scarlet with a yellow
border—the scarlet denoting the colour of England, and the
yellow being the imperial colour of China. The medals will
probably be issued to the soldiers and sailors about the middle
of the year.—The Art-Union.
Ma. SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—Mr. Sheridan Knowles, it
is confidently stated, will be appointed to the professorship of
elocution in one of the new Irish colleges, probably Cork, of
which city he is a native.—[Government is therefore not so
unmindful of literary merit as some assert ; nor is Mr. Alfred
Tennyson the exclusive recipient of public recompense, as the
anonymous satirist of the a New Timon" would imply.l
THE NEW MILITARY PRISON, ST. GEORGE'S BAR-
RACKS, TRAFALOA
It-frQuAßE.—This building, intended to
supersede the DP'cessity of sending military delinquents to
county PrOnbs, is nearly completed. The cellsr rereisoonn-
structO. and fitted up exactly as those at the ode
Pwritboenvsuilbleje;catteidd
ttoheisdiasclsioplitonebtehoant ptrihseosan emrsecpoi:Olitinociepdi
e asthe arel tit
the Model Prison.
—The landlords have adjourned
having no orders, are quiet. I con-
THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES.—BANBURY,
meetingßßußYti,llJtAhNis.d3aoy.
k and th© tenants,
people seem awake, and the protection
oswifdePe week,
retPs he
measures; reelingeftintny would
leamaieritYl have seen to be in favour
have preferred an imme-
dpliaactearrdespaearel.quTichkely covered with free-trade addresses.
THE RIGHT NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR A GIN PALACE.
--
I was one day conversing With a gentleman. 'who had. just
opened a spacious spirit vaults in Manchester. I acciden-
tally inquired what had made or induced him to select such
a situation, as I presumed he did not know the locality,
d.
although the premises, for the purposes, were excellently
si Why," replied he, with a smile, " I was one day
loitering at the corner, and seeing several loose men chatting
together, about thirty yards np the street, two of whom.
had a dog each, a thought struck me, and I advanced
towards the men, and informed them I would stand' two
gallons of ale, if they would bring their dogs to the corner
(where I intended the vaults) and fight them. They agreed,
and in a few minutes the dogs were at their ferocious work.
In five minutes there were a hundred men around the dogs,
all most heartily enjoying the 'sport.' I told them to de-
sist; I was satisfied, and said inwardly to myself, this is the
spot for a vaults."—From John Easby's Meras.
THEATRE ROYAL.—The manager, we see, perseveres
in his design to accumulate sterling attractions in this
theatre. We hope and believe he has found this truly
praiseworthy effort to tell in his favour. At all events, we
have not for many years seen so high an average of attend-
ance. Accordingly, no sooner have Antigone and (as we
may call it) Its keen and clever burlesque told upon the
public, than our old favourite, " Celeste," whom we have
not seen for a long interval, during which she has gained
metropolitan celebrity, makes her appearance along with
the celebrated Webster, the most enterprising and liberal,
and we believe the most successful of all the London mana-
gers, and withal an actor of acknowledged power in his
own department, as well evidenced by the frequent plaudits
which attended his appearance. Madame Celeste was, we
remember, a great pantomimic actress of the serious and
pathetic class ; but she now speaks, and her broken English
and very foreign accent are exceedingly effective in cha-
racters like Madelon, the Vivandiere, in the clever farce of
the Trumpeter's Daughter, or of Miami, the French-Indian
heroine of Buckstone's rather c.)ckneyfied and confused
drama of Donnybrook and the Transatlantic Prairie. Tont:
play was brought out at the Adelphi last season An
awthos to
much success, though Mrs. Stormont gave gr
the repentance of Miami, but in all other reap
Miami was more ,effective and picturesqume:.
performance
Was enthusiastically applauded for his ohm Die P
himself rocking a
tot the Woman Hater, tamed till be found
cradle.—Edinhurgli Wet* -Thwr afbe evening of the 2lst
The Duke of Modens4l cecatrtsPwCeelebastteer
_.iedAnmillness of only seven days.
inst., in Isis 67th year, 'lsTiweis V., who was born on the
lie is succeeded by his son,
Ist of June, 18.„_19' is our painful duty to record
DEATH BY.F4a
the death of e Augusta Drew, of Woodlands, Kilton,
who w 33
, i_tton Mid
An inquestto death in her dressing-room on Tues-
was held on the body, when the
tnrn Van
were ascertained. The unfortunate lady, on
day
I°avviignhg facts
t in question, uestion, slept with her little nephew, Master
John FoWROS Luttrell, who deposed as follows :—" I was
awoke about six o'clock on Tuesday by a noise, and, missing
my aunt, got out of bed and went to an adjoining dressing-
room, winch I found full of smoke, and where I also found de-
ceased burnt to death, lying on her back, near the dressing-
table, the floor and-washing-stand were very much burnt."
It is supposed deceased had occasion to go into her dressing-
room with a lighted candle, and fell down in a fit, at the same
time igniting her dressing-gown. Verdict, " Accidental
death.' The deceased lad was sister-in law to Colonel
Luttrell, of Mire Cwt.-- Western Luminary

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THE SUN'. LONDON, SATURDAY' NVENING JANUARY 81 , 4, 1846,
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CHEPSTOW FOREST OF DEAN,
AND GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. --BALANCE- SHEUT.
Sr
..s. A special general meeting of the directors and share-
Sugai
holders in this railway was held at the London Tavern, at An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended the sth day of January, 1846, after abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several esayliense
thretto'clock yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of considering Revenue Departments, and of the actual Issues or Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and scrip;
the position of the Coman, and its chance of success in Repayments for Local Works, &c. Re
Parliament. A considerable number of shareholders were
.......-------- descr
present. E. F. Dayrell, Esq., High Sheriff of Buckingham, Applicable to ! .
Tues,
andchairman of the board of directors, presided. .-- --, . EXPENDITURE.
The advertisement convening the meeting having been INCOME OR REVENUE. Consolidated Other Public tame
M.
read, Fund. Services. Total.
of 31
The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Gentlemen, if I have delayed — — —___ £ s. d. £ s. d. all st a little in taking the chair, it was for the purpose of assem- £ s. d. £ S. d. 48s. '
ORDINARY REVENUE AND RECEIPTS.X s. d. Funded Debt.—lnterest and Management of the Permanent Debt
bling about as large a body of the shareholders as we could Customs 19,695,196 0 4 501,660 110 20,196,856 2 2 Terminable Annuities E)
3,980,022 11 3
collect together. I must beg your attention to the statement 13,585,582 17 1
Excise ••• ..• 13,585,582 17 1 supp
lam about to make, and to the motives which have induced 7,710,682 19 9 bags
the directors to summon you to this meeting. They have Stamps ••• ... 7,710,682 19 9 Total Charge of the Funded Debt, exclusive of 9,4071. 2s. 3d., the Interest
Taxes (Land and Assessed). ...
27,827,265 10 3
performed their duty to the present moment; they have 4,223,842 2 10 on Donations and Bequests.
deed
5,026,570 0 2
complied with all the requisites required of them, and they Property-tax ••• • • 5,026,570 0 2 Unfunded Debt.—lnterest on Exchequer-bills
are now in the course of performing another duty in calling Post Office 753,000 0 0
••• ~. 753,000 0 0 28,253,872 611 firm,
you together to receive further confirmation of what they Crown Leads 120,000 0 0
••• .•• 120,000 0 0 Civil List
392,165 0 0 made
have done, and to receive suggestions as to the future course Is. and 6d. and 4s. in the Xon Pensions and Salaries.... 4,639 15 8 4,639 15 8 Annuities and Pensions for Civil, Naval, Military. and ,Tudicial Services, • • •• • aucti
which they ought to adopt. We do not come to Small Branches of the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown 56,104 16 0 56,104 16 0 &c., charged by various Acts of Parliament on the Consolidated Fund 544,408 8 0 man,
.•• •••
you for the purpose of stating that, after having Surplus Fees of Regulated Public Offices 41,839 10 8 ••• • • 41,839 10 8 Salaries and Allowances
249,644 10 7 expended a portion of your capital, we are not in
Diplomatic Salaries and Pensions , of Ai
a position to comply with all those requisites 175,192 8 3
51,217,458 2 6 501,660 110 51,719,118 4 4 Courts of Justice
which may be required of us; we have done everything 769,433 1 2
which could be required of us as directors; we have lodged Miscellaneous Charges on the Consolidated Fund 286,379 13 5 C(
OTHER RECEIPTS. with
your plans—the money required for the payment of the de-
posits to the Accountant-General is ready, and we are pre- Army
pared to go into Parliament if yon intimate that such is your Money from China under the Treaty of August, 1842... 1,142,923 18 9 ... ... 1,142,923 18 9 Navy ......................................................... •
wish; but the altered circumstances of the lines—circum- Imprest and other Monies
C((
stances which it was not in the power of the directors to Money received from the East India Company 60,000 0 0 • ••• 60,000 0 0 Miscellaneous, chargeable on the Annual Grants of Parliament ,147 3 7 wee~
foresee—have rendered it a paramount duty with them to Unclaimed Dividends (more than paid) .
2,726
take your opinion as to the course which you think it • • •• •
Ti
advisable they should pursue. When the project of this
Company was first submitted to the directors, we 52,558,693 15 11 501,660 110 53,060,353 17 9 49,061,411 17 7 sequ
had no notice—no kind of information, that any other party Unclaimed Dividends more than received
• • • '''
intended to take the ground which the line was prepared to
refry
traverse, or to occupy the position which the Company does
49,242,713 6 7 decl
at present. I. know that the South Wales Company had Excess of Income over Expenditure •3,817,640 11 2
been thrown 'out last year in their endeavour to obtain a 53,060,353 17 9 0•11 SOO busi
_
Bill to construct a railway from Chepstow to Hopp
_Crib ; i The

The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Gentlemen, if I have delayed
a little in taking the chair, it was for the purpose of assem-
bling about as large a body of the shareholders as we could
collect together. I must beg your attention to the statement
I am about to make, and to the motives which have induced
the directors to summon you to this meeting. They have
performed their duty to the present moment ; they have
complied with all the requisites required of them, and they
are now in the course of performing another duty in calling
you together to receive further confirmation of what they
have done, and to receive suggestions as to the future course
which they ought to adopt. We do not come to
you for the purpose of stating that, after having
expended a portion of your capital, we are not in
a position to comply with all those requisites
which may be required of us; we have done everything
which could be required of us as directors; we have lodged
your plans—the money required for the payment of the de-
posits to the Accountant-General is ready, and we are pre-
pared to go into Parliament if you intimate that such is your
wish ; but the altered circumstances of the lines—circum-
stances which it was not in the power of the directors to
foresee—have rendered it a paramount duty with them to
take your opinion as to the course which you think it
advisable they should pursue. When the project of this
Company was first submitted to the directors, we
had no notice—no kind of information, that any other parts
intended to take the ground which the line was prepared to
traverse, or to occupy the position which the Company does
at present. I; know that the South Wales Company had
been thrown out last year in their endeavour to obtain a
Bill to construct a railway from Chepstow to Hopp Crib ;
but we had not the smallest intimation of their intention to
pursue the matter further, and were strengthened in this
supposition by the fact that the Admiralty bad been op-
posed to this project, and that they had been defeated
principally on this account. It was not, however, until
within the last fortnight that their real intentions were
known ; they were certainly not known to us before this
time. This may at least be some justification for the directors
having entertained your project, and for having taken all
the steps necessary for its submission to the Legislature. It
was impossible for them to foresee that a powerful Company,
like the South Wales, intended to take up a project en which
they had been previously defeated. It will be unnecessary
for me to describe the course of our line, because
you are no doubt well acquainted with its geographical po-
sition, and that between Chepstow and Gloucester it is a
link in the line of railway between two great Companies—
the Great Western and the South Wales, which have since
amalgamated. It then became a question with us whether
we should enter into a contest with them, and whether we
should sacrifice the funds in our hands in fighting a contest,
which I cannot but in my conscience believe to be hopeless,
because it is scarcely to be supposed that Parliament, after
the declaration of Sir Robert Peel, will permit an inde-
pendent Company to step in between two powerful Companies
in order that it may endeavour to defeat their line from Lon-
don to Pembroke and Liskeard.— (Hear.) I say it is im•
possible to believe that such a proposition will be enter-
tained by Parliament. It may naturally be asked by the
shareholders why the directors had not been in-
formed of this before? To that question I would
reply, that it is only within the
,last fortnight,
when we attemptel to open a negotiation with these come
panies that we became aware of their determination to con-
test the line with us. On remonstrating with them on the
secresy which they had shown with regard to their project,
they replied, " We are not bound to make a statement of
our intentions to the public, we are not bound to let all the
world know what we propose to do, and, therefore, have
kept our secret up to the present moment." I think that,
gentlemen, will be a justification, as far as it goes,
for our having adopted a project which it was impossible for
us to foresee seould be contested by so powerful a Com-
pany. Yon are aware of the funds which are at our dis-
-al, of the amount of the deposits, and you are also aware
of the powerful machinery against which we should have to
contend. That machinery has been so powerfully organised
that a contest with us would not cost 5001., whilst it would
swallow up nearly the whole of the deposits you have placed
in our hands, and I therefore ask whether we have not acted
honestly and justly, and whether we have not adopted the
proper Atop in seeking your advice as to the course which
you thistle it advisable to pursue ?—(Hear, hear.) We have
Pot spent any of your money on an useless project
welch seemed to have uo chance of success. We have
sente,,hing to show for the portion of the money we have
expended. As I have said, we are in a condition to go to
Parliament, if you think proper, but we must leave the
matter in your hands. I think it would be scarcely ex-
cusable to contest this project, because we are perfectly
aware that these Companies have declared their intention
to give that accommodation to the public which this Com-
pany was organised to afford. I believe that if on. scheme
Pad not been projected it is possible they never would have
eoetemplated renewing their application to Parliament.
_(Lear, hear.) I say it is my opinion, that had we not
formed the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway, had we
not made the demonstrations we have, the South Wales
party would not have carried out a scheme in
its own integrity. We all know that the
public have, fur some time past, been amused
with a project which is to pass under the Severn.
This, however, appeared so impracticable that it did not
create any diffidence in our minds as to the opposition which
its promoters would be enabled to offer to our line With
this difficulty. staring us in the face, and the importance of
coming a4o an immediate decision as to whether we should go
to Parliament! and enter into a contest in which we con-
ceived we shou;el fritter away the funds in our hands,
it occurred to us to endeavour to effect an amalgamation
with the South Wales Come:any. We accordingly opened a
communication with that Company, and have had several
interviews with the directors ; but at length no amalgams-
tient was effected. I believe they would have been happy to
do so, but it was not in their power, for after investigation
they found they had not a tithe of ie shares necessary to
take up our capital. Therefore, after two or threeuseless meet-
ices, we separated with good feeling on both sides, and with
a full determination not to carry out our project. We then
turned our attention elsewhere, in order to obtain an amal-
gamation which would place you in an equally good posi-
tion with regard to your intereets, and with a com-
pany not very distant from the sceose of our contem-
plated operations. We entered into commttoication with
the West Midland, a project as well known to you ae. to us.
I believe no one will dispute the credibility of that under-
taking—no one will question the respectability of the parties
connected with it, and the large number of influential per-
sous who give it their support. I believe the line is one
which will meet with the approbation of Parliament. They
were not in a condition to give us shares in the
Welsh Midland itself, but they offered us shares
in what I consider the more valuable portion ef their
line—l mean in the West Midland and Hereford Junction,
and we entered into an arrangement, on which it is for you
to decide. The terms of amalgamation between this Com-
pany and ourselves were these—that we should each pay our
woes up to the present time, and that they should give
exp
us ehares in the Welsh Midland Extension for
the remaii to nng portion of our capital—that we
should go n Parliament together, and with our
machinery well organised. No doubt we should obtain great
advantages by having their aid in a Parliamentary combat ;
for it' we were to go into Parliament separately, I have no
hesitation in saying that a great portion of our funds would
be squandered. It is not proposed to diminish the amount
o4'your capital after the payment of the expenses which,
under the circumstances, you would have to pay,
and which would amount to one-fifth share. They
are not, however, to give us four shares for every five
you now hold ; they only ask, part passu, that each should
ay their expenses up to the time of going to Parliament.
You are to consider whether their shares are not of equal
value to our own. This is the eecond proposition of the three
waich I have to submit to you forthe settlement of our affairs.
we have, as directors, conscientiously fulfilled our duties at
the present time. There is, we believe, no spot to be found
upon the proceedings, which we submit to your eaest search-
ing scrutiny. We are ready to lay our whole course Ofei;ndUet
before you, and that 4
you may please yourselves as to the dill,
proposition which is open to the shareholders, namely,
antsoi ring the scheme and then returning your money,
subject to the expenses already incurred. Gentlemen, I
think that no observations are required on this point. We
are now met to hear any party who maybe disposed to address
TIM on any one of those propositions, and we only trust that
whatever may be said will be in good temper. We trust also
that, as your directors have endeavoured to deserve your j
confidence, they will be honoured with it to the end.
Mr. PHELPS wished to know if the directors possessed any
information as to the position and prospects of the other
Company, with whom they proposed to amalgamate? If he
understood aright, the Welsh Midland wag not the Company
they were negotiating with.
The CHAIRMAN explained that the Gloucester and Here-
ford Extension, with which they proposed to unite, was
(although coming into Parliament as an independent scheme)
really an offshoot from the trunk line.
The SOLICITOR could not state what the available capital
of the other Company was, but this he knew, that they had
complied with the provisions of the standing orders.
Mr. Putsaes thought that the directors had shown a cul-
pable precipitancy in entering into the proposed arrangement,
without having first ascertained the real standing of the
other line. He should, therefore, propose, " Thet the meeting
de not deem it judicious or expedient to consent to the
ani ganaation."
Mr. Pavolh seconded the proposition.
After a few words from mr. SANDER.% in support of the
resolution,
A SIIAREHOLDER asked what the expenses already incurred
•l t amount to, and what proportion of e deposit would
might the
be likely to be returned?
TheIIAIRMAN—From 18,000/. to 14,0001. of expenses are
C
incurred, and the shareholders will probably receive from
eete to 30s. per share.
A IrofoE—Let's have it.—(Laughter.)
The CIIAIRMAN said he had only now to submit the reso-
Intions to the meeting.
Mr. LEE said he would observe that he knew that no
e in a better position than they were to go to
Parliament, but they cOntPanY vaswere not in a position to eontend with
Western. lie would, therefore, propose that this
the Great
Company should,obnedeidsstoilive resolution.ed
'
Mr. r. STRUT se.d
id
Jae was of opinion that some time should
M PAYNE sa
be afforded them to decide as to the merits of the line with
P, dissolving
should amalgamate, before they
-which it was pro
of dissolving the Company.
aline to the resolution
A SIIAREHOLDER said he thought, when there was so large
a dledaction as one-fifthttoeebetominadveestfirgoamte tthhee
dacepeoousintsts%tahneYd
ought to have a commi-
.had done their duty; not that he
to see Oat the directors
wished to oast any aspersion
tolrei
rtelisoosieutgieonntltchnai
The CHAILIMAS then put t . tenthe Company
should he dissolved, which was unatilmoudy agreed to.
The meeting then separated.

An Account of the Balances of the Public Mone remaining in the Excl
ended the sth day of January, 1846 ; the honey applied towards tl
Works, &c., with the Difference accruing thereon; and the Balances

Ty OF LONDON UNION.
THE GUAEDIA.Ng CIF THE CI
—Alderman Farebrother int,:dds to move at the next Court
of Aldermen, that the Court do rdeirerialise the guardians of
1.1.1 e City of London Union to provide ad Jigylum within the
LanZsfoorthe reception of the destitute and hodSeles Po", who
frequently making application at the office in t ^nnon-
street for relief. The alderman expects to be s uppofr ft-
supported by
the great majority of the aldermen, and the Lord Mayor has
expressed his determination
set to use
accom-
plish B) desirable an oh' every effort to
eirechaving had many opportunities
of witnessing the hart
or
four
of sending the poor helpless
creatures 1.7)0n a tramp
to Peckham Asylum,
over which ti2e city magistrateshTvir
A man namb:d O'Dea, residing -rticiCentrol whatever.
in the parish of Glicimeen, near Ball lands of Cregg,
gi.t.`us enthusiasm, nailed ai,' tfew days
since in a fit of reli
his left hand tosthe posis of his bedstead, imitating !est, and
cifizion of our Saviour. lie previously barricadeTtg:
or cru-
in the absence of his family, irho were obliged to f
dcs"r.
force their
-way 0, when they found the POW Man in a state of exhaus.
ion... Clare Journal. i