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London, England, 1844-09-28 00:00:00

prooae this vote of thanks, which he had
doubtno would be received with unanimous approbation.
"a-{Cheers, hisses, and confuison.)
Jom KIX° then came forward and said that his
szeePent friend had not been heard, and therefore he had
not been understood. his object had been to propose
I Tote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for the manner in
which he had upheld the duties of his office for the
Past, year.—(Cheers and confusion.) He (Mr. King)
would remind the Livery that they were called
bPcn to pass a vote of thanks to a gen-
tleman upon whom the finger of suspicion
could not be placed.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. King)
knew that their time was valuable, and he would, there-
fore, not attempt to waste it. He was quite sure that
they would be all unanimous in returning their most
cordial thanks to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
has he was convinced that he deserved them at their
The TOWN CRIER then came forward and received the
tote of thanks, which was to the effect that the thanks of the
common hall were eminently due and were thereby given
la the Bight Hon. William Magnay, Lord Mayor of the
eity,-for the firmness and discrimination with which he
had discharged the various duties of his very responsible
t4nee as Chief Magistrate ; for the uniform firm deter-
mination with which he had performed these duties,
and for the urbanity which he had always displayed—
(Cries of " Walker,,' laughter, hisses, and seine con-
fusion)—for the manner in which he had supported the
frivileges of all classes of the people, more particularly
is fellow-citizens of the Livery.—(A voice : "And for
his hospitality ;" laughter, cheers, and hisses.)
The LORD MAYOR elect, declared the resolution to be
carried unanimously.
The LORD MAYOR • then came forward and said,
Gentlemen, I felt it my duty at this period of
last year to make to you certain promises, and I can
lately say, that throughout my year of office I have
exerted myself to the utmost of my ability to guard
Your rights and privileges, and to discharge the
duties of my office with impartiality, and
thereby redeem the promises which I made to you
last year. I thank you for this testimony of your appro-
bation, and I sincerely thank you for the honour you
t
l'ave done me. The Right Hon. Gentleman retired
amidst mingled cheers and hisses.
The Common Crier was about to declare the Hall dis-
solved, and had partly read the usual notice, when there
were vociferous cries raised from all parts of the hall for
Mr. Alderman Wood. The cries continued for some
time, and at length the common crier retired, and
lir. Alderman Trtomes WOOD again came forward,
and was received with a loud burst of cheering,
waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and cries of
The Lord Mayor of the People." " The Lord Mayor
three times eluted." He said that it had not been his
intention to disturb the meeting again, having been
three times returned by that Hall. He, however, es-
teemed this second call by the Livery on the
lame day as a greater compliment, and quite
as acceptable to him as success. He heartily
thanked them for the warmth and enthusiasm with
which his name had been received, and not
Wishing to disturb the regularity of the meeting
farther ; would again repeat his warmest thanks, and
express a hope that he would again meet them next
Year.--(The Hon. Gentleman retired amidst loud cheers.)
The Hall then formally dissolved, and, as the several
Aldermen passed down they were warmly cheered, espe-
ciilly"Mr. Alderman Wood. The newly-elected Lord
Vayor, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, was not to be seen, having
left the hall by a private door.
2-The whole proceedings were over at half-past two
O'clock.

DISCOVERY OF' A ROMAN PAVEMENT.—Yesterday
morning, while the excavations were going on in St.
Thomas's-street, Southwark, a large quantity of Roman
Pavement was discovered about 70 feet below the surface
of the earth, which lies exactly opposite the ancient
church of SL Thomas's. The greater portion of what
Was found was carefully preserved.
MORE OF THE CUTTING SYSTEM.—At the Castle of
tzeter, last week, a Mr. Solomans, the proprietor of " a
clothing establishment," was summoned for refusing to
P4y a poor woman, named Burgess, 14s. for making
seven satin waistcoats, and for finding trimmings for the
Same. The representative of " Mishter Sholoman" said
that all " the firm" gave for making waistcoats was Is.
(the price charged by the trade is 55.). Ho was, how:
ever, not willing to pay her even the 7s, for he asserted
the
waistcoats were so badly made, that he had been ob-
" Jed to expend 3d. more upon each of them. He was
he was willing to hand her over the ss. 3d. Now, let
!a see what this remuneration would afford her per
"oh. A waistcoat, it was estimated, would take nine
hours to make. If she worked twelve hours a day, she
Would have ten and a half successive days of toil before
She could complete her fourteen waistcoats ; or, for the
sake of making the case stronger, as well as of avoiding
fractions, say she works fourteen hours a day • her work
Would then occupy her nine days—a week and a half—
and'for this ss. 3d. is offered her !-ss, 3d. for a week
and a half's work, or 3s. 6d. for a week's ! GoodlGod
whole week's work, fourteen long hours to the day, at
satin waistcoats, for 3s. 6d. ! But this is not all ,• out of
this most miserable pittance she had to provide trim-
mings ! The representative of this " Mr. Sholoman"
said the waistcoats were sold at 55., but he was justly
reminded, that- if they chose to give things away, that
was no reason that the woman should give away her
work. An order for the payment of the 14s. was made
by the magistrates.—Sherburne Journal.
FIRE AT DRUMLANRIG CASTLE.—A. fire broke out
in one of the wings of Drumlanrig Castle, occupied as
the laundry, on Friday evening last. It excited a good
IN of alarm among the noble inmates, the Duke and
:1,11 Chess of Buccleuch, who were both residing there at
tae time. After considerable exertion the flames were
l'aPPily got under before extending to any other portion
of the Castle. His Grace, we regret to say, has received
a alight injury in one of his arms.—Ayr Observer.
IMPORTANT TO INSOLVENTS.—III cannot be too
Rnerally known that the Commissioners of Bankruptcy
or the Birmingham district have come to the determina-
tion not to receive or recognise any petitions or schedules
wnere the signature of the petitioner is not attested by a
B°lioitor or soma agent duly authorised by a warrant of
attoreey. This is important, because in opposition to
the Estructions of Lord Brougham.—Birmingham Ad-
veitisen
SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday Mr. Higgs held an
'flquest at the Regent Arms, Regent-street, Vincent-
square, on the body of James Turner, aged 43. It op-
Peared in evidence that the deceased was a sergeant.
major in the East India Company's recruiting service.
On
,n Tuesday evening last he called upon Dr. Reid, at the
Recruiting depot in Duke-street, to consult him con-
cerning his state of health. Whilst the doctor was exa-
mining his chest he was suddenly seized with a violent
"t of coughing and ruptured a blood-vessel, which caused
quantity of blood to get into the windpipe, thereby
causing instantaneous death. Verdict, " Natural death."
, GOODRICH COURT, HEREFORDSIHRE,--Her Royal
highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal High-
ness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the
"like and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Augusta Somerset
and the Baron Nieumann, the Austrian Minister, visited
Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, on Wednesday. The
Royal and illustrious visitors were conducted through
the noble suite of apartments and grand armoury by the
iearned proprietor, Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, and ex-
pressed themselves highly entertained with the in-
spection.

L CURIOUS ESCAPE.—On Monday last, whilst some
"(Vs were endeavouring to secure various sheaves of
Conn, &c., which had been carried down by the flooded
liver, and lodged near the sluice of the mill-dam, one of
their number, a boy of fifteen years old, son of Mr.
4-dittle, roper, lost his balance, and fell from the wall into
the- swollen river. Providentially he was too near the
side to be carried by the current over the gullet-door,
and he thus experienced the least dangerous of two
routes, a submarine passage, instead of one over the falls.
From the state of the river, the sluices of the dam were
"lY partially opened, and the passage for the body of
Water flowing through was thus from four to five feet
the water, than he was sucked into this under current
and disappeared under the arch of the stone pier, in
Which the sluices are built. At least a minute now
elapsed, which was passed in most intense anxiety by
helpless spectators, who knew that if the poor fellow
.got entangled in the passage, no efforts of theirs could
save him. To their great delight, however, the current
Which boils up into the mill-dam, atlengthdisgorged the
°b.lect of their anxiety, and he was at once landed by
many ready and willing hands. The poor little fellow
w, la " sair forfoughten, ' but soon recovered both his
Ideas and his bodily activity, and when questioned by
our friend Baillie Welsh as to his feelings when under
the water, and what he then " thought," he graphically
enough replied, that he "just could na think."—Dum-
fries Courier.
AN UNEXPECTED TREASURE.—A letter from War-
saw says, " A singular discovery will make it possible to
Prosecute with more activity the works of the fine hang-
ing bridge over the Vistula, to join Warsaw and Prague.
un demolishing an ancient Roman Catholic chapel, to
°leer the approaches to the bridge on the Warsaw side,
there were found in the foundation two barrels filled with
fine gold, of the value of three millions of francs, which
I'4l be employed in the completion of this remarkable
Work..
The Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, who have
this, week been undergoing their annual training, were on
Thursday reviewed by Colonel White, of the regulars,
and new colours were presented to the regiment by Lady
kreorgiana Curzon, daughter of Earl Howe, with an ap-
Pr°,Pliate address, which was responded to by Lieut.-
Colonel Keck.
A Cow CAUGHT IN A SNARE.-011 Monday the
9th current, Mr. Alexander Todd, the highly respected
landlord of the Black Bull Inn, Houston, lost a fine
young
cow, worth ten or twelve pounds, while gathering
Which
food about the hedges which bound the park in
she grazed. When driven home in the evening,
she exhibited signs of great uneasiness ; and when her
accustomed food was set before her, she refused either to
or drink. On examining her mouth, it was found
t...114art throe inches of the tongue were literally torn off.
v ions conjectures were formed respecting the seem-
ingly malicious ouVage ; but Mr. Todd concluded, from
7, knowledge of the cow's habits, that she had met with
,0 misfortune while grazing about the hedge-roots. He
;;larnediately went to the park, and found fastened to a
thorn bush a strong cord snare, which retained a firm
grasp„vk_ of the amputated piece of tongne. It is supposed,
when the poor animal felt her tongue held, that she
Jetkcd it off.--Glasgow Argus.
TUE Mooas.---The sportsmen have generally had
lolled
sport among the hills ; but the number of birds
lolled is not nearly equal to their abundance. The birds
were%,.(,thotoo strong before the 12th, and during the rainy
weather that immediately ensued they became packed,
and so wild that they could scarcely be approachedthi n range of :hot ; and they are now taking down to
Couctr fields in the glens in immense flocks.—lnverness