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London, England, 1850-02-25 00:00:00

TIDAL WATERS AND NAVIGABLE
RIVERS.

APPLICATIONS TO PARLIAMENT FOR LOCAL RILLS,
VICTORIA DOCKS (opposite Woolwich) BILL.
NOTICE..

The Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord Ilfgh Ad-
miral,under an Act passed In the twelfth year of the reigi, of her present
Majesty, intituled "An Act for amending an Act passed In tho ninth
and tenth years of her prevent ajesty for making preliminary En-
quiriei in c•crtairi cases of Applications fr Local Acts," in so far as
the said Act relates to an intended application to Parliament for an
Act in relation to the Victo la Docks BM,

Do hereby give Notice, that Jamas M. RENDEL, Esquire, Civi` En-
gi teer, the inspector appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, wilt attend on Tuesday, the twelfth day of March, 1850,
at the Brunswick Hotel, Back ,-all, at half-past tea o'clock in the
forenoon, 'or the purpose of mlking an examinatio'n, survey, and en-
quiries in relation to the proposed Act, and of investi4ating such
ether matters relating thereto as the said Lords Commissioners have
by their order directed him to make and investigate. And we do
hereby require the promoters of the said intended work to appear
before him, at the time and plat • aforesaid,, and to produce all such
surreys, plans, seztions, estimates, doc ments, and evidences, as will
be necessary to support such intended application.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty do hereby further give
notice, that all persons desirous of being heard in opposition to such
intended application do appear before the-said JAMES M. RENDEL, the
Inspector, with witnesses, plans, sections, maps, book, or other do-
cuments relevant to the said enquiries.
As witness our hands, this eighteenth day of February, 1850.
(Signed)
ALEXANDER MILNE,/ Lords Commissioners for executing the
W. COWPER, Office of Lord ll4:llA,lmiral.

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infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D..

On Saturday afternoon a fire of a very serious nature,
and nearly attended with fatal consequences to two or
three persons, broke out iu the extensive range of pre-
mises belonging to Messrs. lleathfield and Burgess,
the experimental chr mists, carrying on business in
Princes-square, Finsbury. From the fact of the pro-
perty in which the disaster occurred being contiguous
to the congreve factory of Messrs. Hynau and
Co., and the hot-pressing works of Messrs. White, a
most fearful conflagration at one period was antici-
pated. It appears that shortly before three o'clock,
whilst three or four of the workmen were engaged in
the still-house attending to the distillation of some
chloroform or naphtha, the man-hole of the still, from
some cause, not clearly ascertained, blew off, and in
an instant about ten or twelve gallons of the spirits
became ignited, when the whole blazed upwards, and
rushed through the roof threatening every thing
around. Two of the workmen who were nearest the
still were burned by the flames coming in contact with
their persons, and it was with the greatest difficulty
that the other men on the premises were enabled to
effect a safe retreat. The firemen were unable to get
the flames extinguished until several gallons of chloro-
form and naphtha were destroyed, the roof of the still-
house partially burned off, and the:remainder of the stock
in trade, with utensils in that part of the premises con-
siderably damaged by fire and breakage. The two
poor fellows who were so seriously burned remaining
a very precarious condition. On the same evening a
fire, which it is feared will be attended with fatal
results, occurred at No. 20, Bell-lane, Spitalfielde, in
the occupancy of Mr. Lewis Symons. It originated
in the first floor back room, from a spark flying out
of a lighted candle on to a bed, and a young woman,
about seventeen years of age, who was in the place,
became surrounded with flame. With the aid of an
abundant supply cf water, the fire in the room and
about the female was extinguished ; but so seriously
was she burned, that little hopes are entertained of
her recovery. This fire had barely been subdued,
when the firemen were called to another at No. 7,
Upper Perk-place, Dorset-square, in the occupancy
of Mr. George Collins, whicn was not extinguished
until considerable damage was done. About the
same time another fire happened at No. 3, Adelaide-
place, Whitecross-street, belonging to Mr. Henry
Smith. The firemen and engines were soon in at-
tendance, end the fire was happily confined to that
part of the premises in which it commenced.
Another fire happened at No. 173, Brick-lane,
Spitalfielde belonging to Mr. W. S. Stubbs, a sur-
geon, caused from an escape of gas, which, becoming
ignited, set the shop
in flames. The inmates and
firemen, however, succeeded in getting the fire out
before any considerable amount of damage was done.

ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Fremington-house, three
miles from Barnstaple, the scat Lf Mr. W. A. Yeo, the
high sheriff of Devon, was on the night of Tueseay, the
19th inst., the scene of a mc•st cold-bloorlei attempt at
murder. Mr. Yeo had returned at eleven o'clock at
night from Barnstaple, and hia coachman, William Sy-
mons, was placing the carriage in the coach-house, when
a pistol was discharged at him from behind s 'roe shrubs
adjoining. The unfortunate man fell, and on assistance
arriving from the mansion, it VIA 3 discovered that he had
received a;wound which penetrated Lelow the left ear,
rupturing a branch cf the carotid artery, from which
blood was copiously &wing. A !mat is supposed to be
lodged in the region of the throat, and little or no hopes
are ent, rtained of his rec.)very. The person suspected
•t of this cowardly crime is John Litlycrop, a cos hmaker,
lately discharged from Mr. Yc:o's service, in consequence
of some information given against him by the unfortu-
nate man Symons. lie had been seen late at niglft on
Tuesday in the vicinity of Fremington-house; but, since
the occurrence, the most diligent search for him has
hitherto been unavailing. Lillycrop was a man of
violent temper, much addicted to drinking, and had fre-
quently been heard to express his determination "to
serve Symons out" for the part he bad ta'r.en against him.
He was known to be in
possession of a large sum if
money, and had obtained on the day preceding the asset:-
sication 2504 in sovereiz,ns from- the Barnstaple old
bank.
HINT TO WATER COMPANIM—It has been calcu-
lated that the metropolis might be supplied with many
thousands cf gallons cf wa•er obtained by being sopa-
ratad from the London milk. If this be true, whatever
Dr. Buckland may say, a pretty abundant source of is Ater
supply exists in the chalk formation.—Punch..