The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-26 00:00:00

Tilt 81JN,_.LOND0_14, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1844.

TRAVERS TES TIMONIAL.

We stated a few weeks ago the proceedings at the
Hall of Commerce, at a meeting of merchants, bankers,
and traders, assembled for the purpose of doing honour
-to the memory of the late John Travers, Esq., the
qualities of whose heart and intellect had gained for
him the warmest affection and highest respect of all
wh3 knew him.

It was upon that occasion referred to a Committee
to consider of and report to a future meeting the best
and most lastinc, mode of testifying the sense enter-
tained by all of his worth, so that posterity, by con-
templating his many public and private virtues, may
be led to imitate his example.
Subsequently a meeting took place, Sir George
Larpent, Bart., in the chair, when it was resolved
unanimously that the most suitable and most lasting
testimonial to perpetuate the name and worth of Mr.
Travers would be to found a scholarship in connexion
with the City of London School, to be given to
the boy whose merits and character, upon a strict exa-
mination, should be deemed the most worthy, and
that such boy should be called the Travers' scholar,
and proceed either to the University College, or
King's College, London, as the parent or guardian of
such boy might determine.
A great number of the highest names in the City
appear in the subscription-list, as might be expected
from the exalted merit of the individual whose virtues
it is intended to commemorate. _

The list is open at the following establishments :
Messrs. Grote, Prescott and Co.' Threadneedle street;
the London Joint-stock Bank, Princes-street; Com-
mercial Bank, London • Messrs. Robarts and Co.;
and Messrs. Denison and Co Lombard-street; also
by D. W. Wire, Esq., Hon. Sec., St. Swithin's-lane.

GRAND FETE AND FANCY FAIR.

It is expected, should the weather prove propi-
tious, that the fancy fair, to be held on Monday and
TuesdayC at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for the
benefit of the Licensed Victuallers' School, will be
the most brilliant and numerously-attended fete that
has ever taken place in those beautiful grounds. The
attractions provided by the managing Committee for
tht entertainment of their visitors are so varied, that
we must direct the attention of our readers for the
enumeration of them to the advertisement, which will
be found in another part of our paper. We cannot,
however, omit noticing the principal feature of the
file—namely, the fancy fair, to which the wives,
daughters, and female relatives of the members of the
institution hare contributed a great variety of ele-
gant and costly articles. The Morning Advertiser
informs us that the family of Mr. Wicker, the Go •
vernor, have sent in, amongst other things, two large
models of a boy and girl of the school, by Mrs. Eady ;
a figure of Flora, by Miss Wicker; two pair of ele-
gant toilette bottles, by Mrs. Mitcheson. A splendid
collection of articles has been contributed by the
daughter of Mr. Oliver, of the Duke of Clarence,
near the Surrey Gardens, consisting of reticules,
caps, cases, &c., and an exquisitely-wrought model
of " The old woman who lived in a shoe." Amongst
the miscellaneous offerings are some handsome watch-
pockets, from Mr. Green, of Bow; several tasteful
and ornamental articles from Mrs. R. B. Hughes, of
the Princess of Wales, Queen's Elms, Chelsea • toge-
ther with a large and diversified collection 'of draw-
ings, vases, music, ornamental pens, pen-wipers, ap-
pendazes for the work-table, perfumed sachets—in
short, an infinity of those graceful works with which
female ingenuity loves to promote the causes of
charity.

CATLIN'S AMERICAN EXHIBI-
TION-THE lOWAY INDIANS.

It might very reasonably be asked, has all the
world mistaken the season ? Or has all the world
resolved to stay in town for the judges' decision on
the Irish appeal, and to anticipate even The Sun ex-
press on that important occasion ? Whatever may be
the answer to these interesting questions, one thing is
certain, that the exhibitions of science and art were
never known to be so fully attended at this advanced
period of the year as they are now. The fourteen
loway Indians had on Friday a most crowded levee in
Mr. Catlin's Indian Gallery, at the Egyptian Hall.
This exceedingly picturesque group, with their shorn
and crested heads, tasteful, though wild, cos-
tume, and plaited scalp-lock, presented a spectacle of
the deepest interest, and we heard more than one per-
son sighingly express a hope that however rapid may
be the decline of this noble race of men, their extinc-
tion is not so certain as their patron apprehends.
This party is composed of the most influential men of
the tribe, and may be regarded as a sort of delegation
from the red men, with the express permission of the
American President, to exhibit to Europe the last
remnant of that important branch of the human family
which European aggression is rapidly extinguishing.
Of the seven men who compose this party, three are
chiefs, one of them (White Cloud), the first and he-
reditary chief, being six feet six inches high, and a
remarkably handsome man. None of the other war-
riors are less than six feet high. They are also of
muscular and robust make, except in the arms, which
are exceedingly slender, the biceps muscle especially
being very poorly developed. Their war and other
dances, songs, games, &c., were exhibited with great
spirit, and called forth repeated expressions of surprise
and satisfaction from their numerous visitors. The
boy ten years old, and little Papoose (who, by the
way, was most amusingly sleepy) attracted, with the
sedate and patient-looking squaws, perhaps quite as
much attention as the warriors. We should have said
that the exhibition was prefaced by an instructive and
really eloquent lecture from Mr. Catlin, who was
warmly applauded.

RAILWAYS IN SUSSEX.

Mr. Rastricic and numerous assistants are row
busily engaged in setting out the lines of railway
from Brighton through Lewes to Hastings, and from
Shoreham to Chichester ; and as soon as these preli-
minaries arc completed, the earthworks will be imme-
diately commenced. The Adur is to be passed by
means of a pile-bridge ; and we hear that Mr. Ras-
trick promises to open as far as Worthing in May
next. We also understand, from good authority, that
the line from Hastings to Lewes is likely to be opened
to the public in May or June next.
Once more we may be permitted to congratulate
our townsmen on the prospect of speedy completion
which these railways now present. We all know
how greatly the value of property at Brighton has
been already raised by the London and Brighton line;
or, if there be those not yet aware of the fact, they
need only inquire of any house-agent or auctioneer in
the place what relation the rents and prkes now ob-
tained bear to those which were procurable before the
railway was made. At this moment the demand for
large houses is, we believe, beyond all precedent, when
compared with the corresponding period of any former
year; and, judging from present appearances, there
can be little doubt that the season which is just com-
mencing will be one of great prosperity.
Nor will the benefit he confined to Brighton. Our
friends in East and West Sussex generally will
participate in the gain. Mr. Faithfull, it may
be recollected, made the startling statement
at a meeting held lately in Hastings, that
until the new railway was projected, he—one of
the leading solicitors at Brighton—had never visited
that place ; nay, what was more extraordinary still,
that one of the most influential noblemen (Lord
Gage) in East Sussex, had also never seen it. Can
any man imagine for a moment that this would have
been the case if a railway had existed ?
In a national point of view, too, the early com-
pletion of these coast lines is of immense importance.
If the madmen who constitute what is called
the " war party " of France should unhappily
succeed in their efforts to embroil the two nations,
the facility of conveying troops from point to point
along the coast will, combined with harbours of
refuge, be among our most important means of de-
fence; and the evidence on this point given by Sir
Willoughby Gordon before the Parliamentary Com•
rnittee cannot be forgotten. There is little doubt that
the branch line about to be made to Chichester will,
at an early period, be continued to Portsmouth ; and
we hope that the Eastern line will in like manner be
extended to Dover. When this is done there will be
an unbroken communication between two of the most
important points on the southern coast.—Brighton
Gazette.

THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—In addition to the
information we gave in our last, as to the contracts being
taken for nearly all the line from Exeter to Newton, we
are now enabled to add that preparatory steps are being
taken for the commencement of the road at the Plymouth
end. During the past week men have been employed
in sinking shafts on the ground adjoining Mutley Plain,
in order that the nature of the strata may be ascertained,
prior to the contracts being offered. On Saturday last a
fine ship, of upwards of 1,000 tons burden, commanded
by Captain Taylor, entered Catwater, laden with Ame-
rican timber, having on board, as we are informed, 1,400
loads for the purposes of the railway. The timber will
be deposited pro tem. in Hooe Lake, and it is generally
rumoured that it will be prepared at this port and shipped
by barges for Teignmouth, Dawlish, Starcross, &c., as it
is wanted. If this be the case it will give employment
to a great number of men. The contractors are under
heavy penalties to finish a considerable portion of the
works by February next. Mr. Gill, the chairman of the
directors, with other members of the board, have been
during the past week in Ireland, in order personally to
inspect the atmospheric railway, new in operation in
that country, as the question of the propriety of adapt-
ing it to the South Devon line, will shortly be discussed
by the directors.—Plymouth Journal.
TENBURY.—The quantity of rain which has fallen
of late, accompanied with boisterous winds, has proved
injurious to the hop plantations, many poles having been
blown down ; but still there is not so much harm done as
might have been anticipated. It is expected that in this
neighbourhood there will be more than an average crop.
A few more fine days will complete the wheat harvest, the
quality of which is excellent. The barley and other
crops, it is feared, will be light.—Ten Towns Messenger.
ALARMING FIRE.—On Saturday forenoon, between
ten and eleven o'clock, a fire was discovered in a stable
at the rear of the Two Bells public-house, facing White-
chapel Church, in the occupation of Mr. C. Vanderstein,
jun. The stable adjoins the back of the premises of
Mr. Banks, the extensive sugar-baker, Osborn-street,
Whitechapel, where it was that the fire broke out. At
this spot inside the bake-house is the large stove which
is used in the manufacture of the sugar, and it is sup-
posed that the iron tires which passed through the wall
were red hot, and thus caused the wood of the stable to
ignite. The progress of the fire was very rapid, as the
workshops of Mr. Bradley, undertaker, also caught.
Fortunately there was a plentiful supply of water, and
the parish engine, with those from Wellclose-square and
Jeffrey's-square, quickly arrived. Several buckets of
water were promptly thrown over the devouring element,
which was soon got under. The damage done was not
very extensive. Had the fire occurred during the night,
a most disastrous destruction of property would have
been inevitable. The sugar-baker's was burnt down
about eleven years ago.
IRISH CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.—The ob-
noxious principle of this Act—the right of interference
with Catholic doctrine and discipline—has been retained,
and the modifications of detail in the provisions of the
measure, as originally introduced, leave that vicious
principle untouched. As we had all along anticipated, a
feeling of extreme hostility against the Act prevails
amonst the Catholic prelates and clergy, not one of whom
had been consulted regarding a measure so vitally affect-
ing the charitable bequests of the Catholics ; and this
sentiment, we have reason to believe, extends amongst
those portions of the hierarchy who have been remark-
able for their unwillingness to take an active part in
political movements. Several letters, indignantly de-
nouncing the hostile provisions of the Act, have been
published. Indeed, we
may go so far as to anticipate
that the Catholic clergy will avoid communication, and
decline all co-operation with a board to be constituted
under such circumstances. There is no remedy but an
extensive modification of the Act.—Dublin Evening Post.
HEROIC CONDUCT 01' A YOUNG NAVAL OFFICER.
—A few evenings ago, as Mr. Walpole, a mate of the
Collingwood, lying at Spithead, was coming on board
from a yacht, a little after twelve o'clock, and when
within about fifty yards of the vessel, his boat, which was
upset. It was blowing rather fresh at the
verytim
time,
small,an
and being encumbered with his pea jacket, he
duct of Mr. Roderic Dew, a brother mate. This young
gentleman,
had taken his place on the watch shortly
have perished, but for the heroic con-
beforeident occurred, on seeing a man in the
water,
jumped overboard, and swam to his as-
ate wouldr inevitably
instantlyhe
accident
wheo
as-
sistance. Mr. Walpole was nearly exhausted when he
reached him ; and the sea being very rough, it was not
without the greatest exertion he succeeded in bringing him
in safety to the ship. Mr. Walpole, so nobly rescued
from an untimely death, is a scion of the noble house of
Orford. This incident, unsurpassed as it is in true
bravery, might have gone unrecorded, if accident had
not brought it to the ears of the gentleman who has fa-
voured us with this account of it.—Sunday Times.
NEW ROYAL EXCIIANGE.—On Saturday work-
mentower of the new Royal
commenced placing the bells in the belfrey of the
Exchange, of which there are to
be fifteen. There are seven of them on the grounds, which
weigh above 38 cwt. The bell which is the lightest
weighs 4 cwt. and 26: lbs. This is B flat, and the cord
bell to it weighs 6 cwt. and 27 lbs. The whole of the
bells will weigh above 80 cwt., and will be at the Ex-
change in the course of the next week. The contractor
for teem, Mr. Mead, will superintend the placing of
us.. ay The mechanism
stonemasons
of
them. It is expected that they will be in their several
thee
positionsluek ißniltlhtehceouubrese
putof ten day
up.
'l'o-day
begin to lay down the flag-stones outside the build-
ings, under the direction of Mr. Collingshaw, the super-
intendent of the works. The first stone will be laid
down opposite the Wellington testimonial. The opera-
tion will take place in about three weeks, by which time
the external front of this magnificent structure will have
been cleaned down. From the appearance of the inte-
rior, and the progress of the encaustic painting, the
probability is that it will be about the middle of October
that the merchants will be able to be admitted for the
transaction of business.
TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN. I-T
---...LOSPITAI. FOR
CONSUMPTION, tscce AT BROMPTON. n
Saturday the
building committee of this valuable institution held a
meeting at the board-room in Great Marlborough-
street, when it was determined to proceed at once as ra-
pidly as possible towards the completion of the building,
and tenders for such sections as were agreed upon were
received and adopted for that purpose. As a testimonial
to the worth and merits of the late Henry Blunt, the
respected rector of Upper Chelsea, the friends of the
Rev. Gentleman have determined to purchase a bed in
perpetuity in
one of the wards, which it is proposed to
name after the deceased. It may be remembered that
Mr. Blunt himself died of pulmonary consumption ; the
compliment is therefore as appropriate as it is deserving.
It is the intention of the committee of management to
hold another fancy fair on behalf of the building fund.
PROPRIETY OF INSERTING IN THE POLICE GAZETTE
DESCRIPTIONS OF BODIES FOUND.---On Saturday an in-
quest, held by Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., coroner, at the
Swan U p blic house Fulham-bridge foot, on the body of a
man, name unknow n about forty-two years of age,
which was found floating in the river Thames, near
Putney-bridge, on Tuesday last, some clothes having
been found on the towing-path at Barnes on the pre-
vious Friday, the jury lamented that since the passing
of the Poor-law Amendment Act there was no fund from
which to defray the expense of giving publicity to a de-
scription of the bodies of persons unknown, found in the
river or elsewhere. Mr. Wakley coincided with the jury
in that opinion, and suggested that the insertions of such
information in the Government Police Gazette, which is
published three times a week, the insertions being gra-
tuitous, would be a great public benefit, and would be
more useful than many of iis present contents. The
jury returned a verdict of Foiled dead in the water;
but how the body came there there was no evidence to
show."
YORKSHIRE JURORS.—" I remember," says Lord
Eldon, in the Anecdote Book, " Mr. Justice Gould try-
ing a case at York; and when he had proceeded for
about two hours, be observed, Here are only eleven
jurymen in the box; where is the twelfth ?' " " Please
you, my Lord," said one of the eleven, " he is gone
away about some business; but he has left his verdict
with me."

BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER
RAILWAY.

BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY EVENING.—A numerous ftnri
important meeting of the proprietors of the Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway was held at Dee's Royal Hotel
to-day, for the purpose of transacting the usual half-
yearly business of the Company. There was consider-
able interest excited in consequence of a large number
of shares having been thrown upon the market, owing to
some unfivourable rumours which had been circulated
respecting the mode in which the recent transactions of
the Company had been managed. Indeed, it was expected
that there would be some strong debates, but such, how-
ever, was not the case, and the meeting was carried on
and terminated to the satisfaction of the shareholders
present.

_
Samuel Bonley, Esq., of Gloucester, was called to the
chair, when,

CAJANI'S ANATOMICAL WAX-

Mr. SANDERS, the secretary, read the minutes of the
last meeting, after which he read the report of the
directors for the last half-year, from which it appeared,
that the receipts for the past half-year, ending the 30th
June, have been 53,2031. 4s. ld., and the total expendi-
ture, including interest, &c., has been 39,201/. 125.,
which, with the balance from last half-year, of 1111. 16s.
10d., now leaves at disposal 14,0531 Bs. 11d. ; from
hich the directors recommend the payment of a divi-
dend of 255. per share (less income-tax), amounting to
13,759 L 12s. 10d., carrying forward the remaining sum
0f2931. 16s. ld. to the current half-year's account. This
amount of dividend is more than double what was paid in
the corresponding six months of 1843. The receipts
from the passenger traffic show an increase of 5,590/.25. Id.
over the corresponding half-year, although no ad-
vantage had been obtained prior to the 30th of June
from the completion of the Bristol line, which was not
opened till the Bth of July. The increase of the goods has
been much greater than that of the passenger traffic.
The CHAIRMAN then said that he was quite prepared
to enter into a full explanation of the whole of the trans-
actions and accounts of the Company, in addition to the
information supplied in the report. It appeared that
some persons, having been disappointed in the dividend,
had sold out rather extensively, although he coald not
see any grounds for such alarm. The account which he
held in his hand of the amount of the traffic was cer
tainly very satisfactory.
Mr. J. STURGE said he was glad to observe that there
was an evident disposition on the part of railway pro-
prietors to accommodate second and third-class passen-
gers, and he hoped that that feeling would become gene-
ral. lie had heard that on some lines it was the practice
to compel second-class passengers, when changing to an-
other line, to go in first-class carriages.
CITARLES SHAW, Esq., said, the Birmingham and
Gloucester Company had three third-class trains run-
ning daily, at the rate of 17 miles an hour, and so far
they must be considered as having acted with liberality
towards the public.
The following resolution, declaratory of the divi-
dend, was then agreed to, after which the meeting
separated

" That a dividend of 11. ss. per 1001. share, in 6s. 3d.
per quarter, dated Ist January, 1844 ; 4s. 2d. per quar-
ter share, dated Ist March ; 3s. Oid. per quarter share,
dated Ist April ; 2s. old. per quarter share, dated May
1 ; Is. Old. per quarter share, dated Ist June (less in-
come-tax), amounting to 13,7594 12s. 10d. be now de-
clared, and that it be payable on the 7th Sept. next."

(From Friday Night's Gazette.)
Railway Department, Board of Trade,
Whitehall, Aug. 20, 1844.
Whereas, by a minute of the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade, relative to the constitution
and mode of proceedings of the Railway Department,
dated Aug. 6, 1844, and presented to Parliament by her
Majesty's command, my Lords direct, that whenever the
department has formed an intention of examining into
any railway scheme or schemes, with a view to making a
minute or report thereon for presentation to Parliament,
notice shall be given of that intention in the Gazette, for
the information of those whom it may concern; in which
notice shall be stated, as near as may be, the points into
which inquiry is to be made in connection with the pro-
posed line of railway. In conformity with the said direc-
tion, the Board, constituted by that minute for the trans-
action of railway business, hereby give notice, that it is
their intention to examine into the following schemes,
with a view to the presentation to Parliament of minutes
sourbrjeepc(t)srtosf
athpeprleicoant,ioinn the
Parliament:—
eaervleinamt of their becoming the
I. The schemes proposed for connecting London and
York by a new line or lines of railway communication
to the eastward of the lines at present existing.
11. The schemes proposed for establishing east and
west lines of railway communication between Lincoln-
shire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.
111. The schemes proposed for completing the railway
communication between Scotland and England.
IV. The schemes proposed for extending railway
communications to Newbury, and to the districts of
Wiltshire, Somersetshire, and Dorsetshire, which lie in-
termediate between the London and South-Western
Railway, and the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Rai 1 ways.
V. The schemes proposed for completing the line of
southern coast communication between Chichester and
Portsmouth.

WORKS.

VI. The schemes proposed for extending railway
communications from London to Gravesend, Chatham,
and North Kent.

VII. The schemes proposed for extending railway
communications from Oxford to Rugby, and, to Eves-
ham, Worcester, and other districts intermediate between
the Great Western and London and Birmingham Rail-
ways.
VIII. The schemes proposed for establishing new and
more direct railway communication between Manchester
and Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, and other
places in the districts adjoining to the Manchester and
Leeds Railway, and intermediate between that line and
the Manchester and Sheffield, and Leeds and Bradford
Railways.
The principal points into which inquiry will be made,
in connection with the above schemes, are as follow :

We were admitted on Friday to a view of those ad-
mirable works of the great Florentine Academician,
Ludovico Cajani, now exhibiting in Mr. Leach's ex-
hibition-room, 10, Rathbone-place. They are accu-
rate and beautiful representations of all the organs and
tissues of the human body, and to be appreciated they
must be seen. The principal figures are a Venus de
Medici, and a half figure, displaying the most im-
portant dissections, and the organs in their relative po-
sitions. On removing, the integuments of the head
and part of the cranium we are presented with a
model of the brain, which is separable into vertical
and horizontal sections, exhibiting the vessels, convo-
lutions, divisions, and the two substances of this organ.
The muscles, glands, nerves, and vessels of the face
are next shown ; then the interior of the mouth, with
the larynx, pharynx, &c.; then the superficial and
deep-seated muscles of respiration—the heart, lungs,
and great blood-vessels, the muscles of the ab-
domen, with the viscera and their appendages.
Each of the viscera is represented by a se-
parate model of exquisite nicety, and these are
all placed in their true situations, being remov-
able, one after the other, for the more perfect exami-
nation of the whole. These exact models are well
adapted to convey such a knowledge of the human
body as every rational person must desire to possess,
presenting one great outline of its wonderful mecha-
nism and complicated relations. This instruction, so
useful and satisfactory, is thus afforded without the
disagreeable incidents of the dissecting-room, and
without any accompaniment which would offend the
fastidious. The structure and functions of the
living machine are further illustrated by numerous
anatomical diagrams and preparations, of which Mr.
Leach availed himself in a neat and comprehensive
lecture upon physiology, which drew forth the ap-
plause of a respectable and gratified audience. Many
of his observations were valuable as respects the pre-
servation of health. In pointing out the functional
relations of different organs to one another, he showed
how much pain and disease men might avoid, if they
only understood so much of their own structure as
was here displayed. It is to be hoped that he will
attract that degree of public attention, to which his
ability as a popular lecturer, and the inappreciable
value of his collection, are entitled.

Ist. The ability and bona fide intention of the pro-
moters to prosecute their application to Parliament
next session for Bills to authorise the several under-
takings.

2d.-The advantages to be obtained, in a national point
of view, in completing or extending important lines of
railway communication.
3d. The amount of local advantage afforded to the
towns and districts more immediately affected.
4th. The engineering circumstances of the line, so far
as may be necessary to form a general judgment of the
character of the undertaking.
sth. The estimates of cost of construction, and of
traffic and working expenses, so far as may be necessary
to judge of the probability of the line being completed
and efficiently worked in the event of its being sanctioned
by Parliament, and with a view to drawing a compari-
son between the merits of competing lines of railway.
The inquiry, in conformity with the recommendation
of the Fifth Report of the Select Committee on Railways,
will not embrace questions of private property or into •
rest, which will be reserved altogether for the conside-
ration of the Legislature.
(Signed) DALLIOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING.

PRINCE ALBERT'S BravinAr.—To-day is the an-
niversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, on which occasion the illustrious Prince com-
pletes his twenty-fifth year, having been born on the
26th of August, 1819.
THE KING OF TILE FRENCH.—The Observatur of
Brussels states that there is still a report that the King
of the French will return to Paris from England by way
of Belgium.

THE ALDERSG ATE-STREET NUISANCE.—On Friday
at a wardmote held in the ward of Aldersgate, at which
after a severe contest between Mr. Sharwood and Mr.
Smith, two very respectable inhabitants, for the office of
Common Councilman, the former was declared to be the
successful candidate, Mr. Godson called the attention
of the meeting to the odious whalebone nuisance which
has so long existed in Aldersgate-street, notwithstanding
the outcry which has been raised against it, and its pre-
sentment to the Court,of Aldermen by the inquest jury.
Sir Peter Laurie and other gentlemen present spoke
strongly in support of the measures for its instant re-
moval, and at the termination of the discussion it was
resolved, that the wardmote should send in a memorial
to the Court of Aldermen, praying that the Court would
take steps, by instituting such proceedings as they might
deem proper for the removal of the nuisance created by
the whalebone manufactory of Messrs. Westall, in Al-
dersgate-street. It was also resolved, that in the event
of the refusal of the Court of Aldermen to order pro-
ceedings to be instituted, the ward itself should imme-
diately pursue the necessary means to accomplish the
object of the inhabitants.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE RIVER
QUEEN.—On Wednesday afternoon, an accident of a
frightful character took place on board the River Queen
upon her voyage to Ipswich from Walton-on-the-Naze,
in Essex. It appears that the vessel, as usual upon days
when she takes an " Excursion," had a crowded deck
and cabin, and some parties to avoid the crush went
down into the engine room, open under the permission
of the engineer. Among these were Captain Robert
Resker, of the Zephyr brig, belonging to this port, his
wife, and several other persons. Resker afterwards
came on deck and sat upon the hatches connected with
the light above the engine room. From this position he
was seen to rise, and then suddenly to fall backwards
through an opening upon the engine, within the works
of which he was caught, and though the engineer, prompt
at his post, stopped the way of the boat immediately, the
unfortunate man was crushed to death in an instant.—
Suffolk Chronicle.
Within these forty years, in the course of which
population has advanced about 65 per cent, in Great
Britain and Ireland, crime in England has increased 700
per cent., in Ireland about 800 per cent., and in Scotland
above 3,600 per cent.
Tn the numerous compounds con-
stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc-
tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very
limited period; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a
reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es-
timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention
for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair,
are too well known and appreciated to need much comment.
The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it
enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu-
merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au-
thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all
attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred,
its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un-
principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as
the "genuine" Macassar Oil: whereas the genuine article is
wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son,
and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders
abortiveany attempt to discover its component parts—thus
proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the title
of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words
" Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—All others are
(rankle:l; counterfeits