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No 16,0=1%. LONDON, WEDNESDAY
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, N ANUARY 31, 1844.
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, THE STATE OF THE STREET<
The state of the City thoroughfares, and the offer of t))*
patentee of the new street sweepingi-machine to cleanse one
of the six divisions, came on for discussion before the Com-
missioners of Sewers at Guildhall Yesterday, Alderman Gibbs
in the chair. The question stood` adjourned from the 23d
instant; in order to allow Mr. Gore, the contractor, an op-
portunity of coming to terms with the patentee. The proposi-
tion made by Mr. Whitworth' the inventor, was to release
Mr. Gore from the payment of gOO/. for the ire of machine%
(which the latter had entirely thrown out of use), and for
that amount to take on himself the south-western district of
the City, including Ludgate-hill and fleet-street, for the
purpose of showing what might be done with the machines
when properly worked. Thus the matter stood when the
parties were called before the Court yesterday. Mr. Gore
was attended by his legal adviser, and in answer to the
Chairman, said that he had considered the matter, and was
prepared to carryout his original tender,_ to cleanse the streets
by manual labour for 1,200/. less than the sum he was then
receiving under the tender which obliged him to employ the
machines. The Chairman called Mr. Gore's attention to the
offer of Mr. Whitworth, and suggested that by giving up the
south-west district to that gentleman he would get rid of one-
fifth of his duty without suffering any pecuniary loss. Mr.
Gore expressed his unwillingness to relinquish any portion of
the contract. If the Commissioners approved of it, he had
no objection to work the machines himself in the south-west
district, cleansing the Other part of the City by manual labour.
Mr. It. L Jones remarked on the absurdity of Mr. Gore's
desiring to revert to life original contract to cleanse the
City for 3,4001., when the Commissioners were willing to
pay the full amount of 4,600/., if he would allow the pa-
tentee to work the machines in the south-west district.
Mr. Gore repeated his determination not to allow the pa-
tentee to cleanse the district in question. His reputation
as a contractor would suffer by doing so,
and rather than
give up any portion he would work the whole at it taieri-
tice. Mr. Prior thought, as Mr. Gore had refused so
reasonable a proposition, the Commissioners ought to put
an end to his contract. He had no doubt of their
power to do so on giving seven ilays' notice. He
should be glad to know the opinion of thek solicitor on this
point. The question was one of the highest importance and
called for prompt interference. A messenger wai then, dis-
patched for Mr. Tyrrell, but that gentleman heinghtol home,
Mr. Deputy Pewtress moved that the opinion of the ..',olicitc'r,
as to the terms of Mr. Gore's agreement should he take:, and
reported next Tuesday, preparatory to rescinding the t,
tract, in the event of that gentlemen persisting in his presel.'t
determination. At the close of the proceedings the patentee
remarked, that as the character of his machines had suffered
from the manner in which they had been worked in the city,
-he was most anxious that their capabilities should be fairly
tested. Several members of the Court observed, that they
come to a determination to have the City better cleansed
and if Mr. Gore persisted in his refusal to allow the proposed
experiment by the patentee, the Commissioners would cleanse
the streets themselves, and debit Mr. Gore with the cost.
The Court, after some other unimportant business, broke up.
If should be mentioned that. Mr. Gore was accompanied by
several other contractors, and the most perfect understanding
appeared. to exist between them.

PETITION TO THE QUEEN•

The Lord Mayor of Dublin has received the following' letter
from Sir James Graham :

" Whitehall, 25th January, 1844.
"Mv Lord Mayor,—l have received her Majesty's commandg
to notify to you, that the Queen will receive the address of"
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin, at
Buckingham Palace, on Friday, the 2d of February.
" It will be my duty to make known to your Lordship on
your arrival in London the precise hour which her Majesty
may please to appoint for receiving the address.—l have the
honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your faithful servant,
" J. G. GRAHAM.
" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin."
In consequence of the foregoing intimation, the Corpora-
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tion held a ineeting on Monday, a which it was proposed by
Alderman Roe, that the Lord Mayor should not wait upon

her Majesty, but that a letter should be written to the Iltime
Secretary requesting him to present the address. This rie'
was generally dissented from, and it was strongly put to the
ex-Lord Mayor that he should not refuse to present the
address in person. Alderman Roe, however, refused to ac—
company his successor, and accordingly a deputation of the
members of the Town-council was formed, which is to pro-
ceed to London forthwith.

ARRIVAL OF THE PENINSULAR MAIL—SOUTH-
AmmoN, JAN. 30.—The Little Liverpool arrived here at
three o'clock, P.M., having the Gibraltar and Peninsular
mails. Her dates are, Gibraltar, Jan. 20 ; Cadiz, 21; Lisbon,
24; and Vigo, 26. The Liverpool had seven passengers and
a full cargo of fruit.
GADDESBY MURDER.—After another private, but
brief, examination this morning, Mr. Messenger was once
more discharged. The opinion gains ground that Timson
(who is in gaol to take his trial for felony) " knows BOMC-
thing."—Leicesfer Mercury.
LIVERPOOL—The friends of civil and religious
liberty will hold a public meeting, on Wednesday next, in
the Music-hall, for the purpose of declaring their sentiments
on the coarse pursued by the Tory Government in certain of
the preliminary preparations for the State Trials now pend-
ing in Dublin.—Liverpool Albion.
Buckingham Palace is undergoing some extensive
alterations and improvements, particularly in the wing ap-
propriated for the use of the Royal nursery.
GENERAL DUFF GREEN AT HOME.—At Washing-
ton Duff Green is quite busy with the President and Cabinet.
He is organising measures and collecting capital for the
establishment of a daily newspaper in New York. It will be
a free trade Calhoun paper, and will also be an organ of the
Anti-Corn-law League of England.—New York Paper.
DEATH OF MAJOR MACKENZIE, FODDERTY.—It 18
with deep regret that we have to announce the death of
Major Mackenzie. The Major was an eminent agriculturist,
and may be said to have introduced the modern scientific
system of culture into Ross-shire, and the first who applied
lime to the soiL The Major had been ailing some months,
and died in his 75th year. He was universally respected for
his honesty and benevolence, and his death is greatly de-
plored.—Rose-shire Adrertiser.
THE NELSON STATUE FINISHED.—At length the
statue of the Hero of the Nile is visible from his exalted po-
sition in Trafalgar-square, apparently completed as it is " to
go down to' posterity," as well as stand the criticism and in-
spection of the present age. It is, undoubtedly, much im-
proved from the alterations and " clippings" it has under-
gone, the coil of rope, on one side, being much diminished,
and the left hand tail of the coat being likewise lessened, so
as to remedv the curious effect produced by its previous
-form. Rapid progress is now being made in the completion
of the square, which being nearly paved, looks very advan-
tageously. The displeasing and unsightly boarding will,
consequently, be soon removed, as also the clever and curious
scaffolding, that at present surrounds the column, and pre-
sents such a striking specimen of ingenuity.
Lady Oakeley died at Hastings on Friday last, in
her 42d year. Her Ladyship was second daughter of the
late Lord Charles Murray Aynsley, son of the fourth Dnke
of Athol, and married, the sth of June, 1826, the Rev. Sir
Herbert Oakeley, Bart., Archdeacon of Colchester, and Dean
of Barking.
NEW ZEALAND THEATRICALS.-011 the 31st of
July last the first stone of a theatre, called the " Victoria,"
was laid at Port Nicholson, by Mr. Alderman Lyon, who
made rather an eloquent speech on the occasion, remarking
that the spot on which the theatre was to stand was but a
desert three years ago. By a playbill which is iu London,
headed " Royal Victoria Theatre, Manners-street, Te Aro,"
it appears that this theatre was opened for the second time
on the 16th of September. This is quick work, but probably
the theatre is constructed of light materials. The bill, how-
ever, states that it is lighted with gas.
DUTY ON TOBACCO.—A memorial has been ad-
dressed to Sir Robert Peel by the American Chamber of
Commerce at Liverpool, praying for a reduction of the duty
on tobacco, and stating the advantage which would accrue,
both to the revenue and to commerce, by such a measure.
Tables are given to show the increase of consumption during
the imposition of a low duty, and that to such a degree as to
render the source of revenue more productive. Thus, coffee
in 1801, at 13.7 d. per lb., yielded 77,651/. ; in 1821, nt Is. per
lb., 379,650/. ; and in 1841, at 6d. per lb., 710,524/. Tobacco
in 1821, at 4s. per lb., yielded 3,164,673/., and in 1841, at 3s.
per lb., 3,314,215/. This difference of duty has not, however,
been sufficient to reduce materially the profits of the smug-
gler, who is still able to sell his tobacco at 2s. 9d. per lb.,
which is 3d. less than the duty alone. In 1798 Ireland con-
sumed 8,000,0001b5. of tobacco, and she now consumes
3,000,0001b5. lees, with more than double the population.
During the period of extensive consumption the duty was
Bd. per lb., whereas now it is 3s. In England and Scotland
was consumed, in proportion to the population, only half the
quantity of tobacco consumed in Ireland, the duty in this
island being ls. 7d. However, on account of smuggling, the
quantity' of tobacco on which duty is paid does not give
even an approximation to the actual amount of consumption,
and the memorialists declare that in their belief the actual
consumption was 53,711,8561b5., instead of 22,094,7721b5., the
quantity on which the duty was levied. These statements
are followed by a prayer fur the reduction of the duty on
tobacco to Is. per lb.
We understand that the Worcester and Birming-
ham Canal Company mean to make a very considerable re-
duction in their rate of tonnage, on and after Thursday
next, Feb. 1 ; and most of our readers are no doubt aware
that the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company have
also resolved on adopting a similar step at the same period.
These measures will, in some degree, enable the port of
Gloucester to keep pace with the increasing competition of
other places; and the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Com-
pany will do well to re-consider the advance which they
made in the rates of tonnage in the canal last year, a course
which, as we predicted at the time, has operated most, pre-
judicially to the interests oldie port.—Gloucester Chronicle.
A VETERAN.—Died on Monday last, at Moor
Housesolear Masham, Mr. George Wharton, late of Laver-
ton,near - Kirkby Malzeard, at the patriarchal age of 114.
Until within the last two or three years this old man re-
tained his mental and physical faculties in an.eS.traordinary
way; anffever showed a disposition to conceA his age from
inquirers. The length of his pilgTimage, however, has, from
his narrative of circuni4tiiiittes which occurred in his youth,
been pretty well ascertained. He reulfinhered, when a lad,
being present with his mother at thes_npening of one of the
firStSMsialeyan chapels in London, when -he; Johis,Nes-
ley preach the opening sermon. At the last Whitsuntide
fair at Kirkby Malzeard he dined with the ancient order of
the Golden Fleece, when he appeared in excellent health and
spirits.— liokshire Gazette.
DESPERATE REMEDY FOR A DESPERATE Disfstat.
—They tell a good story. of Dr. Rand. He was called on
to visit a hypochondria patient, who fancied she had
swallowed a mouse. On entering the room the lady ex-
claimed, " Dear doctor !
~ lam glad to see you-1 am in
such distress—such pain I . • Oh, doctor, I have swallowed
a mouse!" "Swallowed—nonsense," replied the doctor, in
his mild and pleasant manner. "Oh, no, doctor," sal the
patient, "it is not nonsense—it is a mouse—a live mouse.—
he ran down my throat when I was asleep, with my mouth
open, and I feel him now, creeping about my stomach, and
trying to gnaw out. Oh, doctor, do prescribe something
quick, or I shall die." " Prescribe," said lie, " yes, I will
prescribe something that will cure you in a minute." "What
-Is. It - doctor, what is it ?—l'll take anything you order."
. , Veil, then, my dear madam, swallow a cat—if that don't
C'
you, nothing will."
%, HE WEamEn.—Last evening there was asudden
fan of the barometer, which was followed by a severe storm
of wind and snow. Towards the morning it blew a hurri-
cane, and in the course of the day a good deal of snow has
fallen, but, as the temperature is above freezing, it soon dis-
appears. The sky is much ovsrcast, with the appearance of
severe weather.
AN IRISH DEFENCE.—A man named Jeremiah
urt,
on
O'Leary was charged at Worship-street
_2)li:fledcoon
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Saturday with robbing his landlord of 6 6
lees.r to the charge, e
asked if he had anything to say 2 12
a word, your honour; arld,,4's
much has been said as it is . '
replied, with a penitential shrugiojil;lionepTnhiootntidaors,gre‘a4tTdhaeleditihoiol.
Folke-
stone viaduct and a single rail has been re-
sortedillieple, embankment. near the Folke-
e up and down trains as far
to for the present, for the Anotldieura
as Sapwood. shi aPs taken

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