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London, England, 1845-04-10 00:00:00

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rOREIGN.
The Afripe, published at Algiers, says :—" Abd-el-Kath!r
is at Bon-lleida with 1,000 cave lry. lie intiaaces the Hem-
Meynarens, and the Duuy-Thabete. Several tritota are pre-
paring to join him ; amongst them are mentioned the Vi i%
sident-Djeffras, the Ouled-Malirs, and the Beni-31afacs.
Colonel Gery has gone in pursuit of the Emir. The whole
province is in a state of agitation. The movement of AO-
el-Bader is attributed to the determination of this Emperor

of Morocco to ex.)el hint from his territory."
A letter from Amsterdam of the 6th, states that a great
portion of Bois le-Duc was under water. The dykes at Elden
Hoorn, and Driel had given way in two or three places. Let-
ters from Groningen, of the 3d inst., state that it was ex"
pected that the dyke of the Hoornsche Diep would also sOou,
give way, and thereby cause an inundation over a portion of
the province of Friesland.
From Cologne, April 4, we have the following :—""We
have been nearly thirteen days without accounts from the
upper countries, on account of- the inundations. Near Carls•
rube the waters are seven feet deep. The railroad between
Bruchtal and Weistock is submerged. In the village of
Stein, fifteen persons and a great number of cattle have been
drowned. At Frankfurt, the inundation has reached the
Roctnerberg. The Danube has also overflowed its banks.
At Nuremberg, the Correspondent Journal could not be pub-
lished, as it was impossible for the compositors to reach the

printing-office." -
The Bremen Gazette of the 31st ult sass :—" A terrible
catastropne has occurred here. The Weserteisch broke
through its banks this morning at six o'clock, near 13un'
tenthur. The waters are rushing with irretzistible fur; t
carrying away trees and houses. All the communications
are cut off. At ten o'clock a dozen houses fell in, and soon
afterwards thirty-three others disappeared. Several livo

have been lost."
On the night of the sth of March a fire broke out in the Na'
tional Theatre, Washington, caused, it is said, by the caL"
lessness of one of the company, who was dressing.
theatre was wholly destroyed, together with some seven or
or eight dwelling-houses adjoining.
The Captain-General of Cuba has issued a proclamatioo,
ordering all vessels arriving at the ports in that island with
slaves on board to be confiscated.

LAW AND POLIO!.
At the Gloucester Assize., Mr. Baron Platt sentenced s
man named Lewin Clifford, to seven years' transportation,
for having forged a receipt to a post-office order, for the per-
pose of defrauding Mose 3 Smart. The prosecutor was tho
prisoner's grandfather. The prisoner himself belonged to the
Cheltenham police-force.
Humphrey Jones, a broker's clerk, and William Bibb'',
a custom-house locker, were convicted at Liverpool, of on'
epiracy to defraud the Customs revEnue. The jury reconr:
mended that Bibby might receive the slightest punishment
that the law would permit, in consideration of the onerous
duties imposed on him, and the lax attention to duty which
had been paid by some of his superior officers in the Cu?"‘",
toms. The defendants were not sentenced, as theylll'

have to be brought up for judgment in the Court above.
At the Central Criminal Court, Mary Ann Pritchard elAel
Flaxman, was indicted for mai tying James Flaxman on Dee-
-19, 1843, her husband Henry Pritchard being then sin
Pritchard was a sailor, the prisoner had heard nothing of br,
for five years, and the owners of the ship had stopped 'T.
allowance fur three years, on the presumption that he 04"'
dead. The jury, under the direction of the Common Ser
geant. immediately acquitted her.
Charles Elles was sentenced, at the Middlesex Se,ssionstt°
seven years' transportation for stealing nine bagatelle balls
from the Rose and Crown, Crown-street, Soho.
Mr. B. C. Willis, agent, of the Quadrant, who ivss
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week charged with having obtained from Mr. Hearne, _,',
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liamentary agent, Pall. mall, two bills for 1,100/., by franon.
lent pretences, alleged to amount to the offence of larcent
appeared before Mr. Maltby, at Marlborough street, for Itbs
adjudication of the Court on the evidence produced sit .
previous investigation. The Magistrate said that hole;
carefully considered the evidence he felt himself bound
discharge the defendant.
COURT—TASHIONAEI.M.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and 111fite
Alexandriu4 Vane are expected to return from Paris tit
Holdernesse -house at the latter end of the present or early
the ensuing week.
The Earl of Durham and the Ladies Mary and —kill:
Lanibron and a family circle have been passing the Er: i
holidays at Lambton Castle. The Noble Earl and e;,
Mary attended the performance of Divine Service at L4,..50
earth on Sunday, when the Rev, the Dean of Dar°
preached a sermon on national education.
The Earl of Moray, accompanied by the Ladles St 0.
has arrived in Stratford-place from Darnaway Castle,
The Noble Earl has not been in town these three years- ~d
Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild will give a &To
entertainment, on Sunday next to their Royal Highnesses pd
d
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Or
Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. net
Sir Robert Peel has cards out for a ParliamentarY
on Saturday next, at his private mansion In Whiteh
gardens.
Viscount Melbourne entertained Viscount and Visonll
Palmerston, Lord and Lady Beauvale, and a select party', io
dinner on Monday evening, at the Noble Viscount's bons°
South-street. I four
Lady Brougham on Tuesday issued cards for a series ,40,
assemblies, for the 16th and 30th Instants, and on the
and 18th of the ensuing month.
The Earl of Aberdeen, as Ranger of Greenwich Park In'
room of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia
tildao f Gloucester, has taken possession of the edifice he
grounds; and the noble Foreign Secretary has engeg
portion of the establishment of the late Princess. A oil
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and The
Ladies De Burgh have arrived at Paris from Naples- eit
noble Marquis and Marchioness are expected to arrive tb g
mansion on Carlton House-terrace at the close of the ens
week.
The Earl of Ellenborough has arrived in town
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innb
seat in Gloucestershire. His Lordship has a V."' -
party ort Saturday next.
Mr. George Byng, M.P., and Mrs. Byng, have arrivetti;
St. James's-square, from Wrotham Park, Barnet, where
have been passing the recess. We are glad to learn the! of
Honourable Member continues in a very satisfactory eta'.
health
The. Archbishop of Armagh and the Honourable sit
Beresford, who are still at the Archiepiscopal Pah°. st,
Armagh, are not expected to arrive in Charles-street
James s-square, until the end of the month.
MISCELLANEOUS. &legal
On Monday evening a meeting of the members and to.
of the Church of England Society of Young Men to eideilse:
sions at Home and AoroaC, established last year, we h_Arii
the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of f 407-$0
an auxiliary in Southwark. Resolutions, approviog,
the missionary institutions, and to form the propOsen -7114
liary, under the name of "The South London Aill—tior
Church of England Young Men's Society," were then
mously adopted.
The annual change of the officers of the Landing Velltr'.
ment took place on Monday ; a certain number being _,.00
tioned at each of the Docks and appointed to the '71".0
compartments of those establishments to take tb.d de;
counts of ships' carg ies, or attend the examination all a 0
livery of the more important and valuable descriP"eti
merchandise, &c., according to their separate capa?',,," se'
the remainder of the officers being retained at the head apS
blishment in Thames-street, for the supply of the clusrat 01"
wharfs on the banks of the river, and the reioforceonel;o
the corps at the different dock-establishments, as „10$
may require, in consequence of the sudden influx of 1%01
and pressure of business, or from other causes connected
the trade of the Port.
It will gratify the patrons of the English stage t° I‘ll-1
that her Majesty has been pleased, in the most uneSloo
and condescending manner, to express her desire to up tee
the only national theatre now open, by conveying eo blO
lessee of Drury-lane her gracious intention to honour to
establishment with a state command, which is appoint
take place, we believe, on the 24th instant. th.
The annual festival of the Society of Guardians for sh-
Protection of Trade was celebrated on Friday last OrfAr
Piazza Coffee-house, Covent-garden, where about fifty
ciittisl
tlemen ,connected with the trade and commerce of the Ileat
of London and Westminster, &c., sat down to an ezee
dinner, provided by Mr. Cuttris.
The whole of the river dues on shipping frequentino.
port of Stockton on-Tees have been abolished from W," ed
day last. Great rejoicings took place in the town 01.
quence, and the trade of the port is expected to beg 7,011
increased by the removal of these imposts, which have '"
purcha4ed the Darlington and Stockton Railway. 4es
For some time past a great number of " vessels have wit.
prevented from entering the Channel owing to the 1010
veiling easterly winds ; many have arrived from the jog
Indies, and been compelled to beat about at sea for some d
veee
past. Tuesday morning. at an early hour, the wind
round to the W.N. W., and numbers of vessels availed
selves of the opportunity of reaching their destination
Thames was literally covered with vessels of ditrerentdo'
Lions from all parts of the globe.rolaf
On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, an ale •Agz ,
explosion took place on the premises of Messrs. Collineab
and Davis, vinegar rectifiers, of Union-row, Canbe.Otki'
which caused considerable excitement among the inhabitt,at
and destroyed much valuable properly. It appears toed ett
the time above named, several men were busily engng oises
the building, who were alarmed by hearing a loud nob
which was found to be the still which had exploded
fearful violence, forcing out the windows and injuring nspd
the men with the scalding liquid, which soon Ignited oaf
communicated to the building. The fire was subsecin
extinguished, but not before the building, was nearlyr,. toot'
Burned. The adjoining premises, in the occupancy of P.`"
and Son, were much damaged. tont
The youthful violinist, Master Day, has arrived 'll - tar
from Brussels. He brings with him the most flattering to
timonials from M. de Beriot and other eminent masters to
regard to his astonishing powers as a violinist. He is 11114
master the most intricate passages with the greatest ele:9o,
elegance of style, and his intonation is considered faun
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THE HAGUE, APRIL 7.—A letter from the L°%:::;1
Rhine of the 2d of April, says—" News was red
yesterday from Berlin, that his Majesty the Ring
r-
granted permission for the construction of an iron •
way from Arnheim to Wesel. It is expected tilo
loan will be shortly opened for two millions and a bs"
of dollars, which will be required for the work." be.
HISTORY OF A LONDON WORKSIIOP.—A ma" 10
gins by employing a few hands in a house often bu hip
adapted for an ordinary dwelling-house, and, as art-
business increases, be contrives to add one low 013,c1
nu-nt to another, by knocking down partition wall'' „%e,
making such alterations as suit his immediate purP-0-
He contrives by this means to accommodate an fue!: to
ing number of men, and the only practicable li°' or
that number is the want of more st
sitting room, as the case may be. fie Irani
these rooms by a stove, by steam, or by hot air, D'
lights them with gas : the consequence to 0
that the workmen are exposed at the same tiineh fro.
high temperature, and a foul and stagnant setnosP
in
This combination is carried to its highest degl'4:oo
tailors' workshops, and I have been told more than they
by the jourkeymen tailors themselves, thaj tog
have been obliged to strip to the very skis, be
they might be able to bear the intensevdaa
to which they are exposed. In buildings 10 nth •
for workshops more space is given t‘)
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bad
men, but they are usuall constructed on very.
see,
principles ; the whole building often forming one 611 if
g
divided by floors, perforated by a common staircss,enlod
a steam-engine is employed, it is generally to be
in a lower aprt,m-nt of this building, so that the 1-Lcrth
rises from thi- i rto, the upper ro.oms, and, minglin
the foul air of the intermediate floors, ascend; to the
rcpt
highest flat, where the hot and foul air collect* in g
abundance.—Medical Times.