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Ll', ERATURE. TC I RT OF CoMMON COUNCIL.
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The
~, , ..., Gr• it. 6 VI EW. No. CI. XVI. —A Court of Common Council was hel-1 on Thursday in the
ti,,,e ,
,eieer Mr the present icesetii is graced i Y Wile of Gaddhall, for the transaction I,f busine,-s. Considerable in-
ohe,ll,9liadid articles wh'clt have riven an unfailing tenet Was evinced, as time matter to bediseussed in the
Leonel,.
l''' ttel. t'' this t`eleer see.; keieee. -It is the simple sele. of iarri•ogiten Mark A and tee Lite Fleet Prisen, for the
the Direct Loa-
cure in ecr,a .
°IIIII . ' t'r
' u.' •"' rn- .1. . r re to his purpos,' of ce", e. ling
,ii po'secuted d • h.
ise ts uring is whole life, the sport of tor- them into lei assns tsar
doe and 3}a chester and the London and 13irmiegnain Rail
i. ..e terror ofpriests
b PittriOtS • and hypccetes and time serv- ,
ifeesca_ ,alternately the idol and the bugbear of way Cump- :nips.` 'There was also a me; ion upon the paper
ti the duties and salary of the Commissioner of the
?err ,hated hated a• . red k_,
and L wk. tune by those whose interests he CristPttePe respecting
bigots'
_l7' at another extolled to the skies, by blind The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor having taken his seat.
the minutes of the last Court were read.
kin °°al'l net underetand Idni; but amidst all the
"'a Sof se,...fate never swerving from his great par- wilhin the bar.
t was moved and carried that the Sheriffs take their scats
lilest :e relormatio._ of his race and tee establish- 'roe Lao MAYOR then notified to the Court that the
b,„_ee, the liberty, indeeede ' d hen rof his Lord Mayor elect. had expriessel his willingness to take upon
•""T la eil ed. itle.. . .nce, en ,ou
stee souei be difficult to find among all the h'ff he office and iltuies of Ls rd Mayor.
nose t
k as Men
rte . whom this island has produesd
1) • re sit CHRIST'S HosPITAL.
Itki „ sincere and successful patriot than 1 that the thanks
Me. THOMAS LOTT propose..., of the Court
tittle 'ue Pee, and he has been e last, if -• '
should be voted moderation and
to the Lord Mayor, for tbe
i,, . oni kor.
can .ortunete at ast, 1 p
°b. firmness h b dexhibited in the course of the contest be-
e a
iv le% ate, ‘ serve any man, in having his life,
tween the Court of Common Council and the Governors of
'Q see 2 works delineated by one of the first erators Citri 'ea Hospital. ~
role e estebreted writers of the nineteenth century. ' 1
lellesesa4 he no mistake about . e o Several ion . .
members opposed them ons on the ground
tire, " tale— the authorship or this d for vote, as the pro-
that this was an improper perm se ea
its_ we should rather say this faithful narra- cesdings between the contending parties -had not yet termi-
at etueses all th
14, .0 NI,
,:, 'adsed in write such a biography, and who has The motion was ultimately withdrawn.
-Nee . another laurel to those e hich ho has justly RAILWAYS.—GRAND CENTRAL TERMINUS.
14/:ty wolLa the more refined paths of literature. Almost The LORD Melton ELECT preseeted a petition,
pursuant to
telt' Isetil,,,,bich De Foe wrote is faittitully and strik- notice, from the Directors ;4' the. Direct London anti Man-
pat dr "mre the r d ' chester Railway Company (Rastnck s line) for leave to put-
le,s,tese e,_
in
_ ea er ; his appeardeee, his manner,
chase the site of Farringd •n-market for a great central ter-
pl,ll-este, T.st dependence of mind, his never fadirg
minus. As this was a very important subject he should re-
m struggles in adversity, whether in
44 rases'3l. 011 th • serve his observations till atter the report of the Committee.
toe,sae„ e pillory, or in a hieling-plice ; ,The petition was then read as follows ito .1' labours t b fit le 1• h• con- eTo
:
ally b With n, , . 0 ene man ini , is the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
"1
1'4,134.4, i vv illitun of Orange, and afterwards Commons of the City of London, in Common Council
ch.lesseeter n the succeeding reign ; his batOes with assembled.
4areltee si with the Catholics, and the high. flying " the humble petition or the Direct London and Man-
gra a; the •
kt• Of his 1 way in which he enployed the tedious chester Railway Company. . . •
t''' at 4)ng imprisonment,freaks
see see ten_ the of ortunt
telocZeettee a:7 rammed him to the highest pitch e Parliament fir an Act to enable them to construct a railroad
from Manchester to London. That the Company has beeu
toe, hat , most unbounded wealth, and at another
dui registered aceordieg to law, and that the whole of the
le' hare
'died a condition in w hich most other men
requisiteg capital of live millions (with the exception of a very
tes,t4 a soettl of despair—are all described with the small portion of shares reserved for the owners on the line)
ezilee slid stet, and with such truth, such a glowing ;,„ ese„ subscribed, and that di posits amounting to upwards
he ,wilt e,Pch a congeniality of feeling, that every ef 440,0001, have been ouly paid..
6 1 "'Y regret that h.- t ' d*dnotextend t "That the Company is principally composed of traders,
44d's "On th t sear ic,e i
NI, el p, (MO comprising rot fewer than ola tnerchants, manufacture!!, factors, amid other persons coil-
between London and Man-
tes.. lee ti - lint the affairs of De Fee are not th, limed with the trade mined on
,m
Ill'aelit • Itt find a in thisit is found to be a matter of paramount i
t into Phase
',kb' th •trade and the public accommo •
alet -rely e wise and manly policy of William Pori.aoceinterests of
to the .
this.
desert t• iation, that a terminus to rai eay should
1 be established
te,,,o'leeeet e p ion or the motley crew of stat. s- -
te si Is . -tannerwith the City of London, locality to and from which four-
n the .
h I had t deal,d se (toe . s 1,%, tlll heo an traffic f Manchester pro-
itths of the trade and passenger 0
N. at of the serenityof • 1 wiii -h that Btu-
es, e toe, min«.• s ceeds.
telt 44, .ge possessed--the man who would net e That your petiti; nets -are anxious to treat with your
,eatoteroeri,,,ndepeedent Sovereign, who would not Honourable Court, for the purchase of the site of Faeringden-
-I,,,`(''V't* ell ),',, the apron-strinAs of his wife. atic eisrket, which, as your Petitioners ate informed, is.noe re-
Oq 081 and 6, `'"e disgraceful wrangles of Whigs and ,tuired for the purposes for which it was et:atonally de-igned.
eh.ests,,el, tearehruen, ale' Dissenters, and infidi Is, " That the plan by which your Petition. rs
hate the propose
to
te'llsr es, onl •coolly remarked to 11. r-h I bring this railroad to Farringclon-market, will e _
,tee, •,T, e
'''' .th they are inconsistent• 1. " 'fber. '
4 'ti ehi, • ean peop s. it raising the ground at Holborn-bridge, , , •n-bridee and will afford the
declivities of
t its `''''re and he seenisite facilities for reducing the dangerous
e -see c erecter of Queen Anne, whi.
1 than en when . Skinner-street and Holborn ill, and rendering the carriage
ee eel. en ehe ascended the throne, arid
and foot-way from the crown of Holborn-hill t, the summit
11:tts ePturiel „was formed and kilo., n. It vo, ,
, if Skinner street one of easy and safe ascent and descent.
e. It i "i Si;wness and bigotry, 4 4„, these
ehut ''' "That this plan likewise contemplates the removal of the
liter to availed to coutitei act eacn otni r.of the
low houses in Field-lane, and the improvement
will
Pt. •re e 4 iiigh Ch t•-•h •t• le was ne, dful •oretched property in the neighbouring district, and
b,,-Itze 4al ce . u t princ e
the inhabitants.
'Ole lot, unsearnca • but reliance on a woman- add meterially to the health and comfort of
..
flak, • ~needful to her feeble mind." Hence the " That your petitioners are informed that it is probable.
)'.l'''f.r ',;,,tnee ofthe d' • 'and artful that other Companies, who have projected the construction
t lb- 1 Lirlbor emin••enrg ,
if certain railroads from the North, may desire also to este-
__et
ohs' P. oligh, of Abigail Ylashatn, and the .
este-
r 4 sod man, and he nee also the disgraceful • ,fish
a terminus in the. vicini'y of Farringdon-street : and
a •tsel P,'Esecution of the beet friend of the mo •
your pe•itemers are peento understand.
le 'sf 14, Pelle for the f matio i
eommodation may be found in that locality or ,
011,41 elect 11,, also, of the Church. During th
of a great central terminus, available to all parties. I eel.
iNotaeli f ' De Foe had, in his ihtervieas will,
i, , lat e . to convinced that such an establishment would afford great
lo '''sti jlie lee qustitly urged the benefits that would dvan-
accommodation to the public, and be productive of.a
01,4. Nees,. i'm of Eneiand and Sc ,?land ; but th,
.ace to all parties concerned. Your petitioners, while they
',''eettl een,,e,o replied that the apple was riot yet rip .. ;re anxious to negotiate with the Corporation for the pur-r
le roe ' reign
L, lc, ard ,• • ' however, the scheme seas agate ,O;ase of a site for their own erection, are prepered to ccouitic,um
''t d ' 'nattily at the insesnc .of De Foe, ant, with other pa• ties similarly situated, to carry into exe , i
4- •'''ar ''"'ta t •
I Nii, •S, z 11,, 0 Scotland with the Commissioners " e .
a plan for the general ascommodatien of all.
e,te , Iteee si at the same time intrusted with cen-Your, pea ion... .
t.' Pr • thereore humbly pray of your Honour-
. e 'kb. 'rice derived from the M. ' tr in London ts tee Ire i . oils y able Court to petnitt, themto treat '
site of Fairing-dine-maofrailroad t
• reet for the purpose a er-
e't'il e 1444 'is prudence, and surpassing abilities
inieleo
'ie 'tm ()11 of this great and useful measure is
• e ,ii t trii, On the motion that the petition be referred to the improve-
t:hil 14') vs,. dated. This appointment directed his ;Bent Committee, this day appointed,
ed. te Seet-t!",_as matters which he believed to be es.- • Mr. HARRISON asked the petitioner whether there was any
sititohl'et aelse" Prespeiy, and gr: landed in him ~ plan attache4 to the petition showing the course by which it
t•'' ePeaie ' likings thr the Scottish people. 11, was proposed the railroad should traverse the City?
I' 'itrst) euloe, had
„ eof them ; busied himself earnest!? Mr. Dillon said that a plan had been prepared, but lie
i_ :t**kilt •4' ler their commercial d national ad- it not with him.
.; si set and
..„ and
..
Mr. Haneisox—ln what way do you mean immediately
i .h,e it ill, tc.til tens arils wrote a v• ,ry Interesting
hreto% setee ash "W e raj, ice," adds Mr. Macau 'o
lapproach Fallen don-market?
1r Dillon answeredg that it was proposed that a line
tetiste't aet
,ee s to conceal his name). " to have to
..
hould be carried from the neighbourhood of Battle-bridge,
tee jO. a° 1:° eminently iii the best spirit, of the
running with the bed of the Fleet River; that it should come
rhi:t ts elonerge-nainded and so tolerant, with his down a 'lee called Field-lane, and there enter upon Hol-
t' It a e ''"(1 turbulence • .Il.t ••
d pe• •
es 'int ish e• to tianqui i y , ru e IL'
dthat ground of Holborn-bridge should
born-tridge; an the
e 1 el:itit eleivili-ation ; and the fierce atrocities he raised 12 or 14 fe.l. It had been ascertained by former
IV :1, arty," t.„..urch to the calm enjoyment of reli- surveys that that was all tt at was required to render the
Lt. ,1•411 11.,„f ;et this man, so noble in all his as emit :afe. If the Company a old obtain from the Corpo
'at;
hoSt•-f.,): -ett` to his country, and so happy in don a grant of the ground they would
)-a' and
k Nt.' '1-
Who in his oldage, and on the contribute towards the improvement of Holborn-hill;, ~ ere,,, •,
e, e eeksse, ", loved, to use his own words, his Field-lane.e
es, ees Ler i, .
Mr. LAWRENCE supported
the petition. The corporation
ost.asie above all his comforts," was tried
had been taught by experience that if they would not allow
I' 's li'l'l4 1,1.3 , ennvicted, pilloried, imprisoned, and
railways to come into the city, they would go elsewhere.
'iekhelletestitum, which then was not small, because ~•ila's any one at this time prepared to say that a railway
'ls aist tlessw.llY with Dissenters," he denounced the should not come into that pert of the city which wa he
e on
tC eif„'itee-'l,lmal Confermity. So stupid was the most convenient of access? 250,0001. had bee'?
expendedliardl re-,
Ist,''''-e";ter , which was ironical was taken for seri Farringdon-market, from which the Corporationa
nd the longery
kfo'n ''ale - little the writer was assailed by one ceived as much as paid for the management; .
0 ' struck "r "Sluggish, • Id be the Th-
continued the greater -would it
74,,,N1 ' . Sluggish, timid, cowardly Dissen-
.this state of thingsnproposed was to give life and activity
"'-s, taAteewlth fear ; rabid Churchmen shouted Jury.. W a.
dwuasctive spPe, and to remove that neighbourhood
L441,4)4'44, ridge fellow wrote to thank his book- to thismu.naspiao
sink of iniquity. Let them set about the matter
it eet
,to 0 sent him so excelli rat a treatise, it mirtheAetli good will, and he had no doubt that the Corporation
tab IsteN 11, ly Bible and the Sacred Comments.
would be greatly benefit Ed.
vet iti 4 i 4), he bad ever see)." But both panic- Mr. HALL opposed tl:e petition.
tt'hop.6f th and loud aid furious were the ex- eh
a .R. TAYLOR said that the terminus would only be some
I'`v 4t'
1): Church and the Court against
.0 or 30 yards within the City boundaries. Great part of
i''' .4' ' i s• Poe found •necessary to seek athe requiredwas already- clear, the Commissioners for
ekte!rince thit
eet'llit, or hi. e storm ; a reward of fifty pounds the improvement of the City having already pulled down
tkOstel'' /,,,e's,anerehension, and a proclamation ap- more houses than was requisite. This proposal was not
";.11, eeee- sere"' " Cavite thus describing his person : for the benefit of one Company only. What the Corporation
'',4l- -pis -"" spare man, about forty years old, o: had to look to was the convenience and prosperity of the.
e it `tie , "Moe
eeeh'et ,a, h
.and dark brown coloured hair, but City of London. The ride in an
omnibus
to or from a rail-
wa station was generally the worst of the journey. For
'''',„lsset•le eu_(•aked nose, a she chin, grey eyes,
his own part he would rather go the whole way from Pad-
Neet,..l, 3, 11_41r rTh. is mouth, owner ef the, brick ant;
dington to Bath than from the City to Paddington in an
1,1,1c1, tee' , bee" ilbuny Fort, in Essex ' He NAI, omnibus. It was absurd to call that a London terminus
'1,,, ate: weelliVed, for with his usual honesty and which when you had clime from Bath left you three or four
t',:el`,. % thr„,, he heard that the printer and pub miles from the City, in a perfect wilderness. Farrinelon-
"lr -4de -"ri into - he surrendered himself street was superfluously wide for any other purpose. He
•ee o ate, prison
f the ward of Farringdon-
, s . trees ;`h Pilo have said, and ordered ti. could answer for it at the people o . - . . .
c'tl:l '`. - .11 theH • f •• I t would think it a godsend to have this teimmus in
ry. ere is the account o wit iou
14„, i Lt 25t,
The great inns ane. hotels a'ready re-
i. 51 Zta, q of Jul their neighbourhood.
gretted the establishment of the termini at a distance from
k ti `..,‘ iiv.-, 1703, there appeared, in twenty. four
Foe;' the metropolis. At any rate no member of the Court could
l In? 1,4 a", we Inn to. the Pillory, by Daniel De
I jest to sending this petition to the Committee in order that
ser;,,icessit'oeie are informed by the London Gazette, o .
kok, A'.gliiii. fl the pillory before the Royal Ex- they might inquire, and compare the different schemes, and
is'"'
aee'
okal the stnw, near the conduit
mu
Me aM report.an SIDNEY said that it was now time for the
k' •., Ihe 'lliblee us the 3at Temple-bar. A large . .
r.
e London to lay ancient prejudices. Man-
isee, Lake m provide themselves sport; but the citizens of aside . .
11 ' -'e t en ' Government's chester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Birmingham, now divided
t.,.k itk ztiket Joyed was not of the .
time of movement. The
iNtitt'tete. theett 13' they saw the Law pilloried, and the with them the prosperity of this.
k:B.11 ' lest! dullness whichcouldnot citizens of London were increasing the beauty of their palaces,
eok seete
1., . - .
' ',el:Ii:0o .„.,,N tech on that account would punish, a anthey ought
d at the same time to endeavour to bring home
t ' ate' h ''''loY veered quickly round. Other mss- inure of that commerce_l which. .
N 4111. t had caused those palaces to
dere atine the value of property, the
lese seereet , ° greet a pillory reached De Foe;__ and be built. Insteed of t. e_ . , .
r, H
lVeht lee'"per. His health was drunk with ac- formation of railroads would only increaee it. lhe on.
l tile'ne'd th •nothing harder than Member who was favourable to railroads at a short distance
alt bin' fiat I • there and
1 •th s .iire ,Tthat the commerce of London might be engrossed by
I`' tie Iv taid • he people were expected to treat a ,rgot .
S,Oiseess-.ltb el n ' but it was not so. On the contrary, cities which acted with greater vigour. He felt assured hat
h;444., 7,1,111 tee !; wished those who had set me there to bring railroads into the City could . not be otherwise
k'nleOst es il'°nl; and expressed their affections by titan beneficial, and on that ground cordially supported the
'4eale tseelle'riations when I was taken dowe.' We ne:tion.
'aw the covered the platform where he stool • Mr. Gonsox moved, as an amendment, that the petition
hl:t, it sal Hymn covered
passed f om hand to hand,. do lie on the table.
eltitterVnlY said less calmly repeated— Mr. HARRISON seconded the motion.
1 the Mr. ANDERTON said that he was one of those who had
le iit seem. , men that placed him here
,z
el, 4 t4t i 'US to the times; ' , had strong objections to a railroad coming into the Cite, of
khteltql Nal e a 'ess to find his guilt, London, but he had lived long enough to see his error. He
~. (tee c .
,Oei toestee, onund his crimes.' " believed that the same opinion had existed in almost every
•le tsr,''lae "eit to be •
ie eeeel es et. , the sport of fortune. He was
railroads
large town , • and now they were all endeavouring to get the
/jfi A , t , , trust and emolument in the State, ad- as near the towns as they could. It should be re-
F .
7 ,WO an le collected that amng on-
d market was only large enough
f 54.4..0 th 'ossed the Queen's hand ; becano
e th eo poor • termini business of one railway ; but he hoped to see the
O''C') 11 tehell' was struck with apoplexy ill of the Birmingham, the South-Western, and other
ttee,),Sts, and''n of 1715, ti survived the
attack railways, also brought into the City.—(Hear, hear.) lie
sZlee'eriee i,,, of
closed hs varied life hie would suggest that a better plan would be to bring the
Oc-,1-a detail Newington. The following graphic termini to Smithfield.
h'''ll,,iee ealsete 'of his latter days conclude this able Mr. WISE supported the petition. The complaint at pre-
t., 104113 gi and '-`e• sent was that the termini were so (intent that goods could
k ",t, 4 eie, gic labours in D Foe be transmitted in the way in which they could be trans-
.,- Ole. se ~, were progress, e not. .
'.als'C 4° - most wholly at his favourite N • mitted if the termini were nearer the City, and that the
e as gs Lo,, ,_ - •
iasse:cese.se,' t,,,," been profitable. He got little for journey from the City to the termini was almost twice as long
k`,.,,Ntli ti,, lona' "*' was ptlid largely for its successors. as fi•om the termini to the place of destination. The con-
e a Sea 4; purgliati)ses of him still engaged in mercan- sequence was that goods which used formerly to come to
;",,N Ilit stock, axing and assiguieg leases; disposing London were • carried to distant ports, and thus de-
•e7iteaseee do
Bakerd otherwise attending to worldly ',rived the City of the advantage it formerly enjoyed.
',,e)te'eti4 see him steadily till 1724. A gen- Was there anything so unfortunate as bad been the op pow
"ee'tirni es"sepefeo afterwards known as a somewhat sition to the Blackwell Railway ? Large sums of money
le.‘ereteeste egi inquirer, had then occasion to go to had been spent in opposing it, the Corporation had lost
1". 'fie ;egret da" fell in love with a retty girl, the cast in the House of Commons by so
bendoig, and yet their
k,1`41 e f ebus ughters who lived in a large and band- opposition was fruitless. It would unwise to refuse
Il:' itithttt• 'ell-street whichfather hadnewly proposition which was not fir the benefit of one railway,
', lee ko was a_
~ their
of. a
'4,, 44, 4t a„, u old gentleman sixty-four years, but of all.
s k,' '''% 111', lan an
stone butcheerful,stillvery air. Minim' maintained that this was a matter which
kh tt. fa , very
.71 R1.e4,,, pay t„eu'llw3 in sharp abundance, keeping a ought to be seriously considered and Corporation. What
, nr"r(l, "3' eve away much money in acts of cha- had caused Liverpool to be the secity in the empire,
tt:rt ti!',. Thien to the cultivation of a large and but the circumstance of her being the first in railways enter-
; hls l'ilc`ll ec.,.,. 8 was Daniel De Foe. We know no- prise ? Was it not more desirable to have a city of com-
e Ssi'..tro r afre-e'Lt?intY till six years later ; when, from mercial palaces, than to have the lowest part of the popula-
: eileit,terie'eain tetng letters which the English language ton let in the City ? for, wherever the termini were, tilt re
[1 ..-teeiiiieei, the jot the conduct of De Foe's second son would ultimately congregate the whole of the warehouses.
if , kLI4 IN I°latee se'lng doe's' i,f his long and checkered The spirit of the age was " movement," and it had always
:0 ale 'roe dre me large trust 'reposed in him by been a rproach to the Corporation, that they had been be-
e hs,, eel() Lew. rites 'f4iteced his mother and sisters to beg- hind tirespirit of the age. This was simply a petition asking
H '.,,40 w•-.e b orn
O. nli 'en se, .
a place near Greenwich, where for inquiry into that which was now revolutienising the
1 ~.eg, ee___ a bro. ne tune wandering about alone, in country. It would be folly-to wait until the Bills were oh-
' • ' Otli-'sesaf, 'ea heart. The letter is to his son-in- twined, for the Corporation would then no longer be con-
- s, lig:_ ,r of his The
0 . tte'l 1 4-' 1 would ,'"l4 ' best gift,' his dear daughter; suited. This railway would go from St. Sepulchre's by a
0, e:leillike,lll se near 'tad say, I lift,
with comfort, that viaduct ; all the important business would be conducted
se,lY ft 4to Miese, mY journey's end, and am hasten- underground, while the spacious street would be left un-
-1 ,Si
tt4l,..trotible
.itie weary are at rest, and
roueere the touched.
4 .. ' i Wo,, 13y 10 be it Biro the passage is gh and Mr. PRENDERGAST could not agree that the railway would
~
et, o- 'as ' it 1 "at way soeve
1 ,i'lf eft...4, desire THe please to j - bring injure business. As to dispersing the population, he should
4 k 1-1' b e
.2) to nnish life with this temper of have no objection to dispersing the population of Field-lane,
1.1, -el al. eie ewe see, Kiss
- tl/4,'t itlt 4'4, if e uemes. Ki my dear sophy although some of them were his oen constituents.—(A
'le lise'lle her that , must see her no more, tea her laugh.) He had been informed by those of his constituents
e$ ,s '; Ole, ioy `
is •e' es lit ts wa ed her above all his comforts, to who kept inns anti coffee-houses that persons now went to
Jo ~ I, 111 'Jail. 8 recovered inns and coffee-houses more in the neighbourhood of the
it!! senlo tezttjel b, I, ered, and the family again pros- railways, and not only that, but the business of the shops
le eVitst ° 144 of A?e was gone. In his seventy-first had aso lf the petition were not entertained aet a
crl,l
e!, lehdele,,,
.dhril 1.31, he had somehow found his goeal ?opportunity for removing the evil of the declivity of
re Ij. es', she nhe .e. in that parish of St. Giles, Holboniehill would be lost.
4,7'N elti, tliti ii, as born ; and ae long as the fa- Tee amendment was then plat and negatived, and the
e i ,ir% tlia ii 'ei to live • ' - • . • . .et , i st,, „,, • ein the memory and admire- ginal motion for referring the petition to the Improvement
e L''A 'th• ,es
, "( kl• •1% wiii articles • Committee carried by a large majority.
4.., \ 1.,„ lit b 5w,,,, In the number that require Mr. LAMBERT JONES then presented the following petition
ea Skb 4 4 qt----...,___:Ll e:::::_________. the nr,...", t.,
of the London and Birmingham Railway Company:—
t Cit, toe tnete oe • •
00 'l, ''fete est, kal, Try G—o h " Shinveth, that sour peti; i,-ners intend in the ensuing ses-
eo . "se +se ties he 0 nets cotes e Diike of Rutland shin of Parliament, to apply fee en Act to authorise an exten-
--e keitoitte se ~,
t„ taco,
cs. mt need sheeting on Saturday bat, ton of their hae of railway from their station at Camden-
':te ho %no "31 bag` tate at Clieveley. The sport, mi the town to tarringdone treet, with a tenuirus and depot pro-
, ~ el, It te reee, Reed 118 partridges and 16 hare's. The posed e y, 141 'lll le ' 'his se to be made on part of the site of the Fleet Prison, and
ire 4t,,,lteeseelt„ et,
0.. ason as last, as his Grace had left on late' adjuing thereto.
et; itZse ts'l„ se`d• teat ,;_°. as complamts bad been made to "That the object of such extension is to afford greater
i e eseesh ois let ' Coes, 'eey 'were suffering from the ravages facilities then at present exist to the trade of the City of
~ei eieeeees has
ter, ee,e ' agent, John FeOrlie E=ci fulfilled London by affordieg the means of transit for passengers,
,r f .1',,t;1 (4,,,t, any co' this year it is . -.' ingoods, and merchandise between the seat of business in the
~ k it. ~, . owe. a pleasing fact that no
, 4,,, %11 6 , age ch . int been made as to their being heart of the metropolis and the manufacturing districts.
' "•\4l, ko ti, '•°nick,. too
. i 4 ap / , "That the plans and sections of the proposed line are now
le etteee, Nee eespeeeez ge ritzzette that, thout eight in a state af great forwardness, and your petitioners will be
terlP.., ,: ,s,_o4 jhg in
~pe tn::, the house of Baron Doth.4e, a m-ajor ready to subunit the same fur the approval of any parties
l I...its:'l:iii teg.be el'hitt e,,,," re, and a member of the ' L •of who may be deputed to inspect them on the part of the
,h,,) ,se k 411...q.e , th, _,, tOok ,
re egii.m .
n TI • Corpor dim
~I‘, ‘,!,-4.,,5q th_gret,„::owtthntrv,
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n• The neighbours believing
ipo ~,, ethe e riebeei,, ee_
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.01 go immediately to assist, .
"That your petitioner,: are prepared to enter into immediate
h',,kt%.
,os`ee . i„._.'a e with their endues and soon for the purchase cf such parts of
agreement .• the property be-
iii ,
t.tei liee Ban
alt entering the house. longing, to the Corporation as tray be required for the termi-
e•4 tl,, etc? 1C uPwards of'afterwards,
Su' 0 , and his twosc nos and !tee of the above propessd extension.
t. se, - teil bur,.. -.tette 4 hti r
api .4, tot death, r " Your petitioners therefore, humbly pray that the sane-
%i
eell3' thet te ('` in this n .* h tion and support of' the Corporation of the City of London
teat rig bourhood veer
see, sy heated, an . may be given to the said project, and that leave may be given
d h
oly, had since to be
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1 to your petitioners to purchase such land and buildings be-
tn Herald..

longing to the Corporation as may be required for the purposes
tliei eot."

Mr. CREED, the Secretary of the Company, stated, in an-
swer to questions, that it would pass under Skinner-street up
to Is:ington by means cf a tunnel, and would not disturb the
curia• e ither Skinner-street, Aldersgate-street, nor Smith-
tit-ld would be touched. _

Mr. HAniusoN observed that it should be understood that
this petition was merely referred to the Committee for in-
quiry alone, and that if any other petitions were presented,
they would be similarly referred. _

the petition was thin ordered to be referred to the Com-
mittee, and the Court adjourned.

UNIVI:RSIT OF OXFORD.
ELECTION OF VICE-ChIANCELLOII..

A Convocation was ht,lden on Thursday morning at
twelve o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Vice-
Chancellor for the ensuing year. After the usual letter
from the Noble Chancellor, nominating the Warden of
Wadham College, had been read, the Rev. Charles Page
Eden, M.A., Fetiow of Oriel College, immediately called
out " 4l on plucct, non placet," but the Vice-Chancellor
would nut consent to have a. scrutiny, and the business
of Convocation was proceeded with. After the usual
oaths of supremacy, allegiance, &c., had been ad-
ministered, and certain formalities gone through, Dr.
Symonds was, fur the second time, duly installed into the
office of ViCE -Chancellor. At the same time the follow-
ing pro. Vice Chancellors were appointed, viz.:—The
Rev. Edward liawkius, D.D., Provost of Oriel College;
the Rev. Philip W 3 nter, 1) D., President of St. John's
College; the Rev. John Radford, D. 1)., Rector of Lin-
coln College ; the Rev. Frederick Charles Plumptre,
D.D., Master of University College—when the Vice-
Chancellor dissolved the Convocation. It is rumoured
that the non plactt party, of which Mr. Eden is one of
the leaders, intend entering a protest against the whole
.of the proceedings.
The Convocation, owing to the colleges notitaving yet
met, was a thin use, very few more than thirty members
being present, amongst whom were—The Very Rev. Dr.
Gaisford, Dean of Christchurch; the Rev. Dr. Radford,
Rector of Lincoln ; the Rev. Dr. Plumptre, blasts r of
the University ; the Rev. Dr. Harington, Principal of
Brusenobe ; the Rev. Dr. Cardwell, Principal of Alban
Hall ; the Rev. Dr. Richards, Rector of Exeter ' - the
Rev. Dr. Norris, President of Corpus Christi; the Rev.
Dr. Jeune, Master of Pembroke; the Rev. Lewis Sneyd,
Warden of Alt Souls; Dr. Ogle, professor of medicine;
the Rev. Dr. Ashurst, the Rev. Dr. Bliss ; Messrs.
Eden, Jeff, Chauaberluine, Perry, Griffith, Hackman,
Royce, &c.

FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Ocr. 9.
Royal Regiment of A, tillery—Second Captain W. R. Gil-
' heal° be Adjutant, vice Teesdale, promo Jan. 17 ; Second
Captain G. MarklaeJ to be Captair, vice Kendall, deceased;
First Lieutenant 11. R. E. Wilmot to be Second Captain, vice
Markland; Second Lieutenant E. Palmer to be First Lieut.,
vice H. R. E. Wilmot, Sept. 4.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry----Cornet R. J
Crauford to be Lieutenant, vice W. Hamilton, deceased; R.
Gairdener, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Crauturd, promoted, Oct. 2.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—G. G.
Glyn, Gent., to be Cornet, vice BradshAw, promoted, Oct. 7.
ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 8.
NAVAL KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty do hereby
give notice to such Lieutenants in her Majesty's Navy as are
desirous of being recommended for the appointment of
Naval Knights of Windsor, under the will of the
late Samuel Travers, Esq , that they must apply at
this office, on or before the 10th day of November next,
when they will be informed of the nature of the certificates
and testimonials which are required to show that they come
within the meaning of the said will, which expresses that
they " are to be superannuated or disabled Lieutenants of
English men-of-war," and shall be " single men, without
children, inclined to lead a virtuous, studious, and devout
life, to be removed if they give occasion for scandal."
H. CORRY.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 19.
The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngliam Tindal, Knt.,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas,
has appointed William Flamank, Gent., of Newton Abbott,
in the county of Devon, to be one of the Perpetual Commis-
sioners for taking the acknowledgments to be executed by
married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of
fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple
modes of assurance, in and for the county of Devon.
BANKRUPTS. _

T iIE MURDER AT CAMBERWELL.

On Friday afternoon an inquiry of some hours duration took
place at the Swan Inn, Park-road, Camberwell, before William
Carter, Esq., coroner for Surrey, on view of the body of Benja-
min Booth, aged 45 years, a plasterer, whose death had been oc-
casioned oy a brutul attack made upon him, whilst in a defenceless
state, by a man named John Welsh, a fellow.lodger, who has
since absconded.

John Jarvis, carpenter, deposed that he lodged with Mr. Ma.
thews, No. 1, Malpas-street, Peckham New Town, Camberwell.
Deceased and a man named Welsh also lived there. Welsh had
been away for about a month, until Sunday last, when he returnef.
They (deceased and Welsh) used to occupy the same bed, and with
witness all slept in the same room. On Sunday night they went to
bed as usual. Nothing then passed between them of an angry
nature. On the following morning- Welch got up first (about half..
past five o'clock), and after he had dressed himself, he said to de-
ceased," Why don't you get up, Booth, and not lie there and lose
your time ?" Deceased replied, " You be -, I don't want you
to be troubling me at all You had no business here. The last
time you slept wiih me my money fell out of my pocket, and you
(Welsh) gathered it up and kept Is. 6d. or 2s. out of it." Welsh
upon this became much exasperated, and angry words passed be.
tween them. Welsh then left the room for a minute, and on his
return said to deceased, "Do you still persist that I had your
money ?" Deceased replied, " Yes ;'' upon which Welsh retorted,
" I'll pay it out of you," and instantly left the room. In
less than a minute he returned with a tailor's sleeve.board in his
hand, and, rushing at deceased, struck him several blows on the
head with it whilst he was in a half sitting position in bed.
Deceased cried out, " Oh, Welch, don't hit me any more."
Welch appeared to strike as hard as he could. Witness imme-
diately jumped out of bed and endeavoured to get hold of Welch,
but before he could accomplish it he had struck deceased two
slighter blows on the back. A man named Luney then came into
the room, and who wrenched the sleeve-board from him. Witness
afterwards went to work, and Welch accompanied him a short
&stance on the road, when they parted, he saying he should go to
New cross Railway station to seek employment. Witness had
not seen him since. On their way, Welch said he was sorry for
what he had done.

Job Elliott, smith, Beer-lane, City, to surrender Oct. 18.
Pt two, and Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, BasinghaP-street ;
Hodgson, Great Tower-sta eet.
Joseph Farrar and John Farrar, woolstaplers, Leeds, Oct.
24, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Jacques and Edwards, Ely-
place, London; Edwards, Halifax; Cronhelm, Leeds.
John Lilly, farmer, Brinepitts, Worcestershire,
Oct. 30, and
Nov. 20, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hy-des and Tymbs,
Worcestershire ; Hall, New Boswell-court, London.
Elizabeth Glover, publican, Shelton, Staffordshire, Oct.
23 and Nov. 18, at twe,ve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Griffin, Shelton;
Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
William Brown and Thomas Preston, jun., cotton-spin-
ners, Manchester, Oct. 21, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the
Marches' er District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ,
Humphreys, Keightly, and Parkin, Charcery-lane, Loudon ;
Cunliffes,Cln.rlewood, and Bury, Mar. Caester.
DIVIDENDS
W. Coates, sen., and W. Coats, jun, wine merchants,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—second and final div. of 4s. 9d. and
5-16ths of ld.in the pound, Oct. 11, or any following Saturday,
at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
L. and J. Rostroa, manufacturers, Edcnfield, Lancashire—
final div. of ld. and 3-l6ths of Id. in the pound, Oct. 22, or any
subsequent Wedne,day, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
W. blanwaring, surgeon, Birmingham—final div. of lid.
in the pound, Oct. 22, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
G. and J. M. Gilchrist, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of
9d. in the pound, Oct. 13, or any subsequent Monday, at the
office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
B. H. Hunter, merchant, Liverpool—a div. of Is. in the
pound, Oct. 13, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of
Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
W. Thompson, cloth manufacturer, Rawdon, Yorkshire—
first and final div. of 6s. Id. in the pound, any day after Oct.
13, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy. Basinghall-street.
C. Dalton, stonemason, Canal-bridge, Old Kent-road,
Nov. 4, at twelve—J. F. Buisson, merchant, Brabant-court,
Philpot-lane, Nov. 4, at twelve—A. IL Chambers, sen., and
A. H. Chambers, jun., bankers, New Bond-street, Nov. 10,
at eleven—A. H. Chambers, sen., banker,
.New Bond-street,
Nov. 10, at eleven.

In the Country.
M. and W. Cheetham, piece-dyers, 'Manchester, Nov. 7, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court—A. and J. Smith,
merchants, Rochdale, Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court—T. Patterson and J. Codling, earthernware
manufacturers, Sheriff-hill, Durham, Oct. 31, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—T. Patterson, earthen-
ware manufacturer, Sheriff •hill, Durham, Oct. 31, at half-
past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Cowl—W.
Weir, iron merchant, Carlisle, Oct. 31, at twelve, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Lowthin and R. J.
• rinley, printers, Newcastle. upon-Tyne—J. Jones, butcher,
Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, Nov. 3, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to

Mr. Thomas Morris, surgeon, Peckham, deposed that he was
sent for to deceased. He found him in bed quite insensible,
breathing stertorously. From his appearance witness attributed
his condition to compression of the brain. He bled kim, and re.
sorted to all necessary remedies. Deceased never was restored to
a state of consciousness, and died the same night. Had since
made a post-mo7tem examination. On opening the head, he found
a crack or fracture extending from about two inches above the
temporal muscle to the babe of the brain ; also found a mass of
blood of about three ounces in weight pressing on the right hemis-
phere of the brain, between the dura mater anti the skull, which
arose from a rupture of one of the arteries of the brain.
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against John
Welch.
Welch being still at large, the Coroner issued his warrant for
his apprehension.

the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Lazarus, clothes dealer, Marylebone lane, Nov. 3—J.
Glass, victualler, White Hart-street, Dury-lane—C. Allen,
maltster, Tadley, Southamptonshire, Nov. 3—J. Bradshaw,
draper, St. Albans, Nov. 4—J. Smith, grocer, Reading, Nov.
4-11. Green, watchmaker, Bristol, Nov. 3 J. Bennett,
cattle dealer, New-mills, Herefordshire, Nov. 3—J. 11. Curtis,
bookseller, Soho-square, Oct. 31.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. and C. Shaw, lace rrianiif;ctu;;;;,—Kotit To-
bias, S. Michael, and S. Moses, fruiterers, Birmingham—C.
Davy and J. Harbord, hatters, Norwich—S. Shncox, A-
Lely, and W. Fitchew, engineers, Birmingham (so far as
regards S. Simcox)—W. Harkese, C. Taylor, G. Turner, and
T. Hall, shipbuilders, South Stockton, Durham—H. Watkins
and J. Edmonds, ironmongers, Rhymney Ironworks, Mon-
mouthshire—J. Boughton, sen., and J. Boughton. jun., silk
agents, Coventry—T. and S. Mason, mercers, Newcastle.
under-Lyme—E. Hill and G. Dent, butchers, York—J.
M`Murray and J. Daigleish, drapers, Tiverton—W. T. Hunt
and J. Akroyd, export druggists, Bethnal-green—S. Lees,
C. Lees, and C. Ogden, spindle makers, Dukinfield, Cheshire
—J. Bourne, W. Millington, and E. Trenery, railway con-
tractors, Farrington, Lancashire— W. T. Hearn and M. L.
Kelsey, innkeepers. Portsmouth—G. Masoti and J. Dutton,
plumbers, Liverpool—J. and J. Wilson, stockbrokers, Man-
chester—W. and R. Maxwell, small-ware :dealers, Manches-
ter—W. Maxwell, B. Patteson, and R. Maxwell, woollen-
drapers, Londonderry (so far as regards R. Maxwell)—H.
Mayor and T. Skinner, hop merchants, Anchor-wharf, Up-
per Thames-street—H. Spence, W. Markland, and VY . Cop-
laud, braziers, Manchester (so faas regards W. Copland)—
T. Meakin and J. Procter, china manufacturers, Longton,
Staffordshire—R. and W. H. Tacon, brewers, Beccles.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.-

n a,

vance of Is. to 2s. per quarter on old Wheat; good new on for-
mer terms; damp Is. to 2s. lower. Beans Is. higher. Malt Is.
per load dearer. Barley scarce, and Oats firm.
%11 INDSOIL ELf CTION.—(Fr in a (;orrespondent.)—
I have it from authority, that Sir John De Beauvoir will be the

Govt rnroent candidate; and also that his position as Chairman of
one or two important railway companies induces him to seek:the
honour of a seat in the Commons' House, his industry and
perseverance as a committeeman being well known in the City,
and duly acknowledged.
W INDSOK ELECTION. The adiress of Colonel
Reid, of the 2d Life Guards, now quartered at Windsor, who is
the second candidate in the field for the representation of the
borough, in consequence of Mr. Ramsbottom's decease, was
issued on Thursday morning. It is openly stated that the colonel
comes forward under the auspices of the Government, and with
the support of what is termed " the Castle interest."
Lord Francis Egerton intends to commence the
rebuilding of Bridgwater.house, which was some time since razed
to the ground, early in the ensuing year. The original designs for
the new mansion are by the Hon. Thomas Liddell, son of Lord
Ravens wor th.

ISLE Of WIGHT RAILWAY.—On the 29th Ult.
a surveyor and assistants entered on the land of Mr.
G. H. Ward, near Cowes, for the purpose of taking
levels, kc.„ and were immediately warned off. Another attempt
was made in the afternoon, when the party were met by Mr.
Ward's land steward and six men, prepared to dispute the right.
The surveyor again retired, and afterwards waited on Mr. Ward,
hoping to induce that gentleman to allow him to take the levels,
tc., as he had been stated not to be opposed to a railway through

BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS.
(FROM It CORRESPONDENT.)
It will be recollected that in April last the cases of Thomas La-
kin and Ann Ward, were brought by petition before both Houses
of Parliament. It appeared that having been unable to pay a poor's
rate, and having no sufficient goods and chattels. they were impri-
soned in Leicester county gaol till the rate should be paid. It was
paid by a charitable gentleman. They were then sent to the House
of Correction for one month to hard labour, for inability to pay the
costs, and having, as before, nothing on which a distress could be
levied.
"

his lands, and the first five miles must be through them; but he
was again unsuccessful. Mr. W. declared it to be his opinion that
a railway was not required in the island, there could be no traffic,
and it was opposed by almost the entire of the landed proprietors
of the island. They had reckoned on Mr. W. not opposing the
project, but he now declared be would to the utmost of his power,

•••• • •••••••
Thomas Lakin has now heen subjected to another levy, which he
is again unable to pay. A distress warrant is issued with the same
result as before. He is summoned before the Bench of Magistrates,
and committed to the county gaol, as before, for an indefinite pe-
riod, till the rate, amounting to 55. 4d.,. is Nid, with the prospect of
another month of hard labour for the costs. This is a poor man of
excellent character, as attested in writing by
his employers and
others. His wages fur the last eleven weeks (taken from the pay-
master's weekly tickets) average 95. Bd. per week. The rent of the
cottage (the little furniture of which belongs to his landlord), is
Is. 6d., leaving about Bs. to support himself, his wife, and four
children, the eldest eleven years old and blind, and the youngest
barely twelve months I By going to the Ashby-de-la-Zouch
bench, as summoned a week or two ago, he incurred a loss of four
shillings, and the fees then charged and ordered by
the magistrates
were five shillings for the magistrate's clerk, and one shilling and
sixpence for the constable ; so that, doubtless when the hand of
charity releases him from his first and indefinite imprisonment. he
will, as before, be charged some twenty or thirty shillings costs,
and sent for a month among felons at the treadmill for inability to
pay that amount. On the former occasion, in April last, he was
released three days before the expiration of the month by the in.
tervention of her Majesty, both Sir James Graham, in the House
of Commons, and the Lord Chancellor, in the House of Lords, ad-
mitting fully the illegality and inhumanity of the course pursued
by the magistrates. The committing magistrates on that occasion
were R. G. Cresswell, Esq., and W. Wootton Abney, E'q. In
this instance they are R. G. Cresswell, Esq , and the Rev. Sir Nigel
Gresley. The commitment is dated from Ashby. de .la-Zouch,
Oct. 4. 1845.
Thomas Lakin is an inhabitant of the village of Whitwick, six
miles from Ashby, and works in the Whitwick coal.pits.

it be,ng uncalled for. This week 45 men have arrived from Man-
chester, and are posted on the different roads to note down the
traffic of the island by day and night—not a keg of foreign spirits
even is to be allowed to pass unreported.

- George lincisou, Esq., has purchased Newby
Park, one of the beautiful seats of the Earl De Grey. It is
bounded by the romantic river Swale, and adjoins the splen-
did estate of Baldersby, in the North Riding, which Mr.
Hudson soma time ago purchased of the Duke of Devonshire.
As there is no family mansion on the Baldersby estate, this
purchase will form a most desirable appanage.—Yorkshire
Gazette.

Hungerford Suspension-bridge was sold on Thurs-
day by the proprietors for 226,0001., thus yielding 621. 10s.
for each share of 251. A deposit of 20,000/. is to be paid by
the purchaser next week. . . .

-
Tun ANDOVER UNION. The inquiry into the
misconduct of M'llougall, the late master of this union, and
his dismissal by the Poor-law Commissioners, will not, ap-
paren:ly, have much practical effect, fur ie person ap-
pointed in his place is a man named Price, who was sent from
the Oxford union. M'Dougal himself continues in the town,
and it is said pays frequent visits to the workhouse, where he
continues to interfere, though nominally and disgracefully
discharged.
MERCHANT SEAMEN.—IMPORTANT ORDER.—An
order was issued a short time since by the Commissionus
of the Customs, in pursuance of directions to that effect
from the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, di.
recting that vessels required to carry medicines by the
Act of 7 and 8 Victoria, chap. 112, be occasionally boarded
by the officers of the Customs, fur the purpose of ascer-
taining the quantities of medicines shipped for the use of
the crew. The folowing is a copy of the scale of medi-
cines ordered to be adopted by the Lords Commissioners of
. . _ _

THE ECLAIR STEAM-SLOOP.
It is with feelings of great regret that we announce the death of
Mr. Sidney Bernard, the assistant surgeon, who volunteered his
services on board the Eclair steam-sloop at Madeira, and up to the
6th, with Mr. Charles Coffey, the assistant-surgeon of the Growler,
was in unceasing attendance on the unfortunate sufferers of this
111-fated vessel. Mr. Bernard died on board the Eclair, at Stand.
gate Creek, on Thursday morning at half-put six, after three days
illness. It would appear that both that noble philanthropist and
Mr. Coffey kept up very well whilst the sick depended on them
alone, and they Pad the excitement of responsibility, and it
was only when other assistance was at hand that they
yielded to that fate to which broken rest, assiduous watchings,
and constant weariness had predisposed their human frames,
in spite of their indomitable spirit. The body of Mr. Bernard
was examined previously to interment, and presented the usual
light yell appearances which are remarkable in cases of death
from the fever in the West Indies. Four medical officers have
e has favourably vou
twora bl passed the
seamen
died on board the Eclair. Surgeons, Mr. Maconochy, of the
Eclair, and Dr. M'Clure, late of the Actaeon ; and assietant.sur-
geons, Mr. Hurtman, of the Eclair, and Mr. Bernard. The latter
was an assistant-surgeon of 1838, and belonged to the Caledonia'
120, at Devonport at the comm. ticement of the year. Mr. Coffey
we are gratified to hear, is doing well, and Lieut. Isaacson is pro.
y
greasing very favourably towards recovery. The pilot who was
taken on board at Portsmouth, Mr. Saunders, who had also been
are
doing well. The above were removed nn Wednesday from the
acrttisaic.k. ed,wilsr.not
soinu tpboefll,datnhgeer,clebrukt h ,
and th
Eclair to the Worcester, 60-gun frigate (not Chichester) pro-
vided by the Admiralty, and every soul
.was to have left the ;team-
sloop en Thursday, on which day no. additional cases were reported.
On Wednesday one of the quarantine men was reported to have
caught the fever. The quarantine restrictions. are now somewhat
relaxed, and the surgeon, Dr. Stewart,. is allowed to go from one
ship to the other without the quarantine boat; but it is ordered
that his boat shall show the yellow Sag with a black ball in the
centre.
It is but justice to the medical profession generally to state that
many gentlemen, other than those belonging to the Royal Navy,
have volunteered their services; .at the same time we must state
also that the most absurd propositions have been made with respect
to the steam-sloop and the unfortunate crew, to get rid of the fever,
and to cure both effectually.

the Admiralty, under. the piovisions of the 18th section of
the said Merchant Seamen's Act :—Medicines :.quantities
for 10 men.—Castor oil, 11b. ; Epsom salts, 41b. ; powder of
jalap, 4oz. ; powder .of rhubarb, 4oz. ; powder of ginger,
20a. ; carbonate of soda, Boz. ; tartaric acid, Boz. ; senna
leaves, 6oz. ; sulphur, Bez ; cream of tartar, 8oz.; nitre,
11b. ; laudanum, 4oz. ; tincture of rhubarb, Boz. ; balsam
capivi. Boz. ; opodeldoc, Boz. ; spirit cf hartsborn, 4oz. ;
paregoric elixir, '
4oz. ; essence of peppermint, loz. • alum,
8oz; bluestune,
40z.; quinine, 4dr. ; calomel, 40z.; Dover's
powder, 2oz. ; mustard, 11b. ; mercurial ointment, Boz. ; Bul-
iiit's blistering fluid, instead of blistering plaister, 1 bottle;
2 varus of adhesive plaister; lint, 40z. ; simple cerate,
Boz. ; basilicon ointment, Boz. Note.—The pills and pow-
ders hereafter mentioned must be carefully put up in tin or
leaden boxes, and properly labelled :—'Pills: 4 doz. purg.
(pil. col°. C. Ed. Phan); 4 doz. blue pills; 2 doz. opium
pills (Phar. Edin.) Powders : 2 doz. purgative, each to•
j
contain 1 dr. of compound powder of ulep, and 2gr of
calomel; 2 doz. emetic, each to contain 15gr. of ipecacuana,
and 2gr. of tartrate of antimony ; 2 doz. sudorific, each to
contain lOgr. of nitre, lOgr. of cream of tartar, and sgr. of
Dover's powder; 2 doz. injection, each to contain 3gr.
of the acetate of zinc; 1 set of scales and weights; 1 marble
mortar and pestle; 1 tile; 1 graduated measure; 1 funnel ;
1 small pewter cup ; 2 pewter teaspoons ; 1 spatula ; 1 scissors ;
1 syringe; 2 lancets; 6 bandages, of different sizes; 6 yards
of calico ; a paper of needles, pins, and thread. The above
are the quantities of medicines to be supplied for ten men,
and are to be increased proportionately for every additional
number of men. By order of their Lordships. (Signed)
SIDNEY HERBERT.
Xe are informed, upon the best authority, that the
London Central Railway Company are in negotiation for (indeed,
that terms have been agreed to for leasing) Waterloo• bridge, in-
stead of the bridge of the Hungerford Company.—Times.
DUBLIN AND ARMAGH INLAND RAILWAY.—The
surveys are actively going forward, and the project is to be brought
before Parliament early next session. The Newry and Ennis.
killen and Ulster Companies, having obtained their Bills, should
the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrusb, and the Newry, Armagb,
and Londonderry Companies be equally fortunate, Armagh, will
become the focus of the most important railways in the north of
Ireland.

DEATH OF LADY AGNES BYNG.—We regret to
learn that Lady Agnes Byng expired, after a very short illness, at
Copei House, Beds, on Thursday morning last. The deceased
lady was fifth daughter of the Marquis of Anglesey, by his first
marriage. Her Ladyship was born 11th of February, 1804, and
married, 7th March, 1820, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng,
eldest son of Lord Stafford, by whom abe leaves a youthful family.
The families of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Anglesey, Lord and Lady Templemore, the
Earl of Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Paget, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Conyngham, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, the
Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl and Countess of Sandwich,
Lord and Lady Crofton, and several other families of rank, are
placed in mourning by her Ladyship's unexpected demise.
Oxman, OCT. 9.—The Rev. Ambrose St. John,
M.A., student.of Cbriat Church, has resigned his studentship, and
conformed to the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Newman has re.
signed his fellowship of Oriel, upon the ground of contemplating
an immediatv withdr§wel from the Established Church,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Ocr. 11.—Wind S.S.W., light airs and cloudy.
DEAL, OCT. 10. —Wind W. to W.S. W., squally.—Arrd.
Amy, White, Saldanha Bay ; Eliza Johnsoii, Grayson, Port
Beaufort ; Regina, Foreman, Trinidad ; Glap. yra, Queleb,
St. Kitt's ; Galway Lass, West Indies ; Edina, Burgen,
Quebec ; Susannah Wood, Montreal. Arrd. from the River
for, Resolution, Park, South Seas; Ilumavoon, Camera n,
China ; ROMeo, Pollock, Calcutta I Rosalind, Hipp e w nit e,
Valparaiso ; Westminster, Hoary, New 'York ; Feliciar,
Francisco, ditto ; Harmony, Hunter, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick ; Marchioness of Queensberry, M'Cullum, ditto; S:.
Martin, Vaughan, ditto; William Ward, ditto; AdVocate,
Garrett, Cadiz and Calcutta.
PoirrsniOUTD, OcT.lo.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrd. Morning-
ton, Clark, Saguenay.
COWES, Ocr. lo.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Henry Bell, Hood,
Bahia.
BRISTOL, Ocr. 10.—Wind S. W., moderate.—Arrd. Glenelg,
Cother, St. Vincent.
DUMFRIES, Ocr. 9.—Arrd. Diana, Cowan, St. John's, New
Brunswick; John Hill, Nova Scotia.
WATERFORD, OCT. 9.—Wind S. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Rose
Macroom, Power Quebec.
ABERDEEN, ()CT. B.—Sld. Valiant, Merchant, Ichaboe.
DUNDEE, OCT. s.—Sld. Ann Louisa, Keil, St. John's, New
Brunswick.
HULL, Ocr. 9.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Wolga,
Brown, Richibucto ; Rolla, Keighly, Quebec.
COWES, OCT. 10.—The Charon, from Newport to Altona,
has put in here leaky.

LOSS of the Sta-100NER "PACKET,"
OF GREAT YARMOUTH.
The following is an extract of a letter received`at Lloyd's
from their agent at Vigo :
" We forward to you a copy of the letter written to the
British Consul at Vigo, by the chief mate of tee English
vessel Packet, of Yarmouth, which vessel it must be sup-
posed sunk at sea, in order that Macdonald's gallant
behaviour may be known of the Committee, as well as the
humane proceedings of J ose M. Puente, master of the Spanish
vessel Sabina.

"Brig Sabina, lying in Vigo, Sept. 20, 1845.
"British Consul, Vigo.
" Sir,—My being a British subject emboldens me to trouble
you with this, to acquaint you with the loss of the British
schooner Packet, of Great Yarmouth. The Packet, under the
command of H. Barker, sailed from Port-au-Prince on the
29th of July, with a full cargo of coffee, cotton, and logwood,
having six men on board, besides H. Barker's wife.
On the 7th of August, the said H. Barker expired.
On the 17th of August Mrs. Barker requested to be
put on board of the barque Catherine, Jenkins, from Cuba
to Swansea, which was complied with. On August 19
the packet was dismasted in a most dreadful hurricane;
on the 22d of August spoke the barque Rapid, from Swansea
to London, and remained by us all night; the crew seeing
the rudder slack, the wood-lock gone, stancheons and stern-
post started.. would work no more, but went on board of the
said Rapid. Since the 7th of August I took charge of the
Packet, being then chief-mate, and seeing that the vessel's
bottom was tight, I remained on board myself; leaving two
try-sails, &c., small sails, in hopes of falling in with ii vessel
that could spare some hands to assist me in getting the
Packet into a safe place. I saw vessels, and. made signals of
distress, but to my loss and misfortune took no notice of me,
and in a most dreadful situation I was for twelve long days
and nights, pumping and steering, trying to keep in the
tract of vessels. At last, so much salt water going over me,
and the sun so powerful, drying me at the helm, affected my
whole frame. My legs swelled and broke into dreadful sores,
my strength failing, the pumps gaining, at ten, p.m., Sept.
3, I was taken on board the brig Sabina, from the Havanaah
to Vigo, where I was kindly received, and my wounds
checked, the sea then very high, the captain being then in-
formed there was only one person oa board, Le ventured
her boat, into which I got without a jacket, a shoe, or a
stocking, the ship's papers and log-book fast round my
body, leaving the Packet with three feet water in her hold
in lat. 39, long. 45. All other particulars will be seen in the
log-book.—Your obedient,

‘' EWEN MACDONALD."

MARKET NE WS.-(SATU RDA Y.)

covnrar-mattuzAr.
For the time of year, we had an extensive supply of both
Fruit and Vegetables, offering while the demand was somewhat
inactive, at our quotations.—Potatoes, from 2s 6d to 5s per
cwt ; Turnips, is 8d to 2s 3d ; Carrots, 5s to 6s ; Onions, 10d
to 2s; Greens, is 6d to 2s 4d; and Leeks, is to Is 2d
per dozen bunches; Plums, 2s to 5s Gd; French Beans, 2s
to 2s 6d; Apples, is 6d to 4s; Pears, 2s to ss; and Spinach,
10d to 1s 6d per half-sieve ; Hot-house Grapes, 2s Gd to 5s ;
Out-door Ditto, 6d to 10d ; English Pine-apples, 5s to 8s;
and Filberts, 4d to 8d per lb; White Cabbages, 8d to Is 2d;
Red Ditto, 2s to Gs 6d ; and Nectarines and Peaches, 3s
to 108 per dozen ; Celery, is to 2s 3d ; Brocoli, 10d to
28 3d ; and Horse-radish, 2s to 5s per bundle ; Lemons, 8s
to 13s ; and Walnuts, 8d to la 4d per 100 ; Cucum-
bers, 4d to 8d ; and Melons, 2s to 4s each ; Mush-
rooms, 8d to is per punnet ; Mulberries, 6d to 8d per pottle.
FLUNGERP ORD.
The supplies of most articles were by no means extensive,
yet the general demand was inactive, at about stationary
prices.

NEWGATE AND LEA.DEITEALL.
Prime Mutton and Pork commanded a steady sale, at full
prices. In other kinds of Meat very little was doing.
Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Rd;
Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 6d per 81bs by
the carcase. We had rather a large supply of both Game
and Poultry on offer, yet the demand ruled steady, and prices
were tolerably well supported. Turkey Poults, 5s Gd to is 6d ;
Geese, 5s to 7s Gd ; Ducks, is 8d to 3s ; Rabbits, 8d to Is 6d ;
Pigeons, 5d to 7d; Roasting Pigs, 7s to 8s ; Partridges,
8d to 2s 6d; Leverets, 2s Gd to 4s; and Grouse, is 3d to
each ; Fowls, 4s to 95 per couple.
NEWPORT.
There was a steady business again transacted, on the fol-
lowing term;—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to
4s 6d ; Veal, 3s iN to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to .5s 6d per
81bs.

ItILIZITGSGATE.
Most kinds of Fish were 1;2 moderate supply, and ready
demand, :at previous rates. Turb,;ts, 8s to lis ; Cod Fish,
2s 6d to 8s ; Whitings, 4d to 10d; crabs, 8d to 3s ; and
Lobsters, 8d to 3s Gd each; Soles, Gd to 3s fid per pair.
WHITECHAPEL.
Prime Mutton, Veal, and Pork sold freely, other kinds of
Meat slowly, at but little variation in prices. 135:4 from
2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 33 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to
4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 4d.
BEMAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
Sid to 9d; of Household ditto, 6Ad to 8d per 4lbs loaf.
HIDE 1411.512,1EET.
Raw Hides, per stone of 1-I.ll)s—Best Steers and Heifers,
5s 44 to 5s 8d- Middling Hides, 4s 84 to 5s 2d; Interior ditto,
4s 24 to 4s 6d; Market Calf, Gs 9d to Bs. Sheep and Calf
Skins, per skin—Polled Sheep, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; Half-breds
2s 44 to 25 9d; Downs, is 9d to 2s 4d _Lambs, Lambs, 2s 64 to 3s Gd

ditto,ditSmrrto: tit.e.7z 111 ts.74.itzTA6.
,41514s5stote 56/1
68es ; new
w
437175 FsOs4ll.dlO6as Oat MeadowSOtlraa wHC, laolyielT4 s to 11 16s ; Wheat
Straw. 11 16s to li 18s per load. Trade rather dull at our
quotations.
Culvinftur.ANn.—Old Meadow Hay, 41 5s to 5i 103 ; new
ditto; :3/12s to 4/ 15s ; Old Clover, 515 s to 6/ ; new, ditto,
s4t/e;diyisrr/dtesl:7l;afAn(pdis.at Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw,
1/ 16s to 1/ 18s per load. A fair average supply, and a
L.—Old Meadow Hay, 4/ 5s to 5. 8s; new,
ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; Old Clover, 5/ 8s to 61 8s :
new ditto, 41 to 5/ 83 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 168
Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s per load. Supply good, and
trade rather dull.

THE LATE FIRE L=nd LOSS OF LIFE.

INQUEST ON THE BODY-(SATURDAY.)

This forenoon, at 11 o'clock, Mr. William Payne opened an in-
quiry at the Crown Tavern, Westminster-road, relative to the
death of Mrs. Sarah Field, otherwise known as Madame Hengler.

The jury having viewed the body, which lay in an adjoining
room, and was frightfully scorched, the following evidence was
adduced :

Zactrtriah Tucker, a firework maker, of Ely-place, Lamheth,
stated that on Tuesday evening last, about a quarter or twenty
minutes to seven o'clock, he was a work in the back parlour of
Mrs. Field's house, which is composed of six rooms, with two small
rooms in the 3 ard, accessible from the back parlour. A young lad
was at work with him, capping and tying up some penny serpents in
dozens, when suddenly he saw a light arise from an oil lamp
which hung against the wall over the work bench ; fear-
ing it was the boy touching the lamp, he called out
to him, not to touch the lamp. He (witness) had no sooner said se,
then a spark fell from the lamp amongst the squibs on the work
beach, which exploded before he could get them away, and set fire
to the other fire-works. Witness and the boy immedialely rushed
from the room into the front garden, and called to the other per-
sons who were up stairs (including the deceased, who was in a feeble
state and scarcely able to walk azross the reora to escape,
and I
helped to assist the whole of them, with the exception of the
deceased, from the window. Several persons tried to get the
deceased, who was standing in front of the window Out,
but her great corpulency prevented it, and he was pre-
sent when the body of the deceased was found lying on
the floor of the front upper-roam, quite dead, and dreadfully
scorched. There was never mote than 251bs. of gunpowder upon
the premises,
and at that time there was not more than 101bs. in
the house.

Other witnesses corroborated the foregoing statement.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of " Ac-
cidental death."

NEW GAMING ACT.

IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—SeveraI licensed
victuallers appeared before Mr. Hardwick on Friday at Marl-
borough-street, to apply for licenses to keep billiard tables,
under the impression that the new Gaming Act came into
operation that day, and that they were required to take out
a special license if they intended to allow billiards or baga-
telle to be played in their houses.
The applicants were informed that they were under a mis-
take in supposing that, the new Act, which came into partial
operatioa yesterday, extended to Middlesex and Surrey.
These two counties were not to be subjected to the new regu-
lations until the sth of next April:
Mr. Hardwick further informed one of the applicants, that
upon looking into the provisions of the new Act he was of
opinion that it was not necessary for a licensed victualler to
take out a license for billiards or bagatelle, for that under
their publican's license they were entitled to have billiard-
and bagatelle tables, if they chose.
The applicant wished to know what new restrictions were
placed on the publican who kept a billiard-table under the
new Act.
Mr. Hardwick said the Act itself, in some of its clauses,
was not very clear; in fact it appeared that one of the ob-
jects of Legislature—the prevention of tippling in billiard-
rooms—so far fom being likely to be attained by the Act,
would be entirely defeated, if his constructien of the particu-
lar clause was correct. Licensed victuallers were empowered
to keep open their houses for billiards during all those hours
at which they might legally keep open for the sale of excise-
able liquors. Now a licensed victualler, under the existing
law, might keep open all night if lie chose, and might sell
exciseabla liquors without being liable far a breach of any
Act of Parliament. Consequently, licensed victuallers,
under the new Gaming Act, may keep open all night for bil-
liards, and may allow exciseabie liquors to be consumed all
night in their billiard-rooms. The only t estriction upon this
absolute freedom was on Saturday nights, when they were
required to close their billiard-rooms before twelve o'clock.
The applicant thanked the magistrate f_.r the information
he had-obtained, and remarked that it would be new to most
publicans, and of importance to the trade that their exact
position under the new law should be ascertained.

WOODSTOCK ELECTION.—An address from Lord
---
Alfred Spencer Churchill, one of the sons or the Duke of Marl-
borough, to the electors of Woodstock, soliciting their suffrages,
appeared In Woodstock yesterday (Wednesday). It is brief. His
Lordship dates his address from Hounslow Barracks, and says, "My
political principles and rule of action are identical with his
(Lord
Lottus's), therefore, as you well know them, and deemed them
worthy of your unanimous support, further demonstration on my
part appears uncalled for." , A rich, very rich,
address to the
electors, from Elliott, the dr ke's head gamekeeper, has appeared.
He oilers himself on the duke's interest as a candidate for the re-
presentation of the borough. It is a splendid election squib.—Ban-
bury Guardian.
Fx T
THE li EGIAI RATION AT . E ER.—The Liberal
gain on the registration at Exeter last week is 147.
The brat in Algeria Was so great from the 23d to
the 28th September, that two battalions of the 58th regiment of
the line in garrison at Kouba and Birkadem, and who were or.
dered to work on the Chill& road, had three men killed by a coup
de soleil before they arrived at Bouffarick. On the 24th, at Ali.
giers, the thermometer in the shade was at 95 Fahrenheit; at 13111
dah it was 119 F.; and at Milianah atisd Medeah 122 and 126 F.
The Orem, prevailed...-FreAch Paper.
„.!

FEMALE COMBATANTS.—At the County Court on
Wednesday, Mrs. Rawlinson charged Mrs. Harding, both of Sickles-
mere, with violently assaulting her. The squabble, it appeared,
arose out of a mantle, the possession of which was disputed by the
fair antagonists. The combatants and several other women were
place,u nti
enlivened
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bn
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work Bin.lm'etrist.onH'safirdelidng;
,thmeumtuainitle.uhuebinegetiliestuneadn,deildl
by
af ere! livi neg awnhkel
ni 7sicoinmtihneg dineliccoa,t,etabcot,soamfis
ghoft tboootkh
the most refine.tiveriminations, Mrs. Rawlinson being ultimately
van fished by beiiivaL Several witnesses were called on either
side. After duly considering the evidence the magistrate dismissed
the esse.—Nury Herald.

THE STEAM TIMES AND RAILWAY
GLOBE, price 6d. stamped (size of the Double " Times") is
published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at six o'clock in
the morning, in time for the - early mails. In addition to very
valuable and exclusive Channels ofrailway information, it will contain
the closing prices of the previous days share-market in all the great
commercial towns of pu_gland, with copious and authentic reports
of railway meetings, &c. Sta." No. I. will he published on SATURDAY
next, Oct. 18, with a Supplement.
Advertisement and Publishing Offices, 282, Strand.

GRAND JUNLION, GREAT WESTERIN,
and SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY JUNCTION.
The Managing Committee of the above Railway hereby give notice
that NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received after
WEDNESDAY, the 15th inst.

By order,
JOHN SOUTHGATE, jun., Hon. Sec.
Company's OMees, 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house.

THE EXETER, DORCHESTER, and WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management inform the Applicants for Shares
In this line that the letters of allotment have been issued, and that
the number of applicants bar been go great as to prevent their
complying with the wishes of many most respectable parties. The
Committee, therefore, trust that this will be deemed a sufficient
excuse to all applicants who have not received allotments.
ROBERT ANDREW RIDDELL, Chairman
By order of the Board,
FRANCIS CREW, Secretary.
Company s Offices, 62, Moorgate-street, Oct. 10, 1845.

GREAT WESTERN, BREN'rFORD, and
CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY, from
the vicinity of West Drayton, through Hounslow, Brentford, Ham-
mersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, to a Central
Terminus, near Charing-Cross.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 53, Charing-cross.
Capital, 850,100/., in 42,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.