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London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

PUBLIC MONUMENTS.

From the " Votes and Proceedings of the House of
Commons.")
Entry in Journal, 3d February, 1817, read, as fol-
loweth :
" Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of
this .House be given to Admiral Lord Viscount Ex-
mouth, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
Military Order of Lhe Bath, for his able and gallant con-
duct in the successful and decisive attack on the batteries
and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th August, 1816."
Entry in Journal, 30th October, 1801, read, as fol-
loweth
" Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of
this House be given to Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez,
Baronet, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, for his alacrity and zeal in pursuing, and his'able and
gallant conduct in the successful attack on, the combined
squadron of the enemy in the Straits of Gibraltar, on
the 12th and 13th days of July last, by the squadron un-
der his orders."
Entry in Journal, 24th March, 1803, read, as fol-
loweth
" Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the
House, that he had a Message from his Majesty to this
House, signed by his Majesty; and he presented the
same to the House ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker
(all the Members of the House being uncovered); and is
as followeth, viz.:—
" GEORGE R.
" His Majesty having taken into consideration the
eminent services performed on various occasions by Rear-
Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Baronet, and K. 8., and
particularly the valour, promptitude, and ability which
he displayed in successfully attacking a superior squa-
dron of French and Spanish ships in the Straits of
Gibraltar, on the 12th of July, 1801, recommends it to
the House of Commons to enable his Majesty to make
provision for securing to the said Sir James Saumarez
an annuity of twelve hundred pounds for the term of his
natural life. " G. R."
Entry in Journal, 26th September, 1799, read, as fol-
loweth
"'Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of
this House be given to Captain Sir William Sidney
Smith, for the conspicuous zeal and heroism by which
he animated and directed the efforts of the Turkish
forces, and of the small number of British officers and
seamen under his command, in their long and successful
defence of Saint Jean d'Acre, on the coast of Syria,
against the formidable and desperate attack of the French
army, under the command of 14eneral Buonaparte."
Entry in Journal, 16th February, 1801, read, as fol-
loweth

" Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the
House, that he had a Message from his Majesty to the
House, signed by his Majesty ; and he presented the
same to this house ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker
(all the Members of the House being uncovered) ; and
is as followeth, viz. :
" GEORGE R.

HEDDEN BRIDGE.—AII the mills which have been
at work in this 'neighbourhood during the last three
years, are now fully employed, though the wages 1,0
some departments are low. The hand-loom worsted
weavers, who carry on their manufactures at borne I_l'
their houses among the hills, are in great distress frame
want of work in some instances, and from low wagfJs and
high priced provisions in othe a —Leeds Mercury.. LOSS OF THE CALEDON STEAMER ON LOl3?0
,_
NEAGH.—On Thursday, about 30 of the most reipeetar
inhabitants of Portadown and its vicinity embarked on
board the Caledon in order to enjoy the beautii,Ul scenery
of the river and lake. The voyagers had arriv ed opposite.
Shane's Castle, and were desirous to partakesda dejeta,z,e',
a la fourchette beneath its ruined and embattled Walls'
They accordingly made for the shore, but the boat ell;
countering in her progress a ledge of rocks, at first gre-z7
them with her bottom, then her bow dipping, she st rue:
with such forceshat the water gushed in in torrents. Tiw
shock was so violent that Mr. Richley and the niasterlivere
thrown from the pad dle.bOx,and received severe contusions.
A scene of terror and confusion now ensued ; but a fish big'
boat, observing the danger of the unhappy sufferers, bore
down to relieve them. All were now eager to escape five'
the sinking steamer, and to rush into the boat, but were
withheld from this fatal movement by the exertions of
Mr. Wolsey Atkinson. After the passengers were safe!,
landed, the steamer was seen to go down.—Newry Tele"
graph.
On Wednesday last, the Chanenry.fishers captured
a very large old seal, which weighed within a few pound;
of 2 cwt., and was 5 feet 9 inches long. It got entanglee-
in one of the bag-nets. The boat's crew, having ma,'
the small telling sticks, had great difficulty in killing
' the monster, who made a desperate struggle, after being •
in the coble, to attack the men, and make his escape.-. -
Ross Advertiser.
The following melancholy affair has excited co' n'
siderable attention at Ostend and Bruges :—M. D't etz,
chief of the railway station at Ostend, received an .ano'
nymous letter, charging his wife with criminal inter-
course with a young sailor of the Belgian navy, mimed
Libben. M. Dietz having no reason, however to sus'
pect his wife's fidelity, took at first no heed of this infor-
mation, but subsequently grounds of suspicion led him
to be on the alert, and he soon was convinced o f the 04'
minality of the parties, and intercepted variotes letters.
M. Dietz, therefore, determined to take every possible
means of surprising his rival en flagrant delft. .720 r this
purpose he often told his wife that business called him to
Bruges, to which place he frequently went, alwa: 's return'
ing when he believed he should be least expect etd, but he
never found Libben with his wife. On Saturday 104
however, he went again to Bruges, purchased two Pis"
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DECEASE OF LORD BERWICH.—We have the me-
toll with powder and balls, and returned to Ostend
by the last train. It appears on this occasion he told his
atneh
se of the Riyht Hon. William Noel oly duty to announce in our obituary
Lord Berw this day
ick the wife he was going to Brussels, and should not return till
decea, the following day. When the train arrived at Ostend
of Attingham Hall, which event took place at his estate, he did not get out of the carriage, but remained concealed.
in Hampshire, on Thursday. His Lordship was the se- fhtemnunsiatabpepyobhseursvbeadndtohoantlfdrosnaeo
itnhtios
hpliascweiofecscoanpcaeratlnimeent
cond son of Noel the first Lord Berwick, by Anne, '
and that about ten o'clock he was satisfied that more than
one was therein: His exasperation was now at its height.
daughter of Henry Vernon, Esq., of Hilton, in the county
of Stafford. He' was born in 1773, in London, educated .
He went home, and with terrible violence forced open
at Cambridge, and succeeded his eldeinst brother, the Right !
i the door of the chamber, where he found the yooPg
Hon. Thomas Noel Lord Berwick, the peerage, Nov.
3, 1832. The late Lord Berwick was elected one of the sailor with his guilty companion. Giving way to lo
representatives for the town of Shrewsbury on the 12th full vengeance, he shot the young man dead upon the
of July, 1796, having sustained a contest against his re-
lative, John Hill, Esq., of Prees, a brother to Sir Richard spot, and thenlockinghis wife up in the room with ,
• the
Hill, Bart., of Hawkstone, which stands perhaps un- corpse, gave orders to send for the police, and went him-
paralleled in the annals of electioneering for spirit and self to bring witnesses. On Sunday, 31, Dietz.an. d h_is, .
it is supposed, cost the parties
expenditure, having, wife delivered themselves up to the authorities 111
Bruges, and the affair is now in the hands of the law.--
little short of one hundred thousand pounds—and is Bruges Paper,
....
still mentioned as the memorable 96 election. He was
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subsequently re-elected on the 16th of November, LEEDS AND SELBY RAILWAY COMP.ANY.—' -
1802—December 15th, 11,06—and again, June 22d, . Saturday last, the annual general meeting of ..he Share-
-1807. He was afterwards chosen Envoy at Naples, holders in the Leeds and Selby Railway- took place of
and was a member of the Corporation of Shrewsbury From the statement of the accounts submitted to the Scarborough 's Hotel, John Gott, Esq., in the Chair.
until the passing of the Manic;pal Act, in 1835. Soon
after the decease of his brother he returned to the meeting, it appeared that the balance on the Company's
ancestral mansion at Attingham hall, near Shrews- income was 3,25 a, and the reserve fund 13 3161. 17s. id.
The Chairman remarked that there was nothing in the
bury, where he has since continued to reside. accounts requiring observation, but connected with them He was, from early life, attached to antiquities, parti•
cularly to those connected with Shropshire, and had
;allude to—namely, that the Directors had considered to
there was a new feature which it might be necessary to
formed a large collection of manuscripts, drawings, and
other works relating to its topography. his Lordshi recommend the Shareholders to pay the Income-tax out
was unmarried, and is succeeded in his title and estatesp I
cent., or, in other words, to raise the dividend by the
of the reserve fund, still making the dividend five per
by his youngest brother, the Hon, and Rev. Richard amount of the tax. The succeeding proposition was then
Noel Hill, M.A., Rector of Berrington, in this county ; moved and carried unanimously :—" That the dividend
and it may be remarked as a somewhat uncommon oc- be two-und-a-nalf per cent. for the past halfyear." After. -
currenee, for three brothers in succession to take the
title of their father.. The the passing of this motion, the Chairman said that a
,ce
late Lord will be interred in
corincs the rulations of the Act of Par f our
the family vault at Atcham, near Shrewsbury.—Salopian Dired rsto recto should retire annually, and that thoseament, whe, Journal.
would on this occasion have to vacate office were rsesF $,
Dr. JOHNSON.—At the time he was on a visit to 1 Audus, Gatliff, Whitehead, and John Gott. A moe,on
Aberdeen, the Doctor noticed an old turreted house in was submitted by Mr. William Williams Reown, and
Huxter-row being newly harled. Struck with this opera. seconded by Mr. James Brooke, to the effect—" That
tion, the Doctor approached the labourer, and inquired the four gentlemen just named be re-elected, and that
how he produced that regular irregula"ity. The man they have the thanks•of the meeting awarded to them
explained the composition, and the Doctor requested for their past services," which was carried unanimously.
next to see how it was applied: "But, perhaps," said Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who brieflyd
he, " I atn in your way, my good friend ?" "Na, an, acknowledged the compliment, and the mee
Sir, ye're nae in my way." said the labourer. splashing a The tingseparat:
Wilberforce, from Antwerp, and Columbine.
huge trowelful on the wall, and plentifully bespattering mail-packet, &tun Rotterdam, arrived at the same_. pier
the Doctor's person—. Na, an -„,,.e nae in my way, if yesterday, -which caused a great yoneoltVe of the lair sex.
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ye' re nue in your ain." •-. •
as admirers of these fine vessels.

" His Majesty being desirous of conferring a signal
mark of his favour and approbation on Captain Sir Sid-
ney Smith, in consequence of the eminent services which
he has rendered, and the valour and ability which he
has displayed during the whole period of the important
operations, with the conduct of which he has been en
trusted on the coast of Egypt, and particularly in the
gallant and heroic defence of the fortress of Acre, •
commends it to the House of Commons to enable his
Majesty to make provision for securing to the said Sir
Sidney Smith, a pension of one thousand pounds per an-
num, for the term of his natural life. " G. R."
1. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth, with
an inscription expressive of the public sense of his great
and meritorious services, in the course of a long and dis-
tinguished life ; and in particular, of his able and gallant
conduct in the successful and decisive attack on the bat-
teries and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th of August,
1816 ; and to assure her Majesty that this House will
make good the expenses attending the same.
2. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to
' her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions, that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, with an
inscription expressive of the public sense of his great
and meritorious services, in the course of a long and dis-
tinguished life ; and particularly of the valour, prompti-
tude, and ability which he displayed, in successfully at-
tacking a superior squadron of French and Spanish ships
in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the 12th and 13th days
of July, 1801 ; and to assure her Majesty that this House
will make good the expenses attending the same.
3. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to
her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions that a monument be erected
to the memory of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, with an
inscription expressive of the public sense of his great and
meritorious services, in the course of a long and distin-
guished life ; and in particular of the valour and ab.lity
which he displayed during the whole period of the im-
portant operations, with the conduct of which he was
intrusted, on the coast of Egypt ; and especially in the
gallant and heroic defence of the fortress of Acre ; and
to assure her Majesty that this House will make good
the expenses attending the same.