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London, England, 1842-05-21 00:00:00

den, Captain Meynell, Hon. H. Legge, Sir W. Martins, Sir
Robert Chester, Sir Frederick Smith, Viscount Cantilupe,
Lady Elizabeth West, and Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Field
Officer in Waiting.
On Monday last, Ashbel Smith, Charge d'Affaires of Texa.,
was presented by his Excellency Edward-Everett, the American
Minister, to Lord Aberdeen, at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Coke Smyth, the artist, attended at Bucking-
ham Palace on Thursday morning, to sketch the likeness of
some of the Household who are to appear in the forthcoming
work to commemorate the Bal Costume.

ak.WFUL CONFLAGRATION AT HAM-
BURGH.—The PUBLIC of GREAT BRITAIN
and IRELAND are respectfully informed that the Committee
for managing the Funds of the Suffering Population of Ham-
burgh have requested all the BANKERS in the UNITED
KINGDOM to RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS, and
earnestly solicit contributions on this most diotressing occasion.
H. P. ROUQUETTE, Hon. Secretary.

AT a most respectable MEETING of the MER-
CHANTS, BANKERS, and Others, held at the
MANSION-HOUSE on the 20th of May, 1542,
The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair,

The following resolutions were unanimously carried:-
1. Moved by Thomas BARING, Esq. ; seconded by
WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD, Esq.,
That this meeting has heard, with unfeigned sorrow, the
afflicting intelligence of the late disastrous conflagration at
Hamburgh. a city connected, from the earliest period, in com-
mercial relations with Great Britain, by which so large a por-
tion of that town has been reduced to ashes, heavy losses sus-
Wined, and some thousands of human beings reduced to a state
of destitution.
2. Moved by G. B. SCMITH, Esq. ; seconded by SAM. JONES
LOYD, Esq.,
That the uniform liberality and hospitality of the people of
Hamburgh towards British subjects visiting that city, entitle
the inhabitants suffering from the recent calamity to the pecu-
liar sympathy of the British public.
3. Moved by Joni( B. HEATH, Esq., Deputy-Governor of
the Bank; seconded by SAMUEL GURNEY, Esq.,
That the gratitude and thanks of this meeting are justly due,
and are hereby dutifully tendered, to her Majesty the Queen, to
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and to her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, for their gracious and unsolicited sanction and
assistance on this occasion.
4. Moved by Sir JOMN RAE REID, Bart., M.P. ; seoouded by

Sir MOSES MONTEFIORE,
That the thanks of this meeting are also due, and are hereby
given, to her Majesty's Government, for the supply of tents and
blankets from the public storee, spontaneously afforded for the
use of the homeless population of Hamburgh.
5. Moved by Davin SALOMONS, Esq. ; seconded by C.

VIGNOLES, Esq., -
That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby
given, to those public bodies which have set a laudable example,
by their promptitude and liberality on this occasion; and the
country at large is hereby earnestly solicited to co-operate, and
to afford its generous aid towards abating a fund which may,
in some degree, prove adequate to the extent and severity of
the sufferings which it is intended to relieve.
6. Moved by JAMES BISCHOFF, Esq. • seconded by HERMAN

SILLEM, Esq.,
That the London and Country Bankers be respectfully re-
questltid to receive subscriptions.
7. Moved by GEORGE LYALL, Esq.; seconded by KIRK MAN

D. HoncsoN, Esq.,
That the following gentlemen, who have hitherto acted as a
Provisional Committee, be requested to continue their services,
with plwer to add to their number, viz.:—
James Colquhoun, Esq.. Agent J. A. Droop, Esq.
for the Hanse To'yns. C. 1. Hambro, Esq.
Baron de Rothschild. Frederick Huth, Esq.
John A%el Smith, Esq., M.P. Lewis Loyd, Esq.
Sir Moses Montefiore. John Raphael, Esq.

Wnlverley Attwood, Esq. David Salamons, Esq.
Thomas Baring, Esq. E. Sieveking, Esq.
James Bischoff, Esq. Herman Sillem, Esq.
E. H. Brandt, Esq. B. T. Suse, Esq.
8. Moved by H. T. TijaKs, Esq., seconded by FREDERICK
HUTH, Esq.,
That the Resolutions of this Meeting be inserted in such
newspapers as the Committee may direct.
9. Moved by JAMES COLQUHOUN, Esq., seconded by the

Baron DE ROTHSCHILD,

That the thanks Ythis Meeting are due to the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor for allowing the use of the Egyptian Hall,
for his Lordship's great attention to the benevolent object in
view, and for presiding on this occasion.
H. P. ROUQUETTE, Hon. Secretary.

HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning,..... 14 minutes after 11 1 Evening 42 minutes after 11

THE WEATHER.—Noon, MAY 21.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Thermometer,— 60 i Highest
__6o_l Lowest 40

Barometer ‘9.Bl.—Wind. S.

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