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Col. Humfrey, Capt. Moorsom, and Capt. Grover, were 
appointed a Committee, with power to add to their 
number ; and a subscription was opened for accomplishing 
the object. About 1002. were subscribed in the room. 
The Cartoons.—This exhibition having closed to the 
public on Saturday, the removal of the cartoons was com- 
menced on Monday. The drawings which were successful 
in the competition will continue to be exhibited in the 
Suffolk-street gallery. The unsuccessful competitors are 
also, it is said, about to get up an exhibition of their sub- 
jects, though it is not yet fully arranged where it will take 
lace. A large proportion of the artists are in favour of 
the Pantechnicon, while a section, with Mr. Haydon at 
their head, prefer the Pantheon. On Saturday, upwards 
of 4000 persons were admitted in the course of the day, 
and it is calculated that upwards of 300,000 visitors of all 
classes have attended the exhibition. The greatest order 
and decorum have been observed throughout, and not a 
single robbery has been brought to the police offices as 
having taken place in the hall. On some of the days of 
exhibition the children connected with various schools 
attended. The fittings will not be removed from the 
Hall, as the commissioners have another exhibition in 
contemplation for the ensuing year, which will consist of 
frescos of moderate size, executed on portable frames. 
Middlesex Mayistrates.—The Lord Chancellor has 
appointed the following gentlemen as magistrates for the 
county :—Mr. Dodd, M.P., Montagu-square; Mr. Pil- 
cher, the late Sheriff, Russell-square ; Mr. Walter, of 
Bearwood, Berks; Mr. Ewin, Park-crescent; Mr. 
Hooper, Stanmore; Mr. Carter, of Brockley-hill; Mr. 
Rowe, of Covers House, Laleham; Mr. Platt, Hyde 
Park-gardens ; Mr. A. W. Wood, of Uxbridge; Lieut.- 
Col. Sydney North, of Arlington-street; Mr. J. R. Mills, 
of Stamford-hill; Mr. W. Crake, Stanhope-street, Hyde 
Park-gardens ; Mr. F.T. Young, Great Cumberland- 
place; Mr. T. H. Black, St. Anne’s, Limehouse; Mr. E. 
Stock, Poplar; Mr. R. E. Williams, of Weston-grove, 
Kingston; Mr. J. W. Marriott, of Sunbury; Mr. J 
Bentley, of Highbury-park; and Mr. T. B. Herring, 
Finchley. Mr, F. J. Perseval, of Ladbroke-terrace, Not- 
ting-hill, has also been added to the commission of the 
peace for the city and liberty of Westminster. 
Metropolitan Improvements.—The new street from 
Shoreditch Church to the St. Katharine and London Docks 
is making rapid progress. Nearly all the houses on the 
west side of Rose-lane and Essex-street, Whitechapel, 
have been taken down, and in a few weeks there will be a 
direct th hfare from Spitalfields’ Church, in front of 
which the new street will pass.—In consequence of the 
progress of the new Royal Exchange, orders have been 
given to dispose of the houses in Freeman’s-court, which 
adjoin’ the east end of the structure. The space to be 
cleared away will be from Cornhill to the Church of St. 
Benedict, at the corner of Threadneedle-street. In the 
latter street several houses have been pulled down, facing 
the Hall of Commerce, for the purpose of widening that 
thoroughfare.—Mr. Barry has received instructions from 
the Woods and Forests to value the property from Chelsea 
Old Church to Battersea Bridge, preparatory to its re- 
moval for the purpose of constructing the new road along 
the river side, from Vauxhall to Battersea.—The open 
area surrounding the enclosure in St. James’s-park has 
long been remarkable for its soft and wet state in winter, 
and for its uneven condition in summer, cutting the shoes 
of pedestrians with the sharp gravel which forms the sur- 
face. A new experiment has just been tried between the 
York column and Storey’s gate, which appears well cal- 
culated to obviate these objections. The gravel already 
used in the park has been taken up, and a stratum of 
concrete, 6in. thick laid down in its place. The concrete has 
been covered with the fine material obtained by screening 
the old gravel, and, in order to produce a good colour, a 
small quantity of the screenings of yellow gravel has been 
lightly spread over the surface. The experiment has only 
terminated a few days, but the part laid down is remarkably 
solid, and forms an agreeable path, owing to the entire ab- 
sence of large stones.—The Marylebone vestry on Thursday 
resolved by a majority of 11, to adopt wood-paving in the 
New-road from King’s-cross to St. Pancras’ church, a dis- 
tance of 11,000 yds. The cost for paving with granite would 
be 4s. 6d. per yard for three years, and the expense 
of keeping it in repair 1s. 6d. per year, whilst the wood 
would cost lls. per yard, without any expense to the 
parish for two years, and after that time only 6d. per yard 
per annum. It was stated that in 19 years the parish 
would save 2,000/. by the adoption of wood-paving.— The 
works of the Nelson pillar continue to advance rapidly, 
and the castings which form the Corinthian capital have 
been fixed. These castings are of bell-metal, weighing 
several tons. They are fastened together by immense 
hooks, and strongly rivetted. Several tons of stone will 
now be raised to the summit to form the plinth upon 
which the statue is to be placed. The statue is hewn out 
of two pieces of Cragleith stone of great hardness, and 
when joined will stand 17 feet in height. 
Temperance Meetings.—On Saturday Father Mathew 
administered the pledge at the New City Burial Ground, 
Bunbill Fields. He had previously breakfasted with the 
Earl of Arundel and Surrey, who accompanied him to the 
meeting, and publicly took the pledge amidst the cheering 
of the people. Father Mathew, in the course of his 
aldress, congratulated himself on the support of his 
lordship, and stated that on the previous day he had 
administered the pledge to the Marchioness of Wellesley. 
Nearly 1,000 persons took the pledge, making altogether 
2,200 in this spot, On Sunday Father Mathew revisited the 
opening scene of his labours in the metropolis, and 
again administered the pledge to 2,000 persons in the 
Roman;Catholic Cemetery, Commercial-road. On Monday 
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b k-gates; their comrades rescued them; in the fray 
heconcluded his mission in the polis by inistering 
the pledge in Calmel-buildings, Manchest quare, which 
is looked upon as the St. Giles’s of Marylebone. Father 
Mathew, having performed mass and preached inthe Spanish 
Chapel, breakfasted with the Rey. Dr, Piquot, the minister, 
in company with the Spanish Ambassador, the Dowager 
Countess of Clare, who took the pledge at the hands of the 
rev. gentleman, and a large number of the nobility. The 
proceedings of the day were commenced by the Hon. Stafford 
Jerningham, Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham, and a batch of 
nearly twenty other ladies and gentlemen kneeling and 
receiving the pledge on the platform. A party of brewers’ 
draymen forced their way into the crowd with a barrel of 
ale, but they were ultimately expelled, after a violent 
contest with the Irish teetotallers. The number who took 
the pledge in the course of the day was 3,000. The 
result of the rev. gentleman’s labours in the metropolis 
and suburbs are 68,000 who have publicly taken the 
pledge, and about 6,000 made up of schools and factory 
workmen, to whom it was administered privately. Im- 
mediately after the last batch, Father Mathew came on 
the platform to take his farewell, and was heartily cheered. 
The rev. gentleman, in an affecting manner, spoke of the 
reception with which he, as a stranger in the metropolis of 
England, had been everywhere received. Since he had 
been in London not a single word had been uttered against 
him, personally, which could at all be painful to his feel- 
ings, and the public press, of every description of politics, 
had actedin so kindly a spirit towards him, that he 
publicly begged to tender the conductors of that great and 
powerful moral engine his heartfelt gratitude. In con. 
clusion, he urged upon all present the blessings of sobriety 
as compared with the vice of drunkenness, and expressed 
a hope that the grace of the Almighty might enable those 
who had taken the piedge to keep it. Father Mathew 
has since proceeded to Norwich, to which place he had 
been invited by Bishop Stanley. Thence he goes to Bir- 
mingham and Liverpool, and then to Ireland, having on 
the 17th to preach, in aid of some public charity, in Dublin, 
The Mayoralty.—It is said that a large body of the 
livery are anxious to re-elect the present Lord Mayor for 
another year, on account of the satisfactory manner in 
which he has discharged the duties of the mayoralty, and 
particularly those connected with the hospitalities of the 
‘ity.—Alderman Lainson has resigned his gown as Alder- 
man of Bread-street ward, in consequence of indisposition. 
He declined serving the office of Lord Mayor during the 
present year from the same cause. 
Excise Seizures.—A few days since an extensive seizure 
was made by the officers of Excise, in Anchor-yard, Old- 
street, St. Luke’s, where they found a complete manu- 
factory fitted up for the purpose of drying and colouring 
old tea leaves. It consisted of two large furnaces, drying- 
pans and plates, for the final process of drying ; colouring 
matter, drugs, and a quantity of ‘‘ tea’’ ready to send out, 
with some in the process of transformation from green to 
black. Not a particle of good tea was to be found, 
although the quantity amounted to nearly a ton in weight. 
The persons owning it made their escape during the 
entrance of the officers, as no person was to be found on 
the premises, but the state of the pan proved that they 
had been recently at work. 
Westminster Abbey.—Some alterations and improve- 
ments are in progress in the little cloisters adjoining the 
Coroner’s Office. A small tenement, which has been 
built about 180 years, a portion of which projected over 
the east side of the cloisters, and was considered in too 
dilapidated a state to undergo « repair, has been removed. 
In the course of removing the front wall, a portion of the 
original building was discovered, which is supposed to 
have been erected during the reign of Edward I.—The 
Dean has given directions that the public shall in future 
have the privilege of passing, after divine service, from 
the nave into the choir, from which egress will be obtained 
through the western entrance, which has for many years 
been closed, the only entrance still being by the gate at 
Poet’s-corner, The monuments in the choir have under- 
gone a thorough cleansing, and all persons will now have 
the opportunity of viewing them free of charge. 
Old St. Paul’s.—During the last few days, in the course 
of some excavations south of the Cathedral, for the forma- 
tion of a new sewer from Paul’s Chain to London House- 
yard, several human remains were found, Many of the 
skulls were quite perfect, They were discovered at various 
depths, some as low as eighteen feet from the surface. Itis 
supposed that this locality was the burial-ground attached 
to old St. Paul’s, which was destroyed by the great fire in 
1666. During the recent excavations in Newgate-market, 
massive walls, about five feet wide, have been cut through 
at a depth of twelve feet from the surface, some of which 
were constructed of such solid materials that the workmen 
were obliged to employ powder to separate them. 
St. Olave’s, Southwark.—The largest vestry meeting 
ever known of the parishioners of St. Olave’s took place 
on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the steps to 
be taken in consequence of the destruction of the parish 
church by the late fire. A long discussion arose on the 
propriety of rebuilding the church ona new site and selling 
the old one for the purpose of building a new wharf, but 
on the question being put, it was resolved by a large ma- 
jority to rebuild it on its present site. A committee, with 
the Lord Mayor at the head, was then appointed to super- 
intend its erection. 
Knightsbridge—The papers have contained reports of 
what is called a “ military outrage’’ at Knightsbridge, in 
which some privates of the Royal Horse Guards are stated 
to have attacked the passers-by with swords and pistols. 
The affair, however, which was a drunken brawl, has been 
greatly exaggerated. Some soldiers were assaulted by the 
frequenters of one of the low public-houses near the 
some heads were broken on both sides, and a woman was 
cut with the glass of a broken window, and this we believe 
was all that happened. No weapons whatever were used 
by the soldiery. 
Kingston.—On Wednesday morning, at three o’clock, 
the inhabitants of the little village of Maldon, situated 
between Kingston and Ewell, were alarmed by an explo- 
sion, which shook the cottages to their foundation, and 
entirely demolished the glass in the windows. It was 
soon discovered that the two powder-mills at the extremity 
of the village had exploded and been reduced to ruins. 
Everything contained in them was destroyed, but no lives 
were lost. The foreman had only locked up the mills, 
and left them apparently in perfect safety, ten minutes 
before the explosion. 
Mortality of the Metropolis.—The number of Deaths 
registered in the week ending Saturday, Aug. 26, was as 
follows :—West districts, 125 ; North districts, 139 ; Cen- 
tral districts, 166 ; East districts, 199; South districts, 
213. Total, 842, Males, 433; females, 409. Weekly 
average for the last five years, 903—(461 males, 442 
females) ; for the last five summers, 816. 
JProbincial Welvs. 
Her Mojesty’s Marine Excursion.—The Queen and 
Prince Albert, as mentioned in our last, held a levee on 
Thursday at Plymouth, on board the yacht, and after- 
wards paid a visit to the three towns. Her Majesty 
landed at the dockyard, and after passing through Devon- 
port and Stonehouse, was met at the boundary of Ply- 
mouth by the Mayor and Corporate Officers, who pre- 
ceded Her Majesty through the streets leading to the Hoe, 
and returned thence by nearly the same route to the 
Borough boundary on the Stonehouse Mill Bridge, where 
the authorities of Plymouth tooktheir leave. The procession 
then returned through Stoke and Devonport, to the dock- 
yard, where Her Majesty re-embarked and went on board 
theyacht. Her Majesty and the Prince then went to view 
the Breakwater, upon which they landed and remained 
some time, when they returned to the yacht, and dined and 
slept on board. In the evening the ships of war were 
illuminated, and bonfires were lit on all the heights around 
the harbour. On Friday morning the Queen left for 
Falmouth, amidst the usualsalutes. When off the Break- 
water the yacht hove to for a few minutes to enable Her 
Majesty and Prince Albert to view the whole scene before 
putting out to sea, A few minutes before ten she took 
her departure, steering towards the Eddystone light-house, 
which the Royal party were desirous of closely inspect- 
ing. From the Eddystone the yacht steered towards 
Falmouth, which she made about half-past one, and 
came to an anchor off St. Mawes Castle. Her Ma- 
jesty did not land at Falmouth, but proceeded from 
the yacht into the harbour in the barge, accompanied by 
Prince Albert. Salutes were fired from the forts and 
shipping, and everywhere as her Majesty passed she was 
received with the most enthusiastic cheering. The mayors 
and corporations of Falmouth, Penryn, and Truro, put off 
in boats to wait upon her Majesty while in the barge, and 
were most graciously received. After pulling round the 
harbour, and inspecting all that was worth attention, her 
Majesty and the Prince returned on board the yacht, 
which immediately got under weigh, and steered for the 
coast of France. The yacht passed Cherbourg about half- 
past 6 on Saturday morning, and was saluted by the 
batteries of the town and fort with 101 guns, All the 
ships-of-war were dressed in their colours, and the Prince 
de Joinville was waiting in the Pluton steamer to escort 
her Majesty to Tréport. At 4 p.m. the royal yacht came 
in sight of Tréport, when a cannon was discharged as the 
signal of her Majesty’s approach. At 5 o’clock the royal 
family, consisting of the King and Queen of the French, 
the Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Orleans, and 
the Princess Clementine, accompanied by M. Guizot, 
Marshal Sebastiani, Admiral Mackau, &c., left the 
Chateau d’Eu to meet the Queen. The Duc d’Aumale 
and the Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg accompanied the 
procession on horseback, On reaching Tréport, his 
Majesty entered a state barge and proceeded to meet the 
royal yacht; while the Queens of the French and of 
the Belgians, with the Princesses, remained in the 
tent erected at the landing-place to receive the royal 
visitors as they stepped ashore. As the King ap- 
proached the royal yacht, a salute from all the steam- 
vessels was fired, and this being taken up by each 
vessel in the roads and by the batteries on shore, a con- 
tinued volley rolled during the entire ceremony of the first 
meeting of the Sovereigns. As the state barge approached, 
the yacht backed water, and the barge wore round her 
stern, out of sight of the spectators ashore. ‘The King, 
on reaching the deck, embraced her Majesty, and shook 
Prince Albert most cordially with both hands. A few 
minutes afterwards, the Queen and Prince Albert, led by 
the Prince de Joinville, descended from their yacht, and 
took their place with King Louis Philippe in the state 
barge, amidst renewed salvos of artillery. The reception 
of the Royal visitors by the Queen of the French, the 
Queen of the Belgians, and the French Princesses, in the 
tent which covered the landing-place, was of the most 
graceful and heartfelt kind ; and this part of the ceremony 
was also hailed by the assembled multitude with the most 
expressive demonstrations of concurrence and of joy. Her 
Majesty saluted on the cheek the Queen of the French, 
and afterwards kissed the Queen of the Belgians in the 
most affectionate manner. Having taken their seats 
the first char-d-banc, drawn by eight horses, the Royal 
personages proceeded onwards towards Eu, followed by 
the respective ladies, ministers, 
nations present, _ 
and officers of both 
On their arrival the bands of the French 
