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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Nov. 18, 
‘Manchester—Another meeting of the shareholders in 
the Bank of Manchester was held last week, at which it 
appeared that the estate of the Hiltons, of Darmen, and 
that of Joseph Raleigh, will wind up in a more disastrous 
way than was anticipated at the last annual meeting. The 
bank was stated to be involved in these two concerns to 
the amount of nearly 200,000/. As far as can at present 
be ascertained, Mr. Burdekin decamped with 100,0002. 
A call of 27. per share was deemed essential to bring the 
affairs of the bank to a close, and which, if paid, will 
amount to near 100,0007. This call, with that previously 
paid last year, will make the total loss more than one 
million sterling. The distress which this second call will 
make among many shareholders is expected to be very 
great, and the number of defaulters will also be consider- 
able. The Jiabilities are now reduced to the comparatively 
small sum of 400,0007.—An extraordinary case came be- 
fore the magistrates for investigation on Friday, in which 
the accused was a youth, stated to have been a sailor on 
board her Majesty’s steam-ship Penelope, who gave his 
name James Brown; and the informer a man named 
Hardman, an operative cotton-spinner, who charged the 
lad with having caused the late incendiary fires in Den- 
bighshire. Both the accused and accuser were placed in 
the dock—the latter having been detained from a belief 
that the serious charge he had made would turn out to be 
unfounded, and that his motive was the prospect of 
obtaining the large reward offered for the discovery of the 
incendiary. After a long examination, both prisoners 
were remanded for a week.—A meeting of the merchants, 
manufacturers, trades, and others was held in the Town- 
hall for the purpose of considering the best means of 
aiding the future operations of the Anti Corn-law League. 
Upwards of 250 persons were present, among whom were 
the representatives of about 70) of the principal firms in 
Manchester and the neighbourhood. Mr. R. H. Gregg 
presided. On the motion of Mr. H. Ashworth, conded 
by Alderman Callender, a resolution was unanimously 
adopted in favour of free trade. A subscription was then 
opened in aid of the League fund, which amounted, before 
the close of the meeting, to no less than 12,606/. 6s. 
Nottingham.—Nine prisoners who had been appre- 
hended on suspicion of being concerned in the late bur- 
glary at Sutton Bonnington, noticed in our last, were 
brought before the magistrates last week, together with 
likely to join, but as they have recently attended Kirkthorpe 
Church, it is supposed they will join the Establishment. 
Windsor.—The Windsor Express states that the Com- 
missioners of Woods and Forests are so disgusted with 
the abrupt and uncourteous manner in which their propo- 
sition to drain the town in conjunction with the Castle, 
was met by certain persons at the late public meeting on 
the subject, that they have abandoned their proposed plan 
as regards the drainage of the town. Notice of applica- 
tion to Parliament for a bill “for better cleansing, im- 
proving, draining, and sewering the town and parish of 
New Windsor, and Clewer, and the extra-parochial pre- 
cincts of the Castle, and for this purpose to make use of 
water from the river Thames,” has been given by Mr. 
Bedborough. It appears that this gentleman, who is the 
proprietor of Upton-park, is about to erect a series of 
terraces and villas in the hamiet of Upton, and construct 
a new line of road through a fine ayenue of trees from the 
railway station to Windsor Castle. By this means the 
long line of streets through Eton and Windsor will be 
avoided, and a new suspension-bridge will be raised over 
the Thames. 
Wisbeach.—The Nene estuary embankment, the con- 
tract for which was taken in August 1842, by Mr. H. 
Sharp, for €0,000/., is rapidly progressing towards com- 
pletion, under the direction of Mr. Fulton, resident 
engineer. This extensive undertaking was designed for 
the purpose of inclosing from the sea a tract of valuable 
land, amounting to about 4000 acres, which will, when 
inclosed, be principally the property of the commissioners 
of the Nene outfall, under whose auspices the works are 
carried into effect, assisted by the professional services of 
Sir John Rennie. The embankment is near 3} miles in 
length, and for some distance averages 28 feet in height ; 
at some parts of the line there is a depth at high water of 
14 feet; about one mile and three quarters, or one-half of 
the whole work, is already completed, and from this por- 
tion of the work, as a specimen, it is judged by experienced 
persons that it will be one of the best examples of a sea 
wall to be found in England. The land, as a maiden soil, 
it is estimated, will vary in value from 50/. to 80/. per acre. 
The Nene outfall commission has already effected great im- 
provements in part of the fens in Cambridgeshire and Lin- 
colnshire, by procuring a natural drainage for the lands in 
liew of the inefficient and expensive system of drainage by 
windmills and other mechanical means ; at the same time 
the Rev. Mr. Meek’s servant man, who was supposed to 
have been impli d in the t i The istrat 
remarked that, although there was strong suspicion that 
two, if not more, of the parties were present when the 
burglary was committed, it was thought advisable, in the 
absence of corroborative evidence, to dismiss them with 
the others; but he wished them distinctly to understand 
that this dismissal did not exonerate them from suspicion, 
nor secure them from any future proceedings. The Rev. 
R. Meek, although still labouring under the effects of the 
ill-treatment he received, was present, and said ‘that, 
though he felt convinced one or more of the prisoners 
werdigailty, yet, from the agitating nature of the circum- 
stances, and the particular manner in which the robbers 
were disguised, he could not help feeling some doubt as 
to their identity, and he would give them the benefit of 
that doubt. The prisoners were then discharged.—On 
Tuesday week, a burglary was committed in the house of 
Mr. W. Duke, farmer, near Woodborough, in this county, 
by five men, who had their faces covered with crape. 
They broke into the house between 2 and 3 in the morn- 
ing, and secured a servant man and two boys, who were 
going to take a waggon-load of corn to Nottingham. Mr. 
W. Duke hearing a noise, got up and went down stairs, 
where he met the men, by whom he was knocked down 
and treated in the same manner as his servant. The rob- 
bers then proceeded to the room of Mr. Geo. Duke, 
brother of the master of the house, and beat him as he 
lay in bed in such a manner that for some days he was in 
a precarious state. The thieves ransacked the house, and 
took away some money and other property. Nine men 
were apprehended the same day on suspicion, and after a 
protracted examination four of them have been discharged 
and the other five remanded. 
Oxford.—On Wednesday the delegates of appeals in 
congregation met by adjournment to hear counsel on the 
objections by Mr. Macmullen’s proctor, who protested 
against the appeal on the ground of informality ; but on 
entering the court he stated that he should not trouble the 
court with any argument, as he would withdraw his pro- 
test. It was then agreed that the next meeting should be 
held on Wednesday week to proceed on the appeal. 
Plymouth.—On Thursday, the 9th inst., the last stone 
of the Lighthouse Tower, erected on the western extre- 
mity of the breakwater, was set by Rear-Admiral Sir 
Samuel Pym, Superintendent of the Dockyard. The 
lantern is the only thing now necessary to complete it for 
service, and it is expected that the lighthouse will beready to 
be brought into use early next year, when it will super- 
sede the old light vessel, which has been moored in the 
Sound since 1813, 
Portsmouth.—Lieut. Hutchinson, R.E., with a party of 
14 Sappers and Miners, returned to Woolwich Jast week, 
from Spithead, having, in consequence of the severity of 
the weather, ceased operations on the wreck of the Royal 
George for the season. Notwithstanding the exertions of 
the divers, about 20 guns are still embedded in the mud. 
The wreck has, however, been pronounced clear, and its 
site fit for anchorage; it is, therefore, probable that no 
further attempts will be made to obtain the missing 
guns. 
Wakefield.—Mr.W. V1. Leatham, of Wakefield, banker, 
and his wife, resigned their connexion with the Society of 
Friends on Monday last, at the monthly meeting in this 
town. It is not known what religious body they are 
p g the g of the Nene from the sea to Wis- 
beach to such an extent, that formerly Humber keels of 70 
or 80 tons could with difficulty reach that port; whereas, 
now, vessels of 400 or 500 tons can, without the assistance 
of a pilot, owing to the straightness of the channel, get up 
to Wisbeach with ease. This navigation, as an artificial 
tidal channel, is said to be the finest work of that descrip- 
tion in the country. It was designed and executed by the 
late Mr. Telford, and Sir John Rennie ; and so important 
has been the result of these works, that the-trade of 
Wisbeach, in the course of ten years, has been trebled, 
and amounted last year to 140,000 tons of shipping, 
although the shipping trade throughout the country was 
in a worse state during 1842 than has been known for 
many years past. 
rork,.—Three massive doors have just been completed 
in Newcastle for York Mioster. They are of the deco- 
rated style, and designed by Mr. Sydney Smirke, under 
whose direction the restoration of the Minster is now 
drawing to a close. The three doors are alike, and mea- 
sure sixteen feet in height, and six and a half feet in 
breadth. The upper part is full of tracery, supported by 
columns, embellished with Gothic leaves. The tops of the 
capitals are ornamented with figure-heads, out of which 
the hood-mouldings spring, and terminate with carved 
Gothic finials and crockets. In the centre of the arches 
are three trefoils, with shields, on which coats of arms 
may be put. The lower part of the door is divided into 
six portions or arcades, the tops of which are decorated 
with crockets and finials, and between each compartment 
are carved pinnacles, springing from the heads of the 
columns. They have been executed by Mr. James Wal- 
lace, builder, and Mr. R. S. Scott, carver, of Newcastle. 
Railways.—The following are the returns for the past 
week :—Birmingham and Derby, 1,365/. ; Birmingham 
and Gloucester, 1,771/. ; Eastern Counties, 2,4431. ; Hdin- 
burgh and Glasgow, 2,246/. ; Great Western, 13,0617. ; 
Grand Junction, 7,861; Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, 
1,2037. ; Great North of England, 1,495/.; Hull and 
Selby, 966/.; London and Birmingham, 16,0682. ; South- 
Western, 5,440/.; Blackwall, 6130. 5 Greenwich, 6032. ; 
Brighton, 3,8801. ; Croydon, 204/.; Liverpool and Man- 
chester, 3,760/.; Manchester and Leeds, 4,9027.; Mid- 
land Counties, 2,680/.; Manchester and Birmingham, 
2,6802.; Northern and Kastern, 1,445/.; North Midland, 
4,6401.; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1,553/.; South-Eastern 
and Dover, 3,174/.; Sheffield and Manchester, AG5L. 5 
York and North Midland, 1,6807.—The usual notices of 
an intended application to Parliament in the next session, 
for a bill to authorise the continuation of the Shoreham 
branch of the London and Brighton Railway to Chiches- 
ter, by way of Worthing, have been given, and the plans 
and sections deposited with the clerks of the peace for 
Sussex and Chichester. The survey for the Branch rail- 
way from Lewes to Brighton has also been completed, and 
everything is ready for the deposit of the plans and sec- 
tions with the Clerk of the Peace, preparatory to an 
application for an Act of Parliament.—The Dover papers 
state that the South-Eastern Railway will be opened to 
Dover on the 1st January, when an experimental trip will 
be performed by the directors; and that on the 14th of 
the same month the entire line will be opened for general 
traffic.—The Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, 
from the junction with the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way at Sheldon to Crook, was opened for merchandise on 
the 8th inst. The directors assembled at the Darlington 
station of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and pro- 
ceeded to Crook, the terminus of the Bishop Auckland 
and Weardale line, where they were joined by two engines 
and trains of coal and lime. They then traversed the 
whole line, passing Witton-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland, 
South Church, Shildon, Darlington, Yarm, and Stockton, 
to Middlesbrough, the place of shipment. The waggons 
containing coal were emptied into the vessels lying in the 
docks, several of which completed their lading, and pro- 
ceeded to sea on that day. ‘The trains were upwards ofa 
mile long. 
IRELAND. 
Dublin.—On Wednesday the 8th the Attorney-General 
announced in the Court of Queen’s Bench that he in- 
tended, on Thursday, to send up fresh indictments against 
four of the traversers already charged. The deepest in- 
terest was manifested all day in the courts to ascertain the 
nature of those new bills. By some it was supposed that 
the object of the Crown was, by a supplemental indict- 
ment, to cure some defect in the one already found in 
regard to the informations of Mr. Bond Hughes. There 
were various other rumours, and amongst them was one 
that Mr. O’Connell and three others were to be charged 
with high treason. The Evening Mail announced that 
the Government had made a grand “ discovery,” and this 
statement helped to give importance to the story about 
high treason. On Thursday therefore Mr. Vernon, of 
the Stamp-office, was in attendance lest his evidence 
might be required; but, notwithstanding the positive an- 
nouncement of the Attorney-General, no bills were sent 
up and the grand jury adjourned early. The jury re« 
peated their attendance on Friday, with the same result ; 
and the bills, which were said to contain a charge of 
treason and to be directed against the existence of the 
Repeal Association, were stated to be abandoned for the 
present. Both Whig and Tory journals, in London as 
well as Dublin, comment with much severity on this 
proceeding, and on certain infirmities of temper shown 
by the Attorney-General towards some of the traversers- 
They condemn his apparent want of decision and the 
want of discretion, which could have induced him to make 
at such a crisis as this, and under such circumstances, the 
declaration of an intention which he was not prepared to 
carry out. The Court of Queen’s Bench have been oc- 
cupied ‘with long and tedious arguments on technical 
points, which have little interest for the general reader. 
An application on the part of Mr. Duffy, praying for 4 
list of the witnesses to be produced in support of the in- 
dictment was argued at some length, but unanimously 
refused by the Court. An application was then made on 
behalf of the Rev. Mr. Tyrrell, for a copy of the ‘¢ writ of 
caption,’? a document not yet in actual existence. The 
‘Attorney-General opposed the motion on the ground that 
the caption formed no part of the indictment, ter 
three days’ argument, the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice 
Burton and Mr. Justice Crampton were of opinion that 
the application ought not to be complied with, while Mr. 
Justice Perrin was in favour of the application. The 
majority therefore being against it, the motion was 
refused, hese tedious arguments indicate a prolonga- 
tion of the state prosecutions to an extent far beyond the 
expectations of the most curious in such matters. It 18 
said that Mr. O’Connell intends to summon 60,000 wit- 
nesses, and that allthe Roman Catholic Bishops are to be 
examined. It is stated that the Lieutenant-General 
commanding in Ireland Sir E, Blakeney, the police 
commissioner Colonel Browne, and other function- 
aries are also to be summoned for the defence. On 
Monday, in q of an t made by 
Mr. Moore, Q. C. in the Queen’s Bench, that the tra 
versers were determined to submit a motion on Tuesday 
for the bill of particulars of the charges in the indictmeDly 
copies of that document were forwarded to the agents © 
the traversers at 11 o’clock at night. 
ticulars enumerates almost every 
the 22d of March; and it is notified that all those newer 
papers, speeches, &c. the trial 
in support of the charges in the indictment. a 
in the ordinary fashion the bill would make a good-size 
octavo volume, requiring some hours to be re 
understood. It contains eleven counts or separate 
charges of crime ; and the first count alleges forty fo 
On Tuesday, being the last day ot 
eare! 
as of 
abatement, and declared the traversers not to be guilty of 
the offences charged ; they also stated that the indict 
ought to be quashed as the evidence was found 0? t a 
examination of witnesses who were not sworn In ope 
court, in d with the provisi of tl fj 
George III. The Attorney-General objected to the pee 
being received, In this stage of the proceedings he “i 
not conceive a plea of abatement would be received. 
trusted, however, that the court would not recely 
pleas till he had the opportunity of looking 10! 
A discussion ensued upoD 
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to stand over, 
The argument was resumed on Wednesday, 
most persevering opposition by the Attorney-Genel 
plea of abatement was received, 
and after 
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