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the Council of Lucerne. The latter, though at present 
the Vorort, or Federal Executive, has, in concert with 
five other Catholic cantons, Uri, Schwytz, Underweld, 
Zug, and Fribourg, declared that the Federal compact is 
violated by the permission to Argau to abolish its con- 
vents, and that it is determined to take measures to coun- 
teract this and appeal to arms. The Executive Council 
of Berne have announced their intention to resist the pre- 
tensions of Lucerne, and it is expected that an extraor- 
dinary Diet will be convoked forthwith, at Berne or Zurich, 
Russta.—Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 17th 
ult. state that the emperor arrived in his capital on that 
day, from Moscow. ‘The royal commissioners appointed 
to investigate the notorious attempt upon the life of the 
emperor have returned to Berlin without making any 
discoveries whatever, and there is not the slightest doubt 
that the shot was fired by the servant behind one of the 
imperial carriages. It is computed that the expenses of 
the investigation of this affair will amount to upwards of 
10,000 dollars.—On the 28th ult. a squadron of seven 
ships of the line, of from 120 to 80 guns, one frigate, one 
transport, and one steamer, anchored in the roads of 
Odessa, coming from Sebastopol. Its destination is not 
known, and causes a good deal of curiosity. —The town of 
Uralsk, in the government of Orenburg, suffered severely 
on the 9th ult. by two fires which broke out on the same 
day. 105 houses, some of stone, some of wood, were re- 
duced to ashes ; the loss is estimated at 103,000 roubles. 
Gruxrce.—By accounts from Athens to the 16th ult., 
we learn that the apparent tranquillity of that capital had 
been disturbed by the discovery of an intended attempt at 
counter-revolution by General Colocotroni, one of the 
Aides-de-Camp}of King Otho, but that his Majesty in 
order to remove all suspicion of his own participation in 
the design, assembled his Council of State, together with 
the chief civil and military authorities, on the 14th, and 
assured them of his determination to abide by the 
Constitutional system established by the national will, 
Sir E. Lyons, the British Minister, had despatched 
steam-boat to Constantinople to bring Prince Mavy- 
rocordato, who had arrived and was expected to 
assume the office of Minister for Foreign Affairs, 
as it was considered that Metaxas and his colleagues 
Could not maintain themselves in office. All the British 
agents throughout Greece had acknowledged the new 
Government, and the commander of the British frigate 
Eagle, stationed at Patras, had given a ball on board 
in honour of the Constitution, to which all the Liberal 
party were invited. he Ministers had refused to 
accept any salary under existing circumstances. The re- 
port that the late revolution had been contrived by Rus- 
Slan agency is met by the announcement that the Emperor 
having at Moscow received full and detailed accounts of 
the insurrection at Athens, has ordered the immediate 
Gismissal of M. Katakasi, the Russian Minister at the 
Court of Athens.—English travellers in Greece will regret 
to learn the death of Mr. Henry Robinson, H.M.’s Vice- 
Consul at Patras, who had been connected with Greece 
and the Ionian Islands for nearly a quarter of a century. 
Carn or Goon Horn.—Advices from the Cape to Aug. 
25 have been received this week, which are more encou- 
aging as respects the condition and prospects of Natal, 
the accounts from whence state that the Boers, at a meet- 
ing held Aug. 7, had agreed to the terms of the Governor's 
proclamation, and acknowledged the supremacy of the 
Queen, Advices from Simon’s Town notice the arrival of 
her Majesty’s ship Thunderbolt on the 22d Aug. from 
Port Natal, having during a heavy gale parted from her 
anchors and blown off the coast, leaving behind the com- 
mander and several of the officers and crew. 
Unirmp Stars anp CanApa.—The Great Western 
arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday with accounts from 
New York to the 19th ult. The news is chiefly of a 
domestic and commercial nature. The recent elections 
are unexpectedly favourable to the Whig party, giving 
them additional hopes that Mr. Clay will be elected Pre- 
Sident, in which case it is believed that Mr. Webster will 
e Vice-President.—The Park Theatre is crowded to see 
Mr. Macready. He retains all his popularity, and is 
making a great deal of money—as much, it is thought, as 
4007. a week for four nights’ performance.—The Canada 
Papers give the speech of the Governor-General on opening 
the Provincial Parliament, which appears to have given 
8reat satisfaction. His Excellency refers in this document 
to the loan raised in this country under the sanction of 
Parliament for the service of the colony. He states that 
8reat works by the assistance of that fund are in progress, 
which he believes are calculated to extend the commerce 
and develope the resources of that country, and increase 
@ public revenue and individual wealth. In the House 
of Assembly Mr. Baldwin had given notice of his intention 
‘© introduce a bill for the purpose of declaring Orange and 
all other secret societies illegal. Another immense confla- 
8ration had occurred at Quebec. It was not got under 
Until 60 houses had been destroyed, together with 
numerous outbuildings in the vicinity of the New Market- 
Place. 500 chaldrons of coals and 1000 cords of wood, 
the property of Government, were consumed. No cause 
hasbeenassigned for the breaking out of this disastrous fire. 
CITY. 
Money Market, Friday.—Consols closed at 96 to 
for money and the account; 3 per Cents. Red., 953 to 35 
34 per Cents, Red., 1023 to 2; New 3} per Cents., 1033 to 
ee Exchequer Bills, at 14d., 62s. prem. ; at 13d., 63s. to 
Ss. prem, 
IMetropolis and tts Vicinity, 
Court of Aldermen.—On Tuesday a Court was held for 
the purpose of swearing into office Mr. W, Hughes 
‘Hughes, as alderman of Bread-street ward. Dr. Buck- 
land introduced Mr. Hughes, who was sworn in by the 
town-clerk with the usual formalities. 
The New Royal Exchange.—The last stone of the 
tower of this building was set by the contractor on 
Tuesday, and all that now remains to be added to the 
tower will be the supports of the vane and the vane itself, 
which will be the same grasshopper (the crest of Sir 
Thomas Gresham) which for a long time adorned the old 
Exchange, and escaped the fire almost uninjured. It has 
been determined that the chimes shall be restored upon an 
improved plan, the Gresham Committee, on the recom- 
mendation of Professor Taylor, having directed that the 
peal of notes be increased from eight to fifteen. The first 
brick of this structure was laid in January, 1841, and it is 
stated that it will be finished and open for the use of the 
merchants by the middle of next summer. 
Darkness of the Metropolis Roads.—On Tuesday even- 
ing a numerous meeting of the ratepayers of Hammersmith 
was held for the purpose of considering the expediency of 
lighting the Great Western-road within that parish. The 
Churchwarden having been called to the chair, Mr. Millar 
stated that he had communicated with the gas company 
at Brentford, whose pipes were already laid down along 
the road, to ascertain at what price they would reinstate 
the lamps, and continue to light, repair, cleanse, and put 
up the lamps ; to which they had replied that they would 
light the road at 5/. per annum per lamp, and would wave 
all other expenses except the removal of lamp-posts, &c., 
which would cost about 15s. each. It was therefore pro- 
posed that the same number of lamps formerly lighted 
along the portion of the road named by the Commissioners 
of the Metropolis Roads, viz. 56, should be continued, the 
expense of which would be covered by a rate of 6d. in the 
pound, which would realise about 3007. The motion was 
seconded by Mr. Daley, and carried. 
Victoria Park.—Although the Act of Parliament for 
the formation of this park passed on the 21st June, 1841, 
and an Act for conferring additional powers on the com- 
missioners received the Royal assent on the 13th May, 
1842, the only real steps to its commencement have just 
taken place. The chief part of the land required for the 
formation of the park was in the possession of numerous 
market-gardeners, generally of small capital, who gave up 
possession of their gardens on the 10th ult., having pre- 
viously received twelve months’ notice. The stock and 
growing produce has, for the purpose of possession, been 
valued by two brokers on the part of the Crown, and two 
on the part of the tenants. The whole was sold on Thurs- 
day, by auction, and the difference between the produce 
and the awards of the valuers will be paid by the commis- 
sioners on behalf of the Crown. 
Rental of Middlesex.—The total rental of this county, 
as given at the recent Westminster Sessions, is 
7,574,3302., being an increase over that of last year of 
1,581,9227. In the following parishes there has been an 
increase :—St. George’s, Hanover-square, 600,797/., being 
an increase over the preceding year of 108,000/.; Pad- 
dington, 191,154/., increase, 16,2907. ; St. Mary, Islington, 
217,5937., increase 7,734/.; St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, 
178,6927., increase 5,702/.; St. John’s, Hackney, 
137,442/., increase 2,411/.; Mile End Old Town, 
109,628/., increase 2,685/. ; Kensington, 141,392/., increase 
5,7327.; Ealing, 31,1037. increase 1,773/.; Norwood, 
8,872/., increase, 1,1407., &c. In the following parishes 
the decrease has been as follows :—St.Martin’s, 240,0667., 
decrease 1,884/.; St. James’s, 239,059/., decrease, 5647. ; 
St. Pancras, 566,320/., decrease, 720/.; St. Marylebone, 
816,572/., decrease 9,9632. 
Scottish Hospital.—In consequence of the removal of 
the Rev. Dr. Brown to Scotland, the honorary chaplaincy 
of the Scottish Hospital becomes vacant. For many years 
it has been the practice of the governors to elect to this 
office a clergyman of the Established Church of Scotland 
who has been longest resident in London. The Free 
Church party, however, have avowed their determination 
to depart from this custom, and bring forward a candidate 
upon Free Church principles. 
St. Stephen’s, Walbrook.—On Friday at Guildhall, 
Mr. Crosby, a solicitor, applied to the Lord Mayor on the 
part of Mr. Rock and other parishioners of St. Stephen’s, 
Walbrook, for a summons against Alderman Gibbs, as 
churchwarden of the parish, for refusing to allow an 
inspection of the accounts to Mr. Rock, he being a proper 
person to look at the same.—The Lord Mayor asked 
upon what act of Parliament the application was grounded ? 
—Mr. Crosby said the 17th Geo. II. c. 38, sec. 1, and 
stated that they had tendered the amount therein specified 
but the alderman refused to give them; they had a show- 
book, but it was not satisfactory to the parishioners.—The 
Lord Mayor then said that Alderman Gibbs had been 
with him that morning, and he had signed his accounts for 
the last 18 years, which he had verified on oath to be 
correct. Ifthe applicant now went and demanded a copy of 
the accounts, and if Alderman Gibbs refused them, he 
would grant a summons. He must now stand or fall by 
them. If the alderman was correct in- his accounts, the 
Lord Mayor added, he blamed him very much for not 
producing them. 
Fire in a Steamer.—On Sunday morning a fire broke 
out on board the Ailsa Craig steam-ship, moored off the 
Leith and Berwick wharf at the Tower. The steamer 
which was about 300 tons burden, arrived from Yarmouth 
on Saturday afternoon, with a heavy cargo of flour, mus- 
tard, wool, cotton, and other goods. During her passage 
she encountered the gale of wind which prevailed on 
Friday night, and the sea is supposed to have got in among 
the cotton rags stowed with the cargo in the after-part 
of the vessel, which ultimately ignited Spontaneously. 
Prompt assistance was at hand, and the brigade floating 
engines poured water into the hold until all the cargo was 
flooded. The damage amounts to about 1000/., and the 
vessel is so injured that she must go into dock to repair. 
Accidents and Inquests—On Tuesday an inquest was 
held in the Hampstead Road, on Mr. C. Orpwood, who 
committed suicide on Saturday. His brother, Mr. W. 
Orpwood, the engraver, stated that deceased who resided 
with him had been an invalid and under medical treatment 
during the last 16 years. He was of no profession, and 
had lived with witness since he was 12 years of age. On 
Saturday last witness went to Richmond to visit a cousin, 
who is a chemist, residing there. On leaving home his 
brother requested him to bring from his cousin’s three 
drachms of prussic acid. As witness was aware that de- 
ceased was in the habit of making up his own medicines 
from the prescriptions of his medical attendants, and that 
they frequently contained a portion of that acid, he con- 
sented todo so. When he gave it to him on his return 
deceased requested witness to hand down a box from the 
shelf to put the bottle in, and while in the act of doing so, 
deceased drank the poison. Witness instantly ran off for 
a surgeon, who employed the stomach pump, but death 
had ensued almost instantaneously. He admitted that he 
had acted incautiously in procuring the prussic acid, but 
his brother was so religiously inclined, and was so much 
in every sense of the word a Christian, that he had no 
suspicion he would destroy himself. He believed that 
deceased, labouring under pain and imbecility, took the 
prussic acid to destroy his life, and that it did not occur 
by accident. Other evidence having been adduced which 
clearly shewed that it was deceased’s own act, the jury 
returned the following verdict :—‘‘ That deceased de- 
stroyed himself by taking prussic acid, but in what state 
of mind he was at the time there was not sufficient proof.” 
Mortality of the Metropolis—The number of deaths 
registered in the week ending Saturday, October 21, was as 
follows :—West Districts, 144; North Districts, 187; 
Central Districts, 215 ; East Districts, 263; South Dis- 
tricts, 297; Total, 1106 (males, 572; females, 534). 
Weekly average for the last five years, 903 (461 males, 442 
females) ; and for the last five autumns 908. 
Brovieial News. 
The late Storm.—The provincial papers are generally * 
filled with details of injury done by the gale of Friday 
night; and Lloyd’s Shipping List contains a long list of 
casualties at sea, the mere enumeration of which would 
fill, at least, a column of our paper. The vessels wrecked 
belong chiefly to the smaller class, and many lives have 
been lost. Several vessels were seen to founder off the 
coast, and all hands of course perished. At Liverpool, 
a fleet, of perhaps 40 sail, had left the port on the pre« 
vious day, and were caught in the storm before they could 
clear the Channel. The sea at high water washed over 
portions of the quays; and the steamers from the opposite 
ferries had some difficulty in landing their passengers, 
many of whom, both male and female, from farms in the 
neighbourhood, it being market day, did not venture to 
return until Sunday morning, when the storm had abated. 
Bearstead.—We learn from the Maidstone Journal 
that Tuesday last, having been the rent-day of the allotment- 
holders of this parish, every sum which was due from them 
was paid with the utmost cheerfulness and punctuality. 
The number of industrious men holding portions of land 
in Bearstead is upwards of 40—their portions varying from 
30 perches to half an acre, according to their means or 
ability to cultivate them. The rent is 40s. per acre, whilst 
the land being of fair average quality, it enables the 
holders to use it with advantage to themselves and satis- 
faction to the proprietors. The best cultivated allotment, 
so far as manual labour was concerned, was one whose 
occupier could not obtain employment during the greater 
part oflast spring. His spare time was devoted to the 
better cultivation of his allotment, which amply repaid his 
exertions by an abundant and excellent crop. The com- 
mittee of management were much gratified in their various 
inspections in observing a decided improvement in the 
allotments compared with former years ; and the cottagers 
begin to feel that by a careful collection and application of 
manure applied in a liquid form the greatest benefits ensue. 
Birmingham.—A singular charge of robbery was brought 
against a Mr. Lazarus, a respectable member of the Jewish 
persuasion, at the police-office of this town in August last, 
which excited some interest from the circumstances 
attending it. Mr. Lazarus was travelling from London 
to Birmingham in a second-class carriage in which were 
several sailors, one of whom, of the name of Cunningham, 
contrived to steal his companion’s purse while he was 
asleep, and on the loss being discovered he charged Mr. 
Lazarus with having committed the robbery, and, in fact, 
gave evidence that he had seen him take the money. By 
a singular accident, after Mr. Lazarus had been subjected to 
much annoyance, the real thief was discovered, and 
Cunningham ultimately confessed that he committed the 
robbery, and falsely charged an innocent man with the 
offence. He was accordingly committed, and brought to 
trial at the recent Sessions, and the jury having found 
him guilty, he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. 
Carmarthen.—The proceedings of the Commission of 
Inquiry, the opening of which was announced in our last, 
have excited very general interest in the Principality. The 
opening address of Mr. Frankland Lewis, the Chief Com- 
missioner, is regarded as a calm and dispassionate state- 
ment, abounding in kindly expressions, and displaying the 
utmost anxiety on the part of the commissioners to enter 
jnto the fullest possible inquiry as to every grievance which 
has been alleged as a cause of the late disturbances. The 
manner in which Mr. Lewis» invited the whole people, 
without distinction as to class or station, to lay their 
grievances before the commissioners, is thought likely to 
be productive of the most beneficial effects in allaying the 
present unhappy state of the Principality. The right hon, 
