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ranged state, it was not his intention again to return to 
the duties of the office. Mr. Spearman has never been 
seen since 5 and it is expected by his friends that he has 
taken his departure either for the Continent or America. 
He had held the appointment during a period of upwards 
of thirteen years, at a salary of 7002 per annum, with an 
excellent official Tesidence at the Queen’s-mews, and 
numerous perquisites. 
Brentford.—A company is being formed for the pur- 
pose of establishing a canal between Staines and Brent- 
ford, which will save about twelve miles water-carriage 
between Staines and London. It is said that the under- 
head against it, and they were both compelled to take 
shelter in Margate-roads—one of them having lost an 
anchor and chain. The Larkins rode out the gale well 
during Saturday morning, having 120 fathoms of chain 
out; but about midnight it was discovered that she was 
driving near shore; and the Captain considered it advis- 
able to cut both the main and mizen masts away, in order 
to save the ship from striking. In this, unfortunately, he 
was not successful, as she went on shore with the flood 
tide about four, A.M., on Sunday morning. The ship was 
laden with tea, and had only one passenger. 
Metropolitan Improvements.—On ‘Wednesday, the Ist, 
measures were taken, for the first time, for the formation 
of the new street between Oxford-street and Holborn. 
In consequence of an order from the Commissioners of 
‘Woods and Forests, many of the houses have been vacated 
and sold, and preparations made for pulling them down 
immediately. The line from the Rookery in St. Giles’s 
will proceed along the south of Phoenix-street, across 
Museum-street, between Hart-street and Hyde-street, 
crossing the latter, and will enter Holborn at the King’s 
disgusting idolatry ; he was a barbarian, but a barbarian en- 
dowed with many great qualities. ‘Was it worthy of a Christian 
of conciliating a divided people, by paying homage to idolatry ? 
Lord Ellenborough governed at af 1 
dans, whom be ran the risk of offending. He (Sir R. Inglis) would 
the evidence was before him, to prejudge and prejudice a ques- 
tion on which he proposed to found a motion. Mr. Smith had 
Jord must acquit him of any intention whatever of wounding the 
Christian spirit of this country. The Government were not in 
possession of any ¢xp i ep tion ; but 
would read extracts from correspondence addressed to him by 
materially in reducing the price of carriage on heavy goods 
from Birmingham and other manufacturing districts. 
Mortality of the Metropolis.—The following is the 
Christian feelings. Sir R. Inglis had given too much credit to 
number of deaths registered jn the week ending Satur- 
peated invasions of India to abhorrence of idolatry + and in the 
work of Mr. Mountstuart Elphinstone, he would find that these 
th a military trophy He believed that it never i le 5 
entered into the head of the Governor General either to pay any | Arms Tavern, which has been purchased by the Com- districts, 241. Total, 974, (468 males, 506 females.) 
homage to idolatry, or to “restore” the ple of Somnauth. | missioners. Preparations have also been commenced for | Weekly average for the last five years, 903, (461 males, 
442 females,) and for the last five winters, 1004, 
Brovincial Welvs. 3 
Caermarthen.—The lawless proceedings of the rioters, 
who have obtained so much notoriety by the name ol 
« Rebecca and her daughters,’ 
diminished since our last report. No clue 1 
tained to lead to their detection, and as yet not? 
offender has been apprehended, although the civil force, 
the yeomanry, the marines from Pembroke, 
of pensioners are on the spot. Last week they destroyed 
a gate on the Whitland Trust, and a few days before, 
while in the act of demolishing a toll-bar, they sent word 
the new buildings which the pbenchers of Lincoln’s Inn are 
about to erect in their garden, under the superintendence 
of Mr. Hardwick. They will consist of a dining-hall, a 
drawing-room, a council-room, anda library. The structure 
will be of deep red brick, interlaced with bricks of darker 
colour. The quoins and dressings will be of stone. The 
style of architecture may be referred to about the middle 
of the Tudor period, more inclining to the highly-decorated 
text for running him down, He reminded the House of the 
difference between the condition of India now and a year af05 
just or fair in the authors of these disasters to fasten on this 
proclamation, and to attempt to excite public feeling, or to pro- 
pose a vote of censure against the man whose energy and policy 
jad repaired them? 
of oak, springing from corbels, with panels and pendents. 
The hall-roof will be the more decorated of the two, and 
something like that of Hampton Court, though less 
elaborate. The dimensions of the hall will be 120 feet in 
length, by 45 feet in breadth, and 54 feet in height. The 
dimensions of the library will be 80 feet in length, by 40 
feet in breadth, and 48 feet in height. Tie building will 
another gate. On receiving this report, the yeomanry 
immediately hastened to the spot, but on their arrival 
they found, to their mortification, that the gate was already 
levelled with the ground, and the rioters fled. It was 
afterwards discovered that the reason for conveying this 
report to the cavalry was, to induce them to quit the gate 
and also of the avenue of trees, which has so long afforded | at which they were then stationed, in order that the mob 
shade and ornament, will be demolished. i 
motion, ‘‘ That in the opinion of this Court the Wood- 
pavement in the Poultry is dangerous and inconvenient to 
the public, and ought to be token up and replaced by 
granite pavement.’’—Since our last notice of the proceed- 
ings at Guildhall, the foreman of the post-boy establish- 
mission of the General ‘Assembly of the,Church of Scotland. Mr. . : 2: i By 
(NERS ‘ow obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the ment has waited upon Sir Peter Laurie, to inform him of | Thursday, the 2d, the gate at the top of Prendergast, om 
Aas aes to surnpike trials in ea ao pies tp order | two accidents which had occurred to post-boys from the Fishguard Road, was removed into a field a quarter of 
‘0 provide some reme the competition of railroads. 4 Yr. +e = * i " ze d 
to Drow obtained Ieave to bring in a ‘Il for. preventing the riding over the wooden-pavement. He stated that when a mile distant from the toll house, and there eee 
fraudulent personation of voters at contested elections. e | it was frosty the wood-pavement was totally unsafe for | pieces: Three threatening notices have been received at 
r horsemen, for if a horse slipped while going fast, it could | Narberth workhouse, to the effect that unless the paupers 
have better food given them, ‘ Rebecca” will atiack the 
house. A mob assembled a few days since, and destroyed 
the Prince’s gate, and the authorities of Caermarthen bave 
received notice that the parochial gates will next be level 
led. It is generally believed that the workhouses will be 
the object of attack, and the lower orders imagine that 
“Rebecca” is a county magistrate. The Welchman ob- 
serves, that it is not the least remarkable circumstance 1m 
this extraordinary movement, that when the troops appear 
in one part of the country, © Rebecca” invariably appears 
in another, perhaps 14 or 15 miles distant. 
Hull—A meeting of shipowners was recently 
at Hull, to take into consideration Captain Fitzroy § 
Bill for ascertaining the qualifications of persons secking 
to be masters and mates in the merchant-service- 
Gibson, Mr. Alderman Thompson, and others conne 
with the shipping interest, took a part in the proceedings. 
From the statements made, it appeared that there was 
a great demand for masters and mates, and that more 
not recover itself. The Post-office authorities, he said, 
now direct the boys to go any way round to avoid wood- 
pavement. Some tradesmen in the City attended to pre- 
fer plaints against the p ent, and Sir Peter Laurie 
said that he had received a letter from Mr. Hume, who 
predicted that within two years the streets would be re- 
paved with stone.—On Saturday a numerous deputation 
of gentlemen waited upon the Marylebone vestry to pre- 
sent a memorial, signed by 221 ratepayers resident in 
Baker-street and York-place, Portman-square, praying 
the vestry to have these thoroughfares paved with wood. 
One of the gentlemen remarked that, notwithstanding the 
CITY. 
Money Market, Friday.—Consols closed 94% for 
Acct. ; and 94% to % for money ; Bank Stock, 174 5 Three 
Cents. Reduced, 95% 5 Three-and-a-half per Cents. 
per Cents., 101 to 45 
64s. to 66s. prem. 
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Petropolis and tts Picinity. 
The Weather.—The weather on Saturday was of a 
most boisterous character. At high water, about half- 
past three, A.M.» the tide, owing to the strong northerly 
wind that lasted all the previous night/ was so high in the 
river, that the houses and wharfs on the banks at Lambeth, 
Vauxhall, and other places, were flooded. ‘Fhe houses 
in Upper and Lower Fore-street were inundated to the 
depth of ten feet; and in consequence of the rapidity of 
the flood, much damage was done to the numerous vessels 
lying in the river, and also to the ground-floors of the 
houses. The tide rose so rapidly that the police were 
unable to get round to the river-side to call up the parties. 
The overflow in the neighbourhood of York-road was the 
highest ever known, and boats took the place of the usual 
mode of conveyance. The streets near the river at Graves- 
end, Woolwich, and Greenwich, were also overflowed ; 
and the ground-floors, cellars, and kitchens of the houses 
were inundated, gt te property destroyed. Fifteen 
coal-ships drove from their anchors and went ashore in : " ; ee rents Bes 
Woolwich Reach ; they all sustained damage, and were not | Lior ctibeacocs pes eA Se 
got off without great difficulty. Hight laden barges were | ensued, which lasted several hours, and was ze Yen th at 
sunk in the reach, and about one o’clock, when the wind panned to Thursday. The question eat then esueeed 
was blowing a hurricane from the north-west, 40 water- | 3, detail by several proprietors ; and after a long and de- 
men’s boats were sunk at Greenwich. The storm increased | .j¢ory debate, during which Ehe.char del hat th 
at night, and was severely felt at the mouth of the river. vopristors could not rescind an aaveete peat 2 ats 
_ Wreck of the Larkins East Indiaman.—Another vessel | tion for the adjournment of the Court was carried by 
is added to the list of the aap ae which, at the | wafority of 46 to 16 y 
very close of their voyage, have su ered shipwreck in the _Withi aac 
Channel. The Larkins, a fine ship of 800 a belonging Se tak eon a a fortnight i age nt 
to Messrs, Haviside, of Cornhill, which arrived in the aceiMaster of the Horse, ha peenaea “Tt appears 
Downs on Thursday last, from China, after breaking from | {,a¢ a short time since a eeaeee TERY jn con- 
her moorings on Saturday night, went ashore on the sequence of rumours which had reached his iter dship, 
Walpole Rock, a mile east of Margate, about four o’clock | Gailed upon Mr. Spearman to make up his accounts, for 
me Sunday morning. The circumstances of the present | tne purpose of ascertaining the amount of money in his 
oss differ’ materially from the recent calamities on the | j,ands, and the mode in which various sums had been dis- 
French coast, as the Larkins had reached the Downs in ard of. On Friday fortnight Mr. Spearman absented 
pes and was riding at her anchorage when the heavy | }imself from the aes ane a few 
ae Rigi e on Friday night, ‘Two steam-tugs had | yrote a letter to Lord Jersey without date or address, in 
b o tched from the river to bring her into the docks, | hich he stated, that, in consequence of the unsettled 
at on their arrival within sight of the ship, the weather | nature of his accounts, which were in an exceedingly de- 
was so boisterous that it was found impossible to make , 
Court of Proprietors was held at the East India House, 
ursuant to an intimation given by the Directors at the 
half-yearly meeting in December last, and in consequence 
of a notice given by Mr. Lewis, “ to call the attention of 
the Court to the papers which have recently been printed 
and laid before the {proprietors, in relation to the com- 
mission of inquiry held at Sattara in October, 1836, and 
the conduct of the commissioners who sat on that in- 
qui y.” Sir J. L. Lushington presided. Mr.jLewiszthen 
brought forward his motion: “ That after a full and anx~- 
jous consideration of all the cir of the case of 
the Rajah of Sattara, this Court is of opinion that jus- 
tice, no less than the character of the British Government 
in India, require that either the Rajah be restored 
the average loss was @ sbIP an 
three-and-a-half ships were om an av 
1826 to 1832 the loss was reduced 0 
These losses were attributed to the defective knowledge 
After @ desultory discussion, it 
pill, yet a nautical education for masters, 
and the establishment of Government schools for the pro- 
motion of education, were indispensably necessary. A 
d by 94 shipmasters against the bill has 
for presentation to the House of Com- 
opposed to the 
the appointment . 
pmolament that would thereby arise to the Trinity-house, 
and the Government patronage that would be exerted. 
Leeds.—The following is a return of the relief given in 
money and bread to the poor of the township of Leeds, 
including both the in-door and the out-door paupers, and 
also of the number of applicants for relief at the work- 
house, for the last four years. The relief given in 1839 
was 14,105/. 1s. 10d.; in 1840, 14,9342. 15s. 5d.5 in 
1841, 17,2751. 14s. 8d. ; and in 1842, 23,3580. 14s. 5d. 
The number of applications for relief in 1840 was 3,481 5 
in 1841, 7,316; and in 1842, 14,839. Thus the increase 
in the amount of relief granted to the poor from 1839 to 
1842 is no less than 65 per cent. ; and the increase in the 
number of applications for relief from 1840 to 1842 is 
326 per cent.—On Sunday week the body of a female, 
greatly mutilated and burnt, was found in the river Aire, 
near Knostrop Lock, the bead, arms, and legs being en- 
tirely removed. An in uest has been held on the body, 
but nothing bas been elicited to throw any light on the 
