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with their character, spirit, and design ; and is, moreover, 
so consonant with the feelings of your members, that they 
do not hesitate to express to you, and through you, to 
the Rev. the Master, their deep regret that any change 
should bave been made. The undersigned take this op- 
portunity of acknowledging with gratitude your exertions 
in the restoration and decoration of the church, and the 
AN of your arr in the conduct of divine 
service there. They now beg you to continue those exer- 
tions in the same spirit; and trusting that you will, on 
this cccasion, evince your usual consideration for the feel- 
ings and wishes of your members at large, they respect- 
fully request that the choral service of the church may be 
restored to its original beauty and completeness.” 
Royal Academy.—On Friday,*the 10th inst., a general 
meeting of academicians was held in Trafalgar-square, 
when Sir William Charles Ross was elected an acade- 
mician, in the room of the late Sir Francis Chantrey. Mr. 
J. T. Willmore was elected an associate engraver, in the 
room of the late Mr. Bromley ; and Mr. H. Timbrell was 
elected a travelling student. 
Wood Pavement.— On Tuesday a special meeting of 
the Commissioners of Sewers took place at Guildhall, for 
the purpose of considering the motion of which Sir P. 
Laurie had given notice, with respect to the question of 
wood-paving; and for the first time this court was thrown 
open to the public, on the understanding that the public 
importance of the subject was the sole ground of the 
privilege being granted. Sir P. Laurie moved, ‘That it is 
the opinion of the Court that the wood-pavement in the 
Poultry is dangerous and inconvenient to the public, and 
ought to be at once taken up and replaced with granite 
paving. He said that whatever differences of opinion 
might exist as regarded the principle of wood-paving in 
other parts of the Metropolis, there could be but one with 
regard to that laid down in the Poultry. The evidence of 
the policeman stationed at the spot was, that no less than 
55 horses had fallen down during 8 days. The Norwich 
mail had its whole four horses down at once ; and it was 
wholly unsafe to ride or drive over it. Since this had 
happened he had had a return with respect to Newgate- 
street, and the result was, that 26 horses had fallen there 
in 9 days, whilst in Cheapside only 4 had taken place 
during that period. He would not confine the Court to 
his own opinions merely, he would give them the opinions 
of others. He then went on at great length to describe 
the practice of the Recorder, the Sheriff, and others, to go 
a round of various streets paved with granite in order to 
avoid wood-pavements ; and after many observations con- 
demnatory of the system of wood-paying, he asserted that 
day, Feb. 4 :—West districts, 125 ; North districts, 153 ; 
Central districts, 142; Bast districts, 176; South dis- 
tricts, 184. Total, 780; (390 males, 390 females.) 
Weekly average for the last five ‘years, 903, (461 males, 
442 females,) and for the last five winters, 1004. 
*Probinctal Nels. 
Barnstaple.—The island of Lundy, in the Bristol 
Channel, the possession of which constitutes the pro- 
prietor Sovereign Lord of the Island, is about to be sold 
by auction ; it includes 2,000 acres of land, occupies a 
space of cight miles in circumference, is exempt from all 
taxes, tithe, and poor-rate, and has an extensive right of 
fishery, which brings in a large revenue.—The local 
papers state that upwards of thirty special warrants have 
been granted by the magistrates against persons concerned 
in plundering the wrecks on this coast, noticed by us about 
three weeks since. Several men of respectable station, 
have been held to bail, with sureties of 2007. each for their 
appearance at the county sessions. Part of the sails and 
oars belonging to the wrecked vessels have been disco- 
vered secreted in the Baptist chapel at Appledore, in the 
pew in which the. minister performs the ceremony of 
baptism. 
Bolton.—A requisition, signed by 54) electors of this. 
town, has been presented to Mr. Ainsworth, calling upon |. 
him to resign his seat, in consequence of his recent refusal 
to act with the Anti-Corn Law League. In reply to this 
communication, Mr. Ainsworth has addressed to them a 
letter, in which he says—‘‘ Gentlemen, I have received 
‘our requisition, calling upon me to resign my seat for 
the borough of Bolton. I must at once decline complying 
with your request, as I have not ‘ violated any of my 
public pledges’ on the subject of the Corn-laws, nor acted 
in any way which ought to forfeit the confidence reposed 
in me at the last election.” He then goes on to refer them 
to different passages of his speeches, delivered on various 
cecasions, ‘‘ as his recorded opinions” on the point in 
dispute. 
Brighton.—The attempt to make an Artesian well at 
the head of the Chain Pier is still in progress, though as 
et no successful result has been obtained. The pipe for 
the water has now been sunk to the full depth intended— 
80 feet, which is sufficient to prevent any mixture of the 
salt with the fresh water. The bore extends some feet 
deeper, and will be proceeded with till it attain a depth 
of 100 feet below the surface; when it will be a matter of 
deliberation whether the experiment shall be continued 
further. Itis expected, however, that before this point is 
to pave London with wood would cost 24 millions of 
money, and that in two years’ time the whole of that laid 
down would be taken up. Mr. Deputy Gordon 
seconded the motion. Mr. R. L. Jones spoke in favour 
of wood-pavement, and combatted the arguments of the 
mover and seconder of the resolution. He concluded by 
moving the previous question. Mr. Deputy Pewtress 
seconded the amendment; which, after some observations 
from the Common-Serjeant, Sir C. Marshall, and others, 
in favour of wood, was carried by a very large majority. 
‘At the conclusion of the debate, Sir P. Laurie gave notice 
that he should move that the future proceedings of the 
Court be thrown open to the public. 
The Cattle Markets.—The contagious disorder which 
has now for nearly four years attacked the cattle and sheep 
brought to the London markets has this year returnéd 
with redoubled violence. On every market-day both 
Smithfield market and all the leading lines of intercourse 
from it are crowded with sheep, which are seen lying in a 
condition incapacitated for walking. ‘The principal effects 
on the sheep are shown upon the hoof, where inflamma- 
tion and subsequent suppuration takes place, and the hoof 
is at last thrown off. The disease is also extremely pre- 
valent amongst cows and other cattle, and since Christmas 
the principal dairies in the neighbourhood of town have 
sustained great losses. The epidemic, if such it may be 
termed, is not so prevalent on the Surrey as the Middle- 
sex side of the river; although Bermondsey, and particu- 
larly the Grange-road, have recently suffered much. 
The Docks.—The distress which has so long been felt 
in the manufacturing districts has began seriously to affect 
the shipping interest. In Sunderland, where more ships 
are built than in any other port, the distress is so great, 
that the poor-rates in one part of that place have reached 
16s, 6d. a year in the pound, In London, a circular has 
been addressed by Sir John Hall, secretary of the St. 
Katherine’s Docks, to the owners of several vessels now 
lying in that establishment, stating that the stagnation in 
the export trade, which retards the despatch of the ships 
loading outwards, and the unusual number of ships un- 
employed, lying in the docks and for sale, has rendered 
it necessary for the Dock Company to remove some of the 
ships to other docks on the Surrey side of the river, in 
order to make room for fresh arrivals. 
‘Accidents. —On Thursday afternoon» Major Charles 
Jones, of Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square, was 
suddenly deprived of life by the accidental discharge of a 
pistol, It appeared that the deceased gentleman, who had 
served throughoutthe whole of the Peninsular war, was sub- 
sequently appointed aide-de-camp tothe King of Hanover. 
Having recently received an invitation to the Court of 
Hanover, be was about to proceed to that country ina 
few days. On Thursday afternoon he took from their 
cases two holster pistols, hich had been loaded upwards 
of five years, and,;while drawing the charge of one of 
them, it accidentally went off, and the contents lodged in 
his chest, causing instant death. An inquest has been 
held on the body, but the verdict has not yet been returned. 
Mortality of the Metropolis—The following is the 
number of deaths registered in the week ending Satur- 
reached a spring will be found. The soil through which 
the bore has been made is soft chalk. 
Lancaster.—The trial of Mr. Feargus O’Connor, and 
the other Chartists connected with the Manchester con- 
ference and disturbances, will take place in this city on 
the 25th inst., a month earlier than they expected, and a 
special jury has been struck for the purpose. Mr. 
O'Connor has given directions that Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Birley, of Manchester, and some others of similar 
standing, should be subpoenaed to give evidence in his 
favour. Mr. Roberts is the attorney for the fifty-nine 
Chartists included in the indictment. Mr. O’Connor, in 
his address, states that he has expended upwards of 2,000/. 
in law expenses, and that, as the ‘ Victim Fund” is 
exhausted, ‘ fifty-nine innocent men will be tried and 
sacrificed,’’ unless the Chartists come forward and con- 
ribute towards their defence. 
Nottingham.—The Globe states that a very splendid 
meteor appeared over the north of this county on Sunday 
week. Itis said to have resembled a large body of fire, 
assuming various shapes, and its velocity was not less 
than fifty or sixty miles per minute. 
Liverpool.—A person connected with a collection of 
wild beasts, now exhibiting in this town, was arrested for 
debt last week. After some conversation with the sheriff’s 
officer, he invited him and his followers to view the ani- 
mals, to which they consented; he described each parti- 
cular attraction, and finished by entering the den with 
the lion. The consternation of the officers may be easily 
imagined when he informed them that he preferred the 
company of the lions to their own, and stated his inten- 
tion of remaining where he was, until after twelve o’cloc' 
on Saturday night, when the strong arm of the law, for 
the time being, would be powerless. Threats and per- 
suasions were alike unavailing ; all the satisfaction they 
could obtain was, that if they wanted him they might come 
and take him. After some time, the plaintiff appeared, 
and was so well pleased with the joke, that an amicable 
arrangement soon took place. 
Leeds.—Nothing of importance bearing upon the mys- 
terious case of mutilation noticed in our last, has been 
made public since the adjourned inquest on Monday week. 
There is little doubt that a murder has been committed in 
Leeds or its immediate neighbourhood. The Coroner has 
been informed that a young woman has been missing from 
Stanley-lane-end, near Wakefield, since the 7th January; 
but whether she be the party whose body has been found, 
there is no evidence to show. 
‘Manchester.—The promenades at the Free-trade Hall, 
in this town, appear to have been the favourite resort of 
the inhabitants for the last fortnight; no less than from 
1,400 to 1,600 persons of various classes having been pre- 
sent on each evening. Last week the numbers of visitors 
were as follow :—on Saturday evening upwards of 1,200 ; 
on Monday evening more than 1,530; on Tuesday about 
1,620; on Wednesday, 1,487; on Thursday, 1,331; and 
on Friday, 1,154; making a total, in the six nights, of 
7,322 persons. 
Newcastle.—The distress at Newcastle is at present so 
great, that 5,120 are receiving in-door or out-door paro- 
chial relief; and there are 480 inmates in the Union 
workhouse. In Leeds, the relief granted to out-door 
paupers is now 9,250/. above what it was three years ago 5 
and, within the same period, the number of applications 
for relief has increased from 3,481 to 14,839. 
Rotherham.—The warfare against turnpike gates, which 
has prevailed for some time past in Wales, has lately 
spread to Yorkshire and the neighbouring counties; but 
rather for purposes of plunder, than in connection with an 
organised conspiracy. About one, a.m., on Wednesday 
week, the toll-bar house, called the Brown Bar, and, about 
an hour afterwards, the toll-house, called the Aldwark Bar, 
both in the West Riding, were entered and robbed by a 
gang of five or six men. In each case the leader was 
mounted on a horse which had been stolen from a stable 
in the neighbourhood. A late number of the Nottingham 
Journal described a precisely similar outrage committed 
a week previously at another toll-house, no doubt by the 
same gang. 
Stroud.—The Woodchester property, near this town, 
one of the estates of the Earl of Ducie, is coming into the 
market early in the spring. It is said to be the largest 
estate that has been subject to public competition since 
the memorable sale of Lord Ormonde’s property in 1815, 
when his estates were sold by Mr. G. Robins for 500,0002. 
and it is said he expects to obtain for Lord Ducie’s more 
than 300,0002. 
Windsor and Eton.—The bust of the Duke of Newcastle, 
lately executed by Mr. Behnes for the members and masters 
of Eton College, is to be placed in the library with those of 
the Marquis Wellesley, Lord North, Lord Grenville, 
and Mr. Fox. The following are the particulars of the 
Newcastle scholarships, recently founded by the Duke: 
—There are three scholarships of the value of 501. per 
annum each, to be held for three years, and open to com- 
petition for all boys of the sixth form, and upper division 
of the fifth, and such of the middle division who should 
leave school before the next examination. The estates of 
the Duke at West Markham and Egmanton in Notting- 
hamshire, have been charged by his Grace with the pay- 
ment of 206/. per annum for ever, by deed directed to be 
executed between the Duke of Newcastle on the one part, 
the Archbishop of Canterbury on the second part, and 
the Provost and College of Eton on the third part, to 
whom the above sum is ordered to be paid half-yearly, in 
trust for the above purposes, and to be applied accord- 
ingly. Each scholar receives the first year 40/, in money, 
and is presented with books to the value of the remaining 
10/., bearing the arms of his Grace on one side, and 
those of the College on the other.—It is stated that Mr. 
Cook, the joint patentee with Professor Wheatstone, of 
the Voltaic Telegraph, has been commissioned to lay down 
a line from the Paddington station of the Great Western 
Railway to Windsor Castle, and carry it thence to the 
houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace, so that on 
important occasions, when the Queen may be at Windsor, 
any intelligence of extraordinary interest may be immedi- 
ately transmitted to her Majesty.—The Commissioners of 
Woods and Forests have given directions that an orna~ 
mental palisading be erected in lieu of the iron fence, which 
now divides that portion of the Great Park, in the Long- 
walk, known as the double gates. This will be a great 
improvement, especially when viewed from the Castle. 
The palisading will be nearly 170 feet in length, with an 
ornamental gate in the centre of the Long-walk, embel- 
lished in the Elizabethan style, to harmonize with the 
architectural character of the keeper’s lodge, On either 
side will be two smaller ornamental gates for foot pas- 
sengers.—Considerable alarm was created at Windsor on 
Thursday morning, in consequence of flames being per- 
ceived issuing from the roof of the Castle at the western 
extremity of the North-terrace. It appears that the soot 
in the chimney of the room beneath a portion of the state 
apartments had ignited, but the flames were subdued 
without much difficulty. , 
Worcester.—We have before alluded to the hostility 
shown in this county to the establishment of the rural 
police. We now learn by the Worcester papers that the 
rate-payers of this county have been busily employed 
during ‘the last month in calling vestry meetings to give 
answers to the questions in the circular issued by the 
These answers lemies 
i last week, an e 
been opened by the committee Bore per iea been 
ral wages, under Sir J. 
id constable: he ; 
oeees are contingent upon the abolition of the rural police 
in the county, and the opinion is now becoming general 
Railways.—The following are the returns for the past 
week :—Greenwich, 6622. ; Eastern Counties, 8002. ; 
Liverpool and! Manchester, 3,864/.; Croydon, 1997.5 
Brighton, 2,882/,; Grand Junction, 6,741/.; York and 
North Midland, 1,3377. ; Blackwall, 498/.; Grand 
North of England, 1,241/.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 
1,471.5 Sheffield and Manchester, 2! 22. ; Manch 
and Birmingham, 2,4937. ; Manchester and Leeds, 
3,9012.; Glasgow and Paisley, 738 3 Midland 
Counties, 2,282/. ; Hull and Selby, 811/.5 Birmingham 
nd Gl Birmingham and Derby, 1,2012.; 
a , 1,5582.; Birming 
North Midland, 3,703/. ; South Western, 4,789/. ; Great 
