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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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at the quarter-sessions, praying them to abolish the rural 
police force in this district; and that a committee be ap- 
pointed to draw up such petition and carry it into effect. 
2. That this meeting is of opinion that the new poor-law 
has disappointed \the expectations of the rate-payers ; and 
that its unjust and demoralizing provisions have materially 
contributed to promote the present discontent. 3. That 
@ committee be formed with the view of bringing before 
the public the grievances of which we complain, and to 
take such measures as may to them appear necessary for 
petitioning Parliament, as soon as it reassembles, to insti- 
tute a strict inquiry into the causes of the discontent at 
present prevailing throughout an extensive portion of 
South Wales, and to devise the means for its removal. 
4, That this committee consist of persons from each 
parish or parcel of a parish, and that it be an instruction 
to such committee forthwith to prepare a form of inquiry, 
embracing the several subjects of rents, tithes, poor ande 
highway rates, with such other additional heads of inquiry 
relating to the grievances of the people as to such com- 
mittee may seem necessary.”” The meeting gave three 
cheers for the Queen, and quietly separated, having lasted 
upwards of three hours. ‘The proceedings were entirely 
conducted in Welsh. 
Cambridge.—The greatest excitement has been occa- 
sioned in this town by the announcement of her Majesty’s 
intended visit. Professor Whewell, Master of Trinity and 
Vice-Chancellor, on Tuesday issued the following an- 
nouncement :—‘¢ The Vice-Chancellor has the high gratifi- 
cation of announcing to the members of the University, 
that it is the intention of her most Gracious Majesty the 
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to honour 
the University with a visit on Wednesday, the 25th inst, 
The Vice-Chancellor is persuaded that there will be in all 
members of the University a wish to testify their deep 
gratitude for this act of Royal favour and condescension, 
their dutiful and devoted affection towards her Majesty, 
and their zealous desire that the Royal visitors may derive 
unmingled satisfaction from their visit.” On Wednesday, 
Professor Whewell, the Rev. Dr. French, and the Rey. 
r. Birkett, were appointed a Syndicate, “ to make 
arrangements for the reception of her Majesty and Prince 
Albert in the Senate House.” The Royal visitors are 
€xpected on Wednesday, the 25th, on which occasion the 
uke of Northumberland, Chancellor of the University, 
the Lord Chancellor, as High Steward, the Vice-Chan- 
cellor, the Heads of Houses, and the Masters of Arts in 
residence, will receive them in state, and conduct them to 
the lodge of Trinity College, which is now preparing for 
their reception, 
n the evening the Vice-Chancellor will entertain the 
Royal party in state, and all the Colleges, as well as the 
town, will be lit up. In the grounds of St. John’s College, 
as well as in the adjacent ones of Trinity, displays of fire- 
works will take place. The preparations for illuminating 
Trinity have already commenced. During the course of 
Thursday her Majesty will visit the Fitzwilliam Museum, 
King’s Chapel, Trinity Chapel, and a few of the Colleges 
and public buildings. The Royal visitors will make but a 
short Stay at Cambridge, and will leave, it is said, on 
Friday, for Wimpole, the seat of the Earl of Hardwickee 
Chester.—The institution in this city for educating the 
daughters of clergymen officiating in the diocese, and for 
training up other young females as governesses, is to be 
Opened early in January. The Bishop of Chester has 
accepted the office of patron, and has interested himself 
4 its establishment. ‘The school will be under the direc- 
10n of a clergyman and two governesses, who will be 
elected in November. 
Chichester.—On Sunday morning last, at the cathedral 
of this city, an Italian gentleman named Vignati, who had 
een for two years a priest in the Roman Catholic com- 
Munion, and about five years ago left that Church and pro- 
fessed Protestant principles, made a public recantation of 
Roman Catholic doctrines. The form of recantation was the 
Same as that used by the Bishop of London on a similar 
Occasion about three years ago. The Dean of Chichester 
Preached a sermon on the occasion, and the cathedral was 
uncommonly crowded, the novel circumstance having 
attracted many Dissenters and others who do not usually 
attend the cathedral. 
Deal.—In consequence of the strong winds which have 
Prevailed during the last weel, it bas been found impos- 
sible to place the New Iron Beacon upon the Goodwin. 
he weather having proved adverse, the Lords of the 
Admiralty have expressed their opinion that the season is 
too far advanced safely and properly to plant it. Next 
Spring, by the direction of the Trinity Board, it will be 
Planted at the eastern end of the Goodwin, on the south 
Side of the Swatch-way into Trinity Bay. 
Doncasier.—On Saturday an anti-corn law meeting 
Was held in this town, and attended by nearly 1000 per- 
Sons, Mr. T. Johnson, the Deputy-Mayor, in the chair. 
Mr, Bright, Mr. Cobden, Earl Fitzwilliam, and others, 
addressed the meeting, and resolutions in favour of a total 
repeal were carried. ts 
Hull.—The Raymond, Captain M‘Kay, from Macao, is 
expected daily to arrive here, having been spoken in the 
Downs on the 8th inst. This vessel has on board about 
8300 chests of tea, which are to be delivered here—being 
the first cargo of tea from China to this port. 
Leicester.—Messenger, the farmer at Gaddesby, who 
had been committed to the county gaol, charged with the 
murder of a young man in his employ, was released on 
bail under a Judge’s order on Tuesday week. The par- 
ticulars of the case appeared in this Paper when the 
examination took place. 
Liverpool.—A robbery, which for dexterity strongly 
resembles that committed upon the person of Mr. Blake- 
more, M.P., and upon which was founded one of the 
charges brought against Anderson at the late assizes, took 
place on Saturday last. A young man, clerk in the house 
of Finlay and Co., was sent to draw a considerable sum 
of money at the Branch Bank of England. He received 
200/. in notes and the remainder in gold. The notes 
consisted of a 100/. note, and ten of 107. each. Having 
counted the paper, he carefully put it into the right-hand 
pocket of his coat, and kept his left hand upon it for fear 
of accident whilst he counted some gold upon the counter. 
As he was thus employed, one of the sovereigns accident- 
ally slipped upon the floor. He stooped to pick it up, 
and momentarily withdrew the left hand from the pocket 
in which the notes had been placed; during that short 
period the money was abstracted from his pocket. He 
immediately discovered the theft, but could not identify 
the party who had robbed him, as there were about thirty 
persons round the counter at the time. Information was 
i diately sent to the police-office, but no tidings of the 
thief have yet been received. 
Merthyr.—On Saturday week, as the cashier of the 
Aberdare Iron-works was returning from the bank in this 
town with money to pay the workmen, he was stopped by 
three armed men and robbed of 2,000/. The police 
immediately set out in pursuit, and succeeded in recover- 
ing the money and capturing the robbers, who have been 
committed for trial. 
Nottingham.— On Sunday week, while Archdeacon 
Wilkins was preaching in St. Mary’s Church, a fall was 
heard in the south aisle, and a cry was raised that the 
church was falling. A rush was instantly made to the 
doors ; several persons were severely injured, and some 
limbs were broken. At length, when about two-thirds of 
the congregation had made their escape, sufficient order 
was restored to enable the Archdeacon to make himself 
heard, and to inform the assembly that the sole cause of 
the alarm had been the sudden fall of an umbrella not far 
from the left of him; but that, as the minds of all were 
too much agitated to resume with any composure the 
duties in which they had been engaged, he would only 
observe, that if any possible and real danger could have 
been apprehended, as far as the tower of the church was 
concerned, now that every precaution and support had 
been given it, he would not have hazarded the safety of 
any individual, nor would he have permitted his own 
family to incur the risk, nor have braved it in his own 
person. The church, however, has been closed until a 
thorough repair has taken place, and in the meantime 
divine service is performed by the Archdeacon at Stenton, 
Portsmouth.—During the last few days the Lords of 
the Admiralty have received accounts from Singapore, 
containing intelligence of the loss of one of her Majesty’s 
frigates, the Samarang, 26 guns, Commander Sir B, 
Belcher, off the Island of Borneo. The circumstances 
attending her loss are reported to be as follows :—The 
Samarang was launched at Portsmouth in 1822, and was 
last year fitted up as a surveying ship in order to make a 
survey of the Chinese Seas. In the course of last spring 
she sailed from Portsmouth, and arrived at Singapore on 
the 22nd of June. On the 28th of that month she pro- 
ceeded to the river Burrawak, off the Island of Borneo, 
On the 17th of July she had gained about 40 miles up the 
river, when the master, Mr. Lozey, left her in one of the 
galleys, accompanied by another officer and a party of 
seamen, for the purpose of taking soundings along the 
coast. The ship was under weigh at the time, and was 
making but slow progress, when suddenly the ebb tide, 
which runs remarkably strong, carried her on a sunken 
coral rock, which she struck with considerable violence, 
For a few minutes she kept upright, and then partly 
slipped off the rock and fell over on her beam ends, when 
she instantly filled, and it was only by the greatest exer. 
tion that the crew could save themselves ; in fact, many of 
them as the ship rolled over were precipitated into the 
water, and no doubt would have perished but for others 
who caught hold of them as they made their appearance 
on the surface. Having reached the shore which was not 
far distant, they commenced saving from the ship as the 
tide permitted as much provision as they could get at, 
and the arms which they needed in order to protect them- 
selves from the natives. An order was instantly sent by 
the Captain, Sir E. Belcher, to Singapore for assistance, 
and in the subsequent day every means were resorted to 
to save the vessel. Her guns were thrown overboard and 
her masts cut away, but it had not the slightest effect, 
When the mails left Singapore she remained in the same 
position, and it was very possible that she would become a 
total wreck. The following is an extract of a letter dated 
Singapore, August 3, which furnishes some additional 
facts :—‘‘ The wreck at high water is covered by four feet 
of water, and we fear she is bilged, as she is lying com- 
pletely on her side. Her Majesty’s ships Harlequin and 
Wanderer have since arrived from Singapore for the pur- 
pose of attempting to raise her, which it is feared will 
prove ineffectual, although Sir E, Belcher entertains 
sanguine hopes. There were 32 valuable chronometers, 
an immense number of mathematical and scientific instru- 
ments, and several rare surveys and charts on board of 
her, which were estimated at about 32,000/., all of which 
are lost. We have dragged several of them out of the 
sunken ship, but find them perfectly useless, and not 
worth repairing. Sir E. Belcher and several of the 
officers have taken up their quarters at the British Con- 
sul’s residence at Borneo, and the crew are living at a 
small settlement about 3 miles off,and on half allowance.’’ 
Southampton—The Iberia steamer left this port on 
Saturday for Constantinople, with a full cargo of Man- 
chester goods, to the value of 60,000/., and 27 passen- 
gers; among whom was the Rev. Dr. Wolff, on his 
journey to Bokhara. He arrived here by railway, accom- 
panied by Lady Georgiana, his son, and Capt. Grover, 
who, after witnessing his embarkation, returned to 
London. Dr. Wolff was visited on board the Iberia by 
several of the most distinguished families of this place 
and its environs. From the number of arrivals of private 
steamers on Saturday, upwards of 3000 letters were 
received at the post-office here from Spain, France, and 
the Channel Islands. 
Wakefield—On Friday Dr. Sleigh paid a visit to this 
town in the expectation of meeting Messrs. Cobden and 
Bright, and discussing with them the various questions 
connected with the corn-laws. He addressed the inhabi- 
tants in the Corn-Exchange, declaring that the repeal of 
the corn-laws would throw at least two millions of agri- 
cultural labourers out of employment, and proposing an 
address to the Queen on the subject. Mr. J. Murray 
then moved an amendment for the abolition of all mono- 
polies. The meeting divided twice, and the chairman at 
length decided that the amendment was carried. 
Windsor.—About two or; three years since, Prince 
Albert purchased of the executors of the Duke of 
Gloucester a large tract of land extending over several 
thousands of acres, consisting principally of heath land, 
in the vicinity of Bagshot, with a farm attached, known 
as the Rapley Farm. Upon this extensive property it is 
the intention of his Royal Highness to try the experiment 
of breeding and rearing the black cock. The cocks 
which were presented to the Prince by the Duke of 
Hamilton about two months ago, have been sent to the 
preserves at Bagshot, where there is every probability 
that the experiment of rearing and breeding them will be 
as successful as can be (desired. They were bred by the 
Duke of Hamilton upon his estate in the Isle of Arran. 
It is the intention of Prince Albert to inclose and cultiv- 
ate a considerable portion of his property in the neigh- 
bourhood of Bagshot. 
Railways—The following are the returns for the past 
week :—London and Birmingham, 17,532. ; Great West- 
ern, 14,8887.; South-Western, 6,848/.; South-Eastern, 
4,7751.; Eastern Counties, 2,917/.; North Midland, 
4,8971, ; York and North Midland, 2,064/.; Greenwich, 
6751. ; Croydon, 491/.; Brighton, 5,0462..; Blackwall, 
849/.; Hull and» Selby, 1,0542.; Midland Counties, 
3,529/.; Grand Junction, 9,006/.; Paris and Rouen, 
5,1247.; Paris and Orleans, 5,7021—A special general 
meeting of the Eastern Counties Company was held last 
week, for the purpose of adopting measures for an appli- 
cation to Parliament in the next session, for an Act to 
construct an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway 
from Colchester, by Hadleigh and Bury, to Thetford, and 
thence from Brandon to Norwich, with a branch from 
Hadleigh to Ipswich, and for raising the necessary 
capital. The report gave a summary of the negotia-~ 
tions entered into by the directors, and concluded with 
a resolution, that the Board be authorised to apply 
to Parliament for an Act to assist an application for en- 
abling an extension of either the Eastern Counties or the 
Northern and Eastern lines, as they might determine on. 
After some discussion this resolution was passed. The 
next business submitted to the meeting was the report of 
ti or ap of 
bis Bee and Eastern Railways, @ measure which 
was thought the more desirable, since it would terminate 
all future Parliamentary contests, competition in traffic, 
and waste of capital. The terms on which the amalgama- 
tion was to be carried out would consist in the Northern 
and Eastern line being leased in perpetuity to the East. 
ern Counties Company, the latter to pay yearly the sum 
of 47,500/., or such sum as might be Tequired to cover 
5 per cent. on the capital and all the liabilities of the North- 
ern and Eastern Company ; but if the interest on bor- 
rowed money should be lowered under the present rates, 
the same to be carried to the divisible fund. Further, 
that after allowing to the Eastern Counties 1327. out of 
the gross receipts, and the working expenses having been 
divided, the surplus profit to be apportioned between the 
two Companies in the ratio of two-thirds to the Eastern 
Counties and one-third to the Northern and Eastern, 
the working expenses to be guaranteed by the East- 
ern Counties Company not to exceed 40 per cent. 
for the first, 37 per cent. for the second, and 36 per 
cent. ever afterwards—the interest on capital expended 
by either line to be guaranteed at the rate of 5 per 
cent., the amalgamated Company to be governed by 
eighteen directors, of whom twelve shall be directors of 
the Eastern Counties and six of the Northern and 
Eastern. The Chairman stated that these propositions 
would be laid before special meetings of the two Com- 
panies during the ensuing months for their approval.—On 
Sunday Jast some person placed a plank across the line on 
the railway near Twyford, for the purpose of upsetting 
the mail train, but his attempt was providentially frus. 
trated by the discovery of the object by a policeman on 
duty. It is understood that a man in the employ of Mr, 
Cotterell, of Ruscombe, as shepherd, is in custody on the 
