rs 
= 
1843.) 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
869 
were adopted :—‘' That slave-holding is an act so self- 
evidently and atrociously criminal, that the clergyman 
who does not denounce it, the Church that does not ex- 
communicate it, the statesman who does not repudiate it, 
the sect or party that does not assail it, the Government 
that does not prohibit it, are utterly unworthy of counte- 
nance, support, or co-operation. That the only consistent 
political position that can be taken against slavery in this 
country is the frank and stern position that the constitu- 
lion of the United States ought immediately to be 
abolished and the Union dissolved.’’—The resolutions 
respecting the seat of Government in Canada had been 
adopted in the Legislative Council without debate, the 
Protesting members being absent, and on the 10th both 
Houses waited on the Governor with the address to the 
Queen, asking the selection of Montreal, which Sir C.¢ 
Metcalfe received for transmission to London. A meeting 
of the citizens was held at Kingston, to take measures for 
Sending delegates to London for the purpose of remon- 
Strating against the removal of the seat of government, 
Nearly 3002. was subscribed on the spot to defray the 
expenses. The weather had been very severe. A snow- 
storm which visited the neighbourhood of Montreal had 
destroyed many thousand bushels of late grain “Already, 
in November, the Lachine Canal was closed by ice four 
inches thick. 
Est Inp1es.—We learn with much pleasure, from 
the Guiana Herald of Oct. 23, that Mr. Schomburgk had 
returned to George ‘Town in safety: having completed 
the circuit of the Colony from its sea boundary to within 
orty-two miles of the Equator in the course of nearly 
three years, during which time notwithstanding the many 
dangers to which the party had been exposed, not an indi- 
vidual belonging to the expedition Jost his life, either by 
accident or sicknes 
CITY. 
Money Market, Friday.—Consols for the account left 
off 952 buyers ; Three per Cents. Red., 953 to Z; Three- 
and-Half per Cents. Red., 1024 to 4; Bank Stock 1812 
to2; Exchequer Bills, 57s. to 69s. prem. 
HMetropolis and tts Wicinity. 
Trafalgar Square—During the past week Sir F, 
Chantrey’s equestrian statue of George IV. has been 
placed on a pedestal at the N.E. corner of the quadrangle 
in Trafalgar-square. It was originally commissioned for 
the triumphal arch in front of Buckingham Palace, but as 
it is still uncovered the public have as yet had no oppor- 
tunity of examining its details. Mr. Wyatt’s equestrian 
Statue of George III. now in Cockspur-street, will be 
Temoved forthwith to the N.W. corner of the square ; 
and that of Charles I. so long the ornament of Charing- 
cross will be placed more north of its present position, 
0 connexion with these changes, a correspondent of one 
of the daily papers suggests the propricty of bringing from 
Whitehall Gardens, a spot where few ever behold it, the 
fine statue of James II., and of placing it on the vacant 
pedestal in Pall Mall East, that the passing world may 
have an opportunity of seeing that London contains at 
least one fine statue, 
School of Design.—The School of Design at Somerset 
House has established a class for the instruction of females 
in the art of wood-engraving, It is already well attended. 
and has added another to the very few and limited sources 
for the occupation of female industry and talent which 
exist in this country. 
The Darkness of the Metropolis Roads.—An adjourned 
meeting of householders was held on Friday at Hammer- 
smith, for the purpose of declaring the result of the poll 
on the question whether that portion of the Great West- 
ern road, which has been in total darkness ever since the 
commissioners have refused to light them, should be 
lighted under the provisions of the General Lighting Act. 
Much excitement has for some time prevailed throughout 
the parish on the subject, and several attempts have been 
made to get a rate for the purpose of lighting, but on all 
Occasions the proposition has met with determined oppo- 
sition. On r. Morison being called to the chair, the 
churchwardens announced the result of the poll to be as 
follows :—For lighting 162, against it 106, being 56 less 
than the number required ; the Act requiring that there 
should be a majority of two-thirds in favour of lighting 
before the act can be adopted, and the subject cannot be 
again mooted fora twelvemonth. It was stated at the 
Meeting that no fewer than 80 inhabitants Waving votes 
cre disfranchised in q of non-payment of 
church-rates, arising from the churchwardens refusing to 
Permit the auditors appointed by the vestry to investigate 
their accounts. 
Bank of England.—A batch of 1/. notes to the amount 
of 14007. was paid into the Bank a few days ago on an 
©xecutor’s account, and no doubt constitutes the greater 
part of those remaining in existence. The interest lost 
n capital lying dormant in such a shape must have been 
Considerable. 
St. George the Martyr, Southwark.—A meeting of the 
Churchwardens and overseers of this parish took place on 
Monday relative to the various charity property in which 
the parish has an interest. It appeared from a statement 
of the Churchwarden, that by the will of Mr, Dickenson, 
a city merchant, dated 1631, a sum of money was set 
apart for apprenticing a poor boy belonging to St. 
George’s and three other parishes alternately, and that the 
Gharchwarden of St. Stephen’s Walbrook was appointed 
ie the will to make the necessary arrangements. For 
Cha years, however, Alderman Gibbs, as the permanent 
: Urchwarden of that parish, had failed to account for 
being apei and no apprenticeships had been made, On 
lied to, Alderman Gibbs stated that the lease of 
the premises from which the money is derived will expire 
in 1845, and that as the Court of Chancery may then be 
expected to devise an improved scheme he thought it 
unnecessary to give an account at present. The Board, 
however, resolved unanimously that Alderman Gibbs be 
called upon for an immediate settlement, and requested to 
pay over to the Churchwardens of St. George’s all the 
moneys due from him on account of the charity. 
Mortality of the Metropolis.—The number of deaths 
registered in the week ending Saturday, Noy. 25, was as 
follows :—West Districts, 177; North Districts, 1945 
Central Districts, 236; East Districts, 306; South Dis- 
tricts, 275; Total, 1,188 (males, 625; females, 563). 
Weekly average for the last five years, 903 (461 males, 
442 females) ; and for the last five autumns, 908. 
Provincial Nets, 
Provincial Fires.—We regret to state that the local 
papers contain very sad accounts of the progress of incen- 
diarism throughout the country, The determination of 
Government to punish with severity the perpetrators of 
these fires is manifest by the large rewards offered for the 
apprehension of the chief offenders, and the inducements 
held out to the less guilty accomplices that may turn 
Queen’s evidence. The following are the last cases which 
have been communicated to the authorities:—On the 
19th ult. a barn and other out-buildings the property 
of Mrs. Tyrrell of Polstead Hall, in the occupation of 
Mr. Tabar, together with a quantity of beans and straw, 
were feloniously set fire to. Government offer 502. reward} 
C. Tyrrell, Esq., 504 ; and the Suffolk Fire Office 502. on 
conviction, with pardon to any but the person actually 
firing the premises. On the same night a stack of Barley 
on the farm of Mr. Gayford of Rymer House, Suffolk, 
was destroyed; 250/. reward is offered, Government and 
the Duke of Grafton each offering 507. with pardon to any 
but the actual incendiary. On the 18th ult. the barns 
and out-buildings in the occupation of Mr. Buck of Haw- 
stead Lodge farm, Suffolk, were destroyed, with a quantity 
of corn; 2002. reward is offered, 100/. being given by 
Government, and pardon to accomplices. On the 18th 
ult. a stack of Barley on the farm of Mr. Kersey, Faken- 
ham, Suffolk, was destroyed ; 2507. reward is offered, 1002. 
by Government, and 502 by the Duke of Grafton, with 
pardon to any accomplice. On the 27th ult. a Bean hovel 
in the rick-yard of Mr. French of Whitfield, Northamp- 
tonshire, was fired and destroyed, together with a Wheat 
rick and two carts. On Tuesday week at St. Columb, 
Cornwall, an incendiary fire took place at the Red Lion 
Hotel, which destroyed property to the value of 2007. At 
Billington, near Leighton, on the same day an extensive 
barn filled with Wheat, the property of Mr. Garret, was 
burned down. Damage stated to be 4007. At Arlington 
on the same day three stacks of Wheat on the farm. of 
Mr. Richards were destroyed. Loss 3007 At Baldock, 
in Hertfordshire, on Wednesday a barn filled with Com 
belonging to Mr. Proyer was fired and destroyed. Damage 
4002, A few days before, a fire broke out at Stolfold near 
Baldock onthe farm of Mr, Gibbons, which destroyed 
property to the amount of 60007. Near Sawbridgeworth 
in Bedfordshire on the same day a destructive fire 
happened at the homestead of Mr. C. Bennett in Clay~ 
ane, a few hundred yards from the town. It destroyed 
in three hours several barns, eight stacks of grain of 
various descriptions, stables, and all the out-buildings 
connected with the farm. Loss 2000/7. At Falmersham, 
in Hertfordshire, on Thursday a spacious homestead 
belonging to Mr. Swannell, and two cottages, were 
destroyed in a few hours. Loss 15007. On Monday 
last the storehouses full of hay and corn on the farm of 
Sir J. Lubbock at Farnborough, Kent, occupied by Mr, 
Stow, a farmer, were destroyed with all their contents. 
Bristol.— A case of alleged murder which has caused 
much excitement in this city was brought before the 
coroner last week. It appears that in August last Mr. 
Mountjoy, a master rope-spinner, died from inflammation 
of the bowels. He was a man of some property, about 
36 years of age, and at his death left a young widow of 
about 24 years, and one child, to whom he bequeathed 
his property. For the last two years of his life his wife 
and himself had lived very uncomfortably, but no suspi- 
cion having arisen that deceased had been unfairly dealt 
with, no post mortem examination of the body was made, 
and it was interred. Last week, however, communica- 
tions were made to the .coroner by the sister of the widow 
and by other parties, by whom it was alleged that deceased 
had been poisoned, and the circumstances detailed to the 
coroner were of sufficient weight to induce him to sum- 
mon a jury. 
the inquest adjourned until Mr. Herapath the chemist 
has had time to analyze the contents of the stomach, 
Crewe.—On the 23d ult. a blacksmith who is the off. 
ciating priest of the sect of Mormonites or Latter-day 
saints at the works of the Grand Junction Railway at this 
place, with.others of that persuasion, assembled at the 
river at night to baptize into their sect a woman who had 
been induced to submit to the operation after much 
entreaty and violence from her husband. The priest and 
others having made the woman remove nearly all ler 
clothing, immediately plunged her into the stream! The 
night was cold and dark, and in consequence of the late 
rains the river was running at a great rate and was much 
higher than ordinary. The priest having hold of her naked 
arm, unfortunately let go his grasp, and the current run- 
ning like a mill-race immediately carried her away, and it 
being pitch dark she was instantly overwhelmed and 
drowned. The husband walked home with the greatest 
deliberation and told his neighbours what had occurred, 
and after seating himself declared his i “that it 
The body was subsequently exhumed, and | 
“that it was the weakness of her faith that caused it, but 
that he was now satisfied that she wasin glory.’ Captain 
Winby of the Crewe station and other patted Heattiy of 
the occurrence immediately rushed down to the river, and 
after some time discovered the body of the unfortunate 
woman in a bend of the river about 200 yards distant from 
the spot where she was immersed, but life was extinct. A 
coroner’s inquest has been held upon the body, and the 
jury having returned a verdict of ‘Manslaughter,’ the 
husband and blacksmith priest have been committed to 
take their trial. 
Foots Cray.—On Tuesday the 28th an inquest was held 
at Sidcup on the body of Maria Plummer, aged 40, the 
wife of a gardener in the employment of Lord Bexley, 
who came to her death under circumstances which impli- 
eate both the husband of the deceased and the relieving 
officer of the Bromley union. From the evidence, which 
was very voluminous, it appeared that about six years 
since the deceased summoned her husband before the 
magistrates at Foots Cray for ill-treatment, on which occa- 
sion he agreed to give her half-a-crown a week, which he 
continued to do with great irregularity, although earning 
14s. a week, the result of which was that she was reduced 
to considerable distress, wandering about from one rela- 
tion to another, till each in turn, being poor persons, were 
unable to support her any longer. On Thursday she went 
to Mr. Pritchard, a surgeon of Foots Cray, who finding her 
in a deplorable condition gave her a letter to Mr. Banks, 
the relieving officer, who lives at Chiselhurst. She immedi- 
ately went over to Mr. Banks whom she saw, and told 
him that she had slept in a water-closet all night, and 
wished him to compel her husband to find her a lodging. 
He promised to do so and called to see her husband, but 
was unable to meet with him. He however took no steps 
to relieve her, but told her to apply next day to the board 
of guardians at St. Mary’s Cray, three miles distant ; and 
when he had been spoken to on the subject by Mr. 
Rogers, a respectable draper of Foots Cray, he replied that 
if he relieved her without bringing her case before the 
board of guardians they would immediately reprimand 
him. The poor woman wandered over to Sidcup an 
called at the Black Horse, where she asked for a bed ; 
this was at first refused, but afterwards granted to her. 
Her husband was drinking in the house at the time, and 
exhibited the utmost indifference to her condition. She 
retired to bed about half-past nine, being so weak and 
feeble that she was about half an hour getting up-stairs and 
fell down inthe bed-room. In the night she was attacked 
with illness, and in the morning when the landlady 
sent up she was found in the agonies of death. Mr, 
Pritchard stated that he had made a post mortem examina- 
tion, and had never seen a human being in so deplorable 
a condition in his life. The chest was generally healthy. 
There was a large tumour in the right lobe of the liver; 
the stomach and intestines exhibited a great deal of in- 
flammation, no doubt produced by the severe diarrhea to 
which she had been subjected from want of sufficieat bile ; 
the stomach and bowels were perfectly empty; there was 
not the slightest particle of food or nourishment of any 
kind to be found therein; and her entire body showed 
that she had been a victim to neglect, dirt, and improper 
attention. She was the most wasted and miserably- 
emaciated being he had ever beheld. ‘The relieving 
officer was called in, and stated he never received Mr, 
Pritchard’s note to him. The jury expressed their opinion 
that he ought to exercise his own judgment and not wait 
for the opinions of the board of guardians. The coroner 
told him that if a verdict of manslaughter was returned, 
it would be not against the board of guardians but against 
himself, and therefore he ought to have acted on his own 
responsibility. The inquest after nearly four hours’ dura- 
tion was adjourned, to enable the jury to discover what 
had become of Mr. Pritchard’s letter. Two subsequent 
meetings of the jury have been held, but without coming 
to any conclusion ; and one of the jurors having been taken 
suddenly ill, the inquest has been adjourned for a week. 
Gloucester.—An inquest has been held en the bodies of 
the unfortunate woman, her five children, and servant, 
who were burnt to death in the fire at Willersey, as noticed 
in our last. It was clearly proved that no attempt could 
be made to save them, in consequence of the violence of 
the flames, and that they must have been suffocated soon 
after the fire broke out. With respect to the canse of the 
fire, it appeared that two days previous to the calamity the 
kitchen-chimney caught fire, and apparently burned itself 
out, but there was no doubt that one of the bond timbers 
had ignited, and communicated with the flooring. The 
house was insured for 8007. The unfortunate servant was 
the mother of seven fatherless children. The jury after 
a brief consideration returned a verdict of ‘ Accidental 
Death’’ in each case. 
Huddersfield.—A_ movement has been begun in this 
and other towns of Yorkshire, in favour of the liberation 
of Mr. Oastler from the Fleet-prison, and for providing 
an annuity for him and his wife, as an acknowledgment 
of his services in the agitation for a ten-hour Factory-bill, 
The clergy have taken an active part in promoting the 
movement. The Rev. W. Maddon was the first to pro- 
pose a resolution at the Huddersfield meeting; at Brad- 
ford, four clergymen supported the cause by their 
addresses; at Dewesbury the Vicar occupied the chair, 
and was supported by the incumbent of Batley. On the 
28th ult., there was a meeting at Bingley, Mr. Ferrand, 
M.P., in the chair, when 24 tradesmen end operatives 
formed themselves inio a committee to canvass the parish- 
joners for subscriptions. Since then meetings have been 
convened at Dewesbury, Halifax, Sheffield, as well as at 
Manchester, Liverpool, and other towns in Lancashire, 
A central committee has been formed in Manchester, and 
horlinat 
was the will of God that she should be drowned,’’ adding 
‘e in course of formation in 
ar 
the principal towns in Lancashire, Cheshire and Derby- 
