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May 8.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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second time, and ordered to be committed.—The Exchequer Bills 
pean 000, ooo/.) Bill was read a Seccila time, and momen! to be 
tted on Friday.—The other orders of the day were then 
dispose of. 
Frida ay.—Lord J, Russe. stated the was his 
intention to recommend ‘the oe to im meee on the apentation 
—On wheat, 8s.; on rye, 5s.; on barley, 4s. 6d. ; 
4d. His fis Lordship. then Bl that the House 
ee of waysand means. The ee 
nt ha 
fixed duty which it 
al poli 
ceene Sead told th SS Of 2,400,000!. 
expenditure over the paren “For the aceon’ thus eo eom ire e 
they might athe : rem edy by reductions in th eir milit 
al 
eEaPs 
tablishm: 
came their ae 
ed 
ures. ¢ noble Lo: 
description of the comparative 
Lig ty pein and i nee ask the representatives of Eng- 
wr misled as acrifice the 5 
jane ould be but too appr to ch: They be 
arrived ata great crisis of their mi ar ind, ewan and there 
was pot ots Sxet & aves poition oF the porkinae: far from en- 
joying luxuries of their ht be 
were unanimously adopted, declaring, that the citizens | person or persons having access the premises. Ha, 
e the United States then present had received with feel- tne i intention succeeded, pa’ ese at the late hour th® 
f deep sensibility the painful intelligence of the | discovery was made, the most fatal res’ sults, it is ye 
ound death of W. H. Harrison, their late President; | would have en nsued, 
and that as a mark of respect for emory, they would | densely I 
ear badges of mourning for months: that it In On Monda: w eld on Phili 
recommended their countrymen — to do t Meyer: - The ram ogc sid sad Rigo mA 
e: and that copies of these resolutions and proceed- | Tuesday morning, whilst chopping wood _ ff bis 
ings be — to Mrs. Harrison, with ‘tui ae og bow finger at the ‘op “sie He went to omas's 
condolence in the late afflicting bereavement by Hospital, “ong he was kept waiting an ioe before he 
Providen saw a paths and when he did, or finger was 
Meet ae of the Church Missi Society. —On dressed = and he told to call 
Monday the ise meetin = res on the following morning. He on went, and 
xete! og 
is Soc! 
all, at which the E. me Chichester presided. 
| the same 
peated. On the fol- 
The hall was compet ith ile, 2 d the rere ries crowde d | lowing mornin ig he was seized with 
with ian The of the and soon a after his _jaws became firmly locked. A neig 
by prayer. t sondiide re could, but . 
kang seded catadens to the late a Pe = ceased died the same day. The surgeon said that de- 
purpose one oe ee for the sapeonae and 
also to proposal em: ting from his Grace Arch- 
r 
died of ica caused by the me jury to the 
ceased 
finger. If he had co ulted him in the first instance, he 
yet 
a 
In answer to: the foreman, lanes wife 
bt th 
rence between that society and t iety for 
ik ¢ Gospel, and thereby cule Gan to 
work harmoniously in the conversion of the heathen 
colonists. The report stated that the affairs of the so- 
ciety were in a most promising state, particularly at 
Sierra Leone, New a sate nd the Island of Mal ~ 
mbers of New Testaments. 
last 
= Brig and Turkish language were circulated all 
the East by the missionaries, who would 
caleneng aids to that intrepi id pasty forming the Niger 
apie erms 0} satisfacti ion to the 
pedi by also fearon in t 
recen' of the government for dissolving the co: 
nexio! it the neo spa states and idolatry. The i in - 
come of the society during the past year (in w 77 
resolutions, which w 
meeting was afterwards 
said she though 
paranpr rey The surgeon was Of a contrary opinion, as 
there was no immediate danger from Seasuubdag: Thej inry 
considered that hospitals were left too m uch to the 
of eed upils, and they ho 
enact! assed that a — the soy in 
hospitals or ge i-qua yale experienced itioners. 
Verdict, * Accidental a that it was to be ex- 
_ sea a ase ‘th = had not ved 
ce at St. Thomas’s Hospital.”’— 
On “Tuesday an cass was held at Westminster on 
Charlotte apa ei aged 16 months, who burned to 
we in following unaccountable way. On Saturday 
comin a a we ith two of her sisters, 
| he eldest saw flames burst from h 
som. She screamed in Pam sa a gentleman ran to 
Barienccoer, and _put the flames out. ‘The child, it is 
dressed b several gentlemen, and the assembly pond 
‘u: 
sion to slave-grown produce, his Lordshi i 
adopted the measure r =r by Gove! ent, aia might 
still for with to an era of great perity 
for ye if thos acti were not adopted, 0 wh the 
House must repose the responsibility dh = rejection. The noble 
Lord’s saneedl ye see ed nearly 
Lord SANDON rose to move, as endment, the resolution 
of which ad giv ice on Wedn aad: taiesaed all 
He 
he consumption of slave-grown pro- 
duce; but the Bi re by whether ied bi bane offer a direct 
md e Ew 
pressure, Riaaslonn ed by cir- 
ur again, they would stultify all 
ution, argued that the effect 
of the hanes would be to iundabe Bugiand with slave-grown 
. Hawes denied that the measure would promote 
into som tis! details, to show that an abundant supply of 
i West Indi 
ions. t free labour would ultimately destroy slave labour, 
he did not ente: the shadow of a doubt; but it would be im- 
possible at present for our own colonists to compete with the 
slave owners of Cuba. To the argument that slave-grown cotton 
and tobacco were largely mas. fel — oe he was a bad 
arguer who would say becat mpelled them 
to take some articles ike pote ee are. uisbour, that there- 
fore they should forbear from doing the good which was with- 
in their power. see. of Sound SM measure of 
Ministers was By reducing the du s 
endeavouring to obtain silence, the tog pontine moved the 
adjournment of the debate, which w: as agreed to, 
CIrY. 
ae ee Friday.— 
mM me securities 
improved a frac 
—The hom have 
tion. Consols left off at 892 to 90 money, 
xchequer Bills 8s. to 10s. pre- 
Thium ; Beak Stock 168 t to od mae Stock 2504 to 1} ; 
and India Bonds 2s. to 
PRB ae its Picinity. 
Severe Storm.—On y a the metropolis 
Was visited by two severe storms. on c were, b however, 
o wh 
ter of ‘The first a: chilly 
confin Reavy oa cathe malls froes: the somth-w west, 
and a stat peal ni thunder. During short conti- 
prs f the second olent, he 
i pyc hailstones, fell in torrents, accompa- 
saat oe violent gusts of wind. Serious damage has been 
done to young af In the easte 
rts 
Lo: oe on.—A 
yeu States. te tesa 
rican Minister, on 
in consequence of the death of the late Presi- 
American Minister presided, and resolutions 
pomenqeee eran’ evening aman of respect- 
Sudden 
~ = appearance, 
pg person, and at the time there was no oni 
eahlich to set her clothes on 
Westmins ital sai 
he bce ger oe and gave directions to be driven 
te a public-hous: y 
into the cab and the 
driven to another age house, where they y again got out, 
from one public-house to another, at each of which they 
had something to drink, until at — the female said 
t and accordingly 
gentlem an 5 but no t being 
coroner case was 0 f the 
unaccountable he ver met with, an feared 
it was vasa wc Ad some one who had thrown some com- 
tibl e at the child. The jury were of the 
ry 
same opiate, wore as there was no evidence to substan- 
tiate ras they returned the following verdict :—‘ an 
| of se’ er burn Beng wiser ¢ was no eviden nce to 
P 
ee —On Sunday afternoon a fatal acci 
rred aoe one e the arches of = ee 
young pen, © resent unkno’ 
a * a few ‘ites prerinsly hired a boat for 
on the and 01 ing the arch 
en, 
him out, they discovered = he w 's nable to » he was drowned. Sev water- 
name s “John Skinner”’ in | men, put off to his assistance, but were too late to save 
full, but his place of residence w: ascertained. It —_ The were procu effort made to 
appears, from the cabman’s account that he had been in | obtain the body, but in vain.—On Monday afternoon a 
the vehicle between six and seven hours altogether. carman to Mr. Charles, fishmo’ » Pimlico, was driving 
eaths by Drowning in the pe a monitor of of a agrees and cart alon g¢ Piccadilly, when a . of the 
deaths by drowning which occur in "the er Thame: harness either t so | d th 
tween R i ss 8 1d 
pa the large number of 500 siaeeally, of which Emo 
e-third occur in the Pool, principally among seafaring 
ot Royal Academy. —The seyenty-third a 
I was gages _ Monday to 
the public ; and, taken as a whole, it is 
ood one. Many of the older artists rh menaitel 
rmer gar and 
ag 
ba fully equal to any of their fo’ 
ther sane some from younger ar ich give poem 
of excellence. ae pnt the yexbibstior on is much 
rt than it has It 
abounds are of 
with sed err works, | some of which ai 
the highest character of art. Sir D. Wilkie sal not con- 
tributed sage ictures all 
excellence of his earlier days. Mr. Edwin adeons has 
ne. - indisposition, unable to 
pb. of the horse, 
great Asa ee ‘he driver was a as .r ynsigs pig 
and jammed sarge the foo ash boards. 
horse was stopped with dificult, and the driver released 
from his dangerous position. He was conveyed to St. 
’s Hospital, whe ired in a "fe minutes. 
he 
horse, aake ‘der. be wheel of the cab 
fractured, med ni 
and it was ecessary to have the horse 
killed = ‘the bass cident occurred on 
the ri 
to be a contributor. two others of the students 
Messrs. urge pone Eastlake, and Etty belonging to the Royal College of Civil Engineers, 
away the palm Mr. Mi some fine pic-/| ney. It aj i course forenoon, three 
tures; and Mr. Sasa has contributed several works. young hose names Scott, 
_ Altempted Incendiarism.—T wo attemptshave been m Jones, without the knowledge of Col. Hutchinson, the 
to set fire to the house of a Mr. Dix, ector, hired a small to to 
in Red Cross-street, Boroug! p On their retarn, tag dan me to contend with a 
made } n Friday ni but ly a i ig therl d. Having bec me tired ¢ of ho olding 
before the combustible matter had ti h i 
ars that after 1 siya eg eof the fami and abo r o'clock, when off Mortlake, they were 
to go to the back part of the house, w! a large | met by a squall, and being unable to let go the 
quantity of straw is kept, amongst which small the boat instantly upset. o boats put off to 
body of fire. “Mr. Dix removed the fire, “gona ge ee their assi , and succeeded in picking up Messrs. 
be some ropeyarn, small pieces of w and ri br nd Jones, and = we d ash na 
steeped in some ¢ vin a matter, pomp in an old of great exhaustion, The drag I i, and 
iece of si 2 issile had evidently been | in fe ckost eight or ten minutes the body of Mr, ‘Sharpe 
thrown through the sky-light, a portion of which was | was found, an means for restoring anima’ 
broken. A suspicion that - of the lodgers had done ry saga for hours, but without effect. inéocuedd eo 
cau: Mr. a look-out, an Sai of the occurrence having been conveyed to er Colleets 
night he visited this part o of. At | Col. = utchinson hastened to Mor tak Ke to see 
o’clock in the morning he discovered oat a second 
cae them had been made, 2 similar body of an ing the other being too rsead remained ‘at Mortlake a 
inflammable nature, ome lighted being in in the m qast of 
An inspect 
Wednesday mornin Bence sed, whe was much beloved 
by his fellow tudents a fine 
oung man about 17 
years of age, an orphan t 
which came under his Coieice, no oT 
his mind that 
was left on the attempt was made by 
—A fire, "attended with the loss of two lives, 
me | fiuks pa on Monday night, on the premises of Mr. Bur- 
