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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[N°-.33, 
that the total population is 126,242; and that in 1831 it | 
was 123,897 ; thus showing an increase in the last ten 
ve . ~e 3 
letters may be thus stamped 
pinto of the sist 84 Any reat not — this | 
tio’ 
rmin 
without an additional stone, will 
foreman enh some of the “te ~The 
pr that the coroner should ‘owes meres the ue 
and for a small portion of it et 9 ae has on in 
and For 
tn the | 
amount of 60,000Z. ease 
an lic 
—On Thursday Sir Isambard, Brunel 
_ descended the , Wapping shaft, and p assed from one end of 
or - mets - ate for he often 
wh nelined takes 
met with jury (iden 
map. 
The on ie order 
whether es have not a right m more re than 22. 10s. a~ year 
by the shaft in Bobonee. returning across the rive 
r in 
a boat. He seabiel by the wo Fkmen 
years of 2,345. The excess of females over males is mn, and posted 
shown to 673. In these ret the following esta hough ing partner for nation, 
blishments are included :—The Fle 230 persons; | post. The follo owing is the statement of the number of = on | Monday | a fire broke out in the bed-roo f the 
the East London Union Workhouse, 157 ; the West Lon- | London letters for the I a meets as anne a with the Pall Mall. For ne aia all home 
don Union Workhouse, 387 ;.St. Bartholomew’s Hospi and 1840 :— - ur rr previously to its discovery, a strong’ smell of fire was 
tal, 533; Bridewell Hospital, ewgate, 265; the GH THE GENERAL POST. perceptible i in the heap in — on some. of the © domestics 
Giltspur. Co ‘ ; Whitecross-street Prison, Four weeks, oe Aug. 7 , 1841 . » 5,488,916 pening o on the 
385; the Workhouse in Bishopsgate, 297 ; and St. Se- 1840 3,928,687 third floor, they found the fi g in fi On the ar. 
pulchre’s house, ‘containing 8. Many of the pa- | Ditto, ‘as nearly as an be giv sof 1,620,413 d fi 
rishes within the walls of the City, and which are formed rae since 1840, on the i oe letters 1,560,229 | ing, when four large —— and joists were found fo ea 
into the City ion Union, have a population of be- | Ditt ie itto 3,868,503 | fire. It was, however, soon subdu re Sve at is sup- 
tween 100 rsons. Accord ag the return of THE DISTRICT posr osed to be the pumenpatiog of the flues —On uesday a 
1831 of the am St. € tock, Thread- Four weeks, por “Avg. 7 , 1841 - . 1,694,702 | fire broke out in the house of Mr. wor irene 
I — was ‘only 72 According to r 1840 1,548,003 | common, whereby a large quantity of valuable books and 
the same geteen th only tw pa hes whi Ditto, ‘as nearly as can be g of i8 39 1,021,386 | furniture was destroyed, and the whole p much 
. dian citan e 1,000. rsons, the t populous omg since — nos ‘i fom weeks’ letters 146,69 amaged. It is supposed to have originated by Mr. Fleet- 
being St. Ann, Blackfriars, whose population was 2,622 ; | Ditt 9 ditto . 73,3 wood having dropped a cigar in the library.—On Wed- 
Christ Church, Newgate-street, the same number: a r at — —Among the projected improvements day, a destructive fire broke a in the Grove, Black- 
= ee Coleman-street, which had a population heath, by se et to arge amount was de 
1,014 of acon t pie the t f Gray » by which stroye ed. Te oce red at the residence of Ca ‘apt. Waller, 
'y di The sae meaner s ex- pi the ston ati — of ll b andit is not 
hibits th It veying people on board the steamers will: be ie aba fi ae! known how it eS . —On 1 Tuesday a fire broke ont 
Company ] I The pier in the Britannia Inn, near ffi 
ste at th will have | sufficient water, at the lowest state of the ie, Deptford. Active measures were immediatel ly adopted to 
id braziers op perme reg bar a 116; bakers, | t arrest its sepa ews per yo fet a the exertions of 
225; basketimakers, 6; blacksmiths, 94; ‘powyers, 47; din the course of a week, and caniniatal the firemen, and th merous engines, the fi 
brewers lereurs, 28; butchers, 163; carpe nters, in = two or three months. t “ to the outhouses of Mr, 
ill; clockmakers $9; clothworkers, 123; coach and Population of Hackney.—The account of the popula- son, the Market- itn The fire was no! nder 
coach makers, 66; combmakers, 1 ordwain- | tion of St. John’s, Hac , as taken by the late census, | until the above premises were in a gr de- 
97; » 2393; cooks, 136; curriers, 98; cutle has b st published. It appears that the total n stroyed ; is estimated at 2007. 
91; distill 3; drapers, 282; dyers, 117 ; fanmakers, | ber of houses in this district is 6,964, a at the eo nquests—A few since a melancholy instance of 
19; farriers, 80; feltmongers, fishmongers, 28 lation is 38, of whom 16,310 are males, and we he danger of leaving about fire-arms in a loaded state, 
tchers, 18; fi none knitters, 44 ; fruiterers, 41; | females ‘hee t msus taken in 1831 t occurred to Mr. Samuel Brown, a respectable market- 
founders, 70; glass-sellers, 58; girdlers, 78 ; glaziers, 57 ; number of i was 6,394, and the poneletie: 3l, 132 gardener, residing at Lower Edmonton 
glovers, eG poe a 151; gold and silver wire- | of whom 13,561 were males and 17,571 females Thu a policeman, 
dra’ makers, $ rdashers, 368; inn- | the total increase since amounts to 6,7 7 o on the day of “the accident came where 
holders, 307, ; iaceiean 79; joiners, 116; leathersel- ane of ‘the R —On Thu rsda sy..8 a Court of rt Brown was sitting, and, ae mer canon conversa- 
lers, 106 ; loriners, a ying-card m; cote 68; mer- | Conservancy was held the Guildhall fie the purpose of | tion, lyi the floor, when it 
chant tailors, 236 ; $, 77} masons, musicians, iia & a te examine into the condition of the went off, and the contents rote thet body of Mr. Brown. 
79 ; needlem: akers, 332 ; ; pyr il aE painter stain- Thames within the civic limits, i in ao wigan of som ie was imm nelson removed to the Lon don Hospital, 
rs, 111; pewterers, 64; plasterers, 26; plumbers, th 
poulterers, 28; saddiers, 60; salters, 131; scriveners, | the last Middlesex and Surrey conservancy juries bet in safe dednitded, al it could not be — and. he 
5; shipwrights, 91; silk-throwsters, 7; skinners, 125; | several encroachments and nuisances had been made in | died about five hours pack his admission. Be t appeared 
‘ Si; stationers, 381 5 ow-chandlers, | parts of the river to which their supervision did not ex- | that deceased ha ecollection of havin ng. ft the gun 
l17 ; tin-plate workers, 53.; turners, 63; tylers and plas- | tend. The jur ry hav ving been charged, procee eded to the | lo aded He was ane re ous ob age, and oak Te! 
108; vintners, 282;. uph x-chan i ighbourhood inques styeny n Saturday, 
dlers, 68; weavers, 86.5 eee 17; woolmen, Is ane Saari ie were said to exist ; and on. their. sOrnER. » the jary satanea a veri ct £6 nowt Dea th, 
total, 7,782... 1 5 misadve! '—In the of an inquest held. on 
; [ in a former | ral cnancecoasta which had come under their observa: Mewions os Mr. Wakley, a ap hia asked if the witness; 
Namber h the M is of f She erection of piers | a fei male, might not be allowed t . Wakley 
Salisbury and the parish of St. Dibrtinsin thei lds, landing-places. pr: oiection at different parts into the | re ind that it might seem ungallant.to refuse. such “ 7 
tive to a large estate for which the parish only reccives a | cae more es) y eat fick tucdes whicl oa quest m behalf of a female, but, excepting under ce' 
rate of 2/. 10s. a year. api | has been 1 already sekeares. to in this s Paper. The record bad plan for pectin 
a large one. s t. we part of their evidence, for they might 
Newport-street, and _ places, out of ee is ii wo take i iat measures to ve effectua ly phaniis tm fella img pred prt kept them aw: 
the Marquis derives an income of 10,900/. a An s in as they had te do oN go were calcu- ee not know feet oe the jurymen gs a for the very 
street n proposed through part of this, property. lated to mat anger prejudice to the public. e cause, 's ~ oft ‘ 
n, who was panna ur’ yman, eens after 
being sworn and seated, Saree he penne sak him, to 
bat blows or falls. 5 were so conflicting: 
SEAS WATE sabe ‘a pin, and when he saw him going to sleep, which he 
th the” person who ha as sure he should do, to prick _— with it. ae peeeny 
sm ‘af rate-payers was. held, “a = purpose a receiving | passed under ~ Thames by ni 3 of that iat a. or dosed. off, but the. pers e pin, not 
their report. ‘They vestry- ~clerk, being mal to read The chairman of the any; eo ied by anot aa knowing hiis temper, refrained oo ing it, eo let him 
it, gentleman, afterwards ed o the tunn el o slumber till he was. aroused by the teal, when he became 
t heir lab ds ae ,and that | Rotherhithe side, ot none d pp pricked by the gei ically 
it wi ici i ii shaft at Wapping, ng ing passed under the entire aoa bh appoin tree A shies pe was with di 
they laid before the parishioners what they had yet done. breadth of the ri river. It does not appear, however, that paci ~ pe “et “em ues Harrow some months since, 
After a long discussion the inquiry was ordered to be| the tunnel is completed, though the shield extends to | the andiecan obliged, rai the inquiry, to be contina- 
, and the 1 adjourned, until the committee pets ten feet of the Wapping shaft, and a drift-way or elly hanalinn: snuff to the jury to enliven them; and ate 
This m i water-course been formed from the sh nto t t inquest [eae he held in Maryle 
appears to have excited an unusual degree of in tunnel, through which these gentlemen passed. It is ex- wicting 4 . body, and betore any witnesses had been. €s# 
Wood Pavement. — Siatiichins any “held - ted that one of the archways Ww will be open for foot- ed, thi n at hi e, and on the beadle bemg 
another meeting on Saturday, when the propriety of the af sent for him, he actually tliat bed, and ob yA | 
cop nesses falling into | 
discussed. After a long debate it was resolved, by a 2 ma- eae on Saturday, and eck we noticed i in our See of thargie state inate te wt plan cae in woud | 
j that day Smith. corn | c namely i their testimon 
was so grea to pants the vestry in ee the haunts. The whole of the extensive buildi th we Spitalfields, 
wooden Seas from Wells-street = Vere- : = be ithek ae “ a se Sanapmcar eae an ayo. it pa stated, 
Church-rates.—The stock g of 1300 q 1 had died i consequence of iil usage spt from. ber 
West Hackney has been defeated, after a ion days" rl q ts, besides large quant husband. The ae charge pace Y ” 
i grain ipti The estim d her down on acl 
re the rate 206—against it 332. loss i a premises ee ir 100, 0004. Gre: asphotegt were peblichowse in Whi = o—_ ent to. pre- 
R _Park.—A great nu orkmen are at| at one time entertained for ‘the safety of “the adjoin- vail upon him “Bat the pot t 
present busily engaged, the dir some of the Cai i ictory, and aid Sot esabaantate that charge- we Many a 
missioners of Woods and Forests, making pes and weet marshounes, situated in the gente: neigh- the witnesses deposed that the b ill-used deceased 3 
or the opening of the Great Park, fi dati bourhood. of an hessiesd supply of water | that he man; that before = 
7 the public. At the bottom of the plantations of the} this was, ina —s nani prevented ; a yee | pacar: seomneeh which he ‘id very slighite he received 
Marquis of Hertford’s villa, a race chaiu-bridge is veral warehouses “3 buildings were much damaged, the ny blows a d much provoe a gi my ; and ae 
os 8 wa loss has been principally confined to the Pa a of | the injary of whi cies gece 4 
f the p ef Messrs. Smith’s premises.—A_ fire phate with loss of | by him: while other witnesses maiata aes tha he was ‘ 
Saiiisl-otharestrunces are cannes in various parts | life, has also occurred at Chatham. The buildi destroyed ill-used his wife, 
precorrere for the accommodation of the public, at which t he banks of the Med Lwas fi had been heard fo. threaten to deste ny hers and that 0° 
small lodges are to be built for the keepers. Numbers of | used » bat had been recently enlarged, | the night after the ‘atey in = publ e sat 
~ also th out the interior of | for 1. actory. On mises | while inthe room with him, hi been | heard ae 
the park, all of whicls will be speedily open ¥ were erected three stills for the purpose of distilling oil | « \furder!”? She died a few days after of ate wie 4 
:  Post.—Within the last w from ingredients kn ly to the occupiers, Messrs. | head, which the soreness stated might have been produce 
faciliti been afforded by Government for posting | Chesson and Holding. The former, whose li statem : 
acrificed, appears to have ae at th f 
in. order to 
enjoy this convenience necessary that all inland | 
letters should be stamped eo ‘aes ee the fee of ld. should | | 
bepaid by an additional stamp affixed to to theletter. Porsign 
ills, 
e premises ; and | it is thought that “the. still, 
Secure, must have burst, an 
rane, eo paai in 
the 
d that the inflammable hard 
it aerate set the place o1 
ave been s' eed in his 
found dead among 
a 
3 
and 
orem og ma ra aerar sed en ong. 
| 
hat, by the sonnei of the Coroner, an open verdict 
Meth releas the husband from the 
incial Nels. i. 
Harvest Prospe et et terest connected ¥! : 
the sevice Pr: oy throw togetbef 
| under this head, ail the inteligenes on the subject whieh 
our provincial news has supplied during the = week. 
