THE NEWSPAPER. 



J1844. 



JO,] 



J^fcffi ' " d ftf ^e Pa 2 *«° ls and that the 

 !**• *" ..-«nted by the rar j - Reform* 



?(U?-» sti " bW An nations are labouring to 



SftiW »' lEur0 P e ^e°n o" letters, there are 



°" unicauon bymean state s-which 



^Switzerland and fte«o istmas . eve t he 



tie rate of postage- un BrazU tQ 



-^^ ^t .hich conveyed the EmP t . on ^ ^^ 



>- »Sfj«eito returned » J, during the voyage. 

 " -Zl* the finest weatner ^ u ^s f Hmonff tUe 



===— TT^. mnture ! extreme sentence of the law. There is no other news 

 „ers announce that ™« ™P"«« th of specia i reference, and there appears to be no 



P« s . «__». ... not so i«mi. wor y ^ ^ ^ rf ^^ ^ ^^ congratulatory 



of the Rev. F. R. Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania, on his 

 arrival in the settlement, and his Lordship's reply thereto, 

 the delivery of which is spoken of in terms of high eulogy, 

 is given in these journals. 



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CITY. 



Money Market, Friday.— Consols for account closed 

 at 97; Three per Cents. Red., 97£ to f ; Three-and-Half 

 per Cents., 102J ; New Three-and-Half per Cents. 101 J 

 to 2 ; Bank Stock, 190—1 ; Exchequer Bills, 65 to 67 

 premium. 



Z£ w*" 1 *1 , rited Teat interest among the 



^■yrrf ** fleet r Q C r ' and added to the gaiety of 



*7u on the sea-shore ana imme . 



ZL* festitmes. The uou ^^^ a| . 



Off* 



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«** to """I occupied 85 days and the pas- 

 The voyage out occupiea ' Tbe si ora 



w.s P«'? r . m ;/^ N eVoUtans by her extra- 

 bo bas astonished the £ ea P fr0 ' m G below 



„.«. of voice, »£<* «£ s EdwardS( a 



* "■? ? D U °.nd Tately a s udent at the Royal Aca- 



gSJSJiSW si '* at tUe concerts slven y 



tlfli iMtitution. rAVADA .— The mail steam-ship 



CMTI. STAT" A>D CANA^ D. ^ ^ 



STonTl t nd HX on the 3d inst and made 

 BgmtontheU.anux f eral hours at 



E'^ M**» P rayiDg - that f r la i ery i ""that 

 &Tbe abolished in the district of Columbia ; that 



Jjir.l vesute be admitted into the union ; that the 

 Lr* be for ever separated from slavery ; and 

 ^rinW, to The Speaker said it was ex- 

 aXbj^lstrule. Mr. Adams did not think the 

 w3T ** excluded, but the Speaker decided that the pe- 

 tite could not be divided and a part received, lie ex- 

 cfcfcd the whole. Mr. Adams appealed. The House 

 Attained the decision of the Speaker by 105 to 40. The 

 select committee on rules afterwards agreed to report a 

 Nation rescinding the 21st rule, and it is stated that 

 tkere is little doubt of the success of the motion in the 

 A select committee on the resolutions of the Le- 

 gislature of the State of Massachusetts in favour of abol- 

 ishing dave representation was formed on the 27th ult. 

 Ob the ume day in the Senate, Mr. Atchinson introduced 

 a bill to establish a territorial government near the terri- 

 tory of Oregon, which was referred to a select committee. 

 —Lord Falkland in Nova Scotia, like Sir Charles Metcalfe 

 in Canada, has been deserted by several members of the 

 amine Council, and the reasons offered for the resig- 

 om are alike similar. The members who retire are 

 Mr. Joieph Howe, Mr. J. B. Uniake, and Mr. J. M'Nab ; 

 the grounds of complaint are that his Excellency has 

 decided upon appointing Mr. Almonto a seat in the Coun- 

 cil, a circumstance they state indicating a change of policy of 

 which they cannot approve. Lord Falkland in a long letter 

 deniei any intention of altering the course of policy he has 

 Jjfektrto p ied, and intimates that their resignations are 

 tktcwuequence of his not having placed the appointment 

 •nwy in their hands.— The Toronto Patriot mentions a 

 wrnow that a large number of the Reform members of 

 J etten Canada who voted withMr. Baldwin on the recent 

 amiion met together in Kingston just as Parliament was 

 gwognw, and sent a memorandum to the Governor- 

 «ocrtj iigmfying their willingness to support any council 

 o oe formed by Mr. Harrison. Addresses were pouring 



tt™ * I pa J ts 0f the Province approving of the stand 

 J~»J an Excellency the Governor-General, and ex- 

 ■— if » firm determination to support him. A Royal 

 J«*fi has been extended to the five following transported 

 C who are undergoing their sentence in New South 

 uteKb«llinn DSeq n ence , of the P art taken b y them in the 

 £n cLll n n anada T - Pierre Hector M°rin. Achiile 

 wnlTln, 8 i Hu *» Louis Hnsonnault, Rene Pinson- 

 kwJ,, haS - beeQ »>ore riotine amon, 



jMttropoK* 



conse- 



fe ,. yr f^r* -* v, c lioting among the canal 

 * *ork a't tu /i ? e men alon S the ^ne have refused 

 •4 kve bf p„ fji r prices offered b J the contractors 

 "»»*% low anf m SOme time P ast J their funds are 

 fawedtbat mn,h t 7 uf re becomin g desperate, and it is 

 *■* d rinTtt r0l ! ble and Sufferin g ^ be the 



^w sou* w n ent season of the y ear - 



f«d Uuncenon tA^ E oT4 CC0unt8 from H °bart Town 

 *** the reins of r. ed ° n the 20th August and had 



**■ ^ ult f™ li- nnient » bufc the conduct of Sir 



5* ^ ifiiteoB fS. • a ? d 0ther P erso,iS connected 

 Emendation e arr T lval are not spoken of in terms 

 ^•peniiucity w ( th ~Z l oh . n had incurred displeasure by 



^««« ncL app.o^u % ln - 8pUe 0f the waruiD g 8 g iv en 

 fcj^e in T e r ° f Uls accessor, he had clung to 



t&^^v^rf^** 1 ' 110 ™' and when Sir 

 ulT^Khe wa, „ Gove . rnme nt-house being ready 



^^Secietar^ i"T- Slta i ted ' U is Said ' to ^ rite i0 

 Prirl ^ ^^sllT , fym / hlS Wish that be might 



^^^rukin , ^ 3 L nd be reived as a 



Sfi^'^ter and t W 8 ' 8 Was of th e most 

 SXVT 4 ^ ^iew o?i i had , taken a tour trough the 



^tt^ l8 al ^o p^entf U,mS 5 aC ^ alnted Witb 

 ^orL g ° Tera - Sir P E wi lm8elf t0 those wLo » he 

 ^r et ^tlfel lln,otwM about ^ bring 



•ftr° f thC ne AThon rth V? nViCt SerVlCe ' and tb e 



i^ B8c W witiu pw DduCt t of the ^fortunate 



?? t u C0,ldi «ou amo^T mUch for a belt er moral 



** il hC name ^ Ca"f h^ 1 ?- A D °to"ous bush- 



OiSV and though b l\ had been ca Ptured and tried 



"' *5 Jf 4 .^ taken Kf 81 7 a ad ^e technical 



^ C ' thc Judge, held out "k ° f the penalfc y due t0 



0ut n ° bope of escape from the 



kit 



Cowrf of Aldermen. — A Court was held on Tuesday at 

 which Alderman Copeland brought up the report of the 

 inspectors of weights and measures. The report specified 

 that in the past year 90 publicans, 40 butchers, 10 bakers, 

 46 coal-dealers and general shopkeepers^ 17 greengrocers, 

 cheesemongers and tallow-chandlers, 3 oil and colourmen, 

 10 greengrocers,, 4 marine storeowners, 4 tobacconists, 3 

 metal dealers, 15 provision merchants, and 5 wharfingers 

 had been summoned and convicted. The total number of 

 deficient weights and measures was 379; unstamped 

 weights and measures, 1396 ; false balances, 163 ; total 

 number summoned, 247 ; total number convicted, 217 ; 

 appointed to be heard, 30. The report was entered on the 

 journals of the Court. A former resolution awarding the 

 sum of 400/. as an addition to the salary of Commissioner 

 Bullock of the Central Criminal Court was rescinded, in 

 order that the claim to an increased salary might be dis- 

 posed of by the Court of Common Council, by whom Mr. 

 Bullock was elected. The appointment of a Deputy- 

 Governor of Newgate was deferred. Sir P. Laurie moved 

 that so much of the presentments of the Wardmote 

 Inquests as regards parties carrying on trades within the 

 City, either by wholesale or retail, be referred to a com- 

 mittee of the whole court, to consider the best course to 

 be adopted thereon and to report. This resolution was 

 adopted, and a petition from the inquest of Castle-Barnard 

 ward on the state of Puddle Dock, used by the contractor 

 for the cleaning of the streets, was referred to the City 



Solicitor. 



Bank of England.— It appears that the late disclosures 



at the Mansion House relative to fraudulent transfers of 

 stock have induced the authorities at the Bank to with- 

 hold all information for the present on the subject of 

 unclaimed dividends, and the clerks refuse to answer any 

 inquiries made. It appears that the public security 

 demands more stringent regulations, the inconvenience 

 which may arise for the time to the parties interested is 

 little to be compared to the permanent advantages which 

 will possibly result from the change. 



St. Stephen's, Walbrook.—The report made by Alder- 

 man Gibbs to the select vestry on the 22d December, 

 1833, together with an account of the receipts and pay- 

 ments of the said parish during his churchwardenship to 

 Easter, 1843, has been published. The following is the 

 auditor's report :—" We, the undersigned, members of 

 the select vestry of the parish of St. Stephen, Walbrook, 

 have carefully examined and audited the accounts of Mr. 

 Michael Gibbs, churchwarden of the said parish, com- 

 mencing 1825-6, and ending 1842-3 inclusive, and com- 

 pared the payments with the vouchers (excepting for the 

 year 1833-4, relative to the payments on behalf of the 

 united parishes, which were mislaid by the churchwarden 

 of St. Bennet Sherehog, and not returned ; but inasmuch 

 as such payments were all regular annual charges, and as 

 the accounts for that year have been audited by St. Bennet 

 Sherehog, and their proportion paid) we do therefore 

 declare the same to be correct, and do find a balance to be 

 due to the said churchwarden of 1302/. 3s. 6rf., which we 

 authorise to be paid over to the said Michael Gibbs to 

 Easter, 1843.— Witness our hands this 6th day of Decem- 

 ber, 1843. George Field, William Adams, W. E. Eddi- 



son, Thomas Whitaker." 



Excise Prosecutions.— The adulteration of excisable 

 articles appears to be increasing daily, and the Com- 

 missioners have lately been compelled to institute prose- 

 cutions in various parts of the country. Dr. Bird, the 

 analysing chemist of the Board, has been constantly 

 engaged for the last two months in analysing the various 

 seizures of spurious and adulterated pepper alone, which 

 amounts in the gross to several tons. This however is 

 only one of the many articles that the public receive in an 

 unwholesome form. Cocoa is also largely adulterated by 

 the dishonest tradesman. A species of fine brown earth 

 is mixed with it, and to render it ^invisible to the casual 

 observer and prevent its being separated from the genuine 

 article, a portion of mutton fat is introduced, which binds 

 the earth with the cocoa, and at the same time gives it the 

 apparent richness of good cocoa, only to be detected by 

 the experienced eye. During the past week prosecutions 

 under the authority of the Commissioners took place in 

 the following places, and in every case a conviction with 

 the penalties annexed was obtained :— For spurious pepper : 

 in Worcester 6 informations, penalties 250/. ; in Sunder- 

 land 12 informations, penalties 350/. ; in Durham 2 in- 

 formations, penalties 100/. ; in Bristol 3 informations, 

 penalties 100/. The adulterations in the above cases were 

 —red and white mustard husks, rice, chilies, sawdust, 

 earthy matter, sago, linseed, rape-seed, and wheat bran. 

 In Manchester, Thomas Raingell was fined 200/. for 

 adulterating his stock of tobacco with turmeric and yellow 

 ochre. A great number of other prosecutions for tobacco 

 will follow, several lots of which are adulterated with tar 

 and sand to the extent of 14 per cent. 



The Preacher ship of Lincoln's Inn.— The election to 

 this office vacant by the elevation of the Rev. Dr. Lons- 

 dale to the see of Lichfield took place on Friday after- 

 noon. There was a large attendance of benchers, among 

 whom were present Lords Campbell, Brougham, and 

 Bexley. There were no fewer than 17 candidates for the 

 appointment, viz. : Archdeacon Manning, Rev. J. Vaughan, 

 Rev. J. Garbett, Archdeacon Robinson, Rev. Dr. Hussey, 

 Hon. and Rev. S. Best, Hon. and Rev. H. D. Erskine, 

 Rev. J. E. Cox, Rev. C. E. Wylde, Rev. J. S. Boone, 

 Rev. J. R. Page, Rev. W. Harness, Rev. T. Randall, 

 Rev. J. S*. M. Anderson, Rev. C. Merivale, Rev. F. Hew- 

 son. The election was decided in favour of the Rev. Mr, 



Anderson, of Brighton. 



The Scottish Church in London.— A meeting of the 

 congregation of the Scottish Church in Crown-court, 

 Covent-garden, was held on Friday last, to receive the 

 acknowledgment of the Rev. John Cumming their 

 minister, for a testimonial presented to him. The sum 

 raised by the congregation for this purpose amounted to 

 nearly 600/., a portion of which was expended in clearing 

 off the remaining debt on their church, for which Mr. 

 Cumming was responsible, and the other part was ex- 

 pended in presenting him with a large silver tea-tray and 

 upwards of 100/. worth of books on theology. Mr. Cum- 

 ming returned thanks at some length, stating his undi- 

 minished attachment to the Established Church of Scot- 

 land, while at the same time he did not see it his duty to 

 leave a congregation to which his ministry was useful, 

 and from whom he had received such testimonials of 

 esteem. He had refused the highest church preferment 

 in Scotland, for which refusal this testimonial expressed 

 the gratitude of his people, and this he regarded as more 

 than a triumphant refutation of the charges of interested 

 motives so liberally imputed to him by the more violent 

 free seceders. He only regretted that want of room pre- 

 vented their receiving into that church members who 

 were tired of contention ; and he rejoiced that those who 

 had left the parent Church in Scotland were rapidly re- 

 turning to the church of their forefathers, not only in 

 Scotland but elsewhere. 



St. Katherine's Docks.— The half-yearly meeting ot 



the proprietors of these Docks was held on Tuesday, Mr. 

 Thos. Tooke in the chair. From the accounts of receipt 

 and expenditure it appeared that the credit balance on 

 1st January, 1843, was 121,184/. 19s. 9d. t and that the 

 like balance brought forward on the 1st inst. was 

 112,911/. 18s. 5rf., the net earnings during the past year 

 having been less than in the year preceding, although the 

 business transacted in the docks during the last year, both 

 as regarded goods and shipping, had upon the whole ex- 

 ceeded that of 1842. The falling off in the amount of 

 earnings was stated to be the consequence of the descrip- 

 tion of goods landed having been of a less costly character 

 and the rates not so productive. The directors however 

 recommended the proprietors to declare the usual dividend 

 of 2J per cent, for the half-year, the amount of income- 

 tax to be defrayed by the company, which was agreed to. 

 State of the 'Streets.— On Tuesday, the foreman of Mr. 

 Gore, the contractor for cleansing the streets of the City, 

 appeared on a summons before the Commissioners of 

 Sewers at Guildhall. The patentee of the new sweeping- 

 machines was in attendance, and questioned by the Court 

 as to the efficiency of the machines, which he declared to 

 be adapted to the cleansing of the streets, provided the 

 men worked them properly. It was, however, to be 

 regretted that the men considered them an innovation, 

 and did all to impede their utility. In proof of their 

 excellency, the patentee referred the Court to the satisfac- 

 tion which the machines gave to the inhabitants of Regent- 

 street, where no dirt was to be found, and the same 

 result would be produced in the City if the men m the 

 employ of the contractor did their duty. The foreman 

 was then called in, and said that Mr. Gore was confined 

 to his bed, and unable to attend. The Chairman wished 

 to know whether the new machines were suitable to the 

 streets of the City ? The foreman replied they were not ; 

 they were a complete failure. In fact, no contractor, 

 however anxious he might be to keep the streets free from 

 mud, could do it while using the machines. The con- 

 struction of the machines, he said, are such, that they 

 spill as much mud as they take up ; for instance, if one of 

 them is employed in Comhill, and is there loaded, by the time 

 it arrives at Puddle-dock it is found not to be more than 

 one-fourth full. The vibration is so great that the mud 

 is shaken out, and the brushes are not adapted for the 

 streets. The contractor had put on 40 men to cleanse the 

 streets, and had relinquished the use of the machines, 

 which, in addition to their other alleged defects, were said 

 to weigh nearly two tons each, and to be too much for 

 the horses. The Commissioners, however, thought that 

 the contractor's horses were in bad condition, and after 

 discussing at some Ieng'h the merits of the two systems, 

 it was agreed to adjourn for a week, for the purpose of 

 enabling the Commissioners to have practical proof ot 

 the effect of manual labour in opposition to machinery. 



The Distressed Needlewomen.— On Monday a prelimi- 

 nary meeting of the friends of the poor needle-women 

 took place at the Mansion-house for the purpose of adopt- 

 ing measures preparatory to a public meeting to be called 

 in a few days. The Lord Mayor took the chair, and ex- 

 pressed his belief that the object of the meeting would be 

 liberally carried out. He was surrounded by ladies who 

 were anxious to be members of a committee to assist in 

 the undertaking. His Lordship then read from a paper a 

 statement of the intentions of the society. The object 

 was to find work for as many of the unemployed as pos- 

 sible, and to ensure to them a fair remuneration for their 

 labour. The work was to consist of children s clothes 

 and females under-garment?, manufactured expressly lor 



