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- — ^T tft MrlrCo^ seuted to the treasury of the Jewish Orphan School in 



address was presented »^> £ Goo dman's Fields, a check for 2000/., to purchase a plot 



« following is an extract. j nf «rround for the uurpose of building thereon an asylum 



S**^» WD K ; rh 7he following 



3Tfr©* wbicb L every good man iui« j««. — . 



j£ian esteems you, every B ^ as a ch ser . 



SI* «*• in J h °tv instrument in his hand for the ac 

 ^Trf God, » ml « hty , l "vns of his providence, and as a 

 £ l&brnent of the d ,c.ign» o * \ Catholic church; 



■Sffcooiuntioe m the £*°* ci fttcd the Church from 

 STS ^^^XcombTot Rome, and the cruelties 

 £L B tyranny, ^J*^™ e kingdoms have you delivered 



SSe Col* «^ ' Vf rSgious bigotry, and the bonds 

 £ from the thraldom of ^.^ fc^ you have re 



tf r enal enactment . than Egyptiail bondage, and 



caei her from her ^ the wilderness and like 



Kd her through the ^ ^ through the Jordan, and 



,hua jou UaTe ° * Qf freedoQfl and prosperity. 



5 laced her l V op , Pledged the compliment, referring to 

 lr ' ° X Tof tU C.S faith in England, and to the 

 the progress of tue ^ « had recently taken place. 

 ,o»eroos con ,er>io had made for emanclpa . 



HC tU Y P 1 and concluded amidst loud cheers 



tion aud repeal, a A numerous meeting of 



^r : ^J^^% trovoma parishes was held 

 dotations w» j;™» b V nc Court-house, for the purpose 

 W "** *• ^ C erta n clauses in the bill now before Par- 

 t ^t r al i g ■** amending the Poor-law Act. 

 1,tn,C L denu tations in attendance were those from 

 £ leWffi* St. James, Westminster; St. 

 ^ ,: c 's L^nover-square ; St. James, Clerkenwel ; St. 



i .' fit Mary's, Islington; St. Margaret's, St. 

 553 In! St Leonard's, Shoreditch. Mr. Kirby, a 

 ^itr wa ta th chair, and the following resolutions 

 U "n, otl^er were unanimously adopted. « That the 

 I>Tla ^Amendment Bill, now before the House of Com- 

 ^"nuTned provisions which if enacted wiU iacmse 

 the arbitrary power of the poor-law commissioners, sub- 

 w .he ancient independence of local boards and repeal, 

 without express enactment, important and valuable privi- 

 leges by depriving rate-payers of the control over their 

 own resources in the administration of relief to their local 

 poor ••—•♦That the proposed establishment of district 

 Schools will not only entail additional expenses upon the 

 nte-payers.but will tend to aggravate the miseries of pau- 

 perism, by removing children away from their parishes ; or 

 will curtail the opportunity of communication with *heir 

 parents, and alienate them from the legitimate influence 

 of local guardians and the superintending clergy." — "That 

 the proposed establishment of district asylums for the 

 casual and houseless poor will tend to increase vagrancy 

 rather than legitimately provide for destitution ; and that 

 the proposed incorporation of parishes having local acts 

 for such purpose will subject them to the control of the 

 poor-law commissioners, by including them in a district 

 for the auditing of accounts, thereby interfering with the 

 duties of other auditors already appointed under local and 

 general striates." A deputation was then appointed, to 

 be composed of members of Parliament, churchwardens, 

 and chairmen of the boards of guardians of the different 

 Metropolitan parishes, to wait upon Sir J. Graham with 

 reference to modifications in the bill so that it may not in 

 terfere with parishes under local acts. 



New Royal Exchange. — At the meeting of the corpo- 

 ration for improving the approaches to London-bridge 

 held last week, the deputation appointed to confer with 

 the Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements on the 

 question of obtaining further space at the east end of the 

 new Royal Exchange made their report. The deputation 

 consisted of Mr. It. L. Jones, chairman of the Exchange 

 committee, Mr. W. Lawrence, and Mr. R. Taylor, attended 

 by Mr. Tyrrell the Remembrancer, and Mr. Tite the 

 architect of the new building. It appears that the depu- 

 tation have had several interviews with the Commissioners, 

 and that they submitted their plans or suggestions for 

 those improvements. The first suggestion was to make 

 an opening into Finch-lane, the same in character as that 

 *oich was made in Fleet-street called St. Bride's passage, 

 out wider ; the width of the Finch-lane opening being 

 proposed at 60 feet from house to house, and 30 feet 

 between the shops. The second suggestion proposed the 

 aame opening, but included the widening of the main street 

 at the east end of the 'Change to 60 feet instead of 46 feet 

 finches as at present. The third plan proposed the 

 taking down of Finch-lane altogether, and the construction 

 oia new street 70 feet wide at the east end of the 'Change 

 * place. All the plans contained a suggestion for 

 wwening Threadneedle-street from the Royal Exchange 

 »P to Merchant-Tailors' Hall. The application on the 

 fjrtof the corporation was supported by a memorial from 

 "■ ■erchaotg, bankers, brokers aud traders of the City ; 

 to f C ,k al1 ^e first names in the City. In opposition 

 ann !V mpro?ement in this qu art er, Magdalen College 

 Ma i • y their 8tew * rd Mr. Blagiove, and Mr. Sheriff 

 -won their tenant. After hearing evidence from all these 

 a mo 68 ' Uie Commi88ione rs, it appeared, determined that 

 woni ^ extetldea 8 i ,a ce at the east end of the new Exchange 

 r J.:_? reat, y cond uce to the effect of the building and the 



f those who might frequent ft ; but that 



numerous and important claims upon any 



en might be provided by the Legislature for 





con. Sreati y conduce to the effect of the building and the 

 Ul? n,e . nCC , ° f those who mi e ht frequent ft ; but that 



JOOklng to the nnm.m.» —a a* . 3 -w«_J 



|unda whi_ 



fiT.ovements 

 ■ed ln recoi]Q 



that 



»ents in the Metropolis, they could not feel justi- 



a C0 , mmcnuin g to her Majesty, or to Parliament, 



^ n y advance of money from public sources or from 



^*edn^ all0n L Sh °" ld be made for tliis purpose.— On 

 inobair 7 i • Cllizens obtained, for the first time, an 

 *onaJ7f TlCW ° f lhe fa * adc of this structure, the 

 lena-th . 1 7 en ?^. bet * een ifc and Cheapside having at 

 their p i ttce n evUcd * T "c Wellington statue will supply 



Mose^'of ?h /,7 r *&*+ few days since, Mr. L. Eastern, 226 ; Southern ,303 ; T 

 °-"p of the farm of Moses and Levy, in Aldgate, pre- | *™ ra S c for the last five * ear8 ' 94 °' 



of ground for the purpose of building thereon an asylum 

 for the institution; at the same time expressing his desire 

 that the building should be erected at his sole expense, 

 and he would give a further sum for its completion, should 

 it be required. This benevolent gentleman a short time 

 since erected, at his own expense, a number of almshouses 

 in the Globe-road, Mile-end, for aged and decayed trades- 

 men of the Jewish persuasion, to whom he allows a certain 

 sum of money weekly. 



New Zealand Company.— The 10th Annual Meeting of 

 this Company took place last week. J. Somes, Esq. , in th e 

 Chair. The Secretary read the following report :— " When 

 the advertisement calling this meeting was issued, your 

 directors anticipated that it would have been their duty 

 to submit to vou to-day a statement of the condition of 

 the Company's affairs, and to recommend to you, in con- 

 sequence, the adoption of certain proceedings. They 

 have now to inform you, that it is not in their power to 

 fulfil any part of that intention, and to acquaint you briefly 

 with the ground of their present reserve. When they 

 call your attention to the fact that the Company has been 

 engaged for five years in forming settlements whose 

 population now exceeds 10,000 souls, at a cost of above 

 50 000/. (besides a much larger outlay by the settlers 

 themselves), but that its title to the land is yet unsecured 

 by the grant of a single acre from the Crown ; and when 

 you reflect on the consequence, as respects safety of pro- 

 perty, and even life, of recent events in iNew Zealand, 

 vou will not require any further reference to the causes 

 of this calamitous state of things in order to understand 

 that the Company is at this moment deprived of ad means 

 of usefulness as an instrument of colonisation, and in 

 great danger of becoming a total wreck as respects even 

 the property of the shareholders and the settlers. Under 

 these circumstances your directors have been compelled 

 to suspend entirely the proceedings of the Company as 

 a colonising body, and they have made representations 

 to Her Majesty's Government of the actual state of your 

 affairs, in the hope that some arrangement may be made 

 by which the confidence of the public in the Company s 

 powers of usefulness may be restored, both here and in 

 New Zealand. It is this confidence, your directors feel 

 perfectly satisfied, which is alone wanting to enable the 

 Company to carry out the objects of their incorporation 

 on a continually increasing scale. With this confidence 

 the most sanguine of the views of the founders of this 

 Company may be realised, but without it you must of 

 necessity retire from an enterprise, the further pursuit of 

 which, unless the causes of its present failure be removed 

 can only result in more extensive disappointment and 

 ruin. Your directors anxiously trust that the representa- 

 tions they have made to the Secretary of State for the 

 Colonics on this subject may be favourably received ; and 

 they suggest to you the propriety of adjourning the : meet- 

 ingfor a fortnight, without asking further explanation of 

 them, or adopting any other resolufon, until it .ball be 

 in their power to lay before you the final result of their 

 correspondence with his Lordship." A ter a brief dis- 

 cussion the report was adopted, and the meeting ad- 

 journed until the 29th. j;„„ e - n f 

 J St. Patrick's Day. -On Saturday the annual dinner of 

 the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick was celebrated in 

 Fr^ma'nT Hall, butUike most *™™'*^ 

 were scarcely 80 persons present. Lord Morpeth pre- 

 sided^supported b^ Lord Rossmore General rEstrange, 

 High Hon. A. R. Blake, Hon. Mr Vilhers Stuart, M. I., 

 Sir R Howard, M.P., Sir T. B. Lennard, David Ros & , 

 Esq.fM P., and the Hon. W. Stopford. After the usual 

 toasts, donations were announced to the amount of / 93j 



City of London School.-?** Corporation having de- 

 voted the fine of 400/. paid some years ago by Mr. Tegg, 

 bookseller and publisher, to be excused trom serving the 

 office of sheriff towards the establishment of an exhibition 

 to one of the universities for the benefit of pupils of the 

 above 6 S chool, Mr. Tegg has manifested his approval of 

 such an appropriation by recently making an ^on to 

 the fund of 100/.; and in return for this liberal ty, the 

 committee of the school have agreed that the exhibition 

 shall in future be designated •• The Tegg Scholarship, or 

 Exhibition." Mr. Tegg has also accompanied his gitt 

 with a number of books lor ^e library of the school 



Anti Corn Law League.-The usual Weekly Meeting 

 of the League took place on Wednesday night in Covent 

 Garden Theatre. The Earl of Radnor presided and ad- 

 dressed the meeting at great length. His Lordship was 

 loudly cheered by a crowded house ; and the other speakers 

 were Mr. C. Lntimore and Mr Hunt, tenant larmers, 



and Mr. Cobden. n ... 



East India- House. -A General Court was held on 

 Wednesday ; Mr. J. Cotton in the Chair It was stated 

 that the India Board had sanctioned the grant ot an 

 annuity of 200/. a-year to Capt. Patterson, lhe motions 

 respecting the money payments to the temple of Jugger- 

 naut, and the affairs of Scinde, &c, after some discus- 

 sion, were ordered to stand over to the next meeting. 



New Hospital for Consumpton.—?nace Albert has 

 consented to lay the first stone of a new building - 

 erected at Chelsea, for the relief of persons labour ng 

 under pulmonary diseases. The design for the building 

 is by Mr. Francis, and is in the Tudor style, lhe cere- 

 mony of laying the foundation stone will take place in 

 June next, when there will also be a fancy -fair m the 

 gardens of Chelsea Hospital in aid of the funds- 



Mortality of the Mttropolis.-The following is the 

 number of Deaths registered in the week ending March 

 9-West Districts*!:* ; Korthem, WI j CjatfaJ, IW, 

 Eastern, 226; Southern, 303; Total, 1030. Weekly 



Agricultural Meetings.— Since our last report the fol- 

 lowing meetings in favour of Protection have been held i 

 —On Thursday at Tarporley, Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart., 

 in the chair, supported by a great number of influential 

 landlords and farmers of the district.— On Friday at. 

 Wimbourne, Mr. R. Easton, of Moortown, in the chair,, 

 supported by the principal Agriculturists of Dorset.— 

 On the same day, at Aberdeen, Robert Grant, Esq., of 

 Tilly four, convener of the county, in the chair, supported, 

 by the leading landowners and farmers of the county, the 

 requisition for the meeting having been signed by nearly 

 six thousand persons— On Thursday at Bingham, Mr. 

 Barrow, of Southwell, in the chair, supported by the. 

 leading landowners and tenant-farmers of Nottingham- 

 shire.— On Saturday, at Bourn, W. Parker, Esq., of 

 Hanthorpe, in the chair, supported by a large number of 

 the Agriculturists of Lincolnshire. 



Chelmsford.— The convictions at the recent assizes for 

 Essex and the adjoining counties, have not in the least 

 subdued the prevailing spirit of incendiarism m these. 

 districts, as no less than seven instances have occurred 

 since the termination of the assizes, viz., at Stowmarket, 

 BactDii, Freston, and Tuddenham, in Suffolk ; and at 

 Tendering, Rayne, and Braintree, in Esiex.-On the 1 1th 

 inst., as Mr. John Saunders, jun., son-in-law of Mr. 

 Birth, of Springfield Dukes, was on his way on horseback: 

 from that place to his farm at Purleigh, when at Danbury 

 his horse shied, and at the same instant fell. The animal 

 on rising reared up, when Mr. Saunders, who to this time- 

 had kept his seat, sustained a severe injury from the 

 pommel of the saddle. Medical assistance was at once 

 procured, and Mr. Bransby Cooper attended from town, 

 but Mr. Saunders died on Wednesday week. An inquest 

 was held, and a verdict of Accidental Death returned. 



Coventry.— A. meeting was held on Monday in &t. 

 Mary's Hall, « to take into consideration the grievances 

 of Ireland." Mr. O'Connell was present having been 

 invited to take part in the proceedings. Mr. ^ bittern* 

 the Mayor, was in the chair. The novelty of the occasion 

 caused a great number of people to assemble ; the conse- 

 quence wis, that some of the barriers were broken down 

 from the pressure made against them, and several indi- 

 viduals were more or less injured. A cry was raised 

 to adjourn the meeting to the open air, but the 

 Mayor refused to comply. Uproar of a most furious 

 kind succeeded, and not a word could be beard. At 

 length the Mayor stood up and declared that he would 

 not adjourn the meeting, or submit to such interruption. 

 The uproar was renewed, but after some time 6™°™^ 

 subsided. Mr. Gordon, a Unitarian preacher, moved he 

 fir^t resolution, and Mr. Sibree,an Independent minister 

 moved the second resolution. Mr O'Connell spoke at 

 great length upon the grievances of Irel-nd, and recapi- 

 tulated all the arguments for Repeal "**\™*™* 

 length in our account of the Covent-Garden dinner. Re- 

 solutions condemning the late trials, and expressing sym- 

 pathy with Ireland, were then carried. 

 P Dorchester.-K county-meeting was recenrty he d m 

 this town, for the purpose of considering the measures to 

 be adopted for the erection of a monument ml, 

 his native county to the memory of the late i Acm raJ 

 Sir Thomas Hardy, in commemoration of nil public 

 services. The Earl of Ilchester presided. A resnh* 

 tion that a monument be erected, was earned unani- 

 mously. Capt. Manning, Governor of Portl ^ d p Ca . s ^ 

 then said that the inhabitants and merchants of For and 



would feel a pleasure in presenting the : whole j of the stone 

 reouired for the proposed structure, should the Vern 

 be selec ed as the site. Mr. A. H. D. Acland proposed 

 as the s te of the testimonial one of the elevations of the 

 Blazon Hills, that spot overlooking the native parish of 

 thelate Admiral, being a portion of the property ^ of ,his 

 family, and so conspicuous, to a ^^^[^V^^^ 

 by land and by sea, as to have been selected by the Ad- 

 nSral himself for the site of a mark when in command of 

 the experimental squadron in the Channel Capt Haw- 

 k ns R N., seconded the resolution, which was adopted. 

 Mr ' Manfield, as a relative of the deceas d ^d , 

 offered any portion of the land required for the sit .and 

 al" o we permission to quarry the stone for the building, 



"Er aas: =^ s vx as 



^ to rssr^a«aatttt ft 



f°Kf Xd I shall ever be read, to uphold m, owa 

 v.nnnd interest and advocate the claims of that class 

 Cuo«i"Khha»bto,t»p ro t«et; and 1 beg the 

 favour of vou to add my name to any resolution or ar- 

 angement^hich may be determined on at the meet.ng by 

 hi. Grace the Duke of Cleveland and the tanner, of th. 

 covintv of Durham. I have read with considerable satis- 

 faction his admirable letter, in every word of wh.ch I «w- 

 diallv agree. But I beg to repeat to the farmers of the 

 county of Durham, what I have long since stated to my 

 numerous and excellent tenantry in Ireland-th.t t is 

 prudent and wise for them to prepare for the worst , tor 

 after the extraordinary and inexplicable changes in th* 

 times we live in, no man csn venture to predict or to spe- 

 culate with certainty on what may occur.' 



Ip SK ich —About 1 o'clock on Monday, wh.le fohowing 

 the sta? hounds in the neighbourhood of this town, a 

 fatal acf Went occurred to Lord Wdl.am Hill. It. apnea «d 

 that his Lordship was hunting in Bramf, £ *•£• ^ 

 seat of the Dowager Lady M.ddleton. """"ft ™ ant 

 his horse, which he took from the *fi«£l£ io ^ 

 near the house, h.s Lordship ^seems to . Im e 

 the park, riding his horse at the very top n v 



