THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 





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: = JL — Twhich were almost solely devoted 

 <* ^ n . d v.° \mi c were increasing, in con.e- 



ST***' of we P iintlr makinsin them. The ex- 

 ^^orment 9 con^lTmak e g ^ f ^ 



iliSJf »» d ke ? h'oS? 2nd this for the last year 



* ilarlboroach Ho "? \, with respect to Richmond 



J the lar^ sum of lOOJ^ « wo „ld soon find boards 



j^li.^-^Sk^«W-Snbe opened to the public, 



*•**♦ **_. tha t the P"* £°£ l £ s an d for the same hours as the 



•WTtSS .£ i 'siSmouthl.ved.theCommU- 

 ^ WoUe the law i- rfe nQ Ucatlon to hira to 



Jrf W<^ W ? h L were always exercised with so much 

 r re op pririleces that were ^ sures were taken to ex- 



*•- - im-^^Lhe nark more freely to the public. Her 

 ■ t4^«^ Ca SbridSe expressed their full approval 

 ^ tte Dote of cam ^ be nQ further linaitatl0n on 



5i- uranstment, ana u» P arks.-In answer to 



-XJ^E^E a ofL^coLXStatedthatdifficultiescon- 



Ho«. "^^'i^haJe of ground, &c, impeded the progress 

 •ill tte purchase «t passed .-On the vote - 



of 



Park 



j*t toward* 

 ^ e r work men were obliged 



1 rt<U~ UrtilCP Of I-.0 



^.rie from the circumstance that, as the works 

 or ^t e JIn were ohli*ed to confine their labours 



^t^rcoSe^e excuse involved t. , ,. The 



Hie least point to be considered. The parties 



wa SS5"iSre their Lordships themselves whose hea th 



iSSSm prejudiced by going too hastily into a build- 



- fc \5SJ*.,«5d be mpossible to finish so soon in warming, 

 ia€ «tuch it uouM I De imp house ad td 



"^^ 'Jrtoo wis a' physical impossibility, but if their 

 by neit session ™ 8 V^' claim to have their house first 



HS^SLTSi eve7y reason to hope that both houses 

 Stt tf ready by the session following the next. The 

 aigtt be rcauj ' The next vote was "000/. for water- 



**' "fto Iraialgti-squarej when Mr Hcme, having put 



to how tlie supply of water for the fountain, &c. was 

 .* h. i-ocured. the Earl ot Lincoln stated that after ample deli- 

 £SSTand i « periment it was considered that the most advis- 

 SrSethod w£ to pump up the water from wells situated 

 ESJuie National Gallery. Water would thus be obtained 

 imiB eaality and more plentiful in quantity than otherwise. 

 itwomhl not be wasted, but would be made to supply the public 

 oAeci and the new Houses of Parliament. A saving to the 

 MbiicoiftOO' a-year would thus be effected, as the cost of main- 

 Catae the wells would be not quite 400/. a-year, while the sum 

 MV iid by the public offices, &c. to the Water Company 

 amounted to 904/. a-year.— The House then resumed, and the 

 Chairman reported progress.— The report of the Committee of 

 •apply was brought up, and the several items confirmed.— Lord 

 0. Somerset obtained leave to bring in Bills to amend the 

 Jurisdiction of the County and Chancery Courts of the county 

 palatine of the county of Lancaster.— Mr. Suaw moved for a 

 •elect committee to inquire into and report upon the importance 

 of an earlv and complete trial of the atmospheric railway system. 

 —Mr. Gladstone recommended the postponement of the 

 motion until after the recess. As regarded the magnitude of the 

 Invention the question was a most important one, and it only 

 remained to prove whether it could be applied to a more ex- 

 tended line than at present; but it was necessary that time 

 should be given to ascertain whether the proprietors of existing 

 railroad! would consent to the experiment.— After a few words 

 Ifom Lord H. Vans in support of the motion, Mr. Shaw agreed 

 to withdraw it.— On the motion of Mr. Cowpkr leave was given 

 to bring in a Bill for the establishment of Charitable Pawn 

 Societies.— Mr. Ffrknch obtained leave to bring in a bill to 

 amend the laws relating to the temporalities of the Church in 

 Ireland.— On the motion of the Earl of Lincoln leave was given 

 to brine in a Bill to prevent the damages by fire to property. 



Tuesday.— Lord J. Russkll took occasion to advert to the 

 policy ot Government, internal and external, whether in the 

 ■anajfement of their legislative business, or the disposal of the 

 naval force with a view to the protection of our interests abroad. 

 Taa House had manifested its loyalty to the Crown by freely 

 votin* the necessary supplies ; but there was a rumour that but 

 one ship of the line was to be left with our fleet in the Mediter- 

 ranean ; and though nothing might arise, still, with an insurec- 

 jwnary nucleus forming in Italy, and the probability of Spanish 

 interference in Morocco, he disapproved of this departure from 

 o«r V i ?° 1,c y-- slr R - Peek, in reply, said that the disposal of 

 ^^^force was a subject which peculiarly belonged to the 



fcecutiveundfr its ,-<«„„„.,;.,;,;.. \, -.«.:..„._ ; *. -* „;„«, „f 



CITY. 



Money Market, Friday. — This being Good Friday, 

 all the;public offices were closed. The Funds on Thursday 

 gave the following quotations : — Consols 99 J; New Three- 

 and-a-Half per Cents., 103J to J; India Bonds, 87*. to 

 895.} pm. ; Bank Stock, 201 to 202 ; Exchequer Bills, 

 71*. to 73*. prem. 



GAZETTE OF THE WEEK — BANKRUPTS — 7. Gam, Long M»lford, 

 Suffolk, corn-dealer— J. S.Ci&iiTornnu, Leaaenhail-ttieet, City, merchant— 

 J. C. Johnioh, Laurence Pountnef-hill, Cannon-atreet, City, merchant— J. 

 Bradbhaw, Marylebone-itreet, Middlesex, wsollendraper— W. Bail, G«x>dire- 

 Btreet, Tottenham-court-road, cabinet-maker— J. F. Oarwktt, Tooler-»treet, 

 Southwark, hatter— W. Brow*, Wappiag, Middlesex, rictuaUer— G. Mac- 

 Dosaxr, Mincing-lane, wine and spirit broker-T. Witbtaslky, Laurence- 

 lane, commission agent— F. J. H. Mcixu, Addle-street, Wood-street, tur- 

 ner— S. Bail, Liverpool, chemist and druggist— E- Gibbon, Kendal, *'«*- 

 morelandshire, builder— T. RoniNSOX, Leicester, wine-merchant— G. Haw- 

 anus, Bristol, mason— P. Phillips, Southampton-street, Covent* Garden, 

 printseller— F. J. Pkgler, Reading, ' Berkshire, woollsndraper-J. Kino, 

 jun.. Budge-row, tea-dealer— W. G. Cuvr, Chapel yard. Cross-lane, Hijrh 

 Holborn, and Ingatestone, Essex, coach-broker— N. Bkaro, Beech-street, 

 Barbican, Jeather-seller— A. J. Sack, High-street, Whitrchapel, chemist— 

 G. H. D. Lawkrnch, Hornsey, merchant— J. Briuinshaw, \\ andsworih, vic- 

 tualler— T. C, HoneoK, Leominster, linendraper— M. Dkvinb, Liverpool, 

 grocer — J. Brown, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, tea-dealer. 



•Wan 



ewra 



--- ..-„„ ouujcti wmcii peculiarly oemiigcu iu i«c 



-h.t » a Cr its res Ponsibility, and acting on its own view of 



no fln-K? ? Xp ! a , ent for thc interests of the country ; and though, 



Zla«lM k°/ dJ -K«Ksell f in that confidence in his own judg- 



ti •• LT. ^ fr «iieut!y was so just, might feel himself competent 



l«re tht^^ 0f the Channel fleet," he must beg of him to 



Ewrhr n? c m the hanQS of the Government.-Sir R. Pkel 



Wm Jrobahlv fh , PPlementar y Chin ese Treaty, and said, as this 



W K y h f las i act of «»e diplomatic life of Sir H. Pottin- 



t»'hi« wnU f °J K suffer the opportunity to pass without express- 



Wd'pAiMaV pUbllc serv ices of that distinguished man.— 



H. rVttiBm n concurred in the eulogium thus passed on Sir 



mouon"* b ' isi,j es 8 was chiefly of a routine nature ; and 



lion ^ll. 0a e ^Per, which were to have come on for 



that thl u POS,ponecl lil1 aft er the Easter recess.- It was 



of April -Mr' on iu risi ng, should adjourn till the 15th 



lato »comrnittet L t 4DST0N ' B m oved that the House resolve itself 



with a riew tn ^ to . Consi ner the state of the law of partnership, 



U* registraJ" P S ■ ■ 1 ° K for the f o»lowing purposes, viz. :-" For 



IB ch coropanifs rl J , 0l . ntstock companies, and for conferring on 



to « P«>ment of rer • pnvile b r es of corporate bodies, subject to 



iationi, and for tirA fees ' aml on certain conditions and regu- 



*nies ; for the re ^ Ve , nt ! n t P the establishment of fraudulent com- 



t *°ngand irriDrnvf V° n of Joint-stock companies; for facili- 



fereuceto joint «»«? remedies at law and in equity, in re- 



^fefficers wh ,t! ? om P an ies, their members, directors, and 



member, thereof I inter se or in relation to persons not being 



Cn *We to meet th* winding up the affairs of companies 



JWrate partnersh ,. r . pecu niary engagements ; and for enabling 



to »°e and be aiiiS i re S lst er the names of their partners, and 



«eaUeman said hi ln the name of their firm.'* The right hon. 



**»e influence of n«M POSed » in the fir8t P Iace , to bring the whole- 



""toi* purpose hJl ,° J pinion to °ear on public companies, and 



0a *Paniea i and ;« ? brin 8 : in a Bill to register all joint-stock 



efr^ain extent oi, 80 doin & he w °olti render them all, to a 



5^ to provide £ P p ° h rate boai e3. He should propose another 



?J e Proposed al «n L constitution of joint-stock companies. 



■• public a«i«,i . pro l viac an °ther legal remedy, not only for 



** the manno-I" " com P a nies, but for the shareholders 



to *** the H ^1\ an , d d;rec tors. Lastly, it would be his 



in modification? • leaire to brin e in a Bill for introducing 



£? TlTe Persons ?t ~ ,nl0 laW of P art nership as related to 



S°° r ed to » or np « r »l a ! wel1 *'»own that private partnerships 



Sf-^ck comn Jnir UDder the inconveniences which limit 



2^?»« ^ ev rt l St l V ^^B under the name of the firm. 



S? ** to sTsk for t caUedf °r a remedy, and he therefore 



C^ae*r^ utinc j'*'*? to bring in a Bill, allowing private 



-~Tt.e House win? in ? artne »h»l» to aue and be sued as a firm. 

 •freed to .— Vaiiona rll comir| ittee, and the resolutions were 

 22** °»» a motion bvM^*" 6 aerce <i to , but some discussion 

 **aec«ed with the i«!- 8K for copies of sundry documents 



2? :ri ^« in Dublin „ S " p the llsts of jurors for the recent 

 5*7 .< * tne notes of fh^V 1 the d °cuments asked for being a 

 2*? ed to their nrodnl- Cordcr of Dublin, Mr. Shaw, who 

 ST 4 to -ThVre P Lai ^ The ^ion was modified and 



*** then rose for^l iilv bn ' lDMS was ^posed of, and the 



" c caster recess. 



metropolis aniJ "» t/femttp. 



Royal Society.— On Saturday night the Marquess of 

 Northampton, as President of the Royal Society, held his 

 last conversazione this season, at his residence in Picca- 

 dilly. The attendance of Fellows was very numerous, 



above 350 being present. 



Artists' General Benevolent Institution — The anni- 

 versary dinner of this excellent institution took place on 

 Saturday last, in the Freemasons' Hall, Sir R. H. Inglis, 

 M.P. for Oxford University, presiding. From the report 

 of the treasurer it appeared that the total investments of 

 the Society in government securities amount to 12,400/. 

 125. Ad., that 855 cases have been relieved at an expendi- 

 ture of 8C4G/. 7s. \0d. ; and that during the last year 

 486/. have been distributed in donations, varying from 5/. 

 to 25/. each, amongst 47 applicants, consisting of the 

 widows and children of deceased and living artists, painters, 

 engravers, architects, sculptors, &c, who in their latter 

 years have been in poverty and want. The receipts during 

 the same period amounted to 1036/., and the donations of 

 the evening in furtherance of the objects of the institution 

 were announced at 505/. The usual toasts were given, 

 and the proceedings were conducted to the satisfaction of 



all present. 



Custom House.— It is announced that Mr. John Man- 

 ning, Comptroller of Customs in the port of London, is 

 about to retire. He was for many years one of the sur- 

 veyors-general in that department of the public service, 

 and he will be succeeded in this very lucrative office by 

 Mr. Willimet. Mr. M'Vicar, landing surveyor in the 

 port of London, has retired. The name of this officer has 

 recently been before the public as a witness against per- 

 sons charged with Custom-house frauds. 



Embankment of the Thames.— The first report of the 

 commissioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into 

 and consider the most effectual mode of improving the 

 metropolis, has just been published. It it principally 

 taken up with plans for embanking the Thames, and with 

 the evidence, as taken, at length. Our limits do not allow 

 us to give any of the evidence in detail ; but the following 

 is the portion of the report embodying the resolutions of 

 the commissioners. " We have observed with great sa- 

 tisfaction the almost unanimous concurrence m opinion, 

 upon all the main topics to which our inquiries were di- 

 rected, among the scientific and practical gentlemen thus 

 consulted ; and it was with a corresponding confidence 

 that we finally came to the following resolutions:—!. 

 That it appears to the commission that the present state 

 of the river Thames, above London Bridge, is such as to 

 render highly expedient the adoption of some proceedings 

 for remedying the existing defects, and for preventing the 

 further deterioration of the navigation. 2. That for se- 

 curing these important objects, an embankment of the 

 river would be the most effective measure. 6. lnat 

 though a general embankment between Vauxhall and Lon- 

 don Bridges appears to be highly expedient, yet that it 

 is most urgently required on that portion of the Mid- 

 dlesex, or left bank of the river, which lies be- 

 tween Westminster and Blackfriars Bridges. 4. lnat 

 such an embankment might be advantageously com- 

 bined with the formation of a carriage and foot line of 

 communication between Scotland-yard and Blackfnars- 

 bridge, whereby the great objects of public recreation and 

 health would be promoted, and considerable relief be given 

 to the existing insufficient thoroughfares between the 

 eastern and western districts of the metropolis. 5. That 

 by the adoption of the general principles of embankment 

 presented in the plan of Mr. Page (with certain modifica- 

 tions which have been suggested, and others which may be 

 suggested hereafter), there is reason to expect that the 

 great public benefit of the improvement of the river, and 

 the obtaining a new line of communication, may be ac- 

 quired without detriment to the trade now conducted on 

 the Middlesex shore. 6. That the commission, being dis- 

 posed on these grounds to recommend the adoption ot this 

 great metropolitan improvement, will proceed forthwith to 

 ascertain as nearly as it can be done the probable expense 

 of carrying it into execution, and also to inquire in what 

 manner the funds required for the purpose may best be 

 provided, so as to press with the least possible weight ana 

 inconvenience on the inhabitants of the metropolis ana 



its environs." i^i,-. 



National Monument to Newton.— Mr. Steele, who nu 

 been recently so much before the public in connexion witn 

 the state trials in Ireland, has addressed a letter to uora 

 Lincoln reviving his long cherished projectof the erection 

 of a magnificent national monument to Sir Isaac ^wton, 

 which he originated 18 years ago, by a letter from his own 

 college at Cambridge, and in promoting which hchainaa, 

 within the last seven vears, two petitions presented from 

 him to Parliament. Thc first was presented by Lora 



] Monteagle, when Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the second 

 by Mr. Hume. He has now revived the subject by a 

 public letter to Lord Lincoln, the chairman of the com- 

 mittee for the improvement of the metropolis. The time- 

 far offering this suggestion is happily chosen, at a moment 

 when the improvements in the neighbourhood of Leicester- 

 square afford an opportunity of preserving the house and 

 observatory of the astronomer. 



South Sea Company.— -The meeting of proprietor! ot 

 South Sea Stock was held last week, and was more 

 numerously attended than usual, it having been rumoured 

 during the week that some novel and important communi- 

 cation was about to be made. The business was opened 

 by Mr. Franks, the Sub-Governor, who stated that the 

 bond debt of the company had been ascertained not to 

 exceed 4500/., en amount for which the directors were 

 certainlv liable, though they never expected to be called 

 upon to" pay it, considering the long period which had 

 elapsed since it was customary for the company to issue 

 such bonds. It was further stated that the guarantee fund 

 of the company amounted to about 376,000/., the sum on 

 the last occasion having been 371, 964/., since which period- 

 investments had been made to the extent of nearly 

 4000/. Mr. Franks then adverted to the charge 

 which had often been made against the directors by 

 the proprietors, of not employing their capital to the 

 best advantage, so as to return a more profitable 

 dividend than that which they at present enjoyed; 

 and explained that under the charter they were not able 

 to improve their position, being now prohibited from, 

 acting as a trading company ; but under an arrangement 

 which would shortly be presented to the proprietors in 

 the shape of a prospectus for their assent or otherwise, it 

 was possible that they would be able to employ their 

 capital in an advantageous manner. The directors having 

 given their best attention to the plan about to be sub- 

 mitted to the proprietors, were of opinion that it would 

 be found beneficial to the interests of all holders of South 

 Sea Stock. This communication scrupulously excluding, 

 the least hint at the detail of the plan, and in general 

 terms referring to trust property, appeared to be received 

 with general satisfaction, and a unanimous vote of thank*, 

 was passed to the Court, it being understood that the 

 prospectus would be forwarded to the proprietors as soon 

 as it could be printed. The prevailing belief is that it it 

 intended to make this company the depository of trust 

 funds generally in cases where security must be a perma- 

 nent object, and to charge a commission for the safe 

 keeping of such funds and the transaction of business 



connected with them. 



New Zealand Company — On Friday the adjourned 

 meeting of this Company was held, Joseph Soames, Esq., 

 in the chair, supported by Lord Courteney, Lord Petre, 

 Sir R. Howard, M.P., Mr. Mangles, M.P., Mr. Buller. 

 M.P., Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.r\, 

 Mr. Majoribanks, M.P.. and Mr. Hutt, M.P. After the 

 confirmation of the minutes, the report was read as fol- 

 lows :-" It was not till yesterday that your Directors 

 received an expression of the views of the Secretary of 

 State for the Colonies with respect to the representations 

 to his Lordship mentioned in their last report. They 

 were then honoured with some unofficial communications, 

 from which your Directors understand, in the first place,, 

 that Her Majesty's Government would be strongly dis- 

 posed to entertain favourably a proposal for pecuniary 

 assistance to be atTorded by the Government on the f o - 

 lowing conditions :— 1st, That such assistance shall 

 not exceed 40,000/. in the whole. 2d, That it shall be 

 applied to the payment of the bills now unpaid, whicn- 

 have been drawn from the colony, to provide for the- 

 employment of labourers, and to the payment of such 

 other bills as may be drawn for the same purpose during 

 the interval which must elapse before a report can be 

 received from Governor Fitzroy as to the state of the Com- 

 pany's settlements, and the steps which he may have taken 

 in consequence. 3d , That the whole of the property of the- 

 Company, including that part of the capital which has not 

 been paid, and which the Company would be required to 

 engage to raise within a limited period, shall be made liable 

 as an available security for the repayment of such advance ; 

 and, secondly, the directors have received Miurances of 

 the desire of the Government to maintain the most cor- 

 dial relations with the company in carrying on theworK 

 of colonisation ; and that the instructions issued to Cap ton* 

 Fitzroy were intended to have, and it is believed wiU 

 have had the effect of quieting the titles of those settler, 

 who have obtained laud under the company, and or facili- 

 tating the acquisition by the company of a valid title to the- 

 remainder of their lands." The report proceeded to say, 

 " that there were various points respecting the relatione 

 between the Government and the company, which are of 

 more importance even than that of pecuniary assistance, 

 and without the satisfactory settlement of which the direc- 

 tors think that nothing could be gained by the acceptance 

 of that assistance." The Lord Provost of Glasgow, in 

 moving the adoption of the report, said, that hitherto the 

 conduct of the directors had been such as to satisfy the 

 shareholders, and that notwithstanding the recent misfor- 

 tunes, there was no doubt the shareholders would still* 

 place every confidence in them. Mr. Geo. Robins, in 

 seconding the motion, also eulogised the conduct of the 

 directors. The report w*s unanimously adopted, with 

 the condition that the next meeting should be on April 26. 

 Van Diemen's Land Company.— The meeting of the 

 Van Diemen's Land Company was held last week, ine 

 report stated that the prospects of the operations of we 

 directors are improving as respects the increwe of *J"«JT> 

 though the depression prevailing throughout the *""« 

 lian colonies still leaves them burdened w .th an irn^ «iense 

 stock, for which they are unable to find purchaser Of 



