May 25,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



oHhe new Governor-General, and congratulated the round numbers. The total number of men of all ranks 



[1844. 



people of India on the appointment of an officer so well 

 qualified to secure their peace and prosperity, and con- 

 solidate the resources of the country. The Duke of 

 Buccieuch proposed the "Court of Directors." The 

 Chairman in reply said that the Court of Directors valued 

 highlv such an expression of opinion, and although India 

 claimed the first consideration of the Court of Directors, 

 they did not forget this country, for they were thoroughly 

 convinced that the interests of both countries were so 

 closely united, it was impossible to separate them. The 

 system pursued in India by the East India Company had 

 hitherto stood the test of experience, and it would con- 

 tinue to be a system having for its object the advantage 

 of the people of India. He hoped they would continue 

 to discharge their duties faithfully, and to receive the 

 confidence which had so long been, and still continued 



to be, placed in them In connection with this dinner 



we may here state that the new Governor-General and 

 inite will proceed through France to Marseilles, where 

 a government steamer will be in waiting to convey them 

 direct to Egypt. They will then embark, at Suez, on 

 board the steam-ship Hindostan, for Calcutta, and 

 will srrive there about the 20th of July. Sir H. 

 Hardinge will be the first Governor-General who 

 has proceeded to his government by the overland 

 route. It is a question whether Lord Ellenborough 

 will have had time to make arrangements for his 

 return before his successor's arrival, which will take 

 place only a few days after Lord Ellenborough receives 

 his recall. It is calculated that Sir Henry will have en- 

 tered upon his functions in India within little more than 

 a couple of months from the date of his appointment 

 being made in Leadenhall-street — a celerity of move- 

 ment which the history of Indian affairs has never yet 

 been able to record. Lord Ellenborough, it is expected, 

 will leave Calcutta by the Bentinck for Suez, about the 

 ] 3th July, and will probably arrive in England about 

 the end o( August. 



Anii Corn- law League. — The weekly meeting of the 

 League took place on Wednesday evening in Covent- 

 Garden Theatre. General Briggs presided, and the 

 meeting was addressed by Mr. Green, a Dissenting 

 Minister, Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr. G. Thompson, and 

 Mr. W. J. Fox. 



The Nelson Dinner to the Greenwich Pensioners. 



A delay has taken place in arranging the dinner which 

 was to have been given to the Greenwich Pensioners yes- 

 terday, in Trafalgar-sq., inconsequence of the Committee 

 not having been able to obtain the sanction of the Com- 

 missioners of the Woods and Forests ; the ground of the 

 objection beintr, as stated in a letter sent by the Earl of Lin- 

 coln, on the 16th inst.,to the Committee, «« the defective 

 condition of a portion of the pavement in the area of the 



nee the 

 ... . endeavour- 



ing to induce his Lordship to recall his refusal, but with- 

 out success, and they have accordingly announced that the 

 owner is again postponed. 



The Nelson Column— At a meeting of the committee 

 on Thursday, it was stated that the public subscription 

 had amounted to 20,000/., all of which had been ex- 

 pended, and that between 10,000/. and 12,000/. were still 

 wanting to complete this national memorial. Under the 



STd T*' the committ ee resolved to wait upon Sir 

 "ooert Fee , to represent the exact state of the case, and 

 w request the Minister's aid in accomnliahW that whinh 



and classes of the Metropolitan Police serving on the 1st 

 January, 1844, amounted altogether to 46/3, at salaries 

 varying from 600/. to 44/. per annum. In 1843 the 

 number of robberies committed in the various districts of 

 the Metropolitan Police amounted to 12,683, the value 

 of the property stolen to 28,284/., and the value of the 

 property recovered 5419/. The total number of per- 

 sons taken into custody by the City Police alone was, in 

 1840, 12,457 ; in 1841, 9200 ; in 1842, 8758 ; and in 

 1843, 10,574. 



Accidents.— On Sunday evening a wherry, pulled by 

 a waterman's apprentice, and containing 12 young boys 

 and one girl, was sunk by the carelessness of the water- 

 man, by running against a steamer moored off London- 

 bridge. The whole party were thrown into the river, 

 the tide running very strong ; and it is supposed that six 

 of the children were drowned ; but as all the bodies 

 missing have not been found, the exact number is not 

 known. The Jury at the inquest returned a verdict of 

 Accidental Death. — Numerous accidents are reported to 

 parties returning from Epsom Races. Among these, 

 two gentlemen, named Beaumont and Cox, from Hull, 

 were thrown out of their gig and severely injured ; the 

 former so seriously, that there is little hope of his reco- 

 very. Mr. Punchard, the landlord of the White Hart, in 

 the Strand, and Mr. Ing, landlord of the Essex Head, in 

 the Strand, were also severely injured by the upsetting of 

 a coach on its return to town, after the Derby, on 

 Wednesday. 



Mortality of the Metropolis.—- The following is the 

 number of Deaths registered in the week ending Saturday, 

 May 11.— West Districts, 117 ; Northern, 154; Central, 

 151 ; Eastern, 178 ; Southern,212 ; Total, 8 12. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



.„..„« „ f/uiuuu ui iuc pavement in tne area 



square, and the repairs thereof in progress." Si 

 receipt of the letter, the Committee have been end, 



mi.u~ . l * — accomplishing that which 



could not be effected by public subscription. 



k~L : > m0ns r~^ s P ecial meeting of the Printsellers' 

 Assoc latum of London was held on Wednesday, Mr. 



issnp # 1Q the Chair ' t0 take into consideration the 

 with . t PnntS and 0ther im Portant business connected 

 , l art ? 10 S . A petition to Parliament against the 

 cu ar o a pu ^ Il8hin S engravings by art-unions in parti- 

 of th«r • - agalD8t art - union * ^ general, on the ground 

 was *\L lnJU f y \° art > was unanimously agreed to. It 

 for the n t0 CaU a general meeting of engravers 



Mr Em,! 110 ^ ° f ado P tin g similar measures, and that 



St PauT Te f Dnent ' M - p -> b e requested to preside. 

 Placed *t ,k *T~ n Satu »*day the following notice was 

 this dav A , T S 0f the cathedral, that »« From and after 

 continue, I j 1 * thc 18th ) di ™« service will be dis- 



The decent C 7 f CMe <P. ted » Until '"ther notice." 

 a*8 been m i? ? *~~ Slnce Saturday last the weather 

 *ad NoY-emhpr e ik th ^ g enerall y prevailing in March 



°f the north ? at the latter cnd of Ma y* The effects 



Several wrefc *• 7 galeS have been most se *erely felt. 



Parts of the coat ^^ ^^ arC re P ortcd from different 



°nTutlv 7iMrC ^ The Bis &op of St. David's preached 



** the \Vel K 0n \T ng a 8ermon in the Welsh language 

 Lordship, i t |, Metropolitan Church, Ely-place. His 



m* c °mpositio S ' W&8 most na ppy and expressive in 

 action seemed Q l and deliver y» and that his congre- 

 i ia *e that a R . e ! ectrined . k being probably the first 

 f° nd on, and thar r° P l had ever Poached in Welsh in 

 dence, however of k P ' t00 ' an En g lish man. It is evi- 

 Metropolitan a J a sense of dutv mav accomplish, 

 turns respecting, i-h Clty Police -— Some voluminous re- 

 v 1 ? eit 7 police h« ! Xpenses - &c -> of the metropolitan 

 baian ce- a heet o T Ca P ubli «med by Parliament. The 

 "ceived f 0r ,. iae accounts shows that the total amount 



nPt °P to the r. r ?°;? 8 of the metropolitan police, 

 yS X r ab °v e am ft ..A 8 L D . ece mber, 1843, was 309,623/. 



I 



t„„, a . .onuua ocner pi 



Wa * 28 8,957/. Thu/T"^' Ure durin 8 tbe 8aa > e P eriod 



— tcu , tt . , — i-"". was receivearrom tne con- 



£?<"'<», fair., *Z S *<> Treasury, and 14,397/. from 

 «e tot.i ._ .' rac «. and rariou, other public place.. 



0Ter ttpendit" 



ure 



«s the bal 



ance or surplus of income 



^robmctal Ntbx. 



Fires — We regret to state that the local papers con- 

 tain long accounts of incendiary fires in different parts of 

 the country, and particularly in Essex and Suffolk. 

 Among those in the latter counties we may mention the 

 following :— On the 10th inst. a straw stack on the 

 premises of Mr. J. Baldry, at Lidgate ; the flames broke 

 out at mid-day, and it is supposed that the stack was 

 ignited by some chemical preparation placed in the stack 

 on the previous night. On the 13th, a barn on the farm 

 of Mr. T. Brackenbury, of Shouldham Thorpe, was 

 destroyed. On the 14th, the granary, barns, stables, and 

 other outbuildings, filled with corn, on the farm of 

 Mrs. Jonas, of Great Thurlow, were destroyed. On the 

 same day, the outbuildings, full of corn, on the farm of 

 Mrs. Clayden, at Withersfield, were destroyed. Other 

 fires occurred at Snarehill, near Thetford, on the pre- 

 mises of Mr. J. C. Partridge, a county magistrate, which 

 destroyed a rye-stack; on the premises of Mr. Day, 

 of Garboldisham, which destroyed a haulm-stack ; and 

 at Mr. Emerson's farm, near Bradfield (the second on 

 thesame premises within a year), which was fortunately 

 got I under without serious damage. At Braintree, on 

 Thursday, on the farm of Mr. Humphrey, occupied by 

 the Rev. Alex. Fletcher, of Finsbury Chapel, the barns 

 and outhouses, with two stacks of hay, were destroyed. 

 On the same evening, a large bean-stack was fired on the 

 premises of Mr. Gardner, of Tollesbury, about a mile 

 and a half from Tolleshunt D'Arcy, where an incendiary 

 fire occurred upon the farming premises of Mr. Seabrook 

 a few evenings previously. On Thursday, a rye-stack, 

 on the estate of H. C. Partridge, Esq., Snarehill, was 

 entirely destroyed. On the 12th, two wheat-hovels, and 

 part of a hay-rick, in the rick-yard of Mr. Winckles, of 

 Field Burcote, in the parish of Green Norton, North- 

 amptonshire, were destroyed, together with a barn filled 

 with wheat, and a stable containing a quantity of barley. 

 In Dorset, at Seavington, near Lyme Regis, a few days 

 after the late fire at the latter place, three dwelling- 

 houses, a barn, and other buildings, were destroyed. At 

 Sherborne, on Thursday, the court-house, farm-house, 

 and buildings attached, in the occupation of Mr. Thorn- 

 ford, were destroyed. Destructive fires occurred also 

 about the same time in the town of Trowbridge, and in 

 the villages of Winfreth, Stoke St. Mary, Rodford, 

 Longfleet, and Woodford, in the same county. On 

 Monday week the ricks and barns in the extensive home- 

 stead of Mr. Taylor, at Enbrook Farm, midway between 

 Folkestone and Cheriton, on the line of the Dover Rail- 

 way, were destroyed. It is supposed that the accident 

 originated from a spark blown from the locomotive en- 

 gine of the down train. It is said that the stoker was 

 attending to the fire as the engine passed over the em- 

 bankment, and that a large number of red-hot cinders 

 fell from the fire near the spot. On Saturday morning, 

 a fire broke out in the farm-yard of Mr. Tattersall, near 

 Willesden. Two large stacks of hay were, to a great ex- 

 tent, destroyed, and the total loss is estimated at nearly 

 400/. The fire is stated to have been the result of care- 

 lessness on the part of a boy engaged about the farm. 



Bath.— The funeral of Mr. Beckford, the author of 

 11 Yathek," took place in this city on Saturday last, with 

 unusual pomp. The s.reets throughout the line of route 

 were thronged with spectators. The body, which had 

 previously been embalmed, was deposited in a granite 

 sarcophagus above ground, which will form an imposing 

 ornament of the City Cemetery. The funeral was 

 attended by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the 

 Marquess of Douglas, the Countess of Lincoln, the 

 Marquess of Huntley, the Earl of Dunmore, Hon. C. 

 A. Murray, Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, and a long train of 

 private friends. 



Bradford. — Another fatal accident has happened in 



iu appear to be about 20,600/. in this town, in consequence of the bursting of a boiler. It 



took place in Sharpens Mill, occupied by Messrs. Green- 

 wood, Messrs. Ackroyd, and Mrs. Sharp, who had agreed 

 to work on alternate days while another boiler on the 

 premises was repairing. They disagreed, however, and 

 were all working on the same engine, which was unequal 

 to the duty, and exploded. Two persons were killed and 

 others severely scalded, and the jury, after laying a 

 deodand of 100J. on the engine, censured Messrs. Green- 

 wood and Messrs. Ackroyd for their conduct in putting 

 on more power than the boiler in its unsafe condition 

 was calculated to carry, and regretted that they could 

 not reach them by a fine. They therefore requested 

 that they should be called in to receive the censure 

 through the coroner in the presence of the jurors. 



Carlisle. — On Saturday the 18th inst., Na worth 

 Castle, the baronial seat of the Earls of Carlisle, situated 

 about 12 miles from this city, was destroyed by fire. 

 There was a very scanty supply of water, for although, 

 there was a tank of considerable size over the keep, and 

 some springs were within the walls, they were insuf- 

 ficient to produce any perceptible effect upon the confla- 

 gration. A small stream, also, that runs close under the 

 castle, was dammed up ; but there was barely enough, 

 water to keep a single engine going, and in spite of every 

 effort that could be made, the fire speedily involved the 

 whole building, the dryness of the old woodwork, Sec, 

 rendering it as inflammable as touchwood. By eight 

 o'clock the castle was burnt down, with the exception of 

 the steward's residence on the western, and a portion 

 of Belted Willie's Tower on the eastern side of the 

 quadrangle. The amount of property saved is more than 

 might have been expected, but the damage done is alto- 

 gether irreparable. The family papers and munimentg 

 were rescued, and some unimportant parts of the furni- 

 ture are preserved, but from its extreme antiquity, the 

 greater part of it could not bear removal ; and what the 

 fire spared has been hopelessly damaged. Much of the 

 beautiful armour and magnificent tapestry, described by 

 Sir Walter Scott, has been consumed, and the stately 

 halls are utterly destroyed. The regret and consterna- 

 tion which this disastrous fire has spread through the 

 country, cannot be described. Naworth had long been 

 an object of local pride, and of great interest to all visi- 

 tors to the district. It was, in fact, one of the most 

 important of the 4< sights" in Cumberland, and was in 

 many respects unique ; and being open to the public on 

 all suitable occasions, it afforded the only opportunity in 

 existence of seeing how the Border Barons lived in the 

 olden time. The fire is supposed to have originated in 

 the porter's lodge, in consequence of the flues being out 

 of order, or too much intersected with wood; and al- 

 though there was at first an impression that it was the 

 act of an incendiary, this is certainly not the impression 

 now. The castle is said to have been insured to the 

 amount of 10,000/., and it is gratifying to add, that there 

 was neither life nor limb endangered by the fire, although, 

 there were thousands present. 



Guernsey. — In consequence of recent disputes be- 

 tween the Royal Court and inhabitants of Guernsey and 

 the Governor of the island, Major-General Napier, a 

 deputation has been sent to London to lay the complaints 

 of the inhabitants before the Government. After some 

 discussion on the power of the Home Secretary of State 

 to interfere in the affairs of the island, it has been decided 

 that the Privy Council is the proper tribunal to entertain 

 the complaints, and that the whole affair will be judicially 

 heard and decided by the General Committee of Council, 

 assisted by three of the law Lords, towards the end of 

 the next month, or the beginning of July, till which 

 time, consequently, the affair will remain in abeyance. 

 In reference to this subject it is stated that a Queen's 

 messenger was sent down on Saturday to the Isle of 

 Wight, with orders for some troops to be sent with all 

 expedition to Guernsey ; 350 of those in Parkhurst 

 barracks were to embark on Monday. 



Ipswich The local papers state that Sir J. Rowley 



has received a communication from Col. Dear, of the 

 2 1st Fusiliers, stating that a man of that regiment, 

 named William Towns, a native of Polstead, has confessed 

 that he was the murderer of Byani Green, the game- 

 keeper of Miss Lloyd, at Hintlesham Hall. It appears 

 that the murder was committed nine years ago, and that 

 a man named Chalker of this town was convicted on 

 circumstantial evidence and hung for the crime. The 

 soldier now confesses that this man was innocent, that 

 he attended his execution, and that he had been so 

 wretched since that time that death in any shape would 

 now be welcome to him. 



Lincoln. — An occurrence has lately taken place at 

 Westlaby, near this city, which has excited a great sen- 

 sation in that locality. Some persons who were taking 

 young rooks in Mr. Tongue's rookery, found a bundle 

 which contained a dead child. The affair caused a good 

 deal of conversation, and was mentioned to Ann Robin- 

 son, Mr. Tongue's housekeeper, who was observed to 

 evince considerable confusion, though at the moment she 

 passed it off with an expression of surprise. In the 

 course of the nfght she destroyed herself by taking lau- 

 danum. The child was hers ; but nothing transpired 

 tending to show whether it had been put to death, or 

 died in the birth through neglect. Inquests were held 

 on both bodies. In the case of the woman a verdict of 

 felode se was returned, and in that of the child the Jury 

 returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against the 

 mother. 



Neath— On the 14th inst., a jury was impanelled m 

 this town, to assess the amount of damages to be paid oj 

 Mr. Rowland Fothergill, the owner of Hensal Castle, 

 e • . . . «. . i _ ^f_ n- n arn fhp sunerin- 



for a serious injury inflicted on Mr. Brown, the superm- 



u f«rm« with a pitchfork, on the l<tn 



tendent of his farms, with a pi 



