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June 1,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 





bequeath it to. A* to the case of Mr, Soane, he begged to re- 

 mark that he himself was a witness to having heard Sir John 

 -—Soane say, that he had left ample means for the support of his 

 V ^ familv, hut tied up in such a manner that they could not 

 * 3&> destroy or piafee away with it,— Mr. Hawks explained that 

 ' £ the money was left to other branches of the family, not to 



3JT the son, Mr. George Soane, whom his father disinherited.— 

 v VTfce vote waa then agreed to, as were also a variety of miscel- 

 Innerw rotes, including 50001. on account of the Agricultural 

 Museum at Edinburgh, 2000/. in aid of the building of conser- 

 vatories in the Botanic Gardens in Dublin, and 1501'/. towards 

 defraying the expense of monuments to the memory of Sir 

 Sydney Smith, Lord de Saumarez, and Lord Exmouth. ine 

 Gold and Silver Wares Bill was read a third time and passed.— 

 The Courts-martial Bill passed through committee.— Sir J. 

 Graham moved the appointment of a select committee to 

 inquire into the operation and administration of the laws for 

 the relief of the poor in unions under the Act 22 George 111., c. 

 83 (Gilbert's Act), and to report to the House their opinion, 

 whether it is expedient that the said unions should be dissolved 

 or maintained. After a short discussion, the motion was 

 agreed to.— On the motion of Sir J. Graham a select commit- 

 tee was appointed to inquire into the subject of the erection of 

 workhouses in Ireland, and to report their opinion thereon. 

 The House then adjourned for the Whitsun recess. 



Thursday.— Mr. W. O. Stavlkv gave notice that, on the 22d 

 of June, he should move for a select committee on the 6th and 

 7th William IV., chap. 27, with a view to repeal so much of the 

 Bill as related to the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. 

 —Mr. Jkkvis submitted a motion respecting the claim of Mr. 

 Russell Chichester, as executor of a Mr. Powell, an uncompen- 

 sated American Loyalist; but Sir G. Clerk opposed it, as one 

 which would reopen many claims which had been settled 25 

 years ago, by the parties accepting the moiety of their demands 

 as full compensation of the whole.— On the recommendation of 

 Mr. HUMK, the motion was allowed to be negatived without a 

 divisi >n.— Mr. F. K km.y obtained leave to introduce his Bill pro- 

 Tiding an appeal in cJ>hninnl cases.— A select committee to in- 

 quire into the operation of the Poor-law, as it regarded the 

 Gilbert Unions, was appointed on the motion of Sir J. Gkaham, 

 who intimated that he has not as yet determined upon a day for 

 proceeding with his Poor-law Amendment Bill.— Mr. Hawks 

 obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of volun- 

 tary country asylums for the relief of destitute persons alter 

 their discharge. -On bringing up the report of the committee of 

 Bnpply, Mr. Rokbuck madea long speech on the state of Canada, 

 with the intent, he said, of showing that the Government had 

 mistaken their position, and that, if they did not alter the policy 

 which they had pursued for the last six months, the result 

 would be early and inevitable separation of the colony from this 

 country.— Lord Stavi.kv, on the part of the Government, ex- 

 prosed their entire approval of Sir C. Metcalfe's conduct, espe- 

 cially on the two points which had been brought forward by the 

 Executive Council as the grounds of complaint against him.— 

 Mr. C. Bumbr, Lord J. Ri/ssbli., and Sir R.Pkel defended the 

 conduct of Sir C. Metcalfe, and condemned the presumption of 

 the Executive Council.— The report of the committee of supply 

 was then received.— The Stamp Duties and the Assaults (Ire- 

 land) Bills were read a third time, and passed. The Slave-trade 

 Treaties Bill passed through committee. The New South Wales, 

 Jtc, Government Bill and the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill 

 were read a second time. 



Friday.— The Hon. Mr. Bouverie took the oaths and his seat 

 for the Kilmarnock Burgh*.— A great number of petitions wore 

 presented against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and some few in 

 favour of the measure. Sir J. Y. Bcli.kr presented 17 petitions 

 from the county of Devon, praying the House not to withdraw 

 the present protection afforded to .British agriculture. Lord 

 Rkn'dlbsram presented 13 similar petitions from the county of 

 Suffolk. Mr. CaaisTopiiKR •presented several petitions on the 

 same subject from Lincolnshire. Similar petitions were also 

 presented by Sir W. W. Wy.v.v from Montgomeryshire, 

 and other Members from various parts of the country. — 

 The Vinegar and Glass Dutres Bill went through committee.— 

 The order of the day for going into a committee of supply was 

 read, and postponed until Monday. — The Roman Catholic 

 Clergy Grants and Conveyances (Ireland) Bill was read a second 

 time, and ordered to be committed. — The order of the day 

 having been read for going into committee on the Ecclesiastical 

 Courts Bill, Mr. T. Diwcombe moved that it be an instruction 

 to the committee to abolish all Ecclesiastical Courts, and to 

 transfer the jurisdiction of those courts to civil tribunals. The 

 Hon. Member at considerable length contended that it was 

 absolutely necessary to abolish all the courts in Doctors' Com- 

 mons. They were an intolerable nuisance ; they exacted large 

 fees and did no good. — Mr. Hume seconded the motion. In 

 Scotland the Ecclesiastical Courts had been swept away, and no 

 injury or disadvantage had taken place. He therefore cordially 

 seconded the motion.— Dr. Nicholi, was of opinion that the 

 objection of the Hon. Member for Finsbury ought to have been 

 taken on the second reading, when the principle of the bill was 

 discussed, and not on the motion for going into committee. 

 (Left sitting.) 



CITY. 



Money Market, Friday. — Consols closed at 99$ . 

 Red. Three per Cents. 98£. Three-and-half per Cents. 

 lOIf . New Three-and-half 102|. Bank Stock, 199J to 

 200* Exchequer Bills, 70 to 72, premium. 



GAZETTEOFTHE WEEK.— BANKRUPTS.— E. G.PiionT, 1, Adam, 

 street, AdeJphi, Westminster, publisher— E. Louis, 27. Gerard- street, Soho- 

 wholesale perfumer— E. Oxlry, jun.. King's Lfnn, Norfolk, hatter— Thos. 

 Brand, Stamford -street, Blackfriart, liverr-stable keeper— J. Sisox. 

 Brighton, dealer in toys— J. BmnwicK, Windhill, Yorkshire, worsted stuff 

 manufacturer— T. Kkarslrt and T. Watt, Runcorn, Cheshire, bone mer- 

 chants— W. Monk, jun., Nottingham, currier — J. Barnard, Cheltenham, 

 Gloucestershire, clothes-dealer— B. Land, Hertfordshire, victualler— Wm. 

 Drthick, Temple-street, Whitefriars, lime-merchant— H. R- Uarradk.v, 

 Cambridge, printseller — Q B. V. J, Annichini, Gracechurch-street, 

 »erchant—J. W. Mardall, Sussex, insurance broker— E. Tyndalb, Ross, 

 Herefordshire, wine and spirit merchant— J. MrrciiKr.T., Nottingham, fell- 

 Jnonger— T. Nbwton, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, cattle-dealer— R. Baxter, 

 Sheffield, ifw>rchant—F. L, Homer, Manchester, merchant— T. Beech, Nevv- 

 ««tleunder-Lv m e, grocer— W. ^Lynn, Liverpool, hotel-keeper— J. and S. 

 Owen, Sheffield, merchants. 



iWetropolts antf its Ftcinflg. 



* The WhUsun Holidays.—- There has not been such a 

 cold Whit-Sunday as the last for many years. The 

 morning was cloudy and bleak ; as the day advanced 

 there was a stiff breeze from the north, and but for a few 

 intervals of sunshine in the middle of the day, it was 

 more like a February day than the latter end of May. 

 However, the inhabitants of the metropolis were early on 

 the move, and the steam-boat wharfs and railway stations 

 were thronged with people seeking a few hours' recreation 

 in the country. On Monday the holiday folks mustered 

 in still greater numbers, and the steamers were crowded 

 to excess. The number of persons landed at Greenwich 

 exceeded 40,000, and no less than 30,000 were conveved 

 lip and down the Greenwich railway during the day. In 

 consequence of the competition in the Gravesend trade, 

 and the low fare by railway and steam-boat, the con- 

 course of Londoners who besieged the town on Sunday 

 and Monday was beyond all former precedent. The fare 



and the same fare only is charged by the Black wall rail- 

 way and the steamers from Brunswick pier. The desire 

 to make a trip to Gravesend at so cheap a rate was so 

 great on Monday, that the steamers were more crowded 

 than those running between London and Greenwich, and 

 the trains on the Black wall railway frequently consisted 

 of carriages, each containing 70 or 80 persons. The 

 river steamers on Sunday alone carried upwards of 

 203,000 passengers. The railways came in for a fair 

 share of the Whitsun traffic ; and the morning trains on 

 the Southwestern, Dover, Brighton, and Eastern Coun- 

 ties lines, carried down about 5000 persons to South- 

 ampton, Dover, Brighton, Tunbridge, Brentwood, 

 Chelmsford, Colchester, Waltham, Hertford, Bishop's 

 Stortford, and other places on those lines. One train on 

 the Dover line brought up 600 passengers, and was 

 drawn by four engines ; and another going down was a 

 quarter of a mile in length. The free exhibitions on 

 shore were equally objects of attraction. On Monday 

 the National Gallery was visited by 16,350 persons, and 

 the British Museum by about 22,000 ; while St. Paul's, 

 Westminster Abbey, and other places where money is 

 taken, were comparatively deserted. 



The New Royal Exchange.— This great commercial 

 edifice is rapidly being finished. The roof of the portico 

 of the southern entrance, in Cornhill, has been neatly 

 inlaid with variegated stones, and the interior walks for 

 the merchants are now completed. A moving scaffold 

 has been erected in front of the grand portico, and work- 

 men are busily engaged in putting up the sculpture which 

 will decorate the chief entrance. The area in front of 

 the building, where the old Sun Fire-office once stood, 

 is now filling up with cement, and a light wood work has 

 been placed on the site where the equestrian statue of the 

 Duke of Wellington, by Chantrey, is to be inaugurated 

 on the 18th of June. On Tuesday there were twenty 

 blocks of stone, 79 feet square each, being the largest 

 yet cut, placed as pavement round the pedestal. The 

 clock of the Exchange is making by Mr. Dent, the 

 chronometer-maker in the Strand, and is nearly com- 

 pleted. The original intention of having the same num- 

 ber of bells as before the fire has been abandoned, and the 

 number increased from 8 to 15, which will give 3 octaves. 

 They hare been cast by Messrs. Mears, the bell-founders in 

 Whitechapel, and are almost ready for hanging in the tower. 

 The largest weighs 22 cwt., and the smallest 5 cwt., the 

 whole set weighing 7 tons. As yet the whole of the 

 tunes have not been agreed upon, the only ones decided 

 on being " God Save the Queen/' "Rule Britannia," 

 and an ancient madrigal. The barrel for the chimes is 

 completed, and appears to be an astonishing piece of 

 mechanism ; it contains upwards of 7000 holes. The 

 clock and chime works will be securely protected in a 

 separate and well-fitted apartment in the tower, and not 

 exposed, as is generally the case in the metropolitan 

 steeples, to the inclemency of the weather. The pendu- 

 lum weighs 4 cwt., and is 16 feet in length, each vibra- 

 tion being two seconds. The ceremony of opening the 

 Exchange was originally fixed by the Gresham Com- 

 mittee to take place in the course of July, and, although 

 no decisive promise was made, there was little doubt 

 that Her Majesty and Prince Albert would honour the 

 city by opening it in person. Her Majesty's accouche- 

 ment, however, which is likely to occur about the same 

 period, precludes the hope of Her Majesty's presence at 

 so early a date, in consequence of which the ceremony 

 will probably be deferred until September. 



Projected Inclosure of Hampslead Ilealh. — On Friday 

 a numerous meeting of the copyholders and resident 

 gentry of Hampstead took place at the parochial com- 

 mittee room?, for the purpose of considering the provi- 

 sions of a bill recently introduced into Parliament for the 

 purpose of enabling Sir T. M. Wilson, the lord of the 

 manor, to effect the sale of certain land, the result of 

 which would be the destruction and inclosure of Hamp- 

 stead-heath. Mr. S. Hoare, the banker, presided and 

 stated that the meeting had been convened for the pur- 

 pose of considering another attempt, on the part of the 

 lord of the manor, Sir T. M. Wilson, to effect the in- 

 closure of Hampstead-heath. He need not dwell for a 

 moment upon the injury such a bill, if it were to pass, 

 would inflict on themselves as copyholders on the manor, 

 or the great injury it would also inflict upon the public. 

 The bill now introduced into Parliament, although dif- 

 ferent in form, had precisely the same object in view as 

 the three former bills which had been brought before 

 Parliament, and which had been so successfully resisted 

 by the copyholders of Hampstead. What was contem- 

 plated by the lord of the manor by the piesent bill, was 

 to obtain power to effect a sale of certain portions of land 

 in various parts of Hampstead-heath. Now, if this were 

 permitted, no one could doubt for a moment, that the 

 beauties of the heath would be destroyed, and the copy- 

 holds on the manor be considerably depreciated in value. 

 It was therefore desirable that steps should be taken to 

 oppose this measure, and it remained for the meeting to 

 decide on what would be the most effectual means. Mr. 

 W. M. Jones said that the bill introduced into Parliament 

 last session was to enable the lord of the manor to let his 

 land on building leases. Now what was the fact ? In 

 order to protect the copyholders and their rights, for 

 which they had paid, there was a restriction in the will of 

 the late Sir Thomas Wilson against letting the land on 

 building leases. Notwithstanding this was the case, the 

 present lord of the manor had sought to get powers under 

 an act of Parliament last year to do so, and the bill was 

 withdrawn in consequence of the determined opposition 

 got up against it on the part of the copyholders, on the 

 very day it was appointed for a second reading. If 



manor to effect a sale of certain common or waste land 

 on Hampstead-heath, what was there to prevent tht 



direct by steam-boat from London-bridge is only 8c/., J power was given by Parliament to enable the lord of the locaI acts ' deu0uncin S 



land from being used after the sale had been effected for 

 building purposes? One of the former bills alio in- 

 eluded the letting or sale of certain portions of the Sus- 

 sex property ; but the present bill was solely confined to 

 the manor of Hampstead. This attempt was a breach 

 of faith on the part of the present lord of the manor 

 with the copyholders, who were protected by his father', 

 will from any interruption of the views which at present 

 existed with respect to the situation of each of their 

 copyholds. Under these circumstances he hoptd that 

 they should not only be unanimous themselves, but be 

 assisted by the public in opposing a bill fraught with so 

 much injury. Mr. Jones concluded by moving a resolu- 

 tion to the effect, a That the copyholders of the manor of 

 Hampstead, viewing the bill now before Parliament con- 

 templating the sale of certain lands on such manor ai an 

 infringement of their rights, granted under the will of 

 the late Sir T. M. Wilson, are determined to use every 

 means in their power to oppose and defeat the passing 

 of such bill." — The Rev. Mr. Burgh, in seconding the 

 resolution, observed that from the close vicinity of 

 Hampstead to the metropolis, and the beautiful tiews 

 which were commanded from the heath in every direction, 

 this subject was one of deep interest and importance to 

 the public generally. The lord of the manor had made 

 no less than three previous attempts to get bills through 

 Parliament to effect the inclosure of Hampstead-heath; 

 but, thanks to the energies of the copyholders, without 

 success. He hoped that they would be equally deter- 

 mined in their resistance on the present occasion, and 

 that this fourth attempt of the lord of the manor would 

 prove equally as unsuccessful as his formsr bills. The 

 resolution was carried unanimously. Several other gen- 

 tlemen addressed the meeting, after which a petition to 

 Parliament against the bill was adopted, and a committee 

 appointed to watch and oppose the measure in etery 



stage. 



Metropolis Roads. — A meeting of the Commissioners 

 of Metropolis Roads was held last week, for the purpose 

 of letting by auction, for the term of one year, from the 

 1st July next, the various tolls comprised in the 16 dis- 

 tricts north of the Thames. The Earl of Lonsdale was 

 in the chair. The room was crowded with lessees and 

 others interested in this description of property. The 

 following are the roads, with the prices at which they 

 were disposed of:— The Kensington, Brentford, and 

 Isleworth roads, sold for 15,935/. ; Tyburn and Uxbridge 

 roads, 8060/. ; Highgate and Hampstead roads, 17,020/.; 

 Stamford-hill, Green Lanes, and Seven Sisters' roads, 

 11,0302.; City-road, 3030/.; Hackney and Lee-bridge 

 roads, 6000/.; Harrow roads, 1460/. ; Kilburn and Edge- 

 ware roads, 4116/. The whole of the districts were let 

 for 66,651/., being only 131/. more than the sum asked 



for by the commissioners. 



Mansion House.— On. Saturday an entertainment was 

 given by the Lord Mayor to the Judges and other an- 

 tinguished persons. There were about 180 gueits upon 

 the occasion, including a great number of ladies. 

 Among the company were the Lord Chief Justice ot toe 

 Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common 

 Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. 

 Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice 

 Cresswell, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Gurney,i>ir. 

 Baron Rolfe, Mr. Bankes, M.P., Cursitor Baron; the 



City Members, Aldermen, &c. , 



Finsbury.— The Chartists of the metropolis have 

 issued advertisements, announcing their mtention 

 raise a national fund, for the purpose of P*™^ 1 . * " 

 estate for Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., for this borough, a a 

 testimonial of their sense of his services to their cau , 

 both in and and out of Parliament. It is stated oy 

 Sun that Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., the banK e , 

 have put down their names for 100/., as a contribute 



towards this fund. _ . _ the 



St. Sepulchre's Church.- On Sunday evening, 

 Rev. Thomas Dale preached his farewell sermon i « 

 Sepulchre's, Snow-hill, after having held the i^ciu r 

 upwards of sixteen years. It is the i nte » tL0 * lc , in 

 congregation to present a piece of P late ^f/' ture9 hip- 

 token of their admiration and esteem. ine ^ . by 

 vacated by Mr. Dale will, in future, be under" . 

 the Rev. R. Wood, B.D., the recently appomea ^ 

 Anti-Corn-Law League.— The weekly meeu g^^ 

 League took place on Wednesday, in W Lordship 

 Theatre ; the Earl of Ducie in the Chair. « &dTerting . 

 addressed the meeting at great length, ana had 



to the progress which the principles ot free ob _ 



made, insisted that there could be no douo ; tna 

 ject of the League would be achieved in a very ^ ^ 

 His Lordship was loudly cheered in the cour ^ 



address, and was followed by Col. ThoinpsW^ ^ 

 Holland, a landed proprietor of Worcestershire, ^ 



Cobden, and Mr. Bright. Saturday the 



The Amended Poor-Law BM.-0* *£? J, (ot 

 Marylebone vestry assembled at the cou q( 



the purpose of receiving a report from tne ^ 



delegates of the metropolitan parishes, unaer ^ b0 



held on Thursday last, as to the course 1 ™* U « Bill- 

 pursued with reference to the Amended roor ^ 

 Imongst those present were, Earl ^ , j 

 Kenyon, Lord Montfort, Viscount Barring ^ ^ 



Hope, Esq., Mr. Rawlinson, th « m ^"i?2ost U^ 11 - 

 ton, the banker, and a large number or \ nc wer e re- 



tial vestrymen of the parish. Communication^^ ^ 

 ceived from the corporations of arl * lo ' A g t . John's* 

 Oxford, Plymouth, St. Margaret s anu lio0 f 



Westminster, and other places, under in i fereaC e 



the contempiateu 



