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THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



'r Cowper to prove his assertion. 1 had in- 

 335hrinV to the public a few observations upon the 



efcaUMf* 

 ten 



114 soli 



*l!^*heVdaT, when I have no "doubt of being able to 



JJ^Lge both the rrime Minister and the public that 



Set hate respectively been most grossly deceived as to 



Aortal importance and value to the country of my dis- 



~ ,. I have been silent under cruel ruisrepresen- 



Ltion ; I mwn presently to speak out/' 



j 1'rojected Embankment of the Thames. — The 

 i ently introduced by Government relative to the 



Thames embankment, was published last week. It is 

 I'd " A 1*'1 [ t0 empower Her Majesty's Commis- 

 ^ ^f \\*oods to form a Terrace and Embankment, 

 with convenient Landing-places for thej Public, on the 

 ' idletex shore of the Thames, between Westminster 

 ^ irs- bridges." The measure, which was 



uader the care of Lord Lincoln, M.P., and Sir G. Clerk, 

 contains no less than 84 clauses, with a copious schedule. 

 It is. of course, laid on the shelf until next session, 

 beia£ merely brought in and printed for the information 

 of Biff 1 ""! and to afford them an opportunity of con- 

 sidering its provisions duriDg the recess. Power is given 

 to the I missioners to carry out the purposes of the 

 act, ibe ex ises to be defrayed out of the fund to be 

 created f«»r tl e execution of improvements in the metro- 

 polis. The third clause, which will most interest the 

 pi. empowers the Commissioners to make and con- 

 , La ti> 1 terrace, or communication from or near 

 Whitens lace, along the shore of the river, on the 

 Middlesex and city of London side, to Chatham-place, 

 Black friars ; also to embank certain portions, on the 

 Middlesex side, from Westminster-bridge to the in- 

 tended roadway, at or near the northern pier of the 

 Hungerford Suspension-bridge, and also from time to 

 time to alter, widen, divert, and remove all causeways, 

 piles, stairs, hards, or landing-places, on the shore of the 

 river, or projecting from the bank between Westminster- 

 bridge and Chatham-place ; and to drive other piles, 

 and construct other causeways, piers, stairs, &c, in 

 inch situations and in such manner as they shall deem 

 best suited to the convenience of the public, to remove 

 all mud-banks and obstructions on the bed or shore of 

 the river, to deepen, scour, and cleanse, the same bed or 

 shore on the Middlesex side, to dredge and deepen any 

 tr parts of the river between Westminster-bridge and 

 Chatham-place; to make and maintain all necessary and 

 convenient ways and communications from Whitehall- 

 place, Yilliers, Savoy, Wellington, Surrey, Norfolk, and 

 Arundel-streets, to the intended' terrace and roadway, 

 and to construct and maintain all necessary viaducts, 

 roads, brid , embankments, and other necessary 

 works. The remaining clauses relate to the details of 



measures by which the purposes of the act are to be 

 carried into effect. 



Metropolitan Improvements. — The old house in West- 

 street, Smithfield, which was noticed in our last, is now 

 Dearly levelled to the ground. Fifty other houses of a 

 similar character which adjoin Mallet's Court, where the 

 famous dog-pit was situated, are to be sold this day. 

 The spot is adjacent to the Fleet- ditch, which notwith- 

 standing the improvements in the neighbourhood, runs 

 for a distance of some hundred yards uncovered, dissemi- 

 nating the pestilential odours from all the sewer* in the 

 ▼icmity. All the houses are in a most dilapidated con- 

 dition, being without windows and mostly without doors, 

 and another spot of equal wretchedness is not perhaps to 

 be found in any part of the metropolis. The misery of 

 the inhabitants however arises more from debauched 

 Aatms than poverty. This spot has been visited by many 

 oi the city authorities, and all who have inspected the 

 condition of the district and its inmates have expressed 

 lurprise at such a spot existing in the very centre of 

 citiUsation.— The new street from Spitalfields to the 

 JJ^* 1 "! rapidly advancing. Among the houses pulled 

 « ls wee ^ in its line of course was the mansion in 



Fa*? X *Jp e etf Whit echapel, which was occupied by the 

 W« v ? X| the fav °ur»te of Queen Elizabeth, shortlv 

 £ ° rc h f 1§ deat l>- It was situated on the east side of 



trr/* •*' and at the rear of the houses forming that 



were l'V' T three St0ries higb ' and the attic windows 



rem • • ' tuere was a part of the spacious staircase 



cmamu,^ and the joists and girders were in as good 



preservation as wh en originally placed in the brickwork. 

 tW d- dl8taDce ^om this spot, between Elliston- 

 xow Felt ; coa t-Iane, and Houndsditch, is another large 

 wis ti 00 ' T wiU be demolished in a few days. This 



The h •??• * here Q«eenElizabeth occasionally resided. 

 e ouudiog 1S f our 8tories h5gh) and gome of tne win . 



fi Tl are Sliced. The ceilings of the ground and first 

 J^ are ornamented with different devices, coats of 



m«».' J^ Tes * & c » among which may be distinguished 

 J°»e. fie de _ lis? and th 5 w ^ d tt j 



™*> **eral Lat 



•panelling in various parts. 



anma. 



_ ttp There are 



q«untif T f Latin in8cri Ptions, scarcely legible, and a 

 ttiset I oak -P anellin g »» various parts. The pre- 

 lodzinir h Tt some vears latterly used as a common 



•ad [it I i i ' where beds were let out at zd - a - ni 8 ht ' 

 was known as the u u: ~ 1 " rpu '* -««~»« «-« 



big-house." The rooms are 





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£a$i Trf Car P enters ' workshops. 

 £ait I«Jr i Com P an 'J'—k dinner was given by the 

 LondonT Com P anv °n Wednesday evening, at the 



r W v ern ' in honour of those distinguished officers, 



Comwii. ?. &nd Sir R - Sale ' The Chairman of the 

 fneiti »•' J- r * T , She P ljer d, presided, and among the 

 quer In 1 ? A r K Pee1 ' the Chancellor of the Exche- 

 Somerser I A P ° n ' Eiiot ' L '«ooln, Dalhousie, and G. 

 tae Lord ti r Murrav > a "d other Cabinet Ministers, 

 ttt Mayor and Sheriffs, and the principal city 



authorities. Sir W. Nott was absent from indisposition, 

 but Lady Sale accompanied her gallant husband, and 

 was present in the gallery with Lady Nott and Mrs 

 Sturt. After the usual loyal and routine toasts, the 

 health of Sir W. Nott was drank with all the honours, 

 accompanied by an expression of regret from the Chair- 

 man that his health was too much impaired by the cam- 

 paigns of Candahar and Ghuznee to allow him to be 

 present. The Chairman then rose, as he said, with the 

 greatest anxiety to discharge a debt he was most anxious 

 to acknowledge, namely, to propose the health of his 

 esteemed and gallant friend, Sir R. Sale. Sir R. S.tle 

 had served in India for upwards of forty-five years. In 

 the records of the Burmese war his name was among the 

 foremost ; but it was left for him to complete his success 

 on the opposite side of India. The march to Jellalabad 

 needed not to be recalled to the recollection of the com- 

 pany present ; nor the defence of that fortress — a fact 

 memorable in the military annals of India. To the in- 

 domitable courage and unflinching zeal of Sir R. 

 Sale was to be attributed the successful result ol 

 that formidable struggle in which this country was 

 engaged in the East. Jellalabad and Candahar were 

 the green spots in the wilderness — the oases in 

 the desert — the rallying spots for despair — and Sir EL 

 Sale had not only held the former against the hosts of 

 Akbar Khan, but he hid als) proved that no enemy, 

 however powerful, and however during, could quench the 

 fire or extinguish the energy of a brave man. It was, 

 however, impossible for hitn to mention Sir R. Sale 

 without hIso associating with him the name of his heroic 

 lady — (enthusiastic cheering) — a lady, whote noble con- 

 stancy, whose heroic spirit, and whose never-failing self- 

 possession, had exhibited on that occasion, not only a 

 noble example to her own sex, but one well worth imita- 

 tion by the best of the other sex. He therefore proposed, 

 with the most heartfelt pleasure, * Long life and hap- 

 piness to Sir R. Sale and his distinguished lady." Th* 

 toast was drunk with more than the usual honours, and 

 great cheering in addition. — Sir II. Sale then stood up, 

 amidst the loudest acclamations of applause, and said — 

 " It is with extreme diffidence that I rise on this occasion 

 to return you my best thanks for the excessive honour 

 you have done me this night. As a soldier it is most 

 gratifying to me to receive such a mark of your favour. 

 I feel it so, but I feel it more on the part of my com- 

 panions in arms. It has been my fortune to serve in 

 Iudia for many years, and during that period I have 

 commanded the troops of the East India Company— on 

 most occasions to my entire satisfaction. There are no 

 troops in the world who will follow you more devotedly 

 than the Sepoys, and since the affair of Jellalabad, lam 

 satisfied that there are not finer soldiers in the world. 

 The Officers, too, whom I look upon as brothers, 

 are as jovial and as jolly a set of fellows as there 

 is in existence. (Loud cheers and laughter.) They 

 all knew we were in jeopardy at Jellalabad, but 

 they were one and all determined that, if the enemy 

 obtained any advantage over us, it should cost them 

 dearly." (Cheering.) The gallant officer concluded 

 by repeating his thanks and offering his acknowledgments 

 to the company for the honour accorded him, which were 

 received with great applause. The Chairman then pro- 

 posed " The health of Sir R. Peel, and Her Majesty's 

 Ministers. Sir R. Peel said, " I return : :u my most cor- 

 dial thanks for the honour you have just conferred on 

 me. And I return also my grateful acknowledgments to 

 the directors of the East India Company for having per- 

 mitted us to be present on an occasion when we have 

 met to do honour to two gallant officers so distinguished 

 by their exploits in India. I deeply regret, however, the 

 absence of one of Her Majesty's servants, distinguished 

 by all men as the first military commander of the age — 

 but I should regret it much more if I was not aware that 

 he had an opportunity — which he did not let pass — of 

 doing justice in the House of Lords to Sir W. Nott and 

 Sir R. Sale. That act of his was among the highest 

 rewards which they could have received. It would have 

 been a subject of additional regret to me if my Right 

 Hon. Friend Sir G. Murray had not so well occupied 

 the place of my Noble Friend the Duke of Wellington 

 on this occasion. Sir W. Nott and Sir R. Sale have 

 received high but not unmerited distinction. They have 

 received the favour of their Sovereign, they have, on 

 the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, re- 

 ceived the thanks of the House of Lords, and it has 

 been my grateful duty, however unworthy of the office, 

 to propose to them the thanks of the Commons of 

 England, for their great military achievements in India. 

 I had on that occasion the satisfaction of seeing, in 

 that arena of political strife which daily resounds with 

 acrimonious attacks, all parties unite in doing honour to 

 those men who maintained the character of the country. 

 There was but one thing wanting to complete the reward 

 of those distinguished individuals — namely, that a com- 

 pany like this, which may be fairly said to represent all 

 the great interests of the country— the East India Com- 

 pany — the commercial interests of England, Her Majesty s 

 Ministers, and the body of the community, should meet 

 to do them honour, in addition to the favour of tne 

 Crown and the votes of Parliament. The absence of one 

 of these eminent men I most deeply regret ; but 1 do 

 rejoice, and while I live I shall never forget that I h 

 been present when Sir R. Sale received .from you the 

 demonstration of public favour in the presence of his 

 heroic lady— (Enthusiastic cheers)-who has, by her 

 noble conduct, shed a double lustre on the name ol Sale. 

 (Renewed cheering.) We are not now merely returning . 

 our grateful acknowledgments to these distinguished iq- I 

 dividuals, but we are proving to the country that if any 



1 of our fellow subjects shall be placed hereafter in the 

 position of Sir R. S»le, however distant may be the 

 scene, whether at Waterloo or within the shattered walls 

 of Jellalabad, if they do their duty there are millions of 

 British hearts in sympathy with them, and mi lions of 

 British voices resounding with grateful acclamations." 

 (Great cheering followed the speech of the Right Hon. 

 Baronet.) Several other speeches followed, among which 

 was one by Sir J. Bryant, who proposed the health of 

 Lady Sale, which was drank with the greatest enthusiasm. 

 Meeting of Magistrates. — A meeting of the magistrate* 

 of Middlesex took place on Thursday, when Mr. Ser- 

 geant Adams, the chairman, announced that he had that 

 day received a communication from Sir J. Graham, stat- 

 ing that Her Majesty had been pleased to appoint him 

 Assistant Judge of the court established by the new Bill 

 for the bt r administration of criminal justice in this 

 county. A presentment by two justices, Mr. Roich and 

 Mr. Townseml, to the effect that the New Prison was 

 unfit for the purposes for which it was intended and used, 



was laid before the court. The keeper was then sworn, 

 and gave evil« nee in confirmation of the presentment. 

 The gaol, he said, contained a vast number of inconve- 

 niences. It was not suited to carry out the rules and 

 isolations of the various prison acts, la his opi- 

 nion it could not be made »uitable. The su i never 

 reached some of the yards, which were surrounded 

 by a continual damp atmosphere even in the middle 

 of summer. The classification required by the act 



ould not be carried out without rebuilding the gaol 

 altor. er. The visiting justices had always regret- 

 ted the fortn »tion of the gaol. When the ventilation wai 

 bad, they opened the windows during the night. The 

 drainage was bad, but measures were now in progress to 

 deepen the drains. They had .insane prisoners sent 

 there sometimes, but had no place but the infirmary fit 

 for them. When a lunatic was there the patients were 

 subjected to much annoyance. They had two insane 

 prisoners there some time ago, and at this time two 

 patients were ill of a fever. By the new Act of Parlia- 

 ment the evils and inconveniences would be greatly 

 increased, and the inspectors of prisons had expressed 

 their dissatisfaction with the building in their Reports. 

 Several magistrates confirmed these statements, and the 

 Chairman stated on the authority of the county surveyor, 

 that the plan for a new prison, submitted to them by 

 Sir James Graham, if adopted, would not cost above 

 30,000/. After considerable discussion, it was resolved 

 unanimously, that a committee be appointed to coniider 

 the requisite steps for carrying into effect the plans laid 

 before the court by Sir J. Graham, or any other plans 

 which may be approved of, to obtain estimates of the ex- 

 penses of the several plans, and report at the next Mi- 

 chaelmas sessions. The Report of the committee appointed 

 on 1 ith Dec. last, to inquire into the state of pauper luna- 

 tics in the county, and to report on the best means of pro- 

 viding for the complete and efficient accommodation of 

 such lunatics, was read. This Report confirmed the 

 statement that several hundreds of the poor lunatics of 

 the county were deprived of the means of cure, and re- 

 commended that additional accommodation should be 

 forthwith provided. Mr. Pownall trusted that they 

 would at once act upon the suggestions of the Report, 

 and moved that it be printed and circulated, and that 

 the committee be directed to open negotiations with a 

 view of securing 20 acres of land in the immediate 

 vicinity of Hanwell, and report to the court next county 

 day. The resolution was opposed by Col. Wood, M.P., 

 and others, but after a long discussion it was ultimately 

 carried, several magistrates explaining that they voted 

 for it on the understanding that the proposed new build- 

 ing was to form part of the present asylum. 



London Missionary Society — A meeting called by 

 this Society was held on Wednesday at Exeter Hall, for 

 the purpose of expressing an opinion upon the recent 

 conduct of the French at Tahiti. Mr. F. Smith, chair- 

 man of the Society, presided. Mr. Pritchard, our Con- 

 sul, who has lately returned to England, sat on his right 

 hand. The body of the hall was about two-thirds filled. 

 The Report, which was read, entered into the history of 

 British connection with Tahiti, from the earliest visits of 

 missionaries down to the present time, and strongly 

 deprecated the conduct of the French in their recent 

 agressions. Dr. Winter Hamilton, of Leeds, proposed 

 the first resolution, to the effect that reviewing -the his- 

 tory of the missions of this Society in Tahiti, and 

 numerous other islands in the South Pacific Ocean, 

 during the past 48 years, and remembering the former 

 idolatry and degradation of the natives before the bless- 

 ings of Christianity were communicated to them, and the 

 delightful change which, through the instrumentality of 

 this Society and the favour of Heaven, had crowned 

 their efforts, they regarded the recent events as threat- 

 ening not only the prosperity, but the very existence of 

 these missions. The resolution was unanimously 

 adopted. Many other gentlemen addressed the meeting, 

 and other resolutions of the same character were agreed to 



The Polish Refugees.— \ short time ago several of 

 the Polish refugees in Paris and London petitioned the 

 Emperor of Russia for permission to return to their 

 native country. On the 3 1st ult. the Poles in London 

 were informed by the Russian Consul that the Em P er ?T 

 had granted their prayer, upon condition « h « tthe L' n ™ 

 pass through Holland to a town of the name or *"™' 

 in Russia, there to surrender to the Russian Gorernmtn^ 

 and submit to a trial upon ^ i c arges^s might.be 



we^r^l & cnar^nd that at their^on- 

 clusion the Poles would P^«d direct to \\ arsaw 

 When those in London heard the terms offered b, the 



