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waborr, w»r»h. memaa-J. Lowrna, Qu*«n'i-roir. Pen tonvllle. builder 

 _W F«akci Liacaahire . ftrocer-W. A. Buoom, Newca»tIe-upon-Ty-ne, 



™.rrym«o_R Hoi w. N-.v,-., r>,-u P .,n-'l'vr..., Kr ,,...- r -T. P avium, aod 



J. l-iDum, Durham, earthenwaie- manufacturer.— E. Roaaa-n, Liverpool, 



W. OAixia and \V. G. Bavl.v. Edinburgh, book»eller.-J. Baoca and T. 



lX?TH' KiZ lll ° n ' S™"-*' aad JT *™°*, GlaiKow, drysalter.-J. 

 WaiXAca, Kilmarnock, grocer. 



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*TA<r JtVeen* Post-Office Disclosures.— -The examina- 

 tion of parties implicated in the recent cases of letter- 

 opening at the General Post-office is concluded. Besides 

 the letter-carrier Tapson, upon whose seat ia the northern 

 office the two letters which led to the discovery were 

 found open, the men delivering Cavendish-square dis- 

 trict, North Audley-street, Grosvenor- place, Connaught- 

 square, as well as others employed to ring bells at night 

 in several western localities, have been subjected to rigid 

 examination, first before the superintendent of the inland 

 and letter-carrier department of the General Post-office, 

 and then by the solicitor to the establishment. When 

 charged upon the evidence of Tapson's book with hav- 

 ing obtained their information from the opening of the 

 letters of Lord G. Bentinck and others, the fact was 

 readily admitted by all the parties then charged, and the 

 chain of evidence was shortly completed, that the in- 

 formation had been furnished to parties who were will- 

 ing to pay for it. Indeed, it was the regular practice of 

 some of the parties to visit Tattersall's, and, being dis- 

 tributed during the day in different parts of town, while 

 one of them was in attendance on business at the west- 

 end, others were busily engaged at the several sporting 

 houses in the Metropolis. litre it was that they era- 

 ployed their information, and by these means netted a 

 considerable sum. 



Medical Protection Society.— On Monday, a nume- 

 rous meeting of general practitioners was held in Exeter 

 Hall, to receive the report of the committee of the Me- 

 dical Protection Society, and to take into consideration 

 Sir J. Graham's proposed Medical Reform Bill, Mr 

 Carpue in the chair. The report having detailed the 

 proceedings of the committee for securing to the profes- 

 sion their rights, stated that they sought a communica- 

 tion with the Council of the College of Surgeons, which 

 was refused, and that they subsequently begged an inter- 

 view with the Home Secretary, which Sir J. Graham re- 

 fused on the ground of pressure of business. The re- 

 port, in conclusion, condemned the conduct of the 

 council and Sir J. Graham's Reform Bill. Several reso- 

 lutions sanctioning the report were adopted, and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to devise what course the assembly 

 should pursue. The committee withdrew, and after a 

 short absence returned, and proposed a resolution that 

 they should meet again early next month, to reconsider 

 the conduct of the Council, and to strike out for them- 

 selves a course of procedure on the expiration of the 

 charter lately granted the College of Surgeons, which 

 takes place on the 14th September. Mr. Wakley M P 

 denounced the measures of the Council and Sir J. Gra- 

 ham s Bill, and said that it depended upon the 11 000 

 members of the profession to correct the one and prevent 

 the other being carried. Several gentlemen addressed 

 trie meeting, and the resolution was carried. 



New Medical SchooL-A society of physicians and 

 surgeons is in course of formation, for the purpose of 

 establishing a school for the instruction of the children 

 of medical practitioners, upon the principle of the Royal 

 Naval School at Deptford, and that for the Sons of the 



inTJV ^! bor ? u 6 h - The <*ief object contemplated 

 in the foundation is that of giving to youths intended for 

 the medical profession a more liberal education than they 

 usually have before commencing their apprenticeship. 



thfnT "TJ* 6 . E *u ^- Withi » the last few weeks 

 the officers of Excise have discovered numerous illicit 

 Stills in various parts of the Metropolis and suburbs 

 Among others, the officers were induced to visit the 

 chemical factory of Mr. Barker, in Cross-street, Black- 

 iriars-road, and upon examination they found several 

 secret trap-doors, leading to an excavation underground 

 in the cooperage-yard belonging to a person named 

 -bryant. The upper portion of the range of buildings 

 was used for chemical purpose?, strong acids being pre- 

 pared, with a view of counteracting the pungent smell 

 onr? m n g r ° m iUicit distiII *tion. T, »e officer* descended 



firearms- h h„n;:;: JTrtt— armed with a crowbar ™<* 

 »?f ™ L b , Ut a . lthou S h the y could discover in a secret 



lity. The line has at length been definitively marked out, 

 and a contract concluded for two-thirds of the work. 

 The new street will commence at the western extremity 

 of the new Houses of Parliament, running in an oblique 

 line from Abingdon street to Eaton-square, from which 

 point there is already a continuation to the Great Western- 

 road. By this project two desirable objects will be 

 attained : it will afford a nearer and more convenient 

 approach to the Houses of Parliament, Law Courts, and 

 Government offices from Pimlico, whilst the removal of 

 the obscure streets, courts, and alleys in that part of 

 Westminster will remove an acknowledged nuisance. 

 The line will traverse the worst part of Westminster, 

 where the dilapidated tenements are of comparatively 

 little value. The majority belong to the Dean and Chap- 

 ter, and as the existing leases are nearly run out, the 

 present occupants' claims to compensation will not be 

 very large. The new street is to be of the width of 

 Regent- street, and of nearly equal length. Mr. Rigby 

 Wason, late Member for Tpswich, has entered into a 

 contract, by which he binds himself, under a penalty of 

 10,000/., to complete two-thirds of the line at 34 per cent, 

 less than the Government Surveyor's estimate ; and he 

 guarantees that the remaining one-third shall be executed 

 at the same rate as the estimate. Mr. Wason having 

 undertaken this contract, has issued an address to the 

 electors of Ipswich, in which he announces that he will 

 not stand for their borough at the next election, as he is 

 thus disqualified from sitting in Parliament. Connected 

 with the above improvement, a project has been revived 

 for the erection of a bridge across the Thames, from the 

 Horseferry-road to Lambeth-stairs, at the foot of Church- 

 street, close to Lambeth Talace. This scheme was 

 mooted nearly 20 years back ; a prospectus was at that 

 time issued, and a Bill brought into Parliament with a 

 view to the issue of shares for building a bridge by a joint 

 stock company. It met with so little support that the 

 Bill was rejected, and the project was consequently aban- 

 doned. However, it seems that it is now regarded with 

 more favour ; and it is said that the Archbishop of Can- 

 terbury and the Marquis of Westminster have withdrawn 

 their opposition. 



Mr. Dyce Sombre.— This gentleman, whose name has 

 latterly been so much and so painfully before the 

 public, has addressed the following letter to the daily 



papers :— " Boulogne-sur-Mer, Aug. 24 Sir,— When 



m town last June, under the special guarantee of the 



Lord Chancellor, having met Sir F B near the 



Junior Service Club, but who I would have seen, not- 

 withstanding this, before I came abroad, it was then and 

 there agreed that a meeting of honour should take place 

 between him and myself when out of the jurisdiction of 

 the Lord Chancellor. Since which,, the Chancellor 

 having broken his faith, I took an opportunity of leaving 

 my lodgings unobserved by the police, who were placed 

 to watch my motions, and having left town on the 14th 

 reached this place the following day— on the 16th I 



addressed Sir F B , reminding him of his solemn 



engagement, and stating that I should remain for him 

 at this place to the 20th. Having received no reply I 

 again wrote him on the 21st, telling him, that unless 'he 



for a display of the strength and 

 people than by affording them an T^ 1 ° l - tfae,e ,lr *»ti 

 on their sports in the ^open air ^\° n ^J of carnS 

 this. ThS company as^embled^" v'erf n* P ^ 

 and everybody appeared gratified by he XL ?^ 

 dians hemselves were highly pleased with ,K Thc In ' 



of en oying the fresh air i,l f I,!* ""K the °PPortunitr 



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The New Insolvent Act —A * 



and solicitors was held on &ond*?TX* °u *"?***» 

 Mr. Clarke, in Bedford-row to St 1 Chambers of 

 to counteract the ope^on^ft^«««W 

 «' Uood-street, was called to the chair TJa GoUdtrd - 



tain resolutions, strongly condemn^ neTC? 

 vent Act as operating injuriously not only to soL>. 

 bu also to tradesmen, who were compelled to.^ 

 and, in consequence of the new enactment 1 ' 



seriously injured ; as now they had no m?™ „7r d * 

 mg any debt under 20/., save by an execution \T 

 goods A long discussion ens/ed, anT , £*• 

 committee of seven gentlemen was appointed K^2 

 the objects of the meeting, and a petiUon was dr « n £ 

 a copy of which was to be sent to every member of T 



Public Schools. 



tk n u ra y'!- Inn CorTee-hou Sf .. 



i . L . , he c ^ ueen has signified her IWj 



pleasure, through the Lord Chamberlain, that n addf 

 tional week's holydays be granted to all the public school 

 m celebration of the birth of the infant Princ , and i t U 

 intended that this indulgence should be ex4 d 

 usua to all such school establishments as can con" 

 niently avad themselves of it. 



Marylebone and Paddington Hospital.— The actinr 

 committee of this hospital have announced the proves, 

 made towards the attainment of their object, it seems 

 that the sum required was 15,000/., and the subscrip- 

 tions already announced are 14548/. 4s. t leaving a defi- 

 ciency of 451/. 16*. The committee earnestly solicit the 

 co-operation and pecuniary aid of the public towards the 

 establishment of the institution. 



A New Church.— A short time since an anonymous 

 letter was forwarded to the Bishop of London wiih the 

 princely sum of 5000/., and a request to apply the 

 amouut " for the erection of a church in the Metropolis/ 

 Since the receipt, an eligible site has been purchased by 

 some charitable individuals, in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy- 

 square, at a cost of nearly 5500/., upon which a church 

 will be built for a district which contains a population of 

 more than 16,000 persons. 



Effects of Wood Pavement. — At a recent meeting of 

 the Westminster Medical Society, Dr. Copland re- 

 marked, that when wood pavement was taken up for re- 

 pairs, for several inches below the surface the pores of 

 the wood might be observed to be saturated with black 

 matters from the decomposing of organic substances* 

 which were carried down and absorbed by the water, and 

 on further decomposition these would be likely to evapo- 

 rate, producing some subtle form of atmospheric im- 

 purity, besides which they would be aided by the waters 



, i - ° » ■—*'»• «^ employed in merely watering the streets, and thus extend 



answerea Dy return of post, and gave a satisfactory and prolong the influence of that low form of typhoid 

 reason for not writing before, I should post him as a fever which has been so common i 



and innp.. r.u u ° * ^»«* uiBuwvcr m a secret 



effect aTe Z^ * ^ " work > the ? were ™able to 



•^aWe™"^.^^ ^ .° ffender ' Afte ' c ° n " 



K^uT ^officers obtained a forcible entrance 



coward and a man of no honour, which I now do most 

 publicly. You will oblige me by inserting this letter in 

 your valuable paper, and I remain, Sir, vour verv 

 obedient servant, D. O. Dyce Sombre."- Since writ- 

 ing the above. Mr. Sombre has left Boulogne for Paris 



The late Rev. Rowland Hill.— On Tuesday evening 

 a public meeting was held at the Surrey Chapel, Black- 

 fnars-road, for the purpose of commemorating the cen- 

 tenary of the birth of the late Rev. Rowland Hill, and 

 also to consider the propriety of erecting a memorial to 

 him. The Rev. J. Sherman, minister of the chapel 

 presided, and was supported by Mr. Pritchard, the Con- 

 sul at laniti, and several other gentlemen. The chair 

 man, in opening the proceedings, said that it had been 

 suggested to him to take measures for erecting a me- 

 morial to the late Rowland Hill, formerly the minister 



tL /k-^ 1 ! 1, ??* th6y had com Pleted the cen- 



tenary of his birth. Many plans had been recommended, 



but that which met with most acceptance was, that 

 which proposed to erect" within the neighbourhood of 

 the chapel a large school-house, where a number of 

 children m.ght receive the blessing of a sound, liberal, 

 and scriptural education. In addition to this it was 

 ^proposed to erect two large infant schools, one of which 



ffLfwereIdo^ e , B0 ^ USh - r0ad - Volition, to that 



nt^ f d i" d r ,rdl 0f 600/ ' was subscribed 

 Set / ' J^' E* W «* *• Cl0se ° f 'he -eting, 





into t h ; dTs mr/a„rtw:%° bt t edaf0rcibleent " nce 4**™* some ength the : proLeVTo? \.H T^ 

 ™-« oa, a SX^ U ^X?=„ ?!!»? ^1 and the South IeUtar eSS ° f edUCat '° Q h 



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with the 



-«-.- .«u,i ins on trom one of them" 



■« ^waTso m °'r 8 Spifit8 ' - , -P" 



a successful operation to be carded T^"^ enabIe 

 found it necessary to empW til Lll Y "^ ° ffiCerS 

 plant, &c, to the chirf ^ office ' iHK, i t0 / em< " e the 

 workmen, by well-concerted , LT "l"! '""'•, J he 

 escape. Since the above affair f.econd duf d *?* 

 been made of a minor establishment i"^,?^. 1138 

 wood-street, Blackfriars, supposed to tloLf'T 

 Bzme gang. 



Metropolitan Improvements. 



ng to the 



Provement Commissioners I-Wn^^Sffi'S^: 

 a d,rec hue of communication between the new £ou 8e f 

 of Parhament and the north-west district of London 



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. Iw. a W 1 Ind ' ans —Oa Monday the Iowa Indians 

 exh,b,ted themse ves and their feats in Lord'a cricket 

 ground, St. John's-wood. The wigwams were erected 



a'd ^ eeTfTkaUn . r P ' a r, d in ^ these ™*° ^ 

 a degree of skill and despatch creditable to their peculiar 



talents. There was a great variety of dances andTar like 

 pastimes, and a match at what is called " ball-play "a 

 sport in which the parties concerned appeared to take a 



&am,T t V*w ld ^ r Xert tDemSelTeS t0 "»dr u most! 

 lhe game is different from anything of the sort played 



to Europe ; it is played with sticks having hoops, or 



in the Metropolis 

 Destitution in the Metropolis. — Two young persons, 

 named Mary Ann and Sarah Ann Johnson, of lady-like 

 manners, and evidently of superior education, about four 

 months ago engaged an apartment at No. 27, Charlotte- 

 street West, White Conduit Fields, at the rent of 4*. per 

 week. They commenced a small school, and obtained a 

 few scholars, but they were not able to support them- 

 selves or to pay their rent, and they became iaroiFed in 

 arrears to the amount of 21. 10s. They were pressed for 

 the money, or a portion of it, but were unable to answer 

 the demand, and kept their distressed and starving con- 

 dition a secret until it was discovered by their landlord, 

 who told them if they would leave the lodging he would 

 forgive them the whole of the rent. This, however, they 

 declined doing. The younger sister, whose system had 

 been wrought upon by grief, want of nourishment, and 

 the anxieties attendant upon the school, fell into a state 

 of consumption and insanity. Every step she heard she 

 fancied to be a fresh application for rent, and on Satur- 

 day week a noise attracted the attention of the landlady, 

 who proceeded up stairs to the young ladies' apartment, 

 and found them struggling violently together, lne 

 younger sister sprung upon the other in a state of raving 

 madness, pulled and dragged her about, and would have 

 choked her had she not been prevented by assistance. 

 It was not until now that the real destitution of tbe 

 unfortunate creatures was exhibited. Medical aid wa« 

 called in, but the younger sister lingered until tne 

 following Monday, when she expired, the doctor 

 having no doubt that she died through want of nouri=a- 



ment. The remains of the deceased lay in the room 

 with the surviving sister until Friday, when, from tneir 

 decomposed state, the sister having no friends nor means 



1 ., ,i .i . i ii^-j i:««-i fr» flu* narisn 



rings, or nooses at the ends, in which the players con- 

 trive to hook the ball when on the grounder catch it 



Wand t? ir * a 1 'J"?" * ° U l again With considlbe 

 orce and to a great distance. There are two parties in 



the game, and goals which are to be gained. P ThiT«° 



hibuion has been repeated every day this week, and cer- 



to bury the body, the landlord applied to the pariiB 

 authorities. A coffin was sent to the house, and tne 

 remains were interred on Monday in the bunal-groun 

 of the chapel of ease at Holloway, her sister being me 

 only mourner. The sister has been visited by one or 

 two humane peasons, who have afforded her temporary 

 relief. She is a most intelligent person, and states u» 

 they were orphans of respectable parents, who cam 



from Dumfries about ten years since. The parents died 



and left 

 afterwai 



rience tl 



owing to the great expense of compensation "in tha? wl CllS? bee " Z^^" 1 ^ «&"«*, anTce'r." their money,* and reduced to distress. They . ere »«- 



toca J tainly nothing could have been contrived more calculated starving. Her sister and herself had repeatedly live J on 



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c ten years aiuuc. *«« r . 



and left property, and the sisters lived for some time 

 afterwards at Lewisham, in Kent, but in their inexpe 

 rience they speculated in building, and were cbeatea 

 .. • "L __ i _.j j *.~ j:.f M c« They were orce» 



