Sept. 21,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



^ntlolS^P^ ce - The election will be proceeded with 

 a J° Voure of a few days. Mr. Scales, it is also 

 ^.riS intends to offer himself to the ward. 



iVc'iv Police Court.— Within the last few days orders 

 i he en issued for the speedy erection of a new Police- 



have been 



court at Kentish-town, in a position where it will afford 

 firiliiies for the inhabitants of Hampstead and Highgate. 

 It is stated that, in addition to Hampstead, this court 

 tiU take in Highgate, Finchley, and the populous dis- 

 tricts of Camden and Kentish towns, Holloway, and the 

 entire of the S division, which extends to Barnet. The 

 establishment of such a court will be of great advantage 

 to this portion of the metropolis. 



The Black Eagle Steam Vessel.— It willbe recollected 

 that in the description of the royal progress, the Black 

 Eagle steam vessel, under the command of Captain the 

 Earl of Hardwicke, was stated to be several miles astern 

 of the royal yacht on reaching the Nore. On proceed- 

 ing to sea, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence made signals for 

 the Black Eagle to advance, and delayed the progress of 

 the roval yacht until both were abreast. His lordship 

 then made signals to start both at the same time, to as- 

 certain which of the vessels would first reach Dundee. 

 The Black Eagle soon showed her superiority over the 

 royal yacht as a sea-going steamer, having gained three 

 miles in six hours against her fast opponent. The Black 

 EaMe continued a-head at the same rate throughout the 

 voyage, and consequently was the first to reach the Frith 

 of Tay. The Black Eagle returned to "Woolwich on 

 Friday, under the command of the Earl of Hardwicke. 



The Buncombe Testimonial. — One of the first acts 

 of Mr. O'Connell on leaving the Richmond Penitentiary, 

 was to forward his own subscription of 5/. to the Dun- 

 combe Testimonial, the regulations of that prison having 

 prevented him from doing so earlier. The Repeal Asso- 

 ciation have also contributed 25/. as their subscription 

 to this Testimonial. 



Surface of the City of London — During excavations 

 for the sewers in different parts of the city, information 

 has been gained relative to the depth of artificial ground 

 above the natural surface. The following is the very 

 curious statement relating thereto|made by Mr. R. Kelsey 

 in evidence before the Commissioners for inquiring into 

 the 6tate of large towns and populous districts : — Thick- 

 ness of made ground at Paul's-wharf up to St. Paul's 

 Churchyard, 9 to 12 feet ; Watling-street, 11 to 12 feet 

 6 ; Bread-street, 17 feet 6 ; Cheapside, the natural earth 

 was not reached — the cutting varied from 14 to 23 feet ; 

 Gracechurch-street, 14 to 18 feet; King William -street, 

 12 to 17 feet 6; Princes-street, 10 to 33 feet 6 ; Moor- 

 gate-street, 1G feet 6 to 21 feet G ; Fenchurch-st., 15 feet 

 Gto 17 feet 10; Bishopsgate Within, 9 feet 6 to 16 feet; 

 Fish-street-hill, 5 feet 6 to 18 feet 10 ; Eastcheap, 12 to 15 

 feet; Redcross-street, 7 to 9 feet; Barbican, 10 to 13 

 feet; Cannon-street, 9 feet throughout ; Rosemary-lane, 

 8 to 12 feet; Water-lane, Fleet-street, 5 to 9 feet; 

 Cateaton-street and Lad-lane, 12 to 14 feet 2 ; streets 

 in Cloth-fair, 4 feet G to 12 feet G ; streets in St. Ann's 

 Blackfriars, 4 to 13 feet 3. The plinth of Temple-bar 

 is buried in accumulation. The east end of Newgate- 

 street was lowered about 12 inches when the present 

 Post-office was built. London-wall has in part been 

 raised above 2 feet within the last 25 years. The Pave- 

 ment and Little Moorfields have been wholly re-arranged 

 within the last 10 years. All the improvements from 

 London-bridge to London-wall have largely altered the 

 surface of the main line, and of the adjacent streets. 

 The north side of what is termed Holborn-bridge, the 

 north end of Farringdon-street, has been raised about 

 2 feet. Such occurrences as these are distinctly notice- 

 able in some way, but the insensible alterations are 

 equally great and curious ; as, for instance, from levels 

 taken in 1770 and 1842, it appears that in Bishopsgate- 

 street Without, at Bishopsgate-churchyard, the surface 

 has risen 2 feet 2 inches in 72 years, but at Spital- 

 iquare only 12 inches in the same time. The result of 

 this examination is confirmed by the depths of the sewers, 

 as originally built, and as they now measure. 



Postage Labels and Envelopes.— The following facts 

 relative to the manufacture of our present postage labels 

 and envelopes may not be uninteresting. The manufac- 

 ture of the envelope is effected by many powerful yet 

 accurate machines. The paper is pervaded by coloured 

 threads as a security against fraud, and when sent from 

 the manufactory is cut into lozenges by an engine with 

 the utmost precision, at the rate of 60,000 or 80,000 a 

 minute. Previously to being stamped, each lozenge has 

 a notch cut in each side for the convenience of folding ; 

 this is done by an angular chisel. The envelopes are 

 n stamped at Somerset-house by a machine which 

 combines the operation of printing and embossing— the 

 invention of the late Sir William Congreve. The last 

 process is the folding and gumming, and a quick hand 

 can fold 3500 a-day. One engraving on the hard steel 

 roller will afford 1680 transfers to soft steel plates ; these 

 again will, when hardened, admit 60,000 impressions 



l00 n fnn Ulle(1 Up0n each * so that one ori g inal wil1 afford 

 W,»UO,000 impressions of labels. 12 years ago common 



envelopes were sold at 1*. the dozen ; now the postage 



ail i°f pC ' With its medallion » m ay «e bought wholesale 

 th« a farthin S> exclusive of the stamp ; and yet, though 

 r!rnfi? anUfaCture is P ecul iarly costly, it returns a small 

 Pront to the Government. More than 22,000,000 of 



in n abIe letters were posted in 1843 ; so that, suppos- 

 onc 19 ,etter - boxea in the United Kingdom to be 

 lar n h ° UrS in tne da y» antl t0 communicate with one 

 jrge spout, the letters would keep flowing through it at 

 llle mean rate of 14 in a second. 



*™mense Delivery of Letters On Mondav morning 



«« ^ast and West Indian and American mails all reached 



London via the Southampton Railway. The number of 

 letters issued on that morning was unprecedented for one 

 delivery, being upwards of 285,000, and the postmen 

 were not dispatched till nearly 10 o'clock. 



East India Company. — A Special General Court of 

 Proprietors was held on Wednesday, at which a resolu- 

 tion passed on the 21st ult. by the Court of Directors, 

 the object of which was to grant an annuity of 1000/. per 

 annum to Major-General Sir W. Nott, for his long ser- 

 vices in India, was carried by acclamation. 



St. Stephen's, Wallrook. — The following account 

 appeared in the Times of Thursday, and caused great 

 excitement in the City, as it proved to be a hoax, and 

 called forth indignant denials from Aid. Gibbs and Mr. 

 Rock, followed by an apology from the Times. "On 

 Wednesday a meeting of the parishioners of this parish was 

 held to take into consideration the following letteraddressed 

 by Aid. Gibbs to Mr. Rock :— " 33, Walbrook, Sept. 1 7. 

 Sir, I beg, through you, to inform the parishoners of the 

 result of the late proceedings in Chancery in the case 

 * Rock and others v. Gibbs,' which has resulted in the 

 Master awarding me debtor to the parish of St. Stephen's 

 to the amount of 3383/. 145. It would ill become me, 

 as a magistrate, to animadvert upon this decision, no 

 doubt formed in accordance with that strict impartiality 

 which pervades our superior courts ; but I cannot resist, 

 untowardly situate as I am, entering my firm protest 

 against that system of persecution which has been so per- 

 severingly carried on for the last eighteen months against 

 me. To prevent the repetition of the same, I herewith 

 withdraw from any further connection with the affairs of 

 this parish ; and, in conclusion, beg to express my sin- 

 cere and ardent wish, that you may procure an officer 

 equally willing at all times to forward the interest of his 

 fellow-parishioners as, Sir, your obedient servant, Mi- 

 chael Gibbs. Mr. W. H. F. Rock.' The resigna- 

 tion of the alderman was accepted, and Messrs. Rock and 

 Flight, who had been previously chosen by the parishion- 

 ers, were again elected churchwardens." The above 

 hoax, as might have been expected, caused great asto- 

 nishment in the parish and in the City generally, and 

 was the subiect of much discussion at the regular vestry 

 meeting which took place on Thursday. At this meeting 

 Dr. Croly, the rector, stated that his salary, due for two 

 years past, was still unpaid, and that the lady who 

 officiated as organist had been unpaid by Aid. Gibbs for 

 five quarters, and the sextoness for six quarters. It was 

 also stated that the expense which had been incurred 

 under Aid. Gibbs's management, in keeping up the parish 

 church and providing for public worship, was one-third 

 more than most parishes, and one-half more than many ; 

 it was ultimately determined that Aid. Gibbs should be 

 applied to to hand over the money in his hands received 

 since the commencement of legal proceedings, and that 

 a rate should be made, with the concurrence of the four 

 sworn in churchwardens, to provide for any deficiency, 

 and that the parish of St. Benet should bear its fair pro- 

 portion of the expenses of repairing the church. 



Mortality of the Metropolis.— -The following is the 

 number of deaths registered in the week ending Sept. 14 : 

 West Districts, 135; Northern, 172 ; Central, 178; 

 Eastern, 175; Southern, 183 ; Total, 843. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



•jprobmcial Netos. 



Berwick.— We learn by the local papers that that 

 venerable monument of antiquity, the ancient Castle of 

 Berwick, is to be levelled with the ground, in order to 

 allow space for the terminus of the railway forming 

 between that town and Edinburgh. § 



Bristol— The Bristol papers state with feelings of 

 great satisfaction, and upon what they consider undoubted 

 authority, that arrangements are in progress for the re- 

 lease of the Great Britain steam-ship, from her present 

 untoward situation, and that she may be expected to be 

 floated out of the harbour either in October or the early 

 part of November. They add that it would be premature 

 to state the nature of the arrangements about to be made, 

 but that the above statement may be implicitly relied on. 

 Chudleigh.— Mining operations have for some time 

 past been carried on in this neighbourhood, for the pur- 

 pose of raising manganese, and no less than 12,000 tons 

 of this article have been produced at one weighing, 

 which, before its importation was allowed, fetched 12/. 

 per ton. In the course of working for this ore, it was 

 imagined that much more valuable lodes than manga- 

 nese were to be found in the neighbourhood, and an ex- 

 perienced tributor having discovered lodes of lead and 

 copper, a very productive mine is now in full work, from 

 which large quantities of ore have been produced, parti- 

 cularly lead. Large returns have been realised by the 

 Messrs. Williams from this mine, which is situated upon 

 Lord Exmouth's property. Setts have also_ been 

 recently taken on property situated in the parish ot 

 Christow, belonging to Messrs. Hanley, and the miners 

 are now bringing up a new adit. 



Gloucester.— It is said that the corporation of this city 

 have arranged to abandon their suit in the cise ot their 

 extensive claims on the estate of the late Mr. James 

 Wood, of Gloucester, and that the settlement of this 

 long-pending suit is likely to take a most unexpected turn. 

 It is reported very confidently that the real will or codicil, 

 properly attested, is at length forthcoming, and that a 

 family in Worcestershire, of humble ^Pectalnhty, are 

 likely, as heirs-at-law, to become possessed of Mr. w oou s 



enormous wealth. , ■m M »a» 



Gravescnd -The following is a return of the number 

 of passengers landed and embarked at the Terrace and 

 Town Piers, Gravesend, in the month of August last :- 

 Terrace-pier.-Star Company, with five boats, 05,734, 



Black wall Company, with three boats, 86,645 ; Com- 

 mercial Company, with one boat, 6273; total, 188,682. 

 Town-pier. — Diamond Company, with six boats, 78,737 ; 

 Sons of the Thames Company, with two boats, 31,399; 

 Eagle Company, with two boats, 12,024 , total, 122,160. 

 Terrace-pier, with nine boats, 188,682 ; Town-pier, with 

 ten boats, 122,160; gross number of passengers, 310,842; 

 of whom, to and from Blackball, 213,501 ; to and from 

 Hungerford-market, Waterloo-bridge, Old Swan, Lon- 

 don-bridge, and other places through the Pool, 97,341. 



Liverpool.— Oi\ Saturday a special general meeting of 

 the members of the Liverpool Medical Institution was 

 held, for the purpose of taking into consideration M A 

 Bill for the Better Regulation of Medical Practice 

 throughout the United Kingdom," introduced into the 

 House of Commons by Sir J. Graham. The chair was 

 taken by Dr. Jeffreys. A long and a:.imated discussion 

 took place, in the course of which it appeared that some 

 divers ; ty of opinion prevails amongst the medical pro- 

 fession throughout the kingdom as to the merits of the 

 proposed measure. It was eventually resolved to convene 

 a general meeting of the medical men of Liverpool, at an 

 early day, to be advertised in the public papers, with a 

 view to the adoption of such proceedings on the subject 

 as might be then considered advisable. Similar meetings 

 have been held in other provincial towns, at which reso- 

 lutions condemnatory of the Bill have been unanimously 

 adopted.— During the early part of the week, a naval 

 officer, from the Admiralty, was at this port, inspecting 

 the different steamers belonging to the port, in reference 

 to their capacity as war-steamers, in the event of hos- 

 tilities requiring a resort to such means of defence. He 

 found 61 steamers fully competent to carry 118 large 

 guns, several smaller ones, and a competent number of 

 men ; and expressed his admiration of their strength and 

 capacity. The river steam-boats, tug-boats, See., he 

 pronounced capable of being converted into gun-boats of 

 a most formidable description. 



M able thorp.— The Stamford Mercury of last week 

 stated that the costs which the Rev. T. Lovick Cooper 

 would have to pay on his failure in the Mablethorp tithe 

 cause would amount to 7000/. Large as this sum may 

 seem to persons unacquainted with the cost of the pro- 

 ceedings in the higher Courts, and particularly in the 

 case of appeal to the House of Lords, it appears that it 

 will by no means pay the costs on both sides which Mr. 

 Cooper will have to defray. He was lately compelled to 

 pay one attorney's bill of 4000/. under threat of attach- 

 ment by the Court; and it is thought that 14,000/. will 

 scarcely meet the entire costs of the proceedings, which 

 will fall upon him. He fortunately married a sister of the 

 great capitalist, Mr. Ricardo, and had with her a fortune 

 of 20,000/. ; but it is said that he still borrowed many 

 sums to carry on the appeal. 



Neath.— General Nott arrived in this town on Mon- 

 day, and received an enthusiastic welcome. Triumphal 

 arches were erected across the streets, and the houiec 

 decorated with laurels. The bells rang merry pea s , all 

 the shops were closed, and thousands of people collected 

 together to have a sight of the « Hero of Ghuznee by 

 which terra he was loudly greeted. On his arrival, at 

 the entrance to the town he was met by the mayor, ma- 

 gistrates, town-council, and a great number of respect- 

 able persons. The horses were taken out of the carnage,, 

 which was drawn by men to the inn which was once his 

 home, where many of his youthful days were spent. 

 The mayor then presented the address from the town- 

 council, congratulating him on his arrival to -which he 

 replied but in such a low tone of voice that little could 

 be heard of what he said. He has been 40 years m 

 India, and appears to labour under severe indisposition. 

 The gallant General, after sleeping at the Castle Inn 

 left on Tuesday, accompanied by his two daughters, for 

 Carmarthen, where he was received with the greatest en- 

 thusiasm. No less than 12,000 persons were present m 

 the procession formed to conduct him into the town. 

 The people drew his carriage through the streets, and the 

 gallaSt General wept as he received these gratifying : m-rte 



of esteem in his native town. He ™***™g h £Z 

 been better able to face the enemy than to ^tand 

 such overpowering kindness from his old acquaintances 



aD i™;-The daily papers mention as the fruits of 

 the Chartist outbreak that Jenkin Morgan, who, with 

 Frost Williams, and Jones, was sentenced to be hanged 

 at the Monmouth Special Comm:ssion in 1840, for the 

 Newpor riots in 1839, but whose ^ntence was subse- 

 qucntly commuted to imprisonment in the MiUbank Pe- 

 nitentiary, has been lately released \\ hen he was ar- 

 rested he was the proprietor of three houses, had a well 

 stocked farm, and was otherwise most comfortably 

 tasted. Upon leaving the prison he found himself and 

 his family houseless, and is now endeavouring to raise a 

 subscription to enablehim to support his wife and children. 



r;r/(m /._The daily papers state that a contest is 

 likely to take place on the occasion of the approaching 

 election of a Vice-Chanceilor for this University. , «r. 

 Symons, the Warden of Wadham, and next candidate 

 for the office, is to be opposed, on the ground, wj*™^ 

 of his being one of the six doctors who condemned 

 Dr. Pusey without a hearing. . . . on 



Stockporl.-Kt the BoroughSes.ions m *•»%?£ 



Monday, Mr. John Kenyon ™?<^JHftcr^5 

 apprehended in Liverpool a few f»*»m?e Wust, 1840, 

 been absent from this neighbourhood «»«^. fa ' Assur . 

 was charged with forgery upon i he ,n ^ 



ance Society for the sum of S0*M^ f ^ e .UM, 

 the family of the let .Mr. X I-h" was ' receiTed b , the 

 upon his death .and w£ch ■ «- ^ purportiDg 



prisoner on his presen. »-•"«* « 



