Oct. 19,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



fl844. 





Albert and tbe P riucl P al guests are to be seated. Three ! L). Sa omons, Alderman J ohnsou, Rev. Dr. Kussell, ana 

 xtended tables are to be formed from north to south, Mr. Cotton, Governor of the Bank of England. To the 

 nd the leading visitors, the Lord Mayor, and members latter gentleman the public are indebted for setting on 



of "the Royal Exchange and Gresham Committee, the 

 \ldermen and Common-couneilraen of the City, and 

 chief officers, are there to be accommodated. It is un- 

 derstood that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the 

 He r editary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh 

 Strelitz, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, are invited 

 to the entertainment. The Duke of Wellington has 

 engaged to meet the Queen, and Sir R. Peel and several 

 other members of the Government are likewise to attend. 

 The Master of the Horse, Lord Chamberlain, and Lord 

 Steward, are to be among the officers of the household 

 who will attend the Queen in their official capacity. 

 Most of the foreign Ministers are to be invited, with the 

 Lord Chancellor and Judges. It is ascertained that suf- 

 ficient space can be afforded at those tables for 360 per- 

 sons. There are to be three military bands, viz., those 

 of the Royal Horse Guards, the Coldstream, and Grena- 

 dier Guards. At the several banquet-tables a gorgeous 

 display of plate is likely to be witnessed, for not only that 

 belonging to the Corporation, but that belonging to the 

 Goldsmiths' and other wealthy companies is to be used 

 in the adornment of the tables. In the commercial-room, 

 a capacious apartment, ranging the whole extent, east 

 and west, of the north side of the merchants' area, an 

 entertainment is to be supplied for 400 ; and in the 

 colonnade in the quadrangle, or merchants' area, GOO 

 persons are to be accommodated. The Lord Mayor and 

 civic functionaries are to be in waiting at Temple Bar at 

 12 o'clock, so that due homage may be paid to the Queen 

 on Her Majesty's entrance into the city. On the pro- 

 cession reaching the portico of the Exchange, the mem- 

 bers of the committee, headed by the chairman, are to 

 await Her Majesty, who, on descending from the royal 

 carriage, will be formally received by those gentlemen. 

 Two o'clock is the hour named for the eutertainment. 

 There are to be 600 special constables, in addition to 

 the city police, on duty along the line of procession. 



Middlesex Magistrates. — The following gentlemen 

 have been appointed magistrates for the county of 

 Middlesex : — Messrs. W. H. Ashpitel, J. Fisk Pownall, 

 jun., J. Arden, Colonel Wood, J. Mazer, Hon. C. L. 

 Butler, H. Penton, J. Wheelton, C. H. Cotterell, J. A. 

 Moore, Sir Moses Montefiore, J. H. Longdon, W. P. 

 Crawford, and C. Graham. Sergeant Adams, on Thurs- 

 day, resigned the situation of Chairman of the Bench of 

 Magistrates, in consequence of being appointed Assistant- 

 Judge of that court. It was unanimously agreed to 

 present the learned Sergeant with an address " congra- 

 tulating him on a selection by the Crown so honourable 

 to him, so beneficial to the country, and so acceptable 

 to the Court ; " and assuring him that " the Court will 

 not forget his valuable and disinterested services as their 

 Chairman during the past eight years, his cheerful and 

 social virtues, his benevolent dedication of his time and 

 energies to various measures of great local interest and 

 public importance.'' The election of a new Chairman 

 will take place on the January county-day. 



Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. — The half-yearly 

 meeting of this company was held last week ; Mr. Baring, 

 M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the total 

 receipts for the half year amounted to 174,927/., those 

 for the corresponding half year of 1843 being 158,048/. 

 There was an increase for provisions and stores, but still 

 there was a considerable excess on the side of receipts. 

 Since the last meeting the debt of the Company had been 

 further reduced 20,000/; and the directors intend, in 

 February next, to pay off 50,000/.; the remaining balance 

 of their debt. The Admiralty having recently required 

 that the mails to and fro between Jamaica, Santa Martha, 

 Carthagena, Chagres, and St. Juan de Nicaragua, shall 

 he conveyed by steam instead of by a sailing vessel, it 

 would be necessary to build a new steamer ; but it was 

 expected that the receipts upon that route may increase, 

 so as partly to defray the additional charge. The report 

 **s unanimously approved of, and the chairman stated 

 that the officers who had been guilty of negligence, in 

 reference to the late accident to the Tay, had been dis- 

 missed from the Company's service. 



Baths and Wash-houses for the Working-Classes.— 

 On Wednesday a meeting was held at the Mansion 

 House, convened by the Lord Mayor, to take into consi- 

 deration the best means of promoting the establishment 

 °f baths and wash-houses for the labouring classes. The 

 ™°7 of the hall was completely filled, and the Lord 

 Mayor having taken the chair, opened the business of 

 he me eting by stating that, having received a petition 

 most respectably and numerously signed, he had felt 

 airnself called upon to comply with the request, and he 

 jj&d with much pleasure called a meeting in that hall for 

 Th T D y laudabIe purposes for which they were then met. 

 T\rL, 8hop of Lon don moved, and Mr. Byng, M.P. for 

 Middlesex then seconded the 1st resolution, u That great 

 "vantage has been found to result to the labouring 

 classes from the establishment of baths and wash-house* 

 or their accommodation, whereby habits of cleanliness 



]ie T % r rr0moted ' and fteir families have been re- 

 eved from the inconvenience of washing their clothes in 

 LoVn" rooms '" Archdeacon Wilberforce moved, and 

 " Th mi Stuart seconded, the second resolution:— 

 snrK i 1S hi S n ly desirable to extend the advantages of 

 tro i S " hment8 t0 the labouring classes of the me- 

 tric? k especial, y in th ose crowded and populous dis- 

 fek '' A Cre the Want of 8Uch accommodation is severely 

 condpH Archde * con Hale moved, and Sir G. Larpent se- 

 tteer a , resolution appointing a committee ; and the 

 momi" 5 ng ado Pted all these resolutions unani- 



w"iy, was addressed by Mr. Colquhoun, M.P., Mr. 



foot a measure which is so well calculated to promote the 

 comforts of the poor. 



Wood Paving. — On Saturday the Marylebone vestry 

 confirmed by a large majority the resolution of the pre- 

 vious meeting, which declared they wouli not entertain 

 the question of wood-paving for a period of three years 

 from that date. It was also resolved that the Metropo- 

 litan Wood-Paving Company should be served with an 

 official notice that the vestry, in accordance with their 

 contract, required them to put the 4000 yards of wood- 

 paving, between Wells-street and Rathbone-placc, in a 

 state of efficient repair, to the satisfaction of the parish 

 surveyor, forthwith. It was stated that this' piece of 

 paving had, at the outset, cost the vestry 2000 guinea.-, 

 and although it had not been down four years it had cost 

 the vestry 210/. per year to keep it in repair, in all 

 2710/., which was at the rate of 3s. Grf. the superficial 

 yard per annum. If the same space of Oxford-strei 

 had been paved with granite it would, it was said, have 

 cost 600 per cent, less than this wood-paving, and even 

 the macadamized road had only cost Is. 11'/. per yard. 



The Distressed Needlewomen. — On Friday a deputa- 

 tion from the Distressed Needlewomen's Society, accom- 

 panied by Alderman Farebrother, the president of the 

 society, had a long interview with the Poor Law Com- 

 missioners on the subject of the low prices at which 

 needlework was taken at the different unions, when th 

 commissioners expressed their anxious wish to afford all 

 proper assistance to meet the wishes of the deputation. 



Westminster-bridge. — On Monday, the carriage-way 

 of Westminster-bridge was closed for further repairs. 

 By a recent Parliamentarv return it appears th it from 

 the year 1810 to April 1838, the sum of 83,097/. Gs. 9±d. 

 was expended in the repairs and alterations of the bridge, 

 together with charges for professional and other services. 

 The cost since 1838, in the repairs and alterations, 

 amounted to 82,661/., and a further sum was required of 

 52,879/. ; and if the footpaths were made the same as 

 London-bridge, an additional sum of 40,000/. would be 

 expended. The total income of the property belonging 

 to the commissioners of the bridge is 7464/. 11 s. Sd. 

 a year. It will be perceived that the sura expended 

 since 1838, and the further sum required, amount in six 

 years to upwards of 135,000/., whilst the income derived 

 from the property of the bridge in the period only 



amounts to 44,787/. 10s. 



The Statue of William IF.— The beautiful pedestal 



which is intended for the Statue of William IV., was on 

 Monday raised to its full elevation ("25 feet), and in a few 

 days the statue will be placed on it. The site of the 

 statue is most commanding, and will, when completed, 

 not only form an excellent point of refuge at those im- 

 mense thoroughfares, King William-street Arthur-street, 

 and Gracechurch-street, but will also form an interesting 

 ornament, particularly when seen from London Bridge. 

 It will be erected under the direction of Mr. Chad- 

 wick, by whom also the sculptural decorations of the 

 pedestal have been executed. The column or pedestal 

 is the frustrum of a cone, formed of large circular blocks 

 of Hayter granite ; encircled at the lower part of the base 

 is a massive design of a chain cable. In the centre of 

 the pillar is a Grecian scroll, and immediately beneath 

 the capital is a circular wreath of oak-leaves, with acorns. 

 The Science of Warfare. — A Society under this name 

 has been formed, and has located itself at Mulgrave-house, 

 Fulham, having for its object the " advancement of 

 science, and the establishment of universal peace," by 

 the apparently incongruous means of teaching the art of 

 war. The Society is not yet in operation, and the insti- 

 tution will not be" opened to the public generally till the 

 ensuing spring, but in the meantime the directors have 

 commenced a series of experiments in warfare, which 

 were exhibited on Tuesday. The inventor of the new 

 science of warfare is the gentleman who, for many years, 

 has called himself the Duke of Normandy, who proposes 

 by his inventions" to place at the command of our young 

 and beloved Sovereign such a tremendous machinery 

 of warfare as to enable Her Majesty to maintain 

 universal peace." Some of his inventions are similar 

 in effect to those of Captain Warner, but in addi- 

 tion to the explosive power which he has at command, 

 the M Duke" also has invented a cannon on the prin- 

 ciple of Jiori-recoil) by means of which a certain aim 

 may be taken, and the discharges made with greater ra- 

 piditv. The shells exploded on Tuesday were very de- 

 structive in their effects, and the inventor appeared to 

 have complete control over the explosive agent as applied 

 to different modes of warfare. One of the rockets was 

 fired at a distance of two hundred yards from a bulkhead 

 against which a stout sheet of iron had been firmly 

 nailed. The rocket exploded the instant it struck the 

 object, with such force as to rend away the iron and to 

 shiver the thick planks of wood behind, which had been 

 fastened together in the firmest possible manner. The 

 rocket did not weigh above a pound, and it was directed 

 to the mark by a conducting wire, as the limited space 

 and the passing of boats on the river rendered It danger- 

 ous to risk firing at the target. The non-recoil cannon, 

 though fired on a table, on which the least motion would 

 have been observable, did not recoil in the least, and it 

 is so counterpoised that a cannon of the largest calibre, it 

 is stated, may be pointed and fired with one band nearly 



as readily as a pistol. , 



Encroachments on the Regent -Park.— On Sa urday, 

 at a numerous meeting of the vestry of St. Marylebone, 

 for the purpose of con ering what steps should be 

 taken with respect to recent inclosures of portions of the 



Regent' s-park, it was agreed, on the motion of the Rev. 

 Dr. Fellowes, that a memorial should be presented to 

 the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, representing 

 u that a part of the Regent's-park, in one of the green 

 slips adjoining the ground attached to Hanover Lodge, 

 has been inclosed with an iron wire-fence, and thus taken 

 from the public use ; and that the green slips which li* 

 to the north of the Park, between the canal and the 

 road of the outer circle, are more prized by the public 

 in general for the rural scenery which they exhibit, and 

 for the shady walks which they afford, particularly dur- 

 ing the hot summer months. Your memorialists, there- 

 fore, letting the highest value on these slips, are greatly 

 grieved to see one of them fenced in, and abstracted from 

 the public benefit." 



Hampstrad-hcalh. — The inhabitants of Hampstead, 

 who have been long threatened by Sir T. M. Wilson, the 

 lord of the manor, with iiaving their beautiful heath en- 

 circled wit'i " squ ires, streets, and courts," and to effect 

 which Sir Thomas has petitioned Parliament at intervals 

 ever since 1829, have been in consternation during the 

 past week, upwards of 80 workmen have been employed* 

 in levelling the fences between the various fields belong- 

 ing to Sir Thomas between the Vale of Health and 

 Highgate. On Saturday Sir T. Wilson commenced 

 Oj 1 rations on the heath itself, but the committee of copy- 

 holders will, it is supposed, call a meeting of the copy- 

 holder! m early as possible,intimation hating already been 

 given to Sir T. Wilson that the copyholders dispute his 

 fight to interfere with the heath, which, in his recent 

 applications to Parliament, he has always professed he 

 bad no intention of doing. 



Wandsworth and Clapham Union. — On Wednesday 

 a long inquiry took place before the Coroner for East 

 Surrey, concerning the death of Robert Russell, a 

 plasterer. The evidence went to prove that deceased 

 whilst at work in a building recently erected iu South 

 Fields. Wandsworth, on Saturday week last, fell from a 

 scaffold six feet in height. He was unable to resume his 

 work, and went home to the public house where he had 

 lodged for the last eighteen months. He at first only 

 complained of his chest and a difficulty of breathing, but 

 afterwards became worse, and Dr. Connor having been 

 called in, discovered that four of his ribs on the left side 

 were fractured. Although he was then, as admitted by 

 the doctor, in a most alarming state, he was removed by 

 his directions in a carriage to the workhouse infirmary in 

 the course of that afternoon. Until between ten and 

 eleven o'clock at night he was not seen again by a 

 medical man, and then a pupil of Doctor Connor's 

 attended him. Although it was known that he was 

 dying, no nurse sat up with him, and at six o'clock the 

 next morning he was found dead. The master of the 

 workhouse was desirous that an inquest should be held, 

 but he was overruled by the surgeon, who stated there 

 was no necessity. The circumstance, however, came to 

 the Coroner's ears, and he instituted the present inquiry. 

 The Coroner and Jury strongly commented on the con- 

 duct of the nurses and surgeon to the union, and the 

 latter, in returning their verdict of "Accidental death," 

 desired that it might be intimated to the board of 

 guardians that common humanity demanded that a 

 night nurse should be appointed in such an extensive 



institution. 



Fire at the New Cross Station. — On Monday night, 

 while the officers of the Dover railway were engaged in 

 making preparations for the reception of the King of the 

 French, a destructive fire broke out in the octagon store- 

 room attached to the station, and raged with such fury 

 that the entire building was in flames before any effort 

 could be made to save it. It passed rapidly to the loco- 

 motive factory, with which it communicated by an open 

 passage, and in a short space both buildings were 

 completely burnt down. Before there was time to send 

 information of the outbreak to the engine-station, the 

 ascent of the flames had completely illuminated the 

 whole of the metropolis, thereby causing a complete 

 turnout of all the engines. By the exertions of the 

 firemen and of the troops who arrived as an escort to 

 the King of the French, the Company's chief store- 

 house and offices were saved. The damage, however, 

 is estimated at 20,000/., but the loss will be almost 

 covered by the insurances. Among the property de- 

 stroyed are 6 engines, 3 tenders, and a valuable col- 

 lection of lathes, tools, and other machinery. The 

 cause of the fire has been traced to the spontaneous 

 ignition of some vegetable black, which was stowed in 



the paint room. 

 . Mortality of the Metropolis.— The following is the 



number of deaths registered in the week ending Oct. 12 : 



West Districts, 144; Northern, 196; Central, 194 ; 



Eastern, 241; Southern, 243; Total, 1018. Weekly 



average for the last five y rs, 946. 



^Jrobmcial Nctos. 



Arundel. — At the late meeting of the Arundel and 

 Bramber Association, the chairman, the Duke of Nor- 

 folk, proposed to give a premium of 50/., this time next 

 year, to l * that farmer who shall have proved to the sa- 

 tisfaction of a committee, that he has employed the 

 greatest number of labourers, according to the size of 

 his farm, during the ensuing winter." His Grace added, 

 " I offer this simply as an experiment for one year, and 

 I trust it may be found to answer the purpose intended, 

 and if it do, I beg to call upon all my friends to join in 

 the speculation. If it should answer, I shall most 

 readily continue the premium." 



Binqley.-W't noticed a fortnight since the successful 

 proceedings of Mr. Ferrand, M.P., and his friends m 

 carrying out the allotment system in this town. The 



