Nov. 9,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



to adopt another course. The unfortunate Christians 

 who were formerly employed by the Gwalior Govern- 

 ment, having been turned adrift, were in great distress, 

 and a subscription had been raised for their relief, under 

 the protection of the Lieut. -Governor of the North- 

 Western provinces. The chief subject of interest at 

 Bombay was, the arrest of the notorious Aloo Paroo, a 

 very wealthy Hindoo, who is said to be deeply implicated 

 in the late ship-burnings in the harbour, and one of the 

 hea< T s of the celebrated Bundor gang. His trial was 

 fixed for the 7th October. He had been arrested at 

 Jinjeer;. a small islind GO miles south of Bombay, where 

 he lay concealed for some months, but was surrendered by 

 the li h en the requisition of the Bombay Government. 

 The sd vantage of steamers being fully recognised 

 at Bombay, several companies had started for build- 

 ing si m -vessels for the coasting trade, &c— The news 

 from China comes down to August 1, but contains little 

 of any interest. Several disturbances had lately been 

 occasioned by attacks on the American factories at 

 Cantoi . t these were headed by the very lowest of the 

 Chine . Robbery and piracy were still prevalent to a 

 great extent, but, despite the efforts of the authorities, it 

 seemed next to impossible to prevent their recurrence, 

 and business remained exceedingly dull. Private letters 

 state that the health of the troops is very melancholy. 

 The 98th had 260 men in hospital on the 30th July. It 

 was understood that Mr. Davis had written home recom- 

 mending the abandonment of Hong-Kong ; and that if 

 the prevailing sickness continues, the Commander-in- 

 Chief bad resolved to send the whole of the troops to sea. 

 An English vessel, the Samaraug, had been fired into by 

 a French man-of-war, but no particulars are given. 



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Consols closed at 100J 

 New Three and a Half 

 Stock, 205 ; Exchequer 



CITY. 



/I f y Market, Friday. 

 Red. Three per Cents., 

 per Cents*, 102£ to £ ; 

 Bills, 6-1 to GG prem. 



GAZETTE OF THE \YEKK-BANKRUPTS.-J, Clark, Bruns- 

 wii-k-rottaffe, City-road, carman- <r. B. and A.J. Rubor, Gloucester street, 

 Curtain-ro.id, jipan leather manufacturers— R. Eato.v, Featherstone-s treet, 

 Citr-road, butch e r— J. S tapirs, Cnttvnham, Cambridgeshire, plumber — J. 

 B. Pim, Tweed's-court, Great Trinity-lane, stationer— W. Hot.h bin. Upper 

 Seymour-street, flour deiler— H. Brag,, Montague close, South wark, bottle 

 merrhant— W- H. FlTZHOOR rind R. E. WALKft*, Liverpool, merchants— M - 

 I.JaopBj, .Afihton-under lino, tailor— T. Crosfield, sen., Kirkham, Lanca- 

 shire, lincndraper— J. Ctfareb, jun., Coventry, victualler— J. Rapbr, 



gate, auctioneer— J- Paoruk, Roberc-strest, North Brixton, carpenter— 

 J. Maynard, Panton street, Haymarket, bookseller— T. Swift, Rotherfield- 

 atreet, Islington, aud J. A. Hrnsma.v, Margate, bill brokers— S- Makb- 

 yracx, Miti-hanu Surrey, silk, cotton, and woollen printer— W. Brookrs, 

 Gilbert-street, Gr^svenor-square, grocer — J. Row, Torrington, Devonshire, 

 chemist— J. L. Tabrbrner, Birmingham, auctioneer— J. Bridrick, jun., 

 Durhnm, book seller— G. Bath, Birmingham, horse dealer— H. G Gibson, 

 late ot Great St, Helen's, xji?hopsgate-Btreet, but now of Nuithaw, near 

 Potter's bar, Hertford, wine merchant. 



iKtetropolfe anH its Ffctnftg, 



The Royal Exchange. — Some confusion is said to pre- 

 vail as to the real extent and capacity of the chimes of 

 the clock at the Royal Exchange. The Gresham Com- 

 mittee at first ordered a peal of eight in the key of E 

 flat ; but Professor Taylor having afterwards been con- 

 sulted on the subject, recommended an approximation 

 to the chin.es in Flanders, whereby a large extension of 

 the scale, wi'h the intervening semitones, harmony and 

 the power of modulation are obtained. The committee 

 on this suggestion increased their order to 15 bells— that 

 is 12 in the scale of E flat (extending to B flat above), 

 with the addition of two A natural, and 1 D flat, thus 

 giving the command of the three keys of E flat, B flat, 

 and A flat. Four tunes were arranged, so that they 

 might be played with accompanying harmony by Mr. 

 Dent's machinery ; but the imperfect intonation of the 

 bells above the first octave converted this intended har- 

 mony into discord. Until this imperfection is removed, 

 it is proposed only to use the bells which are correctly 

 tuned, and proper melodies have been prepared for them. 

 Sir J. Graham has addressed the following letter to th 

 Lord Mayor, dated Oct. 30 :— " I have received Her 

 Majesty's commands to make known to your Lordship 

 and the Gresham Committee, and to the civic authorities 

 charged with the arrangements for the reception of Her 

 Majesty at the Royal Exchange on Monday last, the 

 gratification which Her Majesty and the Prince, her 

 Royal Consort, experienced on that day. The loyalty of 

 the assembled multitudes, the splendid hospitality of the 

 City of London, the order and good feeling which univer- 

 sally prevailed, have left on the minds of Her Majesty 

 and of the Prince the most pleasing impression ; and I 

 am commanded to convey this assurance to your Lord- 

 ship m the name of the Queen and of the Prince." 



Tne Lord Mayor Elect.— On. Saturday, pursuant to 

 the usual custom, the Lord Mayor elect was presented by 



1 IVc? nt h n d *}** or > Sir W « M **nay, Bart., to the 

 remlv tnT U ? r ' f ° r Her M »J est J's approval. The ce- 

 dence y in r ^ ? the Lord Chancellor's private resi- 



^sLo.d,hp announcing that the citizens had " almost 

 unanimous y" elected Alderman Gibbs to the officio 

 Chief Magistrate for the year ensuing. The Recorder 

 then went into a history of the Alderman's civiTcareer 



hadTT °f ? M t Which he had fiiled ' and tlie abi' ty i; 

 had disp ayed in them. He concluded by observing that 



the Lord Mayor elect "was in every way qualified to 

 perform the duties of Chief MagisTrate Vthe City of 

 London, and he thought that those duties would be per 

 formed in a manner equal to any of his predecessors, and 

 rw PS Ue ,T s A u !"? assed - In «* execution of his high 



show V S i I - Alderman Gibbs ' »e was convinced, would 

 show h IS i oya i ty to the Crown, and he was also equally 



certain that the Lord Mayor elect would be faithM 



his fellow-citizens." The Lord Chancellor said, " My 

 Lord Mayor elect, I have great pleasure in congratulating 

 you on your appointment to the high office of Lord 

 Mayor of London. It is an office of great importance 

 and dignity, and one which I have no doubt will be fully 

 sustained in your hands. And I have the satisfaction of 

 stating to you and those assembled, that Her Majesty 

 fully approves and confirms the choice the Livery of Lon- 

 don have made in the election of Chief Magistrate for the 

 year ensuing." His Lordship then, in a most friendly 

 manner, shook hands with the Lord Mayor elect, and the 

 other civic functionaries. The whole ceremony did not 

 occupy half an hour. The Lord Mayor elect entertained 

 the Aldermen, Sheriffs, aud principal city officers, at the 

 London Tavern in the evening.— The Lord Mayor elect 

 has published a statement in the daily papers, for the pur- 

 pose of explaining that his absence from the State pro- 

 cession, on the opening of the Royal Exchange, did not 

 arise from any unwillingness on his part to meet the 

 citizens, but from respect to the opinions of the Lord 

 Mayor, who apprehended some expression of popular 

 feeling which might be disagreeable to Her Majesty, 

 and therefore requested Mr. Gibbs not to place himself 

 in a position to call it forth. This day (Saturday) being 

 Lord Mayor's day, the usual procession, on the installa- 

 tion of Alderman Gibbs, will take place from Guildhall 

 to Westminster. It has been announced in the Times, 

 that 100/. worth of rotten eg^ have been purchased at 

 Portsmouth and other places for the occasion ; but it is 

 believed that the authorities will take effectual measures 

 to prevent such an outrage as would seem to be contem- 

 plated by the parties who have made this purchase. The 

 installation-dinner will take place this evening at the 

 Mansion House, and several of the Cabinet Ministers 

 and Judges are expected to be present. 



Royal Academy. — On Monday a General Assembly 

 of the Academicians was held in Trafalgar-square, when 

 Mr. William Dyce and Mr. William Calder Marshall 

 were elected Associates of this Institution. 



The Admiralty Telegraph. — It having been found 

 that the steeple of the church erecting by the Marquis of 

 Westminster on his Pimlico estate, at the corner of the 

 new Chester-square, and Elizabeth-street, will be exactly 

 in the line of view between the telegraphs at the Admi- 

 ralty and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea, which 

 continues to Wanstead- heath and Portsmouth, and will 

 prevent their working ; the authorities have given per- 

 mission for the telegraph to be removed from the Asylum 

 to the Royal Hospital, which will do away with the 

 difficulty, and answer the purpose equally well. The 

 conditions upon which the removal has been sanctioned 

 by the Admiralty are, that the Marquis is to bear the 

 expense of removing the telegraph and the extensive 

 machinery, and re-erecting it in its appointed position. 



Repeal of the Malt Tax. — On Tuesday the Com- 

 mittee of the Association for the Repeal of ths Malt-tax 

 met at the York Hotel, Blackfriars. The object of the 

 meeting was chiefly for the purpose of arranging the 

 details of their future proceedings, and was consequently 

 of a private character. It is, however, understood that 

 they have established a system of appeal to the farmers 

 in every parish, and that from the answers which they 

 have already received to the letters addressed to the 

 principal agriculturists, they are encouraged to believe 

 that a very powerful and active agricultural organisation 

 will shortly be completed to obtain the repeal of the 

 malt-tax. It has been resolved to hold a general meet- 

 ing at the Freemasons* Tavern on the 13th December, 

 and in the meantime it is expected that a variety of local 

 meetings will be held in all parts of the country. The 

 Committee, it is said, is resolved to bring the question 

 before Parliament at the beginning of the ensuing session. 



Destitution in the Metropolis. — A meeting of the Di- 

 rectors and Guardians of the Poor of Marjlebone was 

 held on Friday, at which a long discussion arose on the 

 case of the poor man Hall, the particulars of which were 

 given in our last. The subject was brought forward by 

 Mr. Potter, who gave notice that he should at the next 

 meeting move that the assistant-overseer and inspector 

 of the out-door poor be brought before the Board to ex- 

 plain their conduct in the case relating to the death of 

 John Hall, and that in the event of such explanation not 

 being satisfactory, they be visited with the marked dis- 

 pleasure of the Board — Mr. Wakley held another in- 

 quest on Friday on the body of a child who died from 

 want and exposure to the cold. The mother said the 

 child was taken suddenly ill and died in five hours. Her 

 husband had formerly been a boot-maker, but nearly lost 

 his sight by scarlet fever, and now swept a crossing in 

 Queen-square. Her husband's parish was Bray, in 

 Berkshire, and she was told, on applying for relief to the 

 parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn and St. George the 

 Martyr, about six months ago, that if she applied again 

 she would be passed to her parish. She would not apply 

 again, and they were in great destitution, her husband 

 earning about 3s. a week, she being obliged to sell 

 matches, taking three young children she had out with 

 her. They lived iii a room 10 feet by 8, and did not 

 apply to the parish surgeon because they would thereby 

 become chargeable to the husband's parish and be sent 

 home. The Coroner said that the unwillingness now 

 shown by the poor to apply for relief was attributable to 

 their fear of being sent back to places where they had no 

 longer any friends, and strongly condemned the law 

 of settlement. The jury concurred in this opinion, and 

 returned a verdict of Natural Do ah. 



City of London School. — A Court of Common Council 

 was held on Thursday, at which Mr. Hale, the chairman 

 of the City of London School Committee, brought up a 

 report on the subject of the school, which was received 

 with the warmeit applause. It stated that H. B. Han- 



i r a a *u , Qey suffi c'»ent to 



produce as dividends the yearly sum of 50/., to b* ap 



plied to the perpetual support of a mathematical scholar 

 ship to be called the Beaufoy Scholarship, to be esta 

 blished in connection with the City of London School" 

 and to be enjoyed by pupils proceeding thence to the 

 University of Cambridge. 



Victoria Park.— The contract for 3 miles of par'c- 

 paling has been retaken by a Mr. Marshall, it? exe; . 

 tion having been thrown up by Mr. Hull, of Godalmin/ 

 who had previously taken it on terras of 1500/. below 

 the highest tender. Workmen are engaged in forming 

 Old Ford-lane into a straight line of road, and a row Jf 

 houses, called King's Arms-row, has been levelled. 

 Within the last three weeks upwards of 700 1 ,f 



rubbish have been brought from the woik3 in progress 

 in the formation of the new road at Whitechapel, to fill 

 up the excavations. A circle has been staked out in the 

 Grove-road, which is to form one of the principal en- 

 trances into the park/ and some progress has already 

 been made in the drainage of many of the fields. Tne 

 chief part of the tenants inhabiting the houses forming 

 the remaining wing of Bonner's-hall have vacated their 

 occupancy, prior to the demolition of the building, which 

 will commence at once. This is one of the most pic- 

 turesque parts of the locality, the venerable trees which 

 still remain showing it to have been the remnants of a 

 formerly well-cultivated park. 



The Fog. — A true November fog visited London on 

 Tuesday, and was so dense that persons requiring light 

 were obliged to burn candles or gas. On the river i f s 

 effects were severely felt. The speed of the steam-boats 

 was much reduced, and to prevent collisions it was neces- 

 sary to hang out lights and keep constant watch, but no 

 precautions could prevent great confusion and delay at 

 the variou3 k wharfs and piers. It was necessary al=o to 

 drive along the public roads with the greatest; care. 



Baths and Wash-houses for the Labouring Classes. — 

 We have the pleasure of stating that the Queen has sent 

 200/., the Queen Dowager 100/., and Prince Albert 100/., 

 in aid of the funds required. The Grocers' Com- 

 pany have also presented 100/. The poor are already 

 anxiously inquiring at the office in Crosby-square when 

 the wash-houses will be opened. 



Distress of the Jews at Mogador. — During the bom- 

 bardment of Mogador, the Jewish quarter was subjected 

 to the most brutal outrages, and the inhabitants plun- 

 dered of all their property by the Moors and Kabyles. 

 Since that period they have been wandering about in a 

 state of the utmost destitution, and not a few have perished 

 from starvation. A subscription has been set on foot in 

 London fo'r the purpose of providing for their immediate 

 wants, headed by Messrs. Rothschild, of London, Frank- 

 fort, Vienna, Naples, and Paris, who have contributed 

 500/. to the fund. Sir Moses Montefiore, Mr. Guedale, 

 and Messrs. Bensusan, have contributed 50/. each. The 

 subscriptions already amount to about 800/. 



Cambcrwell Church.— The consecration of the new 

 church at Camberwell, which has been erected from the 

 designs of Messrs. Scott and Moffatt, of Spring-gardeus, 

 on the site of the one destroyed by fire in 1841, is ex- 

 pected to take place on Thursday, and active preparations 

 are making for that purpose. This ceremony was to have 

 been performed by the Bishop of Winchester in the 

 middle of last month, but it has been deemed advisable 

 to remove the pulpit to another part of the church. The 

 peal of bells, ten in number, and of very large size, have 

 already been placed in the belfry. The organ has also 

 been erected, aud the interior fittings are almost wholly 

 completed. It is expected that the Bishop of Winchester 

 will consecrate Camden Chapel on the same day. 



General Post Office.— On Saturday evening there 

 was one of the largest despatches of newspapers from the 

 Post-office in St. Martin's le-Grand which has occurred 



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the coronation of Her Majesty, upuu «"-» — ---— ■ 

 is estimated that at least 130,000 newspapers were posted 

 The number on Saturday evening last did not tall far 



short of that quantity. , 



Metropolitan Improvements. -Tne new street from 



Oxford-street to Holborn is .^fP ldl y ff a ^;^Vo m 

 state when public proposals will be offered by the Com 

 S ,t S sioners "of WooVand Forests ^r the election of 

 „ouse. on either side of the road The whok of the 

 vaults are formed for the several ^^^''^^^a 

 sewer, about 2000 feet in length, has been cowtruc.ed 

 tne entire extent of the roadway joining the one m 

 Holborn, and the great sewer in Tottenham-court-road 

 the gas-pipes are nearly all laid down, and it -,u expect d 

 that in the course of a week or two the watej-pipe 8 wiU 

 be placed in the ground, as surveyors have taken a 

 measure of the distance for that purpose T he fort 

 paths are marked out, and there are no 7 "« ttUr * b ^M 

 fares for foot-passengers between Holborn and Oxford 



street. At the south end of ^ mtT ^ w ^^ m ( 

 missioners have given instructions for the erection 

 three large houses, from designs by Mr. Pjnnethorn* 

 the architect, which are to be specimen, from wh icn 

 those in the line are to be raised. They will be in the 

 Eiizabethan style, composed of Bath stone and bncK. 



Jccidents.-D*no S the storm which prevail :d in W 

 metropolis and its vicinity on Friday night, the pw 

 which supported the canvas covering of a circus, w 

 equestrian performances are now exhibiting at tiacK . ,, 

 fell down while the people were assembling, e»a *" lc . 

 woman and a child. It was at first supposed «£' 

 ropes had been wilfully cut, but after full investigate 

 the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. 



