Dec. 7,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



GARDNERS 



CWWONICLg 

 [1844 ' 



the Minister Ram Rao Phalkea continues to be unpo- 

 pular, and attempts have been made on his life. The 

 capital is disturbed in consequence, and disaffection is rife. 

 Bundelkund is quiet; the ex-Rajah of Jeitpoor being about 

 to be surrendered to the British authorities by his own 

 adherents, who are tired of long marches and the sufferings 

 of midnight marauders in the mountains of that district. 

 — From Calcutta the chief news relates to the quiet pro- 

 ceedings of Sir H. Hardinge, who appears now to be 

 studying the politics of India. His only public acts 

 have been directed towards extending education. At 

 Bombay the chief subject of local interest has been the 

 trial and conviction of the notorious Aloo Paroo, for his 

 participation in the villanies of the Bunder gang, and 

 being deeply concerned in the burning of the ship Bel- 

 videre, in the roads of Singapore some time back. He 

 has realised from his villanies no less than 70,000/. 

 eterling, besides property to a great amount — the whole 

 of which has been confiscated, and himself banished for 

 life. Another case, which has excited great attention, is 

 one of wanton and systematic cruelty, perpetrated by the 

 captain of the ship Neptune, from Liverpool. His 

 name is Thomas Braithwaite. The cruelty referred to 

 was exercised on his steward, and consisted of divers 

 means of brutality. That exercised to his apprentice, a 

 youthful Frenchman, consisted in giving him 250 lashes. 

 The case has been tried before the Police-court, by which 

 he has merely been mulcted in a paltry fine ; but for the 

 boy's case he will be brought before a jury. — From China 

 the intelligence comes down to the end of August. The 

 American Ambassador had negotiated a treaty such as 

 that sanctioned with the British, with the addition of 

 some clauses explanatory of it. The French Ambassa- 

 dor arrived at Macao on the 15th August, in order to 

 begin negotiations for his treaty. The Governor of Hong- 

 Kong, Mr. Davis, was about to proceed to the northern 

 ports in order to observe how the Chinese authorities 

 were conducting themselves towards the new traders. 

 —From Singapore we learn that an English expedi- 

 tion had been sent to attack the piratical tribes on the 

 north-west coast of Borneo : it consisted chiefly of 

 H.M.S Dido, Captain Keppel, and the Company's 

 steamer Phlegethon, which went up the river Sukarran. 

 The boats were at first repulsed; but, being reinforced, 

 they returned and demolished the fortifications, and took 

 above 60 guns. Mr. Wade, first-lieutenant of the Dido, 

 was killed while leading his men to attack a fort, and 

 Mr. Steward and several men belonging to the same ship 

 were slain by the pirates. H.M.S. Samarang was not 

 far distant from the scene of action. The Dutch had 

 also sent an expedition to Borneo in search of a missing 

 ship, the Charles. The King of Koti, who murdered the 

 Hon. F. Murray, having refused ail satisfaction, had his 

 town destroyed. 



of the stock, and Mr. T. Ingall, a clerk in the Bank, de-1 heartfelt attachment to the 



j . ^, , . - , •« i — — scriptural priaci pies of our 



posed to the necessary facts, and Burgess was remanded Established Church, and by an earnest desire that its 



CITY. 



Monet/ Market, Friday. — Consols 

 to 100 ex. div. ; Red. Three per Cents., 

 and a Quarter per Cents., 102 # to i 



closed at 99J 

 1004- § ; Three 

 Bank Stock, 



207 to 8; Exchequer Bills, 53 to 55 prem. 



GAZETTE OF THE WEEK— BANKRUPTS.- J. Fixiavtson, Ra- 

 nelagh ttreet, Pimlico, tea dealer— M. Walter, Fieet-lane, Farringdon- 

 street, wholesale hardvrareman — C. Dothsio, Slough, Buckinghamshire, 

 hotel keeper— J. Laosoi*, Ramsgate, earrer — W. H. Barton, Commercial- 

 road Eas:. boot and shoemaker — W. K. Robrrts, Abingdon, Ber:;.-hire, 

 grocer— W. Nothav, John-street, Tottenham Court-road, pianoforte maker 

 — G. E. Whitr, Reading, tailor — W. Krbvil, Cornwall-place, Holloway, 

 ^rocer-J. Pkahcb, Praed-street, Paddington, carman— J. Walkrr and C. 

 vVhitr, Jewry-street, Aldgate. builders — W. Burchktt, Whitechapel-road, 

 chemist — J.Wii.lbr, Windsor, Berkshire, licensed victualler — W. Pbrkins, 

 Portsea, upholsterer — H RobiMson, Devonport, brewer— T. Williams, sen , 

 Cardiff, Glamorganshire, iron founder — J. Wam.inqton, Bristol, pointer and 

 •hip chandler— I. Kbtchum, Liverpool, merchant— J. VV. Roh»on and J. Bar- 

 row, St. Ann's place, Limehouse, patent pump and water-closet manufac- 

 turers — S. Br* jcnai.l, Hendon, carman— J. Sawvkr, ligham, Surrey, 

 butcher— C. Ca&tur, Saddington, Leicestershire, miller — J. Mackay, Liver- 

 pool, merchant. 



BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.-J. Spbnchr, jun., Liverpool, builder. 



illetropolts anto its Ftcmftg. 



The Weather. — The winter may now fairly be said 

 to have commenced, the weather during the last week 

 having been extremely cold, with a cutting north-east 

 wind. The ponds round the metropolis are covered 

 with ice an inch in thickness, and hundreds of poor per- 

 sons are daily employed in breaking it up and carting it 

 to the confectioners, &c. in London. The thermometer 

 on Thursday was as low as 27°, five degrees below 

 freezing point, the highest point the mercury reached 

 being 37°. The barometer denotes fair weather.- 



The Northern Lights. — On Monday night, about 8 

 o'clock, the aurora borealis, or the northern lights, which 

 are looked upon as the prognostics of a severe winter, 

 were visible for a considerable time in the neighbourhood 

 of Islington, Kiogsland, Hackney, &c. At Islington 

 and Highbury, the inhabitants came out of their houses 

 and inquired of each other where the fire was, the state 

 of the atmosphere apparently showing that there was an 

 extensive conflagration at some distance. A deep red 

 glare was first observed at the west of the horizon, and 

 then slowly moved toward the east ; and after remaining 

 there above a quarter of an hour, disappeared in the south. 



The late Bank Forgery. — On Saturday William Bur- 

 gess, the clerk of the Bank of England, who, in conjunc- 

 tion with Elder, plundered the Bank by means of a false 

 transfer of 8000/. stock, which was upon the books in 

 the name of Mr. Oxenford, and who succeeded in reach- 

 ing America, was brought before the Lord Mayor in the 

 custody of John Forrester, the officer, who arrived in 

 the Hibernia steamer from Boston. As it was known 

 that the prisoner was desirous to be remanded, and as 

 he cannot be tried until next session, the investigation 

 was merely extended to the formal examination of a 

 couple of witnesses. Burgess, in walking into the 

 justice-room, hung down his head, evidently anxious to 



to Wednesday, when a further remand took place for 

 another week. Burgess had a very jaded appearance, 

 and continued to lean over the bar as if exhausted. He 

 has, as may be expected, undergone a vast deal of fatigue 

 and anxiety since he and his accomplice escaped with the 

 property ; and he observed to John Forrester, upon being 

 apprehended, that he had always the apparition of that 

 officer or his brother Daniel before his eyes. He expressed 

 much surprise and regret at the violent termination of 

 his confederate's earthly career, and said, " Poor fellow ! 

 he was a fool to destroy himself at any rate." Upon 

 first observing John Forrester on the little island, 

 where he had taken up his residence in the wooden hut 

 of a poor Irishman, he said, " Ah, John, how do you 

 do ? " The officer replied, "lam sorry, Sir, to see you 

 in this condition." *• Never mind, old fellow, it can't 

 be helped now," rejoined the prisoner, and accompanied 

 the officer with readiness. He had been so roughly 

 tossed about in the boat in which he had escaped from 

 the hotel where he resided upon hearing that he M was 

 wanted," that he for some time expected that he should 

 make his exit amidst the waves. He had thrown away 

 the oars, and was, after exposure to the inclemency of 

 the weather for a considerable time, thrown upon the 

 shore behind the cottage of the Irishman. The pro- 

 prietor of the cottage was absent from home at the time, 

 but Burgess gained ready admittance, although the poor 

 man's wife was at the time in the pains of labour. On 

 Saturday, John Forrester waited upon the governor of 

 the Bank, and put into his hands the sum of 6500/., 

 part of the 8000/. of which the establishment had been 

 plundered by Elder and Burgess. It is expected that 

 upwards of 1000/. more, the produce of some stock 

 which Eider had purchased, will be brought over in the 

 next packet from Boston. It is said that there is no 

 instance of such wholesale restitution in a case in which 

 the thieves managed to reach another country as this. 



The New Law of Banking. — Public attention has 

 lately been called to what appeared to be an evasion of 

 the law of last session, on the part of certain country 

 bankers, by issuing bills not stamped payable to them- 

 selves or order. It is understood that this question has 

 not escaped the attention of Government, and that 

 directions have been given for instituting proceedings 

 against the parties who have attempted to evade the law. 

 Presents from the Emperor of Russia. — On Friday 

 last a great number of cases were landed at the Custom- 

 house from Cronstadt, containing presents from the 

 Emperor of Russia of great value. There are no less 

 than twenty packages for Her Majesty ; four or five of 

 the cases with their contents weighing each above a ton. 

 Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Duke of 

 Buccleuch have had also several large cases directed to 

 them, together amounting to about thirty. The precise 

 nature of the imperial gifts is not known, but it is said 

 that the Queen has received some superb Malachite vases 

 of enormous value. Some of the cases are stated to be 

 valued at 10,000/. 



The Waterloo Medal. — It is stated that the long- 

 expected Waterloo medal, commissioned to Mr. Pis- 

 trucci of the Royal Mint, many years back, will soon be 

 completed. It appears that the delay has been owing to 

 some misunderstanding between Mr. Pistrucci and the 

 successive Masters of the Mint, ever since the time when 

 the Earl of Auckland held that office. These differences 

 have been satisfactorily arranged by the present Master, 

 Mr. Gladstone ; and Mr. Pistrucci has resumed his 

 labours, with the expectation that the dies will be com- 

 pleted in the course of next year. These dies are five 

 inches and a half in diameter ; and the different groups 

 engraved upon them contain no less than 54 figures. 



The Greenacre Family. — The daughter of this noted 

 individual, as well as her husband, are now inmates of 

 hospitals — the latter as a lunatic, and the former in child- 

 bed. On the execution of the father, the son and daughter 

 took a shop in the London-road ; and although their 

 business, that of staymakers and hosiers, was prosperous, 

 the effect produced on the mind of Greenacre's son-in- 

 law was such that his senses gradually grew impaired, 

 and he was obliged to be removed to a lunatic asylum. 



Church Reform. — A petition has been prepared for 

 presentation to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It has 

 already obtained a large number of signatures, amongst 

 which are those of the Duke of Sutherland, the Earls of 

 Denbigh and Gainsborough, Viscounts Sandon and Mor- 

 peth, Lords Calthorpe, Rayleigh, Teignmouth, Bloom- 

 field, F. Egerton, H. Cholmondeley, Ashley, Robert 

 Grosvenor, Howard, Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Hon. W. 

 Ashley, Hon. F. Calthorpe, Hon. Colonel Upton, Hon. 

 J. W. Percy, Hon. Capt. Waldegrave, Sir T. Baring, 

 Bart., Sir T. Lawley, Bart, Sir H. Verney, Bart, Sir J. 

 Kennaway, Bart., Sir W. R. Farquahar, Bart., Mr. Col- 

 quhoun,M.P., Mr. R.M. Milnes,M.P M &c. The following 

 is the petition : — *' The period which it has pleased Al- 

 mighty God to continue to the Church of England the 

 mild and paternal superintendence of your Grace, in the 

 discharge of her highest ecclesiastical functions, has been 

 marked by great and important changes in our social, 

 moral, and political circumstances. A lengthened in- 

 terval of peace, the advancement of literature, the 

 arts, sciences, and civilisation, and, above all, the rapid 

 increase of our population, have produced an alteration 

 in the relative position of the several orders of society, 

 which demand the grave consideration of every one 

 who desires to promote the well-being of the nation, but 

 more especially to those who are the appointed guardians 



of her religious institutions, and the pastors of her 



efficiency should be increased, and the interest* of true 

 religion more effectually promoted through its agency, _ ^j 



we, the undersigned lay members of the church, ventnce,* ^y 

 with all respect, to bring under the co»sidemti<>B of r^I> 

 your Grace some means by which we trust; undeVtlie**'*" 

 Divine blessing, these great objects may be attained. 

 Admirably as our parochial system seems calculated to 

 meet the wants of the country, and to bring the minis- 

 tration of the clergy within the reach of all classes, still 

 theincreaseof our population, and its unequal distribution, 

 render it impossible that they should extend their pas- 

 toral care to the great majority of their flocks in large 

 towns and populous districts. We do not forget the at- 

 tempts made by the Legislature, by voluntary associations, 

 and by individuals, to remedy this defect ; but we are con- 

 vinced that further measures are required to reach the full 

 extent of the evil. We believe that the usefulness and effi- 

 ciency of the National Church might be very greatly in- 

 creased by arrangements which, without introducing any 

 organic changes, should bring into active operation the 

 powers and capacities now lying dormant in her existing 

 institutions. To effect this we believe that two important 

 objects must be accomplished : —First, the clergy must be 

 increased in number ; and secondly, provision must be made 

 fora more systematicemploymentof laymen in the exercise 

 of functions which do not belong exclusively to the clergy. 

 In the attainment of these objects we would respectfully 

 request your grace and the other members of the epis- 

 copal bench, to take into your consideration : — First, The 

 expediency of increasing largely the number of the third 

 order of our clergy — the deacons ; and we venture to 

 suggest that this may be effected by admitting, on such 

 condition as will maintain the order and discipline of 

 our Church, persons who have not the means of pro- 

 ceeding to a university degree, but who are found com- 

 petently trained for the service of the sanctuary ; their 

 advancement to the higher order of the ministry being 

 made contingent upon a faithful discharge, during a 

 lengthened period, of the office of a deacon ; or upon such 

 other circumstances as your grace and the other mem- 

 bers of the episcopal bench may think fit. Secondly, 

 The propriety of sanctioning and encouraging the 

 employment of a class of laymen, who without alto- 

 gether abandoning their worldly callings, might be set 

 apart, under episcopal authority, to act as visitors of the 

 sick, scripture readers, catechists, and the like, in parishes 

 where their introduction should be approved by the 

 parochial clergy. The system of district visitinjr, and 

 the appointment of lay scripture readers under clerical 

 superintendence, have already been adopted, we believe 

 with much success, in many populous parishes ; but the 

 present state of society requires that both these means 

 of usefulness should be greatly extended, and brought 

 into more immediate connection with our ecclesiastical 

 arrangements, for we are fully persuaded that the true 

 strength of our Church can never be completely known 

 until, by some such means, her lay members are enabled, 

 under direct sanction and control, to take part in the 

 discharge of all those offices which are not by her con- 

 stitution restricted to the three orders of the ministry. 

 To provide the necessary funds (which would beadminis- " 

 tered by a board, made up by a well-considered union of 

 the clergy and laity), contributions may, we have little 

 doubt, be extensively called forth in offerings and collections 

 made for this specific object, at such periods and under 

 such regulations as may be found desirable, and we venture 

 to hope that an effort so directly affecting the efficiency 

 of the church, would attract the sympathies and obtain 

 the support of all classes within her communion. In 

 venturing to urge upon your grace the adoption of these 

 measures, which would supply a link much needed be- 

 tween parochial clergy and the community at large, we i 

 are far from desiring to make any innovation in our ec- I 

 clesiastical policy. We only seek to restore to full vigour i 

 and efficiency one of the orders in our Church, and to 

 promote the appointment of officers already recognised 

 by ecclesiastical authority, and for which, at no period 

 since the Reformation has the position of the Church 

 more imperatively called." 



Distressed Needlewomen. — A public meeting of the I 



recently-established Society for the Protection and Em- 

 ployment of Distressed -Needlewomen, and for clothing i 

 the poor, was held on Monday, at Willis's Rooms, at 

 which Lord Ashley presided. The meeting was very 

 fully 8nd most respectably attended, the majority of the 

 company being composed of ladies. The report of the 

 committee presented a most favourable view of the pro- j 

 gress the Society has made, and of the advantages it 

 promises to bestow. It states that " Although the 

 Society has been established only nine months, the com- 

 mittee feel confident that the benefits of the charity 

 will be extended, and the Society prove to be one of the 

 most useful and philanthropic institutions in the metro- 

 polis. It is most gratifying to' the committee to state that, 

 since the establishment of the institution, not one instance 

 has occurred of work being detained by the persons 

 employed— thus exemplifying that a fair price for work 

 done is the? surest preventive of workpeople pawning 

 goods intrusted to their care. Many of the class of fe- 

 males employed by this institution are persons who have 

 moved in a superior sphere of society, and who are 

 anxious to hide their miseries from the public eye.*' 

 The number of day-workers recommended from the insti- 

 tution, and engaged at wages not less than 9s. per week, 

 amounts to 975, independently of those to whom work 

 has been furnished, though the committee regret that 

 that number is only about one-third of the applications 















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•void the gaze of the crowd. Mr. Oxenford, the owner people. Under these circumstances, and impelled by a [ that have been made to them by respectable unemployed 



