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~ that the further employment of the wooden paye- | alarmed and took to flight, knocking down in the A Fy 160,000/.; similar claims in Alnwick and south of th 
ent in Oxford-street should be postponed red three | the servant, who attempted to oppose their retreat. It is | town, 50,0007. ; and notes in circulation, 40,0002. 
vente: Mr. Underwood, the chairman, opened the busi- | supposed that the aimed an ——— to the one by the Blackburn.—A few days since, two young men, name 
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sufficient to prove its advantages over gra and he | evening a man dressed as a porter knocked at the att ance cas a law still retained eee ty oe we im- 
could ra conceive bee the —— afer thei eomebis de- | of Mrs. Maddox, Bridport-place, Hoxton, and requested | posing a fine of five gee upon those who do not attend 
garatiet, that a year.-would. be sufficient to test the | the servant to deliver a and he would wait for an | a place of worship o the ryrerpitg: 6 The a to 
wooden pavement, could now for a stinciacin entertain ws answer. On taking it to her mistress, it was discovered | who preferred the i arge said, that on the day in 
i ten y period o to be a hoa x, being n othing more than a blank sheet of | he accompanied the chur chwardens of Clayton-le- aie 
three years. A series of resolutions were then pas iva ex- Paper folded i in the hui oe letter. Upon the servant’s | in nag’ perambulations in search of disorderly characters, 
pressing the belief i the meeting in n the success “of the | return the man was nowhere to be seen, and supposing him met the siliedi ts in their working-clothes. 
experiments already tried; deprecating any further delay to be gone, s on closed the week Shortly afterwards Mrs. The chu rohwardens asked them ed they were not at 
in continuing the wooden pavement, and condemning the | Maddox hearing footsteps on the stairs, went into the | church, but they made no reply, and walked away. The 
conduct of the epee . Pe DI _ proposition in | passage, and discovered a man with a large bundle in his wa arden ns then orde red the constable to summon the ~ 
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vestry, of which he was a member, expressed himself | quantity of wearing apparel, Paearg itte and a Laer apr of | the summons had been taken out without his ati an 
strongly in favour of wooden pavement, and stated that | other articles. The thief has Secuiey apprehended.— | as it was pant to rule, the constable must answer for 
he believed the majority of the vestry —— with him. | On Wednesday information was received at the Metropo- | his misconduc 
Several gentlemen spoke in strong condemnatory terms of | litan — stations of the following extensive — ' Brig gaa man, who gave his name Thomas Adams, 
the conduct of the vestry, as being catsccedbagey and in- | Bank of England a &c., to the f 1,2027., | has Ppt an examin ation before the magistrates of 
comprehensible. It was then resolved that as many of | viz. from a gentleman, n Monday, while geet by | this town on a charge of for pale be ag checks which he 
the inhabitants of the parish as could make it convenient, | the London and paéeiaches night train to Manchester, | had Hho purporte to be t r. Serj. Adams, 
would on vente 3 (this day) attend the vestry and urge | the sum of 950/., consisting of one 500/. note, one 300/., | whose son prisoner had ee himself, under the 
_ the propriety of continuing the wooden pavement in| one 100/,, and one 50/. note. A reward of 50/. has been | name of Charles Adams. The police-officer said he h 
 Oxford- oop — that all the vestrymen should likewise | offered for their recovery. On Sunday evening — was | reason to believe his name was George Thomas Davies, 
be in sega _ also stolen from the dwelling-house of Mr.. Grant, of ria i a remand, as he expected a warrant to convey 
) Ken ier a recent meeting of the vestry in age Bingham, Notts, the sum o wig - geo all cadianees 8. o Kent, where several charges were likely to be 
_ parish the Following Daigo was adopted : ‘* That it The house was broken open, a money rete from La against him. The prisoner was accordingly re- 
the opinion of this y that the ma be au an old oak chest. A reward of "0 is offered fo - e€ ap- : ; 
eit: to apply oni ass Poor Law Commissioners to Sobenioh on thiev: eee nesday a man in the Bristol.—It is reported that Sir C. Wetherell, rey bd 
dissolve the Kensi ng < union as far as regards this ing the manner 4 a gentleman’s coach- | corder of this city, is about to resign that office 
4 parish, the union belts o large for the proper and effi- ett eked ne a letter areas to the lady who is the | cident of a severe nature occurred to Mrs. poly the 
cient managem of tes Jen r of the — parishes, | secretary of the Friendly Female Benevolent Society, and beds of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester ead Bristol], on Sa- 
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Kensington pra being large na for any parochial | which purported to be from La y mily Farmer, of Clan- | turday. It appears that while passing down some 
management.”” A poll was in consequence cpaiid, which | yill-park, Petworth, rp herself and three daugh. | which lead from the hall-door of the palace, her foot 
continued - three days. At its close another meeting | tersas subscribers — gui neas = year e a It stated wipes aa me fell, mana her collar bone by the 
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au was held, when the res pective numbers were as follows: | that, having occas end her coachman to town, he | accident. atest accounts, however, state that she is 
for the resolution 503, against it ae being a majority | would take the sesticte a the dimerouce fons 10/., ‘the ei on Pie ey that her recovery may be soon 
against the of ot wae esult got a gre drhounit of the check enclosed;.. The letter was in the pe expec 
_ amid loud shes Han then ved that style of writing and address. . The lady to whom it w Carnarvon —<A local paper (the Herald) states that a 
_ copy of om resolution adopted Pp “the vestry poe the secu addressed not being at home, the change was about to be correspondent has communicated some interesting parti- 
of the and also of a former reso — that the ciprne: handed t = Boe man, when, in recollection of similar at- | culars of c dies of thunder and lightning, : eg aaRe ied 
_ do not oid ‘ove — the pro a erection of a union work- | tempted frauds, a haan to her la adyship, Pe omising re- by ha ail, that passed over the smuldenia of Lleyn on the 
house, should be = the vestry gine to the Peo? Law | ceipt, &c., oy post, was substituted ; and it was afterwards | morning of the 17th ult. In its passage over he park at 
ommission ers, the b of guard ans of the Kensington | found, on presenting the check at Py pbc Wasion and | Madryn, it was of a very serious character, and did consi- 
4 union » and indiv idually te each = the guardians for the | Co.’s, that it was a forgery. von damage al a long range of glasshouses, pits, and 
pa rish, Ps: e motion was see = Book a9 chairman, Archdea- Fires.—No less than eight fires occurred in the Metro- | frames, that are used for forcing, besides endangerin ng a 
- con Pott, and carried u ir. Percival tea polis on Christmas-day, so of which were attended | la cal collection of valuaile plants. Some of the hailstones 
_ moved, ‘* That the saitins ihabk “oe Vikewie instructed to | with great loss of property. Three of these occurred in sured, it is stated, 3 inches and anion round the 
_ make known to the Poor Law missio — to the the southern and western suburbs. The first was in the asi all of them being of a conical shape. The writer 
F board of guardians, and to the gu oot ns of this parish, soe of Mr. Lavell, High-street, Camberwell. The | adds, t that he areapk find that any hail of the same magni- 
the almost unanimous opinion of the ecard that mily, it seems, retired to rest about frsinee. oer uanonilg tude and Lente has fallen in that part of the country 
| the soe of a union workhouse would be —— ea one the house was dees red to be in fi The | within the m of the present age. 
and unnecessary expense.’ This A was also | inmates made their escape with difficulty. prt en- Chelms, or stg serious fire occurred on the premises 
: snenisaate adopt gines were soon on the spot, but unfortunately there was of Mr. Zurhorst, at Pilgrim’s Hatch, in this county, 
; Spitalfields. — We referred, in 4 previous Number, | a bad supply of water, and in a short time the whole | 0M bie the 24th ult. The house was burned to the 
a meeting held on the subjec of the existing dis- building was reduced to ruins, and several adjoining | groun d, and ny all the furniture ie tro rose Mr. Zur- 
_ tress of the weiewe of pital alfi aids and its vicinity, | houses much injured. The loss is estimated at 1000/, | horst, it see as also incurred a us loss by the 
and - application made on the subject to the Lord} The engines had ep left, when they were summoned | burning of a a cabinet, in which he Bea. SLiasibal 2504. in 
Mayo! On Wednes wae a ae of the weavers |to a fire in th anufactory of Messrs. Bryan, patent bank notes, 16 sovereigns, a check-for 19/., and a bill for 
again Rented at tthe Man house, for the purpose of ath ah deciaaeh, eceastreat t, Westminster, and which, | 89/.; the furniture tates the only part ef the Seda id in- 
applying to the Lord Megnedes or “his immediate Pace ei from the thickly populated neighbourhood, excited great sured. It is not yet known how the fire originate 
to procure a distribution of best funds already subscribed for | alarm. ‘The fire commenced in that portion of the’ pre- Derby.—On a t town were 
their relief, amounting, as they said the wf did, bes we <a mises where the ecoeet of varnishing the leather is car- | presented by a deputation of gentlemen and tradesmen to 
amilies, to 24,000 individuals. Alderman Wilso ried on, and so violent were the flames, a this portion | Lord Melbourne at Melbourne Hall. The address con- 
ceived the deputation i in = absence of the Lord Maso: of the building was soon reduced to ruins. By the ex- | tained a sammary of the leading measures of the ministry 
_ with whom he had communicated on the subject. One of | ertions of the firemen, however, the a, portion of the | of which his Lordship was the head, and adverting to the 
the deputation stated, that t by the desire of a numerous | building was saved. The loss is said to amount to nearly | Measures proposed by them for meeting th pency 
meeting, t ited t rd Mayor for the pur-} 2000/—Shortly after, information was received that the | the ee pee eae of at been box 
pose of calling his Lordship’s attention to certain resolu- | Fagle saw-mills, at Old Br aot were on fire. , | Pressed a conviction 2 be b 
tions en passed upon the subject of the e , there a ity of w and the fire burnt | @ time deft it could not long be resisted by any party in 
isting distress, which was extreme, and entreating that his itself out, rer sinha the whole at the mills and stock in | Power, and conveyed the hope that either the present mi- 
_ Lordship would exercise his great influence to alleviate it. | trade. The damage is said to amount to several beg nisters yr pe RE “ to pursue the tT eciek rete: 
_ The resolutions referred to were then read, which entered amr pounds.—Five other fires esa go the course of | duct as their sae eg gay aes bee Faip, Ogee 
_ at length into some startling details of the privations | the day, by which much damage was occasioned. "The ther with his fate. co eague n office, roa again ere long 
_ under which the weavers were suffering ; and the deputa- | took place severally at the premises of Messrs. pate be called to her Majesty’s councils. Lord Melbourne in 
tion concluded their address by handing a card to the | ‘Co., wine-merchants, 77, Mark-lane ; at Mr. ‘s his reply alluded to the language he held in the same place 
Iderman, showing the mode of distributing relie card-mak hot-presser, Lovell-court, Mae the “te 2 fogs re bi - hi oid 
sey Adelaide terfer w years ago in their behalf. | row; at a Charles-street, Bethnal-green; at | Men Whom he en. ae gy pe He ie the 
erman Wilson said, that but a short time since astate- | Limehouse ; Stepney-causeway. Nearly the whole | cessity of union and concord, without which, m the 
_ ment on the subject was made to the Lord Mayor, who | of these nase it is stated, from the over patio of | natural strength and compact array of the adversary, there 
| felt deeply for the ere who were reduced to such a | stoves in pak! their ristmas din ta was no hope of success. Discord had succeeded to union, 
: re ex — nditi _ Lordship was, monerere! in dif- | that the occurrence of Hn nto fires ee Caan day oe me an sat ge p preulamy Rees and 
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disposal, bu ar was convi : en apaae. measur 3 wnt a ‘is irresistible; and union can only be insured by the j 
_ would be adopted to distribute the funds already in hand, Jprobincial K els. choice of defined rng Rg not doubtful, ee and ha- 
: be at a public meeting would be called in consequence | —_ Rerwick.on-Tweed.—The failure of the const a oe ee IN 4 er His lordahi ve wipes, 
€ increasing distress. The men asp themselves | of Messrs. Batson, Berry, and Co., has led re Lips ae Lek siente of tek reid pda a aes B 
a for the 's aes wens and it understood | the jnhabitants of this town, to main the ict means ra P Fi ten : rie inhabitants of Der oem add OF indie é 
di at some steps would be at a taken to ‘facil tate the supplying the wants of the district, when it was paclres pce alas etc st a sate” . ‘ aoa ta af 
_ distribution of the oe aca €Enoland. | feeling epee sop preg’ pcan! Of knee Bor pad 
4 vies.—A. few days since the following robbery was pt gh ‘the medium of one of the sitting ee - es- 
a at Westmoreland-place, City-road. It appears eabiials a branch bank in this town. An answer has been nents tr ahaa es bye Sos de supply ae the 
F lad Out nine in the evening, as Mrs. Gooch, an elderly | received from ‘the Directors, declining, it is understood, 4 cho mgt y sed, he said, in good faith, and i tie ‘the es 
toea ite sitting alone in her Parloay, she was startled fit the proposal, but intimating that every encouragement er the Pgiitry 2 hive vecctie api: tion of J 
ot sake, entrance of two 2 strange men, 0 should be given to aj i t-stock bank, should it be esta- ey . 
peeps e — call for assistance, thrust a Thndkerehie blished, and the circulation conducted with Bank of Eng- 
i wi mouth, whilst the other pinioned her arms, land paper, With this object in view, a prospectus for a 
that if eke, ound her to the chair, They then told he new bank has been issued; and it is said to be the intention 
»p . aati hb ge aes id (ety asi d : : of the parties concerned in its formation to call a public 
I to move or lly ta not a we ‘ ae t murder her, meeting shortly on the subject. A meeting of =e 
| Having ‘ae east a yee = hie — of one es bank has been held, when assignees were de- 
‘ ber “5 er pockets, t arin er keys and un: the claims proved against the e estate are said to be | Mesa 
ily & writing-desk, from which they stole gold and | Speatasiet of 250,0 O00, The‘entire liabilities of the firm are | 
q as at ae of 102. Soe piccush atiadee tans | stid to be nearly 350,000, 0 of which the claims 
be folate the stale ED y Shey Were | tors in the town neig' ag 
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