a . e Royal cortége proceeded b 
i n, Hammersmith, and Sta 
Siesee and alon ad, great caer 
evinced who had assembled 
M was enthusiastically 
and who repeatedly bowed in acknow 
g much ed with Hag aadereet saad 
warm feeling universally manifested towards him 
Visit of the Ki 
se written an- 
personally replied by ee ro eat ae 
tc Mt ps id, by Py ae tee . bs mbers. 
men 
member, and rhe the Kin 
he pu measures raf 
8 ; entertained by the Ponti 
don for his nienty: the eae ng of Prussia, 
took place priety of giving a banque 
se the e proposal ~~ finall 
that a sui 
the 
his et at the Gauildhel 
overruled, and j ols 
nas 
is oe with the ae a. Soni, 
very graciously received. The 
a 
onsort 
d satisfaction his Se 
the sponsors to a Pri 
fulness of time ascend the 
perpetuate a friend- 
eg Se testant interest, 
ed to ie the liberties, 
of the British and P.: ‘ 
ke 
tween tbe two countri 
es—re 
sei dorsoreent 
of 
ual on thes sions, to wit- 
y, but no sedate or je dlakatienas of the 
Wath. — The weather still chao variable 
a iunsttle d. On Sunday and Monday the frost was 
very — and during Monday night there was a slight 
fall of s A general thaw, however, ace the 
following ane the result of which was that the streets of 
the Metropolis were hemes ee with half-thayed 
snow and dirt. nesday there 
of wind that fisted’ 24 hour, and s 
all ov ver the 
A lon deca 
S, 52 
was a military ks, only. erected, under 
Mr. Stacey, the-kee 
S 
_ 
S 
a 
S 
a 
me 
form a mass of such mag to render its removal 
xt to an Sea pome uns The west-end wall of the ar- 
moury is razed tot ound. The Bo f Ordnance 
injure 0 
The Crown jewe 
ft the custody of “Messrs. rami: and 
parts ci will they, it is unders oved untif 
some decision is come to by Parliament as to cs het the 
remains of “the Sener shall be pulled down, or a new 
erection take place. 
ublic Mee sige On Wednesday the half-yearly 
meeting of the proprietors of the United Mexican 
Association took place, 
firs 
t of return 
5, 310 ‘ola * the 30th June, 184 
on the m three su’ sacahenstellt months was 105 ,884 
dollars, and the returns bce »378 dollars, leaving a loss of 
il 506 do - The ue of ark then in hand was 
29, 777 dol No cae e mine was ex- 
pected till 7 was thoroughly investigate which would be 
w contracts are obtai soll e last 
meeting, Mr. "Shoolbred a remitted 2, 9201. 4a. a 
dollars ; and on the 16th Oct., his assets were 23,865 dol- 
ra -< = claim on Government for 9,054 dollars 
10.7! 1182, otis 
r some Pendsy the report was 
unanimously adopted. —_ a special general 
—— was held of the proprietor of the Union Bank of 
ia, J. B. Smith, Es air. It appeared 
aa peewee that "the accounts Sgt from New 
South Wales and Van on s Land since June were 
highly satisfactory. The 
date was 46,220/. 8s. i 18 whic 
the last half-year, less the expen 
amounting to age P7 
ge 
bran ng 
. 7d., which left 
in London, 
of D4785h 55, 1a, of we the purpose Me 
i 
1842. ] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 77 
| ness 438 introduced the Duke of Wellington, Lord Aberdeen n, | He was glad to have had this o ortunity of expressing | divid ofit. result of the foregoing statement 
| and Sir ber Stopford ; after which the Royal party pro- | these his —_ ngs to the Beet Ma yor, Aldermen, a en i 9 a Alaa ge to declare a divi iden re f 25s. per 
\ coed the governor’s house, his Maj moc on his w Commons the City of lend Ald — and | s on the original shares, and in the second series 10s. 
being ainbanaiy cheered both by the numerous - | officers a the Corporation Ea been ie sen to his | per rahe, which was after the rate of 10 per cent. per an 
pany as led, and he whole “i of pensioners and Majesty, the deputation retired. The Ki ing, a holding The reserve fund balance to the end of Dec. 
boys of the hospital schools, who had been drawn p a Court for the reception of the foreign diplomatic beay, 15 ‘1982. 6s.6d. Ther port was adopted unanimously. 
order along the quadrangle. uard of honour com- | and cele —— en of a déjeti ori - town for Hampt discussion, took place between the Dissesens and several of 
po: - of the Royal Marines, on his Majesty reaching the Court Palace to view “ the Car the Proprietors, during w the chairma: was 
gateway, cain arms, the colours were lowered, ejoicings in the Metropolis. —“Thesday being the day | their intention to a ly for an Act of Incorporation.—On 
the band struck up th national anthem. Notwithstand- appointed for the christening of the Prince of Wales, t the day eeting of the Spitalfields weavers wa held, 
ing the unpropitious state of the weather, the whole sc heads of the leading mercantile ‘alvhiiienuena a in the Ci appeared from the statements m : t great dis- 
was enlivening and brilliant, and the reception of the | made nown their intention ain from business on — still exists amongst that class of o operatives, and that 
King most hearty. His Majesty, who acknowledged by | tha day ; and the Lord ayor directed the Guildhall will be necessary to call for additional hes ro to 
repeatedly bowing the cheers of the company, appeared | and other City offices to be shut, andr nded that aid in ea em 
gratified at his cordial recepti n person he is de- | the day should be ea eral holiday, to give an 7 Loss t Sea,.— turday accounts were received at 
scribed as being about 5 feet 8 inches in height ; and his portunity to all classes for celebrating the event in Lieyd's of aa wreck of ae ship Sophia, of this port, which 
ur somewhat full, but w ade. of fair | manner suitable to the occasi In consequence of ppened on the nigh he 2d Oct., attended with a se- 
complexion with blue eyes; the form of his face being | these arrangements little business was transacted in any | rious loss of lif as on her voyage from New Zea- 
round, and expression good oured and benevo- | part of Lon n ay, which was m of | land to Kiapara, having on boa ich cargo; when 
lent. He was dressed in plain clothes, and wore a large | general rejoicing ; mos the public companies giving | seems she encountered a heavy gale of wind off the Bay of 
cloak. Having remained about a an hour in | dinners, and merous poor in the Metropolis being | Isla e Capt. Harrison, and ten seamen 
the governor’s h , Where a déjeine' had been prepared, supplied with food and other means of enjoying them- | saved themselves by clinging to the rigging and portions 
his Majesty and Prince Albert entered their carriage, and In the soos there was a general illumination, of the k ; but the remainder, consisting of 28 
accompanied rd of honour, composed o more particularly we e-bar ; er and passe , and women, were 
e 
e ‘ , of 
fast, which will be found noticed under our Irish intelli- 
gence; the Gie: ae from as’s, and a brig un- 
nown. The G was wena: on th ; h Dec., on 
the Turk Islands, ‘ad the un rig posed to 
have gone down off the Gravelines Tight, with the sciee 
of the c e wreck was discovered by the crew of 
-M. steamer ab ne Ta o endeavoured to trace out 
er Prroube i e una 
839, 1,543,375. IT si 
letters, 602,986; do., since 183 722,964. 
e District post, four week ing Jan. 22, 1842, 
90,898 ; corresponding period of 1841, 1,789,184 ; do., 
as nearly n iven, of 1839, 1,067,358. Increase 
since 1841] Ry the four weeks’ letters, 101,714; do., since 
1839, se 
Mor 
ro hor 
males 
THe: 9- e78 1:snated 
Fires n Sun a fire broke ou 
pikes public: -house, Tne rhithe. 
ing the fire Mr. Morley was 
b a quantity. of silos plate.—On Saturday eyen- 
ing a serious fire br the premises of Mr. 
werby, hairdresser, High-street, Southwark, 
not extinguished before much damage was done to the 
scov 
Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. 
have been caused by some clothes catching fire from a 
candle, and was soo y a fire was 
discov: in the Holborn Union Workho It origi- 
nated wooden esr crossed the flue of the 
rom a 
kitchen fire, and on the arrival of the engines it was _ 
under without difficulty, and | before any damage was do 
Robbery.—A burglary of a daring description te 
committed during Saturday night in the house of Mr. 
eames aah Ship ead Milben 
to hav ted their 
ascended the kitchen stairs to the bar, when 
wn the shutters and broke open sixteen , a 
, and the w of the cupboards. A large box belong- 
ing to a benefit society held at the house, and having 
ocks on it, ken to pieces, and the whole 
amount of its contents taken. te) great ares 
has to the p ises, the amount of p 
stolen was not considerable, being only a small quantity 
te, and a few articles of wearing apparel. 
thieves have n n we 
Kensingt has been held in ap gent 
pursuant to public silos ‘further to consider 
mean: ) 
ington Union, &c.’? Archdeacon Pott in the chair. In 
reply to a question from Mr. Davies, the vestry-clerk 
stated that no answe been received from the board 
of guardians of the union to the official copy of the reso- 
lution passed at a previous vestry, ine. on 
deration of the t sity of the separation of 
the parish of St. Mary Abbotts sige the Union. Several 
gentlemen having expressed t sinepintion at this oS 
mark of disrespect on the part parish, 
it was i aad 
ed this resolution, eae 
hat t 
