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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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65/. out of the first hundred, and ee they went on creating 
new stock. The Direc tors had onl taken care of the old 
shareholders, and had pea daa 
debenture-holder. 
the Directors rage 24 = for the 22. den te during 
ere bein i pat The Chair- 
e ques 
to twopence- 
+ Monhers and Eastern 
bro ce 
oucester Kn — 
siete been held at 
uall 
= 
a t it appeared that 
f the com RP “4 the half-year ending 
50,1147. 5s. 10d., and the expenses 
814. 0 
a 
ho owever, there were 
tal 32. 11s. 5d., from which, 
to be deduc meget a 0 and tear, depreciati ion of the car- 
riage, stock, ,120/., leaving a vere! net prod of 
16,7834/. 11s. sa. With ¢ his the directors were enabled 
scribed the present een “ sustained by the selfish. 
ness of the landlord class, and by pecuniary bea? 
Never was there, he said, so corrupt a Parliament as s the 
present, or a Parliament bt. ht together by such e 
sive pester It w 
adverse to Ireland d, and fou 
tion. After 
Corn-law Stepente 
to the subject of Repea 
said, were ever yet slaves, except by thei 
he had a r. 
gh de: would m repeal. Ifhe had the ee 
of five millions of recent ban should have repea 
it five vaittbene of repealers 
per es P| should ade re “Where he man 
who, when he (the nt Mayor) # shoula have fe milion ns 
be i o get 
nz a committee prepare “tostnend h 
a petition to Parliament for the f furtherance . reform, to 
embrace the following subjects: Ma rey uffrage, Vote 
by Ballot, Short Parliaments, No Pro  ealtciile, 
and the Equalisation of Voting Districts “iis s Lordship an- 
nounced the week’s ge to be 24 Ses Aes —At one of the 
late sessions in this country, a tenced to death 
stealing a goat. On Frida og previous oe the debate on 
he Corn Ss in the House of Com 
ed Lord Eliot whether in Ireland pots a penalty existed 
for such an offence? He did ment 
ve 
Dec. 31, was 193,276, m tase such a case ; but he wished to know what course would be 
were ‘frst-clasa, and 117,66 second-cla 3 p taken, and whe t punishment this un y man would su 
r. Broome, book-keeper at the Manchester and. toids fer? Lord Eliot in suaty expressed os belief that the 
railway sta ham-road, was runover byanengineand | main fact w rrect ted by his honourable and 
tender on the night of the 17th inst., as he was proceeding { learned friend ; but the man was tried, “hat at the assizes, 
along the v is r in Cropper-street. His | but at the sessions before an assistant barrister. On 
left arm was completely severed from his reat and one of | case being proceeded with, it appeared that an ancient s 
his legs was broken, and he died on the following morning. | tute, which had not been repealed, inflicted the punishment 
—The half-yearly general meeting of ‘the proprietors of | of dea uch case ; there was, theref 
the Great Western Railway took place on Th y: e assistant-barrister but to the the 
rane pene ssed the re of the directors in laying be- | case being communicated to the Government, they or ordered 
fore roprietors the result of the first six months’ busi- | the instant release of the man, as he had un ndergone sev 
Stes entire line of the Great Western, together with eeks’ imprisonment. He ( Eliot) regretted that 
hat on portions of Bristol and Exeter, and of th rig an Act continued to disgrace the statute-book, an 
Cheltenham Railway between Swindon and Cirencester might add that it was the intention of his learned friend 
The gross or six months, up to the 3lst Decem the Solicitor-General for Ireland to bring in a bill to assi- 
ber, 1841, were 337,352/. 4s. 2d., "of which sum 295,010/. | milate the criminal law of Ireland with that of this country. 
18s. henge arned exclusively on the Great Western. The SCOTLAND. 
number o: engers conveyed on the line between the 
Ist July wie the 31st Dec i oe ee © eprregen tgs Ag 
+» 1841, was 882,119. 
n 
receip Ss. € 10C0- 
tun by the engines duri half- 
year was 673,398, of Which 613,616 miles were travelled 
¥ = _ sengers and goods, 
and 20,654 eee Ags ‘on he box in- 
cline, andthe sum 15,0400 1 Hg 
Government 
Dublin.—The hi lec and squares of 
city are complete a 
ilies P os int by numerous wealthy 
istant va. 
tracted by the anual brillian 
the arri Earl an 
mer s 
oo jaa This life ht- 
; ul place, which may now we called a suburb of pe in 
act erppre ao the qu we ton facilities of access by 
Association, the proceedings were opened by 
additional donations from the 
r y 
peal 
s pobeer being fulfilled, 
ted. Let American 
; let Irish enthusiasm \ glow into 
then be 
t the co: monument would 
in College Green, and 1  scoland pak be-s padione He de- 
pote ~ Sil Be Rane ab | ory of 
Edinbur of the Gene 
been summoned by the pees for the 9th of March 
ntous pc ons of Presby- 
sition of the 
next, to take - By in the mom 
ncrieff 
rt of the estate 
perp Lor 
Lord Ordinary, in favour of the sufficiency of the whole 
entail. 
Glasgow.—The magnificent line of railway between this 
ay ee and nd Edinburgh was opened on eae last. In the 
na pees took place in the passengers’ shed at 
5 uae te which formed a hall 230 feet in 
length, and B opcenpa of 80 feet in og a It was calculated 
to hold 1,200 he € 
Perth. The sal salmon n fishery has already made a satis- 
ning. For the last fortnight the take, though 
to the first few days, has upon the whole been 
panthers Fags and far superior to what it has been at the 
commencement of the season Not 
only in the ye is the promise 3 almost every i 
Scotland is doing i te London well, so much so, that the 
th as proc 
Bega egies! ] 
lsd thas fishermen in the North 
poopebens season. 
"Da lkeith.—The ** ery sae Mareiy” states that about 
the huntsman to the 
met the 5 hal ioe 
tice sais pak 
o the kennel with a whip in his hand, but sithost the 
red coat, when a dog w recently e 
roa him with a threatening 
Williamson gave the animal a smart rap over the aad 
og instantly fas on hi 
and directly the whole kennel flew at their master. sity 
nately two of the keepers, who were at hand, bine to the 
rescue, and whipped off the dogs. was consi- 
derably lacerated, but is in no es as his cinda ee 
rapidly healing. 
Agiecapronngeages 
new play, in five Rae: entitled 
during the fourth and fifth, the period being in the reign 
owus to give 
with all the appliances of scenic art 
e success of the play was so grea fit w 
nounced for ae three times a w 
ADELPHI.—A ain two acts, adapted from Scribe’s 
“La icp for ‘produced on Monday, under wpe name 
of The Breach of Promise of Marriage. The p ont is 
simple, but i is np Mt ted to the P nore ts, and the 
nual yet humorous contretemps o of the agen 5. The 
piece was ee acted, and was hho with serous by a 
crowded hou: 
i the ARKET.—A little piece has been brought out 
. Bernard, entitled The Woman Hater, and 
The piece was well received, 
although it developes the plot too soon, and is devoid of 
that pens of incident which marks the previous works of 
Miscellancous, 
The Duke of tga nt Napoleon.— It i 
gular fact as illustrating nal character, that aldiough 
N 
S 
of Commons 
ages of several members of the Hous 
ppisble b instance of maeerity. The. re Bsn is a list of 
laim to 
members of the House n 
be wholly excused from serving on election com 
Ae a Benett, M 
Burd Burrell, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Chapm 
hd ht, Sir J.  Chetwode, Mr. Clements, Mr. Cli 
raw 
, Mr. Oswald, Mr. yorees® iets 
Sir W. Rae, Bart., Bight a 
; iawhieseies Mr. She heppard, Mr . Wal. 
. W. Wynn, and Sir M. Wood, 
The. e following is a return of the 
number of persons admitted to visit this national institu- 
tion :—Persons admitted to oe the general collection 
seen Christma 1835, Chris as 1841 : From "1835 t0 
383, 147 Assi, 321,151; 108s, 266, 
iL sea 1841, 319,374. Number of 
purpose o! 
oms, for the of study 
about 1 1,950 in jn 1810 ; Pgh ag 80 
in 1836. 69,936 "th wes ; rie EE 
69,216 in 18395 67,542 in 1] 
Number of were 
pture, Joye the 
4,740 in 1832; 
in 1835; go ng 
841 in 1839; 
6, 354 in 1840; 5,655 in 1841. igo of visits made to 
the rin Badia | about 4,400 in ; 2,900 in 1833 ; 
2,204 in 1834; 1,065 in 1835 ; g hiner ry 4.429 in 
18373 5,007 i 1838; 5,937 in 1839; 6,717 in 1840; 
n 1831; 
7; 744 in 184 
The La ia to Ww 
made by a barrister, which is of interest to the public, 
especially to person eds, A small farmer 
ure of the shook the seed de 
that about one-third 5 the land w. 
perly pre for it, and that the amount of loss sus- 
tained by the plaintiff was about 2/. The barrister gave 
a decree for that The mvc said he would 
appeal, € gave no engagement seed, 
even if it were purchased from him at Pes of which how- 
ever there was as re) f than swearing of the 
out of defend- 
eter 
The Affghan Hieastentien. —It naman that private 
letters have been received w authenticated 
