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asTre conceiving it to be an established fact that the | future expedition; but he thought that a vessel navigated by | read by the secretary, from which it appeared that this 
rage crops of this country fall short of her average consump- | negroes, with whose constitution the climate did not 
tion a a million quarters of wheat, 250,000 quarters of barley, | might make occasional ascents of the river with advantage to the te work i of now nearly oo, for public use, ere Der 
and 250,000 quarters of oats, proposed that those respective quan- | objects originally contemplated. y the entrances to be That on the Wapping side 
tities of ae re Sicer tu each: yous eluate S aEEEEEEEEEEEeeneae had been coaiinchih for by Mes Grissell and Peto, to 
Ta ec dutt rate ad ie ib eapomep~ hat year; priori CITY. be completed in about three months, after which that on 
being allo ach carg according to “ date 0 of its e entry. Money Market, Friday.—Consols for money closed a ae ere tiigeeaion ven meter ess cee op rer 
_ Pret ous proposition 89} to 1: ditto for the account, 892 to &; Three-and-a | ™#!ned secure, and had not sett in the slightest degree 
ted, Suppose 2,000, oe A ecrie in bond, and 1,00 2 0g ee’ 7 i 
reer in at 0 ree uty jth t would b i f per Cents. Reduced, 993; and New Three-and-a- sidsel wea aeeieae re rh 1,200 re cane tat 
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ner posi prejudicial to the remain- Half per Cents., 99. Exchequer-bills have advanced to 
impor 27s. to 29s. premium 7 Y 
=n? the iit genet ba cca} cram aban applied lagers neg a aero : ven manner in which the object had been advo- 
ike in ally ance al re. Way hee wis cated in the public journals. The balance sheet from the 
f h roductio And when there was n rn in bond, at rial . 
the year’s end, et near countries would pave asrney unfair start etropolis and tts Vicinity. Ist Jan. to the 3lst Dec., 1841, was receipts 5,352/. 
over re distant ones in the race for the earliest supply of the blic Meetings —On Monday a public tages. was ab See mt pe sum of 1,699/. 15s. from 
year following. held i in Marylebone, the largest, it is said, ever known in | V/sitors, and from the sale of books 125/.), and payments 
Mr. Hasrixz explained, b e resolutio . ¢ 
were passed, a: and leave given i reach Spill ‘one founded | that porous’: ex bi alae Ak denouncing the Gove ee eae Pyare Fs fan a nro oe . aa a 
col nt meas , and expressing a wan e 31, . 13s. 9d., 
tee ~ —After po foe curate’ tr compete s and pale is- anhdeines | in the present Administration. The placard oe 2 bree gl py ge +» leaving a balance in hand 
> eee ee actin een sae calling the meeting announced that Mr. Hume would pre- | © ms owing were 2,400/. e 
‘ EQUER rose to call the attention of f the House to the wh eothe at si side bu t that gentleman not being present ne the com. | report an accounts were hdegle: The chairman re- 
4 ofice, - said, having great and almost unbounded éietienes ent of the proceedings, V. Sankey, the | sret d the decease of Mr, Hyde Wollaston, who h 
__ reposed in him, abusing <iemein carried on a system of Chartist candidat for the beeead at wdc last election, was parce of hw: first Pernt 0 m pray prow. = 
: 4 stated in reply to a proprietor that he could not exactly 
thers in their pleats thereby contriving = Penge time to conceal called to the chair x n aft r. Hume, accompanied ne : 
his ers inthe actions. An made to the Chan- | by Sir B all, P., Sir C. Napier, and Mr. ten ley; say when the carriage-way would be opened to the public, 
cellor of the ; Exchoquer HopbeNt eee a nag an led to an investi- made his appearance rot ‘the platform, and was ved | the present see ment being only for the foot-way, and 
gtion which prompty dissovered the. omenden:; Oe she gertet | wil aad ahaa, 2 he clei eset having risen d alluded to | that he hoped Government would be induced, on the work 
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dition of a remission more or less of punishment. But this offer the object the meeting had in view, Mr. S moved the being opened to the public, "04 give ee ortion of the ‘oul, 
Government could not, in duty, accept. Every application being | first nial, andina aon “of soaslliersite length de- | in order 
refused, Smith pleaded guilty, and by so doing prevented a full | tailed the sufferings of the people. He also went into the| Metropolitan Improvements.—Among the varions Me- 
ng more begets a fecha payne Plant a Logue weamne six points of the map ed and trusted, that as the Reform | tropolitan improvements in the west and north-western 
Ae ani bills, and toltne their genuineness. From thenceGo- | Bill was carried by the pressure from without, so would | suburbs, it is said to be in contemplation to erect a 
vernment proceeded to institute a deliberate inquiry into the | the repeal of th © Corns and the charter be sco if | number of elegant villas, for the formation of a road, with 
averted stad eat sei of that investigation woul, Saupe dyhereatter the hgar clas rad ould ioe - unite with the middle | the title of the Prince of Wales’s Road. The spot selected 
ing the decl Pps “whic h |\for this purpose is situated upon the nei of the hill 
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occupy the attention of Parliament. Great want of caution Ses 
the part of Government, andi ‘out of ‘Tong. continued ‘security was 0 of. great rissa co ae Ss a of it w the rs from B etponger a hill to Kentish-to 
and all the Puree comment de- | tax on food cripples our commercial relations, beer destroys ‘erloo n Tue age a aintineg of the pro- 
anded a estigation, in order that, the whole case | the industry of the masses for the benefit of a few, and peiahets of this t ne was held, the Rev. J. Rush in the 
micht be  oagenin prrre: msg To admit, beer cautious h h J ld h Srkeiel ‘1 th og 24 
consideration, the claims of the holders of forged billsto compen- | that the nation could not hope for Justice until t he people air. eek was read from card o py on 
sation, would be to weaken the foundations of future security | were better represented. The resolution having been | the result of the adoption of the diminution of the toll for 
= ayes besa eds oo a ae — Mr. Feargus O’Connor presented himself to | foot passengers, from which it appeared that the tolls re- 
cig fairly Hwerietine suspicion, there was pa = for | the meeting, and was received with loud cheers. He said ceived from foot passengers for the year ending M 
hesitation. To bring out, therefore, = whole matter in all its | he aiveo with all that had been said by Mr. Savage in his | 1840 amounted to 712/. 9s. per month, whilst those for 
a gs, he pr ap that na efiacns ser 9 ri eae ct of the late speech, but he should oppose his resolution. He denied | the year ending March 1841, after the adoption of the, 
ct of Parliament to ma quiry in * . 
frauds Scemmarent with the issue 2K Baca “ills Mr. Ke eu prt the corn and pr Pan laws were first and foremost rs tr toll, had B acca but 625/, 3s. 5d., making a 
onded the motion, but took occasion to vindicate the c cre 
tere of = Bates of these bills from what seemed to be a refiec- | would do but very little good unless they had the charter | dail g : r 
a . a a rh a ee ot f searching. Inguir oe to back it. He would move an amendment to the effect, | there had been, taking all the differences in the receipts 
— ne said ee oe “ That at present the repeal of the Corn-laws would not | from the Ist March, 1841, down to the present time, a 
¢ CHANCELLOR Of the Excurquer explained that he did not | benefit the working classes, and that until they had esta- | decrease of 6901. 7s., or at the rate of 1/. 17s. 92d. per 
mean ito cast reflection on the whole + a of the holders of the | blished the charter they had resolved not to agitate for any | diem, or 3} per cent. on the outlay. e decrease in the 
Reaecteee ator ene oatoigace argh. ga 8 soonest the é : Chancellor other measure. He rejected all Sp ne of union between | first six months after the reduction = the t oll had ap- 
of the Receewies had not m beac sufficiently severe.— Mr. BLE the Whig Corn-law repealers and the Chartists. Instead | proached 500/., ig ‘e for the second six months - 
objected to the use of the word forgeries in ts win to these of going to foreign “pares for corn, they could, he said, | not exceeded 192/. 1s. 3d. The Wirectiws therefore, 
sini an weuts supported th ae oa cae aoe grow it all at home on the unc ultivated rhe and ae ing that the deorbas ease in the receipts of the “beirsoe had 
pei gy a whe bills, he auld, were issued. from a employment ig roenes ete population. The people, he been n daily dimin some concluded their Bie by saying 
Govern offic epee Government officer, an might say, were put up by auction; first Sir R. Peel b bids, | “ that they saw no ient reason for rting again to 
rg paper, stad bore the Government seal. then Lord John Russell, but he trusted ee — Min uld | the in ago toll of ae ve nny.” The ties of the re- 
Mr. F. T. Baring (the late Chancellor of the Exchequer) ac- dh hi l = h ort was then d, but the pro pe was met b 
quiesced in the propriety of ting persevere, and have tt ing less than the ch Mr. | p move po ya 
some observations Pons Ste Wane Fg: epee ae Ridley seconded the amendment. Mr.O’Co same itempte counter motion that Ae old rate of toll should be revived. 
carpo, and Mr. 8S. WortLEy, who supported the motion, Sir R. | to speak to the  sabatines but the noise was so gre Several gentlemen spoke on each si fap ut on a division 
io : cmon care — ——— adoption of po principle | He could not 5 . Spur, a working Se coe the restiation that the present e of exacting only a 
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whatever, until they were informed Of the te or the case | Ported the amendment, and said that the middle classes paren toll a bretarge u passenger shook be persevered 
‘through the inquiries of the commission. After some remarks | had sold them once for the form Bill, and he trusted | In was carried arge majority. 
cure - hear and Mr. Turner, the CHANcELLOR of the Ex- | they would not be sold again. The resolution and amend- ” Mortalit in he B csr goes ; following are 
st Riding of PV ntavenn ota at ~ ope bees sp 2 ent were then put to the meeting, when the ee number of deaths from all causes registered in the Me. 
poe found to be forged had been impounded under fie a was carried by acclamation. Mr. L. Jones moved a re tropolis during the week ending the 19th Feb. 1842: 
the public Son the motion beng pat Mr a injury to | lution to the effect, ‘‘ that instead . _— = nese a parts Lene a4 i gis . a : arr a 2 
the public.—On the motion bein g put pert acon- | for food, a well-organise d system tion -9-40-1 5 Males, ; Females, 445 ; total, 912, _ 
the title of the bill, or, at least, to — ‘it by.“ alleged forged the employment of the people on the wae eed of the}  Robdberies.—A few days since a rob 
pag neauer. bills. The consideration of this point was postponed, | country would put them above the reach of poverty.” He pater Insolvent Debtors’ Court. It seems that Mr. Com- 
grab leave was ag to io oe the bill. : contended that the distress in the country was not owing eonpees er Harris, who a sere: = in Court, left left pow ak ur tda 
Frexcn then rought forward a motion, for a committee | to th tition bet th facturers of this and | the private room, and it was stolen in 
of the whole House t © | to the competition between the manufactu 
ing that she wocia scree - ee to her nye eo se foreign countries, but the co tion among themselves | day. Numerous robberies: it appears: have tent ‘ovuniclieed 
securing to Ireland the advan oe we ws 1 ‘cheb ket. Mr. O0’°C ded th luti about the Court, and itis now deci that a policeman 
ing to Irelan e advantages of railway Ccunsiniabeetign- inthe home marke tr onnor seconae eresoiution, ’ ere 
oe a anchor —— paca ee did A ge remem on ase which was carried. Several other speakers resse : eae at in future to prevent paler we prasetias 
n. question favour 0: n Saturday morning, as a gentleman was proce 
finance, which might more advantageously be left to the consider. | Meeting on the subject before them, and also in fav ; ; 4 
ation of Gove se laim ie atten — nal petition for the return of Frost, Williams, and | from the Bank in one of the Hammersmith omnibuses, 
= ph to thes eigeees ss gy tree oneal ae Ton = t : — robbed of a Russian leather pocket-book, containing 
rd Error could not acquiesce in the proposal of the Hon d Pav Saturd he meeti ee Bank of En a pegs ~ gs one for 500/., another for 
Gentleman opposite, and as he considered that t by so doin : Woo ement.—On Saturday at the meeting o 
: g he de — of 2 and the third for 5 
would be holding out, on the part of Government, delusive hopes | Marylebone vestry, a Low in the chair, a deputation i 
to the people of Ireland, he should meet it by moving the Mts tor parishioners, supported by Messrs. Underwood, Bell, and ‘ Fires.— n Tue deny a serious fire broke out in Mr, 
Si wk After a fow Words from Mr. Sir fe Punt ei cc te — on the part of the inhabitants of sopres spas aire a atone yon: the supply of aaa 
. Lies e tat as ards of rate- o some deficiency in the sup , 
motion, on the ground that t e prop sed : da k emorial, signed by upwards o oe : 
Jurious, at once to the finances of the State, and "to the tintertsts payers praying the vestry to carry out the principle of — to = _ . Bae Sw tan ae 
cand. Mr rbhtlataml on ed to the motion being withdrawn. eee =Ppaving, which they considered would be a saving | Hames a ained the a ae bathers 18€ ° - 
Rone a nan expres rag = hope that the House would | to the paris a a great me B= - the present sys- niture warehouse. The e s, however, soon after suc- 
Sin reference to such motions as rp: aap o act with a eeded in acquiring some oie over the fire, and in two 
Judicons economy.—Mr. FRENcH withdrew on tem. Mes nderwoo d Green .ad -s : P ‘ ‘ 
Sir R. Prew said the one point fh ptt reed desired vestry at ak veth i one ca ieaoiials and the | hours after its commencement it was so far subdued that 
Praia isunderstood—it was this, he wis deputation having withdrawn, a petition was presented by there were no longer any fears for the safety of the sur- 
Eres i oe as England possesses, by the advance a body calling themselves the committee, against | rounding neighbourhood, but the printing establishment 
ma to be co nile oe DEES SOOMEEET PET 50 Somes She 8 wood-paving being adopted until it had a ee for on a inet ean e dama a ae = ; 
iscount Manon obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the | at least five years. Mr. Joseph then m r. | mated at ¥, ~—A fire has occurred» 
ve prot ection ight. He proposed to limit the a of the period Given ss aailed a rouslitien ae the effect “That the | occupied by Mr. Bates, coffee-house-keeper, Thornton- 
Privo ion to 25 years, and to give a discr custy gowse <e the | vestry ier ady to accept tenders for paving Oxford-street | street, Dockhead. The firemen, on their arriv , 
of ‘the authors, i cS ‘| with wood from Wells-street to ee oe. ze om Bee ev. a ie it st be useless to romp io F ade: Mr. Bates’s 
Ettor obt 1 to bri bill t d the Act! Dr. Dibdin supported the resolution; after w r. Beer ouse, which was soon entirely r . The 
oatmeal va 2 empowering landed proprietors in Ireland to | moved as an am c endment, “ That the vestry having sleadly however, were prevented from reaching to the 
read a first time and teh: to p be pene fy sii expended the sum of 3000/. in iments in racb-yoomd adjoining. —On nesday morning a 
pointed «7 motion of Mr. F. Mauzx, a select committee was ap- | ing, deem it prudent that no further expense shall be gone | out at the steam saw-mills reste g The bree a 
Fridann ee Teeulation and improvement of boroughs. into till after the lapse of two years, when the durability of rken e fire is s 
House on fire secon eke Stated his intention to divide the the wood already laid down will have — duly tested.” 
expre he of the Corn Duty Bill.—Sir R. Pee. T ded Kirby * eb th ti 
: xpressed his anxiety to state the = of Government re- | This was secon by Mr. Kirby ; an © question 
Pt ea finance and commerce of the country on Friday, | being put there ee a majority of 1s ir in favour of the 
ill. The Noe day next for the second dep Sar bg ia motion for the adoption of wood pavement, the numbers 
* \ en broug orward, and a 
tne discs ensued on matters connected with the construc. | being 36 against 22. A long discussion ensued as to the 
: mato ips — with the — management of the nervice. appointing a pea to carry out the resolution, which 
Office of Fist pk Fo on * Ity Sand SO N <A tdi Ragan ee 
miraity; an APIER des sasha ; 
: Teduetion i n the vote for the Board, which was negativ fia ate. The Tham ae nel.—On Tuesday the annual meet- 
a division.—In Mietekos to the Ni, en Lord | ing of the pr ropuletoes of the Thames Tunnel Riper d =| 
STANLEY said that no white sania ede bé. te employed in any was held, B. Hawes, Esq., in the chair. The + 2 gree 
