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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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southern districts of rst Metropolis were greatly porta: 
‘by a succession of vio Rieees, similar, it is sai 
ofa park of aparyye In the acichhabe- 
Blac! rag 0 mpe poedpen t Kenn faite ny 
the Dtistias was severely felt, 
. ky aterloo-bridge 
o discover the 
reh a 
bora Kae a tg Four bodies wer 
seventeen years of age, the foreman of the } Ww 
'Ernst, and his sister-in-law 
= 
ol 
tad 
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f=) 
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2] 
the premises, as hae b 
which were heard a 
me of the explosion ra 
that - had 4 Bos on ey pis es on Pa bi 
the explosion took place, b 
tford.—The scnanent tn 
hood of Hounslow by th - 
Messrs. 
bour- 
; Spon 
sion took place on Moaiey morning, when the privongpame 
o a distance of several m 
RAR isitabetad AE cate “Resear 
arial Netvs. 
ath. — as mag a few days since to 
iinert M Tarebifield v vica, y ems that some 
parties made a forcible aay into ihe house by night, the 
have been pl 
were i gg observed by a ne Ds sd from his bed- 
e alarm, and prompt  snseienes 
no 
ee purchases amon 
SYA USED: 
A ie: 1, 
they wer taken into sort y and ex 
magistrates, and from t «get Bes ence adduc ha 
been committed to take oth trial for the 
Bo ta meeting of the Statistical Society on Mo 
day, per was read Ashworth, a director 
of the Manchester Chamber of Co: e, on “ the Sta- 
tisties of the ang “4 pects of Trade at Bolton,’’ 
ich ? affects ™~ Chen cy classes 
In this paper, among 
kee interesting m matters of i Gesee it os ted, that i 
this town, which co s a population of about 50,000 
souls, re 50 cotton-mills which employ in the 
aggregate 8,124 persons. There are, however, 30 mills 
and 5,061 working who are either erie idle, 
ittee of the 
peo 
or employed only four ys a ae A com 
prificipal inhabitants had eas 1,003 5 families consist- 
ing 5,305 persons, er week 
amounted to 3091, 15s. i i which wa was increased to 
3921. 4s. by aid - parochial re nd Poon from 
various funds an ritable institutions. From this, 
however, ” to fe wanton the weekly rent of rooms 
an which, if paid, amounted to 82/. 3s. 4d., 
and, clothing, 
Sabie pence-half- 
8 y 1,003 families visited, 950 
possessed fe The entire number o! counted 
was 1,593, of which 716 were filled with —_ and 837 
= chaff, straw, or cotton waste, and no such a thing as 
oie hed was to be seen. The article sy sheet 
80 = to be left out of consideration 
whole — were but 416 blan 
ns. 0 
ag than 
d hou 
Sones = 3107, Os, ys for food, firing, 
ing, ~ the average, only ahans 
week. Of the 
con 
ppened in this place, 
fur houses in the southeen west 00 She lene 
h a om » entirely h 
unt of property estroge is not aie, but it i . 
peed to be acnane oe 
faeaee stabli “ Sal baleen it 4 co 
e shment be onging to Mr. Page, near the vill 
of Prior, a half from this t village 
neighbou rhood, both of which, tower w a 
unattended with fatal consequence h ieee 7 
in the — ae Saturday, i 
scene of 
some. cause at present ye except 
lected first to damp the floor, the loose 
by the force of eee te vindows of the building were 
and the me erely injured. Both of them, 
omerer, a are kel tng my recover. The second explo- 
weep it up, and while so engaged, from 
that on 
granary, Co! 
5000, and did considerable damage to the buildin that 
surrounded it. It is supposed to be the ac rape ey 
Portsmouth. — 
ast race eels fees was Se tees 
tee parece visit of the Queen on jn 
dag "ihe En a Hardwicke and the Lords of the 
nse ioe 
er Maj 
 Beld of the shar 
Majesty and the atival of the Dake of Wdlinane late | 
s hailed by a large con concourse of 
t 
welcome 
and Prinee Albert, accompanied by Dake Fortine of 
Ss 
Sexe-Cobourg and his ved arrived about noon on Mon- 
From an earl the inhabitants had bee: 
ating preparations to eg her Majesty, and flags 
bann ere suspended not only across. the j me 
diate streets through which the royal party would pass, 
but throughout nearly the whole borough. The weather 
being very fine, great n ers of persons assembled tg 
witness her Majesty’s arrival, and proceeded some 
tance out of town to meet the royal cortége. At 
a triumphal arch was d, a not a 
Charlotte-street m Lion-g to the Dockyard, the 
i al ent, arriving at the 
miralty-house the Dock-yard, t n was re- 
ived by a numerous body of naval and military officers 
full unifor d 
After leayin ng | the Bark al eh 5 her Majesty Pei to 
weather, which had o the 
off in honour 
ing, Bier Albert, seeonpy ed by Duk 
0) r to the Victualling department, and 4 
ueen pa éjetiné ; a 
after which her Majesty returned to the Dock-yard, the 
onours being paid to the 1 procession as it 
The or and corporation then waited upon her — 
Malesty with a loyal address, The Queen left the Admi- — 
house about two, ccompanied by the rest of the — 
al party, and returned to Brighton- enthu- — 
siastic cheering and ‘popular feeling that was exhibited by 
s ent faje into 
le.—A few days since two youths named aa a 
and Mills were charged before — wagietreles with having 
set fire to a cotton-mill belong’ aigh, of Broad- — 
ley Wood, Spotland 
0 
fast, two carding-engin 
but the flames were speedily extinguished. The beg 
tried the shafts, to see if the fire had criginated fr 
able to account or it q 
ae 
e oor partly burned. The 
found fotmasks 3 in the ¢ 
ak 
with the Sapvoqine in the clay. 
that he and Mills set fire to the p j 
sions. The prisoners were therefore committe Ee 
Bee ee oy Wak a 
Railways.—On Saturday the half-yearly meetin 
eholders of f the Londo: sir South-Western 
om the r = ee 
ater the same months in 1840, The line “. : - 4 
pton on the 11th 1840, since Which hme 
the let Dec. there Ye ease of 16,8451. 12s. 3d. 
the 
elling, for in an : 
were about 70,000 in July Ans but in the following = 
