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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
h ‘th 
thee ages be am por better chance of their gain 
He was most anxious that the court should c 
to an unanimous vote on th 
few a from Mr. W 
consent the alteration in his resolution suggested by 
the chairs, which, after a long disc and a di 
ion. carried, the numbers being, ay yo Fate 8 
—On Wednesday, the 
an entertainment in honour 
pet he Minister of the Crown everal 
ct circle 7 distinguished in- 
di eet pad t 
who was loudly cheered on his ar ae by a 
persons assembled in the atic: Py 
the company in the hall. After dinner; ne usual 
toasts we given, when the Prime Warde 
health of Sir R, Peel, and Nia, a hope that he might 
long continue to direct the affairs of the country. 
‘Peel returned thanks and said, he felt that he was under 
a deep obligation to that company for the great and uni- 
fi whi ., ne 
knew of no institution which itled to their 
pect, a ion, and arpee was sure 
he need not tell th ane po : attempting i 
perform the duties which pg e to the Crown and t 
the country to the best of their abilities, and that to ped 
confident hope—it was foun 
should be su pred =e A held by the ihe appr 
bation, and the sy of the classes a "whidh that so- 
ciety was com nin - number of other to asts were 
given, among which were the Church, acknowledged by 
aes Bishop. of acer ; the Arm 
Meetings. —On Wednesday, a public meeting 
others interested in the colony 
rn chair, for 
: logised 
length, and eu ogise the. policy pi 
calf in his administration of the. 
said had united that colony in 
quite ith the mother country. 
and i i ray» west nt for th 
form support» hich ave Sir C. Metcalf in the dis- 
charge of his duties, which he said he had undertaken at 
the instance em the Mar i 
uti 
six to pry per cent. for 
abroad, it was found at 
See 
za From an iny: 
oonpeny's property in in South Australia am 
33,6802, and oat the she vorplun of assets ts beyond Tisbilitice 
Was reckoned at ue for the year 
ending 184] | was m1 20041 Hs, Ee id the Fe bitacce of the 
‘ : enh After some 
ennox, Morgan, | 
ood, Mr. Horace Smith “Mr. Buck- 
ingham, Mr. Spottiswoode, Mr. 
Mr. Colburn, &c. The 
: the industry and g 
ugh 
supply of ee ge) a strong wi 
ed | caused 
, Mr. Dunean, |. 
wr gph eng nee "the be busines by | o 
— oan several other gentlemen moved resolutions 
ondemna' of bo ene 8 en © ee to 
eathors ae? ishers, and and it was ultimatel 
lvéed that. the ald be hapless 
aailions ‘iopled sho 
re the proper departments of Gov nt, order to 
induce gamit to fae a se subje ot ei inbiniedinte at- 
tention, and t pepe inging about such 
treaties we fore a mutual 
nition ap- 
w decided that 
enforce 
vA Sree -a was 
pointed 
district me Whitech ap 
s to beim NER peu cted. 
London Docks through Whitechapel to Spal 
Church. This n reet is expecte rove a grea 
convenience to the maarenents and qnache of the ne or 
urho: 
The 
M 
r, Esq., citizen ita haberdas 
swe declared elected to serve the office of Sheriffs for 
ensuing year. 
he Nelson Monument.—On Saturday, the block of 
Granton stone, presented by the Duke of Buccleuch for 
the statue of Lord Nelson, which is intended to stand on 
o 
= 
o 
pomen ce cof as arge num be: ° 
nty-t horses thr Parliament-street and 
at eleva ne however, 
sto be effected. It 
en uced from 
it is of the iat aged 
and in point o 
e. The entire height of ae 
4° about that of the spire of St. 
Whitehall to afalgar-aquare. 
0 the to 
s stated to 
op oh n wel ke re 
nas “ Crai 
College. —On Thursday ne oad malo of the 
the successful. co ors in the various 
r 
ri 
ops of London, W ndaff ; Lords 
Bexley, Monteagle, Radstock, lis, together 
ith a macinarane number of Ria ne Eeopoutay acre, 
y friends of the. institu After an addre. 
om ‘the ‘Rev. J. Lonsdale, the f Prine cipal of “the aSulless, 
the Archbishop pr WOH: zd the prizes, after which the 
Professors o handed to 
various. sd dais the 
list oe those pupils” —e- had obtained the prizes in each of 
‘the other and gave a satisfactory aceount of 
d co ee not only of the prizemen 
themselves, but of all. the students under their Taras: 
The prizes consisted of gh sh 
Newgate.—At a recent Cour of Midehexs: held for 
dispatch of public business, the subject. of the adm thission 
of the public into the Cha 
it 
ing. SO) 
ai pie a should i in future be eceeapsin from the. Chae 1 
n all occasions ; and a resolution was also adopted re- 
3° | ferring to the gao! ol comunitte to ee epee: any 
any, ought to e in‘ the re- 
Figen for the adiiason of oie: oa "hack of the 
execution of crimin 
ursday a vag fire occurred in Ber- 
de ed; 
ng almost ¢€ entirely of large warehouse 
may  adjoinin ining bi river, and the colesbayes being 
chiefly ocenpied by sh shops. The fi m the 
premises of Mr, 
any £ many 
ta: have 'b een at frat a deficiency | in title 
ing at the time, 
e flames, 
There appears 
urnt down, and property 
’ uses, 
‘the 18th ult. :—Males, es, 372; total, 752, 
oie in 1938-9401, taiee 467; females, 445; 
Chatham.—On Saturday, a naval operation 
‘lit was carried down ware in 
fan reg 
eye tating ors — ‘of th 
of some length, ezine “the pea 
whieh | takers pracy by forei _ nflicted u 
authors and He oe 
works which a hae! Ui. 
pos by i a eointion, 
a right of property in productions 
cup be rng by tl Gat atin, “Lord W. 
bis 
[JuLy @, 
together with Sir W. Symonds, the wed oi and ia 
R. Brandreth, architect - the navy, and other officers 
the master builder, 
the two parts of the ing which will admit of h 
lengthened to about fe She i 
eb oO 
w of oboe bé arm 
ay the ——— calibre, besides Paterna = 
Sh cted, mneh complete, to be the finest war. 
steamer i in the servic 
seu Nets. 
The accounts received from different parts of the 
— siaeaen ent. the condition of the 
generally, but more e particularly 
= 
classes from an the di 
ated that in Leeds ne 
rch of the there ie hg are subsistin ag 
In Neweastle-upon-Tyne 
lation is also repr 
— 
cr 
be 
oo pers, and most of the remaining 3,000 are said to 
nearly reduced to the same state. The poor’s-rate is 1s. 
he pound per month. The poor’s-rate in the town- 
of Great Bolton in 1836-37 was 3,951/.; 1839-40, 
8,950/.; 1840-41, 12,7502. ers en 16,740/. ; and for 
é next six months not less than 10,000/., it is stated, 
will be To e the depreciation in the value of 
y of Bo it. is mention ed thet onit of. the 
: ah 
the proper lton, i 
sennt rental ‘of 86, 0002.» a year, only 36,0 0002, is paying = 
kode’ ty, 01 
ee hecablire unable to pay the rates. Tn Sto 
thousands ar ei 
ound, and this year it is said that 108. 
mal he a The ae are 5,000/, in debt ; and, as 
of the 2 mount of wu occupied pr operty, er the de- 
preciati > valde or tl tnat is stated 
a rate of 2s. in ag: Siva now does not ye more 
ma a rate of 4d. produced four years since. m Pres- 
,253/. In Nottingham, the poor’s-rate for the year en 
ing March, 1841, was 4,963/. 16s. 7d. ; in is Marcli 1842, 
it was 7,2771. 14s, 6d. se = - increase in one year of 
23131. 178, ld. ‘The number of persons receiving paris 
reli f in 1841, was 4,453: in rou ‘t was 7,938 ; shewing 
increase in one year of 3,488. Inthe midla! land counties, 
where the hosiery trade is carried on, more than one third 
of the population are de as ed. 
rad. weekly onths 239%, 
hereas they now pay only 200/., thus employing abou 
600 persons fewer than before; and o es are said 
to have ne xs number of their work n about 
rtion. The depu tation eso their 
temen' overt oy caves "that details of a similar nature might 
be dh of we Sinise 
eas a it will allt be later t pring. 
*.—The local papers inform ue apr the gd 
ioners in in the meen of the Tweed Banki 
mal; noticed by us 
ra SS il awh the 
mely, a divi 
creditor of the _ nt wetate sn Messrs. a ands W: 
dL e partners in the late firm) ; 
%. in the Pom to i separate sabes 
son; and a dividen' ds. in the pound to thé separate 
No dividend has yet been 
cs 
o 
sequence, it is said, of the Saving k sar f 
ps | urging prefer rable claim, amounting to the full value 0 
the assets. 
Bradford. — Considerable created 
ut the whole West Riding, by ouncement 
intention heavy duties 
a, Occurring just at the time w! 
: [ their in 
part of 
‘and the Siete States have also 
7 | to increase the customs’ duties on 
