1842. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 487 
approvers, and of other Mina not liable to Deni 9-9 held on the Ist inst., showed the revenue of that ho ~ “a a power be given to the —— authorities of 
The evidence of an approver named Hagan w: mark- | taking for the last half-year to be ise 0857. 1s. 6d., Ms or m arishes ownshi he same town to 
able. He said seus onetidrd of the lower vend in the | disbu ts 12,3967. 15s. 6d., leaving, after dedu wh ware! i they think proper, for the ne cemetery. 
-county are’ Ribbonmen, and that he has kn ers | the interest payable on debentures and the me of the ie ro ae of distance be fixed for such cem 
to attend their meeti there was one in | balan ~year’s accounts, the sum o rahe idtiee that leads to their establish. 
1832, and one erica in December last, The we 2, win 11s, applicable ps a divide nd. The deanars sug- | ment—the public ‘cada ; at Peis a maximum of distance 
jects of the society were opposed to that out of this amount a dividend of 2s. 6d. per | be likewise fixed, so as to se the lower classes, as far 
‘member was dispossessed of land, and any one else t ook hog should be fledlareit 0 on the old shares,and7 1-5d. as ae we a the gta esa of loss of time or weariness 
it, he wo ot ong to live. He ha d himself | share on the new or half shares, and that balance, | in procee a great distance to attend the funerals of 
initiated above 200 members into the society. : se be fy ne to the credit of the next half-year their sara hy 
Tipperary.—The s of the recent commissi way ant beath, in this cou 10. That the Ree authorities be responsible for the 
still occupy the attention of the publi he Cork papers | to the. cation of | Lams ans, Lochgilly, and others, to | due and decent & dministration of ea vee ka 7” ithin the 
mention, as a proof e a9 entable state of this county, | connect them with the sea at Inverkeithing, and thus open w are within 
that of 13 gentlemen fro orthern district of Ti p 4 coal- of immense extent, is p ; and from the present churchyards ; ; and that, i. ‘he. pore hand, 
perary, who met at dinner the commission, there | th —- se ae oe it meets with in the neighbour- | they be entitled to mk —— unt of fees on cach burial 
were but two who had not lost a father, a brother, or some | hood, a of Parliament, it is believed, will not be | as Be! at present re 
immediate relative, by the h the assassin ; and that quir . That due provision ;= made for the perpetual pos- 
the re ill r that —_— cit whe as they Per session by the 
e 
of —- easily acc a bullet, are 
cious of — echelag pea 5 that m 
e 11 sufferers rw 
i e 
b 
Mr. Hall, the piers refer to the circumstances connéc 
ast assizes for Nenagh, where he 
to — an asylum ciethave, 
is hour, so mich d s he dread assassination, 
as been so — a the 
O gr of Lord 
against the squatters on the ecw of the 
Sects Mountains, his oo oe ’s phage ve te oad 
o hay Bos, special} jury at th 
micably " djusted to the full saticteotion 
of the noble plaintiff, and the record withdrawn 
migr ae 
ne case which ha 
SCOTLAND. 
Edinb —Much interest has been occasioned by the 
vielen hak Government has determi ned to act wi 
decision Strath 
th 
n the case ane a isters. 
papers stite that tor has received a letter from 
_ Sir James oer elior intima tin the majority of th 
Presbytery that they would be protected in all their rights 
_ and privileges ; and that, in any legal measures they wer 
forced ave recourse to, they ope apply to the Crown 
_ agent, who had diceethins to ens whatever was requisite 
on interests ts.—We learn from the c 4 bn 
one-half o 
> has o enbastibved towards the 
establishment of the © Bisco vetel: ‘College in Scotland, 
th.—A m se has taken edi of the Arbroath 
It appeared from the 
ividend of 5 per —_ to the 
new shareholders; but the a s. lld.. 
one this payment would ea ¢indabes of 
d. 7s. 6d. out of the 2, 120k 2 te Bide net prot of th e 
See, = selon ae preven idend 
_ to the share ia suukeee ako ta of the 
s Company a snes to eee amounted to 9,327, 12s. 14d., 
the Py seri for 
fast 16s. ia. The report of the Directors 
though the the 
expectations iouna ‘Gaee is still believed that the 
‘Success of the undertaking will will within a few years be 
ete 
at see of he ark 
3-41 
formidable meal 
on Saturday night. 
at nthe 
Sel them: from particular circumstances 
y ime cost. 
— the caren mes = apprehend 
saaeamen was ft 
the dire sce tov baa Wena ib Tar oes 
uesday a serious — 
Gl 
handed over to the 1 qathovicies that the necessary in- 
vestigation may piemenetios the matter. —The ie 
the Glasgow, Paisley, and ‘Greenock Rail way Company, | 
states that | 
entered in ' 
urpose a raising the price of oatmeal, although mat 
th.—The reports from the moors are of the a 
che pie character ; Bsc! con 
will be nes this se: p has been the 
case te vera we pas they attribute to the 
fevoursble tise of the Sn mtg the period of incu- 
st ne which was neither 
mes 
Partridges and yt a ae are 
wise very forward, and promise more than an average 
__peterhead— Intelligence has been received here of the 
rriv 
of M 4 They I ft New Zealand on the 23rd of 
vember ; entered the ice on the 18t ember ; oe 
beset in it nearly seven weeks, but succeeded in 
ta P 
a teemerte for exploring near the place pst retired a 
the r before—about s south—bu 
ing seve utiles m aibing 3 for on the 23rd of 
el ruary, when they = compelled by the season to 
make their way northward, t ps ey in | 
10, an toes 162 20 W., ts 
the barrier. 
resgment. 
‘ittee conclude their report with the following 
resolutions, to — they have agreed :-— 
Resolv is the opinion of pak Fy en 
1. That the pets elon of interment wit ped a nat 
large tow ——— the healt ote in inhabitants 
thereof, and frequently offensive to asthe decbhey 
2. That in order "to prevent or to diminish the evil of 
is practice, it is ana to pass anA nt. 
5. That legislatio ‘gre he subject be, in the first in- 
lis, 
etropo 
places, the population of which rv respectiv 
the last census exceeded 
at burials be prs ‘prohibited, after a soln 
r townships of the ground on 
hall a made. 
12. That due space be reserved, without consecration, 
and within the limits of the intended cemeteries, for the 
separate burials of such pervean ns or classes of persons as 
ma i f sep: 
13. Thet no fees from a Sech be rials in secrated 
ere be payable to any ministers of the “Church of 
and 
lL Thib 
hat, subject t 
nd 13th r ‘ esolutions, wrangements be made to see tone 
oe = fern the total amount of fees payable on burials 
sobather in the consecrated or 
- 
the peepee: gro und. 
5. That considering t the difficulty of fixing the same 
date for the prohibition of burials within the limits of dif- 
year: e followi Kg ferent bent arn: = = same distance for the c onstruction 
received from the Mary :—Eclipse, 1,0 he new 
1,700 ; Union, 2,000; Ranger, 1 400 _ Traveller, 70 to various pe Talnipuenien. aang t appear desirable 
olution, 1,700; Jane, 900; Gle ie es rve Aes: cases a uniform rule 
Peterhead. Dundee, 1,80 00; tote, a but that the manner of apie * the principles 
Hull, ti Sane, of Hull, 1,700; a Caledonig, of | set forth in the the foregoing a should be entrusted 
Kirkaldy, oar some department ray: ator wor 3 6 
ERS pe” acpi Superintendence, i constitute ct o! 
_ useellancons. a -ap-ttine te 
uth Polar Expedition.—The | Service Ga- 16. That the duty of framing and introducing a Bill on 
weet has publish’ the following ex ‘om an officer | the eee or as forth in the foregoing reso resolutions, would 
f this dition, dated the Falkland 1 ‘shade, baa Ist, | be m tly arged by her Majesty’s Govern- 
ving the details of had ria -of the “The ment, at _ it is earnestly recommended to them by 
—We quote the following from the Presse, 
relative to a venerable author forme rly well known in Lon- 
on :—*' The oldest man of France is M. Noel de Quer- 
sonniéres, who was formerly a mi Y> 
now living in Paris. Though born at Valenciennes in 
1728, he is not subject to any infirmity, takes four meals 
a day, shaves himself, reads a rite spectacles, 
sings bi agreeably, and sleeps soundly. He writes very 
“ai d his conversation is full of wit and sense, 
abounding wi tes. = ‘a 20 he 
a you re) 0 in 
Pe ng Bog = that his os nemo died at 
Tt 
coe of the | system 
Id. 
shi ab . got off yaar? that England possesses ‘ 29 ctaheal railroads, and 
ith. loss of some spars, but the Erebus lost t her b bow- | 108 branches. these are only 30 railroads oads of 5 
sprit and foretopmast ; they, however, had a fair passage | to 7 — in foyer uh the The Gres length a the ers being 
after ived at the Islands on the 6th of fom 30 t Western is 140 miles 
been | April. One man belonging to the Erebus ‘tu. the eBirmingham 130 are several 
nately drowned off Cape ery one else was quite kings from 70 to 90 miles in length. It is 
well.’’ ‘The expedition will return to the ice next year. calculated that during the cee oe meoeny feceived 
Burial in Towns.—O gratified to learn | by the v raily for 
that the parliamentary c e a to consi on their lines little less than 
' the important questions con: ith the health of the | 3,000,0007. e t of r England is 
inh of have sent in their report. They estimated at 2,336 miles, which cost on an average 40,0007. 
that, after examining n , they per mile. one a er and Liverpool ea 46,0007. 
mously come the conclusion, that a législative enact- oor In F are at nt 16 railroads, the 
ment, prohibiting interments in towns and their vicinity, ost important of which is m that between Basle and Stras- 
is required for the welfare ee the community, and that itis cate. and. the P aris and ad Orle i. line. ig te which 
desirable such enactment should emanate from the Go- | co to St. 
Germain “or in consequence of the value of ats grow 
nay cctited an n expenditare of 17,0007. per mile, ae the 
e which conveys the t passengers is that between 
Paris and “ati which te carried 40,000 
th i 
When. these are pet 
ViINCUC alo 
te, within the limits of such towns or places, except 
eh the case of family vaults already eaitting, the same par- 
king “ nature of private property, and nrg of li- 
mitet 
‘insane eters, be iikemise simsinted with ew bing to Wenwia. 
Ae | By vo roe 
to pote local map iy to be hereafter dete 
o St. Poul’s 
t ce exceptions be likewise admitted with 
5 8 subs. from Lord ¥ 
enh Ft 
7. That within dates which ma y be specifi “a the | 
ee authorities or places be empo 
Sasiselien ata certain distance from: 1e sia 
is forming ee principal ate hae Vienna to the f ron 
d, to Linta, Hungary, Trieste, . Milt 
ructing railroads from St. Pet 
oo ae 
a 
and Bical. © 
