THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[JuLy. 30, 
hey zone be enabled to pro 
directors did. that t 
to Tg imsaes at to be held in Jan. 
next, a dividend of 4 cent, fi ear, being at 
the rate of 8 per cent. for the whole year upon the paid-u 
capital of the company, and have a large surplus for a 
reserved The $009 unts of the company had been 
audited by N. W. Sen r, Esa. one paps of f the M pm: in 
Chancery, and the Tout a adopted. 
The * Times’’ Schol en bite ers ill nil remember 
change, and in 
but chiefly to the foundation of two Scholarships in per- 
for the encouragem of oe ing at the Uni- 
x of which was 
place on Tuesday last, when the 
successful competitor was Mr. , also proceed. 
ing to Cambridge. The value of the exhibition is 30/.a year. 
iver Navi e daily papers have publish 
me curious stical accounts of the rapid increase in 
the steam nayigatio . They that the 
number carri the Iron Steamboat Company, on Sun- 
bridge and Chelsea, was 30,000 ; the wooden boats of the 
Woes Company carri upwards s of Passa on the 
; the ere. steamers 0 ater mat a ic 
terminus 
Conese. packets were well filled, me the number of 
yisitors janded at Gravesend an eet was 
; the various steamers mak aaeate 80 t trips 
passenge the pier a guptice for 
each, were so crowde t more than 1,500 persons were 
left behind. The City of e R 
took down 1,000 persons on Sunday ps srerere to 
Hews Bay Rives Marae f. ae aA the fares. 
ve been lately rai Ww Gea cael rowded. 
Every village between Rich 24 and Gr Cet tar 
its steam-boat piers for the accommodation of passen 
the ba of the Tha ve and below bridge, 
eop 
e 
, and Richmond: recei 
da Monday, : = the villages of Erith 
ba Parfleet, and Grays, on the K sex 
: ginning to be felted | ve thecitizens. There 
essels navigating the Thames, in 
addition to the General Steam Navigation Company’s fleet, 
and tch, and foreign steamers. l 
be a next season, and men’s 
Steam-packet Company have. just determined on building 
five more, to be ready by the spring of 1843. 
‘olice.—A investigation into the affairs of the 
Westminster Loan Socie p ed 
idhall. The justice-room -was crowded with persons 
who had invested the mahey ei as_ 8 
holders or as depositors, re read a let- 
ter he had received, respecting the parties concerned 
in “getting up” the company. statemen! 
= made SO tg ruined by the 
conversation took 
by the Westninear boat almost immediately, and. off 
she began to show her superiority; she 
running down of the 
pace was ve » assis the 
tide ‘ the boats cut through the water with great rapidity, 
and at 27 minutes to eight t Peete boat reache 
Putney bridge, the Etonians being? out 120 yards behind 
The winners were greeted wi Sioad cheering from 
ae i piatae the shores of the , and the people on 
the bridge. Both boats rowed in pee tiful A and the 
match wanaltogetheroneo the best of the present.season. 
arylebone. riday the ase ayers of Marylebone 
forming the hasnisted appointed to maintain the public 
‘* right on rose-hill, in the. diréction of 
in dispute, an 
published by Bowes den 
carefully tracing the path, discov ered by their sketch that 
another and an iaportanit right oF pe been iniitoge? 
an: leading from the estate of t a Duke 6 f Portland o 
Barrow or Blood- bill, and rire with. Priseask, 
hill, circle of the Regent’s- 
and. Ea 
park, sod which has been blocked up by gates. The 
borough members were satisfied that the public hada 
‘* right of way,’ which n infringed on, and it was 
agreed that vestry be call on to direct their sur- 
veyor to make a survey of the boundaries of the parish at 
Primrose-bill, define it and the footpath by a course 
of stones, and that the bo’ embers and the com- 
mittee should then request missioners 0 ods 
and Forests, who have purchased Primrose-hill for the use 
nd recreation of the public, to preserving the 
means of gaining free access be 
rk. conse of the death of Mr, 
Holmes, the High Bailiff = ‘hie Dovey > an oon can- 
gentlemen are mentioned a “pandi S i 
Harvey, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Pay ae r 
Ledger, Mr. Jupp, Alderman Brown, and Alderman Sir 
W. Heygate. The situation is said to be worth 3,000/, 
year. The Cou “ f Common Council on Thursday ap- 
pointed Mr. Pearson, the City ET to act as High 
ee until the election sHGuld. oc 
Peckham.—The inquest on the body o: 
who died-in St. Thomas’s seepiiet, on the 18th inst., 
from the Angneies fice 0 on him-on the 13th while sleep- 
in a mises of his emp 
f James White, 
of the who w sus 
As no ject exideic’ had. ‘been si aS the Ty re- 
turned a verdict of ** Wilful murd “some perso 
r persons, en bee was not sufficient ridence ns prove 
eho that pers 
helsea ~ consid rable alterations are conte roplated in 
of the Royal Hospitals of Giekawich ahd 
the public 
to ascerta 
bldg for a purpose. 
a it is intended to 
“a office 
ers in 
ments are 
to pay retired-sailors in districts, 
, as ‘in already been adopted with retired sol- 
Scotland, 
‘Deptford.—This town 0: esday evening was thrown 
into a state of tour’ by a Chartist riot. A large 
was ti yw 
eahpane, which is capable of accommodating a 
ple. ‘crowded to” \. 
tho usand peo The Minister 
e | by an inspector, inc 
he Ferg one cae te e principal partis sis Bee friends 
an 
e, | ca 
oin the fray, and preven 
two | Mr. T. Sollis, a farme: 
rea! been examined before the maniacal, and bound over 
— rage to keep the peac 
4.—On Mo me Fight an ‘incendiary fire wag 
Mr. Johnstone, at Park 
Farm, near Plumstead old chure 
The engines of the Royal Artillery 
went down. bo 
of Lieut. ey ei abs soutiyuat 
board of the boat, and thus.p oo himself from sinking. 
After floating for stemee-noaiaees rs of an hour, he was picked 
the City meiiert, Mtge with a part 
oard the Shearwater 
‘Brobinciat News. 
—The new steam-packet wharf ei 2 the 
Railwe am epapatiy at their terminus at King was 
opened on Monday. The Dieppe ie cura a lame 
arty there on that day to celebra occasion, The 
wharf i B fitted u . mination 0 
esseoger ” luggage + SO a) within the shortest possible 
c 
ac 
Bi irkenhead 
inhabita is town 
simi ilar to oe Sted in our Lan panne, ney s 
Not a bre ath “ wind was felt 
as heard, resembling the fa ating ot 
z anegan ie ee 
o a height of three or four ya ards. No other 
upon the grou the 
pairs the whir wind was not fat more pe ovis perete 
—On rien ai Richard Edwards, or 
the oe r 
less than oe ,000 persons present. The c 
28 yea e, but had become’ Rétortots from bein 
associated aie many of the worst transactions which ave 
oceurr e years past. 
rieahnia=-Oa Friday last, the county coroner rand 
assembled to inasine into the cause of the death of 
of Bishop’ rom near this town, 
ne-trough, in afield 
. 
havi ; 9 
f the lecturer, who. was com elled tn Attend -at some distance from his Awad eir proceeding 
| hee considerable crete : le $0 a eet re = view the the floor of the nee Paige the 
the gallery then proposed that , poy discussion should | whole Lake inclel*e the jury, surgeon, olice, were 
e thi : exci n uproar, in nthe midst of which esetinery Into the cellar, together wih the body of the 
a body of Chartists proposed that the chair should be though pee. ) fetons injury was sustained, al- 
y king man. Several Chartists attempted to ough a large quan tity of broken timber aa rubbish fell 
n of the table, and a general fight and scuffle on them; and after a brief interval they were able to 
- entrance ok body of police, accompanied rentihe the ee ie ass in aie ; 
i se the riot, and their nday night in this 
Crediton.—. on Mo 
town, by rich Aik hy ‘6 40. eth were entirely con- 
sumed. . Our ers are probably aware that no pa 
cial town in scien is suffered so greatly from fire as 
this piace Sine its, total Aeetesetic in aT, 42 and 1196) 
occurred almo 
andreds who had been to gai 
sages ioe ry, ‘ot ina few m 
en space, was filled, and the pre ey 
address was the arrival of | 
which Dr. 
met with 
MDorell was app: 
rehended, and 
Chartist 8, in. satay yr o earthy 
ive fires have st sonupitte and ¢ 
ee ae hie y fallen upon the insurance-offices. The 
t ed at about 6 0’elo —_ on eet 
e 
fire 
ight, j in a doietline: -house opposite ae old ca 
supply of. _water was very scanty, a the a a 
20 houses were consumed, and it became necessary to maple 
down several buildings, in order to arrest the progress of 
the: fire, w gui fore neatly 40 
‘houses were destro wed Ser eral accidents seuiredl but 
| none ta as a serious CHEaRtES are me ioned. 
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