1842.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
533 
Asbenter, gem) ge the Celestial — ire, orna- 
nufactur t the mis rate: station 
ento sdis ogic ical rd ral spec mens, colle ted by mis- 
sionaries in distant countries, and — peal teaih fied ; 
“severa aph paraphrases o 
texts of Scripture by John Wesley pees his brother Charles 
The sale 
ric was 
the managers resolved to 
kee Ss ise beyond the tae originally fixed for the 
rpos 
Metropolitan Jmprooements —In the House of Com 
mons on Wedne sday Wo 
of the population, and pra 
— to render it co ape, on persons ah di 
ee 
the e Society “se its formatio 
d adverts 
y desire especially to e 
rovement of the over-crowded and iil-dbained neigh- 
eicaadle of the 
dwellings fo 
aban of ats branch of the pra 
wiinpioetion to individual rte 
the fact that. 
Soci and 
grounds to public ¢ support in order to ren 
tions effective, and institute proper inquiries on the various 
—The com appoint 
to 
ect the City improvements have entered into 
of 
street Semen from 
ages Clerk 
as reported t 
greate ramen i pulled poem, and that the total bape 
of rebuilding it will exceed 2,000/— 
ntinual aondiaigin of members 
ntre rrace 
f the ga ret crerlooking “Lincoln, s sien 
A council-chamber a 
ds. nd lib re to be added to 
new erection; the ol hall will be fevtsina? for the = 
of the Lord Chancellor —_ Peter out of term, a 
ntemplation to Epdovest 
rising i in the vicinity of the oe ape ing into 
terraces, and villas, to be called Ken- 
a genera ee of the transactions of 
sington Park. The arrangements are ted t be 
similar to the Regent's Park. ee Bait i 
East India House.—On Withiy,ie spetial’ porn 
Court of the Proprietor of East India Stock was held a 
Hie India-house, ‘ompliance 
y 
proceedings were repugnant to 
lis of juste, and subversive of the Bri 
India. - The business of the m 
the ébalnman moved an 
having sat for a longer time than on any ita ion. 
Thames Tunnel.—This un ertaking mes opened 
n Monday, for the first time, on the apping side of th 
river, and u f 500 visi of all nations passed 
through the tunnel as far as the shaft on the Rotherhithe 
ore. e High-street, Wapping, was thronged wit 
people, and the vessels on the river were gaily decked 
different nations, in celebration of the event 
e€ th 
those of persons from all parts of Europe, and many from 
Asia. d, about o the visitors were fo- 
Teigners, haft by i 
re clapee before the viaduct wi 
of 
as erstood, a large savin. 
be made in the covet oe necessary to shaliplete 
the undertakin 
The 
Cc 
Wellington, Sir R. 
visited the es tablishuat, and examined the a earanpemreas 
for St prisoners. 
eral greg for the vacan : 
engaged in thei 
Unless the te of the cca 
$ are 
tion be suspended, and the two aldermen candidates 
allo enter the ae it is generally supposed that the 
r. Daniel Whittle ey and 
hairman it “9 neces- 
to apply for a 
und for the he ensuing are as the oe tal 
expenditure woud be 3,755/. 3s. 8d. it was 
then moved in favour of a sixpenny fates ster along and 
— eis the amendment was 20 to 16, 
a poll was demanded, and refused slg, 
c sired who said ee tag: take legal m 
force the a A 
Pam H.—The masquerade which has been for some 
e back greens an which most active ive prepare 
she have been ‘or poste wee on 
ven 
en- 
appe 
thrown open for the 
P 
ee in’ addition to the ¢ concert, ‘ew rope-dan 
Zs consisted i in the ‘performances of the "stud of the 
late Mr D 
La Petite Taglion, a Bik wss dancer of great promise. 
d the instrumental band were good, 
and, o These ie veryt ay as done that could ‘gratify 
known mest of amu 
lwich. — Considerable activity “iy gered ai cra tase 
yard in thee preparation a of ne 
n iron 
or engines of 800 horse-power, with a crew of 
To convey some idea of the magnitude of a vessel of this 
team- 
class, it may be observed that the largest first-class s 
ho Tie ana 
named the Dr: 
at Sheerness or wg ae Septnag 
Chath. 
-M.’s steamer 
. Cor 
ur months, and three of the 
seamen coos left families. 
et Mee. 
> € provincial papers are filled with 
details of, the pt 8s and e 
brilliant harvest wea rain of five minutes’ dura- 
tion having fallen for several days Totnes, Bodmin, 
Exeter, an sg on, very fin s of — have been 
es wheat is 5 very fine in ality, tn coment heavy i in 
the —In oi ng als fine ‘or tien 
crops eb ve prevaile ois up to pr 
wheat is swan bly perfect in the ear, and ily to “ 
2. ote oductive. Reaping has become ge neral, and in th 
southern sistas the sickle i is in full operation.—In Ox. 
oe ts are very gratifying. 
“oot and the €rops are 
seas ae 
yielding Dhendai y- 
glorious weather have advanbed the crops towards matu- 
rity, and enabled i ir hay, 
considerable portion of which till out. In favoured 
situations reaping has alrea mmenced, and should the 
ather continue propitious, it will soon 
—In Warwickshire there is prospect of an abundant 
hervest. The cro corn are rapidly ng, and 
tong gua soon be actively employed.—In Cambridge- 
tting oe at in di 
Sates mee ‘eat ae me re thi 
lant was eau of in the wheat, er renga wig 
_ _— lace. The early-sown barley w a full a 
uantity, and the quality seer 
there bef fine wei eather to secure 
an Wi eguiar crop, and th 
baby “inferior. uc 
to produc 
ripening, under the present elightfal. ssmnahees In man, 
arts there i . A 
