1842.] | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 719 
about 155,000/., be repaid in the month of November, | of temperance, state yp Father as ge age ded at Bree, _ Lambeth overs _ two latter a sou 
The directors have held a meetin ng to consider the course | in this county, a few days since, and in € course of his | side of the Thames. It contains 300 churches iat chapels 
to be adopted under an circumstances ; _the pro- | address to the people stated. “he holy remarkable of the ssteliisherent 364 Dissenters’ preety 2 foreign 
ceedings were private, b n advertisement has since | facts :—'é n > seventy-six ined the | chapels; 250 public ‘saline a private s 
been issued, containing proposals for an of | ranks of teetotalism; and this day fortnight Sir Richard hospitals, 156 al uses, besides 205 other institutions ; 
new scrip s r loan akg ¢ 102. each, beari Musgrave, one of t . ost amia en in Ireland, to ublic offices, 14 prisons, 22 theatre arkets, 
interest at the rate of 6 per * per annum, giving | the pledge in the presence of thousands. The Earl of | Consumes annually 110,000 bullocks, 776,000 sheep, 
he subscribers the antennae po all other share- | Erne, at the cattle show in Cork, the other day, took it ;| 250, lambs, 250,000 calves and 270,000 pigs, 11,000 
holders, and stating that the present revenue of € com- | and in Dublin more than hundred ladies, headed by | tons of butter, 13,000 000,000 gallons 
p hows a clear profit o : + per annum, with a | the Countess of Clanricarde, also joined their ranks They | of milk, 1,000, narters of wh r 64,000,000 of 
prospect of a large increase, to be made over to the sub- | took it as an act of self-denial, and in order to afford a quartern loaves, 65,000 pipes of wine, 2,000, pe gellons 
scribers as a guarantee for the payment of the interest on | good example to others,” After referring to the enthu- | of spirits, and 2,000,000 barrels of porter and ale, 
the money to be raised. The directors look to this mea- siastic reception ie yet Pe psnsn in sgow, he admi- | Employs 16,502 shoem a 14,552 tailors, 2, 301 black- 
sure as the means of raising the sum demanded by Go- | nistered the pledge 000 eee renee whom were | smiths, 2,013 whitesmiths, 5,030 h — painters, 1,076 
vernment, but they offer no statement of the accounts of several bantychetpegtahe individual sh-dealers, 2,662 hatters and hosier ey spe: 
the company, and the public, consequently, have no op- _ ; 6,822 bricklayers, &c.,5,416 cabinet- ieleas 1,005 wheel- 
portunity of ascertaining how far the prospects held out SCOTLAND. wrights, 2,180 sawyers, 2,807 jewellers, 1, 172 old-clothes- 
are likely to be realised.—Some further particulars of ‘B ya sc Church ms! Scotland has experienced men (c chi iefly Jews), 3,628 compositors, pressmen, 
rating of the Great Western Railway have been published, | an important movement during the past week, and may | 1,393 Stationers, 2,633 watch and clock-makers, 4,227 
t appears that t arishes in th ighbourhood of | now be consi red to be fairly divided, the Synod of | grocers, 1,430 milkmen, 5,655 bakers, ba 
Reading, Pangbourne and Til deg having rated the | Aberdeen having set itself against the General Assem y- | 1,040 brokers, 4,322 — i 
railway at a great advance, in consequence of the recent | It will be remembered that the General Assembly, in | chemis 4,199 clothiers and Sen n-drapers, 2,167 h- 
decision.in the Mitcheldever case, the com pany gave no- | May last, passed a resolution, suspendi r. Grant and | makers, 1,367 coa merchants, 2,133 coopers, 1,381 dyers, 
tice of appe ut ¢ wo cases have been settled ami- | ten other clergymen from their judicial fu ip aereyn. for the | 2,319 plumbers, 907 pastrycooks, 869 sadlers, 1,246 tin- 
cabl assessmen he rate of 600/, per mile being | alleged crime of assisting the Strathbogle ts inisters in the | men n + sy 1,470 tu , 556 undertakers, 
agreed to by the parishes ’e lately announced that in | administration of the Lord’s Supper, Among that num- (Th e all males above 20 years of age F 
the orsham, the compa ssessed a v. J, Robertson, of Ellon; Rev, G. Peter, | private families of fashion, &c. A 000 establish- 
1,450/, per mile, but the magistrates in petty sessions re. | of Kenmay ; and the Rev. A. Cushny, ot Rayne; allin | ments of trade and in try, 4,400 public-houses, 330 
duced it to 900/. per mile, at which it now remains. — he | the presbytery och. A ingly, the half- | hotels, 470 beer-shops, 960 spirit and wine T 
directors of the South-Eastern Company, attende by Mr. | yearly meeting of the Synod of Aberdeen, held last wee »| are six bridges over the Th Lo onde 
Cubitt, have visited Dover, for the purpose of fixing the | objecti re othe names of tl gentlemen | Docks cover 20 acres: 14 tob wareho » 14 aeres 
terminus. Th ve had some interviews with | appeari g on the soll of members imilar objections the wine-cellars, 3 acres, containing 22,000 pip 
Mr. Hardwick, the s eyor to the harbour estates, and | were also taken to the nam of the Rey, Mr. Mi ton | The two West Indian Docks cover acres ; St. Katharine’s 
it is conjectured the station will occupy the site of Beach-.| (whose settlement in the parish of Culsamond was de- | Docks co ; the Surrey Docks, o ite 
i de, are also very large. There generally about 5,000 
street and Fisherman’s-row, being the line from Archeliff | clared void by a vote of last Assembly), and Mr. James 
Fo i i Th 
er, yn a 
approved of as convenient to the harbour and pier, and | jority of 81 to 71, have refused to give effect to the sen- 
perhaps the least expensive 2 Be! that could have been | tences of the Assembly with respect to these gentlemen, 
found suitable for the purpos i i e 
watermen and 4,000 laboure n pays about one- 
third v3 window duty i in England, the number of houses 
assessed being about 120,000, rated at upwards of 
5,000 0008 Sorting The house ported is probably 
7,000 "000, 0001 —Kni,ht’s London, 
des D. 
n—Th e Bishopric of Meath is at sah pe ae Fire Parare rance.—The total seuss of property in- 
baad ard sured AgSiaes 8 by fire in England, Scotland, and Ire. 
land, during the year 1841, was 73 , 900, 0002, of 
cashire gow in weight, to the enormous sum of 
it remains to be seen how far the other synods will unite 8,400, 900 ‘000 tons: the total annual consumption of this 
with that of Aberdeen, or adhere to the Agse nibly, 
Dundee.—The Scotch papers give long accounts of 
an attempt made last week by a north-country grazier, 
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of pro 
smallest i wif but one,. ‘Ruwely, Sornad com 
it does the greater part of London pat Ht be 
etpaited the richest county of the : tinge: its total 
auaual value of real property am to 
ke aa than 7,293,369 oi Bh i er um is thus distributed :— 
Landed property, 304 § deine peeet, 6,680,202/. ; 
all pri kinds of prot 3 bea jal 4. ¥: 
next to Middles Ayes. th, 10th 
value of assessed distri 
as follows : ced property bein betty, 3 094060 welling 
of rete 1,817,7391. ; al other Kinds ; 75.2046 
hire comes nex 
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Glas ow.—In con ence of an application from the 
of the oyal Exchange have agreed to give a site in front 
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made up as follows:—Landed pro perty, 1,402,2087, ; 
d Cre erage ies 2,449, a A Re age other kinds of pr operty, 
tures, it is now quietly engaged in tradin ng pursuits, and 
Thomas. 
day, when the rent for the week was announ sails under the’ modest title of the real property assessed being 266,335/.; made f real 
2351. 16s. 6d.—It is reported in the Ministerial papers, P 21,0547. ; dw -houses, 37,3741.; all other 
that Lord Lyndhurst is Bom to retire <= na oh ri _THEATRICALS. . kinds of property, 7,907/. tingdon is next, the to 
os! o England, ce Drury-L y Holcroft’s play of the } an ‘of its real property assessed being 317,7184., 
den ; Ar. Pennnefather, Chief Juntos ‘of he ueeals 8 ae fo Ruin was produced: "is $s theatre, after baiting made up as follows: — ed property, 236,6334,; 
Dey. ne to get the Irish seals, as the successor of Sir | been long a stranger to the sta age. was brought out dwelling-houses, 71,221/.; all other kinds of property, 
Edwa hat Mr. Black is to be the new Chief ipees Mr. Maeready’s usual judgme and wa: rdially 9,8641. sum levied for poor-rates in England for 
Justice of the Queen’s Bench, Mr. Sergeant Warren | received. The characters were strongly cast. elder | the year ending ryt 1841, was ‘ay tog The 
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Master of the Rolls.—Letters patent have passed the | ornion was ably represented by Mr. Phelps, and Harry y fate in the pound on the annual value property 
Great of Irela i nsany Custos | Dornfon by Mr. Anderson; Mr. Compton completely | assessed in 1841 was, for the pepe a England 2s. Itisa 
Rotulorum of the coun y Meath, in the room of the late | realised the character of the hypoerite and usarer in ripen iaace worthy of notice, t 
ellesley. Silky, and Mr. C. Mathews appeared as Goldfinch. The n those parts of the country ba ‘s are not accustomed 
King’s Malley nday week, a notice was posted | Sophia of Mrs. Stirling was one of her most success- re refer to as the most distressed. 
at Laughton, the residence of lord Bloomfie ld, threaten- | ful ip ee perhaps on the whole the best character county is Wilts, in which the rate — to 3s. in the 
ing that nobleman with instant dk ath, unless he forthwith | She yet sustained ; but the principal performance of pound. In Sussex the rate is only Id. in the pound less than 
discharged his agent, Mr, G. Garvey. Another notice was | the evening was the tesa dd o a C. Jones, | in Wiltthire—oamely, 2s, Ild. In Bucki ing e, Suf> 
posted at the residence of a man named Sadleir, gardener | Whose acting on most occasions medy in itself. | folk, and pe iy see rages: 9d. in reer n EGSeSy 
to Lord Bloomfield, arhacnlatne him with death if he at- | The ie of these old plays, which pss been forgotten Dor » Glou it is 
tempted to take the farm held by the late Mr. Roberts, | by most playgoers of the present generation, is a satis- 
was shot at ‘hie, elite some few months ago. A abot askact proot ze Mr. Macready’s efforts j in behalf of the 
was also fired into the dwelling-house of a a farmer, named | national dra 
Gavin, near the same place. On a ane following i ‘ Fs waely 7, Sd 
man from Foxborough was met Cloughbjor va es fH iccellansous, lowest hig Ghent oreai 2h 3 770,6 615, ogg 
man a mod w with a conse “te suapped it at stair te bi mee of London.—London is the ae gs and richest | England in English statute et 4 nk te 
sired him a0 to be telling stories to the police.’ In city in the world; occupies a surface o  — aes average annual value per acre for phroliges which he value 
conseqifence these occurrences, Lord Bloomfield has thickly an ted with houses, m ostly is 
rsa shir Pie aceed oan 
lef Laughton fo r England. storie _ It cons ty, Westminster | reach 
Wesford,— —The local papers, a3 a proof of the spread | | city, Fins ry, Marylebone Peirce: arse 1 
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