844 
THE GARDENERS’ 
RIERA UE 
[Dec. 17, 
s have , mentioned the increasing + infirmities of ~ 
His dea th, therefore, which too 
reer is intimately conne os 
brilliant passages in the history of the British army. In 
80 as engaged in the campaign in Egypt, and was 
present at the surrender of Grand Cairo by the French 
As brigadier-gen. he commanded the reserve of Sir Joh 
oore’s army at C . At the battle of Talavera, the 
brigade under his command repulsed the French at t 
point of the bayonet, for which he was rewarded with th 
ks of Parliament. as present at the battles of 
county of Salop, and nephew Rowland 
Hill. He was in his 71st year, and eas Tittle Bad in 
5 Ile was d, and is suc cca Aa title 
his nephew and heir, Sir Rowing Hill, Bar MEP 
field Club.—The forty-second ahdiveially of this 
own as experimental agriculturists. Among those present 
were the hed Richmond, Lord Ducie, Lord Monteag} 
7 Tn the late Cattle Show, 
r 
of oxen with ordinary feeding. The 
wards addressed by other nob emien, but the topics alluded 
to were not of eneral interest. 
of S . Bride. —On 
Parish o; 
wae: 
bere a Vestry was ey 
Dale Fed chair, when t 
er in Council, 
: Soieiee esty's 
Jastical aie bet to "Brinity a jurch. 
a rents of church 
roduced 8221. 6¥. SH: tha ‘od 
7.5007. ; and tha f the” pr 
would be about 25 500. t3 
the meeting, the eautraAhd Hs Bao GA hd 
e communicants at Trinity Chere shes Mae ed tik 
paid by them for the same charitable purposes in 1824 in 
St. Bride’: - 
oh Sei 
Bag e of 
—Christmas has been ushered 
ueen’s eh ars of St. Peter’s College. e 
lancholy occasion having last year prevented the recur- 
rence of the ‘* Westminster play,” the dormitory was 
i ith av siete audience 
t Fo tha to * aeaeiis costume, 
and sustained with great spirit by the scholars. ro- 
0 ind epilogue we okén till Thursday, and the 
copies will not be eg till Monday, when the last 
performance il take place 
fas alee ag tte of ony rae report of 
t been pub-| s 
0, the grea 
are not iene , Writing, and the 
of arithmetic are not generally taught. rk some in- 
poe the a cal a =i Mr. Hullah an 4 Turner 
_ now adopted owledge ‘of arit rth ic con- 
aud of boys 
buat their moral and aeigs Be bet, improvement, thou 
chanical it manner of being ‘taught, is stated to be 
dies ‘sary, instituted in honour 
a the wp ron se in 
of 
Senta t fini realised | { \e 
the cl n wi 
free ae his session, and 
esti Sates The wri watiey 3 
scat giaenewaeat ot the Aching is described as inefficient ; posed 
m 
pees in 
ster ; ‘another i in n Wilton-square, Knightsbridge ; 
rch in St. Pancras. Sites hav 
aig 2 alah : anda 
bee 
n for a ne stinrl ag the Ww ate anata 
gnntber } in St. Botolph ‘Without, Aldgate; and a third in 
St. George’s in the Eas parish church of SE. 
iles’s, Camber rwell, oe ng on the of the ae edi- 
fice, which was destroyed by fire, is proceeding 
Metropolitan Improvement —The following 
he Repor 
rom the porreg mya of Wo and 
Forests will s ow muc s been secomaplishes in 
he negotiations for the new tien =f streets, to which we 
have frequently adverted :—‘‘ othe Sth of January 
last we have co purchases in three of the lines of 
the projected improvements, e amount, in t gre- 
, and have contracted for purchase 
ent leted any purchase, 
chases to the amount of 
the London Docks to Spitalfields Church, wé hay 
leted purchases to the amount of 3,2612., and pomp con- 
pean) 
lines of projected improvements, a 
i be ascertained by arbitration. 
h 
the grow 
new titeet from East Sm 
t contain a 
ing the latter waco mavae was, 
perati tate, ees ever, tha 
to uf Gea with Re att 
the i im Babthatetts: 
New Houses of datey eee —We. lately noticed ene 
progress .of the for. Jt 
works ady contracted 
now announced that the fifth co pa act ak nee perietay 
into, a essrs, Grisse eto are again the 
This tis bed 0. 
us 
mmons, with other im mportant Bg of the w 
b 
ork 
advertising eolnsaae 
) 
ready been 
appropriated to so ey different purposes, that it will 
be curious to ae what will be its next rank among the 
ights of the Metropolis. 
nti-Corn- a Meeting.— —On 
Wednesday night, a 
district meeti 
of ahs Metropolitan Association was held 
urton presided, in the absence of 
* Villiers » MKes ‘spoke on the Corn- 
law aa a ‘and pprescns . # rsolation Hn support of the 
e Fund. This w onded b: r. Coates, the 
distiller, of hla gat aie t which a reasons arose, 
in consequence of some Chartists B aches attempted to 
address the meeting. e tumult at length pene e so 
great that the Ieee Cl pal ot in Lee ater e0 e 
delay, two or three obtained a heari 
any 
try. ment was supported by about fity 
ge and wee orig pee was declared to be carried. 
n.—On Saturday evening the pre of 
this new prison f for the reception of criminal offenders was 
ted up for the first time, the whole of the sr eneate 
for the ption of victs being at length completed 
Tt was anticipated that a certai of convicts would 
ave been removed to the prison on oatan ni ; y 
on : arrangement was ordered by the Commiss 
been ‘master of the school, and on that of. the’ made for their rec peers Ae i but asit was fod neesetry to 
Earl of Westnidretahd, one of the late’; reconsider the diet unr, Be make 
speaker concluded, amid much apple well- alterations: in the ales, Which é on Tuesday thane 
expressed liments to the Bish '| mitted to the Home Secretary for his approval, no 
inspecting the chapel and’ the hospital, which contains ‘prisoners. will be rreeeited Mg Le The presi how- 
es iors : pe! = 4 Be ors and Saat wh. ce ae ‘be hristm The 
members dined toge ae e | Bishop of London } as & jnted to-mo ow for “the? n- 
aoe and to alt the pen nsioners | secration Steet rae = : % 
rae Vy y, the 8th inst. a harcoan.! 
“now 12 new of the g h hk of Marylebone 
be ieed, in various | held, for ohé p ohPbous of taking bteps to destroy | the gas 1 ib 
one in the Menteed, in th ae borough, by the e formation of a 
hwark ; > we in’ Pa tx 
e nopaly i in 
compri 
t peiaaipted 
com any 
sid Casi 
tablished 
in o fs parish was held on 
| in cee 
by tl e tradesmen and consumers of the eastern portion of q 
the ope olis. It was stated that this company had | 
tain a reduction of 30 per cent.in | 
give a pro 
aase price was 7s, per 1,000 feet, while the old 
A 
formed to carry o ject. 
meeting of the journeymen, bakers was, held, to adopt 
measures to secur fair wages,.a tect. them 
om the excessive labour to which they) are subjected, 
A deputation fro lin. was,.in attendance.| Several 
statements were laid. before the meeting in,regard tothe 
condition of the journeymen, bakers... lt tated that 
they worked for twenty hours,a day in.pl orse than 
the condemned cells. of .Newgate,,while, their wages..did 
ot e d r 20s. a-week. the 
masters was also. said ‘9 as very serious, and it, wasrulti. 
mately 2 ed to appoint a com cha unic 
between the maste etd, men, fo the purpose of redressing 
thei sbrinns Be ances.—On ASH? 3 me athineie of the master- 
tailors who mbi he in 4; for tthe purpose, of 
er th 
planes in hand of 77 1. was accor rd 
Ch meat 
iota 
aa aaa with’ 
i 
ium and cotton aie from Btitish Indi ormer 
to thea f 0;0002., “and the latter oa up- 
w a 
8 China, and increase Deke ant 
hat greatly add to the Rid tate of he aiibree 7 oem 
and materially increase the consumption 0 
Wea —A change took place i 
onday ni, The atmosphere, afte 
damp, cane changed to the g 
and for so 7S ee ne a Di 
May or June than the 
the 
ay o of December, the sy} be 
unobscured by eo, iad 1s sun having shon ¥ 
ie aes 
Fires.—A urred on Wednesday night i in Little 
Prescott-street, “bodana’ s Fidlas, which was fiche 
qe 
BE 
the window of the se floor, a height O) 
f ne was killed on the hao and the 
seriously june that ‘it aa ( 
and three children in other parts 0 
imposible t to bs entify the i 
inder. An was held 
of ahaa d death was retur 
that transpired a 
above ; but the evidence appe 
id not render effectual eechieeabe? 
were saved by the exertions 0! 
that he could not induce the officers to follo 
Police.— t at murd ninid #uitide’ Wad ¢ 
mitted on Monday a Auction-Mart ze ele 
having shot the barmai a, and 
hroat. The man was ta o St. 
oi pe a at likély “4 Tecate. ‘detail 
dat som € duily sages nt 
Wave little interest for the pi Be 
Hae. —An adjourned meeting of ow meron ty 
Wednesday, the’ ‘7th inst. 
9814, 100, fined a bye the 
