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_ The War has 
poaes z ‘Oe ballek: of t A publi debt that the Peel A 
be i 
1842. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
scription, has been little short of half a million sterling. 
Man ip 
wine-merchants lost from 0400 
ny. t es 
yalued, one wi i i 
veral farms, uce, cattle, utensils, and even 1, 
were ae aa the ocean. commi Ee ed bs ‘ - 
ee fs farthing i is * publicly known to 
th 
f Pru m 
Jay last, ne stopped a ‘hight at the little town of Hoh 
Ca 
y owner of t ain of Dohl 
took eee of the King’s passing through to request 
his Pipe in order to place it in a new church buil 
Ma 
grant it the next day, when he wrote the following lines : 
saving effect 
florins. T 
Bay 
reduction of ae pa sul on the 
m 
se subscriptions in Lisbon, but a 
have “bre collented in 
e realy tuguese themselves, 
russels state that the ar- 
tg 
rni St. Peters sburg in 
hen- 
captain’s property. His Majesty promised to 
,o p 
oe 
¥ 
nth Sunday after rans 
Russia, after celebrat- 
my belov 
ain pees rae of the domain 
— Let tters rom 
that the contract 
om i ge Se both uPeaer 
rg Gov ap- 
cent., will 
tt i" that the state is Sate yg 
t disposed to. submit # the reduction. nn 
ed ny will be about 110,000 
he rian Giga at also 
publi 
Greece.—Letters from Athens of the 30th ult. state, 
that on the Sekar day me Silivergo, the newly-appointed 
Fina ame insane while 
or in the Pirseus, which 
to the great astonishment of the 
The Princes of enburg 
o steamer. oO 
te 
express from bar pre gen by way o 
npa, announces the importan 
perly regarded in 
e, 5, whieh pdatttvely ‘declined 
ssian Ambassador, on 
io reo of this note, replied, that he regretted to have 
announce to the 
proposition, or what 
Petersburgh wou 4 come to. 
peror may entert n the Servian revolu ution, it is said 
that the treaty of aA Seknopls allows the intervention of 
Reais 
iy —The wage Revel of Nov. 24, ye 
sa ary Siva from N: 
Bago illness had bs Vy 
ria ig ae fan i 
ih = ‘most serious char ater; 
n 
natural s 
nd. 
ultimate recovery. 
Ss 
harles for some time had not been able to sleep until 
opiates had been sdminister ed, 
~ gar 
Money Market, Friday. ne Consols market has been 
much depressed during the latter part of the week in con- 
sequenceiof the ehended rupture between France and 
in. Consols for the account closed 931; Three p 
Cents. Reduced, 945 tog ; Bank Stock, 170} to 1724 ; 
ed, 
Exchequer Bills, 49s. to dls. pm.; 
Cents. Reduced, 101 to 3 Long Annuities, 12 % to $ 
Metropolis and its Wicinity, 
hristmas-day in the Metropolis. wale g the past 
week the Lord Mayor has re se t iaisianions, 
signed by many hundreds of the sition: of London, re- 
specting the observance of Christmas-day on Monday. 
They state that the concurrence of Christ tmas-day and 
Sunday threatens the deprivation of a hi t 
holiday ; tha der any circumstances, the | fan o 
portunity of relaxation and enjoyment atter of 
; but when, as in the oranda. instance, the evil is 
ikely to be aggravated by a more than ordinary profana- 
tion of the Sabbath, it is doubly to be deplor Th 
therefore apbrnit the propriety of his i ghd originating 
e to obviate this evil ; at, p 
cent. to 4 ent.—It is stated es the King of H commendation to the citizens to observe the Christmas 
nover Guna to visit En ter the marriage of the | feast by a suspension of business on Monday, the 26th 
Prin Roy r the purpose of sulting his former | inst., cannot be disregarded by:them, and must influence 
_ Physician, Sir Henry Halford, his confiden erman cities and towns throughout the kingdom. The 
physiciaus having diminished considerably since the death | Mayor, on receiving the requisitions, said it would give 
of Dr. Stie - His Majesty, on being informed that a | him the greatest pleasure to carry out the views of so nu- 
subscription been set on foot for the reli the | merous and res ne gpre dy of requisitionists, by offi 
_ widow and i the late Dr. Maginn, immediately | cially recommending th at Monday, the 26th, be kept as 
forwarded a donation of 2004. Christmas-day ; but he coul ke any recommend- 
mat r from Ro he 6th inst. states ner e kind without consulting the principal mer- 
_ that the King of Naples had offere ieelt a mediator s and bankers. 1t isf[aow announced that there will be 
be Don Miguel and the Queen of Portugal, and with | no no holiday at the Bank, Stock Exchange, or the public 
more success than the Pope. The news of the late vic- 
tories in Chin crea satisfaction at Rome, «The Royal Bounties. —Her Majesty’ 's annual bounties 
being considered as essentially favourable to Christia pwards of 800 
— Letters o and a hav en receiv ved; poor, old, and distressed persons, who ha: di lean proreesly 
Stating that on the BA ag pf + 27th ult. an eruption | recommel nded by the clergy, nobility, and gentry, residing 
of Mount Etna p r a repose of 20 years, | in the various parishes. The bounty is limited to persons 
e lava issued in considerable torrents, following two | who ove the age of sixty years, a the exception 
parallel lines, in Bis of 5 ro age | to the is made in of the pent and of those 
already done is ae S sy The fine jMeather o are anes with severe bodily infirmity. The Royal 
allowed the s a 8 to roam oe the whole night, ad- | gate alms to 168 persons,*each ne thirteen shillings, 
miring the extraordinary specta svelte Heporpee stranger were alee diss uted, 
had arrived to be the scen e passenger: Elect » of Common Councilmen.—Wednesday —s 
Doard the Oriental pee lhe To, aa by asight of thi t. Thomas's Day, wardmotes were held, accordin 
_ £tuption, about two hours after leaving Malta, on the 28th, | ancient pan By in the ae ag wards of the Cit re bet 
_ “ie mountain bearing at thetime N. E105 miles. Abou ecting members to in the Court of 
dusk the passengers and were surprised e | Council for the year e ae Cnet cad chine hol 
_ Unexpected appearance of the eruption, and were so for- | exercised u the Epicteas law League and the advocates 
- tunate as to keep it in ast for fiv rs. We have | for free trade to return ho would heir 
me, under our {‘‘ Misce ‘ ount of | icular opinions, m erest was exci 
the scene from the pen of an evita y the elections. re few instances a. strong opposition 
tical s 
Viet an entrance to 
in F enchureh-s 
Borough, fo the Black sanseek th Be oe 
offered, and a poll was demanded by the candidates, 
so oo’ that the results of the 
rri demni 
rial and ve vatioai.* censuring the conduct of 
the surveyors and assessors, and calling for its immediate 
re 258 
ast India House.—The Quarterly Mays Court*o 
Prayietor was held on Wednesday, 
n the chai 
Am Mt 
prtacesnel of papers accounts connec’ ith 
rin Afghanistan was negatived by a majority, 
the chairman having stated that the accounts would b 
called for by Parliament in du n be 
motion pec e Ex- 
Rajah of Sattara; bat on the understanding that addi- 
tional papers had been received, which altogether 
altered the , and which the Court were anxious 
iet 
e proceedings, which ran to great (fe ngth, closed with a 
ae eadiiog the Hill oe, and the sates of 
he Marquis Wellesley, which, the chairman said, w as pro- 
redline 5 ee? and would be finished very shortly. 
Inco fe meeti 
held of "hs merchants, ¢ 
rally, of the War 
been called in question. 
e rate of 
meeting, compose 
merchants, tradesmen, and Sahabitants of the ward of Tower, 
does not intend to consider, u resent occasion, the 
ohn ot and vexatious system of sur- 
ode o the 
fdetian® by d paar ge without investigation 
curacy of a la 
wa 
forwarded to 
as appoint 
The Inhabitants of rig hae have also manifested 
content at tg manner in which the assessmen 
» an “of persons, is carried 
course wireeed, is to assess them indiscriminately at 1500. 
per cgay leaving the onus upon the parties who are 
prove t 
ussion it was resolved to 
Eara 
unday morning the Bishop 
held a bea patito, at Tig James's, West- 
The sermon was by the Rev. ji e 
cl ah, examining ‘cbiplala to the Bishop, and v 
ae on. bi ordi crow service was then p 
‘ a number of gentlemen : 
5 
1n 
Metropolitan Im mprovements.—The ‘improvements in 
Leadenhall Market, which have been i e 
ss Meta gees Wi opel 
urface, lighted by plate glass. It is expecte 
Ocal S ‘ 
making & apa merest 
Behm 
