308 THE a CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER. itt 25, i, 1858, 
be pud; or to exchange at the R To ares i schools, was returned at 1,422,469, or ae 8.259 per Broadway and Ludgate Hill, fell tot 
lew company, with 10s. paid nat ‘the Tin bilit o pa wa cait. of the entire population. In 18 y no one resided on the 
norefor ‘oneoldshare. Titetermethusoflered contemplate population was 19,422,495, and th : 
srice of ‘thee shares and no more. “The pr resent price in | prac: ted to io 572,44 t 8. 
l. 10s. per share, and 1e whole population. Hence it appears = DEATH FROM STRYCHNINE.—An 
herefore five new shares fully er up would be equal | | the i a 
| 4 the market value of | two old | shares. Should the | ar me of children under „church 0 
yer. has more than kept pace with the increase | death of Miss Lavinia Ann F + aa 
hares at all, the company state that they will be entitled | of the esn The number of scholars in church 
0 their divisible share of the assets, whateve r that may | 1847 was 
y 
> or 3 
| the p ti In 1857 it was 54,157, or gie A of sero under circumstances of some 
Pthe najority of t including the | cent. ‘It appears from the returns of Mr. ace |The jury, after hearing the evidence of the 3 
‘hairman, Mr. ote Sir Jeeeph cae M. P, and others; js Mann that in that year there were 935,892 scholars in men, ee “ater, sister, an data epmothe Bai the Sa $ 
rch Sunday sate ols. The society’s inquiry ving verdict — That ' 
will be M 
a 
3rassey, Campbell, Sir Jose; o Paxton. n, Mr. Dargan, th at the number of scholars in such schools in 1857 called sty 
Sete P. ar n, Magnus, J . Yates, ee S. Der 1,093,070. The amount ofk ae ee in oome Ppa in bat Hie ieee or ti whom administered, toy a i 
t the pre ally | | 1847 under the Sa end ubscrip 33 
aproben ted at ‘the board of the new ‘Company, and an | tion, was 510,031 In 1837 it oa 1682, 4751. This last Ta HE Pus BLIO HEALTH. — The Registrar 
dentity of interest, be thereby assured. F the capitation grants made b official agi states that the mortality of London 
lą wt | Comumittes of Council on ere Ke which phe: now lower than it was in the ae July and A 
hould a sufficient number not be aa up, then they to 18,2357. The results of the uiry bear strik- | when t e deaths ranged above 1100 weekly, wen 
_ Pro posals s are e also to be aie testimony to the great pecuni any sacrifices made | week ending Saturday, Sejtember 18, the deaths de. 
dfi hold the clergy on behalf of the cause of elementary | clined to 1046. ` In the corresponding weeks of the 16 
he ony st tthe daswhiich + y| è du cation.” years, 1848-57, the average number was 1351, which if 
night "be PEE in R viba of their old shares, The E PROPOSED BERMONDSEY ParK.—At the last | raised proportionally to the increase of population wilt 
ing i to confirm or reject | this Li Seinen will be | Heie of the Metropolitan Board of Works, a depu- | become . During the week the births of 829 
ation, composed o eacock, Mr Wilcher, and ‘Mr. and 812 girls, in all 1641 children, were registered = a 
Movs AL COMMISSION ON THE ARMY |G H Dre ew, , vestry stint tt London. In the pests A aen A eeks the years 4 
sysTEM.—The Royal Commissioners oed 1 gA | vestry to present a memorial on the formation of a 1848-57 the aver: erge number corrected for increase of 
nquire into the Re sig in whi ch the great mili itary | pa ark “i n the s south-easte mn Tein ct of the metropolis. | pop 
i oard of Works that a ———— 
f the Potion hrf yr House of Com- similar decane was presented t thèm i in July, 1856, 3 vine ial. - i 
nons, and resumed the investigation Mic} was form El robinia me 
Ey Ba gp towards the end of J sey, e Commis- popu ulated quarter ‘for the purposes of health and —The Commissioners of Nort a 
are Mr. Aspinall Turner, M.P. nches | recreation ; that on that occasion the Board aisles Pon adferiad for AA for yes a a 
ifr. “Self e, the police magis rari and Colne French ledged thee were "good ronda or the os gorge St. Abb’s ge ad, 
Wr. Selfe acting as the ‘chairman of th and ma oe sueation of a site was referre E or —A crowded m 
lhe scope of their inquiry has been seme rga aegea sideral committee of the Board. In Pe Guild ball Tast wee a, “the Mayor i in nth ete tile 
o as to embrace not only the state of the store and 1857, the Board decided upon taking steps t procure the Eny ilit ty ee Bile Fz ecommodation for the 
lothing oot at Weedon, but those at Woolw ich and steamers, Mr. P. W. Mills moved. 
he Tow The Commissioners have that Il in t} th-east i tl t of th that the tion should be provided; 
hey sa aired to receive evidence fi rom the D ber following that ai Mr. inact nn a the resolution. Pac = 
ot 
pe = desire to aid the inquiry by giving ‘informa was ri me ocr the bject adj d sine di he the director i ee de at Eastern Company, 
the subject ; and have order inion t} i g d his i 
i d they et i Board to take | a company Sens rea tran to take pe Leviathan ant 
n r hands of Mr. Jay, the rasaan who is to means for oben the sanction of Parliament to the | complete her. He also exp i i 
‘eport upon them as speedily as proper accommodation Bristol be be 
OT. <i was rant a fortnight | the more so = = subject had already been well con- | adapted for her reception. The resolution was 
contemplated by the Barons of the yd sidered and approved, and a committee of the Board | and a committee appoin co-operate With the 
ect i amber mi 
É e in 
3 meagan tastes why the Bill relating to ae ee DupizY.—The notice ba f: Sart 
w been arranged at the request of the sheriffs that, not proceeded with during last the | colliers employed by Lord W: 
ccording to immemorial custo om, the S preat wil difference of T which existed among “grey Tha. | on the west side of neg Sot 
ake place on Thursday the 30th inst., when the south side of the river as to the Propes | wages having expired-on Sa’ 
Watson will preside. The state procession wil, as last | site ais, a park, and while that di flerenc ce continue the the men newly ow t and of those 
rear, Westmi 
Mansion House coed 1 o'clock. In the evening the |o the cst, erg! they had _ previously admitted on Mon onday at Bi Keath an open 
heriffs will give inauguration dinner at Tallow | t district. own and Oldbury. About 1501 
Bescon rome Doves Hill. Pea member of the deputation, s said he believed After hearing statements from v 
pegs —The Revenue Committee | the Sobebita tants of the Sota easter trict would now | the position of the strike on the east t iden 
"ie th o. Coipo a eet agreed to their ropas a upon | be unanimous as 6 which site they cou prefer. The} was unanimously passed pl i 
he future re to the Lan Ae sagt iti aa | memorial w as ordered to lie on the table, preparatory | out till each had got — they 
Se the report recommen: t DURHAM. — A gre meeting 
t the y ite m person upon; Dr ISTURBANCE OF STREET PaVEMENTS.—At a meet- | Northumberland an cath as held on Sa 
he present amount of 10007. At a meeting, of the ing of the City Commission of Soave on Tuesda: “3 few Fell, in ihis peas the place of 
called attention to. the Bena fs n during many generations. io 
g pension of the Town Clerk, | obstruction of the principal streets by the disturbance | attended by delegates from the min 
emcee rig os vee recommending that a pension | of the pavements for the purpose of laying gas and | xa rkshire, and by Mr. Ro 
f 14007. a year be granted to Mr. Serjeant Merewether | water pipes or repairing sewers. A resolution was | ney-General.” 
m -r retirement, dopted referring to the G 1 Purposes the Pitmen’s Union, a once vanes 
on be 10007. a year, » After a short discussion the Committee g the expediency of making regulations ms | to concentrate the local unions 
endment was put and carried by an g or other- | tion for England an 
mort wise tees we surface of any street to enable gas | adopted in favour of a thorough 
f th companies to make alterations in their | union, and pledging the meeting 
Wetropolitan teats of of Works oe Aent tae ee the works.” vours to procure from the em 
ter of the Board, read a report on the means beeni | CAMBERWELL —On Tues- | contract of service, non 
or the deodorisation of | sewage near the — of the | day evening a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Giles’s, against the yearly bonds now in use 
ewers. It stated that since the last m eeting of th erwell, was held for the p opposing the | and Dirham, and also to 
rd daily watch as to the con- | claim of 20,6237. made by the Metropolitan n Board of | best legal advice and assistance to 
lition of the waters in the Thames, and the resul | Works on the parish for sewers-rate. . A. Gray, | full just nder such contract 
10 been such as to necessitate a repetition of the e opera- la algae eer oa for aw oceupi ‘the chair. A} was agreed to, sympathising w1 
ion of eem n the pow ers. The hte of yeo letter was read s, M.P. stating | shire, and promisi 
ck: Law port oul A oo pe ’ Pond S ~~ that he had made i ingiitrisn into the Amite and found | threater ned ; reduction o 
iad, however, URAN mued upo me that, nee 6 the Board of Wi 
he Board of the 13th of f Angust ia bse So CS ena Groner local p 
he adjoining arron k the necessary apparatus for | expended in e parish, still tee an on “the named Maskell, from 
hat purpose w: dee Sry All the ober ai aiden | Act of Parliamend to p the aanb of debt equally | that he is the nearest r 
‘pparatus were > anne about a fortnight ago, as it | on all the distric r. Williams advised them to resist | Wood, the banker, 
sppeared more than probable that there would be no| the demand, aad i necesary have recourse to a court | inquiries with a vie 
urther necessity for ieir use during the present of law. The meeting was by Mr. Rushton, ings to establish his claim 
oe yards of lime, reduced to milk of lime, | Mr. Jesse, Mr. H. Doulton, lind other parishioners, who | property-which he left. =. of Mr. Theed’s Theo's sate 
e mixed with the sewage and diffused through | stated that St. Giles’s parish was at 210,0007., ok place on pirre jo Z 
waters of the Thames during the past summer, and| and paid 11,1277. to the Metropolitan Board, while| of Sir Isaac Newton Ot ee i 
3 of the river had continued in an im- | 3507. only had been ded on sewage in the dis an immense erected by & 1 
ci condition since the commencement of opera- | Ultimately a aia was adopted calling upon the | statue, which has b 
~ Aertel had beer abo l. of St. Giles’s to contest the claim in a eo 28. 
í CATION.—The National Society, of | law, and if necessa re li: tributed 1007., re 
s y Th ‘hil t x 
Published the following report containing the | the Cawn wnpore Memorial Church have katonang t{act of lecturing. 
eesult of their decennial inquiry i ards of tw 
= miry into the state and the Bishop of Ca w ve E fand = i 
srogress of church schools:—" The Tast similar inquiry | for his diocesa, has undertaken to make personal aqui: | material of which i tal 
a Abra 1846-7, and the returns | ries with a view to determine Seon shape of old gun 
phe at that time under several important heads eliginte site fee the proposéd c orn pene 
ns with those recently obtained, as will | o designs of the promoters na, as Tittle a oe & Cottam, ef line. 
one Amaman the following statements. In the pes ntl mgr 3 n td ok aen 
ees of England and Wales, the Isle of A Hovsz IN tHe Crry.—On Thursday) S 
irene Sp ee was imsi and the | et abo mt 1 o’clock, a house in the occupation of | Theed, and ent Mee é piae 
e uie arson m ae ai Solomon, furnit ure-dealer, in Pilgrim Street, & ae ber ns Yana N 
Sunday, and evening! narrow street of old and dilapidated houses between! and its 
