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Lord and Lady Howick received a warm welcome from the folks of Alnwick on Monday. They took the horses from the carriage of the noble pair, and drew them into the town ; and there were bonfires and a dance, and all manner of merry.making.
The inhabitants of South Molton being desirous of showing some particular mark of esteem for Lord Ebrington, entered into a subscrip- tion, and purchased an elegant and richly-ornamented silver claret jug, which, on the evening of the meeting of the 13th, was presented to the noble Lord by Mr. Nicholas Gould, the Chairman of time Com- mittee. The inscription on the piece of plate is as follows--" To Lord Viscount Ebnnston, from the Inhabitants of South Melton and its vicinity (by subscriptions not exceeding one shilling each) ; in testi- mony for their gratitude for his powerful aid to the cause of Parlia- mentary Reform, and especially for his memorable motion in the House of Commons on the 10th of May 1832."—Western Times.
The prospectus is now circulating for a railroad to Dover. The plan is this—A dock is to be made, for the accommodation of steam- vessels belonging to the Company, at Limehouse ; from which dock the railway is to commence, and to be continued to a point.nearly opposite but rather beyond Woolwich, where the railway on the Essex side of the river will terminate.. At this second point, steam-vessels, suitably built for the purpose, will receive the carriages, passengers, and their luggage, in the same order as they arrive, without the necessity of the travellers removing from their seats, and ferry them over to the oppo- site point, on the Kentish side of the river, where they will be placed upon a railroad reaching to the Medway; there a second embarkation will take place ; from the South bank of the Medway the railway is to be uninterrupted to Dover. The distance will be so much shortened by this line of communication as to render it capable of being performed in three hours.—Kent Herald.
Polish Associations are extending through the country. Besides the parent Society in the Metropolis, and its eldest offspring in Hull, one has been formed at Sheffield, and another in Glasgow. In War- wick, also, a similar Society is in contemplation. A Court-martial will be held in a few days on Captain A. Gordon,
• late of the Athol, on charges preferred against him by Commodore Hayes, principally for disobedience of orders. Sir Pulteney Malcolm will be President.—Hampshire Telegraph. The chief Constable at Coventry having resigned his situation, the inhabitants conveyed notice of the vacancy to Lord Melbourne, who sent it to the Commissioners of Police. They have appointed Inspec- tor Prosser, of the C Division, to the situation, which is worth 1501, a year. The fees, it is said, amount to 4001. more. 'Workmen are employed breaking up the Royal Charlotte yacht at Pembroke Yard. All the beautifid mahogany with which the Royal apartments were fitted is being packed up to be sent to Woolwich. The whole of it was so screwed together in panels that there willbe no loss in removing it. The plate-glass, brass fittings mirrors, &e. are carefully stowed in packing-cases, and destined for fittings, same store.—Hereford
Journal.
Two new ships, to be called the Collingwood and Vanguard, of 80 guns each, are ordered to be built at Milford, on the plan of the Vernon, 50. They are to have 58 feet beam or 3 feet ;3A. inches more than the Caledonia, of 120 guns. It is nine]; doubted if ally dock in the .king- dom will be able to hold such immense vessels ; and the next order, in all probability, will be to enlarge the first-rate docks for their aecom.. modatiom—bevonpart Chronicle.
The following is the estimate given by the Hampshire Telegraph of the respective merits of the Vernon and the Castur—" The Vernon beats the Castor on a wind by fort:reaching, but not le; eating Ler out of the wind.' Both ships are very stiff—the Vernon the most so ; but neither ship, under the most favourable circumstances, exceeded 81. knots.—a rate of sailing which ninny frigates in our service vill consi- derably exceed. With the wind abaft the beam, there is scarcely a dif- ference between them : indeed, upon the whole, we are told the i:astor, in that case, takes the lead of all the ships."
As many alarming reports have been in circulation respecting the fate of the George Canning, and other large vessels from the port of Bristol, it is with pleasure that we leans that the above vessel and the Rutland have both arrived in safety at New York ; as also the Merchant Packet, with emigrants at Quebec.—Bath Journal.
Since the beginning of the present year, not less than 14,500 persons have emigrated from this port to the United States, Canada, and Van Dieman's Land. The great bulk have, of course, emigrated to the States.—Liverpool Albion.
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