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Monthly Chronicle.
seA'eral parishes of the metropolis attended , at the express desire of Administration , Avhen they Avere informed by Mr . Pitt that it AA'ould be necessary for them to call upon the opulent part of their parishioners to contribute , by a certain rate , to the maintenance of the lower class . The tax thus proposed ' will be distinct from the poor-rates , and not applicable to the use of those Avlio are at present denominated parish-poor : labourers and handicraftsmen , in a state of indigence and Avant , are the persons Avhom it is intended to relieve . The Prince of Wales and a Board of General Officers hai'e been for several days
sitting at the Horse Guartls in consultation , for the purpose of adopting an entire new form of dress and accoutrements for the cavalry . The stvords are to be lengthened , and the carbines shortened . The waistcoats are to reach a good AA'ay doAvn the thighs . The boots are to be made so strong between the calf and the thigh as to resist the stroke of a sabre . Helmets instead of hats , in a neAV form , are suggested ; they are to clasp at the chin , like the old-fashioned hunting-caps . An alteration IikeAvise is to take place in the saddles , and indeed in almost every part of the accoutrements and dress .
The speech of the Prince of Wales on the Anniversary of St . Patrick AA'as distinguished by the neat and polished eloquence AA'ith which it Avas delivered ; it AA-as followed by conduct more valuable than the eloquence of Avords . As soon as he had left the room , Earl Moira informed the company that his Royal Highness had told him that it Avould break his heart if he AA'as not allowed to subscribe an hundred guineas to the fund of the institution . Earl Moira , Avith true ancl manly feeling , stated the generosity to be splendid on the part of the Prince , considering that it might press hard upon the Prince , and even perhaps deprive him
of comforts of which every loyal and Irish heart would ivish him the enjoyment . The Princess of Wales is said to be again " in that state in Avhich ladies Avish to be Avho love their lords . " The title of Duke of Cumberland is to be shortly revived in the person of his Royal Highness Prince Edivard , their Majesties' fourth son , now abroad in the West Indies AA'ith his regiment . GAMB LAAVS . —The folloAving is the substance of the principal clauses of the Bill
neAV Game : After stating the acts to be repealed , it enacts , that every OAvner and occupier of land shall have liberty to hunt , course , and kill hares , pheasants , and partridges found , sprung , or started on the grounds by him so occupied . Game-keepers , however duly authorised , are " to be punished if convicted of selling the game . The punishment of poachers is to be inflicted , and ivith some new seA'erity . For the first offence the punishment , is commitment to the county gaol for tlie space of ( j . For the second offence , the house of correction , and hard labour for a space to be agreed upon .
THE AVET DOCKS AND PROPOSED CANALS . —These are the chief particulars of them : The docks are to be four : the largest to hold 250 ships ; the second will hold 105 ; the others about 30 each . The canal begins just above the river Lea , and , passing in a straight line to Cravel-lane ( where the docks Avill be ) , opens again in the Thames . By this canal the navigation is to avoid the three reaches of BlackAA'all , Green-Ai'ich and Limehouse .
It is proposed to have an incorporated company . The property to be purchased musUje 1700 houses , besides the . ground . The funds advanced for these purchases will be a charge of is per cent , on the trade , and change at once violently , and therefore too probably injurious !)' , the property and vocations of 60 or 70 000 persons ! fheJCity Plan , in opposition to this , is to the folloAving effect : i ' o extend the quays 30 feet into the river ; to widen Thames-street 30 feet ; » turn Lridge-yard ( four acres on the Surrey side ) into quays ; to buy about SU .
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Monthly Chronicle.
seA'eral parishes of the metropolis attended , at the express desire of Administration , Avhen they Avere informed by Mr . Pitt that it AA'ould be necessary for them to call upon the opulent part of their parishioners to contribute , by a certain rate , to the maintenance of the lower class . The tax thus proposed ' will be distinct from the poor-rates , and not applicable to the use of those Avlio are at present denominated parish-poor : labourers and handicraftsmen , in a state of indigence and Avant , are the persons Avhom it is intended to relieve . The Prince of Wales and a Board of General Officers hai'e been for several days
sitting at the Horse Guartls in consultation , for the purpose of adopting an entire new form of dress and accoutrements for the cavalry . The stvords are to be lengthened , and the carbines shortened . The waistcoats are to reach a good AA'ay doAvn the thighs . The boots are to be made so strong between the calf and the thigh as to resist the stroke of a sabre . Helmets instead of hats , in a neAV form , are suggested ; they are to clasp at the chin , like the old-fashioned hunting-caps . An alteration IikeAvise is to take place in the saddles , and indeed in almost every part of the accoutrements and dress .
The speech of the Prince of Wales on the Anniversary of St . Patrick AA'as distinguished by the neat and polished eloquence AA'ith which it Avas delivered ; it AA-as followed by conduct more valuable than the eloquence of Avords . As soon as he had left the room , Earl Moira informed the company that his Royal Highness had told him that it Avould break his heart if he AA'as not allowed to subscribe an hundred guineas to the fund of the institution . Earl Moira , Avith true ancl manly feeling , stated the generosity to be splendid on the part of the Prince , considering that it might press hard upon the Prince , and even perhaps deprive him
of comforts of which every loyal and Irish heart would ivish him the enjoyment . The Princess of Wales is said to be again " in that state in Avhich ladies Avish to be Avho love their lords . " The title of Duke of Cumberland is to be shortly revived in the person of his Royal Highness Prince Edivard , their Majesties' fourth son , now abroad in the West Indies AA'ith his regiment . GAMB LAAVS . —The folloAving is the substance of the principal clauses of the Bill
neAV Game : After stating the acts to be repealed , it enacts , that every OAvner and occupier of land shall have liberty to hunt , course , and kill hares , pheasants , and partridges found , sprung , or started on the grounds by him so occupied . Game-keepers , however duly authorised , are " to be punished if convicted of selling the game . The punishment of poachers is to be inflicted , and ivith some new seA'erity . For the first offence the punishment , is commitment to the county gaol for tlie space of ( j . For the second offence , the house of correction , and hard labour for a space to be agreed upon .
THE AVET DOCKS AND PROPOSED CANALS . —These are the chief particulars of them : The docks are to be four : the largest to hold 250 ships ; the second will hold 105 ; the others about 30 each . The canal begins just above the river Lea , and , passing in a straight line to Cravel-lane ( where the docks Avill be ) , opens again in the Thames . By this canal the navigation is to avoid the three reaches of BlackAA'all , Green-Ai'ich and Limehouse .
It is proposed to have an incorporated company . The property to be purchased musUje 1700 houses , besides the . ground . The funds advanced for these purchases will be a charge of is per cent , on the trade , and change at once violently , and therefore too probably injurious !)' , the property and vocations of 60 or 70 000 persons ! fheJCity Plan , in opposition to this , is to the folloAving effect : i ' o extend the quays 30 feet into the river ; to widen Thames-street 30 feet ; » turn Lridge-yard ( four acres on the Surrey side ) into quays ; to buy about SU .