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to a very considerable amount. Troops 

 were sent for to Birmingham, and luckily 

 arriving the next morning at six o'clock, 

 patrolled the streets, and prevented any 

 further outrages, but the shops were kept 

 shut, and scarcely any business was tran- 

 sacted. In the afternoon a meeting of the 

 most respectable inhabitants was convened 

 by the magistrates, at the Guildhall, when 

 a resolution was passed, that an application 

 be made to the Secretary of State for a per- 

 manent military force to preserve the peace 

 of the town. Several of the rioters have 

 been committed to prison. 



The fifth show of the Worcester Horti- 

 cultural Society for the present year, took 

 place this day at the Town Hall, and was 

 fully and fashionably attended. There was 



At the Summer Assizes held at Lancaster, 

 18 prisoners were recorded for death ; 4 were 

 transported, and 20 imprisoned for various 

 periods. 



A grand dinner has been given at Man- 

 chester by the principal inhabitants in 

 honour of the Duke of Wellington, as 

 " victor of Waterloo." His Grace was at- 

 tended by Earl Wilton, who regretted that 

 public opinion was moving with rapid strides 

 in a course which he dreaded to think of; 

 there was not that hereditary affection for 

 the aristocracy, and of loyalty and affection 

 to the throne, there used to be ! ! ! 



YORKSHIRE The new church of St. 



Peter's, Morley, has recently been conse- 

 crated ; it is built in the gothic style of the 

 thirteenth century, and contains accommo- 

 dation for 1000 sittings, 478 of which are 

 free seats. The villages on the occasion 

 evinced a lively interest; for, previous to 

 its opening, they had to go a distance of 

 five miles to attend church ! The Holy 

 Trinity church at Idle has also been con- 

 secrated ; it is a substantial and neat struc- 

 ture, built in the early gothic style of archi- 

 tecture, with pointed windows. It stands 

 on a hill which commands a beautiful view 

 for some miles along the vale of the Aire, 

 and contains accommodation for 1020 per- 

 sons, of which 360 are free, and underneath 

 the church is a number of vaults or cata- 

 combs for burying places. The new churches 

 at Paddock, Golcar Lindley, Lockwood, 

 Netherthong, and South Crosland have 

 likewise been consecrated, and have a simi- 

 lar proportion of sittings. 



In clearing away the rubbish from the 

 interior of the organ screen at York Minster, 

 the workmen came to the foundation of the 

 walls of an ancient choir. These walls are 

 6 feet 8 inches thick, and run from east to 

 west, passing the pillars of the lantern 

 tower ; a portion of them have been cut 

 away to admit the bases of those pillarst 

 They are composed of rough granite and 

 coarse sand-stone. More of the walls have 

 been discovered, tending eastward ; they 

 have been traced to a considerable distance, 

 and have been found to return in a cross or 

 transept form to the north and south. The 

 returns are of perfect ashlar, and adorned 

 with bases, columns, and capitals, of the 

 Norman style of architecture. 



NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. . By the 



recent report of the governors and sub- 

 scribers to the Northampton General In- 

 firmary, it appears that 83,640 persons have 

 been cured, and 3,928 relieved, since the 

 foundation of this county hospital. 



WORCESTERSHIRE. A most dis- 

 graceful riot took place at Kidderminster, 

 Aug. 24, occasioned by the interference of 

 the " Society of Workmen" on the pre- 

 tence of regulations for higher wages. 

 Several houses were attacked and the win- 

 dows destroyed, and property carried away 



a splendid display of flowers, particularly 

 Dahb'as ; and the exhibition of fruit was 

 unusually fine and abundant. Worcester 

 Herald, Sept. 11. 



The collection at the doors of Worcester 

 Cathedral at the recent music -meeting, 

 amounted to 1005. 13s. 6d., independent 

 of the receipts by tickets at the concerts. 



WARWICKSHIRE At the last War- 

 wick Sessions, there were 120 prisoners for 

 trial ; 62 were under 21 years of age ! The 

 chairman declared his conviction that the 

 means hitherto adopted for checking the 

 growth of crime particularly in populous 

 manufacturing towns have been quite in- 

 effectual. The amelioration and simplifica. 

 tion of the criminal law the classification 

 of prisoners in gaol, and the due apportion- 

 ment of punishment the improved system 

 of police the boasted enlightenment of the 

 age and the almost universal diffusion of 

 education all seemed unequal to stem the 

 swelling torrent of juvenile criminality ! ! ! 



At a meeting at the Royal Hotel on 

 Thursday last, composed almost exclusively 

 of members of the " Political Union," an 

 Address was voted to the King, which was 

 directed to be signed by Mr. Thomas Att- 

 wood, the chairman, " in the name and on 

 behalf of the inhabitants" so says there- 

 solution. A vote of censure was passed 

 upon the high bailiff for refusing to convene 

 the meeting Birmingham Gaz., Sept. 20. 



HANTS The inhabitants of Brading, 

 (Isle of Wight) supported by a number of 

 respectable friends from other parts of the 

 island, have recently celebrated the late 

 momentous achievement in France. After 

 dinner the health of William IV. was first 

 proposed, and followed by that of Queen 

 Adelaide, both of which toasts were pre- 

 ceded by ardent and sincere expressions. 

 Philippe the First, King of the French, was 

 next given, upon which occasion the chair- 

 man, after adverting to the general object 

 of their association, dilated with emphatic 

 force and eloquence upon the unparalleled 

 triumph of personal patriotism, private va- 

 lour, and public virtue, which the heroic 

 population of Paris had recently displayed 



