1843.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
829 
registered in the week ending Saturday, Nov. 11, was as 
follows :—West Districts, 126; North Districts, 196; 
Central Districts, 202 ; East Districts, 215; South Dis- 
tricts, 277; Total, 1,016 (males, 524; females, 492), 
Weekly average for the last five years, 903 (461 males, 
442 females) ; and for the last five autumns, 908. 
*Probinctal Welvs. 
Bolton.—An address signed by nearly 900 inhabitants 
of this town and neighbourhood, who are mostly heads of 
families, has been presented to the Bishop of Chester, 
expressing satisfaction at the opposition made by his 
lordship to the doctrines of Tractarianism. The follow- 
ing is an extract from the Bishop’s reply :—“ You would 
Scarcely have thought it worth your while to encourage 
mein the course which I have pursued unless personal 
experience had, taught you to value the doctrines which 
you believe to be endangered by those writings against 
which I have felt myself bound to warn my clergy. There 
is much to justify anxiety in the favour which for a while, 
and in some quarters, those writings have obtained. But 
there is also matter of consolation in the opportunity which 
has been afforded of manifesting the soundness of the 
public mind, and the determined adherence of the country 
at large to the doctrines of the Reformation. May I not 
further assume that the same circumstance proves the 
eneral faithfulness of the ministry of our church, by 
which those doctrines have been established and main- 
tained, and which has fixed the opinions of the people on 
a foundation too firm and solid to be shaken by the occa- 
sional storms which only affect what is light and weak 
and wavering.” 
Brighton—On Wednesday morning several hundred 
tons of earth and chalk slipped into the sea, near Kemp 
Town, Brighton, and carried with it two men and a boy, 
one of whom was killed on the spot.—The parish of 
Aldrington, near this town, contains according to the last 
Census but one inhabitant; a solitary turnpike-gate 
house, kept by a man with a wooden leg, being the only 
habitation in the place. The desolation of this parish, in 
which the ruins of the church are still standing, is said 
to have been brought about by the encroachments of the 
Sea, at the mouth of the river Adur—Shoreham harbour 
having been originally there, but being now choked up 
with shingle. 
Burton-on-Trent.—The Rev. J. M. Crockett, Incum- 
bent of Tatenhill, near this town, met with a fatal acci- 
dent on the 14th inst. It appears that he was returning 
home with a friend, when on passing the house of a widow 
of the name of Hassell he heard a confused noise of voices, 
asif in altercation. On pausing a little, he could hear 
distinctly a man’s voice threatening Mrs. Hassell with 
violence. Mr. Crockett immediately left the arm of his 
friend and stepped through the wicket, intending to enter 
the house and prevent any ill usage, when as he passed 
y the end of the house the covering of an old well which 
was under the pavement gave way and Mr. Crockett was 
precipitated to the bottom, a large quantity of earth and 
stones falling upon him. The alarm was immediately 
given, but the unfortunate gentleman when rescued was 
80 seriously injured that he expired two hours afterwards. 
Bury.—On Tuesday week the large woolien mill at 
Openshaw Fold, near this town, the property of Messrs. 
Openshaw, woollen manufacturers, was destroyed by fire, 
the origin of which is unknown. ‘The loss is said to be 
covered by insurance. The mill was 16 windows in 
Jength and three stories in height, and the amount of the 
loss is understood to be upwards of 10,0002. 
Carmarthen.—The Special Commissioners since our last 
Yeport have visited Haverfordwest, Narberth,*‘and New- 
castle Emlyn, on their way to Cardigan and Aberystwith. 
Three of the rioters who were committed at Fishguard 
to be tried at the next assizes for destroying the gates 
and tollhouses at Parkamorfa and that place have been 
held to bail, themselves in 1002. each and two sureties of 
501. each, 23 others have also been committed to take 
theiv trial for the same offence and have been held to 
ail in 50¢, each with two sureties in 252. each. Much 
€xcitement prevailed in the town and neighbourhood of 
Fishguard, and the informers Thomas Williams and wife 
Meurred the displeasure of their countrymen to such an 
extent as to render it necessary for them to be placed 
under the protection of the military. 
Yover.—During the last week a whale has been visiting 
this coast in search of herrings. It was distinctly seen on 
Sunday morning in the Downs sending up its fountains ; 
on Friday it was seen off Dover from the shore, and some 
parish of Huddersfield, with ground for the sites of the 
same. The patronage of the new churches is to be vested 
in the young baronet. 
Kirkdale—An affray with poachers took place at 
Knowsley Park on the 10th inst., in which Richard 
Kenyon, Lord Derby’s gamekeeper, was so severely 
wounded that he died in a few days. A man named John 
Shaw, one of a gang of poachers who have long been 
notorious in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, has been 
committed to take his trial for the offence. 
Manchester.—Since the last report of the meeting in 
favour of the League Fund, additional subscriptions have 
been received to the amount of 1,527/., making a total to 
Thursday of 16,0007. The subscription already includes 
the names of many gentlemen who never before subscribed 
to the funds of the League.—On Saturday, James Brown, 
the sailor who was last week remanded on a charge of 
setting fire to a number of corn-stacks near Denbigh, was 
brought up for further examination. It will be recollected 
that William Hardman the informer in this case was 
ordered to be kept in custody by the magistrates, in con- 
Sequence of his statement implicating himself, while at 
the same time there were strong grounds for believing 
that his account was untrue. [Hardman was placed in the 
witness-box, and Joseph Kedger, the prisoner’s companion, 
who stated that he had run away from her Majesty’s 
steamer Penelope, and was consequently detained as a 
deserter, was also brought into Court. The chief super- 
intendent of police stated that since the prisoners had been 
remanded he had written to various places for the purpose 
of ascertaining the truth of the statement made by Hard- 
man before the Court on Friday week, and he had found 
as he had expected, that he had stated that which was 
untrue. The magistrates after a long hearing decided on 
again remanding the case. 
Newmarket.—The bank of Mr. Bryant, in this town, 
Suspended payment on Friday last, but there is no doubt 
of the solvency of the concern, although the assets are not 
immediately available. 
Oldham.—A great portion of the mill of Mr. John 
Lees, Primrose-hill, with a considerable quantity of 
valuable machinery, were consumed on Thursday week 
by fire, the cause of which remains at present unknown, 
but is believed to have been accidental. The property 
lestroyed is estimated at about 5,000/. 
Windsor.—On the afternoon of Friday, as Capitaine de 
Reille was leaving Windsor Castle on horseback, in 
attendance upon the Duke de Nemours, his horse slipped 
as it was proceeding through the gates of the Home Park, 
Opposite to the Long Walk, and threw the Captain with 
considerable force upon the gravelled road ; but, although 
considerably bruised, he mounted another horse, and pro- 
ceeded throughout the ride with his Royal Highness. The 
Hon. C. A. Murray, while hunting with Prince Albert’s 
harriers on Thursday last, was thrown from his horse, in 
the vicinity“of Chalvey, near Slough, but fortunately with- 
out sustaining any serious injury. It appears that while 
Mr. Murray was in the act of opening a gate with his 
hunting-whip, his horse rushed over the gate, taking its 
rider unawares, and thus causing him to be dismounted. 
Railways.—The following are the returns for the past 
week :—Birmingham and Derby, 1,353/.; Birmingham 
and Gil , 1,6662.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2,0622.; 
Great Western, 12,143/.; Grand Junction, 6,787/. ; 
Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, 1,220/.; Great North of Eng- 
land, 1,302/.; London and Birmingham, 14,2137. ; South 
Western, 5,1132.; Blackwall, 641/.; Greenwich, 6582. ; 
Brighton, 3,432/. ; Croydon, 219/.; Liverpool and Man- 
chester, 3,880/.; Manchester and Leeds, 4,4652.; Mid- 
Jand Counties, 2,4097.; Manchester and Birmingham, 
2,4162.; Northern and Eastern, 1,415/.; North Midland, 
4,2817. ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1,400/.; South Eastern 
and Dover, 3,0782. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 458/. ; 
York and North Midland, 1,603.—The South Eastern 
and Dover Company held their half-yearly meeting last 
week. The report announced that the viaduct at Folke- 
stone was now complete, that the hotel on the harbour 
would be opened this month, and that the trains in a few 
ays would commence running to the permanent station. 
In reference to the communication with France, the 
directors hoped that the French Government will for- 
ward one or more of the lines of railway by which it is 
proposed to reduce within the limits of a moderate day’s 
journey the route between Paris and London on the one 
hand, and Brussels and London on the other. The pro- 
mise of opening throughout to Dover before the end of 
the year would, with favourable weather, be fulfilled, and 
I e engineer, encouraged a hope of the 
a 
men who were in a boat just as it was ig had a 
narrow escape of an upset, but they luckily got on board 
@ galliot which was passing at the time and saved them- 
Selves, The whale is supposed to be upwards of 60 ft. long. 
Lly.—The Bury Post states that “there are at the 
Present time in and about the fens around Ely such 
Guantities of rats that their numbers cannot be reckoned. 
Great efforts have been made to exterminate the vermin; 
but still they are not sensibly lessened; many acres of 
the vast numbers, the ground seeming literally to teem 
With life; nor was he sorry to mount, and leave the ob- 
Noxious animals,’? 
wig eddersfield—The agents of Sir J. W. Ramsden at 
te hal fyearly rent-day in this town last week announced 
an Intention to give the munificent sum of 8,000/. for the 
ction of four new churches and schools in the extensive 
Mr. tl 
completion of the branch line to Maidstone by September 
next. A supplemental account had been received from 
the Brighton Company claiming a further sum of 34,6237, 
The construction account showed a balance of 333,226/, 
The number of passengers carried on the line during the 
past half-year was 274,000, the receipts from which had 
increased to 4,700/. per week. The total receipts for 
passenger traffic had amounted to 84,179/., leaving, after 
payment of expenses, a balance of 12,750/., applicable to 
a dividend ; but considering the unfinished state of the 
line, the directors proposed to defer the payment until 
next year. Resolutions were then passed, enabling the 
directors to improve the harbour at Folkestone; to adjust 
the accounts in dispute with the Brighton Company ; to 
establish an efficient steam communication between the 
railway, France, and Belgium ; and to apply to Parliament 
in the next session for powers to construct a branch line 
from Ashford to Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate. 
Some discussion relative to the amalgamation of the three 
lines having a common terminus at London Bridge took 
place, but the subject was deferred until a future day. 
Jn connection with this subject, we quote the follow. 
ing from a Brussels paper :—‘‘We learn from good 
authority that an English company will establish a 
daily communication between Folkestone and Ostend by 
steam-boats, which draw so little water that they can enter 
both ports at low water, so that travellers leaving London 
in the morning by the railway to Folkestone will arrive at 
Ostend toward evening. Another English company will 
open @ communication three times a week between Black- 
wall and Ostend. The steamers will perform the passage 
in nine or ten hours, and always arrive at Ostend so as to 
be able to enter the port. They will also leave Ostend in 
the morning if the tide suits. Thus travellers who arrive 
in the evening by the railway from Cologne may reach 
London in the afternoon of the following day.””—The 
directors of the Great Western Railway have given notice 
of their intention to apply to Parliament next session for 
an extension act, which will enable them to carry their 
line into the town of Cheltenham. The new bill embraces 
three objects :—1. a branch line from Pangbourne station 
to Newbury, a distance of about 15 miles ; 2. the extension 
of the line through the city of Gloucester; and 3. its exten- 
sion into the town of Cheltenham. The cutting and em- 
bankments from Kennington towards Didcot on the 
new branch to Oxford, (about two miles in length) 
are finished and ready for the ballast. The cut- 
tings opposite Nuneham are going on rapidly, and 
upwards of 2000 yards per week are taken to the long 
embankment which runs down to the river at the end of 
Nuneham park. Where the railway crosses the river a 
bridge made of timber was commenced on Saturday, and 
will be completed in about five weeks.—A prospectus has 
been issued of a new railway from Harrowgate and 
Knaresborough, to form a junction with the York and 
North Midland at Bolton Percy station. Mr. Locke has 
been engaged to survey the line, and has made a report. 
The line is proposed to commence at Knaresborough Spa, 
nearly half way between Harrowgate and Knaresborough ; 
and in its course, it is said, will benefit not only those 
towns but Wetherby, Thorparch, Tadcaster, and even York. 
IRELAND. 
Dublin.—On Monday, Mr. Ford, one of the attorneys 
for the traversers, attended in the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, and handed in joinders to the demurrer to the 
plea in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell. The Attorney- 
General said, he did not wish to put the traversers to any 
inconvenience, but no parties were authorized to hand in 
the rejoinders for the traversers, who should do so in 
person. He would, however, take it that they had done 
so, and move that the argument on the demurrer be taken 
on Tuesday morning. Mr. Ford submitted that the 
Attorney-General had no right to so move the Court. In 
the case of the Queen v. Dungarvan and others, there 
was a rule of Court, dated Nov. 2, 1842, that the parties 
r having joined issue to the demurrer, the argument should 
be set down for argument the next term after, and that 
the paper books should be prepared for the Judges at the 
expense of the parties. In the present case, therefore, the 
Attorney-General could not, in the face of that rule, now 
move that the argument be proceeded with this term. The 
Attorney-General insisted on his right to proceed, and 
expressed a hope the Court would not make itself a party 
to these delays. Mr. Moore and Mr. Hatchell appeared 
for the traversers, and contended that the case could not 
be argued until next term. The Chief Justice said that 
the Court expected that the parties would be prepared in 
the morning. Mr. Ford complained that the traversers 
briefs were not ready. The Chief Justice--That is your 
own fault. You have had four days, and you have been 
idling all that time. The Court will call the cases on to- 
morrow. Accordingly, on Tuesday the plea in abatement 
or rather the demurrer of the Crown to that plea, was 
called up for argument. The court was full at an earl 
hour. All the traversers, save Mr. O Connell, attended 
in person, and an appearance by attorney was taken for 
him. The Attorney-General commenced, and was fol- 
lowed in reply by Sir Coleman O'Loughlin and Mr, 
Moore, Q.C. The reply devolved upon Mr. Solicitor- 
General Green. The argument was conducted on both 
sides with calmness, and with scarcely any interruption 
from the Court. At the conclusion of the Solicitor- 
General’s argument, the Chief Justice said that judg- 
ment on the case would, be held over until the next 
morning. In consequence of this intimation the Court 
on Wednesday was crowded in every part from an early 
hour and the greatest anxiety was evinced to know the 
result. At 11 o’clock the Chief Justice entered the Court 
pearance an 
lapse of a few 
on both sides h 
the question at issue had been argued with great ability 
on both sides, but after considering all the circumstances, 
he was of opinion that the plea of abatement was insuffi. 
cient and that the demurrer should be held good. Mr. 
Justice Crampton, Mr. Justice Perrin, and Mr. Justice 
Burton followed, expressing their entire concurrence in 
what had fallen from the Chicf Justice. The Attorney- 
General said it remained then for him to move that the 
traversers be called on their recognizances to appear and 
to plead instanter. This was opposed by the counsel for the 
raversers on the ground that they were entitled to a four- 
day rule. The arguments on both sides were purely techni- 
cal, and of no interest to the public. ‘The Chief Justice said 
that Mr. O’Connell had had a copy of the indictment—he 
had been charged with the indictment a fortnight ago, and 
there was no{ statement that he was not aware of the sub- 
ject-matter of that indictment or that he did not under- 
