94 __THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
(Fes. 11, 
air. although a reward, with the addition of a free par- 
in, except to thé actual murderer, has been offered to 
any person who will give such information as will lead to 
e conviction of the murderer, 
Manchester. —The great Anti-Corn-Law banquet in 
the: Free-Trade Hall took place on Wednesday week, when 
3,400 ladies and gentlemen took their seats in the body of 
the hall, and 400 in the galleries, 
pied, for the tickets had been at a premium for some days 
previous. Twenty-one tables had been placed for the accom- 
thodation of the com pany—four on the dais, and seventeen 
i é hall each being 100 feet in length, 
ing of the Corn-laws upon the physical, moral, and reli- 
gious condition of the people. The Rev. Dr. Burns, of 
Leeds, presided, and various resolutions in opposition to 
the Corn-laws were carried. The aggregate meeting of 
the delegates was held on Friday morning, in the Town- 
hall, to receive the reports of the Committees and to de- 
of Manufacturers was read, and a Series of resolutions 
Was carried, recommending that petitions from évety part 
of the country be prepared for presentation as early in 
the session as possible—that the electors endeavour to 
duce théir representatives in Parliament to vote for the 
Gtal and imntediate repeal of the Corn-laws—that meet. 
ings be held to ensure the return of free-trade members— 
and that the friends of the movement enter into somé 
ledge to accomplish the entire abolition of the Corn-laws 
y. associations, by pecuniary contributions, and by all 
constitutional means. It was then resolved, ‘‘ That the 
Council of the National Anti-Corn-law League forthwith 
Adjourn its sittings, pro tem., to London, and that it shall 
Suminon a conferenge of deputies at sach time as it may 
deem expedient.” 
place onthe same evening, in the Free-trade Hall, and 
was attended by no less than 6,000 persons.—A meeting 
of the proprietors of the Bank of Manchester wos held on 
londay, when some facts of importance were made 
It. was announced’ that the accounts of the late 
nanaget, Mr; Burdekin, exhibited a deficiency of about 
,000/., which had been concealed through his own inge- 
nuity; and the assistance given him in his ¢landestine 
Operations by certain bill-brokers in the City, who were 
Supplied, for the purpose, with bills bearing the endorse- 
ment Of the bank to any amount required. The directors 
laid before thé meeting a statement showing the condition 
of the bank affairs at the end of the year. 
appears that the liabilities had been progressively teduced 
to. the extent of 480,996/. since October 27; and, since 
the making up of the accounts, 120,000/. further has been 
liquidated. 
Joss has been 
Outstanding assets, in part to the discovery of more exten- 
sive frauds committed by Mr. Burdekin, and in part to 
the actumulation of interest and other charges. It was 
atlength resolved that the bank be not dissolved, and that 
thé ditectors be requested, at the eatliest practicable pe- 
riod, consistent with the interest of the bank, to lay before 
the proprietors a list of all the debtors, with the amount 
owing by each individual, together with a full statement 
of all the circumstances connected with the mismanage- 
ment of the concern, 
Morpeth.—A chuarch-rate attempted to be levied by the 
wand Rev. F. Grey, a son of Earl Grey, at Morpeth, 
has given rise to a division among the people of the parish 
‘and town, It has immemorially been the custom to col- 
lect the. church-rate in the proportion of one-third from 
the inhabitants of the suburban portion of the parish, and | 
-the remaining two-thirds from the inhabitants of the town. 
The latter now. wish the rate to be collected and levied in 
equal proportions ; but to this the country parishioners 
~are- opposed. The question is to be decided by the 
Opinion of ah eminent civilian. 
~« She ffield.—As an instance of theextraordinary depre- 
ciation in. the value of property, the Sheffield Iris states 
that a grinding wheel erected in this neighbourhood 
within the last 20 years, at the cost of 5,300/,, was lately 
sold for 1,0007. 
‘St. Asaph.—The projected union of the Sees of St. 
Asaph. and Bangor continues to attract attention in 
various parts of the kingdom. Meetings of the clergy 
have been held in different parts of England and Wales to 
take into @onsideration the propriety of petitioning Par- 
liament to repeal so much of the Act 6 & 7 William 
AV., c. 77, as provides for the union of the two Sees, At 
all these meetings’ the feeling of the public was unani- 
mously opposed to the change; and numerous petitions 
have been presented this week to both Houses of Parlia- 
ment on the subject. 
_, Aailways.—The traffic for the week on the principal 
lines is as follows :—Greenwich, 7182. ; Eastern Counties, 
844/. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 3,6762.; Croydon, 
201/. ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1,232/ ; Brighton, 2,588. ; 
Grand Junction, 6,646/.; York and North Midland, 
and Birmingham, 2,366Z. ; Manchester and Leeds, 3,646/.; 
Glasgow and Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, 7592,; Bir- 
mingham and Gloucester, 1,6867.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 
ing of the Liverpool! and Manchester Company took place 
The report adverted with regret 
to the continued depression of trade and manufactures, 
and stated that during the half-year just ended the busi- 
ness of the railway experienced an extraordinary check by 
the disturbances in the manufacturing districts in August 
| last. The period of the year which is generally relied 
}on as most propitious to railway travelling was thus 
| rendered comparatively unprofitable. The total receipts 
| for passengers had fallen off to the extent of 8,0002., and 
from merthandise to the extent of 5,000/., as compared 
with the cortesponding period of the previous year, 
The accounts showed the feceipts to be 123,746/. is, 4d., | 
and the expenses 60,49/. 10s. 7d.;leaving a balance of 
63,696/. 10s. 9d. ; to which must be added the amonnt 
reserved in July last for the income-tax, not yet paid, 
making a total of 65,8652, 3s. 2d. The directors recom: 
mended a dividend of 5/. per 1002. share, which, on 12,090 
shares, amounted to 60,450/.; and would leave a balance 
of 5,415/. 3s. chargeable with the income-tax for the year. 
This charge being liquidated, there would be a small 
residue to be carried to the credit of the next halfsyear’s 
account. A dividend of 5/.per 100/. share was declared to be 
paid early in the present month.—The half-yearly meeting 
of the Grand Junetion Company was held last week at 
Liverpool. It appeated from the report that the clear 
profit of the half-year was 119,470/, 2s., to which was to 
be added 5.6120. 4s. 3d., surplus from the previous half- 
year making a total of 125,082/. 63. 3d.; from this 
amount the directors recommended that a dividend of 52. 
per share be declared; this would absorb 110, 1652., 
} leaving a balance of 14,9177. 6s. 3d., which it was resolved, 
in accordance with the report, to appropriate as follows:— 
income-tax for half a year, 3,653/. 175. 10d. ; depreciation 
and renewal of stock, 5,000/.—leaving to the credit of the 
present half-year the sum of 6,263/. 8s. Sd. A sum of 
1,200 guineas was also ordered to be appropriated towards 
the church erecting at Crewe.—The meeting of the North 
Union company was held last week, when the usual 
dividend of 2/, 10s. per share was declared _to the pro- 
prietary. The receipts were 30,1072 5s. 3d., the ex- 
penditure,14,181/. 7s., leaving a surplus of 15,9257. 18s.3d., 
from which the dividend was to be paid. The small 
balance of 782. would be carried to the next half-year’s 
accounts, which are expected to be more encouraging, 
the revenue of the company on the present occasion show- 
ing a decrease of 4,000d, compared with the corresponding 
period of 1841 the late disturbances in the manufacturing 
districts having sensibly affected the traffic on the line.— 
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Brighton 
Railway has been held this week, The report shows the 
ascertained cost of the line to be 2,580,645/., and the 
further probable liabilities 50,322/.; making the total 
cost of construction 2,630,9672. The amount of addi- 
tional capital required being 29,881/. The total revenue 
120,6007. Under these circumstances, the directors ex- 
press their regret that they cannot recommend the present 
dividend to exceed 20s. per share. ‘The further capital 
required, of 29,881/.,is stated to have arisen from increased 
expenditure at the London-bridge station, the purchase of 
additional engines, carriages, &c. The draft of a bill has 
been prepared to raise a loan of 300,000Z. on the loan notes 
of the company, and to reduce the number of directors. 
The total expenses of the line for the half-year, including 
interest and expenses on debentures and loan notes, are 
79,1702. 17s. 8d.. A vote of want of confidence in the 
directors was passed, together with a resolution that the 
whole of the present directors be required to resign after the 
facts brought forward are generally considered to remove 
Whitby —Que of the most distressi g ship ks that 
has occurred on this part of the coast for several years 
took place on Saturday morning at the entrance of Robin 
Hood’s Bay, a few miles. to the south of this harbour, 
whereby a party of the Coast-Guard Service, belonging to 
the station at that place, under the command of Lieut. 
‘Lingard, R\N., with the crew of the distressed vessel, 
consisting of six persons, were drowned. As soon as the 
vessel, a collier brig from London, struck, the Coast- 
Guard went off in the life-boat, and succeeded in gallant 
“style in taking the crew from the wreck. They were re- 
turning to the shore, when a heavy sea capsized the boat, 
and. all hands perished in sight of the people assembled 
“on the beach, who were unable to render them assistance. 
An attempt.was made by the commander and crew ofa brig, 
which happened to be within a short distance of the spot, 
to go to their relief, but their boat. hd Hina and they | the educated portion of society in Dublin, compared with 
i a 
narrowly escaped meeting with a 
the unfé ly entertained of their 
management. 
Vy 
IRELAND. 
Dublin —The Lords of the Treasury have returned an 
unfavonrable answer to the memorial of the Royal Dublin 
Society, praying their Lordships to recommend to Parlia- 
ment two supplementary estimates for the sums of 2,800. 
and 4,000/.; the former for the completion of certain 
alterations and buildings on premises adjoining Leinster 
House, intended for a new museum; and the latter for 
the purpose of erecting new conservatories and other 
buildings in the Botanic Garden. In their reply, their 
Lordships refer to the rapid and progressive diminution of 
the members of the Society, and state that they cannot 
but view this as an indication of the little interest which 
stated in the estimate, or even to that which the erection 
of such buildings might ultimately cost; but that they 
would hereafter have to adopt one of two alternatives, 
either the providing the whole sum required for their 
maintenance, when erected, and for their application to 
useful instruction ; or, after incurring all the expense of 
building, to permit the whole establishment of the bota- 
nical garden to fall into decay. Considering also the 
number and extent of literary and scientific institutions 
in other large towns of the United Kingdom, and the 
comparatively large amount of private contributions raised 
for their maintenance, their Lordships cannot but feel 
that a compliance with the request of the Dublin Society 
for a grant of 4,0002. for their botanical garden alone 
would be viewed with just jealousy by others, to whom 
grants of money have been refused, and be at once a pre- 
cedent for unlimited concession in other quarters, and a 
check to individual subse ption in all.’ For these 
reasons, they do not deem it advisable to recommend to 
Parliament ‘the grant proposed by the Society.—The 
opposition to the Poor Law is gradually increasing in 
various parts of the country. In addition to the late 
meeting in this city, meetings have heen held in Tyrone, 
Fermanagh, Limerick, Cork, and Clare, some demanding 
total repeal, others seeking such amendments as may 
better adapt the law to the peculiar circumstances of 
Ireland. In Roscommon also a meeting has been con- 
vened, by requisitions signed by Peers of both political 
parties, followed by a long list of the leading gentry and 
clergy, Roman Catholic as well as Protestant, and no less 
than 13 Poor Law guardians.—The weather has been 
exceedingly severe in Dublin 3 the state of the Channel is 
described by the oldest seamen as having been dangerous 
beyond precedent, and great fears were entertained that 
many of the steam-boats from Holyhead would never have 
made the land in safety.—Lord Jocelyn has resigned the 
Office of steward of the vice-regal household, and has been 
succeeded by Mr. Seymour. 
Tipperary.—A man named Dwyer, charged with the 
wilful murder of Mr. James Scully’s herdsman, was ar- 
rested on Sunday week. He had only been discharged a 
few days from Bridewell, on suspicion of being one of 
Mr. Scully’s murderers. On Tuesday, of last week, a 
party of twelve armed men proceeded to the lands of 
Ballysheehan, near Clogheen, for the purpose of obtaining 
possession of some decrees which had been got by a Ker. 
ryman, for money due to him. The party placed sentinels 
at the adjoining houses ; the owner of one of them, named 
Slattery, a respectable man, came out of his house, hearing 
that armed men were in his yard, when he was immedi- 
ately shot, and died instantly. The murderers then seized 
the decrees, valued at 1507, and have not since been 
heard of. 
Cork.—-The Earl of Rosse. has given notice that the 
next general meeting of the British Association will be 
held in this city in the month of August.—The Rev. T. 
Foley, of Youghal, has published an account of a series 
of miracles now in operation at a convent in that town, 
which promise to equal the Alpine miracles witnessed and 
described by Lord Shrewsbury. 
a young nun in the conyent, a relative of his own, on 
whose hands, feet, and side are depicted the wounds of 
the Saviour; and*that at the communion blood is seen to 
flow from those apparent wounds. He adds that many 
witnesses will verify the miracle upon oath ; but the local 
Papers mention, that in the present state of the affair, the 
clergy of the district have not come to a final judgment 
whether the appearances are supernatural or not. 
Belfast.—In compliance with several requisitions, the 
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church has called an extra- 
ordinary meeting of the Assembly for Wednesday, the 
The subjects for consideration are, the state 
of the parent church, the marriage question, and the 
bicentenary fund. It is expected that, in regard to the 
latter subject, there will be a report from all the congre- 
gations, 
Down.—The Bishop of Down and Connor, in reply 
to a memorial of lay members of his flock, bas refused 
in positive terms to withdraw from the Church Archi- 
tecture Society, which, it is alleged, is favourable to the 
adoption of Puseyite or Roman Catholic models and 
decorations. The reply of Dr. Mant is very long; it 
attributes the measure to the hostility of an individual, 
SCOTLAND. 
Edinburgh.—The Commission of the General Assembly 
have presented a petition to the House of Commons on 
the subject of the differences which have so long agitated 
the church of Scotland. It gives a long and minnie 
analysis. of the statutes of the Scottish Parliament, by 
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