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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[JUNE 3, 
the father of Lord B ‘ Db, 
d an action of damages against the Regius 
gham, quently named 
Brougham Hall,) who took possession of the premises. 
A few weeks ago some part of the family entered upon 
the estates ig , in the pation of some of the 
tenants, but after three or four days’ occupation withdrew, 
and returned home. For this trespass it appears Lord 
Brougham thought proper, through his solicitor, to serve 
each of the parties with a writ ; to this the family of Bird 
put in an appearance, when it is stated Lord Brougham 
declined following up the matter, thinking the writ would 
effect an intimidation. The Birds have at length taken 
possession a second time, and entered upon the Hall, and 
now require to see by what authority the property is with- 
held, since they state they are satisfied the entail was 
never broken, and that their relative (Mr. Bird) had no 
power to sell, and that if such be the fact, no length of 
time will give a proper title. They rem on the 
premises until Friday last, when they were forcibly ejected, 
and are waiting at Penrith for further instructions from 
their solicitors how they are to proceed. 
Liverpool._lt is only three weeks since we had to 
record the particulars of an alarming fire that occurred in 
the eastern wing of the Duke of Bridgewater’s ware- 
houses, situate between the Duke’s and King’s Docks. 
We have now again to describe another conflagration, 
which broke out on Saturday evening last, in the western 
wing of the same pile, and has proved little less extensive, 
while it has, perhaps, destroyed quite as large an amount 
of property. In the brief interval there have been two 
other destructive fires in this town, one in Formby-street, 
on Saturday fortnight, and one in Jackson’s-lane on 
Friday week. The fire of Saturday evening was dis- 
covered shortly after the men had quitted work, when 
flames were seen issuing from the rool’s of the second and 
third warehouses from the western end of the range. In 
spite of all the endeavours that were made, the fire 
descended to two rooms filled with cotton, on the fifth 
story of the second and third warehouses, where its further 
progress was arrested, the whole of the four stories below 
being saved. In consequence of the fire having broken 
out under very suspicious circumstances, the magistrates 
of the borough instituted a lengthened investigation into 
its origin on Monday. The inquiry was private, and was 
attended by an unusually large number of the authorities. 
It was adjourned for the purpose of affording time for 
further testimony to be obtained, but it is understood that 
several witnesses were examined, and that their evidence 
left no doubt upon the minds of the magistrates upon the 
main object of the inquiry, namely, that the fire was the 
work of an incendiary, at present unknown. The total 
amount of property destroyed is not less than from 10,0002. 
to 15,000/., independently of the damage to the buildings. 
Manchester.—On Friday the lengthened investigation 
into the conduct of the parties implicated in the late dis- 
turbances between the military and police was bronght to 
a close, when nine soldiers and four of the town’s. people 
were ordered to find two suretie 57. each, for thei 
appearance to answer the charge of riot and assault at the 
next Quarter Sessions. Four others were ordered to find 
sureties in 15/. each, to keep the pence fur three months, 
and all the rest were rged. Ou Monday a Military 
inquiry into the disturbance was commenced in the 
Regent-road Barracks, in consequence of an order issued 
from the Horse Guards. Lord Charles Wellesley, Colonel 
of the regiment, came down from London to attend the 
investigation, by direction of the Duke of Wellington. 
The inquiry was private. At nine o’clock the whole of 
the regiment was called out into the barrack-yard, and 
formed into a solid square by Lord C. Wellesley. His Lord- 
ship then addressed the officers and men, saying, that “it 
gavehim greatpleasnre afortnight ago to have received from 
the General commanding district a very favourable 
ipline, order, and condition 
lis regiment. He regretted exceedingly that such 
pleasing intelligence should be followed by reports of so 
painful a nature. e had come to Manchester to inves- 
tigate the accuracy of these reports ; and it was his deter- 
mination that such investigation should be conducted with 
the strictest impartiality and severity, and to punish all 
proved offenders to the utmost rigour of civil and mili- 
tary law. If any officer of the regiment should be proved 
to have participated in the outrage, he should not escape 
with impunity.’’ The inquiry commenced at twelve o'clock, 
before General Sir William Warre, who presided; Mr. 
Kershaw, Mayor of Manchester, assisted by the Town- 
clerk, and the officers of the garrison. The examination 
of witnesses occupied upwards of six hours, and the inquiry 
was adjourned. 
Nottingham,.—Earl Manvers, as patron of the living of 
t. Mary’s, in this town, has withheld his countenance to 
the subscription in progress for repairing the edifice, until 
the parish shall have conceded the principle of a church- 
rate. The sum required is 2,500/., and 10002. more to 
complete the pews, sittings, &c. of the-church, which was 
rendered useless by a threatened fall of its massive towers 
last December. 
Oxford.—The Margaret Professor of Divinity having 
called for a copy of the sermon preached by Dr. Pusey, on 
Sunday the 14th inst., the same has been transmitted to 
logy; Dr. Hawkins, Provost of Oriel; Dr. Symons, 
elf, Canon of Christ 
investigation termi- 
the sermon, and 
Pusey has been suspended from the office 
of preaching within the University for two years, 
The R. 
Rey, G. Macmullen, Fellow of Corpus, has 
Professor of Divinity for refusing to act as Moderator. 
At the performance of the Exercises for the degree of 
Bachelor of Divinity in the Divinity School, it has been 
customary for the Professor to assign the subjects for these 
Exercises, which he did; but Mr. Macmullen refused to 
adopt them, and tendered instead two theses of his own 
selection ; and in consequence the Professor declined to act 
as Moderator. The two which Dr. Hampden appointed 
were :—Ilst. The Church of England does not teach, nor 
can it be proved from Scripture, that any-change takes 
place in the elements in consecration at the Lord’s Supper. 
2d. It is a mode of expression calculated to give erroneous 
views of Divine Revelation, to speak of Scriptures and 
Catholic tradition as joint authorities in matters of Chris- 
tian doctrine. The cause commenced last week in the 
Vice-Chancellor’s Court, before Dr. Kenyon, and was 
adjourned to Friday. 
Plymouth—We lear from the Plymouth Times that 
a preliminary meeting of the Town Council was held on 
Friday evening, at which, it is believed, that the council 
came to the resolution of inviting Prince Albert to accept 
the office of Lord High Stewart of the borough, vacant 
by the death of the Duke of Sussex, the result of which 
will be communicated to the council at their next meeting, 
on the 6th of June, 
Railways.—The following are the returns for the past 
week : — Greenwich, 687/.; Sheffield and Manchester, 
4081. ; Brighton, 3,078/.; Liverpool and Manchester, 
4,018/.; Croydon, 2671.3 Blackwall, Eastern 
Counties, 2,278. ; est North of England, 1,353/. ; 
Hulland Selby, 1,1347,; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2,576/. ; 
Birmingham and Gloucester, 1,667/.; Birmingham and 
Derby, 1,200/.; Birmingham, 16,112/,; Great Western, 
14,4711. ; South-Western, 6,1 727. ; North-Midland, 3,9227. ; 
Grand Junction, 7,1377. ; Midland Counties, 2,414.—The 
report of the Committee appointed to investigate the 
affairs of the Blackwall Railway has at last made its 
appearance ; and though anxiously expected, its contents 
do not appear likely to be satisfactory to the shareholders. 
From the multiplicity of figures it is with some difficulty 
a correct view of the fact can be ascertained, though the 
result seems to be that, supposing all contingencies settled, 
1,055,000/, will be the expense the proprietary are to bear 
for the completion of the undertaking. In this account 
there are many startling items. The act of incorporation, 
inclusive of all preliminary expenses, subsequent acts of 
Parliament, and attendant charges, figures at the large 
sum of 53,5497., while solicitors’ costs for professional 
advice and general business have absorbed as much as 
42,9861. of which 5,643/. remains unpaid. The engi- 
neering expenses have been more reasonable, 9,337/. hav- 
ing been the sum disbursed in that department. But 
there is another item which should be included in law 
charges—that of vendors’ c in conveyances, which 
is, stated at 26,7912. “hex Ihe, according to the 
statement of the probable ulti ’ ipts 
on account of capital, a balance of 11,02 
of the proprietary, when the whole of the amount to be 
subscribed of 1,066,5722. shali have been paid. The 
directors, by their dealings in shares on account of the 
company, appear to have made the small profit of 
2562. 11s. 3d., the gain on the issue of new shares having 
51., and the loss on the sale of the forfeited shares 
s. Od. After giving a detail of the probable 
assets and liabilities of the concern, the committee pro- 
ceed to state that there is now no claim against it on 
which a greater interest than five per cent. is payable, and 
having done this, express themselves favourable to cheap- 
ness of conveyance, in accordance with which view the 
present rate of fares stand between London and Black- 
wall. The number of passengers carried from March to 
May, in 1842, was 382,929, and the money received, 
7,3521. 11s. 8d. ; while the number of passengers carried 
in the same period in 1843 was 398,687, and the money 
received 6,408/, 3s. 7d. On the future prospects of the 
undertaking, the committee are almost silent; they sa: 
they have cautiously avoided indulging in any speculations 
which might have a tendency to mislead; still in con- 
cluding their report they feel bound to express an earnest 
desire that the proprietors will co-operate in carrying out 
the measures which have been suggested for extending the 
t t traffic in i i connexion with the rail- 
way, as on the efficient completion of such an arrangement 
must mainly depend its future prosperity—In a recent 
case for compensation on the Norwich and Yarmouth 
Railway, on which occasion Sir W. Follett was retained 
for the company, and Mr. Fitzroy Kelly for the defendant, 
who claimed upwards of 8,000/. for land, for which the 
jury returned a verdict for 1,500/, Mr. Gurney, the 
banker, stated, on his cross-examination by the Solicitor- 
General, ‘‘ that he had never travelled by rail; that he 
was an enemy to it; had opposed the Norwich Railway ; 
and had left a sum of money in his will to oppose the 
extension of railways generally.’” 
IRELAND. 
Dublin.—We noticed in our Parliamentary intelligence 
of last week that Mr. O’Connell, and other magistrates 
who had taken part in the Repeal movement, had been 
struck out of the commission of the peace by Lord Chan- 
cellor Sugden. The following is a list of those who have 
been subsequently dismissed : Lord Ffrench, Mr. Daniel 
O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Maurice O’Connel]l, M.P., Mr. 
R. A. Fitzgerald, Mr. Nicholas Boylan, Mr. James Roe, 
Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., Colonel Butler, Sir M. Dillon 
Bellew, Bart., of Galway; Mr. Alexander Sherlock, of 
Waterford ; Mr. Pierse Somerset Butler, of Kilkenny ; 
Mr. Daniel Clanchy, of Charleville; Mr. John Barter, of 
Cork; Mr. Caleb Powell, M.P., of Limerick; Mr. 
of Doo Castle; Mr. Phillips, of Mayo; and Mr. 
Fitzgerald, of Muckridge, county of Cork. Mr. James 
Sinclair, of Donegal, and Mr. R. D. Browne, M.P., 
have addressed letters to the Lord Chancellor, resigning 
the commission, in order to enjoy the right of public 
discussion.—At the meeting of the Repeal Association on 
Monday, Sir Coleman O’Loghlen, Bart., (son of the late 
Master of the Rolls,) and ten other members of the Irish 
bar, several of them gentlemen of extensive practice, all 
of whom had heretofore kept aloof from the movement, 
gave in their adhesionto the Association. Mr. O’Con- 
nell handed in thesnm of 1,224J. 7s. 4d. from the county 
of Tipp: A considerable number of communications 
from various parts of the country were read, inclosing 
money toalarge amount. At the close, Mr. O'Connell 
announced the week’s rent tobe 2,205/. 15s. 3d., a much 
larger sum than had been received in any week during the 
agitation which led to Catholic emancipation. In con- 
nexion with the Repeal movement, the greatest activity 
prevails in various Government departments in sending 
off troops, arms, ammunition, aud stores to Ireland; 
25,000 stand of arms have been despatched from the 
Tower and Woolwich during the last five days, and bar- 
rack stores of every description, ammunition, &c, have 
been sent away for the same destination. 
Cashel.—On Tuesday week the inhabitants of the South 
Riding of Tipperary assembled in this city to receive 
Mr. O'Connell. The procession extended five miles, and 
numbered, it is said, 300,000 persons. The meeting took 
place in the vicinity of the Rock of Cashel, Archdeacon 
Laffan in the chair. The amount contributed to the 
Repeal rent was 732/. 10s. A dinner took place in the 
evening, at which Mr. James Roe, of Roesborough, late 
member for Cashel, presided. 
Nenagh.—The columns of the repeal papers are almost 
exclusively devoted to the proceedings of another demon- 
stration of physical force, which took place on Thursday 
last at Nenagh, the capital town of the North Riding of 
Tipperary, at which 450,000 persons are stated to have 
been present, including many thousands who came a 
distance of 15 and 20 miles. The people of the King’s 
and Queen’s counties, of Limerick, Clare, and Galway, 
were present 3 and no less than 1000 boats filled with 
people, crowded the Shannon from the two last-mentioned 
counties, The platform was capable of containing 500 
persons, and was crowded by at least that number. Mr. 
Patrick Fogarty, of Cabra Castle, was called to the chair 
amid the acclamations of the meeting, aud resolutions in 
favour of Repeal were unanimously carried. The dinner 
took place in the evening in the Temperance hall. 
Nearly 250 pei sat down to dinner, and a gallery at 
one end, exclusively devoted to ladies, was densely 
thronged throughout the proceedings. Mr. O’Brien 
Dillon presided, supported by Mr. O’Connell, Mr. Caleb 
Powell, M.P., Mr. Steele, ¥ Hackett, mayor of 
Clonmel, the Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Mr. Lanigan, of 
Templemore, &c. Mr. O’Connell reviewed his labours 
for some weeks past, the brilliant success that followed 
his movements, from the meetings of Rathkeale and 
Limerick to those of Cashel and Nenagh, and remarked 
on the physical force displayed at each meeting, and how 
effectual it would be in the hands of another Napoleon, 
who had marched from Boulogne to the centre of Hungary 
with a much smaller effective force than surrounded him 
yesterday at the Rock of Cashel, and victory marked his 
progress, although he could not calculate on such an army 
of reserve as he then saw before him. He commented 
freely on the subject of Repeal, and afterwards spoke of 
the facility of getting it—contended that it was in the 
power of the Queen to grant it without the consent of- 
Parliament, and then laid down his plan for the assem- 
blage of his 300 representatives in the Conciliation Hall 
of Ireland. The Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy in his speech 
said—‘ We have been ruled by England for forty-three — 
years, and during that period her conduct to this country 
was a combination of the foulest crimes that ever disgraced 
acountry calling itself Christian. This demand, the 
greatest statesman perhaps of England or Ireland pro~ 
phesied should be one day made—it is now made—and, 
as I said before, we should urgently, but legally, consti- 
tutionally, and peaceably endeavour to carry out the 
object which we are told by a British Minister will never 
be effected, except, perhaps, at the awful fest of a deso- 
lating civil war. Gentlemen, I believe there never was 4 
more unwise threat than that—never dida more ill-judged 
one proceed from the lips of any statesman, and never 
was there such blind ignorance as that evinced by the 
anti-Irish truculent and dishonest legislators, who called 
forth that misplaced threat. Fellow-countrymen, it 18 
impossible that those who threw out the threat had any 
knowledge of the present condition or feeling of the 
people of Ireland. You know that a great majority of our 
unhappy people at-this moment are suffering such priva- 
tions, that no war has any terrors for them. I sa: Senes 
lessly, no war has any terrors for them, and least of all a 
war against their unnatural—their inveterate, and still 
unrelenting oppressors. I believe further, that except, 
perhaps, the restoration of a native Parliament, nothing 
would be more welcome in their present temper than such 
a war, whatever should be its issue.’” Several cine 
toasts were given, and numerous speeches in favour 0 
Repeal were delivered before the meeting broke up. k 
Longford.—A meeting of extraordinary magnitude too 
place here on Sunday, for the purpose of petitioning 
the Legislature for a repeal of the union. The EAA ay 
published on the occasion was addressed to the inhabitants 
of the ford; but the great feature of the 
the county of Long! eek Hieot Roman 
meeting was the dinner, at which Dr. iggins, the Ro a 
Catholic Bishop of Ardagh, presided, Dr, Higgins, 
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