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hall was crowded to excess. As there was no appearance 
of the promised prizes a general rowensued. Mr. Mudie 
in vain attempted to address the meeting, and ultimately 
the anger of the assembly was vented upon the building. 
An attack was made upon the forms, tables, chairs, and 
gas-fittings of the hall, which were quickly demolished. 
The gallery railings were destroyed, and the violence of 
the mob extended to the adjoining houses, the windows 
of which were broken. A messenger was at last dis- 
patched to Bow-street for the police, by whom the rioters 
were ejected, but not before 30/. worth of property were 
destroyed. A woman’s arm was broken in the affray. 
Wood Pavement.—The Commissioners for Improving 
the Liberty of Saffron-hill have resolved that Hatton 
garden from Charles-street to Holborn shall be paved 
with wood on the sexagonal plan of Mr. Steede. The 
St. Pancras vestry, on Wednesday, contracted with the 
Metropolitan Company to lay down 11,000 square yards 
in the New Road, at the rate of lls. 6d. per square 
yard, the works to commence forthwith, and the entire 
road from King’s Cross to Euston-square to be completed 
within two months. 
Mortality of the Metropolis.—The number of deaths 
registered in the week ending Saturday, Sept. 23, isias 
follows :—West Districts, 135; North Districts, 159; 
Central Districts, 199; East Districts, 221 ; South Dis- 
tricts, 269; Total, 983. (Males 483, Females 590.) 
Weekly average for the last five years 903, (461 males, 
442 females), and for the last five summers 846. 
Ber ee aera aE 
*Brobincial News. 
Birmingham.—A meeting was held at the Public-office 
in this town on Thursday week, when a deputation was 
appointed to wait upon Mr. T. Attwood, with a requi- 
sition signed by upwards of 16,000 persons, inviting that 
gentleman again to come forward in public life. The 
next day the deputation waited on Mr. Attwood, and the 
requisition having been presented, Mr. Attwood, in reply, 
said that ‘the late great changes in the corn and pro- 
vision laws, by removing in a great degree the buttresses 
which propped the powerful landed interest, have given a 
prodigious accession of strength to the public cause, 
Those changes are now forcing the owners of land into a 
community of suffering and feeling with the owners of 
labour, Wolding these opinions, and having your confi- 
dence to assure me, I will immediately consult the friends 
upon whose assistance I rely; and with their concurrence 
I will shortly submit for your approbation the best plan 
which my humble reason can devise, for restoring safety, 
prosperity, harmony, and contentment to all classes of 
the people.”—The Chartist Convention, lately held in 
this town, have started the project of raising 100,000/., 
to be appropriated in the purchase of 1,000 acres of land, 
to be divided into small allotments. 
Brighton.—On the 28th the Bishop of the diocese laid 
the first stene of a new church at Hurstperpoint, near 
this town. The old church has been removed, and above 
60007. have been raised by subscription, for the purpose 
of building a large church on the site, capable of holding 
1000 persons, and at an expense of 70007. Mr, Barry 
the architect of the new Houses of Parliament, has Wgeri 
employed to prepare the plans for the church, which is to 
be in the decorated Gothic, with chancel, transepts, and 
spire. The Rector, Rey. Cary Borrer, is a donor to the 
extent of 1000/7. ; Mr. Campion, of Danny Park, gives 
12002.; and Mr. Borrer, the Rector’s father, 500/., in 
addition to the stone for the building. : 
Bristol —We learn by the local papers that a proposal 
has been made to erect a monument in Redcliffe church 
to the poet Southey, who was a native of that city. 
Buckingh —A correspond lately appeared be- 
tween Lord Nugent and Mr. Edmund Dayrell, of this 
county, in reference to a_petition presented to the House 
of Commons by Mr. T. Duncombe, bearing the signature 
of Lord Nugent, the high sheriff, and others, in which 
were expressions Mr. Dayrell considered objectionable, if 
not personally offensive. Several letters passed, which 
only served to widen the breach, and a hostile message 
was the result. The affair was then placed in the hands 
of friends, of high standing in the army, who have amica- 
y arranged the matter, by withdrawing the expressions 
objected to on both sides. The seconds decided that the 
Petition was drawn up by a lawyer, that its language was 
such as is commonly used in official and legal documents, 
and that it did not constitute grounds of personal offence. 
Carmarthen. —A proclamation was issued by the Queen 
in Council on Tuesday, in reference to the late outrages 
in South Wales, calling upon the local authorities to use 
their utmost endeavours to bring the offenders to justice. 
offering a reward of 500/. for information which may lead 
to the conviction of a principal in any case of incendiary 
fire or loss of life, and of 50/. on the conviction of any 
Other rioter, together with the Queen’s pardon for the 
Offence, in case the person making such discovery shall be 
liable to be prosecuted for the same. —At the recommen- 
dation of the Lord Lieutenant the names of twenty gentle- 
Men have been added to the commission of the peace by 
the Lord Chancellor. This step has been taken in conse- 
quence of repeated representations from various quarters 
of the inadequacy of the former number of magistrates in 
the present-disturbed state of the county. Mr. Maule, of 
the Treasury, arrived at Carmarthen on Thursday night, 
a early on Friday had interviews with Colonels Love and 
revor, 
His visit appears to have been well-timed, for in 
the evening there was marched into town, in the custody 
of the London police, one of the most notorious disturbers 
Me the county, named Jones, who had long been a terror 
‘© the inhabitants. Latterly he has been seen going about 
With a gun and a brace of pistols, and it has occurred in 
many instances that farmers and labourers were, under the 
fear of death, forced by him to the perpetration of 
nocturnal outrages. At length information was received 
by Inspector Tierney, of the London police, who, with 17 
men, marched from the Gwendraeth jron-works on Thurs- 
day evening, and scoured the mountains round for ten 
miles, and at length captured a companion of Jones ata 
public-house on the Pombray mountain, This man was 
instantly sent back in custody, when the remainder of the 
police started in search of the principal offender, whom 
they arrested without receiving injury, though he was fully 
armed at the time. Both prisoners have been lodged in 
Carmarthen gaol. The nightly outrages continue more cr 
less frequently in different parts of the county. On Thurs- 
day night the house of a poor woman who had given them 
some offence, situated at Penhrw-common, near Cross- 
hands, was attacked by a party in disguise, and razed to 
the ground, The meetings of the farmers and turnpike- 
trusts are also very frequent, and the latter in most in- 
stances have decided on not re-erecting the gates. At 
St.Clears, where the late outrages had their origin, the far- 
mers met on Friday week to discuss their grievances, but 
the only one named was the unsatisfactory manner in 
which the affairs of the Whitland turnpike-trust had been 
managed. It appeared that this trust was first established 
in the year 1791, and that the money borrowed at the 
time was between 30002. and 40007. ; since that period 
the gates had been let at 500/, and more per annum, but 
even with this large rental the tally-holders had lost the 
interest of several years. The farmers were of opinion 
that if the affairs of the trust had been properly conducted, 
the money originally borrowed must have been long since 
paid, and that they should be now reaping the benefit of 
having their lime and coal free of toll. A strong feeling 
was expressed against the managers of the trust, and some 
of the farmers were desirous of moving that they should 
be proceeded against for expending money contrary to the 
provisions of the Act of Parliament. Another meeting 
was held on the 27th at On Allt-cyn-adda, for the pur- 
pose of seeking a redress of grievances, the mayor of 
Kidwelly in the chair. A petition to the Queen was 
adopted, embodying the question of legal fees, fixity of 
tenure, and consolidation of taxes charged upon the land 
as rent, and concluding with a prayer for the dissolution 
of the present Parliament.—A meeting was held on Wed- 
nesday, on the mountain Ben Crag-y-balog, at which a 
petition to Parliament fembodying the grievances of the 
farmers was adopted, but omitting all reference to vote 
by ballot, fixity of tenure, or the dissolution of Parliament. 
Deal.—Preparations have commenced this week under 
the direction of Captain Bullock, of the Trinity-board, for 
the purpose of fixing on the Goodwin Sands an iron 
beacon, invented by Mr. Stewart, and constructed upon 
the principle of the ponderous-footed pile, which is the 
great novelty in Mr, Stewart’s plan for the formation of a 
harbour of refuge. 
Derby.—The Rev. HU. L. Oxley, late a priest of the 
Church of Rome, publicly renounced that Church, and re- 
ceived the Sacrament on Sunday week, at Christ Church, 
in this city. Mr. Oxley had been for some years priest of 
the Catholic Church in Leeds, chaplain to a nunnery in 
Leicestershire, and a member of the order of Dominicians, 
Gloucester.—The funeral of Sir Matthew Wood took 
place on Monday, at the parish church of Hatherley, near 
this city. The ceremony, in accordance with the direc- 
tions of the deceased, was altogether private, and attended 
only by the immediate relatives. Hatherley is part of the 
property which the late Sir Matthew inherited from James 
Wood, the banker.—On the debate which arose on the 
motion of the Earl of Powis, respecting the union of the 
sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, the Duke of Wellington 
and the Bishop of London stated that as far as they had 
heard, the union of the sees of Gloucester and Bristol had 
worked well, and was a measure in accordance with the 
feelings of the Church. The Times now announces that 
a circular, signed by a majority of the resident clergy of 
these united bishoprics, has been forwarded to the Duke 
and the Bishop, informing them that the union is @ mea- 
sure disadvantageous to the Church. 
Halifar.—aA few nights ago a large barn in the occu- 
pation of Mr. P. Dixon, of Liversedge-hall, near Heck- 
mondwike, was burnt to the ground, and corn, the pro- 
duce of 21 acres, aud hay, of 10 acres, stacked within and 
around the building, were entirely consumed. Mr. Dixon 
estimates his loss at more than 300/.,and not having secured 
his crop before the preceding night, he had not taken any 
steps towards insuring his produce, which is therefore lost. 
There is no doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiar 
Iiford.—During the last two or three weeks consider- 
able sensation has been created amongst the parishioners 
of Great Ilford and Barking-side, in consequence of the 
introdaction of certain novelties in the performance of 
Divine service. Some of the influential gentry of the dis- 
trict have left the church in the midst of Divine service, 
particularly since the curate has introduced the custom of 
crossing himself on hing the i table. 
These circumstances have led to a strong remonstrance 
from the parishioners, to which the vicar has replied by 
denying that the crossing and bowing before the commu- 
nion has bis sanction; but, at the same time, he proceeds 
to justify it under an old ecclesiastical law of the Church ; 
states that it is practised in all Protestant churches on the 
continent ; and declares that the Bishop of Exeter, 
although he does not himself practise it, sanctions the 
clerg: 
nion ; 
of the “ High Church” party, of which he avows himse 
a member. He concludes, however, by expressing his 
willingness to chey whatever commands the bishop may 
think proper to make in the matter. | 
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y in crossing themselves on approaching the commu- | 
and that it is a practice common among ministers | 
: 
Asie of Man.—We mentioned last week that six 
criminals had effected their escape from Castle Rushen, 
in the Isle of Man, and, having seized the governor’s 
pleasure boat, had put out to sea. Subsequent accounts 
state that they had landed near Amlwch, in the island of 
Anglesey, and immediately resumed business. This Jed 
to the recapture of two of the party. One of them sub- 
sequently escaped from the constable, but the other has 
been committed to Beaumaris for trial. They are repre- 
sented as Liverpool thieves of well-known reputation, 
Ipswich.—The Temperance Recorder for this month 
contains an ‘Essay on the Town of Ipswich,’’ from 
which it appears that no less than 50,0007. a year are 
spent there in beer, porter, wine, and spirits. 
Lichfield. —The annual meeting of the Lichfield Agri- 
cultural Association took place in that city last week. 
The show of cattle was described by judges to be exceed- 
ingly good; but, notwithstanding the contiguity of Bir- 
mingham, there was but a poor display of Agricultural 
implements. The dinner took place as usual at the close of 
the show, Lord Hatherton as President for the "year in the 
chair, and Sir R. Peel officiating as Vice-President. Lord 
Hatherton, in proposing ‘‘ Success to the Society,” incul- 
cated the necessity of farmers and their children visiting 
those parts of the country where the best systems of cul- 
tivation were known to exist. They would then become 
acquainted by ocular survey with many advantages of 
which they had previously been unaware, and be enabled 
to apply them with efficiency in the tillage of their own 
land. For the last 24 years he had been a practical 
farmer, and had never less than 2,000 acres of land on 
hand. He was happy now to say that vast improve- 
ments were taking place in his own neighbourhood, that 
some of his tenants, distinguished for their enterprise 
and skill, had visited Scotland and the northern parts of 
England, and the result was, that they were knocking down 
their hedges, removing timber from encumbered land, 
laying out their farms on new plans, incurring increased 
expense in draining and sub-soiling, reducing their 
fences, filling up ditches, and employing labourers in 
hand-weeding ; all of which operations had been for years 
in practice in those parts of the country to which he had 
referred, and to which the farmers were indebted for the 
good results witnessed in those districts. There was, 
however, one other topic to which he could not help 
referring ; it was of the utmost importance—the econo. 
mizing of water. Many farmers were not aware of the 
nature of water which was drawn from the land by 
draining, and instead of esteeming it as a precious gift 
from heaven, treated it as an enemy, suffering it to be 
entirely lost. Now he himself, acting under the advice 
and experience of Mr. Bright, had caused bis waste water 
at Teddesley to be directed into one stream, and at the 
small expense of 1,000/. he had obtained a mill power, 
whereby he effected a saving of 450/. per annum in 
threshing, cutting straw, sawing, grinding malt, and 
other agricultural operations. His Lordship then directed 
the attention of the company to the beneficial effects 
of stall-feeding, and stated, that as he had become an 
enthusiast in the cultivation of land, and knew from 
his experience as a stock farmer that it was impossible to 
succeed where game was rigidly preserved, it was his in- 
tention to destroy all the rabbits and hares upon 900 acres 
of his land. Lord Hatherton then proposed the health of 
Sir R. Peel, stating that he could affirm in the strongest 
s, that although the right hon. baronet had 
many political opponents, he had not one political enemy 
throughout the country. Sir R. Peel returned thanks at 
great length. After expressing his concurrence in the 
opinion of the chairman, that the greatest benefit would 
result to the agricultural interest of this and other locali- 
ties if they would themselves take the opportunity of 
watching the result of successful experiments in other 
parts of England, he proceeded to the question of giving 
to the occupying tenant a more permanent interest in the 
land than that which he can have where the duration of 
the tenancy is only from year toyear. ‘“ Much,” he said, 
“ depends upon the custom of the country. In the north 
of England, and in some parts of Scotland, no tenant can 
be found who would expend his capital ona farm unless 
he had the benefit of a lease. That practice does not 
prevail in this part of the country ; but I hope that a 
feeling of reciprocal confidence between the landlord and 
tenant has more the effect of giving the same feeling of 
security to the Jatter than the leasing system gives in 
Scotland. I believe, in fact, that where the practice of 
tenancy at will exists, there exists also an almost universal 
feeling of reciprocal confidence between landlord and 
tenant. But at the same time I do not hesitate to say, 
though I have not a single lease on my estate, because it 
is not the custom there, that if any tenant of mine did 
say to me that he would feel his character exalted by having 
a greater permanency of tenure, that it would induce in 
him a greater disposition to embark his capital in culliva- 
tion, or that it would be more agreeable to him to have 
that permanency of tenure which a lease would give, I 
should hesitate very long before I declined to accede to 
his proposition. Of this I am confident, that unless 
there be that feeling of reliance on the part of the 
tenant, either by a lease or by a full confidence in the 
generosity of the landlord, a full assurance in some 
way or other, either legally or morally, that advantage will 
not be taken of his improvements, that neither political 
differences nor any other cause will be allowed to disentitle 
him to the ben derivable from the capital he may 
expend,—I am ain, I-say, that unless this condition 
be complied with, agriculture will not make that progress 
which I consider to be essential to the best interests of 
the country. Now, one word as to the condition of those 
who are immediately occupied in the cultivation of the 
possible term 
