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THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844 



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^ - "Creeling as near the 



. »«t toq at an °Pf ?t, Mre as convenience 



. ■£*« RWing ,« J^^rs, in order that 



rf ton the first hoUday that t f 



_iJt MJ " rr ? *" h ,, ect Yon shall appoint a 



"^ktfiH «P°» tbe S n tt and if a difference of 



rSlaffri?' X b'livided, those support- 



.ri* the meeting shall oe hus tings and 



**« going » *-# „,y side of the hust- 



^rtini «T *" ^ittee of seven to adjust 



■ "- '^Tvo r beTalf, and I wiU [ a.-po.n 



"* *U* .eigbboarhood and the g ^ ^^ 



E ->\ ' "T^e constable of the parish hastened 

 ^„ ,«oher and be cons j and rem ained 



^ .here -he, W e»d » «u ^ ^ whe „ u , e 



"' ,rf mil the ^poach ewe am ^ who were 



,*»»eed an attack upo ^ ^ ^ np 



^^ for action. 1 > keep butt . en d of his 



l^j ,„** b, the leader wuh t ^ ^ of 



-* fe" r' 6 ',' shKer tlfe stock from the barrel. 

 „, such as to .n down the man 



IW-eona ^- "-r r-hed «p at ^ ^ 



M ,ha.n.-edth gnn cooflict took 



P, he other m tie d Mch. A S able tQ 6ecure 



a. iXlT-n.W severe injuries had been 

 ,* no^eat.cr, doi n poachers were armed 



^XiS?^ — d i determin » t,on t0 



M ^K fffttf Ca^r Bankruptcy on 



5 Mr °Fu Xriv ate estates paid 20, in the pound 

 £th t of Mr. Lewder a dividend of 3s. in the pound, 

 faldJition to 9,. in the pound already paid was declared, 

 i the meeting which took place on Tuesday a dividend 

 « the joint estate of two shillings in the pound was 

 fcebrtd and it is expected that a further and final divi- 

 fcsfl'illbe paid, making in the gross 9*. 6d. in the 

 poind. It was mentioned incidentally that the cost of the 

 ewu6«tc (which was obtained on the 24th September 

 1842, shortly prior to the commencement of the operation 

 ofthe new bankruptcy laws) was upwards of 600/., that 

 tbe number of signatures attached to it was nearly 800, 

 to obUin which the dociment had to be sent to almost 

 ever? part of the country. It consists of several skins of 

 parchment and is eight or ten yards long. 



Bury. — A free-trade meeting was held on Thursday 

 week in this town which was attended by Mr. Bright and 

 Colonel Thompson as a deputation from the Anti Corn-law 

 League. Both these gentlemen and Mr. Walker, M.P. 

 for the borough, addressed the meeting and resolutions 

 sympathising with the progress of the League were passed. 

 A lubscription was then entered into, and it was announced 

 that upwards of 1120/. had been contributed by Bury. 



Cambridge.— TUt Hulsean Prize of 100/. has just been 

 awarded to Mr. Charles J. Ellicott,B.A., St. John's. The 



A\ a 

 liest 



Ellicott,B.A., St. John's. The 

 •abject wis—" The oblige 



history of the institution ai: 

 times to the present day. 

 announced is as follows :—*• The lawfulness and obligation 



k°\ lh8 ' n * Clir,8tiaa community, and the influence 

 »hich they have had upon society at different periods."— 

 Mr. Crwford, many years proprietor of the Bull, one of 

 »e principal hotels of Cambridge, was found drowned in 

 wctaia on Monday morning under circumstances which 

 ■a« it difficult to come to the conclusion whether his 

 ■«» proceeded from accident or self-destruction. A la- 

 oourer perce,ved a hat lying «i the bank near a place 



^bseried ' * ^ ^ fr0m * hich in the river 

 coming 



mmL Z bult ? ne . d B P t0 his chin « The jury could 

 Sf int ft T lU9l ° n Wliether the d«CMed ^d thr 

 ~«an*d . ",Jf " ater ° r was accidentally drowned, 



€nnam.—\ n inquest wa« hoW ™ M™.*™ «„ 



ob«r,ed a body .landing upright wi 

 •*««fMr.Criiford. Hehnd bis gl 



it cat Kni*,.^-j __ . , . . . _ ™ 



ith the water 

 ved afterwards 



and 



^ofthe^eHtvn? d u 0me by hU death in ( *°" se - 

 Ur Upworth ru 7 Pun,8hment "dminiatered.to him by 

 11 *« place 1 ;? ercf ^endowed grammar-school 

 ^ c clled to'nm' * g m W"1> during which witnesses 



5 , «*er. the iur 4 ? 118 a , CtS 0f cruell y on the P art of 



fc:- 4 - The, nidi tl ne the followiI, e s ^ ,ecial ver " 



■^ ; b »t the iar, lG dece «ed died of disease of the 



!*** without e X L B ann0t f eparate atter ^turning their 

 E * lhe eoiS t TfTi th r eir hi§h 8en9e of d.«Pprob«_ 

 ^ ^ceased in \? IV La P-orth, the schoolmaster, 

 alST Teal ^t^ Ah 5 n , he infli " ed an extent 

 r^T in «» n*mer m hlm whlch was «» warrantable, 



^•fcfcetier.^ni ? thc . most discreditable." 

 f rotectio 



Baker 

 cba 



& XCJ.! 00 , fgnculturists and'tena'nt 

 Ardl 



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,,,Q ed ih- nr „ "Tr wwo » a,lu oluer gentle 

 .a. , »«»ol« ^ on« eed,ngS of the Anti-Com- 

 <**it1r d t0 Ht ^e recem ? read ° l,led "PP'oving of 



l^rHpf. 



•*ount 



, 1UC su '^crinti 0n , tl '«.^«'cuester and Man- 

 t0 u PWtrd s of 5o 0/ reccwe d at the meeting 



Deal —On Thursday week the American ship Her- 

 cules, from New York, 500 tons burden, was wrecked 

 near the Goodwin Sands. The crew escaped, but with great 

 difficult?. The ship left Shields on Monday, lad-n with 

 a general cargo, ana was bound for New York. About 

 ten o'clock on Thursday, while bearing through the 

 Downs, she struck with considerable force on the Brake 

 Sands, where she became a fixture. Every effort was 

 made to get her off, but without effect. She began ra- 

 pidly to fill, and the crew had not been many minutes in 

 the long-boat before she went down head foremost. There 

 is no probability of being able to raise her. 



Dunas.—k fatal accident occurred in the Dynas col- 

 liery on Monday week, by which the roof of the pit was 

 blown off, and 12 men lost their lives. From the evi- 

 dence at the inquest it appeared that the disaster occurred 

 through the neglect of the overman. It was his business 

 to eo into the pit every morning at 3 o'clock to examine 

 all the headings and stalls, and to see if they were in a tit 

 state to resume operations. He wenfdown on the Monday 

 morning accompanied by a little boy, to whom he impru- 

 dently intrusted the task of exploring a particular stall. 

 This he but partially explored, and.in this stall it was that 

 the foul air had gentr.ted. Even the common precaution 

 of wiring the sa/ety-lamp was neglected, for the absence 

 of anything like a serious accident in this colliery for 

 years had made tke parties careless. Half-an-hour later 

 in the day when all the men would have been at work, 

 and when the horses would have been engaged in the ope- 

 rations of the pit, the loss of life would have been very 

 great. After a lengthened investigation a verdict of 

 * Accidental Death" was returned. On the delivering of 

 the verdict the coroner adverted in terms of strong repre- 

 hension to the conduct of the overman, through whose 

 neglect the calamity occurred, and left it to the jury to 

 say whether he ought not to be committed on a charge ot 

 Manslaughter. The jury however intimated that such a 

 charge would receive no countenance from them. 



Falmouth.— The West of England Conservative states 

 that on the night of Saturday the 30th ult., no less than 

 30 persons were admitted into the bosom of the Catholic 

 Church in this town. The parties brought their prayer 

 and hymn books with them which they had been in the 

 habit of using in their respective places of worship, and 

 by command of the priest they tore them in pieces leaT 

 bv leaf and scattered them on the floor. They tnen real 

 their recantation and were baptised according to the ritual 

 of the Romish Church. This ceremony took place at 1- 



o'clock at night. «.i-.»- 



Guildford.— On Saturday morning Lord Grantley s 



keeper was found in the canal close to his Lordship s pre- 

 serves, which join the house, murdered. It appears ne 

 was at the public-house at Bramley between 8 and y 

 on Saturday evening, where there was a raffle for a nog, 

 and said to the landlord he must go round his Lordship a 

 preserves to look after the pheasants, and would return in 

 an hour or so to take supper, since which he never was 

 seen alive. Guns were heard about that hour in the 

 direction where the body was found. The poor man was 

 shot through the head, and a severe struggle evidently took 

 place. A man named Elsley was apprehended on suspi- 

 cion, and an inquest was held on Monday, when a police- 

 man produced a statement made by Elsley in prison con- 

 fessing that he was guilty. The jury without hesitation 

 returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against him. 



Hitchin.—Xt the petty sessions held in this town on 

 Tuesday the prosecution of Burke, the man who was men- 

 tioned in our last as having been indicted for having killed 

 a pony in a match against time, took place before a full 

 bench of magistrates. The court was crowded to excess, 

 many persons having arrived from London to be present 

 at the proceedings. The prosecution was instituted by the 

 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

 and by the Animals' Friend Society. The particulars of 

 the case were fully noticed last week, and it will therefore 

 be sufficient to state that the charge was fully proved. The 

 chairman in passing sentence said : " Mr. Burke, you have 

 been charged with having wantonly and cruelly abused a 

 grey pony, on the 18th Dec. last. The facts were per- 

 fectly notorious to us and to the whole of the neighbour- 

 hood, but we have based our opinion not on them but on 

 the evidence now laid before us and the magistrates are 

 unanimously of opinion that the case has been clearly 

 m.*de out. It is therefore their duty to convict you, under 

 the terms of the Act of Parliament. There is no doubt 

 on their minds that you have been guilty of a series ot 

 ill-usage which brings you within the ac', and we have 

 only one subject of regret, namely— that the law does not 

 allow us to inflict a punishment that would show the dis- 

 gust we feel at your conduct. You are convicted m the 

 full penalty of 40s. and costs." Burke : JJ I shall appeal 

 from your decision to the quarter sessions. Mr. L horn as . 

 " If you do 1 shall spare no pains or expense to support 

 the present conviction." Burke after some hesitation said 

 he would not appeal, and begged to have the fine remitted 

 The magistrate would not listen to his application ; and 

 Burke having borrowed the money paid the fine and costs. 

 Isle of Man.— On Monday last a young man named 

 Tyson gave himself into custody at Woolwich as one of the 

 felons who escaped from Castle Rushen gaol in August 

 last. The prisoner said he had been a serjeant in the Otn 

 Regiment, but had with another soldier robbed his com- 

 manding officer and deserted. He had mice enlisted m 

 the Woolwich division of Marines. He escaped with In e 

 others on the 10th August, having been, committed for 

 trial on a charge of burglary in a farm-house, lhey 

 effected their escape by means of some nails which they 

 had got out of some boards, and picked the locks of the 

 cells; then with some fishing nets they made a rope 

 ladder, and escaped over the Castle walls at the ls.e or 



Man. On arriving at the seaside, they found a gentleman's 

 pleasure-boat. They ail got in, and were one night and 

 two days on the water without even bread and water. 

 They landed on the Welch coast, scuttled the vessel and 

 sunk her. It was a one-masted vessel with sails and pair 

 of oars. They separated after landing, each taking a dif- 

 ferent road. He had since wandered about the country 

 until be reached Woolwich, and being questioned by the 

 police constable determined to give himself up. He had 

 been, he said, concerned in several burglaries, and knew 

 he should be transported, which was far preferable to the 

 constant dread he was in. Mr. Jeremy said he should 

 remand the prisoner for a week, in order to communicate- 

 with the authorities at the Isle of Man, when he would 

 be again brought up and dealt with according to cir- 

 cumstances. . , 



Knowsley.— The Standard of last evening states that 

 her Majesty has been graciously pleased to remit the sen- 

 tence of death on all the prisoners convicted of the mur- 

 der of the Earl of Derby's gamekeeper, except John 

 Roberts, the party who fired the fatal shot. Roberts is 

 left for execution, and the others will it is expected be 



transported for life. 



Lincoln.— The annual meeting of the Lincoln and 

 Lindsey Agricultural Association was held on Friday, 

 Mr. Chaplin of Blankney in the chair. The meeting 

 was addressed by Mr. Christopher, M.P., Mr. Dudding. 

 of Panton, and other gentlemen. Resolutions were 

 adopted declaring the conviction of the meeting that a 

 repeal of the Corn-laws would be highly prejudicial to 

 British agriculture and to the nation at large, that the efforts 

 of the Anti Corn-law League to bring about this object 

 oueht to be vigorously resisted ; that the doctrines taught 

 by the emissaries of the League, tending to produce 

 alienation and distrust between landlord and tenant, 

 between tbe occupier and the labourer, are unchristian, 

 anti-social, and dangerous to the peace of the country J 

 and pledging the association to oppose such principles to 

 the utmost of their power, by seeking for the co-operation 

 of all societies established in this county for a similar 



^Lekester.-The authorities connected with the ma- 

 nagement of the borough gaol were much surprised last 

 week by a communication made by a young man named 

 Newman, confined on a charge of felony, to the effect 

 that a conspiracy had been entered into among six men 

 awaiting their trials, to make their escape to carry out 

 which two plans had been resolved upon. The fintwai 

 fo overpower the turnkey when he entered the ward take 

 the keys from him, and make a general outlet for all the 

 prisoners ; the other plan was to attack the ■choolma.ter 

 and turnkev when attending prayers at chapel on Thurs- 

 day, and in case they met with any resistance from the 

 governor, they had sharpened a knife on both sides, so 

 u to form a kind of dirk, which they intended to use for 

 the purpose of stabbing. Through the information given 

 by Newman both plans were defeated, and such precau 

 tions taken as to prevent any plan of a similar character 

 being carried out Newman who made the discovery 

 had been tried on the previous Friday, when the Recorder 

 sentenced him to fou> months' hard labour bj i upon 

 the magistrates stating the foregoing facts to him he- 

 ordered the prisoner to be brought back, recalled the 

 former sentence, and substituted that of one : day . .im- 

 prisonment The two ringleaders with four others 

 were severally sentenced to 10 and 15 years' transporta- 

 Hon Two of the gang were the most desperate cha- 

 acters in Leicester^ and there is no doubt they would 

 have carried their designs into effect had not the disco- 



Ve K^-An affray with poachers took place last 

 week st North Seaton in which two men who accompa- 

 nfed L gamekeeper of Mr. Watson were shot and 

 Merely wounded. "The poachers had previously seized 



and beaten the gamekeeper, who "^"^^ 

 for reinforcements. His party amounted to 14 P^ns, 



he poachers were only four, but were e^Twtf and 

 double-barrelled gun : a brace of pistols and la sword and 

 their movements indicated them to be acting under a 

 Sem of discipline. The keeper and his men were un- 

 able To disarm the poachers, and were consequently 



0b K^^ poI^Xe at length succeeded in 

 dis^veri'g the hiding-'place of oneo the burghs who 



received, the police went to Leeds »^^J^ 



dis^vered mm in the pantry in the act of washing his 

 hands He was immediately seized and conveyed to the 

 In ' ", The prisoner was afterwards brought to 

 Snglam by An '2 and taken to gaol whither he 

 was attended by an immense concourse of ■pecutors. 

 Not" ?5 ^satisfactory has been learnt respecting the others 

 Xewort PagnelL-On Wednesday a meeting of 

 farmed and others was held in this town for the purpose 



opposing the projects of the W^^SSL 

 Mr. E. Greaves of Haversham presided. A ™>°»™ n 

 was passed declaring the participation of the meeting 



it was estimated iu tlie room that tbe 8Ut)SCrl P"" , f 

 county of Bucks would amount to some thowwd. of 



PO o"ford.-X meetiog took place in ihU city last week for 



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