THE NEWSPAPER. 



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.Ranches, a i tt*« ^ labourers m 

 i piod condact mser eyer CQn 



**V * thii f'Hnl to both the qnrit am 

 LweessnJ of adhering ^ ^ nnpstion sha n 



djty oi auuy. o rt „ qu estion shall 

 -J***-* ru .%Io'nh society of a political 



•% the »f\f* L to any measure to be 

 which shall refer to any of parlia . 



,hich """'*; ,1 eith er house of f arua- 

 £«* or pending m ertn meetings 



11 TSg«- . *°°* Vended by "the four members 

 ^T^tk meeting was attenoc^ j ^ ^ & laree 



' 4? A S=S=j= 



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tie indispensable to the welfare and 

 rf Sure as well as of the numerous 

 J^f and tradesmen connected with agri- 

 l^Se abour market to form a defensive 

 *£uL nd intelligible basis of protection to 

 ^ft& industry.'' A subscription was 

 ffStd upwards of 1000/. was collected The 

 CTtdeLh, whom the Morning Chronicle an- 

 ^K since as having joined the League, 

 Kiwith a donation of 100/., at the same time 

 ^SSwd to give a distinct denial to the state- 

 ft*k«u favourable to free trade in corn. 



Oifrri-Tfee Rev. Mr. M'Mullen has announced to 

 ^Chuwllor tbat it is not his intention to proceed 

 ukiI ipinst the decision of the delegates in 

 drHiwpdeu, Regius Professor. The suit is 

 terminated.-Intelligence has been received in 

 ded oMhe conversion of, another member of Exeter 

 Otoe Mr. T. Harper King to the Roman Catholic 



the tenth Member of the University who 



within the last three years. Mr. King some 



■ide a donation of an organ to Mr. Newman's 

 (fcprl it Li'.tlemore. 



Prnhmd.-On the morning of Saturday week the 

 tap i&d wttchers of J. H. H. Foley, Esq., while on 

 iejaLunswood, near Prestwood, had an affray with 

 fctraenin the grounds belonging to that gentlemen, and 

 Aridejperate struggle succeeded in capturing two of 

 fcpoxhtrY The keeper sustained some serious injuries 

 ad the potchers were also much punished. 



I'. ^•ilk— On Monday-week a meeting was held in this 

 Bishop of Exeter in the chair, in behalf of the 

 District Associations of the National Society, 

 •i Society for building Churches, and the Society for 

 ■•••^■tot of additional Curates in populous places. 



**• "*°P made a remarkable speech on the rights 

 ■ fc m, suggested, he said, by the adoption of 

 *** "..^ pari8h Irenes to the exclusion of the 



E'lJt 1 ^ C ° Uld n0t pay for Seats ' " This '" said 

 **"ty i a most enormous injustice which at- 



■■• lo etery one of those whom I now address. I 

 /rjT" lh *! J° u all attend seats, and that you pay 

 ^V**' Now I do not blame you on this account, but 

 ,Lok._ y °? piy mone y for yourselves, you are careless 

 J*« toe poor have seats or no. You do not pay for 



I attWi- rk • J ° B pay for excludin g them. As Bishop 

 »tL nlL Wr ° Dg 8hal1 be redre «sed. I will not come 



•taCitt after ? earand see the h ° use ° f G ° d 



*««i»itflVn e k°° r ' You },ave no ri s ht t0 P ews » y° ur 



l*». Yetonl iVi rigQt t0 Faise funds from th0se 



IcWk !u d the P leas ^re of attending that 

 ■wcMhe great ornament of Plymouth. That 



ik^d.!? , J_ Q the rei ° Q of . Edward the Third. 



*«* *« time ? 



— — -w wv,W*» <_* 141C1J OtliO^ V/4 



many churches have been built 



*—* ti»e Fir«t v Dly ? e ' and that in the reign of 



? ^I^vidine churpT *> ha x^ d SinCC been d0ne in the 



£***£Tfcl J * othin K-^ ^ scorned to 

 £ *■» built Tr a ° P r °P rie tory chapels which 

 ?* "*i bat . r. L? e . acc °mmodation of the rich. 



congregation in the town— 



*« not 



v J5? th ,< ^^y^V^ T } c \ amon s st the 



^-m you ro k Z" r™/ lo cram in the aisles as 

 J*^ ;« much rVhTl°l th , at WhicU i8 their . ri g. ut - 



r °«t the knee to r 7 \ - e ttie nch am ongst the 

 ^ r You alio. YT ^ 0U have absolutely robbed 



Ii4n_l the nonr ♦« „ :_ .i. _ • , 



^ n -Ut you 



poor to cram in the aisles as 



J?***** pews to n °, churchw arden lias a right 

 WIS 1 ' w »ded Fc any . cIasse s whatever whilst the 

 JS huinbJ e o Qrse |Jl n m ch , urch h is desirable that 

 Cr"? wben *e werp7 at i church we mi & ht learn a 

 3taL^ U »«rld wl «h«m gUt that h0Wever hi 6 h we 



.^4^^ _ JOU n ave no right to divert anv part of 



»*e 



e xclusi 





^^^w must nnt mtn0dati0n f0r the rich ' 

 ^° f »»e S ?' J am -Peking in 



r*i^ WiUbe ar me out Th ^r fi the law ' and l 

 «^C? ,b « Poor. Y 0H ° K Ut that I a m not overstating 



n,£j.M , u ui T ° e U ^ ^aped the question of 



^'aco^onW' fit t0 rob the poor. 



t^Mi' 



— «. «**.i. m a popula- 

 i»b *k"- M vue cuudr.„ !,"f tlonal school— only 



*^" ^ 0fUerS Wer ' 



^ llr ^ to . lCh *«* be 11 tabllshmeat - This 



WeTe f ^aneut eY T R dt T ficien cj of educa- 



ev ' ls to be redressed, and 



societies ought to be formed by which permanent funds 

 might be raised for such objects. 



Romford.— A meeting of the Essex Agricultural Pro- 

 tection Society was held in this town on Wednesday, Mr. 

 K. Baker in the chair, supported by a large body of Agri- 

 culturists. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting 

 at great length, and it was unanimously resolved •' That 

 the resolutions agreed to at the General Meeting at 

 Chelmsford on the 22d ult. be adopted by this Meeting ; 

 that one or more persons in each parish and place in the 

 hundreds of Waltham, Ongar, Becontree, Chafford, and 

 Barnstaple, and the liberty of Havering, be requested to 

 co-operate with the central committee in obtaining names 

 and subscriptions ; and that a speech delivered by Mr. 

 Oswald Copeland, a tenant-farmer, at this Meeting be 

 printed for general distribution by the Society." 



Spalding .—A. meeting of the agriculturists of this 

 district of Lincolnshire was held in this town on Tuesday, 

 Mr. Everard of Fulney in the chair, supported by about 

 300 agriculturists. Resolutions were passed pledging 

 the meeting to oppose the League as an unconstitutional 

 conspiracy, to make every effort for the maintenance of 

 sufficient protection to British produce, and " not only not 

 to give their support to any Government or party which 

 shall either directly or indirectly attempt to deprive the 

 agricultural classes of any portion of the protection 

 afforded by the present Corn Laws, but by every constitu- 

 tional means to oppose any proposed diminution of such 

 protection." A letter to Lord Spencer calling upon his 

 Lordship to resign the Presidency of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society, and a petition to Parliament in favour of 

 the objects of the meeting, were then agreed to. 



Stroud. — On Tuesday the Stroud Anti-Corn-law Asso- 

 ciation held a meeting at which 2,000 persons are said to 

 have been present. Earl Ducie was to have filled the 

 chair, but was prevented by indisposition, and his place 

 was supplied by Mr. G. P. Scrope, one of the members 

 for the borough. Mr. Sherriff, a practical farmer, ex- 

 pressed his disapprobation of the Corn-laws. Mr. Fox 

 made a speech in which he alluded to the Farmers' Coun- 

 ter League as so many admissions and approvals of the 

 principles of the League system. Several other gentlemen 

 addressed the meeting, and resolutions were unanimously 

 adopted expressing confidence in the League and a deter- 

 mination to carry out its objects, and at the conclusion of 

 the meeting subscriptions were handed in as contribu- 

 tions to the 44 100,000/. fund," and were received by the 

 assembly with tumultuous applause ; among them were 

 Earl Ducie, 100Z. ; Mr. G. P. Scrope, M.P.,50/. ; Mr. 

 N. S. Murling, 50/. ; Mr. S. S. Murling, 50/. ; Mr. C. 

 Stanton, 40/., and others, amounting altogether to 550/. 

 The total subscribed last year was only 274/. 



Tynemouth. — Serious differences have taken place be- 

 tween the vicar and his parishioners on the subject of 

 tractarian innovations in the performance of divine service. 

 The parishioners allege that they have been irritated by 

 26 changes which have been made in the church service ; 

 that they have frequently expostulated with the incum- 

 bent, and have besought him to return to the simple 

 manner of performing the service to which they had so 

 long been accustomed, and to which they had become de- 

 votedly attached. But all their efforts had proved unsuc- 

 cessful. A new church is forthwith to be erected by sub- 

 scription, a sum of 400/. having been already raised for 



that purpose. 



Waltham.— k meeting of Leicestershire farmers was 



held in the Agricultural Hall in this town on Monday, to 

 devise measures to check the progress of the League. The 

 chair was taken bv Mr. Norton, of Elton Manor, who re- 

 marking on the absence of the leading gentlemen in the 

 neighbourhood said that it was to be accounted for by the 

 unwillingness they felt to influence their tenants in the 

 matter. Mr. Fletcher, agent to the Duke of Rutland, 

 declared that to be the reason why his Grace was not pre- 

 sent at the meeting. Letters of excuse were read from 

 Lord Charles Manners, Mr. Tumor, M.P., the Hon. Stuart 

 Wortley, and the Hon. Mr. Wilson, who expressed their 

 disapprobation of the course pursued by the League, and 

 their best wishes for the success of the plan to be adopted 

 by the meeting. Resolutions were then passed, condemn- 

 ing the League, and pledging the meeting to raise its share 

 of any sum that may be necessary to carry out a general 

 system of opposition to its movements. 



Warwick On Wednesday, a meeting of the landed 



proprietors, tenants, farmers, and others interested in 

 Agriculture was held In this city, to consider the pro- 

 priety of establishing a Protection Society. Lord Brooke 

 having been called to the chair, it was found necessary, 

 in consequence of the crowded state of the room and the 

 number of persons who were unable to obtain admission 

 to adjourn from the hotel to the county hall. The meet- 

 ing was ultimately held in the Nisi Prius Court, which 

 was very much crowded. Among those present were Mr. 

 Shirley, M.P., Mr. B. Grevilie, Sir C. Douglas, M.P., 

 Mr. Newdigate, M.P., Sir J. Mordaunt, Bart, M.P., 

 &c. Resolutions were passed opposing a repeal of the 

 Corn-laws and denouncing tbe proceedings of the League 

 as dangerous to the peace and prosperity of the country, 

 and as having ulterior mischievous objects in view. In 

 the course of the proceedings Sir J. Mordaunt read a letter 

 from Lord Willoughbv de Broke contradicting in the 

 most positive terms the statement of a local paper that 



he had joined the League. . 



Windsor.-— A private rehearsal of sacred music, the 

 composition of Prince Albert, took place in the Queen s 

 private chapel before her Majesty and his Royal High- 

 ness on Friday last under the superintendence of Dr. 

 Elvey, who presided at the organ. The whole of the 

 choir of St. George's Chapel were present to take part in 

 the performance. The Prince having given his permig- 



of 



sion to Dr. Elvey to introduce his Royal Highness' s com- 

 positions in the service at the chapel of St. George, they 

 formed a portion of the musical service at the chapel on 



Sunday morning. 



y or fr.__On Saturday Joseph Dobson was executed be- 

 hind the Castle of this city for the wilful murder of his 

 father, by shooting him at Mount Tabor, near Halifax, 

 on the 4th July last. The circumstances of the occurrence 

 were fully reported in this Paper at the time and in the sub- 

 sequent account of his trial before Mr. Justice Maule. 



Railways.— The following are the returns for the past 

 week :— Birmingham and Derby, 1,291/.; Birmingham 

 and Gloucester, 1,686/.; Eastern Counties, 3,347/.; 

 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1,822/. ; Great Western, 

 11,582/.; Grand Junction, 6,322/.; Glasgow, Paisley, 

 and Ayr, 1,083/. ; Great North of England, 1,267/. ; Lon- 

 don and Birmingham, 13,740/. ; South Western, 4,781/. ; 

 Blackwall, 611/. ; Greenwich, 667/. ; Brighton, 2,791/. ', 

 Croydon, 198/.; Liverpool and Manchester, 4,108/.; 

 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull, associated, 5,157/. ; Mid- 

 land Counties, 2,252/.; Manchester and Birmingham, 

 2,604/.; North Midland, 3,723/.; Newcastle and Car- 

 lisle, 1,097/.; South Eastern and Dover, 2,307/. ; Sheffield 

 and Manchester, 480/. ; York and North Midland, 1,272. 

 —A deputation from the Chester and Holyhead Railway 

 Company, accompanied by directors of the London and 

 Birmingham, and Grand Junction Companies had an 

 interview recently with Sir R. Peel, the Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer, and Sir J. Graham, on the subject of 

 a proposal made by them to Government to give them 

 some assistance in establishing a Railway from Chester 

 to Holyhead. No arrangement, however, with regard to 

 this important undertaking appears to have been made. 

 It was considered on the part of Government that any 

 such arrangement would at present be premature, as 

 there had been scarcely time for drawing public attention 

 to tbe reports of the naval officers employed by the 

 Admiralty and that of Mr. Walker, the engineer, and for 

 giving to parties generally who might be induced to 

 undertake the construction of a Railway communication 

 from Chester to Holyhead the opportunity of submitting 

 to Government any proposals they might have to offer 

 The immediate question for consideration was understood 

 to be, whether Government would for a given term of 

 years engage to pay any, and what, sum, for the convey- 

 ance of the mail by this new Railway beyond the ordinary 

 charges of conveyance. 



IRELAND. 



The State Prosecutions. — Fifth Day. — The 

 examination of Mr. Charles Ross, a Government reporter, 

 which had been commenced shortly before the close of 

 the Court on Thursday, was resumed on Friday morning. 

 The witness read from his notes an account of a meeting 

 held at the Corn-Exchange on 28th August, at which 

 Mr. O'Connell brought forward a plan for the restoration 

 of the Irish Parliament, and was proceeding also to read 

 a report of a meeting held at the same place on he 

 following day, when Mr. Henn, Q.C., took the objection 

 on behall: of the traversers, that as the witness admitted 

 he had taken a full and verbatim note only of those parts 

 of Mr. O'Connell's speech which he thought material, 

 and merely the substance of the other parts the notes 

 could not be read in evidence. The Solicitor-General 

 and Mr. Serjeant Warren for the Crown contended for 

 the admissibility of the evidence, and the Court overruled 

 the objection. The witness then deposed to having 

 attended various meetings at the Corn-Exchange in the 

 months of September and October, the monster meet- 

 ing at Loughrea on the 10th September and one a 

 Clifden on the 17th of the same month, and read 

 from his notes an account of the proceedings the sub- 

 stance of which was stated by the Attorney-Genera m 

 his opening speech. On the 27th September a meeting 

 took place at the Corn-Exchange, when the scheme for 

 the formation of the arbitration courts was finall ye led 

 and several persons were appointed to offices under it 

 At that meeting witness was present an d took n » note of 

 the proceedings, which he now read to the Con rt. Dr. 

 Gray P subseque g ntly gave him a copy of the rules which had 

 beeii framed for the regulation of the courts. He also 

 attended the meeting at Mullaghmast, and < look • »o^ 

 Mr. O'Connell's speech, the subs ance of w Uch was stated 

 bv the Attorney-General, and also given in evidence by 

 aI Hughes. This witness was subjected to a very severe 

 cro^s lamination by Mr. Henn He admitt ,d ^hatup -to 

 that time he had received from Government 400/ for the 

 reports he had furnished. Mr. Henn then asked him by 

 whCdirection he came? but Mr Serjeant ^™> ob- 

 jected to the question, and cited the case of Hardy, 

 Tooke, and others/' in which it was ruled that no witness 

 who "ended a meeting on the part of the Crown .was 

 compelled to state the channel through which he received 

 a diction to attend. The Court considered the objec- 

 tion valid, and the question was therefore withdrawn. 

 The witness, however, stated, that previous to his coming 

 to Ireland he had a communication from a person high in 

 office on the subject. The several meetings that he 

 attended were peaceable and orderly, and at none of them 

 was there any tendency to a breach of the peace. Ine 

 Court adjourned at the close of his examination. 



Sixth Day. -\t the sitting of the Court on Saturday 

 morning Mr. John Jackson, another Government reporter, 

 was examined. He stated that he was the ln*h corre- 



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w 



rith a view to the identification of the several traversers, 



witn a view iu uic i««.'»'»v . — - Vrrhantre. 



the issue of certain documents from the c «™ ^",£* 

 of various reports of speeches at the Repeal A.soc^.on 



and particularly the plan, for the restorauon o f ih el" h 



SCSTSr the establishment of the arbitration court, 



