Mar. 23,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



At the bottom of a hill there is a pond, and in endeavour- 

 ing to turn the horse so as to avoid it, the animal, in the 

 highest state of excitement, bore his Lordship with so 

 much violence against a large tree as to knock him from 

 his seat, and cause instant death. The trunk of the tree 

 jutting out considerably, the unfortunate nobleman's head 

 came in contact with it. No fracture took place, and 

 there was scarcely an appearance of violence ; but so in- 

 tense was the shock, that his Lordship appears not to 

 have moved or breathed after his fall. An inquest has 

 been held on the body, and a verdict of Accidental Death 

 returned. The accident threw a deep gloom over Ipswich 

 and the regiment to which the deceased nobleman be- 

 longed. Lord William Hill was the third son of the 

 present Marquis of Downshire, and was only in his 28th 

 year. He had entered the Scotch Greys in 1831, and his 

 commission as Lieutenant is dated October 21, 1836. 

 He was much esteemed in his regiment, as well as by a 



large circle of private friends. 



Leeds. — A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of 

 Leeds, convened by the Mayor, in compliance with a 

 requisition signed by men of all parties, was held last 

 week, to promote the passing of an efficient legislative 

 measure for regulating the working of labourers in fac- 

 tories, and for limiting ths labour of young persons 

 between 13 and 21 years of age to ten working hours per 

 day for five days in each week, and eight hours on the 

 Saturday. Mr. Joshua Hobson presided, and the meet- 

 ing was addressed by Mr. Bulraer, Rev. Dr. Hook, Mr. 

 Oastler, and other gentlemen ; after which resolutions in 

 accordance with the objects of the meeting were carried. 



Liverpool. — On Saturday evening, a fire broke out in a 

 shed, the property of W. P. Freme, Esq., situate between 

 Hoyle-strect and Vendre-street, east of the Victoria Dock, 

 which soon became a mass of ruins. In the shed was 

 •towed about 2000 bales of cotton, and from 100 to 150 

 tons of sulphur, which made a blaze that was seen for 

 miles. On the alarm being given, the doors of the shed 

 were broken open, and a stream of blazing sulphur ran 

 down the street towards the docks, which was not extin- 

 guished until it was drenched with water from the main. 

 The attention of the firemen was then directed to the 

 mass of burning materials inside, of which scarcely any- 

 thing can be said to have been saved, with the exception 

 of that portion of the sulphur which may be left beneath 

 the charred surface of the mass. Of the building itself 

 nothing remains beyond the outer walls, which must be 

 taken down. Of the origin of the fire nothing is known. 

 No suspicion has been expressed of anything like incen- 

 diarism. The damage, exclusive of the building, cannot be 

 fixed at less than 20,0007.— Another fire broke out on 

 Wednesday in this town on the premises of Mr. Clay, 

 chemist in Bold-street, by which property was destroyed 

 to the amount of 1000/. 



Manchester.— On Thursday week the whole of the 



jaluable works contained in the depository of the Society 



for Promoting Christian Knowledge, situate in this town, 



were destroyed by fire. The fire was subdued in less than 



a quarter of an hour, but not until the whole of the stock 



was destroyed and the building nearly gutted. The 



origin of the fire cannot be accounted for. The damage 



is estimated at between 800/. and 9001.— The local papers 



state thit in consequence of the numerous fires which 



have lately occurred in this town, the Railway company 



have converted many of their arches into stores for the 



reception of goods, and that as the arches are fireproof, 



the adoption of this plan saves the expense of insurance. 



A ewcastle-upon-Tyne. —OnTlmrsAzy the 14th, apoor 

 woman named Sherwood was murdered in this town by 

 her husband, a man of dissipated habits, who enjoyed a 

 small pension as a soldier in the artillery. He had cut 

 his wife s throat with a razor, and then drank such a 

 quantity of whisky that when discovered he was in a state 

 of stupefaction, which rendered his recovery doubtful. 

 He was, however, restored, and has " 

 take his trial on the capital charge, 

 found at work on the premises. 



Nottingham.— Some time ago Mr. James Osborne, of 

 Newark-upon-Trent, in this county, was robbed of a con- 

 siderable sum of money by a. man in whom he had placed 

 great confidence. This circumstance preyed so deeply 

 upon his mind as to produce an aberration of intellect, 

 and on the 15th February last, he attempted to commit 

 suicide. He was, however, prevented from doing this, 

 and since that period has never been suffered to be by 

 himself; but from that time he steadfastly refused to 

 take the slightest nourishment, and even treated with 

 "violence any person who offered him food. On the 29th 

 ult. he died from exhaustion ; an inquest was held on his 

 body, and a verdict accordingly returned. 



Oxford.— Letters have reached Oxford from Rome, 

 announcing the conversion to Popery of C.R.Scott Murray, 

 Jisq., M.P. for Buckinghamshire. He was at Rome two 

 years ago, m the company of Mr. Douglas, a member of 

 the same college (Christ Church), and hearing a report 

 that Mr. Newman and Dr. Pusey were to be expelled from 

 the Church of England, he made up his mind, together 

 with his companion to join the Church of Rome. Mr. 

 Douglas did so but Mr. Murray was compelled to return 

 home to his parliamentary duties, and postponed his reso- 

 lution until the present time. 



Portsmouth.-The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered 

 the following ships to be built :— The Royal Sovereign 

 and the Windsor Castle, three-deckers, similar to the 

 Queen ; the St. Jean d'Acre and the Marlborough, 90. 

 gun ships, similar to the Albion ; the Brunswick and the 

 Cressy, 80-gun ships: the Brunswick to be upon the 

 model of the Vanguard, and the Cressy upon the lines of 

 the members of the la'e School of Naval Architecture. \ 



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been committed to 

 An illicit still was 



Four 50-gun frigates, similar to the Vernon, are to be 

 built, viz., the Liffy, Arethusa, Shannon, and Severn. 



Southampton. — The local papers state that the principal 

 merchants of London are about to memorialise the Treasury 

 that Southampton maybe appointed as the Channel Islands 

 Packet Station instead of Weymouth. — At the recent meet- 

 ing of the Southampton Dock Company the report stated 

 that the expenditure from the commencement of the under- 

 taking to the 31st December last has been 336,399/. 3s. Id. 

 of which 23,674/. 2s. Id. was incurred during the past 



half-year. A warehouse with spacious vaults for bonding 

 wines and spirits, and proper accommodation for bonding 

 corn is in progress, which will put the company in a con- 

 dition to receive general cargoes, the class of business to 

 which it necessarily looks for a revenue. They have also 

 constructed a spacious yard for foreign timber, which has 

 already received several cargoes. The contractor for 

 dredging the approach called the Itchen Channel is actively 

 at work, and will, it is expected, by midsummer have 

 accomplished a minimum depth of 16 feet at low water of 

 spring tides. The directors also announced that they had 

 acted on the principle of low rates of charge, as the means 

 of attracting a larger amount of trade. 



Stafford. — The workmen in the collieries of this county 

 have again struck for an increase of wages, and out of 52 

 collieries only 17 are in full work and 4 in partial work. 

 A considerable number of coal proprietors have acceded 

 to the request of the men — to give 3s. for a day of eight 

 hours, and in consequence of that the anticipated strike 

 has been less serious than was apprehended. Several large 

 proprietors, however, still resist the demand, because they 

 believe the present is only considered by the men an in- 

 stalment of a further and more serious demand to be 

 shortly made. There seems to be no reason to apprehend 

 any disturbance. The movements of the colliers are 

 closely watched by the police, and there is a strong mili- 

 tary force at hand, to quell any disorder that may arise. 



Tavistock. — The first case where the tithe-owner has 

 been compelled to take proceedings for the purpose of 

 taking possession of the land itself, which has occurred 

 in this county (and which is believed to be the first under 

 the late Tithe Commutation Act,) has occurred in the 

 parish of Peter Tavy, the Rev. \V. Macbean, the rector, 

 having been driven, in consequence of there being no 

 sufficient distress on the premises, to take such proceed- 

 ings for the recovery of two years' arrears of rent-charge 

 due in October last, the time limited by the act. By 

 virtue of the writ directed to the Sheriff, a jury was sum- 

 moned a few days since to assess the arrears of the 

 rent- charge due ; but previously to this, the rector's 

 solicitors received an undertaking to pay the arrears of 

 rent-charge claimed, together with the costs. 



JVednesbury. — On Saturday morning the housekeeper 

 of John Crowther, Esq., of Oakswell End, in this town, 

 was murdered by some person unknown, who first beat 

 her on the head with a hammer, and then cut her throat 

 with a desert knife. A man who formerly lived in the 

 house as a servant has been apprehended on suspicion. 



Railways. — The following are the returns for the past 

 week : — Birmingham and Derby, 1224/. ; Birmingham 

 and Gloucester, 1931/.; Eastern Counties, 3415/.; 

 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1971/. ; 

 11,544/.; Grand Junction, 6689/.; 

 and Ayr, 1270/.; Great North of 

 London and Birmingham, 13,500/. ; 

 4600/.; Blackwall, 544/. ; Greenwich, 636/. ; Brighton, 

 2381/.; Croydon, 192/.; Liverpool and Manchester, 

 3771/. ; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull, associated, 5642/.; 

 Midland Counties, 2106/. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 

 2358/.; North Midland, 3779/. ; Newcastle and Car- 

 lisle, 1364/. ; South Eastern and Dover, 2508/. ; Shef- 

 field and Manchester, 495/. ; York and North Midland, 

 1479/.— A special meeting of the South Eastern and 

 Dover Company was held on Tuesday, to determine 

 on the propriety of authorising the Directors to raise 

 by the issue of additional shares, a sum not exceeding 

 896,000/., for the purpose of providing for a corre- 

 sponding amount of securities, and to pay off liabilities, 

 amounting to about 600,000/. They had also to con- 

 sider the draught of a proposed bill to enable the 

 company to alter and improve the harbour at Folke- 

 stone, to make a branch line and approaches thereto, 

 alter the levels, and enlarge the station accommodation at 

 Maidstone ; and also to enable the Company to make a 

 branch line from Ashford to Canterbury, Ramsgate, and 

 Margate. A resolution was passed unanimously, empow- 

 ering the Directors to raise the sum of 896,000/., by an 

 issue of 28,000 new shares, which would make the total 

 capital 3,325,000/. Other resolutions were passed for 

 improving Folkestone Harbour, and for the extension of 

 the line from Ashford to Canterbury, Ramsgate, and 

 Margate, the cost of which was calculated at 400,000/.— 

 At the Manchester and Leeds meeting an increased divi- 

 dend of 3$ per cent, for the half-year has been declared 

 on the paid up capital of the 100/. and the 50/. shares, the 

 dividend on the quarter shares remaining as before, at 

 5 per cent. The working of the railway is improving in 

 a satisfactory manner, and the total income for the last 

 six months has reached 132,345/. The revival of trade Is 

 stated to have produced a desirable change in the traffic 

 returns, which have weekly showed an increase since the 

 last report, while the gross excess of receipts as compared 

 with last half-year amounted to 13,231/., of which 11 533/. 

 had accrued from an increase in the carriage of 'mer- 

 chandise.— At the meeting of the Glasgow and Greenock 

 Company lust week, a dividend of 5s. per share on the 

 25/. shares, and a dividend of 2s. 6</. on the 12/ 10s. 

 shares, were declared, the net profits divisible for the half- 

 year, after deducting expenses, &c, being 6168/. The 

 uimber of passengers carried on the line during the last 



Great Western, 

 Glasgow, Paisley, 

 England, 1555/.; 

 South Western, 





six months, was 424,779. The Director? are eTIT^ 

 much economy to increase the revenue of the Co 8 

 and the idea of an extension of traffic by steamh^' 

 appears to meet general concurrence. m -ooata 



IRELAND. 



Dublin. — The weekly meeting of the Repeal \« • 

 tion took place on Monday at the Conciliation-hjf ??" 



*» vu vu UR r «^ y»« » AV xiuajr ai me conciliation-! 

 J. H. Dunne in the chair ; there were very few Der « ' 

 in attendance. Two letters from Mr. O'Connell 

 read, in the first of which he alludes as follows toT 



recent demonstrations in this country: "You 



not form the least idea of the transcendent tcenl^t 

 Covent Garden last night ; there never was anything « ft 

 splendid ; I never was so greeted, even in Ireland. Th- 

 is indeed cheering, and shows that there is in England 

 more of kind and generous feeling towards Ireland and 

 the Irish than has hitherto had an opportunity to displar 

 itself. Nothing can, or ought to have a greater tendencv 

 to generate cordiality between the people of both coun- 

 tries than the occurrence in this country respecting the 

 recent trials. This is a sentiment which we are bound to 

 cultivate and encourage by all means in our power." In 

 the second letter Mr. O'Connell refers to a correspond- 

 ence which has been published between the Rev. Sir j" 

 King and the Association. It appears that Sir j. King 

 felt himself under some obligation to Mr. O'Connell for 

 the services he had rendered to his father, the late Sir A. 

 Bradley King, and accordingly sent 20/. to Mr. O'Conneli 

 towards paying the legal expenses of his trial, but as a 

 token of gratitude intended solely for himself personally 

 and not at all for the benefit of the Repeal Association! 

 Mr. O'Connell did not acknowledge the money or reply 

 to the letter, and when the Rev. Bart, made inquiry afterit, 

 he was told that it was duly funded with other repeal Rent, 

 and he was supplied with a receipt in due form from the 

 Repeal secretary. Sir J. King, not being a repealer, 

 complained of this proceeding, and the result was the re- 

 turn of his money and a letter from Mr. J. O'Connell, 

 commenting with severity on Sir J. King's conduct. In 

 reference to this affair, Mr. O'Connell in his second let- 

 ter says—" I am sincerely sorry for the mistake that the 

 Rev. Sir Jas. King has caused. It is manifest that his 

 intentions were good and kindly ; but he sent the money 

 expressly for the * legal expenses I was involved in/ and 

 the money was allocated accordingly. I do wonder that 

 he does not see that the mistake was exclusively his own. 

 You will, I trust, prevent any harsh construction being 

 put on his correspondence. John O'Connell has said 

 quite enough on the subject ; but he could not probably 

 say less." He also announced his intention to be in 

 Dublin in a few days, so as to have another pacific ad- 

 dress to the Irish people before Term. The secretary 

 announced the receipt of the following sums from Ame- 

 rica : — From Newfoundland, 50/. ; Chicago, 28/. ; Char- 

 lotte-town, Prince Edward's Island, 40/. ; Charleston, 

 South Carolina, 50/. ; Halifax, Nova Scotia, 140/.; and 

 from Cape Breton, 43/. 4s. The rent of the week, in- 

 cluding 350/. from America, amounted to 591/.— St. Pa- 

 trick's day passed off on Sunday without any of the usual 

 ceremonies, and the "guard mounting " only attracted 

 about 50 persons. The weather has been very severe in 

 Dublin and along the coast. The Georgiana of Liver- 

 pool has been lost at Wexford, and 14 persons drowned. 

 Among the other casualties reported, we learn from Tar- 

 bertthat Lieut. Nicholls of H.M.S. Dwarf, and one of 

 Irishmen, were drowned in the attempt to assist the crew of 

 a yacht, which had broke adrift in that harbour. At Belfast 

 a similar accident occurred, Lieut. Victor, R.N., and his 

 crew consisting of eight men in going down to the hulk at 

 Garmoyle having been upset in a squall and drowned. 



The Assize Intelligence from the provinces has been a 

 leading topic during the week. At King's County Assizes, 

 after a trial of two days, Thomas Dowling was found 

 guilty of the murder of Mr. Gatchei. He was tried at a 

 former assizes, but the jury disagreed. The principal 

 witness for the prosecution was an approver named Dunne, 

 the convict's own brother-in-law. Mr. Gatchei was agent 

 to the landlord under whom Dowling held some land, and 

 a short time previous to the murder had distrained him 

 for rent. His death seems to have been the result at once 

 of desperation and revenge.— At the same assizes true 

 bills were found against John Gill and Peter Dolun, for the 

 murder of the Earl of Norbury, but it was ultimately 

 resolved by consent to postpone the trial.— A young man 

 named George Jubee was found guilty of the murder ot 

 Adjutant Mackay, of the 5th Fusiliers, and sentenced to 

 death.— At the Antrim Assizes, John Cordery, a private 

 in the G6th, was tried for the murder of Sergeant ^oua, 

 of the same regiment, at Belfast on the 29ih February, 

 and convicted. The jury recommended him to mercy 

 account of the close intimacy that existed between t 

 parties at the time of the occurrence." Judge Perrm sa 

 he could not entertain the recommendation. — At K»i J 

 two men called Dowling were charged with the n» urder 



Mr. Mortimer, at Freshford. The evidence for the pro 

 secution was that of Delany the approver, but on n^ 

 cross-examination he admitted being concerned in 



murder of Mr. Hoyne, since the above murder. 

 He also admitted that he had been at the beating : 

 two Connaught men, but he could not say if eit ne 

 them died. He went to steal a cow from a raan 

 owed him 20*., but did not do so. He broke into a nou 

 at night, and took a pistol one day. He was with in 

 who robbed a man of his papers. The Jury after i 

 found the prisoners Not Guilty.— At Mayo f eve *£ t0 

 sons were indicted for administering an unlawful o 

 Francis M'Hugh, on the 4th December last. Bills o ^ 

 dictment against the traversers had been sent befor » 

 Grand Jury for " a conspiracy " to burn the a 



