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= ^ - Zr7 ( r» termination, by an interdict from the 

 «t*l ^"f I he Art-Union of London, just at the mo. 

 Comment to « completed, and every- 



— ' ^ed for "'drawing. The following is a copy of 

 ** SfSrt to the secretaries :-" Treasury, April 12, 

 ,%"»£«» commanded by the Lords Commtss.oner. 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



eflxr 



Marty's Treasury to acquaint you that an iwtitn- 

 : n^fteArt-Union of London, having for its object 

 ^rthution of Prize, of Work. , of . Art has been 



D0Bf 



**l?*Zv*7notee of their Lordships, and that 



br00f Prised that it is illegal ; and I am also to ac- 

 they arc au furt h er continuance of the same will 



q "i Dt Tnart es engaged in it liable to prosecution. I 

 ^^XSLueSt^fwt, W.R Reynolds. To G. 

 ft-toS Lewi. Pocock, Esqrs." The committee 

 SSidT met, and addressed a memorial to Sir R. 

 "Tlvh led to an interview between them and Sir G. 

 fCt 2the representative of the Treasury. Sir G. 

 rwk 'aid that the attention of the Treasury having been 

 dieted to the subject, they had submitted a case to the 

 Z» and Solicitor-General, and that in their 

 ibioD the whole of the Art-Lmon Associations were 

 flUnj and that it was thought due to the committee 

 topie them early intimation of the fact. Sir R. 

 Peel could not interfere in the matter; all he could 

 do was to inform them of the law. He (Sir G. Clerk) 

 was himself a subscriber, and so were many others con- 

 nected with the Government ; still, for the Treasury to 

 (We any sanction to further proceedings was quite out of 

 the question. The most prudent course, he thought, 

 would be to postpone the general meeting appointed for 

 drawing the prizes, giving the subscribers notice to that 

 effect, and suspend proceedings until it could be ascer- 

 tained whether or not the Legislature would protect such 

 societies. The committee have since announced their 

 intention to postpone the general meeting, at the same 

 time they assure the subscribers that " their interests will 

 not be illowed to suffer." 



JIungerford Suspension Bridge. — The daily papers 

 state that this structure is so near its completion that 

 during the present summer the public will be enabled to 

 croa* from Hungerford Market to the Belvidere-road, 

 Lambeth, for the toll of one farthing each. This bridge 

 is the only one in the metropolis for foot passengers 

 alone, and erected on the principle of suspension. The 

 entire length of the bridge suspended on chains will be 

 1342 feet 6 inches ; that is, the centre span or arch, 676 

 feet 6 inches; those on the side 333 feet each. The 

 width within the chains will be 14 feet, and a clear path- 

 way of 13 feet ; the height of the flooring above high 

 water, in the centre 31 feet 6 inches, at each pier 28 feet 

 6 inches, and at each abutment 22 feet 6 inches ; the 

 height of each pier above the flooring 55 feet 3 inches ; 

 the number of main plates which form the chain is 2500, 

 •bout 24 feet each in length. The total weight of iron is 

 between 700 and 800 tons, and the estimated cost, includ- 

 ing the approaches, is 110,000/. It will be seen that its 

 centre span alone is nearly 100 feet greater than the en- 

 tire of the Menai bridge, which is 579 feet 10 inches. It 

 ia likewise 274 feet greater than the centre span of Ham- 

 mersmith-bndge, which is 402 feet 3 inches ; and above 

 uiree tunes as great as the centre arch of Southwark- 

 orwge, at present the largest in London. Indeed, with 



l?n/ XCe J*! 0n 0f the wire brid ge at Fribourg, in Switzer- 

 *nd which is 8/0 feet, it will be the largest in 



it wai denned by Mr. Brunei. 



1 /^- Cor »^flw League.— The weekly meetings of the 



ffi Th e e r a e tre eS T m K e \ ° n Wednesda y ni * h ' f Coven 1 t 

 Mr r wa house was not so crowded as usual. 



evening J? pr ? sided ' and opened the business of the 

 Ward - \J d / *5 Ich the meeting was addressed by Mr. 



5S& St** CoL Thom P son > Mr - G - Thom *- 



pa'eml^ u UL t r Pav ^ent.-k portion of Indian rubber 

 SrSt J SJ"! laid down " the forecourt of the Ad- 

 tf*tual i a11 ' which has been tested in a very 



e^ch carrtin DDer : ^ ree neavi ^y loaded coal-waggons, 

 when the naf p 8eVen t0ns ' were driven over il la8t week ' 

 from the ela«t-f nt became considerably depressed, but 



fnr™,.- . asilCltV of its nature. immP^afplir rpsiimed its 



largest in existence 



former 



nature immediately resumed its 



The ;// * e as soon a s the wheels had passed. 

 ^bind of th Ptf ° rd Tra 9«dy.—Mr. J. Dickenson, the 

 ^ildren while I \ W °^ an who rece ntly killed her two 

 last week bv h u . nn S u «der insanity, committed suicide 

 Iftyed on his g ngIn & him self. The late occurrence had 



pints, and produced temporary insanity. 



■Accidents Th t * r J J ~ 



»t the new tern,- y ' in the case of the late accident 



▼erdictof .. An!-5 U8 ° f the Dove r Railroad, returned a 

 " th »t greater o n u al Deat V with a recommendation 

 ■taction of 8ur .h S 5 0uld be tak en in future in the con- 



the flights nrni J° have the rid S es of the roofs with 

 S oin g the prorV.. P r y raced and supported whilst under- 



»a*berof rwk ^ €tro Polis.— The following is the 



^-Weat DUtl 8 t B re f 1 ^ ered in the week eDdiD & A P ril 

 ta$ tern, 200 • <r 8 ' 134 J Northern, 179 ; Central, 174 ; 



%?era «e for the l.«?i n ' 236 ; Total > 923 « Weekl y 



Ust fiv e years, 946. 



$ 



?*?»» Mon K in! r !° g fk the P a8t w eek the extensive fir plan- 



£?* *** the Milif! n^ own in the vicin 'ty of Bags hot 

 ^e fired b ^ ta 7 College, at Sandhurst,' have been 



22*? live neighbour 16 ? ' t0 the alarm a » d terror of the 



S^^'yueftXed^K^-, U P wards of 14 acres are 

 *°»eteraik_, *** .besides considerable damage done 



ot young trees, which are only par- 

 A rewaid of twenty guineas has been 



tiall 



c °naum e d. 



offered by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for 

 the discovery and apprehension of the guilty parties. 



Bradford — A meeting in favoar of Lord Ashley's pro- 

 position for restricting female labour to ten hours was 

 held in this town last week. Mr. J. Pollard, a magis- 

 trate, presided. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Fer- 

 rand, M.P., Mr. Oastler, Mr. W. Walker, and others. 

 Resolutions in favour of a Ten Hours Bill were unani- 

 mously adopted. 



Bristol. — At the Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, the 

 Rev. Henry Heathcote, described in the calendar as 40 

 years of age, a clergyman of the Church of England, and 

 a married man with two sons, was placed at the bar 

 charged with a series of offences, which disclosed a state 

 of moral depravity on the part of the prisoner scarcely 

 possible to exist with sanity of intellect. He was found 

 guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of 20*. for the first 

 offence, and for the second to undergo 12 months' impri- 

 sonment in the common gaol of the city, and pay a further 

 fine of 20*. This conviction has been noticed to the 

 Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, who has directed the 

 proper proceedings to be instituted, under the Church 

 Discipline Act, against Mr. Heathcote, with a view to his 

 deprivation and deposition from the ministry. 



Halifax. — A meeting in favour of a Ten Hours Fac- 

 tory Bill was held in this town on Friday, and attended 

 by nearly [ 3000 persons, most of whom were working 

 men. An operative presided, and Mr. Oastler addressed 

 the meeting at great length, condemning Mr. C. Wood's 

 assertion in Parliament, that the operatives of Halifax 

 were not in favour of a Ten Hours Bill. The meeting 

 loudly expressed their denial of Mr. Wood's statement, 

 and resolutions in favour of Lord Ashley's measure were 

 unanimously adopted. 



Holmfirth. — On Saturday a public meeting in favour 

 of the Ten Hours Factory Bill was held in the new Town- 

 hall of this place, holding 800 or 1000 persons. It was 

 crowded in every part. The meeting had been called by 

 the Constable of the graveship, in consequence of a 

 requisition signed by about 60 inhabitants, rate-payers of 

 the town, 21 of whom are millowners and manufacturers. 

 The chair was taken by the Rev. E. Woodland, the in- 

 cumbent. Resolutions in favour of a Ten Hours Bill 

 were proposed and seconded, when Mr. Robinson moved 

 an amendment, embodying three resolutions to which the 

 millowners and manufacturers of Halifax had come on 

 the 11th inst. This amendment was seconded by Mr. C. 

 Beardsall, the secretary of the Anti-Corn-Law League, an 

 office which Mr. Robinson himself not long ago filled. On 

 the amendment being put, about three hands were held up 

 for it in the body of the meeting, and eight or nine on the 

 platform. The chairman announced the amendment to 

 be negatived, and the original resolutions to be carried by 



a large majority. 



Huddersfield.—k meeting in favour of a Ten Hours 

 Factory Bill was held in this town last week. The Rev. 

 J. Bateman, the vicar, presided, and the hall in which 

 the meeting was held was crowded to excess. Petitions 

 to Parliament in favour of a Ten Hours Bill were unani- 

 mously carried. 



Huntingdon.— On Saturday last a meeting of about 

 2000 persons was held in the large room of the Hunting- 

 don Literary Institution for the purpose of hearing a dis- 

 cussion on the subject of the Corn Laws, between Dr. 

 Sleigh, of the London Agricultural Protection Society, 

 and Mr. Acland, the Anti-Corn-Law League missionary. 

 Mr. Herbert, the Mayor of Huntingdon, presided as 

 umpire ; Mr. Yeasey, banker, was chairman for Dr. 

 Sleigh, and Mr. Martin, the Mayor of Godmanchester, 

 was chairman for Mr. Acland. Dr. Sleigh, in opening 

 the discussion, contended that " the principle of protec- 

 tive corn laws is not only just, but their enactment and 

 continuance indispensably necessary to the best interests 

 of all classes in the kingdom." Mr. Acland denied the 

 assertion, and thereupon issue was joined. The dispu- 

 tants spoke alternately for 4\ hours, Mr. Acland closing 

 the discussion. That gentleman proposed to adjourn the 

 debate to Tuesday evening, but Dr. Sleigh wished to ter- 

 minate it then, which the presidents and umpire agreed 

 to. A show of hands was then called for, and Mr. Martin, 

 one of the chairmen, declared that Mr. Acland had the 

 majority of the audience for him three to one. 



Ilfracombe.—On Tuesday week, the brig Francis, of 

 Whitehaven, from Honduras to London, ran ashore at 

 Marlhoe Bay, about six miles west of [the Coast-guard 

 station at this place ; she was laden with a cargo of 

 mahogany and dyewood, and was so much embedded 

 among the rocks, that she soon went to pieces. At mid- 

 night on Wednesday, at least 200 wreckers, of a most 

 desperate character, made their appearance on the beach, 

 to plunder the wreck, but Lieut. Coleman, the chief 

 officer of the Coast-guard, met them with his small party 

 of men, and drove them back, but not before they had a 

 severe conflict, in which the wreckers got the worst of it. 

 The vessel is insured, and all hands were 6aved. 



Keighley On Friday night a public meeting of the 



inhabitants of this town was held, to support Lord Ashley 

 in his efforts to procure the enactment of a Ten Hours Bill. 

 Long before the hour appointed for the commencement 

 the place was densely crowded, and, although the evening 

 was wet, numbers remained outside around the entrances 

 eager to obtain even a glimpse of the speakers. Mr. D. 

 Weatherhead took the chair. The movers and seconders 

 of the resolutions, as at Halifax, were all operatives, with 

 the exception of Mr. Oastler, and resolutions in favour 

 of the ten hours were carried unanimously. 



Liverpool On Friday night, a free-trade demonstra- 

 tion took place at the Amphitheatre, which was filled 

 by ladies and gentlemen. The speakers were the chair- 

 man, Mr. Thornely, M.P. for Wolverhampton, the Hon. 



[1844. 



Fox Maule, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P.,lMr. 

 Bright, M.P., Colonel Thompson, and other gentlemen. 



Manchester.— On Sunday, one of the most numerous 

 meetings of delegates from the factory districts of Lan- 

 cashire ever got together, was held in this town, " for the 

 purpose of considering certain statements made in the 

 House of Commons during the recent debate on the Fac- 

 tory Bill," and to answer certain questions connected 

 with the management of factories. After the returns had 

 been delivered, the meeting adopted a series of resolu- 

 tions, of which the following is the principal :—*' Re* 

 solved, That this meeting of delegates have taken every 

 possible means in their power to ascertain the opinions of 

 the operatives on the Ten Hours Bill, and most solemnly 

 declare that it is their decided opinion, that nothing short 

 of the adoption of that measure will ever satisfy the fac- 

 tory workers ; and that we, as the representatives of their 

 wishes, resolve never to relax in our exertions until that 

 measure is passed through Parliament." Another meet- 

 ing was held on Wednesday with the same result. 



Oldham.— k grant of 1000/., being the first grant from 

 the fund of 10,000/. voted by Parliament, for the purpose 

 of providing public walks for the use of the inhabitants of 

 large towns, has been allotted to Oldham ; a communica- 

 tion having been received to that effect a short time afro 

 from Sir T. Fremantle, on behalf of Government. Tht 

 appropriation of the funds is in the hands of the Com . 

 missioners of Woods and Forests, upon whom a deputation 

 of the Oldham police commissioners waited some time ago 

 on the subject. It is understood that additional funds 

 will be required to carry into effect the object in view; 

 and measures are to be taken forthwith to promote the 

 design. 



Oxford.— The magistrates, at their adjourned sitting 

 on Monday, after hearing further evidence respecting the 

 coach robbery of 1500 sovereigns, decided on committing 

 Richard Elliot, the cigar-merchant, for trial at the next 

 assizes, or to Ind bail, himself in 500/., and two sureties 

 in 250/. each. Mr. Ballantyne, who attended for the pri- 

 soner, complained that the bail was exorbitant, and inti- 

 mated that he would appeal to one of the Judges. 



Portsmouth.-— The Lords of the Admiralty have resolved 

 on adding several new steam-vessels of the first class to 

 the list of the steam navy, and several line-of-battle ships, 

 upon the models of the Vanguard (80), Albion (90), and 

 the Queen (110). The following are the line-of-battle- 

 ships ordered to be built:— Marlborough (110), Royal 

 Sovereign (110), Windsor Castle (110), St. Jean D'Acre 

 (90), Brunswick (80), Cressy (80). The Cressy is to be 

 constructed upon the lines of the members of the late 

 school of naval architecture. The steam-frigates ordered 

 to be built are the Avenger, Conflict, Dauntless, Dis- 

 patch, Niger, and Orion. These are in addition to the 

 steam- frigates already on the stocks — Centaur, Dragon, 

 Gladiator, Sampson, Terrible, Watt, and Vulcan, some of 

 which are nearly completed. Her Majesty^ steam-yacht 

 Victoria and Albert, is undergoing several internal altera- 

 tions preparatory to her being equipped for sea for the 

 use of her Majesty. Among the improvements that are 

 making is the substitution of tubular boilers in lieu of the 

 ordinary ones, the tubular being found to be much supe- 

 rior to the others, and to occupy much less space, by 

 which additional accommodation to her Majesty's retinue 

 is given. The Pantaloon has arrived from the Coast of 

 Africa, where she had been engaged in the prevention of 

 the slave-trade upwards of three years. She brings intel- 

 ligence of the loss of the Wilberforce steamer, which was 

 engaged on the Niger expedition. She struck on a rock 

 in the Gambia, and so damaged herself that she became a 

 wreck. The masts, yards, spars, and some of the stores 

 were saved, but the hull remains upon the rock where sh« 



struck, filled with water. 



Preston.— On Monday night a public meeting was held 

 in this town in favour of the Ten Hours Factory Bill, 

 consisting almost entirely of operatives, male and female- 

 The attendance was very numerous; the Temperance 

 Society Hall, where the meeting was held, being one of 

 the largest rooms in the borough, was crowded almost to 

 suffocation. Mr. Oastler and several operatives addressed 

 the meeting, and resolutions were adopted in favour of a 



Ten Hours Bill. 



Salisbury.— On Sunday morning a fire broke out ia 

 the extensive buildings in the rear of the principal en- 

 trance of Giddings and Co.'s brewery. The whole centre 

 of the chequer formed by four streets, one dense mass of 

 buildings, consisting of the brewery departments, corn 

 stores, tenements, stables, &c, was on fire in every direc- 

 tion, and the property destroyed amounts, it is said, to 



several thousand pounds. 



Sunderland.— The colliers' strike, which has attracted 



so much notice in Derby and Leicester, has extended to 



this place and Newcastle. Last week, a meeting of the 



miners was held at Black Fell, at which about '20,000 were 



present, and resolutions, demanding a better price for 



their labour, were agreed to. 



JVare. — The Hertford papers announce that the inha- 

 ' bitants of this town have at length taken a step which 

 places beyond doubt their resolute determination consis- 

 tently to oppose the tractarian changes introduced into 

 the services at the parish church. They have decided on 

 converting the Town-hall into a place of public worship, 

 and on Tuesday last obtained a licence from the county 

 magistrates. It is understood that arrangements are 

 making for the performance of divine worship exactly in 

 accordance with the services in the established cburcn, 

 and that an eminent Wesleyan preacher will o® 01 */^. . f 



Whitwell,- On Monday week last the parish of wnir- 

 well, Norfolk, was thrown into a state of consternation ia 

 consequence of a man generally accounted honest ana re- 

 spectable, named William Frost, having murdered four ol 



