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^T^^gement of their local affairs by 

 landed Poor-Law Bill introduced by Sir J. Gral 



j Xrinz to co-operate with Marylebone in a 

 v ^nTfvstematic opposition to the said Bill. Mr. 

 £ m D/nie^ the meeting of the metro- 



i;7«n delegates, representing the parishes of St. 

 forge's Ha°nov e 'r.s q u P are ; St. James's, Westminster ; 

 ^Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; St. Mary, Islington ; St. 



•; 8 C»in; St. Luke, Middlesex; St. Leonard, 

 ^ In VdUch and St. James's, Clerkenwell-brought up 

 iVl report from that meeting, which was adopted unani- 

 n lv This report recommended that a petition be 

 presented to Parliament from each of the parishes as- 

 Llu^ and that a deputation, consisting of the Par- 



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[1844. 



arpoi nted P [o S wait upon Sir J. Graham, with a view to 

 obtain the exemption of all parishes governed by local 

 acts from the operations of the Bill, and to take such 

 other measures as they may deem expedient to prevent 

 its objectionable clauses being carried into a law. 

 Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and a petition 

 founded on the report was adopted unanimously. 



inniversary of the Charity School Children — Great 

 preparations have been making for the last fortnight in 

 S' Paul's Cathedral, by putting up benches for the anni- 

 versary festival of the Charity Children of the different 

 V Irishes in the city, and within the hills of mortality, 

 which amount to upwards of 30,000 children of both 

 sexes. The lehearsal took place on Tuesday, and con- 

 sidering the unpropitious state of the weather was very 

 fully attended. The festival took place on Thursday, 

 befjre the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, Aldermen, and the 

 other city authorities, and was very fully attended. The 

 sermon was preached by the Bishop of St. David's. 



Dissenters' Chapels Bill. — On "Wednesday a nu- 

 merous meeting of members of the Established Church, 

 Presbyterians, Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, Bap- 

 tists, and other orthodox dissenters, took place in Exeter- 

 hall, for the purpose of adopting such measures as 

 might be considered necessary to prevent the enactment 

 of (he Dissenters' Chapels Bill recently introduced into 

 Parliament by the Lord Chancellor, and now awaiting 

 its second reiding in the House of Commons. The 

 Right Hon. Fox Maule presided, in the absence of the 

 Earl of Mountcashel. The hall was crowded with cler- 

 gymen and gentlemen of various religious denominations, 

 including many members of Parliament. Resolutions 

 were proposed and carried condemnatory of the Bill, and 

 pledging the meeting to merge all minor differences, and 

 to unite is protesting before Parliament and the country 

 against the passing of a measure so dishonourable to 

 the Legislature, and so pregnant with danger to the 

 cause of religious truth ; and that a petition, founded on 

 the resolution, be prepared, and signed by the chairman 

 on behalf of the meeting, to be presented to the House 

 of Commons by Sir Thomas Wilde. The meeting was 

 addressed by many of the reverend gentlemen on the 

 platform, in support of the resolutions, several of whom 

 commented in strong terms upon the unnatural union of 

 Roman Catholics and Socinians in support of the Bill, 

 which could only be looked upon as a sinister attempt on 

 the part of the Roman Catholics to overturn the Pro- 

 testant church, and create one common scramble for 

 church property. At the close of the meeting a col- 

 lection was made to defray the expenses incurred. 



British and Foreign Unitarian Association.— The 

 19th Anniversary Meeting of the members of the above 

 Association took place yesterday morning at the Unita- 

 rian Cl.apel in Essex-street. The Rev. W. Gaskell 

 delivered the annual sermon, and at the conclusion of the 

 service the business of the meeting commenced. Mr. 

 Thomas Gibson then took the chair, and addressed the 

 meeting upon the state of the Unitarians, and the New 

 Renters' Chapels Bill brought into Parliament for 

 I i eir r T elle . f ' Tbe annual reports having been adopted, 

 Mr. Martin moved a resolution expressive of thanks to 



pk i "« for the introduction of the Dissenters' 

 ^napels Bill. The resolution was seconded by Mr. R. 



nf? ' ^ nd carried unanimouslv. The meeting was 

 • erwards addr essed by several other gentlemen, chiefly 

 "i reference to the opposition offered to the Bill above 

 mentioned, after which the meeting dined together at the 

 in th D * U • Anchor ' Mr - A - Clarke, of the Isle of Wight, 

 thp 6 C ^ lr * ^ everQ l speeches were delivered censuring 

 "e opposition made by other classes of Dissenters to the 

 ' ' a !* d ad vising the adoption of energetic means to 

 Th r ,i ng P asse <*by the House of Commons, 

 the n al f onian Ball.— The Annual Fancy Dress Ball, 

 b en ; fi ; Ce f , a "sing from which are appropriated for the 

 Asvlum ; , Scottish Hospital and the Caledonian 

 in everv pUc8 0n Tuesda y» at Almack's, and was 



those of reSpect as brilliant, if not quite so crowded, as 

 tad exrpJ7 e J l -° US season s- The demand for vouchers 

 charit^hi! u lnnumberth °se of last year, so that the 



have suff °?? Ct for which the bal1 was S iven could not 

 of rani- In- the n °n-attendance of many personages 



and f.»i • g ticket s- At least 700 persons of rank 



that »r°o WCre P resent - On this occasion the rule 

 fo the H-i 1 n could Positively be admitted " unless 

 Was strinH , garbj unif °™, full court, or fancy dress," 

 *inele i„. ,r enforced > a nd it is said that there was only a 



luVZ ta , nc ^ of 'ejection, 

 aorninp- !, Murder ai Wimbledon.— On Wednesday 

 Btate of exch VlUage ° f Wimbledon * a s thrown into a 

 der. A w l emeat bv tbe discovery of a supposed mur- 

 Plasterer » ,"' n ? med Char *°tte Hall, the wife of a 



Street Wi^hi a dead in bed 1Q her h ™ se in Church- 

 > >v imbledon, and from the appearances presented 



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by the body, there was reason to fear that she met hei 

 death unnaturally, recourse having been had to stran- 

 gulation. The husband of the deceased absconded ; and 

 at the inquest evidence was adduced to show that he 

 lived on bad terms with deceased, and that cries of 

 murder had been heard in the cottage during the night. 

 The medical men stated that she might have died of 

 apoplexy, or have been suffocated with a pillow ; and the 

 Jury, to the surprise of the neighbourhood, returned a 

 verdict of * Natural Death." 



Newgate. — On Monday morning at 8 o'clock, *\Vm. 

 Crouch suffered the extreme penalty of the law in front 

 of Newgate, having been convicted at the last sessions of 

 the Central Criminal Court of the murder of his wife. 

 He is said to have conducted himself with propriety 

 since his conviction, repeatedly acknowledging the justice 

 of his sentence. About 10,000 persons assembled to 



witness the execution. 



Accidents. — On Wednesday! afternoon the Duke of 

 Beaufort was thrown from his horse in Hyde Park, after 

 taking a canter in Rotten-row. The horse shied at some 

 men who were carrying a wounded man on a shutter to 

 St. George's Hospital, and bolted through the Park 

 Gates. His Grace fell to the ground with some violence. 

 The bulletin issued yesterday states that, although his 

 Grace is still occasionally in great pain, no serious con- 

 sequences are apprehended from his accident. 



Mortality of the Metropolis. — The following is the 

 number of Deaths registered in the week ending May 18. 

 —West Districts, 149 ; Northern, 141; Central, 1GG ; 

 Eastern, 178; Southern, 228; Total, 862. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



$robfocial Nefos. 



Bury St. Edmund's. — Incendiarism in Suffolk con- 

 tinues unchecked by any of the means hitherto devised 

 by the local authorities. Associations have now been 

 formed in different parts of the county for the protec- 

 tion of agricultural and other property against incen- 

 diarism, and on Saturday the Lord Lieutenant (Earl 

 Stradbroke), Earl Jermyn, Colonel Rushbroke, Mr. 

 Waddington, and several other magistrates assembled in 

 this town, when a long and animated discussion of the 

 subject took place. The result of the deliberation has 

 not transpired, but it is understood that a full meeting 

 of the county magistrates, landowners, and clergy, will 

 be shortly convened, at which various propositions are to 

 be submitted for consideration. This step is the more 

 necessary as threatening letters have been recently sent 

 to some landowners and tenant-farmers. Sir T. G. 

 Cullum, of Hardwicke, received through the post on 

 Saturday one of these missives, in the following terms :— 

 "Barrett Steward,— I have takin the leberty to wright 

 to you to say, that we have not forgot Sir T. Cullum, 

 not yet to have a good fire — we shall come soon. Sir 



T. Cullum may expect before harvest to have all his farms 

 destroyed by fire. (Signed) Greenwood Steward." 

 The gentleman thus menaced is admitted to be one of 

 the most liberal landlords and paymasters in the county. 

 Among the fires reported since ourlast are thefollowing : — 

 On Sunday morning during divine service, at Abbotts- 

 hall, in the neighbourhood of Stowmarket, a stack of 

 hay and a stack of beans were consumed. On Friday 

 night at Assington, near Cornard, the extensive agricul- 

 tural buildings of Mr.. Norton, and several adjacent 

 cottages, the whole covering a space of ground not less 

 than a quarter of a mile in length, were totally consumed. 

 The damage is estimated at 5000/. On Saturday night 

 at Toft Monks, near Beccks, the farmhouse of Mr. Holt, 

 with the barns, out-buildings, and straw stacks were 

 destroyed. On Monday at Kesgrave-heath, the property 

 of Mr. R. N. Shaw, a county magistrate, an attempt 

 was made to fire the premises in open day, but it was 

 discovered in time to subdue the flames before much 

 damage had been done. An investigation has taken 

 place before the magistrates of the Bildeston district 

 relative to a fire which took place on the premises of 

 Mr. Cooler, of Naughton. In this case the party 

 accused is a child 11 years old, who confessed having set 

 the barn on fire, and was committed for trial. 



Eton.— The triennial festival of " Eton Montem" was 

 celebrated on Tuesday with the usual festivities. This sin- 

 gular ceremony is supposed to have been coeval with the 

 college, when the monks walked to Salt-hill in procession, 

 and sold consecrated salt to the people. When Eton 

 College became a public school, the procession, " ad 

 montem," was still retained ; and although considerable 

 alterations were made in the form and order of the pro- 

 cession, yet with monks and scholars the principle of 

 levying money appears to have been the same. The salt- 

 bearers of Tuesday, in their costly and gaudy attire, 

 stopped all the carriages, and assisted in levying a salt 

 tax for the benefit of the Captain of the School. Even 

 the humbler pedestrians were forced to contribute their 

 mite, for which they received a receipt in full in the form 

 of a small blue ticket, on which was inscribed "Pro 

 more et monte." This ticket, being stuck on the hat, 

 the bearer was subjected to no further molestation from 

 these juvenile tax-gatherers. The Montem of Tuesday 

 exceeded many of its predecessors in the splendour and 

 the gorgeousness of the costumes. Prince Albert honoured 

 the ceremony by his presence, and a large number ot 

 visitors, including many noblemen and gentlemen edu- 

 cated at Eton, were among the guests. On the arrival 

 of the Prince, the boys formed in procession, headed by 

 the Mareschal (Helm), attended by ten pages m Vene- 

 tian costumes of blue velvet, with crimson cloaks em- 

 broidered with gold, followed by the Captain of the 

 School (Drake), attended by ten pages in Robin 

 Hood costumes, with bows and arrows. The ser- 



jeant-major, pages, polemen, and corporals followed in 

 fancy costumes of great variety and elegance- Before pro- 

 ceeding to Salt-hill, the procession passed under the 

 window of the election chamber, and cheered the 

 Prince as they passed round the quadrangle, and the 

 Ensign performed the ceremony of flourishing the flag. 

 They then proceeded in procession to Salt-niil, where 

 the dust was whirled about in such clouds, that every 

 one looked almost as dusty as at Epsom. On arriving 

 at Salt-hill, the black mail was levied with unwearied 

 perseverauce, and every person who could not show a 

 blue receipt was placed under contribution by the juve- 

 nile marauders. The flag was again flourished from the* 

 top of the hill, and the procession returned to Eton. 

 Prince Albert and his suite remained on the ground 

 about two hours. On the return of the students to the- 

 College, they partook of a dinner under the spacious 

 tents of Tippoo Saib, &c, on the Fellows' Eyot, whilst 

 the bands were playing in the fields and on the Eyots to 

 a large and fashionable company. The Head-Master 

 and Provost gave an entertainment at the College, to a 

 large party of visitors. At five o'clock the bags con- 

 taining the " salt " were taken to the Head Master's* 

 table, and counted out while the guests were present. 

 The collection amounted to 1160/., including 100/. from 

 the Queen and 30/. from Prince Albert. Last Montem 

 it amounted to 1233/. 18$. lOrf. 



Guernsey. — Since our last notice of the disputes be- 

 tween Gen. Napier and the civil authorities of this 

 island, adJitional reinforcements of troops have been 

 sent over from Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, to tj»e 

 great surprise of the inhabitants. About GOO men were 

 landed from the transports and steamers last week. 



Keswick. — On Sunday afternoon four respectable inha- 

 bitants of Keswick took a sail on Derwentwater Lake, 

 to Lodore, in a pleasure-boat with sails. On their 

 return down the lake from Lodore, about a mile distant 

 from that place, the wind veered, and blew in sudden 

 gusts. The boat became unmanageable, and all the sails- 

 being up, it was almost instantly swamped, and sunk be- 

 fore the party were able to lower or shift the sails, and 

 three of them were drowned. Captain Peters, of Barrow- 

 house, who saw the accident from his windows, imme- 

 diately ordered out his own boat, and rowed towards the 

 place where the sail-boat went down, and in the vicinity 

 of the spot came up to the fourth person, and picked 

 him up. The three drowned were— Mr. Dixon, of Kes- 

 wick, draper ; Mr. Thornton, chandler ; and Mr. Isaac 

 Banks, gardener to Mrs. Hudson, of the Royal-Oak inn. 



Liverpool A case apparently similar to that of Mary 



Furley, which has occupied so much attention in the 

 metropolis, has just occurred near Liverpool. On Satur- 

 day night, a male child, about ten months old, was taken 

 out of the canal, near the bridge at Bootle. When first 

 taken out he showed signs of life, but soon died. He 

 was very respectably dressed. The canal was afterwards 

 dragged, and the body of a female, supposed to be the 

 mother of the child, was found. She was delicately 

 formed, apparently 25 years of age, and was respectably 

 attired. A gold ring was found on her finger ; and she- 

 was supposed to be from Liverpool. She had been seen 

 nursing the child on some steps near the canal bridge in 

 the early part of the evening, but whether she threw 

 herself and the child iuto the water, or fell in by 

 accident, is at present uncertain. .., . 



Manchester.— k meeting of delegates was held in this- 

 town last week, at which it was resolved to continue the 

 agitation in favour of a ten-hours Factory Bill. Among 

 other resolutions one was passed expressing « w the opinion 

 of this'meeting that the. defeat of the ten-hours Bill on 

 Mondav, May 13, was not a decision against the prin- 

 ciple of limiting the hours of labour in factories to ten 

 hours a day, but a decision forced upon Parliament by 

 the threat of the Ministers to resign, and that therefore 

 we are resolved, regardless of the political opinions of 

 Government, to do all in our power to oppose any 

 Ministry that refuses to protect children and young j>er- 

 sons from being worked more than ten hours a day. 



Nottingham.— kim several sittings, the coroners 

 jury, impanelled in the case of the supposed murder in 

 this neighbourhood, noticed in our last, have returned a 

 verdict of "Wilful murder against the prisoner William 

 Saville " a verdict which was received with evident satis- 

 faction by an extremely crowded audience. The coroner 

 committed the prisoner for trial at the next assizes. 



Stafford.-Tixe local papers mention as a proof of the 

 effects produced by a severe sentence, that an Irish girl 

 aged 1 7, who had borne a good character, was lately tried 

 at Stafford for having stolen a gown and petticoat, and 

 sentenced to seven years' transportation. It is now be- 

 lieved that she merely took the goods to wear on some 

 particular occasion, without any intention of keeping 

 them. She heard the judgment and remained stupifiedj 

 in 21 hours she was a lunatic, and is now in the infirmary 

 with no hopes of recovery. She was a remarkably hand- 

 some girl ; but from the period of her sentence, her 

 health visibly declined, and her hair actually turned gray. 

 Wakefield. — On Monday week about one thousand' 

 colliers paraded through the streets of this town in pro- 

 cession. They sung hymns as they marched, and con- 

 ducted themselves in the most orderly manner. The 

 differences existing between the employers and the men 

 have not yet been arranged, and the strike continues 

 with the great bulk of the colliers of this district. 



Uxbridge.-kt the Uxbridge Petty Session* J**™, 

 Mr. David Bassett, one of the constables or ^ .^ 

 ship, was fined 40*. in each of eight »£*T ! roun d s> 

 alli-for refusing, as he said, on conscien ions g ^ 

 to serve distress warrants for churchy , F 

 of the Society of Friends, he h imseii & 



bers 

 persuasion 



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