July 13,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



Eastern, 166 ; Southern, 224 ; Total, 871. 

 average for the last fire years, 946. 



Weekly 



BIX 



IJroMnrial STetos. 



' Bedford.— Our readers are aware that in September 

 last the Bedford coach was robbed on its way to London 

 of a parcel containing 1100/. in bank notes and bills of 

 exchange, which had been forwarded from Mr. Barnard s 

 bank for Sir C. Price and Co., the London agents. * . or a 

 , long time the affair remained undetected, but about 

 ix weeks back a man was found uttering some or the 

 lost notes in Dunstable. He was apprehended and on 

 Wednesday was tried in the sessions court, lie was 

 found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. 

 Bolton.— The Jury at the Coroner's inquest on the 

 persons killed by the late explosion at Alderman Brooks s 

 mill, have returned a verdict that their death was caused 

 by an explosion of the steam-boiler, caused by the pres- 

 sure of steam being too great; that the engineei caused 

 the explosion; and that due care had not been used in the 

 general superintendence of the steam-engines and boilers. 

 George Branscombe, the engineer, was thereupon com- 

 mitted to take his trial for manslaughter. 



Frome.— The Hon. Caroline Boyle, niece to the Earl 

 of Cork, and Maid of Honour to the Queen Dowager, 

 had a narrow escape from drowning last week, at Allars- 

 ton, the noble Earl's seat, near this town. It appears 

 that Miss Boyle was on a pleasure excursion on the 

 lake, and when pushing off among some willows she lost 

 her footing, and fell from the boat, where the water was 

 16 feet deep. Miss Boyle clung to the boughs, and Miss 

 Warburton, her companion, threw her the end of an oar. 

 Miss Mary Boyle, who had been waiting the arrival of 

 the boat at the further end of the lake, alone unmoored 

 the boat, and, assisted by Miss Warburton, succeeded 

 in dragging in Miss Boyle, just as her strength was 

 giving way, and her hands were relaxing their hold. 



Ilalsted.— The Chelmsford papers of yesterday contain 

 accounts of the fall of the tower of Halsted new church, 

 just erected by voluntary subscriptions, and which was 

 to have been consecrated on the 31st inst. by the Bishop 

 of London. It appears that on Wednesday afternoon 

 the tower and steeple, which had been completed to a 

 height of 115 feet, fell with a crash which must have been 

 heard for miles round. The first impression was that 

 all the labourers were beneath the ruins, and the shrieks 

 and screams of the women and children were dreadful. 

 Fortunately however this was not the case. It appears 

 that Mr. Johnstone, the builder, saw the tower sinking, 

 and immediately ordered the woikmen off, when the 

 tower fell ; only two labourers were then upon the scaf- 

 fold, one of whom is severely injured, the other is but 

 slightly hurt. Archdeacon Burney and G. Sperling, Esq., 

 had a narrow escape, as had also Mr. and Mrs. Arden, 

 who were in the body of the church at the time of the 

 accident, a portion of the ruins falling into that part of 

 the structure. The church itself has received but little 

 injury, and only such as may speedily be repaired. 



Leeds. — The trial of the military and civilians con- 

 cerned in the recent riots in this town appears to have 

 been an extraordinary event. It occupied four days of 

 the borough sessions, and twice as long as the other 36 

 cases put together. The speeches of counsel alone occu- 

 pied about 12 hours. The Recorder was nearly 6 hours 

 in summing up, and the Jury occupied three hours in the 

 consideration of the verdict. Of the military, four were 

 found guilty, and eight not guilty ; of the civilians, four 

 guilty, three not guilty. The sentences on the former 

 were different periods of imprisonment ; of the latter, 

 one was fined 4/., the others were sentenced to short pe- 

 riods of imprisonment. 



Newcastle. — The pitmen's strike has now continued 

 upwards of three months, and is yet without any certain 

 indication of a speedy termination. The coal-owners 

 are unanimously determined to resist the demands of 

 their late workmen ; and at a delegate meeting held in 

 this town last week, it was resolved unanimously that 

 the strike should be maintained M a little longer," in the 

 Tain hope that the coal-owners will at length give way. 

 The owners are using great exertions to supply the places 

 of their late workmen, by introducing other parties from 

 a distance; and several hundred Welshmen have been 

 imported into the district, and distributed among the va- 

 rious collieries, according to the extent of their work- 

 ings. These men receive liberal wages, and great en- 

 couragement from their masters, so that there is every 

 reason to believe they will be well satisfied with the 

 change. The " turn-outs" are suffering the greatest 

 hardships, and the pawnbrokers' shops in this and the 

 neighbouring towns are daily resorted to in order to 

 raise the means of alleviating actual starvation. — The 

 local papers state that such is the competition with the 

 steam-vessels between this port and London, that the 

 fare has been reduced to 2m. 6d. for deck passengers, and 

 Borne have actually been taken down for Is. ! 

 ^ Portsmouth.— The report noticed in our last respect- 

 ing the intention of Government to send a squadron to 

 the coast of Morocco to watch the proceedings of the 

 French squadron under the command of the Prince de 

 Joinville, and to protect the British interests in that 

 quarter, was confirmed on Friday evening by the state- 

 ment of Lord Aberdeen in the House of Peers, in reply 

 to Lord Minto. The Caledonia, 120, Capt. Milne flag- 

 ship at Plymouth ; the Albion, 90, Capt. Lockyer' flag- 

 ship at Cork ; and the St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship at 

 Portsmouth, have already been despatched. The Cam- 



sent to Sir Edward Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the 

 Mediterranean, to proceed in the Formidable, 84, to 

 Gibraltar and the coast of Morocco. The Cyclops steam- 

 frigate, Capt. Lapidge, at present in the Shannon, is 

 under orders to hold itself in readiness to proceed to the 

 coast of Morocco, and will be one of the first steamers 

 despatched from the Irish squadron to that quarter, in 



the event of necessity. 



Romford.— On Monday week the bankrupts, Messrs. 

 Thomas and William Johnson and C. Mann, underwent 

 a private examination before Mr. Commissioner Goul- 

 burn, that of Alderman Johnson occupying about two 

 hours, and an adjournment then took place. The sheriff s 

 gold chain, which cost 80 guineas, was given up to the 

 assignees, who intend, it is said, to receive further proofs 

 at the bank on the 24th inst. Four individuals in the 

 neighbourhood of West Ham lose upwards of 7000/. by 



this failure. __ . 



Sheffield.— On the night of Saturday week, a stack of 

 oats, supposed to contain about 50 qrs., the property of 

 Lord Wharncliffe, was fired in five places in the stack- 

 yard at Wortley-hall. It was the centre one of three 

 stacks, having one of hay and one of wheat on either side 

 of it, at about 20 yards' distance. The fire-engines from 

 Sheffield, with a body of police, prevented the flames 

 from communicating with the stacks adjoining. Every 

 inquiry was made as to whether any strangers had been 

 seen in the neighbourhood, but no clue whatever could 

 be obtained towards the discovery of the incendiary. A 

 strong suspicion exists in the neighbourhood that it was 

 the act of some misguided collier, while others attribute 

 it to political animosity. Lord Wharncliffe was insured. 

 Salford.—Oti Sunday night, a man named Thomas 

 Stew, an excavator, murdered a iespectable young woman 

 named Alice Nolan, who was employed in a factory, by 

 cutting her throat on Shaw's Brow, in this town, and 

 afterwards attempted to commit suicide by cutting his 

 own throat. The young woman had excited his revenge 

 by persisting in her refusal to marry him. It is said 

 that a case of a similar kind, in which a young girl to 

 whom he had been paying his addresses disappeared in a 

 mysterious manner some months ago, will be brought 

 against the prisoner if he recovers from his wound. 

 3 Worcester.— Jabez Hooper, the man who recently 

 murdered his nephew in this city and attempted to com- 

 mit suicide, died about a week since from the effect of 

 his wound. The Jury at the inquest returned a verdict 



of temporary insanity. 



York. — York Minster was re-opened on Friday week 

 last, after having undergone a complete restoration. 

 Dr. Cockburn, the dean, preached on the occasion. 



Railways.— The following are the returns for the past 

 wee k -.—Birmingham and Derby, 1585/. ; Birmingham 

 and Gloucester, 2925/. ; Eastern Counties, 4529/. ; Edin- 

 burgh and Glasgow, 2124/.; Great Western, 17,317/.; 

 Grand Junction, 8751/.; Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, 

 1411/.; Great North of England, 1730/.; London and 

 Birmingham, 18,1 40/.; Southwestern, 7277/.; Black wall, 

 1413/.; Greenwich, 846/.; Brighton, 4000/. ; Croydon, 

 527/. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 5159/. ; Manchester, 

 Leeds, and Hull, associated, 6897/. ; Midland Counties, 

 3141/.; Manchester and Birmingham, 3244/.; North 



it opened by the 1st May, 1845. It appeared fro^T, 

 conversation between the chairman and proprietors that 

 the quantity of 72 acres had been purchased at a cost of 

 5440/., and that the total cost of the whole line of six 

 miles from Guildford to Woking, would be only 55,000/ 

 — The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was opened to the 

 public on Monday. — Great excitement prevailed at the 

 Brighton terminus on Monday, by the non- arrival of the 

 last train from London, and after the lapse of about half 

 an hour a pilot-engine was despatched up the line to 

 ascertain the cause. It appears that when near Hay- 

 ward's Heath Station, one of the tubes of the boiler 

 burst, and the train was enveloped in steam. A mes- 

 senger was despatched up the line for an engine, but 

 before he returned the pilot from Brighton arrived, and 

 propelled the train for the remainder of the journey, 

 after a delay of an hour. No one was injured by the 

 explosion. 



IRELAND. 



Dublin. — The weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa- 

 tion took place on Monday, in Conciliation-hall. Mr. 

 Roche, M.P. for the county of Cork, having been called 

 to the chair, proceeded to address the meeting at some 

 length. He stated, that having been from early youth a 

 steady and ardent Repealer, he could not but feel highly 

 the honour conferred on him on that his first appearance 

 among them, at a trying time, when the fate of Ireland 

 was in the hands of the people. After praising the 

 working of the committees of the Association, he called 

 on the people to aid them in their exertions as regarded 

 registration of voters, in order that when the opportunity 

 arrived they might be able to return men to Parliament 

 who would not be ashamed to serve their country and 

 denounce her oppressors. He stated his disapproval of 

 the proposition made to force the repeal pledge from 

 those members who had been returned to Parliament 

 unpledged. They understood the value of sincere con- 

 viction too much to interfere with those gentlemen until 

 the next election, when they could return those only 

 who would faithfully represent their principles and 

 opinions, and this could alone be effected by paying 

 strict attention to the registrations. Mr. O'Brien said, 

 that he had received by post that morning upwards of 

 500/. from various localities, and proceeded to read the 

 names of the contributors. Mr. M. O'Connell, M.P., 

 handed in several sums of money from the London Repeal 

 wards. He could bear testimony to the excellent organisa- 

 tion of these wards, for he had attended, on Tuesday night, 

 a meeting of " the Liberator's " ward, in Rotherhithe, at 

 which upwards of 2000 persons attended. They were 

 nearly all teetotallers, and all of them were Irishmen- 

 men who, for thews and sinews, would be remarkable 

 among millions. They were men who would delight the 

 eyes of a recruiting sergeant, most of them being six leet 

 high, and many not far from six feet across the shoulders 1 

 They were composed of the labourers, the ballast-heavers, 

 and coalwhippers of the metropolis-that industrious 

 class of men who undertook and carried out the labour 

 deemed too severe for the delicate citizens of -London, 

 and the tenderly-reared inhabitants of Scotland, lhere 

 was but one heart and one mind among them, and that 



evidence of the improvement 



Midland, 5205/. ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1901/. ; South- was for repeal. As an —-----. h need omT men- 



" which had taken place in tneir nanus u«- j ,_ 



Eastern and Dover, 4999/. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 

 625/. ; York and North Midland, 2054/. The fluc- 

 tuations in railway shares must be of importance to 

 all those who have selected that form of investment. 

 In the large provincial towns, where this species of pro- 

 perty is dealt in almost as regularly as it is in London, the 

 brokers have adopted the plan of drawing out returns for 

 six months past in a tabular form, exhibiting not only the 

 variations in price, but also in traffic, dividends, &c, 

 and giving at one view their entire history and present 

 position. The following account of the fluctuations is 

 taken from a list printed by Messrs. Collinson and 

 Flint, of Hull :— 



• 



July 1. 



Jan. 



1. 



Birmingham and Derby . 



63 to 65 < 



, 56 to 



58 



Birmingham and Gloucester . 



93 to 94 



64 to 



66 



Edinburgh and Glasgow 



62 to 64 



58 to 



59 



Grand Junction 



221 to 223 



, 227 to 



229 



Great North of England 



100 to 102 



84 to 



86 



Great Western (half shares) . 



73 to 79 



69J to 



70k 



Liverpool and Manchester . 



223 to 225 



. 228 to 



230 



London and Birmingham 



218 to 220 



. 235 to 



237 



London and Brighton 



46 to 46$ 



43 to 



434 



London and South Western . 



82 to 84 



75 to 



76 



Manchester and Birmingham . 



55 to 56 



39 to 



40 



Midland Counties 



93 to 95 



86 





Newcastle and Carlisle . . 



90 to 92 



754 to 



764 



York and North Midland 



104 to 106 



119 to 



121 



Thus it appears that the greatest advance, that of 291. 

 per share, has occurred on the Birmingham and 

 Glouce&ter line, and that the greatest fall, that of 1 71. 

 per share, has occurred on the London and Birming- 

 ham line.— Deputations from the boards ofdirection of the 

 London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Companies 

 met at Birmingham on Wednesday week, for the purpose 

 of arranging the difficulties which have recently arisen 

 between them, and the chairman of the Liverpool Stock 

 Exchange announced on Thursday, that the deputations 

 had come to a complete and amicable understanding. 

 The immediate effect was an increase in the value of the 

 respective shares to the extent of 5/., with the prospect 

 of a further improvement. — On Friday the first meeting 

 of the Guildford Junction Company was held at the Hall 

 of Commerce, Mr. Mangles, M.P., in the chair. From 

 the report of the directors it appeared that all the shares 

 had been taken, the purchases of land requisite for the 

 line had been made, and a contract entered into for its 



tlon a fact which had come to his knowled « e ~ n ™l r r 

 that on last Patrick's-day bat one man was ^taken up tor 

 drunkenness in Rotherhithe, and that person was an 

 Englishman. Mr. W. J. O'Connell followed ma .peecft 

 which excited much laughter, as well from the ex 

 vagance of the sentiments as the rich brogue a wbicu 

 they were delivered. Dr. Nagle read a dec **™ ^ 

 a person named Hudson, who had been refused ^mwue 

 aid in the Meath Hospital, Dublin, becaus £ e "?%,. 

 remove a repeal button which he wore in bis co • Q ^ 

 O'Neill, of Eunowen Castle, moved and Mr. -^ ; __ 

 tan, M.P., seconded a motion to the fo o™, m(jet in 

 « That we recommend Irishmen of all cla9 " 8 the 3 otb 

 their respective parishes throughout lreiana, ^ ^ 

 day of each succeeding May, being the ^auu.vers . ^ ^ 

 imprisonment of the most successful , ch * m J!' ne u_. a ndof 



religious liberty throughout tbeworId T:., t ; nllll nv charged 

 his associates, all of whom are unconstitu ion »' ' irfd . 

 with a conspiracy against the peace and welfare > ^ 



low-subjects, but who gloried in the true accusal^ ^ 

 they had stimulated thepeopboflre andtouem , 



righV and to achieve peacefully the leg.slaU e »P 

 ence of their native land. Mr. V- v the 



which his father had received ffo 

 priests of the college of "Bitche," » MoMlie ^ 

 which the following is an extract:- ^ 3 the fa ith 

 O'Connell, we all envy you your ;P" son ; \ and pride 

 which characterises you, and which is m s I J he gca . 



of your friends, you will hurl the *°™%"*£ i]a sy*- 

 A cause so holy can never perish, and engag ^^ 

 pathies not only of all Catholics, but ot an d g 



men in the world." Mr. W. S. O'Brien. ^ ggocia - 

 report from the Parliamentary committee ot tn ? ^ 

 tion, stating their opinion that the renewal or Q ^ 

 Processions Act ought to be oppos ed , that ^^ 

 table Bequests Bill ought also to be W°V adm inirtra- 

 and insidiously interfering with the ^rnal » t ^ 

 tion of the Catholic Church in Ireland. 1J 1^ ActJ 

 recommended opposition to the_re-enactmeM^ „ 



ence 



read an address 



relating to the removal from England ot p er5 



born in Ireland and Scotland ; and that the ^ 



Bill and the Grand Jury Presentment Bill tor 



county 

 Mr- 



bin ana sue -.jian^ «»* } * . Tt5l next session."*--. 

 *„.„,„.„„..., „«.« «..™j ™- «w 0t ,».w^u. Aue v>am-i ime had oeen maae, aim a contract entered into for its of Dublin, should be postponed ti Liverpool? an 



perdown, Capt. Martin, 104, flag-ship at Sheerness, or ! construction. The purchase of land had been within the M. O'Connell, M.P., handed in «*!-• irv broug ht for" ara 

 the Queen, 120, late flag-ship at Malta, will follow in a j estimate. The contract of Messrs. Tredwell had been 68/. from Jersey city, United States, an ced io« ** 



few days should they be required. Despatches have been accepted, who had agreed to complete the line and have a motion founded on the first clause 01 



