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thev suould not dwell with pleasure on those days, and 

 whv he should not, if he could, encourage and support 

 any legsl, just 7 and prudent associations which would 

 have the effect of restoring at least some portion of that 

 fine feeling which existed amongst the people in bygone 

 davs which would elevate the character of those who 

 ought to be considered the pride and glory of their country. 

 That some effort was necessary to produce a change for the 

 better no man could doubt. No one could cast his eye 

 around the surface of English society and not be con- 

 duced, that unless something amounting to a cordial 

 union took place between the various classes of society, 

 the state and condition to which they would all be very 

 soon reduced must be unsafe and dangerous. He saw no 

 evils that could arise from such a union ; but he saw 

 many that would arise if such a feeling as he had de- 

 scribed were not created." In the course of the evening 

 the meeting was addressed by Sir J. Hanmer, Mr. Monck- 

 ton Milnes, and other gentlemen. 



Bradford. — One of the woolsorters* societies in this 

 town have taken a lease of a small farm in the neigh- 

 bourhood, which they intend to convert into a spot for 

 their own amusement and interest, if possible. It con- 

 tists of eight acres, which are divided at present into 

 four fields, in one of which there is an excellent spring of 

 water, which the woolsorters intend to convey into a 

 swimming-bath, to be constructed in one of the fields. 

 Part of the land at least is of excellent quality, and the 



lole of it might soon be brought into good condition. 

 The woolsorters intend to cultivate it as a society, not as 

 individuals ; and in this respect the speculation differs 

 from the principle of the small allotment system. The 

 idea of renting the land was suggested during the late 

 depression of trade in the town, and the land was in- 

 tended as a field on which the society might employ its 

 members when out of regular work. 



Castle Hedingham. — On Tuesday week, at Castle 

 Hedingham Petty Sessions, Mr. Thomas Chinery, a re- 

 spectable farmer, of Belchamp St. Paul, was brought up 

 in custody, charged with setting fire to the farm build- 

 ings in his occupation at Walter Belchamp, on the even- 

 ing of the 3d July last. Mr. Raymond, the chairman of 

 the magistrates, left the bench to give evidence. He 

 said that the prisoner was in the occupation of a farm 

 called New Barns, witness's property. On Wednes- 

 day, the 3d July, about half-past 9 o'clock, p.m., he was 

 alarmed by a person named William Stammers coming 

 to his house, stating that Chinery 's barn was on fire. 

 When he got outside of the house he saw the sparks 

 from the fire flying towards his own farm-buildings at 

 home. He set some persons to protect them, and, call- 

 ing his son, went immediately to the fire, which was 

 about a quarter of a mile off ; when he arrived the pre- 

 mises were nearly all burnt down ; they consisted of a 

 barn and other buildings. The witness then mentioned 

 a misunderstanding about the payment of rent, which in- 

 duced him to suspect the prisoner. Two labourers de- 

 posed that they had seen the prisoner at the fire ; and 

 one of them said that the prisoner looked like a guilty 

 man. On the other hand, witnesses were called who 

 swore that they had seen the prisoner on his way towards 

 the fire. The prisoner was discharged. The case excited 

 the greatest interest in the neighbourhood, and the in- 

 quiry lasted upwards of four hours, during which the 

 room was crowded, principally by farmers of the neigh- 

 bourhood, amongst whom the greatest sympathy seemed 

 to exist on behalf of the prisoner, who had been confined 

 »n the police station. On the acquittal of the prisoner, 

 great applause was manifested, but immediately checked. 

 Liverpool — The local papers have given long accounts 

 th , e „? lrcumstan ces under which the wife of a private of 

 left J Regitnent was separated from her husband and 

 ere behind m Liverpool, after the sailing of the detach- 



hA or , India in the sbi P Nith. She had been in Ire- 

 no* h Wa - S unable t0 reach Liverpool in time to re- 

 port herself, in which case there was no doubt that she 



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c? ¥ 7e beej i allowed to accompany her husband, 

 of \ "f n ^ e . d » however, just as the troops were in the act 

 dJpS g ' aud a P ainful scene occurred, which in- 



Colonel° m f e person . s t0 inter est themselves with the 

 to folio ^ C re S* ment > and obtain permission for her 

 Calcutt W 1 !L a . not her vessel, and rejoin her husband in 

 doome 1 * a- re ^ ues ^ was granted, but she was again 

 vessel h "Appointment ; for on going on board the 

 it wm i k 8nrgCOn exam ined the child, and declared that 

 nossihl b , ounn S un der small-pox, and that it was im- 



North TV C ° Uld P roceed - U P on bein S sent t0 the 

 aedir»i P i en8ary the house-surgeon, with three other 

 eruntio Cn examined the child, declared that the 



and si T the 8kia was merely the result of teething, 

 Ukenonh a certificate to this effect. She was then 

 adherer! f if- the ve ssel a second time ; but the surgeon 

 lubfcrbt- i ° riginal °Pinion, and the vessel sailed. A 

 relief L!? 11 u SInce beeQ raised for the poor woman's 

 leave!, t e wiU be tak en out in the first ship which 



Math'? 001 f ° r CalcUtta ' 

 ing of thp •" ^ n ^°nday week, a preliminary meet- 



^n was h a id° U « literar y and scientific societies of this 

 at eps ahm \a u " f ° r tbe P ur P° se of considering what 

 the mZ be i . taken for the erection of a monument to 

 came t„ °' 7 , the late Dr ' Dalton." The meeting 

 ^cessarvtnT ' i<That » iQ order that the steps 



to give to th t w ken may be ado P ted without delay, and 

 k this adrJV PU , generally the opportunity of joining 

 Balto n a • ?. mark of aspect to the memory of Dr. 

 ^nted 'to t l eSIfable that a requisition should be pre- 

 determine Jk f mayor » t0 convene a public meeting to 



tion of such Step8 8ha11 be taken t0 8ecure the erec ' 



P ro Prietv of mo ?" ment ; and also to consider as to the 



3 les tifymg in an y further, and in what man- 



ner, the^sense entertained by this community of the in- 

 valuable services rendered to science by the late illus- 

 trious philosopher. "J 



Norwich.— The Rev. Mr. Bluck, rector of Walsoken, 

 in this county, has been condemned by the Consistory 

 Court, at Norwich, to forfeit one-third part of the 

 annual value of his benefice, and costs, by reason of 

 non-residence, without leave, for three months. 



Nottingham.— The new Roman Catholic cathedral in 

 this city, dedicated to St. Barnabas, was publicly con- 

 secrated on Tuesday. The church is the largest yet 

 completed in this country since the Reformation. The 

 building is of the early English style, and is, professedly, 

 a perfect return to the ancient arrangements of a 

 Christian temple. There are no galleries. The windows 

 consist entirely of stained glass, which imparts a great 

 degree of richness and solemnity to the whole interior. 

 In the centre light of the west windows are painted the 

 arms of the Earl of Shrewsbury (a contributor of 10,000/. 

 to the building) ; and in the windows of the aisles are 

 the armorial bearings of Drs. Walsh and Wiseman, the 

 Roman Catholic bishops of the midland district. The 

 eight principal lights bear the following quaint in- 

 scription : — " Good Christian people, of your charity 

 pray for the good estate of John Earl of Shrewsbury, the 

 chief benefactor of the building of this church, dedicated 

 in honour of St. Barnabas." The high altar is very 

 splendid, and consists of a single slab of stone, sup- 

 ported by eight shafts of Petworth marble. On the 

 south side of the choir is the chapel of the " Blessed 

 Sacrament," which is the most splendid part of the 

 building, the adornment being very profuse. There is 

 another chapel in the crypt, under the choir, in honour 

 of St. Peter, as the foundation or rock of the church ; 

 this will be used in masses for the dead. The pavement 

 of the choir and chapels is composed of encaustic tiles 

 of various devices and colours. 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne. — The new Roman Catholic 

 Cathedral of St. Mary, in this town, from the designs of 

 Mr. Pugin, was opened last week, with great ceremony 

 and magnificence. In the morning were assembled 70 

 priests, with nine bishops, including Dr. Riddell, of 

 Newcastle, and Dr. Briggs, of York. Dr. Riddell cele- 

 brated high mass at the altar, and the Right Rev. Dr. 

 Gillis, bishop of the Edinburgh district, preached the 

 sermon. In the afternoon a large body of the clergy 

 and laity partook of luncheon at the Assembly-rooms. 

 Dr. Riddell presided, with the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, 

 of the Lancashire district, as vice chairman. Vespers 

 were chanted in the evening, and a sermon preached by 

 the Right Rev. Dr. Morris. Dr. Newsham, President 

 of Ushaw College, presided at the organ. The congre- 

 gations both in the morning and evening were numerous 

 and respectable, including several families of distinction 

 from the neighbouring counties, some local magistrates 

 and members of the corporation. The amount of the 

 collections was 150/. This new cathedral is of stone, in 

 the pure decorative style. The interior is extremely ele- 

 gant. The first objects to be noticed are the superb 

 stained windows, the production of Mr. Wailes, of New- 

 castle. The largest and most striking of these is the gift 

 of the Dunn family, the Right Rev. Dr. Riddell gave 

 another; Mr. G. Caley, of Saltwell-house, a third; others I 

 are memorials of the Rev. Messrs. Worswick and Eyre, 

 deceased; Mr. Wailes contributed a sixth, and Miss 

 Helen Culey a small one, which is placed in the south 

 side chapel. They are illustrative of various scenes and 

 sacred persons connected with scripture history. The 

 altar is of stone, brought from Caen, in France, and is 

 divided into three compartments, in which are repre- 

 sented the annunciation, the coronation, and the adora- 

 tion of the wise men. The back of the altar is similarly 

 divided, with canopies, and eihibits the resurrection, the 

 crucifixion, and the descent of tbe Holy Ghost ; and on 

 either side of the altar are large figures of St. Paul and 

 St. Peter. The pulpit and font are both of Caen stone, 

 and exhibit some fine and tasteful ornament. The cor- 

 bels are busts of angels, each playing a different musical 

 instrument, and give to the upper part of the building a 

 very pleasing effect. The side chapels and chancel are 

 laid with encaustic tiles. Two other altars are intended 

 to be erected, besides which the plan includes a screen, 

 and various other things yet to be completed. 



Portsmouth. — The Hampshire Teleyraph states that 

 the Victoria and Albert, Royal steam-yacht, in her re- 

 cent cruise has evinced very superior powers of speed, 

 usually going through the water at the rate of thirteen 

 knots, and sometimes nearly fourteen. She, however, 

 steers badly, and on one occasion, as an experiment, her 

 helm was lashed amidships, and at full speed she made a 

 complete circle in eleven minutes ; her helm was then 

 put hard a-port or starboard, and she went round in four 

 minutes and a-half. It is said that this propensity to 

 steer herself arises from her not being on an even keel, 

 and that if her crew with any weights had been marched 

 over to the upper or light side, she would, with her 

 helm lashed amidships, have gone round in the opposite 

 direction. The smell of the bilge-water, which the ven- 

 tilators of Dr. Reid permitted every part of the ship to 

 be pervaded with last year, has been entirely removed by 

 the use of Sir W. Burnett's patent solution, which neu- 

 tralises the effluvia as rapidly as it is generated. The 

 yacht is now supplied with coals, and re-painted, and in 

 every respect fit for Her Majesty's reception. 



Sheffield.— Another of those attempts at explosion 

 which- have at various times excited so much alarm in 

 Sheffield, was discovered last week in time to prevent 

 the mischief intended. It appears that early in the morn- 

 ing a man named Almond, a penknife grinder, residing 

 in Sidney-street, was awoke from his sleep by the break- 



ing of a window in the bedroom underneath that in 

 which he was sleeping. He directly jumped out of bed, 

 and ran to the room where he heard the noise. He there 

 found a ginger-beer bottle, with a burning fuse inserted 

 in the cork. This he succeeded in putting out without 

 injury, and on going to the window saw three men in the 

 street below. He forthwith sallied into the street, and 

 collared one of the three ; upon which the other men 

 attacked him and rescued their companion. The three 

 then ran away and succeeded in effecting their escape. 

 Two of them were in the course of the day captured by 

 the police. On examination of the bottle it was found 

 to be filled with gunpowder. It is said that Almond* 

 who is a hard-working man, had left the union to which, 

 he belonged, that he might be enabled to obtain a 

 living uncontrolled by union regulations. He had reason 

 to know that his conduct had given offence, and, under 

 the apprehension of danger, his wife had been afraid to 

 sleep at home for four nights previous to the attempt. 



Southampton — A few days since died, near Beaulieu,. 

 Joseph Lee, the acknowledged monarch of that mys- 

 terious class of people the Gipsies. He was a native of 

 Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, and was, it is said, ia 

 his 86th year. He is reported to have died worth a 

 great deal of money. 



Sou th wold.— The neighbourhood of Henham-park, the 

 country seat of the Earl of Stradbroke, was thrown into 

 a state of great excitement on Saturday last, by the ru- 

 mour that his Lordship's headkeeper, whose name was 

 Easey, had destroyed himself. This report was found to 

 be true, the keeper having blown his brains out by 

 means of a double-barrelled gun. The first surprise oc- 

 casioned by this suicide had barely iubsided, when tbe 

 neighbourhood was again astonished by the self-destruc- 

 tion of a man named Cruxey, the superintendent of 

 keepers, horses, and dogs, connected with the Earl of 

 Stradbroke's establishment on that estate. This unfor- 

 tunate man shot himself on Sunday afternoon in his own 

 house on the Park estate, scarcely 24 hours after the 

 death of his fellow- servant. 



Sunderland. — Mr. J. C. Belaney, the surgeon whe 

 was tried last week at the Central Criminal Court on a 

 charge of murdering his wife, and acquitted by the Jury 

 after two days' trial, left London the day after his libera- 

 tion, for North Sunderland. His return home, as well 

 as that of some of the witnesses who appeared in his fa- 

 vour on the trial, has been the reverse of welcome. One 

 party was stoned from the village ; and on Wednesday 

 an effigy was elevated on a pole, and, after being paraded 

 for some time round the neighbourhood, was set fire to 

 in the presence and amidst the shoutings of some hun- 

 dreds of the population. A letter which appeared in the 

 Times newspaper of Saturday week, strongly condemn* 

 atory of the Jury who tried and acquitted Mr. Belaney, 

 has also been reprinted at Alnwick, and extensively circu- 

 lated. The excitement in the locality of North Sunder- 

 land, where Belaney and his unfortunate wife were well 

 known, and where her friends mostly reside, is described 

 as being very great. 



Railways. — Birmingham and Gloucester, 3026/. ^ 

 Bristol and Gloucester, 1100/. ; Eastern Counties, 

 4510/. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2665/. ; Great Western, 

 18,1/0/.; Grand Junction, 9697/.; Glasgow, Paisley, 

 and Ayr, 2014/. ; Great North of England, 2305/. ; 

 London and Birmingham, 19,098/.; South Western, 

 7665/.; Blackwall, 1457/.; Greenwich, 086/.; Brighton, 

 6060/. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 6217/.; Manchester,. 

 Leeds, and Hull associated, 8909/. ; Midland, 10,636/.; 

 Manchester and Birmingham, 3528/. ; Newcastle and 

 Carlisle, 1904/.; Newcastle and Darlington, 1103/.; 

 Preston and Wyre, 740/. ; South-Eastern and Dover* 

 6652/. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 820/. ; York and 

 North Midland, with Leeds and Selby, 3330/.— The 

 Blackwall Company held their meeting last week. No 

 dividend was declared, the revenue account only showing 

 an available surplus of 1730/. 5s. Qd. The Directors, 

 however, state that this was the balance on the worst 

 half of the year, and that there was a deficiency of 

 2411/. As. 2d. on the corresponding half of 1843, making, 

 therefore, an actual increase of 4141/. 9s. Sd. in favour 

 of the past half year. The number of passengers landed 

 and embarked at the Brunswick Pier by the Gravesend 

 boats during the past 6 months has been 394,506, while 

 during the same period of last year the number was enly 

 191,357, thus showing an increase in this branch of 

 traffic of upwards of 100 per cent. Although the pros- 

 pects of the railway have thus increased, the receipts of 

 the winter months, it is stated, require a considerable 

 advance, but the directors appear to rely with much con- 

 fidence on the results to be expected from the Chatham 

 and Gravesend line, by means of which they look for a 

 generally augmented traffic. The workings for the past 

 half-year, compared with the same period of 1843, show 

 an increase of nearly 30 per cent, in the receipts, and 

 of 50 per cent, in the numbers carried. — The Edinburgh 

 and Glasgow Company at their recent meeting declared 

 a dividend at the rate of 4J per cent, per annum, the 

 net profits for the six months having been 26,436/. 

 IT*. 7d. It appears that the receipts on the line had 



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standing to me company 

 tion to the 5000/. appropriated last year for the purposes 

 of a depreciation fund, was 3030/. The directors have 

 effected a reduction on 45,000/. of their loans from 

 5 per cent, to 3* per cent.— At the first meeting of the 

 Bradford and Leeds Company, it was announced that the 

 Act had been obtained, and that the works of the railway 

 bad been commenced by the sinking of the sha ts of the 

 tunnel.— At the meeting of the Mary port and Carlisle 



