Sett 



— . „ .^TTduTylo" state that they are decidedly and 

 iC t0 * nnslv of opinion that the refusal of the governor 

 ""^.nn of the Eton union workhouse to allow any 

 and roa.ron u pftr oc n the afflicted 



THE NEWSPAPER 



[1844. 



at the union 

 many 



* Jrion to pass between the afflicted man and his 

 C T e [uter and mother-in-law, except in the presence of 



r 1 1 and a spy upon their conduct, is a part only of 



* tpm of moral treatment adopted towards the poor 



* 5 - hich » a dis S race and a scandal t0 a Christian 

 * an 'tX • and that the refusal to receive and give shelter 

 C0U S wife and other poor relations when they arrived 

 *° union workhouse at midnight, in a strange place 



miles from their homes, to pay as they thought a 

 bit to a dying husband, brother, and son-in-law, 

 nthe opinion of the jury an act of so cruel and in- 

 fJiL. a character that any person by whom such con- 

 St could be perpetrated is altogether unfit to be 

 intrusted with the care of the poor." On the master 

 and matron of the workhouse leaving the house with 

 Jheir witnesses, about an hour before the verdict was 

 returned, on their way to Slough they were greeted with 

 « rolley of hisses from the crowd in front of the house. 

 The inquiry occupied twelve hours. 



gggter. A new sect, in imitation of the Free Seces- 

 sion in Scotland, has just sprung up in this city within 

 the rale of the Church of England. ^ It is called the 

 "New Free Church in England,'' and its chief and most 

 curious feature is the announcement that it is an episco- 

 pal establishment, which will allow, however, no bishop 

 to interfere in its concerns. The promoters of this 

 ichisra are Church of England clergymen, two of whom, 

 the Rev. H. B. Bulteel, formerly Fellow of Exeter Col- 

 lege, Oxford, and the Rev. S. Shore, M.A. of Bridge- 

 town, near Totnese, opened the new church in Exeter on 

 Thursday. We extract the following from their address 

 to the public, stating their objects and principles : — " It 

 has long been felt by very many who are attached to the 

 doctrines of the Protestant Church, as well as to 

 episcopal order, scrupulously administered, that for the 

 preservation and increase of evangelical religion, in these 

 days of revived superstition and arrogant assumption, it 

 is highly desirable to attempt the formation of an 

 episcopal church, distinct from the Established Church, 

 on a sufficiently comprehensive basis to effect the 

 union of genuine believers in Christ, who may not 

 object to episcopal discipline, though otherwise differ- 

 ing in some unimportant poiuts. The promoters of this 

 work entertain the most cordial esteem for all who love 

 the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. With such they 

 would be on terms of Christian friendship, their sole 

 controversy being with the anti-evangelical doctrines and 

 practices now so fearfully spread in this diocese and 

 throughout the land." 



Gloucester.— The Triennial Meeting'of the three choirs 

 of the cathedrals of Gloucester, Worcester, and Here- 

 ford, the oldest musical festival in England, and the 

 foundation from which all the others have sprung, com- 

 menced on Tuesday. The arrangements were on a new 

 and more economical plan, the engagement of foreign 

 singers on enormous terms having been abandoned. 

 The programme contains three morning performances in 

 the cathedral ; the first consisting of Handel's " Samson," 

 w performed at Norwich ; the second, a portion of 

 Haydn s« Creation," Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise," 

 and " Israel in Egypt ;" and the third, " The Messiah." 

 mere are three evening concerts, made up of the usual 

 materials— the most popular vocal and instrumental 

 Pieces of the past London season. There is one new 

 feature ; instead of a single ball to conclude the festival 



u I 1 " 6 three balls ' one after each concert, for which 

 Adams s quadrille band is engaged. The first day's per- 



oraance was attended by not less than 2000 persons, 

 and at the close of the service 163/. were collected at the 

 °oors. At the Shire-hall, in the evening, a miscella- 

 neous concert took place, and selections were given from 



Acis and Galatea," and other works. The proceedings of 

 „! 'terminated with a ball, which was fully attended, 

 of h ! a f r ^ eld '—Oae of the most munificent examples 

 rernH i r tl0ns for public im provements which have been 

 J? . . r some J ear s is mentioned in the local papers 

 who Ta* JUS - occurred in th is town, Sir John Ramsden, 

 bourh / r u eV10U8ly been a S reat benefactor to the neigh- 

 of H?H^ c aTlng be( l neath ed a sum for the improvement 



//«// n eldf araouutin S t<> no less than 20,000/. 

 RentlemT Thurs day last week, a Roman Catholic 

 Chun* * S aS admitt ed into communion with the 

 convert w ?? gl » nd » at Eilerk er, in this riding. The 

 the Govor Mr '^ oham . attached to a party conducting 

 He had h?r ° rdnance s * r vey of the county of York. 



^ertheT r 8 °S etiine in * course of instruction, 



«»d on Tk j Townsend, incumbent of Eilerker ; 



f °rcc »«,? i y Was admitfc ed by Archdeacon Wilber- 



» no- other clergymen, into the Church of Englaud. 



tion oKn r, "" We latel y noti ced the liberal contribu- 

 parki Q th r rt Peel t0 the fund for form[n S a P u °lic 



Wa *accom ^ n ' and the handsome letter by which it 



tte PW P a r led ' We now learn that the directors of 

 the same k' lre ° ffice have contributed 200/. towards 

 lett er »h'°k * Ct ' annou ncing their gift in the following 

 T °fe^mea 1S creditable to all parties :— " The bene- 

 ma nafact u SUfe e P ntertained by the leading merchants and 

 heaI th and*™ °? y ° Ur town ' for the promotion of the 

 •kblUhmem ? rt ° f kS industrious population, by the 

 Com e under rH PUblic walks and gardens, has to-day 

 *S that durin • ° tICe ° f our board » a nd the board, feel- 

 ^ trade of \? U *i l ° ng and ext ensive connection with 

 ? ec JUent exn/r* 8ter ' the Ph cenix Company has had 

 ln S clas 8e8 .1, ° f the 8 ood disposition of the labour- 



of adding their assistance towards the success of a mea- 



sure so well calculated to effect the object contemplated. 

 I am therefore instructed to request that the name of the 

 Phoenix Company may be added to the list of contri- 

 butors for the sum of 200/." 



Newcas tie-on- Tyne.— -The local 'papers state that a 

 sum sufficient to produce an income of 120/. a-year has 

 been contributed by Messrs. Bigge, manufacturers of 

 this town, towards the endowment of a church, which 

 they are now buildiDg at Shotley-bridge, Northumber- 

 land, for the benefit of the artisans in their employment. 

 Oxford.— The following circular has been addressed to 

 members of Convocation : — u Oxford, Sept. 23, 1844. — 

 Members of Convocation are respectfully informed that 

 the Vice-Chancellor, although requested by the Senior 

 Proctor, has refused to give any information as to the 

 day of the nomination of his successor. Whether this 

 information will be open to Dr. Symons, members of 

 Convocation may decide for themselves from the events 

 of the past year. At all events it is to be hoped that they 

 will hold themselves in readiness to come up on the re- 

 ceipt of a notice of the day, if the discovery of it prove 

 possible ; or, if not, to show in some other marked way 

 their sense of this fresh act of injustice." 



Portsmouth. — A fine French steam-frigate, named Le 

 Caiman, came into this harbour from Cherbourg last 

 week, bringing despatches to the Commander-in-Chief at 

 this port, notifying the intention of the King of the 

 French to land at Portsmouth in the second week in Oc- 

 tober ; the precise day and hour, however, named in the 

 despatch is only known to the Commander-in-Chief and 

 the Lords of the Admiralty. The despatches are to the 

 effect that His Majesty wishes accommodation provided 

 for the fleet which will accompany him to this country. 

 The Baron de la Ronciere Lenoury, Aide-de-Camp to 

 Admiral La Susse, who will command the fleet or 

 squadron in attendance upon His Majesty, arrived in Le 

 Caiman to present the despatches, and conduct the ne- 

 cessary arrangements for His Majesty's reception. Le 

 Caiman did not salute in coming into harbour. She is a 

 remarkably fine frigate. Her officers had a good view of 

 the Queen, 110, Captain Martin, which was leaving the 

 harbour under canvas at the time the Caiman was enter- 

 ing it. A finer specimen of a British man-of-war could 

 not have been exhibited, and her leaving the harbour at 

 such a moment was most opportune. It was a beautiful 

 sight, and many thousand persons assembled on the for- 

 tifications to witness her departure for Spithead, where 

 she is now moored in the position lately vacated bv the 

 Collingwood. She was beautifully manoeuvred in going 

 out of the harbour. 



Sunderland. — The excitement created by the trial of 

 Belaney, on the charge of murdering his wife, at Step- 

 ney, still prevails in North Sunderland and its neigh- 

 bourhood, where he has been living since his acquittal. 

 On Monday week last the populace collected in great 

 numbers about 8 p.m., and paraded the streets and lanes 

 with/ three effigies, the first representing Belnney, the 

 second " the archfiend," and the last one of Belaney 's 

 friends, who resides in Newcastle, and who took a very 

 prominent part in the late trial in favour of the prisoner. 

 On the procession reaching the gates of Belaney's house, 

 about 9 o'clock, they began to set fire to the effigy out- 

 side the gates, upon which Belaney rushed out of the 

 house, and fired off a pistol in the direction of the crowd, 

 but he was glad to make a hasty retreat, dropping his 

 pistol on the way. His conduct so exasperated the 

 populace, that they commenced a general assault on the 

 house, battered in the shutters, and demolished the glass 

 windows. Having effected an entrance, they destroyed 

 everything that came in their way. In the confusion 

 Belaney effected his escape, and contrived to elude the 

 vigilance of his pursuers by secreting himself in a 

 neighbouring corn-field, otherwise there is little doubt 

 his life would have been sacrificed. The crowd then 

 set fire to the gates and to two of the figures, and finally 

 suspended that representing Belaney by the neck from the 

 chimney-top of a house on the opposite side of the road, j 

 The house on the following morning had all the appear- 

 ance of a place that had undergone a military assault, 

 the walls being battered as if struck by hundreds of can- 

 non-balls. But the work of destruction did not end here. 

 The populace again assembled on Wednesday night, and 

 burnt the premises to the ground. The situation of the 

 house was a very romantic one. It is at the end of 

 the village, near the edge of the cliff, overlooking the sea, 

 the drawing-room windows being only a few inches from 

 the summit of a fearful precipice. It was built accord- 

 ing to a plan laid down by himself, and has long afforded 

 a subject for gossip among the rustic population of that 

 locality. The following additional particulars have been 

 communicated to the Morning Chronicle, by a cor- 

 respondent in the neighbourhood : — " During the time the 

 conflagration **aa proeppdine, various articles of furniture 

 were flung out of the windows, lu order to ear© them 

 from the devastating element, but they were instantly 

 flung into the flames by the mob, and in a short time 

 everything was consumed. Belaney effected his escape, 

 and it is not known whither he has directed his steps, 

 but I have been informed that during this morning he 

 was seen walking on the quay in this town. The news 

 of the destruction of his property is hailed by all with 

 delight ; and two or three persons, in my hearing, on 

 being informed of the event, expressed their sorrow that 

 he was not consumed as well as his property. The 

 popular indignation towards him knows no bounds ; and 

 if he remain in this neighbourhood much longer, his life 

 will certainly be sacrificed. It is said that the shop- 



ibis is not to be wondered at, considering the light in 

 which he is regarded here by everybody. I have con- 

 versed with many persons about him, and not a word of 

 commiseration towards him has escaped from one of 

 them. A handbill has been circulated extensively in the 

 district, and is known to have excited Belaney's ire. 

 How he can have the effrontery to remain at North Sun- 

 derland, with hundreds about him thirsting for his blood, 

 is a mystery ; it is supposed that he was at first deter- 

 mined to brave the popular feeling, and by residing, as 

 usual, in North Sunderland, to endeavour to stamp on 

 the mind of his neighbours the idea that by so doing he 

 was innocent ; last night's proceedings will, however, con- 

 vince him that North Sunderland is no longer an abiding 

 place for him." 



York. — The 14 th Annual Meeting of the British 

 Association commenced business in this city on Wednes- 

 day, when the sectional officers were elected ; and on 

 Thursday the first General Meeting of the whole body 

 was held, when the chair was taken by the President of 

 the last meeting, the Earl of Rosse, who was afterwards 

 succeeded in his office by the Rev. Dr. Peacocke, the 

 Dean of Ely, President for this year. The Vice-Pre- 

 sidents of the year are, Earl Fitzwilliam, Viscount Mor- 

 peth, the Hon. Stuart Wortley, Sir D. Brewster, 

 Professor Faraday, and the Rev. W. V. Harcourt. It 

 is said that the meeting will be a highly respectable one, 

 and show a good list of names known in science, and 

 present interesting reports and papers. Professor Liebig 

 is already here, and Professor Mattemer, and other well- 

 known foreigners, are expected. 



Railways. — The following are the returns for the 

 past week : — Birmingham and Gloucester, 2828/. ; 

 Bri-tol and Gloucester, 1117/. ; Eastern Counties,. 

 4427/. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2827/. ; Great Western, 

 17,471/.; Grand Junction, 8920/.; Glasgow, Paislev, 

 and Ayr, 15 17/.; Great North of England, 1857/.'; 

 London and Birmingham, 18,480/. ; South Western, 

 8030/.; Blackwall, 1123/.; Greenwich, 750/.; Brighton, 

 5909/. ; Croydon, 550/. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 

 5596/. ; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull, associated, 8324/. ; 

 Midland, 11,262/. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 3720/. ; 

 Newcastle and Carlisle, 1806/.; Newcastle and Dar- 

 lington, 1112/.; Preston and Wyre, 566/.; South- 

 Eastern and Dover, 5995/. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 

 911/. ; York and North Midland, with Leeds and 

 Selby, 3289/.; Yarmouth and Norwich, 361/. — The 

 Railway department of the Board of Trade have given 

 notice that in addition to the schemes already announced 

 as under consideration, they will proceed to examine, 

 with the view of reporting to Parliament, the schemes 

 proposed for connecting Portsmouth with London, by 

 more direct lines of railway communication, and the 

 Richmond and West-End Junction, and other schemes 

 for forming a central terminus in the neighbourhood 

 of Waterloo and Hungerford bridges. — A meeting of 

 gentlemen connected with the western division of Suffolk 

 was held in the Shire-hall, in Bury St. Edmund's, last 

 week, for the purpose of considering the best means by 

 which a railway could be established between Bury St. 

 Edmund's, the other parts of the county, and the metro- 

 polis. The meeting was attended by Earl Jermyn, Sir H. 

 E. Banbury, Bart., Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., the Rev. Sir 

 A. Henniker, Bart., and upwards of 300 gentlemen con- 

 nected with the county. A resolution was unanimously 

 adopted, that a railway proceeding from the Norwich and 

 Brandon Railway, at or near Thetford, to Bury St. 

 Edmund's, appeared to be best adapted for the interests 

 of the western division of the county, and a provisional 

 committee was appointed for carrying this resolution into 

 effect. Sir John Rennie was nominated the engineer to 

 the line. — Meetings have been held at Liverpool, Dork- 

 ing, Portsmouth, and Dudley, to explain respectively the 

 merits of the Sheffield and Lincoln extension to Gains- 

 borough ; of the Portsmouth direct line ; and of the 

 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line; at each of 

 which resolutions were passed in support of the proposed 

 undertakings. The rage for new projects does not appear 

 to have abated, and the readiness with which the new 

 issues of stock brought into the market are purchased at 

 a premium, is sufficient evidence to prove that the spirit 

 of speculation is once more afloat, liberally supported by 

 the abundance of unemployed capital. It is, however, 

 prudent to be prepared for the reaction. The fluctuation 

 in prices attendant on new schemes cannot be better 

 illustrated than in the cases of the shares of the London 

 and York and the Portsmouth direct companies. These 

 during the last week have borne high premiums, but 

 within the last two days they have suddenly become flat 

 and depreciated. The reason assigned for the re-action 

 in the value of London and York is the resignation of 

 Mr. Locke, the engineer, who does not sanction the pro- 

 ceedings of the committee in joining with the Manchester 

 and Leeds Company ; and in the case of the Portsmouth 

 direct line rival projects are mentioned, which, it is said, 

 will most likely interfere with the smooth course the 

 promoters marked out for the success of the undertaking, 

 Mr. Cubitt is announced as the engineer in chief of the 

 York line in the room of Mr. Locke. For securing the 

 traffic of North Kent two or three companies are in em- 

 bryo. The South-Eastern directors have started the consi- 

 deration of a line to connect London with Rochester, Cha- 

 tham, Faversham, and the intermediate districts, and to join 

 their line near Chilham. The inhabitants of Faversham 

 have, however, refused to give it their support till they 

 have had the opportunity of acquainting themselves with 



^'ed, io ca lr^ eir P ers0Qa l services have been re- will certainly be sacr.nced It is sa id tha J toe « n op- 

 0fth ' o PP ortu n :f f *"?' are desiro "S to avail themselves keepers in North Sunderland have refused ever since the 

 PPwtunity which the measure alluded to presents trial, to sell him even the necessaries of lite : and indeed 



The Preston and 



the plans of the other companies.- 

 Wyre Company have determined upon constructing a 

 line a little more than three miles in length from Black- 

 pool, to join their railway at Poulton, the cost of which 



