Oct 5,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



of the evidence appeared to implicate a female named I -round behind the London-road Southwark 

 Sutherland, she was taken into custody on suspicion o f J - ■ - ' ' 



[1844. 



having administered the poison, and the following day was 

 conveyed to the Thames Police-court, where she was 

 discharged for want of evidence. Mr. Pelham, the soli- 

 citor, attended on the part of Mrs. Sutherland, who was 

 in the neighbourhood during the investigation. After 

 some additional evidence not very creditable to Mrs. 

 Sutherland or her witnesses, the Coroner summed up, 

 observing that the case was involved in considerable mys- 

 tery. There was no evidence" before them to implicate 

 any one. The jury would have to consider whether the 

 death of the deceased was caused by arsenic, and, if they 

 were so satisfied, the next point for their consideration 

 wa s, whether it had been administered with a criminal 

 intention. The deceased had frequent opportunities of 

 expressing his suspicions, but even at his last moments 

 he made no charge against any one. The jury, after 

 consulting together for about half an hour, returned the 

 following verdict : — *■ Wilful murder, by arsenic, against 

 some person or persons unknown, and strong suspicions 

 attached to Mrs. Sutherland." Mr. Pelham objected 

 to the latter part, which was at his instance omitted. 



Repeal of Ike Malt-tax. — A. new agricultural move- 

 ment has commenced, the object of which is the repeal 

 of the malt-tax. A meeting of several influential agri- 

 culturists took place a few days since at the York Hotel, 

 Blackfriars. Mr. James Ellis, of Kent, in the chair. Mr. 

 Baker, of Writtle, well known as the leader of the late 

 Agricultural Protection movement, was also present. It 

 was agreed on all hands that the malt-tax was an oppres- 

 sive imposition, particularly on the working classes, and 

 that its repeal at the present time would call into activity 

 a large amount of agricultural labour now unemployed. 

 Resolutions were accordingly passed to take the requisite 

 steps to procure the abolition of the duty in the ensuing 

 session of Parliament. 



Royal Pardon. — On Saturday Her Majesty's pardon 

 was received at Newgate by the Governor for the 

 discharge of Capt. Petrie, who was tried at the February 

 sessions of the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. 

 Justice Coleridge, for the manslaughter of one of his 

 crew during a mutiny on board his ship, and sentenced 

 to 18 months' imprisonment. 

 _ " Evenings of a Working Man."—X few months 

 since, a small volume of tales and poems under this title, 

 written by a poor working man named John Overs, as 

 the occupation of his scanty leisure, was published with 

 n very earnest and affecting preface bv Mr. Dickens. 

 The book, and the interest expressed by Mr. Dickens, 

 originated in the anxiety of a clever and deserving man 

 in humble life, afflicted with a mortal sickness, to make 

 some temporary provision, however slight, "for his sick 

 wife and very young family." We do not know what 

 success it has had, or whether the arrangement with the 

 publisher was such as to give Mr. Overs the full benefit 

 of it; but the poor man died suddenly on Saturday, at 

 05, \auxhall-street, Lambeth, leaving, all but destitute, 

 a widow and six children, the oldest nine years and the 

 youngest two months old. A subscription has been 

 opened for their benefit, and it is hoped that it will be 

 attended with success. 



Mrs. Nisbett.— It is said that the gentleman of high 

 rank m the Customs, to whom this accomplished actress 

 aw been recently united, and in consequence of which 

 p e H as Ie JJ tlie stage, is Sir William Boothby, Bart., 

 Reiver-General of Her Majesty's Customs, a gentle- 

 man po SS es S ed of considerable private fortune in addition 



77 e S°.™ ents arisin S f ™ m his official situation. 

 i he Bride of the Ojibbeiuay.— In the Times of Satur- 



thJtTffJ 1 pa . r , a 8 ra P h copied from the Patriot, stating 

 I" tne Wlfe of the Ojibbeway Indian had r 



was PrPMPrl . i„».„ v c . • — * hich I ^dually progressed it has equalised the physical qualities r 



was erected a large number of shops, occupied by various man.^ Instead of the strong arm, it is the strong head that i 



tradesmen, and known as St. George's Market. It brok 



of 

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out in the stables of a butcher, and destroyed about a 

 dozen other buildings, 100 feet long by 35 wide, and used 

 as butchers stalls and miscellaneous tradesmen's sheds, 

 together with their contents. Several houses in the 

 neighbourhood were much damaged, and numerous parties 

 had their furniture injured by hasty removal. The build- 

 ings were mostly insured, but their contents were, with 

 few exceptions, uninsured. 



Tottenham.— On Thursday morning an extensive fire 

 broke out in Wood's-green Farm, Tottenham, the pro- 

 perty of Mr. J. Forster, of Markhouse-lane, near Wal- 

 tliam, in the occupation of Mr. Antenbriug, farmer. 

 Flames were first perceived issuing from the roof of a 



buildings were in flames. The whole of these with their 

 contents were destroyed, but the farm-house was saved. 

 The property was insured, but the amount of damage is 

 not known. 



Mortality of the Metropolis.— The following is the 

 number of deaths registered in the week ending Oct. .5 : 

 West Districts, 162; Northern, 140; Central, 181; 

 Eastern, 235; Southern, 213 ; Total, 961. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



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eturned to 



lUshn A " rn "~*"S uuauic tu live uoppuy Willi lier 



t* n tl : * ? e father of tbe y° un s lad y nas since writ- 



ter and i? I ' the re P° rt is utterl y false - His dau & h - 

 er and her husband, he says, landed at New York on 



Thn T St ' 0n thcir wa y t0 U PP er Canada. 

 Mr sstfi Tunnel -—Oa Friday, at the Auction Mart, 



had hpp *? the Thames Tunnel, up 

 c apifa n" Pa,d ' amounting to 5000/. P 



Petition fh KdS i rather numerous > but after a slight com- 

 aharphni^ • , eswere knocked down to an extensive 



on which 50/. each 

 The attendance of 



shillings n. ^a, e undert *king, at the low price of six 

 ^ss than ./.I * 8hare » realising only 30/., and 4970/. 



fide o ne t u paid for them - The sale WM a bon " 

 of a dec P . ie snare s having been put up by the executors 



Vict / ent,eman - 



keenmanW r *'""~ A communication is said to have 

 *°rVs toil°? Uie directors of tl »e East London Water- 

 which the f Lommisslon ers of Woods and Forests, in 

 f ountai ns i„Tv. ,,berall y offer to supply two or three 

 of water 11 * ■ Vlct0ria "P ar k with an abundant quantity 

 mitted to a - t0Usly ' P ro vided it is subsequently per- 

 ▼icinity f 0P £* Into l )ublic baths to be erected in the 

 tlemen ar \i ? Se of the P 00r - Several benevolent ff en- 



°f the Bank f v ° f whom is Mr ' Cotton » Governor 

 for the ereon. ,^ and » are at present projecting a plan 



*"' *here the S at the east end of the metropo- 



10 obtain a 1 P ° 0rer classes of society may be enabled 

 C0 *mensuraf* 'I 80 conuuci *e to health, at a charge 

 baths > or indli their mean8 - The want ° f P»blic 

 the town ha* h any Place for bathing, at the east end of 

 Whic a their ' n eea . much relt, and there are few ways in 

 ^e Poor. promoters can become greater benefactors to 



^iVfire^ifc^T^ Mfirtet'—OM of the most de- 

 the burninrr f t lav . e occurre d in the metropolis since 

 evening .£.i,. *°PP»ng s wharf occurred on Monday 



Probmrinl Netas. 



Cheltenham. — A melancholy event occurred in the 

 parish of English Bicknor, in this county, on Tuesday 

 last, which has plunged a numerous family into affliction, 

 and cast a gloom over the whole neighbourhood. Lieu- 

 tenant- Colonel Davies, of Bicknor-court, was shootiu o 

 near that place, and in the act of getting over a hedge" 

 when his gun, becoming entangled in the briars, went off, 

 and lodged the contents of both barrels in his right side. 

 He immediately fell, and on the keeper, who accompa- 

 nied him, coming to his side, and attempting to raise 

 him, exclaimed, " It is of no use ; I am a dead man ! " 

 The keeper ran to the village for assistance, but before 

 he could return the unfortunate gentleman breathed his 

 last. Deceased was in his 5Sth year, and had been 40 

 years in the service of the East India Company, and had 

 held at various times many situations of trust and im- 

 portance. He returned from India in ill-health about 

 two years ago, and on the very morning of the accident 

 had despatched a letter resigning the service. He has 

 left a widow and a large circle of relations to deplore 

 their loss. 



Liverpool. — The Liverpool Albion mentions a rumour 

 that the practicability of connecting the opposite shores 

 of the Mersey by a stupendous chain-bridge is under 

 consideration. It is said that, by the formation of a 

 viaduct, on the principle of an inclined plane, on arches, 

 commencing at the top of James-street, to the margin 

 of the river, a sufficient elevation may be obtained. A 

 similar erection on the Woodside bank of the river 

 would, of course, be requisite. Such a work would throw 

 all suspension bridges into the shade, and the enterprise 

 would be worthy the combined energies of Lnerpool 

 and Birkenhead. — Messrs. Bury and Co., of this town, 

 engineers, have been commissioned by the Emperor of 

 Russia to supply the iron work of an iron bridge, to 

 cross the Neva, at St. Petersburg, as a substitute for the 

 present bridge of boats. The bridge will be 1078 feet 

 long, with seven arches, the centre one being 156 feet 

 span ; there will be a swivel bridge, 70 feet wide, to 

 allow the passage of ships, the bridge itself being of 

 small altitude; the carriage and pathways will be, to- 

 gether, 70 feet in width ; and the weight of iron will 

 probably be little short of 10,000 tons, and of the value 

 of 100,000/. 



Manchester. — The soirt'c of the Manchester Athenaeum 

 took place on Thursday week at the Free Trsde Hall, 

 and was remarkable for the attendance of the leading 

 members of that party vrhich is now generally known as 



"Young England/' Mr. B. D'lsraeli, MP. presided, 

 and in opening the proceedings congratulated (he meeting 

 on the flourishing state of the Institution, and detailed at 

 some length the measures taken by them to carry out its 

 objects. After alluding to the prejudice excited against 

 the Institution by the suspicion of party pclitics, Mr, 



D'lsraeli said : — 



11 I confess, tt appears to mcthat it would have been a marvel 

 had it been otherwise. When we remember the great changi - 

 that had then but very recently occurred in this country— when 

 we recall to our mind not only the great changes, that had oc- 

 curred, but the still greater that were menaced and discussed— 

 when we remember what an influence is created when local 

 jealousy blends with political passion— it U not difficult to ima- 

 gine, because there are none of us present but in their sphere 

 must have felt its influence— it is not wonderful that men of 

 different political opinions should look with extreme jealousy 



now the moving principle of society. You have disenthroned 

 Force, and placed on her high seat Intelligence x and the conse- 

 quence of this great revolution is, that it has become the d uty ar d 

 delight of every citizen to cultivate his faculties The prince of 

 all philosophy has told you, in an immortal apopthegm, so fa- 

 miliar to you all that it is written now in your halls and cham- 

 bers, « Knowledge is power/j If that memorable passage had 

 been perused by the student who first announced this discovery 

 of that great man to society, he would have fouod an oraclenot 

 less striking, and in my mind certainly not less true, for Lord 

 Bacon has not only said that 'knowledge is power/ but, living 

 one century after the discovery of the printing-press, he has also 

 announced to the world that ' knowledge is pleasure/ A man 

 who knows nothing but the history of the passing hour, who 

 knows nothing of the history of the past, but that a certain per- 

 son whose brain was ps vacant as his own occupied the same 

 house as himself, who in a moment of despondency or of gloom 

 Ins no hope in the morrow because he has read nothing that 

 has taught him that the morrow has any changes— that man, 

 compared with him who has read the most ordinary abridgment of 

 history or tbe most common philosophical speculation, isasdis- 

 nctand differ. an animal as if he had fallen from some other 

 planet, was influenced by a diffe t organisation, working for 

 a different end, and hoping for a different result. It is know, 

 lodge that equalises the social condition of man -that gives to 

 all our political po n, passions which arc in common, and 

 enjoyments which are universal. It is like the ladder in the 

 patriarch's mystic dream. Its base rests on the primeval earth 

 —its crest i*I in the shadowy splendour of the empyrean, 

 while the g\ authors that for traditionary ages have held the 

 chain of science philosophy, of | y an I erudition, arc like 



the angels a ndingand descending on the sacred Ie, and 

 maintaining, as it were, the communication h een man and 

 Heaven. s feeling is so universal thai there is no combi- 



nation of soci in any age in which it has not devel d 

 itself, I would say- word, then, to those for whom this 

 Institution is not entirely, but principally formed. I would 



address i elf to thatyoath on whom the hopes of ail so< s 



and de d. I doubt not that tl cy feel cons< 19 ol e 



•sition winch they occupy— a ition which, under all cir- 

 cumstance . at all periods, In every clime and country, is one 



replete with duty. , youth of a nation are the tiu^tccsof 

 P° 5 hut the youth I address have duties peculiar to the 



position which they occupy, Thoy are the rising p< neration of 

 a society unprecedented in the history of the world, that is at 

 one rfnl and 1 la ol r parts <>f the k dom the 



remains cf an ancient civilisation are prepared ever to guide, to 

 cultiv . to influence the rising mind ; but they are born in a 

 miraculous creation of novel powers, and it is rather a provi- 

 dential instinct that has developed the necessary means of 

 maintainingthe order of your new civilisation than the matured 

 foresight of man. This is their inheritance. They will be 

 nlled on to perform duties- great duties. I, for one, wish for 

 their sakes and for the sake of my country, that they may be 

 performed greatly. I give to them that c-uinsei which I have 

 ever given to youth, and which I believe to be the wisest and 

 the best, —I tell them to aspire. I believe that the man who 

 does not loot up will look down ; and that the spirit that dors 

 not dare to s *r is destined perhaps to grovel. I Indi- 



iis entitled to aspire to that position which be brlicvea 

 his faculties qualify him to occupy. The leaders of their com- 

 munity have not been remiss in regard to the interests of 

 youth. Let them remember that when the inheritance devolves 

 upon them they are not only to enjoy but to improve. They 

 will some day succeed to the high places of this great commu- 

 nity; lei 'hern recollect those who lighted the way for them, 

 and when they have wealth, when they have authority, 

 when they have power, let it not be said that they were 

 deficient in public virtue and public spirit. When the torch is 

 delivered to them, let them also lead the path of human progress 

 to educated m;.n."— Mr. Cobdbn next addressed the assembly, 

 an I was loudly cheered. He felt no greater difficulty in address- 

 ing an audience than to find himself in a position where he had 

 nothing to prove and nothing to deny. That was precisely his 

 position on the present occasion. He was sure he spoke the 

 language and the feeling of every member of the Athenaeum, 

 when he said he should regard that man as the greatest enemy 

 to his kind who should ever dream of converting that instita- 

 tion to any party or political purpose. He could not help con- 

 gratulating himself, while Mr. D'lsraeli was speaking, that with 

 Lord John Manners on the one side, and Mr. Smythe on the 

 other, the imputation of party must be an absolute contradic- 

 tion. He thanked them for coming among them, and produc- 

 ing so admirable a result as they had witnessed that night. 

 In his delightful novel of •« Coningsby," Mr. D'lsraeli said, 

 speaking of Mane ester, *'It is the philosopher only who can 

 understand and predict the future destiny of Manchester." He 

 Would venture to say that the philosopher would have but one 

 test for the future greatness of Manchester, and it would be a 

 mental not a materiel test. The test would not be the expanse 

 of bricks and mortar, nor the multiplication of steam-engines 

 and the accumulation of wealth. Just in proportion as mental 

 development proceeded in a becoming ratio with the develop- 

 ment of wealth and material resources, would their destiny be 

 dignified and exalted, or the very reverse. Manchester stood 

 upon an eminence; they were not in that position in which 

 they could shrink from that test. They were increasing in 

 numbers, they were accumulating in wealth, and therefore, 

 unless at the same time they ma progress in those moral and 

 intellectual developments to which he had referred, the expan- 

 sive power of her mills would contribute to the doom rather 

 thsn to the honour of Manchester. He spoke not merely of 

 Manchester, but of the surrounding districts ; Manchester had 

 its satellites of towns as large as ancient cities— those ancient 

 cities which had become celebrated in the world's history, not 

 for their wealth, not for their increase of numbers, but because 

 they had left traces of the arts and literature in the efforts of its 

 immortal men of geniu-. He therefore called upon the deputies 

 from the surrounding towns of Blackburn, Stockport, Oldham, 

 &c, to let this be the beginning of an effort to establish in those 

 towns an Atlienrcum, and thus render their community worthy 

 of the wealth and reason they possessed. He would only add, 

 they were Young Manchester, and he rejoiced to think they had 

 Young England with them. Let them go on as they had done, 

 and apply the same energy to that and kindred institutions, and 

 let them proceed in the firm belief that they were noto'nly add- 

 ing to their own stores of happiness, but tending to elevate the 

 community among which they lived, for upon them would de- 



n S> Portly befor, 



upon each other A combination of peculiar circumstances d the future ereatness of Manchester and the surrounding 



that created a balanced state of parties in those places where £ ommuni t y ._Lont John Manners next addressed the meet? 



ingr. In the course of his speech he remarked: " The magni- 

 ficent example set by Manchester to all other larg-e towns, and 

 with which all En-land is at this moment ringing, that great 

 undertaking to provide parks and walks for all classes of the 

 mmunity— open a". ike to the highest and the lowest— shows 

 how well that truth is understood in Mauchester, and I trust, 

 before long, it will be followed by another step in the same 

 direction, the opening of museums and colic ns of that na- 

 ture to the people at large. Most encouraging indeed is it to 

 witness the eagerness with which the people everywhere avail 

 themselves of every opportunity which is offered them to fre- 

 quent exhibitions of art, places of innocent amusement— still 

 more gratifying their demeanour while there."— The Hon. Mr. 

 Smythk, M.P., was the next ?aker. He said:" lam less unre- 

 served by the external splendour of this fair pageant than by the 

 thought, the idea, the elevated principle of which it is the ex- 

 pression. You represent a great necessity. It seems to me that 

 you, the men of Manchester, have determined to do honour to 

 literature, in a land where literature has too long been neglected 



the struggle for dominion and power take place very much 

 assisted this feeling; and that such a feeling existed throughout 

 all England in a degree more intense and more virulent than 

 has ever been equalled in the history of this country, I think no 

 man will deny, and all must deplore. For my part, I.bel eve that 

 had that party and sectarian feeling proceeded in the same power 

 and virulence it has done for the last twelvi r fourteen 

 years, it must have exercised a barbarising influence upon 

 public sentiments and public manners. There are some among>t 

 ns now, I know, who believe that the period has arrived when a 

 great effort must be made to emancipate this country from the 

 degrading thraldom of faction ; to terminate, if possible, that 

 extreme, that sectarian, and limited view, in which all human 

 conduct is examined, observed and criticised— to put an e:.«l to 

 exclusiveness, which, in its peculiar sphere, is equally deleterious 

 as that aristocratical exclusiveness of manners which has pro- 

 duced so much evil i and, as far as I can form an opinion, these 

 views have met with sympathy from every part of the countn 

 . . Heretofore societv was established necessarily on a very different 



eight o clock, in a large space of (principle to that which is now its basis. As civilisation has 



