Oct. 26,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



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The threatened introduction of the New several hours, and ended in the committal of the 



Rochdale. „ . 



Poor Law into the heart of the manufacturing districts 



has had the effect of raising a considerable commotion 

 amongst the people of Ashton, Oldham, and Rochdale, 

 w ho are strenuously opposed to tbe Poor Law being in- 

 troduced into their respective parishes. A meeting con- 

 vened in accordance with a requisition signed by nearly 

 3000 ratepayers was held on Monday in this town, Mr. 

 Leach, the high constable, in the chair, at which the 

 following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — 

 1 That it is the opinion of this meeting that the intro- 

 duction of the New Poor Law into this Union will be in- 

 jurious to the best interests of its inhabitants; that it 

 will not only entail heavier expenses on the ratepayers, 

 bat that it will be vexatious end oppressive to those 

 who through necessity are compelled to apply for paro- 

 chial relief. 2. That this meeting does most emphatic- 

 ally declare that the parochial business of the townships 

 comprising this Union is conducted in a very satisfactory 

 manner, and agreeable to the ratepayers ; that the in- 

 troduction of the New Poor Law is entirely uncalled for 

 and unnecessary, as evinced by the numerously signed 

 requisition of the principal ratepayers requesting the 

 chief constable to convene this meeting. 3. That it is the 



prisoners to the county gaol, to take their trial. 



YoYk.— The inquest on the body of Mr. Inchbald, 

 the farmer, who was murdered at Low Dunsforth, near 

 Boroughbridge, as stated in our paper of the 5th inst., 

 has terminated in the committal of William Kendrew, to 

 take his trial on the capital charge, and of his brother 

 as accessory before the fact. T..e prisoners were appre- 

 hended at Newcastle. 



Railways. — The folli 'n^ are the returns for the 

 past week :-— Birmingham and Glouces'er, 2888/.; 

 Bristol and Gloucester, 1123/. ; Eastern Counties, 

 4594/.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2G52/.; Great Western, 

 19,423/.; G; d Junction, 8770/. ; G! ow, Paisley, 

 and Ayr, 1545/. n ' *"* '" - - - --- 



London and Bi 



8041 /.; Blackwa 



5552/. ; Croydon 



5059/. ; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull, associated, 7695/. ; 



Midland, 11,786/. ; Manchester and Birmingham, lis 1/. ; 



Newcastle and Carlisle, 1783/.; Newcastle and Dar- 



ojiinion of this meeting that it is the duty of the guardians, 

 and that they be requested immediately to memorialise 

 tie Commissioners, and likewise the Secretary of State, 

 against the introduction of the measure into this district, 

 and that a copy of fiese resolutions be conveyed with 

 such memorial. 4. That this meeting pledges itself to 

 support the guardians in all legal measures taken to re- 

 sist the introduction of the New Poor Law into this 

 Union. The meeting took place in the open air, and was 

 attended by thousands of people ; and it is said that the 

 requisition would have contained many more names, and 

 those of the most respectable inhabitants, but there was 

 not type in the town to setup their names. 



Straiford-upon-Avon. — It is well known to all who 

 have visited this town, that Eeveral of the old inscrip- 

 tions on the monuments or stones to the memory of 

 Shakespeare's family have been so obliterated by time, 

 or the feet of visitors, as to be scarcely legible. The 

 Rev. W. Harness, having recently spent some time in 

 the native town of our great dramatist, at his own 

 expense has caused all the inscriptions to be retouched 

 and restored, so that they now appear exactly in the 

 state in which they originally stood, and can be easily 



read by anybody acquainted with the forms of our old 

 letters. 



Wakefield. — Another colliery explosion took place 

 last week in the colliery of Messrs. Mickletbwaite and 

 Co., near this town, at which time three men were at 

 work in the pit. Two of the men were killed by the 

 explosion ; and when their bodies were brought to the 

 bank they were found to be literally burnt to a cinder. 

 The jury after a long inquiry returned a verdict of 

 Accidental Death. The explosion is supposed to have 

 been occasioned by one of the deceased having removed 

 the top of his lamp, but there was no direct evidence 

 upon the subject. At Sunderland last week three pit- 

 jnen were brought before the magistrates, charged with 



• aving drawn the flame through the Davy lamps for the 

 purposa of lighting their pipes, and committed to Durham 

 House of Correction for three weeks. 



Warwick. — It is generally known that 6ome years 

 ago, the proceedings contingent upon a long-protracted 

 €i«m mide by an individual named George Leigh, as the 

 lawful heir to the estates of Lord (then Mr. Chandos) 

 Lei -'h, at Sionleigh, in Warwickshire, were brought to 

 a term-nation by a decision of the House of Lords in 

 favour of the present possessor, Lord Leigh. Recently, 

 another claimant has started up in the person of John 

 J^'gh, upwards of 50 years of age, and residing at 

 vaowbent, about five miles from Bolton, in Lancashire ; 

 uo with his supporters has been locating at Coventry, 

 " Te ™" le8 f rom the Abbey, for several weeks past, in 

 S«est of evidence to substantiate his claim. On Monday 

 ™ornmg, the new claimant, with his heir, James Leigh, 



Ch 0n ? S J*°I )Wood (describing himself as a descendant of 

 .'•i^topher Leigh, from whom the kst claimant founded 

 c4/!f i t0 the Stonl eigb domain), and 29 others, pro- 

 Abb , ou S h ^e old lodge gate, arm in arm, to the 

 Pol! f 7 ' W , ll was S uarded at a11 points by officers of 

 ■ever 1 lab °nrers employed upon the estate. After 

 atta -k , 8t f em I )ts t0 effe ct an entrance, the intruders 

 b-ok^ offi cers and overpowered them. Thev then 



• e down a door with a crowbar, and obtained forcible 

 uarr - nc . e lnt0 the mansion. Some of them immediately 



to kee r d °° r bj whicb they had entered ' in ori!er 

 the* P . un . lsturb ed possession, which, by these means, 



«ne in tT nt i amed f ° r u P wards of an hour— some remain- 

 ?j| J 6 , useke eper's room, and others in the passage 



th i various domestic apartments. During the 



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afTra 



alarm bell was rung, and in a short time the 



principal • run S» ana in a snort nine me 



aa imme. t° rll0n ° f the Stonle 'S h tenantry, together with 

 to o, Wan? £ u ™ ber of persons from Coventry, Leaming- 

 J **n. Th— ' ,. ni ! w ' ortD ' & c., were congregated on the 

 Leigh 



e police also arrived, and the ringleader, John 

 *ou'd mi 1 at navin g gained what they wanted, they 

 •njoifdiHvi pns . 0n or an y*here they liked. The officers 



n „...- __ ._ _.. . room were 



ble appear- 

 "ui. nuip'ip f- i— "j »uuuc mo snguicsi resistance, 



W U U .7 V , F ? red themselves to be handcuffed, and 



into custody the whole of the offending 



lington, 1153/.; Preston and Wjre, 381/.; South- 

 Eastern and Dover, G.U9/. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 

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

 Selby. 2800/. ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 335/.— The 

 Board of Trade has just issued a circular to the several 

 railway companies, calling their attention to the dangc i 

 of the plan adopted on some railways of running excur- 

 sion trains drawn by several engines. They state that 

 the opinion of several experienced practical men has 

 been taken, and that they all state the present mode of 

 working the excursion trains to be extremely dangerous ; 

 and the Board of Trade recommend that these excursion 

 trains should be divided into sections, so that no more 

 than two engines should be used with any one train of 

 carriages. They also point out the extreme danger likely 

 to arise from the want of punctuality in the arrival of 

 these excursion trains, arising from thtir great weight ; 

 and they strongly urge upon the companies to adopt a 

 different mode of working the excursion trains in order 

 to avoid the danger of the present method — The Irish 

 papers state that on account of the great number of 

 railways brought forward in Ireland, the Board of 

 Trade will recommend that a commission, similar 

 to that of the late Mr. Drummond's, should be issued, 

 to inquire and report upon the various lival Hues. 

 The late Act gives to the Board of Trade a veto upon all 

 new lines, but the number is now so unprecedented in 

 all parts of the empire, and there are so many conflicting 

 lines, that the Beard consider they would be totally 

 unable to deal with the subject satisfactorily without 

 some such assistance as a commission in Ireland. — The 

 Eastern Counties Company intend to start on Monday 

 next a train composed of third-class carriages only, to 

 leave London early in the morning for Colchester, and 

 return to town late in the evening, for the poorer classes, 

 who, in pursuance of the recent Act of Parliament, are 

 to be charged only one penny per mile. A similar train 

 will traverse the Cambridge line daily. — A meeting to 

 consider the plans proposed for affording railway com- 

 munication to the Potteries took place on Friday at 

 Stoke- upon-Trent. The secretary to the Grand Junction 

 Company proposed a line to start from Stoke, pass 

 through Etruria, leaving Hauley to the right and New- 

 castle to the left. The grand point was to get a line to 

 Liverpool. The line would pass Stoke and Stow to 

 Stafford. The Chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead 

 Company said they were prepared to co-operate in form- 

 ing a line from Birkenhead through the Potteries to 

 Rugby, and this the meeting approved of. — An influen- 

 tial meeting of the supporters of the South Wales Rail- 

 way was held in Newport last week, Mr. Blewitt, M.P., 

 in the Chair, supported by Mr. Bailey, M.P. for Wor- 

 cester, and other Members of Parliament. A resolution 

 wa3 agreed to that the formation of a railway through 

 South Wales to the port of Fishguard, for the purpose 

 of affording the means of communication between this 

 important district, the South of Ireland, and the Metro- 

 polis, forming a line of junction with the northern aad 

 southern railways of England, would be of incalculable 

 public advantage, and deserved the warm support of the 

 meeting. — The Kendal and Windermere Railway, against 

 which the inhabitants of the district, and the Poet 

 Laureat so loudly protest, is to be supported in the 

 House of Lords by Lord Brougham, and in the House of 

 Commons by the Hon. Colonel Lowther and Alderman 

 Thompson. — A meeting of the most influential landowners 

 of the county of Lincoln w?s held in the Town-hall at 

 Bourn on Saturday, «• to consider and determine upon 

 the best means of promoting the projected line of ra : lway 

 from Cambridge to Lincoln," being a portion of the in- 

 tended line from the former town to York. General 

 Johnson, M.P. for Oldham, took the chair. It 

 was stated that the works would join the London! 

 line at Claj-farm, three miles south of Cambridge, 

 proceeding northward to St. Ives, thence to Ramsey 

 and Peterborough, which city it would pass as closely 

 as possible, and probably through it. Thence by 

 Market Deeping it would be continued within a 



short distance on the east to Bourn, so as to get round . - **,«!, ■nriptiea 



the high lands close to Lincoln. It would then pass by in their hearts, pleased wuh the spread ofwch *OW***. 

 the hollow of the valley watered by the river Witham Mr. M. O'Connell, in seconding the motion, expressed 

 on to York. It was intended to make branch lines from 



more than half the turn usually expended. Resolutions 

 in fivour of the line were unanimously adopted. — A 

 meeting took place at Windsor last week, the Rev. Dr. 

 Haw trey in the chair, to consider the propriety of form- 

 ing a new atmospheric line direct from Windsor to London, 

 with a branch from Windsor to the Great Western at 

 Slough. Resolutions in favour of the line were unani- 

 mously adopted, and the engineers were directed to com- 

 plete the surveys. The plan of the line has been sub- 

 mitted to the Queen, who is said to approve of the 

 undertaking ; and Her Majesty is expected to consent to 

 a slight eucroachment in the Home Park between 

 Windsor and Datchtt-bridges, in order to facilitate its 

 construction. — A decline has taken place in Great 

 Western shares, which is accounted for by the appear- 

 ance of the prospectus of this new line from London to 

 Windsor, and also of a line from Exeter to Falmouth, 

 which, it is said, will be worked in conjunction with a 

 line supported by the South W em directors, to be 

 made from Salisbury to Exeter, and from Exe'cr through 

 North Devon to Bodmin, Tru o, and . Imoutli.— The di- 

 rectors of the Sheffield and Mar.c ster J tail way have 

 coma to an arrangement with the Midland Counties and 

 the Manchester and Birmin am Companies, tor the 

 lease of their line. A meeting of the proprietors is to 

 bi o died immediately to confirm the run agreed upon. 



IRELAND. 



Dublin.— Mr. O'ConneU'sr. declaration in favour 



of Federalism hag excited the greatest interest among all 

 parties, but has not been well received by the repealera. 

 The two leading journals of this city have announced 

 their opposition to it, and Mr. Duffy, editor of the 

 Nation, and one of the state prisoners, has published a 

 long letter to Mr. O'Connell condemning as dangeroua 

 and inexpedient any junction of the Repeal Association 

 with the Federal movement. The provincial Repeal 

 papers on the contrary, with few excretions, have an- 

 announccd their intention to adopt Mr. O'CoDneU'g 

 change of views. A Whig weekly paper assures its readers 

 that an important movement is iu contemplation in refer- 

 ence to federal legislation for Ireland, and adds, that in 

 the course of the next week decided s'eps will be taktn 

 to bring the subject under public notice. — The weekly 

 meeting of the Repeal Association was held on Monday 

 in Conciliation Hall. The chair was taken by Counsellor 

 Mackey, who briefly addressed the meeting, confining his 

 observations to the registry, and congratulated the Asso- 

 ciation on the success which had attended its exertions. 

 Dr. Nagle read a letter from Mr. H. Grattan, M.P., 

 which accompanied a presentation of 100 copies of the 

 memoirs of his father, the late Mr. Grattan, to the Asso- 

 ciation. The letter went at considerable length into the 

 policy of establishing Repeal reading-rooms through the 

 country, and dwelt on the benefits that would unquestion- 

 ably be derived from them. The writer contrasted the ex- 

 tensive system of education that prevailed in America with 

 that existing in this country, and then observed, " that 

 it would be for the Association to follow up the 

 great example afforded by that country, and forward 

 the establishment of libraries everywhere; and support 

 these reading-rooms throughout the country. With that 

 view I beg to place at the disposal of the Association 100 

 copies of the Memoirs of the late Mr. Grattan, amoun'- 

 ing to 400 octavo volumes. They comprise the most 

 interesting period of Irish history ; they set forth the 

 proceedings of 1782, and detail the successful efforts cf 

 the glorious and immortal volunteers ; they contain 

 authentic letters of the ablest statesmen in Ireland and 

 England, and official documents that never before 

 appeared. They may serve to raise the character of that 

 country which it is now the fas; n to depress, and 

 rescue from oblivion the most glorious period of her 

 annals, when her people were strong and generous, but, 

 alas ! too credulous and too confiding ; they may teach 

 the rising generation to revere the memory of those 

 departed patriots who struggled so nobly for their 

 liberties ; may still cherish the virtues of her people ; 

 may generate a race of patriots ; and thus convert them 

 into a race of heroes." Dr. Nagle then moved a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Grattan for his donation, which was 

 seconded by the Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, and passed with 

 acclamation. Mr. M. O'Connell handed in 20/. from 

 Waterford, 8/. 18s. 6d. from Glasgow, and then observed 

 that he had to present the Association with a proof that 

 the cause of Repeal was making considerable progress 

 amongst their sturdy countrymen the Presbjterians of 

 the north. The honourable gentleman then handed in 

 several contributions from the north, including 29/. 10*. 

 from Dungibbon, county Derry ; and G'. \C>s. from Dun- 

 gannon ; and moved a vote of thanks to the subscribers. 

 The Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, in seconding the motion, 

 said that, from the information he had been able to 

 obtain, he could fully bear out the observations of Mr. 

 O'Connell with regard to the spread of Repeal principles 

 in the north of Ireland. Mr. Daunt moved the expul- 

 sion of two Repeal wardens at Airdrie, in Scotland, from 

 the Association, as they acknowledged that they were 

 Ribandmen ; and spoke at some length against secret 

 societies. It was false to say that the Repealers were, 



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 fated 



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waggons to the Town-hall, Leaming- 



'"e arrivnl nf »i • ---— i .«».— .~ B 



, t! the P"soners created great excite- 



in "tL f U8ands of the inhabitants being congre- 



Boston to Sleaford and Newark, and from Spalding to 

 Stamford. The applications for shares had been almost 

 innumerable. The list was already full, and the com- 

 mittee of management had rejected upwards of 30,000. 

 The cost would be comparatively trifling from the rlat- 



; ;. m »»ie streets VhU «, ■♦ i f • * n«, of the locality I was estimated that the works He drew a strong picture of the miseries or a convict me 



^ the resu'ttf ^Z^^^X [ ^XSS&i for ^500/. per mile-but little J in Van Diemen'a Land and Norfolk Island, as a warning 



his regret that Irishmen could be so stupid and insane as 

 to listen to those traitors who led them into illegal and 

 criminal bodies. In every instance, the heads and 

 fomentors of those Riband societies were dissolute 

 keepers of low shebeens and public-houses, who invented 

 these foolish rules to give attraction to whisky-drinking. 

 He drew a strong picture of the miseries of a convict life 



