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the number of hours or the particular times set apart for appearance in London. After his last examination at | some mie will be left for the benefit of the creditors of 
religious instruction, and chiefly to ascertain whether the | the eas office, the boy was sent to mouth, where | the join 
practice in the parish had or had not been in conformity | he was put on board t he Warspite, which carried Lord Bris ase oA An Monday afternoon the~Great Western 
ith those principles on which the education of pauper oad to mb United States. His conduct was or- team-ship was offered for sale by public auction in this 
children has been conducted under the Poor-law Amend- derly and regular. It appears that on the return of the kg ae bidding was very spirited, but she was 
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on religious subjects. e ere were by no means | custody, and on Wednesday morning he was apprehended | which had only = built ahent two vert at 
agreed on the main facts, but it appaciak that mau at his: father’s house in Westminster. Notice of the | of 32 nye She was on her way from Liverpool to 
ad been made by Mr. W illiams which were co a ates prisoner being in custody was sent to the police offices, | London, for the purpose of bert bg a: last voyage ~ ihe 
highly improper by the clergyman present, and tha angry | and in the course of the afternoon a Government Order | season from he Thames to St. Petersburg. She struck 
disputes had arisen between them which the cha ss made | was received, directing that the boy should be at once | on the rocks off the St. Agnes Light, on Monday #3 
no attempt to check. It appeared alsothat Mr. Williams had | taken back to ortsmouth, as it was not considered ne- | and went down shortly afterwards. It is said that, like 
put several questions to the children on spain connected | cessary that any inquiry should be instituted in town. most iron vessels, she was built in four compartments, and 
with geography and naval tactics, many of whic ch they could Hampton Court——On Thursday the ma gistrates at | that if she had not struck a complete broadside, which 
not have been expected to answer. There seems to be no Staines were occupied for several hours in investigating | stove in almost at the same moment both compartments on 
the inquiry, therefore, may do good, by increasing the | plate and other articles committed on the night of Friday | kept abo ter for two hours and » giving the 
efficiency of the teachers. Since the conclusion of the | last, at pto rt Palace. The portion of crew plenty of time to save their clothes as well as their 
commission, the directors and guardians of the parish have pal was re e apartment s. | lives ; whereas, i had been built o it ieved 
held a meeting onsider various questions arising out Sheridan and that of L dy D s rs in | that t have gone down antly, as the cas 
its appointment, and particularly the refusal of the com- | custody are, enry Grover, a jobbing gardener of dissol with the January 1841, on which occasion 67 
missioners to he sel on behalf of the vestry. After bits, living -W is wife, an young | souls perished, “ee about 34 miles of the same spot.— 
some tory ¢ tion, it was resolved, ‘‘ That oman in the service of Mrs. Sheridan. These | Another in er the bankruptcy of Messrs. Acra- 
appears to this board that the special commissioners ap- | parties were charged with the burglary and robbery, and — was Last week. he commissioners, after 
point y oor-law Commissioners to inquire into | another woman was charged with having received part | hearing farther ar  pwtinme decided against the validity of 
by the Ww e 
the education of the children in St. Pancras workhouse | of the property knowing it to have been stolen. After a ue deed of gift, by which decision the produce of the late 
have refused to admit counsel to appear on behalf of the | len gthened examination, the prisoners were fully com- | sale of pictures, &c., is declared to be the private estate of 
vestrymen and directors of the poor; that it also appears mitted | for trial. Mr. D. W. Acram man. 
by the instructions of the Poor-law Commissioners, that Sn Cambridge.—It is ‘stated in the local ange that bo 
the conduct of the vestrymen and directors is the subject | . ve Divines a likely to be candida 
inqui ) i rebincal Netos. ortant office of Regius Selene of of Diy —The Rev. 
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is, therefore, of opinion that such refusal is illegal and St. ma ph Friday last the Bishop of London 
unjust to the parties concerned.’’—On Wednesday the | consecrated t chapel i thie o Holy Trinity in “a parish 
ommissioners attended at the Workhouse, for the pur- | of St. Sacdbone After thec ceremony, his Lordship pre 
pose of concluding their inquiry by entering into a minute | a sermon appropriate to the occasion —_ co aoe a 
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atch the proceedings of: the Commissioners. The ex- deaconry. This is, of course, the same as that delivered | to the treatment poy the prisoners i in ne ‘No tthleach House 
amination lasted several hours, and, at its conclusion, in St. Paul’s last sesh and noticed i in our Jast ; butas the of Correction, and many facts e been brought to light 
th i a ¢ | y point s.| which have been severely comsiieitedl 3 n by the daily 
in which the c en had answered most of the questions | which were re doubtfully tated in th I di grep this pers. Last week, a man named Beale, pet had been re- 
put to them, a Mr. Twisselton is stated to have ob- kabled I 1di cently liberated from the House of Correction vit having 
served to some of the guardians, that out of the number the Bis shop = with the Bishopeot € Oxford, Exeter, and | undergone six months imprisonment t and labour, 
of persons who. had made application to the Poor-law Salisbury, in giving his official judgment in ‘ebemit of their | died under circumstances which induce nay toccuie to 
Commissioners for situations as masters of pauper schools, | teaching, ane every fundamental point of doctrine, and belt an so on the ote 
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of the discovery of, the frauds committed at the Custom- versaries, but which are either not ” ie ” agen in pee stated that he ‘had been kept in a oe fe cell oi 
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mesting it was agre ta committee should wait on the | the constitution and authority of th = Chine, "the “ilabogi placed there for the purpose of picking potatoes, being too 
mas to know what steps they would | says t that if the view he has ta ken of the subject be cor- | ill to work at the tread-mill; that he had previously been 
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added that a notice had appeared in the public journals | They alone are duly commissioned to preach the word-of | stated that deceased was re and nd haly at the 
which had the appearance of being egg intimating that | God, and to minister his holy sacraments.” He strongly | mencement of his imprisonment ; he was kept on 5 ths 
i i £ G i i he its ob I both deceased and 
it was the intention of Govern 0 prosecute the in- | insists o the rubric ; ce in his | wheel for two months at first ; sat 
quiries into the fraudulent ase at the Custom- | ju t ought complete, and the clergy are | witness preferred the wheel to the damp cells, which were 
house, the authority pecial commission. A und thereto in the plainest manner. He ends | of cold stones, with stone seats, and a running | der 
lengthened discussion ensued, course of which it | the practice of daily services, and t - at they en pla re when com 
was stated t important information had been ‘*T think,’’ he says, that in every parish there | and exhausted b — and were so famished for want 
» obtained of the practices at th " house, when i g at least monthly communion.” He urges | of sufficient food, th 7 
was resolved for the present no any meeting of | the obser 7) canons, except where y have ck of ra potato sor n t cel r. He bad seen 
me trade, but.to. wait a eaten the result of any in- | been virtually dispensed with by universal disuse, stating | mavy prisoners faint and fall down in the yard from ex- 
estization- ‘ecbtaaed by e Governme nt. I s dosha e only distinction between s an i be, | haustion, produ th el; and in rainy weather 
po that th iri that the former may be dispensed with, the latter caunot. | the wet had often rundown the walls. One of the sur- 
the extent of the fra aw in the import: of Fras enc ch He recommends the clergy to preach the morning sermon j geons of the hospital pgm that deceased died of con- 
silks, and the mode adopted by Nines Se silk goods | in their surplices ; sanctions the use of candles upon the sumption in an advanced state, produced, in his opinion, 
were brought into st pe me marke altar, and such other devotional postures and practices as | by being placed in a cold damp situation when in a state 
Southwark.—In consequence ne the near spEtosch. a have any written authority of the Church of England to | of perspiration ; he also seemed to dwell particular ly on 
the contest for the office of High Bailiff, , one of the recommend them; but condemns the introduction of no- | the diet admini n the prison, which he considered 
lucrative appointments in the gift of the Common Council velties, for which no such <a can be pleaded. He | likely to aggravate the disease. The —— — d 
tics of the ney ere “beginning to attract the | expresses a wish that some simple distinctive dress should or further ev vidence, and is not yet conclu 
notice of the daily papers. It is said that the majority of | be appointed by proper authority for the clergy; but dis- | Liverpool. Tuesday evening the 2c ae of 
on Council have generally abstained from mak- | courages any attempt, on the part of individuals, to re- | this town were alarmed at the report that the property 
ing any. promises, so that it is siteindy establish the use of a now obsolete costume. The other | saved from the late great fire in the Waterloo-road had 
difficult to cae upon the success of any particular | topics treated of are the duty of obedience and reverence | again, for the third time, ignited, and was 
candidate. The impression is, however, that the great | to the Church of England; the great impropriety of | great fury. Sho Joes uistarng that part of the town was 
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struggle we be betwee Harvey and Mr. | speaking disparagingly of the Liturgy; the corruptions of illuminated, the fire- ere rung, and the engines im- 
Pri 8 rd. Alderman Sir W. Heygate commenced his Buse m8 _ a react the clergy are strongly warned ; at | mediately proceeded tothe spot. The report proved to 
canvass by declaring that he merely looked to the honour pele ey Church of Rome is admitted to be a true, the interior of a cotton-shed, in the cellars of 
of the appointment, and was so far from considering | true ee of the Church Catholic, and the Exeter-hall which were large quantities of turpentine and cotton, 
emo! nt a desideratum, that he made reduction of the system of agitation peremptorily discounten ving again taken fire, the flames ascendi immense 
salary a sine qué non in the terms upon which ny.—The s minstrels, the mes. Many thousands of spectators were il 
Fro is declaration, it is X- | national Listeddvod, too town last week, Mr. } congregated, and notwithstanding the loss of life which 
pected that those who are of opinion he necessities Powell, of Wonaston,- being the ar for the | took place on the first outbreak, it was wi 1 
te a candidate ve oe a ay of claim will rally | year. The oe of the prizes to successful c — culty they could be kept back from the shed. It appears 
i ey, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Pritehard | was the most interesting feature of the meet ae a great | that the property which had ignited, had, ever since the 
pamit that poe tae no objection ieee to the emolu- number being for compositions on various historical aad great fire, been covered with the bricks and tim of 
ments = the oetical ao ee The prize for the best essay ‘‘ On the | the late buildings ; and during t t fortnight workmen 
Accidents. We re, egret to state that a serious accident i n emp a 
happened on Monday afternoon to Sir C. Nugent. As 
the Admiral was leaving ssrs» Drummo nk, at 
Charing-cross, he stopped to take a view of the Nelson 5 anoih (son n of the 
Monument. Whilst in the act of looking at its progress, | representative, and was inv gp hong a costly ring, and a 
his foot slipped} and the gallant officer fell on the curb- purse of fifty g guineas, "The est among the eee gars 
stone, by which the thigh-bone was fractured near the hip. | for new triple wn ae highly, interesting 5 there were 
Admi ugent was immediately conveyed to Charing- nine ca auiiakenst e first prize was won by a female | m 
ospital, where he is going on very favourably, but | musician. ps: ‘celebration of next year is expected to be | 3 
at the advanced age of 85 his recovery must be e very slow. held ier Carm t 
No dangerous result is at a expected. bata a mee’ ting of of perc: of the comets estate the 
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