The Press. — London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

111. 0 .17 , re port the same to this court." After discussing the motion and amendment the latter was put and carried by a large majonty; but Mr. Cox calling for a divi sion, the court divided, when there appeared for the affirmative, 67: negative, 36—majority, 22. The amendment was consequently carried. Notice of a motion for the establishment of drinking fountains in the City was then given, and the court separated. THE BOT•L GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY wilt hold a m eeting at half-past eight on Monday evening next., at Burlington-house, Piccadilly, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, President, in the chair. The following papers will be read :-1. Notes, Geographical and Commercial, on the Gulf of Pecbeli and the Peilio River, by Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., F.R.G.S., H.M.S. Furious; 2. Leichardt and the Australian Desert, by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, of Sydney, F.R.G.S. THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM was visited during the week ending 13th November, 1858, by 7,335 persons. IHE BIRTHS of 910 boys and 904 girls, in all 1,814 children, were registered last week in London. Under the influence of cold air and fogs the mortality has much increased. The deaths registered in London were in the two previous weeks 1,133 and 1,217 ; in the last week they rose to 1,349. Scarlatina is still very fatal, the deaths from it last week being 145, nearly double the average rate. THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 20, 5 1858. The penalty was two years' imprisonment, and for the full period of that time I remained an inmate of the gaol at Clonmel, while from the windows of my lonely apartment 11 looked out upon the hills over which, in happier days, I had so often ridden in company with her into whose ears I had breathed vows of attachment which, on my part, I have maintained inviolate. He then d:tscribes an interview with Lord Gough At last I determined to force au interview with Lord Gough himself, and, proceeding to Loughcooter for that purpose, I surprised him in his own demesne. Lord Gough's reception of me was that of a soldier and a gentle man. Every amends that words could convey I made for the insult offered, as he said to his family, and I received his entire forgiveness. I then informed him that I had obtained the most positive information as to Miss Arbuth not's state of mind; that when she heard me abused by her friends she would burst into tears, and then retire to her room for the rt.mainder of the evening, where she was left without notice or remark, with other details of a similar nature. Lord Gough said that the hearts of young girls were deceitful; but that, assuming my supposition to be true, which his did not by any means admit, the world would not allow Miss Arbuthnot to marry me. That appears to me a remark of deep import in relation to the late proceedings ; but my opinion is that the world cares little about the affairs of two humble individuals, who ought to be allowed to settle them in private and without being subjected to a species of interference which results in public scandal. Finally, Lord Gough advised me to pursue an open, not clandestine course, and, acting upon this suggestion, I went to Clonmel, and not finding Mr. Gough at home, I wrote to request a meeting with him. Mr. Gough, after an interval, refused tilt interview, and 1 found, through Government officials, that it had been re presented that I had requested a hostile meeting, and that my communication was of a threatening character. Mr. Carden concludes with the following promise:— In conclusion, I here renew no longer to individuals, but to the public, the assurance that, in regard to this young lady, I can never again be guilty of conspiracy or violence of any sort ; and if my heavy recognizances are estreatvd, as some predict, it will not be by reason of any original aggression of my own. From her whose weakness is the foil of virtues, which, under different circumstances, would place her name among those on which the poor and the lowly love to dwell, I crave forgiveness, should these lines ever meet her eyes, for having taken a course which nothing but the extraordinary nature of the case could have induced me to adopt. My feelings of regard and devotion to her remain unchanged, and will continue until that great day when hidden mysteries and far-spread delis. sions stall be revealed and corrected in the light of Omni science. A SHOCKING MURDER has taken place in the C.unty Cork. A young man, named Burke, was returning home from the fair of Goleen, and when a little way out of the village he was set upon by a party of miscreants, who knocker: him down, jumped on him, and fractured his skull in five places. He lingered in great agony since the occurrence, and died on Friday last. No cause has been clearly asssigned for this wanton attack. Some say it was about " fortune," the sister of a man named Minehan being married to unfortunate Iturke's brother. Others say that it arose from a long-treasured vengeance, for a beating Minehan received some time ago, but which gss , " unfortunate dec e ased had no hand in. coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " way. laying and murder" against six persons, all of whom are in custody. ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION iS reported. On Monday afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, as Samuel Murray Gason, Esq., D.L., J.P., who resides at Littleton, in the vicinity of Nenagh, was returning home he was fired at from behind a hedge by a blacksmith with a piuol, containing a charge of slugs, which perforated his coat and vest and grazed his side. Mr. Gason lost a good deal of blood, and has had a most wonderful escape. It is not believed that this outrage hat) any connection with the Ribbon conspiracy. THE QUEEN'S Co us= MURDER is thus referred to by a local correspondent •—" It is now certain that the murder of Mr. Ely did not come by surprise on many persons in that locality, and that, though the act of one man, the villainous intention was no secret. No stronger proof of the existence of Ribbonism can be evinced than that occurrences of a similar nature have often b•!en reported in anticipation, as, in the present instr.nce, the discharge of that murderous weapon was known to be for the death of Mr. Ely. That Jamer. Delany is the murderer, and that he is still in the ,district, no one attempts to deny, but there the matter for the present ends. It is a matter of surprise that, though a week has elapsed, the Govern • ment have neither offered any reward nor taken any active steps to put down with the strong arm of the law a conspiracy that is fast taking deep root in the country. The local magistrates have not been equally inactive. Three gentlemen, Messrs. Henry White, Robert Palmer, and John Lyster, have formed a provisional committee to raise subscriptions to a reward fund. Large sums are being contributed. Almost all the landed proprietors of the district now carry firearms, and the position of some who have already been, to use a well-known expression, marked men' is very trying. It may be some eon. solation to them that, when mischief is really in. V robintial. TUE REFORMERS OF BIRMINGHAM have held meeting, at which many of the most influential residents of the town were present ; and the chair was taken by Mr. P. H. Muntz. A resolution was adopted expressing the opinion that Mr. Bright should be supported by the " combined energies " of the Liberals of Birmingham. Another resolution originated an association by which that cooperation might be effectually rendered. TRE STATUE to Dr. Isaac Barrow, the companion statue to Lord Baton and Sir Isaac Newton, was on Tuesday erected in the ante•hall to the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. The statue, which is by Mr. Matthew Noble, represents Dr. Barrow with a pair of compasses in one hand, denoting his mathe matical predilections, and a vo:inne of sermons in the other, suggestive of his celebrity as a divine, and more particularly of the copiousness and luxu riance of his style in this class of composition. Dr. Whewell has undertaken to supply the inscription, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, the donor, is shortly expected on a visit to that gentleman to view the statue in its resting•place. THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW, at Bingley-ball, opens on Monday, the 29th of this month. The prospects of the show are highly encouraging. The entries of cattle are equal to those of last year, the sheep are more numerous, and the entries of poultry are considerably in excess, especially in the depart neat allotted to pigeons. The entries of pigs are fewer; but this deficiency is more than compensated cy the increase in sheep, a point of great importance. fhe arrangements in regard to admissions are resumed on the usual liberal scale, and entitle the council to the support which they ask from the town and district generally. A DEPUTATION FROM THE HoP PLANTERS of Kent and Sussex attended, according to appointment, at the Treasury, Whitehall, on Tuesday, for the pur. pose of soliciting her Majesty's Government to relieve the growers of the duty on hops. The Earl of Derby and the Chancellor of the Exchequer having been called to Windsor, the deputation was received by Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P., Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Having listened to the statements of the deputation, Mr. Hamilton said he would lay all the /natters which had been brought out before the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and, no doubt, they would receive every consideration. 3rtlanb. THE WILH LOVE• CHASE of Mr. John Carden, of Baritone, in the county of Tipperary, is the subject o f pamphlet defending his pursuit of Miss Eleanor Arbuthnot. Mr. Carden, who is a gentleman of considerable property, and over fifty, having re counted the proceedings already familiar to the Public, says, with respect. to the " laconic and decided refusal " t o see hi m, ment i one d i n Mi ss A r b ut h no t' s informati on : The laconic refusal alluded to in the information was in reply to a letter of mine addressed to Mr. Gough, re fpiesting to be readmitted to the house. It consisted of the word "No with the initials "E. L. A." in the middle of a sheet of note paper. I did not attach importance to it, conceiving that she had acted under influence. Yet, after this and similar repulses from a lady who declared, with all the solemnity of an oath, that she "entertained the greatest aversion to the said Bohn Carden," he persevered. Speaking of his Un- Orlionment he says ; tended, the victim, as in the last case, receives no notice, as it is certain that Mr. Ely never had an idea that lie had an enemy." A RIBBON NOTICE has been posted on the walls and streets of Ennis. It reads thus :—' 4 'lake notice that any person giving out mock ground, or requiring more than 4/. an acre for it, I swear by the contents of this notice that the sun won't set when he will meet his death by Molly Maguire or one of her children." ate 64tircl. THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S CHARGE. THE BISHOP or LONDON, the, Right Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, delivered his Primary Visitation Charge on Wednesday, at St. Paul's Cathedral, and from a comparatively early hour the doors were besieged by persons eager to gain admittance. Th• privilege of the entrée was in the first instance con. fined to the clergy, or those whose presence was indispensable at the ceremony, but after the com mencement of the proceedings the public were admitted indiscriminately, and free access was per mitted to the edifice throughout the day. At form( r visitations the service has been performed in the choir, and the Bishop has delivered his Charge from the space within the railings of the communion table. On the present occasion, however, the pre liminary service took place and the Charge was delivered in the vast area un.ler the magnificent dome, which is in course of preparation for the con templated Sunday Evening Services. A considerable space in the immediate vicinity of this rostrum was reserved for the clergy, who attended in unprece dented numbers, it being computed that upwards of 1,000 were present during the day. There were, also, beyond the space appropriated to the clergy of the diocese, many hundreds of ;aytnen and ladies, who evinced the utmost anxiety to hear the opinion of the right rev. prelate upon those ecclesiastical questions which at this moment excite so mueh interest. The BISHOP then read his Charge, of which the following are the more essential portions. Having referred to the great exertions of Dr. Blom&ld, the late bishop of the diocese, and to the secular and spiritual functions of the clergy, and their emolu• ments, he proceeded to speak on the subject of CHURCH RATES. I fear I must not deceive you into any expectation that in those panshes in which church-rates have been lost they are likely to be recovered, though signs are not wanting of the inhabitants of newly-constituted parochial districts being more ready now to contribute to the main tenance of their own particular church than they were formerly to the distant mother church of the undivided parish. The feeling of Parliament does not seem to war- rant the hope of our recovering what is lost. We know not what plan the Government may devise for settling this difficult and embarrassing question of church-rates. believe, indeed, that it' what was hinted at last summer by the heal of the Government be adopted, the landed proprietors of England will not be found unwilling of their own accord to tax their property by an annual rent-charge, fairly calculated, that they may keep up what the vast majority of them happily regard as the most valuable in stitution in the country. I fear, however, that in the towns we could not expect to share very largely in the advantage of such a commutation, since in so many in• stances in towns other terangements have already become habitual, and people feel also that in towns the churches, from the overwhelming amount of population, are not able to provide that full accommodation for the poor which is secured in the country, and for which the landed proprietors think it no hardship to be obliged to pay. Ido not mean that there is any substantial equity in considering the holders of property in towns free from a burden of this kind. Common reason te Is us that the owner of a large manufactory is as much indebted as the owner of a large landed estate to the labourers by whose industry his capital is made productive, and is therefore bound to contribute his full share of whatever is required to secure for them the means of instruction, whether secular or religions, and of worship. And it is nothing bin the barest justice that persons, whose income is derived from the high-rented dwellings of toe poor in the squalid lanes of our crowded cities, should contribute to secure for their tenants the means of frequenting that house of God in which alone, in their life of hard toil, they may be taught, in the only true and safe sense, to regard themselves as equal to their brother men. But I atu afraid in this matter, besides what is just, it is very necessary to be looking to what is feasible. Aud I should be deceiving you if I said that I had any good hope of such an impost being laid by Parliament on the owner of house property in towns, or voluntarily adopted by_ them. The Government inearnre is as yet unknown. No one can say what is likely to be the result of the fresh discussions which must boon arise on this vexed question. For myself, once for all. I must repeat what 1 have elsewhere maintained, that I know r.o argument which has been adduced which proves that there is any injustice in men being liable to a tax imposed fur the maintenance of a great public institution, even if they 'lo not themselves approve of that institution ; and I see, certainly, no greater hardship in Dissenters and Roman Catholics contributing to the maintenance of our churches than in our paying our proportion of the taxes which ore , • •••f 1127