The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1851.

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those seeking political power to win it try gist immineee ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. I BLAENAVON IRON AND COAL COMPANY.
__ since it is not to be obtained by purchase * 1
The liallot will give self-respect to the elector, teed welt At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society,
Mr. Henry Berkeler, the liberal member for Brie- 'to the franchise. Men of Bristol! I stood pledged, to Yesterday the annual meeting of this company
tot, and leader of the I;allet party in the house of Corn. question in 1837 ;pledged by you. I may on Monday, Colonel RAwLINtioN read a paper "On t e e.
too. place at their offices, Pancras-lane, JOHN Maateu.
MAN, Esq., in the chair.
have eined in . Identification of the Biblical Cities of Assyria, and on the
mons, having been invited by • number of his constituents power-1 have not flagged in will. I appeal to you now, Geography of the Lower Tigris." He explained, on the From the report of the management of the company for
to give a lecture on the 'subject of the ballot, a meeting was base I daremy duty F. (Cheers.) i authority of the Cuneiform Inscriptions, that the city of the year 1850 it appeared that the make of pig-iron in that
held for the purpose on Thursday evening, at which the A vote of thank,' was passed to the hon. member for the Nineveh hail occupied a large tract of country on the Tigris, veer had been 20,818 tons ;of metal, 2,868 tons; and of
hon. gentleman was well received. Joaerlt Coetss, Esq., exertions he had used iu the cause, and the proceedings ter- ' opposite to Mosul; the tumuli and ruins at Koyuejilt, bars and rails, 9,462 tons. The sales during the year were
having been called to the chair,' minted.
I Nebbi Junius, Karamles, and Khunishad, marking the sites 1-pig iron, 7,793 tons; metal, 700 tons ; bars and rails,
The hon. member, who was received with loud and tai- 1 - of suburbs and palaces be ing to that capital. Nimrud, 9,857 tons; coal, 18,058 tons ; and lime, 3,119 tons. The
multuous applause, commenced by °tuning that during named in the inscriptions Iteldta, ha identified with Re- , groas profit arising from these sales were, on pig iron,
the last winter he was invited by a number of his eonstitu- heboth, and showed it to have been a suburb of the neigh- : 6,0981. 75. 10d. ; on metal, 7111. 10s. 6d. ; on bars and rails,
ants to give a lecture on the ballot. lie felt the importance bouriug large city of Resell or Mauer (called by Xenophon 1,2181. 18e. 10d. ; and on coal and limestone, 1,909/. 6s. 6d. ;
of the subject, and the disadvantages in which he would be Larissa), as Koyunjih and Khurrabeal had been suburbs of making a total of 10,0581. Is. Bd.; deducting from
placed, by appearing in the character of a lecturer; but Nineveh. Calah he was inclined, upon Syriac and Talmu- which discount and bankers' charges, 4,'2931. Bs. 3d.,
when it was announced that his humble efforts might aid die authority, to place at Hatra, a city on the Tigris, at the , there remained a balance of gross profits at the
one of the noble charities in which the city abounded, his extreme southern limit of Assyrue Kileh Shirgat, the works of .5,8341. 15s. 5d., from which were to
scruples at once vaniehed. "Charity," it was said, "covered only other Assyrian ruin upea the river, had been a mere be deducted interest on mortgage 9121. 9s. 5d.;
a multitude of sins," and he holed that his deficiencies castle or palace, and could not, therefore, have been in- ditto on debentures 3,6621. 2s. 91. ; current expenses,
would find shelter beneath its ample cloak. (Cheere) The eluded in the Biblical Metropolitan list. He then gave a 6171. 10s. Ild.; making 5,1921. Is Id.; leaving a net profli. ,
first part of his lecture would include a brief history short description of the Nahrwan Canal, a magnificent of 642/. 12s. 4d. ; to which being added the balance to flip i
of the ballot from the earliest ogee down to the pre- work, executed by Nushirwan, which had irrigated sons credit of profit and loss of December, 1849, the sum of
sent time. In the second part he hoped to he able thousands of square mile*, and had supplied food to 1,6601. 3s. 3d., there remained a balance to the credit of
to point out that the leaflet afforded the only positive re- use millions of persons. It was now entirely dry.
profit and loss of 2,302/. Lis. 7d. The report went on to
reedy for the es ils of our electoraloystem, and he hoped to Paring on to the Chal-i-Nintrild, usually supposed marktu state that for 30 weeks in the past year only three furnaces
be enabled to prove this by some illustrations, and he should the site of the Median Wall of Xenophon, e explained had been kept in blast, owing to the slackness of trade, and
also endeavour to grapple with some of the fallacies used by that this was nothing more than an artificial dyke, con- hence there was a diminution of 2,000 tons in make on the I
the opponents of the measure. The ballot was intended to sheeted for the purpose of collecting the waters of the pear as compared with the year preceding. The directors
correct an evil which no one pretended to contrailiet, which desert into a reservoir, from whence they were let out by had let a portion of their coal field, not required by them,
evil was the power to intimidate and corrupt the holders of sluices, according as the neighbouring lands required to be to another iron company, at a fixed rent of 6.50/. per year,
the electoral franchise, producing drunkenness, debauchery, irrigated. He thought it was a work of Nebuchadnezzar s, for the remaining term of their lease ; and had expended
and demoralisation in the lower orders, depravity in the and believed that it had been alluded to by Eratosthenes, 4,765/. 16s. 4d. in the past year in completing important
middle clusee, and destroying that intellectual freedom under the name of the Aurreigitrim of Semiramis. The improvements in the works.
which, as it was the birthright of every Englishman, might Median Wall described by Xenophon was probable part The CHAlltelA_N, in moving the adoption and circula-
also be their blessing, but which, under the present eyetem, of the enceinte of Babylon. Sittare, where the Weeks tion of the report, observed that, at the end of another
frequently became their bane. (Cheers.) Secret voting had passed the Tigris, he placed as low down as Der; and the laborious year, they were in the position of having
prevailed almost from the earliest ages. The Athenians, famous city of Opts, on the Thyscus, he thought was to be carried on these extensive works for the benefit
the Carthaginians, and the Romans : Cicero, in his cele. looked for at the mouth of the Dialeh. After describing of the workmen engaged in them, without enjoying,
bested treatise "De Leganie." mead an encomium on the the ruins of Nekherieh, which on various grounds he iden- as shareholders, any return for their enterprise. However
rubella, or ballot-bus, as the vindicator of silent liberty. tilled with the Apanilea of Meseno of the Greeks, he went that was not owing to anything intrinsically worthless in
He (Mr. Berkeley) hail, in a speech in parliament, pointed on to notice the bifurcation of the Tigris. This curious the value of the property, or wrong in its management, but
out to the senators thatthe first Christian electionon record, natural feature had been very accurately described both by was entirely owing to the very depressed state of the trade.
when en the fteleiinmelation of Judas Iscariot, the apostles Pliny sod Stephen, and the Arab writers enabled us to (Hear, hear.) However, they had held their ground; and
elected St. Matthew by ballot. They should all demand connect those ancient notices with the modern geography their balance on the year, though small, was on the right
the harlot as a protection to the consciences. At their first of the country. The Cauchian plains of Pliny were shown aide. (hear, hear.) It was a gratifying feature in their I
institution of parliament the honour of a scat in the to be the Ceche of the Syrians, and Jukha of the Arabs, report, that they had let off a portion of their coal field at
House of Commons was not thought by the aristocracy while the Delos of Stephen was still preserved in the name an excellent rent ; and the completion of the line of railway
worth having, and there was no inducement to corrupt and in- of Di.leA (quite distinct from Deitch), which the Bedouins between Hereford and Abergavenny, the works upon which
tirnidatc the electors. In the 13th and 14th centuries borough of the invent day apply to the dry bed of the Tigris bad lately been resumed, would materially improve their
members and county members were paid. ((;reat Much- running by the ruins of Wasik The Tigris had changed propertyby giving them access for the conveyance of their
ter) The value of the compeneatiun must be judged by its course several times. At the period of the Christian coals to Liverpool and the northern districts of the country. I
the currency of that day. It was enough to pay the ex- era it was divided into two streams. Ender the Samanians In conclusion, he begged to move the adoption of the re-
pewee, but not sufficient to tempt the aristocracy to offer the left band, or eastern branch, was alone navigable. In port, as also that it be printed and circulated amongst the
themselves as candidates. In 1710 a bill was introduced the seventh year of the Ilijrch, the right hand, or western shareholders. (Hear, hear.)
to incorporate the ballet in mar electoral system. This bill branch, was reopened, while, in the fifteenth century of Mr. JONES 'begged to explain that one great drawback
passed through the House of COIIIIOOIIII, but was rejected by ' our era, the riser took the form which it retains to the to the profits arising from the works consisted in the num-
the
Lords, through the influence of Godolphin, wbl present day. The tract of country between the two arms, her of hones employed; and there being much of
showed the desire to influence unconstitutionally in the owing to he natural depression, had been always more or underground hauling, a great deal of horseflesh
representation of the people. In 1710 the eels. I less subject to inundations, and boats had passed from was consequently required. In December, 1849,
bested author, Daniel Defoe-((cheers)-who, indepres ' Weed to the Euphrates, along tracts artificially formed for the company's and contracting horses numbered
drntly of his great work of fancy, was a psi,. I them in the marshes. The character of the country was 306, whilst in December, 1830, they were only 237-the
mini and political writer of great power, published a I the mime at the present day, and the Tigris, from the tomb cost of each horse in 1849 being 371. 12s. per annum, and in
" Tecate* on Trade and Public Spirit," in which, al* lof Abdallah lba Ali to Kunio, now ran in a channel which 1850 about 341. 10s. per annum. The great object was to
pointing out the evils of the electoral eystem, and of said I was formerly named the Abut Mead canal, and which had reduce the number of horses and substitute steam, by which
vestries, which Lord Chief Justice Holt described is 11111144 I been cleared out under the Caliph Mansur for the purposes a great saving would be effected. In 1847 the cost of '
bodies of musics, he referred to the ballot as the easy lof navigation. making pig iron was 41. Bs. per ton, and of bars and rails
remedy. Ile came new to the year 18.3.3. when the die. Below the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates, Colonel 81. 2a. In 1849 pig iron cost 21. 15s. 9d., and bars and
graceful scenes at elections hail arrived at such a head, and Rawlinson showed that four cities had been successively rails 6!. go. In ;gen pig iron cost 2!. 14s. $4., and bars and
had swelled our electoral system to such a bloated 111"12/41111 built, as the sea had retired before the deposit of alluvium, rails 51. sa. re.
In The cost of metal in 1849 was 31. lie. Bd.
that the country rose, and, with true voice, demanded ma. [
,to serve as commercial emporia. These cities were the per ton, and in 1850 31. ss. Old. With regard to the new
liamentary reform. It was granted, and it was undengead 1 Havileh of Genesis, Beth Yakina, of the Assyrian inscrip- pit that had been opened, it would yield 410 tons of coals
that in the cabinet the ballot was proposed as a part of the Sone Ten
Tendon of Nebuchadnezzar, and Obillah of the per day, and the saving, :it was calculated, would amount
plan of reform, and was only bet by a mein. Semi:nines. The increment of land about the Delta could to sonic 2,4001. per annum. The lease under which they
rity of one. George Grote was the first to Ibe chronologically traced, and was found, since the corn- held from Lord Abergavenny had now only 181 years to
End out that the government had made a great , mencement of the Christian era, to have taken place at the run, but they were in treaty with that noble lord for a re-
mistake, and he introduced the question of the ballot to extraordinary rate of a mile in 30 years. Some account was newel, on different terms from those contained in the pre-
parliament. After his retirement it was taken up by Mr. than Eivea of a famous city, named Taha Dunigas, in the sent lease, and he doubted not his lordship would accede to
Ward, who requested him (Mr. Berkeley) to second his hiscriptione, which was thought to be Sum itself, their proposition. The extent of coal-field let by them for
motion, and who upon sulniquently accepting office in the *a paper clued with a notice of the two cities on the 6501, per annum was about 30 acres, there remaining on
government kindly udvieed him to take the conduit of the Zak mad, which had often been confounded, but which their own hands some 4,000 acres. (Hear, hear.)
question. lie presumed that Mr. Ward was induced to de , ewe is reality distinct places. One bad been formerly Mr. WILLIAMS said that being resident a Blacnavon,
this, rather on account of the power and influence of his amed Perth, or Perat di Minn, and more recently Bah- he could speak of the great mineral value of the property,
constituents, than of any psi.. is of his own. (No, no) In ME Ardeshir, now corrupted to Bahmithir. The other the rich resources of which only required capital to develops
1848 he (Mr. Berkeley) suiceeded in passing a resolution us Spusina! Chitral, which had been first fintilied by them to a most profitable extent. They possessed some
through the Howe of I aninone, by a small majority, to the Alias der, had been the capital of an independent state sixteen square miles of the most valuable mineral
effect that it was expedient in the election !of members in miler the Parthian monarchy, and which, having been country in South Wales, to wok which with effect he
parliament that the votes of (letters should he taken by way awned Kerkhi Miaan (Charlie of Mesene), and Astembad thought they should enlarge their capital. He, therefore,
of ballot. He was not unaware that he obtairsed this majority : by the Sassanians, and Mahersi by the Arabs, was now re- suggested that they borrow 100,0001. on ten years' mortgage
by accident. It was not difficult to ai count for it. It was the Bth ; presented by the port of Maluunrah, so long a subject of of the property, and in the event of the mortgagee not
of August, and the great council of the nation were sheet-1 contest between the Persian and Turkish governments. being satisfied with the property as security, the share• '
ing at grouse. (Laughter.) The ministers were obliged to Sir Hueneme Mt:n(11180N having been called upon by holders should each become liable to the extent of 12/. 10s.
be at home, end be had his fair proportion of ministers, for the president to give an opinion concerning the geological per share. lie had no doubt that, at the end of the ten
Lord John Russell, although he at present-he used the I allusions in the memoir of Colonel Itawlinson, said that the years they would be able to pay off the principal and iete-
word emphatically-although he at present was opposed to , elevation of land along parts of the course of the Tigrerutmem hem.)
the ballot, he allowed his followers to do a. they pleased. ! might very probably, as suggested, have deflected that The they
agreed with Mr. Williams; but, un-
Since that motion was earned he bad twice tame-eel to bring ' liver partially, and have also augmented the rapid increase fortunately, the shareholders generally could not be made
in a bill to confirm that resolution, but the opponents of the of the delta of the Euphrates. The continual accession to take that view of the subject. However, they were ini
measure were vigilant-they spoke over little but they' hem the remotest historical periods to that delta, treaty for a loan of 50,0001., which was the seine as tw-
eeted over much. (Cheers.) Ile had mu strong an opinion ' as proved by comparing the sacred writings, the ranged, and when they should obtain a renewal of their
of the goodness of the people of England that he wa. , Greek, Latin, and Mohamedan historians, and the lease, as he trusted, then, in his opinion, would be the time
not dismayed by defeat, and, with God's help, he would ' British surveys of the last and present century, to make a grand move. (Hear, hear.)
persevere. The question was not only a husband's and a ton's I was, he thought, of very great importance to geological After some desultoryconversation,
question, but it was a wife's and a meter's question, and ifhe science, inasmuch as the rate of increase of a mile The CHAIRMAN put the question on the adoption and
could only enlist the sympathies of the ladies of England the I in 30 years, as deduced by the author, was probably about circulation of the report, which was unanimously carried.
battle would be more than half won. (Cheers.) Setting aside double the. growth of any other delta, including that of the Thanks were then voted to Mr. Wheeley, solicitor to the
the jargon of party, the bullut should in a Meet sense be Miesissippt This phenomenon he attributed iu part to the company, as also to the inspectors, Messrs. Hill and Jones,
called a conservative measure, for its object was to secure to 1 circumstance of the mud and sand carried down by the and the manager, Mr. Johnson. The outgoing directors,
V.nglishmen those rights which had been guaranteed to Euphrates and its associated streams, being derived in ire- Hears. Hill, Kennard, and Warden were re-elected, and
them by the conatitutua. Judge Holt had said that it was , mense volume from the slightly coherent tertiary forma- the proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to
a great privilege to choose ouch persona as were to guide a Picas through which these rivers flow for such enormous the chainnm
man's life and property by the laws they made, a privilege I distanees ; and specially to this detrital matter being des
not to be deputed to another. This privilege then ! in land-locked a body of water as the Persian
was guarded by two conditions, that it should i gliesielpheed so ,
in which, aided by the inset of the tide, the sedi-
not be sold to another or placed at the deposal. of a , meat is poured back instead of being swept out by a bole-
peer of the realm. Thus the peers had no right to inter- , terous open sea. At the rate of increase calculated, the
fere with the representation of the people was a principle . I Persian Gulf must be entirely filled up within a period
of the constitution. The parliament should consist of re- I which might be roughly estimated. In reference to any
presentatiees cheecu from the people by the people to make i oscillation of land within the historic era, whereby the
laws fur the people. (Cheers.) To emetic the independence , 'Tigris and Euphrates may have partially changed their
of the electors the ballot was necessary. The present der ' courses, Sir Roderick considered that a very small amount
toral system
.in practice was a Hat contradiction to the ' of unequal elevation would occasion deflections like
system in theory. The disease
, was not denied, but how them alluded to, just as a email rise of land at the
were their arguments met ? Why, by the silly retort, that south-eastern end of the Caspian Sea had deflected the
things work well-just as at the tone of the Reform Bill it Oxus, and turned that great river into the Aral Sea.
was said that Sutton and Old Sarum were the sup- But though these operations seem mighty in the eye of
porters of the constitution. The dictum of Lord Ilolt, man, they are as nothing in intensity of cause when cow
that it was " a great pri s ilege to choose such persons pared with the great downcast of land by which that chum
as are to bind a man's lifc and property by the laws they was produced, in which the Dead Sea hes at 1,500 feet be-
make," was suggestive of grave considerations. Did the laws neath the adjacent Mediterranean Sea-a feature which he
bear equally on rich and poor, or was net the sword of attributed not to any gradual depression but to a sudden,
justice so fashioned and tempered, that while those who violent, and extensive collapse of that portion of the earth's
wielded it did so duly, it scarcely drew blood from the crust.
rich while it cut the poor to pieces? Whose fault was this? In thanking Col. Rawlinson for so valuable a communi-
Why, the law-makers'. Who made the law-makers ? The cation on which he added that men of learning rather than
electors! That he meals ely denied. (Cheers.) Then if geologists should speak, Sir ltodcrick reminded the meet-
not the electors, who did? fhe aristocracy and a ing how the author formerly indicated that the Itavilah of
oligarchy, who compelled the electors to euteinner4 Genesis (Delilah of the present day), which is now 60 miles
pleased. He elbowed the House of Commons, in 1848, that from the sea, was the seaport to which the gold was brought
there were 62 boroughs in England and Wales returning in the early days of sacred history, probably from the
98 members by the influence of the !aristocracy-that 49 Malayan Chersonesus.
peers and 18 wealthy conemenen dictated to 43,199 elec-
tors whom they should elect. Was it say wonder that mem-
bers unturned made laws fur those who returned them ? Let
us see how great was the duty of voting conacientioady.
Ile knew how difficult It was fur a borough to break fle
bonds, he knew that to do so was the exception and not the
rule. And it was his knowledge of the intimidation, the
bribery, the treating that was resorted to, which. inilliced
his desire to protect the voter by the ballot. It was said
that the ballot would not conceal the vote-that the elector
would tell it in his cups, or disclose it to his wife. He had
demolished these objections till he was sick of meeting
them. The ballot, too, was said to he un-English. Then
why vote by ballot in the clubs of the aristocracy, at the
ludia-house, the Bank of Eleghusel, the Trinity-house
(Cheers.) After relating an anecdote of some young men
who resisted the coquetting of rival candidates, and re-
fused to vote until the ballot was conceded, Mr.
Berkeley proceeded to ad ert L
and
Mr. Chamber-
lain's new apparatus for ballo• tting, and explained that
the inventer's attention had been directed to the subject
by his own inability to vote at an election without preju-
dicing the interests of his father. He next alluded to the
fact that tens of thousands throughout England refused to
be on the register. Mr. Muntz had stated that in filming!
bare a thousand voters refund to vote because it would
injure their prospects and the same ratio prevailed
throughout England. He (Mr. Berkeley) would now tell
them what he believed to be the value of the ballot box.
The vote being given in secret the voter would be protected
from intimidation. All those screws put on at elections, all
that prying inquiry into men's circumstances to find out their
weak points, would be avoided. The opponents of the measure
admitted this, but they said candidates would bribe. Common
sense contradicted this. In all commenial transactions the
security of the market was the first consideration. A can-
didate would not give a man 5/. for his vote, while his an-
tagonist might give him another 51., and then he side*
vote for neither. It was said that the ballot would deetesny
the influence of property. What did that mean bat Hat
the landlord hail a right to command the vote of his tentag,
the customer of the tradesman, the tradesman of the emir
tire. and so throughout society, that the strong had a Wed
to bully the weak. Just and good men would lose no Th.
once by the ballot, while the bad man would, however high
his position, find his level. The • hoe gentleman cue-
eluded-the good landlord has no reason to dread the ballot.
Let me cite the instance of the lord of some great hereditary
Witte. There is a sort of elanship attached to such estate's*
give to the owner value in the eyes of his tenauts which his
own bad conduct alone Can set aside. Let him but din=
his duty to his neighbour-let him but act sip to the
of " live and let live "-let him be just in his dealings-let
him not trust too much to the reports of his steward, bat
personally communicate.
' with his tenantry, hear their ear
plaints,
redress their grievances ; let him prefer the ask
of the fine old oaks in his own park to thine of her eibiestre
elms in Hyde-park ; let him abide by good old suelsmis
while be introduces modern improvements ; let hilt Mg
the great wood fire roaring up his paternal chimney; per
dues the old baron of beef, and broach the mighty 10 at
Christmas time, calling his tenantry around him to chase
his hospitality ; let him not forget the poor, nor be tumid&
yal that-
A emblems ameba oft an their
The pour cue's heart through half the year.
I tell you that such a landlord never need fear the %al
lot ; it is a libel on human nature to say so.
..Find me • '
as
et the " fine
.old English gentlemen. modelled
as Adam and Steele s his Roger de Coverley, and I tell
yea that the Whet shall plata him at the head of the ph
id 11•••••ay desdou, is spite of the opposition of half •
rentals and tenants-at-will.
The ha=lla mywith beetle belief, will secure to thedpiezi:
tae
Ulalerb:hragrtrittdanto bear
.. roplit, Tire willoweee will berm swat ;it has,
hiddeleelees phrileell. The WM will be sa immative to

MR. BERKELEY ON THE BALLOT.

Ni w Cosec Or S. PArL, 1/ETONPOirr.—The
ehurch of St. Paul, built in and for one of the four dietricts
formed in the town of Desonport under Sir Robert Peel's
Act, was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter on Tuesday.
The service on the occasion was very plain, including
neither intoning or chanting of the Psalms. The church,
whisk is situated in n thickly peopled district, is 83 feet
111 hedliss lung, and 62 feet wide; consists of a nave with!
skim, sad contains in open benches sitting accommodation !
war 7:10 permit's. It was completely filled upon this ono-
skm. The officiating clergy were: the Rev. J. Adams, the!
Imenmhtut of the district ; Rev. O. Know ling, curate of Hui!
; the Rev. T. Farricouer, St. German's; the Rev.
P. Du Bosslay, the bishop's son-in-law and chaplain; the
. Rev. John iougr, of Newton Ferrer,; and the bishop.
The bishop read the Communion service, and the Rev. John
Toner preached, the text being the 2nd and 3rd
Cersas Of the 2nd chapter of Daniel. At the offer-
tory nearly 371. was received towards a fund for nn organ.
The Plymouth Journal says It was intended to have
made this consecration a grand affair, in which the officials
of the town were to take an active part; indeed, our con-
servative contemporary announced that the mayor and con
in
poration were to walk procession from the 1 own-ball
the Town-square. When we saw this statement last week,
it struck us as being • somewhat singular circumstance that,
at • time like the present, just when the Bishop of Exeter
has done what no other prelate has dared to do of late
years—bearded the Queen, the archbishops, and the
bishops, and denounced over and over again the condoct
of the judges because they gave • decision that was
contrary to his dogmatic opinions—the corporation ehonlit
have thought of taking part in a ceremony which, of
coarse, all the dissenter, belonging thereto have ever
regarded as a remnant of priestcroft. Whoever originated
the plan of getting up a show on the part of the
corporation did not succeed in their object, for although
the mayor and a few of the members of the municipd
body marched in order from the Town-hall, the expected
grand affair turned out, after all, a miserable failure. We
rejoice that such was the result, because we think, aa the
public throughout the diocese think, that the Bishop of
Exeter is not exactly the man who should obtain Irma the
laity any voluntary mark of n•gard which is not
felt by any of them. The bishop's office is one of
dignity, and if it were menuned with that charity astlo
feeling which ought to 'acterise a man fillings,
a position, that rempsdtwessld be voluntarily pstkla
which the people ot .
cowntry arc in the MO of Ms
cording to those placed in similar situation, and whia heN
maintained thatsitustion witheredit to themselves =dna
advantage to the nether'
Fxr.st. PolsolviNg CAMS IN NEWCASTLE.—WS
have already given Brodie particulars of this ease; the la .
lowing are additional eirennutancss :—The deceased's name
is Elisabeth Andermin, a widow, about 34 years of age, wise
resided with a Mrs. Wilde, in West Illandhinl-strect, New.
castle. She generally passed: as Mrs. Jenkins, the wife of
Henry Jenkins a wholesale and retail confectioner, in Damp
street, a man of substance, who had cohabited with her
since her hushand's death. On Wednesday morning he
was at her lodgings, but what then transired between
them is not known. Ile left about 12 o'clock, and about 2
in the afternoon Mr. C. Wilde called on a neighbour, who,
on going up stairs, found that Elizabeth Anderson was lying
in the bed quite dead, with her clothes upon her. There was
nothing in the bedroom out of which the deceased could have
drank, but a glass of water, and in the sitting room adjoining
there was also a glen which appeared to have contained
porter. Mr. Boyd, a surgeon, and Mr. Jenkins were immc-
diately sent for, sad shortly afterwards arrived. On Mr. ,
lloyd making inquiries of Mr.. Wilde, she stated that the'
deceased had only taken something to cat, and a little
porter, and had then, according to her usual custom, gone
to die down, from which time nothing more was seen of
her till she was found dead. Mr. lioyd tasted the water ,
and the porter, but detected no poison in either. After be
I had got home, Mr. Jenkins went to him, and asked what
steps should be taken to get the deceased buried, when he
told him that a certificate as to the cause of death was ne-
I cessary, but that, under the circumstances, he declined to
give it, at the same time recommending him to go to the
registrar, explain the circumstances, and say that he (Mr. I
Boyd) thought that she died of disease of the heart. Mrs.
sulrequently waited on him, and afterwards Jen-
kins again, and at last he gave him a certificate that she
had died of disease of the heart, has ing attended her about
twelve months previous for symptoms of that disease. In
!, the evening. Mrs. Wilde called at the Westgate police sta-
tion with the certificate, and requested Inspector Little to
give her a line as to tier character, that she might present
it to the registrar ; but that officli, on hearing the parti-
cular,, informed her that he should report the matter to
the coroner, and take his opinion upon it. Accordingly,
on Friday, an inquest was held at the Marquis of Mand-
y ford Inn, before J. G. Stoker, Esq. and in the afternoon a
post-mortem examination of the body was made by Mr.
Carr and Mr. Boyd, both of whom declared that the de-
ceased had been poisoned by having taken, or having had
administered to her, a large quantity of essential oil of al-
! moods; and they considered that, from the quantity taken,
death must have ensued almost immediate y, and that it
would base been barely possible for her to have walked from
the sitting-room to the bedroom after taking it. They
also stated that it was quite impo sihle that she could have
destroyed or secreted a vessel which omtained the poison
after she had taken it—that essential oid of almonds was
, nut used ur sold meslieinally, but an principally used by
' confectioners and cordial-makers, to give a flavour to the
goods which they sell. The inquest was eventually
I adjourned to Wednesday. Every effort has been made by
I the police to throw light on the suspicious affair, and the
stopper of a glass bottle has been found in the ash-pit
adj ' g Wilde's house, which, on being examined,
I proved to he strongly impregnated with the nen-
Nal oil of almonds. Other facts and circumstances
having come to the knowledge of the police, they
apprehended Jenkins, whilst enjoying his evening glass,
at the Sliakspore inn, on Thursday night, and Mrs. ilde,
on Friday forenoon ; and they were brought be-
fore the magistrates, at their usual sitting to-day. Mr.
Inspector Little asked for a remand till after the insuest,
winch was granted. Both prisoners protested their inno-
cence, and were committed to the gaol, the bench refusing
an application to allow Mr. Foster, Jenkins's solicitor, to
have un interview with his client.—The adjourned inquest
was held on Wednesday, in St. John's National School-
room, Bath-lane, at two o'clock. Jenkins and Mrs. Wilde
having been taken into custody on suspicion, great interest
was excited, and the school-room was crowded. Several
additional witnesses were examined, but their evidence
dues nut suffice to clear up the mystery which still hangs
over the affair. At eight o clock in the evening the inquest
was again adjourned until the following dap, there being
still neural witnesses to examine.—. eurastlitaper.
THE haitINGWN 3lutpEtt.—The execution of
Patrick Lyons for the murder of Margaret Fahey, at War-
rington, takes place at Kirkdale on this day. The prisoner
and his wife (who was last week respited) haso had several
inters news during the past week, hut nothing "particular has
transpired, the woman generally giving way to her feelings,
and crying piteously, so that, in mercy to her husband, who
always endeavoured to console her, elle had to be removed.
Lyons has stood this ordeal unmoved, and throughout has
exhibited an extraordinary calmness and courage. In the
course of one of the interviews he begged that his wile would
forgive him, and pray for him. Ile still perseveres in his
statement that she is innocent, and exhibits the strongest
affection fur her; and to this feeling is attributed the strange
and extraordinary course pursued by Lyons in implicating
her, and expressing his willingness to die, so that she died
wide him. 'I. his affection stems reciprocal, for the idea of
his approaching death terrifies the wife. Lyons seems un-
affectedly to deplore the crime for which he is to suffer;
his contrition is said to be marked and sincere, and his con-
duct exemplary. Ile is a luau totally. devoid of education,
but pussesses keen perceptions, and is remarkably intelli-
gent. lie alleges that the abject misery in which he was
induced bins to commit the crime, though when he had
murdered his victim he could not take the paltry sum for
the attainment of which her life hail been sacrificed.—
Lireepool Mercury..
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BURGLARY AT IPSWICH. AND CAPTURE OP rAft-1
TIT. 6 ,itKI.ECTF.D.—On Wednesday last three very re- !
spectably dressed men drove into Colchester with a horse
and cart, where they exchanged the horse they had been j
driving for a hired one, and proceeded on their journey, as
they said, into Suffolk, grooming to return in the evening.
Nothing was, however, heard of them up to midnight,
when mine host, becoming alarmed at the long absence of,
his steed. informed Superintendent Kent, who promised to
keep a sharp lookout. In about half-an-hour after, when
the officer had just retired to bed, he was aroused by a tele-
graphic message from Superintendent Mason, of Ipswich,
informing hint of a burglary at a mill there, with a descrip-
tion of the horses cart, and thieves. Upon inquiring at the I
inu where the horse had been hired, it was found to have
been returned, and the three persons who had hired it in the
morning were gone on the road towards London. The in-
spector of police availed himself of the mail train, which by
this time was nearly due, and proceeded to Chelmsford,
whence, baying obtained the assistance of police-constable
Chilvcrs and another police-constable,hc returned by road,in
the direction of Colchester, and when near the White Hart,
Springfield, met the suspected parties on their way towards
the metropolis. They were immediately taken into custody
and conveyed to the head-station at Springfield, where they
refused to give their names or addresses, and there bengal}
name upon the cart no clue to them could then be obtained.
It was ultimately ascertained that thew came from London,
and their names are supposed to be Wm. Davis, hone
dealer, Borough; John Hodgson, John-street, Paddington;
and Henry Griffiths, Gray-street, Rathbone-pyre. Little
doubt is entertained as to the object of their visit to the
country, as we hear that they answer the description of
parties suspected of having broken open the mill at Ipswich
where a large quantity of valuable property had been
mseked u.p ready fur removal, but the thieves upon being
disturbed by a man employed at the mill going to work,
Mode off.—Clielmsford CY/wank*.
LoNGErin IN THE NORTH.—We mentioned (says
the Elgia Courier) the names of three old women in Bower,
whose united ages reached 3Cr2 years. We have since
Inamod that there resides in Lob, in the same parish, a man
emmed Alexander Murrey, who is returned in the mans as
Ifni 116 years, and another old woman aged 100.

ST. STEPRENS, WALSROOII.—At the meeting of the
vestry of this pariah, Wednesday, Mr. Rock drew the atten-
tion of the vestry, to the propriety of throwing open their
splendid church for the inspection of visitors to London
during the Exhibition. In Rome and Italy the church of
St. Stephen—the master-piece of Sir Christopher Wren, was
much talked of, being considered the most stately structure
in Europo—therefore, visitors from those parts would take
great finteteet in its inspection. He therefore begged to
propose that the church be opened to the public free from
charge or fens, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
during the time of the Exhibition.—Mr. Cowin seconded
the proposition, which was carried unanimousl_y. A vote of
thanks baring been passed to the rector, (Dr. Croly) the
meeting separated.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON TILE BRISTOL AND BIRIIINO-
HAM RAILWAT.—(FIom our Corrcspondent.)—WOßClM-
TZlt, FRIDAT.—Au inquest has been held here before W.
8. P. Hughes, Esq., coroner for the county of Worcester,
on the body of a guard on the Bristol and Birmingham
' Railway, who came by a violent death on Tuesday evening
lupon the line under the following circumstances :—Since
the opening of the branch line to Worcester from Abbot's-
wood, near Spetchley,the Spetchley station has been used
chiefly as a goods station, and on Tuesday night a goods
, train arrived there in due course. The guard of the goods
train was a young man, named Edwin Butler, whose
general duties had been those of a station porter, and be is
said to have been inexperienced in his new duties. He
was in the act of adjusting sonic luggage vans in the train,
when he got between the buffers of two carriages, mud the
carriages being pushed together, and having no springs, he
was crushed between the buffers and killed on the spot.
The deceased was a steady young man, and resided with
his parents, who keep a small public house in Gloucester-
road, Cheltenham. He was unmarried. After hearing the
; evidence of the witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of
I " Accidental death."

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FATAL AccIDENT.—An inquest was held at Stan-
hope, on the 21st inst., on the body of N. Brown, aged 38.
The deceased was clerk and traveller to Mr. Hind;narch, of
the Wohingham Brewery, on Saturday night last, between
nine and ten o'clock, a man named Wilson, was riding
along Whitelee Fell, between Edmondbyers and Stanhope,
with two horses, and when he came to the brow of a hill,
one of the horses shied off the road. It being dark. Wilson
did not perceive any object, but thinking there might be
something he went on about 200 yards, when be saw a man
lying across the road. He spoke to him, but receiving no
answer, he became alarmed, and rode off to the gate-house
about half a mile distant, where he met the horse of de-
unwed by the roadside. He there got assistance, and on
returning they found the body as before observed, lying on
the face. He was found to be quite dead, having a dread-
fel wouad on the back part of the head, and several
scratches on the face, which was covered with blood. There
woe also a large pool of blood The body was immediately
removed to the gate-borne, and Sergeant 8001, from Stan-
hope,
soon arrived, and recognised the body. On search-
lag the person he found about 10/. in cub, -his watch
and
papers all safe. The body was thence removed to Stan-
hope, and Mr. Arnison, surgeon, examined it That gen-
tleman believed that the wound on the bead had been occa-
sioned by .a fall on sharp atones, and that from concussion ,
of the brain and loss et blood, death would speedily ensue.
It appeared that the deceased had left Ednairadbyers about
half-past seven on the night in question, rather intoxicated. 1
It was suppo.td that on getting to the brow of the hill'
down which the body was found, the horse had started, and i
the deceased had fallen forwards over kis bead, and having.
caught hold of the bridle, had thus been dragged about
three or four feet on the road on his face. There was not
the least indication or suspicion that any attack had been
made on deceased. Verdict—" Died from concussion of
the brain, caused by a fall from his horse, and accelerated
by the lose of blood from the wound on the head."