The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-06 00:00:00

IRISH CHURCH MISSIOAS.

A public meeting, •in aid of the Society for Irish
Church Missions, to the Roman Catholics, was held on
Saturday, at Hanover-square Rooms. _ The Earl of
Shaftesbury took the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that since he accepted the honour
of presiding over that meeting, he lu,d received a sum-
mons to attend a deputation at the Hone-office, to carry
a memorial, which he hoped would bE laid at the feet of
her Majesty, on behalf of their perswuted brethren in
Florence, and especially Francisco and Rosa Madiai.
The Rev. ALEX. DALLAS moved the first resolution
as follows :—" That the progress of the Reformation in
various parts of Ireland, as shown by authentic state-
ments, corroborated by the testimaly of the Roman
Catholic press, proves that the Divine blessing attends
the work, and calls for enlarged exertions from the
Protestants of the United Kingdom, is order to increase
the agency necessary for extending the spread of Gospel
truth all over Ireland."
The Earl of CLANCARTY seconded the resolution, after
which it was put from the chair and carried unani-
mously.
The Earl of MAYO moved the second resolution—

That this meeting desires to encourage the committee
of the society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman
Catholics in the course they have hitherto pursued, and
pledge themselves to renewed exertions, with a view to
extend the influence and increase the funds of the
society."
Mr. J. C. CoLQUHoUN seconded the resolution, which
was agreed to.
The Rev. R. BICKERSTETH moved the third resolution,
"That the details of the work of the missions in Dub-
lin and elsewhere, now communicated to this meeting,
afford satisfactory testimony of the lively interest excited
among the Roman Catholics, and while they are a cause
for thanksgiving to Almighty God, they should produce
a Spirit of prayer on behalf of the missionaries and agents
employed, and of our fellow-countrymen, that they may
be enabled speedily to burst the bonds that bind them
under the dominion of the power of Rome." The Rev.
FRED. DOWLING seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously. The proceedings then terminated
with the usual compliment to the chairman, and also a
vote of thanks to the Earl of Shaftesbury, for his sup-
port of the society.

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The Chairman congratulated the society upon the extreme
success which had attended their exertions. Mr. Alderman
Sydney, in a speech of much humour, complimented the
society upon their success, and said he hoped the time was
not far distant when he should have the happiness to meet
the whole of the members of the society and their wives
at the festive board at the Mansion-house as his guests,
as a slight acknowledgment of the many acts of kindness
and attention he had received at their hands since he had
had the honour to be their Alderman. The meeting was
severally addressed by Messrs. Keeling, Graves, Bowar,
Long, and many other gentlemen,
members of the society.
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The hilarity of the evening was well kept up until a late
hour.
ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY.—The
great danger attending the two frequent practice of get-
ting out of railway trains while in motion was fatally
exemplified last Thursday evening at the Abbey Wood
t at
Two females,
mother n
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to Dartford by
the eight o'clock train, but, being annoyed io
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daughter, North
were Kent
by two
other passengers quarrelling, when the train ar-
rived at the Abbey Wood station, they both got
out to rid themselves of the annoyance by changing
to another carriage. Instead of taking their places
again immediately, however, they delayed doing so LI
until the train was on the point of starting, when a
gentleman on the platform assisted the daughter
into a carriage, and the train moved on. The moment
afterwards the daughter, missing her mother, who was
left behind, opened the door of the carriage, and jumped
out, just at the end of the platform, over which she rolled
on to the rails, the train passing over and cutting off
both her feet. Almost immediately the train was stopped,
and a medical gentleman, a passenger, advised the re- ;
moval of the poor woman to the next station, Erith, only '
five minutes distant, where additional surgical aid was
at once procured, and everything possible was done to -
alleviate her sufferings. The nature of the injuries sus-
tained, however, precluded all hopes of recovery, and the -
unfortunate sufferer expired at -8 o'clock on Friday even- 1
ing. Her name is Mrs. Knight, and she resided at 1
Dartford. An inquest was held on the body on Satur- 1
day, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned.
NEW TELEGRAPH LINES ON THE CONTINENT.—The
lines of electric telegraph which have just been com-
pleted in the Netherlands, connect the following places :
—Amsterdam, Breda, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Dordrecht,
La Haye, which are now, for the first time, in electric
communication with Great Britain by means of the sub-
marine wires. The following cities and towns, with
others of lesser note, are also in communication with the
offices at Cornhill :—Agram, Aix-la-Chapelle, Amiens,
Antwerp, Augsburg, Baden, Berlin, Bonn, Bordeaux,
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bremen, Breslau, Bruges, Bruns-
wick, Brussels, Calais, Cassel, Coblentz, Cologne, Cra-
cow, Dantzic, Dieppe, Dijon, Dresden, Dunkirk, Dus-
seldorf, Florence, Frankfort-on-Maine, Friburg, Ghent,
Gotha, Hamburgh, Hanover, Havre, Kehl Strasbourgh,
Konigsburg, Leghorn, Leipzic, Lemburg, Lisle, Lucca,
Lyons, Metz, Magdeburg, Malines, Mannheim, Mantua,
Mayence, Milan, Munich, Modena, Nantes, Nurem-
burg, Ostend, Padua, Paris' Pesth-Bude, Posen, Prague,
IPresburg, Parma, Rouen, St. Omer, Stettin, Stuttgard,
Strasbourg, Wrieate, Vonicps Vernal Yitatlaa NV-AinAr•