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 effmtittAN said that since he accepted the honour
of presiding over that meeting, he had received a sum-
mons to attend a deputation at the Home-office, to carry
a memorial, which he hoped would be laid at the feet of
her Majesty, on behalf of their persecuted brethren in
Florence I and especially Francisco and Rosa Ma.diai. •
the Reif' Alin. DALLAS moved the first resolution
as follows :—"Tat the progress of the Reformation in
various parts of Ireland, as shown by authentic state-
ments, corroborated by the testimony of the Roman
Catholic press, proves that the Divine blessing attends-
the work, itlid calls for enlarged exertions from the
Protestants of the linitod Kingdom, in order to increase
the agency necessary for extending the spread of Gospel
truth all over Ireland."
The Earl of CLANCARTT 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 thentselves to renewed exertions, with a view to
extend the infitienes and increase the funds of the
society."
Mr. J. C. COLQUHOUN seconded tho resolution, which
wwagreed to.
1116 Ilk,: BICKERSTETH moved the third reSolution,
"That the detaili Of the work of the missions in Dub-
lin and elsewhere, now cOttittrunicated to this meeting,
afford satisfactory testimony of the lively interest excited
among the Roman Catholics, and while they are a cause
fof tliatlq.giifing to Almighty God, they should produce
a spirit of pfayef OM 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 theclominion of the power of Rome," The Rev.
Froiil/4 DowLum seconded the resolution, which was
carried titianintionsly. 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.

tltiat VONATE WARD AMICABLE SOCIETY.—The mem- , n
hers held their ditliiversary dinner last Thursday even-
ing, in the large room (if Csantshmi
28 Scotch Ale Stores,
Rood-lane . William Bamfield, q., In the chair, sup-
ported by Mr. Alderman Sydney, and lir. Bower.
Deputy B 12
The Chairman congratulated the society upon the extreme
success which had attended their exertions. Mr, Alderman
Sydney, in a spoyeh of much humour, compliments l the
society upon their 8110d053, and said l•
—e hoped the time -waa
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 bad
had the honour to be their Alderman. The meeting wag
severally addressed by Messrs. Keeling, Graves, Bowar,
Long, igllaalnymaonf gentlemen,ythoteheerveninawas members of the society.
well
--ep.4. up until a late
hour.
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practice of get- R;
ting out of railway trains while in motion was fatally st.
exemplified last Thursday evening at the Abbey Wood
station
Railway.ceedng i Two females, 15
mother to Dartford by 8
the eight o'clock train, but, being
and on
the
daughter, North
were Kent
proceeding
annoyed by two
other passengers quarrelling, when the train ar- 10
rived at the Abbey Wood stat on, they both got
10
out to rid themselves of the annoyance by changing
to another carriage. Instead of taking their places 10
wain immediately, however, they delayed doing so ac
until the train was on the point of starting, when a
gentleman on the platform assisted the daughter st,
into a carriage, and the train moved on. The moment 20
afterwards, the daughter, missing her mother, who was 12
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 S 5
t.
both her feet. Almost immediately the train was stopped,
and a medical gentleman, a passenger, advised the re- 1275
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 --,--4,-,
unfortunate sufferer expired at 8 o'clock on Friday even- IR
ing. Her name is Mrs. Knight, and she resided at 10(
Dartford. An inquest was held on the body on Satur- 10(
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 : 2(
—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- ~(5);
marine wires. The following cities and towns, with 10,
others of lesser note, are also in communication with the 2,
offices at Cornhill :—Agram, Aix-la-Chapelle, Amiens, 5
Antwerp, Augsburg, Baden, Berlin, Bonn, Bordeaux, 2
Bouloe-sur-Mer, Bremen, Breslau, Bruges, Bruns-
wick, Brussels, Calais, Cassel, Cobleutz, Cologne, Cra- 2
cow, Dantzic, Dieppe, Dijon, Dresden, Dunkirk Dus- 10
seldorf, Florence, Frankfort-on-Maine, Friburg, Ghent, 1
,
Gotha, Hamburgh, Hanover, Havre, Kehl Strasbourgh,
Konigsburg, Leghorn, Leipzic, Lemburg, Lisle, Lucca,
Lyons, Metz, Magdeburg, Malines, Mannheim, Mantua, ,4
Mayence, Milan, Munich, Modena, Nantes, Nurem-
burg,
Ostend, Padua, Paris, Pesth-Bude, Posen, Prague, i
Prbaburg, Parma, Rouen, St. Omer, Stettin, Stuttgard,
Streabourga %ideates Venice, Verona, Vienna, Weimar,

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