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London, England, 1851-09-01 00:00:00

IVIONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1851

goo rob ed, and his shoe-string was forced out. The poor
ma n's situation at that hour of the night, and in his
afFlict ed state, was most deplorable; but ho contrived, by
fr,ur iently resting, to reach his home about twelve
o'cic ck, though in a thoroughly exhausted state. He
has been since unremittingly attended by Mr. Fletcher,
of E ;Cock, who does not anticipate a fatal issue to the
vial 3 bat from the almost paralysed state of his leg,
rini' I from the shock which his system has received, he is
Inc apacitated from any longer gaining a livelihood. He
is 60 years of age, and by his industry has managed to
bring up a family of nine children, one of whom, with
his wife, is living with him. The sympathy of his neigh-
bours has been called to the case, and we are glad to
learn that they intend to raise a subscription to assist
him in his affi(ction.—Chelmfsord Chronicle.

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT
HARTLEPOOL.

HARTLEPOOL, THURSDAY NIGHT.—This day the
ceremony of opening a new Roman Catholic church,
called " the church of the Immaculate Conception,"
took place at the above port, at which Monsignor
Wisema❑ was present. The church is a very neat
building, erected under the direction of Mr. Hansom,
the architect, and is capable of accommodating about
500 persons. It was commenced in July, 1850. The
admission to the public in the morning was by tickets,
varying in price from 20s. to 2s. 6d., and the church
was not quite filled. High mass commenced at 11
o'clock, and the number of bishops and priests dressed
in their robes amounted to between 40 and 50. The
bishops were—Dr. Briggs (of Beverley), Dr. Ho-
garth (of Hexham), Dr. Morris (of Troy), and Dr.
Brown (of Shrewsbury). The officiating bishop was
Dr. Hogarth.
Monsignor Wiseman preached the sermon, from
the 89th Psalm, 4th verse,—" A thousand years in
thy sight, 0 God, are but as yesterday." He was
only imperfectly beard ; but his arguments tended to
show that the Roman Catholic faith had been the
same ever since the time of the Venerable Bede ; that
the Roman Catholic Church had progressed even amid
trials and persecutions; and he expressed his opinion
of the future permanence of that church.
The service concluded at half-past one, and shortly
afterwards the following address was privately pre-
sented to Monsignor Wiseman:—
"To HIS EMINENCE THE CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF
WESTMINSTER.

"My Lord Cardinal,—We, the pastor and Catholics
of the congregation of Hartlepool, beg to approach
your Eminence with all the respect and affection due to
your exalted character, and to bid you welcome.
Words are wanted to express our feelings of gratitude
for the great favour conferred upon the English nation
in the selection of one of her choicest and most gifted
sons, after centuries of trial and persecution, for the high
dignity to which the Holy Father and venerated Head of
the Church, Pio Nono, has been pleased to raise you.
Your Eminence's condescension in coming here to pre-
side at the opening of our new church, dedicated to the
Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, justifies
us in saying that the virtues best befitting a Christian
prince and prelate are united in your Eminence. Permit
us, your Eminence, to add, that 18 years ago our num-
bers here as Catholics reached but 10, and the church in
which you have this day announced the word of God is
a lasting proof and standing monument of their sincerity
and love for the true faith, and triumphantly shows that,
poor as the term may appear to be, religion has taken the
lead therein. That your Eminence, though much calum-
niated and misrepesented, may long continue to bear up
with patience and Christian fortitude against these un-
merited censures—that your days among those who be-
hold with pleasing satisfaction your many virtues, and
look with admiration on the mighty talents ever em-
ployed for the honour and glory of God and the benefit
of his people may be many—and that when called away
it may be to exchange a life of trouble and toil for a life
of reward and celestialLbliss ,is the heartfelt prayers of
the pastor and congregation of Hartlepool."
Between two and three o'clock Monsignor Wise-
man, the bishops and priests present at the opening,
and other members of the Roman Catholic congre-
gation, amounting altogether to about 250, partook
of dinner under a large marquee raised near the
new church. Monsignor Wiseman was in the chair;
on his right was the Bishop Briggs (of Beverley),
on his left were the other three bishops.
Dinner having been concluded,
Dr. BRIGGS proposed " Health, long life, and hap-
pine,s to Pius IX."—(Cheers.)
The toast having been drunk,
Dr. BRIGGS said—lt now becomes our pleasing
duty to show our loyalty to our Queen.—(Cheers.)
Her Majesty has passed through this county this day,
and I have no doubt she wilt be received in her pro-
gress with the greatest enthusiasm. Why should we
be exceptions, though not present at her coming ?
May we not join in those acclamations which are
now going forth in Northumberland ? Therefore, my
Lord Cardinal and ladies and gentlemen, let us
show our loyalty to our temporal Sovereign, in our
respect for her as our temporal superior, as we have
shown our respect and veneration to our ecclesiastical
superior, the Pope.—(Cheers.) Let us never forget
that there is a wide difference between the two—that
the one is temporal, the other is spiritual authority ;
and let us always show, as our predecessors and fore-
fathers have shown, the greatest loyalty to our Sove-
reign, while we show the most perfect obedience to
our ecclesiastical superior, the Pope.—(Cheers.) I
give you the " Health, long life, and happiness of the
Queen."
The toast was drunk with all the honours, the com-
pany singing the national anthem.
The same BISHOP then proposed—" The health of
his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman.".—(Cheers.)
Monsignor WisEmais was received with cheers.
He said—My Lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I ought
to begin by returning thanks to your excellent bishop
for the very kind manner in which he has brought
my name before you, if I had not some little cause of
complaint against him for the manner in which he
has done it. He has been speaking of me as though I
were quite a stranger in the diocese of Hexham, for
which it was necessary to make me known in some
extraordinary way, while I felt myself as completely
at home here as I do in London, or in any other part
of England.—(Applause.) It is a great happiness to
me to be among you to-day, because I am surrounded
by so many with whom my very earliest and most
pleasant recollections ate so intimately associated.
You are most of you aware that I received the
greater part of my education in the college of this
diocese, at Ushaw. I had the happiness of being the
companion of many who are here, and I had also,
what was more valuable to me, the advantage of
looking up to some of those now around me as
models for my imitation, and to receive from them
instruction, both religious and clerical.—(A pplause.)
I remember Dr. Briggs in the capacity of a
philosopher—(Laughter)—the Bishop of Hexham
was in various offices. I knew him for many years as
zealously discharging important duties and functions
in the college; and if anything would at all surprise
us concerning him it would be that he should have so
long been in what may be called a comparatively ob-
scure situation, for he was a zealous missionary indeed
before he was put into that eminence in the church
which he had so long before deserved. But I take it to
be one of the many proofs which the church
gives us that she never loses sight of a faithful servant
but will bring him out, even from Darlington.—
(Laughter and applause.) I rejoice at this meeting,
for I believe there is no occasion when Catholics mee

with so much pleasure as when theirecef;ea-p;;C:
tical proof, as they do, that religion is quietly but so-
litarliy progressing.. I value the building of a church
in a small town, or in a village, far beyond half a
dozen churches in great cities, because where there
are large masses it is much more easy for religion to
make its way ; but in a smaller and quieter place it is
not so easy to act on the public mind. While I con-
sider that it is a proof of the zeal of the pastors and of
the congregations that such progress should have been
made, I consider it still more a proof of the upright
and the independent character of the inhabitants of
this place, that the Catholic religion really makes
the best progress where there are men of sterling
judgment, who are resolved to think for
themselves—who are not cowed by the domination
of any class, clerical or secular—(Applause)—but
who use that judgment which they are told to use in
matters of religion, except when it guides them in the
right direction. I rejoice, therefore, to see the
church—l rejoice to see its spire; and its bells lam
sure will toll gratefully on the ears of the population,
and we shall have no lawsuit to silence the bells be-
cause they are rung in honour of the saints of God.—
(Applause.) Men of Hartlepool, all that are Catholics,
go on ; avoid everything that can in any way shock
the feelings of any one, but do your duty, and I will
answer for it your, fellow-townsmen will appreciate
your conduct, and will be led far more by that conduct
than by any other means. My coming here must
not be considered in any way as a compliment. Ido
not wish that. lam glad and lam ready to go where

my presence may encourage or do good, and I am
ready to do my share of duty, as you, each of you,
are ready to do yours.—(Cheers.) Therefore I
consider whatever his Holiness, in his condescension,
may have been pleased to do for me, he has done it for
the sake of others—for the sake of all Catholics. Ho
said he wished to show his esteem and regard for the
Catholics of England. Beyond that there is nothing to
consider with regard to myself but one whom the Pope,
in his goodness, has been pleased somewhat to distin-
guish only that I might have a greater power
of doing good, and only in that way
because I consider myself as having been undeservedly
distinguished. There is no such thing as Papal ag-
gression, recollect. There is the aggression of con-
viction, there is the aggression of conscience, and
there is the aggression of desire in the determination
which we, with all upright and honest men, have to
labour to see that other people partake of blessings of
which we are conscious, and in that way we will en-
deavour to do our utmost to push forward what we
consider a holy cause.—(Applause.) But as to poli-
tical views, or as to interfering with the possessions of
men, to whatever class they may belong, God knows
that that has never entered into our head. There-

fore, let our aggression be the aggression of
reason and calm, good, sense, and already our fel•

low-subjects have shown themselves disposed to listen
to that reason, and I have no doubt that whatever has
occurred which has been unpleasant to our feelings
during the past year will be to our advantage, because
they will be anxious to make up for the injustice of
the past.—(Hear, hear.) I thank you again most
heartily for the manner in which you have received
my health, and I beg to assure you I shall leave with
the most agreeable recollections of the day 1 have
spent in Hartlepool.—(Cheers )
A few other toasts were then drank, and the meet-
ing separated.
In the evening Dr. Morris preached.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Two well-dressed young men, named James John
Smith and William Harpur, were brought up charged
with having robbed Mrs. Henderson, the wife of a
bootmaker, of a watch of the value of 31. 10i.
John White, It 180, said—Oa Wednvsday last, at
abort 5 o'clock, I W 451 in Church-street, Greenwich,
and I saw the prisoners following a lady. I watched
them about 200 yards. Smith went into a shop,
leaving Harpur outside, and when he came out they
walked on together, and went into another shop, out
of which soon walked Smith, with a pair of boots in
a handkerchief. They then went to a public-house,
and afterwards to the pier and on board the boat
which went on to the Tunnel-pier. I observed them
narrowly, and saw Smith leave Harpur and try the
pockets of two ladies. I then saw Smith place him-
belt by the side of Mrs. Henderson, and afterwards
pass by the cabin door to Harpur, with whom he en
tered into conversation. The lady said she had lost
her watch, and I said, "Don't make a noise; I know
who has got it." I spoke to the captain and got as-
sistance, and then I seized Harpur and charged him
with having the lady's watch in hie possession. He
struggled very much, asked me what I took hold of
hint for, and threw the watch into the water. He
denied that he had stirred from the place which he
had first occupied, and that he had stolen anything.
I then told Smith that he was charged with the rob-
bery as well as the other, and be also denied that he
knew anything about it. I heard Mrs. Henderson
say to Harpur, who addressed a few words to her,
that she would take 31. 104.

Mrs. Henderson said—l got into the steamboat at
the Tunnel-pier. It was greatly crowded. My
watch was under my mantle on a riband guard. It
had been safe two minutes before. I said to the officer
who has just given evidence that I had lost it, and he
told me to be quiet, and that he knew who had it. I
went up to the prisoner. The people said the watch
was in the water, and I said if I got my watch I
would do nothing further. The prisoner Harpur
asked me if I would take the value of the watch. I
said I would. He then asked me what the value of it
was, and I told him 3/. 108., and he said, " You shall
have it if you do nothing further in it." I told him
I would do nothing more in it, and he then put his
hand in his pocket, pulled out the 3/. 10s., and handed
it to me. I afterwards went to the station-house.
Upon examining the riband I found the handle or bow
of the watch upon it.
Mrs. Pring—l was with Mrs. Henderson when she
lost her watch, and I saw Harpur throw it into the
water. I saw the officer sieze Harpur, and I heard
Smith say to Harpur, " Give her 10s. more."
Smith said he went to see a rowing match, and
afterwards went into a refreshment-room, where the
other gentleman (Harpur), whom he had never seen
before, addressed him, and they agreed to come to
town together. Of course be knew nothing of any
watch.

Harpur—lt's all a mistake to say I had a watch
in my hand. All I had and all I threw into the
water was a piece of lemon peel.—Committed for
trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.
John Start, who stood remanded from last week
upon a charge of assaulting in a very infamous man-
ner a young woman named Mary Anne Morehouse,
whom he had engaged to convey with her boxes from
the house of a family in Bloomsbury-square to that
of her mother at Clapham-common, but, after driving
her about in a covered van for four or five hours,
ultimately drove her to Temple-mills, in the Hack-
ney-marshes, where, in a lonely road, he subjected her
to such persecution and violence while endeavouring
to accomplish his purpose, that she was obliged to
fling herself out headforemost upon the backs of the
horses, and narrowly escaped with her life, was on
Saturday placed at the bar for final examination be-
fore Mr. D'Eyncourt.
On the last occasion the prisoner was remanded to
procure the attendance of the driver of the van in
which the outrage took place, and
Frederick Churcher, the driver in question, now
stated that he was its the service of Mr. Grainger, a
van owner, in White Lion-street, Pentonville, and on
Saturday, the 23d ult., was employed to drive one of
his master's vans, which the prisoner and another
man had hired, to bring a load of potatoes from Wan-
stead to London. After delivering the load at a house
near Bloomsbury-square the prisoner came up with
the prosecutrix and her boxes, and haling privately
informed him that the young woman was his own
sister, handed her and the boxes in, together with a
mattress, and having then got in himself, told the
witness to drive to some street, but he, being a stranger
in town, did riot know where it was. He was sitting
on a high seat in front of the van, and after going
some distance asked the prisoner where he was going.
The prisoner replied to Tyler's Farm, at Bow, and on
witness telling him he was sure they ware going
wrong, he replied that they were not, and for a long
time afterwards kept directing him first to the right,
and then to the left, till it at last became quite dark,
and he found himself in a very lonely road, and with
scarcely any houses near. He repeatedly heard a
violent struggling going on inside the van between
the prisoner and the prosecutrix, who screamed
"Murder" two or three times, and at length
earnestly implored him to protect her from the
prisoner's violence. Witness told him he ought
to be ashamed of himself to molest the girl, and
told him to 1 eave her alone, but the prisoner
threatened him with personal violence it he inter-
fered, and upon a renewed attack by the prisoner the
young woman made her way out through the front
of the van, and clambered on to the seat by the side
of witness, exclaiming that the prisoner would cer-
tainly kill her, if she could nut escape from him.
She had scarcely got on to the driving seat, however,
when the prisoner ran forward after her, and made a
grasp at her clothes, which had been much torn in her
previous struggles against her assailant, with a view
to force her back into the van again, but the young
woman shrieked out "Murder " in great terror, and
leaped from the van with such reckless precipitation
that her feet were caught in the horses' traces, and he
considered it little short of a miracle that her life had
not been sacrificed. It was impossible for him to
help her, as his horses were very spirited animals, and
he dared not let go of them, but a young man who
had fortunately witnessed the prisoner's scandalous
conduct from the back steps of the vehicle ran
forward and rescued her from her perilous posi
tion, and the prisoner was shortly afterwards cap
tured.

Some further confirmatory evidence to the same
effect was also adduced ; and the prisoner having in
defence acknowledged that he had agreed to carry the
prosecutrix as she had described, but that he was
obliged to take her that distance out of her way as he
had to take up a fresh load in that direction, but
protested that he had not offered her any violence
further than kissing her and placing his arm round
ber waist,

Mr. D'ErNcouaT directed the evidence of the wit-
nesses to be reduced to &positions, and the prisoner
was fully committed to Newgate for trial.

LAMBETH.

Mr. Henry Isaacs, officer to the Committee of
Bankers, accompanied by a decent-looking country-
man, who appeared much affected, waited on the ma-
gistrate (Mr. Elliott), and requested his advice and
assistance under the following extraordinary and
somewhat suspicious circumstances :
Mr. Isaacs stated that on the 15th of August a girl
of fifteen years of age, who had been in his service for
three years and six weeks, had disappeared from his
house, and though he had made every exertion to dis-
cover her he had not been able to obtain the slightest
intelligence about her until the 25th, when, in answer
to a letter he had written to Mr. Carter, one of the
coroners for Surrey, he received a communication to
the effect that on the 23d he held an inquest on the
body of a young woman, somewhat answering her
description. Previous to this, he (Mr. Isaacs) had, in
the course of his inquiry, learned sufficient to
satisfy him that a young man named Wilson, and
who held a situation as a messenger in a
merchant's office in his neighbourhood, had
something to do with her disappearance, and he
in consequence questioned him very closely on the
subject, and he denied all kn owledge as to what had
become of her. On examining his person and lodg-
ings he, however, found several articles, such as a
silver pencil. case, a pair of worked slippers, and other
articles belonging to him (Mr. Isaacs), and those, he
said, the girl had made him a present of. He (ap-
plicant), however, took him into custody on a charge
of receiving those articles knowing them to have been
stolen, and he at present stood remanded by the Lord
Mayor on that charge. At the time of his remand
no tidings had been discovered of the unfortunate
girl, so that the charge merely amounted to receiving
the articles he had mentioned. On the receipt of Mr.
Carter's (the coroner's note), he Mr. Isaacs, went to the
station-house at Brixton, and upon being shown the
apparel of the young woman on whose body the in-
quest had been held, he at once recognised them as
the clothes of his late servant. From inquiries he
made, he found that the body of the girl had been
found in a pond of water in a brickfield at Brixton,
on the 20th, that an inquest had been held at the
White Horse public-house, Brixton road, on the
23d, when the jury returned an open verdict of
Found drcvniod."

Mr. ELLIOTT—Were there any marks of violence
on the body ? Mr. Isaacs—None, Sir, I believe ;
but it appeard to have been the opinion of the jurors,
from its decomposed state, that the body must have
been a considerable time in the water, whereas only
five days elapsed from her leaving my residence until
the time when she was found. The jurors were also
of opinion that the deceased was 25 years of age,
though in reality she was not 16. I beg also to
mention to your worship, that it is my impression that
the poor girl had never before been in the neighbour-
hood of Brixton; and I think she must have been
taken there. Besides, the place in which she was
found renders the case very suspicious, as she must
have psased three ponds in which she might have com•
mitted suicide if such had been her intention. Besides,
I have found that the young man, Wikon, had been
in the habit of visiting her at my house, without the
knowledge of my family, and they hail been seen to-
gether on the evening before she left my house. I
also wish to mention that a gold pin, belonging to me,
and which the deceased gave to the young man, I
found in the possession of a young woman in the vi-
cinity of Brixton, whom he was courting, and to
whom ha had given it as a present.
Mr. ELLIOTT—What is it you wish me to do in
the matter ? Mr. Laacs—This poor man, the father
of the girl, has come 40 miles out of Essex, deter-
mined to have justice done in the case, and it is his
wish to have the body exhumed and examined, but
one of the jurors told me that is would cost three
guineas to do so.
Mr. ELLIOTT—If the party was charged before me,
I should have the power to cause an examination of
the body; but I should advise you to await an an-
swer of the coroner to your last letter, and bear what
he recommends.
Mr. Isaacs said he should do so ; and, having
thanked his Worship for the attention wish which he
had heard him, left the court with the afflicted father
of the unfortunate girl.