The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-08 00:00:00

POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS.

The whoie country has been aroused by the imprison-
ment of Mr. O'Conell, and an agitation, much more for-
Midable than any I have ever witnessed, is in operation from
one extreme of the kingdom to the other. The peculiarity
of this movement is, that the Roman Catholic clergy are
meeting separately in their dioceses, to proclaim their de-
voted attachment to the man who led the successful move-
ment !or religious liberty, whilst those clergy, as citizens,
merge in the district meetings all through the country. I
subjoin an account of some of the latest meetings :
MEETING OF THE CLERGY OF THE ARCHDIO-
CESE OF CASHEL.
On Monday, 31 June, the Roman Catholic clergymen of
the Archdiocese of Cashel assembled in conference at Thurles.
After the business of the conference had concluded, they
held a meeting to prepare an address of sympathy to their
beloved Liberator. It was unanimously resolved to forward,
in a body, the repeal subscriptions for 1844. They also
pledged themselves, one and all, to organise in their respec-
tive parishes the collection of the repeal rent, and by every
constitutional exertion to sustain the father of his country.
PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR MR. O'CONNELL.
The Tipperary Vindicator contains, in a second edition,
the following IA ter from the Rev. J. Molony, chaplain to the
Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy:—
" Deerpark, June 4, 1844.

"My dear Sir,—l have been instructed by the Right Rev.
Dr. liento•ftv to request that you will have the goodness to
c your
lergy
ypuobflihciastidoino,cetr, tuhmetmsooslot
long as
All-wise to the
of events may be pleased to suffer the idol
of his country—the illustrious O'Connell—to be immured in
a prison, the Litany of the most holy name of Jesus be de-
voutly offered in every chapel, on every Sunday and holiday,
by the prieSt and the congregation, to implore the protection
of Heaven for the Christian patriot and his fafthful,fellow-
sufferers. You will be pleased also to announce, that he fur-
ther recommends that, in the prayer invariably said before
mass, after the words 'For the Queen and all that are in
high stations—that we may lead a quiet and holy life,' the
following words be immediately introduced, 'For O'Connell,
the father of his country—that, being delivered from all dan-
gers, he may, with renewed energy both of mind and body,
securely accomplish at last the glorious object of his dis-
tinguished life—the deliverance of his fellow-countrymen
front the blighting cures of unchristian and unnatural dis-
sension.' "I am, my dear Sir, yours,
" JOHN MOLONY,' R.C.C.

`"Maurice Lenihan, Esq., Tipperary Vindicator."
CITY OF DUBLIN.

MEETING OF Sr. PAUL'S WAED.—A meeting of the bur-
gesses of St. Paul's 'Ward was held yesterday evening, at
heynolds's Hotel, Queen-street, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the most effective means for giving expres-
sion to the feelings with which the inhabitants of that dis-
trict of the city regard the conduct of the Government in the
recent State prosecutions, and also for the purpose of de-
claring their sympathy with Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-
sufferers. A series of resolutions were adopted, and it hav-
ing been agreed that an address, expressive of sympathy and
confidence, should be presented to the Liberator, the meeting
adjourned.

MEETING cw• ST. JAMES'S WARD.—There was a very nu-
merous and most respectable meeting of this ward yesterday.
The utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and an address to O'Con-
nell and the " repeal martyrs" was unanimously agreed to.
Arrangements were made for the effective collection of the
repeal rent.
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'LINEN HALT. Wano.—This ward also assembled yester-
day. An additess to Mr. O'Connell was adopted. The repeal
rent collected in this ward since Monday is 1401.
MELTING or THE CORPORATION OF DUBLIN.—A special
meeting of the town council was held this day, for the pur-
pose, ai set forth in the summons, " of informing her Ma-
jesty, by way of address, that the man who created a public
mind it. Ireland, and thereby caused the great measure of
emancipation to become law, and raised his fellow-country-
men to the station of free citizens, is now an inmate of a pri-
son for a constructive offence, a mode of accusation always
deemed odious in a free State, and to pray her Majesty to vin-
dicate the Constitution and protect the rights and liberties of
her Ma;esty's subjects in Ireland, which have been violated
in his person. And further, to petition the Commons' House
of Parliament to the same-effect, and that the council should
present an address of sympathy to their imprisoned brother,
Daniel O'Connell." At twenty-five minutes to two o'clock
the chair was taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
Councillor Kiii*Alg moved that the dutiful and loyal ad-
dress which he held in his hand be presented to her Alskiesty.
lie then handed in the address, which was read by Mr. Ford.
It set forth the fraud in the jury list, the striking off the
jury all the names of Roman Catholics, and the injustice of
confining in a gaol the man who created a public mind in
Ireland, pending the trial of a writ of error, and concluded
by praying her Majesty to take these matters into her grave
consideration.
Alderman EGAN seconded the motion.
Councillor THOMAS opposed the motion.
Mr. STAUNTON spoke at length in condemnation of the way
the trial . was conducted, and contended that the address
should be adopted in its present form.
Alderman J osErti BOYCE could not assent to the address.
Mr. ATKINsoN supported the proposition.
Alderman Burr had no hesitation in paying that the ad-
dress would be both unconstitutional and illegal. He con-
cluded by entering his solemn protest against the address—
but if a separate one were prepared, embracing an expression
of sympathy to Mr. O'Connell, he would not oppose its adop-
tion.

For the motion 4O
Against it 6
Majority - 34
Mr. M'LouGm,ls then moved the adoption ofi an address
to Mr. O'Connell, which expressed the opinion that the sen-
tence under which lie was suffering was unjust and illegal,
and that the punishment was unmerited.
Mr. J. Dues seconded the motion.
Dr. 111AWSsELL, looking upop t 4 *cldress as being from the
politicqj fripwb of gf, O'Connell, would not vote upon it.
Ho the 4* left the house.
E
Alderman Burr could not vote for the address.
The meeting divided again, when there afftwpil fig tw
GREAT POPULAR MfAA:aolFunEStiTTA:sTililoosNt
effective
address 40, against it 1..
tPo—ClUsTsillOWS:—` It is probable that
A gc.tputaticio Ai iiiil Wliele Corporation was appointed to
present time address.
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The Wexford Independent contains the followipg;--if A
valuedp a r valued
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Inads inw r Di
au:Jai is
St. John's Day, June the 24th—being also Monday—will be

adopted fora great and impressive manifestation-of national
feeling, connected with the crisis so madly brought about by
the reckless Government with which the empire is at present
afflicted. That day will, perhaps, be selected as ' a day of
humiliation and mourning,' when the moral might of out-
raged millions will be exhibited, in a form even more startling
than that of a succession of monster meetings. The idea is
as yet only' in the rough.' It has elements in it, however,
of a character that will render it capable of being moulded
into an agent of great power and effect.' "
[The provincial papers contain reports of meetings in Gal-
way, Castlebar, Lismore, Belfast, Waterford, and many other
places, at all of which addresses to Mr. O'Connell were adopted,
and arrangements were made for the immediate collection of
the repeal rent.]
THE WEATHER. —We are delighted to learn that the rain
has been pretty general. Our correspondents write that it
has extended to the counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare,
Wexford, and Kilkenny, and that the beneficial effects ate
already apparent.

BRITISH andFOREIGN INSTITUTE.
The first general annual meeting of the members of the
institute was held yesterday, at their rooms in George-street,
Hanover-square, the Right Hon. the Earl of Devon, President
of the Society, in the Chair; supported by Earl Grosvenor,
Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P., Sir George Staunton, Bart.,
M.P. ; E. W. W. Pendarves, M.P. ; William Evans, M.P. ;
Lord William Lennox, Col. the Hon. L. Stanhope, Briga-
dier-General Sir Henry Pvnn, William Tite, Esq. ; William
Wizard, Esq. ; J. G. Teed, t sq. ; 11. Wavmouth, Esq. ; Chas.
Cochrane, Esq. ; Dr. Holt Yates, and rulers of the vice-pre-
sidents and committee.

The Noble President having briefly opened the business of
the meeting, the secretary was called upon to read the report.
The report stated at length the progress and present state
of the Institute, and gave an abstract of its statistics and
finances, which showed it to be in a very flourishing condition,
both as to its members and funds ; there being 1,255 members,
including those families entitled to the privilege of member-
ship, and a vested capital of 4,0001. in the Three per Cent.
Consols, and assets to the value of 5,000/., and liabilities to
the extent of 2,0001. only.
The report appeared to give the greatest satisfaction, and
the motions for its adoption, printing, and distribution among
the members, were carried unanimously.
A vote of entire satisfaction with the management of the
past year was then passed with the same unanimity, as well
as separate votes of thanks to the Earl of Devon for the deep
interest and great attention bestowed by him on the affairs
of the Institute; thanks to Mr. Buckingham for his able and
satisfactory management and superintendence; and thanks
to the Committee for their zealous and successful co-opera-
tion in promoting the general welfare of the society; all of
which were carried with unanimity ; and
The Earl of DEVON, on returning thanks for the confidence
reposed in him, bestowed a high eulogium on the character of
Mr. Buckingham, and bore testimony to his indefatigable
labours and great ability, to which he considered the success
of the Institute to be almost wholly attributable.
After which the meeting separated.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
ROBBERY OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER AND ALLEGED
HOCUSSElG.—Yesterday, Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, held
an inquest at the George, Beech-street, Barbican, on view of
the body of Mr. John Hardman, aged 46, a commercial tra-
veller, who died of an attack of apoplexy, and who was al-
leged to have been hocussed and robbed.
City policeman John M‘Cue, 478, said that on Wednesday
night, about twenty minutes to twelve o'clock, he was on
duty in Queen-street, Cheapside, when he observed the de-
ceased, who appeared intoxicated, and was supporting him-
self by a post. Witness led him to the station-house,
Garlick-hill ; but he was not detained there, the inspector
thinking him sufficiently sober to be able to take care of him-
self. He left, stating that he would go home in a cab.
About a quarter-past twelve o'clock witness again saw him.
He was in Watling-street, with policeman 493, who, hearing
from him that he was living at No. 3, Lower Whitecross-
street, got a cab, into which he entered.
William Marshall, the cabman who was hired, said that
when he was in Cheapside, the deceased told him to drive
to the tap of the Vine Inn, Bishopsgate-street, remarking
that he wanted something to drink. The deceased, there,
had a glass of ginger beer and a part of a glass of gin to
drink. He also treated two women, two men, and witness,
and a person who was with witness. Shortly after, while
deceased was seated on the settle, he was seized with a
stupor. He was then placed in witness's cab, and taken
home. Ou opening the door of the cab deceased was found
in the bottom of the cab with his head reclining on his chest.
He was brought out of the cab by a policeman and witness.
Life appeared extinct. He was conveyed into the house,
and in a few minutes a surgeon arrived, who said that he
was dead.
George Fletcher, City policeman 123, said that he searched
the deceased after he was in the house, and found a four-
penny piece in one of his pockets.
Mr. Richard Collick, landlord of the Vine tap, said that
the deceased changed half-a crown to pay Is. 9d. He after-
wards bought some sandwiches with the halfpence. He took
the half-crown from a long sliding purse, in which there
were about seven half-crowns. Witness also saw in his pos-
ses4on a half-sovereign and a shilling. Deceased put the
purse in his trousers pocket. The cabman and two other
men put deceased in the cab.
Mrs. Elizabeth Leech, No. 3, Whitecross-street, stated
that deceased had lodged in her house about six weeks. Ile
was a traveller for a commercial house at Liverpool, where
his wife and son are living. The last time she saw him alive
was on Monday, when he left to go to Southampton. He
had with him a carpet-bag, in which was his wearing ap-
parel, and two large parcels, containing some maps, all of
which are missing. She has only seen deceased twice the
worse for liquor, and he had then been to dinner parties.
Deceased never made any complaints of pains in his head,
and was always cheerful.
y
Mr. Joseph Mason, surgeon, No. 51, Beech-street, stated
that he was called to see the deceased, who had been dead a
few minutes. He made a post mortem examination, and
discovered the membranes and substance of the brain uni-
versally congested, which had produced apoplexy and death.
The lungs were also congested. These appearances come
from natural causes. He did not perceive the smell of any-
thing deleterious in the contents of the stomach, in which
there was no food.

The CORONER then asked the jury if they would have the
contents analysed?
The jury said that they were satisfied with the evidence,
and returned a verdict that the deceased's death was caused
by " Congestive apoplexy."

Thursday, the 20th instant, will be the seventh
anniversary of her Majesty's accession to the throne.
THE MARQUIS OF LONDoNDERUT's CoLLIERIES.—
The pitmen lately in the employ of Lord -Londonderry, in
the county of Durham, still refusing to return to work on the
terms stipulated in the proposed new bond, his Lordship has
announced his intention to bring over from his Irish lead mines
a number of men, who have already been engaged by his
agents in that country. During this week upwards of 100
tradesmen and others, residing at Pensher and the neigh-
bourhood have been sworn in before the county magistrates
as special constables, to afford protection to the Irish la-
bourers on their arrival at the collieries, and to prevent any
breach of the peace. Matters are now rapidly hastening to
a crisis in the north, and if the pitmen do not immediately
return to their employment, their places will, in nearly every
colliery, be filled by others who will be glad to accept them.
THE LORD CHIEF BARON OP THE COURT OF
EXCHEQUER.—The Lord Chief Baron dined for the first time
since his elevation to the Bench at the Middle Temple, on
Thursday last, which in legal phraseology, is called the
" grand day" of Hilary Term. On these occasions the
Judges of the Courts dine at the Inns of Court by which
they had respectively been called to the bar. Among the
Judges present on Thursday, in addition to the Chief Baron
of the Exchequer, were Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice
Coleridge. Lord Kenyon was also there. The Lord Chief
Baron wore his official costume, and was loudly cheered by a
crowded hall. His Lordship repeatedly acknowledged the
compliment.
ACCIDENTS RETURNING FROM ASCOT RACES.—
On Thursday afternoon two accidents of a serious nature oc-
curred to parties returning from Ascot, the particulars of
which are as follow :—The first occurred to a young gentle-
'man named Henderson, the son of a captain in the Royal
Navy, who, whilst driving a tandem along the Brompton-
road, the fore horse stumbled and fell, and the hind one fall-
ing on him, the vehicle was capsized, the shafts broken, and
Mr. Henderson and his servant thrown head foremost upon
the horses, both of them having become entangled in the
harness and kicking furiously. The servant fortunately es-
caped unhurt, but onpicking up his master it was found that
one of his arms was broken, and that he had received several
severe kicks about the head and face. A medical gentleman
was promptly on the spot, who accompanied. Mr. Henderson
in a cab to the residence of his friends in Victoria-square,
Pimlico. The second accident, which was of a more 4arm-
ing nature than the above, occurred to a man named Black-
well, residing at Edward's-place, Kensington, who fell head-
long from the driving-box of a pleasure-van
,at Hounslow,
and, pitching on his head, received such severe injury it is
not expected he can possibly recover.
STATE OF TRADE.-111e accounts received by the
Overland Mail from Calcutta and China, are very favourable
for cotton goods. Woollens were not doing so well, and in
China the exchange had fallen somewhat. Tho accounts
from Bombay report heavy sales, but at somewhat lower
prices. Cotton had risen materially, and what came in of the
new crop was purchased principally for China. We had more
doing in cotton this week, and a decidedly more healthy feel-
ing, no attempt being made to force off cotton below market
rates ; beyond this, perhaps, no advances can be quoted. The
heavy arrivals will cause buyers to come in ; and we may
soon hope that prices will become settled, and a stead), regu-
lar business ensue. In Manchester there wag ft fair business
doing for yarns for Russia and Germany. Domestics and
printed cloths were more inquired for ; but shirtings, previ-
ous to the arrival of the overland mail, were dull of sale and
lower. The rain has come most opportunely for the spring
crops, and there is a promise ofan unusually early and abundant
wheat harvest. We musts we fear, be sometime before the
machinery of the new sugar duties can be got into operation,
as to confer much benefit on the consumer. The West India
Mails bring accounts of drought there, which has caused
much injury to the coffee crop.—Linerpod ,Journal.
A DEED or DARENEM—On Monday last, as theu
navigators employed in the completion of the L edb ry
Canal to this city were engaged at Monkmoor in farming a
wide ditch close to the hedge adjoining Mr, George's factory,
the spade of one of the men Clinic in contact with a human
skull, and on further turning up the earth a whole skeleton,
in a very advanced state of decay, was discovered. The frail
memorials of mortality lay upon an oak slabs or board, at a
depth of about four feet, the hole dug for their reception
with stones and rubbish. From the absence
being filled up
it is impossible to say with certainty wligtlo4
of the pelvis,
the remains are those of a male or female, hut from the
smallness of the bones it is conjectured that they are those of
a woman, certainly of an incliYidll4l of small stature ; and the
teeth being very perfect, mast likely those of a person in the
bloom or 4111 vigour of age. From the circumstance of a
clrslin having been cut through the ground over where the
grumbling skeleton lay, without any cliseovery of the body,
there is little doubt that the interment took place before the
enclosure of the common, and therefore the deceased has pro-
bably lain in the earths for a period of sixty years. The spot
is secluded, and at that period must, even thoughuw open, have
ave
been one of peculiar loneliness.* Whether, h
re-
mains are those of some hapless being (bully murdered,elh or,
as has been surmised, from the rather careful manner in
which they were deposited, of some suicide, or person who
died by the hangman, and was consequently ti.enled the rites
of Christian burial, is one of those queatidns on which the
mind may speculate with mysterious curiosity, but can arrive
at•
~ no certaip Some years ago, a pensioner about
years ow, on his death-bed, declared that in Ilkg younger
ays he had murdered a man, and that the cmpse Rat burled
on Monkmoor, but the circum,st4lli4 *is little regarded at
v
the time, and it is in all‘Co speculate upon it now.—Hereford
. .
AMMO,

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"4:11N ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S C,OURT

TART AND COURT BARON.—Yesterday, c.n the part of his
Grace the Archbishop of Cantertury' • who Is Lord of the
Manor of Lambeth, a Vcilirt Leet and Court Baron was held
according cci annual custom, nearly forty gentlemen attended
the Nuns, and some nuisances were presented, which, when
removed, will tend materially to impruye 4he parish of Lam-
beth generally. The business hin;g v concluded the atterAd •
ants at the Court proceeded 0, aipner 14 the Vo4ther'a twparn,
aterloo-bride.

ARREST OF CO6-I;4T-6.-STR. OWSKI

Under the head of Bow-street police will be found some
particulars of the arrest and examination of this gentleman
before Mr. Jardine. The following version of the matter has
been forwarded for publication, by Count Ostrowski himself:—
As Count Ostrowski was quietly sitting in his apartments
in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, he was surprised by the
sudden entrance of five or six individuals, who, without any
attempt to explain the object of their visit, seized upon him
with the utmost violence. Count Ostrowski naturally op-
posed some resistance to this proceeding, when the ixtruders
declared themselves to be policemen (though they wore no
uniform), and on being requested by the Count to produce the
warrant under which they acted, they drew their staves, and
threatened to " dash his brains out," unless he surrendered
instantly.
Count Ostrowski was detained by some of the policemen in
his sleeping apartment, whilst the others were engaged in
rummaging his writing-desk and securing his papers. He
was thou conveyed to a station-house at 'Westminster, and
afterwards brought up before Mr. Jardine at Bow-street,
where he, for the first time, learnt the nature of the charge
on which he had been arrested. It appears that on Monday
last Count Ostrowski called at his tailor's, Mr. Inkson's, in
Ryder-street, St. James's, and observing a pair of trousers of
rather striking appearance lying on the counter, he happened i
to inquire for whom they were ntended. He was informed
they had been ordered by the Emperor Nicholas ; at which
Count Ostrowski expressed some surprise, and added, in a
jocular manner, that he should like to have the trying of
them on. Mr. Inkson, or his shopman, converted this re-
mark into a threat against the life of their Imperial cus-
tomer ; and it was on this absurd and trumpery accusation
that Count Ostrowski was dragged with so much parade and
so little courtesy before the tribunals of this country. He
was required by Mr. Jardine to find bail for his peaceable
behaviour, himself in the sum of 5001., with two sureties to
the amount of 2501. each, or in default he was ordered to
be committed for two months to Tothill-fields prison. The
bail was, of course, obtained without difficulty, as soon as
Count Ostrowski was permitted to communicate with his
friends, which, however, he was not allowed to do until
several hours after the time of his arrest. Count Ostrowski's
papers are still detained ; all his endeavours to recover them
from the hands of the police having proved unsuccessful.

DESTUCTIVE FIRE AT HUDDERSFIELD.—Property
to the extent of 30,000/. to 40,0001. in value was destroyed
by fire on Monday morning last, at Folly-hall, near Hudders-
field. Between one and two o'clock in the morning flames
were discovered bursting out from the third floor of the large
factory at Folly-wharf, the property of Mr. Joseph Kave.
Messengers were quickly dispatched for fire-engines to Ar-
mitage-bridge and Milnes-bridge; and the fire-engine be-
lunging to the factory and that of the Leeds and Yorkshire
Insurance Company at Huddersfield were immediately set to
work, as were also the engines which speedily arrived from
the former places ; but, notwithstanding there was a plea-
tiful supply of water, the whole of the buildings in which
the lire originated fell a rapid prey to the element. As
it was soon evident that the fire had a large hold, owing,
in a great measure, to the inflammable nature of the
,contents of the mill, the efforts of those who worked
the engines were soon directed to the preservation of
another large mill, a little to the south of the one now
consumed, and also the property of Mr. Kaye. Hap-
pily, though the heat from the adjoining conflagration
melted a great portion of the lead forming the roof of the
second mill, and did great damage to the doors and windows,
the efforts of the firemen were successful in saving the second
mill from destruction. The mill or factory which was de-
stroyed was about 63 yards long, 18 wide, and 24 in height
to the eaves, above which were attics, and without these
there were five stories. It was divided into a number of
rooms, with steam power to each, and occupied by separate
persons or firms. By the conflagration an immense quantity
of property, amounting at reast in value, as we have said
before, to thirty or forty thousand pounds, was destroyed,
Five hundred persons have bees thrown out of employment,
and several of the occupiers of steam power ruined. Most
of the latter class of persons had not their property insured,
and Mr. Kaye's property was only partially insured. Hia
loss, we understand, will not be less than 20,000/. The only
accident that occurred in connection with the fire was to a
youth about seventeen years of age, who had his arm frac-
tured by a coping-stone falling upon it. The origin of the
fire has not been positively ascertained, but rumour ascribes
it to the spontaneous combustion of a quantity of shoddy, or
devil's dust.

LONDON AND YORK. RAILWAY.—A general meet-
ing of the provisional committee for the construction of this
new line of railway was held yesterday morning at the Hall of
Commerce, Threadneedle-street. The Right Hon. the Earl
of Winchilsea occupied the chair. Mr. J. H. Astell, the
chairman of the acting committee stated, that that commit-
tee having been appointed for the purpose of adopting mea-
sures for amalgamating the two companies then before the
public, viz. the Great Northern Company, and the London
and York via Lincoln Company, each having in view the
connecting the metropolis with the city of York, and ulti-
mately with Edinburgh, by means of a railroad, had so far
succeeded in their object, that henceforward the two
companies would act together in an harmonious spirit
The committee had also appointed Mr. Locke, the en-
gineer to decide upon the merits of the respective
lines. Mr. Pitman, the secretary, then read the report of
the acting Committee, the contents of which, however, may
be gathered from Mr. Astell's speech. The Noble Chairman
said he fully concurred in all that the report contained, and
added that he should be happy to give his most cordial sup-
port to either line that the engineer might prefer; even
though, regarding it in a personal point of view, the other
might be more advantageous to himself. Upon the motion
of Viscount Howick, M.P., seconded by Sir G. Strickland,
M.P., the report was then agreed to ; as was a motion ap-
pointing a Committee of twenty-four gentlemen, with full
power to take all necessary measures to carry out the under-
taking. The Committee was subsequently nominated ; and,
upon the motion of Mr. E. B. Denison, M.P., seconded by the
Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., a vote of thanks was passed
to the Noble Chairman, when the meeting separated.
THE BRADFORD MURDNR.—We inserted in The
Sun an account of a murder committed on an inoffensive
musician named Benjamin Gott, who had attended a proces-
sion of some Orange clubs, by a mob of Irishmen at Bradford,
in Yorkshire. After a long investigation before Mr. Pollard
and Mr. Kaye, two of the Magistrates of the West Riding,
four Irishmen of the names of Thomas Rogan, John O'Brien,
Daniel Donovan, and William Quin, have been committed to
York Castle, for trial at the ensui assizes, on the charge
of " Wilful murder of the said Benjamin Gott ;" and a man
named Daniel Power has been admitted to bail, himself in
1001., and two sureties in 501. each, to answer a similar charge
when called upon.
Costa's opera, Don Carlos, is:in active rehearsal at
her Majesty's Theatre. This is likely to be the only opera-
tic novelty this season. Ricci's Corrado d'Altatnara is post-
poned, and Persiani's opera, II l'antastna, meets with an
obstacle in the cast of the part, M. Persiani objecting to the
one allotted to Mdlle. Favanti.

WooLwicH DoCKTARD.—Under the superinten-
dence of Capt. Denison, Civil Engineer, of her Majesty's
Dockyard, Woolwich, a considerable enlargement of that
establishment is about to take place. For some time past
much inconvenience has been felt in consequence of want of
room by the boiler makers belonging to the yard.
RAILWAY BlLLS.—Before the gallery of the House
of Lords was opened yesterday, the following Railway Bills
were read a second time :—viz., South-Eastern Railway
Whitehaven and Maryport Railway Bill, Salisbury Branch
Railway Bill, and South Devon Railway Bill.
BRAINTREE.—A meeting of the Directors of the
Braintree Corn Exchange was held on Tuesday last, at the
Horn Inn, Braintree, when a dividend of 4i. per cent. was
declared on the shares. William Watford, jun., Esq., and
Mr. John Taylor, of Hedingham, were unanimously elected
treasurer and chairman, in the room of George Nottidge,jun.,
Esq., resigned.—Essez Standard.
Extensive preparations are on foot by Mr. Cubbitt,
at the Belgrave Works, Thames-bank, to receive the Empe-
ror of Russia and the King of Saxony, who have expressed a
desire to witness the power of steam in that extensive factory.
THE WAKEFIELD COLLIERS.—These men yet re-
main out, with the exception of the pits named by us before,
and we see no likelihood of the dispute being amicably settled.
as both masters and men do not appear willing to make any
compromise; this we regret, as wo think some amicable ar-
rangement might, perhaps, have been made. The ship.
keepers have begun to feel the effects of the strike in a died •
nisheci exchequer, and great complaints are made of the
scarcity of money,—Wakefield Journal.

RAILWAY FARES.—The following remarks upon
the high fares maintained by the Railway Companies of Oh
country, from the reports of the Parliamentary Select Quu-
mittee on Railways, are well deserving of publicity and at-
tention :—" Great as have been the benefits of railways to
the public, that circumstance does not afford any good rea-
son against seeking, by any just and reasonable means, to
enlarge these advantages. Now, it is material to observe,
that in this country what is called the high-fitre system,
ordinarily prevails; that the average charge of railway
communication, a charge falling, in no inconsiderable degree,
on trade and commerce, is very much higher than in other
countries where railways have been established; and that
there is no clear or early prospect of a general reduction of
the rate of charge under the present system of independent
Companies, even although it might be possible that that great
experiment might be tried, if it were tried fully and univer-
sally, with no unfavourable results, even upon immediate re-
turns. It is a question which the Committee are far from
thinking themselves able at present to determine, whether it
would or would not be advisable that the Government should
at a future period, endeavour to elibet a material reduction
of this charge ; and, although on the one hand, it would be
premature and most unwise in any degree to prltjudge this
question, yet; in the opinion of the Committee, it is desiralabe
to reserve to public authority the means of forming a judit.
went upon it, when a proper time shall have arrived, at, least
in in all those cases with regard to which the Legislature doca
not stand committed, by proceedings already taken,•
different oe
course. It may be mentioned, to show thdiffe-
rence rence between fares in America and England, that from Boa-
tan to New York costs only 9s. Gd.,
_although it is about 200
miles ; and from New York to Albany, 160 miles, 6,. Might
this not be copeprieedamrwEultlichhDaAdasvuanTui.swit_age ? ,
beforecfliAevNetrhOleevyMEwLagistratts at the GuiMallaiallrYle,ek'wthbt'lli.heawcllinelearirrontliaduegrhotidi one of the :most absurd burlesques Rerhaps ever inquiry
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aof ad court of justice. The subject for inquiry
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beaennciplresavflety
Powerful jilpino spaniel (of the species originally bred by the
monks of St. Bernard), whose owner was charged with allow-
ing the said animal to range about unmuzzled, to the dan-
gerous annoyance of her Majesty's lieges. The dog being a
particular favourite, from the fact of his having descended
from pure stock, and been bred on the rich soil of Brainhana
Park, it was net to be endured that a malignant aspersion
should be east upon his fame, without a vigorous effort being
made by a special pleader in his defence. The bench was,
therefore, crowded by members of the learned and legal pro-
fessions—gentry, bankers, and merchants—who, together
with a numerous host from the body of the court, readily
came forward to prove the excellent temper and docility of
the animal ; in further proof whereof, he was ordered into
court, and actually took, his stand erect on the bench, at the
right of the worshipful Magistrates, where he certainly did
appear must sagaciously consequential of his notoriety, and
much delighted by the judicial decision in his
i favour, that I
was neither savage nor ferocious, to the evident chagrin of
his accuser, but much to the diversion of a large assemblage
of spectators,-.1794 eirairant.
Evil,* OF A LARGE FORTUNE:" I don't know
whether you will be happier with a large fortune?" said
ft
Lord Eskclale. " It's a, troublesome thing ; nobody is
satisfied with what you do with it ; very oen not your-
self. To waiatain an equable expenditure—not to spend
tcl4mu4 on one thing, too little on another—is an art.
There must be a harmony, a keeping in disbursement,
which very fow men have. Great wealth wearies. ,The
thing to have is about ten thousand a year, and the
world to think you have only five. There's some enjoy—
ment then; one is let alone. But the instant you have •
large fortune, duties commence. And then impudent
fellows borrow your money, and if you ask them for it
again, they go about town saying, you are a screw."—.
Coningsby,or the New Generation.