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EARL GREY AND DR. LANG. The New South. W...
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ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. T...
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MR. COBDEN AND SIR THOMAS HASTINGS. At t...
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THE ALLEGED SEDUCTION CASE. The report o...
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NATIONAL CIIAllTKll ASSOCIATION. Ori'tcK...
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SUNDAY POSTAL DELIVERY. The regulations ...
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MURDERS, SUICIDES, AND MURDEROUS ASSAULT...
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Anti-Popery Movement. The Bishop Of St. ...
Catholic Bishop of Cork , presided . Several resolutions were adopted , referring to the aspect of England on the Papal aggression question . They repudiate the idea that the Pope aims at assuming other than a spiritual jurisdiction ; and as regards the " mapping out " of the country , say , " That this act of authority by the Sovereign Pontiff , within the proper sphere of his jurisdiction , affects no other denomination of Christians , who , in the exercise of their liberty , choose to continue separated from our communion . "
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Earl Grey And Dr. Lang. The New South. W...
EARL GREY AND DR . LANG . The New South . Wales papers , last received , contain a despatch from Earl Grey to Sir Charles ITitzroy , in which his lordship replies to the charges brought against him by Dr . Lang . These charges of discourtesy and refusal to grant assistance to certain emigration schemes , we have adverted to on more than one occasion . E < arl Grey gives them a fiat contradiction , and then proceeds to accuse Dr . Lang of something very like swindling . The concluding and mo 3 timportant chargehe brings against the doctor is : —
" That having been repeatedly warned that any immigrants sent out in the manner in which those despatched on that occasion were sent out would not be entitled to grants of land , he induced them nevertheless to pay for their passages , and to emigrate under the impression that they were so entitled ; so that those emigrants arrived under circumstances altogether different from those they expected , and some of them , it may be inferred from your report , in actual want of the means of subsistence . "
The Legislative Council having had Dr . Lang s conduct under discussion , have passed a series of resolutions , nem . con ., accusing him of ' discreditable fraud . " In consequence of these resolutions Dr . JLang published an address to his constituents , who h eld a meeting , and passed resolutions condemnatory of the council , and sympathizing with the doctor .
Attempted Escape Of Mr. Smith O'Brien. T...
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF MR . SMITH O'BRIEN . The latest arrivals from Australia brint ; accounts of the attempted escape of Mr . Smith O ' Brien to California , which proved abortive . The following particulars of the event are taken from the Ilobart Town Advertiser . " On Sunday and Monday the " Victoria cutter , commanded by a man named Ellis , was observed hovering about the island , the wind being light until evening , when it fell calm . Shortly before sundown , Mr . S . O'Brien , who , notwithstanding his avowed intention of escaping , should an opportunity offer , has considerable liberty allowed him , went down to a sandy cove , one of the few places where boats gent-rally land , and just as he reached the shore a boat with three men put in , and he rushed
up to his middle to meet it . A constable on duty , who was a witness of the act , covered him with his piece and called to him to forbear , seconding this by rushing at the boat and knocking a hole in her bottom with h . is carbine , lie then pointed out to all four the folly of resistance , and required them to submit quietly , which they did . The officer in charge , menu time , having missed his prisoner , came rushing down the beach , and secured him while still in the water . He was then conducted to his house , and the three men confined for transmission to Hobart Town . A whale boat with six hands was sent on board the cutter , seized her , and brought her in . She , too , with the parties on board , will be sent up imme diately . It has not been thought necessary to impose any restraint on Mr . S . O'Brien greater than that to Which he was previously subjected . "
Mr. Cobden And Sir Thomas Hastings. At T...
MR . COBDEN AND SIR THOMAS HASTINGS . At the peace congress at Birmingham last month , Mr . Bright made some allusions to the evidence given by Sir T . Hastings , li . N ., before a parliamentary committee on nsivy estimates , in the course of which lie referred to the alnrm about a Fxencli invasion , and caused nvuch laughter by telling how Sir Thomas Hastings , when pressed to give tbu grounds on which his alarming statements about the danger of a French M'ar were founded , could only give as his authority the Bishop of Madagascar . Six Thomas Hastings
¦ wrote to Mr . Bright , demanding his authority for making such a statement . Mr . Bright , in reply , said lie hud made ; it on the authority of Mr . Cobden , and the latter acknowledges that ho mentioned the anecdote to Mr . Bright , and in a letter to Sir Thomas Hastings , nttirms that it was substantially true . This ¦ did not satisfy Sir Thomas , who called upon Mr . Cobden for a more satisfactory explanation . This l ) L'ing refused , on the ground that the statement was ¦ correct in tho main , Sir Thomas writes to Mr . ¦ Cobdun in the following terms : —
" I once more will on you 10 state , directly and explicitly , whether , nflrr ropi'rusiuj * my evidence-, you can "with truth assort that my soh' reason for believing that the hostile feeling of France to this country up to 1841 was founded on fin idle story told of the Bishop of Japan , which Mr . Bri g ht declares expressly he asserted in public on your authority , arid you , therefore , are responsible to 3 ne . Anil should you , in so c ! le ; irand simple a case , refuse to give me a s . nislV . etoty cxolnintum , 1 . shall conclude that it was and is your intention to insult me , and 1 shall place our eoiTCS | XMi < lence ju the hands of a friend , who ¦ will wait on you mi my behalf—or , should you prefer it , he will confer wit ' . i some fneml of yours . " This letter was written on tho 11 th . Having ¦ waited three days , Sir Thomas writes again to Mr ,
Cobden to say that the only course left open to him , in justification of his character , is to publish the correspondence , which he accordingly does . Mr . Cobden , in a subsequent letter to Sir Thomas , dated December 18 th , explains that he had delayed his answer to the letter containing the challenge , because he had not a copy of the evidence at hand ( in Manchester ) , nor could he get a copy for two days . After referring to the blue book in question , in order to refresh his memory as to what Sir Thomas had really said , he reiterates from recollection , the story regarding the Bishop , not of Madagascar , but Japan , and sums up by saying , that the sole ground of complaint appears to be that " Mr . Bright alleged that the authority of the Bishop was the only proof brought forward of the warlike disposition of the French . "
The Alleged Seduction Case. The Report O...
THE ALLEGED SEDUCTION CASE . The report of the proceedings which , occurred at the trial of Major Bartleman , of the 44 th Bengal Native Infantry , has been published in the Bombay papers . This officer was charged with scandalous and infamous conduct in having , under the cloak of an almost paternal authority , with which he had been entrusted by her father , endeavoured to seduce the affections of the wife of Lieutenant Shelton , of the 33 rd Native Infantry . Mrs . Shelton was the
daughter of Dr . Laughton , formerly a teacher at Simla , and had been married some years . The union had been an unhappy one . The husband had fallen into intemperate habits , and the quarrels in the family were frequent and notorious . In January last the unhappy couple were the guests of Major Bartleman , to whom , before this , they tad been but slightly known ; and , while there , the conduct of the husband to his wife and host was occasionally such as to induce him to volunteer a full written apology to the latter for what had occurred . In the following
month , her husband being then at Singapore , on sick leave , Mrs . Shelton wrote to her father , complaining of her husband ' s ill-usage , and expressing a wish for separation . In reply , Dr . Laughton wrote , under cover to Major Bartleman , exhorting his daughter to a reconciliation , and entreating her to use her best endeavours to soothe the mind and regain the affections of her husband . To Major Bartleman , who was his senior , and had been twice a widower , and might therefore have been supposed capable of being entrusted wiih such a charge , he wrote thanking him for the kindness he had shown his daughter , and committing her in case of extremity to his protection .
Mr . Shelton returned from Singapore early in July , but does not appear to have expressed any dissatisfaction with the conduct of his wife . On the 23 rd of August Major Bartleman drove Mrs . Shelton in his buggy from Barrackpore to Calcutta , by invitation of her husband . During their absence Mr . Shelton found concealed in his wife ' s pillow a letter addressed to her by Major Bartleman , such as a devoted husband might have written to his wifesuch as none but an accepted lover would have written to his mistress . Next day Mr . Shelton and his wife met Major Bartleman ; high words passed between the two gentlemen , but the major preceded them on horseback to their home , and there awaited their arrival . The husband forbade his entrancethe wife accepted his arm . When inside he was repeatedly ordered to the door : he persisted in remaining , as he wished to have some explanations with Mrs . Shelton . Driven to fury at thus being defied and insulted in his own house , Mr . Shelton rushed to his bedroom and brought out a pistol , which he snapped at Major Bartleman . That officer seized him , wrested the pistol from his hand , pushed him down , and beat him with a whip ; the table was upset in tho scuffle , aid was called for in vain , and a fearful scene , apparently in the presence of the lady , ensued . The major having quitted the house at length , he soon after returned and placed Mr . Shelton under arrest . A circumstance very material to the character of the intimacy between the parties came out on the examination ; that on the 22 nd of August , the day before the letter was written , the discovery of which first awakened suspicion in the mind of the husband , and led to tho explosion , Major Bartleman had put himself in the hands of his law adviser , who had
engaged counsel to delend the action lie expected to bo brought against him in the civil court . Mrs . Shelton appears , in defiance of tho known wish of her husband , to have encouraged the "visits both of Major Bartloman and u Mr . Downing , nml to have taken legal advice as to whether she might be deprived of her children . Here the matter for the present stands ; the decision of the court-martial is in the hands of the Commander-in-chief .
National Ciialltkll Association. Ori'tck...
NATIONAL CIIAllTKll ASSOCIATION . Ori'tcKs , 14 , JSoitiiami'Tox Stukkt , Stuaxh . Tho Provisional Committee of tliis body met as above on Wednesday eve :. ing last , Mr . James Grassby in the chair . An unusual amount of correspondence was read , consisting oh icily oi ' votetioi' coiiiiik'iieu in the lato executive ., and disagreeing with the Manchester Conference
Messrs . Blake and Kelley , appointed by the Emmett's Brigade ; R . H . Bloomfield , by the Whittinol ton and Cat locality ; and Mr . S . Reynolds , by trie Crown and Anchor locality , to inspect the votes received for the executive committee , were present and gave in the following as the result of their scrutiny : — " We report that we have found the votes to be kept correct ; that fifty-three localities and one hundred personal votes have been received . The poll stands thus :. 1 G . W . M . Reynolds 1805 12 John Fussell .... 611 2 G . J . Barney . . . 1774 13 Edward Miles ... 515 3 Ernest Jones . . . 1759 14 R . Le Blond .... 456 4 John Arnott .... 1505 15 W . J . Linton .... 402 5 F . O'Connor . . . . 1314 16 T . M . Wheeler ... 350 6 G . J . Holyoake . . 1021 17 John Shaw 326 7 William Davis . . . 858 18 J . B . Leno 94 8 James Grassby . . 811 19 A . E . Delaforce . . 89 9 John Milne .... 709 20 J . J . Ferdinando . . 59 10 Thornton Hunt . . 707 21 J . Finlen ...... 44 11 Edmund Stallwond 636 " We certify that the above is a true , faithful , and correct statement . " Stephen Reynolds . " Jacob Blake . ** Robert Henry Bloomfield . " John Kelley . " The committee then adjourned to Wednesday evening , January 1 , 1851 .
Sunday Postal Delivery. The Regulations ...
SUNDAY POSTAL DELIVERY . The regulations referred to in the following notice came into operation on the 15 th instant : — " General Post-office , December , 1850 . " For the purpose of enabling the public to decline the receipt of letters on the Sunday , the following regulations will come into general operation on and from the 15 th instant , and they are to be made known at the various post-offices to all persons seeking information on the subject . " 1 . Any person can have his letters retained in the Post-office on Sunday until the next day , by giving to the postmaster a written order , duly signed , to that effect . " 2 . Such order must include newspapers , as no distinction between letters and newspapers can be allowed .
" 3 . On the same principle v-o distinction can be inade between ordinary letters and letters of importance , notwithstanding any directions which the latter may bear for their immediate delivery . " 4 . No letters or newspapers , the non-delivery of which by the letter-carrier on Sunday has been ordered , can be obtained from the post-office window on that day . " 5 . Private box-holders will still have the option of applying for their letters at the office while it is open for delivery on Sunday , or of abstaining from so doing , as they may think proper ; but no person can be permitted to engage a private box for Sunday only .
" G . To prevent the confusion and inconvenience which would arise from the frequent changing of these orders , no order can be attended to unless given tor three months at the least , nor can any be withdrawn without a week ' s previous notice . "
Murders, Suicides, And Murderous Assault...
MURDERS , SUICIDES , AND MURDEROUS ASSAULTS . The list of suicides this week is larger than usual . The most notable case is that of Mr . George Spence , Q . C ., of Hyde-park-square , who committed suicide on Tuesday week . He had been , it appears , in a desponding way for some time , owing to an impression that he had a disease of the bladder . Sometimes ho complained of spasms and palpitation of the
heart . During last month he gradually became worse , slept badly , and frequently said that he should never get over his complaint . On Tuesday morning week he inflicted several wounds on his neck and other parts of his body , the loss of blood from which was so great as to cause his death on the Thursday following . An inquest "was held on the body on Monday , when the jury returned the following verdict : —
" That the death of the said George Spence was caused hy exhaustion , arising from loss of blood from wounds inflicted by himself while in an unsound state of mind . " A man named William Lambert , who resided at 39 , Holy well-street , " Westminster , took a dose of poison , and before the same had time to operate he cut his throat from ear to ear , nearly severing the head from the neck , and died on Tuesday at the Westminster Hospital . John Smith , aged sixty , for many years sexton of Aldgate Church , on Saturday forenoon shot himself through the head with a pistol in a vault attached to the church .
James English , beadle of St . John ' s , Nottinghill , was found on Thursday morning lying on Notting-hill-terrace , in a stupor . He was carried to a surgeon ' s and died in five minutes . On his person were found two small bottles , containing respectively laudanum and essen tial oil of almonds . A iwst-martem examination showed thut those drugs wore the means of death . At an inquest held on Saturday , Mr . Barnes , a guardian , explained that English had appropriated two checks , value £ V 2 , the property of the parish . A letter in the handwriting of the beadle , addressed to the chairman of the board oi guardians , and expressive of remorse and shumc for his conduct , was read ; it expressed the resolution of l ' writer 10 die by his o ^ vn hands rather than become a convicted felon . A verdict of " Temporary Insanity " was returned .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 21, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21121850/page/4/
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