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March 29, 1851.] &f>£ !Leaft£t* 2$3
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The metropolitan delegates, for obtainin...
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The Number Of Marriages This Year At Par...
Americans attacked 400 Indians who were strongly intrenched in one of their villages . After three hours ' fighting the Indians were driven from the village with a loss of sixty killed . The Americans , who had lost only two men , by their own account , burnt the village , and then retreated , with the Indians pursuing them for ten miles . In another case seventy two Americans were massacred toy the Indians while working in a gulch or chasm , near which they had staked . their arms , not suspecting any danger . The fugitive slave Jaw in Boston is becoming more complicated than ever . Mr . Charles Davis , whose case came on after that of Elizur Wright , was acquitted for want of evidence . James Scott , a coloured man , was
next examined , and bound over for trial in the sum of 2000 dollars . Two similar cases still remain to be disposed of . Robert Morris , jun ., a coloured lawyer , and J . H . Coburn , clothes dealer , were also arrested on a charge of aiding in the rescue of the slave Shadrach . On the other hand , G . Lunt , United States district attorney , has been arrested and held to bail in the sum of 10 , 000 dollars , on a writ brought by Burton , the coloured man recently arrested in Salem . G . T . Curtis , UnitedStatesComtnissioner , and P . Riley , Deputy United States Marshal , have also been held fdr trial in 10 , 000 dollars each on charge of arresting the fugitive Shadrach . The grounds upon which these suits are brought are , that the fugitive slave law is unconstitutional , and that the offioers prosecuted acted without authority .
The packet-ship Infanta , which sailed from Liverpool for New York a few weeks ago with a full complement of emigrants , was compelled to put into Halifax through want of provisions . Fourteen persons had died on board the vessel . In answer to a memorial from the Assembly of Jamaica , imploring that all captured Africans should be sent to Jamaica , and other measures adopted for the speedy and adequate supply of free emigrants from Africa , Earl Grey refuses to send captured slaves to Jamaica oh the ground that all the Africans who wish to go to West India colonies are sent there free of expense : — " The number , therefore , to be sent to Jamaica could only be increased bv depriving some of the other colonies of the share of
this advantage which they now enjoy ; and , considering that in those colonies the want of labour is not less urgent than in Jamaica , though they have hitherto been spared from the disease which has visited that island , this is a course which her Majesty ' s Government could not with propriety adopt . " The number of deaths from cholera in Jamaica durinrr the months of October , November , and December , 1850 , was estimated by Governor Sir C . Grey at from 12 , 000 to 13 , 000 ; the greatest mortality was amongst those of unmixed African descent . Earl Grey suggests that it would be very advantageous to procure , by means of private enterprize , an adequate supply of coloured and black immigrants from the United States and Canada .
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The Metropolitan Delegates, For Obtainin...
The metropolitan delegates , for obtaining the total and unconditional repeal of the window tax , held a meeting on Wednesday evening at the Marylebone Court House , to take the most efficient measures in order to secure the above object . " There was a large attendance of delegates . A demonstration by the members of the Lambeth Re form Association took place at the Horns Tavern , Kennington , orx Wednesday evening , for the purpose of forwarding Parliamentary Reform . Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., took the chair , and , addressing the meeting , apologized for his apparent intrusion amongst them as chairman , a circumstance which was owing to the absence of both their members . Resolutions in favour of an extension of the suffrage and the principles of free trade were passed .
The friends of early closing held their eighth annual meeting at the Freemasons ' -hall , Great . Queen-street , on Thursday evening . Mr . Moncktou Millies , M . I' ., presided . Mr . Ewurt , M . P ., explained to the meeting that the abolition of the latehour system was essentially necessary to the success of the efforts which were being made for the intellectual improvement of the working classed ; and Mr . Uindley , M . I ' ., nored that the marked ¦ uecess which hud attended the working of the short hour system in factories was an encouragement to shopkeepers to abridge their hours of business . Dr . P . ttigrew explained the physical evils and early deaths caused hy late hours . Dr . Chalmers pointed out its demoralizing effect , and was followed by the Reverend Mr . Hughes , M . A ., on the name subject .
A preliminary meeting of gentlemen belonging to the parishes of St . Sepulchre , St . Andrew's , and St .. George ' * , ¦ Mooinsbury , was held on Tlniradny evening " for the purpose of dcviKing some measures for the suppression <> l the further imposition of Julian organists , German broom-girls , Lascars , unri other foreign beggars , it wan stated that the neighbourhood of Saffron-hill , llattong' » rden , and the boundaries of Oleikeii well and St .. John's parishes are . literally in tented with t hese unhappy creatures , who having been brought over by whole cargoes , - 'ire distributed each morning throughout the metropolis , lor the purposes of ubsolute mendicity , coloured by the flimsy pretext , of ii street organ . It was resolved to call ¦ i public meeting on the subject .
A public meeting wuh held at the Literary and Seieiitilio Institution , John-street , Totte . nlmm-court-roiid , on Monday , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the Sunday Trading Bill . Mr . Thomas Cooper , who was culled to the chair , Haul if Home public stand were not . made a ^ iinsl the . bill , they would inevitably be defeated by the Jesuitical influence ) th . it was now ho predominant . Ho deprecated the system they were endeavouring to introduce , resti icting people in the Hale of certain articles which did not in any vv . iy affect the rich , but only the poorer clauses of the community . He next alluded to the aot of Parliament , and quoted from i several cluuaea to prove the oppreahivu nature of thr bill , I
particularly adverting to the prohibition of the sale of unstamped newspapers . It was resolved to petition Parliament , praying them to reject the bill and throw open the British Museum , the National Gallery , and other National Exhibitions on Sundays and other holidays . At the suggestion of Mr ^ Panizzi . the trustees of the British Museum have ordered that from the beginning of May to the end of August , during the present year the rooms containing the collection of the printed looks shall be kept open for the first five days of the week for the public to walk through , like the gallery of antiquities or natural history . On Saturday and Sunday admission will be refused to all persons indiscriminately . This arrangement is only temporary , and the former rule will be resumed on the 1 st of September .
It is reported that the Government , convinced at last of the necessity of moving the National Gallery from the building in Trafalgar-square , have adopted the suggestions thrown out in various quarters , propose to place the pictures in Kensington Palace . — Qbse rver , The executive committee appointed to carry out the design of a Cambridge Military Asylum , in memory of the late duke , are about erecting an asylum for forty widows of British soldiers at Kew , and with the inten tion , hereafter , of making accommodation for one widow , at least , of each of the regiments in her Majesty ' s service . An order has just appeared , signed by Lord Trur ' o abolishing certain fees heretofore payable in Chancery ' and reducing others .
A numerous deputation of Members of Parliament , consisting chiefly of Irish representatives , waited on Sir Charles Wood at his official residence in Downing-street on Saturday for the purpose of pressing upon his " attention the expediency of abolishing the present duties on paper . Sir Charles said he would pay every attention to the subject , but he could not at present pledge himself to any particular course . The South-Western Railway Company have submitted to the Home Secretary a statement of the advantages that would re 3 ul t from making the port of Southampton a central depot for emigrants , both , to the public interest and to the emigrants themselves . Among the advantages enumerated are safety as regards navigation , saving of time , punctuality , and economy . The company offer to make arrangements to secure conveyance to and from Southampton at moderate rates , and in every respect to meet all the requirements of the emigration commissioners .
A notice has been issued by the City Commissioners of Sewers , that on and after Monday first , till further notice , in consequence of its being the intention to repave London-bridge , no vehicles of any description will he allowed to puss by that bridge . The cost of repaving is estimated at about , £ 2600 . In consequence of a recent accident to the brougham of a medical gentleman in North Audley street , and of repeated complaints which have been made with respect to frightening horses , and endangering the lives of the public by the street organ nuisance , the commissioners of police have issued a general order for the suppression of street organ ploying in the public thoroughfares of the metropolis .
Another prison is being built , in Glasgow to hold the fast increasing mass of crime devolved upon us by the enormous immigration of our Irish neighbours . It is intended as a prnitentiary , and is to be four stories in hrighr .. There will be forty cells on each floor , or about 1 G 0 in all . It . will be completed in the course of the summer . — North British Mail . A public dinner under the auspices of the Scottish Association for the Protection of Native Industry , is to take place in the Music Hall , Kdiuhurgh , on Tuesday , the 22 nd of April . The Duke of Aloiitrose or the Karl of Kiflintou is expected to preside .
A novel kind of paper is stated to have been produced at the mills of Mr . Thomas 11 . launders , of Darenth , in Kent . It contains a water-mark poi trait , of the Queen , contrived , not as the ordinary water mark in mere outline hitherto used in bank-note and other paper , but . so as to give the gradation of light , and shade of an Indianink drawing , such as is accn \\\ the porcelain pictures introduced from Germany . It . in the invention of AJ . r . Gldhiun , the engineer of the Hank of England , and aw ita production involves many difficulties , an opinion is entertained that it . may form a valuable addition to banknote paper for the prevention of forgery .
One of the most remaikable passages ever made hciohh the Atlantic under Hail only has just been accomplished by the new American ship Typhoon . She sailed from Portsmouth , New lL'inipshuc , for Liverpool on her trial trip , coming over in ballast , only , and entered the Mersey on Wednesday , having completed tin : passage in fourteen days from port , to port . A lire attended wil . h the loss of two liven , through intemperance , took place in John-street , llarprr-Hl . reet ,
New Kent-road , on Wednesday morning about font o ' clock . Mr . and Mrs . Potts , the two persons burned to death , went , home late in a state of intoxication . In retiring to bed , it . is supposed that they dropped a spurk upon the beddini ; , and that , when the flam * n broke nut t , h < y were tumble to help themselves . When the ( ire had been extinguished , the two hodien were ; as black an a coal , every article of furniture in tin : place being con-Minied , anil not ho much as even the trace of a bedstead bt'ilig left ..
A hteam-boiler explosion took place at . Manchester on Tuesday afternoon , by which eijrJii . liven were lost . The whole of , tlie bodies of the unfortunate miners in the Nitshill colliery , have now been recovered . It in uncertain when tli < - pit will again l > c in a working condition . A consultation of enginocrn in arranged to consider as In the meuMirew which hIiou 1 < 1 be adopted for the attainment of that end . From the extent of the pit , and the nature of tho rxpliminn , it . will probably be a coiihi dcrable time before it is put in tho same btatc as it was before the ciittitjtrophu .
At Kingston Assizes on Thursday , the grand jury returned true bills for the Frimley burglary and murdet against Levi Harwood , James Jones , and Samuel Har - wood . The other man , Smith , has been admitted a witness for the crown . Upon the application of Mr . Robinson , the trial was fixed to take place on Monday morning , at ten o ' clock . The prosecution will be conducted by Mr . Chambers , Q . C ., Mr . Anson , and Mr . Robinson . The prisoners are to be defended by Mr . Ballantine , Mr . Charnock , and Mr . Woollett . At the Dorchester Assizes on Saturday , a juror asked the judge ( Mr . Baron Martin ) for leave to go home ; he was forty miles from home , and had Served two days , lhe judge said if he was the onl who lied
y person app he should have no objection , but the moment he gave one permission , there would be many applications . However , he might go . Another juror then applied . The J udge : Ay , ay ; there it is . The Juror : My lord , I am the master of the Sunday-school , The Judo-e ¦ Well , I suppose you must go a . d take care of the Sunday-school . At the Thames Police Court , on Wednesday , Charles -hvans , a journeyman cooper , solicited Mr . Yardley ' s advice and assistance under the following circumstances He was a member of the Coopers' Union , and the society had proscribed him for having worked in a cooperage where steam power was employed in aid of manual labour . For this offence a fine of £ 10 was imposed , and his efusal to
on r pay it a combination had been formed against him , so that he was unable to obtain employment . A master cooper in court said he knew Evans to be a good workman , and he had work enough to find him employment , but if he were to engage him the coopers in his yard would leave him , and his loss would be immense . Mr . Yardley said that something ought to be done for Evans , who had really been fighting the battle of the masters . He was astonished that the masters had not come forward as a body to assist one who had been fighting their cause almost single-handed . In reply to a question of the magistrate , Evans said he could not get work out of London , as his name had been published all over the country .
At the South Lancashire Assizes , on Tuesday , Messrs . Platt and Sunderland , cotton spinners , at Lestock , near Bolton , were found guilty of leaving a shaft of their machinery unprotected , whereby the clothes of Nancy Coe , a girl in their employment , had been caught , in consequence of which she received great personal injury . The jurv awarded £ 120 damages to her . The sailors on strike in Liverpool still continue to perambulate the streets in procession . On Saturday night there was a performance for their benefit at the Amphitheatre . Fanaticism has victims in all places and eras ; but that such a sample of its existence as the following should be found in the New York press is not very creditable to Brother Jonathan ' s common sense : — "
Prospectus : Disclosures from the interior , and superior care for mortals . —This publication is dictated by spirits out of the flesh , and by them edited , supeiintended , and controlled . Its object is the disclosure of truth from Heaven , guiding mankind into open vision of Paradise ; open communication witli spirits redeemed ; and proper and progressive understanding of the Holy Scriptures , and of the merits of Jesus Christ , from whom they originated in inspiration absolute , and of whom they teach , ; is the only Saviour of a dissevered and bewildered race .
I he circl .-: of apostles and prophets are its eonductois from the interior ; holding control over its columns , and permitting no article to find place therein unless originated , dictated , or admitted by them ; they acting under the direction of the Lord Supreme . James Congdou , Charles Coventry , Andrew L . Wilson , and Lonson Bush are its publishers and proprietor ; they having become , in full confidence of mind , disciples of the Lord ; and being present external agents of the circle apostolic and prophetic ; acting under the direction , while faithful , as instruments for the distribution of truth , & c . "
, The Dungarvon Election Ended In The Re...
The Dungarvon election ended in the return of the Honourable C Ponsonby hy a majority of seventy-five over Mr . Maguire , the Tenant League cundidiitc . Tho quiet county of Down was the scene of a serious outrage last week . Mr . 'fallow , the sheriff , accompanied by his bailiff and one policeman , were about to serve a writ on a tenant who owed four years' rent , when they Haw the people leaving their houses , at the Hound of horns , and gathering iiuxoinowlmt threatening manner . On proceeding a little farther they found t heir progict-s interrupted by a crowd of two hundred people , who commenced liring deliberately at the sheriff , his followers having decamped at the prospect , of duug «> r . The firing was not , in a volley , but ono shot followed another to the number of fifty or upwardu , but fortunately without fatal effect .
At a national Hchool in the diocese of Ttiain , which wan attended up to a very recent period by ninety poor Komau Catholic children , the number of pupils on Sunday week suddenly dwindled down to just one-third , nquiiies were made , anil it wuh ascertained from home of the parents that , orders had been promulgated from the chapels on the Sunday previous , threatening all sorts of pains and penalties on the bodied and souls of uneli fathers and mothers as would not . withdraw their offspring from all schools in connection with the ; national board ; those instilut . ions , us well as the government . colleges , having been solemnly declined to be " dr . n-Korous to the faith and morals' of the rising generation of Romanists .
A meeting of the trades and temperance noeieties of Ijimeiiik was held in Mint city on Tuesd . iy evening , for the hpceiul purpose of pawing li vote of censure upon Mr . John O'Hrien , M P , for absenting himself upon ( ho division on Mr . Disraeli ' s motion . Resulul . ioiiN calling on Mr . O'luicn to resign , and upon the citizens of . Limerick to neleot another candidate , were imuuiuiouoly » dopted , and tu « meeting Henaratcd .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 29, 1851, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29031851/page/9/
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