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They have received a pressing invitation to return to ManchSter in September / Mr . Wilkie Collins performed ^ and wnl continue to perform , Mr . Douglas Jerrold ' s part m the play , Mr . D . Jerrold having resigned his membership of the Guild . _____
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Between twenty and thirty acres ofiurze was on fire near Hythe , in Hants , on Tuesday night . B > s supposed to have * been the work of an incendiary . The fire illumined the sky for miles round . ^ _ Five serious fires occurred in the metropolis during the night of Tuesday . The greatest damage was caused by one which broke out at Mr . Watling's , a pastry-cook , No . 18 , Brewer-street , Pimlico ; four adjoining houses were more or less injured . A fire broke out in a barn-yard at Enfield , on Sunday ; One stack of wheat was destroyed , and several injured . The fire , it is supposed , was the work of an incendiary .
On Thursday week , a fire broke out about nine o ' clock at night , in a barn situate on Kenworth Farm , Northam , near Bideford . The night being very rainy , the fire did not extend beyond the barn , the contents of which were estroyed . A man , named James Smith , has heen committed for trial as the incendiary , principally on the evidence of his boots , which are thirteen inches in length , ( Smith standing six feet two in his stockings , ) and of course left most unmistakeable tracks in the wet soil . A fire was discovered about eleven o'clock on Sunday night in the ancient church of St . Peter-in-the-East , at Oxford , and but for the timely alarm given by some students of Queen ' s College , whose rooms look out on the church , the whole edifice would have probably been destroyed . witnessed at
On Friday week , a scene might have been Cambridge , during the fire at Trinity Hall , which can be witnessed , at Cambridge only , where the men of the gown and trencher , and the townsfolk , appear to strive which shall excel the other in exertion on such occasions . The fire broke out at six o ' clock in the morning . Several eminent university and town authorities were present giving directions , and among the most conspicuous , Dr . "Whewell , the Master of Trinity College . The buildings forming one side of the principal court were totally gutted by nine o'clock ; but the fire was then stopped by a massive breastwork of chimneys on one side , and a stone staircase on the other . By a singular coincidence , Sir Herbert Jenner Fust , who was the Master of Trinity Hall , died on this very day .
A fatal colliery accident occurred at the Thorney Hurst coal pit , belonging to Messrs . Koscoe and Lord , in the township of Birtle-cum-Bamford , near Bury , on Wednesday week , about five in the evening . Twelve men and a boy were at work in the pit , "which is fifty-four feet deep . One of the miners accidentally pierced with his pick the division which separated the mine from the old workings . A sudden rush of water immediately submerged the hands at work in the vicinity . Five men took refuge in the more elevated parts of the workings , and thus escaped death : seven men and a boy were drowned .
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The official declaration of the poll for East Kent was made on Monday : the numbers polled were announced to he—for Sir Brook Bridges , 2 , 480 ; Sir Edward Dering , 2 , 289 ; majority for Sir Brook Bridges , 191 ; and who was therefore declared duly elected . Anti-Maynooth meetings have taken place at Exeter and Nottingham , the result of which was the adoption of petitions against the Act . The Manchester Town Council , by a majority of 34 to 22 , have passed a resolution declaring that the scheme ' of Education , known as the Manchester and Salford Scheme , is unnecessary and unjust , and that they intend to do everything possible to prevent it from passing into law .
The annual report of the Council of University College was read at the general meeting of the members in the theatre of the College on Wednesday . Several valuable donations have lately been made to the College , amongst them arc the orrery constructed by James Fcrgusson , the self-taught astronomer , presented by Mr . Walker ; and the works of Flaxman , presented by Miss Dcnman , sistcri » -law and executor of the sculptor . The following resolution was passed : — " Tlint the thanks of the meeting be presented to Miss Maria , Denman , for her gift to the College , constituting the Flaxnmn Gallery . " There were presont the Right lion . Sir James Graham , the Lord Mayor , Mr . Hume , M . l \ , Mr . J . llcywood , M . I * ., Mr . l ' rcvost , &c .
A meeting was hold in the Institution Rooms , Iligh-Btrect , Poplar , on Tuesday evening last , to take into consideration the duties devolving on this country in respect to its foreign policy , more especially at the present time , when despotism and lawless government possess almost nil thb countries of tin : Continent . Dr . Bo ' wkctt presided ; and the meeting was uddrcRacd by a deputation from the iSnciety of thv Friends of Had / , ciouHintingof the following
gentlemen—David Mnsson , Esq ., Secretary of the Society ; lt . A . Ciirloton , Esq ., Watcrford ; Henry lemon , Esq ., M . A . ; and Jntncs Stansfeld , Esq ., incmbcrB of tho Society ' s Council . Among the resolutions passed , waH one to the effect that— " No set of men are lit to conduct the government of this country at the present time who had not , among other tilings , a broad and liberal apprehension oC England ' s place and duty in Europe . " . Considerable display of feeling was elicited by the references which different
speakers made to the probable policy of the new Tory Administration in the matter of the demands made by foreign courts against the refugees in this country ^ A resolution was also passed in approbation of the Society at whose instance the meeting had been called . The news from America is important , so far as it goes . But when the mail left , no decision had been come to on the famous resolutions of Shields and Cass—the former , asking England to liberate the Irish political convicts * and the latter on the non-intervention policy of the States . General Shields acknowledges in his resolutions that the cause of Irish * independence is for ever lost ; and he thinks that having nothing to fear from the Irish exiles , England may safely liberate them . General Cass is prepared to intervene—but with words only , apparently thinking that the present conjunction of affairs does not
warrant more . Kossuth entered Cincinatti on the 9 th of February to an accompaniment of roaring cannon and " tremendous cheers . " All manner of men have since waited upon him , and the " Queen of the West" was explosive with joy . But unfortunately , Kossuth was too unwell to speak at any length . A thousand dollars and five hundred muskets [ old , says one authority ] were presented to him . Mr . Thrasher , the editor , imprisoned by the Spanish authorities , has been set at liberty , and the Spanish consul has returned to New Orleans .
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Argenti and Morati , the two Italian seamen who dangerously wounded their messmate , Peter Getland , with an axe on board the barque Alberta ; of Liverpool , while lying at anchor off Mobile , Alabama , were tried at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday , found guilty on the minor charge of " intent to do grievous bodily harm , " and sentenced to ten years' transportation . The pistol with which the Italian George Barnwell Kalabergo , is supposed to have " shot his uncle , " at Banbury , has just been found , after a long search , in a ditch about a quarter of a mile from the scene of the murder . The only link wanting in the chain of evidence has thus been supplied . It is a double-barrelled pocket-pistol , and has been identified by Mr . Watkins , who sold it to
Kalabergo about a month before the murder was committed . He will be tried at the Oxfordshire Assizes next week . There are forty-eight witnesses to be examined . Captain M'Bride left Penang , in command of the Troy in December . He made himself drunk , then , fired some gunpowder in his cabin , and rushed on deck , exclaiming " I have blown up the ship . " He threatened to blow out the brains of the helmsman unless he would give him his knife to cut the falls of the stern boat . Having obtained the knife , he cut one fall , and tumbled into the sea as the boat fell . The other fall was cut , and the captain got into the boat . But he was so exhausted from swimming , and bnrnt from the fire , that he shortly died , and the ship , the fire being happily extinguished , put back to Penang .
William Styles , accused of having murdered Emma , his wife , was again placed at the bar of the Marylebone Police Court / on Monday . Mr . Parry , the same surgeon that was examined last week , gave evidence as to the post mortem state of the unfortunate woman ' s body . He had no doubt that the woman had died a violent death , caused by heavy pressure on the chest and throat . He had cut out pieces of Styles ' s clothes where there were marks of blood , and he had ascertained that it was human blood . Inspector Porter , who has been very active in getting up the case , produced a letter from the police-inspector at Woodstock , in which it was stated that Styles was known there ,
that his real name was Joseph Grcenaway , supposed to be a deserter from a regiment of Dragoons , and that the female who was with him was not married to him . Mr . Broughton , the magistrate , told Styles that he would be brought up for re-examination on Monday next . Styles then said , " I am innocent of the crime . Will you allow me to have the four shillings belonging to me , and which arc in the hands of the police ? " The request was complied with , and Styles was removed to the House of Correction . Since the first inquiry into this horrible affair , a coroner ' s inquest has been held on the body of Mrs . Styles , and adjourned for a fortnight .
The grand jury of the fifth session of the Central Criminal Court , of the year 1852 , have resolved unanimously that a grand jury within the limits of the jurisdiction of the stipendiary magistrates is wholly unnecessary .
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Mr . John Gover presided on Tuesday over the annual meeting of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company . The number of life policies have , it appears from the report , increased from 521 in 1817 , to 1005 in 1851 . The premiums received on life assurance policies in 184 > 7 amounted- to 1435 / . 10 s . 4 d ., and in 1851 , the amount had increased to 14 , 477 / . 0- * . 5 < tf ., each yenr's premium being 50 per cent , more than those of the preceding year . The amount of now life assurance policies 1
effected in 1847 was . 49 , 008 / ., mid in the yeai 1851 the sum luid increased to 211 , 272 / ., the total for the five years being 553 , 90 !}/ . In the last year the annual income of the company from premiums on life business had been increased about 0000 / ., and the amount assured by the new life policies effected in 1851 whs nearly 00 per cent , more than that of the year 1850 . After the payment of all expenses and claims , the company had accumulated tho sum of 26 , 812 / . 2 s . 8 d ., the whole of which ,
with the exception of the balance in hand , was invested on approved securities . The directors having taken account of the liabilities and assets , found that there was a disposable balance of 8025 / . 1 * . 7 «? ., which they recommended should he declared as the amount of the divisible profit for the five years ending 31 st December , 1851 , one moiety of which , by the deed of settlement , was to be set aside for the reserved fund , and the other , namely 4012 / . 10 * . 10 ^ ,, was divisible among ' policies entitled to participate , pursuant to the deed of settlement . This report was received and adopted , and a resolution passed agreeing to a division of profits according to the terms suggested . The meeting then separated .
It is shown , by a return just printed , that in 1850 the aggregate of sugar of all sorts retained for home consumption was 1 , 009 , 684 cwt . In the preceding year the quantity was 511 , 755 cwt ., and in 1848 , 1 , 246 , 230 cwt
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BIRTHS . On the 22 nd inst ., at Marchington , Lady Harriet Vernon : a daughter . On the 23 rd inst ., at 49 , Wilton-crescent , the lady of the Eight Hon . Thomas Milner Gibson , M . P .: a son . On the 23 rd inst ., at 44 , Wilton-crescent , the wife of the Hon . Edward Pleydell Bouverie , M . P .: a daughter . On the 24 th inst ., at Hoby Rectory , Leicestershire , the wife of the Rev . Gilbert Beresford : a daughter .
MARRIAGES . On the 19 th inst ., at Cheltenham , "VVildman Yates Peel , Esq ., third sonof the late Bolton Peel , Esq ., of Dosthill , Staffordshire , to Magdalene Susanna , second daughter of the late Jonathan Peel , Esq ., of Culham , Oxfordshire . ¦ _ .. ... On the 21 st inst . ; , at the Catholic Chapel , St . John ' s-wood , and after wards at St . James ' s Church , Westbourne-terrace , Anthony de Solome , Esq ., to Ann Georgina , third surviving daughter of the late George Mortimer , Esq . On Tuesday , the 24 th inst ., at St . Andrew ' s Church , Plymouth , Edmond George Lushingtoh Walter , Lieutenant Royal Engineers , second son of the late General Sir George Townshend Walker , Bart ., G . C . B ., K . C . T . and S ., to Camilla Georgina , only daughter of Colonel Calder , Commanding'Royal Engineers Western District .
DEATHS . On Thursday , the 19 th inst ., at Hartforth , in the county of York , Sheldon Cradock , Esq ., late Colonel of the North York Regiment of Militia , in the 76 th year of his age . On Sunday , the 15 th inst ., aged 61 , W . H . Hobbs , Esq ., late of the Queen ' s Remembrancer ' s-omce , Court of Exchequer . On the 16 th inst ., at York-place , Baker-street , Margaret , relict of the late G . R . Daniel , Esq ., Q . C ., of Park-square West , and county of Westmeath , Ireland . On the 20 th inst .. at Bromoton . Richard Wellington Noats
( Indian Navy ) , aged 24 , second son of the late George and Eleanor Noaks . . , On the 20 th inst ., at Tunbridge-Wells , Frances Mana , tho wife of Sir Charles H . Rich , Bart . On the 22 nd inst ., Colonel John Montmorency Tucker , late ot H . M . 27 th Enniskillens , at the beneficent asylum founded by John Huggens , Esq ., Northfleet , Kent , aged 72 , having highly signalized himself in all the Peninsular wars , and also at Waterloo , where he was seriously wounded . On the 24 th inst ., at Tudor-lodge , Eflra-road , Brixton , Fanny Julia , eldest daughter of Septimus Wray , Esq ., M . D ., aged £ \ .
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . In the week ending last Saturday the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 1072 , showing an increase of 102 on the return of the previous week , in which the number was 970 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average was 1085 , which with a correction made for increase of population becomes 1194 . The return of last week exhibits a mortality , ' therefore , less than the corrected average by 122 .
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THE CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE . A new organization has been devised , to give a more united actiou to the hitherto scattered party which adheres to the principle of concert ; and considerable progress has been made in the arrangements for effective working . The body is to be called " the Co-operative League ; " the list of its original members comprises every shade of associative opinion , —Christian Socialists , Owcnitcs , working Associationists , and advocates of the principle as applied to existing institutions . The idea originated with Mr . William Coningharn , who has had the assistance of the most eminent leaders that now take an active part in associative affairs , both in London and in tho country , as well as
advice from not less eminent foreign friends . The provisional committee has held its meetings at 58 , Pall Moll ; and the first general meeting of the original members will take place there on Monday evening next . The main objects of tho League are thus set forth in tho draft of its constitution : — " 1 st . To place those who entertain , or even incline towards the principles of Co-operative Association , >» direct , frequent , ' and permanent inter-communication , that they may acquire a positive knowledge , and u cleft comprehension of each other ' s views and opinions , ai > thus be enabled to unite and form an active centre for t » diffusion and propagation of Co-operative principles . " 2 nd . To collect books , papers , documents and Incw . and to communicate all kinds of general information * which may either be interesting or useful to tho advocate of Co-operative Association .
" 8 rd . To enter into communication with tho Co-operative Societies throughout tho country , with a view to promote tho objects , and to extend the sphere of action ol w » League . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1852, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1924/page/12/
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