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      Pros Pects Of Imfkovkment. — Tho Christm...

      plated penal laws . Mr . O'Connell went on to com plain of the burning of the effigies of the Pope and Cardmal "Wiseman , which had taken place in London . Would it be believed , he said , that the Sisters of Charity , too , had been made the object Of ribald representation in the streets of English towns . The Rev . Mr . Giiligan next addressed the meeting , and warned Lord John Russel not to make penal laws against Catholic religious liberty . He Slid he did not advocate warfare in a physieafpoiiit Of view , but he would remind the noble lord that out of the 150 , 000 of the British army , fully 50 000 were good fighting Catholics . He would also remind him that there were 6 , 000 , 000 of Catholics in Ireland , who would not permit themselves to be crushed to gratify the paltry trickery of Lord John Russell . The rent for the week was announced to be £ S Cs . 5 d ., which sum included £ 3 the renewed subscription of Mr . John O'Connell and family . The meeting then adjourned . „ v £ it J ^^^

      The New Parliamentary Constituency . —The returns of the clerks of the peace , of the claimants under the new Franchise Act , are completed , with the lists of objections , which are to be heard at tlie revision before the assistant barristers . So far as can be judged by the materials at present available , the entire constituency of Ireland , will considerably exceed two hundred thousand . In the boroughs there will be no great augmentation , hut in the counties generally the increase will be immense , as contrasted with the existing electoral bodies , which

      Eince the famine , had been in a rapid state of decay . In the City af Dublin tbe new constituency will not much exceed that originally established by the Reform Act . la the western counties the increase will fce much less in proportion than iu some of the midland counties . For instance , Roscommon , which Jad , after tbe first registry under the Reform Act , a , constituency of nearly 3 , 000 , will not now have sore than 1 , 800 electors of all classes . But Meath , vrhictt had not under the Reform Act 2 , 000 , and which has net now more than -100 electors , will have between 1 , 000 and 5 , 000 under the new Franchise

      Act . Scexe is a Chcbch . —A Dunmore correspondent writes : — " On Sunday last whilst the Rev . Mr . Lyons was engaged in the celebration of divine service , Mr . Barrett ( between whom and Mr . Lyons a dispute lately arose concerning the occupancy of certain pews , and which is still pending until the nest quarter sessions of Tuam ) came into the church , and forced his way , with the aid of a " pincers " into the forbidden pew ; whereupon the officiating minister , in great excitement , divested himself of his sacred vestures , descended from the pulpit , and adjourned to his own house , to which the congregation , the cause of tbe disturbance excepted , immediately proceeded . "— Tuam Herald .

      Death from Destitution . —An inquest was held liy T . T . Abbott , Esq ., coroner , on Friday last , upon the body of a man named Walsh , who resided with his sister , a widow , near Newport . A verdict was returned that the deceased died of destitution . It appeared the unfortunate man allowed himself to starve sooner than enter the workhouse . —Nenagh Guardian . Incendiarism . —Just as we were going to press , information reached us that tbe house and premises of a man named Michael O'Kelly , situate between Atblone and Ballinasloe , were set on fire and totally consumed . The act is suppose ! to be that of an inoendiarv . —llestmeatli Independent .

      The Proposed Meeting of Irish Menders . — "Mr . F . Scully , M . P ., has added his name to tbe list of those who approve of Mr . John O'ConneU ' s plan to hold a Conference of Roman Catholic members . Tenasi-rioht Meeting in * "Newtowsards . —On TMonday a Tenant-right meeting was held in Newtownards , County Down ; Mr . John Greenfield , of Jackson Hall , in the chair . A " Southern deputation , " consisting of the Rev . T . O'Shee , P . P . Callan , County Kilkenny ; Tory Rev . Archdeacon Fitzgerald , Retlikeafe , County Limerick ; and Mr . Lucas , proprietor of the Tablet , attended the meeting and spoke to resolutions , as did also the Rev . Mr . Rogers , of Comber , and the Rev . Mr . Killen , Presbyterian clergymen . The resolutions passed

      were similar to those adopted at previous Tenantrig ht meetings . A letter was read from Mr . Sh rmian Crawford , M . P ., of which the foUowirg is : > n extract : — " The tenants of Ireland are toid that they may pay high rents by high farming . I have no doubt that improved agriculture would give greatly increased profits ; but it is impossible that improved systems can be carried into " etfect without a large investment of sunk capital in tbe improvement of the soil , and the increased number and size of agricultural offices . I would ask , then , can tbe tenant be expected to do this until he has legal security for the capital expended * Under existins circumstances , every improvement made adds to his slavish dependence on hislandlord ' s will and power . Soman ought to place himself in this position ; ¦ therefore it appears to me a vain attempt to improve

      the agriculture of Ireland till that be obtained which von seek for—* The legalisation of tbe rights oi tenant industry . ' I do not think it proper at present to enter into a consideration of the provisions by which this great object is to be effected , or into any examination of the propositions of the Irish Tenant League , which are referred to in your requisition . I do not wish , as a Member of Parliament , to pledge myself to any detail ? , until I am enabled to consider them in the form of a bill , to be submitted to the Legislature . But I hope it is unnecessary for me to assure you that you may rely upon my most strenuous exertions in support of any measure which shall , in my judgment , give a just security to the tenant ' s interest ? , and I willingly join my voice with yours in the watchword with which your requisition concludes—* Tenant right and public justice . ""

      Encumbered Estates Sale . —The estate of Mr . Richard Ashe , of Ashegrove , in the county of Cork , was sold on Tuesday , in the city of Cork , pursuant to the order of tbe commissioners . The attendance was most j ^ spectable , and the competition very spirited . The sale of the property did not occupy halr-an-hour , and the sum realised by tbe whole was £ 7 . 936 ; about £ 000 over what was bid in Dublin . Murder is Tipperary . —The Tipperary Vindicator contains the following account of a barbarous murder committed in that county on Sunday : — " A frig htful murder was perpetrated at Tyone , near Nenagb , on the night of Sunday . The murdered man was caretaker iu the employment of Mr . F . Byron , and was much esteemed by that gentleman . The head of this poor victim of barbarity was almost severed from the body . An inquest has been held by T . T . Abbott , Esq ., and a verdict of « "Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown ' has been returned . "

      Tenant-right is Ulster . —The Neivry Telegraph contains a long statement in defence of the management of the estates of the Earl of Caledon from certain charges made hy one of the journals of the Tenant League . It would appear from this statement that the market value of tenant-right ( which had been most seriously reduced , and , in some cases , extirpated by the potato failures and the depreciation of agricultural products , ) is again recover ing . The Newry Telegraph states that "the tenant-right of fifty-five acres , Irish measure , on

      the Caledon estates , was recently sold for £ 500 , and that of ten acres for £ 100 . " It is added that the sum of £ 150 was offered within tho last week for tbe teaant-rig ht of anether farm on the same estate , for which not more than £ 50 could have been obtained some time since . The conduct of Lord Caledon as a landlord is highly praised . It is mentioned that from £ C 0 to £ 70 are paid weekly as wages to his labourers , and there are upon the estate mills for grinding flour , scutching flax & c , for the special accommodation of the farmers .

      Plated Penal Laws. Mr. O'Connell Went On...

      January 4 , 1851 . m - ¦ _ -- THE NORTHERN STAR ¦ — :

      Tax Amburgh And The Tiger.—The Tiger Sce...

      Tax Amburgh and the Tiger . —The tiger scene described below occurred at Torento a few days ago : — " An affair occurred at our exhibition on Tuesday last of the most intense , exciting , and terrific description , and which but for the intrepidity , daring , and presence of mind of Van Amburgh , would certainly have resulted in the horrible death of our old friend , Signer Hydralgo . The circumstances were as follow : —At nine o ' clock Hydrahjo went into a cage in which had been placed our largest panther , the Bengal tiger , the African lioness , and the spotted leopard , a cougar , and the hyena . The exhibition proceeded , and Hydralgo seemed to h ave the animals completely under his control , and the audience seemed to be both delighted and interested at tbe daring of the' tamer . ' The performance had progressed very nearly to its close when , from some unaccountable cause , the

      tieer became sulky , and refused to leap . Hydralgo struck bun with a whip , which so enraged the furious beast that , breaking through all discipline , and with one bound , and a yell of fury that terrified the audience , he rushed upon him and brought bim to the floor of the cage . He could do nothing ; he had lost all control over the brute . Everything was in confusion ; women fainted , others screamed in terror , children cried , and the men seemed paralysed . It would have been all up with poor Hydralgo , had not Van Amburgh , who was on the other side of the arena , rushed to tbe spot , in an instant he was in the cage , and in less time than it takes me to write it , he had the enraged animal under hi » feet in perfect subjection , and released his friend from his perilous situation , fortunately more frightened than hurt . Van Amburgh s presence of mind , his courage , and intrepidity , are deserving of all praise , which he received m three

      hearty cheers from tbe audience . For tnetime it lasted , about two or three minutes , it was the most exciting scene ever witnessed . "—New York Paper . ASOTHER PBOOF O ? THE ETF 1 CACT OF HotWWAY ' s Omtmest and Proa ro * t the Onus of Bad Legs . —JItb . Awn devilfe , of Stretton , suffered for nearly three years wi * fearful sores on both legs . Notwithstanding the various medicines and treatment of which trial was mane , tlie tilcerations grew worse and worse , and for ww she was unable to stand ; at length it was decided that Hollowav ' s Ointment and Pills should be used , and tue »« excellent medicines soon worked wonders , for in a few wecls all the wounds were healed , and the use of her legs soperfecfljrastored . thatsheismowaWeto walk several miles in a day with ease .

      Extraordinary Excess Of Duty By A Gaol C...

      EXTRAORDINARY EXCESS OF DUTY BY A GAOL CHAPLAIN . Manchester , Dec . 30 .-A case is exciting public attention here , arising out of a charge made against the Rev . P . J . O'Leary , chaplain of the new iioroug h Gaol , which possesses an interest beyond this neighbourhood . The case before the Court of Borough Sessions this morning was one in which Robert Burgess and "Wm . Hewitt were charged with stealing , on the 27 th of November last , a piece of wrappering , value 5 s . The jury had some difficulty in agreeing upon their verdict , but after leaving the court forabuutten minutes they found Hewitt guilty , and Burgess not "uilty On returning to court with these verdicts ° EXCESS

      , Mr . J . Pollock ( counsel for the prisoners ) ro * e and addressed the bench ( on which were Mr R R Armstrong , the recorder , and Mr . D . Maule . ' stinendiary magistrate ) , to the following effect :-I think it right to make a statement at this stage of these profeedings with reference to Burgess , who has just been acquitted , which 1 do solely in tbe discharge of a public duty , but whicn I confess I riseto make with great regret . I say with regret , because it reflects upon the character of a reverend gentleman whom 1 know personally , and a gentleman for whom 1 have

      great respect—I mean the chaplain of the Borough Gaol . The facts were communicated to me through the prisoner s attorney in the first place , and since then by the prisoner himself ; and are to the effect that he ( the prisoner ) has been urged by the chaplain to plead guilty to this charge . And if this was the first occasion on which such a statement had been communicated I might have felt some difficulty in mentioning it , but I regret to say that it is not " the first occasion . The learned counsel then read the following extract from the prisoner ' s deposition : —

      The prisoner said—The chaplain came into my cell and said : " Now I want you to answer a question I am g ing to put to you , and to answer the truth . Let me tell you that your case is a very serious one , and I know all about it . You were employed by Mr . Hilton ? " I answered , " Yes . " He then said , " Ah , you see I know all about it . " He then said that he came to me as a friend to advise me to confess all I knew , and where the property had been placed , as that was my only chance of obtaining mercy , because

      my case was a very serious one—robbery , for which the heaviest of punishment was inflicted , if found guilty , after pleading not guilty . He said , " There * ere four transported last sessions for the first offence . I do not say you will be transported ; but mind , I do not say that you will not . " I said I had never had had any of the property . He replied , " Oh , if that is the case I will bid you good morning . " I asked him if he knew when the session were ? He replied , " Yes , but as you refuse my advice and have taken your own , I may not answer any questions . "

      The Recorder . —If this is true , if all has been done that is here stated , the chaplain has been going beyond the line of his duty . Mr . Pollock . —1 sincerely trust it may turn out not to be correct , and that the chaplain has not exceeded his duty ; but I should not have mentioned it had this been the first time a statement of this nature had been made ; but it is not the first , nor tbe second , nor the third time . Mr . Maude said the visiting justices would inquire into the charge . Mr . Pollock said the whole statement was a very remarkable one , and no doubt it would be inquired into with proper care . The Recorder . —Mr . Maule would inquire into the matter , and if it was found to be true the visiting jestices would apprise the chaplain that he had gone beyond his duty . Here the depositions were handed up to Mr . Maule who immediately left the bench . An application was afterwards made to that gentleman by the press to be allowed to take an exact copy of the prisoner ' s depositions , but he stated that he had already parted with the document , though " no doubt thev would hear more of it . " ' ' ^^^^^^^* ^^ tg ^ m *>***^* ***** ~~~~~~ tr ~~* l ^* H ^ F »*>***** *****

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      FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF MR . SLOANE FOR TRIAL . On Monday morning , at an early hour , and long before the usual time for commencing business at Guildhall , Mr . Sloane , the barrister , who stands charged with starving and otherwise ill-treating Jane Wilbred , was unexpectedly brought up in the custody of Mr . Roe , tbe warrant officer of the couit , from Giltspur street Compter , and placed at the bar for final examination . This course had been adopted at the suggestion of Alderman Humphery , a repetition of the scenes of Friday last being apprehended from the excited state of mind of the public , and the indignation felt against the accused , should the day and hour of his examination be suffered to transpire . The business was conducted with closed doors . The depositions of Jane Hill and Jane Wilbred having been read over the defendant said he should reserve his defence until his trial . Mr . Alderman Humpiiert . —Then it is my duty to fully commit you for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . Mr . Phiilips { defendant ' s solicitor ) . —I presume you will not refuse to accept bail . Mr . Alderman Humpueey . —It is understood that the same bail will be taken , two sureties in £ 250 each , and the defendant himself in £ 500 , to appear and answer the charge at the next sessions .

      The bail having been duly recorded and put in , tbe defendant entered into the required recognizances ; they were Mr . Henry Phillips , of Size-lane , attorney , aud Mr . Tass , of Pendenson-terrace , Bethnal-green , who acted as the defendant ' s solicitors . Mrs . Sloane had not been apprehended , and Alderman Uumpbery directed the officer to hold the warrant , and to do all in his power to execute it . Mr . Sloane then retired into an inner room , where he remained some short time debating with his friends upon the safest mode of leaving the court . The defendant himself proposed that a barber should be sent for to shave him before leaving , and , the more effectually to defeat detection , he said he would have all his beard and whiskers shaved off , but be suddenly changed his determination , and said be would leave without shaving . At this time he was excessively nervous , and appeared as if he were afraid to trust himself into the hands of a

      stranger , while the public mind was m such a state of excitemement with regard to his recent conduct towards Jane Wilbred . Shortly after Mr . Sloane left the court by a private entrance in Church-passage , and accompanied by Mr . Phillips , his solicitor , made his way rapidly into Gresham-street , where a cab , which had been previously stationed to receive him , conveyed him eastwards through tbe city , unobserved by many who were on their way to Guildhall to make inquiries respecting him . In fact , during the morning the court was regularly besieged by applicants wishing to know when Mr . Sloane would be coming up again . Notwithstanding the privacy of the proceedings , shortly after twelve o ' clock a great number came to the court to ask if Mr . Sloane had gone , and for a long time they would not be satisfied that he had departed , vainly believing tbat it was only a ruse on the part of the officers to get rid of the crowd .

      At Guildhall On Saturday Last, Alderman ...

      At Guildhall on Saturday last , Alderman Wilson said he had visited a young child that was at present in the hospital , in consequence of having been knocked down on Friday afternoon by the cab that was conveying Mr . Sloane from this court to the Compter , and he was happy to say that she had received no injuries of a serious nature . —Alderman Humphrey said he would take care that the subject of the necessity of a prison van for transmitting tie prisoners from the Compter to this court and back shtuld be brought before the notice of the next Court of Aldermen . The corporation had already a prison van , and the only question of consideration was the expense of a horse to work it and a man to drive . It was by far the safer mode for tbe transit of criminals , and he hoped the corporation would adopt it . —At the conclusion of the general business

      of the court , and as tbe alderman was about to leave the court , the cabman who had been engaged to drive Mr . Sloane to the Compter applied to know who was to pay him for the damage done to his vehicle by the violence of the infuriated mob . He stated that the plate glass windows were literally smashed , and the doors put completely out of order . The varnish and paint were grazed off all sides of the cab , in consequence of the policemen hanging on to it to keep off the people , who impeded him at everp step . —Mr . Roe , having communicated with Alderman Humphery , paid tbe man £ 1 for the damage and fare , and gave him 2 s . Cd . for the loss of time he sustained in having to apply for the money . He appeared very glad on receiving tbe full amount of the damage he claimed , and expressed a determination never to run such risk again , if be knew it beforehand .

      Meetisq of the Board of Guardiaxs of the West Lennox Union . —On Tuesday afternoon a special general meeting of the board of guardians of the West London Union was held at their house in West-street , for the purpose of taking into consideration what steps should be adopted by the guardians ( of whose union it will be recollected the unfortunate girl , Jane Wilbred , was formerly an inmate ) to ensure the apprehension of Mrs . Sloane and Miss Louisa Devaux . There was a very full attendance of guardians present , and Mr . Bethell ,

      of Farring don-street , the chairman of the board , presided . On the motion of Mr . Herapath the following resolutions were adopted unanimously : —1 . " That this board do offer a reward of £ 20 for the apprehension of Mrs . Sloane , and that application be made to the Right Hon . Sir George Grey , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , requesting the government to increase the sum to £ 50 . "—3 . " That the clerk be requested to consult ' with Mr . Huddlestone , the counsel fiar the prosecution , as to whether the board of-guardians had better app ly to the msghjtrataa . fea a . warrant for

      At Guildhall On Saturday Last, Alderman ...

      the apprehension of Miss Louisa Devaux . " Instructions were given to the clerk to carry out the resolutions with all possible despatch , and a vote of thanks having been awarded to the chairman , the proceedings terminated .

      The Quarter's Revenue. There Is Every Re...

      THE QUARTER'S REVENUE . There is every reason to expect that the quarter ' s revenue will show a very trifling decrease—if anywhen compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , notwithstanding the reductions which tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer was able to make in the last session . The brick duties— £ 700 , 000 a yeay—were wholly abandoned , and yet we find tbe excise so prosperous , in the other items , as scarcely to miss the total loss in this . The buoyancy of" the revenue of excise is one of the most convincing and conclusive proofs of the wide-spread prosperity and occupation of the great mass of the people . The stamps , although greatly reduced , will not exhibit the signs of that reduction in full in the present quarter , since a great increase of business , which

      was kept back for the change , will probably show its effect upon the present quarter , which to its full extent' cannot be hoped for again . The Customs fluctuate , but will show well in spite of the great reductions that have taken place . These are the chief items which m « rk the state of the country . The others will probably vary very little , and will be shown by the tabular returns . In the meantime the large amount of public deposits exhibited in the weekly returns of the Bank of England , amounting to the sum of nearly half a million of increase weekly , shows that the debtor and creditor account of the Chancellor of the Exchequer stands well , and that his balance at the end of the financial year is more likely to increase than to be diminished , notwithstanding the taxes that he has relaxed or reduced , and the sums that are in course of expenditure in liquidation of the public debt . —Observer .

      The Bishop Of London And The Rev. "Mr. B...

      THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE REV . "MR . BENNETT . -IMPORTANTPROCEEDINGS .

      On Saturday last the preliminary proceedings for depriving Mr . Bennett of the incumbency of St . Paul ' s Knishtsbridge , and the chapelry of St . Barnabas , Pimlico , were commenced on behalf of the Bishop of London . Mr . Bennett , in a letter to the Bishop of London , stated that "if bis lordship would not allow him time to make the desired alterations in his mode of conducting the services at his churches , he had no alternative but to place his living into bis lordship ' s hands . " This part of his letter the Bishop considered as a formal resignation , and intimated to Mr . Bennett that he accepted the resignation . A few days afterwards the bishop made arransements for the future performance of the services inthechurches , and informed Mr . Bennett of the nature of them . The reverend gentleman then declared that he had not resigned at all , and , moreover , that

      it was not his intention to do so . The bishop informed bim that he had resigned , and that he should therefore , insist on his giving up the two churches . Mr . Bennett , however , stoutly refuses to do so . and the matter is now to ba brought into the Ecclesiastical Court ; and , from the nature of the evidence which will be brought forward , it is likely to be some years before it is finally settled , as Mr . Bennett and his friends are determined to appeal to every court open to them , should the bishop succeed in the first instance . In the mean time the services at St . Paul ' s and St . Barnabas will be performed by the curates . Both the churches of St . Paul and St-Barnabas were built and endowed by the Rev . Mr . Bennett , the former of which is worth £ 1 , 000 a year , and the latter £ 330 . It is stated that the reverend gentleman has expended upwards of £ 100 , 000 in the building and endowing the churches and schools of the districts of St . Paul and St . Barnabas .

      Serious Military Fracas At Malta.—On Sat...

      Serious Military Fracas at Malta . —On Saturday , the 21 st of December , Lieutenant and Adjutant Colpoys , and Lieutenants Micklethwaite and Barchard , of the 44 th Regiment , with Mr . Vaughan , a midshipman of the Powerful , were brought up before the polite magistrate , Mr . Harper , charged with having , at eleven o ' clock at ni ght , on the Thursday preceding , waylaid and stopped the calessc , or carriage , of Mr . William Lamb Arrowsmith , tlie Superintendent of Government Works and Repairs , as he was going home , after the opera , to his residence at San Giuseppe , accompanied by his wife and daughter , and after smashing the windows of the calessc , abused , insulted , and struck this gentleman in a wanton manner . The parties ,

      by the last accounts , stood remanded to Monday , the 23 rd ult ., and there seems to be an inclination on the part of the magistrate to commit the parties to stand their trial at the Criminal Court , since , from the evidence against them , the assault appears to have been a premeditated one , inasmuch as Mr . Arrowsmith has recently had to report the breaking , by officers of the 44 th , of no less than sixteen lamps . In such case , tho parties will peril their commissions . Mr . Vaughan , though sworn to as having been one of the party , does not appear to have struck any blow or taken any active part in the affray , so that hopes arc entertained that he at least , will be set at liberty . The accused have secured the professional aid of the Hon . Dr . Adriano

      Dingli , the member for Gozo . Murdered for his Clothes . —The Messager du Nord gives the following details of a crime just committed in France . The criminal , Lecennes ) had been detained for ten years in the prison of Loos , when an attempt to assassinate caused his condemnation to perpetual hard labour . After receiving thissentence , he was led to prison , and contrived by his subsequent good conduct to secure the confidence of the turnkeys , and especially of the chief warden , whose domestic be eventually became . One day , after dinner , he called to a young man of eighteen , like himself a prisoner , and with whom bo appeared to be on the best terms , and led him to a place called the Tour Noire . The younger prisoner was afterwards found

      dead on this spot . A post mortem examination proved that he died of strangulation . This crime consummated , Lecennes quietly took a hamper which stood near , climbed to tbe room of a turnkey , stole articles which he hid in the hamper , covered it with leaves , and proceeded to the spot where the keys of the prison were kept . By the aid of these , with which he was familiar , he arrived at the gate of the enclosure which serves as a cemetery for the prison . Arrived there , the prisoner divested himself of his prison dress , put on the ordinary dress which he bad stolen , and put on a pair of spectacles . He had still to get out of the prison . He managed to get to the gate unperceived . Arrived thither he went up to the woman who keeps it and asked for the road to Sequedin and

      the dwelling of the cure of the commune . On the information being given he quietly took his way , and disappeared . Up to the present moment all attempts to discover the fugitive assassin have proved vain . Mr . Joseph Home on the Minority Churchrate . —The Brighton Anti-Church-Rate Committee have received the following letter from the veteran reformer Mr . Joseph Hume : — "Burnley Hall , Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , Dec . 21 , 1850—Gentlemen , —I have received your circular of the 3 rd hist . and concur with you in the importance of resisting the proceedings that would give force to the minority at Vestries . I considered the decision in the Braintrce case as disgraceful to the bench , and contrary to the spirit of all our public institutions , in which the majority alone sanction proceedings . Let them take the Houses of Lords and Commons ,

      and many other public institutions , and the majority gives laws , and why not the vestries ? If you had any report of the proceedings of the meeting on the Oth December , 1847 , that you could spare , I should be pleased to receive it , to refresh my memory with the particulars . I must at the same time say , that the parties who are pushing tbe prosecution of Messrs . Bentley and Mighell , are not true friends of the church ; and if they persevere in these unconstitutional proceedings , they will make many persons join the Anti-State Church Association , and thus by their foliy endanger the Established Church . I shall be ready to aid your efforts in parliament , and shall be pleased to be informed , from time to time , of your proceedings . —I remain , your obedient servant , Joseph Hume . "

      Mr . Lovi , an English engineer , inventor of a diving machinery which a person can remain several hours under water , at a great depth , has been called from Scio in order to try his machine in the port of Constantinople , at the place where tbe N & iri-Chevket sunk . He experimented with the greatest success in the presence of TT . EF . Admiral Suleyman Pacha , and several of the superior officers of the Turkish navy . Mr . Lovi , furnished with his apparatus , descended on to the deck of the N eiri-Chevket , which vessel he found at the depth of about twenty fathoms , deeply embedded in the sand . The fore part of the vessel lay split open , and her boats overturned on the deck , which was covered with remnants of the rigging . It is expected that Mr . Lovi will be appointed to raise as much of the vessel and stores as can be recovered . —Malta Mail .

      Non-Completion of the Building in Hyde-Park . —Although up to a few days ago the contractors felt confident that they would be able to perform the terms of their contract , as to the time of completion , they have found tbat the shortness of the days , and the multiplicity of details have mastered them ; and , accordingly , they have been compelled to make an application to the Commissioners lor an extension of time , which was readily granted . On New year ' s day the building formally passed into the hands of the Commissioners , who will henceforward have the exclusive control of the admission of visitors . African Cotton . —We { Liverpool Journal ) sawon the 27 th ult ., in the possession of Mr . Warburfcon , master of the Exchange-room , a spasimen ol the wild cotton plant , with full bolls ,, plucked ffithin fifty yards of tho sea , on the west coast of Africa , in August list . The quality is fine-, and this specimen shows that there would be-na > a ' . ffiaiiliy . in cultivating cotton where ifc wa * "afcha * r *" jd ^

      The Deaths Ix Mixes During The Last Year...

      THE DEATHS IX MIXES DURING THE LAST YEAR . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MINING JOURNAL . . . ' ~ A reference to your weekly records shows mat the loss of life in mines continues without much diminution . Tho following statement is extracted from your journal : — rcm a , , 1 S 5 * 1 S 19 - 1848-Killed by explosions 172 ... 255 ... 250 fulled by falls of the roof ... 104 ... 154 ... 1 G 3 Killed by accidents in shafts 101 ... 90 ... 70 Killed b y other casualties ... 70 , „ US ... 7 . ? Total 537 ... 507 ... lo 7

      Anticipating that your next paper will contain , at least , the average number of deaths , ten must be added to the first column , which will make the number of the miners killed during the present year amount to 547 , just twenty less than in the two preceding years * There is some cause for congratulation in the diminished mortality caused by expl osions , there being a difference ot" upwards ol eighty deaths in favour of the last year . The number ot explosions producing fatal consequences were sixty-nine in 1848 , fifty-two in 1 S 49 , and 1 S 50 there have been forty-three . We may fairly presume that this diminution in the number of accidents from this cause , and the decreased fatality which has resulted from those which have happened , is to be ascribed , in a great measure , to tho increased attention which the ventilation of mines has received , and it is to be hoped that these indications of practical improvement will bo confirmed and extended .

      In devising re nedics for these evils , the Government authorities and Parliamentary committees hare confined tlu-ir inquiries too exclusively to explosions , and have not attached sufficient " importance to those less obtrusive but constantly occurri ng causes of sudden death which produce by far the greatest amount of suffering . It appears , " from tlie above statement , thut whilst the deaths from explosions have been cou .-idevahly diminished , those arising from other causes have been very much augmented . During tho last year , it appears that those killed by falls of the roof even exceed those destroyed by explosions , and that when compared with the two preceding years , deaths from this cause are on the increase . That very many of these shocking but too common accidonts might bo prevented , no one practically conversant with the

      subject can reasonably doubt . The evil is evidentlv forcing itself prominently on the attention of th e public , and urgently demands the especial notice of the government inspectors . Many cases occur which arc not reported in the local newspapers from which you compile your weekly obituary , and the number of deaths from this cause recorded in your columns are necessarily far short of the reality . Were the inspectors to attend the inqucsti held 611 the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers , examine the mine , and institute an impartial and searching inquiry into the real causes , there can be no doubt but that it would be followed by beneficial results , and be hi g hly satisfactory to ' the colliers and miners . There is also , unfortunately , nn increase of the dreadful deaths arising from accidents in shafts . Several of these have arisen from the absence of

      tences round the top of disused and other shafts , and children and other persons unconnected with the mine have consequent 1 y fallen in and been killed . In cases like tlieso it is very difficult to reconcile the " accidental death " verdicts of coroner ' s juries , with 11 . tions of justice , or even of common humanity . Leniency to one party is death to the other ; and , although no one likes tho invidious duty of informing against his neighbour , it is to bo regretted that in many districts the laws in this matter aro so utterly inoperative , notwithstanding the terrible consequences which ensue on their being disregarded . Twelve of the deaths which have occurred in shafts have been caused by the fracture of the ropes

      or chains whilst tho sufferers were ascending or descending the pit . Chains are most ununited to such a purpose ; and it is to bo deeply regretted that in some districts there is such a prejudice in their favour , and that they should be so generally preferred to the flat rope . The unfitness of chains was instanced by Mr . John Evans and Mr . Clough , in their evidence to the coroner ' s jury which sat to inquire into the cause of the deaths of the three men who were lately killed by tho breaking of a chain at Dowlais . " Mr . Evans spoke to the chain being in good repair ; and Mr . Clough , the foreman of Messrs . Brown and Co ., who had made the chain , testified that it had been proved iu the usual manner before bein ? sold to the Dowlais Iron

      Company . " This evidence is perlectly consistent with the writer ' s experience , who has frequently witnessed the sudden breakage of chains on severe railway inclined planes , immediately after a strict examination of every link by competent persons . The high estimation in which the chains made by Messrs . Brown and Co . are deservedly held renders the evidence the more valuable , inasmuch as it shows that , however good the quality of the iron , and however faultless the manufacture , chains are not to be relied on , and are ill-calculated for such a purpose .

      In connexion with this subject , it is deeply to be regretted that Mr . Fouvdriniev ' s patent safety apparatus was not in use where these twelve men were killed , as , had such been the case , their lives would most probably have been saved . Tho expense of adopting it does not , we understand , under ordinary circumstances , exceed £ 10 ; and the annual payment for the patent right is from £ 0 to £ 20 per annum according to the depth of the shaft—an expense totally incommensurate with the benefits obtained , and which would probably be saved to many times tho amount by the . prevention of accidents , which aro destructive to property as well as to human life . This truly valuable invention is

      being generally adopted in the large collieries of the north of England—the . number of the apparatus either at work , or ordered , being upwards of 100 ; and it is highly satisfactory to know that in every instance in which its capabilities have been tested , it has been most completely successful in accomplishing the object of its design . With the commencement of tbe new year we may hope to see or hear of the administration of the Act for the Inspection of Mines , and trust that some good will result from it , not only in diminishing the loss of life , but also as a means of collecting statistical data regarding the mines and mining operations of the country . Neath . J . Richardson , C . E .

      Patent Laws Reform. The Following Letter...

      PATENT LAWS REFORM . The following letter , addressed to the Editor , appeared in the Morning Chronicle , of Wednesday : — «< , —Knowing the interest which you take in the reform of the existing patent laws , I wish to call your attention to the following passage contained in the letter I had the honour to address to his Royal Highness Prince Albert , on the 22 nd of April last , on the subject of the Exhibition of 1851 : " If Government hav ' o the power , or her Majesty ' s prerogative could bo used in friendly conjunction with foreign Governments in relaxing tbe stamp duties and office fees on certain patents , the difficulties of the Commissioners would be much lightened . " Now , sir , as nothing has been done by

      Government in furtherance of that object , nor any particular notice boen taken of it by the press , although the correspondence has been published in many newspapers both in town and country , I think my meaning could not have been understood . Tbe subject is one of vast importance to inventors of all nations , as regards their having an equal chance in the universal social contest , and 1 believe that the success or failure of the Exhibition depends in a great degree upon the adoption of some such arrangement . 1 expected that the Commissioners , as men of business , would have made it their first object so to arrange with foreign Governments as to afford a clear stage to all exhibitors , and would have proposed to each the propriety of giving their patents to the successful competitors , no matter ot

      what nation or clime they might belong . The effect of this would be , as I have said in another part of the letter referred to , " to bring out a larger field of genius and industry than the large prizes named by the commissioners , " & c . What nobler prize , I would ask , could be given to a deserving inventor than the necessary patents to protect his just rights in all the assenting nations ? The very thing he generally endeavours to obtain as the summit of his labours . No prize that the Government could give would please so well , or cost them so little ; indeed it would cost them nothing but tho trouble of signing and sealing . But if a money value be set on patents , they are merely nominal in most nations , except England , and that may have been tbe reason tho plan has not been adopted ; but if that be so , it is not supported by reason or policy , for the grant giving free patents would have the effect of bringing out all matured inventions unscrupulously , each inventor thinking his own tbe

      best ; which policy would enable tne government to repeat the Exhibition annually if necessary , as the building , the most expensive item subscribed by the public , might be kept up for that purpose . As for the present plan of giving medals-tnmgs of no money value—it seems to have been the result of a sliding scale , dwindling down from prizes of £ 5 , 000 , as first named , to medals to be bestowed by her Majesty herself , I believe that no inventor who has devoted his mental and bodily labours tor years , and expended large sums in experiments to gam a certain advantage in mechanism , would , when he has so succeeded , run with it into the Park , place it in the Great Exhibition , and be content with a medal . I have been led more into detail than I at first anticipated , although the subject in my mind is far from being exhausted ; but I trust its importance will be a sufficient excuse , particularly after the able support you have already given to tbe cause . " Your very obedient Servant , «¦ Richard Townley . " , ' 6 , Cursitor-street , Cbancery-lafle , Dec . 28 . "

      Cultivation Uf Flax In Muns1*Er."~ A Mee...

      CULTIVATION UF FLAX IN MUNS 1 * ER . " ~ A meeting for tbe purpose of encouraging the growth and culture of flax in the Unions of Yuughal , Dungarvan , and Lismore , was held in the Courthouse , Lismore , last week . The meeting was a highly important one , inasmuch as nearly all the properiy ' of the three unions was represented . Among those present were—the Right Hon . Lord Stuart de Decies , Droroana Castle ; Sir Richard Mus . srave , Touriii ; Sir Nugent Humble ; Messrs .-J . Keily , Strancally Castle ; F . A . Curry , Lismore Castle ; It . Us ' ier , F . Kennedy , William O'Mahoivy , & c .

      The chair was taken by Lord Stuart de Decies . His lordship proceeded to say , that ever since the year 1847 the attention of the landed proprietors and land occupiers of Ireland had been directed to an inquiry respecting the means by which thu value o ' < he land and the comfort and prosperity of its occupiers may he raised to the same level which was enjoyed previously to the partial failure of the potato crop in the year 1816 j and , simultaneously with that inquiry on the part of the agriculturists of Ireland , an inquiry has arisen among the cotton spinners of the north of England as to the best means of supplying the substitute required through the defi . ciency in the cotton crops during the last tenor

      twelve years . And the reply to these inquiries has been one and the same in both instances , namelythat to the extended culture of the flax crop may both interests look for relief under the difficulties by which they have respectively been beset . ( Hear . ) But it is not merely tbe Irish agriculturists or the English cotton spinners who are interested in tbe promotion of flax culture , but tbe flax manufacturers of the north of Ireland are , if possible , still more desirous than those parties of giving an impulse to ibe growth of flax . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbe flax manufacturers of the north of Ireland are desirous of doing so upon these grounds . They are now compelled to purchase , to the extent of many hundred thousand

      pounds , the flax grown upon the Continent , and which they are well aware could be grown better adapted to their purposes in this country . With the exception , perhaps , of a very small quantity of flax grown in a limited district of a particular part of Belgium , with this exception , all the flax required for such purposes might be grown to greater advantage in Ireland than upon the Continent , from which they draw such large supplies . But besides this object which the flax manufacturers of the north of Ireland have in promoting the culture of this plant they | find that the linen manufacture may now be applied to a vast number of purposes to which , until lately , it was thought to be inapplicable . It

      is a fact , strange as it may appear , that within the last year a fabric has been manufactured from flax resembling , but exceeding in glossiness and beauty the very finest description of satin manufactured from silk . There are manufactured from it velvets and velveteens , corduroya , check dresses , such as are worn by children ; ii is made use of for furniture covers and carpet covers ; and , under all these circumstances , tbe manufacture of flax in tbe north of Ireland is raised so much , that , ev « n if it were not pushed beyond its present state , it would require upwards of 30 , 000 acres of additional land under flax , besides what is grown at the present moment in Ireland , for Irish consumption alone . Now , gentlemen , let us inquire whether there is any valid reason why tbe Irish fanner should not devote his land to the culture of flax . The northern Irish

      farmer has already answered the question . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) By rendering it one of the articles of staple growth he is enabled to keep down the poorrates to a far lower level than they obtain , I regret to state in the south or iu the west of Ireland ; and he is likewise enabled to support his family in a degree of comfort and prosperity far superior to anything which is enjoyed by the farmer in the south of Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , let us inquire next whether there is any valid reason why the southern Irish farmer should not devote bis land to the culture of that crop as well as the northern Irish farmer . And it must be admitted , that hitherto there have been very considerable obstacles in the way of bis doing so . ( Hear , hear , ) Those obstacles , I think , may be described as resolving themselves mainly into the following considerations : —To the want of a market for tbe flax when

      raised —( hear , hear ;)—in some degree to ignorance , perhaps , as to the best mode of managing the crop ; and to the want of the opportunity for the division of labour which exists in the north of Ireland , and which tbe southern Irish farmer has not hitherto had the advantage of . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Now , gentlemen , comes the question of a market , and I really do think that the whole question of the expediency of promoting flax culture hinges upon the question as to whether we can have the benefit of a market or not . ( Hear , hear . ) For , before anything can be done , we must undertake to get a market . ( Hear , hear . ) And , with respect to tbat part of the question , I beg leave

      to state to you that I have received a letter from a gentleman named Carleton , connected with Belfast , who has come down to Waterford , and who stated publicly the other day , before the board of guardians of Dungarvan , and on another occasion before several of the guardians of the Lismore hoard , that it was his intention , with all practicable speed , to establish a flax mill and steeping concerns at Bellake , in the neighbourhood of Waterford , and tbat he would be prepared to purchase any quantity of flix which might be grown by the farmers of these unions . ( Hear , hear . ) It only ,

      therefore , remains for you , gentlemen , to consider whether , with these prospects of the establishment of a market , and a mill and steeping concerns in the neighbourhood of Waterford , and , as I am informed , with the prespsct of a still larger concern in the neighbourhood of Rathcormac—whether , under those circumstances , you will consider that the time has come when we should form , as has been done in many other parts of the south of Ireland , an asssociation in connection with the Royal Flax Association of the North of Ireland . ( His lordship then resumed his seat amid the acclamations of the assemblage . ^

      The following gentlemen were then appointed to act as a coramitteee : —Lord Stuart de Decies , Sir Richard Musgrave , Sir Nugent Humble , Mr . Kelly , Mr . Curry , Mr . Usher , Mr . Kennedy , Mr . O'Mabony , Mr . Kierman , Mr . Ronad , Mr . Davis , Mr . Hudson , and Mr . Power , with permission to add to their numbers . After some conversation , Mr . Kei . lv said he had communicated with his tenantry , and the reply was that they would grow the flax if they got a market . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Lee , of Tallow , said that in the neighbourhood of Tallow they would have no difficulty in growing 500 acres of flax , aud he knew several farmers who would probably grown half that quantity if they had a mill established .

      Sir Richard Musgrave then proposed a resolution to the effect that the committee . ' should take steps to ascertain the extent of land which the farmers of the union would grow with flax if a mill be established , and report to the next general meeting . The resolution was seconded and carried . Thanks having been awarded to Lord Stuart de Decies , th « proceedings terminated . —Corf : Examiner .

      The Quickest Tovage Across The Atlantic....

      The Quickest Tovage across the Atlantic . — The last trip of the Royal Mail Steam-ship Asia was the quickest one ever made between New York and Liverpool . Her run of last summer to the Mersey , on which occasion she steamed past the Rock Lighthouse at midnig ht on the Saturday , had previously stood unrivalled , being one hour and twenty minutes less than tbe finest passage of the United States maiUteamer Atlantic ; but tho Asia has now beaten even herself , fully justifyng her claim to be considered the fleetest existing ocean steam-ship . From New York on the 18 th ult . she cleared precisely at midday , but shortly afterwards stopped her engines to repair damage received by her wheelsduring a collision with tho wharf .

      Fifty-, five minutes were thus lost ; and she finally started on her voyage shortly before 2 p . m . During her subsequent passage she experienced variable weather , with frequent strong breezes from the westward , and on Friday at 10 p . m ., made Cape Clear , having steamed from land to land in little less than nine days . Holvhead was passed unobserved by the marine telegraph , at 4 p . m , on Saturday , and at half-past 9 o ' clock her guns saluted tho town , exciting general surprise and universal gratification as regards the celerity of her passage . On two days she steamed a distance seldom equalled hitherto in

      the annals of ocean steaming ; running on the 25 th 26 rh , and 27 th ult . respectively 323 . 321 , and 300 miles . Her passage reckoned according to mean time , and deducting 45 minutes lost off New York repairing floats , may be recorded as ton days four hours five minutes , or two hours and fifty-five minutes less than her fastest summer passage , four hours and fifteen minutes less than the United States mail steamers' fastest passage eastward , and about five hours and twenty minutes less than the remarkable summer run of the Pacific out to New Mr . Dor-swonTn has , it is stated , placed his resignation in the hands of the Bishop of London .

      The Apl J Reuendiid Strike On Tils Londo...

      THE APl REUENDIiD STRIKE ON TilS LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY . The strike apprehended amongst the . enginedrivers and firemen on the line of the most important transit of railway communication throughout the kingdom , namely , the London and Not th ' Western , bids fair , unless the men themselves come to a speed y and amicable arrangement , to terminate much iu the same maimer as the late unfortunate strike on the Eastern Counties Railway . On Friday , the 27 th ult ., a copy 0 / the following notice was placed in the hands of every en-Kiiieman and fireman on the southern division of the Railway : —

      " LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . " . NOTICE TO T 11 K KNOINK-IHIIVERS AXD riKEMKS OS

      THE SOUTI 1 EK . N DIVISION . " The presant state of suspense as to a strike ought not longer to continue . " If the men on tbe southern division , having no grievance of their own , elect to leave the company ' s service , the directors must at once carry cut . tlicit * plan * of temporarily reducing the number of trains , and putting on tho new hands , whose services are now available . " The directors must of course continue to re . serve to themselves the right to malic , from rimo to time , any regulations necessary for tbe safe and certain woi ' king of the line , though thoy have no intention whatever , unless the men force them to do so by these threatened strikes , to alter the regulations now in force as respects the southern division .

      " Each man is therefore called upon to stata whether he wishes to remain in the . 'crviee of tho company , under the cxibtinir regulations ; if he does , the directors hope to be able to retain him ; if not , notice must be given to him that his services will not be required after fourteen days . " The directors do not wish to act harshlv , but the requirements of the public and the coveriimcnt service will not allow them longer to be subjected to tbe present state of uncertainty . " The directors recognise the manly and straightforward course taken by 11 large number of tho men ; and they hope to show them that thev have consulted their true interests bv the conduct thev have exhibited . " Thomas Smith , Chairman of the Locomotive

      Committee , Southern Division . ( By order ) " AIauk Huisii General Manager . " General Manager ' s office , Huston-station , 27 th Dec , 1850 . " It appears that the men received their wages on Friday evening , and that the printed document referred to , containing the intentions of the directors , having been prepared , was placed in tbe bands of every man as he came up for his pay at the Camdenstation . As each engine-driver or fireman arrived he had to present himself to Mr . M'Connell and Mr . E . Watkin , the Under-Secretary of the . Company at the Camden-station . A printed copy of the

      notice was then banded to him , and some men were called upon to give an immediate decision upon the question , others had a quarter of an hour ' s consideration allowed them ; others half an hour ; and some were allowed until Monday to consider the malter . Anything like concert among the men under such circumstances was out of the question , and therefore each felt himself involved in great difficulty . Notwithstanding this unexpected proceeding , it is stated that there was but one man who signed a document to remain in the service of the company under the existing resulativns , and that the person referred to subsequently requested tbat his name might be erased .

      A meeting of enginemen and firemen was held at the Railway Tavern , Hampstead-road , on Saturday night last , which was adjourned for a few days in order to receive the expected replies from various districts on the line . We are informed tbat the directors are prepared to accede to a proposition for a month ' s notice , should it be agreed to upon the whole of the line , and that in that event those men who have received notice to quit will , upon making the necessary submission , be reinstated . We are also informed that the men , although they refused to sign the document above referred to , yet expressed themselves satisfied with their present position .

      The notice referred to bad , up to a late hour on Monday night , been handed to about 210 of the drivers , who were requested to state whether they were prepared to remain without strike in the company ' s service , and the satisfactory result was elicited that , with the exception of some twenty , the whole elected to remain in the employment of the company . At ihe Camden station there are fifty-three drivers and fifty-three stokers , including those engaged upon the Dock Junction line . The question of " content " or ' non-content" had on Monday night been put to every man who was to be met with , and we are informed that without an exception they expressed themselves satisfied with their present position .

      Upon the northern division also tbe men have al « most universally consented to the proposal of their superintendent for a three months' notice . Upon the northern division of the line applications for the situation of driver have been received from no fewer than 230 men , and twenty-six new hands have actually been engaged , and are now employed in the workshops of tbe company . Upon the southern division applications have been received from 128 men , and forty-two have been already engaged . Up to this period notices to quit have been given to thirteen or fourteen men only upon tbe southern division , and it is believed tbat it will not be

      necessary to extend them to beyond one or two more . These men , who are stated to be some of the most iiiffficient upon the line , have also received notice that they must give up their cottages in a week , but they have been informed that should not that prove time enough to enable them to remove their furniture , a longer interval will , upon representation , be permitted them . The January time tables have been issued , and with the exception of about a dozen trains , which are either stopped or altered , no change is perceptible . At tbe same time perfect arrangements have been made as to the stoppage of a large number of trains should the directors be placed in such a dilemma ; and the following notice was on Monday posted at the station : —

      " LONDON AN'D SORTH-WESTERS BAH . WAV . "Notick . — The public are requested to take notice that the usual time bills for January , with tho following alterations , will be issued on Monday , tho 30 th inst . ; but tho directors must upon the present occasion reserve to themselves the power of withdrawing such bills at any moment for the purpose of substituting another bill , showing a considerablereduction of trains , which has been prepared , and is ready for issue , should such a course become necessary . " The trains above mentioned were then specially referred to .

      Up to Tuesday nig ht it was stated that the authorities of the London and North Wesiern Railway continued to receive assurances of the good feeling of the men from various portions of the line ; and more particularly , it appears , does the spirit of concession prevail on the . northern division , where the outbreak first took place . It is said that the directors never contemplated the slig htest alteration with reference to the men engaged in the locomotive department on the southern division of the line ; but in reference to the northern they still adhere to the three months ' notice ; and with a view to bring the matter to a conclusion , so far as the engine drivers and firemen , of that division are concerned , the following notice has been issued , and each man has been called upon to append his signature thereto : —

      " London and North Western Railway , Northern Division , Engine Works , Crewe . " Do you desire to continue in the service of tho company , subject to the existing regulations ; and do you withdraw your objections to the three months' notice , and in regard to all new enginemen and firemen ?" Nearly every man to whom the foregoing questions have been put on the northern division , it is stated , has subscribed his signature to tbe declaration of "I agree to the above ; " and it is further added tbat so many of the old hands have subscribed to that form , tbat , of tbe twenty-six new men already employed , ten have been withdrawn , and have returned " to their old emp loyment on other lines , with tbe understanding that , should the corrpany require their services , they should have the preference of selection .

      , In reference to the question of the three mouths notice , the most singulw part of the matter is the fact that it orig inated in a strike which took p lace on the Liverpool and Manchester line in the year 1836 , and which is thus described in a paragraph inserted in the half yearly report of that company , dated Liverpool , 27 tU July , 1836 . Whilst matters have thus arrived at an am cibte conclusion on the northern division , it is t obe wry deeply regretted tbat they are not in so sa . isfactory a state ol the sTutr . er . i or London division of the lire , Up to Monday the directors bad felt it aa-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04011851/page/7/