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      Prospects Of Improvement. — Tho Chtistm ...

      elated penal laws . Air . O'Connell went on to com plain of the burning of the _effigies ofthe Pope and Cardinal Wiseman , which had taken place in _Loujjon . Would it be believed , he said , that the _Qj _^ iers of Charity , too , had been made the object _pf " ribald representation in the streets of English towns . The Rev . Mr . Gilligan next addressed the meeting , and warned Lord John Russel not to make penal laws against Catholic religious liberty . He _ijjid he did not advocate warfare in a physical point cf view , but he would remind the noble lord tbat cut of the 1-50 , 000 of the British army , fully 50 , 000 _jvere _sood fighting Catholics . He would also remind him that there were 0 , 000 , 000 of Catholics jn Ireland , who would not permit themselves to be P _^ _tf _^^^

      crashed to gratify the paltry trickery of Lord John Russell . The rent for the week was announced to be £ S 6 s . 5 d ., which sum inc'uded £ 3 . the renewed subscription of Mr . John O'Connell _^ d family . The meeting then adjourned . Jiie New Parliamentary _Cosstitcescy . —The _retai'ns of the _clerks of the peace , of the claimants under ihe 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 borough ' s there wiU be no ere . it augmentation , but in the

      counties generally the increase will be immense , as _contrasted with the existing electoral _bodies , which since the famine , had been in a rapid state of decay . In the City af Dublin the new constituency will not much exceed that originally established by the Reform Act . I " tne wcstern counties the increase will fce much less hi proportion than in some of the midjand counties . For instance , Roscommon , which had , after the first registry under the Reform Act , a constituency ° f nearly 3 , 000 , will not now have znore than 1 , 800 electors of all classes . But Mcath , vrhich had not under the Reform Act 2 , 000 , and which has not now more than 400 electors , will have "between -1 , 000 and 5 , 000 under the new Franchise

      Act . Scese rx a Church . —A _Dunmore correspondent writes : — " On Sunday last whilst the _Rsv . Mr . Lyons was engaged in the celebration of divine service , Mr . Barrett ( between whom and Mr . Lyons a dispute lately arose _concernini * tbe occupancy of certain pews , and which is still pending until the next quarter sessions of Tuam ) eamo 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 _consre-jation , the cause of the disturbance excepted , immeai _^ tely proceeded . "—Taara Herald .

      Death from Destitution . —An inquest was held by T . T . Abbott , Esq ., coroner , on Friday last , upon the body of a man named Walsh , who resided with his sister , a widow , near _Xewporfc . 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 . _Ixcb-vdurism . —Just as we were going to press , information reached us that the house and premises of a man named Michael O'Kelly , situate between _Athlone and Ballinasloe , were set on fire and totally consumed . The act is suppose 1 to be tbat of an in-¦ _oendliry . —Westmeath Independent . Tee Proposed Meeting of Irish Members . — Mr . F . Scully , M . P ., has added his name to the list of these who approve of Mr . John O'Connell's plan to hold a Conference of Roman Catholic members . Texakt-iughi Meeting ix Newiowsards . —On

      Monday a Tenant-right meeting was held in Newtownards _, County Down ; Mr . John Greenfield , of Jackson Hall , iu tbe chair . A " Southern deputation , " consisting of the Rev , T . O'Shee , P . P . Callan , County Kilkenny ; Very Rev . Archdeacon Fitzgerald , Rethkeale , 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 . KUlcn , Presbyterian clergymen . The resolutions passed ¦ were similar to those adopted at previous _Tenantrisht meetings . A letter was read from Mr . Shrmian Crawford , M . P ., of which the following is : > n extract : — " The tenants of Ireland are told 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 " effect without a large investment of sunk capital in the improvement of the soil , and the increased number and size of agricultural offices . I would ask , then , can the tenant be expected to do this until he has legal security for the capital expended * Under existing circumstances , every improvement made adds to his slavish dependence on hislandlord ' s will and power No man ought to place himself in this position ; therefore it appears to me a vain attempt to improve the _apiculture of Ireland till that be obtained which vou seek lor— ' The legalisation of the rights of

      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 Irisb Tenant League , which arc referred to in your requisition . I do not wish , as a Member of Parlia ment , to pledge myself to any details , until I am enibh d 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 tbat you may Tely upon my most strenuous exertions in support of any measure which shall , in my judgment , give a just security to the tenant's interests , and I willingly join my voice with yours in the watchword with which your requisition concludes— ' Tenant right and public justice . '"

      _Esccmdered Estates Sale . —The estate of Mr . Richard Ashe , of Ashegrove , ia the county of Cork , was sold on Tuesday , in the city of Cork , ' pursuant to the order of the commissioners . The attendance was most respectable , and the competition very spirited . The sale ofthe property did not occupy half-an-hoar , and the sum realised by the whole was £ 7 , 936 ; about £ 900 over what was bid in Dublin . Murder is Tipperary . —The _Ttpperarn Vindicator contains the following account of a barbarous murder committed in that county on Sunday : — " A frightful murder was perpetrated at Tyone , near Nenagh , on the night of Sunday . The murdered nun was caretaker " in the employment of Mr . P . 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 . "

      Tesast-Rioot is Ulster . —The _Newry Telegraph contains a long statement in defence ofthe management of the estates of the Earl of Caledon from certain charges made by one ofthe 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 reeorering . The Newrv Telegraph states that "tbe icnant-rh-ht of fifty-rive acres , Irish measure , on

      the Caledon estates , was recently sold for iaOl ) , and that of ten acres for £ 100 . " It is added that the sum of _£ 150 w . i 3 offered within the last week for the _ieaant-right of another 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 £ 60 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 .

      Elated Penal Laws. Air. O'Connell Went O...

      January 4 , 1851 , mTT _ _ , _^„ „ THE NORTHERN STAR 7 I BYlth ' ¦ ' _¦ "

      Vax Amburgh Axd Tne Tigeb.—The Tiger Sce...

      Vax _Amburgh _axd TnE Tigeb . —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 tbe intrepidity , daring , and presence of mind of Van Amburgh , would certainly have resulted in the horrible death of onr old friend , Signor Hydralgo . The circumstances were as follow : —At nine o'clock Hydralgo went into a cage in which had been placed our largest panther , tbe Bengal tiger , tbe African lioness , and the spotted leopard , a cougar , and the hyena . The exhibition proceeded , and Hydralgo seemed to have the animals completely under his control , and the audience seemed to be both dclurbied and interested at tbe daring of the * tamer . '

      The performance bad progressed ve ry nearly to its cloje when , from some unaccountable cause , the _tiser became sulky , and refused to leap . Hydralgo struck him with a whip , which so enraged the furious beast that , breaking through aU discipline , and with one bound , and a yell of fury tbat ternfacd the audience , he rushed upon him and brought bim to the floor of tbe cage . He could do nothing ; he bad lost all control over the brute . Everything was in confusion ; women fainted , others screamed in terror , children cried , and the men seemed paralysed . R would have been all up with poor Hydralgo , had not Van Amburgh , who was on tbe pther side of the arena , rushed to the spot . In an instant he wa 3 in the cage , and in less time than it takes me to write it , he had the enraged animal under hw feet in perfect subjection , and released bis friend from his perilous situation , fortunately

      more frightened than hurt . Van Amburgh _s presence of mind , his courage , and intrepidity , are deservi ng of all praise , which he received in three hearty cheers from the audience . For the time it lasted , about two or three minutes , it was the most exciting scene ever witnessed . "—New York Paper . _Asftrasa . Fboof of the uficact of Holm-Wat ' s _Ocrr"ttsT _Asn _pjuj _j _^ _jng _fjugs 0 f Bad Legs . — Mrs . _Mangrille , of Stretton , suffered for nearly three jears Tom fearful sores on both legs . _Kotwithstanaing the various _Jnedicines and treatment of which trial was made , tne _derations grew worse and worse , and for some montns *?* was _unabla to stand ; at length it was decided that aollowaj ' s Ointment ana Pills « hould be used . "J . 6 _wellent medicines soon worked wonders , for m a few _"ffetks ap . the wound * were healed , and the use of her leg * _^ _Paf « rUyMstored , _thatsheisiwwableto walk several 1 Ms _» ' _* . a day with ease _.

      Extraordinary Excess Of Duty By A Gaol C...

      EXTRAORDINARY EXCESS OF DUTY BY a gaol chaplain . Manchester , Dec . 30 ~ 1 a case is exciting public attention here , arising out of a charge made against the Rev . P . J . O'Leary , chaplain ofthe new Borough Gaol , which possesses an interest beyond this neighbourhood . The case before tbe 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 _os . Tbe jury had some difficulty in agreeing upon their verdict , but after leaving the court for about ten minutes they found Hewitt guilty , and Burgess not guiltv . On returning to court with these verdicts , Mr . J . Pollock ( counsel for the prisoners ) rose and addressed the bench ( on which were Mr . R . B . Armstrong , the recorder , and Mr . D . Maulestipen-OFDUTY

      , diary magistrate ) , to the following effect : —I think it right to make a statement at this stage of these proceedings with reference to Bureess , who has just been acquitted , which 1 do solely in the discharge of a public duty , but which I confess I rise to make with great regret . I say with _reuret , because it reflects upon the character of a reverend gentleman whom I know personally , and a gentleman for whom I 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 ) bas been urged by the chaplain to plead guilty to this charge . And if this was tbe 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

      ray case was a very serious one—robbery , for which the heaviest of punishment was _iuflicted , if found guilty , after pleading not guilty . He said , " There were 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 tbat 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 bave taken your own , I may not answer any questions . "

      The Recorder . —If this is true , if all has been done tbat is here stated , the chaplain has been going beyond the line of his duty . Mr . Pollock . —I 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 the 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 be 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 tbat gentleman by tbe press to be allowed to take an exact copy of the prisoner ' s depositions , but be stated tbat he had already parted with the document , _though " no doubt they would hear more of it . "

      Final Examination Axd Committal Of Air. ...

      FINAL EXAMINATION AXD COMMITTAL OF AIR . 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 , the warrant officer of the court , from Giltspur street Compter , and placed at the bar for final examination . . This course had been adopted at the suggestion of Alderman Huruphery , a repetition of the _sceneB of Friday last being apprehended from the excited state of mind of the public , and the indignation felt against the accused , should tbe 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 Hujipiiert . —Then it is my duty to fully commit you for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . Mr . Phillips ( defendant ' s solicitor ) . —I presume you will not refuse to accept bail . Mr . Alderman _HoiiPiiEEr . —It is understood that the same bail will be taken , two sureties iu £ 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 , and Mr . Vass , of _Pendenson-terracc , Rethnal-green , who acted as the defendant ' s solicitors .

      Mrs . Sloane had not been apprehended , and Alderman Humphery directed tbe officer to hold the warrant , aad 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 he suddenly changed his determination , and said he 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 in such a state of escitemement with regard to hia recent conduct towards _Jatie 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 the city , unobserved by many who were on their way to Guildhall to make _inquines respecting him . In fact , during the morning the court was regularly besieged by appbeants wishing to know when Mr . Sloane would be coming up _aj-ain . _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 that 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 tbat was at present in the hospital , in consequence of having been knocked down on Friday afternoon by the cab that wasconvejing 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 the prisoners from the Compter to this court and back sh # uld be brought before the notice ofthe 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 the _trangit of criminals , and he hoped the corporation would adopt it . —At the conclusion of the general business

      ofthe court , and as the alderman was about to leave tbe 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 tbe plate glass windows were literally smashed , aud 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 tho damage and fare , and gave him 2 s . fid . for the loss ot time he sustained in having to apply for the money . He appeared very glad on receiving the full amount ofthe damage he claimed , and expressed a determination never to run such risk again , if he knew it beforehand .

      Meetisg Of Tbe Board Of Guardiaks Of The...

      Meetisg of tbe Board of Guardiaks of the West Losdos Usies . —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 atep 3 should he 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 Dcvaux . There was a very full attendance of guardians present , and Mr . Bethell ,

      of Farringdon-street , the chairman ofthe board , presided On the motion of Mr . _Herapatb the following resolutions were adopted unanimously :- ! . » 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 , re-SinVthe government to increase the sum to WnV > -2 " That the clerk be requested to consult with Mr . _Huddlestone _, tbe counsel for the to * secuSn , as to whether the board of guardians had better a pply to the magistrates _fyr a _warraBi _fc *

      Meetisg Of Tbe Board Of Guardiaks Of The...

      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 tnanks having been awarded to the chairman , tbe proceedings terminated . e annreho _^ n _^^ _T _^ "

      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 anvwhen compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , notwithstanding the reductions which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was able to make in the last session . The brick duties— £ 700 , 000 a year—were wholly abandoned , and yet we find the excise so prosperous , in the other items , as scarcely to miss the total loss in this . The buoyancy of tbe 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 mirk the state ofthe country . The others will probably vary verv little , and will be shown by the tabular returns . ' In the meantime the large amount of public deposits exhibited in the weekl y 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 ot 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 bas 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. Be...

      THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE REV . MR . BENNETT . —IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . On Saturday last the preliminary proceedings for depriving Mr . Bennett of the incumbency of St , Paul ' s Kni » htsbridge , and the chapelry of St . Barnabas , Pimlico _, were commenced on behalf of the Bishop of London . Mr . _Bonnet ' , in a letter to the Bishop of London , stated that "if his lordship _wouM not allow him time to make the desired alterations in bis mode of conducting the services at his churches , he had no alternative but to place his living into his lordship ' s hands . " This part of his letter tbe Bishop considered as a formal resignation , and intimated to Mr . Bennett that he accepted the res _i gnation . A few days afterwards the bishop made arrangements for the future performance of tbe services _inthechurches , and informed Mr . Bennett of tbe nature of them . The reverend gentleman then declared that he had not resigned at all , andmoreoverthat

      , , it was not his intention to do so . The bishop informed him 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 be brought into the Ecclesiastical Court ; and , from the nature of tbe evidenco which will be brought forward , it is likely to be some } ears 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 tbe churches of St . Paul and St-Barnabas were built and endowed by the Rev . Mr . Bennett , the former of whicb is worth £ 1 , 000 a year , and the latter £ 350 . 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 Uth Regiment , with Mr . Vaughan , a midshipman of the Powerful , were brought up before the police magistrate , Mr . Harper , charged with having , at eleven o ' clock at night , on the Thursday preceding , waylaid and stopped the _calesse , or carriage , of Mr . William Lamb Arrowsmith , the 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 calesse , 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 Hie 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 tbeir commissions . Mr . Vaughan , though sworn to as having been one of the party , docs not appear to have struck any blow or taken any active part in the affray , so that hopes are entertained that he at least , will be set at liberty . The accused have secured the professional aid of the Hon . Dr . Adriano Dingli , tho 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 he eventually became . One day , after dinner , he _^ called to a young man of eighteen , like himself a prisoner , and with whom he appeared to be on the best terms , and led htm to a place called the Tour Noire . The younger prisoner was afterwards found dead on this spot . A postmortem examination piored that he died of strangulation . This crime

      consummated , Lecennes quietly took a hamper whicb stood near , climbed to the room of a turnkey , stole articles which he bid in the hamper , covered it with leaves , and proceeded to tbe spot where the keys of the prison were kept . By the aid of these , with which lie 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 had stolen , and put on a pair of spectacles . He had still to get out ofthe 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 Humb ox 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 ofthe 3 rd inst ., and concur with you in the importance of resisting the proceedings tbat would give force to the minority at Ve 3 tries . I considered tbe decision in the Braintree 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 9 th December , 1 S 47 , 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 the 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 tbeir 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 , vour obedient servant , Joseph Hume . "

      Mb . Lovi , an English engineer , inventor of a diving _machinery which aperson can remain several hours under water , at a great depth , has been called from Scio ia order to try his machine in the port of Comtantinople , atthe place where the Neiri-Chevket sunk . Ho experimented with the greatest success in the presence of TT . EF . Admiral Suleymau Pacha , and several of the superior officers of the Turkish navy . Mr . Lovi , furnished with his apparatus , descended on to the deck of the Neiri-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 ber 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 Boildiko in Htde-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 that the shortness of the days , and the multiplicity of details have mastered them ; aud , accordingly , they have been compelled to make an application to the Commissioners for an extension of time , which was readily granted . On I \ ew year s day the building formally passed into the bands or the Commissioners , who will henceforward have the exclusive control ofthe admission of visitors . African Cotton . —We ( Liverpool Journal ) saw on the 27 th ult ., in the possession of Mr . Warburton _, master of the Exchange-room , a specimen of the wild cotton plant , with full bolls , plucked within fifty yards of the sea , on the west coast of Africa , in August last . The quality is fine , and this specimen shows that there would be no difficulty in cul _* . mting totton where- , it was gathered .

      The Deaths Is Mines During The Last Year...

      THE DEATHS IS MINES DURING THE LAST YEAR ., TO THE EDITOR OF THE _MISIN'G JOURNAL . bn > -A reference to your weekly records shows t , j ° _* ** _k '" ra"ie 3 continues without much diminution . The following statement is extracted from your journal _:-r-. ,, ., 1850 . 1810 . ISIS . lued by explosions 172 ... 255 ... 250 Killed by falls of the roof ... 191 ... 154 ... 103 K _| ed by accidents in shafts 101 ... 90 ... 70 Killed by other casualties ... 70 ... 68 ... 78 ' Total 537 ... 567 ... 567 Anticipating that your next paper will contain , at le i lst > 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 517 , just twenty less than in the two preceding years * There is some causo for congratulation in the diminished mortality caused by explosions , there being a difference of upwards oi eighty deaths in favour of the last year . The _num--nT-T _^ _rr _... ... -

      ber of explosions producing fatal consequences were sixty-nine in 1 S 4 S , fifty-two in 1819 , and 1850 there have been forty-three . We may fairly presume that this diminution in the number of * accidents from this cause , and tbe decreased fatality which has resulted from those which have happened , is to be ascribed , in a great measure , to the increased attention which the ventilation of mines has received , and it is to he hoped that these indications of practical improvement will be confirmed and extended .

      In devising re nedies for these evils , the Government authorities and Parliamentary committees have confined their inquiries too exclusively to explosions , and have not attached sufficient importance to those loss obtrusive but constantly occurring causes of sudden death which produce by far the greatest amount of suffering . It appears , from the above statement , _th-it whilst the deaths from explosions have been _considerably _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 exeeed those destroyed by explosions , and that when compared with the two preceding years , deaths from this cause are on the inciease . That very many of

      these shocking but too common _accidants might be prevented , no one practically conversant with the subject can reasonably doubt . The evil is evidently forcing itself prominently on the attention of the public , and urgently demands the especial notice of the government inspectors . Many cases occur which are not reported in the local newspapers from which you compile your weekly obituary , and the number of deaths from this causo recorded in your columns aro necessarily far short of the reality . Were the inspectors to attend the inquests held on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers , examine tlie mine , and institute an impartial and searching inquiry into the real causes , there can be no _donlit but that it would be followed by beneficial results ,

      and be highly satisfactory to the colliers and miners . There is also , unfortunately , an increase of the dreadful deaths arising from accidents in shafts . Several of these have arisen from the absence of fences round the top of disused and other shafts , and children and other persons unconnected with the mine have consequently fallen in and been killed . In cases like these it is very difficult to reconcile the " accidental death" verdicts of coroner ' s juries , with notions of justice , or even of common humanity . Leniency to one party is death to the other ¦ and , although no one likes the invidious duty of informing against his neighbour , it is to be 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 tho deaths which havo occurred in shifts have been caused by the fracture of the ropes or chains whilst the sufferers were ascending or descending the pit . Chains are most un . niited to such a purpose ; and it is to bo deeply regretted that in some districts there is such a prejudice in tbeir . 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 whicb sat to inquire into the cause of the deaths of the three men who wero lately killed by the 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 beon proved in the usual manner before bein ? sold to the Dowlais Iron

      Company . ' This evidence is perfectly 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 . aro deservedly held renders the evidence the more valuable , inasmuch as it shows tbat , however good tbo 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 . Fourdrinier's patent safety apparatus was not in use where these twelvo men were killed , as , had such been the case , their lives would most probably have been saved . The expense of adopting it does not , we understand , under ordinary circumstances , exceed £ 10 ; and the annual payment for tho patent right is from £ 5 to £ 20 per annum , according to the depth of the shaft—an expense totally incommensurate with tho benefits obtained , and which would probably be saved to many times the amount by tbe 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 ofthe 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 the 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 miniug 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 : — •< Sib , —Knowing the interest which you take in the reform of the existing patent laws , , 1 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 ofthe Exhibition of 1851 " If Government have the power , or her Majesty ' s prerogative could be used in friendly conjunction with foreign Governments in relaxing the stamp duties and ofiice 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 been 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 . The 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 tbe 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

      hare proposed to each the propriety of giving their patents to the successful competitors , no matter of what nation or clime they mi g ht belong . The effect of thi 3 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 lie generally endeavours to obtain as tho summit of his labours . Ho prize that the . Government could give would please so well , or cost tbem so little ; indeed it would cost them nothing but the 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 the 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 the best ; which polioy would enable the 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—things 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 for years , and . expended large su _. ms in experiments .. to ga ! n a certain advantage , in . moctiaiiism , would , when he has so succeeded ,. run . vrith 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 the cause . " Your very obedient , Servant , " Ri ' ohard Townlet . " " 6 , _Cursitor-street , Cbancer y-bne _* Dec . 28 , "

      Cultivation Of Flax Jn Munsteb. — A Meet...

      CULTIVATION OF FLAX JN MUNSTEB . _— A meeting for the purpose of encouraging _thi growth and culture of flax in the Unions of Yougbal Dungarvan , and Lismore , was held in the Courthouse , Lismore , last week . The meeting was a highly important one , inasmuch as nearly all the _property of the three unions was represented . Among those present were—the Right Hon . Lord Stuart dt _Decies , Dromana Castle " ; Sir Richard _iMusctrave , _Tourin ; Sir Nugent Humble ; Messrs , J . _Keily _, Strancally Castle ; F . A . Curry , Lismore Castle ; It , _Us ' ier , F . Kennedy , William O'Mahony , & c . ¦ "" _==

      The chair was taken by Lord Stuart de Decies . His lordship proceeded to say , that ever since the year 1817 the attention of the landed proprietors and land occupiers of Ireland had been directed to an inquiry respecting the means by which the value of ihe land and the comfort and prosperity of its occupiers may be raised to the same level which was enjoyed _previously to tbe partial failure of the potato crop in the year 1846 ; and , simultaneously with tbat inquiry on the part of the agriculturists of Ireland , an inquiry bas arisen among the cotton spinners df the north of England as to the best means of supplying the substitute required through the deficiency in the cotton crops during the last ten or

      twfelve 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 difltculties by which they have respectively been beset . ( Hear . ) But it is not merely the Irish agriculturists or the English cotton spinners who are interested in tbe promotion of flax culture , but ( he flax manufacturers of the north of Ireland are , if possible , still more desirous than those parties of giving an impulse to the growth of flax . ( Hear , hear . ) _The-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 , tbe flax grown upon the Continent , aud which they are well aware could be grown better

      adapted to their purposes m this country . With the exception , perhaps , of a very small quantity of flax ( _trown 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 whicb they draw such large supplies . But besides this object whicb 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 he inapplicable . It is a fact , strange as it may appear , that within the last year a fabric ha 3 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 , corduroys , check dresses , such as are worn by children ; itis made use of for furniture covers and carpet covers ; and , under all these circumstances , the manufacture of flax in the north of Ireland is raised so much , that , even 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 farmer should not devote bis 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 tbe south or in 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 his land to the culture of that crop as well as the northern Irish farmer . And it must be admitted , tbat hitherto there have been very considerable obstacles in the way of hi 3 doing so . ( Hear , hear . ) Those obstacles , I think , may be described as reBohing themselves mainly into the following

      considerations : —To the want of a market for the fhx when raised—( bear , bear ;)—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 the 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 binges 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 that part of the question , I beg leave to state to vou that I have received a letter from a

      gentleman named Carleton , connected with Belfast , who bas come down to Waterford , and who stated publicly the other day , before tbe board of guardians of Dungarvan , and on another occasion before several of the guardians of the Lismore hoard , that it was bis intention , with all practicable speed , to establish a flax mill and _steeping concerns at Bellake , in the neighbourhood of Waterford , and that he would be prepared to purchase any quantity of _Hjx 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 prospect of a still larger concern in the neighbourhood of _Rathcorraac—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 tbe Royal Flax Association of the North of Ireland . ( His lordship then resumed his seat amid the acclamations of the assemblage . J

      The followin * gentlemen were * then appointed to act as a committeee : —Lord Stuart de Decies , Sir Richard _Musgrave , Sir Nugent Humble , Mr . Kelly , Mr . Curry , Mr . Usher , Mr . Kennedy , Mr . O'Mahony , Mr . Kierman , Mr . Ronad , Mr . Davis , Mr . Hudson , and Mr . Power , with permission to add to their numbers . After some conversation , Mr . Kelly said he had communicated with his tenantry , and the reply was that they would grow the flax if tbey got a market . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Lf , e , 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 .

      Sm Bichard 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 lo Lord Stuart de Decies , ths proceedings terminated . —Cork Examiner .

      ' Tne Quickest Yovaqb Across Ms Atlantic...

      ' TnE Quickest Yovaqb across _ms 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 midnight on the Saturday , had previously stood unrivalled , being one hour and twenty minutes less than the finest passage of the United States mail-steamer Atlantic ; but tho Asia has now beaten even herself , fully _justifyng ber claim to bo considered the fleetest existing ocean steam-ship . From New York on the ISth ult ; she cleared precisely at midday , but shortly afterwards ! stopped her engines to repair damage received by her wheels , during a collision with tho wharf . Fiftyfive minutes wero thus lostand she finally started

      ; on her voyago 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 m little less than nine days . Holyhead was passed unobserved by ithe marine telegraph , nt 4 p . ro , on Saturday , and at _half-past 9 o ' clock her guns saluted the town , exciting general surprise and universal gratification aB regards the celerity of her passage . On two days she _Bteamed a distance seldom * , equalled hitherto in

      the annals of ocean steaming ; running on the 25 th 26 th , and 27 th ult . respectively 328 , 821 , _andj 300 miles . Her passage reckoned according to mean time , and deducting 45 minutes lost off New York repairing floats , may bo recorded as ten-days four hours five minutes , or two hours and fiftyjfive minutes less than her fastest summer _passj-ge , four hours and fifteen minutes less than the United States mail steamers' fastest passage _eaatwardj ' and about five hours and twenty minutes less than the remarkable summer run of the Pacific out to New _^ ork . _, _at . . Mr . _Dodsworth has , it is stated , placed his resignation in the bands of the Bishop of London .

      Ihe Apprehended Strike Ox The

      _IHE APPREHENDED STRIKE OX THE

      LONDON AND NORTH . "WESTERN RAILWAY . The strike apprehended amongst the enginedrivers and firemen on ths 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 speedy and amicable arrangement , to terminate much in tlie same manner as the late unfortunate strike on the Eastern Counties Railway . On Friday , the 2 / th ult ., a copy of the following notice was placed in the hands of everv eni _* ineman and fireman on the southern division of the Railway : —

      " LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY " XOTICE TO IHE ESG 1 _NE-DUIVKRS A . _N'D FIUKMK . _V ON

      THE SOCT 1 IKRX DIVISION . " The present state of suspense at to a slviko ought not longer to continue . " If the men on the southern division , having no grievance of their own , elect to leave the company ' s service , the directors must at once carry out . their plans of temporarily reducing the number of trains , and putting on the new hands , whose services aro now available . " The directors must of course continue to reserve to themselves the right to make , from time to time , any regulations necessary for tho safe and certain woiking of the line , though thev 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 ia therefore called upon to st . _ire whethcr he wishes to remain in the service of tho company , under the existing _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 harshly , but the requirements of the public and the government service will not allow them longer to be subjected to the present state of _uncertainty . " The directors recognise the manly and straightforward course taken by a largo number of the men ; and they hope to show them that they havo consulted their true interests by the conduct they have exhibited . " Thomas Smith , Chairman of the Locomotive

      Committee , Southern Division . ( By order ) " Mark Huisii General Manager . " General Manager ' s office , Euston-station , 27 th Dec , 1850 . " It appears that tbe men received their wages on Friday evening , and _tl-at the printed document referred to , containing the intentions of the directors , having been prepared , was placed in the bands of every man as he came up for his pay at the _Camdenslation . 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 ofthe notice was then handed 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

      matter . Anything like concert among the men under such circumstances was out of tbe 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 regulations , and that the person referred to subsequently requested that 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 .

      W e are informed that 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 mating tbe necessary submission , be reinstated . We are also informed that tbe men , although they refused to sign the document above referred io , yet expressed themselves satisfied with tbeir present position . The notice referred to had , 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 tbat , with the exception of some twenty , the whole elected to remain in the employment of the company . At ( he 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 the men have al . most universally consented to tbe 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 tbe workshops of tbe company . Upon the southern division applications have been received from 128 men , and fortv-two have been already engaged .

      Up to this period notices to quit have been given to thirteen or fourteen men only upon the southern division , and it is believed that it will not be necessary to extend tbem to beyond one or two more . These men , who are stated to be some of the most inefficient upon the line , have also received notice that they must give up their cottages in a week , _mrs they haviibeen 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 the 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 AND NORTn-WESTERS RAILWAT . .. " Notice . —The public aro requested to take notice that the usual time bills for January , with the following alterations , will be issued on Monday , the 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 anotber bill , showing a considerable reduction 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 night it was stated tbat tbe authorities of the London and North" Western' Railway continued to receive . assurances of the good feeling of tbe men from various portions of the line ; and more particularly , it appears , does the spirit of conceB 9 itm prevail on tbe northern division , where the outbreak first took place . It is said that the directors never Contemplated the slightest alteration with reference to the men engaged in tbe 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 , _iorthem ¦ ¦ . . 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 ihe three months' notice , and in regard to all . new enginemen and firemen ?" Nearly every man to whom the foregoing questions Viave been put on the northern division , it is stated , has subscribed his signature to the declaration of "lagreeto tbe . above ; " and it is further added that so' many of the ' W hands have subscribed , to that form , that , of ' . the twenty-six new men already employed , ten- bave been withdrawn , and have returned to their old employment on other lines , with the understanding that , should the corrpany _rew « i (* _Jitoifc * _"Ma 5 _Stbey should have tbe

      _preferefreb'or 8 W « _iwaf _^ - . . ' . . . In _relieMeSfrjin _^ _PstM of tbe three' months notice ; _SW _* _Wig _< o the i _™ > _S _, !; _factMl _« _pa'MSrr % which _tobk * place _onffiyffiS * i _^ l ' , ine in , he y T iniS & _Sm _^ mm § ¥ ot t , hatcom P ' Wh _^ m _# > _Sep _7 arrived at an am _cible _conclusionJM _^ _fel '" "? , s l ° _t 2 deeply _repftMlrW ' are not in so saisfactory a state on tbeS 5 _utler . ior London umsion of the lire , Up to Monday tbe directors had 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/ns3_04011851/page/7/