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      ' wed penal laws . Mr . O'Connell vent on to com E ^ of the burning of the effi gies of the Pope and P ^ nai Wiseman , which had taken place in Ion-^ WoHld it be believed , he said , that the •^ of Charity , too , had been , made the object f ribald representation in the Itreets of English Lns . The Re 7- ¥ *" ' GilIigan next addressed the ^ atin& * ^ warned Lord John Russel not to make * S ial la « against Catholic reli gions liberty . He *• £ } £ did not advocate warfare in a physical point % -jew , bnt he would remind the noble lord that „„{ of * e 150 , 000 of the British army , fully 50 , 000 « rae good fighting Catholics . He would also re-I " him that there were 6 , 000 , 000 of Catholics in lrebnd , who would not permit themselves to be Jibbed to gratify the paltry trickery of Lord SSTb—S- E ? 7 tSft ??«* v » an - anuary , . B otea pe nalIaws - Mr-O'Connell vent on to com & _ * % ! = ^ J 2 ^ WS *******

      « . _ wmnced to be £ 8 6 s . 5 d .. which sum included £ 3 SI renewed subscription of Mr . John O ' Connell £ 5 family . The meeting then adjourned . Tbe Sew Pahuamestabt Coxsiitoesct . —The K tams of the clerks of the peace , of the claimants nnder the new Franchise Act , are completed , with the 1 & 3 of objections , which are to be heard at the irision before the assistant barristers . So far as an be judged by the materials at present available , the entire constituency of Ireland , will considerably exceed two hundred thousand . In the boroughs r terc will he no ereat augmentation , but in the rnmities generally the increase will be immense , as

      contrasted with the existing electoral bodies , which nnce the famine , bad been in a rapid state of decay . In the City af Dublin the new constituency will not ouch exceed that originally established by the Reform Act . In the western counties the increase will fee moth less in proportion than in some of the midland counties . For instance , Boscommon , which fcad , after the first registry under the Reform Act , » constituency of nearly 3 , 000 , will not now have more than 1 . S 0 O electors of all classes . ButMeath , shich had not under the Reform Act 2 , 000 , and which has not now more than 400 electors , will nave between 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 under the new Franchise

      Act . Scese is a Church . —A Daamore correspondent Kr jtes : — "On Sunday last whilst the Rev . Mr . Irons 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 cext 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

      himtelf of his sacred vestures , descended from the pulpit , and adjourned to his own house , to which the congregation , the cause of the disturbance excepted , immediately proceeded . "— Tuam Htrald . Death from Destiibiios . —An inquest was held by T . T . Abbott , Esq ., coroner , on Friday last , npon the body of a man named Walsh , who resided with his sister , a widow , near Newport . A yerdictwas returned that the deceased died of destitution . It appeared the unfortunate man allowed himself to « Urvo sooner than enter the workhouse . — -Nenagh Guardian .

      Iscksduhism . —Just as we -were going to press , information reached us that the house and premises of a man named Michael O'Kell y , Bituate between Athlone and Ballinasloe , were set on fire and totally consumed . The act is supposed to be that of an incendiary . —Watmeath Independent . The Proposed Meetixg of Ibish Members . — Sir . F . Scully , M . P ., has added his name to the list of those who approve of Mr . John O'ConneU ' s plan to hold a Conference of Roman Catholic members . Texaxi-riuht Meeikg is Newtowsards . —On Monday a Tenant-right meeting was held in 2 fewtownards , Count ; 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 ; Tery Bejr . 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 . Killen , Presbyterian clergymen . The resolutions passed were similar to those adopted at previous Tenantright meetings . A letter was read from Mr . Sherman Crawford , M . P ., of which the following is an extract : — " The tenants of Ireland are told that ; they may pay high rents by high farming . I have loo doubt that improved agriculture would give [ greatly increased profits ; but it is impossible that [ improved systems can be carried into ' erfect without ( a large investment of sunk capital in the

      improvement of the soil , and the increased number and size : of agiionltural offices . I would ask , then , can the [ tenant be expected to do ibis until he has legal seicarity for the capital expended * TJnder existing [ circumstances , every improvement made adds to his [ slavish dependence on hislandlord ' s will and power . [ Somaii 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 ijou seek for— ' 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 Eany 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 details , until I am ' enabled to consider them in the form of a bill , to fts submitted to the Legislature . But I hope it is [ unnecessary for me to assure you that you may rely ppon my most strennons 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 jwhich your requisition concludes— ' Tenant right ' and public justice . *" I Encumbered Estates Saus . —The estate of Mr . [ Richard Ashe , of Ashegrove , ia the county of Cork , swa 3 sold on Tuesday , in the city of Cork , pursuant [ to the order of the commissioners . The attendance

      ^ 33 respectable , and the competition Tery [ Spirited . The sale of the property did not occupy lalf-an-hour , and the sum realised by the whole was £ 7 , 93 G ; about £ 900 over what was bid in Dublin . I Mcbdeb is Tippebabt . —The Tipperary Vindicator contains the following account of a barbaroHg border committed in that county on Sunday : — " A frightful murder was perpetrated at Tyone . near ufenagh , on the night of Sunday . The murdered ban was caretaker in the employment of Mr . F . [ Bjroa , and was much esteemed by that gentleman . [ The head of this poor victim of barbarity was [ almost severed from the body . An inqnest hai been geld by T . T . Abbott , Esq ., and a verdict of Wiljfal Murder against some person or persons nn-Scown ' has been returned ' *

      Tenanz-Righx is Visas . —The Sewry Telegraph ontains a long statement in defence of the management of the estates of the Earl of Caledon from ertain charges made by one of the journals of the tenant League . It would appear from this statement that the market value of tenant-right ( which ad been most seriously reduced , and , iu some a ? e ? , extirpated by the potato failures and the lepreciation of agricultural products , ) is again reflvering . The Sewru Telegraph states that " "the enant-right of fifty-five acres , Irish measure , on ie Caledon estates , was recently sold for £ 500 , md that often acres for £ 100 . " It is added that

      &e sum of £ 150 was offered within the last week or the tenant-ri ght of another farm on the same state , for which not more than £ 50 could have * en obtained some time since . The conduct of ixird Caledon as a landlord is highlv praised . It is nentioned that from £ 60 to £ 70 are paid weekly as tegea to his labourers , and there are upon the state mills for grinding flour , scutching flax , &c ., or the special accommodation of the farmers .

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      van Ahbubgh axd hie Tiger . —The tiger scene escribed below occurred at Torento a few days £ o : — " An affair occurred at our exhibition on ¦ uesday last of the most intense , exciting , and terific description , and which but for the intrepidity , aring , and presence of mind of Yan Amburgb , renld certainly have resnlted in the horrible death f our old friend , Siguor Hydralgo . Thecircumiances were as follow : —At nine o ' clock Il ydralgo fent into a cage in which had been placed our &rgest panther , the Bengal tiger , the African loncss , and the spotted leopard , a cougar , and the ijena . The exhibition proceeded , and Hydralgo teiced to have the animals completely under his Kfitrol , and the audience seemed to be both deiglited and interested at the daring of the' tamer . '

      he performance had progressed very nearly to its lose when , from some unaccountable cause , the £ er became sulky , and refused to leap . Hydralgo ruck him with a whip , which so enraged the furi-M beast that , breaking through all discipline , and it h one bound , and a yell of fury that terrified 3 e audience , he rushed upon him and brought him 3 the floor of the cage . He could do nothing ; he ad lost all control over the brute . Everything * s in confusion ; women fainted , others screamed i terror , children cried , and the men seemed paraphed . It would have been all up with poor Hy-* algo , had not Tan Amburgh , who was on the tber side of the arena , rushed to the spot . ' In an &Etant he was in the case , and in less time than it aiea me to write it , he had the enraged animal tader hi * feet in perfect subjection , and released

      s friend from his perilous situation , fortunately ore fri ghtened than hurt . Tan Amburgh ' s prenee of mind , his courage , and intrepidity , are derring of all" praise , which he received in three ftrty cheers from the audience . For the tune it sted , about two or three minutes , it was the most [ citing scene ever witnessed . "—New York Paper . A ^ oraa Faoor of the oticact o ? Hoimwat ' s Onrr-» t « d Vw £ roa the Com of Bad Lwa < -Mw . Man .-* " » uf Stretton , suffered for nearly three jears with 2 * sores on both legs . Notwithstanding the various ;™ Mines and treatment of which trial was made , the ^ rations grew worse and worse , and for tome monthi « was unable to stand ; at length it was decided that "Jowav ' s Ointment and Pills should be iMed , and' the « t fdlent medicines soon worked wonders , for in a few f *« an the womL-is were healed , and the use of her legs ff ^ f l ywitored , thatEheiawmableto wlk serend PBntdtj iffiheue ; ¦ - ¦¦ - -

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      sSSV C ?^ -- ^ - o 3 iki ° hearj ^ pw * of the new mSm&Sf possesses an kt 8 re 8 t beyond mSof before . tne Court of Borough Sessions this HeSK ? ° Ph a m ?** *** Bureess and Wm . Hi ?? r **^ wuh " tedinft on tne 27 th of ££ ? * k 8 t > f pleceofwrappering , valuefis . The J ^ T , diffic aIty in » 8 ^ iog Won their vcr diet , but after hating the court for about ten minutes they found Hewitt guilty , and Burgess not guilty . Unreturmng to court with these verdicts , * Ja 'J' ""^ ck ( counsel for the prisoners ) rose and addressed the bench ( on which were Mr R B Armstrong , the recorder , and Mr . D . Maule , stipendiary magistrate ) , to the followin g effect :-I think if " ' "" HTT 1 FIT I i i i ' A GAOL S £ gSS ™™ »

      ngnt to make a statement at this stage of these proceedings with reference to Burgess , who has just been acquitted , which I do solely in the discharge of apublicduy , butwhichIConfes 3 lriseton , akewiS SSftSS « , ^ f tmet ' because it reflects upon the character of a reverend gentieman whom I SEES ^ rson t al | y » and agentlemaS for whom I have great reEpect-I ... ean the chaplain of the Borough Gaol . The facts were communicated to me throuih h « P Ch ? ttorae y > 'he first phCandS ! w £ fA P ™™ " M « n « elf ; and are to the effect ^ & £ n ? "T $ * " * , **** « ed faythe chap | aii » firiftlf ? t o th ^ S 8 e ' ^ X this was the Sn ^ fTj f ^ \ 8 nch a stateme ° t 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 ' deposition

      s : Tbe prisoner said-The chaplain came into my cell and said : "Now I want you to answer a question I am gang to put to you , and to answer the truth . Let me tell you that your case is a very serious one , ™ . f °° * 8 bout ^ Yoa were employed by Mr . Uilton ? ' 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 cage was a very serious one—robbery , for which the heaviest of punishment was inflicted , if found guilty , after pleading not guilty . He said , " There nere four , transportedlastsessionsforthefirst offence . I do not say you will be transported ; butmind , I do not say that you will not . " I said I had never had had any of die 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 Recobdbr . —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 . —I sincerely trust it may turnout 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 ; bnt 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 , andif 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 immediatel y left thebench . 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 they would hear more of it . "

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      THE QUARTER'S REVENUE . reSwn *? 1 mson t 0 expect that thequarter ' s when rll * h 7 ^ 1 Rifling decrease-if any-Kft !" , ^ responding quarter of rtl i , ' no ' w | th 8 tanding the reductions which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was able to make in t&e last session . The brick duties- £ WO , 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 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 ohange , will probably show its effect upon the present quarter , which to its full

      extent , cannot be hoped for again . The Custom g fluctuate , but will show well in spite of the great reductions that have taken place . These are the chief items which mark the-state of the country , lne others will probably -vary very little , and will pe 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 .

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      THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE Sni ^ BENNETT - IMP 0 RTAN TPR 0-t > £ i £ iUlMliS .

      On Saturday last the preliminary proceedings for depminp Mr . Bennett of the incumbency ot St . Pauls Knightsbridge , and the ohapelry of St . Barnabas , Pimhco , were commenced on behalf of the Bishop of London . Mr . Bennett , in a letter to the Bishop of London , stated that "if his lordship wouldnot 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 his 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 arrangements 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 resigped at all , and , moreover , that 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 the evidence which will be brought forward , it is likely to be some yearsbefore it is finally settled , eb 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 churcheg 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 £ 350 . It is stated that the reverend Kentleman has expended upwards of £ 100 , 000 in the building and endowing the churches and schools of the districts of St . Paul and St . Barnabas .

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      Sbbious Militaby Fbacas at Malta . —On Saturday , the 2 l 8 t of December , Lieutenant and Adjutant Colpoys , and Lieutenants Micklethwaite and Bat * chard , of the 44 th Regiment , with Mr . Yaughan , 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 , oroarriage , 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 * he parties to stand their trial at the Criminal Courtsince .

      , from the evidence against them , the assault appears to have been a premeditated one , inasmuch as Mr . Arrowsraith has recently had to report the breaking , by officers of the 44 th , of no less than sixteen lamps . In such case , the parties will peril their commissions . Mr . Yaughan , 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 are 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 Masagtr du Mrd 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 , Irecalled to a young man of eighteen , like himself a prisoner , and with whom he 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 postmortem examination proved that he died of strangulation . This crime consummated , Lecennes quietly took a hamper which stood near , climbed to the room of a turnkeystole article !

      , 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 Berves 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 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 dweljingof the cur 6 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 Hume on the Minobiit Cnoacnbate . —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 inst ., and concur with you in the importance of resisting the proceedings that would give force to the minority at Yestries . I considered the decision in the Biaiotrce 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 , 1847 , that you could spare , 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 their foliy endanger the Established Church . I ahall 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 Home . "

      Mr . Lovi , an English engineer , inventor of n diving machine , by which a person 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 Constantinople , at the place where the Neiri-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 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 opes , 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 muoh of the vessel and stores as can be recovered . —Malta Mail .

      NON-COMPLKTION OF THE BCILDINO IN HlDEPabk . —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 ; and , accordingly , they have been compelled to make an application to the Commissioners for an extension of time , which wai readily granted . On New year ' s day the building formally passed into thehanda of the Commissioners , who wiiLheneefbrward have the exclusive control of the admission of visitors . Africax Coiios . —We ( Liverpool Journal ) saw on the 27 th ult ., in the possession of Mr . Warburton , masjter 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 culivating cotton where : it was gathered .

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      THE DEATHS L \ MINES DUMNG THE LAST YEAR . TO THE EDITOR 0 * THE JflNINO JOUBNAl . that fnTiS *^ ° r , t 0 your eekly records show * nZiwT 3 S - llfe in mines continues without Srtrifrom * 10111 The ( ollowiD S 8 tatemenfc i 3 extracted from your journal : — ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ W „ ,. . I ,,, '

      lrnioHK , 185 ° - im - 18 * 8 . iKS&FM 0118 I 72 " - HKJ * % neroqf ... 194 ... 154 ... 163 5 K ? J ! ldent 8 in 9 haftB 101 9 ° ... 70 Wiled by other casualties ... 70 ... 68 ... 78 . . Total 537 ... 587 ... 567 w «! P&ting that y ° ur next Pa er will contain , at Shah ?« T ^ P number of deaths , ten must bo Slmw « f h . firsfc column » which wiU make the S arnolft i " « kilIed during the F <« t ULr ^ A- * t 0 ° 47 , ust twenty less than in the l ^ ES * ?? y . ear There is some cause for

      con-Slfnio + h tlie t dirainished mortality caused by eSvR - re , bein S a diflfera" ! e of upwards oi h £ $ l , th in favour of the las * year . The num-SS i n i B n , W ucin S ^ tal consequences were EXT \ 18 iS ' fifty-tff 0 iri im > a " d 1850 th ( * e " . , f ,. orty-three . Wo may ' fairly presume w . 'Jh" dlmiu « tion in the number of accidents fiom this 1 cause , and the 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 tt is to le hoped that these indications ot raMtoal improvement will be confirmed and extended .

      In devising remedies for these evils , the Government authorities and . Parliamentary committees nave confined their inquiries too exclusively to explosions , and have not attached sufficient importance to those Ies 3 obtrusive but constantly occurring causes of sudden death which produce by far the greatest amount of suffering . It appears , from the above statement , that whilst the deaths from explosions hare been considerably diminished , those arising from other causes have been very much augmented . During the last year , it appears that those killed b y 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 accidents might be prevented , no one practically conversant with the subject can reasonabl y doubt . The evil is evidently forcing itself prominently on the attention of the publio , and urgently demands the especial notice of the government inspectors . Many oases occur which are not reported in the local newspapers irom 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 inquests held on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers , examine the mine , and institute an impartial and aearohing inquiry into the real causes , there oan be no doubt but that it would be followed by beneficial results

      , an mu S nly satisfactory to the colliers and » iners . There ig also , unfortunatel y , 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 consequentl y 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 are so utterly inoperativenotwithstanding

      , 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 the sufferers were ascending or descending the pit . Chains are most unsuited to such a purpose ; and it is to be deeply regretted that in some districts there is such a prejudice in their favour , and that they should be 60 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 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 , teati&cd that it had been proved in the usual manner before being 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 . nro 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 . Fourdrinier ' 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 . Tbe expense of adopting it does not , we understand , under ordinary circumstances , exceed £ 10 ; and the annual payment for the patent right is from £ 5 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 the amount by the prevention of accidents , which are 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 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 mining operations of the country . Iveath . J . Richardson , C . E .

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      PATENT LAWS REFORM . The following letter , addressed to the Editor , appeared in the Morning Chronicle , of Wednesday : — " Sir , —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 bis Royal Highness Prince Albert , on the 22 nd of April last , on the subject of the 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 office fees on certain patents , the difficulties of the Commissioners would be much li ghtened . " 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 Bubject is one of vast importance to inventors of all nations , as regards their having an equal chanco 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 m to afford a clear Btage to all exhibitors , and would have 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 this would bo , as I have Baid ' in another part of the letter referred to , " to bring out a larger field of genius and industry than tlie largo 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 hiB just righis 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 welli or cost them bo little ; indeed it would cost them nothing but the trouble'of signing and sealing . But if a mono / value be set on patents , they are' merely nominal 'in most nations , except ' England ' , arid that may have been tho reason the 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 policy would enable thd Government to repeat the Exhibition annually if necess arjr , as the building , the most expensive item s ' libseribed by the public , might be kept up for 'that purpose- ; As for the present plan of giving medals—things " 6 f no money value—it 6 eems to have'been the result of a sliding scale , dwindling down from ' prizeB of £ 6 , 000 , as first named , to medals to be bestowed by her Majesty herself . ' I believe that-no inventor who

      has devoted his mental andbodily labours for years , and expended large sums in ' experimenU to gain a certain advantage in mechanism , would , when he has so succeeded / tun with it inio ' -the Park , place it in tho Great Exhibition , and- be content with a medal . I have been led more into detail than I at first anticipated ; although the subjedt in my mind is far from being exhausted ; but I trust . its importance will be V sufficient exolise , ' particularly after the able support-you have already given to the cause . "Yourvery obedient Servant , ..- . - .: ¦ - .. «• Richard Townley . " " 6 , Cursitor-Btreet , Chancery-lane , Deo . 28 . "

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      WIMWMMMMWMMMWW——¦—— wm ^ mm I CULTIVATION OF FLAX IN MUNSTER . A meeting " for the purpose of encouraging the growth and culture of flax in the Unions of Youghal , Dungamn , and Lismore , was held in the Courthouse , Lismore , last week . The meeting was a highly important one , inasmuch as nearly all the pro * perty of the three unions was represented . Among thoie present were—the Right Hon . Lord Stuart de Oecftf , Droinana Castle ; Sir Richard Musgrave , Tpurin ; Sir Nugent Humble ; Messrs . J . Keily , Strarically Castle ; F . A . Curry , Lismore Castle ; R . U »' ier , ; F , Kennedy , William O'Mahony , &c . ....... . "

      . The chair was taken by Lord Stuart de Decies . Hii lordship proceeded to say , that ever since the year 1847 the attention of the landed proprietors and land occupieri of Ireland had been directed to an inquiry respecting the means b y which the value of the land and the comfort and prosperity of its occupiers may be raised to the same level which was enjoyed previously to the partial failure of the potato crop in , the year 1846 ; and , simultaneously with thai 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 . eiency 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 tbe difficulties b y which they have respectively been beaet . ( Hear . ) But it is not merely the Irish agriculturists or the English cotton spinners who are interested in the promotion of flax culture , but the 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 manu . facturera 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 tbe 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 ot 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 froth silk . ¦ There are manufactured from it velvets and velveteens , corduroys , check dresses , such as are worn by children ; it is 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 ia Ireland , for Irish consumption alone . Now ,

      gentlemen , let us inquire whether there is any valid reason why the Irish farmer 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 in the west of Ireland ; and he k 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 IriBh farmer . And it must be admitted , that hitherto there have been very considerable obstacles in the way of his doing bo . ( Hear , hear . ) Those obstacles , I think , may be described as resolving themselves mainly into the following considerations ;—To the want of a market for the flax when raised —( hear , hear ;)—in some degree to ignorance , perhsps , aa 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 , bear , 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 that 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 board , that it was his intention , with all practicable speed , to establish a flax mill and steeping concerns at Be'llake , in the neighbourhood of

      Waterford , and that he would be prepared to purchase any quantity of flax 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 n ' sigjhboTuhood of Waterford , and , as I am informed , with the prospect of a still larger concern in the neighbourhood of Rathcormac—whether , under thoBe 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 actas a committeee : —Lord Stuart de Decies , Sir Richard Musgrave , Sir Nugent Humble , Mr . Kelly , Mr . Curry , Mr . Usher , Mr . Kennedy , Mr . G'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 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 Deciea , the proceedings terminated . —Cor& Examiner .

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      Thb Quickest . Yoyaoe across thb Atlantic—The last trip of tho Royal Mail Steam-ship Asia was the quickest one ever made between New York and Liverpool ; ' Her run of last summer to the Mersey , oh which occasion she steamed past the Rock Lighthouse at midnight oil the Saturday , had previously stood unrivalled , being one hour and twenty minutes ' less than the ' finest ' passage of the United State ' s mail-steamer Atlantic ; but the Asia has now beaten even herself , fully justifyng her claim to bb-considered the fleetest existing ocean steam-ship . From ; New York on the 18 th ult . she cleared precieeiy at' midday , but shortly afterwards stopped her-engines to repair damage received by her wheels , during a collision with tho wharf . Fiftyfive' minute ' s were thus lost ; and Bhe finally started

      on ' her' voyage shortly before 2 p . m . During her subsequent passage Bhe 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 ninedays . Holyhead was passed unobserved by the marine telegraph , at 4 p . m , on Saturday , and ai half-past 9 0 clook her guns- saluted the 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 tho 25 th 28 rb . and 27 th ult . respectively 828 , 321 , and 300

      miles . Her passage reckoned according to mean time , and deducting 45 minutes loBt off New . York ref airing floats , may be recorded as t « n days four hours , five minutes , or two hours and fifty ^ ive minutes loss than her fastest summer passage , four hours and fifteen minutes less than the United States mail steamers fastoBt passage eastward , and about five hbora and twenty minutes less than the remarkable , summer run of the Pacific out to New York . . . . .,- : ¦ , . . . , . . . r ; i Mr . Dowworth has , it is stated , placed his resignation to the Mmfe of the Bishop of London . .

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      FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF MR . SLOANE FOR TRIAL . On Monday morning , at an early hour , and long b |??** ^ 8 Ual tome for commencing business at Guildhall , Mr . Sloane , the barrister , who stands charged with starving and otherwise ill-treating Jane Wilbred , was unexpectedl y 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 ^ oerm an Humphery , a repetition of the scenes of fndayiast being apprehended from the excited state of mind of the public , and the indignation felt against theaccused , 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 un til his trial . Mr . Alderman Huitphebt . —Then it is my duty to fully commit youfor trial atthe next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . Mr . Phillips ( defendant ' s solicitor ) . —I presume you will not refuse to accept bail . Mr . Alderman Hraa-HEBr . —It ia 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 , the 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 aa the defendant ' s

      solicitorc . Mrs . Sloane had not been apprehended , and Alderman Humphery 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 he suddenl y changed his determination , and said he would leave without shaving . At this time he w&s excessivel y nervous , and appeared as if he were afraid to trust himself into the hands of a stranger , while the public mind was hi 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 the city , unobserved by many who were on their way to Guildhall to make inqui . nes 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 that it was only a ruse on the part of the officers to get rid of the crowd .

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      THE APPREHENDED STRIKE ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN 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 North-Western , bids fair , unless the men themselves come to a speedy and amicable arrangement , to terminate much in the same manner as the late unfortunate strike on the Eastern Counties Railway . On Friday , the 27 th ult ., a copy of tbe following notice was placed in the hands of every engineman and fireman en the southern division of the Railwav : —

      " LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . ' notice to the esoikk-priveks asd fiuemen ox the soothebn division . " Tho present state of suspense as to a strike ought not longer to continue . " If the men on the southern division , having no grievance of their own , elect to leave tho company ' s service , the directors must at onco carry out their plans of temporarily reducing the number of trains , and putting on tho now hands , whoso services are now available . " The directors must of course continue to re » servo to themselves the right to make , from time to time , any regulations necessary for the safe and certain working of the line , though they have no intention whatever , unless the men force them to do so by these threatened strikes , to alter tbe regulations now in force as respects the southern , division .

      Each man is therefore called upon to state wnethor he wishes to remain in tho service of tho company , under the existing regulations ; if ha does , the directors hope to be able to retain him ¦ if not , notice must bo 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 tho public and the government service will not allow them longer to bo subjected to the present state of uncertainty . " The directors recognise tho manly and straightforward course taken by a largo number of tha men ; and they hope to show them that they have consulted their true interests by the conduct they have exhibited . " Thomas Smith , Chairman of the Locomotive

      Committee , Southern Division . ( By order ) ' Mark H dish General Manager . " General Manager ' s office , Euston-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 the hands of every man bb he came up for his pay at the Camdenstation . As each engine-driver or fireman arrived he had to present himself to Mr . M'ConneM and Mr , E , Watkin , the Under-Secretary of the Com . pany at the Camden-station . A printed copy of the

      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 tho matter . 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 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 variouB districts on the line . We are informed that the directors are prepared to accede to a proposition for a month ' a 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 , npon 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 banded 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 the 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 ts the proposal of their superintendent for a three months' notice . Upon the northern division of tbe 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 the company . Upon the southern division applications bave been received from 128 men , and forty-two bave 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 neceisary to extend them to beyond one or two more . These men , who are stated to be Borne of the moat inefficient upon the line , have also received notice that they must give up their cottages in a week , but they bave 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 the same time perfect arrangements have ' been made as to the stoppage of a Iarge , number of trains should the directors be placed in such a di * lemma ; and the following notice was on Monday posted at the station : —

      " LONDON ASD NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . " Notice . —The public are requested to take notice that the usual time bills for January , with the following alterations , will bo issued on Monday , the SOth inst . ; but the 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 considerable reduction of trains , which has been prepared , and is ready for issue , should such a course become ne > ceBsary . " The trains above mentioned were then specially referred to .

      Up to Tuesday night it was stated that the authorities of the London and North Western Railway continued to receive assurances of the good feeling of the men from variouB 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 sli ghtest alteration with reference to the men engaged in the locomotive department on the Bouthern division of the ' line ; but Preference 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 Worka , Crew , e .. ; .... " Do you deairrto continue in the service of tbe company , subject to the existing regulations ; and do .: you withdraw your , objections to the threa months' notice , and in regard to all new enginemen and firemen ? " . ,. ; . : : Nearly every man to whom the foregoing ' ques . tions kave been put on the northern , division ,,. it . is stated , has Bub ^ crihed bis signature to the declaration of " , I a ^ ree ' td . the above ;"• arid litii . further added that so' many of the old . hands , have - sub . scribed to that form , that , of the twenty-six new men already employed , ' ten have been withdrawn , and have returned to their old employment on other lines , with the undintanding that , should the company require their services , they should have tha preference of selection . .

      In reference to the . question of the three . monthr notice , the most singular , part of the matter is the fact that it originated in a strike which took place on the , Liverpool and Manchester line in the y «« i 1836 , and which is thus described in a paragraph inserted in the half yearly report of that company , dated ' Liverpool , 27 th July , 1836 . - - Whilst matteri have thug arrived at an amiotble concliision on the northern division , it is t © be very deeply regretted that . ' they are hot in so satisfactory a state on the ( OutKern or . London division of the lice . Up to Monday the directors bad felt it If .

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      Mektisg of the Board of Guardiaks of the West Losdok Usies . —On Tuesday afternoon a special general meeting of the board of guardians of the Wefct ( Loiidon 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 . BetheU ,

      of Farriugdon-street , the chairman of the board , presided . On die motion of Mr . Herapath the following resolutions were adopted twanimoudy : —l . " That this board do offer a reward of £ 20 for the apprehension of Mrs . Sloane , and that application be made to the Rig ht Hon .. Sir George . Grey , tho Secretary of State for . the Home Department , requesting the government to increase the sum to ^ 50 "__ 2 " That the clerk be requested to consult with Mr . ' HuddJestone , the counsel for the progecution , as to whether the board of guardians had better app ly to the magistrates for a warrant for

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      I J 41851 THE NORTHERN STAB Wl 1 !!!?———^ ¦ . * l 7

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      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 tbe prisoners from the Compter to this court and back should be broughtbefore the notice of the next Court of Aldermen . The corporation bad 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 transit of criminals , and he hoped the corporation would adopt it . —At the conclusion of the general business

      of the court , and as the alderman was about to leave the court , the cabman who had been encaged 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 , hi consequence of the policemen hanging on to it to keep off the people , who impeded him at everp stop . —Mr . Roe , having communicated with Alderman Humphery , paid the man £ 1 for the damage and fare , and gave him 2 s . 6 d . 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 he knew it beforehand .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1607/page/7/