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THE SAILORS' STRIKE LV THE NORTH
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THE LATE STORMS . j The Ariel , belonging to ( he Glasgow ana Dublin S team-ship Company , which left Glasgow on the 21 st nit . for Dublin , fell into very thick weather , and when twelve miles to the southward of the { forth and South Rock the larboard shaft of the eng broke dose to the ship ' s side . Orders were immediately given by Captain Murray to trim the vessel over to the starboard hand , in order to keep the broken wheel as much as possible ont of the water . Spars were got over the paddle-box , and , the wheel being made secure with chains and parp 3 , canvas was got on the vessel , and , the lee
paddle being found to work , we are happy to state that the steamer was brought safe to the Northwall on the following Wednesday . Daring the passage she encountered a severe gale , wind , S . W . The Wilson , from Demerara , went on shore near \ Ticklow on the 22 nd nit . and has become a total week . The Captain and mate , with the majority of the crew , unfortunately perished . The Wilson vis bound to Liverpool , The Iron Duke was the only vessel that arrived in Liverpool from Ireland on the 24 th alt ., another evidence of the extraordinary sailing qualities of ibis noble steamer , so ably commanded by Captain Christie . —Dublin Evening Packet .
State of the Weather at Ska . —Liver , pool , Monday . —We are daily in receipt of intelligence relative to the disastrous gales which have 80 long prevailed in the Channel and the Atlantic . The Packet-ship De Winton , for New York , after being at sea for six weeks , had been compelled to leiurn to Queens town . The following i » the Captain ' s report : — "The day after leaving Liverpool commenced wiih heary gales from the westward , which cantinued until we bore up for Fayal on the 15 th nit . from latitude 51 , longitude 31 . in conse qaence of having had eight deaibs from smallpox ,
besides having six of the crew and a number of the passengers ill with that virulent disease , with every appearance of it spreading , and being apprehensive of my officers and more of my men- being laid up and thereby becoming short handed ; but , upon consideration , it seemed probable that if I went into Fayal ( it being a Portuguese settlement ) the exceedingly strict and rigorous quarantine regulations might render it doubtful whether they would permit the ship to anchor there . I therefore , having-lost forssales , mains , and topsails , && , determined to ateer for Cork , which I did on the 17 th nit ., from
lat 44 , long . 29 ; the wind having hauled to the S . W ., and blowing a violent gale . Since we bore up for Cork we have had nothing but hail , snow , and rain , with severe gales from the westward . Had we continued our voyage under such circuniatauces I feel confident that we should not have aide more than twenty miles to the westward . " A bark , lately arrived here from Africa , run before the wind under bare poles for three days and nights Bt the rate of nine knots per hour , the captain and Grew remaining all that time lashed on the forerigging , being unable to keep the deck , from the heavy seas which swept over the vessel . We learn from Qaeenstown that a large fleet of vessels was
lying in the harbour repairing damages . From accounts already received from correspondents in various parts of the south and south-western coast , we regret there is toa much reason to believe that the late gale has been attended by considerable destruction of human life and a great saenflce of property . A letter has been received by Bartholomew Verting , Esq ., Receiver of Admiralty Droits at Queenstown , which states that at least one vessel has gone to pieces on that part of the coast , and as no tidings have been obtained of the crew , the conclusion is
that they have unfortunately perished . It is singular that , within the last few weeks , tour American liners , namely , the Equator , the States Rights , the Jessica , and , lastly , the De Witt Clinton , have been driven back to the Irish coast , and have found in Cork a harbour of refuge and protection . The schooner Harriett , bound for New York to St . John ' s , Newfoundland , with a cargo of flour on board , was driven into Queenstown on Wednesday evening , with the loss oi sails , cables , and rigeina after having been in sight of the harbour of St John ' s for three days . —Cork Examiner .
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A 0 CTDE 5 T OK THE KBRUS fiAtLWAT . —CoMONB , January 25 . —The accident which occurred ou the Cologne and Minden Railway , the day before yesterday , waa attended with more serious results than appears from the official report . The management of this line has spared no pains to conceal the extent of the misfortune . Tbo accident referred to took place between Brackwede and Gutersloke , at a spot where repairs were going on . The engine , tender , and some of the carriages were thrown to the right and left of the rails , while a part of the train was left standing on the tine . One waggon was completely overturned , and Mr . J . B . Ander , Secretary of the American Embassy at Berlin , who was seated in it , was killed ; but , as I am credibly informed , in this same carriage the Prince of Prussia was also seated . The Prince has escaped with some
aught abrasions . There were only two other passengers killed , but the number of wounded is more considerable than given in the newspapers . Almost til the passengers are wounded more or less dangeronsly . It seems as if it were not meant to be known with how tittle ceremony the Prince of Prussia was used by the railway , treating him as a mere mortal . No journal has yet alluded to the fact that the Prince was in the train . AH the world knows that the populace of this neighbourhood is superstitious , and this characteristic is often appealed to when it can serve the purpose of the government . This , I believe , is the sole reason why nothing has been said of the great danger which the Prince hns incurred , and from which he has escaped by miracle and the special favour of Heaven towards princes and kings . —Daily Mm .
Shim Police Seizure . —Robbebies of Bake 2 soiK 3 . —About ten day 3 ago , a person in the uniform of a commissary of police , and followed by six gendarmes , entered the banking-house of M . Peutsch , of Pesth , and declared that he was charged to examine the bant notes he might have , as he had been accused of having frequentl y issued forged oneB . M . Peutsch was greatly astonished , but opened his cashbox , and produced eleven notes , vkich were all he happened to have by him . The commissary examined them very carefull y through a glass , and seized three of 1 , 000 florins ( 2 , 600 fr . ) 'each , which he declared to be forged . In spite of the- protestations of M . Peutsch , he folded them up in a sheet of paper and sealed them up with his own seal and with that of the bank .
Having deposited the notes in hi 3 pocket , he declared to M . Pent 3 ch that he would arrest him . M . Peutsch complained bitterly of such a proceeding , and at last the commissary said he would allow him to be at large provided he would deposit 1 , 000 francs in specie in his hands as security , and sign an engagement to present himself in the afternoon before the director of police . If . Peutsch gave the money , signed the paper , and at the hour specified waited on the director . To his profound astonishment , that functionary declared to him that no charge had ever been made against him of issuing forged notes , that no commissary of police had been sent to his honse , and that the persons who had "risited him were impostors , and had robbed him . Telegraphic despatches were sent off in all direetiois to catch the thieves , but not the slightest trace of them could be obtained .
Tins Esbijsh Oak h New Zbaiasd . —The following is an interesting extract from a letter written by tne Rev , Thomas Chapman , of Rotarua , tfew Zealand , dated the 13 th of April , 1830 , to bis brother , W . C . Chapman : — "You may remember the acorns you sent me , in an old powder-flask , in 1836 ; tbe white-thorn berries and sweetbriar had rotted , and their moisture had forced the acorns , tieirrootsbeingperfectly entwined . Throughall our Wanderings and wars 1 managed to preserve one ; this is now twenty feet in height , and twenty inches ia girt at tbe surface of the earth , and from it we £ us year gathered eight acorns ; the first , perhaps , erei gathered" ( I know of no other like tree ) in Kew Zsala ad . I have sent to the Governor six of these . !' gge 3 Eng tbe idea of Lady Grey ' s planting them n her Majesty ' s name . "—Jbrist Birmingham Gazette .
Spade HrgBASDBT . —Mr . Mechi , considering the hi ghest order of charity to be the employment of Sie ¦ willing labourer , has engaged all the unemployed of the neighbouring parisheB in digging and breaking up with the fork and p ick-axe , to the depth of aboat twenty inches , the rocky . and ironbound and macadamised subsoil of his light land . The price paid is ninepence per rod , or £ 6 an acre ^ aether this operation will stand the test of the feaUnce-sbeet remains to be proved ; ceitainly no nur ture could cause crops to be maturely developed On those soils in a dry season . Thirty men are thus e mployed , in addition to the nineteen men and bojl regularly at work on the farm . Tiptree Heath bas for some time enjoyed a singular exemption from criminal prosecutions . —Essex Standard .
Asuume CaxmsAia to Bail before Tbial bt 5 HK Jcdqes . —It is stated that the judges have at Iangth come to the important determination , in all cases wherein applications are made to them to admit to bail persons committed for trial on crimi-° al charges , to order the depositions taken by the committing magistrate to be produced before them b y the magistrate ' s clerk , so that they may be read M part of the proceedings . This wiU , " it is said , be taa means of preventing some of the most desperate twaies escaping from justice- with the impunity the fts&vr practices encouraged ,
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SHIPWRECK ON A DESERT ISLAND . kSttd ? ?" * landing tbe France et S £ § a ?« sa 3 srfctt £ « s ?^^ -2 SSa r ° S ? - On «» 80 th the weather was e £ ? t % ™ " et » eezewaa blowing from eastnorth-XifcJ TiJ * - ° u dared to the Isle of «« £ * & i nler t 0 observe whether any BhipteSSl * ^ P ™?" . j »» on ft * shore . About 2 , rf ! K ? *? * T ! smoke on the south-east point of theisland . andconcludedthat theremust be XT * Tv rV Pres e . ntly *» Perceived signals of distress . The first obiect which i . * n > ht « . ? - «;„! . ?
, and waved in the air . Presentl y we saw two men onthe shore . Having brought to I aDwoached as nearas possibles trfecoast ! Isen ? KeJong I had j £ Ef ° ° ard f ^ r sailora of tried murage « m £ . £ 3 f " . some provisions in this boat , and leffi ^ iS ma £ ° accom Pa «« d the expedi-DBrln ^ ? K IH > 8 slble ? u ecaution i * order thatno ? f ™ n m g be -, ° much ex P ° to danger . The r ^ r g hea '' 1 - the tirae . and threatening to fm ™ " ™ mmui"cation with the unfortunate men impossible . I watched the boat and the men whom we were attempting to succour . Immediately that the latter Saw the boat thfiir simial ilrnnnnrt and
tney ran to the point for which it was making ; but tue coast , bordered by a reef on which the sea broke with force , could not be approached on that side , and the mate was compelled to look' about for a more convenient access . The shipwrecked men , four in number , followed the boat slowly along the coast . Arrived at the south side of the isle , the mate resolved to effect the einbarcation where two rocks afforded an opening . The boat remaining without the breakers , a sailor named Augustus leaped ont of the boat with a long piece of sail cloth for the purpose of iorining a communication with the shore . The poor man w as unable to swim ; he was often covered and much beaten by the waves , but at last he eained the shoreand each man
, having laid hold of the sail cloth the unfortunate men were drawn into the boat , but not without great difficulty , as they were so weak , from hunger and exposure , that they could make no movement in the water . They were Englishmen . The embarcation ended , and the boat , being provided with provisions , the newly-found men threw themselves on the latter with eagerness , and would have eaten the whole had thejr not been restrained by the mate , who feared the injurious consequences to be apprehended to their health . They were so weak that probably two more days on the island would have caused their death . He gave them clothes , and his crew were eager to pay them all the attention that their sitiiation required . As soon as they had
somewhat recovered the ' mate of the English vessel made the following statement : —" "Wo left London , September 28 tb , 1850 , in the English ship Liath , Captain Roberts , for Valparaiso . Nothing remarkable occurred on our voyage until we came within view of the isle of Martin-Vaz , at four in tbe morning of November 20 th ; these isles were on the south-west of us . I informed the captain that we were near the Trinity Islands , he arose and ordered the boat to put to sea , saying that there were pigs and goats to be found there , and directed those who were setting out to take guns for the purpose of shooting some . The carpenter was also to take his axe and cut staves . I , the mate , Macgregor by name , G . Challis , the carpenter , Manguel Howet , a
passenger , David Rogerson and George Shipp , sailors , the latter of whom was drowned , embarked in the boat to go to the island . Immediately we got on shore , I set out to look for animals , but could not find one . I returned to the boat , but the sea had become so rough tbat it was impossible for us to go out , notwithstanding all our efforts . We then made a great fire , hoping that they whom we had left in the ship would see it during the ni ght , and thus be assured that we were not drowned . Unhappily during the night the wind was very violent ; it rained abundantly , and the sea was high . Iu the morning I ascended an eminence . We saw the brig at some distance . We made signals by means of a handkerchief fastened to the end of my firelock . Presently we saw the vessel bearing away , and at noon she was in full sail to continue her voyage , no one having been sent to the island to
see what had become of us . Towards evening two ships passed the isle . As the sea was now more calm I and G . Shipp got into the boat to put out ; the boat was half full of water before we bad cleared the breakers ; we attempted to gain one of the ships but could not . We turned back for the isle , but the sea was so rough that when the boat reached tbe shore it was capsized by the waves . It was then that my companion was drowned . It was my good fortune to be saved , and the boat was thrown on the rocks . I sought my companions in misfortune , whom I found on the north bank of tbe isle engaged in constructing a grotto , in which we remaiued until the 9 th of December , the day when we were saved by the generosity of Capt . Bernard . The chief nutriment during the twenty days we were on this island consisted of snakes , crabs , and aquatic birds . "
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WRECK OF THE SHIPS GLOUCESTER AND PRINCE ALBERT . —MASSACRE OF SEAMEN IN PATAGONIA . By the recent mail from Valparasio advice 3 have been received communicating the total loss of two fine vessels , named respectively the Gloucester and Prince Albert , both of 300 tons burden , the property of Mr . Glendening , of Stamford-hill , and as will be seen in the subjoined details , several of the crew of the latter ship were murdered by the natives of the coast on which she went ashore , and who subsequently set her on fire . The circumstances attending the loss of these vessels are most unfortunate . It appears the Prince Albert arrived in the straits of jUagellau on the 2 nd of October , having for several days encountered strong adverse winds and hazy weather . Bearings being taken , tbe ship bore away to the westward . The lead was
continually going , but no bottom was found at 20 fathoms . Suddenly , however ,. she was found in shoal water , and before there was time to wear her round she struck and so remained . At day break on the following morning it was discovered that the ship had got into Delgravia Point . Anchors and cableB were laid out from the vessel and attempts were made to get her off , which failing , all hands were set to work to lighten her . On the 6 th of the month , fifty tons of coal having been thrown overboard , she was got off , only , however , to meet with more disastrous consequences , for a heavy gale immediately springing up , and a strong current setting in upon the coast , rendered her position one of much difficulty . Amidst the dangers that
presented themselves , the crew displayed the utmost energy in keeping her out in deep water . The gale which increased almost to a hurricane , and the violence of the elements baffled their exertions and in their attempts to gain Gregory Bay the ship was carried ashore near Barraneo Point , whorethefury of the storm drove her high up on the beach , the sea lashing her tremendousl y . On the following day , the weather having moderated , and the ship being left high and drj , some of the crew Ballied forth to procure freshVwajer . They had not been gone a great length of time before the wreck was surrounded by the natives ( Patagonians ) , and a party of them came on board . At first they appeared to be friendly disposed , but shortly
afterwards certain appearances intimated to Mr . Rossiter tuat they intended mischief ., They , had arms about them , and when desired to leave they refused . Suddenly four or five of them sprung upon Mr . Rossiterand threw him violently on the ground , and , by signs and gestures , threatened to murder him if he dared to more . They Btood over him with long bladcd kniveB in their hands , while others proceeded to ransack the ship . The master , from the position he lay , noticed that they had attacked the crew , and had murdered two of the poor fellows , named Robert M'Pherson , Barnby and James Atkins . Their bodies weltering in blood were lying upon the forepart of the deck . An apprentice . Henry Hoskins . was also stretched on the
deck , bleeding , and appeared mortally wounded . The remainder of the crew on board were held down by the natives , who , on getting possession of the ship ' s stores , became like maniacs from indulging in the spirits . By some stratagem , Mr . Rossiter , with the surviving seamen , managed to get clear of the ship , leaving the wounded apprentice and the mate , George Badstock , On board , ' prisoners . After six days intense suffering , during which time they subsisted entirely on raw shelfishand water , they succeeded in reaching Sandy Point , about 150 mile 3 from the wreck . There they experienced great kindness from the inhabitants and the governor of the fort , and on learning from Captain Rossiter the shocking fate of his men , he immediately put himself in communication , with the commauder of an American war
steamer , the G . W . Hunt , who at once resolved to proceed to the wreck , and rescue , if possible , the unfortunate prisoneia . Captain Rossiter accompanied the steamer , and on coming in sight of the Prince Albert , it was observed that the natives still held possession of her . As the steamer neared the spot she opened fire upon them , upon which , they instantly abandoned the prize and escaped into the country . On the officers proceeding on board the wreck , they found the apprentice alive , as also the mate , but tbe fanner evidently was fast sinking from the effects of the wounds he had sustained . Both were forthwith conveyed on board the steamer , and every attention rendered them . A cursory glance round the stranded vessel showed that the natives had stripped her of everything that was valuable . All the stores were gone : in fiwteTerj article ftat they could xwme , learojg
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aer a perfeet wreok . The captain of the steamer , finding there was no chance of getting the YeBsel off , returned to Sandy Point , and subsequently conveyed the remainder of the crew to Valparaiso . After thei steamer ' s departure , the natives again took possession of the wreck , and eventually set fire to it , when it was completely destroyed . The Io 88 of the vessels exceed , we are informed , £ 20 , 000 . They were both insured .
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A meeting of upwards of 6 , 000 seamen wag held on the Town-moor , near Sunderland , last week . There was a large procession of Tyne seamen from Shields , about 2 , 000 of them . A procession , three deep , of a mile in length , composed of Tyne and Wear seamen , proceeded through the principal streets of the town , and after the meeting returned by the same route . The speakers at the meeting expressed their determined hostility to the Mercantile Marine Act ; and looked upon the forfeiture of one day ' s pay fur swearing , one day ' s pay for not being sbaved and washed on Sundays , one day ' s pay if found washing their clothes on the Sunday , and the forfeiture ot one day ' s pay by the cook if be has not the dinner
ready for the crew at the appointed time , a 9 the grossest tyranny . It is expected that the principal shipowners will comply with the demands of the men for an advance of wages . The agitation against tbe shipping offices is increasing , and a memorial to the Board of Trade for their abolition has re ceived the signatures of 1 , 000 seamen in Sunderland . —On tbe 24 th ult . there was a determined attack made on the shipping offices in North Shields , which at one time , it was thought , would be attended with serious results . About the time for opening the offices a mob of from two hundred to three hundn d seamen assembled in front of them , in the New Quay , and upon some foreign-going captains fetching their crews to sign articles both masters . and men
were attacked , and handled in a rough manner by the mob . The men were pitched into the middle of the street , and told if they did not leave they would be thrown into the Tyne . The masters ami men escaped in tbe best manner they could , and the office had tobe barricaded against the mob outside . In the evening fifty special cons' ables were sworn in , _ but down to Saturday evening , all remained quiet . The shipping offices in Sunderland and South Shields seem quite deserted ; and there are foreisn going vessels , lying in both Tjne and Wear , which cannot get to sea . A long memorial to the Board of Trade , relating to the shipping offices , has received the signatures of above two thousand seamen belonging to the Wear , and one thousand seamen belonging to the Tyne . A number of shipowners and shipmasters have also signed it . The fee 9 paid to the shipping offices , in engaging and clearing ships '
crews in the foreign trade , are likely to operate very prejudiciall y to the carrying out of the Mercantile Marine Act in the north . A very extensive trade w carried on by the Tyne and Wear with France , Hamburgh , and the Baltic . The men , for most of these voyages , are paid a voyage and a half , according to the London scale ; a shilling for signing , and a shilling for being discharged , with the musterroll money , which each sea-nan has to pay , is considered a severe tax upon the small earnings of the men . For the present the shipping offices are at a standstill . After the few vessels which have been lying loaded , have got out of the harbours , there is not much chance of the owners yielding to the demands of the men for an advance of wages . On Saturday last a company of seamen from Sunderland met the Seaham men , who are also out on strike .
The grievances complained of by the sailors of the ports of the Wear and Tyne have begun to be felt in' Hartiepool . On Friday evening , the 24 th ult ., a meeting was held in the Town Hall . George Blumer , Esq ., shipowner , in the chair . The Hall was densely packed with all classes of seamen and others interested in the shipping trade . A memorial , similar to thoso adopted in Shields and Sunderland , setting forth the evils of the new regulations of the Board of Trade , in pursuance of the Mercantile Marine Act , 1850 , was moved and seconded by a deputation from Suuderland , and carried unanimously .
Shields , Tuesday Noon . —Great excitement was caused in the borough of Tynemouth yesterday by the appearance of seventy armed policemen from Newcastle . It seems that on Saturday night about twenty seamen went on board the Commerce , a laden collier , lying ready for sea , and having ascertained that the crew had signed for under-wa <» ps , ordered them ashore . They all complied , witluhe exception of tho carpenter , who refused to obey their summons . They then hauled him from below , and after tearing his clothes , took him ashore with them . This , with the attack on the Shipping-office on Friday , determined the mayor and magistrates to take steps to prohibit a meeting of seamen from
Dptn sides of the Tyne , to be held on Monday evening . The police took possession of the quay with drawn cutlasses about three o ' clock in the afteraobn , but the sailors having marched out of the town with the Blyth men , who had come across to fraternise with them , there was no disturbance , the policemeu only capturing the table , with the sheets for the memorial to the Board of Trade , and capsizm » some apple stalls . The meeting , instead of being held on the quay , was held in the Assembly-rooms , tberebeing a great mass of seamen present . The policemen were withdrawn , arid order was restored to the town again . The military were under arms at Tjnemoutu Castle , ready at a moment ' s notice . The mayor has written to the Admiralty requesting them to send a war-steamer down to protect the vessels in the harbour . After the police took possession of the quay the following notice was issued : — " BOKOUOH OP TYNEMOUTH . "Notice . —All masters , mates , seamen , and other persons desirous of transacting business at the Shipping Master ' s-office , on the New Quay , will be protected by the magistrates of the borough from violence and interruption in so doing . And . all persons assembling for the purpose , or ostensible purpose , of interrupting the lawful business of the Shipping-office are hereby ordered forthwith to disperse , and in default of compliance with this notice will be dealt with according to law . " William Linskill , Mayor . " The clerks from the Shipping-office were obliged to go on board the vessels ready for sea on Monday , and get the men to sign articles there , as they refused to enter the offices for the purpose . Freights were up Is . 6 d . a ton on Monday , and a number of owners fixed their vessels for the London market .
The memorial to the Board of Trade received the signatures of 2 . 000 seamen and shi p carpenters on Monday and Saturday , making about 4 , 000 seafaring people belonging to the Tyne and Wear alone who have polled against the Shi pping-offices and regulations of the Board of Trade in their present form . A deputation from the united bod y of North and South Shields seamen have waited upon the Mayor of Tynemouth , and explained their grievances to him . They say they want nothing but peace and order , and affirm that the attacks on the Shippingoffice and Commerce were made without their cognisance .
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In the suite of tbe Princess Amelia , aunt to George III ., there was a lady of the name of Russell , who was grand-daughter of Oliver Cromwell , and who it would Beem inherited , without an ; alloy , most of his undaunted and ready spirit . One day , it happened to be the 30 th of January ,-she was in waiting and occupied in adjusting gome part of the Princess ' s attire , just as the then Prince of Wales came into the room . His Royal Highness accosted Miss Russell rather sportingly , and said to her , , " For Bhame , Miss RuEsell 1 why have jbu not been at church , humbling yourself with weepingsand waitings for the sins on this day committed by your grandfather !"— "Sir , " replied Miss Russell , "for a grand'daugkter of Oliver Cromwell , it is humiliation sufficient to he employed as I am , in pinning up your sister ' s tail . "
Very Good . —An honest , industrious peasant in Picardy , being observed to purchase weekly five loaves , was asked what occasion he could possible have for so much bread . "One , " replied the honest fellow , " I take myself , one I throw away , one I return , and the other two I lend . "— " How do you make that out ?"— " Why , " returned the peasant , " the one which I take myself is for mine own use ; the second , which I throw away , is for my motherin-law ; the loaf I return , is for my father ; and the other two , which I lend , are those with which I keep my two children , in hopes that they will one day return them to me . "
Something Rich . —The fallowing recently appeared as an advertisement in a » weekly contemporary : — "Wanted , immediately , a single man , a member of the General Baptist denomination , to supply a small congregation in a village , principally on the Lord ' s-day . A small salary would be given . If acquainted with the general shoemakiDg business , an opportunity now presents itself where a constant situation as a journeyman can be secured . The qualifications for the ministerial duties required are humble piety , a desire to be useful ,-and a general knowledge of the Gospel , with ability to make it known . —Leeds limes . " A miieh from Rome states that a picture dealer
of that city , named Campani , has lately become the possessor of a picture of Michael Angelo . He bought an old pi cture at a sale in London , and having cleaned it , discovered that it wa 3 the portrait of Victoria Colonna , wife of the Marquis de Pescara , general of Charles V ., a lady celebrated by the great painter iu one of his poems , and whose likeness he declares he had taken . M . C ampani , conceiving that this might be the picture alluded to , submitted it to the Pontifical Academy of tbe . Fine Arts at Rome , which lias unanimously declared it to have been painted by Michael Angelo . li has been exhibited to the public , and tbe coouoiawssi wlue it at 105 . 0001 ,
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APPREHENSION OF MRS . SLOANE . np «?? A heinom * tthatMrB ' Sloane failed toap-HZlrA ^ , . ° n 9 iea " ^ ^ Me . Alderman HumtS « at theQuil < ihaUjustice . room , the City demSLS ? !;\ Were on th ^ alert t 0 watch the IS ° - Sloane , with the view of disnoeffnrl eretrfeat of ttatgentleman ' a wife , and ? oon « tf Spared t 0 effect her apprehension as cLZlfh * ! , J , rant ^ s granted ! Indeed , so XStt ? - ? loane "" a watched that he ha * h £ aninv ° 1 5 f s ^ piciously round , and to elbow * nS h ' found a detective ^ cer at his the nffini h A L such oocasion 8 been heard to tell SlLSf v he mi ht as Wl : 11 take his ( Mr . SW watch him about 80 narrowly , don anft Sl 0 ane ™ 8 suddenly missed from Lonno i , f « li r ^ epently anticipated ( though fhathte *? ? had . been received to that effect ) intenfei ? W- theoo . ulltr 7- Accordingly Super-2 ! f iS L ? H * T i Daniel ^ y ( ° ° ° f the S 2 thnSf ft tCCtlVe ° ffiCerS hl llle fOVOe » and wll ° sonV aS " y ™< iuainted with Mrs . Sloane ' s person ) started off to Boubsne . On „ , » ,. !„„ « f
fnsoSn f e . f cer 8 P roceeded t 0 institute a close inspection of the several hotels and lod ging houses , but aatafaetory tidings could not bo obtained detP ^ f T nolthe Sloanes apparently defied JMm * Towards tnela * t « - part of last week , nffi ? , ? pollce communicated to the City sorffi F el f fchilta P arfcy answering the doscripuon of the Sloanes werein the town , but as no conclusive information could be elicited , astiatagem wh nh f ? ed t 0 ^ t the landlord of the house in winch they were supposed to be located to a cafe , and interroga t e him , if possible , on the subject . Alter some time he admitted that there were three parties answering the description furnished him , residing in his house . They consisted of a lady and gentleman and a stout young lady , and that they i } HIP * name of Smith - They Jed a very secluded life , and that the lady only left the house at an advanced period of the ni ght for a walk . As one of the officers was known to Mr 3 . Sloane it was necessary for him to adopt some disguise , and
uo accordingly adorned Himself with rather a prominent pair of moustachois , and on Friday night about eleven o ' clock , they placed themselves on watch for the Mrs . Smith , and she shortly appeared pursuing her usual nocturnal walk . As her face was closely concealed with a veil , the officers had some difficulty in seeing her features , but on pas smg by one of the street gas lamps , they contrived by some means , as if the result of accident , to raise her veil , and she was at once recognised to be Airs . Sloane . She was allowed to return to her dwelling , and as the laws of France require a second witness to establish identity , an express was forwarded to London for one to come over . The party arrived on the Sunday , and on Monday morning tbe officers proceeded to the lodgings of
flirs . bioane . On going into the second floor , they found Mr . and Mrs . Sloane and Miss Devaux . Tho French authorities then demanded their passports and it being discovered that they had assumed a name not their own , they were informed that they had rendered themselves liable to the operation of the French laws , and that they must quit Boulogne . Not being permitted to travel through France with a false passport , they had no alternative but to take their passage by the first steamer for Folkstone , and at five o ' clock they were escorted by the police to the quay side , where the steamer was ' moored . As they were walking towards the pier at Boulogne
, it got bruited that they were about to leave , and crowds of puople flocked to the spot to see them . Nor was it until the French authorities had pressed the mob of about three hundred persons back that they were able to get to tho pier . So great was the trepidation of Mra . Sloane that alie missed her footing on descending the steps to the vessel , and fell a considerable distance , but fortunately received no material injury as she was caught by the steward of the vessel in bJa arms when uear the deck . Superintendent Hodgson , and Daniel May , then took their places in the boat , and in a short time they arrived safe at Folkestone , where an immense crowd
was waiting to receive them . Mrs . Sloiine , as she landed on the pier , trembled very violently , and seemed as if she would fall at every step . She hft Mr . Sloane and Miss Devaux in the cabin , and was making her way to tho railway station , inwardly congratulating herself that she had passed unrecognised , when the officers presented themselves before her . She displayed great nervousness , and when addressed by her name became much affected and almost fainted away . With some difficulty she waB conveyed to the railway station , when , through the kindness of the stiition-matt . T , she was allowed to remain in a private waiting room until the departure of the express train , by which it had been arranged she should proceed to London , and thus
escape the unpleasant and dangerous consequences of passing through- ' the . streets , ' a ? the news had been sent by electric telegraph , and the London station was accordingly crowded during the whole of the early part of the moining ., in the expectation of her arrival . On their arrival , Superintendent UoHgson immediately communicated the fact of her arrest to Mr . Phillips and Co ., the attorneys of Mrs . Sloane , and Messrs . Pontifix and Moginie , the attorneys of tho West London Union , when it was understood that in obnsequerico of the near approach of the sessions , it was not intended to put in bail . As soon as possible Mrs . Sloane was taken to Westminster , where Mr . Justice Erie was presiding ; the warrant for her committal was signed , and ,
although due notice had been given to her solicitors , Mrs . Sloane was notprepared with therequired bail , and was therefore committed to Newgate to await her trial , or find sufficient bail in the interim . She was supported by the ' officers toacabthat was waiting to receive her , and was taken , with all necessary precaution , to Newgate . She was dressed rather habbily , and altogether , with her apparent prostration of strength and intellect , she presented a most wretched appearance . This proceedings consequent upon the apprehension were conducted with the greatest aepreoy and despatch in ordor to avoid creating any unnecessary publio excitement . On Mrs . Sloane ' s ' 'arrival in Newgate shewaB placed in the infirmary on account of , indisposition . Dr . M'Murdo shortly after visited her , and directed
she should remain there , as she was suffering maeli from exhaustion , produced partly by mental feeling . On Wednesday morning he found her in the same state , and directed some soothing stimulants to be administered , and also stated that she ought to remain in the infirmary . From the time of Mrs . Sloane ' s apprehension , but little , conversation took place between her and Mr . Hodgson on the sub * ject oi the charge upon which she was apprehended ; and on her removal to Newgate and since , she has studiously avoided any remark , ' or referred to the girl in any way whatever . It is understood she was on Wednesday . visited by , tbe solicitors of Mr , Sloane , and there appears no doubt now that she is apprehended and in custody , he will surrender , and jointly take their trial at the next session , which commences on" Monday iiext .
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Another Siort of thb Dbtkciivk Police . —' Sometime Bince a quantity of planks and iron was placed across the rails of the London and Northwestern line near the Cheddington station . Fortunately , however , the malicious intention of the party was frustrated by a timely discovery of the plot , and the obstructions were removed before a train came up . The UBual steps were taken to discover t he perpetrators of the inhuman act but without effect ; as , however , strong suspicions were entertained that the"individuals resided in the neighbourhood , and might make another attempt , the authorities resolved not to let tho matter paBB by with impunity ; accordingly other means were employed which eventually proved successful . Some
weeks ago an itinerant vendor of matohes and other small-ware appeared in the neighbourhood of Cheddington station , and took up his abode at ivinghoe ; no suspicions were attached to the new comer , and he plied his humble calling , which he facetiously dignified with the title of "timber , merchant , " - without molestation . By degrees he . visited all the beer-houses in the neighbourhood , and his acquaintance , with the ; class , of persons who frequented them became rather on an extensive scale . Being of a sociable and communicative turn he became a general favourite at taproom carousals . In this way matters continued for gome weeks , when one morning the . tvanquillity of the locality wai somewhat disturbed by the apprehension of two
men , named Prior and Newns , on a charge of having placed [ the obstructions mentioned above on tho London ; and North Western Railway with a malioious intent . They were taken before the magistrates , and , to their astonishment , found in the person of their accuser the venerable '' matohman ' transformed into a London detective . The officer , it appears , had per ormed his part remarkably well . On all suitable occasions he contrived to introduco some topic about the railway , and during the conversations allusion was generally made to the late attempt at Cheddington ; by great tact and perseverance , to be . found only amongst the class to which he belonged , he managed to collect a raasB of "little facts and eorroborations , " and having completed the chain of evidence to the . proper point , had the men above named taken into custody . They
were committed for trial , last week , at the next Buckinghamshire quarter sessions . —Bedford Timtt . Ipswich . —A steam-machine for . discharging coal * from the colliers direct to the waggons upon the branch from the Eastern Union Railway has been erected upon the Griffin-warf , and was brought into operation for the first time on Monday . In addition to the celerity of the operationa , the machine scroens the coals during their transit , the small being used at the coke ovens near by . Riddle for Englishmen . —Scene , A Draper ' s Shop . —Old Woman ( looking at a piece of cloth ) to the shopman—Aw . oo ? . Shopman—Oo , i , aw oo . Woman—Avr seoo ? Shopman—Oo i , aw aeoo . Explanation . —Purchaser—All wool ? Shopman—Oh yes all wool Purchaser—All one ( kind ) wool ? Shopma ^ -Oh , yes . all one wool , ~ &e « t > A frw ,
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—•¦ DEATH OF GENERAL BEM . Joseph Bern is dead . This news will wring many a tear from the simple soldier of the Szeklerland , who knew him by no other title than that of father ; and many are the hopes it will oxtinguish in the Magyar ' s breast , to whom Bern was the saviour , whose re-appearance would be the signal for better days to come . He who seemed to seek death in the very midst of danger—he who passed nearly twelve months in the continued sound of artillery—he who twice escaped assassination as by a miracle , whom his soldiers believed to possess a charmed life , and through whose body they fancied the balls passed without injury , has at last fallen a victim to a fever so slight , " that he thought it almost unworthy his attention .
A native of Tarnow , in Gallicis , Bern was born in 1795 . He was originally intended for the profession of his father , that of the law ; but at his own desire was brought up for the army , and served with the French in the campaign of 1812 , against Russia . On the re-constitution of the Duchy of Warsaw , in 1815 , Bern re-entered the Polish service , but the tyranny and brutality of the Archduke Constantinesoon drove him from it in disgust . On the outbreak of the revolution in 1830 , Bern was appointed major of artillery , gained hiqh honour at Iganie and Ostrolenka , and rose to the rank of general .
Since that period Bern has passed his life—except during a short engagement in Portugal—chiefly in France and England ; always labouring for the cause of Poland , and often amid difficulties and privations which would have wearied out the perseverance of any one less ardent in his love , or less energetic under adversity , than was this extraordinary man . He tasted the bitterest bread of exile in England , . he taught languages for very scanty pay both in Oxford and London , and eren this pittance bad to be surrendered , in consequence of a painful operation to which he was submitted at the hands of the late Mr . Liston for the removal of a bullet received in a duel . Of this he was not perfectly cured when the promised reforms in Gallicia recalled him to his native country , and subsequently involved him in the War of Independence in Hungary .
The extremes of human vicissitude have rarely presented a contrast more remarkable , than that of Bern ' s fortunes at this period . Iu the brief space of four months he was the anguish-stricken tenant of a pauper . hospital , and the triumphant leader of a victorious army . Within a month or two of the time when Bern had been receiving such few shillings a week from the Polish Association as its scanty resources enabled it to dole out to him , the distinguished person at . the head of that excellent charity v ; as receiving daily solicitations to forward to Bern , as the general commanding in Transylvania , the petitions of noble and wealthy English families on behalf of English officers , or travellers endangered by the troubles then prevailing . No such petition , we may add , passed him disregarded .
As a general , Bern has often been accused of rashness , and it is certain that without that ' quality , be would never have been enabled , to accomplish the deeds which have made his name famous . When he took the command of the Trans } lvanian army it did not consist of more than 12 , 500 men and twenty-four guns , and of these not more than 7 , 000 were completely armed , or in a fit state to undertake a campaign . . Almost the whole of them were young recruits , who had not borne arms for more than three or , four months . ' The Austrians , on the other hand
, had a force of at least 15 , 000 regular troops , with an excellent cavalry and artillery , besides the Saxon and Wallach Landaturm , consistingof nearl y 100 , 000 men . Yet in three months Bern had driven the whole of this Austrian army , together with 10 , 000 Russians , across the frontiers , and forced them to seek refuge in Wallachia ! We scarcely recollect a parallel in history to this short but ! glorious campaign . To auother such an attempt would have seemed , and perhaps would have been , madness ; to Bern it appeared a matter of calculation and certainty . .
As a man , all who have known Bern speak of him with the greatest tenderness and affection . Generous to a fault , he was anxious for the interests and welfare of all about him—the only person he seemed ever to forg ' etwas himself . To us his greatest achievement—his most extraordinary victory—was the intense love with which he appears to have inspired the Transylvanians . Totally ignorant of their language , poor and . insignificant in appearance ,: simple and almost bashful in manner , and . above all , a stranger , Bern seems not only to have won their confidence , but to have inspired persons of all classes and condi tions with feelings of deep personal devotion . ¦ Every person who came in contact with him felt persuaded of his thorough honesty , truth , and disinterestedness , and every one loved him for it .
As a politician , Bern was by no means violent or ultra in his opinions . He was rather inclined to Monarchial than to Republican forms , was more aristocratic than democrati c in his tastes and feelings , and was always an avowed enemy to the dreams of Socialists and Communists . But above all—Bed was a Pole ! _ Poland was the loadstone which influenced all his life . The hope to see Polar d free , was the pivot on which all his actions turned . It was with the hope of again fighting for Poland , that he sought a refuge in France . It was to form a Polish legion for the future War of Independence in Poland , that he took service in Portugal . It was in hopeB of aiding Poland , that he again returned to Austm . It was on a promise from Koasuth of eventual aid for Poland , that be undertook the command of the Hungarian troops in Transylvania . And . sgamjaai finally , it wa 8 hia love for Poland
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which induced him to join the Turks , in hopes through them to strike another blow at Russia , Poland ' s enemy , ' There are many , we know , who deprecate this last act of Bern 8 , and in whose eyes the death of the renegade will obscure the whole glorious life of the Christian . Let us acknowledge , tuo , tbat we regret Bern ' s change of his religion ; but it is certain that in this , as m all else , what he believed the good of big country was bis aotnating motive . While we acknowledge the immensity of the sacrifice , let us not refuse to see that there was nobase interests involved in it . If only those were permitted to reproach him who were capable of the same lofty disinterestedness and devouon to a noble cause , we need not fear that KSiS eflung aeainst hfcmeuiory .-
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THE TAX ON ^ - CONFERENCE OF On Wednesday a Conference of delegates was held at tho King ' s Arms , Palace Yard , for tho purpose of making . arrangements for an interview appointed for the following day by the Chancollor of the Exchequer , with a view of hearing the representations of a deputation of gentlemen interested in the abolition of the tax on paper . Among those pr sent were Mr . Crompton , Mr . C . Knight , Mr . Chamhers ( of Edinburgh ) , Mr . J . Cassell , Mr . S . C . Hall , Mr . Towle ( of Oxford ) , and other paper manufacturers and publishers in tho metropolis and otlier places .
Mr . Crompton having been called to tho chair , said hi ? lmd had forty years' experience of the practical working of the tax which they had met to promote tho abolition , and during that period he had scarcely ever known the time when there were not numbers of fraudulent traders in the paper trade . From a return in his possession , ho found that between 1840 and 1848 about fifteen per cent , of the entire number of paper manufacturers in England , Seotland , and Ireland were fraudulent traders , many of whom had been convicted over and over again , and yet received fresh licenses from the go vernment , without the penalties being dulv
enloiced . The cotton manufaciurer was taxed not more than eiaht per cent , on his raw material , but the manufacturers of the coarsest kinds of paper were taxed to the extent of 300 per cent . Paper ufed for wrapping paid fifty per cent , of duty ; and in the case of the article used for book boards and m sheathing ships , the paper manufacturer so successfully evaded the tax by working the material dry , that it was utterly impossible for the Excise department to distinguish it from the fabric produced from the pulp . r Letters of apology were read from Mr . Joseph Hume and Mr . W . j . Fox .
Mr Chambers , publisher of Edinburgh , moved the first resolution viz .:- " That in the opinion of this meeting the excise duty on paper acts as a grievous impediment to the progress of Eound popular instruction , inasmuch as it bears with a ruinously unequal pressure upon thoso cheap and useful publicaiions which form the best medium for the communication of elementary and general knowledge . " Mr . Charles Knigh t seconded the proposition , and adduced arguments with a similar tendency . The resolution was unanimously adopted .
Mr . John Cassell moved the next ' resolution , viz .: —That this duty , originally imposed as a war tax , is based upon grounds directly opposed to all tho acknowledged principles of sound fiscal legisation , because amounting as it does in frequent instances to a tax of 300 per cent , upon the raw material—a material totally worthless for any other purpose , but . worked up into an article of indispensable utility by the application of industry , it falls with almost its entire weight directly upon the emplo ) meut of labour , thus destroying at its very source the first and most important element of national wealth . " Mr . S . C . Hah seconded the proposition , which , after being supported by Mr . Towle , of Oxford , was also agreed to nem . con .
Mr . IIoldkn , paper-maker , of Manchester , then moved , and Mr . Collins , of Glasgow , seconded , tho following resolution :- ' Tbat in the manufacture of paper not men only but large numbers of womeu and children are employed in a manner highly consistent with all that appertains to health and morality , not only in the neighbourhood of large and populous towns , but also and chiefly in the rural districts , where employment is scarce and poor-rates hi gh ; and that the impetus which must be givm to the trade by a repeal of this duty would therefore incalculabl y benefit the agricultural population , as well by the consumption of a material produced by their own industry , as by the beneficial employment of their surplus labour . " Carried unanimously .
Mr . Baldwin , paper manufacturer , of Birmingham , proposed the fourth resolution , namely : — " That the uses to which paper is already applied are so many and various as to render its cheapness one of the first requisites of a people daily advancing in commerce and civilisation ; and that tho purposes to the effecting of which its iuo might and would still be extended but for the high price created by the tax , are almost infinite , both in number and in importance , to the progress of science' and art . " Sume iilea of the extortionate nature of this tax might bo gleaned from the fact that out of £ 24 , 000
worth of coarse . paper , which he sold tothe manufacturers of buttons and various other ' articles in Birmingham , no less than £ 9 , C 00 was paid to the government . : Mr . P . Bokthwick seconded Mr . Baldwin ' s motion , and contended that the duty on paper being a war-tax , the government were bound , in a time of profound peace , to relinquish so odiousanil oppressive an impost . The tax raised £ 800 , 000 a-year to the revenue ; and that sum would be more than fully made up to the revenue by the increased consumption of excisable articles in general which would follow the increased employment of labour consequent on the removal of the existing restrictions .
This resolution was also agreed to unanimously . The next reso lution was moved by Mr . Smitb , of Bingley , viz : — " That the foregoing resolutions are prodigiously strengthened by the three : following considerations , namely—1 , That this tax is so enormously disproportioned to the value of the raw material as to present an inducement to fraud almost too strong for human integrity to resist , and at the 3 ame time that the mode of collecting it is 8 uchaBto render fraud easy and inviting ; the fair trader is thus continuall y exposed to unprincipled competition . 2 . That the oppressive injustice of this tax has successfull y diverted the skill and ingenuity of manufacturers to its evasion , by the fabrication of many articles a 3 precisely
the same in their completed state as to be substituted for it in use with paper itself , and yet so adroitly varied in the pr ' ooess of manufacture , as to render it impossible for the Board of Excise to claim the duty- a circumstance which tends to tho utter ruin of the paper manufacturer . ' And 3 . That the continuance of this tax is not more manifestly unjust in itself , and injurious to the general interests of the community , than it is absurdly inconsistent with precedent . For while tho raw material of cotton has been relieved from a burden of notmoro than from five to eight per-cent ., it is monstrous that the refuse of that very same raw
material used for the manufacture of paper should boar the unheard-of impost of 300 percent . " Agreed to . Mr . Jonathan Ddncan then proposed : — " That copies of these resolutions , together with the numerous memorials , signed , not only by the repretentativeB . of manufacturing wealth and respectability , but also by men of tho highest weight and influence amongst the clorgy , gentry , bankers , and others tbroughout the country , be respectfully presented to the Ri ght Hon . the Chancellor of her Majesty ' s Exchequer . " ' Agreed tc . Thanks haying been votea to tbe Chairman , tho Conference adjourned .
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Mr . W . Holmes , a well-known political character , died on Sunday . He sat successively for Grampound , Tregony , Bishop ' s Castle , Hazlemere , and Berwick-on-Tweed . For Ipswich he was a candidate in 1835 , and previously for Queenborodgh , but by neither of those places was he returned ; while he proved equally unsuccessfu l ht Stafford . Un 1841 . He filled the office of Treasurer of the Ordnance in the Ministries of Lord Liverpool and the Duko of Wellington . In the high and palmy 'days of . Toryism the peculiar talents of Mr . Holmes were in . great request , for in tho . private management of the members of an unreforraed House of Commons ho rivalOf
was without a . the confidence reposed in him by Mr . Perceval , and cf the close friendship subsisting between them , it would lie impossible to speak in terms too strong . Mr . Holmes was by tho side of Mr . Perceval when he annk under the hand of an assassin , and he also , happened to have ? w Iff ? ' few yards * f Mr - Huskisson whei that well-known . statesman , came by a violunt though accidental death . No place was found for «« l u i "'" i " ™ of Sir Robert Peel , \ bnt he , nevertheless , faithfully discharged his duties as whipper-in to the great Conservative party . Ho reachedthe advanced age of three-score years and
Vacant Parliamentary Seats . —The South Xotta election is as yet to come off ; and a seat for North Notts will presently be vacated by the retirement of Mr . Houldsworth , " a successful Manchester manufacturer , who , achieving great wealth while aanchester wa 3 yet in political darkness , . took to Toyri 8 m and horse racing . " The lamented death of Lord Alford leaves , open a representation in Bedfordshire , which will probably be conferred on Colo « nel Qilpin . Lord Lincoln ' s succession to the peerage , Sir Samuel Martin ' s elevation to the bench , and Mr . Shiel ' s exchange into an embassy , expose the Falkirk Burgha , Pontefract , and Dungaryoo , to contest .
The Sailors' Strike Lv The North
THE SAILORS' STRIKE LV THE NORTH
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CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE ROMAN CATHOLICS . The statement that certain queries had been ad . dressed to Cardinal Wiseman by a legal gentleman is , we understand , substantially correct . The letter in question was written by Mr . Charle 8 Pearson , late M . P . for Lambetb , at tbe suggestion of certain members of the bar , whose object was to found a prosecution for a misdemeanour upon the admissions which it was expected the cardinal would make , Ii is unnecessary to say , tbat to this formal demand to furnish evidence that would criminate himself , no answer was returned . In connection with this subject we raa state , that on the publication of Lord
John Russell ' s manifesto , in which he announced that the law officers of the crown would look into the law of the question , to ascertain whether there was any ground for a prosecution , the cardinal at once gave instructions to a legal gentleman of emintnee to take the necessary measures for his defence . Some tirae having elasped without an > movement on the part of the law officers of the crown , the cardinal ' s legal adviser addressed a letter to them , inquiring whether any legal proceeedings were contemplated , and , if so what form tbe prosecution would assume . After some delay , a reply was received from the government , stating that it was not their intention to institute any legal
proceedings , the law in its present state not being applicable to the act of the cardinal , and that the question would be reserved for legislative consideration . We understand that a large piece of ground has been obtained by the Roman Catholic body in the line of the new street now in course of forma tion between the Houses of Parliament and Pimlico . ( ir the purpose of erecting a magnificent cathedral , to be called St . Patrick ' s , Vichria-street , as tbe new street has been named , will run through the lowest and moat densely populated parts of Westmin-ter ; tbe houses are to be palatial in character , and the new opening , while supplying residences fit for members of either branch of tbe legislature , will
be the means of affording a more direct and commodious means of access between Buckingham Palace , the aristocratic district of Belgravia , and the Houses of Parliament , and will tend very mat ^ ially to improve the ventilation and drainage of that qaarter of the town . The Cathedral of Su Patrick will be the metropolitan church of the cardinal , and will , when completed , it is said , surpass any building of the kind yet undertaken in this country , The purchase of the ground has not yet been concluded , but all the necessary arrangements are almost completed , and a very large sum
habeen already obtained in subscriptions and donations . The rumour tbat the Very Rev . Doctor Cox , president of Old Hall College , is to be the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark , is premature . It is not intended at present to appoint any bishop of Southwark , as there is a large debt , exceeding £ 3 , 000 , still due upon St . George ' s Church , which in consequence remains yet unconsecrated and unfinished , and until this debt is liquidated the ecclesiastical ' affairs of the district will be managed by Cardinal Wiseman , assisted by the Rev . Doctor Doyle , the senior clergyman of St . George . —
Observer . Cardinal . Wiseman ' s Anckstors . —The Falhirh Herald says : — "Our readers may , perhaps , be aetouished to learn tbat this celebrated cardinal , accordinc : to current report , is a regular descendant of the Wisemans , cheese dealers , &c , in the town cf Strathaven . It is generally reported in the middle ward of Lanarkshire—with what truth we know not—that one of the Wisemans , adventured as far as Cork , about the middle of last century , to
try his fortune m Ireland ; that the said Mr . Wiseman took up a cheese and a provision store in Cork s that , by a subsequent marriage , he became entangled with a Roman Catholic wife ; and that the mother , thinking she was ruling the fate of the boy , sent him to Spain , whence we have received Cardinal Wiseman . There can be no doubt but tha t Wiseman is nearly a local name , and that it is peculiar to Strathaven . Many of the name are yet cheese dealers there . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1611/page/7/
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