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MILITIA PROSECUTIONS. AccoEDrNG to a dai...
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M ISC .K L L A N E O U 8. Mr. Thomas Jon...
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Prince Albert, on Tuesday, took tho oath...
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HEALTH OK LONDON DURING TH K WKKKTiik mo...
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L'Kodkkss Of Association. Latter From M....
and holy cause ) may do , each of them , their appointed work , and the final justice of God may como out , through an effort of what is termed public opinion . It might be said by persons of quiet conscience and Bound judgment , unacquainted with the facts , and whose opinion I am anxious to conciliate , that any critical observations or available suggestions I have to set forth , would find their proper place in a discussion with the council . But after about three years practice of the proceedings and dealings of the Society , and after as much forbearance and concession as I could afford , without compromising essential duty , I have come to that conclusion , that any efforts I might attempt to modify , in the points I consider as vital , the constitution of the Society , with respect either to principles or to business , would be useless if managed as they were before .
Here , again , one might doubt whether what I name forbearance and concession has not been rather tho reverse . Facts will afford shortly the means of a fair judgment . As soon as I shall have done writing the observations and suggestions I have to make , on occasion of the published Report of the Society for Promoting Workingmen ' s Associations , they will be put before the council , for them to consider the views of a friend who has done his best to work with them , and is still ready to do so , when some sound and definite purpose shall have been devised and concerted . Meanwhile , I beg you , my dear and much esteemed Shorter , to offer my respects to the President and Council , and to believe me , ever yours faithfully , J . IiECHEVAIilEK St . ANDRE . Mr . Thomas Shorter , Secretary of the Society for Promoting Working-men ' s Associations , Society ' s Hall , Castle-street East .
Militia Prosecutions. Accoedrng To A Dai...
MILITIA PROSECUTIONS . AccoEDrNG to a daily paper , Government have sanctioned prosecutions against some persons for distributing hand-bills and posting placards , intended to dissuade men from volunteering for the Militia , in Bucks , Herts , and Suffolk . It appears , that for some time past numerous hand-bills have been circulated , especially in the rural towns and districts , of an " antimilitia" character , and tending to prevent the carrying out of the law in respect to voluntary enlistment . Some of the placards were said to emanate from the Peace Society , and were headed , " Flogging in the Militia . " The Government have taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown on the subject , and have determined to make the offence a matter for Government prosecution . The following letter to Colonel Berne , of the 34 th Light Infantry , has led to prosecutions in Suffolk : — " Whitehall , 7 th October , 1852 . " Sik , —I am directed by Mr . Secretary Walpolo to inform you that he has under his consideration the two placards intended to dissuade men from volunteering for the militia , which accompanied your letter of tho 4 th ultimo , and he is advised that they are libellous , and that , consequently , their publication in an indictable offence . If magistrates should think it their duty to hold a person accused of such publication to bail to answer the charge at the assizes , Mr . Walpole will instruct the Solicitor to the Treasury to conduct , the prosecution . " I havo the honour to be , Sir , your obedient Servant , " D . W . JOLLTFFK . " Parties have been held to bail in the above-mentioned counties .
M Isc .K L L A N E O U 8. Mr. Thomas Jon...
M ISC . K L L A N E O U 8 . Mr . Thomas Jones Barker has painted an excellent likeness of " the Duke , " and the picture is now exhibiting at Mr . Grundy ' s , in TJegent-street . The old hero is represented in his cabinet , at Apsley House , reading despatches from Sir Henry Jlurdinge mid General ( Jough , recounting the battles on the Sulk-j in 18-M 5 . His features express pleased attention ; and the pen with which he had been writing when they were brought in , has fallen from bin hand , while tho fingers have not cloned . It is a careful picture , and an admirable likeness . Wo understand that it- will lie engraved .
Prince Albert, On Tuesday, Took Tho Oath...
Prince Albert , on Tuesday , took tho oaths on Inn appointment ns muster of Trinity-house . Tho Queen hiiH been pleased to appoint Thomas Price , 1 Ch « j ., to be Her Majesty ' s Treasurer for tho island of Antigua . — ( htzatte . Tho I 0 * ivl of Derby has been memorialised by the inhabitants of Wellington to lie allowed to send a deputation to uf . tond tho funeral of his grace , us ho took his til lo from that , place , and was also lord of tho manor . Tho citizens of . Norwich have determined upon erecting a irtatufl l . o tho memory of the Into Duke of Wellington . Mr . Ilmigerfoid Colston of Lydford , and Mr . Tudwny of WoIIh , we . ro out . shooting last week , when Mr . Tudwiiy h gun exploded , and the contents lodged in Mr . ( Joistiiii ' h luioo . lie was carried homo ; and died under tho opoml . io « of amputating tho limb . Sir CIiiuIoh Nnpior has been appointed to command in tho Kent Military district . The lAtxtrpool Journal announces that two block ships ur « ordered to the Mornoy as Moating batteries , for lino purposes of national defence .
A true bill has been found against Mr . Wallace , the proprietor of the Anglo Celt , for an alleged libel against the 31 st regiment engaged in the Six Mile-bridge affair . The Attorney-G-eneral for Ireland has obtained a rule against the next of kin of those who were killed at Six Mile-bridge to show cause why the proceedings of the Coroner ' s inquest should not be quashed . Last . week Mr . M'Dermott , barrister , publicly horsewhipped Major Fairfield , of Dublin . The result has been another " harmless" duel—Mr . M'Dermott fired in the air ; explanations were tendered , the combatants shook hands , and were pronounced " satisfied . "
Mr. Charles Pearson Addressed A Meeting ...
Mr . Charles Pearson addressed a meeting at the London Tavern on Monday , in furtherance of his plan of connecting the city with the Northern Suburbs of London by means of underground railways , starting from a central terminus in the city . His project was received with approval by the audience ; and a committee was appointed to set about the preliminaries for effecting the object . Mr . Pearson undertook to advance the preliminary expenses ; and it was resolved that the deposits of shareholders should be placed in the Bank of England to the account of trustees ; so that they may be repaid without deduction , if the company does not proceed .
The Queen ' s school at " Windsor has been the earliest to take advantage of the recent Minute of the Board of Trade , enabling Eleemosynary Schools to purchaseDrawing Copies , Models , and Examples at half the prime cost , and on Tuesday evening last , St . Thomas ' s Parochial School , in Goswell-street , a large school of more than 500 persons , children and adults , directed by the Rev . W . Eogers , was the first to inaugurate the new system of Drawing Classes , instituted by the Department of Practical Art . On this occasion Mr . Robinson , the newly appointed " Teachers ' Training Master , " delivered an introductory address to a large and an attentive audience of men , women , and children of both sexes .
We understand that the report of the Government having purchased the plot of ground near Kensington as a site for a new National Gallery is incorrect . The property in question has been purchased by the Royal Commissioners with the surplus funds of the Great Exhibition . We believe it is intended to present it to the nation , and to request the Government to erect upon the land buildings suitable for a new National Gallery , for a museum for the trades collection formed from the late Exhibition , which will "be greatly augmented when suitable accommodation is afforded ; also suitable premises for the School o £ Design , at present temporarily located in Marlborough-house ; and for affording the means of carrying out a system of " industrial education" similar to that suggested in the first report of the Royal Commissioners . — Morning dhronicle .
We may take this opportunity of mentioning , that in a private letter from Captain Kellett to a gentleman in London , he states that when at the mouth of Wellington * Channel , he and his officers saw a great number of birds perched on what turned out , on examination , to be square pieces of whale blubber , which were drifting out of the channel . They bore every appearance of having been cut from tho animal . Captain Kellett came to the conclusion that the Prince Albert was close at hand , but that ship was at the time in Regent ' s Inlet . The blubber , must , therefore , havo been cut ; either by Esquimaux , or by Franklin ' s party . We should state , that when tho blubber was seen , Sir E . Belcher had not gone up Wellington Channel . —Alheiueum .
The Melbourne , late H . M . S . Grcenork , bought of tho Admiralty by tho Australian Mail Packet Company , put into Lisbon on the 24 th ultimo , dismasted , and leaking badly- When outitt sea l . lio topmast suddenly broke down ; the wrecks got entangled in the screw ; and it , took a long time and great labour to cut it away . Tho Mt ¦ Ibovrne had on board 253 passengers , tho mails , and a valuable specie cargo . It was hoped that oho would be docked at Lisbon and repaired .
Great Was The Consternation On 'Change O...
Great was the consternation on 'Change on Tuesday when the train from London arrived without a single morning paper for Manchester . All were at a Iohh ; and the greatness of the privation furnishes some gauge of what business men in the country would be without their daily paper . Inquiry was made by the news agents bore ; hut all that , could be ' learned was that tho van tilled with the morning papers for Manchester had been somehow unaccountably misscnt somewhere , but whither no one could tell . A telegraphic message was despatched to Liverpool to inquire if tho missing van had strayed thither ; hut . echo , along the telegraphic wires answered " No . " Think of the Manchester Koyal Kxcbangc , at high'Change hours on a Tuesday , turned into a huge Calcutta black hole of intelligence ; everybody ganping for news , and none to bo who had
had for love or money . At length ii gentleman bought n copy of one , on leaving London in the morning , was found obliging enough to yield his solitary copy for the benefit , of the public ; it was placed on a stand in the Kxchiuigo , and at . first , it wan like a rush to rend the news of i ) , great , battle and victory in the old war time . During the afternoon , further telegraphic inquiries were made of various stations along the line as to the whereabouts of the missing van ; but without , success . Tho guard of the train ultimately discovered the Munches ! er papers when at . Preston junction , and left them Micro to conic back by the North Union train , and they arrived hereabout . , "J . l ' f > p . m . This in tho ' second miscarriage of the London morning | Minors to Manchester within a month ; and wo need scarcely say it is productive of great inoonvonionoe . — Manchester ( inard ' utn .
David Maclarlann Liah Lieo-N Sentenced B...
David Maclarlann liaH lieo-n sentenced by tho Lord Mayor to seven days imprittonnient for setting a bulldog to torment a cat ; and l . hroat . ening to urge the uniuial to bito n passer by who interfered .
Mary Steer gave birth to an illegitimate child . Shan ™ had withheld her from mentioning the fact that she was liable to that misfortune . She concealed the birth , cut the poor baby in pieces , and threw them into a cesspool . In removing somethings at the Waterloo-station , a hat box was found . It had remained there at least ' twelve months . On opening it the remains of a female infant were discovered . There has been another garotte robbery near Leeds on the high road to Harrogate . A gentleman named England , walking home , was attacked by two men ; one seized him round the throat ; the other beat him over the head with a life-preserver . Mr . England gallantly , hut vainly resisted ; he was overpowered and plundered .
The Reverend Mr . Cullen , a Roman Catholic priest at Liverpool , last week kicked one of his congregation while at her devotions by way of showing his contempt for her because she annoyed him . The magistrates very properly said that if he were annoyed they would protect him , but he must not take the law into his own hands . One of the most horrible of recorded murders was committed at Milton , near Plymouth , on Friday week . Mrs . White , an old woman , did not appear as usual on Saturday morning , and her house , which was locked , was entered by the window . The man who performed the escalade , found Mrs . White apparently sleeping ; but on her bed . He turned down the clothes , and found that her throat was cut through to the spinal cord ! The house had been plundered . ; no clue was found of the murderer .
Mrs . Phillips , a lady living at Camden-town , missed some jewellery from her house . Miss Diana Campbell had been staying with her on a visit . She was suspected . A policeman went to a villa , near Maidenhead , where Miss Campbell was staying , and taxed her with the rob - bery . She denied it , and threw the blame on the daughters of Mrs . Phillips . Search was made , and the property found . There was no escape . Miss Campbell was brought before Mr . Broughton . In defence , it was alleged that Miss Campbell was going to sell the jewels for the daughters , whom she was gomg to get into a convent . Miss Campbell is a Catholic ; and several letters were
put in , bearing on matters connected with the theological doings of certain young ladies connected with Miss Sellon s establishment . Miss Campbell admitted taking , but not stealing the jewels . Mr . Broughton , after carefully reviewing the whole of the evidence adduced , remarked , that the endeavouring to proselytize the daughters of a Protestant clergyman , and induce them to enter a convent , was an offence of a most serious description , and he should remand the prisoner till Monday next . On being removed from the bar by Addey , the gaoler , she burst into tears , and exclaimed , " Oh , for God ' s sake don't send me to prison . I ' m an officer ' s daughter , and a general ' s granddaughter . " But she was locked up .
The dispute between the masters and men in the " Strong Bootmaker ' s Strike , " which has existed since the 18 th of October , when about 900 men struck , was amicably settled on Saturday . It appears that a meeting of the masters and men , twelve on each side , took place , and the conference lasted fourteen hours . Both sides appeared to be satisfied with tho arrangement that has been entered into between them . Application made to the Court of Queen ' s Bench to admit Alain and Baronet to bail has been refused . A cannon has exploded at Gibraltar while practice in firing red-hot shot was going on , and several soldiers and two officers have been wounded . Anderson , the clown , killed himself on Sunday , by leaping out of a window in Fetter-lane . admired
The fine female giraffe , which has been so much by the visitors to tho Zoological-gardens , where she has resided for nearly thirty years , has just died . Slio waa tho parent to tho fine giraffes now at tho gardens . Certain buildings at Battersea , wherein Mr . Phillips manufactures tho fire-extinguishing charges for his " fircnnnihilator" were destroyed by lire on Sunday . Tho who of tho man who has charge of tho promises was burnt to death . Her husband had gone out to fetch some gardenstuff for dinner ; when ho was surprised by a loud report , and looking back saw tho building in flames . It is thoug ht that , tho fire was wilful . After a long investigation , th " coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of " accidental deiita , adding their opinion that tho fire occurred from the i gnition of wood in the oven or drying-room , by reason ot a too near approximation thereof to tho flues .
Lambeth was , on Wednesday , at the mercy of a lniwi bull , which , after tossing several persons , killed one . *< bull whs blockaded in a court at last , and killed by « butcher . i .. From recent oflieial returns , it appears that tho ™ of iimmtH in the department of the Seine on diflercn ' charge * was from IHM-t to 1 H 10 , l ;? , 0 <» H ; from 1 H-U ' 1 H 45 , 15 , 1 1 O ; and from lH'Kt to JWiO , 24 /> : » H . Of •>> ' * number 41 in IOOO wore set . at , liberty ; 10 in 1 ( , V , ., sent to the hospices or depots of mendicity ; «» " 1 ' 1000 were removed to the frontier or to their respee departments . More than half of tho number nrrcHtoci a ^ previoilHly been in tho hands of justice , and 1 «<> » n /)(|) wove arrested twice or thrice in the same year . « ^ TwHrHoiiuni-rcMtcd in Paris , foreitrners amount to / . » , 1 lfl
Theso foreigners are chiefly natives of Holgium , ) " J Prussia , Bavaria , Switzerland , and Sardinia . I "V " ' , ( , same return we learn that , the number of »"" " ™ . " , H , () was double what , it was 25 years ago . I ro •" . '" - ; " . , 8 f , () tho annual average was J . 7 M , whereas irom 1 «™ it was ill 1 ( 5 .
Health Ok London During Th K Wkkktiik Mo...
HEALTH OK LONDON DURING TH K WKKKTiik mortality of London has varied li '; " " ' ! j 5 , ii , ! i' l » Ht throe weeks of October . In tho wook thai- » 1 () O () # Saturday the deaths from all causes '""""" . ^ 'Wa . iflSl In tho ' ten corresponding wookb of the yoaiw
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06111852/page/8/
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