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152 Qt'bt iLtK'&t X* [Saturday,
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A railway excursion from Birmingham to E...
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One remarkable and cheering phenomenon m...
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The Extraordinary Express, in anticipati...
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Calcutta . The number of deaths by smallpox is said to be 400 a-week , equivalent to 2800 a-week in London , taking the difference of population into account .
152 Qt'bt Iltk'&T X* [Saturday,
152 Qt'bt iLtK' & t X * [ Saturday ,
A Railway Excursion From Birmingham To E...
A railway excursion from Birmingham to Exeter and back is announced at a halfpenny per mile . A cheap train is likewise announced from Bristol to Birmingham , the fa e flSwer 8 how 0 ? thJ Botanic Society took place in the society ' s gardens in the Regent s Park , on Wednesday . The collection of plants and flowers was considered to have been unsurpassed in excellence , but the attendance was slender , owing to the wetness of the day . A fire of a serious character broke out at Manchester on Tuesday morning . It took place in one of the three immense establishments belonging to Messrs . M'Connell , eieht stories high , called the Old Mill . The damage , which is supposed to be about £ 3000 is covered by insurances . .. .- .
.. _ Last week a Jew who gave evidence in the Liverpool police-court in a case of felony , refused to sign his deposition , as by so doing he would violate the Hebrew sabbath Mr . Rushton said that , as the witness declined to sign the depositions on religious grounds , he would allow him to do so on Monday . A mad bulldog is reported to be committing great ravages at present in Westmorland . No less than sixty sheep have been destroyed by it , and the rabid animal is still at large . The correspondents of a Perth paper " report a considerable rise on the let of grass parks this season ; the difference , as compared with last year , ranging from twelve to twenty per cent . " At the late Flintshire Assizes , a thief , who had
committed sacrilege by breaking into the parish church at Worthenbury , and stealing various articles , stated , in his defence , that he did it to raise money to get into the police force at Liverpool . Mr . John Bloom , of Ompton , near Kneesall , was last Sunday asked in church , he being about to become the husband of a widow aged seventy-one years , who has three times previously been married . The bridegroom is in his ninety-second year . —Notts Guardian . Ann Merritt , the unfortunate woman under sentence of execution for poisoning her husband at Hackney , but respited , in order that further inquiries might be made , has had capital punishment commuted , and is ordered to undergo transportation for life .
In the Arches Court , on Wednesday , Mrs . Sarah Lyne sought for a divorce from her husband on the giound of cruelty . Various acts were proved—constantly striking and abusing he / , on one occasion seizing her by the hair of her head , and kicking her . The Queen ' s Advocate , for the husband , submitted that the evidence did not show that the wife ' s life was in danger , and , therefore , thore was not sufficient ground for divorce . The ltarned judge , however , pronounced sentence of divorce , the facts proving that " the parties could not live together with any chancaof happiness or security to the health or life of the wife . "
CnurlcH Jopling , remanded on a charge of attempting to administer chloiofunn to a young woman to whom he was paying his nd < Jrc \ ssrs , nppeared for recxamination before Mr . Jirou « hton , on Tuesday . On Tuesday morning , however , before entering the Police-court , he was married to the young woman by special license , and instead of repeating her complaint , she was present to assure the magistrate of her marriage , and of her trust in the prisoner . The prisoner ' s solicitor urged that he must be discharged , as his wife could not give evidence against him . Mr . B rough ton , however , remanded him for another week . _
.. In the Court of Exchequer , on Monday , application was made in the case of the ltevorcnd Dr . Nolan versus Moulding , for libel , to enter a verdict for judgment as in a case of nonsuit , the plaintiff having withdrawn the record as poon as the action against Pettigrew was lost . The two actions were of precisely the same character . Dr . Nolan ' s counsel stated that this action had not been proceeded with , because of the excitement and prejudice existing in the public mind . He was now ready to go to trial , and ho believcil that Baron ltolfc , who tried the dissatisfied with the
case of Nolan versus Pettigrew , was verdict ,. Mr . Baron Aldcraon said that this rule must be made absolute for judgment as in case of a nonsuit . The plainlill" could , if he thought it well , bang another action . The reason ho had assigned for not trying his action was not sullieient ; there was no excuse . With regard to the opinion of his learned brother who had tried iho iirst action , that judge informed him that he was by no means dissatisfied with that verdict . The plaintiff iniwht . have tried this case , but probably the less saiil about it the better .
At . the village of Farrinpdon , situated about nine miles from Bristol , on the road to Wells , a young woman named Ann Cromer , twenty-five years of age , the daughter of a master mason , tiow lies in a complete strtto of catalepsy , in which extraordinary trancclike condition , slmuhl sin * survive till ni-xt November , she will have been for no less than thirteen years . During the uholo of this period the \ ttal principle has only been sustiiiwd l > y ihe mechanical administration of fluids . Although reduced to almost , a perfect skelt ton her (!( i < tiiU'ti : iui'i > 1 '"iii's ¦» very pi wid expression . Her
rospiratiuii is pi <» ccpiib ! e . her hands warm , and there ? arc hli ' .-hi i : i « 5 ici T i'tus <> i (• ¦ ¦ nscinusness . Upon one oeension , when : i ; k '" l if still ^ rinu from pain to nqutM zi > tho hand of her inoilnr , placed in hers for t : iut purpose , the Hi " \\ - r avi'i * >" ¦ slight \ n es > ur <> was plainly distinguish ihle ; and IVci | iic ! i' ly , when sullcring from * cramp , n ' tw has been ln-aid m make slight , nmai . s . About sixtci n w < e !; s a'tt r tin- cmiifiieuoi meiit of her trance she was sci / . ; -d with lock j . nv , uhich occasions groat ditlicuhy in aH ' nrdiiitj her nouiUhmont . Tho medical gciulumou who havo Men her hold out no hones of her ultimate rceoV' rv .
[The Following Appeared In Our Second Ed...
[ The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week . \ POSTSCRIPT . Saturday , May 4 . In the House of Commons , last night , Lord Ashiey succeeded in eliciting a statement of what Ministers intend to do with the Factory Bill . He said it had been reported that Government had some intention of proposing a scheme of their own in reference to the matter ; and he thought it most desirable that the country should know whether or not that rumour was true , and that if so , they should , as soon as possible , be favouied with , a general outline of the scheme Sir Geohge Grey , after some remarks on the difficulty of working the present factory bill , so as to carry out the views of its promoters gave a statement of what Government intends to do in the matter : - " The plan which he proposed was this—to substitute for the existing restrictions in the number of hours during which women and young persons might be lawfully employed , anew limitation of definition of the time of employment . The House was aware that the law at present fixed the hours between half-past five in the morning and half-past eight in the evening , as the time during which women and young persons might be employed in factories ten hours continuously . What he proposed to do was to substitute the hours between six in the morning and six o ' clock in the evening , as the limitation within which for five days in the week the labour of those persons might be lawfully employed . With regard to Saturday , he proposed that the limitation should be from six o ' clock in the morning till two o ' clock in the afternoon , with an interval of half-anhour for breakfast . The nature of the plan would perhaps be better understood when he stated that at present women and young persons might be employed ten hours each day during five days of the week , and eight hours on Saturday—making altogether fifty-eight hours in the week . Under the alteration of the law which he intended to propose , they would be liable to be employed each day between six in the morning and six in the eveningwhich , after deducting one hour and a half for meals would make ten hours and a half each day , or fifty-two hours and a half , in place of fifty hours , for the whole five days of the week . On Saturday they would be employed half an hour less than under the existing law . The advantage of this plan would be that the operatives would have half an hour more at their own disposal in the morning than they had at pres . Tit , as they would not be obliged to come to their work before six o ' clock , in place of half-past five o ' clock , as at present ; and they would be uninterrupted during the whole evening after six o ' clock , while on Saturday they would be at liberty after two o ' clock . There were one or two other enactments which would be necessarily consequent upon these , but they were comparatively unimportant . " Mr . Hume regretted to see Ministers lending countenance to the vicious principle of interference between masters and workmen . Mr . Edwardes in the name of his constituents and of the factory operatives throughout protested against the Government ' s compromise . The rest of the evening was chiefly spent in discussing the Parliamentary Voters ( Ireland ) Bill , which , went through committee .
One Remarkable And Cheering Phenomenon M...
One remarkable and cheering phenomenon m the political world is tho fusion of parties in great schemes . Classes no longer hold themselves so wide apart ; political differences exist as heretofore , but do not interfere so much with union of action on neutral ground . A very striking example of this has come to our knowledge . The Bishop of Oxfotd has organized a committee for the purpose of
recommending the Exhibition of 1851 to the working classes , and among the members of this committee it is significant tu observe such a juxtaposition of names as tho Bishop of Oxford and \ V . Lovett , Monckton Milncs and Henry Vincent , tho Reverend John Gumming and George Dawson , Charles Dickens and Henry Colo , Lord Ashley and Charles Knight , Robert Chambers and W . M . Thackeray , W . J . Fox and Francis Place .
We have heard and believe that the Bishops have held more than one meeting , and are . still continuing their deliberations on tho present state of tilings in the Church . Without pretending to know , or to guess , the exact tenor of their deliberations , or even tho matters which ave their immediate subject , we can hardly doubt that such men will weigh well all the important consequences which must result from their not doing anything—or even from their not doing enough—at Mich a crisis to the Church of which they are emphatically the guardians and wutchnun . — From ( he English Churchman .
Tne private view of the Exhibition of the Rnynl Academy took place yesterday . There is more ; than tho usual variety of pictures ; more , too , that command attention ; ' though , j itIkijis , but f < -w ( . fa very high ambition . Among those of tho highest pretension , wo must place PirkersgiU's " Samson Betrayed , " Eustlako ' s " ( iood Samaritan , " Dyce ' s " Meeting of Jacob and Kiehel , " Poolo ' s " Job learning the Slaughter of his Servants , " A imitate ' : ; " Aholibah hankering after the Images of the Chaldeans , " and a " Young Jesus , " i i' ih-j r . ro-Hairu-llo
school , by Millais . Maclise gives us " The Return of Moses with the gross of green Spectacles , " a study for his fresco , " The Spirit of Justice ;" Webster , a gem of " A Cherry-seller ; " Leslie , ' *• Tom Jones and Sophia . Western ; " Elmore , ' Griseldfl , " after Chaucer ; Frith , " Sancho telling his tale to the Duke and Duchess ; " Ward , " James the Second learning the Arrival of the Prince of Orange , " Hart , one of his very best pictures , " The Rejoicing of the Law . " Paul Delaroche contributes a repainting of his " Cromwell looking at the dead body of Charles" ; Edwin Landseer , a prominent picture of " the Duke of Wellington , at Waterloo , relating the battle to the Marchioness of Douro . "
Of the Landscape department Turner has four of his magnificent misunderstandings , Koberts , an admirable Egyptian scene , Sidney Cooper , a masterpiece of " Summer Showers " , Cooper and Lee together , " Cattle crossing aFord" , Linton , a fine view of Venice , Creswick , " A first glimpse of the Sea . " In the Sculpture Room the most striking work is Westmacott ' s monument to the late Archbishop of Canterbury .
" . It has long been a matter of surprise , ' says a correspondent , " that the absurd parliamentary conduct of the Honourable W . F . Campbell should have elicited no remonstrance or sign of disapproval from the electors who returned him . We learn from good authority , however , that an effort is now about to be made to displace him . A conference of reformers have met , and are now engaged in the choice of a candidate . When a fitting candidate is found , the honourable gentleman will receive a requisition from the electors calling upon him to resign . " This movement is natural . Judging , however , not only from Mr . Campbell ' s political conduct ,, but his outward demeanour , some persons have expected that his family would have taken the initiative in urging him to retire . "
The Extraordinary Express, In Anticipati...
The Extraordinary Express , in anticipation of the Overland Mail , brings letters from India to date of April 3 , and China to March 10 . The frontier of Peshawur still continued in a troublesome state . The Affredees had compelled Captain Coke to evacuate a tower , garrisoned by three or four hundred of the Punjab infantry , which he had occupied at the Kohut end of the pass . The communication between Peshawur and Kohat was completely closed . Trade was dull , and courts-martial continued painfully numerous . Letters in the Delhi Gazette state that this slight success of the enemy " has had the lii ' uct of rendering many localities hitherto considered safe the very reverse , several places being overrun with Afreedees , who do not scruple to boast of their intention to kill every European they may meet with . In the passes we are informed that the mountaineers have collected to a dangerous extent , and they have become so daring that the stations in the plains arc threatened . The only news of any importance- from China , is the destruction of thirteen pirate . junks , by the steamer Medea . Commander Lockyer , of the Medea , states in his despatch that as soon as the pirates saw his vessel they made for the shore ; " many of them jumped overboard , but upwards of J 50 were destroyed by our shells and musketry . " The crew of the Medea then took possession of the junks , although not without considerable resistance , but they xiltimntely repulsed the pirates—with considerable loss on their part . Several of the vessels were given up to their original owners where these could be ascertained , and the remainder were burned . Four of the junks were very large , of upwards of 200 tons , mounting sixty or more guns ot various calibre . The West Indian and Pacific mails reached Southampton yesterday , but have no news of any moment . From Grey Town , on the "Mosquito coast , we learn that a slight disturbance had been made by " . ^ number of canocmen from the interior , with t » vo Nicaraguans at their head , who attempted to tr . ke posses ^ t > ion of the place in the mime of the Republic of Nicaragua . " By the interference of the resident merchants this attempt was defeated , and next morning , at the recommendation of tho lirirish Consul , some cf the intending insurgents wtru publicly flogged . In tho firo at Chngres on the 10 th of March the entire town would have been destroyed but for the efforts of the Americans in subduing the flames . On the Isthmus a grout many robberies have occurred : flogging under the Lynch law system was adopted , an 1 found effectual . A gang oi" men h ; . d been sent from Carthng-enu to e-re-ut sheds for the workmen employed in commencing the-Panama Jiiilway . The drought in Barbados was still unn 1 >; : t < d . In Jum < r c < i , Trinidad , and Antigua some slight . showers had fallen . An Extraordinary Gazette , (• : U \ 1 Corfu , Apsil 11 . publishes the reply of ti . o Lcjiij-hitivu Assembly ( through their i ' riMdenl ) u > the juldion of the Loul iligh Coniiiii . s-i . )] ii ; r . Tho lvply commence * by i' " marking upon " the rave example of order stud tranquillity shown by the people in the exercise o ! its valuable privih go nf .. h ction , "• - u proof thai _ " tho recollection oi the most ancient civilizations in the world is a heritage not lost " ; and cuiigViitulutii' ^
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Leader (1850-1860), May 11, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11051850/page/8/
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