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For some time a new sewer has been const...
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A number of boats Jwent out into Dundrum...
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We Understand That Much Uneasiness And D...
General has issued instructions that postmen shall , if required , take the postage of such letters in money . A commercial traveller for a London publishing house states that a check has been given to the printing of copies of the Book of Common Prayer , from the anticipation generally entertained that , at the instance of the episcopal authorities and other dignitaries of the Church of England , some modification of an Evangelical tendency will be introduced into the Liturgy . A public meeting was held in the Town Hall , Derby , last evening week , for the purpose of forming a branch society in connection with the National Public School Association . James Iliywood , Esq ., the late Mayor ,
took the chair . The meeting was a very crowded and enthusiastic one . The Reverend H . W . Crosskey moved the first resolution , affirming the principles of the National Association , and proposing a local society , which was seconded by W . Biggs , Esq ., late Mayor of Leicester , and received by the meeting with every demonstration of approval . The Reverend J . J . Owen ( Baptist ) opposed the motion , but treated the plan as though it were a Government scheme to mould the minds of the people , and entirely overlooked the principle of local management . The Reverend J . Gawthorn ( Independent ) followed on the same side , and tried to prove that
the proposed plan would diminish both the quantity and quality of education ! The Reverend J . A . Baynes ( Baptist ) , of Nottingham , in reply , endeavoured to show the consistency of the scheme with the most thorough nonconformity . After a lengthened and animated discussion , the original resolution was carried by an overwhelming majority , amidst long-continued cheering . A committee was then appointed , with the Reverend H . W . Crosskey as local secretary ; and , after a vote of thanks to the chairman and others who had taken part in the proceedings , the meeting separated at a late hour .
A meeting of gentlemen taking an active interest in the formation of a free public library in Liverpool was held in the Town-hall on Tuesday , for the purpose of organizing measures to help forward the project . The committee of the Liverpool Library have offered to the embryo institution a donation of 1000 volumes . The committee of the Sheffield Freehold Land Society have completed the purchase , for the sum of £ 4100 , of an estate of thirty-one acres , forinin . e a portion of the large domains of Offley Shore , Esq ., which have been brought to the hammer under an order from the Court of Chancery . The land is distant abDiit a mile and a half from the centre of the town .
In consequence of a distress-warrant having been issued against the Reverend Dr . Wellesley , Principal of New Inn Hall , Oxford , by the city magistrates , for a poor-rate for the parish of Sr . Peter le-Bailey , amounting to £ 3 19 s ., and 7 s . expenses , the inspector of the Oxford police , on Saturday last , carried the same into effect by seizing half a dozen silver forks from the lodging of the Principal . An action will be brought against the parish officers fur an illegal seizure , when the question as to the liability of the colieges and halls ! , o pay poor lates will be tried upon
its merits . The principalship and the three principal chairs in Owen's College , Manchester , are filled—viz ., principal and professor of logic and mental philosophy , together with general grammar and English language and literature , A . J . Scott , Esq . ; professor of the languages and literature of Greece and Rome , and of ancient and modern history , J . G . Greenwood , Esq ., of University College , London ; professor of mathematics and natural
philosophy , Alexander Sandeman , Esq ., of Queen ' s College , Cambridge . The professorial salary of each of these gentlemen , exclusive of feps , is £ Xo 0 ; the principal receiving a further salary , in addition to his emoluments as professor , of £ 200 . There remains to be filled the following three chairs : —4 . History , and moral and political philosophy ; 5 . Natural history , including botany and geology ; and ( i . Chemistry . Besides tlio professorial chairs , the three last have salaries of £ 150 attached , exclusive of foes .
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For Some Time A New Sewer Has Been Const...
For some time a new sewer has been constructing , which opens in Middle Scotland-yard , and extends some distance into the river Thames , near Northumberland wharf . At the usual hour on Monday morning the various men went to their work , and continued at their several departments without mooting with any formidable impediment , until about eleven o ' clock , when all of a sudden the water from the river washed away the mainstay at the end of the sewer , and almost instantaneously the subterranean passage became filled with water . Two men were drowned . One
hoy was driven by the force of the water to the mouth of the shaft leading into the sewer , lie was taken out almost exhausted and conveyed to the hospital , but no fatal injury is apprehended . Threeor four oilier persons , it is stated , on hearing the mighty rush of water into the Rower , and wh «> wore standing " near a ladder , succeeded in milking a retreat , ( irrat . blame in attached to tho patties having charge of the works for not . taking sufiicient precautions to ensure the safety of the men . A fatal aiicitli'nt , took jiliu'C , on Mmt < luy afternoon , at the terminus of llio ( Jn-at Nnvlhrin Uuilway , at Kind ' scross , wiiort 1 a larj . ' , e hotly of miners inid other workmen have been for some time past cji ;» ai ; ptl in excavating a
tunnel which is to pass from the eastern Kidr of the Ma ' ulon larc-bi i'l |; e , under the . U «! . \\ nt . ' s Canal , into the pennant nt , s ntion . One gioup ot winrr * , headed by a man named Ab ' l \ Vyi » nt » , \ vt ro at work in the tunnel about forty yards from its month , and were engaged in making read y f » 'r what h * tetimu'ally termed the " cill , " a pmtion of Umbei used in supporting tunnels before the brickwoik is iulroiluccil . lie 1 ml just exclaimed , " Uomo , my men , we must pitch into i his k \ ork and net I lie ' cill ' in , " and had made one- or two strokes with his pink in conjunction with a man named Samuel l : Mwaids , when a large amount of earth nav e , way ami loll upon them and oilier workmen . An alarm was instantly raised , and
after some delay the men were dug out , when it was found that Wynne was killed . The other men were but slightly injured . A fire broke out in the Rose and Crown tavern , Salisbury-lane , Bermondsey-wall , on Wednesday morning , which destroyed property to the amount of £ 1000 . Another fire broke out on the same day in the premises of Mr . J . Leaning , fancy bread and biscuit-baker , in Highstreet , Peckham , by which , considerable damage was done . The town of Abingdon was visited by a severe thunderstorm on Sunday morning , accompanied by hail , snow , and rain . The electric fluid struck a barn on Wick Farm , in the occupation of Mr . Badcock . The building and the farming stock , which consisted of upwards . of 150 quarters of barley , the produce of twenty-four acres of beans , ten acres of wheat , and a variety of agricultural implements and utensils , were destroyed . The damage is estimated at £ 1000 , but this amount is fully covered by the insurance . On Saturday morning the south of Ireland suffered from a similar visitation . In the neighbourhood of Cooraclare a woman was killed , and at Newgrove-cottage , near Ennis , a young man was killed by the lightning . The Helena Sloman steam-ship , which left Southampton on the first of November , was totally lost on her way to New York . There wfre 180 souls on board . She was discovered by the American packet Devonshire , Captain Ilovey , after beating about in distress fight days . In the attempt to rescue the persons on board the steamer four of the crew of the Devonshire and five of the Helena Sloman , passengers , were lost : 175 persons were taken on board in safety . The inquest on the twelve bodies of the persons killed by the boiler explosion at the mill of Messrs . Firth , at Halifax , terminated on Friday night , after three days ' enquiry . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mr . Samuel Firth , one of the partners , and Joseph Helli well , the engineman . The evidence favoured the conclusion that the boiler was a defective one , and ought to have been discontinued from use .
Three men were killed by choke damp at Borrowstouners , in Scotland , last week . They were all married men , and have left widows , and two of them large families . Three convicts , named John Bradrick , John Thompson , and Charles Webster , escaped from the Dartmoor prisons , early on Thursday morning . As Mr . Adolphe Dubois , a dentist , residing in Princesstreet , was passing through Norton-street about half-past nine o ' clock on "Wednesday ni » ht , he noticed three men in a doorway , as if they were there to get out of the rain . Just as he was passing the men one of them ran down the steps and rushed against him , at the same time throwing a rope or gag over his head . The gag was instantly forced round his neck , and tightened so as
nearly to choke him . Ho endeavoured to give an alarm , but the rope was twisted tighter , the man at his back using something like a ltver to effect' this compression . He contrived , howpver , to call out , upon which the other two men ran down the steps and held his hands . By the litne he had nearly lost consciousness he felt the pressure removed , and ho then saw the three men running off different way's . He called out "Murder ! Police ! " and he then noticed that his outside coat was torn , and that his watch and chain had been taken from him . In a minute or two afterwards , a
swarthy-looUing man , known among cabmen as the " Black Diamond , " was brought to him , and he instantly identified him as the man who had used the gag or rope to him . This man had been apprehended by Mr . John Tarring , an architect , who was passing at the time , and who ran after the ruffians , on hearing Dubois call for the police . The man , on being apprehended , flung the watch which he had stolen through some railings , where it was picked up afterwards . lie was brought up at Marlborough-street Police-office on Thursday , and committed on the charge .
Information was received at the various metropolitan and city police stations on Friday afternoon that Hackett , who has made himself so notorious of late by his daring escapes , had been seen in High . street , Borough , walking leisurely along the pavement with a sword-cane in his hand . He was we'l-dressed , and there is no doubt as to his identity , because the party who conveyed the information was formerly a fellow-prisoner with Hackett in Maidstonc gaol . This person followed him for some distance in Southwark , watching for a favourable opportunity to secure the man and the reward , when Hackett , seeing he was followed , turned down a narrow alley , and made his escape .
Joshua Bog-hurst , a mill-sawyer , appeared at Lambeth Police Office on Monday to answer a charge of having left his employment without giving sufficient notice . Mr . Wood , the proprietor of a saw-mill at Nine Elms , staled that B < ii > hii > st came to him on Thursday and agreed to work eleven hours a-day for 2 K a-week . After working four hours he told his employer that he must give up working , or the society to which he belonged would scratch him out . The reason he assigned was ,
that the other men in Mr . Wood ' s employment did not belong to the society . Mr . Wood said that , believing the man was tho victim of the society , be should beg the magistrate not . to punish him , ami would undertake to provide him with constant employment , provided he would sive up the society , as Mr . Wood ' s object was that of putting nil cud to the latter . Bog hurst having prouiisi ( I compliance with this simiTostiou , Mr . Norton ordered tin' Mimmous to stand over for a fortnight , to see how ho went on .
At the Middlesex Sessions , held at the Court-house , Clerkcmvcll , on Wednesday , the grand jury returned a true bill of indictment against the ilovereml II . Colo ami the Ri'Veiciul K . Over , tor an assault committed upon Mr . Edward Miall at a public , meeting hold at Islington , November Sih . A little boy , two years old , drawn in a wicker basket
chaise , by a servant girl , about fifteen years of age , were sent into the Walworth-road , about twelve o ' clock on yesterday morning week , and neither of them have since been heard of . The child does not speak , and walks very feebly , though a fine-looking child . A reward of £ 5 has treen offered to any one who will give such information to any of the police as may lead to the recovery of the child . * Three men skilfully effected an entrance through the window of the Masons' Arms Inn , Caerleon , one morning last week , kept by Mrs . Howells , and , probably knowing where the money was concealed , actually carried out of the house a cumbersome old-fashioned chest of drawers containing , among other valuables , five sovereigns .
Mr . Fern , a butcher , carrying on business in the Horse Fair , accompanied by a friend in the same business , left Birmingham in a gig , with the intention of attending Warwick fair , between four and five o ' clock on Monday morning . On arriving at the reservoir , about six miles from Birmingham , the gig was surrounded by six ruffians . Two laid hold of the horse ' s head , while the others proceeded to drag Mr . Fern from the vehicle . His companion was suffered to remain in his seat ; but the fellows having succeeded in capturing Mr . Fern , the reins were cut , and the horse and gig , with its only remaining inmate , were started at a furious rate in the direction of Solihull . For a short time Mr . Fern
maintained a resolute contest with his assailants , but ultimately he was laid insensible on the ground , and the thieves carried off upwards of £ 123 in cash . Two men , having the appearance of navvies , have been apprehended on suspicion , but none of the money has been recovered . Adolphe de W . erdinski , whp is said to be " a Polish count , " and carries on some kind of business in Holborn , was charged at the-Middlesex Sessions , on Wednesday ,
with assaulting a young girl under very extraordinary circumstances . The girl , whose name is Mary Ann Richards , first became acquainted with the defendant in the year 1844 , at which time he was living in the Borough ,, and she was then ten years of age . He adopted her as his own child , and she Svent to reside with him . He changed his residence a number of times , and from the time she first went to live with him , up to the period at which these proceedings were taken , a criminal intercourse had existed between them . On
various occasions he had beaten her with great severity , once stripping off every article of dress , even her shots and stockings ^ and flogging her with a whip ; and another instance of cruelty brought against him was his having struck her across the hand with the flat part of a knife , the marks of which were still visible . On the 13 th of November , because she did not remove some things properly , he took up a poker and beat her with it about the arms and back , holding her whilst he did so by the hair of her head , and threatened to " do for her " with a knife he afterwards took up . When examined at the
station-house by the female searcher many bruises were found about her person . The count denied that he hud ever had improper intercourse with the girl . He admitted that he had repeatedly had to chastise her for what he designated " crimes , " but said he did so from motives of affection , having adopted her as his own child upon the solemn assertion of her mother that he was her father . Owin < r to some informality Werdir . ski was discharged . The girl left the court with , the witnesses , one of whom , an elderly female , promised to take care of her for the present at least .
A Stockport paper tolls a strange tale of a sale which is alleged to have recently taken place at the New Inn , Horwich End , in the county of Derby , between George C , agent to a gentleman in the neighbourhood , ami Elisha G ., cattle dealer , by the said G . offering to sell the other his wife for the sum of £ 5 Is ., which was the more readily agreed to in consequence of the purchaser being a widower , and very desirous to obtain so fair a partner for so trifling a sum . After some consultation it was airangecl between them that the purchaser should go to claim his purchase on the following Monday , which he did accordingly , and on entering the house he made known to Mrs . G . the purport of his visit . The unfortunate wife gave vent to a flood of tears at being thus shamefully disposed of .
A Number Of Boats Jwent Out Into Dundrum...
A number of boats Jwent out into Dundrum . Bay to fish , as usual , early on . Saturday morning , which , waa fine . In a very short time a violent storm arose , accompanied with a great swell in the sea ; when the last boat , in approaching the short-, was upset , and six poor fellows wore drowned . The Dcrry Sentinel gives an account of a shocking case of abduction which has recently taken place in that , county : — " Alexander Hutehinson , formerly a servant to Mr . Samuel Glen , late of Blakes , with an armed party , amounting to furty persons , forcibly entered the dwellinghouse of Mr . Leslie M'Lane , and succeeded in carrying ofF Miss Mary Glen , who had been on a visit at iUr . M'Lane ' s . The inmates of tlie house remonstrated in
vain . The girl screamed for mercy , and besought them with tears to desist from their wicked purpose , but the only answer was a levelled pUtol—submission or death . Sim was finally cariied off , and a ^ nard loft on Mr . M'Lnno ' s house , r . o prevent an - - \\ urn being jjivon . When day dawned Mr . M'Lane repaind to Fir II . II Bruce , Bart ., and deposed to the above facts . Captain Croft on , who was at Downhill on a visit , promptly sent for a polici ! force , nn < l scoured the country nt tlicir head , and succeeded in discovering Miss Glen in the house of a Sully Dolierty , who k'H'ps a public house in Mnsjilli ^ an , and restored her to the arms of her fri . nds and liberty , lie
also arrested two of the . party , but Hutehinson , the principal , is still ar , large , lie extorted from her a pmmiM ! of marriage , his object , being to get possession of her property , amounting to £ 800 . Miss Glen is a Protestant , of the highest respectability ; but Hutchinson and his band are all lloman Catholics . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 21, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21121850/page/8/
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