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      • we have been half suffocated during the last two hours this morning by the windows being closed . There are a great number of persons here , and I shall mark my sense of the disobedience very strongly , because I don't think it is the business of the Judge to waste his time with a matter such as this . [ The court-keeper , John Whiteside , then appeared . ] The Judge : Court-keeper , why didn't you open the windows ? The Keeper : I had no orders . The Judge : Do you mean to say you had no orders ? The Keeper : I considered it was very cold this

      morning-The Judge : Cold this morning , with a crowded court like this ! I shall impose a fine of ten shillings for not attending to my orders , repeatedly given , on this subject . It must be very uncomfortable and unpleasant to every one in court . I shall inflict a fine of ten shillings for not attending to my orders on this subject , and teach you to attend to my orders in future , which have been now neglected without any justifiable ground -whatever . I think fresh air is essential to life and health . I nearly lost my life by confinement in close courts , and I don ' t intend to risk it again . By keeping the windows closed you are endangering my health , and I consider that a serious matter . Enforce that fine , Mr . Statham .

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      m (; n nous . The Commission , iippointcd under the act . of la . st . HCKsion for inquiring into tin- brihny committed at tin ; last election lor St . Alban'n , began its Killings this week . JStnuiK" iiictK have , come to light , and iilfWd nome insi f lit into electioneering practices . M r . JBrll , M 1 \ , declared liin intention of doing all he could to forward the inquiry . He indirectly furnished money , mimic £ -700 , in packets of . 000 leet

      Hovercii / MH to the election agent , f «» r " c .. on expenses . Jle was not at all mixed up in the bribery proee ^ . On Wednesday a new turn whs given to the whole investigation by the- evidence of the notorious JMwiuds . lie confcKHcd that he had bribed lur ^ vly ; »>«• was told that he muM inform the Commission whom he hi ilu-d . I" or Home luomentH he hesitated ; bill , the mennce of impimonment for life- made him give waj . A strange scene , was then acted . The CoinmiBBioncra reading tho register of voters ,

      and Edwards stating whom out of the names of those read aloud he had bribed and for how much . The result of this reading was that two out of three had received bribes , and nine out of ten from Edwards himself . The ordinary sur a given for a vote was £ 5 . The fifth annual meeting of the Midland Association of Mechanics' Institutions was held at Lincoln , on Tuesday , October 28 . After the transaction of the usual business , the delegates dined together at the Great Northern Hotel . The Earl of Yarborough presided , supported by the Earl of Carlisle , the Honourable Mr . Monson , &c . &c . In the evening there was a general soiree at the Corn-exchange . The Earl of Yarborough again presided . The meeting was numerously attended , and was addressed by the Earl of Carlisle , Honourable Mr . Monson , Messrs . George Dawson of Birmingham , F . Hollings of Leicester , — Madeley of Derby , and manv other gentlemen .

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      The progress of what is called " mixed education " in Ireland , is one of the consolatory facts of the day . ^ It is not long since a favourable report of the examinations at the Newry School was issued , and now we have another from the Baillieborough district , in the county of Cavan . The Cork Reporter thus refers to the circumstances under which the new session of the Queen ' s Colleges has been opened : — " We have been much gratified by rinding that the entrances at the Examination at Queen's College , just now closed , being the first for the present session , have fully shown the unabated progress of public opinion in favour of that most useful institution . There have been added to the rolls of the college for the new

      class , no less than thirty-eight students , of whom twenty are Roman Catholics ; and , as we understand , including the sons of some of the most distinguished and important Roman Catholic families in this province . Equally gratifying is the fact , which , we believe , is indubitable , that , notwithstanding the peculiar influences most strenuously exerted in certain quarters , to detach from the college the Roman Catholic students previously entered , such has been the confidence felt by the public in the system of education pursued in it , that not a single instance has occurred of a student having been withdrawn on religious grounds . We are most happy to report also for Galway College , the wonderfully successful entrance , this month , of twenty-eight students .

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      The mail steam-ship Africa struck on a reef of rocks off Belfast Lough , on Saturday last , in a fog . She was obliged to put back to Liverpool . The passengers drew up a statement exonerating Captain Ityrie from ail blame , and speaking of his conduct in high terms .

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      An old man named Rollinson was committed for trial at Clare , in Suffolk , on Tuesday , charged with killing Anne Cornell by administering arsen'c to her ; and also attempting the life of his daughter in-law by the same means . The body had been buried and was disinterred for examination . Rollinson had bought arsenic ; the chemist ' s assistant spemed to think nothing of selling that poison to anybody who spoke of " rats and mice" ! A man named Archibold Hare was hung at Glasgow on the 24 th instant , for the murder of Ronald M'Gregor ,

      in August last . lie died with great firmness and spoke from the drop as follows : — " Fellow-men , I am doing to die for a crime of which I am innocent , but I pray God to forgive all those who have persecuted me . All of you beware of dram-drinking , and beware of Matthew Miller , and take warning by me this day to keep out of bad company , and to put your confidence in the Lord , for he will never leave you . He has given me grace this day , and I care no more for death than any person going to his bcl this night , for I have found favour with Christ Jesu 3 our Lord . "

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      ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE REPEAL OF THE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE . TO THE FRIENDS OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM . Fei / lo-w Countrymen , —You are actively , and in our opinion worthily , employed in doing honour to one who has struggled with all his might to preserve to the people of Hungary those blessings of constitutional government , which are still enjoyed under the mixed monarchy of England and the republic of the United States of America . And in this noble cause who are your active opponents ? not the half-reformed House of Commons , nor the Lords , still less the Sovereign , but a number of persons who write anonymously in the Times newspaper . You frequently end your meetings with groans for the Times ; do you really , as practical men , think these groans of any use ? You should rather strike at the root of the evil , by setting the press ftee . The penny stamp makes it impossible for a second daily paper to exist , which has not other resources than the support of the public . The following table shows the extent to which the Times has succeeded in absorbing the daily press : — 1 S 37 . 1845 . 181 G . I 1850 . ( Mornin ^ Chvon . 1 , 910 , 000 l , 5- , 000 1 , 356 , 000 , 912 , 517 i Evening Chron . 2 ? 0 , 00 i > 134 , 000 93 , 000 , — ( Morn in > Herald 1 , 928 , 000 2 , 018 , 025 I , 752 , 0 o 0 j 1 , 130 , 000 \ Standard 1 ,: < 51 , 000 840 , 000 780 , 000 492 , 000 ( St . James ' s Cliro . 057 . 000 G 11 . 000 593 ,. : 00 ! 451 , 000 Morning-Post .. 735 , 000 1 , 200 , 500 1 .-T'O .- 'OO , K 28 . CO 0 ( Daily News .... .. .. 3 , te 0 , 50 l ) : i , l . "> 2 , 000 I Express .. -. KJO . OOO 70 (> , 95 U Morn . Advertiser 1 , 380 , 000 1 , 140 , 000 1 , 480 , 1 : 00 , 1 , 519 , 843 Globe 864 , 000 852 . 000 7 « 4 , OOO 5 * 5 , 000 Sun 791 , 000 1 . 0 U 8 . 500 1 , 101 , 000 813 , 500 True Sun 398 , 000 — — — 1 ' nii / T nnei ™ 1 1 O > 21 C - 000 9 , 734 . 025 lS . OM . fiOo ' 8 , 719 , 810 5 Time * . " . "" TV .. ) 3 , 065 O 0 f ) 8 , 100 , 000 8 , 9 r > 0 , OO 0 ll . ' JOOJWO i livening- Mail .. ] 318 , 000 525 , 000 5 . ' . 0 , 000 050 , 000 i 3 . 3 S 3 . 0 U 0 8 , 025 , 001 ) 9 , 480 , 000 12 . 550 . - . 00 Grand Total j 13 , « 29 . 000 18 , 379 , 025 22 , !) 33 ,. > U 0 21 , 2 ( i 9 , 840 Tho circulation of the daily press , exclusive of the Times , in 18 , 00 was less than in 18 , ' 57 by a million and a half ; while the circulation of the Times , which in 1837 was less than one quarter of the whole , id now more than one half . In this dark shadow there is one glearn of light . The Daily Neirs while it . sold at threepence had a circulation of three millions and a half , of which three millions were purchased by persons who never took—as is shown by the increase for that , year amounting to ; 5 , 3 () O , () 0 () —a daily paper before . Nor is the gap filled up which was caused by its rise in price . It is clear , therefore , that , tliere is no fair field for any increase in the number of iivepenny papers ; but that for papers at a lower price there is a Held open in . England as well aH in Belgium and America . Should the Htanip continue ten years longer , we may expect to lose all our morning papers but the Times and the Advertiser ; by taking ( iff tin ; stamp a field will he opened which will enable uh to have a daily preas dependent only on the public . If , then , you really love constitutional Government , recollect that the freedom of the . prem i . i essential to its preservation , and demand the repeal of the penny stamp and of nil taxes on knowledge .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS .

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      IIIIU'HS . On tin : 1 'Jt . I ) of October , at Woodlands , near Taunton , Um wife of the . Honourable Cliurlcs Napier , of a < 1 uijrhter . On tho 23 r « l , at Wcstovcr , Ul < : of Wight , the lady of the IIc > ni > iir . il < lf ! William A'Couit Holmes , of a won . On tin ; 24 th , at ( iiorfvenor-atreot , llu : lady of Dr . Lathnin , of a ( liiuxhicr . On tho Sltli , at , Malineit , in Hel ^ iinn , the wif it . ani-M :-jor of the ISoltjiaii Artillery , of a daughter . On tho 2 f ) th , at ChiirHtou-i ; ourt , tlm lady of John Yarde liulkr , liHcj ., of a daughter . On tht ; yiith , at l- 'ilzroy-sqiiim ? , the wife of Colonel George It . I ' einlx-i ton , Honourable Until India Company ' * Service :, of a foil On the 28 th , the lady of the Ueverend Dr . Mortimer , headinnelor of the City of London School , of a noil . MAURIAGKS . On tin : 10 th of October , : it I' . uiK , at tho Church of tin : Madeline-, a d aflci wardu at . the ltrilirth KiiiImkhv , ( lie Colour ! Count de f . iVpteuil , to Lady II orutia Cipel , sinter of the ICiiil of Kbhox . On tin : 21 hI ,, at Si . I ' ancr . iK Church , Klven Frederick Slew . irt , R . N ., to I . ctil ' ia , third daughter of Mark Pitt , Ksq . On the iMtli , at Kalconibe , Devontiliiro , Lieutenant-Colonel Strettoii , fortieth Rfv , 'ii « it ! iit , of l . eiitoii- |> iiory , Nol ( . iiif < hainKhire , to I lie Honourable Calliariiif : Adda de Coiucy , y <> ung- ( ibt daughter of the late , and ulster of the present , IUjj lit Honourable Lord KiiiHide , of Riiijp-one-lioiiHo , Devonshire . On the 251 . 11 , at . II > dfont , Middlesex , by bin brother , tin ) KtMcreiiil Alfred Hamilton , Alexander Hamilton , Kmi | ., of Inistiof'v , county K ilkeuiiy , to Kiiiina , fourth daughter of the Lord ( 'lilcf Duron . DKA TI 1 H . On the 21 nt of October , at Florence , Lady Maria llowiud , yoiini ;< -it daughter of the Mail . ui'l Oomiten : > of YVicldow . On tin ; 'J . - n ' d , Sir James \ V liullcy Siny the ( iardinrr , Uaronet . of Roehr-coiirt , 11 ( tuth . ii ^ od Hixty- ' iix . On the I' . 'tnl , at . her house , in (< roHVciH > r-m |< mrr , Kitthariuo l'ili / . ; ih < : t . h , CouutcHti Down ;;" ! of Moi niu ;; ton , in tin ; ninely-Hccoud year of her u ;; e . On the '' ' v <\ , at Scarborough , l ' llinond ( jeoi ^ o , llm infant lion of Mr . and l ,, uly Caroline Dtiueoinbe . On the _ 'llli , at 1111111 <><; 111 -mir Mer , uflrr a iihort . but H < : vero illncHM , Karah , the beloved mid airectioiiute wile of Xhoiilliu Itucklainl , of KiiHtoii-tiquuro , London , in tint fortieth fyonr of hor nire .

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      KOSSUTH and the WORKING MEN . Central Committee , 10 , Wellin gton-street , Strand THE ADDRESS from the WORKING Mpm of LONDON to LOUIS KOSSUTH will be pre * entt 1 ? Inm at COPENHAGEN HOUSE , on MONDAY next th , of November . xt > the 3 r d The Address will be carried up in procession . The bodies from the different parts of London , will moot n RUSSELL-SQUARE , to form the procession , at El FvVvo ' clock . v a « In the evening , the Committee will hold a banquet of th Friends of Hungary and European freedom at High . bu . rv hn Tavern . j-uaru Tickets , 2 s . 6 d . each , to be obtained from the members of ts Committee , and at their Office , 10 , Wellington-street Strand also at Highbury-barn Tavern . Dinner on Table at six o ' clock THORNTON HUNT , Chairman ' JOHN PETTIE , Secretary .

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      1038 K %$ 3 t ^ aU ^ t * [ Saturday , ' ¦ "' "¦ ' ¦ ¦ —^—— . ^^ -.

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      Saturday , November 1 . Yesterday the inhabitants of Marylebone met ia great strengh , in the Concert-room of the Princess ' s Theatre , and voted unanimously an address to Kos . suth . Lord Dudely Stuart , M . P ., presided ; Sir Benjamin Hall , M . P ., and Mr . William Williams , M . P ., together with the chief men of the borough , appeared on the platform . Lord Dudley Stuart has published the following letter in the Daily News and Morning Chronicle ;—

      " Sir , —Will you oblige me by acquainting the public , through your columns , that an association is in process of formation , for the purpose of giving a practical bent to the sympathies expressed in the cause of Hungary , by assisting Kossuth in making known the true condition and prospects of Hungary and Eastern Europe , and of conveying to those countries a knowledge of the state and progress of public opinion in the "West , by which their emancipation may be forwarded and achieved .

      • ' The names of the members of the committee , and the rules of the association , will be shortly published ; but in the meanwhile it is proposed to place at Kossuth ' s disposal the means of prosecuting the object which he has in view , by inviting those who were anxious to subscribe towards a personal testimonial ( which he declines ) to turn their contribution , large or small , into this channel . As temporary treasurer , I shall be happy to receive such contributions , together with communications from those disposed to join the proposed association , or to devote their exertions to forwarding its object . " Dudley Coutts Stuart . "

      Lord Dudley Stuart 19 an honest man , but he ia not the man to determine what any great political body shall do . Of course , there will be an organization to promote the cause of Hungary—we need not add the cause of Italy , the cause of the European Peoples—against the despots . Of course , that organization—and it is to be hoped that it will include leading men of all classes and parties—that organization will determine on laying down a course for itself , the objects of its own activity , and of the fund which it will be the means of collecting .

      There was also yesterday a meeting in Lambeth , and on Thursday at Nottingham . We have numerous and excellent addresses of welcome to Kossuth sent us for publication , which we regret to leave imprinted . Eut a weekly journal has limits ; and , honour to England , it can scarcely be said that there are any limits to Englk--h sympathy for Louis Kossuth .

      THE WORK ING-CLASH DKMO 3 N 8 TUAT 1 O . N " . Last night the Central Demonstration Committee nut again at 10 , Wellington-street , Strand , Mr . Thornton Hunt in the chair . A member of the committee stated that he had , at the nqueat of the Chairman , waited upon Kossuth that morning , to know whether he accepted tl « invitation of the committee to accept their address at a great public meeting on Monday next . Kossuth " . received him with great cordiality , expressing »>• sorrow at not having been able to give a definitive answer before , which , however , was owing . " >

      his not knowing whether tho Uirming ham banquet might not take place on Monday ; . a point , however , which he had now ascertained , and , therefore , he was in the hands of the committee , and would meet them « Monday . He placed himnelf in the hands of the coniini « f » and the people , hoping that they would deal with , "" honourably and fairly . He would go to the p luce appoint . for the presentation of the address as he thoug ht best , a ^ the room must he strictly private in which he would ' ; the addrt-HH , the committee and a few friends alone « J nrcnent . Jle would speak to the asm mbly from a win « nrcHcnt . lie would spcaii w me «» m ihwj ........ : ,, j then ¦'

      or balcony . The following reHolution was « * unanimouHly : — " That thiH committee p ledges ithei ^ nisi any attempt which might have a t < ndency u K jt Hfctional or party character to the demonstration ""^ hiiH been appointed to organize and conduct , . | ioU of public bodies , coinpriHiiig men of nil shade" oi i i in Kugliah politic . " Tlu- Police C « i . in . iHH . « mer » ' been communicated with , with the vu-w oi U ., r ^ c- « their attention to the line ol route »»> d d » » \ ° ' , ! ! vcn ce * nuon , which will form in ItuHM-ll-Ml """ - » J M () rC . o ' clock , on Monday , and proceed by K < 'VV \ •» l " 7 ^ . Ktrcet , Tottenhain-eou . t-i ond , the H «« m >« teud ro « A , K nlrvel C . » ml « -ii-lowii , and the Camdtn road , to Cop

      huH « 'i » -houK « . . , I ,. rv lJurii . A banquet will after wa . d « take place- at I « '""^' bi « KossiUh *> " » «»«• hvvn inviCiul to attend , in del * . rtn w cxprcBBfd wiuhes iu thnt respect .

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 1, 1851, page 1038, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1907/page/10/