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a C atholic , and is now preparing for a pilgrimage to Rome , to crave the Pope ' s absolution for her literary trespasses .
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QUEEN'S COLLEGE , CORK . A correspondent in Cork , sends the following note on the opening of the session 1851-52 . "If we were to judge by the numerous and highly respectable assemblage lately present at the opening of the third session of this useful Institution , we should be compelled to admit that the Queen ' s Colleges have lost none of their popularity by the machinations which have been directed against them . " Surrounded as the President was by the chief ecclesiastical and municipal dignitaries of the city , and supposted in the body of the hall by nearly 200 students and a large assembly of the inhabitants of Cork , the whole presented a scene not often witnessed in bygone years in this country .
, .,.. „„ . ___ " The proceedings were commenced at about one o ' clock by the President , who declared the names of those students who had obtained Scholarships at the recent examinations in Arts , Law , and Medicine . " He trren called upon each Professor in his turn to give the list of those students who , at the sessional examinations in June last , had obtained prizes and other honours , he then proceeded to call up the gentlemen who had obtained prizes , and to present to them the books which had been awarded to them . After distributing the premiums ,
the President proceeded to read an address , in which , after congratulating the assembly on the opening of another collegiate year , he proceeded to state that it had given great pleasure to himself and his colleagues to observe the general good tendency of the subjects of the books which the students themselves had selected for their prizes , in most instances the student having chosen some one of the subjects in which he would be engaged during the next year of his studies , and thus using the honours of one year as a step in obtaining distinction in
the next . " He next went on to lament the low ebb to which the standard of education had fallen in the secondary schools , before the establishment of the Queen's Colleges , and stated that this standard had already _ been raised by the requirements of the entrance course in the three Colleges ; but that much yet remained to be done before the middle classes could procure as good a school education for their sons , as is afforded to the children of the peasantry in the National Schools . He concluded by praising the students for the uniform good conduct which they had displayed during the past session , and hoped they would pursue the same good conduct in the session to come . "
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CHIME AND SUICIDE . On Saturday evening , at near ten o ' clock , Mr . Wood , of Logwood-mill , near Paris-gates , was alarmed by the shriek of a woman from the canal clo-e to his residence . Running to the spot , in company with another man , he pulled out of the water the joung woman whose shrieks had aroused him , and was assisted in doing so by a boy who was on the bank , cryiuir for help , before they came up . The woman declared that a man had pushed her into the water , though the boy , who was close by , said he had seen no man at all . She then swooned , and was convoyed to a house , where she was with difficulty recovered . Her name was ascertained to be Mary Hirst , the daughter of a man residing in New-bank , but . she
herself having for some time been residing and working at Bradford . In addition to her first statement of being pushed into the canal , she also , when recovering from a swoon , had addressed oik ; of the persons about her as " Mr . John , " s ;» ying he had meant to drown her , and had tried to do it once before . Her subsequent statements , which added to the mystery of this romantic case , were , that " Mr . John" to whom she referred , was a sweetheart , who had come with her from Bradford , anil had appointed to meet her again on the canal bank , and that she was walking along the bank , iu order to meet
him , and that just as she had got a little on the Halifax side of the lock , nearly opposite Logwood-mill , her lover came upon her wiih his face partially concealed , and shoved her into the canal , and then escaped . Although thi' lad we have above mentioned was with her at the time , he w ; is a little in advance of her , and although from the first he hud declared he had seen no man , the young woman ' s statement became entitled to grave consideration , owing to the opportunities which the locality afforded for such a deed . To add to the invaterioutmess of the case , a letter was delivered to the
father of the woman , residing at . Halifax , on the following morning , which letter , written professedly by liis daughter , seemed to threaten suicide . Yet it was obvionH , at a glance , that . it . had not been written by a woman , a circumstance which hi emed to imply a preconcerted attempt to puvu the way for a verdict of nelfdestruction . The inquiries of Mr . . Spiers , superintendent of police , have removed this nuspicion , as the young woman immediately told him that the letter had been written by « 'i man whom slur named , at . her dictation , and this proved to be true . The girl then made a full and guarded statement of her atory , the gist of which is Unit Khe left Bradford on Nimday , with a man named John
Feather , whom she ; had known . for some months . They went by previous agreement to Low Moor , whence they proceeded by 1 'ickle bridge to Halifax . John Featlni then left her to go to her father ' s , imd "he proceeded on the banks of the canal towards 1 ' urk nook , having got to accompany hor the boy William Nicholson , who ban been already mentioned , fcihe was to meet Feather again in an hour by appointment . She was about to part with the boy , and fiend him bi » ck , when her lover appeared suddenly , with hia face covered , and without upeaking , iieized and threw her into the canal . She described minutely the appear arioe of the alleged murderer , » nd aeemed very indignant at the supposition of her having
thrown herself into the water . Almost every point of this extraordinary story is invalidated by the testimony of other witnesses . A respectably attired young man , between twenty and twenty-five years of age , threw himself from Hungerfordbridge on Saturday . Great efforts were made to save him , but ineffectually , chiefly from his own determination to drown himself . . A young woman , named Sarah Turpin , who had been in service as a chambermaid , but lately residing at 5 , White Hart-court , Windmill street , Tottenham-courtroad , murdered her child , aged three months , on Saturdayand afterwards committed suicide . The child wan
, found by the landlady lying on its left side on the hearth rug , apparently asleep . She approached it with the intention of putting it to bed , and took hold of its hand , which she found was covered with blood . She screamed out , and some persons living next door came to her and were horrified at finding that the child was literally lying in a pool of blood , with its head nearly severed from its body . Nothing was heard of the mother until Monday morning , when the body of a woman , with her throat frightfully cut , discovered in the Serpentine at about half-past 6 in the morning , was identified as that of Sarah Turpin . It is supposed that the woman was unmarried and her age was about twenty-five .
About a fortnight ago a shocking suicide was committed at the Adelphi-hotel , in Liverpool , by an American gentleman named Barnes . He was engaged in the gun and cutlery trade in New York , and had come to this country to make purchases at Sheffield . He was attacked with illness in Liverpool , and on the night of Sunday last , during the temporary absence of a person who had been engaged to watch over him , he cut his throat with a razor . The body has been interred in the Liverpool necropolis , and his money and effects have been transmitted to New York .
W . Netterfield , aged twenty-one , shopman to Mr . Partridge , cheesemonger , Featherstone-street , St . Luke ' s , who had been in a very depressed state of mind for some time , last Friday morning was found suspended by a skipping rope attached to a staple in the ceiling of the cellar , and life was extinct . An inquest was held on Monday , and a verdict of Temporary Insanity returned .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Lord John Russell has granted £ 500 to Lieutenant Pim , from the Treasury , towards paying his expenses to Siberia in search of Sir John Franklin . The English squadron under Sir W . Parker was at Mahon ou the 3 rd , and expected to remain there some time . Mr . William Williams , M . P ., for Lambeth , met his constituents at the Horns Tavern , on Monday evening , and delivered a long defence of his conduct as their reprr sentanve . A resolution , expressing the satisfaction of the meeting with the Parliamentary conduct of Mr . Williams was unanimously adopted . It may be remarked that Mr . Williams explained his connection with the Sunday Trading JJill t > be simply that of" a barrister who holds a b ief and advocates a cause . Mr . Williams did not consider that he was acting other than " ministerially . " An attempt was made in the Court of Aldermen , on Tuesday , to pass a vole of thanks to the late Lord Mayor , Sir John Mu * jjrove , for his conduct during the Great Exhibition . Air . Alderman Wilson moved the resolution . For some moments a seconder could not be found , when Sir George Carroll performed the feat . Thereupon a . great debate arose , in which considerable enthusiasm was manifested , and the accusations current after the famous Visir to Paris were made for the fiist
time officially . The character of the debate was that of a strong objection to the practice adopted by the Lord Mayor , of doing what should be public acts in hia private capacity , as a kind of corporation in himself—a private Lord Mayor , in fact . Sir John Musgrove waa almost unanimously censured , and it was only by Mr . Alderman Thompson suggesting a compromise that any vote of tb , inks was carried . Ultimately they agreed to thank him for these extn niely equivocal qualifications , in a resolution , of " zeal , ability , and judgment . "
The Court of Common Council , on Thursday , passed a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor by the overwhelming majority of 118 to 8 Mr . de Jersey moved an amendment , censuring Sir John Musgrove for visiting the Versailles Waterworks on : i Sunday ! This drew forth a good deal of strong feeling and liberal sentiment . There were only seven Agnews beside Mr . de Jeraey , who could not get . a seconder . Under the bead of " Public Affairs " will be found iin anecodott- of a little sharp practice on the part of the Times in reference to special advertismenta . The Times does not confine its unfit irness to one party . An esteemed correspondent , sends us the following : —
"It may not be known to many persona that the London Unitarians have originated a Society , for the purpose of spreading information iespeeting their religious tenets throughout the metropolis . Their chief object in to deliver lectures explanatory of their peculiar viewN , at . the various Literary and Scientific Institutions . At piesmtthey are proceeding with a Course of six Lectures at ( . ho C ' adogan lnstit ution , Sloani-street , Chelsea , on Tuenday evenings ; and we . are positively assured by one of the body ( bat . the Times has refused to receive au
advertisement of the . Hint lecture , by the Jtev * rend Dr . Harrison -- 'The Doctrine of the Trinity unsupported alike by Reason and Revelation ' - —on the charge that it in immoral . What , next ? Will the Times refuse to advertise the Wlckliffe Club , or the Church Reform Society , because it . proposes to abandon the only foundation for the Trinity—the AlhanuHi . ui Creed ?" The . Royal Commission appointed to inquire iii reference to the diuforeatinur of liaiuault , opened ilsnittingB on Thursday , at Chigwell .
meeting of the Lincoln Town Council on Saturday the 15 th ittstant , £ B ^ idgard propossed the abolitio n of the church of St . Peter ' s at Arches' committee For somebody connected with that church , when he sent word for the bells to be rung when Mr . Willsoa a Catholic was elected mayor , wished them not to be runs This he thought was rather too bad , the corporation having contributed JE 3000 from their funds towards the church building . He should oppose any votes of the corporation having reference to that church . The committee was then abolished . The following verses were published in a local paper .
Pursuant to a requisition , the Mayo * of TwiTT convened a public meeting for the 24 th ^ to JonS A propriety of presenting a testimonial tL < $ nr& ?» Tax * m effectiD « the rePea * ° f the Window It is understood that the conference and meeting , the leading Keformers of Lancashire and YotK 5 S w now been fixed for Wednesday , December 3 Th l- ' of the gathering is "to consider Xt ip . llST taken w . th reference to the declaration of the P rim Minister , that , t is the intention of the Government introduce a measure of Reform in the next seaS * Parliament" The conference will comnSnd TV ? past eleven o ' elock in the morning , and in the evenin there will be a meeting in the Free ^ rade-haU ^ From Lincoln we have accounts of a characteristic w not unnatural exhibition of intolerance . Mr WU 1 « the newly elected mayor is a Catholic : aad on the d « v !! #
Mute wer&the bells of St . Peter ' s tower , As we snail long remember , When a Catholic Mayor was placed in the chair , On the morn of the tenth of November . But merrily , merrily , rang the bells , On the eve of the tenth of November , When the train arrived , and out of it dived , Our " worthy and gallant" Member . For the Rector was shocked at the Catholic ' s creed , And the terrible errors it teaches ; But was charmed with the life of the Colonel , so rife With the fruits of the doctrines he preaches . Since Sunday last the north-eastern portion of the coast has bees visited by one continued heavy snow storm . It commenced between two and three o ' clock iu the
morning . The wind blew violently from the north-west , and at some places the terror of the scene was increased by thunder and lightning . Among the disasters resulting from the storm was the total loss of a fine steam-ship called the Vesta , trading between Sunder land and Hamburg , the crew in the lifeboat being picked up by the Norfolk steamer . Along the line of Norfolk coast wind and fall of snow were heavy and severe . On Monday morning upwards of 600 wind bound vessels were
moored in Bridlington . Higher up the coast , even further northward than the Tyne , the snow fell heavily , and in the vicinity of Fraserburgh , the Edward , of Lynn , supposed to be from Lerwick for Glasgow , was totally wrecked , and every creature on board , it is believed , perished . The steamers which arrived in the Thames on Wednesday from the northward , speak of the heavy character of the snow storm . It , however , did not appear to extend further southward than the Norfolk coast , although , the wind was piercingly cold .
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The National , a democratic newspaper , published in Berlin , has been prohibited in the Austrian dominions . Letters from Trieste of the 7 th instant describe the premature severity of the winter . The communication with Vienna was interrupted . Snow had gathered in large masses between Trieste and Laibach . InCanntnia the rain in the valea and snow on the mountains had combined to fill the rivers and streams , so that bridges are everywhere carried off . , The continued rains—indeed , storms—have caused trie Tiber to rise considerably . The river has commenced to outstep its margin , and to enter the lower parts of ttie city . This unusual duration of the autumnal rains , H is to be feared , may create considerable damage ; ami a great part of the town may expect inundation , a noi
unusual occurrence at Rome . on »; nn Adelaide Swerte has just created a tenblc sensation in the quiet valley of Chamouni . Her lover , an ap 01 " ?" cary of the name of Carlh , had allowed her access ^ to ftw drug closet . In consequence of some deep w 8 ? *™?" ; treacherously dissembled , however , the damsel , Haling possessed herself of a quantity of f «> min atin »? . 1 "JJ ' introduced it into the lining of a neckcloth , witn ' ^^ folds falling over the breast , and presented it to t-a on his going out shooting . She had remarked that wiie in the enjoyment 6 f his pipe sparks had often fallen « u hi 8 shirt front . Not returning to the »> 8 ' ' ? , hi 8 was made in the mountains , where he was found wna horriblshattered i suaiiereu
ncek and skull y . . , , ncek ana sknii liorrioiy . . , , j iat Under date Washington , November 5 , it is slaw Mr . Webster had drawn up some important a « " » ' t declaring the policy of the United Suu . O . nmji , with regard to the right of search , which is inv ^ the pretensions of England and France to a rig interrupt American veuels on the " «|? ? ' **' , *" , £ that and search them to prevent hohtile expeditions from country to Cuba . < ,, » h « United It is also said that Austria hn » sent a note to . tnt States' Government , declaring that it wd < " > k " £ lh eern ami r < grct upon any special recognition oi by the American Government . _ . ¦ i- ' - — ¦ — ' . l . nuD
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A treaty for the siipprc «» ioii of literary pir « oy « „ actually eignod between Great Ur tain and 1 « " «< " ^ the I ' ariB correspondent of the / ' « tora ^/^ g ivon ; detaila respecting this important ^ f 1 ™^ * oi , ih hut I learn that ft w « h signedI on the 3 id oi ' t | lC at the Ministry of J ' orcign A . Iuub in t w «« y ' l || 0 Marquia of Normaaby on the imrt of hurt •»»< j b 1 i 0 Count Turgot on th « part of * nmc « S aad I » that the principal points of it are : —1 . An aboom
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1851, page 1108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1910/page/8/
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