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T Q-W 1ST T £ £ r- AT Ojffip LOfTOON .qORKESyoNDBNT.. r v I I Out readef%sffill-understand that toe dp not hold ourselves response for mir dfye Correspondents opinions. -i »-— THE Anxiety which those felt who s'sw the Princess of "V\ffles*&t "Lon don season, when her Royal Highness seemed quite wasted and worn by her continual and unusual presence at the varied entertainments held in her honour, is now dispelled by the gratifying announcement that, in March next, her Majesty may expect another grandchild. Sandringham is a wild and soli- tary place, where the Royal coHpler" Qatl ertj'o^ the retirement and the simple, jural: pleasures so grateful after the continuous excitement of their first London season. The Norfolk people show their good sense in avoiding everything like intrusion. The land is so poor that the rural popu- lation is thin, and the heaths, and marshes, and coverts abound with a greater variety of game than can be found in any other part of even black game is found at Sandringham. In default of a single subject of political I interest,, the great question of the overloaded traffic of our streets is being considered in a very prac- tical sense. Every year the population increases, and the streets do not grow any wider. The carriage traffic of the principal streets of the City of London has increased as nearly as possible by one third within the last thirteen years. Fortunately, the Corpo- ration has obtained powers of a very arbitrary and very useful kind for regulating this carriage traffic, otherwise a ride from the Strand to the Bank would soon have occupied a whole day. Timber carriages, vans of huge size, brewers' and coal merchants' drays are all to be restrained from travelling, loading, or unloading in the busy part of the day. We are no longer to be tormented by the sight of Fleet-street half barricaded by a van placed lengthways with its stern to the pavement. The police will use the same power to regulate the stream and pace of traffic. in all streets that they exercise so usefully on London-bridge. When the heavy railway vans which now go where and how they please, because zn the drivers know all lighter carriages must give way or be smashed, are brought into order, a great step will be gained but the omnibuses and cabs will long puzzle the authorities. It is pro- posed to commence by placing all the timekeepers under the direct control of the police—uniformed and badged like the new cab-stand attendant?. Then, omnibuses are no longer to be allowel to crawl or trot, according as they are full or empty, but to proceed at one steady pace, slackening at certain fixed stations. The cabs will. not bo so easily settled. The City solicitor writes that the stands in the City will only supply one half-hour's demand; therefore, unless cab- stands can be built in the air or sunk in the ground, it will be absolutely necessary to wink at cabs plying for hire along the streets I One. useful suggestion is that the cabs plying for hire shall hoist a flag or some other conspicuous signal. No doubt, in the course of twelve months we shall learn what arrangement can do in economising the crowded streets. But the great want is a new street, an embankment of the Thames, and a new free bridge. Parliamentary committees will be overwhelmed with schemes for metropolitan railways-a few good, the rest wild speculations of adventurous schemers. One rail- way, nearly complete, with a station in Liverpool- street, Bishopsgate, leading to the London and NortnWestern, will increase, not diminish, the cab traffic, although it may take something from Fenchurch-street. The line from Charing- cross to Cannon-street, which is to open about January, will relieve the Strand, but choke up King William-street. One great engineer has sug- gested a viaduct railway from Finsbury-station to Leicester-square, but I do not hear that he means to solidly back his project. The Metropolitan, or Underground, is rapidly pushing on to join the London, Chatham, and Dover at Blackfriars, and the new dead meat market under old Smithfield. The next step will be to Finsbury, and then the Great Northern will give the go-by to its more sluggish competitors. In the mean time the vacant wilderness—in slang phrase, the ruins—in Victoria-street, oppo- site the Metropolitan temporary station, has been turned to use by the fraternity of blacklegs and thieves who have been successively driven from St. Bride's-court and the corner of New Bridge-street. To watch the movements of this offshoot from Tattersall's, which may be done now at a distance, and quite safely, is really one of the most curious sights of London. Comparatively well-dressed men are centres of small and large mobs of the greasiest and seediest description. These centres lay the odds, receive cash down, and promiseto pay; and herespeculativegamblers, from a shilling upwards, may be accommodated. Artists and novelists may there study ruffianism and seediness in every stage of development. For a very opposite purpose visit Hyde-park, where, late as the season is, the beds of dahlias and geraniums, nearly a mile in length, are in such glory as I never before remember. Z. Z.
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OUTLINES OF THE WEEK. t- THE intelligence received from New York is of considerable importance. The long expected movement of Lee has taken place. On the 8th of October his whole army crossed the Rapidan, and moved on Madison Court-house, with a view, ap- parently, of turning General Meade's right. Meade appears to have found himself enable to contend with the force brought against him, and after retreating to Culpepper, fell back to the north bank of the Rappahannock. They were closely Dressed by the Confederates, who, on the 14th, made an attack on their rear-guard, in which, according to General Meade, they were repulsed with considerable loss. On the evening of that day Lee attempted to take up a position near Fairfax Court-house, so as to cut off any direct communication of the Federals with Washington; in this the Confederates ■ also failed, and General Hill moved ro;in>l in'the direction of Leesburg, and -here irrH> arime&ywere gm^ronting eaefe o|h<p when the list i&WlJjfence^rri&l, and pro- bably, ere ijkis^&ndAer §§ood|| bat|j| has been fought; T'^e po itio^gfi^en^al I|»ecrans, in 'ienliessfee, i* evefotijky Mcon||ig njfre critical, j The Confederates;wi^n tl| las^ccolhts an i\ od, WBte-T!bn:cen^taffcfn^ artflfegyTTO Ridge shell Chattanooga,^and had partially succeeded iii cutting off the Federal ecr.imjinic|tioinvith General Burnside. Thus the fhi*i result^ of vrur can neither, be anticipated ppe promote*. ,The Con- federates, on their part, are sanguine of success, whilst the Federals report that the enemy are every day becoming weaker, and their power will qoon cease altogether1, f"fic/ff..t York has J risen to fiOpeI" cent. ■-premium, which does Act,; augur well for the confidence of the people. DISPATCHES have been received during the week at the Foreign-office, announcing, the destruction of Kagosima, in Japan, by the British fleet under Admiral Kuper. It appears that the negotiations for an amicable settlement of our differences having failed, the admiral determined to enforce reparation, and ordered the fleet to prepare for action. The Japanese did not wait for our attack, but opened fire. The ships replied by bombarding the town, and by dusk of the: same day three of the forts were silenced, the palace, factories, and arsenal, with three steamers belonging to Prince Satsuma, were destroyed, and the whole town was a mass of ruins and* in flames. On the following day the fleet stood out, engaging the whole of the batteries, which are said to have been well served. The loss on our side was eleven killed and thirty- nine wounded, Captain Gosling and Commander Wilmott, of the Euryalus, being among the killed, Now the cause of all this was the: murdering of British subjects by the adherents of a Prince of one of the provinces. The anomaly appears to be that we are on good terms .with the Tycoon, or temporal head of the empire, and at war with one of his nobles, who committed the. outrage referred to. It will be remembered that the terms the English Consulate demanded as compensation was ■ £ 100,000 by way of fine, and that, the ringleaders in the affair should be given up and punished with death the fine was paid, by order of the Tycoon, but we still adhered to the claim that a certain number who had taken part in the affair should be sacrificed to our wrath.. Thus the hostilities we have recorded became unavoidable, because, however much the ruling powers of Japan may agree to any measure, the Daimios, or independent Princes refuse to ratify their acts, and maintain their right to supreme authority in their own provinces. RUSSIAN cruelties still continue throughout Po- land, and intelligence from Warsaw states that the representative of the Czar, General Berg, has ordered that no passport for abroad shall hence- forth be delivered. There appears to be a deter- mination to Russianise the people, not by persua- sion or moral force, but by cruelties that are a disgrace to: the civilised age we live in. Forty members of the municipality of Warsaw have been arrested; and a secret printing establishment of the National Government has been discovered, and it is feared that the punishment far their patriotism.will add to the other ..cruelties o £ the great despot of the North. Notwithstanding, II however, all the troubles and dangers the Poles have to endure, new bands of insurgents are; appearing in all parts of the country. THE Rev. H. Ward Beecher was entertained at a. breakfast at Manchester by a number of the members of the Union and Emancipation. Society. In responding to the wishes expressed by the assembly for the success of his cause, Mr. Beecher made. an eloquent; and able speech, and the rev. gentleman was enthusiastically received. It is, z, however; considered by many that perhaps Mr. Beeeher's zeal occasionally carries him beyond the principles that gentlemen, of his profession are expected to entertain; there are many who do not like his wild cry for ,vengeance, and his imputing every vice to the- Southern, people. That this is one of the most gigantic wars the world has ever seen, cannot be denied, and Mr. Beecher elevates it by his belief that it is a war of principle On the side of the North. But that part of his speech which we regard with peculiar satisfaction is his declaration that he will take back to the American people an assurance of the exact feeling which ani- mates-this country. The most eloquent of living Americans (Mr. Beecher) may do much to remove the asperities which have, unhappily been excited against ourselves among his friends in theN orth; and, when once the real trutn. is known, the benefits to both peoples will neither be light nor ephemeral. This meeting was intended as a fare- well to him before leaving our shores, and who will not echo Mr. Beecher's closing prayer?' "If we are one in, civilisation, one in religion, one substantially in faith, let us be one in national policy, one in every enterprise for the furtherance of the Gospel, and for the- happiness of mankind." Before the last farewells were said to the honoured guest at Manchester cheers were given for the Queen, for Mrs. Lincoln, for Mrs. Beecher Stowe, and for the final prosperity of the United States. SINCE the deplorable state of the dwellings of the poor have become known by means of the press, the country appears to be up in arms to remedy i. this sad state of affairs, and many philanthropic men have come forward for that purpose. A new building has been erected in the suburbs of London called Hoxton-hall, and nomore'ntting subject could have been introduced to inaugurate the opening than that carried out by the proprietor last week— the consideration of the homes of the people. It was here shown that not only in London, where fearful disclosures concerning these dwellings have been recorded, but in every part ot .the country, in towns, villages, and hamlets, the: poor are wretchedly housed; and it was contended that this has in a great measure caused many of the -evils of the age. It was suggested that houses could i be built with good ventilation, good drainage, and adapted to the healthy condition of the people at as cheao a rate as that -for, miserable dwellings. Mr. Mortimer, exhibited models and illustrations that were highly applauded by the audience, and he assured them that'his plans had only to be carried out to raise the mass of the people to a higher-position. TEE United Xiagdon Alliance held their annual meeting at Manchester, the other day in the Free Trade-hall with eminent success' as' 'far as an extremely crowded meeting might be taken as- a test. The Manchester w-as in the chair, and the speakers imdhided the most promineffifc temperance reformers in the kingdom. The council breakfasted together UE. the morning, and the con- ference was afterwards held in the assembly-room of the hall, Sir Walter Trevelyan officiating as chairman. .GREAT-surprise- hag been expressed at Mr. Cobden proposing, -at a public dinner in the metropolis, Tho Army, Xavyf, and Volunteers. It came, however, in the ordinary routine of toasts, and the learned 'gentlem-sLn did not' think it worth,, while to discuss the question of the support of a regular army. There are 'some- portions of his -speoch ^srhieh. --eisu?- eonteB^eraries-hawe omitted r I b | th. £$ are^orth recording. Mr. ,Cohø-en said,that he considered that future wars would have to be determined by science rig" well as courage, and therefore he maintained that we should have at our command the best resources of our mechanical and chemical genius; and one of the surest methods of gaining this end would be to dispense with all our Government factories. He contended that Govern- ment could do nothing as efficiently as private enterprise; and, therefore, he would have her Majesty's advisers to.do as little as possible. "Our Government," he said, "will persist in building ships and making cannon, while Mr. Laird and Mr. Whitworth can surpass any of their productions, and do their work at a cheaper rate." I
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CAPTURE OF AN ATROCIOUS AND DIS- GUSTING YOUNG CRIMINALv On Saturday, at the Wigan Police-office,William Metchinson, a powerfully built lad of sixteen, was: taken before Mr. J. Meek, charged with no less than three diabolical outrages, and attempted out- rages, upon females. From the statement made to the magistrate, it appeared that on the previous Monday a Mrs. Cunliffe, the wife of a farmer, re- siding in the borough of Wigan, was- passing through the Haigh plantations when she was followed by the prisoner, who attempted to assault her,, but she escaped from him, and took refuge in a house a short distance away.: On the day following, a young woman of twenty-five, named M'Whinney, was passing the fish-pond in the plantation when the prisoner approached her, and throwing her on the ground, attempted to violate her. She struggled with him some time, and at length succeeded .in. extricating herself from his clutches. Information of these attacks having been given to the police, they were, of course, on the look-out, but nothing was seen of the prisoner till Friday, when a person answer- ing his description was noticed by a son of Mrs. Cunliffe, and followed into Wigan, and there ap- prehended by a police-constable. He was taken to the station and there identified by the women. Whilst this was going on in the office another woman appeared to prefer a more serious charge- one of rape—which had been committed only a short time previously, also in the, Haigh-park, and on being placed before several young men, among whom was Metchinson, she at once identified him as the offender. The name of the complainant was Costellow. She resided at Gathurst, and was aged about twenty. She stated that, hearing a gentle- man in Haigh wanted a servant, she was proceed- ing to his house through the park, when she saw Metchinson, and asked him the way. He proffered to show her, but, instead of taking her to the place, he led her to a deserted part of the plantations, and thereendeavouredtoviolateher. She struggled some time, and screamed for help, when the young.mis- creant, drawing aknifefrom hispocketthreatenedto istab her, and then, whilst fearful of murder, and ex- hausted with her struggles, he effected his pur- pose.. Afterwards he searched the pockets of his victinl, and robbed her of sixpence in copper-all the money she possessed. The spot where this occurred was pointed out to the police, and it was found to be near a group of almshouses, the in- mates of which, it was learned on inquiry, had heard the screams of the complainant. Having, also heard of the previous assault, the old people were in great terror until they knew the young criminal was in custody. As the offences were committed in Haigh the prisoner was handed over to the county police. We learn that he has only just left gaol, where he has been imprisoned for a similar crime.
: SUPPOSED MURDER AT OLD FORD.
SUPPOSED MURDER AT OLD FORD. The neighbourhood of Old Ford has been thrown into a state of great excitement by a, rumour that' the body of a strangled woman had been discovered in the waters of the Sir George Duckett's Canal, Old Ford-road. About seven o'clock on Sunday morning a labourer named Cook, residing at No. 2, John-street, Bethnal- green, was walking on the banks of the canal when he observed the body of a woman, apparently about thirty years of age, floating on the water. He in- formed Police-constable 183 K, and, assistance having been obtained, the body was brought on shore by means of a hitcher, and was taken to the Cricketer's Tavern, in the Old Ford-road. The police sent for Mr. Davis, who made an examination of the body. The young woman was dressed in a black shawl,, a lilac dress, crape bonnet, and a pair of black leather boots. In her, ears were found a pair of small gold earrings. Round the neck was found tied a small cord or a piece of thick twine. The force used in tying this cord was so great that the flesh of the neck itself had swelled up to such a degree as almost to conceal the cord from view. On the left side of the face was the mark of a severe wound. The nose was injured, and the appear- ance of the whole left side of the face seemed to show that a dreadful blow had been dealt on that parP before the cord was thrown round the neck. The body has the appearance of having been several days in the water. It is understood to be the opinion; of the medical gentleman that the unfortunate deceased must have<met with foul play, as it. would have been im- posible for her to have inflicted the injuries on the left side of her head with her left hand. In the pocket of the deceased was found a bottle containing a white I liquid. A portion of a label was also discovered in the same place, and on it was the following, The lotion to be applied frequently. Chemist, Brook-street, Rat- cliff." No money was found on her. The police are making every effort to discover who the deceased is, and how she came by her untimely end. ♦ J
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Divorce Court.-It is rumoured in the region of the Divorce Court that the new judge will soon hate to deal with a case more extraordinary than any which occupied the time of his predecessor. We only: notice the rumour, abstaining from giving the details which have reached us. It is said that the wife of a clergy- man is the respondent, and that the co-respondent is so eminent in position, and has been so long and so much before the public, that the interest likely to be excited by the case will equal if it do not exceed that created some years ago by a celebrated trial in which Lord Melbourne appeared as defendant. Death of Sir John Spencer Login—This gentleman, who passed many years of his life in medical.and political employ in India and Persia, died suddenly on Sunday last, at Felixstowe, in Suffolk, at the age of fifty-four. On the annexation of the Pun- jaub to the British dominions he became guardian and superintendent of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. He was knighted in ,1854, and retired from the Bengal service in 1858. In 1842 he married the youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Campbell, of Kinloch, Perthshire. The Patent Ozonized Cod Liver Oil conveys arti- ficially to the lungs of the delicate and consumptive, ozone, the vital principle in oxygen, without the effect of inhalation, and has the wonderful effect of reducing the pulse to its proper standard, while it strengthens and invigorates the system- ilestoring the consumptive to health, unless in the last stage. The' highest medieal authorities pronounce it the nearest approach to a specific for that most dreaded of all maladies yet discovered— in fact, it will restore to health when ail other remedies fail. See Lancet, March 9, 1361. SoM .by all chemists, in 2s. Cd., 4s. 9d.' and 9s. bottles.
EXTRAORDINARY OgSE^TAMPEMlXQ…
EXTRAORDINARY OgSE^TAMPEMlXQ "friTH A RESIIS^ER ?N 1B04. i At fhe Ashbourne (Derbyshire) Petty Sessions on Saturday last, befoie Sir William Fitzhiibf-i't, Bart., Fon. E. W. E/iCoke, Mr? F. Weight, and other magistrates, a most extraordinary dharge was preferred against Mr- Jaiher' Clifford, Of Shsrdlow, for that he "the said J ames Clifford, of Broughton-house, Shardlow, in the county of Derby, gentleman, in and about the year 1804, at the parish' chWr$fcf: t>f Loftgford^ I 'did feloni- .9 ously steal, take, and carry away one leaf from the parish register of, the parish of Eongforcl, Derby- shire, containing thereon the entry of the baptism of William, son of Mary Tatlow, of Bentley, dated §th N-oyember, 1727, the good^ and chattels of the then incumbent and churchwardens of the said parish of Longford,, against the peace of the late King George III., his crown, and dignity." Mr. Clifford is a gentleman of independent means, having, along with others, become possessed of a large fortune, amounting to = £ 40,000. The case, from its extraordinary nature, excited great interest. Mr. Quarles, solicitor, Nottingham, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Bristowe, barrister, Mid- land circuit, instructed by Mr. Whiston, solicitor, Derby, for the defence. Mr. Clifford sat beside his solicitor in court. Mr. Quarles addressed the bench at considerable length, and called the following important evi- dence:- James Lipscomb, parish clerk of Longford, said: I produce the register-book of births, deaths, and baptisms for the parish of Longford the entries in it are frOm 1538 "to, l;8l2. There is a leaf ex- tracted, containing a register of baptisms from 1-724 to 1729. — Mr. Quarles here put in a duplicate copy of the Longford registry, obtained from the court at Lichfield. In it was the entry of the baptism of William, son of Mary Tatlow, on the 8th of Nov., 1727. When the Archdeacon of Derby made his visitation duplicates of all registers were handed to him, and thus they were enabled to obtain a copy of the original that was stolen from Long- ford church. William Ewart,. of Derby, out of business; said: I knew the late Mr. Thomas Sutton, of Shardlow, and have seen him write his name. The certificate produced is in the handwriting of Thomas Sutton. 'I saw him sign it. I was the attesting witness. I lodged with him at the time. The certificate was as fbllows "I hereby certify that James Clifford, at the request of my brother, James Sutton, of Shardlow, Derbyshire, did, about or in the year iSOo, search the registry of Longford, Derbyshire,, for the baptism of my late uncle, William Tatlow, which he found there duly registered, and in my presence abstracted the leaf containing the same from the book. After obtaining this document, he, in com- pany with the late James Minton,. of Shardlow, conveyed it to my late brother in London, making .claim for the parties, interested Jothe. property left unto them by William. Tatlow, Witness my hand, this 19th day of August, 1837. THOS. SUTTON. "Witness of the signature of'Thos. Sutton, William Ewart." John Brassing ton said In 1816 I was eighteen years of age. I knew Elizabeth Swindell; she was daughter of Thomas, and Mary Swindell. In 1816, I accompanied Elizabeth Swindell to Mrs., Sutton's, Broughtoii-housc, Shardlow. We were shown into the hall; there was a mail coach at the door; Clifford and Mrs. Sutton were there; ,X said. to Clifford, "Are you Mr. Clifford?" Tle, replied, "I am." I said, You are the man that went to Longford Church to obtain the register of WilJja^T^atloJv^which register ycra- andMr. Minton took to London next day, in order that Mr. Sxitton might prove his relationship." • My remark caused great consternation to Mr. Clifford, and he sank down in a chair, and Mrs. Sutton was .so alarmed. that she did not speak for a minute or two. Corroborative evidence having been given, M*. Bristowe made an able defence to the Bench. Mr. Wright said It is my duty, as chairman of the bench, to give our decision, and, in the first place, I must say that it has been very painful to us to hear the case, involving as it does so much on both sides. We feel, however, that the evidence has been straightforward, and that there has been no attempt to upset it, and although it was a long time ao-o we cannot help feeling that a leaf was extracted from the Longford register, and from the evidence before, us Mr.. Clifford is the person who extracted it, and we commit him for trial for that offence. We will take bail—Mr. Clifford in £ 500, ■ and two at .£250 each. The decision caused the greatest excitement in court, Mr. Clifford and his solicitor being quite taken aback at the decision. The bail was entered into, and the witnesses bonndovertoprosecute.
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION THROUGH…
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION THROUGH EUROPE (NORTH AND SOUTH). An important railway project, supported by some of the most influential commercial men of the City of London, is about to be brought before the notice .of the public, the object of which is to shorten by several days the overland route to India. The proposal is to construct a line to connect the northern and southern communications of France, Switzerland, and Italy, and so effect a through unbroken route to Otranto, and thus give a sea passage of 900 miles to Alexandria, against 1,725 miles, which is the distance from Mar- seilles. The works are to be constructed from Chiasso, in Switzerland, near the Italian frontier, to Biasca, and extend thence to Lucerne by the St. Gothard pass across the Alps on to Choire by the pass of the Luck- mainer. It is stated that the company who are about to undertake this important work has obtained the concession from Canton Tessin, and its ratification from the Federal Government, on very advantageous terms. It will be recollected that the whole of the railways uniting France, Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Icussia, North and South Germany, &b., terminate in the South at two points in Switzerland—at Lucerne and at Choire. In Southern Europe another vast net- work of railways spreads throughout Italy, but breaks off in the north at Como (near Biàsca)" and on to the Lake of Maggiore. Between the two great systems stand the Swiss Alps, nearly in the centre of Europe, and have hitherto prevented their conjunction.. This country has been surveyed by many competent engineers, and several passes have been declared to be perfectly practicable for a railway. The concession is f or. ninety-nine yeaM, and the total estimated capital, £4,000,000. It is perfectly unnecessary to point out the enormous local and national benefit which would now from the construction of such a line. •'
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The origin of whist (says a Parisian journal)- foes' hot go further back than eighty years. Lord' /yndhurst, born in 1782, was one of the most devoted adepts of this game. It is to him that is owing that manner of playing, namely, when a person holds a single card of a suite that he at once plays it out, and which is known by the name. pf Singleton." This name is derived.from its inventor, Sir John Singleton Copley. Borwick's Baking Powder is used by thousands 6f famines for raising bread, With half the trouble -and in quarter the time reauired with yeast, and for rendering puddings and pastry light, and' Wholesome. Dr. Ilassall remarks, "The,in- gredfehts of -which it is composed are pure and pood, and none of them are in the }'east' degree injurious." The Queen s private baker- says, It is a most useful invention." Captain Allen Young, of; the Arctic yacht Fox, states, that ."It keeps well and answers admirably." E. Jialnilton, Esq., M.D., i.a.A., observes, that "It is much better fer raising bread than yeast, and much B>crewholesome." r: • Fearful loss of life in England takes place simply through the people being ignorant of the fact that there is a medicine in existence that will cure them. Therefore it is out bounden duty to inform. them that PAGE, WOODCOCK'S WINS Pilots are the beat and safest medicine for wind in the stomach ndigesiion, debility, nervousness, biliousness, &c. Of all medicine vendors, at Is. lid., or free for fourteen stamps from Pape W,od,w,k, Chemist. Lincoln
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. >\ &MEEICA '■ HEWtbET V* 13: General Letfs whole armybtossed* the Bagi&ui oir the 8th inst., movmg to turn General Meade's right. The Confederates hold all gaps in the- Bull Run Mountain. A sharp engagement occurred on the 10th instant- between a Federal reconnoitring party and Stuart's. cavalry, near Robertson's River, resulting in a defeat, of the Federals, who were pushed back to Culpepper.. General Meade has since then abandoned Culpepper,, and fallen back to the north bank of the Rappa- hannock.. „ AVoshing-ton iispatehes asser-t that a combined land and naval attack against Charleston will shortly take' place. Chattanooga advices to the 7th instant report the; Confederates to be concentrating artillery on Mission. Ridge, and to be sending a large cavalry force to harass Rosecrans's rear.. General Burnside has been successfully skirmishing on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The repulse of the Federals above Port Hudson is confirmed. They lost 480 prisoners. General Dana has since advanced against the Confederates, who re- treated. A very sharp correspondence has passed between the British Consul of Savannah and the Governor of Georgia respecting the enlistment of British subjects. At a citizens' banquet given to the Russians last. night at Astor-house, the Russian admiral accepted an, invitation to Baltimore. Admirals Milne and Renan, with the officers of the English and French fleets, have visited the public in- stitutions of New York. The absence of the Russian admiral and officers, who were invited, was a subject, of much remark. NEW YORK, OCT. 15. The retreat of General Meade's main army to the Rappahannock was conducted in good order, with lit e less. General Buford's and Xilpatrick's cavalry, which co ered the rear, had several severe engagements with the enemy, experiencing cansiderable losses in officers and men. Gregg's cavalry was surrounded while reconnoitering, and lost 500 men. Advices from Charleston to the 11th state that the preparations for attack are completed. A vessel carrying a torpedo had struck the Ironside's amidships. The explosion caused a severe shock, breaking the bulkheads. Official dispatches say she is not materially injured. The torpedo vessel was sunk and her captain captured, He asserts that the Ironsides was driven* under, so that the water ran into her smoke-stack. Three monitors have been injured by the Confederate- batteries, and are repairing at Hilton Head. Mr. Curtin, the republican candidatej has been elected Governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vallandigham has been defeated in. the Ohio- election by a large majority. I NEW YORK, OCT. 16. General Meade officially reports that on the 14th the enemy attacked his rear-guard, consisting of the second corps, whilst menacing him on the flank. After a spirited contest the enemy was repulsed," Josinga battery, five guns, two colours, and 450 prisoners. Upon the evening of the 14th, Lee attempted to flank Meade by way of Chantilly, and get in his rear through Fairfax Court-house, tree's attempt was frustrated by Meade falling back to. Fairfax. The objects of Lee's advance, and the reason for Meade's refusal to accept battle, form the subjects of much conjecture. Charleston harbdur- -is reported to be effectually closed against the entrance of the ironclads. F
; BROTHER, IGNATIUS AT IPSWICH.
BROTHER, IGNATIUS AT IPSWICH. Brother Ignatius, who had/left Claydon and gone t0* tthe Highlands, has again'appeared this week at Ips wich, where he has delivered a; lecture on Monks and Monasteries." He began and concluded his lecture with prayer and chanting, in which ho was assisted by jsix boys and three monks. He argued that monasteries should be restored, first, oil scriptural grounds j. secondly, on ecclesiastical grounds thirdly, on prac- tical ground's; and lastly, on political grounds. His address extenjied over two hours, and, notwithstanding some interruptions, was listened to with attention. Monks- WOuld-alone-enabla the Church of England to reach the poor. How, for instance, could one priest in London, with- three curates, reach 30,000 peo- ple ? Only by men bound by solemn oaths to God could the masses be reached and he referred to places- on the Continent where six sermons per diem had been given in the same churches during Lent, by the assistance of monks, and with eminent success. The restoration of monks would save thenation enormous expenses connected with the superintendence of workhouses, hospitals, reformatories, and mad- houses poor-rates, too, might be done away with, as all charity might flow through the hand of Christian love. He did not deny that there had been bad monks and bad nuns, but was that a valid reason for sweeping away 30,000 monks from England? Because all the 28,000 clergymen now in England might not be moral men, should the whole body be therefore swept away ? He could account for abuses, one explanation being that parents; sometimes forced sons to be monks when, they were unwilling or unfit-without a consideration of the system. Recently the brothers of the English. Order of St. Benedict had tried in their poor way to do something. They began with no help, except from the rector of Claydon, who, in spite of slander, took up their cause. He had shared in their sufferings, and'he hoped he would share their reward. He (Brother Ignatius) stood before the meeting a beggar, having renounced everything from his family and every- thing from his profession in the Church. He was most grateful to his parishioners of Claydon, who had sub- scribed from X26 to X30 a year to the brothers. It was more than they could afford; but they knew that the brothers were penniless and dogirous of preaching to the poor, who once had the Gospel preached to them, but not now. It was proposed now to raise X300 in order to enable the brethren to take a house of their own in that neighbourhood. Promises of nearly X40 had been received, but < £ 300 must be obtained by Christmas. His relatives had advised him to go else- where on account of the persecution to which he was subjected, but while the poor clung to him he would cling to them. Invitations to go elsewhere were ac- companied by hints that he would not be interfered with,, but he would not leave the diocess, although this week he had been pelted with every kind of refuse in the streets of Claydon by people whom he had never injured.
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A farmer, named Kelly, was found on Saturday morning, near Derrinvoohill, midway between Bor- risokane and Portumna, lying dead in a pool of blood in a gripe off the road, where he had been evidently dragged, with his skull battered in by stones. Serious Charge-against a Tradesman.-At the Brentford Petty Sessions, William Peat Harris, who carries on a large tailoring establishment at Brentford, was brought up for re-examination on a charge of stealing a £50 Bank of England note, the money of William. Abraham. Mr. Haynes appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ribton, barrister, for the defendant. The prosecutor lociged in the defendant's house. A £ 50 note was, takeh from his wardrobe and paid into the Bank of England, the person presenting it receiving in change 45 sovereigns and a £ 5 note. The latter was put in the place of the < £ 50 note, and other circumstances of suspicion arose which led to the defendant being taken into custody on the charge. William Thomas Wyburg, clerk in the issue depart- lhent of the Bank of England, said on the. 26th of September he changed the < £ 50 note' produces?, and it had the name of Jones, Staines," upon it. He gave < £ 45 and a, ticket for a, Y,5 note in exchange for it; as he was in the gold department, and had nothing to do with notes.. He had come down to Brentford, and had seen the defendant, with and without his hat, and had made a communication to Palmer, the detec- tive police-officer j Frederick. Pearson, ,another clerk in the issue department of the Bank of England, said he received a ticket for a e5 note from the last witness, and he paid the £ 5 note produced. The magistrates, having considered this evidence, together with that adduced at the former examination, said they felt it to be their duty to commit the prisoner for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. They were willing to accept bail, the prisoner in X200 and two sureties in £100 each. Duty off Tea.-Full benefit obtained- by purchasing Eorni- man's Tea, in Packets: very choice, 3s. 4d. & 48. "High Stam ard 4s. 4a. (forinerly 4s. Sd.) is the best imported. 2,280 Agent