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Summary Of News For September
^^\^ ; -- ; V : : i ' ; V : ; - A v ' JUDICIAL . " This being the centre of the long vacation , we have to record very little under this heading . The Old Bailey Sessions have been sitting , but there has not been tried any case calling for special notice ; On the 9 th > at the Liverpool Assizes , in the action Novello r . the Mayor of Wigan , the plaintiff obtained a verdict of # 10 , 000 , subject to a reference for a breach on thepart oftheDefendant , who was theemployer .
COMMERCIAL . On the 29 th of September the Grreat Northern Railway Company met , and after a noisy debate of several hours' duration , adjourned for an indefinite period . The whole meeting was what is called a scenes On the 18 th of September the Chester and Holyhead Company met . The report was rather favourable in its character . It was announced that , in consequence of other engagements , Sir Samuel M . Peto , Bart ., would retire from the direction .
MISCELLANEOUS . The principal events during the past month under this head have been the numerous meetings held throughout the country , for the purpose of establishing a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny . It would be tedious to enumerate them , hut the principal provincial towns have taken part in the movement . On the 28 th of August , John Blagg was executed in front of Chester Castle , for the murder of a gamekeeper whom he , while poaching , shot .
On the 29 th , Edward Hardman met the same fate at Lancaster Castle , for murdering his wife with small doses of tartar emetic . On the 3 rd of September , the Hon . Mr . Byng was elected without opposition , io . represent Middlesex * rendered vacant by the resignation of Lord Robert Grrosvenor , preparatory to his elevation to the peerage as Lord Ebury . On the 4 th , Mr . Russell was elected member for Tavistock in the room of the Hon . Mr . Byng , who resigned his seat for that borough for the honour of representing Middlesex .
On the 6 th , there was a fearful riot in Belfast , arising from sectarian differences , and provoked by open-air preaching . The military were called out , arid fired upon the mob , killing some , and wounding others . The government has appointed a commission to inquire into the causes of the outbreak ; in other words , ar £ diving to find at the bottom , that which lies floating upon the surfacer—religious rancour and bigotry ,
On the 9 th , the Evangelical Alliance , represented by clergymen of all the Protestant communities in Christendom , commenced their annual conference . This year their meeting , was under the especial patronage of the King of Prussia , and the conference was accordingly held at Berlin . His majesty was too unwell to attend in person ; but he received the whole body at a dejelXner at Potsdam .
On the 12 th , Capt . Rogers was executed at Kirkdale prison , Liverpool , for a murder committed on the high seas . The details of the execution are too disgusting in their mawkishness , as reported by the Liverpool press , to dwell upon . The miscreant , we are told , was , by fear of the gallows , metamorphosed into a saint .
On the 16 th the freedom of the City of Glasgow was conferred upon Dr . Livingstone , with a money testimonial of £ 2 , 000 . On the 25 th , Lord John Russell presided at Sheffield at the annual meeting of the friends of the ragged schools in that town .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the . 2 . 7 th , at the Ipswich races , a jockey , named Creorge Dee , was thrown from his horse and killed ; it was suspected that he had been " doctored , " to incapacitate him from riding . . ' On . the 28 ih , a fearful explosion of gas took place , on board the Lessmg of Rostock , in the River Tyne , by which eight persons were seriously injured , and
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Summary Of News For September
^^\^ ; -- ; V : : i ' ; V : ; - A v ' JUDICIAL . " This being the centre of the long vacation , we have to record very little under this heading . The Old Bailey Sessions have been sitting , but there has not been tried any case calling for special notice ; On the 9 th > at the Liverpool Assizes , in the action Novello r . the Mayor of Wigan , the plaintiff obtained a verdict of # 10 , 000 , subject to a reference for a breach on thepart oftheDefendant , who was theemployer .
COMMERCIAL . On the 29 th of September the Grreat Northern Railway Company met , and after a noisy debate of several hours' duration , adjourned for an indefinite period . The whole meeting was what is called a scenes On the 18 th of September the Chester and Holyhead Company met . The report was rather favourable in its character . It was announced that , in consequence of other engagements , Sir Samuel M . Peto , Bart ., would retire from the direction .
MISCELLANEOUS . The principal events during the past month under this head have been the numerous meetings held throughout the country , for the purpose of establishing a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny . It would be tedious to enumerate them , hut the principal provincial towns have taken part in the movement . On the 28 th of August , John Blagg was executed in front of Chester Castle , for the murder of a gamekeeper whom he , while poaching , shot .
On the 29 th , Edward Hardman met the same fate at Lancaster Castle , for murdering his wife with small doses of tartar emetic . On the 3 rd of September , the Hon . Mr . Byng was elected without opposition , io . represent Middlesex * rendered vacant by the resignation of Lord Robert Grrosvenor , preparatory to his elevation to the peerage as Lord Ebury . On the 4 th , Mr . Russell was elected member for Tavistock in the room of the Hon . Mr . Byng , who resigned his seat for that borough for the honour of representing Middlesex .
On the 6 th , there was a fearful riot in Belfast , arising from sectarian differences , and provoked by open-air preaching . The military were called out , arid fired upon the mob , killing some , and wounding others . The government has appointed a commission to inquire into the causes of the outbreak ; in other words , ar £ diving to find at the bottom , that which lies floating upon the surfacer—religious rancour and bigotry ,
On the 9 th , the Evangelical Alliance , represented by clergymen of all the Protestant communities in Christendom , commenced their annual conference . This year their meeting , was under the especial patronage of the King of Prussia , and the conference was accordingly held at Berlin . His majesty was too unwell to attend in person ; but he received the whole body at a dejelXner at Potsdam .
On the 12 th , Capt . Rogers was executed at Kirkdale prison , Liverpool , for a murder committed on the high seas . The details of the execution are too disgusting in their mawkishness , as reported by the Liverpool press , to dwell upon . The miscreant , we are told , was , by fear of the gallows , metamorphosed into a saint .
On the 16 th the freedom of the City of Glasgow was conferred upon Dr . Livingstone , with a money testimonial of £ 2 , 000 . On the 25 th , Lord John Russell presided at Sheffield at the annual meeting of the friends of the ragged schools in that town .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the . 2 . 7 th , at the Ipswich races , a jockey , named Creorge Dee , was thrown from his horse and killed ; it was suspected that he had been " doctored , " to incapacitate him from riding . . ' On . the 28 ih , a fearful explosion of gas took place , on board the Lessmg of Rostock , in the River Tyne , by which eight persons were seriously injured , and