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The Week
information which led to their apprehension Was telegraphed from Hull . A Vienna letter mentions a report that an army of 25 , 000 men is about to be concentrated on the frontiers of Bohemia .- — -Russia is at this moment the theatre of a perfect railway and steam navigation mania . ——The Bradford poisonings continue to excite the public indignation . On Monday , Hodgson , the chemist , who sold the poison , Goddard , his assistant , and Niel , the comntmaker , who made it into lozenges , were
brought before the magistrates . One third of each lozenge was poison . The prisoners were fully committed on the charge of manslaughter ; bail was accepted . On Saturday , three more deaths were added to the listy making the total amount twenty ; upwards of 200 persons are Imown to be suh $ this rascality . The only defence atte mpted to be made is , that the arsenic was given in mistake for the plaster of Paris ; the comfitmaker and druggist only intended to poison in a legal way , by dyspepsia—not by arsenic——A reward of
500 Z . has been offered by the gentlemen of Donegal , for the arrest and conviction of the assassins who attempted the m gentleman , it is hoped , will recover . Another victim has fallen under the murderous hre of the Ribbon conspiracy . Richard Ely , Esq *> was , ori Friday evening , fired at , near his residence , Ballaghmore Castle > in the Queers County , and so severely wbunded in the arm that amputation was deemed necessary ; death ensued after the operation .- ^ The meeting of the Railway Companies' Association was
held on Thursday , at the railway clearing house , Euston-square ; Mr . H . S . Thompson in the chair . Thirty-one directors , representing eighteen railway companies ; were present . It was resolved that reporters should be admitted to all subsequent meetings . The principal reason for the formation of the association was the unsatisfactory position of all railway property ; The committee profess to adopt as their motto ^ railway improvement , " not alone on the returns of railway capital , bmV likewise in the internal arrangements of the companies , upon which the safety and convenience of the public so mnch depends . A magisterial investigation
began at the Westminster Police Court , on Saturday , which may occupy a good deal of time . It is the case of the Saloon Omnibus Company of the metropolis against the General Omnibus Company , and involves the question whether one company is at liberty to put down the other , and thereby to secure a monopoly of transit , in the streets . of London . The Saloon Company charge the General Company with conspiring to ruin them ; first , by the " nursing ,, system with respect to omnibuses ; and , second , by slanderous reports and other unlawful behaviour . The evidence given on Saturday , against the General Omnibus Company , was certainly damaging to that company , but their reply to it has not yet been heard .
TO CORRESPONDENTS , D Bro . Whitmore ' s letter arrived too late foi ? our present number . * Several letters on Mark Masonry must stand over . J . D . —Past Wardens have not the privilege of attending Grand Lodge , of which they cease to be members with the expiry of their office , unless elected to the
Master ' s chair . M . — . We do not consider it politic for an English Mason to go to Scotland to take the Arch degree . Should lie do so , he will have to pay the same fees for registration in England as though he were exalted in an English Chapter . Bro . W . D . Rogers * communication has been received .
NOTICE
All communications for the Editor , to ensure insertion in the next week ' s number , should be forwarded to the office , 2 , Red Lion Court , Fleet Street , E . C ., not later than Saturday .
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The Week
information which led to their apprehension Was telegraphed from Hull . A Vienna letter mentions a report that an army of 25 , 000 men is about to be concentrated on the frontiers of Bohemia .- — -Russia is at this moment the theatre of a perfect railway and steam navigation mania . ——The Bradford poisonings continue to excite the public indignation . On Monday , Hodgson , the chemist , who sold the poison , Goddard , his assistant , and Niel , the comntmaker , who made it into lozenges , were
brought before the magistrates . One third of each lozenge was poison . The prisoners were fully committed on the charge of manslaughter ; bail was accepted . On Saturday , three more deaths were added to the listy making the total amount twenty ; upwards of 200 persons are Imown to be suh $ this rascality . The only defence atte mpted to be made is , that the arsenic was given in mistake for the plaster of Paris ; the comfitmaker and druggist only intended to poison in a legal way , by dyspepsia—not by arsenic——A reward of
500 Z . has been offered by the gentlemen of Donegal , for the arrest and conviction of the assassins who attempted the m gentleman , it is hoped , will recover . Another victim has fallen under the murderous hre of the Ribbon conspiracy . Richard Ely , Esq *> was , ori Friday evening , fired at , near his residence , Ballaghmore Castle > in the Queers County , and so severely wbunded in the arm that amputation was deemed necessary ; death ensued after the operation .- ^ The meeting of the Railway Companies' Association was
held on Thursday , at the railway clearing house , Euston-square ; Mr . H . S . Thompson in the chair . Thirty-one directors , representing eighteen railway companies ; were present . It was resolved that reporters should be admitted to all subsequent meetings . The principal reason for the formation of the association was the unsatisfactory position of all railway property ; The committee profess to adopt as their motto ^ railway improvement , " not alone on the returns of railway capital , bmV likewise in the internal arrangements of the companies , upon which the safety and convenience of the public so mnch depends . A magisterial investigation
began at the Westminster Police Court , on Saturday , which may occupy a good deal of time . It is the case of the Saloon Omnibus Company of the metropolis against the General Omnibus Company , and involves the question whether one company is at liberty to put down the other , and thereby to secure a monopoly of transit , in the streets . of London . The Saloon Company charge the General Company with conspiring to ruin them ; first , by the " nursing ,, system with respect to omnibuses ; and , second , by slanderous reports and other unlawful behaviour . The evidence given on Saturday , against the General Omnibus Company , was certainly damaging to that company , but their reply to it has not yet been heard .
TO CORRESPONDENTS , D Bro . Whitmore ' s letter arrived too late foi ? our present number . * Several letters on Mark Masonry must stand over . J . D . —Past Wardens have not the privilege of attending Grand Lodge , of which they cease to be members with the expiry of their office , unless elected to the
Master ' s chair . M . — . We do not consider it politic for an English Mason to go to Scotland to take the Arch degree . Should lie do so , he will have to pay the same fees for registration in England as though he were exalted in an English Chapter . Bro . W . D . Rogers * communication has been received .
NOTICE
All communications for the Editor , to ensure insertion in the next week ' s number , should be forwarded to the office , 2 , Red Lion Court , Fleet Street , E . C ., not later than Saturday .