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Summary Of News Foe November

, _ 0 n the 12 th the inquiry into the Bryn Malley Colliery accident terminated by the jury returning a verdict of Accidental Death . On the 13 th a large portion of the Metropolitan District Schools was burned down , at Sutton . The children , upwards of 500 in number , narrowly escaped perishing in the conflagration . Garotte robberies have been general in the Metropolis .

L E G A L . Michaelmas term commenced on the 3 rd with two vacancies on the judicial bench , —one occasioned by the death of Sir John Jervis , and the other by the resignation of Baron Piatt . On the 7 th Mr . Watson , Q . C ., was sworn in a Baron of the Court of Exchequer , in room of the last-named ju ( % e ; and on the 22 nd Sir Alexander Cockburn , lately Attorney-General , took his seat as Chief Justice of the Court of Common

Pleas . —On the 20 th the Court of Queen s Bench , in consideration of his good behaviour , replaced on the rolls the name of Richard Sill , who was struck off them for having attempted to compromise , for a money consideration , the prosecution of the celebrated Brighton card-cheating case . On the same day the Court granted a rule nisi , at the suit of Cornet Ames , for a criminal prosecution against Lord Ernest Vane , for an insulting assault . On the 21 st Lord Lucan obtained a rule calling on the proprietors of the Laily Neivs to show cause against a prosecution for libel , arising out of the comments of that journal upon the Chelsea inquiry .

COMMERCIAL . On the 27 th of October the Great India Peninsula Company held their annual meeting , when it was stated that all the surveys were satisfactory , and that upwards of thirty thousand men were employed in the construction of the line , there being no deficiency of native labour . At a meeting of the Surrey Gardens Company , held on the 29 th , it was resolved to pay a dividend of five per cent , for the half-year on the paid-up shares .

On the 31 st the Great Central Gas Company met and agreed to a dividend of eight per cent . On the 3 rd of November the Whitehaven Junction Company met and agreed to raise additional capital by the issue of 500 preferential shares of £ 6 , to bear interest at the rate of five per cent . On the 5 th the Scinde Railway Company met , when it was announced that the

directors had sent out the materials for thirty miles of permanent way , and had made arrangements for the immediate shipment of the same quantity . On the 18 th , at the meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company , it was stated that their losses for the half-year amounted to £ 3 , 000 , and that their present liabilities were £ 2 ; 000 . Their assets , both at home and in Brazil , amounted to £ 7 , 193 ; besides which , the company hold 183 of their own shares .

BENEVOLENT . On the 30 th of October there was a meeting of the supporters of the Asylum for Idiots , when fifteen were elected out of a list 180 approved candidates . On the 2 nd of November the Rev . "D . Moore , M . A ., preached before the Lord Mayor and Corporation , in St . MaryV , Aldermanbury , in aid of the funds of the City Dispensary . On the evening of tho 17 th there was a grand ball at Guildhall , attended by Bro . Adams ' s band , in aid of the funds of warehousemen and clerks' schools . On tho 21 st the Stranger ' s 'Friend Society met at E > ceter Hall . The report

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ON THE RELIGION OF THE CELTS, AND THE CUSTOMS THENCE DERIVED. Article 1
LA VENDEE. A DRAMATIC POEM. Article 7
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 10
A LOVE-TOKEN". Article 11
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 12
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 16
METROPOLITAN. Article 28
PROVINCIAL. Article 34
EOYAL ARCH. Article 49
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 51
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 51
MARE MASONRY. Article 52
SCOTLAND. Article 52
IRELAND. Article 57
COLONIAL. Article 59
INDIA. Article 61
AMERICA. Article 63
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOE NOVEMBER Article 64
Obituary. Article 68
NOTICE. Article 71
TO COEEESPONDENTS. Article 71
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Summary Of News Foe November

, _ 0 n the 12 th the inquiry into the Bryn Malley Colliery accident terminated by the jury returning a verdict of Accidental Death . On the 13 th a large portion of the Metropolitan District Schools was burned down , at Sutton . The children , upwards of 500 in number , narrowly escaped perishing in the conflagration . Garotte robberies have been general in the Metropolis .

L E G A L . Michaelmas term commenced on the 3 rd with two vacancies on the judicial bench , —one occasioned by the death of Sir John Jervis , and the other by the resignation of Baron Piatt . On the 7 th Mr . Watson , Q . C ., was sworn in a Baron of the Court of Exchequer , in room of the last-named ju ( % e ; and on the 22 nd Sir Alexander Cockburn , lately Attorney-General , took his seat as Chief Justice of the Court of Common

Pleas . —On the 20 th the Court of Queen s Bench , in consideration of his good behaviour , replaced on the rolls the name of Richard Sill , who was struck off them for having attempted to compromise , for a money consideration , the prosecution of the celebrated Brighton card-cheating case . On the same day the Court granted a rule nisi , at the suit of Cornet Ames , for a criminal prosecution against Lord Ernest Vane , for an insulting assault . On the 21 st Lord Lucan obtained a rule calling on the proprietors of the Laily Neivs to show cause against a prosecution for libel , arising out of the comments of that journal upon the Chelsea inquiry .

COMMERCIAL . On the 27 th of October the Great India Peninsula Company held their annual meeting , when it was stated that all the surveys were satisfactory , and that upwards of thirty thousand men were employed in the construction of the line , there being no deficiency of native labour . At a meeting of the Surrey Gardens Company , held on the 29 th , it was resolved to pay a dividend of five per cent , for the half-year on the paid-up shares .

On the 31 st the Great Central Gas Company met and agreed to a dividend of eight per cent . On the 3 rd of November the Whitehaven Junction Company met and agreed to raise additional capital by the issue of 500 preferential shares of £ 6 , to bear interest at the rate of five per cent . On the 5 th the Scinde Railway Company met , when it was announced that the

directors had sent out the materials for thirty miles of permanent way , and had made arrangements for the immediate shipment of the same quantity . On the 18 th , at the meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company , it was stated that their losses for the half-year amounted to £ 3 , 000 , and that their present liabilities were £ 2 ; 000 . Their assets , both at home and in Brazil , amounted to £ 7 , 193 ; besides which , the company hold 183 of their own shares .

BENEVOLENT . On the 30 th of October there was a meeting of the supporters of the Asylum for Idiots , when fifteen were elected out of a list 180 approved candidates . On the 2 nd of November the Rev . "D . Moore , M . A ., preached before the Lord Mayor and Corporation , in St . MaryV , Aldermanbury , in aid of the funds of the City Dispensary . On the evening of tho 17 th there was a grand ball at Guildhall , attended by Bro . Adams ' s band , in aid of the funds of warehousemen and clerks' schools . On tho 21 st the Stranger ' s 'Friend Society met at E > ceter Hall . The report

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