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Summaey Of Etews For 10vembee.
MISCELLANEOUS . On the 28 th of October , Rev . Dr . Cronyn was consecrated , at Lambeth Palace , first Bishop of Huron . On the 1 st Nov ., in a Welsh church , one clergyman excommunicated another by publicly refusing him the communion .
On the 2 nd , an attempt was made to launch the Great Eastern steam-ship , which was then named the Leviathan , hut in consequence of the breaking of some of the mechanical appliances , and of a panic which seized the workmen , it proved a failure . Several accidents occurred to the workmen and to the visitors , and one of the former was killed by a blow of the windlass .- — - —On the same day , a stormy meeting of the proprietors of the Royal Surrey Gardens voted for the removal of Messrs . Coppock , Bain , and Holmes , from the direction .
On the 3 rd , the Duke of Newcastle laid the first stone of the new' National Schools at East Retford .-----On tbe evening of that day , the friends and admirers of Mr . T . B . Simpson , entertained that gentleman to a public dinner at the London Tavern , in commemoration-, of his victory over the Chelsea "Vestry , in the matter of the license for Cremorne Gardens . On the 4 th , a magnificent sword , together with the freedom of the City of London , was presented to H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge . This ceremony was followed by a grand banquet .
On the 5 th , being the anniversary of the battle of Inkernian , a new stand of colours was presented , on Southsea Common , to the 68 th , by Major-General Sir James Yorke Scarlett . ——On the same day , Lord Brougham inaugurated the Queen ' s College at Birmingham . On the 11 th , there was a meeting of the professors of the Society of Arts , to protest against the abolition of the Board of Examiners of that institution . —^— - On the same evening , a public meeting resolved to defray the expenses which Mr . Potter had incurred in the legal proceedings connected with the Samaritan Institution , Smithfield ,
On the 12 tli , in consequence of the high price of money , the Bank of England , in order to stay the flow of bullion from this country to America , having raised the rate of discount to ten per cent ., the Government issued a permissive letter , authorizing tbe Bank authorities to contravene the Act of 1844 , and issue notes beyond the limit imposed upon tbem by that enactment . On the same day , the trustees of Rugby School elected the Rev . Frederick Temple to the office of head-master of that academy . On the 14 th , another extensive seizure of immoral works was made in Holywell-street . The police seem determined to put down the nuisance .
On the 16 th , Thomas Davis was executed in front of Newgate , for the murder of his wife at Ball ' s Pond . On the same day , too , the Bishop of London consecrated the New City Extramural Cemetery , at Ilford , Essex . v On the 18 th , there was a convention of delegates from the west-end parishes held in the Court-house , Marylebone , for the purpose of protecting the public from the monopoly of the gas companies . On the 19 th , a second attempt was made to launch the L / eviathan , but tbe supporters of the hydraulic rams have a less amount of vis inertice than the ship itself they yielded to the pressure , and marred the success of the undertaking .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Summaey Of Etews For 10vembee.
MISCELLANEOUS . On the 28 th of October , Rev . Dr . Cronyn was consecrated , at Lambeth Palace , first Bishop of Huron . On the 1 st Nov ., in a Welsh church , one clergyman excommunicated another by publicly refusing him the communion .
On the 2 nd , an attempt was made to launch the Great Eastern steam-ship , which was then named the Leviathan , hut in consequence of the breaking of some of the mechanical appliances , and of a panic which seized the workmen , it proved a failure . Several accidents occurred to the workmen and to the visitors , and one of the former was killed by a blow of the windlass .- — - —On the same day , a stormy meeting of the proprietors of the Royal Surrey Gardens voted for the removal of Messrs . Coppock , Bain , and Holmes , from the direction .
On the 3 rd , the Duke of Newcastle laid the first stone of the new' National Schools at East Retford .-----On tbe evening of that day , the friends and admirers of Mr . T . B . Simpson , entertained that gentleman to a public dinner at the London Tavern , in commemoration-, of his victory over the Chelsea "Vestry , in the matter of the license for Cremorne Gardens . On the 4 th , a magnificent sword , together with the freedom of the City of London , was presented to H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge . This ceremony was followed by a grand banquet .
On the 5 th , being the anniversary of the battle of Inkernian , a new stand of colours was presented , on Southsea Common , to the 68 th , by Major-General Sir James Yorke Scarlett . ——On the same day , Lord Brougham inaugurated the Queen ' s College at Birmingham . On the 11 th , there was a meeting of the professors of the Society of Arts , to protest against the abolition of the Board of Examiners of that institution . —^— - On the same evening , a public meeting resolved to defray the expenses which Mr . Potter had incurred in the legal proceedings connected with the Samaritan Institution , Smithfield ,
On the 12 tli , in consequence of the high price of money , the Bank of England , in order to stay the flow of bullion from this country to America , having raised the rate of discount to ten per cent ., the Government issued a permissive letter , authorizing tbe Bank authorities to contravene the Act of 1844 , and issue notes beyond the limit imposed upon tbem by that enactment . On the same day , the trustees of Rugby School elected the Rev . Frederick Temple to the office of head-master of that academy . On the 14 th , another extensive seizure of immoral works was made in Holywell-street . The police seem determined to put down the nuisance .
On the 16 th , Thomas Davis was executed in front of Newgate , for the murder of his wife at Ball ' s Pond . On the same day , too , the Bishop of London consecrated the New City Extramural Cemetery , at Ilford , Essex . v On the 18 th , there was a convention of delegates from the west-end parishes held in the Court-house , Marylebone , for the purpose of protecting the public from the monopoly of the gas companies . On the 19 th , a second attempt was made to launch the L / eviathan , but tbe supporters of the hydraulic rams have a less amount of vis inertice than the ship itself they yielded to the pressure , and marred the success of the undertaking .