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The Week.
tioual places within about six miles of the General Post-office . Certain conditions are stated as necessary to be complied with , as to letter-boxes and care in attaching the proper initial letters . Letter-boxes save the postmen a great deal of time , and are a great convenience to them , particularly when they have to traverse the streets in rainy weather . It appears from the report of the Registrar-General that the health of London is now in an average state . The deaths in the last week were 1217 , and last week the births of 8-10 boys and 870 irls were registered .
g Some months ago , at an inquest held on the body of a Avoman named Alb right , a verdict of wilful murder was returned against George Royal , a man with whom the deceased had cohabited . The man had , however , disappeared from Poplar , the district where they lived , and a proclamation offering a reward for his apprehension was issued . Royal has at length been brought in custody before Mr . Selfe , at Thames police-court , charged with murder , and after some preliminary examination a remand
was ordered , to allow of Avitnesses being called for the prosecution . ¦ A ease of hideous brutality AA'as investigated before Mr . Tyrwhitt , at Clerkenwell police-court , in ivhich a mother seems to have divested herself , not only of her woman ' s nature , but even of her human nature . The charge against her was that she had pulled her daughter , dying of consumption , out of bed , and dragged her about the room by the hair of the head . From the evidence it further appears , that tho poor girl expired
ina few minutes after this treatment . Meantime the woman is committed to prison for an assault upon a neighbour AA-IIO interfered to protect her victim . An escape has been made from the Artillery Prison , at AVoolwich , of five men , AA'ho were awaiting sentence for various offences of ivhich they had been convicted . Four of the prisoners were subsequently captured , in a very clever manner , but the fifth is still at large . At thc Court of Bankruptcy an application for the discharge of Thomas Hawkins , brush makerof Charles-streetAA'estbourne-grovefrom custody was
, , , refused . A second-class certificate was granted to Alfred Marchant , a clothier aud draper at Maidstone . Adjudication of bankruptcy was made against Paul Emile Chappuis , reflector manufacturer aucl dealer in photographs , carrying on business at 69 , Fleet-street . It is rumoured that John Edward Buller , the bankrupt solicitor of Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , has lied to Sweden . -The boiler of a steam-tug burst on its passage
down the Tyne on Friday , whon the fireman AA'as blown into the Avater and drowned . The circumstances attending this catastrophe involve a serious charge against thc person in command of the tug , as it arose from putting on a heavy pressure of steam for the purpose of " going ahead" of another boat that was proceeding in the same direction . At the adjourned inquest held to investigate tho circumstances attending the death of Mr . Marcus Bennett , ivho was killed by the accident on the Tilbury and Southend Railway , on tho 17 th instant , a verdict of
accidental death ivas returned . A serious fire broke out a clay or two since in the coach-building premises of Mr . Knapp , at Clapham , which ivas not extinguished until the factory itself ivas almost completely destroyed and much damage done to the adjoining projicrty . In the important case of Smcthurst's conviction the public interest continues undiminished , and the demand for a stay of the execution of his sentence is almost universal . Sir George C . LBAAIS , the Home Secretary , has consulted with his colleagues and with thc Lord Chief Baron ( who
tried Smethurst ); bufc the result has not at present transpired . No formal communication has yet been made from the Home Secretary with regard to the fate of the prisoner ; but there appears to be a strong impression in the minds of those in authority who are well enabled to form an opinion on the subject that the law will take its course , anel that the advisers of the crown will not consider themselves justified in recommending the prisoner to her majesty ' s clemency . On AA ' ednesday morning the passenger steamer Bride struck on a sunken barge at
London Bridge , and , filling with water , wont clown almost immediately . Fortunately thc passengers were not many iu number , and got safely conveyed on shore . The barge had sunk tho same morning , and the captain of the luckless steamer had not received notification of the fact . James Turner , a labourer , and a man named Keefe , were charged before Mr . Elliott , at the Lambeth Police Court , ou AA ' ednesday , with attempting to poison Honora Turner , wife of tho first-named prisoner . According to the evidencea quantity of sugar of lead hael been mixed
, with some beer , a portion of AA'hich was drunk by the woman Turner and another woman , both of whom ivere taken ill . A remand was ordered for further investigation . A ease was brought under the notice of Mr . Dayman , at AVestmiuster Police Court , involving the epiestiou of whether certain coals delivered to order ivere " Silkstones " and so AA-hether a breach of tho Coal Act had been committed . There being some hiatus in the evidence , hoivever , it was found necessary to
withdraw thc prosecution . A further slight rise in the value of public securities occurred yesterday , and the market was sustained iu its improved condition to the close oi business . Foreign stocks anel railway shares ivere also better ; bufc the extent of transactions was unimportant . Consols were last quoted 95 | to 95-J for money and the account . There ivere no bullion operations at thc Bank of magnitude , and the quotation for silver still exhibits flatness . It was announced that the payment on the Indian five per cent , loan had reached £ 1 , 600 , 000 ; the price of this security ivas buoyant at 991- to 991 .
COMMERCIAL ; AKD PijBi . ic COMPANIES . —The accounts from the manufacturing districts report business to be generally very quiet . Afc Birmingham trade is dull , but the markets good . At Halifax they are moderately good but . firm , and the same afc Manchester . The Bradford
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markets are reported as very quiet , and those of Leeds satisfactory . At Newcastle business is generally dull , but the state of the iron trade is better . The lace trade of Nottingham has somewhat improved , and the commercial interests generally are better . At Sheffield there is a fair trade doing , more especially with the Continent . At AA ' olverhampton the staple trade of the town is improving . The Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Bchar , has brought the first parcel of tea ever received in this country by the overland route , thereby
anticipating by some six weeks the ordinary arrivals . Ifc is fine Kaisow , the produce of the neiv season , and has , we learn , been purchased by Messrs . Bullivant and AAllson , of Eastcheap , at the full price of 3 s . id . per pound . During the past week there has been rather more activity in thc port of London . 275 vessels were reported afc thc custom house as having arrived from foreign ports . There were 5 from Ireland , and 269 colliers . The entries outwards amounted to 125 , and those cleared to 90 , besides 18 in ballast . The departures for tho Australian colonies havo been 5 vessels , viz ., 1 to Port Phillip of 1 , 127 tons , 2 to Sydney of 1 , 485 tons , and 2 to Van Dieman ' s Land of 1 , 381 tons;—total , 8 , 996 tons .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
PRINCESS ' THEATRE . —Monday night witnessed the close of Afr . Charles Kean ' s management of this theatre , and in the midst of a crowded audience he brought to a termination one of the most remarkable managerial careers in thc history of the British stage . The playchosen was " Henry VIII , " one of the earliest of Mr . Kean ' s Shakspcarian revivals , anel peculiarly appropriate from the fact thafc the celebrated farewell of Wolscy could be taken in a double sense , and be understood as referring not merely to the mimic character , but to the
actor , who then laid aside his greatness as director of the theatre . In that sense ivas it taken by the audience , who , when this passage was given , applauded most vehemently . Throughout thc play the audience manifested the utmost enthusiasm , aucl at the end the applause was deafening , ivhen Mr . and Mrs . Kean crossed the stage , the whole house rising , the ladies waving their handkerchiefs , the men cheering , stamping , anel shouting . After a short wait Mr . Kean appeared on the stage iu evening costume , and delivered a most elaborate oration , ivhich occupies
nearly two columns of the daily papers , but which did not seem to weary the audience , though all that , n-as said might have been more eloquently expressed in a fourth part of thafc space . It recapitulated tho particulars of the various revivals , and enlightened the audience as to 'the amount expended for the delectation and " instruction" of the play-going multitude , by this Rothschild among managers ; tho sum total being somewhat astounding to thoso unacquainted with theatrical finance . AVhatever ive may think of the taste of Air . Kean ' s
commercial statement , Ave are most happy to give him our higbesfc praiso for the spirit ivhich has characterised his management anel the artistic feeliug which has prevailed . throughout oven the most minute details of his beautiful " revivals . "
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . C . J . LAC ON . AVE havo to record the death of Bro . C . J . Lacon , of the St . James ' s Union Lodge ( No . 211 ) , ivho was initiated about the year 18-15 , and served in rotation the offices of J . D ., S . D ., and J . AV . ; he ivas afterward * appointed Secretary , and performed the duties of that office for several years , with satisfaction to the Lod ge and credit to himself . In consideration of his services , ho was elected an honorary member of the Loelge . Many brethren havo , no doubt , excelled Bro . Lacon in Masonic attainments ; but none over surpassed him in zeal , or in thc endeavour to discharge faithfully the duties of his office .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
"J . B . "—AA e . should prefer' a personal interview before givin « - an answer . A YOTJKG MASON is informed thatall the numbers of our present series ivill be kept in print until the close of the year . ' 'THE BALLOT . "—In reply to a question in your last , I may state , that the Irish Constitutions have no restriction as to renewal of ballots man v
Lodges have , but not all . So , I suppose the case to be a brother entertaining a doubt as to the identity of an individual , or of some aefc attributed to one , and not sufficiently experienced to suggest a postponement , adopting the silent alternative of blackball—and possibly being one of thc first to render justice subsequentl y , ivhen fully satisfied of the candidate ' s eligibility . I have known such an instance and it
muv apply in this . —Al . F . 33 ° . "BRO . STEPHEN JONES . " -The answer in our last week ' s " Notes and Queries" was communicated by Bro . Jeremiah How , whose signature was omitted through the carelessness of the printer .
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The Week.
tioual places within about six miles of the General Post-office . Certain conditions are stated as necessary to be complied with , as to letter-boxes and care in attaching the proper initial letters . Letter-boxes save the postmen a great deal of time , and are a great convenience to them , particularly when they have to traverse the streets in rainy weather . It appears from the report of the Registrar-General that the health of London is now in an average state . The deaths in the last week were 1217 , and last week the births of 8-10 boys and 870 irls were registered .
g Some months ago , at an inquest held on the body of a Avoman named Alb right , a verdict of wilful murder was returned against George Royal , a man with whom the deceased had cohabited . The man had , however , disappeared from Poplar , the district where they lived , and a proclamation offering a reward for his apprehension was issued . Royal has at length been brought in custody before Mr . Selfe , at Thames police-court , charged with murder , and after some preliminary examination a remand
was ordered , to allow of Avitnesses being called for the prosecution . ¦ A ease of hideous brutality AA'as investigated before Mr . Tyrwhitt , at Clerkenwell police-court , in ivhich a mother seems to have divested herself , not only of her woman ' s nature , but even of her human nature . The charge against her was that she had pulled her daughter , dying of consumption , out of bed , and dragged her about the room by the hair of the head . From the evidence it further appears , that tho poor girl expired
ina few minutes after this treatment . Meantime the woman is committed to prison for an assault upon a neighbour AA-IIO interfered to protect her victim . An escape has been made from the Artillery Prison , at AVoolwich , of five men , AA'ho were awaiting sentence for various offences of ivhich they had been convicted . Four of the prisoners were subsequently captured , in a very clever manner , but the fifth is still at large . At thc Court of Bankruptcy an application for the discharge of Thomas Hawkins , brush makerof Charles-streetAA'estbourne-grovefrom custody was
, , , refused . A second-class certificate was granted to Alfred Marchant , a clothier aud draper at Maidstone . Adjudication of bankruptcy was made against Paul Emile Chappuis , reflector manufacturer aucl dealer in photographs , carrying on business at 69 , Fleet-street . It is rumoured that John Edward Buller , the bankrupt solicitor of Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , has lied to Sweden . -The boiler of a steam-tug burst on its passage
down the Tyne on Friday , whon the fireman AA'as blown into the Avater and drowned . The circumstances attending this catastrophe involve a serious charge against thc person in command of the tug , as it arose from putting on a heavy pressure of steam for the purpose of " going ahead" of another boat that was proceeding in the same direction . At the adjourned inquest held to investigate tho circumstances attending the death of Mr . Marcus Bennett , ivho was killed by the accident on the Tilbury and Southend Railway , on tho 17 th instant , a verdict of
accidental death ivas returned . A serious fire broke out a clay or two since in the coach-building premises of Mr . Knapp , at Clapham , which ivas not extinguished until the factory itself ivas almost completely destroyed and much damage done to the adjoining projicrty . In the important case of Smcthurst's conviction the public interest continues undiminished , and the demand for a stay of the execution of his sentence is almost universal . Sir George C . LBAAIS , the Home Secretary , has consulted with his colleagues and with thc Lord Chief Baron ( who
tried Smethurst ); bufc the result has not at present transpired . No formal communication has yet been made from the Home Secretary with regard to the fate of the prisoner ; but there appears to be a strong impression in the minds of those in authority who are well enabled to form an opinion on the subject that the law will take its course , anel that the advisers of the crown will not consider themselves justified in recommending the prisoner to her majesty ' s clemency . On AA ' ednesday morning the passenger steamer Bride struck on a sunken barge at
London Bridge , and , filling with water , wont clown almost immediately . Fortunately thc passengers were not many iu number , and got safely conveyed on shore . The barge had sunk tho same morning , and the captain of the luckless steamer had not received notification of the fact . James Turner , a labourer , and a man named Keefe , were charged before Mr . Elliott , at the Lambeth Police Court , ou AA ' ednesday , with attempting to poison Honora Turner , wife of tho first-named prisoner . According to the evidencea quantity of sugar of lead hael been mixed
, with some beer , a portion of AA'hich was drunk by the woman Turner and another woman , both of whom ivere taken ill . A remand was ordered for further investigation . A ease was brought under the notice of Mr . Dayman , at AVestmiuster Police Court , involving the epiestiou of whether certain coals delivered to order ivere " Silkstones " and so AA-hether a breach of tho Coal Act had been committed . There being some hiatus in the evidence , hoivever , it was found necessary to
withdraw thc prosecution . A further slight rise in the value of public securities occurred yesterday , and the market was sustained iu its improved condition to the close oi business . Foreign stocks anel railway shares ivere also better ; bufc the extent of transactions was unimportant . Consols were last quoted 95 | to 95-J for money and the account . There ivere no bullion operations at thc Bank of magnitude , and the quotation for silver still exhibits flatness . It was announced that the payment on the Indian five per cent , loan had reached £ 1 , 600 , 000 ; the price of this security ivas buoyant at 991- to 991 .
COMMERCIAL ; AKD PijBi . ic COMPANIES . —The accounts from the manufacturing districts report business to be generally very quiet . Afc Birmingham trade is dull , but the markets good . At Halifax they are moderately good but . firm , and the same afc Manchester . The Bradford
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markets are reported as very quiet , and those of Leeds satisfactory . At Newcastle business is generally dull , but the state of the iron trade is better . The lace trade of Nottingham has somewhat improved , and the commercial interests generally are better . At Sheffield there is a fair trade doing , more especially with the Continent . At AA ' olverhampton the staple trade of the town is improving . The Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Bchar , has brought the first parcel of tea ever received in this country by the overland route , thereby
anticipating by some six weeks the ordinary arrivals . Ifc is fine Kaisow , the produce of the neiv season , and has , we learn , been purchased by Messrs . Bullivant and AAllson , of Eastcheap , at the full price of 3 s . id . per pound . During the past week there has been rather more activity in thc port of London . 275 vessels were reported afc thc custom house as having arrived from foreign ports . There were 5 from Ireland , and 269 colliers . The entries outwards amounted to 125 , and those cleared to 90 , besides 18 in ballast . The departures for tho Australian colonies havo been 5 vessels , viz ., 1 to Port Phillip of 1 , 127 tons , 2 to Sydney of 1 , 485 tons , and 2 to Van Dieman ' s Land of 1 , 381 tons;—total , 8 , 996 tons .
Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
PRINCESS ' THEATRE . —Monday night witnessed the close of Afr . Charles Kean ' s management of this theatre , and in the midst of a crowded audience he brought to a termination one of the most remarkable managerial careers in thc history of the British stage . The playchosen was " Henry VIII , " one of the earliest of Mr . Kean ' s Shakspcarian revivals , anel peculiarly appropriate from the fact thafc the celebrated farewell of Wolscy could be taken in a double sense , and be understood as referring not merely to the mimic character , but to the
actor , who then laid aside his greatness as director of the theatre . In that sense ivas it taken by the audience , who , when this passage was given , applauded most vehemently . Throughout thc play the audience manifested the utmost enthusiasm , aucl at the end the applause was deafening , ivhen Mr . and Mrs . Kean crossed the stage , the whole house rising , the ladies waving their handkerchiefs , the men cheering , stamping , anel shouting . After a short wait Mr . Kean appeared on the stage iu evening costume , and delivered a most elaborate oration , ivhich occupies
nearly two columns of the daily papers , but which did not seem to weary the audience , though all that , n-as said might have been more eloquently expressed in a fourth part of thafc space . It recapitulated tho particulars of the various revivals , and enlightened the audience as to 'the amount expended for the delectation and " instruction" of the play-going multitude , by this Rothschild among managers ; tho sum total being somewhat astounding to thoso unacquainted with theatrical finance . AVhatever ive may think of the taste of Air . Kean ' s
commercial statement , Ave are most happy to give him our higbesfc praiso for the spirit ivhich has characterised his management anel the artistic feeliug which has prevailed . throughout oven the most minute details of his beautiful " revivals . "
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . C . J . LAC ON . AVE havo to record the death of Bro . C . J . Lacon , of the St . James ' s Union Lodge ( No . 211 ) , ivho was initiated about the year 18-15 , and served in rotation the offices of J . D ., S . D ., and J . AV . ; he ivas afterward * appointed Secretary , and performed the duties of that office for several years , with satisfaction to the Lod ge and credit to himself . In consideration of his services , ho was elected an honorary member of the Loelge . Many brethren havo , no doubt , excelled Bro . Lacon in Masonic attainments ; but none over surpassed him in zeal , or in thc endeavour to discharge faithfully the duties of his office .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
"J . B . "—AA e . should prefer' a personal interview before givin « - an answer . A YOTJKG MASON is informed thatall the numbers of our present series ivill be kept in print until the close of the year . ' 'THE BALLOT . "—In reply to a question in your last , I may state , that the Irish Constitutions have no restriction as to renewal of ballots man v
Lodges have , but not all . So , I suppose the case to be a brother entertaining a doubt as to the identity of an individual , or of some aefc attributed to one , and not sufficiently experienced to suggest a postponement , adopting the silent alternative of blackball—and possibly being one of thc first to render justice subsequentl y , ivhen fully satisfied of the candidate ' s eligibility . I have known such an instance and it
muv apply in this . —Al . F . 33 ° . "BRO . STEPHEN JONES . " -The answer in our last week ' s " Notes and Queries" was communicated by Bro . Jeremiah How , whose signature was omitted through the carelessness of the printer .