The representation of Kendal is now vacant, by the death
of Mr. James Brougham.
The Chesterfield and North Derbyshire joint stock bank will open on the 1st of January.for business.
A measure is to be submitted to Parliament in the next session, for admitting the great inland towns to the privilege of bonding.— Globe.
There is great bustling in the dockyard at Sheerness, and much more expected. Several large ships are fitting out for sea, and others are in commission. The Admiral's tender is constantly employed between Sheerness and the Tower of London, in conveying seamen from Lon- don to the former place, for the service of the Jasseur and other ships ; and it is confidently reported that the artificers will in a few days be ordered to work six days in the week. All classes in the naval depart- ment are kept very strict to their duties, Ten shipwrights' apprentices are to be immediately entered, who are to be sons of shipwrights, and instructed by their respective fathers.—/Ifaidstone Gazette.
All the heavy part of the repairs of the bridges of the Brighton chain. pier, which have been carried on under Captain Brown's personal superintendence, is completed in the most substantial manner, the platforms of the bridge, although not entirely laid, will be suf- ficiently safe and commodious for visitors to proceed to the outer pier- head on Monday next. The passsage will be enclosed with stancheons and ropes; and these will remain until the pier is completed, which it is expected will be in three weeks.—Brighton Gazette.
Scarlet fever in its malignant state has been raging in Manchester to a great extent. In November last, 5,90 children were buried in the new burial-ground, Rusholme Road, victims to this epidemic.—Stock- port Advertiser.
On Christmas day, Mr. Owen, late Curate of Park Chapel, Chel- sea, performed service for the first time in his new chapel in College Street. Mr. Owen is the clergyman in whose chapel Mr. Bayford, a proctor residing in Chelsea, made a "manifestation of the spirit" some months ago. In consequence of Mr. Owen's encouragement of these exhibitions, he was removed from the curacy ; and his supporters, through the assistance principally of Mr. Drummond the banker, who subscribed SOU have built another chapel for him. It is very plainly fitted up, the seats being long benches, and the platform without a carpet. There were two regular manifestations on Christmas day,— one of them by Mr. Bayford ; but a tipsy member of the congrega- tion caused much offence to some and amusement to others, by start- ing up and uttering such exclamations as these—" Oh! curse this bete humbug, and that ere old fool. I'll be banged if I listen to this non- sense, a parcel of noodles !" There was a collection towards defray- ing the expense of building the chapel, but very little money was given.
Some time ago, Mr. Hodgetts, publisher and proprietor of a pro- vincial paper, copied from a Guernsey paper the report of a trial which had taken place in that island, and quoted his authority at the head of the article. The report was simply transcribed as a piece of local news ; but having been supposed to involve a charge of delinquency against Mr. Lowe. a professional man at Birmingham, it was held to be libe'- Ions, and the inadvertent but innocent transcriber was visited with en action. The Jury, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, awarded one shilling damages to the plaintiff; but Mr. Hodgetts was saddled with costs to the amount of 800/. ! Thus a verdict which is, in a measure, tantamount to an acquittal of the accused, entails upon him an enormous and ruinous expense.—Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.
Inquiry has been directed to be made by the Government authorities relating to the encroachment of foreign fishing-boats upon the English coasts—how near they are allowed to approach for fishing, and what description of net they use—in orddr that Parliament may be enabled to take measures not only for the protection of our fishermen during their employment, but to uphold the interests of a most valauable class of seamen.—Kentish Gazette.
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