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Dr. Brown and Dr. Burgess, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Clifton and Shrewsbury, were consecrated on Sunday, at the Roman Catholic Church in St. George's Fields. Cardinal Wiseman presided over the ceremony ; and there were ten of the newly-created bishops present, be- sides many of the leading members of the Roman Catholic priesthood. The contest fur the Rectorship of St. Anne Blackfriars has termined in favour of Mr. Webster • who received 159 votes to Mr. Wilkinson's 139. The value of the incumhency is 4831., with residence.
The League of Universal Brotherhood'held its annual meeting on Wed- nesday, at the London Tavern. Mr. Charles Gilpin occupied the chair; and among other speakers, the meeting was addressed by Mr. Elihu Bur- ritt. The speakers congratulated themselves and their audience on the great steps taken towards universal peace and penny postage. Lord Erskine presided on Wednesday over a meeting of the Chancery Reform Association, at Exeter Hall. Several Members of Parliament were present, and resolutions on the specifie objects of the Association were passed. Thanks were voted to Mr. William Carpenter, for his able and gratuitous services as secretary.
Carriage-traffic over Blackfriars Bridge was stopped yesterday. A portion of the weight on the crown of the defective arch is to be removed.
Excursion-trains are now telling strongly upon the Monday's attend- ance at the Crystal Palace. The number of the visitors is still very large on the "shilling-days," and small on Saturday. After Parliament rises, the Saturday's price is to be lowered to half-a-crown. Two accidents have happened within the building this week. The pair of lovers on the large stone fountain in the British nave fell down breaking the orna- mental figures and doing other damage. A rope broke in the mediteval room, and several silver lamps, with large candles, and other decorations, were dropped on the ground : regarded by some as typical of another and more spiritual species of downfall !
The Society of Arts, at its annual meeting, held on Wednesday, made SCalle reforms in its modes of procedure, likely to increase the action of the Society's new vitality. The "live Standing Committees," by which for a hundred years all business has been transacted, have been exchanged for thirty of less extended range, and composed of smaller numbers. Other changes were made in the same direction, with a view to cheek the growth of a too great conservatism front a too lengthened tenure of office by the Vice-Presidents and Council. Consentaneously with this, the fi- nancial position is improving also. By the report and accounts read on Wednesday, the income appears in advance of last year's, while the ex- penditure is considerably within it, and 700/. of liabilities incurred in former years has been paid off, A short claim was filed in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, and heard before Lord Cranworth on Tuesday, for an inquiry into the conditions attending certain bequests of a Roman Catholic lady to certain Roman Catholic bishops and priests. Ann Tucker, it appears, left her property in four shares ; two fourths to Dr. Magee upon trust for several ecclesiastical person; one fourth to her brother, and one fourth to her sister. These latter parties claimed an inquiry, upon the ground that a "suspicion" had arisen that the money bequeathed to the Roman Catholics was for the performance of ceremonies which come under the terms "superstitions uses" in the statute; and if so, then the gifts would fail. It was alleged in support of this,. that there were strong reasons for believing that these legaci s were not Intended for the personal enjoyment of the nominal legatees, but subject to some "secret trust." Affidavits were put in on both sides, and counsel heard. Lord Cranworth declined to make the order, as he thought that it was never in- tended such an order should be made upon a claim.
Thomas Langridge Walker, "insurance agent," of White Lion Court, Cornhill, has been committed for trial by the Lord Mayor on two charges of obtaining goods under false pretences. in one case he obtained a bracelet from Mr. Sarl on the false pretence that he had an account at Smith, Payne, and Smith's; in the other, he got a bracelet front Dodd Brothers, on the ; equally false pretence that he was known to one of the partners. Walker's solicitor urged that these were mere attempts to compel payment of debts by a criminal process; but the Lord Mayor differed with him.
At the Thames Police Office, on Wednesday, Long, a lightennan, and Pickering, a "merchant," were reexamined, the former charged with steal- ing 220 bags of guano, and the latter with feloniously receiving it. They hod been out on bail, and a complaint was made that Pickering had been tampering with the witnesses. The ease was much strengthened. It was shown that Long took 220 bags of guano to Pickering's wharf, and that he delivered to the coasting-vessel 221 bags of a wretched compound. Chemical analysis showed that the stuff delivered was half guano and half clay. A similar compound was found at Piekering's. hue fraud would put 150/. in the pockets of the perpetrators. Mr. Ingham remanded the men, but now refused to admit them to bail.
Al Bow Street Police Office, on Tuesday, Best and Kelly, both young thieves, were charged with assaulting and robbing Mr. William Day, the trunkmaker of the Strand. Mr. Day was too ill from the effects of the as- sault to attend as a witness. Appleton, a labourer who had formerly been a policeman, saw two men following Mr. Day along Mercer Street, Long Acre, late on Sunday night ; they assaulted him, threw him down, and ran off. It appeared that Mr. Day, an elderly man, had been nearly strangled by the ruffians, who had got away with his watch. From Appleton's description, I the Police recognized the thieves, who came out of prison only the day before. ' The Magistrate remarked on the necessity for great vigilance on the part of the Police in preventing these now very common outrages.—Remanded.
At Worship Street Police Office, on Thursday, Edward Foreman, a young man dressed as a carpenter, was charged with stealing jewellery from the house of Mr. Rutherfurd at Hackney, by means of an ingenious scheme. Foreman went to the house, which had been under repair, and told the ser- want he had been sent to polish the banisters: he began the work ; went out to his " dinner " returned with another man, and the two finished the job. ! They asked Mrs. "dinner"; for a trifle for drink ; it was given ; and they left the house. It was then discovered that they had plundered a bedroom. ' Foreman was traced by the Police, who found him "polishing banisters" in another house.—Remauded, for committal.
Sir James Sutherland Mackenzie, a gentleman who has an unfortunate pro- pensity for strong drink, from which results riotous conduct and attacks upon the Police, had been in prison since the 12th of June, in default of sureties for his good behaviour; but Mr. Burrell, the Westminster Magistrate, this week liberated him on his own recognizances for 2001., giving him good ad- vice as to his conduct for the future. A young man employed at Mr. Ecattey's soap-manufactor at Bermondsey, in walking along a plank, slippd into a cauldron of boiling lye; he was quickly extricated, in a dreadful condition, and taken to Guy'B HospitaL Self, a young man employed at the Waterloo Road terminus, has lost hia life through disobeying the general order that no one shall ride outside a car- riage. He jumped on the step of a carriage to go to Vauxhall ; when the train reached the Westminster Road bridge, he struck against a wall, was jerked off, and the wheels pawed over his chest.
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