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    Article SUMMARY OF SMEWS FOR SEPTEMBER. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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Summary Of Smews For September.

On the 6 th , the assessors appointed by the Crown , commenced their labours in laying out the wards of the Metropolis agreeably with the provisions of the Metropolitan Local Management Bill , The ticket-of-leave man , supposed to be the miscreant who committed the frightful murder at Cudham , near Bromley , ivas this day apprehended near the Forest of Dean . At the Cutlers' feast at Sheffield , it was resolved to get up a testimonial of the pubtic services of Mr . Roebuck , M . P .

A young man , named Payne , committed suicide by suspending himself by a cord , from the ] ventilator in one of the first class carriages , on the line between Nottingham and Derby . On the 8 th , a passenger on board a steamer from Jersey to Southampton , fell down the hold ivhile in a state of intoxication , and was killed . An attempt was made by a man named Bellemare to assassinate the Emperor Napoleonbut happily failed .

, News was also this day received of the re-commencement of the bombarding of Sebastopol , and the retreat of the enemy from Petropaulorski . On the 9 th , it was telegraphed from the Crimea that the French had bravely stormed the Malakoff , and that the English had been repelled from the Redan . On the 10 th , a library , for the use of Compositors , was opened in Racquet Court , Fleet Street .

On the 11 th , Prince Napoleon visited the dockyards at Portsmouth . The same day , Sir George Brown was entertained at a public dinner by the inhabitants of Elgin , on his return from the Crimea . The extensive building premises of Mr . Baker , Bishop ' s Walk , Lambeth , were entirely consumed . On the 12 th , Sir John Dean Paul , Strahan , and Co ., were fully committed for embezzlement . Bail was however taken for then- appearance at the Old Bailey . The Duke of Argyle , in an eloquent speech , opened , at Glasgow , the session of the British Association for the advancement of Snienne .

In the evening of the same day , there occurred a fearful collision on the Reading branch of the South Eastern Railway , resulting in the death of 5 persons , and in the serious injury of a great many others . A pilot engine travelling on the wrong rails , rail into a passenger train . One of the killed ivas tbe engine driver of the pilot ¦ engine , against whom the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter . On the 13 th , Lord Palmerston in reply to an address presented to him by the inhabitants of Melbourne , Derbyshire , triumphantly pointed to the success of his

ministry in the vigorous conduct of the war . The same day , Pulling , the man accused of the Bromley murder , was committed to Maidstone gaol , on the charge . And a brewer , of the name of Payne , resident at Chelsea , and their clerk , John Waller , ivere also committed to prison , charged with gross conspiracy and fraud . On the 14 th , the Lord Mayor was entertained at a banquet , by the corporation and inhabitants of Congleton

. ' ~ Groat disgust was excited in Camden-town , by the closing of St . Martin's Cemetery , Pratt-street , for building purposes . On the 15 th , the Lord Lieutenant visited the camp at the Curragh of Kildare . On the 16 th , the Rev . Dr . Vaughan , nephew of the late Cardinal Weld , was consecrated bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Clifton , by His Eminence Cardinal ¦ Wiseman .

On the 17 th , the coroner's inquest , to inquire into the death of the little girl , whose murder , at Bristol , was mentioned in our last number , closed without having come to any satisfactory solution of the mystery in which the affair is enveloped . On the 18 th , Mr . H . Coe Coape was acquitted , at the Old Bailey , of the charge of obtaining 4 , 000 / . on false pretences . On the 19 th , Sir John Dean Paul , and Messrs . Strahan and Bates , surrendered to their bail . Their trial ivas , on the application of counsel , postponed until next sessions . Lord Carlisle turned the first sod of the Killarney Railway . The 20 th , the anniversary of the battle of Alma was kept with great rejoicing .

“The Masonic Mirror: 1855-10-01, Page 58” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 28 May 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mir/issues/mmg_01101855/page/58/.
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UNIFORMITY OF RITUAL. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 4
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 11
THE NEW CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FRENCH MASONS. Article 17
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 21
LONDON LODGES. Article 24
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 25
ROYAL ARCH. Article 42
SCOTLAND. Article 43
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 50
SUMMARY OF SMEWS FOR SEPTEMBER. Article 53
NOTICES. Article 59
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Summary Of Smews For September.

On the 6 th , the assessors appointed by the Crown , commenced their labours in laying out the wards of the Metropolis agreeably with the provisions of the Metropolitan Local Management Bill , The ticket-of-leave man , supposed to be the miscreant who committed the frightful murder at Cudham , near Bromley , ivas this day apprehended near the Forest of Dean . At the Cutlers' feast at Sheffield , it was resolved to get up a testimonial of the pubtic services of Mr . Roebuck , M . P .

A young man , named Payne , committed suicide by suspending himself by a cord , from the ] ventilator in one of the first class carriages , on the line between Nottingham and Derby . On the 8 th , a passenger on board a steamer from Jersey to Southampton , fell down the hold ivhile in a state of intoxication , and was killed . An attempt was made by a man named Bellemare to assassinate the Emperor Napoleonbut happily failed .

, News was also this day received of the re-commencement of the bombarding of Sebastopol , and the retreat of the enemy from Petropaulorski . On the 9 th , it was telegraphed from the Crimea that the French had bravely stormed the Malakoff , and that the English had been repelled from the Redan . On the 10 th , a library , for the use of Compositors , was opened in Racquet Court , Fleet Street .

On the 11 th , Prince Napoleon visited the dockyards at Portsmouth . The same day , Sir George Brown was entertained at a public dinner by the inhabitants of Elgin , on his return from the Crimea . The extensive building premises of Mr . Baker , Bishop ' s Walk , Lambeth , were entirely consumed . On the 12 th , Sir John Dean Paul , Strahan , and Co ., were fully committed for embezzlement . Bail was however taken for then- appearance at the Old Bailey . The Duke of Argyle , in an eloquent speech , opened , at Glasgow , the session of the British Association for the advancement of Snienne .

In the evening of the same day , there occurred a fearful collision on the Reading branch of the South Eastern Railway , resulting in the death of 5 persons , and in the serious injury of a great many others . A pilot engine travelling on the wrong rails , rail into a passenger train . One of the killed ivas tbe engine driver of the pilot ¦ engine , against whom the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter . On the 13 th , Lord Palmerston in reply to an address presented to him by the inhabitants of Melbourne , Derbyshire , triumphantly pointed to the success of his

ministry in the vigorous conduct of the war . The same day , Pulling , the man accused of the Bromley murder , was committed to Maidstone gaol , on the charge . And a brewer , of the name of Payne , resident at Chelsea , and their clerk , John Waller , ivere also committed to prison , charged with gross conspiracy and fraud . On the 14 th , the Lord Mayor was entertained at a banquet , by the corporation and inhabitants of Congleton

. ' ~ Groat disgust was excited in Camden-town , by the closing of St . Martin's Cemetery , Pratt-street , for building purposes . On the 15 th , the Lord Lieutenant visited the camp at the Curragh of Kildare . On the 16 th , the Rev . Dr . Vaughan , nephew of the late Cardinal Weld , was consecrated bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Clifton , by His Eminence Cardinal ¦ Wiseman .

On the 17 th , the coroner's inquest , to inquire into the death of the little girl , whose murder , at Bristol , was mentioned in our last number , closed without having come to any satisfactory solution of the mystery in which the affair is enveloped . On the 18 th , Mr . H . Coe Coape was acquitted , at the Old Bailey , of the charge of obtaining 4 , 000 / . on false pretences . On the 19 th , Sir John Dean Paul , and Messrs . Strahan and Bates , surrendered to their bail . Their trial ivas , on the application of counsel , postponed until next sessions . Lord Carlisle turned the first sod of the Killarney Railway . The 20 th , the anniversary of the battle of Alma was kept with great rejoicing .

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