ebt Country.
A requisition is in course of signature for convening a general meet- ing of the friends and admirers of the late Mr. Wilberforce connectet. with Yorkshire. It is intended that the meeting shall be held in York, at the latter end of the month. The requisition is signed by the Lou',. Chancellor, the Archbishop of York, Earl Carlisle, Earl Fitzwilliani and several others of the principal noblemen and gentlemen of the county.
Twenty-two processes have been served upon the tenants of Lon. Grantley, for obsolete tithe claims made by the Dean and Chapter v. Ripon, in the small town of Grantley. We have been informed, thin amongst other claims set up by this spiritual body, is a demand fie tithe of milk ! Several poor persons have had as high as five slain!), demanded from them for this tithe ; and the affair has created such sensation at Ripon, that the very walls are chalked with " Take tin Dean milk! " " The Dean wants milk !" York Courant According to his usual custom, a minister of the Established Church not long ago, introduced himself to a gentleman who had lately cone to reside in his parish, by saying that he came, as his spiritual oversee to pay him a ministerial visit. The gentleman replied, that, as he Int already committed himself to the spiritual superintendence of a neigh bouring Dissenting clergyman, he had no need of his services; bra that, as the hour of dinner was at hand, he should be happy if he woul stay and dine with him. The minister indignantly replied, " If you will not partake of my spiritual things, I shall not partake of you carnal things ;" to which the gentleman calmly replied, " You ought to hold that opinion when the time for paying tithes comes."
A meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham took place on Thursday week, in the vestry-room of that church, fo the purpose of levying an additional rate of 6d. per pound. Mr. Grit ham was called to the chair. After a somewhat stormy and contention debate, it was determined that the rate be levied three months hence.
Last week, there were several stoppages in connexion with the lac. trade in Nottingham, which have caused considerable anxiety and ex citement. In one case, where the party had incurred debts to th. amount of several thousands, he had absconded ; but was arrested mi London on Wednesday week. Numerous remarkable disclosures an expected to be made.
A singular occurrence took place oa Wednesday week, at Frant. the field adjoining the church, occupied by Mr. C. Wickens, amok was seen issuing from the decayed part of a beautiful beech tree; an, immediately afterwards flames were observable, although noon-day. With some little difficulty, they were subdued. In a short time after- wards, the body of another tree (a very large ash) in the same field, was discovered to be on fire; and before means could be resorted to to ex- tinguish it, the flames encircled the whole body, and defied every exer- tion that was made to save it, until the tree broke off about six feet up. Both trees were in a most healthy condition. From what cause the fire could have originated, still remains a mystery.—Maidstone Paper.
Orders were last week forwarded from the Treasury for immediately commencing the rebuilding of the Customhouse in Queen Square, Bristol. The Corporation has handed into the Commissioners under the Compensation Act, its first claim, which amounts to between I2,000/. and 13,000/.
The dome of the Brighton Antlizeum feL in with a tremendous crash oil the evening of Friday week. The weight of the dome, which was composed entirely of iron, was between four and five hundred tons; ex- ceeding in size that of St. Peter's at Rome by eight thousand super- ficial feet. The glazing was to have commenced on Monday last, and would have required two acres of glass. Many choice plants had been collected ; and many distinguished persons, the principal of whom was the Duke of Devonshire, were contributors to the undertaking. The seaffilding was removed on Friday afternoon, and all appeared firm ; but, in the course of two hours, the ironwork was heard to crack, and all the workmen left the premises. Presently, the ribs of iron snapped into a thousand pieces, and a great part of the roof, from ihe height it fell, was buried several feet in the earth. The immense weight of iron at the top, when unsupported by the scaffolding, was too great, it seems, for the strength of tne sides, and thus broke in. The principal loser by the accident is Mr. Isaac Lyon Goldsmid.
Previous page
