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particulars of the charges have not transpired as yet . Further arrests have been made at Kenmare and Killarneyy The prisoners are said to belong to the Phcenix Association , and are of the class of clerks and shopmen . It appears that several clubs exist throughout Ireland , under the title of Phoanix Societies , and they are understood to be of a secret character . There is a talk of those who are under
arrest being engaged in promoting a filibustering invasion of Ireland . At the dinner of the Romsey Agricultural Society , last week , Lord Palmerston presided , but while talking freely about himself and his administration , had not a word to say upon the subject of the coming session . Mr ; Bright , Mr . Milher Gibson , and Mr . Robert Lowe have been addressing their constituents , this week , upon the ail-absorbing topic of reform . An opinion is gaining ground that ]\ £ r . Bright and some of / his follQwers are likely very sopa to disagree upon some important points ,
while Mr . Lowe is of the opinion , which many others hold , that the bulk of the people care little about the projected reform .- —— -The evening services at St . Paul's are continued . A very large congregation assembled , last Sunday , to hear a sermon from the Bishop of Rippn ; the bishop having , as Dr . Bickersteth , attained some reputation as a pulpit orator . — -An undertaking is spoken of , called the London District Telegraph Company , for the purpose of providing the metropolis with the means of telegraphic communication . The required capital is £ 60 , 000 l > ,
and it is proposed to divide the city and suburbs into eleven districts , each containing 100 stations , so / as to ensure that a despatch may be delivered in any part in the course of a few minutes , Messages of ten words will be sent . for fourpence to any place Within four miles of Charingr-cross . — -No less than four of the most able weekly journals have this week put forth leaders denouncing crinoline as unsightly , disfiguring , enormously expensive , and , and to crown all , involving great danger from fire , the deaths from which cause have been very numerous lately . —
Dr . Walker , who has been sent to the Andaman islands to superintend the establishment of convict sepoys , is determined to create a new colony . He has had Chatham Island and Ross Island cleared of jungle , and he intends to form his free settlement on Mouatt Island , which is separated from the penal settlement by an isthmus . He invites immigrants from the Madras coast , the people of which emigrate to the Mauritius , Ceylon , and the West Indies . ——At the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Company , the dividend recommended in the director's
report , viz ., 3 | per cent , for the half year , with an additional payment of 1 per cent ., was agreed to . -The Railway Companies' Association met last week at the Railway Clearing House . The railway directors present , who represented a capital of £ 136 , 873 , 000 , set forth in strong terms the many serious grievances under which the railway interests of the country labour . It was stated that the report issued by the association , has met with the almost unanimous support of the rail way shareholders of the kingdom , and that the association intend to bring int " Parliament during the next session a measure for legalising decisions of arbitration
on all questions which railway companies may fairly submit to arbitration ; and also for legalising agreements between companies for the division of traffic . The chairman gave notice that at the next meeting of the association he should propose that the government be requested to appoint a select committee on railways , with full power to inquire into all grievances complained of by railway companies , and to suggest such remedies as in their opinion might appear desirable . The directors of the Great Western Railway have changed their chairman . Lord Shelburne , eldest son of the Marquis of Lansclowne , has succeeded the Hon . Spencer Ponsonby .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
The Drury Lane season of the Pyne and Harrison company was brought to a close on Saturday evening , by the benefit of the fair manageress , Miss Louisa Pyne , who added fresh laurels to her store by her delicious singing in the " Daughter of the Regiment , " which had been selected for the occasion . The house was crowded , but the audience expressed some dissatisfaction at the absence
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The Week
particulars of the charges have not transpired as yet . Further arrests have been made at Kenmare and Killarneyy The prisoners are said to belong to the Phcenix Association , and are of the class of clerks and shopmen . It appears that several clubs exist throughout Ireland , under the title of Phoanix Societies , and they are understood to be of a secret character . There is a talk of those who are under
arrest being engaged in promoting a filibustering invasion of Ireland . At the dinner of the Romsey Agricultural Society , last week , Lord Palmerston presided , but while talking freely about himself and his administration , had not a word to say upon the subject of the coming session . Mr ; Bright , Mr . Milher Gibson , and Mr . Robert Lowe have been addressing their constituents , this week , upon the ail-absorbing topic of reform . An opinion is gaining ground that ]\ £ r . Bright and some of / his follQwers are likely very sopa to disagree upon some important points ,
while Mr . Lowe is of the opinion , which many others hold , that the bulk of the people care little about the projected reform .- —— -The evening services at St . Paul's are continued . A very large congregation assembled , last Sunday , to hear a sermon from the Bishop of Rippn ; the bishop having , as Dr . Bickersteth , attained some reputation as a pulpit orator . — -An undertaking is spoken of , called the London District Telegraph Company , for the purpose of providing the metropolis with the means of telegraphic communication . The required capital is £ 60 , 000 l > ,
and it is proposed to divide the city and suburbs into eleven districts , each containing 100 stations , so / as to ensure that a despatch may be delivered in any part in the course of a few minutes , Messages of ten words will be sent . for fourpence to any place Within four miles of Charingr-cross . — -No less than four of the most able weekly journals have this week put forth leaders denouncing crinoline as unsightly , disfiguring , enormously expensive , and , and to crown all , involving great danger from fire , the deaths from which cause have been very numerous lately . —
Dr . Walker , who has been sent to the Andaman islands to superintend the establishment of convict sepoys , is determined to create a new colony . He has had Chatham Island and Ross Island cleared of jungle , and he intends to form his free settlement on Mouatt Island , which is separated from the penal settlement by an isthmus . He invites immigrants from the Madras coast , the people of which emigrate to the Mauritius , Ceylon , and the West Indies . ——At the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Company , the dividend recommended in the director's
report , viz ., 3 | per cent , for the half year , with an additional payment of 1 per cent ., was agreed to . -The Railway Companies' Association met last week at the Railway Clearing House . The railway directors present , who represented a capital of £ 136 , 873 , 000 , set forth in strong terms the many serious grievances under which the railway interests of the country labour . It was stated that the report issued by the association , has met with the almost unanimous support of the rail way shareholders of the kingdom , and that the association intend to bring int " Parliament during the next session a measure for legalising decisions of arbitration
on all questions which railway companies may fairly submit to arbitration ; and also for legalising agreements between companies for the division of traffic . The chairman gave notice that at the next meeting of the association he should propose that the government be requested to appoint a select committee on railways , with full power to inquire into all grievances complained of by railway companies , and to suggest such remedies as in their opinion might appear desirable . The directors of the Great Western Railway have changed their chairman . Lord Shelburne , eldest son of the Marquis of Lansclowne , has succeeded the Hon . Spencer Ponsonby .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
The Drury Lane season of the Pyne and Harrison company was brought to a close on Saturday evening , by the benefit of the fair manageress , Miss Louisa Pyne , who added fresh laurels to her store by her delicious singing in the " Daughter of the Regiment , " which had been selected for the occasion . The house was crowded , but the audience expressed some dissatisfaction at the absence