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POISONOUS BREAKFAST BEVERAGES. (by a wor...
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11A1I..WAY ACCIDENTS. Ah the woven p.m. ...
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BUllGLAUIES. Several daring burglaries h...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Queen and Prince Albe...
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The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress ent...
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172 ®*E **»*«*? [Sattmoa* ,
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Poisonous Breakfast Beverages. (By A Wor...
POISONOUS BREAKFAST BEVERAGES . ( by a working man . ) Having seen some remarks on the adulteration of coffee in the Leader , I think a few words by one who has been behind the curtain may be of use . To begin with green tea , the system of facing , or getting up , as it is called , is carried on to an extent that few people would believe . Twelve or fourteen years ago the facing was chiefly done by the hand—in Manchester , at least—and the principal ingredient used was magnesia . This gave place to Prussian blue , indigo , and Dutch pink . Within
the last few years various other deleterious articles have been brought into use , and the steam-engine is now made to do the work that was formerly done by hand . " When black tea is so much damaged that it cannot be sold without disguise , they at once set to work and make it into green . No matter how rotten it is , it will be steamed and roasted up ; and if it will not take a curled leaf it is ground and made into small green tea . Plumbago , ivory black , French chalk , and other like substances are used to lay a foundation for the Prussian blue , & c . ; and the quantity of those powders used for that purpose is truly frightful .
The system of mixing and repacking is also carried on to an enormous extent ; and great is the ingenuity often displayed in making the chests look original . The new nails are often sprinkled with salt and water to make them look rusty . Ground coffee ( as most people are aware ) is quite as much adulterated as tea . I have seen remarks made about various kinds of grain being used , but the principal article is chicory , which is itself mixed with every substance that can assimilate with it . In Liverpool damaged sea bread is bought up for the purpose , and all kinds of spoiled grain . Rye is also used in large quantities ; and when chicory was dearer than it is at present I have seen clay ( yes , common clay by the cart
load ) used in Manchester for the purpose of reducing chicory to 36 s . per cwt . When heavy grain was used the packets looked so small for the money that another scheme was adopted . That was to roast and grind bran along with it ; and I have seen hundreds of tons roasted for that purpose . To give a rich blooming appearance to all this rubbish , oxide of iron is used in large quantities , and orange buds are ground along with it to give it a different flavour . If even no grain is used , Venetian red and orange buds are used for colouring chicory alone . At present something like calcined sugar is having a great run , and goes by the name of finingo . A little of it is put along with the chicory ; but it can easily be detected by the naked eye , showing itself in bright glittering particles like glass .
Cocoa also shares the same fate as tea and coffee . At the present time I know that in Lancashire soluble cocoa is made at prices which vaiy from yd . up to 2 s . the pound , from the same parcel of cocoa . To effect this flour , potatoes , farina , and other like substances are used ; also treacle , and here again oxide of iron is used to keep up the colour . The evil does not end here , for those shopkeepers who often get t ! ie blame for the practices I have alluded to , know nothing of them , the fault is with the wholesale dealers ( or manufacturers , I may call them ) , and who often also carry on a retail business , but who take care to sell good articles themselves and serve other shops with goods which they will not sell . Thus they monopolize the ready-money trade to themselves , and get a name for fair dealing .
We hear much talk at times about sanitary reform , but I think little good can be effected as long as the people's food is poisoned by such doings . I have no doubt whatever but every branch of the provision trade is subject to the same complaints . If servants would but make n more determined stand against those practices perhaps they would in some measure be put a stop to . Hut , I am sorry to say , they often do the reverse , for it is just in proportion to the amount of cunning displayed in keeping those things secret that they are
counted « ood and faithful servants . Encouraged by this flattery , tlu ' y often throw out frenli hints for some new invention , thus giving a stimulus to their employers , whilst perhaps at the same time their relations and friends may be suffering both in health and pocket from the suggestions of those who ought to study the interests of the clans to which they belong . Now , I have no objection to t . li «; tea dealers nf Ming one- or another of the various articles named , but what . I want , is that they wil ! leave tho mixing alone , and then people cmi mix for themselves , and have no one to blame for it .
1 have Haiti servants should take a diflerent . course , but they dare not . If their lips are not perfectly sealed to every move they would be at once discharged , and thru they might , make application for work in vain . The character given would be that he is not trustworthy , and the workhouse or the prison is the only place where he would be able to < <« 't admittance .
11a1i..Way Accidents. Ah The Woven P.M. ...
11 A 1 I .. WAY ACCIDENTS . Ah the woven p . m . train from Rugby was on its way to Leicester , on Sunday lant , one of the tubes of the engine
burst . William Wilkinson , the driver , having been before severely scalded from a similar accident , became alarmed , and made his escape from the foot plate over the coke to the back of the tender , when he fell between that and the adjoining carriages , and was killed . J ± e has left a widow and six young children to lament his untimely end , but , fortunately for them , he had insured his life for £ 500 in the Railway Insurance Company s office . . , An alarming accident occurred on the Birmingham and Derby branch of the Midland Railway , at an early hour on Tuesday morning . A goods train which lelt
Birmingham at 1 a . m . came into collision with a wagon which had broken down at Water Orton station . Several wagons and trucks were thrown off the line , and tne contents scattered on all sides , but no loss of life occurred . As the electric telegraph had been rendered useless by the collision , much alarm was felt lest the North tram , due in Birmingham at 1-50 should arrive without warning . A messenger was instantly sent forward to tne Whitacre station , four miles and a half , who succeeded in warning the conductors so as to prevent any accident . A most extraordinary accident happened on the London and North-Western Railway , near Alderley , on tram
Tuesday afternoon . When the Parliamentary , which leaves London at seven , had passed Alderley about half a mile ( fourteen miles from Manchester ) one halt ot the tire of one of the leading wheels flew off . The engine after losing the wheel appears to have got off the line , and to have proceeded so for a short distance ; it must then have fallen over on the offside , and been immediately brought to a stand by being firmly fixed in the ground . Chadwick , the driver , was thrown on the up side ot the line , but the stoker fortunately remained on the engine . The carriages were smashed and heaped together in the most extraordinary manner , and the shrieks of the passengers were fearful . The mischief was discovered from the Alderley station immediately after its occurrence ,
and the station-master proceeded to the spot with all the aid he could collect . As soon as men could be got to work , the passengers were extricated , fortunately all alive . Chadwick , the driver , was almost immediately found in the gutter or water-course on the up side of the line , under the tank part of the tender . He lay across the gutter with his feet towards the line ; and although no part of the tender rested upon his body , a screw-jack lay upon his chest , and rendered fruitless all attempts to remove him . By dint of great exertions for about halfan-hour trie tender was lifted , the screw-jack removed ,
and then the unfortunate man was taken out , quite dead . All the injured persons were taken on to Manchester , with the exception of a married lady , named Halse , who lay at the Queen ' s Hotel , Alderley , suffering from a spinal concussion . She was on her way from London to pay a visit to some friends in Salford . Mr . Allison , a medical gentleman residing at Bridling ; ton , Yorkshire , went on to Manchester by the first train . He had sustained a fracture of the nose , a laceration of the forehead , and a severe contusion of both thighs . The guard of the train was severely bruised , and had his shoulder dislocated . The stoker was also much bruised in several parts of his
body . The wonder is that no greater loss of life has been caused . The heap of ruins , consistiug of fragments of the engine , tender , and carriages , was about twenty feet high , the whole being forced together in a manner which showed the terrific nature of the mischief . The engine was literally smashed into pieces , the boiler being the only part that at all retains its original shape or appearance . But the most extraordinary part of the affair was that one of the carriages , apparently that next the tender , was thrown completely over the tender and engine , and now lies on its side , some ten yards in advance , on the down line . In this carriage there were fortunately no passengers . Four or five carriages were completely destroyed .
Bullglauies. Several Daring Burglaries H...
BUllGLAUIES . Several daring burglaries have taken place during the last eight or ten days . The residence of Mr . Fredericks , of Albemarle-street , Piccadilly , was entered last week and plundered of silks and satins , value £ 120 , a quantity of silver plate , value upwards of £ 200 , and cash and securities amounting to £ 99 9 s . The house 37 , Beaumontstreet , Marvlebone , was also entered last week , and plundered of £ 50 in Bank of England notes , several sovereigns , and £ 100 worth of jewellery , 'l'he mansion of the Honourable Miss Ward , at Ileden , noar Holderness , York , was broken into , and the whole of the costly ; family plate , value £ 500 , carried oil " . It is stated that the
residence of T . Sutton , Esq ., llellmorton , Warwick , was broken into by armed ruffians , who made their way into the room where Mr . and Mrs Xutton were in bed , whom they fastened together , plundering the place of a quantity of money , and a variety of miscellaneous property . The house of Mr . Bateman , of King John ' s-court , Shorcditch , was entered by two burglars on Saturday morning , who had packed up a quantity of plate , jewellery , and other valuables , but were disturbed by his return between one and two o ' clock in the morning . lie was knocked down by out ; of the ruffians , and the other snapped a pistol at him , which flushed in the pan . 'I hey tlien made their escape , l ) ut ( left their plunder behind .
The house of Mr . Tucker , the verger of » St . George ' s Chapel , Windsor Castle , who resides at INo . 1 , Clarelieeroad , was broken into by two men on Wednesday morning , who first ransacked the lower nxiiiiH of the house and then proceeded upstairs with lighted candles to the sleeping apartments of Mr . Tucker and an elderly lady , named Whittaker . Mrs . Whittak < r wiih awoke by the light and noise , and uttered an exclamation , upon which one of the ruffians struck her on the head with an iron instrument , inflicting two severe wounds , and with another blow broke her arm , which slio held up to protect herself . Mr . Tucker , on hearing Mrs . Whitt , tiler ' s HcreaniH , jumped out of bed and run to her assistance , but waw knocked down several times and received four severe wounds on the head . Mrs . Whittaker '*)
ecreams alarmed the villains , and they made off befor « the police arrived . Mr . Tucker m upwards of ninety tears of age , and both he and Mrs . Whittaker axe in a most dangerous state .
Miscellaneous. The Queen And Prince Albe...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and Prince Albert , with the Prince and Princess Royal , and the Princess Alice , visited the Zoological-gardens , in the Regent ' s-park , on Saturday On Monday they visited Kew-gardens , and on Tuesday forenoon they paid a visit to the Crystal Palace , where they remained an hour . During their visit the building was subjected to a trial of the strength of its galleries . I hree hundred workmen were crowded on a given spot , and , by tramping and jumping , tested severely the strength , of the edifice . A body of sappers and miners was next marched along the gallery , and that experiment was e a crap ? e ro f ° '' The Most Noble Order of the Garter , " held on Wednesday afternoon , at Buckingham Palace , over which the Queen presided in the full habit of the order , the M arquis of Normanby having been elected a Knight of the Order : —
* ' The Marquis knelt near the Queen , and Garter King of Arms , on his knee , presenting the garter , her Majesty , assisted by bis Royal Hiffhness Prince Albert and his Boyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , the two eenior Knifrhts Companions present , buckled the garter on his lordship ' s left leg , the Chancellor pronouncing the usual admonition . " Garter King of Arms next presented in like manner the ribbon and George to the Queen , and her Majesty , assisted by Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge , put the ribbon over his lordship ' s left shoulder , the Chancellor pronouncing the admonition . The Marquis kissed her Majesty's hand , and havingreceived the congratulations of each of the Knights Companions , retired . "
The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Majesty and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace on Saturday , and afterwards went with Prince Albert to the Exhibition for the Industry of all Nations , in Hyde-park . The party were conducted through the building , and afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace ; they also paid a visit to the Duchess of Kent , at Clarence-house , St . James's , and in the afternoon returned to Claremont .
The Lord Mayor And The Lady Mayoress Ent...
The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained a large party of their private friends at dinner at the Mansion-house , on Monday , and in the evening the Lady Mayoress gave her soiree dansante to a hundred additional visitors . At the meeting of the Society of Antiquaries , last week , Sir Robert Inglis announced the intended retirement of Mr . Hallam from the office of vice-president , which he has filled during the last thirty or forty years . The loss of his only son ib the cause of his resignation . George Thomson , the correspondent of Burns , expired at his residence in Leith Links , on Tuesday , at the advanced age of ninety-two . Mr . Thomson ' s early connection with the poet Burns is universally known , and his Collection of Scottish . Songs , for which many of Burns ' finest pieces were originally written , has been before tho public for more than half a century .
The Bombay newspapers received this week give an account of Sir Charles Napier ' s progress towards that place , where he was daily expected . He had been everywhere enthusiastically received . At Hyderabad the Belochee chiefs assembled from all parts of the province to do him honour . He was similarly received at Kurrachee , and a parting entertainment was to be given to him by the community of Bombay . Mr . Robert Stephenson , the eminent engineer , has left Alexandria for Malta , with a party of friends , in his yacht Titania . After having travelled from Cairo to Alexandria by land , in order to survey the country , he is very decided in his opinion of the expediency and great advantages of a railroad between the two towns . The French papers say that Count d'Orsay is appointed Minister to the Court of Hanover , and that the Duke de Guiche is to be First Secretary of Embassy in London .
When Mr . and Mrs . Heald ( Lola Montes ) took up their residence some months ago in the Cite Beaujon , they commissioned M . Jacquand to paint their portraits on the same canvas , and it was determined that Mr . Heald should be represented at full length , in his uniform as an officer of the guards , offering to his bride , seated on a sofa , a present of jewellery . Just as the painting was terminated . M . Jacquand , learning that Mr . Heald had left for England , brought an action against him before the civil tribunal for the price of the picture . Mr . Heald objected to the price ( 10 , 000 f . ) as excessive , and th 3 tribunal directed M . Ingres to examine the painting , and to say what it really was worth . M . Ingres reported that lO . OOOf . was a fair price . Last Saturday the matter came before the tribunal for a final decision . M .
Jae-( jiiand still demanded 10 , OOGf . ; but tho tribunal , after hearing M . Blanchet , fixed the price at HOOOf ., and condemned Mr . Heald to pay that num . Tho costs were ordered to be divided between the parties . The Roman correspondent of the Daily A ' Bays : ¦—" With respect to the English Catholics at present in Rome , who are likely to run after tijiich ceremonies , novelty is no doubt a great stimulus , especially when tho Pope himself officiates . The principal Knglitdi Catholics , not . habituall y resident , hut only passing the winter here , are Lord and Lady l'Vildinir , Lord and Lady Cainpden ,
Lord Gormauston with his two married houh , Mr . I re « - ton and Mr . Thomas Preston ; Mr . Howard of the Life Guards , of the Duke of ^ Norfolk's family ; the Honourable Alfred Stourton , Mr . and Mrs . II . IVtre , Mr . Clifford , eldest hou of Lord Clifford , and his lady , Lord l ' etre ' s daughter . Archbishop Iluglies ' s mixed congregation , in the church of Saint Andrea delle Fralte , increase * in number on each succeeding Sunday , as many Protestants arc induced Iry curiooity to listen to his singular arguments . Dr . Hughea ' u tonio the day before yesterday ( Feb . 2 ) was the unity of the church , in support of whisk
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 22, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22021851/page/8/
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