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16 , 216 ? . ; St . Margaret ' s and St . John ' s , 10 , 903 ? . ; and Poplar , 7663 ? ., thus showing that in pro portion as the latter parishes increased , they paid less for police and county rate , while the former continued to pay the amount of rate fixed in 1847 , irrespective of their poor-rate assessment , clearly showing the necessity of an annual revision Lord Palmerston desired that these grievances might be forwarded to him in writing , so that lie might acquaint himself with the subject .
Desirous of obtaining a park in their neigbourhood , the inhabitants of Finsbury have for some time kept the subject before the public and the Government . Some way was made under the commissiohership of Lord Seymour . On Wednesday a deputation , accompanied by the two Members for Finsbury , waited on Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston . They were told by the former that he could say nothing as to Government assistance Without consulting the Chancellor of the Exchequer .
The committee conducting the working men ' s movement for securing the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays met on Wednesday , to receive the report of the deputation to Lord Palmerston . It was stated that he received the delegates with his accustomed kindness , and having listened attentively to their representations , excused himself from giving any pledge on the subject , but expressed the pleasure he would feel in presenting their petition to the house , and promised to give the matter his best considelation .
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ART DISTRICT SCHOOLS . It will be seen that the Department of Practical Art are not inclined to let the project of district schools fall through for the want of opportunity : — " Her Majesty ' s Government having required that the premises in Somerset House , now occupied by the School of Design , should be forthwith given up for the use of public offices , and having instructed the Department of Practical Art to assist in establishing schools of art , and elementary drawing classes , in connexion with public
schools in several districts throughout the metropolis , in order to applythe elementary instruction heretofore given at Somerset House , notice is hereby given , that the Department of Practical Art , upon receiving requisitions from parochial and other authorities , will be prepared to aid in forming such district schools of art , and elementary drawing classes . A suitable room or rooms , with lighting and firing , will have to be provided by the local authorities , towards defraying the expenses of which certain fees received for instruction , may be applied , and the department will appoint , and guarantee the salary of , a suitable master , and assist in providing a supply of copies , examples , models , &c ., for the use of the students . "
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THE MILTON DINNER . Some time since the Nonconformists established a Metropolitan Club , under the title of the Milton Club . Their first public act has been to h old a festival , called the Milton Dinner , to celebrate , within the classic limits of the London Tavern , the return to the new Parliament of members of their denomination . There was a very numerous attendance , nearly 400 gentlemen sitting down to dinner , gathered together from all
parts of the country . Mr . S . Morley presided ; and among those present were the following Members of Parliament : —Sir J . Anderson , Mr . E . Ball , Mr . Barnes , Mr . J . Bell , Mr . J . Cheetham , Mr . F . Crosaley , Sir G . Goodman , Mr . G . Hadfield , Mr . C . Hindley , Mr . J . Kershaw , Mr . E . Miall , Mr . R . Milligan , Mr . A . Pcllatt , Mr . S . Poto , Mr . J . Pilkington , The Reverend Baptist Noel , Dr . Vaughan , Dr . Campbell , and Mr . Edward Bnines were also present .
In giving the toast of tho evening , " Our Representatives in Parliament , " the chairman stated that there were in tho House of Commons 36 membors who hold in the main Nonconformist principles , representing a population of 3 , 921 , 078 and 192 , 942 electorsmore thun one-sixth both of the electors and the population of the kingdom . Tho toast wns acknowledged by Mr . Cheetham , M . P ., Mr . S . Pcto , M . P ., and Mr . E . Miall , M . P ., who were enthusiastically received .
Mr . Peto , in the course of Ii ' ik npeech , suggested the undeeirubility at present of pursuing any aggressive policy in Parliament , but pointed out that the best mode of action on tho part of the Nonconformists in Parliament , would ha by watching vigilantly the corn-no of public legislation , by exposing everything approaching intolerance , by oppotring every extension of tho Church system at tho expense of tho people , and by frequent inculcation of sound ecclesiastical views .
" Our Divines and College * , " " Our Literature , " " The Milton Club , " " The Union and Prosperity of our ChurcheH , " " Our Press , " acknowledge d by Mr . . K . llaincfi , woro among the toasts afterwards drunk and responded to .
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T II E W E A T II E 11 . WiNTBit not in this week , and brought an us ual some < VisimU > r 8 mid Home wonders with him . Not to speak of London , where liorHOH have been slipp ing about for the laat three days , wo have real catastrop hes by land and Bp . a ,
The ornamental water in the parks—the Lakes of Cockaigne—have been frozen over ; but in spite of a numerous guard of police , and the warning word , " Dangerous , " posted up , there has been the usual manifestation of the Cockney tendency to skate and slide on cat ' s ice . Many boys have had a cold bath , and some lives have been in danger . WBECK OF THE VICTORIA . Two horrible catastrophes , directly traceable to the weather , have happened within these eight days . The City of Dublin Steam-ship Company ' s vessel Queen Victoria , which left Liverpool on Monday at noon , with 120 souls on board , ran on the rocks off the Howth Lighthouse , in a dense fog , at a few minutes before two o ' clock on Tuesday morning , and instantaneously went to pieces . The screams of the affrighted passengers and crew were heard by the parties on board the Moscommon steamer , which had just left Kingstown harbour for Holyhead . The captain hove to immediately , and by great exertion succeeded
in picking up between forty and fifty persons who were struggling in the water . The scene - presented to the passengers by the express boats was truly heartrending . In every direction , as far as the eye could reach , portions of the wreck , trunks , boxes , barrels , baskets , and all other descriptions of luggage belonging to the passengers , were seen floating on the water . Some particulars of this shocking catastrophe are furnished by the Freeman ' s Journal . The Queen Victoria was commanded by Captain Church , an officer of the highest character , and a wide experience . All went well until about half-past one A . ar . of Tuesday . Then the snow was falling thickly and fast , and the
lookout was hopeless , so impenetrable was the cloud . The Kish Xight had been sighted , but the Bailey Light was not visible . " The first intimation those who happened to be on deck'had of their impending danger was a hurried and agitated cry from the first mate to stop the vessel . The mate , who was on the look-out at the starboard bow , was horrified to perceive , looming dimly through , the snow cloud , at a distance of not more than twenty yards , the dark and rugged cliffs of Howth , a little to the north of the Bailey Light . He immediately gave the order to stop , but it was too late , and the next instant the doomed vessel went headlong upon the rock with a fearful and appalling crash . The captain was instantly upon deck , and gave orders to
reverse the engines ; this was done and the vessel being released from the rocks , backed out into deep -water , when , finding that she was rapidly sinking , the captain attempted to run her ashore . In the meantime a scene of the most melancholy and heartrending descrip tion ensued . The cabin passengers were , of course , in bed , and , being awakened by the shock of the collision , rushed , half dressed , and some almost in a state of nudity , upon the deck , when , to their horror , they found the ship fast going down . The steerage passengers , affrighted and dismayed , were running in wild confusion about the deck , vainly seeking for some
mode of escape—husbands were looking for their wives , wives were clinging to their husbands , and mothers , clasping their helpless children to their breasts , were uttering impassioned prayers to Heaven for succour and for mercy . Tho dark waves dashing round the vessel , tho snow falling in thick masses , ' making darkness visible , ' the supplications for help , the frenzied shrieks of despair , and the fearful confusion that prevailed on board the unfortunate ship , all combined to constitute a scene of tho most agonizing and appalling character—enough to unnerve the stoutest heart—and which will ever remain engraven upon tho memories of those who were fortunate enough to
survive it . Mr . Ralph , a shipowner , one of the saved , and the saver of others , has given a graphic description of his share : " Having some knowledge of seamanship , I looked about mo to see if I could bo of any service ; the snow was falling fast ; the greatest confunion prevailed ; tho captain culled out to the people to ' bo quiet , that thore was no danger , and that all would bo Baved . ' There was little attention paid to him , as tho vessel was sinking , bow foremost , and tho passengers wore crying out ' for God ' s sake to got out tho boats . ' Tho Btarboard boat was lowered down full of people , but capsized tho moment it touched tho water , and all in it were drowned . A boat on tho larboard quarter was then lowered , and I jumped into it . Kixteon others also cot in . Slio immediately began to fill
with water , and wo all oxpoctod death . A boy who was witli us felt in the bottom of tho boat , and found that tho plug was out ; ho put his fingers into tho hole , and this partially chocked tho leak . I then baled out tho water with my hat . Then we looked about us for oars , and found that they wore firmly lashed to tho boat , l ) ut none of uh had ft knifo to out tho cords . By main force we broke tho lashings and got out two oars . I took ono of them , and a man-of-war ' s boy , named Kegg , another , and wo pulled the boat under tho lighthouse , and landed fourtoon nooploon tho rocks . 1 and JKegg , and tho boy still keeping his firver in the plug-hole , again pullod out towards the whiand in tho Moscommon
sinking p , doing so wo saw steamer , and rowod to her . Wo got a cork from tho Jioscommon with which we plugged the hole in tho bottom of tho bout , and wo then proceeded to tho wreck . Wo found that who had disappeared , and that nothing but hor masts was to l > o soon above water . Several pooplo were noon clinging to the spare . Wo took off fivo who w « ro on tho foromiwt , and were going to take tho others off tho inainuiiiHt , but the steward , who was ono of thorn , cried out , ' Don't mind uh , my dear follow ; tho Jlottcommon ' 8 boats will take uh up . ' Wo then pulled to tho shore , and having landed tho fivo , wo returned again towards tho wreck , when wo woro picked up ourselves by tho boats of thp
Botcommon . The people on the rocks were also taken up , and we were all brought to Kingstown this morning . Among those in the boat with me were Mr . Walsh , of Athy , county of Kildare ; Mr . John Francis Duffy , Queensquare , Dublin ; and Mr . J . B . Scott , of Andrews and Co . ' s . Poor Mr . Walsh lost his wife ; she was on the quarterdeck when we first drifted off , and he called on her to jump into the sea . I begged her not to do so , for we had then no oars , and we could not pull to give her any assistance , so she must have been lost . I said , ' For God ' s sake , my dear woman , stay where you are , and we'll come Tjack for you as soon as we land the people we have on board . ' I said to Walsh , 'If your wife jumps all these country people will jump also , and the boat will bo swamped , and we shall all ' be swamped together . I am sorry to say the poor lady was not seen any more . "
It appears that the Moscommon , chartered by the Chester and Holyhead ^ Railway Company , was proceeding from Dublin to Holyhead with a general cargo , when the commander , Captain Brown , observed four red lights in the direction of the Bailey Lighthouse . This being rather unusual , he conferred with his mate , Mr . Davis , on the subject , and at length resolved to make for the lights . They soon arrived at the wreck , and , the snow having by this time ceased , they at once perceived what had happened . The boats of the Moscommon were lowered without delay , and proceeded to the wreck , where they took off the men who were clinging to the mainmast , and rescued others who were then struggling in the water . O'Brien , a discharged soldier , adds another personal
incident : — " The vessel was now within about 300 yards of the shore , and I prepared to leap out and swim to it , as I saw no other chance for life . As I was about doing so I saw a woman near me with a child in her arms , and , as I thought I could save it as well as myself , I took it from her and put it over my shoulder , but she took it from me again , refusing to part with her child , and immediately after both she and it were swept into the sea and drowned . I could have saved her child if she would have let me : but
both were lost , and her husband was among the persons Saved . Seeing that the vessel was going down , I leaped in and swam ashore in my clothes . " Several steamers in succession visited the spot to pick up any living who might be found , and to bring ashore the dead . The unfortunate vessel , it appears , struck on the Broken Hatchets , about 400 yards north of the Bailey Lighthouse . It is supposed the captain intended to run her on to Dublin ; and that when rounding the Bailey light she filled and sank . Eight were saved by getting on the rocks at Howth .
DEATHS I 2 ST THE SNOW . The next story admirably illustrates the high discipline of the British Army . Since the prisons at Princetown , Dartmoor , have been brought into use as a convict establishment , a company of soldiers belonging to one of the regiments lying in the Plymouth Garrison is stationed there for service , in connexion with the safe custody of the convicts in the prisons , more particularly whilst engaged on the works . Last week two privates , George Driver
and — Carline , belonging to the 7 th Company ( Captain Brown ' s ) of the 7 th Fusiliers , left the Koyal Military Hospital , at Stoke , Devonporfc . As their troop was on duty at Dartmoor , these two men were on Saturday ordered to march thither , and were escorted from George-square Barracks , Devonport , by Corporal Itamsden as fur as Jump , a village seven miles from Devonport , on the Tavistock and Princetown road . At Jump they were handed over t o Corporal John Panton , who hud been sent from Princetown to escort them
the remainder of tho distance . They got on to tho Dowsland Barn Inn . As snow had been falling all tho day , and knowing more about travelling on the moor in snow thnn the soldiers , the landlord advised Corporal Panton not to think of going on ; but ho replied that his orders were imperative—" they must goon . " They did go on , and , from tho positions in which tho bodies of Driver and Carlino and their knapsacks and hats were found , it is supposed they must have passed through tho first Hiiow-drifb on the margin of tho inoor , a mile and a half from the river , and have reached tho " Devil's-bridgo , " , finding it impassable , havo turned buck to return to Dowslund Barn . They could
not , however , succeed in retracing their steps , the drift having become impassable , after they had crossed it . In their attempts to cross they perished , and on Monday tho bodies of Driver and Carlino wore found . Private John Smith , of the No . 8 Company , returned to Devonport from Princetown on Saturday ; ho states that Corj > ornl Panton and himself left Princetown together , and that ; they were four hours in milking the fivo miles between that place and Dowslund Barn , in consequence of l , he impediments arising from the full of snow ; and Unit for Home part of the way they woro up to their armpits \\\ snow . Ho says ho persundod Pauton not to attempt to return that night , but Panton said he must do ho ; ho must obey orders .
l » AltIII 5 liIA . Our next story docs not deal in tho horrible and shocking , but tho marvellous and beautiful .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1853, page 180, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1974/page/12/
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