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A Night at . Ska . —A number of persons -who intended sailing from Douglas , Isle of Man , fur Dublin , by the steamer Queen , of Whitehaven , -were awaiting the arrival of that vessel from Whitehaven on the 23 rd nit ., and got into the boats belonging to the Whitehaven Packet Company for the purpose of going on board . On the vessel arriving and firing a gun , at half-past eleven o ' clock , the boats proceeded towards her at the outside of the hay , but were unable to get alongside , as the anchor not being down the steamer drifted away from the boats . A squall of wind off the land came down , on them at the same time , and , proving far too strong for the rowers , swept the boats away out to sea . The largest Ijoat had
on board twenty-five passengers , and a crew of three boatmen , with only two oars , and was encumbered by a heavy load of luggage , besides the-passengers . They passed a wretched night , and were only relieved long after daylight by seeing a steamer maki ng towards them , which proved to be the vessel they ought to have been on board of , and by -which they -were picked , up and brought back to the bay . The smaller boat liad nine passengers on board , and rode rather lighter ; she had also drifted several miles off Langness when she was picked up . Among the passengers in the boats were several ladies and some youths returning from school . One lady lost a trunk containing jewellery and other property of the value of 2001 .
Edinburgh University . — The Town Council of Edinburgh met on Monday for the purpose of electing a Professor of Chemistry hi succession to the late Dr . William Gregory . Dr . Lyon Playfair was voted into the vacant chair by a majority of 16 ovei Dr . Anderson , of Glasgow University . . Sir John Lawrence . — A letter from Sir John Lawrence to the Lord Mayor , thanking the Court of Common Council for the honour of laying elected him a member , was read at a-meeting of the Court on Monday . It was dated " Camp Tilum , Punjab , May 9 th , 1858 . " A motion that the letter should be entered on the journals of the Court was carried by acclamation . Metropolitan- Bath Company . — - The last annunl
report of the Board of Directors , under whose superintendence the western part of London is accommodated with an . unexceptionable set of baths , has been recently circulated . In the previous report , submitted to the shareholders in May , 1858 , it was stated that the works had been commenced when only 500 of the 1000 shares of 107- each ( the capital originally fixed ) had been subscribed for , in the full expectation that there would be no difficulty in raising the whole amount required . By the last report , submitted -to the shareholders during the month of June , it appears that the monetary pressure of the time debarred the company from receiving the supr port it had a right to expect . The directors have thus
incurred various liabilities , the total outlay for building , boilers , machinery , advertising , < £ c ., amounting to 8898 £ 4 s . 4 d ., while to complete the building and furniture 1000 ? . more is required . The company , it should be remembered , is one of limited liability , and the directors compute that the gross yearly receipts of the establishment will be fully equal to 4680 / ., while the working expenses will not exceed 21501 . During the month that elapsed between the 17 th of May and the 17 th ult ., the receipts were no less than 126 / . 17 s . 6 d , and the baths taken were 1009 in number , although only the ground and first floors are as yet open . The second floor is , however , in an advanced state of preparation .
Accidents on Railroads . —The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the causes of accidents on railways , and into the possibility of removing any such causes , has issued its report , which is dated the 25 th ult . We here ieud : — " Your commhtee is of opinion that the Board of Trade should be invested with the fullest powers to investigate and report to Parliament upon any accident winch may occur on railways . Your committee is of opinion that a rate of speed considerably in excess of what is considered safe , in the opinion of the great majority of the witnesses examined , is sometimes attained on many of the lines ; that the evidence taken further tends to show that such
excessive speed has arisen , not so much from the average spi'ed required as advertised by the railway time-tubles , as from the want of strict punctuality in the time of tlio departure and arrival of trains Iron ) each station , which leads to an excess of speed for the purpose of endcuvuuring to make up time lost . " The report . tliL-n makes various suggestions for preventing the evils complained of , but does not recommend any specific legislative action . Mr . C _ arkson Stanjpikjud , K . A ., fell from one of the ¦ Needles rocks last week , while sketching , spiuihcd his ankle , and seriously bruited his face « nd body . OxroitUnivkrkitv
u Commission . —The report ofllii conm . ihbion , just issued , chiefly refers to iho question of fellowships . Tho commisHioiUTS huve regarded it as an essential part of their duty to ensure that fellowships shall bo determined , generally , by the personal merits ami fitness of tho successful eundulate , and not by accidents of birth and locality . They have ihenfore provided for the total abolition of sueh prcfjruieea , except in the case of two colleges , to which they were prepared to add St . Jotjn ' n , tho pcculiur dreuJiiMtauci's of these colleges uppearinB to warrant a difference of constitution . A ho two in which preference continue to exist uro New College and Josua College . It would iipiiear that tlio
authorities of St . John ' s College 2 nade a proposal , which the commissioners refused , as calculated to secure to the college the odious character of a " close" institution . They accordingly adhered to their previous decision which will be carried out . New Assize Couhts for Ukrkshike . —It was determined at the county sessions at Abingdon , on Monday , to erect new assize courts for Berkshire at Reading , where great inconvenience has long been felt for want of s ufficien t space . Births and Deaths ix London . —ITie deaths in London in the week ending Saturday , June 26 th , were 1092 . la the ten years 1848-57 , the average number of deaths was 984 ; but , as the deaths of last week
occurred in an increased population , the average should he raised in proportion to the increase , when the comparison will show that the mortality of last week approximated very closely to the calculated amount . Diarrhoea was fatal last week in . fifty-four cases , -which is double the average for corresponding weeks ; its recent increase is evident , the numbers of the two previous weeks having been 18 and 31 . There were also eight deaths from cholera or " choleraic diarrhoea . "—Last week , the births of 823 boys and 839 girls , in all 1662 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average Tiumber was 1525- — From the Registrw-GeneraVs Weekly Return .
Mr . W . H . BAiussat . —The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the allegations contained in t 3 ie petition of Mr . Barber , the solicitor who was transported for many years on a false charge of forgery , sat for the first time on Tuesday , when Mr . Barber gave evidence as to the brutal treatment he received at Norfolk Island and the tyranny of Major Child , the commandant . The witness thus concluded his statement : — " Conscious of my innocence , I made no disposal of my property ; but after my convicV ion it was all seized , and every vestige has been swept away , together with debts due to me , which have been lost through the operation of the Statute of Limitations . I have received a paidon on tlie ground of my innocence , but have returned fro this country destitute , haying lost several thousands of pounds , and been permanently injured by the cruelties exercised towards me . " The committee then adjourned .
The Earl of Caithness lias been elected one of the representative peers of Scotland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Earl of Morton . Dean Trench has resigned the chair of Divinity at King ' s College , London . The King of Delhi at the Cape . '—On the 10 th of March , the Governor of the Cape , Sir George Grey , in the course of his address to the Parliament , said : — "A correspondence will be laid before you detailing the reasons for which it is intended to detain the King of Delhi in confinement in British Caffraria . You will find from these papers tliat this is an isolated case , and that no intention exists of transporting prisoners from India to her Majesty ' s South African possessions . "
Tug Crystal Palace . —At a meeting of the Crystal Palace shareholders held on Wednesday , a resolution in favour of opening the building to shareholders on Sundays -was adopted . A ballot was demanded , which will take place about the middle of the present month . Tlw meeting was rather stormy . Tins Kkv . Alfred Poolic , whose name lias recently been before the public in connexion with the alleged scundale in Belgravia , has lodged an appeal with the Archbishop against the decree of suspension pronounced against him by the Bishop of London .
The liBSTORATioN or Qudk . —Tho adjourned general Court of Proprietors of the East India Company was held in Leadenhall-fitreet on Wednesday , when Mr . Jones brought on his motion for tho restoration of Oude to the native Koyul family . Mr . Helps moved the previous question 5 but the vote was anticipated by a count-out .
Sanitary Condition of Puintino - offices . — Amongst those trades and professions opposed to tho duration of life which nro followed in the metropolis by large numbers of persons , few are more fatal thau that of tho compositor imd printer . The number of deaths from consumption amongst tliem is very large . Those who have visited conic of tlio London pfinthig-oiuces , which have been lulupled for this purpose from oldfashioned dwelling-lNjunes , will not for a moment doubt that the deaths uiul loss of health arc to be attributed to the ill condition of the atmosphere , produced by overcrowding the Npiice , and nutting at defiance all sanitary principles . Nor are the editors and correctors of the press in many cases bettor accommodated . Men well aw uro
of tho danger arc fhut into closets , partitioned off from , the ill-vontihite . d hi > i \ cp , uud little larger than full-sized coiHiiB ! Sketches of some of these literary dens , in which arc accommodated men who are earnestly working to clcvute the tusto uud Improve the condition of ( he community , would astonish , many readers . Changes for tho better have either buen made or are in progress in various quiti'tcrn . Much , however , that in bad remains to bo altered ; and taking tlio whole of the snnitnry arrangements' that have been provided for those eiitfuged in tho printing | iro (' cssiou in a miian , thcro remain defects Kiiillcii'iit to account on clearly for the loss of life in print iiifr-oiIiucB oh in tho bur racket of the metropolis , — The litvUdiir .
Covent-gabdkx -Market . —It seems earl v for so many persons to be abroad , not only to sell but to purchase tiowers , yet there is no lack of buyers for the perfumed stores which meet tho eye , and well nigh impede the footsteps . Young sempstresses aud milliners' girls , biirmaids and shopwomen , pent up all day in a hot and close atmosphere , ha-ve risen an hour or two earlier , and make a party of pleasure to conic to Covent-garden Market to buy flowers . It is oiie of Heaven ' s mercies that the very poorest manages somehow to buy these treasures ; aud he who is steeped to the lips in misery will have a morsel of iniguimiette in his window , or a bunch of-violets in the cracked jug on his mantel-shelf , even as the great lady has rich , savage , blooming plants in
her conservatory , and cainelias and magnolias in porphyry vases on marble slabs . It is a thin , a very thin line , that divides the independent poor from the pauper in his hideous whitewashed union ward ; the power of buying flowers ana of keeping a dog . How the halfpence are scraped together to buy the violets or mignionette , whence comes the coin that purchases the scrap of paunch , it puzzles me to say ; but gi » where you will among the jxiuperwtb tabenias and you will find the dog and the flowers . Crowds more of purchasers are there yet around the violet baskets ; but these are buyers to sell again . Wretched-looking little buyers are they , halt-starved Bedouin children , mostly Irish , in faded aud tattered garments , with ragged hair and bare feet . They have tramped miles with their scanty stock-money laid up in a comer of
their patched shawls , daring not to thick of breakfast till tbeir purchases be mado ; and then they will , tramp miles again through the cruel streets of London town , penetrating into courts and alleys where the sun never shines , peering into noisome doorways , selling their -wares to creatures almost as ragged and forlorn as themselves . They cry violets ! They cried violets in good Master Hemck ' s time . There are some worthy gentlemen , householders and ratepayers , who would put all such street-criers down by act of Parliament . Indeed , it must be ah intolerable sin , this piping little voice of an eight-years old child , wheezing out a supplication to buy a . ha ' porth of violets But then mouthy gentlemen are all Sir Oracles ; and where they are , 110 dogs must bark nor -violets '; be cried . — -The Welcome Guest .
A meexixG of the letter-carriers-was held on Tuesday evening at the llole-in-the-Wall , Cliancery-lane . In consequence of the heavy duties the men have to perform , they were not able to assemble until a late hour . Within an hour of the time for meeting , not only the long room , but the entire house , was crowded to suffocation . The chairman of the last meeting Laving been suspended for two or three weeks , and threatened with dismissal from the service by the authorities , for filling such an office , it was feared there would be a difficulty in iinding a chairman for the present meeting . However , as soon as the question was mooted , a letter-carrier , of known respectability and long servitude , came forward and volunteered his services to take the chair . He opened the meeting by stating . they had been called together that evening by a printed bill ,
circulated amongst them , a copy of which was forwarded to each branch otlice , to the effect that" A gegeral meeting of letter-carriers will take place at tho liole-in-tlie-Wall , on Tuesday week , the 29 th iust , to take into consideration the present incessant duties , and to take measures for the cessation thereof ; also for business of paramount importance . " He would not go into detail . Sullice it to say that their work had been increased twofold , and they had hud no extra duty money as heretofore , and that they ( tlie authorities ) now intended making sorters of the letter-carriers , consequently causing them to perform double duty , which no man , however athletic ; , could stand . A resolution was carried to iuivo u petition presented to both Houses of Parliament . A . committee was also formed for carrying out tlie wishes of the meeting . The meeting was then adjourned till to-morrow ( Sunday ) .
A Si-iiici * Walkbu . —A young man , named George Manton , . has hud hi * arm dresaed ut thu ( iueeu ' u Hospital for a rathur severe wound that he received . It seemed that the patient is somowhat addicted to sleep walking , dreaming , &c , and , fancying thut lie bad been insulted , ho jumped out of bed , and commenced a spirited attack upon 1 ) 18 supposed i ' oo . Unfortunately , he fancied this dream-person occupied u place cIuho to his bedroom window , and in the course of his attack he knocked his arm through a pane of glass , and awoke to realize tho disagreeable fuct that he had been dreaming , and had cut himself badly . —liirviinyhani . Duifi / J'rtma . 1
Couit'iok Common Council .. —At a meeting of tho Common Council on Thursday , Mr . 11 ill submitted the following motion : ¦ -- " That tlio demoralizing effects produced to- tlio surrounding neighbourhood by the Sundaymart held in llouudnditoh calls for the serious attention of this Court , mid that , with u viotv to its suppression , it be referred to tho polico coinmiltuo to hujuiro into the cii-uunitttuncug relating tiurotii , with iuHtructioim to cull for the pi-oduc-tioii of any jMpciti in the bunds of the C'MinnitiBioiKu . s of polieo connected therewith , and to rtiport tlioreon to thin court . " The motion wus ultimately agreed to , with the < mii « Hion of tho words " ddiuoraliKiitiou '' and " suppression , " — Air , Deputy Dukin a ^ uiu brought forward *' a petition from tho I ) can and Chupler of fcit . i ' uul ' s , and the Committee of M / t-
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Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 635, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2249/page/11/
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