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Health Of London.—The Ofiieial Table Say...
Health of London . —The ofiieial table says : — The sr- > te of the public health , as indicated hy a constant increase of TOOrU'Aty , is fay irom ht > " i » g faf . orai'Ie at t he present lime . Daring four weeks of X = > vci ! ib -r , the deaths registered in t ! : e London : - - : it-t- i : icr > .-. i 5 ed in the followin < r progression : 9 S 9 , lj & l . 1 , 132 , 1 , 279 , ; and in the weekending ja . m S- > i ur . i = y they rose to 1 , 310 . Burin" the same five weeks ihe deaths among old persons of 60 Years and upwards havo n'lsnbeved successively 202 , 2 rt 7 , 243 . 277 , and 305 . Jt w 11 be seen from a
review oi ten previoss years ( 1541-50 ) that in the week of LSI 7 correspond ! .- )! ' to hist week , influenza raise-l the deaths to 2 . 454 ; but with the ex-Cept-OII Of th : tt } 'e . ir they did not in r . ny enrrespowi' . wg week exceed 1 , 140 , and were generally much le-s . The averaire of the ten weeks was 1 . 123 , and if corroded for increase of population 1 , 235 , compared with which Ihe deaths of last week exhibit an excess of 81 . It is hardly necessary to r maik that if the unusual mortality of 1817 -wtre excluded from the comparison , the result W . iuid be ttill more unfavourable for last week . List week tbemoit . lity attributed to diseases of the zvmotio or eyhiemic class was nearly of the same amount a * in the previous return , namely ,
249 deaths . Small-pox carried off 21 clliUreu Hud 3 adults ; measles , 17 children ; scarlatina , 43 ; hooping cou ^ li , 31 : croup , 6 ; thrush , 2 ; diarrheas 2 G persons ; ~ dysen-eiy , ti ; cholera , 1 ; influenza , 7 ; purpura , 3 ; nsne , 1 ; remittent and infantile fever , 4 ; typWs , fil ; rheumatic fever , 3 ; puerj eral fever , o ( besides 5 other cases of women dying after childbirth ); eneipela * , 7 ; and syphilis , 1 child an 12 adults . It appears that fever has increased lo a small extent in the preceding week , list week the births of 7 SS boys and 740 girls , in all 1 , 523 children , were registered . The average of six corresponding weeks in lSio-50 was 1 , 374 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily rea ling of the baromater was above 30 in . on
every < : ay in tho week ; on Monday , when it was highest , it was 30 * 155 in ., on Wednesday 30150 in ., and the average of the week was 30 * 134 in . The mean temperature was from 4 to 9 degrees helow the aver -ga of corresponding days in 10 years daring the week except on Friday and Saturday , when " strose three and five degrees above it . The mean temperature of the week was 38 8 deg ., or about 3 degs . below tbe average . The wind was in the norih-west in the earlier part of the week , and changed to sown-wprt on tbe last two days . The Late Fjtal Accident at Kbksisotojt . — -On Monday nUht Mr . Wakley resumed and concluded an investigation into the cause of the death of
Robert Wodleo , ased twentj-eight , a p ' a » terer , who was killed on theSOib ult . by the falling of a large portion of a pile of buildings in the course of erection , ia the Gloucester-road . Kensington . —The jury returned the following verdict : — "We find ihat Robert Worilen was accidentally killed by the falling of the cornice of the parapet of certain houses , the property of Mr . John Inderwick , situated in Gloucester-road , Kensington , upon the 29 th Nov * ember , J . ? 5 i ; and we further find , that the cause of the a-cident was by reason of the bad materials furnished hy Mr . Iuderwick ; we also find that Mr . Bean , the surveyor , was to blame for having permitted the Wi * k to proceed under such circumstances . ' *
Aixkged IsFAsmciDE—On Tuesday , an inquiry was held on the body of a male child , the illegitimate offspring of Agnes Tyler , of 38 , Carey-street , Xincofn ' s-ina-fields . Mr . James Stevens stated that he was a surgeon , and resided at 26 , Bloomsbury-square . On the morning of Thursday last , scon after midni ght , he was called to see the mother , -who is " a single woman , at 33 , Careystreet . He found her in bad , and tbe child had been born half an hour . He found it was a seven months child , and put it into a warm bath , and used every means to preserve life , but all were of no avail , and it died after a few gasps . The next day be sa « v the mother again . Ho asked her who the father was , and sue told biro , and also where he lived . She then went on to state that he took her
to a house in St . Martin ' s-strcet , near the Great Globe , and that the went in while he stayed at the door . She saw an old woman and a medical man , as she supposed . Upon asking if any thing had been given to her , see told witness not , but an instrument was used which hurt her very much , and she was to have gone again the nest night , but as she was afraid of being hilled she did not . She also said tbat before this the father of the child had taken her to his house , and introduced her to a friend of his , a French doctor , who used an instrument much against her will . Mr . Stevens continued , and said he was induced to go to the house described in St . Martin ' s-street , and faw the old woman , who admitted " the doctor" attended and operated , and that the young ladies generally stayed about a week , and then wrnf . away . Jit * went in and saw that everything was prepared for each a purpose . He on Monday nude a post
mortem examination of the body of the cbJld . The lungs were filled with dark blood , and had not been inflated with air , so Uwt they sank in water , while inflated lungs would not only float but - support tbe heart . —The Coroner : The inflation and tho floating of the lungs is usually a test tbat the child had breathed , but he had known cases where it was not SO . Mr . Stevens observed that the test was wrong in this case , for he saw the leg of the child move . lie added tint the brain and scalp were congested . — To tho Coroner : There wag no wound ol any kind on the body . —The Coroner : What will you say ia the cause of death ? Mr . Stevens replied that if he had been there when the child was horn he could have saved its life . It died from its ¦ weak state in being prematurely born . It appearing that Miss Tyler , the mother , is now exceedingly ill , and would not be able to give her evidence for Some time , the inquiry was adjoured .
Reprieve of the Convict Smith . —This wretched man , who was convicted at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court , of the murder of an infant chill of a woman with whom he cohabited , and who was sentenced to be hanged , has had his sentence commuted to transportation for life . The Yictouta Fuxd . —Her M-jcsty the Queen has most kindly si gnified her intention of founding a new ck irity , for ihe relief of the poor patients who have been liberated from the county of Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch , - and it ia to he carried on in a similar manner to the Itojal Adelaide Fund at tho llanwell Lunatic Asylum . Her majesty has already forwarded £ 100 for the promotion of tbe charity .
jEXTHAOHDI . VAKr 2 > " nMBER OF FlUES IS OXE XlGHT . —The fire-engines were kept in constant operation from ten o ' clock on Monday night until past three on Tuesday morning , there being during that period not fewer than nine calls received at the different stations . One fire happened on the premises of Mrs . E . Watkinson , a coffee shop keeper , Ko . 45 , High-street , Sbadwell . Several of the adjoining houses were either burned or seriously damaged . Another fire broke out in the lower floor of Eaglestreet Chapel , Eagle-street , Red Liou-pquare . Considerable damage was done . A Sre took p lace in the premises belonging to Messrs . M'Evans and
Zearston , picture-frame makers , Xo . 28 , Tottenham-street . Tottcnh < m-court-road . Tbat portion of the building in which it commenced was burned out , and tho remainder of the building seriously injured . A second fire took place in High-street , Slwdwcll , during the night , but the damage done was inconsiderable . Another fire broke out at Mr . Halbrom ' s , lucifer-rnntch maker , So . 1 , Springterrace , VaUXhall-walk . The other fires were in Fitzroy-place , Sew-road ; Charlotte-street , Fitzroysquare ; and the Borough , but the damage done at each was very trifling . Fix . 1 . © y a Beiuh sg in Cannon-street . —On
Sunday morning considerable alarm was occasioned in Cannon » street , City , in consequence of the falling down of one of the new buildings just erected . They were of shallow depth , but of considerable frontage , and nearly opposite the church of St . SwisWn , tbe congregation of which church , frightened hy the noise of the falling floors , sprang from their seats , and great confusion ensued . Death from Destitution . —An inquest was held on the 5 th inst ., by Mr . Baker , on the body of Eliza Grcenaway , aged twenty-four , who died ir . the infirmary of Shoreditch Workhouse , under very
distressing circumstances . The deceased had told Mr . Clarke , the medical officer , that she had been apprenticed by ihe parish authorities of St . Luke ' s to a wax image maker , and was an orphan . She had been seduced by her master , and was some months advanced in pregnancy by him , from whom she had received continued ill-treatment , which induced her to run away from the house , and wander the pnblic streets in a state of starvation until relieved by the po ice officer . —Yerdict , " That the deceased had certain injuries on her head , but how or by what means her death was caused they had no evidence to prove . "
Tub New Houses of Parliament —Considerable progress has been made within the last few weeks in clevr a * away the old building materials from the neighbourhood of Old Falace-yarJ . The whole Ot the erections which formerly hid the view of the new palace , from the Court-houses on the Victoria-XT ^ ?^ re , « 0 ved , and the space which has been kid open serves materially to enhance the imposing appearance of the new houses from the west . T he unsightly timber erections near the entrance to Westminster-ball win be removed in offew the
! it-S % t /|? ' aateriato having been disposed of by public auction on Monday last . Workshops have now been erected on a temporary whir ., adjoining Westminster-bridge , in order that the space ia New Palace-vard may , prior to the opening of Parliament , he rendered as clear as poa-Sible . The alterations which hare been made during the recess in the 3 few House of Commons have tint only aeded to the beauty of its internal » ppearjnce , bu ; have , itis hoped , contributed in a -arge degree to render the building of a more comion hie ch aracter .
Health Of London.—The Ofiieial Table Say...
Loss of Life by FiRB .-Mr . Payne held an in - quest on Monday night , at the ho-piial of St . Bartho ' lotnew , on the bodv ot Eliza Simpson , ased seven , who died from injuries received hy her clothes taking fire . Verdict , ¦• Ac cidental Death . " Instruction of Uxj . on Halt , bv FmE .-This edinc : ' , siiuaie on the sou h side of Union-street , Borough , was , fate ou Saturday last , totally destroyed by five . FiuGHTFur . Case op Burmng . —About the same tinie another fire took place at No . 7 , Midfordnlaee , Tottenham-conrt-road . It seems that a young female , eleven years of age , ibou'lner of Mr . Hall , residing in the above-named h ' -usc , in removing a lighted candle set fire to a quantity of wearing apparei . and she became encircled iu flams . Her pkreins ; cries having brought assistance the flames were subdued , but not until the unfortunate girl was burned almost as black as a cole . . No hopes are entertained of her recovery .
Sopkhstitio-v and Suicide . —On "Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held on the body of Cha * L't wg , aged twenty-five , coachman to the Rev . Charles Fryer , of Well Hall , vicar of BHham , found drowned in the river near Vauxhall-bridge . Deceased had been in the service of the rev ., vicar of Eltham for about six months . During the hut week the deceased had repeatedly taid that he had seen three winling-sbeets in the candle , and he watj sure that some one either in his own or his master ' s family would die soon . When last seen alive he appeared very well . There was no positive evidence as to how deceased came into the water , and the jury therefore returned a verdict of " Found drowned . "
West Londos Reform Association . —The West London Reform Association held their anniversary meeting on Wednesday evening , at tho Commercial Hall , King ' s-road , Chelsea . After the routine business , which consisted of the re-election of officers , adoption of a report , and enrollment of members , and which occupied a very considerable time , the meeting was addressed by Mr . Searle , Mr . Hartley Kennedy , and other gentlemen . Fjhb in the Str-isd . —On Wednesday morning , about four o ' clock , a tiro broke out in the lower part of the house Xo . 129 , in the Strand , occupird by Messrs . Ayckbourn and Co ., patent float manufacturers , and Mr . Edward Jones , a surgeon dentist . The inmates were rescued and kindly aided by their neighbours , by whose means tluy were safely brought over the roofs of the adjoining houses . Within the house which haa been burnt
not a vestige remains—the premises have been thoroughly gutted , aud from the slender materials which support the front there is great danger of its coming down . The premises were insured , but considerable loss will be occasioned to the occupiers of the house . Tbb Losdos Necropolis and jSational Mausoleum Company . —A deputation , consisting of the following gentlemen : —Sir James Duke , Bart ., M . P ., W . J . Voules , deputy chairman ; C R . Thompson , Esq ., John Gardiner , Esq ., directors ; W . A . Coombe , Esq ., solicitor to the company ; II . Kt Abraham , Esq .. architect ; and Mr . Richard Churchill , secretary ; bad the honour of an interview with Lord Seymour , at the Office of Works .
oti Wednesday morning , when the deputy chairman and surveyor mutually explained the proceedings and plans of the company , particularly in reference to the great saving eftWwl hy tVie adoption of their tariff—the cost of pauper funerals , only 15 s ., with liberty to send one or two attendants to Woking aud back—that of the class immediately above the poor—the proposed compensation to tho incumbents of parishes from which bodies are removed . Tho deputy-chairman , in reply to Lord Seymour ' s inquiries , said tbat the ' - ¦ ompany proposed to appropriate portions of their site to the different parishes , whocould thushave the control over their geparate grounds , and have their
own clergy to officiate , if desired , and at the si mo time'te able toavail themselves of the in expe ; flue mode of transit and the ample staff provided by the company ; and that the notices of application to parliament had been duly given , and the petition for the bill bo presented at the earliest possible period . The foregoing points were particularly urged upon lord Seymour , who received ihe deputation very courteously ; and , in conclusion , the deputy-chairman said he trusted his lordship would recognise in the arrangements of the company the solution of the difficulty of providing for immediate extramural interment without calling upon parliament or the parishes for the advance of one fraction of the public money .
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Another Ixcekjmary Fire In Surrey.—On We...
Another Ixcekjmary Fire in Surrey . —On Wednesday morning another conflagration was discovered raging in a rick , of between fifty and sixty loads of hay , at Woodland Farm , in Wandaworthmeadow g , on the opposite side of the road where a fire broke out last week ; and had it not heen for the prompt assistance afforded , the whole of the cow-houses , stables , piggeries , & c , must have been destroyed . One half of the rick was consumed . A man , it appears , was placed to watch the premises , but having fallen asleep some one came and fired tfee rick , and he knew nothing of it until ho was awoke by the intense heat . Mr , Woodland , the proprietor , fortunately , was insured .
ASSAULTIXG BiltWAY OPFICBRS . —LANCASHIRE . — Just as the half-past ei ght p . m . train was leaving the Clifton Junction Station on Sunday evening , for Bury , four young men rushed into the station , demanding tickets . Although tho train was actually in motion , one of theoii George Turner , jumped upon the foot-board of a carriage and held by tbe handle oftho door . The guard seeing this carne towards bim in order to dislodge him from his dangerous position before the train had attained its full speed , lie pulled Turner off , hut not without a violent resistance , and being several times struck by Turner , whom he gave into tho custody of the p orter , and then overtook the train . John Turner a brother Of the Other , also assaulted Mr .
Boardman , the station-clerk , and all the four wero very insolent . Mr . Board man was struck by John Turner , and ordered the porter to lock him up , upon which Ceorge Turner furiously attatke 3 him , and in the struggle they both came to the ground . The whole party were ultimately locked up and given into custody . They were brought up before Mr . Trafford , at the 2 vew Bailey , on Monday morning ; George and John Turner were fined 20 s . and costs ( 9 a . each ); failing payment to be imprisoned twenty-one days . The other two were discharged . The Muhder in Somersetshire . —The prisoners , Eliza Flower , in whose bouse the deceased lodged ; Jacob Windmill , her son-in-law ; Harriet , his wife ; and a young man named Stephen Box , who . « tand charted uoou 8 us . nic . ion of being concerned in
the shocking murder of Georgo Bush , at Priston , near Bath , the particulars of which appeared in this journal last week , were brought up for re-examination on Monday at the county magistrates' office . The prisoner ' s brother , George Windmill , Nehcmiah Rogers , a coal miner , and Sarah Dagger , wife of a coal merchant , having' been examined , the statements made by the prisoners to the police officers were produced , and tho prisoners wero again remanded . A reward of £ 100 has been offered— £ 50 by tho Secretary of State , and £ 50 by tbe churchwardens of Timsbury—for such information as shall lead to the conviction of the perpetrators of the shocking crime ; a free pardon is also offered to any accomplice who did not actuall y commit the dead .
EXTRAORDi-VARr Discovert . —We are informed that , while preparing a vault in the south isle of the cathedral the other day , the workmen , though fortunate enough to come just between two others , yet made a remarkable discovery . At one end , without any vestige of a coffin , laid an almost perfect human skeleton , which , when exposed to the atmosphere , immediately crumbled to dust ; while at the other end an entire coffin of the roof shape , made of deal , was found to contain nothing but wood shavings . — Carlisle Patriot . Gas Explosion at Liverpool . —On Sunday morning a gas explosion took place in the house cf Mr . Thomas Smith , in Clarence-street . The family had . previously been annoyed by the offensive smell of gas , and had applied a light to the pipe in their bedroom , but no aperture had been discovered
However as soon as the son of Mr , Smith entered the front room of the house with & candle , at eight o ' clock in the morning , ho observed a blue flame arise , and was then knocked down , fortunately receiving but slight injury beyond the scorching and discolouration Of his hair and eyebrows . The gas , being thus suddenly ignited , exploded . Fortunately no Uvea were lost , but the whole of the front and back parts of the house , which is three stories high , were driven outwards , the floors of the rooms separated from tbe walls , and the walls , windows , and doors of the small kitchen , which is in the rear of the premises forced against the back entrance , so as to prevent the possibility of ingress or egress . The house is propped up , both front and rear , to keep it from falling , until it can be taken down an " rebuilt .
Cotton Mill Debtbotted by Fjre . —On Monday morning the Ashton Old Mill , situated between the Ashton Canal and the river Tame , at Ashtonuader-Lyne , the property o ! Mr . Peter Leigh , was discovered to be on fire , and before daybreak was almost totally destroyed . The will contained from 10 , 0 Q 0 to 11 , 000 spindles , partly turned by steam and partly by water power , and its destruction will throw about 200 people out of work . The premises are jointly insured in the Manchester and West of England Fire Offices for about £ 6 , 000 , which , will about cover the loss . The cause of the Bre is not known .
Opesiso op thb New Dock at Southampton . — The New dock of ten acres in extent , was opened for business on Saturday afternoon last . The ceremony was eSected in the most quiet manner , everything m the v ? ay of display being carefully avoided , snPetS . i anding , this ' a Tery lar K e nun-ber of spectators had assembled to witness it .
Another Ixcekjmary Fire In Surrey.—On We...
Explosion at a Paper Manufactory . — On th © 5 th inst . a serious accident occurred at the papermills , Footscray , Kent , tho property of Mr , Henry Woodfull , from tbe bursting of the principal boiler , carrvin" away upwards of twenty feet of tho frontage of fcho mill , and damaging considerably the outbuilding . " . A double tube , weighing three tons , was blown more than 100 feet up the stream ; and a niece of timber , exceeding one cwfc ., was blown 000 feet . About 100 persons wero in the mill at the time , and the whole of them escaped personal ini'iri- Tho damage exceeds .-61 , 000 .
' Ab ' scosdixo of a Collector of Poon Rates at Newpout . —Mr . W . Jenkins , assistant overseer of the parish of St . Wooios , has disappeared , and there seems to be no doubt that he lias gono Off to South Australia , having , according to his own a ccount of himself , got into embarrassment f , as the result of an acquaintance lie had formed with a young woman from the city of Bath . Another collector of rates , Mr . Dumayne , has also absconded . A new rate will have to bo made , but it is stated that the overseers have in both instances undoubtedly solvent sureties to amounts which will cover the default .
Extensive Ronnunr at Bristol . —Isaac Powell , tho son of a retired tradesman , was committed for trial on Saturday last , for having robbed his employers , Messrs . Candy and Orgar , sil / c mercers of property to the value of £ 50 . Frightful Colliery Explosion . — The colliery diatricfc round Sheffield was the scene of another sad calamity on Saturday last . Three persons have perished in the Woodthorpe colliery , two miles and a half south of Sheffield , worked by Mr . John Rhodes , the leasee . The throe colliers are Charles Stones , of Gleadless , aged 23 , unmarried ; Samuel Bacon and William Ramsden , youths of
about eighteen years of age , both of llandsworth Woodhouse . They were killed by a tremendous explosion from fire damp , which took placo at half past three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , an hour or so after all but six or eight hands had left the pit . There was one avenue in tho pit thnt was surcharged with inflammable gas , into which Ramsden , who is a stranger , went with a naked candle . Ramsdcn s body was consumed to ashes ; Stones and Bacon , who were respectively fifteen and forty yards nearer the shaft , were killed by the concussion . Tho pit is ventilated by only one shaft instead of two .
Discovery op Leap Orb AT Dimmobb Tc » skl . »—A rumour ( on the authority of eye witnesses ) is rife that in excavating at the tunnel of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway , a " find " of lead eve was made last week . We have , on the ere of publication , no immediate opportunity of verifying thereport , but give it as we havo received it , on the statement of some of tho workmen employed on the line . —Hereford Journal . Destbuctios of a Floor Mill by . Fibb , and Serious Loss of Life . —On Monday morning a flour mill at Fiskerton , near Southwell , a few miles from Newark , ignited by friction . Whilst carrying bags and grain of flour from the storeroom , four of the men engaged in this arduous duty were unhappily buried in the ruins of a hirge
portion of the building , which fell whilst thry were engaged within its precincts . Two of the bodies had I een found , and search was being made for tbe others . By later intelligence , we learn that five instead of four have heen lost . The mill destroyed was five stories high . In the evening of tho aame day , Mr . Palkner , the coroner , held an inquest on the bodies . Thoy were found to be William Srimson , aged 30 , labourer , of Rollestone ; John Roy nolds , aged 21 , labourer , employed in the mill ; Frederick Lloyd , aged 22 , butcher , of Rollestone ; William Mayfield . aged 2 S , waggoner , employed nt the mill ; and James Robinson , 30 , foreman and engineer at the mill . Robinson was the only one wlio was married , and he , unfortunately , has left a wife and five small children . A verdict of "Accidentally killed , " was returned .
Sneii > E o » a Railway . —On Monday movntag the body of a young man named John Charlton was found dead on the line of railway which runs from Nottingham to Mansfield . He is the uenUew of Richard Charlton , a gamekeeper and publican , who was accidentally shot and killed by the explosion of a gun barrel in his pocket at Radford , last Friday . This seems to have affected the young man ' s mind so much as to induce him to commit suicide by laying himself on the vails , near Basford workhouse , just as the last train was approaching from Mansfield on Sunday ni g ht . At a coroner ' s inquest a verdict to the effect that deceased committed su cide while in an unsound state of mind was returned .
Explosion in a Coal Vessel . —On Monday morn * ing tho barque Fortunate , of Stettin , Capt . Lango , bound to Bremen with a cargo of coala she had taken in at Cardiff , was brought into Ramsgatc Harbour % complete wreck . A terrible explosion took placo on board this vessel on Sunday evening , which drove in all tho bulkheads of the cabin , and blew the skylig ht off . On deck all tho beams from the break of the cabin deck to the windlass forward are broken , and the deck torn up into small pieces ; boats , caboose , and everything that was on deck shattered , and all now lies a confused mass down on tho coals . Two men were killed , and ono badly wounded out of four who were on the deck at the time . The captain and remainder of the crew , who were below , were not much hurt . A Deal boat broug ht the vessel safely into harbour .
The Colliers' Tuhn-out at Bolton . —The miners of this district have nearly all returned to their work on the terms proposed by their masters , which , we understand , will make an increase of wages to the extent of 3 g . or 43 . per week . —Manchester Guardian . Esi'KAoRDiNAaY Conduct of a Merchant Captain . —A case of somewhat singular nature was gone into on Tuesday before the Bristol bench of magistrates . It appears that about a fortnight or so ago the ship E / izabeih , of Liverpool , was by stress of weather driven into the port of Bristol , and at the time she had upwards of six feet of water in the hold . She was bound to Africa , and had on board a cargo of salt , by which one ot the pumps had got choked . Complaint was made by the shipping master and tide surveyor of Bristol , that , although
five of ( he men were ill , the captain would not allow of their going ashore , and he kept them on bread and water for fifteen days , tbe vessel also not being seaworthy . It was not considered right by the authorities that the vessel should put to sea ( which it was stated the captain was ready to do with her crew in the state they were . ) The magistrates directed Inspector Alexander to go on board the Elizabeth , and inquire into the matter . On Tuesday he attended , and confirmed the statement as to the men having been kept on bread and water , two of them were ill , and three refused to work , The captain had stated tbat he did not wish to prefer a complaint against the men , and after a long interview it was ultimately mutually agreed upon that the matter should be left to tho arbitration of Captain Emerson , the shipping master of the port oi Bristol .
Thb Colliery Explosion at Babdsley . —On Monday an inquest was held on the bodies of tho poor unfortunate men who lost their lives on the occasion of this lamentable occurrence , when the jury found , " That the death of the deceased was the result of accident . " The jury expressed thoit disapproval of the custom of allowing open lamps to bo taken beyond ' the first level , and in favour of a furnace to aid the ventilation . Mr . Uibbert , the manager , was called in and strongly advised of the necessity of these suggestions being adopted , the jury contending that , from tbo nature of the workings in tbis pit , there must be , without the furnace , constant accumulations of the inflammable
gas . Violations op the Factobv Act . —On Sunday last a meeting of delegates from the factory districts was held at the Cotton-tree public-house , Manchester , with a view to adopting the course alluded to hy the Earl of Sharftesbury on his recent visit , of enforcing a more strict compliance with the Ten Hows' Act , Mr . Hargreaves , late chairman of the Short Time Committee , took the chair , and there was a meeting of about twenty or thirty delegates , who presented reports of systematic
breaches of the Factory Act by employers in Ashton , Oldham , Glossop , and Moasley . It appeared from their statements , that , with the exception of these districts , on the whole , the act was very well carried out . The meeting determined upon the formation of an association , and appointed a committee to raise funds , and concentrate their forces so as to enable them to do their best in putting down these breaches of the law . Resolutions Scaring on these points were adopted . The meeting lasted nearly the whole of Sunday .
Repkksbktatjo . v of East Kent . —It ia rumoured isays the " Rochester Gazette" ) that J . P . Flumptre , Esq ., M . P ., intends retiring from public life at or before the next general election , and tbat one of two hon . baronets , exceedingly popular in their respective neighbourhoods , will bo invited to come forward—Sir E . C . Dcring , Bart ., and Sir Brook W . Bridges , Bart .
Wkrck And Loss Of Life.—Livunpooi., Mond...
Wkrck and Loss of Life . —Livunpooi ., Monday . We have received the melancholy intelligence of tho wreck of the bark Robert Bradford , with a cargo of wine , sugar , and spirits , from the Cape to Liverpool , at Porthafoch , near Holyhead—Captain Gleogs and eleven men drowned . The owners fear a greater loss of life than in reported , as they have received advices of several passengers having embarked on board at the Capo . Tho disaster is attributable to fog and to the in-shore current that prevails in Carnarvon Bay .
A NontB and Learned Lectdrek . —Lord Abinger , last week , gave " a very interesting lecture on general literature and science " to the members of the Mechanics' Institution at Inverness , After his lecture , he presented to the institution & handsome edition of the British , Foets , in thirteen large volumes ,
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Stohm at Edinburgh ,. —On Sunday evening and Monday morning Edinburgh was vWited Ivy a furious gale of wind , veering from the west to south-west , which was attended by the loss of one life , several ea-iualtios , aud considerable damage to properly . Tho gale commenced about six or seven o'clock on Sunday evening , nnd raged with almost uninterrupted fury till next morning about nine o ' clock , when it gradually subsided . A great number of
chimneys , scaffoldings , and other light erections were thrown down , and seviral public buildings wore slightly injured hy the gale . A man named John Harper , while work ng in the Grassutarket , was struck on the head by a stone dislodged from a housetop by the wind , and was killed on t-he spot . From Bust Lothian we learn that the gale was severel y felt there , and that a great many trees w * ro torn up ami wooden structures blown down in various quarters . Much damage was also suffered in Glasgow , and some persons were hurt by falling
materials . Destructive Fihb at Glasgow . —On Monday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs . Praser / Niven , and Co ., calico-printers , Itutlien . * len > road . The fire originated in a stove near the warehouse , but from the fierceness of the gale , which at that time was at its height , the flame . ? spread so rapidly that notwithstanding the efforts of tha firo brigade , the whole of the works , including the stock of goods in the warehouse , have been destroyed , the most valuable thing that was saved being the engine . The property is insured with tho Aberdeen Firo nnd Life Insurance Company , but not to the full extent of the loss .
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one of them fired , and then three of them rushed forward and beat him dreadfully with pistols and sticks , the unfortunate gentleaian struggling bard , and rising on his legs three times during the conflict ; that he was found in a state of insensibility on the road , shockingly mangled , a portion of the . brain protruding from a fracture . lie was removed to Rule ' s Hotel , at Castleblaney , but never became conscious before his death , which took place on Friday evenine . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at Castleblaney , and several witnesses having spoken to the facts connected with the frightful occurrence , a verdict of" Wilful murder against three or more men , unknown , " was returned .
The Chancellorship of Dublin University , vacant jy tbe death of the King of Hanover , has been conferred on his Grace Lord John George Beresford , ihe Primate of all Irel & ud . Atrocious Murder . —The murder of Mr . Bateson , near Castleblaney , has created a great deal ot painful sensation . It appears that the unfortunate ; entleman was reluming fr » m the inspection of a model farm , where a large number of labourer * and tradesmen are employed , when he was waylaid by several persons armed with fire-arms and bludgeons . A boy , who witnessed the savage attack , states that
Railwav Damages . —In the Exchequer Nisi Prius Court , Dublin , on Saturday , a widow named Mason obtained £ 150 damages against the Southwestern Railway Company for the death of her husband , who was killed on the opening of tbe Kilkenny and Bagnalstotvn portion of the line on the 13 th of last month , owin * to the negligence of the company ' s servants in leaving a truck upon the line , with which the train came in contact and caused the fatal accident . Proclamation . —At a privy council held on
Monday tho district of tho county of Monaghan , in which the murder of Mr . Thomas D . Bateson was perpetrated , was proclaimed under the Crime and Outrage Act . The district embraces the parishes of Clontibret and Muckno , in the barony of Cremorne . On the same occasion , the parishes of Derrynoose Mid Keady , in the baronies of Titanny and Armagh , county of Armagh , were proclaimed , that locality being one of those in which the Ribbon conspiracy is known to be most rife . The Lord-Lieutenant presided at the Council .
Court Of Queen's Bench (Ireland.) Action...
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH ( IRELAND . ) ACTION AGAINST TflE CHIEF SECRETARY for ireland . James Bihch , Proprietor op the " World " NEWBMiR , v . Sin William 21 . Sombryillb , Bart . This extraordinary case , which for some time past has excited the utmost curiosity in Dublin , came on for trial on Friday , the 5 th iust . The jury having been sworn Mr . O'Driaooll opened the pleadings . It was an action of assuHtpsittorecoverthesum of £ 7 , 000 , and contained the usual counts for goods sold and delivered , work and labour supplied , & c . The defendant pleaded the general issue .
Mr , James Biucii , the plaintiff , was examined , and deposed to his interview with the Earl of Clarendon , who referred bim to Sir William Somerville . He detailed the various interviews he had had with Sir William Somerville , and his secretary , Mr . Meredith , in London ; and spoke of tho receipt of sums of money from Mr . Meredith , Mr . Connellan , and Sir William Somerville , amounting in all to about £ 900 . He had continued rendering services to the government in his paper from 1818 up to tho 18 th January , 1851 . He believed the sum of £ 6 , 500 was duo to him by the defendant .
Cross-examined by Mr . Brewster : Upon ray oath , as an honest man , I think that sum is due to me by Sir William Somerville ; I do not charge by the article , or by the week ; but rather by the year . I think that for the support of such a government a very large remuneration should bo expected . —Did you think there was any baseness or corruption in supporting that government ? Witness ; I did not . —Did you ever write an article which you did not approve of in your own conscience ? Witness : I never sanctioned an article
which I did not approve of in my conscience . — Now , tell us how much a year you were to get for what you did ? Witness : I have not ascertained the exact amount . —Upon your oath , how much a year ought you to get for - < our services ? Witness ( after some deliberation ) : I think £ 5 , a year would not be too much . ( Laughter . )—Will you swear tbat you ever circulated 1 , 500 copies of the " World " newspaper at any one time ? Witness : I will not . What is the price of your paper ? Witness : 6 d . for ono copy . —1 , 500 sixpences and £ 5 , 000 ayear . ( Laughter . ) During the time these arrangements wero going on with the government , you noted , I presume , on the sole responsibility of Sir William Somerville ? Witness : I carried it
on for the government . —Did you consider Sir William Somemlle as your sole debtor , nnd the person whom you would be entitled to sue , when you entered into tbe new arrangement , in June , 1848 . Witness ! Yes . I consider that I had a claim on Lord Clarendon also . Did you ask to bo appointed Collector-General of Taxes * . Vfitness * : I did not , but if I did I think I ought to get it for my services , ( Laughter . ) I received £ 2 . 000 from Lord Clarendon , aud he said that I never gave him any value for It . —Did you ever receive any other payments from his Excellency I Witness : He gave me £ 350 . —How much did you receive altogether from Lord Clarendon and Sir William Somerville , including tho £ 2 , 000 ? Witness : I can ' t exactly remember tho total of the whole . —Did you not receive £ 1 , 700 in addition to the £ 2 , 000 you had from his Excellency ?
Witness ; I did . —And now you swear thnt you are entitled to £ 6 , 500 more . ( Laughter . ) Witness : I think I ara , —Do you . know an attorney named SymeS ? Witness : Not to my knowledge . —Did you ever threaten any man that if he did not giro you money you would publish things in your newspaper to his disparagement ? I never did . —Do you swear you never did so , directly nor indirectly ? Witness ( after some hesitation ) : I don't think I ever did . —Were you ever taken up and put into gaol for m » klng such a threat % I was but most unjustly . —Do you know Mr . Hartley ? He was a subscriber to my paper for a short time . —Did you not demand money from him ? On my oath I do not recollect that I ever did . — Will you swear that you never did . Can you forget going to a gentleman in Mr Hartley ' s position , and demanding money from him at the peril of publication ! Witness : I don ' t remember it .
His Excellency the Earl of Claresdos took the usual declaration made by a peer previous to giving testimony , and in reply to Mr . Meagher said—I was viceroy of Ireland in 1848 ; Mr . Corry Connellan was then my private secretary —( letter of July 17 , 1848 , produced ); this letter was written under my instructions . Mr JAsAanm ; You say in that letter that you would write one to Sir William Somerville ; was that letter written accordingly ? Witness : It was . —Have you got any copy or abstmt of it ? Ifone whatever . —Are you now able to state the substance of that letter to Sir William Somerville ?—Yes ; I wrote to Sir William Somerville , saying that if Mr . Birch , tha editor of the " World , " should call upon him , that he had written in defence of law and order , and that if any persons
referred to' him in England , to inquire whether that was the case he might s » y that it was so . —Is that the entire substance of the letter ? I likewise told him that he might give him some money . —May I ask yonr Excellency if you can recollect that that is the entire of that communication in relation to this matter ? I believe that is the ¦ whole of it ; I don ' t recollect anything more , it was a letter I wrote myself , of which no cony was kept . —May I ask your Excellency if you ascertained from Sir W . Somerville whether Mr . Birch called upon him ? Yes , he did call on Sir William Somervi e . -pid you learn from Sir William Somerville whether any arrangement was made * llL JtZLZ- VJlP an ? •• war . gement was made with him . Sir William Somerville gave him some money ; a 0 other arrangement I think was
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made with him . —No other arrangement ? ISo . except to g ive him some money . —Was Mr . Birch , to vour Excellency ' s knowledge , supporting thogovernment before for any considerable time ? Supporting the government ; no , I should say not . I sent for Mr . Birch in consequence of his offers to mo to support law and order . He had repeatedly oft'red to do bo during the year 1 S 47 . and had sent mo his papers and written mo various letters which were simply acknowledged . Ho subsequently , in Vebruarv , offered to support the cause of law and order , which was certainly then in some danger . I then saw Mr . Birch . I then thought I should have , at tll . 1 t UmQ . i » l'eSpeet to the public affairs , have failed in my duty if I did not accept the offices of any person in support of law and order . I then saw Mr . Birch , ar , d he offered to write in that . sense . I told him that he might do so . although I
certainly did not expect much to result from hi ? labours . I told him at the same time I wished for no support to the government , and that , as far as I myself was concerned , ho mi g ht abuse mo as much . -.. s lie liked , as it was perfectly indifferent to me . ( L . ughter . ) Am I to understand tlv . vt your Excellency would accept his services on that occasion ? —Yes , lo write in defence of law and order . Bid you see articles in support of law and order in his newspaper afterwards?—Yes , I did , occasionally . Is it not a fact that up to January , 1851 , he continued to publish those articles in defence of law and order ?—Yes , I am not aware that law and order wanted any defence up to 1851 . ( Laughter . ) Well ! in defence of tho general policy of the government ? 1 cannot say that he did , but , in fact , I never read his paper at all . Did your Excellency make any payment to Mr . Birch for his services fn defence of law and order ; and might I ask you what
siisns ?—He received sums at ^ , various times ; I could not exactly name the amount which I paid him ; the first time I saw him he asked me for money ; I told him there were no funds applicable to such purposes , He then said he did not ask me for it for his own remuneration , but because ho should be otherwise unable to procure ajents to extend the circulation of his paper . I then offered him £ . 100 , if he retueuihored rightly , for it did not make any great impression on me at the time . He said that that would not bo sufficient for his purpose , and I think it was then extended to about . £ 350 . This was in tho beginning of February 1318 , if I remember correctly . —Did your Excellancy know that any further sums of
money were paid to Mr . Birch in London ? Yes . — Is ycur Excellancy aware from what fund it came ? From a fund placed at the disposal of Sir William Someville , at my request .-Out of the public funds , was it ? I could not say it came out of the publie funds . I said it was a fund placed at the disposal of Sir W , Somerville at my request . — Allow me to ask your Excellency whether they were or were not public funds ? Part of what Mr . Birch received wag from money applicable to special services , and part waa out of my own private pocket . The part which was from * the money applicable to special services was advanced at my request , and on my own responsibility , and was repaid b y myself very long ago . Cross-examined by Mr . Brewster * , —Is your Excellency aware that altogether Mr . Birch got
£ 3 , 700 ? I am . —Was every farthing of that money from you ? Every farthing , and none from Sir William Somerville ; the money which he gave wat advanced to him by me , or at my request , and I was responsible tor it ; although Sir William Somerville acted simply as my agent , wid solely by my instructions . The court was adjourned until Saturday morning , when Mr . Brewster proceeded to addresa the jury at great length on behalf of tbe defendant . Ho read a lengthy correspondence between Sir VY . Somerville and the plaintiff , in which the latter urged his claims and solicited assistance in money , and also sought to obtain a place for his brother . Sir W . Somerville , in his letter * , denied that the plaintiff had any claims upon him—told him to state what his wishes or requirements were , and it would be submitted to consideration .
Several oftho plaintiff ' s letters also contained threats of exposure , if his demands were not complied with . Mr . Brewster also produced a release executed by the plaintiff to Lord Clarendon , on receiving the sum of £ 2 , 000 , making in all £ 3 , 700 received by him from his Excellency for services rendered " in suppressing the rebellion of 1848 . " A letter from tho plaintiff to Lord John Russel * was also read by counsel , and in it , after enumerating bis claims on tho government , he thus addresses his lordship : — " One thing , if the truth be told , cannot be denied , tbat you gave mo , during a lengthened period , various sums , amounting to £ 3 , 700 ; that by the letter of tbe Irish Secretary I might still have been a stipendiary advocate of the government ; and tbat , having refused that proposal , every effort is now being made to ruin me . "
Mr . Keooh , Qj . C , then replied on behalf of the plaintiff . Tbe Ciiiep Justice briefly charged the jury , who returned a verdict for defendant , with 6 d . costs .
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Reform Of The Customs. Deputation ?Q Thb...
REFORM OF THE CUSTOMS . DEPUTATION ? Q THB PREMIER . On Tuesday a numerous and highly-respectable deputation , appointed by a public meeting held on tho 3 rd inst ., for the purpose of effecting a reform of the Board of Customs , had an interview with Lord J . Russell at the Treasury . At one o ' clock the deputation assembled at the Treasury , and were received by Lord J . Russell and Earl Granville . Mr . Mastrkman , addressing the noble lords , observed , that the present interview had been sought for in consequence of certain resolutions adopted
at a public meeting held in the City of London in the course of last week . He had had the honour to preside over that meeting , and he thought he had never witnessed a more numerous or a more respectable assembly . Nothing like political feelmg intermingled in the proceedings ; the gentlemen present had long considered the great grievances suffered by merchants through the course pursued by the Customs' Board , and had long wished for an alteration in some way , but the recent proceedings against the dock companies had rendered that feeling more intense , * for , when public bodies could be so attacked , it made individuals fear that attacks would be made on them .
Mr . TRAvsns , the chairman of the deputation , then read the report whichwas adopted at tho meeting . It strikes at the main evils of the existing system—the defective organisation and improperly selected personnel of the Board of Customs and its officers , * the irresponsibili ty and power of oppressing it enjoys in consequence ; the power of legislation indirectly confided to it ; the exemption of the Crown from costs in the courts of law ; and the habitual negligence which these causes have led it to indulge in , conjoined with the vindictive spirit it displays towards all in whom its own neglect of duty has fostered similar irregular habits . Lord J . Russbli , said , that of course the deputation would nob expect , in respect of those grave
charges , which doubtless they had maturely considered , which they had prepared and written down , that he should be at the moment ready to give them any reply one way or the other . The matter itself , as concerned the Board of Customs aud the Treasury , was one which ho admitted to be of the most decpast importance . The govern , ment was not insensible of the importance of making alterations witU respect to the department which was charged with the collection of so great a portion of the revenue , a duty which ought to bo performed with as little vexatious interference as possible with the lawful pursuits of commerce—( hear . )—and with that view his noble friend Lord Granville wm appointed , with other official gentlemen , to inquire on the subject . At a later period
a committee was appointed by the House of Commons and he might here remark , that though it had been represented that the Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the appointment of that committee , the fact was , that as far as referred to the general administration of the Customs' department , his ri ght hon . friend did not offer any opposition to the appointment of the committee , but he did state that with respect to questions pendino- in a court of law , he was doubtful whether they could bo referred to a committee of the house . In that respect the Chancellor of the Exchequer merely repeated what was stated some twenty or thirty times every season , whenever such a qu ^ tl on was raised It was to be observed however , that this Customs ' department , and tbe laws of the Customs , faultv as
Zu 7 eP /; m , ght fi ? thern . admitting , no SSL ? lm TT ' been fta ^ d by veryable men who had presided at the Treasury from time to time ; and ho recollected Mr . Huskis-! ffndinBrt an » n ° n , ea , 2 8 inea P ^ ^ under-Standing the sub ject , or unfit to be entrusted with We tiaming of legislative measures connected with ww £ ffl Wlth a ^ tfae n ° of Commons , Si A ? lume in his uand - ^ at he had mi ? htS m , !? ° i ? ei , y that Rreafc - *» P ™~ t might be made with respect to those Jaws and in
^ J ° lv r ( we understood ) of the department . With respect to the present board , it so SCd oitt t * ihefi 7 eyears h 0 ** *& * ° the head of the Treasury no appointment ofaCommiwioner of Customs had been made bv him . Tho board now ruling that d epartment was the same as he found existing when he came into office five n ! £ n ? J , aok , . * ! d the on , y swtleman he had ap . m , n lu ° * vS , ° ffiCe WflS MlV l > msl 6 y * * ^ em & n well quahhed from his knowledge to nil the situation . Therefore ; with respect to this particular Board of Customs , he could have no prejudice one way or other . At the same time on looking at thesegrare charges , ho was bound to act
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justly , and not to suppose immedfotelv tw " 7 Riiard ot Customs was guilty because " it Wa « le cased , but to inquire into tho facts . YVjti . T entering info minute particulars of the pro * ' tons referred to , he would say genfrsllv n *^" did not fallow that because very respectable " " ' '' belonged to tln > Dock Companies in question , th * " fort ; frauds had not ocourre-. ! thronsrh the anciPi ^ t p arlies in their employment . 'i"huB ^ al ( f uf l | toms , rightly cr wrongly , bad a contrary coiivi .-r V " " It was known that of late years , with rtspeet ' t » , [)• office ofihe Co iir ; d ! er , hip of the Exchequer , ? with respect to the depni'tmeiit of the Kcei ^ JKff i Commissioners , there had been parties found «« ¦?' of frauds without any guilt or blame attacbinJ /' the persons at the bead of those dej > artiiicnt . s T ? could hardly then ho said , because the Dock c J , panics wciv composed of respectable men ti iaf " therefore , it was impossible for any irr oguhirirV
to be discovered in reference to the officer * \\\\ , Cy , their control . The Board of Customs wero n suaded Of the existence of frauds to a vetv 1 » extent—it might be wrongly or not—but thev n ' > 'S that representation to the Treasury , ami it wculi have been a grave responsibility for the Treasure and for him , tho representative of the Citv 0 f London , to take on themselves to saj , that though the Board of Customs were persuuied that t ? » revenue was defrauded , and advised pr oceeding in a court of law , they , the Treasury , would preVoi f that proceeding and allow the revenue to be a loser ) and the general body of the merchants of London to be wronged . This was his feeling , and the fec \ , ing of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , when thev were on a former occasion induced to put a stot > tn
tne proceedings at law , and when they found tint the Board of Customs had no doubt on the SubiecV With respect to the Chancellor of the Exchequer it was stated in the " representation" that ' " Temperate and friendly remonstrance again = t such unheard of acts has , we regret to sav le ' n received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer with disregard , and dismissed with discourtesy . U has persevered in the infliction of wrong until it a very enormity has alarmed its victims into sub . mission . "
He ( Lord J . Russell ) could not admit the justice I of those complaints . He thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer wag not bound to interfere with the course recommended by the Board of Customs . Again it was stated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer " Has broken tbo conditions on the honourable understanding of which technical legal admission s wero drawn from the London Dock Company , and rendered further resistance impracticable , " and , finally , he has concluded the negotiation by a gross representation of tho concessions of the company , and by putting a construction upon their words , which is entirely negatived by tho correspondence . "
He ( Lord J . BusscII ) did not perfectly well know what ! thit alluded to , but there was an allega < - tion that the Dock Companies wero ready to pay a £ 5 fine but that it was raised to £ 100 , The representation that was m-ido to him was , that when something of this kind occurred in 1817 and ISIS there was some such small fine paid and all the expenses of the suit , The Chancellor of the Exchequer said , however , tbat it would be better to get v \ 4 oJ tho matter altogether , and , instead of the £ 5 fine and all expenses , which would tend to keep up the subjects of irritation ^ it would bo better to take £ 100 fi . i \< j at , onco . Whether tho fine were £ 5 or £ 100 , he did not see that it was a matter of importance to the Treasury ; and ho
did not think that the Chancellor of the Exehe quei » was liable to the charge made against hirn ^ With respect to the general statement , that tho Board of Customs must have been wrong in their original charges , or else they ought not to havo agreed to a compromise , the gentlemen present must be aware that , with respect to revenue boards , prosecutions were instituted and given up over and over again , on the payment of nome fine or the making some acknowledgment . Whether this was according to strict justice was a matter that might be debated , but there wore innumerable precedents for such a proceeding . With retard
to the very important point of the re-appointment of the Select Committee on Customs next session , he was not aware of any absolute objection to it , —( hear)—but he would not pledge himself to that course at the present moment , for he should first like to communicate with the chairman of that committee , and confer with him respecting the ad » vantages of its reappointment . He could assure the deputation that the whole subject should receive his impartial consideration , and any measures which , while securing the revenue , would g ivp great facilities to tbe Dock Companies and the merchants generally , would meet with his strenuous support . ( Ucav . )
Mr . Alderman Thompson admitted the poa-sim lity of irregularities occurring in great establishments like the Dock Companies * , but what those companies complained of was that when these charges wero made against them , and they made application for a joint inquiry , their overture received a decided and discourteous negative from the Board of Customs . ( Hear , hear . ) He then referred to the manner in which the Dock Companies had been treated , the numerous informations filed against them , and observed that the whole c i rcumstances had created a deep impression and alarm in tho city , where it was not thought that the Board of Customs had treated British
merchants as they ought to be treated . ( Hear , hear . ) After some further conversation , the deputation withdrew .
Anti-Ruewers' League. On Wednesday Eveni...
ANTI-RUEWERS' LEAGUE . On Wednesday evening a meeting of the mem * bora of this new association was held at the Ship Tavern , Long-lane Bermondsey ; Mr . Josiab Taylor in tho chair . Mr . Pridmore , the secretary , said that in 1847 the price of barley was 42 s . per quarter ; and at the present time , it was only 26 s „ the difference being thus 10 s . per quarter . Last year the firm of Messrs . Barclay alone consumed 126 Q 32 quarters of malt , which would give a difference of £ 101 , 546 . He always remembered , with pleasure , a toast which ho had once heard given by a working man— " Tho inside of a loaf , the outside of a gaol , a pound of beef-steak , and a pot of good ale . " All these excellent things they had now in their power , except the last , and that , he
had no doubt , by perseverance , unanimity and cooperation , they would soon obtain at as chfap a rate as tho loaf and beef-steak , Mr . Barker mi it had been stated in a letter which appeared a few days since in the " Morning Chronicle , " that the brewers enjoyed a protective duty of ¦ £ ! per barrel . Now the price of English porter » t tho great brewers was £ 1 13 s . ; of single stout , £ 2 3 s . ; of double stout , £ 2 13 s . ; and of treble stout , f 3 3 s , Tho average price was thus £ 2 lis ., and the brewers thus enjoyed a protective duty of forty per cent . Surely if this was true , and it had never been denied , it was a monstrous impost u | : on tho working classes , and ought to bo repealed without loss of " time , —Mr . Hawkins suggested that if a thousand members would subscribe each £ 1 payable even in three months—and there were few
working men who could not raise that sum— they would have a thousand pounds . There > rcro plenty of small breweries to be let , and with the plant already provided they would find the thousand pounds sufficient capital to commence with . There was no doubt they would be able to furnish families with good beer at Is . per gallon : and as an average family would drink a barrel of four and half gal » Ions in a fortnight ( many would do it in a week , ) they would require 2 , 500 gallons a week , and their income would thus be £ 125 for that period , ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Lloyd wished to offer a suggestion to his fcllow-suffcrcrs . There were in and about London at least 400 , 000 working men , whose average score would be about 4 s . per week . Now » suppose they would only drink beer to their menls , they might reduce it to 2 s . One shilling of tto saving he recommended them to put into their poekHs , and the other to subscribe to a fund . If
only ha If of them followed this advice , they * 6 uld have 200 , 000 shilling ? , or £ 10 , 000 a weeft ; and surely with that they would be able very soon to erect a largo establishment on each of the four sides of the metropolis ; for he was convinced that tboy would do no good with small ones . Mr . Barker said that in case the brewers should consent to reduce their prices it was tho intention of the league to have the beer supplied by each properly tested , once a month , aud to publish tho resuit . —Mr . Gibbs , of Marylcbone assured the meet ' ing of the co-operatioti of his district , and an * iiounced that it was their intention to send a delegate to the meetings of the Bermondsey League . — The Secretary announced that the affairs of tbe league were in a very flourishing condition , antl stated that a meeting was to bo held on Monday next at Hackney , and that the meetings at Bermondsey would be repeated every Wednes ^? evening .
New Steam Plough.—Mr. J. Usher, Of Edinb...
New Steam Plough . —Mr . J . Usher , of Edinburgh , has recently constructed a locomot- r ? 8 plough , which was tried in a field about two miles from the city . The machine is shaped somewhat like a loceraouve , and the novelty consists w mounting a series of ploughs , in the s arr . e p lanes , round an axis , which coming In contact with the earth act successively , and by their action propel tbe vehicles , similar to the paddles of a steam-boat in the water . They are fixed to the back of t » e machine in a circular form , and are capable cf ra ' ing the soil from 5 to 9 i inches , at the p leasure ot the person in charge . It is 5 tons weight-, and lu horse power . One ton of coal propelled it more than ei ght hours , and the experiment , for a nrs' wus quite successful . t At ihe recent fair in New York , an improvement was introduced in dolls ; they are now made to cryand the ¦ " crying babbie s , ' ' as they are calk ? 0 " * Me in great demand among the juveniles .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13121851/page/6/
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