The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

p SurrEmßEß" 17, 1 553. the official return w•e kind • mclaucholy resume of the results : "The works destroyed comprised the boiler-mekers' and forging shops, which contained large punching and cutting machines, worked by steam; powerful travelling cranes. ail forges, and other ponderous nuiehinery and ireu work. The roof. which rested on Iron upright celututia. was formed of weather-boarding, covered with tarpaulin. and to the inflammable character of this roofing the rapid progreesi of the dames has beep attributed. The titmice travelled along it almost with the rapidity of lightning, and the whole place in a minute or so was in a blaze. Moat part of the inaehinery is destroyed. The joiners', carpenters', and painters' workehops, with saw-milli underneath, were tilled with partly finished work and materiels-- ail consumed. The engitiedionse adjoining was entirely distinct trom the other buildings, and contained two inputs of velioree power, employed in driving the tuliehiliery iti different parts of the worka—all destroyed. The main buibling. or factory. was a massive brick erection, 120 feet long and tat fret wide, four stories high. occupied as litters' shops, turning sud driving reline mould lofts, pattern stores. Re. It is stated to hone con tained little short of 40,txtel. worth of machinery. The ground, or basement floor, was lilted with the most colonial work, huge lathes for boring large cylinders, drilling. sloughing. and framing machines, with other maellinery of an elaborate charaater. The tirst story was also a fitting chop, contenting a large amount of machinery, of a more minute description than the floor hceeath. Th e re maining stories were used as Moulding. designing. and pattern rooms, all of which were tilled with the moot choice and valuable work td the tiriu. The loss will be severely felt. There were plats and models of a etimplete fleet of steamers, many for foreign tf I fverinuents. and their .leatructieu, as a reference in cage of aticideut, ambit involve moat serious in convenience. 'rile whole of the buildieg was gutted, not • vestige wax saved, the emit-mt. being either melted or shattered. The erecting shop hail been recently formed. It contained a new patent punching machine, throe SOS of eugitu•si completed for screw colliers, intended to run between I ewestoft and the Tyne, and timelier, with oseillitting ejlitiders of 2bo.leirse power, for ono of pier Majesty's *whittlers, stitch was 111-. , finished. (tome large machinery, ready for exportation to the West Indies, for a anger entshing mill, was also in the building, together with probably the largest rolling machine in the kingdom, nutuerour cylinders. propellers, besides three travellers (eram•s) fin shifting machinery. The Wilk of title valuable mass is broken and otherwise ilatuitged. Another building used as carpenter**. painters', and Joiners' workshops was entirely destroyed. with the contents. Two iron steumers for the North of Plump. Steam Navigation Company, to run between I eiwest oft and I tonmark. which were building on the blips, were all but completed. Their preservation is entirely iiwing to the Mil rendered h' the floating engine fron the dockyard at Ihiptniol, and the Royal Marines who worked it. As it ix, one of them ix set much dentine:xi that nearly the whole of her bow will have to he re 'ed. The works of Messrs. Napier abutted 011 the western wall of Scott 'Russell's factory. They were some 100 feet long and .10 feet broad, eimmining a number of p •hing, drilling, and ether cored•A. All acre .lestroytxl." The Messrs. Russell and Napier were extenshely insured, though far beneath the aggregate amount of their loss. area numbers of their workmen have also suffered heavily from losing their tools, .X•e. Many months must elapse before the buildings 41111 he reconstructed and the works restored to full at TOE Sine Pytha, from Liverpool, was totally destroyed by fire, when lying in the ((Id Catalan- River, on the 7th of July. She sailed in February last, with WO casks of oil, 200 ca sks o f p o wder, brass rods, rtun. cloth of different descriptions, and other merchandise, forming a very valuable cargo. She was to be stationed in the Gambia, where she was to trade with other vessels. About midnight, on the 7th of July, smoke was seen ascending from the forehatches, and a few hours afterwards the vessel presented a body of flame, and blew up at noon on the sth. The eargo was entirely consumed. The crew were oldiged to leave the ship immediately on the discovery of the fire for fear of an explosion. At the time of the fire she had fifty casks of gun powder remaining on hoard. Previonsly, her pro visions, consisting of a stock for three years, and a large quantity of oil, had been landed and deposited in a shed. On the ship blowing up that shed took tire, and all its contents were also consumed. Twenty of the crew went to the horse of the missionary, the Rev. Mr. Anderson, and obtained assistance. They afterwards fitted out a boat and started for Fernando Po, a distance of 130 miles, to see the consul. In going down the river they suffered great privations, and were ill-treated by the natives, who threatened to murder r heum. THE AITEARANcE or AMATO' Is LONDON has been recorded in the verdict of a coroner's jury, in the case of a man who died on Sunday last from the disease in one of those crowded and polluted districts on the Surrey side of the Thames where a few years since its ravages were most fearful. The same causes which then prevailed, and which enor mously enhanced the virulence of the cholera, even if they did not wholly occasion it—foul stenches, stagnant pools of filth, and the unventilated ' noels from boneboilers' and knackers' yards—were shown by the proceedings at the inquest to exist still in the locality to a scarcely-diminished extent. Over the house in which the deceased had lived, as well as four adjoining dwellings, is a large establishment used as a bonehut ton factory, and containing often several tons weight of bones, though some of the witnesses declared that the effluvia from it were by no means so bad as those from some surrounding knackers' and catgut-makers' premises. According to the evi dence of Ann }fickle, the wife of the decease 1, they had resided in the place, which is known as Mason's buildings, only a month. Her husband went quite well to work on Saturday morning, was taken with cramps in the afternoon of the day, and, notwith standing careful attendance and medicines, died THE PRESS. Sunday evening. There were viTv bad in the house, she added, but could not toll whence they came. Several of her neighbours contributed their testimony to the foul state of the atmosphere and soil in Mason's-buildings : Mr. Witheta Entlean. relievithpottleer of St. Georges parish said he had visited the house where the man died. • inch WWI cat a dirty state. and there was a very had smell (row the yard, in which art•ten houses. There were two closets. also in a %ery dirty State, with a surfaiee-drain runtime down the centre of the buildings to carry of the water; but ottensi% e wetter often passed down it. When he was there le noticed a very bad smell, which he had no doubt came from the knackers' yards and boue-Isiders in the immediate neighbourhood. In one ant there were from 200 to 300 tows of bones at the present time. There are several boue•boilers close together, besides cat t iett•stritig makers. The stench is most offeusive from thew. Ile notiecel dampness on theceiling of the house. it arose front the taking the bones out of the water in the ettpiwr and placing them on the door, and the water then leaked through the ceilings. Mr..l. W. Wakem, surgeon to St. tieurgesst, Southwark, said lie had Attended the deceased. It was his opinion that nothitiit was wanting. and everything was dune for ham that was poistble. There bad been another ..ase of the same description in the same lambi. that mottling . A child of the deceased had been attacked with cholera, to which he had oiltututsterest Another Auld had afro hewn attacked at a house two or three doors than the haws of the deceased The requisite.: What have you to sety on the 14141• Of the premised? Air. %Vakein said lie had visited the lions,. that they. and haul put hie übarrvatioua into the ahepe of a 'hurt trport, which he read, as follows:--" Maisoit's•bittldings consist eti ton sluall houses, two rooms in each, oeeispied by families eiensisiiiig o f your or live persons in each house. 'theta is no back eat:Anew or_ yard to either. and but two privies, I,lllliiioll al. all. Whirl% Ala drained. Thu , contents, MI the preteens, Lilac are p o uring into the, A djoining houses. There is but one dram and Wet to ithicisi in the centre (lithe etturt, Mr the retest.r or slope et the ten houses, the stench trout which is t intolerable tend sittfocatang. Extending over tive houses on one side of this yowl, and au espial uuulber at the hack, muued liasek.comt, is largt , Wharf air repository for Nall's, ill %SIMI the telititil tar the bones are boiled, ground, ite., and trout W 1114.11 putrid fluids And maggots are constsuitly esonting through the ceilings:" Ile Added that the water in which the Inner were heeled eam,• Wrought the veilings, with ikt• hosed iillllllal wetter, and the smell was all bad in the rootlet that he could seen•ely - remain lu them. The smell appeansl to co me from th e • reihug[. 'flit. dampness exuded thorough the ceiling anti down the wells, where there were dark patches of a foot in extent. Nothing whatever had been dont , to these hinnies aiueu ilw hest v 64001,41 to the cholera. The smell in the Queen's Primal was we Intl Ihat the prisoners were compelled to 1 . 1000) thew wiod u ws (nail the effects of theme yank The eomplatinte were very frequent (nail them, and at t h e present limo there waft one care of cholera in that prison. 'l',, a Juno- 'rheum apartments are totally until for human habitations. They were nett r without fees, if not attendee' by tholera. A great number of families had been deetroyed oil that %cry place. Then , was no ventilation, ha- they ruuld gel no tree .-tarrent of air, ea there went 111.. witld(lwa at the hawk. Mr. 4 liarivl4 Colwell, chief officer of the queen's Prison, said he at authorised lay Captain ll n d suu,the gl/VI•11111r. 10 ',it'll. that he sheath' be most happy to cwoperate with any nubile body to Obtain Lilo relllo% ad of tide nuisance. l'itstaart, sat their entrance, thought the arose Irian want of drainage iu the p r i son , w hi r l, wa s well drained ; but they roma found that it ;wow from places in the licighheiurhowl, and not trout the prison itself. The Coroner, after some remarks upon the disgraceful and diumerous condition in which the eviihmee ►showed the locality to be left, coniniented upon some of the legal difficulties that stood in the way of any attempt to get rid of the nuisances with which the neighbourh►xxl teemed. As they could not lix the responsibility of the event directly upon any individual, they would I►ave to consider what powers co uld h e put into action to prevent this state of things for the future. Although he was unwilling to use a light expression, it reminded him of the story of "The 'louse that Jack Built": '•Thi. local aittleirities art the spot. when fi1q , 11 , • , 1 to. said they fool uu pemer, as the hoard of Ileslth lead 10,1 ,toilisted theist wide it. If they then went to the Ibiard 01 I lealth, they replied' they were thin waiting for flw order of the Pro y Connell that those who eviniplained found that there was NO 1111101 iambi leery required to be put ill before any good could hp stow., there r,,e4 no telling a hen it would begin or where it uoitl,l atop. If there was a Board tit Health.. why should it require Immelssly ebte to wet it ill 111..tion'."this itiablings Art re.,vi.l•ll a remedy tin the removal of trades that were utliaaneer front towns to some distmit part where they would not he a unixuure. That ac t h a d now been passed for about nine years; mud asmongst oth e r trades ti provided that Ito bone-boding should go on In LOll/01/ adtrr a p-rott ~f Odd" years; ao that they had still twenty-one yes! 1. ts :;t liet'ore they could expert any benefit f rom it. M an y 1 .o , then-fore, tomtit twfore they could hope for umlMug from that. Ile Oa might pothole/ mead bedone with a ittriugeutlaw wise 1.4.1..tue.1y thin state of things. If the jury rould imptiest remedy, he believed the public would be delighted, as w gnus number of eases had oe• flirted to the north of Eiugbenwl, mid he leered that they would soon have enure of it its the metropolis." Mr. Tring (a furrow, aid Inoutlatr of the hoard of guardians) said the board left notices %hi. parts , to Mete their premises cleansed s o me ttla* ago, bat alien the owners found that the powers of the art lied expired Slay ta.ly laughed at them. utr. r.rosti, another guardian, timed, bleat all that had been done for the laid twelve mouths for .1410191 . y iiiimovi nom'. had been performed by their officers gramitotody. 'rte jury then returned the followma special verdict:—" That the .li...eased died from Asiato• 01,4.1 us, ludo , .4 flow the us• tholes-ono , tnwles carried 011 w the tiemhbout hood. That It is the ()pintos of the jury that tin hoard of ituardiatia ought ts be „ v " Le d w ith th e a uthority th.y formerly lurid ouster the hoard of 11. with iu emit imettere, ate tort Mat potter elimitd be eun• torten's. - A guardian %aid that on the lifflVlolllll PVenijit a apea•i a l moot i ng of the buerd had beim held, wheat it was determine.' to tire all means in their power to obtain a remedy for these evil,. The followlflCTP , olutioo WWI these prorated mad itallialaaa%ly adopted: That toe relieving tinkers Idial the Information they can b w y .pe le a ats to e•tr ui e e hn uaar tme make a strongdthemoni sauces.' A Ititt - TAi. Asisart.T env A NVOMAN came under the cognisance of the Menehester map/trate% on Tueb. day, when lease Davie: ass charged with having kicked Ellen Oaks until be had .:ndangered her life. 467 On the previous evening the nnfortunate woman went into a lisershop, and waa leaving the house atilt a Jug of lir et, whun Davies Wet her, and re qii.•sted a drink, and when she refused knocked her down with his fist. She got up with SOM.. difficulty, and rim out. but Davies was at her heels, knocked her down a second now trampled upon her, and kicked her with great ferocity on the lower part of her person. Several persons wont to her assistance, found hor lying upon the ground, quite unconscioloi. and bleeding profusely. At tiro it was thought she was dying, and she was conveyed in haste to tho Manchester }loyal infirmary, when' she was uln• niately brought round. On Tuesday it was with great difficulty that she could he got to the court. being quite unable to stand, except in a bent and "dolibled•up" position. Mr. Maude, the stipendiary n.agistrate, remanded the prisoner, eonsidenng that tho condition of the unfortunate wounw was such as to render it impossible to say what be the issue. A SHMKINti Acorn~' r. which was instantaneously fatal, oecurred at the llolyhead station of the Chen ter and Holyhead Railway on night. Ri chard Williams, a porter. was returning to the litation.yara from the old pier with some excursion Carriages, when iu stepping o u t of the break his foot and ho fell into a trench which is being mad , • for the new platform in course of erection, with his head on the rails immediately in front of the carriagus which were still in motion. Ilia skull was eru.hrd to al l'llusing, of course, immediate death. Deceased was a remarkably steady and in bolligent man. and hail been in the service of tho coinpany since the formation of the Line. 110 has left lo widow and two young children. 'nil. 'ii' 'l'rtci I I INC tY Ars. TKAI It are thus piquantly iletirvibeil by the liwonirthro eornspondent of the .11460.ir0f elfgeo (.et Me than, (WM What a mid is. It may be aptly el .1111,1111.11 to a geometrical line ; it has length without breadth or thick • new.. I dee n o t ray a stnught hut. 14 it is by no meow the nearest way Isdwe.it two 1101111*. A rued is flu, most vil.• of stibliontry deceptions. A will 0., *hemp is .um. thing: a ships track through the wines has a transient c‘ist.dits• but an An s tialtan road In all lOW 1111 l morn nht% N hen 'MI an. told you cannot possibly miss l our loud, be assured of the truth of it. for there will be to. final Is , "slaw ; look forward etinti.lcittly to an agrettabb• toy abort which I could ' tell %1551 a tale.' but that I don't like to Is• talking about niipell. What do you think of the hollowing fur a ~gnuln r, slwuduug lii bin hilt door, with one anti strodeheil out before hint, logidifeir Take that rise sin the oth e r side of the creek, and it will bring you on loan open plan ; go straight on tor about a wale, stud you 1I see a hilt of tind.cr to your right make a rill through it till you eonio to a swamp ; go on heyonil that for throe mile., keeping the gun on your right shouldrr, and you'll air a large moll of wild elgitit'; l4ll %c I /WM oh your left, anti keep spit, head ing Ihr Pflihrti, till you l •to a rautping.grounil there will be a Hock or sheep iiiiinewlirre in the neighbourhood, MINI the eoluielecni will hint you on the tight track. You altlit Minn it. Thank yon : so, inuels for roods. Not that. a errrk is dillerent: not but that anti. creeks are nerds, and istani• risens are creeks—tiny. I Itiii.• nail' at along plain bevel rist.l t bat was a rig. 1. Itut, ge ne r a lly speaking, a meek is (lift . ..relit front a mad. A creek is 101 indentation iii tint grown', into which, if it should loipp.-n to mi ll beastly, Witter N.llllll probably run and 1. linun lin to till it is dried up. And in this consists the ilitter.lll.ll het Wrell a eres.k mud it gully ; the gully bring more or less on is slop, the water 0 ..111.1 not remain iii it, but !low dose son...wher.• its.. Ii i. easy to 11118111P4141141, then. what a rruck s,i g 1111) IN 1 anti a nver is lust the, sauna. except that you wall follow the tiollnet! 11 a liter fur a MIL ..1 - S.O without 111“ with a waterholl. t . Lot the ilittiesally its lit knit,/ what is out a creek, id. a gulls, iw it mut-. You Nay be told that, alter pawin{ two erects, you aill eonie to a certain hut ; and yet, tit )I.lll' own humble and intineent opinion, yon may haw- crossed a dozen erweks, and not have reediest it. lam not yet deep enough in the mysteries to say when a ervok 1 eriek I.r erink, I think, rtiot-t he the comet orthography 1 is not a en A, and a gully 1 or gull-yel as me a gully." Tow Flue which lately broke spiii in 11 infirm 1 Astir was chucked 111 time by LW aLnudnut xullily of wider (11 , 111 the nouns. Thore mains hail not been laid clow n this,, al few months, and the way in which thy are 641 with water is novel and ingenious. High upon I :ran Isairtieshill, the top of which is higher %him tire dog-test, ol Windsor Castle, sit IU 1111 l lame tank, ettpahl.• of holding mi.. million gallons of water, had been coustruided. mud kept eineAmittly tilled, by uterine of a steam etigin.•. fr o m the Tlinnti.s, the water bring isinveyed by inot pipes nearly dime miles From the main piper; atihaidtary branches spring. and are varied round tbeterrwws. into the lenkno , ittid moat pieta lithe I !astir. Tim tank 'bear, hill the wtate'r must by its own pressure the moment it is turned on Rut at the time of the late tire the oinbsidtary pipes had not been 0-Vended to all parts of the Castle. it bring &PUHA neltticiatil that the moat coalleautiiint positions err.' so supplied. The Couistuassouer• of Pulthe %ores . herr, howrirr, now Oren dirertiona for the e s t/I m am the mains to every pert of thr I antic. and the operetiona were commenced a few days ago. finder the anprnnten• d , nee of Mr. Turnbull. the ressi.lent rlt nit of the The original ripest: oriarryieg the pipes to emboss-lie was IlsJllad ; th.• eapesioe of their fradMali estimator is estintatill at it,IXAM., which awl bas beak vuuta Pulisaant.